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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1899.
NO. 17
CUBAN SOLDIERS
CLAMOR FOR PAY
Alitatira n M SnWeet Btcnint Tin
lent at Havana.
NEWSPAPERS
TAKE IT UP
Lack of Definite Information as to the
Result of the Commission's Visit
to Washington Chiefly Responsible
for the Unrest Date of the Meet
ing of the Santa Cruz Assembly
Postponed to February 15.
Naw Yobk, Jan. 27. A dispatch to
the Tribune from Havana Jsays: The
I payment of the insurgent troops is be
: coming an urgent question, and much
! unrest exists, due partly to the lack of
i, definite information from the coramia-
eion which visited Washington. All
?' newspapers are filled with articles on
1 the subject. Some are violent, but the
. majority content themselves with urging
; the importance of a definite plan which
V will result in the disbandment of the
troops and the formation of a por
tion of them into a rural police under
''American military authorities. It is al
"; so noted that the agitation Is much
'' greater in Havana, where all the politi'
. cians gather, than in the country, where
: the Cuban soldiers are.
The executive committee of the Santa
Crux assembly has Seed the date of the
reassembling of that body February 15,
instead of February 6. Its purpose is to
wait the report of tbe Washiogton-com
'mission and also to secure tbe presence
of Goices. The latter ie now keeping in
closer touch with his followers. The ex
ecotivs committee in an address fmb
lished today counsels patience until the
payment ot tbe troops is settled. It
peaks ot 45,000 Cuban soldiers, but the
Cubans ibemeelves know better.
1 The committee has arranged with
General Ludlow for the celebration of
the fourth anniversary of the revolution
on February 24th, and tbe expectation
Is to have Gomel then disband 1
armed followers.
t Customs frauds are receiving severe
checks. Yesterday tome silk consigned
to Chinese merchants was seized, and
today fruit steamer named Victoria,
from Booth American ports, was de
tained for false entry of a cargo of cocoa
nuts. ; A hitch has occurred in the proceed
ings for the transfer of the San Jose
wharves and warehouses to a Boston
tyndicate, and the consummation ot the
ale Is uncertain. The delay is due to
the attitude of tbe present owners, who
want further concessions, though they
have not raise ! their price. Tbe 3o0,000
forfeit put up by the American capital
ists remains, and their offer holds good.
Charles E. Watson, their representative,
will return to Boston by tomorrow's
Steamer.
stripped and bound and killed, one each
dar. Awildorgie was participated in
by at least 100 savages, who had gath
ered for the feast.
In several cases the sailors were tor
tured by the old women and children of
the tribe. The eyes of one were gouged
out. The doomed men stoically watched
the elaborate preparations for their
death. A huge pot filled with boiling
water was used for the feast, which on
the first day was prolongtd away into
the night. In most cuseB the men were
beheaded, their heads beicg stuck on
poles and paraded before the men who
were to suffer the same fate.
Greene was rescued by a steamer after
tramping without food a day and a night
to reach the coast. The scenes of horror
he hnd witnessed turned his hair snowy
white.
THEY WERE DE:"
TECTED IN TIME
A RATHER START--LING
REPORT
Follawel toy a Prompt and PositiTB
Denial.
of the troof s is good.
The island of Mindanao is overrun by
Moro. The Spaniards are concentrated
at Zambonnga.
NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA
J To Gain Flesh, to Sleep Well, to Know
Y hat Appetite and Good Digestion
Means.
THE DISPATCH
WAS INTERCEPTED
Two Convicts Make a Futile Attempt to
Escape From the Penitentiary
A STORY
OF HORROR
Sai.em, Or., Jan. 27. Geo. Johnson
and Charles Williams, committed to th
penitentiary in 1897 for holding up an
O. R. & N. train near Portland, at
tempted to escape last night. Both
were confined in onecell. They cut the
bars on the door and succeeded in rea di
ing the upper tier of cells next to the
ceiling, where they began to bore
through the ceiling with a brace an
bit. The inside watchman was at sup
per, at the time, but the outside watch
man heard the noise of boring and
sounded an alarm. The convicts were
ordered down at the point of a gun, and
said: "Don't shoot, and we will come
down." Thev bad their bedding and a
pair of tinner's nippers, and it is sup
posed that they intended to make use of
the bedding to reach tLe ground outside
ot the wall, had they succeeded in get
ting inrongn tne root, iiiey are now
confined in a dungeon. The sentences
are thirty years and seven months each
Both men were this afternoon tied up
to posts and given the regulation
flogging.
