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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. MAY 12. 1897.
VOL. VII.
NUMBER 24.
DOMOKOS". IS STRONG
The Greeks Determined Not
to Again Retreat.
COXSTANTISE ABLE TO HOLD IT
General Smolensk!' Brigade Baa Safely
Arrived at A Imjrot-Turkl Are
' Marching on Tolo.
London, May 7. A dispatch from
Athena eavs a teleeram has been re
ceived from Prince Conatantine, Baying:
"Oar near position, in Domokos, ia one
of ereat streoetb. We are resolved to
bold it at all costs. Ttie retreat from
.Pharsala': was rendered imperative by
the overwhelming numbers of the enemy
. and was effected without mishap."
'-. Smolensky's Brigade ls'Safe.
Athens, May 7. A dispatch from
AkovroS announces that . Smolensky's
brigade, which arrived there th!e mora
ine, effected a retreat from Volestino
in good order. ...
Tuiks Marching; on Tolo.
Lakissa, May 6. ( Delayed in trans
mission). Many-wounded Turkish sol
diers have been brought here from the
front. ' "They confirm the report of the
capture of Valestino, where the fighting
baa been severe.-
A Turkish brigade is marching on
Volo, which is expected soon to be in
the bands of the Ottoman troops.
Everybody sneaks of the remarkable
courage of the Albanian troops..
A PANIC AT LAMIA
.Inhabitants Fleeing for Fear
Turkish Attack.
of
Athens, May 7. No news has been
received of the whereabouts of General
Smoleneki, whose brigade of Greek
troops was last beard of as engaged with
the Turks at Velestino. with the latter
apparently. . attempting to prevent him
from retreating upon Volo or Almyros.
The government has ordered a squadron
and several torpedo-boats to obtain
' news from the missing brigade.
A panic prevails at Lamia, on the Gulf
of Lamia, now the base of supplies for
the Greek forces at Domokos. Many in
habitants are fleeing, fearing an attack
by the Turks. Three vessels brought
refugees from Lamia to the Piraeus yes
terday evening.
CAPTURE OF PBARSALA.
TurkUh Government Is Officially
vised of the Advent.
Ad-
Constantinople, May 7. The Turkish
government Las received the following
official dispatch from Pharsala, under
date of May 6
"At dawn, the imperial troops have
attacked the enemy, occupied Pharsala,
from which place a portion of the Greek
troops had already begun to retreat dar
ing the night, defeated them and captur
ed the town. A division of cavalry pur
sued the enemy on tha road to Domokos,
and the division - of Khari Pasha has
been ordered to advance in that direct-
ItftM Tha Maba loft fh.i. ommnn, ti'nn
and provisions at Pharsala. -
All the surrounding villages were also
occupied by the Turks. A mountain
battery and 18 mules, a great quantity
of ammunition and provisions and" per
sonal effects of Crown Prince Constan
tino and Prince Nicholas fell into the
hands of the Turkish forces.
Turks Shelled at Kassandra.
Salonica, May 6. (Delayed in trans
mission.) The Greek fleet today
dropped a number of shells into the
Turkish camp at Kassandra, but they
did no harm. The Greeks did not try to
land.
Locomotive Fireman.
Tkree Haute, May 6. The lodges
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men throughout the the country voted
the first of this month on the proposition
to affiliate with the American Federation
of Labor. The proposition was before
the biennial convention at Galveston
last summer and was strongly urged by
Grand Master RaroW and Pre W
Gompers,ofthe Federation, who was
present by invitation. The impression
is that the returns will. show that the
proposition has been carried. .
The affiliation is to be fraternal in the
first instance, and cannot involve the
firemen in a strike or other radical
action not authorized by their own laws.
A HEROIC BOY ENGINEER.
Be Saved Many Lives at the Risk of His
Own.
Houghton, Mich., May 7, With a
box containing 200 pounds of dynamite
on fire ten feet away from him, John j
Thomas, a boy who runs a compressed
air hoisting engine -in the Tamarack
mine, stack to his post' and saved the
Hve9 of the men at work in the mine by
hin hraverv.
