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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 3. 1900.
NO. 39
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STRIKE IS NOT
j they were right upon ns. But they mere
out. The? tried to shoot na an.-i kill ns
yrT CTTTI rrt! hollets nd shells, then to
I L. I OL I I LlU i ,,urn DP. tben to blow as op with
Bat Efforts Are
It Several
Held.
Being Made to End !
thrir mines, and at last to starve ns oat.
j Oh, this is not ail ; the kept laying traps
I to tret as to come out nl nnr f,rtin..t
i citT with Lrnniifte tn t..t n - iA t;
Conferences Were rvin or (u t, to ,he Tsun II Yaman to
j be onfler their protection. We did cot
listen to tbeiu.
"We ate horse anl male meat,' and
t, ,. B , . - , I w BJ ; We ate rice, rice and rice and
Philadelphia, Sewt. S. The coal i, WA. ,,,, , ...
... . t . a9 good. 1 will te:'. too we are
-r - - grateful; we know bow to be. For two
r".. V.J , ,la-T9 iieJdogt for the Chine...
ieauiug uujb.ua ui nin t-um-cnrry lug j r
railroads were plentitni. Beyond the
general statement that the principle
RESULT OF ENG
LISH ELECTIONS
point under discnssion was the advt.a
bilitr or practibility of granting the
mineworkers a 10 per cent advance in
wages, very little of the details of the
meeting could be learned. The oper
ators generally expressed the opinion
that the increase cinld not-be granted,
and the operating; expenses met, unless
there is an advanco in the price ol coal.
The larger operating companies, how
ever, took rather a hesitating view ol
the proposals to increase further the
price of anthracite, contending that th
competition of bituminous coal was now
to sharp.
Piesident Mltciei), of the united
mineworkers, is reticent on the general
question of accepting a 10 per cent
crease without other concessions, and
declined to be interviewed oa that point,
Meantime, the strike leaders are con
tinning their efforts to induce the work
ing miners to join in the strike. Q iiet
prevailed today throughout the mine
region.
All eyes were turned toward New
York in expectation of gome important
announcement from there
President Ca9Sutt. of the Pennsylvania
Railway company, was asked whether
be had anything to say with reference to
the statements as to the settlement of
the strike. Mr. Cassatt replied that he
had read the statements, but that the
Pennsylvania Railway company had not
been a party to the negotiations referred
to. The company was so small a factor
in the anthracite trade, he said, that
the great anthracite carrying companies
could act without reference to it. Mr,
Cassatt said that in all such matters it
had been the uniform policy of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
throughout its entire existence to deal
only with its own employes directly,
and it had always found them quite ca
pable of presenting their own case and
of protecting their interests id the dis-
cas-ioDS which occurred. Access was
always easy by any of its employes de
siring to present any sach natter to the
executive officers, and the officers of
this company were firm in the belief
that it was wine to adhere to their uni
form policy in the present instance, be
lieving such a course to be for the beet
interests of both employer and em
ployed. In saying this Mr. Cassatt
added he had no desire to criticise the
acts of any other company whose officeis
thought to ne other course mora condu
cive to its interests.
LETTER FROM
MRS. CONGER
Describes Horrors of the Siege of Pe
kin Legations Their Wonderful
Defeases Chinamen Tried to
Shoot, Burn and Blow Tbem I'p.
ie night of the 13:b was the m
lerrinc mglit of all. We were under
fierce and angry firing the night through.
They again opened their cannon on us.
It seemed as though they would" break
inrouga ami come down on us. The
bell In the tower cf the legation tolled
and tolled for every man to come to bis
post. A general attack was opon ns.
"I cannot tell you how dreadlul all
this has lieen But the almighty band
of God alone has saved ns. No human
power could. Of course I depend upon
Mrs. Woodward to tell you. Mr. Conger
has much to do here, and so have most
of the other ministere. All nave worked
with a will. Our barricades, ditches,
etc., are wonderful. The troops came
into the city with little firing at last.
"Your affectionate sister,
, "Mrs. E. H. Congeb."
Cerman Officers Preparing for War.
Nuw Yobk. Sept. 28. That the officers
and men In the German army are firm
in the belief that war is imminent be
tween Germany and China is reflected
in the unusual number of applications
which have been made to a life ineurancs
company in this citj for policies on their
lives. Hundreds of applications have
been received through a Berlin agency.
The process of issuing these policies
for rieks'which have proved acceptable
was begun several days ago by one com
pany, and a large corps of clerks has
since been employed night and dsy pre
paring the policies to be sent abroad,
Information which came from Berlin
was of such ii character that th declara
tion o' war was believed to be close at
hand.
