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THE '.DALLES. WASCO COUNTY. OREGON. SATURDAY. AUGUST 7, 1897.
VOL; VII.
NUMBER 36.
TO WAVE OVER HAWAI
An
American Protectorate
Is Projected. ' '
TO FORESTALL ACTION BY JAPAN
imardiM to Honolulu Advice, the
Protectorate Was to Have Been
Declared Testeiday.
Sam Fbancisco. Acg. 3. The steamer
Belgic arrived from the Orient, via
Honolulu, thia morning, and ; brought
the following Hawaii advices under date
of July 27th : '
The arrival of the steamer Moano from
San Franciaco, due here July 29th,
means much for Hawaii. Ia closo offi
cial circles it is generally understood
that United States Minister Sewell will
carry out his instructions received in
the laBt mail, which are said to be to
the effect that if the Moano brings word
that congress failed to pass the annexa
tion treaty, then Minister Sewell is to
declare a protectorate and raise the
American flag. Minister Sewell has bad
. frequent consultations with President
Dole within the past wees and it is
believed that they hare agreed upon a
program.
It is said that in view of the attitude
of Japan, Secretary Sherman is of the
opinion that the United States' protec
tion is the only way to prevent hostile
action during, the intervening months
. before congress reconvenes. It Is ex
pected that, allowing for the require
ments of diplomatic etiquette, every
. thing will be in readiness for the dec
. laration of the protectorate on Monday,
August 2d.
Edwin Dun, ex-United States minister
to Japan, is a through passenger on
Belgic He is en ronte for Washington
and expects to spend several weeks in
the United States before returning to
Japan. Dun believes in annexation,
bat is of the opinion that the present
congress will never take favorable ac
tion on the treaty now before it. He
does not look for any rupture that mav
disturb the frieudly relations now exist
ing between' the United States and
Japan, but he does believe the govern
ment has a just claim against the Ha
waiian govern nient in connection with
the immigration' trouble, altbongh she
is not likely to enforce her claims in
case the Hawaiian government refuses
to recognize them.
"There is no poesible likelihood of
trouble between Japan and the United
States," said Mr. Dan, "despite all re
ports to the contrary. I believe the
Japanese government will act favorably
upon the recent' offer of arbitration
made by your government. The Jap
anese of all classes feel very bitterly
against your government, but I may
venture the opinion that whatever the
outcome of the present correspondence
may be, Japan will never attempt to use
arms in enforcing her claims." ,
Denied at Washington.
Washington, D. C, Aug. 3. At the
state department it is positively de
clared there has been no change in the
instructions given Minister Sewell-or
Admiral Beardslee touching upon their
altitude toward the Hawaiian question.
The admiral's instructions wre to pro
tect American interests at all points
and to establish a protectorate in the
event only of a serious disturbance or
the commission of some overt act. It
is not understood that the execution of
this order was at all dependent upon
the action or nonaction of cojgress upon
the annexation treaty.
Will ANNEXATION IS OPPOSED
An Interview With, the Japanese
Mini.
ter at Mexico.
" j City or Mexico, Aug. 3. In an in
. terview on the Hawaiian-Japanese con
troversy, Yoshibnni Murota, Japanese
minister to Mexico, made tbe following
statement: ' . ;
, "There are many Japanese in Hawaii
and they have rights which might be in
terfered With in the event of annexation.
What if the United States respected
these rights? In such a case there
might be no objection on the part of my
government. - However, Hawaii is an
. independent country in tne Pacific, and
Japan would prefer to have it kept inde
pendent. . 1 ;., '. .', .';; .. -.
- "Even if the United States should
carry ont tbe policy of noninterference
in European or Eastern affairs, in - case
the islands should become a part of tbe
. American union, some contingency
migh arise for causing them to change
, their policy of neutrality. For instance,
Honolulu is ' an important . settlement,
and if America bad any question with
Great Britain, the possesion . of these
inlands in the Pacific mieht lead as an
accident in colonial politics . to an ex
pansion of the American domain far be.
yond their present intentions. This
tbe reason we prefer to have Hawaii
wholly independent."
The minister said that all talk about
an alliance between Japan and Spain
against the United States is erroneous
"No ench thine is contemplated," , he
Baid. "Japan owes Its modern : renais-
sauce to the United States,' through
whose efforts the country was thrown
open to the world. We consider the
United States in that sense our mother
country. Eyen if the United Mates
were to make a present of Hawaii to
Japan, it would not be accepted. The
Japanese have no ambition to annex
Hawaii, and as I said, would rather see
the islands independent and free.'1 .
