VOL. VIII.
NUMBER 2.
THE DALLES, VASJO .COUNTY, OREGON. .WEDNES DAY. NOVEMBER 17. 1897.
THREE AGAINST ONE
An Alleged Conspiracy to
Wipe out Bolivia.
CHILE, PERU AND ARGENTINE UNITE
All Three to Make War on the Common
- Enemy Chile the Moving- Sjilr
, It I the Plot.
Naw York, Nov. 12. A dispatch to
the Herald from Valparaiso save: -'
A plan for a dreibacd of Cuile, Peru
and Argentine is in existence, which, if
adopted by the three governments, will
wipe Bolivia off the Sooth American
' map, Chile,. Peru and Argentine divid
ing her territory. Startling as this
statement id there are many who are
inclined to give it credence, Without a
doubt there is some international move
of importance under contemplation.
Chile and Peru have become entangled
with Bolivia, and what the results will
be no one-can tell.
The demands of the alarmists for an
explanation from the government, it is
generally be.ieved, are justified. Senor
Salinas, Chile's minister to Sucre, Boliy-
. ia, bas gone to Santiago to confer with
the government on the situation. The
government flatly denies that he will
not return to Sucre, though there are
grave tears that he will be murdered if
he does return, as the feeling there
against Chile is intense.
In the clubs, in cafes, and at public
gatherings, everywhere in Bolivia ev
eryone hears Chile talked of as a faith
less nation. Reasons for all the feelings
against Chile are to be found in the re
bellion of 1891, and its bearing on the
Ancion treaty. The revolutionists
promised to Bolivia, if she would recog
nize the belligerency of the rebels, tbat
if they were victorious they would give
to Bolivia two years after victory the
two Peruvian provinces of Tacna and
Arcta, held temporarily by Ctiile under
the Ancion treaty.
More than six years have elapsed tii nee
the" victory of the 'evolutionists, and
Chile has not yet fulfilled her promise,
for the simple reason that by doing so
she would trample on the treaty. Bo
livia now insists on the fulfillment of
the promise which Chile holds illegal.
In the meantime Chile has ..recalled
Senor Lira, the minister of Chile to Pe
ru, who belonged to the revolutionary
partv, and has Bent Senor Vincente
Santa Cruz, a Balinacedist, there with
instructions to sound Peru on an alii-
. ance against Bolivia, against which the
government of Peru has many griev
ances. The plan is to bring about a war
with Bolivia, and for Peru's assistance
' it promises to return Pern the provinces
Tacna and Arcia without putting the
question to popular vote or demanding
of Peru the 10,000,000 soles ransom, as
provided in the Ancion treaty. Chile
has also prepared to furnish Peru with
all ueceasary arms and munitions to car
ry on a war with Bolivia.
In this connection the ' dreibund
against Bolivia is considered. Argen
tina, it is said, will be invited into the
alliance in order to give strength to the
movement.
The Heraldo says that it ia reported
all international affairs between Chile
and Pern and Bolivia will -soon be satis
factorily settled, except the commercial
and police treaty, drawn by Bolivia, and
leaving the solution of the Tacna-Arica
questions until next year.
ANNEXATION IS ASSURED.
Hawaiian Treaty Will Be Ratified by
the Senate.
Chicago, Nov. 12. A special to the
. Times-Herald from Washington says:
Ratification of the Hawaiian annex
ation treaty by the United States sen
ate is assured. Eleven senators were
' doubtful and twenty-one opposed to its
ratification, Since that time the ad
ministration haa taken steDS to ascertain
the views of the men who were then in
doubt. As a result President Mckin
ley is depending upon sixty-one sena
tors who will certainlv cast their votes
in favor of the treaty, with prospects of
' the addition of several votes to this num
ber. .' v ' .
The treaty ia in excellent shape for
prompt action. It was fully considered
Kir thA Banata fnmmir.r.PA nn frtreicrn
lations, reported to the senate and
placed on the calendar with practically
the unanimous indorsement of the com
mittee. There were no votes against it,
though Senators Turpie and Daniels re
frained from voting because . they had
not fully made up their minds as to
what position they would take in the
matter. It is said to be the purpose of
Chairman Davis at the first executive
t.....1..fi In l1. tVint a Aav Ko flYPfl for
taking up the treaty. ' Its ratification
early in the year is expected,
President McKinley in his message to
congress will present as strongly as pos
sible the arguments for annexation. . He
will show that the treaty has alreedy
been ratified by the Hawaiian senate.and
only the action of the Dnited States sen
ate is required to annex the island to
our territory. The preeident does not
expect annexation will result in compli
cations with any foreign power. While
Jat'tin .will not openly interpose any ob-
jectijn if the ?""vte acts promptly, a-l-miiiV.ral'on
..ffi .:als think ii uu: uuhle-
ly tint he ill "cretly do ' all she can
to delay if not defeat ratification. . Amy
lobbying by Japan, however, will tend
to expedite rather tnan delay action by
the senate. The most of the opposition
will come from the sugar interests. Pa
cific coast influence is divided, and
while most ot the senators' from that
section are in favor of the treaty, Sena
tor White of California is expected to
lead the opposition to it in the senate.
