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ST. HELENS, OKEGON, FKIDAY, JULY 1, 1898.
NO. 28.
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DOINGS OF THE WEEK
What Has Happened In the
Civilized World.
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
A Complete llovlaw of the News of the
I'M Seven Days tn This anil
All Foreign Land.
Owing to the continued strike In the
Welch coal mines, England's coal li
running low, and steamers aro forced
to turn to America for their supplies.
A Prions riot attendant upon a strike,
In which women took a loading part.
occurred at Oshkosh, Wis. Non-union
men were shut out of a sash and door
factory and the plant ttaa orderod closed
down.
A Madrid dispatch. from San Juan
says: An American cruiser appeared
off the harbor and the cruiser Isabella
and gunboat Terror sailed out to attack
her. The American withdrew immedi
.. atoly. One Spaniard was killed .and
throe wounded.
No revenue stamps will be required
on money orders, according to a oou
struction of the new law. Instead, an
additional charge ol the amount of the
- atatnp provided for will bo made for
the money order upon Its Issuance from
the postofllee.
Surgeon-General Van Ruypen, of the
navy, baa received a number of letters
, from officers with Admiral Sampson's
; squadron testifying to the gratefulness
and appreciation With which the deli
caoies sent for the sick aud wounded
... have been received.
A Madrid dispatoh say: News of
serious fighting near Santiago has boon
received here. Oervora cables that the
situation Is critical. The governor of
. Santiago admits that the Spaniards
have been obliged to retire, but a Span
Ish victory is claimed. ;
A Cuban scout has brought news to
the United States camp at Baiquiri
that Cervera's ships are now in battle
array. The positions have been
changed to make the guns Command
the harbor entrance. Both Spanish
toriiedo-boat destroyers have been to
tally disabled by the Incessant Bring of
the American ships.
Colonel Torrey's regiment of rough
riders have left Cheyenne for Jackson
villa. This regiment Is made up of
the pick of the mountiin and plain,
men skilled in the use of the rifle and
revolver, and will unquestionably make
a valuable addition to the mounted
forces to be sent to Cuba, , -
Cornell won the university boat race
at New London, Conn. Yale crossed
the lino four tongths behind and
Harvard oaruo In third. It was pretty
content, but was Cornell's race, almost
from the start, her ciew taking the lead
before reaching the half-mile line and
maintaining it until the finish Una was
crossed.
A special from Santiago says Corvora
will attempt to nnhottle his fleet. Ills
ships are coaled and ready to seize
the first opportunity to make a dash for
the open sea.
A dispatch from Kingston, Jamaioa,
, says the Spanish steamer Purrnissa
Coiicepoioo ran the blockade in safety
and has arrived at Trinidad with money
nd supplies for the Spanish troops.
General Miles has reooived a cipher
message from Captain Allen, chief
signal officer in Cuba, saying the land
ing of troops has actually begun, and
was in progress whon the dispatch was
sent.
The United States cruiser Marble
head has landed supplies in Guuutana
mo' and ousted the Spaniards, The
cruiser was Bred upon by a Spanish
gunboat which attempted to repel the
'invasion, but was quiokly driven out of
sight and into shallow water.
J A eablo between the United States
and Hawaii may soon be laid. The
,propect of annexation has revived new
interest in the projoot. The house
commit toe on 'commerce will make an
effort to secure aotiou on the pending
measure in congress at the sessions to
be held next winter.
Spanish prisoners captured during
the Santiago campaign will be removed
.from Cnba. The government has do-
tor mined that all Spaniards falling Into
American hands shall be well cared for.
They will be brought away in trans
ports. The number has been various
ly estimated at from 35,000 to 50,000.
The projected expedition to 'Porto
Rico has been abandoned at least for
the present. It Is stated that there art
no troops to spare for the movement..
The entire attention of the war de
partment, is to be concentrated upon
the proBcoution to a suocesBfu! issue of
the Santiago campaign, In accordance
with Miles' recummondatlons.
The house committee on milltaiy
affairs has agreed on and favorably re
ported a joint resolution reviving the
grade of lieutenant general in the
army. It authorizes the president to
appoint a lieutenant-goneral whenover
lie deems it expedient, to be selected
from those officers in the military ser
vice distinguished for courage, skill
and ability, and the limitation in the
bill as to the choloo from officers "not
below the grade of major-general" be
ing stri.cken out by the committee.
