SANjUAN FALLS Sampso ns Fleet Demol ishes the Spanish Fortifications. AMERICAN SHIPS UNHURT Battle-Ship Iowa Fired the First Shot Response From Moro Fortress Was Very Week Populace Fled to the Interior tut Safety. Port Au Prince, Ilayti, May 14. The Americfan fleet under Bear-Admiral Sampson, bombarded Ban Juan de Porto Rico today. The bombardment began this morn ing. Rear-Admiral Sampson, with nine warships, arrived before San Joan just before sunrise. At a signal, the battle-ship Iowa fired the firBt shot, whioh took effect.. The battle ship Indiana then opened fire. In jew minutes more, Morro lortfess was reduced to a heap of ruins. The fort made little effort to respond and was silenced almost instantly. The Spanish steamer Rita was cap tured by the auxiliary oruiser Yale, BOMBARDMENT which took her crew on board. Morro fired but three Bhota from her lieavy gunB. There were but seven &hot.s fired from the big guns of the American squadron. These left Morro castle a crumbling ruin. Hei guns were mute and her gunners killed or in flight. Then began the attack on the land batteries and fortifications about the government buildings and the palace. Here the cruisers did effeotive service and soon the postoffice and palace of the governor were tumbled about the eais of the officials, the guns dismount ed or abandoned, wreck, ruin and death everywhere. The Spaniards pluckily eerved their guns as long as there was anv hope, but their fire was Blow and vi'ld. One Amelrcan seaman aboard the flagship New York was killed and nine wounded. Not a single American ship was harmed. The city hod been deserted by mer- . chants and non-combatants. The for eign consuls had followed the refugees into the country and the troops were reported panic stricken. The volun teers had fled. But Governor Macias stuck to his post, giving oidors and asserting that ' he would die before he would surren der. A woman remained by his side. It was his daughter Paulina, the belle of San Juan. When, other women fled In yellow fear, she remained. As great shells shrieked and burst, throw ing the city into confusion, she was orged to go, but she elected to stay by her father. As the terror-smitten vol unteers rushed pell-inell through the streets, disordered and loaderless, she appeared and tried to rally them. As a last resort she urged the men to etand by the mines which have been laid under San Juan's streets, and to blow the Yankees into the air if they e boa Id suoeeed in effecting a landing. But her importunities were in vain, and the story, as it is told here, repre sents the Spaniards as eager to surren der before the city itself is battered down. ' The Garrisons Surrender. London, May 14. The Evening News eays: San Juan de Porto Rioo surren dered at 6 o'clock yesterday evening. The dispatch adds that damage was done to the city and that a number of important buildings collapsed. The Iowa and Detroit, according to this dispatch, fired 430 shots with ter ; rible effect. The New York was hit once, and one seaman was killed and fonr wounded. The Iowa was bit onoe and two men were slightly wounded. The dispatch winds up with announcing that the American fleet is now outside San Joan awaiting the coming of the Spanish fleet Suicide of a Spanish Spy. Washington, May 14. George Downing, the Spanish spy arrested here several days ago, committed suicide this morning by banging himself at the barracks in which he was confined. Auburn, Cal., May 14. George Downing, the suspected Spanish spy, who hanired himself in Washington, is believed by many here to have been at one time a resident of this place. lie was a barber and had a shop at Newcastle, N EARING OUR SHORES. Spanish War Teasels Sighted Off Nan tucket Shoals. New York, May 14. The British steamer Menantio, which arrived yes terday, reports that two torpedo-boats were passed near Nantucket shoals yes terday. Captain Mann said: "At about 1 o'clock on the morning of May 11, in latitude 40:50, longitude 68, a long, low-lying craft was seen ap proaching under the shadows of the Menantic's smoke. It came along rap idly and was seen to be a torpedo-boat. It flashed a light on us and crossed under our stern, going to the east, and fired a rocket, whioh was answered by dot-ai)d-dash flashes. The night was too dark to distinguish anything of the nationality of the stranger. "At daylight, about 20 miles east of Nantucket south shoal lightship, an other torpedo-boat was seen in the line of the sun which dazzled the water too much to make her out plainly. She was of the destroyer class, and a very large boat with a large