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f ') 75V if Ayvy Ay. THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 11. 1897. VOL. VII. NUMBER 41. Mm ii tfl 4 jy tyJJ Ay AM DEPDTIES DEFEATED Serious Clash at Orangeville, . in Pittsburs: District. EFFORT TO EVICT STRIKERS FAILS Morning Bmttla In Which th Deputies Are Badly WoMted and Com pelled to LeT for Washington. Pittbbcrp, Sept. 7. Efforts to evict the striking Winers of the Pittabarg & Chicago Coil Company, at Orangeville, one and a half miles from Gastonville, resulted in a riot of no mean propor lions, and the utter failure of the com. pany to accomplish its object. About 9 o'clock last night twenty dep uties from Washington, Pa., in charge of Chief Deputy Wethenll, reached Fin leyville, where they were met by a large crowd of strikers. Each deputy was armed with Winchester and revolver, bat in spite of this the strikers, beaded by 100 Polish women closed in on them and they were forced back and finally retreated to Gastonville, followed by about 200 men and women. At Gastonville the deputies took re fuge in the office of the company, where they were kept all night, during which time the building was bombarded with stones and bricks and an occassional shot was fired. At 7 o'clock this morning the trouble of the night reached a climax, when the deputies sallied out from their besieged quarters and started to march to Orange ville. Headed by women, the strikers rushed on the deputies with stones and cluba and pick handles and the blows fell thick and fast. One big woman wrested a rifle from a deputy's hands and struck him on the head with it, in flicting a serious injury. By this time 1000 men, women and children bad joined the crowd. They came from Venetia, Snowden, Calamity and Fin leyville. The deputies made their way to Orangeville and took refuge in a vacant house, closely followed by the mob, which surrounded the building and threatened to barn it. One of the strik ers approached the house with a flag of truce and a conference was held. The deputies were ordered to leave town. After a short parley it was decided to do so. They emerged from the bouse i badly scared lot of men and walking be tween the opened ranks of the strikers, started for Gastonville. Almost every man in the posse was cut and bleeding and several were badly hurt. As the defeated deputies ran the gauntlet, they were greeted with hisses, curses and ridicule. The strikers then closed behind them and marched them to the station, where they took the train for Washington. After their departare the mob dispersed and everything is quiet now. FAMINE MENACES THEM. Condition ef the Irish People Becoming; Desperate. New York, Sept. 7. A dispatch to the World from London says : The World's special inquiries through out Ireland fully corroborate the alarm ing predictions cabled Saturday of the failure of the harvest and a consequent impending famine. Crises of warning to the government are rising in a crescendo scale from all parts of Ireland. They are not confined, as in former yeara of distress, to the congested districts on the western seaboard. From Mullinger, one of the most pros perous parts of the midlands, a corre spondent telegraphs: "The crops. are now irretrievably de stroyed. It will be impossible for the farmers to make anything of their ce reals this year, as they are quickly rotting. In the churches a prayer for fine weather was recited, and if a change does not come immediately, the crop might as well be left to manure the ground." From country Wexford, noted as one of the richest in the country, the tidings are: "The green crop may be described as -a gigantic failure in county Wexford this year. The greater part of the potato crop is only fit for cattle feed ing." From Fermanagh, a correspondent telegraphs : "At a meeting held here to ask for a reduction in rents, the parish priest pre siding declared that not since Black 1847 has the prospect for farmers In thia dis trict been so bad. In several places the potatoes have been a failure. Hundreds of tons of hay have been ruined by the heavy rains and floods." From Carlow, known as ''the model county." comes the following dispatch: There is before our farmers an outlook aa disastrous as it is possible to con ceive, owing to the frightful weather. A omaf ?"