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TifirtifTf n 1 i J VOL. IX THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 189H. NO. 14 mm vj BROOKE TO FORM A CABINET Fur CM Ssnstaries Will id Him in AimitisteriK Affairs. ALL WILL BE PROMINENT lOoe or Two May Be Spaniards, Though Probably All Will Be Cubans General Ludlow Announces a Long List of Civil Appointments, Includ- ing That of Menocal to Be Chief of Po'ice. s Havana, Jan. 13. Governor General ;. Brooke has been carefully considering 'the formation of a cabinet of civil ad visers, and has decided to have four sec- ment; the second of finance; the third of justice and public instructions; and the fourth of agriculture, industry, com I ; ruerce and public works. Only protnl cent residents of the island will be in , vited to join the cabinet. The governor-general has received ac ceptances from two, whose names are to be reserved until all four can be an nounced. One of the other two may be a Spaniard, though it is probable that a'l four will be Cubans. ' The appointments will take effect at noon on Saturday next, when the retlr lug officers will turn over to their suc cessors their books, funds and public be'ongings. There are two Spaniards among the appointees. Councilor Jose Somona atid Seoor Batbino Gonzales, the mayors secretary. The others are Cubans, well-known lawyers, merchants, landowners, engineers, doctors and rep resentative men of all classes. Coun cillor Maiias Infanson Is a colored man The selections have been very carefully made. The council will have the same general function as attached to an ordi nary municipal council in the United States. I Ludlow Goes a Little Slow. I New York, Jan. 13. A dispatch to the Tribune from Havana says: Col. Moulton's report on the organiza tion of the police force and bis part in it bas been made public, with the excep tion of portions which are reported to telate to the controversy with General Ludlow. The admonitions from Wash ington seem to have ended the contro versy, and checked some of Gen. Lud low's radical changes in what bad been done by his predecessors. ,' Gen. Ludlow and Uen. Menocal, of the Cuban army, bad a conference with Gen. Lw, relative to the organization of a rural police, Gen. Lee expected Menocal's active co-operation, but since the latter Is to be in Havana same other insurgent commander can be designated for the work. The graves of the Maine victims in the Columbus cemetery will he enclosed by simple railing, which will preserve the pot from neglect until it is determined whether a monument shall be erected or whether the bodies shall be disinterred and removed to the United States. The working men in the city are show ing an uneasiness over the change In money values. They want their wages In American money m a safeguard, and the laborers on tbe docks have 'struck to enforce their demand that American urrency be substituted for Spanish gold. SITUATION AT MANILA GRAVE Insurgents Are Enthusiastic at the Idea of Attacking the City, and , Insist Upon Independence. Niw Voitx, Jan. 13. A dispatch to the Herald from Manila says: The situation here becomes graver hourly. I The Herald correspondent visited Ag ui I naldo sontposts round Manila Saturday and Sunday. The native troops seeuied enthusiastic at the idea of an attack up on Manila. On all the houses are din played flaming poster bearing this scription: "Independence or death. It is said native troops in the environ of Manila number 30,000. All profess great aatred for th Americans. ine correspondent was arrested frequently on tuspicion of being an American, bat was released upon showing his consular papers. Agninaldo's noldiers one and all are longing to attack Manila. They declare they will accept no terms except abso lute independence. CONGRESS TO INVESTIGATE War Board Censures Eagan, Who It I Said Will Back Down Miles Will Ignore Eagan's Screed. Washington, Jan. 13. Army circles this morning bad scarcely recovered from tbe shock caused yesterday by tbe state ment of Commissary-General Eagan Still, in consideration of the matter the officer have reached a point where they begin to appreciate the real gravity of tbe event and understand its probable effect on the future of the army and of its probable influence on legislation which may be desired for the military establishment. From of fleers of tbe highest rank down, nothing Is said for publication, though general regret is felt at the occurrence. Sober second judgment of the coolest minds on both sides, meaning the friends of Eagan and Miles, inclines to the opinion that no action will follow yesterday's eruption. The general feeling In tbe matter bas narrowed down to a personal issue between Eagan and Miles, and owing to the president's promise to protect witnesses wbo might appear before the war investigating commission from consequences of any testimony tbey might give there, no department of the government can take cognizance of the affair. Up to 1 :30 o'clock neither Miles nor Breckinridge bad appeared at their oflicca. Eagan was at bis desk as usual. He refused to say anything beyond what he had given to the war commis sion yesterday, saying that the state ment was an official ntterance and fully covered his feelings and