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VOL. IX
THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 16r 1899.
NO. 47
HUNDREDS DEAD
I VI
im Coast mi Interior of Porta Rico
in a TimUlB conamon.
RESULT OF
A HURRICANE
Hundred Thousand SouU are Destitute;
rnlted States is Asked to Assist
Them Army Barracks at Various
Ports Are Entirely Demolished, but
Dnlv One Soldier Has Thus Far
Been Reported Injured.
Washington, Aug. 11. The weather
bureau issued the following hurricane
bulletin :
11:40 a. m. Hurricane center appar
ently approaching Nassau, Bahainia.
The storm will increase in intensity upon
reaching the gulf stream, and will pro
bably reach South Atlantic coast towne
ol the United States tonight.
Williams,
Acting Chief of Weather Bureau.
Washington, Aug. 11. The war de
partment today received a cablegram
from General Davis, giving fuller details
of tho damage done in Porto Rico by the
hurricane:
"Later reports show the hurricane was
far more severe in the interior and south
ern part of the island than here. Data
for an estimate of the number of 1'orto
Ricans who have lost everything is de
fkient. hot I am forced to believe the
number on the inland cannot fall below
100,000 soul?, and famine is impending.
I ask that two and one half million
pounds of rice and beans, equal in quan
tity each, be immediately snipped on
transports to Ponce, and some here
urgent appeals come to all post com
manders fur food for the destitute. I am
authorized to relieve distress by food is
sues? Rice and beans only are desired.
"There have been many deaths of na
tives by fulling walls. So far, only one
soldier is reported dangerously injured.
Several towns are reported entirely de
molished. As vet we have report from
only four ports; complete destruction of
all the barracks at two and at two others
one company of each bad their barracks
destroys. No reports yet from the
largest ports, Ponce and Mayagu, but
they were in the vortex of the etorm. At
least half of the people of Porto Rico
I'lbsist entirely on fruit and vegetable,
nd the etorm lias entirely destroyed
this source of support.
"Davis"
Five Hundred Killed.
San-Ji-an, P,.rto Rico, Aug. 11. It is
no said that 500 persons lost their lives
t Ponce during the hurricane. Terrible
distress prevails there. Arroyo, on the
onth coast, has been destroyed. Six
teen lives were lost thrrn anil thn town
till submerged in water. AtGuayaaio
noue are still standing. Seven persons
''fe killed thereand a number of houses
pillaged. Squads of soldiers were
u""uie to maintain order and starvation
reawns the people. The water supply
"'sanjuau has been stopped.
Appeals for Assistance.
"AsitiNuTON, Aig. 11. Secretary
"as prepared an appeal to the
Iple of the United States for aid to
who have suffered in
Porto Kico
"3 the
1 recent cyclone. This action was
taken
II Kin rnniant I - . . . I f
r . ent MKinley suggesting that it
uone. The subsistence departme
" army n Porto Rico has been
'feted to tender such temporary aid
"'"can until supplies arrive.
Temporarily Settled.
M PAl1'' Minn" An'- 1--President
day .'.f the Nort,,ern Pacific, laid to
'' 'The Clearwater country con tro-
a tlM mtM hy te'"P'ry
th. n en 1,16 Nrtheru Faciflo and
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Coin
On. i"eit,,er "ad would push it
lent a diPatJ territory for the pre
ar in th" mntim a permanent
Thrnement will besought on both sides,
hild U' 00,coni of the meeting
nr..:! lle '"een E. II. Harrl man,
j- 'Mentofth. Alton and chairman of
W??0ryo' the 0r'oa RadA
h nd PrM,dnt Mellen. No
Pirid ' ?' b8n m,, b7 lh Northern
BollI e Oregon Navigation or
Union Pacific regarding trackage ar
rangements between Tacoma and Port
land, but conferences thus far held in
dicate that the Northern Pac'fie may not
be compelled to build to gain entrance
to the latter eitv."
Fatal Poisoning.
Huntington, Or., Aug. 10. Eila, the
4-year-old daughter of Grant L'ncoln,
died today from accidental poisoning.
The family have kept in tho house a
bottle containing lemonado and wine,
which the child frequently drark as a
cough medicine. This morning ahoul
7 o'clock she drank from a bottle which
she supposed was filled with her conch
mixture, but instead contained a solu
tion of corrosive sublimate. She suf
fered great agony for several hoars, be
coming unconscious a short time before
her death, which occurred this after
noon. Ao Idle Man a Curiosity.
