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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 21. 1897.
NUMBER 21.
W
ARE TO LEAVE CUBA
Spain Withdrawing 10,000
of Her Troops.
HIS WILL WAS BURIED WITH HIM
The Mississippi Flood Has Left Thous
ands HomelessActive Measures
Being Taken for Their Relief.
- Washington, April 16. According to
information received from trustworthy
' sources here the withdrawal of at least a
part of the great army Spain has main
tained for several years in :he island of
Cuba will begin when the rainy seaeon
sets in within a few days. The initial
movement will be the departure of 10,000
Spanish troops from Havana to Spain,
and witbia a short time 30,000 troops, it
is understood, will withdraw. The Span
ish insist positively that it means only
that little or nothing of the insurrection
remaine: that Gomez has only about 50
or 100 followers, and to watch these un
der conditions in which the campaign
has been necessarily conducted, a few
thousand are qnite as effective as the
180,000 men now in Cuba.
: The Cuban contingent, on the other
band, insist that the Spanish financial
resources are exhausted and the troops
are to be withdrawn because of lack of
money to keep them in the service.
DHSOLATION IN ITS) WARE.
Flood, in Tasoo District Has left Thou
sands Homeless.
Washington, April 16. Secretary Al
ger has leceived a telegram from one of
bis inspecting officers at Cairo, who has
been working in the Yazoo district,
which says:
"I have completed the inspection of
the upper portion of my district from
Asheport to Cairo and find the conditions
slightly improved."Tb most ' extensive
crevasse, below Caruthersvilre, has wid
ened to 3200 feet. The water is station
ary at Cairo, but is risirfg below there. -
"About 200 refuges from this section
have collected at points on high grounds.
I have located and noted the approxi
mate number, established relief stations
and communicated the necessary de
tails to Captain Davis, who- is forward'
iug supplies from Memphis. This point
is the natural center for general distri-
bution by small semi-weekly packets
that know the landings, and are ex pec
ted to prove more satisfactory and eco
nomical than the chartered boats. All
. the relief stations but two are already
supplied from. Memphis with five days'
rations."
Another array inspector telegraphed
from Greenville, Miss., that the total
area subject to ovrefiow in bis district
. is about 4000 square miles, mostly in
Phillips county. Ark., and CoahomaH
Quitman, Bolivar, Sunflower and Wash
ington counties, Mississippi. . It is sug
gested that a ten days' supply of rations
be sent at the earliest practicable mo
ment to supply 1000 .destitute persons
and 1000 bead of stock in - Quitman
county, in which there are ten towships
inundated. Also for 5000 destitute
people and 500 head of stock in Coa
homa lounty, where 12 townships are
flooded, and for 8000 people and 100 head
of stock in Bolivar county, where nine
townships are inundated.
On the Arkansas side it is reported
5000 destitute people and 400 .head of
livestock in Phillips and Monroe counties
are requiring assistance.
From 30 to 40 days is estimated as the
- period of time before laborers can go to
work in the inundated area, but as this
period will vary with the locality, the
inspector recommends that no supplies
be sent for a' longer period than ten
days. ' . .
A Will Unearthed From An Old 'Grave.
Levknwobth, Kan., April 16. Aft
er lying in a man's coffin for more than
30 years a will has been exhumed, the
. terms of which are likely to increase the
troublesome litigation among the heirs
of the man who bad the document buried
with him. ".
. Jacob ICissingen was the man. The
will was found by accident, because
when Kissingen died, although a will
believed to bave been made, nobody
could find it. So the beirs went to law
and bave been at it ior three decades. .
A few days ago a dispute arose which
could be cured np by the family Bible.
The grave was opened and the book tak
en out. It waB in a good state of preser
vation, and when opened, to the surprise
of everybody, disclosed-a will. .
By the terms of the document found
in the grave the property of Kissingen
. ia divided among five children, one of
them residing ia Germany, and born of
Kissingen's first wife. This is where the
new trouble begins. None of the four
'American heirs ever beard of the- fath
er'a first marriage.
The Flood at Davenport, la.
Davenport, la., April 16. A. seven
inch rise baa brought the waters of the
MississiDDi to within six inches of the
danger line. The rising flood baa invad
ed the cellars of many jobbing-houses
and the levee is almost entirely under
water.
Muscatine island, the geat melon-rais
ing ground, is reported to be largely un
der water.' Rains continue nearly every
day and the situation daily becomes
more serious. . '
In the neighborhood of Burlington the
river is six mileswide, and covers a wide
area of valuable bottom farm land i
Illinois. The farmers there have given
np hope of getting in their crops, and
much loss will result. The river is still
rising. '
THE LONGFELLOW STATU E.-
Fitting: Memorial of the Poet mt Port
land, III Birthplace.
