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CO' Mi SSte (f TIT f1)1f 1T (T IS eJJ THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. APRIL i. 1898. VOL. VIII. NUMBER 23. REFUSED TO COMPLY SPAIN URGED TO YIELD GREAT REVIVAL TIEETING5 Royal makes the food pare, wholesome and delicious. The Reply is Entirely Unsatisfactory. TIIE MATTER BEIXG CONSIDERED Counter Proposal Submitted Having- for It Object the Securing of Farther Delay The Case la It Present Status Will Be Sent to Congress Monday. Washington, April 1. It can be re. iterated authoritatively that the latest dispatches frorti Madrid are entirely un satisfactory to the administration. The president, it is announced, will make a public statement immediately after the close ot the cabinet meeting, which is now being; held. Tho ranlp nf Snnin fa said in tPTr.t to be a representation that the in dependence of Cuba means the parting of cession of Spanieh terri tory, which cannot be done with out the consent of the Spanish cor tea, which will not be in session until April 24. Then a counter proposition is submitted that the Cuban matter shall be eettled npon a basis of equitable among nations. The United States is said to be aBked to give Spain time to treat with the insurgents and ascertain what can be done in the way of s peaceful settlement. Senators who know the nature of the reply, say it is a very shrewd piece of diplomacy, and made for its effects upon the world at large. It is said the reply is unsatisfactory to the president, and be does not believe it will be satisfactory to congress.' . The administration officers feel that after Monday congress is likely to take matters into Its own bands, and the fear is expressed that there will be a diea greement between the branches of the branches of tne government that would be serious at this critical point. No one . at the capital has undertaken to speak J for the president, although those who have seen him say that his hope of a peaceful solution of the difficulty have been disappointed by the reply of the Spanish. Assistant secretary of btate Day was in conference with the president early this morning. Upon his departure Day said the administration would give out a statement later in the day. Congressional callers began arriving . at the White Houbo early in the day. Senator Davis had an extended confer ence with the president and Prichard of North Carolina, Grosvenor of Ohio, and ex-Representative Thompson, of Ohio, were among the visitors. At the con clusion of the conference Senator Davis jumped into a carriage hurriedly and drove off, with the statement that he could not reveal what had taken place during the interview. In view of the grave significance ' of dispatch a reply will not be cabled to Spain until after the cabinet meeting. The president to several of bis closest friends expressed less confidence in the ultimate outcome. Dingley, the floor leader in the house, had a long interview with the president today; and Senators and representatives formed a continuous storm of callers up to the timeof the assembling of the cab inet, but were UBually guarded ' in their -expressions after they left the president, saying the situation was too grave to ad mit of misrepresentation ot the reports at this time. Captain Crowninshield, chief of the navigation bureau, whose duty it is to order the movement of all naval vessels, and keep track of all matters bearing on our comparative naval strength, was summoned to the cabinet .meeting dur ing the deliberations. Assistant Secre tary Day, Captain Clover, chief of the naval intelligence bureru, and Captain Baker, naval aid and member of the naval aid and strategy board, also were called into conference. The cabinet ad journed at 1 :45 p. m. until 5 o'clock. .The members of the cabinet regard the situation of the gravest and most critical character possible. In connection with the official state ment made public this afternoon it can be stated on authority that the case now made up by the negotiations between Spain and the United States will consti tute the case as will be submitted to congress in the president's message. . There is no present intention of pur suing further negotiations which will open the Cuban question as now pre- j C ENJOYS Both the method. and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. 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It was their opinion that neither Spain nor the ad' ministration would be given further time. Washington, April 1. The senate foreign relations committee again today was slow in getting to work. The. ap parent lethergy was due to the fact that the committee is for the present inclined to wait entirely upon the executive. The advocates of this course think the proof of Spanish instrumentality in the ex plosion of the Maine is so strong it could be made to justify the most radical dec laratio'ns. After adjournment of the committee at noon, Chairman Davis went to the White House. All the members were noncommittal regarding the proceedings of the session, but said the committee could report within thirty minutes after being called npon to do so. Bocklen'a Arinca oalTe. 