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A3 THUI TIKES TH1 CI2CULAT10 b OF AWT PAPE1 IN THE COOHTT. ADYBBTISINe BATK. COND PiofaMlontl cards.., One laoin .41 00 per month 6ne-q natter colamn.., 'wwiinim . iniMi month . 1 10 per month , f 00 pr month .10 00 per mooth una nan eoiamn.. One column.......... , f Hohtorlptlon italee, V3&TT (In ijTnr)..,., ,..1 Ml : li OU paid In advance 100 ' B)l)UthltttllHNlHIMIIIIMIMinMttlIHMIN 100 ' XH Ullllt till, t(((tMMMaMM)MMMMaM ' 7ft I t M t ( Ml eat i a M St( teeie HiMtlMHt Business locals will M charged at U oenti per line lot dm inaerUoa and I oenti pr lis there, altar. Legal advertisement! will ia aU eaata b ebarged to the party ordering them, at lagal rates, and paid lor before affidavit li furnished VOL. VII. CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OHEGON, FIUDAY, FEIillUAIlY 18, 1898. NO. 49. Knttrtd ol ! faitnffUn el Ctm4m, Oram, at imm4-etiu null mmUer THI OFFICIAL AND LEADING PAPES OF GILLIAM COUNTY. , rUBLIIUID IVKBT tBtWkl T LOAN P. IHUTT, Edlter and Praarletar. GLO .E I1H0FH THE PITTSBURG. FIRS. FOUR LIVES LOST. tn OFFICIAL DIBKDTOHt. United Stat.. ( President... ..WIt!lam McKlnley Vlra-I'resldeul ...... (jam-It A. Ilnbart Hecrmary of Hint M John Sherman fceorelary of Tritamiry Ionian i. JK Nei-reiary uf Itiivrlnr Cornelius N. IiIIm Hverrtery of War hilmi-ll A. AlKur Peotetaryof NttVjf John 1). Long - roatmaaieHltmeral.. Janui A. flary Attiriivy-4ltuiirKl JoMMdl Mckrmie Hucretary of Agriculture mm Wilson lata vf (Ir.ion. t Governor Wm. P. lord "unitary of Kline , , II. K. Klnralil Trwesiin-r l'lill. Mimlmii Attorner-Oni-rnl ,,;. M. Idlemnii Hupt. af Public liutructiun i, M. Irwin ; Oeimtora j .Uo. VY. Mcllrlde Congressmen Printer , W. II. Ids ( ...C. K. Wolvrrtoo Supreme Judge , K A, Mimre ... l. . Ikl Seventh Judlnlel Dlstrlot. Judge W. I Braihw rrimrrnllngAtturiiiiy ,.A. A. Javne fcewtiertil Statu ltimrd. ....... ...W. U, Willi Gilliam Cnonty. Joint rViutor for Ullllam, Hliornmn and Wkwoniiititlca K. I. Hufnr ; KoprcwntaUva,.,,. J. K. Ievld: Ju.lne W.J. 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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. , Coailun, Or. firie-Orrgnn ar., between Catholic Church nd rvalduiHC of H, 1', Mum. W. llAUUNU J. Attorney at Law, Notary Public and Conveyancer, Condon. Or. Cnllwtlonnend Inimrancf. Torma rraannahle. Onit-e In rear of imMulliin building, Main trvot. Gl'KUCV A IKIHYNM. H. A. 1. Unrliy. W. II. Dobyna. Attoru ji and Counselor at Law r Arlington, Or. V. S. rommllontr and Notary I'nlilln In efllcr. I'rm tliu In all Hie lale and lr.lrrn fiuiriB uf iirxKun and WannliiKtod. All kluda oi II. rl. land and Irual bu IranmictiMl. f ...STAGE LINE... , H. SKKD k A. C. CMIII.VIK, riloI'lllETOUS. Fare from ArliuKton to , rnaall m mltra...-..t.vmi lt lid trip 1900 . M5 vlllrl.viinlli ) 4 no Itnimd lrii. . 7.00 1 I'liinlim (W iiillt-a). U Itiiuiid trip 6 HO fli'iu (.'M nilh'a).,.v t.vO KoiiikI trip 9.VI Oti'I (10 inlli-K) l.M Hound trip 2.60 ) , 'Hiain'li'avet Arlington ivuryniornli!(Hiindy ein pK'it) at lx o't-lH-k; U duo at ('onduii at 1 p. in. ami arrlvrani Kniu.il at 7 p. in, (oiuliii tnlili' 0"ailii'EhJ cur.ul,i'XM'riaii'ed drlvrm. TO THE OIVEI THI OHOlOl OF TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL ROUTES EREIT KCRTHEFN RY. VIA SPOKANE, MINNEAPOLIS, ST. PAUL AND CHICAGO. SHORT LINE. VIA SALT LAKE, DENVER, OMAHA AND KANSAS CITY. I.OWIET KATES TO ALL K.iHlitllN C11IK.S. Ocean Bleameri Leave Portland Every 6Dayi SAN FRANCISCO. PtfRtncn Monthly from Portland to Yokohama ami Hook Kong, via tha " trthern PaciOc Steamrhlp Co., in con foitliJt wun mo v. ti. an, Wjr ful'l Information call on O. R. A N, agent, y. O. HINDLE, Arlington, Or., or addreea nr-DWKM.. CARI.IIX A CO., Ci-nornl Agcnta JJoillii'rn I'lirlfloStoamHlilpCo., Portland, Or. W. H. HURLBURT, Sen. Pawengar Af ant, Portland, Oregoa Epitome of the Telegraphlo News of the World. fERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES ta Intarwetlna; Oolloctlon of Iteroa From tha w anil tha Old World la a Oondnuand and Cumprahanalv. Form Tlio Klimlo IhIiiiiJ louomotive worki of Provltknco, has filed a petition In InBoWoncy. IXinlnno, a nophew of ex-PrcHiilint Duonak, of Salvador, in Iuhuho in a Ban Franoiooo hospital O. 8. KoIIoku, agod 70, wa fonn4 frosMiii to death near Ituno, Nov., in tlio Silvar Hill mountaing. Pottor Pnlnior, of Chicago, it to build a mniiHion at Nnwport which will 0OHt hot woo n 12,000,000 and $3,000, 000. John