n A VOL. X THE DALLES, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1897 NO 278 AN ABSOLUTE FAILURE First Plot Against Blanco Foiled. WEYLER'S FRIENDS THE PLOTTERS Arrest Wera Made in a Printing Office Where Kabld Circular We Being I'rlnted. New York, Nov. 30. Captain-General Blanco crushed in the bad the first overt act of hostility against the estab lishment of autonomy on the part of the insurgents led by Weyler's partisans says the correspondent of the Herald at Havana. The government has been aware tor several daya that a demonstra tion was abont to be made. It was discovered yesterday that it would take the form of a secret circular, calling on radical Spaniards to thwart the plans of the present administration. The police raided the printing office of 1 Commercio and seized a large num bed of printed circulars. They were headed "Viva Weyler,"and contained a glorification of Weyler apd a virulent attack on the United Stated and General Blanco. The circulars were signed by many Spaniards and bore the date of "Santa Clara, -November 23d." -These circulars have been distributed through the mails in black-edged en velopes purporting to contain funeral notices. . The discovery was followed immedi ately by the arrest of Eva Canel, a well known newspaper woman, who is noted as one of the moat active of Weyler's partisans, Joe Hermida.tbe mayor's sec retary, and other employes ot the print ing office. Considerable excitement . was caused by the arrests, which are generally - ap plauded by the friends of 'order, as giv ing proof of the determination of the' government to stand firm in its inten tion to carry out its program and deal sternly with all attempts to incite violence. Royal makes the food pure, . wholesome and delicious. system diecovered are large and bril liant, and thus possess the highest in terest. ; The discovery of the 500 new" double stars is accounted the most important contribution to Southern astronomy since the survey of Sir John Hershel, sixty years ago. . One of these stars has been found to revolve only cnce in five years and another in about sixteen years. Both have become of the highest in terest to observers. : : . i A phenomena of general' interest is the twinkling stare, so familiar on- clear cold nights. This, Dr Lee Bays, is -due to sihall waves or currents in the atmos phere about the size of an egg or some times even larger than a man's : head. These little waves fill the air under cer tain conditions, as oh a cold , night, and imposing before the eye, dart the;, light from side to side, and in this way con: vert the light of the star into colors or extinguish it entirely. The appearance is similar to the light reflected from wavy, running water. Mr. Douglass diecovered how to see these waves .with a telescope and Dr. Lee brings proof that they cause the twinklings- , . Other important discoveries have been made at the Lowell observatorv. dis- How Blanco Heads Faith. New York, Nov. 30. A Havana patch to the Herald says : As evidence of good faith toward re pentant rebels, the government will ap point Jesus and Adolfo Cuervo, to su perintendences of customs at Cienf uegos and Sagua. They will have important posts. Spanish officials eay ; that 300 more men of the Cuervos command will sur render. . Clothing and $a will be given to each of them. DlscoTeredbyAatronomerI.ee. Boston, Nov. . 30. Astronomer . dis coveries of great importance are reported by Dr. T. J. J, Lee,- who has charge o Lowell observatorv, at Flagstaff, Ariz., established and maintained by Fercival "Lowell. Dr.. Lee, who is now in Boston, gave an interesting account of his recent die coveries through the twenty-foar-inch telescope built by Allen Clark & Sons which has been in use for eighteen months. He said since August, 1896, he has discovered about 560 new double stars and 700 objects unnoted by pre vious observers. Many of the stellar I was troubled for a long time with a sore wrist: some thing the doctors termed an open .vein. It would, break and the blood would flow in a stream from it, and I could find nothing that would hea! it until I tried your Happy Thought balve. A smal quantity healed it. up nicely In fact it has been well and showed no signs of breaking for over three months, so I feel it has done perfect work ; Mrs. T. R. .YiAGEri; ' 1520 South Ninth St., Spokane, Wash 50 cents a jar",aossss at Donnell's Drugstore. it RojMl "ae"Piaj Fa. LUil Absolutely Pure ROYAL BAKING POWDCR CO., NEW YORK. William Opena thn Reichstag. Berlin, Nov. 30. 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"The murders of missionaries and at tacks on misEion static ns which have been placed under my imperial protec tion, has compelled me to order' my squadron :n Eastern Asia to proceed to Kaio Chao bay,- the ...scene ' nearest the point of outrage, and .land troops in or der to obtain ... f ill . reparation and se curity against further lamentable events of the kind.",- ' Touching the general political situa tion he said: ,.: " "Our political relations with foreign states are in every way gratifying, and valuable guarantees of the maintenance of these relations have again been af forded me by my meetings with friendly end allied monarchs.V r BKAKE8 WOULD NOT WORK. Santa Fe Freight Train Wrecked and Three Men Killed. Flagstaff, Ariz., Nov. 29. Word comes of a wreck on the Santa Fe near Williams, in which three men lost their ives and much valuable property was destroyed. . 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