THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY. OREGON. SATURDAY. JUNE 12. 1897.
VOL. VII.
NUMBER 2&
MAY COME TO A FIGBT
Jap:
an Seeking Trouble With
Uncle Sam.
SHE CUT OFF HER BABY'S HEAD
The Steamer City of Everett Chartered
by the Government to Carry Food
to India, Balls Saturday.
London, Jane 8. St. James Gazette
thi. aftarnnan commenting upon the
dispute between Japan and Hawaii
which it describee as a corrupt little re-
nnhlic. rnn bv a handful of American
i -
filibusters, says:
"As Hawaii has no resisting power the
qnestion arises, will the United States
government see its protege through its
tronble? The Japanese may land an
armed party at any moment. Then
what will the Philadelphia do? Japan
since she smashed the Chinese is 1
lieved to be spoiling for a fight with a
white power, and she may find America
ready to oblige ber sooner than she ex
pects." '
Insane Woman's Awfal Crime.
Indianapolis, Ind., June 8. Mrs,
Jerry Holcomb, the young wife of t
West Franklin, Posey county, farmer,
sacrificed ber 4-year-old daughter while
laboring under the hallucination that
the Lord commanded ber to do so.
She bad been regarded as partly in
sane for a year, bat was never regarded
aa dangerous. On Sunday while the
husband was absent, she took her daugh
ter into the bedroom, and after a few
moments walked into the kitchen with
her child's bead in her hands and ex
hibited it to the cook. The latter fled
in terror. When Holcomb arrived bis
wife was bound with cords.
' A butcher knife as sharp as a razor
was fonnd concealed in her dress. The
child's head was severed from the body
just above the shoulders.
Food for Starving Hindoos.
San Fbancisco, June 8. The City of
Everett, chartered by the government
to carry food to the starving Hindoos,
will sail for Calcutta Jane 12th from
this city.
The cargo will consist almost entirely
of corn contributed by people of Illinois,
Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska, nnder the
leadership of the Christian Herald of
New York. On reaching Calcutta, the
grain will be sent immediately to the
American missionaries, and will be dis
tributed by them directly to the starr
ing people.
A Cemetery in the Heart of New York.
New Tosx, June 8. A human skele
ton and bashels of bones were found by
workmen who were excavating for the
foundation of Astor's 30-story buildiDg
on the site of the structure at Broadway
and Rector street, in which Jay Gould
and Russell Sage used to have their
offices.
At first the workmen thought they
bad discovered a clew to some great
crime, bat a bystander declared it was
only the overflow from Trinity church
yard, which embraced what Is now
Rector street and the land south for
several hundred feet, while to the west
it ran down to the North river in a
splendid lawn-like park.
These bones, be declared, may have
been thoje of illustrious New Yorkers,
for some of the first families of Trinity
parish who had been interred there were
evidently overlooked when the contents
. of the southern portion of the church--:
yard were taken op to make room for
Sector street and the pavements.
The skeleton found today lay facing
the east, fully six feet below the oldest
foundation stones o' the old bnilding.
It was below the sewers of Broaday, and
lower than the private vaults of old
Trinity, not fifty feet away.
OPENINU OF 1HI GATEWAY.
Effects ol tbe Move Are Becoming
Far-
Reachtng.
Omaha, June 8. Results of the open
ing of the Ogden gateway and of the dis
ruption between the Union Pacific and
tbe Oregon Short Line are appearing in
railway circles almost daily. One of the
latest and most important is tbe report
ed purchase and completion of tLe Salt
Lake & Ogden railway by tbe Union
Pacific and the Southern Pacific jointly.
The Salt Lake & Ogden railway is bull
and in operation over 20 miles, beging
ing at Ogden, to Fairmount, 17 miles
north of Salt Lake.
It is rumored that the Union Paicfic and
the Southern Pacific are negotiating for
the purchase of the Salt Lake & Ogden
railway. When acquired the railway
will be built through to Salt Lake, and
the "overland route" will have a line
into the Utah capital independent of the
Oregon Short Line.
TBI CRISIS AT MADRID.
Peril of the
Situation
Abated.
by No Mean
New York, June 8. A special to
Herald from Madrid says :
the
The whole country is stupefied by the
extraordinary solution of the crisis.
The liberal feeling is violent against
Senor Sazasta. The majority of the
liberals call him a traitor, accusing him
of secretly refusing the queen's request
to accept office. Great excitement pre
vails. .The peril of the situation, so far
from being abated by the conservatives
continuing in office is considered as only
just begining.
Tetuan Most Remain.
