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VOL. VIII.
THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 30. ik.8.
NUMBER 22.
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A CLASH WILL COME
Reports the Maine BlownUp
From Without.
THE BLAME HAS NOT BEEN FIXED
The Keport Beached the F-resldent this
Morning pauish lteport A r
rlve at Madrid.
Washington, . Mar. 25.-The report of
of conrt ol inquiry in now in the hands
of President McKiwley: The formal
transmission of this momentous docu
ment was accomplished at 9:40 this
mornish. It was delivered by Lieuten
ant Marix, judge advocate of the court
inquiry, to Secretary Long, and taken
by the latter to the White House and
handed to the president. The arrival of
the report hardly created a ripple of ex
citement at the White House, except
among the newspaper correspondents
gathered there.
Assistant Secretary day had called
about 9 o'clock; but as the presi
' dent was at breakfast he retired,
and returned at 10. Secretary Alger
also came about half an hour later, and
was followed by the postmaster-general
and Secretary Bliss. The other mem
bers of the cabinet did not arrive until
about the uaual hour tor the meeting, 11
o'clock. . .
Marix was called in to explain some
matters not fully covered by the report.
Farther than this no statement would
be made or intimation given by any
cabinet officer as to the contents of the
report until it waa transmitted to con
cress on Monday.
Interest bordering on concern was
manifested among officials of the navy
department over the movement of the
Spanish torpedo fleet from the Canary
islands to Porto Rico. The flotilla is
one of the most formidable of its kind
afloat, and the sending of it to the West
Indies at this time is considered an indi
cation that Spain's endeavor is to be
. prepared for any emergency in or near
Cuba.
Naval experts are of the opinion that
it.will take the flotilla about ten days to
make the journey, but it is exceedingly
likely that it will actually require several
days longer.
The liabilitr of the boats to accident is
great, particularly if they should en
counter rough weather. Then, too, it
they should be accompanied by colliers,
the speed of the fleet would be reduced
to that of the coalboats.
OHIO RIVER STILL. ON THE RISE
Flood Will Not Beach-Its Limit Before
Sunday.
Cisciksatti, Mar. 25. The Ohio river
continues to rise at the rate of an inch
an hour. Reports from above show this
increase in the river's height will con
tinue and be. more rapid tomorrow,
reaching its limit Sunday.
The flood continues at Zanesville,
where the Muskinna is still rising two
inches an hour. Two. persons are re'
ported drowned. More than 200 boxcars
have been destroyed, and the city is
without light or water supplv. The loss
in the county Is now estimated at mil'
lions of dollars. Two thousand people
are sheltered in public and market
bouses.
COAST DEFENSES.
New Twelve-Inch Out to Be Mounted
at the Presidio.
San Francisco, Mar. 25. A new 12'
inch gun with carriage, to be mounted
at Fresidia, has arrived and will be
mounted at once. When it is in post
tion the Presidio can claim the honor of
having in working order one of the finest
' 12-inch disappearing guns in the United
States. It is the intention of the war
department to have three or four more
of these disappearing guns at the Pre
sidio, one at Lime point and about seven
at Lobos.
Several carloads of powder and pro
jectiles for modern weapons at the Pre
sidio and Lime point are. now enroute
for the East. At the Presidio there are
five 12-mch rifles and three dynamite
guns in position ; also five 12-inch guns
on barbettes, and sixteen 12-inch mor
tars. .A second battery of mortars is now
being prepared.
Bound for Yukatat Bay.
Skattlb, Mar. 15. A party of thirty
seven men from Sioux City, la., with
Dr. J. N. Henry as leader, left here yes
terday tor Yakutat bay on the steamer
Alliance. The party expects to spend
two years prospecting Alaska.
Credited at Yokahama.
Yokahama, Mar. 25. The report that
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popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs, is for sale in 50
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Japan has requested Russia to evacuate
Port Arthur finds credence in the Jap
anese press, which- regards the recall of
the Russian customs agent at Seoul as a
sign that Russia has changed her policy
regarding Corea.
Cashier Killed Himself.
Piiladelphia, Mar. 25. J. S. Hop
kins, cashier of the people's bank, which
closed its doors yesterday evening, com
mitted suicide by shooting, and did not
die from heart disease as announced by
his family.
Beats the Klondike.
Mr. A. C. Thomas, of Marysville.Tex.,
has found a more valuable discovery
than has vet been made in the Klondike.
For years he suffered untold agony from
consumption, accom pained .by hemmor
rhages; and waB absolutely cured bv
Dr. King's New Discovery for Consump
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that gold is of little value in comparison
with this marvelous cure; would have it,
even if it cost a hundred dollars a bottle.
Asthma, Bronchitis and all throat and
lung affections are positively cured by
Dr. King's New Discovery for Consump
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' Grand National Steeplechase.
