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VOL. X.
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, ' AUGUST 12, 1898.
NO. 12.
LATER NEWS.
RELEASE DEMANDED. ...
BISMARCK'S BIG BLAZE.
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Happenings Both at Home
and Abroad. !
A WEEK'S 1 NEWS CONDENSED
Interesting Collection of Items From
Many Places Culled From tho Press
Uepprts of the Current Week.
The govornment will make an im
mediate attempt to raise the Cristobal
Colon.
The Italian government intends to
propose the construction of six armored
cruisers.
The transports Arizona and Soandia
will, when they reach Manila, be con
verted into floating hospitals.
President McKinley has decided to
assert our rights in the Pacific by es
tablishing a coaling station a,t Samoa.
The next troops for Manila may go
by way of the Suez cunal. A scarcity
of tarnsports on the Pacific coast is
the cause. . ,
Aguinaldo lias sent-, a message to
Consul-General Wildnmn, saying the
United States should declare its inten
tions before asking the insurgents to
state theirs.
General Shafter has received orders
to move his entire army North. This
will apply not only to the sick, but to
the well, as it is thought that the hard
ships through which the men have gone
must have taxed the vitality of even
the strongest. i; , ;-..? ,
Well-founded mmorn are in circula
tion that a concerted Attempt will be
made next month by a fleet of Cana
dian sealers to raid the jrookeries on. the
islands of; .St. Paul ami St. George.
There is but one government vessel, the
.' gunboat Wheeling, to guard Behring
sea against pelagio sealers. .
There is great uneasiness onal' sides
says a London dispatch, in regard to
. the Chinese situation, which is re
garded as bringing an open confliot be
tween Great Britain and Russia within
measurable distance, and it is univers
ally felt that the Marquis of Salisbury,
in yielding to Russian aggressiveness, ia
responsible for a dangerous complica
tion which can only be overcome by a
prompt and most:, firm intimation that
Russia's open opposition 1 to British
commercial concessions must cease.
In this connection a story is current
that the Princess of Wales' hurried de
parture from England was in response
to a dispatch from her sister, the dow
ager empress of Russia, bearing upon
- Anglo-Russian relations.. It is well
known that the dowager empress is
strenuously working to conclude a de
finite nndeistanding regarding Anglo
Russian interests in the Far ': East,
and it is said that great importance
'attaches to the . meeting of the sistora
: at Copenhagen. . V . . .
' On Wednesday Generaf Brooke land
ed 8. 000 men at Arroyo, 00 miles cast
of Ponce, Porto Rica From there he
can strike the military road leading
to San Juana to Cayey.beyoDd Aibonito.
This will compel the Spanish com
mander, Genoral Otega, to abandon bis
stronghold, or be caught between two
fires.
Mayor Van Wyck of New York,
made a record as a beach hero. ' He
; rescued three young women from death
in the waves at Freeport, L. 1. One
had gone beyond her depth, and the
others, in attempting hot rescue, also
went down, when tho majSir dashed
in and brought all thieo ashore uncon-,
ecious. . '. .-'
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt lias sent
an urgent appeal to General Shafter
to reomve our troops from the fever
districts of Cuba. He says: "To
keep us here, in the opinion of every
officer commanding a division qt brig
ado, will simply involve the destruc
tion of thousands. There is no possible
reason for not shipping praotioally the
' entire command North at once."
A cablegram to the Boston Journal
from Ponoe,' Porto Rico, says. A tre
mendous sensation has ocourred in the
Sixth Massachusetts. The friction he
. tween the line officers and the ofnoers
of the brigade, which has been grow
ing ever since the command left Cuba,
reached a climax Monday, when" Col
onel Woodward, Lieutenant-Colonel
Chafln, Major Taylor, . -' Chaplain
Dousseault and Captain Goodoll,, com
pany K, resigned their commissions.
Aspecial to the Tribune from Wash
ington dated Wednesday says: Spain
has practically, agreed to the terms of
peace without asking for their material
modification. The hour spent by Am-
' bassailor Cambon at the White House
this afternoon not only ' lemoved all
doubt on . this point, but sufficiently
indicated' that a formal conclusion ot
the negotiations would be secured more
promptly than had been expectod by
even the mast sanguine. The charac
ter of 't?i inquiries regarding oertain
details MjjoiiBtrated that Spain in all
sincerity :s ready to end the war, the
soonet'.thfbetter, but apparently could
not resist temporizing for a few days
for the sake of avoiding an appearance
of too great proolpitancy . in surrender
ing, and at the same time taking
: advantage of the opportunity to gain a
few trivial concessions which, would
be popular with Spaniards generally.