belief. Chicago, Jan. 13. A special to the Tribune from Washington says: When General Miles was seen in regard to General Eagan's statement before the war Investigation commission he said: "I shall pay no attention to a man who seems to forget that he wears the uniform of the United States army, and that this dignity should carry with it the instincts of a gentleman. If the secretary of war chooses to take cog nizance of General Eagan's language well and good. I certainly shall not do so. "I have not volunteered any informa tion regarding tbe controversy over the beef furnished the army during the Spanish-American war. I was asked to go before the Investigating commission, and did so. Being before the commis sion, I felt it my duty to state facts as I understand them, and to furnish such corroborative evidence as I had at hand." Washington, Jan. 13. The war in vestigating commission today passed a resolution censuring Eagan for the language be used yesterday when he appeared to answer charges made against the commissary branch of the army by Miles, and returned to I lm the carefully prepared typewritten statement which he left with the commission after read ing it to that 1km! y. Brigadier-General Leon ar ad A. Wood was the star witness before the commission today. He praised the quality of the much-talked- ot beef furnished the army, and said ex cept for some cans that were tainted and consequently promptly thrown away, the beef was of good quality, and he himself bas used the meat both in the war and in his own family. Washington, Jan. 13. It was gath ered from friends ofEagan today that he s prepared to accept the suggestion in the letter of the war inquiry commission and will iinon't st j...iiicit so as to exciuae Hie matter complained of. DeWItt' Witch Hazel Salve Cur Piles, bcatils, Hum. PASSES AWAY Hcartfailra lis Cause, EescltiH From FnniBii. IN CONGRESS MANY YEARS Chairman ot the Ways and Means Com mittee, and Leader of the Repub licans in the House. Washington. Jan. 13. Hon. Nelson Dingley, of Maine, leader of the Repub Mean side on the floor of the house of representatives, died her.e tonight at 10:30 o'clock, of heart failure, resulting from extreme weakness due to pnue' monia. He was unconscious during most of the day, and death came quiet ly, without consciousness being regained All the members of his family were at his bedside. To within a few hours be fore his death, the family firmly believed as it bad throughout bis illnees, that he would recover. While the past few days have given great hopes of recovery, the progress of the disease had made the patient so dangerously weak, aud had seriously affected bis heart. Late last night and again this morning, Mr. Ding ley had another sinking spell, from which be slightly recovered. There were further evidences ot heart failure as the day progressed, and the greate st stimulants were administered without effect. He failed perceptibly during the day and as night approached hope was abandoned. Mrs. Dingley is very much prostrated by her husband's death and she Is now under the care of a phys ician. Mr. Dingley had spent all of the lact sixteen years of his life, when his con gressional duties called him to Washing ton, at the Hamilton House. He occu pied rooms on the second floor and bad with him bis wife and daughter, the sons being here but little. Representative Dingley'a illness dated bick to December 19ih. The physicians diagnosed his rase as one of grip, so commonly prevailing here, and cautioned the patient to keep bis room. The fol lowing Saturday, pneumonia developed in the left lung, complicated with tbe irregularity of the heart. The funeral will he conducted in the bouse of representatives on Monday next The body will be taken to tbe honse at o'clock, and there lie in state until noon, when the service will be conducted n tbe presence of the senate and house. At 4:20 in the aftertiion the funeral Dartv will leave for Lewiston, Me., ar riving there at 2 o'clock Tuesday after noon. CATARRH OF THE STOMACH A Pleasant, Simple but Safe and Effec tual Cure For It. Catarrh of the stomach has loiig been considered tl,e next thing to incurable. The usual symptoms are a full or bloat- ng sensation after eating, accompanied sometimes with sour or watery risings, a formation of gases, causing pressure on he heart and lungs and dif'cult breath- ng, headaches, tickle appetite, nervous ness and a general played out, languid feeling. There is often a foul taste in the mouth, coated tongue and if the interior of the stomach could be seen it would how a slimy, inflamed condition. The cure for this common and ob stinate trouble is found in a treatment which causes ti e food to be readily, or thoroughly digested ueiore u uas time to ferment and irritate the delicate surface of the stomach. To secure a prompt and healthy digestion is the one necessary thing to do and when normal digestion la secured the catarrahal con- illon will have disappeared. According to Dr. Harlaneon the safest and best treatment is to use after each inetil a tablet compose I ol Diastase, Accptic I'opsln, a little Nux, Oi ldn Seal an ' ..it, acia. These tablets can now be found at all drug stores under the name of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, and