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VOL. VIII.
THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON. SATURDAY. JANUARY 15. 1898.
NUMBER 11.
FAMINE IS PENDING
Food Supply at Circle City
- Almost Exhausted.
PROMPT ACTION IS A NECESSITY
Belief Mar be Sent From Fort Yukon
Joaquin Miller Arrived at
Damon Badly Frozen.
Skattle, Jan. II. A letter from Daw
eon City, dated December 9th, says : -
Advices from Circle City as late as
November 12th, state that the steamers
P. D. Weare and Bella on tbeir way
down were 'frozen in there. Two or
three hundred people who started from
Dawson for Fort Yukon, were stranded
there, bnt most of - them procured 6m all
boats and continued on their way to
Fort Yukon, which in ninety miles die
tant. '
Circle City, owing to the unexpected
increase in population, was almost void
of grub. Of the 127 residents of that
camp, nearly all were calculating on
sending to Fort Yukon for supplies.
Briefly, were it not for the supplies at
Fort Yukon, which to a certain extent
are an unknown quantity, the situation
at Circle City would be far more desper
ate than at Dawson.
' Joaquin Miller arrived at Dawson
from Circle City December 4th, at 11
o'clock. He was very badly frozen,
having lost a part of the great toe on bis
left foot ; bis left ear was Bluffing off and
both cheeks were frozen. He left Circle
City 35 days before, in company with
Herald Conovon, of Ottawa, late of the
coast survey. ' They started from Circle
City without dogs, having been unable
.to secure them. They pulled their out
fits oh sleds.
Mr. Miller brings a story of great suf
fering along the river by parties who
were caught on the ice on their way to
Dawson, but who had not yet reached
Circle City.
He reports also the death of Charles
Anderson, a young man from Brooklyn,
N. Y., who accidentally shot himself
while in a boat, about 50 miles ' above
Circle City.
-Over Dalton Trail.
Tacoma, Jan. 11. It is definitely an
. nonnced by A. C. Bratnober that the
Bothschilds would build a railroad into
the Yukon country over the Dalton
trail. His brother, Henry, of San Fran
cieco, who is the western representative
of the Bothschilds, has the enterprise in
charge. The "Voad will be about 400
, miles long, the cost of construction and
equipment being estimated at $8,000,
000. '
Fell Five Hundred Feet.
s : Hbbmibillo, Mex., Jan. 11. By an
accident in the Creaton mine at Minas
Prietas, eight men were hurled from a
height of 500 feet to the bottom of the
, shaft. Five were killed outright, and of
the remaining three it is not expected
1 that any will survive. At the time of
the accident one cage was being lowered
and the other hoisted. ' At the 500-foot
' level the downward cage struct, and
the engineer having no knowledge of the
' trouble, continued to lower the 4-inch
wire cable." It coiled on the cage, top-
. pling it over, and the men were sent to
- the bottoi. ,.
The Rule, of Football.
New York, Jan. 11. Communications
' have been sent out this week to football
associations of the big universities, aak
. ing tbem to send a representative to the
conference at which the revision of the
playing rules is to be 'discussed. The
football meeting is to be in this city in
the University Athletic Club. Just
what changes are likely to be made in
the playing rules it is too early to say,
and doubtless there will be some weighty
discussions on the subject at the various
universities.''.'-" - - .
Yletory Is Assured, v ,
" CeLUsraus, Jan. 11. The senate and
house both adjourned ' until 10 :00 to
: morrow.' A resolution was adopted by
both bouses today to meet in joint con
V vention tomorrow at noon to cast votes
for senator. ' .
. McKiseon bad a majority of two in the
' .' senate, today, and Hanna a majority of
. . of three over all in the house. ' There
was no election de jure, but there was
de facto. . There is nothing to prevent
changes tomorrow . from the votes of to
- day, but none is expected.aa the canvass
has been so, close and thorough.
. Murderer lawton Located.
. Sacramento, Jan. 11. Sheriff. Frank
T, Johnson is in receipt of a telegram to
the effect that Tom Lawton, one of the
gng that mnrdered old man Tallis, in
1S78. has been located in Idaho, and can
fbe arrested as soon as requisition papers
are received. Lawton is the third of the
Tullis murderers, of which Troy Dye
and Edward Anderson, both of whom
were hanged for the crime, were the
others. In their confession the latter
two implicated Lawton, but he made
his escape.
WITH HAZEL SWITCHES.
