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VOL. VIII.
The Entire Attention of the War Deparment
Will Be Turned to Porto Rico.
WASHINGTON, June 14. With the first expedition
actually out of the country, the authorities here have quick
ly turned their attention to another expedition even more
important than this initial one.. It is expected - that plans
for embarking a second invading force will be matured at
once, and that as a result another expedition will leave from
an Atlantic coast point within
for Porto Rico. There are about fifteen transports available,
and the list will be increased as rapidlv as possible. Some
of these may be used for the
hand and to be secured will readily- accommodate a force of
10,000 men.
Recent reports from Porto
Spanish forces there do not exceed four or five thousand
men, so that it may- be deemed necessary to send a large
army of occupation. Such as it is, however, it will have an
important mission to perform, and with this force pursuing
an aggressive campaign in Porto Rico, and Shafter's 15,000
men on Cuban soil, an abundance of stirring action as as
sured from this week forward.
SEGOJID EXPEDITIOn
EPfS FOB jnfllULfl
Work of Loading Thirty-five Hundred Soldiers
and Their Equipments on Transports at
San Francisco Began Today,
SAN FRANCISCO, June 14. Thirty-five hundred
soldiers left Camp Merritt this morning and marched to the
transport steamers which are to take them to the Philippines.
The camp presented an exceedingly busy' .scene, but there
was an air of orderly excitement over the whole. The men
who have been waiting so long for the order to embark were
delighted at the chance .to prepare for the voyage and pros
pects of going to the front. One by one the different com
panies took their departure, and .it was nearly noon, when
the last soldiers left. ,
The steamers China and Colon are lying at the Mail
dock and the men ordered to these vessels marched down
Third street to Brannan and thence to their respective ships.
, Those who boarded the China were:
.The First Colorado volunteers, two Utah batteries of light
artillery, and half of the Eighteenth regular infantry.
Those on board to Colon are the Twenty-third regiment
of infantry, and a part of the Eighteenth. . '
At the Pacific-street wharf, where the Zelandia and
Senator are lying, the Tenth regiment of Pennsylvania vol
unteers, and the First Nebraska are waiting for orders to
go on boards -It is generally expected that the fleet will sail
tomorrow. -
TWO DISASTERS IN
Schooner Alton Probably Lost With All
on Board.
Victoria, B. C; Jane 14. Captain
Pierson, of the echooner Hustler, which
arrived here from Cook's inlet this
morning, states that the schooner Alton,
which sailed from Tacoma recently for
the North, carrying a crew of six men,
is believed to have been lost daring the
severe gale which occurred on Mar 27.
the next ten days, this time
latter expedition but those on
Kico have indicated that the
ALASKAN WATERS
Moran's Sternwheelers Come to Grief
in Queen Charlotte" Sound.
. , Victoria, B. C, June 14. The cap
tain of the steamer Lapwing, which has
just returned from Alert bay, reports
that riine stern-wheel steamers of the
Moran fleet of eleven were seriously
damaged while attempting to cross
Queen Charlotte Bound. The injured
vessels put in at Port Alexander, where
tney win oe repaired. . j
THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1898.
CRISIS IS NEAR
IN CHINA
The Decrepit Imperial Government Is
Menaced From Within and With
out Councils Conflict
Shanghai, May 20. (Correspondence
of the Associated Prees.) These are
trying times in China. The imperial
government is passing through a crisis.
The intrigues and cross-intrigues of the
court, the general and constant friction
between the Manchurian and the Chi
nese imperial councils are complicating
matters. Prince Kung, the imperial
adviser, is at the point of death." It can
be stated upon the highest authority
that at his death a reorganization of the
council of state will be made.
