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THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 23. 18H8.
VOL. VIII.
NUMBER 21.
INQUIRIES COMPLETE
POLICY OP'M'KINLEY
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sent here, and the cruisers Charleston
and Philadelphia are being prepared for
service at Mare island, as is alse the gun
boat Yorkown.
ECCENTRIC WESTERNER.
4 DELAY IS EXPECTED
Royal makes the food pure,
wholesome and d
Preliminary Report to Be
Made to the President.
CLAIM THE END TO BE IX' SIGHT
Announcement of the Administration's
Policy Will Ha Mads Upon
Kecelvt of thx Keport;
Washington, Mar. IS The presi
dent does not expect anything in
the nature of a prelioiin try report
from the board of inquiry in the
MaiDe disaster. On the contrary,
its expectation is that the report,
when it comes, will be complete in
all respects, although following the
usual course, it is within the pow
er of the secretary of the navy to
order the body to continue their
investigations along certain lines,
should be believe further informa
tion is desirable.
Washikgton, Mar. 18. Nothing of a
special character developed at today's
cabinet meeting beyond the fact that
the report of the Maine court of inquiry
is not expected until the early part of
next week. As has been the case in ev
ery cabinet meeting during the last
month, almost the entire ' session was
consumed in discussing the Cuban ques
tion, and it can be stated oh good au
thority that no plan of action will be
definitely decided upon pending the ar
rival of the report.
Every phase of the several questions
involved was careful'. y considered, and
it is believed that very soon after the re
port is received the president, probably
in conjunction with congress, will an
nounce a definite policy.
Washington, Mar. 18. Senator Gal
linger was at the capitol today for the
first time since bis return from Cuba,
When requested to make a statement
as to his observations of thecondition pf
affairs at present on the island, be re
sponded: "You can sign my name to any pict
ure you may draw of ntter wretchedness
and destitution and hellisbness in that
country.- The reconcentrados are per
ishing by thousands for want of the com
monest necessities of life. .The best in
formation obtainable leads to the con
clusion tbat there have been beyond
doubt400,000deaths as a result pf Spain's
brutal policy, and many more are occur
ring from day1 to day. ',
"There is a divergency of opinion on
the island as to the probability of ' war
between Spain and the United States,
and I am sure that I am within the
. bounds of truth when I say that almost
the entire native population would wel
come any tnrn of events however tragic,
that would wrest Cuba from the domi
nation of 8 pain. This is true not only
of those avowedly favorable to indepen
dence, but of many from' the ranks of
the Spanish sympathizers, who are at
heart strong advocates of Cuban inde
pendence.
FBE9H DEMANDS.
Important Conception to
Be Exacted
from China.
Peking, Mar. 18. France has formu
lated the following fresh demands from
the Celestials : '
That China, shall not cede any part
of the .four provinces, Kwang Tang,
Kwang Si, Yun Nan, and Kwet Chan;
that the rail wny from Tung Cbau Ting
(on the northern frontier of Tonqnin)
shall be extended via Paz, Siam, into
the Yun Nan province, and tbat a coal
ing station be granted France at Lei
Chau' Fd, in the Hen Chau peninsula
north of Han Nan.
Thus far China declines to comply
with any of these demands.
Peking, Mar. 18. France makes nu
merous other demands npon China in
addition' to those cabled last' night.
They include railroads and coaling sta
tion concessions, exclusive mining priv
ileges, and also insist that the director
of the imperial postoffice. should be a
Frenchman.
Eight days are allowed China to reply
and the threats are interpreted to indi
cate that the French " will occupy the
province of Hai Nin unless the Chinese
comply. ,
Sobral la High Faror. -.
New Yobk, Mar. 18. A Madrid dis
patch says:
Tf I. .;nn(An.Ti h.t Sannr Rnhrat. i
late naval attache at Washington, who J
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WRECK OFF TILLAMOOK. -
Lumbar Schooner Arthur
Ashore Kear
Orctown.
Tillamook. Or., Mar. 18. News has
just been received from Oretown.a small
village on the coast, about thirty miles
south of here, that theJnmber schooner
Arthur I., of San Francisco, is on the
beach at that point, a total wreck, hav
iug been broken into several pieces by
heavy seas.
Nothing has been seen of the crew,
and it is feared that all have perished.
There is no telegraph line to Oretown
and no further particulars are obtain
able.. The Court of Inquiry.
Key West, Mar. 19. The court of in
quiry continued its session today on
board the battleship Iowa. . The cruiser
Montgomery sailed this morning for
Tortugas with 12-incb shells for the
fleet. The battleships Massachusetts
and Texas will leave Tortugas today for
Hampton Roads.
TO.eyler Denle. the Story.
