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THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY, OREGON. SATURDAY. MARCH 26.
NUMBER 21.
1898.
TO BE HELD LIABLE
Finding That the Maine Was
Blown Up by Design.
MADRID HAS BEEN SO NOTIFIED
The Court of Inquiry Da. Concluded It
Investigations, nl Submitted
IU Fiudlngs to Sicard.
Key West, Mar.. 22. The United
States court of inquiry into the loss of
the Maine has at last finished its labo
riooa work of investigation of the disas
ter and submitted its report to Bear
' Admiral Sicard. He has pointed oat
some alterations which be considers
necessary, and the report will probably
be taken to Washington today by Lieutenant-Commander
Maris, judges-advocate
of the court. It is possible, how
ever, that its arrival in Washington may
be delayed several davs loDger. Rear
Ad miral Sicard said last night :
'I could scarcely -say the report will
leave tomorrow. The conrt has practic
ally finished its work, bnt eome details
may engage its attention long enough to
keep the report here several days. ' I
trust, however, that the navy depart
ment will have the documents in a short
time."
The decision reached by the court is
still a matter of surmise. Perhaps some
significance may be attached and con
elusions drawn from a remark made by
Rear-Admiral Sicard last night, when he
said to a correspondent:
"The Case of the Maine is most pecu
liar, perhaps the most peculiar which
has ever happened in the history of the
world." .
From the general tone of his remarks,
it might be inferred that the court's
findings do not definitely solve the mys
tery of the explosion. This is further
birne out by the admiral's statement
that even after the report bad been sent
to Washington the department may re
quire a further investigations. The gen
' eral impression continues to prevail that
the court bad found that the Maine was
. intentionally blown op, but no new rea-
- sons have been adduced for this conclu
sion. The battleship Indiana has arrived
here from the Tortugas islands and an.
cbored alongside the battleship : Iowa
and the cruiser New York, six miles
from the shore.
A Crltli la Chill.
New Yobk, Mar. 22. A Valparaiso
special says :
' Chile is confronted by another minis
terial crisis. Members of the cabinet
have been dismissed, and to Senor Eu
lojo Altamarina has been trusted the
work of forming a new one. The conn
dence of all political parties is sought
now by the government in view of the
seriousness of internal and loreign af
fairs. "
In private circles one hears nothing
butwartalk.lt is generally believed that
that a contact is unavoidable, but there
is good reason to believe that Chile will
not declare war. . Argentina will not
do so on account of ber having so much
to loose.
THE BAY IN CONGRKS9.
. The Senate.
Washington, Mar. 22. In the senate
Oallingor announced that he would ad
dress that body tomorrow on the Cuban
question. The senate tbea debated the
Alaskan civil government bill until 2
o'clock, when it gave way to the nation
al quarantine biU.
la the Bouse.
Washington. Mar. 22. The bouse de
bated the Thorp rep.' vs. Epos dem.
contested election ease from toe fourth
Virginia district.
Presidential Nomination.
Washington, Mar. 22. Among the
nominations sent to the senate today
were the following :
E. M. Scobey, agent for the Indians at
Fort Peck agency, Moat. ; J. A. Wheel
er, postmaster at Independence.Oregon ;
E. P. Holtenhouse, postmaster at Evans
ioh.'Wyoming.
A Denial by Polo.
Washington, Mar. 22. Senor .Polo,
the Spanish minister, Baid today the re
port frouiMadrid that he bad notified bis
government that the American conrt of
inquiry's report was that the explosion
was 6f external origin, was an error.
Rebels Resisted Fiercely. -
Paris. Mar. 22. The Steele today says
the French expedition sent against the
Beseirfs, in the island of Madagascar,
has met wittuearious resistance, six offi
cers and 100 men being killed. The in
surgents captured a number of rifles and
125,000 cartridges.
Air Officer of the Maine.
Lasalle, Ind., Mar. 23. Lieutenant
G. A. Blow, one of the officers of the ill
fated battlesbiD Maine, has arrived in
Lasalle. The lieutenant expressed bis
regret at being unable to divulge any
thing in connection with the Maine dis
aster, as his instructions are particular
ly stringent. The lieutenant will-remain
in this city a few days and expects to
report for duty in Washington the latter
part of the wek.
