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VOL. VIII.
THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1898.
NUMBER 51.
THE WORK OF
THE OREGON
I i Ml
Mil II
First Week of the Extra Ses
sion is Ended.
HOUSES ADJOURN
UNTIL MONDAY
Sixty Bills and Twenty-five Resolu
tions Introduced in the Senate,and
Thirty-six Bills and Thirty-five
. Resolutions in the House.
Salem, Or., Sept. 30. Both houses
of the legislature Adjourned early this
afternoon until Monday a'ternoon, at 2
o'clock, and most of the members .'eft
town on tonight's train?. Speaker Car
ter will spend Sunday with his constit
uents in Ashland. A good many of the
members went to Portland for the recess.
The clerks of the two houses were left
at their desks to clear the way for Mon
days's work. Everything about the slate
printer's office is running at high pres
sure to get the bills already introduced
in shape to lay on the desks of members
Monday.
In the senate sixty bills have been in
troduced, and have gone to the printer.
Some twenty-five resolutions have also
been bandied there. In the bouse the
number of bills Introduced is thirtv-six,
and resolutions, including joint and con
current, thirty-five.
A number of the members have bills
they are withholding, becanse they are
convinced that no general legislation
will be enacted at this seseion. In fact,
the great number of admittedly meritori
ous measures brought forward 'for con
sideration, promise to consume more
- time, if they get proper attention, than
will be available at this session. It is
probably that the greater number of bills
already introduced will not get to final
vote at tliis session.
The most objectionable feature of the
introduction of such a multiplicity of
measures is that it is likely to delay ac
tion on those of really pressing im
portance. Still, the committees in both
houses are so made up that the meritor
ious are likely to be carefully separated
from the unmeritorious and pushed to
prompt action.
The first week closes with a distinct
promise of long steps iu the direction of
economical legislation.
Representative Butt, of Yamhill, this
morning introduced by request a bill for
an act to regulate the rights of persons
to examine public records and make
- memoranda and transcripts from them
and declaring an emergency. It pro
vides that officers having the custody of
any state, county, city or town records,
ot any court in the state, shall permit
and furnish proper and reasonable fa
cilities for the inspection and examina
tion of the records and files of their
respective offices, and for making mem
oranda and transcripts therefrom,
whether said files be complete or incom
plete ; during the usual business hoars,
. to all persons having occasion to ex
amine them for any lawful purpose,
without cost or expense to the person
making such examination. Complaints
in suit of actions are to be withheld from
public inspection nntil summons shall
have been served.
WRECK IN
NORTHERN SEAS
Captain of the Vessel Washed Overboard
and Drowned Wreck Reached by
the Farallon.
Seattle, Sept. 30. News has reached
here of the wreck of the schooner Capella
In northern waters. .
September 16th the ship left Ballard
bound for the north on a fishing cruiee.
She carried a crew of fonr men. On the
morning of September 20th, when about
150 mlea north of Cape Flattery, the
schooner waa caught in the teeth of a
furious gale. Huge eeas swept over the
little vessel from bow to stern, carrying
awey the boats, hatches and everything
that waa moveable on deck. - -
Captain Jonas Nordhasel, - of the
' schooner, was caught by a large wave
I and carried overboard and drowned. II.
j Lips", one of the crew, wa9 also washed
i overboard, and several of his ribs were
broken by the force of the waves as they
beat upon him. He was rescued, how
ever, by his shipmates after a hard
strnggle.
With only two men to manage her, the
Capella now began to drift northward
at the mercy of wind and waves. The
mainmast bad in the meantime snapped
off close to the deck, and the foremast
threatened to go every minute. All the
freah water and provisions had been de
stroyed by the salt water, and tor six
days the crew subsisted on canned
fruit and vegetables, which was all that
was left. For water they drank the
j'lieo of the canned fruit, and what they
managed to squeeze from tomatoes.
On the morning of the seventh day
the men met some Indians, from whom
they obtained water. They then con
tinued to drift northward until 7 o'clock
on the morning of the 27th, when in
Seaforth channel they sighted the
steamer Farallon coming toward them,
southwarb bound. As the Eteamer
approached, one of the men got out the
fog born, and its dismal notes reached
the ears of Captain Roberts. The Faral
lon was promntly brought up alongside
the dismantled schooner, and the men
taken aboard. The ecbooner was taken
in tow, and Captain Roberts headed for
Bella Bella, the nearest port. Here the
Capella was beached, and, leaving one
of the crew in charge, the Farallon re
sumi d her voyage.
