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VOL. VII.
THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY. OREGON. SATURDAY. JULY 17. 1897.
NUMBER 33.
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PLENTY ANTHRACITE
New York Has No Fears of
a Fuel Famine.
CITY NOT AFFECTED BY THE STRIKE
Shonld the Trouble Extend to th.
Ibraclte Regions. New York
Would Suffer.
Nxw York, Julv 13. The Tribune
eays :
The consensus of opinion among: a
number of prominent coaldealers in tbis
city and its vicinity is to the etfect that
there is no danger of a coal famine. The
yards and docks are well supplied with
coal and the present stock is sufficient to
last for a lone; time. The strike is at
' present confined to the bituminous coal
regions, and the use of soft coal is com
. paratively limited in this city. Should
the strike spread among the anthracite
coalminers there would undoubtedly be
good cause for alarm.
One thing in favor of the ordinary con
sumer is toat little coal is required at
this season of the year. Of course, the
railroad companies, factories and other
large consumers, are in a far different
position. They use large quantities of
coal at all seasons of the year. In this
city, however, they are prevented from
naing bituminous coal by law, and con
sequently the strike as yet has not put
them to anv inconvenience, as it has in
Chicago and other Western cities. Com
paratively little bituminous coal is used
in Brooklyn. A few large factories there
use it, as do the trolley roads at there
power-houses, A movement has been
started to compel tbe latter to give up
its use.
The great railroad lines that reach this
city are well stocked with coal at present
the majority of them now burn anthra
cite coal in their passenger locomotives
Xbe bi to minions coal, however, is
UBed almoet exclusively on freight loco
motives.
Superintendent Brooks, of tbe Penn
sylvania road, said tbe road had a stock
of coal on hand sufficient to last it
month. Tbe locomotives of passenger
trains, he said, burned anthracite coal
almost exclusively, as did some of tbe
locomotives of the fast freight trains,
Should it become necessary, all the loco
motives, including those which - draw
freight trains, could burn anthracite coal
The Pennsylvania is a largecarrier of
coal including tbe bituminous coals, and
'should the strike continue, it would feel
the loss of these freights. Other rail
roads carrying large quantities of coal
are tbe Philadelphia & Reading, which
runs to Jersey City over tbe New Jersey
. Central tracks ; the Lehigh Valley and
Delaware Lackawanna & Western. The
Philadelphia & Beading Coal Company
and the Lehigh Valley both operate coal
mines of their own. These companies
report good supplies of coal on hand at
present.
- Tbe Manhattan Elevated Railroad
Company burns only anthracite coal in
its engines, consequently it is not affect
ed by the strike. Even owners of river
cratt are not as yet worried, as anthra
cite coal is almost exclusively consumed
on the boats of all classes.
The time is drawing nigh for tbe deal
ers to lay in their winter stocks ot fuel,
and should the strike continue it will
cause some delay, at least, so far as bi
tuminous coal is concerned.
A director of one of the Ohio soft-coal
roads said :
"We have evidence from the West
that the soft-coal strike is really going
to be tbe salvation of the transportation
companies of that district, because it
will harmonize them and ultimately get
the price of soft coal where there will be
money in hauling it, as well as in min
ing it. The railroads are hauling at less
than a mill a ton a mile, which does not
pay for simply the wear and tear ot the
stock. Every one is glad that the strike
is so general and has excited such wide'
spread attention from the public. ' This
fact will pave the way to an easier and
larger advance in the price of coal than
could otherwise be obtained."
Iowa Miner Hay Strike.
Des Moines, la., July 13. So far no
Iowa miners have joined the big strke
bat they are likely to do so at any time.
.There are 10,000 miners in the state, and
until coaldealers commence importing
into Illinois to fill orders where Illinois
miners are striking, little attention will
be paid to the strike, as the Iowa miners
are not well organized. Their sym
pathies are with the Eastern miners,
however, and at several meetings held
in the principal coal centers, the opin
ion was expressed that it is time to take
by
Administration Think, a Battle-Ship la
Needed There.
