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VOL. VIII.
THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. MARCH IB. 1898.
NUMBER 20.
ACTIVITY IS UNABATED
Purchase of Rapid-Fire Guns
Has Been Ordered.
THE ORDER WAS MADE BY ALGER
Navy Depirlci"! t OiBcers In C-i f.-renre
Krcrisih rmine f
Slti:ll Ct Culi.tB lV-l'i.
Washington, Mr. . U. Negotiations
are proceeding for tli purchase of the
Brazilli&n craiser An.oz nils ami. her
sister ship, the Barhosa, bv the United
States, but so far as the . navy depart
ment is advised, hare not been closed.
The negotiations for the purchase of two
Japanese cruisers now building in Phil
adelphia pnd San Francisco are off, and
present indications are that no farther
steps will be taken toward acquiring the
ships. The Japanese government ap
pears to be even more desirous of secur
ing these ships than the United States,
and owing to the delicate character of
the aspect of affairs between Russia and
Japan, it is felt that the needs of Japan
are just as urgent as those of the United
States.
Lieutenant Stone, a representative of
the Carnegie Steel Company, was at the
navy department today in conference
with officials regarding the preparations
for a possible war, in pregress. Officers
of the navigation bureau were very busv
translating cipher messages today. , It
is said that all of these came in over
night, and they presumably related to
the purchase of ships abroad. .
Secretary. Long . -spent a good deal of
time today in consultation with Assist
ant Secretary Roosvelt and Captain
Bradford, chief of the bureau of equip
ment, concerning a supply of coal for the
vessels now cruising southf Cuba. The
gunboats Wilmington and Indianapolis
reported to the navy department over
night from the Caribean sea.
The torpedo flotilla at Key West will
soon be reinforced by two fine boats,
which have been under repairs.
Washington, Mar. 11. Secretary Al
ger has ordered General Flagler, chief of
ordnance, to make arrangements at once
lor purcnasing large nuuiuor ui mpiu
firing guns for the sea and coast de-
fenjes. The action is taken without
wasting for an allotment among the dif
ferent bureaus of the war and navy de
partments of the f 50,000,000 voted for
the national defense.
It ia now stated by the ordinance of
ficials that directions have been given to
the various arsenals and ' armories con
trolled by the government to increase
their working force to the fullest prac
ticable extent, with a view to hurrying
to completion existing projects.- Like
wise all firms having -contracts to sap-
ply the government with ordnance have
been required to work night and day
in order to finish the work in hand and
to arrange their business with a view to
increased orders. ...
As to the small ' arms and extra am
munition, orders have already been
placed with the Union Metalic Cartridge
Company and . the Winchester Arms
Company. Negotiations for a large sup
ply of small arms, army equipments
and accoutrements are now being
made. t , , , t t ; , . , ; ' , ; '. :
' Fort McHenry and Baltimore harbor,
will be selected as headquarters for one
of the new regiments of artillery, instead
of Fort Wadswortb. N. Y.. as orieinaly
proposed. - The selection of Fort Slocum
as headquarters for one of the regiments
nil not be altered-. J
. General Greely, chief signal officer,
has been given authority by the secre
tary of war to proceed without regard to
ordinary restrictions, in establishing
rapid telegraphic connections between
coast defenses. .
flit Services to Bli Country Daring; the
: Lite War. .
Los Angeles.. Mar. 11. General
William Stark Rosecrans died at 7
o'clock this morning at bis home
near Redondo. His death was not
unexpected, it having been realized
several days ago that his illness
could not have other than a- fatal
termination.
General RosecraDs' death was peaceful
in the extreme. For several days he
has been between life and death, at
times nnconscioos and again in a coma
tose state, v HIa splendid vitality kept
him alive for days. At the bedside when
the end came were the son and daugh
ter of the general, Carl and Anna Rose
crans, and a number of immediate
Both the method and results when
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and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation, , .Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste, and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute. .
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friends of the family, besides the attend
ing physician, Dr. Haines, from this
city. I
Rosecrans was stricken with no par
ticular disease, and the end came trongh
a gradual ' weakening of the system.
When he was first stricken, more than
two weeks ago, it was not supposed to
be more than a light attack of la grippe.
A daughter of . Rosecrans, Mrs. Toole,
is now at Helena, Mont., where her bus
band resides.
