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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-04-03

Many nervous woman sits up all the
night and tries to read herself sleepy. Nine
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Nine to one, she gets more and more ner-
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the rustic of her own dress, there is some.
thing the matter with her. The most deli
cate nerves in her body are set on edge by
weakness OF disease. Nine-tenths of the
nervousness, irritability and bad temper in
women IS merely symptom of Ill health
i'll health of the delicate and sensitive or
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show itself there first There is no use tax
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vousness and sleeplessness. It will leave
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before. The way to effect cure is to cure
the cause. DR.. Pierce's Fayorite Prescrip-
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The story of its discovery and its
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ADOPT THEN ALL.

The productive Hawaiian islands
will, it is said, again knock at the door
OF America and ask to be admitted in.
to this government on almost any
terms we may see lit to dictate. And
why should not Uncle Sam adopt this
rich group of children. AS an agri-
cultural country these islands are un-
surpassed anywhere on the globe and
are susceptible of supporting more
people to the square acre than almost
any other spot either in the seas or on
the continent. Blessed with climate
that is most inticing and soil whose
productiveness has no limit, they
would be valuable addition to this
country, and with Yankee genius given
full sway would soon be a source of
revenue to the nation, greater than
the cost of maintaining a territorial
government there.
Situated as they are in mid ocean,
and almost half way between our
western coast and New Zealaud. these
islands would be an absolute necessity
to this country as base of operations
in case of a foreign war, hence it would
be folly to allow them to fall into the
hands of some European nation, or
Japan.
The only real objection to acquiring
these islands is the class of people who
predominant there being undesirable
citizens for republic, still this would
readily be overcome, by Americans
becoming the predominant class soon
after the annexation. And besides
Hawaii, Cuba, so soon as she gains her
independence, will most likely throw
herself at our feet and ask to be an
nexed to the great federation of
American states. She too would
be valuable acquisition; and should
Uncle Sam get fairly in the habit of
adopting orphans of the sea, he had as
well throw out his strong arms and en-
brace Cuba and all the West India
Islands.
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CisNEROs To MCKINLEY.
Appeal for Early Consideration of the Gu
ban Question.

Appeal for Early Consideration of the Gu
ban Question.
CHICAGO, April 1.-The Inter Ocean
today prints an open letter which
President Cisneros, of the Cuban re-
public has sent to President Mckinley.
The letter, which is of great length,
was sent to the Inter Ocean by one of
its correspondents, who visited Cis-
neros at his executive headquarters on
Cubitas mountain, state of Camaguey.
Cisneros in his letter to Mckinley said
| in part:
"During the admi nistration of your
high Office there will be many ques-
tions and matters of Importance for
you to decide. Affairs at home and
abroad will tax the strength you are
known to possess. but would ask you
in the name of God and my people to
extend early consideration to what is
known in the United States as the Gu
ban question. We have at this time in
your beautiful capital a legation. as
yet unrecognized officially by your gov
ernment. That legation, composed of
men we trust and honor. is amply in
the position to inform the American
government of its details as it may de-
sire.
SIN the first place beg you TO con-
slider that the island Of Cuba rightfully |
belongs to the people of the Western
hemisphere. Its geographical location
precludes the possibility of it being
considered a part of any other conti-
nent. Secondly, its people are es-
sentially American in all thoir hopes
and aspirations, and thirdly, the island
and it's people will continue to grow
more aud stronger American from day
to day and from year to year.
Therefore, at the outset, may 1 not
ask: Why does Spain struggle against
fate? Were it possible for her to drag
the island across the Atlantic as she
1rags men and women to Jail, were it
possible to exterminate the present
population and replant the soil with
,er loyal subjects, or were 1t possible
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-04-03
THE DEMAND FOR GOLD.

