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THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNES DAY, JUNE 29, 1898.
NUMBER 35.
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PART 1. J
HOBSON AND HIS MEN NOT
CONFINED IN
MORRO CASTLE
LAST AMERICAN.
. TO LEAVE HAVANA
WASHINGTON, June 24.-
-The navy department
has received a cablegram from Sampson, saying the
Spaniards at Santiago report that Hobson and his
companions are well. They are confined four miles
from Morro.
A Sailor Just Arrived at New York
Tells of Conditions at the Cuban
Capital Since the War Opened. '
SEVERE LOSS TO
THE ROUGH RIDERS
Captain Capron and Other Brave
diet's Killed.
Sol-
Washixgtox, June 25
today read the news of yesterday' en
gagement with interest, bnt say there
neceesarily are omitted many iac.l es
sential to enable one to form a clear con
ception of details of the mission at
tempted by General Lawton and Colonel
Young, which resulted in a severe loss
for the rough riders. The rough riders
were supplied with at least two Colt's
automatic machine guns when they
started from Tampa, and army officials
are waiting to hear whether these were
used with, effect or not.
At 10 o'clock General Miles and Secre
tary Alger had a long conference. . The
general, when asked as to the situation,
said the press reports told the whole
story so far as was known. It showed
the terrible earnestness and courage of
our men end the spirit with which they
were entering opon this attack. The
loss of Captain Capron and other brave
men from the rough riders and cavalry
men was a serious blow, Miles said. He
'said Capron had been one of the very
best officers in the United States service,,
a man whnknew no fear.
OFFICERS FOR
NEGRO TROOPS
l ...
make a ten-company regiment ot more
than 1000 men.
In Alabama a battalion of negro troopB
was taken in nnder the first call. Two
battalions of negro troops wiil be ac
cepted from Virginia nnder the second
call. There is now at Camp Alger a
colored battalion from Ohio, and one of
the Massachusetts regiments includes
some negroes In addition to these vol
unteers raised nderthe regular levies,
fnnr of t.h nn.nallpil immnnn rpffimpntn
Army officers wjjj De comp08e(i 0f negroes.
In famishing officers for these colored
commands the department has had a
eerions problem to deal with. It is be
lieved the president will give the ne
groes representation as officers. ...
t Army experts regard the officering of
negro regiments with negroes as an ex
periment which may or may not turn
out well. The negro needs to be well
led, they say, to make a good fighter,
ana there is some doubt whether colored
troops will follow one of their own race
as well as they would a white officer.
A BLOODY
DOUBLE TRAGEDY
With a Hatchet an Aged Man and Wife
. Kill Each Other.
Matter of Satisfactorilj Supplying Them
Puzzles the War Department
New Yobk, June 25. A special to the
Times from Washington says:
When the mustering in of new organi
zations nnder the second call is com
pleted the volunteer army will include
between 8000 and 10,000 negro soldiers,
and more negro officers than ever be
fore were in the service of the United
States. Under the first call no colored
troops were ordered by the states, the re
striction of the call to the National
Guard having a tendency to shut out
the colored men. When the second call
was issued the president let it be known
that he would like to have an opportun
ity given to negro volunteers to enlist
when new organizations ware to be
taken in.. In response to this sugges
tion seven ompanies of colored troops
are to be mustered in North Carolina,
which, added to three colored companies
already in service from that state, will
Washington, -June' 24. One'- of the
bloodiest tragedies enacted in' Washing
ton in years occurred last night in a little
room in the rear: of 924 Tweuty-second
street, northwest. ; -W m. R. Brooks, a
veteran of the Civil war and a pensioner,
and until recently a watchman iq .the
navy department, was killed by his wife,
Martha, with a hatchet, she in turn be
ing fatally injured with " the Bame
weapon.
The old couple, Brooks being 76 and
his wife 65, lived alone, and there were
no witnesses to the tragedy. About
6:30 George L. Larsen, friend of the
Brooks', Called, and not getting a re
sponse to his knock, entered the houBe.
Brooks was breathing his last and Mrs.
Brooks was unconscious. The walls of
the small room were spattered with
blood and the floor was running with it.
Jlow to Look Good. '
Good looks are really more than skin
deep, depending entirely on a healthy
condition of all the vital organs. If the
liver be inactive, yon have a biliouslook ;
if your kidneys' be effected, yon have a
pinched look. Secure good health and
you will surely have good looks. "Elec
tric Bitters" is a good Alternative and
Tonic. Acts directly on the stomach
liver and kidneys. Purifies the blood,
cures pimples, blotches and boils, and
gives a good complexion. Every bottle
guaranteed. Sold at Blakeley & Hough
ton's drug store. 50 cents per bottle. 5
Use Clarke & Falk'e Rosofoam tor the
teeth. . ..
