VOL.1 X.
THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1898.
NUMBER 2.
BLANCO NO
MATCH FOR
LI I I 1 J
v ' i
Tlse Spaiiisb General Plotting ta Sst Up
a Repnlilic in Colia, But H3 -Mo?ed
T'9 Slowly.
END OF THE
WAR SPOILED IT
Peace Protocol Signed Just as Decisive
Blow Was About to Be Struck
Plans Had Assumed a Definite
Shape and Efforts Had Been Made
to Secure the Co-Operatioo of the
Other-Spanish American Republics
Ohicaoo, Oct. 21. A special dispatch
from Washington to the Tribune says a
story of a sensational natnre conies from
apparently good sources concerning a
plot formed in Havana aiuon le&d'ng
Spaniards, including Generals Blanso
.and Paudo, to proclaim an independent
Spanish-American government in Cuba
which would eventually revert to Spain,
thus securing and retaining the sorer
eignty of that country.
The scheme was cleverly ' laid, and all
the preliminary steps were taken toward
hurrying it into execution. Ouly the
destruction of Cervera's flett, followed
shortly after by the snrrender of Gen.
Toral at Santiago, and the peace .proto
col, prevented more decisive action be
ing taken.
' The plan was that Blanco was to pro
claim a revolution ia Havana ngxinst
the sovereignty of Spain, and declare a
Spanish American republic, "with "bim
Eelf at the head of the government, and
all the varioaa leaders of the civil gov
ernment, the commanders of the volun
teers and the Spanish army were to con
cur in the movement and ostensibly
sever their connection with Spain and
turn it over bodily to the hands of Blan
cj under his new government. -
The movement was to be entirely free
and independent of the insurgents, who
were not to be recognized in the affair
to any extent, but only the strictly
Spanish element was to be regarded.
With the major portion of the Spanish
in and about Havana all supporting the
new revolutionary government nnder
Blanco, it would be eeen that Spain was
in a hopeless condition and would be
forced to surrender its eovereiitnty and
recognize the independence of the new
Spanish-American Republic.
But the plotters went further than
this. Envoys were sent to all the Spanish-American
governments to secure
their aid. This would secure the gov
ernment belligerent rights and a means
by which supplies could be secured to
. carry out the movement.
WILL FINISH
EVACUATION
Acceptance of the Terms of the Ameri
can Ultimatum Now Seems Prob
able. -
New Yewc, Oct, 20. A dispatch to
the Herald from Havana says ;
An agreem3nt between the commis
sions as to the date of evacuation again
seems probable. The American nltima
' turn fixes upon January 1st, and this
date will be finally accepted by the
Spaniards.. '
The commission has 'served notice on
intending purchasers of brass and bronze
cannon from the Spaniards that the sale
is illegal. One New Yorker war about
to deposit $100,000 to guarantee his pur
chase. . "
Dr. Branner sent to Washington a re
port on health conditions in Havana
Bioce January. - His report shows the
total number ' of deaths from fever to
October 13tb to have been 652. Since
January 201 have died as a direct result
of starvation. . . -;'
Those who have heard that Havana's
: climate is good tor tuberculosis will . be
interested, in learning that 2243 died
from that disease this vcar. The nam
ber of deaths, 346, in October, usually a
fairly healthy 01011th, shows an increase
of all diseases. . ... .-' . "' -
ANARCHY EN-
' VELOPES VISAYAS
Insurgents in Control of the Southern
Philippines Spaniards Cooped
Up in Cities. '
Manila, Oct. 20. The United States
cruiser B zton and the collier Nero,
which October 5th were ordered to pro
ceed to Hong Kong in connection with
the recent disturbances in and near Pe
km, havj arrived in Arnoy, in the
province ' f Fo Kien, the former short of
coil and ths Ia'ter with her cargo on
fir?.
WjII authenticated reports have
reached l.ero of a teiribie state of an
archy in the southern Philippine?. The
Spiniards there are ioped up in the
principal towns.