Mulligan, aged 21, Leo Mulli gan, IS, and Etliul linker, 17, were fa tally aflphyxlatttd liy futticd from char coal av .Vloiloo, Thursday night. The gngar Ixitinty confuronco an nounced to begin February IS at Bra aolH, hag boon indoflnitoly poHtw)tied, Franco having renewed her objections. Tndgo McMahon, In the high court at Toronto, ha decided that a union it not liable on tho charge of coiiMpiiacy for expelling a man from tho oider. , Anoording to trustworthy Intelli gence, ay a St Putonthurg diaputch, China has Anally abandoned the idi-a of raising a -loan in London or else whore. A Now York Herald dispatch from San Joan del Pur says: Conservative refugees who have been threatening an attack on tho government since their failure last September rushed through the village without the slightest warn ing and surprised the barracks. Thero was one fatality on each side. Further fighting it anticipated. A force of ma rines from tho U. 8. battleship Alert has been landed to protect Atnurican Interests. , Judgo Hanford, of the fedora 1 court, sitting tn Taooma, has rendered a deci sion In the easo of the Tacoma Grain Company vs. the Oregon' Itallroad & Navigation Company and tho Great Northern railway, which is vital Im portance to wheat growers of the state and shippers. Tlio decision sustains the constitutionality of the recently enacted railway transportation law, fixing a maximum ohargo for hauls within the state. A Poking correspondent savs poor old China is afraid to borrow from either Kussia or England, She Is en deavoring to secure an oxteusion from Japan In the payment of the war In demnity. News has been received of a landslide at Quesmille Forks, Cariboo. Three miners, William Allen, Joe Hiclt and Alox McLean, were buried. The slidn was 1,000 feet wide, 600 feet long and 25 feet high. Insane Jealousy prompted the wife of William V. Place, an insurance ad juster of Brooklyn, to kill her 17 year old stepdaughter and almost take her own life and that of her husband. Tho crime was fiendish in its nature, the weH)on being an ax. The steamor Capilauo, which hat just returned from the northern halibut fishing grounds, remrts the drowning of two of her fishermen, named Hobort LooghcuJ, of Ontario, and Michael Driscoll. The captain of tlio Capilane reports the roughest weather In his ex perience. The house of representatives has re ceived the official report of the death of Colonel Unix, the Spaniard who was executed for carrying a message from Blanco imploring the Cubitus to accept autonomy. Aranguren, tho Cu ban general, who it supposed to have Ordered Ruia put to death, is not cen sured in the ofllclal report. It is annonced that Hetty Green will build a railroad through Oklahoma. Tho proposed road will run from Med ford on the Kock Island to Sherman, Tex., where it will connect with E. R. Greon't road. There tho lino will be connootod with the Hutchinson & Okla homa, and will give the territory an other connection with the Gulf. Tits road it is said will bo built tho present year. One of the biggest silk manufactur ing houses in Europe, with mills at CienUeld, Germany, is to remove to this country, moating at Paterson, N. J., and build what in intended to bo the largest silk mill in the United States. The incorporation papers filed in Paterson give tho name of the con cern as tho Andiger-Meyer Silk Com pany. Employment will be given to 1,300 weavors. . Tho trial of M. Etnile Zola and M. Perreiux, manager Of the Amore, who are being prosecuted by the French government as the result of a letter which the novelist caused to be pub lished in Aurore in December last, strongly reflecting upon high officials connected with the Dreyfus case, ia creating a great amount of excitement in Paris. When Zola ontered the courtroom the first day of the trial cries of "spit upon him" came from the spectators, twelve Uodlea Have Keen Taken From tha Kuine. Pittsburg, Fob. 14. Twelve people dead, 87 missing, 18 Injured and a property loss of $1,500,000 is the awful record of the big fire of last night The following is a revised list of the dead: Police Lieutenant A. J. Berry, John McIIanna, William Scott, jr., Stanley Htitz, John Dwyer, George Loveless, William Smith, Albert A, Wolffe, Thomas Claffoy, William It. Haben stein, John Scott, the youngest sua of tho president of the Chautauqua lee Company; William MoGoniglo. Jacob Booth and a party of four companions, who were in a saloon on Pennsylvania avonue when the build ing crashed, are