VOL. VIII.
THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1898.
NUMBER 45.
WHALERS LOST
: IN THE WATERS
OF THE NORTH
At Least Three and ProMy Eigbt Yes
sbls Caasnt and CrnsM tn tlis
Ics klm Point Barrow.
SO HEWS FROM THE CREWS
General Belief is "No Lives
Were Lost.
Wanderer Also Said to Have Reached
Herschel Island The Vessels Lost
Were the Newport, Fearless, Jean
nie, Belana, Grampus, Beloga,
Xorwhaland Mary D. Hume.
Sax Francisco, Sept. 6. A special
from Seattle says :
News of the diaaater to the Artie whal
ing flset came in the following letter
from Capt. J. C. Downing, of the steam
er Wo!cott, to Auatm Claiborne, the
local agent of the Pacific Steam Whaling
Company :
Jcneau, Aug. 20. I arrived from
the westward thi9 even'ng. The
lateet from the Arctic ia that all
the vessels that were caught in the
ice are lost. Mason, captain of (he
Jeannie, is crazy. I obtained the
above information from Capt. Ned
Lennen, the pilot of the gunboat
Wheeling. Respectfully.
J. C. Dowsing.
This letter came via the steamer Al-Ki
which arrived here from Janeaa this
morning.
Mr. Claiborne believes that only the
whaling vessels originally caught in the
ice above Point Barrow were destroyed.
Rev. Sheldon Jackson, who returned
on the Roanoake, reported that the Bsl
videre got out end reache 1 Port Clar
ence, where she coaled Augnst 4:h, from
the bark J.D.Peters.. She then re
turned to Point Barrow. The Belvi
dere'a officers also told Mr. Jackson that
the Rosario had been crushed in the ice,
and that the Wanderer bad extricated
herself and moved on to the vicinity of
Herschel ielacd.
As the Orca and Jessie H. Freeman
were destroyed last fall, natives having
set fire to and burned the latter, it
would appear that the only vessel re
maining at the mercy of the ice floes and
jams were the Jeannie, the Newport
and the Fearless. ' But beeide the eight
vessels named there was the Belana, the
Grampus, Beloga, Norwhal and Mary D.
Hume remaining in that part of the
Arctic.
Captain Edwin Goodall, of San Fran
cisco, who came d'jwn on the Al-Ki,
said :
"Captain Downing told tne that the
fleet was destroyed in the ice break-up.
He got bis information from Pilot Len
nen, of the United States gunboat
Wheeling. Lennen was told of this dis
aster at Kool zebas sound. Downing
heard of no deaths and it is supposed
that.none occurred.
"Captain Downing further stated that
when the Thrasher left Alaska, August
12th, Captain Snell, master of the Ves
sel, was sick and that there were many
fishermen in Chiginick, waiting for the
return of the bark J. D. Peters, so as to
get out of the country. I also learned
? that the' whalers John and Winthrop
- left Alaska early in August with 300 bar
rels of whale oil an J 2000 pounds of
bone." ...
The Pacific Steam Whaling Company
owned all the whalers of the Arctic fleet
save the Belvidere, the property of Wm.
Lewis, of New Bedford, Mass., and the
Rosario and Fearless, belonging to Jas.
McKenna, of San Francisco. Agent
Claiborne states that the vessels, with
whaling outfits, were valued at $100,000
each. ' " '
EXTRA SESSION OF
THE LEGISLATURE
' Salem, Or., Sept. 6. An extra Eession
of the Oregon legislature will be called
to convene at the capitol at Salem,
September 26. The call will be em-,
bodied in a proclamation to be issued
by Governor Lord at a late hour this
afternoon. A statement to this effect
was given out by the governor at tSia
office this morning. '
This call has for some time been an
ticipated by reason of the large volume
of unfinished business left over from
the session of 18'J6. Were this business
to be added to the .new, sure to spring
np during the forthcoming session, it is
thought the const o,tional 40 days would
be inenfficient time to deal with it in
a satifactory manner. Hence the gov
ernor's call for extra session.
THE ANGLO-GERMAN
AGREEMENT
Relates Generally to Trade Interests
in China and Africa. -
London, Sept. G The Pall Mall Ga
zette says it has complete confirmation
of the existence of an Angelo German
agreement, which is mainly commercial,
but, the paper adds, which provides a
basis for the adjustment of all differences
regarding territorial questions in all
parts of the world.
The Pall Mall Gazette pubttshes
alleged details of the agreement, but
they were not cabled to the Associated
Press, as the officials of the foreign
office said they were far beyond the
truth. The foreign officials added that
the agreement is yet incomplete. It
relates generally to Anglo-German in
terests in China, Africa and elsewhere,
but it is not precise in its stipulations.
