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THE D AISLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5. 1896.
VOL. VII.
NUMBER 1.
A RUNAWAY TRAIN
Beats the Record for Acci
dents of the Kind.
THE CARS THROWN ON ALL SIDEJf
XoTing Snow by Dynamite In Dakota
' A Fuel Famine Threatened
In Many Town.
Missoula, Dec. 1. A runaway train
unequaled in the annals of railroading
in Montana occnred this afternoon about
4 o'clock, east of the Mullan ttinnel on
the eaet Bide of the main range of the
Rocky mountains.
The fatal train was an extra freight
which left Missoula early this morning
in charge of Conductor John McBean.
At Elliston a chauge of engines was
made, with John Flynn at the throttle
of the fresh engine. .
The train passed through the tunnel
all right, and began to make the descent
down the winding mountain grade, be
set with deep rock cuts and high wind
ing trestles.! The distance from the tun
nel to the first station, Butler, is about
seven miles.
Before the train went far it got out of
control and began the descent with
lightning rapidly. Lone before Butler
station was reached the speed and roar
of the traiir. were equaled only by a cy
clone.
. The train broke in two, thiowing cars
right and left. The front part of the
train was ditched in the Butler yard
' smashing the cars into kindling wood,
Engineer John Flynn of Helena received
a broken leg and was badly injured
Reports say nothing about the fireman
but it is supposed he was badly injured
or killed outright.
Conductor John McBean of Missoula
was badly injured. Ed Jarboe, one of
the brakemen, is reported missing.
A wrecking train with Superintendent
E. J. Peareon, W. 8. Clarkson, master
mechanic, and Mrs. McBean, wife of the
injured conductor, left for the scene tf
he smash-up at 7:45 p. m. Reports are
meager. At division headquarters it is
claimed no one was killed, but all the
train crew were badly hurt.
DYNAMITING THE SNOW. DRIFTS.
A Fnel
Famine Threatened In Many
Dakota Town.
St. Paul, Nov. 30. News from the
great blizzard has been meager today
So far as learned only five lives have
been lost. Of course nothing has yet
been heard from the remote distances
beyond the reach of the telegraph, and
it may be another week before it can
be positively stated that there has not
been more serious loss of life.
The streets of the snowbound Dakota
towns are being cleared. as rapidly as
possible. The extremely cold weather
has frozen the snow until the immense
drifts have reached the proportions of
gigantic icebergs, and dynamite is being
used to blast these out of the way, or
dinary picks and shovels being unable
to make any impression on them.
Stock on the ranges has- undoubtedly
suffered heavily, and a fuel famine is
threatened in many of the smaller
towns in the Dakotas. This, is by no
means a trivial matter where . the mer
cury is ranging from 15 to 30 degrees be
low zero.
The railroads are beginning to get
their trains running again. The Great
Northern got its first train into St. Paul
from the snowbound districts this morn
and the Northern Pacific reports that its
line is now open from Portland to St.
Paul. Delayed westbound transconti
nental trains on this road which were
being held at Tower City find Fargo left
those points at 5 o'clock this evening,
and the eastbound trains, held at Man
dan are moving and will be due here to
morrow. The Northern Pacific officials
do not anticipate any further trouble and
expect to have trains running on sched
ule time.
DEATH OF WALLA WALLA PIONEER
Had Lived
in the County
for Abont
Forty Years.
Walla Walla, Wash., Nov. 30. A.
.. S. Van Horn, an old pioneer, died in the
. hospital in this city last night of con
. gestion of the liver.'. He was born in
. Pennsylvania in 1833, crossing the plains
in 1849, and settled t Salt Lake. He
: - came to Walla Walla in 1859, and was
, one of the best known 'pioneers in east
ern' Washington. - ' ' . -
Joe Twyman, another old-timer, 75
years of age, was found dead in a house
,. five miles west of tie city this morning.
He lived alone on what is known as the
Coe farm. As he had not been seen for
several days, bis neighbors went to his
home tbTs morning and found him lying
dead on the floor. He lay near a stove,
an arm load of wood beside him. and his
white locks covered with the snow which
bad drifted on him. He had gloves on
bis hands and sacks wrapped around
his feet, indicating that he entered the
house just before he died. The supposed
cause was heart disease. Twyman had
lived in the county forty years, and at
one time was well-to-do, but it is said
he gave away most of bis property to
woman with whom he was infatuated
who abandoned him shortly after she
secured possession.
OLD WORLD CROP PROSPECTS.
Reduced Acreage Between the Vistul
and Bay of Biscay.