Ten seconds after Thomas had hoisted
the men to the level the dynamite ex
ploded, smashing the engine to pieces
and doing other damage, but the men
and the boy to whom the owe their Jive's
were safe. '
The miners working in the 23d level
bad put seven casta of dynamite in a box
for future use. - At noon a miner accom
panied by Thomas went to bis post, gave
the alarm' to the miners in the Ieyel be
low and ran his engine until he bad
hoisted them out. He then fled. The
alarm of fire caused great excitement,
but no miners were injured in the rush
to reach daylight from a depth of 3000 to
4000 feet.
Nurse. Sent to the, Plraeut.
Nsw Yobe, May 7. A special to
Herald from Corfu says ;
the
Twentv Russian hospital nurses, who
arrived recently, received orders to. pro'
ceed to the Piraeos. They have just
left here. About 80 Garibaldians
arrived, and have proceeded to Athens.
The Basilens Georgios has sailed for
North Albania.
Twenty Victim. Burled.
Paris, May, 7. Twenty victims of
the fire at the charity bazaar were
buried today. The churches where the
ceremonies took place and the - routes
traversed by the corteges were thronged
The crowds displayed' the deepest
sympathy for the . relatives of the
victims.
Rosebery'a Filly Won. Out.
Loncion, May 7. Lord Eosebery's
bay filly, Cbelaodry, won the thousand
guineas stake at Newmarket today. The
day was the anniversary of his lordship's
birthday, Mav 7, 1847.
A BAD RETROSPECTION.
Tramp to fellow wanderer) Ah, old
fellow, there are two of us; on y you
wuz born one, an I made one of myself
N.Y. Truth.
Self-Evident.
They haven't confided their secret to me.
But I know the encasement s begun.
For be'a ordered a bicycle built for two.
She a rocking chair built Tor one.
N. T. Journal.
Explaining; It.
He It seems strange that Van
Wither with such a family tree back of
him and money and time to burn, gets
blue every now and then.
She Perhaps it is his blue blood hav
ing effect. Cincinnati Tribune.
- Overheard.
Proprietor Anyone waiting oil you.
miss? "
Miss Hayseed (blushing) Well, Hi
Perkins is kind er purringTOund, but he
hain't talked business yet. Philadel
phia Press.
Something to Depend On.
Mr, James Jones, of the drug firm of
Jones & Son, Cowden, 111., in speaking
of Dr. King's New Discovery, says that
last winter bis wife was attacked with
LaGrippe, and her case grew so serious
that physicians at Cowden and Pana
could do nothing for her. It seemed to
develop into Hasty Consumption. Hav
ing Dr. King 8 New Discovery in store,
and selling lots'of it, he took a bottle
home, and to the surprise of all she be
gan to get better from the first dose, and
half dozen dollar bottles cured her sound
and well. Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds is
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THE TURKS AT VOLO
F0UI1(1
the Town Deserted
on Their Arrival.
SMOLENSK'S ARMY CUT IN TWO
Conatantine'. Army Occupies All
Defile Through Which the Tark
.. . lib Army Mont Pas.
Athens, May 8. The Turks have
completely occupied 'and burned Veles
tino.
At. 7 :30 o'clock Thursday evening, the
defeat of the Greeks was complete and
the pass to Volo open to the Turks. The
searchlights of the warships on the bay
Sashing up the mountain sides were of
great aEsistancefto the retreating Greeks,
as they showed the roads. Over a dozen
cannon were abandoned and captured
by the Turks. Two hundred wounded
soldiers were brought to Volo. The cor
respondent of the Associated J'ress is of
the opinion that many Greek soldiers
were left on the field. It is impossible
to estimate the killed.
Advices received from the frontier at
3 o'clock this afternoon are that General
Smolensky's shattered' army was cnt in
two. The left wing retired to Almyro.
What was left of the right wing came
toward Volo, broken and demoralized
The retreat across the mountains was
almost as bad as the panic which re
salted in the change of base from Tyr-
navos to Void.
The scene of the more recent panic
was wild and almost indescribable. On
Thursday and Friday, the populace filled
the streets of Volo with their household
goods. Peasants from surrounding vil
lages entered the town and added to the
confusion. Brigandage became common
Five steamers were filled with refugees
Scores of caiques carried fugitives' to the
islands. ; - .