! nf err ii mt patIv remains in the sucks injured beyond repair. In many districts the farmers have been unable to cut their crops, which present the saddenimr spectacle of being leveled to the earth by the persistent rainB. Ap prehensions concerning potatoes also have been dismally realized. These evidences of the widespread character of the ruin wrought by the inclement season are merely samples from numerous reports received. The Irish government has adopted no meas ure as yet to cope with the threatened famine. AUSTRALIAN CABLE NOW ASSURED Its American Terminal Will Be At Vincoarer, B. C. Vaxcouver. B. C Sept. 7. The fol lowing-named telegraph magnates held a closed meeting in Vancouver in con nection with the proposed cable line from Vancouver to Australia : George G. Ward, vice-president and general manager of the Commercial Cable Company; S. S. Dickenson, sn perintendent of the company at Canso, Nova Scotia, where the Canadian Pacific line connects with the Atlantic cable; R. V. Day, secretary to President John VV. Mackay: J. Wilson. Pacific coast superintendent of Canadian Pacific tele' graphs; L. W. Storror, superintendent Pacific Postal Telegraph Company, After the meeting no news of a direct nature could be obtained regarding the business transacted, but statements were made that inside information obtained warranted the announcement that a Canadian Pacific cable from Vancouver to Australia wouia oe an assurea iact at a comparatively early date, and that the present meeting bad to do with some very important preliminary ar rangements in which Millionaire John W. Mackay is to take a very prominent part. Mr. Starrer stated that his company would of course handle the Pacific cable work at this end, and that he, with others, would inspect the proposed land ing stages io British- -Colombia, at once. The entire party will leave Victoria to day. ' LIBERALS COME INTO POWER Report That Sands Will be Premier of Spain. New York, Sept. 7. A Herald spe cial from Barcelona Bays that it is stated on the highest diplomatic authority that the present Spanish government will go out within a fortnight, and that the lib erals will come in. The Herald's cor re spondentln ..Washington, commenting on the above, says : The officials of the state department have not received any information of a change In the Spanish ministry, but they have believed ever since the death of Canovas that it is quite probable the conservative ministry would be succeed' ed by one headed by Sagasta. Such a change has been hoped for by the administration, for the reason that it is believed that the liberals would pursue a coarse in regard to iCnba very dmerent from that followed bv the con servatives, both before and since the death of Canovas, and that if Senor Sa gasta should come into power he would receive with favor the new offers of the United States, to bring about an end of the insurrection, which Minister Wood ford is to make. From Chicago to the Yukon. Chicago, Sept. 7. "Klondike or sink" is the motto of the members of an expe dition which purposes to navigate from Chicago to the mouth of the Yukon river in the schooner George Sturges. The Sturges will sail from Chicago in about a month, manned and provisioned for a trip of six months' duration. At the end of that time, if all goes well, the craft will be among the icebergs in Behring sea and the doughty mariners will be getting ready to ascend the Yukon in the spring. The George Sturges has been purchas ed by a party of men beaded by Adolph Freitscb, captain of the little yacht Nina, which crossed the Atlantic. The vessel will sail down the great lakes and the St. Lawrence river to the Atlantic and thence south, rounding Cape Horn and up the Pacific coa9t to the Yaokon. At the mouth of the river the Sturges will be left while the crew starts for the gold fields, and when the crew cares to return she will serve as a treasure-ship to bring back the nuggets. ' Dr. Wyman Is Hopeful, Washington, Sept. 8. Surgeon-Gen eral Wyman says the yellow fever situa tion looks decidedly hopeful today. No new cases have been officially reported to him, although there are newspaper reports of three new cases at Biloxi. He has wired Dr. J. J. Lemon at Biloxi concerning this report. mn Pvp PI) All ft i WCAX IIULV 1 1 11 V 111 1tt 1 ! Jlil LKeUirneU lUKOnerS 1611 0 Conditions at the Camp. THERE IS A SCARCITY OF FOOD Fifty Death From Soarvy Some Vela able ClaimsYukon Klver Steamer Wear Aground. Eureka, Cal., Sept. 8. The news by the steamer National City, from St, Michaels, corroborates all that has been said of the prospects of short rations in the gold diggings of the upper river daring the winter. This steamer which connected with the river steamer Healy at the mouth of the river, brought three passengers. One of these is J. A Ralston, of San Francisco. Six thousand men in the mines about Dawson City is the estimate of Ralston who came down on the National City with F. . Leonard, of Nanaimo, and R B. Lamb, of Portland. The supply of the necessaries of life to feed these men be says, is totally insufficient. In fact be estimates that the stores will be ex hausted before the winter is half over, when the famine will be on in earnest, especially as the number of men in th country will be greatly augmented by late arrivals over the passes. There is whisky, beer and all kinds of liquor in profusion, he save, but their places could have been better filled on the steamers with flour. It is not that the men in ,ha hftV8 not tha mone- to bn ,aDDUe. bnt the Btocka of the B"tore. are inadequate, He says there is gold and