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THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY. OREGON. WEDNESDAY; FEBRUARY 10. 1897.
VOL. VII.
NUMBER 11.
THE CANAL BILL DEAD
So Far as the Present Con
- gross Is Concerned.
MUST HAV ABSOLUTE FREEDOM
ThU rs Cuba's Ultimatum, and No Com
promise-Measures Will Be
Accepted.
'Washington, Feb. 5. Senator Aldrich
and other friendycf the Nicaragua ca
nal bill have had conferences with
Speaker Reed and other lioase leaders
daring the day regarding the possibility
of the bill being brought op in the hoose
in case it should pass the senate. The
result is that the bill wil be abandoned
in the senate next Monday, and , the
bankruptcy bill being brought forward
Friends of the Nicaragua bill, while in
a majority, doubt if the senate can . be
brought to a vote, but they know the
futility of their efforts unless, there
some assurance that the bill will receive
consideration in-, tne. , house., .Nothing
but a phyeicaj test would bring the bill
to a votd now, and a large number of
' those supporting the bill will not sabjsct
it to such a test when it would not even
be taken up in the bouse. v'
The Conference today convinced the
senators that the Nicaragua bill will not
receive consideration in the house, and
they decided it was better to
it.
withdraw
NO BE FORMS ABB WANTED.
Cabana Must nave Absolute Independ
ence or Nothing.
:Nkw Yobk, Feb. 5. The Herald
says :
' Tomas Estrada Talma, Cuban delegate
to theTJnitej&aleajtta.InterviewJ
said the royal decree proposing the
promised' reforms in Cuba was a trap for
the Cubans and a confession of the
weakness of the Spanish cause. He re
iterated his emphatic statement that the
Cubans would accept independence only
Katner than to allow bpain any voice in
- the government of Cuba, he said, the
Cubans would suffer death and the de
vastation of their island.' . '
"The' reforms which understand
have been signed by the quieit regent of
Spain," Mr. Palmer declared, "amount
to nothing. They are practically the
same that were voted before the war
. broke out. If the Cubans did not then
accept them and rose in arms can they
be expected to accept them now, after
so much bloodshed and after so many
have fallen for the absolute independ
ence of their country?
"The only solution possible for the Cu
ban problem and the only One which
the Cubans in arms would accept is
their independence. As for the effect of
reforms on the island, I will say that
our army will be no party to them or
give an inch of the country conquered
by so much sacrifice of life, property
and money. If Spain were confident of
ultimate success, do you suppose those
so-called reforms woutd be offered to Tie T
They would not even offer us bread."
These expressions are made with the
approval of the other members of the
junta. Most of them were more bitter
in denunciation of the proposed reform
than Mr. Palma had been.
"There is no autonomy in this
scheme," said one ot them. "If real
- autonomy, such as Canada has from
Great Britain, had been offered us be
fore the war, it would have been ac
epted. Do you think it would be fair
. or just to those who have fought and
fallen for our independence for ' us to
outrage their memories by. accepting
each terms, as these? It would . be a
virtual surrender when we are satisfied
that our canse has been won.
' "After the 10-years war, Spain pro
posed the Arbaznza treaty,' which was
founded on practically the same lines as
the present scheme and which - we
spurned on the same ground as we shall
reject these reforms. Some of these
terms, such as the creation of a local as
sembly, whose members . would be
elected by popular vote, sound very
well, but let them once be put in opera
tion and it would quickly be seen just
how much of a voice we would have in
the administration of our country."
Execution at Cabanaa. ;
Nkw Yohk, Feb. 5. A World special
from Hayana via Key West says :
The sharp ring of rifle shots from the
gray walls of Cabanas fortress is heard
daily at 7 a. m., with unfailing regular
ity. It is tbe hour of execution.
The morning's programme was varied
Monday by a double execution with an
added chapter of cruelty and horror.
The condemned were Enrique Heilders
Osma, a lad of 19, and Antonio Perdoma
Guzman. They were charged With re
bellion and incendiarism. Osma, a
virile, handsome youth, carried the true
patriot's heart. In an engagement, the
horse of his chief, Perez, was shot.
