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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 29. 1897.
VOL. VIII.
NUMBER 8.
A PREMATDRK SCARE
England Not Alarmed by the
Siuation in China.
UNDERSTANDING WITH GERMANY
Bum Is Not Expecting Immediate
Trouble Japan's Fart In tbe
Game.
London, Dec. 25. In well-informed
circles tbe general impression prevails
that tbe scare in newspapers and among
tbe public in regard to tbe far East is at
least premature. While tbe members
of the government are reticent, they are
evidently sincere in disclaiming the least
alarm. Tbe present feeling in minis
terial quarters is that Great Britain is
carefully watching events, biding her
time, and that she will not fail to act
promptly and vigorously at tbe proper
moment. It is believed in quarters well
posted on such matters that Germany
has an understanding with Great Brit
ain.
This view is strongly supported by
Prince Henry's visit to Queen Victoria
at Osborne, by bis subsequent trip to
London, and by tbe autograph letter
which the prince is said to have taken
to her majesty from Emperor William,
etc., of which confirmation is forthcom
ing. The emperors letter to the queen
is regarded as being a distinctly concil-
lawrv step on too part ui iua vjreriuau
government.
But there is no doubt that Great Brit
ain ia nniatlv npotiOMnd fn .11 AVDnta.
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Should it become clear that Germany
and Russia have commenced a game of
grab, Gieat Britain will be prepared to
" assert her claim for a division of the
spoils. At the Chinese embassy the
view prevails that there is no under-
governments..
The public scare seems to have arisen
frnm t.hn fries, that the nroceedinea took
Great Britain by surprise. This is im
possible, for, since her intervention in
the Chinese-Japanese war, it has been
.known that Germany has only been
awaiting a favorable opportunity to ob
tain a foothold in China, and at various
times it was reported that Lappa, Que
moy and Amoy bad been eeenred, while
a year ago German ships eurveyed Kaio
Chou bay, all of which was known at
the British foreign office. The recep
tion of tbe German squadron at Ports
month and tbe facilities which the ships
were afforded and will be afforded at all
the British coaling depots on their way
to Hong Kong point to the sympathetic
support of Great Britain.
That Bussia does not expect trouble is
shown by tbe fact that she has not one
battle-ship in tbe far East. But, of
course, if Bussia does not leave Port
Arthur in the spring, her stay there may
lead to other grabbing. The British
government, however, is apparently not
borrowing trouble.
From a trading point of view, it is
pointed out that the opening of three
new foreign ports will probably be as
little harmful to Shanghai as Boston and
Philadelphia are to New York. Not a
few people regard the Times' editorial
expressing satisfaction at the Behring
sea settlement, and protesting against
the "loose insinuations of bad faith on
the part of the United States govern'
ment, which have been thoughtlessly
and unjustly made in England," and
Japan's withdrawal from the attitude
she bad assumed in connection with
Hawaii, as indications of an Anglo-
American-Japanese alliance.
Ratified by Gomez.
New York, Dec. 25. A dispatch from
Maximo Gomez from his headq uarters
in Las Delicias, Cuba, gives the follow'
ing authorized statement from the in
eurgent commander-in-chief :
"All I have to say regarding this great
and heroic war in Cuba is a complete
. ratification of our manifesto issued at
Monte Cristo. You may make it known
to the American people that it is tbe
firm resolution of the army and people
ot Cuba, who have shed so much blood
in order to conquer their independence,
not to falter in their determination un
til triumph crowns their efforts.
M. Gomez."
Editors Indignation.
Niw Yobk, Dec. 25. A Madrid dis
patch to tbe World says :
An impassioned article appears in tbe
Correspondencia Militar, the organ of
the army, entitled, "Give Unto Caesar
That Which Is Caesar's." After formu
lating against the Yankees and calling
them culpable accomplices of Gomez,
tbe paper says it is now unable to re
strain its indignation against the fill
busters who are non-combatants and
not versed in the wavs of war. As re-
garda Spain's protest against these
bandits. Europe has entered her ver
dict. -
GO VINA CHANGED HIS HIND.
