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1 3 .-as-. Vor.. XXVI. ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY,. DECEMBER 2, 1895. No. 72. Are Not Yet Forthcoming:. CoxsTAxnxorLE, Nov. 27, via Sofia, "Nov. 23. In spite of tbo assurances the urkish minister of foreign affairs gave ,. tho ambassadors of Great Britain. Rus sia, Austria and Italy, yesterday, that Druiins allowing the passage of the Dar danelles would be immediately issued by iheporte, tho necessary documents have not beeu forthcoming. -Many conferences between tho ambassadors haye taken placo in the last 24 boars and there have also been many consultations between the Turkish ministers and the saltan at the palace. The answer of the powers to the request of the porto that they refrain from pressing: their demand for extra guardebips, was that they could see no reason' why they Bhould not support the demands of ambassadors for more effect jve means of protecting foreign residents ol Constantinople In an emergency. In view of this unanimous renlv it is con sidered in foreign official circles that tho sultan has no alternative bat to yield. especially aa the powers will have extra gunboats conyeyed through the Dardan elles by battleships if the sultan persists in his dilatory tactics. It seems highly probable that tho am b&ssadors have alieady determined not to wait for firmms beyond a certain time therefore it may soon be anounced that the gunboats are coming. A portion of the Bnusn fleet, which has been at anchor in Salonica bay, is understood to have left those waters for Smvrna. and should cow be quite near the entrance to the Dardanelles. All forts about the straits aro fully manned and supplied with ammunition, and in the highest slate of efficiency compatible with the circumstances. Searchlights are worked nightly over the waters. It is under stood the system of submarine mines and torpedoes has been practically com pleted as far as the recources of the gov ernment will allow. In Palestine. Lqxdos, Nov. 23. A dispatch to the Daily NewB from Deyrout, dated Novem ber 17, confirms the reports of a grave state of affairs existing in Syria and Pal estine, and the repeated danger in which the American missionaries have been placed by the riotous demonstrations of the Mussulmans. Tho dispatch adds that the whole of Syria and Palestine are flooded with Turkish soldiers, and states that In the country between Jaffa and" Jerusalem there are 60,000 troops, all raised within 20 days. The Daily News correspondent adds : "Troops arriving here bear the signifi cant green flag of the prophet, instead of the Tarkish flag. Jerusalem is crowded with soldiers, and troops are being sta tioned in the tower of Dayid, Pilate's pal ace, and in tho wilderness outride of Da mascus gate. The ostensible purpose of the troops is to subdue the Druses." The Canadian Parliament. Ottawa, Nov. 2S. Parliament has been called to meet January 2, to settle the Manitoba school question. The bill has been'printed and provides. for the res toration of Roman Catholic schools in Manitoba, with fall power given them for their religious exercises. The history of England, as written by Roman Catho lic authorities, may be used, but the schools must be up to the required stand ard of efficiency before they can be paid any money from public funds. Their claim to the public grant is to be meas nsed altogether by tho high standard of efficiency. It is stated that lion. Clark Wallace, controller of customs, sovereign grand master of the Orange order, has informed Premier Sir Mackenzie Bowel 1 that if an attempt is made to pass the remedial bill he will resign from the cab inet. These who have taken the census of parliament say the government can not escape defeat if it attempts to restore the Catholic schools in Manitoba. The Dardanelles. Cosstasti.voile, Nov. 29. The St. Petersburg Geographical Society last year succeeded by strategy in obtaining satisfactory data respecting the depth of water and currents in and about the Bosphorus and Dardanelles, with the ob ject, it is understood, of enabling a Rus sian fleet to forco the passage of the Dardanelles should such a step tarn out to be necessary. The society, it appears, obtained permission from the Turkish government for a scientific expedition to visit the sea of Marmora, on a Turkish vessel, in order, ostensibly, to ascertain if the earthquake of July last had made any changes in tho bottom of the sea. This apparently innocent work was after ward to be continued, still by permission of th9 porte, in the Tarkish portion of the Aegean sea, but on their way through tho Dardanelles, tho Russian "scient ists" were cangbt sonnding these waters. The Turkish officers protested, tho work .was stopped, and the Russians returned home disappointed, The British admiralty n said to havo obtained comploto soundings from the English merchant steamers which havo repeatedly passed tho Dardanelles, and it is suspected in some quarters tliut tho British naval reserve officeis have been engaged on board these vessels in ob taining all tho information necessary for tho admiralty department. Most startling repoits are still current hero regarding tho preparations for Iron bio being made by Russia in her Black sea ports and along the