THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. .WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 24, 1898
The Weekly Ghi oniele.
TUB DALLES. - -
OREGON
OFFICIAL FAPEB OF WASCO COUNTY.
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
Saturday's Daily.
A heavy thunder .shower occurred in
the wheat section surrounding Wasco
Thursday night, but the damage will be
light.
The new North Pacific flouring mill at
Wasco made ita first flo'ir Thureday.
The machinery was all tested and found
to be in good order. The mill will ran
slowly for a couple of days, when a
double crew will be pnt on and flour will
be made night and day.
One of the largest sturgeon brought
into market for eome time was caught
by Mr. Towneley yesterday. It weighed
about 250 pounds dressed and measured
over eight feet in length after its head
and tail bad been removed. At present
but few sturgeon are being caught, and
it is something unusual to see such
large ones coming into market.
A. R. Thompson returned last even
ing from a few weeks outing a Clatsop
beach. Mrs. Thonjpson and the chil
dren remined at Clatsop, where they
will stay until the warm weather is a
thing of the past. Mr. Thompson in
forms us that the weather at Clatsop has
baen perfect during the week, they not
having been any rain whatever while we
were having showers here.
A telegram was received by Mr. Fouts
yesterday from his son, Seneca, who is
among the volunteers at San Francisco.
He reports all the boys well, and states
that they will sail for Manila next Tues
day. Although the boys will have the
trip across the Pacific, there is little
chance for them engaging in any active
service on their arrival there, as the
war will, in all probability be fully set
tled before that time.
Yesterday a passenger coach, which
was standing on the side track in Wasco,
' started down an incline and ran at a
terrible rate for over two miles, when it
was derailed and almost demolished.
Fortunately there were no engines nor
cars on the track at the time, and what
might have been a terrible accident,
terminated with no other loss than that
of the car itselt. This is the first acci
dent of the kind that has cccurred since
the building of the road.
T. Allen McQaary, the modern Don
Qaixote who is on bis strange ride for a
bride, left this place Thursday on horse
back for Missouri, which trip he will
be forced to make by Oct. 19, or lose
the wager of $5000 and an Arkansas
irl. He has no doubts as to his being
able to make the trip in the time stated,
and says that while he would not make
.the trip again for the foOOO, still be
'would not give Jhe experience he had
during the last year for that amount.
Mrs. David Steel has presented the
Portland museum with a collection of
photographs of all the Modoc Indians
who took a prominent part in the mas
sacre of General Canby and Dr. Thomas,
one ot the tragic incidents of the Modoc
war of 1872-73. Also a number of stor
eoptican views of the lava beds and
caves where the savages had their
strongholds. Such photographs were
common twenty-five years ago, but it is
doubtful if many sets of them are in ex
istence now, and the collection present
d by Mrs. Steel is worthy of being
framed and preserved as a relic of by
gone days.
Yesterday Victor Sampson, who works
in Donnell's drug store, was printing
pictures and left a frame in which he
was printing in the sun at the rear of
the drug. On returning the frame
wag gone, and a diligent search led to
the belief that eome one had stolen it.
One of the men who were working near
the light house noticed a squaw hiding
some articles near the buildinc, and
upon investigation found the frame
among her belonging?, returned it to
Vick. The holder contained a negative
of L. D. Cates and Dr. Levans, of Cas
cades, and which of the two gentlemen
she desired a picture of is a question to
be decided.
In a short time the burned buildings
will be replaced by large and more mag
nificent structures than thoso destroyed.