Japan having adopted the gold
standard will naturally create an in
creased demand for that metal, and its
purchasing power, as compared with
other commodities, will increase just
in proportion to the greater demand,
unless new mines shall be discovered
whereby the supply may keep pace
with the increased call for the metal.
Senator Wolcott sees in the action of
Japan factor that will si1 in hasten
ing an international monetary agree
ment, but in this the senator is mis-
taken. The great finances, or rather
the money owners of Europe, who con-
troll the financial policies of the lold
world, also see in Japan adopting the
gold standard something to their bene-
fit, and will oppose any measure that
will result in lessening the value of
their property. International bimetal-
ism would be valueless to the world at
large, unless it decreased the purchas-
ing power of gold and increased the
selling value of other articles.including
silver. This is just what the money
owners of Europe do not want. They
virtually hold the gold of the world,
and will never consent to system thai
will depreciate its value.
On the other hand, they will favor
any arrangement that will increase its
value. Every nation that discards BIZ
metalism. or goes from the silver to
the gold standard, increases their
wealth just in proportion to the
amount the increased demand for gold
enhances its value. Japan adopting
the gold standard will increase the de-
mand about one-twentietb, hence its
purchasing power will be enhanced
just about to that extent. Russia is
considering the proposition of going
to gold standard, and is receiving en-
couragement to do SO from the money
owners of leading financial nations of
Europe. Should Russia determine
upon this policy, it will require about
one-tenth thu gold of the world for its
use, and the purchasing power of gold
will be increased in proportion to the
new demand.
This possibility leads to the inquiry,
what will the value of gold rise to as
one after another nation adopts it as
its standard of value? And to what
level will labor and the products there
Of fall?. We hear much of two-dollar |
dollar, but when a few more nations |
adopt the gold standard the ordinary |
man will never hear of a dollar; it will |
be so valuable he will hardly dare think
Of it. Farm hands are now working for
fifty cents day, and farmers are selling
heir products at about fifty per cent
value, but when the demand for gold
Increases through its greater use as
money metal, they will be reduced to
over prices still.
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4 LIBERAL EW.

The Atlanta, Constitution, which
has always been one of the ablest
edited and most consistent democratic
papers in the South, takes the follow
ing liberal view of the present admin
istration:
The republican party has gone into
power under new conditions, and in
the midst of the most serious business
and financial emergencies the people
have ever been called on to face. For
the first time in its history, the re-
publican party is on trial on issues not
concerned with sectionalism or the
prejudices growing out of the war.
Such sectionalism as now exists is
purely geographical and the issues
which are to decide the fate of the re-
publican party are purely economic.
The first is the tariff. Will higher
duties, more protection, restore pros
perity? Mr.. Mckinley has said so,
and the republicans have pledged
themselves to it. Well, the people are
awaiting the result. Then there is
currency reform. What do the repub-
licans propose to do about it? That
remains to be seen.
Meantime, why should any reputable
newspaper 60 slashing around "oppos-
ing" Mr.. Mckinley? A million argu-
ments are not equal to one event. If
the tariff restores prosperity, every
BODY except few mugwumps will say
that the end iustifies the means. If
protection fails, why then it is a dead
issue, and the republican party will die
with it.
Under the circumstances, there is
no reason why the newspapers should
"oppose" Mckinley.
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TROOPS To THE FRONT.

Powers Preparing to Send Reinforcements
to Crete.
LONDON, March 30.-The following
semi-official announcement was made
this evening:
''In consequence of the request of
the admirals. it has been decided that
a further battalion of 800 men be forth
with sent to Crete by each power. The
Welsh fusiliers at Malta have been
ordered to be ready to sail immedi-
ately. Otherwise the situation as re-
CARDS the action of the powers, is un-
changed.
SIT has not yet been decided to &C.
mand the withdrawal of the Greek and
Turkish forces from the frontier. Such
course appearing impracticable at the
present moment.n
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THE DOOM OF RIVERA.
Butcher weylor DEGREES That Maceo's
Successor Must Die

Butcher weylor DEGREES That Maceo's
Successor Must Die.
NEW YORK, April Ia Havana
Dispatch to the World says:
General Rivera probably will be shot
soon, as General Weyler has given
orders that he be tried by court mar
tial and shot Immediately. He may
he put to death on Saturday, in spite
of his wounds, or the Spanish may
cure him, and then shoot him. The
certain execution of the brave, wound
ed prisiner OF war excites indig nation
and disgust here. No other alleged
civilized nation is capable of such an
act.
Colonel Baccaloa, who tried to carry
off his wounded commander on his
back, although himself wounded, will
die with him.
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A CITY OF MORGUEs.
Desolation and Death Reign supreme at
Chandler, o. T.

