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VOL. VII.
THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 23. 1896.
NUMBER 4.
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A WARLIKE DOCUMEN
Committee Amends Camer
. on Resolution.
INDEPENDENCE IS ACKNOWLEDGED
The Secretary Advised Against Precipl
tate Action, Bat the Senators
. Heeded Mot.
Washington-, Dec. 18. Secretary 01
ney waa before the senate committee on
foreign relations today for a considerable
time. All the members except Gray
and Daniel were present.
Tbe meeting was beld for the express
purpose of continuing tbe discussion
tbe policy on the Cuban question to be
recommended by tbe . committee. Tbe
meeting was strictly private, Olney be
ing tbe only person not a member who
was admitted. His advice . was against
precipitate action.' Tbe foreign rela
tions committee, however, agreed to re.
port the Cameron Cnban resolution.
The Cameron resolution was as fol
lows :
"Resolved, by the senate and house of
representatives of the United States of
America, in congress assembled, that
independence of the republic of Cuba be
and the same is hereby acknowledged by
the United States of America.
"Section 2 Thattbe ! United States
should use its friendly offices with tbe
government of Spain to close the war be
tween Spain and Cuba."
The committee changed the Cameron
resolution so as to mane it more em
phatic. Tbe title was changed to read,
"A joint resolution acknowledging tbe
independence of tbe republic of Cuba,"
the words, "the republic," being insert
ed. Inetead of declaring that the United
States "should use its friendly offices,"
the resolution was made to read the
" United States "will" do so.
Secretary Olney, it is claimed by mem
bers of the committee who favored tbe
action, did not have any new informa
tion to present, umev urged tnat no
action be taken at present, and pointed
oat that there is no real government to
recognize.
Tbe agreement 10 report the Cameron
resolution was reached immediately after
Olney left without a division or an ex
pressed difference of opinion. The only
division was as to the senate. Cameron
moved its report on Monday next,
Sherman suggested that the report be
not put in until after the holidays. The
Cameron motion prevailed by a large
majority.
Members of the committee are reticent
as to what Secretary Olney said, but it
is certain be advised against any action
like that contemplated, as it would in
volve war with Spain.
One member of the committee said :
"Of course Spain will fight, bat there
is no danger of other countries getting
in our way.. No other European nation
' wants to fight us as, we would wind up
the war with Spain in short order."
The opinion was expressed that Cleve
land would veto tbe joint resolution. It
is understood that the main point raised
by tbe secretary was that covered in the
president's message, viz., there is no ac
tual government in Cuba to recognize.
ALotber member of tbe committee
said be believed that in case tbe presi
dent should veto tbe resolution it would
pass over tbe veto, as more, than two-
thirds of both tbe senate and the bouse
favored it.
,A KENTUCKY
LYNCHING.
Two Murderers Hanged and
One Shot
at RnssellTUIe. .
Russellville, Ky.j Dec. 18 Half a
mile south of here, hanging to a tree,
are the bodies of Dink and Arch Proc
tor, and in the county jail here is the
dead body of Will Proctor, a half
brother to Dink. '
At 2 o'clock this morning a mob bat
tered down the front door of the jail and
forced the jailer to give up the keys.
The oldest boy, Will Proctor, cursed the
mob and was shot dead in his cell. The
other two were taken oat and hanged.
Three weeks ago Arch Proctor, aged
.20, stabbed Aaron and Doc Crafton to
death at Adairville, this county. Aaron
died immediately and bis brother ling
ered a week or more. A week ago the
Proctors had , an examination. Dink
and Bill were acquitted. Their trial for
the killing of Doc Crafton was set for to
day. - The . mob numbered about .100,
and it did its work with dispatch.. Bill
Proctor has been tried three times for
murder. ' :
. , , Artillery for the. Cubans'. 2 - ,
Little . Eock, Ark.,' Dec. 18. Two
carloads - of -. heavy- artillery . passed
throogh this city yesterday for - the
South, over the Iron Monntain .road
The conductors eaid the cars were billed
to a Trxis port, and that the artillery
waa consizned to Cuban parties, bat
would not give their names, nor tbe
port to which the cars were destined.
The conductor stated that the arms were
for. the Cnban patriots.
IIOSWELL O. HOUR.
