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Newspaper Page TextVOL. XV. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1898. NO. 25. DOINGS OF THE WEEK What Has Happened In the Civilized World. GIVEN IN TUB PRESS DISPATCHES Complete Review at thm News of the rt Seven ! In TliU and All Foreign Lends. Madrid newspaper maintain lliat IVrvern1 fleet Is sailing In the diree tinii til Ilia Philippine The secretary of war lias tent mn great a request for appropriation amounting to t8.87U,Hotl. These ap piorprinllDn. will be used (or tlio equipment mid maintenance until June 1, lHlilt, o( the llifi.OOO volunteer re Bonily culled for by the president. Haiitiiiijo In to bo invested by laud foruu. 6overitiiii.int official think a naval attuck ttloiui might not bo effeot Ive. IluHte Id essential, iir the prospoot Df tho early approach of the cyclone season makes Schley's tay In the open nit perilous. Secretary Alger intimate Unit the invasion of Porto Klco wilt promptly follow the full of Santiago. ; Thy state department and the attorney-general, by dirn;tinu of tba presi ilntit, Hre working hard In the prepara tinn of a form of government fur Cuba after the Spaniard urn driven out An ntTort is being made to have a complete plan for these opeiution ready to be put into effect m eoou as peace ii de clared. Loaded with wealth but deserted and Marring, John ltochol, onoe a well known manufacturer of Sioux City, Ia., Im lulled laHt April on the triiil between IliiWHon nnil Dyua, Alasku. The new of bin dimth roaehed Sioux City In letter to hit widow by Richard Hon iliii kwui, from Seattle. He wat aban doned by hit comrades and loft to die. In the engagement at Santiago the Spanish flagship Cristobal Colon wat struck twice by shell from the Massa chusetts and the tmlterles were badly damaged by the firing of the cruiser New Or?Bti. Three hundred thott were fired by the Amerioant. No American vessel wat hit and no onen the ships Injured, The Spanish lout ww not heavy. Chan. W. Pout, who hat just re turned from Hong Kong, tftjt that pre. vioot to the battle of Manila, Admiral Duwoy had a aoclul passage at armi with Prince Henry, a brother of Em peror William of Germany. Prince llonry slighted the United State at a mirie of toatB tendered at a banquet, and wan wade to apologia) to the hero til Manila. The apology wat written. A World dispatch from Madrid aayt: Spain will yield no territory, and will net llHton to peace overture! on tuoh a basil. The schooner Jane Gray, which loft Seattle tor Kotaebue sound with a party of prospector, on board hat been wrecked off Cape Flattery. The converted yacht Wasp report! having gone into Cieiifuogut harbor and sighting thiee Spanish oruiaert, probably of Ccrveia't fleet. Suerotary Aluer. la a letter to con gress says that 18,000 of 20,000 troopa will go to Cuba at once and be follow ed, as soon at possible, by 60,000 more. Two volunteer rngimantt will em bark at Han Francisco this week. The troops selected to go Immediately are the First Colorado and Tenth Pennsyl vania infantry. The coming campaign at the Philippines it being carefully mapped out. The Flori la expedition It now si.fe with Garcia'a army. A letter hat been received In Key West from one of the American members of the party, which wnt written at tor the landing wat made. An unsuccessful attempt was made by two Spanish torpedo boats to des troy tho ships of Sohloy't fleet, but thty were repulsed and took shelter beneath the guns of the fort. This engagement, it it said, wat the first hostile movement off Santiago. The war department is massing ra tion for 80 rtayt for the troop aesom hied at Jacksonville tinder the com mand of Mnjor-Gouoral Lee. Ofllclal decline to say bow many men are to be concentrated there, or whether they wilt stay At Unit place (or the full 80 days for which ration are provided. A French correspondent at Madrid tnjt ho learns on the highest authority that Cervera It well on hi way to Manila. The vessels in Santiago har bor, he says, are Villamirt torpedo boats. The Cape Verde squadron i due at