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In spite of the gloomy aspect prevailing this uorning, the Associated Press correspondent hears today that Spain may find a way out of the difficul ty and grant all that President McKin Iey has asked, though in a different form. A diplomat, friendly to both na tions, made strong representations to an influential SpaniBb minister today, urg ing Spain to accept America's moderate demand, which he approved, and rep resented that if it was cot done this week, it would be too late. It is further learned that the representations had a decided effect. h Much pressure has been brought to bear upon the papa nuncio, urging him to ask Spain to grant an armistice, and at the same time issue a rescript to the insurgents, urging them, as faithful sons ot the church, to accept. The plan is likely to succeed. It is not doubted that the great diffi culty in the way of Spain making such an offer is the turbulent army officers, who, it is generally admitted, would en deavor to precipitate a revolution were an armistice offered at the suggestion of the United States. Various misleading accounts of yes terday's conference have been published indicating a long and impressive session All that happened was that SenorMoret, the minister for the colonies, read the Spanish note. General Woodford, with out expressing 'an opinion, promised to transmit it to Washington, and after the most friendly interchange of compli meats, the conference was brought to a close. The Spanish counter-proposals are brief. They begin with ' a reference to the Maine, which did not form a part of the United States suggestions. Spain expressed regret at the "accident," and that it occurred in Spanieh waters, sug gesting that the question of Spanish re sponsibility for the matter be referred to arbitration. The note then denies the good offices of the United States government in re gard to the reconcen'.rados and armis tice. In connection with an armistice, the note says the matter is in the hands of the Cuban government, intimating that an armistice would be granted if it was asked for by the insurgent armies. , : The newspapers today are extremely jubilant over the display of patriotism at the opera house ' last evening, but it was to a great extent manufactured en thusiasm, All office-holders were ex pected to subscribe and did so. The same was true of all the officers of the army. From entirely reliable information it can be asserted that the government has adopted measures to mobilize at any moment the available military officers of the country. ' Orders have already been given the garrison at Madrid and other Captain-generalships to reinforce all the maritime ports at a given mo ment, and the-sappers and miners of the garrison at Logrono will proceed imme diately to the Baleric islands. The newspapers announce that they have patriotically agreed to obey the expressed desire of the government and publish nothing respecting the move ments of the army or navy. Spain will immediately get out of for eign waters all the warships she has al ready purchased, lest an outbreak of hos tilities render it impossible.' She is adopting the same measures for war ma terial contracted for in foreign coun tries. .' Large orders for coal to be used for the Cuban fleet have been given. Senor Sa- gasta is alive to the gravity of the situa tion and 'seems inclined to think that this bold front will - deter the United States from pushing its demands to war, A little boy asked for a bottle of "get up in the morning as fast as you can," the druggist recognized a household name tor "DeWitt's Little Early Risers" and gave him a bottle of those famous little pills for constipation, sick head ache, liver and stomach troubles. Snipes Kinersly Drug Co. One Minute Cough Cure, cures. That la what It was mede for. Large Crowds Attend the Meetings Every Evening at the Methodist Church to E. F. MILLER, THE E. F. Miller, the sinzing evangelist, is a native of Scran ton, Pa., and a very pleasant and agreeable gentleman. He is of German deecent, his parents having been natives of Hanover, Germany. A portion of his history is thus given by himBelf: ' "My home is in Chicago, where my wife and child are now living. At the age of 19 I was converted and united with the M. . church, my parents be ing Lutherans. When 21 years old I went to Colorado, where my elder bro ther lived, and there I united with the Methodist church, since which time I have been very active in church work, as a layman, having never been ordained as a minister. "In Denver I was engaged in ' car bnilding. David H. Moore and Bishop Cranston were my pastors. In the spring of 1881 Moody and Sankey were in Den ver. I received a letter of introduction to the two gentlemen and called on them at their hotel. In the interview I was asked to state my business and the ob ject of my visit, which I did. I was then asked if, I ware a singer and I replied that I was, and asked Mr. Moody if Ira D. Sankey, his associate, san. 