Madrid, June 8. The Epoca, the of'
ficial orean. says it does not deny the
possibility of changes in the cabinet.
adding, however, that it is impossible
for the Duke of Tetuan, minister for
foreien affairs, to resign in view of the
Dosition of the negotiations between
Spain and the United States.
Maher Is Ready.
New Yoek, June 8. Peter Maher, the
Irish champion, is ready for the sound
of the gong on Wednesday. The Galway
cvcle has run and romped about the
Westchester hills for seven weeks, and
he feels that be has become sufficiently
robust to withstand the onslaughts of
Sharkey. The tall Irishman is bright of
eye, clear skinned, flexible of muscle
and light footed as an antelope. His
training exhibits have not only wrought
this desirable change in bis physical
condition, but his large staff of trainers
have become hollow-eyed and thin-faced
in their efforts to keep pace with the
Herculean boxer.
Road work has been the principal fea
ture of Maher's training. Every morn'
ins shortly after breakfast he has
started on a jaunt of fourteen to sixteen
miles.
Sharkev also announces himself in
perfect condition.
A Meeting; of Democrats
New York, Jane 8. The Tammany
Hall committee, which is to confer with
similar committees of Democratic or
ganizations of Kings, Queens and Rich'
mond counties, as to the baBis of repre
sentation in the Democratic city conven
tion as well as to call the convention,
has been named by Chairman James J,
Martin, of the executive committee.
The members of the committee are
John Sheehan. James W. Boyle, James
P. Keating, Randolph Guggenbeimer,
James McCarthy. George W. Plunkett
and Andrew J. White. James J. Mar
tin, William Sohmer and August W.
Peters are members ex -officio.
It is stated that seven out of ten mem
bers of the committee supported Bryan
and the Chicago platform.
The Work of Ghouls.
Indianapolis, June 8. The discovery
has been made by a farmer that Lick
Creek cemetery, five miles southeast of
here, has been almost emptied recently
of buried bodies. - At least 50 bodies
have been taken.
Tbe farmer saw lying near a new grave
the shroud in which a body bad been
buried. Today a number of graves were
opened and in eight out of ten the bodies
had been stolen, and in three the coffin,
clothing and all were missing. Every
one who has a friend buried is preparing
to open the grave.
Desertions in the Navy.
Boston. June 8. More than three
score of men have recently deserted from
the warships New York and Massachu
setts, together with those who left the
Texas wmle she was here last week.
Twenty-eight men took French leave . of
the Texas, and thirty are missing from
the New York. It is not. known how
many are missing from the Massachu
setts. In every case the deserters are of
foreign birth.
Do von want your windows cleaned,
carpets taken up, beaten and re laid, or
janitor work of any kind done by a
first-class man? If so, telephone Henry
Johnson at Parkins' barber shop.
'Phone 119. alO-tf
Until July ist
every Schilling's Best yellow
tea ticket entitles you to two
guesses at the missing word.
July ist to August 31st one
guess to a yellow ticket.
Rales of contest are published in oar large
advertisement about the first and middle ol
each month. AS
DURRANI'S CHANCES
Murderer Still in the Shad
ow of the Gallows.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL IS IN DOUBT
If He Decides tbe Execution Would Be
Legal It May Take Place on
Hext Friday.
San Francisco, June 9. It would be
a difficult matter to conceive a case
more complex than that of Theodore
Dnrrant. the condemned murderer of
Blanche Lamont. His attorneys wholly
rely upon his application for a writ of
habeas corpus which they hope to make
to the supreme court of the United
States in Augnst.
Tbe fact that tbe circuit court of ap
peal, while denying the writ, asked for
last week allowed the appeal, has been
construed as negativing the decree of
death of the state court for the present.
but the attorney-general is in doubt,
and although he has had several con
ferences with Warden Hale, of San
Ouentin prison, within tbe past few
days, baa not rendered a decision.
Darrant's attorneys claim that should
Warden Hale proceed with the execu
tion of their client Friday, he would be
guilty of "legal" murder. Attorney'
General Fitzgerald entertains no such
view of the matter, but whether or not
he would be justified in ordering that
the law take its course is a problem
which has not yet been solved. Should
he decide to' do so Darrant's attorneys
would be compelled to have recourse to
an application for an injunction to the
federal courts. If this were denied a
new problem would De ouerea, inas
much as the action itself would be
an indirect admonition to the warden to
proceed with the execution.
