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THE DALLES, .WASCO COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 13. 1897.
vol; vii.
NUMBER 46.
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MINTS NOT TO REOPEN
England's Coming Reply - to
the Silver Envoys.
THE END IS ALREADY IN SIGHT
London Financiers Say That No Con
- ceealons Will Bo Made The
Sealing Controversy.
New York, Oct. 8 A dispatch from
London to the Tribune says :
The British government's answer to
the proposal of the United States and
France for bimetalism by international
agreement will probably be ready with
in a fortnight. Possibly it will be de
livered earlier, as there is evidence that
the ministry is disturbed by the pro
longation of the controversy over the
monetary question in the press and
' wishes to pat an end to it,
Two months ago they were strong!
disposed to make each concessions to
the United States ana franco as wonia
- have enabled these powers to convoke
monetary conference. Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach obtained from the gov
ernor of the Bank of England a quail
fled assent to the conversion into silver
of one-fifth of the reserve for the re-
The Indian government was also con'
salted respecting the expediency of open'
ing the mints to the free coinage cf eil
ver. If the answer to that proposition
had been af favorable as the reply of the
governor of the Bank of England on the
minor point of a large nse of silver in
the reserve, Senator Wolcott's mission
would have been 'completely successful
- - .1 t .: r
in opening tue wajf lur a new aoaaiuu ui
the conference. That answer has not
yet been officially revealed, bat it has
been received in London, and is believed
'in diplomatic circles to be unfavorable
to the reopening of the Indian mints,
Not one word of this haB yet appeared
in print, and no official confirmation of
it can be obtained, but it is currently re
pouted among the best informed finan
ciers tbat the Indian government has
advised against reopening the mints. If
- this be true, and there are strong reasons
for believing that it is, the ministers
will not have the courage to act against
the advice of the Indian, but will sum
mon the French and American embaes
adore and bimetalic envoys without de-
lay. and return a courteous but firm
answet to the proposal lor an inter
national agreement for the maintenance
of the par value of gold and silver.
Canada and Great Britain have refus
ed definitely to take part in a sealing
conference, if representatives of Russia
and Japan are allowed to participate in
it. This matter was settled yesterday
and cannot be reopened. . When the
diplomatic correspondence is publiabed
it will Ho aniAnt tliar. tti. atatA Hanarf,
ment has done everything in its power
to enable Canada and Great Britain to
attend the conference which was de
clared to be purely consultative and
which would have had no binding force
on any maritime power taking part in
it. Canada has interposed her veto, and
Great Britain on this subject has n'o
will of her own and has sanctioned it.
Lord Salisbury haying revised the origl
nal invitation of last July at the instance
of Canada, now following the la ad of
Ottawa in declining to meet Russia,
Japan and the United States in a friend
ly conference for determining whether
anything can be done for the protection
i . i i.
No reasonable objection could be offer
ed to the presence of the Bussian and
Japanese representatives, bat Canada
has adoyted a deferential tariff in favor
-of the British traders, and feer caprices
nnffirA tyi nnnt.rnl fcha HlnTnmantr Va
foreign office on American question.
to London in deference to the old time
asage. He might more properly be ac
credited to Ottawa,' where the English
diplomatic policy on American questions
really has its origin
Doubtless the American state depart
ment can have no option except to per
severe in a conference to which Russia
and Japan are invited. It can subse
quently hold if. it likes, a second or sup
plementary conference with Great Brit
ain and Canada, and open the way for a
revision of the existing regulations next
year. The holding of a second conference
is a question which will depend upon
the scientific information produced be
fore the first conference. ...
If it be true, as the best experts in the
far trade in London admit, that 89 per
cent of the valves now coming into this
market show gun shot holes and that the j
balk of them are the furs of female seals
the speedy extinction of the herd cannot
Ions be deferred. It ' it be true that
there are now only 100,000 seals breed
ing on the sea islands or other grounds
where there were once several millions
oi tnera, me nera nas Bireaujr mo i.o
... . i . , i i
rommominl valm. and nothinflr short of
absolute prohibition of pelagic fishing
for a decade or longer will restore it. A
second conference certainly will Will be
euDe'fluous if Canada be unwilling to
allow the suspension of pelagic sealing.
'T have never bad a day's sickness in
life," said a middle-aged man the other
day.'
What a comfort it would be," sighs
some poor invalid, "to be in ' his place
for a year or two." Yet half of the in-
valids we see might be jnst as healthy
as he, if they would only take poorer
care of themselves, eat proper iooa .
and digest it.
It's so strange tbat such simple things
are overlooked by those who want health.
Food makes health.