Saw Tobk, July 13. A special from
Washington says :
Recognizing the gravity of Japan's at
titude toward Hawaiian annexation, tbe
administration has decided to send the
big battle-ebip Oregon to Honolulu to
relieve the cruiser Philadelphia and the
old corvette Marion, now stationed there,
The orders were issued by tbe navy de
partment Monday.
The Marion returns home at once and
her instructions will go to Honolulu by
the steamer leaving San Francisco July
17. Tbe Philadelphia is in a very un
serviceable condition in consequence of
ber long anchorage in semi-tropical
waters. Tbe Philadelphia will remain
at Honolulu, however, nntil tbe Oregon
reaches there, and perhaps longer.
It had been intended by tbe navy de
partment for some time to send the
cruiser Baltimore to Honolulu, bat it
will take longer to make her repairs than
was expected at first. This unexpected
postponement of her assignment to tbe
islands has served a good purpose in
allowing the navy department to send
the Oregon, one of the most formidable
ships in tbe service, without giving Ja
pan an opportunity of construing this
action as a display of unfriendliness on
the part of tbe United States.
In detaching both the Philadelphia
and the Marion, tbe navy department
will not weaken its naval force at Hon
olulu. Tbe Oregon is more formidable
than both, and capable of combatting
any vessel in tbe Japanese navy. She
is so far superior to tbe Japanese cruiser
Naniwa, now at Honolulu, that compari
son is out of the question.
How Japan will view tbe assignment
of the Oregon to Hawaiian waters re
mains to be seen, bat it is certain that
if other vessels are sent to support the
Naniwa tbe United States will respond
in a vigorous manner that will leave no
doubt as to the determined policy of the
administration that foreign countries
must keep their bands off Hawaii.
CAPLBS SBCUBES A PLACE.
President
Name. Him For Consul at
Valparaiso, Chile,
Washington, July 14. The president
today sent the following nominations to
the senate : W. L. Emery, of California
to be minister to Nicaragua, Costa Rica
and Salvador: H. N. Allen, of Ohio, to
be minister resident and consul-general
to Korea.
For United States consuls names were
sent in for 24 different cities, including
John F. Caples, of Oregon, to be consul
at Valparaiso, Chile.
Mr. Bradbnry 1. Off for Chicago.
San Francisco, July 13. Mr. John
Bradbury, wife of the Los Angeles mill
ionaire, who eloped with W. R. Ward
and was subsequently arrested in tbis
city, is speeding away on an east-bound
train toward Chicago, free from the toils
of tbe law, and innocent, so tbe court
declares, of the crime charged against
her.
Ward, the man who induced ber to
leave ber home, stavs behind, held un
der a cash bond of $3000 to answer to tbe
charge brought by the Society for tbe
Prevention of Vice.
Mrs. Banning, Mrs. Bradbury's mother,
aided by influential friends, has accom
plished the purpose for which she came
to this city, and accompanies ber daugh
ter on her journey.
From the other end of the continent
Colonel Bradbury is said to be approach
ing his wife to extend in person forgive
ness. It is understood that there is to
be a reunion in Chicago and, a brief tour
through tbe South.
Tragedy at an Amateur Play.
Atlanta, July 14 In a play present
ed by amateurs in Pittsbarg, a euburb
of this city, last night, John Singleton
acted a part in which be was sup
posed to be shot dead by his rival, im
personated by Gary Brown. Tbe scene
was carried out faithfully and aroused
applause, which was turned to lamenta
tion when it was discovered that Single
ton was really dead. The pistol Brown
used, which was supposed to be loaded
with blank cartridges, carried a real bul
let instead. " '
A Meat Train Wrecked.
Des Moines, la., July 13. A meat
train on the Chicago & Northwestern
ran into eight cars, which had run off
the track at Boone this morning. Eight
tramps are supposed to have been kill
ed. Several train men were injured.
The whole tram was wrecked.
The Annexation Treaty.
Washington, Joly 14. Tbe senate
committee on foreign relations agreed
today to report a resolution for the rati
fication of tbe Hawaiian annexation
treaty without amendment.
action to help the Eastern miners
cutting off the coal shipped East.
OREGON tOK HAWAII.
WILL FORCE THE ISSUE
Gomez Declares War Must
Be Settled Quickly.
