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Oregon City Goofier. A. W. CHKMET, flUUkn. OREGON CITY. .OREGON DOINGS OF THE ' 4. Complete Review of the Telegraphla News of This and All For eign Lands. A Kingston, Jamaica, dispatch says 16 warships have been sent to leinfoice Cervera at Santiago. A St. Petersburg dispatch says the new Russian cruiBer Sveitlana, 8,828 tons displacement, has been ordered to the Pacific. The movement against Porto Rico is likely to be launched immediately. Schley's warships are to be left to dis pose of the Santiago matter, while the military forces will at once begin the campaign of conquest at the island further East. Major-General Merritt has been or dered to hasten the departure of the Manila-expedition. The administra tion Intends to get the entire Philip pines expedition under way at the earliest practicable moment. Measures have been taken to render Manila bay impregnable. The auxiliary cruiser St. Paul, Cap tain Siasbee oommanding, has arrived at New York. Sigsbee says he had plenty of target praotice off Santiago and that Cervera is bottled up. While -cruising before Santiago he went in bo close to the harbor that he was able to make sketohes of the fortifications, which were sent to Washington. Commodore Schley's official report of the Santiago fight has been received by the president. " He says there is no reasonable doubt that Cervera's fleet is inside the harbor, that his firing was toleain the strength of the enemy's batteries, and was in that respect en tirely satisfactory. None of his vessels were hit and no casualties ocourred. A special from Kingston reports that 6,000 United States troops have land ed near Punuta Cabrera, a little to the west of Santiago, where a junction was effeoted with Goneral Calixto Garola's army of 8,000 insurgonts. It is added that the landing was effected under cover of the fire of Sampson's fleet. With the troops were several heavy guns. Ambassador Hay oalled at the foreign oflloe in London, Monday, and presented evidence that Spanish off! cials are milking Canada a base of ope rations, and protested against the con timianoe of this practice. The protest is based on the fact that it would be . breach of neutrality for Great Britain to permit, her territory to be used for inch hostile purposes. Hay also re cently drew the attention of the foreign oflloe to the small exportations Irotn Great Britain of war munitions for Spain. Madrid newspapers maintain that Cervera's fleet is sailing in the direc tion of the Philippines. The secretary of war lias sent con gress a request for appropriations amounting to $03,879,869. These ap propriations will be used for the - equipment and maintenance until June 1, 18U9, of the 125.000 volunteers re cently called for by the president. Santiago is to be invested by a land force. Government officials think a naval attack alone might not be effect ive. Haste is essential, as the prospect of the early approach of the cyolone season makes Schley's stay in the open sea perilous. Secretary Alger intimates that the invasion of Porto Rico will promptly follow the fall of Santiago. Tha state department and the attor ney-goneral, by direction of the presi dent, are working hard in the propara- tion of a form of government for Cuba after the Spaniards are driven ont. An effort is being made to have a complete plan for these opeiations ready to be put into effeot as soou as peace is de clared. Loaded with wealth but deserted and starving, John Rochel, onoe a well- known manufacturer of Sioux City, la., perished last April on the trail between Dawson and Dyea, Alaska. The news of his death reached Sioux City in a letter to his widow by Richard lien drickson, from Seattle He was uban doned by his comrades and left to die. In the engagement at Santiago the Spanish flagship Cristobal Colon was truck twice by shells from the Masaa chusetts and the batteries were badly damaged by the firing of the cruiser New Orleans. Three hundred eliota were fired by the Americans. No American vessel was hit and no one on the ships injured. The Spanish loss waa not heavy. Unas, vv, rost, wno lias lust re turned from Hong Kong, says that pre vious to the battle of Manila, Admiral Dewey had a Bocial passage at arms with Prince Henry, a brother of Em peror William of Gorinany. Prince ilenry slighted the United States at a series of toasts tendered at a banquet, and was made to apologize to the hero of Manila. The apology was written. Minor News Items. Maj. Ilenry T. Stanton, the widely known Kentucky poet, died at Frankfort. ' J. C. Fiokes, of Steuhenville, O. , has constructed a boat propelled on the bi cycle principle. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, au thor of "Little Lord Fauutleroy" and other novels, lias been granted a divoroe from Dr. Swain M. Burnett, with permission to use her maiden pause, Hodgson. LATER NEWS. The first-class armored cruiser Maria Teresa is reported to have been riddled with shot and sunk by the American warships at Santiago. The bill for the removal of all po litical disabilities arising from the oivil war isjnow a law, President Mo Kinley having formally approved it. A special from Alberni, B. C, says the bodies of seven white men, suppos ed to have been viotims of the Jane Gray disaster, have been picked up on the beach near the Clayoquot reserva tion by Indians, while a sack of oloth mg with an Italian name on it was washed ashore not far from 31ayoquot. A dispatch to the London Times from Manila, referring to the fight on May 80, and June 1, says: The Span ish loss in killed and wounded and prisoners was heavy, but the most seri ous feature of all for the Spanish is the defection of hundreds of natives. The Spaniards ; are endeavoring by every means to win over the rebels, who are attracted by promises of par don and high offices. But Aguinaldo's attraction is stronger. He has com pletely surrounded Manila by outting the railroads and holding the rivers by which food had previously reached the citv. If the city is not starved into surrender the rebels may carry it, Hav ing an increasing number of rifles and field guns. Fighting before and in the vicinity of Santiago continued the greater part of Monday from 7:45 A. M. Ten war ships maintained a steady and careful- lv directed tire against Morro catie and the batteries at Punta Gorda, Soo aoa and Cinnremles, in addition to bombarding tho Spanish fleet in the harbor. ' The military commander of Santiago acknowledges the loss of six Spanish officers and many soldiers He also admits severe loss of naval forces.- The loss on the American side, Santiago reports say, is not known. The Spaniards acknowledge that a great deal of damage waa inflict- el on the Spanish cruiser Keina Mer cedes, and say Morro caslte shows great gaping breaches in its walla A special from Cape Haytien de- scribing tho bombardment of Santiago on Monday says the forta of the harbor are now a mass of ruiua. Scarcely a yard of coast froa Port Cabrera on the west to Agitadores on the east escaped the deadly cannonading of the 10 American ironclads, whioh passed back and forth discharging their heavy guns as they steamed along. Later in the day the old cruiser Reina Mercedes was discovered attempting to clear the channel of the Merrimao wreck. A 18- inch shell from the Oregon landed squarely abaft her pilot-house and tore her upper works to shreds. Many of her officers and crew were killed or wounded and the vessel so badly dam aged that Admiral Cervera ordered her abandoned about noon The flrst'-olass armored Spanish cruiser Carlo Alberto, bound for Cuba, has arrived at Gibraltar. The Oregon election returns indicate that Geer, for governor, and Tongue and Moody, for congress, are elected. Saturday afternoon the torpedo-boat Davis was successfully launched from the iron works of Wolff & Zwicker, at Portland, Or. A joint resolution has been intro duoed into the house directing the sec retary of the navy to have prepared and dolivered suitable medals of honor to Lieutenant Hobson and eaoh mem ber of his crew, for the gallant service they rendered the United States. Cape Haytion advices of June 6 say At 8 o'clock this morning strong can nonading was heard before Fort Agua dores. A quarter of an hour later the noise of cannonading was greatly in creaed, the firing evidently proceeding from guns of the largest on 1 1 bet It is reported from Kingston, Jam aica, tnat ttie Dattie-smp uregon saw a long craft sneaking close to shore and heuding towards Santiago harbor. She signalled the oraft to turn, and the sig nals were improperly answered, where upon the Oregon opened fire upon hor. A 13-inch shell struck tho torpedo- boat amidship, and she sank with all haiulB. The vessel is supposed to have been the Spanish torpedo-boat destroy er Terror, trying to make her way from Porto Rico into the harbor of Santiago, to rejoin the fleet of Cervera. Tho department of war Monday morning sent a list of prisoners at Fort MoPhcrson to Admiral Sainpsun, and the admiral himself will enter into communication with Cervera respecting an exchange of prisoners. Cervera will be allowed to select from the list per sons whom ho is willing to take in ex change for Constructor Hobson and the gallant orow that manned the Morn mac on her lust run. The officials hardly expect to complete the exchange of prisonots in less than two weeks. A Madrid dispatch says: At 1 o'clock Sunday evening 20 American watahip8 opened a hot attack on Santiago, but thev were so far distant their shells did