missing, and are sup posed to be under the debris. Mrs. Mary McFadden, with her fam ily of eight children, are supposed to be under the fallen walls. They lived in a house on Mulberry alley, which was crushed. Nothing has been seen of them since the explosion last night, and it is believed all are dead. The fire broke out in the Union Storage Company's building on Pike street, near Thirteenth. The building was six stories in height and occupied almost the entire block. The first floor was occupied as offices of the Union Storage Company and the Chautauqua Lake Ice Company. The second floor front contained the stables of the Chau tauqua company, and in the Twelfth street end they had their ice-making machinery and other property of the Chautauqua company. The rest of the building was occupied by the storage company. The entire fire department was called out. While the conflagra tion was at its height, an explosion of one of the large tanks filled with am monia, used in the manufacture of ioe, occurred, which was followed by several others and the burned-out walls came toppling down, and firemen, po licemen and spectators were buried. As soon as possible, work was com menced to recover the dead and wound ed, the former being sent to the morgue as fast as recovered from the debris and the wounded sent to the hospital. The scene at the morgue was a har rowing one. As soon as the burned and mangled bodies were recovered, they were taken there where they were washed and placed in presentable con dition. Every victim was. covered with wood and dirt, and almost every body was scaldod and charred. Bones protruded from the charred and broken hands ot somo, and gaping wounds were found here and there over the bodies. All day firemen, policemen and other city employes have been working at the risk of their lives, but up to night full little progress had been made in clearing away the debris. The work will be continued without cessation un til it is known that no bodios remain burled. A FABULOUS DISCOVERY. Rich Find Kftportad on the American Side of the Yukon. Vancouver, B. C, Fob. 14. It is reported that a great gold discovery has been made on tho American side in the Yukon country. Frita Behnsen, of Victoria, writes to his brother, Karl Behnsen, as follows: "We have struck it rich on an un known creek across tho border never before seen by man. In the crevices of the rocks in one day we picked up $50,003 in coarse gold. Sell your busi ness, or give it away, and come up quick with 10 men." The Behnsens have largo interests in Vancouver, and are said to be reliable. Several Klondikcrs were interviewed as to the probability of this report being true. The richness of the reputed dis covery seems so fabulous as to create in their minds a doubt as to its truthful ness. ALL QUIET IN DAWSON. W. Kenny Reports the Minora Doty at Work. Seattle, Feb. 14. W. Kenny, who left Dawson January 13, arrived here tonight on the City of Topeka. He reports everything quiet in Dawson. All of the miners are busy at work. Dr. Rufus Smith, ot Dyea, who was also a pasaengor on tho City of Topeka, brings with him two petitions which are signed by leading citzena of Skag way and Dyea, asking the war depart ment to declare martial law iu those places. Dr. Smith states that robber ies and hold-ups are of daily occur rence. In Ills opinion, the lawless eloment outnumbers the law-abiding two to one. The offlcors of tho City of Topeka re port that a body could be seen floating around in the wreck of tho steamer Corona. It could not be identified. Iteward la Offered. Colfax, Wash., Feb. 14. The Whit man county commissioners have offored a reward of $500 for tho apprehension and oonviction of the lynchers of Chad wiok Marshall, alias "Blackey," who was taken from the Colfax jail and banged by a mob. Luetgert Convicted. Chicago, Feb. 14. Adolph L, Luot gert was tonight convicted of the mur der of his wife and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary Luetgert received the verdiot with laugh, Recent Action in Washing ton the Cause. ADMITS WRITING THE LETTER Ipanlah Cabinet Bays Diplomatic Rela tione With United Mtatee Will Mot lie Affected by the Incident. Madrid, Feb. 14. At a meeting of the Spanish cabinet, held today, un der the presidency of the queen-regent, the minister of foreign affairs read a dispatch from Senpr Dnpuy de Lome, saying that the published letter to Senor Canalejas was written by him, and tendering his resignation. The cabinet