WILL GO AT
ONCE TO SAMOA
Gunboat Bennington Will Make the
Survey for the Coaling Station at
Pango-Pango.
Sam Fbancisco, Sept. G. The United
States gunboat Bennington has been or
dered to Pango-Pango bay, Samoa, ac
cording to Mare Island reports, to make
a survey for the coaling station. She is
to sail next Wednesday.
Upon finishing the survey she will
proceed to Manila and relieve the Con
cord, which will come to Mare Island
and go on the dry dock, the English dry
docks not being available. The Ben
nington will stop at Mare Island and
coal.
PRESIDENT WILL
VISIT THE WEST
President McKinley and a Portion of
His Cabinet Will Attend the Jubilee
at Omaha.
Washington, Sept. 6. President Mc
Kinley and as many members of his
cabinet as can do so, will attend some
portion of the peace jubilee, which be
gins at the Omaha exposition October
10th. The president so informed a dele
gation of Nebraskans who called at the
White House today and presented him a
handsomely engrossed invitation to at
tend. It is the present intention of the pres
ident to make hie visit to the Trans-Mississippi
Exposition an incident of a gen
eral tour of the West, which will extend
probably as far as the Yellowstone
National Park.
New Planet Found.
Boston, Mass., Sept. 6 A cable mes
sage from the European Union of As
tronomers to Messrs. Chandler and
Ritchie announces the discovery of a
minor planet with a remarkable orbit,
which overlaps to some extent that of
the planet Mars. ' - ' -
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WAR IS BEING
WAGED AGAIN
IN CRETE
Tte MflLsnlmans are Reported to Hare
AttacM tie BritisH Troops Near
Canfiia. in the Hrete Country.
WAR SHIPS BOMBARD TOWN
A Portion of the Place is in
Flames.
It Was Reported That the British Con
sul Had Been Killed Now in a
State of Anarchy.
Candia, Brete, Sept. 0. Candia is in
a state of anarchy. A collision between
Mussulmans, who were demonstrating
against European control, and the Brit
ish authorities, who have been install
ing christians as revenue clerks, culmi
nated today in bloody fighting between
the Mussulmans and the British troops.
Kiots took place in various parts of the
city, and quite a number have been
killed.
When the outbreak was fiercest, a
warship stationed in the- harbor bs
gan firing shells, with the result that a
portion of the city is in flames. The
greatest confusion and uproar prevails,
and it is feared that the ninigbt will not
piss without further pillaga and des
truction. The trouble began with the attempt of
the British military authorities to install
christian officials. They had appointed
a council of internal control to collect
the tithe revenues, and a detachment of
soldiers was stationed outside the' office,
as a precaution.
A crowd of unarmed Mussulmans at
tempted to force an entrance into the
office. The British soldiers fired and
wounded several. The Mussulmans ran
for their arms, and, returning, attacked
the soldiers. . Other Mussulmans spread
rapidly through the . christian quarter,
shooting into windows and setting many
houses and shops cn fire.
It is reported thattbe British consul
has been killed. The Turkish governor
has offered to help the British.- '
MORE OFFICERS
ARE IMPLICATED
French Cabinet Decides: to Receive
the Dreyfus Case. -
Pabis, Sept. 7. Figaro says the cabi
net council bus just agreed upon a
revision of the Dreyfus case. Matin
announces the discovery of facts impli
cating officers of the general staff, add
ing that Genl. Fonlinden, the minister
for war, reported the matter to the
council and urged the necessity of re
forming the intelligence department of
the war office, whereupon he was direct
ed to elaborate a project separating the
duties of the general staff from those of
the intelligence department.
HERO SHIPS TO
BE KEPT
Gloucester, Formerly Morgan's Yacht
Corsair, One of the Auxiliaries,
to be Retained, Because of Her
Prominent Part in the Destruc
tion of Cervera's Fleet
Washington, Sept. 7. It is' the de
sire of the navy department that all
vessels that won fame in tne late war
with Spain shall be kept by the govern
ment. The board appointed to consider
what disposition should be made of the
auxiliary ships bought or chartered dur
the war is now at work, and had already
recommended , the selling of a number
of vessels. All of the auxiliary-coast
defense fleet has now disappeared, dis
position having been made of the vessels
and officers and men haying been dit
charged. But there are a number of boats, like
the Gloucester, which, though bought
for temporary eervice and for service
that was not supposed to be warlike,
have made a lasting impression and will
remain forever os g'orious names in the
annals of the American nayy. The de
partment thinks it would be a great'
misfortune if these ships should be sold
The Gloucester has become already
as much a part of the giory of the navy
of this country as the Constitution or
the Oregon or theOlimpia. Oilier ves
sels in equal or less degree have won
fame in the recent war. It would be a
distinct lcs3 to the navy to have these
go back to their old role as pleasure
yachts or traffic carriers.
