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VOL. XI
THE DALLES, OREGON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1898.
NO 144
WANTS TO BE AT"
MANILA IN CASE
. WAR IS RESUMED
Aemiral Deny Will Not Attend tee Sit
ticg of the Paris Commission Uii-
less Commanflei to Do So.
GEN. MEBEITT TO ATTEND
He Will Sail For San Fran
cisco at Once.
Convention at Cavite Debating Whether
or Not to Join Aguinaldo in Send'
ing Representatives to Plead their
Cause Before the Commission.
New Yobk, Aug. 29. A dispatcb to
the World from Manila says :
President McKiuley wants Admiral
Dewey to go to Paris to advise the Amer
ican members of the peace commission
but the admiral believes be can be of
more service to his country by remain
ing at his post here. He will forward
by mail to Washington or to Paris a full
report on the conditions here, with
some recommendations, but he will not
attend the sitting 01 the peace commis
sion personally unless specifically or
dered to do so by bis government. If
peace should be definitely agreed to, the
admiral desires to bere for prompt fu
ture operations.
General Merritt, however, will go to
Paris at the president's suggestion, leav
ing here on the transport China, which
is about to return to San Francisco. Ma
nila and its suburbs are very quiet, and
the general believes he can absent him
self withont jeopardizing American in
terests. In bis absence General Otis
will act as military governor over the
islands.
Aguinaldo will send representatives to
Paris to plead the cause of the Philip
pine islanders. ' A convention of Filipi
nos is now in session at Cavite concern
ing whether they shall co-operate in that
project or not. Attending it are some
influential islanders who fought with
the Spaniards against Aguinaldo, but
now have buried the hatchet and hope
to see a native government established.
The others include active insurgent
leaders, representative native civilians
and half-bloods.
xnis convention win proDably Bend a
delegation to Paris, but Aguinaldo is
solved to be represented betore the peace
commission, anyhow. If the native
government votes the proposition down
he will send personal agents to submit
officially the views and aspirations of
of the insurgent leader.
This native embassy, whether com
missioned by the islanders at large, or
by the insurgent chief, doubtless will
urge that the peace treaty provide for a
native republic under an American pro
tectorate. The commission sent by the insurg
ents will certainly protest strenuously
against a restoration of Spanish control.
It will ask that the archipelago be given
to the United States as a possession
rather than be subjected again to the
blight of Spanish rule.
Aguinaldo says that personally he is
favorable to the Americans, but his army
is fighting for complete independence.
There is little, faith, however, in spe
cious promises.
THE UTOPIAN
SCHEME
Russia's Plan for an International Con
ference to Perpetuate Universal
Peace Not Likely to be Favorably
Received.
Wasaixgton, Ang. 29. The circular
note directed by the Russian foreign
minister to members of the diplomatic
body at St. Petersburg, has attracted the
earnest attention of officials here. It is
supposed from the terms of the note
published that a copy was directed to
Hitchcock, United States ambassador at
the Russian capital, hut so far nothing
has been heard by cable from bim to
that effect.
It is believed that the victory achieved
by the United States in the late war was
a contributing factor in the preparation
of the note. It ia surmised the victory
made it clear to European statesmen
that to maintain the balance of power,
they would be obliged to redouble their
expenditures on account of the army
and navy, or else they might be out
stripped by the United States.
Tha official mind bere looks upon the
Russian project tor a general disarma
ment as Utopian at this time. And
while any statement as to the attitude
of the United States toward such a con
ference as proposed is purely conjectural
in advance of receipt of an invitation,
the impression prevails that our govern
ment would not care to take any actiou
or part in its deliberations.
HALF A MILLION
DAMAGE DONE
Disastrous Fire at Nashville Early this
Morning.
Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 30 At 2 :05
this morning fire broke out . in the top
floor of the five- story building of tfie
Phillips & Buttorff wholesale and retail
hardware and stove manufacturing com
pany, on the corner of Bank alley and
Cotton street, and in a short time- de
stroyed the entire building and contents.
At 2:50 the fire spread south across the
alley to A. J. Warren & Company's
furniture store, and totally destroyed
that fine four-story structure and con
tents. At 3:15 Webb & Stevenson's retail
hardware store, immediately adjoining
Warren & Company's building, was a
mass of flames, and is burning fiercely
at 3:45, with the chances of the fire
spreading and destroying the entire
block south, including the Western
Union Telegraph building.
The fire department seems unable to
check the progress of the flames, al
though there is no wind. The loss at
this hour will probably reach $500,000.
