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PART 1. O
VOL. VIII.
THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 2. 1898.
NUMBER 14.
MURDERS AT TSIAO
The Chinese Maddened by the
Invasion.
TWELVE NATIVES ALSO KILLED
A Bloody Battle 8atd to have Fallowed
the Slurder or Shall on Moo
day Night.
Shanghai, Jan. 28. A dispatch from
Cliee Foo to the Mercury of Shanghai
gives the details of the assassination o:
the German sailor named Shulz, belong
ing to the cruiser Kaiser, while on out
post doty at Tsiao, the extreme German
post in Kaio Chou bay.
The crime, which was committed by
Chinese rabble Monday night la9t, was
not discovered until three men of the
corporal's guard were making their
ronnd in order to relieve the sentries.
Then Shulz was discovered, bis head
having been severed from his body.
The relieving guards were directly af
terward attacked by 100 natives, and af
ter a stubborn fight, it is reported, all the
eailora were killed. Twelve natives were
killed daring the fighting.
It is added that in consequence of the
outrage the greatest excitement prevails
in' Kaio Chon, and St is believed that
the incident will form the basis of far
ther German demands upon the Chinese
government.
A Hideous Crime.
Jacksonville, O., Jan. 28. Last
night as Lulu Friend, a 19-year-old girl.
was going from the depot to her home
near the Tom Corwin mine, accompanied
by John R. Myers and Vint Fanght, two
friends ot the family, they were attack
ed by a gang ot ruffians, who overpow
ered the two men and carried off the
girl.
Myers and Fanght offered a desperate
resistance and the latter was struck with
a rock, fracturing his sknll so that be is
not expected to live.
Alter gaining possession of the girl, the
band of ruffians carried her into one of
the wells pi the mines, where twenty
men outraged her, alter which they fled,
leaving her half dead in the mine where
she was found a short time after by a
searching party.
When found she was in a terrible con
dition. mentally and physically. She
was taken to the hospital, but the phys
icians do not think she can live. No af
rests have been made.
The Letter Corner. '
Chicago. Jan. 28. "Basing onr figures
on the government figures, we think we
now own every bushel of surplus wheat
in this country," said G. . French, the
active member of the Leiter combina
tion, who was speaking for himself and
Joseph Leiter, the head of the "clique."
He said :
"According to the most reliable esti
mates obtainable, we think there is not
more than 15,000,000 bushels of wheat
not accounted for. Scattered over dif
ferent parts of the country we have
holdings of at least that amount, so we
can safely claim to have possession of all
the surplus."
Added to the government estimate of
530,000,000 bushels for last year's crop,
. the 30,000,000 bushels carried over from
the crop of 1896 gave Mr. French his
basis of 560,000,000 bushels as the origi
nal supply.
Mettled Oat af Court.
New Yobk, Jan. 28. On the applica
tion of both sides of the suit brought by
George H. Hathaway and Richard Heard
against Fridtjof Nansen, the Arctic ex
plorer, to recover $20,000 damages for
breach of contract for failing to complete
the coarse of fifty lectures which it was
alleged Nansen bad agreed to deliver, has
been discontinued". Heard and Hatha
way were Hansen's managers during his
recent lecture tour in this country.
A Crank In the Lobby.
Chicago, Jan. 28. John Barns at
tempted to secure admission to the court
room to attend the Luetgert trial this
afternoon. Being refused he drew a re
volver and a knife. Deputy Sheriff
Albrecbt knocked the knife from his
hand. Intense excitement prevailed.
Women screamed and bailiffs rushed
about in the crowd. Burns, who was
intoxicated, was locked np. ,
Russia, Too, Offered Loan.
Peking, Jan. 28. The report that
Russia offered China a loan on the same
terms as Great Britain has been con
firmed. It is announced in a special dispatch
from Peking that-after Russia offered
China a loan on the eame terms as
Great Britain, China inviteJ Russia to
guarantee to defend her against the
probable displeasure of Great Britain
Russia, it appears, was evasive in reply
but a similar guarantee asked of Great
Britain against Russia was promptly
agreed to.