- Rosecrans was possessed of a fine
property and his last days were spent in
peace and plenty. ' , '
Arrangements for the funeral have not
yet been announced.
THE DAT 131 CONGRESS.
Private Claims Bill Considered Under
Bpeclal Order. i
Washington, Mar. 11. Under the
epicial order made last week, today was
set aside in the house for consideration
of a bill containing provisions for claims
aggregating $1,200,000, reported by the
court of claims under the provisions of
the Bowman, act. j
' Hull of Iowa, Republican, chairman
of the military affairs committee, re
ported a complete . agreement by the
conferees on the army appropriation
bill. The report was agreed to without
debate.-- . - . -- !
The boose then went into committee
of the whole and . took op the special
order. Loud of California demanded
the reading of the bill, which covers 80
pages. .
The Shakers of Mount Lebanon, a
community of simple, honest, God-fear
ing men and women, have prepared the
Shaker Digestive Cordial for many years,
and it is always the same, simple, hon
est, curative medicine that has helped
to make the Shakers the bealthy, 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 properties
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. ' . . " ' "
, Favorable Beport Ordered. ' ', ' ;
-.Washington, : Mar. ;.ll. The ' house
committee on public lands. agreed to re
port favorably -the Shafroth bill for the
cession of all arid lands to the state in
which tbev are. located. Under the
Carey act, 1,000,000 acres have ' already
been ceded to the respective states, but
none but Wyoming have taken advant
age of the act. '.
We are anxious to do a little good in
this world and can think of no pleas
anter or better way to do it than by rec
ommending One Minut Cough Cure aa
a preventive of pneumonia,, consump
tion and other serious lung troubles that
follow neglected colds. ,' . '.
One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
That la what It was made for. ,
HOLE IN THE MilNE
Everything Points to an Ex
ternal Explosion.
VIEWS EXPRESSED BY AN EXPERT
Captain Pearl's Argument Kefuted
Method of Work of the Span
ish Divers.
Havana, Mar. 15. It is impossible
to send direct from Havana anything
in refutation of Captain Pearl's state
ment yesterday regarding the views of
j the Spanish board of inquiry on the
Maine disaster.
As to the whole in the Maine, an ex
pert in question- makes the very im
portant statement that the Maine drew
28 to 30 feet at the time of the explosion
and had about 10 feet of water beneath
her bottom. . On . the port side, where
tbe; United States divers are now at
work, there is at present 27 feet ot water.
May this not be the hole which Captain
Pearl says could not be found? If it
was, the whole was more than seven feet
deep when the explosion took place, and
bad greatly filled since.
As to the finding of dead fish, the
court of inquiry has not seen a solitary
fish since the work began on the wreck.
The bodies removed from the Maine
have not been touched by fishes. Some
of the fishermen in Havana testified
that there were no fiiih inside the harbor
the water being to foul for them.
Further, as to the alleged discoveiies
of Spanish divers reported to Captain
Pearl, five American divers have been
working on the port side of the wreck
on an average of seven hours a day each
for nearly three weeks, in a epace 50 feet
long and 20 feet wide. The Spanish di
vers have never been inside the wreck
at all, neither have they ever been on
the port side, devoting the short hours
which they spent under water to the
starboard and forward parts and outside
the hull.
Recently, to their own surprise, they
brought in two cans of ammunition for
the 6-mcb guns, not exploded. They
dropped them ; back when the light of
surface showed that they were hot ex
ploded and what their nature really
was. .
The Spanish divers often godown only
long enougbt to get their suits wet, and
then come up and hide behind a blanket
on the barge, where they sleep or rest
for a couple of hours', and then go ashore
and report that they cannot see anything
in tbo water and mad.
The expert interviewed by the corre
spondent expressed the belief that the
Maine was blown npby what is known
as a Newport torpedo, a stationary tor
pedo, or something of the same nature.
This engine of destruction is the joint
production ot the labors of .Commander
Converse, commander of the Montgom
ery; Lieutenant-Commander McLean,
now in command of the torpedo stations
at Newport, and Lieutant Holman, or
dinance officer of the Maine at the time
of the explosion. The Newport torpedo
can be planted from a small boat, and
the expert believes that this one was ex
ploded by being struck on the port side
of the Maine forward o' amidships as
she swung at her moorings. He thinks
this more likely ,than that wires were
laid ashore, as the wires, if laid for any
length would sink deep in . the harbor
mud. ; ' '
It would be singular if it ebould. be
(.proved that the Maine was blown up by
a torpedo in the invention of which one
of her principal officers, Lieutenant
Holman, played a notable part.