Mr. Gunning is already making prepa
rations to build a new blacksmith shop
on the lot formerly occupied by the
second-hand store. The building will
be of wood, covered with corrugated
iron. It is also expected that Maya &
Crowe will soon follow with a splendid
brick store on the corner where their
old cne was Iocateed. It is safe to say
that it will not be long before fine fire
proof structures will be under course of
construction on the lots where the other
buildings were situated.
ine announcement is maae at Van
couver on what is considered the best
authority that the Portland, Vancouver
& Yakima Railway Company is com
-mi ." 1 T
pleting arrangements for commencing
work on a 15 mile extension at an early
date. It ia expected to have the line
completed to Yacolt prairie, 15 miles
from the present terminus at Brueh
prairie, by January 1, and to Amboy,
five miles further on, within a short
time thereafter. This road will pass
through the best portion of Clark coun
ty and open up an immense body of
excellent farm land, besides tapping
one of the finest bodies of timber in the
northwest.
From what we can learn the attempt
of Mr. Christman, of Silver Lake, Lake
county, to use a steam engine in haul
ing freight from this place into the in
terior will prove the flattest kind of a
failure. He figured on making two or
three miles per hour with a string of
loaded wagone, but so far has not
averaged more than that per day, and it
is next to impossible for his engine to
climb the steep hills routh of here with
anything like a full load. On the level
prairies his scheme might work, but on
the steep hills of Eastern Oregon the
attempt must certainly end in ' a flat
failure. Another oHection raised is
that it is very dangerous for temsters
since notLing frightens horses more than
a traction engine, and if they chance to
meet on a narrow grade someone will
meet with more or less loss.
Sunday's Daily.
Messrs. R. B. Wilson, Ike Hermann
and R. L. Ford, representing in the ca
pacity of traveling freight and passen
ger agents, respectively, the Burlington,
the Oregon Short Line and the R:o
Grande Western, were in The Dalles
yesterday looking after shipments east.
Cbebalie, the Western freak stallion,
is making his mark in the east. On
Friday he won the 2 :04 pace on the
Buffalo track, taking the third,
fourth and fifth beats. The purse
was $1500, and the time made by Fra
zier's pacer was 2 :06 in all three heats,
Hood River is to have another store.
F. E. Denzar ia fitting up the store room
in tae Odd Fellows' building and open
ing up a line of general hardware, sad
dlery, doors, sash, moldings, paints,
oils, bike supplies, shoe and harness
suppliee, and a good assortment of farm
harness.
Returning campers from Moffett,
Stevenson and other points in the Mid
dle Cascades report that the rain and
cold weather have made camping any
thing but pleasant. A large number
of the campers came home last
evening and many more are expected
Monday.
An opinion was handed down by the
supreme court at Pendleton, Aug. 12th,
in the case of the State vs. Hiukle in
which the jadgment of the lower court
was reversed. Richard Hinkle is a
former Wasco county boy and quite
well known throughout the Kingsley
country. He was defended in his trial
by Attorney Sam E. VanVactor, of this
city. ,
The enterprising people of the little
city of Antelope are exerting eiery ef
fort to rebuild the town before the win
ter season sets in. A large shipment of
doors, window's, corrugated iron, nails
and other material for building purposes
is at the Wasco Warehouse at present,
en route to that place to be used for the
new structures.
Tomorrow morning Jim Blakeney will
start a full force of men at work in bis
brick yard in this city. Mr. Blakeney
realizes that a large number of brick
will be needed to rebuild the structures
in the burned district, and is determined
to have a sufficient amount of Dalles
brick of fie best quality to sapply all
needs, and thus made it unnecessary to
buy them at other-points and ship them
into the city. .-
The west bound overland passenger
train was over two hours late yesterday,
not arriving until about 4 o'clock in the
afternoon. The delay was caused by a
wreck on the Union Pacific at Fossil,
Arizona. It appears that the wreck
was caused by the colision of two
freight. Only one person was injured
in the wreck. He was taken to Poca
tella for treatment. - The passengers
were allowed time for dinner in this city
and as they weae tired and hungry from
their long, dusty ride, the meal was a
godsend.