With each application there was a
request that it should be issued at once
and the risk made binding. The request
was also made to have the policies sent
to Germany as sneedilv as possible. In
order to do this the extra clerks were set
to work.
Sweeping Victory For Conservatives
Fifty-nine Ministerialists Were
Returned, and Only Five Liberals
and Two Nationalists.
Want an Education.
Chicago, Sept. 28. President Harper,
of the University of Chicago, has re
ived a. letter from M. G. Bumbaub,
commissioner of education in Foi'.j
Ricj, asking him if it would he possible
for a number of poor young men and
women to attend the university without
expense, the letter was referred to
Secretary Gootlspeed, of the board of
trustees, and the matter will be bronght
before the board at the next meeting.
The letter from Commissioner Bam-
bangh states that there are in Fjrto
Rico now number of young men and
women from 14 to 2U years of age who
are anxious to obtain an education in
iu the United States. They are too poor
a pay their expenses. The United
States government will give them trans
portation to New York if provision can
be made for their other expenses while
acquiring an education.
London, Sept. 29. One hundred and
eixty-eeven constituencies, returned one
fourth of the membership of the house
of commons, made their nominatiorr
today. Iu all 66 candidates were re
turned. The ministeriali'ts aggregate
59, liberals 5, and nationalists 2. Vis
count Cranborne, conservative, elected,
from the district of the Marquis of
Salisbury, was re-elected at Rochester.
Among the interesting personalities
on the government side returned today
without opposition were Joseph Cham
berlain,, the secretary of the state for
the colonies (West Birmingham) ; George
W. Hindman, the parliamentary secre
tary of the war office (Dover) ; Charles
T. Ritcbey, the president of the board
of trade (Croydon); Sir John R. Croiub
(Great Yarmouth ) ; J essie Collings, un
der secretary for the home department
(Bordesley division of Birmingham);
Sir Francis Sharp Powell (Wigan);
Joseph Powell Williams, the financ'a1
secretary of the war office (South Birrr
ingham); Colonel Sir Charles E. H.
Vincent, the founder of the United
Empire Trade League (Central Sheffield) ;
John Heniker Heaton (Canterbury);
Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley, former
ly under secretary of state for the horn j
department (Hallam division of Shef
field), and Sir Edward Albert Saesoon
(Hythe).
The five liberals returned unopposed in
clude William Court Gully, speaker of
the house of commons (Cariyele), acl
Sir Henry Bartley Fowler, formerly un
der secretary ot state for the home de
partment and secretary of the state for
India (East Wolverbamton).
An interesting feature of the elections
is the intervention of the colonies for
the first time in the election in the
motherland. A dispatch from Hobart?
Tasmania, announces the adoption of a
resolution by the Tasmanian assembly j
proposing a joint Australian cablegram
congratulating Mr. Chamberlain on the
British successes in South Africa and
hoping the electors of Great Britain will
emphatically insist on the fruits of
victory being effectually secured.
machine in some manner becaue clogg
ed and Nice undertook to clear it by
pushing the straw aside with his right
foot. The machine was thrown in gear,
and his foot was drawn into the feeder.
Before it could be stopped his leg from
the knee down was horribly mangled
and the foot was entirely gone, being
ground to atoms.
A messenger was immediately dis
patchetted to this city, a Wit 13 miles
distant. Dr. O. M. Dodeon hastened
to the scene of the accident and found
the patient in a weakened condition
from loss of blood. The leg was ampu
tated above the knee, the surgeon be
ing assisted by the threshing crew.
SOME FILIPINO
CAMPAIGN LETTERS
Show Rebels Are Fighting; for Bryan's
Elections More Captured Correspondence.
MINERS' PAY IS
RAISED 10 PER CENT
Chicago, Sept. 28. A letter from
Mrs. Conger, wife of tlm Uniied States
min ster at Pekln, was received yester
day by Mrs. J. 8. McConnell, a sister of
Mrs. Conger, who lives in this city. It
"as the first mail cjmmunlcation to
come from Pekin since the siege, and
recounts briefly the horrors eudured by
those who were imprisoned. The letter
came through the State department.
Mrs. Conger refers to Mrs. Woodward for
detailed account of the siege and speaks
of her as about to leave for home.
Mrs. Woodward is rxpected to arrive
in San Francisco on the steamer Coptic
on Saturday. Mr. Woodward is In San
Fr mclscn awaitlno- Kar minimi. Mrs.
Emperor Held bjr the lCmpress.
New Yoek, Sept. 28. The Russian
oriiers to leave Pekin have been sns
pended for the 8000 troops there, the
Herald correspondent at Pekin cables
under date of September 13th. The
other legations and troops are uncertain
about remaining, yet they are inviting
the Chinese courts to return for peace
negotiations.