funnel. Guns were mounted on the bow. , bne ap peared to be one of the recent English type of torpedo-boat destroyers, and I am sure there is no vessel of her class in the American navy. The Menantio ran close to the lightship on Nantucket and reported to the presence of the torpedo-boats."' DEWEY RAISING GUNS. Securing Those on the Ish Ships. Sunken Span. Washington,' , May 14. Secretary Long this afternoon received the fol- OF SAN JUAN BY THE ATLANTIC SQUADRON. lowing dispatch, dated Hong Kong: There is little change in the situa tion since my last telegram. I am transferring to transports the steel breech loading rifles from the sunken Spanish men-of-war. All the stores from the arsenal are In my possession. I am maintaining a strict blockade. Add the Argos to the list of destroyed vessels. The El Correo is probably the El Cano. DEWEY." The dispatch is evidently a few days old and does not show that Dewey has possessed himself of Manila or that he has received the last orders of the department. The nature of these or ders in indioated by the assignment of two such persons as Major-Generals Merritt and Otis to command the troops to be hurried to the Philippines as rapidly as steam will take them. General Merritt is the senior general in the United States service after General Miles, and in ordinary cases is entitled to the most important commands, so his designation for this work may be taken as an evidence of the president's estimate of the importance of this ex pedition. THE CABINET CRISIS. Fonr of the Spanish Ministers Have Already Resigned. Madrid, May 14. It is said that Senor Moret, seoretary for the colonies, and Senor Gullon, foreign minister of marine, and Count Xiquena,; minister of public works, are also said to have resigned. . Aocording to the last forecast, the new ministry will consist of Senor Sagasta, president; Senor Groizard, minister of justice of the dissolving cabinet, as minister of foreign affairs; Senor Aunon, minister of marine; Senor Romero Giron, minister of justioe, and the Duke of Veragua, minister Of pub lic works. The whereabouts' of the Atlantio squadron still remains undivulged, the ministers refusing to give any informa tion on the Bubjout. Official dispatches from Havana con firm the reports of an American repulse at Cienfuegos. They assert that the firing lasted eight hours, and that the American losses were heavy. Accord ing to these dispatches, great enthusi asm prevails in Cuba. Took Carbolle Add. Long Creek, May 14. Word comes from Canyon City that Jack McDonald, a prisoner in the county jail, commit ted suicide Tuesday night, by taking carbolic acid. McDonald was arrested several months ago for assaulting a Chinaman with a deadly weapon. He was sentenced Tuesday to two years in the penitentiary, and immediately after on being taken to bis cell, be swallowed a half ounce of cartel ice acid, expiring 10 mintues later. ' Chased by Spaniard. Halifax, May 14. Captain Brnnst, of the German steamer Sophie Rick mers, reported that while crossing the Newfoundland banks he was chased by a Spanish warship. The latter was very speedy and fired throe shells at the Rickmers, but the latter, being an 18-knot boat and the weather becoming hazy, got away. Captain Brunst says the Spaniard was a torpedo-boat with three funnels, and was very low in the water. The Rickmers has proceeded to New York. FIRST LIVES LOST Ensign and Four ors are Killed Cardenas. Sail- at TORPEDO BOAT DAMAGED Gunboats Wilmington and Hudson Were In the Fight but M ere Uninjured Dead and Wounded Taken to Key West Caused by Carelessness. Key West, May, 14. America's first dead fell yesterday in a fierce and bloody combat off Cardenas, on the north coast of Cuba. Five men were blown to pieces and five were wounded on the torpedo-boat . Winslow. The dead are: ' . '- ''- " '' L.-"-. . ' Worth Bagley, ensign.' s " John Varveres, oiler. John Denfy, first-class fireman. Q. B. Meek, first-class fireman. E. H. B. Tunuell (colored), cabin cook. ' ' Four were wounded. The battle lasted 85 minutes. It was between the torpedo-boat Winslow, the auxiliary tug Hudson and the gun boat Wilmington on one side, and the Cardenas batteries and four Spanish gunboats on the other. The Winslow was the main target of the enemy, and was put out of service. The other Ameican vessels were not damaged, exoept that the Hudson's two ventilators were slightly scrutohed by flying shot ihe enemy's loss is largo' ly conjeotural. One of their gunboats caught fire and the men of the Hudson think it sank. The fire spread to the barracks and swept away several small