All the foregoing statements come
from an authority on which the court
depended for much of its evidence, and
is given the correspondent without res
ervation, .except as : to the name and
rank, of the giver. .The ; expert.: farther
believes that .-the destroying mine was
made up of tour- torpedos of thirty-six
pounds each, of wet and dry gun cotton,
or 144 pounds in all. ..V, : , , , .
-". In the judgment of the correspondent,
the United States court ' of inquiry is
fully aware of the views which the Span
ish court of inquiry will promulgate,and
has also made a careful investigation on
the same liner, so as to 6e able either to
confirm or refute the forthcoming report
of the Spanish board. :
Survivor Wants Pardon.
! Lincoln, Neb.,Mar. 15. Parrick Ford,
an ex-member of the Omaha city coun
cil, visited Governor Holcombe to plead
for a pardon for bis son, Patrick Ford,
jr., one of the . survivors of the Maine
disaster. ,' ;., ;' ' j
Young Ford two years ago was con-
victed of burglary and sentenced to 15
years in the penitentiary. He escaped
from jail, made his way . to. Boston, en
listed ia .the navy under an essoined
name, and was assigned to the Maine.
A letter trom him to his parents details
his experience in the wreck, where he
was wounded. Letters from other sources
tend to confirm this story , ,
Governor Holcombe has not yet indi
cated what action he will take.
. None Available In Italian Yards.,
London. Mar. 12. A special dispatch
from Rome says agents of the United
States navy department have been visit
ing the shipyards at Genoa and Leghorn
to buy warships, but have fouud none
available. ; , ' .
Chamberlain's Cuu.n Remwly. '
This remedy is intended especially for
coughe, colds, croup,, whooping cough
and influenza, It has become famous
for its cures of these diseases, over a
large part of the civilized world. The
most flattering testimonials have been
received, giving accounts of its good
works; of the ageravating and persist
ent coughs it has cured ; of severe colds
that have yielded promptly to its sooth
ing effects, and of the dangerous attacks
of croup it has cured, often saving the
life of, the child. The extensive use of
it for whooping coughs has ehown that
it robs that disease of all dangerous con
sequences. For eale by Blakeley &
Houghton. ' '
Ksterhazy's Grandstand Play.
Paris, Mar. 12. Colonel Piquart de
clined to notice Comte Ferdinand Es
terhazy'e challenge to a duel, the latter
has written a letter accusing him of
cowardise and threatening the horse
whip him.
Mechanics are Enlisting.
New York, Man 12. The enlisting of
Skilled mechanics, machinists, seamen
and ironworkers was continued today at
the Brooklyn navy-yard. .
Deafness Cannot be Cared
by local ' applications, as ' they cannot
reach the diseased1 portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus
tachian Tube. When this tube is in
flamed you have a rambling sound- or
imperfect bearing,; and when lit Is en
tirely closed, Deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out of ten are caused
by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
flamed condition of ' the mucous sur
faces. - i . vf t-i;.!.wM ini
i We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Core. Send for circulars ;' free.
: F, J.' Cheney A Co., Toledo, O.
T"8old by Druggists, 75c.' : . 6-10 "
Night Work at the Arsenal. "
New York; Mar. 12. Fifty rhore me
chanics will be at work at the Water
town arsenal Monday, and pight work
in the machinery . department will be
begun. ,
Sheep marking paint'; ready for use..
Two colore, black and red. ' Why you
should use onr sheep paint.- First, be
cause the colors are ground thoroughly
in pure linseed oil. by ; fine machinery ;
second, because it is made of high grade
color, with the proper amount of dryers
added to give it binding and lasting
qualities, which prevent it from washing
or rubbing off; third, it is much mote
economical, because it is always ready
for use. - We guarantee oar theep mark
ing paints to give satisfaction. Try it
and be convinced. Clarke & Falk,
agents, The Dalles, Or. ' '
Spaolth Torpedo Flotilla.
