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CO VOL. IX THE DALLES, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1896 NO 284 CUBA IS FOR CUBANS Eastern Part of the Island Occupied bylnsurgents. ALL EXCEPT THE CITY OF HAVANA Spaniard Continue Their Ravage War fare on Unarmed Men. Women and Children. Santiago ib Cuba, Dec. 4. Thi8 city baa been. thrown into consternation by a descent of the Spanish police. The homes of many peaceable citizens were entered after the town had gone to bed. It is known that at'least 25 persons were arrested and harried to prison. Nearly all of Eastern Cuba is in the hands of ' the Cubans, save the city. The Spanish policy of arresting citizens suspected of sympathy with the insorgeots had long since spread among all classes. The re cent arrests are farther evidence of Gen eral Weyler's determination towage war . on citizens in their jhomes, as well as on the armed bodies in the field. No one can learn any definite reason for the sudden arrests. There were three women among the prisoners. AH - were locked in the .jail Incommunicados. ' Many were eent to Morp castle. Among the captives was a doctor, two lawyers and four merchants. All rest under the general accusation of plotting against i Spanish authority. A special from Gaimaro, Camaguey, gives the following details of the death of Major Dana Osgood, the foot-ball player who commanded a Cuban battery during the recent siege of the town of Guimaro. General Garcia ordered Ma ,for Osgood to open -fire upon the Spanish forts. - Two hours, later a large fort, known as Fort Monfan, located on a hill 700 yards from the town, was abandoned by its defenders, who took refuge in the town. N v On the second day of the siege, .Major Osgood, under heavy fire from the Span iards, was training one of bia pieces on the forts. A Mauser ball struck him in the forehead. Ho uttered the word "Well," and, 'bending forward oji his cannon, hugged it and breathed his last in behalf of Cuban liberty. The news of his death deeply impressed President Cisneros and the commanding officers, -' all of whom had great . regard for the American officer. . The . Spaniards who had an abundant supply of ammunition, kept up an in cessant fire against the Cuban entrench ments. General Garcia, on October 27, made up bis mind to capture the place by assault. The Spaniards bad aban doned all the forts (outside of the town and made themselves strong on the in side. They bad taken 'commanding po sitions on the stone buildings and mas sive stone church in the public square. At a signal Generals Cebreco and Capote, at the bead of their men,' charged the town from different quarters. The ' Spanish garrison took took refuge in the old church and strongly barricaded it. j, General Garcia ordered that the three " guns be brought to bear upon the stone structure, and fire was at once opened -it. One of the ehotb from a 12-pounder mortally wounded the Spanish officer in 'command, Major Mannez, and killed Borne of his men. Shortly 'after a tremendous cry of "Vi va Cuba libre" came from the Cubans. The Spaniards had signaled their un conditional surrender. ANOTHER HIKE fiXFLODEO. Many Spaniards Blown Up During- a Keeent Battle. Atlanta, Dec. 4.--Rev. A. J.Diaz, the Baptist missionary of Havana, who was driven from Cuba seveial months ago, on account of alleged affiliation with . . ' More comfort and pleas ure from tea try Schilling's Best. No risk if you don't like it, the grocer returns your money in full. A Schilling; & Company .. . Saa Francisco 420 Absolutely Pure. A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all in leavening strength. Latest United State Government Food Report. Royal Baking Powder Co.. New York the insurgents, has . reached the city from Texas, where he has been engaged in church work. . "I was told," said lie, "that every thing was at a standstill in Havana, there being nothing goiDgon in the city. As I understand it, everthing is dead as a door-nail, but General Maceo seems to be getting in bis work, and from what I was told by friends in New' Orleans, I suppose he has the means of extermin ating many of the Spaniards. The press reports contained' a story to the effect that General Maceo bad enticed Weyler, with many of his men, on to a point of ground that had been .dynamited for their especial benefit, and succeeded in killing and wounding many of them. I was told of a second mine that had been fired when the Spanish soldiers were on it only a day or two ago. General Wey ler was in Artemisa and knew nothing ot it until the dynamite had done its deadly, work. "This mine was between the Kubi and Cayajabea mountains by .Maceo's electric plan. After it was all prepared, as in the other case, the Spaniards and Cubans engaged in battle. The Cubans, of course, retreated, and, as they did so, the Spaniards followed, keeping as near them as possible. When the army was between. the two mountains, the mines were touched off, and in a few; minutes the air: was , filled with smoke, with dead and wounded men and horses flew in every direction. My friends stated there were 5000 Spanish soldiers killed and wounded in the explosion of the mine." Water la Subsiding. Chippewa Falls, Wis., 'Dec. 4, The water went down six inches last night, and the fears