. Today another opportunity will
be given the people of The Dalles to
spend the day in the Cascades, as well as
enjoy the beantiful scenery between
here and Multnomah : Falls for the ex
tremely low price of 50 cents. This
offer on the part of the O. R. & N. gives
the people a choice of such resorts as
Hood River, Cascade Locke, Bonneville
and Multnomah, at which they con
spend the day, and as a special car will
be run for the convenience of the excur
sionists, no one need fear that they will
be uncomfortable going or coming on
account of lack of accommodations.
Another mining excitement is raging
on upper Trout Creek, in Crook county,
About a year ago. Knight, an experi
enced miner and prospector discovered
gold bearing quartz in that vicinity, and
lately be and a man by the name of
Wileon returned there and have located
an eight foot ledge of quartz from which
at a depth of about eight feet, they have
had several assays from different assay
ers, the lowest of which wad $182 and
the highest $452 in gold to the ton. The
claims are in a narrow belt running
easterly and westerly across Long Hol
low, on the north eide of Tront Creek,
about two miles from James Wood's
place. It is to be hoped that this is not
a "fake" excitement but that country is
in the tertiary formation, one which is
not liable to contain valvable gold
mines. '
Monday's Daily.
The trustees of Dofur school district
have engaged (he following corps ot
teachers for the next term of the pnblic
school, which will begin the 12th of next
month, and continue for eight months :
C. R. Deems, principal : G. W. Brown,
intermediate department; Mrs. R. J.
Wilson, primary department.
Lee Cheshire, a Wallula farmer, un
dressed a mile from home and walked
home stark naked. The next morning
he borrowed clothing and journeyed to
Walla Walla, to tell the chief of police
a story of his being held up and robbed.
His money, horse and clothes were where
he had left them. Cheshire had been
drinking.
The fishing season will reopen on Sep
tember 10th. The fishermen are making
due preparations for a large catch. Thej
summer run being exceptionally light,
they figure on having plenty of salmon
next month. If they are not disap
pointed they will be more than able to
make up the shortage during the sum
mer season.
A large number of local sports went
into the country Sunday morning after
prairie chickens. The day, however,
was unusually cool, which caused the
birds to remain on the hills and in the
grain field rather than seek shelter in
the canyons and near the springs and
watering places. For this reason many
of the uimrods were disappointed in not
getting the usual amount of birds.
The steam engine which they are
using to pull freight wagons between
Ibis place and Silver Lake, reached 8-
Mile yesterday evening, it having been
four days making eight miles of the 200
which it has to go. At this rate it will
take it a long time to reach the end of
its journey, and whether they will con
tinue or give ud the attempt is consid
ered doubtful.
P. Li ni roth, of Boyd, was in the city
Sunday evening. Mr. Li m roth a few
days ago started up his new steam
thresher in the Boyd vicinity. It is one
of the largest machines in the country
and is doing splendid work. It has all
the latest improvements in the way of
self feeders, automatic stackers and
Backers, and can run out as much grain
in a day as any machine in the Inland
Empire.
The grain thieves that infest the Da-
fur vicinity every fall, started in early
this season. The' first grain threshed
was C. P. Balch's barley from a field
near M. Heisler's. In less than twenty-
four hours after it was sacked thirteen
of the ninety-five sacks had disappeared.
Mr Balch has located the party who
took the barley, and notified - him
to put the grain back in the field or
take the consequences of prosecution.
If the grain is returned the matter will
be dropped.
Wilhelmina, who is to be crowned
queen of the Netherlands on September
6th next, has personally sent to Mr.
Bok, the editor of the Ladies' Home
Journal himself a Hollander by birth
one of her private portraits for publica
tion in the next number of bis maga
zine. It is the last portrait which will
be taken of the little lady before her
coronation, and will be printed In con
nection with a specially prepared sketch
showing the personality of the first
queen of Holland from every point of
view.