It makes strength and strength wards
off sickness. The man who bad never
been sick was strong because be always i
digested bis food, and you could become
the same by helping your stomach to
work as well as his. Shaker Digestive
Cordial will help your stomach and will
make yon strong and healthy my mak
ing the food you eat make you fat.
Druggists sell it. Trial bottle 10 cents.
4UTUIB uuir
BebeU Defeated and IrlTen Aerosa the.
Mexican Border.
NewYobk, Oct. ll.--A dispatch to
the Herald from Guatemala says :
Reports from the front state tbat the
rebels near San Marcos have been de
feated and driven into Mexico. It is of'
ficially announced tbat the Mexican gov,
ernment is sending forces to the frontier
to prevent the rebels from forming a
base of operations on Mexican territory,
The insurgent leaders, it is reported,
are now in Tapachola.
General Solares, tbe minister ot war
in Barrios' cabinet, has gone to the front
to personally direct the operations
against the-rebels.
Tne British flagship Imperiuse is ex
pected at San Jose as well as tho Alert.
Commander Richards and Passed As
sistant Paymaster Lyttle, of the Alert,
are both ill, and have removed to a hos
pital in San Jose. , Their condition is
not serious.
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No. 2-8.
THE REBELLION IN
GUATEMALA,
Morales- Declares the Insarrent
Cause
Will Trlamph.
Sas Francisco, Oct. 11. Mariano
Lopez, one pf the prominent citizens of
Guatemala, now in this city, has re
ceived the following: :
"Tapachola, Oct. 9. We are triumph
ing, I will communicate to you the . de
tails of the battles against the' despot,
Morales.".
Lopez has received other messages, the
most important telling of tbe fusion of
the liberals. He says the so-called tak-
ing of Qaezaltenago was merely an aban
dan ment of that point for strategic rea-
Bons, as shown in his dispatches. In re-
gard to the forces at the command of the
revolutionary party, the latest informs,
tion is that there are 17,000 men, all well
equipped and wanting for nothing, either
in supplies or ammunition.
Something; to Depend On. -
Mr, James Jones, of the drug firm of
Jones & 8on, Cowden, 111., in speaking
Of Dr. King's New Discovery, says that
last winter his wife was attacked with
LaGrippe, and her case grew so serious
tbat physicians at Cowden and Pan a
could do nothing for her. It seemed to
develop into Hasty Consumption. Hav
ing Dr. King's New Discovery in store,
and Belling lots of it, he took a bottle
borne, and to the surprise of all she be
gan to get better from the first dose, and
half dozen dollar bottles cured ber sound
and well.. Dr. King's New Drecovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds is
guaranteed to do this good work. Try
it. Free trial bottles at Biakeley &
Houghton's Drag Store,
Co)
SUBSTITUTION MADE
Appointment Of BlanCO aS
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UUV CI UUi' VAJilili lilCU.
WEYLERS LETTER TO SAGSSTA
Provincial Government of Cuba Realgu
-''Attempt May Be Had to Boy off
- The Insurgent Leader.
Madrid, Oct. 9. The cabinet today
hM fnnr.hmira session, dnrini? which
the decision Dreviouslv arrived at regard-
;., th wn fmm Hnha nf Rneral
Weer was confirmed. ;
tti H,oi.i oto. .n annnnnromnnt
that the caotain-eeneral of Porto Rico
.will be appointed acting governor of
Cuba, pending the arrival of Marshal
Blanco. -, '.
In reply to an inquiry by Premier
Sagasta, Captain-General Weyler has
cabled the following statement to the
government: ''.'-.,.'-
"The principles which constitute my
character, as well as my ' well-known
military history, are a strong guaranty
that I have never created, nor will I
ever create, any difficulties for the con-
I gtftuted government, be" that whatever
it may.' I have always been' and in
every case shall be, the first man to ac
cept, respect, obey and enforce the gov
ernment's orders I, would not allow
any demonstration to go beyond the ex
pression of personal affection and ap
proval of my policy. Weyler."
In reply to a number of Cuban sena
tors who had .offered their support to
the government, Premier Sagastp said
that the government would devote itself
first to the pacification of Cuba and
would then introduce in the island a
model administration. The govern.
ment, the premier added, considered
that the pacification of Cuba would fa
cilitate the restoration of. peace in the
Philippines, where the situation is now
serious. '
The Imparcial say 8 the Spanish gov
ernment will take rapia measures on
account of the spread of the rebellion in
the Philipines. It is said that General
Riveria, former captain-general of
Madrid, who succeeded General Pole-
vija, as governor of the Philippines,
has resigned. : .
