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VOL. XII
THE DALLES, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29. 1899.
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DEFENSES OF
THE PACIFIC
General Miles Found Tin in Good
MORE MEN
ARE NEEDED
Miles Favors One Soldier for Each
Thousand Population, a Very Small
Army In Comparison With Those
4f Some Other Countries.
New YoitK, Nov. 28. A epecial to the
Herald from Washington Bays : General
Miles, who haB just returned from a
long tour of inspection in the (ar West
and South, said tonight:
"The fortifications along the Pacific
coaut and the Gulf are in very good con
dition. The engineers huve done good
work. While the harhore are only partly
protected, it would not ho safe for a
hostile hattle-Bhlp or fleet to enter them
now. None of the harbors are complete
ly fortified. Tho four great harbors of
the i'uciflc coast at which defensive
works are beingerected are Puget sound,
the month of tho Colombia river, San
Francisco and Sun Diego.
"Tbttre. are only enough artillerists sta
tioned on the coast to take care of the
gu lie not to man them. The guns are
great piocea ot machinery and. require
very nkilied artillerists to take care of
them and to handle them. More artillery
is lodged along the entire coast of 4000
milee, including the Atlantic, Pacific
and Gulf.
"The garrisons were not sufficiently
Htrong at the posts I visited. This is
due to the fact that most of the army is
out of the country at present. Congress
authorised u regular array of 05,030 and
:io,000 men for the existinu emergency.
For a pood many years I have been in
favor of one soldier for every thousand
of our people. I think 05,000 men ehould
he ckilled In tho modern art of war and
the use of modem appliances. That
would bo a very email number ns com
pared, with other armies of tho world, yet
Huflicieutly large to koep abreast of the
improvements in warfare which are be
iutc made.
"Of course, the size of the army should
he to some extent commensurate with
the papulation and wealth and position
ot the government. A country like
Mexico would not require an army as
large as that of Germany or liussia. Our
country Is nearly twice bb large as
Germany or France, and a small force of
comparatively skilled, well educated,
trained eoldiora would not only be wise
and judicious, but would be in the
interest of safe and good administtation.
"The b et illustration of disregaiding
the necessity and welfare of a nation in
this respect, 1b China, hich possesses
the greatest population uud has been
repeatedly whipped und overrun and
placed under indemnity, and in fact her
verr existence ia threatened at present
Dimply because she has become a nation
of uoucouibatunts."
WILL GET
HOBART'S PLACE
Ir May Be Roosevelt, But Is More
Likely to Be Root.
NbwYouk, Nov. 28. United States
Senator A. G. Foster, of Washington,
Mid last night that in his opinion the
Republican national convention next
year would acoord the vice-presidential
nomination to the choice of New York
elate.
"I don't think there is a doubt of it,"
he added. "Governor Itoosevelt would
lwry acceptable."
"Bat it la understood here that the
governor would not accept," it was
eugcottcd.
"Well, how nboiit Secretary Klihu
Root?" asked the senator. "Ho is ambi
tious, and while Mr. McKinley would
probably want to retain him in his pres
ent position Mr. Hoot might prefer the
other place. Anyway, a New Yoik man
will probably be named.
"As to our colonial possessions," the
sonator continued, "I believe in retain
ing them. The war in tiie Philippines
is practically ended. In a few days we
shall learn of the capture of Aguinaldo
or of his arrival at Hong Kong. The
Democrats will then have to withdraw
the so-called imperialism issue. But it
makes little difference whether they do
or not. I don't think many people
seriously doubt the election of the Re
publican presidential ticket next year."
Mllllmii Given 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 suffering, The proprietors
of Dr, King's New Diecsvery for con
sumption, coughs nnd 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, hoa-..eness and all disc ises
of the throat, chest and lungs are surely
cured by it. Call on Blakeley & Hough-
Three Days in a Typhoon.
Manila, Nov. 23. The transport
Manaunese, with Lieutenant-Colonel
Webb C. Hays and three companies of
the Thirty-first infantry on board, has
arrived here, She narrowly escaped
disaster. The officers nnd soldiers were
for twelve days bailing with buckets.
The Bteamer was unseaworthy, under
manned and short of provisions. Her
engines broke down and ehe rolled three
days in a typhoon.