The origin of the fire is not yet known.
CUSTOMS AT
HAVANA DE CUBA
re-'P1)anc0 Proposes to Make Them Conform
to Those Which are Now in Vogue
in Santiago.
New York, Aug. 29. A Santiago dis
patcb says :
- General Blanco has sent a - message to
General Toral, asking what duties have
been imposed at Santiago, with a view
to regulating the tariffs at Havana.
At the request of the merchants, Cus
toms Collector Donaldson has asked
General Lawton to decide whether or
not duty paid on goods entered at' the
port of Sahtiago shall be refunded and
transshipment to such ports as Cienfue
gos and Manzanillo, which, are still in
possession of the Spaniards. ' .
Plans are being prepared and surveys
made for a street sewerage scheme in
Santiago.
One Minute Cough Cure surprises
people by its quick cures and children
may take it in. large quantities without
the least danger. It has won for itsel
the beat? reputation of any preparation
used today for colds, croup, a tickling in
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. The Plagne Spreading.
Simla, Aug. 20. It is officially an
nonnced that there were 2300 deaths
from the plague las week in Bombay
presidency. The epidemic is certainly
spreading.
TROUBLE
IS BREWING
AT MANILA
Misunderstanding May Cause
Trouble at That Place.
GEN. MEREITT CONDEMNED
English Correspondent Criticises Amer
icans Salisbury Urged to Pre
vent Spain Regain Control.
London, Aug. 29. A dispatcb from
Manila to a news agency, dated August
25, via Hong Kong, today, says : 1
"The friction between the Americans
and natives requires exceptional ability
to avoid total alienation. I find that
several high American officials, ot medi
ocre education, are utterly unacquainted
with Oriental idea?, and unable to un
derstand the primitive races. Most of
the Americans are deficient in patience,
and numerous trifling misunderstand
ings iutensifv the friction, I believe the
Americana too hard. The American
censor absolutely profits by sending of a
single word about the Cavite incident of
yeBterday, and he threatens to expel any
correspondent who mentions it.
A deputation from the press is going
to General Merritt to protest against
his action. The affair began in a drunken
American shooting, and native sentries
tried to shoot him. In consequence of
the melee, four natives and one Ameri
can were killed, and it is now generally
mfsreported as being a deliberate inaug
uration of hostilities. General Merritt
returned their arms to the company of
natives who fired upon the Americans,
presumably inadvertently. The natives
assert that Aguinaldo forced General
Merritt to liberate tbem and return their
weapons.
"The Americans condemn General
.Merfitt's conduct."
The same correspondent cables that
the Americans are only "partly patrol
ing the town."
A CLASH SEEMS
VERY IMMINENT
Chinese Minister at St. Petersburg Says
England Has Made Demands That
Will Not be Considered.
London, Aug. 29. A special from
Shanghai says:
It ia stated here that the Chinese
minister at St. Petersburg has reported
to his government that in his opinion
the Chinese question will precipitate a
struggle between Great Britain and Rus
sia. - .
This state of affairs, he says, is a re
sult of the British ambassador having
presented a note at St. Petersburg' of
such a peremptory nature, pemanding
freedom of enterprise in regions where
Russian influence is supposed' to pre
dominate, that Count Moravieff cannot
accept it.
The Chinese minister- indeed expect
that a canflict will certainly break out
before the first of the year. .-
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SUFFERING
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Crop Failure in Certain Sections Causes
Great Distress.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 29. Owing to
the failure of the harvests in seven dis
tricts of the'government of Ktrnsan and
in the provinces of Samaria, Saratoff,
Sibierk, Yiatke and Perma, where the
crops are al most worthless, great distress
prevails. Animals in great numbers are
dying of starvation. Unless the promised !
government supplies are speedily sent,
the suffering will be terrible.
(The districts alluded to in the above
have but little bearing on the Russian
crop ss a whole, and the government can
probaibly take care of the sufferers with
out materially reducing the enormous
exportable surplus that Russia has
promised this year.) ; .
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MONUMENT
' WAS UNVEILED
Imposing Ceremonies at Moscow in
Memory of Alexander II. .
Moscow, Aug. 29. Following the un
veiling of the monument to Alexander
II yesterday, Emperor Nicholas gave a
grand gala banquet at the Palace of the
Kremlin. - Todav the czar reviewed the
troops in the presence of the imperial
family and a large company of distin
guished guests. Later in the afternoon
the imperial party witnessed the laying
of the foundation-stone of the Alexander
III fine arts museum.
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