THE PLAINDnALUR.iv "f riililldiril M'in'iny "! Ilmrvlur a,. ln I'MIMil U Ml I I JH.l -II I N. I). MRAf rtRI Ml'"' :. V. BENJAMIN Msiiinor Hulmcl Ipllou fill Yer Pit I.Milh Vlirce Monthi Union. .11 .NO w.CKunri; 10. is:. Tim rti hi'lciii i 1 sn limit tho pea.-o i (ia!j Id ronrtes aftt-r the holidayi-. Tli battler-hips Oir(. art Hi Valparaiso entente Honolulu. .ti mill I mi In IVIao mill "21u t tily Win. .1. li j mi is i i'rt i" New York, rhonting fiec-.-dlur, anti-ex-pmifion mnl nnti-inipwrUlifiii. Damn IVidinand .'anus lu Kuth.--thild, M. I'., i l.'l. Hi death wa Hidden. It an nipp'fd lie .i i-iily nifferiiit fniiii n cold. The picM-lcnt i.J e'.i'.l "a in. the cinlv" hi ti e i- perches, being hji.ipioli-d, having a good time ni'iifLiily. w.t rem,.. making t'c , and (ienrml i ioinr. i. .ir'.e.l i.t tb repnrt is not confirmed in Havana, though a rumor to i!i,;l licet IlisI uii in circulation for teveral days. The National I', bi at i.irnl A-cit i.;te u will hold its next ec!-ioi. b' l.os Aiueice . July 10, lSV'i, cve.y muc'i to the dis::iM of Salt Lake, I'oitiand a: d ti.er ve.!vra cities who had hoped to secure i. The Chicago aud Northv.iMeni rail roads aie gji:iito ail the woir.en holding cietic.il f";f iti-.-ns in lluir n. ploy the "giand bo'-.iHi-," in or.Kr to make loein fcr men, no, bec.oi'-o tl.e men make more illicioi.t c'.eikf, but 1 e cause in umkint; pfoin jtiotis b. tl c o:'.! teeof trust tlie cc-mpany : i n.iu 1 ;o the coinparaiivelv nui'i nusubcr oi men in tlo-ir emiiKy, .'.in! ihtru.ro Sires a larger nuiuhtr to tclect .': .:n. Tiie I'-L'ttou Assjcia'.iJ l;-.u-l haa issued a circuUr le-jtsesiir relief that I'tiili'.-u i tl.e 1". ;t T ,lw.'.' 1- ual reveuue hint h; :li ituj ofo a !as on transportation of iu. r liai. iue by ix prese, s.iying tint r. .ire? not it ink thu fraiuers of fie law ii U;o c i ".in; HUch extravag.ti.l t;x." Wletbe: or not the law' uuktis ii.!cu b. ! the eii :if rouupauita to pity lb? t.x inr.kcs no great dilTcrtiice. Tl;e certainly ieiijt paying it, and have no i:itei..n:i cf do ing so, though their b'.Tii.ea ti;r.;t have iuci eased tiiorm jnsly J 1.1 1 i n and eiiue the war. It is we'd known to ell ;h?.t the express coiupauie-ehirg; most i-x-tortiouale rat; for trarifport.itivu cf merchsudise, ar.d the public having no rscouree. would make but little fn?s over the matter of wer-tnx additions thereto, were it net for the fact that the prevail ing - opinion that tho liw plaicly says that the burJen shull be borne by Hi companies. Tuat in what luakee the people hot, but as they pay all the taxes anyway, they miht as well pay this and eay nothing about it. Tha sojlee corporations always have escap ed their just propoetbn of taxes hereto fore aud doubtless always will .m l it is a sheer watte of t:me atd money to try and have it ctberwhe. The cold weather cf the past wtes haB given an opportunity to tit abj.i. the stoves and discuss the j'jesli ju of the hour, the proposition tj divide Lane and Douglas, and maae two ne a counties with tbe county touts at Cot tage (irove and Oakland Feerus to have engaged the ni.iet of attentiou. Tie preponderance of sentiuient seen.; 1 1 fa vor division, but what the ucitati-.n wid lead to is difficult at this tm.e to euii jeeture. That a number of lea lii'.' ci'i mens are iu favor ot division there can be no question, for tb.ee have oceuiv ex pressed themselves on tiie subject, bin whether eoncert of action era coi.toii rlated cllort will be made reuiaii.s mjet auestion. Tiiose who favor division argue the county ii too law, there is loo much time aud txuunsu nttached to attending to caunty business by thote living iu the northern aud western part ef the county, aud that tbe saving in mileage and per dieiu would uioie tii.iri oflsct the eipet.se of maintain;!.: an ad ditional corps of county otli' crs. We shall see what we sba 1 t-i. Oal.l.m I ia.ette. Although there has b-cu ci;si iera eilliug around sloven in K-elurj!, a le ir;, atno proj.usi- during the asi wetl. or o, tl. lion to divide th'j county bas i.'jt I nil the all-abi-oibing topic of coj; versa' ion, in fact, we ay niuch douU it the n-b-jectbasbeeu luentioncd. Oi;r ft !h in the ncrlh tiem to reali.