CO ii VOL. VIII. THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBERS, 1833. NUMBER U. DEADLIER THAN SHOT AND SHELL Mcess Still Continues to fori Moc Among tliB Brave BefenSbrs of Our Country's Fiag. NEW VICTIMS EACH DAY Conditions in Porto Rico Be coming Serious. Medical Authorities Agree That Unless Barracks are Promptly Provided for the Troops dad the Sick Sent Home the Consequences May Be Terrible. Philadelphia, Aug. 30. The yacht May, which took to Porto Rico supplies for the army, sent by the national relief committee, has arrived here, bringing a report la representatives of the com mittee. Th"i3 document reads in part as follows : There are about (sixteen thousand American eoldiers in Porlo Rico, and on the day of our departure, August 22d, there were over one thousand men on the sick list. There were a large nam qer of typhoid cases, but on the 22J this disease was not on the increase, a fact which indicates that the malady bad been carried from camps at home and is not indigeuious to Potto Rico.. How ever, there is a large increase in dysen tety, backbone fever and malarial dis eases, due to the rainy season just com menced. . Medical authorities of the army in Porto Rico agree that the sick list is in creasing, and an alarming condition may be expected unless the war department promptly arranges barracks for the ar my and immediately provided trans ports to relieve such sick men as can safely be transferred home. It is impossible .'or a man from a northern climate to recuperate in a trop ical country during its moat unhealthy PEDAGOGUE OF THE FUTURE New Era For the Schoolmaster as Well as the Statesman Portion of an Interesting Paper. Sabatoga, N. Y., Aug. 30. Before the American Social Science Association, which has a membership ot four hun dred, and which is holding its annual cession here, an interesting paper was read by William T. Harris, of Washing ton. He diecussed the "Significance of the Recent Advance in College and Uni verieity Education in theUnited States" and said, in part: "It Iirb been a question of time only, during the past twenty years, when we, as a nation, should take our part in the management of the affairs of the world ; when we should be counted with the others as the sixth great power m the government of Asia, Africa and the isles of. the sea. : .". "Ttois very summer we have entered upon a new epoc as an active agent in the collected whole of the great powers. This new era is one of great portent to the statesmen of America. All legisla tion hereafter must be scrutinized, in view of its influence upon our foreign re lations. We cannot any longer have that snug sence of security and isolation which has permitted us to legislate with out considering the effect of -our action on foreign nations. . "Hereafter, pur foremost national study must be made of the characters, inclinations and interests of foreign powers. It is obvious that this study requires a greater breadth of education, more careful study in history and in the manners and customs of European na tions : their methods of organizing ar mies and navies. "We must even master foreign litera tures and see what are the fundamental aspirations of those who read them. All this study concerns the system of edn cation in this country. It indicates the function of the schoolmaster in the com ing time. JEWISH RABBI KICKED TO DEATH The Murderer Is a 17-Year-Old Chicago Youth Aided by Several Other Boys. Cihcigj, Aug. 30. Seeking to save a child from the attack of a 17-year-old boy, Louis Rosenbloom, a Jewish rabbi and a teacher of Hebrew, was himself as eaulted and kicked to death. John Schlechta.a boy charged with the murder, lives with his mother at 230 Dekovan street. In the same house lives Louis Rosenbloom, who had been intrusted with tducation of one of the children of the family. Young Schlechta had ' locked three-year-old Julius Levi in a shed, and when the child's mother objected be struck her in the face. Hyman Levi, 11 years old, the boy who Rosenbloom is teaching, inter fered in bis mother's behalf, and he was kicked into the street. At this time the teacher arrived and ordered Schlechta' to leave the boy alone. Schlechta turned to Rosenbloom and struck him in the mouth, then followed the blow np with a fierce attack with his heels. Rosenbloom rolled into the street and tried to regain his' feet, but before he could rise Schlechta was up on him and renewed the assault. Half a dozen young men who had been ioitericg in the vicinity took a hand in the attack and did not rest until the clang of a patrol wagon bell warned them of the approach of the police. By the time the officers arrived they had all fled and only Rosenbloom was in the street. He was picked up and died be fore the wagon could be started for the hospital. - MERRIT IS NOW EN ROUTE