One of the best instances of what the
statue of any great man should be at
anv rate, inhe respect of its situation.
its perspective with regard to other
memorials and the local estimation in
which it is held is the statue of Long'
fellow at Portland, says the' Atlantic
It is a dignified seated figure of the poet
in bronze, occupying a conspicuous site
in the best part of the town, in the mid
die of a square which is known as Long
fellow square. The statue was raised a
few years ago by a fund solicited
through a wide field, but chiefly ob
tained in Portland. The sculptor was
chosen through that curious local spirit
which has affected unfavorably many of
our architectural and othe monu
ments. He was avowedly' selected be
cause he was a "Maine man," though be.
had never seen the poet. However, the
result in this case seems to have been
happy. The statue has much beauty
and the likeness is said to be excellent,
This statue stands in the poet's native
town, as is entirely proper. It may ap
peal every day to the eyes of -thousands
of young" people, born very much as he
was born, who should see in it the sug
gestion of possibility for them.-Poet
ically it mokes the stranger fancy the
genius or spirit of the man still linger
ing among the scenes of his youth, and
it symbolizes the satisfaction- which
every man feels to have his name re
membered in his native town. '
An Island and s. Peninsula.
At a school -the other day a teacher,
having asked most of his pupils the dif
ference between an island and a penin
sula., without receiving a satisfactory
answer, came to the last boy. "I can
explain it, sir," said' the bright youth.
"First, get two glasses; fill one with
water and the other with milk. Then
catch a fly and place it in the glass of
water. That fly is- an island, because
it is entirely surrounded by water. Bmt
now place the fly in the glass of milk.
and it will be a peninsula, because it is
nearly surrounded by wafer." The boy
went to the .top of the class.
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It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac
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tiougnton, druggists.
THIEVES WHO STOLE MILLIONS.
Vast Defalcations and Embezzlements
Recorded in the Year 1.SOS.
The aggregate stealings of men who
violate public and private trusts, by
defalcation and embezzlement, are
probably much greater every year than
those of the burglars and highway
men put together, says the Cleveland
Leader. -
The record of such stealings during
1895, as compiled.by the insurance com
panies which guarantee employers
against the dishonesty of their em
ployes, and the public against the dis
honesty of officials, shows that the sum
of $9,465,921' was obtained. The cases
of embezzlement reported numbered
240. Of these 14 stole more than $30,-
000, $20 more than $100,000, one more
than $500,000, and one more than' $1 -
000,000. '' -
City and county officials stole $1,393,-
075, banks lost $3,996,970, agents em
bezzled . $1,045,875, forgers obtained
$341,500, building and loan associations
$497,578, postmasters stole $32,815, and
the miscellaneous defalcations amount
ed to $2,175,782. New York leads, with
defalcations amounting to $2,388,816,
while the stealings of that sort in Del
aware were the smallest, amounting
only to $1,100.
Couldn't Listen to Tips.
- A sharp Yankee went into Wall street
about two years ago with $1,000 and
has since cleared $200,000. As this was
something really remarkable, a well
known broker was asked the secret of
Lthe Yankee's success, and he replied:
. lie is stone deaf, and therefore cannot
listen to worthless tips." , ' .
ARE FIGHTING HARD
Turks Pushing -,Tlieir Way
Into Greece.
FIERCE BATTLE IS MItOUNA PASS
Turkish Forts Are Silonced by Kins;
George's Warships The Flghting
at Karra--Relations Severed.
Foot of Milouna Pass, April 18. rlO
a. m. A fierce battle raged in the pass
all night long. The Greeks entered and
descended toward the valley, encounter
ed four battalions of Turkish troops, who
drove them back, and at the point of the
bayonet rescued the force garrisoning the
Turkish blockhouses, which the GreekB
had encircled before entering the pass.
Neshad Pasha, commanding the fifth
division, occupied Mount Harnia, with
a great force, while Hairi Pasha, com
mandiug the" Sixth division, prepared to
enter the the Tschaisahn pass, and Haida
Pasha, with the Fourth' division, occu
pied the Milouna pass.
Before dawn Edhim Pasha rode out to
direct the disposition of the ' divisions.
A general engagement' ensued. -The
battle still continues along the entire
pass, over 20,000 men being engaged
The combat turned on the possession of
the Greek blockhouse, which 'was most
obstinately defended. Several vigorous
attacks were made by the Turks, with
out success, but finally; about 9 o'clock,
by a magnificent dash, they took the
blockhouse at the point of the bayonet.
