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THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 9. 1898.
VOL. VIII.
NUMBER 15.
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MOMDRING IS GfcNERAL
All Classes are Dissatisfied
with Blanco's Policy.
HIS RECALL HAS. BEEN DEMANDED
The 9(Uti Cabinet Alive to the Fact
that Blaneo Hm Failed aut"liro
Campaign a Failure.
New York, Feb. 4. A dispatch from
-Havana says:
General Blanco 'baa returned from a
trip to the western provinces, which,
put in the best possible light, has failed
to come up to the expectations raised in
Madrid. The Sagasta ministry cannot
longer delude itsetf with the false
hope that the adhesion of a few minor
insurgent chiefs is evidence that the in
surrection is disintegrating from within.
Its power of resistance is shown by the
fact that in all military operations
which have taken place daring the last
fortnight, the advantage has. been with
the insurgents.
The situation is that persuasion has
failed to win the insurgents to autono
my, and he army has had no better
success. The intransigents have their
remedy. They are making threatening
demonstrations against the captain-general,
and telling him that the situation
is insupportable, and that the only prac
' tical solution is for him to go home.
Though Weyler has many partisans,
they do not look for him to return to
Cuba in command. The recall of Gen
eral Blanco would be a confession that
bis plan bad been a failure. It is not
expected that the Sagasta ministry will
confess itself out of office in this man
ner. They talk vaguely to the effect
that the army must be made supreme
in enforcing peace, as though the army
bad not been supreme: for years.
It is the frank judgment of competent
military fudges that the Spanish troops
in Cuba are in a worse condition than
the insurgents, though the strength and
resources of the later may be exagger
ated. Weyler failed in bis campaign in San
. tiago. Pando criticised general Weyler,
but he has done no better. In two
months the sole achiev'mentof his forces
has been to rescue the survivors of the
garrison at Guanna.
That General Loque should be driven
into Holguin from one direction, and
General Linares shou'd seek refuge in
ttje town from another direction, indi
cates a fair degree of activity on the part
of the insurgents in Santiago, under the
command of Calixto . Garcia and Rabi.
General Pando has had the extra am
munition be aeked for. Everything, was
done that the authorities could possibly
do for the soldiers. Nevertheless the
sickness is great. '
HB DIED OIHK,
Execution Witnessed by a ' Big Crowd
at Rllleboro.
: wachxine's last words.
: Hiixsboko, Feb. 4. "I die an in- :
: nocent man. The sworn statement :
: I made was true. May the Lord :
' . Jesus Christ take me." '
Hillsboro, Feb. 4. Gus Wachline
was hanged in the connty court yard at
12:15 today.
Fully five hundred people witnessed
' the inflicting of the death penalty on the
hardened murderer.
The crime for which the condemned
murderer paid the death penalty was
the killing of John D, Ledrick, a Ger
man farmer, who lived near Cornelius,
in Washington county, April 13, 1895.
It was one of the most atrocious mur
ders ever committed in the state.
Wachline met his fate unflinchingly.
On the gallows be spoke a few words of
farewell which were not beard by a
dozen spectators. He stolidly proclaimed
his innocence in bis last moments. ' He
kept bis eyes on the ground. Not once
did he look into the eager crowd around
' bim for the face of friend or foe in the
: small, incloanre surrounding the death
trap. With his bead bowed, the black
- cap was pulled down over his face, and
like a statue the doomed man awaited
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Washington, Feb. 5. At a conference
' of Populist and Silver Republican mem
bers of the senate and house, the ques
tion of an alliance among the" several
silver parties of the West was considered.
' Oregon was first taken np, as there is an
election in that state in June. It was
decided as the judgment of those pres
ent that it would be well in Oregon for
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paign in that state with a speech at
Portland.
Impressed by the jBovernment.
Barcelona, Feb. 4. The prefect has
stopped the departure frum this port of
the Spanish Bteamer Cuidad Cadiz and
returned the fares of the passengers
booked to sail on her. The Cadiz will
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New' York, Feb. 4. The big armored
cruiser Brooklyn left the navy-yard to
day on her way to sea to begin her cruise
of the West Indies.
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. Las Palmas, Feb. 4. The cruiser Vis
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Cartagena and sails today for New
York.
The Montgomery at Matanaas.
Havana, Feb. 4.; The cruiser Mont
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Skaouay, Alaska, Jan. 31. A petition
is being circulated here and at Dyea
asking the war department to send 300
troops here that law and order may be
preserved. The 'petition also aBks that
martial law be declared. The petition is
being signed by nearly all the best ele
ment. It reads :
"To the Honorable Secretary of War,
Washington We, the undersigned cit
izens and business men of Alaska, re
spectfully petition aod set forth :
"That there is an extraordinary con
dition of affairs existing at and near
Skaguay and Dyea, Alaska, which calls
for prompt attention from the proper
authorities. As a result of the discov
ery of gold in and Dear Dawson City, N.