, A RESPITE FOR DCRBANT.
California Supreme Court Gtaota
Stay
V . of Kzecntlon.
San Francisco, Nqv. 12. William
Henry Theodore Durrant was not hanged
at San Qaentio this morning, after all.
the supreme court of this state having
granted him another respite at the 11th
honr. ' ' '
Up to four o'clock yesterday afternoon
when the news was flashed over the
wires that the court now in session there
had granted writ of habeas corpus,
and had instructed Warden Hale not
to carry oat the execution of Durrant
until farther orders, there was appar
ently no further hope for the condemned
murderer of Blanche Lamont, as bis at
torneys, Messrs. Boardman and Dick
inson, had made a futile attempt to se
cure another writ of habeas corpus in
the United States circuit court, and had
not even been granted permission to ap
peal from the decision of the supreme
court of the United States.
Meanwhile, however, Attorney Den
prey hastened to Sacramento and ap
plied to the state supreme court for a
writ of probable cause for the purpose
of staving the proceedings against his
client on the grounds that no official
knowledge of the action of the supreme
court of the United States in the matter
of Darrant's appeal from the decision of
tbs federal court had yet been received ;
that the superior court bad acted too
hastily in sentencing Durrant to be
hanged today, as the law required tbat he
be given at least 60 day9 of grace, and
consequently that the pendency of an
other appeal In the enpreme coart af
fecting the condemned man is of itself
sufficient cause for a stay of execution.
After the arguments were concluded,
the court took the matter under advise
ment, and late in the afternoon granted
the stay of execution was granted as re
quired.
There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all othe diseases pa
together, and until the last few years
was supposed to be incurable. For a
great many years doctors pronounced, it
a local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced
it incurable. Science has proven' catarrh
to be a constitutional disease, and there
fore requires constitutional treatment.
Hall's Catdrrah Cure, manufactured by
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the
only constitutional cure on the market.
It is taken internally in doses from ten
drops to a teasDoonful. It acts directly
on the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. They offer one hundred dollars
for any case it fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testmonials. Address,
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. O.
jtflSold by Druggists, 75c. .7..
A Steamer for Alaska.
Tacoma, Nov. 15. The steamer City
of Seattle delayed her departure for
Alaska till this evening. A large quan
tity of material for the Chilkoot tram
way is being put on board today. Nearly
100 cattle will be shipped at Port Towns-
end. The passenger list from this port
will be light.
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It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac
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Houghton, druggists. . ".'
. To Join Hfr-Hnibtod- 'f
Qcincv, I11M Nov. 15. Mrs. Distin
left here last night for Sitka, Alaska,
where she will join rer husband Colonel
William M. Distin, surveyor-general zf
Alaska. She will be accompanied by
her son Willis. '. . '.' " .'' j
TO TRAIL THE INDIANS
Prospectors Bent on Find
ing Mines..-
FORTY-MILE REPORTED BURNED
r&rttand Bridges for the Road Between
gkaguav and the Lake Secretary
A leer' Order.
Seattle, Nov. 13. The steamer City
of Seattle arrived here this afternoon
from Juneau and Skaguay. Among the
passengers was Addison Stewart, who
was with the Thorp party. He left his
associates eight days ago. - They had
just reached Lake Bennett with 36 head
of cattle. The lake and river were freez
ing rapidly and by the time the cattle
were butchered and sled3 built it was
thought the river would be sufficiently
frozen to permit tne party starting for
Dawson City ' with the frozen beef.
Waechter and Steuber of Spokane had
also reached the lake with their band of
cattle.
John McArthnr of Seattle, who - went
to Cook inlet last Bpring in the interests
of the Alaska Gold Syndicate; was also
a passenger. He make extensive explo
rations in the country tributary to Cook
inlet. He "discovered .twelve . rivers
which had never been previously located.