Osma, quick as thought, brtt barely in
time, gave his horse, to Peres and the
chief escaped. The lad, by a desperate
chance., also escaped. A Jew weeks
afu'rwtird be and Guzman were capr.
lured. ... ,,; .... . .,. ;
An execution is a semi-putuic snow
and people who cross the bay to witness
it are permitted to gather on the outer
walls of the fortrcBS. On Monday they
saw again the usual careless and even
jaunty preliminaries of death. Bands
olavine a livelv march air marched
cheerily . into the enclosure. Several
hundred troops followed, apd within the
inner wai s lormea a . nonow square
Eight soldiers separated from . tbe ranks
and took a stand on a mound, forming
Blight elevation in the square. They
had drawn the short straws the night
before, and were to be the executioners
Six priests then appeared i.n double
line. - Between them were Osma and his
fellow-prisoner with hands tied behind
their backs. They stumbled and. would
have fallen but for assistance. They
knelt to the ground with their faces to
the wall and . their backs to their exe
cutioners. The band stopped playing,
A priest stepped forward, and . gently
stroking the boy's cheek, whispered
few words of hope and retired to tbe
lines. , . .
The executioners moved ten feet for
ward. The rifles were raised, and the
command- .was given. Six shots , rang
oat, and two bodies fell forward to the
ground. ' Bnt the boy .was not dead,
His , left arm twitched and vibrated
Even the soldiers, inured to tbe scenes
of execution, turned their heads, and
groan of.. horror went up- from the spec
tators huddled together along the edge
of tbe great wall above. It was a grew-
some, blood-chilling sight, bnt it was
oilyfoamoment. Another command
was given, ana two oi tne nrmg party,
who were held to give "mercy shots,"
stepped up. . One placed his rifle almost
at the boy's back and fired. It was over
at last, , ', Y
The spectators returned to .the city
barely in time to see a crowd about i
crying hysterical young women. Min
gled with tbe strains of music were the
wails of dispair from Guzman's wife,
The Bhotir Were still ringing in her ears
when she read the name of her husband
in the awful"jiaily bulletin which means
so much, .it ts published . in the even'
ing papers, and is a list of those who are
to be executed the next morning. The
grief-stricken women bad not seen tbe
list until the sound of the shots told her
that another ot death had been carried
out. Two little children, ignorant of the
grief, were at their mothers side when
the crowd moved about and aBked the
meaning of her wild incoherent cries.
A few minutes later a priest was de
livering a letter to an aged, white-haired
old woman. It was dated the night be
fore, and began : "Dearest Mother, to
morrow I die, a patriot for the freedom
of Cuba." The old woman, the lad's
mother, fainted without reading it fur
ther for it waB her first information that
her son was to be put to death.
IN THE SENATE.
Resolution Presented to Bed ace
the
Number of Clerk.
Salem, Or., Feb. 5. In the senate
this morning, after the usual prelimina
ries, tbe committee on penal institutions
reported favorably on Driver's bill for
the employment of convicts on public
roads. Holt made a speech against the
employment of clerks and moved that
the special committee to regulate clerks
be required to" report. ' The motion was
lost.
Johnson. then introduced a long reso
lution to cut down clerks from 60 to 25.
After" a short debate, tbe resolution was
laid on- the' table by a vote of 15 ayes to
.13 naysl-v" i ; r Y v
The sonata bad a long debate on
Price's bill to create" laborers' liens on
crops. Tbe committee proposed an
amendment extending the time in which
the laborer may file a lien from ten to
thirty, days. Nearly every senator ex
pressed himself on the subject. A mo
tion to re-commit was lost, and the dis
cussion was continued. Tbe amendment
was finally adopted, and the bill ordered
to the third reading. 1
The committee on railroads reported
favorably on Brownell's bill to abolish
the railroad commission. .
Several bills were introduced and the
senate adjourned till 2:30 Monday.'
Ex-Senator Spears Dying. -
Pomona, Cal., Feb. 5. From the sim
plest sort of a cut in tbe hand, ex-State
Senator Walter B. Spears, of Oregon,
is dying at tbe house of his daughter in
El Monte. He was traveling from San
Francisco to Los Angeles last ' Wednes-
day night, and while undressing, slight-
ly cut a finger on a broken brass button.
He thought no more about it until tne
next evening, when his finger and hand
began to ache. On Saturday tbe pain
bad extended to the snouiaer ana tne
hand was badly swollen. Physicians
were called, and on Sunday pronounced
it a case of blood poisoning.
Senator .Spears has grown steadily
worse, and several physicians have been
in attendance. He has been on the
coast for 25 years, and has children and
grandchildren in Portland, San Jose
and Los Angeles. He was a member of
the California assembly 20 years ago.
Later he moved to Oregon,' and was state
senator two terms. He has consider
able property in Northern California and
Oregon.
A MISSING SQUADRON.
Admiral Bnnce's Fleet
Cannot Be
Found.
