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CO 4 lw vj y - 4r 4. VOL. VIII. THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1898. NUMBER 31. PORTO RIO TO BE TAKEN TMs Island Is usl as a Bass of Sup plies for tte Spaaiards General Miles Fayors the More. THE PRESIDENT'S INTENTION A Sweeping Assault Will Soon Be Made The Island of Cnba w ill Not Be Invaded for Some Time The Cli mate of Porto Rico Said Not to Be An Unhealthy One. Washington, May 27. Many people find it almost impossible to believe that the president has consented (o abandon the reconcentrados in Cnba to their fate for some months to come, while Porto Rico and the Philippine! receive the at tention of the United Slates army, yet the report is made repeatedly and ap parently on the best of aathority that this is the case. . General Miles who has been opposed to an immediate advance npon Cnba is said to highly favor ,the invasion of Torto Rico. General Miles has crged upon the president and secretary of war, and he has been supported by General Schofield that from a strategic view it is impera live that Porto Rico be taken. He says that there the Spaniards have bmlt their biggest forts and stored their larg est supplies of food and coal, for the par pose of making that island a base of ' operations against the United States. To go ahead now and capture Cnba leaving Porto Rico in Spanish bands, woald, in General Miles' opinion, be making the enemy a present of a base of operations from which they conld continually threaten the . army in Cnba and the entire Atlantic coast -." this country. ' In Miles opinion it would require many more men and ships to condnct a war with Spain on that basis than if we go ahead and take Porto Kico now. The president, it is said by his per sonal friends, has listened with favor to Geperal Miles' argument. He has a particnlar horror of diseases that are liable to ravage the American armv if it tries to operate in Cuba during the rainy season. He has all along feared that disaster would overtake the admin istration and the Republican pa.iv " the army in Cuba should be decimatf-i by pestilence, "because he . believes .t would take a very short time for ?'' y- fever in the army to place mourn. nx npon at least one family in every to n hip in the United States. Porto Rico and the1 Philippines, on the other band, are deemed by the presi dent as comparatively healthy. In Porto Rico, according lo Gen. Milee, the deadly fevers of Cnba are unknown. The operations in Porto Rico and the Philippines, it is explained by the pres ident's friends, would occupy every man of the army that can be drilled and eqipped during the next two or three months. This would, in a sense, it is hoped, satisfy the country. In the meantime, if it does appear to satisfy the country, it is said to be the intention of the president to get every thing in shape for a grand sweeping three weeks' assault npon Cuba as soon - as the rainy season is over, taking everything in eight as fast as reached. This program will be helped by the de cision to besiege Santiago. The county around that city is about as high and healthy as Porto Rico, and a mild cam paign is expected to help the popular desire for the invasion of Cuba. HAS SCHLEY BEEN DECEIVED Washington, May 27. News of ina- portance, understood to be from Schley, was received by the navy department late tonight. Contrary to (he custom Lon went to the department at a late hour and was closeted with Assistant Secretary Allen and Lieut. Whlttleey, the cipher expert, in view of the ar rangementa made for giving to the prees any advices from Schley that Cervera' fleet was still at Santiago. His failure to make public anything about the mes sage would indicate that Cervera has escaped, hut this cannot be stated posi tively. Some dozen of projected military and naval operations was bad at the cabinet meeting today. The place of campaign w,as decided or was sketched to the cab inet officer. If Cervera has escaped initiation of the plan will be postponed and the scheme will probably be re' arranged. Meanwhile arrangements to carry out the plans are under way and won't be suspended unless definite as surances that Or vera has escaoed are received. The military and naval pro gram contemplates first the routing ou of Cervera's ships in Santiago and if possible their capture, then an invasion of Cuba by a large army. After that, or simultaneous, will be the occupation of Porto Rico. MANILA'S NEXT EXPEDITION Will Comprise Four Ocean Liners, Car rying 5000 More Troops to the Philippines. San Fkancisco, May 27. Preparations for the next expedition to Manila will b6 hastened. It can be stated on good authority that the expedition wili - sail next week. General Merritt will not go nntil all his forces have been dispatched to the islands. It is probable, however, that General Otis will sail with the next fleet, which will comprise the troop ships Zialandi, Centennial, China and the Ohio. The two last named vessels were chartered by the government