Returns to Cuba as a Member of tbe
Cabinet.
Havana, Dec. 25. Senpr Antonio Go
vina, secretary of the autonomist party,
who has for nearly a year past resided
in the United States, has cabled to the
government bis acceptance ot a post in
the colonial cabinet. In March last,
Senor Uovina leftHavana for tbe United
State?. On his departure it was under
stood that he was starting only on a
short trip for bis health and relaxation.
Many friends went to the wharf and
boarded tbe steamer to see him off.
Once on board, Senor Govina surprised
bis friends by pointing to Morro castle
flag and stating that be would not re
turn until the flag was changed.
"Up to now," he said, "I have had
confidence and faith in the edifice of
Spanish nationality, but now it is crum
bling and falling down. I do not wiBh
to perish in the ruins; hence I am going
away."
Senor Govina's remarks created a
great deal of excitement.
WAS HE INSANE?.
If So, Many of HIa Macaulny Ideas
Were Tinned with Lnrld Sanity.
"This man," said the keeper of the
asylum, "ia one of our most interesting
patients.
"What is hie peculiarity ?" asked one
of the visitors.
"He thinks he is the historian Macau1
lay. What are you working' at this
morning-, Mr. Walk I mean my lord ?"
"I am about half through my hisiury
of America," replied the dignified-looking'
personage seated at the little table.
"Will you show these gentlemen the
pages you have just written?"
"With pleasure."
"The manuscript he submitted with
a courteous bow read as follows:
"At this time the United States has
not a friend among the leading' nations
of the earth. France, the old-time allv
of the republic, has been alienated by
an effusive display of American sym
pathy ia behalf of the Germans during
the Franco-Prussian war. . The sensa
tional manner in which the horrors of
Russian prisons hod been described in
American pictorial magazines, end the
popular indignation awakened by the
recital, had effectually cooled the
friendly ardor of the Muscovite gov
ernment. The hostility of Germany
had been aroused by trade misunder
standings and jealousies. An arbitra
tion, treaty with England had failed by
reason of the hostility of the United
States senate. Italy still cherished a
feeling of resentment on account of the
troubles and 'humiliations growing out
of a massacre of Italians in New Orleans
a decade before. Can ada, on the nort h,
was distinctly unfriendly, and Mexico,
on the south, while outwardly amicable,
had never forgotten Cherubusco, Buena
Vista and Rcseca de la Palma. The
struggle that was beginning between
the American union and Japan for the
possession of the Hawaiian islands had
estranged the rising power of the Ori
ent. With its foreign relations in this
unsatisfactory condition, with a sea
coast almost wholly unfortified, with
internal dissension of its own. with
hardly a battle ship that would keep
afloat in a storm, and with an annual ex
penditure for pensions that would have
sufficed to maintain a very large stand
ing army, the Lnited States leaped joy
ously into war with several foreign
powers at once, as will be described in
the succeeding pages."
Is he really insane? asked one of
the visitors.
"This is the ineurable ward," re
sponded the keeper briefly, and they
passed on to the next wardv- Washing
ton Star. .
C" Why He Said HIa Prayers.
Prayer was the topic in a certain
Sunday school class in Syracuse on
recent Sunday. One little boy who had
felt very smart during the class hour
was asked if he prayed every morning.
"I do in vacation time," he answered.
"How is it you don't do it the rest of
the time?" asked the teacher. "Oh.
'cause when there's school we pray in
the school in the mornings." "Well,"
asked the teacher, again, "don't yon
think there's, more need of praying in
the morning than -at night?" "No,"
was the reply, " 'cause at night yon
have awful dreams."
Excellent Reply.
c One day, shortly before Queen Vic
toria's diamond jubilee, one of her
royal daughters remarked anxiously:
"Mamma, it will tire yon to bow for
all those hours on jubilee day!" "I have
bowed to my people for 60 years," was
the reply, "and I shall not let that tire
me on jubilee day." .
