VOL. 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, '