.Dealness Caunot be Cared
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased 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 rumbling sound or
imperfect bearing, and when it 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 esses out of ten are caused
by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
flamed condition of the mucous snr
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
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Storm in the Middle West.
Kansas City, Mo., Mar. 22. A most
severe storm eeason is in progress in the
Southwest snd West. Emporia. Kan.,
reports a fall of 40 degress in tempera
ture since last night, and Wichita, Flor
ence and other Kansas points make like
reports. '
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and it is always the same, simple, hon
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to make the Shakers the healthy, long
Iived 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 $1.09 per bot
tle. .
Clark Uullty of Murder.
Papa, Cal Mar. 23. Geo. W. Clark
has been found guilty of the murder of
fais brother, William, and on Monday
will receive sentence. The jury was out
nearly an hoar.
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Mr. A. C. Thomas, of Marysvitle,Tex.,
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Jackson's Star Has Set.
Sax Fkancisco, Mar. 23. Jim Jeffries
easily defeated Peter Jackson in the
third round last night At Woodward's
pavilhon. Jackson made' scarcely any
showing at ail.
, Maine Officers Ordered I16me.
Key West, Mar. 22. It is said the of
ficers of the maine now in Hava have
been ordered home. -
Ask Your Doctor
what effect alum has upon the stomach. Then
make up your mind whether you will put any
more low-price baking powder into your husband's
or children's food. .
' Schilling's Best is pure cream of tartar and
soda. Nothing else. ; eo'
IT LOOKS THAT WAV
Officers Take a Gloomy View
of It. .
NOW ON ITS WAY TO WASHINGTON
Merix and His Companions arrive at
Miami, Florida, en Route for
Washington.
Miami, Mar. 23. Lieutenant-Commander
Merix, of the Maine court of in
quiry, arrived here in company with a
small party of officers this morning. A
few minutes later the left by the East
Coast railway, en route for Washing
ton. Merix was very reticent, but when the
correspondent said. "It looks like war,"
be replied, "It surely does.''
Others of the party in answer to the
same question were more emphatic in
-their replies, one of them saying: 'I
cannot Bee how war can possibly be
averted."
Another said: "There will be war."
His face was as genial and bright as
sunshine, but suddenly a change came
over his countenance, his eyes flashed
fre, and when asked when the report
would be made, the reply was: "As
soon as we reach Washington. There
will be no delay." A strong impression
left was that the board's report .would
be against the accident theory.
AN OMINOUS SIN.
War Clause Inserted In Ship Charters
In England.
New York, Mar. 23. A London cable
says :
An ominous sign that the strained re
lations between the United States and
Spain will result in war is furnished by
English shipowners, who cabled to their
agents that all charters most contain a
war clause. This clause which is posted
in the maritime exchange, reads as fol -iows
: .
"It is understood this steamer is te be
employed in strictly neutral trades, is
not to carry contraband cargo or trade
with ports declared under blockade; also
in event of war being declared by or
against Great Britain by a maritime
power this charter is to be null and void
at the end of the current voyage.'
EIVEES ON THE RAMPAGE.
floods Create Ravee in Ohio and In
. ttana.
Dayton, O., Mar. 23. Dayton is in
worse danger tfaau at any time since
18C6, when the central part ot the city
was flooded. North Dayton is complete
ly under water, and about three hun
dred bouses are almost covered. There
were several narrow escapes, but no
lives are reported lost. Back-water is
doing great damage below the city. Three
trolley lines are blocked, and steam rail
roads north of the city are paralyzed.
The levees at Miami and Biverdaie are
in danger. The water is in the cellars in
the central portion of the city and large
and valuable stocks ot merchandise will
undoubtedly suffer.
Richmond, Ind., Mar. 23. Heavy
floods are doing incalculable damage. .A
large bridge over Whitewater river has
been destroyed by fire and water. The
The city electric light plant is drowned
out. The Starr piano factory and the
Nixon paper mill suffered a heavy loss.
Many people have been driven from
their homes and the streets are badly
damaged., i
A HOBNINO TRAGEDY.
A Police Lieutenant Shot and Killed by
a Maniac.
San Fbancisco, Mar. 23. Police Lieu
tenant VVF. Burke was shot and killed
by Frank Haynes, alias the "Irish tink
er," a maniac, this morning, while at
tempting to arrest him for disturbance
of the peace.
