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VOL. VII.
THE DALLES, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH H, !l894. v
NO. 72.
WITH SHOT AND SHELL
Peiioto's Reply to Da Gama's Offer
of Surrenfler.
BOMBARDMENT BEGAN AT NOON
Fire Was Not Returned by the' In
surgent Ships Terms of the
Surrender.
""Washington, March 13. The follow
ing telegram haa just been, received by
the state department :
" "Rio, March 13. ,
"Gresham, secretary of state: The
loyal forts commenced firing at noon to
day. The fire was not returned by the
insurgents. The terms of Da Gama
have been' refused, by the government,
.who. will open fire upon him from the
city batteries this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The city is nearly abandoned and de
serted. Thompson, Minister.
The Offer of Surrender.
Rio Janeiro, March 13. The Bra
zilian rebellion, as far as Rio bay is con
cerned at least, will probably so-.i be at
an end. Yesterday Admiral dj. Gama,
commander of the insurgent forces here,
sought refuge on bord the Portuguese
warship Mindello and sent President
Peixoto a message, offering to surrender
on the following terms :
The rebel admiral is to surrender the
forts in possession of the insurgents in
the bay, and turn over to the govern
ment all the warships in the bay in the
insurgents' hands, surrendering garri
sons and crews to- the government on
condition that the admiral and all his
officers be allowed to withdraw to a for
eign country under the protection of
Portugal, and that the lives of the inT
surgent soldiers and sailors be spared.' .
The president's reply" is not yet made
known, but It is believed some kind of
an arrangement will, be arrived at, and
as far as the insurgent fleet in these
' waters is concerned, the war is ended.
Meantime nothing seems known of 'the
whereabouts of Admiral Mello, leader of
the rebellion, with his warships Aquida-
ban and Republica; but it is supposed,
seeing the hopelessness of the situation
at Rio, he has gone south with a view of
carrying on the fight by land. The gov
ernment expresses' confidence ' in its
ability to meet and defeat any force
which he can muster in the south. ' It
is understood also that as soon' as the
rebels here surrender the govern
ment fleet will be sent south to attack
Desterro, the headquarters of the in
surgent junta, and that members of the
rebel crews have been' sounded as to
whether they are willing to serve the
government in such an expedition. It
is said they are so disgusted with Mello's
apparent desertion that many of them
are ready to take government service.
The 48 hours' notice of intention of the
government to open fire on the' rebels
has expired, and unless terms of sur
render are speedily arrived at, the rebels
will be exposed to such a fire they will
be compelled to surrender at discretion.
All arrangements for attack are com
pleted, and the rebels are caught like
rats in a trap. There are forts which
have not yet taken part in the fighting,
besides the dynamite cruisers Nictheroy
and the torpedo boats brought from
Germany and the United States. The
jb oia as
the hills" and
never excell-.
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and proven"
is the verdict
of millions.:
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Pills
disheartened, rebel crews are now said to
be reduced to 600. Meanwhile Peixoto's
forces number 15,000. Merchant vessels
have withdrawn out of ham's Way, and
there is nothing to prevent a general
engagement. '
' DOLPH, ON SILVER. '. .
The Oregon Senator Makes a Speech
Against the Seigniorage Kill.
Washington, March 13. In the sen
ate today the discussion of the seignior
age bill was resumed. Stewart and
Lindsay spoke in favor, and Dolph in
opposition. The Oregon senator held
that tbe passage of the bill would de
stroy the existing equality between gold
and silver. Stewart delivered a silver
speech along the line of his well-known
theories, while Lindsay denied the as
sertion by Sherman that the bill per
mitted the issue of paper money without
security. When he took his seat Dolph
and Miller jumped up, the latter to ask
for an.' executive session. Dolph, how
ever, was ' recognized and, as he .was
primed for a speech and had been wait
ing since yesterday for an opening, he
declined to yield for the motion,to go
into executive session. In his speech,
which followed, he said those who were
urging the passage of the bill were doing
so undertake interpretations. The bill
was a reckless propo sition. to increase
the coinage of the standard silver dol
lars, or the issue of silver certificates,
without adequate provision for their re
demption or to maintain their equality
with gold. The bill, he declared was in
direct conflict with the declaration of
congress, made when the purchase
clause of the Sherman law was repealed,
that it was the policy of the government
to maintain the parity of gold and sil
ver. Dolph also alluded to a work
which he wanted printed in the Record.
