VOL. VIII.
THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1898.
NUMBER 17.
CUTTER BEAR'S
MERCY ERRAND
IS COMPLETED
.GoyerniMt Relief Expedition Bacl From
the Korflt With tie Crews oftna
Whalers WMcn Wers Lst.
ONLY THREE SHIPS CRUSHED
Orcaand Freeniaii Were Lost
Last Fall.
THE ROSARIO LOST LAST SPRING
All the Crews Saved Some of the Men
Were Rescued by the Bear When
on the Verge of Starvatian Fatal
ities Among the Crews.
Neaii Bay, Wash., Sept. 14, The rev
enue cutter Bear touched here on her
way down the coast. She has on board
Lieutenants Jayis and Bertholf and Dr
Call, composing the relief party, and
- ninety-one members of the whaling ves
- eels which were wrecked in the North,
including the crew of the schooner,
Louise J. Ken ney.
Besides the loss of the Orca and Free
man last fall, the schooner Ro9aiio was
the only other vessel that was crashed
iu the ice. The other vessels, the New-
port, Jeanettee, Fearless and Belvidere,
are all out and either on their way down
or have continued on their whaling
cruise. The Wander, which went into
Herschel island last fall when she found
ehe could not get out, is now known to
be safe."
Captain Newth of the Jaenette, who
was takes sick at Cape Smyth, came
down on the Bear, having turned Ins
veesel over to Thomas Ellis and Charles
Brewer.
The Bear reports that a petty officer
of the Rosario committed suicide by
drowning last epring, and that in Jane
Phil Mann of the Jessie Freeman,
dropped dead of heart failure. Gray, of
the Jaenette, died of dropsy. A Siber
ian and a Japanese attached to the fleet,
also died since the fleet was last heard
from.
When the crews of the wrecked ves
sels came on board the Bear, alter she
reached Cape Smyth, there were 119 in
all. Twelve of these exchanged places
with a like number of the crew of the
Fearless, and eighteen shipped on other
vessels of the whaling fleet. Two cf
them shipped on the Morning Light at
Kootzebue sound; six shipped on eome
of the Yukon steamers when they got to
St. Michaels, and two others ehipped on
the English ship Illala, on reaching
Dutch harbor.
NEXT AMBASSADOR
TO GREAT BRITAIN
At Least the President Has Decided to
Offer Him the Places-Ill Health
the One Drawback to His Accept
ance of the Place. " .
New York, Sept. 13. A Washington
. special says :
' It is understood that' President Mc
. Kinley bad decided to offer the po6t of
"ambassador to the court of St. James,
. made vacant by the appointment of Mr.
Hay as eecretary of state to Senator
Hoar. The president is very anxious to
have him accept the post. He thinks
that Mr. Hoar wonld maintain the lofty
standards established at that court by
. euch ambassadors as as Lowell and Bay
ard. ,
Senator Hoar is considered learned,
a diplomat by nature and long training,
tactful and gracious. The only thing
.that stands in the way of his acceptance
is his own health, which has not been
been very strong tor eome time. His
friends thing, however, that he is strong
enoagh for the post, and believe that he
will soon be in excellent physical ; con
dition. -
Mr. Hoar is, outside of hij own quali
ties, an ideal man in the estimation of
the president. His mission to London
would create a vacancy which could end
would be filled acceptably by Secretary
of the Navy Long, whose friends are
anxious to see him round out his career
by a long and unchallenged seat in the
senate. '
It is an understood thing that the
president is especially pleased by the
tnann?r in which Long has conducted
the affairs of the navy department dar
ing the war, in which so much was ac
couiplisned by American eeamen, and is
anxiou9 to promote any plans that may
lead to a seat in the senate for the sec
retary of the navy. ' .
JAMAICA NOT FOR
UNCLE SAM
Movement Inaugurated in Jamaica
Having for its Object the Annex
ation of the Island to the Domin
nation Change of -National!
ity
Would Thus be Avoided, and J
maica's Troubles Brought to an
End. "
New York, Sept. 14. The fate of the
movement of the annexation of Jamaica
to the United States is sealed, says the
Kingston, Jamaica, correspondent of
the Times. For a week or two the mat
ter has been talked over; talked to
death and allowed to drop.