The Greeks are still defending their
positions on the summit of the hill. At
the present moment four battalions of
Mendokh Pasha's division are advanc
ing to the frontier positions already tak
en. v
The Turks are fighting like demons,
the Turkish artillery doing splendid exe
cution under the command of Kiza
Paaba. '" ' ' '"" : - -
The correspondent of the Associated
Press says:
"I regret to have to announce the
death of Hafiz Pasha at Milouna. The
battle is still undecided, but the Turks,
without calling up the reserves, have
taken almost the whole pass. It is im
possible to give details as to losses. -1
saw many groups of wounded men, but
they were mostly on the bights. Am
bulances have been sent to bring them
in. 1 cannot say whetner the Turks in
tend to advane on Larissa."
Brutal Murder of Facificos.
New York, April 17. A World
dis-
patch from Havana by way of
Jackson-
ville, Fla., says:
A - camp of pacificos near Manges,
Pinar del Bio, baB been raided and more
than forty persons slain. The camp
sheltered refugees from ' San CriBtobal
and neighboring places, driven . from
there by" the impossibility of getting
food. They had begun cultivating crops
for their own nse. Colonel San Martin
beard of it from a spy', and sent Captain
Sarda with twenty men .to break up the
camp.
The camp was-surprised at night, the
men tied to trees, their buts burned and
their crops destroyed. The men were
kept tied up a day' without food and
water, while the guerrillas caroused with
and maltreated the women captives,
Then both men and women were shot.
Five hundred Cubans ambushed three
battalions of Spanish troops on the Arte-
miea military road and killed nearly 200,
The Cnbaus lost nearly 100.
Wheat Takes A Jump. '
New Yoek, April 17. The- was -tre
mendous excitement in the wheat mar
ket todav. Prices advanced four cents a
bushel in a little ovjr two hours. Deal
ings ran np into the millions. The
shorts were completely stampeded, and
tbeir orders to buy flooded the market
from start to finish. War news and
foreign buying were the factors which
occasioned the tumult. The foreign
buying was by far the heaviest seen in
long time. No limit was set on the ex
ecution of foreign, orders, which read
Buy wheat,''and it was bought at any
figure. During the regular session May
went from 73 to 78 cents, and later on
the curb to 79J -cents. . To other in
fluences was added the export demand
at the close, Liverpool taking 35 loads.
The market was" at fever beat all day,
and left off at its wildest point. Total
sales were between 6,000,000 and 6,500,-
000 bushels.
, The River at St. Louis.
St. Louis, April 17. The river here
this morning showed but ' a decline of
three-tenths of a - foot for the past
twenty-four hours, and the prediction is
that it will change but little during the
next two days. Above here, however,
slight rises are marked on the Missis
sippi at Booneviile and Kansas City,
and on the Mississippi at Hannibal,
Keokuk and Davenport, Weather Ob
server Frankenfield thinks the Missouri
will continue to rise slowly, and the
upper Mississippi will also rise gently,
but no danger stages are indicated south
of Keokuk with the water now in sight
Can vos Bays It Isn't So. .
Washington, April 17. The Spanish
minister has received a telegram .from
the president of the council of ministers,
Senor Canovas, saying that the report of
the recall of 30,000-men from Cuba has
no more foundation than the fact of its
publication in an opposition paper of
Madrid. .
Minister de Lome says no soldiers will
be withdrawn from Cuba. Captain-General
Weyler has telegraphed that he does
not need any more reinforcements to
terminate the war.. -
So Breaks at Natchez.
Natchez, Miss., April 17. The gauge
here shows another rise ot four-tenths
during the last twenty-four hours. No
breaks are reported in the immediate
vicinity, but the best-posted and most
reliable authorities ' admit that the
levees are standing a much greater strain
than had ever been expected of them
Hundreds of refugees ' are filling the
city, some being in a pitiable condition.
almost starved, and with nothing left
them but the clothes they wear.
Relief Work in Arkansas.
Litti.b Rock, Ark., April 17. Gover
nor Jones today received a telegram
from bis secretary, who is distributing
funds in the flooded district, stating that
a most deplorable state of affairs exists
in Monroe county. - He estimates that
there are 2000 persons and 10,000 head
of stock in that county in need of im
mediate assistance to prevent starvation.
Condition of Rivera.
Havana, April 17. General Ruiz
Rivera and Colonel Baccallao, the in
8urgent leaders recently captured in the
province of Pinar del Rio, and are no
longer incommunicado. They are re
covering from their wounds, and are re
ported to be well cared for. .......