London; Nov. 30. The Mark Lane Ex
press today, discussing the crop pros
pects, says :
''Severe frosts in France and central
Europe have stopped plowing and sow
ingand we anticipate a somewhat re
doced wheat acreage in the entire region
between the Vistula and the Bay of
Biscay. Winter has set in throughout
Russia. The Sea of Azov was closed to
navigation November 4th, and the nav
igation of the Baltic is dangerous on
the northern and eastern coasts, where
there is already much severe weather,
"Owing to the rainfall in India, the
deficiency in the wheat acreage is re
duced. But, while famine no longer
threatens, a scarcity seems bound to be
felt until the spring of 1898. Eng
lish wheat maintains a good price in
London, bnt the country markets are
less firm."
The Greot Storm In Nebraska.
Omaha, Nov. 30. Final details of the
great storm that has enveloped Nebras
ka for six days were received today
Much stock has perished on the extreme
western range, where there were few
ravines which afforded shelter to the
animals. The aggregate is not so large
as anticipated, however, and though the
severe weather continues, the snow is
,rapidly disappearing.
A peculiar feature of the great storm
is the efficient manner in which delay
has been avoided by railroads centering
here. Though great qnantitiee of enow
fell between Omaha and the mountains.
the service was uninterrupted. The
Union Pacific's overland limited was not
delayed at any point between here and
San Francisco. The officials are now
confident they have solved the problem
of handling fast trains regardless of
heavv snows which in former times im
peded traffic.
For the Independence of Cuba.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 30. United States
Senator Bacon arrived in Atlanta this
afternoon. He said:
"Unless opinion has changed very ma
terially, and I do not believe it has,
there is an undoubted majority in the
present bouse and senate for what some
might call radical action that is, the
independence of the republic of Cuba
being recognized by the American con
gress. X am not a member of the for
eign relations committee, and do not
know whether the Republican majority
will prevent action nntil McKinley is
inaugurated, bnt I am in favor of the in
dependence of Cuba, will bo vote, and I
believe that the majority will do like
wise if the opportunity is presented."
One Bryan Elector In California.
Sacbamento, Cal., Nov. 30. Final re-
tnrns from Santa Clara county, complet
ing the state returns, show that Martin,
a Bryan elector, has defeated Flint, a
McKinley elector, by 432. This gives
McKinley eight electors from California
and Bryan one.
Within Striking Distance.
Havana, Nov. 30. If it is true that
Antonio Maceo is in the vicinity of Con
solation del Norte, as reported then Gen
eral Weyler should be by the time
within striking distance of the insur
gents. :
.Shot by the Spaniards.
Havana, Nov. 30. Quintin Hernan
dez, classed as a "rebel incendiary,'
was shot this morning outside- the
Cabenaa fortress.
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CHIPPEWA IS DOOMED
Fifteen Miles of ' Solid Ice
Gorge in the River.
OVER A MILLION DOLLARS DAMAGE
Weyler Continue Bis M orders In Cuba.
His Officers Burn m Number of
Women and Girls.
Chippewa Falls, Dec. 2. Confusion
reigns in Chippewa Falls today. The
thoroughly alarmed people are making
every effort to leave as little for the in
coming waters to destroy as they poesi
bly can. Two hundred teams and drays
have rushed hither and thither all day
The streets are littered with merchan
dise. The water remained stationary
nntil about 3 o'clock this morning, and
then began rising rapidly, and inside of
four hours an additional rise of eighteen
inches had been registered- The river
at 10 o'clock is twenty-four feet and ris
ing. Business is abandoned, and the
city' is in a state of tumult. Thous
ands of people are anxiously, waiting in
gronps of 50 or more, excitedly discuss
ing the situation on every corner.
Anything is expected and nothing may
happen, bnt the greatest danger lies in
the probable changing of the river's
course to throw it into the town. The
water can never cut its way under
fifteen miles of ice gorge formed in the
bed of the river. Experts believe the
goige will soon become anchored to the
bottom of the river. In this case the
river must flow out around it. Its nat
ural course in this event lies directly be
hind the town.
Three thousand pounds of dynamite
arrived this morning, and men have
been exploding it at various points along
the river. It failed to relieve the situa
tion. All the buildings on River street
are today flooded to- the second story and
the ice aronnd them is doing serious
damage to the structures.
The Central depot is nnder three feet
of water, and will be carried away before
nigbt. Ths Milwaukee freight depot is
in a similar situation, and the coal sheds
near by are wrecked.
