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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1896.
NUMBER 11.
HAS WEYLER RESIGNED
Kumor to That Effect is
Current.
IT IS DENIED AT THE PALACE
Nevertheless It Is Generally Believed
In HavanaPremier Canovas'
statement.
New Yohk, March 3. A special to the
Herald from Havana says :
The startling rumor that General Wey
ler had resinned swept like wildfire
throneh Havana, originating from an
apparently worthy source. It was, how'
ever, promptly denied at the palace.
When Martinez de Campos retired his
reported resignation was also denied In
Havana, in official circles, up to the last
hour.
THE SPANISH FKEMIEB.
nition of Cuban independence and alao
with that of the recognition ef belliger
ency. CCLLOM INDORSED.
In an ln-
Be Expresses His Opinion
terview.
New Yohk, March 3. A epecial to the
Herald from Madrid Eays :
Premier Canovas last night made the
following statement: "I cannot under
stand how some people in the United
States have got it into their minds that
we,or rather General Wo W, is carrying
on war in Cuba on inhuman lines. It
is all false, nothing more than a tissue
of falsehood. I venture to state that up
to the present no American consul has
been able to notify hie government of a
single instance of crnetly on Weyler's
part, for the simple reason that no such
thing occurs.
"As a matter of fact, I have given the
most stringent orders that Weyler is to
be moBt human. No inhumanities or
cruelties have been perpetrated at all.
The latter are all the imagination of
friends of Cuba in the United States.
Look at General Weyler's proclamation.
It is nothing more than what obtains
between civilize d nations when at war
with one another, as for instance, in the
Franco-German war. A9 a matter of
fact, the Germans shot spies because the
latter did not carry on the war aB recog
nized on acknowledged lines : that is, by
fighting face to face with the enemy.
As is natural, we do the same with spies
in Cuba, simply because the latter do
not fight according to the maxims of war
as it is recognized by civilized nations.
is there any cruelties in tnis r it is,
admit, inhuman, but then, all warfare
is inhuman.
"Then, again, I read of the sympathy
expressed by United States senators for
poor Cuban insargents. How ridiculous !
And how about the poor white inhabit
antB of Cuba, Spanish subjects, whose
whole interests are bound up in the isl
and? Is there no sympathy for them?
Surely the latter deserve it more than
the former.
"I consider Spain has been grossly
calumniated, and I venture to think that
tire self-respecting, nonjingo portion of
the United States eleetorate are of the
same opinion. '. - . .
"Yon see yourself what stringent
measures I have adopted to protect the
persons of representatives of friendly
powers in Madrid, and, indeed, through
out Spain. I will sot allow any disturb
ance of public peace, because I feel con
vinced that.in spite of what has occurred,
the practical portion of the community
of the United States will recognize the
impossibility of recognizing the Cuban
insurgents as belligerents. The indig
. nation throughout Spain is immense,
but I shall keep it in bounds. Today
the cival guard in Barcelona charged a
crowd of students. The civil guard did
well, because I gave orders that there
was to be no disturbance of the public
peace.
HI. Presidential Aspirations Announced
in Convention. '
Springfield, 111. March 2. The re
publican county convention last night
adopted resolutions indorsing Shelby M.
Cullom, for president of the United
States. Hon. David M. Littler, who
presided at the convention, announced
that he was authorized to say that Cul
lom was a candidate for president. The
20 delegates were instructed for Cullom
for president. McKinley received but
two votes out of 155 in the convention,
but when Horace Clark, of Mattoon, can
didate for governor, addressed the con
vention, the name of McKinley was re
ceived with cheering as well as that of
Cullom. .
A sensation was created by the speech
of Joseph A. Drake, a young colored
lawyer, who was defeated for represen
tative. He declared that the negio must
receive recognition from republicans;
that they were aroused from Cairo to
Chicago, and that if they were not ac
corded proper recognition, they would
be heard from in November. Other na
tionalities had obtained recognition from
the republicans, and the negroes, who
wield an enormous vote in the republi
can party, must also be recognized.
The Fruit Not Badly Injured.
