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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1896.
NUMBER 23.
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ATROCITIES IN CUBA L
ENOKAVOES . WILL - MEET.
Slaughter of Helpless Inliab-
r itants Still Continues.
WHOLESALE ASSASSINATIONS
THE SCENE OF GRIEF 2
Removing Bodies of Victims help, proceeded at
. otv the Victoria Disaster.
THE LOSS OF LIFE GREATER
Insurgent General. Responsible for Many
of the Murders A Havana News
paper's Opinion.
It Is Now Estimated That Nearly Two
Hundred Persons Went
Down. ,
Tampa, Fla., May 20. A tobacco mer
chant, who has just returned here from
Havana, Bays of the situation in Cuba :
"It goes against the grain to credit all
the stories of atrocities which have
reached Havana from the interior of
Cuba, yet many of these? stories are sub'
stantially true.
"Every one who has been able to get
eut into the field of warfare has brought
back confirmation of the reports which
have crept into the city underground
Some of these slaughters have been
wholesale.'. In some instances they have
taken the : form of executions without
trial of 'one- or two sy mpathizers with
the rebellion. In others they have been
simple assassinations,
"These killings are justified on the
around that apparent noncombatants
are not such in fact, but " are syinpa
thizers with and aiders of the rebellion,
or pillagers and destroyers of property
It is easy to justify these acts. No na
tion has recognized the belligerency of
the Cuban rebels. It is only just to say
that it is the volunteers, rather than the
regular Spanish soldiers who are guilty
of these excesses. It is true, also, that
the shedding of the blood of noncombat-
ants is nit confined to the Spanish
trooDS. In Pinar del Rio there is a
revel of death in which Maceo, as well
as the Spanish . volunteers, is a prime
figure. The rebel general dominates in
that province, through fear. His orders
have gone forth, with the penalty of
death attached, and the violation of
these edicts has been followed with sum
ruary punishments. The insurgents, it
is said, hang those whom they condemn,
rather than to put them to death with
the machete.
"This is the character of the war being
waged in Cuba, and it presents the same
questions of humanity which led Grant
to propose intervention in the' revolu
tion of 18G8. The Cubans show no signs
of yielding. Indeed, they gain strength
daily,
very defenses on the trocha. Confess
edly, General Weyler muBt bring more
men from Spain to enter upon an offen
sive campaign."
Victoria, May 27. Thousands of sor
rowful friends and relatives crowded
around the approaches to the bridge
where the terrible accident occurred yes-
scanning each body as it was brought to I
laud. Mothers, crazed bv the loss of
husbands or children, attempted to jump
into the water in their eagerness to res-
Great Gathering; to Be Held at Wash
ington City.
Washington, May 26. It seems as
sured that; the Christian Endeavor con
vention, to be held in this city within
two months, will be the greatest gather
ing of the kind ever held. It will be
notable for the number of new features
in the program. It is proposed to pay
particular attention to evangelistic work
during, the convention.
The delegates will go forth, aa they
did at Boston, to the missions and other
evangelistic outposts and hold services
in tbe remote and dark corners of the
city, as well as in public places where
men congregate. ' For the first time in
tbe history of the annual gatherings,
gospel wagans will be used by the dele
gates,
An entirely new feature of the pro
gram will be daily Bible readings in one
of the large churches, conducted by
The junior workers' rally, Friday
morning with the three-tent sessions,
coincident with the three-tent sessions,
is one more enlargement. One unique
feature will be an open-air demonstra
tion at the foot of the Washington mon
ument. There is room at this place for
tens of thousands of people to congre
gate. After this service it is proposed
that the Endeavorers march down Penn
sylvania avenue to the capitol, where,
with added significance, the good citi
zenship demonstration will be contin
ued. The last novelty, as well as one of
the greatest, will be the first convention
of the World's Christian Endeavor
Union.'
He Is a Woman.
Helena, Mont. May 26. Several
years ago there came to this city a young
man who gave his name as Fred Rollins.