The emperor is at Tai Yuen. Li Hung
Chang requests his return and that of
the empress dowager. The Russians
and French invite the emperor and em
press dowager to return. The Ameri
cans and British invite the emperor
only. The empress dowager demands
guarantees for herself ami ber hostile
ministers before releasing the emperor.
Tried the Assassin of Haron von Ketteler
Pjckix, Sept. 22. The Manchu as-
Pbiladclphia & Reading Companies Are
First to Posts Notices Other Com
panics Will Follow Suit.
Assin of Baron von Ketteler was tried by
conrt-martial yesterday. o new evi
dence was presented, and the conrt de
elded that it would be unjustified in
Woodward Is accompanied by her daugh- j pronouncing sentence npon the prisoner,
tr, lone, and Miss Cecils Payne, af Mil
wsukee.
Mrs. Conger's letter is as follows:
"Pekin, Ang. 10, 1900. We are alive
nd safe. Our troops arrived on the 14th.
wf' a rejoicing! What a day it
wl If you could only have seen us
yon conld realize a little of the true feel
ing of the heart. Heart spoke to heart.
"We had been besieged In the British
'"nation ever lince June 20, under fire
dy and night. At times the battle
Wuuld be terrific. It would seem that
who. will lie held in the hope that
further Information will he obtained.
The Russian and German legations
re still awaiting developments, and the
receipt of further instructions. LI Hung
Chung Is expected to arrive within a
week. Bo'ineis is improving and the
people ere gaining confidence, but no
progress is being made toward tho re
turn of the fugitive government, the
event so much desired by every one.
General Fnkushima lias returned here
after spending twelve days at Taka.
Piuladki.I'hia, Sept. 30. An offer of
an increase of 10 per cent in miners'
wages was today made by the Philadel
phia & Reading Coal and Iron Company,
and this move, it is stated, will be fol
lowed on Tuesday by similar notices at
every colliery in the anthracite region.
It is expected by tbe operators that
this increrse in wages will be satis
factory to the men, and they believe
that many strikers will take advantage
of the offer and return to work. Mining
operations will in this event be given an
Impetus, and the operators expect there
will then be a gradual resumption nntil
the colleries will again have their full
complement of employes. The Phila
delphia & Reading company operates 30
colleries, and of these, 27 have been
shut down owing to insufficient working
force.
Whether the miners will accept tbe
proffer of the company and return in
sufficient numbers to operate the mines
cannot be foretold tonight. Reports re
reived from several points in the Scbuyl
kill region, where the Reading collieries
are located, rather indicate that the
mineworkers will follow the instructions
of their organisation officials and remain
away.
President Mitchell of the minework
ers' union, received no notice of the in
tention of the operators to offer the in
crease In wages, and the intimation Is
thus given that the miners' organization
will receive no recognition from the op
erators. A Horrible ArelrteuU
BakrbCitv, Sept. 29. Walter Nice
met with a horrible accident yesterday
evening on Wolf Creek, In which be lost
bis leg above the knee. He was tending
a sotf-feuding threshing machine on the
(arm of Hon. George Chandler. The
Washington; Sept. 29. More trea
sonable Filipino coriepondence has
been captured which shows that the
present outbreaks are for tbe purpose
of influencing the elections in tbe Unit'
ed States. F. Sundico, writing to an
other man, shows that he is urging all
of the leaders not accept anything in
the way of peace proposals by tbe Phi
lippino Commission, but to stand firm.
He says:
"If the election of Mr. McKinlev he
accomplished and tbe revolution in
China be wiped out, and the war in the
Transvaal take on new complications,
then I will be the first to accept the
peace that I believe to be necessary,
though it be at tbe cost of acknowled
ing the sovereignty of the United States,
since I consider that our forces are now
impotent to defend our sacred and le
gitimate rights."
Sandico is the man so often quoted by
Pettigrew in behalf of the anti-expan-eionists.
A letter from the general Philipplno
junta at Hong Kong, to be distributed
among the leading insurgents in the
Philippines, contains much more of the
same sort, and also much in the way of
misrepresentation of the purposes of
this government, and urges all Filipinos
to submit to no armistice unless it con
tains a promise of independence.
General Funston baa written a letter
saying be has captured documents con
taining instructions transmitted by
Afeninaldo to bis subordinates to keep
up tbe scrap nntil election, hoping that
they may bring about the defeat of Mc
Kinley, and saying that tbeir only hope
of independence lies in the election of
Bryan.
fttlame Wolcolt.