Manila Bhortly. Cervera' or ders are to destroy Dewey's fleet, and to intercept and capture or destroy the American transports en route from Ban Franoisco. Amid tho mnslo of a hundred bands, tho cheers of hundreds of thousands ol people, the blast o( many whistle and the waving of innumerable flags, the trans-MlfslssippI exposition wa formally opened in Omaha. Nothing ooon i red to mar the occasion. Presi dent McKlnley addressed the assembled multitude by long-distance telephone, touched the uiagio button and the ex position wat dedicated. Minor Maws Heme. Maj. Henry T. Stanton, the widely known Kentucky poot, died at Frankfort. J. O. Fiokoa, of Steubenvllle, O., hat constructed a boat propolled on the bi cycle principle. Mrs. Franous Hodgson Burnett, au thor: o( "Little Lord Fauntleroy" and other novel, hag been granted a divorce from Dr. Swain M. Burnett, with permission to use her maiden name, Hodgson ,'-.' LATER NEWS, At Cynthiana the shook wat accom panted by a loud report and meteor toll fur several hourt. A tevere eartqnake, lasting foi ibout tno minutes, occurred in North irn Kentucky, Monday. The flrst-olas armored " Spanish iruisor Carlo Alberto, bound for Cuba, arrived at Gibraltar. The Oregon election roturnt Indicate Hint Over, fur governor, and Tonitue tnd Moody, for congress, are elected. Saturday afternoon the torpedo-boat rinvla am iwvM.Mtifiillv lit n it,' hail from the iron workt of Wolff & Zwiuker, at t'ortiunu, ur. A 4nlttt vrt.r.liif lin Itim hm,i tnlin. tluced Into ths house directing the see- ..,t-i, tt Iia t 11 iib in hnvM tii-ttnurttil and delivered suitable medals of honor to Lieutenant Hoison ami each mem ber of his crew, (or the gallant service they rendered the United Status. Cane Uaytien advices of June 6 say: At 8 o'clock thi morning strong can nonading wua heard before Pert Agua- dores. A quarter of an hour later the noise of cannonading was greatly in- nrmioil. tllA ftrintf MVIllmitlV DrOCOedillff from gum of the largest caliber. A annnlnl from Kiiiinlun rcnorts that 8,000 United States troops have land ed near Puuuta Cabrera, a little to the west ol Santiago, where a Junction wat effected with General Culixto Oaroia'i army of 8,000 insurgent. It it added that, the landing was effected under ooverof the fire ol Sampson- neat. With tho troop were aevera) heavy (una. It (a rerun, ml from KillMton. Jam aica, that the battle-ship Oregon saw a long Ctait ineaKing ciosn u snore ami beading toward Santiago haibor. She signalled the oraft to turn, and the sig nals were improieriy answereu, wnwre upon tho Oregon opened fire upon her. A 13-inch shell struck the torpedo boat amidship, and she sank with ail band. The vessel I supposed to have been the Spanish torpodo-lMiat destroy. mw Turn, trvlnt in mnkft her VHT from Porto liico Into the harbor of Santiago, to rejoin the neet oi cervera. The rlnrmrtmnnt of war Monday morning sent a list of prisoner at Fort Mofnerson to Admiral Htimpson, ana the admiral himself will enter Into .nmnnUllnn u(,h flnnitr. MHIttftttt IttlT an exchange of prisoner. Cerveia will lie allowed to select irom me n per l.n la willlnr, in take In ex change for Constructor Hobson and tba gallant orew that manned tne mern- m.. nn laat run.. The ofllciula hardly expect to complete the exchange el prisonet in lea man iwo ween. A Madrid dispatch Bays: At 1 o'clock Sunday evening 30 Amorioan warship opened a hot attack on Santiago, but they were so far distant tl.atv aholla dlil not reach the fort. Seeing the futility of the enemy' cannonade, the Spaniard roaue no re ply to their fire, awaiting the near ap proach of tlio ship, but the attacking licet remained in u uimaui i"""uu, Tim lio.,i.,..i. fntthnr iiv the bombard ment lasted 46 minutes and wat not re sumed. Sixteeon American warship are still moored at the same place, in sight ol Santiago. A Kingston, Jamaioa, dispatch says 16 warships have been sunt to leinforce Cervera at Santiago. A St. Petersburg dispatch says the .. linuiin ..riiinnr Hveitlana. 