WEEKLY
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VOL. X
THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY. OREGON, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 10, 1900.
NO. 41
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PROPOSES A COM
MON PROGRAMME
punishment of Culprits, Importation of
Arms to Be Prohibited, Perma
nent Guard in Pi-kio, Epnitable
Indemnities, Disarmament of For
ti tic; lions.
Pabis, Oct. 5. The following official
note was issued this afternoon : .
"The foreign minister has, instructed
the representatives of France to sound
the powers whose troops are cooperating
with ours in the extreme East regarding
the adoption of a common programme
for the negotiations: with China. Our
representatives acquitted themselves of
tbis mission and left with the various
foreign minieters a copy of the following
note:
' 'In sending their forces to China
tbe powers proposed first of all, to de
liver their legations. Thanks to their
union and the valor of their troops this
aim has been attained. It is now
question of securing from the Chinese
government, which has given Prince
Cuing and Li Hang Chang full power to
negotiate and treat in its name, suitable
reparation for the past and Berions guar
antees for tbe future. Penetrated with
tbe spirit wich inspired the previous
declarations ;of the different govern
merits the government of tbe republic
believes it sums up their real sentiments
in the following points, which it sub'
mils as a basis for negotiations to be en
to red upon immediately after the usual
verification of the powers:
" 'First The punishment of the prin
cipal culprits, who will be designated by
the representatives of the powers at
Pekin,
" 'Seond The maintenance of the
prohibition of the importation of arms
"ibird Equitable Indemnities to
states societies and individuals.
'The formation of a permanent
guard for Pekin legations.
" 'The dismantlement ot tbe fortifica
tions.
"'Sixth The military occupation of
two or three points on the road from
Tien Tain to Pekin, which would thus
be always open to tbe legations wishing
to go to the sea or to forces procteding
to Pekin from the sea.
" 'Presented collectively by the rep
resentatives of the powers, supported by
the presence of the international troops,
it appears impossible to the government
of the republic that, these conditions
which are so legitimate, would not be
accepted by the Chinese government at
an early date.' "
Sale of the London Times.
New York, Oct. 6. Mysterious ru
niors respecting tbe sale of the London
Times havo been current for several
days, hut have not yet been confirmed,
ays a dispatch to tho Tribune from
London. The projected purchaser Is
Alfred Harmsworth, who is sighing for
fresh conquest. He is credited with
having an ambitions scheme for recant
ing the lending journal, reducing the
price from three pence to a penny, and
wperinienting in various ways with it.
Ths temperature has fallen in Fleet
"reet since this rumor reached the ears
of the owners of penny journals.
Tho staff of the Times is represented
to he vehemently opposed to a change of
ownership, but Mr. Walter Is described
willing to dispose of th property for
irgesum, and the chief obstacle to
the transaction is said to be tho right of
everal small stockholders who have
received bequests.
These stories are neither confirmed
nor contradicted by Mr. Harmsworth or
Mr. Waller Harmsworth's meteoric
career In English journalism brings even
the Incredible account of the fusion of
'he D4y Mail an d the Times within
the range of possibilities.
Many Jtoer Surrender,
I-ONiios, Oct. 6. A dispatch received
from L jrd Reberts, dated October 5th,
rs:
" The number of prisoners captured or
urr.'ndered isdaily increasing and mint
now aggregate nearly 18,000 men. Com
mandant Muller hat surrendered to
coy, and Commandant Dierkson and
otln-n are now on their way lo Pretoria
to surrender.
"A detachment of the London Irish
endeavored to surprise a party of Boers
Bnrtfonstein, but had to return
ftr a half hour'g fighting With six
woundel men. The Boers suffered
heavily."
ltouniaulaa Jews.
Ntw Yog, Oct. 9. A dispatch to the
Tribune from London says:
Robert Watcborn, one of Mr. Fowder
l3 lieutenants, It itarting for America,
after completing tffective work for the
repression of the emigration of Rouma
nian Jews from their own couotry tn the
United States. He received orders from
the American government while in
England ti goto Roumania and inves
tsgate the matter. Ha ascertained that
tbt government of that country was
dealing harsby with its Hebrew sub-j-cts
and thai they were emigrating in
large numbers. He represented to the
Roumanian ministry that the Uuited
States government would be compelled to
adopt vigorous repressive measures
against this undesirable class of immi
grants and cited various rabbis as his
authority for the statement that the
Jews would stay at home if released
from official persecution. The ministers
agreed to relax the enforcement of vari
ous anti-Jew statutes and the immigra
tion movement has ceased. The Amer
ican government, through Inspector
Watcborn. has dealt cleverly with a
difficult problem.
