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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1899-04-17
The Best in the world.

We believe Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy is the best in the world. A few
weeks ago we suffered with a severe cold
and troublesome cough, and having
read their advertisements in our own
and other papers we purchased a
bottle to see if it would effect US. It
cured us before the bottle was more than
half used. It is the best medicine out
for colds and coughs.-The Herald,
Andersonville, Ind. For sale by Blake
ley & Houghton Druggists.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1899-04-17
Notice.

Have you farm for sale or for rent,
or do you know of any person holding
farming lands that they wish To dispose
of? If so, please write to any agent of
the o. R. & N. Co., and he will send
you a circular which will interest you.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1899-04-17
GOVERNOR GEER'S
LOYAL MESSAGE
Oregon SAYS. mo Surrender in The
Philippines"
CONFLICT is
FOR LIBERTY
Singing Rebuke to Those Who Are
Aiming to Thwart McKinley's
Policy.

SALEM, Or, April 14.-Governor Geer
this morning received the following tele-
gram from the Chicago Tribune:
"The governors of South Dakota and
Nebraska are demanding the recall Of
the volunteers from their states from the
Philippines, on the ground that their
term of enlistment expired when the
ratifcations of the peace treaty were
exchanged, and that the present conflict
in the Philippines is in opposition to
liberty and in the interest of capitalism.
Do the people of your state demand the
return of your volunteers for the same
reas 1ns?"
Tonight the governor telegraphed the
following reply:
"There is quite general wish among
the people of Oregon that the volunteer
soldiers of the state may soon be returned
from Manila, but not for the reason in
dictated by the governors of the states
you mention, to-wit., that the present
conflict in the Philippines is in opposi-
tion to liberty and in the Interest of cap.
ltalism.'
"There is somH justice in asking for
the return of the volunteers, now that
the war with Spain, for which they en-
listed, has BEEN honorably concluded,
and that the spasmodic difficulty yet
lingering in the Philippines should be
suppressed by the regular army of the
United States, which is amply equipped
for the purpose. 1t is believed, however,
that this wish is confined to those of us
who are at home, as the Oregon bows at
the front quite generally express a de-
sire to remain there until the difficulty
is settled,
sour people take no stock in the de-
claration that the conflict in the Phil
Ippines is 'waged in opposition to liberty
and in the interest of capitalism The
very men who make this charge now are
the ones who, little more than year ago,
were loudly accusing President McKin-
ley of 'cowardice' and of delaying the
war with Spain in the interest of capt.
alism,' as represented by Spanish bond
holders.
''The seizing of the Philippines was
an incident of that war wholly unfore-
seen by anybody. applauded by every
patriotic citizen at the time, and they
could not now be relinquished without q
taint on our national honor and a con.
fession of national weakness.
"The charge that the American flag il
waying over conflict in the Philippines
Sin opposition to liberty and in the in
terest of capitalism savors very much
of spirit of demagogy to which the
people of Oregon are habitual strangers
and which finds no lodgment in theil
minds at this time. T. T. GEER,
"Governor.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1899-04-17
SWEPT INTO
THE RIVER
Prominent Idaho Man Drowned in the
Clearwater.

LEWISTON, Idaho. April 15.-B. F.
Elliott, one of the best know rivermen
in the Northwest, was drowned in the
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1899-04-17
Lawton Takes Calamba.

MANILA, April Is, 10 p. m.-News is
received here by way of Taasig that
Lawton has captured Calamba. It is
known that he has landed, but the de-
tails of his taking the place are delayed
on account of poor transportation.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1899-04-17

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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-15
The Charleston's Officers.