warehouses, and for a time the whole waterfront seemed to be ablaze. The Winslow was within 1,500 yards of shore when the1 shells struck her, How she came to bo eo close was told by her commander, Lieutenant John B. Bernadou. He said: We were making observations when the enemy opened fire on us. Ihe Wilmington told us to go in and attack the gunboats. We went in under full steam and there is the result." He was on the Hudson when he said this and with the final words he point' ed to a huddle of American flags on the deck nearby. Under the Stars and Stripes were outlined five rigid forms The land batteries of Cardenas sup' ported the fire of tbi Spanish gunboats. The engagement commenced at 2:05 M., and lasted for about an hour. The Wilmington and Hudson were ahead and opened fire on the Spanish bouts which were lying at the dock. The firing began at a range of 8,500 yards A few minutes later, the Winslow came up ami also opened tore, in an instant, the entire attention of the Spanish gunboats and land batteries was directed upon her. From all sides, shot and shell poured in on the little torpedo-boat The Wilmington and Hudson still kept up their fire. The crew of the Winslow never faltered for a second. At 2:35, a solid shot crashed into the hull of the Winslow and knocked out her boiler. In a moment, she began to roll and rock helplessly. Then there was a moment of awful suspense. A fierce cheer of triumph went up from the Spanish on the gun boats and in the batteries. The storm of fire was continued upon the helpless boat. The gunboat Hud son, lying near by, started to the as sistance of the Winslow. After about 20 minutes, the Hudson approached near enough to throw a line. Ensign Ragley and six men were standing in a group on the deck of the Winslow ready to catch a rope. A line was thrown, and at about the same instant a shell burst in the very midst of the group of men on board the Winslow. Bagley was instantly killed and a few others dropped about him. Half a dozen more men fell groaning on the blood stained deck. One of the men plunged headlong over the side of the boat, but his feet caught in an iron rail, and be was hauled back. Bagley's body was stretched on deck, with his face completely torn away, and the upper part of his body shattered. When the shell burst, another wild shout of triumph went up from the Spanish boats and batteries, and again a heavy fire was opened on the torpedo boat Finally, the Hudson succeeded in getting a line on board the Winslow, and was towing her out of the deadly range when the line parted and again both boats were at the mercy of the Spanish fire. UNDER HOT FIRE. Ban Jnan's Forts Were Riddled Slight Lou on American Side. On Board the Flagship Iowa, off San Juan de Porto Rico, May 16. The enemy's loss in the attack by part of Sampson's fleet on the forts of San Juan is believed to be heavy. The American loss is two men killed and seven men injured. After three' hours' firing, the ad miral - withdrew the fleet, heading for Key West. He said: I am satisfied with the morning's work. I could have taken San Juan, but I have no force to hold it I only wanted to administer punishment This has been done. 1 came for the Spanish fleet, and not for San Juan." The men killed were: Seaman Frank Widemark, of New York. A gunner's mate, of the Amphitrite. The latter died from the effects of the extreme heet. Of the injured men, three were on the Iowa and four on board the New York. The names of those slightly in jured on the Iowa are: Seaman Mitchell, Private Marine Merkle, Ap prentice Hill. Injured on the New York: Seaman Samuel Feltman, seri ously; Seaman Michael Murphy. The four above-named were injured by the bursting of a shell on the New York. This is a complete liBt of the killed and wounded. The American ships are uninjured. The engagement began at 5:15 A. M. and ended at 8:1$ A. M. The enemy's batteries were not silenoed. , The town in the rear of the fortifications probably suffered. The ships taking part in the action were the Iowa, Indiana, New York, Terror, Amphitrite, Detroit, Montgomery, Waumpautuck and' Porter. The enemy's firing was heavy, but wild,; and the Iowa and New Xork were' probably the only ships hit. They went right up'under the' guns in column, delivering broadsides and then returned. They passed in front of the forts, pouring tons of steel on shore. It is impossible to judge, the amount of damage done to the buildings and forts. They appeared to be riddled with shot, but the Spaniards were plucky. ' " The after-turret of the Amphrite got out Of order temporarily during the en