How's Tb.lt.:
We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Cheney & Co. Props., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and be
lieve him perfectly honorable in all busi
ness transactions and financially able to
carry ont any obligations made by their
firm.
Weet & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To
ledo, O., Walding, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale DruggiBts. Toledo, Ohio. .
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Pricet
75c. per bottle. ' Sold by all druggists.
-Testimonials free. 1-5-9
Under a Burning; Ban.
Vancouver, Jan. 31- The steamer
Warimoo, just arrived from Australia,
brings news of the most appaling climat
ic conditions prevailing in many sections
of Australia. Prostrations from the beat
are so numerous that the condition of
affairs in large cities are alarming. In
many instances work is outof the ques-
tion and sleep is impossible. Telegrams
show the same conditions prevail all
over the colony. The thermometer dur
ing the day averages about 124 In the
shade. In the sun it is 160.
News comes from all parts of Australia
of destruction by flames. It would ap
pear from the press reports that the
total damage will amount to 1,000,000.
In Victoria colony 100,000 acres have
been swept clean and enormous crops
have been destroyed. In other colonies
bouses and barns have been destroyed.
The Surprise of All.
Mr- James Jones, of the drug firm of
Jones & Son, Cowden, 111., speaking of
Dr, King's New Discovery, says that last
winter bis wife was attacked with La
GrijipgtAad. ber case - grew so serious
that physicians oi Cowden and Pana
could do nothing for ber. It seemed to
develop into Hasty Consumption. Hav
ing Dr. King's New Discovery in store,
and selling lots of it, he took a bottle
home, and to the surprise of all ebe be'
gan to get better from first dose, and
half dozen dollar bottles cured her eound
and well. Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds is
guaranteed to do this good work. Try it,
Free ,trial bottles at Blakelejr & Hough
ton's drug store. 4
' Will Resist the Order.
San Francisco, Jan. 31. The order of
Insurance Commissioner Clnuie, declar
ing invalid the bonds of the foreign in
surance companies, includes every fire
insurance company doing bnsinesB in
the state not incorporated under the
laws of California. It leaves the great
volume in the hands of two local com
panies.
The insurance men were all under the
impression that their bonds were suf-
ficient and that that the bonds of all in
surance men doing business in the state
were perfectly good, and will make a
hard fight.
Free Pills-
Send your address to H. E. Bucklen
& Co., Chicago, and get a free sample
box of Dr. King's New' Life Pills. A
trial will convince you of their merits,
These Pills are easy in action and are
particularly effective in the cure.of.Con
stipation and Sick Headache. For Ma
laria and Livar troubles they have been
proved invaluable. They are guaranteed
to be perfectly free from every deleter
ious substance and to be purely vegela-
ble. They do not weaken by - their
action, but by giving tone to stomach
and bowels greatly invigorate the "sys
tem. Regular size 25c. per box. Sold
by Blakeley & Houghton Druggists. (4)
A Wanton Outrage.
Chicago, Jan. 28. A well-dreesed
young man attacked Ruby Waters, 14
years old, as ebe was returning home
from the Marquette school yesterday ,and
deliberately palled out the side braids
of ber hair bv the roots. After his bru
tal assault the man stuffed the braids in
his pocket and ran away. The child's
scalp is badly lacerated and she is in a
serious condition. '
Bucklen's Armea salve.
The best salve in the world for cuts,
brmses.ores, ulcers, salt rheum, fevex
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruption., and posi
tively cuirb piles, or no pay required
It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac
tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box. For sale by Blakeley and
Houghton', druggists. " -
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
Cores Plica, Scalds, Bams.
KEY TO THE PACIFIC
Hitt on the Strategic Im
portance of Hawaii
IN GUARDING OUR WEST COAST
Secretary Long- Open Bids For Provid
ing; the OOTernment With an -Armor
Plant.
