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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18. 1896.
VOL. VI.
NUMBER 51.
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ONE MORE FOR BRYAN
He Gets One Electoral Vote
of Kentucky's 13.
BOLIVIA RECOGNIZES CUBA
Wheat Com Climbing Towards the Dol
lar Mark Coast Fortification.
Being Pushed.
Washington. Nov. 13. While the
navy ia being placed on a war footing in
anticipation of possible trouble with
Spain, growing oat of the Cuban rebel
lion, the army ia equally active in its
warlike preparations, especially along
the South Atlantic coast. General
Craiehill, chief of engineera of the army
bas jnst returned from a hurried inspee
tion of the fortifications now in course of
construction - at Galveston, Fort San
Pbillipe, on the the Mississippi river
below New Orleans, Mobile, Fensacola,
Key West, and further islands.
These works of coastwise defense have
been quietly but rapidly pushed toward
completion, and General Craiehill has
reported to the secretary of war that all
or nearly all of them will be ready for
occupancy by December 15.
General Craighill would not say that
work on these fortifications and the or
ders for their immediate completion had
any bearing upon the Cuban question,
but he placed a significant emphasis up
on the remark that, "Just now we are
exerting all the energy of the engineer
corps in the work npon theee fortifica
tions."
At the last sesion of congress an ap
propriation of $,5,000,000 was provided
for immediate expenditure upon the
coast defenses from Maine to Texas, be
sides as much more for contracts. This
being an unusually liberal amount, or
ders were given to exercise all due haste
In the work along the Southern const.
General Craighill says the work on the
fortifications has been pushed forward
to the exclusion ot other business of the
engineering department. He is grati
fied to report that they will be ready to
receive their armanect not later than
the middle of next month.
CUBANS RECOGNIZED.
Sensation Caused In Peru by the Action
of Bolivia.
Lima, Peru, Nov. 13 Something of a
sensation has been caused here by the
news received yesterday from Sucre, Bo
livia, of a favorable report made by the
committee on foreign affairs of the Boliv
ian chamber of deputies on a decision to
recognize the Cuban insurgents as bellig
erents. Upon hearing the news, the Spanish
envoy to Peru.-Senor Devanello, who i B
also accredited to Bolivia, immediately
set out for Sucre to look after Spanish
interests in that capital, and presumab
ly to lodge a protest on behalf of bis
government against the proposed action.
Further advices received today from
Sucre show that the congress had an ex
citing and stormy session to consider the
. resolution. The president of the cham
ber declared the resolution adopted, and
the senate proceeded to approve it in the
midBt of loud protests from excited sen
ators and great confusion in the senate
chamber, so that the session finally had
to be suspended.
Climbing Up Toward the Dollar Hark
' San Fbancisco, Nov. 13. Wheat in
the local market reached the highest
point this morning since 1891, 'and five
cents higher than the highest point
reached three weeks ago. It opened
" strong and closed at the end of the first
' morning session very much excited.
' 'May opened at $1.60 per cental and
closed at $163 ; December opened at
$1.56 and closed at $1.57). A large
amount of deep water tonnage in port
" has grain chartered for Havre and Dun
kirk. '
The New York Market.
New Yoek, Nov. 13. Wheat made
another long reach towards the dollar
mark this morning. ' December in the
first hour sold up to 90. Trade was
very active for a time, including a fair
volume of European buying, stimulated
by ' strong cables. The bulge started
heavy realizings and towards noon prices
eased, off. Unfavorable crop reports
from France and Argentine helped the
bulls. . - ...
Several Small Engagements.
Madeid, Nov. 13. A number of en
gagements have taken place in the prov
inces of Matanzas, Havana and Pinar
: del Bio, in Cuba. The rebels atTene
riffe were dispersed (the latter is a ham
let near Consolation del ' Sur, in the
province of Pinar del Rio). General
Aroles reports having beard firing near
Loma, probably from the division under
General Weyler.
.' The hills of Eubi have been captured
after a serious engagement. The Span'
iardB had a general, six officers and
fifty-four soldiers wounded.
TUB RESULT IN KENTUCKY,
Bryan
Secures One Out of Thirteen
One Out
Electors.
Fbanrfobt.. Kv.. Nov. 13. The Of
ficial count of the vote shows that Cash
the first elector on the ticket for McKin
ley and Hobart, has 218,054 ; Smith, the
highest on Bryan and Sewall ticket, 217
796. Smith defeats the lowest McKinley
elector. MeKinlev.s plurality is 258
taking the two highest votes.
