VOL. IX v
THE DALLES, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 9. 1896.
NO 79.
SP4NIARDSARE ANGRY
An Anti-American Demon
stration at Madrid.
CONTRARY TO INTERNATIONAL LAW
They Consider, Was the Cuban Vote in
the American Congresi Condemned
bjr the Spanish Press.
Madrid, April 8, Students and mem
bers of the national party here are re
ported as organizing a demonstration
against the United States in view of the
recent vote of congress on Cuban bellig
erency. The chiefs of the various sections of
tile Republican party have planned to
hold a meeting tonight to make arrange
ments for a big demonstration to pro
test against the Cuban vote in the
United States congress, which the Re
publicans consider contrary to interna
tional law.
CUBAN LEAUEBS MKET.
Possibility of Recognition by President
Cleveland Discussed.
New Tobe, April 8. An informal
meeting of Cuban leaders was held at
the Hotel America last night. The pos
Eibility of Cnban belligerency being act
ually recognized in the' near future by
President Cleveland was discussed at
length. All seemed to' be sanguine of
the disposition of congress to pass a joint
.resolution which would insure action on
the part of President Cleveland.
"Mr. Cleveland," said Mr. Portnon
do, "is the great political conundrum of
the present time. We can only pursue
our unequal struggle on the island and
continue to hope. We have done that
from the beginning and have much in
the Bhape of the result to . encourage us.
"The plan of sending a commission of
Investigation to the island, sometimes
attributed to Mr. Cleveland, would prove
an absolute failure for the purpose in
tended. Such a commission, even if
tolerated by Spain, could accomplish
nothing of value, simply because Span
ish officials, when under the eye of a
commission from a civilized country,
would naturally be on their best be
havior. Tho same might, of course, be
said of our own armies, and yet we have
always welcomed correspondents in the
field and have and do court investiga
tion. "General Gomez's conduct of the cam
paign has been from the first, and will
continue to be, one of humanity, justice
and truth."
Mr. De Armas regretted that friends
connected editorially with the American
press, should waste breath occasionally
by speaking of autonomy as a condition
which Spain should be induced to giant
to Cuba.
"The day for Cuban autonomy," said
Mr. De Armas, "is irrevocably past."-
Mr. Joaquin Castillo, in speaking of an
impression which seemed to prevail in
official circles that the rainy season now
setting in, in Cuba, would be a season of
inactivity, eaid:
"General Gomez, it is true, passed the
rainy season of last summer in apparent
inactivity, but the world will soon see
that the coming season will be anything
but a period of inactivity."
Metric System Adopted. -
WashixgtoiI, April. 8. By a vote of
119 to 117, the house today passed the
bill to adopt the 'metric system of
weights and measures, in all the depart
ments of the government, after July 1,
1896, and make it the only legal system
after January 1, 1901. - ' '' ""
Dockery moved to reconsider and C.
W. Stone moved to lay 'the motion on
the table. - - 1 '
The motion to lay on the table failed
111 to' 133. Opponents of the bill fol
lowed up their .victory by pressing the
motion to reconsider, which prevailed
141 to 99.
After this defeat Stone attempted to
withdraw the bill.
Dockery objected and insisted that
after the time spent on the bill it should
be killed outright. Stone, however,
thought a majority would vote for the
bill if it were amended in several par
ticulars, and therefore moved to recom
mit it. The motion carried 130 to 39.
A poem commemorative of the event
will be presented" by Mrs. Ella Higgin
son, the gifted daughter of a pioneer
family, for , many years a resident of
Oregon City, but whose home is now in
New Whatcom, Wash:'
THE IVORY INDUSTRY.
It Means Death to Seventy-Five Thousand
Elephants Annually.
One-fifth of the world's commerce in
ivory comes to Great Britain, and it will
astonish most people, says Answers,
to learn that 15,000 elephants have to bo
killed every year to keep our markets
supplied with the precious substance.
Altogether, to keep the whole world in
ivory apart from fossil tusks 75,000
elephants are slaughtered annually.
Africa is the great ivory country ; and
in. the Congo basin, the best hunting
ground, there are supposed to be about
200,000 elephants, worth altogether
about 500,000. The average weight
of ivory obtained from o, single ele
phant is about 50 pounds. Tusks
weighing about 100 pounds each have
been procured, but this is very rare.
The most expensive tusks are those
used . in the manufacture of billiard
balls; they-cost, as a rule, 110 a 100
weight. Ivory dust and shavings are used by
confectioners to stiffen the more ex
pensive kinds of jellies. The scrapings
are often burnt and made into a paint
known as "ivory black," worth about
20 a ton.
