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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY. OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1899.
NO. 31
SENDS
PEACE PROPOSALS
isTfiey Bear lbs Same iDstrnctions as
Befare Will Not Be Entertained.
OTIS GIVES NO
ENCOURAGEMENT
The Commissioners Will Consider Their
Pronosals Lieutenant Gilmore
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Sends Word to Rebel General
Luoa.
Manila, May 26:05 p. m. Major
Ifannel Arguelezaas and Lieutenant
Jose Bernal, of the staff of General An
tonio Luna, returned here today to re
oew anJ press the request of General
Luna for a cessation of hostilities. They
hare found their field of labor a most
uncongenial one. The two officers were
received and admitted to a conference
with Major-General Otis. The pro
posals which they had to submit dif
fered but slightly from those which they
brought from the Filipino commander
in the first place. They desired a little
time in which to summon congress, and
expressed themselves as being confident
that congress will decree peace, because
the people dee ire it. They represent
that Aguinaldo is without power to eur
render the army and that congress must
decide the question. Incidentally the
Filipinos envoy asserted that Aguinaldo
bad not yet made a fair test of hi
itrcngth against the American forces
because hat one-third of his army had
been assembled together. The envoys
presented a letter from Senior Malin!
president and minister of foreign affairs,
is the cabinet of Aguinaldo, an 1 who is
the bad. bone of the Filipino organiza
tion, The communication is personal
and unofficial, and seconds Majir Ar
gaelezes' arguments.
envoys will see Ueueral Otis again
tomorrow. They will stop tonight in
Manila. They lunched with General
"...inimi nt ma ucvuijuBriers uu mi
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of an armored train at Calumpit before
going to Manila. Whether or not Gen
eral Luna is sincere in his overtures,
ti e negotiations are giving the Insur
gents much needed opportunity to re
organize their demoralized forces. The
truth is, the dissensions among the
leaders of the rebels is helping on the
disorganization of the Filipino army al
most as much as the American cam
paign. In course of a conference with
the Filipino envoys, General Otis agreed
with the statement of Major Arguelezes
that the people of the Pilippines wanted
Peace, and he added that requests for
protection were pouring npou him from
II parts of the country.
General Lawton was engaged in hard
mruing early this morning, but tele
graphic communication was cut at 9 a.
01 i and there have been no reports from
i.wton since that time.
Xr.w Youk, May 2. A Manila die
Patch to the Journal says: Aguinaldo
dm made overtures for peace, Colonel
Argiielezes, of the envoys sent to the
American lines having presented a prop
ortion which came directly from Aguln
'do. This proposition, the Journal says,
the same as that heretofore made,
namely; An armistice nntll the Filipino
congress '"eels and decides whether the
mpino army should surrender. General
U declined to receive the dispatch,
id says he told Colonel Arguelezes it
useless for the Filipinos to return
J"Im tl.ey came prepared to accede to
" American demand.
The Same Old Proposition.
N'kw York, May 2. A dispatch to the
Herald from Manila rays: The Insur
j1 commissioners: who left Manila on
aturday have returned from the Insur
cnt army liM.lquariers wllh new pro).
0,'totis for a c-ssation of hostilities.
browned In a Mill Kacc.
8A,-.Or., May. l.-Walter, the 4-7Mr-old
son of George Rryapt, living at
'"nsville, twelve miles east of this
P was drowned Sunday afternoon In
18 null race connected with his father's
The child had been playing about
r.ouse, when be went out after some i
wood, and as he failed to return nrnmnt. I
l.v, the mother became uneasy and get
out to look for him. The father im
mediately fallowed down the race, and
found the body floating in the fore bay.
It a as taken out at once after having
been in the water 10 minutes.
SCATTER THEM
WITH MUCH LOSS
Lawton Has Captured and Holds Bali
ung and Has Scattered the Enemy
and Taken a Large Amount
Food Supplies.