The thermometer registered 7 degrees
above zero in Walla Walla Sunday night,
eays the Statesman. This is 9 degree's
colder than it was in The Dalles on the
same night. N
Fruit men generally think the peaches
and apricots are not seriously injured,
and if the cold grows no more severe
that we will yet have a good crop. An
old resident of the Northwest says that
many old settlers have erroneous im
pressions of March weather in former
years. JVLany oi them stoutly insist that
they have seen the mercury below zero
in this month several times within the
last twenty-years, while the government
reports show that only once in twenty
years has the temperature' in March
been lower. In March, 1891, the mercury
fell to 2 degrees above zero. He thinks
there is little danger of fruit trees being
killed even if it should become much
colder. There is now little sap in the
trees and when this is the case there is
much less danger. Wbcii the trees were
killed about fourteen years ago the trees
were full of sap, and when in February
the mtrcury fell so low the trees were
generally, killed. Moreover, the ground
at that time was covered with deep snow
upon which a thick cruet bad formed,
and the reflection of the sun from this
crust caused the trees to split open on
the south side, thus completing the
deadly work of the extreme cold. A
frnit man of wide experience savs that
the fruit buds can stand very severe cold
so long as no water gets in them. The
water freezing in the buds is sure .death
to them. Hence a heavy sleet falling
upon the trees, followed by intense cold
is most to be feared by fruit men.
ALL ITiLY EXCITED
Defeat in Abyssinia Worse
Than First Reported.
OVER FIVE THOUSAND KILLED
The Wounded feared to Have Blet
Horrible Fate tJreat Clamor
Against Crispi.
Home, March. 4. The kingdom of
Italy is filled with excitement, grief and
anger almost beyond description. Every
dispatch from Massowah adds to the
gravity of the disaster to the Italian
army at Adowa, Alsais. When the first
news of General Barateri's defeat reached
the city, report had it that only 500 men
had been killed. Then yesterday after
noon he number ran up to 3,000 killed,
and 60 pieces of artillery captured. This
morning's dispatches place the number
of killed in the battle and (he long har
assing retreat, which followed, at 5,000.
It is believed not even these figures tell
the full extent of'tbe disaster.
No mention is made of the wounded.
and there is good reason, based on sto
ries of recent Italian defeats by Abyssin-
ians, to believe those who tell wounded
during the retreat of over 50 ' miles
met a more horrible fate than those
killed on the spot.
throughout the night the garrison
here was kept under arms, and mounted
patrols traversed the principal streets
The streets were filled with people
until daybreak, and after early morning
every public place was crowded with ex
cited men and women. Several disturb
ances which called for police interference
occurred today, and indications are that
the people are assuming a most threat
ening attitude, not only in Rome
but throughout Italv. Demonstrations
similes of a cartoon representing Hunt
ington holding, the resolution behind
his back to prevent members of congress
from seeing it.
Across the top of the envelopes was
printed in bold red letters :
kj. r. rinntmgton would not steal a
red-hot stove."
The letters had hardly reached Wash
ington when various members 'of the
senate and house sent coin plain t9 to the
postoffice department oljcting to such
missives being delivered to them, and
asking protection for the future.
A telegram was sent to San Francisco
instructing Postmaster ; McCoppin to
stop all such letters delivered at the
office under his charge . for mailing.
This was accordingly done, and several
envelopes bearing the words to which
the department objects are now held in
McCoppin's i care.
Republican County Convention.
A Republican county convention for
the cqunty of Wasco, state of Oregon, is
called to 'meet in Dalles City, in. said
county, on Saturday, March 28, 1896, at
10 o'clock a. in., for the purpose of nom
inating candidates for the following
county officers: One county judge,
county commissioner, county clerk,
county sheriff, county treasurer, county
aesessor, county school superintendent,
county coroner arid county surveyor,
and also precinct officers for the several
precincts, and seven delegates to the
state and second district congressional
conventions, and to transact such other
business as may properly come before
such convention. The convention will
consist of 73 delegates, , chosen by the
several precincts ; and the several pre
cincts of the county, will be entitled to
representation in said convention as
follows:
anieiope. . o f ans. o
Bakeoven 2 Kingsley 2
Baldwin 2 Mosier." 3
Bigelow , 6 Nansene 2
Columbia 2 Oak Grove -. .2
THE ITALIAN CABINET
Ministers Have Sent in Their
Resignations.
THE KING HAS ACCEPTED THEil
Steps
Being : Taken to Form a New
Cabinet Latest News From
Cuba.
Deschutes 2 Ramsey 2
against Crispi's ministry and even against East Dalles'.'. . . ...7 Tvgh ...'.".."!.!. 2
the crown are reported from the prov- bight Mile 2 Wamic 3
THE WORLD'S NEWS.