MIdeid, Mar. 12. The Spanish ' tor
cedo flotilla has not yet left Cadiz. - The
vessels will sail for the Canary islands
as soon as the. weather moderates.. -
.. JEx-Congressman Brown Dead. ,
Seymour, Ind., Mar. IK Ex-Con
gressman Jason B. Brown, of the ''Old
Third". Indiana district, is dead, aged 59
years. '' . '
Rev. E. Edwards, pastor of the English
Baptist Church at ' Minersville, Pa.,
when suffering with', rheumatism,' was
advised to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm.
He says: "A few . applications of this
liniment proved of great service to me.
It snbsued the inflamation and relieved
the pain. Should any suffer profit by
giving Pain'Balm a trial it will please
me.". For Bale by Blakeley -& Hough
ton. i ' ' " '-
To Be Transferred to London.
London,: Mar. 14. Senor Domingo
Gana, Chilean minister at Washington,
bas been appointed minister plenipoten
tiary to to the court of St. James. ;
The Fern at Key West.
Key West,' Mar. : 14.' The ' dispatch
boat Fern arrived here today from Ma-tanzas.
IT IS NOW ASSURED
Investors Awaiting Signs
of Action.
ALL EYES TURX TO WASHINGTON
Sndden Change of Front on the Fart of
- Forelen Capitalists Results
of Careful Stndy.
New York. Mar. 14. A Tribune dis
patch says : .; : ' '
. Events in the United States indicate
that the test laid down in President Mc
Kinley's message for solving the Cuban
question are soon to be applied. Testi
mony to the justice of these tests is fur
nished from an important source. It
comes from the investment of European
capital. English capitalists have shown
more confidence in the certainty of
American intervention than have some
of the American people. For months
they have been making extensive in
vestments, Now it is understood that
English syndicates control most of the
tobacco factories. The consolidation of
the railroad system is under their guid
ance. Other enterprises have their di
rection.. :
All this has been going on during a
period when the shawdow of Spanish
sovereignty over Cuba was disappearing.
No single circumstauce would have jus
tified the risk of a dollar if it bad rested
on autonomy bringing peace or the hope
of Spain being able to guarantee of sta
ble government, nor has there been any
thing to encourage the belief that peace
would come in the wake of the conquer
ing arms of the peninsula or that the
insurgents would be able to drive the
Spaniards from the ieland. : -. ,
. English investors have taken no such
wildcat chances. They have gone for
ward in the face of what might have
proved a temporary - period ' of anarch
or even a 60-days' war. v Their business
judgment bas been based, npon deliber
ate conviction that either the mediation
or the intervention ot the United States
was inevitable, in the belief that ' Spain
would be unable to meet ' the conditions
on which the president would be sup
ported by the facts in ; saying that the
cause of intervention, had been re
moved, ,
' In a less pronounced way" representa
tive's of the French capitalists who have
recently been in Cuba have reached the
same conclusion. This has been in the
face of the French holdings of Spanish
bonds. , , , .
The German commercial interests long
ago strongly intrenched have looked for
ward with com plaisancy ' 'mingled with
impatience to the time when the United
States would end the struggle.-, , i;
Doubtless the consuls of these Euro
pean powers have reported the situation
to their' respective governments.' "Most
of them have - made a careful study of
the economical as well as i the political
and military outlook. ,. They will wel
come peace or intervention as a means
of releasing them from bnrdens. In the
cities the .gas companies and electric
light companies can collect : nothing. ' If
they press for payment- the plants are
threatened with confiscation. The rail
road company receives promises of fu
ture payment for the' transportation of
supplies. : ' ,; ''.' i
When-' they - press 1 for compensation
they are met ; with the point that the
government may take the roads. Other
importunant creditors are held off in a
similar way. ' ' .
CONFIRMED AT WASHINGTON.
Government Has Bought the Amazonas
and Admiral Bren. .'