Mr. William Hunt, formerly of this
place, who is at present in charge of the
Buffalo-Pitta agricultural business in
the district reaching from The Dalles to
Spokane with headquarters in Walla
Walla, was in the city Saturday visiting
Mr. Wbealdon and attending to business
for his company. He' was accompanied
by D. Farquer, general superintendant
of the above company, who is looking
over the country as to the wants of his
goods and receiving suggestions from the
different agents. Although his stay
here wa9 ehort he was much pleased
with The Dalles and the Inland Empire.
A rough estimate of the amount of
grain threshed in Wasco county at pres
ent would place it at about one-fourth
of the entire crop. In nearly every in
stance the farmers are well pleased with
the yield, saying that it was larger than
they expected. Some report yields as
high as forty-five bushels to the acre,
while few yields have been reported un
der twenty bushels. In som9 locailttie?
much grain is still standing, but the
farmers are endeavoring to get it stock
ed and threshed as soon as it is possible.
This year's crop of wlieat lias urguu
to come in and it is expected that by
the end of tbe week tbe usual string of
teams will be seen winding their way
with their heavy loads of grain from tbe
prolific fields of Sherman, Wasco and
Klickitat csunties. The roads leading
from the country south of here are in
fairly good condition,, barring a few
places where tbey have been cut up by
heavy teams.' .If a rain falls in the near
future it will put. them in good shape,
otherwise a little fixing will be necessa
ry, before it can be said they are in first
class shape.
Frank Cram returned yesterday from
a trip to North Beach and Seattle. He
says he bad a splendid time, but tbe
pleaeant .remembrances are somewhat
' '.
marred by an accident which occurred
to him last night. A small piece of
steel flew Into his left eye and he care
lessly retired without.baving it attended
to. This morning the eye was inflamed
and very painful and he at once bad his
physician remove the cause of the
trouble. He is forced to wear a bandage
on his eye at present which is very in
convenient and it is hoped that he will
soon be fully recovered.
A party of four beaded by George An
derson, left in private conveyance for
Mt. Hoed today. They will drive to
flood Biyer and from there take the
road to Cloud Cap Inn, where they will
leave their team and from there they
will proceed on foot up the mountain as
high as they wish to go. The party con
sists of Mr. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs,
Wfintz of Iowa, and Miss Nettie Ander-
son. "
Although The Dalles players did all in
their power to win hi the bowling con
test they were unable to cope with the
famous luck and Ecitnce of the Multno
mah and Road Club plavers or defeat
the Astoria team. The total number of
pins made in the twelve tames was
2503,'while Multnomah made 3066, the
Road Clubs total was 26S4 with Astoria
20 pins lees. Our players did not take
the necessary practice since the warm
weather set in and considering every
thing they did as well as could be ex
pected. Bowling at the club is still lax, owing
principally to warm weather and the
large number of bowlers who are out of
the city. In the early part of the week
some bowling was done by the membeis
of the team which took part in the
tournament at Astoria. Their higti
Ecores were as follows : Monday, Hough'
ton, 50; Tuesday, Ballard, 57; Wednes
day, Schmidt, 52. As usual Maetz led
at the Umatilla House alleys, with the
highest daily ecores for six days, and an
average score of C6. His scores were
Monday, 73; Wednesday, 79; Thursday,
59; Eriday70; Saturday, 52; Sunday,
97. On Tuesday Mr. Flemming led
with a score of 62.
This morning workmen began clear
ing up the debris on the Mays & Crowe
lot. Preparations for' building will be
rushed and in a short time a new lOOx
100 feet will be under course of con
straction. The contract for tee same
will be let today. Poase & Mays are al
so preparing to build a new iron etruc
tore, 50x100 feet, on the lot formerly
occupied by their warehouse which they
will use for the same purpose as the old
building, while.a number of the other
sufferers from the fire are also busily en'
gaged in making preparations to rebuild
Although the losses of all concerned
were heavy, their promptness in re
building shows not only their enterprise,
but what faith they have in The Dalles
as a business center in future.