Mo Truth in This Story.
London, Nov. 13. Officials at the for
eign office deny that there is any true in
the stoJv published by a New York
newspaper, that the British ambassa-
dor, Sir Julian Pauncefote, tendered the
good offices of Great Britain with a view
to averting trouble between the United
States and Spain. Officials say that be
yond newspaper rumors they have no
knowledge of any difficulty between the
United States and Spain.
Gov. Atkinson Withdraws.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 13. Governor At
kinBon this afternoon announced his re
tirement from the senatorial race. This
leaves the contest between Clay and
Howell unless a dark horse is intra-
dnced.
It is expected Atkineon's strength will
be thrown to Clay.
The Delaware Case Settled.
Wilmington, Del., Nov., 13. Governor
Watson issued a pcoclamation today de
claring that all the votes cast for James
G. Shaw and James G. Shaw, sr., for
presidential elector, shall count for
James G. Shaw. This will send the
three McKinley electors from Dela
ware to the electoral college.
Death of T. C. Hyde.
Bakeh City, Or., Nov. 14. T. Calvin
Hyde, aged 49 years, a prominent attor
ney, died tnis morning, ue leaves a
wife and five children. Deceased was
born in Oregon City.
On of Banna's Enterprise.
New Castle, Pa., Nov. 14. The
Rosena furnace, owned partly by Mark
Hanna, of Cleveland, started today after
several months' idleness.
The furnace employs about 2,000 men
Been Reported Many Times.
Washington, Nov. 13. It is reported
that Justice Field is soon to retire from
the supreme bench and that Secretary
Carlisle will be appointed to succeed
him.
notions for Review and Rehearing.
Dept. of the Intebiob, )
Washington, D. C, Oct. 24, '96. J
Kule 114 of Practice (see 18 L. D., 472)
is amended to read as follows, to take
effect as of the date hereof :
Rule 114. Motions' for review and
motions for rehearing before the secre
tary must be filed with the commission
er ot the general land omce witnin
thirty days after notice of the decision
complained of, and will act as a super
sedeas of the decision until otherwise di
rected by the secretary.
Such motion must state concisely and
specifically the grounds npon which it
is based, and may be accompanied by
an argument in Bupport thereof.
On receipt of such motion the commis
sioner of the general land office will for
ward the same immediatelv to this de
partment, where it will be treated as
"special." If the motion does. not show
proper grounds for review or rehearing,
it will be denied and sent to the files of
the general land office, whereupon the
commissioner will remove the suspen
sion and proceed to execute the judg
ment before rendered. But if, upon ex
amination, proper grounds are shown
the motion will be entertained and the
moving party notified, whereupon he
will be allowed thirty days within which
to serve the same, together with all ar
gument in support thereof, on the oppo
site party, who will be allowed thirty
days thereafter in . which to file and
serve an answer.after which no further
argument will be received. Thereafter
the case .will not be reopened except
under such circumstances as would in
duce a conrt of equity to grant relief
against a judgment of a court of law.
All rules or parts of rules inconsistent
herewith are rescinded.
David R. Francis, Secretary.
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ENGLAND IS JEALOUS
Says America Must Be Re
sponsible for its Words.
THE D1NGLEY TARIFF BILL AGAIN
C. Hyde of Baker City Died Satur
dayBanna's Factories Are Run
ning Pull Blast Again.
New York, Nov, 15. The evening
Post's copywright cablegram from Lon
don today bas a review of the press com
ment on the Anglo-American agreement
on the Venezuelan question. The most
notable extract is one from the Specta
tor, which dispatch says it laments over
the folly of a country like the United
States, with a standing army and great
fleet, "putting itself into position ot be
ing dragged into war whenever a peta-
lent American half-caste state chooses to
insult an European power."
The Spectator says : "If the United
States assumes suzerainty it must guar
antee decent wards. Thirty of fifty
years bence Europe, pressed almost to
madness by the inability to feed the
over-crowded peoples, wftl want to
swarm IntoJ South America under its
own flags.
To deny them will mean attempting to
crush the fleets and armies of the com
bined continent of Europe."
THE DINOLEV TARIFF BILL.
Possibility That it Will Pass
at the
Coming Session.