ARE READY TO BEGIN CAMPAIGN
Home Bard Blow, to Be Delivered Near
Havana an America Mar
dered by Spaniard!.
WAgnisGTON, July 14. Maximo Go
mez has changed radically bis plan of
campaign. A letter from bim was re
ceived ia Washington today. Hereto
fore tbe commander of the army of lib
eration has waged a waiting war. But
for reasons which seem good to bim, tbe
leader of the insurgents has how adopted
an entirety different policy.
"It most be settled quickly," General
Gomez says, speaking of tbe war. He
tells that it is his purpose to force a
crisis as speedily as possible. To this
end he has left tbe scene of his long de
lay near La Reforma, on tbe eastern
edge of Santa Clara and Matanzas pro
vinces, and is now within Havana pro
vince. He intimates that he regards
some quick, hard blows in the vicinity
of Havana as vital to tbe cause, and that
he will direct them in person.
The letter was received by an officer of
the insurgent army who came to Wash
ington recently. . Its contents cannot be
made public farther than has been indi
cated. They are not interpreted as alto
gether encouraging by tbe receiver, but
rather as showing the near approach of
a desperate situation, a crisis in Cuban
affairs. The officer in receipt of tbe let
ter from Gomez will leave at once for tbe
island. He believes tbe fate of the in
surrection is about to be determined.
The feeling that tbe immediate future
is to produce results in Cuba is shared
by tbe administration. Within tbe last
few days three American consols on the
island, located at Matarfzae, Sagua and
Santiago de Cuba, have asked for leaves
of absence. Under ordinary circum
stances tbe requests would be granted.
Mr. Barker, the consul at Sagua, has not
been away from bis post in three years.
andThas been urged by his physicians to
take a vacation for reasons of health.
But the state, department has notified
all these consuls that it is not compati
ble with public interests to grant leaves
at tbe present lime.
Consul-General Lee is fully expected
to come to this country in July. It is
stated that he will not leave Havana
now because of tbe posaible develop
ments.
Murdered By Spaniard.
Key West, Joly 14. Another Amer
ican has been killed in Cuba. Charles
Gordon, Captain Menocal. and two sol
diers left Soledad camp to join General
Gomez. While passing tbe Damnjv
river, a guerilla force attacked tbem.
After some fighting Charles Gordon and
two others were captured. Uaptain
Menocal said he was an American, and
wanted to have a fair trial. Tbe chief
of tbe forces, Braulio Coteron, replied :
"Kill that American ; if he goes to
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Every one sending a yellow ticket
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Havana Lee will save bim."
Gordon was macbeted in the most
cruel manner. . Charles -Govin, tbe
American correspondent, and Charles
Gordon left the ! United States on the
same expedition, and have both been
assassinated in a very similar roai
because they' were Americans. -
CBIEDK'S DEATH ACCIDENTAL.
The Coroner. Jury at Lot
Decides.
Ani-eie. so
Los Angkleb, July 14. Accidental
self-poisoning by an overdose of mor
phine taken to relieve pain was the ver
dict of the coroner's jury as to tbe cause
of death of Nicholas J. Creede, the min
ing king, who was found dead in the gar
den of his residence on Pearl Btreet.
Dnring the inquest very little refer'
ence was made to his wife, from whom
he separated six months ago, and whose
return was conjectured to be one of the
causes of the depression which is said to
have been observed in Creede of late,
All questions asked at tbe inquest were
evidently intended to bring out the con
tention made by friends of the deceased
that it was entirely by accident that he
took morphine.
Tbe testimony showed that Creede had
occasionally used morphine to allay pain.
and that it was entirely possible that he
bad accidentally taken too much. After
a short deliberation the jury returned a
verdict as above.
Creed e s lawyers are unable to say
whether or not he left a will, and out of
respect for him his papers have not vet
been examined.
Mrs. Bradbury Has Not Been fora-lYen
New York, July 14. The World says
John Bradbury, of Los Angeles, a mill
ionaire, whose wife recently deserted
bim for H. Russell Ward,
yiew"ed by a World reporter
was inter-
after mid -
night this morning at the Hotel Marie
Antoinette.
