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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY. OREGON. WE DNES DAY. FEBRUARY 3. 1897.
vol. vn.
NUMBER 10.
A BRUISER'S HEAVEN
Nevada Enacts a Law Li
censing: Prize-fighting.
DIFFERENT FROM THE EARLY DAYS
Then They Fought to a Finish with
Gum, Without Color of
Legal Authority.
Carson, Nov., Jan. 29. Carson, and
it is safe to say, nearly the whole of the
western portion of Nevada, is all excite
ment, and all one can hear on the streets
ia talk of the probabilities of Corbett
and Fitzsimmons coming to Nevada to
settle the world's championship. Gov
ernor Sadler was interviewed, but de-
clined to say anything further than that
the bill had not reached him yet, and
that he supposed it had been enrolled in
time.
The matter of location between Reno
and Carson is still a cause of considera
ble speculation, taking it 'for granted
that the contest will come to some point
in Nevada. The Carson people claim
they have many 'more advantages than
Reno.
Mr. Wbeelock and A. Livingston, a
local business man, to. whom a good deal
of credit in passing the bill is due, wen
oat to Shaw's hot springB yesterday, and
it is conjectured that they were looking
that place over with a view to making it
the training quarters for one of the prin
cipals. Corbett and Fitzsimmons' will
be notified of the action taken today.
and they will probably start for the
"coast in a dav or two.
DAT S DOINGS IN CONGRESS.
Bum Present. Peace Resolution,
the Senate.
. Washington, Jan. 29. Senator Bacon
of Georgia, presented in the senate to
. day resolutions declaring that . the
United States desires to maintain peace
with all the world and favoring inter'
national arbitration for the settlement
of all differences with any other nation
where they fail to adjust a diplomatic
negotiation.
The resolutions declare that the
United States avows -this method
avoiding war aa its future policy and
invites all civilized nations to make
corresponding declarations. The reso
lutions were referred to the committee
on foreign relations.
In the House.
Washington, Jan. 29. The house has
been engaged all day in a ditoussion of
the conference report of the senate bill
to define the rights of the purchasers of
the Atlantic & Pacific railroad under
mortgage foreclosure. Considerable op
position was developed : to the report
arising out ' of objections to the pro
posed plan of reorganisation and to the
conferees abandoning the house amend
ment requiring the reorganization to
relinquish all claims to land grants un
earned July 6, 1896.
' Arm 7 Appointments.
Washington, Jan. 29. The president
today sent the senate . the following
nominations : Lieutenant-Colonel S. T.
1 Cushing, assistant commissary, to be
colonel and assistant commissary gen
oral 'of subsistence; Captain H. B.
Osgood, commissary of subsistence, to
be major and commissary of sabaist-
ence; Captain T. H. Carter, Sixth
cavalry, to be major and assistant adju
tant-general ; Captain T. H. Barry,
.' First infantry, to be major and assistant
adjutant-general ; Captain J. L. Bullis,
Twenty-fourth infantry, to be major end
paymaster; First Lieutenant George B.
Davis, Fonrth infantry, to be captain
and commissary of subsistence; S. H
Bell, ot Pennsylvania, to be post
chaplain. -" .
: Canal Bill to He Forced.
Washington, Jan. 29. Morgan, in
- charge of the Nicaragua canal bill, today
endeavored to have Tuesday next at 5
p. m., fixed as the time for a vote,
inrpie oojectea. Morgan then an
nounced that he would press the bill to
a conclusion on Monday.
To Vote on Conference Bill.
vvashikgton, Jan. 29. The senate
will vote on the international mone
tary conference bill at 4 o'clock this
afternoon. . .
ACCORDING . TO ARRANGEMENT.
Turner 1. Elected V. S. Senator from
Washington..
Olympia, Wash., Jan. 29. Only one
ballot was taken in the joint session of
the legislature today and George Tnrner
was declared elected United States sen
ator to succeed Watson C. Squire. Tnr-
ner received the full vote of last night's
caucus, but the bolters, with two excep
tions, voted for G. H. Westcott, ex
mavor of Blame. Williams voted for
Squire.
The return was : Turner, 68 ; Denny
(Rep.) 25: Westcott, 14; Squire, 1;
Ereitz, 1.
Before the election could be announced,
Williams attempted to trick the legisla
ture by moving an adjournment. He
was yelled down by excited friends of
Turner, and Yeend asked that Williams
be allowed to retire. He did so.
Judze Turner was sent for and made
aa eloquent address.
LASGLEY'S FLYING MACHINE.
The
Frofessor Report. Great Progress
. Toward It. Perlectioa.