Stricken With Apoplexy While Ad
dressing the Supreme Court
Washington, Jan. 26. Former At
torney-Ueneral Augustus II. Garland
was stricken with apoplexy while ad
dressing tbe United (States supreme
court at 12:15 this afternoon, and died
within 10 minutes. Mr. Garland spoke
calmly, and with no evidence of agita
tion or effort. He bad read from a 1-w
volume, and had followed with the
sentence: "This your honors, is our
contention." As the last word was
uttered, Mr. Garland tottered and fell
heavily to the floor. Senator Gallinger,
who is a physician, was near at hand.
A single glance told him that tbe attack
would be fatal. Within ten minutes
from the time of the stroke Mr. Garland
breathed his last. The court meantime
had postponed the case in which Mr.
Garland was Interested, and had pro
ceeded with other business.
Word of the tragedy was soon noised
through the capitol, and senators and
representatives hurried to the court
room. The two' Arkansas senators,
Messrs. Berry and Jones, were among
the first to view the body, and following
them was a long line of persons high in
legislative and legal circles, wlio bad
been associated with Mr. Garland at
various times in his long and notable
public service.
DOINGS AT
THE CAPITOL
Eleven Sailors Escaped Death in a Sink
ing Ship Only to Be Captured and
Tortured and Eaten by Cannibals. Lobbying Being Carried on for all It is
Worth A Sensation Promised
This Week.
Vancouver, B. C , Jan. 27. After es
caping death by drowning, eleven of the
crew ot the ship Manbara were captured
and eaten by cannibals of New Guinea. Capitol, Salem, Jan. 30. During the
The Manhare was bound for Sydney, 1 8 itnrday ami Sunday sessions of the
Australia, when it wa caught In the legislature the Populists held control of
terrible gnle of Dueemher. Near Cape
Nelson It began to sink. The crew,
eighteen all told, left the vessel in two
boats, and soon became separated. One
boat, containing twelve men, was final
ly thrown ashore ten miles from the
cape.
The sailors were seized by natives
from the Interior and hurried off to the
Village ot the chief. One man, James
Greene, escaped. The tailors were
Agoncillo Said to Have Advised Aguin
aldo to Strike a Blow at Once
Filipino Representative Says He
Has Not Counseled Any Radical
Action.
Chicago, Jan. 27. A special to the
Record from Washington says: When
Agoncillo learned that the senate had
set a day for voting on the ratification
of tbe peace treaty he prepared a dis
patch in the Filipino junta at Hong
Kong, conveying tho news, and is e
ported to have added the sngKeation that
if Aguinaldo was to forcibly contest
American control he should strike the
blow at once, aa with tho treaty ratified
and further reinforcements the Ameri
cans would be in a better position to
maintain order.
This dispatch, it is said, was inter
cepted and brought to the attention of
the president and Secretaries Long and
Alger.
Ttiere is no intention ot the part of
the administration, to far as can .be
learned, to disturb Agoncillo and his as
sociates, but their arrest or deportation
would promptly follow the declaration
of war against the United States by
Aguinaldo and his associates.
?owm
r ABSOLUTELY fclJRE
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
ovt tuKiNti pownrn co. . fw voiwc.
MAKE A TEST OF STUART'S DYS-
PEPSIA TABLETS.
THEY GAINED
AN EMPIRE
No trouble is more common or more
misunderstood than nervous dyspepsia
People having It think their nerves are
to blame and are surprised that they
are not cured by nerve medicines. The
real seat of the mischief is lost sight of,
The stomach Is the organ to bo looked
after.
Nervous dyspeptics often do not have
any pain whatever in the stomach, nor
perhaps any of the symptoms of stom
ach weakness. Nervous dyspepsia shows
itself not in the stomach so much as in
nearlv every organ. In some cases the
heart palpitates and is irregular; inoth
ers the kidneys are effected : in others
the bowels are constipated, with head'
Congress Hears of tbe Seeds of Indian
far Veterans.
MEMORIAL
PRESENTED
The Paper Was Adopted by the Oregon
House on January 15th, and Con
curred in by the State Senate Just
Three Days Later.
Washington, Jan. 27. Agoncillo, the
representative Aguinaldo, authorized
the following statement today, concern
ing the published reports that the gov
ernment had intercepted dispatches
from him to Aguinaldo In which head
vised that the Filipinos would have
to fight for their independence, and now
was the time to act :
"Tbe statement is absolutely false and
is calculated to excite feeling and ani
moeity in tbe country, and to prejudice
tbe Filipinos cause. No such telegram
has ever been sent by me. The falsity
of the statement is shown by the fact
that I have cabled my government to
continue the friendship which was born
on the battle-field against Spain."
