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THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY, OREGON. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 16. 1897.
VOL. VII.
NUMBER 46.
SOME DISMAL SCENES
Three Hundsed Gold Seekers
Encamped on the Beach -
THEIR SITUATION' IS PERILOUS
Many are Short of Provision and Money
With Ko Hope of Ascending The
Yukon This Tear.
Washington, Oct. 12. Information
received at the treasury department
from Captain Tattle, of tbe cutter Bear,
now erasing in Alaskan waters, does not
gire a rosy deeenption of the scenes at
St. Michaels and prospects of tbe gold
seekers. Writing from St. 'Michaels
September 16th, Captain Tattle says :
"There are in pori four sea going ves-
. eels and six river steamers, with one
steamer and one barge in process o; con
struction on the beach. About 300 hun
dred people are encamped on the beach
awaiting the completion of these vee-
1 gels. At leaet seven vessels are expect
ed to arrive, many of them with passen
gers. There is no possible chance of
these people reaching the opper Yukon
this season, and they mnet winter here
or at some point inside the mont of the
Taken.
"While there will be an abundance of
provisions, as the trading companies
have their main depots here, trouble is
likelv to arise from those who have no
money and no supplies. . This, however.
is a small matter when it is taken into
consideration that matters are much
worse above Fort Yukon. On Septem
ber 13th tbe steamer Hamilton returned
from its up-river trip, having been nn
able to reach Circle City. . Captain Hill
reported the river so low as to preven
' bis reaching bis destination. His cargo
was landed on the river bank. The
steamers Healy, Weare, Alice, Bella
and Margarite are now up the river, but
the prospects are that they will not be
not be able to reach Circle City or Daw
son. ,
"Laws in regard to the transportation
of steam' vessels are entirely disregarded
and no inspector of hulls and boilers has
visited this place. At least sixteen
such vessels are now sailing in this part
of Alaska. If I should seize them star'
vation would ensue to those who are de
pending upon these vessels to bring
them provisions. . At tbe same time
hundreds of people are traveling on
1 these vessels, which are without tbe
eategnards to life that the law provides
they shall have.
"A deputy collector of customs is sta
tioned at St. Michaels who is required
to attend to all custom business, fre
qoently there are several vessels in port
discharging bonded goods at the same
time. It is impossible7 for one man to
attend to all this business. After leav
ing St. Michaels there is no custom
officer in charge ot these goods. Vessels
frequently get aground, and it is neces
sary to discbarge cargo before they can
be afloat. Great opportunities are
afforded to defraud the customs. There
should be a custom offiicer on every ves
sel carrying bonded goods, end pro vis
' iouB should be made to have these ves
sels inspected as required."
YELLOW JACK RAGING.
Disease la
Spreading Very Rapidly at
New Orleans.
New Orleans, Oct 11. From the
reports there is little hope in the yellow
fever situation. The board of health is
daily demonstrating that with a fair
show it is possible for modern science to
restrict and stamp ont the disease. But
the people who must suffer from a strict
application of scientific methods rebel.
. tbe result being that tbe pathway of
, the board is beset with difficulty. " If
there was strict compliance with the
health laws, if prompt report was made
of cases, tbe fever germs would be
quickly wiped out. But it begins to
. look now as if from thirty to forty new
cases and from four to six deaths would
be daily reported until Jack Frost puts
id anappearance. Today, as on nearly
every day since the fever' first started,
about fifty per cent of the fatalities were
traced to neglect and a disposition to
bide cases until it is too late to save
life.
.-' The official bulletin issued by tbe
board of health . tonight Bhows thirty
seven new cases and four deaths, .y
Galveston was one of the first cities to
raise the bars. Dr. Guiteras on Satur
day pronounced several cases of yellow
fever as existing in Galveston, but not
a line has reached Dr.' Oliphant relative
to these from the Texas health officials.
The only informatiyn which Dr. Oli
phant bad received : was from Surgeon
General Wyman. .
About fifty Italians reached tbe city
tbiB morning, coming, it is ; said, from
New.: York. Orders were given by the
board of health to prevent their locating
themselves in the city limits, and the
health officers were instructed to have
them sent to one of tbe camps of deten
tion. - -At
Biloxi today there were twelve new
cases; at Jd wards nve ana two aeatas.
Something- to Depend On.
