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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1896.
VOL. VI.
NUMBER 19.
WORK OF INSURGENTS
Attempt to Destroy the Pal
ace at Havana.
DYNAMITE THE EXPLOSIVE USED
Great Fart of tbe Building Was
Thrown Down Great Excite
ment Prevails.
Havana, April 28. An explosion of
what is believed to be dynamite, or some
other high explosive, occurred in the
palace of the governor-general at 11 :30
this morning while the correspondent of
:the Associated Press was waiting in the
'ante-room. There was a sharp noise
' 'and the sound of breaking glass and fall
ins nlaster on all sides. Part of the
roof fell in. The explosion occurred i
a closet in the basement which was con
verted into a bean of rubbish. The
walls were torn and great stones fell.
printer belonging to- the captain-gen
eral's office was wounded. Tbe greatest
excitement prevaile. The explosion is
attributed to the insurgents.
DIFBTHKKIV IS. DOOMED. f
This Fact Proved at the University of
Missouri. '
Chicago, April 28. An X ray will
kill the bacteria of diphtheria. The
electrical department of the university
of Missouri, at Columbia, announces
that, after extensive experiments, diph
theria germs had been killed by tbe,
Roentgen light.
To Professor Harry Preston Pratt and
Professor Hugo Wightman, of Chicago,
who were the first to give to the scienti lie
world the positive assertion that disease
germs in the human body could be killed
by the use of the X ray, this confirma
tion of their own pioneer work was ex
tremely gratifying. But a week ago
they gave the result of their experi
ments, which were received with some
doubt by Eastern scientists, and with
much 'skepticism in Chicago. To the
doctors and scientists who criticized the
possibility of the Chicago discovery be
ing true, the confirmatory report from
the university of Missouri will come as
a surprise.'
Professor Roentgen himself, when told
by cable of the Chicago investigation and
result, replied that he had expdeted the
experiment to result as they did. The X
ray, he said, was a germicide. The uni
versity of Missouri joins Chicago in sus
taining this declaration. The following
gives the details of the university's
work:
"The Roentgen ray will cure diph
theria by killing the bacillus which
causes that disease. This is the die-
covery which the electrical department
of tbe university of Missouri announces
today. Experiments have been carried
on for some time in the electrical labra-
tory, to test the effect of the famous ray
upon the diphtheria bacilus. The germs
were prepared by Professor Hickman, of
he bacteriological department, and sub
jected to the influence of the rays for
' two hours. The microscopic examina
tion Bhowed that the diphtheria bacillus
' bad almost entirely disappeared. The
arrangement of the testing apparatus is
different from tbe ordinary method.
"Further experiments will be made at
once. If they continue successful the
cure of diphtheria by the application of
the Roentgen rays to the afflicted throat
will become part of medical practice."
A Voice from Hood River.
Hood River, April 29, 1896.
Editor Chboniclk: .
After having carefully read Senator
Mitchell's reply to Mr. Mac Allister and
other", I find myself but little wiser
than before, as it is simply a reiteration
of Major Post's statements from begin
ning to end. Three points, however,
are quite pronounced. First, that fifty
thousand dollars unexpended balance
miraculously disappeared while the gov
eminent was signing a draft on the
. treasury for $20,000 of it, and Mr. Day
was in Washington to (How could it
have happened.) . Second, Mr. Mitchell
Bays the $179,000 appropriation is sure
to stick and become a law. My recol
lections is Major Post said the govern
ment owed the Days $200,000, so that
there would still be a deficiency of $21,
000, and no side walls built. Lastly,
that an investigation is badly needed.
Instead of the government . holding
back a ten per cent guarantee, Mr. Day
has reversed the situation and holds a
twenty per cent club over the govern
ment's head, and as security has posses
sion of the locks. "What fools we mor
tals be 1" Does our delegation believe
we can be longer deceived? Twenty
thousand dollars forsooth to complete j
the locks, with Mr. Day's $200,000 be
hind, and not a school boy in Wasco
county but knows that half a million in
clear money will not more than com
plete the job. Twenty thousand dollars
would not buy a plaster for Mr. Day's
shins.