-? that tl.e more counties wo havn tbe mote olficei j it will take t-j run them, .'.n i the pn ,c pcttvf getting au oflice ef some kitol bus run away with tho better judguA-u of a "number of leading eitue.ni:" from the north end when they figure ou mileage and pcrhoin as an oiltel 1 1 the cv. cure maiutaiuiug. an additional crp-i of eyunly otDcers. I'utideM, it i the ) co ple who live nt a distance Ironi the county (eat who get thu bciittit if the greater part of the mileage, nd it would be Unjust t'j depi s o the mini'. rout atmy ef juroii and witnusses froin tl,e north eud of the larpe suma annuully paid them, by rutting down this inilengu nnd pe.'diem, only to pay it ovei n, i!i0 newly rrraled cflicials. America's Year of a Hundred Ycarsl A comparison of the territorial area and the national infl lenee of t',e biiiti d frtates iu PStiH with ilmni of i-,:,s wii, show the vast inaloti.it nnd u:oi.il ,,d vauca whicli this counliy bus mado in 100 year's. Iuthohisturic.il biuks K'.is does Uot figure ailli in v pi nnii.i u, c, but In reality it is uu important l.ind liiglk lu Ifieeounti 'ai'.lpHiisiou. It uas jrmf a hiiiidnd years ugo that the piu- : IIUU III I , 1 'O nuig mi" t,i n.mi.j v , - i ipil out . For llfUvu veara after thai lata the I'nitoJ Matoa, io lis emleevoie to . iitu His boundaries gueraiiterJ iu that nrciiient, km obatruvUil hf lo nationi, ring-land and Spain. Tlie 1U it Uh beld oi(aion .( ota at Oswego, NiiKtn, IVttolt ml ether place in : j rnilril Siniesjtprritory on Ilia norllicrn v J frontier until Jajr' treaty, whiili, among j ollu-r tiling provided for llielr rvaena jli::i,vent into operation in 171M', aud -, ovt'u llto oik of abandonment mat car- ncJ on with a lone which was ex ceedingly txiMprrating to the people of tho I'nited State. Willi Spain, however, the I'niteJ Mules hail nnii'li more trouble in neeur i t k it' tieaty rights under tlie agreement of ITS;! than it had with l.nglmul Then a? now, Spmu . (low In gravping the juMieo of any .leiuaud ly any other na-1 tion, and in that particular cums the r,ver' ,u vonax, ancie me t:ana situation for this country was tendered J uf U, ,uer 1,U r'Prappcd to prevent doublv cail-arrassius the fact tlut j caving. sraiu' wo still oue of the great powcrs Uwl t PI'm v of the e.uth, while the Voited States was j "P f'otu the NujkMck valley onlv an iniigoiflrmit lol ou the mpll,is ' ' "dditioi.Ho the exported and" had no sights which anr of the great reluct cf the reet cf this county, nations frit bound to ie ccl. Spaiu Trices have been realued. and the contended that the Honda region tifcli l cotu 'foin all tides the gaine.1 from Kngland during the war l!P'houe couipuy is piep.iuiig of the Aniciican revolution, and wliUi'UuJ hue to I'hilo.tulh Iron. A I extended wral to t!.a Mississippi, went l'l,.r- The hue has been eiuv eyed and ! -i - . .i . i.:.. as at far norlh as the mouth of Vsioo. ..it ti. i.ara-.tel of :!J no. Hi latitude. wbivh would mskethe tcuthetW line of tbe bet-I !atts ou the Mississippi end at that vii-t. 1'oth Kngland and tLe I'liited States, on the other hand, insist ed that this couutry southern boundary went down Ki latitude ill. At last the protests and throats of the I'nited states and Spain's dangers iu the Napoleouie wars then under way conipell-d tlie lat ter to accede tj the Americau demauds. Spain did this in the treaty of Sau Lo re tuo of 17'X', which was ratified by the unate in 17','ti, lui 17'.' airived