How Twenty Thousand Dollars la Gold
Waa Found Burled In Alabama.
Champ Cornelius was a rich Blount
county farmer, who lived near Chepol
topec before the war. When that con
flict came on he had twenty thousand
dollars in gold, which he buried in a
pot on his premises. One night during
tne war, wniie ne was at nome on a
furlough, a gang1 ot robbers entered
his house and endeavored to extort
from him - by torture the hiding1 place
of his treasure. They hung him up
four times, says the St. Louis Eepublic,
but each time when taken down he re'
fused to divulge the secret. The fourth
tune they left him for dead, fired the
house and fled. A faithful negro
slave dragged his master out, but Cor
nelius died from his injuries, leaving
the whereabouts of the buried treasure
a mystery. Yesterday three strange
men visited the place, which is now
' owned by John Findley, and said that
as one of them was an adept in the use
of the hazel sjritch, with which to lo
cate streams of water, gold and silver,
they desired to search for the missing
treasure, Findley to pay for all cost of
the search and all to share in the pro
ceeds. Findley laughed at them, and
. told them that they were free to dig
and keep all the gold they could find.
They went to the spot where the two
old chimneys, air that remained of the
decayed Cornelius mansion, stand, and
dug all that day without avail, but dur
ing last night, Findley found upon in
vestigation this morning, the strangers
returned, and at the bottom of a fresh
hole they had dug was found, carefully
covered up, a rusty old pot dug in the
ground. The contents of the pot were
missing, but a note left by the men
said they had secured the treasure by
the hazel switches' use and had kept it,
according to Fmdley's permission.
The Teller Resolution.
Washington, Jan. 11. The senate
committee on finance met today, for
the purpose of considering the Teller
resolution,' declaring for payment of
national bonds ; in silver as well as in
gold, but after . considering it at some
length, postponed action until the next
meeting ot the committee on . Tuesday
next. '
A British View of It.
London, Jan. 12. The Morning Post,
in an editorial on the dispatch from
the Times' correspondent at New York,
says, ."
"President McKinley is drifting hope
lessly and trying to satisfy everybody.
The result is chaos in the Republican
camp and ths rapid growth of Bryan
ism. In the meantime, the Dingley tar
iff policy has proved a a rediculous fail-
Trying; to Save Worden.'
Sacramento, Jan. J 3. Ex-President
Cleveland has made a second appeal to
Governor Budd for clemency in the case
of Salter D. Worden, codvicted of mur
der in connection with the traiowreek
ing during the great railway strike in
1894". '-....,
Attacked by Tribesmen.
Calcutta, Jan. 13. News has been
received from Metramul,' in ' Beloochis
tan, of an outbreak against a British
surveying party there numbering 200.
A number' of the native guards were
killed or wounded.
Rosso-Japanese Treaty. .
London, Jan. 12. A dispatch from
Shanghai says it is reported that the
Russo-Japanese agreement as to Korea
involves the recognition of Port Lazar
off the coast north pf Genzan, as within
the sphere of Russian Jntiuence. ..
Mr. Elisha Berry, of this place says he
never had anything do him so much
good and give such quick relief from
rheumatism 'as Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. He was bothered greatly with
shooting pains from hip to knee until he
used this liniment, which affords prompt
relief. B. F. Baker, druggist, St. Paris,
Ohio. For sale by Blakeley & Hough
ton. '
To Exchange. ,
Twenty-four miles west of Spokane
and two and one-half from Deer Park,
on the Spokane Falls & Northern, is the
following tract of land, .which I desire to
exchange for residence property . in The
Dalles : One hundred and forty acres
seventeen cleared, one, paled in garden.
Five-room, new house; two-story barn,
and several other buildings. Value,
$2,000. Call at Sentinel office. . 6-lw
' ' To Cure a Gold in One Day., "'
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CITY LAID IN
Terrible Tornado at Fort
Smith, Arkansas.
LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY HEAVY
Damage la Immenje Scores of Houses
Destroyed or Partially
Wrecked. . "
Fokt Smith, Ark.. Jan. 12. One of
the most terrible storms that ever struck
this section of the country tore through
this city shortly before midnight last
night. Everything . is in confusion as
the result of the great destruction of
life and property, and as yet it is impos
sible to give anything like an accurate
estimate of the number killed and in
jured. ' Fifty persons are reported as
dead and as many missing, homes hav
ing been wrecked by the score, and hun
dreds of people were left without food or
shelter.