not reach the forts. Seeing the futility of the enemy s cannonade, the Spaniards made no re- ply to their tire, awaiting the near ap proaoh of the ships, but the attacking fleet remained in its distant position, The dispatch fuither says the twin bard meut lasted 45 minutes and was not re sumed. Sixteeen American warships are still moored at the same place, in sight of Santiago. It is reported that Bishop John P, Newman, of the Methodist Episcopal church, will soon letire from active duty because of ill health. James 11. Mend, one of the oldest the- attical matiageis in America, died suddenly at his home in New York city. He was 68 yeaia old. Belgium has been caught in a de liberate violation of neutrality law, She permitted the steamer Ravenna to load at Antwerp with war munitions, upposedly for the. Spaniards. . GREATSLAUGHTER The Insurgent Army is Driving in Manila ' r Outposts. FIERCE HAND-TO-HAND FIGHT Great Slaughter of Spaniard! by Agui naldo's Men Fought While Typhoon Raged The, Rebels Now Hold the Suburbs of the City. . Manila,. via Hong Kong, June 8 The 8panish outposts have been driven in all .along the line simultaneously, and with great slaughter. It is said over i,000 have been killed. There has been fierce hand-to-hand fighting for - 70 hours, despite the typhoon which, is raging. The violent winds and torrents of rain render the rifleslof the Spanish troops unavailing. The natives easily win at every step with their slashing knives. Today., the insurgents hold Malabon, Taralac, and Bacoor. They are now attacking San Tamera and Moorlate, the suburbs of the city, which is completely enclosed for a dis tance of Beven miles. A native regiment under Colonel Agiunaldo, cousin of the insurgent leader, yesterday joined the insurgents. The governor has issued a despairing proclamation begging the insurgents to come to teims, and now he is arrang ing to remove all the Spanish popula tion inside the old walled city. He is tilling the moats and testing the draw bridges and placing strong guards on the principal streets and artillery along the walls. All the other troops are camping in the suburbs. The weather is terrific Later It now appears that the rock ets yesterday were not signals to the natives, but a warning from the Ger man consulate of the approach of the typhoon, issued for the benefit of the ships in the harbor. I viBited Cavite without the Span iards knowing it, and found there 197 wounded and 66 prisoners, among the latter six Spanish officers. All were well! treated. Chief Agiunaldo, In the course of an Interview, has said that the insurgonts are eager to make an attack on Manila forthwith, but that Admiral Dewey re fuses to "allow hordes of passionate semi-savages to storm a civilized me tropolis." Admiral Dewey wants to await the arrival of the American troops. In the meantime the insurgnets have be?n forbidden to oroas the Motate river, Beven miles south of Manilla. Other wise the Petral will be stationed there to bombard them. The volunteers smelt powder yester day. An officer was killed and three wounded. They retired rapidly. FIRED AT BY FLEET. Americans Thought They Saw Span' lull Torpedo-Boat Destroyer. Kingston, Jamaioa, June 8 Whether the American fleet Bank a Spanish tor pedo-boat destroyer Friday night has not been absolutey confirmed. At 10 o'ecock Friday night the cruiser New Orleans discovered what appeared to be a torpedo-boat destroyer close to the shore, and signalled the flagship New York that it was evident that a night torpedo attack was to be made. The New York and New Orleans opened Are and their shells burst around a dark object. Finally a 13-innh shell fiom the Massachusetts (not the Oregon, as first reported) waa fired and exploded, and the searchlights of the vessels were turned on the spot where the supposed destroyer had been sighted, but not a trace of the boat could be found, and it was believed by tho officers of the New York she had been sunk The first assumption was that the vessel waa the Terror, but it is believed now that it was the Pluton or Furor, as tho Terror was not known to be at San tiago. Two fehwarzopkof torpedoes were found floating two miles south of Morro. This class of torpedo is used by the Spanish, and one of the two found had only the practice head. Admiral Sampson is determined not to allow the Spanish to remove the Merrimao from the Bpot where she lies, Saturday it was reported that they wore working at the hull, and the American fleet formed in line of battle with orders to bombard. It turned out that the' Spanish were not so engaged am) the fleet withdrew. Admiral Sampson haa given specifi orders that El Morro, where the Morri mao's crew are imprisoned, be spared in firing. Admiral Cevera's polite as surances were aoeopmanied