Harris of Tennessee objected to any
book going in the Record. Dolph re
plied the work was only a newspaper
clipping, but Harris objected to that.
Finally Dolph had his way and had just
begun to ' read when the senate ad
journed. NEWS OF THE STATE.
Collector Blackman assumed his duties
today.
At the school election in Pendleton
Mrs. Lydia Fielding was elected director.
F. Grass, proprietor of the Villard
saloon and boarding house, situated in a
lonely location on Front street, was shot
and instantly killed by unknown assas
sins Monday night in Portland.
The revival that has been in progress
in Heppner by the Christian church
closed Sunday night, with twenty con
versions'. This makes fourteen weeks of
continuous revival services and 150 con
verts for the little town of Heppner.
Saturday Evening James Davis, 34
years of age, was found- wandering
around town with a gun and an ax. He
was laboring cinder the delusion that he
had the leprosy, and; that armed men
were constantly following and watching
him. He was arrested and jailed. Yes
terday morning he hanged himself in
his cell with a piece of blanket. It was
the intention of the city officers to have
him taken to Sisson by this morning's
train, where hia brother is principal of
the high school. '-'.'..
RELATING TO PEOPLE.
. Mrs. Gladstone has just passed her
eighty-first birthday, and her vitality
is as wonderful as that of her husband.
SenatobHoab dictates all his corre
spendence to his' stenographer in the
senate chamber . while the senate is in'
session. . ' ;. -:
Geobge Washington, who. died in
Savannahrecently, was the great
grandson of Lawrence ; Washington, a
brother of the first president. . He was
a graduate of the Yale, class of '38.
Db. Cvrhs A. Babtoi., of Boston, is the
last survivor of the famous "Transcend
ental club," in which Emerson was the
central light, and all the bright men
and women of his kidney were asso
ciate members.
Dr. Reed, of Ohio, has introduced
into the legislature of that state a bill
permitting condemned, murderers the
choice of dying by electricity or by
anaesthetics. If they choose to die by
chloroform ..they' must agree to give
their borKes for vivisection.
Mb. Cleveland is the godfather of a
child born in New York July 13, 1893,
the seventh son of a seventh son. "In
Germany," says" the -delighted father,
"the emperor never refuses to stand as
godfather 'to the. seventh son of a
seventh son;" and "Mr. Cleveland was
as accommodating as the emperor.
' Mrs. Annie S.- Atrsxlx, the newlyi
elected mayor of Pleasanton, Kan., is
described as "a buxom woman of two
hundred pounds, and quite- intelli
gent." Her husband is a railroad em
ploye. She was the leading- speaker in
the campaign which resulted in her
election and electioneered so cleverly
that she went into office with ma
jority of twelve votes. . "-.'.-';
Sure Shot Squirrel Poison at Snipes &
Kinergly's. .'.'".
OREGON TVItl. JTABE BETTER.
Hermann's Successful Efforts With the
'-. River onU Harbor Committee.
"Washington, March,13.-A lively tilt
occurred iii the river and harbor com
mittee . today .between' Hermann '.and
Jones of Virginia Since Blanchard is
out and Catchings became chairman of
the committee, Hermann had secured
increased appropriations for Yaquina
and Tillamook bays and the Colum
bia and Willamette rivers. Jones today
made a bitter onslaught on Hermann's
efforts and ridiculed the small com
merce of the first two-named places,
and moved to reconsider the vote by
which Hermann bad secured the in
creased allowances.- This - led to -an
excited personal controversy. - Hermann
warmly resented the criticism of these
waterways and gave notice of motions to
reconsider on the Virginia items, The
matter was ended by the committee
standing by Hermann. Though the bill
is small, yet it is known that Oregon,
after a struggle over each item, will fare
better than was expected. Wilson of
Washington has secured an increase for
Gray's harbor from $20,000 to $25,000.' '
The News Confirmed
Lisbon, March 13. The authorities
have received a cable from the comman
der of the corvette Midello confirming
the situation as already reported at Rio
Janeiro, and asking instructions 'as to
whether he shall continue to give Ad
miral da Gama refuge on his vessel or
return him to his flagship. .
Will Veto Bland's Bill.
New York, March 13. The Commer
cial Advertiser's Washington special says
Representative Tracey, of the 'Albany
district, who is very near the president
and. thoroughly understands his views
on financial matters, said today that the
Bland seigniorage bill would receive his
veto.. . ' . '
CAPABLE OF GREAT EXPANSION.
Tbe Swell Toad Not Nuturally Big How
to nave iron -with Htm.