Desolation and Death Reign supreme a
Chandler, o. t.
GUTHRIE, Oklahom, March 81. -
Chaos reigns in Chandler. Last nights
terrible cyclone turned the peaceful
town OF 800 inhabitants into eri.
table morguo. The principal business
buildings are wrecked, grim re.
minder of the storms work. The
death list is variously estinat ted at
from % to 90, with the injured num-
bering from Is to twice that number.
Already 20 dead bodies have been re-
covered.
The night was one tf i1dt scribable
terror. With the better part of the in
habitants dead and dying and the re-
mainder too badly injured or unable
from fright or because of the darkness
to render assistance, little better order
than bedlam prevailed. The rain
poured down upon the disconsolate in
habitants and added horror to the sit
uation. Many injured lay in the
wrecks of their homes till daylight
made it possible for them to help them
selves, or aid from surrounding towns
arrived.
Many wrecks took fire any burned
themselves out, several being still
smoldering when morning broke over
! the town. 1t is believed that many
missing persons were burned to death.
The scene is awful, and several of
the injured are raving crazy. The
main street of the town is q mass of
dead and injured people, and teams,
wagons, buggies, trees and debris
from the buildings. Chief Justice
Dale, who was holding court, ran with
his wife to hollow, and held her be-
hind large boulder. They escaped
injury.
Every building but one on the main
street was wrecked and burned, in
cluding the courthouse, postoffice,
News and Democrat office, bank, New
York store and several hotels.
The cyclone struck Chandler with
out warning at o'clock last evening.
The work of carnage began before the
inhabitants realized what was upon
them. Hardly any means of escape
was left. Stores were hurled right
and left, lifted high into the air, and
tossed in every direction. The court.
house, in which Chief Justice Dale
was holding court, was taken off the
, foundation, and the building nearly
crushed.
Passing on through the residence
district, the wind demon rushed into
the open country, where it finally
spent itself, leaving trail of wreckage
and ruin most complete. Houses
rested on their tops and the streets
were piled high with debris. Over
turned stoves started fires. and un-
hampered the flames began their part
in the work of destruction. A deluge
then came, which probably was the
saving of the town, for in many spots
it quenched the fires and stemmed the
coniagartions that Chandler's citizens
could never have hoped to stay.
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Mortality at Bombay.

BOMBAY, March 31.-According to
the official list published the total
deaths in this city for the week ending
last Friday was lll1A, Of these, 455
were due to the bubonic plague. The
returns show light increase in NOR
tality in Poona. There is a consider
able increase in the districts of Surat,
Sukkutar, Kama and Hyderabad. The
number of fatal cases AZ Karachi dur
ing the week ending March 26 was 1856.
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IT'S WHAT WE VOTED FOR.

Representative Walker, of Massa-
chusetts, has introduced two bills re-
lating to banking and currency, enti-
tied ITO modify the national banking
laws so as to provide the people with
safe. ample, elastic and cheap cur
rency," and ''To call in fractional paper
money now injuring the prosperity of
the country" The first bill provides
that hereafter no national bank shalt
be required to deposit bonds to secure
circulation. and circulating notes are
to be issued up to the amount OF the
unimpaired capital of the bank. The
same reserve is required for the circu-
lating notes as for individual deposits.
The cash reserve shall be in specie
and at least one-half of it in gold. The
specie shall be paid on demand under
penalty of "a per cent interests as dam
ages during the time of refusal so to
pay. The other bill provides for the
issue of $3.50. .OOO, 900 of bonds under the
act of January 10, 1875, running from
two to ten years and drawing q per
cent interest. The proceeds are to be
used in redeeming and canceling out
standing United States legal tender
notes and silver certificates. The bill
further authorizes the sale of silver
bullion and silver dollars in the treas
ury at the market value, whenever
such silver dollars cannot be kept in
circulation as money. The proceeds
of the sale of silver shall reduce the
issue of bonds to that extent.
Ths provisions of these two bills are
fnlly in accord with the will fthe peo-
ple expressed at the last presidential
election, since they are efforts to put
the finances of the country in the
hands of the national banks, to retire |
the credit currency and silver coins of
the country and to retain the gold
standard so far as our coin is con-
earned. Should these bills be placed
nnon the statute books of the nation |
he provisions of the St. Louis plat
,rm. and the desire of those who
ost a-dently supported it, will be
rried out with vengence, and will
8 the people forcible object lesson !
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REED AND HIS MANIKINS.

The proceedings in the lower house
of congress since the discussion of the
tariff bill pegun, and in fact since the
special session convened and reelected
the Hon. Tom Reed speaker, have been
rather convincing to the ordinary OBJ
server that we have at Washington
very nearly one-man congress. Reed
:. is not only speaker of that body but he
poses as absolute dictator, and what
he wills is done. His rulings are law,
and what he dictates is needed. The
rest of congress is like so many little
manikins on a string in the hands OF
an expert juggler. When Reed says
dance, they dance, and when he says
stand still they stand. Reed decided
that but three committees should be
appointed this term, and but three
were appointed. He disposed to limit
the legislation at this session to the
appropriations and the tariff bill, and
that will be the limit. He desired that
the appropriation bills be passed as
they stood without debate, and his de-
sire was granted. In the consideration
of the tariff, he allowed the opposition
to the Dingley bill four days for gen.
'eral discussion, and four days was the
limit for five-minute speeches.
Had the queen of England ever at
tempted such dictation as has been
seen under Mr.. Reeds dictatorship,
her throne would haYe toppled over
years ago. Or had Emperor William
ever have found chamber of deputies
so plant as is our house in the hands
of its august presiding officer. Ger
many would long since have ceased to
be representative government. Our
congress, under the manipulation of the
gentleman from Maine, is not house
of representatives, but a gigantic
Punch and Judy show, whose juggler
does not even deign to hide behind a
screen, while his deft hand forces the
little puppets to duck and squirm as
did those gaily painted pigmies that
brought us mirth in the dear, thought
less days of our boyhood, as we watched
the girations of the wooden figures in |
q ten-cent museum at county fair.
1t must be granted that Speaker
Reed is about all there is of congress
at the present day; that the great de-
Lucrative body in the national capitol
is composed of a mass of pigmies who
vince every time the speakers gavel
falls, and that the majority is ready to
vote as he bids. And it must too be
admitted that he is about the ablest
man in that body; that he is fearless,
candid and at the same time more
honest than the average of that major
ity which he controls. When the his
tory of this session of congress is writ
ten twill be the history of Tom Reed
and his little manikins.
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Greeks Were victors.