before the Spaui?h tlag went dowu iu Natchex, the most important town in the territory iu di"pute, and the stars and stripes went np. Then, fifteen years after the ti caiy ef independence, and just a hun dred yeats ago, tbe title el the I'nited States to all its territory between the At-1 Ian tie and the Mississippi, and from the ' great lakes to the Florida line, was de-1 liniuiy cuctirmed. America's situation in IS.'S, ui.teria!l, atd uioi ally, makes a striking routrast witlith.it cf 1 7b'- Uu the day wheu a; oso's forces lowereil their tUg iu Natchez aud sailed down tj New tr lean?, the person who etepped below the scitheily line of Ceorgla, into tbe lower! eud ef what is now the state of Missis-1 sippi, ct who crotsed the Mississippi riv er, would be in a foreign laud. W'e were surrounded on three sides by powerful nations, lioglaud was uortti ot us a now, an J Spain wag south and west of us, us the held Florida, which comprised the prc-eut state of that name aud a strip westward along the southerly liue of unaware cow tbe states of Alabama anl Mississippi to the Mississippi river aud she had all the region west of the river. The population of the country was about 5,000,000. The Louisaua ces sion and all the other annexations were still iu the distance. Nobody could have foreeeen at that time that the narrow 'strip of populated area east of the Alle ghenies, with the scarcely tess diminu tive stretch of wilderness between those mountains and tbe Mississippi would ever reach the iulf of Mexico aud tbe Pacific. Much less could anybody have forceetn then that this country would annex all of Kussiau America, absorb all the islands of value in the nilf cf Mexico ai.d a.'n lire pjeessions scattered through tbe 1'acific extending almost to the con tinent of Asia. The ,- owtlj of America from an area of iJ7,'.iK) square miles and a popuiii-.iou : o.uw.uuu lu lifts to an area of o.vyJWO louaie pepoiation of Sj,t.t0;UV"J iu lSl'i, attend- ! el as it has beeu by a rise from a posi-! rcruntted to pouud to pieces ou the tion iu which its enmity had no menace ' Bll0re e8tf Sautiago, The board of ior tveu the feebles of foreign states to ! destruction has uuder conHideraliou a one iu which its friendship is sought by ' 'uial proposition for tho sulvago of the most pcwtrtul nations of the earth, j "Jib these vessel?, aud theii delivery at leprcsents a physical and moral J-: New York or such othei port iu the Tancement which has no praallel iu the ' t-'fc'ton States aa the government might annals of the world. Ulobe Democrat, jfclect, but no company will be allow- ed to begin opeiatious on the vessel uu- Weathcr Report ' a comparison will be made between I Ihe offers from several trustworthy con- For the week eudiug Dec. M, JKs. cern-. Maximum temperature, lb, ou the '.'lb1 The Swedish Company which is said Minimum temperature, o, ou the 11th Precipitation, O.o.'. j Total rainfall eiuee 1st mouth, 0.77. Average precipitation for this month for ' -1 years, ij.'M. ! Total precipitation fro-n Sept. 1, lo date, 10.10. i Average precipitation from Sept J , lo.l'J j I'Ui pose, aud after satisfying tbcuiselvva j mcnt. T..tal excess from Sept 1 , 1VJ1?, O.Oo ' of the Colon's couditiou aud tbe expeusu AV.miim,.i, Dec. 1 V The war de Avcruge precipitation for l wet seasons, j tuat must be iucurecd in floating her, i partmout made public ihe formal order Sept. to May, iuclusive, .'JJ..i7. i Tnys. Oinso.v, Obserrer danta tlaus is at the Novelty Store with as elegant line, of presents an ever were brought to town for the holidays. You'll have to huiry if you have one of these for they w ill be included in the Novelty Store's closing out sale, aud prices are made so low that no one can resist carrying home one of these flue presents. County Treasurer's Notice. Notice is hereby given