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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-23
Bold HOld.Un.

PETALUMA, Cal, Nov. PA bold
hold-up and robbery of a village gro-
cery store occurred at Freestone, four
miles from Valley Ford. and about Is
miles from Petaluma, at $50 last night.
The owner of the store is L. p. Ward.
Two men entered the store, both wear
ing handkerchiefs over their faces, one
carrying two revolvers and the other a
shotgun. A man named Richardson
in the store was given few seconds to
decide whether he would give up the
money in the safe or take chances for
his life He handed over $500 and
other valuables, when the robbers rode
off
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-23
SAN FRANCIsCO's PROTECTORS.
The Battery of Dynamite Guns Read
for Use.

Ine Battery OF dynamite Guns heady
for Use.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21.-The bat
terry of dynamite guns, which stretches
along the bluffs south of Fort Point
for nearly mile, is now ready to deal
out destruction to any invading navy
that may appear within three miles of
the Golden Gate. The great guns stare
up at the blue sky from behind steep
bulwarks. They look not unlike great
frogs ready to spring into the ocean.
Lieutenant Miley, who has charge of
the battery. says that this battery
which defends the chief harbor of the
Pacific coast, is the largest battery in
the world. There is another located
at Sandy. Hook. near The entrance to
New York harbor, but it contains only
one eight-inch and two 14-inch guns.
During the past two days expert
ments have been made with the guns.
No shells have been fired, and only
limited amount of powder used, in
order to test the air-compressing plant
by which the projectiles are hurled
from the guns. During the first week
in December an official test will be
made of the guns before General Gra-
ham and all the officers stationed at
the Preside and neighboring military
posts. Shells will be used and the
guns will be tested as if in. actual war;
fare, ----s -
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-23
AN ABUSED. PRIVILEGE.

The San Francisco Chronicle estt.
mates that II Durrant is ever made pay
the penalty for the murder OF which
he has been convicted, at least one and
q half years may elapse before the
| final sentence of the court can be car
ried out. This delay is made possible
by the time allowed by the statutes Of
California for hearing motions for new
trials, preparing and filing briefs, sub
mitting argument, etc. Such delays,
| when 1t Is considered that the death
penalty is inflicted, not 30 much as q
punishment for the specific crime for
which the condemned is deprived Of
his life, as it is to prevent other crimes,
have caused growing feeling that so
ciety would be benefited, and the
cause of justice promoted, II motions
for new trials in criminal cases were
prohibited. It is notorious fact that
a very large majority of the motions
for new trials are made on frivolous
ground and for the purpose of thwart-
ing justice. It is unreasonable to be-
lieve that errors, which are vital to
the rights of the accused, are of COM
mon occurrence; but it is the rule
where conviction is had that a motion
for new trial is entered, and it must be
admitted that courts are far too ready
to grant them, more as q matter Of
habit than because there is sufficient
cause for such action. So common has
this practice become in some states
that it is often said when criminal 10
convicted, his trial has only begun.
And so many culprits have escaped de-
served punishment through the grant
ing of new trials, that society is justi-
fed in protesting against the practice.
The Indiana Judge who overruled
motion for new trial in murder
case recently presented the matter in
a clear light. "If it be true" he
pointed out, THAT upon such motion
the judge mus. weigh the evidence
and determine the facts as did the
jury, and If he fails to reach the same
conclusion upon some material fact
and grants new trial, there is Moth
ing gained by submitting it to jury
In the first instance. The idea of thus
and reversing the verdict |
Of a jury" he declared, sis in conflict |
with the idea, confirmed by the wis
dom and experience of centuries, that |
trial by jury is the surest and safest |
method of administering Justice" The
theory OF the jury system is that the
verdict Of twelve good and honest
men, after they have carefully weighed
;he evidence. is as liable to be right as
IAN be expected, but this theory is
every time a new trial is
.ranted. There are cases where er-
'ors are SO aagrant that new trials are
Justified, but such cases are not of
Common occurrence, but the excep-
ions are few to the rule thatsthe YER
lets Of juries in criminal cases are
orrect.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-23
THE PROSPECTS AHEAD.