Chicago, Jan. 29. The Post's Wash
ington correspondent sends this inter
view with Chairman Hitt, of the house
committee on foreign affairs:
"The nist, in my opinion, in the whole
Hawaiian situation lies in the strategic
position of the little group of islands as
a basis of operations for guarding oar
west coast. There is a strong resem
blance in this case to the Bermudas,
except that the Bermudas' are not . so
commanding. That is, there are other
islands to the south of them which
would, in case of conflict, to some ex-
extent take their place with Eu
ropean powers 'even if they possessed
the Bermudas. In the possession of the
Hawaiian islands we would have what
might be considered safety for our
western coast against the naval powers,
except Great Britain, which could still
get coal for her ships from the British
Columbia ports and use that base for
naval operations. The subordinate fig
ure, the question of sugar, the character
of the proposition, the mode of govern
ment, etc., take up a great deal of at
tention, bat I think they are of minor
importance.
"We have now by treaty certain ex
clusive rights, but that is a terminable
treaty. The Hawaiian republic is, theo
retically, an independent nation, but is
wholly incapable of defending itself and
preserving its independence, and the
moment thai we come intoeonfllct, any
naval power that presents itself will
take possession. Once it is possessed by
a power like Japan, England or Ger
many, it will be the story of the Bermu
das over again, only a stronger and more
effective Bermuda on our western coast,
With a coaling station, 3,000 miles out,
we would doable the time and length of
effective cruises of our warships going
out from San Francisco. Having no
neighboring islands, it leaves the im
menBe expanse of the northern Pacific
utterly inhospitable to our opponents, if
we own it. It in thus of great value as a
base for defense or for an enemy to op
erate against us.
'I have thought for many years that
these islands were of essential import
ance to us. The impression that I got
while in the state department in 1881
remains with me. , When the question
of extending the reciprocity treaty was
then under consideration, I was im
pressed with these facts. The sugar
question and its branches is a matter of
competing interests. Once Incorporated
they all go into the hopper together, as
completely as the beet root of Nebraska
and the caneof Louisiana."
So Hope For Wacbline.
Hillsboro, Or., Jan. 29. The ten
days' extension of time granted Gus
Wachline's attorneys to prepare and file
a bill of exceptions for an - appeal to the
supreme court expired yesterday. ' No
papers were filed. It is expected that
the law will be allowed to take its course,
there being no likelihood of interference
by the governor, although it is under
stood be has been appealed to. No ar
rests have been made as a result of the
statement made by Wacbline a few days
ago. , Wachline's object in making the
statement, it is thought, was to cause
the arrest of Robert Buck for the mnr
der of Led rick, and as he would be need
ed as a witness in such an event, he
would thus secure a stay of execution.
Any confession that Wacbline may here
after make, making himself a party to
and Buck the principal in the crime will
hardly be heeded by the officers. Wach
line's recent statement has tended to
vindicate Buck, rather than to-incritni
nate him.
Wacbline will be hanged between 10
. m. and 4 p. m., February 4th, as de
creed by the death warrant, though the
exact time of the execution has not yet
been set by the sheriff.
The President's Birthday.
Washington, Jan. 29. Today was the
anniversary day of the president's birth.
Ho was born. in 1843. There was no
special observance of the day at the
White House, Bave the presentation to
the president of a large bunch of cat
flowers. v
Not Included In the Decision.
Washington, Jan. 29. In the order
issued by Secretary Bliss, lands covered
by the claims of other defendants than
the Southern Pacific Company and the
trustees in the mortgage executed by
that company, in the conflicting grants
of the Atlantic & Pacific and Southern
Pacific companies, are to be excepted
from the decision restoring them to the
public domain.