'Liverpool, Mar. 25. The grand na
tional steeplechase, the great event "of
its kind of the year, was run at Alntree,
near here, today. It was won by Drog
heda ; Cathal was second and Gauntlet
third.
The Shakers of Mount Lebanon, a
community of simple, honest, God-fearr
ing men and women, have prepared the
Shaker Digestive Cordial for many years,
and it is always tbe same, simple, hon
est, curative medicine that has helped
to make the Shakers tbe 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 pro peri ties
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
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British Cabinet Meets.
London, Mar. 25. There was another
hastily summoned cabinet meeting this
afternoon, presumably to further con
sider the grave political situation all
over the world. ; ,
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 Minute Cough Cure as
a preventive of pneumonia, consump
tion and other serious lung troubles that
follow neglected colds.
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OPINION IS CHANGING
English Seem to Be Revers;
ing Their Opinion.
NO PEACEFUL SOLUTION POSSIBLE
In Diplomatic Circles It Is Believed
That AVar Cannot Possibly He
Averted.
Londox, Mar. 26. It is only within
two or three days' that the conviction
forcod itself npon many Englishmen
that war is probable between the United
States and Spain, and trie continental
opinion Bti'il holds the belief that peace
will be unbroken. This view of course
is distinct from the diplomatic opinion,
which has long recognized tbe difficulty,
if not the impossibility, of a peaceful set
tlement of the trouble.
The Spanish people themselves, cur
ious enough, have not realized until tbe
present moment that hotilities are real
ly' imminent. Madrid correspondents
are no longer able to telegraph the facts
about public sentiment or anything per
taining to. war preparations, and, there
fore all intelligence from the Spanish
peninsula is under embargo. Latest
Spanish information available, however,
indicates that efforts to avoid a conflict
have not been so sincere in the past two
or three davs as there has been hereto
fore.
WILL TAKE ACTION.
Regards Spain's Diplomatic Demeanor
as a Virtual Challenge.
Washington, Mar. 26. However in
different the administration may appear
to be to the coming of the Spanish tor
pedo flotilla, there is grave alarm felt
among trie higher officials, for which
there is more cause than mere suspicion
that tbe purpose of the flotilla is histile
to the American squadron.
Your correspondent has information
of tbe most trustworthy character that
on the 17th, tbe day after the first sec
tion of tbe flotilla reached the Canaries,
President McKinley was warned by a
person, whose testimony was considered
worthy of belief, that he had positive
knowledge that the purpose of the flo
tilla was to strike the squadron, now un
der command of Capti .Sampson, in the
hope of crippling the naval forces of the
United StateB so that Spain would be in
a better condition fori waging was.
It was stated that the blow was to be
struck, accordfng to tbe plan. before war
was actually declared, tbe Spanish gov
ernment presumably believed - that war
could not be avoided.
This warning may seem to have been
based upon a rediculous presumption,
but it was certainly considered serious
enough to warrant the issuing of a di
rection which caused Admiral Sicard to
place picket boats about the vessels, and
to use searchlights from sundown to sun
rise. The present plan is to have the flying
squadron intercept tbe flotilla in the
West Indies.
Trouble is anticipated when the fleets
meet, as the Spanish will not be willing
to euffer rebuff in tbeir initial effort to
obtain an advantageous position in event
of war.
Freeze In Kansas and Missouri.
Kansas City, Mar. 28. Freezing tem
perature, close to 20 degrees above zero,
prevails tonight throughout Northern
Kansas and Northwestern Missouri,
which is, throughout the territory
named, a fall of 40 degrees within thirty.
eight boors.", A heavy rain last night
was followed by fleet and later by a light
fall of crow. ,
It is feared that this sndden freeze
will cause material damage to growing
gran and budding fruit. '
The drop in temperature is also
marked in Oklahoma and Indian teri-
tories, where heavy rains seem to have
been general, accompanied by more 'or
less destructive wind, .. ,
It is feared there will be heavy loss
on range cattle recently brought into
the Territory from Texas. Telegraph
service baj been considerably ham pered
by the prevailing high winds and the
sfeet. - '
Rev. E. E J wards, pastor of tbe 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 subsuedatlie inflamation and relieved
the pain... Should any suffer profit by
giving Pain Balm a trial . it will please
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FROZEN IN 4N ICE FLOE
Blinding Snow Hid the Ves
sel From the Men.
SEVERE STORM WAS THE CAUSE
Terrible Fate of Forry-Seven Sailors of
a Newfoundland Sealing
Steamer.
St. John's, N. F., Mar, 28. The
steamer Greenland has reached this
harbor with a grewsome cargo. On
deck were twenty-four corpses and
fifty-five mm were moaning in ter
rible suffering in the hold in the
pain of frostbitten limbs and bodies.
