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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY. OREGON. SATURDAY. MAY 8. 1897.
VOL. VII.
NUMBER 23.
BEPORTED TO SENATE
Tariff Bill Gets Past the Fi
nance Committee. -
JONES VOTED WITQ REPUBLICANS
Retroactive Clause and Hawaiian
' Reciprocity Stricken Oat Name r
ous Change In schedules.
Washington, May 4. The vote in the
Benate finance committee today to
ort the tariff bill was surprise. The
vote stood 6 to 5. Jones of Itevada vot-
; ed with the Republicans to report
' the Democrats voted no. "
All
Washington, May 4. Senator Aid
rich presented the tariff bill to the sen
ate today and gave notice that it would
be called up Tuesday, the 18th Inst,
The time ior the bill to take effect is
made July 1, instead of May 1, as pro
vided by the house, and the words of the
first paragraph, "or withdrawn for con
sumption" are stricken out. The re
troactive clause of the Dmgley bill is
thus stricken from the senate bill.
The entire house provision relating to
reciprocity is stricken out and sections
substituted providing that whenever
country shall pay a bounty upon the ex
portation of any article of merchandise
and dutiable under this act greater than
the duty upon the importation of any
such article into the United States, there
shall be levied upon it, in addition to
the duty imposed by this act, a duty
' equal to the net amount of such bounty
to be ascertained by the secretary of the
.treasury. .
The house provision keeping in force
the Hawiian reciprocity treaty is strict
en out, tue effect being indirectly to
abrogate the treaty and impose the same
duty on Hawaiian sugars as on Sugars
from other countries.
MASt CUBANS ABE BTAKT'lN'G.'
Coacentradoes Dying- bj tbe Hundred
in Fortified Towns.
Chicago, May 4. A special to the
Tribune from Washington says official
reports of the most' serious character
have recently come to the state depart
ment regarding the starvation and
misery in Cuba, and Secretary Sherman
has issued special instructions to all the
consular officers in Cuba requesting de
tailed reports as to the situation in their
districts.
In the course of a long confidential re'
port from Matanzas, United States Con
sul Alexander C. Bryce Eaid :
"Over 7000 persons have been concen
trated at this place, three-quarters of
whom are entirely . without .. means . of
- support. Women and children are dying
on the streets from starvation. Death
: and misery walk hand in hand. Among
these people there are several Americans.
"Yellow fever, smallpox and other; dis
eases are prevalent. . All is the result of
General Wevler'a inhuman policy Aid
.'for these sufferers should come from the
United States."
Other reports of a similar character
have been received from the regularly
accredited agents of the United States,
and have been placed before President
; McKinley.
ATTACK WAS ABANDONED.
Turk Made No Headway Against
Greeks at Velestino.
Athens, May 4. A dispatch from
Pharealos says :
The Turks avoided making any further
' attack on Velestino, contenting them
1 selves, with reconnoitering the neighbor
hood of the place. The Greeks, it is an
nounced, occupy stroDg positions which
enable them to repulse the superior
, forqes. ', '
A Battle In Progress.
London, May 4. A dispatch from Ar
U this afternoon says a 'force of 6000
Greeks, commanded by Colonel Barac
tharis, while andvancing on Penteplgndia
" was engaged by the Turks. A battle is
now in progress."
The Attack on Telestlno.
Athens, May 4. Following is the first
' - story from a correspondent with the
Turks, fighting near Velestino between
the forces of Turkey and Greece. .
Turkish position before Velestino,
Theesaly, Friday, April 30. Delayed in
' transmission) Fighting has 4een in
progress here since 5 o'clock this morn
ing. The mountains form a semi-circle,
of which Velestino is tbe center. The
Greeks occupy a strong position on the
hills in two wings. Tbe Turks commenc
ed the attack under & sustained artillery
fire. The Greeks responded feebly.