The Shakers of Mount Lebanon, a
community of simple, honest, God-fearing
men and women, have prepared the
Shaker Digestive Cordial for many years,
and it iB always the same, simple, hon
est, curative medicine that has. helped
to make the Shakers- the healthy, long
lived people that they are. The Shak
ers never have indigestion. This is
partly owing to their simple mode of
life, partly to the wonderful properities
of Shaker Digestive Cordial. Indiges
tion is caused by the stomach glands not
supplying enough digestive juice.
Shaker Digestive Cordial supplies what's
wanting.- Shaker Digestive Cordial in
vigorates the stomach and all its glands
so that after awhile they don't need
help. As evidence of the honesty of
Shaker Digestive Cordial, the formula
is printed on every, bottle. Sold by
druggists, price 10 cents to $1.00 per bot
tle. " The Senate.
Washington, Jan. 31. John McLau
rin was sworn in as senator from South'
Carolina to fill the unexpired term of the
'ate Senator Earle, ending in 1903. Gal
linger reported adversely the bill report
ed by Allen, regarding pensioners.
The senate passed the army appropri
ation bill and then took up the legisla
tive, executive and judicial appropria
tion bills. "
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Always
Frores Effectual.
There are no better medicines on the
market than Chamberlain's. We bave
used the Cough Remedy when all others
failed, and in every instance it proved
effectual. Almost daily we hear the
virtues of Chamberlain's remedies ex
tolled by those who' bave used them.
This is not an empty puff, paid for at so
much a line, but is voluntarily given in
good faitfaf-in the hope that - Buffering
humanity may try these remedies and,
like the writer, be benefited. From the
Glenville (W. Va.) Pathfinder. For sale
by Blakeley & Houghton.
Two Miners Injured.
Baker City, Or., Jan. 29. Albert Gei
Ber, of the Bonanza mine, this afternoon
telephoned Dr. Parker to engage a special
train and come toSumpter, aB two min
ers, Bob Gutridge and Kirk Skillen, had
been injured by a powder explosion in
the shaft. The doctor left this after
noon. .
J. M. Thirswend, of Grosbeck, Texas,
says that when he has a spell of indi
gestion, and feels bad and sluggish, he
takes two of DeWitt's Little Early Ris
ers at night, and be is all right the next
morning. Many thousands of others do
the same thing. - Do you? Snipes
Kinersly Drug Co.
) Russian Fleet Out of Coal.
London, Jan. 28. The Russian fleet
at Port Arthur, according to a special
dl?patch from Shanghai, is helpless for
want of coal, being unable to Bteara even
to Vladivostock. It is added that Japan
eee coal firms which had contracted to
supply the Russian fleet had defaulted.
Warning: Persons who suffer from
coughs and colds should heed the warn
ings of danger and save themselves suf
fering and fatal results .by using One
Minute Cough Core. It is an infallible
remedy for coughs, colds, croup and all
throat and lung troubles. Snipes-Kin
ersly Drug Co.
Teller Congratulated.
Washington, Jan. 29. Senator Tel
ler received a number of telegrams last
night and today congratulating bim
and the silver forces on the passage of
the Teller resolution. Among the mes
sages was one from W. J. Bjyan, which
was confined to the mere expression of
satisfaction over the result. .
You can't cure consumption but you
can avoid it and cure any other form of
throat or lung trouble by the use of One
Minute Cough Cure. It cures quickly.
That's what you want. Snipes-Kiners-ly
Drug Co. ?
From Alcoholic Mania:
New York, Jan 31. On board the
steamer Alexandria, which arrived last
night from London, was Lieutenant
Henry Thomas Walsh, United States
army, who has been sent home in care
of Captain Marshall on account ot alco
holic mania. At quarantine Walsh at
temped to jump overboard. He was
locked in his stateroom.
Yon can't afford to risk your life by
allowing a cold to develop into pneumo
nia or consumption.' Instant relief and
a certain cure are afforded by One Min
ute Cough. Cure. Snipes-Kinersly Drug
Co. ' -'
RESOLUTION OPPOSED
House Committee Against
Teller's Eesolution.