There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all othe diseases put
together, and until the last few years
was supposed to be incurable. For a
great many years doctors pronounced it
a local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced
it incurable. Science has proven catarrh
tobu a constitutional disease, and there
fore requires constitutional treatment
Hall's Catarrah Cure, manufactured by
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the
onlv constitutional cure on the inurket
It i"s taken internally in doses from ten
drops ton teasooonful. It acts direct. y
on tne Diood and mucous sunaces ot tne
system. Tiiev offer one hundred' dollars
for anv case it faiis to cufe. Send for
circulars and iestmoninls. Address,
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O
Sold by Druggists, 75c. 7
"One Minute Cough Cure is the bes
remedy I ever used for coughs an
colds. It ia unequalled for whoopin
cough. Chrildren all like it," writes H.
N. Williams. Gentrvville, Ind. Never
falls. It is the only harmless remedy
that gives in-mediate results. Cures
coughs, colds, hoarness, croup, pneu
monia, bronchitis and all throat and
lung troubles. Its early use prevents
consumption.
Charles Coghlan is Dead.
Galveston, Tex., Nov. 27. Charles
Coghlan, the distinguished English actor
and author, died here today of gastritis,
aged 50 years, He had been ill in Gal
veston since hia theatrical engagement
here four weeks ago. His wife was at
his bedside when the end came, and is
prostrated with grief. The remains will
be shipped immediately to Prince
Edward island, Mr. Coghlan's former
home. .
Cliuuilierlulu'a l'uln Hal in Cure Other,
Why Not YouY
Mv wife has been using Chamberlain's
Pain Balm, with good results, for a
lame shoulder that has pained her con
tinually for nine years. We have tried
all kinds of medicines and doctors witli
out receiving any heuefit from miy of
them. One day we saw an advertise
ment of this medicine and thought of
trying it, which we did with the best
of satisfaction, She has used only one
bottle and her shoulder is ulmost well.
Auou'ii L.Mitxktt, Manchester, N.H.
For sale by Blakeley & Houghton, drug
gists, Clarke & Falk have received a carload
of the celebrated James E. Patton
otrictly pure liquid paiute,
DEALING WITH
ROBERTS CASE
No Plans Have Yel Matnrtd fir His
Eitnlsioii.
IS ENTITLED TO
BE SWORN IN
Leaders of Both Parties Want It to Be a
Dignified, Regular aud Non
partisan Proceeding.
New York, Nov. 2S. A special to the
Tribune from Washingtonieays : No plans
have yet been matured forthe exclusion
of B. H. Roberts from membership in
the house. Mr. Roberta' credentials are
regular in form and ho is as much
entitled to be sworn in as a member ns
any other representative-elect who may
present himself at. the bar of the house
next Monday. His right to take part in
the election of a speaker will not be
questioned by the hold-over clerk, and
it is doubtful if any precedents can be
found to sustain the speaker thereafter
in refusing to administer the customary
oath.
Precedents made in dealing with
former delegates from the territory of
Utah are conceded not to apply to the
full-fledged representative whom Utah
as a state now sends to congress. Both
Democratic and Republican leaders are
seeking some method of dealing with the
Robeits case which will take it wholly
out of partisan politics. Undoubtedly
the faireet and most satisfactory pro
cedure would be to acknowledge the
legality of the Utah member's credentials
and to refer his disputed qualifications,
as the constitution provides, to the sub
sequent judgment of the house.
A resolution to expel him on the
ground of his polygamous relations
would require a two-thirds vote, and in
securing the majority, tho co-operation
of the two parties in tho house would bo
more convincingly demonstrated than
in any irregular effort to jungle him out
of his eligibility on a point of order re
quiring only a majority vote. It is felt
by the more experienced managers on
both sides that the issue raised by Mr.
Roberts' election, to be met effectively,
should be met in a deliberate, dignifitd
and altogether regular wav.
ltetl Hot From the Gun
Was the ball that hit G. B. Steadinnn
of Newark, Mich., in the Civil War. It
caused horrible ulcers that no treat
ment helped for twenty years. Then
Bucklen'a Arnica Salve cured him. It
cures cuts, bruises, burns boils, felons,
corns, skin eruptions. Best pile cure on
earth. Twenty-five cents a box. Cure
guaranteed. Sold by Blakeley & Hough
ton, druggists. 3
VICTORY WAS
DEARLY BOUGHT
Such Is the Report of General Methtten's
Battle at Instan.
London. Nov. 2S. A dispatch has
been received here from General Buller
giving a list of casualties among the
troops engaged in the battle of Graspan,
but which Is now officially designated as
the battle of Iustan. It proves, aB was
anticipated, that the British success was
heavily bought, The losses announced
todav. added to the navnl brigade casu
alties previously notified, make a grand
total of 108, as the cost of General
Methuen'a second battle,
London, Nov: 28. In general Methu
en'a engagement with the Boere at Iu
stan the Yorkshires apparently bore,
with the uaval brigade, the brunt of the
fighting, as there were In addition to
three officers, forty-eight of tho rank
nnd file killed, wounded and missing.