Washington, Jan. 29. The report of
Professor Langley, secretary of the
Smithsonian institution, just submitted
to the board of regents, contains the
following about his flying machine:
"The writer' has, during the intervals
of his official duties, continued to ex
periment in this manner until he has
reached a measure of success which
eeems to justify him in making the
statement here that mechanical flights
have now been attained.
"On May 26th last a mechanism built
chiefly of steel and driven by a steam
engine made two flights of over half
mile. Since that time the result has
been nearly doubled. In each case
there was no support from gas. The
machine was 1,000 or more times heavier
than the air in which it was made to
move. Dr. Alexander Graham Bell wit
nessed the first of these, and communi
cated the statement of results to the
academv of France.
THE SAME OLD STORY.
Broker Left Hi. Wife to Elope With
HI. Typewriter.
Palatka, Fla., Jan. 29. Hugo Ben-
edix and a pretty brunette named Mad'
eline Elder, of Indianapolis, were two
of the principals in a sensational affair
in Justice Cox's court yesterday. Ben-
edix was engaged as a stock-broker in
New York three years ago, and Madeline
Elder was employed as his typewriter,
The two eloped, going to Indianapolis,
where they remained until three months
ago, although Mrs. Benedix was search'
ing for them.
Yesterday they were confronted by the
deserted wife, who made an attack on
Miss Elder, and would have injured her
severely if the sheriff had not interferred.
Benedix and Miss Elder were held in
bonds of $500 each. .
Talk. Without a Tongue.
New York, Jan. 29. Henry Cheno-
with, of Brooklyn, has recovered from a
surgical operation in which his tongue
was removed. The case attacted atten
tion by reason of the fact that he now
talks almost as well - as before be lost
his tongue. He bad a cancer and the
physicians decided the only way to save
Chenowith a life was to cut out his
tongue.
For some time after the operation, he
was compelled to take liquid food . by a
tube, but as his mouth healed he dis
carded the tube and now can eat better
and talk better than he did for two years
previous to the removal of his tongue.
Local physicians say Cbenowith'a recov
ery is one of the wonderful triumphs of
modern surgery. -
Wheat Hade a Break.
Chicago, Jan. 29. In the wheat pit
today the last hour was the most sensa
tional in months. On a break from 75 to
73, several big houses sold great lines of
wheat. The trade - was stampeded.
Everybody tried to sell. Bid line went
over for New York-account. It was con
tended in the pit that a big baker line
was thrown by several houses..
After the break some bouses doing big
selling were the best . buyers until the
May price got over the 74 cents again
It was a whip-saw for hundreds in the
trade. . New York added to the force of
the rally, reporting 800,000 bushels sold
for export.
Balloting at Salt Lake.
Salt Lake, Jan. . 20. The result of
three senatorial ballots today ; was the
loss of one vote each to Thatcher- and
Rawlins, and the gain of one by Hender
son. Senator Martha H. Cannon re
ceived four votes. The second ballot
was: - Thatcher, 19; Henderson, 15;
Rawlins, 15; Sarah F. Anderson, 5;
Bishop, 3; Harris, 2; Powers, 1; Cham
bers,!. '
The Plague Reaehe.jFormosa.
St. PktIbsbubg, Jan. 29. The offi
cials of the Japanese legation here con
firm the report that the plague has brok
en out in Formosa.
Two Million People Being Relieved.
Calcutta, Jan. 29. It is announced
that .2,000,000 persons are employed up
on the relief work in the famine-stricken
districts of India. :
CABINET POSSIBILITY
Ex-Congressman Wilson May
Take a Portfolio.
CALLED ON M'KINLEY SATURDAY
SToses Thatcher' Lacked Only Three
Vote, of Being Kleeted Utah'.
' Senator.
Canton, O., Jan. 30. Major McKin
lev passed a busy morning. He had
several conferences of importance.
Hon. J. E. Wilson, of Iowa, left at
II :30 for bis home. When at the station
be was reticent in his talk, but it was
not very difficult to infer from bis talk
that he is more than a cabinet possl
bility, and may accept the agricultural
portfolio.
General Charles H. Collis, of New
York, had a conference with Blajor Mc
Klnlev this morning. When asked if
any talk had been made regarding cabi
net matters. General Collis declined to
answer. He left with Senator Brown
of Utah, for the East this afternoon.
Lieutenant-Governor Woodruff and
wife, of New York, who came here to
call on Major McKinley, left this even
ing for Cleveland, where Mr. Woodruff
expects to see chairman Hanna. To the
Associated Press reporter, Mr. Woodruff
said he had come to talk over the New
York situation, and particularly to rec
ommend General Woodford for the navy
portfolio. Nothing of a definite nature
was accomplished, he said.