DIXGLEY OPENED THE DEBATE
Vote In Committee to Report Adversely
Was Eleven to Five on Strict
Party Lines.
Washington, Jan. 31. The ways and
means committee decided this morning,
by a vote of eleven to five, on party lines,
to report the Teller resolution for pay
ment of bonds in silver with the recom
mendation that it be not passed.
The committee met on special call at
10:30 this morning, there being a full
attendance, with the exception of Mc
Millin, Democrat, of Tennessee. Chair
man Dingley at once brought forward
the resolution, and, without discussion,
Payne ot New York moved that it be
reported to the house with the recom
mendation that it be not passed. Bailev
of Texas, in behalf of the ' Democrats,
moved to . amend that it be reported
with the recommendation that it be
passed.
A vote on the Bailey amendment was
first taken, resulting in its defeat, by a
vote of five to eleven, as follows : Yeas
Bailev, Wheeler, Roberts, McMillin,
Swanson, all Democrats ; noes Dingley,
Dulzell, Hopkins, ' Grosvenor, Russeil,
Dolliver, Steele, Johnson, Payne, Evans
and Tawney, all Republicans.
On the Payne motion the previous
vote was reversed, all the Republicans
voting in the affirmative, and the Dem
ocrats in the negative. No amendments
were proposed, and no discussion was
indulged in as to the program, as Ding
ley stated that it would depend on the
action of the rules committee.
- Following the session' of the ways and
means committee, Speaker Read and
his associates on the committee on rules
assembled to determine on a course of
action. The committee on rales decided
to take a final, vote on the Teller resolu
tion at 5 o'clock this afternoon. Bailey
objected to this bat was overruled.
French Sympathy for Cuba.
-New York, Jan. 31. Dr. Sanchez
Agramonte, a general in the Cuban in
surgent army, has just arrived from Eu
rope, bringing $40,000 raised in Paris for
the Cuban cause. Dr. Agramonte says
that popular sentiment in France is
strongly in favor of the success of the
Cubans.
"Among the people of all classes," he
said, "there is a desire that Cuoa be
free. The French government is re
strained from taking any action in favor
of Cuba by the French interest in Span
ish bonds.
"A part of my mission abroad was to
place before the Red Cross society of the
different nations the manner in which
our sick and wounded bave been treated
in Cuba. I sent a manifesto to the Red
Cross congress in Vienna apd talked
with prominent physicians and officials
with a view to inducing France and
other nations to bring a pressure to bear
upon Spain to recognize our Red Cross
society in Cuba. AH'that we want is to
have our wounded treated the same as
those of other nations."
Dr. Agramonte said that he had been
promised the aid of persons of influence,
but he did not know whether Spain
would grant their requests or not.
Frank Sherwood was down town to
day, the first time since he had his tus
sle with cholera morbus. He says he
drove miles after he was taken sick, and
never came so near dying in bis life.
Aftei" this when he goes out in the conn
try he will take a bottle of Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
with him. Missouri Valley (Iowa)
Times. For sale by Blakeley & Hough
ton. .
Fell Dead 'While Bowling.
Baker' City, Jan. 31. John Mathisen,
aged about 40, fell dead while bowling a
game ot cocked hat. He came from
Portland,' where bis family resides, some
months since, and , took a contract for
the construction of a two story brick
building, which be completed on last
Saturday.
There is no need of little children be
ing tortured by scald head, eczema and
skin eruptions. DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve gives instant relief and cures per
manently. Snipes-Kinersly Drug Co.
Notice.
' The raffle on the four books on which
I have been selling chances, will take
place at Blakeley & Houghton's drug
store tonight at 8 o'clock. There will
be four draws, one for each book.
Mks. M. J. Chase.
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ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
HIS LEG STUCK FAST.
The Wooden Stump Caught
In the
Pavement.
