c VOL. VIII THE DALLES, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1895. NO. 293 PANIC AT STAMBOUL General Massacre Feared for a Time Yesterday. TROUBLE, HOWEYER, NOT SERIOUS All Christiana In the City Closed Their Shops and Houses and Prepared to Defend Themselves. Constantinople, via Sofia, Dec. 13. There was a disturbance in Stamboul. to day, and it caused the spread of rumors so alarming that Galata and Fera were soon in a state of panic, and serious out breaks were threatened. This in view of the passage through the Dardanelles of the British gunboat Dryad and the Italian gunboat Archimeade, as extra " guardships for the British and Italian embassies, formed the basis for a report that the rioting predicted by the Yildiz Kiosk courtiers had actually commenced, but happily the trouble was not serious, although the Armenians, as usual, are accused of having attempted to bring about an uprising. The panic, however, was a 'striking evidence ot the nervous ness and apprehension which prevail here as the result of the long-drawn-out negotiations between the powers and the sultan regarding the suppression of the outbreaks in Asiatic Turkey and the admittance of extra guardships into the Bosphorus. Simmered down to bare facts, the cause of the panic was a fierce quarrel between two Armenians in the Stamboul quarters. Finally one drew a revolver and fired at his opponent. The shot was the signal for an uproar, the stampede of spectators, and eventually, a panic -which spread from one end of the city to the other, until matters began to look very eerious indeed. The Armenians and other Christians, terrified by the shouting and yelling, imagined a fresh massacre bad com menced. ' They hurriedly cloeed their shops and houses, barricaded their doors and windows, concealed their most val uable belongings, and made all prepara tions possible for their defense. The women as well as the men armed them selves as best they could, after the recent visits of the police, who searched their residences for concealed weapons, and left the unfortunate people very little to fall back upon for defense in case of an uprising of Mussulmans. CIVIL. SERVICE REFORM LEAGUE, The Officers Elected at Ita Meeting: To daySome Recommendations. Washington, Dec. 13. The National Civil Service Keforin League today elect ed the following officers : Hon. Carl Schurz, president; vice-presidente,Cha8. Francis Adams, Boston ; August K. Mc Donough, New York ; Henry C. Potter, New York; J Hill Pleasant, Baltimore; Henry Hitchcock, St. Louis; Henry C. Lea, Philadelphia; Franklin MacVeagh, Chicago; Rt. Rev. C. Ryan, Buffalo; Willian Potts, Farmington. The report of the officiar committee on extension entered into detail regarding the recommendations contained in the recent order of President Cleveland ex tending the civil eervice rules. The committee recommended that applicants for positions in the diplomatic service be given,, a . fair, open examination under the 'civil service commission, thereby relieving the appointing power ot the temptation to have men it desires pass the examination unfairly. The report was adopted. " The report of the committe on legisla tion recommended the preparation of bills looking to a betterment of the civil service. It was agreed to." The committee on District of Colum bia recommended that the government of the district be placed under civil rules; adopted. Geo. W. Jenkins, editor of the Santa Maria "Times," Cal., in speaking of the various ailments of children said: "When my children have croup there is only one patent medicine lever use, and that is Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It possesses some medical properties that relieve the little sufferers immedi ately. It is, in my opinion, the best cough medicine in the market." If this remedy is freely given as soon as the croup cough appears it will prevent the attack. It is also an ideal remedy for whooping cough. There is no danger in giving it to children, as it contains noth ing injurious. For sale by Biakeley & Houghton, Druggist. The House Committees. Washington, Dec, 13. Speaker Seed did not appear at the capitol today. It was announced that he remained at his hotel to work on the committees. The impression grows stronger daily that Dingley of Maine will be chairman of the ways and means committee, in stead of Payne of New York, who, 10 days ago, was supposed to be booked for the leadership of the majority on the floor. For the chairmanship of the appropria tions committee the contest lies between General Henderson, of Iowa, the pres ent ranking member, and Cannon of Illinois, who would have been the rank ing member had he not failed of elec tion to the 52.1 congress. The tivi-is nl Imrbors chairmanship is supposed to .ii between Hermann of Oregon and Ho kt;r of New York. The chairminshi,- ihe following commit tees seem uIim-.m certain: Foreign af fairs, Hitt of Illinois; judiciary, Stone of Pennsylvania; Pacific railways, Powers of Vermont; banking and currency, Walker of Mississippi ; interstate com merce, Hepburn of Iowa; election.", Daniels of New York; naval affairs, Boutelle ot Maine. KOTICK. To Au Whom it May Concksx : Bt order of the Common Council ff Dalles City, made on the 3d day of Decem ber 1895. and entered of record in the rec ords of Dalles City on the 4th day of Uecember, 189a, notice is herebv given that the crosswalks on the following sireta nave Deen aeciared aangerous by said council, on said 3d day of Decem ber, and the said Common Council, will proceed to make the improvements as hereinafter stated, on said streets or parts of streets so declared dangerous, after fourteen days from the first publi cation of this notice, tc-wit, December 11), lh'Jo ; and the cost of such improve ments of all crosswalks, and of each of them, will be charged and levied -upon the corner lota cornering upon the street or streets intersected by such cross walks, and upon all lots or' parts thereof, to the center of each block cornering upon such intersection, each lot to pay that portion of the entire cost that Its street frontage upon the intersecting streets bears to street frontage of all lots to be assessed upon such etreets, as by charter provided. The cross walks de clared dangerous and about to bo re paired and built are as follows, towit: 1. To build a cross walk on the west side of Laughlin street, across Second street. 2. To build a croES walk, on the west side of Jefferson street, across Second street. , . 3. To build a cross walk on east side of Jefferson street, across Second street. 4. To build a cross walk on the west side of Madison street, across Second street. 5. To build a erosa walk on the east sida of Madison street, across Second street. -- ----- .- 6. .-To build a. --cross walk on the west side of Monroe street, across Second street. 7. To build a cross walk on the north side of Second street, across Washington street. 8. To build a cross walk on the south side of Second street, . across Federal street. 9. To build a cross walk on the north side of Third street, across Union street. All of said cross walks will be built and constructed in accordance with the provisions of the charter and ordinances of Dalles City. Dated this 10th day of December, 1895. U. W. PHELPS, decl0-14t Recorder of Dalles City. No more BOILS, no more PIMPLES' Use Kinersly's Iron Tonic. The Snipes Kinersly Drug Co. Telephone No. 3. OYS THE This "week -we "will run our entire stock of over eighty Child's o Boys' Gape Overcoats of the very latest cloths and cut, at the following reductions: Boys' Dress Overcoat, Regular $1.1 and $2.00 wi Special Sizes 4 to 14.. Regular $1.50, with cape. Regular $1.80 and $2.00 without cape. $1.00 Boy's Checked Overcoat, Special.. ..$2.00 "With Cape. Sizes 7 to 13, a good buy at Boy's Fancy Plaid Overcoat, With Cape, in Brown Scotch Tweed, very ' dressy. Sizes 8 to 14, reg. $4.50, Special. $3.60 Boy's Grey Mixed Broken Plaid Cape Coat, . are of the neatest Coats in stock. 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