I Minor Maws Itams.
O. Q. Tow, a Chinaman, has enlisted
In the army and will join company L,
now at the Presidio, Bun Francisco.
The total assessed value of equalized
property in Kentucky is 1563,977,967,
on which 18, 000,000 state taxes will
be called. , ,
The new French chamber of dopu
ties isoomposed of 354 republicans, 104
radicals, 74 radical-socialists, 67 ao
olallta, 08 rallies, 44 reactionaries anil
. Q free lances,
LATER NEWS.
A belief exists that the true objec
tive (joint of Camera's fleet is not Ma
nila, but Hawaii and finally Ban Fran
cisco. . JiaArM. ,t,l,"pa!ch. ,hi' .VteT)"
ly preparing to dispateii reinforcements
to Porto Kico by the first available
transportation.
A speola) dispatch from Fiume,
seaport town of Austio-Ifungary, says
an Austrian vessel la on her way to the
Philippines with 600 torpedos, in
tondod for the Spanish fleet."
The navy department on Monday
posted the following bulletin: Com
modore Watson sails today on the New
ark to join Sampson, when be will
take under his command an armored
squadron with the cruisers and pioceod
at onco off the Spanish const." Wat
son's "Kantorn squadron" consists of
the Nuwuik, Iowa, Oregon, Yosemite,
Yunkne, Dixie aud three colliers. They
leave Suiitiago immediately.
Four batteries of American artil
lery and a gulfing gun have been
placed on a hill overlooking the basin
in which Santiago lies. The American
troops were within 300 yards of the
Spanish entrenchments last Sunday
nliiht. It is holieved that , more
artillery will be necessary before an
asrault can be made upon the Spanish
works. All the hills about Santiago
are covered with block houses. There
are 84 lines of Intrencbmenta and be
hind them are four lines of rifle pits,
while the fronts are secured by rows of
burbed wire.
A dispatch from Port Antonio says
that while the dynamite cruiser Vesu
vius was making observations along
the inner ' harbor of SantiRgo a few
nights agi, ample evidence was d is
coveted that the sunken collier Merri
nine does not completely blockade tha
c' "lie!. Further information develops
t. act that two bnttle-ships can enter
the hrarbor abreast, one passing on
each side of the Merrimac. This Will
be of great advantage to Sampson when
the final attack on Santiago begins.
Lieutenant Hobson and bis men are
still in communication with the fleet.
Tliuie is little prospect that they will
bo exchanged before the attack on
Santiago Is made.
Blanco has issued a proclamation an
nouncing that any one daring to ex
press an unfavorable opinion of, or sus
pected of being dissatiefid with tha
present policy of the government, will
he summarily shot without trial or
Investigation. This proclamation, it
appears, caused dissatisfaction among
the members of the police force, whq
threatened to revolt if full rations wore
not given them. It is expected that,
as the police is a numerous bod I, tum
ble will result. Spanish infantry and
artillery soldiers are maintaining guard
over them at every corner. Famine, itj
seems, is imminent, and stories of sup
plies for Havana coming via Batabano
are reported to bo untrue.
Thursday a detachment of 170 Cu
bans collided with the Spanish rear
guard. " The Cubans lost two men kill
ed. The Spanish loss is not known.
The navy department has received
a cablegram from Sampson, saying the
Spaniards at Santiago report that Hob-
son and his companions are well. They
are confined four miles from Morro.
Thursday night, the American army
of 'rvosion bad reached on its advance
the eoge of the table land on which the
harbor of Santiago de Cuba lies. Here,
seven miles, from Morro castle, the
main body of troops united, and the
Spaniards were in full retreat toward
Santiago. .
Admiial Sampson is now In con
stant and practically Immediate cable
communication with the navy depart
ment. Six dispatches were received in
rapid succession through the early
hours Friday morning. They showed
that only half an hour elapsed between
the filing of the message by the admiral
and tho receipt of it in Washington.