It is argued that Warden Hale should
persist in hanging Durrant on Friday
the supreme court would be called upon
to pass on a "moot" case, but that off!
cial says that he has not yet decided
what be will do. Another conference
between the warden and the attorney-
general will be held today, when it is
expected that some conclusion will be
reached.
HOCK DUEL RESULTED FATALLI
New York
Lad Accidentally
Brother.
Shot Bis
New York, June 9. The sons of Clar
ence L. Nelson, secretary of tbe Newark
Gas Company, fought a duel in play at
their borne, and as a result one of the
boys is dying from a bullet wound in bis
left breast.
The boys, Clarence, aged 16, and Ber
tram, 14, decided to prepare in part for
tbe celebration on July 4th, and went
to their rooms to clean and oil the two
revolvers which had been given them for
use on the holiday. They laid the wea
pons aside again shortly, and when they
picked them up to replace them in tbe
box Bertram said to his elder brother,
'Let's fight a duel."
Clarence was delighted with the novel
suggestion, and tbe lads, standing back
to back with the revolvers by their sides,
waited until Bertram counted "three,"
and then gravely took four paces in op
posite directions.
"'Bout face!" called Clarence, and
the brothers turned on their heels, wea
pons extended, and, smiling at eacn
other as they squinted along the glisten
ing barrels. Both barrels fell and from
the muzzle of Clarence's weapon shot a
little line of fire. There was a report,
and Bertram, clutching his chest, fell
forward on the floor. Clarence was
frightened, and ran screaming down the
stairs and the members of the family
went to the boys' playroom.
A physician was called, and found
that the bullet bad entered Bertram's
breast, penetrating the lung. He said
the wound was fatal.
THE EASTERN SITUATION.
Great Britain Opposed to Turkish Re
tention of Thessaly.
Constantinople, June 9. It' is re
ported that strong pressure will be
needed to overcome the resistance of
Turkey to the retrocessions of Thessaly.
Reports that Great Britain is opposing,
on religious grounds, Turkish retention
of Thessaly, are being circulated here
with a view to exciting Mussulman fa
naticism.
The powers contend that, as they
guarantee the integrity of Turkey the
latter must respect the integrity of
others. In a memorandum submitted
to the Turkish government, the powers
propose that the crests of mountains on
Greek frontier be occupied by Turkish
instead of Greek troops and also that
the indemnity be in proportion to the
resources of Greece. It is further pro
posed to modify the capitulations, or
special privileges enjoyed by Greek sub
jects in Turkey, with a view to abolish
ing certain abuses which have been the
subject of complaint upon tbe part of
the Turks. Tbe two latter questions
will be entrusted to a commission of ex
perts and the limiting of the frontier
will be executed by an international
military commission.
Cretans to Hold a Conference.
Canra, June 9. The Cretan delegates
will meet at Armyro in order to discuss
the proposed autonomous form of gov
ernment for the island. Delegates from
the western districts of Crete are willing
to accept autonomy if the Turkish troops
depart.,- '
JAPAN HAS WEAKENED.
Her Effort to Bluff the Hawallaas
a Total Failure. .
Was
San Fbancisco, Juno 9. Advices have
just been received from Honolulu per
steamship Australia to tbe effect that
the Japanese minister, Shimamura, has
changed his attitude to some extent
since the last advices from the Hawaiian
capital. After the departure of the
steamship Peru several conferences were
held between Ministers Cooper and
Shimamura, with the result that the
Japanese representative made proposals
of a much more reasonable nature than
those which were first offered.
Originally Japan demanded an in
demnity lor the total number ol immi
grants turned away from the islands,
Now, however, it is understood that she
is willing to accept damages in such
cases where the immigrant was illegally
rejected. This proposition the Hawai
ian government will accept. The origin
al demand was for 320.60 ven for each
man refused a landing.
The Hawaiian government admits
that among a thousand or more immi
grants a few errors may have been made,
and it any such appear upon a thorough
investigation, expresses readiness to pay
for such mistakes upon the part of its
officials. v
At tne instance 01 a. if. JKitnet, a
wealthy shipowner of San Francisco, the
sugar planters of the island republic are
considering several propositions tending
toward independent action, and throw
ing off the yoke of the sugar trust. One
is understood to be tbe establishment of
a refinery at Vancouver, B. C, in case the
reciprocity treaty is abrogated.
The Canadian government is willing
to grant a concession to Hawaii in re
turn for business, and the Canadian Pa
cific road will furnish special terms for
transportation to the Atlantic seaboard,
should the scheme be carried out.
In any eyent, however, the planters
are resolved to light the. trust, and
should the treaty not be interfered with
it is proposed to ship all sugar raised in
Hawaii to New York or Philadelphia.