by the statement that Lieutenant Hobson and his men were confined theie. This placing of the prisoners in direot line ol fire is denouueed by the American officers as a 13th-century defense, an act of incarnate cruelty. General Castillo, commanding the Cuban forces in the west and north of the province of Santiago, has been con centrating 4,000 Cubans in the vicinit of the city. ' Cape Haytien June 8 At 3 o'clock this morning strong cannonading was heard from the direction of Aguadores, a little east oi Aiorro aswe, wnion ue fends the eastern entrance of the bar bor of Santiago. A quarter of an hou later the noise of the cannonading greatly inoreaaed,' trie firing evidently proceeding from guns of the largest caliber.' All the 4nd above sea-level would not fill up more than one-third of the Atlantic ocean'. ' LANDED UNDER FIRE. American Troops Debarked Near Santi ago de Cuba. Port au Prince, June 8 Advices from Santiago de Cuba today say that this morning about 7:45 o'clock; a live ly cannonading was heard in the direc tion of Aguadores. It increased in in tensity on both sides- and toward 8 o'clock it was very furious.) "y , No further details have been re ceived, but it is believed that the Spanish ships anchored in the bay of Santiago -held the insurgents in check when the latter were attacking the town. It is said hero but the source of the 'information is doubtful that a United States troopship debarked tioops under the proteotidii of the fire of the Amenoan squadron. - News has been received from Mole St. Nicholas that a naval combat took place yesterday off Jean Rabel, be tween Port Le Paix and the mole. Three Spanish and four American war ships were engaged. After a brief, but lively contest, the American ships re tired. This news lacks confirmation. SPIES IN HOT WATER. Carranza and Du Boso Are Arrested tn the City of Montreal. , ,' Montreal. June 8 Lieutenant Car- anza and Senbr Du Bosc were arroBted at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon on a capias in.which it is alleged they were about to leave the country. The capias was taken ont in connection with a suit for damages for defamation of charaotor entered by Doteotive Kellert. The ar rest was made at the residence of the Spanish consul-general, and the pris oners were immediately taken beiore Judee Mathieu. who released them in $1,000 bail, which was promptly fur nished, the authorities declining to say by whom. The writ is returnable in x days, and no action can be taken until the end of that time, unless the prisoners consent to a speedy hearing. American Troops Landed. New York, June 8 A special from Cape Havtien, dated Monday, says: At daylight this morning the Amen oan troops landed at Aguadores, a lew miles east of Santiago de Cuba, under cover of Admiral Sampsou'a guns. The batteries were silenced, after a Bharp bombardment New York. June 8 A special from Kingston reports that 5,000 United States troorjs have landed near runta Cabrera, a little west of Santiago, where unction was affected with General Gracia's army of 3,000 insurgents. It is added that the landing was effected under the fire of Saiupsun'8 fleet. With the troops were several heavy siege guns. A Second Expedition. San Francisco. Cal., June 8 The men who will compose the seoond Ma nila expedition are pleased that Brig, adiereeneral Greene is to be their commander. Besides being a splendid soldier, he has a record as a diplomat, He is an author of repute, haa been decorated in Europe for bravery, and is an active member of several scion' title bodies. It is surmised that his, diplomatic experience will be of Berv ice to Geneal Merritt in the govern' nient of the islands. The troops which will be under his command are the First Colorado, Tenth Pennsylvania, part of the Eighteenth and Twenty-third United States infan try, and either the Utah artillery or the Third United States artillery, General Greene stated tonight that the China would be hia flagship, and that General Merritt would not accompany the second expedition. Spain Notified the Powers. London, June 8 The Madrid corres pondent nf the Daily News says: The cabinet haa. decided that no effeotual blockade exists and will so notify the powers. An informal notifi cation has already been made. Madrid, June 8 In the chamber of deputies todav Senor Giron, minister for the colonies replying to inquiries, said the government had no information tending to confirm the Spanish report that the cruiser Baltimore had been blown up by an internal explosion at Manilla, except the fact that the gaz ette had erased thi boat from the list of American ships. Improvements In Oregon. Washington, June 8 The conferees on the sundry civil bill have been un able to agree on the amendment appro priating 130,000 for a