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THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. APRIL i. 1898.
VOL. VIII.
NUMBER 23.
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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-
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CBAF29 AT THE DELAY.
President Informed Action Must Be
Taken By Monday.
Washington, April 1. The senators
and members of congress who saw the
president todav told him it wa9 not pos
eible for congress to delay the Cuban
question berond Monday. 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.
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COULD NOT DO IT OS THIS SIDE
The Representations Said to Have Bad
a Decided Effect Talk of
an Armistice.
Maabid, April 1, via Bayonne.France,
April 2. 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,
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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
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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.
The mines contain sufficient force there
to paralyze the largest ship afloat.
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n the party.
Varinle, head of the expedition, is 45
years old and a well-known engineer
and inventor in France. - He claims that
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