Lady Detectives. -
An official of the French detective de
partment says that numbers of ladies
well known in Parisian society do not
hesitate to offer their services as de
tectives on condition that they are
paid. Some of them, in fact, receive
pay varying from $150 to 250 a month.
Everybody reads Thb Chronicle.
RUSSIA REACHING OUT
Troops Occupy Kin Chow,
Near Port Arthur.
THE VIEWS OF SENATOR MORGAN
Why Uncle Sam Should Mot Stand Idly
By and See tbe Dismember
ment of China.
St. Petebsbubg, Dec. 27. The Rus
sians bave occupied Kin Chow north of
Port Arthur.
Uncle Sam Mot Disinterested.
New Yobk, Dec. 27. According to a
Washington correspondent of -the Her
ald, Senator Morgan, of the committee
on foreign relations, said tonight that it
would be impossible for tbe United
States to remain complacent should Eu
ropean nations undertake the dismem
berment of China. Senator Morgan
said. ,.i
"If partition of China involves tbe
abrogation of treaties, this country
would be left to make terms with each
European nation separately in tbe ter
ritory to which its sovereignty extended ;
therefore, unless the powers now ambi
tious for territorial extension, take into
account the character of our commercial
relations it will be necessary for the
government to intervene in self-defense.
"If tbe cession is absolute, then
American interests must be taken care
of through the treaties of America and
the country to which the absolute ses
sion is made respectively. If the terri
tory is given up merely for a time, there
will be a mixed responsibility, and it is
a good time for intervention and the ex
ercise of American diplomacy.
"Tbe German occupation of a part of
China and tbe prospective occupation o(
other parts bv various European-nations
is an effort to complete ' a cordon of of
fenses against American commerce from
Vladivostock to Marseilles or to Liver'
pool. That cordon it being stretched to
contract the trade of 600,000,000 people
who have direct trade and intercourse
with the Pacific ocean.
"There is a great deal in the Chinese
problem that vitally interests Ameri
cans and demands action by the state
department and by congress.
A Step Toward Co-operation.
Washington, Dec. 27. Secretary Al
ger has received word that Hon. Clifford
Sifton, Canadian minister of tbe inter
ior, and J. A. McKenna, of the same de
partment, by invitation of Alger, will
arrive here tonight to confer with tbe
secretary regarding the pending Klon
dike relief measures. Tbe secretary
originally intended to go to Ottawa, but
has been;'deterred by tbe grip which
keeps 'him closely confined at his
home.
Alger hopes with a personal confer
ence with the Canadian officials to ar
range for a permit from the Canadian
government for fifty United States army
men to serve as guards for an expedition
to pass through'Canadian territory
Another object of tbe conference is to
adjust some customs subjects involved
in the expedition, such, for instance, as
remission of duties on food supplies to
be sent in. Another object is to secure
the co-operation of tbe Canadian
mounted police, which it is not doubted
will be cheerfullv extended and will be
of great value, through their familiarity
with the country through which the
expedition must pass.
A cablegram was received today by
the secretary from Kjellman, the gov
ernment reindeer-herder, now in Alten,
Norway, stating that he is busy collect
ing tbe reindeer needed for the trans
portation of supplies to the Klondike.
Bart in the Lead.
New Yobk, Dec. 27. It is officially
announced that Horrace G. Burt, third
vice-president of the Chicago & North
western railway, has been selected for
the presidency of the Union Pacific.
Burt's election as president is expected
to carryjinto effect the policy determined
upon by the reorganization committee,
when it was supposed Clark would be
able to continue in the management of
the property, but which' is impossible,
owing to Clark's ill-health.
- Oliver W. Mink iB to be vice-president
and will have charge of the New York
office. , '
Mrs. Iinetgert's Brother.
