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VOL. XI
THE DALLES, OREGON. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1898.
KO 183
TWELVE MEN
WERE KILLED
IN THE FIGHT
Ana Twenty-Three Others Wtre Womid
efl, Some ofThsm Fatally, atVir
flen, Illinois, Yesterflay.
THE SITUATION
STILL SERIOUS
Strikers Determined to Avenge the
Death of Their Comrades Coroner
Begun Holding Inquests on the
Bodies of the Dead Today.
Virde.v, III., Ocl. 13. The town is as
quiet as a country churchyard today.
Two Gatling Runs of the Galesburg bat
tery on the public equare and a blue
capped infantryman at each corner in
the business district, are about the only
evidence of yesterday's riot, outsidetf
the O'Neil cottage. In the front yard of
this humble borne stand five black
covered coffins, on each of which is a
simple plate engraved with the words
"At Rest." Under the lids are the
mortal remains of five victims of yes
terday's battle at the stockade of the
Chicago-Virden Coal Company. They
are: Ernest Kitterly, of Mount Olive;
Ellis Smith, of Mount Oliye; Ernest
Keutner, of Mount Olive ; Ed Weets, of
Springfield ; William B'.ue, of Spring
field. Coroner Hart empaneled a jury and
will endeavor to place the responsibility
for the shooting. Colonel McKnight, of
the governor's staff, accompanied by
Adjutant-General Eees, at midnight
visited the stockade of the Chicago
Virden Coal Company and served formal
notice on Manager Lukens that the
soldiers would today disarm all the in
mates. Colonel McKnight expresses the
opinion that there will be no further
outbreak on the part of either the union
miners or the guards at the stockade.
While martial law has not yet been
declared, the town is virtually under
control of the state troops under Captain
Craig, of Battery B, First Illinois artil
lery.
Men are swarming into V lrden on
every train and highway today. Most
of them are miners, but those who come
into town are unarmed.
Scenes at the improvised morgue, at
the O'Neil house, are most pitiable. All
the dead men there had families, and
members of these have come from their
homes. Their grief Is heartrendering,
intensifying the desperation and rage of
the miners. The citizens of Virden are
bitter in condemnation of the governor
for not preventing the terrible doings of
yesterday, and the rage over tbe action
of the mine operators and the armed
men on the train grows more fierce every
hour. Their sympathies are wholly with
the miners,
Following is a ' corrected list of tbe
dead: Edward Walsh, Frank Billyen,
Ellis Smith, of Springfield; Joseph Kit
terly, Ernest Kelmer, A. H. Brennan,
Ed Green, Will Herman, of Mount Olive,
all miners. D. H. Kiley, Thomas Pres
ton, A. M. Morgan, deputies, of Chicago
Twenty-three men were wounded, t
number of whom are in a serious con
dition. Eleven of these are miners, the
remainder being made up of deputies,
guards, nine company employes, etc,
Mine Operator Lukens denies respon
sibility for yesterday's battle, claiming
"that over a thousand miners began firing
on the train carrying the negroe9. After
the train pulled out the miners turned
their attention to tbe stockade.
Coroner Hart's jury began the in
quest this afternoon, bis nmon miners
testified that the first shots were fired
from the train. They testified that the
miners shot into tbe air until the train
came to a stop. This afternoon the state
authorities confis cated the arms of the
Chicago-Virden Coal Company. There
are 125 Springfield rifles and 2500 rounds
of ammunition.
Springfield, Oct. 13. The miners here
held a mass meeting today at which it
was declared by the union men the im
ported negroes must be taken out of
Springfield. Secretary Evan says' the
united mine workers will not be respon
sible for them after today.
DANGER IN SODA-
Serious Result! Sometimes Follow.. Its
.Excessive Use.
Common soda is all right in its place
and indespensable in the kitchen and
for cooking and washing purposes, but
it was never intended for a medicine,
and people who use it as such will some
day regret it.
We refer to the common use of soda to
relieve heartbnrn or sour stomach, a
habit which thousands of people practice
almost daily, and one which is fraught
with danger; moreover the. soda only
gives temporary relief and in the end
the stomach trouble gets worse and
worse.
The soda acts as a mechanical irritant
to the walls of the stomach and bowels
and cases' are on record where it ac
cumulated in the intestines, causing
death by inflammation or peritonitis.
Dr. Harlandson recommends as the
safest and surest cure for sour stomach
(.acid dyspepsia) an excellent prepara
tion sold by druggists under the name
of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. These
tablets are large 20 grain lozenges, very
pleasant to taste and contain the natural
acids, peptones and digestive elements
essential to good digestion, and when
taken after meals thev digest the food
perfectly and promptly before it has
time to ferment, sour and poison the
blood and nervous system.
Dr. Wuerth states that be invariably
uses btuarts Dyspepsia labiets in ail
cases of stomach derangements and finds
them a certain cure not only for sour
stomach, but by promptly digesting the
food they create a healthy appetite, in
crease flesh and strengthen the action of
the heart and liver. They are not a
cathartic, but intended only for stomach
diseases and weakness and will be found
reliable in any stomach "trouble except
cancer of the stomach.
