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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 19. 1896.
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THE DAY IN CONGRESS
Cuban Affairs Keceive Lots
of Attention.
MONEY IX ELECTIONS, QUESTIONS
Settlement of the Pacific Itallroad
Funding Bill Will be Accom
plished Soon.
Washington, Dec. 15. Rev. T. De
Witt Talmage delivered a prayer in the
senate today. Frye occupied the chair,
Hale of Maine reported the pension ap
propriation bill without amendments,
and gave notice that he would call it up
tomorrow. The house concurrent rceo
lntion for a holiday adjournment from
December 23 to January 5, was agreed to,
Morgan of Alabama presented the cre
dentials of Edmund Winston Fettusas
senator from Alabama for the term be
ginning March 4 next.
Allen of Nebraska offered a resolution
for a committee of nine senators "on the
use of money in elections." The reaolu
tion directs the committee to thoroughly
investigate the extent .to which money
was used in connection with the recent
presidential election, either in promot
ing nominations or influencing the
choice of presidential electors, and to
inquire whether such expenditures were
excessive, illegitimate, corrupt of unlaw
ful, and to especially inquire and ascer
tain to what extent for such purposes,
the owners of silver mines, gold mines,
bankers; manufacturers, railroads or
other incorporations and millionaires of
all classes made contributions, and if
contributions were made by any persons
or corporations residing abroad. The
resolution empowers the proposed com
mittee to send for persons and papers
and directs that a report be made by the
first Monday of December, 1897.
Allen sent to the clerk's desk and had
read several newspaper clippings con
taining charges of i.-regularity in con
nection with the recent election. The
resolution was referred to the committee
on contingent expenses, Allen remark
ing that he earnestly desired a speedy
report.
The bill validating some New Mexican
bonds, passed and now goes to the presi
dent. ,
Morgan of Alabama took , the floor to
make a pre-Cuban speech, taking the
ground that as the president bad made
uo recommendations and gave no indi
cation of his intentions, congress must
assume responsibility on the matter ot
most serious gravity. Morgan used very
strong language concerning the conduct
of the Spaniards in Cuba, characterizing
them as "robbers, cutthroats, assassins,
ravishers and pirates."
Morgan closed at 2:10 p. m. The
senate then agreed to bis resolution
calling for . information on the- Com
petitor and other cases.
The Day In the Moose.
Washington, Dec. 13. Representa
tive Woodman, of Illinois, today intro
duced a joint resolution directing the
president to intervene in Cuban affairs.
The resolution, after reciting Maceo's
assassination and Spanish cruelties in
Cuba, says the president having failed
to carry out the wishes of the people, the
honor of the United States is at stake,
and history gives no precedent on which
to base a hope that the Spaniards will
consent to compliance with civilized war
fare. The president is directed to express
severe condemnation of Spanish meth
ods of warfare, especially the murder of
Maceo ; recognize the independence of
Cuba and demand of Spain the with
drawal of all troops from Cuban sol'. He
is also directed to take proper steps to
see that this demand is carried out.
ITS IMroRTAXCK IS RECOGNIZED
Venezuelan Generally - Accept
the
Boundary Protocol.
- Caracas, Dec. 15. Many persons of
education and position in the republic
have begun to realize the importance of
the protocol arranged between the gov
ernments of the United States and Great
Britain for the settlement of the bound
ary dispute in Guiana. This statement
is given on the authority of politicians
of prominence.
It may be added, on authority, that
- President Crespo will not yield to any
popular demand, but will hold firm to
bis purpose to accept the proposed
Anglo-Venezuelan treaty. Serious peo-
: pie, in fact, according to the best infor
mation, are beginning to understand
that it might be unwise to reject the
protocol, and they are fortified in tbeir
belief by the attitude of the government.
The more the protocol is .studied, poii-
ticians say, the more certain becomes
the prospect that the sentiment of the
people will uphold the efforts of the
United States in their behalf.
In order to foster this sentiment it is
semi-officially announced that states
men of prominence will pnblish articles
on the protocol, and the proposed treaty.
emphasizing their efficacy in the deter
mination of the question and advisa
bility of acquiescing in the terms.
' THE rACIFIC RAILWAYS.
Moremmt Toward Securing Early Ac,
tlon by Congress Upon Them.