Today it turns out that he is a woman,
and for fourteen years has been mas
querading as a man. It is stated that
letters addressed to her show that she
comes ot respectable peouie in rnew
York, who are ,very wealthy. Since
coming to Helena she Has gained the out to sea sent corpse alter corpee, oorne
confidence of prominent merchants, who on by tbe tide.
set her no m the oil business here and . , xhe shrieks of men, the screams of
at lireat Dal Is, out drink caused her the , ..,.. cnj : j
, . , ',. , . ; v.. women and children tilled the air and
wu v wwu. v.w - -- -- - b - i . - ...
real nam. At nresent she. ia an inmate nerved the crowds OI rescuers on to ieat3
of the Salvation Army Rescue Home in that endangered life and limb.
this city. - ' The number of carriages lost and the
foot' passengers carried down in the
wroolr fannnr. Via foarnpri. Tf. in claimed
And a Crowded Street Car Plunges Into
Vlrl,.i.a II., K,,- I UJ lUttllV bUttli 1UI1V . AUU UprSUUB WtTUb
ms lay were bespattered with blood,
and there was every evidence to show
that, tbe dead had made a desoerate
struggle for their lives.
Page, finding that all were beyond i
STRICKEN ST. LOUIS
once to
immediately telephoned to officers in all
parts of the county to be on the lookout
for the assassin. A large no id her of
officers and men left immediately for
the scene of the murder,'
The family was one of the best known
in the valley, Colonel McGlincey being
piominently identified with the fruit
business. The McGlincey home is in
the midst of the most beautiful and
prosperous section of Santa Clara county,
a region of orchard homes.
Campbell is known as the prohibition
town, of Santa Clara countv. and
lfl't AwM Devastation in
Tornado's Path.
the
STORM WITHOUT A PARALLEL
The Breaklne-Ont of Fire Caused Ad
dltlonal Terror Great. Damage
By the Flames.
St. Louis, May 28. Two hundred lives
is I snuffed out in this city; as many more
I In viral v oaf tlaA Vin vwAanAHAn I Tm . . r. . V " ... . .
terdav, which cost over 60 lives, eagerly vf "u t, TStT , 5 property destroyed id
Paeadena, Bed- value runnint?"intr, the mill inns ? thia is
lands, Pomona and other towns in the record made by the 27th day of May,
Southern California. ' 1896. This ia a conservative. patimatP
At 3 a. m. an officer relumed to tbe No possible idea of the number of peo-
a I . m .. I . -
I firtf f mm Iha enana a nr . I i L 1 1 1 i n L
cne their loved ones. As ooav alter I . ... . - - i- ....... a..-,- .u.o
body was brought to- the shore crowds
saiu:.."jne scene at the Alcbr mcev vicimtv : vpntrdair afiorrmnn
nome is one fearful, almost beyond de- made at this. time. South St. Iouis is
scriptioii. In a room was found Wells, littered with tbe bodies of the dead.
Tiuentiy a terriDie struggle had taken ! a scene of boin,
piace Detween wells andthe assassin. When the sun rose on St. Louis and
wens was shot two or three times, blood vicinity this morning it showed a scene
tar a a en oahoyl oil .ia a aaw A i-. I C i .
on the bridge at the time of the accident r;-.-?-? ..-u w norno.e ruin ana ouster, vnnd
are missing and it is supposed that thev WefT?nll h.18. V,C?,m the a8eaMln Lad 'in 8nd fire httd combined in tbe mis.
- . Mron hia nlnthini In tt wav.;A 1 S f 1 . m . ...
. iw.u.e. . i.. .mo ick(iuuu Bion 01 uestruction. iwo nnnareu lives
room no bodies were found, but the fur- were lost in this city, and as many more
nitore was literally smashed into frag- in Eatt St. Louis, while thousands were
rushed forward to search each mangled
face, dreading the possibility that it
might be that of some one whom, they i
hoped had escaped from the death trap.
Twenty persons known to have been
have perished.- The car register shows
90 fares, and it is probable that over 125
people were on board.
.On the surface of Victoria arm strag
gling people fought to gain the shore.