Died at His Home In l'lalnSeld. After
a Brief Illness.
Plainfield, N. J., Dec. 18. Ex-Con-greseman
Roswell G. Horr died tonight
at 11 o'clock, after an illness of two
weeks with bronchitis and Bright's
disease.
(Roswell G. Horr was born November
7, 1840, in Waitsville, Vt. He received
bis education in tbe public schools, and
when young moved to Elyria, O. In
1859 he married Miss Carrie Pinney, of
Elyria. He was admitted to tbe bar in
1864. One sear later he moved to St.
Louis and went into the mining busi
ness. In 1871, he took up bis home in
Saginaw, Mich., from which district be
was elected to congrees in 1878, and
served with distinction. In 1890, he
moved to Plainfield, and became a mem
ber of the editorial staff on tbe New
York Tribune, which position he held
ever since. His joint debate in cnicago
with W. H. Harvey, author of "Coin's
Financial School," attracted much
attention. When the national Repub
lican campaign committee called for
speakers last fall, he was one of tbe first
to respond, and made over ninety.
speeches in the campaign before he was
taken ill with bronchitis. Roswell G
Horr was well known in Oregon. He
took an active part in several presi
dential campaigns, and performed good
service for the Republican cause. He
has a brotbjer in Olympia, State Senator
C. Horr.)
The Cruiser Brooklyn.
Philadelphia, Dec. 20. The cruiser
Brooklyn, which has been lying at
League Island navy yard since going
into commission four weeks .ago, will
start on her first official cruise next
Saturday. She will steam for the naval
station at Newport, R. I. After her tor
pedoes have been taken on board, tbe
cruiser will proceed to Brooklyn, where
the citizens of that municipality will
formally present to the ship a handsome
silver service. After this ceremony and
the attendant festivities are concluded,
the ship will go to Hampton Roads and
join the Atlantic squadron.
Fell Down a Shaft. -
Denver, Colo., Dec. 18. A special to
tbe Times from Ouray, Colo., says
Gabriel Ruse, John Antra?, Charles
Swanson, Chas. Anderson and Louis
Jackson were instantly killed in the
Virginus shaft today. They were re
pairing timbers when the cage fell,
carrying them to the 1400-foot level.
Tbe bodies will be brought out through
the Revenue tunnel.
Columbus Adopted Resolutions.
CoLUMBUs,'Dec. 18. Fifteed hundred
citizens attended a mass meeting tonight
to express sympathy with the Cubans.
Resolutions were adopted, urging con
gress to recognize independence ot Cuba.
Congressman-elect John J. Lentz was
among the speakers.
Will March to the Sea.
Denver, Dec. 18. The Rocky moun
tain Cuban volunteers of this city, 1000
strong, decided today to leave- for the
Florida coast December 22 on foot, pro
vided horses enough are secured to carry
their supplies and accoutrements.
Enthusiastic Meeting- In Atlanta.
Atlanta, Dec. 18. The most enthus
iastic public meeting ever witnessed in
Altanta was held at tbe courthouse to
ight, when 2000 citizens expressed
sympathy with, the Cubans. Ex-Governor
Northern presided. Resolutions
were adopted favoring the recognition
of Cuban independence.
The Inaugural Ball.
Washington, Dec 19. It was decided
tonight to hold the inaugural ball in the
court of tbe pension office building.
which has heretofore served a like pur
pose. .
State of Ohio, City of Toledo)
Lucas County, ) .
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
the eenior partner of tbe firm of F. J.
Cheney & 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 can not be
cured by tbe nse of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Frank J. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 6th day of December,
A. D. 1896.
A. W. Gleason, .
seal Notary Public.
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WHAT JOSE MIRO SAYS
The Spanish Version of the
Death of Maceo Correct.
MISTOOK SPANIARDS FOR FRIENDS
President Cleveland is GlTen an Eathu
slastic Reception at Georgetown,
Sonth Carolina.
New York, Dec. 19. A dispatch to
the World from Havana says:
A letter written by Jose Miro, chief of
staff, describing General Maceo's death,
has been shown me. Miro planned
many of Maceo's operations. The letter
is dated Managua, December 9, two
days after Maceo's death, and confirms
fully tbe first reports by tbe correspond
ents of the World and of tbe Associated
Press.
