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THE DALLES WASCO COUNTY, OREGON. SATURDAY. MAY 22. 1897.
NUMBER 25.
RUSSIA SETTLED IT
Germany Ceased to Support
the Sultan.
SILVER RIDER ON THE TARIFF BILL
Opposition I Very Strong
the Tariff on ' Currants
Citrus Fruits.
Against
ad
Constantinople. Mav 18. There was
a sudden and unexpected change in the
political eitaation shortly before noon
today. Russia quietly showed her hand
thereby forcing Germany and Turkey
out of the game, to all intents and pur
poses. '
Last night and early this morning
Turkey. suDDorted by Germany, was
practically defying Russia, France,
Great Britain and Italy, insisting upon
the annexation of Thessaly, in addition
to a huge war indemnity, and seeming!
was determined to march upon Athens.
The ministers received official advices
from Sofia today announcing that orders
had been issued for a partial mobilization
.of the Bulgarian armv, possibly at the
instigation of Russia. There was
hurried consultation of the ministers
The war party was for further defiance
but in the end pacific counsels seemed to
have prevailed, for at 11 :30 orders were
telegraphed to Edhem Pasha to cease
hostilities. Peace negotiations will now
be undertaken in real earnest, and the
. Greeks will mojt likely be spared further
humiliation
After It's Already Done.
; Berlin, Mav 18. It was announced
this afternoon that the German ambas
eador at Constantinople, . bauruia von
, Jeltsch, has finally been instructed to
co-onerate with the other ambassadors
' in their efforts to secure an armistice.be
between Turkey and Greece.
' Defeat for the Greeks.
Athens, May 18. A private...telegraai
received this morning announces - that
- the Greeks have abandoned " Almyros.
which has been occupied by 1500 Turks
General - Smolenski is retreating on
Kephalosi. . ,
It is reported the Greet retreat on
Othrey mountains was marked by great
confnsion and disorder.
Colonel Vossos and Libricis will start
for the front today with the whole garri
son of Athens.
Greeks Abandon Domokoi.
Lamia, May 18. 7 a. m. The Greeks
haVe abandoned Domokos.
The Armistice Enforced.
Athens, May 18. The Treks have
hoisted a white flag at Arta from which
it is judged the Turkish commander has
received instructions that an armistice
has been agreed upon.
THE LAST BATTLE OF DOMOKOS
Creaks Made the Fight of
and Lost.
Their Lives
Domokos, May 18. Headquarters of
the Greek army. (Delayed in transom
sion. The battlebetween the Turks and
Greeks which began here at noon today,
Monday, was by far the fiercest of the
war. The Turks in front ot Domokos
advanced their infantry in extended
. order, maintaining a constant attack
upon the Greek trenches. The musketry
rattle has been incessant during the last
24 hours, but the Turks have not appre
ciably advanced. The Ottoman bat
teries in position are hardly less than
100, outnumbering ours 2 to 1. Burning
- villages show that the enemy is already
all around our right.
Crown Princa Constantino is watch
ing thebattle from the heights between
the Acropolis and the - old fort, upon
each of which places siege guns have
been mounted. The reverberations of
thei- reports in the hills is terrific.
Nothing more panoramic can be imagin
' ed than the fight, extending for fully six
miles along the open plain, with Mount
Pindus and the frontier hills sharply
outlined against the sky.
. The actual Greek losses so far have
: been small in consequence of the strength
of their positions and the number of
their entrenchments. The Turks, who
, were much exposed, must have lost
heavily.
An artillery cassion blew up at 6
o'clock, killing several men.
Ladies of the Red Cross Society drove
. to the scene of the fighting from
Domokos and remained on . the field
throughout the battle.
Losses By Flood.
St. Louis, May 19. A special to the
Republic from New Orleans says :
It is thought there will be no further
damage done by the overflow. The
losses in Louisiana are estimated at $1,-
750,000; in Mississippi, $8,500,000; and
in Arkansas, at $4,250,000, or a total of
$14,500,000; not as serious a loss as in
many previous years of overflow, when
the river was not nearly a9 high as it is
now, -
Fire at Jersey City.
New Yobk, May 19. A fire which
started at 1 :30 this morning at Newark
avenue and First street, Jersey City,
burned, all through the night. . Sixty
families have been rendered homeless.
The damage to tenement-houses is esti
mated at $100,000. No fatalities are re
ported. '
AS TO THE NAME BILL.