Mr, James Jones, of the drug firm of
Jones & Son, Cowden," HI., in speaking
of Dr. King's New Discovery, says that
last winter his wife was attacked with
LaGrippe, and ber case grew so serious
that physicians at Cowden and Pana
could do nothing for her. It seemed to
develop into Hasty Consumption. Hav
ing Dr. King's New Discovery in store,
and selling lots of it, be 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 cared ber sound
and well. Dr. ' King's New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds is
guaranteed to do this good work. Try
it. Free trial bottles at Blakeley &
Houghton's Drug Store. C5)
JUSTICE FIELD ABOUT TO RETIRE.
His
Resignation Is Likely to be Pre
sented Soon.
Washington, Oct. 13. Juetice Ste
phen Field, of tbe supreme court, it is
believed by bis many friends, will an
nounce bis resignation trom tne su
preme court bench some time during the
preseut term, though he would say
nothing about the matter for publication
today.' '.
He was appointed in 1S63 to bis pres
ent position and has been eligible for re
tirement on lull pay for nearly eleven
years. .
He has been In feeble health for sev
eral years. . Since be passed Chief Jus
tice Marshall's record he has had retir
ment under serious consideration.
Attorney-General McKenna is regard
ed as being almost certain to succeed
Justice Field. Both men are native
Californians.
An Associated ' Preess correspondent
called at Justice Field's residence today,
but the Justice excused himself by say
ing that be was not feeling well. Mrs.
Field would neither confirm nor deny
tbe report of her husband's impending
retirement, though giving the impres
sion that it was at least under serious
consideration. '
Old People.
Old people who . require medicine to
regulate the 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 Dowels,
adding strength and 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 Blakeley & Hough
ton's Drug Store. 5
A Phenomenal Freak.
St. Louis, Oct 13. A local commie
Bion merchant has brought to light a
phenomenon which is attracting the at
tention of scientists here. While one of
the employes of the house was dressing
a turkey he was dumbfounded to find
in its interior a live, well-formed, young
turkey, as large as a full-grown pigeon
It is perfect in every way, excepting tbe
head, which was attached to the mother,
and is a fatty growth. The little turkey
died as soon as it was severed from its
dead mother. It was preserved in alco
hol and is now in the collection of tha
Missouri medical college, where it is at-'
tracting the attention of the medical
fraternity.
. Uccmen's Anna salve.
The best salve in the world for cues,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, level
sores, tetter, chapped bands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi
tively cuies piles, or no pay required
It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac
tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box. For sale by Blakeley and
Houghton, druggists. -
Good
cannot be sold for 25 cents : or 30 ' cents ; a pound.
Cream of tartar is expensive and cream of tartar is
necessary to good baking powder.' . : '
" Cheap " baking powder either contains alum
(which is bad for the insides) or is badly made (does
not do the work) or is weak." - ;
Really cheap baking powder cannot be sold for
these prices ; but the cheapest of all is Schillings Best
your money back if you don't like it at your
grocer's. ' m
THE WAR AT AN END
Brazillian Fanatics
Been Crushed.
Have
X0 POSSIBILITY OF A .RALLY
The Govennent Victory at Cauados-was
' Decisive. News of CooHeilhelro's
Death Has Been Confirmed.
- New York, Oct. 13- A dispatch to
tbe Herald from Buenos' Ayres says:
" Advice from the Herald's correspond
ent at Rio Janerio says that details of
the last big battle at Canndos have
reached that city. There is no longer
any doubt of tbe death of Antonio Con
seilheiro, the fanatic leader. He was
killed early in the battle, but the fact of
bis death did not become generally
known until tbe fighting had been going
on several hoars. - When they learned
of it, the fanatics, who np to that time
had been . fighting savagely, lost heart
and were slaughtered by tbe hundred.
Conseilheiro's body was found in a
street of Canndos. ' Around him were
the bodies of about one hundred of his
personal guards, who had died in tbe
last desperate fight to save their chief.
The bodies were fearfully hacked and
mutilated. . Beside the body of Conseil
heiro lay an imperial flag, a red cross on
the white background.
The capture of the city wad accomp
lisbed by tbe government troops with
the aid of torch and dynamite.
. When the fanatics Baw certain defeat
they applied the torch to many bcuses
and scores.of them rustled in and were
burned to death, preferring death to sur
render. The government troops burned
the remaining houses.
Three thqusand of the rebels who es
caped the awtui slaubgter at Canndos
have been taken prisoners, and now the
rebellion may be said to be over. -
A Herald dispatch from Valparaiso
says the senate immediately after meet
ing began the consideration of the
budget. When the work is finished the
senate will take up a bill which has been
introduced providing for a retaliatory
tariff against the United States. - The
bill provides for increased duty on im
ports, and - a great number of articles
will be affected if the bill becomes a
law.