Weston, Or., Aug. 10. This section is
now in the middle of harvest, an !
everybody is busy. Any able-bodied
man who wants work can find it with
out difficulty. Earlier in the season,
when crews weie being made up, oue
might have secured a dozen different
jjbsin a single day, so active was the
demand, and there are still a few be
lated outhts in quest of 'hands." An
unemployed man is a curiosity here.
LIGHTNING
CREATED HAVOC
Predictions Made by the Weather
Bureau Yesterday Proved True,
the Promised Storm Reaching the
Coast of Florida Today.
Penhacola, Fla., Aug. 12 A terrific
etorm struck this city this afternoon. All
shipping is tied up.
la Mississippi Valley.
Chicago, Aug. 12. According to dis
patches received from points in Illinois,
Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, and Wiscon
sin, a great deal of damage was done by
lan night's storm. In some places there
was loss of life, due to lightning, hd
the loss in crops and destroyed buildings
reaches a heavy figure. Those killed are .
Collins, farm hand, near Harvard, 111. ;
struck by lightning near Janesville, Wis.
The injured : John Carr, If rvard, III.,
stunned by lightning; Christian Kruse,
Elgin, 111., Bhocked by lightning; eon
and granddauahter ol above, stunned by
lightning; John Orr, Harvard, I!!-,
stunned by lightning; Robert Orr,
Harvard, III., stunned by lightning.
In many places livestock was killed. A
large party gathered in a new barn pre
paratory to dedicating it with a dance,
lightning demolished the structure anil
inj'ired a number of those inside. An
ice-hoiue belonging to the Knickerbork. r
Company, of Chicago, was burned by
ighlning at Elgin.
At Janesville, Wis., the house of L. C.
O'Brien was demolished by lightning.
All members of the family were absent
at a picnic and ttins llieir lives were
aved.
At P.nMspiner. Mich., twenty-five
dwellings were moved from their found
ations by the wind and flood. Corn and
small trrain in stack was flattened out
everywhere, and the loss to farmers will
foot up thousands of dollars.
Catarrh J.nniit bn C'urfd
u-ith Infill applications, as they cannot
reach the seat of the diseaso. Catarrh
I. . hlnnd or constitutional disease, and
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Hall's Cater: li Cure is
taken internal'-, and acts directly on
il.o l,!nn,l anil nillcnUS SITirtCCS. IlO i S
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It was was prescribed by one of the best
physic'ans in this country ior years, and
is areuular piescioUon. It is composed
of the best tonics known, combined with
the beat blood pjri iers, acting directly
on the mucous surges. The perfect
ritilit nation ultra two miredients is
what produces si'ch wonderful results In
cut 'ng Catarrh, tend for testimonials,
free.
F. J. Ciisnkv A Co., Props., Toledo O.
8ohl by drruggists, price 7c.
Hall a Family Pills aro the best
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Dewey Sick W ith Fever.
Lmhorn, Aug. 14. Admiral Dewey
today remained on board me cruiser
Olympla, which arrived cere at noon
yesterday from Naples, being ill with
fever. The captain of the ressel received
visit of official and others In hn place.
Fnr the best results use
the Vive
rmr. For aa e bf me rosiomcc
If.
harmacy.
LAWTON WILL
SSiBli OMipstlaBeMiCTbi of Us
PUlijiiis fsrees.
GEN. MERRILL
HAS NO CHANCE
Secretary Root, However, Makes No
Secret of President's Purpose to
Ketaio Otis Purpose of Present
Fighting.
Naw York, Aug. 11. A special to ti e
Herald from Washington says: Major
General Otis will remain in supreme
command of the Philippines. Should
he request to be relieved Major General
Lawton will be assigned to duty as biB
successor. This is the decision reached
by the president and Secretary Root dur
ing their conference at Lake Champlain.
Secretary Root made no secret today of
the purpose of the president to re ..in
General Otis in control at Manila, and
so informed General Miles at a long con
ference. It is evident, notwithstandingGeneral
Merritt's expressed desire to return to
Manila, he will not have the opportunity,
and even Law ton's promotion is condi
tional upon the rtquest of Otis to be de
tact ed from command. It is learned
that former Secretary Alger, just b fore
his retirement, recommended that Gen
eral Otia be relieved on the ground that
he bad not proven -himself equal to the
emergency.