Washington. Dec. 15. The senate
committee on Pacific railways today
agreed that in view of the fact that the
mortgages of both the Union and Cen
tral Pacific are now practically due it
was important to secure action by con
gress at the earliest practicable date.
Senator Morgan was the only senator
present who dissented. He said he did
not desire a delay. He expressed the
opinion, however, that fuuther testi
mony should be taken. He was over
ruled.
The committee decided to ask for a
day for the Sioux City bill immediately
after the disposal of the immigration
bill and make an effort to get up the
Union Pacific and Central Pacific bills
immediately after recess, providing Sen
ator White of California has arrived.
The committee agreed not to piess these
bills in his absence. .
Remorse O'ertook Her.
Helena, Mont.. Dec. 15. Governor
Richards has granted a free pardon to
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Clarke, serving a
17-year term each in the penitentiary at
Deer Lodge for the murder of John
P. Stewart by poisoning. They have
already served a year.
Stewart was -a wealthy man. Sus
picion hrst fell upon his wife, Mary
Stewart. She was arrested at Spokane
and tried in Missoula. To save berself
she accused her mother and step-father,
They were convinced by her testimony
of murder in the second degree. Re
morse overtook Mrs. Stewart and she
finally confessed to an attorney and to
ex-Governor Toole, but committed
suicide before the written statement
could be signed.
Nominations Confirmed.
Washington, Dec. 15. The senate
has confirmed the following nomina
tions: John H. Rogers, district judge
of the' western district of Arkansas :
William B. Childers, attorney for the
United States, territory of New Mexico;
Charles C. Nott of New York, chief jus,
tice of the court of claims; John
Garland,, district judge for the district
of South Dakota; Benjamin F. Kim,
berly, receiver of the Denver land office,
Magician Hermann Dead.
Rochester, N. . Y., Dec. 17. Her
mann, the magician, died today of heart
disease in his private car at Great Val
ley, near Salamanca, on. his way to
Bradford. His remains will be forward
ed to New York.
Herrmann completed his engagement
at the Lyceum theater in this city last
night, and later was entertained at the
Genesee Valley Club.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo)
.Lucas County,
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that be
is the senior partner of the firm of F. J.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and state afore
said, and that said firm will pay the
sum of One Hundred Dollars for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Frank J. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 6th day of December,
A. D. 1896.
A. W. Gleason,
seal Notary Public.
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Amendments Recommended.
Washington, Dec. 17. The tenth an
nual report of the interstate commerce
commission, sent to congress today, sets
forth the necessity for amending the law
so as to give greater force and finally to.
the findings ot the commission. The re
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S4YS MACEO IS ALIVE
Sensational Rumors Current
in Havana.
THE CASE SHROUDED IN MYSTERY
Festivities In nhe Capital City
Celebrate His Death Have All
Keen Stopped.
Key West, Fla., Dec. 16. Passen
gers arriving here tonight from Havana
report that Antonio Maceo is alive and
well, and is in the province of Matanzas.
The passengers say that all of the fes
tivities that were going on in Havana to
celebrate bis death have been ordered
6 topped, since it has become known that
he is alive.
Denver, Dec. 16. A News special
from Key West, says :
Advices from Havana tonight by' the
steamer Olivette Btate that the alleged
death of Maceo is still shrouded in mys
tery, and a majority of the Cubans re
fuse to believe that the great chief is
dead. The body has not been discov
ered, and contradictory statements made
by the Spaniards lead the Cubans to be
lieve Maceo is still alive. Even the
people who live at Punta Brava, where
Maceo is said to have been killed, do not
credit the story. Dr. Zertucba continues
to make conflicting statements. He
says now that the knife which the
Spaniards have belonged to young
Gomez, and not to Maceo. They say
this proves either that Maceo is still
alive or that if he is dead, hisdeath will
not injure the rebellion.
There is a multiplicity of theories cur
rent in regard to Maceo. One report in
Havana is that the Spanish officer at
Cabezas, province of Matanzas, baB in
formed the Havana autboiities that
Maceo passed that place recently with a
large force. Then, too, it is claimed that
a letter has been received in Havana
from Aguirre, the insurgent leader,
dated December 11, in which no men
tion is made of Maceo's death.
Weyler is now in a' quarrel with the
marine authorities because of the charge
that Maceo passed the trocha in a boat.
