VOL. VIII.
THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1898.
NUMBER 53.
COLLISION OF
TWO COLUMBIA
RIVER-BOATS
The 0. ,R. & N. Steamer 0.
W. Shaver Stink.
PASSENGERS
WERE ALL SAVED
The
Accident Occurred at 2:15 This
Morning Off Deer Island, Five
Miles This Side of Kalama The
Sharer Was Struck in the Middle
and Sunk in Short Time.
Portland". Oct. 18. At about 2:15
this morning the O. R & N. side-wheel
etearaer T. J. Potter, bound from Port
land to Astoria.collideJ with the Shaver
Transportation. Co.'jJeteaj;er G. W.
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cuavcr,trij fuuic lu luiuaiiu iruui Aium'
kanie. Iu less than eight minutes the
Shaver went down in about twelve feet
of water. Beyond a few scratches the
Potter sustained no damage.
The accident occurred in the Columbia
river about mid stream, directly off Deer
island, fire miles this eide of Kalnma.
The night was dark and a heavy fog was
prevailing. .
Notwithstanding the fact that the ill
fated steamer had about twenty-five
paseengers on - board, 'many ot whom
were women and children, no lives were
lost. The fact that moat of them were
asleep in their staterooms and bnnka at
the time of the accident makes their es
cape almost miraculous. Some got out
almost entirely divested of clothing. .
The Shaver was struck on her port
side, just forward of 'her boiler, the eharp
bow of the Potter almost cutting her in
twain. When the steamer parted the
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water ruHiieu loiu me iiojuoi me onaver
in tremendous volume, and she began
settling immediately. .
The shock awoke most of the pas'
eengers, and they came running from
their state rooms to ascertain the troub
le. When they realized what had bap
pened everybody was for ' himself.
Women and children screamed for help
and general commotion prevailed. Capt',
. J. W. Shaver, assisted by Lis crew, epon
. had order restored an 1 the work of res
cuing the passengers wos immediataly
begun. By this time the Potter had
come alongside. Gangplanks were laid
UCtWCCll IUQ IWU BCaUICID OHM 111 A I C
uarkably short space of time all were
saved. - .
. Fortunately the colision did not occur
in the main channel, but a distance to-
ffp thn Orptrnn nhrtrp. ivhprA ihn wAlpr
averages from twelve to fourteen feet
deep..
The Shaver lies with her stern eub
merged almost to the top of the wheei-
house, but because of a lot of lumber in
the forecastle her bow is 'partly above
the surface.
The Shaver's passengers were sub
sequently transferred fiOm the Potter to
the Telephone, which arrived iu Port
land tbis morning.
The Potter, instead of leaving at 8
o'clock, her schedule time, was held un
til 12 o'clock for the accommodation of a
number of Astoria excursionists. When
she pulled out her passenger list num
bered about fifty. She was in command
of Capt. Joe Turner, who is regarded as
one of the most careful and experienced
navigators of this port.
The fact that over two hours was con
sumed In making the run to where the
cohesion occurred shows that the steam
er must have been jogging along' at a
slow rate, as there are but few. landings
to delay the trip between Portland and
that place. ' ,"
FURTHER DELAY
WILL BE RESENTED
Intimation of the Retention of the Phil'
ippine Islands by the United States
is Made for the First Time.
- 7jikim. Ctrl. 17. A rifnnatch to the
London News Agency from Paris says :
.-" "Today Monday) the conference
reached a crisis for the first time. Judge
Day presented the demands of the Amer
ican commission in threatening word?.
fie eaid that delay was the only possible
oi ject obtainable by the persistent ef
forts of the Spanish commissioners to
saddle the United States with the Cu
ban debt, and would be tolerated no
longer, as the United States - would
neither assume nor guarantee any part
of the debt. '
'The Spaniards replied that this
placed Spain in a position of repudiat
ing or of reducing the face value of the
Cuban boiida from 50 to 60 per cent,
paying only half the stipulated interest
on the reduced value. Before they would
adopt either alternative they would sur
render to the United States the entire
Piiiiippines.
"Judge Day responded that the sur
render of the Philippines would proba
bly be demanded.irrespective of the Co
ban or any other debt. '
"This, to the Spaniards, the first inti
mation of the intention! of the United
States as to the Philippines, resulted in
a whispered conference, followed by
request for an adjournment in order to
communicate with Madrid. - Judge Day
said that President McKmlev bad in
structed bim to demand the entire sur
render of Porto Rico tomorrow, and the
delivery of every town to the United
States officers before midnight, together
with the evacuation of Havana oh or be
fore November 1, when the United
Slates would be at the gates of the city
ready to take possession.
"There was. no alternative offered in
the case of either of tbeee demands, the
session consequently was very brief."
