VOL. XI
THE DALLES, OREGON. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1898
NO 177
THE COMMAND
IS REPORTED
ANNIHILATED
Disaster ta the American Troops Was
Mucli Greater. Than fas at
First Resorted.
ANOTHER FAMOUS
BATTLE RAGING
ground. There has been desperate fight
iDg all the morning.
An Indian named Mah Ge Guh Bo,
who came from Bear island in a canoe at
3 a. m., says the loss of the whites ie ten
killed and fifteen wounded. He denies
that the troops have been wiped out but
says the Indians have had the best of it.
Their loss, he claims doea not exceed
five kiiled and wounded. Have other
n formation that there ate fifty dead In
dians within a mile of the landing.
The third expedition for the point has
at started. There are fifteen riflemen
on board, picked. ice boat carries
provisions. Every man in town slept
with a Winchester across his arm.
There was desultory firing from the
headlands about this town all night.
What it is about I could not discover.
I think the Indians were signaling in
this manner. There were two hnndred
men under arms here. Mayor Kindle
very wisely closed the saloons about 8
o'clock.
"War Department Has Ordered Rein
forcements to the Scene, and the
Decisive Fight is Yet to Come
Troops Now in the Field are Not
Supplied With Provisions.
GENERATED IN THE HUMAN BODY
The Result of
Minneapolis, Oct. 6. Arthur I. Peg
ler, the staff correspondent of the Jour
nal, wired at 8:30 this morning from
Walker:
A force ot men under General Bacon
has been annihilated. I do not know
whether Inspector Tinker has more in
formation than i Lave, but he sent word
to the war department last night that
the Third infantry detachment had been
wiped ont.
I got in very late from the expedition
on the Flora. We started out to carry
rations and supplies to the troops. It
was very dark offshore and we signaled
for an hoar. Corporal Nettlekoven used
the code in use at Santiago. Either the
troops have been driven inland or there
is not a man of them lett. No answer
signal of any sort was received, although
we lay off on the whole length of the
headland.
To land was an Impossibility in tbe
dark, as the reinforcements from Brain
ard had not arrived, and there was only
one old Winchester on board the boat
We had our rations aud blankets for the
bluecoats. If any of them survive tbey
slept in the open. Heavy frosts pre
vailed there. There is not so much as a
coffee bean to divide among the whole
command this morning.
There was something horribly omi
nous about the silence In that stretch of
brush where tha fighting occurred.
don't fully indorse the belief that every
man-4n the command is dead, because
General Bacon is an old Indian-fighter,
and however badly handicapped,! doubt
very much whether he would permit
twice the number of Chippewas to get
away with him.
Reinforcements on the Way.
St. Paul, Oct. 6. A Walker special to
the Dispatch, which has just arrived
from tbe scene of action, says:
The fighting is still in progress. A
epecial train with 200 additional troops
will arrive here at 2 p. in., and they will
be transferred to the scene of action &a
soon as possible, Not more than four
Indians nave been killed and two were
wounded. Captain Shehan says the
Pillagers do not number more than 100
but they fight as only eavages can.
They are holding out now with the
hope that the Cass Lake Indians will
come to their assistance. If they arrive
before our troops are reinforced the sol
diers will have a desperate time of it
After the reinforcements get here it will
take two hours to embark them and
two hours more for them to get to Sugar
Point. Therefore the best that can be
expected is that they will not be able to
render much assistance before daylight
Friday. ' .
Fighting Still Continues.
Minneapolis, Oct. 6. A special to the
Jonrnal from Walker says :
Major Wilkinson, six privates and one
Indian policemam are dead. Colonel
Shehan is slightly wounded. Thirty In
dians are dead. The Journal dispatch'
boat has just returned from the battle
PECULIAR POISONS.
Imperfect
Food.
Digestion of
CUBANS ARE
PREPARING
TO FIGHT
Tbey Mistrust Our Motives in Regard to
the Final Disposition of the
Island of Cnha.
NANIG0ES MAY
CAUSE TROUBLE
Pacificos Preparing to Join the Insurg
ents and Fight the Americans in
Case It Is Found the United States
Purposes to Retain Permanent
Control.
Every living thing, plant or animal,
contains within itself the germs of cer
tain decay and death.
In the hnman body these germs of dis
ease and death (called by scientists
Ptomaines), are usually the result of
m perfect digestion of food; the result of
indigestion or dyspepsia.
The stomach, from abuse, weakness,
does not promptly and thoroughly di
gest the food. The result is a heavy,
sodden mass which ferments (the first
process of decay), poisoning the blood,
making it thin, weak, and lacking in
red corpuscles ; poisoning the brain and
causing headaches and pain in the eyes.
Bad digestion irritates the heart, caus
ing palpitation and finally bringing on
disease of this very important organ.
Poor digestion poisons the kidneys,
causing Bright' s disease and diabetis.
And this is so because every organ,
every nerve depends upon the stomach
alone for nourishment and renewal, and
weak digestion shows itself not only in
loss of appetite and flesh, but in weak
nerves and muddy complexion.
