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VOL. XI
THE DALLES, OREGON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1899.
NO 268
HOT FIGHT OC
CURS NEAR ILOILO
Batafc ot tie EitHseiilti Infantry
Routs its Insurgents.
DRIVEN BACK
THROUGH JARO
American Flag Raised Over the Presi
dency American Lieutenant and
Three Privates Wounded.
Manila, Feb. 15 11 :55 a m. Colonel
Potter and Lieutenant C. L. Pooster,
of the signal corps, arrived from Iloilo
yesterday evening with dispatches from
Miller to Otis.
On Sunday afternoon Miller ordered a
reconnaizance in force to ascertain the
enemy's position. Major Cheatham's
battalion of tue Tennessee volunteer
regiment marched beyond Molo without
finding, the enemy, and returned to
Iloilo.
Kellar's battalion . of Eighteenth
United States infantry, with two Hotch
kiss guns and one Gatling, inarched
toward Jaro. Midway between Iloilo
and Jaro this battalion encountered a
large body of the enemy occupying both
sides of the road, who met the advance
of the American troops with a severe
and well-directed fire. The Americans
deployed and returned the fire with a
number of volleys. The troops ad
vanced steadily, supported by the
Hotchkiss and Gatling guns, and drove
the enemy through Jaro to the open
country beyond. The town of Jaro was
found to be deserted, and all port
able property had been removed
When the Americana entered the .place
there were only a few Chinese there
Captain Griffith raised the American
flag over the presidency.
During the fighting outside of the
town, Lieutenant Frank Bowles, of the
Eighteenth infantry, was shot in the leg.
In addition one private was seriously
wounded and two slightly injured. All
was quiet on Monday when Colonel
Potter ieft Iloilo.
The natives attempted to elippast the
United States .- cruiser Olympia during
the night in a boat. They failed to re
spond when hailed, but kept paddling
along. After a warning shot the sentry
. fired at the boat, killing one of. the oc
cupants and wounding the other.
Rebels Driven Further From Manila.
Manila, Feb. 15. 5 :20 p. in. Several
rebels yesterday afternoon haying fired
from houses bearing white flags on the
American outposts, Colonel Smith, with
' companies L. D. and K.of the California
volunteers, proceded to clean out the
enemy along his front. The rebels op
posed him from the brush, and several
skirmishes occurred, during which nine
of the Californians were slightly wound
ed before the rebels were driven out. ,
The work proceeds today in a system
atic manner, the gunboats shelling
the villages and working the rapid-fire
guns very effectively on the gungle.
The entire California regiment, with
the exception- of two. companies, the
Washington regiment, two companies of
the Idaho regiment and a battery of the
Sixth artillery were engaged. - The
rebels were driven towards Lake Guana
de Bayo. The rebels held their fire, ap
parently being short of ammunition,
but they fought desperately.
The American outposts in this direc
tion are now fully 12 miles out. All is
, quiet along the rest of the line with the
exception that an . occasional exchange
of shots between sharpehoooters breaks
the monotony of the day.
Dewey Declares Situation. Satisfactory.
Naw York, Feb. 15. A dispatch to
the Herald from . Manila says : In an
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Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
WOYAL BAKIHO POWDER
interview Admiral Dewey said :
"The people - on shore know more
about the situation than I do. It seems
to, be v excellent,, however. The
natives are coming in again, especially
in San: Roque, whence they had been
driven out by the insurgents, who had
burned their homes. - With ordinary
people should say the backbone of the
insurrection had been broken, but with
this race you can never tell. A Filipino
master mechanic in the arsenal at
Cavite, representing the middle class,
who formed the strongest part of the
insurrection, and who is himself promi
nent . among them, said: 'I wonder
whether Aguinaldo will continue to feed
us?' This shows an attitude of the
people. .
"Our success at Iloilo, with - only a
man scratched, will, I believe, have a
great moral effect. -. The Petrel during
the fight, went within easy rifle shot of
shore. I understand the troops in Iloilo
will move on the outlying towns of Lolo
and Jaro."
SHORTAGE IN
if . .-
FRUIT CROP
The Severe Cold Weather Has Done
a Great Deal of Damage to .the
Lane County Fruit Crop.
