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THE DALLES; WASCO COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 20. 1897.
VOL. VII.
NUMBER 50.
TENDER OF MEDIATION
Trend of President's
to Spain.
Note
THE TONE OF IT WAS VERY MILD
The Government's Service Off. red to
End the War.
New Yobk, Oct. 15. The Heral pub
lisbea the following, based on high an
thority, which it claims ia substantially
the instructions iesned by President Mc
Kinley to Minister Woodford to be pre
sented to the Spanish qneen :
None bat the most kindly relations
exist between the present administra
tion and Spain, and aa far as lies in the
power of the administration they will
continue. The belligerency resolution
which passed the senate at the last sea
eion of congress merely bore evidence of
the tremendiona popular feeling
throughout the country in favor of Cu
ba. The house, to be fare, voted down
the resolution passed by the senate ; bat
this was with a view to postponing
the issue for the moment that could be
construed aa hostile to Spain.
The house, like the senate, is strongly
ing sympathy with Cuba. Tbia feeling
of sympathy throughout the United
States will undoubtedly take ahpe aa
eoon aa congress convenes, and it
necessary for the president to com'
manicate to congress each recommen
dations aa he deems best to make in re
gard to Cuban affairs.
Under the circa metances, the govern
merit ot the United States tenders
its best offices to mediate between Spain
and Cuba, and it offers to mediate so
. as to bring the war to an end on such
terms aa will be honorable to both par
ties. This government expresses the
hope that Spain will reply by the end of
October, so as to give the president a
chance to report to congress by the time
it convenes.
The Herald also publishes the follow
ing, which it claims details the real
circumstances which led to the downfall
of the old cabinet:
Nearly all of the Spanish bonds bad
been floated in France, and the recent
loans were placed there, bat the latest
applications for farther loans had not
been favorably responded to. The only
means, therefore, of raising money was
through the bank of Spain, through
which application waa made at the rate
of 50,000,000 pesetas, or $12,000,000
month, in order to carry on the war with
Cuba and the Philippine islands. The
bank of Spain declined to make farther
"advances to the government several
months ago, and the cabinet thereupon
remoyed the governor of the bank. The
recently appointed governor of the bank
thereupon tried to force upon the bank
committe, or board of directors, the ap
plication of the government for addi-
tional loans, but his efforts were a fail
ure.
This waa followed by the determina
tion of the cabinet to take steps to re-
dace the interest rate on the govern
ment bonds of five to six per cent to
three and one-half and four percent
respectively. Immediately the cabinet
was delugea with protests. Some of the
objections came from persona high in
authority and in a position to dictate
termB to Spain.
The combined weight of conservatives
in Spain, whicbembraced as, indicated,
the bulk of the holders of Spanish bonds
whose interest would be cut in two, im
mediately answered thia proposition
with the suggestion that it would be
better to atop all war expenses than to
adopt such a radical course. In fact,
many of the conservatives said it would
be better to gain anything in the way of
indemnity which Spain could obtain by
the sacrifice of sovereignty and accept
ing an offer to grant liberty to Cuba, if
it could be brought about in a way that
would not be dishonorable to Spain.
The queen yielded to this, and the re
sult waa the resignation of the old cab
inet and the calling upon Sagasta to
form a new one.
HeKtnii for Promotion.
Washington, Oct. 15. It seems to be
generally conceded that Attorney-General
McKenna . will succeed Justice
Field. McKenna ia believed to have
been promised the place before he re
signed bis judicial position to step into
the cabinet. In thia event it ia prac
tically certain that California will not
lose a place in the cabinet, and that
McKenna will be succeeded by Judge
Waymire. If McKenna does not go on
the supreme bench, it ia thought that
Waymire will. It is known that the
IS
ef.
Way mire when the latter was here last
spring, and Waymire expressed a pref
erence for the cabinet.
Jndre GoflT to Succeed McKenna.
New York, Oct. 15. A apecial from
Washington says :
In the retirement of Justice Stephen
J. Field an opportunity is made for the
advancement of Attorney-General Mc
Kenna to the supreme bench, but the
vacancy will not cauee a general reor
ganization in the president's official
family. Nathan Goff, of West Virginia,
who served in congress with Major
McKinley and who declined in February
last to leave the United States circuit
bench for the cabinet, haa again'.received
the offer of the position of attorney-
general. It is believed he will accept.
Mr. Calhoun, who waa commissioner
to Cuba, is next in President McKinley 'a
mind for McKenna'a place. It will be
remembered that Calhoun, after his
report on Cuba, declined the controller-
suip'ot the treasury.
