WEEKLY
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VOL. X
THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1900.
NO. 38
FENIAN SCARE AT
VICTORIA, B. C.
ONE NEGATIVE
VOTE CAST
ENDED HIS
AGUINALDO OR HIS
ADJUTANT SHOT
BOXERS NOT
SUPPRESSED
OUR COMMERCE
WITH THE ORIENT
OWN LIFE
Reports That Attempts Were to Be Made
to Blow Up Buildings Caused Ex
citement
Victoria, B. C, Jane 1. (Special to
ne Telegram. ? Daring the celebration
of last week number of report were
oinz the rounds to the effect that an
attempt was to be made in this city by
Boer sympathizers or Fenians, to do
damage to the forts and public buildings
the theater on the night of the big
patriotic concert of Wednesday last be
in? particularly spoken of. As a rule
not much credit is given to these reports,
bat this time there was good foundation
(of them.
Ou Monday of last wetk word was re
ceived here from the British consul at
San Francieco that men had left there
with the object of doing damage to the
forts and theater. Previous information
from the same source bad proven so cor
rect that some alarm was felt among the
naval and military official?, and thope
civilians to whom it was necessary to
convey the news. Strong guards were
placed on all the naval and military
works: the old ones being changed with
out a moment's notice; the theater was
searched from the basement to the dome
before the concert commenced and three
Pinkerton detectives who had descrip
tions of the men reported to have come
North, stood at tbo entrance and closely
scrutinized each person who passed in.
It is not known that the men were
seen here, but it will be admitted the
authorities had reason to feel alarmed
when it is stated that just before the
blowing up of the Welland canal, a re
port was received from the same source
in San Francisco that attempts were to
be made to blow up public buildings and
public works throughout Canada. A few-
days after the canal explosion occurred
an attempt to get Into Fort Macauley
was frustrated by the guard. Military
authorities here state their belief that
Fenians have headquarters in San
Francieco.
AFOUL MURDER
AT PORTLAND
Mrs. Naomi Moss Murdered la a Lonely
Park Husband Suspected of the
Crime.
Portland, Or., Telegram, June 1.
Mrs. Naomi Moss, better known as
Mies Naomi Clute, wifeof Riley M. Moss,
was shot through the heart and killed
near Willamette Heights park between
10 and 11 o'clock last night. - Susplcian
rests upon the woman's husband, and
jealousy is believed to have been the
motive. Uflicers are seeking Moss, but
the search thus far has been in-vain.
Mrs. Moss was the daughter of Charles
Clute, well known in Portland, where he
has lived several years.
The conductor of a Washington-street
car recalls having taken Mrs. Moss and
a man who answers the description of
her husband to the entrance of Ilia park
atabmt 10 o'clock last evening. The
couple left the car and tat down on a
bench near at hand. The car then
started back down town. A few moments
later a woman's screams for help,
followed by two pistol shots in quick
succession were heard. The police were
notified and thorough search of the
park made, but without avail. This
morning the woman's dead body was
found.
. Nit New I'lagos Cane.
Francikco, June 1. Health offi
eers report that no new cases of plague,
either alive or dead, have been reported
this morning. The work of cleansing
"is town Is proceeding, and it is the
opinion of leading physicians that the
Plttue, if it really exists, cannot possibly
'P'ead nnder the reirima now beinir
'"Mowed by Ue Health Board and its
eiiinlovea.
Machinist' fttrlk.
PuiLAhKi piiia. June 1. Machinists of
this city have fur pome tim hepn tirennp.
,nI for a strike in the event of the failure
l their emnlnvera In or.nl limit-
namij. There are 13.000 of them in
this city, and today they presented a
p'nand lor an eight-hour instead of
nine-hour day, at the tame rate of wages.
"
Trimmed hats and natterna at coat for
the net thirty days at the Campbell A
""son mminery parlors. 23-tf
Littlefield Anti-Tust Bill Passed by the
House Maoo of llliaois Voted
"Xo."
Washington, June 2. Only one vote
was cast in the House today against the
Littlefield anti-trust bill to amend the
Sherman anti-trust act to make it more
effective in the prosecution of trusts,
their agents or attorneys. Mann (Rep.
111.) cast the negative vote. The bill, ac
cording to the statements of the repub
lican leaders, goes to the limit of the
authority of congress under the co.ieti
tution. All the democratic minority
amendments, except one, were defeated.
That was an amendment declaring that
nothing in the act should be constructed
to apply to trades unions or labor or
ganizations. All except eight republi
cans Aldrich (Ala. J, Allen and Little
field (Me.), Bailey, Long and Calderhead
(Kan.), end Cannon and Hitt (III.),
voted for it.