Strong men and frail women . battled for
their lives. Husbands emerged from the
wreckage, oply to find that their wives
bad gone down to death. Children were
carried' down by those who were
stronger, and fathers who had straggled
from beneath the timbers and debris of
the bridge and car and . carriages re
turned to their doom in a vain endeavor
to rescue their babes.
The waters of the arm for yards around
were dyed red with blood, and floating
A BRIDGE GATE WAT.
Victoria, B. C., May
accident occurred here today. A sham
fight and review was to take place at
Macanlav noint. near Epauimalt. this
They flaunt the Spanish at their aftern00n and crowda were making their
way there by every route. All the tram
cars were packed. Shortly before two
o'clock two cars left Government street
with more than 100 people. The first
got over Point Ellice bridge, which
crosses Victoria Arm, safely, but when
Pre- the other was about half way over the
middle span of the bridge, about 150 feet
COALING OF WARSHIPS.
Bpanlsh Government Advised to
i ! pare for an Emergency.
Havana, May 26. Diario El Ejprcito, in length, gave way, and tbe car plunged
into the water, some- 100 feet below
The car was completely submerged, and
all on board' were drowned, with the ex
ception of some of those who were stand
ing on the platforms and who, escaping
injury from falling timbers, managed to
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terrible HUU lui: cpuu, uu limb uiuio bunu
halt ot them perished, ine accident oc
curred so quicaly that nooody has a
very clear recollection of what trans
pired. .
The rescue of some of the victims was
under circumstances almost miraculous.
Among those saved were Mr., and Mrs
Foster, of Seattle. Foster stood on the
outside of the electric car and bis wife
was seated within. When the car went
down he jumped and dived. Coming up
and catching a bridge timber, he saw a
lady rise near him and seized her,
ments, showing that a fearful fight had
taken place there.' The furniture in the
dining-room was also demolished. Ad
joining the dining-room was tbe apart
ment occupied by Mrs. McGlincey
There she was found, literally slashed to
pieces with a hatchet. Blood was every
where, and, as in the- room of Wells,
there were evidences of a terrible etrug
gle having taken place between the wo
man and her fiendish son-in-law. The
other victims were found in other apart
ments." .
The. last seen of Dunham he was rid
ing rapidly toward San Jose on a buck
skin horse with a heavy Mexican saddle,
Familv troubles are Baid to have caused
the murdera. v
The only being in the house who e
caped alive was a baby one month old.
the child of Mrs. Dunham and tbe al
leged murderer.
Colonel McGlincey was one of the
California commissioners to the world's
fair at Chicago.
A TORNADO AT ST. JLOUIS.
Enormous Loss of Life and Propertr
Steamers Sank with All on Board.
St. Louis. May 27. A tornado blow
ing at tbe rate of eo miles an hour,
Btruck St. Louis at 5:15 this evening
and raged for. half an hour with great
fury. Many buildings were blown down
and several river steamers sunk with all
on! board. The hospitals are full of in
jured and the morgue contains many
She dead' bi'e ,numeri9 B,ain, 1!? ;every- west a thunder storm developed.
injured, many eo severely that they can
not recover. The exact number will not
be known for many days, herhap never,
for, the debris of ruined buildings al
over the city covers hundreds of human
bodies. The damage to property will
aggregate many millions, but the exact
amount cannot be estimated with any
degree of certainty.
The terrible tornado that caused this
destruction struck the city yesterday
afternoon at 5:15 o'clock, and all parts
of the city and East St. Louis frit the ef
fects. The greatest damag6 on this Bide
of the river was inflicted with a three
mile strip aloug tbe mighty stream
Many buildings totally collapsed, others
were unroofed, while very few escaped
injury. '
East St. Louis is a gigantic cemetery,
Under the debris of tbe buildings of that
jcity are scores buried, whose bodies will
not be brought to the light for many
days, perhaps never.
BEFORE THE STORM.