REBELS ACTIVE IN GUATEMALA.
Barrios Find Be Haa Not let Crashed
the Revolt.
New York, Oct. 15. A dispatch to
the Herald from San Jose, Guatemala,
says:
The outbreak in the eastern districts
which it waa at first thought would be
epeedily suppressed, proves to be of a
far more serious nature than the one
just pat down in the West, headed by
General Morales, Daniel Fan tea Barrios
and Manuel Sanchez, who waa killed.
The other leaders, after their flight from
Qaezultenango,went toward the Mexican
boundary, where it is reported they die-
banded their men. It is not known
what waa done with the large quantity
of arma and munitions of war they
carried with them. It is confidently
believed, however, by the. rebel sym
pathizers, that the leaders will organize
their men and make a fresh effort
against Barrios. .
Castello, Colonel Cruz, General Barrillos
and Colonel Moantefar hold the priti
cipal towns in the east. Cbimnlta and
Zacafa, cutting off all government con
nection wicb the Atlantic seaboard.
Mail from the United States dispatch
ed on Sunday to go vip Livingston, was
returned, the rebels being in possession
of a portion of the northern railway
leading to that port.
The rebels, it is said, are camped at
Sabineto, 14 leagues from the capital.
Sixteen carloads of troops arrived in
Guatemala from Quezaltenango, and
were hurriedly sent forward to reinforce
Generate Solarea and Toledo's divisions.
General Mendiazaba returned a few
daya ago with all available men from
the west and will go into the east.
General Solares, the minister of war
is reported to have been wounded in a
recent engagement at La Levina del
Golfo.
The eastern approach to the city of
Guatemala ia being fortified.
President Barrios says he will be able
to bring the rebellion to an end within
10 days.
A Deadly Fend.
Crksent City, Cal., Oct. 15. At
Chetco, in Carry county, Or., a feud
which had manifested itself in small
quarrels for several months, haa broken
out with fresh fury, and two men have
narrowly escaped with their lives. Chetco
near the boundry line of Del Norte
county, California. Something like five
years ago an attempt was made to boom
the town, and the Coolidgea and the
Van Pelts, residents of the town, dig
agreed over property rights. The boom
was a failure, bat the family feud has
continued ever since.
Last Thursday some persons engaged
in fishing in the bay near the town were
fired upon from a window of a atone
building, and several persona on the
street were made to seek ebelter from
flying ballets. The house of E. C.
HugheB, in which were women and
children, was struck by five bullets, one
of which passed through an organ.
At a meeting' of citizens held to in
vestigate the matter AI Coolidge and
W. A. Smith were charged with the
shooting, and by the sense of the meet
ing held aa common outlaws. On Wed
nesday. E. C. Hughes was shot in the
hip, and Albert Snodgrasa sustained the
loss of part of an ear. They were fishing
at the mouth of the Chetco, when they
were fired on by persona hidden on a
hill not far distant. Further serious
trouble ia feared.
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JUDGE STEPHENS DEAD
J - .
Prostration from Overwork
was the Cause.
THE LAST HOPE OF SILVER GONE
The Government Will Not Enter the
Monetary Conference Nor Re
open the Indian Mints.
Portland, Oct. 17. Hon. Thomas A.
Stephens, judge of department No. 4 of
the circuit court of Multnomah county,
died at his residence, 700 Johnson street,
at 3:30 yesterday afternoon, from nerv
ous prostration, due to overwork. He
had been ill for three months. His wife
and two children, two brothers, and
Colonel F. V. Drake, his brother-in-law,
were present at the bedside when the
end came.
The death of Judge Stephens waa not
unexpected. For the last two weeka he
haa been very low, and his physician,
Dr. A. C. Pan ton, has entertained no
hopes of bis recovery for several days.
Dr. Panton had frequently warned him
that unless he took a longer rest he
would break down, but he persisted and
at the end of the last term of court his
health was badly shattered,
Early last summer he visited Clatsop
beach, in the hope of finding relief.
His condition grew steadily worse, how
ever, and he returned to Portland a very
sick man. On the advice of Dr. Panton,
he was taken to the Blue mountains,
where he improved for a few days, bat
speedily began to sink again. He re
turned to Portland two weeka ago, and
since that time there has been little hope
of recovery.
. Hon. James A. Stephens, of San Fran-
ci8C d.Hon; Georf W' Sproul, clerk
of the United States district and circuit
court in Montana, Judge Stephens'
brother and half brother, were advised
of his serious condition by telegraph,
and hastened to Portland In time to be
present at his death.