General Lawton's brigade, which
rested Thursday at Dcuiajayabo, four
miles west of Daiquiri, resumed its
march at daylight. Before noon his
brigade, consisting of the Second Mas
sachusetts, the Twelfth infantry, the
First battalion of the Fourth infantry,
two companies of the Tenth Infantry,
and the Second battalion of the Fourth
infuntiy, occupied Juragua, five miles
beyond, and the American Hug was
hpiHted there. The Spaniards retired
before the advance of the Americans,
which was covered by Cuban skirmish
ers, burning the block bouses as thoy
went ..
A dispatch to tho New York World
from Santiago de Cuba, June 34 via
Port Antonia, Jamaica,
says:
and
One
man wiim killed ftndnV
eight
wounded on the Texas. The battle-
ship at the lime of the landing of the
troops went to Matamoras to make a
feint attack on the fortificatione there
in connection with land force of Cu
bans under Raul. The Texas silenced
the Socapa battery. Just as the action
ended a shell struck the battle-ship and
exploded with the result given above,
The dead man Is F. B. . Blakoly, of
Newport, R. I., an apprentice of the
first class. Tho woundod are: R, G.
Engle, H, A. Gee, J. E. Lively, G. F.
Mullen, J..E. Nelson, R. Russell, W.
J. Simonson, A, Soogvist Russell is
very seriously wounded. The others
will all recover.
Cleveland, O., will be the headquar
ters of the Brotherhood, of Locomotive
Engineers for the next 10 years begin
ning with 1900.
Bo jam in B. Comegys, the .president
of the Philadelphia National bank,'
has just completed 60 years' service in
that prominent financial institution.
In New York a. flag 130 feet in
length, the largest ever made, was on
exhibition. It is intended to raise it
over the walls of Morro castle when
Havana is taken .
fA WRECK AT SEA
Two River Steamers
Bound for Alaaka
Destroyed.
UNDER TOW TO THE YUKON
aternwhaalan Gaineeork ami Stag
bound Kulnert All Frovlnluns War
Washed Overboard Xo Llvee Lot-
Property lm(., 125,000.
Astoria, June 28. When the Klihu
Thompson, towing the sternwheel
steamers Gamecock and Staglioinid
started for Alaska Friday afternoon
the prediction was freely made that
they would never reach their dentins
Ion. This prediction has come true
and the three vessels put buck into ort
this afternoon. The sternwhcelurs are
total wrecks; their decks are awash,
and, but for the cord wood stored be
tween docks, they would have gone to
the bottom.
Eearly this morning the lookout at
Cape Disappointment reported that th
steamers hud crossed in and anchored
The report also stated that the liver
boats Were badly battered. When the
tide began flooding the Thompson got
under way and slowly towod the disa
bled steamers into port, reaching the
eity at 4 o'clock. Never were vessels
mora completely demolished by the
sea. , The decks were three foot under
water and huge gaps had been runt in
the steamers' sides. The upper works
had oaved in, and were carried away
by the seas. Baggage washed abont on
the lower decks and broken timbers
were scattered over the vessels. Tliev
were dookud near the western extreni
Ity of the city, whither a crowd of
nearly 6,000 people flocked to view
them. '
The expedition met disaster at the
very start Friday evening, while
crossing the bar, the hogcimins on both
the Gamecock and Stughound parted
Despite this the Thompson continued
on her course. The river steitmurs be
gan breaking almost immediately.' The
situation was not serious, however, till
about midnight, as the weather was
comparatively calm. Soon after 13
o'clock the passengers, of whom there
were 87 on the two steamers, became
alarmed. The holds begun to fill and
the timbers would strain and give
away with every wave. About 1:30
Captain Fisher, of the Gamecock, sig
nalled the Thompson with a red light,
but she oontlnued on her course.
By 4 o'olock in the morning, all the
lower woras of the boats were rent
apart and there was two feet of water
in the holds. Boata were sent hack from
the Thompson, and the passengers,
who had provided themselves with lifo
preservers.'were ordered to jump into
the sea. Mr. Knapp, the Kansas City
promoter, as the first man to obey the
command, and the others soon follow
ed. Captains Lane and Fisher, each
with three men, remained on the
steamers. By 6 o'clock, the boats were
leaking badly, and it was decided to
put back to port, after having proceed
ed SB miles up the coast They crossed
in at daybreak this morning.
REAR-END COLLISION.
Several M.mban of Torrey's Rough
Kldere Killed.