The frauds said to have been discover'
ed by the government in building the
drydpek at Talcahuano will amount, ac
cording to the radical press, 1,000,000
pesos. Representatives of the govern
ment are investigating the matter.
Large discoveries of sulphur, sulphate
and copper have been reported trom the
vicinity of Guatacoatteo, in the provinco
of Tarapaca.
ENDING OF "WHIRLWIND" FIGHT.
A Pugilist Beaten t Death Dnring a
Boxing Contest.
New Orleans, Oct. 13. The new Tu
lane Athletic Club was opened last night
with a big benefit for indigent yellow
r&wr patients and their families. An
attractive programme including boxing
bouts was arranged, and among these
was a contest betwen Jack Cumminns
and Walter Griffin. Much interest was
taken in the contest.
The fight was of the whirlwind order
from start to finish, and both men gave
and received much punishment, Fifteen
rounds were fought and both fighters
were in an apparent state of exhaus
tion.
In the fifteenth round Griffin hit
Cummings a hard punch, and tbe latter
sank to the floor, not from the effects of
the blow, but from lack of vitality. He
was carried to his dressing-room. He
complained that his head hurt, asked
that he be laid on bis stomach and be
came unconscious. From that time he
never spoke audibly. Dr. Bloom Bald
Baking Powder
injuries were fatal. The best of attention
was given him, but at 4:15 he died.-
WEIIER 18 OCT OF IT.'-.
i
General Castellanos Temporarily Com
mands In Cnba. -
Jikw York,' Oct. 14. A dispatch to
the Herald from Havana eayg .
Uaptain-tieneral Weyler's ' rule in
Cuba will end with the present week
General Castellanos ..will act as captain
general until General Blanco's arrival in
Havana from Spain .on Saturday next
when he will immediately take the oath
of office.
General Weyler, although expressing
regret that be has been recalled before
be bad succeeded in crushing the re'
bellion, takes the matter philosophic'
ally, and is making preparations to sail
October 20. He persists in maintaining
that bis methods are the Only ones that
will eventually force the insurgents to
surrender. , '
' Ii the meantime the rebels show no
signs of willingness to negotiate for
peace on the basis of autonomy. On
the contrary, they are preparing to take
tbe agressive. The -large force that
started westward last week, it is re'
ported, includes an effective company
of artillery. The intention is evidently
to join General CastelloB and make a
big demonstration in Havana province
In Pinar del Rio the rebels heve been
active during the past few days. They
again attacked and raided the town of
Calgre, killing several of the Spanish
soldiers.: They . ambushed a column of
Spanish guerillas near Mandas, killing
more than 20.
Tue rebel brigade nnder Lorenzo at
tacked the trccba of San Antonio and
blew up one of the forts, badly . wound
ing 26 soldiers. The rebels then passed
through the trocha, driving a herd of
cattle. ..'.'. ' .
More Aid for the Cubans.
Havana, via Key West, Oct. 14. It
is reported in official circles that another
filibustering expedition has been landed
in the River Arimai, province of Santa
Clara, and succeeded in joining the in
surgent forces.
' KOVKDAKIE9 ' OF LISCOLX.
1'roposed Location of the Dividing; Line
in Alaska.
U.n ala ska, Sept. 30, via San Francis
co, Oct. 14. Should the proposed teni
tory of Lincoln be created by ' the divis
ion of Alaska, it will have as its south
east boundary Mount St. Elias. From
that point the Eastern bountry will ran
directly to the Arctic, which ocean will
form the northern boundary. The west
ern boundary will likely ran along the
coast line below St.' Michaels to tbe top
of the divide between the Yukon and
Koskowim rivers. The boundary on the
south will follow the 62d parallel east to
tbe Copper river, where it will cut down
to Mount St. Elias. '
Should the division occur and tbe
boundry lines mentioned " prevail,
Alaska proper will then include the
Aleutian islands, the coaling stations of
Dutch harbor and Unalaska and the
balance of the Alaska peninsula, the
island of Unga and its quartz mines,
Kodiak island, Kanal peninsula and the
placer mines of Cook's " inlet,' Prince
William sound and " the placer mines
along the Cooper river, the towns of
Wrangel, Sitka, Juneau, Dyea, Skaguay
and the passes on the overland route to
the Yukon.
