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VOL. IX
THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY JULY 1, 1899.
NO. 39
RICHES, DEATH
AND DESOLATION
Slate ii EMJBlra Trail Mm
Scam ail Cell.
ATTEMPT -MADE
TO GET FOOD
French Pete, the Discoverer of Tread
well Mines, is Missing from
'Frisco.
Siatti.b, June 27. W. D. Doolittle, of
Irvibgton, X. J., has arrived here after
undergoing a series of fearful experi
ences 'taring the past year. He was one
of those unfortunateones who attempted
to eater the Alaskan gold fields over the
Edmonton rou'e. After an unsuccessful
effort to get in he returned to Telegraph
creek out of food and just able to make
hia wants known. Speaking of the
icenes witnessed by him at Telegraph
creek, he said :
"I have witnessed people coming in
with bauds and feet frcsen, starving and
differing with scurvy, all telling the same
story of hardship and suffering in the
Liard country. A party of fourteen men
was on its way to Telegraph creek. Five
led to break a trail through the enow,
and the othei nine followed. A heavy
enow storm came up and the nine be
hind became lost. No trace of them has
lines been found.
"A week before I lett for Seattle men
arrived from Teslin with the news
that three men had been found dead in
a cabin at Moose Lake. They all died
from scurvy. They were two Allison
brother, of Kent, Englaud, and Carter,
oINew Zialand. Nine hundred dollars
was found in the cabin.
"The latter part of May, Porter, the
government agent at Telegraph creek,
sent in a relief party into the Liard dis
trict, consisting of two Indian guides
and lonr white men. They had a scow
load ot provisions. It was reported just
before I left that the scow had reached
the district and distributed the food to
the needy people, of whom there were
about SCO.
"I cannot describe the terrible suffer
ing I endured on tho trail, and it ia a
wonder to me that so many come out
alive."
"French Pete" Missing.
San Francisco, June 27. P. E. Dcv
'lle.the well-known Alaskan ininer,com
ttonlycilled '-French Pete," the dis
coverer ot thecolebrated Treadwell mine
near June in, has been missing since his
'rival in this city a week ago latt Sun-dT-
He intended to go to the California
hotel, whero mail and other matter were
iling for him, but none of bli friends
have seen him since he landed, and a
M,r(;h for him has proved unavailing.
Scheme for Smuggling la Chinese.
Sam Fhan( ihco, June 27. It has been
discovered that two dies, similar to those
ned by the United States and British of
ficl'at Hong Kong in stamping the
wrhficates of Identification given to
Umese merchants and students, so
wey may fnter Americ,n xxt, have
few made in this city. The order for
r exec ution was given to an engraver
bl two Chinese.
. Il t resumed the dies are to be used
!" ''tmPing forged certificates to be used
7 Chinese not of the privileged classes,
oilector Ji ckin says that no action can
J, k.,nin the matter until fir.ery is
ly committed.
PORTLAND WOULD
BE A TERMINUS
nation Would Have Boston, New
Yrk and Portland for Its Termi
nal, and Would Include Union Pa
ci,ic anl Oregon Short Line.
YoHK June 27.-The Tribnne
J'1 The rlrt that the New York
hM co,n o n agreement with
thsN l" "'ny railroad, by which
'ewWk Central would lease tho
u,J,,n 4 aii. i
' ,ur a lerui 01 Witt) years
and guarantee 8 per cent on the stock'
was not a eurpriae either in railroad cir-
ties or in Wall street. That the lease i.
i.ivi.iii tiuaeu was connrnieu irom a
trustworthy source yesterday.
From one of the most influential rail
road officials of the Vanderbilt system,
some facts were gleaned about the nego
tiations to secure control of the Boston
& Albany. For more than two years
William K. Vauderbilt and bis friends
have been working to get control of the
Boston Sc Albany, as it is the Central's
natural outlet to Boston for its western
trains. About a year ago Dr. W.