Nbw York, June 24. The last Ameri
can to leave Havana was Arthur Parkin
son, a sailor, who managed to get away
as late as June 7th, and who has arrived
in New York. Parkinson was boatswain
on the Cuban mail steamer Concha,
which lay in the harbor of Havana on
March 31et. A fight broke out among
the crew, and when it was over one of
them, a Swede, lay on the deck with a
bad scalD wound. Everybody said Par
kinson did it. The Havana police heard
of the affair, and Parkinson was ar
rested and locked up.
"I was put In an old military prison
in solitary confinement for two days,
and finally taken before a marine 'judge.
He took down the evidence in the case,
and sent me back with instructions that I
should be fed on something besides
bread and water, and ' that I should not
be confined alone. Mv ship had sailed.
I was thrown into a dirty hole with a
crowd of Cubans and Spaniards. I was
Btill there when the war broke out. I
had written many letters to the Ameri
can consul, but never received any ans-r
wers. finally I got out late in May
WORK OF ONE
SPANISH SHELL
A Man Killed and Eight Others Wound
ed on Board the Battle-Ship Texas
Off Matamoras.
New York, June 24. A dispatch to
the World from Santiago de Cuba, Juhe
22, via Port Antonio, Jamaica, June 23,
Bays:
One man was killed today and eight
wounded on the Texas. The battle-ship
at the time of the landing of the troops
went to Matamoras to make a feint at
tack on the fortifications there in con
nection with a land force of Cubans un
der Rabi. The Texas silenced the So
capa battery. Just as the action ended
a shell struck the battle-ship and ex
ploded with the reeult given above.
The dead man is F. R. Blakeley, of
Newport, R. I., an apprentice of the
first-class.
The wounded are : .
K: C. Engle, seaman, New York.
H. A. Gee, apprentice, Philadelphia.
J. E. Lively, landsman, Norfolk.
G. F. Mullen, apprentice, New York.
J. E. Nelson. New York. .
R. Russell, apprentice, Philadelphia.
. W. J. Simonson, seaman, New York.
A. Soogviat, eeaman, New York.
Russell is very seriously wonnded
The others will all recover.
CAMARA'S SQUADRON AGAIN
OFF FOR THE PHILIPPINES
WASHINGTON, June 24. The state department
has just received advices confirming the report that
the Spanish Cadiz squadron is in the Mediterranean,
moving eastward. The dispatch came from an agent
of the department in Algiers. .
TERROR AT THE
CUBAN CAPITAL
Police of the City on the Verge of Re-
volt, Inhabitants in a State of
Panic A General Famine Is Im
minent
TJ1E CHANNEL
HOT GItOSED
Sampson's : Ships Can Enter When the
Final Attack is Made. :
. NEW ,YORK, June 27. A dispatch to the
Herald from Port Antonia says that the dynamite
cruiser Vesuvius was making observations along the
inner harbor a few nights ago, ample evidence was
discovered that the sunken collier Merrimac does
not entirely blockade the channel. Further infor
mation develops the fact that two battleships can
enter the harbor abreast, one passing on each side
of the Merrimac. This will be of great advantage to
Sampson'when the final attack on Santiago begins.
Lieutenant Hobson and his men are still in com
munication with the fleet. . There is little prospect
that they will be exchanged before the attack on
Santiago is made. ' , - , . ,
Key -WESf, June 27. The most au
thentic and reliable news ret obtained
of the true condition of affairs in Ha
vana was" today furnished by a British
subject who left Havana on the British
cruiser Talbot, and who arrived here
yesterdav. He says a reign of terror
exists at the Cuban capital.
Blanco has issued a proclamation
announcing that anyone daring.to ex
press an unfavorable opinion of, or sua
pected of being dissatisfied with the
present policy of the government, will
be summarily shot without trial or in
vestigation. This proclamation, it ap
pears, caused dissatisfaction among the
members of the police force, who threat
ened to revolt if full rations were not
given them. It is expected that, as the
police is a numerous body, trouble will
result. Spanish infantry and artillery
soldiers are maintaining guard over
them at every corner. -
Famine, it seems, is imminent, and
stories of eupplies for Havana coming
via Batabano are reported to be untrue.
The informant thinks Havana cannot
possibly bold ont six-weeks longer. The
city is . pronounced panic-stricken, its
inhabitants expecting every moment to
be bombarded by the American fleet, as
they realize that Blanco's attitude re
leases the United States from the obli
gation of giying the customary bom
bardment notice. .
