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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1900.
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ST. LOUIS
Leoty-Six Hundred Street-Car Men
3 I Co Out Demanding That Coions Be
Recognized in All Matters Involving
Employmeat of Workmen.
St. Lorn, May 8. One of the greatest
IrikM in ti e hiitory of St. Louis wm
Ml ---
angoarted today, when about 2600 bid
jloye of the St. Loaia Transit Company
eotont to compel tne acceptance 01
fceir demand formulated several days
W The salient feature of tbe men
lemand were:
"Tbat all conductors, niotormen. gnp-
hea and all men employed in tbe sheds
hall be compelled to be members of the
nion.
"That officer of the anion, together
ith officers of the company, shall have
lull power to adjust all 1 lie recces tbat
hay arise and that in event ot their fail
ft to agree, shall, if mutually agreed to.
ace the case before three arbitrators.
"That any member inspended by the
laion will be upended by the company
Without pay until uch tIaie l,,e union
teqaeets his reinstatement.
"That a man elected to an office in the
inlon requiring his absence for not more
!han a vear. shall. np"n his retirement
torn such office, have bla old place with
he company."
rntuns Are Stlrrad l'p.
Nxw York. May 8. A conference of
epreeentatlvee of District Assembly 49,
knights of Labor ; District Assembly 75
nd 220, of Brooklyn, the Central Feder
ted Union and tbe Central Labor Union,
If Brooklyn, was held last evening in
his city, to devise mean to secure
egislation to restrict immigration, and
o amend the Chinese exclusion act, so
M to inolnde Japanese in its provisions
IThe call for the army of foreign laborers
Were flocking to these shores, and were
crowding into occupation that were al
ready overstocked, thns Inflicting Brest
hardships upon American workmen. It
kas declared tbat a large proportion of
kbese aliens were merely birds of passage,
feud did not intend becoming citizens.
Delegate William Allen, of District
Assembly 49, said (bat the object of the
conference wt to see what could be
'done to restrict the immense immigra
tion that was pouring in.
IT Sank Carlos Among Oregon Indians.
Chicago, May 8. The ruin of the
dwellings of the Hop! Indians in northern
Arizona and of various other tribe of In.
dians in tbe far northwestern states of
this country will be searched in the nest
few month by two expedition parties of
seen re additional collection for the an
thropological department of the Field
Columbian Museum.
Three assistants in that department
left last Saturday for Arliona to be gone
six months, and last night Dr. George A.
Dorsey, curator of the museum, started
over the Northwestern railroad lor a
three month' tour through Colorado,
Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Washington,
Oregon and California.
War reparations In Thlnn.
Victohia, B. C, May 8. Oriental ad.
vices by tbe steamship Tosa Mam, indi
cate that the investigation by the Chi
nese government assures them that re
form preparation have not yet advanced
to such lorm a to become an active
source of alarm. Large quantities of
arms are going to China, but in small
quantities for each consignee, and usu
ally for purposes of protection of private
interests.
More than ten of the Japanese Immi
grants by the Tosa Maru are weavers by
trale, it is understood, contracted for by
eastern United 8 ate manufacturer.
American ring rionsts Ovor Tutnlla.
Accklaso, N. Z May 8. Advice
received from Samoa announce that the
American fl ig ha been hoisted over the
iriand of Tutnlla amid great native re
Picin?, and that the chief have made a
formal cession ot the Island to the United
States. The inhabitant of Manua, it i
also announced, request the formal
hoisting of the Ametlcan flag over that
itlsnd, which will likewise be reded.
The native of the islands will rule
themselves nntll governor are appointed
by the commandant of the naval station.
Quiet prevail In German Samoa.