Washington, Nov.v14. In view of the
recent statements of some of the silver
senators that they would not oppese the
Dingley tariff bill, and the opinion of
Senator Morgan that the Democrats
would probably permit the legislation
without obstruction on their part, the
prospects for the bill are deemed fair, if
the Republicans decide to pass it. Upon
the latter contingency there is a division
of opinion among Republicans. Senator
Sherman, of Ohio, takes the ground that
the passage of the Dingley bill at the
coming session wotld obviate the ne
cessity for an extra session of congress,
as it' would furnish the revenue needed
for the present and would be sufficient
for all purposes until congress shall meet
in regular session and prepare a revision
of the tariff carefully and deliberately.
Another reason advanced in support
of the proposition for the passage of the
Dingley bill at this time is the sugges
tion that the custom-houses should be
locked as soon as possible by an increase
of the tariff rates against the impending
flood of cheap foreign goods which wonld
come in through anticipation of a certain
increase in the rates at some future day.
The fact is recalled in this ' connection
that just such a flood of cheap goods
poured into the country prior to the Mc
Kinley bill going into effect, and in an
ticipation of the increased rates carried
by that bill. In a single month prior to
the taking effect of that bill, the impor-
tations jumped to $78,338,183. This was
an increase over the preceding month of
$15,000,000 and of the same month a
year previous of nearly $25,000,000,
According to the arguments advanced
the ill effect of such a condition are ob-
vions. It is held that it discounts the
revenues of the incoming administration
because the market is surfeited with
goods and the importations would be
igbt for the first few months of the
tariff law. For the same reason it is
claimed harm is worked to the American
manufacturers and laborers, the people
whom the new law is to benefit, for it
cots off the market of the American
product. However, it is stated that
President Cleveland would veto the
Dingley bill or any other tariff measures
passed at the coming session of congress.
His Bupport of tne sound money princi
ples and his practical co-operation with
the Republican party in the election just
over can in no way be construed, it is
said, as meaning that the president ia in
any way in sympathy with the party on
the other questions. ; The Republican
party is still his foeon the tariffquestion.
He will, despite the Bevere lesson the
country has learned, continne a free
trader. - .
Women's Christian Temperance Union.
St. Lodis, Nov. 13. The twenty-third
annual convention of the National
Women's Temperance Union opened to-
today with a greater attendance than
any one previously held. At least 500
accredited delegates were present and as
many more visitors from every portion
of the country.
Spain and Uncle Sam Friendly.
Washington, Nov. 14. In answer to
inquires as to the fonndation of. certain
sensational stories in circulation recent
ly as to trouble with Spain growing oni
of the Cuban situation, Secretary La
mont said today : "Stories about the
movement of troops in the Sonth are un
true, and the assumption that work on
coast defenses has any significance or is
being expedited tor any unusual purpose
bas no foundation. This work has made
excellent progress in the past year, and
I am making an effort to show some re
turn in completed defenses for the large
amount of money appropriated for this
object." '
A Mayor Under Arrest.
New Yobk, Nov. 14. A bench war
rant for the arrest of Mayor H. J. Glea
son of Long Island City was issued by
the district court today.' The warrant
charges violation of the election laws
The indictment was issued on com
plaint of the Jeffersonian party of Long
Island City, which alleged that Gleason
had illegally refused them representa
tion on the board of election inspectors,
State of Ohio, City of Toledo)
Lucas County, 1 "
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is the senior partner of the firm of F
Chenev & Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and state afore
said, and that said firm will pay the
sum of One Hundred Dollars for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure
Frank J. Cheney
sworn to Detore me and subscribed in
my presence, this bth day of December,
A. D. 1896.
' A. W. Gleason,
seal Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly and acts directly on the blood and
mucuos surfaces of the system. Send
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F. J. Cheney Co., Toledo, O
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Floods in Turkey.
Constantinople, Nov. 16. This is the
fourth day that Constantinople has been
cut off from postal communication with
the outer world, as owing to the floods,
Orient express service is interrupted
trains only running from Soaa irregular
ly.
Old People.
Old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidneys will-
find the true remedy in Electric Bitters.
This medicine does not stimulate' and
contains no whisky nor other intoxicant,
but acts as a tonic and alternative. It
acta mildly on the stomach and Dowels,
adding strength and giving tone to the
organs, thereby aiding Nature in the
performance of the functions. Electric
Bitters is an excellent appetizer and aids
digestion. Old people find it lust exact
ly what they need. Price 50 cents and
$1 00 per bottle at Blakeley & Hough
ton's Drug Store.