Tupelo, Miss., June 38. A railway
accident occurred at this plaoe at 8:40
this afternoon, by which five members
of Torrey's regiment of rough riders
from Cheyenne lost their liveB and
others received injuries. The aooident
occurred on the Kansas City, Memphis
& Birmingham road. The first section
stopped to take water and had whistled
to start on, when the second section
rounded the sharp eurve in the track
just before the town is readied, and
dashed into it. The rear car of the first
section was the sleeper Seville, con
taining Colonel Torrey and his staff.
This car was completely demolished,
yet, strange to say, every inmate es
caped 'unscathed, except the colonel,
who Is injured, though not seriously.
The chief fatalities occurred in a
coach which stood in the center of the
first section, which carried troop O,
from Laramie. This ooaoh was com
pletely telescoped, and the soldiers
within were jammed and bruised be
neath masses of timbers, broken oar
seats, and other debris. . In the second
section, one baggage car was thrown
into the ditch, but In this train
few
were hurt, and none seriously.
Immediate action waa taken by the
soldiers to save their imperilled com
rades, and with axes and ropes, and
buckets of Water they worked like de
mons, tearing away the wreckage to
get at the wounded and dead and
quenolilng the fire, which had started
in the sleeper Seville, which was
mass of wreokage, covering a steaming,
hissing engine. The wounded were re
moved to vacant building in the
town. . v, ,
New York, June 88. The torpedo
boat Talbot left today for Key West,
nd will call at Norfolk. v
May Abandon Calmanera.
Playa del Este, Guantanamo Bay,
June 88. It is believed in oump here
that the town of Calmanera, on the
upper bay, is : about to be' abandoned
by the Spaniards, who are said to be
in a desperate condition, owing to lack
of food. The report Is that they will
leave this town and (all back on Guan
tanamo. -; . , (
There Is clock in Brussel which
has never been wound by humau hands.
It ii kept going by the wind.
IN A DEATH TRAP.
Rom Mora Detnlla of the Battle of La
Juragua, Cuba, June 38 The Initial
fight of Colonel Wood's rough riders
and the troopers of the First and Tenth
regular oavalry will be known In his
tory as the battle of La Quasina.
That it did not end in the complete
slaughter of the Anioi leans was not due
to any miscalculation in the plans
of the Spaniards, for as perfect an am
buscade, as was ever formed in the
brain of an Apache Indian was pre
pared and Lieutenant-Colonel Roose
velt and his men walked squarely into
it For an hour and a half they held
their ground under a perfect storm of
bullets from front and sides, and then
Colonel Wood at the tight, and Lieu
tenant-Colonel Roosevelt, at the loft,
led a charge which turned the tide of
battle and sent the enemy flying over
the hills toward Santiago.
it is now definitely known that 18
men on the American side were killed,
while 00 were wounded or are reported
to be missing. It is impossible to cal
culate the Spanish losses, but it is
known they were far heavier than those
of the Americans, at least as regards
actual loss of life. Already 87 dead
Spanish soldiers have been found and
buried, and many others are undoubt
edly lying in the thick underbrush
The wounded were all removed.
That the Spaniards were thoroughly
posted as to the route to be taken by
the Americans in their advance toward
Seville was evident as shown by the
careful preparations they had made.
The main body of the Spaniards was
posted oh a hill in the heavily wooded
slopes on which had been erected two
blockhouses, . flanked by irregular en
trenchments of stone and fallen trees,
At the bottom of these hills run two
roads, along which Colonel Roosevelt
and eight troops of the First and Tenth
cavalry, with a battery of four howitz
ers, advanced. These roads are little
more than gullies, and atplaoes almost
impassable. In these trails the fight
occurred. " . '
About two and a half miles out
from Siboney, some Cubans, breathless
and excited, rushed into the camp with
the announcement that the Span
iards were but a little way in front.
nd strongly entrenched. Quickly the
Hololikiss guns out in the front were
biought to the rear, while a strong
scouting line was thrown out " Then,
cautiously and in silence, the troops
moved forward until a bend in a road
disclosed the hill where the Spaniards
were located. The guns were again
brought to the front and . placed in po
sition, while the men crouched in the
road waiting impatiently to give Roose
velt's men, who were toiling over the
little trail along the orest of the ridge,
time to get up.
At 7:30 A. M., General Young gave
the command to the men at the Hotch
kiss guns to open fire. The oommand
was the beginning of a fight that for
stubbornness has seldom been equaled.