Webb, president of the Wagner Palace
Oar Company, started in to buy Boston
& Albany stock. As this stock is largely
dealt In in Boston, he authorized a Bos
ton broker to buy all the stock he could
find in the Boston market and did not
stipulate a price, but said to get it
In about ten days his broker sent word
that he had secured something over i
thousand shares and wanted to know i
be should go ahead, as tho price had gone
up fifty points in these few sales. Then a
stop was put to that. The stcck was so
closely held that many thought control
could never be secured. Despite this
persistent work lias been done, and is
said to have been crowned with success
The general opinion in Wall street, al
though no official confirmation of the
transaction could be obtained, is in line
with the information that the lease has
virtually been effected and the view was
taken that this New England arrange
ment would before long be followed by
the long-talked-of extension of the New
York Central system to the Pacific coast
from its present western terminus in
Chicago, by consolidation with the Chi
cago & Northwestern, the Union Pacific
and tho Oregon Short Line,
HOPE JAPAN
WILL INTERVENE
Voung Filipinos Garrison Every Port
and State They Will not Yield to
the Americans Though the Whole
of the Islands are Destroyed.
Victoria, B. C, June 29. Advices
from Hakodate state that Captain Saki
chi, of the steamer Ilokoku Maru, just
returned from the Philippine?, reports
that in the southern islands the young
Filipinos are constructing fortifications
against emergencies. Every port is
garrisoned by a thousand or so volun
leers, whose weapons, however, aro very
crude, only about 20 per cent being
armed with rifles (Remingtons).
They are, however, full of patriotism
and state that they will not yield to the
Americans though the whole of the
islands are destroyed. Tho Ilokoku
Maru was warmly welcomed by the
Filipinos, who consider the Japanese to
be of a kindred race and hope for assist
ance from them.
The Filipinos were prepared to pay for
arms and ammunition and that Japanese
vessels visiting the islands could take
return cargoes of hemp. Captain Sakichi
says that he only sold the insurgents
two revolvers and the cook's knives.
Xcgro Recruits.
Ciiicaoo, June 29. Captain P. S
Bomus. In charge of the United States
army recruiting station, has telegraphed
Adjutant General Corbin asking permis
sion to enlist colored recruits and to re
store the Irnient physical examinations
which were in use during the war with
Spain.
Recruiting Sergeant Jones says If tho
station Is given permission to enlist
nnlnred men. medically all of the
mustered-out Eighth Illinois volunteers
will be sent to the Philippines. Under
the present physical examination but
one man out of ten is feu id qualified.
Fifty appVcants a day are ximined.
Under instructions ixpectod, Captain
Bomus thinks that within the next two
weeks over 100 recruits bis'des volun
teer bodies will bn sent from Ch'c go.
Last fall I sprained my left hip while
handling some heavy hi xes. The doctor
I called ou said at first it was a slight
strain and would soon be well, but it
grew worse and the doctor then said I
had rheumatism. It continued to grow
worse and I could hardly get around to
work. I went to a drug store and the
druggist recommended me to try Cham
berlain's Pain Balm. I tried It and one
half of a 50 cent bottle cured mo entire-
ly.
I now recommend it to an my
friends. F.
Is for sale
Druggists.
Babcock, Erie, Pa. It
Blakeley A Houghton,
Ask your grocer for Clarke A Fnlk's
pure concentrated tlavoring extracts, tf
flDCD i Tf ftVC
) i A ) J
ARE SUSPENDED
Cams Will test Dolil Bat Waller
is Eiiei.
THE FILIPINOS
GET A REST
Meanwhile, Otis' Force Will Be In
creased to io,oco Men Before
Fighting Is Resumed.
Washington, June 28. Secretary Al
gtr, Adjutant Corbin and Colonel Bird,
assistant quartermaster - general in
charge of transportation, had an hour's
consultation with the president today
relating to the question of reinforce'
ments for General Otis. A definite de
cision was reached to continue recruit
ing men at all the recruting stations,
and Secretary Alger said after the con
ference that General Otis would have
40,000 when the rainy eeason closed for
resumption of active operations.
The enlistment are to be for service
in the regular army and recruits are to be
organized into regiments or assigned to
regiments already formed after enlist
ment. No organizations are to be ac
cepted if sufficient recruits can be ob
tained by regular enlistment. General
Corbin said the enlistments would be
for three years. Arrangements are to
be made at once for increasing tho
transportation necessary to get these
additional troops to the Philippines.
