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VOL. VIII.
THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY,; OREGON. SATURDAY. APRIL 9. 1898.
NUMBER 23.
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UNTOLD STARVATION
Icebound Whalers at Point
Barrow.
THE FOOD SCPPLY IS EXHAUSTED
Wretched Sailor Fireed to Subsist on
I aca?ed Fish aod Dub
Meat.
Nanaimo, B. C., April 5. G. F.
Tilton, third officer on the ateam
whaler Belvidere, who has just
reached the outside world from
from the veseel imprisoned in the
.ice, say the steam tender Jeanie,
ateam whalers Orca and Belvidere,
the steamer Rosario and a bark are
near Point Barrow. He says the
men on the frozen-in vessel are
suffering untold privations on ac
count of the scarcity of provisions,
and are compelled to feed on the
the rankest kinds of fish and dog
meats.
Tilton came south by way of the Mac
kenzie and Yukon rivers ' and was just
five months and 22 days making the trip
of 2000 miles to the Pacific coast, during
which time he and his Indian guides
suffered the most excruciating agony
from the intense cold. Un his way out
Tilton met Lieutenant Jarvis and the
overland relief expedition. He directed
them to the point at which the fleet is
frozen in, bnt it was thought best that
be should continue .on his way to St.
Michaels, in order to make known the
safety of the men on board the different
vessels.
Tilton, after bidding farewell to his
comrades, commenced his long and dan
gerous voyage, and when he reached the
coast he chartered a ' steamer to carry
him and his guides to Juneau to await a
south-bound vessel. . He was intercept
ed north of Sitka by the Albion, was
transferred to that vessel and came
south.
The United States relief 'expedition
steamer Bear, which is at Dutch harbor,
has not as yet been of any assistance to
the ill-fated whalers, who have been
icebound since the tenth of last Octo
ber. No deaths had occurred among the
whalers at the time that Tilton started
south.
Speaking of the prospects of the whal
ers, he said that beyond a doubt the
vessels would be total wrecks. ' As soon
as the ice breaks they will be ground
into matchwood, and nothing ot tbein
will ever be seen again.
The suffering sailors do not know that
any effort has been made to relieve them,
There is a possibility that aid may be
rushed overland by the route Tilton fol
lowed. .
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TBI IDEA. WAS WILLIAM'S.
German Emperor Proposed That Pope
Lm Offer to Mediate.
London, April 5. A Rome correspon
dent says.
Arcbishop Ireland has cabled depre
cating a formal offer of intervention, aDd
explaining that the pope could only in
tervene successfully by recognizing the
Monroe doctrine, which will be impoli
tic. A rumor is current here that Emperor
William first broached the idea of papal
mediation and was warmly seconded y
Austria.
The solution the Vatican proposes is
an armietice to save Spanish troops dar
ing the rainy season, allay excitement
on both sides and prepare the way for
Cuban independence in the antumn.
Spain is agreeable to this, but there is
little hopes that the insurgents or their
American sympathizers will accede to
the proposal.
Jeffries Signs.
' San Fbancisco, April 5. Jim Jeffries
has signed to fight both Peter Maher and
Gus Rhulin in the East, and will leave
for New York immediately after bis bat
tle with Mexican Pete, at" the Olympic
C ob on April 26. "
From Explorer Andree.
Victoria, April 5. Jack Carr, former
United 'Stated mailcariier, has arrived
at Departure bay from Sc. M'chaelp, via
Dawson, with advices from Andree, the
balloonist. ' . ;
Kaiser Billy Wouldn't Mix,
Berlin, April 6. The Berlin Poet
says:
The attempt at joint European inter
venlion between Spaia and the United
States 'failed owing to a divergence of
views. Emperor William declined to
mix in the affair. It is doubtful if tLe
United States at the pope's word will
consent to hive a fat morsel torn from
its grasp. ' '
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
A Chinese typewriter has been in
vented by Dr. Sheffield, of Jungcho,
China, which has a wheel carrying' over
4,000 characters, arranged in 30 circles.
It is said o exceed so far the speed of
the swiftest Chinese writer, that its
value is assured.
Heretofore, perfumery has been de
tached from flowers by soaking them in
lard. A Parisian has now found a way
of gathering the fragrance by simply
soaking the flowers in water, a process
which r.r i be repeated several times
without destroying the flowers.