Our troops gradually gained ground, a
battery planted on our right, where the
crnnnd was not bo steep, covering the
advance. -
Although the Turks .were met with i
furious fusillade, they pushed forward
and gainsummit after summit, and at
the preeent moment are occupying
strong positions while waiting the com
inar of the rest of the troops. Our left
had a difficult task. Tbe Greeks were
holding a precipitous mountain, but the
Turks, feigning an attack on the front,
turned the Greek position and forced
the enemy to retire to the second line of
defense, which he is now holding.
Our center remains quietly before one
of - the enemy's earthworks, while the
Greek batterv is commencing a duel
with a battery planted on our right wing
The beat is intense, and constant sup
plies of water have to be sent to the
troop9 engaged. -.
COLONIAL RUINS IN GEORGIA.
. S
Some Stranfre Reinindera of an An
cient Settlement. - .
Xear the town-of Lexington, in the
eastern part of Georgia, are located
some of the most interesting' and his
toric ruins that are to be found in the
south. The pen, of the historian has
failed to'record the adventures of those
to whose handiwork these remains of
ancient fortifications are attributable.
and the story of the ancient settlement
has only been preserved in the tradi
tions of the comtnumtj. Away back in
1770, five years prior to the declaration
of independence, six men and their
families dwelling in Wyoming valley,
in the colony of Pennsylvania, gathered
together their effects and with their
families started on a long, journey
toward the south. They were Scotch
Presbyterians, and, not being in touch
with their Quaker neighbors in Penn's
colony, they decided to try their for
tunes in the wilds of the lands of the
Cherokees.
' Through, Maryland, Virginia, Xorth
and South Carolina they took their way,
and not until they had crossed the Sa
vannah river and were beyond the juris-
diction of the lords proprietors of the
colonies of the Carolinas did they make
a halt within the- borders of the vast
and fertile territory claimed by the
Cherokees. The Indians had at that
time become inrolved in a quarrel with
ihe. Vyte colonists at Savannah, and a
desultory warfare was going on which
deterred the travelers from proceeding
further southward. They selected the
highest hill in all that section as a coign
of vantage, where they constructed at
first a rude blockhouse, surrounded by
a tan palisade, ana tnen .cleared tne
slopes of the trees and underbrush so
the savtege foe could not approach with
in bowshot without being discovered.
The corner stones of the old fort still
remain in their places, huge flint bowl
ders that supported the rugged walls.
the stones of which arc scattered on the
barren hill slopes around the old settle
ment. Upon, the mossy gravestones
are rudely inscribed the names of va
rious members of the six original fam
ilies. Newton, Richards, Baldwin, Lan-
drum, Martin and Gilliam. Many are
the legends and traditions. that cling
about the environs of tbe ancient set
tlement, and the strange adventures
of ' the valiant pioneers have been
handed down from sire to son. Were
they collected they : would make
an entertaining addition to the history
of the early settlement of this country.
N. Y. Post.-
Veneer Used for Wrapping;.
Wood veneer is used to some extents
for doing up bundles, instead of paper.
Curtain pole manufacturers, for in
stance, when shipping or' delivering
poles in small lots wrap, -them up in
veneer, at costs a little more ; than
paper, but not much, and it is much bet
ter for the purpose.- Poles thus wrapped
up ere less likely to be crensedrtJTthe
cords tied around them, and the veneer'
is a better protection from bruises in
handling. The veneer used for this pur
pose is usually of elm wood and made in
the same factories where the poles are
made. Veneer is also used for wrapping
up picture mouldings. N. Y. Sun. .
NOTICE.
The partnership heretofore existing in
Tygh Valley Flonring Mill, under the
name of W. M. Mcuorkie & eon, is this
day dissolved by limitation, J. M. Mc-
Corkle retiring. W. M. MeCorkle will
continue, and will pay all legal claims
and collect all debts of the late firm.
Tygh, Or., April 2, 1897. "
W. M. McCobkxb, ;
a7-lm J. X. McCorkle. ;'
We can afford to say:
Get every sort of Schil
ling's Best tea of your
grocer, and get your money
back . on what vou don't
ike." ' , -
Your tea-trade for the
rest of your life is worth the
risk and besides, there is
no risk. "
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AN AWFUL CALAMITY
Results Worse Than at First
Reported.