M'VEAGH IS FOR
MR. M'KINLEY
His Reasons for Supporting the Re
publican Ticket,
Philadelphia, Oct C In a lettei
to
the Ledger, Wayne McVeagh, who was
ambassador to Italy under President
Cleveland's administration, gives his
reasons for supporting McKinley
Speaking of the war with Spain he says
"If congress had left the matter a fow
days longer in President McKinley'i
hands, I believe he could have pereuad
ed Spain to a. ithdraw her flag from the
American continent in peace, as the
other European nations, with only one
exception, have withdrawn theirs. Then
followed the ignoble, hysterical con
dition into which we lashed ourselves
over victories won from an enemy whom
we outnumbered more than five to one
in population and more than twenty to
one in all the resources now needed in
war. It was in that mood the treaty
with Spain was negotiated and ratified
The amendment to the treaty placing
the Philippines on the same footing as
Cuba was defeated by Mr. Bryan, he
says, and adiU :
'I do not question that his motives
were patriotic, but extend the same
charitable construction to President
McKinley. When the treutv was rati
fied without that amendment rfnd thus
bjcmne a part of the supreme law of the
land, the deplorable conditions which
have followed would have followed just
the same in my opidion, if Mr. Bryan
bad been president.
'Nor can I believe anybody with or
dinary common sense Is In danger o re
garding President McKinley 's re-election
as an indorsement of the war in the
Philippines. It seems to me the prts
ent tendenpy of President McKinley's
mind can be discerned in tha true Amer
ican policy he Is now pnreuing in
China."
Mr. McVeagh says he finds himself in
harmony with the Republican platform
on the gold standard.
"But the controlling reason with me
for supporting McKinley and Roosvelt,"
he says, "is the unwilllngneus I feel to
entrust the government of the country
to the men who now represent and con
trol the democratic organization, stand
ing as they do upon the Chicago plat
form of 181IG."
New Boundary Marking Dlnoovered.
Nbw Whatcom, Wash.. Oct. 5. It is
reported that a new boundary marking
has just been discovered in tho disputed
portion of the Mount Baker district, by
members of a sail road surveying party.
They found tho monument in the
vicinity of Challiwack Lake, in the mid
dle of a wide swath which years ago was
cut through the limber. If the bound
ary follows the line of this swath, Red
Mountain ami ail the disputed strip is
on the American side. It is expected
tbe report of the dominion surveyors
will b made in a ifew days. If the
Canadians claim the line is south of the
present location, the Washington au
thorities will be ntked to make a sur
vey. A question has also arisen as to
hether the 49 h parallel wan rVtmctly
fixed by the boundary commission, and
the settlement may become an International-affair.
Many mines are lo
cated In the disputed territory.
Are you ready to buy your fall shoes?
We are idle agents for the celebrated
Hamilton Brown Shoe Co.'s line of foot
wear. If you want the best shoe for the
least mmey, call and tee us. No trou.
ble to show goods at the New York Cash
Store.
ACCOMPLICES OF
MURDERER PULLED
One Pleaded Cuiltr to a Charge of Rob
bery, but Declares tbe Real Slayer
of Scott Has Not Been Captured,
and That His Name is Harry, and
He Is a Desperado.
North Yakima, Vah., Oct. 8
Sheriff H. L. Tucker has in custody two
alleged robbers, belonging to a gang op
erating in this section and in the vicin
ity of Walltila and Umatilla. The men
give their names as Carey Harlow and
Harry Morgan. Thev were arrested on
suspiciou of having murdered W. W
Scott, of Kiona, a few davs ago. Both
parties have been identified as robbers
and Harlow has pleaded guilty to the
charge. Thev claim that the murderer
and a pal escaped and are at large,
prooaoiy in hiding about Wailuia or
somewhere jn Oregon.
