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CO THE DALLES, WASCO COTJNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1898. . VOL. IX NO. 9 MEXICO TO THE RESCUE OF SPAIN The Coloiiizatioii Project Evoi?cfl liy tbG ' Diaz GoTcmisnt. A HOME FOR SPANISH TROOPS Transportation Offered Them to Mexico If They Will Emigrate There, and Additional Small Houses, Tqols.ctc, With Which to Work. Skw Yore, Dec. 13. A dispatch to the Press from Washington ears: The Mexican government has sub mitted a colonization project to the Spanish authorities in Havana, by which it proposes not only to aid the Spanish government, but to give great assistance as well to the Spanish soldiers who have served in Cuban welfare and are soon to evacuate Cuba. The proposition of the Mexican gov ernment is to organize bands among the Spanish soldiers and provide them with free passage to Mexico, where necessary tools, seeds and implements for agricul tural work will be furnished, and in ad dition oxen and small houses will be given to the immigrants and a certain tract of the public lands in Mexico will be provided tor colonization purposes. The government, in turn, is to take a lien npon the products, and exact a return of 20 per cent each year until the supplies are paid for by the colonists, after which the land will become their own. For those who do not care to accept tha proposition, arrangements have been made by the government of Mexico to supply a large number of Spanish soldiers with labor on the public works and in the mines, at the rate of $ 18 per month. The .Spaniel) authorities in general are in favor of the proposition, for the ex pense of transportaion is thus saved, as well as the necessity of caring in some manner for the soldiers on their return to their native country. It is also con tended that besides doing a generous act the Mexican government will itself be benefited, as its population will be in creased by persons of the same race largely, and large sections of the public lands will be utilized by a substantial agricultural class. A TERRIBLE MINE EXPLOSION Kills Five aod Entombs Twenty-Tree Men, Near Shotcau, I. T. Shoteau, I. T., Dec. 13. A few min utes before 9 o'clock last night in urine No. 2, of the Indianola & Rath way Coal Company, three miles from this place, a terrific explosion took place. Five men are known to have lost their lives from its immediate effects, and twenty-three more are imprisoned in the shaft. The explosion was caused Dy the igni tion of of coal dust after a blast had been fired. Over one hundred men were at work in the mine at the time of the ex plosion, and only about half -of these have been accounted for. There seems to be little hope of rescuing the en tombed miners. A hundred men are working valiantly to rescue their com rades. ... . It ia probable that the interior of the mine is burning., although at present ' this cannot be determined. . Jt is aim impossible tn- ecrtain- the names of those who have tieen killed and bureid in the minw. , Farmers Holding Wheat Colfax, Dec. 12. Carefully gathered statistics , of .', wheat produced and : destined for export from Whitman county shows that there is still in. the warhouees along the railroads of the county 7,000,000 bushels. Shipments of wheat so far this season 'have aggregated 1,200,000 bushels. Of the wheat still in j the county not to exceed 1,000,000 bush els hiva been sold by the farmers. Ad ditional sales this winter at present prices will not be much greater. Farm ers generally express a determination to hold their wheat for 60 cents or better per bushel. THE COLDEST SEEN IN YEARS Weather ia Washington is Most Se vere Ffteen Degrees Below Zero at Republic. Spokane, Wash., Dec. 13. This was one' of the coldest mornings in Spokane for more than two years. The temper ature fell to 12 below zero. The present cold wave is one of the most protracted in the history of the eection. In this cDuntry the cold has been intensified by dense fogs, which roll up from the fairs and rapids every evening. . Colder weather is reported froui the surrounding plains and moun tains. In the Palouse country the tempera ture has repeatedly fallen to zero ' and below. The coldest point has been Republic, where 15" below zero has been experi enced. The cold weather is interfering with mining operations by freezing the rivers in the mountains and cutting off the power with which to run mills and con centrators. atrocTties in formosa Rebels Attack1 a Village, Massacre the Inhabitants and Burn Their Homes to the Ground. Ran Fbancisco, Dec. 13. Terrible at rocities ate reported from Formosa. Two hundred rebels recently attacked a village and looting the place. They burned thirty-seven houses. . A Japa nese police inspector and six constables perished while attempting to repel the attack. One constable was captured alive. The insurgents fastened on his neck the bloody heads of his companions and drove him before them into the woods. Reinforcements were sent to the village, where the mutilated bodies of the vic tims were found. CneconBtable who escaped killed bis own wife and child with his Japanese sword to prevent them from becoming captives. He was then killed by the savages. . The Lookout for Cattle. Baker City, Dec. 12. The cattle out look lor Eastern Oregon, and for that matter for the whole country, is better now than it