Madrid. Mar. 18. Wevler denies the
authenticity of the letter published in
the New York' Journal yesterday in
which he is alleged, to have said the
United States would not dare to send
a warship to Havana while he was in
command there.
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-Fleet at Las Falmas.
New York, Mar. 18. A Las Palmas
special says: . -
The Spanish torpedo fleet, consisting
of the Pluto, Terror, . Furor, Azerk,
Ariele and Bavoand two transports have
arrived here. '
Spain Did Bay a Cruiser.
Madrid, Mar. 18. According to a dis
patch received by the Imparcial from
Rome, the Italian min'ster . of marine
confirms the reported sale of the armored
cruiser Varez to Spain.
Oregon Sails for the Booth. -
San Francisco, Mar. 19. The battle
ship Oregon steamed out of the Golden
Gate 6hortlay alter 7 o'clock this morn
ing, bound for Callao, where she will
receive orders from headquarters, which
it is generally understood will order ber
the join the Atlantic squadron.
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ALL DEPENDS ON NAVAL INQUIRY
Congress Must Share Responsibility-
Spanish Flotilla Mast Turn
' Back or Be Destroyed.
New York. Mar. 19. "While the
Maine disaster is inseparably linked
with the general Cuban question," eavB
the Washington correspondent of the
Herald, "I am sure that the president
would deal with the former diplomatic
ally before making representations to
Spain concerning . the independence of
Cuba. The blowing up of the Maine is to
be used as an additional and final argu
ment as to why a speedy end should' be
brought to the existing warfare in Cn
ba. ,
"Presiden McEinley is anticipating a
decision which will show the main caufe
of the disaster to have been 'an outside
explosion, and the 'court will be unable
to show what person or persona com
mitted the crime. A cabinet member
told me that while the president aB
preparing to make diplomatic represen
tations to Spain on an indemnity basis,
he was not unmindful of the possibilities
of a finding bv the court that would
mak'e war unavoidable, and that the ex
traordinaiy military and naval prepara
lions were in consequence of these facts
begun.
"This official told me that only a de
cislon showing a positively direct con
nection of Spanish .officials with the
Maine disaster woul prevent the presi
dent from carrying out bis determination
to deal with the Maine case in a strictly
legal and diplomatic way. It may be
stated further that the president hopes
and expects that this matter can be ad
juBted diplomatically.' ';""' .
"I am informed tbat it is now the pur
pose of the president to make congress
jointly responsible . for any action in
dealiog with the Cuban question which
may result in war. He believes the in
dependence of Cuba is written in a book
of fate. He further believes that the
blowing up of the Maine makes it im
perative upon this country to do some
thing at the earliest possible day to end
the war in Cuba, but be is not convinced
as to the best means for securing this
without bringing on war. He has said
that he will not be responsible. for an
unholy war. If the United States is to
be made responsible for precipitating a
war, be desires that congress shall share
the responsibility with him.
"Instead of issuing a proclamation
recognizing the independence of Cuba,
as it has been frequently asserted be
would do, President McKinley is now of
the opinion tbat congress should take
the initiative. It is for tbat reason that
the administration has changed its pro
gram in favor of an early adjournment.
I am now assured tbat the president
wants congress to. stay here nntil the
Cuban question is in a fairway to settle
ment. 'There is no further doubt that the
holding of the Spanish torpedo flotilla
at the Canaries, and the withdrawal of
the battleships from the vicinity of Cu
ba, was a result of an agreement by the
Washington and Madrid governments.
"The fact that Rear-Admiral Sicard
has remaining with him at Key West a
formidable squadron shows the desire
of the authorities to have a strong fleet
there when the report of the court is
read and the result of the policy to be
inaugurated by the president has made
itself apparent. ;
"It has been determined by the offi
cials to continue the sharp, watch which
has been kept on the torpedo-boat flotil
la, and if attempts to move to Porto Ri
co, to make a vigorous protest to Spain
looking toward orders for its immediate
return to the. Canaries,, and if Spain
should refuse to comply with these rep
resentations, the plan prepared by the
officials contemplates not only the form
ation of a flying squadron, but the dis-
patch of cruisers to intercept the flotilla
and destroy it." , -
Sao Francisco's Defense. -
San Fbancisco, Har. 19. Within
three weeks San Francisco will have one
of the most strongly fortified harbors in
the United States, and will have a fleet
of warships capable of holding its own
with a country that has more ships tbau
Spain can send to the Gulden Gate.
The monitors . Monterey and Mooak
nock have been ordered - here from the
south; the Baltimire is to come from
Honolulu, three torpedo-boats are to be
Ilia Neighbors Had Aptly Darned Him
"Old Comparison."
The people around tine little moun
tain town, says the Yakima (Wash.)