frontier of Asiatic Turkey. Tho different divisions of the Black sea fleet, regular and volunteer, aro said to bavo been brought op to the highest point of efficiency and to be ready for immediate operations. The Black sea dockyards and coaling depots have undoubtedly been busy, according to the reports of ship captains who have passed Constantinople, and tho greatest activity was noticed by thorn in military circles. The Russian officials hero claim there is nothing alarming in all this; that it occurs every year, at this time, and that it means nothing more than tho work ol shifting and preparing troops f jr their winter quarters. But the steamer people coming from the Black sea assert that in all their experiences they havo never seen so much activity displayed at htis or any other time of the jear in Russian naval and militarv circles. The porte has made another report to the ambassadors on the situation, an nouncing that the work of restoring or der in the disturbed districts is progress ing satisfactorily and that the reforms insisted upon by the powers are being affected as promptly as possible under the circumstances. The anxiety caused by the absence of direct news from Syria increases. It is reported, however, that large numbers of Turkish troops bavo been drafted there; and a religions war seems imminent. The soldiers are said to bo bearing the green flag of Mohammedanism instead of the regular Turkish flag, denoting, it is claimed, that a wholesale onslaught up on the Christians of Syria may bo antici pated. Jerusalem is said to be crowded with Tarkish troops, and Palestine is re ported to be overrun with the soldiers of the saltan. This is considered to bo one of the most dangerous features of the present situation. Crisis Expected Soon. Constantinople, Nov. 23, via Sofia. Bulgaria, Nov. 20. Tho political situa tion is critical, and a crisis may be ex pected within the 24 hoars. The saltan, who is once more thoroughly under the influence of the palace party, led by Irze! Bey, still declines to grant the firmans applied for by representatives of Great Britain, Russia, Italy and Austria, for the passazd of the extra Luard shin through the Straits of Dardanelles. This is extraordinary, as cn Tnesdav Tewfik Pasha, tho Tnrkisb minister of foreign affairs, personally assured Sir Phillip Carrie that the porto had detei mined to grant the perroision required. It would thus seem that while the Tark ish ministers are apparently in favor of granting the firmans, the palace party, priests, chamberlains and others, who are the real advisers of Abdul ilamid, are opposed to it aa calculated to lower the dignity of the sultan. Meantime the Mussulmans are erowine nneasv. lockinz upon the tbrcateninc advent of the extra guard ships as nothing less than warlike demonstrations before Constantinople. Sir Phillip Carrie, when assured bv Tewfik Pasha that tho firmans would be forthcoming, immediately telegraphed to the admiral in command of the British Mediterranean squadron instructing him to dispatch a gunboat to tho Dardanelles to be used in the Bosphorous as an extra guard. The twin-screw torpedo gunboat Driad, carrying four seven-inch and four six-pounder quick-firing guns, is expect ed lo arrive at Chanakkal today ami pass right on to the Bosphorous. Tho sultan is known to be in a stato of the greatest agitation at the news that an extra Brit ish gunboat is heading for the Darda nelles. The minister of foreiirn affairs was sent for at midnight and an exciting inter view took placo between him and tho sultan, during which the latter bitterly and tearfully reproached Tewfik Pasha or his action. The pasha tried to iustifv himself by recalling that tho granting of tho firmans had been agreed to in sub stance by tho sultan. The sultan insisted that it was impossible to issue the fir mans, as that would causo rioting in Constantinople, and that tho powers Bhould be content with tho mna.qnrnn taken by tho government to maintain or der. The sultan then inst-nclm! iwntr Pasha to do every thing possible to in- indaco the British ambassador to counter mand hia order for a gunboat. Sir Philip refused, saying ho was tired of being trifled with, and rimlndinc him that Great Britain was acting fairly within her treaty rights. Tewfik Pasha returned to the palace in a very unenyiablo framoof mind, with the failure of his mission. Tho sultan, frantic with rage, drove him from his presenco with fierce revilings, and tho president of tho state counsel, Said Pusha who is supposed to havo some influence with Sir Philip Currie, was sent for. The sultan eagerly besought him to go imme diately to the British ambassador and spare no effort to induce him to order the recall of tho Driad. Sir Phillip fin ally consented to placo the whole matter once more Injforo his government and aivait further instructions. flight Have Been Talmage. Chicago, Nov. 29. A dispatch from Washington says: Rev. T. Dewitt Talmogo narrowly es caped the fate of W. W. Howard, the representative the Christain Ilerald in Armenia, who, it is feared lost his life in an attempt to take aid to tho suffering Armenians. The Christain Hciald desired to Eend Dr. Talmage abroad to disburse $20,000 among the starving Armenians. At his suggestion the journal cabled the