Tuesday's Daily.
A large band of mutton sheep, about
fifteen hundred head, will be brought
to the etockyards this afternoon for
shipment to Chicago. They will be
shipped by Mr. Fargher, of Nansene.
Ice Cream wholesale and retail at the
Columbia Candy Factory. Orders to fur
nish lodge socials and ice cream festi
vals solicited. Don't forget that our
ice cream sodas are the beet in thecity.
A more orderly town than The Dalles
would be hard to find, as is demonstrat
ed by the fact that during the present
month not a single arrest bas been made
for drunkenness or disorderly conduct.
This is certainly a good record.
Notice for publication bas been banded
to us lor two small tracts of land near
Seuferte, on the I'ne of the ship railway.
For some reason the tracts are restored
to the public domain and are subject to
disposal tbe same as other public lands.
Work on thaD. P. & A. N. dock was
begun this morning. On account of the
high water, the planks bad to be re
moved, but now as the water has gone
down the platform will be replaced,
which will give more dock room and
make it more convenient for loading and
unloading freight.
City Marshal Childer, of La Grande,
is in a predicament. People let their
cows loose at night, and much damage
is done to fine vines and shrubery. The
marshal has impounded tbe animals so
often that the cows iook upon the pound
as their home, and flock there to be
milked. The marshal announces that
he will now prosecute the owners of the
cows. We suggest that he starts a muk
ranch.
One of the finest hands of mutton
sheep that has passed through the city
this summer wa9 delivered at tbe etock
yards this morning. They were in
splendid condition of equal size and as
healthy a lot of sheep as we have ever
setn. The sheep were raised by Mr. A.
Roberts and are en route to the Union
Meat Co. in Portland. . The band con
sists of 1420 head and at the rate of $3
will net Mr. Roberts a neat sum.
A party who went up to Tbe Dalles
and crossed over to the Klickitat valley
a few days since . hdnting for prairie
chickens did not find any and came
home disappointed, says the Oregonian.
Prairie chickens are very scarce all over
Eastern Oregon. Some say tbey have
been killed eff hy the poison pnt out for
squirrels. Others eay that they have
been killed by flying against the wire
fences, and others say that so much
more ground is in cultivation than there
used to be that the birds' nests are de
stroyed by the plow. Probably all these
things have .had a tendency to lessen
the number of prairie chickens, and
persistent hunting bas also had some
thing to do with it.
- Mrs. Lvdia Patterson died at her
home in La Grande Sunday night about
11 o'clock at the advanced age of 85.
Mrs. Patterson's powers had beon fail
ing for eome time and her death is at
tributed to old age. She was a pioneer
resident of La Grande and was the
mother of Mrs. Hilts and Mr. Cal
Knapp. The funeral will take place
today at 2 o'clock in La Grande, and the
interment will be at tbe Odd Fellows'
cemetery, where her husband is buried.
Mr. and Mrs. I. P. Jolee and daughter,
Pearl, were among the returning camp
ers last night. They have been in
camp near Moffet for the past month
and have enjoyed life while many of us
poor unfortunates were sweltering with
the heat in this city. The heavy rains
of the last few duvs caused them to
break camp earlier ia the season than
they expected, but if the weather turns
warm again, they intend returning and
staying until the cool weather comes to
stay.
The third shipment of horses for the
Linnton cannery passed through from
nuniington aunaay nignt. There were
in all 300 packed in 10 cars. On the way
down five died, and three were in such
bad condition that Humane Officer Cas
well ehot them. lbe cars were not
overcrowded, or even crowded, and the
death of the five is attributed by tbe
stockyard employes to overheating, re
sulting from rearing and plunging. The
horses were mostly yearlings and 2-year-olds,
end were fresh from the ranges.