Haynes and a neighbor quarreled
about a fence between their lots this
morning, and the former became so
abusive that the police were summoned.
Two ' officere responded, but Haynes
flourished a revolver and acted in such
a threatening manner that they with
drew and summoned Lieutenant BUrke
who went at once to the ecene of the
disturbance.
Hayne9 waved Burke off with n pistol
and as the latter continued to advance,
fired two shots at him, both taking effect
in the abdomen. Burke fell and Haynes
ran into his house, where he proceeded
to "barricade himself. The officers fired
a volley at him, but be returned it with
a Winchester.
Burke was carried to the hospital
where he died in a few minutes. Haynes
finally surrendered after exhausting his
ammuniton. He. is now in jail awaiting
a hearing ot the case.
" . THE DlSAKHtARING TRAY.
Result of Putting: a. Japanese Metal
Ash Receiver Upon a Hot Stove.
,lf you ever use one of those little
fancy Japanese metal trays sold about
the streets for ash receivers, don't put
it on the stove, though that happens to
be a handy place for a circle of smok
ers to reach. That was what the ob
servant Jerseyman did the other night
at his country home, says the New
York Sun.
He and his sons were sitting about a
big stove on a cold night, all smoking,
and for convenience he put the ash re
ceiver on a sort of shelf at the back of
the stove against the smoke pipe. When
he went to bed he left the ash receiver
there. The following morning his wife
discovered it. It v was perfect in ap
pearance and form, and still held the
pile of ashes, burned match ends, and
cigar butts which had been deposited
in it the night before. She was about
to pick it up, when she bethought her
self that it might be hot. Taking some
thing, therefore, to push it with, she
attempted to slide it off upon a plate.
The moment sbe touched it the ash.
receiver lost its form, became liquid,
and ran off the stove upon the floor in
a shining stream of white metal. The
heat of the stove had been sufficient to
melt the pewter, of which it was com
posed, and it had probably stood there
for hours, all in a liquid form, except
the little crust of oxide and lacquer
upon ifs outer surface. This crust had
been coherent enough, to keep the tray
in form until a touch broke it, and then
the whole had collapsed.
LIVING PROGENY OF FISH.
Viviparous Pisces Recorded In the
- Territory of Arlsona.
, A doubt that has troubled scientists
for years whether there exists a vivi
parous kind of fish, one that gives birth
to its young in a living states was defi
nitely settled in the affirmative the
other day, when the city hall fountain
of the capital of Arizona territory was
cleaned out. In turning the water out
of the big cement basin, where a gold
fish variety of the carp family has long
disported itself for the edification of
the, Phoenix nurse girl and the Mari
copa county hobo, it was found that
many of the fish had given birth to
progeny fully formed and ready to dart
in search of food at the moment of com
ing into their watery world. Others
had given birth to tiny creatures that
were globular m shape, except for the
protruding eyes and a nascent tail fin
that could scarcely be seen without a
strong glass. From all the evidences,
it was clear that the clean-up had been
made during the breeding season, yet
there was no sign of fish roe or eggs.
Many specimens of the strange young
fish were collected, and will be shipped
to different.experts.onelot going to the
Smithsonian institution. -
HIS DEATH FORETOLD.
Mow Chonar Expires at the Hour Be
. Bad Named.
An astounding case of fatalism has
just come under the attention of the
British Columbia medical practitioners,
who find in science no explanation and
but few precedents for the extraordi
nary occurrence, reports the St. LUu.i
Republic.
Ten months ago Mow Chang, a
wealthy merchant and manufacturer
of paper flowers, had a vision in which,
he said, he received a supernatural com
munication informing him that he
would die at six p. m. the 19th day of
Shap Yee, the 11th of January. Before
the fateful day arrived he closed up his
business, distributed bequests and on
the day set for his death was banqueted
by some 20 intimate friends at his resi
dence here.
The feast wag in progress when he
quietly left the board and retired to his
couch. Just as the clock struck six
he died, without a word or struggle.
Much against the wishes of his rela-'
fives, an .autopsy was ordered, which,
however, failed to disclose any cause of
death. ' Now the authorities are in a
quandary, as the body cannct be buried
or sent home to China, as desired, with
out s death certificate, and no local
practitioner can solve the riddle amd is
sue one. i.
