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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18

The nation weeps- with President
Mckinley in his bereavement, yet one
cannot regret the peaceful and quiet
close of we'll spent life that has
passed the 8Sth milestone. Surround.
ed with affectionate children, and
after htving seen her son elevated to
the highest position in the world, to
close the eyes to the busy cares of life
must have been pleasure rather than
a regret to the one thus called to the
beyond.
Young, U'Ren and few other popu-
list leaders met in Portland last Satur-
day and determined to hold an early
state convention. They issued an ad-
dress to the people which tends to op-
pose union with any other party.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18
Twisted HI. squaw,s Neck.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Dec ia special
to. the News from Winnipeg says:
Indian Agent Short has arrived here
from Berens river with particulars of
a horrible murder which occurred
eight miles south of Berens river. An
Indian woman was suffering from typ
hold fever and become insane. Her
husband thought she had became
wendigo and decided that she must be
killed at once to prevent her from eat
ing other members of her band. Grab
bing his wife around the body with one
arm, he grasped her hair with the
other hand and twisted her head un-
til her neck was broken. The Indian
was taken into custody on charge of
murder.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18

party is pledged to the maintainance
of the single gold standard, any
change by it would require the issue
of bonds AS the issue of bonds in
time of peace is abhorrent to the
economic ideas OF the people the re-
publican. party can do nothing to re;
form the currency.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18
The Chief Conspirator.

men YORK, Dec. 16.-The Herald
correspondent in Rio Janeiro tele-
graphed that the government authors
ties have seized lettlr written by
Vice-President Peirera which proves
beyond doubt that he WAS at the head
ofthe revolutionary movement which
led to the recent attempted assassina-
tion of President Moraes.
Brazilian authorities still lave
cause to fear revolution, and the
government has requested Uruguay to
prevent the gathering OF revolution
ary groups along her frontier.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18
CLEVELAND GOES DOWN.
The Steamer Lost on the Coast of Vancou-
yer Island.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15.-The Mer.
chants Exchange has received a tele-
gram from Nanaimo, in which the cap
tain of the missing steamer Clevelar d
says his vessel has been vi e ,ked on
the coast Of Vancouver island. No
other details are given.
The Cleveland left here for Seattle
about 10 days, and it is known that
she encountered fierce gales. She
carried crew of 30 men and about II
passengers.
The Cleveland was q large iron
steamer, and has had a series of mis-
fortunes. She is owned by Charles
Mason, and was commanded by Cap.
tain G. F. Hall. s
1t is supposed the steamers machin-
cry became disabled, and that she was
blown out of her course while under
sail. The steamer went ashore at Cane
Beale, on the west coast of Vancouver
Island. The purser of the ship has ar
lived at Nanaimo, having gone across
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18
Gold Near Dyea.

PORT TOWNSEND, Dec. 15.-Charles
G. Warren, of this city. a returning
passenger on the steamer Al-Ki, re-
ports the discovery of rich diggings
near Dyea. He says there has been
a stamped e from Dyea to the placers,
which are in the canyon six miles
above the town. and the discovery has
caused great excitement. News was
also brought down OF q late discovery
on .Deadwood creek, seven miles from
Dawson City, on the east side of the
Yukon
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18
Laid Away to Reposs.

CANTON, Dec. 14.-To day in the
presence of serrowing relatives and
sympathetic friends of the deceased,
all that was mortal of Mrs. Nancy
Allison Mckinley, mother of the
president of the United States, was
laid at rest with befitting ceremonies.
The services at the Mckinley home
stead were private being attended only
by relatives of the family and intimate
friends, including the members of the
cabinet, who have come from Wash
ington, and their wives. After the
conclusion of this service the casket
containing ( Mother McKinley's re.
mains was taken to the church es-
e9rted by acortege of vast length, and
here the public services were held5
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18
ATerrific Kansas STORM !.

TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. 13.-People
living on the plains of Western
Kansas are suffering from a ter
rife blizzard tonight. The storm is
filling the air with snow and sweeping
across the plains at the rate of so miles
an hour. Many people, living remote
from towns, are destitute of fuel and
serious results may follow. Thousands
of head of cattle wintering on the
prairies will doubtless perish.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-The senate
today confirmed the following nomina-
tions: Charles G. Dawes, Of Illinois.
to be controller of the currency; John
3. Nesbith, of Pennsylvania, to be
pension agent at Pittsburg.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18
If all is true of Portland that

Ii all is true OF Portland that IS
written; if it is rendezvous for thugs,
gam blers and firebugs, it is an unsafe
place to invest capital. Then why not
capital that is there move hundred
miles upthe river to The. Dalles, the
best regulated and most economically
administered city in the state?
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18

ran out of the building and command
ed Mereywether to surrender. Mercy
wetber attempted to raise his gun
when Barnes shot him. He dropped
from his horse dead.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18
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Also fine line of Felt Juliets for Ladies' Misses and
Children and numerous other Holiday Goods.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18

rangements Of this Find should continue ta
exist Ninety nine times in a hundred they
are completely overcome in. a perfectly
natural and scientific way by the use of Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription, which gives
healthy speweT and capacity to the special
organs; reinforces the nerve-centres and
makes natural, healthy motherhood posi-.
ble safe and comparatively easy.
1t makes the coming of baby almost free
from pain; gives strength and cheerfulness
to the mother, and constitutional vigor to
the child. It is the only medicine in the
world devised for this one purpose by an
educated physician, skilled and experil
enced specialist in this particular field of
practice .--,f.r =
az cannot say enoughiin praise of DIR. Pierce'sa
-Favorite Prescription, as 1t has done me world
of good, and has, undoubtedly saved my life,
writes Mrs. Florence. HuHter, of ,Cerley, Logan
Co.. Ark. Iniscarried four times; coiiltl get no
medicine to donIe any good, i concluded TO try
the tFavorite Prescription > and after taking
several bottles of it made my husband present
of fine girl. 1 think it is the best medicine in
the world"
DR. iPierce's Pleasant Pellets One is
Laxative. two a mild caihartic.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18

the island. He reports that % Of the
crew are missing. 1t is supposed that
OuL at sea-
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18
ISSUED BY GYMEz
Words of encouragement to
- the Army. -.
CANADA TO BE LIBERAL
Regulations to Foreigners Entering
Klondike Will be Made AS Lib
- eral as Possible.
House Judiciary Committee Preparing a
Bankruptcy BiII-Mother Mckinley
Laid to Rest -Depnty.Sherin
Killed.
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Palma. representative of the s1Cuban
provisional government, has received
from General Maxine Gomez, copy
of proclamation be has recently is
sued, rejecting autonomy. The docu-
ment, which is addressed to the army
of Ii liberation, reads: =.
"Patriot soldiers, who arc fighting
for the emancipation of the Cuban
people: General Blanco. the substi-
tute for blOodtbirsty Weyler, who
threatens US, comes to establish new
features in this war. He says so in his
proclamation to the country and to the
army. But we do not desire to make
any changes, and the war will; be, car.
ried on by us just the same as we com!
menced it. since all our campaigns are
carried on in accordance with the meth
ods of civilized warfare.
Everything that helps the enemy
must be destroyed and everything that
seems to harass him must be accom-
plished. This is our right.
"Our purposes have been well de-
fined and sufficiently proclaimed to the
world. We aim at the independence
of our country; Cuba for the Cubans;
America for the. Americans.
ITO attain these high and honorable
results we rely on our pledged honor,
the possession OF the island and the
lapse of time. Resources to carry on
the struggle will spring forth from Que
resistance. The hopes of Spain to
subdua us are already blasted. Gen.
Blauco represents her last and liual
resort.
A BANKRUPTCY BILL ASSURED. j
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18
Deputy Sheriff Killed i.

|. HAMBURG, Ark, ec.sI3.-Deputy
Sheriff Mereywether was killed at
Parkdale last night. Mereywether
killed DIR. Oscar Lesekhart. near NOR.
rel, last April. and escaped, hiding
himselfin the ~swamps. Recently he
has been heard of at several points,
and Sheriff. Stillwell has had men
after him. Last night Mereyyether,
armed with rife and. two 44-calibre
pistols, and accompanied =bgstwo men,
also armed, heavily rode into Parkdale.
One of the men entered store and seti
down his gun, which was Immediately
seized by Deputy Sheriff Barles. who
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18
PILLOWS

Beautiful Assortment in FINE. BIG PILES
ut 229c 45c 60c soc and 95es Cur better grades of
Pillows up to $500 reduced in proportion.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18
Canada Likely to BE Liberal.