1 Chicago, Feb. 7. A special to
the
Tribune from Charleston, S.C., says
Admiral Bunce and the Bhips of
the
North Atlantic squadron are somewhere
out in the storm-tossed Atlantic. Up to
a late hour, the lookout at Fort Sumpter
bad not madeout any ships approaching
the harbor, and great uneasiness is felt
regading the safety of tbe ships of the
squadron.' The Clydeline steamer Co
manche arrived late this afternoon, after
a tempestuous trip from New York, hav
ing been blown out of her course and
driven by the storm and delayed by the
fierce gale. Captain Pendleton said to
night he wishes never to be out in a
fierce gale on the Atlantic again. He
saw no trace of the squadron on his way,
although if they had been on what is
known as the "Southern drill ground,"
he would have passed close to them.
The dispatch-boat, Fern, which arrived
yesterday, put out to sea this morning.
with tbe special dispatches and mail
from Washington for Admiral Bunce,
bnt she could not find the ship today,
and returned.
Commander Clover, who has 'received
orders to join the North Atlantic- squad-
ron, reports that he has seen nothing of
the missing ships.
Japanese Eor Visit Texas.
Galveston, Tex., Feb5. Torn Hosbi,
envoy extraordinary and minister pleni
potentiary from Japan to the United
States, has arrived here without a reti
nue. When interviewed he stated that
Japan is extensively engaged in the
manufacture of cotton goods. Japanese
manufacturers prefer Egyptian and
American cotton, and especially the
staple grown in Texas, because it pos
sesses length and strength and is prefer
able for some lines of goods,
H,e said that he had come South es
pecially to investigate the cotton trade
generally and report to the government.
He is investigating also the question of I
freight on cotton, and daring his stay in
New Orleans he called on the managers
of the Illinois Central and Southern Pa-
cific railways. The former takes cotton
to Seattle via the Great Northern rail-
way, where it is delivered to Japanese
lines of steamers running from that
port.
Dashed Into a Funeral.
Alameda, Cal., Feb. 7. Shortly after
4 o'clock this afternoon., a broad-gauge
local train dashed around an abrupt
curve near Buena Vista avenue into a
funeral procession, which was crossing
the track. The engine just missed the
hearse and struck the hack immediately
behind it, in which were five ' of the
mourners. The vehicle was completely
wrecked, but its occupants fortunately
escaped with a few nasty cuts and bruises
Herbert Crowe, the driver of the hack,
was thrown between his horjes and was
seriously kicked by one of them.
Hanna Goes to Canton.
Cleveland, tO., Feb. 5. Chairman
Hanna left the city at 11 o'clock this
morning for Canton, accompanied by
John Addison Potter, of Hartford, just
appointed private secretary to the pres
ident-elect, and Bellamv Starrer, af
Cincinnati, chosen, it is said, as minis
ter to Borne. It is generally conceded
the conference between Hanna and the
president-elect at Canton the afternoon
will be most important.
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Bullets WlllZZed ClOSe tO the
Captain-General.
AND HE WAS GREATLY WORRIED
A Perilous March to Havana Another
American Newspaper Correspond
ent Arrested by Spaniards.
New York, Feb. 7. A Key West spe
cial to the World says :
As General Weyler was marching with
his column just, before entering Santa
Clara, bis horse was shot from under
him by a 'Cuban sharpshooter. 'It is
is supposed the shot came from a distant
hillside.
Throughout the march from Rod as, the
captain-general was assailed by missiles
of this kind, and several times barely es
caped being wounded. He is greatly
worried over it, and large -scouting par
ties precede the advance of the Spanish
columns to capture the daring ' maraud
ers. A Spanish force of 5000 was ambushed
Wednesday night . near Nazarene, just
west of Santa Clara, where General
Weyler was then, and narrowly escaped
annihilation.
A CORRESPONDENT ARRESTED.
Tbe Spaniards Make Prisoner of Byl
vester Scovel.
Washington, Feb. 6. Consul-Gener
al Lee today telegraphed tbe state de
partment from Havana : .
"Sylvester Scovel, a World correspond
erit, was arrested vesterdav at Tanas
Santa Clara province."
New York, Feb. 6. Sylvester . Scovel
is tbe only New York correspondent
who has been for any length of time
with the Cuban army in the field. He
has bad considerable success in eluding
the vigilance oi the Spanish troops and
getting his dispatches out . of Cu ba. He
is the son of Bey. Dr. Scovel, president
of W coster university. He is well eda
cated, and an all-around athlete.