Three men left this city on a freight
train going fast. They had teen en
gaged as hoppiekers and bad probably
$2o each. When near Prosser they eay
three desperados boarded the box car In
which they were riding and ordered
them to surrender and give up their
money. James O'Conner claims he had
25 and Fred Webb had $40, all of which
was given to thn robbers. The bandits
then jumped from the train and escaped
When the freight pulled into Kiona
they hunted an officer and returned with
him to Prosser on the next train,
The robbers were soon located in try
ing to get into a box car. Thev were ac
companied by several tramps and mem
bera of the gang of bandits. O'Conner
and Webb identified the robbers and
pointed them out to Officer W. W. Scott.
He ordered them to surrender, but one
man, the leader, drew a revolver and
shot four times. Three shots took effect
In Scott, killing him instantly, and the
fourth took Fred Evans, a tramp from
Indiana, riding on the freight train.
The robbers and all others ran away
leaving the dead and wounded men all
alone. They were later picked up and
taken to the city. Scott was buried
and Edward) brought to this city and
placed In the hospital
Sheriff Tucker and posse trailed Carey
Harlow to Castle Rock, on the Columbia
river, and captured him. He admits be
ing one of the robbers but denies the
killing. He says the man who did the
shooting is known among the band as
Harry, and is a desperado of much nolo
riety. He boasts of being one of the best
revolver shots in the West. At the time
of the robbery he had $500 in gold and
$200 in paper.
He carried two revolvers,
a 44 and a 38-caliber. The man cap
tnredontbe Columbia says he is only
18 years old. He gives the following
description of the murderer:
Harry is six feet tall, weighs 160
pounds, has light hair, very light blue
eyes, red face and smooth shaven. He
is of slight build, ha a scar made by a
cut on the right siue ot neck and one
made by a blow on right side of bead,
He wore a brown suit and No. 8 shoe. Is
very familiar with railioad terms and
understands how to board a running
train. I he county officials have ottered
a reward of $00 for the capture of this
leader of the robber gang. The man he
murdered was formerly agent of the
Northern Pacilic Railway company at
Kiona and a member of the Masonic fra
ternity in this city.
Stove lllowu to Atoms.
Burns, Or. Oct. 5. Geer & Cum-
mi rigs' hardware stove was blown to
atom yesterday afternoon by having
cat into the fire along with a lot of rub
bish, some giant percussion caps. Four
men in tbe building at the time were
seriously injured. Hon. I. 8. Geer's
clothing was badly torn and his face
and hands, fearfully lacerated. Another
piece of the metal cut a great gaBh in
his left thigh. William Cumniinga had
bis light eye torn out. Frank McClint
rock received a painful wound on the
log. George Hill's leg and face were
badly cut.
Stonnt Raker Boundary Line.
Cmicauo, O-'t. 6 A special to the
Reord trim New Whatcom, Wash.,
lays: In the present disp ne of the in
ternational boundary line location near
Mount Baker, it Is stated on authority
that a peculiar phenomenon transpired
during the survey at that point. When
the line was teing run, along lo the
early days, the course of the needle was
deflected, it was supposed afterward by
the metal in Mount Baker, and the sur
vey was inaccurate. This made the line
several miles out of the way before the
mistake was recti 11 sd and the advantage'
was given to the Canadian side of the
line. When the mistake was found out,
It was rectified, but may not have been
sufficiently marked the second time.
The boundary is the 49th parallel and it I
is simply a problem of locating this par
allel.
Future of tha Negro.
Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 8. Bishop
A. Grant, of the A. M. E. chuich, r
ferring to the remarks credited to him
while at the conference at Oxford ()
in which he is quoted as Baying, amcng
other things, that "tbe negroes were
considering the question whether they
would allow the white man to remain in
this country or not," said today:
"That such an interpretation should
be placed on my remarks at Oxford is
truly surprising. What I said and the
thought I meant to convev was that I
was in Afriqa lust year and saw my own
condition and what I was 300 years ago,
And whatever the process ot develop
ment had been, I would not discuss and
had no complaint to make. I said the
American negro is the biggect negro in
the world today, and there is no use in
his standing around asking what the
white man is going to do with us, but he
should ask the question, 'What are we
going to do wiuh ourselves?' That we
had reached the place, after being here
nearly 300 years, where he had as much
right to consider what we should do
with the white man as he had to con
sider what he should do with us. The
fact is that I took the optimistic view of
our future in the United States."
