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VOL. VIII.
THE DALLES.' WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1898.
NUMBER 27.
WILL BE SENT TO
THE PHILIPPINES
REDUCED IF ;
TWOMINUTES
WAV
Spain Will Send Her Fleet to Intercept the
Oregon -Aid Will Be Sent-
Washington, May 3. The-navy department are
well satisfied now that Spain's Cape Verde fleet is on its
way to the Brazilian coast to intercept the Oregon,
Marietta and dynamite cruiser Buffalo, just purchased
from Brazil. The department will send aid- in a day or
two. Spain's evident plan is -to send her fleet out over
the course these vessels take and overhaul them.
CONTEMPLATES
A SUDDEN BLOW
Firing Heard Near Cape Race Proba
bly Caused by the Capturing of
Merchantmen..
Washington, May 5. Reports re
ceived from Madrid this afternoon an
nounced that Spain proposed to mass
her entire fleet and strike one supreme
blow at the navy of the United States.
That some scheme has been in contem
plation by the Spanish naval authorities
has been suspected for some time, and
it has been the occasion of the most
anxiety manifested by the navy depart
ment during the past week or ten days.
Thus far the bureau of naval intelli
gence, upon which devolves the duty of
securing the data concerning the fore
eign naval movements, has been nnable
to secure definite knowledge of the
movements of the principal vessels of
the Cadiz fleet. At last advices at least
two most formidable Spanish vessels
were reported to be undergoing ex ten --
eive repairs, and it ia not certain they
bave been completed, still the naval
tactical board has every reason to be
lieve that a powerful fleet is sailing
nnder the Spanish flag and is headed in
the direction of Porto Rico. Reiterated
statements to the effect that a move
ment is contemplated against the cities
ot the North Atlantic ' seaboard is not
credited by the naval board, but Secre
tary Long evidently , takes some
stock in tba story ' and this
accounts for the movement of the
Columbia and Minneapolis with sev
eral auxiliary cruisers to points along
- the New England oast. This move
ment was doe to, the secretary alone,
, aud was ordered in response to the Iran-,
tic appeals for- protection which "came
from Massachusetts : particularly, "but
also from Maine, Rhode Island and
Connecticut' to lesser 'degrees. Scouts
have been sent out quietly all over the
northern track of trans-Atlantic steam
ers, and reports received from them are
emphatic in declaring that no Spanish
warebips are anywhere between the
coast defenses and banks of New Fouud-
- iand tonight.
Dispatches from Halifax report that
heavy firing was heard in the neighbor
hood of Cape Race. Inquiry at. the
navy department developed the fact
that the San Francieco and one or two
other vessels of our navy are supposed
to be in the neighborhood, but that
; there is no Spanish man-of-war any
where in view. It is therefore concl ad-
ed that the firing was from the Ameri
can vessels. It was undoubtedly due to
an attack upon a Spanish merchantman ;
but no information ' whatever has been
received of an engagement of any char-
acter near Cape Race. V ''
It was learned officially this evening
that at least five more aoxilliary cruis
ers will be sent out with quick-firing
guns ot six-inch calibre. By tb'e end of
tbe 'weekjif Spain contemplates a grand
naval coup reports that it behoove?
her officers to place her fleets within
v gun fire of America as rapidly as possi
ble, as every day's delay adds to the
effectiveness of America's fleet. In
cluding battle ships, armored and pro
tected cruisers, torpedo boats, destroy
ers and effective steamers of the Ameri
can navy in and near the Atlantic coast
. at the present time Is upward of 125.
While the most formidable sections of
this great fleet are massed near Havana,
Key West and Hampton Roads, many
of them are stretched out along the
coaet. ' ' i
The officers in the Atlantic squadron
are just a little jealous of Dewey's fame,
and are aching to demonstrate that the
American navy is full of Deweye. .
DASHING TEXAS
CAVALRY REGIMENT
It Will be Composed of Men From AI1
Classes Who Will Die Rather Than
Give up to the Spaniards.