gagement, but she banged away with her forward guns. After the first passage before the forts, the Detroit and Montgomery re tired, their guns being too small to do much damage. The Porter and Waum pautuck also stayed out of range. The smoke hung over everything, spoiling the aim of the gunners and making it Impossible to tell where our shots struck. The officers and men of the ships behaved with coolness and bravery. The shots flew thick and fast over all our ships. The men who were hurt during the action were injured by splinters thrown by an eight-inch shell, which came through a boat into the superstructure, and scattered fragments in all direc tions. The shot's oonrse was finally ended on an iron plate an inch thick. Merkle was struck in the arm and may lose it. ' A' fire was started in the boat, but was quickly extinguished. Morro battery, on the eastern arm of the harbor, was the principal point of attack. Rear-Admiral Sampson and Captain Evans were on the lower bridge of the Iowa, ond had a narrow escape from the flying splinters, which injured three men. The Iowa was hit eight times, but the shells made no impression on her armor. The weather was fine, bet the heavy swells made accurate aim diffi cult The broadsides from the Iowa und the Indiana rumbled in the hills inshore five minutes after they were delivered. Clouds of dust showed where the shells struck, but the smoke hung over everything. The shells screeching overhead and dropping around showed that the Span iards still stuck to their guns. At 7:45 A. M., Admiral Sampson signaled "cease firing." "Return" was sounded on the Iowa, and she headed from the shore. The Terror was, the last ship In the line, and, fail ing to see the signal, she banged away alone for about half an hour, the con cert of shore guns roaring at her and the water flying high around her from the exploding shells. But she pos sessed a charmed life, and reluctantly retired at 8:15. As at Matanzas, the unsatisfactory conditions, the smoke and the dis tance, prevented any Important con clusions being diawn. The town of San Juan must have suffered. Al though somewhat protected by the bills, the high shots must have reached It No traces of the bombardment were discernible on the forts, except small fires, which were apparently eX' tlnguished before the fleet left Madrid Expects an Encounter. London, May 16. The Madrid cor respondent of the News says: There are signs of manifest anxiety at the government offices. One high personage is convinced that the hostile squadrons are in sight of each other and that an encounter is probable within a few hours. 1 Bahla Honda Bombarded, Madrid, May 16. A dispatch from Havana says the Americana have bom barded Bahia Honda, province of Pinar del Rio, west of Cardenas. Crushing Spanish Defeat. ' London. May 16. According to a special dispatch received here from Ha- vana via Kingston, Jamaica, there has beon an engagement between the Span ish and insurgents during which 900 of the foreigners were killed. The )o cation of the battle is not mentioned in the dispatch. Neutrality of Greece. Athens, May 16. A proclamation ol neutrality in the war between the Unit ed States and Spain was gazetted today, OREGON'S SUGAR INDUSTRY. The Trans-MlssiBslppl Fair Will Un doubtedly Give It Great Impetus. A proposition on foot at the Omaha Trans-Mississippi fair this summer which is of vital interest to Oregon farmers. Is the manufactuie of sugar, illustrated by a plant in operation on the ground. The complete process, it is said, will be il'ustrated and all grades of the staple article will be made in plain sight of spectators. In connection with this project, ac tive interest has been manifested by the Oregon commissioners. Special representatives of the commission have visited the Grande Ronde valley and the Willamette valley, and have ac quainted those interested with the plan for showing the progress made in late years at utilizing the most plebian looking plant known to the agricul turist In a general way it is stated the sub eot of sugar beet growing will be treat ed from the time the seed is planted until the orop is matured and will be practically exemplified. Arrangements have been made to demonstrate at the fair that Oregon's wondefully fertile soil Is especially adapted to the growing of the beet, and that if capital in the middle west- em states is seeking an outlet in this promising industry, Oregon offers the best advantages and every inducement to come here. It will be the purpose of those in charge of Oregon's exhibit to explain what has been done for the industry at La G-rande and to show that Willamette farmers will do the same for a factory here. The agricultural college faculty, which has enlisted its support in a gratifying way, will arrange complete exuibit of Oregon soils with scientific analysis. This will be displayed In the horticultural building at Omaha and all queries relating to soil and crops will be answored In a most complete and satisfactory manner,.