Cured of Chronic Diarrhoea After Thirty
Year of Suffering.
"Suffered for thirty years .w ith diar
rhoea and thought I was past being
cured," says John S. Halloway, of
French Camp, Miss. "I had spent so
much time and money and suffered bo
much that I had given up all hopes of
recovery. I was so leeble from tbe
effects of the diarrhoea that I could do
no kind of labor, could not even travel,
but by accident I was permitted to find
bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, and after taking
several bottles 1 am entirely cured of
that trouble. I am so pleased with the
result that I am anxious that it be in
reach of all those who suffer as I have."
For sale by Blakeley druggist.
Southern Pacific Ordered 58 Engine.
Nxw York, Oct. 8. Announcement
that the Cooke Locomotive Works, in
Paterson, N. J., had received an order
tor fifty-eight engines, to he built for the
Southern Railway Company, has caused
universal rejoicing among the locomo
tive-workers in Paterson. as since the
closing of the Rodgers Works the out
look for engine-building had been rather
discouraging. As the locomotives are to
be built in a hurry, night and day forces
will be organized. The work is to begin
at once, and tae men have been prom-
ised steady employment for six months,
Already 300 men who were formerly in
the Rodgers Works have secured em
ployment. Each of the locomotives to be built
will weigh 100 tons, and tbe cost is esti
mated at $10,000 each.
There are about 1000 men in Paterson
who were employed in the Rodgers Lo
comotive Works. 1 hree weeks ago Mr.
Rodgers announced that he would close
the works and quit the business. The
city has since been making efforts to
give the industry.
Andreia' Halloon.
Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 8. Harry
S. Knappen,a newspaper man, returned
today from a perilous trip lo the Hudson
Bay country in w hich with nine white
men and eight Indians lie sailed 000
miles up the east Bhore of the great in
land sea. Mr. Knappen was assured by
Eskimos whom he met that a "ekyboat"
had come in the region on the extreme
northeast shore of the bay two years
ago, that it came to the ground and that
the savages who inhabit that country
had killed the white men in it. This he
explains, was Andre's ill-starred expe
dition. Cuts and limine Quickly llral-iil.
Chamberlain's Pain flalm applied to a
cut, bruise, burn, ecald or like injury
will instantly allay the pain and will
heal the parts in less time than any
other treatment. Unless the injury Is
very severe it will not not leave a scar.
Piin Balm also cures rhiimatism,
iralns, swellimiH ami lameness. For
eale by Blakeley druggist.
A Proelamattou of Peace.
Nxw York, Oct. 8. A dispatch to the
Journal and Advertiser from Cape Town
Iiys: A proclamation of peace in South
Africa is expected to be issued by Field
Marshal Roberts on Thursday next, that
being the anniversary of the declaration
ot war.
Lord Roberts leaves at the end of the
month for England, to assume his new
dutiea as commander-in-chief of the
British army.
AMULETS IN GREAT DEMAND.
A Fad That la Gitwlai la Popularity
Anoa Wtati, llat Heally l)e
maada Careful Stadjr,
Amulets and lucky stones of one
sort and another are becoming more
aud more popular with women, and
the bungle of detested memory is re-
vived in a more romantic and inter
esting form. The modern girl is de
cidedly up in fetichism and though
some frivolous fair ones weur jew
eled cows and pigs and lizards und
shamrocks and bells and boots in
discriminately and iniurtiully, the
really up-to-dute young- woman
chooses her talismans, fastidiously ami
is learned in ttvlismnnio lore, says the
New York Sun.
To be reully wise and occult one
must go in for astrology and choose
one's talismans in accordance with
the symbols of the planet under whose
influence oue was born; but it is unk
ing too much of the modern society
girl to insist upon her adding ustrol
ogy to her already depressing reper
toire. Still it doesn't requTfo much
research to ffhd out whether Capri
corn or Cancer or some other Zodi
acal sign is most appropriate for one's
lucky piece.