But unlike The Chronicle, I have no
particular fault to find with Mr. Day,
Mr. Dav did not come to the Locks for
his health nor recreation. The trouble
is elsewhere. With the citizens of East
em Oreeon. in the first place, in not
letting well enough alone. In substitut
ing a contractor for the government, a
party was introduced whose business it
was to make money pat of tbe job.
The engineers were not done away with
Their duties are just the same, contract
or or no contractor. The contractor is
merely a complication.
. The echo of the whole matter is heard
in the appropriation of $100,000 to, the
O. R. & N. Co. for a right ot way for the
shio railway over a route that is not
sufficiently wide for their own roadbed,
while on the Washington side there is
ample room above all high water, and
no railroad to interfere with.
Let our outgoing delegation solve the
mystery and get a violent move on, or
they will find other corns and bunions
tripping up and down the congressional
corridors in their number 11 gaiters.
The election is close at hand. Take
heed to yourselves. ' Citizen.
Did not the writer refer to Capt.
Fiske instead of Major Post, when the
latter's name was used above iD.j
A Letter From Congressman Bills.
Captain John W, Lewis received today
the following letter from Congressman
Ellis, which just at this time is full of
interest to the people of Eastern Oregon
Congressman Ellis corroborates the
statements made by Senator Mitchell,
Washington, D.C., April 25,1896,
My Dear Captain:
Yours of the 18th inst. received and
contents noted. The resolution making
the $20,000 immediately available was
prepared by the engineers' department
with the full understanding with the
delegation that it would be used for the
purpose of doing the work necessary to
open the locks at once, senator Mit
chell yesterday got an amendment on
the snndry civil ' bill, making $20,000 of
the $179,796 immediately available for
tbe work, and it will no doubt become a
law and will surely be used for the pur
pose of doing the work necessary to open
the locks at once. And it will not be
used for another purpose. Anv one in
any way connected with any of the com
mittees or the departments having this
matter in charge will bear me out in
saying tbe delegation has lost no op
portunity to push the matter. We will
continue to do so notwithstanding the
fact some gentlemen, no doubt, would
be willing to have us fail, if they
thought we would suffer bv that failure,
even though tbe. country did lose
heavilv. Assuring you that the whole
delegation is alive to this interest, and
as anxious as any of our constituents
can be for the early completion of the
locks, and will leave no opportunity un
improved to hurry the matter along.
1 am yours sincerely,
W. R. Ellis.
Progressive Bathbone Bisters.
The Rathbone Sisters invariably have
tbe best of times at their social meetings
and that of last night was no exception
to the rule. The society numbers among
ts members some of the best, talent in
the city in music, elocution and original
productions. The following was'the ex
cellent program observed last night.
Essay Mrs. Wand.
Solo Mrs. Bradahaw.
Reading Mrs. Davis.
Chorus Mies Goeser, Mrs. Wiley,
Mrs. Waud, Mrs. Gunning, Chas. L,
Phillips. . V . ' '
Alter an excellent supper a unique
contest was projected. Mrs. Bradshaw
and Mrs. L. S. Davis are opposing chiefs
of entertainment for the ensuing four
weeks. Points are to be scored -on ex
cellence and tbe losing side is to prepare
a grand banquet for the society at the
succeeding meeting. Tbe ensuing five
weeks are therefore sure to be most en
tertaimng.
Democratic Speaking.
Hon. A. S. Bennett, Democratic nom
inee for congress in the Second district,
will address the voters of the district at
the following places on the following
dates:
Pendleton, Saturday, May 2d, at 1:30 p. m.
LaGrande, Monday, May 4th, at 1 '30 p. m.
Cove, Tuesday, May 5th, at 1:30 p. m.
Union, Tuesday, May 6th, at 7:30 p. m.
North Powder, Wednesday. May 6, at 1:30 p. m.
Baker City, Thursday, May 7th, at 7:30 p. m.
Eeppner, Saturday, May 9th, at 1:30 p. m.