Colonel Drake was in the Eastern Or-
gon mines, and arrived bat a few boura
before the end came. His wife, Judge
Stephens' sister, ia in California.
Judge Stephens left a wife and two
children, Thomas B. and Gertrude, both
grown.. Beside the two brothers now in
Portland, a third, C. H. Sproul, ia edi
tor and publisher ot the Elko, Nevada,
Free Presa.
Judge Stephens was a member of the
Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, the
A. O. U. W., of which he waa past grand
master, and varans other orders ; also
the Grand Army of the Republic, Mul-
torpor club, and other social organiza
tions. Thomas A. Stephens waa born in
Brooklyn in 1S48, and waa about 50
yeara old. He came with hia parents
to California when quite a boy, and dur
ing the civil war tie enlisted at Sun Fran
cisco, Cal., in the service of his country,
and was assigned with his regiment to
service In Arizona.
He followed various vocations during
his early years, upon his return to San
Francisco, and at the time of the Wa
shoe mining excitement he followed
thousands of other fortune-seekers to
Virginia City, Nev. Here he studied
law and was admmitted to the bar. He
practiced with success in Nevada for a
number of years, and also for a time at
Bodie, Cal., during the time that it was
a lively mining camp.
Judge Stephens located in Portland
about fifteen years ago, forming a part
nership with hiB brother-in-law, Colonel
F. V. Drake, under the firm name of
Drake & Stephens. - The firm had a
large practice, and Mr. Stephens who
was an ardent Republican, gradually at
tained political eminence, and in 1890
was nominated and elected district at
torney, and served one term, lie was
elected judge of department No. 4 of the
state circuit court by a round majority
in 1894, and was re-elected in 1896. He
filled the office with credit. Three yeara
of his term have yet to expire..
the faneral will be held from the first
Presbyterian church Monday afternoon
at 3 :30, after which the remains will be
taken to California far burial.
Will Mot Enter a Monetary Conference.
London, Oct. 16. The British cabinet
thia morning held its first autumn meet
ing at the forpign office. The premier,
Lord Salisbury, presided, and all the
ministers except Lord James, chancellor
of the duchy of Lancaster; Viscount
Cross, lord of the privy seal, and Mr.
Walker Long, president of the board of
agriculture, were in attendance. The
meeting lasted two hours.
It is understood the question of re
opening the Indian mints for the coinage
of silver was not decided, but the matter
was discussed and will shortly form the
subject of further communication be
tween the chancellor of the exchequer,
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, and the
United States monetary commission.
Farther meeting with the American
commissioners will be held ein.ply be
cause previously arranged, at the cabinet
last week. , . .'
In regard to India, it may be regarded
as certain that the mints 'will not be re
opened at present or until the Indian
authorities are fully prepared.
No more definite information can be
obtained with regard to the action of
the cabinet, but there is every reason to
believe that the government's policy ia
aa before stated that it will not enter
into any international monetary' con
ference. Messages received from the
American commission say they jjave re
ceived no information with regard to the
action taken at the cabinet council to
day, but they hear that a statement will
be issued next week to the effect that
the government will make no suggestion
to the Bank of England, as to any altera
tion of its present reserve. The govern
ment cannot, in any event, do -more
than make a recommendation to the
bank,' so the statement that' the bank
will be advised that it should maintain
full gold standard is incorrect.
The presa association sends oat the
first semi-official statement tonight :
"The cabinet considered the subject
in pursuance of the pledges given in ita
name by A. J. Balfour, first 4ord of the
treasury, and Sir Michael Hicks-Beach,
chancellor of the exchequer, in the
house of commons when the resolution
favoring co-operation in securing
stable monetary par exchange between
gold and silver was passed, The chan
cellor of the exchequer and his colleagues
still maintain the position then taken
that the government cannot alter the
gold standard of the United Kingdom
But they have in the interval consulted
the Indian government with regard to
the opening of the Indian mints, and a
reply basbeen received," which, it is
understood, is strongly adverse to the
proposal. Owing to the difficulties
raised in India and the opposition in
other quarters, the cabinet felt that it
waa unable to give any immediate
order to reopen the Indian mints, but
it apparenely ia not indisposed to enter
into further negotations, and it is ex
pected that, aa the outcome of today's
cabinet council, the United States com
missioners will shortly have another in'
terview with Sir Michael Hicks-Beach
and that the diplomatic negotations will
be continued with the foreign govern
menta more immediately concerned in
the rehabilitation of silver." -
In spite of the above, it is generally
believed that the government haa fully
decided to say "No" to the proposals
presented by Mr. Wolcott.
