0 f f wm j-mr i m--" -w -,- ar c a a f 5 V ' THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2?1896. VOL. VII. NUMBER 1. r II e II .- 1 1 HIS FINAL MESSAGE Resident Cleveland Getting Ready for Congress. AWAITING CUBAN DEVELOPMENT Among ruber Thing, He Will Reeeom mend the Retirement of theCreen----.' t backs and the Sherman -'' ' Note. Washington, Nov. 27. President Cleveland has been devoting a great of time to his annual mescage during the last week, and now haa It well in hand sd that it can be finished In a couple of days. ... The message is expected to be one of the ablest documents Mr. Cleveland hap written daring his tw94terms.---.rlt will be in a sense hia ' farewell to the Aoieri can people as their chief executive, and there la little doubt that he will embrace - the opportunity to mark oat the coarse he believes ought to be followed by the national government for the maintenance and development of the honor and proa ----- parity of .the country. - : - .Foreign affairs will naturally claim considerable attention, and the presi dent will have an opportunity to con gress and the country upon the solution of the eneznelan-boundary controversy in 'America in an honorable and satisfac tory manner, alike to the United State , . and to 'Great Britain and . Venezuela, Tbe condition of affairs in Turkey will be discussed in detail, and the president --willbe a We- io show that the ordinary r diplomatic ageuciea have sufficed for the i protection -of American life and jrpp erty in the Turkish empire. The ia6t paragrapba of the message to be written will be those dealing with the situation in Cuba. , He will avail bim eelf of the latest possible information as to the military situation in the island, and the prospect for -early settlement or failure of the insurgents may have much to do with shaping hia policy. . The present indications are that he will make no radical recommendations on this ieubject. - Other -foreign complica tions in which tho , United States ia in terested will be touched upon briefly. v Secretary Carlisle ia preparing data looking tojthe increase of revenue by imposing revenue duties on tea and J coffee,, and by increasing the internal revenue tax on -beer, and the president 'wiTtdoubtlees express hia approval of these recommendations. The financial reform recommendations of the message will be along the line of Mr. Cleveland's former recommenda- tion?," and will have as- their basis the- ' advocacy of the single gold standard as the foundation of the monetary system -." of the 'conhtrf.. '-. ; : i . The retirement of the greenbacks and ' the Sherman notes will be recommend ed so as to take the government entire ' ly ooi ol the business of "issuing promis sory .notes. :- Banking reform will be rec ommended at. the same time, to enable the banks of the' country to issue circa- latlog notes which can be expanded or '' , ; contracted in volume to meet the needs of the. businera of the country: Mr. Cleveland ia alive to the necessity Ti of continuing the expansion of the navy, . h and of constructing coast defenses to put the country in a condition to resist for- eign aggressions, and the recommenda .tianxalheseJlnes made by. Secretaries Latnontand Herbert in their annual re- r g porta- will be seconded in the message.: J i AJUDITIQN pr TIH PHlLADLfllA The Culer- Waate. to-Own a Speed " Ileoord. ? - ' - -. ... .- -f San Fbascisc", Nov. 27. the United I mj Stateajcrulser, Philadelphia wants, to own a record, so navy gossip has it, and she fondly hopes to "tecuVe If "on E'er "coining tiip to Callao.; It iaiaid thai her officers have firmly determined that the vessel shall break all existing ree- .Ord8..for armored cruisers. Notwith standing that the officers refuse to cor roborate the , report, it comes from a good source and; would seem to be borne out by the nature- of ' the- preparations made for this voyage. No stop will be - X Fmade. "on-tbe Jway down, thought it Js nsual for warships bound' to Sooth America to recoal at Panama. In anticipation of the long voyage, 1500 tons of coal has been P?1 aboard the crniser, and evei y inch of Available space is being economized, encroach ments being made on the officers' qnar- - ters. The polished floor in