"The Philippine people have no wish
and no purpose to fight against the
Americans unless they are driven to it
'J heir only desire is to strengthen tbe
bonds now existing."
IOWA REGIMENT
RECALLED
Xo Illness on Board the Transport
Tbe Natives Are Intent Upon
Plundering.
the house.
The reapportionment hill now awaits
the signature of the governor.'
Lobbyists interested in the county re
funding bill are said to be endeavoring
to make money a vote winner.
A stronger lobby interest In the sugar
beet bounty bill, arrived this mornlmr,
and there is liable to bo a good sized
sensation developed here this week re
garding grafts.
Manila, Jan. 28. Otis has recalled
the Fiftv-firet Iowa volunteers from llo
llo. This Is done in order that the
transport Pennsylvania, on board of
which the regiment is, and has been
most of the time since she left Manila,
may be repaired. The eighteenth in
fantry and the Sixth artilery will re
main at Ho Ho Indefinitely,
Naw York, Jan. 28. A special to the
Herald from Manila says:
There Is no illness on the transports at
llo Ho. The Fifty-first Iowa regiment
is returning to Manila on the Pennsyl-
ania, and will arrive tomorrow. A na
tive commission from there comes on
the transport to consult with Aguinaldo;
Influential natives wish the Americans
to land. The rabble army are kicking
and want to loot the town. They have
already burned several villages near Ho
llo.
The lower classes in the Islands of
Cebu and Negios are reported to be at
tacking lauded proprietors and looting
estates.
Manila Is quiet. The general health
w9 If
PROF. HENRY W. BECKER, A. M.
Washington, Jan. 28. Representa
tive Tongue has presented to the house
of representatives a lengthy memorial
from the Oregon legislative assembly,
setting forth the reasons why the bill
granting pensions to Indian war veter
ans should be passed, and urging him,
as well as the other members of the
delegation, to use every effort to secure
the passage of that measure. The me
morial is somewhat historical in its rec
itations, setting forth at some length the
following facts.
That the original territory of Oregon;
comprising what are now the states of
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and a part
of Montana, was first settled by pioneers
who crossed theRocky andSierra Nevada
ABARZUZA'S
OPINION OF IT
If the Treaty Should be Altered to Make
the Islands a Republic It Would
be Repudiated by Spain.
aches; still others are troubled with loss mountains, experiencing many hard-
of flesh and appetite with accumulations ghipB nn(1 periIg and Raye to t,)e nnion
of as, sour risings and heartburn. , .-
t. , , . . c. . r, a vast empire of fertile soil, whereon
It is safe to say that Stuart e Dyspep- '
sia Tablets will cure any stomach weak- now re8lde millions of citizens.
nessor disease except cancer of the This section was preserved to the
stomach. They cure sour stomach, gas, United States by the energy, persever-
loss of flesh and appetite, sleeplessness, ance and on,laanted bravery of the pio-
palpitation, heartburn, constipation and ,
headache neers, who were surrounded on all sides
Send for valuable little book on stom- h treacherone Indians, and underwent
ach diseases bv addressing F. A. Stuart Indian wars and numerous mas
Co., Marshal,' Mich. All druggists sell acers from 1847 to 1857, bearing the
full sized packages at 50 cents. Prof. brant ot the Btr uKUle manfully and
Henry W. Becker, A.M., the well-known lone ihJ received no assistance
reIlgiousorker and wrlter.of St. Louis, ,rom the gen"l government. As a re
secretary of the Mission Board of the 8U,t of lhe war. mny of the settlers
German Methodist church : chief clerk lost their lives, many others received
and expert accountant of the harbor and wonnda of greater or less severity, while
wharf commission: Dublic secretarv for all who now survive are men now we
the St. Louis school patrons' association, aavancea in years, ana out scarcely able
and the district conference of the stew- to upport themselves and their families.
ards of the M. E. church ; alsj takes an Mo8t of theM re not expected to live
active part in he work of the Epworth mnah ngcr, and it will soon be too late
Leaeue. and to write on reliaious and t0 render them any assistance assist-
educational topics for several magazines. nca wMch theT i0 much deserve. The
How he found relief is best told in his government has recognized the services
own words: 01 lnos wno lougni in an its wars nere-
"Some weeks sgo my brother heard Mfore, " has pensioned the veterans
me savsomethiim about Indiaestiou.and "Deraliy. me memorialists therefore
taking a box out of his pocket said : 'Try Bk thBt t,,e pioneers who went to Ore
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.' I did, and Kon in lhe eary da) nJ bd uch
was promptly relieved. Then 1 investi- numerous ami ueauiy encounters with
gated the niture of the tablets, and be- lne inaians, me.v whose services were
came satisfied that they were made of 8't whose load was hard, and whose
just the right things and in just the accomplishments and achievements were
right proportions to aid in the assimila- o vnst, should receive the same rccog-
tionoffood. I hertiW indorse them in nition from the iiovernment as those
all respects, and I keep them constantly who fo08ht ,n otLer wr- K.Tbey ask
New YonK, Jan. 30. A dispatch to
the Herald from Paris says : Senor Abar
znza, a prominent member of the Spun
iah peace commission, now here on a
visit, whs asked :
"Would Spain accept the puaee'treaty
if it should be amended by the United
States senate so as to put tho Philippines
in tho same position as Cuba?"