Captain Kordhasel leaves a widow and
fuur children, who reside at Ballard. He
was part owner of the schooner.
UNDER BRITISH
ADMINISTRATION
Canada will be Allowed Access to the
Yukon by Way of Lynn Canal Un
der Treaty Sow in Preparation.
Victoeia, B. C, Sept. 30. A Quebec
special fHne CoTotrteTgaffir'-1-
. British Columbia's contention regard
ing the Alaska boundary ia not to be
pressed. The Canadian commissioners
will concede that the boundary line un
der the treaty ' follows the line of the
coast. But, as compensation for giving
np her claim in Behring sea, Canada is
to be given the right of access to the
Yukon country at the head of Lynn
canal, and either Dyea or Skaguay will
be turned over to British administra
tion. The international commissioners will
decide the question themselves, they not
desiring its reference to another tribu
nal. Millions Given Away! -
It is certainly gratifying to the pnblic
to know of one concern in the land who
are not afraid to be generous to the needy
and suffering. The proprietors of Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consumption,
Caughs and Colds, have given away over
ten million trial bottles of this great
medicine; and have the satisfaction of
knowing it has absolutely cured thous
ands of hopeleES cases. Asthma, Bron
chitis, Hoarseness and dieeaeee of the
Throat, Chest and Lungs are Eurely
cured by it. Call on Blakeley & Hough
ton, druggists, and get a trial bottle free.
Regular size 50c. and $1. Every bottle
guaranteed, or price refunded. 3
A BIG FIRE IN
TAC0MA SATURDAY
Woolen Mills Entirely Destroyed The
Loss Is Estimated at About Fifty
Thousand Dollars.
Tacoma, Oct. 1. Tho Tacoma Woolen
Mill Company's plant burned this morn
ing, and is almost a total loss. The val
uation of the stock and plant reaches
$55,000 and ia covered by $24,000 insur
ance. The plant will probaply be re
built. "
The fire originated in the picking-room
and ia attributed to the overheating of
a machine or a spark, from a nail In the
wool.
The mill had received a large ship
ment of wool the day before, and this
was destroyed, together - witch a ship
ment of 200 hundred bolts of cloth for
New York, which was being packed.
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A TERRIBLE
TORNADO
AND FLOOD
Coast of Georgia arid South
Carolina Swept.
THE PROPERTY
LOSS HEAVY
Extraordinary High Tide Caused by the
- Hurricane No Word Has Been
Received Thus Far From the Small
Islands Off the Coast.
Savannah, Oct. 2. For fiiteen hours,
from 3 o'clock this morning until 6
o'clock tonight, Savanah has been in the
grasp of a West Indian tornad.0. Dur
ing the day the wind blew steadily from
firty to Be verity miles an hour.
While the city escaped with compara
tively little damage, the lose of proper
ty among the sea Islands of the Georgia
and South Carolina coasts is believed to
be heavy. - ,
For miles in every direction around
Savanah the towns along the river are
submerged. Only one fatality has bo far
been reported the drowning of a negro
while attempting to reach the land from
a small island near Thuhderbold bnt
heavy Iosb of life ia feared on' the South
Carolina sea islands, where euch fearful
loss occurred during the great tidal wave
of 1893. The conditions now are the
same as at the time of that storm. Ow
ing to the submerged country and the
isolated location of the islands, no news
can be had from them until' the water
subUdee.
, Jor eight miles north of SaVanab the
entire countryTsalafceT"wnb. only" the
hummock visible. At noon the water
was eight feet above the . highest tide.
Driven on shore by the northeast storm,
it filled np on the islands, swept oyer
banka and dams, carrying away the
remnant of the rice crop that waa lefirby
the August storm, and had not been
gathered, and wiping out farm cropa.
The loss to rice-growers alone will be
from fifty to seventy-five thousand dol
lars. Of the entire nee crop along the
Savanah river, valued at f250,000,all but
about fifteen per cent was lost during
this and the preceeding storm.
Considerable anxiety ia felt for ship
ping at sea. The schooner . Nacoocbee
for New York, and the steamer D. H.
Miller for Baltimore, went to sea Satur
day night. The City of Macon waa due
this morning from New York, but has
not yet arrived, and the City of Agnsta
sailed from New York Friday, and waa
due hero tonight.