Two of the largest houses of worship
in the city, the Baptist and Central
Methodist churches, were completely
destroyed, the Brownscome church was
badly damaged, and the tower and roof
of the hieh school building were blown
off. - ''..': -
The storm struck the city in the
southwestern section, a point where the
rivers come together and near . the old
fort. From there it spread out over the
whole city, dipping down and scattering
destruction everywhere. There is a rise
in the city toward the east to meet the
bills on that side, and most of the dam
age to property and loss of lite was in
that section.
After leaving Fort Smith the tornado
veered and touched at Alama, nine
miles northeaet, doing considerable dam
age, but whether there is any loss of life
is not known.
The debris of many buildings in the
lodging-house section caught on fire and
those unfortunates who were not at once
extricated alive, perished miserably by
being burned or smothered to death.
Many people in the oitside districts.
were killed in the crash of falling resi
dences. - All the nurses and doctors that
can be pressed into service are being
utilized, and there are' scores of tempo
rary hospitals throughout the city. The
morgue is taxed to its utmost capacity,
and additional bodies are being brought
in every few minutes.
Altogether the scene at the place is
sickening and horrible. A. heavy, rain
followed the terrible tornado and it was
probably twenty minutes before the city
awoke to the fact that it bad been vis
ited by a calamity. The fire department
was called out and in less than twenty
minutes the streets were crowded, with
people and willing hands were ready to
render all the aid the emergency , re
quired. . ' .
The scene is one of the most appalling
and destructive witnessed in the coun
try, and it is without parallel in this sec
tion of the southwest.
At noon it looks as though fifty' per
sons have at least been killed, and the
death list is growing gradually. , Hun
dreds of persons have been injured,
some seriously, and others not so badly.
Many fine residences were razed to the
ground.
The tornado after passing through the
residence district, did its worst work in
that portion of the business district in
which the older buildings are' located
and the totals of damage do not mount
up very rapidly, although many build
ings were partly or wholly ruined. For
this reason it is probable, that $500,000
will nearly cover the loss of buildings
and contents, including the new high
school building, which cosi $50,000, and
being directly in the path of the storm,
was badly wrecked. '
. Spaniards Not Pleased. -
Madrid, Jan. 12. A' dispatch to the
Imparcial from Havana says:
The sending of supplies from the
United States to the indigent population
pf Cuba has - aroused deep animosity
among the Spaniards, who, it is alleged,.
"are incensed at the pretext given to
the American consul and the Yankee
element to interfere In Cuban affairs."
It is further asserted that the .Ameri
can newspaper : correspondents have
been instructed to exaggerate the suffer
ings of the peasantry in order to again
arouse public feeling - in the United
States, so as to provideWashington'with
an excuse to intervene. - -' i
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Bryan May be Transferred.
Washington, Jan. 12. President Mc
Kinley has under serious advisement
the transfer of Charles Bryan from the
Chinese to some other mission, ' and to
this end it is understood overtures have
bet n made, to Conger, our minister to
Brazil, to exchange posts with Mr. Bry
an. . ' '
' DINNER-GIVING ETIQUETTE.
Points to Be Observed by Both Hostess
4 and Guest.
The dinner is the most important of
social ceremonies. It is a function, an
observance, a solemnity, the most flat
tering form of entertainment that can
be offered to a guest; and as such it
should bo duly respected and appre
ciated. The art of giving dinners that
are at once dignified, delightful and dis
tinguished, is a rare one, yet it is possi
ble to achieve it -with a mere expendi
ture of time. and. pains so well laid out
that it is a marvel that such dinners are
the exception and not the rule r-mong
us. As a rule, the dinner is regarded
as an. affair of reciprocity, and people
who do not give dinners themselves are
but seldom, asked to dine, except in the
case of stray girls or bachelors, asked
chiefly to stop a gap. Dinner-giving is
about the most costly form of hospital
ity when, it is largely indulged in, and
people who cannot give dinners as they
should be given had much better not a t
tempt them at all, but confine them
selves to less formal entertainments of
dances, luncheons, breakfasts and ordi
nary "At Homes." The dinner is the
one social function.- in which the host
plays as important a part as the hostess.
His name appears with hers on the in
vitations, and he dispenses hospitality
in the same active measure as herself.
But though modern custom has robbed
his post of much of its ancient glory
in the way of carving heavy dishes and
passing wine, he is still the holder of the
foot of the table with all the dignity
which that position entails.