Herald, called him '"Old Comparison,"
and I knew- in a general way why the
soubriquet had been given him, but I
dfd not, during my month's stay, have
an opportunity to test it, though I had
a speaking acquaintance with him.
One day I yas passing his house, and lie
was sitting on the steps of the little
vine-clad porch in front.
"Good-morning," I said. "M's a love
ly day."
"Finer'n silk," he responded.
"How are j-ou this morning?"
"Friskier'n a colt."
"How's your wife?"
"Pearter'n a pullet."
"The weather is very hot and dry for
this season, don't you think?"
"Hotter'n a run hoss and drier n a
clean shirt."
"I suppose you went to the wedding
last ni?ht in the meeting house? . A
pretty bride, I thought."
"Purtier'n a speckled dog."
"The young man is very rich, I hear.
. "Richer'n a fertilizer a foot thick."
"By the way, are you willing to sell
me those sawlogs Brown couldn't take
off your hands?"
"Wil'.iner'n a girl to get spliced."
"When can I see them?"
"Quicker'na lamb can shake his
tail.'"
And the old man erabbed his hat
and stick and led the way to the river,
offering no remark, but answering all
questions as usual.
SWEETS IN
Odd Name
OUEEN BESS TIME.
of Some
Old Tt me
Dclacnclea.
During the Elizabethan period there
grew up in England a great national
liking for sweet things. Not merely
was .this seen'ia the general taste for
sugar cinfiture, but it was manifested
in the general demand for sweet wines,
the rich cherries, the charneco, the
sack, the sugary almond-flavored sack'
posset, and other drinks of the same
class. In drinking, as in eating, the ip
crease of appetite for sugar grew by.
what it fed on. :Though not a sweet
meat in the strict sense of the term,
"sack-posset" so ' largely . represented
the taste of that time for sweetness and
flavor that the recipe of Sir Fleetwood
Shepherd, given by Mr. Howard Staun-
ton in bis Shakespeare notes, is worth
quoting: "To make a sack-posset.
Tuke two quarts of pure good cream
and a quarter of a pound of the best al
monds. Stamp them in the cream and
boil with amber and musk therein.
Then take a pint of sack in a basin and
set it on a chafing dish till it be blood
warm? Then take the yolks of 12 eggs,
with four of their whites; and beat
them well together; and so put the
rggs into the sack. Then stir all to-
;ether over the coals till "t is as thick
is you would have it. If you now take
jome amber and musk and grind the
same quite small with sugar and strew
his on top of your posset, I promise
r'ou that it shall have a most delicate
ina pleasant taste." xnere was an-
Jther mixture of the same class calleS
"rambooz," made of eggs, ale, wine and
sugar. .
THE STINGIEST MAN.
How the Mean Man Mannered to Save
' His Money.
"Yes, he was a mean man," said a
visitor to a St. Louis host the other
day, according to the Sunday Republic.
How? Tell me about it," questioned
the host.
"Well, this man I speak cf was the
champion stingy man of our country.
He kept u good-sized wooden ring in his
pocket, and when he went to the store
to buy eggs he would try every one of
those eggs in the ring. If they were
small enough to go through the ring he
would not take them. He bought noth
ing but large eggs, you see. He believed"
in getting everything possiblefor his
money.
'I never heard of such a thing,"
ejaculated the St. Louis man.
'Of course you didn't," said the vis
itor. "Nobody else ever heard of such
meanness. TVhv, he used to ixive his
children a nickel apiece to so to bed
without their suppers. The next morn-
ng he would charge, them a nickel
apiece for fheir breakfasts. Saving
game, wasn't. it?" . . -
'Say, that's a fish story!" shouted the
St. Louis man, indignantly.
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Recovered From the Maine.
.Havana, Mar. 19. One 6-inch gun
and a valuable cable were recovered to
day from the wreck of the Maine. The
bodies of two vistims were sent to Key
West on the afternoon steamer.
Deliberations May Not Be
.Ended. Until Friday.
NO EXPLANATION HAS BEEN MADE
Mo Farther Purchase of Warthtps Hade
Government's Option on the
' . O'HIggina Secure.
The expectations .of officials in
Washington tbat the report of the
Main court of inquiry might reach
the capital today have been disap
pointed. It is now announced tbat
it may not come before, Thursday
or Friday.
The government has made no
new purchases of warships.
Secretary Long has recbristened
the two cruisers purchased of Bra
zil. Hereafter the Amazonus will
be known as the New Orleans, and
the name of the Admiral Aoruell
will be changed to that of Albany.
Washington, Mar. 21. It can be
stated positively and authoritatively
the report of the board of inquiry on the
Maine disaster bus not been received up
to noon today. From the same source it
can be stated that the present official in
formation is tbat the official report is
not likely to be here before next Thurs
day or Friday.