8.838 tout displacement, has been ordered to the racinc. The movement against Porto Kioo it iikoiu in lu, lumn'hed inimediatolv. Soblcy' warships are to be left to dis pose of the Santiago matter, while the military force will at onoe begin the oampalgn of conquest at the Island further East xf.w.nanral Mnrrltt hat been or dered to hasten the departure of the Manila expedition. The adrainmira i.,tu.,,l. in m-r the entire 1'llilio- IIUU I'lIB"". B pirn expedition under way at the earliest practicable moment. Measure have been taken to render Manila bay impregnable. The auxiliary oruiser St Paul, Cap tain Sigabee commanding, ha arrived at New York. Sigsbee says he bad plenty of target practice off Santiago and that Cervera ia bottled up. While cruising before Santiago" he went In o close to the harbor that he was able to make ketohe of the fortiacatlon. which were tent to Washington. Commodore Sohltiy' official roport of the Santiago fight hat been received by the president. He sayi there it no reasonable doubt that Cervera'e fleet 1 Inside the harbor, that his firing wat to leain the strength of the enemy' Imttorios, and was in that respect en tirely satisfactory. None o( hi vessel wore hit and no casualties occurred. Ambassador Hay called at thj (oreign office in London, Monday, and presented evidence that Spanish offi cials are making Canada a base of ope- .,,,1 nrntnated arruinst the con- rMiiviiB, , " - 1 tinuauoe of this practice. The protest j is based on the fact that it would be a breaoh of neutrality for Great hrltaln 'to permit her territory to he used for j such hostile purposes. Hay also re- oently drew the attention of tho foreign 1 office to the small exportations from I n . i n..!...,.. .ii ii . Mitirtltlnna for ureal uriiam, w - - Spain. , It i reported that Bishop John P. Newman, of the Methodist Episcopal church, will lon retire from actlvt duty because of ill healthi t n. a Moo. I nn nf the oldest the- . .iiiiiua i.v..., i - Btrleal manager in America, died Uuddonlyat his home 'in New York 'city. Ho wat 08 years old, I Belgium bat been caught in a de liberate violation of neutrality law. 1 She 'permitted the steamer Havenna to load at Antwerp with war munition, 1 lupposedly for the Spaniard. A NAVAL COMBAT The Dispatches Report a Battle Off Uay tien Coast. VANGUARD OF CADIZ FLEET Chrra Spanish mnt ur Amarlasa Val uta Kngased-Tha Lattar Probably 8out(-A Bpanlah Tarpado-Boat IlH.trorar Sunk at HaHtlugo. Cane Havtlen. June 7.The United States troopship Resoulte, formerly the Yorktown. under ' convoy of the tor pedo boat destroyer Mayflower, the convertd Oaden Goelet yacht of the same name, arrived at Mole St. Nich- olut Saturday and departed ehortly after. Advice from Mole St. Nicholas lay that Saturday, tome distance off Jean Kabel. a port on the west coast ol Haytl. half way between Port do Paix tnd Mole St. Nicholas, a combat took nlace between three Spanish and four Ainerian warship. The American ships are saw to Have withdrawn irom the omnbnt. One of the Spanish war i.ina miLirml the harbor of Jean Kabel for water. Officer of ship lying at St. ritchola Mole were extremely rei cent. Jean Babel is an insurgent seaport, and there il no telegraphic station there. It i thought possible that the Rnanish shins encountered were the vanguard of the Cadia fleet. Th name of the American snips were not ascertained, but it is believed hera that they were probably scout boat. Troopahlp Pnraaad, Port an Prince, June 7. According to the latest advice from Santiago d Cuba, there were not more than IT ship in the nfflng all day, and It la believed there that the three mlsslni vessel have gone for provisions ana munitions of war. At 6 o'clock thi evoning, tho steamer Nouvelle Voldregue arrived here from Cape Uaytien, alter touching at all the porta along the const She reports that yesterday, at Mole St, Nicholas, th saw the United State troopship Beaolute awaiting instruc tions. The vessel wat under convoy. It wat ascertained from passenger on the Voldregue that the Resolute had been pursued, between Joan ftabe! and Mole St. Nicholas, by two Spanish corvettes. From the same source, it