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Oregon City Enterprise. VOL.33. NO. 60. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1898. ESTABLISHED 1866 Q.IIAYKS ATTOHNKY AT I-AW. pedal attention given to County Courl ml l'roll bualueai, ,r - Ofllo Upatalri, oppfltlt II mill;' Dcxik lor.' lia LOWELL A BKAMAN.S I'byilolini and Bui-kmim. "pedal attention giver) to surgical work, Olllro hour: II lo It A.M., tloflP. M to S 1', M. ltoom0iiil lOChirinan title. to. e. iHimu. . c.caarsau. IH0WNKU, A CAUriHIX, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, OftMuK OlTV, 0lOM. Will preotte la kit the oourU ( the Mat. Ol io, III tuHll dUl.dlng. . . QUACK kMki AHHTKACT A TKUST CO. rurnlih, Attecti, ("helm of Tlt't, I)morln iluii', I.oaua, luaiirai.f. Pav Tim far loot Tltlee, elo., in. onire o.r liana of OrafiB C'lljr. J. r. IX A It K, fr., and Hit, bbooncity, - - - - obboon. J H. Mltl.KIl, DKNTIBT v - , fin mU of t4Mih, gold erowni, all kind of nlllhgsaiid bildnwork. Beveutli 8t near depot. Ore City, Or. c O.T. WILLIAMS. 'ittAL KHTATK AMD LOAN AO INT. food line of bueln.aa, rMldenoe tad luburbaa rronarir. Firm fropertr In trans to ult oa tuy term. Oormpandtnr irninitlr aniwered. Otto, ue tlur mutu ul eUiliwllei gyuiaik QUI D.O. LATOUKBTT. ATTORN EYH AND COUNSELORS AT LAW MAIM STBBST OMtUOM CITY, OBXHON furtilib Ahairuu otTlll. Loan etoner. fora- OluM Mori a oa, ana uum uurmt Law nuiin.ae. A. B. DHF.HBKIt, ATTORNEY AT-LAVY. Oltloeoyer MnKlttrick' Bho Blor. near lb Hank ot Oregon City. Oaaooa City, Oasuos. JL.P0TIR, ATTORNEY AT LAW aatraAcra or raonarv rvaaiiaao. Offlo ail to Ori oa CUT bank oa Ma itroet, D R, FRANCIS FKEKMAN, DENTI8T Gradual of the Northwestern Unlver- litv Dental School. Chicago. Alao American Collie of Dental Hurgnry, With Dr. Welch, Willamette Block. c SCIIUEBKL, ATTOKNEY-AT LAW. Office over MrKlttrlrk' Blio Blow, nar Id Hank of Oregon Clly. Oaaooa City Ohiuok. milE COMMERCIAL BANK. OF OHEOON CITY. Capital, ... 1100.000 TiHiACTi aiMiaiL bambino ai'iaa. Isiatie tnaile. Itllln iIIipoiidIwI. Make col lertuini. Hiiva ami unlit eirhauire mi all noluu In tha fulled Htalea, KuniM ami Hung Knii. lispoalu rocei-.il eiilijeoi to check Ba ik open Imm a. m. to 4 r. a. I). C. LATOUKKTTE, President. t. J. MKVKR CaaBler. B ANK OF OKRUCN CITY, Oldest Banklns Hons. In lit city. Paid up Capital, IMMWO. Hurplua, l.i,iUo. rei.ir.m-, - caaatia a. friu. Tica raaamaHT, wao. a. Aaiin. oaaHiaa. - a. a CAunatD. A temral hatikltif bualnraa tranaacled. DmKialta rprclreif anbluoi to client. Approved bllla and tuitei illaoiuiiled. Ooiinly and clly warranu bnnnlil. liOana mtla nnarallable luourlty. ExchaiiKa bouKbt and nlil. Oollmtlont matlo prnroptlr. A , .. Draltaaolit Avallanle lu any part of the world TaleKraphlo ezalianxun aold on t'nrUaud, Uau pranalaoo.Ohloaaaaud Now York, nlereit pal J on time depoalla. THIS IS WHAT our ciiHtomeracliilm for u and our uroceriea: That we olTtr the beat of groceries ftt the low -Ht price. Tliey have confi dence In our goods and know that we never misrepresent our selves and that our Block of fine groceries Is the purest and the most nutritious. l.ant, hut not leant, their grocery bill saves It self fully I'o per cent by their dunlins with Marr A Muir. Our way of doing business is to treatevery one fairand square and oiler the very best In our store. 2VZoxx" & IVZulx Dr. Wllltuma' Indian Pile kolntmunt will cure Blind, 'llleedlnif and IluUlim .I'lliH. Il iilixorba the tumora. bIIuvh the lioblim at onoo, aata hb a nnnlilca, ulvcs Instant re. Iluf. Dr. WIllliimH'lnilliinPlleOlnt. mnnt lHnranaretl for Pllnaand Itch- Inar ot the prlvatn purta. Kwry box la warrantnil. H.v driiKKlxts, by mull on re ceipt of price 60 oonta ami l.oo. WILLIAMS MANUFACTURING CO.. ropa.. Cleveland, TJVilo. For sale bv C. G. Huntley, I f We all know that (Jranjte Ware is very low in Price and stilt lower in quality, In order to put a First-Clani Article in the Market we soc u rod a car of the celebrated Scotch Granite Ware "Made in America for American." ETtlT PlCCe Boanitetl Thin la the first titno that this celehrated ware reached our town in such quantities; we therefore invite every houHi-keepcr to pay us a visit and inspect this ware whether you intend to Ixty or not. The price is only a triflo higher, but in quality FAK AHEAD OF THE OLD WAKE. BELLOMV & DUSCH, INSURANCE FIRE AND ACCIDENT Railroad Tickets to all points East at low rates. F. Pate nt: ploaK Manufactured in Oregon City from the best selected wheat on the market. All Our Flour Manufactured From Old Wheat IT IS FOR SALE ' ' fnrand i Guarauteea the best. Patronize Home Industry. Special Notice. We are headquarters for Canton Clipper Steel and Chilled Plows, Har rows, and Cultivators, Simond's Saws, Warranted Wedges, Sledges and Axes, Steel Ranges, Air Tight Heaters, Ammunition, Fishing Tackle, Wagon Wood and every thing in the hardware line. POPE St CO. Comer 4th nnd Main Streets. - Oregon City. JUST ARRIVED... We have ju8t received, direct from the Eastern factory, a complete line of men's and boys' furnishing goods for fall and winter... A Full Line of Shoes... Have just been placed in stock and will be Bold at rock bottom prices. Please give us a call and be convinced. 