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VOL. X
THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1H00.
NO. 46
REPORTS IRRITATE
SECRETARY HAY
Ministers Are Making Demands Which
the Emperor Cannot Accept,
and
the Kesult May Be Further and
Ion-' Continued Fighting.
New York, Nov. 13 A dispatch to
the Herald from Washington sayB : Secre
tary HV is much irritated over reports
from l'ekln showing that the ministers
are determined to pnniBh every influ
sntial Chinaman who they think is
responsible for the recent outrages, and
,hning also that the indemnity to be
demanded will reach $000,000,000. The
secretary is anxious that the powers shall
submit demands that can be accepted
by China. ,
Officials at Washington hold that ex
amples should be made only of those con
spicuously guilty nd that the amount
of indemnity shonld certainly be not
more than f200,000,0)0. It is pointed
out that II ail uie ieuunij men are
sentenced to death they will in eelf
defenee organise a resistance which will
necessitate further military operations,
the end ot which no one can foresee.
The President and Secretary Hay are
anxiously awaiting the result of the de
liberations of the ministers. It is plain
that the ministers are not pleased over
the developments of the last few dayr
Lieutenant-General Miles, as acting
secretary of w,ar, has been advised of the
departure for Manila of the last Ameri
can troops which were under orders to
leave China. The force now under
General Chaffee consists of the Four
teenth Infantry, a squadron of the Sixth
Cavalry, K, and Mattery F, of the Fifth
Artillery. Ttie United States has thus
withdrawn its troops after the necessity
for their presence had passed. At the
came time the protection of American
interests and the American legation is
assured by the maintenance of a guard
of 1900 men.
Minister Wu is anxious that this force
shall be further reduced, and Secretary
Hay has announced his willingness,
provided other nations withdraw.
A Stream of Tangled, Mana-lril Head
London, Nov. 13. The Globe this
evening publishes a letter from a Belgian
gentleman who has been traveling to
Pekin via Trans-Siberian railroad. He
describee under date of September ti what
he saw in the Amnr river. His accounts
surpass in horror those previously pub
lished. "The scenes I have witnessed during
the three days since the steamer left
iilagovetchensk," tie says, "are horrible
beyond the power of description. It is
the closing tableau of a fearful human
tragedy. Two thousand were doubtless
deliberately drowned at Morxo, 2000 at
KMe anil 8000 around Blagovtchenek, a
total of 12,000 corpse encmnbering the
river, among which were- thousands of
women and children. Navigation was
all but impossible. Last week a boat
hail to plough her way through a tangled
nil mangled mass of corpse lashed to-
Iftlier by their long hair. The banks
e literally sovered with corpses. In
tli curves of the stream were dark,
Pitrii, smelling masses of human flesh
bones, surging and swaying in the
tMtiier's wake. The ciptain vainly
""lered full speed ahead. The sight and
mell win he ever with ns.
!"Froin Blagovetchensk to Aguin,
forty. (We kilometres, numerous villages
"tndded the banks with a thriving
industrial population of ovpr 100,000.
That of Aguin was 20,000. No one will
"r know the number of those who
Perished by shot, sword and stream.
xt a village is left. The silence of
''-th was around us. the smoking ruins
' Aguin no the right with broken dow n,
fumbling walls and shattered, roofless
bouses."
Ieath or italn Hart.
I'hii.adki.I'ima. Nov. 1.1. Captain
John llirt nlPiihin ntil,iiulrinir fame.
lied today of apoplexy. During the year
,S!", two of Captain Hart's vessels, the
'"mmd and the I.anroda, made fro-
T'ent trips to Cuba with arms and am-
"""litinn for the Cubans. Captain Hart
s convicted in
f"rticip,,ting in a
December, 1S!'(.,
filibustering expedi-1
""", ami wan sentenced to two jears
""prlsonment. In February, 1 mUH. the
""itence as put into execution, and in
hine of tlia ...... n ii.r
!'fdoned by President MrKintey. Cap-
"n Mart was tmrn in Virginia II years
JKO.