has been in the last 20 years. Messrs. Logan, Mitchell and Pratt, of Montana, passed through here recently for the purpose of purchasing cattle. Mr. Mitchell, in an interview, stated that they had failed to secure any cattle in New Mexico, California, Wyoming, Montana or Texas, as there was not enough in any of those states to stock their own ranges. He attributes the scarcity to the late war and to immense crops of corn and hay with no outlet, for the latter. They secured about 1000 head here, paying from $20 to $34 for steers, $20 for cows and calves, and $12 for calves, and had to travel 1500 miles to get them. To Fix the Blame. Pendlkton, Dec. 13. Superintendent J. P. O'Brien, of the O. R. & N. Co., this afternoen convened an official court of inquiry into the cause of the wreck of Sunday morning, when a freight train ran into the rear end of a passenger train at Caynse, near here. At 1 p. m. a special train left here for the scene of the wreck, bearing Conductor Barns, Brakeman Jackson, Engineer Stephens, ami Fireman Carlson, of the passenger train, and the crew of the freight train, Dispatcher Waish'and others., :A"care ful inquiry was made as to the distances and lapses of time . relative to the trains both before and at the time of the wreck. . .. - Overcome eyil with good. Overcome your coughs and colds with One Minnt Cough Core. It is so good children cry for it. It cures croupi bronchitis, pneu monia, grippe and ail throat and lung diseases. Snipes-Kinersly Drug Co. SOLDIER'S CONDI TION AT MANILA Petty Officialism and Jealousy Override all Otter Considerations. SIX OR SEVEN MEN DIE DAILY The Sick Sigh For Death as a Release From Their Sufferings, and Some Even Take Poison to Hasten It, According to the Nurse's Statement Honolulu, viz. Sau Francisco, Dec. 14.) The United State9 transport Scan dia has arrived from Manila, which place she left November 15. She brings a number of officers, 91 discharged and furloughed men, two Red Cross nurses and the largest mail that ever left Ma nila, 213 sacks for San Francisco, and one for Honolulu. The vessel will re- same her voyage on or about the 10th instant. Miss Schafer, a Red Cross nurse, who went from Honolulu to Manila, arriving there September 2Gtli returned on the Scandia. She makes startling charges on the way the United States soldiers are taken care of in Manila. Miss Scbafer made the following statement for pub lication : "Scores of soldier boys are dying in the hospitals at Manila just for want of proper nourishment. They say the government allows GO cents a day for each patient. I could of saved dqzsns of lives on a cent a day. Oh ! the utter woe of the soldiers, and the helplessness ot them. Men as bright and noble as God ever made, giving up to death, hopine for it, eeeking for it, taking poison, do ing anything that will relieve the dis pair- that comes upon them. Seeing nothing before them but days of pain and nights of wretchedness, without proper care, witLont proper food, alone with no one to give them sympathy, or cheer or write to their friends, to soothe their aching brows or moisten their parched lips; if by sheer endurance of nature, of obstinacy of vitality, they do get better, there is before them nothing bat a still more cheerless period of con valescence, with the probability of a re lapse and the old weariness of despair to be suffered again. No wonder there are six or seven funerals a dav. No wonder the dead house is never empty. "And outside of the hospital, and even at it, such indifference. Pettv consideration of rank and position, squabbles about precedence, lack of con sideration, in prescribing and preparing food, while men are' dying, not merely of heart hunger, but for want of nourish day after day, and as I spoke to this one and that one, and they poured out their sorrows, men who do not wear their hearts on their sleeve, cried for pure agony of their loneliness and despair, made pregnant and vivid by their own telling of it. "I got so I just could not go through the wards. What could I.doT I eaw need of care, of proper nourishment, of the most ordinary hospital treatment, and was utterly helpless to do anything; joet one cog in a great, remorseless grinding machine, whose material , was noble men and whose grist was death. "I do not mean that all in the hos pitals are carol ess or indifferent. Many are trying to do their best. There is a lot of worthiness and unselfishness among the attendants at the hospitals, but in a whole ward there is not more than one nurse with experience, and as for the helpers, only one or two awk ward boys, who prebaps, never saw a sick room before. DEMONSTRATION ! ATMAUTA It Has Been Thought by the Powers a Wise Move to Make Some Show . of Strength. Ban Francisco, Dec. 14. A dispatch from Apia, Samoa, says: . Considerable excitement was created here on November 10th, by the landing of a patty a blue jackets from British and German ships. V'tiile no serious troub le is anticipated r j-r-esent, the repre sentatives of the ; ers thought it wise to make a deinoi - Uien, owirg to the number of nativi . ho have congregated at Mulinuu, so to show that the pow ers were detern !iied to protect the white residents. The party landed at Mautu and marched through the town h'aded by a German band from the Buzzard with drum und fife corps from the H. M. S Porpoise. After making a