The extent of the storm is unknown,
and until tetegraphic communications
are restored or news is received from the
country between Savanah and Jackson
ville, over which the heaviest part of the
storm passed, the full extent of the dam
age cannot be learned.
H.'R. KINGAID
FOR SENATOR
Fusionists, It is Said, Will Launch His
Boom Next Tuesday.
Salem, Sept. 30. The Statesman to
day eaye it can announce the choice of
the demo-populiet-fusionista in the leg
islature for United States senator. This
distinction haa fallen upon the shoulders
of the retiring secretary of state Hon.
Harrson R. Kincard who will be
launched forth with a flourish of trum
pets next Tuesday. '
HE LEAVES
CAMP WIK0FF
Shafter Takes Command of the Depart
ment of the East
New York, Oct. 2. General Will am
R. Shafter arrived in this city today
from Montuk point. He will go to,Gov-
ernor's Island tomorrow morning, where
he will take command of the department
of the East, to which he has been as
signed. He was accompanied by Major
J. M. Miley, his aid. When asked if he
expected to remain long in command of
the department of the East, General
Shafter said :
"I expect to retain command of the
department of the Eist until General
j Merritt arrives from Manila. Oa his ar
rival, I expect he will take command of
the department, on 1 1 will .return and
resume charge of the department of
California. I like California, and I want
to make it my permanent home. During
my command there I mado "many
friends, and I like the climate and many
associates there."
WILL GO TO
CUBA THIS MONTH
General Health of the Command is
Excellent.
New Yoed, Oct. 3. General Fitzbugh
Lee, interviewed in this city, said that
the Seventh array corps, of which he is
commander, would probably go to Cuba
about the last of this month. He had
fifteen regiments nnder his command,
and the general health of the corps was
excellent. Only about two per cent bad
been on the eick list since they had been
encamped at Jacksonville. .
"We've got excellent water," he said.
' It cornea from artesian wells, end pipes
are run through the camp, with a spill
oujt at the bead of each company
street."
When asked whether Colonel William
J. Bryan's regiment would be mastered
out, General Lee said be did not know.
One Nebraska regiment would be . mus
tered out, and the choice bad been left
to tho governor of that state.
"My corps is in fine condition and
well drilled," said General Lee. ."You
know, when there's any fighting going
on I like the volunteers, but in timea of
peace they have two many fathera and
TTMby on-) oiptarfland cousins and
aunts who want to get them out of the
service."
General Lee did not know that any
commander had been suggest to take
command of all the troops in Cuba. He
waa inclined to think that the island
would be divided into two departments,
with one general in command of each
department, but, of course, one man
might be pnt in command of all.
ALL PARIS WAS
' IN A TURMOIL
Scuffle and Uproar the Order of the Day
Yesterday.
New York, Oct. 3. A dispatch to the
Herald from Paris says :
Revisionists and anti revisionists seem
to be spoiling for a fight. Captain Drey
fus, whether guilty or innocent, has cer
tainly caused a veritable cyclono of pas
sion to be turned loose. Paris was in
turmoil all Sunday. Crowds, scuffle,
uproar and arrests was tbe program of
th last twelve hours. At this moment
the mounted republican guards are pa
trolling certain parts of the city and all
of the police are on the alert.
About a score of people are said (o
have been seriously wounded in the va
rious free fights which have broken the
monotony of the Patisian Sunday. In
one quarter alone over forty arresta have
been made. Of the persona arrested
thirteen have been "kept and the rest
1. berated.' . '
Deafoeia Cannot be Core'
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus
tachian Tube. When this tube is in
flamed yon have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, aud when it Is en
tirely cloeed, Deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation ' can be taken
out and thja tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out of ten are caused
by catarrh, which is. nothing but an in
flamed condition of the mucous sur
faces. . s
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars ; free.
. F. J. Chenet & Co., Toledo, O.
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A ONE MIL
LION DOLLAR
CONFLAGRATION
A Serious Blow to Colorado
Springs.
EIGHT BLOCKS
WERE BURNED
Famous Antlers Hotel a Total Loss
Fire Started iu a Pile of Rubbish
Under the D. & R. G. Freight
Depot.
CotoBADo Springs, Ojt. 1. This city
had a visitation of fire this afternoon
which threatened for hours to destroy
the entire business district."