Is learned that Admiral Cervera' squadron i not, In its entirety, in the port of Santiago de Cnbn, but that only a oruiser, supposed to be the Colon, one torpedo-boat and two auxil iary cruisers are there. A dispatch from a government source at Port au Prince aayi "A Haytieu Informant, now In San tiago de Cuba, toys the destitution hat greatly Increased since the bombard ment began, and the military eoinman. der hat been forced to reduce the ra tions of the soldiers, among whom there 1 muoh discontent." ; Spanish Daatrvrar Sunk. Kingston, Jamaica, June 7. A dli patch from Port a Prince say a ves sel that has arrived there from Santia go do Cuba tepoita that the American sunk on Friday night the Spanish torpedo-boat destroyer Terror. The assumption, based on dispatcher from Madrid, hat been that the de stroyer Terror, after leaving Fort da France, went to Porto Rloo, and it it possible that the Port Antonio dis patch confuses lior with her sister de stroyer, the Furor, as ha several time been done in dispatches from other points. . ' CHARLES V. GRIDLEY. Death of th Commamlar of tlia CritLal Olympla Washington, June 7. Captain Cha. V. Gridley, commander of the cruiser Olympla, and one of the heroes of the brilliant viotory at Manila, ia doad. The announcement of hia death waa re ceived at the navy department this afternoon' in a cablegram from Pay maater Gait, of the navy, dated Kobe, Japan, June 4, and directed to Sacra tary Long. The dispatch contained thit simple statement: - "Captain Gridley died today. Tho remains accompany me on the Coptic." Captain Charles Vernon Grid ey is the first American officer of great prom inence whose death is a direct result ot the existing war with Spain. A the commander of Admiral Dewey' tplen did flagship and one of the admiral's ohief adviser, Captain; Gridley achieved distinction at the battle of Manila bay and added to hit previous laurel by winning high praise from his superiors for distinguished gal fan try and ability, lie fought hieahip from the conning tower, while Ad miral Dewey directed the movement of the iquadron from the bridge of ths vessel. It was not known for several week after the engagement that Cap tain Gridley had suffered from it, and even now ths precise nature of hi trouble I not disclosed. Accident on tho Saa Franelaoo. Provlnoetown, Mass,, June 7.--A fatal accident occurred last night on the oruiser San Francisco, By the fall of a whaleboat from the davits, Claut Weasel, coxswain, wat drowned and Seaman Stevenson tnstaiued a fractur ed leg. Waesel was 80 year old. Hit body waa recovered this afternoon. : . Great Britain' marine steam tonnngs 1 today 8,720,708 about as much at that of all other nations added together, MUST MOVE ON. Ho Boom for l.lniitrnaiiM'ana'iite In the !omlnloit of Cannilw. Washington, .Tone 7. Steps have been taken by which Lieutenant Car lanza, who hat conducted tho Spanish tpy system at Montreal, with his asso ciate, Senor du Bote, the former first secretary of the Spanish legation here, will be expelled from Canada within the next few days, utiles they adopt their own meant to leave before an in ternational question i raised at to their presence in Canada. The Car ranza letter, detailing his tpy system, wa communioated to the British am bassador. Sir Julian Pauncefotei to gether with all other Information bearing on the operation of the Spoil lard in Canada. The ambassador was quick to act in the matter, awl. with out awaiting the slow proves of the mail he cabled the entire matter to the foreign office. ; No doubt is entertained as to the speedy action of tbe authorities at Lon don, now that a specific case has been made out against the Spanish officials in Canada. They would have taken tbe initiative, had there been wore than suspicion as to the operations of Carranza, But tlieCarranaa lettei wa proof poajtive, and the British officials will move qtiicklyjandjof tbeir own voli tion toward securing adequate redress. Tbettate department hat not cabled Ambassador Hay, not deeming it nec essary to do more than simply: lay the facta