The marine authorities deny the story
positively, and have cabled the facts to
Spain. All these contradictory state
ments render it difficult to believe that
Maceo is really dead.
SNOW STORM. IS RAGING.
Cold Wave
Strikes the
States.
New England
New York, Dec. 16. A violent storm
struck this city last night, which was
born on the gulf of Mexico, The storm
moved very slowly northward during
the day, and in the evening was central
over Norfolk, Va., and- still movinir
northwest. There waa rain along the
southern coast, and at Norfolk there was
.4 inches. Hurricane signals floated
along the greater part of the coast, for
the storm threatened great danger to
shipping.
In this city the temperature was at
freezing point, and the wind blew at 36
miles an hour. At Sandy Hook it was
42 miles, and at Nantucket 45, while at
Block island, which is always tbe point
on the coast where the wind is strongest
when there is a big storm, it was blow
ing at 60 miles an hour. .
From Egg Harbor, N. J., it was re
ported that tbe storm promises to be one
of the worst ever known there. The
thermometer has fallen 24 deg., and the
wind is blowin 40 an hour and constant
ly increasing. Constant flurries of snow
fill the air.
Everything along the coast has been
made ready. The life-saving patrols
ave been doubled in anticipation of
wrecks, and every man notified to be on
duty.
Snow Still rails.
New York, Dec. 16. The snow storm
which began yesterday afternoon still
continues. At 9 o clock Sandy Hook re
ported the wind blowing from north
northeast 40 miles an hour and very
thick off shore. The telephone line con
necting Sandy Hook with the life saving
stations off the Jersey coast is down,
preventing reports from the life-savers.
Telegraphic reports from Long Branch
and Ausbury Park say nothing has been
abandoned yesterday after the rescue of
her crew by the steamer Yorktown.
The thick atmosphere caused by the
snow etorm interferes materially with
river and harbor navigation. Only two
steamers reached quarantine this morn
ing, tbe Starlight, from Swansea, and
the Asloun, from China ports. ' No ves
sels have left port this morning.
EMPLOYMENT OF TETERRANS.
Amendment Introduced by Mitchell
the Senate Today.
Washington, Dec. 16. Senator Mitch
ell, of Oregon, today introduced a bill to
amend section 175 of the Revised
Statutes.
That section, as passed in 1865, pro,
vided that persons bonarably discharged
from the military or naval service by
reason of disability resulting from
wonnds or sickness incurred in the line
of duty shall be preferred for appoint
ment to civil offices, provided they are
found to possess the business capacity
necessary for a proper discharge of the
duties. ' .
The amendment gives the preference
to all honorably discharged persons from
the military Or naval service without
regard to reason for such discharge,
nrovided they have served ninety days
or more in the war of the rebellion or
any Indian war. --.
Mitchell supported the bill with a
brief speech on bis motion. It was re,
terrea to the committee on civil service
and retrenchment.
REFORM IS THE OBTECT.
National Clrll Service League Meets at
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Dec. 16. The annaul
meeting of the National Civil Service
Reform League was begun today. Dele
gates represent the principal cities of
the United States. The executive com'
mittee chose George McEnany and A
e. irissel, both of New' York, secretary
and treasurer respectively.
Robert B. Brooker, civil Bervice com
mistioner of New York, reviewed the
great political movement of the country
in which self-organizing power was
made manifest from the revolution to
to the laat national campaign, dwelling
especially upon the splendid uprising
"which resulted in the IndianapoliB gold
standard convention." The history of
the civil service reform movement, he
declared, ia in itself proof that effective
political organization does not depend
on office-holders.
Charles Richardson discussed the
new charter of Philadelphia. Silas W.
Burt of New York spoke on the "New
System in NewSYork."
PECRUITS FOR CUBA.
Three Hundred Men Enrolled in Kb
sas City.
Kansas uity, .Dec. lb. Alreaay over
300 Cuban recruits have been enrolled in
this city, and Colonel Harriman, bead
of the local movement, states that there
are as many more in Kansas City . anda
vicinity willing and ready to go to the
front. The men average in age between
IS and 35 years, and are generally un
married. The enrollment is going on in
Harriman's orhee and no secrecy is
made. .
"Should congress take action," said
Colonel Harriman, "that would permit
armed men to go to Cuba without moles
tation, these men will be notified and
sent in a body from Kansas City."
