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V tile 3iJlr'' fi0i VOL. XI THE DALLES, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 19, 1899 NO 322 VILLAINOUS VINO'S ' VIMLESS VICTIMS Many SiUlers at Manila Incapacitate! ty Bail Iipr. MENACE IS A SERIOUS ONE Officers Give the Question Careful Con sideration With a View to Devis ing Plans to Abate the Evil. feasors who fight the battles of oar country from lecture platforms are not respected by the intelligent brawn and muecle of our nation, builders. Let onr boys stay until the authority" of the United States is respected by the coward ly Filipinos. INTENSE SUFFERING New York, April 18. A special to the Tribune from Washington says: Ainocg the serious problems confronting Gen eral Otis at Manila. none has caueed greater anxiety than the alarming effects produced upon the American soldiers, particularly the enlisted men, by a eeductive beverage which they procured in native shops and which produced euch physical and mental demoraliza tion as to give rise to a suspicion that the army of occupation was being system atically drugged or poisoned to render -it helpless to resist an insurgent attack. The native drink was generally known as vino. It was exceedingly palatable and inexpensive, but a sipgle drink of it unfitted a soldier for active duty for the eucceeding 24 hours, while frequent portions sent the soldiers to the hospital for a long period of illness. When the source of the trouble was discovered. General Otis was disposed to prohibit the traffic in vino altogether, and to that end referred the matter to General Hughes, provost marshal-gen eial of the city, with a request for sug gestions looking to a practical course of action. General Hughes investigated the trouble, and his recommendations have been followed. As long as Manila was crowded with troops the vino industry, unrestricted, was exceedingly lucrative, but now that most of the Americans are in the field, practically all the shoos where it has been sold are closed. W. P. LORD MIN ISTER TO PERSIA Ex-Governor Irwin, of Idaho, Named for Minister to Portugal. Washington, April 18. The following important diplomatic changes have been announced as the result of the cabinet meeting today : W. W. Eockhill, now minister to Greece, has resigned that post. Arthur Sherburne Hardy, of New Hampshire, now minister to Persia, has been promoted to succeed Rockhill. William P. Lord, ex-governor of Ore gon, has been appointed ministerto Persia. John M. Irwin, of Iowa, formerly gov ernor of Idaho, has been appointed minister to Portugal, to succeed Lawrence Townsend, transferred to Belgium, vice Bellamy Storer, who goes to Madrid. Governor Geer Congratulated. Salem, Or., April 17. Governor Geer has received a number of letters of con gratulation on his strong reply to the Chicago Tribune's inquiry regarding the sentiment in Oregon aa to the return of the volunteers from Manila, one of which, dated Eugene, follows : "Hurrah for Oregon's loyal governor. Your reply to the Chicago Tribune has the ring of true 'metal. Oregon wants ber boys home, but not as cowards or deserters. Dudes and spectacled pro- t uv Makes the food more delicious and wholesome WOVAt BAKtffQ POWDER CO., HEW YORK. ' - - FROM DYSPEPSIA AND TROUBLE STOMACH Instantly Relieved and Permanently Cured by Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. . A New Discovery, Bat Medicine, Not a Patent A FILIPINO PEACE SCHEME WsaltlT MaBiliaEs Ortaiiize lo Brin Atat an Uaisrstaiiiit'. TO BE ASKED FOR TERMS These Terms Secured, Another . Com mission Will Take Them to Aguin aldo and Try to Persuade Him to Approve Them What . the Fili pinos Want. Dr. Redwell relates an interesting ac count of what he considers a remarkable cure of . acute stomach trouble and chronic dyspepsia by the use of the new discovery, Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. He says: "The patient 'was a man who baa suffered' to my knowledge, for years with dyspepsia, Everything ' he ate seemed to sour and create gases in the stomach ; he had pains like rheuma tism in the back, shoulder blades and limbs, fullness and distress after eating. poor appetite and loss of flesh ; the heart became affected, caueing palpitation and sleeplessness at night. "I gave him powerful nerve tonics and blood remedies, but to no purpose. As an experiment I finally bought a fifty cent package of Stuart's. Dyspepsia Tablets at a drug store and gave them to him. Almost immediately relief was given and after he had used four boxes he was to all appearance, fully cured- There was no more' acidity or sour watery risings, no bloating after meale, the appetite was vigorous and he has gained between 10 and 12 pounds in weight of solid, healthy flesh. Although Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are advertised and sold in drug stores, yet I coneider them a most valuable ad dition to any physician's line of rem edies, as they are perfectly harmless and can be given to children or invalids or in any condition of the stomach with perfect safety, being harmless, and con taining nothing but fruit and vegetable. essences, pure pepsin and Golden' Seal "Without any question they are the safest, moBt effective care for indiges tion, biliousness, constipation and all derangements of the stomach, however Blight or severe." Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are made by the F. A.. Stuart Co., of Marshall, Mich., and are sold by druggists every' where at fifty cents per package. Little book on stomach diseases mailed free, address, F. A. Stuart Co., Marshall, Mica. Missouri River Flood. Niobrara, Neb., April 17. For the first time since the great flood of 1881, the Missouri river lowlands are almost submerged. - The banks were full all yesterday, with heavy ice running and with a south-wind blowing, which abont midnight changed to northerly and sent the ice and current over Nebraska farms The residents have not yet been driven to higher land, but boats are in readiness to rescue them, should it be necessary The packet steamer Last Chance, moored at tne mouth of the Niobrara river, is a total wreck 4 - - For frost bites, burns, indolent sores, eczema, skin disease, and especially Piles, De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve stands first and beet. Look out for dis honest people who try to imitate and