The dead bodies were on. the decks
disfigured and almost unrecogniza
ble. The effects of the terrible suf
fering which they bad endured
presents ones of the most terrible
sights which human eyes have
ever witnessed. ,
The dead number 25. ,
The frostbitten number 55. All will
recover.
The Greenland set sail from Si. John's
about the first ot March on her fateful
voyage. She was commanded by Capt.
George Barbour, and carried a crew of
nearly 300 sealhunters. The steamer
proceeded northward with the rest of
the sealing fleet, but after a couple of
hours she diverged on a separate tack
and reached the buntiug grounds not
long after. All went well until Tuesday
last. Seals were quickly .encountered,
and several very good packs were se
cured. . .
. On Tuesday morning the hunters left
the ship about 7 o'clock as usual, when
tbe lookout reported ice plentifnl around
them. The men were clad in light cloth
ing, for the slaughtering' of seals is ex
hausting work. Scattered over tbe ice
fields, they wandered far from the pro
tection of the ship, and a gale and snow
storm shut them off from view. The
ice floe parted and drifted away from
the steamer. Long ere the storm had
subsided many of tbe unfortunate fel
lows bad succumbed to the terrible cold
and exposure. Those who 'did not die
were terribly frostbitten and suffered
excruciating pain.
The long night passed, but morning
brought no help, for the storm still raged
and the air was thick with snow driven
by tbe gale. Snow continued nearly all
day, and evening brought no cessation
to the high wind. Another night was
epent in untold agony. Some of tbe
victims had already given up hope, and
in despair had laid down and died. Ev
ery hour witnessed at the least two
deaths.
Toward morning tbe storm ; subsided
and clear weatber enabled the survivors
to see that the Greenland was not far
away searching for the missing. . Tbe
steamer bore down on tbe drifting field
of ice, and began .the work of picking up
the stark bodies of the dead and tbe life
less bodies of the living. Twtnty-five
corpses were taken on board that morn
ing, but twenty-three were still missing,
and though the search was continued,
no more were found.
Thursday night tbe Greenland beaded
for shore, reaching Bay de Verde, pro
ceeding thence to St. John. Most of
the men who perished were married and
have large families, who are thus de
prived of all means of support.
' DEATH IN A TORXADO.
Three Families Perished In the Indian
Territory. . ,
South McAllister, I. T., Mar. 28.
A terriffic wind . storm passed over the
country between this place and Colgate
last night. - Four farm houses, were de
molished and the occupants of three
of them are- reported to have been
killed. Those reported killed are:
James Seafoam, wife and three child
ren. Pendergrass and his entire family.
Samuel Stinson, wife and five child
ren. Passengers arriving from Lehigh to
night, state tbat in the country south
east of here the tornado did great dam
age, and that many are killed and in
jured. Physicians . from the various
towns along tbe M. X. & T. railroad
have been sent to the scene of the re
ported disaster. In the vicinity of South
McAllister it it is reported tbat minor
damages were done.
A cloudburst near'summit last night
washed out or submerged about twenty-
five feet of the road. ; A washout is also j
reported on the Choctaw, Oklahnmatind
Gulf road, near Galvin, twenty-five miles
north wes of here. The '-Katy" road is '
handling its freight and pa-senger traffic
around the washouts by detours over the
Choctaw and the Missouri Pacific lines.
FRESHMAN GETS A LESSON.
Brj-n Mawr Girla Teach a Sportive
Harvard Youth Manners.
A Chicago young man in Cambridge
found recently that lie could not make
fun of the women's colleges with, im
punity. In his letters to his sister, re
ports the Chronicle of that city, he had
spoken of her college as an incubator
several times and said he wondered
when the chicks would hatch and 'if
they would take a postgraduate in a
brooder. His sister didn't care much
for that sort of thing from a. brother,
who was only a freshman himself, albeit
a Harvard freshman, nor did the other
Bryn Mawr girls, 1 o whom she repeated
his remarks.
On the day of the receipt of a letter
ffomhim saying he was coming down
to inspect the "apparatus" the mem
bers of his sister's class held a meeting
in her room. On his arrival, two days
later, he was ushered with some cere
mony into the reception-room.
After waiting 20 minutes a girl came
in hurriedly, looked fairly at him and
said "Oh!" Then she left abruptly. In
five minutes a second girl rushed in,
saying "Oh!" turned round and walked
out. Fivo minutes later a third girl did
likewise, and in another five minutes it
happened again. This continued for
just one hour, when all of the 20 girls
that had said "Oh!" together with
about as many more, all strangers,
came in in -a bodj-, said "Oh! " and filed
out.
Then the freshman's sister came in,
by which time the youth was ready to
collapse, and tasked him how he liked
the chicks, and if he didn't think they
could peep prettily, after which she in
vited him to a spread in her room with
the chicks, where they demonstrated
they could pick up crumbs as well as
peep.