Honrs of sultriness, puffe of wind
coming by turns from all points of the
compass, the flying hither and thither
of light, mist-like formations across tbe
dull, dark-colored mass ; theSe were the
characteristics of the afternoon which
brought to St. Louis the moat disastrous
storm in the city's history. For' hours
the torrents shifted, the wind blew hot
and cold, and the storm center devel
oped. Tha fury of the elements was
borne within the city's limits. In the
Early
regarded aa the organ of the Spanish
army in Cuba, in discussing the possi
bility of war with !"the TJhited States
ays: ' u '"'""'
"We Tiave a ' greater
ever before in Spanish America.1' Our
army than was
soldiers are invincible. ' We' have got save themselves by 'using the floating
together ah astonishing amount of war rains of the bridge, and thus got ashore.
was a Victoria woman, who had accom
panied himself and wife. - Then he saw
his wife's cloak appear ppon the water.
He called to a man .to save her. and not
in vain, for tbe man swam to Mrs. ros
ter's rescue and bore her to the land. '
Superintendent J. Wilson, of the Can
adian .Fact flc railroad telegraph, was
material. - But.'whilie we have an army Numbers of the bodies have already been drivin a carriage containing his wife
more than 'sufficient to deal with the got up, and tbe work of identification is
Yankees,'' 0w'''Krt''' 'warahlBa'-" re in proceeding. It is a difficult matter, as
European waters. '' In' case of the open- a' great many of the bodies are those of
ing of hostilities they would have to visitors.
navigate 3000 miles, and as' the must 1 So' far as at present known,' there are
travel at high speed they would use np over sixty killed.
and five children directly behind the ill-
fated car. His vehicle was swept down, '
and in a moment the entire family were
struggling in tbe water. With . rare
presence of mind Mr. Wilson succeeded
in saving hia wife and four children.
where among the rums of the demol- mutterings indicated nothing more than
islied buildings. A portion of the Eades a downpour, with the ordinary electrical
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uriuS in ueuiroyeu. iJie grana Biana accompaniment. This cloud came up
at the fair grounds, .and the woman's I slowly at first from the west, beyond
portion of the jail were blown down. Forest Park. As the black rim mounted
The Waters-Pierce oil works are, burning I higher above the horizon, its arc em-
and buildings in various sections of the I braced more territory to the north and
wwn are on nre. At jast &t. Louis the south. A strong wind from the east
damage seems the greatest. 1 H. C.Hice, began to blow right in the face of the
the Western. Lmon manager at the re- storm. It was the lower current,
lay depot, climbed across the demojished 1 , Suddenly the wind stopped blowing
bridge and reported the National hotel from the east and there swept from tbe
the Tremont bouse, the Martell house, j porthwest a gale which made the best
the' DeWblf cafe, the Hazell ' Milling) built structures tremble. With the hnr.
most of the coal Dossible to be Carried When the bridge broke down -thpra The fifth child, a little boy, was wedged
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in their 'bonkers before they could get were several carriage on it, and these "n eome wreckage ana arownea.
here,
The paper then point's out the diffi
culty ' that would be found in coaling
warships and suggests the necessity of
Spain bringing to Cuba a sufficient sup
ply of coal and the establishment of the and was drowned
coaling vessels within reach of tbe war
ships. ' At present the United Slates is
the only' source of coal supply in
America.. ''
The intimation that Spain has con
, ceded' to the United States an extension
cf time for tobacco is received with dis
pleasure by Havana tobacco men and
also were precipitated Into the ' water.
Superintendent Wilson was driving one
of these, and had bis five children with
him. He succeeded in saving himself
and four children. The fifth, a little
boy, was wedged between some iron bars
A MOST FIENDISH CRIME.
Six Persons Brutally Skat and Backed
to Death. '
company's mill, Horn's cooper shop and j
a great many dwellings east of there as !
far ' as Fifth , street , gone and many
people killed. . The Baltimore. & Ohio
and Vandalia round-houses, the Stand
ard oil works, the East St. Louis and the
Crescent elevators and twelve freight
ncane, for that was tbe first form tbe
storm took, when 'it "broke over the
western part of the city, 'came a deluge.
From a few minutes before 5 until 5 :30
this hurricane blew from tbe northwest.