Washington, May 4. The war de
partmeut received the following die
patches today:
Manila, May 4. Colonel Summers
with six battalions, including the Second
Oregon, the Dakota regiment, the Third
infantry, and a piece of the Utah light
artillery, of Law ton's division, proceeded
north this morning to Maasand, where
they crossed the river and charged the
enemy in strong entrenchments, driving
him northward, and inflicting consider
able loss. His casualties were two
wounded.
Both Wheaton and Hale, of Mac
Arthur's division, found the enemy in
force and strongly entrenched, and com
inauded by Commander-iu-Chief Luna
about four miles south of San Fernando
Hale, on the right, dislodged tbe
enemy, and Wheaton, on tbe left, lead
ing in person, made a brilliant charge
scattering bis forces, inflicting great
punishment. Several officers and en
listed men were seriously wounded.
MacArthnr proceeds to San Fernando
in the morning, delayed by the partial
destruction of the bridge across the
river. It Is not believed that the enemy
will make another determined stand un
til he effects his retreat to Mount Arayat
a short distance from San Isidor.
The situation is as follows: Lawton
holds Baliung, taken May 2 after a rapid
movement from Angat, where he left
supplies with a wagon train, pack
animals and rations. Ho scattered the
strongly entrenched enemy to the north
and northwestward, cptunng large
amounts of food supplies, and has his
detachments thrown out to the north
and eastward. His successful move
ment is attended with great difficulty
because of the character of the country,
and the rain and heat. He now covers
our railway communications, and will
be supplied from Malolos.
MacArthur column was concentrated
and look up the advance on San Fer
nando at 6:30 this morning. We do
not apprehend a sharp resistance on the
part of the enemy, who will probably
leave the railroad and retire in a north
easterly direction to the north of Law
ton. The destruction of the railroad
near Calumpit necessitates dependence
on wagon transportation.
The enemy of the south and east of
Manila. 0000 strona. is opposed by a
ufflcient force under Ovenshine and
Hall. His demonstrations thus far have
been properly met by these officers,
with slight losses. Many requests have
been received from outlying cities for
protection against insurgent troops,
OTIS.
For Gallantry in Action.
Washington, May 1. In accordance
with the request of the president to
choose from each volunteer regiment
now in the Philippines the one most
distinguished for gallantry for appoint
ment as second lieutenants in the regular
army, General Otis lias forwarded a list
of such volunteers. Among the names
s that of Reese Jackson, lieutenant in
Second Oregon.
Blalock Surveying Tarty.
Goldendale, Wash., May 3. W. W.
Ames, tbe well-known fruitgrower, In
the vicinity of Columbus, reports tl at
the movements of the Dr. Blalock survey-
nil pariv seem to ii.dlcate stronger than
ver that thev mean business, ami mat
. . i
theio will be steamboats running on me
Columbia river to Wallula In the near
future,
Killed in the Woods.
Chehalis. Wash., May 1. Peter Hab
ersetzer, an employee of Custer's shingle
mill, near Frances, was killed today
bile working In the woods, a tiying tree.
limb striking htm. Ilaoerseuer was
twenty-six years old. He leaves a widow
nd a child.
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TROOPS EN ROUTE
TO WARDNER
Dctacbmcnt of the Twenty-Fourth in
fantry Oriereita tne Scene.
ONE TROOP FROM
WALLA WALLA
All the Troops Which Left for Wardner
Are Fully Armed and Prepared to
Cope With Any Emergency No
Hope of Rioters Being Punished.
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i uuTLAADf way 2. &ixty men
of company B, Twenty-fourth in
antry (colored), stationed at Vancoa
ver barracks, have received orders
to leave for the scene of the mining
trouble at Wardner, Idaho.
They will start at 4 :30 this afternoon
by way of Portland, under command of
Lieutenant W. L. Murphy, and will
carry fifteen days' rations and 200 rounds
of ammunition each.
Company L, Twenty-fourth infantry,
will arrive at Vancouver barracks from
the Presidio, San Francisco, tomorrow,
and will there await orders to proceed to
Wardner."
