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
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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.
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Insurgents Said to Have Won Great
Victory. '
Tampa, Fla., Nov. 18. Cuban leaders
here have received information ' that the
insurgents Lave just won one of the
most important battles fought on the
island during the war. The battle was
in Pinar del Bio, but no detaile are
given. Cubans here are rejoicihg, as
this is the first real battle since Weyler
took the field. - ' '-
The Retreat to Havana.
Key West, Fla., Nov. 18. Passengers
from Havana who arrived very late to
night report that General Luque bad
been wounded in Pinar del Bio. ;
A report was current in Havana that
Captain-General Weyler will return at
once to the' city. The Spanish mer
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very indignant over the report.
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