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X THE DAILY ASTORIAN ll th( fclfcit and fcrst paper on the Columbia- River THE ASTORIAN fus the larftst circulation of isy paper on the CclumtH Rlvir VOL XLVIII. ANTOKIA, 0UKO0X, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 5, 1 8118- NO. 10(5 FULL, ASSOCIATED PRESS R 12 PORT. WR AMI I'OSIIIVIILY- HEADQUARTERS HTOVIIH ItANOKH TINWAHIO COOKINU IJTKNBIIJS IKON ril'H tub nuckh Ann iucic as to make it expen. BIVB TO HUT ELBKWIIERE. Eclipse Hardware Company (HAWKS OLD H..ND) CASH BOXES FT, 7 f - Griffin St Reed. All Aboard for CHARLES KAN &m WW Hi.-. LAD 1KB' AND OENTB' UNDERWEAR... Japan Ooodi, Hosiery, N otloni and Furnishing Oooda AT RKABONA 1I1.K PRICED W. F. SCHEIBE, IPM a4 Smokers' Aitkl 474 C.nimtmlal I i , . 1 Pl'PILtt 1N8TRU- ssswww- MENTAL mcoeived THE SISTERS OF THE music, ZZ. Convent of the j '. ...Holy Names voc,, ' AWn CULTURE i ASTORIA. OREGON. A ACADEMIC ! HAVE OI'KNKD TIIK1K IIOAKD1SU AM) 8PECIAL ORADItH DAYWIIOOU DEPARTMENT For rmtM, .to., Xdn th. 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NORTH PACIFIC BREWERY Mount Angel College MOUNT ANGEl Marlon Count" OREGON Thla It Jnat th pine, for y.ur boya. tKMIghtful toowllon, larre bullUnf and frounda, good me.li, plenty of hawlthy txMdaa, cxcllmt tMetiora and oarvful IrnJnlnr- Oita la what thy all aay of MT. ANQEL COLUDGB. Bond for Cat. lOfiM and apaolal term. P. F, PLACIDUS, Director. if HIE WILY DON Did the Cape Verde Fleet Put Into or Is it Now Swiftly Crossing Atlantic to Our Shores? , i THE LATTER IS PROBABLY TRUE iThe Situation in Spain Continues i ! to Grow Worse Daily SOLDIERS FIRE ON RIOTERS ! iThe Government Has Secured Two Steamers to Carry Supplies to Manila-Sampson's Squadron Coaling for a Long Cruise-No News from Dewey. Vn!ilniit'ii. May 4.. l. itKr.l thrHiK)i"ii( ihr A sensation as til i- linn in.iriiUiK "f thv urrlvnl of a j V-i I Hll.nii i In ! r d'.HIi ll l.i.it i Mi'Culloi'h nt M' Iik Kiy. frly mil fmrn j IIuiik K'iik. Itn iMc t r tn I ii u ! Tin- iilllol.iln Imtntilliit. ly fi ll Into an nlr f i M.4 tiincy n.il'.m for uitir word fnnii Admiral I tint wouM not only ronnrm ottli-lnlly the nilrnnj; new of the Imltlr of M;inllii a rcortrt ty tu ir"i. but ti lllliK whin ftii in il miti'i tho raMf n liitnrniitc.l. I'p o hr of ofTliv hur tt'rt a or. hml iump from llonit Koii, Soiiii- of the n.vil ofllciTK. how rvrr, who Htcmlfantly i-onirmli'il th.il Ailinlnil IVwry would not hnvr m-nt nwny hlR illKpati h bwt una. In- h.ul cnil.t-il hla illitiili'h ninl rtvrlvc.l thi aurrrnilcr of Munllii. polmcl out thnt If they wore dKbl In thnt nanutnpilon it would not be poBHililo for thf MiViilloih to rfinh Hour K"njr beforf tomorrow tVftiltig. limit lntirfit Ih fell In thf reportd! f"'- turn of thf 8imnlnh fay- Vrnlo flrft M Cailli. Thf nnvul ofllcfra wore llis'l to rfiraril with irret (iiaplrlon nfs of thla Kliul rnmnatlnK from Porttunil. Im onuf of tho rvcognlivj ymphyt of the I'ortUKticiif with the Spanlnh aide. It woulil be worth ii Komi iloiil to the Span lnh u.liiilr.il coiiittiandlni; thf tlyhiK unuail roti, KUPHMluK he wi'ie on thr way m-roKn thf Atdititlf, to throw u oft our (tuaril oy havlim ii bfllfVr they hail rfturmil to Soiiln. Thf navy department hn now Hffuri'il two veioo'la In San Ktiinolaoo, the Aus tria and t'lty of IVklnn. which will be loadeil with coal and nuoolif und rushed off to Join t'oinniodore liowiy's llcft. Whether or not they will carry troop." will be determined poit!vely when the commodore Is heard from mon this mat ter. Tho navy department la liuirylnK to(!other an cxcodtiitly lurup mock of ammunition to ! forward by Iho City of I'ckliii; to recruit tho ammunition of Commodore lcwcy's fleet. The tlrsi Khlptucllt of projeotlles lift New York yeMlei'day and nddlllounl xhlpniftiix will bo made until the full ipiota of powder and Khot will be In San ri-inelaco within thf next few days. There will lie inorf than Iii.OXl projivtlles of various calibres and weights. Tho fine llrltlslt cruiser Ulake left 01 braltar today straight for ltlo and It Is mipiosed here that she roo to observe any rimnMeinent ihat niiKht ihroaten be tween the OroKon and the Spanish fleet. Tho nomination today oi n number of major Renerals and brigadier generals Is Inillcallvo of the president's Intention to avail himself of the full number of troops called for by his proclamation and even to follow the call riy another very soon, for It Is evident that there Is not enough commands to no around properly anions the nftloora already nominated. SPANISH KI.KKT N K A It CADIZ. New York, May 4.