A WINTER
STORM RAGED
Wind and Snow Play Havec in the East
. .; Telegraph Wires Down. in. Ev.
' r ery Direction. - -
Kansas Uitt, Mo.. Oct. Z9. me ear
liest winter storm in tbe . Southwest in
twenty-five years, and the. worst storm
on record, ' almost' completely shut
Kansas City off today ' from were com
munications with the South, the West
and the North. An opening on the east
alone kept the city from being .totally
isolated. : : V , :
It has been raining for the past twen
ty four hours, Shortly after midnight
last night the rain turned to snow, and
the temperature dropped perceptibly,
Steadily since then a heavy, wet enow,
driven by a strong north wind, at points
reaching' the velocity of a gale, has been
falling. '".'':. .. .". -.
Hundreds of telegraph poles out in tbe
open have either been blown down by
the strong wind or broken bv' the weight
of the snow-covered wires.
Railway traffic, while more or less
hampered, has not been badly inter'
rupted as far as can be learned.
WAS SHOT,
.BUT BY WHOM?
A Marion County Man Refuses to Name
His Assassin He Was Wound
ed After a Struggle.
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Gervais," Or., Oct. 19. Freeman J.
Eldridge, who lives with his brother, H.
G. Eldridge, a few miles west, of here,
was found yesterday afternoon lying
wounded near bis home,"!Tiaving been
shot by some one whose name he refuses
to divulge, claiming the shooting was a
personal affair, and he will diecloee bis
identity at the proper time. The trouble
commenced in the - bouse, where evi
dences of a fierce struggle were found.
Eldridge claims that he tried to avoid
the trouble. He rkn out of the houee
and was climbing the fence surrounding
it when his assailant fired, the contents
of a. double-barreled shotgun at him,
knocking him off the fence,, thirty feet
from the house..: .The fine ehot with
which the gnn was loaded took effect in
his head, fads and limbs. His wounds
are not considered dangerous'. Eldridge
recently returned here-from the mines
at Anadim, Linn county. . ,
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EVACUATION :
OF CUBA SLOW
BUT CERTAIN
Six Tbonsand Spauisli Troops nays Gone
anfl Forty Tbonsanfl Mors are
, Now Keady to Leaie. -' ;
FLAG WJLL BE
RAISED THE FIRST
The United States Will Take Possession
Then Whether the Evacuation Has
Been Completed or Not Resort to
the Arbitrament of the Sword Cer
tain to Follow any Possible Fail
ure of the Paris Peace Negotia
tions.
Washington, Oct. 19. General Wade,
president of the Cuban evacuation com
mission, telegraphed the war depart
ment last night 'that 6000 Spanish sol
diers bad been embarked already for
Spain, and arrangements completed, of
which the commissioners bad been. duly
notified bo the Spanish commissioners,
for embarkation of 40,000 more troops in
the near future. On the whole, this
rate of progress, In view of tbe limited
resources of Spain, is believed to be
reasonable. The United States will take
charge, in. Cuba,. December 1,. whether
Spain has removed all her Boldiersor
not. This may happen even while the
spanisn commissioners at L'aris are
still desperately striving to secure con
eideration by the joint commission of
questions affecting the Cuban debt.
Now that the Spanish peace commis
sioners have been repulsed in their ef
forts to have United States assume
sovereignty over Cuba as a means of
thus transferring to our ehouldera the
Cuban debt, the next movement looked
for on their part is one in the direction
of imposing this indebtedness Upon the
Cubans ''themselves, when they shall
have erected some form of government
on ruins of Spanish sovereignty. This
would be something in the nature of a
last report on the part of the bondhold
ers. ''.'"'
Any suggestion of arbitration would
bs out of place in connection with the
peace commission, and should it come to
irreconcilable differences between the
two commissions there can be but one
arbitrament, that of the sword, for
which our government is fully prepared,
but which It does not . expect to be
obliged to enter upon.
WRECKED OFF
ENGLISH COAST
London Oct. 19. The " Norwegian
bark Frivold stranded last evening off
Spurnbead. Two members of the crew
were drowned. Tbe Norwegian' brig-
antine Augvald has been wrecked off
Govdon harbor. Seven of the crew were
drowned. The Russian schooner Wil-
helm has been wrecked off St. Andrews.
Five of the crew were saved and one
drowned.
THE LARGEST
EVER SAVED
The
Palouse Country Grain Crop is
Certainly a Record Breaker . This
Year. " .-
Colfax, Oct.- 19. Harvesting in the
Palouse country has been completed.
Every threshing machine has pulled in,
and the hauling of grain to - various
shipping points will be finished by No
vember 1, or perhaps a little sooner. So
far this season, - the total shipment of
new wheat has not exceeded 275,000
bushels, most of tbis being to Spokane
for milling, and the Sound. : -
Since tbe : completion of harvesting,
farmers and graindealers have concluded
that the crop of this year is the largest
ever harvested in the Palouse country.