The length, of a dinner invitation
varies with the size and importance of
the dinner. For a large and ceremoni
ous one two weeks' notice is required, v
and this notice is sometimes extended
to double that time. For smell and in
formal dinners, from five to ten days'
notice is sufficient. Printed cards my
be used, on which blanks are left for
the names of the host, hostess and
guests; data, address and hour. These
cards are, as a rule, only used whn the
dinner is one of ceremony. Invitations
to small dinners are generally written,
and vary in,' friendliness with the 'in
formality of the entertainment. They
are written in the third person, if it is
a friendly and impromptu matter. In
any case, whether - the ' invitation be
friendly or formal, it should be . an
swered within 24 hours after it has been
received. Dinner-giving is unlike any
other species of entertainment in that
it is all-important to have a certain
number of guests to count upon and to
select them with discretion. It is neces
sary, to. allow a hostess ample time to
invite other grueste to fill the places of
any who may disappoint her. An invi
tation to dinner, it has been said, is
issued in the joint names of host anil
hostess, though, of course, the hostess
writes thai note, if a note conveys it.
The answer must be addressed to her,
though the host's name is mentioned
in accepting or regretting. The invita
tion may be sent and answered either
by post or by the hand of a servant. -"
Some people are perpetually invited
out to dine, not because they give many
dinners in return, but because they are
recognized as good dinner guests. They
are generally provided with plenty of
liirht small talk and the gossip of the
day; are pleasant, popular and gifted'
with that tact which is one of the rarest,
as it is one of .the most valuable, of pos-.
session. There are others who'must' be
asked as a Juty,' on account of the din
ners they themselves give, and who vex'
the righteous soul of a hostess so often'
as she has to include their names among
the list of her guests. She knows very
well that their mere presence will call
for a mighty effort to keep the whole
dinner from being "a frost," and that
they will probably outweigh all her ef
forts. Philadelphia Telegram. (
-. The "Ears" of Insects.
The naturalists have not as yet been
able to answer , the burning question:
"Can bees hear?" but their researches
along that line have' resulted in many
queer disepveries. Simply because a
bee has no ears on the sides of his head
it is no sign whatever that he is wholly
without some sort of an auditory nerve.
This last assertion is proved by the
fact that grasshoppers, -crickets, lo
custs and flies all have their ears situ
ated in queer places undf r the wings,
on'the middle of the body and even on
the sides, of tbeir ' legs. The common
house fly does hia hearing by means of
some little rows of corpuscles, which
are- situated on the knobbed threads
which occupy the place which are taken
up by tihe hind wings of other species
of insects. The garden slug or shel
less snail has his organs of hearing
situated on each side of his neck, and
the common grasshopper has them on
each of his broad, flat thighs. In some
of the smaller insects they are at the
bases of the wings, and in others on
the bottom of the feet.- ' ' r
China Is'Dllatory. '.' '
Paris, Jan. 12. It is probable ' that
the negotiations for the Chinese loan
will be considerably delayed on account
of the dilatorness of the Chinese gov
ernment. ; Moreover, it is uncertain as
to whether or not the ' security will be
forthcoming. , . . '
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TH& DAY IN CONGRESS
Some Alarm for the Safety
. of Americans in Cuba.
INFORMATION HAS BEEN ASKED
Caffery Speaks Against tbe Immigration
" - . Bill Pension ' Appropriation
. BUI Reported On.
Washington. Jan. 13. Senator Can
non of Utah, today presented the fol
lowing resolution to the senate, and it
was adopted : ' '--v
- "Kesolved, That the president is re
quested, if in bis opinion it is not in
compatible with the public interest, to
transmit to the senate at his earliest
convenience a etatement showing what
meaeurers are in force by this govern
ment in the Island of ' Cuba and in the
waters contiguous thereto, to protect
the lives, liberty and property of Ameri
can citizens now dwelling there."