i be ward v room has' been taken up and a coal chute , passes Jlhrough . Jhe, apartment. The Philadelphia haa all the coal she f. : can carry; "'Tomorrow ,bns been set as ' the sciling date. . - v fflltlR WAS DEFEATED. Nawi of Jttaceo's Knbl Mountain Victory Confirmed. New Yokk, Nov. 27. The Cuban junta in this city claims to have re ceived confirmation via Key West of the report that Maeeo had defeated Cap .tain-General Weyler in the Rubi mount ains of Pinar del Rio. The following account of the battle ' was furnished. by the secretary of the junta last night: General Weyler'a forces, while march ing through the Rubi mopntaine, a boat thirty mils from Havana, were attacked by Maceo's army.- The charge was so sudden and played such havoc with the troops that the insurgents were able to pour several volleys into the Spamsb ranks before the latter could rally and return the fire.- The battle was short and desperate, arfd General ' Weyler, Feeing that Hia men were fighting at disadvantage and -were being elaugh tered, ordered a retreat, leaving over 1000 dead and taking his wounded with him.' 'After leaving the mountains General Weyler proceeded to Artmiiea, where he stopped to allow his armv to rest. A-1RSAKDKIK KUBBZD. Dallas Offlelal'e Toogh Eznerlence With Dalles, Tex Nov. 29. At midnight Ave pistol shots in rapid succession - in the vicinltv of the courthouse attracted the police to that building. - W. E.-Coe, county .treasurer, was found in bis office with blood oozing from a wound in the back of the bead. : He Was in a dazed condition and in a very excited frame of mind. He said iie had been working very late in order to get the affairs of the office in shape to retire in favor - of his successor. At ruidnigbt,- two men ap peared, and one placed a gun to his tem pie and ordered bim to open the vault He did so, and all - the valuable papers and contents of the inner vault were ex amined by one 'of the robbers. After placing a considerable sum of money in a canvass sack," the -robbers withdrew from the vault. Coe seized his pistol and shot at the robbers. The latter re turned the fire, hitting the' treasurer in the back of the head, ' inflicting b bad scalp wonnA -The--treasurer- says the robbers secured $6000, and he is confi dent that he shot and. badly wounded one of his assailants. -The police force and a large number -of deputies with bloodhounds are on the trail of the rob bers. . i- ' Policy br'TChltejMetal Senators. Salt Lalu, Nov. 27. The Tribune publishes :an interview with Senator Dubois, of daho. The senator says that he has no idea that there will be any at tern pf to pass the" .Dmgley bill at this session of congreie, it Ts a piece of legjsla tion that failed at the last session 'and ought . to fail, at any session. When asked about the policy of the silver sen ators fn the next congress, he said : : . They wfll hold'the balance Of power in the senate and will, no doubt, con tinue their aggressive fight for silver, making all other issues subordinate to .that. - There can-be no- prosperity under the McKInley administration, 'any- more than there was nnder Cleveland. Mc Kinley wants a, high- tariff, and a gold standard. No matter' what kind of : r .. 4 . - tars we nave, ttiere can be no pros perity except for a few, nnder the gold Standard. One more trial of the Re- publican party will convince, the people of this, in my judgment, and the silver advocates will win ttia congress in '98 and the presidency in l'JOO." Senator Cannon, of Utah, leaves for Washington this morning. Due ti UuiMtati Iufluenee. I-ONDOK. ' Nov! "SOT. Th " Hnnotanti. J nople correspondent of 'the Standard discusses the refusal of admission to the Dardanelles of Greek, Dutch and Amer ican stationarles, which is attributed to Russian influence.- The American and Greek eubj ctp, ad la the correspondent. are annoyed at their governments for not showing jnore"energy with a view to obtaining the privileges granted to the great powers. "" " One-Dollar Wheat. : Toledo, O., Nov. 28. Large-sales of No. 2 red wheat for May delivery were made at the produce exchange here this morning, at $1 per bushel, amid load cheering. At the same lime "the New York pricwas 9 sente Chicago 85J cents. The demand here is for export i1nK- - , ; Havana- le-Vhreatened. r JACKSOKvrLLEi ;f la.r;Nov 27. News comes from Havana tonight that orders have been issued doubling the guards at the fortiflcatieM aronnd the'eity, and the news has reached tbS captain-gen eral ot the- presence of laree guerilla orces near the city if? i'xf : For Hale. '; One span draft horses, one set of har ness and a wagon, for sale at a bargain. Address box 429, The Dalles, On' ;.