to all parties hokiiug Douglas county warrants iu doued prior to July 10, ISOo, to present the same at the treasuret's office ia the conn houee for payment, ai iuter est will ceaso thereon after tbe date of this notice. Dated this the 1'let day uf Nov. Is'jS, nt the City of Iloseburg, Oregon. it". W. Dim Mick. County Treasurer , Douglaa Couuly. Or ; of Kaale valley, (Jlan-iieo Spau;ii, t'nioii county, Iiho In-,, arrdki.! in I Idaho, and l.ronaht baet lo anaar r to a I ( lllirg ( liileliiN, ... - ,LLJJi.J .. .' ... Oregon Notes. Albauy ia preparing foi tho no.l elate poultry atiow, w huh uccuta in tliat city from January to li. William I'aunou, living vu the Lutiat baa sold 1700 wcrtn of fruit tliia year from a 4 year old orchard. Considerable bull Jintf is soiim on lu Chelan and I.akciido this winter, and much moie is expected when spiing opena. The Whitman Couuty l'oiiliry aud Pel Mock Aieovlatioii is arranging to hold a poultry chow in Colfax, January )'., 'JO aud 1, lSlhi. Mre. Willimu 1-1 1 lot, ti; viartold, li v lug near Corvallia, who stricken with paralysis thiea week atio, docs not iiuproTe, her speech and mind being affected. A gaug of couuly prisoners is being worked under guard along the Palouae "tirarv ,v:ce are anmcg. ti ia I expelled tiiat the line aid heeMciidod to V pun iu tin' near t'utuie. The doelcr who is attending A. .1. Ilocppuer, tbe Colfax druggUt, who was found Monday in a badly fro.cu coud i lion, says lloeppiifi will Ue his toes aud probably the beel of his left foot. The light fool is also badly l'ro.eu, bii; tho doctor thinks it can be raved A. W. Kose, of Cci valli. whotoiika large lot of pruuee to SI Lvtiis, was otlei ed only j' cents', and so stoic I all but a toil of tbeoj. The coutiuued cold weather is a Nett ing to ice men, who u nonr hai lesting the biggest eud besl crip of ice iu the history if Culfax. The ice is being taken from Cooper lake, and is now eight inches thiik and ifrfccily clear, A large force of men and teams is fur nished employment at good aages. A diseaee is decixatiug the goat bi rds l iu me usea eomiiry. .nce msi .auusi Charles Wolfe has lost " head, and in j the past two weeks tti.i died, i JC.ir 1'oin I recently lost IU head in to weeks. The jauiuiale, :t is said, begin scouring, and : iu a day or two expire. Vaiious leu.e- dies liave beeu trie-il, but none so far i .......... .... u",c '"u,c" ':"'"" l'H''u the past week a niove neiit has developed, liaving l"r its ol'j-!ct the c'li trolling oi the waters of Lake Chel tn so as to equalize the outiljw duiing the entire year. The ditteteuco between high aud low water is from S to 10 feet, and at present there are only about two months iu the year when steamers can land soy nearer thau a mile from Che lan, ou account of shallow watei . There are probably ;W0 u-eu at Wailir la waiting to go to work on the . I & N. railroad to be built up the Snake to Lewistou, Idaho. There are also a great many teams aud scrapers there, and all a bustle and excitement. There aie not sufficient bouses to accommodate the in flux, aud notwithstanding the cold weather, many of tbe men are living iu tents. Aut?0O0 store building is Leii g constructed there. The Haine and Colon May be Raised L"NlON, lAc. 10. A dispatch to the Tribune from W'ashiugtou says: Ihe navy department has Lot aban doned the hope of rescuing the Maiue from Havana harbor and bringing the wieck back to this counlv for lehabilita tion, nor does it seem likely, from the ! j interest taken by responsible wreckitgj experte, that the Christuhal Culouwill to be the uiost capable aud experienced in the world, now- has experts at work ou the Colon making au investigation into tbe dilhculties involved in her sal- vaire. - I Divers and engineers have been j brought from Luropo especially fortius they will go to Havaua