Everj Boy Bearing It Should Be Frond
r tea Title.
There is somiihiiig cordial and frank
bbout the name of Bill, says the Chicago'
Record. It is a strong nnd sterlingold
name, which goes on multiplying1 itself
in a most meritorious manner. A large
proportion of the men who bear it are
good men, and the reason, is simple.
Most of the "Williams" are named for
some other Williams. It is not at sumcd
that.it is possible for r.ny mother to
choose that rough old cognomen for
her pretty baby unless she does it to
honor some particular person. Other
things being equal, she would call him
Clifford or Adelbert. or Reginald. But
;he remembers Uncle Bill Farnsworth,
who was the best and fairest man in
White Oak precinct when she was a
girl, and so she calls the child for him.
Or the father recalls to mind a good,
hearty and joyous character of earlier
Cays some friendly Bill of other times
a righteous man and a good citizen,
and he recommends the name of Wil
liam for the little chap, so as to'bring
back the memory of that other Bill. Or
there are Bills in the family of Bills
known to fame. '
And now cornea the key to it all.
These various Bills were all named for
other Bills.and the other Bills roust have
been esteemed good citizens and
worthy, else no jiarent would bestow
the name upon that which is next to his
heart, his man-child. Whenever you
find a man. named William, nnd you will
find many of them, you will please re
member he was so called because there
was a respectable and upright William
back of and beyond him, and that other
William, was named for a further Wil
liam of goodly sort. .
, ,Jt daaij..iipJU-B9jr. toejittle the, com
mon, plain name pi lull, livery male
bearing that name represents some per
son, presumably worthy, and if he him
self disgrace and discredit the name
then his punishment wiS be that no Bills
will be called in his honor. ... ,
MOURNING GARB RENTED.
MotoI Business Bntlt l"p by an Enterprls-
- Ing Dealer in Old Clothes
Persons who are forced to undergo
a sudden change or clothing iweause
of the death of relatives, and who
haven't the ready money to buy out
right an entire outfit of black for brief
use, have round a-welcome assistance
in their embarrassment in a man whose
business is obscure, comparatively, and
of recent origin, but who has an active
trade.
The office of this man has a f uuereal
aspect, filled as it is with heaps of
somber garments, but its proprietor is
anything but grave. lie was, until
lately, a dealer in old clothes, and was
dismayed at the amount of competi
tion. Everybody seemed to him to lie
dealing in that commodity.
A friend, short of cash, whose farther
died, borrowed a mourning outfit from
him one day, paying a small sum for the
loan. This transaction suc-gesfed to
the dealer the idea of hiring out mourn
ing dress as a business. He tried it,
and soon found his peculiar trade well
patronized.-
He began to read death notiees in
the newspapers, and to send his agents
to visit those whom he considered were
not in extra good circumstances. Seven
agents now act for him, being paid :u
commissions, .bach has a regular cir
cuit of streets marked out for his caa
vaas.
Old People.
Old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidneys will
find the true remedy in Electric Bitters.
This medicine does not stimulate and
contains no whisky nor other intoxicant,
but acts as 'a tonic and alternative. It
acts mildly on the stomach and Dowels,
adding strength' and giving tone to the
organs, thereby aiding Nature in the
performance of the functions. Electric
Bitters is an excellent appetizer and aids
digestion. Old people find it just exact
ly what they need. Price 50 cents and
$1 00 per bottle, at Blakeley & Hough
ton's Drug Store. 5
If you are going to boil
your tea, one tea is about as
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If you will follow direo
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Your grocer returns your
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ike it
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SPAIN OBJECTS NOT
Welcome to Aid Our Conn
try men in Ctoba.
MINISTER DE LOME GRATIFIED
Be Regards McKlnley'a Message
Proof of Spain's High Standing
With the Administration.
Washington", May'49. In an author
ized interview, the Spanish minister,
Deputy de Lome, broke his diplomatic
silence, and said : "
"I am going at once to call on the
president and express my gratitude for
his splendid action and the kindly con
sideration shown in the wording of his
message. Notwithstanding the activity
of the papers that are hostile and un
just, our cause has again triumphed
We are stronger todav with President
McKinley and Secretary Sherman than
we ever were with the Cleveland ad
ministration.