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE Charleston
has been in Asiatic waters more than
year She was one of the first vessels
to be sent to Manila after the destruc-
ton of the Spanish fleet by Admiral
Dewey, the navy department utilizing
her for the purpose of sending ammu-
milton and other supplies for the Asiatic
squadron.
Just previous to her ASSIGNMENT to
that duty she had undergone an over
hauling at the Mare Island navy yard,
San Francisco, and therefore was in
prime condition for her duties. The
Charleston Is one of the vessels of more
recent construction and belongs to that
class which is commonly referred to as
the new navy"
Assistant Secretary Allen is acting
secretary during the absence Of Secre-
tary Long. 1t was stated at his home
that no messages had been received
by him during the night.
The following is the correct list OF
officers on board the Charleston: Cap
tain, George w. Pigman; lieutenant
commander, John A. Morris; lieutenant
commander, William M. Little; engi-
neer. Lieutenant John A. Dougherty
Lieutenant S. Van Duser; Lieutenant
John A. McDonalds; Lieutenant De-
Witt Blamer; ensign, I. G. Wettengel:
ensign, James B. Henry, jr.; naval ca
Diet, John A. Schofield: naval cadet
Charles B. Hatch; surgeon, Charles
Charles Thibbett; assistant surgeon
Edward V. Armstrong; paymaster, =
w. Reynolds; first lieutenant of ma
rines, George c. Thorpe.
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principally because of the high prices
of raw material. He, however, express
ed the opinion that the present price
would continue for the next two OF
three years, predicting the opinion Of
his knowledge 90 the demands of the
railroads. the ship yards and the
building trades. He said that his COM
pany was exporting no less than 1000
tons of wire per day. supplying Eng
land, for instance, with 60 per cent.
of the wire products purchased there.
He admitted that the goods We're sold
at lower rates abroad than at home,
but for the present this was necessary
to hold the outside trade. He had
found that in Germany all lines of the
iron and steel industry were syndi-
Gated He had procured copies of the
agreements, but he declined to pro-
duce them. laughingly saying that he
had them stolen. He said the Amer
lean company had earned a dividend
on it's common stock as we'll as on it's
preferred, the directors considering it
wiser to lay aside something for pos
sible rainy day.
Other witnesses of the day were Max
Pam, counsel for the American Steel
and Wire company; j. c. Pearson, or
ganizer of the National shear COM
pany. and Frederick J. Weiss, vice
president of the last named company.
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A TOTAL LOSS.
whaIer Mermaid Wrecked Beyond Hope
of Salvage.

WhHler MERMAID "Feckeu DeSoHu nope
of Salvage.
Victoria, B, c., Nov 1.-THE whaler
Mermaid. which came to grief at Dutch
Harbor on the 10th ult will probably be
a total loss. She sailed from San Fran
cisco on March % and encountered terri
bly, rough weather almost from her ar
rival at Boring sea. 1t was while on
Fox island that tremendous wave stove
in her sides, necessitating tho lowering
of sheets to prevent being swamped. AL
though the influx of water was checked,
the boat was in a desperate plight, owing
to heavy seas breaking over her. John
Kennedy of San Francisco, lookout man,
was thrown to the deck and killed. FL
nalIy she made Dutch Harbor, where she
was surveyed and condemned by Cap
tain Buckholtz of the Alpha and Captain
White of the Townsend. Captain Sifford
remained with the boat, and the Alpha,
which arrived to-day, brought down 30
of her crew
The Alpha brought from Cape Nome
John Gunwin. who had been given in
charge by the United States marshal to
the ships officers. He is accused Of
shooting two men, although not fatally
On the down passage one of the Alpha s
saloon passengers, Henry Field, died and
was buried at sea. He was unmarried
and about 80 years of age. He came from
Fergus Falls. MINI. He had been very
successful in the gold fields and had a
| sackful of dust
The schooner arrived in port here last
night from a sealing cruise. She had
been driven off tho entrance to the straits
repeatedly. Her crew lived on flour and
| water for three weeks. She reports seals
| plentiful off Copper island.
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Horses for the East.

St. Paul, Mimi, Nov. 14-The North
ern Pacific has completed arrangements
for the transportation of over 5000
horses from Central Washington points
TO st. Paul and Eastern points. The
first train load will arrive in this city
within a day or two. The transportation
of 5000 horses will require $50 cars, each
containing IS horses.
These horses are a small fraction Of
the range animals in the West, which
are drug on the Western market 1t
is the intention OF the movers of the
enterprise to break the consignments
itno smaller lots and scatter them
throughout the Eastern states.
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TRAFFIC IN HUMAN
BODIES UNEARTHEO
Four Cadavers, Packed In Trunks, Dis
covered by tho Authorities
at st. Louis.

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WHERE THE WRECK OCCURRED.
Officers Believe There Is a Chance of
Saving the Charleston.