W. T., Canada, during the past two
years, there is an enormous rush of peo
ple to that country from all parts of the
world, and it is estimated that there
will be 250,000 people start for the gold
fields of Alaska and Northwest Territory
during the present year, and not less
than 75 per cent will attempt to get in
by way of Chilkoot and White passes.'
Even at this early day, the full capacity
of every steam and sailing craft on the
Pacific coast is taxed to its utmost ca
pacity to carry the passengers and the
freight that are being offered and tbey
are being dumped off at these two places
to the number of 300 a day, which will
soon be largely increased.
"la view of the fact that there is no
local civil government ""In "(Hi' territory
ot Alaska, and no one with sufficent au
thority to enforce the laws of the land.
much less to prevent crime and disorder,
and in view of the large number of the
undesirable criminal class, who are now
flocking into our community ' to prey
upon the unwary and innocent pilgrims,
and in order to have someone with suffi
cient authority and in sufficient numbers
to prevent disorder and blockades on the
trails leading to the Lakes Lindman and
Bennett, and to protect the property of
citizens of the United States, we, the
undersigned, petition that immediate
action be taken by the proper authori
ties. . ,
"And. baliavinc this to be an extraor
dinary imergency, we believe that mar
tial law shoul be declaredin all this part
of Alaska, comprising the communities
of Dyea and Skaguay, and' the trails
leading therefrom to the international
boundary. That sufficient troops, not
less than 300, be immediately dispatched
to these points to enforce the law and
preserve order."
It is stated that Governor Brady has
ordered one of the government vessels,
now stationed at Sitka, to tbis place, to
preserve order. The cutter will arrive
in a few days.
Good prospects have been found on
the Salmon river. Prospect holes have
been sunk to the depth of 454 feet, but
water interfered with the work beiore
bedrock was reached.
Inspector of Mines McGregor, who
started for Dawson several weeks ago,
with several tons of supplies and a num
ber of horses, has abandoned the trip.
McGregor got as tar as Lake Labarge,
where he recieved orders -from Major
Walsh, administrator of the Yukon dis
trict, who is camped at Big Salmon river,
to abandon the trip because of the im
possibility' of reaching Dawson with
horses. McGregor has gone to Big Salmon
to confer with Major Walsh..
The recent order of the Canadian cus
toms officials at Lake Tagish, prohibit
ing any person who passes there" with
less than 1000 pounds of provisions to
each man, has had the effect. of stopping
many people who. bad started for Daw
son with less than tbatramount.
Troops Start North.
Portland, Feb. 5. With 371 passen
gers on board,1nclu'ding the first detach
ment of troops for the Alaska relief ex
pedition, 56 horses, 60 i dogs and 1150
tons of freight; the Bteamer Elder left
Alaska wharf for the far north, at 11 :30
o'clock Satarday night. Though the
wharf was well filled with - sightseers,' it
was not crowded to suffocation, for manyH
of the Elder's passengers were from out
side of Portland, and had no friends here
to see them off. .
Some -200 tone of the Elder's freight
was for the government relief expedition.
400 tons was miners' outfits, and 550
tons was general freight. All the freight
save a few outfits was aboard in the after
noon, and tbe wondering and objecting
dogs were taken aboard while the pas
sengers were embarking. Everything
went on smoothly and when the gang
plank was pulled up, and the big steam
er swung out into the river, she was
given as rousing a cheer as that which
followed her on her first trip to the
northward. .
Gnn-Playe Frequent.
Spokane, Feb. 5. The lively young
mining camp of Eureka, on the Colville
reservation, is experiencing an epidemic
of gun-playp. There are a number of
bad men in town, who drink reservation
whiekey and go on the war path. With
in a few week9 six men have been shot.
A prospector named Wynn, is tbe latest
victim. Wynn and Dick Frizzel were in
an immoral re3ort, when Frizzel shot
Wynn in the groin. It is feared the
wound will prove fatal..
A "question of jurisdiction has contrib
uted to the lawless condition. Now that
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court, has decided that the Stephens
county authorities have full control of
the north half of the reservation, it is
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Zola In Despair.
London, Feb. 7. David Christie Mur
ray, novelist and playwright, had a col
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la, which he published today in the
Daily News. ' Zola, it appears, was any
thing but hopeful of the outcome of his
trial, aod said : -
"We know everything about tbe Drey
fus case, but it Is impossible to describe
the pressure to impose silence upon men
who are able and ready , to reveal tbe
truth. Our .documentary evidence is
not even looked at, and our witnesses
bave refused to testify or ' been ordered
to be silent. The facts are clear and ab
solutely beyond denial, but the authori
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DEPENDS ON AMERICA
Revolution Element in Nic
aragua Preparing.