The Democracy of the nation will be
In better condition to go into the ma
tional campaign next year than it has
been for years. It will of course have
obstacles to overcome, but mono so
great as it has overcome In some OF
the states In which elections were held
on the 5th of the present month.
Prior to those elections the men who
dictated to nominations and formulated
principles were traitors to the party
and had but one idea in view-per-
sonal aggrandizement. But the party,
In the recent elections, showed itself
courageous enough to rebuke such
leaders, and next year they will be
supplanted by more patriotic class.
Not only did the party reprove the
leaders who have done wrong in one
instance, but in every state where such
wrongs existed.
In Kentucky it refused to support
hatrmoney candidate, although he was
nominated on ssund.money platform.
In Ohio it rebuked the carpet-bag
senator, who first bought his way into
the senate, and then opposed every
vital Democratic measure on which he
was called to act. The Democracy of
that state has very emphatically said
1t was done with Brice and Briceism.
In the state Of New York. by stay
ing away from the polls, the Demo.
Gratis emphasized their demand for
return Of the better class of men and |
brains to the leadership of the party.
In New Jersey the Democrats re-
fused to support even good candidate
for the reason that they desired to re. !
buke party leaders for their affiliation
with thieves and gamblers.
In Maryland they revolted against
German because German Ia a tool of
the party's enemies. and has ever been
to all that true Democ-
racy means.
This wedding out Of traitors and
bosses Is not bad beginning for the
of next year, provided the
lessons are needed in the councils of
the party. Being rid of these traitors.
and with the return of prosperity
under Democratic administration
will give the party good standing be-
'ore the people next year. And if the
rational convention declares for hon
,st and economical administration,
,quitable taxation with special priv
leges to none, and for an amendment
o the constitution whereby an income
Ak can be enforced, the chances for
success in 1898 are not
lopeless by any means.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-23
RIvALLING THE TURKS.
Spaniards Charged With Committin

spaniards Charged with Committing
Atrocities.
TAMPA, Fla, Nov. 2l.-Colonel Fer
nando Fuergedo, the Cuban leader OF
this city, is in receipt of letter from
Havana giving. letails Of atrocities
committed by Spaniards in Matanzas
province.
Colonel Melino, who commands a
Spanish regiment, recently encoun.
tered the advance guard of Gomez
army in Matanzas and was defeated.
While the soldiers under Melino were
in retreat, they met a group of women
and children near little town called
-Cayopino.- AS the soldiers passed. one
of. the women maze sneering remark
about Spaniards.. The remark was
overheard by the soldiers, and so en-
ragged them that. they fell upon the
women and children and butchered
every one of them.
: There were 10 women and about u
children. The letter says the Span
iards. after shooting down their vic.
t ms, stabbed them with bayonets, l.
ficting most horrible wounds. One
baby was killed at its mothers breast
and the bullet that passed through the
infant also killed the mother.
Colonel Melino made no report of
the butchery, but it happened that the
women were wives of Spaniards en-
gagged in the sawmill business in Mat
anzas. When the husbands learned
how their fanatics had been butchered,
they went to De Campos, informing
him of the affair, and asked that Colonel
Melino be punished. 1t is said that
Campos ordered Melino courtmar-
tailed, and it is thought the butcher
will be sentenced to death, as the massa
ere is condemned as bitterly by the
Spaniards as by the Cubans.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-23
HAS. LOST HIS OFFICE.
President of Tacoma's Board of Public
Works Dismissed


Works Dismissed,
TACOMA, Nov. 21.--At'1 o'clock this
Thursday morning the city council,
by vote of Is to l.. found.M. M. Tay-
lor, president of the board of public
works, guilty OF misconduct in office
and passed resolution dismissing
him from office. His attorney gave
notice of an, appeal to the superior
court. The impeachment trial COM
menced at 10 A. M. Saturday, lasting
for fifteen hours, with short intermis-
sions for luncheon and dinner. The
charges against Taylor were preferred
a week ago Saturday by Councilman
Norton, who alleged the Columbia
National bank paid Taylor $500 and
put his son on the payroll five months
at S65 per month in payment for Tay-
lor's influence. Taylor's defense was
that he was simply paid for services
rendered in behalf of the county treas
urer. and that the city was not inter.
ested. AS the city had 100000 in the
bank when it closed, the council
thought otherwise.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-23
A LITTLE AvRIEN.