Viotob, Colo., Sept. 29. The Teller
county democratic convention and the
democratic club ot Victor adopted the
following resolutions unanimously :
"Whereas, Governor Roosvelt and
party were not received in Victor with
the tolerance and courtesy due to the
governor of a sister state; therefore be it
"Resolved, That we, the democrats of
Victor, in convention assembled, con
demn the spirit of intolerance and dis
courtesy exhibited on that occasion, and
disavow all responsibility for the dis
turbance of the speakers in a public ball
and for the subsequent violence indulg
ed in by members of the republican
marching club; and be it further
''Resolved, That we also deplore the
folly that induced the republicans of
Colorado to prvoke disorder by bringing
Governor Roosvelt to this city nnder the
auspices of tiie cordially detested traitor
nd renegade, Senator Edward O. Wol-
cott."
MIDWAY ATTRACTION
THE DALLES NEVER SAW THfc
LIKE OF ITS GREAT AND
WONDERFUL REVELATION.
Ktrrele of Cairo; tho Oriental Theater,
Hlreeta or All Mtlnni, Mexican Thea
ter, Animal Shows, and a lioien other
Ammnnmii to 1'leaae and Captivate
Visitors.
Mills Close for Lack or Orders.
"Chicago, Sept. 29. Regarding the
report that several mills of the Illinois
Steel Company would be closed for a '
month or more, President E. J. Buffing
ton, of that company, gave out the fol
lowing statement :
"We hava shut down our Joliet plant
for lack of orders. We shall be com
pelled to shut other mills within the
next ten days for the same reason, al
though we hope to keep inoet of our
nulls in operation.
"As the preeidential election approah
es many of our best customers are post
poning lor the reason, as they state,
they wist, to watt nnttl they are certain
of the remit of the election before plac
ing any large orders."
The world's greatest fair was held in
Chicago. The splendors o,f the Colum
bian exposition linger like a dream in
the minds of tliore who taw them and
were darzled by their grandeur and
matchless beauty. The Midway Plai
s,auce whs the greatest feature attraction.
It was unique, its was diverting, in
structive and far-famed. The Dalles is'
about to see a reproduction of the mem
orab'e show with all the features th.it
recently made such a hit at Portland.
The Jarbour Midway is seven big
shows in one and each is an attraction
within itself. Probably the first in in
terest will be the
Streets of Cairo.
Here will be seen 25 real Egyptian
people, men and and women, who came
from the Nile and have felt the scorch
ing desert sands; people who have faced
i . .
me uerce narmattan winds and were
soothed to repose by the gentle siroccos
that blew from Lydian shores. They
have scaled the pyramids and marveled
at the sphinx of Gezeh. These weird
people will give an exposition of the
manners and customs of their country
men. They will imitate an Egyptian
wedding procession that, in some ro
spects, will outrival the splendors o
Lalla Rookh, leaving Delhi for the vale
of Cashmere. The Egyptians Bre wond
erful athletes. Their sword combats
are intensely intereatiug. Their ".rest
ling bouts are exciting in the extreme
The l'adon women will illustrate the
theme of Egyptian home life. They
will tell fortunes by the stars and by
other methods known only to their mys
tic art. Rajah, a real Egyptian noble
man, is wun mis Miaway ana appears
daily in bis inimitable specialties. In
tbe streets of Cairo Is the noteworthy
Oriental Theater.
This is tbe sanctuary of La Bella Fa
tima, the Little Egypt of the WeBt. She
is tbe central figure of a coterie of honris
whose dark skin and darker eyes are fas
cinnting as they twinkle like stars newly
flung from the hand of the Maker. Her
troupe is composed of the most celebrat
ed niUHcle dancers from the land of the
Pharaohs. The danse du venture, or
Conche Chouche, attained great popn
larity at the World'e Fair, and today it
is still looked wonderingly, as it is the
national dance of the strange peoples
portraying it it. The so-called stomach
dance is not piroutting, ricouchetting,
gyrating; it is what it is, and must be
seen to be thoroughly understood. Lit
Belle Fatiina wears proudly the gold
medal won at the World's Fair, Paris,
for tbe most graceful and artistic danc
ing. She has won eo many trophies of a
similar nature tbat she is "hunj round
with ribbons and stuck o'er with medals."
ietible. '-Nellie" and "Nero," the
trained lion, have no equal on the saw
dust arena. Thev are the finest speci
mens of the family of I.-o that can be
found iu America. Mns. listen beck,
their fatuous tJainer, enters their den
and feeds them daily. He puts them
through their p.ices, pretends to shoot
them and gives a thrilling exhibition of
nerve and daring at each performance.