8TRONOLI OPPOSES IT.
Recognl
President Does Not Favor
; tioa of the Cubans.
Washington, juarcn . z. The presi
dent and bis cabinet undoubtedly are
strongly opposed to the present recogni
tion of the belligerency of the Cuban in
surgents, and to any declaration concern
ing their independence as embodied in
the recent congressional resolutions
The following is not an official statement,
but it is known from careful inquiry
that it accurately represents the admin
istration's views of the matter.
.While the president and (members of
. the cabinet personally feel the sympathy,
common to all Americans, with the Cu
bans who are contending for self-government,
they feel that in their official ac
tion they should not depart from the
well-settled principles which were fol
lowed by former presidents and secretar
ies of state during prior insurrections in
Cuba ' ' i ' . .
These were clearly set forth by Gener
al Grant in his message of 1875, in which
be dealt with the question of the recog- j
A $100,000 fire occurred in Johnstown,
of flood fame, yesterday morning.
ihe "Ubristian Urusade is the name
suggested by Ballington Booth for the
hew evangelical movement, which the
former commander of the Salvation
Army in America has pledged himself
to lead. It is said be will at once estab
lish a paper in opposition to the famous
War Cry, and it will be "up to date" in
all evangelical matters.
Mayor sutro or san irancisco was
furious when be heard of the seizure bv
the postoffice authorities of his commu
nications to the congressmen and sena
tors at Washington warning them of the
schemes of Huntington to compass the
inces, in spite of the fact that the au
thorities were straining every nerve to
suppress all alarming news.
Later in the day news from the prov-
inces became more alarming, it
stated that in a number of places the
police were unable to cope with the pop-
nlace, and troops had to be called on to
restore order. The soldiers, however,
appear to have been as helpless as the
police and in several places the crowds
were fired upon
At Milan the troops, after vainly try
ing to disperse a mob, were obliged to
fire. This increased the excitement.
The troops were stoned and had to clear
the public eoiare at the point of the
bayonet.
Dispatches from Venice say last night
a crowd assembled at Plaza St. Mark,
and speeches were made condemning
the military authorized to try Genera
Haraten by court martial. there was
another popular demonstration against
the government thin morning, and the
mob was dispersed by the police with
the greatest difficulty after a number of
arrests had been made.
At Pad ii a today a mob marched
through the streets hooting the govern
ment officials and crying for the down
fall of the Crispi Ministry,
At Verona there was a Bimilar demon
stration. It is believed that nothing
short of the downfall of.Signor Crispi and
the dispatch of strong reinforcements to
Africa will eatisfy the public clamor,
Shortly before noon it was announced
that General Barateri had been recalled
to Rome, and his conduct of the present
campaign and his defeat of Adowa will
be inquired into. Socialists declare the
general should be shot as an example to
others, and the minister of war should
share bis fate.
The army reserves of 1872, numbering
East Hotid River.. 3 West Dalles 5
West Hood River. .6
The same being one delegate-at-large
from each precinct, and one delegate for
every twenty-five votes, and one for
every fraction over one-half of twenty
five votes cast for the Republican candi
date for Governor at the election in
June, 1894.
Primaries to elect the delegates in each
of the several precincts will be held on
March 21, 1896. In East Dalles precinct
the polls will be located at the Wasco
Warehouse, and William Butts, Frank
Creighton and Horace Rice will act
judges at said election ; in Bigelow pre
cinct the polls will be located at the
office of William Michell, F. D. Bronson
J. Hi. tfarnett and 11. Chrisman will act
as judges at said election; in Trevitt
precinct the polls will be located at the
County Court room in said precinct, and
F. Vogt, Thos. Haslem and C. L. Phil
lips will act as judges of said election
in West Dalles precinct the polls will be
located at the City Mills, and Charles
Schmidt, T. A. Hudson and H. ii
Learned will act as judges at said elec
tion. The polls in each of said four pre
cincts will be kept open from 12 o'clock
m. to 7 o'clock p. m. for the reception of
votes. The polls in each of the other
precincts in the county will be located
at the usual places at the hour of
o'clock p. m., and will be conducted in
the nsnal manner for holding primary
elections. J. M. Patterson,
Chairman Rep. County Comm
Haywabd Riodbll, Secy Comm. .