Onwle'a Imported l.alMir.
ii aiiei em. not 13 Twenty-five
"""linrants, who came here as saloon
"'en;erson the American line steamer
inland ve.t...i. .... ,i..i..i ..i.;..
sion to the conntry by a board of inquiry
of the United States immigration com
missioners on the ground that they vio
lated the contract labor law. The party
consists of six men, two women and
seventeen children. Tinder examination,
the men and women admitted that they
were lace makers and came Irom Beaston.
' sma.l manufacturing town near Not
tingham, England. It was proved that
first-class passage had been paid fur them
by John Alexander Dov;e, the "Divine
Healer," of Chicago, who is about to
fouLd a city called "Zion" near Wauke
gan, III., where he intends to establish a
lace-producing plant.
The hoard learned ulso that a complete
lacB-producing plant is also on its way
here. The board decided that the im
migrants shall be deported.
John L,. Wllnnn'a Statement.
Spokane, Nov. 13. John L. Wilson,
for mer United States senator, and until
recently "the boss" in republican politics
ii: Washington,, in a signed statement to
an evening paper, attempts to modify
the speech he made Saturday night to
his faithful henchmen. Mr. WiIboh did
not dream of his speech being retailed
by his friends, but no less than four of
them Sunday afternoon gave Spokesman
Review reporters exactly the 9ame ac
count. Now the rest of the assemblage,
with blood in their eyes, are after the
talkative brethren.
Mr. Wilson left this morning for Chi
cago and Indiana, will probably drop in
on Mark Manna and tell him how the
glorious victory f barring Frink) was won
in Washington, although he said in to.
day's interview that he expected others
to cut up the pie. He practically admit
ted the gist of his published speech Sat
urday night, but reopened the senator-
ship question, saying:
"I believe that all contests among the
republicans should be settled in the pri
maries and conventions, and I believe
that the lone-nosed, shovel-chinned
raugwamp is entitled to the same con
sideration that Is due the guerrilla in
time of war. I nm for party regularity
and the fundamental principles of the
republican party that the majority ehall
rule.
"In my conversation I made no refer
ence whatever to my future candidacy.
The selection of a United Staies senator
ia some distance in the future and many
things may arise. What I shall do in
that Tespect can be determined only
when we reach the field of action.
Whatever I may do in a political way, I
trust that it will aid my home city and
the state of my adoption, and I trust I
shall be able to contribute in a modest
and becoming way to the strengthening
and upbuilding of the republican party,
to the principles of which I am devoted
ly attached."
Will Olve I'p n.lver Fight.
Minskai'oi.ih, Minn., Nov. 14. Chan.
A. Towne, chairman of the silver repub
lican national committee; George H,
Shibley, Illinois committeeman, and K.
8. Corser, of this t:ity, treasurer of the
committee, have been in conference
here over the party's future. It is un
derstood they have decided to issue an
address in which they will express the
belief that the time has come for the
giving up of the party organization and
the merging of its members into the
democracy.
All silver and Lincoln republicans will
be urged to become democrats in good
standing.
On KnrTalii t'onmilxKlon.
Sai.em, Nov. 13. Governor Geer has
appointed Hon. R. Alexander, of Pen
dleton, an additional member of the
commission to represent Oregon at the
Pan-American Fxposition in Buflalo,
N. Y., next year. He also appointed
D. II. Stearns, of Portland, a member
of the Irrigation Congress, which meets
In Chicago on the 21st, 2-M and 23d of
this month. There are six other places
from Oregon to be filled in that congress
and the governor will be pleased to coin
ply with the request of any persons
wanting the appointments.
No ('hnngea In the Cabinet.
Washing ton, Nov. 13. At the meet
ing of the cabinet today President Mc
Kinlev, discussing the recent elections
and I heir results, expressed the hope
that every member of bis cabinet would
remain In the official family during the
neit four years. lie regardsd the result
of the elections as an indorsement not
! only of his own ideas and policies, hut
H,, 0f the administration of
every
de-
,.,,,,,,,. 0f the government.
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Til lrlil the iiyder .
Nkw Yokk, Nov. 14. The Dutch cab
inet, according to a Herald s dispatch
from Antwerp, has submitted to the
slates general a new bill proposing to
drain the entire Zuyder '.