Accompanied by Bis Staff He Sailed From Manila on the Transport China Today. Manila, Ang. 30. The transport Chi na left today, having on board Mearitt and staff. The general is bound for Paris. He will take part in the Spanish-American peace conference. Ma jor-General Otis is acting governor ot Manila. Generals Green and Babcock, with their staffs, are now on their way to Washington. Opacible, an insurgent leader, is go ing to Hong Kong to consult with the insurgent junta. Agonillo, another of the insurgent leaders, is going to Wash ington. Dewey has declined to permit coast wise steamers to reBume running, pend ing the final settlement of the Philip pine question. Rios, Spanish governor of the Vassay- as islands, is reported to have proclaimed himself governor-general of the Spanish dominion in the Philippines, and to invited the adherents of Spain to rally at lloilo. EIGHT LIVES WERE LOST. Damage Wrought by the Georgia Storm More Serious Than First Reported. Savannah, Sept. 1. It has juet been reported that Lieutenant Morgan, of the United States engineer corps, was drowned off Tybee island in the storm yesterday, with six regular eoldiers. He went out in a yawl to rescue the Bailors ot an Italian bark. The yawl capsized and Morgan, with hia men, was drowned. Lieutenant Morgan was a Georgian. The second mate, Garibaldi, of the Italian bark Noe, also lost his life while trying to reach, shore from bis vessel during the storm. Trains are delayed by washouts, and traffic cannot be resumed until tomor row. Nearly all the tents and clothing of the garrison here were blown into the ocean. All the records were lost, and considerable confnsion will result when payday comes or muster-out is ordered. Clarke & Falk have the purest and strongest Paris Green in the market. PARTITION OF THE ISLAND OF SAMOA Likely Soon to Follow the Death of Malietoa. STATE DEPARTMENTS FLAK We Will Take the Island of Tutalia, . Germany Upolu, and . Great Brit ain Sawaii. Washington, Aug. 30. The state de partment has not yet been officially ad vised of the reported death of King Mal ietoa, of Samoa, and in all likelihood must remain in official ignorance of the event for some t'me to come, owing to the slow means of communication at the disposal of the department. It is the general impreeeion here that the death of the king will result in the overthrow of the present form of govern ment of the islands, maintained as it is by the joint action of the United StateB, Great Britain and Germany. For years the existing arrangements for the government of the Samoan group ha9 been satisfactory to none of the three governments, yet it has been continued for the reason that nothing better could be suggested that would be acceptable to the nations. There is now indications that at least one of the parties is coming around to what was a favorite plan of settlement of the state department, namely, a dis ruption of the present tripartite govern ment and an absolute division of the is lands of the group between the U. S. Great Britain and Germany. The prin cipal object of our government has been to retain possession of a coaling or full naval station in the islands, so as to af ford a base for naval operations in the vicinity of Australasia, as well aa to in sure an open port for our steamers on the long voyago from San Francisco to Australia. The United States now holds title to some ground for a coaling sta tion at Pango-Pango on the island of Tutulia. 'This island ia the least in size of any of the group, but it is large enough to support a naval station, bo that it has been the plan of the state department to acquire it aB a wiiolo in the event of the disolution of the tripartite agreement. Basing the division on the existing in terests of the three nations, Germany, holding the largest interest, would take Upolu.ihe island second in size, possess ing the capital, Apia, while Great Brit ain would secure the largest of the group, but the second in commercial importance, Sawaii. - A CLASH NOW THREATENING Relations Between the Americans a"nd Filiopinos are Bad Since Last Week's Trouble. London, Aug. 30. The Hong Kong correspondent of the London Daily Mail says : ' - The relations between the Americans and the Filiopinos are much strained in consequence of the collision at Cavite laet Wednesday. The insurgent general at Cavite has been ordered to evacuate the place and take hia troops two miles into the country, In-order to prevent further disturbances. General Aguinaldo said his chief pur pose in maintaining his army near the oity was to be prepared to cope with the Spaniards in case the United States left Manila to Spanish rule. - THE OLIVETTE GOES DOWN An Unaccountable Accident in the Har bor at Fernandina, Florida, This Morning. - . - Fernandina, Fla., Aug. 31. The hos pital shifc