A visit to our iand office today reveals
the fact that the entire force are unusu
ally busy, though not from rush of pres
ent business. Ia the early part of the
year much business collected, owing to
lack of help, and now that there is a lull
an effort is being made to clear np de
layed contests and other business of
that nature before the fall rush. This
being tbe last year in which the for
feited N. P. R, R. lands can be acqnired
by purchase, this fall and winter
promises to be a lively one with Uncle
Sam's servants at the land office.
Mr. Giflbrd, the well-known photo
grapher, arrived home last evening from
camp at Cascades, Wash. While down
the river he secured a number of beau
ful views of various scenes along the Co
lumbia, which he will soon offer for sale.
We understand that he was not alone in
photography at his Skamania county
home, but there were others in the pro
fession Kodak fiends who at present
have a number of negatives of scenes at
the camps, which would command a
high price if offered for eale to some of
the campers.
We are informed by Prof. J. M. Ryan
that he contemplates giving a musical
recital at the Vogt in the near future
probably about September 15th. He
will have the assistance of the musical
talent of the city, and one of tbe most
pleasing features will be the music by
the Alpha Mandolin and Guitar Club.
The club 19 mading wonderful progress
and their numbers alone will furnish a
rare musical treat. The Dalles appre
ciates the work of its local talent, and
we are safe in faying tbe entertainment
will be a success in every regard.
Our firemen are badly in need of a
new book and ladder wagon, and a num
ber of suggestions have been made as to
a means of raising money to secure tbe
same. ' One of the best suggestions is to
give an entertainment or ball in the near
future for tbe benefit of tbe department
and thus raise a sufficient amount to
purchase a first class wagon. Many of
our young people who usually take part
in such performances are willing to do
their best and we have no doubt that a
performance given for this purpose
would be patronized by every property
owner in the city. The idea is a splendid
one and we hope that it will be carried
ont successfully.
The tenth annual meeting of the
Eastern Oregon Agricultural Society
will open in this city on October 18th.
Persons who desire to put stock, pro
duce or articles of any kind on exhibit
should not wait too long before making
ready, as it is not well in such cases to
let every thing go until the last moment.
It is the intention of everyone concerned
to make the coming meeting one of tbe
most successful in the history of The
Dalles, and the success of the meeting
depends much on the interest taken by
the people throughout the 6tate. The
beet race horses in- the West will com
pete for purses and there will also be
numerous local horses take part in sad
dle horse and pony races. Work on tbe
track will begin in the near future ad
everything will be done to make tbe
meeting a flattering Buccess. -
To Cleanse the System
Edectually yet gently, when coBtive or
billions, or when tbe blood is impure or
sluggish, to permanently overcome ha
bitual constipation, to awaken the kid
neys and liyer to a healthy activity,
without irritating or weakening them,
to dispel headaches, colds, or fevers, use
Syrup - of Figs. Manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co.
"I have used Chamberlain'a Cough
Remedy in my family for years and al
ways with good results," says W. B.
Cooper, of . El Rio, Cal. "For small
children we find it especially elective,"
For gale by Blakeley & Houghton.
-LETTER FROM SANTIAGO.
Private John McNeil Writes to Bis Rel
atives Describing the Battle.
The fallowing letter, under date 'of
July 25th, was received a few days ago
from Private John McNeil, of troop C,
First United States Infantrv, in Cuba.
He speaks at length on the battle and
tells numerous facts of interest concern
ing it:
Santiago De Cuba, July 25, 1898.
I thought I would write and let yoa
know that 1 am alive and well. Was
afraid you might be worrying about me
after hearing of the big battle we had.
It was surely a hard fight. The first
shot was fired at 6 :20 on the morning
of July 1st, and it was a continuous
fight until 12 on the 3rd, when a flag of
truce went up and a conference (a coun
cil of war) was held. Gen. Shatter gave
them a week to get out ot the country
that was to turn over their arms to us
and be ready to eurrender and leave fur
Spain ; but when the time was up they
bad not done so, and at 4 p. m. on the
10th we turned loose on them again.