The Americans still continue captor-
mg the rebel vessels as they arrive at
Cavite. Two have been captured this
week. " - "
Word From Otis.
Washington, Oct. 21. Additional ad
vices iron Gen. Otis, commanding the
American forcea at Manila, were received
at the war department tonight. Adja-tatit-General
Corbin declined to make
public the nature of the contents, but he
did say they made no reference to the
battle said to have occurred between the
ships of Admiral Dewey's equadron and
the Insurgents.
SHORT LINE .
AND O R. & N.
Salt Lake Has a Rumor that They Will
Be Consolidated.
Salt Lake, Out. 22. It is stated here
that the expected reorganization of the
Union Pacific, Oregon Short Linn and
the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Com'
panies will have tho effect of consolidat
nj the Short Line and the Oregon Rail
ro.id & Navigation Company's road into
one system to be operated from Portland,
Oregon. '
Inquiry at the general offices of the
Short Line brought out the statement
thU this is what has been expected all
along by the officials of the road.
One who is well posted in the secrets
of the Union Pacific said that the rumor
was well founded, and made the further
statement that in lees than one year the
same combination would control the
Central Pacific railway as well, and that
the meetings in this city and the election
of the - Union Pacific officials on the
Short Line board were only the begin
ning: of the working out of a design that
will be far reaching in its effect.
THEY TRIED THE
CANADIAN ROUTE
Two Men and a Woman Attempt to
- Reach to Klondike Over the Can
adian Route and Fail. ". .
Seattle, Oct. 24. T, A. Baker, of
Portland, who arrived from Alaska last
night, eays he met two' men and a
woman at Skagway, who had just fin
ished a trip of almost incredible bard
ships oyer the Edmondton trail. The
party left Spokane fourteen months ago.
When tbey started they had 2103 pounds
of provisions and twenty-one horses.
Now they have nothing. ' All their sup
plies and animals were lost and tbey
consider themselveB fortunate in having
escaped with their lives. -. .
They saw provisions scattered along
the trail from the time they were well
up in the interior until they left for the
coast, and fonnd several graves of those
who had perished in attempting to reaeh
the gold fields. ' Several times they lost
their way, and it was only by good for
tune that the trail was found again. - -.
. After traveling several hundred miles
and perceiving that it was useless to' at
tempt to get through by keeping to the
regular route, they made direct for the
coast, going down one of the rivers to
the south of Skaguay. - .
NOW ALMOST
ON THE BRINK
FO WAR
France is MaMus Rapid -Preparations,
Wbile England is Already in Ex
cellsnt CourJitiQD.
ONLY DIPLOMACY
CAN AVOID IT
Frenchmen Talk of Pending Negotia
tions The British Opinion is Un
changed The Admiralty is on a
War Footing Ready to - Fight on
a Moment's Notice.
London, Oct 22. Eever since Great
Britain and France began to dispute
over Egypt, nor during the moss acute
stages of the Niger differences between
those countries, has the situation looked
so ominoas as today. In spite of' the
hope expressed in the journals of both
countries that the matter . would be
amicably arranged, it is a fact that the
French naval and military authorities
are making feverish preparations for
war, and, though calm reigns at the
British dockyards at Portsmouth, Chat
ham and Devonporf, it is only the calm
of preparedness. '
Significant orders have been arriving
from the . admiralty, indicating that
Great Britain and France are on the
brink of war. The' admiralty has or
dered every seagoing ship to have its
crew made up to the full complement,
as ordered in case of mobilization.- The
order practically means the complete
filling prospectively of everynship's com
pany in detail. Four torpedoboats that
were about to be fitted with new water
tube boilers have Lad their orders coun
termanded, and will be instructed to re
draw their stores.
Officers on leaves of absence and un
employed have been ordered to hold
themselves in readiness to commission-
reserves if required.