The Raaolatloaa,
Siocx Falls, 8. D., May 9. The com
mittee on phi form of the Populist con
vention met at 7 o'clock, and at mid
night wa itlll In session, debating the
arlou plank presented. . Ex-Con.
fressman Jerry Simpson acted a chair
nan of the committee. Among the
P'aok agreed upon before midnight
were those rslatlng to Imperialism,
militarism, trusta and the finance,
tne nnaaclal plank dtclaree for the
free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to
1. The declaration on the Idaho trouble
which wa drawn by Senator Heltfeld
i a fo.l-jws:
"Kesolved, That we denounce the
practice of issuing injunction in ease
of dispute between employe and em
ployers, making criminal act of organ
union which ore not criminal when
performed by individuals, and demand
legislation to restrain the evil." '
ROBERTS WILL
HALT AT SMALDEEL
After Bridges Over the Vet and Vaal
Rivers are Repaired, Roberts, Oullcr
and the Force at Fourteen Streams
Will Advance Simultaneously.
Smaldeel, May 9. It I reported that
the federals are quitting Zind river and
it is variously stated tbat they are re
treating towards the Vaal and are taking
np their position at Boshrand. sooth of
Kroonetadt. A large number of burghers
have come in and delivered their mansers
and horses to the British. They affirm
that there is a hitter quarrel between
Free Stater and Transvaalrs, which is
likely to end in the speedy surrender of
the former. General French ha arrived
here.
London, May 9. Although the British
expected considerable opposition at the
difficult drift of tbe Zind river, the
latest advice from Smaldeel, Orange
Free Stale, ind'eated that tbe federal
are not yet ready to make a determined
attack to stem Lord Roberts' advance.
The latter' front, indeed, is so wide and
overwhelming in numbers that It is
difficult to see how the Boers can help
being ousted out of Virginia Siding, as
they were out of Smaldeel, even if they
elected to give battlo. li.3 same con
sideration would probably affect the
situation at Kroonstadt ; hence the belief
that little opposition will be encountered
south of the Vaal.
Repair to tbe bridge over the Vet
river and the Vaal are expected to re
tard the general march from Smaldeel
and Fourteen Stream for three or four
day, when General Bailer will also be
ready. Tbe general idea is that General
Robert will direct hi efforts on
Harrismitb, in order to get in touch with
the Natal army coming through Van
Reenan' Pass.
A dispatch from Masern, dated May 8,
say the Boer have deserted both Lady
brand and Ficksburg in a panicky con
dition, owing to report that the British
had occupied Zjenikal, thus threaten
ng their retreat to tbe Transvaal. ;
London, May 9.-6:30 p. m. It is an-
noonedd in a special dispatch from Lo
renzo Ma roue that the government of
the Orange Free State has been moved
from Kroonstadt to Heilbron.
Indebtedness or Hawaii.
Washington, May 9. A meeting of
the foreign relation committee of the
senate wa held today, at which wa dis
cussed the proposition to take up the in
debtednesi of Hawaii, a aasumed by
the United State when the resolution
annexation provided for tbe taking np of
bond and other indebtedness to the
amount of $4,000,000, but it ha been
developed that the full amount of the
indebtedness is approxi mately f 4,000,000,
including the liabilities of the Hawaiian
postal saving bank. A bill wa drawn
authorizing the tecretay of the treasury
to take np this indebtedness, and the
committee today authoiixed a favorable
report to be made on It.
Aaatkar Habol Ganrral Captartd.
Washington, May 8. The war de
partment ha received t!:e following
cablegram :
"Manila, May 8. General Pantaleon
Garcia, a prominent Insprgent offier of
the northern province, wa captured
yesterday, with tome valuable docu
ment, by Fonston' troops. Regard
the capture an important one.
"MacAstiiur."
Manila. May 8. A force of rebels on
May 2, attacked twenty men of com
pany I, of tbe forty-fourth regiment,
stationed at Barotac, Ho Ilo province,
island ot Panay. Three of tbe American
were killed and seven wonnded.
Sold 7O0O Kango Harm.