Then there came a lull. The currents
shifted. In' the southwest there came
into existence a storm cloud, with the
Decoration Day.
houses on tbe levee demolished. The
San Joss, Calif., May 27. The most Grand Republican and several more ex-J essential features of a tornado, funnel-
horrible crime in the history of the cursion steamers, with all on. board, are shape. This second storm burst upon
county was perpetrated at Campbell, a reported sunk in the.river and all steam- the city from; the southwest. It came
small place about six miles southwest of ers on the levee have gone down. in on South Lafayette Park, struck the
this city, this morning. I ; A rough estimate would place the
Colonel, R. P. McGlincey and wife, I number killed and wounded at 1,000,
James Dunham, I Both the. Western Union and Postal
Spanish politicians. They say , the
United States is getting all that is de
manded. The rush of tobacco to the
United States fs now so great that the
Algeria is expected to take nearly 10,000
bales, valued at $1,000,000, to Key West.
During the past week fully 30,000 bales
were shipped.' Shippers here say the
United States stock is fully equal to the
demand for 18 months.
The following program is announced
for Decoration Day : The G. A. R. and
W. R. C. will meet in Fraternity Hall at their; daughter, Mrs
du p. m. sharp, lhe procession wi James Wells, a son of Mrs. McGlincev. Teleirrarjh comDanlen lost everv wire ont
" ' """"i iconug ia hired woman. Minnie ahesler. and alofthecitv. which is in total darkness.
on vvouri, ano win move promptly at z hired mar. jamea Briscoe, were killed
by James Dunham, a son-in-law of Col- ' a mob held in check.
onel. McGlincey, who made hia escape. ; Captain Pat Carmoody's . presence of and capsized, or went adrift,
The
Tyc-h Flooring Mills.
Tygh Flouring Mills will be
p. m. np uourt to Dourtb, west on'
Fourth to G. A. R. cemetery' in the fol
lowing order:
Band. '
Co. G, 3d Batallion, O. N. G., Oapt.
Chrisman commanding. ".
James W. Nesmith Post No. 32, G.
A. R. ..:.'- , ,
Woman's Relief Corps, in carriages.
' Citizens.
The services at the cemetery will conr
sist of music bv a chorus -of voices, a
I .noifnllnn 1... XT-- T? T . I XT-.:.. 1
closed for repairs on and after June 1st. n.m , - . .
;u r,.fu 7- Anthem, ritualistic service, decoration of
I frrares.
W. H. McCOEKLE. .o tt , . ... '.
my20-w2w4 Prop. a,t p' . aon' Joaa icneu win
deliver a memorial address in the Uon-
Subscribe for Thk ChbonicIiK and get gregational church. The pnolic are cor-
thenews. ' ' " I diallv invited to attend.
About midnight a .neighbor by the I, mind prevented a panic at the fair j
name of Page, heard the report of shots I grounds. When the crowd appealed for
in the direction of the McGlincey home. I protection from' the tornado, Pat cor-
Almost immediately thereafter, there railed the frightened people under the
came the sound of galloping hoofs on the stand and forced them to remain there.
county road. Hurriedly dressing, Page He. held a mob of about 300 in. check,
preceeded to the home of the McGlin- and it was lucky for them that he did so.
ceys and was horrified to find the body Everybody was trying to get out and
of Mr. McGlincey lying in an outhouse wanted to make a break for the south
in a pool of blood. Entering tbe house side of the Btand. While Carmoody was
he found the bodies of James Wells, holding them back, the roof of the stand
who had been shot; Mrs. McGlincey was blown off and tbe debris fell just
and her daughter, who had been s'tabbed where the people wanted to go; Car-
to death by the assassin, and the hired moody'a good judgment saved many
man and girl, who had been hacked to lives. A part of tbe roof landed on the
death with a hatchet. The interior of natural bridge road and several bodies j
the rooms ; where the bodies of the vie- i were buried beneath the debris.
city hospital, and from there , tore its
way through the city to' the river1 by a
northerly' course. It wrought havoc
that will leave traces in that part of tbe
city which lies east of Seventh and north
of Cerre streets, to the Eads bridge.
Boats were torn from their moorings
The cloud
crossed the river, demolished the upper
works at the east end of the bridge, then
wreaked its fury on East St. Louis. . - ,
THK STORM ON THE RIVER.