KAST ROAD TO CLONDTKB.
i'
Salem Man Claim One Could Be Quick
j Opened.
New York. Aue. 3. A special to the
Herald from Washington sajs :
There is a short and easy route to the
rich gold fields of the Clondyke, accord
ine to a communication to the interior
department, from J. M, O. Lewis,
civil engineer, of Salem. Oregon, who
says he can open np at small expense
route from south of the Copper river by
which the Clondyke may be reached by
a journev of not much more than ,300
miles from the coast. -
The ronte which he proposes will start
in from the mouth of Copper river near
the 20-mile glacier, about 25 miles east
of tbo entrance to Prince William Sound
He says Copper river is navigable ' for
small steamers for many miles beyond
the month of its principal eastern trib
utary, called on the latest maps tbe
Chilllna river, which is itself navigable
for a considerable distance. -
From tbe head of navigation on the
Chillina, Mr. Lewis says either a high
road or a railroad could - be constructed
withont great difficulty or heavy grade
through what the natives call "Low
pass," probably Scolai pass. ' From this
pass, the road would follow the valley of
White river to the point where - it
empties into tbe Yukon on the edge of
tbe Ulondyke gold fields.
TBI SOUND FLEET.
M and Hones Still Mot Ins;
North, in
Large Numbers.
Seattle, Aug. 2. Tbe steamship Wil
lamette, advertised to sail from Seattle
to Dyea tomorrow, will not get away un
til Thursday. When she does go she
will carry 800 people and 300 head of
horses, the largest load that ever left
this city. .
The steamship Al-Ki sails tomorrow
with about 200 people. The Rapid
Transit goes tonight with 268 horses,
and the George E. Starr is lulled to
leave tomorrow with 100 passengers and
100 horses.'
Edward Thorpe, who left Dawson City
about Jane 20th, to come to the coast
overland, with a large amount of money,
should bave reached here by July 27th,
at tbe outside, but bis father, who lives
here, baa heard nothing from iim, and
is worried. The father bas 100 cattle
waiting to take into the Clondyke. but
cannot start until his eon arrives. - It is
possible he may be on tbe Queen, due
tonight, but there is fear that he . may
have been held -op on the trail
A party of eix men from Saginaw,
Mieti., arrived here today, en route for
the Clondyke; Another party of eight
men bas arrived from Cripple Creek, to
go north. They are miners, and
have been sent out by Colorado
parties. ' ' '
- Will Not Sail on Friday. v
San Francisco, Aug. 3. The Pit
cairn, which will carry a party, of gold-
hunters to Dyea, will not sail on the 6th
a" advertised. A number of those who
bave engaged passage made such : a
storng protest against departing on Fri
day that they parried their point, and
tbe Pitcairn will not cast off her lines
until Saturday. Thus far 90 pereone
bave engaged passage, including ten
women from Oakland, San Leandro and
Lorin. Some of these bave husbands at
Dawson or about to go there.
More Ohio Minors Oat.
Canton, O. Aug. 4. Over 100 Osna
burg miners headed by a band : visited
all the local mines and succeeded in in
ducing all the miners to come out. - An
agreement was reached whereby no coal
will be mined for any purpose whatever
until the " present ' -troubles - - are
settled. .' ' " :..
V Leaders Losing- Courage.
Wheeling, W. Va., Aug. 4. Except
in the Fairmont region, the strike lead
ers are losing courage. The strike in
Kanawha valley is a. failure j thus far,
while in the New River region there bas
been but little to lend encouragement. '
We sell- Hoe Cake 'soap. Pease &
Maye. ; . ' - i'" a3-2m -
CANAL IS UNCLE SAM'S
Government Mast Control
' Nicaragua Waterway
GREATER REPUBLIC NOT A FACTOR
Administration's ' Plan - of Proeednre
Based Solely on .Existing- Con- '
mention With Nicaragua.
.Washington, Aug. -4. No matter
what the attitude of the Greater Repub
lic of Central America may be, it is the
intention of the ad ministration ; to rec
ommend governmental control of the
Nicaragua canal .when congress assem
bles next December. This was made
plain at a conference at the state depart
ment participated in by Assistant Secre
taries Adee and Cridler, Senator Mor-
...... . . r
gan, former senator Miner ana air.