Activity at St. Loots.
St. Louis, Dec. 16. In the house at
202 Elm street, in this city, a company
is being organized to go to Cuba and join
forces with the insurgents. Edward
Hastings is the head of the scheme, and
is eagear to join forces with other Cuban
sympathizers who are in the . city. He
has the names of 20 men who . have
joined bis company, and thinks he will
have 100 men before the pnd of the
week.
Hastings visited the city hall to learn
if the authorities would interfere with
him. He was told the blind could not
see, and if he organized quietly " and did
not make it too public no one would
either see or hear the movement.
Action 'by New York Aldermen.
New York, Dec. 16. A petition to
cqngreBS to put an end to tbe revolution
in Cuba was signed by all the aldermen
of this citv last night and a copy for
warded to Washington.
. Sympathy In Brazil.
Rio db Janeiro, Dec. 16. A meeting
to express sympathy fyr the Cuban rev
olutionists was held in this city attended
by 5000 persons. Senor Patroclnio spoke.
There was great enthusiasm.
-Cnban Demonstration Planned.
New York, Dec. 16. Three thousand
members of tbe organization known as
tbe American Friends of Cuba will
march next Monday evening in a body
to Cooper Union to participate in the
demonstration in sympathy with the
Cuban patriots! President Frank Mayer,
who is one of the few' survivors of the
Virginns expedition, will head the line.
Three Friends Escaped.
Washington, Dec. 16 The cruiser
Newark returned to Key West this after
noon. She reported to the navy depart
ment that she bad been unable to over
haul the filibuster Three Friends. -
ENGLAND IS SHAKEN
Johnny Bull's Island
An Attack of Ague.
Has
STREETS OF HEREFORD ARE ABLAZE
Even a Noble Earl Gets Shaken Oat
' Ills Little Bed, Jait Like
Common Folks.
London, Dec. 17. An earthquake, the
most violent ever experienced in this
country, has shaken every shire from
London to the Welsh coaet. The sub
terraneous disturbance was first noticed
about 5 :30 this morning, and lasted from
four to five seconds. At many points
two distinct shocks were experienced.
The most severe shocks were felt at
Chelten, Ledbury and Deanforest.
The earthshaking was accompanied by
a loud rushing sound. Buildings were
violently shaken, furniture shifted,
doors thrown open, pictures and other
ornaments upset. The inhabitants were
panic-stricken and fled from ; their
houses.
The earthquake also visited Birming
ham and various points in Shropshire,
and was violent in Worcester and the
country surrounding that city.
The shecks were followed by a tremor
of tbe earth. The greatest alarm pre
vailed everywhere. Chimneys ' were
overthrown, windows, etc., smashed.
At some points on the country road per
sons were thrown down; a number of
people were thrown out of their bads.
Hereford cathedral was injured. The
dull, rumbling beneath the earth's sur
face was followed by two loud crashes
and a terrible lifting and rocking.
The panic at Hereford was bo great
that one woman died from fright. Peo
ple rushed wildly into the streets.
Many chimneys fell crashing into tbe
thoroughfares. All the pinnacles of St.
Nicholas' church toppled over and a
part of the pinnacle of the cathedral
ieu. ---- .,.. - .
At Liverpool the earthquake was pre
ceded by heavv thunder and a fearful
hail storm. In London the earthquake
was only slightly felt.
At Bridgennorth, near Shrewsbury,
before the disturbance, the streets sud
denly seemed to be on fire, and there
was a violent rise accompanied by a
shaking of the earth. People going
abroad in that vicinity say they were
unable to walk, owing to the vibrations.
There was great excitement among 'tbe
people about Poole, who thought the
end of the world had come.
Houses shook for nearly a minute at
Bristol and Clifton, causing much alarm,
railroad employes at Crewe report that
they felt tbe rails oscillate. At Ever
sham the shock was followed by a bril
liant light in the sky.
Tuesday there was a sudden change
from mild weather to a severe frost, fol
lowed . by dense fogs and snow on
Wednesday.
In the mining districts it was first
thought tbe shocks were the results of
collierv explosions. ' The disturbance
was violent at Warwick Castle. The
Earl of Warwick felt his bed lifted as
though by some force beneath it, and the
furniture in the room ehifted.
