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THE DALLES, OREGON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1897
NO lis-
FORTS TO BE REBUILT
Port Arthur to be Strength
RUSSIA'S INTENTJOXS MADE
Japan Decides to Keep Clear
Chinese Muddle at Present
Other Oriental News.
PLAIN'
of the
London, Dec. 23. A Peking special to
the Times says :
The Chinese are provisioning Port
Arthur, and will reconstruct the forts
there, Russia furnishing the money. In
. the face ot this indication of permanent
occupation, the necessity of the safe
guarding our position in the far East is
increasing. The Basso-Chinese bank,
- which ia the agent for the Russian gov
ernment, has offered to China 10,000
rifles, with payment five years hence.
China has accepted the proposal.
The Time?, in an editorial on the sit
uation, sarcastically asks whether the
German precs, in claiming a Russo-
German entente in China, and Emperor
William in his speech at Gra.udez antic
ipated a demand for the removal of the
German drill seargeants from the Chi
nese army.
It adds with reference to the demand
for the dismissal of the English engin
eers :
"Our'Peking correspondent says Chi
na is hesitating, and possibly we may be
able to appeal to motives at Peking
which will strengthen China's disincli
nation .to comply with the Russian re
quests for the dismissal of the English
engineers."
JAPAN 19 OUT -OF IT.
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She Will Mot Meddle In the Chinese Af
fair at Present. . .
San Fkancisco, Dec 23.-The following
Oriental advices have just been received
per steamship China from Yokahama
via Honolulu:
At an extraordinary meeting of the
Japanese cabinet, Baron Siahi, tne for
eign minister, laid before the ministers
all the reports he had received from the
Japanese ministers in foreign countries
relative to the seizure of Kaio Chou by
Germany. It was decided after a pro
longed discussion, not to meddle with
the affair at the present time, - but to
await further developements.
Commenting upon the Kaio Chou
affair, the Asabi say the action of the
Germans in having seized Kaio Chou
on the pretext of the murder of mission
aries is outrageous, that it disturbs the
peace of the far . East, declaring that
Jadan cannot regard the matter lightly
and that sooner or later the line of poll
- cy to be pursued toward Chinese affairs
must be decided upon. Japan must
make a protest singly or jointly. It ap
pears probable the government has de
cided to take one of these steps when
the time is opportune.
tampered with by Japanese emissaries,
who are doing all they can to stir up dis
sention among them.
The total number of disentary cases
reported up to the end of November was
87,278, of whom 21,545 were fatal.
According "to an official census just
completed, the population of Japan for
the year ot 1896 was 42,761,023, an in
crease of over 437,644 over the preceed
ing year: '
The Surprise of All.
Mr- James Jones, of the drug firm of
Jones & Son, Cowden, 111., speaking of
Dr. King's New Discovery, says that last
winter bis wife was attacked with La
Grippe, and her case grew so serious
that physicians ot Cowden and Pana
could do nothing for her. It seemed to
develop into Hasty Consumption. Hav
ing Dr. King's New Discovery in store,
and selling lots of it, he took a bottle
home, and to the surprise of all she be
gan to get better from first dose, and
half dozen dollar bottles cured her sound
and well. Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption,' 'Coughs and Colds is
guaranteed to do this good work. Try it.
Free trial bottles at Blakeley & Hough
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Misinterprets Our Policy,
Vienna, Dec. 23. The Deutsche Zei-
tung says.
'The United States, which from its
geographical position, has a greater in
terest in the opening up of China than
all the European nations together, can
not possibly consent to its partition in
spheres of influence without having a
voice in the matter. It would be a great
mistake to underestimate the strength
of the United States, and a partition of
China would be impossible without the
approval and participation of America.
The European powers will do well to
give immediate attention to the asser
tions ' and interests of the United
States. -
that its business, and necessarily its
profits bad fallen off considerably. The
suspension was a great surprise, espec
ially in view of the high standing of its
officers. William M. Singerly is. its
dresident, and Isaac Cooper vice-president.
' -. .
The bank ' was started in 1887, on a
capital of $530,000, with Robert . E.
Pattison as president. When the latter
took his seat as governor of Pennsylvania
in .'91, Singerly succeeded him as presi
dent. No statement of the bank's lia
bilities could be obtained this morn
ing. The Chestnut Street Trust and Sav
ings Fund Company, the officers of
which are identical with those of the
bank, was also closed . for business to
day. Beware of Olnmentn for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury,
As mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and c -mpletely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on prescrip
tions ftom reputable physicians, as the
damage they wili'do is ten fold to the
good you can possibly derive from them.
Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains
no mercury, and is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the gen
nine. It is taken internally, and made
in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free. Price 75c. per bottle.
Sold by Druggists. 4.
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SUMMONS.
Italian Warship For China.
London, Dec. 25. A dispatch from
Rome says that at a meeting of the Ital
ian cabinet today it was decided to dis
patch a squadron to Chinese waters.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT of the State of Ore
gon for Wasco County.