today The four vessels will carry five thous and men. The China arrived this noon from Hong """eg, twenty-four hours ahead c-f Is me. It is almost certain that the Pennsyl vania and Minnesota regiments will go. Possibly tl" 1 Seventh regiment of this state wiil 'eo be sent.. In addition two regiments of regulars, the Eighteenth and Tweutv-third, now en route from New Orleans, will go with this expedi tion. The cruiser Philadelphia will in all probability carry General Merritt and bis staff to Manila. Repairs on the vessel are being rushed and it is a mat ter of onlv a few davs before she will be teady to eail, ' NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CASE A New York Lawyer and. Others Ac cused by Senor Jiminy The Dis covery an Important One. : a Key West, Mav 7. In connection with the case of Senor Jiminy, who was seized as a spy on the prize steamship Panama on Wednesday, it is said that two men on the New York and another inWasbington are to be arrested at once, One of these mtn is a lawyer, formerly in the employ of the Cuban colonial gov ernment. The others are said to be bus iness men.. -.. , These mtn are supposed to be at the head of the Spanish secret service in the United Stetes. - It is claimed that .the Washington man nas sent uauy letters 10 nia bbu ciate in New York, and that the latter cabled the contents in cipher to France li !;e finally transmitted from there to the authorities in Madrid. There are several men suspected here and they may be arrested at . any mo-, ment. It is said that one of these men paid $750 for cable message to Havana in which he asked that $10 be put to the credit of one Senorita Maria. The mes sage of course was a blind. - Whooping- Cough. v- A ' I had a little boy who was nearly dead from an attack of whooping cough. My neighbors recommended Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. I did not think that any medicine would help him, but after giving him a few doses of the remedy 1 noticed an improvement, and one bottle cured him entirely. It Is the best cough medicine I ever had in the house. P. E. Moore, South Borgettstown, Pa. For sale by Blakeley & Houghton. SQUADRON HAS VANISHED A Dispatch Boat Brings the News That Ceirera Is Not in SieM Schley at Present is Looting for Bim. PATIENCE AVAILED BUT LITTLE The Wary Commander of the Spanish Squadron Has Once More Given . ' " v the Americaos'the Slip Cervera's , Whereabouts a Mystery. Kingston, Jamaica, Aboard the Dis patch Boat. 'Premier, May 27. Schley's squadron c . -.c. -;it of Cienfuegos Tues day night. iror three days they bad watched the entrance of the harbor of Cienfuegos, with every gun. shotted and manued, almost positive that the Span iards were inside. Not until dusk Tues day, when .the Marblehead and Eagle returned from a scouting expedition, in the coarse of which they connected with the insurgents ashore, was it learned positively that the Spanish fleet was not inside. Nothing was left them then but to start out and hunt again, and this was done within an hour. A dispatch boat followed the fleet for a while; but on account of storms and the shortnees of coal nnd water, put in here. On the way she was fired on by the Scorpion. The latter, thinking it had a prize, sent a boarding party aboard. Thev said the Spanish fleet wae not at Santiago, and had not been seen, and started to rejoin Schley. . ' WHERE IS CERVERA'S FLEET Doubt Is Expressed as to the Spanish Fleet Being Bottled Dp A Mis take Has Evidently Beeq Made. Key West, May 27. Although Wash ington dispatches indicate that Ceve- ra'a fleet is bottled' up at Santiago, no information is obtained here looking to the corroboration of this-, impression. Washington is in possession of , the official news from both Sampson and Schley . later than anything that has come in here; but still' that does not carry a belief with everyone. Bulletins were received here Wednesday stating that the government officials were pos itive Tuesday night that Schley bad the Spanish fleet bard and fast in Santiago-, and yet Schley's fleet on Tuesday night was off Cienfuegos. . The torpedo boat Dopont left that night for Key West, arriving here yesterday. Sirce then no dispatch boat has come to this port from Schley's fleet, and if the government has Deen communicated with it is through other cables. - INCIDENTS OF THE NAVAL CAMPAIGN Spanish Reserve Squadron Sails I m- portant News Sent to Our Fleet in Cuban Waters. Madbid, May 28. It is officiallv an nounced that the Spanish reserve squad ron commanded by Admiral, Camara, as left Cadiz. Before going to its des tination, the 'squadron will maneuver probably for several days in the open sea, afterwards sailing tor the i'nilip- pines, Cnba or the United Mates, as the government may "judge more onor tune". The squadron is understood to be composed of 10 or 12 vessels. I Kingston, Jamaica, May 28.