Advices just received from Manila say
that earthquake shocks were felt at Min-
dano daring the last days of September,
Great damage was done to property, and
there was considerable loss of life.
. CAUGHT ON THE TKAIS.
Winter Overtakea Prospectora
at Tbe
Lakes. ,
oeattle, uct. a. i he special corre
spondent of the Post-Intelligencer, at
Skagua, writes under date of September
20th, as follows:
"An Indian packer who has just ar
rived from Lake Lindmann reports that
two feet of snow fell at lakes Lindmann
aud Bennett, and the distress and suff
ering there is intense. Most of the peo
ple at the lakes lives In' tents, and many
of them have made no preparation for
getting away this season. They have
not built cabins for themselves, and the
Indians say that with so much snow on
the ground, which will in all probability
remain, there will be intense suffering
before the people are housed in shacks
or cabins. The winter snows have - be
gan to fall on the pass, and there are
yet hundreds of men strung along the
trail between Sheep Campt and the lake.
As is well known, traveling over tbe
pass in one of these snow storms, which
frequently lasts one or two weeks, is im
possible, and when tbe fact is considered
Jt 18 ea9T 40 imagine - the awful condl
tions thal confront the gold-seekers,
There are grave fetrs that many will
perish on the trail before they can reach
Lake Lindmann.
'Late reports from the lake are that
ice is rapidly forming, and all indica
tions point to an unusually early and
severe winter.
LONG TRIP FOB GOLD.
Prospectors From Australia and New
Zeland for the Klondike.
Victoria, B. C, Oct. 9. The steamer
Miowara arrived this morning from Au
stralia and New Zeland. She brought
120 miners, bound for the Klondike.
All obstacles in the . way of . a direct
steamer service between Victoria and
Dawson have been removed, tbe Cana
dian Pacific Navigation Company hav
ing obtained permission from the Unit
ed States, to build a steamer at St. Mi
chaels' of Canadian material. -It has
already been sent' up, and when the
boat is completed it will placed on the
..Yukon river to connect with the steamer
from Victoria. There will be no diffi
culty in the way of transfering freight
from one steamer to the- other, there be
inz a United States officer at St. Mi
chaels
A few weeks ago the editor was taken
with a very severe cold that caused him
to be1n a most miserable condition. It
was undoubtedly a bad case of la grippe
and recognizing it as dangerous he took
immediate steps to bring about a speedy
cure, from the advertisement of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy and the many
good recommendations included therein,
we concluded to make a first trial of the
medicine. To say that it was Batisfac
lory in its results, is patting it very
mildly, indeed. It acted like magic and
'uo re!,alt wa8 epeeay ana permanent
cnre we nave no nesitancy in recom
mending this excellent Cough Remedy
t anyone affiicted with a congh or cold
in any form.-rA Banner of Liberty,
"teyiown, Maryland, me 20 ana ou
cen' 8lze8 Ior 8al D" laseiey g uoogn
ton.
FEVER. REACHES GALVESTON.
Eight Cases
Reported In
Last Week. .
That City
Galveston, Oct. 9. Dr. West, a mem
ber of the Galveston board of health
and nominal head of the board during
the sickness of City He-lth Physician
Fisher, tonight made the following an
nouncement: . '
"Dr Giteras has reported that there
are eight cases of yellow '. fever in Gal
veston.'
Dr. West says he has two well-defined
cases of yellow fever under treatment
Despite the assurance of Dr. Guiteras,
perfect begira has set in, and every reg
alar train leaving the city is packed
with people fleeing from the disease.
and special trains are in demand. -
Austin, Tex., Oct. 9. Governor Cal
berson tonight received a telegram from
State Haalth Officer Swearengen, who is
at Houston, stating tbat he has ' a tele
gram from Acting Mayor Skinner, of
Galveston, stating that United States
Expert Guiteras has diagnosed a case
of yellow fever there. Dr. Swearengen
wired that he was going to Galveston at
once.
u strengtn is wnat you want, you
should study what causes your weak
ness. ' -
It is practically lack of food.
But yon eat three meals a day, and all
you can eat at a time.
Yes, bat do you digest it ?
Food undigested, is not food. It
not nourishment.
It doesn't create strength.
To digest your food take Shaker Di
gestive Cordeal at meals. After a while
you will digest your food without it,
Then you will get well, and strong and
healthy. .
Shaker Digestive Cordial cures indi
gestion and all its symptoms, such as
nauseu, headache, eructations, pain in
the stomach, giddiness, loss of appetite,
etc. It makes your food nourish 'you
and make yon strong and fat and hearty
Druggists sell it. Trial bottlelOcents
RECENT EVENTS AT HONOLULU
Steamship China Has Secured
Hawaii
Registry.