Ex-Senator Saunders, of Helena
Mont., also called on the president
elect.
ALMOST ELBCTSO.
Thatcher Lacked but Three Tote, of
Being Chosen Senator.
. Salt Lake, Jan. 30. This has been
an exciting day in the senatorial contest,
Five ballots were taken, being the forty-
second ballot of the joint assembly with
out any choice. The assembly then
took a recess to 3 p. m., and were in
session for an hour without balloting.
It was believed last night that there
would be no decided change today, but,
contrary to expectations, Thatcher
started with an increase of five votes on
the first ballot (four of them being
Populists) and gathered strength on
each of the following ballots until be
bad a total of twenty-eight votes, being
one more than the combined strength
of Henderson and Rawlins, and within
three votes of election, as there were
only sixty members voting.
The Thacher farces kept their strength
compact and defeated several dilatory
motions before the recess was taken. At
that time the opposition was somewhat
disorganized, and it was the general
opinion that Thatcher would be elected
in the afternoon...
When the afternoon session was
called to order, the opposition to
Thatcher resorted to filibustering tactics,
to gain time, first' claiming that the
adjournment was to noon on Monday,
and that the proceedings were irregular
and unlawful. Half a dozen motions to
adjourn and appeals . from the decision
of the chair were brought, op and voted
down on roll-calls.
Finally the opposition succeeded in
forcing an adjournment to Monday, due,
partly, it is thought, to the misappre
hension of some members as to what
they were voting for. It is almost cer-
j tain a ballot this afternoon wonld have
elected Thatcher. '
All sorts of rumors are afloat tonight
as to what another day will bring forth.
Thatcher's men are making every effort
to hold their strength, w.hile his oppo
nents claim he has reached the limit,
and other elements will come into the
contest and defeat him Monday. More
than half his increased strength, todty
came from Rawlins and Henderson, the
Republicans voting for Mrs. Wells.
TBI RIO GRANDE DAM.
A Favorable Report Will Be
Presented
to the Syndicate.
Desyeb, Jan. 30. A News Special
from Santa Fe says advices faom ; Las
Cruces. state that President Edgerton,
head of the Scotch syndicate which is to
dam the Rio Grande, near Fort Seldon,
has gone to London to present his final
report to the capalists who are back of
the enterprise. The report is favorable;
the preliminary work has been finished,
and all details carefully figured out.
The Atchison railroad has finished a
spur to the dam site, and a shipload of
Portland cement is about to be delivered.
With two possible exceptions, this is to
be the largest watef-storage reservoir in
the world. It will cost nearly $2,000,000,
and will irrigate 200,000 acres of Rio
Grande valley land between Fort Seldon
and El Paso."
- Air. -fc-dgerton had charge of the con
struction ot similar works in India,, for
the English government, and when he
returns in April he will bring with him
a corps of engineers, who were engaged
in India with him.
CUBVS NEW GOVERNOR.
Dispatch Prom Madrid Believed In
Washington.
Washington, Jan. 30. The Madrid
dispatch announcing the appointment of
Weyler'a successor here as absolutely
authentic. A week ago Senor do . Lome
communicated to Secretary Olney that
General Azcarrago had ' been . tendered
this position, but no definite action had
been taken. , .: . :. .
All American citizens now in prison
in uuoa as suspects will, with , few ex
ceptions, be given their release some
time during the coming week. This in
formation, it is said, has also been con
veyed to the state department by Span
ish legation. The whole Competitor
crew, it is understood, is included in the
amnesty, and there is a possibility that
General Julio Sangnilly and Louis So,
meillan may also be freed.
I ne state department has for some
time been conducting correspondence
with the Spanish authorities, negotiat
ing for the release of the imprisoned
American citizens1; ' The department has
impressed the .act upon the Spanish
government that if it would release the
imprisoned Americans, it, would go
long way toward allaying the feeling in
the United States against Spanish rule
in - Cuba. State department officials
have been confident that they could per
suade the Spanish government to take
this view of the situation, and it is said
they have succeeded at last.
Senor de Lome is confined to his room
with an attack of grip, and could not be
interviewed on the above subjects, but
it is generally understood that Senor
Azcarrago had consented to assume the
arduous role of Cuban pacificator, and it
is thought that this policy will greatly
simplify the entanglements with this
government.
Russian. Resent French Attack.