decided to accept hit resigna tion, and he was so notified, the lega tion to be entrusted to the first secre tary. Senor Sagasta, the premier, and other members of the cabinet, state publicly that the De Lome incident will not affect the relations between Spain and the United States, and that a new envoy competent to conduct the commercial negotiations will be se lected. . Regard. Hlmeelf aa a Private Cltlien. Washington, Feb. 14. The state de prtment this morning gave out for pub lication the substance of the cablegram sent Saturday to our minister at Madrid In reference to the De Lome letter. The statement was as follows: There has appeared in the pubila prints a letter addressed by the Span ish minister to Mr. Canelajas. Thia letter the minister admits was written by him. It contains expressions con cerning the president of the United States of such a character aa to termi nate the minister's usefulness as a rep resentative of the government to this country. General Woodford, therefore, was instructed at once to say to the minister of state that the immediate recall of De Lome is expected by the president It is stated that up to this time no response has been received from the Spanish government. Up to 10 o'clock de Lome had not re ceived from the Spanish government an aceptance of his resignation, hot it it believed it will toon be given, and the minister's ofihlal connection with the government as Spanish representative to the termination without the neces sity ot action by this government by giving the minister hia passpoits. De Lome regards himself now aa a private citizen, although technically still th. Spanish representative. , De Lome Anilmii to Go. New York, Feb. 14. Diplomatic relatione between the United States and Spain through Minister do Lome are at an end, 'and correspondence will be conducted exclusively through Min ister Woodford in Madrid until Spain sends a new minister to Washington, or designates a charge d'affaires, says the Herald's Washington correspond ent. Minister de Lome has cabled his res ignation to his government. Assistant Secretary of State Day ' admitted that this was true, by saying that Miidrter de Lome did not deny the authenticity ot the letter to Canelejas, and by stat ing that a cablegram had been sent to Minister Woodford In Madrid, the con tents of which would not be made pub lic until it had reached its destination. While no official statement will be made as to the contents of this cable gram until its substance has been com municated to the Spanish minister of foreign affairs, It informs Minister Woodford of the publication of the let tor, says that De Lome does not deny its authenticity, and directs him to suggest to the Spanish foreign office that De Lome cannot be regarded as persona grata and to suggest that another minister be sent to Washing ton. While naturally regretting the un pleasant incident which has terminated his diplomat io career in Washington, Minister de Lome will not regret being relieved of the onerous duties which have developed upon him as the Span ish representative here during the insur rection in Cuba. As soon as he learned that the letter had been obtained by the junta he realized that its publica tion would make his official stay ia Washington aa Spanish minister impos sible, and he Immediately cabled hit government the facts and tendered his resignation. When the letter appeared he again cabled to his government, stating that the letter had been pub lished and reiterating his wish to be relieved. This is not the first time that De Lome has placed his resignation at the disposal of the Sagasta ministry. When Sonor Sagasta came into power, the minister being of the opposing party in Spain, tendered his resigna tion, and he has offered his resignation again in all on five separate occasions since that time. He has been retained by Sonor Sagasta, however, on account of hiB intimate knowledge of the Cuban question and ot the situation in the United States. Holland Doga for Alaska. Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 14. Thirty doga direct from Holland were shipped to Alaska today on the bark Shirley, A Boat Containing; Five Hen Ooea Over the Falle at Oregon City. Oregon City, Feb. 10. At a few minutes past 1 o'clock this morning, crossing the river In a boat a short dis tance above Oregon City, and while trying to find their bearings, the mighty current seized the craft and burled it to destruction. Five men started on' the maddening ride to what teemed inevitable death, but one miraculously escaped. He was almost insensible from the shock and could not have held out a minute longer when he was picked up by the res cuers, who got out in time to see the boat go over the falls. Three of the victims of the accident were members of the same family. All were employes ot the Crown paper mills, at Oregon City. They were resi dents of Canemah, and were on their way to work. The lost are: George Freeman, 50 years old, of Canemah; married. George and James Freeman, his eons, 28 and 16 years old respectively. L. J. Shannon, 86 years old, of Can emah; married, and leaves a wife and four children. For years George Freeman and his tons have worked at the paper mills on the west side of the river. The trip to and from their daily labor has been made from the village of Canemah over on the east side. ' The Willamette has been rising very rapidly since Sunday, and it is sup posed the current carried the boat farther than they suspected before the discovery was made that something was wrong. In the dense fog it was not possible to locate familiar signs, and in that gray mist the men bad no warning by the ominous, sullen roar of the falls as they drew nearer and nearer the most dangerous point. The boat gave a wild lurch at the main torrent struck it. In the same instant all five of the men discovered that they were far below the usual point of crossing and that the powerful current was carrying them down at a velocity that Increased every second. Additional hands were put to the oars and an attempt was mtde to pull out of the swirling, rushing stream. But it was too late. It was but a half moment later that the launch plunged into the churning waves of the npper falls. The boat was caught and whirled around. One oar was torn from the rower's hands, and then the craft shot ahead, straight through the middle ourrent to the yawning gulf be low. In wild despair each man clung to the plunging craft in the rapids, which swept it along at express-train speed. The occupants of the boat began to shout an alarm. Their cries reached the ears of some of the employes at the power station of the Portland General Electric works. Rushing out on the trestle walk, which runs into the shore, they could jnst discern the out lines of the boat containing several men. A general alarm was then given. A boat was put out from the electric works, but It was some time before the rescuers could see anything ot the ill fated party. . Muffled cries caused them to row toward the bank. There they saw an upturned boat slowly drifting about. Harry Freeman had just scrambled on to the bank, and lay there completely exhausted. Latei he revived and stated that He had left a man dinging underneath and that he had shouted once or twice for help. In his exhautsed condition, he said, it was impossible for him to tell whether it was one of his brothers or Shannon. From the survivor's statements, it is evident that three of the party were flung out in the dash over the falls. The other two got through, but the man caught under the boat could not hold out longer, and sank to his death in tie eddying waters, where he could easily have awam ashore bad he been released. CUBA IN THE SENATE. Three Resolntlona In trod need Favoring; the Insurgent' Cauae. Washington, Feb. 10. Three propo sitions, differing materially as to methods, were presented in the senate today for the relief of the Cuban insur gents. Allen offered as an amendment to the diplomatic and consular appro priation bill a resolution recognizing the belligerency of the insurgents, and said he hoped this would afford the house an opportunity to vote on that proposition. Cannon offered a resolution urging the president to notify the kingdom of Spain that it it did not recognize the independence of the Cuban republic by March 4, 1898, the United States would recognize the belligerency of the Cubans, and within 90 days thereafter would assert the independence of the Cuban republic. Mason followed with a resolution re questing the president to notify Spain that the Cuban war must cease at once, and declare the intention of the Unit oil States to restore and maintain peace on the island of Cuba. The right of Hon. Henry W. Corbett to a seat in the senate from Oregon oc cupied the senate's attention for two hours, Chandler speaking in favor of seating the claimant. s Proposition to Bar Them From Rolls Defeated. INDIAN BILL IN THE SENATE House Spent the