MOKE THAN TWO HUNDRED DEAD
Hanv Bodies Have Been Denuded of
Every Distinguishing Mark So-
merons Prominent Paris- . f
-' lans Among Dead.
Paris, May 5. The terrible fire at
Grand Bazaar d8 Charate, a temporary
wooden structure, . 1UU yards long ana
sixtv vards wide, erected in the Rue
Jean Goujon, for the annual charity fair
of which All tbe most prominent society
ladies of Paris are ' patronesses,: has
thrown the French capital into' mourn
ing.
The conflagration, "which broke . out
shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday, in
Kinetomagraph booth, near the stall of
Dnchess d'TJzes, while from 1500 to 2000
people were present, is believed to have
cauBed.the loss of over 200 lives.' As
this dispatch is sent, early Wednesday
morning, 111 charred corpses - have been
recovered, together with twelve portions
of bodies, the identity of which may
never be established.
Since 5 o'clock this morninc, crowds
have been flocking to the Palais du
L'Industrie, where many bodies and in
jured persons were taken. At 6 o'clock
detachment of the garde repnblique
selieved the detachment of infantry
which had been on duty all night about
the scene of the catastrophe. : '
SEARCHING THE RUINS.
The search for the dead continues,
Quantities of coins, watches, rings, neck
laces and braclets "have been picked up
in the debris. As soon as bodies are
claimed by anxious relatives or others
who have been hovering in despair about
the spot throughout the' night, they are
placed in carriages and taken to their
former homes.... '. . .: -
The scene . at sight was remarkable
Long lines of infantry were drawn up
in cordon around the dreadful spot.
Bonfires, torches, electric lights and gas
jets used to illuminate the scene, re;
fleeted upon the bayonets and accoutre
ments of tbe soldiers, and threw a
ghastly illumination upon the house's in
the vicinity, the windows of which were
crowded ' during the most of the night
with people watching the work of horror
Now and then a hearse would be called
from the line of vehicles stationed in
proximity, a black mass would be ten
derly lifted into it, and another unfor
tunate victim of the conflagration taken
to one of tbe temporary morgues in the
Palais du L'lnduetrie or tbe neighbor
ing-Hospital Beanjen. Frequently as
many as a dozen hearses were gathered
together in the court yard and opposite
to the entrance to the Palais da L'ln-
duslrie. Hundreds ' of comns ' were
ranged ready' to receive - the bodies, in
most cases charred beyond recognition
' '"'' GRIEF OF THE SUBVIVOBS.
Upon several occasions a distracted
father or mother half, mad with grief
would endeavor to force bis or her way
way through the line of soldiers or the
inner line of police drawn about the
blackened ruins. Children were there
weeping for lost parents, and the oldest,
youngest, -and middleaged joined ' in
murmurs of lamentation and exchanged
hopes and fears. !
The atmosphere at the hall in the
Palais du L'Industrie, where the burned
bodies were ranged, was almost unbear
able, and there again . heartrending
scenes were witnessed. Men, women
and children passed up and down, weep
ing distractedly before the lines of black
bodies, eagerly scanning tbe terrible re
mains, and now and then throwing
themselves . down by tbe side of some
seemingly unrecognizable corpse in
which they by instinct, which no out
sider could understand, made ont some
dearly loved and missing relative. '
TURKS WKRI ' DBIVBN OFF.
Another Attack Upon Telestlno Re
pulsed by the . Greeks.
Volo, May 5. The Turkish forces
made a fierce attack today on the Greek
troops at Velestino, but 'were repulsed.
There were heavy losses on both . sides.
Fighting is -proceeding between . the
opposing armies at two other points.
Greeks Leave Tolo.
Voj.o, May 5. Fifteen thousand Greeks
have retired upon Domokos.- The Turks
are centering a large force there, and an
important engagement is expected. '
Turks Occupy Mount Rilberni.
