THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE,' WEDNESDAY. JULY 6. 1898.
WE MUST MOVE THE STOCK TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW GOODS.
B
eginning
Thursday
, July 7th, 1898,
We shall offer all of our stock of Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes and )
Men's Clothing' and Furnishings, at a
GREHTLY
REDUCED
PRICE
We intend this to be a GENUINE CLEARANCE SALE, and shall not stop at cost to sell the goods. THIS SALE WILL BE STRICTLY FOR
CASH Customers -whose accounts are settled every thirty days "will be considered as cash; "but goods charged to accounts not settled promptly -will he
charged at regular prices. , THE SWEEPING REDUCTIONS WE PROPOSE RENDER IT IMPERATIVE ON US TO MAKE THIS DISTINCTION
BETWEEN CASH AND CREDIT SALES. , ;
REMEMBER: We propose to make this a sale to he remembered, and the prices we shall make will bear
us out in this assertion.
WE SHALL BE READY FOR YOU ON THURSDAY. Delay your purchases until then.
Watch this Paper on Thursday next for Prices.
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The Way to Santiago is Open-The Victory Was
a Costly one-American Loss Large.
NEW YORK, Jaly 2. A copyrighted dispatch to the Evening World, dated
in, the field two miles from Santiago, Jaly 1, and cabled from Flaya del Este, eays :
. San Joan heights have fallen and the way is now open for the advance on
Morro castle. It was a glorious victory but very dearly pnrcbaeed. The place
was the strongest Spanish outpost, well fortified and valiantly defended. The po
sition was an excellent one. It was also occupied by barracks and other buildings
but the American troops stormed the heights and ' Spanish valor had to yield to
bulldog tenacity and the courage of the Anglo-Saxon. As I write our troops are
swarming up the hill and covering it like ants. ' The Spaniard are demoralized.
The fighting has been of the hardest kind, and our troops .have suffered 'severely,
but the enemy's works are ia their hands and they do not count the cost.
Caney is also ours. The general advance which began at 3 p. in. has been
successful all along the line. After driving the enemy ont of Caney the troops
took possession of the village and destroyed the Spanish forts by which it had
been defended. The Spaniards fled into Santiago where they now arc. The losees
on both sides are heavy. The bursting of a Spanish shell almost an entire com
pany of our troops.
Associated Press dispatches from the scene of the fighting around Santiago
places our losses in the battle which ended at 9 p. m. yesterday, at one thousand
men killed and wounded.
A dispatch to the Evening World from Playa- del Este says General Garcia is
authority for the statement that General Pando has entered Santiago with 6000
soldiers to reinforce General Linares.
GREAT CONCERN
AT WASHINGTON
The Desperate Character of Yesterday's
Fighting Realized Since the Re
ceipt of Late News From the
' , Front
Wasdisgtos, July 2. The profound
est concern throughout military and
official circles marked the opening of
the second day upon which the battle
of Santiago is being fought. The des
perate character of the fighting is now
fully ' known to the war department.
The intormation is in addition to the
report made by General ' Shafter last
midnight when he roughly estimated
the casualties at about 400. Later re
ports' direct from the field indicate that
this estimate is by far too low.
Owing to many conflicting reports re
garding the losses, of the American
troops in yesterday's engagement, it
has been thought best by the war de
partment to make public the text of
General Shafter's last dispatch, received
this morning at 4 o'clock. It is as fol
lows: .
"SiBOSBT, via Playa del Este, July
1. Adjutant-General. Washington: 1
fear I have underestimated today's cas
ual ties. A large and thoroughly equip
ped hospital ship should be sent here
at once, to care for the wounded. .The
chief surgeon eays he has nse for forty
more medical officers. The ship must
bring a launch and boats-for conveying
the wounded. Shaftkb."
Secretary Alger and his adjutant-general
held a conference as Boon as the
secretary arrived. Then Surgeon-General
Sternberg was eent for and joined
the conference. It is understood that
the surgeon-general will send forty or
fifty medical officers, in addition to
those already with General Shafter's
men. , All suitable appliances will be
provided.
An impressive serionsnees prevails in
military centers. The news that our
gallant men bad pressed their way foot
by foot up to the'eommacding . plateau,
of Caney was welcome, indeed,, but
there was full realization that this bad
been done in the face of a withering fire.
Instead of a skirmish on the right flank,'
as the reports of yesterday indicated, it
was clearly a'general engagement, and
'a terrific, one, had been fought under
the broiling tropical enn and in the
tangled, vegetation northeast of Santi
ago. .. !
Deepest suspense existed throughout
military and official circles as the day
progressed , and no word, came from
Shatter. At 2:30, when the round was
made of all the points at the war and
navy departments where dispatches ar.'
usually received, nothing was forthcom
ing as to the situation in the field. Adjutant-General
Oorbin, to whom the re
ports were submitted, reiterated what
he said early in the morning that noth
ing had come from. Shafter since 4
o'clock this morning. The lack of re
ports was attributed isainly to the fact
that Shafter was so thoroughly occupied
wit1: the imperative duties of 'the .hour!
that there was scant time or opportu
nity for giving detailed progress ' of his
movements. .
The secretary of war remained at' the
White House some hours and did not
return to the war department np to a
late hour this afternoon.
The president and secretary of war,
through a private dispatch fiom the
battlefield, learn that the engagement
was resumed this morning and has con
tinued all day. The wonnded are com
ing in rapidly and indications point to
heavy lossee. ' The dispatch does not in
dicate a decisive result in any direction.
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SITUATION AT
MANILA THE SAME
Insurgents Were Two Thousand Yards
From the City June 27th Ameri
can Troops Had Not Arrived.
C. J. STUBLtISlG
Wholesale and Retail
Hong Kong, July 1. The Japanese
cruiser Matsushima arrived here today
from Manila, which port she left on the
afternoon of Monday, June 27th. ' She
reports that the American transports
had not then arrived. ,
' The situation was unchanged, the
Spaniards continuing to erect defenses
and the insurgents occupying positions
within about- 2000 yards of the city.
Food is growing scarcer.
The Matsushima reports also that
when she left Manila harbor there were
five Garman and four British warships
there.
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A lot 100x160 feet, on the bluff, eaet of
the fair grounds. A desirable residence
location.' A. S. Mac Allisteb.
Chronicle Office.
Berlin, July 1. The following dis
patch baa been received from Hong
Kong:
According to trustworthy intelligence
from Manila, the Spanieh governor
general has made arrangements for a
meeting with Admiral Diedricb (com
mander of the German naval forces in
the Far East), in order to propose in
behalf of the' Spanish government that
Manila should be handed into provin
cial charge of a neutral commander.
The proposal was rejected by Diedricb,
in view of the American blockade.
E. C. Blanks, of Lewisville, Texas,
writes that one box of DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve is worth $50 to him. It cored
his piles of ten years Btanding. He ad
vises others to try it. It also cures ec
zema, s "tin diseases and obstinate sores.
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Company,'
(Tse Clarke & Falk's Kosofoam for the
teeth. tf
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