Bakib City, May 9. Edward Blew
ett, of tbe Oregon Horse A Land Com
pany, with ranche on the Owyhee
river, has Just (old 7000 head of bone
at an average price of $13 ft head.
They are laid to have betn bought by
Eastern eipitallst to sell to the British
government for service in South Afrlc.
Another similar deal 1 pending.
STREET RAIL
WAY TIED UP
Police Force
is Inadequate to tbe
Situation.
St. Louis, Mo., May 9. Every street
railway line in St. Louis county is tied
np this morning, snd not a car i moving.
General manager George W. Baumphoff,
of the St. Louie Transit company, an
nounced at 9 a. in., tbat no attempt
would be made to run car today unless
ample police protection was afforded.
Chief of .police Campbell declares that
the force under him 1 too small to
handle tbe situation properly; but if the
company would select one main line to
operate, he would see that the cars were
run without molestation.
The s tea in railways put on additional
trains and made numerous stop. Places
of amusement were almost deserted last
night. Tbe house of delegate has
adopted a resolution declaring the
franchises of the St. Louis Transit com
pany revoked in every Instance where
the company tails to run its cars in strict
compliance with the provisions of the
ordinances nnder which it franchises
weie granted.
W. D. Mahon, of Detroit, president of
the Amalgatated Association of Street
Railway employe of America, ha ar
rived here. He will anpercede Samuel
D. Lee in the direction of the strike.
From Bourthern Laion,
Nuiva Caceres, March 5. The vol
cano Ma yon is in eruption. Friday
morning last a dense cloud of steam,
smoko and ashes burst from tbe cone
and drifted lazily eastwrrd. Seen from
this city, the rolling mas seemed snow-
white, and on the horizon bad the ap
pearance of a fleecy cloudbank. Sharp
reports were heard at intervals, bnt no
earthquake tremor could be noticed
During the night the breeze shifted, and
Saturday . dawned with the lowering
aspect of a tropical thunder storm.
It was hard to realize that tbe inky
blackness, covering all the sky save tbe
southern horizon, and blotting out every
trace of the sun, was caused by His Pin
tonic Majesty, Mavon. It needed the
proofs, and generously were they sup
plied, of brimstone emel and falling ash,
to convince even the most skeptical
Blotted out were the mountains, faint
unreal the near by foothills, while over
all the shalow drifted slowly northward.
Just at sunset the sun burst through
the veil and dipped below the horizon in
flaming crimson bail. "Mayon still
fumes, but other breezes blow and our
skies are once roorecloudless. This vol
cano has a record, official since 1616, of
more than twenty eruptions, causing
damage to property and loss of life.
That 1707 was the most destructive.
Seven town and hundred of natives
comprising its tale.
Idaho Republicans,
Lkwiston, ' May 9. The republican
state convention, for the election of
delegate to tbe national convention,
was held here. There was a lsrge at
tendance of delegate. The gathering
wa noteworthy because of tbe large
number of former silver republicans
among the delegates.
The disposition appeared to be to
treat them a thongh there bad been no
split. One of them was permanent
chairman of the convention and another
one of the delegate to the national
convention.
The temporary chairman was Judge
W. B. Heyburn nnd the permanent
chairman was ex-Attorney General
George M. Parsons.
The delegates elected are Senator
George L. Shonp, Judge W. B. Hey
burn, J. F. Ailshie, L. L. Ormsby, State
Senator Frank R. Gooding and George
, Robethan.
Resolutions were adopted commend-
the administration of President Mc-
Kinley,
Andrew Caruagla Spanks In London.
London, May Jt. Andrew Carnegie,
he American steel magnate, will deliver
the principal address at the banquet of
he Iron and Steel Institute at the Cecil
hotel tonight. Iklr. Carnegie will stay
here lor a short time and will then leave
for Scotland, where he will take a six
month' rest. Mr. Carnegie says he be-
ieve tbat the republican party will
elect its candidate at tbe next presiden
tial contest. He advocates the building
of a merchant marine through favorable
legislation by congress.
