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.
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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,
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R, FRANCIS FKEKMAN,
DENTI8T
Gradual of the Northwestern Unlver-
litv Dental School. Chicago.
Alao American Collie of Dental Hurgnry,
With Dr. Welch, Willamette Block.
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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,
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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
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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.