Berkeley Beat Stanford. -
San Francisco, April 17. The second
intercollegiate baseball championship
game between the university of Califor
nia and Stanford was won by the former
at Central Park, this afternoon, by 15 to
11. The first grnie was won bv Stan
ford, 14 to 13.
Judge Day Goes to Washington. .
Canton, O., April 17. Judge W. R.
Day, commissioner extraordinary to
Cuba, left Canton this afternoon for
Washington. .
Chinese for Cuba.
Ottawa, April 17. Over 600 Chinese
passed through from the Pacific coast to
New York,- bound for Cuba.
The Grandest Remedy.
Mr. ' R. B. Ureeve, merchant of
Chilbowie, Va., certifies that he had
consumption, was given up to die,
sought all medical treatment that money
could procure, tried all cough remedies
he could hear of, but got no relief ; spent
many nights sitting up in a chair; was
induced to try Dr. King's New Discovery,
and was cured by the. use of two bottles.
For past three years has been attending
to busines, and says Dr. King's New Dis
covery is tbe grandesbremedy ever made,
as it has done so much for him and also
for others in his community. Dr. King's
New Discovery is guaranteed for Coughs,
Colds and Cosumption. It '.don't fail.
Trial bottle free at Blakeley t Hough ton's
Drue etore. (2)
First German Booic.
Brewer says the first book printed in
the German language" was the "Edel
stein," or "Precious Stone,'vin 1401, by
L'lridh Bcner. Seven years before this,
however,' in 1434, Gntenburg and Faust
printed in Latin an indulg-ence issued
by Pope Nicholas V. to PaulinusChappe,
an ambassador to the king of Cyprus.
There is much conflict among the nu?
thorities as to the dates of the earlier
copies; of the Faust and Gutenburg
books, and in many cases the exact
time of their issuance is conjectural.
Oplnm in Japaft.
i x lie vhmx u?sc ill c aiiaiu vi biu? Dji cau
of the habit of opium smoking in their
country, and efforts are being made to
restrict its sale and consumption.
Something to Know.
It may be worth something to know
that the very best medicine for restoring
the tired ont nervous system toa- healthy
vigor is Electric Bitters. This medicine
is purely vegetable, acts by giving tone
to the . nerve centres' in tbe stomach,
gently stimulates the Liver and Kidneys,
and aids these organs in throwing off
impurities in the blood. Electric Bit
ters improves the appetite, aids diges
tion and is pronounced by those who
bave tried it as the very best blood puri
fier and nerve tonic. Try it. Sold for
50c or $1.00 per bottle at Blakelev & j
Houghton's Drug Store. (2) j
GREEKS TO THE FRONT
Capture and Occupy Viglia
. Commanding Damazi.
FIGHTING WAS FAST AND FURIOUS
Firing- at Many Points Was Rwsomed
Early This Morning Prince Nicho
las Ordered to the Front.
v. Athens,' Greece, April 19. Firing
commenced this morniog between the
Greeks and Turks at several points along
the frontier. Colonel Manos, at the
head of 25,000 Greek troope, has crossed
the River Arakaphos, on the frontier of
Epirus, and is now entering that part
south of Albanta, after having driven
back the Turkish advance posts.
- ine DomDardment of revesa was re
sumed at daybreak.. The leading force
has not yet attacked the place.
A dispatch from Greek headquarters
this afternoon says three important po
sitions were occupied today near Menexa
by the Greek troops. '
Prince r-icbolas, of Greece, third son
of King George, has been ordered to
the front in command of a battery of
artillery. Later in the day confirmation
was received of the report that a large
Greek force bad crossed tbe River
Arakaphos. The Greek battleship
Spetzai has been taking part in the bom
bardment of Prevesa. The firing re
commenced at 5 :30 a. m. today. '
A body ot 70U Greek insurgents landed
at Syrako, Epirus, and is now marching
on Fillipidau. Numerous other bands
of Greek insurgents have entered
Epirus. t .
DiepatcheB from Tyrnaver, in North
west Lariesa, say that -tbe fight in tbe
vicinity of Reveni and Rongazi lasted
throughout Sunday. The Greeks cap
tured two Turkish posts, one of which
was re-taken later by the Turks. The
fighting was of a desperate character,
band-to-hand, and the Greeks are re
ported to have advanced into Damazi
plain and occupied Viglia, which" com
mands ft,' after capturipg a battery of
Turkish artillery.
The second engagement occurred at
Griezovali, where the TurkH, according
to last reports received, were attempt
ing to re-capture that post from tbe
Greeks. , . ;
Result of Bombardment by Greek War
ships at Arta.