"No," answered Senor Abmzuz.i, "in
my opinion Spain would not, nor would
any civilized nation accept a treaty if
modified so as to create an independent
Filipino government.
"You might ns well give autonomy to
the monkeys in the Jardin Acclimation,
here as to give it to the Filipinos.
"No country could possibly agree to
risk its commercial interests by dealing
with the so-culled Filipino government.
Would America herself like hercommer
cial interests to have only the single
guarantee of a such a government? It
would be no guarantee at ail.
"If the treaty should be amended as
you suggest it would cease to be the
treaty signed by Spain, and a serious
position would arise, since if the treaty
should become null mutters would go
back to the position in which the y were
at the time of the protocol. "
A dispatch to tbe World from Brus
sels says : Senor Vallauritla, the Span
ish minister here, who was a member of
the Spanish itace commission, when
asked if in his opinion Spain would ob
ject to a modification of the peace treaty
in such a way as to put the Filipinos in
tho same position as the Cubans, an
swered :
"We members ot the peace com mission
definitely agreed upon a certain condi
tion in behalf of respective govt rnments.
It seems to me that any alteration must
be referred to a new commitsion, because
one side cannot change the conditions
without the consent of the other. Our
duty in the matter ended with the Paris
session."
Being asked what he thought of the
situation, he said :
'They have yet to learn that Aguin
aldo is a man of determination. The
Americana have turned their own weap
ons on themselvo, and possiblv will
fina their new Eastern possessions a
dear bargain."
ANOTHER SPAN-
ISH ROORBACK
on hand.
D,Id Cannot Cored
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There la only one way to cure deafnesr
and that is bv 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
mperfect hearing, and when it Is en
tirely closed, Deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation enn be taken
that the soma pensions an are allowed
veterans of the Mt xicin war tie allowed
the lnuun war veteritif, deeming tuch
a step but jostle.
Copies of the memorial were sent to
all the members ef the delegnth n, and
each copy was accompanied by a request
for support of the Indian war veteran
hill. lhe paper was adopted in the
Oregon house on January 13th, and con
curred in by the senate three days later.
Dewey and Otis Enemies, and Ameri
cans Generally Bad.
Row 10 l'roTent I'nramonla.
Yon are perhaps aware that pneu
monia always results from a cold or from
out and this tube restored to its normal an attack of L Grippe. During the
condition, hearing will be destroyed for- epidemic of La Grippe a tew years ago
ever; ninecass out of ten are caused when so many cases resulted in pneu-
by catarrh, which is nothing but an in- monia, It was observed that the attack
flamed condition of the m icous sur- was never followed by that disease when
faces. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy was used.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for It counteracts any tendency of a cold or
any case of Dealness (caused by catarrh) La Grippe to result in that dangerous
that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh disease. It is the best remedy in the
Cure. Send tor circulars; free. world for bad colas and La Grippe.
F. J. Chxnev A Co., Toledo, O. Every bottle warranted. For sale by
UrSold by Druggists, 75c. 6-10 I'lakoley A Houghton, druggists.
Barcelona, Jan. 28. The Manila cor
respondent of the Diario says he has dis
covered that the relations between Gen,
Otis and Almiral Dewey are ir.ost
strained, owing to the pr. f und rivalry
which txists between tbe land and sea
forces.
The administrative morility of the
Americmi," rays the torrespen lent, "is
below par. The gambling hells of Ma
nila are taxed $1200 each, and the police
are highwaymen, who mike arbitrary
arrests and then e'emm 1 frcm ten to
twenty dollars for the release of their
prisoners."
The rorres; ondent also claims that
the Americans have nnn pjliz-d a. I the
trade, and swamped the market with
their products, rendering European
competition imporsihle. As an instance
of this he alleges that Cali'orn'a wines
are sold in Manila as gei ninu Tor-
deaux.
DtfWUfa Little Early Risers,
Th laniuu llttl Dill.