The famous viceroy, Cbang Chi Tung,
is now in Shanghai. He will shortly, go
to Peking, at the request of the emper
or. It is presumed that at the death of
Prince Kung, Viceroy Chang will be
made one ot the immediate councilors
of the emperor. Though Chang Chi
Tun is an elderly man, he ranks with
Li Hung Chang in progressive ideas. It
will be a new era for .China if Viceroy
Chang does enter on the duties of the
council chamber, for then he and Li
Hung Chang will be able to outvote the
third member, who is an ultra conserva
tive. There is, however, one condition
to note; personally Li and Cbang have
been enemies. The world will probably
have a fine chance to learn whether
these two great leaders in western ideas
in China will sink out of sight their per
sonal differences and work together for
the reformation and consolidation of the
empire.
The emperor is fully aliveto the crisis
on. In an imperial proclamation now
being sent to the various governors, he
frankly bemoans "the present gteat
troubles of the empire," and summons
bis subjects to invest in the bonds of
the new national loan in order that he
may be relieved from financial care in
the midst of these international compli
cations. '
On May 5th the extraordinary an
nouncement was made that Prince Cung
who was previously reported to have
expired on May 2d,' was Btill alive. It
was said that the prince had lapsed into
unconsciousness and that the Chinese
doctors in attendance bad mistakenly
pronounced him dead. It was added
that the prince had since awakened, but
his condition was critical.
FIERCE FIGHT
AT GUANTANAM0
American Marines Again Attacked by a
Superior Force of Spanish Troops
and a Pitched Battle Ensued.
New York, June 14. A special dated
Caimanera, June 13, via Mole St. Nich
olas, Hayti, today, reports that there
was a renewal on Sunday of the Spanish
attacks upon the force of marines landed
at Guantanamo Friday last. The fight
ing is said to have lasted all through
Sunday night, Camp McCalla and Crest
Hill being attacked by greatly superior
forces of the Spanish.
The baUlesblp Texas, gunboat Mar-
blehead and collier Abaranda supported
the marines by directing fire upon the
coast and particularly the bushes which
all throngh these encounters have served
to screen the movements of the ' Span
iards. -
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SflfJTIfiGO IS jUiflEADY
Every Source of Reinforcement and Supply Will Soon. Have Been Cut
. Off-Positions of Cervera's Warships Denfinitely Learned.
OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, June 11, via Kingston June 15. Kear-Admiral
Sampson and Commodore Schley with their combined forces are slowly but surely placing
such a network about Santiago and are cutting off so effectually every source of outside aid
that within a short time starvation's tappings will give way to death's solid knock for ad
mittance at the doors of the ill-fated place. Within three days three separate sources of
supply and reinforcement have been cut off, and Santiago is now isolated from the world
and is down to famine rations. "
When Admiral Cervera arrived in Santiago with his fleet, the people welcomed him
for the relief they thought he would bring, but instead of 'food he brought them seven
thousand more men to feed.
" The only aid he had to offer was tons of ammunition in his ships' magazines.
A map of the harbor furnished today by spies shows that after the bombardment of
the harbor forts by Schley, the Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes, which was disabled, was
towed into the bay-behind the Socapa battery, where she lies with two torpedo-boats. Half
a mile further up the Vizcaya commands with her broadside two narrow entrances to the
east and west of Cayosmith. Half a mile north and at the third narrow entrance lies the;
Almirante Oquendo, and half a mile to the northwest are the Cristobal Colon and
Maria Theresa.
TRIPLE TRAGEDY
AT TACOMA
A Barber Kills His Former Mistress
and Ber Lover and Then Shoots
Himself.
Tacoma, June 15. A double murder
and suicide startled the people of this
city this morning. The tragedy ocenred
at the Donnelly hotel at 10 o'clock.
Clarence Emery and Lillie Millet were
eating an early dinner in a private box
at the restaurant, when Jiin -Bartlett
entered, shot and instantly killed the
man and woman, and then shot himself,
dying in a few minutes.
