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CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1897.
NO. 22.
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OFFICIAL DIKBCTOKT.
United State..
William Mi.Klnlcl
Vlce-I're.ideiit
Hrcrotary ol Kiel
tmoretary of Trea.tiry.
"frr.tary of Interior...
rwomiary ol War
Secretary ol Navy.,.,.,.
Uarrett A. llohart
Jdlin Hherman
..,.., Lyman . (lute
, Cornelius N. Hi lea
Ku.m1I A. Alder
nccretery oi navy ,. ., , jonn u, iong
K.lnialrJlianBra1 .lfiiMt A C&rv
Attornry-UMiurai. '.',.. Joaeph MrKeuiie
Becr.iary ol Agriculture,.,., ...Jaiiien Wilton
lata of Oregon.
Oovernor Wm. P. Kord
Becret.ry of Btnle,,, ,....,. It. K. Klnrald
Phil. MeUwhan
Attornry-n.neral. ,... ....., .:. M. Iillrinati
Bupt, ol Public liimniclloii..... 0. M. Irwin
-.,,, 1 . W, MiHrlde
""Mori 1 , , 11, w. Cnrbett
Coni-ronum ZZZZZZ:ZMm. W. Tousiie
Printer ...... W. H.Ied
i ,.C. K. Wolvrrlon
, ., K. A. Moore
K. b. Hoau
Seventh Judicial Dletrlot.
Judge ,.., W. I., Brad.haw
Wnammllng Attorney A. A. Jayne
Member ot tttale Hoard W. C. W ill.
(llUUm County.
Joint Senator lor UtllUm, Hliermen end
W.nnipoiimlm, .....,.K. B. ltufur
kenre.eiiatlve ., J. K. liavld
Junae ....W. J, Mariner
Clerk ,.. .11. N. Fraier
Rhvrlff W. I Wilcox
3'rca.urvr ,........,........ H. B. Marker
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AMraior ZZZZ."Z'Z""ZZ M. O. Clarke
rWwml Kiiperlnleiidcnt ...,.,.,K. W. Daiixcit
Sumijur .............Jfddy lirown
block lii.nector...... Frail A. Hale
O. It. K. Co. Time Card.
Two pajwertger train, both way. each day,
' SAW ljl'KD.
Spokane Epre leaven Portland dally at 2 45
p. ni., ami arrivt. ai Ariniirion at l .) p. in.
KaM mall Ivavra I'urtUiiU at p, to., and ar
rlv. at Arlliigtim at H IM a. m.
HOT KII'KB,
Pail mall, via Pendleton, Walla Walla and
Walhila, arrlvn. al Arlliium at J:( a. in.,
udatHorllaiidOa.nl.
1'ortlaiid Kr,' arrive at Arllnirtuti at 6.81
a. m.. and at I'ortlaud at ll:M(a. m.
Fartit by boat to Nan Kranclco bare Iwn re-
aucd- llit rablii, .i; uli'f rKi', fi -, inuiuiiinv
maala and uerlht. Tlirouth lirket are wild In
Arlington. V, C, 1UNUI.K, AKnt.
JJR. I. 1. IKK1AN
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Vondon, Or.
OffirDr.Kon avp , bftwoen Catholic Church
ud rvaiumire ol a. r. mm it.
IW. HAKMKU
Attorney at Law,
Notary Public and Convyancr,
Dnaaoa, Of.
Collodion, anil in.nranre. Trrma maaonable,
UOlve lu rear ol pwstonlce bolldlng, Main .treel.
1 0H N LVO.NH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Condon Or.,
All Licat work promptly and rarvfnlly at.
tondad to. CollVi'tlUK and Abatrai'tlni a
peclaliy.
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A. 0. (it lCl.KY
Attorney and Ooanielor t Law
l', 8. Commlnloncr, Notary public.
Arlington, Or.
Admitted to practice In the court, of Oregon
and wanniiiKiuii ana in tne v. i. court..
Tako. Hllng. and proof, on laud.
f. Bllt'TT
NOTARY PUBLIC
Condon, Or.
Kotarlal work and rollcetlont promptly and
varaniifj abiiritiivu w.
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ROUTES
GREAT
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via via
SPOKANE DENVER
MINNEAPOLIS OMAHA
AND AND
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LOW RATES TO ALL
EASTERN CITIES. .