-The Spanish fleet, which was nt Cape Verde Islands, eon sisiltiK of the Vliscaya, Almlrante Oojuen do, Cristobal Colon nml Maria Teresa, nil llrst-dass cruisers, nccompa tiled by the torpedo boat destroyers Furor, Terror and liuton, left St. Vincent, Cane Verde Isl ands, on April their destination being unknown, Tho distance from the Cape Verdo Islnnds, vln the Cnnnry Islands, to Cadis Is about 700 miles. The Spanish squadron being flvo days out from St. Vincent could hnve made Ondlx by this time, steaming about 300 miles a day, but a Lisbon dispatch does not distinctly say thnt the squndron hns reached Cadlx. It announces that 't'he aqundron "hits re turned to join a Spnnlsh fleet near Cudla" i which may mean that tho news came pos city by news HMt.hihly from the Canary Islands or from some sourvo at Madrid. At Ciulia the Spaniard are understood to be lltt'.ni; out the lKiitlihip l'elnyo and the first-class cruisers Cardinal Clsnoroa. Kmpcror Car los V., (iiilscppo tiarlbaldla ami Alfons XIII.. besides the warships Numancla Vtttorla. Iiestruetlon and several auxili ary cruisers and a number of torpoilo and Run boots. AN UPRISING IMMINENT. Madrid. May 4 Hie provincial out breaks are assuming alarming propor tions. The military Is ordered out. The troops are compelled to fire "in self de fense." SAILORS DKSKRT TIIK TEMERARIO. New York. May 4. A Washington spe rial to the Herald says: To the bad con dition of the Tomentrio's boilers nd to n large number of desertions from her crew. Is due the failure of the Spanish vessel to attempt the destruction of the battleship Oregon.. Reliable Information has reached the authorities In Washing ton from Huenos Ayres thnt extensive re pairs will have to be made to the Te- merarios hollers before she will be able ARMORED CRUISER CRISTOBAL COLON. The Cristobal Colon ia an armored oraiser of the Carlos V type. Her bat tery oousists of two 11 inob rifles and five 8 Inch rapid fire gens. The former throw projectile of 600 pounds weight and the gnus are capable of discharg ing twelve 70 ponud shots every ruinate. She ought to prove a dangerous cut tonior In a fight. to leave the La Platta river. More than a quarter of her complement of men have deserted. SUSPECTED SPANISH SPY. Philadelphia, May 4. Tho report that a supposed Spanish spy had been captured ahoa.d the auxiliary cruiser St. Paul at' iniiia .iiim ii.mi iiif.ui nos iiiiiii uieu todav. Who the man Is, Captain Slgsbee refuses to state, and all that Is known of ; him Is that his father Is a Spaniard and thnt his mother was born on Cuban soil. The suspect enlisted some days ago as an oiler and almost from the time of his nllstmcnt was under suspicion on ac count of his peculiar notions. A thorough Investigation Is being made. RECEPTION rOR WOODFORD. New York, May 4. When General Stew art I Woodford arrive on tho La Tou- EP Cadiz the mint he will be mil at quarantine by many of hi old (omrades in U. 8. Cunt pod. O. A. Il and the Union League Hub of llr.x.klyn. n,fh of these or .iriinigdllona have united 10 welcome him. I A large rweptlon to which all th- prom inent mi'n In the city and prominent offi cials In Washington will be Invited, will , h- given In hi honor at the Union jivague club. Thf dm will not be o- iloici until General Woodford wishes are consulted. MORE MINKS ADRIFT. New York. May 4-Two more ubmar Ine mines, formerly a part of the de fenses of New York harbor, have been cut fpim their cable and are adrift. The first