Tho fact that tho list contained the casu
alties of tho Ninth Lancers seems to dis
pose of the fears that the cavalry was
surrounded and captured, especially bb
none of the lancers are reported missing.
TRAGEDY OFMONT BLANC
One of the CnlninUlen That Frcauent
lr VUlt the Fomona
Mountain.
The story of the destruction of the
baths of St. Gcrvais, at the foot of Mont
Blanc, in 1S02, is told in "The Annnlhof
Mont Blanc." This was one of the ca
lamities that scarcely could have been
predicted or averted.
Owing to the stoppage of the sub
glacial drainage, in tome way never as
certained, a lake was formed under the
Tote llousse glacier, in which ah enor
mous body .of water was pent up nt a
spot 10,000 feet above the scu level. L'e
twecn one and two o'clock on the night
of July 12, 1S92, the ice that had held
the lake gave way.
The water swept in a torrent of tre
mendous force over the Desert de Pierre
Itonde, gathering up thousands of tons
of rock and .stones In its course. It
passed with a terrific roar under the
hamlet of Bionnassay, which it did not
injure, destroyed half the village of
Bionnny, on the highroad betwrenCon
tnmines and St. Gervais, and, tearing up
trees as it went along, joined the main
river of the Bon-Nar.t.
Following the river bed, and destroy
ing on its way the eld Pont du Diable,
it hurled its seething flood of water,
timber, stones nnd mud upon the solid
buildings of the St. tiervais baths and
crushed them into fragments. Then,
crossing the Chamcr.ix road, it spread
itself out in the form of a hideous fan
over the valley of the Arve, destroying
part of the village of Le Fayet in its
way.
Such was the catastrophe of St. Ger
vais which claimed over 150 victims.
Utter ruin was everywhere. The once
lovely gardens of the baths were five or
six feet deep in mud, fine trees had been
snapped like reeds and enormous blocks
of stone were strewn over the dreary
waste.
Change of Tlmft on the O. R. & N.
Beginning Dec. 1st, tho O. R. & N.
will run their Spokane Flyer via Wol
lula and the S. R. V. R. R. : Train No.
4 will leave Portland at 3 :45 p. m., ar
riving at Spokane at 7:15 a. in. Train
No. 3 will leave Spokane at 4:30 p. m.,
and arrive in Portland at 8:00 a. m.
In connection with the abovo train?,
tho O. R. & N. will put on a passenger
train leaving Dayton at 9:00 p.m. and
Walla Walla at 10:30 p. m., connecting
at Walltila with No. 4 from Portland at
11:.'0 p. in., and with No. 3 from
Spokane at 12:05 a. in.; leaving Waliula
at 12:10 a. m., and arriving at Walla
Walla at 1 :20a. m, and Dayton at 3 a. m.
Working Mght and Day
The busiest and mightiest little thing
that ever was made is Dr. King's New
Life Pills. Every pill is a sugar-coated
globule of health, that changes weakness
into strength, listleesness Into energy,
brain-fag into mental power. They're
wonderful in building up the health.
Only 25 cents per box. Sold by Blakeley
& Houghton. 3
Miss Annie E. Gunning, Tyre, Mich,,
says, "I suffered a long time from dys
pepsia; lost llesh and became very weak.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure completely cured
me." It digests what you eat and cures
all forms of stomach trouble. It never
fails to give immediate relief in tho
worst caees
It takes but a niinuto to overcome
tickling in the throat and to stop a
cough by tho use of One Minute Cough
Cuie. This remedy quickly cures all
forms of throat und lung troubles.
Harralefs and pleasant to take, It pre
vents consumption. A famous specific
for grippe nnd its after effects.
All persons wishing to take children,
either boys or gi'ls, for legal adoption or
on Indenture, thould write to W. T,
Gardner, superintendent of the Boys'
and Girls' Aid Society of Oregon, at
Portland, who can procure for them do
sirable children of all ages, All applica
tions must be tiled in advance, tf
8 in ii l(ii to Your Own I'milt,
As well us ours. 'Tis not' how much
you smoke, but how you enjoy It. Try
our Macot ton cents a ocal product
that beats the world, Ben Ullrich.
Now is the time to tit for Xmas
photos. Cloudy weather preferred for
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