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PART Q.
VOL. IX
THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1899.
NO. 20
GREAT STORM
PASSES
lis Center is Nov Orer NaYa Scatia, and
Stf Eutlani Gels a Respite.
INTENSE COLD
CONTINUES
Numerous Cities are Still Burled Under
Several Feet of Snow New York
Cemeteries are Inaccessible, and
the Dead Lie In buried.
Washington, Feb. 14. A weather
bulletin today saya that from the At
lantic coast the storm has passed on to
Nova Scotia with rapid velocity and al
most unprecedented development. Ow
ing to the extent and extreme, destruc
tiveness. this storm will always be re
membered as the greatest storm iu the
history of the Atlantic coast states and
the most remarkable for the perfect
combination of the conditions necessary
to produce such results.
The storm swept past Washington
about midnight, and this morning the
sun shone bright on a city buried under
approximately three feet of snow.
Washington is still cut off from railroad
communication with the outside world.
Many persons became bewildered and
exhausted during the blizzard yester
day evening and night, and fell into
snowdrifts. Two score or more persons
were picked np partly or wholly uncon
scious, and there are many cases of
severe frost bites.
The Dead Lie Uoburied.
Nxw York, Feb. 14. The city finds
. itself noable to bury its nnclaimed dead.
This is in a great measure due to the
ice-bound condition of East river, which
has made it Impossible for several days
for the steamers of the charities depart
ment to make their accustomed trips to
the city cemetery on Hart Island. No
burials have taken place since last
Tuesday, when the coffin-laden steamer
made its last trip to the potters' field.
On Friday about forty bodies were
placed on board the steamer Thomas 8.
Brennan, and Captain McCarthy made
an attempt to land them at Hart Island.
He succeeded in getting as far as White
stone, where his further progress was
stopped by pack ice, and he found it
necessary to return to the pier at the
foot of East Twenty-sixth street, where
tne bodies were unloaded and returned
to the morgue.
Another attempt was made to reach
the island on the following day, but
iiain the steamer was forced to return,
and land their dismal frelaht.
There were in the morgue on Sunday
fifty-eight bodies awaiting burial, and
this number was raised on Monday to
'Hhty-two, of which forty-six were
lults and the remainder children. Not
only hive burials been absolutely sus
pended by the city authorities, but
private undertakers generally have been
compelled to decline to conduct funerals.
GOMEZ
NEARS
THE CAPITAL
" Is Expected at Havana Tomorrow
or Thursday.
Nw Yon, Feb. 14. A dispatch to
"' Tribune from Havana says:
General Gomes, It is now stated, will
reach Havana rednesday or Thursday,
lis reception in the cinn ry I discour
sing his opponent, who oppose the ac
ceptance o f 1,000,000 from tho United
States.
T,l mod of paying it Is likely to raise
nbttrrB,,in questions. The original
Purpose was to pay in Spanish silver,
''t''1 Is the common circulating me
dill'n, and speculators are trying to get
Urol of silver. The amount of silver
,n circulation on th island now is in the
"'""borhooilof $'J,000,000, and to trim
,000,01 n) of American money Into Span
ish
"er would take un half that sum
rould temporarily enhance its
It is hardly possible t the Ameri
can government will pern: it a specula
tion to be made out of its bounty, and
the payment to the insurgent troops
may be made In American money.
Improbable Rumor.
London; Feb. 14. The Paris corre
spondent of the Morning Post says
"In financial circles it is persistently
rumored that negotiations between the
Panama Company and the Washington
government, whereby the latter Is to com
plete the canal, are in a fair way of be
ing successfully concluded. It is said
that the Panama Company would receive
a large percentage of the canal receipts,
and that the Nicaragua route would be
abandoned."
Badly Damaged.
Eugkne, Feb. 13. From all appear
ances at the present time the recent cold
spell was quite destructive in this local
ity. Hundreds of young frn it trees are
reported killed, and' tobo bushes and
small shrubs of all kinds suffered badly,
many being totally ruined. Fall-sown
grain la yellow, but farmers think the
most of it will come out all right, as a
light covtring of enow prevented the
ground from freezing very hard
CASTAWAYS
WERE RESCUED
The Five People Who Were Adrift on
an Ice Floe in Lake Michigan Have
Been Saved.
Chicago, Feb. 13. After having been
adrift on an ice floe for more than fifteen
hours on Lake Michigan, the five people
who were carried out Sunday evening by
the breaking of the Ice have been res
cued, and It is not expected that any of
them will be much the worse for the ex
perience. The castaways were discovered at day
light by two yonng men who bad ven
tured nearly four miles from shore in
search of the missing parsons, and were
joined a few minutes later by Captain
Fountain and several of the lifeeaving
crew from the mouth of ythe Chicago
river.