Miro writes that Maceo was encamped
near a small bouse and was expecting to
be joined by the forces .of Castillo and
Sanchez. He saw tbe advance of tbe
Spanish irregular cavalry (guerillas), be
longing to. Major . Cirujeda's Spanish
column, and rode forward to meet them,
believing them to be friends. A volley
was discharged at him and bis group
and he fell dead.
There are 14,000 sick soldiers in hos
pitals in and about Havana. The Regu
lar hospitals speedily became over
crowded and warehouses and other large
buildings are now used ior the purpose.
Four hundred and thirty-eight cases of
yellow fever have been reported in this
city in tbe last seven days. Smallpox
continues epidemic, but is chiefly among
civilians, few cases being reported
among the soldiers.
A dispatch from tbe World corres
pondent at Santiago de Cuba under
date of December 9, says Commander
Veleh and 200 Spanish guerillas attacked'
a. Cuban bospital in Tarahucca on tbe
morning of December 6. The place was
protected by a small garrison. It made
a heroic defense, but could not prevent
the. Spaniards from breaking in. They
killed all of the sick, 20 in number, and
burned the bouse. The Cuban guard
bad fought until everv man was killed
or wounded. ,
SPANIARDS IN A FRENZY.
Popnlace in a Highly Inflammable State
of Mind.
New York, Dec. 19 The Evening
Post's copyrighted London cablegram
today has the following:
"The Cuban resolution in the United
States senate would be regarded here as
little more than a useful safety valve for
jingo sentiment, did not Madrid tele
grams show the highly inflammable
state of the Spanish populace. Tbe out
burst following Maceo's death, 'in which
the court was forced to join, is described
as bordering on frenzy. It suggests bow
far Bastilian sensitiveness and popular
enthusiasm may push the Spanish gov
ernment . without waiting for formal
proof of the validity of the action of con
gress. . . ,.
'In the event of a Spanish appeal
to the European powers, it is remem
bered that French . protests are still
heard against the assumed American
protectorate over the continent, where
France has large interests.
" 'America,' says the Manchester
Guardian today, 'is doing her best to in
volve herself again in a tangle of Eu
ropean diplomatic relations, by opening
one foreign question after another in
which Europe is deeply interested.' "
THE PACIFIC COAST CCTTFR.
Launching of the Hugh JHcCulloch at
Cramps' Shipyard.
Philadelphia, Dec. 19. Revenue cot
ter No. 3 was launched at Cramps' ship
yard today. As the new cutter glided
down the ways, Miss Helen Shoemaker
stepped forward, and, breaking a bottle
of champagne upon the cutter's bow,
said: "I christen thee Hugh McCul-loch."-
The launching was a snccesB in every
way. I he new vessel will be known as
the "queen of the revenue marine."
She has been designed for service on the
Pacific coast, and will make long
Alaskan and Arctic cruises. Not only is
she the largest cotter yet planned for
the service, but she is of peculiar con
struction, fitted for her prospective bat
tles with heavy ice1.
It was necessary in her building to
make the largest manganese bronze
castings ever attempted to serve as stern
posts. . Her construction is of a com
posite nature, the frame' being of steel,
and the bottom of five-inch planking,
copper-covered. She will be equipped
with four six-pound rapid-fire guns and
four one-pounders. In addition, she
win nave tne entirely new feature of a
torpedo tube. She is to be schooner
rigged, with ' three masts, and will be
capable of making long cruises with only
her sails in nse. She will carry a power
ful searchlight. , Accommodations are
'to be provided for ten officers and a
crew of seventy-five men.
Enthusiastic Southerners.
Georgetown, S. C. Dec. 19. Presi
dent Cleveland was given a most enthu
siastic reception here today. The party
arrived at 3 :30 p. m., amid the whjstlini
of engines, the ringing of bells, the fir
ing of cannon and the cheering of chil
dren and older ones, and were immedi
atly driven to the historic ' old Winyah
Indigo Society building, where, under
large bright United States, flags, battle-
scared remnants and memories of the
Mexican war and gorgeos festoonB, a re
ception of an hoar was beld. When the
party left for Washington on the special
car Coronet, a great crowd was . at the
depot, and as Mr.Cleveland stood uncov
ered on the rear platform, the people
waved handkerchiefs and cheered. .