The hardest of all ivory is that ob
tained from the hippopotamus. It will
emit sparks like a piece of flint when
struck with steel, and is principally
used in making artificial teeth.
Horses Regular at the Bath.
The horses which are used on the
Kennebec rice fields are so accustomed
to dropping through the ice that they
don't seem to mind it. They are yanked
out a little roughly, to be sure, but they
take their medicine like the chickens
belonging to the family that was con
stantly moving, which, every time they
saw a covered cart stop in front of their
house, would turn on their backs anil
stick their legs into the air to be tied
together, ready for transportation.
Another Immense Log Raft.
Preparations arc making for building
another immense log raft on Puget
sound, to be towed by sea to San Fran-
ciscoe. Last year a large raft was towed
from the Columbia river to San Fran
cisco and the undertaking was a big suc
cess. "
New today and fresh from the city.
twenty novelty shapes and designs in
spring-sailors at "The Leader." Mrs.
M. E. Briggs. apr8-2t
Your own pick of the finest assort
ment of pansy plants in full bloom, at
25 cents per dozen at the Stabling
greenhouse. - m28-lw
"Give me a liver regulator and I can
regulate the world," eaid a genius. The
druggist handed him a bottle of DeWitt's
Little Early Risers, the. famous little
pills. For sale by Snipes-Kinersley
Drug Co..
"The very prettiest in The Dalles." is
what is said by every lady who has seen
the novelties received at. "The Leader"
today. Don't forget the place, 112,
becond street. apr-2t
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorla.
When she was a Child, she cried tor Castorla.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castorla.
When she had Children, she gave them Castorla,
The relatives of Henry Parr at Pen
dleton received a 'dispatch Tuesday
night that he was dead at the peniten
tiary in Salem. He : died from the- ef
fects of a gunshot wound received five
years ago at Cascade Lock9. v
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
Bs&nifii
SlOO Reward SIOO.
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that ia Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires a consti
tutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroying the foun
dation of the disease, and giving the
patient Btrength by building up the con
stitutijn and assisting nature in doing
its work. The proprietors have so much
faith in its: curative powers, that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case
that it fails to cure. Send for . list of
testimonials. Address:
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
3" "Sold by Druggists, 75 cents. .
The attention of the road menders is
urgently asked to the west side walk on
Union street, between Third and Fourth.
In all probability some one will have to
pay for a broken leg before many dark
nights will have passed. Soon after the
repairs made on thai piece of walk was
made a few months since, one of the
pieces of decayed board; with which the
width was pieced out, gave way entirely.
Piece No. 2 has been good to walk on
till now. It has followed the example
of No. 1, and both are gone. It would
be an act of wisdom, on the part of who
ever will have to pay for damages, if this
discreditable work would receive imme
diate attention.
None But Ayer's at the World's Fair.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla enjoys the extra
ordinary distinction of having been the
only blcod purifier allowed on exhibit at
the world's fair, Chicago. Manufact
urers of other sarsaparillas sought by
every means to obtain a showing of their
goods, but they were all turned away
under the application of the rule for
bidding the entry of patent medicines
and nostrums.' The decision of the
world's fair authorities in favor of Ayer's
Sarsaparilla was in effect' as follows:
"A yer's ' Sarsaparilla is not a patent
medicine. It does not belong to the
list of nostrums. It is here on its
merits." ' :
You hear it almost everywhere, and
read it in the newspapers, that Simmons
Liver Regulator is the best liver remedy,
and the best Sprintr medicine, and the
best blood medicine. 'ihe in'v medi
cine of any consequence that ' lse is
Simmons Liver . Regulator." So wrote
Mr. R. A. Cobb, of Morgan town, N. C.
And W. F. Park. M. D., ot Tracy City,
Tenn, writes : "Simmons Liver Regula
tor is the best."
If there is any one thing that needs
tobe purified, it is politics, so the re
former says, and many agree thereto.
But blood tells, and as a blood purifier
and liver corrector Simmons Liver Reg
ulator is the best medicine. ' "I use it in
preference to any other." So wrote Mr.
3. H. Hysell, of Middleport, Ohio. And
Dr. D. S. Russell, of Farmville, Va.,
writes, It fulfills all you promise for it."
Hello! Hello!
This is the County Treasurer. He
wants all county warrants registered
prior to April 1, 1892, presented at his
office, corner Third and Washington,
for he js ready to pay the same. Inter
est ceases after January 15th. .
Wm. Michsxl,
County Tress.