The instant the Hotohkiss guns were
fired, the hillsides commanding the
road gave forth volley after volley from
the Mausers ol the Spaniards. ;
Don't shoot until you see some
thing to shoot at," yelled General
Young, and the men, with set jaws
nd gleaming eyes, obeyed the order.
Crawling along the edge of the road
and protecting themselves as muob aa
possible from tbe fearful fire of , the
Spaniards, the troops, some of them
stripped to the waist, watched the
base of the hill, and when any part of a
Spaniard became visible, they fired.
Never for an instant did they falter.
One dusky warrior of the Tenth, with
a ragged wound in his thigh, coolly
knelt behind a rook, loading and firing.
and when told by one of bis comrades
that he was wounded, laughed and
said:
Oh, that's all right; that's been
there for some time."
In the meantime, away off to the
left, was heard the crack of the rifles
of Colonel Wood's men, and then the
deeper toned Volley firing of the Span
ish. Over there the American losses
were the greatest.
Colonel Wood's men, with an ad
vance guard well out in front and two
Cuban guides before them, but appar
ently with no dangers, went squarely
into the trap set for them by the Span
iards, and only the unfaltering courage
of the men in the face of a fire that
would make even a veteran quail, pre
vented what might easily have been a
disaster. Aa it waa, tropp L, the ad
vance guard, under the unfortunate
Capron, was well surrounded, and but
for the reinforcements hurriedly sent
forward, every man would probably
have been killed or wounded.
"There must have been nearly 1,500
Spaniards in front and to the sides of
us," said Lieutenant-Colonel Roose
velt today, when discussing the fight.
They held the ridges with rifle-pits
and guns, and had a body of men in
ambush in the thick jungle at the
sides of the road over which we were
advancing. Our advance forward atruok
the men in ambush and drove them
out, but we lost Captain Capron, Lien
tenant Thomas and about 15 men
illed or wounded. . , .
'I want to say a word for our own
men," continued Lieutenant-Colonel
Roosevelt. "Every officer and man
did his duty up to the handle. Not
man flinched." ; ; '
I'ralrle Ordered to Key Wet,
New York, June 88. Tbe auxiliary
cruiser Prairie, ' which ;lias been at
Tompkinsvillo coaling and taking on
ammunition and stores, has received
orders to proceed at full speed to Key
West. She will sail tomorrow. , .
Provinoetown, Mass., June 38. The
ram Katahdin left today for Hampton
Roads. She was followed by the oruis
er San Franoisco, bound for Key West
The collier Southern accompanied tbe
latter.
AN ENGAGEMENT
Spaniards Had Twice
as Many Men as
Americans.
ENEMY WAS DRIVEN BACK
Twelve Spaniards Known So Have Beea
Killed ltooeevell's Rough Kldara
In the Thick of the Flht Spaniards
Opened Fire From Thickets.
Off Juragua, via Playa del Este,
Guatanamo Bay, June 27. This morn
ing four trodps of the first cavalry, four
troops of the Tenth cavalry, and eight
troops of Roosevelt's rough riders.
less than 1.000 men In all, dismounted
and attacked 2,000 Spanish soldiers in
the thickets within five miles of San
tiago de Cuba,
Tbe Americans beat the enemr back
into the city, but left the following
dead upon tbe field:
Rough riders Captain' Allyn K.
Capron, of troop L; sergeant Hamilton
Fish, jr.; Privates Tilman and Daw
son, of troop L; Private Dougherty, of
troop Aj Private W. T. Eiwin, of
troop F. First cavalry Privates Dlx,
York, Bejork, Kolbe, Berlin, Lennock.
Tenth cavalry Corporal White.
At least 60 Americans were wounded,
including six officers. Several of the
wounded will die.
Twelve Spaniards, dead, were found
In the bush after the fight, but their
loss was doubtless far in excess of that
ueneral xoung commanded the ex
pedition and was with the regulars,
while Colonel Wood directed the opera
tions of the rough: riders, several miles
west ... ;
Both parties struck the Spaniards
nbout- the same time, and tha fight
lasted an hour.
The Spaniards opened fire from tbe
thickets and had every advantaae of
numbers and position, but the troops
drove them back from their station,
stormed the blockhouses around which
they made a final stand, and sent them
scattering over the mountains.