Although the average -yield is less than
in 1897 and' several other former sea
sons, the aggregate yield has been great
er, owing to largely increased acreage. ,
Farmers are holding their wheat, con
fident that 6'J cents a bushel or better
will be offered within the next six weeks.
The only ea'es so far made have been of
small lotp.
SHE WAS RUN
ON A REEF
Steamer Brixham Was Wrecked Near
Fort Wrangle The Passengers all
Were Saved.
Seattle, Oct. 18. A report from Vic
toria says tbe steamer Dirigo, just ar
rived fron Skaguay, brings news that
the steamer Brixham ran on a reef on
BiasheTsland. 30 miles eouth of Fort
Wrangle, and is probabiy a total wreck.
A number of passengers were taken off
her bv the steamer Al-Ki while bound
jNorin. some oi me passeugers asseu
the captain of the Dirigo to bring them
and tbe crew down, but tbe captain
states that he was compelled to leave
them, as tbe Dirigo's accommodations
were already full. - The remaining pas
seneers and crew have camped on the
island.
The wreck was above water, and the
tides and current were swishing the
stern to. and fro. Her hold was filled
with water and it is feared that her car
go is a total loss.
ACCIDENT TO
TORPEDO BOAT
Several Boiler Tubes Blown Out Near
- Skamokawa and Six or Eight
Members of the Crew Were Badlj
Scalded.
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Portland, Oct. 20. The following die
patch reached this city today from AS'
toria:
': The torpedoboat Davis at Skamokawa,
Wash., has-been disabled bv the burst
ing of some boiler tabes. Six or eight
of the crew were badly scalded. She
will return to Portland. - Doctors have
left on a special boat from here.
Mr. Zimmerman, oi the firm of Wolfe
& Zwicker, received : a dispatch of tbe
same import from tbe other members of
his firm about the same time.- They
wired from Clifton announcing the ac
cident and the ecalding of eight men,
but gave no particulars.
With the party thai went down on the
Davis about 5 o'clock last evening were
F, Wolff, L. E." Wolff and A. Z wicker,
of the firm that built the torpedo-boat.
Dr. E. H. Thornton was also a 'member
of the party, and it is reported that Gov
ernor Lord and Adjutant-General Tuttle
were also on board.
There were about thirty-eight men
all told on board the boat, the crew con
sisting of twenty-five men.
BAD STORM
RAGING IN JAPAN
Hundreds of Villages Swept Away and
Thousands Drowned.
. Vancouvsb, Oct. 20. Disastrous ty
phoons, sandstorms and - floods have
caused fearful loss of life and property in
t'leOnen'. ' In the district watered by
tbe river Feng, in Jaoan, hundreds oi
villiages have been swept away . and
2000 people drowned. Another report
eays 250 towns are nnder water. . Thous
ands of refugees are flocking to the
cities. The Ishkarieriver also over
flowed, drowning over a thousand peo-
Pi. .'",' -. - : , :
' In a terrible typhoon off " Formosa
hundreds of lives were lost, , . - '
Among the ships lost was the Ameri
can bark Comet.- The crew was saved.
Homeward-bound passengers eay they
? assed numerous abandoned vessels,
be loes of life 'must have been enor
mous. - - - . ... . -
Bob Moore, of LaFayette, Ind., says
that for constipation be has found De
Witt's Little Early Risers to be perfect.
Tbey never gripe. Try them for stomach
and liver troubles. Snipes-Kinersly
Drug Co. '
AMERICANS
MAKE A BIG
CONCESSION
Tlie Unjtefl States Goyernment is to As
' sketDsDcM of ttiii Cuban
Municipalities.
PARTIAL VICTORY
FOR SPAIN
General Cuban Debt, However, Must
Remain Where It is at Present
United States Will Pro Rate the
Debt Assumed Among tbe Munici
palities After the Cuban Govern
ment Shall Have Been Established
NewYobk, Oct. 19. A dispatch to
the World from Washington eays:
The statement was made to the in
debtedness of the Cuban municipalities,
but will not agree to pay or guarantee
any portion of the general Cuban debt.
Thia statement was made to the World
correspondent by the highest authority
in Washington at thin time. There can
be no doubt as to its correctness. .
By this recession from tbe original in
structions to the American commission,
tbe Spanish commission has won a vie
tory. ,. The instructions to the American
commission were that they were not to
consider or discuss the question of the
Cuban or the Porto Eican debt. . ,
The debt of the municipalities of Cuba
will 6e assumed - by the. United States
and pro rated among tbe municipalities
wben a permanent , government is ej
tablisoed.. In making this concession
tbe Americans were actuated bv a desire
to protect American interests. The
water works, electric-lightening plants
and other municipal improvements were
largely constructed by American capital,
the bonus being guaranteed by the
Spanish government.