He described it as rough, mountainous
country, which he thinks is very rich in
quartz ledges, the croppings of i which
show $7.40 in gold per ton. McArthur
savs tbat a party of twenty uen are now
camped at Snick arm, awaiting the ar
rival of Copper river Indians, who come
down to trade at Cook inlet. The in
tention of the men is to follow the In
diana back, and, if possible, locate the
field from which they procure ' the gold
brought out by them on their trading
expeditions.
TRE B1ICKEEN ROUTE.
It Is Not What the British Claim
I to
Be.
Foet Wrangle, Nov. 5. A great
number of persons are anxious for in
formation aa to the Stickeen route as a
way of entering the Yukon country.
There is no doubt that a person having
gone any one way would wish be had
gone some other, but I have this to say :
There is but one route to the Yukon and
that is by Dyea. All the others are just
as hard and ten times as long..
The route is up the Stickeen river, 150
miles. The river is frozen from Novem
ber until April. From April -15 until
July the water is too shallow to permit
of anything but canoe 'navigation, and
the Indians charge $100 per ton to take
freight up in canoes, and are raising
prices all the time. Daring July, Aa-
guBt' and September the river ia a foam'
ing mountain torrent. The month of
October, when all the high ground is
freezing and before the ice forms in the
river, is the only month, out of the 12
that can be at all relied upon as practic
al for going up the river in small boats.
River boats are subjected to the same
general rule. No boat drawing over 18
inches would be of the slightest use cn
the Stickeen, rfnd the-rapids are foam
ing masses. For instance, the Indians
carry blocks and long ropes (300 feet),
fasten the ropes ashore to a tree and
draw the canoes up' over the rapids.
Such boats as the Eugene and hose on
the Willamette river could . not make
the Stickeen in ope hundred years.
Then after you are once at Telegraph
creek, the head of possible navigation, it
is 160 miles more to Teal in lake, over
land. Some people eay there is a trail
over this country, but; nonliving man
will say that be ever personally saw this
trail. No, there is no trail. It is a
swamp, knee deep in waterj aud moss,
and densely covered, with brush and
epruce trees. It looks like the fur thick
ets along the railroad,above Oregon City.
You can't see six feet' in front of you.
There is no trail and .none can be made
without corduroying the entire distance.
Take the best ground on the entire route
and after leading three head of horses
across it a person'would go in . all over
trying to follow. t. j
The people in Victoria say the British j
are going to build a road from Telegraph
creeek to Teslin lake. If they (ever do
it will be on piles driven to -bedrock the
whole distance.-. Victoiia is booming
the Stickeen route. - You hear clerks in
stores and little, pale-faced steamboat
agents whom "one breath down the
Stickeen would freeze to stiff for a pike
pole telling tenderfeet about the easy
Stickeen route. It is all wrong; it is
scarcely less than accessory to murder.
Out of the thirty well-equipped parties
who left here, twelve of them lost their
on fits hy the boats upsetting, one man
was drowned and one party of two men
reached Telegraph- prior to October 15 ,
the rest all came back. Since then
they hare all gone through, and they all
had Indian guides and helpers on both
occasions.
. Brands for Army Horses. '
,. Washington, Nov. 13. The old prac
tice of branding animals belonging to
the United States with a hot. iron will
be resumed under a regulation ' just Is
sued by Major-General Smith. It pro
vides that all public animalsahall on the
day received be branded with the letters
"US" on the left foreshoulder,' the - let;
ters to be two inches high. .. Cavalry
horses assigned to organizations will
also be branded on the hoof on one fore
foot and one and one-half " inches before
the coronet. .
The practice of branding horses and
mules used inthe army had been aban
doned a few years ago oat of humane
consideration for the animals, but it
has been found necessary to have some
distinguishing mark on these animals
and branding with a hot iron is the only
practical method of making it.
.Choate for Attorney-General.
San Francisco, Nov. 13. A Washing
ton dispatch says it is considered likely
tbat Joseph Choate will enter the cabi
net as attorney-general. If he-does, it
will be as the representative of the in
dependent element of the party In New
York. .
Mr. Choate's name has been presented
to tne president for the post to be va
cated by Mr.'McKenna. who is to take
Justice Field's place on the supreme
court bench. . It has been nnder consid
eration by Mr. McKinley and his most
intimate advisers tor several days, and
if the expectations of those who are urg
ing it are not disappointed, Mr. Choate's
appointment will be made public as
early as next Monday. '
NAMED BIT THE PRESIDENT.