Among tbe other measures reported to
the senate today was a pension' appro
priation bill. It was placed on the cal
endar.- - -
' At the close of the morning .business,
the immigration bill, the unfinished
business, was taken up, and Caffery, of
Louisiana, was recognized for a speech
in opposition to tbe measure. Caffery
said:
"The pending bill is as mild a form of
antagonism to immigration as conditions
will permit. The educational test is of
no very stringent character so far as the
tests are concerned. ' It is, however, the
beginning ot a new departure. ' From
tbe foundation of the government we
haye invited the hardy,ventnrous people
of the Caucasian race to our hospitable
shores. The grand transformation of
this continent from the wigwam of the
savage and the lair of the wild beast to
the myriads of homes of a happy, indus
trious people, has been the work of
white immigrants; yet we are about to
smite the band that has upbuilt ub ; to
give a sting to gratitude. " -
"Many wboee ancestors' are foreign
born are now clamoring - for restricted
immigration. It is just and proper to
hold this continent against the Mon
golians. The exclusion of Chinese is
justified by a wise policy and by a prin
ciple of retaliation. Their doors have
been closed to the world, but their arro
gance and selfishness are not tbe role
for wise nations to play in the world's
grand theater,
"Not to admit to this country Irish
men, Swedes or Italians who cannot
read or write is Chinese, not American.
No danger to our institutions bas ever
arised from admitting immigrants who
cannot read or write. ThiH government
is the outgrowth of the labor of count
leBS immigrants, who will be disquali
fied by the pending bill. He who is
vigorous in body, strong in mind, honest
and industrious is a good , citizen. , No
immigrant, not a pauper or insane, dis
eased or criminal, should be turned
away from our shores."
At the conclusion of Senator Caffery 's
speech the eenate at 12 :20 p. m., on mo
tion of Chairman Davis, of . the .foreign
relations committee, went into execu
tive session. , ' .
. . Senator Frye made a most spirited
speech . in support of the Hawaiian
treaty urging upon the senate ' the im
portance of accepting tbe islands while
opportunity offered, and 'denouncing as
folly any refusal to embrace tbe oppor
tunity. , . '-''' .
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Seems to be a Hitch. .
Washington, Jan. 11. The senate
committee on judiciary had the nom
ination of -Attorney-General McKenna
to be justice of the supreme court under
consideration for two hours today, but -
adjourned without reaching a conclu
sion. . ' ' ''- -, ' - - - ;
' Hill Stilt a Democrat.
New York, Jun. 13. The Journal, in
an article discussing the probability of
former senator David B. Hill seeking to
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POWDER
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ROYAL BAK1NO POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
regain the democratic leadership in this
state, quotes Mr. Hill as having said in
New York within the past week : .
"It is true that I took an active part
in the presidential canvass of 1S96, but
I voted the straight Democratic ticket
just the same."
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The Argentine Senate.
New York. Jan. 13. A special from
Buenos Ayres says :
The senate has approved a bill to give
a bounty of sixteen centavos per kilo on
sugar exportation until the sugar ex
portation reaches 25 per cent of the total
production. The measure for a inter
national loan of 7,000,000 pesos,- to be
used by foreign insurance companies as
a guaranty on deposits has become a
law. '
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'Explosion on the Marblehead.
Washington, San. 13. Commander
McCall, of the United States ship Mar
blehead, reported to the navy depart
ment from Port - Tampa that while at
small, arms target practice ; yesterday -four
men from the Marblehead were in
jured by an explosion, two very serious
ly. ' No details as to the cause of the ex
plosion are given. - . '.
The Coming Woman '
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old-fashioned woman who looks after
her home, will both at times get ran
down in health. They will be troubled
with loss of- appetite, headaches, sleep
lessness, fainting or dizzy spells. The
most wonderful remedy for these women
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medicine for women. Female com
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are soon relieved by the use of Electric
Bitters. Delicate woman should keep
this remedy on band to build up tbe
system! Only 50c per bottle. For sale
by Blakeley & Houghton. 1 '
More Troops For .Egypt.
London, Jan. 13. The morning pa
pers announced that the first batallion.
of grenadiers, now at Gibraltar, baa
been ordered to get in readiness for serv
ice in Eggpt. Two other line battalions
are under similar orders. There is evi-.
dence of preparations for an important
campaign. . '
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It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac
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The Atmors Sued.
San Francisco; Jan. 13. Edwin T.
Earl, of the Earl Fruit Company, haa
brought suit againBt the Armour Pack
ing Company, of Chicago, to recover .
$100,000 damages for a violation of the
plaintiffs patent on a refrigerator car
and improvements.
-' ,;. ' Terrible KarthouaKer !
fjtE Haue, Jan 12. An official dis
patch from Batavia announces that the
capital of tbe Amboyna, one of tbe Mo
luccas islands, has been completely ae-
molished by an earthquake. Fifty per- -
gone were killed. , '".