Turkish government, askiog if it would give ade quate protection to a representative it desired to send into Armenia to aid the suffering people. A reply was received asking what point the paper desired its representative to visit. In turn it was cabled that there were four principal points. Tho Turkish government then cabled that if tho paper sent a represen tative it could not guarantee his protec tion. In viow of this statement Dr. Tal mage declined to go. Howard was sent instead, and, according to latest reports, is lost somewhere in Asia Minor, and it is believed has fallen a victim to Moslem fanaticism. "I was to have seen Howard on the day of his departure," said Dr. lalniage, "but my work prevented. I hope he has not met the untimely fate which tho dis patch iudicatcs." Any One But Cleveland. WASiiixnTox, Nov. 20. Special to the Journal-Press runs : "The democratic party has done many foolish things, no doubt, but in heav en's name let us not violate our most sacred traditions by nominating Cleve land for a third term," said .Senator John M. Palmer today. "I don't think he would accept, but whether he would or not, we should not think of nominat ing him again. Let us have a Western man next time Morrison, if ho wants it Carlisle, if lie will take it. I would not be surprised if tho coming session were to bring out some presidential tim ber on both sides thus far unknown." Senator Palmer scoffs at the talk of war witli England over Venezuela. He says if the Cuban insurgents represent the great body of the natives, and are fighting for the liberty of the whole peo ple, he is with them. He believes Tanner will bo the next governor of Illinois and Cannon the next Senator. President's Message. Washington, Nov. 29. The president came into town and the cabinet met. The annual message of the president was the leading topic of discussion, re ports of the cabinet officers having all been prejared with the exception of those of the secretary of the treasury and the attorney-general. The message is neanng completion rapidly and will probably go to the nrinter tomorrow or Sunday. It is understood that it will be about the same length as last year's communication, making, perhaps, 15, 000 words, althouch in the event it is deemed necessary to reserve space for treatment m a special and later message discussing the Cuban and Venezuelan affairs, the principal message may be shortened corespondingly. iMosqueradc Ball. The masquerade ball given by the Roseburg Orchestra, Thursday evening, was a brilliant affair and drew forth a large crowd of inasqueraders and spec tators. The prizes were awarded as fol lows: Best dressed lady, Mrs. Charles Curry, as Lady Washington; best dressed gentleman, L. II . Zigler, a bpanish Cavalier; best sustained char acter by lady, the Misses Robcna and Bertha Grills, as Topscy's: best sus tained character by gentleman, Paul Zigler, as the Jew peddler. Tho re ceipts were quite satisfactory, and tho ball was voted a grand success. Recent statistics show that there aro 555 churches in New York City and 7300 Baloons. That is to Eay, there is one saloon for each 210 inhabitants and one church for each 8130 inhabitants; and there wero 4,000,000 barrels of beer con Bunied in tho city last year, which was at tho rate of two and a half barrels for each man, womm and child. It ia easy to understand from such figures why it is that Tammany usually triumphs. BRIEF MENTION. From Friday's Daily. W. II. Barborough and W. D. Chad wick are guests of the Van Houten. F. W. Smith of Portland and I!. F. Hill of Wilbur are at tho .McClallen. The first now of the season mw ob served on the coast range this mormtiL'. Jep. Green, ono of the leading popu lists of the county, was in thecity yester day. Geo. ,W. Solomon and J. E. and B. H. Pitts of St Louis are guests ut tho Mc Clallen. O. H. Buell of Looking Glass and jus tice of tho peace made a pleasant call at this office today. S. C. Force of Ashland, J. H. Lee of Portland and S. C. Morden of New York aro registered at the Van Houten. Born, at Sugar Pino, Nov. 2Sth, 1895, to tho wife of George Matthews, a son. AH parties interested are reported as do ing well. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Stroud left on this morning's overland for San Francisco, where Mr. Stroud goes ai. a delegate of tho Rosebuig B. L. E. lodge. Tiie Mahara's have come and gone, and the better part of the community are glad of the latter part of their per formance the going. They were a rocky set. Chairman E. D. Stratford of the reading-room committee calls for a confer ence of the committee at his office. Sat urday, tomorrow, at 3 p. m. The mem bers of that committee will please be present. Mr. Cyrus Levcns and. Mrs. Eliza Leyens of Elkton returned home alter a ehort visit with their old time friends, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Rapp of Wtst Roseburg. where they enjoved their Thanksgiving. Married, November 2Sth, 1S95. at the home of the bride's parents on Su?ar! Pine, Mr. E. M. Matthews and Miss Eatclle Inman, both of Douglas countv. Oregon, O. II. Boell, jastico of the peace, officiating. The happy couple has the tst wishes of their many friends. The owners of wheels, if thev are not wheals in the head, are to be congratu lated upon