Stoek tor employes.
Minneapolis, Msy 9. The Great
Northern railroad, la accordance with
it promts , ha placed 10,000 share of
it stuck on sale at par for It employe.
The there are to be handled by a new
company, the Great Northern Employee'
Inveetment Association, Ltd., managed
by officials ot the road. Employes par
chasing stotk will become members.
No employe receiving $3000 a year or
over may bny stock, and t,oue may hold
more than $5000 worth. Service ot three
year or more is prerequisite tor pur
chasing em cloves. A the stock la
worth $155 a share, this action mean
gift of over $500,000 to ita employes
There will be distributed In dividend
on the stock $70,000 a year.
A GRATIFY
ING REPORT
Porto Ricans Pleased With Allen's Ad
ministration Will Probably Get
Over the Impression that They Are
to Be Oppressed by the United
States.
Washington, May 10. President Mc.
Kinley and hi associates ot this admin.
istration are quite gratified over the way
in which the new civlt government in
Porto Rico was established on May 1st.
The reports which came from Governor
Allen since that time have convinced
the president and the members of his
cabinet that the native Porto Ricans
will soon get over the impression that
they are to be oppressed by the United
State a they were under Spanish role
Since his arrival at Porto Rico, gov
ernor Allen has conducted his work very
quietly and it is now stated at the war
department elsewhere, that he is con
vincing the natives of the island tha
the United States intends to deal will
them fairly and give them the opportn
niy they desire to better their condi
lions from every point of view. Within
a few months, it is the belief of Gover
nor Allen, that the tariff law paseed by
this congress, which was objectionable
to the Porto Ricans, will be found not
half so Dad a it was painted, and there.
fore tbe United States civil regime will
be much better than under the military.
Tha Beat Bomcdy ror Rheumatism,
QUICK RELIEF FllOM PAIN.
All who nse Chamberlain Pain Balm
for rheumatism are delighted with the
quick relief from pain which it affords.
Whin speaking of this Mr. D. N. Sink,
of Troy, Ohio, says: "Some time ago I
had a seve attack of rheumatism In my
arm ana shoulder, x tried numerous
remedies, but got no relief until I was
recommended by Messrs. Geo, F. Par.
sons & Jo., druggists ol this place, to
try Chamberlain's Pain Balm. They
recommenned it to highly that I bought
a bottle. I uat toon relieved of all pain.
I have since recommended this lini
ment to many of my friends, who agree
with me that it is the best remedy for
muscular rheumatism in the market.'
For sale by Blat eley & Houghton.
Publle Lands Bill.
Washington, May 10. Tbe house
committee on public lands ha reported
favorably the Mondell bill to provide
tbat final proof in land case may be
made anywhere in the land district in
which the entry is located, and that
entries In timber and stone may be
made before any officers authorized to
receive entries in other cases.
Tha committee also considered the
bill to create a national patk out of the
Sequoia reservation.
Glorious Kiw
Comes from Dr. D. B. Cargile, of
Washita, I. T. He writes:
Four bottles of Electric Bitters tins
cured Mrs. Brewerof scrofula, which had
caused her grent suffering for years.
ferrible sores would break, out on her
head and face, and the best doctors
could give no help; hut her cure Is com
plete aud her health is excellent." This
shows what thousands luve proved,-
th.it Electric Bitters is the best blood
purifier known. It' the supreme
remedy for ccsima, tetter, salt rheum,
ulcers, boils and running sores. It
stimulates liver, kidneys and bowels,
ex Dels poisons, helps digestion nnd
builds np the strength. Only 50 cenls.
S 1d by Blakeley & Houghton, Druggists.
Guaranteed. 4
Wardaar la realisation Closed.