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British Domestic Servants.
A bill will probably be introduced in
the British parliament prohibiting mas
ters and mistresses from exacting-more
than ten hours a day of work from do
mestic servants.
: Ensrllati Jadg-es' Wigs.
Judges in England have worn the pe
culiar wigs they r.onv wear ever since j
SPAIN IS PREPARING
Spain Will Demand Indem
nity From Us.
DEMAND WILL MEET RESISTANCE
Attempt to EnlUt European Sympathy
Americans Denied Exemption
' From Court Martial.
' In case of a demand being made
upon Spam by the United States
for payment of any indemnity' for
the destruction of the Maine in
Havana harbor, the latest plan of
the Madrid government is to put
in a counter claim for alleged dam
ages caused by American filibus
tering expeditions to Cuba. This
demand, it is said, will 'not be
made with the hope that it will be
granted, but as a possible means
of exciting the sympathy of the
European powers and forcing the
United States to arbitrate this dis
pute. WOULD NULLIFY THE PROTOCOL.
New York, Mar. 24. A Havana dis
patch says:
It is most probable indeed, it is al
most certain that if the United States
claims indemnity for the loss of the
Maine, Spain will put in a counter-claim
for hundreds of millions of dollars for
damage through filibustering - expedi
tions fitted out in America and permit
ted to Bail from American ports by the
harbor officials.
One of the highest Spanish officials in
Cuba stated that Spain's answer to an
American demand for a Maine indemnity
'would surely be as indicated. He reluc
tantly admitted that a blank refusal to
pay for the battleship would not be
backed by Europe, but be seemed ae
sured of .he faet that should Spain offer
to pay promptly, say 150,000,000, for the
toss of the maine if the United States
would pay $100,000,000 for Spanish loeses
through Cuban filibustering, Austria
and France would at least endeavor to
make them their own affairs, and thus
give to Spain the thing she has been
clamoring for all the last three years,
and the only thing she has possibly
gained, time.
Should the Spanish indemnity for the
Maine disaster become a question for an
international board, and should its de
cision be the deciding point of American
imeivention, either America will have
to feed Cuba a whole year or more, or
the Cubans will become, practically ex
tinct. For delay after delay will eurely
consume that much time. If the Cubans
are to live the United States will have
-pent by that time as much, for their
food as the cost of the Maine. If they
are to die, the quicker their misery is
ended the better.
Although . hundreds of tons of food
have now been distributed to starving
Cubans and the bishop of Havana blesses
America for its Christian-use, the Span
ish government still denies that there is
misery there.
La Union Constitutional publishes a
-tronu editorial against Messrs. Morgan,
Call and King, because of the stand
they have taken in connection with the
Maine disaster. It saye the UnitedStates
ill forgive the loss of h(e and money if
the Spaniards hand over Cuba, althougn
through American filibusteringand sym
pathy thousands of Spaniards have lost
their lives in Cuba and the island has
been made a desert.
The Commercial, in an editorial on
the same line, reproaches the American
newspaper correspondents for the "bad
feeling they display," and says it "does
not know which to admire the more, the
men who write the lies or the fools who
believe them.
RCIN WROUGHT BY FLOODS.
Scenes of Devastation all Alone the Al
legheny Klver.
Pittsburg, Mar. 24. A sudden and
decided change in the temperature has
checked the flow in the headwaters this
morning, and the effect was soon notice
able here. After reaching tbirtv feet
the water began to recede rapidly. The
valley of the Altgheny river is a scene of
devastation for many miles. .
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The Spanish Torpedo Flotilla Leaves
the Canaries.
Washington, Mar. 24. News reached
the war department today that the fleet
of Spanish torpedo boats had left the
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CHINA Has AWAKENED.
The Gravity of the Situation- ft Fnlljr
Realised.
New Yobk, Mar. 24. A Pekin speeisl
says: .
During the iaet few days the consulta
tions between the emperor and high offi
cers of state show that China is finally
awakening to the seriousness of her sit
uation. One night the emperor decided
to resist Russia by foice of arms, but the
lack of money and the counsels of Li
Hung Chang prevailed upon htm to
stop.
During a recent discussion the empe
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of Talien Wan when it was proposed by
England?" '
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