Riots are daily expected at Havana,
is the troops- are suffering from hunger
and volunteers see their wives and chil
dren dying of want. Under such condi
tions the captain-general cannot much
longer keep the military force in check,
and a rebellion is likely to devastate
Havana before the city is captured by
Americans. Blanco admits that the
situation is desperate. He is reported
HEAVY FIGHTING GOING ON .
AROUND SANTIAGO DE CUBA
An Engagement More Severe Than Any Which
Has Heretofore Occurred Said
to Be Proceeding.
NEW YORK, Jane 25. A. dispatch to the Journal fr6rn Cape
Haytien today says that reports have reached there to the effect that
fighting of a more serious nature than any which has previously taken
, ' place is now going on around Santiago.: :
No dstails of the engagement are obtainable other than that both
troops and ships are engaged and that the American forces are advanc
ing on Santiago. ,
through the efforts of the Britieb con
sul. ...
("They are a cheerful lot in Havana.-
The people ate buoyed up by false re
ports of victory. Daring my time out
'of prison several ships ot the bloskade
line were reported destroyed, particu
larly the battle-ship Indiana, which was
blown to pieces by the guns of Morro
castle. . I was there the day the news
papeiB got out extras about the sinking
of the Merrimac. Tbey called it a grand
Spanish victory, and spoke of the men
captnred as only a few survivors.
"The British ' consul finally got me
aboard the British man-of-war Talbot,
which carried me to Kingston. Jamaica.
I came to New York from Jamaica on
the German steamer Holstein."
- Miles Will Go to Cuba.
. Washington, Jane 24. Doubt as to
General Miles' fnture movements was
cleared np today when the definite state
ment was made that be would go to
Cuba, but when it is not stated. Tampa
is again to be made the rendezvous for a
large force, and the department is se
curing complete details with a view to
centering another large fleet of trans
ports there.
;
Ice cream soda, ice cream and straw
berries at the Columbia Candy Factory.
ADVANCE ON
MANILA CHECKED
Insurgents Still in the Outskirts of the
City American Troops Had Not
Yet Arrived 'June 23.
: Manila, , June 23, via Hong Kong,
Jnne 27. Up to the time this dispatch
is sent, the t-ansporta from San Fran
cisco, having on board the American
troops, intended to reinforce Dewey,
have not arrived here, and there is no
change in the situation.
The Insurgents have, not made any
further advance, and the Spaniards have
been continuing the construction of
sandbank fortifications and the planting
of. sharpened bamboos around Manila
for the purpose of stopping the insur
gents' advance.
The papers here continue appealing
to the native to come to the assistance
of Spain. .' 1 . .
One Minute Cough Cure, cures,
. That la what It was made for.
Royal make the food pare,
wholesome and delicious.
k iiil
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
to have said he will never leave Havana
alise, as he is prepared to take his own
life when the outbreak occurs.
Referring to the strength of the Span
ish forces, the Briton says 'there are
120,000 mtn under arms at Havana, and.
a great number of them are ready tp
sarrender rather than to die of hunger
In conclusion, the gentleman says he
credits the report that the gunners of
Morro castle and at oth-.r Spanish bat
teries were taken from foreign warships,,
and he says the consuls, including Gol
lin, the British representative, are
Spanish sympathizers. He said, as a
result of energetic protests made by
Englishmen to the British foreign office,
the Talbot will shortly return to Ha
vana with Gollin's successor.
The Modern tteaaty
Thrives on good food and eunshine, with
plenty of exercise in the open air. Her
form glows with health and her face
blooms with its beauty. If her system
needs the cleansing action of a laxative
remedy, she uses the gentle and pleasant
Syrup of Figs, made by the California
Fig Syrup Co., only. ,
Use Clarke & Falk'e Rosofoam for the
teeth. , tf
A North Dakota Tragedy.
La Moubb, N. P., June 24. At Edley,
a small place near here, ast night
Charles Handley, a hotel-keeper, shot
and instantly killed his wife. . He then
attempted to kill himself. His death is
expected momentarily.
FORjVIMBliE FliEET
ORDERED TO SPAIN
The Iowa and Oregon, Cruisers Yosemite,
Yankee, Dixie and Three Colliers.
WASHINGTON, June 27. The navy depart
ment at 11:45 a. m., posted the following bulletin: -'
"Commodore Watson sails todaj' on the Newark
to join Sampson, 'when he will fake.'under his com--mand
and armored squadron with the cruisers and
proceed at once off the Spanish, coast." . ;. ..
Watson's "Eastern squadron" consists of the
Newark, Iowa, Yosemite, Yankee, Dixie and three
-colliers. , They leave Santiago immediate!'.