'Are Yon One of the Ninety and Nine?' I received a negative answer and was requested to sing a verse of the song, which I did. It ENGULFED BY A FLOOD ShawneetownIIL, Absolute ly Destroyed. FEW PEOPLE IX ITS PATH ESCAPED Sodden Break In the Levee Let the Wa ters In Upon the Town and the Lives of 200 were Lost. ' Chicago, April 4. A special from Carml, HI., says:, The disaster at Shawneetown came when the ereat majority of the people we're in their homes eating supper. The break in the levee occurred about a mile above the town, -and was within ten minutes more than half a mile wide. A stream of water twelve to twenty feet deep, carrying more than half the cur rent of the flood-raised Ohio, descended on the unsuspecting people. It came in a great rush, like a tidal wave. There was no slow rising of wa ters to give warning. The houses on the outskirts were lift ed up and rolled over and over. Most of them were torn into splinters. Their inhabitants were droVhed in them. Nearer the center of the town brick structures stopped the rush of the waters for a few minutes, but most of the dwell ings were floating, careening out into the current of the river. After a few moments the horror of the situation was added to by the catching fire of a large house that ' had started down the stream with the others. The people on the roofs were already in dan ' ' Listen to E. F. Miller. SWEET SINGER. resulted a few months later in being in vited to come to Mr. Moody's cbnrch in Chicago, where I had charge of bis large choir. I also did pastoral work and at the same time took yocal lessons of F. W. Hoot, a leading vocal teacher of the citv. "The way then opened for me to en gage in evangelietic work in New York City in the spring of 1882, and while there I placed myself under the instruc tion of an eminent music teacher, George James Webb. In 1883 I returned to Chicago, from which time I have been associated with Mr. Potter. . . "I have no other business ot occupa tion, and half of the time I work alone without my associate both preach and sing." Mr. Miller bears the enviable distinc tion of being classed by competent judges with Ira D. Sankey, P. P. Bliss and other leading gospel singers. It is a singular fact that at one time, six men who were destined to be prominent fig. ures in this line of music were living in the Bame portion of Pennsvlvania. The list is composed of Ira D. Sankey, P. P. Bliss, J. S. McGrannahan, Prof. Case, Prof. . O. Excell and E. F. Miller, and their homes were so near together that they could have met at a central point by a single day's buggy ride. ger of being thrown off by colisions with other floating houses, but 'the occupants of this floating firebrand added horror. As it struck one bouse after another in its course, some other houses caught on fire and their unfortunate occupantB were forced to trust themselves to the mercy ot the swirling water on pieces of wood to avoid a more horrible death by fire. , The break in the levee flooded four miles of valley land and cut off com munications on two railways, the B. & O. Southwestern and the L. & N. When the water had slackened some what, many houses were still standing, but it was quickly seen that the frame ones would not last long in the flood. By means of rafts and swimming in the cold water seventy or eighiy people were transferred 'rom their garret windows and roofs to the flat top of the Gallatin county bank, a brick and stone building, and the court house, which is built of brick. It was hoped that these would stand the p res ure and the undermining, but when the single courier, who rode for help to Cypress Junction, left Shawnee town, only these two buildings showed above the broad sheet of the flood in the lower part of the town,and it was doubt ful if they would not collapse and throw the refugees into the river. Besides the hundred- or more who were on the roofs of the two sound build ines it is known' that nearly 1000 of the inhabitants managed in one way and another to make their way to high bills back of the town, or to houses in the higher section of the village. A few of these survived the sudden burst of the waters, bnt the first and sometimes the second floors were under water. ' Those who made their way to them went only in the clothes they were wearing when the water came. No tne had time to secure either treasure POWDER Absolutely Pure ROVAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. or clothing, great. The property loss is very A SQUALL. WRECKED HER. The Bark Bothnia Goes Down Off the, Irish Coast. New Yoek, April 4. The steamer La -Bretagne has arrived from Havre with eleven survivors of the crew of the Brit ish bark Bothnia, which was wrecked of the Irish coast March 23d. The Bothnia sailed from Lobos de Afuera, off the coast of Peru on Nevem ber 5th. When fifty miies off the Irish coast, on March 23d, a squall struck the. bark. The Bothnia drifted helplessly, until March 27, when the crew was taken off by La Bretagne's lifeboat. La Bretagne liberated carrier pigeons, through one of which news of the rescue and the conse quent delay to La Bretagne reached Swansea. PREPARED FOR THE WORST. American Consulate Ready to Be Turned. ' ' Uver to Goliin. New Yoek, April 4. A Washington special says : Consul-General Lee has been instruct ed to turn the American consulate over to British Consul Gollin, and has already made the necessary anangements witb Gollin to do so. This is a mere pre caution in case Lee baj to leave sudden ly. .Lee apparently has not abandoned all hope of. preventing hostilities, and will stick to his post until it is folly to remain longer. MINES IN HAVANA HARBOR". Forty of Them Said to Hare Been Re cently Flamed. New Yobk, April 4. A Havana dis patch says : ' Forty floating submarine mines were secretly planted in Havana harbor last Wednesday night by the Spanish gov ernment. The information comes from official sources and is absolutely correct. 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