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VOL. VIII.
THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1898.
NUMBER 38.
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Report That McKinley Favored Relinquishing
the Islands Causes Consternation.
HONG KONG, July 21 General Aguinaldo is known
to be in favor of the annexation of the Philippines by the
United States. A rumor that the president favored relin
quishing the islands caused consternation among the insur
gents. Aguinaldo and members of the Philippine junta ap
plied to Consul Wildman for an explanation and obtained
his positive denial of -the report. Wildman also assured the
insurgents they could trust to
Cortes, Bosa and other wealthy families then resumed the
giving of money to buy arms
gent army.
CRUISER BUFFALO
WILL SEE SERVICE
To Be Fitted Out at Once Sums Be
ing Paid for Repairs to Warships.
Washington, July 19. The Buffalo,
the cruiser bought by the United States
from Brazil, will be repaired, fitted out
wtth Runs, and eent into the-war. She
has been ordered to New York. Com
mander Hemphill, who will command
the Buffalo, will be in charge of the
work of fitting her for service. After
inspecting the vessel, he informed the
department that with a competent crew
be can make all necessary repairs.
The bureau of construction and re
pairs is expending $1,250,000 a month
upon repairs, fitting and refitting yes
eels foi the war with Spain,
The output of smokeless powder for
the navy is steadily increasing, and the
ordnance bureau is receiving more than
8,000 pounds daily for the big guns.
Hay and Oats for the Army.
St. Louis, July 19. A St. Louis firm
has secured the largest contract for hay
?er let by the United States. The con
tract calls for 9,000,000 pounds of hay
for the army, to be delivered at Chicka
mauga. Between 400 and 500 cars will
be required to transport it. The con
tract for furnishing oats to the army
was awarded to a Cincinnati firm ;
straw to an Evansville, Ind., firm, and
bran to a Chattanooga firm.
Cervera Receives Money from Home.
New York, July 20. Admiral Cervera
nas received from the Spanish govern
ment a check for (50,000 to defray the
expenses of himself and other officers
who are prisoners at Annapolis.
SPAIN CONTINUES
TO REMAIN PASSIVE
Peace Negotiations are at a Standstill and No
Overtures Have Been Made.
WASHINGTON," July 20. Peace negotiations are at
present at a standstill. Inquiry made among the prominent
officials yesterday elicited, the information that positively
no overtures had been made to the government, and it was
pretty plainly hinted that the administration was not at all
displeased with the fact. ",
Br Arnica
America for a spirit of justice.
and ammunion for the insur
HEALTH REPORT
OF CAMP MERRITT
The Latest Report Makes a Favorable
Showing."
San Francisco, July 20. The latest
report of the health of Camp Merritt
shows considerable improvement in the
condition of the troops. There have
been discharged from the field hospital
fourteen cases, and eighteen have en
tered from the various regimental hos
pitals, leaving a total of 187 men on the
sick list. There has been a decrease of
twenty-five men a day, on the average,
since the .location of the camp has been
changed.
Bed Cross members complain of the
scant courtesy shown them by Colonel
Kessler, of the Montana volunteers.
The first detachment of New York
volunteers will probably sail for Hono
luiu next Tuesday on the steamer Hum
boldt. She can carry 350 men, besides
Colonel Barber and his staff. The re
mainder of the regiment must be sent
to Hawaii by August 10th, according to
the terms of the contract -with a local
company.
H. O. J. Sclott, of Los Angeles, has
been selected by the Red Cross Society
to act as field agent in the Philippines.
Sergeant Mowry, of the First South
Dakota volunteers, has been promoted
to the grade of second lieutenant.
Report Lacks Confirmation.
Washington, Jnly 19. The navy de
partment has received no dispatches
from Dewey relating to the press re
ports concerning . our relations with
Germany, but officials feel much lees
concern over Germany's attitude, and
there is good reason to believe that di
rect assurances Ijave been received from
Germany that she will offer no obstacles
to the execution of our plane.
CONDITION OF
AFFAIRS IN
THE KLONDIKE
J. W. Traesdale Expresses an Opinion
Concerning the State of Affairs in
the Eldorado of the North.
Seattle, July 19. Among the passen
gers on the Roanoke, who arrived from
Dawson today, was J. W. Trnesdale the
well-known newspaper correspondent,
who made the trip over the icy Chilkoot
late last full, being one of the last to get
through the pass before the freeze up.
Traesdale has spent much time and
enjoyed unusual advantages in inveBti
gating the conditions of mines and min
ers in and about the Klondike region,
and he does not give a rosy hued im
pression of affairs in the Alaskan eldo-
rado.
While expressing the belief that the
winter clean up will amount to at least
$20,000,000, he draws attention to the
fact that nearly all this sum belongs to
comparitively few men that is, mine'
owners, who were in possession of the
golden claims before the thousands who
rushed to the north last fall knew of
such bonanzas. It is these poor pros
pectors that have suffered. Those who
who have amounts over $5000 do not
number over thirty. When the expense
of getting to and returning from the
land of ice and snow, not to epeak of
the cost of wintering in a place where
food is worth its weight in nuggets, it is
easy to see how well the mighty struggle
for wealth paid those who undertook
labor and suffering.