lots of it in the Klondike, but it is generally still in the ground. It is believed that the claims now located will turn out fifty tons of gold thia winter, if the scarcity of food does not prevent full operation He gives a rough guess that the Klon dike is good for $250,000,000 before 'petering ont." ' Mr. Lamb, of Portland, is authority for the statement that over fifty men have already died of scurvy this sum On the way down the river from Daw son City, which place the iiealy lett August 14th, the steamer Weare was found hard and fast on a bar. She was passed on the 16th. being then about 1200 miles from the mouth of the river. The boat had been on the bar for twenty days and the Healy laid alongside, took off her passengers and some of the freight and then proceeded on the way, leaving the unfortunate boat hard and fast aground, with small chances of get ting off before the river closed. Ralston says that one of the best claims on Eldorado creek is the property of James Hall, of Missouri. It will turn out at least $1,000,000. Claim No. 12 on the Eldorado is also very rich. It is no uncommon thing to take out two ounces to the pan from any part of the claim. What wealth is coming on by the steamer Excelsior cannot be estimated. Those of the passengers of . the Healy who came to St. Michaels were very ret icent as to their store of dust. " With the exception of Ralston and his companions, all the passengers ot the Healy took passage on the Excelsior, That vessel left St. Michaels the night of August 26th with 80 passengers. They put in Ounalaska for coal, and Captain Anderson, of the National City, is of the opinion that the Excelsior should arrive in San Francisco today. When the National City left St. Mich aels the Cleveland was taking ballast, and expected to sail for the Sound on August 30ih. Many of the passengers who had tickets for the Cleveland took passage on the Excelsior. E. Leonard says that the Weare had on board 150 passengers and about $1, 500,000 in treasure. This was trans ferred to the Healy and taken to St. Michaels. .A considerable amount of this will arrive in San Francisco on the Excelsior. When asked why he returned, Leon ard said : "I found I had to get out or starve. There are about 4000 men in Dawson and not more than a third of them have work. If you have not a stock, of grub you can't get work at any price. I bad provisions for three months, and no one wanted me. I had not enough to work my own claim until Spring. Jim Duns mnir, the Eldorado king, has bad $30,- 000 worth of provisions ordered for some months, but has not been able to obtain more than a fifth of it, even with the cash put up in advance." Those coming out, however, did not bring all of their clean-upa with them. Leonard cites -numerous instances of men who had cleaned up from $50,000 to suw.uuu, Dut naa fatten away barely a third of that. The men Bay they made nothing themselves except as wages at $15 for a month or so. In regard to discoveries on Stewart river, Rolston says that there were many rumors of rich strikes, but op to the time he had left Dawson nothing definite had been received. The National City made the trip in 11 days Irom St. Michaels, where she left 65 eager goldseekers. , It is very doubtful wheher any ot the passengers who went up on the National City will get through this year. The small boat which some of the passengers had taken np on the deck of the steamer has proved a disappointment. Her ma chinery has gone wrong, and she draws too much water. There is enough pro visions in the party, however, to winter it out and proceed up the river when spring opens. . The Cleveland was expected to sail on the day after the National City's depart ure. The Excelsior left St. Michaels twelve hours before the National City. Captain Anderson reports that on Aug ust 28th he passed the steamer -Humboldt, but did not epak to her, and that she in all probability arrived at St. Michaels the following day. SONS OF VETERANS. Delegates to the Encampment are Rapidly Catherine Indianapolis, Sept. 8. The young men who sit in the councils of the Sons of Veterans of the United States are registering at the hotels. The bead quarters train that will bring Com mander-in-chief James Lewis Rake, of Pennsylvania, will come by way of Cin cinnati, and will arrive here this after noon. Ihe Western men under com mand of Rudolph Lo ben stein of Chicago, the quartermaster general, and the bearer of official documents, will reach here.today. Many Grand Army posts of this state have accepted invitations to participate in the parade and it is estimated that 4000 veterans and sons of veterans will march. Cincinnati is working' for the next encampment. The contest lor. commander-in-chief promises to be spirited. Commander Rake is seeking re-election. The other candidates so far are John R. Neely of Washington, L. L. Dilley of Iowa, F. C, Stimson of Michigan, and Charles P, Darling of .Massachusetts. ANTI-HOB