A dispacth from Santiago to Adju
tant-General Corbin says the Lycan e
has been loaded with the Spanish sick.
It carried 1,000 and loft Wednesday
morning. " . ,
The United States has magnani
mously offered to parole the 1,800 Span
ish naval prisoners taken at the de
struction of Admiral Corveia'H fleet,
whenever Spain is ready to repatriate
them. '
Had' a rescue boat been sent out,
many of the victims of the La Bour
gogne might have been saved. There is
ample . evidence that some of them
clung to' wreckage for three or four
days before they perished.
Senator ' Morgan, of the Hawaiian
commission, is quoted by the San
Francisco Call as saying that ex-President
Dolo will be the first governor of
Hawaii, and not Minister Sewall, as re
cently 1 reported. , The senator added
that lie had the best of reasons for be
lieving that Admiral Miller was carry
ing Dole's commission to the island. .
Vessels arriving at Sa Francisco
from Oregon ad Pugot sound ports have
reported sighting a dangerous derelict
in the path of navigation. It has been
surmised to be the wreck of either the
June Grey, Nomad or Forest Queen, all
of which are misHing, and are possibly
adrift on the ocean, Captin Turner,
of. the Iroquis, has received orders to
proceed to Mare Island, procure a sup
ply of explosives, and go in search of
the derelict that is a menace to navi
gation.' He is either to tow it into
port or blow it up.
General Miles' i invasion of Porto
Rico is progressing in an entirely satis
factory manner, and the Americans are
gaining ground daily His plan is to
have the troops march ' on San Juan
from four different directions. When
Schwan and Henry form a junction at
Arooibo there will be a formidable army
leady to march on San Juan. The for
age for horses is superb. Miles is giv
ing his personal atention to tho man
agement of the details of the campaign.
He intends to press " forward to San
Juan, regardless of peace negotiations
until Washington orders hostilities to
cease. '
Chaplain Mclntyre, of the battloship
Oregon, makes a severe arraignment of
Admiral Sampson and "Fighting Bob"
Eavns in connection with the naval
battle at Santiago. He said: "Samp
son reported himself within four miles
of the Cristobal Colon whon she pulled
down her flags. He did not get a shore
of Jth'e prize money, for tho ship must
be within four miles to share in the
money. Sampson will therefore get
110,000 of the prizo money, while Cap
tain Clark, who fought with the Oregon
as never a man fought with a ship be
fore, will get only $500,-and you who
have had just exactly as inuoh to do
with the battle as Sampson will not
get a cent."
-The total collections of war tax in
the Northwest district for the first
month (July) amounted to nearly $200,-
000. -'.-''
Owing to a scarcity of . transports
most of the troops at San Farncisco
may have to remain thore for some
time yet.' -; .'.; ',:.
Passengers . report conditions at St.
Michaels as extremely precarious.
Thousands of people are stranded and
relief muBt be sent by the government.
Three' were killed and a number of
mail clerks severely injured at Canton,
Junction, Mass., Monday, by the ex
press mail special, from New York to
Boston, jumping the track. :
The Hawaiian commissioners, Sena
tors Cullora and Morgan and Repre
sentative Hitt, have, arrived in San
Francisco and will take passage for
Honolulu on the Mariposa. ,,,
Ex-Mayor Sutro, of San Francsico,
died Monday. He was the largest in
dividual property owner in the bay
city. .4 He superintended the construc
tion of the Sut.io canal at Virginia
City, Nev. :
Work has begun on the fortifications
at Point Wilson, Wash. These fortifi
cations will be constructed by the gov
ernment direct, and not by contraot as
is the case with works on Admiralty
head' and Marrowstone point.' About
200 men will be employed and the work'
will be pushed ahead as speedily as
circumstances will permit.
'- Cannerymen at ; Astoria have been
offoring ' five cents for salmon. The
run of., fish continues light and indica
tions are that the pack will be at least
110,000 cases short of that of last year.
Tli is is due in a great measure to the
fact that nearly every fisherman on the
river has Bold fish to the cold storage
companies as they have paid half a cent
more than the packers.
A Washington special to the nerald
says: In connection with the probable
selection of Secretary Day as one of the
peace commissioners, It is stated that
he will at an early date retire from tho
office of seoietary of state, and, after
concluding his labors as a member of
the commission, resume the ' practice
of law at Canton. Although this is the
first publio announcement that Day in
tends to retire from publio life, it has
long been known to his intimate friends
that whon he accepted the portfolio he
did so with the .understanding thai; he
would resign immediately after peace
was restored . bewteen Spain and the
United Stata. ... i
Bloody Engagement at
Manila. .