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Full
Text of His Epistle
Daicmin;
Ami -Expansion Agitators
Loi-isvii i.e, Ky., Nov. 10. Mrs. II.
W. Law ton, widow of the American
general killed by a Filipino sharpshooter,
has given out in full the letter to the
Hon. John Barrett, written by her
husband. Part of the letter had been
printed before. It indicates on whom
General Lawton would placo the blame
forthecon tinned fightingof the Filipinos.
This is the letter:
"Manila, P. I., October, 1S9!). The
Hon. John Barrett, ex-Minister to Siam,
Review of Reviews, New York City:
Dear Sir Your letter, with proof of your
able article for the Review of Review,
duly reached me. 1 thank you for them.
I handed them to some officers to read
and they have not returned them or I
have mislaid them, so that I am not
quite sure of your address. Think yqur
letter was headed the Waldorf, but will
send this care the Review of Reviews.
As I may he leaving Manila any day and
am very busy, will answer without
lurtherdelay.
"I appreciate the importance of your
suggestion and questions and regret I
have not time to discuss ' them more
fully.
"This article is like your other the
best matter being published in America
on the Philippines and Asia. Things
were a little slow at first, but words were
put into my month that I never said.
"I agree with yon that mistakes have
been made here, but I would to God that
:he whole truth of this whole Philippine
situation could be known by evory one
in America. I wish the people could
know it as I know it, and as you know
it, for I regard yon as the best-informed
and most important authority on all
these Asiatic questions, and I think the
president made a mistake in not naming
you a member of the Philippine com
mission. ,
"I agree that, if the real facts in con
nection with the history, inspiration and
conditions of this insurrection, and the
hostile ruptures, local and external
such as the Katipunan Revolutionary
Society and juntas that now encourage
the enemy, as well as the actual posei
bilities of these Philippine islands and
their relation to this great hast which
you have set forth so ably could be
understood nt home in America, we
would hear no more political talk of un-
iust shooting of government into the
Filipinos or of unwise threats of hauling
down our flag in the Philippines.
"Yon are right. Some of us have
modified our views since we first came,
and if these so-called anti-imperialists of
Boston wonld honestly ascertain the
trnth on the ground here, and not in
distant America, they, whom I dislike
to believe to be other than honest men
misinformed, would be convinced of the
error of their exaggerated statements
and conclusions, and of the cruel and nn
fortuuate effect of their publications
here. It is kind of you to caution me
about exposure under fire, but if I am
shot by a Filipino bullet it might as well
come from one of my own men. These
are strong words, and yet I say them,
because I know from my own observa
tion, confirmed by the stories of captured
Filipino prisoners, that the continuance
of the fighting is chiefly due to reports
that are sent ont from America and cir
culated among those ignorant natives by
the leaders, who know better.
"This letter,hich, of course.is strict
ly personal, does not answer all your
nnestions. but it is a long one for me;
as I want to encourage you in your labors
to make thelruth known. Hope I shall
see you out here soon in some high civil
position. We soldiers need practical men
like yon to help ns. Thanking you again
for your kind words in praise of my
humble efforts, I am, yours, very truly,
"II. W. Lawton.
"I1. S. Will try to find and inclose
copies of the orders and list you spoke
of." .
Kngllnh I'aatnr May Succeed Moody.
Nkw Y;uk, Nov. 14. The Journal
land Advertiser ' prints the following:
Thn news that the life of Dwight L.
' Moody is to be taken up by the Rev. G.
I Campbell Morgan, of London, has been
j favorably received by all those who
heard Dr. Morgan preach when ho was
j in New York. He is a speaker of mag.
, netic power. The information that Mr.
j Morgan lias been invited to come to this
; country by Will Moody, son of the dead
evangelist, has jilt been imlde public.
The invitation is seconded by the trus
tees of the Moody schools.
"But it is too early to style him
I MooJy 'a successor," said R. A. Torrey,
' superintendent of the Bible Institute in
Chicago, which w as a Moody institute.
1 "The place of the great evangelist can
not he. filled on hand.