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OTTAWA, Dec. 14.EA. meeting of the
Yukon committee of theqcabinet was
held last night, Although. no report
has been adopted by the committee, it
is understood that customs regulations
to. foreigners. entering the Klondike
will be made as liberal as possible.
The members of the committee and
of the cabinet recognize and appre-
ciate the handsome way in which the
United States government met the
wishes of.the Canadian government in
establishing customs porls at Dyea.and
to the great convenience of
all parties going to the interior. In
many other ways the kindness of the |
United States government is being |
mentioned in this cennection as the
work of the committee is progressing.
The committee will recommend
change in the size of claims, and also
,he grouping of alternate claims.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18
A BANKRUPTCY BILL ASSURED.

House Judiciary Committee is Busy Pre-
pairing One.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18

Special Values for the Holidays in,aSn1yrna, Axmn
ster, Moquette, Kudistan ;ttaSkin Rugs. 49,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-18

|
WASHINGTON. Dec. IA national
bankruptcy bill, similar in it's supstan-
tiar features to the Henderson-C -Culber-
I: "a house bill of the last session, will
he reDorced to the house this week by
the judiciary committee.
The hill provides for both voluntary
and involuntary bankruptcy. By It's
provisions any one may go into volun-
tary bankruptcy except corporations.
The latter may be forced into it, but
not otherwise. Wage eearners, laborers
and farmers cannot be forced; into it..
All others are subject to Involuntary
bankruptcy for certain designated
causes. In general principles, the In.
voluntary causes relate to fraudulent
conduct on the part of the bankrupt.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-21

Everything in the economy of
nineteenth century civilization
tends towards progress and en-
lightenment. But is not this drift
at the expense of the simpler vir-
tues? The desire for gain is para
mount. all-pervading and incessant.
Men of the highest intellectual
power engage in the struggle for
wealth, with the same ardor, the
same selfish desire to add to fortune
as the gambler and use the same
methods for acquiring it as the
scheming, without regard for the
demands Of good example and ex-
act justice. and with no thought of
remedying social inequalities or
ameliorating the numerous ills of
humanity. But as long as self
interest dominates the lives of men,
love Of wealth will be centered in
human affairs.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-21

The mOnied man who devotes
the greater part of his time to the
pursuit of pleasure and the gratifi-
cation of his evil passions, is not
only running himself with what
should be blessing, but is also
the ruin of many others who aspire
to follow in his footsteps. Those
who strive to initiate his bad ex-
ample do not always have the
means to keep up with his fast
pace, and in the effort to satisfy
the demands of dissipation become
easy victims of temptation. Wealth
has obligations, and the most inn
portant is good example to the
poor and middle classes. Used
wisely it encourages thrift. but
wasted in self-indulgence it ruins
it's possessor and those who initiate
him.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-21
SELF.INTEREST.

SELF-INTEREST is the actuating
impulse in human affairs. Men
naturally think of their own affairs
first and are most active when
they are threatened by con-
fiicting influences. In defending
their own, normal respect for the
rights Of others are weakened.
wrong motives are attributed to
rival interests and the area of self
ish action enlarged to the exclu-
sion of the dictates of the spirit of
fair play. 1t is the ruling prin-
ciple in human nature to advance
self-interest and appeals made to
it receive greatest attention and in
tiuence strongest.
On the altar of self-interest man
sacrifices what is best in his ma
ture. His passions. his baser de-
sires, his selfishness and his every
wrongful inclination are given free
rein when the opportunity is pre-
sented for adding to worldly pos
sessions OF furthering ambition.
The higher and nobler ideals of
the everyday life of the average
man are kept in the background
when what concerns him most is
endangered. Everything must give
away to self-interest, the twin
brother of the law of self preserva-
ton. What we would scorn to do
under ordinary conditions finds
ready excuse when the necessity of
interest arises. The conscious
sense of right and wrong wavers in
its duty and loses its governing
moral force under the irresistible
influence of self-interest, in all con-
ditions of life, from religion, the
highest of all, to the most temporal
concerns.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-21

The man who never tells the
truth is convinced that all men are
liars, the man who never earned an
honest dollar in his life is sure that
two-thirds Of the world live by
robbing the other third and the
cynic who never did thing in
behalf of humanity is satisfied that
charity is continuance of hypo-
critics to cover up their moral in
solvency. If this crowd could be
showed off the earth there would
be no need of preachers, reformers
or disciplinarians; and of the first
three some Of the latter three
would have to accompany them.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-21