was at Island harh. N, J . the ec- nd came ashore at B-oglrt. N. J. This mukci the sK-ond batch of mlm-s to come ashore on the Jersey roast. Six mines have thus been found with th'lr cables cut. Those in charge of the de fenses are quoted as spying the mines were cut by men In the employ of Spiln. ESSENCE UK IIADKS SCARCE. v . . i. . .. . . .ir. i "i , jiay .. i ne i rioune says: Unless the war Is brougtit to a quick termination or Spain remove the em bargo that she has placed on sulphur as contraband f war. the manufacturers In this country will probably oon be obliged to considerably raise the price of the cheaper kinds of paper. Brimstone Is used in large quantities in the manu facture of the paper uel for newspapers and magaxlnes and a ra.'se In the price f sulphur would have the effect of rais ing the cost of production on newspapers to a very appreciable extent. The amount of brimstone In this country at present is extremely small, and there seems at on-sent no indication that the stock can be Increased. Last year H5.U7 totu came to this country from Sicily and the year before the importation was even larger. The raw substance known as brimstone comes exclusively from Sicily, most of It beJng shipped from Palermo. Besides be ing used by the manufacturers of wood pulp and paper, the maker of fertilizers ind sulphuric acid ar- also large con sumers of It. while after It has been con verted Into sulphur It plays an Import ant part 1n the manufacture of vulcan ized rtihlier. no substitute having yet been found to take the place of sulphur in the making of what Is known as hard rub ber. John C. Kercher. of the firm of Mal conison & Co., one of the largest firms of brimstone Importers In this country, w-us seen by a Tribune reporter. He said that In spite of a published report that Swiin had removed the embargo on brim stone, the answer to telegrams sent by Klu tlrn, t.i CJr.ll.. .I...B-A.I that I, Wvitfl still iook,Ni upon as contraband f war. Ihf agents In England absolutely refused to consign any brimstone here, and though some attempts had been made to have it brought in via Montreal, he thought they would fall, as the British authorities in his opinion would refuse to allow the uhlpment. A month ago the price of brimstone was about 2 per ton. Now U Is 140 and would In all probability reach a much higher figure before the end of the war. The United Slates. Mr. Kercher added, wae at present almost bare of brimstone. The price would al ready have become much higher than It Is, but for the fact that after the decla ration of war the Spaniards let several vessels carrying the commodity pass the Straits of Gibraltar without stopping them. SPANISH FORT DESTROYED. The, Cushlng Again Doing Business at tha Old Stand. New York, May 4 A dispatch to the World from Key West Bays: Tho ennhnuf Wilmlniirnn enrlv til's ornlnff ,,estroy,, sanish fort Juii, being finished nbout four miles casi of Cojlma. Tho Wilmington also tired at a itl'oon nf navnlrv it.iBdlmr TneileA Two ',.. ,I j,. k.i,.i, Tlio Ericsson on Sunday saw a largo number of Infantry passing; eastward to ward Mntanzas on the beach. The Erics son followed for three miles, but used no guns. Later they noticed another large body of Infantry going eastward and ap parently driving prisoners before them. The Ericsson aaw about & cavalry and 300 Infantry passing Jaruco beach toward Matanxas. She signalled the Wilmington naval hen which flrtd a imall gun and then a 4 Inra ghnll. Though a mil. and a half away two man could b aeen to drop, and th. caralry and Infantry daihed pIl mll Into tho buahea and up th hlM. Ther. wa a flno confualon of horse, pack mill, and cavalry and Infantry tor an Initant. The Kricaaon yeaterday dlacoveredl a force of men building a fort near Coklma on th. aecond of four or five small hills at some distance from th. shore. AH th afternoon and night the Kricaaon' men watched them at work. They mad out fifty-eight cavalrymen quartered In a plantation bouse near the fort, and the Kricaaon ran across the