Olivette, which has been ly ing near the quarantine station, through some mysterious agency, sand . this morning abont 7:30. . - Aboard the ship was the hospital corps of tbirty-five and a. crew .of forty-five persons, all of whom escaped without injury, but in scanty attire. The roust abouts sleeping in the lower hold had a narrow escape, being driven from their bunks like so many rats. Fortunately for those on board there was a schooner close by, and some of them took shelter on her, while the rest of the corps and crew sought refuge at the quarantine station. No one apparently knows how the ca lamity could have occurred, and as no investigation has been made the matter is and probably always will remain a mystery. The Olivette belonged to the Plant line of steamers, and was built in Phila delphia in 1887. She was 274 feet long, 35 teet beam, 11 feet deep, and regis tered 1611 gross and 1105 net tonage. RECIPROCITY WANTED Boston Chamber of Commerce Passes Resolutions Favoring Establish ment of Closer .Trade Relations With Canada. Boston, Aug. 31. At a special meet ing of the Boston chamber of commerce, for the purpose of considering ways and meana to bring about closer trade re lations with Canada, resolutions were adopted to the effect that the chamber reaffirmb its position aa set forth in resolutions adopted January 1, 1898, in favor of reciprocal trade relations es tabliehed between the United States and the Dominion of Canada, and the colony of Newfoundland. ' It was as serted that in the opinion of its mem bers the commercial, manufacturing and industrial prosperity of this country will be greatly promoted by the nearest prac tical approach that can be obtained to the establishment of complete reciprocal trade relations between the United States, Canada and Newfoundland. It was resolved that the chamber com mittee on reciprocal trade with Canada be instructed to present these resolu tions to the American commissioners at Quebec, and to reinforce them with such argument in accordance with their spirit as may seem best adapted to convince the commissioners of the feasibility of the plan. KEEP THEIR RECORD CLEAR Silvenites Refuse to Enter the Spanish Peace Commission. Madrid, Aug. 31. Senor Silvela, now the virtual leader of the largest section of the conservative party, in a confer ence with Senor Sagasta, the premier, today, in regard to the personnel of the Spanish peace commission, persisted in hia refusal to allow any member of his party to attend to commission. After the conference, Silvela said to a number of newspaper correspondents : "How can we now be expected to ehare the grave responsibilities of con cluding peace and expose ourselvaa to the discredit that may result therefrom? If we are to succeed tho liberals in pow er, we must be free." " An official dispatch to Havana de scribes the attitude of the Cuban insur gents as completely pacific. General Blanco, who ia indisposed, is about to go into the interior for some days. CLASH SEEMS VERY IMMINENT Pana, HI., Aug. 31. The situation in regard to the miners' strike in this dis trict has assumed an acute stage.- Op erators are bringing in Southern nrgroea by hundreds who work under the pro tection of deputy sheriffs. .. '... Fully six thousand miners from other sections are expected tomorrow to join the locked out anion men in the eifdeav or to prevent, if possible, the operation of the mines. A serious collision was narrowly avert ed laet night when one thousand miner?, some of whom carried .fire arms, were ready to march on Springside mine. The move was only stayed after hours of per suasion and pleading by the officers of the union. GARCIA NOW WITHOUT A Suafter IncifJeiit leads to His Eemoyal aJ the Hands of Cuban Coiwnanfler-in-Cnief, General Gomez. HIS SUCCESSOR WAS NAMED Rodriguez to Command in Santiago. Garcia's Sending of His Famous Letter to Shafter a Grave Breach of Dis cipline Cuban Leaders to Hold a Conference. New Yobk, Aug 31. A Santiago spe cial says : General Garcia has been relieved of hie command by General Gomez, acting under instructions from the provincial government. This ia owing to disap proval of his action during the Shafter incident, . and in view of the fact that Garcia is persona non grata to the American government, and that at the commencement - of the war the Cuban officers were ordered to put themselves under orders of the American command era, and therefore the letter from Garcia to Shafter is considered a breach of die t-inline. Garcia's resignation is not accepted, but he is relieved of his command: Gen eral Rodriguez, commanding the east under General Gomez, will be his suc cessor. A courier to General Law ton this morning confirms the news that General Lacrete will arrive this afternoon from Santa Cruz with dispatches from Gene ral Gomez