Edward Bruntun to Be Postmaster at
Walla Walla.
Washington,' Nov. 13. The presideut
has appointed the., following postmas
ters:
Utah Eureka, James P. Driscoll.
Washington Walla Walla, Edward
L. Brunton; Meyers Falls, Arthur B.
Keeler.
The appointment bas been determined
upon of Assistant Commissary General
William H. Bell, now on duty in this
city, as commissary general ef subsist
ence, to succeed General Sullivan, -who
retired today.
The Carter Case.
Washington, Nov. 13. The chief of
engineers, General Wilson, has. received
from Colonel Gillespie, the president of
the board of inquiry, a report in the case
of Captain Oberlin Carter, corps of en
gineers, charged with irregularities in
the conduct of river and harbor work in
Savannah harbor. The board took over a
thousand pages of testimony from con
tractor! and other persons cognizant
with the character of the work. General
Wilson will send the papers to Secretary
Alger in a few days. . '
. Stands at the Head. '
. Ang. J. Bogel, the leading 'druggist of
Shreveport, La., says :' "Dr. King's
New Discovery i9 the only thing that
cures my cough, and it is the best seller
I have." J. F. Campbell, merchant of
Safford, Ariz., writes : "Dr. King's New
Discovery is all that is claimed for it ; it
never fails, and is a sure cure for Con
sumption, Coughs, and Colds. I "can not
say enough for its merits." .. Dr. King's
New Discovery- -for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds is not an experiment.
It has been tried for a quarter of a cen
tury, and today stands at the head.' It
nater disappointe. Free trial bottles at
Blakeley & Houghton's drug stor. 1
The Seal Experts. "
Washington, Nov. 13. The Behring
sea meeting was resumed in the state
department at 11 o'clock today. It was
soon determined that the comparison of
statistical, information as to seals could
be carried on informally by the experts
at their quarters at the Shoreham hotel,
as well as at the state department. The
experts thereupon temporarily ad
journed to their private rooms, where
the conference proceeded.
r 'Electric Bitters. .
.- Electric Bitters is a medicine, suited
for any season, but perhaps more gener
ally needed when the languid, exhausted
feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid
and sluggish and the need of a .tonic and
and alterative is felt. . A prompt use of
this medicine has often averted long and
perhaps fatal bilious fevers. . Jfomedi
cine will act more sareiy iwunteracting
and fr?eing the system frcKi ."'ae malar
ial poison. Headache, Indigestion, Con
stipation, Dizziness yield to Electric Bit
ters. ' 50c and $1.00 per bottle at Blake
ley & Houghton's drag store. ' . 1
ANNEXATION HER HOPE
Hawaii Anxiotis to Have the
Treaty Signed. -
THE OPIXIO'XS OF DOLE AXLJUDD
Stability of the Republic Menaced by a
' Rapidly Increasing-Foreign
Population.
New-Yobk, Nov. 15. A dispatch to
the World from Honolulu, dated Oct.
28, says. - . ,"
Sanford B. Dole, president of the pro
visional republic of Hawaii, ' and Chief
Justice Judd are anxious to have the
Hawaiian . annexation treaty adopted
as soon as possible. Said President Dole
to the World correspondent :
"The people will never again submit
to a monarchy. . In fact, there is no one
sufficiently enjoying the confidence of
the people of the island to conduct the
affairs of state under a monarchy."
"Why do they not desire to continue
as an independent republic?" he was
asked. -
"As the islands are so far away from
other countries, and as the Asiatic pop
ulation is fast increased in numbers, it is
a serious question if they are left alone
whether the republic could survive with
the willing consent of the foreigners.
Besides, if the United States has con
stantly to protect the islands under the
government at prestnt, why should not
the United States take them altogeth
er?" .
."This is a great country for commerce.
It is the natural land for American own
ership To all intents and purposes, it is
and American colony, anyway, so far as
business capital and industry , are con
cerned, and it should be a part ot the
body politic of the United States."
Chief Justice Judd said in an inter
view : ' '
' "During the reign of King Kofakaua
there was two cabinets, so dissatisfied
was the state of the kingdom. The only
branch of the government that was not
disturbed was the judiciary. The resto
ration of the monarchy is an impossibil
ity. There is no material to make a
monarch of.
"Nor can we hope to maintain a re
public independently. We must look to
the United States. We have come to
the turning point, and we niubt either
become Asiatic or Anglo-Saxon. Our.
commerce is with the United Slates; we
ire within the zone of American influ
ence, ahd to assume responsibility for
us they ought to have something to say
about how our affairs are conducted."