display to the natives, both parties returned to their respective ships. The chiefs supporting Mataafa have notified the chief justice that they have elected Mataafa as kins of JBamoa, and that a protest has been entered by cer tain other chiefs who dispute this elec tion. High Chief Tair.asaee has been nominated for Die vacant throne by the opposition, and the whole matter ' has been referred to the chief justice for de cision. Upon that official will depend the selection of the new king of Samoa BINGER HERMANN OR DAVIS One of These Will Most Probably Suc ceed Bliss as Secretary of the Interior. New York, Dec. 14. A Washington special says: . It is the opinion of leading members of the administration still in the city that the vacancy to be caused by the resignation of Secretary of the Interior Bliss will he filled by promotion. In this connection the names of Bingcr Hermann, commissioner of the general land office, and Assistant Secretary of the Interior Webster Dayis are being considered. Both of these are personal friends of the president, and have given excellent service to the party. . For geographical reason?, it is thought that Mr. Hermann's chances are the better. There is no representative in the cabinet from the Pacific coast, and on account of the vote of Oregon in the recent elections it is thought highly probable that the president will confer the office of secretary of the interior upon Mr. Hermann. Mr. Davis, however has' Riven ranch valuable campaign service in many states, for which the president feels yery grateful. OBJECT IN BUILD ING THROUGH IDAHO Statement Made By President Mellcn ol the Northern Pacific. New Yobk. Dec. 14. President C. S. Mellen, of the Northern Pacific, today gave out the following statement : "The Northern Pacific company is not constructinp.nor does it contemplate constrncting, lines for the parpose of in juring other companies, nor do I bvlieye that any other company intends to build lines for the purpose of injuring the Northern Pacific. "The only construction which the Northern Pacific has in proress is about seventy-five miles in the Clearwater country, in Idaho. The Northern Pacific is the only line in that country or within fifty miles of it. A question has arisen between the Northern Pacific and the O. R. & N. as to whether the O. R. & N. should not also be allowed to occupy that territory without being considered as in fading country of the Northern Pa cific. . ' ' "Excefjt the seventy-five miles in question, no construction has been au thorized by the Northern Pacific board, and none will be undertaken without its authority. I have none to recommend at present. , Military Governor of Cuba. Washington, Dec. 13. Major-Gen eral Brookearrived in Washington today and was closeted for more than an henr with Alger. He then proceeded to the White House, and when he returned to the war department it was formerly an nounced that the president had desig nated him to be military governor of Cuba. ' '- ; Each of the six provinces will bare its own military governor, and all will revive their instructions directly from Brooke. A- One Minute Cough Cure, cures, I oat u what It was aad for. DOES CHURCH OR STATE OWN IT? Tag Title to Vast Property in Our New Possessions Not Clear. CATHOLIC CHURCH IS THE HOLDER But as the Spanish GovernmentPaid for It With Money Wrung From the People of the Islands, It is Claimed By William Henry Roberts and Others That the Property Should Revert to the Government. Washington. Dec. 15. At a meeting of the National Christian Citizenship convention a letter was read from Wil liam Henry Roberts, a prominent Pres byterian and secretary of the Alliance of reformed Churches, on the subject of church property in the newly acquired possessions. The letter Eays in part : "In all these territories, acquired as a result of the war with Spain, there are large church properties which have been heretofore ' under control of the Roman Catholic church as the estab lished church of Spain in her colonies. These church properties are claimed by tho Roman Catholic authorities, but to a large extent with no show of right. There doubtless are properties given by will or direct donation under the control -of Riman Catholic church authorities in Porto Rico and the Philippines, but" in addition to such properties there are other properties, especially church edi fices, which were paid for out of the public fund and maintained at the ex pense of the Spanish government. The latter properties are not the properties of church but of the people. This Is the fact in all countries where there are es tablished churches. "The ' ecclesiastical situation, there fore, as it lies in many minds, is this : "The church property m Porto Rico and the Philippines, being to a large ex tent the property of the state, is not rightly the property of the Roaian Cath olic church. The Unitfd States govern ment, therefore should take possession, of all church property, should carefully determine what moiety of the property actually belongs to the Roman Catholic church as such, end retain theremainder under its own control for the benefit of the people of the new territories. "I would not advocate that the Unit ed States government should takejjpos session of church property in the new territories, selling the same at public sale and placing the money in its own treasury; but