For general mascot purposes n
white elephant is about as satisfac
tory ns anything one could choose.
There is nothing exclusive about him.
Like the rain, he patronizes both the
just and the unjust, and he is n ter
ror to evil spirits of nil sorts and
varieties. In the far east ho is worn
in all sizes nnd materials, and the
more white elephants one can intro-
duce into household decorations the
surer one is of domestic felicity. The
idea ought to be adopted by western
decorators. If a frieze of white ele
phants could foil the divorce courts
it would be worth having.
The pig, too, is a fair success as
understudy to one's guardian angel.
nnu serpents bring blessings; but u
lizard is a hoodoo of the most fatal
sort, nnd the amount of harm being
done by jeweled lizards is beyond
calculation, Boot and shoe orna
ments, which have become so popu
lar, nre also inimical to happiness, and
ns for tiny bells well, only a brave
and dauntless soul can wear them
nnd come out with life and morals in
tact. Their tinkling, ns is well un
derstood by every student of the
occult, calls up all evil spirits within
hearing, and the wearer of a boll
bangle live8 In a Wulpurgis Nacht
crowd.
The short life and violent death of
the average love affair is Intelligible
when one realizes that by all the
laws of fetichism the exchanging be
tween lovers of hair or any orna
ment in shnpe of a heart is a sure
token of disaster. Some philanthro
pist should havo mudo a crusade
in behnlf of ignorant lovers, and have
explained the evil occult influence of
hair and hearts, in emotional mat
ters; but men and maids have been
allowed to rush on their fate un
warned. The four-leaved clover loses all its
efficacy ns a good omen when it leaves
the hand that gathered it; nnd in
deed no chnrm green in color should
be worn, ns it is more than likely
to bring a misfortune in its wake.
The left hind foot of a graveyard
rabbit that was caught in the light
of the moon has its virtues, but no
other rabbit's foot is worth pocket
room, nnd even the powerful piece
of a rope by which a man has hnnged
himself will bring nothing but ill
luck to the possessor if the suicide
hnpponu to be horn under the in
fluence of Saturn.
Altogether, the intricacies of the
mascot question arc ninny and devi
ous, and ru ono should go in for
charms rcklessly. The twentieth
century is, so say the prophets, to bo
especially noted for its fatal acci
dents; and that being the case, mas
cots should be in great deniatjl. but
unless one has time to study tliT hid
den mysteries of occult lore it would
perhaps be safer to stick to the be
nign and ever nminblo white ele
phant. Drjiiif? prcpo-rations simply dovcl
op dry catarrh ; they dry up the secretions,
which adhoro to tho membrane and discom
pose, causing a far nioro serious trouble than
the ordinary form of catarrh. Avoid all dry
ing inhulnnts, funics, smokes and snuffs,
and uso th it which cleanses, soothes and
hcftla. I'Jy's Cream Bulm is such a remedy
and will cifro catarrh cr cold In the head
oor.ily and pleasantly. A trial size will be
nuoied for 10 cents. All druggists sell ilia
uiV. R.7.C. F.Iy Brothers. KG Warren Ht., N.Y.
T!:o liul.n cures without prin, docs not
irriUle or causa snoeziug. It spreads itself
over an irritated and n-u.-ry surfaeo, reliev
iut immediately tho p-.i.iiul iutlauininiion.
With Fly's I ream Jiuhn you '.re or:iiei
against Nasal Catarrh and Hay Fever.
The largest and most complete line of
fall and w inter millinery ever displayed
in the city at the Campbell & Wilson
millinery parlors. The prices will sell
the goods. s8tf
Hustling young uiao can make f'0 per
mouth and expenses. Permanent posi
tion. Experience unnecessary. Write
quick for particulars. Clark A Co.,
Fourth and Locust Streets, Philadel
phia, Pa, tS-tf
CLUTTER PLACES.
Sack Cluaela Are Apt to Remote When.
They Are Hot Properly
AtteauVd To.
There Is a popular notion that iho
woman w ho build u house first remem
bers tho closets and pantries, and
grou the necessary rooms around
- ! "Ifm- Tllis- tli xw vrk Trib-
line, is because the uveraire inusetiliue
builder is apt to he sadly remiss In or
ranging u aumVieiit number of closets.