- - y- ,j i-' a. ' ''XV : Qi;t2S-dwlni ' THE BLIZZARD REIGNS Fearful Suffering in the . Northwestern States. ; M-ANY LIVES REPORTED LOST Cattle Bnrted In Snow Drift. Trains Delayed. and Wires Prostrated on the Prairies. St. Paul, Nov. 28. Human- beings have been frozen to . death, cattle have been stampeded, braised and smothered in snow drifts; trains are delayed,, wires are down and the November storm rec ord is broken by the blizzard tbat holds the Northwest locked in its chilly grasp. ' How majy lives have -been sacrificed cannot be told until the enow drifts clear away, months hence. Men -are. missing everywhere in the heart of the storm. Some are known to be dead,: and many are missing, with the chances very much against them being alive. ' Those derfd and missing are: " ' Thomas Anderson, 18 years old, lost in the snow near Moorbead, Minn. F. M. Burrows, mail agent, lost in the storm at Devil's Lake, N. D. Frank Stack, of Chicago, frozen to death near Fargo, N. D. ' Two unindent'fled men, found frozen to death near Fargo, N. D. Three missing men, lost in the snow, hear Fargo. ' From the cattle country in the west ern part of North' Dakota come reports Of intense 'suffering of the livestock on the ranges, but no definite information can be had. as the wires are down. Watson Ball, a cattleman, says the losses will be extremely heavy. South Dakota is suffering, too. At Pierre over eight inches of snow fell during Thursday and Friday, and the wind maintained an average velocity of 28 miles an hour. ' Wires were down most of the time, and trains and street- ! cars were tied up. The first train to move west went out about noon today with a snowplow. Snow on the prairie drifted badly, and cattle losses are being reported. ' It was the worst storm tor vears. ' ' : Some ot the transcontinental railroads centering at St. Paul resumed thebr through' service today. The w'nd hav ing abated. .they.. were able to send out rotaries and Bnowplows; and expected that within six - hours they would be able to send their, traffic" through in good shape, provided no serious damage has been sustained by their tracks. : Wires are still in bad shape, and it is mpoesible to get definite reports regard-" ng conditions in . certain sections, but the railway set large bodies of. compe tent men to work and made rapid pro gress., iroraall reports received there seems to be nothing to contend with ex cept immense snow banks, which, how ever, the rotaries can easily remove. :. From latest reports it is safe to pre dict that tomorrow, everything will bi moving . pretty well, though cot o schedule time. , : ' ' Stock Suffering- In Nebraska. Omaha, Nov.' 28. Severe weather continues to prevail throughout Nebras ka. 'The thermometer has been close to zero for thirtv-slx honra. "In thn w V.: Awn na, il lh at.t. a V. I ..U 1 1 vails. In some sections stock is report ed as suffering for want" of food and water. The immense supply of grain and bay io Nebraska, where it is availa ble, enables feeders to carry cattle with out trouble. Rarhflkd trains are being operated on many roads without wires. Other reports from some bf the northern counties in . this state say the storms bf late were . the most severe in years, and that range cattle would surely perish unless furnished food and shelter. ' Worst Mtorm in Sight Tears. ; Aberdeen, S. D.;Nov. 28. The pres ent storm has not,been paralleled since the ereat blizzard of January 12, 1888. Drifts on the streets and on the railroad tracks are six feet deep.. Railroading has been, entirely abandoned until the storm breaks.. The. Eureka accommo dation is fast at Hillsview. , The loss to stock, it is feared, will be great.' A dis-t patch from Mellen .says the worst snow-. storm and blizzard through this section for years commenced on