PIN HOLES IN THE CHECKS.
Only One of the Canhiers Precaution
Overlooked lr the Forger.
In the course of a lecture devlivered
recently on chemical tests used in dis
covering b3' the ink the age of docu
ments, and whether there have been in
terpolations. Prof. C. A. Doremus told
of a curious discovery in the case of a
raised check, made by his father, who
is an expert in chemistry and in docu
ments. The interests involved in this
case, says the New York Sun, were
very large, and it was not practicable
that the original check should be tam
pered with or chemically treated. For
purposes of testimony an enlarged pho
tograph of the check was taken by Dr.
Doremus, who was called as an expert
in the case. The first trial resulted in
no decision, and on the second trial,
what purported to be the original check
was produced. It was handed to the
cashier of the bank for identification.
He examined it and said:
"This is not the original check."
"How do vou know that?" demanded
the amazed lawyer.
"Because in the heading of the orig
inal check I pricked a hole in the center
of each of the 'o's with a pin," was the
reply. "This check has not those
holes."
In all other respects the check
seemed to be, identical. The court
called for Dr. Doremus' photograph to
be produced. It plainly showed the pin
holes. Upon this the lawyer for the de-
fense threw up his case, and the guilty
substitutor of the false check fled the
country.
A Daring: Joke.
The celebrated Handel had such sen
sitive nerves that he could not bear the
tuning of instruments, and so this was
always done before he arrived, at the
theater. A musical wag wishing to
make mirth from Handel's irascibility
of temper, stole into the orchestra on a
night when the prince bf Wales was to
be present and untuned all the instru
ments. As soon as the prince arrived
Handel gave the signal fpr beginning
con spirito; but such was the horrible
discord that tbe enraged master start
ed' up from his seat, and overturning a
double-bass which stood in'hiswoy, he
seized a kettle-drum and threw it with
such violence at the head, of the leader
of the band that he lost his wig in the
effort. Without waiting to replace it,
he advanced bareheaded to the front of
the orchestra, breathing vengeance,
but so choked with passion tbat he
could not speak. In this ridiculous at
titude he stood stamping and staring
for some moments, amid a convulsion
of laughter. Nor could he be prevailed
npon to resume his seat until the prince
went in. person and with much difficul
ty appeased his wrath.- j ...
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BOOK BUYERS.
Errors They Sometimes Make Ai
Quite Amusing:.
During the recent "book sale in this
city, says the Chicago Chronicle, there
were many calls for Henryx Sienkie
wicz's "Quo Vndis." One girl appeared
with a card bearing this: "Qwadiz,by
"Stinkwitz." Another reader asked for
'Two Waders," by "Sinkers," while
third demanded "That book by the man
whose name ends in "itch."'
"While the sale was going on a wom
an asked a cash girl:
"Can you find 'David Copperfield?""
"I'll see," said the girl, and disap
peared. She presently returned and
said :
"No, mum. He don't work here no
!r.ore."i
Another customer at the sale was a.
woman who -drove up in her carriage.
She explained to the clerk that she had
just moved into her own house.
"The library," she said, ";s one by
twenty and the shelves run around the
whole shootin' match." She looked at .
the stock of books and sweeping her
hand over a lot of shelving containing
about 1,500 volumes, she said: "Send
those books up." As the assortment
contained broken sets, odd volumes,
duplicates and paper covered novels,
her "library" will be a motljy collec
tion. '
WALKED 205,920 MILES.
Remarkable Record of a Poottuaai
Who Haa Jnat Retired.
A Mr. Roberts, for 33 years a postman
of I'iliing in the F.ylde, North Lanca
shire, has just retired, reports the Lon
don Mail. For 22 years he walked front
'Pilling to Fleetwood and back .twice a
day, not to mention many perilous trips
in "crowing the river Wyre during pe
riods of sifbrm. A calculation of five
miles each way, four times a day (int
addition to his round at the'village),
six days in the week, for 22 years, shows
that he walked 137,280 miles between
Pilling and Fleetwood in the fulfillment
of his duty. During this time he must
have crossed the river Wyre (a by no
means pleasant task in the winter time)
2,457 times. His duties were consid
erably lightened when 11 years ago the
government decided to bring the mails
to Pilling by another route. Though
this did away with crossing the river it
did not reduce the distance Postman
Roberts had to walk very much: In
cluding the village delivery, he must
in his 33 years of service have walked
no less than 205,920 miles.
Unman Increase.
During the last 100 years the popula
tion has increased at the rate of nearly
1,000,000 annually.
The street cars in Swedish cities
rarely stop for passengers. Men and
women there are quite agile and expert
in jumping on and off while the cars
are in motion.
The largest sweet potato on record
was grown last season at Abilene, Kan.,
by John Graham. It is nine inches in
length, 25 inches in circumference and
weighs 0 pounds. -
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