The little toe is said to be disappear
ing from the human foot.
A PHILADELPHIA medical paper says
that city noises produce disease.
The value of Canada's fisheries yield
last year is announced as s1s,o41,171.
IN Blaclstone's time 100 offenses
were punishable in England by death.
IT is usually considered that an
adult should drink about three pints Of
liquid day.
TIE prince Of Wales has seventeen
brothers-in-law, sixteen uncles, sixty
seven cousins and fifty-seven nephews
and nieces.
TIE second son of the archbishop of
Canterbury has achieved considerable
success with a novel entitled 'Dodo,"
dealing with fashionable society.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-23
DID HE MURDER THEM9
Arrest of Montgomery's Son For the
Crime Near Brownsville.

Arrest of Arontgomery's Son Fer the
Crime Near Brownsville.
BROWNSVILLE, Or, Nov. 20.-Dr. r.
A. Jaynes, coroner of Linn county, ar
rived in this city at 8 A. M, and pro-
ceeded to the farm of S. r. Templeton
and empaneled a jury to investigate
the murders of John Montgomery, Mrs.
Lizzie Montgomery. and D. B. Nc
Kercher. The jury, after hearing the
evidence, returned q verdict, signed
by E. A. Evans, as follows:
"We, the jury, fud that John Mont
gomery and Lizzie Montgomery, his
wife, and Daniel McKercher came to
their deaths from gun.shot wounds, in
flicted by some other person than them
selves, and, from the evidence offered
in the case, we have good reasons to
believe that Lloyd Montgomery is the
guilty party"
Lloyd Montgomery is under arrest,
and preliminary examination will be
held at 10 A. M.temerrow.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-23
The Tariff,

CHICAGO, Nov. 2e.@A special from
Washington says:
In spite of the plans of the Republi-
can leaders for the avoidance of tariff
fight at this session, many newly elect
ed members are determined to keep up
the battle. Representative Tawney.
of Minnesota, said:
"The sentiment Of the Republicans
In my state is in favor of conservative
revision of the tariff upon straight-out
Republican lines. We believe. that
the revenue for .esrsying on the goy-
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-23
"L1KE A WOLF IN THE FOLD"
European Nations Preparing to Press
Claims Against Venezuela.

European Nations Preparing to Press
Claims Against Venezuela.
New YORK, Nov. pa special to
the Herald from Havana says:
1t is reported here that Spain is pre-
parfngto press important claims upon
the.government pffyenezuela, stimuli
taneously with the demand of Great
Britain upon the same country, and
there is report that France will join
Spain as she has claims of her own to
settle with Venezuela.
The cruiser Alfonso XIII has sailed
for-La Guayra, Venezuela.
: The Spanish warship also left the
port Of Havana hurriedly last night.
Senor De Castro, the Spanish minister
to Caracas, who has been in this city
for some time, was on board the vessel.
Senior De Castro, before his departure,
held conference with high officials
here. It is said that, matters of great
Importance were discussed.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-23
The dispatches TODAY announce that

The dispatches today announce that
American iron manufacturers have
been awarded the contract for furnish.
ing the armor plant for two new Rus.
sian warships in course of construc-
ton. Thus even under reduced tar
if these iron manufacturers are ena-
bled to compete with the world and
become successful bidders in foreign
countries. One by one the beneficial
efecss Of low tariff are being felt.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-23
Gomez Victorious.

HAVANA, Nov. 21.-General Maxine
Gomez, the insurgent leader, has cap
tured Fort PaTyeo, on the river Zaza,
in the province of Santa Clara.
While the train conveying General
Suarez Valdez was nearing Santa Rita
in the province of Santa Clara. today,
insurgents fired dynamite shell at it,
blowing up four wagons and the en-.
gine. Two soldiers were seriously in
jured, and II slightly wounded. The
car in which the general was riding
was not injured. He went on horse
back to Esperanza.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-23
genciec as follows
without Foundation.