It is quite possible to have too many
closets, especially when these little
rooms are built without ventilation or
sufficient light. It is better to have a
j few large closets lighted and ventil
I ated. so that there is no danger of their
I being storage places for impure nir,
I thau it is to have a hirue number of
iinall tUiut-in places wliieh aresodurk
thut they are certain to become clutter
pluees. It is not desirable to have
places where the worn household or the
personal belongings of the family can
be shoved out of sijht and remain for
gotten to everything mt moth and
mold. This is what u dark closet only
ventilated, from the room into which
it opens is apt to become.
A clothes closet cannot be properly
built without a small window to light
and ventilate it. Kven when this Is
provided clothes that are dank with
perspiration or full of the. dust nnd
germs of outdoor streets should, not
be hung in them. When a street wrap
or dress is taken off it should be dusted
well at first, and, if necessary, hung in
the fresh nir in front of nn open win
dow to free it from all dampness of
perspirution before it is hung in the
closet. A fine dress, or one of very
delicate color, which is likely to fad?
from long exposure to the light, may
be hung in a bag of coarse unbleached
muslin. Make such a bag of ample size,
and drop the skirt into it, hanging it up
at the two upper corners. The waists
of such dresses should bo folded and
laid In bureau or closet drnwers.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
An oil identical with that of bitter
almonds is extracted from coal tar.
Corenn paper is so strong and dense
that it can be used to cover umbrellus.
Astronomers tell us that in our
solar system there are at least 17,000,
000 comets of all sizes.
Sheep thrive best in a pasture where
moles nre numerous. The mole holes
serve to drain the land.
Uses of borax are extending year by
year. The meat purchasers of the
country are the largest consumers,
absorbing 6,000,000 pounds and over
annually.
It appears that the lifetime of the
mosquito is three months. Mosqui
toes have been kept alive in captivity
for HO days. It is said that the ordi
nary minnow, which feeds upon the
larvae of mosquitoes, is highly efficient
ns n menus for keeping down their
nu nibcrs.
A nonfreezing liquid is often needed
ns for breaks of certain kinds for ar
tillery und other uses. Glycerin and
alcohol being somewhat expensive, a
L'S per cent, solution of chloriik- of
calcium is rcoiTiiniendcd, t !i cot of
this being slight, while it rem.tliis un
changed at -5 degrees Fnhreiiheit be
low zero, and does not attack metals.
Thi' met hod of making sheet lead
for ten packing in Formosa is most
interesting. The lead is brought from
Australia in pigs, and after being
melted is poured between two large
tiles, the required degree of thick
ness for the sheet being obtained by
pressure of the feet. The sheet is
afterwards trimmed to suitable sizes
nnd shapes for soldering and is used
for packing
Th; protection of beaches along
the New Kngland const is be
ing successfully accomplished by the
"groyne system." These "groynes"
consist of a series of posts plant
ed firmly in the sand, with close
planks extending from post to post.
The "groyne" is constructed at right
angles to the beach, nnd its position
prevents the waves acting on it in
juriously. Sand is Intercepted by the
planking, rapidly forming a new beach
und x'reventing erosion.
Operation In Thlna.
St Petkrsiii'Bii, Oct. 8. Admiral
Alexi ff, in lej'orting the occupation of
Shan Hai Kuan, on the gulf of Lino
Tung, says :
"In accordance with an agreement of
tb" admirals, the forts hav hern ' i
vided among the different nations. The
town has not bsen occupied, hut the
gates are guarded by artillery. The forts
are pearly intact, an I Him u hoU route
from Hong Ken to Shan Hai Kuan is
now occupied ly the Knsnitins. After
the occupation of Shan 1 1 -t i Kuan, the
Americans refused to pan cipntH in tho
operations. Part of the Russian force is
advancing northwards."
Why pay $1.75 per gallon for Inferior
paints when yon can buy James E.
Patton's sun proof paints for $1.50 per
gallon, guaranteed for 5 years. Clark &
talk, agenU. nil
Mrs. Phillips is prepared to furnish
cut flowers and ail kinds of floral de
signs on short notice. Phone number
307. ilO lm