The report reached here this morning
that the gorge at Little Falls dam,
eighteen miles . above the city, had
broken away, permitting a rush of water
npon the town. If this report is au
then tic, the entire town will be inon
dated as soon as the water arrives. . Filty
of the largest business firms have aban
doned their structures entirely and
every resident has made preparations to
seek a place of safety in case the worst
occurs. The damage already done this
city and the rich farming country above
it is estimated at $1,000,000.
A special from Durand, Wis., says :
"The iee gorge below the city forced
the water to within four feet of the grsat
flood of 1884 last night, filling cellars and
overflowing streets. Should the Chippe
wa Falls gorge break, Durand will be in
great danger, as the bluffs at Bound
Hill will not hold the gorge there."
WEILEK'S TACTICS.
Carrying on a Campaign of Destruction
In Cuba.
Cincinnati, Dec. 1. A special to the
Commercial Tribune from Key West,
says :
Weyler's threat that he would etarve
Maceo out seems likely to be carried out,
as, from all reports from Mariel, near
where Weyler is now, the work of de
struction is being carried out fully. The
Spanish army sweeps everything before
it, killing beeves that it cannot uae,
burning canetields and small stores with
their provisions and leaving a wide
waste of ruin and desolation in its
wake.
People vainly implore Weyler to leave
them provisions to keep them alive, but
his brutal officers refuse with oaths and
insulting words, if not worse.
Over 300 refugees have come into
Mariel since Weyler went out this last
time, all giving the same story of
rapine, plunder and murder of the
Spaniards.
A Spanish guerrilla captain named
Colzaso is accused of murdering over 100
persons in the valleys south of Mariel
during the latter part of November. In
one instance he is accused of confining
number of women and girls in a church.
and, after they had- been repeatedly
abnsed and maltreated by his men,
burned the bnilding with them in it.
Many other outrages, all as horrible,
are charged to him and his companions.
. Another American Arrested.
Key West, Fia., Dec. 1. Letters re
ceived from Cuba say that young Oscar
Cespedes, an American citizen and cor-
respondent of a Key We6t newspaper,)
who has been confined in prison at Ma- f
luiivuy if ir siiviirui eiii in x ri u will nsi r r i ui i
by court-martial. Young Cespedes is
accused of being a ' filibuster, and al
though an American citizen, his friends
here fear be will be condemned to death
by the Spaniards and executed.
The case of Cespedes is similar to that
of Ona Melton, a newspaper correspond
ent, who has been confined in the
Cabanas fortress ' for the laBt nine
months. Both cases have been reported
to Secretary Olney, with the request
that he intervene in behalf of American
citizens. Melton has just had an at
tack of yellow fever, and is very weak.
It is feared he will die unless speedily
released.
A PHOSPHATE MINK.
A Rich DlscoTery Bas Been Made In
Tennessee.
Nashville, Dec. 1. The richest and
most extensive discovery of rock phos
phate in the history of the world has
been made in Tennessee., The deposits
nnderlie four counties in the vicinity of
Nashville, Davidson, Williamson, Ruth
erford and Maurey. The rock lies in a
vein averaging from 3 to 12 feet in thick
ness, and is but 10feet below the sur
face. , '.
The commercial value of the discovery
it is impossible to estimate, but the out
put will be worth more than that of the
richest gold-mining territory in the
world. The discovery of the phosphate
was made by a Mr. Clark, of a well
known chemist firm in Atlanta, Ga.
Among those who it is said have bought
up large tracts of land in the above-
named counties are George W. Scott, a
capitalist of Atlanta; Phil D. Armour,
of Chicago; James Mattison, of Lasalle,
Ind., and the Northwestern Fertilizing
Company of Chicago, Representatives
of Europeans are now in the field.
Carloads of rock have already been
shipped to New York and Chicago, and
several steamers have cleared from Flor
ida ports with rock from Tennessee
Large consignments have been shipped
to Atlanta, and it is stated npon reliable
authority that several fertilizing plants
will be erected there. James M. Staf
ford, state geologist of lennessee, says
the rock is the richest ever discovered
and that the increased value to the state
cannot be estimated.
SOLDIERS FOR CUBA LIBKK.
One Hundred and Fifty Men Enll.ted In
Missouri.
St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 2. It has de
veloped that there was an enlistment of
150 men here for the Cuban service, and
others are expected to join when means
of transportation have been arranged for
by the Cuban junta of New York.
The man who has been active in so
curing this number of men for the cauee
of Cuba is David . Berensberg. at one
time a lientenant in the regular United
States army, and prior to that a soldier
in the German army during the Franco
Prussian war. At -the present time he
holds a commission as captain of a com
pany of state militia located at this
point.