- Whatever shall be accomplished for Oregon at the Trans-Mississippi fair will be praotical, as the commissioners have had that end in view in all they have under taken to do. R. D.Tnman, of Portland, who is largely interested in working fox the success of the Oregon display, says that he Is satisfit-d that the Omaha exposi tlon is to be a great success and ' that Oregon will reap beneficial results in greater proportion from the .fact that the exposition city lies In the path of thousands bound westward after gold or a home this season. It is ' nearer home and the attendance at the fair will be drawn from all the trans-Mis- aissippi states and the East. , If the Paoifio coast states want more people to settle in their borders, additional capital and fresh industries, Mr. Inmnn most heartily believes this is the time to let the world hear from us. Too much cannot be done for immigration for upon future immigration depend Oregon's advancement. The General Exhibit. The suooes of the Oregon display at the Columbian Fair at Chicago will be repeated on a far more comprehensive scale at the Trans-Mississippi Exposi tion, which opens in June. The state commissioners appointed by Governor Lord, bavins in charge the work of preparation have gone aotiVely to work and not a day has been lost. Funds are pledged, there is over 6,000 feet of space contracted for on the ground floor of the department buildings at the exposition, and everything is progress ing toward a successful end. From the time the subject was first broached the proposed Oregon exhibit at the fair has met with popular favor The advantages to be derived from th advertising which every section of the state will receive there this year, seem to be clearly realized. The advan tages, it Is believed, will be greater in pioportion than came from the Colum blan fair, although in that world's con grees of wonderful sights Oregon did appear as quite a factor. The salmon fisheries Of the Columbia, the wool growing industries, the mines and stock of Eastern and Southern Oregon the fruits from Hood river and the fertile Willamette valley, and the varied other resources of this state will be represented. An exhibit at the Trans-Mississippi exposition which will be noted with the deepest Interest by the entire medi cal fraternity will be the baby incuba tor, and the progress of the poor, puny, little lives that will inhabit it will be watched by thousands of eyes. The uvention Is designed to assist nature In preserving the lives of newly born babes who are too frail to battle for ex istence, and the records show that since 1891, when it was first Intro duced, It has saved several thousand human creatures by forcing pure ozone into their lungs, providing an even temperature for their sensitive little bodies, and protecting them against the thousand and one dangers to which these tiny newcomers in this world are exposed. Australian Coal for Japan The price of coal in Japan has risen very greatly of late, far beyond any expectation. Australia has been ship ping coal to Japan and owing to the high price of the commodity has found the venture a paying one, notwith standing the proximity of the Chinese coal fields. A slight full in prices, however, will stop the Australian im ports. Harrow of Giraffes' Bones. The flesh of young giraffes, especially that of a young cow, is extremely good, somewhat like veal, with a game-like flavor. The tongue, from 18 to 80 Inches long, is also very good. But the marrow bones afford the greatest luxury to the South African hunter. A giraffe marrow bone, about three feet in length, roasted over the camp fire and sawn in half, furnishes, with the accompaniment of toast or bread, n epicurean feast for a couple of men. WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. Trade Conditions In the Leading Cities of the World. fReported by Downing, Hopkins & Co., Inc., Board ol Trade Brokers, 711 to 714 Chamber of Commerce building, Portland, Oregon. A combination of circumstances has- been at work to make Leiter's position in wheat comparatively easy. Supplies the world over are light, and the foreign stocks are in such a condition that France and Italy have