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Mr. Morgan is only 37 rears old.
When 23 vears old he bean to preach.
His first pastorate was in the city of
Hull. There be told the citizens with
. great frankness wh.it he thought of their
i ,
morals. In 1S13 he was pastor of the
Westminster Congregational church at
that place.
Mr. Moody tools a reat liking to Mr.
Morgan. He invited him to NorthtieKI,
Mass., and induced him to speak at his
meetings. During his visit to this
country Dr. Morgan preached with great
success at ir. jonn nan s ennren, anu i
was at one time suggested as Dr. Hall's j
successor. At present Mr. Morgan Is
pastor of the Newcourt Congregational
church, in I-oml m, a church three years
old.
I'atrouN or llubaudry.
Washington, Nov. 14. The 3Dh an
nual session of the National Grange,
Patrons of Husbandry, began here today
with a good attendance, and will con
tinue for a week or more. The chief
feature of interest today was the annual
address of Worthy Master Aaron Jones,
of Indiana, who said thut in most of the
states the order had euj ived great pros
perity during the year. In a few states
it bad not succeeded so well. The mem
bers of the Grange, while affiliating with
each of the political parties in the last
campaign, had emerged from its battles
without disturbing the fraternal spirit
actuating the order. Never had the
conditions been more favorable for the
extension of the order than now.
While agricultural conditions are
somewhat improved over what they
were a few years ago. they are not what
they should be, said Mr. Jones. The
prices of articles farmers buy, he said,
are too high, compared with those of
what they had to sell, and such reme
dial action shonld be had as would cause
an equitable adjustment of prices in all
the leading staples. He urged opposi
tion to the ship-subsidy bill, and spoke
of the growth of industrial combination
"until the entire country ' is justly
alarmed." . He urged an amendment to
the constitution, clear and expressive in
its terms, empowering congress with the
right and authority to regulate corpora
tions. The interstate commerce law,
the worthy master argued, should be
amended so that all sections of the coun
try could secure fair and equitable
freight rates. This being secured, the!
hardest blow that at this time could be
struck' t'j monopolies and trusts and the
greatest encouragement to enterprise
and thrift would be given.
The report of the secretary, Dr. John
Trimble, ot Washington, showed that
183 new granges had been chartered dur
ing tie year, the order now numbering
over 500,001 members.
Miinejr In ftalniuK I'utatoes.
Sai.em, Nov. 14. Charles L. Dailey,
formerly a member of the state board of
horticulture, experimented this season
with several acres of potatoes, with a
view to determining whether there is a
profit in potato-growing and what vari
eties will pay best.
In speaking of his observations, Mr.
Dailey said that he learned first of all
that in order to make potato-growing pay
the best, a man must bf in a position to
give his crop proper attention when it
needs attention. Mr. Dailey has been
extensively engaged in growing, curing
and dealing in prunes this season, and
gave his secondary consideration to
potato". But under this condition, his
crop paid a heavy expense bill and left a
margin that makes good wages for the
time employed.
So far as varieties are concerned, Mr.
Dailey is convincad that for money-mak
ing the Bnrbank is the potato to grow.
Other varieties may produce a heavier
crop, but none other finds so ready a
market at good prices as does tiie Bur
hank. He al.o found that the selection
of seed is more important than most
people think. It was formeraly the cus
tom of farmers to save their small pota- j
toes for sot d. They are gradually giving
up this method, and are using large,
well-formed potatoes for seed. But Mr.
Dailey thinks the question of sine and
uniformity fs not so much a considera
tion as the "blood." He says that the
producing characteristic of the seed are
more important than the sixes of the
potatoes planted. In other words, po
tatoes that have been allowed todeterior-
ate through years of planting are not
fit for seed, even though the size may be
good. Whatever the variety, scrub seed
will not produce as iriod crop as seed
that retains all the characteristics of the
variety.
Acker's Fnglish Remedy wiil stop a
cough at any time, and w ill cure the
worst cold In twelve hours, or money
refunded. 2- cts. and 50 cts. Blakeley
the druggists.
M P Q HVIMO
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IN POVERTY
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Mooaey, Once a Wealthy
of Colorado, Lying in
Door at Astoria.