Merry, the recently appointed minister
to Nicaragua, Salvador and Costa Rica,
regarding the complications which, bave
grown ont of the refusal of the govern
ments of Nicaragua and Salvador to re
ceive Mr. Merry. .
It is practically decided that Mr,
Merry shall go to .Coeta Rica, and that
the headquarters, of the legation shall
be transferred to that country from
Nicaragua. No steps will be taken to
make tbe transfer, however, nntil the
governments of Nicaragua and Salvador
bave again been heard from.
The administration' believes there is
no necessity of entering even into a new
convention with Nicaragua with a view
to securing anthority for the construe
tion of a waterway. The program which
will follow will be based on tbe provis
ions of the convention now in force, as
well as tbe concession which was granted
to an American company by tbe Nica-
raguan government for tbe construction
of the canal. This concession will not
expire for three years. '-. . ,
Acting in accordance with instructions
of tbe state department, Minister Baker
is watching every . move of the oppo
nents of the canal in Nicaragua and- re
porting to the state department, so that
in case of necessity prompt action mav
be taken bv the authorities.
The Walker commission, which has
been holding meetings at the state de
partment, will make a preliminary re
port to congress at the beginning of the
session, eoiuuj; iunu its etuiuiaie
Sbonld this report show that the cost
will not be greater than $100,000,000 tbe
president will probably bave something
to say in his first annual message in re
gard to tbe advisability of tbe passage of
a bill by congress guaranteeing tbe con
struction of tbe canal under govern
mental control.
NICOLA TKSLA'8 ACHIEVEMENT.
Complete System of Wireless Telegraph
Perfected. '
New Yoek, Aug. 4. Nicola Tesla
announced to day the completion of his
latest discovery, tbe "simultaneous
transmission of messages by means of
the earth's electrical . currents to as
manv scattered points on tbe surface of
the globe as may desired." This he Te
gards as by far his greatest achievement.
To a few intimates he gave a thrilling
demonstration of the operation of bis
device for arresting and - subjecting to
control nnder natnral laws tbe . natural
substances in and about tbe earth.
His latest invention or discovery is to
produce such a disturbance of the elec
tricity of the earth which can be felt and
noted simultaneously at all parts of . tbe
globe.
'I am producing," said he in . tbe
conrse of bis demonstration, "an elec
trical disturbance of intense magnitude,
wbich is continuing throughout the en
tire earth.' In other words, I am pro
ducing a disturbance of tbe earth's
charge of electricity which can be felt to
tbe uttermost parts of the earth." . .
"And tbe result will be?" -"That
is almost incomprehensible.
This electrical disturbance by means of
certain simple instruments, can be felt
and appreciated at any point of the
globe. In this way messages- can be
sent tbe entire earth around, and be
taken np at any part of tbe earth with
out the aid or intervention of - wires in
any way at all." - -.
MATTER OP A SINGLE WORD. '
n Alleged- Blander In the
Alaska
Boundary Treaty.
Ottawa, Aug. 4. R. W. Scott, secre
tary of state, was interviewed regarding
the statement from Washington claim
ing that Great Britain on the . official
maps bad drawn the boundary line on
the Pacific coast so as "to deprive' the
United States of hundreds of . miles of
territory adjoining the Clondyke gold
fields. He said he bad gone into ' the
question with a member of the Mac
kenzie administration in 1878, and , the
point .now- raised ' was . - discussed
then. - ' . -V .- -v
"The treaty of St. Petersburg of 1825r"
said he, "defines the line dividing Rus
sian territory, now Alaska, from British
by a line drawn north from the foot . of
Prince of Wales island tbiough Portland
channel nntil it struck' the mountains,
when the method of delimination was
set forth.. The map . will show that a
line running north from the foot ' of
Prince of Wales island must go through
the Behm canal, and tbat-to reach Port
land canal the line -would have to go
east through the open sea a considerable
distance before it could reach Portland
channel or canal. J
"The British contention as shown by
tbe dispatches of George Canning to Sir
Charles Bagot, when British ambassador
to St. Petersburg, ia that Portland was
to be in British territory and the words
Portland canal' in the convention was a
mistake for Behm canal or else what is
now called Portland canal was not then
so called. In is supported by tbe
physical impossibility of running a line
due north through Portland canal from
the foot of Prince of Wales island, so
that Canadian maps show tbe boundary
line as running north through the Behm
canal. ' ;. , ' ' ..