If Truesdale's statements needed sub
stantiating, there are scores of others
on Roanoke who say that sensational
reports regarding the wealth to be had
for the effort have brought unutterable
suffering and hardship to thousands who
were deluded by these glowing reports.
Men who were expert miners in the
states are mere novices in the Yukon
country. The worst feature is that it is
impossible to make these people believe
that theories as to the formation, etc.,
are not worth bauble here, as the result
is that they "confound" the country in
stead of usingpick and shovel. I have
seen men go up as far as the forks, look
around for a few minutes, give expres
sion to their feelings in a way that can
not with propriety be written, and re
turn to Dawson, jump in their boats and
sail for St. Michaels. There are thous
ands of such people in Dawson today,
and the food question with these is a
serious one, suffering among them being
severe.
: The best index of the general worth of
any country is the willingness of its citi
zens to invest their money at borne.
Speculation has been rife in Dawson all
winter, but sharks were compelled to
confine their operations to new creeks,
of which little or nothing was or is
known.
GOLD CONTINUES
TO ARRIVE
Schooner Lakme Brings Ninety-Three
Passengers and About Two Hun
dred Thousand in Dust and
Drafts..
S2ATTLE, July 20. The steam Echoon
er Lakme arrived here today from St.
Michaels with ninety-three passengers,
most of them from ' Dawson. They
brought gold dust known to amount to
$200,000. This sum was deposited wit j
the purser. In addition every man had
nuggeta in his belt and drafts in his
pockets. The aggregate is not known
exactly, but is large. Victor Henreaux,
a French Canadian, .brought $60,000 ; J.
W. McCreary, Spokane, $11 ,000 ; W. S.
Roblets, of California, $4,000; M. R.
Gooler, $10,000 ; H. A. Schell brought
drafts from trading companies aggregat
ing about $40,000. ,
Santiago's Governor Not Yet Chosen.
.'" Washington, July 19. Secretary Al
ger says the military governor of San
tiago has not yet been definitely select
ed. - He also said our army captured
10,000,000 rounds of ammunition at
Santiago, so it will need no supplies for
some time. 1 .
Cash in lour Checks.
All county warrants registered prior
to July 12, 1894, will be paid at my
office. Interest , ceases after July .7,
1898. C. L. Phillips,
County Treaanrer.
A CHINESE
MURDERER'S DEED
Brought to Bay in a Powder Magazine,
He Blows It Up, Wrecking the En
tire Plant and Killing Six Persons
Besides Himself.
Oakland, Cal., July 19. The works
of the Western Fuse & Explosive Com'
pany were blown up by a Chinese mar
derer at 5:20 this morning. Five depu
ty sheriffs who were trying to arrest the
murderer were killed. The dead are
Charles White, George Woodsum, D. C
Cameron, Constable Gus Eock, J. J
Lerri, Mrs. Hill and the murderer,
Goon Ng Chung.
The Celestial, who was employed in
the works and who caused the awful ex
plosion, killed a fellow countrymen yes
terday afternoon in a quarrel ove Chi
nese lottery tickets. He defied the
officers .of the law who went to arrest
him, and fled into a magazine which
contained five tons of giant powder, bar
ricaded the door and threatened to blow
up the magazine if any one came to ar
rest him.
Deputy Sheriff Charles White, son of
Sheriff White, in charge of a posse, was
on, the scene of the shooting shortly af
ter the murder, and kept guard over the
Chinese within his stronghold. -All the
officers were armed with rifles. After
repeated demands to surrender bad been
made, to all of which came the reply,
"If you come in herfe I will blow np the
magazine," the officers retired for the
night within the private office of the
company, about 20 yards away.
This morning at 5 o'clock Deputy
Sheriff White, after a consultation with
the others, determined to break down
the barricade, not believing the Chinese
would keep his daring promise. Ac
cordingly the entire posse headed for
the door. True to his word the Chinese
fired the giant powder and in an instant
a terriffic explosion occurred, killing the
officers and blowing the Chinese into
atoms so small that not one piece has
been found. Mrs. Hill was visiting Mrs.
Pride, who lived across the way. She
was killed by the falling debris of the
All the buildings took fire. Engines
were soon fighting the flames, but to no
avail. The works were completely de
stroyed. Four houses were also blown
down, and abovt forty more partially
wrecked.
Deputy Sheriffs Fred Sherritt and Ed.
White escaped, but were painfully
wounded. The man Goon murdered
was Ham Se Sing. Fourteen freight
cars were blown to splinters and several
were burned. Windows were broken
in Oakland, Alameda and as far as Berk
ley. -
MILES WAITING
NAVAL CONVOYS
He Has Transports Ready to Start for
Porto RicO"Sampson Ordered to
Get a Move on Himself.