Condon, Monday, May 11th, at 1 :30 p. m.
Fossil, Tuesday, May 12th, at 1:30 p. m.
Moro, Wednesday, May 13th, at 2 p.m. .
Grass Valley, Thursday, May 14th, at 1:30 p. m.
Dufur, Saturday, May 16th, at 1:30 p. m.
St Helens, Monday, May 18th, at 7:30 p. m.
Astoria, Tuesday, May 19th, at 8 p.m.
Troutdale, Wednesday, May 20th, at 7:30 p. m.
Portland, Thursday, May 21st, at 8-p. m.
Albina, Saturday, May 23d, at 8 p. m.
The Dalles, Saturday, May 30th, at 8 p. m.
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NORTHUP WILL RUH
He Is Now a Candidate for
Representative.
ACCEPTANCE FILED YESTERDAY
The Petition Signed by Five Hundred
Well-KnowD Men Who Believe '
in Sound Honey.
Portland, April 29. Judge Northup s
acceptance as the sound money candi
date for congress in the Second district
was filed today at Salem. Apparently
about two-thirds of the signers were
Republicans and one-third Democrats,
Some of the names are those of citizens
of other counties, who happened to be
in Portland during the last few days,
The list of signers includes representa
tive men in all occupations and profes
sions, and tbe indorsement is a strong
one. .Every man ot the live hundred
who endorsed Judge Northup proposes
to exert every possible effort to elect
him, and the prospects are very favora
ble for his election. A great deal of Co
couragement has a' ready been received
by letter and otherwise from moat of
the counties of tbe district.
A DEEP LAID PLOT.
Spanish
Authorities Unearth an In Sar
gent Conspiracy.
New York, April 29. The Herald
this morning says :
The Spanish authorities here, and in
Washington, have recently discovered a
conspiracy, which was formed by Cu
bans, to blow up a Spanish warehip and
at the same time intercept a peninsula
mail steamer and rob ber of a large
quantity of gold intended for the govern
ment troops on the island. The plot
further included the capture of . the sea
port town of Neuvitas, and contemplated
certain demonstrations along the north
ern coast of the eastern Cuban provinces,
in order to precipitate a rush of troops
from the west and effect a weakening of
the military trocha across Pmar del Rio.
While the disclosure of the conspiracy
may not discourage the Cuban leaders,
it will require an entire change of tactics
to free Antonio Maceo from the uncer
tain position he occupies in the extreme
west of Cuba, and in the Spanish circles
it is looked upon in the light of a blow
to the Cuban cause. The plot originated
and was perfected in this city, with the
assistance of the insurgent leaders of
Cuba. The firBt blow was to be struck a
month hence. ,
The revolutionary congress at Cubitae
has felt for some time the necessity of
seizing and holding a seaport town, and
has made several attempts to get pos
session of small townB on the coast of
Cuba. Finally tbe congress decided that
Neuvitas,' - on the northern coast ' of
Puerto Principe province, was the most
available point. It is sitaated at the
head of the harbor of Neuvitas, which
can be entered only through a long.
winding and narrow channel. ' The
harbor is well sheltered from the sea and
affords an excellent anchorage. The
town is not strongly garrisoned. 'The
coast line peninsula mail steamer stops
at Keuvitas at regular intervals, and
when there are supplies on board, the
boat is escorted by a Spanish cruiser.
After long survey, the Cubans devised a
plan by which a formidable demonstra
tion could be made at Neuvitas, in order
to force General Weyler to send Btrong
bodies of troops to the eastern end of
Cuba. It was decided that it would be
possible to blow op a Spanish vessel as
she passed throngh the narrow channel
to Neuvitas harbor, so that the wreck
would completely block the entrance
and no other vessel could 'pass in to dis
place tbe rebels after they had captured
the place.