Ecgkne, Feb. 14. From conversation
with a number of the prominent fruit
growers of this county it is learned that
the recent cold weather will prove the
cause of a great .shortage in the fruit
crop in the Willamette valley this year.
The "unusual waru weather preceeding
the cold snap started the sap, and fruit
bud were swelling rapidly when the cold
snap came upon them. -
It is feared French and silver prunes
have been thoroughly ruined, but hopes
are entertained that the Italian prunes,
which are hardier than the others, have
fared better, and at the' present time
it cannot be determined that they have
been damaged materially.
It is claimed the crop of pears and
peaches will be a complete failure. Latt
year's growth on pear and peach trees
was killed. Cherries appear to have
gone throngh uninjured. Apples have
been injured, but to what extent cannot
now be determined, but many buds are
now black and many others are becom
ing disclosed. '
La Grippe Successfully Treated.
"I have just recovered from the sec
ond attack of La Grippe this year," says
Mr. Jas. A. Jones, publisher of the
Leader, Mexia, Texas. "In the latter
case I used Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy, and I think with considerable suc
cess, only being in bed a little over two
days against ten days for the former at
tack. The second attack I am satisfied
would have been equally as bad ' as the
first but for the use of this emedy as 1
had to go to bed in about ix hours after
being 'struck' with it, while in the first
case I was able to attend to business
about two days before getting . 'down.' "
For sale by Blakeley & Houghton.
Married Between Acts.
Olympia, ' Feb, 14 This city was the
scene of rather an unusual wedding Sat
urday night. The "Midnight Bell" com
pany were giving a - performance here,
and two of the company stepped out be
tween the first and second acts, drove to
the minister's home and were married,
getting back in time for the bride to sp
pear in the second act as soberly as if
nothing out of the common had occurred
The couple were Miss Maud Carrick and
Lincoln Hardythe, 6tage mechanic. .
JBrsre Men fall
Victims to .stomach, liver and kidney
troubles a well as women, and all feel
J the results in loss of appetite, poisons in
the blood, backache, nervousness, head-
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new strength and good appetite than
anything I could take. I can now eat
anything and have a new lease on life."
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NO HOPE FOR
DON CARLOS
Prospect Now is That He Will Fail to
Even Incite an Uprising Among
the Spauiards.
- London, Feb.;15. The Madrid corre
spondent of the Times, in a letter re
garding the prospects of the Carlist up
rising, say 8 : ' "
"The chances of success are now very
small, and are daily becoming smaller.
It is unlikely that any portion of the
army, even the repatriated troop?, would
support Don Carlos." All his efforts by
promises, pledges of mining and ' other
royalties in Spain, and offers of Carlist
patents of nobility have failed to raise a
loan." . - ,
The Times publishes a letter from an
Englishman residing in Barcelona which
is much tO the same effect:
Don Carlos in bis letter forbidding his
partisans to take their seat in "a parlia
ment which is about to sanction a dis
grace unprecedented in the annals of
our history ,' said : : - - - f
"it would be in vain to record your
protest there, for within those walls no
truly Spanish voice can now make an
echo, anil outside thera the nation is
weary of empty and barren words. Nor
could you, in that corrupt atmosphere.
call to their account those great crimi-
nals who, with unparalleled impudence,
brought about the catastrophe. - 1 Let. us
leave them to consumate alone the in-
famous work of destruction. . ':
Bow to Prevent Pneumonia.
You are perhaps aware that pneu
monia always results from a cold or from
an Attack of La Grippe. During the
epidemic of La Grippe a few years ago
when so many cases- resulted in pneu
monia, it was observed that the -attack
was never followed by that disease when
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy was used
It counteracts any tendency of a. cold or
La Grippe to result in that dangerous
disease. It is the best, remedy in the
world for bad colds and La Grip'pe
Every bottle; warranted. For, sale by
Blakeley A Houghton, druggists.
Destroyed By Fire..