before the British ambassador here.' It it expected Lord Salisbury will call the attention of tho Spanish government to tbe undeslrabtlity of having Carranaa and dn Bosn remain in Canada, aa their actions are ao obvi ously hostile to the United State. Sara Ha V' rota the letter. Montreal, Jnne 7. Tonight Lien tenant Carranxa admitted that he was the author of the letter made public yesterday by the tecrot service, and that it wat the one stolen a woek ago from bis residence. "It is a translation," he said, "of the letter I wrote to my cousin, but it I not at I wrote it Word have been changed and whole tentoi.ee yes, even paragraph inserted to make it tuit the ends of the United State gov ernment, . 1 ON BOARD THE SOLACE. Wonmled and Bisk Ar firelight Back From tho Front. New York, June 7. The ambulance ship Solace came into port today, hav ing on board 64 wounded and sick, tome of whom had been transferred from the American warships in Cuban watert and other takon from the hos pital at Key West' Her after-dcok had been tented over with canvas, and in swinging hammock lay half a doxun of the more seriously ill of the pa tients. The convalescing room was the basking place of a (core or more of the poor fellow who had not given up the fight without a atruggle, while the privilege of the deck was accorded all those who were able to move about or anxious to watch the green hills a the good ship moved in thorvwaid. The Solace anchored off Tompkins ville early thit morning, and she war boarded by press representatives. She left Key West Wednesday afternoon, and came through to New York with out incident until Satniday night, when the gale tumbled ber about to aoine extent,' and made things uncom fortable for the patient. But the sea Toyage wa a tonic to the men. They had left behind the sweltering teas of the tropics, and the exhausting winds for refreshing breeae. Some of them had gathered together in little group on the voyage up many a time and told again tho story of a brush with the Spaniard or tbe nights on watch at the blockade Four Of the heroes ot the Nashville and the Mar blohead were among the patients on the Solace, Robert Volta, of Pan Fran cisco, and Uarry- Hendriokson, Joe Davis and Kuohrneister, of. New York. They are the wounded ot that gallant band of volunteers who out the cable at Cienfuego nearly a month ago. It ia a tale that has been told before. The effort will live in history, lido by side, with the Merrimao's journey down the narrow at Santiago. The Solace ha on board 54 patient removed from southern waters. BURNED AT THE STAKE. Near) Viand a Vlotlrn of Mob Veaeana In Texal. - Dalla, Tex., June 7. A special from Shreveport, La., say: A thousand people gathered at Doyline, on the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Paoifio rail way, about 18 miles from here, to wit ness the burning at the stake of Wil liam Street, a negro who brutally out raged Mr. Parrish. The crime waa oommittod May 80. The people ereot A.I a nmit near the railroad traok. near town, and had the light wood and kindling saturated wun coai on, pre paratory to chaining Street to the post. - ." ' The flames were started at 1 o'clock. It wa a sickening tigi t, which lasted 10 minutes, when Street wat a charred mass. Well-known lawyer made speeches warning the crowd of negroes that such crime wonld not be tolerated in a civil ised community, Anxious tor Paaoe. Washington, Juno 7. The belief is growing In the best-informed govern ment circle that Spain it sinoerely anxious to make peaoe, and that eveu pow aba 1 seeking a favorable oppor tunity to make overtures in that direc tion. Numerous evidences of thit have oome to the attention of the authorities here, but up to this time no actual move ha been made toward ascertain ingonwhat basis the United State WOUld consider " . MERKIMAC SUNK Blown Up by a Spanish Torpedo in San tiago Harbor. TRIED TO FORCE A PASSAGE Spaniard Allowed Der to Croae Flrat Defense Line Number of Victims Not Reported Fleet Renewed Bombard ment of Forts and Squadron. Cape Haytlen, Hayti, Juno 8. The