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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY. OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1806.
VOL. VI.
NUMBER 51.
THE STORM IS OVER
But the Floods Continue to
Come Down.
OLD YAMHILL BEATS THEMALL
Flood and Freshet Everywhere. Train.
Blockaded. Trafflo 8aspnled and
Telegraph Wire, Down.
The great etorm is about over in the
Willamette valley, but ita worst results
are yet to appear im the damage wrought
by wind and rain everywhere.
The storm has bee,n general and the
reports from Southern Oregon to the
Sound are the same. The damage has
been quite heavy, and today lines of
communication and travel are badly de
moralized in nearly every direction.
An ocean of water is rushing down
every watercourse from the mountains
to the valleys of the Columbia and the
Willamette, and property being swept
away. It has been one of the severest
storms ever known in the Northwest,
considering its widespread result. Wind,
rain, hail, enow and ,vei flowing streams
are doing their insiduous work.
It has been somewhat difficult for
the Portland newspapers and those of
the Sound as well to get their tele
graphic report, owing to the fierce on
slaught of the storm on the wires in
nearly every direction. Both com
panies have been busy keeping their
lines open, and railroad and telegraph
companies have co-operated in restoring
Connection with the outside world.
The wires to San Francisco were down
this morning, but there has been no
delay, to speak of, in sending out mes
sages, but the Eastern telegraphic for
The Evening Telegram Tuesday was
somewhat blocked " in getting through.
The wires are down to Seattle. The
Western Union opened up a circuit with
San Francisco by way of Spokane and
Ogden, and the Telegram's Washington
state dispatches are coming by way of
Spokane. The Postal has had a strug
gle maintaing connections. The San
' Francisco wire worked all right Tuesday
morning, but shortly before noon con
nection was lost again. The Postal's
service to Tacoma and Olyaipia is work
ing satisfactorily.
Snow was general east of the Cascades
and over Idaho Tuesday morning. A
light snow from 1 to 2 inches fell over
Northwestern Oregon and portions of
Western Wyshington during the past
24 hours. General rain fell over South
western Oregon and over Northern Cal
ifornia. The storm area was central over
Southeastern Oregon Tuesday morning,
but it possesses no wind force.
Had the ground been in a condition to
bold it, there would have been accept
able sleighing in Portland Tuesday
morning. For pedestrians it was nasty
Monday night.
The Columbia Telephone Company's
East Side service south of Burns-de
Street was wrecked as one result of the
effect of the storm on' the wires. The
cable has been restored by this time.
A trolley wire was thrown down on a
telephone line and the East Side ex
change in the Bmkhardt building was
burned out, and the operator was given
a shock.
The Willamette is still rising. Anx
ious inquiries from Front-street mer
chants to the weather bureau Tuesday
were answered by Observer Pague to
tbe effect that the river could be ex
pected to rise for 20 hours yet. . It ruse
a tenth of a foot in '2 hours Tuesday
morning.' . 1 "
. At Albany there was a rise of seven
tenths of a foot in three hours Tuesday
xnorning. The stage of water there is
28.1 and there has been a rise, thought
to be local merely, of 6 feet since 5
o'clock last night. Several residences
in the lower portion of the city are
flooded.
The morning report from Eugene
shows that the river is falling there,
having gone down oyer a foot.
At Salem in was on a stand for five
hours from sunrise Tuesday morning.
It is 27 feet there, and is three feet
higher than Monday.
; At Oregon City, the Clackamas is be
ginning to recede. On the flat between
that city and the Park Place the
Southern Pacific tracks are covered with
two feet of water, and the fires in the lo
comotives of both passenger trains were
put out when coming through, the
south bound train barely pulling
through bo the fire coiild be' rekindled.
The trolley cars have resumed 'running,
though somewhat irregular. The Will
amette paper mills resumed operations
Mondaj night. ' , .