Washington, May 3. Assistant Sec
retary Roosevelt will leave the state
department Friday and proceed at once
to San. Antonio, Texas, where with
Colonel Wood, be will proceed to organ
ize the first regiment of rough riders. -
The general supposition throughout
the country Is that these three regiments
will be composed largely of rough front
iersmen, but if the indications seen at
Washington are to be taken for anything
there could be no more erroneus impres
sion possible.
Today, for instance, thirty young fel
lows from Yale apd Harvard, men who
have been foremost in the athletic sports
of these two institutions, came to Wash
ington, and, after passing a physicial
examination, were accepted and sent
forward to Texas. .
Every man among them expects to be
on the islands inside ot ten days, and
there is not a man in the party who will
surrender to the Spaniards while there
is breath in his body or a cartridge in
his pistol. .
POINTSOf
CONCENTRATION
Chickamaoga and Washington Bave
' Been Absolutely Decided Upon.
Washington, May 3. Cbickamauga
and Washington have been absolutely
decided upon as the volunteer army-concentration
points. At least one other
Eastern point will be chosen, probably
in New York or Pennsylvania..
Expecting that the senate would be
in session today, the war department of
ficials prepared a list of persons whose
nominations were to be sent in as major
generals and brigadier-generals. . The
list included the name of Fitzhngh Lee
as major general, and it ia believed also
those of W.' R. Shafter, commanding a
brigade at New Orleans, and J. E. Wade,
commanding regiments at Tampa, both
of whom are now brigadier generate, to
be major generals. '
A Suspicious Circumstance.
Santa Cbdz, Calif., May 3. The coro
ner has learned that two Spaniards
called at certain houses here on the day
of the fatal explosion, and inquired the
direction ot the powder works. Opera
tions at the works bave been resumed.
No one excepting employes is allowed to
pass the' gates without a pass. The
works are now guarded day and night.
Gladston Bast Easier.
London, May 3. Advices from Ha
warden today eay Gladstone is resting
distinctly easier.
Extra choice, full weight, Tillamook
creamery butter at 50 cents per square
at Maier & Ben ton's.
Five Thonsana Pacific foast Volunteers
; are Liiely to Be Sent to the Snjji
; jjort of Cpmoiore Dewey
: ' Wilflin Ten Days.
DETERMINED TO
' HOLD THE ISLANDS
Secretary Long Announces That the
Brave Commodore Will Be Promo t
ed to the Rank of Rear-Admiral ;
- Supplies to Be Sent to the Asiatic
Squadron at Once.
Washington, May 3. The cabinet
meeting today resulted in a decision to
await the report of Dewey and send him
the number of troops necessary to ' en
force control of the -Philippines. For
these purposes the Pacific coast troops
will be used, and it ia expected that at
least fiye thousand will be en' route
within ten' day 8. There does not seem
to be any doubt as to the government's
purpose to hold the islands pending a
final settlement with Spain, when they
will be used as collateral to secure pay
ment to the United States of a war in
demnity. High officials are of the opinion that
the powers will not seriously dispute our
right to make such a final disposition of
the lBlands as suits our purpose in the
enforcement of war- 'claims against
Spain. In any event, this government
will be prepared to contest any point
raised on this score. '
Secretary Long says Dewey will be
made acting admiral and afterward nom
inated rear admiral. Deficiency esti
mates to the amount of $10,000,000 for
the purchase of supplies for the Asiatic
squadron have been prepared for sub
mission to congress.
. A dispatch, has been received from
New York saying that a Wall street
news agency published . under date of
Hong Kong a dispatch declaring that
Manilla had. fallen, and that the Btars
and stripes wave oyer the Philippines.
No official confirmation of this report
has reached the government, nor has
any news whatever been received from
Dewey, due probably to the fact that
the Manila cable has in some way been
severed.. ' -
FIRED ON A:
TORPEDO-BOAT
Fire Was Returned by the New York
and the Spaniards Flee.