Within the new territory. will be the
rich placer of the Yukon as far as tbe
international boundary.' It will also in
.elude tbe numerous settlements and the
trading posts from St. Michaels to Circle
City, '. aggregating ' a ' population . at
present of over 3000 whites and 8000 na
tives.
- Riotous Strikers Arrested.
Pittsburg, Oct. 13. Deputy sheriffs
made a raid on the strikers at Sandy
creek this morning and arrested fifteen
men, including tbe members of a brass
band. The strikers were marching on
the public road and were halted by the
deputies. ' Chief Deputy Evans said the
men were riotous and caused trouble.
This is denied by the strikers.
Croup Quickly Cared.
Mountain Glen, Ark. Oar children
were Buffering with croup when we re
ceived a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. If afforded' almost instant re
lief. F. A. Thornton. "This celebrated
remedy is for sale by Blakeley & Hough
ton..
Colorado Strike Settled. '
Trinidad, Colo., Oct. 13. The strike
of miners in the Hastings mine of tbe
Victor Coal & 'Coke Company has been
settled. The miners went oat Monday
last.. Between 400 and 500 men are con
cerned. .
. Burglary at Ooldendale.
Goldendale, Wash., Oct. 13. The
general merchandise store of D. S. Dun
bar was burgalarized and robbed last
night. The loss has not been ascertain
ed. A number of pairs of shoes were
taken. - ..
JUSTICE FIELD RESIGNS
An
Official Announcemen
lias Heen Made.
WILL STEP OUT DECEMBER FIRST
Correspondence on the Subject of His
Retirement Hade Public at
. Washington. . .
.Washington, Oct.- 14. il was an
nounced at the supreme court today
that Juetice Stephen J. Field, of Cali
fornia, had notified President McKinley
of his intention to retire as a member
of tbe court, and had informed his col
leagues of the fact. The members
the court, after adjournment today, will
call in a body on the retiring justice to
pay him their respects.- - "
It is expected his successor will be
nominated by tbe president after tbe
convening of congress in November.
Justice Field, it ' is learned, notified
the president last April of his intention
to retire, but the president did not ac
knowledge it till October 9. :
The following letters were given out
this afternoon :
Washington, Oct. 12,
"Dear Mr. Chief Justice and Bretb
ren year tne close oi tne las: term, leei
ing that the duties of my office bad be
come too arduous for my strength,!
transmitted my resign ition to the pres
ident, to take offect the first of Decern
ber next, and this he has accepted with
kindly expression of regard, as will be
seen from a copy of the letter, which is
as follows :
' 'Executive Mansion, Wash
October 9.
" 'Hon. Stephen J. Field, Associate
Jnstice of the Supreme Court of tbe
United States My Dear Sir-: In April
last, Chief Justice Fuller, accompanied
by Brewer, handed me your resignation
as a justice of the supreme court of the
United States, to take effect December
1, 1897. In hereby accepting your res
ignation, I wish to express my deep re
gret that you feel compelled, by ad
vancing years, to sever your active con
nection with the court of which you
have been so long a distinguished mem
ber. Entering upon your great office
in May '62, you will, on tbe first of De
cember next, have served on this
bench for a period of thirty-fonr years
and seven months, a term longer than
any member of tbe court since its cre
ation, and throoghont a period of special
importance in the history of the coun
try, occupied with as grave public ques;
tions as have ever confronted that tri
bunal for decision.'
'I congratulate you, therefore, most
heartilyupon a service of such exceptional
duration, fidelity and distinction. Nor
can I overlook that you received your
commission of Abraham Lincoln, and,
graciously spared by - kind providence,
baVe survived all the members of the
court of his appointment. -
'Upon your retirement both bench
and country will sustain a great loss,
but the high character and great ability
of your work will live long to be remeni
bered not only by your colleagues but
by your greatful fellow countrymen.
" 'With personal esteem and sincere
best wishes for your contentment and
happiness in the period of rest which
you havo so well earned, I am, fny dear
sir. very truly yours, "
William McKinley.' ;
'My judicial experience . covers many
years of service. Having been elected a
member of the enpreme court of Cali
fornia, I assumed that office on October
13, 1857, holding it for five -years seven
month and five days, the latter part of
the time being chief -justice. , vOn the
tenth of March 1863, 1 was -commission
ed by President Lincoln justice of tbe
United States, taking the oath of office
on tbe tenth day of May following.