1 hare latWy nvivfd to Caullatu Ul i'g. Mam St.. They all say that u if Says Mis HARRIS' GROCERY Headquarters for Hay, Land plaster, Seeds, THRHOUH KUHNIBHKItH. E. DONALDSON iGroQer or Ifc Carries the most complete stock ot First Class Groceries to be found in the City. Etc. GO PEACE COMMISSION United Slates Will Assume no Part ofthe Cuban Debt. MORE TROOPS LEATE FOR MA SUA. Christmas at Miolla-Tke Philippines Oar Oreroa Troop Heard From Other Rote. London, Oct 17. A dispatch to th London New Agency from Pari lay : "Today, (Mooday) the conference rrached a crisis lor the firat Urns. Judge Day presented the demand of the Amer ican commission In threatening word. He (aid that delay was the only possible object obtainable by the persistent effort! of the Spanish commissioners to saddle the United State with the Cuban debt, and would be tolerated do longer, as the United Slates would neither assume nor guarantee any part of the debt. "The Spaniards replied that tbia placed Spain in a position of repndiatlog or of reducing the face value of the Cuban bond from 60 to 60 per cent, pay ing only ball the stipulated interest on tbe reduced value, Before tbey would adopt either alternative they would luirender to tbe United States the en tire Philippine!. "Jndge Day responded that the lurren der of the Philippines would probably he demanded, Irrespective of tbe Cuban or any other debt. "This 1 to tbe Spaniards, the first in timation of tbe Intention of the United States as to tbe Philippines, resulted in a whispered conference, followed by a request for an adjournment in order to communicate with Madrid. Judge Day laid that President McKinley bad in structed him to demand the en. ire sur render of Porto Rico tomorrow, and the delivery of every to wo to the United States officers before midnight, together with the evacuation of Havana on or be fore November I, when the United States would be at tbe gates of the city ready to take possession. "There wai no alternative offered in the case of either of these demands; the session consequently was very brief." The Paris correspondent ot tbe Times says: "At tbe sitting of the peace commis sion this afternoon, the American com- misaionera officially and it would seem definitely rejected the idea of accepting sovereignty over Cuba for tbe United States. Tbe Spanish commissioners thereupon remarked tbat Spain, having abandoned such sovereignty nnder pres sure from the United States having de nied that sovereigncy which henceforth belongs to them, Cuba is de facto in a state of anarbhy, as an intermission of sovereignty cannot be viewed in any other light, "The American commissioners rejoined that, without accepting - sovereignty the United States considered themselves de puted and bound to maintain security for all the inhabitants, that they would not fail to introduce and uphold order, and, in short, they would do all that was nec essary to put the island in a state of nor mal organization, to be transformed at tbe earlist momen t into a legal govern ment, satisfactory for the security of all. "Upon this the Spanish commission era, with what seems striking logic, promptly replied that, by the fact of the declaration Just made them, and of the United States was invested with veri table sovereignty, and consequently could not refuse to accept the conse quences of such sovereignty, seeing that thoy admittedly could not tolerate the relapse into anarchy of an island placed under their supervision and direction. "Notwithstanding these striking ob jections, the American commissioners persisted in their refusal, and officially declared that the United States cannot be considered invested with sovereignty, and that they (the commissioners) could not deviate from this definite declara tion. According to impressions I have been able to collect in various circles un" connected with either side, but entitled to weight, the refusal of the United States is not of so positive a character as would at first sight seem to result from the formal declarations mentioned. "The United States has declared that it made a war not of. conquest, but of liberation and order, because they could not allow the prolongation at their very doors of a state of things which was, in their eyes, a blow to the cause of human ity and civilization. They