OCEAN STEAMERS
LEAVE PORTLAND EVERY 6 DAYS
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SAN FRANCISCO
For full detail cU on O. R. ft N.
a. gent, F. C. Hindis, Arlington, Or.
OR ADDRESS '.
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PORTLAND, Or.
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Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
Aa Intonating Collection of Itetne From
the Mow Ml the Old World la a
Omdenooel and Ccmprwnonalva M
Tha nutlve of New Ouines are mur-
loriiiK AiiMtriiliiin mineri.
Fodnriil and itnt authoritioR art
agHin in tunglu in KunBuo and a olattb
to expeotud. ;
Tlie corn crop in Kuiihiib in now aaid
to b dumuged 60 ioi' ornt by the pre
fulling hot weathur.
Bmiutorn Quay and Morgun are to go
to the Sandwich Iuhmdit to pout thoin
"lvc on the country and ita potuiibil-
itl.
The intornttl revenue offloe has ShhiioJ
ordura to local collector, to seize tobacco
prize piicka!i! under the proviaion ol
the new tariff law.
Over 100 trnmpa and Iiarveter8 tmk
poHBcHHuin ol a freight train on the
Northwestern line, near Omaha, Neb.
The train wan sidetracked, and the
aheriff and police were calUxl upon for
!iKintuiicu. After un hour' delay the
trauijis wore dialodged. The iiheriff
hud a diMffHirate fltfht in trying to jitil
the men, hut win Huccurwful. The mr
rou ni ling country U overrun with
tramps.
The following is an extract from a
private letter received in Kan Fran-
cinoo from Manila, Philippine iHlainU:
"Here tliinnH are in a friirlitful iiiuh.
Spaninh dollar have been introduce d
ut 10 M-r cent leso value than Mexican.
KvcrjiKhly wants to aell out. Native
brokers are all over the plane trying to
sell their niHKi'Hio!is, and find no buy
ers. In the sugar provinces, cane
plants are being burned up (or lack ol
rain."
Kaniuel Wolf, a Jersey City contract
or, onereil a uihIi ol cream to the boy
who would hold his arm the longest
time In an ice cream freezer. A ntim
bar ol boys who were around Wolf's
store contested for the prim Willie
Lockwood outdid them all. Although
lutTering great pain, L held his arm in
the freener (or lour m.r.utes. When he
withdrew it the arm was froaen stiff,
tie was taken to the hospital, where it
was said it would be neccKDary to am
putnte the arm.
A letter received in Portland from
Juneau, Alaska snvs: There are 500
people now at Dyea, waiting to get over
the pass. There are several more
steamer loails now on the way, loaded
to the guards. The Indian packers at
Dyea and pack animals have all the
freight they can carry to the lakes by
the time winter sets in. There will
be hundreds camping at Dyea and on
the lakes ail winter, eating the provi
sions they have taken with them.
Other parties bound for the mines by
this route have to carry their own!
freight over the mountains. The prices
for packing across the mountain have
risen to 25 and 27 cents per pound, and
the puckers are indeiendent at that.
Kansas and Missouri are again being
scorched by h.'at.
8ix persons were killed in a moun
tain slide a tew miles from Berlin Sat
urday. A non-union coal miner was shot
and killed at Scottdule. Pa., during a
quarrel with striking miners
The potters of Trenton, N. J., and
the sheet iron workers of Phillipshurg,
N. II., now threaten to go on a strike.
The monitor Puritan broke her rud
der in New York and will be laid up
(or a month, and will cost about 5,000.
George H. Walker, a Washington, D.
C, lawyer and former correspondent,
has been appointed assistant postmaster-general.
Four boys were drowned at Kansas
City while In swimming, four in Win
nipeg nSl two more at Boston, ono of
whom was 80 years of ago.
Bluejackets from the warship York
town and Boston were stoned and beaten
by Japanese at Kobe, Japan, and some
of thera were badly used up.
Anil roe's north pole balloon is report
ed to have been seen in several places
:ecently, but each time away off its
onrso. Many have given him up as
lost. .
Professor Arion, a professional high-
wire performer, fell from his wire, a
distance of 75 feet, while riding a bi
cycle at Kidgewood Park, N. J., and
was killed.
The monthly statement issued by the
director of the mint shows that during
July, 1807, the coinage executed at the
United States mints amounted to
$870,850.