If th Hawaiian output is shipped round
the Horn, the large sailing fleet now ply
ing between tbe islands and San Fran
cisco will be withdrawn and an oppo
sition line of steamers, backed by Hawai-
ians, substituted.
It is understood that the cause of the
trouble between the planters and the
Spreckels' combine is the increase rate
demanded by the latter for hualing Ha
waiian sugar, namely, 01 a cent per
pound.
The Hawaiian government has refused
to renew the exclusive cable contract
with Z. S. Spalding, expiring the 1st of
May. It is now said they will contract
with tbe first company making a legiti
mate oner.
Fatal M inning; Accident. ,
Peoria, 111., June 8. Onno Eilts, a
miner, was instantly killed in an explo-
sinon at Shell's coal mine, three miles
south of this city, and William Peiper,
a companion laborer, was seriously, in
jured. While at work a mile from the
mouth ot the mine they set a blast and
returned to the room just as tbe explo
sion occured. An immense pile of stone,
coal and earth was hurled against them.
Peiper crawled a mile on bis bands and
knees and notified those on the outside
of tbe accident. Eilts was aged 44, and
leaves a widow and six children.
Judge FltsOerald Dying-.
St. Mast's, Kan., June 10. Judge J.
W. Fitzgerald is dying at his home here.
Judge Fitzgerald came to Kansas from
Cincinnati 10 years ago, and since then
has practiced law and been an import
ant factor in politics. He was at one
time very prominent in Irish affairs.
His name is sometimes confounded with
that of John Fitzgerald, former presi
dent of tbe Irish Land League of Amer
ica. Hundreds of thousands have been in
duced to try Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy by reading what it has done for
others, and having tested its- merits for
themselves are today its warmest friends
For sale by Blakeley & Houghton.
WEYLER MAY LEAVE
Belief on His Recall Becom
ing General.
MARIN TO TAKE COMMAND NEXT
Campos or Blanco Likely to Finally
Supplant Him More Victories
for the Insurgents.
New Yore, June 10. A dispatch
the Herald from Havana says :
to
It is believed here Bince the long sup
pressed news' of the affairs in Madrid
have been made public that General
Weyler'a return to Spain will be the
most important result of Cauovas
success in retaining power. f mate
telegrams have been sent to persons here
in which it was distinctly stated that
Campos, Dominquez and Pidal bad
given their support to Canovas only
with the plain stipulation that General
Weyler should go.
In fact, it is felt here that General
Campos, who is now in. power in Spain
and fills the popular eye, would not on
any account lend himself to the contin
uation of General Weyler's policy. The
plan is to send General Marin here from
Porto Rico and then supplant him in
turn by General Blanco or Campos.
WEYLER'S RECALL ASSURED.
Opinion of a Retiring- Spanish General
In Cuba.
New Yoek, June 10. A dispatch to
the Journal from Hayana, says:
Another of Weyler's generals, Lono,
inspector-general of tbe civil guard, in
Cuba and military governor of Havana,
has resigned in disgust, and expects to
leave the island by the transatlantic
liner sailing on Jane 30th for Spain di
rect.
Lono regards Weyler's early recall as
quite assured and thinks Blanco or
Lopez Dominguez will come out as his
successor. Both are unusually intimate
with Martinez Campos, to obtain whose
support in the recent ministerial crisis
Canovas is known to have made im
portant concessions.
Weyler is reported to have cabled Can
ovas insisting that Minister Dupay de
Lome demand from the Washington
government the extradition of Nunez,
Cartava and Arteaga, alleged filibusters
recently captured by the United States
authorities on the Florida coast, alleging
old criminal indictments against three
of them, said to be still pending in the
courts here.
Opposing; Commanders Met.
Havana, Jane 10. The Herald's cor
respondent in Sagaa La Grande reports
that just previous to General Weyler's
return to Havana, he encountered some
of Gomez' forces near Sancti Spiritus,
under command of Gomez himself, and
was forced to rt treat, leaving fifty dead
on the held and 100 prisoners in the
hands of tbe rebels. This matter has
been neglected in official reports.
MORE CUBAN VICTORIES.
Spaniards Defeated by Insurgents in
Sereral Mlnsr Battles.
New York, June 10. A dispatch to
the Juournal irom Havana says.
Four thousand insurgents from the
Eastern department, led by General
Rodriguez and Quintin Banderas, have
crossed Matanzas, entered Havana prov
ince and are now menacing the town of
Guineas.