The shooting today compared favor
ably with that of other days, and a large
string of ducks was transferred from the
Wistaria to the Coronet.
A Lost Tribe.
Guthria, O. T. Dec. 19. Two months
ago a band of 150 Kickapoo Indians ob
tained permission from Agent Thomas,
of the Sac and Fox agency, to go to the
Wichita country for reeds with which to
build tepees. Tbey left at once and have
not been seen since. The war ( depart
ment is now concerned and agents have
been sent in search of tbe lost tribe. It
is believed that the Indians have gone
to Mexico.
Work at the Navy-Yards.
New York, Dec. 19. While there is
no great activity in the navy-yards . at
Brooklyn, work is being pushed forward
with baste. The cruiser New York,
which left the drydock yesterday, went
to Tompkinsville. Men are kept work
ing overtime on the Texas, and the re
pairs on the other ships at the yard are
nearing completion.
Ch or, taw-Dawes Treaty.
Mcrcogke, O. T. Dec, 19. The Choc
taw commission signed a treaty with tbe
Dawes commission last nigt. The treaty
provides for the allotment of lands, town
sites, coal fields, for Choctaw schools,
and the relinquishment of the tribal
government within eight years.
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Something to Know.
It may be worth something to know
that the very best medicine for restoring
the tired out nervous system to a healthy
vigor is Electric Bitters. This medicine
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Mrs. M. E. H err in has a large assort
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' Artichokes tor Sale.
The undersigned has for sale - the
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CARLISLE'S REPORT
Statement of Government's
Financial Condition.
THE DEBT IS STEADILY INCREASING
Estimated Tear's Deficiency Exceeds
Sixty-fonr Millions The Retire
ment of Treasury Notes is
. Strongly Urged.
Washington, Dec 21. In his discus
sion of tbe currency the secretary makes
an exhaustive argument in favor of tbe
retirement from circulation of United
States, and treasury notes in the course
of which he says :
"Oar experience since the resumption
of specie payments has so thoroughly de
monstrated the impolicy of attempting
to maintain tbe circulation of these notes
as a permanent part of " our currency,
that further argument upon the question
seemq to be unnecessary except for" the
purpose of again pressing the subject up
on tbe attention of congress, and urging
the prompt adoption of such measures
as will, within a reasonable time, elim
inate this element of weakness from our
system.
"The maintenance of a policy which
neces'aruy imposes upon tbe govern
ment the burden of furnishing gold at
the public expense to whom . may de
mand it for nse or hoarding at home, as
for export to other countries, cannot be
justified upon any ground of expediency
or sound financial principle. While the
government has power to borrow money,
it is not its duty to issue public obliga
tions merely for the purpose of provid
ing a paper currency for nse in the tran
saction of business, nor has it the con
stitutional power to make its promise a
legal tender in tbe payment of private
debts. Such a policy, even if sanctioned
by tbe constitntion, instead of imparting
strength and stability to our currency
system, endangers it by the introduc
tion of political and partisan considera
tions into the management of a snbj
which ought to be regulated entirely by
the business interests of the people and
the laws of trade and the principles
which control honest commercial inter
course. "Although the actual ability of the
government to redeem its notes prompt
ly in gold coin may be undisputed, still
.the question whether they will be or
ought to be so redeemed, must always
be open to public discussion, and it is
well known tbat tbe constant agitation
of this question during the past five
years has upon several occasious greatly
imperiled the safety of our entire cur
rency system.
"So long as the United States notes re.
inain in circulation, questions as to tbe
mode and manner of their redemption
and as to tbe means of procuring and
maintaining a coin reserve for that pur
pose will be political issues, and so long
as these questions remain in politics,
public confidence in the stability of oar
currency will be more or less disturbed.
danger of overconfidence.
"We mast not be deluded into a feel
ing of security by the fact tbat there has
been a suspension of gold withdrawals
during the last few months and a large
accession to our stock of gold from
abroad during the same time because
there is no sufficient" reason to believe
this condition of affairs will be perma
nent, if oar existing system is main
tained. "No system of coinage that can be de
vised will furnish the government with
either gold or silver unless it pays for it
with'means already collected ' by taxa
tion or .by contracting and indebtedness
to be paid by tbe people in tbe future.