A Missouri Paul Ik train ran into s
freight standing on the main track at
Yates Center, Kan., and Engineer
Joseph Clown and Fireman Cal Rowan,
wore killed. Other persons were In-J
Jured.
Captain General Weyler has par
doned forty political offonders under
death and other hard sentences, at the
suggestion of the home government,
and 1,000 Cuban exiles have been
granted amnesty.
MOVEP THEIR CAMP.
The Strikers Won tho Day at Tnrtlo and
Bandy Creek.
Pittsburg, Aug. 9. Out of the 2,000
strikers who camped at Turtle creek
last Saturday, barely 800 now remain
at Camp Determination. In addition
to the large number turned out of camp
and shot off from the free food distri
bution yesterday, many were drafted to
Plum creek, where the great struggle
for supremacy between the strikers and
the New York So Cleveland Gas Coal
Company will be carried on. , ;
t Turtle and Bandy creeks the
strikers have practically won. Turtle
creek mine, known as No. 4, Is closed
down as tight as the strikers can ever
hope to close it by their present peace
ful means of sgitation. It is true that
a few men are still at work in the pit,
but they are not putting out any coal.
The same holds good at Bandy creek.
Iteports from Plum creek are conflict
ing. Superintendent DcArmitt claims
that 255 men are still working, while
the strikers say they counted but 80 go
ing into the pit this morning.
The deputies at Plum creek are hav
ing a hard time. Many are complain
ing, and a number have resigned. They
are op from before daylight nnitl long
after the sun has set. They are on a
constant strain. All the mines are con
nected by private telegraph and tele
phone wires, and every stranger or
body of strangers moving along the
highway are rejiorted to the nearest
ofnoe by scouts, and the foremen or
managers of all the mines get notice.
At the point upon which any march
thus reported seems to be directed,
there is a stir among the deputies. As
these marches are of almost daily oc
currence day and night in all direc
tions, the deputies are in a constant
state of apprehension and activity.
The feeding and lodging facilities are
limited, and not adequate to the de
mands made upon them, and what adds
to the deputies' discomfort is the fact
that none of them are used to hard,
ships.
TESLA'S WIRELESS SYSTEM.
Meeangoe May Bo Hfnt to Any Part of
the Globe.
New York, Aug. 8. -Nicola Tesla
announced today the completion of his
latest discovery, the "simultaneous
transmission of measages by means of
the earth's electrical . currents to as
many scattered points on the surface of
the globe as may be desired." This he
regards as by far his greatest achieve
ment. To a few intimates he gave a
thrilling demonstration of the operation
of his device for arresting and subject
ing to control under natural laws the
natural substances in and about the
earth.
His latest invention or discovery is
to produce such a disturbance of the
electricity of the earth which can be
felt and noted simultaneously at all
parts of the globe.
"I am producing," said he in the
course of his demonstration, "an elec
trical disturbance of intense magnitude,
which is continuing throughout the en
tire earth. In other words, I am pro
ducing a disturbance of the earth's
charge of electricity which can be felt
to the uttermost parts of the earth."
"And the result will be?"
"That is almost incomprehensible.
This electrical disturbance by means
of certain simple instruments, can be
felt and appreciated at any point of the
globe. In this way messages can be
sent the entire earth around, and be
taken up at any part of the earth with
out the aid or intervention of wires in
any way at all. "
Mowed Down With Cannon.
London, Aug. 9. The London News
publiahei a letter from a Calcutta vol
nnteer reiterating the statement that
during the recent rioting there the artil
lery fired at a mob of 5,000 mill hands
who were marching to join the rioters,
with the result that 1,600 of the natives
were killed.
. The seorotary of state for India wai
questioned in the house of commons
July 0 as to thre accuraoy of the native
report that 1,600 persons were killed
during the rioting, which had just oc
curred in the vicinity of Calcutta, aa
one of the results of the stringent meas
ures taken by government officials to
prevent the spread of and Btamp out
tho bubonic- plague. He replied that
about seven persons were killed and 20
were wounded during tho riots referred
to. - ,
To Complete lludaon River Tunnel.
New York, Aug. 9. Tho Hudson
river tunnel project to connect New
York and New Jersey has been revived.
Plans are now being perfected to re
sume construction where it was dropped
Ave years ago. Engineers say that an
expenditure of $1,600,000 will com
plete the work. Four million dollars
had already been spent before the work
was abandoned, at which time there
were 8,918 feet of completed tunnel go
ing east from the shaft in Jersey City.