Washington, July 21. General Miles
last night notified the secretary of war
that he is waiting at Guantanamo for
necessary naval convoys. He says he
has ten transports at his disposal, and
they are probably loaded ancl ready to
start for Porto Rico.
Miles accuses Sampson of red tape and
needless delay. The war department at
once ordered Sampson to get a move on
himself.
The date of the departure of Watson's
squadron to attack the Spanish coast
becomes more uncertain. It is believed
now that Watson must wait until the
vessels for the Porto Rico expedition
are selected and perhaps nntil naval
operations off Porto Rico are completed.
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Soanisli War
The Spanish Cabinet Has Resolved to Fight to
the Bitterest, Bloodiest End.
MADRID, July 20. The great change in sentiment
here has been caused by the Spanish reverses. The former
war party has demanded peace,and the cabinet has patrotic-
ally drawn the sword, thrown
solved to fight to the bitterest, bloodiest end. Sagasta de
clares that General Toral received no orders to capitulate,
and declares that the Americans secured the surrender of
Santiago through trickery in
M ARIA THERESA
CAN BE RAISED
Admiral Sampson' Reports - Good Pro
gress in the Work of Wrecking the
Sunken Spanish Ships.
Washington, July 21. The following
report has. been received from Admiral
Sampson:
"United States Flagship New York,
off Playa del Este, July 20. The pro
gress of wrecking the Maria Theresa is
very satisfactory. The company thinks
the ship will probably be raised by Sun
day next. A board of officers is exam
ining the Reina Mercedes today. Sho
will probably also be raised. Lieutenant-Commander
Pillsbury, commanding
the Vesuvius, has supervised the wreck
ing of these vessels on the part of the
navv. Sampson."
More Nurses Needed.
New Yobk, July 19. A meeting of
the Red Cross Aid Committee was held
at the office of William T. Wardell,
chairman of the executive committee,
to consider the yellow fever emergency.
Whitelaw Reid and Mrs. Cowdin re
ported after an interview with Surgeon-
General Sternberg that the government
would accept any immune nurses whose
services could be secured, and that such
nurses could go to Santiago on the
transport Resolute.
It was decided to send Dr. Carpenter,
one of tbe attending surgeons ot tne
Red Cross hospital, to Memphis to es
tablish a bureau for the supply of im
mune nnrses, it being thought such
nurses could more readily be Becured in
localities where the fever has prevailed.
In the meantime an effort will be
made to secure immune nurses in this
city. -
Spain has more sunshine than any
other country in Europe, the yearly
average being 3000 hours.
AMPOS EXPRESSES HIS HONEST
OPINION IN REGARD TO AFFAIRS
Madrid, Juiy 20. Martinez Campoe,
former captain-general of Cuba, has
issued an address to the people of Spain
tonight, saying that the present cabinet
must be kept in power until peace was
gained. ' , ' . '
Speaking of Santiago, Campos said :
"Surrender was inevitable, sooner or
later. It is impossible to resist in such
climate with ill-ted soldiers. " The
Americans also suffered from the climate
but had more reeources, being hear their
country, and could get everything they
wanted. ; Haying powerful artillery
they would have been irresistable In the
end, chiefly considering that we had lost
our squadron. Santiago could do noth
ing else but surrender. Havana will
have to do the same thing, whether it
resists one month or six weeks. I am-
perauaded, however, that the purpose of
Circ
away the scabbard and re
the negotiations.
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wholesome and delicious.
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ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
EXPEDITION TO GO
TO P0RT0 RICO
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Fifteen Thousand Troops Will be Sent
to Reinforce Miles Inside of a
Week Sharp Messages Between
Miles and Sampson.
Washington. July 21. Official notiB
fication has reached the war department
that the first Porto Rico expedition un
der General Miles sailed at 3 o'clock
this afternoon from Guantacamo. Be
fore tbe fleet left Miles was informed
that he would, within six days, be re
inforced by 15,000 troops. Sampson
notified tbe navy department that the
transports would sail when the Colum
bia finishes coaling. Many sharp mes
sages were exenangea oetween juues
and Sampson, because of the latter'a
delay.
It is estimated the expedition that left
Guantanmo today will reach Porto Rico
Sunday.
the Americans is now to get hold of Por
to Rico and to try to make good their
claims on it.
'The Americans have strength and1
consequently will have all. It is im
possible to live on the glorious memo
ries preserved in old historical parch
ments. I believe the government acted
too rashly in refusing to accept thn
American ultimatum. I would have
waited to receive the ultimatum. Apart
from that, I am -persuaded that the
Americans wanted nothing bnt war.
They continued to help the insurrec
tion after Spain bad granted autonomy,,
but punishment has arrived for the
Cubans and for the Yankees.
"The Cubans will fight, the Yankees
in tbe end the same they fought Spain,
cruelly and relentlessly. They will lose
in the end but the cost to the Americana
will be terrible." -
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