This has not been owing to the lack
of sympathy from the better-informed
colonists and those whose material in
terests are involved in the future of the
island. It may safely be said that these
to a man, favored the proposition
Otherwise, indeed, it would never have
reached the importance that it did at
the outset. But the color prejudice
proved too strong, and even those who
realized most clearly the magnitude of
the crisis and the completeness of the
solution that annexation would afford,
dreaded to face the personal antagonism
that their support of the movement
would invoke. Hence, when the full
strength of popular opposition was felt,
open sympathy promptly vanished.
The gravity of the ciisis remains un
altered, however, and the darkness of
the ehadow of industrial gloom cast over
the island by the prospective annexation
of Cuba and Porto Rico into the United
States is in no way relieved by this
concession to an unreasoning, popular
prejudice.
In best-informed circles it is felt that,
facing a demaud for annexation to the
United States as an alternative, no re
presentations that the Barbadoes con
ference may make to the imperial gov
ernment will produce the least' effect
on the policy of the home authorities.
For this reason there is already on foot
an alternative annexation proposal
which, while not nearly so promising as
that for admission to the United States,
yet holds out some prospect for relief
from the crisis that surely threatens the
island.
The proposal now is to seek admission
into the Canadian Dominion. While
the sugar market there is not eo large
as that of the United States, it is better
than none at all. On the other hand,
there will be no change in nationality,
and the color question would not be
touched. There are two cardinal points
at issue, and it might be that Canadian
annexation would so assimialte them
and reconcile all conflicting interests as
to be the most practical solution obtain
able. On this there eeema ' to be. an
agreement pf popular sentiment..
It is not proposed, however, to take
any definite steps in the matter until
the Barbadoes conference has proved
its unity or otherwiee. And no idea of
the outlook can be formf d here until
mail advises are received of the course
of the deliberations of the conference. .
This will not be nntil the end of this
week, for, although there is a telegraph
line to Barbadoes, the teals are so pro
hibitive as to preclude its use. -
That the Dominion government, and
the people of Canada' are' favorably dis
posed, not only to the ' annexation of
Jamacia, bnt of the British .West Indies
as a whole, is a strong point -in the
propaganda; and the Canadian agent
here, one of the brightest and most
popular business men of Kingston, is
just the sort of a man to work up the
movement. "
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EXODUS FROM
; ; CAMP WIKOFF
TO CONTINUE
Immediate Moral From Camp of Fi73
. More of the Regiments Were Or
dered hy Heaflparters.
OTHERS SOON TO FOLLOW
Intention of Departmet to
Abandon the Camp.
Condition of the Sick Surgeon-General
Sternberg Calls Attention to Some
Additional Features of Col. Smart's
Report on Camp Conditions.
Camp Wikoff, Sept. 14 Notice was
received at headquarters for the removal
of five more regiments of infantry from
Cap Wikoffat once. The Tenth infant
ry goes to Huntsville, Ala.; light bat
tery E, First artillery, to Jefferson bar
racke, Mo., and light, battery K, First
artillery, to Fort Sam Houston, Tex.
Heavy artillery batteries A and B, of
the First, will report to the commander
of the department of the Gulf by tele
graph. Companies A and F of the Sec
ond, go to Huntsville, F of the Fourth
ti Fort Adams, R. I., and F of the Fifth
to Fort Hamilton, N. Y.
- The orders indicate the determination
of the war department to abandon Camp
Wikoff as rapidly as possible. '. The
Fourth and Thirteenth infantry left this
morning and the Seventh will go this
afternoon.
There are 721 patients in the general
hospital. There was but one death dur
ing the night. Thomas Fitzgerald of the
Seventy-first New York, is sick at hos
pital 40, of typhoid fever.
IT IS A VERY -
STRANGE TALE
How the Collier Scipio Became a. Part
of the Naval Establishment of the
United States.