It was said at . the department today
that if the board should 'decide it beet
to dispose of the ships, the list of tbem
will be turned over to other branches of
the department, such as the revenue or
light house service, to see if they could
not be purchased for use along the
coast and thus be kept within the
country's, service. It is hoped by the
department, however, thai this will not
be made necessary, as it is very anxious
to have the Gloucester and peers re
tained in the navy itself.
KILLED ON
THE FIELD
Official Record Shows That 264 Of
ficers and Men Fell on the Battle-Fields
and Warships During
the War With Spain.
Washington, Sept. 7. The official
record of the war department, as com
pleted, shows that there were 33 officers
and 231 enlisted men of the army, 201 in
all, killed in battle during the war with
Spain. These causualties include all
the lives lost by the army in the battles
in the Philippines as well as those in
Cuba and Porto Rico.
The percentage qf. officers killed is
Btrikingly lagre, and is said to be un
precedented in the battles of the world.
The contrast is especially striking in the
case of the battle of Omdurinan, where,
although the loss of life was heavy, the
list of killed included only one officer of
the British arrav.'
QUIET RESTORED
AT CANE A.
Xo Fears Entertained That Rioting Will
be Resumed.
Candia, Sept. 7. The British battle
ship Camperdown, having on board Sir
Billiotti, British consul at Canea, has
arrived here. Several other warships
have also reached the port and reinforce
men Is ot blue jackets have been landed.
The early restoration of quiet is ex
pected. ...
- The British vice-onEul, Mr. Carloc
bino, was killed during yesterday's fight
ing. "
The fires are being extinguished. Dur
ing the rioting the British and' German
consulates were burned. Qaiet is being
rapidly restored.
CLOSE CALL FOR
OREGON CITY
Only the Strenuous Efforts of Paper
Mill Employes Averted Serious
Damage Flames Finally Con
trolled. ;
" Obegon Citt, Sept. 7. West Oregon
City had a narrow escape from destruc
tion by fire yesterday afternoon and
last night. The fire started among the
dry brush and logs on the hillside, and
it required the strenuous efforts of all
the employees of the paper mills to
keep it from spreading to the residences
on that eide of the river. The lire is
now under control. v
Teacher Wan ted.
To teach a small school and commence
as soon as arrangements can be made.
Salary one hundred dollars for a three
months term, without board. 'Apply to
9-7 2t R. A. Murray,
.-Monkland, Sherman Co., Ore.
A FACTIONAL
STRIFE LEADS TO
- BLOODSHED
A Deadly Fight at Colorado
Springs.
ONE KILLED--ONE WOUNDED
Teller Men Had Possession of aa Opera
House Which Was Stormed by the
Wolcott Gang, Reinforced by the
Peace Officers!
Colorado Spuixgs, Sept. 7. Early
this morning a riot occurred in the Colo
rado Springs opera house between twen
two men representing State Chairman
Blood and theTeller faction of the Silver
Republican party, and Sheriff Boynton
and Chief of Police Gastright, with
about seventy-five men representing the
Wolcott-Stevens faction.
Charles Harris, nf Denver, was killed,
being shot through the bowels. An un
known man was seriously injured.
The opera house is now in possession
of the police, deputy sheriffs and sup
porters of ex-Chairman Broad.
Further Particulars.
Coi.obado Springs, Sept. 7. Particu
lars of this morning's deadly fight in
the Colorado Springs opera house are as
follows : .
The clash between the two factions
grew out of the action of National Chair
man Lownew in removing Richard
Broad from the chairmanship of the
state committee on the ground of dis
loyalty to the Silver Republican party
and the cause it Btands for, it being
alleged he had joined in a conspiracy
with friends of Senator Wolcott to defeat
the proposed fusion with the Democrats
and Populists.
At I o'clock this morning the Wolcott
Stevens faction applied to Judge Lunt
for, a writ of, mandamus compelling
Chairman Blood, who was then in pos
session of the opera bouse, to turn the
building over to ex-Chairman Broad.
The writ was refused. ,
"At 4:10 this morning," eaid ex
Mayor Plumb, "twenty-one of us were
in the opera house. Suddenly a fusil
lade of shots were fired through both
the front and side doors. Then in a
second the doors were burst open and in
rushed seventy-five to one hundred men.
There was constant firing in all parts of
the hall, we replying 88 best we could.