Constantinople, - May 5. Hifza
Pasba, commander of the Turkish force
in Epirus, telegraphed yesterday tbat
the Turks bad occupied unopposed tbe
summit of Mount Kilberm, dominating
the Blopes opposite Arta. The Greeks
retired. " ,-. - - .
.' Tnrks Moving on Kardltxa.
Athens, May 5. Crc'wn Prince Con
stantino telegraphs that ' two. Turkish
regiments are1 marching -on Carditza,
and the Greek commander there has
asked for reinforcements.
i' Tassos to Leave Crete,
s,. May 5.rTh government is
negotiating with .the admirals in com
mand of the fleets of the foreign . powers
in Cretan waters for permission to send
a Greek warship to Crete to bring off
Colonel Vassos and other Greek officers
who have been recalled.
In Battle Array at Pharsala.
Athens, May 5.-5 p. m. A dispatch
from the front say tbe Turkish forces : at
noon today were, drawn up in battle
array on the plains of Pharsala,- facing
a Greek army numbering 23,000" men.
Salonlea to Be Blockaded
-
New Yoek, May 5. A dispatch to the
World from Volo says : ; :
Tbe Turkish squadron refuses to leave
the Dardanelles to meet the Greek fleet.
Prince George has gone with a fleet of
torpedo-boats to blockade Salonica and
intercept the ' Turkish . reinforcements
from Smyrna.
The Turks were routed today in an en
gagement near Nicola.
The State Made a Iiw Record.
San Feancisco, May 4. The steamer
State of California arrived from tbe Co
lumbia river today, having made a new
record for tbe run. Sne came from
Portland in 43 hours, 50 minutes, and
from Astoria in 36 hours, lowering her
own previous record by one hour, and
the beet record of the Queen by - three-
quarters of an hour. Captain Green
says there was a very heavy sea all the
way down, and when he came through
the north channel, the Potato. Patch was
breaking badly.
Colored Ex-Preacher Banged.
Somebville, N. J., May 5. Jacob
Johnston, colored, an ex-preacher, was
hanged here' today. 'He (fieff protesting
his innocence. - He was convicted oq
circumstantial evidence of tbe murder of
Annie Beekman, who lived at his house,
and whose body was found September
12, 1895, bearing evidences of strangula
tion. ,-
Forty-four Favor and Twenty-six Op
pose It.
Washington, May 5. The arbitration
treaty has been defeated in tbe senate
by a vote of .44 to 28. It thus failed to
receive the necessary two-thirds required
by the constitution.
FBARSA1A IS TAKEN.
Tnrkisb Troops Under. Edhem Pasl
Occupied It.
Larissa, . May 6. 4:20 p. m. The
Turkish forces under command of Edhem
Pasba have captured Pharsala.
Greeks Again In, Retreat.!
Athens, May 6. A dispatch from the
front announces ' that. Prince Constan
tino's army retired yesterday evening in
perfect order upon Domokee,- about 13
miles from Pharsala, where the Greeks
will wait the attack of tbe Turks. -. Gen
era! Smolenski remains at Velestino .to
protect Volo. -
Pharsala has been abandoned and tel
egraphic communication has been cut
off.
Velestino to Be Evacuated.
Athens, May 6. General Smolenski's
brigade of Greek troops ia about to re
treat from Velestino. . Smolenski may
fall back on Volo and try to bold that
with the protection of tbe Greek fleet,
or he may retreaton Almyro (Halmyros,?
with a view:, possibly of effecting a junct
ion later with the main body of the
Greek army. . .
Word From Idhem Pasha.
i . ...
Constantinople, May 6. The ministry
of war has received the following dis
patch from Edbem Pasha, tbe Turkish
commander in Thessaly, dated yester
day evening.
The Turks today won a great victory.
Turkish shell are commencing to fall
near Pharsala. Details will be' forward
ed later. Sabah says a division of Turk
ish troops commanded by Hakki Pasba
carried the first line of Greek defenses at
Velestino and the attack is proceeding
gainst the other lines."