By the above announcement it will be
seen that the authorities intend to lose
no tima in getting troops on the ground.
It is a curious fact that during the
strike of 1892 regulars from Vancouver
were called out to help keep order at the
present Bcene of trouble.
Walla Walla, May 2. One troop of
the Fourth cavalry, under command ot
Lieutenant Munro, will leave via the O.
R. A N. train at 1 :30 this afternoon,
under orders from the war department
to proceed to the scene of the Wardner
riot. Horses will be left behind.
Spokane, May 2. Seventy-five picked
men of company M, Twenty-fourth in
fantry (colored), led by Captain Batche-
lor, left Fort Spokane for Wardner, Ida.,
at 7 :30 this morning. They carry fifteen
(lavs' rations and 000 rounds of ammu
nition. Many are veterans who fought
at San Juan. The men expect no im
mediate fighting, but are ready for any
thing.
Perpetrators Will Go Inwhipped.
Wallace, Ida., May 2. Sheriff Young
and County Attorney Samuels are both
in Wardner today, presumably confer
ring with State Auditor Sinclair, the gov
ernor's representative, who arrived yes
terday.
Under-Sheriff Seyeley pronounces
Saturday's outrage as unparalleled. The
destruction of property was bad enough,
although not surprising to one ac
quainted with conditions here. The
boldness of the attack, however, is with
out precedent, while the shooting of the
men was ntterly without fxcuse. He
further says that while punishment
should be meted to the guilty parties,
only the federal government can do so,
as there is not a man in Shoshonecounty
qualified to sit as a juror in the rase.
There is no talk or expectation of any
action by the local authorities.
HOMESEEKERS
EAGER RUSH
Men and Women Will Stand in a Long
Line for Many Hours.
Denver, May 3. A special to the News
from Dorango, Colo., says: The first
man took his place before the land office
door at 0:. 10 a. in., and began his long
wait for the hour of the reservation open-
ng at noon, May 4. The man is Philip
F. Voight, of Blanca, Coetila county,
Colo. News of oight s Initiative sped
quickly over the city during the morning,
and at noon the line be'an to lengthen
at a rapid rata. By nightfall it had ex
tended down the stairway Into the street,
the last man being compelled to stand
In the wind and snow, which has been
playing fitfully upon the thoroughfares
11 day. Two young women, .Misses
F.mma and Adela Stollttteiinar, neither.
of whom Is oyer twenty years oi ge,
itBSOMJTEIY
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
occupy the third and fourth plHces in
the line, tbeir brother A. F. Stollsteimer,
holding the second place. Those in line
have agreed to preserve the line intact
while the members take turns at eating
and sleeping, provided that the later ar
rivals would assent to it. There are
several hundred boomers In the city, but
most of them will have the run for the
land, believing that to be the safer way,
although Register Perkins has announced
that he will not receive duplicate filings,
regardless of when improvements on the
land were begun. A snow storm is
raging here.
FIFTY-FOUR WAR
RANTS SWORN
Cabins of Suspects are Being Searched
and the Town is Wild With Ex
citement Fifteen Men are in Cus
tody. Wabdner, Idaho, May 3. Fifty-four
warrants have been sworn out and con
stables are making arrests under the pro
tection of colored troops. The dynamiters
are fleeing to the hills. Their cabins
are being searched, and the town is wild
with excitement. About fifteen arrests
have been made. Smith's body will be
brought back from Canyon Creek to
day, and the inquest will be held. Other
troops will be here on the next train.
Cheyne's body is now on the way back
here from Spokane for the inquest.
Wild Rumors Flying.
Wallace, Idaho, May 3. Wild rumors
regarding tho action of the Canyon
Creek men gain evidence, even here.
This morning a report was current and
was believed that the body of Jack
Smith had been stolen last night. When
your correspondent heard the story he
went to the morgue and saw the body
lying there. An undertaker has charge,
waiting orders from Coroner Frank, but
he bad no idea when it would be shipped
to Wardner for the inquest. Rioters
still leave by every train. The Northern
Pacific, for Missoula, runs an extra coach
daily, going well loaded. It is claimed
that many Butte men who arrived last
week are now leaving.