"The diJerence is great in view of the
discoveries of gold, and it can only be
settled by international arbitration.
The disputed territory with the ten ma
rine leagues back from the coast added
could not, however, embrace the' present
gold fields of the Clondyke, which are
clearly in British territory, because they
are well east of the 141st merulian, which
is the recognized boundary,, to . the
north." x ' ' ' .
Furious Bovine Charged Upon a Fun-,
eral Procession. -
Cincinnati, Aug. 4.-Whj!e the funer
al procession which was taking the re
mains of John Mulvihill to the grave
was passing Sycamore and Church
streets, a drove of steers passed. Sev
eral animals got into a fierce fight and
ran into the carriages. One carriage
contained Policeman John Connor and
ex-Alderman Richard Ennis. Both
were thrown to the Btreet and severely
injured.'
The cattle lunged at one another and
crashed against the carriage in which
the Mulvihill family was seated, break
ing the carriage door. The members of
the family jumped from tbe carriage
and ran into a house. Men pounded
the brutes on tile head with clubs and
stones, but were nnable to separate
them. , They' ran against the hearse and
almost upset it. .
The mourners, and people on the
streets were panic-stricken, and several,
of them bad narrow escapes from being
trampled to death. A number of men
then made a rueh on the animals and
they were finally driven away. Tbe
mourners re-entered their carriages and
the procession was resumed.
A Strike at Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 4. Two hundred
women and girls employed at the Fulton
Bag& Cotton Mills, in this city, struck
this morning because of the employment
of negro help by tbe management.
The operatives learned yesterday that
25 colored women were to be put to work
in the folding department today. This
Who will get it?
Schilling s Best tea
is because it is fresh-roasted. -v
What is the missing word ? ; v
Get Schilling's Best tea at your
(there is one in every package); send
before August 31st. .'
One word allowed for every yellow
, If only one person finds the word,
several find it, the money will be divided equally among them. . '-
A. Every one sending a yellow ticket
babies at the end of the contest . Those sending three or more in one
envelope will receive a charming 1898 calendar, no advertisement on it. '
Besides this thousand dollars, we
who send in the largest number of
June 15 and the end of the contest
Cut this out. ; You
for two weeks.
B2
BEST
Address : SCHILLING'S
morning tbe white women asked Presi
dent Elsaa whether it. was true that be
proposed to pnt negroes ' to : work with'
them. He said he did, and the white
women refuged to go to work. ,
-' At noon tbe 400 men employed in ' the
mills walked out in obedience to the
orders of the Textile- Workers' ' Union,
and m sympathy with the striking fe
male operatives. - Thia forced the clos
ing down of the factory. 'Eight hun
dred men, ' women and children .: are
affected by the strike. . .-''- '
. Atkinson Is Diplomatic ;
S Washington, Aug. 5. Governor At
kinson of West Virginia has written a
reply to the labor leaders who - recently
conferred with bim regarding the min
ers' strike, in which be says he has given
the matter his most earenst considera
tion, and that in the controversy the
rights of property as well as the rights of
citizens must be considered. ' .
j Referring to the injunction issued by
the circuit court of Marion county, he
says the Marion county court belongs to
the judicial department of the. state,
which is independent from the executive
department, and it would be improper
for him to express an opinion as to
whether the injunction is too sweeping
in character. He has requested the attorney-general
to assist in having . an
early adjudication by the supreme court
of tbe state of this proceeding, because
it presents somewhat hovel questions. :
Sails Under New Flag. . '.
San Fbancisco, Aug. 5. The Pacific
Mail Steamship Company's ship China
will sail out of the port today flying the
Hawaiian flag. ' It was ordered by the
officials of the company to place tbe big
veesel, which is the crack ship of the
Pacific Mail fleet, under the Hawaiian
flag without loss of time, and it ia said
in maritime circles that this action on
the part of the company indicates a, be
lief among the officers of the company
that the annexation of th'e islands is
Jikely to' be . accomplished in tbe very
near futures
The Had son Brrer Tnnnel. . ...
New York, Aug. 5. The Hudson river
tunnel project to connect New York and
New Jersey bas been revived. Plans
are now being perfected to resume con
struction where it was dropped five years
ago. Engineers say that an expenditure
of $1,500,000 will complete the work.
Four million dollars had already been
spent before the work was abandoned,
at which time there were 3916 feet of
completed tunnel going east from the
shaft in Jersey City. . One thousand feet
of this distance extepds east of tbe mid
die of the Hudson river;
An Extra Dividend.