Wednesday ight. Trains are blocked.' Snow drifts on Main street are fifteen feet deep. Stock will suffer greatly. ' . i : T radio Blockaded.. . Washington, Nov; 28. A - traffic blockade by stormsJn the Northwest is reported at the postoffice department in the following dispatch from the super intendent of the railway service at St Paul : "On account of heavy blockad- ing s,torme, trains of the Wort hero Pa cific and Great Northern lines in South Dakota and Montana are at a standstill, telegraph wires are down, and it will be forty-eight . hoars before the regnlar train service is resumed. '' Lout in a Dakota Town. Devils Lake, N. D., Nov. 28. The blizzard was very eevere here. The pas- Kenger train from the Coast has remained on the siding since Thanksgiving.' About j 4 :30 p. m. on Thursday, F. M. Burrows, mail agent, left his car to go to the de pot for orders. He. has not been seep since, and there U not one chance in thousand of his having escaped death in the storm.' It is supposed that in re taming to the car he lost his way in the blinding storm. . ' ' Snow Blockade Raised. cubon, a. v., jnov. z. the snow blockade was raised and traffic . on this division of the Chicago & Northwestern road resumed tonight. The Great Northern will begin business Monday. Telegraph lines are badlv demoralized. Stock losses on the northern and west ern ranges are very heavy, but no suf ferlng among the settlers is reported .The storm lasted 43 hours, and was one of the most severe experienced since the settlement of this country. ' - 1 4 '" r "--. ' In Colorado. Denvkb.NoV. 28. The minimum tem perature recorded at the Denver station weather bureau today was 8 deg. belo zero, at 6 a. m. : at 11 it was 84 below zero. . At Leadyille it is 17 below zero at Pueblo, 12 below ; at Cripple Creek, 14 below.' 'The cold Bnap has been more severe in Wyoming and Colorado. ; At Lander, Wyo., the thermometer record ed 28 below, zero last night, v j. .Minnesota and Manitoba- ... St. Padl, Nov.: 28. A light , snowfall only was reported today, but it seems to be the closing fury of the. present big blizzard. Th'S temperature dropped to a low point. In this city it was 7 below zero early this morning. Moorhead re ported 24 below,; Huron, 8 below ; , Wil- liston, 22 below l. Winnipeg, 24 below. Trains are badly delayed, and telegraph communication greatly crippled. : Salt Lake's Coldest Day. : -:' Salt Lake, Nov. 28. Today was the coldest November- day in Salt-Lake' in the: 20 years existence of- the : Utah weather bureau. , At 5 o'clock this morn ing the therruoter registered five-tenths of a degree below zero, . ' ' . ', ' ' ' SITUATION JST THE TBANSYAAliJ'' Krna)err Say the Rumors ot .Inpendlns; Troqble Are Untrue- . 1 1 ' ' j I i , . : 7 ' , . Pbetobia, South Africa, Nov. 28, At a banajiet here yesterday evening, Presi dent Kruger declared that the rumors of impending trouble were untrue, and that they had been, spread by f peculators. All was clear, he added. The London convention assured the independence of the Transvaal, and if a change was de sirable, he would see that it was ar ranged constitutionally. Referring to e delay of the Transvaal government .ii claiming maemnuy jrom tne critisn South Africa Company id consequence of the Jameson raid, President Kroger i said the delay arose from the desire not to make, an excessive demand, and that the exact expense was not computed. He ridiculed the idea that an invasion of Rhodesia was proposed, and assured bis hearers that the mining interests of the country would be fostered. : The Prlnoe Leaves Blenheim. Woodstock, England,' Nov. 28. The Prince and Princess of "Wales left Blen heim this morning and were escorted to Oxford by a detachment of the local yeo manry corps, the Oxfordshire hussars,' headed by the Duke of Marlborough, who 1s a lientenant of that branch bf the cavalry.- t " :- " ( , . , t Satolll Mad No Beport.- Rome; Nov. 28. Cardinal Satolli de nounces as absolutely false and repre hensible all rumors published in Amer ica alleging that he made a report to the pope touching upon the university of Washington, Archbishop Ireland, Car dinal Gibbons or other Catholic digni taries. , . " , .