Pueblo, Dec.' 27. Herman Bicklese,
who is said to be a brother of Lonisa
Luetgert, and who is also said to be an
inmate of tbe state insane asylum here,
is not in that institution at present. A
man ot that name was committed to the
asylum in 1888, but was discharged some
five months later and is said to be
resident of Pueblo, but diligent search
fails to locate him here. At the time of
his committal it was thought that he
was rather weak minded, not absolutely
insane. V
Some communications have been had
by the attorneys for Luetgert with Supt,
Tombs, of the asylum, but he is not able
to throw any light on the case. Nothing
definite is known as to whether the man
named is a brother te Mrs. Luetgert or
not. , " .
Consumption Positively Cnred.
Mr. R. B. Greeve, merchant, of Chil
bowie, Va., certifies that ho had con
sumption, was given up to die, sought
all medical treatment that money could
procure, tried all cough remedies he
could bear of, but got no relief; spent
nights sitting up in a chair; was in
duced to try Dr. King's New Discovery,
and was cured by two bottles. For past
three years has been attending to bust
ness and says Dr. King's New Discovery
is the grandest remedy ever made, as it
has done so much for him and also for
others in his community. Dr. King'i
New Discovery is guaranteed for Coughs
Colds and consumption. It don't fail
Trial bottles free at Blake'.ey & Hough
ton's drug store. 5
For Chinese Waters.
Gibbaltab, Dec. 27. The German
warships Dentschland and Gelfon.nnder
command of Prince Henry of Prussia,
bave arrived at tbis place on their way
to China.
Beware of Oinmenta for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury,
As mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
tbe mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on prescrip
tions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do is ten fold to the
good you can possibly derive from them
Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains
no mercury, and is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's
Catarrh Cure be sure you get. the gen
uine. It is taken internally, and made
in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co,
Testimonials free. Price 75c. per bottle,
a7Sold by Druggists. 4
Train Broke In Two.
Libebty, Mo., Dec. 27. A wreck oc
curred at the memphis road depot last
night. Local train No. 56 broke in two
on tbe down grade coming into town,
and the two sections came together in
front oi the station.- Five persons were
Injured, two seriously. The injured are
as follows :
Mies Tilly Smither, of Liberty; Mrs.
Shelton ; Col. Jesse Poore, of Golden
City and, Floyd Quintard.
Miss Smitber is unconscious. The
conductor and brakeman were slightly
injured. -
Appointment by Tan Wyck.
New Yobk, Dec. 27. Mayor Van
Wyck has selected John W. Keller for
commissioner of the department of char
ities. Tbe place is worth $7,500 a year,
Keller was editor of Truth at the time oi
the appearance of the famous letters in
the Garfield campaign. Later he be
came managing editor of tbe Recrder,
and when that paper suspended he went
to the staff of the Journal and Adver
tiser, writing a column called "Cholly
Knickerbocker."
How to Look Good
Good looks are really more than skin
deep, depending entirely on a healthy
condition of all tbe vital organs. If the
liver be inactive, you have a bilious look ;
if your kidneys be effected, you have a
pinched look. Secure good health and
you will surely have good looks. "Elec
trie Bitters" is a good Alternative and
Tonic. Acts directly on the stomach
liver and kidneys. Purifies the blood.
cures pimples, blotches and boils, and
gives a good complexion. Every bottle
guaranteed. Sold at Blakeley & Hough
ton's drug store. 50 cents per bottle.. 5
A Tennessee. Lynching.
Memphis, Dec. 27. A telephone mes
sage from Glendora says Joe Hopkins,
the murderer of two men, was captured
by a mob this morning, hanged by the
heels and burned to death in that po
sition. Don't be persuaded into buying lini
ments without reputation or merit
Chamberlain's Pain Balm costs no more,
and its merits bave been proven by a
test of many years. Such letters as .the
following, from L. G. Bagley, Hueneme,
Cal., are constantly being received:
The best remedy for pain I bave ever
used is Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and I
say so after having used it in my family
for several years." It cures rheumatism
lame back, sprains and swellings. For
sale by Blakeley & Houghton.