Notice to Taxpayers. ,
Notice is hereby given that by order
of the county court, the sheriff will re
turn the tax roll for 186 to tne
county clerk on the first Monday in
April. 1897. and all taxes tnen remain
ing unpaid on the roll will be declared
delinquent, - and thereafter the sheriff
will not receive taxes until tbe delin
quent roll is given him. By order of
court. A. M. Kelsat,
-m23-4tw . - Clerk.
THE PARIS HORROR
Vivid Description of the
Ghastly Scene.
BURNED PAST ALL RECOGNITION
Bodies Found Filed In neapsThe Dead
the Women or-France's Oldest
and Noblest Families.
New York, May 6. A dispatch to the
Herald from Paris says :
The scene on entering Porte Eight, of
the Palalse de L'Industrie last night,
when ; the bodies of the victims of tbe
Eue Jean Goujon were taken there, was
of a fearful description. There had
been placed the charred corpses of what
had been a few -hours before beautiful
women of the very best families of Paris,
The bodies were laid oat on roughly im
provised platforms of boards taken from
anywhere about the place. They were
charred beyond recognition. Almost all
the bodies were burned about the bead
and feet, while. the middle of tbe body
remained comparatively intact. . Ambu
lances kept coming up in a stream
bringing more and more of the unfor
tunate victims, the crowd outside giving
way in awe-stricken silence. The Rue
Jean Goujon was almost impassable.
Of the bazaar building, in which only
a few hours before everything bad been
fair and beautiful, there remained only
a few charred poles. Inside the wrecked
building there was nothing but pitces of
rags, wood and human renlains. The
firemen were digging among the "debris
in search of the bodies. There were not
enough ambulances, and the bodies bad
to be placed in wraps. ; Then came sol
diers, police and firemen to carry away
tbe dead, and they all worked in silence
and with a will. The soldiers carried
sheets in which to wrap and transport
bodies.' ' There were women nurses from
l'Hospital Beaujon, also, with sheets
waiting to cover up tbe dead before they
were taken away in tbe ambulances.
Near the western hall, which bounded
what had been tbe bazaar, bodies were
literally found piled in heaps and their
position see uled to indicate that a terror
stricken rush had taken place, or an in
stinctive huddling together in the face
ot death. ' There were pieces of under
skirts all over the ruins and -fragments
of woolen garments and coreet covers.
Tiny little slippers were everywhere to
be seen, crisp and charred by the heat.
On one side was a pile of valuable jew
els, etc., guarded bv policemen. There
were bracelets and rings, completely free
from flesh, showing how- terrible bad
been theflames in their fury. .
statements of spectators.
-1 spoke to two women who wen
standing near the ruins. The elder one
was Mme. Rochezautier, and the younger
was a servant. i;,- ; .. . ,
" We were attracted by the cries of the
ladies," said Mme. Rochezautier. 'Oh 1
such cries ! We called to the men in the
Hotel de Palais, which fronts on 17 Cora
de la Seine. It was the work . of a mo
ment to tear down the iron bars of tbe
windows and to throw out a chair.. We
hauled the poor women in, there. . They
were bo frightened that they did not stay
long. They were so terror-stricken that
many could not cry. But many were
lost and I saw several rush out from the
flames and drop dead. We saved, at
least 150." .
Mile, le Comte, of 22 Eue Jean Gou
jon, said : '
"The fire broke out at 4 :30 o'clock. It
was terribly sudden., ine beat was
worse than the smoke. You could not
go into the street for fear of the heat;
The bazaar burned up just as if the
wood had been soaked with kerosene. I
should think there were 3500 people
there, because, you know, the nuncio
was there during the afternoon, and tbat
made an extra attraction. He had
hardly left when the flames burst out.
They seemed to spring up all over.
So fierce was the heat that all win
dows and shop fronts opposite -were
cracked or burst open.- Birds in tbe
windows . dropped dead . from their
perches as if struck by lightning, and
many of the neighbors were so: para
lyzed by fear tbat they did not know
what to do. The fire lasted only twenty
minutes, but such a twenty minutes I
shall never forget I Women ran shriek
ing into the Btreet and fell dead in the
roadway overcome by the heat, burning
from head to foot."