The decision to reinforce General Otis
by the end of the rainy season is inter
preted to mean that active campaigning
will cease until the bad weather ends.
By remainingqnleecent under good shel
ter during the rainy season it is hoped
that the hetlth of our troops will be
conserved and the danger from climatic
fevers reduced to a mininum. General
Otis has cibleJ to the war department
that he has .the skeleton organizations
of two of three regiments which he pro
poses to raise in the Philippines.
At the war department this Is said to
mean that General Otis has the officers
for these regiments selected and that
they are now to be filled with enlisted
men. The war department says that
the recruits now being enlisted cannot
be used for the volunteer army, although
t would be an easy matter to transfer
these men with their own consent to the
volunteer service If it should be deter
mined to raise additional troops.
Mad Woman s Fortune.
St. Louis, June 28. In a dingy, stuffy
little room in the rear of No. 1221 South
Third street, Officer Hanrahan found
concealed in a dirty trunk and a valise
sum of moiiey exceeding (15,000 in
government bonds, gold and bills of large
denominations. The police think that
this small fortune is the property of Mrs.
Walbonger Weckerle, an nged Gorman
woman who is now a patient at the in
sane asylum.
But little is known by the neighbors
of Mrs. Wackerle. They say that foi
years past she has been living in that
neighborhood ; always reticent, eccentric
and demur.
ABANDONS
WESTERN TRIP
He Will Not Ik Able to Conic Even as
Far as Minnesota on Account of
Mrs. Mckinley's Health.
New York, June 28. A special to the
Herald from Washington says: the
state of Mrs. MiKinley's health at tins
time is decidedly worss than mice she
has been In tho White House, and the
president will remain in Washington
probably all summer, ana win tase
very little vacation ont of the city.
President Mckinley's projected trip
the Pacific coast, which had been
ooked lorward to In anticipation of en-
oyment to himself and Improvement In
Mrs. MiKinley's condition, nas Deen
abandoned. His trip to Minnesota nas
alro been abandoned.
The unfavorable turn in Mrs. McKln-
ley's condition is attributed to cold,
which she contracted just before she left
Washington. She is never strong and
this cold seemed to weaken her to such
an extent as to ruako It advisable to
avoid the (xertion which woult have
been necessary had she remained away
as long as it had been Intended.
Dreyfus Looks Old.
New York, June 28. A dispatch to
the Herald from Paris suys : La Martin
has interviewed the mate ot an Ameri
can steamer which passed the Sfax at
Cape Verde islands on June 19. He saw
Captain Dreyfus on deck and he says be
looked broken down, and like a man of
sixty. The captain of the Sfax ordered
them to keep off. Captain Dreyfus sa
luted the flags when the salutes were ex
changed.
IS NOT LIKELY
TO RESIGN
Politicians Have Advised the Presidcn
to Put Him Out of the Cabinet.
Wabuisgton, June 27. The adininis
tration is thoroughly disturbed over the
Alger-Pineree affair. Alger was down
to meet the president as soon as he ar
rived today, with the intention of show
ing bis utmost concern and friendliness
to tho chief executive. Other members
of the cabinet saw the president and
gave him to understand that the latest
developments ought to create a vacancy
in the war department. Several poll
ticians have been in the city, and they,
too, have given strong intimation that
Republican administration has little
room for Alger after his alliance with
Pingree, who is an evident anti-admin
istration man.
A Iger is considerable of a oulldog, how
ever, and he never struck a job that he
liked any better than secretary of war
He also must realize it is probably the
last position he will have, and he wants
to hang on to it as long as be can. There
is no doubt that McKinley is in a tighter
place than he has been during the ad
ministration, and Alger does not intend
to leave him by voluntary getting out.
It will take all his effrontery to remain
when he sees that every man w ith whom
he associates thinks he ought to get out
and relieve the president of tho em bar
raesineut which is caused by his political
alliance. Alger will probably find him
self more and more ignored as secretary
of war and snubbed by every member of
the cabinet ; but he won't resign unless
kicked out.
Mt. Lowe Railway Sold.