and examine the Maine. There is no doubt in tho minds of nav al otliciale that the report of these ex pers will result iu a bona lido offer from the Swedish Company. The navy de,- i partmeut has, however, made the rigid rulo that no proposition will be consid ered iuvulviug tho government iu any expense uulil Ihe vessels are safely de livered iu a naval dry-dock, uu tho "no c ue, no pay " principle. uootI'er uu der consideration comes from some swjo- ciatd engineers iu Ne York city, whoitlm government of the province, Tho ha'i ample capital and who easily con v -id Ihe board of the feasibility ol taeir project from an engineering point of view. Their original terms, which tie, however, subject to modifica tion, contemplated the payment by the government of fl'oO.O'JO cash in the caBe of the Maine aud fl,000,OOU in I bv i. . ..i i. i...;M .i..i:. .' fciic cuec oi iiiq oiuij, uu luuii iiuiivur at the New ) ork or the Norfolk navy vard. in addition to one-third of tho un. praised value of these vessels on their t arrival, the valuation lobe made by a , buaij of arbitration. Tbe uncertainty un i to me precise amount oi remuneration involved in IhiH propohilion in not at- tractive to the naval oiuciaiu, Mho will n"l'Uiaiii.B u.a raari .uui in w: , pai't hy tha yovrrnincrif lor nalvae ! foil.' a rontrael in tigued. nin . v iiim uiit'i, r,i be 1111 IILII'IM) REBELS Admiral Dewy Sa)s Ihey Are I rirndly .mil In a Conciliatory Mood. A IhV DIMWO INDl TlNDLNCt Vet Admit That They WoulJ Us l'n ablc to Stand Without Ameri can Support. MiMi , Pec. 10. Ueai-Aduiiial l'ew ey, when it iMrrespondenl of the Associ ated I'rcsa called upon him today, was courteous and pleasant, but absolutely declined to ibscit-s tho political situation iu the I'liilippino islands, on the ground that his hero wa ptitoiy naviil. lie then proceeded to ciors exainiuo tho cor respondent nbj'it mervihing aahoro. lie was xld to b.ain tbat the iustirgou's woio reioaxiiig the a.ik Spanish toldiers they held aa piirciit, iiolw iibetauding Ag'iin.ildo'ii ii.iu lihipnnt lefusal lii do 8 . l ies piitvvd that li e insurgents ale vety i. on. sluti'i , in npito ef their do liaiit talk. Admiral I'ewey iilwata believed that (Ik iusiiigents were fiinndly, especially since tbe waiships of our Heel have visited the dilferetit potts of those is lamic, and sine- s iue of our ollicers have iu;i'L toui.i iutati I, catefully in veatigating p 'pulai sentiment aud judic iously preaching the gospel of peaceful setth'iiicut eury ivhcro with highly sat isf.ictoiv results. A few iiiliiieutia! KiiipinoH. in llieir Mii.tilioii f ir 'ii adcaineiiieiit, mo ciiiiioiing lor unb'pftideuce, though un able t real.,:.' its trno lueiuiug. Ihey atenttei li ig K.iaul of the dilleren. e be tween the name an I tie- reality. Agita tors hue invaiiably admit thai they wo lid be u ii.t li? to s'.avl without Ameii ican piotcitiou, but in spite of this they continue tbe.r meaningless outcry f r Itl.Ifp.'ll I, i: ; trouble. 1 be i'l:iu;.i be in jto'i though i i el y and muv pj'jibty create however, believes this tj t tbe present piuclino, tiiibug incident cunt. 1 1 j .V'.' er e t i da onthct moaiii s that p,issos w ilhout much niu, beeaiiso j the friendly inline; in steadily imrens uu, 'be incipient rmvdiuesu disappear ing and t!:e agilaivi s weakeuii g. Ne . spapem i f Mjinl i at doing par tic l ariy vxiiiblo inU!l, m jU fiuiuhau eo;i? ib;;c.4ti in oi couciliatoty articles punted in .Spanish aud in Luglifb. 