The Yamhill river has not been on
euidi a tear for vears. One hundred
fet nf the Stavton bridge over the
Santiam has been swept away. Re
porta from Silvertqn say that Silver
creek is out of its banks and has done
considerable damage. The abatement
of the waters was looked for, beginning
Tuesday evening,
The railways are among the greatest
sufferers trom the meat storm. The
Northern Pacific will probably sustain
the heaviest los9 by reason of the inter
ruption to traffic and the damage to
bridges and traykage,
As all wires along the Northern Pa
cific were down Tuesday, nothing as
euring can be told until communication
is re-established. ' Assistant' General
Passenger Agent Charlton said this
morning that be hoped to bring in the
delayed Grau opera company and the
Sound mall and passengers late Tuesday
afternoon
The train which carries them has
been tied np somewhere between
Ainsiie and Olcqua. It is tbe train
which. left Tacoma on Sunday night for
Portland. It was stalled by the Ainshe
washout, and had to return. The traus
fer of Portland passengers and mail for
the north was made at Ainsiie. It is
proposed to get the opera troupe past
the washout, and if they can reach
Castle Rock they may be brought, to
Portland bv boat in time for a show
Tuesday night.
Between here and Spokane and Mon
tana points the Northern Pacific has
half a dozen-disrupted points. Trestles
and bridges have been carried away, and
travel on all branch railway lines had
to be stopped.
On the O. R. & N. travel has not yet
been interrupted. The chief dispatcher
said that the main line of track and wires
were still open. The train from tile
East was 1 hours late this morning.
Local trains to The Dalles are running
and freight is moving all right. The
Coenr d'Alene branch is blockaded by
water and bv washouts. The branch
lines in Idaho are tied up.
On the Southern Pacific trams are
moving. The through express, over 12
hours late, came in via Albany and Cor
vallis this morning at 2 :30 o'clock. The
south-bound express was sent oat at its
regular time last night. The through
train which left San Francisco Sunday
will arrive here at midnight
Reports from the Grea: Northern line
say that there is much iuterruption to
travel on tnat line by washouts. , There
has been a landslide and a bridge -swept
out on the 0. C. &
THE KELLOGG 8 HARD TRIP.
The Northern pacific effected an ar
rangement with the Kellogg Transporta
tion Company today to send a boat up
the Cowlitz river to eee what could be
done toward transferring the Sound pas
sengers around the railroad washout be
tween Oiequa and Kelso.
The steamer Kelogg left Portland at 11
o'clock for Kelso. It is expected that
she will reach there at 6:20 this evening
Then she has 25 miles further to climb
tiie raging torrent of the Cowlitz so as to
reach the storm-bound passengers, who
are expected fo be at Oiequa. They will
be brought to Kelso, and from there a
Northern Pacific special wilt bring them
t" Portland. It is now pretty certain
that there will be no performance at tbe
Marqnam tonight, since the Gran com
pany cannot well reach here before 10 or
II o'clock at best, and it may be mid
night before the train gets in.
To Make Crucible Steel. '
Cleveland, Nov. 17. The Cleveland
Steel Company, owned by the Rocke
fellers, is erecting a big crucible eteel
plant, and will manufacture that ar
ticle on a large scale. It will be the
only concern -jf the kind in this coun
try, as all crucible steel, which is used
for the manufacture, of cutlery, . fine
tool?, -etc., ia now imported from
Sweden.
Tw) Mulclans Injured.
Dknver, Nov. 17. A special to the
Republican from Albuquerque, N. M.,
save: The accommodation train on the
Santa Fe was wrecked near Socorro to
day, and Professor Louis Witt, leader of
the First Regiment baud, of Albuquer
que, aiid Professor Arthur vol. Jossen
Sodring, a - well known pianist, who
were passengers, were both painfully
injured.
Cotton Mill Reiamu Operation.
Greenfield, N. H., Nov. 17. The
cotton mill of the Columbian Manufac
turing Company at High Bridge, which
has been shut down since' April 16, has
started up on halt time. Tbe mill is the
only industry in tbe village, and gives
employment to 150 operatives.