Scovel was manager of . the Cleveland
Athletic Club when the Cuban rebellion
broke out. In a spirit of adventure, he
determined to join the patriots, and in
October, 1895, he left Cleveland for
Cuba.
Cleveland, Feb. 6. Sylvester Scovel,
who, it is stated, has been arrested by
the Spanish authorities, was a former
resident of this city, and went to Cuba
about a year and a half ago. He was on
Maceo'a staff, and was intrusted by that
officer to carry important dispatches to
Gomez. He has also acted as a corre-
spondent of several newspapers in the
United States. Two or three times he
boldly left the Cuban army and entered
Ha vans, and finally caused suspicion to
be directed against him by the Span
iards. Some months ago, it is alleged,
General Weyler offered $10,000 reward
for the capture of Scovel.
i Cuban Prisons.
Havana, Feb. 6. Senor . Eduardo
Arail, editor of El Pueblo, published at
Puerto Principe, in the province of the
same name, and correspondent of La
Discussion, who was charged with being
guilty of evolving newspaper articles
inimical to tbe . government of Spain,
and who has been confined in the prison
in this city, will be embarked tomorrow
for the penal colony of Chafarinas.
Eduardo Hernandez, Eafael Hernan
dez, Luis Casco and 43 others, charged
with political offenses, were placed in
jail here yesterday to await a disposition
of their cases by the governor-general
Abrea a Bister of Francisco and Esperan
za Sanchez, who a few days ago was cap
tured in the province of Pinar del Bip,
has been imprisoned in the Woman's
Refuge, to await the action on the part
of the governor-general. Another prison
er confined by the order of the Spanish
authorities is Valentine Buiz, who at
one time acted as executioner for the
Nanigoes.
Woodall Filibustering Case.
New Yobk, Feb. 6. When the cases
of Roloff, Luis and Trujillo, charged
with violating tbe neutrality laws, were
called for bearing before Conmissioner
Sheilds, United States Marshal McCarty
asked that the action based on the de
fendants alleged participation in the
Woodall expedition be dismissed. This
ourse was taken in view of the fact that
indictments have been found against the
men named by tbe United States grand
jury at Baltimore, from which port the
Woodall sailed on her so-called
filibustering expedition., Tbe com-
missioner complied with the request
whereupon bench warrants from the
Baltimore court were served upon the
accused Cubans. Counsel for Eoloff,
L.U18. and Trujillo waived examination
upon the charges relative to the Horsa
expedition, and the men were released
upon their own recognizance.
Changed Bis Time.
Havana, reo. b. Havana monev
brokers today waited on the colonial
treasurer for the purpose of informally
discussing the question of paper cur
rency. The treasurer recently called
his office all all the money brokers of
this city esteemed responsible, owing to
their speculations, for the depreciation
of the paper currency, which was at 26
per cent discount on gold.' They were
warned that if within forty-eight hours
the paper currency was not quoted at
the silver , rate, or at a small discount
the matter would be placed: before the
captain-general. At a meeting snbse
quently held the brokers decided to pe
tition the government to allow them to
carry on a legitimate business. They
claimed they were not responsible for
the depreciation, and that, if they were
compelled to adopt lower rates, it would
close their offices.' The treasurer, as
shown at today's conference, has en
tirely changed his opinion in regard to
tbe alleged hurtful practices of the
money brokers. He stated that they
are now in no way blamed for the de.
preciation of tbe bills, and agreed to
grant them better facilities for their
operations. He also said that the
change would be made in the monetary
situation, in accordance with the de
mands of tbe public.
Three Friends Seized. -
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 6. The
steamer Three- Friends was seized and
libeled upon her return today from
towing trip down tbe coast. Tbe libel
charges piracy ; that a Hotcbkissgun was
mounted upon the bow of the steamer and
was fired at a Spanish gunboat- at the
mouth of the San Juan river, while en
deavoring to land an expedition. The
persons named in tbe libel are John
O'Brien, W. T. Lewis, John Dnnn,
August Arnau, Michael Walsh and
Ralph D. Payne. Jddge Locke fixed tbe
bond at $5000, which- was immediately.
furnished, and the boat was released,
upon the special provision that a deputy
marshal should be placed on board and
have authority ' to take charge of the
boat in case an attempt be made at any
time to violate the law.'
Aimed at General Miles.
Washington, Feb 6. The Post says
that tbe resolution passed by the senate
today on the request of Senator Allen,
relative to presents to army officers, is
directed against Nelson A. Miles. ' Sen
ator Allen is said to have copies of a letter
circulated by an organization, which is
raising a fund for tbe purchase of a res
idence for Ganeral Miles in Washington,
The letter states that among other con
spicuous services of General Miles, his
influence operated largely in having tbe
regular army sent to subdue the riots at
Chicago. The cost of the residence is
stated by tbe letter to be $50,000. Mr.