"I am sorry you have found me here,
he said, "as I wished to avoid farther
publicity in connection with this sad af
fair. However, what can I say to you?"
"Are the reports true," he was asked
"that you have decided to forgive your
wife, and that you are going to meet her
in a few davs and affect a reconcilia
tion?"
"I have no intention whatever of do
ing so," he replied gravely but emphatic
ally.
'What are your plans" he was asked.
"I intend to remain here for ' a few
davs." he said, "then I shall go to
Europe for a rest."
"Will you take any proceeding against
Mr. Ward, physical or legal?"
"No." he answerd. "I don't think it
worth whHe to do so."
"Will you institute divorce proceed
ings agaiust your wife?"
"I have no intention of getting a di
vorce from her." he answered. "The
fact is, I am tired of this whole affair,
and simply want to get away from it
"Have you heard that Mrs. Ward has
cabled money to ber husband in San
Francisco, and is going to return to
him?"
"No," answered Colonel Bradbnry,
"and I don't care anything about them.
I have said all I care-to now,
The merchant who tells you he has
something else as good as Hoe Cake soap
is a enod man to keep away from. a2-3m
grocer's; take out the Yellow
will get a set of cardboard creeping
r J v xr I
won't see it again
FROM THE CLONDYK
I ktOrieS Of FablllOUS
Riches
Come From the North.
VERITABLE SECOND ELDORADO
spot in tne Yukon District Where Mil
lions Hay Be Had for the Taking;
Great Excitement.
&an iHANcisco, July lo. A story ri
vailing in intensity of interest that told
of the fabulous wealth of Monte Cristo
was related by passengers on the little
steamer Excelsior, which has just ar
rived from St. Michael's, Alaska. Mil
lions upon millions of virgin gold, ac
cording to the story, await the fortunate
miner who has the hardihood and cour
age to penetrate into the nnknown
depths of the Yukon district. There was
tangible evidence on the little steamer
of. the truth of the story told bv the
travelers, for in the cabin were scores of
sacks filled to the very month with
"dust" taken from the placers of tbe far
frozen North. The amount brought in
is variously estimated at from $500,000
to $750,000.
mt . .
xnere came in on me Jilxcelsior some
40 people among tbem some women
from what is now known as the Clondyk
district, though only 15 of these had
been actually engaged in mining. There
were among them men who had been for
more than 10 years facing the dangers
and hardships of the frozen North in the
hope of making a rich find, but signally
1 failed. But now thev come back wit
fortunes stowed in their gripsacks, and
untold millions to be picked np in the
country of which so little is known.
The new Eldorado lies just across tbe
Alaskan boundary in British territory,
It is of a recent discovery, but alread
there are at least 3000 people on the
ground and more are flocking in that di
rection as fast as transportation can be
secured. .
The discovery of the Clondyke regions
presents a story that is uniquely inter
esting. Around Forty-Mile, on the Yu
kon, is a tribe of Indians known as the
Stickers, and with them is a man who
years ago was known as George Cormack
bat who is now called "Stick George,
In September last, at the head of a party
of Indians, he left his hut near Forty
Mile camp and started in a southerly di
rection, saying that he intended to find
a new gold field before his return. He
came back two weeks later and startled
the miners with the announcement that
40 miles away there was gold to be found
in plenty. The streams abounded with
the yellow metal, and all that was need
ed was for somebody to pick it np.
Many persons flocked to tbe place, and
in time tbe word reached Forty-Mile
camp that untold riches coold be found
along tbe bottom of Bonanza creek and
its tributaries. Men who had failed at
tbe former camp immediately packed np
their belongings and set out for the new
fields. It was a bard and trying journey
out mat was nothing with the promise
of millions at the end of the route.
OF INCALCULABLE BICHNESS.
Clondyke Region the Greatest
Placer
Discovery Ever Made.