What is called the ""swell" trnd n-n
the Carolina and Georgia coast is in his
natural state only about six inches in
length and four inches across the back,
but he is endowed with wonderful ex
pansive facilities, "being capable of in
flating himself like a Yale football on
the slightest provocation. . Many tales
are told of his poisonous qualities and
of the death-dealing fluids that are
stored away at the base of his fangs,
but all naturalists arree that the toad
is nonvenomoiis. and t h at. KtnriQ .r
the contrary are but bits of idle folk
lore, ue tnis as it may, the coasters
handle him (when they condescend to
touch the ugly creatures at all) as
charily as they would a live rattler.
The under portions of the body of th'e
"swell" are of a dir'tv vellowish whif-n.
corresponding almost oexactly to' the
CQior ox tne true bufo's belly,, but
where the latter is smooth the former
is as prickly as the pod of a jimson
weed." In order to see' him swell out
of all proportions it is only necessary
to rub this prickly surface with a cane,
stick or other object. To do this prop
erly the creature must, of course, be
turned upon his back, and the funny
part .of the whole experiment is this:
He cannot expel the air which the ir
ritation has caused him to inhale until
he has been turned right side up. . Al
though originally a six-inch animal,
the St. Louis Republic says it has been
known to expand until it is as tight as
a drum and had lost all semblance to
animated life. It has even been re
lated of' them that they would con
tinue to expand under irritation until
the body would finally burst from over
inflation. --.
. -Trebtzond Honey.
- The increased cultivation' of poppy in
various parts of . Europe has, it is said,
led to a marked growth in the per cent
age of opium contained in honey, the
properties of which -are much influ
enced by the flowers from which the
bees gather it. This is nothing new,
for Xenophon relates that his soldiers
were, intoxicated ' by '. eating Trebi-zond-
honey, extracted presumably
from the poppies which abound in that
region. . -,
Mrs. Phillips has just bnilt a new
green-house, much larger than her old
one, and has bought all of the pots and
plants of Mr. Varney, and is now well
prepared to furnish both cut flowers and
plants. '. ;" -' -:
Ha worth the printer, at home 116
Court SU Feb;' 1st. '-'t-rj- 7 ' -
Highestof all in Leavening Power.-Latest U.S. Gov't Report.
; AESOiaifEKf -PURS
Just Received.
1 Case Outing Flannels,
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CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT DOGS.
Eskimos Find tbe Faithful Animal a Neces
sity of Their Miserable Existence.
"Without dogs the larger portion of
the great Eskimo family. peopling the
barren northern coast of America
would find it impossible to exist in its
chosen home." So. writes E. W. Nel
son in his "Mammals of Northern
Alaska.". They are used in the winter
for hunting, sledge-drawing and the
like, but in summer are mostly left to'
shift for themselves. They receive
much hard usage,, as well as do much
hard work, but are described, never
theless, as a rollicking set, full of
play, fond of human society and quar
relsome as ' schoolboys. Mr. Nelson"
credits them with a vein of humor and
declares that their varying character
istics can be read in their faces. They
are worth from two dollars to fifteen
dollars' apiece, according to age, size
and intelligence. For. sledge-drawing
they are harnessed in teams of either
seven or nine three or' four pairs and
a leader. The load is from three hun
dred and fifty to seven hundred pounds
and the course is mainly through un
broken snow or. over rough ice. With a
team of seven dogs and a load of more
than three hundred' pounds Mr. Nelson
made a journey of more than twelve
hundred miles in about two months.
The last sixty miles were made over a
bad rqad in - a continuous pull of
twenty-one hours. They are much af
fected by the moon.' During full moon
half the night is, spent by them in
howling in chorus. "During the entire
winter at St. Michael's," says Mr. Nel
son, "we were invariably given a chorus
every moonlight night, and the dogs of
two neighboring villages joined in the
serenade." He speaks of its "wild,
weird harmony," and seems to have'
found it agreeable rather than other
wise. The influence of. .the moon is
also very apparent when the dogs are
traveling. They brighten up as the
moon rises, and pricking up their ears
start off as if they had forgotten their
fatigue; The fur traders take advan
tage of .this fact,- and sometimes lie
over during the day and travel at
night. The dogs endure an astonish
ing degree of eold. Mr. Nelson saw a
female with two newly-born puppies
lying upon the snow near a hut, with
no sign of shelter, when the thermom
eter ranged from thirty to thirty-five
degrees below zero. , . -
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