PRAISE
FOR
GOV. GEER
The President Pleased With the Stand
He Has Taken Spoke Highly of
Volunteers.
Washington, May 2. President Mc
Kinley has expressed to Senator Mc Bride
his great gratification at the position
which GjvernorGeer, of Oregon, took in
the matter of the return of the volunteers.
The senator took c pies of The Oregonian
containing Governor Geer's utterances
to the president, who read what was
stated with a great deal of interest, and
desired the senator to convey to the gov
ernor his hearty appreciation of the pat
riotic stand which the Oregon executive
had taken, and also his belief that the
volunteers, upon their return, would be
proud ot the position of the governor.
The president also took occasion to
speak very highly of the service which
had been rendered by the volunteer
troops in the Philippines, which had fx
ceeded even his most sanguine expecta
tions. In the Asylum Thirty-six Years.
Salem, May 3. George Weston, an
in nate of the insane asvlutn for thirty
six years, died today. He was the
second of the old-timers ot that institu
tion to pass away this year, John Sherer,
who was also committed in 183, havii g
died only a short time ago. Little Is
known of Weston's history beyond the
fact that he was received at the old
Hawthorne asylum in Portland from ,
Multnomah county, August II, I8i3, his
Commitment papers being signed by P.
A. Marqnam who was then county judge ,
Of Multnomah county. He was about!
ninety years old.
'API IWING
Powder
touRE
OTIS AND
THE FILIPINOS
American Sural Still Etta to Rec
owztllie Insurant Grant
CONCERNING
PRISONERS
The Emissaries Now Admit That kThey
are Representatives of Aguinaldo,
Not General Luna.
Manila, May 3.-3:10 p. m. There
was a conference lasting two hours to
day between Major-General . S. Otis,
and the envoys who came here from
General Antonio Luna bearing the pro
posal for a cessation of hostilities.
Genersl Otis adhered to his refusal to
recognize the so-called government of
the insurgents. Tbe Filipinos now ask
for a truce of three months to enable
Aguinaldo to summon congress and con
suit with insurgent leaders on other
island.
The question of the release of Spanish
prisoners in the hands of the Filipinos
bein; mentioned. Major Argnelezes,
the chief membor of the deputation,
said be considered them as being in the
sane category with Americans, the
United States being the successor of
Spain In dominion over the island, and
acquiring by treaty all Spanish rights
and obligations.
Manila, May 3.-8 p. m. Tho Fili
pino envoys, Major Arguelezes and
Lieutenant Bornal, have abandoned the
pretense under which they came to Gen
eral Otis, that they represented General
Luna, and today announced that they
came as representatives of Aguinaldo
himself. The two emissaries used all
tho wiles of which they were capable to
secure a reply from Otis to tho letter
from Senor Mabini, Aguinaldo'a prime
minister md minister of foreign affairs
in the dictator's cabinet, which they
presented to Otis yesterday, but Otis re
fused to make any reply, on tho ground
that to do so would be equivalent to a
recognition of the to-called government
of tbe Filipinos. Argnelezes said Aguin
aldo knew he would be overpowered in
time, but that he would be able to con
tinue the fight for months, and that he
would do so unless he was given what
Argueiez termed peace with dignity.
MacArthur has moved his head
quarters to San Vicente, across the Rio
Grande, General Wheaton' brigade has
advanced beyond Apalit. General Hale
has returned to o-operate with General
Inwton.
At Balibog last night there was a run
ning fight, In the course of which one
American soldier was killed an 1 three
were wounded. The rebels scattered
before General Liwtcn and Generil
Hale. On yesterday, while Captain
Wheeler with a detachment of the
Fourth cavalry was covering General
Hale's advance, ho diccovered a large
body of rebels at Pullian, The cavalry
opened fire, but there was no response.