Berensberg just now is a member of
the police force of the city, and the
drill master of the force. A number of
his old associates in the regular army
are down on the list, and all of them
expect soon to be serving nnder the
Cuban flag.
Banna Goes to Washington Tomorrow
Cleveland, O., Dec. 2. National
Chairman Hanna, who has been visiting
President-elect McKinley in Canton
since yesterday, wired this morning that
he will return to Cleveland this evening
and start for Washington Friday after
noon.
While Hanna ostensibly went to Can
ton to talk over inauguration plans with
the presi-lent-elect.it is generally known
that when he returns tonight the cabinet
slate will be practically completed. In
addition it is stated that Hanna will
bear tto Washington McKinley's ex
pressed views in regard to immediate
legislation, especially in reference to the
Dingley bill.
Banna for the Treasury.
Chicago. Dec. 2. A special to the
Times-Herald from Canton, O., says:
The Times-Herald correspondent was
given authority tonight to state that the
cabinet question was fully discussed oy
Messrs. Hanna and McKinley yesterday
and today. Before leaving for home to
day Mr. Hanna was formally tendered
the treasury portfolio by the president
elect. Mr. Hanna did not accept nor
refuse, but told Major McKinley he
would take the matter nnder advise
ment. This information is authentic,
bnt the correspondent was informed nn
der promise that the source of knowl
edge would not be given.
No more BOILS, no more PIMPLES
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Otherwise the-Situation Re
mains Unchanged.
TRAMPLE OX THE AMERICAN FLAG
Turks Tear Down Old Glory and. Then
Tear it Up Italian Officers -Murdered
In Africa.
Chippewa Falls, Wis., Dec. 3. With
the water again climbing, the outlook
for this threatened valley is still rather
uncomfortable. For fifteen miles be
tween Chippewa Falls and Eau Claire,
and nearly the same distance at Dnraifd,
the river is massed with packed ice and
timber and is hourly becoming worse.
The water has been backed up, flooding
part of Durand and the lower levels of
this city. Lumber mills are surrounded
and partially engulfed by the water,
which has frozen. Near hy business
places and dwellings are in the same
predicament, although being a little far
ther away from the river channel, their
situation is not so serious.
ine railroads are not sunering as
much as might be expected. The
Omaha runs along high bluffs, and has
not been in the least hampered. The
Wisconsin Central tracks are covered
with water and its trains nse the Omaha
tracks. The river branch of the Mil
wankee & St. Paul has stopped business
for the present.
Colonel W. A. Jones, of the ' United
States army of St. Paul, in charge of the
government works in this section, will
confer with the authorities in regard to
another attempt to break the ice dam
here. It is feared that a break in the
Little Falls dam, thirty miles above
her9, would carry nearly everything
away here. The people of an Claire
fear the result if. the ice gorge here
breaks too suddenly, while those below
Durand are entertaining fear for the
outcome there. ' - ; - --
Yesterday the water touched 24 feet 8
inches, the highest yet, and later
dropped a foot, but at 8 :30 o'clock this
morning again had risen to the highest
figure, and was still rising slowly at 9
o'clock. Mayor Irvine drove down the
river to Gravel, six miles from here,
where an attempt will be made to break
the gorge. The people are still moving
from their houses today. Many offers
of relief have been, received from various
quarters, and relief will be necessary
before the end of the trouble comes.
MASSACRED BY 8OMAL1S.
An Italian Consul and Officers Murdered
In Africa.
Zanzibar, Dec. 3. The massacre of
Senor Cechi, the Italian consul here,
the captains of the Italian warships Vol
turno and Sluffet, and abont six other
Italian officers by Somalis, at Magadoxi
on the coast ot somaiiand, jmbi Airi
ca, occurred on November 28. The
party was accompanied by 70 Askaris
on a trip into the country outside of
Magadoxi, when Samolis attacked them,
killing all the whites and 30 of the
Askaris. . -
Rome, Dec. 2. Additional details of
the massacre of Senor Cechi, the Italian
consul, and the Italian officers who
were with him at Magadoxi, Somaliland,
state that 14 Italians were killed. The
fttrftvan u-nfl at.raf-trmi in - th niffht hv
Somalis. They were repulsed, but ral-
lied and continually attacked the re
treating caravan. The Italians and
their escort of Askaris fought desperate
ly, but were eventually overcome-
As soon as the news of the fighting
reached Magadoxi a detachment of sail
ors and a force of Askaris were sent to
the assistance of the caravan, but arrived
too late to save the Italians. The rescue
party recovered 27 bodies, and arrested
many Somali tribesmen, who were pun
ished in an exemplary manner.