San .Feaxcisco, Oct. 8. The Steam
ship China arrived this morning from
Hong Kong via Honolulu, with the fol
lowing Hawaiian advices:
Honolulu, Oct 3. The supreme court
has affirmed the decision of the lower
court in the case of tbe steamship China,
and Yesterday "G. W. MacFarlane se
cured Hawaiian register for the vessel.
Now that tbe China case has been dis
posed of, the Paelfic Mail Company will
send over the Baracouta, now plying be
tween Central American ports, aud will
make application for Hawaiian register
for her. The Baracouta is now under a
conditional register, exactly the same as
the China had, having been issued at
London on the same, date and exactly
the sme circumstances. There is no
doubt tbat the Barocoata will get ber
register. Charlane, who is Her flag-
owner says she will come here next
month. . '
. Old People.
Old people who require medicine to
regulate tbe bowels and kidneys , will
find the true remedy in Electric Bitters.
This medicine does not stimulate and
contains no whisky nor other intoxicant,
but acts as a tonic and alternative. : It
acts mildly on the stomach and oowels,
adding strength jmd ' giving tone to the
organs, - thereby aiding Nature in the
performance of the functions. : Electric
Bitters is an excellent appetizer and aids
digestion.' Old people find it just exact
ly what they need. Price 50 cents and
$1.00 per bottle at Biakeley & Hough-,
ton's Drug Store. , 5
' Two Deaths at Mobile.
Mobile, Oct. 8. Five new cases and
two deaths is the record for the 24 hoars
ending at noon today. .
ORDERED TO MADRID
Spanish Ministry's Orders
are Emphatic. ,
BLAXC0 HAS STARTED FOR CUBA
The .
New Captain-General Sails
Havana Today Tuesday.
For
New York, Oct. 11. A dispatch
to
the World from Madrid says: '. .
The minister of .war has cabled to
General Weyler to embark for Madrid
immediately, handing over his command
to the Marquis de Ahmuda or General
Linares. All high civil officers and the
principal lieutenants of Weyler will be
replaced promptly. -
The government telegraphed an order
to cease instantly all vigorous methods
of warfare practiced hitherto.
' With the exception of conservatives
and republicans who persist in courting
Weylerj the majority of the press open
ly applaud the new government for ga
zetting decrees recalling General Weyler
and appointing Marshal Blanco governor-general
of Cuba. - ' ,
So determined was the cabinet to. act
vigorously that immediately after the
council of ministers approved the above
decrees, Count Xinqueha, minister of
public works, carried them to the pal
lace. The queen got up from dianor to
sign them. The 'minister of war tele
graphed the Transatlantic Company to
postpone the departure of the mail
Steamer to allow General Blanco to em
bark Tuesday with a numerous staff.
Six generals, officers who served under
Marshal Campos in the early part of the
present war, and 20,000 - men as rein
forcements, will follow in November.
General Blanco is not expected to be in
a position to form a correct estimate as
to the situation, or to suggest the best
course to follow before about the middle
of November. : ,
Military operations will continue as
soon as fine weather will permit against
all insurgents who are not disposed to
6ubmit on bearing of, the contemplated
reform!: and the reversal of the policy of
the past two ytars. -
General Blanco, now captain-general
of Cuba, announces that he will act with
great energy against the insurgents, and
will employ all political means to restore
equality of treatment in various sections
-of the community. He has the greatest
desire to end ; the war . and establish
peace by the system adopted in 1879.
The inhabitants of Pal ma, the birth
place of General Weyler, are preparing
to give him an ovation on ms return
from Cuba. ...-';'
The government has received unfavor
able intelligence of the revival of tbe in
surrection in . the Phillippine Islands.
The situation there is serious. Six fil
ibustering expeditions from Japan and
China have landed arms - and war stores
on various parts of the coast. Consider
able reinforcements will have io be sent
to Manila before the fine season open 9,
when the rebels are likely to resume of
fensive operations, because the present
governor, . Marshal Kivera, has sent
home halt the European forces, believ-
ng the rebellion to' be subdued.
Marshal Campos declined to go to tbe
Philippines, believing his presence in
Spain more necessary if tbe eventuali
ties of the colonial wars should make
military dictature necessary.
THE SHORT LINE TO BE INSPECTED
Officials 'Will Make a Trip Over the
. Road.