Resident
Death's
Astoria, Nov. 15. Adversity is the
lot of W. Mooney, au aired Frenchman,
w ho, close to death's door, will be taken
to the hospital today, soon to jin the
silent majority. Mooney was once worth
j between 100,000 and $l.'i0,00u, but now
he is penniless, having been despoiled
by false friends. The unfortunate pre
dicament of the old man was brought to
the attention of the coouty officials
yesterday.
Mooney is 78 years old. He formerly
retided io Colorado, where, during the
early days of mining excitement, he
amassed a great fortune. He was a most
industrious man, and his wealth came to
him as the result of hard work. Chari
table to a fault, he lost a considerable
portion of his fortuneassisting unworthy
friends, who took advantage 'of his de
clining yeais to rob him.
Five years ago Mooney came to ABtoria.
With him eaino a man and a woman re
pitted to be his wife. The man and wife
were said to be in straightened circum
stances, and Mooney lent them much
financial assistance. He rented farm
near Olney and there took aphis rest.
dence with his friends. With what little
of bis fortune he had left he purchased
horses and cattle for the farm. One
morning his companions sold him out
and decamped for parts unknown, leav
ing the old man penniless.
He then came to Astoria, where he
worked hard for his board. Later he
was taken 111 and was placed in St.
Mary's hospital. Having recovered suf
ficiently to permit him to work, he was
discharged frou that Institution, and
about a year ago went over lo the West
Side. There he worked hard until he
became so infirm that he conld scarcely
move. He was taken in by charitably
disposed neighbors, who have since cared
for him. Of late he baa declined rapidly,
and now must he carried about the house.
His lungs are badly affected and the un
fortunate old man's death will doubtless
soon follow. It is said that the man and
woman who robbed him nt Olney are not
the only persons who bad a hand in his
financial undoing.
Reducing Wnr Tax.
Wixona, Minn., Nov. 13. Congress
man Tawuey, of the ways and means
committee, speaking of the meeting to
he held in Washington November 30,
said today :
"The object is io consider the extent
to which the war revenue taxes can be
removed, and amendments to make the
law satisfactory in administration. The
problem as to what taxes shall be re
moved wiil be a preplexing one. I think,
however, it is safe to say that the stamp
tax upon instruiiientsofconveyance,euch
as note, deeds, mortgages, inheritances
for charitable and benevolent purposes
will lie removed ; potsibly the taxes upon
proprietary medicines, and some others.
"it will le the desire of the members
of i be committee to remove just as many
of the stamp tuxes as possible."
It Happened in a lhu Store.
"One day List winter a lady came to
my drug storn ami asked for a brand of
comrh medicine that I did not have in
stu,"' says Mr. C. R. Grandln, the
popular druggist of Ontario, N. Y. "She
was disappointed and wanted to know
what cough preparation I could recom
mend. I said to her that I could freely rec
ommend Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
and l hat she could take a bottle of the
remedy and after giving it a fair trial if
she did not hnd it worth the money to
brnw hai k the tiottle and I would refund
the prim paid. In the course of a day
or two thw lady came hack in company
wrli a friend 'n need of a cough medicine
aiid ndvi-i-d her to buy a tnittle of Cham
beriainV iVtitth Remedy. I consider
tlm' ii very tfui d recommendation for
the remedy." It i for sale by G. C.
Blnkeley, H.e driiHi'.
Son .fa ealtlijr lmil; liail llnmlll.
Ciiicaoo, Nov. l"i. The bandit who
was killed October 3 lat by Kxpress Mes
senger Rua'er, on the Kansas Citr, St.
J()l,.ph A Council Bluff Railroad, It raid
to have been the outcast of a ea!ihy
Massachusetts family. This information
was given Lieutenant Rohan, of detective
headquarters, by a "crook" whom the
veteran detective has known for years.
"I have no reason to doubt the man's
story," said the lieutenant, "and al
though he Is a thief, I have confidence in
his word.