Miss Manley. the only girl In the par
ty, was unconscious from the cold and
exposure, and the rescuers were obliged
to carry the insensible girl to land. The
four men, though stiff and frostbitten,
were still able to walk, and, with the
help of the life savers, werequickly hur
ried ashore. Miss Mantley regained con
sciousness after five hours.
SENATE AGAINST
ANNEXATION
McEoery Resolution, Declaring It Not
the Purpose of the United States
to Take the Pbilippines,Is Adopted.
Washington, Feb. 14 The McEnery
resolution W4S adopted In the senate
today by vote of 20 to 22. The text of
the resolution is as follows :
"That by the ratification of the treaty
of peace with Spain it is not intended to
incorporate the inhabitants of the
Philippines Into citizenship of the
United States, nor Is it intended to per
manently annex said islands as an in
tegral part of the territory of the United
States, but it Is the Intention of the
United States to establish on said islands
a government suitable to the wants and
conditions of the inhabitant of the said
islands, to prepare them for local self
government, and In due time to make
such disposition of said island as will
best promote the Interests of the cltl-
uns of the United States and the in-
k.il.-.i. -I ..I A I.I...4.
The Filipinos at Sen Fraocisco. .
San Fbancim'o, Feb, 14. The Filipi
no, General Hio de Phis and M. Kivera,
who arrived lail week from Manila in-
ending to join their aasoelates in Wash
nitoii, have decided to leave today for
Montreal.
Kivera expresses himself as perfectly
astounded at the kind treatment he has
nvarlably received In this city.
The two envoys will endeavor to per
made Aaoncillo to return to Washington
and join with Its associates In pleading
and
value,
for an honorable peace.
THE AMERICANS
CAPTURE IL01L0
Tost Possession cf tie City Without
Snstainine Less.
REBELS FLED
JUST IN TIME
Attempt Made By the Insurgents to
Burn the City Was Frustrated by
Prompt Action on the Part of the
Americans.
Washington, Feb. 14. The navy de
partment has received the following
which confirms previous reports of the
capture of the city of Hollo by American
troops :
Manila, Feb. 14. The Petrel has just
reached here from Iloilo. . That place
was taken by our forces Saturday and is
now occupied. There were no casualties
on our side. No prisoners were taken
The insnrgoot loss is not known, but it
is believed to have been slight. The in
surgents there tried to burn the town,
but foreign property was saved by the
prompt action of our forces.
Details of the Capture.
Manila, Feb. 14. Particulars of the
capture of Iloilo by the United States
forces under Gen. Miller last Saturday
have been received here.
On the morning of Friday, February
10th, Miller sent an ultimatum to the
commander of the rebels on shore, not!
fying him that it was bis intention to
take Iloilo by force if necessary. - Non
combatants and foreigners were warned
to leave the town within twenty-four
hours. The rebels were also informed
that they must attempt no further bel
ligerent operations. The gunboat Pe
trel was then moved to a position close
in shore and near the rebel fort, while
the cruiser Boston took up ber position
at the other end of town.
Friday passed quietly. During the
day many refugees left town. At
o'clock on the morning of Saturday,
February 11, the Petrel signaled to the
Boston that the rebels were working In
their trenches. In return the Petrel
was ordered to fire warning shots upon
the town from her three-pounders. This
was done, and the rebels replied with a
harmless fusillade. The Boston and
Petrel then bombarded the rebel
trenches, completely clearing them of
their occupants.
Within a very short time after the
bombardment began flames broke out
simultaneously in various parts of the
town, whereupon the maiines, acting as
infantry and artillery, were landed from
the cruiser Boston, and a company was
sent ashore from the sunboat Petrel.
These detachments marched straight in
to Iloilo, and, hoisting the stars and
stripes over the fort, took possession of
the place in the name of the United
States.
The capture of the town and Its de
fenses having been accomplished, the
marines and soldiers who had been eent
ashore proceeded to the task of suving
the American. English and German
consulates from destruction by Ore,
which was raging among the frail
and inflammable buildings of the town.
The Swiss consul's residence, which was
in the same row as thecnnsnlates named
wai burned. The entire Chinese and
native sections of the town were destroy-
d, but foreign mercantile property
escaped with slight damage. There was
some desultory bring by the enemy in
the ontskirts of Iloilo, but not a single
A merrcan was injured. .
Miller's force bad complete control of
the situation when the gunboat Petrel
sailed from Iloilo for Manila. The Sixth
artillery regiment occupied a position
commanding both the bridges leading
Into the town, and the Tennessee vol
unteers and the Eighteenth United
States infantry were occupying the
trenches that had been constructed by
the rebels.
May Be An Oregon Boy. ,
I)ai.la Or., Feb. 13 Chester V.