their good fortune, thefc hard times, A wheel neither eats nor drinks and hence a board bill is no im pediment to the rider. It is easier to pump the tire full of wind than to pur chase hay and oats for a cavuse. T. J. Jackson of Astoria is in the citv today on business. Mr. Jackson is a Douglas county boy, born near Canvon- ville. He was Ixirn and has grown to manhood within our recollection, and almost by his own effort has educated and fitted himself for teaching, and now has charge of one of Astoria's public schools. The turkey roosts no more on high. No more he fears tho farmer's cry, Thanksgiving is past, and he's at rest, A peaceful calm psrvades his breast. Bat they who oa Tnanksgiving day Did give their appetites fnll sway, Now walk the streets with faltering pace. And turkey prints upon their face. They hear the gobble niht and day, Of turkeys eaten yesterday. Christmas is coming, and Wollenbem & Abraham are still at the Souaro Deal store ready to furnish all who call upon Uiem with stylish Christmas iroods at unprecedently Ipw prices. Now is the time to lay in supplies at reduced rates. and those reduced rates are to be found at the Square Deal store. Rain or shine we will always bo on hand to show goods and accommodate custom ers. e do not intend to be undersold bv any merchant in Roseburg, so come along, make your purchases for Christ mas and make husband, wife and chii dren happy. Trora Saturday's Dally. J. McGuirA fit Pnrtlnnrt iq rnplatorpd nt the Van ftouten. J. W. Krewson of Drain is registered at the Van Houten. H. M. Wcad and wife of Tacoma are guests at Van Houten. II. E. Mitchell and Chas. Carter are registered at the McClallen. F. W. Feneran of Pendleton is visitinz with the family of Mr. Gillett in this city. J. L. Roberts of Glendale, H. W. Pratt and F. B. Pitt of Drain are at the McClallen. M. R. Huntley of Eugene is at the Depot Hotel. C. Kreidt of Rico Hill is resistored at t the Depot Hotel. S. C. Miller of Dillard, Chas. Kellev. and K. Duncan and wife ure registered at tho McClallen. The Shasta Limited came up from Portland this morning in two sections with double headers oach, making in ull 24 coaches full of passengers. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report RdV hA aw ABSOUNTEI.Y PURE The drawing for the $75 Haviland China set took placo at Mrs. N. Boyd' a November 29. The lucky number waa 115, and the holder of that number was T. J. Kearney, Jr., deceased. No light yet, but, until old Luna be gins to wane, our citizens can stand it. In the mean time the electric light com pany would do well to get a move on it and be prepared to throw eomo light on the subject when needed. Somo crazy or drunken persons have been making themselvesquite obnoxious on Mill street by firing pistols to the an noyance of the citizens there. If the party or parties wish to avoid trouble they will do well to discontinue the practice. A Now York woman after five months of married life sued for a divorce and proved that her husband had repeatedly slapped her in the face, but the judge refused to grant the divorce on the ground that she hadn't been married long enough to givd matrimony a fair trial. That jndge ia doubtless a disciple of the massage treatment a system of treatment that requires time to test its efficacy. Every Pacific Coast newspaper should do its level best to awaken tho people to the needs of the Nicaragua canal. The United States can- well afford the enter prise and push it to completion. Some eastern cities, the railroa'ds and the newspapers, under the influence of these cities and railroads, may propose it and tiy to weaken it in the eyes of the public but the great mass of lLo people should be in favor of it, as it promised much to them. The Nicaragua canal by all means! The canal completed and in operation the load on the shoulders of the people will be greatly lessened. East Oiegonian. Mrs. N. Boyd invites everybody to visit her salesroom and inspect her fine stock of goods for every day use -tad for Christmas. She has large supplies on band, and is daily receiving additions to her large and varied stcck on band. Family groceries in abundance, crockery, dried fruits and lancy articles of all de scriptions suitable for Christmas presents to old and young. The Boyd corner is the place to make purchases, the Boyd corner is the place for customers to re ceive kind and courteous treatment, and the Boyd corner fa the place that when you leave after makiDg your purchases to feel assured that yon have good bargains, and have purchased the best of rner-' chantable good.. Don't forget the Boyd corner, or snch forgetfulness will bring you to grief. Atmospheric conditions cf business were said to have been cleared a year ago The enormous number ef failures in 1S93 and 1S94 were attributed bv the free traders lo the weak concerns that had been indulgingin tco much protec tion stimulant. Witli the passiug of the clouds we were promised a clear bluo business sky. Judging by the number of trade failures, 299, for the week ending November 2 there must still be gome cloud speck on tho horizon. In the pre vious week there were but 259 failures; in tho corresponding week of 1S94 but 253; in tho 1S92 week ouly 221 or 7S less than now. We were told that all the weak houses