Entire Day Filibus tering Against Two Bills of Minor Importance Speaker Reed Attacked. Washington, Feb. 12. The contest Which has been waged in the house committee on invalid pensions ever aince the assembling of congress on the question of barring from the pension rolls the widows and children of sol diers who marry hereafter, came to an end today in the defeat of the proposi tion. A motion, with this end in view, was introduced by Smith, of New York, and it had the indorsement of Commissioner of Pensions Evans. The question had been agitating the com mittee at all of its meetings, and to da, after a very spirited discussion. Representative Norton brought it to a sudden close by demanding a vote on the question of favorably reporting it to the house. The vote disclosed five members of the committee in favor of it, and seven against it, the division not being on party lines. The vote was: Ayes Ray, Warner, Henry, Smith, Noes Sulloway, Kerr, Gibson, Stnr tevant, Republicans; Norton, Demo crat, and Botkin and Castle, Populists. This practically ends the effort to se cure the enactment of a general meas ure along these lines at this seesion. Chairman Ray, who was instructed at the last meeting to appoint a sub committee to draft a service pension bill, notified the committee today that he would appoint the subcommittee in a few days. During the entire time of the senate today, the Indian appropriation bill was under consideration. The reading of the bill was completed and all the committee amendments were adopted and subsequently several amendments of a minor character were attached to the measure. Allen enlivened the proceedings a few minutes before adjournment by making an attack on Speaker Reed for preventing the enactment, as the Ne braska senator declared, of meritorious legislation sent to the house by the senate. Be denounced tbe speaker's action in this regard aa "a disgrace" to congress and to the American people. When a point of order was made against him for the use of improper language concerning the other branch of congress, Allen said he was stating only the trntb and that he was respon sible here or elsewhere, at any time for his statements. It was expected to conclude the con sideration of the pending bill today, but when an appeal was taken from the ruling of the vice-president against Alien that an amendment offered by Thurston was not in order, the point of order was made by Allen that a quorum was not present. A roll-calldisclosed the absence of a quorum, and tbe sen ate adjourned. The house was in a very bad temper today, and the whole Bession was con sumed in filibustering against two bills of minor importance, one to issue a duplicate check, and the other to make Rockland, Me., a subport of entry. Neither got farther than the engross ment and third reading. The trouble arose over the enforcement of the rule against thediscussion of irre volant sub jects, when Handy attempted to reply on the floor during the consideration of those bills to a letter recently written by Thomas F. Bayard, in denunciation of the tree-silver democracy. Roll-call followed roll-call all day long, and par tisan spirit reached a high pitch. Fi nally, when it became evident that no progress could be made with the bills presented, adjournment was taken until Monday. Washington, Feb. 12. The senate committee on appropriations has re ported the Indian appropriation bill. The increase is $173,000 over the house bill. A proviso is made in regard to the detailing of army officers for agents at such agencies as in the opinion oj the president may require the presence of an officer. The number of Indian inspectors is increased to five, and each one shall be competent in the location, construction and maintenance of irriga tion works. Tbe Dawes commission is increased to four, and provision is made for the commission to make up the rolls of the five civilized tribes, and it is declared that when the rolls are made up and approved by the secretary of the Inter ior, they shall be final. The time fixed for opening the Un compahgre land in Utah is extended six months. The legislation of the house bill re garding the Pottawattamios and the Kickapoos in Kansas is stricken out Washington, Feb. 12. The Oregon delegation expects to get favorable ac tion from the war department for the Yaquina bay improvement, which means the expenditure of $1,000,000 at that place. Representative Tongue has been promised that the contract shall be authorized. -