"When my - resignation takes effect
my period of service on - this bench will
have exceeded that of any of my pred
ecessors, while my entire period ot ju
dicial life will have embraced more
than forty years. ' I may be pordoned
for saying that during all this period,
long in comparison with the brevity of
human life, though in retrospect, it has
gone with a swiftness of a tale that is
told, I have not shunned to declare in
every case that has come before me for
decision conclusions which my deliber
ate convictions compelled me to arrive
at, but conscientious exercise of such
abilities and requirements as I possess
ed."-. ' - ' "'., ; .
- Regulator Line Notice.
The ' steamers of the . Regulator line
will leave The Dalles at 7 a. m., com
mencing Monday October 11th.
W. C. Allawav, Gen. Agent.
mm.
PP!
be ' Ow to ka at at
Absolutely Pure.
Celebrated foMts great leavening strength and
healthfulnes8. . Assures tbe food pgHinsl alum
and all forms of adulteration common to the
cheap brands.
' Eoyai. Baking Powok Co." Kkw York.
THE AMERICAN MACHINIST.
Hla Work Esteemed the World Over
Wherever Machines Are Used.
The fame of the American machinist
extends everywhere; his ingenuity in
planning and his skill in execution are
known wherever man uses machines
and tools. If there is any one branch
of work in which he excels more than in
another it is in the building of special
machinery by which .is meant ma
chines not kept in stock or regularly
manufactured, but specially devised"
and made for special uses, says an ex
change. . , -
For instance, man designs some ar
ticle of use which he works up by hand,'
or by the aid of machinery. To pro
duce this article in quantities, at such
a -cost that it can be sold set a profit,
special machinery is required. The
designer or inventor takes the article
to the builder 'of machines and says: '
"Can you make a machine that will
make these things, and will you guar
antee it to work?",, It. is altogether
probable that the machine builder an
swers yes to both questions, because
there is practically nothing-that he can-,
not do. " .
Special machinery is built for a wide '
variety of use. As the knowledge of
American skill in this direction, now
long familiar, has 'spread, orders have'
come from nil over the world and spe- .
cial machinery is sent from here also
for use in enterprises installed or
conducted by Americans in foreign
countries. ' .
Such machinery, for various uses, is
shipped from this country almost every
where. One big machine shop that
is . largely engaged . in the pro
duction of special machinery sends
probably a third of its work out of the
country. It has sent machines to every
land. ' '
ART AND DOLLARS.
One .Fainter
Who la
True to His
Ideals.
I have a friend whom I shall venture
to call a "poor artist," fori know that
he is poor, and gets his living, such as
it is, lay painting, says a writer in Scrib
ner's. I cannot pretend to judge his
work, but I have had ample proof that .
he is devoted, laborious and will not.
sacrifice his convictions for gain or
(popularity. Perhaps he is not so singu
lar in this, TJUt what, as my experience
goes, is a peculiarity of his is that he
is not in the habit of cursing the "Phil
istines. His view seems to bo that, as
he paints to suit himself, it does not
comport with his Eelf-respect to blame
people whom hisTpainfing does not suit
for refusing to buy it or for being un
able to understand it; .My mend, as I
have said, is poor and is likely. to re
main eo, tout he appears realiy content
with his work and his relative poverty.
I confess that his attitude is a com
fort to me and that in his patience and
modesty and generous fidelity to his
ideal he is a model whom some other
artists perhaps artists generally
micht fitudv with advantage. He puts
into his work the best he has' to give
and that, in substance, is what the
great critics have insisted is tlie source
of the greatest value in art.'; Of course-
man s best, so far as concerns his
talent, may be much or little, but what
ever it is he will hardly get it into bis
work if he is thinking chiefly of the
money return or if heis.habitually re
sentful because he does not get the
money return.
Origin of Polo.
Polo is one of the oldest games known
to civilization, says an exchange. - It
was played by the young swells of
L Hassa on the tableland of Thibet,
between the Himalayas and Kwenlun
mountains, many centuries ago. Trav
eling westward, it reached the Byzan-;,
tine emperor, Manuel Comnenus I., '
about the middle of the twelfth cen
tury.- He played it with great effect.
It was called "pulu," which is Thibetan
for ball. In 1871 it was introduced into
England by om cavalry officers who .
had learned it in India. Being in Eng
land, it had to come here. Our "shin-
ney" and "hockey" and the lacross oi
the Indians are modifications of polo.
We not only play the game on horse
back, but in water and on roller skates. .
Found Last night, near ' the Skibbe
hotel, a pocket-book. Owner can have
the same by describing it and paying for
this notice.- ' . '