Thinking the rebels wanted to sur
render, Lieutenant Bell went forward to
parley with them. The Filipinos replied
that they did not wish to surrender, but
thev had been ordered to refrain from
tiring during tbe negotiations. They
asked what Lieut
Bell wanted, and in
reply was given half an hour in which
to retire, which they did. A Spanish
prisoner who escaped into the American
lines reports that after General Hale's
advance on (juingan 200 Filipinos were
buried, thirty-five In one trench and
twenty-seven in another. This is the
largest number of rebels that have betn
killed In any engagement for several
months.
TROOPS SEARCHING
FOR DYNAMITERS
Striiers Trjiw ta Estsjt ti tn
Railraai.
CAPTURED BY
THE SOLDIERS
General Merriaiu Arrived Today Feared
Desperate Men Will Give Battle
Before They Will Give In.
Waboner, Idaho, May 4. Saarcliing-
for dynamiters has been contiuued all
the morning by the troops, and they
still keep takir.g them down in small
squads to the camp where they are
guarded. General Merriam, Attorney
General Hays and United States Marshal
Frank Ramsey will be here on the train
due in a few minutes. Additional troops)
will be here at tbe same time. A de
tachment of troops will leave this after
noon for Canyon Creek and Mollan, tho
strongholds of the enemy. They are
taking with them a nuiuber of nonunion
men for the purpose of identifying the
dynamiters. As no hope is left them, it
is not improbable that they may give
battle. Inquests have been adjourned
pending the arrival of General Merriam
and the attorney-general. The town ia
almost deserted.
Later General II. C. Merriam arrived
here at I o'clock this afternoon from
Spokane, and assumed command of the
United States forc?s now in the Coeur
d'Alene district. On the train with
General Merriam came troop F, of the
Fourth United States cavalry, from
Boise, Under Lieutenant Walsh, andT
company Si, 1 wenty-feurth United.
States infantry (colored), from Van
couver barracks, in command of Lieut
enant Murphy. Lieutenant Murphy
and his company were left at Chatcolett,
where the O. R. & N. crosses Coeur
d'Aluno lake, for tbe purpose of inter-
ceptinganyof the strikers who might
attempt to escape through that avenue.
Under Martial Law.
Wallace, Idaho, May 4. The rerort
by wire from Wardner this morning ia
that the country is nnder martial law,
but no official announcement ia made
here yet. The hegira from Canyon Creek
still continues, the men going out over
the mountains as well as by train. The
now on tbe mountains is ten feet deep
and soft. It will probably take from two
to four days to go from Burke to the
railroad in Montana. The Hecla mine
closed down yesterday, being out of men.
Other mines are working short of men.
the Tiger suffering less than the Stand
ard or 'Frisco. No new men are coming
et, but some are expected daily from
Butte, where the Coeur d'Aleno men are
mostly going. One company of soldiers)
reachtd Mu'lan last night, another this
morning.
Troops on tbe Move.
Wardskr, Idaho, May 4. Troops are
mtinuing the search for dynamiters)
nd a number have been placed under
guard. General Merriam. Attornej -'Gen
eral Havs and United Stales Marshal
Ramsey have arrived. A detachment ol
i troops has been ordered to Canyon Creek
and Mullan, trongholds of the enemy,
and with them will go a nn ruber of non
union miners, who will try to Identify
the dynamiters, and it is feared the
desperate men will giv battle It to e
they will give in to the officers.
Sparta Man Missing.
Bakek City, Or., May 3 Eugene
Beaya, of Sparta, who has supplied li e
mines with beef for a long time, and is
owner of the Sparta townsite, has been
missing for weeks, and his wile, two
children and friends fear he has been
foully dealt with. Leaya went to Weiser,
Idaho, to secure a contract to supply
beef to graders of the Weiser-Seven
Devils railroad. He carried several hun
dred dollars, and, as careful search (nils
to locate him, it is thought be was
robled and murdered, and perhaps his
body thrown into Snake river.