Wilmington and Informed Captain Todd of what she had seen. "They'll never finish It." he said. "Just watch." The Ericsson drew away and the Wil mington proceeded toward the coast. In ! than two minute the fort was a shapHeas wreck. CATHOLICS IN A FAL8K LIGHT. Cardinal G.ubons Denounce the London Mall for Its Misrepresentations. Baltimore, May 4. Catholics are Indig nant at what they call an effort on the part of the London Dally Mall to place the Catholic In this country In a false light. Cardinal Giojons said tonight: 'These statements are entirely mis-1 leading. I receive the b adlng Catholic1 paper of England, the Tablet. In which expressions from bishop and prominent clergy constantly appear. Such expre. slons show general sympathy with the United States. The Irish Catholic are almost entirely In accord with thi n- tlment, notwithstanding the statement contained In the Dally Mall as cabled to this country. Catholics In the United States have but one sentiment. What amira uatc uui tine ariiwiuc-ui. v ui- i le.er mar nave uttii iiirir uuiniuiis a i ever may have been their opinions as to. the expediency of the war, now that it Is on they are united In upholding the government." piiruous. I uia la rsiw-uiiiy ne run. m COALING AT KKY WEST. .the province of Gljon on the Bay of i Biscay, where the troops have been com- Sampson' Fleet Preparing for an Im- ; pelicd to fire on the rimers In "self de medlate and Important Move. feme." Th. latest new from Gijon Is ; that the artillery ha been ordered out. New York. May 4. A special to the ' At Talavera de la Relna one of the Jesuit Tribune from Key West says: Indication hT. point to an Important move by a part or tne nonn Atlantic nunaer umrr mn nou irmnui m squadron at an early day. Rear Admiral tlves. ARMORED CRUISER ALMIKANTE OOUENDO. The Almirante Oqnendo is an armored cruiser of about 7,000 tool dis placement She is a formidable fighting machine. Her length ia 840 feet, I b and draft 81,' feet Is protected by armor running from 18 inches down to 10,' inches in thick ness. She carries two 11 Inch, ten 5.5 inch, eight 6 pounder and eight 1 ponnder guns. Sampson's fleet has arrived to coal. They are the flagship New, York, the Indiana, Iowa. Cincinnati, Detroit and Mayflower, and the Marblehead came in with a prlxe, the Argonaut. It seems unlikely that so few vessels would have been left to maintain the blockade were it not de sired to have the strongest boat tn con dition to remain for some time away from the base of supplies. The Puritan has Been here for several days, but Is understood to be ready to salU The Am phltrlte took on coal last week, going to the Cuban coast on Saturday. It will not be necessary for the Terror to come In. as she was coaled several days ago. She was anchored near the Cuban shore and the coal was lowered from a schooner. eral expectation here that the flying Admiral Sampson has received a num- j squadron will go to sea within twenty ber of messages from Washington and four hours, or as soon as tne cruiser New his officers and men are more than anx- j Orleans arrives here. Commodore Schley lous for an opportunity to do something, ihas been notified that the cruis.r Co- There Is a belief that some of tho ships will be used In covering the landing of the army, the marines ana .he Red Cross supplies. Matanxas Is generally regarded as the most likely plnce for this, both on ac. mint of the deep harbor and because of tne distress there among the recon ccntrados. The Red Cross ship. State of Texas. Is still here, and so Is the Panther with nearly TOO marines. The Vlcksburg, which arrived Sunday, was In a tremendous storm ott Hatteras, losing a boatswain overboard. It Is re ported that the Iowa Is t.) be detached from the north Atlantic squadron to Join the flying squadron. She Is taking a deck load of coal In ad dition to the 1700 tons she carries In her bunkers. She had "00 or 800 tons when she arrived. She would hardly have come In for coal If she were to stay on block ade duty, and it seems