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SPANISH LOSSES WERE HEAVY
l&epulsed After Hard Fighting Forces
of the Enemy Numbered Over Three
Thousand Rebels Remained Neutral
'' Fightiujc Lasted Four Hours.
London, Aug. 10. A dispatch from
Hong Kong says:
The German steamer Petaroh left
Manila August 6 and has arrived here.
She reports that the Spanish soldiers
at Manila attacked the American camp
on the night of July 81. ;
The Spanish forces wero over 8,000
strong. : They ohargod the American
line several times. The Are of the
Americans broke the Spanish center,'
and they retreated. Later, they made
a second charge, but shortly - retreated
to the bushes, keeping up an incessant
fire.
Eleven Americans were killed, and
87 wounded. Spanish losses are re
ported to be heavy. "
During the fighting the rebels re
mained neutral. . ' ', f
Another Account.
San Francisco, Aug. 10. A special to
the Call, from Cavite, Aug. 0, via
Hong Kong, says:.
The American . foroes engaged the
enemy before Malate on last Sunday
nik'lit, and compelled them to retreat
with heavy losses. ' .
Onr troops lost 13 killed and 47
woun led. j
It has been imposible to ascertain
the exact losses of the Spanish.
The fighting lasted four hours.
The Americans engaged were part of
the Tenth Pennsylvania, First Cali
fornia and the Third regular artillery.
THE TtlKEB
gECBBTAnx OF STATE DAT.
The Snanish led in the attack, at
tempting to dislodge, our troops by a
flanking movement, from a strong posi
tion thev have been holdins near the
enemy's lines, " The position : is still
held by our troops.
Monterey and Transports.
San Francisco, Aug. 10. Aspecial
to the Call, from Cavite, dated Aug.
6, says: The three transports whioh
sailed from San Francisco with Gen
eral Merritt, but which were delayed
at Honolulu arrived today. The rnon;
itor Monterey also arrived. ,
Spanish .Loss Heavy.
San Francisco, Aug." 10. A special
to the Examiner dated ' Manila, July
81, via Hong Kong" says: A
heavy engagement took place tonight
between the American and Spanish
forces at Malate. The Spanish made
an attack, attempting to turn our right.
After an hours' fighting they were re
pulsed. The troops engaged were:
First battalion, California volun
teers; Tenth Pennsylvania; first bat
talion, Third artillery, regulars, and
battery A, Utah. -
Our loss ' was nine killed and 44
wounded. The Spanish loss was up
ward of 200 killed and 800 wounded.
Our voluntoers made a glorious de
fense against upward of 8,000 of an
atttackng force. . The battle raged for
three hours.
Distressing; Fatality.
Lisbon, Aug. 10. During the depart
ure of Dr. Campos Salles, president of
Brazil, by the trans-Atlantio liner
Thames for America (probably Buonos
Ay res) today two steamers that were
carrying friends to bid him farewell
came into oollission, swamping two
small boats. . It is feared that no fewor
then 30 persons were drowned,.
French. ( . Rteamer Olinde Rodriguez
Wanted by Owners.
Paris, Aug. ; l'O.-'-Thfl ' Temps today
says: "Fresh and ' energetic instruc
tions have been sent to M. Cambon, the
French ambassador at Washington, to
secure the releaso of the French steam
er Olinde'. Rodriguez. The minister
for foreign affairs for a week past has
pointed out to the United States' that
her detention is arbitrary and illegal,
and laid stress on the fact that she has
diplomaticmail bags on board."
The Olinde Rodriguez was captured
by the New Olreans on July 17 off San
Juan de Porto Rico, and was taken as a
prize into Charleston, S. C. The Com
paigne General Transatlantiquehas do
clined America's offer . to release the
steamer pending a legal decision. 1
. " Temps Has Hopes
Paris, Aug. 10. The Temps says it
is to be hoped the noble resignation of
OKU. IKONARD WOOU.
Military Onrwnor of SmiMnjro.
Spain will touch (the heart of President
McKinley,- and that he will consider it
honorable to show-that if the United
States is strong, it is great; and mag
nanimous enough, to spare', the-vanquished
enemy, not toabusp.the vic
tory, and to desire by the generosity of
its acts to make the treaty -with the
people they have learned to respect on
the battle-field a " veritable ' pact 1 of
MEN WHO FIRST DISCUSSED PEACB.