Washington, Nov. 14-There is a
discrepancy in the date of the wreck
of the Charleston as given in Admiral
Watson's message and in the press dis
patches. 1t is probable that the 7th
instant is correct and Watsons dis
patch was confused in transmission.
There was some surprise expressed
that so long a time had elapsed since
the wreck before the news Of the fact
reached the navy department. 1t ap-
pears. however. this delay was inevi-
table, owing to the isolated position of
the wreck.
Kamiguin island is small island
lying about north of Apparel, which is
the most northerly port on the island
Of Luzon. 1t is distant about $50 miles
from Lingayan gulf, where are station
ed the nearest of the warshEps of Wat
sons fleet.
Watson appears to have acted at
once upon the receipt of the news, for
he Informed the navy department that
he cabled Hong Kong to secure the
help of experienced wreckfrs, to pro-
coed at once to the scene Of the wreck.
The navy department has already a
constructor on the ground in the per-
son of Lieutenant Hobson, who may
be called upon to assume charge of
the wrecking operations.
A careful reading of the cablegram
of Watson convinces the officials that
there is a fair chance of saving the
Charleston. The say the name of the
ship Is painted about three or four feet
below the rail. This is an indication
that the main deck is above water,
which would make the work of pump
ing out the hull much easier. If she
settled down aft. as reported, there is
less danger of injury to the bottom
further by pounding. Much depends.
however, on the weather, as the wreck
lies in the full sweep of monsoons,
which prevail at this season. For the
safety of officers and crew not the
slightest apprehension exists.
The Helena must already have reach
ed the island, which is about a days
run from Lingayen. and with the Ore
gon, which followed closely, must have
removed the Charleston's crew several
days ago.
AS soon as possible a court OF in
quiry Will be called to fix the respon-
sibility for the wrecking of the ship
This will follow Irrespective of any
action of the navy department, and
will be ordered by Watson. Should il
appear that it was caused by the neg.
Iigence of any of the ChRrleston's of
ficers a court martial will follow The
inquiry, but in view of the exceedingl,
dangerous character of the north coas
of Luzon and the lack of necessar,
aids to navigation, it is not believed
probable any of the officers will b
found severely censurable-
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DETAILS Of THE Wreck
Further Particulars OF Ground
ing of the Charleston.
ALL HANDS WERE SAVED
The Cruiser Lies in the Open Sea, Stern
Down--No Hope OF Saving Her
...- or Her Valuable
Cargo.

Manila, Nov. IA, 9 p. m.-Further de-
United States cruiser Charleston shows
that she struck a coral reef 10 miles
east of Laamiguen island. Her stern
was almost submerged and the bow
almost out of the water. "A heavy sea
was on and the cruiser began rolling
violently. After the first efforts to right
her, the officers feared she might slide
off because of the heavy sea, and they
abandoned the attempt to save her.
They hurried to the launches and boats
and rowed away, prepared to fight for
a landing with two guns, 1874 rifles and
10 days rations. Some of the officers
and men were dressed only in pajamas
and their Undertaking. The breech
blocks OF the cannon were removed be-
tore the boats put off. Two he urs after
the Charleston had struck all had got
ten away. The report that the crew
remained two days on the vessel is in
accurate. A party returned two days
later. but found it impossible to save
anything.
The first landing was made on a lit
tile island with a front of barren rocks.
Next day the boats again took to the
water and proceeded to Kan1iguin ISL
and, where "a landing was made in Inc
expectation that firing would be neces-
sary. Far from this being the case,
however, the Charleston men found a
half-savage. people who regarded them
with curiosity rather than hostility.
On the third day the storm had great
dy subsidized and Lieutenant John d Nc
Donald, with Boatswan Dominicls
Glynn and six men. started for the Gulf
of Lingayen in a 30-foot sailing launch,
hoping to find an American warship,
but entirely ignorant of General Whea-
toms expedition. Lieutenant Mcdonald
was four days afioat. keeping under
shelter of the hostile shores for two
days on account of the high Seas being
most of the time in a soaking rain.
Finally, flying the Union Jack down,
clad in their Undertaking and drench-
ed to the skin, the officer and his COM
panions overlook the transport Aztec,
which carried them to the battleship
Oregon.
The gunboat Helena was due to ar
rive at Kauniguin island yesterday.
The Charleston was returning from
q five weeks cruise along the eastern
coast of Luzon, and Admiral Watson
was beginning to be uneasy He sup
posed, however, that she had joined
General Wheatons expedition.
In naval circles the accident is consid-
cred quite unavoidable. The only Won
der is that there are not more such
disasters in Philippine waters. which
are most indifferently chartea.
The Charleston lies practically in the
open sea and there is no hope of saving
Ter or the valuable paraphernalia and
contents of the cruiser.
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IN A CONTROVERSY
BETWEEN JOBBERS
Investigation by the Interstate Com
MERGE Commissioners of the Fight Be-
tween Pacific Coast and Middle West.