New York, Sept. 13. Interesting facts
have just come to light concerning the
collier ship Scipio, which has lain " un
used in the navy yard since the outbreak
of the war. -''"'
In the middle of May one of our cruis
ers found a deserted ship about a hun
dred miles off Sandy Hook. The ship
was in excellent shape, with plenty of
coal and a large quantity of smokeless
powder and a number of English cannon
on board. The vessel was the English
ship Ravenna, and why she was desert
ed off Sandy Hook with such a remark
able cargo is one Uncle Sam's secrets.
The Scipio is the Ravenna with a new
name.
There is a suspicion that the officers
of the crutier that found the Ravenna
might perhaps explain the ; mystery if
they choose, but' so far the mystery, if
there be one, has been carefully pre
served. FAR WORSE
: '.: THAN
DEATH
Life Imprisonment in Solitary Confine
ment is the Fate in Store for
the Cowardly Slayer of the Em
press of Austria.
New York, Sept. 13. A dispatch to
the World from Geneva says:
The life imprisonment with solitary
confinement in store for . the Austrian
empress' assassin is declared by those ac
ly worse than death. --
A correspondent who recently visited
the chief prison of the canton of Vaud,
where the assassin will becocfined.de
scribes as sad indeed . tte reault of soli
tary life imprisonment. One man he
saw, the perpetrator - of a series of
murders in the mountains, had been in
the cell for fifteen years, with there'
stilt that he completely lost his reason
The governor of the prisoner confessed
that in view of this and other similar
cases, his views of capital punishment
! had urtdergrna' a complete change, and
that he wa? now etrongly in favor of the
death penalty.
. Upon a sentence of life Imprisonment
the assassin will be placed in a small
dark cell, from which he will never
emerge and will be fed just enough to
enable him to support life.
QUEEN SIGNED
PROTOCOL BILL
Weyler's Agitation. Resulted in Adjourn
ing of Cortes, r
Madrid, Sept. 14 The queen-regent
signed the protocol bill tins evening.
The government had intended thecortes
to sit until an indemnity bill for the
suspension cf the constitutional guaran
tees had been passed, but the threatened
agitation on the part of General Weyler
and others, together w:th the evidence
of divisions in both the liberal and the
conservative parties, convinced Senor
Sagasta of the advisability of closing
down debates, which would have hin
dered the free progress of the peace ne
gotiations. The cortes will be next con
voked to ratify the final treaty of peace.
It is rumored that Senor Peril, Senor
Creepo and Senor Lara, members of the
chamber of deputies, started for the
French frontier late this evening.
FORTY OF EVERY
HUNDRED SICK
Five Deaths Have Occured in the
Regiment Illness Among All the
: Troops on the Increase Crane's
Immunes Not Imninnes Against
Deadly Malaria. ..
New York:, Sept. 12. A dispatch
to the Herald from Santiago says :
-Five men of - the Fifth regulars have
diedeince their arrival here, 40 per cent
of the regiment being on the sick report
from' malaria fever. Illness among all
the troops ii increasing.
Colonel Crane's immunes are in camp
on the banks of the San Juan river.
This has bad a fatal effect. There are
now more than 8C0 men in the hospital
or on the sick report. The illness is
attributed to the affect that the rain's
on a conntry full of shallow graves, and
to miasma from the swampy surround
hogs. .- V
A medical board was appomtettoday
to report upon sanitary conditions 'of
the camp and the advisability of its
immediate removal to San Luis to form
a part of General Fewer's brigade .
' Colonel Hood's regiment, which has
been doing garrison duty in Santiago,
will this week be relieved by the Fifth
regulars, the volunteers going to a camp
yet to be selected on the San Lnis rail
road. '
All the. troops not absolutely needed
in the city will be sent to more healthful
camping places. ; "
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M'KINLEY HAS
REACHED A
: CONCLUSION
Has Determined Upon Phil
ippine Policy.
INSTRUCTS COMMISSINEES
They May Find It Necessary for Our
Government to Hold all of the
. Islands Which Have Thus Far
Been Taken.
WAsmxGTox Set. 14. The members
of the peace commission saw the presi
dent this morning and later spent two
hours in conference at the state depart'
ment. -
Much satisfaction was expressed today
over reports from Madrid that the lower
house of parliament had passed the gov
ernment bill accepting the terms of the
protocol. The upper house already has
paesed this measure, so that , the last
fear of legislative opposition to the trant
fer of Cuba, the Ladrones and Porto Rico
if over. .