The' correspondent of the Associated
Press succeeded in getting on the laet
steamer. On this boat were 1800 men
women and children, packed thick as
herrings. The Associated Press repre
sentative landed at Chains and from that
place drove to Athens.
Dispatches received from 'Domokos
the headquarters of the Greek army, to
day say that Turkish cavalry in ' making
a reconnoisance, approached within
few miles ot Domokos, but retreated on
the approach of the Greeks, who follow
ed the Turkish cavalry to the advance
posts of the enemy's lines. .
Prince Cons tan tines forces occupy all
the defiles through which the Turkish
troops must pass when they advance,
notably those of Agorani and Tiamassi
The inhabitants of Domokos are going
to the interior. . v
The admiral in command of the Greek
squadron at Volo telegraphed today say
ing that the French and British consuls
at Volo, accompanied by the command'
ers of the British, Italian and French
warships, had a conference at Velestino
with Edhem Pasha, the Turkish com'
mander. .The latter promised to re
spect the inhabitants and property at
Volo,. provided the Greek squadron
agreed to refrain from hostilities and to
retire beyond range. 'The Greek ad
miral accepted these terms. '
All foreigners at Volo have ' embarked
for other porta and the town is now
empty. ,
Turks Entered Tolo, '
Vklkstino, May 8. The Greeks have
evacuated Volo. Detachments of ma
rines have landed from British, Russian,
French, Austrian and German warships
to guard the town.
The foreign consuls have 'Arrived to
confer with Edhem Pasha, the Turkish
commander..
As this dispatch is being sent,, the
Turkish troops are entering Volo. The
Greeks who fled to Almyros will join the
main body of the Greek forces at
Domokos.
Laeissa, May 8. The' reports that
the Turks have occupied Volo is con
firmed. .The . Turkish troops entered
that place this morning.-
Greeks Open the Prisons
. Gnnstantinoplb, May 8. Before
leaving Volo, the Greeks opened all the
prisons.
The British and other foreign consuls
invited the Turkish commander to
occupy the town immediately., -Inver
Bey and 10 battalions entered the town
at 11 o'clock this morning. The Turks
have already established a system of
street patrol. . .
Smolenskl Boosed His Men:
Volo. Mav 8. A stirrinsr incident in
connection with the battle at Velestino
hBS just been reported. General Srao-
lenski, with something of the magnetic
enthusiasm attributed- to Stambouloff.
i-ode along the lines addressing the
soldiers and imploring them to re'
member the traditions of their race un
tu the sacred soil of Thessalv should - be
saturated with their blood, if need be,
It was like an inspiration. Both uni
formed soldiers and men with only
bandoliers filled with cartridges, the
belt around their native attire, cheered
and gripped their rifles more firmly.
They gave a shout of determination and
indulged in a reckless, wild, but - some
timeB searching shell tire. The Turks
fired volley after volley steadily on their
intrepid enemy. Then the Greeks left
the sheltered trenches and charged with
wild shouts. The Turks quivered for
moment and retired in confusion to the
shelter of the mountain ridges. It was
a brilliant Greek succes. '
EVACUATION OF CRETE.
Greece Recalling- Her Troops From
the
. Island.
Athens, aiay 8. 11 p.- m. me gov
ernment has informed the ministers of
the powers verbally that following the
recall from Crete of Colonel Vassos, 25
officers and two companies of troops, the
gradual withdrawal of troops from the
inland of Crete will take place. After
brier etay, the powers will offer to me
diate between Greece and Turkey. . The
powers will insist, however, that Greece
shall confide her interest unreservedly
to their hands. Negotiations have com
menrea, ana mediation is regarded as
imminent.
Turks Threaten Arta Christians.
Athens, May 8. A dispatch from
Arta says Fuad Bey, the Turkish com
mander, through a Greek priest at Arta,
has issued a proclamation to the Chris
tian population, ordering 'them - to lay
down their arms, as otherwise their
villages would be burned. The environs
of Kanja, in Turkish territory, are
burning.
Vassos In Athens...
Athens, May, 9. 1 :30 a. m. Colonel
Vassos has just arrived from Crete.