The insurgent president entrusted the
carrying out of the plot to one of the
members of ' the Cuban - revolutionary
party in this city. The latter called to.
his aid an adventurous young American
who began to perfect all the details, but
it was not long afterward that the Span
ish and American detectives were on the
trail of the Cuban plotters. Negotiations
were entered into by the Cuban agents
lot the purchase of a Cape Ann schooner,
and a New ' England Bkipper was em
ployed to navigate her. A small steam
tender waa purchased, which was to be
carried on board the' schooner. The en
tire outfit has been estimated to cost not
more than $8,000. Those engaged in the
scheme were promised that, in the event
of Buccess, $100,000 and .one-half the
prize money found on board the mail
steamer to be trapped and seized should
be their reward.
The schooner, the Spanish authorities
learned, with her crew, was to sail from
this port as a fisherman. She would
carry, in addition to 30 days' provisions
for four men, besides the crew,- the
steam tender, coal, several small kegs to
be converted into submarine torpedoes,
an electric battery and about 2,000
pounds of dynamite. Tbe echooner was
to take the ontside course; The pro
gramme was to launch the steam tender
at night, when near tbe Cuban coast,
and to work back and forth between the
Bpot and the schooner under cover of
darkneBS, using no ship lights. The
men who wero to do the wrecking of the
Spanish cruiser, and the -dynamite and
other material, were to be landed and
concealed on a plantation near tbe coast
close to the entrance of the harbor
From this plantation the Cubans could
reach the channel and lay torpedoes at
the only point where a warship could
pass, in less than two hours' time.
The 3-Mile Boad.
At the invitation of Judge Blakeley,
representatives of The Chronicle and
the Times-Mountaineer were driven over
the new 3-Mile road yesterday afternoon
Its excellence as a fine road either for
draft hordes or driving teams, as told by
many who have traversed it, was fully
corroborated by the inspection of tbe
newspaper men. There is nearly two
miles of new road, beginning at 3-Mile
bridge and extending this way, which is
practically level, and after a winter'
rains and snows have, hardened it nnder
use, it will be as nearly perfect as is pos
sible to make it. The former road waa
rocky and full of ups and downs, and
the hill descending to 3-Mile was very
steep. .As' it is now it resembles
boulevard, the grade at no place being
more than six inches to the rod, and has
long level stretches, free of rock, the de
pressions filled, the elevations cut down
broad and straight, and will invite many
a turnout the coming summer to traverse
it. No less will the wool and wheat
teamsters appreciate . this excellent
stretch of road, and though it is yet un
packed they already drive over it in
preference to the old route. Several
wagons loaded with wool were met
on tbe new road, as was Mr. Schenck's
roadster, which that gentleman was
driving. It is extremely probable that
the road from 3-Mile is used more than
any other road in Oregon. The busi
ness of the whole country east, west and
south converges to it. Mr. Williams,
the supervisor, counted in one day last
summer 700 teams either going or com
ing, which justifies all expenses incurred
on our roads thus far, and points the ex
cellence of the same vigorous policy for
tbe future. There is no better way to
quickly populate a section of country
with a thrifty, industrious people than
to furnish it with perfect means of
egress and ingress by good public roads.
This policy The Chronicle has ever ad
vocated in the past and will continue to
encourage and advocate for the future.
The Bowling Score.
The bowling contest between the mar
ried and the ' unmarried forces is de
veloping much interest in Commercial
and Athletic Club circles. The contest
spirited, and for the. time the club
rooms are the chief center of attraction;
A "strike" is greeted with a great deal
of satisfaction by the adherents of the
side making it, and a corresponding de
pression is observed on the part of their
opponents. The trials going on just
now, the first of which occurred last
night, are preliminary to the selection
of the final teams, which are to deter
mine the momentous question whether
marriage is or is not advantageous from
sporting point of view. The trial last
night ' would seem to indicate that it is
not : however,' there is yet plenty of
time for the married to recuperate, and
new set of players may indicate the
opposite. The following is tbe score in
detail made last night :
HARRIED. UNMARRIED.