"Spain has no objections whatever to
the United States helping her own citi
zens now resident in Cuba and alleged
to be in distress. The way that the
charity is distributed is entirely the af
fair of the United States and not that of
Spain.
"This government expressly states
that only Americans are to be relieved,
therefore no authority 'is asked to feed
the subjects of Spain. If Americans
have suffered through exegencies ot war,
it is their misfortune to be in Cuba at
this particular time. Spain does not
care if the United States maintains her
citizens in luxury, so long as she dis
tributes her. bounty through the con
sular agents and only in the towns."
WARSHIPS FOlt CUBA LIBRE.
Fonr of Them to Begin Service When
Belligerency Is Kc-cognized. .
Chicago, May 19. A special to the
Times-Herald from isew York says :
Behind the movement for the passage
of the Cuban resolution is a solemn
pledge made by the Cuban junta to its
supporters in congress that four effective
men-of-war flying the Cuban flag are
only awaiting this recognition to take
to the seas. These vessels, it is de
clared, will be obtained in England, and
it is asserted that arrangements have al
ready been perfected by which they will
be manned, thoroughly equipped and
be ready to sail the very day the bellig
erency of the Cubans is recognized.
SUPPLIES FOR THE CUBANS.
More
Arms and ' Ammunition Were
Shipped Last Thursday.
Wilmington, N. C, May 19. Four
tons oi arms and ammunition, and a
cargo of dynamite were in all probabil
ity disembarked last night oil the coast
of Cuba, by the steam tug Alexander
Jones and the pilot John D. Long.
Under the cover of darkness, and with
lights ont, the Jones, Thursday night, at
a railroad wharf, took on a cargo con
sisting of two carloads of rifles, car
tridges, machetes, provisions and medi
cines. The pilot-boat .Long, Inday,
took on a cargo of dynamite and was
convoyed to sea, where it joined" the
Jones for Cuba.
WHITE FLAG IS HOISTED.
Greek and Turkish Armies Are Kestine;
on Their Arms.
Athens, May 19. A : dispatch from
Limia, dated 10 o'clock this morning,
states that the white flag has been hoist
ed between the armies of Turkey and
Greece and Prince Constantino has been
ordered to suspend hostilities, with a
view to concluding an armistice.
A panic prevails at Lamia, owing to
the report that criminals will be released
trom jail. The arrival of troops -during
the night increased the general feeling
of terror.
The army of the crown prince has re
formed on Oth ry mountain, and will be
reinforced by General Smolensky's bri
gade and the troops dispatched to the
front from Athens yesterday.
First Day at Domokos.. .
Domokos, May 17. Headquarters of'
the Turkish Army. (Delayed in trans-
rmiseion.) The great battle fought well
into the night is ended The combat,
can only be described as indecisive. The
battle raged from early morning until
long after dark.' When the last dropping
shots were passing over the field, the ad
vantage did not appear to rest with
either side. ' . :
The Greeks maintained their positions,
having acquitted themselves so well as
to have earned the hearty praises of the
Turks. ' They resisted with stubborn en-,
durance the attacks of the Ottomans
through the livelong day, and Btill held
. . . .V'. - .-.'.".'! ' :"
The
Turks made a supreme effort late this !
eyening but it was met with the- utmost
bravery npon the" part of ' the 'Greeks,
and failed.
The Turkish losses were heavy. The
left division of the Tarks was engaged
from 9 o'clock in the morning, and ap
pears to have suceeded in forcing back
the Greek right wing. .
. Domokos, May 18. 6 a. m. Head
quarters of the Turkish Army. (Delay
ed in trasmisaioh.j In the night the
Greeks abandoned all their positions.
Two and a half divisions of the Turks
are now pursuing the enemy.
' Last Retreat In Eplras.i
London, May 19. The correspondent
of the Daily News at Patras describing
the last retreat in Epirus with special
reference to the experience of the Bot-
caris column at Prevesa, says:
One commander committed the mis
take of informing bis weary, hungry and
rain-soaked troops that they must re
treat. There was a narrow escape from
panic. The' men retreated with fair
order to the shore, with the exception of
200, who bad apparently not been warn
ed, and were therefore either . killed or
taken prisoners. - -
At the shore, however, a genuine panic
ensued. The Turks were still quiet, but
the Greeks finding no boats, fell into
despair and finally started to wade across
the arm of the sea dividing them from
Greek tsrritory. It was a two and a half
honr job, the men floundering breast
high id the water. J When dawn broke
the Turks discovered what had happen
ed, began to shell the groups of waders,
whose position' became most distress-
ng. Many of them were drowned.
some fallinvjwounded or stumbling out of
their depth. -The condition of the force
when it finally reached a place of eafety
was in the last degree lamentable.