AN OLD MINER'S STORY.
Greenhorn's ' Expenenee With a Don
Joan Cat.
The Greenhobn, Dec. 23, 1897
Editor Chbonicle:
Sincemy last effusion the Old Miner
has made me another visit. He is
quaint oldVfellow this Old Miner. His
form is erect, his eyes bright, and he
has, despite bis 70 years, a sturdy inde
pendence about him that is simplyj
cnarming. tie is a bit prosy, a trifle
tiresome in bis retrospection, but that
is because what he tells me and what
he sees as he gazes into the fading em
bers of life's dying fire are two very dif
ferent things. He shows me the skele
ton of by-gone days, but to him it is
still clothed in the flesh. I showed him
the Chboniclk with the story of "How
the Greenhorn Got Its Name, " and he
laughed a deep, hearty laugh that shook
his aides, made his eyes moist, and end
ed with a sigh. "I remember that
idjut," said he, "he used to oil his drill
to make it cut easy ; but that other fel
low, I knew him too. He told me he
got a letter from that girl every week,
and that they were the light of his life
I saw four of them. But then he's
dead."
bay! Did you know that the old
miners nsed to think the Garden of
Eden was located here? No? Well vou
see, some old Missourian came oot here
with a Bible in his pack, and he told
tbe boys about the four rivers that ran
out of the garden, and then one of them
he gits to figuring that Powder river
flowed to the north, Burnt river to tbe
east, one fork of the John Day to the
west and another to the north, and then
he says, 'There you are.' I never took
much stock in the story, and then, be
sides, its a poor country for snakes and
some kinds of apples. And then there
ain't no fig leaves nor any of them tropic
fixing like that; and besides this ain't
no country for none of them airy COS'
tooms, not even in August. If God had
made the first man to fit this country,
He would have made his feet ten feet
long for snow-shoons. He would Bure."
This same old Missourian he figured
it out that Greenhorn was also the
mountain that tbe devil took the Savior
up to offer Him all the gold dust and
placer ground from Seven Devils to John
Day. I've forgot how he had it fixed
up, but it was all right. At any rate
this Missourian he said that when the
two climbed up old Greenhorn, the
devil called particular attention to the
hydraulics over at Robinsonville and
Dixie, Creek, and the big placers around
Canyon City. And tbis Pike county
Bible sharp he says that when old
forked-tail offered the whole business
and a lot more to the Savior if he would
fall down and worship him, that there
was an Israelite who was in the mercan
tile business down in Canyon City loaf
ing up on tbe summit and overheard
the whole conversation. This Missou
rian, be says that tbis Israelite twigged
the devil a wink and got him to one
side, and be says : 'Say, mister, I'll
take you up on that lay-out if tbe other j
fellow don't.' "
'This Missourian never told whether
the trade was made, but 'I dealt with
one oi them Canyon City Hebrews after'
wards for a long time and I don't think
he was tbe fellow. If he charged other
people like he did me for his goods, be
had a better thing."
But enough of the Did Miner for a
time, because I want to tell you about
our cat. A couple of homeless mice
concluded to stay with us for the winter,
and tbe first night chewed up Hill's
genuine German socks to make them
selves a bed. That made Hill mad, and
be borrowed a cat at the Don' Juan,
sort of a Don Juan cat, too, and
brought him home in a barley sack,
When the sack was opened the cat be'
can to make .things sing. - lie made a
rush at the window to get out, fell tail
foremost - onto a cup full of quicksilver
upsetting it, raised merry Cain generally
for half an hour, and then climbed into
the rafters, where he raised up his
feline voice in a manner that was soul-
harrowing. At the end of thirty-six
hours, by leaving tbe doors open, we
got him out, and he acted as though be
was reconciled. The next night being
cold, we worked two hours, coaxing,
wheeddling and persuading tbe poor
pretty kitty" back into the house. It
took two of us four hours to get the
d cat out after he was in three
days. About 3 o'clock every .night for
three nights bis alarm clock would go
off, and the way he would call on all to
get up was a caution. Five of us would
chase the blamed brute from that hour
until daylight trying to put him out,
but it was no go. Praise heaven I be
has not come back, and if he has gone to
Royal makes the food pare,
wholesome and delicious.