The bill amends the Sherman anti
trust law so as to declare every contract
or combination in the form of a trust or
conspiracy in restraint of commerce
among the states or foreign nations il
legal, and every party to such act or
combination guilty of a crime punishable
by a fine of not less than $500 nor more
than $5000, and by imprisonment not
less than six months nor more than two
years. It provides that any person in
jured by violation of the provisional
provisions cf the law may recover three
fold damages. The definition of "per
son" and "persons" in the recent law is
enlarged so as to include the agents, of
ficers or attorneys of corporations.' For
purposes of commerce it declares il
legal all corporations or associations
formed or carrying on business for pur
poses declared illegal by the common
laws; provides that they may be per
petually enjoined from carrying on inter
state commerce, and forbids them the
use of the United States mails. It pro
vides for the production of persons and
papers, and confers jurisdiction upon
United States Circuit and District courts
for the trial of cases under it, and
authorizes any person, firm, corporation
or association to begin and prosecute
proceedings under it.
Hrltlah Hold Back.
London, June 2, 3:15 a. m. Lord
Roberts continues silent regarding
Pretoria, probably because he cannot
wire of events from his own . personal
knowledge. Lourenco Marques, where
all the news from the Boer side is re
handled, cables that communication
with Pretoria is now suspended.
Some messages by courier have
reached Lourenco Marques, but none of
later date than Wednesday. These
assert that the burghers are in a state of
panic, and that Pretoria is being con'
trolled by a vigilance committee. Lour
enco Murques again sends the report
that President Krnger has been captured
A dispatch from Vryburg, dated May
30, says :
"During the occupation of this place
by the Boers, they flogged the natives for
slight offenses. A whip and several
cords knotted and salted were found at
the police station. A boy who brought
a letter toa woman received twenty-five
lashes, and another who sympathized
with him received fifteen."
I.ot in the Itouae.
Washington, June 1. The house of
representatives today after a lively de
bate extending over two days, defeated
the joint resolution proposing consti
tutional amendment empowering con
gress to regulate trusts. Jt requires a
two-thirds vote under the constitution
to adopt an amendment to the consti
tution. The vote stood ayes 154, noes
131. The affirmative vote, therefore, was
88 short of the requisite two-thiids 192.
Five democrats, Campbell (Mont.),
Naplien (Maes.l, Scndder ( N. Y.), Sibley
(I'enn.), and Thayer (Mass.), and one
silverite, Ne lands (Nov.), voted with
the republicans for the resolution, and
two republicans, Loud (Cat ), and Me
Cull (Mass.) with the democrats. These
were the only breaks from party lines.
The populists Jvoted solidly against the
resolution.
Itdllrf aiKl I'rnalon lllll.
CnicAdo, June 1. An elaborate relief
and pension plan was submitted to the
employes of the Chicago, Milwaukee
St. Paul Railroad company today. The
plan embraces all the best features of the
relief department of tho Baltimore A
Ohio, and the pension fund of the
Pennsylvania company.
Use Clarke A Falk'i qiimine.l ir tonic
to keep dandruff from the head.
Conscience Made a Coward of Murderer
Moss Last Chapter of a Tragedy
Stricken With Terror for the Conse
quences of His Crime, He Effectually
Escaped Hanging.
Okkoonian, June 3. Riley L. Moss
tne man who murdered his wire in
Willamette Heights Park Thursday
night, put an end to his earthly troubles
last evening by eending a bullet through
his own heart. He had carried the
burden of his awful crime for two dars
Then, forgetting what might be beyond
in his mad desire to escape from con
science and from self, he used the one
remaining borrowed bullet to close the
last chapter in his eventful life.
At 7:30 o'clock he entered the Silver
State lodging-house, corner of Seventh
and Washington Btreets. Passing along
the hallway, he entered a closet in the
rear, and there he killed himself. He is
said to have been seen a short time be
fore, sitting on the curbstone on Seventh
street, just opposite the house, engaged
in conversation with someone, but who
this was could not be ascertained.
Moss did not have a room in the house,
and was unknown to theoccupants. He
is supposed to have used the entrance
and stairway leading from Seventh street.