A big Frenchman, a marchand de vin
named Corbel, eaid : . r-
"All I could think of doing was to get
a hammer and rush to the burning
building and break down the sides, for
you know no one could get out7 of tbe
main entrance, or no one seemed to able
to get out. i We , hammered away and
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smashed down some of the signs of the
shops inside of the building and saved
people tbe best we could. They were all
rich people. Some had. their clothes
literally in flames ; others were burning
about tbe breast and neck, but the great-
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tore their hats ol, pulled the btfrniug
hair from their beads, and all the time
they shriekedj 'Oh. Mon Dieu! Mon
Dien!' I saw one young and beautiful
girl rush into tbe middle of tbe etreet.
Her hair and hat were in . flames. She
fell stricken by the terrible heat. We
could hardly stand the heat."
A cabdrivet, said i
"I stopped to take two ladies from
near the Louvre. They were middle
aged and richly dressed. They told me -to
drive to tbe bazaar. . This I did, and
I was waitingior tnem when . tbe fire
broke out. I have not seen them since.
origin or the fire not known.
Various theories are being advanced
by the police and people who were eyewitnesses.-
Some say the fire was caused
by a. spark from, a cinematograph.
Others say it was caused by tbe . explo
sion of gas from a stove. Others again
said that a lamp which was smoking
burst and set the place ' on 'fire. But
what struck me was the unanimity Of all
as to the suddenness of the conflagration
and the way in which tbe flames spread.
SCENES AT THE MOBGUE.
In the extemporized morgue at the
Palais de l'Industrie. there are crowds
trying to identify remains of victims of
the great fire. It was a - difficult task.
A terrible looking body was brought out
to the door so as to iJave as much light
upon it as possible. The police became
suddenly more stringent than.ever, and
no one was allowed to enter the build
ing. rom mouth to moutn passed tbe
word V that is the Duchess d'Aiencon,"
but now to recognize such a -charred
mass? In tbe face of such a difficult
problem the relatives and friends of the
bereaved family had recourse to the -
laoaily dentist. The latter remembered
certain fillings of the . teeth, and could
recognize his handiwork even under
such awful circumstances. In a short
wbi'e it was established, that the re
mains were those of the. unfortunate
duchess, and very quickly a pine coffin
was ecrewed down and taken away.
A. woman approached the door sup
ported by two friends and preceded by a
venerable priest.- She bad come to iden
tify her daughter, but while tbe work of
identification of the remains of the
Duchess d'Aiencon was going'on she fell
in hysterics and her cries were so terri
ble that a cab had to be called. She was
taken away apparently mad between
two policemen.
For obvious reasons disinfectants were
freely used inside the building, and tbej
odor of carbolic ecid was'so strong that
holding one's handkerchief to the face
and a plentiful use of strong periume
was insufficient to remove tbe penetra
ting fumes. ; ,
The Best Remedy for Rheumatism.
. From the Fairhaven (N. Y.) Register.
Mr. James Rowland of this village,
state that for twenty-five years bis wife
has been a sufferer from rheumatism.
A few nights ago she was in such pain
that she was nearly , crazy. She sent -Mr.
Rowland for tbe doctor, but be bad
read of Chamberlain's Pain Balm and
instead of eoing for tbe doctor be went
to the store and secured a bottle ot it.
His. wife did. not approve of Mr. Row
land's purchase at first, but neverthe
less applied the Balm thoroughly and in
an hour's time was able to go to sleep.
She now applies it whenever she feels an
ache or a pain and finds that it always
gives relief. He says that no medicine
which she had used ever did her as much
good.. The 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale
by Blakeley & Houghton.
Do vou want your windows cleaned,
carpets taken up,.bea(en and re laid, or
anicor work of any kind done by a
first-class man? If so, telephone Henry
Johnson at Parkiu3' barber shop.
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