Nearly 43,000 patents were granted
by the United States patent office last
year, or more tnan in any preceding
year. Inventive genius is evidently-
active in this country.' Not one in a
hundred of these inventions will per
haps ever come into practical use.
The total value of the mineral prod
ucts of this country lust year is re
ported to be sbout "$740,000,000. The
greatest loss is in silver. The yield
was 3,370,000 ounces less than in 1806,
und the value dropped about $5,700,000.
The gain in gold was 127,000 ounces, or
$2,C50,000.
"During the course of a recent lec
ture at Montevideo," says Science, "Dr.
Sanarelli stated that the serum he has
obtained from the animals with which
he has been experimenting, is effective
against yellow fever, and that it will
very probably cure yelfow fever in hu
man beings."
The Massachusetts cattle commis
sioners' annual report, just issued, says
that the number of cattle paid for ass
victims of tuberculosis during the year
was 5,25), and the amount paid for them
was $179,867. Quarantine and killing
expenses and arbitration brought the
average amount paid for condemned
cattle to $34 per head.
They Rarely Take Life Seriously, Un
less at a. Funeral.
The native Viennese is a jolly, good
natured, shiftiless creature.
No people on the earth are so jolly, or
so easily and so much amused. Go to
the Prater, the largest public park in
Europe, and from a hundred different
beer-gardens comes the noise of toot
ing brass bands and stamping feet and
beating drums. Merry-go-rounds swing
old and young, and dime museums and
music halls are as full of people as they
are empty of decency. Go to the thea
ters on any night, and you will find
them crowded by an enthusiastic audi
ence, the galleries filled by noisy stu
dents and working girls. The court'
theaters, which present only . legiti
mate dramas and operas, have also their
numerous devotees.- Go to the collee
houses, of which there is one on every
corner, and you will find them full,
especially in the .afternoon, with mer
chants with their noses in the news
papers, and clerks sipping their Mocha,
and officers smoking their cigars, and
cue-pushing and card-shuffling youths.
At night these coffee houses become tlhe
rendezvous of the lower element. I
have never seen the Viennese serious,
unless it be ot a funeral, and I suppose
that even out of that he manages to get
some fun. Yet he is easily excited, and
although loyal and law-abiding, his
good nature .may quickly turn into a
fiery passion, end a Viennese riot is a
serious matter. Edward- A. Steiner,
in Woman's Home Companion.
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IT WILL CAUSE WAR
Waiting for the Removal of
Americans from Cuba.
ANOTHER DELAY OF FIVE DAYS
The President Announces That No Far
ther Action Can Be Taken Until
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Moiidsj Bepirt to Go In.
Washington, April 6.--It can be
stated authoritatively that after a
conferenco with the foreign affairs
committees of both bouses, the
president has decided not to send
in bis message till Monday.
The cauee of this decision was a
dispatch from Consul-General Lee,
received at the state department
this morning, saving that it would
be impossible to get all the Ameri
cans safely out of Cuba.
Washington, April 6. At the re
quest of the president a number of
congressmen visited tLe White
House this afternoon and looked
over Lee's message.
The cable said that General Lee
was loading 2500 Americans, and
that it would be' impossible to get
them out of the island before Sun
day. He said the condition of af
fairs was inflamed, and the trans
mittal of the message might cause
trouble.
The president frankly explained
the situation. He said the message
would have gone to congress today
had it not been for the cablegram
of General Lee. The eafety of our
citizens in Havana, and especially
General Lee's personal safety made
the delay imperitive. The Demo
crats al' expressed themselves as
being satisfied. '.-.-'
Washington, April 6. It is now very
doubtful whether the message of the
president will go to congress today, and
if it goes in at all it will be late in the
the day .There is no reason to be learned
as for this change of purpose, but there
baa developed an extreme hostility in
congress among Republicans to what
some of them have understood and be
lieve to be the president's purpose. Tbey
oppose intervention at the discretion of
the president, and also insist on the
recognition of the - independence of the
Cubans.
