PART X. vj
VOL. IX
THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON", WEDNESDAY JULY 26, 1899,
NO. 43
SEW YORKER
TO GET IT
EaoseTelt and Flatt Want General
FOR SECRE
TARY OF WAR
But Elihu Root is Still Thought to Have
a Chance Alger Will Remain
Until August ist.
Washington, July 21. Up to noon
today, the best information obtainable
at the White House ia to tbe effect that
the president had not up to that time
formally tendered the war portfolio to
any one. That New York ia to have the
vacancy, however, there appears to be
little doubt, and there was a general im
pression up to the time the cabinet met
that McKinley had practically made up
hi? mind to offer the war office to Elihu
Root, the distinguished New York law
yer. But it is said a New York organiza
tion headed by Governor Roosevelt and
Senator Plait had urged tbe selection of
General Francis V. Greene.
Looks Like Root.
Washington, July 21. There was
nothing to indicato at the cabinet meet
ing today that a change was imminent
in tbe president's official family. 'Alger
was preeent, and brought with him a
considerable amount of business from
tbe war department, which was thor
oughly ducussed. Proceedings were
thoroughly routine ia character. The
question of Alger's successor was not
mentioned today, until after he had It ft
the conference chamber. Then, for half
an hour those who remained behind with
the president discussed informally the
names of those who had been under con
sideration for tho vacancy.
These included Elihu Riot, distin
guished New Yorker ; Ambassador Porter
Governor Roosevelt, General James II.
Wilson, General Leonard Wood, General
Harrison Gray Otis and General Francis
V", Greene. After the committee can
vassed names, with singular unanimity
all uiemhtrs of the cabinet agreed with
the president that tho man pre-eminent-
' mien ;or me responsible position was
Root, aud there ii no doubt tho presi
dent has made, up his mind to tender
lilm the portfolio.
Changed His Mind.
Washington, July 21. Secretary Al
gT has abandoned (he intention he en
tertained of quitting as soon as Mr.
Meiklej oh n arrived, and has concluded
to discharge the duties an secretary of
r until the ditto set for his resignation,
AtlgO'tl.
Gov. (leer's Appeal for Girard.
Bi.km, Or., July 20. Gov. Geer to
mtit wrote to General Summer, in
c,l'iiig a statement of the circumstances
"jnder which Frank Girard technically
deserted from his company last week.
Tlie letter says in part :
"While his action was in violation cf
'tric,,y military discipline, he was coin
ing from the war Instead of going to It,
jd performed every duty rrquirod of
h l". and really cli.I only what you or I
ud be very much tempted to do un
at,nittii!ar elrcumstancef). I would be
Ver njncii pleased if yon can see your
"ay cleur toward assisting in securing
I ""norable discharge without re qmr
nn return to San Francisco. To be
bo to administer to tho wants of omh's
5'u.g mother is of far more consequence
"n the mere formality of being in tin t
erd out of eervico after every required
" had been fully performed."
NEW RAILROAD
FOR IDAHO
To Be Iluilt By Governor of Wisconsin
From Moscow Through Grain Belt
,0 the East.
Moscow. T.l.hn J.,l.or r. n i
c'i'et local promoter of the Moscow
stern railroad, has just received
grm from Governor Schofleld, of
. , ',CMn,ln which th- Dn,nn...
w'grm
M ' - ' -
- "'ii arnye in Spokane tomorrow
evening over the Northern Pacific, and
requests Mr. Brown to meet him at tho
Hotel Spokane to confer in regard to the
proposed Moscow & Eastern railway, for
the construction of which Govern
Schofield is to furnish the capital. The
governor is accompanied by his' son
George, a wealthy Wisconsin lumber
man. They intend to make a trio to
I the coast, and, returning, arrive here
JUiy lhe calculation is that George
Schofield will remain here for several
months in connection with the construc
tion of the road.
Lynching of Six Italians.
New Ouleans, July 21. SpecUl dis
patch from Tallulah, La., last night says :
Silt Italians were lynched there lact
night. The names ot the lynched were
unobtainable. Yesterday, Dr. Hodges, a
prominent physician of Tallulah, quar
reled with an Italian. The latter wounded
the physician with a shotgun. The
shooting created intenee excitement. A
mob Immediately rounded ud the would-
be assassin and Ave of his friends, strung
them all to trees and then fillca their
bodies with buckshot.
Ta'.lulah is a small town, seven ten
miles from the river. It is in tbe heart
of the beet cotton-producing section of
the state, and many men prominent in
state affairs are residents there and on
surrounding plantations.
WILL FURNISH
THE EVIDENCE
Difficulty Lies in the Obtaining of Wit
nesses Who ate Willing to Testify.