Hubbard, company K, Third artillery, U
S. A., who is reported to have died in
Manila, is believed to have been Chester
W.Hutibard who joined the volunteers at
Salem. Hia father and mother live here,
and they are very anxious for news from
him. They have not rtceived any letter
from him for some time, and the woret
is feared.
NO HOPE FOR
DON CARLOS
Prospect Xow is That He Will Fail to
Even Incite' an Uprising Among
the Spauiards.
London, Feb. 15. The Madrid corre
spondent of the Times, in a letter re
garding the prospects of the Carlist up
rising, says:
"The chances of success are now very
small, and are daily becoming smaller
It is unlikely that any portion of the
army, even the repatriated troops, would
support Don Carlos. All his efforts by
promises, pledges of mining and other
royalties in Spain, and offers of CarliBt
patents of nobility have failed to raise
loan."
The Times publishes a letter from an
Englishman residing in Barcelona which
is much to the same effect.
Don Carlos in his letter forbidding his
partisans to take their seat in "a parlia
ment which is about to sanction a dis
grace unprecedented in the annals of
our history," said :
"It would be in vain to record your
protest there, for within those walls no
truly Spanish yolce can now make an
echo, and outside them the nation is
wearv of empty and barren words. Nor
could you, in that corrupt atmosphere,
call to their account those great crimi
nals who, with unparalleled impudence,
brought about the catastrophe. Let us
leave them to consumate alone the in
famous work of destruction.
SHORTAGE IN
FRUIT CROP
The
Severe Cold Weather Has Done
a Great Deal of Damage to the
Lane County Fruit Crop.
Eugink, Feb. 14. From conversation
with a number of the prominent fruit
growers of this county it is learned that
the recent cold weather will prove the
cause of a great shortage in the fruit
crop in the Willamette valley this year,
The unusual waru weather proceeding
the cold snap started the sap, and fruit
bud were swelling rapidly when the cold
snap came npon them.
it Is reared trench and silver prunes
have been thoroughly ruined, but hopes
are entertained that the Italian prunes,
which are hardier than the others, have
fared better, and at the present time
it cannot be determined that they have
been damaged materially.
It is claimed the crop of pears and
peaches will be a complete failure. Last
year's growth on pear and peach trees
was killed. Cherries appear to have
gone through uninjured. Apples have
been injured, but to what extent cannot
now be determined, but many buds are
now black and many others are becom
ing disclosed.
Destroyed By Fire.
CmcAuo.Feb. 14 The Arlington apart
ment building, at 402 Forty-first street,
one of the most fashionable apartment
buildings, of Grand boulevard, was de
stroyed by fire tonight. The ktructnre
burned quickly, and It is feared that not
all of the nineteen families who lived in
the building escaped.
More than a sore of tenenta occupy-
ingthe apartments In the building rush
ed through the smoke and flames, and
after the building had been destroyed it
was found that some of the ocenpanti
could not be accounted for.
Married Between Acts.
Olyvima, Feb, 14 This city was the
scena of rather an unusual wedding Sat
urday night. The "Midnight Bell" com
pany were giving a performance here,
and two of the company stepped out be
tween the first and second acts, drove to
the minister's home and were married,
getting back in time for the bride to ap
pear in the second act as soberly as if
nothing out of the common had occurred.
The couple were Miss MaudCarrick and
Lincoln Hardy the, stage nuchanic.
Coughing injures and inflames tore
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the cold, allays coughing and heals
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HOT FIGHT OC
CURS NEAR ILOILO
Batalion el He EWeeilli Infantry
- Routs tie tarpts.
DRIVEN BACK
THROUGH JAR0
American Flag Raised Over the Presi
dency American Lieutenant and
Three Privates Wounded.
Manila, Feb. 1511 :55 a m. Colonel
Potter and Lieutenant C. L. Pooster
of the signal corps, arrived from Iloilo
yesterday evening with dispatches from
Miller to Otis.
On Sunday afternoon Millor ordered
reconnaizance in force to ascertain the
enemy's position. Major Cheatham's
battalion of the Tennessee volunteer
regiment marched beyond Molo without
finding the enemy, and returned to
Iloilo.
Kellar'a battalion of Eighteenth
United States infantry, with two Hotch-
kiss guns and one Gatling, marched
toward Jaro. Midway between Iloilo
and Jaro this battalion encountered
large body of the enemy occupying both
sides of the road, who met the advance
of the American troops with a severe
and well-directed fire. The Americans
deployed and returned the fire with a
number of volleys. The troops ad
vanced steadily, supported by the
Hotchkiss and Gatling guns, and drove
the enemy through Jaro to the open
country beyond. The town of Jaro was
found to be deserted, and all port'
able property bad been removed
When the Americana entered the place
there were only a few Chinese there
Captain Griffith raised the American
flag over the presidency.