Washington, Mao 9. The Coenr
d'Alene Investigation was brcnght to a
close today when Frederick C. Robertson
made the final argument for those mak
ing charges. He took occasion, In hi
address, to make a fervent plea for or
ganissd lahor, and In particular for the
unions, which he contended, were being
oppressed and discriminated against in
the mining region. The committee will
not take np the subject with a view to
determining upon a report to tbe boose
notil tbe military academy bill I dis
posed of.
THE BOERS
ON THE RUN
Their Front Was Twenty Miles Long on
North Side of Zand River, But Britsta
Had Little Difficulty io Putting Them
to Flight
London, May 10. Lord Robert re
ports to the war office as tollows :
"Cable Can Headquarters, at the front,
May 10, 9:10 a. ru. We are imw across
the Raud river. The enemy is st'l! bold
ing a strong position, hut. we are gradu
ally pushing him back."
London, Slay 10 1Q :4-l a. m. The
war office has received the following dis
patch from Lord Roberts:
"Cable Cart, Zind river. May 10,
12:30 p. tn. The enemy is iu full retreat.
They occupied a position only twenty
miles in length. Our wa necssatiiy
longer; because ot the widely scattered
force; it will take come time to learn the
casualties, but I am hopeful that we
have not suffered. The calvary aud horse
artillery are pursuing the Boer by three
different roads." ,
London, May 10. The war office' has
received from Lord Roberts a dispatch
dated Zmd river camp, May 9, saying
"I have received a most cheery tele
gram from Baden-Powell, dated April
27."
Puetoria, May 9. President Kroger
has received a telegram from a burgher
ess asking if the time ha not arrived
for the formation of a corps of women,
adding that she is prepared with a body
of women volunteers to take up arms in
the defense of the independence of the
Transvaal. .
London, May 10 The crossing of the
Zind river by the British appears to
have been affected sooner than even the
most sanguine expected, and this mom
ing .Lord Roberts' temporary head
quarter is established in a cable cart on
the north bank of the river, though the
opposition the federals are offering shows
that yesterday's reports of the abandon
ment of the postition were ill-founded.
Lord Roberts' advance force consisting
of from 10,000 to 12,000 mounted mcD,
besides infantry, artillery and the naval
contingent appears to be sufficiently
powerful to overwhelm any opposition
the burghers can offer. Even though,
as reported yesterday they have been
reinforced by 3000 men from other com
mands an'd possess a score of heavy guns,
the expert .believe the oppostlon will
not be prolonged farther than is neces
sary to remove the guns and other im
pediments in the direction of Kroonstad,
Further report from Lonrenco Mar
que show that the customs authorities
there, in addition to clothing and shoes,
refuse to clear corned beef for the Trans
vaal, holding it a contraband.
NO INDEPEND
ENCE FOR IRELAND
Lord Salisbury Creates a Sensation by
a Speech.
New York, May 10. A pec!al cable
gram to the Scripps McKae Press Asso
ciation says: . ,
At the annual meeting ot the Primrose
League held in London Tuesday after
noon, in honor of the celebrated prime
minister Dioratli, Lord Salisbury, Eng-
and's present premier, mada a sensa-
ioiial speech. He referred to Ireland.
He used these words which are causing
a commotion in some quartets: There
s no hope that we shall give Ireland
practicnl independence, for we have
earned from the South African war how
a disloyal government can accumulate
rms. The British government know
better than to give this power to a die-
oyal government In Ireland tor a mo
ment. The Irish are erased, and are
a powerless factor In England' politic,
but do not Imagine this efacemenl per.
manent.
Lord Salisbury referred to England'
foreign relation and said there were
certain element menacing the empire,
and the peril were slowly accumulating
nd they might reach a point which
would require the government's inott
earnest effort to repel. He have no
lecniity, we have no confidence in the
sympathy of other nation, no confidence
io anything except the efficiency of our
own defence. It would be unwise to
depend ever much on the navy. The
people at home mast put themselves in
condition to defend their borne. Rifle
cluhi should be formed in every district
In England. Then we shall have a force
which will make the chance of our
assailants bad. The premier' speech
leil the audience stnpefled.