I do say that the people of this new territory in each of their cities and towns should have an opportunity to determine what use should be made of these church edifices. They were built by them by moneys, forced from tbem by oppressive methods of the Span ish govern men?, and they are morally, and they tbiiik legally, the property of the inhabitants of these territories. Let there be a voice for instance, in each of the towns and parishes of Porto Rico, as to the disposal of the church edifices." PECULIAR POISONS GENERATED IX THE HUMAN BODY The Result of Imperfect Digestion of Food. Every living thing, plant or animal, contains witbin itself the germs of cer tain decay and death. : , , .In the human body these eerms of disease and death (called by scientists Ptomaines), are usually the result of im perfect digestion ofiood;the result of indigestion or dyspepsia..'. The stomach, from abuse, weakness. does not promptly and thoroughly digest the fond. Th rwmlt a hvy, nodden mass which ferments (the first 'process of decay) poiBonlog the blood, making it thin, .weak and lacking in red corpuscles : poisoning the brain causing headaches and pain in the eyes. Bad indigestion irritates the heart, causing palpitation ?nd finally bringing on disease of this very important orgna. : Poor digestion poisons the kidneys, causing Bright's disease and diabetes. And this is 60 because every organ, every nerve depends upon the stomach alone for nourishment and renewal, and week digestion shows itself not only in loss of appetite and flesh, but in weak nerves and muddy complexion. The great English scientist, Huxley, said the best start in life is a sound stomach: Weak stomachs fail to di gest food properly, because they lack the proper quantity of digestive Rcids flactic and hydrochloric) and peptoeonic pro ducts; the most sensiblo remedy in all cases of indigestion is to take after each meal, one or two of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, because they supply in a pleasant, harmless form all the elements that weak stotnschs lack. The regularise of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will cure every form of stomach troubles except cancer of the stomach. Thev increase flesh, insure pure blood and strong nerves," a bright eye and clear complexion, because all these re sult only from a wholesome food well digested. Nearly all druggists sell Stuart's Dys pepsia Tablets at '50 cents full sized package or by mail by enclosing price to Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich., but ask your druggist first. A little book on stomach diseases mailed free. Address F. A. Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich. MANY LIVES .WERE LOST Series of Fatal Accidents on the White Pass Railway. Victohia, B. C, Dec. 15. The steamer Danube, arriving from Lynn canal, reports a succession of fatal acci dents during the construction of the White Pass railway, caused by ava lanches. First officer Lawrence, of the Danube, while at Skagway, was told of six of these fatalities cccuring within a week; be obtained no names, but was assured that no fewer than 15 or 20 bad lost their lives on the railway eince the advent of winter. A number of deaths are also spoken of indefinitely as having occurred on the trail to Benpett, oniy one, however, be ing positively confirmed. In this the victim was Ferrow, the well known packer, who was found froz?n to death., on the summit. Remains of Volunteers. Washington, Dec. 9. The Oregon senators saw Adjutant-General Corbin and the assistant secretary of war in relation to requests they have received for tfie return of the remains of the Oregon volunteers now buried in the Philippine islands. It has been the in- ' tention of the secretary of war to have all the remains of volunteers returned to their relatives for burial at home, the only question arising as to whether the remains of those dying of the smallpox can safely be brought home. The others will certainly. be brought to thia country. Adjutant-General Cotbin told Senators Simon and McBride that he wonld be glad to do all he could in this mitter, but probably nothing can be done until in the .winter, when the weat.herwill.be colder and the transfer made under better circumstances. California Drought Ended. San Fbancisco. Dec.13. The weather and crop reports gathered by the Asso ciated Press today show that the rain which . commenced on the coast last night has reached almost every section of the state, and all danger ofdrought for the time being ia passed. The pre cipitation comes in the nick of time. Cattle .have -been starving in many sec tions, and the grtund has been too dry Ijt tilling, and water Eupplies for many cities and towns have reached a very low ebb. Today's rain will prove suffi cient for present needs. Pain 8 in the chest when a person has a cold indicate a tendency toward pneu monia. A piece of fltnnel dampened with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound on to the -chest over the seat ot pain will promptly relieve the pa hi and prevent the threatened attack of pneu monia. This same treatment will cure a lame back in few hours. Sold by Blakeley A Houghton. A little of Schilling's Best- spices . -.bakiny powder . soda 'and flavoring extracts goes a long way. They are strong. :-...- 12S . . 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