PEOPLE PREMATURE. An Unneccessary Protest Sent to In- dlana's Governor. Indianapolis, Sept. 9. The report sent out from El wood, Ind., several days ago to the effect that the negro residents of that town bad been notified that they must leave town within a week has. brought a letter of protest to Governor Mount from the anti-mob and anti- lynching association at Springfield, O. The association suggests that the gov ernor should exercise his authority and stop any such action. Upon receipt of this protest Governor Mount wrote to Mayor Finch, of Elwood, asking for information that would tend to refute the reports, and expressing his determination to protect the inalienable rights of every citizen of the state with out regard to color. To this letter Mayor Finch has jest re plied denying the truth of the report. The mayor says the story is a manufac tured one, and that the Elwood negroes are not to be molested. Another Andree Pigeon. Nashville, Ills., Sept. 8. When Pro fessor Andree left in search of the north pole it was not made public that arrange ments had been made by William Os borne, a business man of Coulterville, Ills., whereby he would be kept inform ed as to the whereabouts of the explorer by pigeons. One of the birds sent with Andree has returned to this place, almost two months overdue. The bird carried a note about its neck written on extra heavy notepaper, but weather has ob literated the writing bo it cannot be told whether the expedition is a success or a failure. The only word of the note not completely rubbed out .is "latitude." The pigeon has a silver plate attached to its left wing with '.'Andree, 31," stamp ed on it. The next bird is due in a few days. It Saves the Croupy Children. Seaview, Va. We have a 'splendid sale on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. and our customers coming from and near, speak of it in the highest terms. Many have said that their children would have died of croup if Chamber lain's Cough Remedy had not been giv en. Kellam & Curren. The 25 and 50 cent sizes lor eale by Blakeley & Houghton. . Wanted A girl to wait on table at ; e9 2t European House. AN AWFOL DISASTER Santa Fe Collision the Worst on that Line in Years. TEN EMPLOYES WERE KILLED Remo-ral of tne Dead and Wounded Ac complished With Difficulty W. J. Bryan Tells of Bis Experience. Emporia, Kan:, Sept. 9. Last night's head-on collision on the Atchison, To peka & Santa Fe proves to have been the worst disaster that has occurred on that system in many years. Twelve em ployes were killed outright or died of their injuries, and fifteen others were more or less injured. ' Trains over the Santa Fe will be ru by way of Ottawa for a few days. The cost of the wreck to the rail -v ay is esti mated at $100,000. ab tne passengers and trainmen re covered from the shock of the explosion they looked for the injured and dead Far down in the heaps of the debris sounded wailing voices of men pleading for aid. While the rescuers were work ing to get at the unfortunates, fire broke out in the wreckage of the forward coaches, and a cry for water went op Water tanks were torn from their fasten ings in the coaches that could be entered and blood-besmeared men carried them over broken timbers to quench the fast- spreading flames. The dead and man gled bodies of four victims were dragged to the grass beside the track. After her culean efforts the flames were finally subdued, and the work of rescue made more easy. Engineer Brannan was found under bia engine, dead. Engineer Nate Hoi lister was thrown thirty feet from his engine and was picked p dead. En gineer Frisbey was picked up some dis tance from the track, fatally injured Benjaman Walter, his fireman was ter ribly mangled. Shnrley and Gonzalla, firemen on No. 1, were badly injured, and died after being removed from - the wreck. ine tour postal clerks on Mo. 1 were all found. They were R. O. McGee. W F. Jones, M. J. McGlade and Claude Holiday, all of Kansas City. Holiday's legs are broken and he is injured inter nally.. M. J. McGlade was crushed and bruised about the head and body and he died -shortly before midnight. Jones1 legs are mashed and his head is badly cat. McGee's legs are crushed. The postal clerks on the fast mail were A. Dorn and J. F. Saner. The ex- press messenger was killed and C. W, Van Cleve, a brakeman, is fatally in jured. Alter a time a reliet train ar rived and the injured - were taken to Topeka. William J. Bryan was interviewed o his experience in the collision. H$ said : "I have traveled thousands of miles on railroads and I was never in a wreck before. I did not feel the shock very severely where I was, but from the way things looked, I cannot see why we ,t , f, i a mi were not an xiuea. xne scene nere pre sented is the most terrible I have ever seen. It has made an impression on me that cannot leave me in my lifetime. "Is it true you were the first man to reach the scene from your car and go to the rescue?" he was