BERLIN, Nov. 2O.-Nothing further
has been received from Sofia. Bulga-
ria, in any way tending. to confirm the
dispatch from that city yesterday
which announced that report had
been received from Constantinople
that the sultan of Turkey had been
poisoned. Itis believed there is no
for the report.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-23
Stock From Heppner.

HEPPNER, Or, Nov. 21.-Two car
loads of cattle and three OF hogs were
shipped out last night to the Union
Meat Company, at Troutdale. The
farmers OF Morrow county are not
making much out OF hogs this season,
only getting cents, delivered at the
railroad. One farmer delivered a
wagonload of hogs yesterday and said
that. on IL hogs, after deducting the
cost of the hogs, which he purchased
last August, and the price of wheat
fed, he had just 81 left.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-23
Am Importaut pI,corerx.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Nov. 21.-Prof
Ballet, professor of engineering and
chemistry and physics at the Arkansas
Methodist college at Arkadelphia, has
discovered-a new method for the man.
ufacture of Illuminating gas. The gas
Is capable of giving a very high light
and will yield 12-candle power from
an ordinary Illuminating burner. The
process is purely chemical and is The
cheapest known, The discovery is at
tracing attention in the scientific
world.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-23

ernment should be raised by tariff on
Imports rather than by excessive taxa
tion under the internal revenue system.
If we cannot get conservative revi-
sion it might be advisable to pursue
the 'popguh bill plan of accomplish
ing the purpose in ,ia--" "
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-23
sneaker crisn IA MAILING a foo,

Speaker Crisp Is making a fool OF
himself down in Georgia, proposing to
divide the Democratic party on the
silver question. The result in Kep-
tucky ought to convince him and his
followers that such q move means moth
ing else than defeat.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-23
Weak, Irritable, Tired
81 Was No Good on Earth"

DR.. Miles Nervine strengthens
the weak, builds up the broken
down constitution, and permanently
cures every kind Of nervous disease:
"AbOsst one vear ago IsCas a aLftcted
sUifh nervousness, sleepIessssess,
Creeping sesasatfOss Ia ssay Ie0s,
Slight patpitafiOss Of asty heat,
Dfstractissg cOs.f fszstor of the mind,
Serious loss or lapse Of memory.
Weighted dozen sOith care and
sO0ss'y. i completely lost appetite
And felt ssay Cftality sCearin0 osst,
4 sUds sUeal:, irritable and tired,
My sceight sCas reduced to 16O L6s.,
x1s fact L sc0S no mood. ON earth,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-23
Montana,s wild Man.

BUTTE, Mont, Nov. 20.-Pettingill,
the wild man of the Wise river noun
tains, has been found dead in his
mountain retreat. Pettlngill came to
Montana during the early period of
the war, and ever after lived alone
among the wild animals of the Wise
river mountains. Pettingill had
knowledge of fabulously rich gold
vein, but never disclosed its location,
though he gave to party of hunters
some quartz that assayed $50, 600 ton.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-23
SOME FACTS.

The New York Advertiser recently
published the statement that during
the four years that Benjamin. Harrison
occupied the presidency. federal reve-
nues exceeded expenditures nearly
s2lo. .OOo, ,0O0." This statement is de-
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-23
Pension Payment.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2o.-The secre.
tary of the interior today issued a
requisition on the treasury for $40, $780,
600 for the quarterly pension payment
The amount is distributed to the
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-23
FOR SALE.