Soothing, heating, cleansing, DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve is the -enemy to
sores, wounds and piles, which it never
tails to cure. Stop's itching and burning.
Cures chapped lips and cold-sores in two
or three hours." -For sale by Snipes
Kinersly, Drug Co. : '
Piles of peoples have piles, but De
Witt's Witch Hazel Salve will cure them.
When promptly applied it cures scalds
burns without the slightest pain.
Snipes- Kinersly Drug Co.
Quick in effect, heals and leaves no
scar. Burning, scaly skin eruptions
quickly cured by DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. -Applied to . burns, scalds, old
sores, it is magical in effect. AlwayB
cures piles. - Sold by Snipes-KinerBly
Drug Co.
J. W. Pierce, Republic, la., says: "I
have used One Minute Cough Cure in
my family and for myself, with result bo
entirely satisfactory that I can hardly
find words to express myself as to its
merit. I will never fail to recommend
it to others, on every occasion that pre
sents itself. " rFor sale by Snipes-Kinersley,
Drug Co.
New
Goods
New
Goods
Just opened,
New Styles in Cottons.
Epatant Cloths at 7c yard.
SHIRT WAISTS .1..... .....at 50c
We show the most advanced styles. Our 50c and
75c waists are exceptionally gobd... Large line of
Boft and laundered waists for misses.
LADIES' WRAPPERS $1.00
- At prices that makes home manufacture Jkn extrav
agance. ' Large assortment; sizes 32 to 44, at$I,
$1,25, $1.35, $1.50 and $1.65. '
PARASOLS, in maroon, navy and black
silk. Newest designs in handles.
CHILDS' PARASOLS .. ....... ...at 25c
Seamless All-Wool Sweaters . $1.50
In navy, tan and maroon. - -.
GENTS' HALF HOSE. .........at 12o
Seamless, fine cotton, in fast russet
shades and black.
Q-ents' Fine Percale Shirts...... at 75c
G-ents' Fine Percale Shirts. .. at $1.00
with laundered collars and cuffs at
tached. Shown in neat, small stripe3.
Our Stock' of Negligee Shirts shows
some excellent -values. See our
. "Pongee" at 75c. 1 '
Gents' Balbriggan Underwear, in
grey mixed....:. ....... .......at 50c suit
Blue Mixed Derby Ribbed at $1.50
, a suit.
Best values in Colored Balbriggan
Underwear at $1.00 a suit; fin'e
combed yarn.
Custom-made Jean Drawers, 50c pr.
A M WILLIAMS & GO
POPULAR
clothiers;
- ... r
For Infants and Children.
Castoria promotes Digestion, and
overcomes -Flatulency, Constipation, Sour
Btomach, Diarrhoea, and Feverishness.
Thus the child is rendered healthy and its
sleep xtuaX. C&storisv contains no
Morphine or other narcotio property.
- " Castorla is so veil adapted to children that
I recommend It as superior to any prescription
Itnown to me." H. A. Abosir, M. D.,
; lfl South Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
" For several years I have recommenoed you
Castorla,' and shall always continue to do so.
as i t has invariably produced beneficial result."
Edwim F. P.rdbb, M. V.,
125lh Street and 7th Ave., New York City.
"The nse of 'Castoria' Is so universal and
its merits so well known that it poems a work of
supererogation to endorse it. Few are the In
telligent families who do not keep Castorla
within easy reach.!
CAHL08 SLiBTTTT, I. D.,
1 New York City.
Thh Cm aot i Oohfaht, 77 Murray Street, N. T.
Kb more BOILS, no more PIMPLES
Use Kinersly'a Iron Tonic. The Snipea
Kinersly Drag Co. Telephone No. 3.
FRENCH & CO.,
BANKERS.
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BU8INE8
Letters of Credit issued availab le
' Eastern States.
Sight . Ex change and Telegraphic
Transfers sold on New York, Chicago,
St. Louis, San Francisco, Portland Ore
gon, Seattle Wash,, and various points
in.Oregoa and Washington. .
Collections made at all points on fav
orable terms. -.
Harry Liebe,
PRACTICAL
Watchmaker! Jeweler
- All work promptly attended to,
and warranted.
Can now be found at 162 Second
street. .
Hay and Grain for Sale
Ward, Kerns & Robertson's Stable,
" Corner Fourth and Federal Sts.'
dco4-lm
TXJJ A
Snipes-Klnersly Drug Co.
Drugs, Pairrts,
y r. " '' -
Wall Paper,
Glass. Etc.
129 Second St.,
THE DALLES,
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