All druggists sell Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets at 50c per package.
A little book describing all forms of
stomach weakness and their cure mailed
free by addressing the Stuart Co. of
Marshall, Mich.
Formal Order For Debarkation.
San Fbajcisco, Oct, 13. A formal or
der for the troops to embark on the
transport Senator has been issued. It
designates the Third battalion of the
Twtnty-third infantry, the recruits of
the Second Oregon regiment, 100 men
and two officers of battery D, California
heavy artillery ; Second Lieutenant W.
C. Cannon, of the volunteer signal corps ,
Assistant Surgeons Ira D. Ladd, C. J.
Bartlett and Biuce Foulkes, and seven
men of the hospital corps, making in
all 771 men and officers that will sail on
the transport. Tbe guard for the Sen
ator will be detailed from the Twenty
third infantry.
Bullions GlTen Away!
It is certainly gratifying to the public
to know of one concern in the land who
are not afraid to be generous to the needy
and Buffering. The proprietors of Dr,
King's New Discovery for Consumption,
Caughs and Colds, have given away over
ten million trial bottles of this great
medicine; and have the satisfaction of
knowing it has absolutely cured thous
ands of hopeless cases. Asthma, Bron
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Throat, Chest and Lungs are surely
cured by it. Call on Blakeley & Hough
ton, druggists, and get a trial bottle free
Regular size 50c. and $1. Every bottle
guaranteed, or price refunded. 3
Two Accidents Near Medford.
Mkdfobd, Or., Oct. 12. M. Bellinger,
who lives about three miles from here,
met with a serious accident today while
hauling wood. He was coming down
the mountain side, when ti e load tipped
oyer the grade and be fell, breaking
both arms.
Charles Vincent, of Sam's Valley, who
accidently Bhot himself about two weeks
ago, died today.
To Care a Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund tLe money if
it fails to cure. 25c.
WE WILL RANK
AS THE THIRD
NAVAL POWER
Prosnectiys Result of the Completion or
the Warships Which are Now in
Course of Construction.
FLEET WILL BE
FORMIDABLE
Twenty New Vessels " Now in Various
Stages of Advancement, and Ma
terials are Being Gathered for
Thirty-Five Others.
New York, Oct. 13. A dispatch to
the Tribune from Washington says :
The remarkable rapidity with which
the naval power of the United States is
being increased at tbe present time may
be realized when it is stated that fifty
five war vessels are now under contract
for the government, and their tonnage
far exceeds that of the vessels building
at any one time during the civil war.
This vast construction program, which
has excited more attention abroad than
at home, has been authorized gradually
by congress, until the vessels soon to be
completed will place the United States
third in rank among the sea powers.
In addition to the enormous fleet, in
cluding auxiliaries, actually in comple
tion at the present time, twenty vessels
are in various stages of readiness, and
the ship-builders are hurriedly gather
ing material for thirty-fire others. Of
the fifty-five vessels.eight are first-class,
heavily armored, sea-going battleships,
thirty -eight are torpedo-boats, four are
monitors and one is a powerful cruiser.
Chief Conetructior Hicborn has com
pleted a tabulated statement, showing
the degree of completion of tbe twenty
veeeels now nearly ready for commission
or rapidly approaching that condition.
from which it appears that' seventeen of
these vessels have already been launched
and five others will be afloat before the
first of the year.
DEATH OF MRS.
GEER AT OMAHA
Wife of the Governor Elect of Oregon
Expired Suddenly this Morning
Heart Disease the Cause.
Omaha, Oct. 13. Mrs. Nancy Geer,
wife of T. T. Geer, governor elect of the
state of Oregon ," died at Barket hotel
this morning, shortly after midnight,
from disease of the heart. A physician
was summoned when the attack seized
Mrs. Geer, but she was beyond help.
Tbe remains will be started for Salem
this afternoon.
Mrs. Geer was for some 'time affected
with heart trouble. When she arrived
in the city Tuesday with her husband,
she was tired, and this probably brought
on the fatal attack, although she was
about the hotel even yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Geer were married
twenty-eight years ago in Union county.
Mrs. Geer was formerly a Mrs. Batte.
She was. born in Missouri and married
at a very early age, coming in 1864 with
her father and husband across the plains
to Oregon, settling in Union county.
The following year Batte roysterionsly
disappeared, and from that day to now
no word from him has ever been heard.
Five years later, when preparing for her
marriage with Mr. Geer, Mrs. Batte, as
a matter of precaution formally obtained
a divorce.
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Fresh Shoalwater Bay Oysters at An
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Use Clarke & Falk'a Floral Lotine for
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Booths' fresh eastern oysters at The
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A nicely furnished room for rent. For
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Fresh burned lime can be had at the
Hugh Glenn warehouse for $1.30 a barrel.
Leave your orders for dressed chickens
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Phone 345.
Have your bicycle repairing done by
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Federal. Phone 49.
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