The cavalrymen were afterwards re
inforced by the Seventh, Twelfth and
Seventeenth infantry, part of the Ninth
cavalry and the Second Massachusetts
and the Seventy-first New York.
Tbe Americans now hold a position
at the threshold of Santiago de Cuba,
with more troops going forward con.
stantly, and they are preparing for
final assault upon the city.
The officers wounded were:
Major Brodie, shot through the right
forearm.
Captain McCllntock, troop B. shot
through the right leg.
lieutenant j. T. Thomas, troops Ij.
shot through tbe right leg. His condi
tion is serious.
All the foregoing officers are rough
riders.
Other officers who were wounded are
Captain Knox, whose condition is
serious. Major Bell, Lieutenant George
L. Bryant. These officers are of the
First cavalry.
The following are among the soldiers
who were wounded:
Rough riders Troop M, Privates E.
M. Hill. Shelly, Fisher, M. a New-
oomb, Fred Beale and Corporal Rhode.
Troop E, Corporal James F. Bean,
Privates Frank Booth, W. Bert Chart-
ley, Dailey, Halvers, E. G. Athertoo.
Clifford Beed and Sergeant G. W. Ar
ringo. Troop C, Sergeant Joseph F.
Cavanaugh, Corporal L. L. Stewart
Privates George Rowland, H. F. Haef-
ner, Michael Coyle, R. M. Reed. M.
Russell. Troop L, Privates J. R. Heen.
Thomas F. Meagher, Edward Calvert,
Nathan P. Poe.
Tenth cavalry Troop B, Privates
Russell, Gaines, Miller, Cross., Brax
ton, Wheeler. Troop I, Privates Ridd,
May berry. :
Edward Marshal, correspondent of
the New York Journal and Adver
tiser, was seriously wounded in the
small of the back.
It is probable that at least 10 in the
list of wounded will die.
Hamilton Fish, it.
New York, June 87. Hamilton
Fish, jr., one of the killed, was a
young New Yorker of good position and
family, who went to the front with
Roosevelt's rough riders. He was of
distinguished ancestry, his family be
ing one of the oldest in this state. Ilia
father, Nicholas Fish, is the son of the
late Hamilton Fish, who was secretary
of state in Grant's cabinet. He is a
banker and lives In this city.
Captain Capron.
Washington, June 37. Captain Cap
ron, of Roosevelt's rough riders, who
was among the killed, is a son of Allyn
Capron, of the First artillery, and was
well known in Washington. He was a
second lieutenant of the Seventh cav
alry, and was recently promoted to be
a captain of volunteers.
A New York infant has just been
condemned to stagger through , life un
der the name of Walter Sampson Schley
Dewey Cullen.
lieutenant Bryan.
Denver, June 37. First Lieutenant
George L. Bryam, ol the First cavalry,
who was wounded at the battle of San
tiago, Is about 44 years ; of age, and
until about a year ago waa military ad
viser on the staff of the governor of
Colorado. 1 ' ': - ;
Five Is the Bacred number of the
Chinsee, who' have Ave planets, five
cardianl points, ' five virtues, five
tastes, five musical tones, five ranks of
nobility and five colors.
DA8H TO SPAIN.
Crashing Blow Fully Deeldod Upon If
Cad la Fleet Goes Seat.
Washington, June 37. The; war is
to be carried Into Africa, metaphorical
ly speaking, If Suain Is foolhardy
enough to send tho Cad la fleet through
the Suez canal to attack Dewey in the
Philippines. It Is announced on good
authority that before the last Spanish
vessel has passed through the canal, an
American squadron will be steaming
at full speed across the Atlantic,
straight to the coast of Spain, to bring
the war borne to the Spanish people.
There Is no doubt that Dewey can
take care of himself against the Cadi a
fleet, since his own squadron will be
reinforced by Ironclads long before
Camera's ships sight the bay of
Manila, and be will have the shore
batteries with nim, Instead of against
him, in the struggle. It has been con
cluded by the administration that
nothing save tbe most severe measures
Will suffico to bring the Spanish peo
ple to a realizing sense of the hopless
ness of the continuance of tho present
war, and even kindness, it is held,
will dictate such a blow aa that which
it is proposed to administer, if the
Spanish persist in this last project.