I saw one man fall. They carried him
to the balcony and laid him down. He
died in a few minutes. Another man
was injured. We were forced out of the
building. Sheriff Boynton and Coief of
Police Gastright were in the. foremost
rank."
The police and sheriff's officers claim
the attack was made entirely by men
brought by the Wolcott-Stevens faction
from Denver. ' They say they only
rushed in after the attack began. The
attack was made upon the building from
front and rear.
Sheriff Boynton and Chief Gastright
took control of the opera house and made
a thorough search. The sheriff eaid they
discovered a whole arsenal in the build
ing. - The officers seized six Winches
ters and ten revolvers. ' 7" .
James A. Howae, Walter Rnseell, J.
X. Lang and A. C. Smith were arrested.
Sheriff Boynton allowed the men who
participated in the riot to leave the city
this morning without being molested. A
majority of the mob which attacked tbe
theater went to Denver' by the first
train.
After battering in the doors, seventy-
five men rushed into the building,
shooting their revolvers. The ceiling is
full of boles.,. The attacking party fired
into the air in the hope of frightening
guards into admission. The guards
were scattered in groups aliout the audi
torium, where they could beet command
tbe entrance, and they returned the
fire.'.
Those who participated in the riot say
that over one hundred and fifty shots
were fired within a few minutes. ' The
attacking party finally reached the cen
ter of tbe bouse and the guards fled to
the street. The latter had but one round
of ammunition, "while r the attackers
trebled tbem in number?, and had two
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revolvers each and an abundance of am
munition. Chairman Blood has issued a state
ment in which he says that after the
county Silver Republican conyenttlon
closed last night he was in possession of
the keys ot the opera house, and, learn
ing of a proposed attemp to oust his fac
tion, he placed guards therein. He claims
there was m authority of law issued to
the opposing faction, and that ex-Chairman
Broad imported thugs from Denver
to cieate a disturbance.
Ex-Chairman Broad has issued a
counter statement, claiming the riot was
ciused by the incendiary rpeechejof tbe
Teller Republicans at last night's coun
ty convention. He sjvs tbe man are r ot
the opera house violated bis contract
with him in delivering the keys to
Blood.
It is said the man injured was John
Russell, ex-Chief ol Pulics of Denver,
now special tiinbsr inspector under tho
f ill"! nlan aHm'nictr.rmn UTolfai Pilo.
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sell, J. W. Lipti n, J. Lag,A.C. Smith,
and A. F. Monge, are charged with the
murder of Harris. Information has
been filed in the district court against
iheni.
ATTEMPT TO KILL
THE CZAR
Moscow Buildings Was to Have Been
Blown up While the Royal Par
ty Was Passing Two Killed,
Many Injured.
Nbw York, Sept. 8. A World dis
patch from London says:.
. A report is published here of a daring
plot to assassinate the rzar at Moscow
last week. The plan of the conspirators
was to allow gas to escape into a house
on the route of the tzir'a procession un
til the atmosphere in every room was
saturated. One of their number was to
remain in tbe bouse and strike a light
when the czar was passing in the ex
pectation that the house would be
hlnirn InniadMflnd thfl Of.aT ImIIpH- Thft
conspirator would perish himeelf as a
sacrifice to tbe cause.
This duty fell to the lot of one Alex
ander Kolanoff. In his agitation he
seems to have made an error, as tbe
explosion was mistimed. When it oc-
cured a staff officer and his wife were
driving past, and they, instead of the
ezar were killed. Their coachman will
UIO Ul Ilia JIJJUI Ico, . auit auwuv mu.j
persons were more or less injured.
KolanofFs mangled body was found
among the ruins. The czar and czarina
drove bv 25 minutes later.
Many arrests have been made in Mos- '
cow, but tho Russian press has been for
bidden to refer .to the matter.
Sick Men Doing Well.
Boston, Sept. 7. A special to the
Globe from Ponce, Porto Rico, eays :
Seventy-six soldiers ot the Sixth Mas
sachusetts are in the hospital here with
typhoid fever, malaria and diarrhoea,
and 200 are con fined to their quarters
unfit for duty. There has been one
death. Arthur L. Wilkinson, of com
pany M. Daily improvement is noted
in the men's physical condition.
The Sixth Massachusetts will go to
Arcibo and San Juan in 10 days. No
cause exists for the alarm in Massachu
setts regarding the condition of tbe
regimen. .
fr&bti tn Vonr Checks. ' r
All county warrants registered prior
to July 2L 1894, will be paid at my
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nffiPA. interest ceases auer auKuai. i
1898. C. L. Phillips,
. . Onnntv Treasurer. ,
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