When the first evidence of the ap
proaching storm began to appear, every
engineer on the river got up (team in
order to be able to combat the elements.
Had it been anything but a tornado, it
is probable this would have aided the
crews in saving their crafts. But tha
onslaught Was so violent that the crews
found their efforts only sufficient to fiid
them slightly in directing the. course of
their boats. The steamer Pittsburg, of
the Diamond Jo line, the steamer City,
of Vicksburg and the Providence of the
Columbian Exposition Company, the
Captain Monroe, of the Anchor line, and
many smaller cratt. were pitched and
tossed about until the final blast rent
them from their anchorage. The storm
swept diagonally across the river and
struck the Illinois bank with increased
fury. The loss of -life in .the water on
tbe East Side seems to be light, as every
body was carried safely to land.
! The City of Vicksburg is almost a
total wreck. The, City, of; Providence
was blown upon the Illinois bank. Her
rudder, cabin and smokestack are gone.
The St. Louis and St. Pan!' Packet Com
pany's steamer, St. Paul had started for
Keokuk, when ' the tornado struck the
city. She has not been heard from
since. She bad a full cabin list. The
Belle of Calhoun and the Libbie Conger,
which were moored near Choteau ave
nue, were almost totally broken up.
The Ellen G. Smith, the harbor-boat,
was blown down tbe river and was
wrecked near- Arsenal island. It is
thought that no lives were" lost on this .
boat. The steamer Ed Harvester, of the
Missouri Valley Transportation Com
pany, was torn from its dock and carried
down the river. Many heroic acts were
performed in the saving of lives as the
result of the storm. ' When' the City of
Monroe had listed away from the Anchor-line
wharf, there were about forty
passengers on board and a full crew, as
the boat was just making ready for tbe
trip to New Orleans. When the moor
ings finally gave way the boat lurched
on its starboard side and nearly capsized. -
The movement threw nearly all the
freight to starboard and served to bold -tbe
boat in its perilous position. Cap
tain Vieglnr made a reassnrring speech
to the passengers which slightly quieted
the exteme excitement. He said they
were all safe. When the boat struck
the Illinois bank the captain was not to
be found.
IN EAST BT. LOCI8.
In comparison to its size, the fatali
ties in East St. Louis greatly exceed
those on this side of the river. The
larger part of the central portion of the
city is razed to the ground, while on the
flats along the river bank north of the
Ends bridge, not a house is left standing.
The loss of life is terrible. Scarcely
one family seems to have eeenped with
out some member being killed, while
many households were wiped out of ex-'
istence. A conservative estimate of the '
dead there, is placed at 150.
The Catholic church St. John of
Nepomic, was demolished except the
front, which stands like a tower.
! - PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED.
While the storm wad at its highest, a
passenger train on the Chicago st Alton,
railway polled on to the bridge from the
Missouri side, on its way east. Engineer
Scott 'bad proceeded only a short dis
tance when he realized tlye awful.,'
dauger. ' Tbe wind struck: the coaches,
causing them to careen. The train . was
about half way across. The overhead
poles were snapping and tumbling into
the river, while large stones were shift- '
ing loose from their i foundations and
plunging into the water. Realizing that
any moment bis train might, be blown
nto tbe, water or else the bridge be
blown away. Scott pot on a full head
of steam, in an effort to reach the east
side shore. The train had scarcely pro
ceeded two hundred,. feet, and; was
about tbe same distance from the shore,
when the upper span of the bridge was
blown away. Tons of huge granite
blocks tumbled to tbe tracks, where the
train loaded with passengers bad been
but a moment before. About tbe same
instant the wind struck the train, np
setting all the cars like playthings.
Luckily no one was killed, but several
were taken ont seriously injured. The
wrecked part of the bridge ia just east of .
the big tower near the, Illinois shore,
and extends east) about 300 feet. . Tbe
entire upper portion, traversed by street
cars and ' carriages, is carried away,
while tbe tracks beneath are buried in
the debris, In some places eight feet
deep.. .
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