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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
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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. ' ' -
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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
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