The French statesman, however, still
cling to the hope that the- Marquis of
Salisbury will offer some exchange
which will enable them to retire from
Fashoda without apparent sacrifice of
dignity. This hope is based on a con
versation between Lord Salisbury and
Baron de Courcel, the French ambassa
dor at London, which figures in a most
important dispatch in theayel)ow book
which the French government will Issue
tomorrow. Frenchmen infer from the
attitude of the British premier that he
is willing to discuss the French claims,
and they "even talk of negotiations be
ing in progress. .
The English newspapers, however,
vigorously combat this impression, and
warn France not to be led away by snch
illusions. Tbey declare that the evacua
tion of Fat hod a must precede anything
else.. ' -
The French naval preparations were
at first declared to be mere routine . ar
rangements, but tbey are now admitted
to be directed against Great Britain.
The French dockyards and arsenals are
working at full pressure and preparing
warships and torpedo-boats for active
service. . '
Telegrams . from Balmoral .' intimate
that Queen Victoria is following the
trend of events with much chagrin. Her
aversion to war, in the declining years of
her reign, is well known, and is an ap
preciable factor in the sitoatiou. "
SUFFERED FRIQHT-
- FUL AGONIES
Fuller Details of the Frightful Disaster
Cause of the Accident Cannot Be
Ascertained Until After a Careful
Inspecti pa of the Boilers Has Been
Made. . ' - . " ' ' '"'.
Portland, Friday Oct. 21. The acci
dent to the torpedo-boat Davis on her
official trial trip down the Columbia
river yesterday, proved even more dis
astrous and appalling in its results than
the first brief dispatches received yes
terday afternoon intimated. The "seven
reported yesterday has givtn way' to the
more grewsome record, "seven dead.'"
Following are the names of those who
lost their lives in ths explosion, death
in each instance being duo to the ter
rible scalds which no medical skill could
heal: Charles Maneely, fireman, an
niirried; Hirry Wood, married; Paul
Luithle, . fireman, unmarried; James
Ryan, married; Axel Johuson, married;
Aibert Buebl, unmarried. .
The accident which sent these seven
men into eternity occured about 11:40
a. m , as the boat was off Ten as Illihee,
near Cathlamet, on her way to Astoria.
The explosion was due to the bursting of
one of the steam tubes in the forward
boiler. The seven men were penned up
in the small fireroom, and there was no
chance for them to escape. The explo
sion came without warning, and in an
instant the men were blown down by a
blast of steam, smoke and fire.
Willing hands were soon to the rescue,
and Dr. E. H. Thornton,' the company's
physician, who was on board, did every
thing in bis power to alleviate the suf
fering of the hapless victims.
The boat was put at anchor immediate
ly after the accident occured. Messen
gers were sent ont for relief, but owing
to the distance to the nearest telegraph
station and the time requ'.red for assist
ance to arrive from Astoria, twenty
miles away, it was a long and tedious
wait not only for the suffering victims,
but also for the doctor and the willing
though helpless sympathizers on board.
the boat. -' " ' -
The first man to see the distress of the
ill-fated torpedo-boat was A. K. John
eon, ajisherman, who upon pulling up
alongside the Dayis took J. E. Wolff on
board and rowed him to Brook field, the
nearest telegraph station, with an ap
peal to Astoria for a tug boat and medi
cal assistance. Help finally came in the
arrival of the ship Lydgate in tow of the
Harvest Queen, and a .gasoline launch be
longing to one of the canneries. Captain
Bailey, of the Queen, and Pilot Pope
left their ponderous charge at anchor,
hooked onto the disabled torpedo-boat
and started with- all possible haste for
Astoria. Off Pillar Rock the tug Relief,
with Drs. A. L. Fulton and Jay Tuttle,
of Astoria, on board met the Qaeen,
having come in response to the telegram
sent by Mr. Wolff. The Astoria doctors
boarded the Davis, and were a very wel
come relief to Dr. Thornton, who was
nearly exhausted from his labors.
Medical skill, however, was without
avail. Maneely gave up the struggle
soon after the Qaeen started with her
disabled tow for Astoria.. Lulthie lived
about an hour longer, and Harry Wood
breathed his last just as the boat reached
Astoria.