One thousand feet of this distance ex
tends east of tho middle of the Hudson
river.
President Will Not Come We.t.
San Francisco, Aug. 9. Mayor
Fhelan today received a dispatch from
Attorney-General McKenna, stating
that President McKinley had assured
him that the proposed trip to the Pa
cific cct had been abandoned for this
year.
Tragic Fate of Three Gold.
Seekers in Alaska.
DEATH ON PORTAGE GLACIER
A Note Found on the Froaen Corpeo of
Ono of the Forty Told tho Story
Overtaken try a ffevere atoms.
Seattle, Aug. 9. There now remains
no doubt as to the fate of Charles A.
Blackstone, George Batcher and 3. W.
Malique, the Cook's inlet miners who
have been missing since April. Black
Stone's body has been found, and on
his body was a diary stating his part
ners had frozen to death. .
When the steamer Lakme sailed from
Seattle for Cook's inlet, Alaska, in
March, 1896, she carried among her
passengers Blackstone, Batcher and
Malique. The men attempted to cross
the portage glacier on a prospecting
tour and were frozen to death. It is
evident Blackstone made his way down
the glacier to where it pitches into
Prince William sound. His body was
found at the foot of the glacier, to
gether with the remains of his dog.
On his body was the following memo
randum: "Saturday, April 4, 1897. This is
to certify that George Batcher froze to
death Tuesday night, J. W. Malique
died Wednesday forenoon, C. A., Black
stone had his ears, nose and four fingers
on his right hand and two on his left
hand frozen an inch back. The storm
drove as on before it overtook us within
an hour of the summit, and drove us
before it, and drove everything we had
over the cliff, except our blankets and
moose hide, which we all crawled un
der. The temperature is supposed to
have been 40 degrees below zero. Fri
day I started for salt water. I don't
know how I got there with the outfit
Saturday afternoon. I gathered up
everything and have enough grub for
ten days , providing the bad weather
dont ; set in. Sport was blown over
the : cliff I . think I hear him howl
every Once in a while."
It would appear that Blackstone
went over the cliff with the intention
of finding his dog.. From his diary it
seems that he found his dog, and finally
in order to prevent starving to death
he was forced to kill and eat the animal,
but it was of no avail; no relief came
and he starved or froze to death.
On May 27. just two months after
the men left Sunrise City, the body of
Blackstone was found by George Hall,
a prospector from Seattle, and the re
mains were buried. Blackstone was 39
years old, was a native of Oregon and
had lived in Portland, Centralia,
Wash., and Seattle.
Butcher was a native of Montana,
was 86 years of age, and for many years
followed mining.
Malique was a native of Indiana,
was 38 years of age, was a'graduate of
Hamilton college, Mo., and was a prac
tical miner. For many years he bad
as a partner Mr. Hall, the hero of this
story.
FATAL CHICAGO FIRE.
Five Firemen Were Killed and Fifty
Wounded.
Chicago, Aug. 9. Five lives were
lost in an explosion this evening dur
ing a fire in the Northwestern grain
elevator, at Cook and West Water
streets. Four of the dead are firemen;
the body of another fireman is thought
to be buried in the ruins. From the
force with which the explosion swept
the spot on which they were standing,
they must have been instantly killed.
Either the bursting of a boiler or the
explosion of mill dirt caused thehavoo.
Tho four firemen, who were killed by
the falling wails of the elevator are:
Jacob J. Schnur, Joseph Strikman,
John J. Coogan and Jacob S. Stranier.
An unidentified man was blown into
the river, but the body was not recov
ered. Besides these doaens of firemen and
passers by were more or less cut and
bruised by glass and flying debiis. In
all 61 firemen were injured.'
A SLUMP IN SILVER.
The Price Reclined One and One-Quarter
Cent, at New York.
New York, Aug. 9.-rSilver bullion
experienced today the most violent
break of the season's decline. In Lon
don, the price dropped per ounce
from yesterday's price, Belling at 25 ?4'd
per ounce, as against 87&d a month
ago. The New York price fell to 6640
bid, a break of IJ4C an ounce from yes
terday and 14c within a month. At
this prioe the bullion value of the ail
ver dollar is a trifle more than 43
cents.
London dispatches ascribed todav's
great weakness in silver to liquidation
of New York holders of the bullion.