The wind was blowing at the rate of
forty-five miles an hour from the south
west when the fire started at the Denver
& Rio Grande freight depot, at the foot
of Cucharis street, at 2:30 p. m.,and the
flames spread with great rapidity. A
strip four blocks long from north to
south, and two blocks wide from east to
west, has been burned over, but at this
hour the conflagration is believed to be
under control. The flames are still leap
ing high over the burned district, but
the wind has died down, and there is no
doubt that the fire engines, which have
come from Denver and Pueblo in re
sponse to appeals for aid, will be able to
confine the flamee to their present lim
its.
The Antlers hotel, one of the largest
in the West, three lumber yarda and
two blocks of business houses have been
destroyed. In round numbers tbe loes
is eetim a ted at ILOOO.OOOi and insurance
at halftEat amount. ' ' " 'li.Zrr
The fire started in a pile of rubbish
underneath the platform of the D. & R.
G. freight depot. Within five minutes
it bad communicated to freight care
standing near, and it spread so rapidly
that it waa impossible to move any of
the cars. Haifa car of powder con
sighed to G. S. Barnes & Sons exploded.
The eana were thrown hundreds of feet,
and the wonder is that no one was in
jured. -
While the big firea were burning sev
eral small ones broke out throughout the
city, destroying several residences and
throwing people into consternation.
Several arresta have been made to
night of persons suspectee of having at
tempting to start fresh fires, but there is
no question that the fiiftt fire, at the
Denver & Rio Grande freighthouse was
entirely accidental, possibly being caused
oy a spark from a locomotive.
GO TO CHINA
IMMEDIATELY
Order Issued From Washington Upon
Receipt of Advices.
Washington, Oct.3. The department
haa the following cablegram from Min
ister Conger at Peking :
There ia no eerioua danger as yet, but
considerable anxiety for the future.
Foreign fleets are aBsembling'Jat Tien
Tsin. Some of the ministers are order
ing marines to Peking for legation guard
duty.
Secretary Long, upon advices received
at tbe state department, which show the
existence of threatening conditions in
China, ordered Dewey to send two war
ships immediately from Manila to a
point near the Chinese capital as possi
ble for a warship to approach. The ves
sels selected are the Baltimore' and the
Petrel. ,
German or Latin.
' The undersigned desires to instruct a
few private classes in German or Latin
during the next eight months, and takeB
this opportunity-to solicit pupils.- All
desiring instructions in either of these
languages will please inquire for further
particulars at the Lutheran parsonage,
220 West Fourth Street, this city.
Respectfully,
E24 lm. L. Gbey.
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SOME VERY
FAST WORK
BEING DONE
Legislature Transacts Con
siderable Business.
CELEBRATION
IS PROPOSED
Resolution Passed to Celebrate the For
tieth Anniversary of the Statehood
of Oregon.
Salem, Oct. 3. Much routine business
was transacted in the two- hours the
legislature was in session this afternoon.
Tbe senate received four new bi!!s,one
of which was finally paseed nnder sus
pension of the rules an amendment' to
of the common council. Twenty-eight ;.;
bills were advance through the . eecondf
reading, and half a dozen resolutions
were conenrred in.
A dozen new bills were introduced in
the house, eight others passed second
reading, and five resolutions were han
dled.
One of the resolutions, introduced by
Roes of Multnomah, and passed, is for
arranging appropriate exercises for a
joint meeting of the two houses Febru- :
ary 14th, to celebrate the fortieth anni
versary of the admission of Oregon aa a
state and the fiftieth anniversary of ex
tending United States laws over Oreeou, -the
governor being requested to appoint
a committee for a semicentennial cele
bration in Portland, Jnne 15th.
The last member to appear at roll-call
this session is Representative Donnelly,
of Grant', who haa been absent in Ten
essee and only arrived today.
Hawson of Gilliam introduced a reso
lution in the house calling on the mem
bers of the Oregon delegation at Wash
ington to urge upon congress the great
importance of opening up for navigation
the Columbia river totidewater, in order
that the heavy tariff on immense wheat
shipments may be reduced. Obstruc
tions tt Celilo and The Dalles are ea-.
pecially mentioned.
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. From Benjunin Franklin.
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first place ; what experience tells you ia
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you can get Dr. Inclination, Dr. Ex
perience and Dr. Reason to hold a con
sultation together, they will give yoa-.i
the best advice that can be taken."
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