THERE is no viler creature than
he WHO imposes on the generous
impulses of mankind. Yet there
is no form of dishonesty more prev
alent, and none that enjoys as
much immunity from punishment.
Such swindlers are rarely prose-
cuted, and when the law does man.
age'to reach them, the punishment
dealt out is never commensurate
with the otfense. Compared with
the scoundrel who steals through
the medium of charity, the COM
mon sneak thief is a being of
angelic virtue and as superior in
the attributes of manhood as an
oak is to sapling.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-21

If THERE is one thing this world
admires above others it is digni-
fed manhood, the manhood that
refuses to fawn on the influence OF
position, the arrogance Of petty
authority OF the pride of wealth
that places self-respect above the
smiles of sycophants: that values
men by their worth and not by
their position or the favors they
are able to bestow and that knows
no servile. cringing nature but to
despise it.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-21

convict who applied for readmis-
sion to his prison cell rather than
again commit crime. From the
Anamosa Iowa. Journal we clip
the following:
Disguised with the world, cold,
hungry and detected the Anamosa
penitentiary was visited by a
recent inmate applying for read
mittance one day last week.
The man was w. F. King who
was discharged from prison in
August last, having served SEN
tence Of year imposed in Cher
okee county for the crime of for
gerry. King is deaf mute-a
printer by trade. He made APP
plication at the clerks office for
admission stating that he was
willing to undergo the humiliation
of again donning the stripes and
enter convict service in payment
for his winters keeping. Since
he left Anamosa, repeated applica-
ton for work at his trade had been
devoid of results and his willing
ness to accept any kind of labor
had been equally unsuccessful.
The general use of typesetting
machines throughout the country
has been a serious drawback to the
journeyman printer and even the
man who is in full possession of
his faculties finds the road of the
unemployed typographical artist
one sorely beset with misfortune.
During the best of seasons, such is
the verdict, and under the present
conditions man handicapped by
the loss of speech and hearing, as
is King, is in close straits. A tour
of Iowa failed to reveal the looked
for employment and too honest to
again stoop to crime for which the
state would be bound to accept
him, he plead with tears in his eyes,
that as an act of humanity, the
prison officials to again give him a
place among the boys in stripes
during the winter Hisapplication,
of course, was refused although a
purse made up by the attaches of
the prison was raised and rendered.
With vehemence the mute refused
the offered assistance maintaining
that he was not begging-work
he wanted and whatever assistance
was excepted he wanted to make
good. The officials were touched
by his earnestness and only after
the case was clearly shown and the
impossibility of the request being
complied with, did King accept
their generosity demonstrated.
The case was truly pitiable. With
a pencil and paper and the facial
expression which is characteristic
of the deaf mute which speaks
louder than words, he told the Of
ficials in the clerks office the story
Of his misfortunes and departed
again into the world to renew his
search for employment.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-21
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Among the notable features of
the San Francisco Argonaut for
January 18th, 1897, are: The
Tragedy of Coyote Hole: A Story
of the Mojave," by William M.
Tisdale: "a Ducal Ball." a letter
from London Oh the Duke of Port
lands recent princely entertain
ment; "A Literary Life a long
review of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Wards new photographed vol
umn: and a letter from New York
on the gossip of the fashionable
world.
Apt to the time. the February
number of McClure's Magazine
will continue the series of Life
Portraits of Great Americans
with thirty life portraits of Wash
ington: about all the original por-
traits of Washington now in exis-
tence, and several of them practi-
cally unknown. An Introduction
and notes by Mr.. Charles Henry
Hart will give the history of the
portraits, and Professor w. P.
Trent, of the University of the
South, will supply brief review
and study of Washington's life.
The Northwest Magazine for
January is replete with matter
northwesternly. Among the nota-
BILE features is an article by Edward
G. Gattry on ''The Land Of the
Nez Perez" descriptive of the Nez
Perez Indian reservation. Its value
is enhanced by many fine illustra-
tons. 'Washingtons capital"
"Sketches of some North Dakota
Towns and "The Angel of the
Wannegan'' are articles of more
than local interest. The North
west begins the new year with all
| it's old time vigor and added infiu-
ence, and as an exponent of north
west interests is without rival.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-21

ONE may be gifted with pleasing
manners, brilliant attainments and
the qualifications for responsibility,
but if the element of deceit is a
part of character, popularity will
be missed. No one trusts deceit
full person. Those who practice
duplicity for the sake of money
are regarded with contempt, but
those who betray friendship wound
pride and feelings and weaken