The totaljoss of the Epirus army dur
ing the day's fighting was 500 killed,
1000 wounded or missfng, many of the
latter of whom must be accounted
for,
I :
LIVING TOO FASl. :
rne Physical Condition of the American
People
Thereare 'two most-undesirable
things that belong to the physical side
jf our naiion, and ono is very largely
lepeudent upon the other if not the
Dutgroivth of it. These are the dis-
?ase called neurasthenia, better under-
tood if we call it tired-out-nerves, and
the other the serious defects of vision
which we all recognize indeed the oc-
alists (and they arc not . responsible
for it) are fast transforming us into a
pectaoled nation.
The rush and bustle of this American
Te is too much for us. We live too fast.
at, sleep, and die too fast. Our civili
zation makes us live fast. We are i
uiek-fortune-muking : people. Wall
treet has shown us how fortunes can be
made in a dav and lost in a day. To ac
quire the one and avoid the other has
made many men of 40 assume the ap
pearance of men of SO. It is safe to say
that Wall street nnd the peculiar kind
of fever generated, in similar localities
affords one of the most serious menaces,
to the people of this country and I do
not except social vices and the evils ol
liquor.
And yet every college gymnasium in
the country, every Toung Men's Chris
tian, association, is at work measuring
and testing its members, and he results
of these measurements and tests will
return tp u$ much of vahie. From
thm w shall learn what we have of
physical value in. certain classes of our
population. True, they comei from se
lected classes and do not by any means,
cover the whole ground, and yet they
iro most important -to the student of
anthropology. Our police records, too,
are becoming of more value in' that
from them we learn, more of the
physical make-up of the criminal class.
In many xt our large cities, pursuant
to a plan adopted in France and Bel
gium siwl other continental countries,
?xaet measurements . as well as photo
graphs of all criminals are .made.
While this is done largely as a means of
identifying later, still it is giving to us
2ertain physical characteristics which
aan s'mosT bo called constants of the
criminal class. Prof. K. Hitehcock, Jr.,
U. D., in Chautauquan.
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their entrenchments at nightfall
PEACE IS PROBABLE
Negotiations Rapidly Ap
proaching Completion.
AN" ARMISTIC IS AGREED UP0S
The Cuban Question Awakens Much In
terest. It Being Now Transferred
to the House.
Athens, May 20. An armistice be
tween the Turkish and Greek troops in
Thessaly, to extend seventeen days, was
formally concluded today.
Constantinople, May 20. 6 p. m.
An armistice was formally concluded to
day for seven days between the Turk
ish and Greek troops on the frontier ot
Epirus.
No Armistice in Epirus.
1 Beblin, May 20. A telegram received
from Constantinople this afternoon says
the effort of the Turkish commander in
Epirus to treat with the Greeks for an
armistice resulted in a failure, owing to
the Greeks having ignored the flag of
truce and having attempted yesterday,
with two battalions of troops to make a
fresh incursion into Turkish territory.
The Greeks, it ia further stated, also
shelled the Turkish position.
In conclusion, the Constantinople dis
patch says the Turkish government dis
claims all responsibility for what may
follow.
'egtlatloDS fur Peace.
Constantinople, May 20. Although
it is not definitely decided, it is thought
peace negotiations will be conducted be
tween Turkey and Greece direct and
afterward, following the precedent of the
treatytff San Stefaco, the treaty will be
admitted to a European conference,
probably to be held at Paris. "
COMPANION FOB JIOKO BAY ISLAND
fit Suddenly Sprang Into Existence Last
Evening;.
San Luis Obispo, Calif., May 20.
About 7:30 last evening residents of the
country adjacent to Moro bay were
startled by a report like the rumble of
thunder, and ended with a louder blast.
A few days ago a similar report was
heard, and a mud geyser appeared in
the small arm of Moro bay, just opposite
the townsite of El Moro, as reported at
the time. This geyser has formed a
email island, which for a week past has
been the wonder of the people in the
county, and has been visited by many.'