General Miles favors sending addition
al cavalry, but it is said that Secretary
Root has no intention at present of doing
this. Tiie operations which Gnv-
Mac Arthur is conducting to the noi ''.'''
ward of San Fernando have a double
purpose first to demoralize the insur
gents and prevent them from strength
ening the positions they have, and second
to establish himself at a point on the
railroad connecting the Gulf of Lingayen
and Manila. General Law ton's recunt
demonstration to the southward of
Manila and the operations generally are
all part of Otis' plan to keep tho insur
gents in constant fear of attack.
Mcrritt Denies It.
New Yokk, Aug. 11. Since the visit
of General Weslev Merritt to Secretary
Hoot, in this city, rumors have been cur
rent that it has been settled that Gen
eral Merritt will succeed General Otis
in the Philippines. When General
Merritt was seen in his homo on Gov
ernor's Island he said :
u V Any story thai I may succeed General
Otis in the Philippines is without founda
tion. When Secretary Root was in the
city, three or four days ago, I dined with
him. and. of course, I cannot diectias
any tuiijct that may have come up. If
I am ordered to Manila, I will nhey
orders the dame as any army officer
would do."
DREYFUS SHOUTED
YOU HAVE LIED
Tremendous Chcerins Greeted Exclama
tion And Mercier Retired from
the Court Under Protection of the
Armed Guards.
Uksses. Anir. 12. A trying scene
closed today's session of the Drey
Ins trial. General Mercier had spoken
nearlv four hours in ruthless denuncia
tion of Dreyfus, who had listened un
moved until Mercier concluded byay
ing if he had not been convinced of the
gniil of Dreyfus and if the latter's con
viction had not been'fortifl'id since 1894,
he would admit hehad been mistaken.
Dreyfus jumped to his feet as.thongli the
words had gnlvaniaad him Into life and
shouted in a voice which resounded
through the hall like a trumpet note:
"You have lied, scoundrel I
The audience burst into wild cheers,
whereupon the ushers called for silence.
When Mercier ircpl led that be would
admit Dreyfus waa Innocent if there was
any doubt, the prisoner shouted :
"Why don't yon, then.
This was followed by another outburst
of applause fcx-rresideni uasimir-
Perler then rose and dramatically
demanded to be confronted wit!, Merc'er
in order to d ny some of his statements.
Colonel Jouaust ordered the court to
a Ijjurn until Monday for the confronta
tion, and as Mercier turned to leave the
court the audienca rose en masss and
hissed and cursed him, those back of the
court standing on chairs and benches in
order to better hcund him down.
Gendarmes placed themselves between
the audience and the general who showed
a strong disposition to maltreat the for
mer minister of war. Mercier hurried
out the courtroom through a side door
amid fierce denunciations of the audi
ence. Oa going into the street a crowd
outside cheered him and cried "Vive Par
me." "Ah," cried a spectator of the scene
in court, "if they had heard the inhuman
monster speak they would not cheer him
now."
Sensation Was Looked for.
Paris, Aug. 12. The curtain rose to
day on the same theater-like scene as
Monday. Every seat in the court wasoc
cup'ei in expectation of a sensational
V '9.
There was a large sprinkling of uni
forms among the audience and the row
of soldiers, with fixed bayonets, was
again arranged at the bottom of the hall,
and rendered honors in the customary
manner to the judges as the latter entered
or left the court. The proceedings
opened tamely and the hopes of a sensa
tional sitting began to Ug as the morn
ing wore on and the matter began to get
tedious as M. Casimir-Perier and Gen
eral Mercier reiterated what is already
known.
But this was only the calm before t.
storm, and when the storm broke i:
carried every one in court with it into a
whirlpoolof the wildest excitement.
Providence With the Poor Man.
Nkw Yokk, Aug. 12. The Times eays:
Although the negotiations have not
been completed, it is likely that four of
t'e largest domestic ebampHune conce, .n
in the U'lited States will form a comU
nation which may afterwards develope
into an American champagne trust. The
firms in question are the American Wine
Company, of St. Louis ; tho Germui.i
Wine Cellers, of Isew York j the Pic.?: -ant
Valley Wine Company, of Rheims,
ii. Y., and the Urnea Wine Company, of
i .a city.