Albany, N. Y.. July 21. -P. E. Dowe,
president of the Commercial Travelers'
League, has been in consultation with
the attorney -general and J. N. Fiero,
who acted as special counsel In the en
forcement of the anti-tru-t law two
years ago, with regard to the enforce
ment of the Donnelly anti-trust law.
Mr. Dowe was authorised to consult the
attorney-general at a meeting of the
Commercial Travelers' League, held in
this city some two weeks ago.
Attorney-General Da vies stated that
he was prepared to proceed to enforce
the provisions of lhe act upon being
placed in possession of facts which would
warrant the belief that evidence could
be obtained sufficient to maintain an
action. Ho pointed out to Mr. Dowe
thU by reason of the repeal of the net of
1897 by the present act it was ncces?ary
to show violations of the law sine the
enactment of the present law in May
last, and that in vie of the difficulties in
obtaining the examination of witnesses
under the previous act it was desirable
that lie should he in possession of enfli
cirnt facts to warrant a vioruiH prose
cution, in case proceedings should bo
commenced.
ROBT. INGERSOLL
STRUCK DEAD
Died at Dodd's Ferry of Apoplexy Yes
terday Afternoon.
New York, July 21. Robert O. In
gersoll died at his home in Dobbs Ferry,
N. Y., this afternoon, of apoplexy.
Ingersoll went to hia summer home in
Dobbs Ferry two days ago, apparently in
good health. Shortly after his arrival,
ho complained of slight indisposition.
He spent tho morning in his room, nn 1
shortly before stricken his wl.'o offered
to have luncheon sent up to him. He
laughed, and replied that while ho did
nut twl niiitu as voung as formeily, he
guessed he was not yet an Invalid, and
would go down with the others, as no
finished speaking and was about to I ise,
ho fell back Into tho chair.
A physician was Immediately sum
moned.'bnt when he reached the house
found that Ingersoll had died almost in
stantly, 'lhe physicians did not give
the cause of his death, but thp faml'y
believe It was due to apoplexy. Inger
soll' wife and two daughters were with
him when he died.
An Killcmlo ot Illarrhoca,
Mr. A. Sanders, writing from Cocoa-
nut Grove, Fla., says there has been
quit an epidemic of diarrhoea there.
He had a severe attack and was cured
by four doses of Chamberlain's Cholic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He
says be also rocomnionded It to others
nd they say It is the bet medicine they
ever used. Eor sale bv li'okeley A
Houghton Druggists.
ROOT HAS
ACCEPTED
Tte lira Tort Lawyer Estats Scere
tart of fur.
ALGER RECEIVES
MANY LETTERS
Tender of the Office Made After the
Conference Between the President
and Senator Piatt.
Washington, July 22. Elihu Root, of
New York, has accepted the war port
folio in President McKinley's cabinet.
The telegram of acceptance was received
shortly after noon, while Secretary Long
was with the president. Secretary Alger
had just left.
The tender of the war portfolio was
made to Mr. Root last night after the
conference at the White House. As the
president will leave for tho Adirondack!
Wednesday or Thursday of next week,
it is probable that Mr. Root will come to
Washington to confer with him beforo
that time It is regarded as more likely
that Mr. Root will meet the president at
Lake Champlain in the latter part of the
week.
FearvThat Root Will Be Merely a
Figurehead.
Washington, July 22. Unless the
new secretary of war takes hold with
vigor and retains all the bureaus of the
war departme.it withia his personal
supervision, the change from Alger to
Root will not result in very much good.
It is feared that Root is going to be
largely ft figurehead, and will conduct
the business of the war department that
relates purely to civil matters and in
volves legal questions, instiud of taking
hold of the military end of Ilia depart
ment and reforming it. If there is to be
a continuation of Corbinism, it will be
fou.id that there is little difference be
tween Root an I what the country has
come to know us Algorism.
Alger to His Friends.
Washington, July 22. Secretary Al
ger is in receipt of a great number of
letters and telegrams from per'ons in
every station in life, all touching upon
his' retirement ' from the cabinet. So
numerous are' communications on this
ijubj-ct that tho secretary finds himself
physically unable to muke proper sepa
rate responses to all of them, therefore
he fias requested the Associated Press to
convey to the wrilers and senders hia
deep appreciation of tho eentimenti
expressed.
Island May Be Gone.
San Francisco, July 21. Tho officers
of tho steamer Australia, w hich arrived
today, soy it would not surprise them to
hear that there had been n feat ful ex
plosion at tho volcano and that Mauua
Loa is no more. After leaving Honolulu,
tho ship ran iuto a remarkable cross sen,
which the crew thought was canned by a
subuiarino disturbance of unusual force.
A blush vapor l.nng over tbe water for
day! and a heavy cloud, shaped liked on
umbrella, came, borne on the winds from
the direction of tho volcmo.