1 bis course i bjoked upon a.f being cer tain to eliminate the irritation which haa existed Io re I'he a l.mral is gre-a'ly interested iu the movement among the American vol unteers to obtain their disi'harites here B'i'i engage in planter enterprises. lie believea there is practically an unliinitt-1 field for planters, farmers and miners here. Tne suggest io:i was made that if tho natives prove to be obstreperous, per haps ihey might be luudeJ over lo the tiL'ruiana ur other ungentle laudgrabbere. The adiuiial said lie believed the er mans now have entirely abandoned their design iu tne I'hilionini; isltn.ls. though fui Uiet c said, the ierman attit'l le hi a had ci.iied him iu-lescnlr able an .et I Aci 'i Jin t j i ! ceive I heie, tbe I clit information lipinv disorients re- aie eiide. iv oi'ug t'j ii. a i c tin a brave show for the purpjse ..( secuiing the best leims I'.S'.iide fmui tho AmericauH. It is toe opinion oi ..jr admiral that it wool 1 be a livable for the I'uited states to pay ihe iti-ojigeul troops their arrears oi wait-h. Tbe whole amount w ould be a coiiipaiativtly trilling sum, au I pay m ;ut oi th" troop) woild bae a valu ably e fleet , ai: d uny save incalculable t rouble. Admiral J'cWey w as t ti oligly couv iuced that the I iiipiiu ins'irgHntu deserve ac knowleiJgniei.t. I i i4 believer iu the practicabihty ( hberl ineasnies iu the dii ed inn of local au'ouoiuy. Ke'.triJiug the possibility of iuleiua ti'wal cjinpii.ations, Admiral iHiwey said : "I'nor t'i l!i- arrival of the uiouitors I felt u jea'y, Pm mn f tnl ready to bold tbi pi.hitioii against ihe whole eurth." CllJA S M;V (fOVIiRNTLNT. oTThe War Depart' jlor I ho military government of Cuba, i '1 be II .jt.iblo feat me is that Major-(eu-I era bii lb,. . w ho is designated aB tnili jlaiy gosc-rimr of Havaua city, while I nominally n ibuidiuate to the divisiou I coiuiiiauder, ieueral iiiood, is appar icntly charged to exercise all tho civil jfuiutioiiH in that place nuder direct iautboiity of the president. iiiieral I.ee'e fiiiieii nia appear to bo liiuitod to those strictly military, and it is thought he uny be eventually charged with all i the duties, civil as well us mililaiy. Xjf tevt of the order is as follows: "War Department, Washington, Dec. Pi, JJy directiiju of tho president, a di vision to be fcriuAu as the division of Culm, cont-istiiig of geographiral depart lueiits it nd provii.ccu of Cuba, with head- I'lMiters in the city of Havaua, is here- i leated uuder command of Major- lelll.lal .fubli It. llr.i.Ln I ',,ltu.l Klulnu aru,v' H'Milimi tn nominanding Iroops in I. id il.vicion, will t ereisu tho authorily of military xovernor of the "Maj ir.i ii ni ial I it.buiHi .ci, 1'iiiUnl SIllli H vollinleein. I oiiilililliiliiiu lliu Kuv ei.t , un.,y i in aHiMrini lo Ihe im nn- 1 1 al . e.mimatid ol nil II n iriHimlil Ihe piiiviiii e of If ivau.-i. "MJ r (ioiteial William l.udlow, I'nited States volunleeis, la designated as tha in Hilary goveuior ot the city of Havana, and Will report dltoclto the division (oiomuiider. He ia chat god wllti alt (hat relates to tho collect lou aud dislmiM-iueut of lovoiines of tho rliy and its police, sanitation and ge-ucinl govern ment, under such regulations as may se prescribed I y the president. "U. A. Am Mt, Secretary of War." Tho commands of military dopail motits of Ihe dlvlsLiu of Cuba, coin uiuudiHl by tieneral lhooke, so far as do cided upon, a to as follows: lVpaituieuts of l'inar del Klo, lUlna-ilier-iieu vral W. iHivi. Puorto Principe, lieneral II. I.. Cm pen- for. Santa Clara, lixneinl Simon Snyder. Santiago, (ieneral I., Woml. This leaven the province of Havana and Manttuu unprovided fo-, Thesa uoiumands probably will bii left open until the I'oturii of the president from tho smith, hot the prombllitiea are Strong that Majar-Ueuernl l.eo will lw assigned to the district of Havana, and Major-t ienoial Homy t the cemmaud of Matan.'