"Washington, Mar. 14. The reported
sale to the United States- of the ' Brazil
ian cruisers Amazonas and Admiral Ab
renall now receiving . their r finishing
touchas in English shipyards, was con
firmed this afternoon.' ; It is said fur
thermore that Spain . cannot : purchase
ships either, from Chile or Argentine
Republic. ,, , ,
The big armored cruiser' Brooklyn ar
rived at Fortress Monroe this morning
direct from La Guayra, Venezuela. She
made a fine run op and it is expected
will await at Hampton Roads the arri
val of the Minneapolis and Columbia
which are just flitting out at Philadel
phia. This force will form an excellent
nucleus for protected "flying squad
ron," in case the department decides to
form one. . , .-'
Orders have been sent to Commodore
Howell, commanding the European sta
tion, to send a force of men from the
San Francisco to take possession ot and
hoist the United States flag on the Bra
zilian ship that ia ready to go into com- j
Royal makes the food pare,
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ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
mission at Newcastle. This will prevent
any difficulty in case hostilities should
break out, as the ship would be under
the flag but lying in a friendly harbor.
Robbed the Grave.
A startling incident of which Mr. John
Oliver of Philadelphia, was the subject
is narrated by him as follows : I was in
a most dreadful condition. My skin
was almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongue
coated, pain continually in back and
sides, no appetite gradually growing;
weaker day by ; day. Three physicians
had given me np.- Fortunately, a friend
advised trying 'Electric Bitters,' - and to
my great joy and surprise, the, first bot
tle made a decided improvement I con
tinued their use for three weeks, and am
now a well man. I know they saved
my lite and robbed the grave of another
victim." . No one should fail totry tbenu
, Wolf Joel Shot.
. Cape Town, Mar. 14. Wolf Joel.trm
tee otf the estate o ithe late Barney Bar
nato, the South, : Millionaire, wa
shot in in his office tn.. : k at Jo
hannesburg, by a former sol die
j : -.. i i. ' .......
Johannesburg, Mar. 14. The mur
derer of Wolf Joel, a oiin named Fleld
thein, has been arrested. . ......
j I have been afflicted with rheumatism
for fourteen years and nothing seemed
to give any relief. I .- was able to be
around all the time, but constantly suf
fering.'' I bad tried everything I could
hear of and at last was told to try Cham
berlain's Pain Baling which I did, and
was immediately-relieved and in a short
time cured. I am happy to say that it
has not since returned. Josh Edgar,
Germantown, Cat. For eale by Blake
ley & Houghton.
One and One-Flftu Fare to Walla Wll
For the Dairy and Hog Convention to
be held at Wall a Walla March 15ib,16tii
and 17th j the O. R. & N. Co. will make
a special rate of one and ons-fiftb fare
for the round trip on the certificate plan.
Passengers paying full fare to Walla
Walla will, upon reqoest, be given a re
ceipt for fare paid, 'which; when' signed
by the secretary of the convention, en
titles holder to purchase return ticket at
one-fifth fare within three days after
close of meeting.
tf ' ' Jambs Ireland, Agent.
TorpeUo Fleet Balls.
Madrid, Mar. 14. The Spanish tor
pedo squadron sailed from Cadiz at 6
o'clock .last night for the Canary is
lands. ' : . -
The liiscovery or tlie Day.
Aug. J. Bjgel, the leading drugeistof
Shreveport, ; La., says: "Dr. King's
New Discovery is the only thing that
cures my cough, and it is the beBt seller
I have." J. F, Campbell, merchant of
Saffords, Ariz., writes: "Dr. King's
New Discovery is all that is claimed for
it ; it never fails, and is a sare cure lor
Consumption, Colds and Coughs.. I
cannot say enough for its merits." Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds is no experiment. Is
has been tried for a quarter of a century,
and today stands at the head. It never
disappoints. Free trial bottles at Blake
ley & Houghton's drug store. &
Somewhat Different.
Mifis Homewood Charley Brnstoa
told me 'that I was looking pretty this
morninjf. ' 11 ' ' ' - ' '
Miss Point Breeze That isn't whathe;
told me he said to you. ;
"What did he say?"
"He said that you were looking as
pretty as ever." Pittsburgh ChronicTo
TelegTaph. ..
'TIa an. Ill Wind, Etc.
"Oh.Queenie, such sweet news! What
do you think?" ' '
"No idea. Fk.! What-isit?" 1
' "Papa has been bitten by a mad doff
a"d novr'we are all g-oing' to Paris. Isn't
it a bit of luck?" Pick-Me-Up.
Don't annov others by your conzbing,
and risk your life by neglecting a cold.
One Minute Cough Cure cures cough",
colds, croup, grippe and all throat and
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