RACE Wilt IMMINENT.
Battle Expected Between Blacks and
Whites In Oklahoma.
Guthrie, Dec. 17. A race war is im
minent at Perkins, twenty-five miles
east of here, as the result of last night's
donble murder. Three hundred negroes
have armed themselves to resist taking
Knightsman, the negro accused of tbe
crime. Five hundred men have gone
from Perkins, Cusding, Carney and the
surrounding country to overpower the
blacks and lynch tbe murderer. The
poreons murdered have been identified
as Freeman Morrow and his 14-year-old
daughter, who lived near Terrilton and
were on their way to this city..
Sheriff Creel is reported to have tele
phoned to the governor, asking the First
regiment, O. N. G., to be held in readi
ness to quell any threatened outbreak
between the whites and blacks. The
report, however, canndt be verified.
Throughout . the day there were many
excited negroes and whites in the streets
in Stillwater, and every threat to lynch
the prisoner provoked the negroes to
fresh declarations that any attempt
upon the life of Laug'uliri would be re
sisted by the blacks.
M'KIJfLETr AT CHICAGO.
The
President-Elect Joined His Wife
This Horning;.
Chicago, , Dec. 17. Major McKinley
arrived here this morning, accompanied
by his brother, Abntr McKinley,' Chas.
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tain Lafayette McWilliams, Mrs. Mc
Kinley's cousin, at whose home the
president-elect will stop, met him at the
depot.
"I will remain until the first of the
week, captain,' eaid the major when
pressed to spend the holidays here. "I
want to be home for Christmas dinner
with mother."
During the hours after daylight the
train was cheered at every station. In
the train sheds at Chicago the major re
turned the salutations of hundreds. As
he passed through the station a crowd of
several hundred cheering and shouting
people rusuea alter mm.
4LIVK A NO FIGHTING.
Antonio Maceo Is Safe
In Mantanaas
Province.
Key West, Fla., Dec. 17. Passengers
from Cuba last night report that Gener
al Pratt wired General Weyler from the
province of Matanzas that he had an en
gagement with Antonio Maceo's forces
led by Maceo himself, and upon receipt
of the telegram festivities in progress in
Havana to celebrate the death of Maceo
were ordered suspended. ' .
The passengers further staled that a
newspaper reporter who went to Punta
Brava had an interview with the insur
gent chief, Baidemero Acosta, who told
him that Maceo was at the bead of bis
army and moving towards Oriente. He
stated that he accompanied Maceo to
Mantanzas, where he left him. Maceo
was Buffering from a slight wound.
Patterson on Cuba.
Cincinnati, Dec. 17. Congressman
Josiah Patterson, from the Memphis,
Tenn., district, was here yesterday. He
said on the Cuban question:
"I believe it is about time in the inter
ests of humanity and on behalf of Amer
ican citizens on the island of Cuba who
have property there, for intervention by
the United States.
"It has reached tbat point now where
we do not need to recognize Cuba's bel
ligerency. She has not any permanent
seat of government, but we should step
in and stop the butchery in tho name of
humanity and then if tbe matter could
not be settled any other way, why, fight.
I believe something is going to be done
very shortly." -
The Ccar's Turkish Policy.
New York, Dec. 17. A dispatch to
the Herald from Constantinople says:
The return of the Russian ambassador,
M. Neidloff, created a mild flutter of
speculative excitement, and he is the
bearer of the latest directions of the czar
for the future policy of Russia.
The general opinion here is that Rus
sia has not changed her policy of firm
moral pressure to obtain the necessary
reforms in conjunction with the other
powers, but will show equal firmness
against force being used.
The powers will, in the opinion of a
prominent diplomat, now formulate ex
tensive demands, but are prepared to
accept much less than the; ask for.
A dispatch from Cauae, Crete, states
that the gen d armerie reorganization
committee haa arrived there and has
calmed tbe excitement that was prevail
ing. Cuba in Con cress.
Washington, Dec. 17. It is stated
that Secretary Olney will go lefore the
senate committee on foreign relations to
morrow and give a great deal of confi
dential information relative to Cuba.
It is the expectation of all the mem
bers of tbe committee tbat a vote will be
reached tomorrow on the Cameron reso
lution declaring for Cuban independence.
Friends of the resolution have no doubt
it will receive the approval of the major
ity. J .
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