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VOL. IX
THE DALLES, OREGON. FEIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1896
NO 277
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ONE THOUSAND A DAY
Weyler's Loss 2,000 Killed
in Two Days.
OVER THREE THOUSAND WOUNDED
Premier Canovas Grows Angry Wb
the United States is Spoken of
as a Mediator.
Chicago, Nov. 26. The Tribune's spe
cial from Jacksonville, Fla., eays:
Colonel Joee Reyes, aid-de-camp ot
General Maceo, wounded and . en route
to New York for medical treatment, and
with dispatches to the junta, passed
through here yesterday. He says the
fighting in the Rabbi bills of Pinar del
Rio was the most sanguinary battle of
the war. He claims 2000 of Weyler's
men killed in two days, and twice as
manj wounded.
Weyler went to the field with 35,000
men in three colume, one of 15, 00 . un
der bimself ; one of 15,000 under General
Echague, and a third of 5000 nnder Gen
eral Munoz. They found Maceo en
trenched in a creecent-shaped range of
bills. When at the foot of the bills the
Spaniards met a withering fire that
cat gaps in their ranks. Maceo's men j
shot from behind rocks and trees, " and
gradually gave way before the Spaniards, J
who, encouraged by what they thought
to be a victory, pursued them.
Suddenly a deafening explosion rent
the air, and a scene followed somewhat 1
like the mine horror at Petersburg dur
ing the civil war. - Horses and met.
were blown high in the air and fell to
the earth dead and mangled. The dy
namite mine was touched off by John
Linn, formerly of this city, who is Ma
ceo's electrician. Maceo then loosened
his dynamite guns, prepared by Linn,
and more havoc was wrought.
- In the mine explosion, Colonel Reyes
says, Weyler lost 700 men killed, and
500 more "in charging, besides 1600
wounded.
Next day, Maceo, knowing of the re
serve force under Weyler, retreated to
even a stronger position. Then he was
attacked by the column under Echague,
who was roundly thrashed and driven
from the field, losing 800 men killed, be
sides 1300 wounded.
Next day Maceo retreated again
maneuvering all the while to entrap
Weyler into a field that bad been honey
combed with dynamite. - Meanwhile,
however, General Weyler, bearing that
there was danger of an uprising in Ha
vana, because of bis failure to crash Ma
ceo, hastened back to that city.
CAKOVAS WAS BITTER.
A. Cuban Diplomatic Agent Repeats
Borne of Bis Remarks.
. NewYoek.Nov. 25. The World prints
a statement by Senor Jose de Armas
Cardenas, a diplomatic agent of the Cu
ban republic, who claims to have visited
Spain to negotiate for a sale of Cuba to
the Cubans. The purchase price, he as
serts, was to be $100,000,000. He de
scribes two interviews with Premier
Canovas. He says the premier prom
ised reforms if the Cubans would aban
don the tight. He suggested an arrange
ment be made by - which the United
guarantees the fulfillment of Spain's
promises. At this Canovas burst oat:
"Never I The United States are re
sponsible for everything that as -taking
place in Cabal ; They are the trae
authors of the war, and I guarantee yod
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that if Spain loses Cuba, the United
States, will pay Spain what Cuba is
worth. The Moro damages is now cost
ing them dear. The indemnities which
Spain has asked of them amount to a
hundred times more. They threaten
Europe with the Monroe doctrine, and
Spain, in the interest of Europe, will
lake np the gauntlet. Do not -speak to
me about the United States mediating.
Spain will fightvand if they do not wish
the Spanish flag to float in Cuba, they
will have to obtain it after a glorious
Trafalgar at the gates of Havana."
DBAD OF OREGON. .
Funeral Services of Lafayette Lane
Conducted by HI Son.
Rosebubg, Or. , Nov. 25. The funeral
of the Hon. L. FV Lane, was held at 9
o'clock this morning. ' The pallbearers
were members of the bar, that attecded
in a body. The fire brigade acted as es
cort, Mr. Lane having been an exempt
fireman. The services were those of the
Catholic church, and were conducted by
Father Aithur Lane, son of the de
ceased, assisted by Father Black, of
Eugene. The attendance was very
large.
The Unemployed In Canada.
ioronto; jnov. . ZD. At an immense
mass meeting of the - unemployed held
last night, some very strong language
was need by the speakers against the
government city council. Resolutions
were pasBed favorably to abolition of
the .monopoly in land by removing all
taxation on building and personal prop
erty; the spending hy th Ontario gov
ernment of $4,0000,000, the surplus to be
used in developing Canada's mineral re
sources and eettling the unemployed on
free lands; the currency to be taken out
of the hands of the banks and be issued
by the government; that the govern
ment establish by law a minimum
rate of wages of 15 cents per hour, -and
provide a superannuation fund for Cana
dian laboringmen in their old age.