Allen takes exception to' that feature re
lating to tbe Chicago riots,
Tillman Is Emphatic.
Washington, Feb.' 6, Senator Till
man, of South Carolina, said today with
considerable emphasis that if McKlnley
is going to be inaugurated in March tbe
vote of South Carolina would have to be
counted next week. He asserted that
opposition to counting the vote bad be
hind it a scheme to reduce Sonrhern rep
resentation in congress and in the elect
oral college, and declared that if the Re
publicans intended to make an attack
upon South Carolina's state constitution,
it must be done in some other manner
than by endeavoring to prevent the
count of her vote for Bryan.
The Benson House. w
Sale!m, Feb. 5. The Benson, house
waa called to order at the usual nonr.
After all preliminary routine, was dis
posed of the following bills were intro
duced. David, prohibiting the forma
tion of trusts; Lake, amending tbe code
prescribing the duties of coroner ; Thom
as, amending the code relating to the
distribution of school funds. -
The bouse adjourned till 2:30 p. m.
Monday. ' '
The Competitor Papers. -
Washington, Feb. 6. Tbe resolution-
passed by the senate today .relative to
the capture of the Competitor by a Span
ish warship was introduced by . Senator
Morgan June 3 1896, and calls upon the
president for information regarding the
capture. Since that time the president
has transmitted to congress part of the
correspondence relative to the Competi
tor and the prisoners.
Hanna at Canton.
Canton, Feb. 5. Chairman M. A.
Hanna and Mr. Bellamy Storrer, of Cin
cinnati, reached Canton this afternoon
and are now at the McKinley home. J
Addison Porter, who 'was announced as
a member of the party, has not reached
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Canadian Representatives Meet Fubllo
Men at Washington.
Washington, Feb. 6. The two mem
bers of the Canadian parliament,
Messrs. Cartwright and Davies, who are
in Washington in the interest of closer
trade relations with the United States,
interviewed a number of public men to
day.. They were escorted bv Repre
sentative Hitt, of Illinois, who intro
duced : them to the leaders of - both
houses. Tbey had half an hour's talk
with Speaker Reed, which ended with a
remark by Sir Richard Cartwright that
it seemed to be the idea of the people
of each country that if they could build
high tariff wall around their own do
mains, they could enrich themselves at
the expense of their neighbors.
Speaking for the new Canadian ad
ministration, he said it was bis hope -
that the United States. would see that
reciprocal arrangements would benefit
both. ' .
CAN SEE THROUGH THE BODY.
Edison Makes a Mt-a and Valuable
Dls-
covery.
New Yobk, Feb. 8. Thomas A. Edi
son is about to give to world another
discovery as wonderful in its way as the
flaroroBCope, by means of which he puts-
the X rays to a practical use in revealing;
the bony structure of the body.
"It was," said he, "the action of the-
X ray on crystals of platinocyanide of
barium which caused Roentgen to make
the original discovery... Immediately,
afterwards discovered that tnngstate of
calcium was more powerful and I con-.
structed a practical instrument for util
izing the crystals in connection with the
X ray. Tungstate of calcium is not suf
ficiently sensitive to transform the
strange light discovered by Roentgen to
a light that would so illuminate the in
terior of the human body as to render
its most delicate tissues visible, in other
words, to make it transparent.".
Mr. Edison set about to find a crystal'
which would possess the quality. - He
has discovered one. Its name be will
not vet reveal, saying he is still experi
menting with it, and desires to exhaust
its possibilities before announcing it to
tbe world.
' By means of newly discovered crystals
Edison will now disclose to tbe eye of
surgeons organs and tissues that have
hitherto been seen only in the the dissecting-room.
It is probable that when
he perfects his new discovery the slight
est derangement ot tbe system will be
revealed to tbe doctor's sight.
In speaking of his work, Mr. Edison
said :
"For the last six months I have been
experimenting for the production of
chemical crystals which should ha;e the
peccliar property of giving out light
when subjected to the action of that
mysterious force called provisionally tbe
X-ray or Roentgen. I haye found one
chemical which is more sensitive to the
X ray than any heretofore known, but I -shall
keep on trying until little hope ia
left of finding any better.
"Should I succeed in finding just what
am after, there is little doubt that the
fluoroscope will become an instrument
of great value to the surgeon, for by it
he will be able to make accurate diogno
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