Mr. Stevenson left London yesterday
for Rome.
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Advertised Letters.
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called for Oct. 16, 1897. Persons call
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they were advertised :
Armstrong, Peteh Burnnett, Mrs. M.
Bryan, W. W.
Cochran, Jas.
Forde, Will
Cameron, J. G.
Jones, W. D.
Press, Albert
McDonald, Jno.
Peterson, Frank
Riley, Jho.
Stoneman, H.
McDonald, Mrs. R.
McGrail, P. S.
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A. Crossen, P. M.
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CHARLES I.DANA DEAD
The Veteran Editor Passes
Away.
HIS DEATH WAS NOT UNEXPECTED
Four Months A(o Me Was Taken
and His Condition Gradually '
Grew Worse.
Ill
Jew York, Oct. 17. Cbas. A. . Dana
editor of the New York San, died at
12:30 this afternoon, at Glencove, Long
Island.
Mr. Dana's death bad been expected
tor several hours, and hia family and
physicians all sat at the bedside when
the end came. His condition bad been
such for several month, that members of
his family had kept themselves in con
slant readiness to go to hia bedside at
any moment. On Saturday morning he
bad a relapse and it was apparent that re
covery was impossible. Several times.
however, he rallied,' but toward night
began to sink. Daring the night
there were feeble rallies, but tbey did
not last long. This morning it was seen
that the end was bat a few hours off,
and bis attendants remained almost
constantly at hia bedside. . The end
came quickly.
The extreme beat of Friday and Sat
urday had much to do with hastening
his death. On Friday, Mr. Dana showed
Bigns of distress, and everything possible
was done to relieve him. He bad been
weakened by bis long illness, and dur
ing the summer was several times
thought to be on the verge of a fatal
collapse, but each time rallied. He did
not improve much with the coming cool
weather, and the sinking spells became
more frequent.'"' On" Friday," Mr. Dana
was able to take only the lightest nour
ishment, and thia condition continued
Paul Dana and hia sisters, Mrs. Drap-
er, Mrs. Underhill and Mrs. Brannan
were at hia home on Saturday morning,
and were warned to stay there. They
were at the bedeide when death came.
rne cause ot Mr. Dana's death was
cirrhosis of the liver. On June 9th he
was at his office, apparently strong and
healthy. The next day he was taken ill
and never again returned to New York
He waa 78 years old,
Preparations for the burial have not
yet been completed.
PLANS OF BLANCO.
How General VTeylers Successor
Attempt to Pacify Cuba.
Will
New York, Oct. 18. A dispatch to
the World from Madrid says :
Marshal Blanco haa started for Cuba
to begin the work of pacification. No
money will be spared to buy off the
chiefs of the insnrection, or to make
their departure from the island easy,
although all such proceedings will be
denied officially.
The new governor-general has been
given fall power in certain instructions,
a part of which baa been kept a secret
from most members of the cabinet. The
reserve instructions cover all the inter
national aspect of the Cuban question,
especially Spain's relation with the
United States, the treatment of Ameri
can citizens in strict observance with
the treaties of 1869 and 1871 with the
United States, respect for foreign own
ership of property, and possible nego
tiation with a view to submission of the
insurgents. Such negotiations, accord
ing to the time-honored precedent of
Spanish civil wars, even on the penin
sula, will be conducted behind the
scenes if entered into. .
The marshal' has devoted .a
whole
week to long interviews with the queen
regent, Premier Sagaela and the minis
tere of war, of marine, of foreign affairs
and of the colonies.
The new governor affects to consider
the state of insurection in Cuba now to
be like what it was in 1878, when Mar
shal Campos used the same devices,
coupled with promises ' of reform and
amnesty, together with vigorous mili
tary operations, to close the first great
rising. Gen Blanco ia likewise equipped
to bring about pacification by every
means possile.
The military operations to be pushed
on a large scale in the eastern provines of
Santiago and Puerto Principe from No
vember to April will be seconded by the
underground work of the autonomists.
General Blanco is authorized to assure
the Cubans that the instituting of re
forms more liberal than those contrib
uted by the Arraza bill ot . March loth,
1895, or the Conovas bills, will depend
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colony and her own interests and'eover
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Notice.
There will be a session of the Veterans
and Sons of Veterans at the G. A. R.
hall Saturday Oct. 23. You are request
ed to be present with your wives. By
order of Post commander,
H. H. Leonard.