Chicago, Feb. 14 The Arlington apart
ment building, at 462 Forty-first street,
one of the moet fashionable apartment
buildings, of Grand boulevard, was de
stroyed by fare tonight. The. structure
burned quickly, and it. is feared that- not
all of the nineteen families who lived in
the building escaped. '
More than a scare of ten'ents occupv
ingthe apartments in the building rush
ed through the smoke- and flames, and
after the building had been destroyed it
was found that some of the occupants
could not be accounted for.
Elegant new Pullman palace sleepers
between Portland and Chicago have juBt
been placed in service via the O. E.
N., Oregon Short Line, .Union Pacific
and Chicago , & Northwestern railways
daily every day in the year. Cars are of
the very latest pattern, in fact being the
most improved up-to-date sleeping cars
turned out by the ; Pullman Company
These, new palaces will leave Portland on
the evening fast train of the O. R."& N.
arriving at Chicago the morning of the
ourth day and running through with
out change via Granger and Omaha. 19tf
iVHAT WILL
ITS FATE BE
to Fate . of tie Nicaragua Canal Bill
Hangs in a Balance.
FIERCE CONTEST
IN PROGRESS
Effort to Have the Canal Bill Grafted
Into the Sundry Civil Bill is Being
Made If It Fails the Canal Matter
Must Go Over Till Next Session.
Washington,' Feb. 15. One of the
fiercest contests of the cession was in
progress when the house met today. The
friends and opponents of the resolution
to attach the Nicaragua canal bill to the
sundry civil appropriation 'bill were
working assiduously, and every argu
ment that conld influence members one
way or the other was brought to bear.
The fate of the canal bill at this con
gress wa3 in the balance.
Some time was spent at' the opening
of the session, with routine matters. Just
before the motion was made to go into
committee of the whole,. Hepburn of
Iowa, who Is conducting the fight in be
half of the canal amendment, asked for
unanimous consent that the canal bill
be made a special order for Tuesday
next, but objection was made. The
house then went into committee of the
whole, with Mr. Hopkins in the chair,
on the sundry civil . bill, . the pending
question being the point of order raised
against the canal amendment.
Amendment Defeated.
Later Hopkins ruled the canal
amendment out' of order.- Hepburn im
mediately appealed from the chair's de
cision. Oa a rising vote the decision of
the chair was sustained by a vote of 152
to 118. The vote by teliers confirmed
the rising vote, 127 to 109, and the.
amendment was ruled out.
IN THE SENATE.
Washington. Feb. 15. When the
senate opened today a bill was reported
from the military affaiis committee and
passed, extending the appreciation of
congress to Helen Miller Gould, for, pa
triotic services during the late war, and
providing that a gold medal be presented
to her by the president.
The postoffice appropriation bill was
reported and Quay gave notice that he
would call it up for consideration tomor
row. :: '
A bill was passed providing for admis
sion to the naval academy as a naval ca
det of Oscar W. Diegnan, one of the
Merrimac heroes. -
Senators Cullom, Sewell and Teller
were named as conferees on the legisla
tive appropriation bill. - '
Million GItcd Avar.
It is certainly gratifying to the public
to know of one concern in the land who
are not afraid to be generous to th
needy and suffering, The proprietors
of . Dr. King's New Discovery for con
sumption, coughs and colds, have given
away over ten million trial bottles of this
great medicine ; and have the satisfac
tion of knowing it has absolutely cured
thousands of hopeless cases. Asthma,
bronchitis, hoarseness and all diseases
of the throat, chest and lungs are surely
cured by it. Call on Blakeley & Hough
ton, druggists, and get a free trial bottle.
Regular size, 50 cents and $1. Every
bottle guaranteed or price refunded. 3
The Filipinos at Sen Francisco.
San Fkancisco, Feb, 14. The Filipi
nos, General Rio de Dios and M. Rivera,
who arrived last week from Manila in
tending to join their associates in Wash-
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Montreal.,'
Rivera expresses himself as perfectly.
astounded at the kind treatment be has
invariably received In this city.'
The two envoys will endeavor to per
suade Agoncitlo to retnrn to Washington
and join with its associates in pleading
for an honorable peace.
Dcklneu Cannot be Cored
by local applications, as they cannot
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There is only one way to cure deafness
and that is bv constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con
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imperfect hearing, and when it is en
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unless the inflammation can be taken
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ever; nine caws out often are caused
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