Rome, March 5. The official and pri
vate residences of the cabinet ministers,
the royal palace, the embassies and all
important puonc buildings here were
guarded by troops throughout the night,
and the soldiers were still on duty this
morning.
In spite of (he strong force of troops
and police about the chamber of depu
ties today it was with difficulty that
order was maintained. The soldiers and
police were frequently jostled by the ex
cited populace, and bad it not been for
the great forbearance displayed by the
authorities, many disturbances would
have occurred. The crowds about Monte
Citorio, upon which the chamber of dep
uties stands, now and again raised the
cry "Down with the government!"
"Death to Barateri !" and from the gal
leries a number of persons were ejected
by the police for uttering similar cries.
Almost immediately after the appear
ance of the premier, yho was greeted
by cheering by some of his supporters,
and by cries of derision from his pppo
nents, lie announced that the cabinet
had resigned and the king accepted its
resignation. The announcement was
followed by cheers, which were taken
up by the crowds outside, and echoed
far and wide. Some moments elaped
before the cheering subsided, and even
then the excited shouts of the leftists
continued for a time.
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columns, which have made the world
wonder how it can be done.
General Weyler, apparently believing
he had driven them to their stronghold
in the everglades of Cienaga de Seapata,
has been hurrving thousands of troops
nto Santa Clara by land and sea with
one purpose of hemming the enemy in
at that point. -General Pando, in com
mand in Santa Clara, only awaited the
arrival of these troops to strike hard
blows. But Gomez and Maceo having
left in the everglade's hospitals all their
wounded and ill, taken east from their
raids in the western provinces, strength-
Crispi gazed calmly upon the shouting ened tne5r forces with new troops fresh
deputies, as if such a demonstration was from Puerto Principe and San Diego,
quite an ordinary occurrence, and when an( then, while the Spanish hatallions
Notice of Special School meeting.
passage of the funding bill. His anger about 80 000 are being ca,led tfae
standard, bnt it is feared there will be
serious rioting when the men muster in
large bodies..
News of the death of Generals Aller-
tone and Dabormida has been confirmed.
It is believed over 500 other Italian offi
cers of lesser rank have been 6lain.
was occasioned not so much by the stop
page of the letters, as from the fact that
he had not been notified by the post
master of the seizure. He considered
that the holding of the letters bad caused
kthe loss of valuable time in the fight
against the founding bill, and that he
should have been told that the depart'
ment considered the envelopes objection
able so that he might have devised other
tfteans of placing them in the hands of
the members of congress. He said :
This will 'not stop the bombardment
of members of congress whom we be'
lieve capable of giving away to railroad I 6ent 00t Pv Mayor Sutro's bureau of in-
Notice is hereby given to the legal
voters of school district No. 12, of Wasco
county, state of Oregon, that theannnai
school meeting for the said school dis
trict for the election of directors and
clerk, will be held at the office of Wm
Michell, on Third street, in The Dalles,
Oregon, to begin at the hour of 2 o'clock
in the afternoon, and continue until 6
o'clock in the afternoon of the 9th day
of March, 1896.
1 he meeting is called for the purpose
of electing one director for said district
for the term of three years, and one
clerk for the term of one year. Said
election to be 'by ballot and the polls
San Francisco, March 4.- On orders will remain open from 2 o'clock p. m.
from postoffice department headquarters until 6 p. m. of said 9th day of March,
at Washington a large number of letters 1896, A. D. '
HELD
Mayor
BY THE
POSTMASTER.
Sutro's Messages Refused
age Through the Mails.
influence. I could have made millions
by combining with Huntington in bis
iniquitous schemes, but I would not do
it, and now he is resorting to all sorts of
trickery and lies to break down the in
fluence I have brought to bear against
him. That man is the biggest liar in
America today, and the majority of the
people in this country know it."
formation, which' he has been using to
warn the nation's ' representatives at
Washington of the schemes of C. P.
Huntington, have been seized by Post
master McCoppin and refused passage
through the mails.
Shortly after the. story had been
printed that the concurrent resolution
passed by the last .legislature against
the Riley funding bill had failed to
Dated this 27th day of February, 1896.
S. B.Adams,
Chairman Board of Directors.