New Yoek, Aug. 5. The Standard
Oil truBt has declared another, dividend
of 2 per cent in addition to its regular
quarterly dividend of 3 per cent.
Tbe trust's capitalization is over $100,
000,000, and tbe dividend will amount to
5,000,000. The trust's rjrofits to date
amount to nearly $150,000,000, on an
average $10,000,000 a year. The last
dividend shows that the trust's profits
amount now to over $20,000,000 a year,
Standard Oil stock rose 7 points on tbe
announcement of tbe dividend.
The merchant who tells yon be has
something else as good as Hoe Cake soap
is a tiood man tr keep away from. a2-3m
is not only pure but it
grocer's; take out the Yellow Ticket
it with your guess to address below
. , ; "
ticket ' ;
he gets one thousand dollars. If
will get a set of cardboard creeping
will pay $150 each to the two persons
yellow tickets in one envelope between
August 31st. !
won't se"e it again
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Wj ';;':
Absolutely Pure
Celebrated for its great leavening strength and
bealttafalness. ABsures tbe food gninst alnm
and all forms of adulteration common to the
cheap brands. ,
BoTiL Baking Fowdkx Co..;Kew Yoex.
IS OFF FOR ALASKA
The Cleyeland bails Thurs
day Morning.
TWO
v ;
HUNDRED - GOLD - SEEKERS
Life Insurance Companies Refuse to I
' sue Policies to Persons Going
to the Alaska Alines.
Skattxk, Ang. 5. Tbe steamship
Cleveland, under charter on the North
American Transportation . & Trading
Company, sailed for St. Michaels today
with 200 gold-crazy prospectors bound
for the Clondyke diggings, and carrying
1000 tons - of freight. The passengers .
and freight will be transferred to river
steamers at St. Michaels, and the long
journey op the Yukon river to Dawson
City, a distance of 1800 miles, and from
Seattle a total distance of 4200 miles,
begun. .
The Cleveland 19 the last steamer thi?
year to connect with Yukon boats from
St. Michaels. Twelve or-fifteen more-,
steamers are yet to leave for Alaska this-'
month with prospectors for the Yukon,...
but all will go to Dyea and take the
land route over White pass via pack .
train and canoes down the river. " -'
Among the passengers on the Cleve- -land
were W. I. Hutchinson, of Chicago,,
son of "Old Hutch," the grain specula
tor, Captain P: M.Bay and Lieutenant:
Richardson, U. S. A., who will be fol
lowed next spring by sixty soldiers iivca
Fort Russell. . ,
At present there are but two steamers
on the Yukon, but in tbe spring there ,
will be ten, two owned by private people
from Poget sound. '
- CLONDIKB SCHEMES SrolLED.
Insurance Companies' Ultimatum Wor
ries Co-operative Companies.
Indianapolis, Aug. 5. The determi
nation of the leading life insurance com
panies to carry no risks on Clondyke ex
plorers baa fallen with dampening effect
on the co-operative companies . which
were forming in this city, and npon a
number of men who are preparing to
start for Alaska during tbe coming
winter.
One of these companies intended send
ing ten representatives, each insured for
$10,000, giving each man $1000 besides
money for contingent expenses, all of
them to co-operate in ' the search for
gold,' dividing equally with the 'com
pany, and in case of death the insurance
money was to be paid to the company. .
By each death, the company ' stood to
win $o00, on the" basis that no more '
than $1500 wo&ld be spent on, each rep
resentative.
KIVEB BOAT ON THE YUKON.
Thomas Dwjer Will Be Taken Off the
Sacramento and Sent Nortu.
San Fbancisco, -Aug. 4. The river
steamer Thomas Dwyer is to be sent to
Alaska to ply between St. Michaels and
Dawson City. '. She has been purchased
by the Yukon Exploration Company, of.
wbich Burnette G. Haskell, the attor
ney, is the head. ' The vessel - bas been
engaged in the river trade on the Sacra-
men to for some years, and is well, fitted
for - the purpose for wbich she is in
tended. She draws but eighteen inches
of water when loaded, and can carry a
good quantity of freight. -The Dwyer
was brought down from tbe riyer today,
and. will be taken to Anderson's way,"
where she will be fitted with staterooms
and a new deck placed on her. ' j
The steamer will then be taken apart,
and she will be carried to St. Michaels
on the deck of a steam schooner, which '
will leave here about August 15th.