The president sent for Senators Lodge,
Frye and Davis, and aleo Representa
tives Cannon, Dingley and Adams. After
tbey came out of the White House tbey
refused to say a word regarding the con
ference, but on the arrival of Senator
Davis at the capital he saw his col
leagues on the foreign relations com
mittee and informed one of them that no
message would be sent to congress to
day. In the eenate, after the galleries bad
been cleared, Senator Davis explained
the reason for the delay in sending the
the message. He said it was due to the
lact that there had been some delay in
getting Americans out of Havana, and
that more time was absolutely necessary
for this purpose. Hence the president
did not consider it wise or humane to
send in the message, which might pre
cipitate serious trouble, and endanger
the lives of those people.
The latest statement is that there will,
be no message nntil Monday, in order to
let Lee and and' other Americans get out
of Cuba safely..
Many alarming rumors were afloat this
morning regarding the eafety of Consnl
General Lee and the other consular offi
cers Stationed in Cuba, some even go-
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ing to the extent of declaring that some
of them had been attacked by mobs.
The officials of the state department at
tach no importance whatever to these
rumora.
Assistant Secretary Day said in reply
to an inquiry regarding the safety of
General Lee, that it was more than
probable that he would leave Havana
during the afternoon, and. that every
precaution would be taken for the eafety
of the consular officers and citizen of the
United States who are in residing in
Cuba.
Attomey-GeneralGriggs stated atll :30
today, that he understood that General
Lee would leave Havana at once. Ttiat
all the Americans would be got out of
Cuba at thr'a time he was not sure, out
Day is credited with saying that all of
them would leave today.'
Day was asked if either the recall of
either Woodford, at Madrid, or Lee, at
Havana, bad been formally ordered by
the government.
"No," was the reply.
FEMININE POLITICIANS.
English. Women Take Active Part
in Vote Getting.
The Wives of Candidates for Office
Carry on m Regular Canvass of
Their Own Noted Lady
Speakers.
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The American woman has, practi
cally, no direct voice in the government
of the United States a fact frequently
and forcibly presented to us by the
female suffragists. Her English sis
ters, also excluded from the parliament
ary franchise, are, nevertheless, active
ly interested in politics. The tide of
many a British election is turned by
the inuence of the wife or sweetheart
or sister of one of the contending can
didates. During an American campaign the
rival aspirants for office stump their
states or districts, while their fam
ilies are at home eagerly reading their
speeches and hoping and praying that
thir own particular dear one will be
elected. The wife of a nominee for con-,
gress is raised to the seventh heaven of
bliss when her husband is called on by
JjIs party. to. lead it to victory.. He im
mediately assumes the leadership ol lo
cal society, and her projects of social
conquests in Washington form the ab
sorbing topic of her conversation. But
sho rarely does any work to help her
husband upon his path to the capitol.
On the other hand, consider the proc
esses of an English election. When a
gentleman decides to stand for a cer
tain borough or district, he starts out
backed by personal and political friends
who are anxious to see him seated.
Kis wife or sister is pretty sure to be
pressed into service. Metaphorically
speaking, she takes off her coat and
goes in hammer and tongs. In a country
district, when the nominee is booked to
speak at a certain town or village, the
local delegation of worthy burghers
and farmers meets him.and Jiis partyJ
at the station. The would-be yi. f. is
escorted to the platform, from which he
is to tell his friends "what evils ex
ist in the government, and how he will
right them if elected."
Meanwhile his wife begins her can
vass. Accompanied by Sir Basil Whats-
his name,' Bart., and Captain Hon.
Hugh Soandson, the candidate's lady
visits the homes of the voters. The
buxom housewife welcomes her with
genteel courtesy, and usher3 the com
pany into the parlor. The visitors can
not say too much in praise of the con-
' iummate taste shown in the grass-green
carpet and the sky-blue wallpaper. At
last the retreat is sounded, and this
feminine vote winner proceeds to the
next house, and the next, until . the
whole village has been visited, compli
mented and made secure from the op
position, as far as womenfolk are con
cerned.