"A week or ten days before the train
hold-up on the Kansas City, St. Joseph
Council Bluffs Railroad," said Rohan,
"my informant met Hie man here in
Chicago. The plans were then being
made for a bol l up. Keep an eye on
the papers,' sai l the man, 'and you'll
hear of something near Conned Bluffs.'
My informant did not then know that a
train was to be held up, but when be
read of the attempted rubbery and the
killing of oneof the bandits be knew who
it was that did the job. Later he saw a
picture au.! description of the dead rob
ber and reoignlzed the man at once.
"He would not tell me the name of
the thief who was killed by the express
messenger, as he said it would only
sadden a family who have bad their
share of sorrow for the ads of a wayward
son."
' t'nlneae IMaouverrd America.
Montkkk y, Mil, Nov. 15. The re
port that American officers have un
earthed ancient rtcjrds in Pekin show
inn that the Chinese discovered America
1300 years ago, and erected temples in
Mexico, has aroused tbegieatest interest
among the scientific men of Monterey
and throughout this country. The
Chinese temples alluded to are in the
State of Sonora, on the Pacific Coast.
The ruin of one of the tembles was dis
covered near the town of Ures, in that
state, about two years ago. One of the
large stone tablets found in the ruins
was covered with carved Chinese char
acters, which were partly drcipbered by
a learned Chinaman who visited the
ruins at the request of the Mexican gov
ernment. This Chinaman made the as
sertion at the time that the ruics were
those of a temple which had been erected
many centuries ago by Chinese, bnt bis
statement was not received with credence.
It has been claimed that the Indians
of the State of Sonora are the descend
ents ot the early Chinese settlers. Tbey
possess many traditions and character
istics of the Chinese. If the report of
the finding of these records in Pekin is
verified an expedition will go from here
to explore further the ancient temples of
Sonora.
A Thouaand Tongues
Could not express the rapture of Annie
. Springer, of 1125 Howard St., Phil
adelphia, Pa., when she found that Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consumption
had completely cured her of a hacking
cough that for many years had made
life a burden. All other remedies and
doctors conld give her no help, but she
says 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 feei
like sounding its praises throughout the
universe. ho wiil every one who tries
Dr. King's New Discovery forany trouble
of the throat, chest or lungs. Price 50c
and$l. Trial bottle f-ee at Blakeley's
drug store ; every bottle guaranteed. 5
ICald nn (.ainuling lieue of New York,
Nkw York, Nov. 15. It is announced
that the Society for the Suppression of
vice, of which Anthony Comstnck is the
head, will soou begin the ni'int extor
sive raid of poolrooms and yamblii g
dens eves undertaken in this ( it v. The
work of obtaining evidence has been
under way for some time, and the Coin
stock Society has received the aid f
many citizens, who have formed them
selves into an organization known as the
Anti-Vice Scciety of New York. The
evidence collected has been turned over
to District Attorney Gardiner, and it is
said Mr. Comstock will today get out a
large number ef warrants.
Your Kace
Shows the state of your feelings and the
state of your health as well. Impure
blood makes itself apparent in a pale
ami sallow complexion, Pimples and
Skin Eruptions. If you are feeling
weak and worn out and do not have a
healthy appearance you should try
Acker's Blood Flixir. It cures all blood
diseases where cheap Saraparillas and
so called purifiers fail; knowing this we
sell every bottle on a positive guarantee.
Blakeley, the druggist.
Hryan fciiiptoy ed l)r leiiiinany.
New Yokk, Nov. 15. --The Martin Kn
gel Association, the Tammany Mali or.
ganiation of the Kighth Assembly dis
trict, has formally voted toolfer William
J. Bryan a handsome lee to come to
New York and take c'targe of the legal
defense of the district captains of t'ie
Kin'ith Assembly diatrct, indicted for
alleged violations of the election laws.
Dr. W. 11. I.wis, I.twrenceville, Va.,
writes, "I am un:g Kodol Dysip-ia
Cure in my pracrca among severe cai-es
of indinei-lion and find it an admirable
remedy." Many hundreds of physicians
depend upon the me of Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure in stomach troubles. It digests
what you eat, and allows yon to rat all
the good food you need, providing you
do not overiotd your stomach. Gives
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