FLAG IN THE SULTAN'S
DOMAIN.
Old Glory
Grossly Insulted
by the
Turkish Soldiers.
New Yohk, Dec. 3. A letter from an
American missionary, for nearly twenty
years a resident of Constantinople, bas
been received by Rev. Dr. Strong, sec
retary of the American Evangelical
League, which confirms the recent state
ment of Rev. Dr. Cyrus Hamlin with
relation to the status of Americans and
the American flag in Turkey, especially
with regard to the occasion when the
flag was torn and trampled upon in an
Armenian village, The letter is dated
September 30th, and says :
The rascally police officer, Hassan
Chaonsh, who tore , down and tore np
our flag, was caught the Sunday follow
ing the massacre,-with $600 upon him, J
hud-
Absolutely Pure.
A crenin of tartar baking powder. Highest ot
all in leavening strength. Latat United State
Government Food Report.
Royal Baking Fowosa Co.. New York
merely obtained from the Armenians on
his promise to save tbeir lives, and
whom he had' treacherously given np to
death. Everybody is asking whether
Mr. Terrill will do anything to vindi
cate the honor of ou flag, bnt as yet we
hear of nothing being done."
Another letter from Constantinople
dated September 30th, only five days
after the occurrence, says :
"Hasseky, the honse which Miss
Gleason and Mrs. Seoleve occupied, was
looted and the servant left in charge
doubtless lost his life. Men wearing
uniforms headed the mob which attacked
the house and pulled down and tore to
shreds the United States flags that bad
been hung out."
HAPPENINGS IN SOCIB AMERICA.
Venezuelan Government Ratifies
the
Orlnlcn Concession.
Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 3. The
Venezuelan government has published a
decree ratifying the Orinoco concession.
This means the success of an American
enterprise. The Orinoco concession re
ferred to doubtless means a grant of ter
ritory supposed to embrace 10,000,000
acres of the Manoa conntry, which was
transferred to the Orinoco company.
Too grant Includes territory extending;
from near the western or upper limit of
the Orinoco delta to the coast, including?
by its northern boandry several of the
delta islands, and extending southwest
to the crest of the Imitaca mountains.
It is said to have been been indicated
by Humboldt as the most promising
and favorable region for colonization he
had seen in his travels in South.
America.
A dispatch from Lima, Pern, says the
Commercio prints a leading article bit
terly attacking the new treaty between
Chile and Bolivia. The paper says that
Bolivia, by the terma of the treaty, -
practically sut renders her sovereignty to
Chile. The authors of the treaty are
called traitors, and the agreement is de
nounced as a disgrace and a menace to
the autonomy ot the nation.
Insurgents Were Vlctois. '
Particulars of the. Cuban Attack Upon
Guanabareou.
Havana, Dec. 3. The insurgent at
tack on Guanabarcoa, on the outskirts
of this city, Tuesday, was much more
serious than, at first stated. Guanabar
coa was attacked simultaneously at sev
eral points, while another insurgent
force fired npon the Spanish outposts at
Bucaranas, on the coast.. A garrison
was left at that place to resist the attack
on the town, hut was ambuscaded be
tween stone walls and farm fences by
about 300 insurgents, and in spite of a
a'lant dfen8e' a11 the Spaniards were
killed. The exact number slain is not
known. The insurgents are said to have
burned 74 bouses in Guanabarcoa, in
stead of one house, as the official report
stated.
PrUeflght In a Hospital.
Chicago, Dec. 3. It has leaked out
that an eigbt-ronnd prizefight has taken
place in the connty hospital between
Eddy Santry, of Chicago, and Jimmy
Carroll, of Omaha, feather-weight pugil
ists of note. A purse was made up. by
about twenty-five employes and doctors,
who gave a reception to Chief Clerk, M.
R. Mandelbaum. The pugilists were
brought together in a large carpeted
room. The fighting was warm from the
tart. Santry knocked his opponent out
in the eighth rouud. Among the spec
tators were three women.'
England to Aid Egypt.
Cairo, Dec. 3. Lord Cromer, the
British agent here, bas informed ihe
Egyptian government that be is author
ized to state that in the event of that
government deciding to reply to Caisse
of the Egyptian debt the $2,500,000 ad
vanced to meet .the expenses of the
Anglo-Egyptian expedition npon Don-
gola, Great Britain is prepared to ad
vance such a sum as the Egyptian treas
ury is nnable to provide for that pur
pose. '