The Primrose league, the great con
servative association, has been a most
formidable political machine in Eng
land, and this is officered and managed
by women. At the. same time it is a
grave question with all Americans who
have witnessed an English election
.whether they would like to see their
own women at such work. Stanley s
'wife was badly hurt. when he was can
vassing a district in South London, and
the list of women who have been cut
or bruised on the hustings is not a
short one. t
English women do not confine their
work to canvassing. They speak for
their candidates, and some of them
are among the best political speakers
in the country. Lady Jeune is really
eloquent, and the marchioness of Sal
isbury has been known to "talk for
the tories." . But times have changed
since the latter part of tbtast century,
and kisses are no longi. traded for
votes, after the fashion of the lovely
Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire,
when she canvassed Westminster for
Fox. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Oljr For Key West.
Boston-, April 7. The gunboat Ma
chias sailed for Key West early this
morning. . '
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REFUSES TO .GIVE IN
Resolves to Adhere to Pre
vious Decisions.
ARMISTICE WILL NOT BE DECLARED
The War Feeling; Throughout Spain Xs
Increasing Will Mot Consider
the Release of Cuba.
Madrid, April 7. 1:30 a.
m. A semi-official note just
issued says the cabinet ad
heres to all its previous decis
ions without modification and
has adopted resolutions to
that eSect. The war feeling
runs high.
It has been explained that
decisions to which the Span
ish government adheres are
those which were outlined at
the last conference between
General Woodford and the
Spanish ministers.
Madrid, April 7. 12:35 p
m. After the meeting of the
cabinet and issue of the semi
official note.previouslj cabled,
which was regarded as a ser
ious announcement, there was
much excitement and a belli
cose talk in the city. The
cafes were crowded with peo
ple, all eagerly discussing the
situation, and. generally ap
proving the attitude of the
cabinet. The newspapers to
day are very violent in their
utterances against the United
States. '
NO ARMISTICE PROCLAMATION
Madrid, April 6. 11:30 p. m. A
hitch had occurred in the peace nego
tiations. The Cuban armistice procla
mation will not be issued Thursday as
was expedted. ,
Great disappointment is expressed at
the United States legation at the hitch
which is pronounced to be serious, and
which seems to have occurred tonight
(Wednesday).
The Spanish cabinet met at 5 o'clock
and was in session eeveral hoars, bat
the meeting ended without the annonnc
tnent of a Cuban armistice proclamation
for tomorrow. The Austrian embassa
dor had another conference with Min
ister Woodford late tonignt.
MYSTERIOUS STENTS.
Dadbid, April 7. 1 :30 a. m. There
appears to be much mystery connected
with last night's events. It seems that
after the regular cabinet meeting ad
journed and Premier Sagasta had re
turned home, the papal nancjo, lion
signore Nava, in company with Minister
of Foreign Affairs Gallon, arrived with
a communication from Rome.
This was considered of so much im
portance that the other ministers were
consulted and remained in session nntil
1 :30 a. m.
It is believed that the renlt of their
deliberations was telegraphed to Rome,
whence it is to be cabled to the United
States. No explanation has been fur
nished of this proceedure, but these facts
are furnished on official authority.
WOODFORD PREPARING TO LEAVC
Madrid, April 7. The morning pa
pers are unanimous in expressing the
opinion that the situation is very grave.
Several papers announce that Minister
Woodford will leave Madrid tomorrow.
He has taken up his residence at the
British legation.
A FLOOD OF PROTESTS.
Spanish Queen implored Not to Sur
1 render Cuba.
New York, April 7. A. Madrid cable
says : ,
Distinguished Spanish generals and
other members of the ctVbintt have
waited upon the queen to protest against
the surrendering of Spanish rights in
Cuba. There is visible agitation in
military and naval circles io Madrid,
Barcelona, Cadiz, Ferrol and other
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The feeling among military men is so
strong that at the council of ministers
the heads of the military and marine
departments, General Correo and Admi
ral Bermejo, will join Count Xiquina
and Senor Gallon in making strong ob
jections to the granting of further con
cessions to the United States.
Premier Sagasta, accerding to his cus
tom, will try to conciliate the objectors
in his cabinet, his intention being to
endeavor to keep all bis present col
leagues until the cortes meets.
Weyler, with bis military and politic
al following, and Senor Robledo have
been very active lately in criticising the
conduct nf Sagasta with reference to
Cuba and the Spanish relations with
the United States.
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' Washington, April 7. A cable from
Consul-General Lee this morning states
that 200 Americans had taken their de
parture from the island, and that all is
quiet in Havana.
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