Kbt West, May 3, A regiment of
cavalry which has been patrolling the
Cuban coast for five miles west of Ha
vana, fired on a tor pod o-boat which was
steaming along close to the shore, yes
terday. The horsemen were close to the
waters edge but the shots went wide of
the mark. The Spanish kept peppering
away. - A ' few volleys . from the New
York from her 4-inch guns were fired
and two shots took effect. . The Spanish
fled preclpitatediy leaving a large num
ber of dead and wounded behind them.
PAVKCEFOTB TO KB KECALLED.
Sir Thoinan Sanderson to Succeed Him
as British Ambassador.
t London, May 3. According to a re
port published here today, the British
ambassador, at Washington, Sir Julian
Panncefote, ia to be succeeded by Sir
Thomas H. Sanderson, K. C. B., K. C.
M. G., permanent under-e cretary of
state for the foreign affairs and one of
the most prominent officials in the
British service.
Officers on the Passes.
Washington, May 3. Secretary Gage
has been officially informed that the
Canadian government bas established
officers on the passes leading from Dyea
and Skaway, where mininj licenses may
be obtained.
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rough skin. . ; : '.
Gnntet MinEton Destroys a' Soanish
: Fort f Wen' Has Jnst Been
Bnilt Near Cojiko. . :
RUIN WAS COMPLETE
A Body of Spanish Troops Scattered
and Demoralized by the Same Ves
sel Near Jaruco Beach.
New Yobk, May 4. A dispatch to the
World from Key West says :
The gunboat Wilmington early this
morning deetroyed a Spanish . fort just
being finished about four miles east of
Cojiraa. The Wilimington also fired kt a
troop of cavalry passing Jaruco. Two
men were seen to drop on the beach.
The Ericsson on Sunday saw a largx
body of infantry passing eastward toward
Mantanzas on the beach. . The Ericsson
followed them for miles, but need ho
guns. Later they noticed another large
body of infantry going eastward and
apparently driving pneoners before it.
The Ericsson also saw about 200 cavalry
and 300 infantry passing Jsrnco beach
toward Matanzas. ' She signaled ' the
Wilmington, which fired a small gun
and then a four-inch shell. Though a
mile and a half away, two men -could be
seen to drop, and the cavalry and infan
try dashed pell-mell into the bushes and
up the hill. There was a fine confusion
of hqrses, pack mnles and cavalry and
infantry foran instant. .; .
The Ericsson yesterday discovered a
force of men building a fort near Cojima,
on the second of four or five small bills at
some distance from the shore. All the af
ternoon and night the Ericeson's men
watched them at work. They made out
58 cavalrymen quartered in a plantation
house near the fort, and the Ericsson
ran across the Wilmington and informed
Captain Tood of that bad been Been.
"They'll never finish it," he said.
"Jnst watch."
The Ericsson drew away and the Wil
mington leisurely proceeded toward the
coast. In lees than two - minutes the
fort was a shapeless Wreck.
A PLUCKY .
CALIFORNIA WOMAN
LShe Puts Two Shaniaids to Flight With
a Monkey Wrench---They Attempt
, ed to Haul Down the Ameriean
,;. Flag Over Her House.
Los Angeles, May 4. Two husky
Spaniards attempted to html down the
American flag over the residence of
W. . H. . Wilcox,- 825, Golden Avenue,
choosing an hour when they would have
only a woman to deal with. Thewoman
tbey encountered had good fightin
blood, as well as courage, not to speak of
a monkey wrench. Mrs. . Wilcox was
alone in the" house, and there was no
help within call, but ehe resolved not to
surrender her- colors, and shut the door
in the 'face of a patriot of Spain, who
amnsed himself banging it. When she
opened it again he was threatening and
very angry. In her hand she held a
tiiiy nickel-plated bicycle wrench, which
she pointed at him like a revolver and
told him to be off. He went away
growling.. She. watched. him go down
the street until he was joined by an
other Spaniard. The two had a confer-
Pence and then attempted a flank move
ment. The second don sneaked around
the side of the house,' whiie the first
marched boldly up to the door. Before
be reached it the plucky woman opened
it suddenly and, with s wild yell, poked
her shining weapon right' under his
nose. Like Mark Twain's coyote, there
was only a crack on the landscape to .in
dicate which direction the Spaniards'
flying footsteps had taken. .