The woman bad left Bartlett at Dyea
to live with Emery, who was barkeeper
of the steamer City of Seattle. The
couple came on the steamer to this city,
and were followed by Bartlett, who said
he would never permit the woman to
live with any one but him. The woman
formerly lived in Seattle, and was about
25 years of age. Bartlett was a barber
by trade.
After firing the shots, Bartlett slashed
both Emery and the woman with a
knife before shooting himself.
The .woman had been married to a
man named Chandler, who disappeared
some years ago, since which time she
bus been known by the name of Millet.
SAMPSON'S FLEET
MUST WAIT
Further Operations at Santiago Impos
sible Until Sbafter's Expedition
Arrives on the Scene.
Washington, Jane 15 With Shatt
er's expedition on the way to Santiago
and tbe military branch busily engaged
in preparing "an expedition to be sent
against Porto Rico, there is now nothing
for the navy to do but to wait patiently
for the troops at Santiago.
. One report has come from Sampson
telling of engagements between Ameri
can marines and' Spanish trobpB in the
cbapparral, and no mention has yet been
made officially of a'ny subsequent night
attacks upon the marines.
It is realized at the department that
the situation of tbe marines is a very
uncomfortable one, but tbe department
Is assured there is no real danger in tbe
situation, because if seriously threatened
by overwhelming force, the marines can
retreat to the American warships, where
they will be in perfect safety. It is
0Y FWE flATIOflS
mainly sentiment embodied in the de
termination to keep the American Sag
flying over the place where it was first
planted, and thus retaining for the navy
the honor of obtaining the first position
on shore that keeps the marines en
camped on the bay of Guantanamo.
Word comes to the navy department
that the St. Paul left Cape Haytien
with operators and instruments for the
cable, and it will not be surprising if
Sampson opens direct communication
with the United States via Hayti at al
most any moment.
ASSISTING THE
AMERICAN FORCES
Cubans are now Co-operating with tbe
American Marines Against the
Spaniards.
Washington. June 15. The navy d
partment today posted the following
bulletin :
Admiral Sampson reports that lie has
been reinforced by several hundred Cu
bans and that our force at Guanianamo
is in a very satisfactory condition. The
town of Acceradesos has been occupied
by troops under General Rabi. The
men under'General Garcia are co-operating
with the American forces.
CREDITORS ARE
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An Attachment Against the Property of
Young Lieter is Issued in Xew York.
New York, June 14. Justice Daly,
of the eupreme court, has issued an at
tachment against the property of Jaseph
Leiter, the wheat s'peculator of Chicago,
for $793,925 for money advanced. The
attachment was levied upon funds be-J
longing to Leiter and deposited in the
Chase National bank, Hanover bank
and other financial concerns in the city.
Chicago, June 14. It was stated by
friends of Leiter that the attachment is
sued against him in New York will
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THE HAWAIIAN
DEBATE FINISHED
The House Ready to Go on Record Re
garding the Hawaiian Matter.
Washixgtos, June 15. The house
met at 10 o'clock this morning to re
sume and finish the Hawaiian debate.
A vote on Newlands' resolution will be
taken this afternoon. The resolution,
according to estimates today, will re
ceive, with the exception of not more
than 12, all the Republican votes, anJ
will enlist the support of from 15 to 20
Democrats ami' members of other
parties.
The een.ite bills granting American
register to the ships Specialist and
Unionist were passed. Fitzgerald, dem
Mass., spoke against tne Newlands reso
lution. In the course of his speech he
emphasized the failure of the majority
of the Hawaiians to express their desire
relative to annexation. He insisted
that every power had a right to the gov
ernnitnt of their choice.' Fitzuerald op
posed annexation on tbe ground that it
would be injurious to the labor element,,
which would be brought in competition
with Hawaiian labor.
Supporting the resolution Berry .Dem
ocrat, devoted much time to showing
that annexation was in line with Demo
cratic policy. He reviewed the terri
torial additions to the original states to
show that practically all had been made
by the Democrats.
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