American fleet, according to advice re oeived by cable from Santiago deCuba, the cable being nnder Spanish control, oened fire again at 8 o'clock this morning on the fortification and war ships. ' - The cannonade was well sustained until 4 A. M. One of the American auxiliary cruiser (well armed) attempted to force the passage into tbe harbor. The Spanish allowed the oruiser to cross the first line ot torpedoes, but before she arrived at the second line, they discharged a torpedo, which hroke a great hole in her side and caused her to sink atmoat instantly, bow first One officer, one engineer and six tail or were made prisoner by tbe Span ADMIRAL SAMPSON'S FLAGSHIP, THE NEW YORK. 10:3A A. M. A dispatch from San tiago says that the vessel sunk is un derstood to be the Merrimac. Only the extremities of her funnel and two masta are seen above water. The Newt From Fort an Prlnee. Port au Prince, Hayti, June 6. This morning at 8 o'clock, the Ameri can squadron began the bombardment of the fortifications of Santiago de Cuba, and a lively cannonading ensued for two hours, which silenced the Spanish batteries. An American vessel, the Merrimac, described in the cable from Santiago as an auxiliary cruiser, made a dash to force the entrance, succeeded in passing the first line of defenses, bnt was tor pedoed about 800 feet up the channel. She went down "perpendicularly." An officer,- an engineet and six seamen were taken prisoners. Tbe number of victims ia unknown. Only the funnel and mastheads of the sunken vessel can be seen. There is great excitement in the eity. A part of the population assisted in the fighting on the heights. Every body is astounded at the audacity of the American vessel. The American squadron was cruising all the while in the offing. (It will bo noted that there is an im portant discrepancy as to the time at which the bombardment is said to have began this morning between the dis patches from Cape Hnytien and Port au Prince, the former saying 8 o'olock and the latter 8 o'clock. It is possible that this arises from a confusion be tween the figure 8 and 8. The San tiago advioen in reference to tbe sunken vessel a an auxiliary cruiser is prob ably a mistake. The Merrimao Ib a collier, and has alwaya been a collier.) Navy Department's Advices. Washington, Jnne 6. Notwitatand Ing the rather positive statement com ing from Jamaioa to the effect that the seoond Spanish fleet from Cadia ha crosard tbe Atlantic and is about to join Cervera at Santiago, the officer of the navy department refuse to be frightened at what they declare to be a bugaboo. It appear that the basis of their confidence 1b a telcgraphio re(iort of at late date at yesterday, declaring that tbe Cadit fleet i (till at Cadia. Moreover, they know that there are not a many aa 18 ships in that fleet. London, June 8. According to a dispatch from Madrid, Kl Heraldo, with regard to the situation at Santia go da Cuba, saya: - "It ia one more disenchantment which prove that there ia no remedy for Spain's misfortune. Cervera' squadron at Santiago is of little advan tage, either to itself or to what it rep resent. It can ' neither hinder the Yankees' expedition, nor strengthen the defense ot Havana. Spain was never before led through taoh strr.it road ot perdition." A GREAT FLEET. Sampson and Settle? rfave Joined Their - Force. ( 09 Santiago de Cuba, via Kingston, Jamaica, Jnne 8. Rear-Admiral Sampson, with the cruiser New York, his flagship, accompanied by the bat-tle-thip Oregon, cruiser Mayflower and the torpedo-boat Porter, joined Com modore Schley's squadron off Santiago Wednesday morning, and their com bined command have the Spanish fleet securely looked in the barlior. Admiral Sampson left the heavy monitor and light gunboat off Car denas Monday morning, all danger of the appearance of the Spaniards from the eastward having keen removed with the definhed information that Schley had hunted them to their bolus, and nnder command of Commodore Waton, the monitors and gunlxiat returned to reinforce the blockade on the north coast of Cuba. Admiral