ALL ACTION HAS BEEN SUSPENDED
Upon It Attitude Probably Depend
Fate of Several Chinese
Porta.
New Yobk, Feb. 7. "The United
States is more of a factor in the game
of international politics which is now in
progress over affairs in the east than is
generally understood. All tbe treat Eu
ropean powers are seeking to ascertain
tbe attitude of this country in tbe great
eastern problem-, and until that is known
there wijl be no move on the national
chessboard. Tbis country thus has a
commanding position in the big fight
that is going on, and by shrewd diplo
macy ought to be able to obtain almost
any concessions in the east that are de
sired." These remarks were made to the
Washington correspondent of the Her
ald last night by one of tbe oldest mem
bers of the diplomatic corps in Washing
ton, a man whose country occupies a
neutral position iu regard to the eastern
question, during the course of an inter
view on the general situation. as he views
it through unbiased spectacles.
"There can be no doubt," this diplo
mat continued'that the great European
powers are planning tor further acquisi
tions of territory in the east. How much
farther tbey will go depends in a large
measure upon the position of this coun
try. It is a contest on one side between
Russia, Germany and France to secure
a distinct assurance that the United
States will not concern itself about tbe
opening up of any more new ports by
foreign countries, ..and England .. and
Japan on . the 'Other band to protest
against a policy which will give any na
tion or group of nations superior rights
in any Chinese port.
."The? bead and center of the fight is
just at present right here in Washington
and it will become more exciting on the
arrival of the new Russian embassador.
Until bis arrival you need not look for
any new move on tbe part of Russia in
the east.
"The action of Russia in raising tbe
legation in this city to an embassy and
transferring to this post Count Casini
direct from China, is, to my mind, very
significant. He will come here prepared
to explain in detail the exact state of
affairs in China and with instructions to
not only Bound tbe United States on its
position in the matter, but to make ad
vances looking to an understanding
wbich will give this country almost any
thing that may be desired in a commer
cial way in return for moral support in
favor of tbe schemes of tboBe countries
which have arrayed themselves against
England and Japan in the Orient."
War 1 Imminent.
New York, Feb. 7. A letter dated
San Jose, Costa Rica, a week ago, states
that there will soon be a revolution in
Nicaragua, and asserting that CostaRica
is backing the movement, says the Pan
ama correpondent of the Herald. , The
revolution in Nicaragua will be a great
setback to tbe work of the United States
canal commission. Nicaragua exiles in
this city are jubilant at the outbreak,
and predict that President Zelaya,- al
though successful in crashing in bis four
years of office many revolutions, will
have to fall.
This movement is a result of a fusion
of the conservative party with the dis
sident conservative element. It is
learned here that Dr. Adams Cardenas,
who was president of Nicaragua from
1883 to 1887, Is at the bead of a band
which invaded San Juan del Snr from
the Costa Rica frontier. The junta re
fuses at present to disclose its plans, but
says that tbe rebels are .well supplied
with arms and money. ; Members of the
junta will probably leave here for Sal-
Lvador on February 10th.
: Even this country is favorable to the
cause of the rebels. A large number of
Nicaragua exiles in Salvador are ready
to join the revolution. . Honduras in
return for Nicaragua's aid in putting
down the Puerto Cortez uprising, head
ed by Enrique Solo, recently, . will sup
port President Zelaya, but he is not
expected to get any comfort from Sal
vador. ' '
Cubans Wreck a Train.
Havana, Feb. 7. The insurgents dy
namited a train in the province of San
tiago de Cuba, ' destroying a first-class
passenger car and another car loaded
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Fusion Meetings.
Saturday's Daily.
A large number of delegates from the
Silver Republican, Populist and Demo
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'Silver Republicans called a meeting at 2
p. m., which was attended by delegates
from all three parties. It perns to
be their aim to appoint three delegates
from each party to hold a joint meeting
to decide as to the candidates who will
serve in tbe next campaign. Their en
deavor will be to nominate candidates
from all three parties and thus to bring'
around a fusion of the three.
At 7:30 this evening the Populists will
have their meeting, and later ail three
will hold a joint session to consider the
possibility of uniting tbe three parties.
At the time of going to press the Sil
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begun, so that a definite report could
not be given today.
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Keport of School District No. 5.
Following is the report of the school
taught in district No. 5, for tho term of.
five months, beginning Sept. 6, 1897,
and ending Jan. 28, 1898 :
No. DUDils enrolled . 52
No. boys enrolled 31
No. girls enrolled 21
Average daily attendance oi
No. days present 840-
No. days present ...... J 264
No. days taugnt J
No. visitors ; 50
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