Mrs. Lena Bordaraco, the landlady,
states that she was in the kitchen, en
gaged in lighting a lamp, when she heard
the report of a pistol. She immediately
hurried in the direction from whence the
sound came. She was unable to open
the door leading to the closet, so she
telephoned to the police station for as
sistance. Policeman Quinton was at once
dispatched to the scene, and, on break
ing in the door, discovered Moss lying on
his back, dead,
Dudley Evans, who was sitting with
his wife in a millinery store downstairs,
heard of the occurrence, and sounded the
alarm. Coroner Rand was summoned,
and also the police patrol wagon. The
news quickly spread, and soon a large
crowd of'people surrounded the building,
and the question asked by everybody
was, "Was it Moss?" The Identity of
the man had, up to this time, not been
diecoveied, no examination of the body
having been made, pending the arrival
of the coroner. The crowd was therefore
eager and expectant, but with the
universal certainty of conjecture that it
must surely have been Moss.
The people did not have long to wait,
as Coroner Rand soon came, and a
hurried investigation disclosed that the
crowd had guessed correctly, and that
Moss had paid the penalty of his awful
crime.
A search of his clothing brought forth
the picture of his wife, which he had
carried in an inside coat pocket. An
inspection of the revolver with which he
had killed himself showed that it tallied
with the description of the one recently
purchased here by Moss, and persons
who knew Moss were soon at hand and
positively identified the remains. The
dead man wore a gray coat and vest,
black trousers, a checked shirt, bow tie,
and a gray cap. ' These were the articles
purchased of the second-band dealer on
Third street Tuesday morning.
A large crowd followed the remains to
the morgue, where for an hour or two a
throng of curious people filed in and out,
viewing the lileless form of the dead
dead man.
Wlter llaa lie Keen?
The detectives have been unable to tell
just whero Moss spent the time between
Fridad morning, when seen on Third
street, and yesterday evening. Rumors
were received from time to time at police
headquarters that he had been seen, but
the oflicers were unable to lot-ate him or
to bin! those who were sure they had
st en him.
Only a few minutes before the report
of the suicide had been received by the
police, Detective Ford had been informed
that Moss had been seen in the vicinity
of the Silver State lodging-house. He
was on ills way there when he heard
that the man he wanted had killed him
self.
Impending Strike.
Dknvkh, Col., June 1. A strike Is de
pendent upon the result of a conference
being held today between the master
and journeymen plumbers in this city.
The men ara receiving tl per day.
Recently they struck for an advance,
but were induced to return to work
until today to permit the contractors to
complete work eontracted for under the
old conditions.
Subscribe for Tuc Ciiuomck.
Companions Took Him Away Richly
Caparisoned Horse Was Left, With
Saddle-Bags Containing Insurgent's
Dairy and Papers.
Yig an, Luzon, via Manila, June 3.
Major March, with his detachment of
the Thirty-third regiment, overtook what
is believed to have been Aguinaldo's
party on May 19, at Lagat, about 100
miles northeast of Yigan. -The Ameri
cans killed or wounded an officer sup
posed to be Aguinaldo, whose body was
removed by his followers.
Aguinaldo had 100 men, Major March
1-5, the American commander reaching
Li Boagan, where Aguinaldo had made
his headquarters since March 0, on May
7. Aguinaldo had fled seven hours be
fore leaving all the beaten trails and
traveling through the forest along the
beds of streams. Toward evening, May
19, Major March struck Aguinaldo's out
post about a rujle outside of Lagat, kill
four Filipinos and capturing two. From
the latter he learned that Aguinaldo had
camped ther for the night, exhaused and
half starved.
Major March's men entered Lagat on
the run. They saw the insurgents scat
tering into the bushes or over the plateau.
A thousand yards beyond the town, on
the mountain eide, the figures of 25 Fili
pinos dressed in white with their leader
on a gray horse were siihout'.ed against
the sunset. The Americans fired a vol
ley, and saw the officer drop from his
horse. His followers flsd, carrying the
body. The Americans on reaching the
spot, caught the horse, which was richly
saddled. Blood from a badly wounded
man was on the animal and on the
ground. The snddle-bngs coiitaiutd
Aguinaldo's diary and some private
papers, including proclamations. One
of these was addressed : "To the Civil
ized Nations." It protested against the
American occupation of the Philippines.
There' was also found copies of Senator
Beveridge's speech, translated into
Spanish and entitled: "The Death
Knell of the Filipino People."
Major March, believing that the Fill
pinos had taken to a river which is n
tributary of the Chico, followed it for
two days, reaching Xiao, where he
earned that a party of Filipinos had
deecended the river May 20th on a raft
with the body of a dead or woundid
man upon a litter, covered with palm
leaves. There Major March reviewed
his command, shoeless and exhausted,
and picked out twenty-four of the fresh
est men, with whom he beat the sur
rounding country for six days longer,
but without finding any trace of the
insurgents. The Americans pushed on,
and arrived at Aparri May 29.