Attest: E. Jacobskn,
District C'erk. 128-dlOt
The blue-bird is bailed as a harbinger
of spring. It is also a reminder that a
blood-purifier is needed to prepare the
system for the debilitating weather to
come. . Listen and you will hear the
Subscribe for The Chbonicle and get 1 reach the eyes for which it was intend-1 birds singing: "Take Ayer's Sarsapar-
the news. led, the bureau began sending out fac- ilia in March. April. May."
again able to make himself heard, add
ed : "The ministers will remain at their
posts until their successors are ap
pointed
More cheers and shouts of disapproval
followed, after which the president of
the chamber asked the house to adjourn
until the crown had decided upon the
successors of the ministers. The leftists
raised a storm of protest againBt the
proposition, saying the government
should be impeached, and that the pub'
lie were entitled to know who was re
sponsible for the disaster in Abyssinia,
and there was no excuse for not making
public promptly all the facts in the pos
session of the ministers. But when tb
protests had been exhausted, the bouse
adjourned, pending the appointment of
a new cabinet,
After the adjournment of the chamber
the plaza of Monte Citorio and the ad
jacent streets remained filled with ex
cited crowds nntil they were dispersed
by the police and soldiers, who occupied
all approaches to the house of parlia
ment.
Signor Crispi, after leaving the
chamber of deputies made a similar
statement in the senate, which adjourned
sine die,
King Humbert has already consulted
several statesmen regarding the forma'
tion of a new cabinet. Anong those sent
for' by his . majesty are Marquis di
Rudini, Viscount Venoeta and General
Ricotte.
The war office today admitted that
'at least 150 Italian officers were killed,"
but the officials still refuse to admit that
oyer 5,000 men were killed. They eav,
however, that "they believe that 9,500
Italian troops, and 8,000 native troops
n the Italian service, were eneaeed. and
tnat nearly all the artillery, ammunition
arid supplies fell into the hands of the
enemy."
AT
I were en route to catch them, they unex
pectedly turned west again, slipping
past all obstructions with only a few
skirmishes.
Now Gomez is in the heart of Matan-
zas and Maceo is once more almost in
the gates of- the capital. Trains have
been fired on just beyond the city on
the Matanzas road and Monday night
there was a sharp skirmish only three
miles beyond the suburb of Jesus del
Monte, a settlement to which Havana
horse-cars and omnibuses make regular
trips. There was no official report of
the affair given out.
FULL DAY'S WORK.
Aocom-
HAVAMA'S GATES,
Maceo Within Sight ef the Cuban
Capital.
New York, March 5. A special from
Havana says :
Nobody has paid much attention to I
reports from the field lately. Washing
ton and Madrid have been the sole cen
ters of interest. Yet, within a few days,
Gomez and Maceo have achieved other
successes in the face of strong opposing
'What a New En eland Farmer
pllshed.
Lest some one should think an
Aroostook farmer's life too free and
easy, the .rarknurst corresponaeni oi
the Fort Fairfield Beacon gives this
account of an average day's work dur
ing the potato-digging season: "I went
to bed at 11 p. m. with the conviction
that I must get up at 4 a, m. CI oca I
time). Awoke when the clock struck
and dared not go to sleep again for
fear of sleeping' over. Jumped out of
bed at 4 o'clock, ran to the barn, dressed
myself as I went, and fed and harnessed
four horses; ran to the bouse and woke
the old woman (for good reasons farm
ers wives often sleep with the nirea
girl through potato digging); ran to
the spring and back twice; gTeased the
double wagon; mended a check rein;
unloaded four barrels and a basket of
potatoes and dumped 16 barrels; 5,
woke up the crew; 5:30, breakfast;
.5:33, ran to the born again, got the
horses on the wagon and started for
the factory; 0, arrived at factory.
horses steaming, two acres of teams
ahead of me; everybody swearing;
6:30, lit my pipe; 7, gave some of, the
boys a lesson in careless language; 8,
lit my pipe again; 9, went into the
boarding house and tried to buzz the
cook; 10, told a big yarn; 11, stole a
bottle of whisky; 12:30, got unloaded,
full as a starch factory, and ran the
horses all the way home, arriving at.
1; had a row with a Frenchman and
forgot to' eat dinner; 2, rhased four
Arab peddlers out of the field, then
hauled potatoes to the cellar till 7;
8, had supper, unharnessed and cared
for the horses, went to the spring twice
more, shoveled potatoes in cellar till
9:30, got a chance to kiss the hired girl
twice; 10, went to bed happy.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
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