not being a patent medicine can be used with perfect safety and assurance that bealthly appetite and thorough di gestion will follow their regular use alter meals. Mr. N. I. Booher, of 2710 Dearborn at., Chicago, III., writes: "Cattarh is a local condition resulting from a neglected cold in the head, whereby the lining membrance of the nose becomes in flamed and the poisououa discbarge I therefrom pasting backward into the throat reaches the stomach, thus pro ducing catarrah of the stomach. Med cal authorities prescribed for me for three years tor catarrah of stomach without cure, but today I am the happiest of men after usiugonly one box of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. I cannot find appropriate words to ex press my good feeling. I have found flesh, appetite and sound rest from their use " Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is the safest preparation as well as the very simplest and most convenient remedy Lfor any form of indigestion, catarrah of stomach, billionsness, sour stomach, heartburn and bloat fn a after meals. Send for little book, mailed free on stomach troubles, by addreesing Stuart Co., Marshall. Mich. The tablets cau be found at all drug stores. PHILIPPINE IMPROVEMENTS War Department Encouraged By the Receipt of News From Otis Con tradicting Recent Rumors. Washington, Jan. 14. War depart ment officials were very much encour aged todat upon receipt of the news from Otis at Manila, that indicated a distinct improvemeut in the situation there. The general's dispatch completely negatives thr absurd story from Madrid of the American troops at Manila hav ing mutinied and refused to proceed to Ilo Ho, necessitating tbe withdrawal of Miller's forces from that port. Otis is master wherever be has planted his foot and undoubtedly is able to carry out any policy as to treatment of natives the ad ministration is likely to dictate.' There are indications that encourage officials here to believe that the con ciliatory policy toward tbe natives that was recently adopted will succeed, a! though it cannot be expected that the Filipinos will be convinced at once of the absolute good faith in which Otis is acting toward them. TRAGEDY IN LINN COUNTY J. C. Lyons Murdered In His Home in Mill City By the Hand of an Un known Assassin. Aldanv, Or. Jan. 14. A special to tbe Herald from Mill City says: J. C. Lyons, a merchant, was muidered in a room back of bis store about 0 o'clock last night, having been shot by an un known assassian through a window from tho outside, I he weapon used was a shotgun, loaded with mixed shot, and the charge entered the back of Lyons' neck, some passing through, and com ng out under the chin. Tho victim lived about an hour after being shot, and was conscious to the ast. It is not known that he made any statement that would give any clue to the murderer. Mr. Lyons was just preparing to re tire, and was alone In his room at the time, his son, atiout 10 years old, hav ing already gone to bed in an upper room. The murdered man has been a re spected resident of tbis county for more than '.'0 years. The cjroner arrived here from Albany on this morning's train, and will hold an inquest as soon as a jury can be secured. High Price Tor Hay. Long Crekk, Jan. 13. --Stock men of fered as high as f 12 per ton for 100 tons of packed hay yesterday, and were un able to buy any. This is tbe highest prico offered for hay In the stack for many years. Very few farmers have any hay to sell, and those who have, in anticipation of a continuance of the pre vailing bad weiuiirr, are asking more than stockmen can affj. ' . j. How ever, if the weather does not soon mod erate hay owners may get their price. DISASTER IN TACOMA HARBOR Kit a Man on Board Escaped to Tell tbe TalioftitWrcrt. ' SEVENTEEN MEN DROWNED Disaster Occurs During the Prevalence of the Worst Blow Ever Known There Direct Cause the Breaking Loose of Ooe of the Boom Logs Between Which the Vessel Moored Sunk in More Twenty Fathoms of Water. Was Than Iacoma, Jan. 14. During a heavy storm early this morning the British ship Andalana was caught by a squall and capsized In tiie harbor, sinking in twenty-two fathoms ot water. The ac cident occurred some time between tbe hours of 2 and 4 o'clock, but was not die covered until daylight. All on board were drowned. The crew in command of Captain G. W. Stailing cansisted of twenty-eight men all told Eleven of these had been discharged yesterday, thus leaving the captain and seventeen men to perish in the waves few hundred yards from land. 1 be disaster is one of the most mel ancholy ever recorded, and of much eiin Ilarity to that which belell the British ship Blairmore in the harbor of San Francisco about four years ago, of which the details are still fresh in the minus of the public. The Adalana arrived on tbe Sound from Shanghai December 28th, in bal last. She was under charter to Epping- er & Co., to load wheat for the United Kingdom, and four days ago was towed into the harbor at Tacoma and moored to a ballast buoy to have her hold cleared for the cargo. mi ... inis was accomplished last evening, and it was the intention to have the ves sel shifted to the dock this morning when tbe loading would have been com