- . , Jameson In a Critical Condition. London, Nov. 28. Dr. Jameson, leader of the Transvaal raid, who is undergoing a sentence of 151' months' imprisonment -in Holloway jail, and whose sickness has jrevious!y been .noted, is; announced; to be ln a critical conditiQa., t, ( . ( i The'JfUer KxpefllMon. , ". ) Pabis, Nov.. 28. The,- French govern ment has received assurance from, tbe government of Great Britain that the sphere of the river Niger company's proposed ' expedition : will ' not affect French interests. i : . - - ', All- old club - members, and : their lady friends are especially invited to the skating rink on Tuesday evening. . Skat ing from 8 till 11. . ALL RECORDS BROKEN Paget Sound Joins in the Freeze. Up. GROUND, FROZEN EIGHTEEN INCHES -; ' T. - I la Minnesota . and Dakota the Cold Weather Continues, With Loss of Lire and Stock.' , Tacoma, Nor. 29. The present cold snap holds the record for November. It also holds the record for the longeEtcon tinned cold spell, and the snow in West er Washington is deeper and dryer than ever known before. Another new told weather record has been established for Comqien cement bay, as, for , several miles from shore it is covered with i thick coating of ice. Just how thick may be understood when the ' steamer Aberdeen was prevented from making her regular landing at the wharf on ao count of her inability to break a chan nel through the ice. The steamer Flyer, the fastest boat on the Pacific coast, had to back nearly a mile to clear the ice floe, before taking her course. . Captain Clayton and hia wife started oat for their ship in , one of the ship boats, pulled by four strong sailors, and, after battling with the ice for, over an hour, had to abandon the attempt. ' Captain Bailey, of the ' Drumrock, started a boat away from bis shipiohelp break a passage through the ice, so that Captain . Clayton; and bis wife could bring their boat alongside the Drumrock This im certainly something new, for there is no record that can be found to show that the salt water bays . of ; the Sound haye ever frozen over before. Reports are coming in from all sec tions of the Sound of great damage done by frost to the root and fruit crops, by reason of their being no way to stow it away: Many of the farmers living in the valleys had taken op only .as , much of their crop as they had .immediate sale for, and for -convenience bad left the rest of the crop in the ground. In all such cases,' the farmer will lose every thing, fof the frost has gone in the ground in .many cases .18 to 20 inches. . Considering the amount of snow , that has fallen, and the great number of peo ple who have taken advantage of it to go coasting in Tacoma and Seattle, in ma by i liases, downs dangerously steep hills, there have been bat few accidents during the past week, and tbe sum total of accidents for the ' week does not amount to more than four or five cases of broken arms and legs, which, consid ering the large number out, and the dan gerous proximity of the coasting grounds to street and railroad traffic, is remark able. - STILL INTENSELY COLD. I V j - "- l Movsj la Train) Are IlesTlnnlns; to ' Northwest. the St. Paul, Nov. 29. The weather in St. "Paul 'continues cold.- The lowest point-reached last night) 7 degrees be low. The Northern Pacific's West Da kota division was open last night and trains running as usual. Bismarck reports the. Northern Pa cific still blockaded in that state, and no prospectsthat trains will move before. tomorrow. Tbe coast train,, which should have' reached St. Paul Thursday ia stuck in a snowdrift at New Salem', 40 miles west of Bismarck, and cannot move. until enowplows clear the tracks. In spme , deep cuts, snow is drifted on the track to a depth of JK) feet. A coal famine prevails at Bismarck, and there will be much' suffering unless relief Is afforded at once. ' No services were held in the churches today and tbe fuel on hand was distributed among the poor. Mandan, N.. D. Nov. ,29. The first passenger train from the West since Thursday arrived tonight. ' Railroad officials expect to start trains east Mon day. : At present, no casulties have been reported,; but stockmen expect to hear of, great losses of cattle, as tbe storm must have caught many ranchers un prepared'. 