.Mure Work at Pullman.
Chicago, Nov. 17. Within a week
tbe Pullman Palace Car Company has
added 300 men to its list of employes.' . :
i Wantt-d.
'Table boarders in private family,
home cooking. Charges, $16 per month.
WON A GREAT VICTORY
Weyler Said to Ha?e Been
Badly Whipped.
BE IS FALLING BACK ON HAVANA
Blr Coast-Defense' Goo Tested . With
Satisfactory ResultsGeneral Solo
of the Insurgent Killed.
Havana, Nov. 18. Little news re
garding Captain-General Weyler's oper
ations againBt the insurgents in Pinar
del Rio was allowed to leak out from the
palace today. Major Bazan, of the
Spanish commander's staff, however,
- ' w
arrived here today from the front. He
says the operations are most difficult
and adds that the. captain-general slept
two rainy nights on tbe ground without
blankets, and has been several times
without meals. The major further says
the captain-general yesterday was be
tween Zoroa and Candelaria.
In spite of the fact that weather is
greatly improved in Pinar del Rio, and
tbe authorities assert that the health of
troops in the field shows an improve
ment, 700 sick men have already arrived
here, and 300 more are expected to reach
the city during the day.
Local newspapers are raising popular
subscriptions to provide funds to make
Christmas presents to the troops. Each
newspaper with this object in view will
publish a special edition on Christmas
night. .
A COAST-DEFENSE UJ( TESTED,
Destructive Power of the Monster Ef
fectively Proven.
New York, Nov. 18. One of the 10-
inch steering disappearing guns has
been successfully tested at Willet's
point. The trial was under the direc
tion of Captain W. 'A. Crozier, who is
one of the inventors of the Buffington-
Crozier carriage, upon wnich the two
guns are mounted. J. he other gun
and carriage had been tested at Sandy
Hook before they were brought hee.
Since the two big guns were placed here
they have been the pride of the po6t.
The work of mounting them was com
pleted a few days ago.
Tbe projectiles which tbe guns throw
are ot steel, with pointed ends, ana
weigh 575 pounds each. . The one osed
in the test at Willett'a point was of the
same style and weight, but was made of
cast-iron; steel being too expensive, it is
said, to be used in practice. The guns
are loaded at the breach. '
When tbe projectile was raised . by
means of a small derrick attachment of
the gun and pushed home, a charge of
140 pounds of powder was brought in
bags and put into the breech.' In a
short time everything was in readiness
for the first shot. Communication was
had with the signal station which had
been ai ranged at Davis island and Sand
point to be sure the range was clear be
fore the shot was fired. The gun was
aimed at about due east. Sailing ves
sels were tacking back and forth across
the range, and it was some time before
tbe range was reported, to be clear. Fi
nally Lieutenant Wheeler .shouted that
all was ready. The spectators stuffed
their ears and braced themselves for the
shock. Tbe officers gave the command
to fire, and Artillery Sergeant Salvage
yanked the lacyard.
There was a deafening report, followed
by a loud whistling noiee made by the
projectile as it shot through the air over
the heads of the boatmen who were be
tween the fort and the point at which
the officers had figured the ball would
trike the water. The smoke soon
cleared away, and those on the fort saw
the great splash made by the projectile
when it struck.
With this small charge of powder
Lieutenant Wheeler said the velocity
was 1,470 feet a second. With the first
shot, as with all others, the working of
the carriage was perfect. The recoil of
tbe gun coused it to recede, and an in
stant after the shot was fired the eun
Was down out of sight behind the ram
parts ready to be reloaded. The gun is
thirty feet long and weighs thirty-three
tons. After being charged and aimed it
is easily raised by means of hydraulic
power to the crest of the parapet.
The second shot was with 205 pounds
of powder. With this the projectile was
sent at the rate of 1808' feet a eecond.