Following the reoort yesterday a sec
ond geyser sprung into existence, about
2G0 yards distant from the first and a
little farther inland. This last geyeer is
an exact counterpart of the one formed
last Friday night. It is only a short
distance from shore, and the people who
gathered last evening could plainly see
the small island of mud and sand which
had formed. Like tbe eruption of last
Friday, the surface of the second island
bears evidence of having a small-sized
crater, from which large quantities of
black mud are slowly arising.
Historic Cannon Stolen.
West Point, N. Y., May 20. The
quartermaster at West Point has just
made the startling discovery that five of
the guns captured in battle from the
Mexicans by General Scott's army have
been stolen; The cannon have lain for
nearly halt a century on tbe bluff over
looking the Hudson, where tbe trophies
of our wars with England, Mexico and
the South are ranged. Tbe history of
each piece is engraved on its surface.
How thev were stolen is "not known.
Argeement is Reached.
Washington, May 20. Senators Mor
gan and Hale, representing the two
sides of the Cuban question, have reach
ed an agreement for a vote on the res
olution Saturday, if tbe consent of those
who wish to speak on tbe eubject can be
secured.
Keller Hill Passed
Washington, May 20. The house
unanimously passed the Cuban relief
resolution, appropriating $50,000 for food
and supplies. . . .' v '
Hot Day at San Francisco.
San Francisco, May 20. The wea
ther was excessiyely hot here yesterday
and early in the day the thermometer
gave indications of breaking the record
for tbe first nineteen . days of May. It
rose all the morning at an alarming rate
until noontime, . when it reached 88 de
grees. Then it stopped, ana an
chances of a new record were gone. But
it came very close to making a new
mark, for only twice in twenty-six years
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THE DAY IN DETAIL.
Interest In .Cuban Question Focused on
the House.
Washington, May 20. Interest in the .
Cuban question was focused upon the
house today. The house galleries were
fillel. On the republican side more
than half the chairs were occupied,
many members having returned to the
city in response to messages from the
chairman of the caucus.
Simpsonol Kansas demanded the read
ing of the full journal, after it had been
lead in the usual skeletonized form.
Under the ruies, the speaker was com
pelled to grant the request. Then
Simpson made a point that it W(as stated
by the journal that certain bills were re
ferred to comroitteep, whereas no com
mittees had baen appointed. Simpson
was silenced by the - previous question
being demanded and sustained by the
Republicans.
The decks having been cleared, Dalzell,
from the committee on rules, reported a
rule for the consideration of the 'senate
Cuban relief resolution, providing for a
vote, after a two hours' debate.. Bailey
thereupon endeavored to secure recogni
tion to present the views of the minority
committee. The speaker recognized
Dalzell to demand the previous question.
There was a sharp ekirmisn between
Reed and Dalzell on one side and Bailey
on the other, in the course of which
Bailey remarked that be knew the Re
publicans did not intend to give the
minority any opportunity to be heard,
but advised them to carry out their pro
gramme with some degree of decency,
whereupon he was applauded by the
galleries. - .
Simpson shouted: ."Don't ask for
decency from that side."
The proposition Bailey was . attempt
ing to present was a substitute for the
consideration of Morgan's resolution for
the recognition of. the belligerency of.
the inenrgents, which is now before the
senate, after the appropriation for relief
bad been disposed ot.
At the close of the Cuban debate, on a
special order of the house, Bailey offered
a motion to recommit with instructions
to report both resolutions together.
This being declared out ot order, an
appeal was taken, followed by a motion
to table the appeal on which a roll-
call was had. The Republicans voted
solidly for tabling and the motion
carried. :
Starred Herself to Deatn,
Boston, May 20. Miss Fannie" Rich
ardson, the famous wealthy old maid
miser hermit, starved herself to death in
her impenetrable castle here yesterday,
while from $50,000 to $100,000 lay there
hoarded. She was 76 years of age.. .
For half a century no human foot save
her own bad crossed her threshold, and
she had not stepped outdoors in'all that
time. She lived in s miserable tenement-house
in the very busiest section
of the city. She owned tbe house, and
kept it looking as if vacant all the time,
all tbe blinds being closed and tbe doors
locked. - -' -' ' ' .
Lamia Is Deserted.
Lamia, May 19. Night. ( Delayed in
tranBmission.l This town is deserted,
with the exception of the prefect, news
paper correspondents, telegraph opera
tors and a few others.
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