PTiBSIDENT M'KINLKT,
friendship.' ' It is certain, the Temps
adds; tnat Spain will be rewarded for
her wisdom. , Freed from the Cuban
incubus, she will regain ' energy and
vitality and maroh with joyful steps to
ward a talm and prosperous future.
" Wanderer in Trouble.' '
Tampa, FlaM Aug. '10. After an ex
citing trip to the coast of Cuba, the
Wanderer has returned here to get into
trouble. She oame in early this morn
ing, and a large number, of Cubans
. LixcT. cor,. 3. p. Doasr. j : t s
He carried Shifter's demand for surrender at
BaniRo to the Spanish lines. . . ; ,
landed before she had settled her an
chor. It was fonnd that she did not
have a clean bill of ' health ' from the
quarantine station, and rio one else was
allowed to land by the collector of cus
toms. '-'-' ' -rZ ''?'":' r''
(Secretary Alger says there is no foun
dation for the repoit - that the Cubans
havj been cut off fiOm rations.
North Dakota Metropolis Almost le-
stroyed by Fire.
Bismark, N. D.; Aug. 10. Fire de
stroyed the best portion of the city ol
Bismark, this, evening, licking uphun
dieds of thousands of dollars' worth of
property. ' The flames originated in
the agent's office of the Northern Pa-
cifio depot.. . Almost before they were
discovered, tho ontiro building and tht
immense warehouse of the company
were in flames. Oils and powder con
tributed fuel, and before the flames
could be' checked, they had spread to
the Tribune office,. Hare's hardware
store and an entire row of buildings.
The flames then leaped the street to
the magnificent First National bank
building, wiiich melted away in a few
minutes. The Central block followed,
and the flames spread rapidly to the
postofflce, sweeping "over the entire
block, and carrying down the post
office, Merchants' bank ; block, Griffin
block and all the intermediate frame
and brick structures. Fire then spread
across and dovourod Kupitz's store and
Hie; greater part of the block. The
flames also spread north and into a resi
dence block and completely destroyed it.
Firemen were powerless to check the
inroads of the fire, which spread to
scores of buildings, licking thorn up as
so much waste paper. " : ';,''," !
' The origin of the' fire is unknown,
as no one was in the freight office when
it started. It is impossible to estimate
the loss tonight. .All wires are burned,
the Western Union office being one of
the first to go. The railroad office was
also destroyed. A temporary cut-in
was made to handle imperative busi
ness. ' '"';' '"it: ' ' . ''.'""
TERMS OF PEACE.
ftpaln Accepts All the Amevican Condi-
':", -tloiis of Peace.
! Madrid, Aug. 9. The cabinet coun
cil terminated 'after having completed
aiid approved the reply to the United
States,' which,' it is , said, accepts the
Ameriacn conditions. The government
is fully 'convinced that -the note will be
satisfactory to. the Washington govern
ment, and tlmf. a suspnnsiou of hostili
ties will be it immediate consequence.
"' Seiior Sagasfa, the premier, at poorl
concluded his conference with the queen
AMBASSADOR CAMBON OF FBANCB.
regent. Her majesty approves the gon
eral lines of the reply of - Spain to
America's peace terms, which Senor
Sagasta explained to her.
From a well-informed source it is
learned that while the answer does not
discuss the four bases which tho United
States . makes an essentia) preliminary
to peace and which Spain accepts with
out reservation, it points out that in
order to avoid the definitive negotia
tions being in any way complicated by
incidents of the war, it is expedient to
agree beforehand to suspension of hos
tilities. ',"'. ' ., ," . r - '.. , ', .-.;;
i It is reported that Duke Almodbvar
de Rio, f-he minister of foreign affairs,
and Mgr. Merry del Val, Spanish am
bassador to the Vatican, will be select
ed to represent Spain in the neegotia
tions. ; , : - ' ""'
The newspapers make no comments
on the situation, owing to the strictness
of the censorship.
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WANTED THEIR PAY.
Colored Troops Object to Going to the
J'1 Front Without Money.
Springfield, 111. Aug. 10. The
Eighth Illinois (colored) left for New
York today, en route for Santiago.
Considerable excitement was caused
by tho mutiny of one of the companies
of' the last battalion boeause they had
not been paid. Their payrolls wore
improperly made out. Thoiewas much
dissatisfaction expressed, and the men
of company L yelled: ' '
"We won't go unless we get our
pay.'.''' ; !.''"': ,'":.;' ';: '.. ?
: "That's so, boys!" cried out Captain
Lane, their commander, ,,.,-., s
"".Major Donison approached each man
in . the camp and demanded, to know
whether ; lie would go i. to the train or
not,, saying if he did not intend to go,
he must step out of the ranks. .
i is ran
Lieutenant Brauners
reuther at Guam.