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ROYAL BAKINO POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
gladden the heart of some other poor
miner with Christmas presence, our
blessing goes with him. It will be seen,
from this that not only where mines aie-
concerned, but in judging the qualities
and conditions of cats, a' man may be
A Gbeenhobk.
Natural Hot Water.
Dr. E. H. Marshall, of Boise, Idaho,'
says that in the vicinity of Boise there is
a store of subterranean hot water which
is being nsed to heat that city, and
with excellent results. The water was
discovered about six . years ago, and
when first tapped gushed to a height of
40 feet and almost scalded to death the
workmen who vsere boring an artesian
well. The water was found at a depth
of about 400 feet, and has natural pres
sure enough to raise it to the top floors
of ordinary buildings, whence it will
flow down through coils of radiators,
heating the whole building. The water
is said to have a temperature of 170 de
grees Fahrenheit, and a- company has
been formed for piping the streets and
supplying the hot water for heating
purposes. It is claimed that a saving of
50 per cent, can be effected over the
ordinary method of heating. There is a
large area of ground near the city where
the hot water Bpouts above the surface
when tapped, and a number of well
drillers are at work endeavoring to en
large the area. Butte Inter-Mountain.
Indian Aarrienltnrists.
The Indians on the Shoshone reserva
tion have to the present time this sea
son sown 125,000 pounds of grain, and
it is expected they will sow as much
more before the close of the planting
season. The department is not giving
the seed to the Indians this year as
heretofore, but is loaning it, and ex--pects-the
Indians to repay it when they
harvest their crops. The pupils of the
Indian school are farming extensively
under the direction of the Indian agent.
Capt. Wilson, and the teachers of the
school. They have put out 12,000 cab
bage plants, and have a model garden.
A test will be made on the farm with
sugar-beet seed, the department having
furnished a large quantity for experi- -
ment. Under the present management
of Indian affairs the Indians of the
Shoshone reservation are improving
rapidly in condition, and the majority
of the tribe will soon become self-supporting.
Great interest is being taken
by the Indians in school work, and the
agency school is having a very success
ful term. Omaha Bee. . -
THE NEW JUDGE'S TRIALS, 'j
Ha Did Well on the Bench But Missed
His Latin. -iatt-Jf
Some years ago one of the laymen
who find places on the bench of the
highest court of New Jersey, thanks to
political influence and accommodating -governors,
was a builder or contractor
living in the northern part of the state,
a man notoriously ignorant of law and
unfitted for any judicial position, says
the New York Post. Not long after his
appointment a judge of a federal court
who knew the man met him, and, with
rather an amused smile, asked:
"Well, judge, how do you get along
on the bench?"
"Oh," was the reply, "I get along very
well. You see, I have been on the grand
jury a good deal and so had picked up
considerable about law. But, judge,"
he went on rather earnestly, "I find I've
got to study Latin." 'S -
"Indeed! That's rather a serious busi
ness for a man of your age to take up,
is it not?"
"Yes, but I've got to do it. You see,
there are so many words I don't under
stand. Now, look here, what do they
mean when they say laches?"
He pronounced the word "latches,"
and as he spoke he made a motion with
his index finger as of a man lifting a
latch. , ''!-
The future course of the judge's Btudy;
of Latin is not recorded. ' jx&r?.-.
Outrageous Crime.
Des Moines, Die. 27. Robbers last
night broke into the house of the aged
Mrs. . Kimball, ten miles last of Des
Moines. She. is unconscieus and will
probably die. The floor and walls are
covered with blood, showing that a ter
rible struggle took place. It is not
known whether tbe robbers secured any
booty. '
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