Sampson did not assume command of the amalgamated quad ron on hi arrival. Each rquadron retain it separate entirety, and Com modore Schley has hi single-Stan ed pennant on the Brooklyn. The American fleet off Santiago now numbers 13 fighting ships, two rollier end a cable-cutting ship. Neither tbe Solace, the hospital ship, nor the Red Cross ship State of Texa. which tbe dispa'oli boat Dauntless passed on her way here, ha yet put in an uppear anoe. ' The fighting ship are tbe New York, Brooklyn, Iowa, Oregon, Mua-cl:u-etts, Texas, New Orleans, Marhle head, Dolphin, Mayflower and Vixen, and the torpedo-boat Porter. There i every indication that active 0ier'aliuii will begin at once. The cable which binds Cuba to Ma drid and the outside world was cut to day. ;.'.. Pending the execution of Admiral Sampson's plan of campaign, our ships form a cordon about the entrance of Santiago harbor to prevent the possi ble egress of the Spaniards. Communication bat also been had with the shore. The mountains and bills which surround Santiago are in full possession of tbe Cuban insur gents. " The reconnoissance made by our ships, principality the smaller yachts and torpedo-boats, which are able to creep olose insl ore at night, has pretty definitely determined tbe location and character of the defenses ot the harbor. Several new batteries have been thrown up on tbe high ground on each side of the entrance, and it is evident the Spaniards are prepar3d to make a strong resistance. NOT A SPANISH VICTORY. Collier May Have Been Sent In to Klovk acle the Chnuuel. Washington, June 6. The Post says: There is absolutely no dmibt in the mind of 'the naval officials in Washington that the sending of tl.a collier into tbe harbor was a prear ranged move on the part of Admiral Sampson. The use of a collier, tho un usual hour of the morning, the neces sity of blockading the channel so as to relieve some of the ships of tbe squad ron from remaining stationed off San tiago, the importance of discovering whether the mines were effective all these make it oertaiti that the Merri mao waa deliberately sent "to her de struction. It waa not a Spanish yrotoi y it was a cleverly arranged sohemo on the part of the American Admiral, and it was successful. The eight men in a Spanish prifon are the real heroes of the war. If the Merrimao went in under her own crew, it ia interesting to know that her com plement of officers consisted of Com mander J. M. Miller; Lieutenant W. W. Gilmer, executive officer; Ensigns J. R. Y. Blakely and J. M. Lnby, and First Engineer R. K. Crunk. Miller ia from Missouri, Gilmer from Vir ginia, Blakely from Pennsylvania, and Luby and Crank from Texas. It 1 expected that reports will be re ceived today from Admiral Sampson which will give detail of the Merri mao's destruction, and the bftme of the eight men who have been cap tured. . ' John TJ. Smith Indicted. Port Townsend, June 6, The Bteamer Farallon, which arrived hera tonight, from Alaska, bring new that in addition to the indictment of eight fttiatnma nffinnra- thft oranrl tnrv At Sitka has brought in two true bills against John U. Smith, ex-United State commissioner at Skagway, on charge ot extortion ana accepting biibea, Smith has been arrested. THE FIRST BLOW Detailed Account of the Bombardment of Santiago. AMERICAN SHIPS UNINJURED Dynamite Crnl.er Veaovlna Will Conn- termlno thn Hnrbor and Then Cer vera Will Bo Foreod to riant at . Once Bpantah Forte Crippled. Port Antonio, Jamaica, Jnne 4. For an hour Tuesday afternoon, the Massa chusetts, Iowa, New Orleans and . Vixen, of Commodore Schley's squad ron, exchanged shots with the Spanish fleet, nnder Admiral Cervera, and with the land batteries guarding the harbor of Santiago de Cuba, behind which tba fleet is biding. The engagement is the first which ha occurred between tbe two naval forces, and waa bnt a pre lude to serious work in the latter part of the week. No attempt waa made by the-Ameri can to bring off a general engagement, it being Schley's desire to locate the batteries on the hills above the bur lier, and to determine