This is a material change from the ex
pectationn prior to his time. The cause of
the delay is not known, but it is assumed
tbat the conclusions of the court are not
yet in such exact (form as to warrant
an earlier presentation of them at the
capital.
The government has made no further
purchases of warships, but its negotia
tions in that Hue have been productive
of at least one important result, namely,
in establishing that unless the battle'
ship O'Higgins becomes the property of
the United States it will not be sold at
all. Practically the same condition pre
vails as to the , Argentine armoured
cruiser San Martine, which will become
the property of this government .if it
passes from the hands of its present
owners.
Secretary Long's office at the navy de
partment was again the center of a con
ference today. Hale, chairman of the
senate committee on naval affairs, was
one of the early callers, and spent halt
an hour with Long. Senator Pritchard
also had a talk with Loiig.
Hale went from Long's office to the
White House and talked with the presi
dent. Within a short time he" was fol
lowed by Long, wLo spent considerable
time with the president. . Senator Han
na came to the secretary's office during
his absence, and learning that he was
with the president, spent some time in
conference with . Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt.
Secretary Long issued an order today
that the) Amazonus, the cruiser recently
purchased from the Brazilian govern
ment, hereafter shall bear the name of
New Or'eana n bonor of the principal
citv of Louisiana. Long has recbristened
the cruNer Abruell, recently purchased
from the Brazillian government, and ehe
will hereafter be known as the Albany,
in honor of the capital of the empire
state.
I
BIG FIRE AT BUTTE.
One of the Injured Men Already Dead
and Another Dying;.
Butts, M"r- 21. The Hale house, a
big three-story tmiMmg, used as a
boarding and lodging house for men in
the employ of the Anaconda Mining
Company, was entirely bestroyed by fire
early this morning. The building is on
East Broadway, and when the fire broke
out, shortly after three o'clock, there
were four hundred men in it. Of these,
many are now in hospitals and others
who escaped almost witbont clothes, are
scattered all over the town.
Until the sale, now buried in the cel
lar under tons of debris, is removed, the
books examined and the roll called, it
will not be known how many perished.
Estimates, of the dead, which now run
up to twenty-five, niav be cut down as
the men report for duty or to the police.
It is known that sixty men did not show
up at the mines this morning,' though
many of these doubtless ,are with their
friends, recovering from the scare they
received.
The fire started in the basement, and
soon was' beyond control.' The balls
were filled with smoke and it was impos
sible for many to -have escaped by that
route. - The escapes were mostly in the
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by the men who could reach then.
Those in front, however,' crowded to tbe
windows. Many of these were taker
out by means of ladders put up by tbe
firemen. Others jumped and were i
or less injured. As fest as tbe
reached tbe ground the injured wore
tak-n to hospitals vr the homes of
friends. Others, not injured, rushed at '
once for shelter. The air was bitter
cold.
The loss on the hotel will araoant to
$30,000. Nothing was Mt standing bat
a corner of the wait. Tbe indiridml
losses of the men will amount to ctx
siderable. . .
AN AUDACIOUS PL.AX.
Intention la to Charge the Exploaioa ta
"Unknown Cause.
New Yobk, Mar, 21. A special from
Havana says: '
The workjof tbe Spanish divers has not
been thorough. Apparently they bare
found HQ little evidence oa which the
theory of internal explosion could be
based that the Spanish court fs'not will
ing to stand unacqoivocally on the theo
ry of accident, which it set out to DtaiB
tain. The fact9 have been known for
three or four days. They may account
for the statements from Madrid tbat
the Maine incident will not be a caote
for war between tbe two countries, and
also hints at arbitrating the dispute n .
the question of facts.
This talk is semi-official. The Spma
iBh recozniza the impossibility of nc
cessfully controverting the case wbicb
will be presented when the repoit ol
Captain Sampson and his associates1 on -the
American board of inquiry is psb
lished. They bave bad an inkling tbat
the evidence on which tbe external ex
plosion due to foul play will be changed,
is meant to satisfy,. not only the Ameri
can people, but tbe judgment oi experts
tnroughqut the world. How strongly
this conclusion of .the American board
is fortified will Boon be known.
Tbe one received from Madrid ia to
have a counter-case ready, so at suspen
sion of tbe world's judgment can . be
aeked until diplomacy can arrange
satisfactory settlement. The evidest
hope of Blanco's gorvernmeat is to keep
tbe Maine incident entirely distinct
from other Cuban questions. Notwiib-
standing this lack of confidence in iir
own theory of accident, rt cannot Do-
learned that the officers are doing any
thing to uncover tbe fhe conspirator
nhn am rponnnnlhle for the blowiDK BD
of the Maine.
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