.There is little doubt that a general
line of policy has been agreed upon be
tween the president and his cabinet at
their meeting late yesterday, but there
is good reason for believing that the as
sertion that the decision was definitely
in favor of not permitting Spain under
any conditions to retain sovereignty in
any part of the Philippine islands is
based on a misconception, as the mem
bers of the cabinet and those of the peace
commission refuse'absolutely to discuss
the subject with newspaper men, and,
therefore, what is said is based on infer
enca or roundabout information.
It is doubted that the commission will
start the negotiations at Paris with the
assertion that we have conquered Spain
in the Philippines and that Spanish sov
ereignty has already been forfeited.
This will not, however, necessarily
signify that it is the purpqse of the -ad
ministration tc retain possession of the
entire group of islands, or permanently
to deprive spain of her possession of the
Pacific. I
It is not believed that the adminis
tration has gone beyond determination
to retain the whole of the island-of
Luzjn, but it is understood to be the in
tention of the president to establish, at
the outset, the right of this government
to determine the fate of the islands, and
to make the conditions which gov
ernment shall be established there. -
ANOTHER HONOR
FOR DEWEY
Creation of the Grade of Vice-Admiral
and its Bestowal Upon Him to
be Recommended by Long.
New York, Sept. 15. A dispatch to
the Herald from Washington says :
Secretary Long is expected to make
special reference in hie annual report to
the operations of the Asiatic squadron
and particularly to the conduct of Bear
Admiral Dewey. Department officials
generally believe the best is none too
good for that officer, and no surprise
would be expressed if the secretary
were to -recommend that the grade of
vice-admiral be created in order- that
It might be filled by the appointment
of Rear-Admiral Dewey.
As showing the faith put in Rear
Admiral Dewey, the department does
not exact from him ; a statement con
cerning bis doings, but is satisfied to let
him have a free hand and - take 'such
necessary action as he may deem proper.
He is kept well advised of the interna
tional situation, particularly with refer
ence to the Pacific, but the department
has every confidence in his good judg
ment.'. ' " ' ' ' :
' There has been a great deal of talk in
naval circles in favor of the proposition
to create the grade of vice-admiral, and
if congress should fake such action, the
president will willfully confer it upon
Rear-Admiral Dewev. ' . -
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All South America Likely to Become
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Boundary Dispute Between Ar
gentina and Chili.
New York, Sept. 15. A dispatch to
the Herald from Valpriso says:
The boundary dispute between Chili
and Argentina seems likely to develop
into a great South American conflagra
tion. It is believed, as a foundation,
that Bolivia has signed a secret treaty
with Argentina to make common canee
against Chili. In case of war, however,
Peru would checkmate Bolivia, leaving;
Argentina to the care of Chili.
This attitude of Peru id said to be due
to the fact that Chili has wiped off
$10,000,000 from the ransom for the
provinces returned by the protocol.
Chili is now cempleting her naval and
military preparations for a hostile cli
max to the negotiations with Argentina,
Notice to Delinquent Taxpayer.
The delinqent taxes of Wasco county,
as shown on th6 rolls now in the handa
pf the sheriff are $60,000, an amount al
most equal to the indebtedness of the
county. Every citizen will doubtless .
admit that this state of affairs should
not exist, and that all taxes should be
collected. On account of hard times
in the past the county court Las shown
leniency to taxpayers, but that leniency
has reacbed the limit, and the court
cannot wait longer on delinquents to
make settlements. . For this reason a.
warrant lias been attached to each de
linquent roll commanding the sheriff to-
collect all taxes by seizure' and sale of
property. With a bountiful' clop now
in sight, there can no longer be any rea
sonable excuse for the non-payment of
taxes. The sheriff is bound by oath to
comply wiih the terms of the warrants
attached to the tax rolls for the collec
tion thereof, and has no option in the
matter.. Delinquent taxpayers can save
the cost of seizure and sale of property
by settling their taxes at once.
Robert Kelly, -Sheriff
and Tax Collector for Wasco
County. -
Dated, August 4, 1893. .-
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