The capitalization of the proposes
i mpany will probably be 10,00u,000
and it may eventually attempt to con
trol much of tho wine and grape In
terests on the Pacific coat.
. rzrr- N
may on island tobacco.
Washington, Aug. 12. The officials
of the war department are now consid
ering the question of the removal or ma
terial reduction of the duty on leaf to
bacco grown in and shipped from Porto
Rico to Cuba, and the indications are
that an order to this eflVct will be is
sued within a short time. Under the
president's proclamation of December 3,
1898, the duty on this tobacco was fixed
at 5 per pound. This rate has been
found to be prohibitive.
The Porto Rican tob.icco growers re
present that tobacco industry in the isl
and will be ruined unless relief is soon
afforded them.
Bull'ot Library Car.
Commencing August 10th a buffet
library car will be placed In service be
tween Chicago and Portland, Or., on
trains Nos. 1 and 2. This car hag a
spacious smoking saloon furnished with
easy chairs, writing desks, a well selected
library of standard and popular books,
guidebooks and current periodicals, a
well stocl cd buffet, a barber shop and
an apartment for baggage. Through
dining car servicO will be inaugurated on
that date between Portland and Chicago,
both via Granger and Ogdcn. New
chair cars of the latest pattern and new
baggage and mail cars are to be added to
the present through service of Pullman
palace and Pullman tourist sleepers
which have recently been placed in ser
vice, when the entiro train wiil be vesti
buled, thus making trains Nob. 1 and 2
equal, if not superior to many of tiie
widely advertised limited trains in the
East. anu8 131
No Right to t (llnena.
The woman who is love'y In face, form
and temper will always have friends,
but one who would be attractive must
keep her health. If she is weak, sickly
and all rnn down, she will be nervous
and Irritable. If she has constipation or
kidney tronble, her impure blood will
cause pimples, blotches, skin ernptions
and a wretched complexion. Electric
Bitters It the best medicine in the world
to regulate the stomach, liver and kid
neys and to purify the blood. It gives
strong nerves, bright eyes, smooth,
velvety skin, rich complexion. It will
make a good looking, charming woman
of a run-down Invalid. Only 60 cents
at Blskeley A Houghton's drag store. 2
fYAFL few
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COUNSELLOR
DREYFUS SHOT
LaM Was Us One Wlo Was I Hate
Dsns Ike Qticstanins il Herder.
PATIENT IN
BAD CONDITION
The
Lawyer Had Received Letters
Threatening His Life, but He
Ignored Them Assassin Caught
Rksjnes, Aug. H. Two men ambushed
Maitre Laborie, consul for Dreyfus and
one shot was fired, hitting Laborie in
the b.'.ck, the bullet entering his stomach
M. Laborio fell in the roadway.
Liborie left his house alone for the
court at 0 o'clock this morning. His
house is situated in the suburbs of the
town, about a quarter of an hour's walk
from the Lycee, tl.e route being ah.nga
solitary road h-side the river Valaine,
na ruiu rcacneu a point tialt way on
his j urncy when two men who had
evidently been lying in wait for him
rushed out of a narrow lane and one of
them fired a single shot from a revolver,
The murderers were only a couple of
yards behind their victim and the bullet
struck Liborie in the back. The
wounded man uttered an agonizing cry
and fell flat on his face. The murderers
both escaped.
A later story has it that Laborie was
shot in tho temple by a man who fired a
revolver at him outside tbe court and
that the miscreant was arrested.
Shot Consul for Dreyfus.
Rknnes, Aug. 14. The shooting of
Loborie, the leading counsel for Dreyfus,
robbed the m jrning sesoiou of tho Drey
fus court marthtl of any parmount in
terest. The mmderer apparently chose
today for the attempt, because it wns
anticipated that Liborie would crush
Mercier, the former minister of war, with
cross questioning. The nens of the
shooting caused an immense sensation
in 'the ronrt room, where the audience
was assembled awaiting tho entrance of
the judges.
Laborie Worse.
Rennks, Aug. 11. A correspondent
called at the residence of Liborie late
this afternoon and was informed that
the patient's c mdition has grown worte.
His pain hud Increased and n fever set
in. It appears that Liborio received
only yesterday two letters threatening
tat he would be shot, but treated them
as he had treated others of a similar
nntuio for two months past, with con
tempt. Laborie's Assassin Caught.