st. Louis, Mo-, Nov. 1.-THE inter
state commerce commission resumed
the hearing of the complaint of the st.
Louis Business Mems League and other
interveners against the Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe railway system and
other transcontinental railroad lines to-
day. The audience was considerably
larger than on the previous day, hay
ing been augmented by a number of
witnesses who had come to testify for
one side or the other of the contro-
versy.
Gardiner Lathrop of Kansas City,
general solicitor of the Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe system, was in court
and entered his appearance for the road
he represents.
1t was manifest to-day that, while the
railway companies are the nominal de-
PENDANTS in the investigation, the real
fight is one between the jobbers of the
Pacific coast on the one side and those
of the Middle West on the other. In
deed, from the telegram sent by the
Philadelphia Hardware Merchants as
ISOLATION to the members of the com
mission on Monday, stating that the
body sustained the Pacific coast and
the railroad side of the question, 1t
may be said that the two sea coast sec
tons and the country tributary thereto
have united in the fight against the in
All the witnesses thus far have testi-
fed that 1t was not on account OF an
excessive rate exacted by the railroads
that their business on the Pacific coast
had been ruined, On the contrary, they
thought the rate very moderate, but
that by abolishing the mixed carload
feature, as was done at the milwaukee,
conference in June, 1898, and establish
ing a wide difference between carload
and less than carload shipments, the
railroads had effected a scheme which
effectually shut the st. Louis jobberE
out.
The Interstate commerce comm ssior
resumed it's hearings of the complain,
of the Business Mems League agalns'
the Western railroads to-day. A re"
minutes prior to the opening OF the SEES
sion, Ex-Governor Joseph Fifer of Hi
nois recently appointed member OF
the commission, reached the fedora
! building and was sworn in by Unltet
States Commissioner Gray.
A. ]. Van Landingham resumed MI
testimony and again stated 1t was hi
! belief that the differences between
i carload and less than carload rates
and between the tariff and commodity
rates was not legitimately based OF
| competition either by land or water.
! On cross-examination Attorney E.
| Pillsbury of the Pacific Coast Mer
| chants and Manufacturers associa
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ton attempted to belittle the lmpor-
lance of the ST. Louis protest. Mr. van
Landingham replied that the complaint
represents the view of 2,soo merchants
of st. Louis. He explained the ofsanl-
cation Of the traffic bureau and called
attention to the fact that the bureau
not being a corporation, could not ME
q protest under it's own name, ana
hence it had to be filed by the Business
Mems League, which has a. member
ship of 215 merchants representing all
lines of trade. Mr.. Van Landlngham
filed as exhibits all of the tarl1s ana
documents which he used in giving ms
lengthy testimony. This included Ger
titled records of the St. Paul meeting.
at which references to contract be-
tween the railroads and Pacific coast
jobbers were made.
j. M. Allen, traffic manager or the
Meyer Bros. Drug company, testlhed
that in many instances the prohts on
drugs shipped by his house to the
West were almost entirely eaten up
by the freight rates, the burden being
especially heavy on account of the
differences between carload and less
than carload rates.
Attorney Pillsbury endeavored to
show that the complaint was based on
a mere selfish business interest and
the desire of st. Louis jobbers to ex-
tend their territory farther west.
Mr.. Allen said there was no such
motive and demonstrated that the
rates east from the coast were much
lower than those for the same distance
west of st. Louis. With Mr.. Aliens
testimony the forenoon session ended.
At the afternoon session j. r. Hick-
man Of st. Louis, traffic agent for
number of st. Louis firms; I'll. II. Nc
Ribbon, secretary of the Peters Cart
RI r,f
ton, traffic manager Of Kelly, Maus d
Co. Of Chicago, and f. w. Hurth, secre-
tary Of the F'arwell, Osman & Kirk
Hardware company of st. Paul, MIMI,
all testified that the present rates had
practically driven them out of the Pa
ciflc coast markets.
Mr.. Hurth said that prior to the adop-
ton Of the tariff of June 25, 1898, his
firm did a large and profitable business
on the Pacific coast from Los Angeles
to Seattle. When this present rate
agreement went into effect his business
was totally destroyed, at least SO af-
fected that he lost money each month
He concluded to stick it out, however
hoping that a change would be made
soon and an opportunity given him t
make a profit In May, 1899, he said
the Great Northern and Northern Pa.
cific modified their existing rates at {
meeting held in St. Paul, giving then
more favorable rates. AS result O.
this change, he said, he sold in ONT
month in the state of Oregon $34,0
worth of goods, while in California
which he could not reach, he did no
| sell $1,000 worth. He insisted tina
| there was no good reason for the diff
ference in rate between carload an,
| less than carload lots and that TIL
maintenance of the existing schedule
| OF tariffs by transcontinental lines wa
| in violation Of the interstate commerce
act and that it was a manifest dis
elimination in favor of the particula
section of the Countrywide Pacifi
| coast.
The hearing adjourned at oclocl
| to meet tomorrow morning, when tn
| taking Of testimony will be continued
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ON TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE
Roland Molineaux to Face a
Jury of His Peers.
STRUGGLE WILL BE BITTER
Every Possible Device Will Be Made Use
OF to Secure the Acquittal OF the
Accused Murderer OF X.
Kate Adams.