to General Law ton. The sub stance is unknown. Colonel Ray, of the Third regiment of immunes, reports from Guantanamo that the Cubans there, consisting of two battalions, intimated their intention of entering the town and displaying the Cuban flag. Colonel Bay said that Gu antanamo is United States territory and that he would look upon this action as hostile and call out hia men. Then the Cubans said that the reaeon of their pro posed entrance' was the report that the Spanish prisoners in the town would rise and sacrifice the Americau garrison, and they finally concluded by asking for 4000 rations. A courier has arrived trom General Castillo with the report that the gover nor of Porto Principe has offered to march out, giving up the town to the Cubans, if supplied with . one thousand head ot cattle, four hundred carta and eight hundred oxen to transport the supplies to Havana. The Cubans re ceived this information after the notifi cation of peace. General Castillo has been advanced m the brigade to the general division of war, and was to go by steamer today to San Juan to meet Garcia at Gibara, but it was learned that he had left there for Jiguani. A conference will be held at Santa Ana. Preliminaries will be arranged for the delegates to go to Catnaguez to attend the election of the new Cuban government. 0XE U.VFRIEXDLY J0URXAL. London Saturday Review Continues Its Attack on Americans. New York, Aug. 31. The London Saturday Eeview, which recently said that Chauucey M. Depew was a "painted puppet and a snob," expresses the views quoted below, which candid expression is being quoted in English financial and other newspapers averse to American interists embarked in this country : 'There are, of course, many worthy private persona in- the United States, but what we have to think of now are the people of that country as represented in their social, civil and political cus toms. . Socially it is sordid to the last degree, aud its courts of law and all its civil institutions are corrupt. It has contributed nothing to the self-respect of humanity. On the contrary, it has shown all the world to wbat.a depth of public depravity civilization is capable of descending." 7 - Royal makes the food pure, wholesome and delicious. 181 iri Absolutely Pure ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. THE NATURAL KEY TO THE - PACIFIC OCEAN A Vast Increase of Trade Lies Absolutely ly Within Our Grasp Stupilons ' Me Is Now at Issue. MUST BATE fHILIMES Speech Which Was Made By Prof. Gardner. Nation that Controls the Commerce of the Pacific Will Control the Trade of the World. Sabatoga, N. Y., Aug. 31. At today'a session of the American Social Scienc i Association, the principle address was delivered by Charles A. Gardiner, A. M.f Ph. D., counsel fo.1 the elevated rail roads ot New Yirk City.- The subject of the address was, . ''The Proposed Anglo-American Alliance." JMr. Gardiner spoke of the tendency to national concentration in the present age, declaring that already three nations, Russia, Great Britain and America, comprising two races of people, the Slavic and Angle Sax n, practically dominate the world, lie spoke of the continual aggression that has for more than eight centuries maiked the policy of Russia and has spread her sovereignty over areas in Europe and Asia too vast almost for human conception. Against this aggression, be said, Great Britain has ad Jiitted that she can, unaided by some other creat power, make no suc cessful opposition. Attention at .the present moment, he said, is directed to the Russo-Britisb contest for supremacy in China. At this critical moment, he says, the possibility of an alliance with America, through consideration of her interests in the Philippines, is seemingly Great Britain's only hope of triumph. NEW DIRECTORS OF 0. R. & N. Almost All of the Old Officials Were Re-elected. At the O. R. & N. stockholder's meet in g yesterday at Portland, S. Little, of New York, was elected special account ant to expert the O. R. & N. accounts for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1S99. The following beard of directors was elected : A. L. Mohler, H. W. Corbett, W. B. Ayer, William Macintosh, Miles C. Moore, W. W. Cotton, W. L. Bull, Henry W. Cannon, C. S. Mellen, Henry Failing, IV. M. Ladd, Samuel Carr, E. H. Harriman. . The directors met immediately after being elected, and appointed an execu tive committee, consisting of Messrp. Bull, Cannon-, Mellen, Lamout, Carr and Harriman. Officers appointed were: W. L. Bull, chairman of the board of directors ; A. L. Mohler, president; W. W. Cotton, secretary; Howard C. Tracy, assistant secretary ; Arnold Marcus, treasurer; George E. Witbington assistant treas urer; E. S. Ben?cn, general auditor; Charles C. Beaman. general counsel; W. W. Cotton, assistant general counsel.