likely, therefore, that she Is going a considerable distance. The New York and tho Indiana are also taking dcckloads of coal. It will be a simple matter to cover tho landing of troops without the aid of he battleships and the flagship. The torpedo boat dish ing has gone to Join the fleet, her ma chinery being In fine trim again. The Wlnslow has also returned to her sta tion. WESTERN TROOPS FOR MANILA. Government Now Engaging Transports at San Francisco. Washington. May 4. Telegraphic ord ers have been sent to San Francisco to engage nine steamers of tho Pacific Mall company which could transport without difficulty an army of 10,000 men. Arrange ments have also been made to send a supply of coal If Dewey should ask for It, but It is understood that there are 10,000 tons at Manila and good grounds to believe that the supply is much greater. Just back of Fort Cavlte Is a GUESSI1 dock with abundant apparatus for or dinary ship repair. Th. principal prob lem, therefore, I to send enough men w garrison th. city, and It I believed that 10,9,0 well equipped American troop will be sufficient for thl purpose. Th. pres ent plan I to take all the national guard from California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado and the far western state generally. To these troops will be added probably a regiment of reg ular Infantry and on of cavalry, and possibly the Texa Ranger or on. of th new volunteer regiment now being or ganised. Th command will probably be given to Major Onera.1 Meniam. In which case he will be made a mijnr general of volunteers. While these plans have all been mad In outline, they will be held In abeyance entirely until Dew ey's report comes, so that it may be determined what will be necersary to do to hold the Philippine wa base of uppllra for future operation In the Kast Indies. OKKOON BAILS. Buenos Ayres, via Galveston, May 4. A dispatch from Rio Jam.-lro announces that the battleship Oregon and Marietta have sailed. The dynamite cruiser Nlc theroy will follow probably this evening. INSURGENTS TO BACK DEWET. iew xorg, nay 4 -The Hong Kong eor- respondent of the World says: ' Chief Agulnaldo has arrived and h id a coherence with Consul W ll-Jman. He has Rreed to submit to Commodore Dewey' orders and he will conduct the Und force and with 2n.VQ so-called Insurgents will ' effectually back up Dewey when he train control of Manila. He has promised to act in a humane way. nnvra cirapn nr xit'Knvo : - - x v. w. . u...vw,. , : Madrid. May 4 Th. outbreaks In th. province .It Bnuruiu inning p:- .religious house has been burned. It Is asserted that these riot arise from She has a speed of 20 knot an hour and SPANISH PRISONERS DISPOSED OF. Washington. May 4. Secretary Alger has directed that the ten Spanish officers and ten private and non-commlssloned officers taken from the Spanish steamer Argonaut and now at Key West, be taken to Fort McPherson, just outside of At lanta, Ga., for confinement until they are either exchanged for any American offi cers and sailors who may be taken by th. Spaniards or until some other method for their disposition Is reached. EXPECT SAILING ORDERS. On Board the Flagship Brooklyn, off ! Fort Monroe. Va.. May 4. It is the gen- lumbta has been detached from the squad ron and that the New Orleans will take her place so far as her fighting ability Is concerned. The New Orleans la su perior to the Columbia, being more heav ily armed and without so much free-board and upper works to give as a target. The Minneapolis has not yet been officially detached and may yet be In the squadron. PRICE OF BEER GOES UP. Cincinnati. O., May 4.-The Cincinnati brewers have added 11 a barrol to the price of beer In anticipation of the gov ernment revenue tax. HAWAII TO BE ANNEXED. Washington, May 4. Representative Newiands of Nevada has introduced a Joint resolution for the annexation of Hawaii. The Royal is the highest grade baklss) powder luwwa. Actual tests show it fjoeaM Uird further too toy other broad, mm Absolutely Pure KOVAL MK1M POWMH CO., NsTW 1 i Mi