had gone to the. wall more than a year ago. The strong con cerns must be tottering now. The good old free trada titnsa an i democratic revi val have a wonderful effect. The Plainde.u.er labored for the build up and operating of a woolen mill in this city when there were hopes of such an institution being successfully established here, But now that the democratic party has joined in with the coyotes in destroying the sheep industry we give it up as a bad job, and now turn attention to the fruit industry, which offers better prospects. Ridiculous as it sounds for the United States at this period of their existence, we are on the straight road to bank ruptcy. The situation is such that with Congress in Republican control, a Presi dent of the opposition must accept the revenue bill which is laid before him. There is a deficiency m tho national rev enue, and wo must have money. It is a condition which confronts us, not a the ory. N. Y. Sun. Subscribe for tho Plaindealek. Baking MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. A correspondent to the Orezonian J oyetthe namo "Republican," eays: I "TV. Tr i . r .... . viaim mauo lor JiCEErs. Siitcn ell, Elba and Hermann that they can do more for Oregon than new members might be true if they were in harmony with their party upon the important questioos which effect the financial pol icy of the nation." There is nothing. Le adds, however, in the congressional record which shows that Oregon haa received more than her share of congressional appropriations through their influence. "Republican" acknowledges that those men are "the proper persons to send back to congress if in harmony with the party upon the question which effects the financial policy of the nation." We make bold to say that they are in har mony with their party upon that ques tion. The great financial question that now confronts us ia that of protection of American industriea. That ia the ques tion. The free coinage of silver which "Republican" tries to lug to the froot is a side issue which the late elections have practically settled, for, as "Republican" says: "The next congress will be against the free coinage of silver. There will be no uncertain sound in the platform adopted by the republican state convention next spring." Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Hermann and Mr. Ellis are true republicans, thoroughly imoueu witn tne great and paramount queslion of protection, and on that inen- ticn and that of a strong American toreign policy, may be relied on. On questions of minor importance, ques tions on which the state and national platforms were susceptible of two con structions, those men were not mere cuckoos, waiting for a boss president to give them the cue and then chime in and eay "me too, Mr. President." No, these men showed an independence of spirit and courage of their convictions to express their opinions and not sneeze when a president takes snuff or when the political machine turns to a certain point pop up and say, cuckoo, cuckoo. Neither the state or national platform of the republican party declared for a gold standard, but for "bimetalism" aa tra ditionary with tho American people. That these men favored a double standard is admitted. We differ with them in that view of tho question. We believe in bimetalism but not inadouble staudard. There is a wide difference be tween bimetalism and a double standard. But as the question of free coinage is practically a dead issue, evidently settled by the late elections, we have nothing to fear on that question and as Mr. Mitch ell and Mr. Hermann are sound on the all important question, viz: Protection to American iudustry, we can trust them with minor questions. Their experience will give them advan tages no new men can have. "Republi can" ;ays Oregon haa not received more than her share of appropriations through their influence. They do not claim they have secured more congressional aid. But the record does show (with all difler enee to Republican) that our delegation in congress, Senators Dolph and Mitchell and Congressmen Hermann and Ellis, have secured per capita, more aid from the national treasury than any other stato in the union. For these appro priations Senator Dolph is entitled to his share ot credit and ought to have been returned for the very reason of his ability to aid the state on account of his experienced statesmanship; and for a like reason wo believe Mitchell, Her mann and Ellis should be returned. Their free silver coinage ideas will not taint their usefulness on the main issues upon which the next compaign will be fought. Wo do not think it good sense to discharge a skilled carpenter because he takes Bnuff, although we detest that habit. It is the caipenter we are inter ested in, not whether he takes his snuff from a gold or silver snuff box. Secretary Hoke Smith, one of the most ultra democrats and who has been the most aggressive in turning out fed eral office holders til! nearly every office in the government is now occupied bv a , democrat, now recommends "thatclassi ) tied servico be extended over all the sub ordinate positions." Such a rule would retain iudeffinitely all his appointees in subordinate positions. Hoke has an eye on the next change which he perceives is inevitably coming.