The great English scientist, Huxley,
said the best start in life is a sound
stomach. Weak stomachs fail to digest
food properlv, because they lack the
proper quantity of digestive acids (lactic
and hydrocloric) and peptogenic pro
ducts ; the most sensible remedy in all
cases of indigestion, is to tale after
each meal one or two of Stuart' Dyspep
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pleasant, harmless form all the elements
that weak stomachs lack.
The regular use of Smart's Dyspepsia
Tablets will cure every form of stomach
trouble except cancer of the stomach.
They increase flesh, insure pure blood
Etrong nerves, a bright eye and a clear
complexion, because all these result only
from wholesome food well digested.
Nearly all druggists sell Stuart's Dys
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to Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich., but ask
your druggist first.
A little book on stomach troubles
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SMALLPOX AT MANILA
Six Deaths Occur Among the American
Troops in Two Days.
Manila, Oct. 6. There have been
fourteen cases ox smallpox and six
deaths from that disease amontt the
American troops during the past two
days.
The dead are : -
H. M. Powers, First California.
Harry Wheeler, Second Oregon.
Henry Culver, Fourteenth Infantry.
Joseph Saly.George Cootny.and Frank
Warwick, Thirteenth Minnesota.
Eight deaths from typhoid fever have
also been recorded.
Artilleryman Reach was killed by a
sentry Wednesday at Tondo.
One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
That is what it was mede for.
Havana, via Key West, Oct. 6.
There are ominous clouds on the horizon
that indicate early tronble with the Cu
bans, who are now openly proclaiming
their readiness to fight to the last drop
of blood for absolute independence.
Prominent chiefs in the insurgent army
haye indicated their intention, as soon
as the forth-coming elections are over to
come to Havana and work strenuously
in behalf of independence. In this they
are supported by the labor classes, or
Pacificos, not identified with the last
uprising, three-fifths of whom, it may
be safely estimated, profess their in
tention of joining tbe insurgent ranks in
tbe struggle for independence and to
fight the Americans, it the latter in any
way oppose absolute freedom for the
island.
Distrust and uncertainty as to the
precise policy of the United States gov-
ernnment with regard to Cuba keeps the
island in a precarious and unsettled con
dition.
Havana is deservedly alarmed over the
release of 700 Nanigoes, who have been
serving sentences in Spain's colonies in
Africa. These criminals are mostly mur
derers, belonging to the Nanigo societies,
whose initiation rites demand that the
neophyte should murder the first person
he meets in the street, after the cere
mony of drinking the hot blood of a
cock. If the feathers in the cock's tail
are black he must kill a negro; if white,
the victim must be a white man, and if
yellow or baff, then a mulatto or China
man. These Nanigoes have long been
a menace of this city, waging their bat
ties in the streets and committing ter
tible crimes. Daring the past few years
upward of 700 of them have been arrested
and sent to Ceut-i. The report of their
release and probable return to Havana
fills the population with dread.
Senor Francisco de Armas, civil gov
ernnor of MatanzaB, has been relieved of
his office owing to his inability to cope
with conditions there. During his ad
ministration nothing seemed to be done
to relieve the distress and reduce the
terrible mortality. Armas is a Cuban
and autonomist governor, and the
Spaniards see in his conduct something
beyond incapaDility.
Tliree Doctors In Consultation.
" From Benjamin Franklin.
"When you are sick, what you like
beet is to be chosen for a medicine in the
first place ; what experience tells you is
best, to be chosen in the second place ;
what reason (i. e.. Theory) says is best
is to hj chosen in the last place. But if
you can get Dr. Inclination, Dr. Ex
perience and Dr. Reason to bold a con
sultation together, they will give you
the best advice that can be taken."
When yon have a bad cold Dr. Incli
nation would recommend Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy because it is pleasant
and safe to take. Dr. Experience would
recommend it because it never fails to
effect a speedy and permanent cure.
Dr. Reason would recommend it because
it is prepared on scientific principles,
and acts on nature's plan in relieving
the lungs, opening the secretions and
restoring the system to a natural and
healthy condition. For sale by Blakeiey
& Houghton.
Millions OItbh Away 1
It is certainly gratifying to the public
to know of one concern in the land who
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King's New Discovery for Consumption,
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At Iloilo.
Madrid, Oct. 6. An official diBpatch
from Iloilo, Philippine Islands, states
the Spanish troopB have landed and dis
persed the insurgents. The Spaniards
have killed a number of the insurgent
troops.
Bow to Prevent Cronp.
We have two children who are subject
to attacks of croup. Whenever an attack
is coming on my wife gives them Cham"
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prevents the attack. It is a household
necessity in thiscountry, and no matter
what else we run out of, it would not do
to be without Chamberlain's Cough
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of all other cough medicines combined.
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The undersigned desires to instruct a
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during the next eight months, and takes
this opportunity to solicit pupils. All
desiring instructions in either of these
languages will please inquire for further
particulars at the Lutheran parsonage,
220 West Fourth Street, this city.
Respectfully,
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