The shot was fired in a dead line with
Execution lighthouse, but struck water
when within a mile of it. - The .next
three shots were made with 238 pounds
of powder each. They were directed a
ittle to the south of Execution light
house, where, they Uropped." The projec
tiles carried about 6ix milesat a velocity
of 2014 feet a second. ' ? "
The officers expressed great ' satisfac
tion at the result of the test. Captain
Crozier said the ordinance department
now iius unuer constriction ou gun car
riages of this type for 10 and 12-inch
guns, which are already finished. The
work on the carriages is being rapidly
put hed, and when (hey are completed
tne guns will be mounted at various
places, including Portland, Me., Boston,
Narragansett bay, New London, New
York, Philadelphia, Fort Monroe, Wash
ington, Charleston,
and San Francisco.
Pensacola, Mobile
The Possibility of Bloodshed.
Kansas City, Nov. 18. Under a To
peka, Kan., date, the Star this evening
prints the following :
The turn taken in the Santa Fe re
ceivership case opens the way for a most
serious conflict between tbe federal and
state courts. Should the receiver ap
pointed by County Judge Myers finally
succeed in qualifying and demand pos
session of the road, the officers of the
latter would refuse to yield; standing on
the expectation that Jndge Foster, of
the federal court, would assume juris
diction of the case. His authority re
sisted by the railroad people, the re
ceiver's recourse would be to ask Judge
Myers for an order calling out the posse
couvitatns to help him to take possession
of the property. Such an order , would
authorize the sheriff to Bummon'everv
male citizen in Jefferson county, if nec
essary, to put the receiver in possession
of the oad. Then Judge Foster, pre
suming that be would assume jurisdic
tion, would order the United States
marshal to appoint an army of special
deputies to enforce tbe processes of bis
court. Then the sheriff could call upon
tbe government for the state militia,
and tbe United States marshal, in turn,
could appeal to the secretary of war for
troops, and thus bring on a collision be
tween the state and tbe federal govern
ments. Nobody looks for anything of
this kind to happen, but Assistant Attorney-General
Goddard says there is
ample room In tbe case for it, and should
the two courts and the parties in inter
est become stubborn and lose sight of
the real merits of tbe case, a miniature
war would result. But it is likely that
after a little flurry of excitement, sober
Becond thought will come, and the case
will be settled without even coming to a
hearing before any court on its merits.
Bacchante Will Remain.
Boston, Nov. 18. The dancing Bac
chante will remain in the public library
court vard. This is the decision reached
by the art commissioners yesterday. In
explanation of its entire change of front
on the question, the commission gives
out a statement which says their first
jdgtnent was formed by examining a
small repioduction of the statue, and
Auguste St. Gaudens and Daniel C.
French has written to them suggesting
that a different . conclusion might be
reached if the statue itself were viewed
in its proper proportions. Mr. McKnm
brought the Bacchante to Boston for in
spection. Public opinion approves the
second decision, those who have seen
the statue being almost universally in
favor of it. - ;
Died at Prayer.
Spbingfied, III, Nov. 18. The open
ing session of the Daughters of Rebekah
and grand lodge of Illinois Odd Fellows
was sadly interrupted today by the sud
den death of Mrs. Mary B. Stevens, of
Yale, III., the chaplain.
She just commenced a prayer, saying
"Our Father," when she dropped to the
floor and died of heart disease. Her
husband, D. C. Stevens, a prominent
merchant, was attending the Odd Fel
lows' grand lodge session across tbe hall
when notified o'f his wife's death. Ap
propriate resolutions were adopted and
committees appointed to the body to
Yale, after which the session adjourned.
General Solo Killed.
Key West, Nov. 18j Private advices
from the Cuban insurgent lines via Ma
tanzas are that the rebel brigadier-general,
Bernardo Solo, has been killed in a
skirmish with Spanish guerillas on the
Havana border.