FEARED SPANISH TREACHERY
By Prompt Action He Prevented Any
Underhanded Work on the Purt of
'the Governor Spanish Prisoners
. Protested and Pleaded. . .
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Wheeling, W. Va., Aug. 9. The first
letails at first hands of the Ladrone
islands reached Wheeling, today in' a
letter to Hon. Augustus Pollack, from
the naval officer who figured iD the
loading role of the exploit, Lieutenant
William Braunersreuther, executive
officer of the cruisor Charleston, The'
letter follows: ' . . ' , . i
"United States Cruisers Charleston,
at sea and 1,000 miles from: Manila
June 24. We have just carried out
our orders to capture the Spanish au
thorities at the capital of the Ladrone
islands, Agana. 1 was seleoted by the
oaptuin to undertake this job and given
80 men to land, with as a starter. 'I
wont ashore to. have a talk with the
governor about affairs, and the result
was that I did not loBe even a single
man. The matter was all settled in
one day, and we are currying with us
54 soldiers (Spanish) and six officers.
"I had the whole matter to handle !
and did it np quiokly. The captain's
instructions were to await a half 1 hour;
for an answer to his ultimatum, then
use my troops. I waited, and , in just
29 . minutes the governor handed me
his sealed reply, addressed to the cap
tain of my ship out in the harbor, abuot
four or. five miles off. I knew this
was sealed with the sole object of gain
ing time, and hence I' broke the eeal,
read the contents, the governor protest
ing and saying that was a letter for my
captain., I replied:. t ; ; . ;
- " 'I represent . him here. You are
now my prisoners, senoi's,; and will
have to come on board' ship witlrmel'
"They protested and pleaded, and
finally the governor guid: " ' : ! - , . ' . (
. ."; 'Xou came on shore to talk over
matters and you make us prisoners in
stead.' " ""! """'-' ' '!.'' ''
i, "I replied: 'I came pn nhore , to
nand you a letter' and get your reply.
In this renlv. now in mv hands, vou
agree to surrender all under your jurisdiction.-
' If this means anything at all,
it means that you will accede to any
demand I may deem- proper to make.
You will at once write an order to your
military man at Agana, the capital
(this place was five miles distant), di
recting him to deliver . here at this ,
place at 4 P. M. (it was then , 10:80 A.
M. June 21), all arms and ammunition
and all Spanish flags on the island.
Each soldior is to bring his own rifle
and ammunition, and all the soldiors,
native and Spanish, with their officers,
must witness this.'- , : ,' . ;
: "They protested and demuned, say
ing there was not enough to do it; but
I said: ! 'Sonors, it must be done.'
. "The letter was written, read by mo
and sent. I took all . the officers on
board with me in a boaty and at 4 P.
M. went ashore again and rounded in
the whole outfit. I was three miles
away from my . troops, and had only
four men with me. At 4 P. M., when
I disarmed 108 men and two officers, I
had 48 men and three officers with me.
The keynote to the whole' business was
my breaking the seal of that letter and
acting at once. They had no time to
delay or prepare any treacherous tricks,
and I got the drop on the whole outfit,
as they say out West. ' r '" '
' 'The native troops I released and
allowed ' to feturn to their homes un-.
restricted. They manifested great joy
in being relieved from Spanish rule. ,
While it was harsh, it was war, and in
connection with the Spanish treachery, 1
it was all that could be done. Twenty
four hours yes, I believe even four
hours with a leadership of the gov
ernor, who was a lieutenant-colonel in
the Spanish army, would have given
them a chance to hide along the road at
Agana and at intervals in the dense
tropical foliage tl'y could have almost
annihilated any force we could land.
The approaches to the landing, over
shallow coral reefs, would have made
a landing without a terrible loss of life
almost an impossibility. ''
"We have increased by conquest the
population of the United States by
nearly 12,000 people.' The capital has
a" population of 6,000 people.; This
harbor in which we are is beautiful,
easy of access, plenty . of , deep wuter,
admitting of th presence of a large
number of vessels at the same time, and
is an ideal - place for a coaling station.
If our government decides to hold the
Philippines, it would then come in so
well; San Francisco to Honolulu, 3,100
miles; Honolulu to the island of .Guam,
8,800, and thence to,', Manila, .1,600
miles.' With a. chain of .supply sta
tions like this, we could send troops the
wIhiIa vnnr around if neoessarv. and
any vessel with a steaming capacity ot
8500 miles could reach base of supplies,