INGERSOLL'S
FUNERAL
It Will He Held Tuesday, at the Dobb's
Ferry Home.
Nkw Yoiik, July 22. As yet no ar
rangements for tho funeral of the lato
Robert G. Ingersoll have been made.
Monday bed been settled on for the
funeral by the male member! of the
family, but the widow and daughters
wished the funnral Tuesday, and that Is
the date set. It will be private. No one
will he invited but those nearest and
dearest to tho dead. It will be held at
the home In Dobb's Ferry. It will be a
secular funeral.
Today there camo many offeri from
mnaicioni of note to bring their orches
tra! and play, but the family declined
them all. There will be no music, per
hnpi not even an address. No singing,
no prayen ; nothing but a last leave
taking. Regarding Calonel Ingersoll'! estate,
his brother-in-law and private secretary,
C. P. Parrel!, said:
"If he left a will I do cot know it.
Colonel Ingersoll died por. He wa!
great money earner, but a poor saver.
He has not left any estate worth speak
ing of. What be did not spend on bis
loved ones ho gave away In charity."
Dewey Accepts Invitation.
New York, Jnly 24. Mayor Van
Wyek today received the following cable
gram from Dewey :
"Trieste. Mayor Van Wyck, New
York: Letters received and invitation
accepted ; expect to arrive about Octo
ber 1. Will cable definitely from Gibral
tar. Have written. DEWEY."
Dewey's cablegram is in responso to
invitation from the mayor, asking him
to bo the guest of the city upon his ar
rival in New York, and requesting him
to express any desire he may bare in
connection with the programme for bis
reception.
RAPID PROGRESS
BEING MADE
Entertainmcnlffor Officers and Men of
the Regiment Honorable Dis
charge. San Francisco, July 22. Four more
companies of the Second Oregon A, L,
B and E went before the medical ex
aminers today. This work will con
sume but little more time if the remain
ing companies have their rolls ready
when their turn comes.
Examinations are not so detailed as
when the troop mustered in, except
where a soldier claims to have nr. fife red
some disability in the service. In such
cases, care is taken to learn whether the
alleged trouble was so incurred. From
present indications, not many of the
Oregon men will be classed as perma
nently impaired. Some of the wornided,
of course, ore injured for life, although
the number is not largo.
General Btebe and stalfwere in camp
most of tho afternoon greeting members
of the regiment. Major Moore will re
main a Jay or two later to aetertaln if
anything definite can be learned con
cerning the regiments's return to Port
land. General Shafter was avray today,
so that conference with him cjuld not
be had.
General Summers and bis stuff were
this h her noon the guests of the Bo
hemian club of San Francisco. The
Oregon boys were tonight invited to two
functions, and also bad tickets to the
baseball iii (lie afternoon.
Honorable Discharge.
Washington, July 22. It is stated at
tho war department that nothing will bo
done to prevent tho honorable discharge
of ll.e members of the Second Oregon
regiment who have citioiaed General
Otis and his management of the cam
paign. Tho action of these men is
severely condemned by officials in the
war department, fti.d it ia amrled that
they should have at leant waited until
they had been dirtdiargsd before making
any such statements.
SON DEFENDS
HIS MOTHER
Kills a Tramp Who Attacked Her With
a Scythe.
Pasco, Wadi., July 22. About 10
o'clock tonight un unknown man entered
the house of Frank Schunemann, at
tacked Mrs. Schuoeniann with ft scythe,
And was shot and killed by her son,
Louis Schuncmftiin.
The deed man was n train p. He had
presented himself at the house the pr
vious evening and asked for food, which
was furnished him. During tho night
he returned and entered the house,
awakening Mrs. Schmipmaiiii, who called
her son and left her room. Upon this,
the intruder attacked her with thescythe
which be had secured in the garden.
Schunemann, heating his mother's
screams, rushed tothescenn with a rifle.
In the darknec bo was afraid to shoot,
but Dually succeeded In getting tbe
Intruder between himself and tbe window
and fired with fatal result.
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GUARD LIFE
AND PROPERTY
Eight nanirci Are Scrriii is ProEtctcrs
in lis Riots.
BOY SHOT
AND KILLED
Use of Dynamite Continues, Arbitration
Has Failed and State Militia May
Have to Be Called Upon.
Cleveland, Ohio, July 24. The
scenes of wild disorder and violence wit
nessed in this city throughout yesterday
and last night in connection with the
car strike were succeeded this morning
by marked quietness. The city authori
ties were in conference nearly all night,
and early this morning a call was issued
for battery A, of tbe First Ohio artillery.
Thrto companies of 'he Tenth Ohio in
fantry and the Loverture Rifles. With
the addition of theso organizations, the
military force to cope with tho street car
strike, now iiumlcrs 800 men, tho city's
entire military force.