counterfeit it.' It's their endorsement of a good article. Worthless goods are not imitated. Get De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. Snipes-Kiuersly Drug Co. Manila, April 18. A number of prom inent and wealthy Filipinos are organ izing a committee to. take steps to bring abont if possible an understanding be tween the rebels and the Americans. One. branch of thia committee intends to ask the United States Philippine com mission to make a statement as to what terms would be offered the rebels if the latter will surrender.. Another" branch of the committee will approach Aguinaldo with terms-and en deavor to persuade him to accept them. It is considered doubtful, however, if any members of the committee will dare to personally confer with the rebel leader i he committee includes several persons recently condemned to death by Aguin aldofor petitioning him to cease. fighting. Major-General Otis has appointed a board, headed by Colonel Crowder, to deal with war claims. Many such claims have been filed, aggregating millions of dollars, purely as a result of the Ilo Ilo tire. General Otis, who has hitherto handled these claims, is unable ti devote any of bis time to them now. General Lawton has ordered Colonel Wholley, of the Washington regiment, who ia a lieutenant in the regular army, to the command of General King's brigade during the illness of the latter. His Life Waa Saved. . Mr. J. E. Lilly, a prominent citizen of Hannibal, Mo., lately bad a wonder ful deliverance from a frightlul death. In telling of it he says: "I was taken with typhoid fever, that ran into pneu monia. aMy lungs became hardened. I was so weak I couldn't even sit np in bed. Nothing helped me. I expected to soon die of consumption, when I beard of Dr. King's New Discovery. One bottle gave great relief. I con tinued to use it, and now am well and strong. I can't say too much in its praise." This marvellous medicine is the surest and quickest cure in the world for all throat and lung trouble.' Regular size 50 cents and $1.00. Trial bottle free at Blakeley & Houghton's drnst etore; every bottle guaranteed. 2 Child Burned to Death. Coifax, Wash., April 17. The 3-year-old daughter of George Tern pero, a farmer living near Kamiac bntte, fifteen miles east of Colfax, was burned to death late last .evening. The father and mother left the child alone in a room with a lighted lamp. A few minutes later a scream from thebouse attracted their attention. The child was found with its clothing afire from - the over turned lamp.' It died from its injuries within an hour. What the Filipinos Will Ask. New York, April 18. A dispatch to the Herald from Manila says : In an interview, with General Lagarda, be eaid that a committee of twenty-two Filipinos had been appointed to confer with the peace commission for the fol lowing purposes: First To obtain as Iare autonomous rights for the Filipino people as possible. Second To bring about peaceful rela tions between the insurgents and the Americans. '" . Third That the Americans and Fili pinos shall occupy public offices. Arevaleo, a former aide to Aguinaldo, ia now in Manila. He eaid in an inter view that if the Americans send to Aguin a'do'now he thinks a peaceful solution of the present troubles is probable. ' In fluential Americans think that the com mission of rich Filipinos is eager to pro tect property, and has little influence with the insurgents. Remarkable Care for Rheumatism. - . Kenna, Jackson Co., W. Va. About three years ag my wife had an attack' of rheumatism which confined her to her bed for over a month and rendered ber unable to walk a step with out assistance, her limbs being swollen to double their normal size. Mr. S. Maddock insisted on my using Chamber lain's Pain Balm. I purchased a fifty cent bottle and used it according to the directions and the next morning' she walked to breakfast without assistance in any manner, and she has not had a similar attack since. A. B. Parson. ' For sale by Blakeley & Houghton Druggists. ' The Lambing Season. "Long Cree&, April ,17. Sheepmen from various sections of northern Grant county, who have visited Long Creek the past two days, in quest of eupplies and herders, say that sheep have begun to pick up. The warm weather of the last two weeks has brought the new grass out in excellent Ebape, 'and is is now be lieved that no further loss of either lives or lambs will occur. Ethan Houzer succeeded in contract ing for 200 head of cattle on Granite creek. ' He bought the entire band of steers belonging to V. B.: Peterson. The price paid was $18 for yearling steers ; $25 for 2-year-old steers, $14 for yearling heifers, and $20 for cows and calves. ." No Right to Ugliness. The woman who is lovely in face, form and temper will always have friends, but one who would be attractive must keep her health. If she is weak, sickly and all run down, she will be nervous and irritable. If she has constipation or kidney trouble, her impure blood will cause pimples, blotches, skin eruptions and a wretched complexion. Electric Bitters is the best medicine in the world to regulate the stomach, liver and kid neys and to purify the blood. It gives strong nerves, bright eyes, smooth, velvety Bkin, rich complexion. It will make a good looking, charming woman of a run-down invalid. Only 50 cents at Blakelev & Houghton's drng store. 2 Gentlemen! Tomorrow, we will make an announcement in Ihis space which will be of special interest to you. Look for it.. Will you be in town Saturday? Hartford bicycles, '99 Mays & Crowe's. ' models, $35 at The steamer Spokane has been placed in service on the Snake river between Sparta and Lewl9ton with double daily service and will be operated as a through mail, express and paseenger steamer, making round trips daily except Satur day: Leave Riparia at 2:30 a. m. ar riving at JLewiston at lis o clock noon. leave lewiston at 2:30 p. m. arriving at Riparia at 7 o'clock p. m. - The steamer Lewiston will take, the place of the Spokane on the same Schedule Sat urdays and at other times will be oper ated on a wild schedule, .taking care of all local work. The object of this new schedule is to place the Wisten and Bnf falo Hump countries more in touch with points. on the O. R. & N. tf Bismarck's Iron Kieive Was the result of his splendid health. 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