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VOL. IX THE DALLES, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1896 NO 271 WON A GREAT VICTORY Weyler Said to Have Been Badly Whipped. HE IS FALLING BACK ON HAVANA Big Coast-Defense Gun Tested With Satisfactory Results General Solo of the Insurgents Killed. Havana, Nov. 18. Little news re garding Captain-General Weyler'a oper ations against the insurgents in Pinar del Rio was allowed to leak out from the pa! ace today Major Bazan, of the Spanish commander's staff, however, arrived here today from the front. He eays .the operations are most difficult and adds that the captain-general slept two rainy nights oh the ground without blankets, and has been several times without meals. The major further says the captain-general yesterday was be tween Zoroa and Candelaria. . In spite of. the fact that weather is greatly improved in Pinar del Rio, and the authorities assert that the health of troops in the field shows ah improve ment, 700 eick men have already arrived here, and. 300 more are expected to reach the city during the day. Local newspapers are raising popular subscriptions to provide funds to make Christmas presents to the troops. Each newspaper with this object in view will publish a special edition on Christmas night. . ' A COAST-DEFENSE GUN TESTED. DestrnctlTe Power of the Monster Ef fectively Proven. . New York, Nov. 18. One of the 10 inch steering disappearing . guns has been successfully " .tested at WUlet'e point.' The trial was under the direc tion of Captain V. A.' Crozier, who is one of the inventors of the Buffington Crozier carriage, upon which the two guns are mounted. The other ' gun and carriage had been tested at Sandy Hook before, they were brought he-e.' Since the two big guns were placed here they have been the pride of the post. The work of mounting them was com pleted a few days ago. The projectiles which the guns throw are of steel, with pointed ends, and weigh 575 pounds each. The one need in the test at Willett's point was of the same style and weight, but was made of cast-iron, steel being too expensive, it is said, to be used in practice. The guns are loaded at the breach. When the projectile was- raised by means of a small derrick attachment of the gun and pushed home, a charge of 140 pounds of powder was brought in bags and put into the breech. In a short time everything was -in readiness for Che first shot. Communication was bad with the signal station which had - been at ranged at Davis island and Sand point to be sure the range was clear be fore the shot was fired. "The gun waa aimed at about due east. Sailing ves Bels were tacking back and. forth across the range, and it was some time before the range was reported to be clear. Fi nally Lieutenant Wheeler shouted that all was ready. The, spectators .stuffed their ears and braced themselves for the shock. The officers gave the command to fire, and Artillery Sergeant Salvage yanked the lanyard. There was a deafening report, followed by a oud whistling noiee made by the projectile as it, shot through the air over the heads of. the boatmen who were be tween the fort and the point, at wkich the officers had, figured the ball would strike the water. The smoke soon cleared away, and those cm the fort saw Your tea -trade for the next ten .years is worth having. We want ;it ; Try all five flavors of Schilling's Best tea, and get your money back (of your grocer) on those that you don't like. A Schilling; ft Company San e rancuco 408 mm Absolutely Pure. A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all In lenventnir strength. Latest United States Government Food Report. , Koyal Baking Powder Co., New York the great splash made by the. projectile when it struck. With this 'small charge of powder Lieutenant Wheeler said the velocity was 1,470 feet a eecond. With the first shot, as with all others, the working of the carriage was .perfect. The recoil of the gun coused it to recede, and an in stant after the shot wae fired the gun was down out of sight behind the ram parts ready to be reloaded. The gun is thirty feet long and weighs thirty-three tons. ' After being charged and aimed it is easily raised by means'bf hydraulic power to the crest of the parapet. -. The second shot was with 205 pounds of powder. With this' the projectile was sent at the rate of 1808 feet a second. The shot was fired In a , dead line- with Execration lighthouse, but struck water when within a mile of it. The next three shots were made with 238 pounds of powder each. They were directed a little to .the south of Execution light house, where they dropped. v.The projec tiles carried about six miles at a velocity of 2014 feet a eecond. . The officers expressed great satisfac tion at the result of the test. Captain Crozier said the ordinance department now has nnder construction 80 gun car riages of this type' fop 10 ' and , 12-inch guns, which are already finished. The work on the carriages ,ia being rapidly pushed, and when they are completed the guns will be mounted at various places, including Portland, Me., Boston, Narraganpett bay, New, London, New York, Philadelphia, Fort Monroe, Wash ington, Charleston, Pensacola, Mobile and San Francieco. The Possibility of Bloodshed. Kansas City, Nov. 18. Under a To peka, (Can., date, the Star this evening prints the following: The tarn taken in the Santa Fe re ceivership case opens the way for a most serious conflict between the federal and state courts. .Should the' receiver ap pointed by County Judge Myers finally succeed in qualifying and demand possession- of the road, the officers of .the latter would refuse to yield, standing on the expectation that - Judge Foster, of the . federal court, would assume juris diction of the case. His authority re sisted . by the railroad people, the re ceiver's reconrse would be to ask Judge Myers for an order, calling out . the posse comitatus to help him to take possession of the property. , Such an order would authorize the sheriff to summon every male citfzen in Jefferson county, if nec essary, to pnt the receiver in' possession of the road. Then Judge Foster, pre suming that be wonld assume jurisdic tion, would order the United States marshal to appoint an army of special deputies to enforce the processes of bis court. , Then the sheriff could call upon the government for . the state militia, and the United States- marshal, in tarn, could appeal to' the secretary of war for troops, and thus bring on a ' collision be tween the state and the federal govern ments. Nobody looks for anything of this kind to' happen, "but 'Assistant Attorney-General Goddard eays there ia ample room in the case for it, and should the two courts and the parties in . jnter est Vecome- stubborn, and lose sight of the real merits of the case, a miniature war would result. But it is likely that sifter a little flurry of . excitement, sober eecond thought will come, and the case .will be -settled, without even coming to a hearing before any court on its merits. r I JBcchmote Will Remain. . ' ; Boston, Nov. 18. .-The dancing Bac chante will remain in the public" library court yard. This is the decision reached by the art commissioners yesterday. In explanation of its entire change of front, on the question, the commission .gives out a statement which says their first judgment was formed by examining a small reproduction of the statue, and Auguste St. Gaudens and Daniel C. French has written to them suggesting that a different conclusion might be reached if the statue itself were viewed in its proper proportions. Mr. McKum brought the Bacchante to Boston for in spection. . Public opinion approves the second decision, those who . have seen the statue being almost universally in favor of it. . Died at Prayer. Spkingfikd, 111, Nov. 18. The open ing session of the Daughters of Rebekab and grand lodge of Illinois Odd Fellows was sadly interrupted today by the sud den death of Mrs. Mary R. Stevens, of Yale, 111., the chaplain. She just commenced a prayer, eayicg "Our Father," when she dropped to the floor and died of heart disease. Her husband, D. C. Stevens, a prominent merchant, was attending the Odd ' Fel lows' grand lodge session across the hall when notified of his wife's death. Ap propriate resolutions were adopted and committees appointed to. the body to Yale, after which the session adjourned. General Solo Killed. Key West, Nov. 18. Private advices from the Cuban insurgent lines via Ma tan zas are that the rebel brigadier-gen eral, Bernardo Solo, has been killed in a skirmish with Spanish guerillas on the Havana border. General. Solo accompanied Calixto Garcia's expedition to Cuba, joining the personal staff of Maximo Gomez. ". It is understood that when killed he was in command of a brigade of Oriental re cruits, which Gomez had dispatched from Puerto Principe to. reinforce Gen eral Aguirre's corps, operating around Hayana. State of Ohio, City of Toledo) Lucas County, f Frank J. 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