.as. m:i:l5 i iliimnos' consuni. Agoiulllo ,s Opinion of tho Spanish American Treaty. I.om'o.s Dec. I'v- Agoncillo, the tep rceeutative of Aguiualdo, the iuaurgenl leader iu Ihe Philippines, will siil for New York Saturday, as he alleges, to le-iiiiue his duties as represen tative of the Philippine government at Washiugtou. In au interview he said: ''The ouly ortiou of the Spaulsh Ameiicau treaty which we aro concerned iu is the cessiou of tho Philippines, w hich is illegal, as tho Spaniards lost theii sovereignly oer tho islaudsi, aud the Americans cauttot dispose of I tie fu ture of the archipelago without consult ing tho 1 ilipluos. their coussut, by popular vote, ia necosiaty. As univer sal sub rags founs the baeis of Ihe Atuei i cau constitution, tho I'nited States can uot carry out (his measure. 'Ihe result of the of the peace couiuiiseiou'a deliber ations is onlv stiious t ue iuasmucb as Spuiu is tinned out of the Philippine islands. I do hot know otliciully why the l'llipinoe have not released the Spanish prisoners. I telt-giapbvd to Aguinaldo on tho subject, and I hereby declare it trie uiilrue that Ihey are held for a lansoiu. lean ouly regard Ihe possible eveutuul sale ol the islands as being nonsensical. My country meu w ill resist to tho bitter eud any attempt to sell tho Philippines lo uuy foreign pjwer. V o are anxious to be united aud allied lo our good friends, the Amur cans, but beyond this we me determined at all ha.ardd to remain independent." T. K. Rlcliardion W ill fix tho iluor at the aimory aud put it iu first clasa condition for dauclug, aud will give instructions for ten weeks commencing Saturday, Dec. 3rd at 8 p. ui. I.eesjiis oO cents. Tho ball w ill be open to all dancers. The admission will be -') cents for gentlemeu, ladles free. Those Who Ltidurc The pains of rheiimatieni should be re minded that a cure for this disease may be found iu Hood's Mrs.iparilla. The experience of those who liavo taken Hood's S.ireaparilU for i heilmali-ui, uud have been completely nnd permanently cured, prove the kjaci of this imdi cine to rout and c uioiier this disease. Ho d a Sinnpai ilia U the due True lilood Puiiticr aud it nentiali. 'B (he acid which ca-isee the aches and pains of rheumatism. I'nis ii why it absolutely cures when liniments and other out ward applications fail to give ptrmaneut leliuf. Hj sure to get llood'n. ibc Mc.Miuuviile cider factorv turned out, duriug ti e season just closed, 17,tol gallons of ordinary cider, IJOO gallons ol raw cider .two into ouei, aud iKl gal ions of jedy. Married. lirTPtK SMrrn.-At tho McClalleu lloue iu this city Saturday, Pec. 17, lStiS, bv tbe Kev. s, A. Douglas. J'.en jamiu Puller ami Misa Kosa A. Smith. 1 1 . . . J DILI). MAX IT 1 1 1. D. Near Pdge wood, Siskiyou couutv, Cal., Sunday, Dec. II, 1WIH, lu the L'lird year of bis age, lohn .Max field, eldest sou of J'homas aud Nellie Matield, loriueily a resideut of Doug las county. , ' Mrs. A. L. Uutlur, a tiater of tho do ceased, w bo wenl ou receipt of a tele gram uDuouuciag Lis illness, did nut arrive iu tiuio to see her brother aliye. Oil, How Thankful Pain Was Maddening nnd Hope Had Been Abandoned - Wonder fui Rcault'j of Purifying tho Blood, "A iir.v i.ei re j.ii.ii euiiK! In niy left knee, viliieh iev worxo ami wurae, ami finally sore broke out, ahovo the knee. It disehaitd h fe-real ilenl ninl Hie pain from my llilt-li duun ttua iiiHildmin. Large, hard, purple sjmjIs appeared on my leg. I suffered in Hill way for yiar". and gavo up nil hojieuf ever beinif cured. My w ife v. hh reading of a cuso lilio mine. cured hy I food 'a araporillu, mnl Kim advised mo to try il. 1 Imhh tuklui; it, and when 1 had uod n few hulllm k found relief from my iiiifferiii(. tin,, bow tliunk fill I niii for tliH relii f I t. um UtroiiKer thaii J iiHe ver he. n In i if... i urn iii uiu ih-si or in all li, Jihvo n koo-i Jjijielile and inn u new mull Mltoel her J. J Moons, LNhoii I'allH, Maine, Hood's ,'Mlle 1,11 in I i, II,. (In. i ijc p .,.t,, ., Hood'a Pills un.' nil liver m ,. v, r ,... Old Santa Claus has