Los Angei.es, CaI., June 28 . Valen
tine Peyton, who was the heaviest in
vestor In the Mount Lowe railroad prop
erty, at the foreclosure sale, has pur
chased the Chicago interest, that was
represented by A. B. Cody. The pur
haee price is not known. The other
Chicago interest is still held bv the
Singer estate.
Ate Phosphorus.
Lebanon, June 27. Word was re
ceived today of tlie death of the 3-year-
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. T,
Thompson, of Foster, fifteen miles from
this place. Saturday evening the child
ate the phosphorus from a block of
matches. All night she suffered intense
pain.
" A ThoasRnct Fonzue
Could not express the rapture of Annie
E. Springer, of 1125 Howard St., Phil
adolphia, Pa., when she found that Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consumption
had completely e ired her of a hacking
cough that for many years had made
lile a burden. All other remedies and
dectors could give her no help, but she
says of this Iloyal Cure ''It soon re
moved the pain in my chest and I can
now sleep soundly, something I can
scarcely remember doing before. I feel
like sounding its praises throughout the
universe." So will every one who tries
Dr. King's New Discovery forany trouble
of the throat, chest or lung?. Price 50c
and f I. Trial bottle free at Blakeley A
Houghton's drug store; every bottle
guaranteed. 5
Ship Bringing Plague to America.
San Francisco, June27. Information
ot the presence of the bubonic plague on
the Nippon Maru, bound for this port
and now in quarantine at Honolulu, has
caused no alarm among the qnarantne
authorities here. There Is do expecta
tion that the disease will tnter San Fran
cisco. The federal system of quarantine
has not yet been established at Honolulu,
but there is a representative of this gov
ernment attached to the American con
sulate there whose business It It to see
that so far as this country is concerned
the quarantine laws are properly
enforced.
v ABSOLUTELY
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
ovau BAtma
TRYING HIGH
EXPLOSIVES
Professor Mlls's Tairiie Mests Wit
Success.
OREGONIAN'S
INVENTION
May Prove the Material Array Has Been
Seeking Thorite Is Now Being
Tested at Sandy Hook and Reports
Show That It Is Believed to Be
Satisfactory.
New York, June 29. A dispatch to
the Herald from Washington says : Im
portant tests with thorite, a new ex
plosive, are being conducted by the
board of ordinance and fortifications at
the Study Hook proving grounds. Little
is known at the war department of the
characteristics of thn new explosive.
It is the invention of Professor T little
of O.vgon, who asserts it is perfectly safe
a id was willing some weeks ago to ut a
red-hot poker In a charge of thorite, de
clarlng II could be douo w ithout causing
to exjilodo. Ic is believed to have
picric acid at its base. Tests of the ex
plosive by tho Inventor are said to have
been very satisfactory, and it may prove
to be the material the army has been
seeking.
Besides thorite, the ordinance depart
nirnt of the army line been experiment
ing with joyite, emmen-ite and dry and
wet guncotton, paying more attention to
the laM-named explosive than to any
other. So far none of them has eiven
the results desired before adoption for
service use.
Captain William Crozier, military at
tache of the American delegation to The
Hague conference was instructed several
weeks ago to stop in England on his
way home and ascertain if poeeiblo the
ngredients of liddite and the eecret of
the fuse used by General Kitchener's
army in the Soudan with such excellent
effect. It is untrue that he has been di
rected to contract for any qu tnttty of
he explosive.
Military officers in England have ap
parently been unable to secure ail the
nforraation concerning the explosive
he authorities would like to have. It
recalled that emmensite, discovered
ii and used by France, was kept a secret,
but this government finally obtained in
formation of Its Ingredients and has been
testing it for some years at Sandy Hook.
Tests of Jivite were made by the army
officials several years ago and were not
very successful. The navy department
as tested thorite with considerable sue
cess, and if it continues to bo satisfac
tory it may be adopted by the naval
service.
OUTLAWRY RAMP
ANT AT WALLULA
Hold-ups and Robberies are of Daily
Occurrence.
Wai.i.a Wai.la, Wash., June 28. The
wn of Wallula is a hotbed ot crime.
ot a day passes that from one to ten
robberies are not reported. The officers
are powerless to apprehend all the cul
prits, and lesi thltn half of them are
brought to justice. One constable anil
deputy are the only officers In the town.