Talk about a celebration I May be yoa
think we didn't have one. There were
dynamite gens, eeige guns, and we had
thirty-six field guns, besides big shell.
When they are going through the air
you would think nn overland express
was coming, and when they light yoa
would swear a machine ehop had ex
ploded. Everything you could thing of
flies through the air, from a monkey
wrench to a steam hammer. I'll tell
you we gave them a merry time. Ono
of our dynamite shells hit a big gun
they were shooting at us and blew Span
iards, gun and all up in the air. I don't
believe half of the Spaniards have lit
yet; but you can bet we paid for the
fun we had with them. They sent back
very nearly as warm a fire as we sent,
and many a comrade got killed or
wounded. There were tour wounded .
out of our troop (troop E). But when
we got a bead on one of them, down
went his meal house. I think the whole
loss on our side was about 1800 killed
and wounded ; the Spaniards had over
6000 killed, and mercy only knows how
many wonnded. I tell you the buzzarda
lived for awhile. I think we had re
venge for them killing our sailors on
Maine. When the last charge was made
every soldier's battle cry was "Remem
ber the Maine!"
One evening about 5 o'clock about
1200 Spanish cavalry made a charge on .
us. Ihe iirst and Tenth U. 8avalrv
were dismounted and we waited until
they-were about 500 yards from U9 when
we poured it into them. Not one got to
our line, and I don't believe that over
200 got back to Santiago.
Well, I have told you all about tbe
fight, but that they surrendered on the
14th and we are now in Santiago.
I had one pretty close shave. A bul
let hit a rock at my feet and bounced
up and went into my canteen. I have
the bullet yet and am going to keep it
as a souvenir. One went through my
hat, but I did not know it until in tbe
evening. There was many a one whiz
zing around my ears. -
As I write this letter I am on guard,
sitting on the steps of an old Catholic
church that was built in 1722 All the
people here are Catholics.
We'I, it is time for me to go on post,
so good-bye. John..-': '
AN INTERESTING LETTER
Written by
One of Our
Manila.
Volunteers at
Max J. Bartell writes the following;
description ' of their arrival at tbe Phil
ippines: ,
.Cavite, July 18, 1898.
Having landed and taken in tbe sights
I now find considerable news to write.
We entered Manila bay June 30th and
steamed silently to our moorings among;
the great grey monsters of Dewey 'a
fleet.
After a peaceful elumber on the silent .
bay we proceeded to emoark for the
shore July 1st. The Oregon regiment
was the first to go ashore, and we were
comfortably lodged in our quarters be
fore the Californians started to land.
Ahl but it is a sight for your life to -
look about and eee the bristling masts
and smokestacks of the sunken Spanish
fleet. It seems strange to see ten sunk
en warships and Dewey's small fleet
floating uninjured in the bay.
Cavite fort is a small peninsula about
one mile by one-half and is connected to .
the mainland by a narrow paved road-
way about 80 feet wide. It is surround
ed by a stone wall from 20 to 30 feet
thick and abont 30 feet high. When
Dewey captured the fort it contained
about 150 cannon and 500 modern rifles
which be gave to the natives.
At Dewey's arrival the natives took
new courage and began fighting with:
vim, and step by etep they drove the
Spaniards back until now they are' all in'
Manila. During the righting the insur
gents took about 3000 prisoners,, which,
are in the. prison-just acroes the etreet
from ns.
The second expedition came in, yester
day, Sunday, July 17, and we ate going
to move on Manila Wednesday. I hard
ly think that we will have to do much
fighting to take the city j but you can- '
not tell what the Spaniards will do. .
One thing, however, is certain, and
that is we are going to take Manila ; the
harder the Spaniards fight the mor fun
tl will make for us, so we don't oare.
The boys are all crazy for a fight and
I hope when we do fight we will keep op
the reputation of the. American soldier.