Mrs. Wilcox ' has re-inforced her
monkey wrench with auxiliary battery
consisting of a six abooter, and ia pre
pared to defend her colors against all
comera. '
Fifty American Sailors and Marines Killed
1 and One Hundred Wounded.'
San Francisco, May 4. Reports from the Mare
Island navy yard tonight, from . a trustworthy source,
say that Admiral Kirkland received today a cipher mes
sage from the navy department saying that Commodore
Dewey sent a brief cable message from Hong Kong giv
ing the losses in the Manila fight at fifty Americans
killed and one hundred wounded. The report also said
that the Concord and Petrel were badly damaged in the
fight, particularly in the upper works.
n Dewey asked for a hospital ship and a force of 2,000
men,- with supplies for three months, to be sent to the
Philipines as soon as possible. .
PORTLAND'S
NEW POSTMASTER
The President Nominates Croasman to
'Succeed Protzman.
' Portland, May 4. The president has
nominated Allen. B. Croasman to be
postmaster at thia place.
News of Mr,.. Croasman's nomination
does not come as a surprise to people of
Pdrland. It has been generally conced
ed for some time past by well-informed
pereon's that he wonld secure this rich
plum, as the Oregon delegation in con
gress was known to be favorably die
posed toward him.
Mr. Croasman is about 50 years of age,
and has been a resident of Oregon for
thirtyrfour years. The new postmaster
is a sound-money Republican, and his
candidacy was indorsed by over 200 of
Portland's leading business men. He
expects tov be .ready to assume hia du
ties as postmaster about June 1st.
TWO COASTERS
REPORTED MISSING
The Alton and Forest Queen are Over
due and Supposed to be Lost
i. San Francisco, May 4. Two coasting
vessels are missing and it is eared both
have gone down : with all hands. No
tidings of the Alton, which left the
Sound two weeks ago for Copper river,
has been received. The . Forest Queen
from Tacoma is overdue at San Pedro. '
MURDERER
CAPTURED
The Assassin of Hendrickson and Burns
Captured by Canadian Police.
Seattle, Wash., May 4. The Cana?
dian police bave arretted Clews, who
confesped to the murder of Hendrickson
and Burno-on the Stickeen river last
ApriK Two pocket books belonging to
tbe muidered men were found on Clews,
who will probably be lynched, as feeling
against' him Is ftrong at Telegraph
Creek, where CI ws. was brought after
his capture. .', - , "
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Garland's,
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CAMP WILL BE
AT SAN FRANCISCO
Orders Have ' Been Received to Select
Suitable Grounds for the Encamp
ment of Six Thousand Men.
San Fbanci8co, May 5. Orders were
received yesterday from General Mer
riam, commanding the departments ot
California and the Columbia, instruct
ing Colonel Morris, commanding the
post at the Presidio, to select a location
fortbeencimpment of 6003 volunteer
troops, from the states of Washington,
Oregon and California. About 500 men,
it is said, can be - cared for on Angel
island. It ia the opinion of Colonel.
Morris that some of the men manning;
the batteries of heavy artillery hero will
be sent to Manila to man the light .bat
teries, and that their places will be
6 1 led from among the California volun
teers recently enlisted and about to be
mustered into tbe service of the United
States. - '
THE STATEMENT ,
IS AUTHORIZED
War Department Authorizes the State
ment that Volunteers From the
Western States Will Be Sent to.
the Philippines.
Washington, May 6. The war de
partment lat- last ' evening authorized
the statement that the volunteers from
the militia oreanizdiians of California,
Oregon and other iates west of the
Rockies will form the main body or the
military fonw which ia to t-e gent to the
Philippines. .
, .Pensions Oranted. '
Washington, May 5. The following
pen8ion8haveleen garnted! . Original
John J. Paddock, The Dalles.$6 ; Robert
son S. Allen, Newbridge, $6; Antoa
Abigton, soldiers home, Douz)ai$l2.
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