Stumping1 down Market street recent
ly was a middle-aged man whose right
leg- had been replaced with an old
style -wooden leg-, says the Philadelphia
Ileeord. He had evidently been drink
ing', for he came along-singing-and stag
gering from side to side. Kelow
Eleventh street he was seen to pitch,
suddenly forward. Then followed an
awful struggle to get up. Several
passers-by eame to his assistance, and it
was then that his queer position was
explained. One of the round glasses
that fill in the skylight over the cellar
which extended under the pavement
was missing, and, having stepped into
the hole with his game leg, this caused
theaccident. Afterregainingan upright
position the man attempted to with
draw the leg, and the air assumed a
lurid hue when lie found he was stucic
fast. Some men then.laid hold and un
successfully tried to free him, while
the victim groaned with pain as he was
pulled and twisted about. Finally the
man's coat and vest were taken off
and tfie straps that held the leg were
removed. A policeman who had learned
"the cause of the excitement began
working at the leg, which remained
fast. Then a clerk in a store secured a
hammer, and after going to the cellar
end pounding upward a few. minutes
ioosened the limb. The man adjusted
his leg and moved off, owing to sue the
property owner.
SHIPBUILDING ON THE CLYDE.
Immense Trade of the Scotch River
Last Tear a Record Breaker.
People generallv have'a very faint idea
of the extent of th-e shipbuilding in
dustry on the river Clyde, Scotland, says
the Fall River News. Seme statistics
have come to hand, however, which tell
the story in a measure. In a recent
issue of the North British Mail, of Glas
gow, 70 firms are named who are con
structing from one to ten large vessels
from twin-screw steamers of 1,000 tons
up to first-class cruisers and battle
ships of 16,500-horse power. The year
189G was a record-breaker on the Clyde,
but the prospects tor 1S97 are equally
satisfactory. The work on hand rep
resents about 310.000 gross register'
tons. Compared- with last year this
shows an increase of 50.000 tons, Tho
marine engineering trade is also well
represented in 336.000-horse power, or
40,000 over that, of the previous year.
The government orders include one
line of battle ship, two first-class cruis
ers and three pvinrl,-class cruisers.
The largest order given to the Clyde
for a long time was that for the Nippon
YusEen Kaisha. of .Tarxin. This con
sisted of ten steamers of 5,824 tons reg
ister and 7,500 deadweight tens each. '
Four of these am already launched and
six are being built three in the yard
of D. & W. Henderson and three in
(hat of Napier, Sfwuilr & Bell. The
money value of the contract represents
well on to $5,000,000.
Newly Appointed Bishop to Walea
Has an Extravagant Headpiece.
Bishop Francis Most n, who was last
year appointed to tne newiy-creaiL-u
Roman Catholic bishopric of Wales, has
teeently become a fortunate possessor
of a miter which is saw to surpass in
magnificence! and in exquisite work
manship anything- cf the kind worn in
Great Britain for many centures past,
says the Westminster Gazette.
Of white embroidered silk, richly or
namented with gold, it is studded wjth
500 preeious stones. The miter, whichr5
Gothic in design, bears on its front a
dove, symbolic of the Holy Spirit, in
gold, repousse work, encircled by gar
nets and a heart formed of a single
carbuncle of large size, with jeweled
rays. The whole is surmounted by a
cross composed of 33 gems. On the
back are the figures of the Welsh patron
saints, St. David and St. Winifred, beau
tifully wrought in the Welsh colors and'
surmounted by rubies, emeralds and
pearls. At the apex appears the na
tional emblem, the Welsh harp, encir
cled by topazes and aquamarines which
is an exact copy of the ancient
"Ariandlws," which tradition declares
to have remained in the possession of
the Mostyn family from early cen
turies. Strength and Sex In Royalty.
It is noted that tJbe women of the
royal family of Europe are, on the aver- .
age, much stronger, mentally and phys
ically, tlhau the men. ;