The news that hag reached here from
San Francisco that Samuel - Parker, a
prominent native leader, and heretofore
a strong royalist,- has declared himself
in favor of annexation, bas created quite !
a sensation among the natives who sre
still opposed to annexation.
TO THE RELIEF OP THE WHALERS
A Reindeer Train - Will Go Overland To
," Point Barrow.
Washington, Nov. 15. Secretary Al
ger has requested the secretary of the
interior to instruct Alaskan officials to
gather about 800 head of reindeer from
the government herds for use of an , ex
pedition for the relief of the icebound
whalers in the Arctic.
It is expected that the Bear, which is
now in Seattle, will be ready to sail in
about 10 days, and within 20 days there
after will reach some point on the north
ern sound, where a large party, will be
engaged for the trip overland to Point
Barrow. .
The herd of reindeer which will be
killed for food, if needed, will be driven
overland, and it is confidently expected
tbat the herd will reach Point Barrow
and the imprisoned whalers before the
middle of February.
The country through which the herd
will be driven is said to abound with
moss, upon which the herd will feed. .
It is said the scheme for the relief, of
the Whalers is perfectly feasible and will
be attended with little danger, No ap
prehension is felt regarding the outcome
of the enterprise. .
NATIVE SAVAGERY AVENGED.
German . Warship Demolishes a New
Gulnean Village.
Victoria, Nov. 15. The German war
ship Falk, which was dispatched from
Australia on receipt of the news there
of'the murder of the trader, von Hagen,
returned recently from German New
Guinea, having grimly avenged the sav
agery of the natives.'. -;
The Falk steamed directly to the vil
lage in which the murderers of the late I
Royal makes the food pure,
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acting governor were known to be se
creted, and without a word of parley
opened fire with artillery. " This so tei
rified the natives that they at once car
ried Into Stephanport, the German cap
ital, the Solomon island boys wanted for
the muWerand who had broken from
imprisonment, imposed for the killing,
two years ago of the German explorer
Ehlars and his party., " '
The Falk continued to shell the village
despite this conciliatory measure and
left no building standing.
ANEXT tAlKIEK'S VISIT.
Lioncfon Globe Says Canada Need Ask
' No Favors of America.
London, Njv. 15. The . afternoon pa
pers devote editorial articles today to
the visit of Sir Alfred Laarier, premier
of Canada to Washington. The Globe
declares. ,
"Statesmen at Washington have
played their cards badly an-1 they know
it. Canada has learned the lesson of
patriotic independence and self-reliance,
and the magnificent diecoveries of gold
which promise her in the near future an
enormous increase in population, have
confirmed her in the jiiPt confidence
tbat with the mother .country at her'
back she needs no American assistance
in carving oat for herself an honest and
prosperous career."
COURIERS BACK NUMBERS.
No Long-er Any Need, to Go ThrousTa
Europe with Them.
Up to times within the memory of
living' men, almost no- one of means
traveled throug-h kurope" without a
courier. Before railroads were built
and before good guide books were print
ed, he was .almost indispensable. His
tribe survives, writes Herbert Luce in '
(!oing Abroad,, but in greatly dimin
ished numbers. To the self-reliant
traveler he is of no use whatever.. In
deed, he . is frequently a positive , in
cumbrance, and worse. To my mind,
one of the great pleasures of travel is
in learning to "travel by myself.. There
is satisfaction, pleasure and education
in planning routes, deciphering time
tables, making bargains, learning by
observation the lay of the land'. . -
The time may have been when a cour
ier couhl save a traveler more than his
cost. Most certainly that is no the case
now. On the Contrary, as he gets a per
centage on every purchase his party
makes (which, of course, comes outof
the purchaser in increased' price),, and
as it is often for his interest to advise
the more costly route, the more costly
hotel, or the more costly excursion, he
eats up much .more than his wages,
while saving positively nothing. Bean
dec-lares that in a two weeks' trip in
southern Spain, which he made side by
side with, a couple having a courier, he .
invariably, reached he hotel first, got
better rooms, saw all the sights to ns
good advantage; yet the courier wns-
of his kind an expert. The fact is that ;
travel has become so general, tourist
companies, railroadsanMandlordshav-e
so well Ktudiied its needs, books are so
plentiful, that you couldn't very well
get off the track or have a mishap if you,
tried. : " " ' .. '
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