760 ewes, lambs and wethers, all in
good condition and perfectly sound.
Price, lambs SL00 per head, grown
sheep s1.25. Inquire at this Office.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-23

cidedly misleading, being over ss5, ,000,.
900 in excess of what the amount really
was. The reports of the United States
treasury, which was made on June Both
of each year, show the excess of reve-
nues over expenditures for each fiscal
year during President Harrison's ad-
ministration to have been:
1890. .SS5, ,O4O,2 PIP
lOO1 AO.COC,ofL
!o9S' ''..... .............- 9,9!4,4o4
1850. Z,o4U.oIf
A peculiar fact connected with these
figures is that the excess of receipts
over expenditures for 1892, the first
year thet the effects of the Mckinley
law began to be manifested, were S16,-
924 ,0SS, less than the previous year,
and the the total expenditures of the
government for the two years were:
1891 1856, 7S3, ,905
1882. Observation-Disclosures. 345, ,O23, $50
Had the expenditures of 1892 been as
great as those Of the previous year
there would have been a deficit of
nearS 100000. But during the year
ending June 30, 1892, the expenditures
Of the government were 800, 75O. .575 less
than during the previous year. Thus,
whatever may be said of the Mckinney
law as a protection measure, while it
added to the cost Of nearly every arti'
Gle of general consumption, it also had
the effect of reducing the revenues. 1t
was still in force In 1894, when the ex-
penditures of the government exceeded
the revenues by over s70,000,000.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-23

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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-23

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A friend brought
me DR.. Miles book,
"New and Start
ling Facts" and
! finally decided
to try a bottle of
DR. MILES Re-
orative Nervine.
Before I had taken
one bottle ] could
sleep as well as a
O-yr.-old boy. My
appetite returned
greatly fprroacod
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-11-23

W1sess Il had taken the sirfh bottle
MY weight Increased to Is6 bs.,
The sensation In sssy legs sCas gone;
My sserres steadied: completely;
My memory sCas fully restored.
N.Y. brain seemed clearer than eUev.
Il felt as O00das amy man on earth.
DR.. Miles,. Resforatire Neruise is
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DR.. Miles Nervine is sold on positive
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-10
SAVANNAH. GA. WEDNESDAY, JULY 10 1895

We felt somewhat assured that we could
not flush our game prematUrely by this
means. The most difficult par Of the bril-
liant idea. however, was yet 10 be accom-
plishod. and that was to get "beyant" the
band Of "hosses" without flushing that ex-
tremely wary ghost"
Many plans were discussed. but it was
finally settled that four Of the party were
to divide two by two anu gradually
steal" their way along through the dens--
est cactus thickets along the foot Of
either wall until they could reach safe
point beyond the band. This was accom-
plished easier and sooner than was ex-
pected, and after the rest OF the party
had been lying in wait some Six or eight
hours, secreted on either side u the can
yon, near the chapparal path and in con-
Venient reach Of the sneres. q rumbling
sound, as of the clatter of a thousand
hOofs, broke upon their eXpectant ears.
and the equine ghost" put In an APP
pearance several lengths ahead. in grand
shape and presenting the most beautiful
spectacle that l had ever beheld.
It seemed TO me that my heart would
leap out of my mouth, the desire came
so strong upon me to possess the ami
NAL. AS he entered the narrow pass
and was nearing the first snare the whole
party, upon a precOncerted plan hasteued
to head of the advancing cavalcGde Of
stampeding mustangs following at a dis
tance pell.Jnell in the wake Of the white
stallion, to prevent them rampeling him
TO death as he fell at the end OF the
moose.
But "the best laid plans of mice and men
aft gang aglee," and, to make a long
story short, in order to prevent the wild
rushing from trampling us to a jelly we
were obliged to give way instead while
the demoralized herd wedged into the mar
row opening single file, trampling the
equine ghost into blood pudding"
Four other leaders shared the same fate
as they reached each moose ahead, and
crippled and MANNED horses were piled and
packed in the thorny brush until the pas
sage was completely blocked. The utter
and complete failure of our enterprise, was
a sad blow to the whole party. and no one
regretted it more than myself as it was
the destruction of a pretty legend among
the plainsmen.
But our troubles did not end here. We
could not return through thc canyon by
the way we had entered, as The only pas
sage was so completely blocked by dead
sible. To follow up the canyon I'm the OPP
poste direction before finding an outlet
was highly probable. This was a serious
dilemma indeed, and. nolens voens. the
alternative was adopted ana acted upon,
and after three days hard travel We
reached a passage in the wall of the can
yon where with difficulty we made our
cgrcss to the plateau and took our course
for our field OF operations with the com
pass ana chain.