Robbed the Till.
Baker City, Nov. 16. Jack Walker's
saloon was last night visited by four
masked men, who robbed the till of its
contents, $10. . The robbers cornered
the men in the saloon with shotguns and
pistols, and made good their escape.
Stands at the Head.
Aug. J. Bogel, the leading druggist of
Shreveport, La., says: "Dr. King's
New Discovery is the only thing that
cures my cough, and it is the best seller
I have." J. F. Campbell, merchant of
Safford, Ariz., writes : . "Dr. King's New
Discovery is all that is claimed for it : it
never fails, and is a sure cure for Con
sumption, Coughs, and Colds. ' I cannot
say enough for its merits." Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds is not an experiment,
it has been tried tor a quarter ot , a cen
tury, and today stands at the head. It
nerer disappoints. Free trial bottles at
Blakeley & Houghton's drug store.
The Wasco Warehouse Co. begs leav
to inform Farmers that they have STOR-
AGE ROOM for ' 200,000 SACKS of
WHEAT and any one wishing to store
their wheat and hold for later market
can do so on usual terms. Also, tbev
will pav the HIGHEST CASH PRICE
for Wheat, Oats, Rye and Barley.
- Work Horses
For sale, or will exchange for cows
and calves. . Time given on first-class
security. For particulars inquire of C.
E. Bayard, The Dalles, Or., or Frank
Watkins, at ranch on 15-Mile. 21-wlm
Anyone desiring their chimneys
cleaned can have it done by calling npon
or addressing Mr. Ike; Peary or James
Hogan, The Dalles or telephone to No.
89. ol7-tf
There's more clothing destroyed by
poor soap than by actual wear as the
free alkali rots them. Hoe cake is
pure- ly24-ij
No more BOILS, no more PIMPLES
Use Kinersly's Iron Tonic. The Snipes
Kinerely Drug Co. Telephone No. 3.
Clark, the East End jeweler, makes a
specialty of fine watch repairing. Call
and Bee him. -
WATER EVERYWHERE
The Willamette Valley Un
der the Flood.
MOUNTAIN STREAMS ARE BOOMING
The Snohomish Breaks All Records, and
Has Flooded Everything Niagara
Falls Making Electricity.
Obegon City, Nov. 15. During the
past 24 hours, the Willamette haB lisen
seven feet below the falls, and half ae
much above, stand 22.2 below and 11.3
feet above the falls. One and seven
tenths of an inch of water fell today
ana tne rain continues, ibe river is
still rising at the rate of one inch an
hour. The wind has changed to the
northward, and the temperature is per
ceptibly cooler.
The upper tributaries, of the Will
amette are reported as booming and
considerable rise is looked for.
Reports from the foothills are to the
effect that a great deal of snow bas
melted in the last three days.
The canal closed at 4 o'clock this
evening.
An old ecow from np the river went
over the calls this evening, and another
structure, resembling a crib-pier or box
houe, went over a little later. It was
too dark to distinguish the character of
the building.
In town, every drainage channel is
filled to bursting. Singer creek burst
its bounds and threatens damage to
streets and private property. The ris
ing water suspended work on the new
electric power house. Many basements
and cellars are flooded. Water put out
the fire in the Methodisi church furnace
this afternoon, and no services will be
held tonight. . -
The trolley line to Portland was dia
abled by deep water on Birney flat. The
north-bound Roseburg local was three
hours late here tonight.. - . ' . .
The Clackamas cut a wide channel
round the north end of the Gladstone
dam, and is eating a large slice out of
the big peach orchard there. The
Clackamas bridge is in danger.
THR RAGINO SNOHOMISH.
Banchers on the Bottom Lands Rescued
by a Steamboat..
Seattle, Nov. 15. A special to the
Post-In telligencer, from Everett says:
The Snohomish river has broken all
records, and is now about two feet high
er than the top high-water mark of pre
vious years. Disregarding the regular
channel, it has broken over .the banks
and dikes and is taking a short cut
across the country on its mad race to the
Sound, and the water is still risinir.
The ranchers on the bottom lands
were only partially prepared for the
flood. While their loss must be consid
erable in the aggregate, it is impossible
to get details. Mr. Powers, who keep a
dairy on the Bast place, is reported to
have lost all his cows.