After the fall of Santiago and the
capture or destruction of Cervera's
squadron, Sampson will have an abund
ance of vessels to spare for the task set
for him. Probably he will divide tbe
attacking fleet in two squadrons, tbe
first, a flying squadron, to be composed
of the swiftest vessels of the Meet, such
as the Columbia, . Minneapolis, liar
vard, Yale, St. Louis, St. Paul, New
Orleans and euch craft This will be
followed by another command, either
under Sampson or Schley, composed of
battle-ships, which Captain Clark'i
experience with the Oregon has shown
can easily be counted on for the voyage
across the Atlantio.
With tbe Iowa, Oregon, Indiana,
Massachusetts and Texas, all battle
ships, . supplementing tbe New York
and Brooklyn, armored cruisers, and
the lees powerful vessels of the flying
squadron, tbe Spanish coast would be
speedily swept clear of all commerce.
all Spanish shipping would be destroy.
ed and some of the best ports blockaded
oi bombarded. . :
MOVEMENTS OF CAMARA.
Probability That He Will Not Ventura
Beyond Port Raid. '
Washington, June 37. That the
Spanish Cadix fleet Is proceeding stead
ily eastward Is no longer doubted here.
Trusted agents of the government on
the shores of the Mcditeranean are
watching every movement of tbe ships,
and availing themselves of every rclm.
ble source of information. So when
word came from one of these agents to
day that the squadron was sighted off
Pantellaria day before yesterday, the
officials were bound to accept the state
ment as beyond question. The first re
port to that effect, which came through
an Italian newspaper, waa taken with
some reservation, owing to the known
efforts of the Spanish government to
mislead our naval authorities by just
such publications In friendly neutral
newspapers. By reckoning of tbe naval
orncers, trie squadron should be now
nesring Candla, south of Greece. At
the rate they are progressing, the
squadron should reach Port Said, at
the entrance to the Suez canal, about
Tuesday or Wednesday. Bey end this
point It Is not believed that the squad
ron will go, for it is confidently felt
that tbe whole Banish movement is
nothing more than spectacular dis
play, gotten np to meet the irresistible
demand of the Bpanish populace and
particularly the clerical party that
something should be done to save the
Philippines to Spain.
There Is a question whether the
canal authorities will allow the heavy
Spanish armored ships to risk the pas-
sagu of the canal, even if Admiral Ca
ffiara is willing to undertake it Their
draught is so great that they might
easily ground in the canal and thus ob-
I struct it to navigation indefinitely.
But even if all these expectations are
not well founded, the naval officers
are confident of the ability of Dewey
to successfully resist attack by the
Spanish squadron. According to their
calculation, the splendid dooble-turret-
ed monitor Monterey Is very near Ma
nila, under convoy of the Brutus, and
her arrival may be expected within
two Or three days. There is not an
ironclad in Camera's force that would
care to stand before her.
NO CHEERS FOR THE KING.
Beaaloa of tha Spenl.h Cortes Suspended
hy n Decree,
Madrid, June 27. The queen regent
signed the decree suspending the oor-
tes, which adjournal tonight.
The decree of the queen regent was
read in the senate this evening..
Prior to the reading ot the decree in
the chamber of deputies, which was
orowded, as were also the galleries,
Senor Salmeron, the republican leader,
declared that some of his remarks had
been omitted from the official report of
yesterday's proceedings. The presi
dent said the omission must be attrib
uted to xhe uproar which had probably
prevented the reporters from bearing
the remarks.
The chamber then adjourned, with
out the customary cheers for the
throne. . ':.-- .
Not In For Mono.
Off Santiago de Cuba, ' June 37.
This morning a flag of truce was taken
in by Assistant Chief of Staff of Stan
ton to ascertain the whereabouts of the
Meirimao prisoners. He was met by
Captain Conas, who stated that Hob
son and hisinen were confined in San
tiago town,"and were all well.
The University of Chicago expended
more than $1,000,000 in the year of
1897. Of this $309,000 was in the eul-
srios oi the faculty.
CUBAN BLOCKADE
It Will Be Tightened
by Sampson on the
Southern Coast. .