Nxw York, Jan. 29. A Herald dis
patch from St. Petersburg says :
Replying to the Paris Gauloia attacks
against the Franco-Russian alliance, the
Novosti says :
"Before her alliance with Russia,
France only played a secondary political
role for twenty years. After it she at
once rose to the first rank."
Referring to the material side, the
Novosti calls ' attention to what the
Chinese government has ceded to France
and the support Russia ha6 given France
in the Egyptian question and also at
Constantinople.
The attacks which have recently been
delivered bv the Figaro and the Gaulois
cause high feeling here and have been
the reason why so much stress is being
laid upon the visit of Count Muravieff,
which is being emphasized in the strong'
est manner. It is even hinted that the
opportunity of the count's visit will be
taken to come to an understanding with
France on the Eastern question. . ,
As it is well known here, the friction
comes from the resentment of the French
bondholders, who own,-according to M.
Cambon, 68 per cent of the Turkish
debt, consequently tbey most . actively
favor the financial commission plan,
from which Russia held alof.
Burned to a Crisp. . ,
New York, Jan. 30. John Connors,
50 years old, met a shocking death on
the steamship East Central pier at At
lantic dock, Brooklyn. The vessel ar
rived last Tuesday from Brazil with her
boilers strained from the effects of a
storm. Connors was sent with others to
make repairs to the interior of one of
the boilers. Before beginning opera
tions the men lowered into the boiler a
charcoal furnace with which the iron
work was to be heated. .
Connors climbed through the man
hole, the only means by which an en
trance to the boiler could be gained, and
was lowered to the bottom at 11 o'clock.
When the factory whistle announced
the noon hour one of the workmen
climbed to the top of the boiler and
shouted to Connors. . There was no re
ply. A workman was lowered into the
boiler and Connors was found dead.
The upper part of the man's body was
burned -to a crisp. He had evidently
been overcome by the fumes and had
fallen on the furnace.
Secretary Herbert Notified.
Washington, Jan. 31. Secretary Her
bert was informed of the accident to the
Brooklyn iu the following dispatch from
Captain Cook, dated Linewood, Pa. :
"Left League island on account of the
ice jam. Struck on Schooner ledge.
The double-bottom compartment, nnder
the engine and firerooms full of ' water.
Leak in bilge, but kept clear by pump
ing. Safely moored to ice pier.
MRS. CAREW IS GUILTY
Sentenced to Death for Kill
ing Her Husband.
DIPHTHERIA CURE' DISCOVERED
The Virus of the Vaccine, It 1. Said
. ' Vanquishes the Toxlne of the
Diphtheria.
Yokohama, Feb. 1. Mrs. ' L. Carew
who has been on trial here since Janu
ary 5th, charged with causing the death
of her husband, Walter 'Raymond
Hallowell Carew, secretary of the Yoko
hama United Club, by the administra'
tion of arsenic, has been found guilty
and was today sentenced to death. : The
jury was only out half an hour. The
sentence' is subject to revision by the
British minister.
The summing-up of the judge .was
against the prisoner.
The prosecution of Mary Jacobs, the
nursery governess, arrested Januaiy
10th on suspicion of being the mysterious
veiled woman who figured in the case.
has been dropp d.
A CURB FOR DIPHTHERIA.
Alleged Startling Discovery of an
land Physician. '
Oak
Oakland, Cal., Feb. 1. An interest
ing problem is suggested to the medical
world by a recent experience of Dr. F,
Wolsey, He was called to treat two
children suffering from the fever which
follows vaccination, and while they were
nnder his care both developed diph
theria, from which tbey recovered
quickly.
The physician is now almost convinced
that there was a clash between the . two
ferments in the blood, and that the viruB
of the vaccine vanquished the toxine of
the diphtheria. He watched the cases
very closely, and felt so certain of the
correctness of his conclusion that in the
notice of the cases which he sent to the
health office he announced that the diph
theria had been lightened by vaccina
tion. The patients are now strong and
well at a time when such sufferers are
usually weak from the effects of the
disease.
In discussing the matter, Dr. Wolsey
aid:
"The thought suggested by the recent
cases of mine is the antagonism of one
disease for another, like erysipelas to
cancer, which is an entirely new idea as
applied to diphtheria. ', Whether o- not
it will prove of any practical value is
question, upon which I feel rather doubt
ful, but it is nevertheless of great inter
est scientifically and' throws new light
on such subjects. It may incidentally
be a point of vantage for experiments in
other directions.',''.
REMEDY FOB HARD TIMES.
Eckels Says Banking Law.
Must Be
Revised.