The steamer Florence Henry has gone
out on the bottom lands east and south
of Lowell, and is now gathering np the
rancher's families from their submerged
dwellings, some of them miles from the
river. ' " :
The Monte Cristo track between Ever
ett and Lowell is all under water. The
wharf at the foot of Hewitt avenue ib
partially submerged.
At Lowell tne water baa washed out
the tracks of both the Great Northern
and Monte Cristo roads. The lower
floor of the paper mills is flooded, and
the fires have been put out in the fur
naces. The Monte Cristo train of yesterday
was not able to get throngh the canyon,
the track being covered with' water most
of the way, and water filled the tunnels
to the depth of several feet, i Three
bridges across the Ebey slough and the
river at Lowell are not damaged.
The Turning of the Switch.
Niagara Falls, N. Y., Nov. 15. The
fact . that at midnight , was begun the
transmission of electrical power from
the falls to Buffalo for the first time
drew a very large crowd of people to the
Dower-house of the Niagara Falls Power
Company tonight. So many were try
ing to gain admission to tne piaca mac
at 9 o'clock the doors were closed. Thoee
present in the power house proper were :
Messrs. W. B. Rankin, secretary of the
company; W. A. .Breckinridge, resident
engineer; Paul M. Lincoln, electrical
superintendent; I. R. Edmonds, of the
General Electric Company, and Hon.
W. H. Ely. Mr. Edmunds had charge
of the transformer-house. At 11:45
Messrs. Kankin, Breckinridge and Lin-
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Royal Bakikq Powdih Co., New York
coin took positions on the raised plat
form in front of the switchboard, on the
main floor of the power house, and ar
ranged the switches.
Shortly before 12 o'clock Mr. Breckin
ridge informed Mr. K-Jtnonds, in the
transformer-house, that electricity was
ready for the transformers, and a mo
ment later the e itch was thrown and
the power was lushing through the
transformers out on the line and away to
Buffalo. Mr. Edmonds pronounced the
machinery all right, and formally de
livered it to Mr. Breckinridge for the
power company. It was accepted, and
then the current was shut off for a brief
space. Communication was bad with
the street-rail ay company in Buffalo,
and word was received from them that
everything was in readiness at that end
of the line. Mr. Rankin then stepped
to the platform, threw the switch over,
and Niagara's power was in Buffalo. A
salute of ;weoty-one gnus was fired by a
battery stationed near the power house.
THE EFFECT IN CALIFORNIA.
Much
Depended . Upon the
Conrt Decision.
Supreme
San Fbancisco, Nov, 16. Much local
interest is felt in the decision of the
United States supreme conrt in the irri
gation bonds case, for on it the r'evelop-
meot of the .state greatly depends.
Abont $8,000,000 of irrigation I onds are
held in this vicinity and in Europe. Lo
cal banks and capitalists have advanced
much money upon the bonds as collater
al securities, and a decision that they
are valid means the immediate establish
ment of a strong market value for them.
the issuance of more bonds and opening
up of vast areas of rich farming lands,
which, coupled with the advance in
wheat, will make the state u.ore pros
perous than ever.
A decree of the supreme court confirm
ing Judge Ross' decision that the bonds
were invalid would have meant a loss to
the extent of the money invested in
them and loaned upon them, and the re
tarding of the important work of irriga
tion for a time.
In the irrigation districts directly af
fected by the decision, the sustaining of
Judge Ross by the supreme court would
have worked a great hardship. Nearly
$5,000,000 has been Fpent already in
building dams, etc, ami preparing to ir
rigate and cultivate 20,000,000 acres.
Under the exact provisions of the
Wright act, an adveree decision would
cause tbl i mor.ey . to De lost, un ine
other hand, a favorable decision would
cause at least $15,000,000 more to be
spent for improvement purposes.
The Storm In Lids Connty.
Cottage Gbovb, Or., Nov. 15. The
heaviest rain storm that has been known
in this section for many years has pre
vailed for the last forty-eight hours.
The river ia breaking over its banks and
causing much damage. Many families
are leaving their homes for safety, and
f the river continues to rise till morn
ing, it is leared many nouses win oe
carried away. - Some business houses
are also in danger.
Two miles north of here, a quarter of
mile of track is under water. The
south-bound local was stopped at Cres
well, and there is no telling when the
track, will be safe for traffic. The rain
and wind since noon have been at in
tervals, thongh the temperature re
mains about 65.
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