Such a decline as today's has not
been witnessed since June, 1893. The
India mints were closed to free silver
coinage June 26 of that year. On the
news, bullion fell in London from
87&'d per ounce to a price below 80d,
out it rallied sharply later.
A huge cypress tree In Tule, In the
state ot Oxaca, Mexico, is 164 feet in
M .
circumierenoe.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
President 1. Determined That
Thl.
Country Shall Build It.
Washington, Aug. 6. No matter
what the attitude of the Greater Repub
lic of Central America may be, it is the
intention of the administration to rec
ommend governmental control ot the
Nicaragua canal when congress assem
bles next December. This was made
plain at a conference at the state depart
ment participated in by Assistant Sec
retaries Adee and Cridler, Senator Mor
gan, former Senator Miller and Mr.
Merry, the recently appointed minister
to Nicaragua, Salvador and Costa Rica,
regarding the complications which have
grown out of the refusal of the govern
ments of Nicaragua and Salvador to re
ceive Mr. Merry.
It is practically decided that Mr.
Merry shall go to Costa Rica, and that
the headquarters of the legation shall ;
be transferred to that country from
Nicaragua. No steps will be taken to
make the transfer, however, until the
governments of Nicaragua and Salvador
have again been heard from.
The administration believes there is
no necessity of entering even into a new
convention with Nicaragua with a view
to securing authority for the construc
tion of a waterway. The programme
which will follow will be based on the
provisions of the convention now in
force, as well as the concession which
was vranted to an American company
by the Nicaraguan government for the
construction of the canal. This conces
sion will not expire for three years.
Acting in accordance with instruc
tion of the state department, Minister
Baker is watching every move of the
opponents of the canal in Nicaragua
and reporting to the state department,
so that in case of necessity prompt ac
tion may be taken by the authorities.
The Walker commission, which has
been holding meetings at the state de
partment, will make a preliminary re
port to congress at the beginning of the
session,', setting forth its estimate.
Should this report show that the cost
will not be greater than $100,000,000
the president will probably have some
thing to say i.. his first annual message
in regard to the advisability of the pas
sage of a bill by congress guaranteeing
the construction of the canal under
governmental control.
SECRETARY WILSON'S JRIP
The Cabinet Official Will
Bo In the
North we.t Soon.
Chicago, Aug. 6. Within a short
time Secretary of Agriculture W llson
will make a report on the condition of
the Western states as regards the cul
ture of beets for sugar. The cabinet
official is in this city on his way to the
West. lie will visit Utah, Montana,
Oregon, Washingotn, Idaho and a num
ber of other Western states, with the
idea of investigating the conditions for
growing sugar beets. '
During the past month he has sent
the seed of the sugar beet to 22,000
farmers. The majority of them are
now growing the vegetable. The val
leys of the V est are well adapted to
raising them, and it is his opinion that
this industry will deal a severe blow to
the sugar trust
He has received a number of letters
from those interested in cornering
sugar, asking him what he would do in
the matter of sugar beets. He said:
I failed to reply to any of them.
After a tour which will last a month, I
believe I will be able to make a report
of the condition of the West for the
culture of the saccharine bulbs. It
costs but an average of $13 an acre to
water a number of the valleys m the
West I have seen, and I have figured
that the farmers can make a handsome
profit.
"As for the Clondyke gold fields, my
department has sent a number of ex
perts to make a report on their condi
tion. The experts were instructed to
look after the agricultural interests of
the United States in the new eldorado."
TURTLE CREEK CAMP.
No Material Change in the Strike Situ
ationMore Miner Walk Out.
Pittsburg, Aug. 6. The miners'
strike situation has not changed ma
terially from yesterday's reports. Ev
erything about the Turtle Creek camp
was quiet, the only ripple of excitement
being the hearing of President of Dolan
and other officials of the miners for
holding an unlawful assemblage. The
strikers claim 20 new accessions to
their ranks from the Plum Creek mines
today. A careful estimate of the men
now at work in that mine shows 215 of
the usual total of 285. No work was
done at the Oak Hill or the Sandy Creek
mines.
The camp was reduced in number to
day by 800 men. They were sent to
their homes and because the men were
not inclined to respond to the numerous
marching orders imposed on them.
The camp has been costing $300 a day
to keep it in provisions, eta, being at
the rate of 7 cents per day per man, as
against 18 cents per day in the National
Guard encampments. The camp is
now under strict military discipline,
and everything is moving like clock
work. The customary march will be
made to Plum Creek in the early
morning, and will be continued daily,
the miners' officials say, until the bus
pension in the DeArinitt mines is com'
plete.