I am thoroughly convinced the retire
ment and cancellation of United States
notes of both claeses under each reason
able limitations and restrictions as time
and congress may see proper to pre
scribe, or as a prudent secretary of the
treasury will adopt in the exercise of his
official discretion, wonld not result,
either permanently or temporarily, in
an injurious contraction oi tne cur
rency." - .
. Allison In the Cabinet.
Chicago,' Dec. 21. A special o the
Tribune from Dubuque, la., says tbat
Senator Allison has been offered the
leading position in the cabinet by Mr.
McKinlev, that of secretary of state. It
is said tbe proffer was made through one
of the most prominent men in Iowa,
and that Senator Allison now bits the
matter under consideration.
The Dnrrant Case.
San Francisco, Dec. 21. What may
prove to be the beginning of the end of
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the Durrant case took place in the su
preme court today. The brief of Theo
dore Durrant was filed, although there
has beeu much discussion ns to whether
it could now bo filed, tbe usual time for
doing so haying elapsed. However,
Durrant was finally granted re-submission.
Attorney-General Fitzgerald also
filed a brief, ably replying to the de
fendant's counsel. Dnrrant is now givm
ten dayB in which to file a brief in reply.
Will Return to Canton Today.
Chicago, Dec. 21. The president
elect and Mrs. McKinlev will depart
Chicago tomorrow morning, to spend
the holidays, at home. Mr. McKinley .
was kept biiBy from early morning, re
ceiving tbe callers who flocked to the
home of Captain McWilliams.
Withdrew From tbe Race. '
Chicago, Dec. 21. Ex-Congressman
George E. Adams, a prominent candi
date for tht United States senate from
Illinois, announced be had. withdrawn
from the race, and his headquarters '
were closed.
EFFECT OF MUSIC.
The Nervous System Influenced by Dif
ferent Kinds of Sounds.
The old story that Saul when out of
temper used to summon David to play
the harp, and found the music to be a
sedative, may prove to be more- than a
simple historic incident, for boflrChar
cot and Tarchanow have declared that
musical sounds are a remedial agency
in disease which no physician con af
ford to ignore, says the New York
Herald.
Mr. Warthin, of Michigan, who has
given a great deal of thought to this sub
ject, asserts that different kinds of
sounds ore more effective than drugs in
the cure of disease. For instance, he
boldly assures us that the music of
Valkyrie will increase perspiration,
and, therefore, cure certain forms of
ailment caused by cheekin.7 its flow.
The operative energy is not the musio
as such. Tut the peculiar vibrations
made by it. Tannhauser, on the other
hand, is a vibratory sudorific and in
duces a serene state of mind and body.
M. Coriveaud, of Taris, asserts that
violin playing is at least n temporary
relnedy for sciatica. He adduces tie in
stance of a patient who found almost
instant relief in that way and who suc
cessfully resorted to it whenever threat
ened with an attack.
Terhaps this ia an appeal to the im
agination, but what matters it if the
patient is cured ? Fcrhaps, again, there
is a law hidden somewhere in the-pile
of apparent impossibilities one which
will some time be discovered for our
benefit. We never smile with increduli
ty at anything in these wonder-working
days.
Evading the Rule.
One of the regulations at the, new
Congressional library in Washington is
that visitors must carry no parcels into
the building. So says the Post, of that
city, and then goeson torclatenn amus
ing occurrence: A rather tall, broad
shouldered young woninn arrived ft tii"
door of the library, having in h-sr bam?
a neat brow n paper package. "No bun
dles are alowed inside the building."
said tbe attendant. "Yon mrat leave it
here till you come out." The young
woman objected. The man. eaid it was
the rule. The young woman said it war.
absurd. The man was firm. He must
obey orders. The young woman, hesi
tated : then she undid the parcel, hung
several pairs of black hose over her arm,
handed the man the paper, ana eaid:
"There, you may keep that until I
come out."
Cash In Yonr checks.
All county warrants registered prior
to July 12, 1892, will be paid At my
office. Interest ceases after Dec. 6,
1896. C. L. Phillips,
County Treasnrer. ,
Anyone desiriug their ehimneys
cleaned can have it done by calling upon
or addressing Mr. Ike Peary or James
Hoi;au, The Dalies or telephone to No
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