While they are attending to one offense,
bait doftsn others are committed.
Justice of the Peace J. V. Lewis, who
endeavors to uphold the majesty of the
law In that precinct, was in the city yes
terday. He said of the lawlessness
reigning there :
"Wallula Is the roughest town I have
ever seen. There Is an organized band
POWDER
tU RE
powom o. , tttw vomt.
of robbers operating tin r. They divide
into squids, and while one or two ol the
number engage the attention of the of
ficers In one qu irler of the town, ti e re
mainder are operating in another.
"It Is no unouinion thing to stand on
the main street and witness a hold-up a
block away, but it Is ueeless for a citizen
to attempt to interfere. I think th it the
ringleaders have been captured, however,
and the officers are making every effort
to break up the gang and brlug the of
fenders to justice."
Three tough-appearing hobos were
brought to the city yesterday from Wal
lula. They wore arretted for robbery.
A fourth, who got away, with the plun
der, is being chased by the officers. Half
of the criminal cases before the superior
court at this term haye come from Wal
lula. Whitman Wheat Prospects.
Coi.rAx, Wash., June 28. Grain crop
prospects throughout Whitman county
have never been better, although the
icreage in wheat is perhaps 25 per cent
less than last year. During the past
three days, fifty prominent farmers from
all parts of the country have been Inter
viewed. All tell the same story of
splendid prospective yields. Both fall
and spring wheat are now beginning to
head out. The beginning of the grain
harvest will be about August 1, in the
westeru and southern parts of the
country.
Dangers of Plague.
San Francisco, June 211. Tho bacter
iologist who is examining tho glands
taken from the bodies of thu two Jap
anese who jumped overboard from the
eteamer Nippon Maru, is expected to
make his report today. The fact that
the glands of one of the men were found
to be above the normal siz9 gave rise to
the suspicion that the Japanese may
have been utilicted with the bubonic
plague, but the facts wiil not be known
until theexpert has finished his invest!
tion. liobbed the Glare.
A startling incident, of which Mr.
John Oliver of Philadelphia, was the
ubj.ct, Is narrated by him as follows:
"I was in a most dreadful condition. My
skin was almost yellow, eves sunken,
tonguo coated, pain continually in back
and sides, no appetite gradually grow
ing weaker day by day. Three physi
cians had given me np. Fortunately, a
triend advised 'Electric Bitters' j and to
my great joy and surprise, the first
bottlo ma le a decided improvement. I
continued their use for three weeks, and
am now a well man. I know they saved
my life, and robbed the grave of another
victim." No ono should fail to try them.
Only 50c, guarantee d,"ut Blakeley A
Houghton's drug store. 5
Hawlcv Kc-.'lcctcd.
Salem, Or., June 28. Tho trinleos of
Willamette university, having consid
ered the preposition of Preeidant Haw
ley to elect a clergyman as piesident of
the university, dicided this evening not
to act at present on tho sugi eatlon, tnd
ro-alected President II a ley to the presi
dency for the ensuing year.
Arsenic Put In Bread.
Eugene, Or., 28. Dr. and Mrs. II. C.
Schleuf had a narrow etc tpe from death
by poise ning today. Arstnic hud been
spread on a plate to poison r; ts. A
sister of Mrs. Schleef, who has been
staying at the house a ccnpla i f tlnys,
thought the arsenic wus lion-, and
emptied it into the flour bin. Fiom tl ia
brad whs made anil eaten this mi rn
ing. Mr. and Mrs. Shleef are recover
ing. NOTICE,
United Static Land Okeicb,
Oregon Crrv, June 21, 181)9.
Notice Is hereby given it.at IIih ap
proved fractional plat of Township 2
north range 8 east, has been recoivel
from the surveyor general of Oron,
and on August 1st, 18(.i'j, at 0 o'ek ek, a.
m., ot said date, said plat Hi I be tiled In
this office, and the land tl.erein em
braced, will be subject to entry on and
after said date. Chah. B. Moorem,
Wm. Gai.lowav, Register.
Iteeeivur.
Vincent Kyan Dead.
Tacoma, June 2!). Vincent Ryan,
prominent newspaper man of theTacoina
News, drop! el dead this m nrng In a
restaurant.