It is believed an armistice of a fort
night between Greece. and Turkey will
be agreed pb'ii. ' - '
DOGS
Ort THE WaGON SEATS.
Faithful Canine Guardians of Their
- Blasters' Property.
One of the familiar sights of city life
in Chicago is the dog perched on the
seat of a delivery wagon or with, his
head protruding from the rear of the
vehicle and barking lustily at some
supposed intruder. The sight has be
come so common as to attract but little
attention from the passers-by,, but only
a few j'ears ego its rarity would have
demanded instant attention. Take it
around the big wholesale ' grocery
houses down-town and the majority of
the wagons that are backed up to the
curbstone have a vigilant four-footed
guardian in them. Most of these dogs
are shaggy-coated terriers of one kind
or another, without any claim to .high'
breeding, but with the merit of inces
sant and wiry watchfulness. Let any
one but the ownerlay his hand upon
the horse, wagon or contents and at
once the dog sets up a savage and noisy
protest, in which all the dogs in the line
of wagons join.
One of these truckmen, when asked
why it was that so many of them had a
dog oa the wagon, answered: "To watch
out . for thieves. You see," he con
tinued, "we carry many small pack
ages, and maybe before I get rid of my
load l .nave to vusit a dozen places, leav
ing my wagon and contents unprotect
ed while I go into each house. There
are always thieves watching for just
such opportunities, and before I had a
dog every little while something would
be stolen, from my wagon and I would
have to pay the loss.' Since I have had
my dog I have not lost anything.
'How did I train, the deg to stay in
the wagon? Oh, that was easy. I just
tied him there and kept him tied for
three or fowtoon-ths, and by that time
he was on to his job. ' Then the dogs de
velop generally greet affection for the
horses and stav nights with them. My
dog sleeps in the stall with my horse
and the cn;mais. are clmost inseparable.
I haveJtried tiaRe the horse ou with
out the dog? once or twice,, just to try
him, but the pup set up such a racket
when left ki t he barn alone that I was
glad to let bin: it."
Some of the-big express companies
are now putting dogs in their wagons
as additional safeguard. One noticed
esterday had a bull terrier of most
ferocious mien on theseat. Pity the
sneak thief who ever attempts to filch
anything from that wagon! He never
will get away with it. Chicago Chron
icle. . '
Notice to Taxpayer!".
Notice is hereby given that by order
of the county court, the sheriff, will re
turn the tax roll , for 1896 . to the
county clerk on the first Monday in
April. 1897, and all taxes then Remain
ing unpaid on the roll will be declared
delinquent, and thereafter the sheriff
will not receive taxes until the delin
quent roll is given him. By order of
court.' - A. M. Kelsay,
m23 4tw . Clerk. ,
NO CHANCE FOR PEACE
Pacification of Cuba Farther
Off Than Ever. N
WEYLER A VAIX AND IDLE BOASTER
Paper Moner Floated by Spain Steadily
Depreciates Disastrous Engage
ments Occnr Dally.
New Yobk, May 10. A dispatch to
the Herald from Havana says :
There is a grim humor in the official
announcement as to the state of the in
surrection and the outlook, which causes
a sneer in Havana, where food is scarce
and sound money scarcer. Ab the situa
tion grows worBe at every point, the
palace reports become more rose-colored
and more at war with the facts. For in
stance, for a centen, which is worth
$o.30 in Spanish gold, one may get the
equivalent of $11.30 in paper money to
day in Havana. .
It is significant that the paper money
ot Spain is at a greater discount at this
moment, when the reforms are aaid to
be at hand, than at any time eince the
warbeganl During the 10 -years' war a
centen at one time became worth $13 in
paper, and no one donbts that the bil
lets will reach or pass that point again
Two months ago a centen was worth
$8.50 in paper, and tben there was less
talk of a pacification and reforms than
now.
The fact is, no one pays any attention
to General Weyler's proclamation about
the peace he says he has brought about,
or his talk about the golden time that
is coming, now A at the qneen regent
has been kind enough to sign the re
forms. These things are mere sound.