General Solo accompanied Calixto
Garcia's expedition to Cuba, joining the
personal staff of Maximo Gomez. It is
understood that when killed he was in
command of a brigade of Oriental re-j
emits, which Gomez had dispatched
from Puerto Principe to reinforce Gen
eral Aguirre's corps, operating around
Hayana. . ' . -
Insurgents said to Have Won a Great
, Victory. ' , . "
.- Tampa, Fla., Nov. 18. Qnban leaders
here have received information that the
insurgents Lave just won one of the
most' important battles fought on the
ie'and during the war. The battle was
in Pihar del Rio, but no details are
given. Cubans here are rejoicing, as
this is the first real battle, since Weyler
took the field. . -
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EDITOR C0R0NAD0 INTERVIEWED
Weyler's Latest Edict Many Noneom
bataats Murdered by His Soldiers
Moro Castle Executions.
New York, Nov. 19. Manual M
Coronado, editor of the Cohan patriots
paper; L Discussione, published in Ha
vana, who escaped from that city in the
last days of October, after General Wey
ler had ordered his arrest, reached New
York this morning. He brought with
him important news for the junta in this
city, and early this afternoon visited the
headquarters. Of his escape he said :
'When I learned by private tips that
General Weyler had ordered my arrest,
I made immediate preparations for es
cape. 1 he order was not a surprise. I
had secured a disgnise in the costume of
an ordinary sailor. When my house was
surrounded by troops, I hastly shaved
off my heavy mustache, and, donning
my disgniee, which also included a
heavy black goalee, I stepped into the
house adjoining and made my escape to
the street, as I thought, unobserved. It
was 2 o'clock in the afternoon. I
jumped into a carriage. A.t alarm was
given and tbe police pursued me in an
other. I worked an old eauie. I told
my driver t) keep ahead, and, watching
for an opportunity, jumped from the car
riage and walked back on the pavement,
mingled with the crowd and made my
escape to the country. . .
A few days afterward I prefer not
to give dates, I shipped aboard a sailing
vessel as a common sailor. The captain
knew me, however. We reached , New
Orleans after an uneventful trip, and I
came to New York by rail, arriving this
morning."
Jo. reply to a question as to the gener
al feeling ot the people living in Cuba,
be said, through an interpreter:
"Today we might say thpt Spain holds
Cuba by sheer force of arms. The whole
country, Spanish and Cuban alike, de
sires peace at almost any sacrifice, and
although it may seem strange, the Span
ish element are quite as pronounced in
this feeling as the Cubans, and wish
peace and independence for Cuba.
It is thought that Cuba again under
Spanish rule would be unable to pay the
enormous war deht already incurred or
to stand the tremendous tax that would
now invariably be imposed by Spain np
on Cuba, and another uprising would,
under those conditions, iollow. Spain
would have to expend great sums of
money to keep Cuba to submission.
The war debt now is estimated at $500.-
000,000, and is acetunuL.t ng at the rate
of $12,000,000 a month.
"If Cuba gains her independence in
this struggle, and I hope and maintain
that she will, she will start afresh with
wonderful possibilities for her. Spain
will soon be forced, by lack of funds, to
withdraw her t coops. The opinion I
express is not that of transcient Cuban
residents, but of merchants ami land
owners, Spanish as well as Cuban. The
Spaniards express this opinion in private
only, as public expression would insure
their execution as rebels.
Weyler does as- he pleases. His
latest edict is that all .perrons, men,
women and children, who are found out
side of the Spanish lines, shall be con
sidered rebels and shot as such. This
edict was published only in the official
gazette in Havana, which circulates
among officers and officials only. There
was no way ia . which those outside ufcJ
these circles could learn of the edict,
riiere is no railroad to Pinar del Rio
from Havana, and it is in this province
that tbe edict has cost many lives. Peo
ple taken under this edict are marched
outside of the gates of the city and shot
down by soldiers. The reports of pris
oners captured by Weyler are only tbe
capture of these poor devils.