CoNsTANTNoPLE, March 30.-Re.
ports from Turkish headquarters at
EIassona say the Greek leader. Alexis
Taxi, brother of the famous chieftain, d,
crossed the frontier into Macedonia
Sunday. accompanied by about 250 fol-
lowers. Near Grevena the Greeks en-
gagged the advance post of the Turkish
troops, commanded by German off,
Ger. The loss OF the insurgents is not
known. They subsequently, returned
across the border into Greek territory.
1t is difficult to see how war between
Greece and Turkey can be avoided.
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Another Levee Gives Way.

GREENvILLE, Miss, March 81
Last night the levee broke at Selas
Landing. The water is running wild in
Bolivar county, between Rosedale and
Guunison. The levee there is about
10 feet higher and the creyasse is now
over thousand feet wide.
There are now four breaks on the
Mississippi front hourly pouring de-
vastating torrents into this fertile
valley.
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Insurrents Are Prenared.

LONDON, March 3l.-A dispatch from
q correspondent of the Daily Chronicle
at Elas-on headquarters of the Turk
ish army in Macedonia, says:
"War is inevitable if the negotia-
tions of the powers fail. Thirty thous-
and insurgents armed TO the teeth are
waiting at certain point on the
frontier. A week from today is the an
niversiary of Greek independence. 1t
is difficult to believe it can pass with
out the enthusiasm breaking It's bounds,
though Prince Constantine's orders
are to exercise the utmost strictness to
prevent unauthorized action"
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EXECUTORS NOTICE.

Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned
has been duly appointed executor OF the iaSt
viii and testament OF Owen Williams. deceased
All persons having claims against the estate of
saio deceased or against the partnership estate
OF said deceased and G.. J. Stubling formerIv
conducted under the firm name of Stublin0 and
Williams are hereby notified to present the
same TO me at my place OF business IN THE
Dufur Menefee. within six months from the
date OF this notice. '-S
Dated this March 18, 1897.
Executor of the last win and testamen, y,
Owen Williams, decd Vi
March 90 5w
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a blizzard In Nebraska.

OMAHA, April 1.-THE severest bli&-
zard of the entire winter has prevailed
for the last % hours in Western Ne.
braska and adjacent territory, and has
completely stopped all traffic on three
Omaha railroads-the Burlington,
Union Pacific and Rock Island-in that
section. The interruption to train
service and the best means of getting
the trains thro ugh engaged the entire
attention of officials Of the Union Pa
ciic headquarters. Throughout the
Union Pacific system the storm ex-
tended along the lines in Colorado,
Wyoming and Kansas. The only part
OF the system on (which trains were
moved was between Omaha and Sid
ney, Neb. The overland limited is
snowbound at Hillsdale, Wyo. The
fast mail is lying helpless in q snow
drift near Sidney, this state.
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Wind Storm In Kansas. .

KANSAS CITY, March 3l.-A disas.
trous wind storm, in some places cy.
clonic in nature, passed over central
and southern Kansas last night. The
loss of property is heavy. So far as
known, no fatalities occurred. The
storm was most severe in Harvey,
Sedgwick, Mcpherson and Marion
counties.
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CHICAGO, March 30.-Fifteen hun
dred men employed in the tsnneries
struck today. The strike is over the
question of hours of labor, the EN-.
ployers insisting on 10 hours work
ing day instead of s as at present.
Many bosses, it is claimed, have de-
cided not hereafter to recognize the
unions, and to put the 10-hour day
into effect next week.
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Rirera,s Probable succe ssor.

MADRID, March 30.-The govern
ment is contemplating imposing new
taxes in order to provide for Cuban
war expenses. 1t is rumored here that
General Sanguilly will succeed Gen.
eral Rivera, now prisoner, as COM
mander for the insurgent forces in the
province OF Pinar del Rio.