NeS York, Nov. 14.-Roland B. Moli-
neux was put on trial for his life to-
day in the court of general sessions be-
fore Recorder Golf, charged with the
death of Mrs. Katherine j. Adams oh
Dec. %, 1898. &
Mrs. Adams died after swallowing
what was believed to be q headache
powder that had been sent through the
mail in silver match holder as a
Christmas gift to Harry Cornish, ply
steal director Of the Knickerbocker Ath-
letic club, and by him administered TO
Mrs. Adams. with whom he resided.
A chemical analysis developed the fact
that the powder contained a deadly
combination Of cyanide of mercury.
The investigation which followed re.
suited in developing that Henry G.
Barnett. another prominent me1nber4of
the Knickerbocker Athletic club who
had recently died had received SINH
lar powder and that 1t contained
cyanide of mercury also. .
Roland B. Molineux was among the
witnesses present on the stand at the
coroner'S inquest, where the testimony
went to show that Molineux bore en-
nifty towards both Cornish and Bar
nett. He was arrested after consider
able delay and has been in the Tonbs
ever since. Three grand juries consid-
cred his case and the third brought in
the present indictment against him.
Both parties have fought bitterly ever
since Molineux's arrest, and to-day,
after several hours were occupied in
an attempt to select a jury, not one
man had been found suitable to occupy
chair in the jury box.
When the case was called this morn
ing Barlow s. Weeks, counsel for Moli-
neux, made final and desperate eff
fort to have it transferred to the SUI
preme court, but the recorder ordered
the trial to proceed. Mr.. Weeks also
made lengthy argument on a mo-
ton to dismiss the Indictment, but he
corder Golf several times told him that
his talk was trivial.
Molineux's father, General Molineux,
sat beside him throughout the day.
Harry Cornish was present and the
court room was crowded with people.
I The prisoner displayed the same air OF
4 confidence that has marked every pub
I lie appearance of his since his arrest
I and after adjournment he was per
! mitted to remain in the court room FOR
some time, where he talked please mt
| Nv with his counsel and court attend
ants. The case will be continued tc-
| rnorrow
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A Terrible Storm.

Victoria. B. c., Nov. 1.-THE steamer
Alpha arrived from Cape Nome to-day
and brings news that the whaler Mer-
maid, Captain Clifford, was lost at Dutch
Harbor late in October. The captain
managed to beach the ship. The disas-
ter was the result of a terrible storm in
which one man was killed. The captain
and crew were brought down by the AL