"The former practice of the Spanish
The staple good Japan
tea is Schilling 's Best.
The price is so low that
to call it good is to seem to
lie about it
The grocer gives your
money back, without a word,
if you want it That don't
look like lying, does it?
A Schilling & Company
san r raucisco
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Absolutely Pure.
A cream f tartar baking powder. Highest ot
nil In leavenine; strength. .Latest United Slate
Government food Report. -
Koyal Bakinq fowDia Co.. New York
authorities of shooting prisoners in
Morro castle and throwing the bodies
into the water for sharks, has been
stopped, because not long ago several
bodies drifted into the bay of Havana.
The authorities explained to inquiring
citizens that the men bad probably
drownd. Bullet holes in tbe head,
however, disproved this. The people
would welcome anything to hasten the
end, not on I v on account of the loss of
property and life, but on account of tbe
massacres."
EACE IN AKMKMA.
Armenian's
Election as
Good Omen.
Patriarch a
Constantinople, Nov. 19. Monsig
nore MauliHki Ormanian's election as
the new Armenian patriarch is an excel
lent eiin of peace in the future. ' An im
perial irade will probably be issued to
morrow, approving the election, and the
next day the new patriarch will enter
upon his functions. He has already de
cided that religious councils shall take
immediate steps to examine the rules of
organic law, which, will doubtless be
modified. - . ...
According to their religion, the Arme
nians belong to the Armenian Greior an
church,' which in the year 606 separated
from the Greek church at the council of
Chalcedon. They have likewise separ
ated from the United Catholic church,
and they now recognize as their highest
relittious authority the patriarch of
Erchiuianzin in Russia, who bears the
title of Catholicos of Sis (Kiliken). The
patriarch of Constantinople occupies a
moot important position, as he is recog
nized as the representative of the Ar
menian nation and church at the sub
lime porte. He is chosen from a body
ot 140 members ot the national assembly,
who sit at Constantinople, ami this,
election must be confirmed by ' the sul
tan. The inner affiirs of thu the nation
ar-e. settled bv two councils.
The former Gregorian patriiich, Tzmir-
lian, resigned in Angus, 1896, in conse
quence of u "round robbin," tinned by
the Armenians at the sublime porte
among whom the opinion had gained
ground that a fair share of "blood gnilt
ness" Bhonld have been -laid at the door
of one witliKiit whoso connivance . Ar
menian intrigues would have been im
po!ille. The political importance of
iIih event consisted in the fact that the
sultan always persistently refused to re
ceive Jz nirlian.
The Herald's correspondent in Con-
stantinople wrote at the time:
"Now that tins obstacle to any possi-hjreoout-iliation
has been removed, the
prospect of a satisfactory settlement ot
be Armenian question Is confidently
looked forward to on all side?, but the
suHhii'b sine qua non is the frank recog
nition of the The resignation of the revo
lutionary character of the late move
ment and submission. "
Monsignore Bartolomoe, late Gregori
hi) bieuop of Bruea, was chosen to lot-um
tenenx of the Armenian patriachnte on
the resignation of Monsignore Lsmirlan.
The sultati wa highly piessed at the
choice at the lime, ffnd assured him that
he would always continue to manifest
his tf"od will and solicitude toward his
Armenian snl jjcts who remained faith-
tul to the throne. t
Monsixnnre B.irtolomos thanked the
sultan, saying :
"Tim Armenian subjects of your ma
jesty have progressed and prospered in
the nhelter of yinr govern merit. The
throne of your majesty has been and nl
ways will be their refuge. They flee for
safety to your mighty and benevolent -protection.
Loyalty and sincerity have
always guided your actions. - It is im
possible that I myself should deviate
fromlliis c-'urse."
Fur Male.
One span draft horses, one. set of har-
ncaa am! n uriKrnn. fnr raTa nt. ft har-rnin.
Address, box 429, The Dalles. Or. 1
oct28-d4wlm.
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