therefore made r public declaration that the war was not of conquest, and they now con sider that by agreeing to be invested with the sovereignty of Cuba they would give themselves the appearance of hav ing conquered the island for territorial aggrandizement. They refuse to give themselves the appearance of a conquer iug nation. Hence they positively re fuse to accept tbat capacity of sovereignty which would be inconsistent with the character of humanitarian disinterested ness essential to the honor of America. ' "The United States quite compre hends that its firm refusal to accept sovereignty does not Include obligation on the footing of justice and equity to make Spain real concession as to finan cial burden, which would be crushing If she were saddled with the whole Cuban debt. We may be certain that on this point the American will be less inflexi ble than on tbe principle of sovereignty. The proof, I am told, that tbe United Rules is disposed to meet Spain in equitable fashion is that the Spanish commissioners, who wonld not at first accept an Invitation to dine with Gen eral Porter nntil tbe end of the confer ence, have now accepted. "Friends of the United State here think it might have been better if it bad proceeded more openly, and if, instead of conquering the Islands indirectly, the Washington government bad frankly ac cepted sovereignty in Cuba, with all tbe rights and objection! involved." The Parii correspondent of tbe Daily Mail aays: "I bear tbat the peace problem will soon be settled. America assuming tbe Cnban 6 per cent loan of 1880, which was floated entirely for Cuban purposes, and rejecting the 5 percent loan of 1890." CHRISTMAS AT MAXIIA. Oovoramaat Will TraaapoH 1000 Toas r Pr.ft.nU Frew. New Yobk, Oct 17. A dispatch to the Tribune from Washington says: The quartermaster' department of the army is arranging to extend it good offices in tbe direction of transporting a reasonable amount of Christmas gifts to the American soldiers in the garrison at Manila. It will be necessary to start a teamer from San Francisco early in November in order to reach the Philip pine by Christmas, and the friends of tbe soldier boys out beyond tbe Pacific who wish to forward boxes of good things are already in correspondence with tbe quartermaster general on tbe subject. The rigid rule has been laid down tbat Christmas boxes for the soldiers at Manila must not contain quantities of sweet thing calculated to disturb the di geetiou of men living in tbe tropics. Mince meat fruit, cake and candy will be permitted only in small parcels, and it is adviseable that packages be limited in weight, as tbe department will not be able to forward over 1000 tons at the ut most. The packages will have to be delivered at San Francisco without expense to the government, which has no fund for trans porting such supplies, and it is essential that the quartermaster-general (ball give permission in each case for the package to go aboard a government transport. OREGON TROOPS. What Thejr Bavo Be. a Dolag at Manila. Washington, Oct. 13. The official re port of what the Oregon troops are doing, or rather have been doing, in Manila, has been received at the war department in the form of a report of Colonel Sum mers to the adjutant-general of tbe Eighth army corps' This report was first sent to the adjutant-general at Manila, and in due course of time found its way to Washington. Of course, the mails are very slow between Manila and Washing ton, and as this had no hurry-up mes sage connected with it, there is reason for the discrepancy in time. The follow ing is the report in full : "Headquarters Second Regiment, Ore gon U. S. V., Manila, P. I August 17, 1898. General J. B. Babcock, adjutant- general, Eighth army corps, Manila, P. I. Sir : I have the honor to make the following report of my actions since my arrival within the' walled city of Manila, acting under orders from General Merritt "Mv command, consisting of nine companies, arrived in the walled city of Manila about 4 o'clock p. iu., on August 13, and took up a position in front of the palace royal, or the executive building, during the final capitulations entered into by General Merritt. Under instructions from General Merritt, I detailed com pany A of my command to lower the Spanish flag and raise the American colors on the main flagstaff on the city wall. I also received orders to proceed at once to receive all arms and ammu nition of the Spanish forces then in the city, and to take possession of all maga zines and public- property, and in con formity with these Instructions, I have the honor to report that I received dur ing this term some 12,000 or 15,000 stands of Mauser and. Remington arms com bined, together with the necessary belts, bayonet scabbard