W H Wilson. 24 26 F W Wilson .29 24
BradBbaw 25 20 N J Sicnott. .39 19
Bonn, Sr 39 30 Cahen 33 28
Kurt i .42 47 'Bonn. Jr 35 23
Faulkner 17 19 Hampshire ..33 26
H S Wilson. .19 22
Maiden 24 31
Hartnett ... .28 25
Schmidt. ...19 16
Fredden 31 21
Schanno 34 32
Tolmie. .24 33
Hostetler . . . . 24 19
Moody 28 19
Dietzel 24 29
Total 530 Total.. 550
The new time card of the Northern
Pacific railway, shortens the time be
tween Portland and St. Paul ten hours.
This is no w the shortest and quickest
route to the East. Two through trains
daily out of Portland. The only line
running a dining car from Portland, and
good connections at St. Paul and Chicago
makes this the most desirable route.
For full information call on or address
W. C. Allaway, Agent, The Dalles,
Oregon. - aprl4-dw3t
. DIED.
In this city, April 29th, Mrs.' J. A.
Alkire, aged 84 years.
The funeral took place from the family
residence on the bluff this afternoon.
THE SCENES OF RDIN
Results of the Fire at Crip
ple Greek.
DESOLATION SEEN EVERYWHERE
Only a Few Scattering: Buildings Re
main Standing Thousands Are
Left Homeless.
Cripple Creek, Colo., April 30.
In a general way the ground within the
fire limits does not present even a de
cent ruin. The fire swept everything
before it just as if a flaming broom had
passed over the district. The fire
moved generally in a northern direction,
spreading out eastward and westward
under the impulse of the terrific wind.
The '.Masonic temple, post office, and a
few other scattering, business structures
remain, but no vestige is recognizable of
furniture or fixtures, iron, or glass,
everything having been melted away.
As the day advanced thousands of
people who had sought shelter in the
neighboring districts flocked back to tbe
scene of their losses. Women and chil
dren .came with their husbands and
fathers, but in most instances were
turned back. Smouldering heaps ol
debris were constantly bursting into
flame.fanned by the rising wind. Twenty
acres of ashes are not very easy to han
dle when tbe wind gets into them, and
every available hose in town was put
in nse again' by 8 o'clock this morning
to flood the heaps of ruins.
On all foothills reaching down to the
fire lines stand homeless people awaiting
news. The most of t)em will leave town
if they can.
Daring tbe night officers and the mili
tary- patrolled the streets and arrested
all who could not give a strict and
prompt account of themselves,, thus
ridding the town of the lawless element.
The jail was full by midnight, and after
that the box cars at tbe Midland depot
were improvised into prisons. ' The
morning train brought Sergeant Ben
nington and k squad of ten men from.
Denver, who at once took charge of po
lice affairs.
The work of relieving destruction was
formally begun at 1 o'clock this morn
ing, when many prominent men and
women met in the Masonic building to
organize. - in addition to Cripple Creek
citizens there waB a substantial repre
sentation present from Denver, Colorado
Springs, Pueblo, Victor, and smaller ad-
joinmg towns.
JACKSON
TKST1FIKS.
Murderer 1 of
Pearl
Bryan o
Stand.
Newport, Ky., April 30. According
to the Kentucky law, which requires
that if the defendant Is to be put on the
the stand at all, he ehall be called first,
Scott Jackson was this morning put on
the witness stand. He gave a brief
sketch of his life in Jersey City and New
York, ' and of ' his acquaintance ' with
Greencastle, Ind.,' where his mother
lives, and told briefly his acquaintance
with Pearl Bryan. He was in Green
castle, Ind., from tbe ' spring of 1895
until the middle of October in that year,
and he saw her ' often. He admitted
illicit relations with her during tbe last
Christmas holidays. He was about to
tell the statements made him by Will
Wood, concerning Wood's relations' with
Pearl i Bryan, when the court decided
that such testimony was not admissable.
Jackson said he bad received many let
ters from Wood, but they were so vile
that be destroyed them all except two,
which were now in the possession of the
prosecution. j .
STKAMER BERMUDA SIGHTED.
Filibuster Loaded with Arms arid
' Men
. ITor Caba.