U pon the arrival of the boats at As
toria the injured were removed to St.
Mary's hospital, while the dead were
taken to the morgue, where Coroner
Pohl began an inquest in the evening.
William Wood, Ryan, Buehl and John
son died within twenty minutes of each
other later in the evening.
The Davis left Rainier yesterday morn
ing at 10 o'clock, -and was making about
23)4 knots an hour when the awful
tragedy occured. It was her official trial
trip and jnst how or why the accident
occurred will not be known until au of
ficial investigation is made.
LAST OF THE
DONS HAVE LEFT
Washixgton, Oat. 24. The navy de
partment today received the following
dispatch: . ..
"San Juan, Oct. 23. Evacuation of
P.irto Rico completed by the eailing of
the last detachment of Spanish troops
today. , - - Schley."
San Juan, Oct. 24. Members of the
insnlar cabinet took the oath of alliance
to the United states yesterday with be
fitting solemnity. They will issue a man
ifesto announcing their resolution to
avoid partisan politics and; end party
strife. - -
About $12,000 have been collected as
enstorues duties since October 18th, the
day the United States formally took
possession of Porto K:co.-
A movement has been started to send
a Porto Rican commission to the United
States in order to present to the anthor-
iies there the needs of the people on
the island. .
Washington. Oct.' 24. The President
today approved the recommendation of
Gen. Wade, at Havana, that the Span
iards be given nntil December. lBt to
evacuate Cuba. In the meantime, how
ever, the United - States troops now in
Cuba and others to be dispatched will
take possession of the territory as ' fast
as trie Spaniards vacate it, prooaoiy
leaving Havana last.
THE! DIED
ON THE VOYAGE
Dbaths of Seven M Soldiers While on
Mr Rstnrn Trip From Manila
to lhe UnM Slates.
ELLIOT 0RDWAY
AMONG THEM
Among the Convales:ent Officers Who
Were Brought Back on the United
States Transport Rio de Janerio
Was Lieutenant Moore, of the
- Second Oregon.
Pan Fbaxcisco, Oct. 22. The United
States transport steamer Rio de Janerio
arrived here today from Manila, vai
Hong Kong and Nagasaki. She has on
board 140 sick soldiers and twenty-four
discharged men. Seven men aied on
the voyage. .They are: . .
Private Elliot Ordway, company H,
Second Oregon.
Private Henry H. Stube, company F,
First California.
Sergeant John A. Glover, company A,
First Nebraska.
Private Frank Tacker, Company C
Twenty-third infantry. -"
. Private Lewis D. Passmore, company
I, First Nebraska-
Private Henry D. Shuter, Astor bat
tery.
'-. Private J. Fsskeirst California.
All the dead were buried at sea,except
Ordway, Fiske and Shuter.
The following convalescent officers re
turned: '
Lieut.-Col. W. C. Bailey, Eighteenth
infantry.' " -
Capt. J. Murphy, First Iowa.
Capt. McCain, Fourteenth infantry.
- Lieut. Moore, Second Oregon.
Lieut. Bunker, First" Minnesota.
Major Wadsworth, department quar
termaster. : Most of the passengers are convales
cent, and those who are detained at the
hospital are nearly all doing well and
out of danger. "
Shortly after the Rio left Hong Kong
Corporal F. H. Fitzgerald, company G,
First Idaho battalion, disappeared 'dur
ing the night. A search of the vessel
failed to reveal any sjgn of him or a cine
to his whereabouts. The man was
thought to be mentally deraneed, and
the supposition is that he got up in the
night and either fell or jumped over
board. The number of men to be sent on the
remaining transports has been reduced
below the number that the ships carried
on their first passage to Manila, that it
would now seem necessary to make use
of some of the transports not yet re
turned. It is General Merriam's in
tention to send back the City of Puebla
and to discharge from commiEEion the
Rio de Janerio, Perue and the City of
Paris. ' : '
SICKNESS AMONG
THE TROOPS
A Private Letter Giving Some Features
of the Conditions in Manila.