During the fighting outside of the
town, Lieutenant Frank Bowles, of the
Eighteenth infantry, was shot In the leg.
In addition one private was seriously
wounded and two slightly injured. All
was quiet on Monday when Colonel
Potter left Iloilo,
The natives attempted to slip past the
United States cruiser Olvmpia during
the night In a boat. They failed to re
spond when hailed, but kept paddling
along. After a warning shot the sentry
fired at the boat, killing one of the oe
cu pants and mounding the other.
Rebels Driven Further From Manila.
Manila, Feb. 15.-6:20 p. uo. Several
rebels yesterday afternoon haying fired
from' houses bearing white flam on the
American ontposts, Colonel Smith, with
companies L. D. and K. of the California
volunteers, proceded to clean out the
enemy along his front. The rebels op
posed him from the brush, and several
skirmishes occurred, during which nine
of the Californiane were slightly wound
ed before the rebels were driven out.
The work procet-d today In a system
atic manner, the gunboats shelling
the villages and working the rapid-fire
guns very effectively on the gungle.
The entire California regiment, with
the exception of two companies, the
Washington regiment, two companies of
the Idaho regiment and a battery of the
Sixth artillery were tngage.l. The
rebels wire driven towards Lake Guana
de Bays. The rebels held their fire, ap
parently being short of ammunition,
but they foiwht desperately.
The American ontposts in this direc
tion are now fully 12 miles out. All is
quiet along the rest of too line with the
exception that an occasional txchange
of shot i tet ween pharpslmooterj Ireuks
the monotony of the dny.
Dewey Declares Situation Satisfactory
Nxw Yohk, Feb. 15. X
dispatch to
DtovVOMEa
IPliRE
the Herald from Manila says: In an
interview Admiral Dewey said :
"The people on shore know more
about the situation than I do. It seems
to be excelleut, however. The
natives are coming in again, especially
in San Koque, whence they had been
driven out by the insurgeutt, who had
burned their homes. With ordinary
people I should say the backbone of the
insurrection had been broken, but with,
this race you can never tell. A Filipino
master mechanic in the aisenal at
Cavlte, representing the middle class,,
who formed the strongest part of the
Insurrection, and who is himself promi
nent among them, said: -I wonder
whether Agulnaldo will continue to feed
us?' This shows an attitude of the.
people.
"Our success at Iloilo, with only
man scratched, will, I believe, bare a
great moral effect. The Petrel during
the fight, went within easy rifle shot of
shore. I understand the troops in Iloilo
will move on the outlying towns of Lolo
and Jaro."
FIERCE CONTEST
IN PROGRESS
Effort to Have the Canal Bill Grafted
Into the Sundry Civil Bill is Being
Made If It Fails the Canal Matter
Must Go Over Till Next Session.
Washington, Feb. 15. One of the
fiercest contests of the cession was Id
progress when the house met today. The
friends and opponents of the resolution
to attach the Nicaragua canal bill to the
sundry civil appropriation bill were
working assiduously, and every argu
ment that could influence members on
way or the other was brought to bear,
Thetateoftbe canal bill at this con
gress was in the balance.
Some time was spent at the opining"
of the session with routine matter. Just
before the motion was made to go into
committee of the whole, Hepburn of
Iowa, who Is conducting the fight in be
half of the canal amendment, asked for
unanimous consent that the canal fill
be made a special order for Tuesday
next, but objection was made. The
house then went into committee of the
whole, with Mr. Hopkins in the chair,
on the sundry civil bill, the pending
question being the point of order raised
against the canal amendment.
Amendment Defeated.
Later Hopkins ruled the canal
amendment out of order, Hepburn im
mediately appealed from the chair's de
cision. On a risiujr vote the decision of
the chair was sustained by a vote of 152
to 118. The vote by tellers confirmed
the rising vote, 127 to 109, and the
amendment was ruled out.
IS THE SEXATF.
Washington, Feb. 15. When the
senate opened todav a bill was reported
fro it tiie military aQVtiis committee and
passed, extending the appreciation of
congress to Helen Miller Gould, for pa
triotic serv'ces during ti e late war, and
providing that a gold medal be presented
to her by the president.
The post office appropriation bill wai
reported and Quay gave notice that be
ouldcall it up for consideration tomor
row.
A bill was passed providing for admis
sion to the naval academy as a naval ca
det of Oscar W. Diennan, one of the
Merrlmao heroes.
Senators Cullom, Sewell and Teller
were named as conferees on the legisla
tive apt rj nation bill. '
Spanish Prisoners Leave Manila.
Washington, Feb, 14 Otis cables
om Manila as follows : "One hundred .
and eighty oflict rr and MOO Spanish pris
oners left port on the U'th and 13th, en-
route to Spain."