Next will como a all for state troops.
Mob violence will be suppressed at any
cost. About 9 o'clock last night a sub
urban car whs blown up between Wick
liffe and Willounhby about fifteen miles
east of Cleveland, The outrage was not
repoited to the Cleveland police until
this morning. Tho car was well filled
with passengers, who were badly shaken
up and made a ruMi for the doors.
The forco of the explosion was so great
that it shook all the houses In the neigh
borhood, and was beard for a distance of
two or three miles.
There ia no clue to the identity of the
person w ho placed the explosive on the
track. Persons living in the neighbor
hood sny they saw a man in. a buggy
stop at thocornrr of Kensington street,
wl ere the expiation occurred, and that
he not out by the railway track. Ho re
mained there for a tbort time, and then
drove rapidly away.
The police are now out searching for
the buggy in which the dvniniiter is
supposed to have ridden, an 1 ail stations
have been notified to boon tho lookout
fir it.
Rioting is Renewed.
Cleveland, Ohio, July 21. -A 12 vcar-
old boy namel Corrz'ch was ehot audi
instantly killed by Ralph Ilawley, a non
union conductor this afternoon. Corn
z;c!i was a passenger on a Broadway car
and made somerenmik to the conductor.
Ilawley was arrested. An imuien'o mob,
enraged at the shooting, quickly gathered
at the scene, and the police charged upou
tho crowd and made several arrests. Tbe
mob was partially dispersed, but soon
another congregated. Another Itroad
way car which came down Orange street
was etoned ot Terry street. Police aain
charged the mob wl ti their clubs and
dispersed it.
The state board of arbitration hr.s de
cided it Cannot bring about n setilcinerit
of the strike, by bringing the cmVials of
the Dig Consolidated mid strikers to
gether to tall: over their grievances and
w ill abandon all t u"V.rts towards settle
ment, or order a public a public investiga
tion of tho strilio.
INDIANS MAY
MAKE TROUBLE
Voting Ducks Threaten to Murder North
ern Pacific Extension Graders He
cause Line Crosses Their Reserva
tion. Boihk, Ida., July 24. Word from Lew
iston ovor tho long distanc3 telephone
Is to the effect that while the Indiana on
the Net Percci reservation havi out-
ucc
wardly submitted to the agreemnt ot
their chiefs to permit the Northern Paci
fic grade through the reservation to pro
ceed, still the young bucks continue to
manifest an uly spirit, which Is brutal
iied by liquor furnished by white men.
They threaten to swoop down on the
graders again as they did a few days ago,
this time not to scaro them off but to
murder. There are no soldiers there and
the workingmen have little protection.
Deputy marshals at the scsne, report
that trouble of a serious nature seem
unavoidahlo unless liquor have can be
kept away away from the young bucks,
or a military force is stationed to protect
the graders. Large quantities of liquor
have been confiscated, but there seems
to be no end to the reeourcefuluess of tt:
bloodthirsty savages.
ON THE ALASKA
BOUNDARY
Conservative, Cool-Headcd Men Regret
the Occurrence So Conflict Is
Necessary.
New York, July 24. A special to the
world from Toronto says : Professor
Goldwin Smith, Bfter reading Premier
Laurier's speech upon the Alaska boun
dary dispute, said :
"I am surprised and sorry Sir Wilfred
Laurio should have even alluded to the
possibility of war over the Alaska boun
dary question. It wou'd be a disgrace
to statesmanship if It were possible that
war should break out between Great
Britain and tbe United States nbout
such a matter.
"The question is not pre. sing. AM
that is immediately wanted is some joint
arrangement for tho preservation of
order to the disputed territory. After
a little reflection and everybody has bad
time to cool, means will bo found for a
settlement of tho question in an amica
ble way.
"I have thought from the beginning
that it would have been better if the
Ala?kt boundary question bad not
been mixed uji wi',h other questione,
such as reciprocity questions, with which
it bad nothing to do. Let the Alaska
boundary question be kept apart and
let conference cn commercial reciprocity
proceed. The two thing", I repeat, bavo
nothing to do with each other."
There is a great deal of talk about gen
eral elections In Canada being neiu next
fall. It is reported that th Liuricr gov
ernment decided before Minister of Pub
lic Works Tarte left for K vbitld ft lew
weeka oyo to appeal to the country, and
word comes from different provinces
preparations are being made for general
elections.
Forgot One Method.
Nkw Youk, July 24. A special to the
Herald from Washington eays: There
will bo neither war nor arbitration over
the Alaska boundary dispute. It will l o
settled by amiciblj a jrcement, both tho
Uuited States and Great Britain making
coiiceseions. This Is tho view expre?il
byancflicl.il h.;!iii intieh to da witli
tho pcndir.j ncg:itiutiuii-.
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