Emma Golden, plaintiff',
vs
liewltt Golden, ai-frnflant.'
To Dewitt Goiden, the above named defendant:
In the name of the State of Oresron, you are
hereby required to -appear and answer the. com
plaint filed aKaiiist you in the above entitled
court and cause on or before the first day ot the
next term of said court following the expiration
of the time prescribed in the order for the pub
lication of this summons, to-wit: on or before
the 14th day of February. 1898: and if you fail to
so arpear and answer, or otherwise plead, in said
cause, the plaintiff for want thereof will apply
to tne uourt tor tne reiiei prayea ior in tne com
plaint filed herein, to-wit: - that the bonds of
matrimony existing between plaintiff and de
fendant be dissolved; that the plaintiff be
awarded the custody of the minor child men
tioned in said complaint. Kola Mnud Golden:
that the plaintiff have and recover her costs and
disbursements made and expended in this suit,
and for such other and further relief as to the
Court may seenf equitable.
This summons is served upon you by publica
tion thereof by order of Hon. W. L. Bradthaw,
judge of said court, which order bears date of
September 28th, 1897, and was made and dated at
chamber in Lalles City, Wasco County, Oregon,
on the 28th day of Septembei , 1897.
ii Attorney for flaintiff.
MISS GUILFORD'S VOW.
NOTICE.
According to the Chinese papers,
Viceroy Chang Chitkung has issued a
proclamation exhorting his people -to be
more friendly to foreigners.
At the end of November there were
1566 banks in Japan, with an aggregate
capital of 312,074,514 yen.
Commenting upon the strained rela- j
tions between Russia , and Japan over
the Cerean question, the Chinese papers
report that the Japanese army ie full of I
Russian spies, disguised as Japanese,
and that the Russian army is being
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A Philadelphia But Failure.
Philadelphia, Dec. 23. The Chest
nut Street National Bank did not open
its doorB for business this morning. . A
notice posted on the door reads as fol
lows : "The Chestnut Street National
bank is closed for business and is in the
hands of the national bank examiner."
Crowds of depositors . soon gathered,
but there was no special excitement.
The bank has had a good reputation.
but it has been known for some time
You'll have a haid time find
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Said She Wouldn't Speak for Fifty
Years, una Now She Can't Talk.
The people in the southern part of
Hancock county, -Me., are deeply inter
csted in a peculiar malady which afV.
flicts Miss Experience Guilford, an aged
woman of Kast IMuehill; tvho has not
uttered a word or any audible sound
for 50 years. The original reason for
Miss Guilford's speechlessness was an
ger because she could not marry' the
man of her choice. TVhea she was 19
rears old she fell in love with William
Simpson, the village . schoolmaster.
They were to be married on June 18,
1S47. One of Miss Guilford's rejected
suitors told talc3 about the schoolmas
ter, and Miss G uilford's parents stopped
the wedding. Miss Guilford thereupon
said:
'I swear I will not speak a woro,
though I live for 50 years, unless I mar
ly, this man."
She kept her pledge. Her parents
died, and she-went to live with her mar
ried brother. ' When he died she made
her Home with, a sister, and after the
sister's death she went to a camp in the
woods and kept house for a brother,
with whom she is now living. All this
time she performed her share of the
household work and did not show any
regret for having made the vow. When
the 50 years of silence expired she
wuii visiied by a large number of rela- J
lie s and friends, who went to the camp
for the purpose of being present when
she was at liberty to speak. Soon after
tne midday meal Miss Gui Vord dressed
herself in the garments v. hich she had
not woui for half a century. At two
o'clock i,hc stood up before the people,
sauled and opened her mouth to speak;
but, though she tried hard and got red
iu the face in trying, she could not
mtr a bound. Her vocal muscles had
become atrophied from long disuse and
rexused to work.
When Miss Guilford found that. she
could not speak she. sent to Bangor
lor a physician .and took to her bed.
The doctor gave no hope of recovery,
but suggested that she be sent to a
Boston hospital for treatment. As soon
as Miss Guilford pets strong enough to
take the ;'ourr.t-y 'ehe will jnake another
effort to lcyaisi her speech. Her father
left her ;i rood sum of money at his
death, which Has been growing every
year in a saviugs bank, so she is well
able to obtain the treatment she re
quires'. N. Y. Sun.
United States Land Office,
The Dalles. Or.. Sent. 20. 1897. 4
Complaint having been entered at this office
by William Jobnson against Oscar 8. Roff'sen for
abanaouine bis homestead entry no. aoU4, aaiea
September 25, 1895, upon the &A SE;,
KWJ4 and NE14 BWli, Secti.in 83. Township 5.
south Kanee ia e. in wasco uonuy, ureeon,
with a view to the cancellation of said entry,
the said parties are hereby summoned to appear
at this office on the 30th day of October, 1897, at
lu o ciock a. m., to respond ana lurmsn tesu
iQQiiv concerning said alleged abandonment.
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