The officer shot was either Aguinaldo
or his adjutant, and as the horse was
richly caparisoned it is a fair presump
tion that it was Aguinaldo.
Riortrl By Itolxrtn.
London, June 2. A cablegram from
Lord Roberts, dated Johannesburg, May
31st, but which was not dispatched from
there until 8:30 a. m. of June 1st, has
been received by the war office. It snys :
"The occupation of' Johannesburg
passed ofT quite satisfactorily, thanks to
the excellent arguments made by Dr.
Krans, the Transvaal commandant here,
and order prevailed throughout the
town. Dr. Kraus met me on my
entrance to Johannesburg, and rode by
my side to the government offices, where
he introduced me to the heads of the
several departments, all of whom r.c-
ceded to my request that they would
continue to carry on their respective
duties nnlil they could be relieved of
them.
"Johannesburg Is very empty, but a
good crowd of people assembled in the
main square by the time tho British flag
was being hoisted, A royal salute was
fired, and three cheers f.ir the queen
were given. At thn end of the cere
monies the Seventli and Eleventh
divisions marched paet with the naval
brigade, the heavy artillery and two
brigade divisions of the royal field
artillery, (ion. Ian Hamilton's column
and the cavalry division and mounted
infantry were too far away to take part
In the ceremony. Tho Fourteenth and
naval brigades have been left in Johan
nesburg to pieserve order, while the
remainder of the force is encamped
not tli of the town on the Pretoria road."
Wanted.
A girl to do general house wqrk
In-
quire at the Dalles Lumbering Co.'s
office. niav2it.lw
Clarke A Falk have on sale a full line
of paint and artist's brushef.
Eight Americans Missing From One
Mission They Have Bestrojed a
Thousand Mission Houses Tbeir
Number is Increasing. ,
Tien-Tsin, Sunday, June 3. Two
more of the party of foreigners a ho fled
from Pao-Ting Fu have arrived here.
One of them was badly injured. The
relief expedition has returned, and the
Cossacks returned this evening. Thev
report that they had a Sght with tho
Boxors at Tuii, killing sixteen and
wounding many. Lieutenant Blenskev
Dr. Hamilton, a trooper and a civiliat
wero wounded.
It is reported from Pao Ting-Fn Ilia
eight Americans and three members ot
the China Inland Mission are missing,
The missionaries are in great danger.
No further news has been received ro
garding the missing refugees.
Who the lloxera Ar,
Chicago, June 4. Rev. Dr. D. Z
Sheffield, president of the North China
College of the American Board of For
eign Missions, who has been selected by
the First Congregational church to be its
paid missionary in foreign lands, gave a
lecture at the church last night. He has
been in China thirty years. Speaking
of the present situation in that country,
he said :
"I have the gravest apprehension of
danger to the mission stations in North
cm China. The Boxers are not upheld
openly by the government, but secretly
The Boxers are also known as the Society
of the Great Knife. They are banded to
gether for the preservation of conserva
tism. They are religious fanatics, claim
ing that spirits urge them on, and that
they are immuned from death or injury
as long as they remain loyal to the silent
voices. At first they attacked the native
churches belonging to the Roman
Catholic Missions, but soon began to
wage war on the Protestant churches and
missions as well.
"They have destroyed 700 houses be
longing to the Roman Catholics and 300
belonging to the Protestant denominn
tions. They are adding to the numbers,
and it will take the most strenuous
efforts on the part of the Chinese govern'
ment to suppress them.
"I am glad the marines were landed,
but they will find their time occupied in
protecting the cities alone. Foreign
intervention will result in the overthrow
of the present govern ment."
Catarrh Cannot be Cared
with local applications, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh
is a blood or constitutional disease, and
in order to cure it you must take inter
nal remedies. Hall s Catarrh (Jure is
taken internally, and acts directly on
tho blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine.
It was was prescribed by one of the best
physicians in this country for yee-s, and
is a regular piescription. It is composed
of the best tonics known, combined with
the l)C8t blood purifiers, acting directly
on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination of the two ingredients is
what produces such wonderful results in
curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials,
free.
F. J. Chkney & Co., Props., Toledo O.
Sold by drrnggists, puce 75c.
Hall's Family Pills nre the best
12
Mm. Jiihn Sherman DamiI.