Along the Cowllta.
. Chkhalis, Wash., Nov. 25. Reports
of destitution and suffering as a couse
quence of the losses by flood of the farm
ers in the Cowlitz valley bave been ar
riving here this week. A meeting o
citizens was held . here bis afteanoon,
and W.- Beach was sent out to ascertain
the truth of the reports. If they are
verified, a meeting will be called and
Chehalls people will undertake to ren
der the sufferers material assistance.
L. L. Bowers returned today , from
Vance. He says be thinks A. L. Brown
and bis family reported drowned, es
caped with! their lives,' although the
bouse was swept away. Their fate is
not definitely known, bat could have es
caped.
' The Rainfall In India.
.LONDON, jnov. zo,- A cable message
has been received from . the viceroy of
India, Lord Elgin, giving the amount of
rainfall in various districts since Novem
ber 18. The message adds that the pros
pects are greatlj improved. in the Dec-
can districts, markedly so in the eentral
provinces, and sensibly so in the North
west provinces.
Japan Takes a Band..
. Berlin, Nov. 25. A dispatch from
Tokio, believed to "have 'emanated from
official source, states that Japanese war
ships will be sent to the Philippine is?
lands.' The latest news from the islands
ia most disquieting. It is stated the in
surgents, won a battle, and an attack up
on Manilla, the capital is feared. "
CUBA LOST TO SPAIN. -
The Conflict Viewed by Foreign
Residents.
New . York," Nov. 25. The officers of
the steamer City of Washington, which
arrived today from Havana, say that
Havana is in the worst possible state of
fear. The residents are momentarily
expecting an attack by the insurgents.
The - prisons are full, business is at a
standstill and merchants (oval to Spain
are preparing to leave the country.
A passenger named J. W. Brown, an
Englishman, recently released from a
Cuban prison, where be spent a month
for shooting in the Btreets of Havana
'Cuba Libre," and who was expelled
a week ago by order of Captain-General
Weyler, was one of thn passengers.
Brown said his treatment by the Span
ish authorities ' was brutal in the ex
treme, - and that, if he had not had
papers proving him to be a British sub
ject, he woold have been shot or won Id
still be in a Spanish jail. He had been
four years in Havana, and is now on bis
way home.
"Cuba, in my mind, is lost to Spain.
The latter country is now on her beam'
ends, and the storm on the little island
will boob engulf her," he said.
Brown declared that no political pris
oners in Cuba knew what they were ar
rested for until they had been in prison
some time.' As to his own case, he did
not remember having given the Span
iard- any just cause for his arrest.
'Let me tell yoa something of Wey
ler's system," he said. ' ''Honore Lame
was captured by General Maceo, of the
Cuban armv, about nine months ago.
He was detained but a few days. After
his . liberation Laine returned to his
home in Havana. Laier he was arrest
ed at the instigation of a personal
enemy, a particular friend of -Wevler.
Reve-al months after his arrest he was
tried by a jury composed of Weyler's
own creatures and declared innocent.
Did that make any difference? Not a
bit." He is still held a prisoner, and his
cse has been referre-t to Madrid. Wev-
ley showed his displeasure toward the
court that declared Laine innocent by
sending its officers into the field as a
punifhment. Mr. Liine is a French
man, and is trying to call his case to the
attention of the French government.
"Weyler has had many foreigners ar
rested. - He detests them. Most of
these prisoners do not eye the light of
day. Finally they drop out of sight. It
saves the cost of trial. The poor Cuban
gets short ehrift. It is sufficient to know
that he is a sympathizer in the cause.
rhis is his death-warrant."
Mr. Brow if related many instances of
alleged cruel ies by the Spaniards. Dr.
Tavloi, another passenger, says that
pain's cau'h is lust, and that General
Weyler has 30,000 sick soldiers on bis
hands. '
INDEPENDENCE OF CUBA.
Senator Chandler Is Not Afraid of War
. . . With Spain. . .
Boston, Nov, 25. A special to the
Journal from Washington says:
"Senator Chandler said the time for
the recognition of Cuban independence
had come.'! . -
It is too late," said Chandler, "to
recognize their belligerency. The 'day
for that, has gone."
Cnandier lias no fear of serious conse
quences for the United States in case we
choose to . recognize independence or
belligerency. --.-
"It is folly for Spain to talk about go
ing to war with the United 'States,' be
said.- "Within three months her navy
would be destroyed, her colonies be in
our possession, and her own territory be
at our mercy."
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