-1:30 A. M. United States Consul Dent has received instructions from Washington to forward to the United States fleet, if possible, certain cipher orders accom panying consular instructions. . Mr. Dent, who is, of course,' ignoraVit of the character of the orders, carried them in person to Port Maria, where it is be lieved a dispatch boat of the fleet was waiting by pre arrangement to receive the expected orders. " New York, May 28. A dispatch from Key West says .the cruiser Brooklyn landed a large quantity of war supplies at Cienfuegos on Tuesday. This is said to tfave been done after a fight in which the fort on the south side of Cienfuegos bay was badly damaged. There was also a fight between 700 insurgents and a Spanish cavalry force, the latter being defeated. t. ' " DIFFICULTY IN . GETTING NEWS Nothing Confirmatory Concerning Ce vera s Whereabouts He Has, ' All Probability, Escaped. . in New Yobk, May 28. A special re ceived from the Lagan News Bureau in explanation' of last' night's report of Cevera's escape, says : . '.'Our Kingston story of last night merely quoted one of the -Scorpion's officers as. saying he bad not located Cevera at Santiago. Schley's report to the war department late this afternoon gave no confirmation' of the fact that Jbe bad Schley bottled up in Santiago har bor." . , - Kxj West, May 28. Advices received tonight state that Cervera has eecaped, and hia whereabouts are unknown. The Associated Prese in its assertions con cerning Cervera being bottled up was unwarranted by any facts, and their re ports tonight have him eecaped. THE SITUATION AT MANILA Dewey Has Cut the Last Telegraphic Communication Between Manila and Spain. Hong Kong, Mav 281 Dispatch boat Zafaria bag just arrived, bringing Mr Williams, former United States consul at Manila, to consult with Consul Wild' man at Hong Kong, concerning the posi tion of the insurgent force. The situa tion at Manila is unchanged. Agninal- do, the insurgent leader, U-Ja his head quarters at Cavita, audi it is crowded with volunteers. He ' captured on Wednesday outside of Malila two tml lock carts of ammunition and 4000 rifles, without loss of life. The Spaniards have been using the cable line between Manila and Lloiloin connection with a swift steamer to Ii baan, British North Borneo, whence there is cable connection with Spain Dewey discovered this and cut the telr- grapb line, thus isolating Captain-General Augustl from communication with 'Spain.- The captain-general insists tlmt relief for Manila is on its way ffom Spain. The best of health prevails on Ameri can ships at Manila. New York,, May 28. A' dispatch to the Worid from Manila via Hung Kong says: The situation of the besieged inhabi tants of Manila is growing more and more desperate, owing to the .cutting off of supplies. The blockade" by Dew ey's squadron is complete, while the insurgents have surrounded the city on the land side, thus effectually closing the place in. Dewey has deferred further aggressive action at this point until tne arrival 01 the cruiser Charleston with coal and ammunition, and of the promised troops for the mill tory occupation of the islands! . 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Orders were sent last night to Major General Suhaften at Tampa, directing that from fifteen to twenty thousand soldiers wonld be embarked at once. It is known that troops wiil be landed very soon in both Santiago province and Portd Rico, but not known, which project will be carried out first. It is the intention of the government to land at least fifteen thousand troops in San tiago province at the earliest possible moment to co-opera to with Schley's squadron in dislodging the Spanish fleet and reducing the city and ' its fortifica tions. Equal eagerness is evident for the oc cupation of Porto Rico with a - sufficient force to overcome the enemy and repel any attempt at recapture. It is the feel ing in Washingtor out of official circles that an obvious, plan to land forces in Santiago is being used to cover the im mediate purpose of the administration to eend troops to Porto Rico. Nothing more definite regarding military plans will be given out. A telegram was sent , to General Lee today directing bim to proceed from Tampa to Jacksonville, where a detach ment of troops is expecting to embark, Preparations for embarking troops have been carried out so faithfully that no delay is expected in starting troops from Tampa and Jacksonville. General Miles and staff left Washing ton for the South tonight; bnt unless his orders have been changed- since Sat urday, he will not command the expedi tion to Cuba or Porto Rico in person. ADMIRAL DEWEY'S NEXT PLAN. The Caroline Islands Will be Seized-" No Doubt About the Capture of the Philippines. V ' ' Washington, May 28. The complete capture of the Philippines by the army and navy of the United States' will be followed by another important campaign in the South Pacific Caroline island?. The dependencv of Spain, it is under stood, will be seized. Scpne of Admiral Dewey's ships and possibly the admiral himself will undertake the conquest. 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