Mansfield, O., June 4. Mrs. John
Sherm in tiled at midnight, aged 72
years. She was Mi?s Margaret Cecilia
Stewart, only child of the lute Judge
Stewart, of this city. She was married
to Mr. Sherman December SI, ISIS.
There were no children. She, was born
here, and w ill be buried here.
Could not express the rapture of Annie
E. Springer, of 1125 Ho.vunl St., Phil
adelpl ia, Pa., when she found that Dr
King's New Discovery for Cor.snmption
had completely cui ed her of a hacking
cough that for many years ha made
lite a burden. All other remedies and
doctors could give her no help, tilt she
s.iys of this Royal Cure "It soon re
moved the pain in my chest and I can
now sleep soundly, something I can
scarcely remember doing before. I (eel
like sounding its praises throughout the
universe." So will every one who tries
Dr. King's New Discovery for any trouble
of the throat, chest or lungs. Trice 50c
and $1. Trial bottle free at Blakeley A
Houghton's drug store; every bottle
guaranteed. 5
Yon will not have boils. if you take
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Its Astonishing Development During
the Last jYcar Import Trade Was
Doubled.
Wahiiinoton, June 2. United States
Cousul-General Good now, at Shanghai,
has transmitted to he state department
an interesting statement in regard to the
.Chinese commerce last year, which the
consul savs was characterized by an as
tonishing development.
The net value of the import trade for
1809 was $188,103,778, double that of 1890.
The importation of opium was over 1,-
000,001) pounds in excess of the import!
during the preceding year.
The trade in cotton goods, which had
remained practically stationary for three
years, made a g'eat advance, rising from
$54,255,057 in 1898 to $73,571,917. la
piece goods a great increase in the im
parts of American product was noted, al
though it was considerably checked by
the high prices ruling dining the last
quarter of the year.
The importation of sundries rose from
$06,058,167 to $79,318,726. The value of
the flour imported was $2,206,138, and
all of it came from the United States.
The yalue of last year's exports from
China is estimated at $139,105,123, and
this amount, as in the case of the imports,
is more than double that shown in 1890.
China's exports, it is eaid, are at present
checked by price and inferior quality,
due respectively to the cost of trans
portation and the heavy taxation, and to
adulteration aud faulty methods of prep
aration. Prices will come down, and the
demand for Chinese wares increase, says
theconsnl, when railways bring the goods
more cheaply ami the government takes
steps to prevent the adulteration now
rampant. The exportation of tea to the
United States was 5,000.000 pounds in
excess of the amount sent out in 1898.
"It is a humiliating fact," says Consul
General Goodnow, "that of the total
tonnage of vessele entering and clearing
from Chinese ports last year, the United
States only contributed one percent of
the total tonnage, the American flag
floated over only three per cent."
TRAINMEN'S
PLUCKY FIGHT
Exciting Hold-up Sixty Miles From
St. Louis The Engineer Escaped to
His Engine and Kan Away With the
Train Bloodhounds After Robbers.
St. Loris, June 4. A special to the
Post-Dispatch from Longview, Texas,
says the northbound cannon ball train
on the International and Great Northern
was held up after midnight near Price's
Switch, sixty miles south of this city,
aud but for the plucky tight of Express
Messenger Rutherford and Baggage
Master Strong and the strategy of En
gineer Rich, another robbery would.
have taken place.
The engineer saw a pile of cross lies;
and lumber on the track and stopped.
He was ordered down by three masked
men, w ho forc d the engineer and fire
man to uncouple the mail, baggage and
express cars and pull about two miles
from the remainder of the train. The
robbers then commanded the messerper
to open the door of ins cur and failing to
get any response, made fireman Love-
break n hole in the end with a coal pick.
While this w as being done the fire
man begged the messenger and baggage
men not to shoot. The messenger, whr
was well protected hy a barricade, said
he would kill the firnt man w ho entered
the hole. Love was forced in and the
messenger Bbouted : "Gel aside, Love !"
as he tired through the hole. His htf.
just missed the robber?, who undertook
to kill the messenger by shooting
through the eide of the car. In the c .in
fusion reenlting, Engineer Rich crawled
upon his engine, pulled the tiirotlle
wide open and left the robbers behind.
A quick rwn wos nude to Jacksonville,
fifteen miles north. At daybreak Mm
penitentiary bloodhounds were brought
from Rusk and put on the trail.
This hold-up occurred near the lace
where the samo train was robbed five
years ago.
Ivy poisoning, poison wound and all
other accidental injuries may be quickly
cured by using DeWitt's Witch llaa-1
Salve. It is also a certain cure for j ilt"
and litin diseases. Take no other.