Washington, Feb., I. Controller of
of Currency Eckels had a Eecpnd confer
ence with the committee on banking and
currency ' today,- Eckela expressed the
opinion that the only remedy for exist'
ing financial troubles was a complete re'
vision of the banking system which
wonld amount almost to a new ' system
The discussion was an informal one in
which all the members took part. :
Eckels thought no more gold for re
demption purposes would be needed un
der a proper banking system than now,
The only use for metalic money was for
redemption' purposes. "
Representative Newlands, of Nevada,
the principal representative of free silver
on the committee, asked many questions.
In response, Eckels said that countries
which had the best developed systems of
credit were England. The banks did
not need such large reserves so much to
protect their currency as their deposits.
Russia had been hindered in its endeav
ors to reach the gold standard. Eckels
said, by adverse business conditions and
heavy taxation. The characteristics of
the .Russian people were such that more
gold is required for redemption than in
countries where the people were more
used to 'banking methods.
. Dawes fur Controller.
Chicago Feb. 1. Charles G. Dawes
said to an Astociated Press representa
tive today :
"I have been tendered and have ac
cepted the appointment of controller of
the currency. I ; have much regretted
the early publicity which has unavoid
ably attached to the matter, for it seems
to have given rise to the inference that I
had some desire' of succeeding Eckles
prior to the expiration of his commis
sion in 1898. .1 can say for myselt and I
think I speak, tor all concerned, that I
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sincerely hope that Eckles may see bis
way clear to the retention of his posi
tion until the' expiration of his com
mission. His distinguished services as
controller of the currency, rendered
amid so many embarrassments and com
plicatioms, have earned him the grati
tude of the nation."
Confirm, the Report.
Chicago, Feb. 1. An Associated Press
representative saw. Mr. Gave this morn
ing. He was very busy, having before
him about a thousand letters, but took
time to say regarding the New York
World interview, sent in these dis
patches last night.
"Those are my views, subject to such
modifications, as further thought may
seem to require. I must decline to .go
into a declination of my views now as I
have not time to formulate them and I
do not think, it would be proper or ad
vance the interests of the country.
THE ROSEBTJRO BOLD-BP.
Detectives Are Working on the Case,
1 but They Know Little,
Roskbubg, Or., Jan.,: 30.--Yesterday
the sheriff tracked one of the ' supposed
train robbers over the bill east of , the
railroad into Gosser canyon. The man
bad gone north, evidently holding to the
fence as he went down the hill to the
creek.. The tracks then croes the creek.
finally turning and coming toward town,,
where the trail was lost on the hard
ground. The supposition is the robbers
are now in town. '
The officers are reticent as to the
theory they are working upon, but claim
they have a slight cine, which they will
not divulge. - Several detectives are on
the case.
Many people today are fiBhing for val
uables in the small slough at the scene
of the hold-up. One man found one $20
and one $10 gold piece in a handful - of
mud.
A Valuabl Prescription.
Editor Morrison of Worthington, Ind.,
Sun," writes: ' "You have a valuable
prescription in Electric ' Bitters, ' and I
can cheerfully recommend it for Consti
pation and Sick Headache, and as a gen
eral system tonic it has no equal." Mrs.
Annie Stehle, 2025 Cottage Grove Ave., '
Chicago, was all run down, could not eat
nor digest food, bad a backache which
never left her and felt tired and weary, .
but six bottles of Electric Bitters re
stored her health and renewed strength.
Prices 50 cents and $1.00. Get a. Bottle
at Blakeley and Houghton's Drug Store.
Town Bidding for the- Fight.
San Fbaxcisco," Jan. 29. Now that
Governor Sadler, of Nevada, has signed
the prizefight bill, it is accpted as a
settled fact here that the Corbett-Fitz-simmons
fight will be held either in Reno
or Carson. Both places are bidding for
it, but until Stuart gives the word,' no
one will know which town is to be selec
ted. Ren is on the main line ot the
Central Pacific, and is easier of access
than Carson, which is a few miles dis
tant on a branch road.
Affects Many Banks.
Colfax, Wash., Jan. 31. The Pull
man State bank has commenced an ac
tion here which has a beariug on every
bank in the state. It applied for a tem
porary injunction in the yuperior court
to restrain County Treasurer Manring
from collecting the full amount of taxes
on the capital stock. The bank claims
the capital is not all paid up. Applica
tion had been previously made to the
board of equalization and refused. V 2
Mrs. Bcecher Growing Weaker,
Stamfnrd, Conn., Jan. 31. There has
been no material change in the ' con
dition of Mrs. Henry , Ward Beecher,
who is danger nnaly ill. She had a com
fortable day, though it is apparent she
is gradually " growing weaker. . Her
friends, however, do not apprehend im
mediate death. "