left with moue of the lnrfvcat stocks of holt, tlay goods ever before seen in this city. Toys, candy ami nuts, rockttiK horscn, doll, drums, steam trains for boys. Valuable presents will be TOYS Ktven away to the boys aud to the girls, also the men and women here on Christmas Ivvc. Come one, come all, both great and small, and give us a call, aud sec our prescuts, uud sec things all, at ...Dermis Variety Store... The Uniform nihility of the work manship iu our clothiug it. one of its stroug joints. l')ach garment is as carefully cut aud tailored throughout as though made to order. See our new I'all Suits. JOSEPHSON'S. xrus GOODS Corner Jack.ion A Douglas Streets Doll lujgg They Are ENCLISH llllll GDHUI m if - V r .was Kne I'li.Minm-i" wl rirf i00iui, all Unuluaian Iroin lli best MeJicul Colli get lu the Worlil. luiorparatMl uudrr tlie l.iini ol CallfurnlM fur aijo ooo, ' l.alalllMlid Twcul)r.lUe Vcarn. A part of thf.. staff of the Kuglish aud Cicrmau Kxpert Specialist s aud Dr. Meyers & Co., will make their regular monthly visit to ROSEBUftG, Thursday, December 29th, 1898. Thcv will be at the McCLALLKN HOUSE. VONHl I.TATION ANU AUVICI', rill lC. Anions ihe. Alliuculr Cured tiy Hpcc-laliata urc Ilia foliowluiri Hrlgliln I't'ity. mi'J ull ollieM fUranvn of the KPfnm; lJlnaim nf tho Malitr, Vrfuary Oi- vain, l.lur, t Ailteia, biillie, Ilmvtln, Henri. Htomnrj. Kve. Kar. fklu nnd Nerrei. A!o luiDOTCr- lnlit'il UlooJ, Dlet.'f rulnnu DI K'mfula; Cutiirrh, I'oiinllltli, ('orn-uiiiptlon, UronehllK, Aalbma, uuil oilier 'J.tiivBt. wl l.uuu I rouliUn; Tuumii. bp lurnilllei. Irmomnla. Xiulnnchuly. Varalynl. Rnpluro, UncnLnj, JiTM'tl'"'". Neuralirla, Hhtumatlitui, mill ami Pwollon Jolnlni Kcmala Com plalulf, lrjudh; oviirlmi Tmublui, rilcn. rurula. OIltv. fllna Worm and Oollor; Tobacuo, opluui, f KtaliiK nini LI'iour llalilt; Headache, jTympdai, fioiit, lap Worm, IWlounain. Urof irv'. .liceam, I rcokln, J)lackbeu4f, Canei r, etc., and ( (ironic Dliiciin ironnrally. un. :H YKlUiiO), euro Nirwiun UiIjiIIU-. iii' '.ovftuii' ouh bl(Kf ioiaon . mickly mid neruinminlly. and at rviruabl rile. 'Mm Kb iflhti and derunin Kb. pert tpcclalliilsand Ur. Mavcn & Co. are uot only vuinpatant and rgliiible, ut arc resijulbl, being backed by iiuplo capliul and ably managed. Ili ia ulil tli liobicd tlienklll i.l otliw iibyolrlam and Uibbornly rofunwl lo ylrld to ni,dinr.i ineifjciuiii, iaiUodn and appllaDcei, are ijulckly kubdued and uianlered by tbtM nue-ei-ktliiliieiorH. 'I lief In ne tlie larsei-i ritl bett tximppc1 uiecildil Instltotlun iu America. CaU uu th Ducton wlimi tbcjr coiuc. All aillug rwplc uoiild o tlie Eng. l-li and Ueiiiian Kxpi n fc.ciUH". A frlenilly talk, which toH almiilutely mthlnt, 1lonnl U rt-hiili lu 11 preiii . al ol rjuol, wh'-llier treulmcnt ii tVn or not. -' llOMi; CI KIJi,.hJlctlliiiirelerablolnninylri!iianceluee a paueat, the Kug1lb mnl lieriiiiiu K rt Hei-Mlli-la have cured tliouftaml) of pormmi whom lliey Uvo never neon. If )'ii ctiiuiil vi iIiaI inr nrrjii the homo ofllee for rjui irtl'iii llt.1. Advlca la regard to your kilmeiii, ln,k lr nun uad uouieii mnl tnatlec uu aujr illaeaw-AH I're- Cirroi(yoid 1 1111. uiel Din i . nuirK wlili lutlleiita or prnapeutlve patlunln mu'iiilly eonlbleullal. Ti puiiaDil Ir4rcf Wlllif it Uracil of All. THR ENGLISH A1NTU GERRUN EXfERT SPECIALISTS 7.11 Mai Uat St., M u t i (nuaco. ami 913 , r ..:flklh -A' to i SjnUKataSU Shoes Hake Prlend are the ouly kind we wish to sell. They are the only kind we do sell, and with each pair we sell wi- nuke a new friend. They are not only stylish but good clear through. Sef our Shoe line. mens ill Something Entirely New w CIIINAWARE -"-el- hiloid Good5 Carriages 6c Pancy Albums YOUIMO SAIVI - ???' Coming;! EIRI IU liuitllnh uud Ueruiau ICxpert Lint Manhood and allVrlvata Mieanvi, Includ- SPEOUBR