Rome, April 19. A dispatch to the
Messagero from Arta says the remaining
Turkish fort at Prevesa' has been de
stroyed by the fire of the Greek warships
and tbe position of the Turks is untena
ble. Four thousand Greeks, , the dis
patch adds, have been landed for tbe
purpose of occupying Prevesa, '
A second dispatch to the same paper
announces that 2000 Albanians, who
Btarted into Greece with the express in
tention of reaching Lariesa, baverecross-
ed the frontier, and are now ravaging
Epirus. ' '
Turkish Forts Destroyed
Island of Corfu, April 19. Noon.
Greek troops, as this dispatch is Bent,
are advancing on Fillipidau, northwest
of Arta. A detachment of 800 Greek
troops is in readiness to land at Prevesa,
the Turkish fortified position north of
the entrance to the Gulf of Arta. The
Turkish forts at that place have 'been
almost completely destroved by the
bombardment of tbe Greek fleet. Manv
forts have been reduced to ashes.
MOKE FIGHTING NEAR ARTA.
Turks Attacked the Greeks While
Crossing the River Arakaphos.
Athens, April 19. A dispatch from
Arta, filed at 11:30 this morning, an
nounces that fighting continues between
the Greeks and the Turks at the en
trance to the Gulf of Arta and eleewhere
in that vicinity. The Turkish batteries
at Hammidien and Pantocratoros are
replying feebly. The- crossing ot the
river Arakaphos by the . Greek armies
nnder Colonel Manos, nnmbering about
25,000 men, was attended' by severe
fighting, during wbich the Greek ar
tillery batteries .distinguished them
selves. This force is now in Epirus.
Dispatches from the front received
here this evening say that the Turks in
considerable force have keen attacking
Reveni, not far from Tyrnavo, north
west of Larissa, which would indicate
that tbe Greeks have not advanced far
into Damazi plain. It is added that the
Turks were repulsed at Reveni. t
A still later dispatch from Gritzovali
admits that the Turks bave recaptured
that place. In the second engagement
at Gritzovali, a: Greek brigrade com
manded by General Mastropas, which
was able to reform after giving way un-
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SITUATION AT BIGGS.
Flood destroying; Thousands of Acres of
Newly Planted Crops.
Memphis, April 19. Another break in
tbe levee on the Louisiana side is report
ed from a point 20 miles below Natchez,
Mies. The details at this writing are
meager, and the extent of the break can
not be learned. . Tbe situation at Biggs,
where the water is'rushing throngh the
crevasse In torrents, is growing worse.
Madison parish is fast becoming i inun
dated, and the water will extend to
other parishes, destroying thousands of
newly planted crops. Vicksbnrg, Natch
ez and other river points are crowded
with refugees, and eyerytbiug possible
is being done to alleviate the sufferings
of the poorer classes. The situation
through out the delta tonight is about
the same as yesterday. It was a beauti
ful day in the flood -stricken section, and
planters hope the water will be carried
away in time to make a good crop. At
Memphis, the river is slowly falling, and
at Cairo a decided fall is reported.
Relief- Work at Vleksburtv -
. Vicksbubg, Miss., April ' 19.- Relief
work is the feature of the flood situation
here. It is reported tocjay that the
Louisiana levees are black with people
waiting to be ferried over to the city.
Lieutenant Crowley, of -the quartermas
ter's department is here buying supplies
for the flooded region in general, and
handsome donations are coming in by
mail and wire, '
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v No. 2-8. .
' A Precious Bins;.
Queen Victoria's coronation ring is
never out of her sight, and is worn by
her every evening. It is a band of gold,
containing a cross in rubies surrounded
by white brilliants. A coronation ring
s Supposed to symbolize the wedding
of the sovereign with the nation. Al
bany Journal.
Consumption of Iron.
In the year J3S8 the consumption of
iron, per inhabitant, was: For Great
Britain, 400 pounds; Belgium, 310;
United States, 200; Geripany, 204;
Sweden, 170; France, 112; Austria, 45;
Spain, 37; Italy, 22, and Russia, 19
pounds. N. Y. Sun. V '
Mrs. A. Inveen, residing at 720 Henry
St., Alton, HI., suffered with sciatic
rheumatism for over eight months. She
doctored for it nearly the whole, of this
time, using various remedies recom
mended by friends, and was. treated by
the physicians, but received no relief.
She then used one and a half bottles of
Chamberlain's Pain Balm, which affect
ed a complete cure. This is published
at her request, as she wants others si mi- '
larly afflicted to know what cured her.
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Fresh asparagus, onions, lettuce, etc.,
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A b:g drive in matches. Five papers
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