Jacksonville, Fla.,. April SO. The
filibustering steamer Bermuda 'was
sighted about 4 o'clock Monday after
noon twenty-five miles south of Mos
quito inlet and fully forty miles out at
sea. Captain R. J. Brown, pf the coast
ing schooner Mabel, sighted the . Ber
muda. The steamer passed about a
mile to the eastward of the Mabel.
Her fires were hanked and she was going
very fast. ' Her course seemed to be
haped for 1 the Bahamas. ' Captain
Brown knows the Bermuda well, end
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
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is Simmons liver regulator don
forget to take it The Liver gets sluggish
during the Winter, just like all nature,
and the system becomes choked up by
the accumulated waste, which brings on
Malaria, Fever and Ague and Rheuma
tism. You want to wake up. your Liver
now, but be sure you take SIMMONS
Liver regulator to do it it also
regulates the Liver keeps it properly at
work, when your system will be free from
poison and the whole body invigorated.
You get THE BUST BLOOD when
your system is In Al condition, and that
will only be when the Liver is kept active.
Try a Liver Remedy once and note the
difference. But take only SIMMONS
Liver regulator it is Simmons
Liver Regulator which makes the
difference. Take it in powder or In liquid
already prepared, or make a tea of the
powder; but take SIMMONS LIVER REGU
LATOR. You'll find the RED Z on every
package. Look for it
J. H. Zeilin & Co Philadelphia, Pa,.
looked at her through a glass, but he
saw only four persons on deck. Captain .
Brown then ran his Fchooner in shore.,
and when near New Smyrna, saw two
Spanish cruisers steaming slowly south.
One was the Beina Mercedes. The Ber
muda only eluled these vessels by stand
ing far out to sea after leaving tbe bar
at Mayport. When the warships were
sighted, Captain Brown ' says the Ber-.
muda must have been sixty miles south
east. Captain Brown is a iriend of Cap
tain Reilly, of the Bermuda. , He thinks
that Captain Reilly will take the Ber
muda east of the Bahamas and around
the eastern coast of Cuba, and finally
land the arms and men.
Off Cape Florida, Captain Brown
sighted a Spanish cruiser, wliich fol
lowed his vessel over twenty-five miles.
The Spaniards apparently finally con
cluded that the Mabel waa harmless.
NEWS NOTES.
Wisconsin's gift of tbe statue of Pera
Marquette for stautary hall has been ac
cepted.
In Senator Teller's speech yesterday
be announced that ' he would not hesi
tate to withdraw from the Republican
party if it pronounced for . a gold.
standard. '
A. second great fire yesterday, de
stroyed what whs left of Cripple Creek,
except ' the railroad depot and a few
straggling honses. The loss is over
$1 ,000,000. . ,
When fevers and other epidemics aro
around, safety lies in fortifying the sys
tem with Ayer'a Sarsaparilla. A per
son having tbin and impure blood, is in
the most favorable condition to "catch""
whatever disease may be floating in the-'-
air. ile wise in time. , .
Another Dorse Suicides.
At about the same hour Otto Birg-
feld's horse suicided yesterday by drown
ing, a horse between Umatilla and
Coyote deliberately Bnicided in a differ
ent manner. Train No. 22, east-bound.
was bowling along a level piece of track
between the stations named, when tbe
trainmen observed a horse about forty
yards from the track watching the ad
vancing train. It ' suddenly wheeled
and ran till the distance was increased
to about 100 yards, when it deliberately
turned and ran at full speed into tbe
train, about five cars back from tbe
engine. The concussion waa tremend
ous, and tbe horse sank down dead De-
side tbe track, with scarcely a struggle. .
A child was cured of croup by a dose-
or two of Ayer's unerry rectorai. a
neighbor's child died of the same dis
ease while the father was getting ready -'
to call the . doctor. This shows tbe ne
cessity of having Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
always at hand. - '
Kstray. . '
From the ranch of tbe undersigned, at
Hood River, two bay mares, both in
poor condition. One has long enrly
mane, and is branded with a heart on
right hip. The other branded with cir
cle and bar on left shoulder. Take them
up and notify . H. C. Cos,'
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Hood River.
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