mencod. As is usual when a vessel Is lying light on open water, ballast logs bad been made 'ast on either side to prevent any accident should a blow occur. Late last night a strong wind com menced sweeping over the bay and it steadily grew in fierceness until during the early part of this morning it had at tained a velocity of seventy miles an hour. It was a living gale bordering on a hurricane. Although the ship was under bare poles, her high sides and lofty ringing caught the wind so much that the chains fastening tbe ballast logs to tbe ship's side snapped. Thus without any sup port the vessel could not withstand the terrific squalls, but careened over to her beam -ends. As the ship was to have commenced taking cargo this morning the hatches had been left open, thus al lowing the water to pour into the hold In large volumes. What took place on board the ship from the time she cap B'zed nntil she went to tbe bottom of course is not known, as not one of those on board remains to tell the tale, but the general opinion is that all the men were drowned in their bunks. It is estimated that the ship tank within 15 minutes after capsizing. As soon as the accident had been dis covered tugs steamed up and rushed out in eearch of possible survivors. A life boat and much wreckage has come ashore and tugs are now searching Com mencement bay for rafts, boats aud dead bodies. The Andalana was a four-masted iron bark of 2:!9." tons net register, was built in Wilkeson, Nova Scotia, in 1SS9, and is owned by E. F. & W. Roberts. She was a first class vessel, aud valued at about 1100,000. Captain G. W. Stailing bails from Annanolis. Nova Scotia, where he leaves a wife and three children. The names of the officers and crew are not known, Tbe storm which swept over the bay last night is the most violent yet re-1 rord"l in this rvt'llnn. l;-rrt. fVnm I iie.fch born.g points on toe sound r.vc j tbe velocity of ttie wind at 70 miles per hour. At this place it Is blowing at the rate of 39 miles per hour today. v Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum. AKim bating powders are the greatest menacers to health of the present day. sovAi MKtNd soworw en , rw vmk. EAGAN TAKES IT ALL BACK Withdraws the Objectionable Portion From His Statcmert. Wahiiington. Jan. 16 Commissary- General Egan today sent to the war in vestigating commission a revised state ment in place of that originally made in response to Miles' charges. Tbe revised statement iff about that 35 per cent shorter than which was ordered withdrawn because of its violent und abusive character. The commission went into secret session to read the document and decide whether in its present form it has baen expurgated sufficiently to permit it to be made a part of the commission records. Accompanying Eagan's revised state ment was a letter from the commissary- general in which be disclaimed any in tention in his former testimony of dis respect to the coin misebn. The writer in excuse tor his vituperative language- states that he has been placed before the whole country as a man who fed the army on poisoned meat. He says it i but natural 'that when proper oppor tunity was given him to meet and re fute the charges he should characterize them in harsh language and in terms that are deemed improper, no matter what the provocation. He concludes: "I therefore withdraw the language and matter so objectionable, and re submit to you my sworn statement, withi abiding faith that your commission hav ing all tbe facts before it will decide the points at issue justly." The commission, after a brief secret session, decided for the presont to make public only Eagan's letter and not the statement accompanying it. Two Boys' Narrow Escape. Oregon City, Jan. 14 Two sons of Walter Kirchem, of Logan. Korre, aged 12, and a younger brother 5-yeara old, had a miraculous escape from drownincr n tbe Clackamas river three miles above the hatchery yesterday. The bovs drove down to tbe river with a wagon and team to get a load of gravel. To reach the gravel bed tbey bad to drive through the edge of the stream around a clump of willows, but tbe river was unusually high and they suddenly found them selves in deep, swift-ruunlng water. The boys floated off the mason on a narrow plank and down the turbnlent waters of the Clackamas over rapids for bout a mile, when in some wav the lank with its human freight reached the shore. The horses were carried 3 miles down the stream aud were drowned. W ould Be Taken as Casus Belli. Nkw Vokk, Jan. 13 A dispatch to the Herald from Hong Kong says: A steamer just arrived from Manila brings large number of rich and influential ilipinosand their families, who have eft the Philippines owing to the situa- ion there. The relugces state that the landing of American troops at Ilo Ilo wou'd be rented as a casus belli, and that the Filipino army thereupon would attack General Otis at Manila. The Fiilpino government has offered an asylum in the provinces to foreign families, including Spaniards who are now inhabiting Manila. Frightful Blunder Will often cause a horrible burn, scald, cut or .bruise. Bncklen's Arnica Salve, the best In the world, will kill the pain and promptly heal it. 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