San Fbancisco, July 15. The follow
ing is an extract from a letter received
by tbe Excelsior, just arrived here from
Alaska. It was sent from tbe Clondyke
region by a prominent and wealthy
young business man of San Francisco to
his brother in this city :
The excitement on the river is inde
scribable, ' and tbe output of the new
Clondyke district almost beyond belief,
Men who had nothing last fall are now
worth a fortune. One man has worked
40 square feet of his claim and is going
oat with $40,000 in dust. One-quarter of
the claims are now selling at from $15,-
000 to $50,000. The estimate of the dis-
frfnfr rrt can id 14 m Ion wirh on a uora era
vaiaeof $200,000 to the claim, in which
some are valued as high as ,$1,000,000
each. At Dawson sacks of dust are
thrown under the counters in the stores
for safe keeping.
Some of the stories are so fabulous
that I am afraid to repeat them for fear
of expected of the infection
"Labor is $15 a day and board, with
100 days' work guaranteed, so yon can
imagine how difficult it is to bold
rpot. nlnppr rliofnuprv aver mnrlA in thft
wordt for tn0ugh other diggings have
been found quite as rich in Bpots, no
such extent of discovery has been known
which prospected and worked so high
right through."
J. Lippey, who, up to a' year ago, was
secretary of the Y. M. C. A. at Seattle,
brought back $65,000 in gold dust. He
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Royal Bakinu Powdke Co. New Tobk.
bad most of his pile in a large gripsack
and it was about all be could carry down
the plank. Mr. Lippey was accompan
ied by his wife, who went with him to
Forty-Mile camp and endured the bard
ships of life in that region of the world.
When seen at the Palace Hotel, Mr. Lip
pey said :
"The place is rich wondertnlly so, I
might say. It would be impossible for
me to even calculate its riches. I am
lotb, however, to talk of all' this wealth,
for the reason that it might induce peo
ple who are not fitted financially' or oth
erwise to go to that district. It, is not
by any means an easy undertaking. It
is filled with difficulties and trials such
as one can hardly dream of, but if a per
son is inclined to make tbe risk I do not
believe that he can lose bv it.
"Tbe new mining camp was discov
ered in September last, and there are
now about 3000 people on the ground.
rbe place is about 40 miles from Forty-
Mile camp, and has been called Dawson
City. I was among the first to arrive,
and to that fact I attribute in a measure
tbe success I bad, though I do not by
any means say that there are not other
claims just as good as mine, and still
others which have not been located.
"How much did I take out? Oh, that
is something which I do not care to say.
People have told all kinds of stories
about my wealth, putting it from $100,-
000 to $300,000, but that is a mistake. I
brought down with me, well, say $65,-
000, though as I have not had the dust
weighed yet I cannot be certain as to
that." 1
. Proposals for School Building.
Sealed proposals will be received until
noon of Tuesday, August 3, 1897, at the
office of Dr. O. D. Doane, The Dalles,
Or., for tbe erection and completion of
the foundation of tbe proposed High
School Building for school district No.
12, of Wasco county, Oregon ; also bids
for the construction and completion of
the superstructure of said building.
A certified check for 10 per cent of
the amount of each bid must accom
pany the bid. Plans and specifications
can be seen at the office of C. J. Cran
dall, The Dalles. Or.
The Board of Directors reserve tbe
right to reject any and all bids.
O. D. Doane,
Chairman of the Board of Directors.
The Dalles, Or., Joly 7, 1897. lw
Mew. From Tacoma.
Tacoma, July 15. Tbe steamer Al-Ki
will carry 600 head of sheep to Alaska
when she sails Sunday. Tbe sheep are
destined for the Yukon, where they will
be killed and tbe meat sold to tbe
miners. Three steamers are scheduled
to Bail for Alaska next week.
Two Endeavor special trains returning
from San Francisco have arrived, the
Connecticut contingent reaching here
today. Three more specials will arrive
tomorrow. Tbey will retorn East via
(he Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific.
Death at the Stake. .
Florence,' Ala., July 15. A negro
named Anthony Williams, who out
raged and murdered Miss Rene Will
iams, an 18-year-old white girl, at West
Point, Tenn., Tuesday, was captured to
day in this county.' A mob has started
back to West Point with tbe negro, and
proposes to burn him at the stake on the
scene of his crime. It will take them
three hours to reach West Point. Five
nndred men with bloodhounds have
been on bis trail. '"
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