BLANCO'S SUPPLIES CUT OFF
The Complete Investment of anntlaao
de Cuba by Land and Sea Blockade
Runner Have Landed Under the
Lee of the late of Plnea,
Off Santiago de Cuba, via Kingston,
June 35. With the complete invest
ment of Santiago de Cuba by land and
sea but few days off, tbe admiral has
decided to strengthen the blockade of
the large ports on the southern coast
westward of Santiago.
For ' three weeks the south coast,
west of Santiago de Cuba to Cape San
Antonio, has been practically unpro
tected. The blockade has been simply
on paper, in name only, with the result
that it is known that quite a number of
ships have run tbe blockade, and that
an immense quantity of provisions has
been smuggled into Havana, Most. of
the blockade runners have landed their
cargoes under the lee of tire . Isle of
Pines, and thence the provisions, etc.,
have been taken in small boats to Ba
tabano, whence the "railroads runs to
Havana, only 80 miles distant.
: The admiral has now decided that
blockade running must cease, and yes
terday dispatched four fast ships to pa
trol the coast from Cape de Cruz to the
Isle of Pines. ; ,
REPORT FROM MADRID. '
Aa TJaual, a Glorlone Spanish Victory I
. Claimed.
. Madrid, June 25. An official dis
patch from Santiago . de Cuba, dated
June 25, says; I
The attack commenced yesterday.
The enemy concentrated a lauding
force in front of Punta Herraco, lying '
eastward of our left flank, which ex
tended for eight leagues along the
coast. .
Another official dispatch from Hav
ana says: ,
The commander at Santiago de Cuba
announces that the American squadron
has commenced the bombardment and
is trying to disembark at Daiqniri and .
at Punta Berraco. -.. An American war
ship has shelled and destroyed a small
wooden fort near Cienfucgos. Seven
'Spaniards were slightly wounded. .
' Cable dispatches received herefrom
Admiral Ceivera say the crews of the
Spanish warships at Santiago have
joined the land forces in order to take
part in" the defense of the city. He
adds that the situation is critical, but
a later dispatoh affirms that the Span
iards "have victoriously, repulsed the
enemy.".- .- ;.,
MORE SOLDIERS.
New National Guard for Oregon Ordered
. by Governor Lord.
Portland, Or., June 35. The Oregon
National Guard will be reorganized
and placed on a war footing at once.'
Orders to that effect were issued yes
terday by Adjutant-General Tuttle by
direction of the commander-in-chief.
The orders are as follows:
"The Oregon National Guard, pur
suant to G. O. No. 18 c. s., this
office, consists of four independent or
ganizations, as follows:
"Battery A, troop B and separate
companies A and K,
"The organization of the Oregon
National Guard, as authorized by the
military board, contemplates for the
infantry, one regiment, to consist of
three battalions, each of four compa
nies, the companies to have a mini
mum enlisted strength of 68 and a
maximum of 73 in peace, and in war u
maximum of 100 or such number as
may be prescribed by the war depart
ment for the volunteer army, to be des
ignated Third regiment, Oregon Na
tional Guard.
"One battalion will be organized in
each military district, that is, one in
Eastern Oregon, one in the Willamette
Valley and one at Portland.
"The organization contemplates a
practical military one, based on . the
requirements of actual war, as regards
physical qualifications, etc. that the
organization may be availablo as a
whole for muster into the service of
tbe United States.
"On account of the exm.a relative
to equipping companies with tho nec
essary lockers, gunraeks, targets, dks,
etc., places where companies wer lo
cated prior to the consolidation to forpi
the Second Oregon volunteers, having
these articles, will be given preference
in accepting new companies in the m-
organizution.
Befagees From Havana,
Kingston. June 25. It is understood
the British warship Talbot, which
brought 84 refugoes from Havana five
days ago, sailed from Porto Rioo yes
terday for Havana, to bring away the
British consul and any British ' sub
jects who are desirous of leaving the
Cuban capital,
London, June 25. The Madrid cor.
respondent of the Mail says: Senor
SagaBta informed tho ohambur of dep
uties today that Admiral Cariiiira's
squadron was on the way to Philip
pines. Senor Salmoner, in a" bitter
attack on the government, declared
that the monarchy was to blame . for
all that has happened, and he warned
the ministers that if they suspended,
the oortes, . justification would 'be
afforded for the use of utiici iw.,M,
His speech roused a t ' i-t ;mU iha
Itting waa suspend!. s