attachments and car tridge boxes ; also in the neighborhood of about 3,000,000 rounds of ammunition for the same. I ako received about 50 pieces of artillery of various calibers, to gether with their caissons, and a large amount of fixed ammunition for the same. Also, on the heavy fortifications, I have the honor to report that we se cured four large Krupp Biege guns, nine Armstrong siege guns and a miscel laneous lot of fortification pieces of various calibers, together with three magazine, containing In the neighbor hood of about 120 tons of powder and other ammunition; also two troops o' cavalry and the necessary horses at tached to the artillery, making in al 300 to 3.00 horses, all told together with the necessary harness and saddle and other equipments for service. "I also took possession of the treasury building, located in the walled city, and having in its vaults in the neighborhood of $75,000. In the several churches, we have also secured a large amount ot supplies, in tin shape of rice canned sardines, sugar, flour and sundry pro visions, having been stored there pre viously by tbe Spanish officials. I also took charge of yarious smaller places, having what was supposed to be govern ment property nnder a secure guard and tbe same maintained up to tbe present date. "I wish to state that, during this period, I have exercised, to tbe very best of my ability, a very cautious and con servative system in regard to everything tbat would carry out a peaceful and har monious termination of the receiving of ibia public property, I have alao cau tioned all my sentries on post to be vigi lant and to show doe courtesy to alL Spanish troops who bsd surrendered within the city. Finally, I have exer cised, to the very best of my ability, to erry out what I considered your wish in every detail, and I would mention as od feature, that in the handling of all those) pieces, as nnmerons a they were, and folly two-thirds having been loaded at the time, not an accidental shot was fired, nor accident of any kind occured. Tbe city i now in a quiet and peaceful state. "I bave the honor to make this, my fioal report, in regard to my position as acting provost marshal for the walled city of Manila. Respectfully vours, "0. Summers, "Colonel Second Regiment.O. U. 8. V. r. London, Oct. 20. The Mad rid correspondent of the Times says: Captain Aunon, the minister of marine, has received a dis patch from Manila announcing a naval engagement between the Americans and the rebels in consequence of Admiral Dewey forbidding tbe latter to fly the rebel flag from their ships. The dispatch adds that there were losses on both sides, bnt that the Americans captured the rebel ships. The scene of the engagement is not staled but it is supposed to have been Manila bay. Sax Francisco, Oct. 17. Today tba steamer Senator received on board tba 800 soldiers who will sail on the trans port to Manila. There was no ostenta tion about the embarkation. The Third battalion of the Twenty-third infantry t the Oregon recruits and battery D, of the California heavy artillery, comprised the column. Thousands of people who gathered on down-town streets to see the soldiers, were disappointed, the column passing through the northern part of the city to the dock. At the dock an im mense crowd had assembled to bid tha men adieu, but the gates were closed to civilians, and many good-byes were left nnsaid, save from a distance. The vessel sailed later in the afternoon. All the steam whistles on the water front saluted the vessel as she passed down tbe bay toward the ocean, and ! thousands of people waved adieus from, the docks. j The Valencia will get off some time to morrow afternoon, but as she is a fast ship she will probably overtake tha Senator in a day or two. The troops as signed to her are companies F, G, I and L, ofthe First Washington volunteers, Lieutenant-Colonel W. J, Fife com manding, and 100 men of batteries A and D, first battalion California heavy artillery. The plan is to have the Cali fornia artillery from the Presido embark tomorrow morning, then have her drop over to Angel island In the afternoon, and take on the Washington troops. Orders were issued this afternoon for tha California heavy artillery to break camp tomorrow morning, and for the Angel is land battalion to be prepared to go on board tomorrow afternoon. There are now seyen United States transports in port. The arrival of the Zealandia and Pennsylvania has made it possible to send all the remaining troops at the Presidio away in a bunch, and the chances are that they will be on the way before next week. The remains of Chaplain Freeman, of the Baltimore, who committed suicide at Nagasaki, which were brought over by the Zealandia, will be shipped to Logans icrl.Ind., today.