Spain Weary of Weyler's Do
Nothing Policy.
EDICT ISSUED FROM MADRID
Re Hut Make an Effort to Crnah tha
Rebellion More Bald by In. argent.
With Damaging Reaulte to Spanl.h.
New York, Aug. 9. A dispatch to
the Herald from Havana says: It is
rumored that General Weyler's de- .
part u re for Matanzas was due to orders
direct from Madrid, sending him to
the front. Weyler made preparations
to take the field some davs ago, but ac
cording to a statement made by an
officer at the palace, he delayed liis de
parture in order to mature a plan to
entrap General Castillo.
The captain-general is severely crit
icised for not having taken the field
earlier. For three weeks now bands ot
insurgents have been swarming into
Matanzas and even Havana. They
have raided small towns and made
demonstrations before large towns.
They have raided landed expeditions
and had time to organize. Yet Gen
eral Weyler contented himself with
remaining on the defensive and only
retaliating on the insurgents by issuing
decrees that considerably aggravated
the sufferings of the unfortunate recon
centrados. It was only when the insur
gents boldly attacked the suburbs of
Havana that public Opinion forced him
to go.
Public opinion with regard to Wey
ler's policy is beginning to manifest
itself. Business is at a standstill, and
the merchants throw the -blame upon
the government. They say General
Weyler's diets practically restrict them
from doing business with the interior.
The wholesale arrests that hav.e been
lately made and the terror of the people
on the outskirts of the city help to
swell the feeling of uneasiness and dis
content with the way the campaign is
carried on.
Insurgents recently entered Esper
anza, a railroad town of 3,000 persona.
There they met with some resistance,
and there was considerable fighting in
the- streets. According to official ac
counts the Insuregnts left 20 killed '
when they finally retired. The com
mander of the town was seriously
wounded. He admits that the insur
gents robbed several stores. Bolondron,
another small town about eight leagues
from Matanzas, was also raided and
many stores and buildings were de
stroyed. In Havana province on Sunday last
insurgents attacked Santiago de las
Vegas, five leagues from the capital.
A band was playing in the park at the
time and most of the citizens were out
promenading. A panic was threatened,
but the Spanish officers kept their heads
and took prompt steps to repel the in
surgents. There was brisk firing in
the streets for a time, but eventually
the insurgents were forced to retreat.
Several on both sides were killed. The
insurgents remained close up all night
to keep a fire on the forts.
Four hundred insurgents under Gen
eral Castillo attacked La Chora, a town
three miles nearer Havana, on the same
night, but kept np a fire on the forts
all night. He also used dynamite with
great effect, throwing bombs into the
town and destroying several public
buildings. Three bombs were fired
from dynamite gnns which were landed
by a recent expedition. The Spaniards
did not venture out of the town.
The authorities determined on the
following morning to be revenged on
some one, and arrested the family of
Morales Bottelas, because the daughter
of the house was the affianced of Cas
tillo's late chief of staff. Mr. and
Mrs. Morales, their daughter and two
children were taken outside the town,
ordered to kneel down and were fired
upon by a squad of Spanish soldiers.
Morales, his wife and one child were
killed at the first volley. The daugh
ter and her 7-year-old brother were
wounded and left on the ground,
will die.
They
Several families have moved
from
the town.
Claim, to Be Schlatter.
Canton, O., Aug. 9. A man who
says he is the original Schlatter has
been creating exoitement here. T. C.
Snyde, formerly a state senator, walk
ing about the streets, was injured 12
years ago so he has not walked without
a crutch or cane since that time.
Without solicitation from any one Mr.
Snyder visited Schlatter. He has now
laid aside his crutches and the cane.
His recovery is the talk of the city and
Mr. Snyder is jubilant- over the aid
that has been given him.
Another alleged cure is that of John
Krause. He had a leg broken and the
member when healed would not allow
him to walk without aid, After
Schlatter had treated him he was ena
bled to get up and walk.
Girl. Drowned While Wading.
Sigoumey, la., Aug. 6. Four girls
were drowned in Skunk river, near
Lancaster, this evening Three were
daughters of Pierce Pamble, aged 7, 12
and 16, respectively, and the other was
a Miss Adams. They were caught in
the current while wading.
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