the position of the Spanish fleet. Shortly before 1 o clock. Commodore Schley left the Brooklyn lor the Massa- -chusetts, on board of which battle-ship he remained during the night. At 3 o'clock tbe signal to form column was posted on the flagship, and the New' Orleans, Iowa and Vixen fell in in the) order named. The Massachusetts steamed slowly until about five mile west of the har bor entrance, when she turned in to ward the chore, and when about 5,000 yard off she turned east again and bore down on the harbor, the New Or leans being close op and the Iowa half a mile behind. i When she had passed tbe harbor en trance by 600 yards, a great cloud of white and yellow irnoku burst from the two 18-inch gun in her after turret, tnd two shells rose over the hull, one ot them striking the Spanish- flwgahip Cristobal Colon, a she lay at anchor, and the other falling close alongside, The two guns on the forward turret were then fired, and their shells ex ploded, throwing great geyser of spray close to the Colon. All the shore batteries took up the challenge and began a rapid fire on the Massachusetts, but she waa soon be yond their range, and the batteries turned their guns on the few Orleans. This oruiser had been bid to pay at tention to the batteries, and to draw their fire as mnoh aa possible, and she obeyed instructions to the letter. Her first shot located a large battery on the hill above Morro. It flew straight into the fort and seemed to have canned much damage, as a great cloud of dust and debris rose when the shell burst. Two more shots sent part of the walls ot Morro flying into the air. and then tne New Orleans confined herself to the batteries, her fire being rapid and extremely accurate. Every shot she fired made trouble for Spain, The Iowa, like the Massachusetts, devoted her attention to the ship in the harbor. Their 13-inch shell made the water fly about that part of tho harbor in which the Cristobal Colon lay. The latter, ' however, waa not seriously damaged, and kept np her fire until long after the American ships steamed out of range. The ironclads bore down on tbe har bor onoe more. The flugahip kept on until less than 4,000 yards from shore, and tf.en her shells again began to heave up the water of Santiago harbor. Tii is time, the shore batteries were better served, and the Spanish replied to the warships' fire in energetic fash ion. But nearly all of the shots ot the batteries fell short Then came the New Orleans once more, her long black guns doing fearful woikand turning up the ground nil around the batteries in the most savage manner. ' The Spaniards dropped shells close to the Iowa as she came by the second time, sending a stream of shells into the harbor as she did so. The Spanish warships, with the ex ception of the Cristobal Colon, were behind the hills, and could not tee tne enemy, who threw shells around them with such rapidity that they knew he was somewhere on the other side ot tjio hill, and then hopefully raised the muzzles of their guns and banged away. The result waa what might have been expected. The fire tore the bosom of the Caribbean sea, but tt harmed noth ing elae. After the Massachusetts passed the point where she could fire into the har bor with advantage, she returned to the open sea, the other vessels follow ing her. Then tho fight was over, as far as the Americans wore concerned. It is likely that the early part ot next week will see mora serious work. Ths dynamite oiniser Vesuvius ia coming down, and an attempt will be made by her to explode tbe triple row ot mines extending across the harbor's mouth. With these out of the way, Commodore Schley will sail into the harbor tor a death grapple with tbe fleet and batteries. , New York, June 4. -A dispitnh from Washington to the Kvening World says: It was determined today to place 76,000 troopa at Chickamaugii, which ia to bo made a permanent camp. This will be the largest camp in tiio United States. Most, if not all, tho troops mustered in under the second call will be sent there, for '!U!j-'--tu, Oijaniftion, and dtiU, '