Pinardel Rio advices report a hot fight
three days ago within sight of the town
of Consolation del Sur. Two Spanish
captains, a lieutenant and six privates
were killed, but tbe rebels were compell
ed to retire in great disorder.
In an engagement upon the La ' Luisa
sugar estate, near Port Cabanas, between
Mariel and Bahia Honda, the Spanish
column lost 30 killed and upward of 100
wounded.
This is in Weyler's so-called pacified
district. The insurgents, after the fight,
retired into their fortified positions in
Maceo's old stronghold, the Rubi hills.
Weyler telegraphed, ordering six col
umns to march against them, bnt not a
word of the defeat at La Luisa had been
cabled to the war department at Madrid.
AMERICANS TO SCALE ST. ELIAS.
Henry Q.
Bryant and Party
at the
Mountain's Base.
Port Towxsekd, Waeh., Jane 10.
News comes from Alaska that Henry G.
Bryant has arrived at Yakutat, which is
at the base of Mount St. Elias, with a
party of five, who will scale the mount
ain. Bryant is a Philadelphia, and
scientific enthusiast, and Lis name has
many times before been connected with
expeditions in which adventure . has
I been by no means a subordinate quality.
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Royal Baking Powdke Co. New York.
He headed a party of exploration in Lab
rador in 1891, and was the first man to
measure and photograph the great falls
in that country. He was a member of
the Peary relief expedition in 1894, and
and was commander of the Peary auxil
iary expedition which brought Mrs.
reary uacK to toe uuneu oiaiea. .
Bryant is accompanied by S. J. Entri
kin, who is an old Peary expedition
veteran, and the government is sending
E. B. Latham of Atlanta, who is a mem
ber ot the United States coast and geo
detic survey corps, to take official meas
urements and data.
Bryant has had the ascent of Mount
St. Elias in view for years, but was de
terred from the attempt by the refusal
of the government to send a representa
tive. It is his intention to plant the
stars and stripes on the summit ahead of
the Italian prince, Luigi, who has gone
nortn to carry the Italian flag to the
mountain's top.
SHELL BLEW UP IN THE RIFLE.
Terrific Explosion of Gun Cotton at
Indian Head, Md.
Washington, June 10. The Btate of
Maryland trembled last evening as the
result of an explosion of 330 pounds . of
gun cotton at the government proving
grounds at Indian Head. A 12-inch
breech-loading rifle weighing 101,000
pounds and worth $25,000, was blown to
pieces. The armor-covered "oomDprooi
in which the spectators take refuge while
testB are made, was wrecked and a doz
en naval officers and ordnance experts
narrowly escaped with their lives.
The final test was being made of a gun
cotton shell invented by a Chicago man,
and through some unaccountable acci
dent the shell exploded in the gun,
wrecking the monster and its carriage
and throwing some of the pieces more
than a mile down the Potomac.
Colonel O'Neill, tbe chief of ordnance
for tbe navy, and several United States
naval officers and naval attaches from
the various foreign legations had for
tunately taken refuge on a navy-yard tug
a boat a mile from shore. Lieutenant
Aoderson, who had been directed to fire
the gun by electricity when the signal
was given from the tug, bad gone behind
a big earth bank or- "butt" about 300
yards from the gun. He and other
spectators were unhurt, though a mass
ive piece of the gun, weighing many
tons, flew through the air with frightful
velocity and struck tbe water within
100 feet of the tug.
If tbe spectators bad gone into the
bombproof," as they usually do, when
such tests are made, they would all have
been killed, for a big piece of stoel struck
it and ripped through the 12-inch armor
as if it had been so much paper. A
great hole was torn in the ground where
the gun stood and the.buildings at the
proving grounds were badly shaken.
Not a particle of the massive gun or its
carriage remained.
First there was a rumbling of t he earth
and then the full clap of the awful ex
plosion broke. . A thick smoke covered
the earth, and the next instant a huge
piece of steel came hurtling through the .
air and struck the water, throwing the
spray in every direction. As the men
looked, they saw a great hole where tbe
gun had stood with the smoke floating
away in tbe air. For several minutes
the sound of the explosion reverberated
through tbe surrounding hills.
This was the largest charge of gun cot
ton ever fired or attempted to be fired
from a powder gun. The government
paid about $25,000 for tbe gun blown up,
and it was built especially for these tests.
A shell shot from this gun was expected
to perforate 21 inches of steel at a dis
tance of 1500 yards and to travel from
six to ten miles before losing its mo
mentum. Tbe merchant who tells you he has
something else as good as Hoe Cake soap
is a good man to keep away from. a2-3m
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