3 ' V -' : " ''- " "' Devil's ;LAkE? N. D. Nov. 29 The weather., continues extremely cold, tbe thermometer -indicating .frprn 10 to 20 degrees below zero. . Thefirsf train from I tbe East since Wednesday arrived this evening. ' A trainload of 'sheep; 13 cars, was caught n tbe blizzard I at - Grand Harbor, six miles west ef here, and the animals gsnf11- th:, irack , in, open donblq-drikaTs during the entire blizzard.' Oat of 2300 sheep, about 600 perished. Wn-LiSTON, N. D., Nov. 29. East bound passenger trains were snowbound here two days. The road was opened to Minot last night. Tbe west-bound pram. , Absolutely Pure. . A rresm of tartar baking; powder. Highest of 11 In leavening strengtli. Latat PnOtd (Uata Government Food Report. Rotal Bakimo PowDia Co.. New York passenger train, due here Thai sday, 'will not arrive until tomorrow. Dfloth, Minn., Nov. 29. The coldest weather of the season was experienced this morning, when 15 , degrees below zero was reported by tbe weather bureau. ' ' " " 1 Snow at New York. New Yobk, Nov. 29. A slight snow fall occurred in . this vicinity tonight. The. temperature is rising, however, and there are no indications of a se vere storm. ' ' " "' ' CYCLON IN (1KLAHOMA. The Towa of BalstoaT Wiped Off 'Map. "' Pebbt, O. T., Nov., 29. Information reaches here, that a very destructive cy clone struck the town of Ralston, on the Arkansas river, 60 miles northeast of here, on Thursday night, at ' 12 o'clock and nearly wiped out the town of about 200 houses. Nearly every house in town was blown down , and several people were Injured, bat no .names can be obtained. Ralston ia in the Osage Indian nation, and 55 mites : fnpm a telegraph office. : ' ' '' TBI FLORIDA COAST. Concentrating- ' Artillery Troops at -. Peasaeole..' Pensacola, Fla., : Nov. 29. It is ru mored in military circles that the troops of the First artillery, ndw stationed at various posts on ine uuu ana Auaniip coast, are 1 to be concentrated here for practice with the modern heavy guns, whkb will soon be in position on Kanta Rosa island. . -. The selection of a site for another bat tery leaves no doubt in the , minds of military men that' Pensacola is to be heavily fortified as rapidly as possible, and as, the troops need .'practice, in the handling of the modern guns, -the- har bor ia deemed by military men. to be the beet that could be selected for tbe purpose. They would ' nave the to pen . gulf for target practice, and at least 1000 men can be comfortably quartered at Fort Barrancas and the navy yard. . ., , , Crops lu Aau(r. , t Salem, Or., Nov. 29.-rTbe , cold .spell . ih not yet over in Salem. The thermo meter was within 14 degrees below' zero , this morning. The'conntinuanoeof cold -weather aroUie fears for the potato' crop and fall-sown grain, The upland potato crop that has not been dug la , probably safe.' In'the overflowed' lands along the river and creek bottoms,-it la feared the crop will be damaged by the freeze. The sarface of the ground is frozen: dry and if a snow shoald fall or the, cold snap break up at once, wheat would not be injured; . But if .' thaws and freezes shoald alternate, the tender roots would be frozen out of tbe ground. ' It has been several years since skating was good in Salem, and. everybody who delights in the sport availed himself ot the excellent oppportunity yestetday and today. There is abundance of ice cover ing the still waters and the sloughs and lakes have been liberally patronized State or Ohio, Citt o Toledo) . , . , Lucas County. f ," Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of tbe firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and - state afore said, and that said Arm 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 Care. ' ' ' Fbank J. Cheney. Sworn to before mejind subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1896. ,. ;. ., 7 ... I . . , , . , A. Wf Gleason, seal ;. " ' ' Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internal ly and acts directly on the blood and mocuos surfaces of the system. ; Send - for testimonials, free.; " T F. J. Cheney Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. No. 3-11 ;For rent. Five-room , cottage nicely furnished, below the bluff. Enquire ot W. A. Johnson, grocer. ' nSO-SC