THE SHIP"
SUBSIDY BILL
The Possibility cf Its Passage By the
House.
New Yonic, May 10. A special to tbe
Herald from Washington says:
Conditions in lie house of representa
tives distinctly favor the passage of the
ship subsidy bill through that Imdy dur
iug the of xl session, when it is proposed
by- the republican leader to bring it for
waid. There I little opposition to it on tl e
republican side, and the democrats are
biilly split op over it. This is indicated
by the attitude of the democratic mi
nority of the committer. Three ot the
minority. Fi'zjerald ol Massachusetts,
De Vrie of California, and Spight of
Mississippi will sign a report opposing
the bill altogether. Twoothers Chanter
of New Yoikand Small of South Carolina
w ill sign a report, drawn up principally
by Chanter, approving the genera! prin
ciple of the "bill, but insisting upjn cer
tain amendments.
The most Important of the.sera
change in the auti-iust provision of the
bill, so as to make it the duty of the cir
cuit courts to institute proceeding
ag-tinst violators of the act, and an act
iu the Interest of the navy, requiring the
ships benefiting by the act to catry a
larger percentage of Americans in their
crews, and to train more American boy
in steamship navigation. These amend
ments are generally acceptable to the
republicans.
Soft-Noae Shell I'lereea Armor Mat.
Nsw Yobk, May 10. James W, John
son, member of tbe firm of Isaac G.
Johnsnu & Co., of Spuyten Duyville,
invento-t of the Johnson soft-nose shell,
explained last night how the soft steel
cip enables a projectile to pierce armor
plate.
"I think," said Mr. Johnson, "that
the action of the soft steel cap may be
illustrated by a simplo experiment. If
you would try to drive a (ingle nail
through a piece of sheet iron, the nail
would bend. But if you first driye a
nail through a piece ol hardwood it will
penetrate the sheet iron.
"The soft nose, in other words, pre
vents the projectile from glincing off. It
whole force is concentrated at the point.
In one of the tests made at Indian Head,
ae fired a proj-ctile at the armor plate
at an angle of twenty-one degrees. No
sooner had the soft nose touched the
plate than the projectile turned at a
right angle to the plate and penetrated
It. The cap, or toft nose, also act as a
kind of lubricant to the shell."
A Life And Dcnlb Fight.
Mr. W. A. Hine of Manchester, In.,
writing of hi almost miraculous escape
from death, says i "Fxposure after meas
les induced serious lung trouble, which
ended in Consumption. I had frequent
hemorrhages and coughed nitsht and day.
All my doctors said I must soon die.
Then I began to use Dr. Kinft' New
Discovery tor Consumption, which com
pletely cured me. I would not be without
it even if it cost $3.00 a bottle. Hundreds
have used it on my recommendation and
all say it never fails to cure Throat, CI. est
and Lung troubles." Regular rial 60c
and $1 .00. Trial bottles free at Blakeley
& Houghton's Drug Store. 4
Howard Will Surrauder,
Londjn, May 9. Jim Howard, the
man accused ot filing the shot that
killed William Got-bel, came in thin
morning from his home in CUr county
and took the train for Frankfort, whither
he goes to em render himself to the
authorities. Howard says he will have
no trouble in proving his innocence.
Cauxht n Oraacirul f.'iild.
Marlon Kooke, manager for T. M
Thompson, a large importer ot fine mil
linery at 1658 Milwaukee Avenue, Chi
cago, says: "During the laie severe
weather I ought a dreadful cold which
kept tne awake at night and mado me
nnQt to attend my work during the day.
One of my milliner wa taking Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy for a severe
cold at tbat time, which seemed to re
lieve her to quickly that I bought some
for myself. It acted like magic and I
began to Improve at once. I am now
entirely well and feet very pleased to ac
knowledge it merit." For sale by
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