been forced to takeoff their import duty of 87c. Spain has prohibited exports and imports and Germany and Austria are considering the advisability of removing or reduc- ng their Import duty, Admitting that supplies are low and the price of bread everywhere is high, flour being up to $7 per barrel, the question arises, does the real condition of supply and demand warrant 'an advance of 40o to 53c a bushel in the leading markets in a week? If so it must be admitted that prises have been too low ror months. If there is not manipulation behind it Short sellers are chiefly responsible for the advance, but, even taking into consid eration the light stocks in store in Eu rope, there is no sonqd argument in tha supply and demand theory, to sustain 11.70 for wheat here, when it is consid ered that over 40,000,000 bushels are afloat for Europe, against 17,000,000 bushels a year ago.' If all other grains, were equally scarce, there might be sound argument in the assertion that wheat was "worth fancy prices. Specu lation , !s more responsible for these prices than the aotual demand, as values are up to a famine point, and higher than during the wild speculation that prevailed at the time of and following the dose of thecjvil war, allowing for the premium on gold. One dollar and fifty cents for oash wheat in Liverpool and $1.85 or in Chioago, when the freight charges from Chicago to Liver pool, whioh are about 80o, including the oost of selling there do not strike the public aa indicating a sound condi tion. . Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla, 9894o; Val ley and Bluestem, 9586o per bushel. Flour Best grades, 5.00; graham,. (4.86; superfine, $2.75 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 40 42c; choice gray, 88 40o per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $28; brewing, $24 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $19 per ton; mid dlings, $25; shorts, $19. Hay Timothy, $1213; clover. $11 , 12; Oregon wild hay, $9 10 per ton. Eggs Oregon, lloper dozen. Butter Fancy creamery, 8285o; fair to good, 2580o; dairy, 25 30a. per roll. Cheese Oregon full cream, 12o; Young America, 1314o. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00 per dozen; hens, $4.00; springs, $2. 503; geese, $6.006.50; ducks, young, $6 7.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 1218a per pound. Potatoes Oregon Bnrbanks, 8040c: per sack; sweets, $1.75 2 per cental.-1 Onions Oregon, $2.252.50 per. sack. Hops 6 12)60 per pound for new crop; 1896 crop, 46o. Wool Valley, 1416o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 8 12c; mohair, 25c per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 4o; dressed mutton. 6c; spring lambs, 10c per lb. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.25; light and feeders, $3.00 4.00; dressed, $5.506.60 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $3.50 4.00; cows, $2. 60 8. 25; dressed beef, OX ,7o per pound. Veal Large, Gc; small, 6c per pound. Seattle Market. Potatoes Yakimas, $11 13 per ton; natives, $8 10; sweets, 2fjc per pound; box of 60 pounds, $1.75. Butter Fancy native creamery, brick, 81c; ranoh, 10 12c; dairy. 16 16c; Iowa fancy oreamery, 21c. Cheese Native Washington, 11 12c; Eastern cheese, 12c. Eggs Fresh ranch, 14o; California ranch, 14o. Meats Choice dressed beef steers, 8c; cows, 77)c; mutton, 8c; pork,, 7c; veal, small, So. Poultry Chickens, live, per pound. hens, 14c; dressed, 16c; turkeys, live, 14c; dressed, 17 18c Fresh Fish Halibut, 6 7c; steel heads, 7 8c; salmon trout, 9 10c; flounders and sole, 84o; torn cod, 4c; ling cod, 45o; rock cod, 6c; smelt, 8 6c; herring, 4o. Olympia oysters, peT sack, $3 3.25. Corn Whole, $26; cracked, per ton, $25; feed meal, $25 per ton. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $20; whole, $25. Flour Patents, per barrel, $5.25 6.60; straights, $5.00; California brands, $6.25; Dakota brands, $5.00) $5.75; buckwheat flour, $6.60. Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $17; shorts, per ton, $18. ' Feed Chopped feed, $2122 per ton; middlings, per ton, $18 19; oil cuke meal, per ton, $36. ' Hay Pugct Sound, new, per ton, $10 18; Eastern Washington timothy, $17; alfalfa, $11; straw, $7. Oats Choice, per ton, $28030. Wheat Feed wheat, per ton, $26. Baa Francisco Market. Wool Bouthern coast lambs, 7 8c; San Joaquin, 78o; Northern, 11 13c per lb. Millstuffs Middlings, $23. 60 24; California bran, $18.60 19.50 per ton. Onions New, 6575o per sack. Butter Fancy creamery, 31c; do seconds, 20c; fancy dairy, 19c; good to oboice, 18 19o per pound. Potatoes Early Rose, 80 40c.