I'abih, Aug. 14. A dispatch
Lemans says the police arrested a
from
man
named Galton, marine engineer, whoso
appearand correspond! with the des
cription of n man who attempted at
assassinate Liborie.
DEWEY AND DEID-
RICHS FRIENDS
England Would Like to See United
States War With Germany, Because
Great Britain Would Get More
Commerce.
Chicago, Augr 14. Lieutenant Kehrl,
of the German navy, who is touring
America for pleasure, la In the city. The
lieutenant was an officer of the Geflon,
Admiral Deidricha flagship, in the
Philippines during the war with Spain.
Ha said :
"There was a misunderstanding be
tween Admiral Dewey and Admiral von
Deldaichi over harbor regulations, but
the affair has been much exaggerated.
The admirals were good friends and fre
quently dined together. The stories of
the bitterness of the feeling between
them come from English sources. The
English people wish to impress upon the
American mind tho aid they rendered
this country in order to pave the way for
the alliance which they seek with the
United States.
''England would also like nothing
better than to see the United States and
Germany go to war."
Frank Crawford Dead.
CoBVAj.us, Or., Aug. 13. Frank Craw
ford, son of Mayor Crawford, died this
morning of peritonitis. Ho was twenty
one years old. He was to have represented
the Multnomahs in tho 100-yard dash at
Astoria next Saturday. He was ill but
a week. The funeral will take place
Tuesday morning. Interment will be in
Salem Tr.ejday afternoon, under the
auspices of the Knights of Pythias.
THREE HUNDRED
REBELS ENGAGED
Men
Are Exhausted Transport Cen
tennial Has a Narrow Escape From
Capture While on a Reef Rebels
Made an Unsuccessful Attack on
San Luis.
Manila, Aug. 13.-3:10 p. m. A
reconnoissance yesterday by troops of
General S. B. M. Young's brigade, with
the object of discover ing the whereabouts
of the enemv near Sau Mateo, northeast
of the San Juan reservoir, about ten
miles from Manila, resulted in the oc
cupation of San Ma'eo. The American
loss was three killed and thirteen
wounded, including a lieutenant of the
Twenty first infantry.
Twenty-three of the enemy are known
to have been killed. This is the first ac
tion in which Colonel Burt's colored
troops have participated. They behaved
well, their leaders having difficulty in
holding them hack.
General Yotin accompanied C.iptain
Parker's column, and was under tiro
throughout the engagement. It was esti
mated thattheenemv numbered between
j'OO and 400 men.
Word baa been received from Lieu
tenant J. C. Gilmore, of the United
States gunboat Yoiktown, who, with
fourteen members of I he crew of the gun
boat, was captured by the insurgents
last Apr:i near Baler, on ti e east coast
of Luzdi. The message which comes
through Spanish prisoners, is t j the effect
that the officer and his men are at Yigan,
in the province of South Ilocot, on the
west const of Luzon. All but two are
well. Lieutenant Gilmore is allowed a
house and a servant, and is fairly treated.
Insurgents Aggressive.
Manila, Aug. 148:10 a. m. The in
surgents have taken the aggressive in t lie
neighborhood of the railroad. On Satur-
lar night they unsuccessfully attacked
San Luis, on the Rio Grande, near
Calumput, w hic'.i is garrisoned by two
companies ol tlio laentv-second in
fantry. The Ameiicans had one man, a
sergeant, killed, aid two privates
wounded.
Yesterday morning a similar ath'.ck
occurred at Gringua, four miles weet of
Malolos, where another small garrison is
stationed as a safeguard against a pos
sible attack upon the railway. A special
train took reinforcements to Malolos and
Gulginto, just north of Bulacun.
III! Lir Wa il.
Mr. J. E. L'"r, a prominent citizen
of Hannibal, Mo., lately had a wonder
ful deliverance from a frightlul death.
In telling of it he says: "1 was taken
with trphoi 1 fever, that ran into pneu
monia. My lungs becime hardened. I
was so weak I couldn't even sit np in
bed. Nothing helped me. I expected
to aoon die of consumption, when I
heard of Dr. King's New Discovery,
One bottle gave great relief. I con
tinued to use it, and now am well and
strong. I can't say too much in its
praise." This marvellous medicine is
the suiest and quickest cure in tbe world
for all throat and lung trouble. Regular
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tree at Blakeley A Honzhton'i drnn
(tore j every bottle gnaranteed. 2
in