State department officials say that the
assumption of the Cuban municipal
debt was contemplated from the outset
in the event of Spain making the plea
that the indebtedness was incurred in
improving the conditions of the island.
This view is indorsed by international
lawyers. As Spain did not derive any
benefit from the money expended in im
proveraents in Cuba and will not in the
future, jurists say it is only proper that
the United States assume the indebted
ness for municipal works. The contracts
already made for municipal improve-.
ments will also be honored - by the
American government.
Paris, Oct. 19. At theequeetof the
Spanish commissioners .the joint meet
ing of the peace commission fixed for to
day has been deferred to Friday.
ORDERED TO
HAUL DOWN FLAG
Refusal to Do So Precipitated a Bat
tle Between the Warships There
. .Were Losses on Both Sides The
- Americans Capture the Rebel
Vessel.
London. Oct. 20, The Madrid corre
spondent of the Times says :
Capt. Aunon, the minister of marine,
has received a dispatch from Monila an
nouncing a naval engagement between
the Americans and rebels in consequence
of Admiral Deweys forbidding the latter
to fly the rebel flag from their ehips in
the harbor. . - -
-The dispatch states that there were
losses on both sides, but the 'Americans
captured tbe rebel ships. -
The scene of the engagement is not
stated, but ie supposed to have been Ma
nila bay. ,.'". .-" - ; .
Spain Advises Her Commissioners.
: Madbid, Oct. 20. The cabinet has de
cided to forward to tbe Spanish peace
commissioners at Paris an official die
Royal makes the food pare,
wholesome and delicious.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
ROVAL BAKING POWDCR CO., KEW VORK.
patch . received yesterday from Ma
nila, reporting an n;ngement between --'
the American and insurgent warships,
growing out of a refusal of Admiral
Dewey to allow the insurgents to fly
their flag from their ship's. Tbe dis
patch says, that Admiral Dewey, having
forbidden the Tag'os to hoist the Phil
ippine flag upon their vessels, a series of -fights
occurred, resulting in losses on'
both Eidee.
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Not Reported in Washington.
Washington, Oct. 19. -As far as could
be ascertained, no information concern
ing the reported naval engagement has
been received at the , navy department,
nor has Gen. Otis, commanding tbe
United States troops in Manila, mads
any mention of it iu any communication -which
he may have srnt to tbe war de-.
partment. ; '-. . '.-'
The dispatch created- considerable in
terest here. Recently the newspapers
contained a statement that Admiral '
Dewey had dispatched one or two of bis
ships to another portion of. the Philip
pine group on a mission of some import
ance, and tbe suggestion is made unoffi
cially that it may. have been these ves
sels which have been engaged in combat
with the insurgents. .-, . 1
CAVITE HAS
BEEN EVACUATED
Rest of the Island of Luzon Remains
Under Control of the Insurgents
Aguinaldo's Power Has Declined
to Such an Extent that no More
Serious Trouble is Anticipated
from That Quarter.
If ew Yonic, Oct. 20. A dispatch from
Manila to the Herald says :
The insurgent geueral,-Pio Pilar has
agreed to evacuate Paco Pneo, the last
suburb of Manila held by the Filippinos
on October 25th. This completes the
American conquest of the city. The last
rebeljhas left Cavite. The Americans
now hold Cavive and Manila, the rest of
the island of Luzon being in the hands
the insurgent faction.
How little power Aguinaldo possesses
is shown by his refusal to grant passes
to visit tbe interior, on the ground that
the northern provinces are held by Gen.
Makabonlos, who is in revolt against
the Malo Los government.
Aguinaldo has ordered the release cl
tbe Spanish civilian prisoners taken at .
Iloilo. ;.
Steamers nnder the American flag are
forbidden to load by the native authori
ties unless they pay .a tax of five per
cent ad valorem on the coast and twenty
per cent on their freight to the Icral
governor.
Aguinaldo is preparing for a possible
return of tbe islands to Spanish rule and
will entertain no proposal from Sp tin."
Every native is sworn to join hia ranks
in such an event. Out of the gonihern
i lands Mandiiio . wou'd not comtine
against Spain. -
There are two cases of ' smallpox this
week, although the health of the troops
shows a slight improvement, there being
few cases of typhoid feyer and dysen
tery. There is still need for more ,
women nurses. Red Cross workers,
after some slight hitches, are starting an
ably managed auxiliary hospital for
serious cases, likewise a hospital for the
California troops. They intend opening
still atpther borne for the convalescent
soldiers.' ' ---''
" Auction Sale. .
At my farm on 5-Mile, Tuesday, Oct.
25th, iarm implements, wagons, harness,
etc. 10-11 d w td Wm. Floyd.