Washington, Oct. 22. A private let
ter has been received from an officer in
Manila by another officer in the war de
partment giving some features of the
coudition of the army, in Manila. At
that time there were about 600 sick in
the hospital. The climate makes exer
tion very difficult and everyone is slow.
The troops are scattered aoout the city
in companies, and hold all the streets to
keep out the insurgents.
Since the rain ceased the warm weath
er has been very oppressive, and sick
ness has increased. Typhoid, dysen
tery and malaria have prevailed," not
more so than one should expect in the
tropics. The letter says that General
Otis works hard and looks into every de
tail of the army under his command.
Furnished rooms to rent, also suites
of rooms suitable for housekeeping. Ap
ply to 19 and 20, Chapman block.1 tf
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PHILIPPINES
PROBABLY LOST
Spanish Dockyards Da Not, Show the
Slightest Signs of Renewed Activi
ts or Other Indications that Spain
Has Any Intention of Renewing
the War.
New York, Ojt. 23. A dispatch to
the World from Madrid Bays:
From conversations with leading poli
ticians and ministers, the World corre- .
spondent can state that the notion of
breaking off negotiations over the Cuban
debt is regarded as absolutely prepos
terous and suici Jul. Even as to the
Philippines, in which vastly greater in
terests center, it is taken for granted
here that Spain must in the long run.
yield to whatever the United States in
sists upon. ' ;
. Telegraphic inquiries have elicited ir
refutnable proofs that the Spauieh dock
yards ehow absolutely ni signs of re
newed activity nor the slightest symp
tom implying the remotest idea of ' re
newing the struggle with the United
States. The vessels composing Admiral .
Caraara's fleet are now dispersed to -various
ports, chiefly Cadiz, Cartagena
and Ferrol, with their crews reduced to
a peace footing, and tho majority of the'
officers on leave and the marines all on
shore.
Work on all coast-defense works and
fortifications for defen;e,the arsenal and
the dockyards stopped at the suspension
of hostilities.
The officers and men of Ad-niral Cer
vera's fleet obtained unlimited leave on
arriving.
At Ferrol and Cadiz especially things
are as quiet as before. Besides, gun-
neryTtnd machinery trials on several of
the war vessels, including the Carlos V
and the Pelayo, reveal lamentable de
ficiencies. .
Ultimatum Today-.
Washington, Oct. 24. It is expected
at today's meeting of the peace commis
sion in Paris, that the American com
missioners will deliver to their adver
saries something very closely resembling
an ultimatum. The president is satis
fied at last that the Spanish com mis
sion srs are purposely delaying negotia
tions. This is the belief of the Ameri
can commissioners also. V
The time haB now come to cut . off all
false pleas and come directly to the main
issue left open by the protocol, namely,
the disposition of the Philippines.
Three Doctors . In Consultation. .
From Benjamin Franklin.
"When you are sick, what yon like
best is to be chosen for a medicine in the
first place; what experience tells yon is
best, to be chosen in the second place; .
what reason (i. e.. Theory says is best
is to b3 chosen in the last place. Bin if -yon
can get Dr. Inclination, Dr. Ex
perience and Dr. Reason to hold a con
sultation together, they will give yon -the
best advice that can be taken."
When you have a bad cold Dr. Incli
nation would recommend Chamberlain's
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and safe to take. Dr. Experience wonld
recommend it because it never fails to
effect a speedy aud permanent cure.
Dr. Reason would recommend it because
it is prepared on icicntihc principles,
aud acts on nature's plan in relieving
the lungs, opening the secretions end
restoring the system to a natural and
healthy condition. For sale by Blakeley .
& Houghton.
. Last and Final Notice.
I hereby give notice that on and after
the 1st of November. 1898, 1 will, with
out further notice, proceed, to levy upon
all property upon which taxes remain
unpaid for the year izvi.
Robert Kbixy, Sheriff,
.- - . . Wasco County, '