of the people were much allayed by learning that the river was tailing. The continued cold was also tending to quiet their fears. Colonel Jones started down the branch line of the Milwaukee & St. Paul road today, going along the banks of the river sev eral miles on a. furtbor investigation of the gorge. He disapproves the use of dynamite or other explosives as unnec essary. The worst is undoubtedly over. JSrutat Murderer Hanged. M'Leaksbobo,- 111., Dec. 4. Fred Behme, who killed his wife and baby boy on Easter Sunday last, was hanged today at 12:30 p. m. The crime was the most fiendish ever committed in Southern Illinois. After braining bis wife with an ax, be took his- 3-year-old boy to the barn, put a halter around his neck and hung him to a rafter. A Notorious Outlaw Killed. New Kirk, O. T., Dec. 4. Dynamite Dick, a notorious territory outlaw, over whose bead hangs a reward of $3000, was shot and killed in a fight with deputy sheriffs sixteen miles west of this city this morning. Dan Cravens, a member of Dick's band, for whose arrest a re ward Of $300 is out,, was badly wounded and captured. ' ' - A Hadware Dealer Falls. Waco, Tex., Dec. 4. W. F. Dupree, a dealer in hardware and agricultural im plements, with branch stores in several towns,, filed a deed of trust today to J. C. Birkhead for the benefit of his credi tors. The liabilities are about $250,000, local banks and creditors being preferred. The assets are largely in excess of the liabilities. A General Strike Ordered. Hamburg, Dec. 4. At a meeting of the central strike committee today it was decided to declare a general strike, A pamphlet was issued calling upon all quay laborers, . engineers, bargemen, lumpers and car men to quit work. A majority of the quay laborers obeyed the call. The remainder' will probably quit at noon. Ice Gorge In Michigan. Menominee, Mich., Dec. 4. An ice gorge formed in the Menominee river at Fisher, and the river is overflowed in several places as far up as Twin islandsA Above Fisher the river has virtually changed its course and swept into Cedar river channel. Much property has been destroyed. ' - ' " "-.. FAMOUS SONG.: The Song That Reaches Our Hearts Is My Old Kentucky Home." " - There is one song- in the English lan guage that, perhaps, comes closer to the hearts of Americans, riarticularly if they are far from home and kinsmen,. than any other. That song is "My Old Kentucky Home." The simple, tender story it tells and its irresistible melody are familiar to nearly every one. It has been sung by noted singers in every civilized country bn the globe, and has been eulogized by authors and critics of classical taste; . yet its author, Stephen Foster, died-unhonored and unsung, and unconscious of the master ly work he had wf ought. Like nearly all other great artists, however, Foster's recompense came after he was dead, and it is safe to say that "My Old Ken tucky Home" and its writer's name will live so long as human (sentiment and love of home endure. . - ' , Those Americans who were present at a Pattj concert in the Grand opera house of Paris in the early seventies are, many of them, old men and women row, but they can still vividly recall Hid indescribable scene when the diva appeared in response to an encore and sang-,' as only Fatti could sing, ' this sweet, simple ballad. It was entirely unexpected, - and before they , were aware strong men were weeping and women were hysterically giving vent to emotions they did not try to control. At its conclusion the great singer .was literally showered with flowers and costly gifts. One rich American threw a roll of bills over the footlights that was said to contain a sum of money up in the thousands., The demonstration was perhaps the most magnificent ever accorded a suitor for public favor.. 1 Apropos of all this, the following from the Philadelphia Call illustrates the wonderful charm the . song still 1 olds: . A street singer stopped to sing the' other night in front of a well-known hotel, lie was an old chap, blind of one eye, and infirm, but gifted with the remnant of what was once a very sweet tenor voice. With him as attendant and guide was his daughter, a child of s;unny Italy, sun-browned, large-eyed and attractive in her picturesque garb. The old fellow sang first that ditty of the streets: "Just Tell Them That You Saw . Me," provoking little attention. Then he began to sing in his tremulous, quavering voice an old favorite. As he proceeded the windows of the hotel were raised one by one and guests looked out with sympathetic eyes. Coins showered down to the picturesque little maid, who circulated about with her tambourine, collecting. Men strolled out of the cafe and gathered on the steps, listening with interest. One eld fellow, a tall, soldierly -looking iiiau, with flashing dark eyes and an air that was unmistakably southern, gave the child a note with the remark: "It did my heart a dollar's worth of good.7 When the last strain of the touching old melody died away ever3rbody pres ent wore that, dreamy look that tells of old memories stirred and refreshed. The soug was "The Old Kentucky Home;". the southerner touched by its rendition a former Kentuckian ruined by the ravages of the war. Cincinnati Enquirer. 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