asked. "Please dont eay anything about that," Biyan replied with a deprecating gesture. From passengers present it was learned that Bryan was the first per son to posh forward to the assistance of the victims; that be assisted to carry the first body recovered, and that so long as there was any necessity he was foremost in the work of rescue. Mr. Bryan and David Leahy, a Topeka news paper man, were in the smoking-coachl of the west-bound train. The two men jumped out of the same window without their hats or baggage, which was after wards burned, and escaped practically without a scratch. Bryan reached Em poria about midnight and remained at the hotel until morning when be re sumed his journey. . Claude Hollister, of Topeka, had both legs broken and shattered in half a dozen places. When the rescuers laid him on the grass beeide the track he turned to one of the group and asked him if he would pull through. When assured that be would live, if he was brave, he said : "Ami not brave? Look at my legs dangling, and then ask me to be brave. I suppose they will have to be amputated, but I will bear the operation and live through it. William Frisbey, engineer of the fast mail, whose residence is in Topeka, waB conscious until he died. He said: "I did not see the other train until I j PIS mmm Absolutely Pure Celebrated for Its great leavening strength aud bealthfuluegs. Assurea ttae food against alum and all forms of adulteration common to the cheap brands. Royal Baking Powdrk Co. Niw York. came upon it. I turned on the air and jumped. I presume I cannot recover, but I will die as bravely as I can. I want you men to leave me and help the the victims that are more unfortunate than I am. A. B. Adams, who is among the in jured, was on hia way to Mexico from New Jersev with registered bonds amounting to $800,000 and a great deal of other valuables. They were all burned in the fire that followed. It is supposed that a handful of charred bones taken from the wreck luring the day is all jthat is left of Messenger Saner. Route Agent L. F. I.yttle, of Welle-Fargo Express, was at the scene when the bones were found, and near them picked up a watch, which he identified as Sauer'a. Behind the west-bound train that was wrecked was a freight train. Its engineer stopped at Lang for orders. He says today that a red light, the dan ger signal, hung out by the operator there to warn the west-bound passenger to stop, wsb burning so dimly and the glass was smoked so badly he could not see it till he bad left hie cab and gone close np to it.' ' PLEDGED' TO SUPPORT SPAIN. Alleged Compact Entered Into by Eag- land and France. St. Louis, Sept. 9. Corate Henry de Penalo, who baa been visiting friends in St. Louis for a few days, said that the rumor of an understanding between Spain and other European countries, lookag to a check upon American inter ference with Cuba, was confirmed by in formation which came to him from high authority. De Penalo has been intro duced in St. Lonis as a member of an -old Spanish family whose sympathies are with the Carliet party, bat whose connection with high politics in Spain keeps him posted on most of the im portant diplomatic movements: He said: "Some time last September when the Cuban question was so much agitated in the United States, even to the point of furnishing planks to the declarations of presidential conventions, Senor Canovas del Castillo, then premier of Spain, re ceived assurances from the English and French governments through their repre sentatives in Madrid that they would not permit any action on the part of the United States other than a very perfunc tory recognition of belligerency of the in surgents. On August 5th before leaving Paris, I learned from trustworthy sources that this assurance has been renewed Gen eral Azcarragua, the new premier, has received the French and English ambas sadors, who have once more assured Spain of the sympathy of their govern ments and ot their willingness to give 'diplomatic help." Cuba's New Tariff. Madrid, Sept. 9. The Official Gazette today published the new customs tariff of Cuba. Nearly all American goods are subjected to lower duties. The Grandest Remedy. Mr. R. B. Ureeve., merchant of. Chilhowie, Va., certifies that he had consumption, was given up to die, sought all medical treatment that money could procure, tried all cough remedies he could hear of, but got no relief; spent many nights sitting up in a chair; was induced to try Dr. King's New Discovery, and was cured by the use of two bottles. For pttst thiee years lias bei-n attending to busines, and says Dr. King's New Dis covery is the grandest remedy ever made, as it has done so much for nim and also for others in his community. -Dr. King's New Discovery is guaranteed for Coughs, Colds and Coeumption. It don't fail. Trial bottle free at Blakeley &Houghton's Drue store. (2) For Rest Furnished or unfurnished rooms, at the Krause boose, corner Fifth and Court streets. , t