But the paper money is a grim fact, and
the determination with which all per
sons refuse to have it thrust upon them
at par has forced even General .Weyler
to recognize that the money question is
superior to bis decree, and to abandon
bis declared intention of pnnsihing any
one who looked twice at these shin
plasters. ' , - . : ,
Indeed, Spain, over his head, suggests
that the billets be accepted in custom
houses with an increased duty corre
sponding to the depreciation ..of the
paper. The shopkeepers do not accept
any billets in many cases, or, if they do,
the customer must pay twice the gold
price. The billet is just so much de
preciated paper, and the country will
not recognize it as any thing else.
The plight of Spain is bad enough
without the rioting, which would be
general if an attempt were made to force
this paper down the throats of men
already grown sullen because of the dis
astrons and lagging military policy of
Genera Weyler. No one here can see
how Spain will be able to carry much
longer the financial burden with which
she is saddled, and which increases tre
mendously every month. Still, there
are official announcements that the mil
itary outlook is roseate, despite the fact
engagements' are daily reported, and
wounded soldiers carried into the garri
son in the towns prove the activity of
the rebel 8 in every province. -
There are engagements, too, which are
not reported, and these are the more ser
ious. Three nights ago 100.. wounded
soldiers were carried into Begia by rail
on their way to Havana hospitals, and
some of tbem died in the railroad station.
Officially there has been no fight of im
portance in this province of late, but the
arrival of these men means that Spanish
columns have been ambushed by Gener
al Castillo, with his usual success. The
fight was at Govea.
No one at the palace pretends that the
Matanzas is pacified, .and it is known
that a messenger ij on his way to New
York, who will tell the junta that the
insurgents in PInar del Rio number
7000 armed men, and that four.' briga
diers are there who served under Bivera,
and have acetd vigorously and in , har
mony ever since his capture, obeying
General Gomez' orders' not to engage
the Spanish force until he' gives the
word that the time has come.
Seven Hundred Spanish Convict-Soldiers
Will Return to Spain.
New York, May 10. A dispatch to
the Journal from Havana savs:
General Figuerara, of the cavalry regi
ment of Pizzaro, will embark im
mediately with few survivors of his force
for Spain.
The next steamer is expected to take
about 700 returning infantry forces, and
all the so-called volunteers enlisted from
prisons throughout Spain for the cam
paign here, as guerillas, are, according
to a recent order of Weyler, to be mus
tered out and discharged within the
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. Royal Bakiko Powder Co. New Yobk.
next fortnight. Each of the former
jailbirds, upon his departure for the isl
land, will be given a certificate of good
character,. and a military cross for his
services in raiding Cuban hospitals,
butchering helpless wounded, and as
sauIting'Cuban women found acting as
nurses therein.
BELL COMPANY GOT TDK DECISION
Berliner Patent Case Decided by the
Supreme Court. . ,
Washington, May 10. The Bell Tel
ephone Company has won the crbo
brought against it by the United States
to annul the last Berliner patent. Jhis
decision has the effect of continuing the
control of the telephone by the Bell
Company for 17 years from the date of
last patent which was granted in 1891.
The government asked to have the
patent set aside on the ground that a de
lay of 13 years in the patent office was
fraudulent, through the fa'ult ot the tel
ephone company, and that the patent
issued in 1880 covered the same ground
on which the new patent was applied
for in 1891.
The sopreme court, in the opinion de
livered today by Justice Brewer, held
that there was no evidence of corruption
or undue influence exercised over the
patent office by the' telephone company.
and no evidence of delay in granting the
patent bad been brought about by the
company. Ihe delay was through fault
of the patent office.
Justice Harlan dissented. . Justices
Gray and Brown, it is announced took
no part in the case, presumably because
they were interested. The court held
that in order to set aside a patent the
government must establish grounds of
relief as clear and satisfactory as to set
aside a land patent. All other allega
tions of the government besides that of
delay were overruled. This decision-
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Mr. James Bowland ' of this village,
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instead of going for the doctor he went
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His wife did notapprove of Mr.' Row
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She now applies it whenever she feels an
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The Shakers have made a discovery
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filled with people who cannot eat and
digest food, without subsequently suffer
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they have devoted - much study and
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A little book can . be obtained from
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Laxol is the best medicine for chil
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