Denver, Oct. 11. A party of officials
of the Oregon Short Line railway has ar
rived here. Tbe party, all of whom are
from Boston, is composed of Samuel
Carr, president of the Short Line ; T,
Jefferson Coolidge, vice president; Ol
iver Ames, director; Henry G. Nichols,
director and attorney ; C. L. Hubbard,
controller. '
They will start for Glenwood Springs
Tuesday morning, leaving there the fol
lowing morning for Salt Lake.- Tbe ob-
ect of their trip is a general tour of ob
servation from Salt Lake and Ogden over
the Oregon Short line.
Their- sentiment, is that the whole
country is generally more prosperous,
and tbe outlook a bright one. Tbe bus
iness of the Short Line is reported as'
havfng. increased in spite of the' differ
ence of opinion about the Ogden gate
way being opened to all roads. .
Mr. Coolidge is a member of tbe Or
egon Improvement Company, which is
making strenuous efforts to transport
freight to Alaska.' , This company, he
says, is preparing to carry freight at the
rate of six tons a day over White pass.
The project now under consideration is
to use an aerial tramway for the trans-.
HI
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healthfulness. Assure tbe food nguinst alum
and all forms of adulteration common to tbe
cheap brands. ;
Royal Baking Powdkb Co. New York.
portation of ore for six miles on each
side of the pass. If carried out this will
be one of the greatest systems of the
world.
WILL EXPLORE ALASKA.
A Large Expedition Soon to Sail Prom
.Seattle.
San Francisco, Oct. 11, The Call
says that a party of engineers and sur
veyors, including Captain Smith, W. J.
H. Fagelstorm, W. A. Blake and J. W.
Sheeer, have started for Seattle, where
they will be reinforced bv about SO men.
A steamer will be chartered to carry
them to Chilkat inlet, and from there
they will go to Fort Selkirk. One of tbe .
objects of the expedition is to determine
whether the 300 miles tbat separate the
Yukon at Fort Selkirk from the ocean
at Chilkat affords a practicable ronte for
a railroad. ' It is also proposed to pros
pect the Yukon country for gold.
The parties who have organized this
formidable expedition are from Boston,
San Francisco and Poget sound, and to
thoroughly equip it $200,000 has been
subscribed aud paid in.
State Fair Did Not Pay. . - .
A dispatch from Salem ' to tho Orego
niansays: . V
It is a source of regret to friends and ,
creditors of the state fair that the man- -agement
is not able to meet all the ex
penses Incurred. : The exact amount of
teceipts and expenditures has not yet
been ascertained, bat the receipts are
estimated at $10,000, and the outstand,
ing claims for whicn there are no funds
to meet at $2700. Of the latter amount,
part is for last year's unpaid expenses,
and $1500 for this year's. It is conceded
that such an attendance as the fair bad
this year, and so large a deficit, will
make a poor showing to tbe legislature
if the present annual $5000 apppropria
tion is to be maintained. There is some
talk of members of the board making op
the deficiency for this year, but no ac
tion has vet been taken in the matter. '
To Bat'er Makers.
I have one of the new improved Elec
tric Churns and can do the churning in
one to two minutes. I can recommend '
it to any one. The first day I got mine
Isold three: next day -six; one day
eleven. Everv cbnrn sold sells another.
L cleared $182 in 30 days. To show it, is
to make a sale. I advise any one wish
ng a churn or a good paying business of -their
own to write to the TJ. S. Novelty
Mrg. Co., 1517 Olive Street, St. Louis,
Mo.-. Subscriber. .
RncKien's Arinca salve.
The best salve in the world for cats,
braises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fevet
sores, tetter, chapped hands,, chilblains,,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi
tively cui rs piles, or no pay ' required
It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac
tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents
per -box. For sale Dy Biakeley and
Honghton, druggists.
. Situation at New Orleans.
New Orleans, Oct. 9. The fever sit
uation is practically unchanged. New
cases are more numerous, coming from
all parts of tbe city, the foci being wide
ly distributed. - -' .
' Cash In lour cheeks
All countv warrants registered prior
to May 6, 1893, will be paid a't my
office. . Interest ceases after Sept. 30,
1897. C. L.. Phim.ip8,
Countv Treasurer.
Fatal Case at Edwards.
Edwards, Miss.. Oct. 9. There was
one death here today from yellow fever,
that of Burt Welton, and there are 17
new cases.
Regulator Line Notice.
The steamers of the Regulator line
will leave Tbe Dalles at 7 a. in., com
mencing Monday October 11th. ,
.W. C. Allaway, Gen. Agent.
For Sale. "
- By The Tygh Valley Land and Live
Stock Co., some fine Backs of the De
laine type. Inquire of
Oct.ll 31 A. A, Bonny, Tygh Valley. '