Two camels will act as beasts of burden
by carrying all those who would .experU
ence the sensation those enjiy who sail
in the "ships of the deneit." Three
dodkeys and a whole menagerie of
animals, wild anil tame, will compose
the other myriad of attractions.
dirnmn Vlllaee.
A troupe of Unions Tyrolese slngore
will entertain those who sit in the tier
man village and dream of the Rhine.
Their program will be of the uaudeville
character. It will include many of the
most celebrated warblers of the con
tinent. Several ot the artists are can
tatrices ot international reputation.
Mighty Midway.
One of the most startling and sensa
tional features of this congress of rare
attractions is the daring trapeze act by
Mons. and Madam Cober, who have no
equals in the aerial world. This great
act occurs under the broad canopy of
heaven only. The "Jap's Slide for Ltie"
also is astonishing. Tbe miraculous
bicyclers never fail to elicit salvos of ap
plause. Urava Men rail
Victims to stomach, liver and kidney
troubles as well as women, and all feel
the results in loss of appetite, poisons in
the blood, backache, nervousness, head
ache and tired, listless, run-down feel
ing. But there's no need to feel like
that. Liston to J. W. Gardner, Haville,
Ind. He says: "Electric Bitters art
just tbe thing for a man when he is all
run down, and don't care whether he
lives or dies. It did more to give me
new strength and good appetite than
anything I coulu take. I can now eut
anything and huve a new lease on life."
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Every bottle guaranteed. 3
Murdr at frosaer.
North Yakima, Wash., Oct. 1. W.
W. Scott, of Kioua, this county was shot
and killed about 1 o'clock this morning
at Proeser bv an unknown man, sup
posed to be the robber who held up a
traveler on a freight train a few hour
earlier. Another man was shot and
perhaps fatally wounded. Scott 'a
murderer escaped. Scott, armed with a
shotgun, and accompanied by the man
who claimed to have been held, went to
s box car on a siding at Prosser. Tbe
men inside were ordered to come out,
which they did. Scott's companion
identified the two men as the robbers.
As he pointed them out, four shots were
fired by one of them, and Scott feil dead.
shot in the bead and heart.
The man wounded was not concerned
n the melee, but stood some distance
away. He was a tramp. Scott was a
merchant at Kiona, where lie had been
station agent and postmaster. There is
no clew to the identity of the murderer.
Streets ot all Nation.
These will be intensely interesting.
Prominent among tho attractions will be
tbe family of Japanese performers.
Little Irene, the 3 year-old Jap, bas no
equal upon this habitable globe as a con
tortionist. Her work is not alone clever.
but marvelous. Mr. and Mrs. Chamber
lain, the champion sharpshooters, give
exhibitions of their skill In hadling a
gun that seems miraculous. They nave
challenged Johnny Graham anil Annie
Oikley, of Buffalo Bill's Wild West
Show, and offered to shoot a match with
them for any purse they might name.
Next of importance to the Streets of All
Nations is the
Million UlTsn
Wanted.
Four or five boys, going to school
during winter, to board. $12 a month
with room and plain washing. Across
street from High school. Apply at
CiiBoxici.a office. tl.twlm
Buy meal ticket at the Umatilla
House restaurant; $5.50 for (. sl tf
Meilran Theater.
Four of the chief actors are princes
and princesses from the Latin countries
of South American, where monarchy
was one time ail important. The other
members of this company are Mexicans
who bring with them the airs of mysti
cism that surrounds all those who hail
from the land of the Montezuoias. They
will give a continuous performance of
the higher class. Only the highest
priced vaudiville artl'ts compose this
celebrated company. H ere is no rr.nsic
more entrancing than the lilt ol Mexi
can ong, where the philomela an l the
lu'e hold swnyt Those who rieluht In
the nnnilolin and the "bulbnr will go
into extscies when they hear the troll
bailors of Mexico.
Animal Shows.
In I liia zoological congress will be
found animals from every clime. The
boxing kangaroos, "Jeffries" and "Fltz
Simmons," are a whole host in them
selves. They give a splendid exposition
of the manly art of self-defenFe. Tbe
performing monkeys are perfectly irre-
Away.
It is certainly gratifying to tbe public
to know of one concern in the land who
are not afraid to be generous to tbe
needy and suffering. The proprietors
f Dr. King' New Discovery (or con
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great medicine ; and huve the satisfac
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thousands ofj hopeless cases. Asthma,
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The Campbell & Wilson n illinery
parlor is the plac to buy up-to-date
head wear at riiJit prices. All the new
things in street hats. Patterns and
trimmed hats can be foun 1 there, also a
fine line of children's school hate and
baby bonnets. tf