quarantine sta tion at Astoria, and it is si ill in confer ence . Senator McBride's amendment;' appropriating fl2,000 for a steam reve nue cutter for the Columbia river, ia also in disagreement. The provision for salaries tor tegisters ana receivers of two additional land districts in Alaska, fixed at (3,000, has been agreed to, and will become a law. The senate amendment appropriaing (100,000 for Yaquiua bay, and allowing the money for the improvement of Coos bay to be expended by contract, are still in dis agreement. From Mobile to Tampa. Mobile, June 8. The Fifth cavalry and tlie eleventh miantry leit camp today for Montgomery, there to take the Plant line for Tampa. Five regi ments of volunteers remain. Important Mining !eal Prescott, Ariz., June 8 An import ant mining deal haa been consummated here, the property sold being the Gold- Standard group, in the Santa Maria district, the purchasers being J. C. Greenhut, a prominent whiskey dis tiller of Peoria, 111.; Summer A. Clark, a capitalist of Peoria, and Chauncey D. Clark, a capitalist of Phoenix, Aria. - The parties have been working the property under a bond for tome time. I'bey have a mill and cyanide plant. he bund has a year to run. A NAM COMBAT The Dispatches Report a Battle Off Hay tien Coast. VANGUARD OF CADIZ FLEET Three Spanish and Four American Ves sels Engaged The Latter Probably Scouts A Spanish Torpedo-Boat Destroyer Sunk at Santiago'. ' Cape Haytien, June 7, The United States troopship Resoulte, formerly the Yorktown, under, convoy of the tor pedo boat destroyer Mayflower, the convertd Ogden Goelet yacht of the same name, arrived at Mole St. Nich olas Saturday and departod shortly after. .', Advioes from Mole St: Nicholas say that Saturday, some distance off. Jean Rabel, a port on the west coast of Hayti. half way between Port de Paix and Mole St. Nichblas.'a combat took place between , three Spanish and four Ameriah warships. The American ships are said to have withdrawn from the combat. One of the Spanish war ships entered the harbor of Jean Rabel for water. Officers ot snips lying at St. Nicholas Mole were extremely reti cent. Jean Rabel is an insurgent seaport, and there is no telegraphic station there. It is thought possible that the Spanish ships encountered were the vanguard of the Cadiz fleet. The names of the American ships were not ascertained, but it is believed here that they were probably Boout boats. Troopship Pursued. Port au Prince, June 7. According to the latest advices from Santiago de Cuba, there were not more than 17 ips in the offing all day, and it is believed there at the, three missing vessels have gone for provisions and munitions of war. - At b o'clock this evening, . the steamer Nouvelle Voldregue arrived here from Cape Haytien, after touching at all the porta along the coast She reports that yesterday, at Mole St. Nicholas, she saw the United States troopship Resolute awaiting instruc tions. The vessel was under convoy. It was ascertained from passengers on tne vouiregue tnaitne itesoiute had been pursued, between Jean Rabel and Mole St.' Nicholas, by two Spanish corvettes. From the same source, it is learned that Adnfiral Cervera's squadron is not, in its entirety, in tire port of Santiago de Cub?., but that only a oruiser, supposed to be the Colon, ona torpedo-boat and two auxil iary cruisers are there. A dispatch from a government source at Port au Prince saya: 'A Haytieu informant, now in San tiago de Cuba, saya the destitution haa greatly increased since the bombard ment began, and the military ooinman der haa been forced to reduce the ra tions of the soldiers, among whom there is much discontent." Spanish Dentroyer Sunk. Kingston, Jamaica, June "7. A di patch from Port an Prince says a ves Bel that haa arrived there from Santia go de Cuba repoits that the Amerioam Bunk on Friday night the Spanish tor pedo-boat destroyer Terror. The assumption, based on dispatches from Madrid, has been that the de stroyer Terror, after leaving Fort de France, went to Porto Rioo, and it is possible that the Port Antonio dis patch confuses her with her siBter de stroyer, the Furor, as has several timea been done in dispatuhes from other points. , CHARLES V. GRIDLEY. Death of the Commander of the Cruiser Olympia. Washington, June 7. Captain Chas. V. Gridley, commander of the cruiser Olympia, and one of the heroea of the brilliant victory at Manila, is dead. The announcement of his death was re ceived at the navy department this afternoon in a cablegram from Pay master Gait, of the navy, dated Kobe, Japan, June 4, and directed to Secre tary. Long. . The dispatch contained this simple statement: "Captain Gridley died today. The remains accompany me on the Coptic" Captain Charles Vernon Grid'ey ia the first American offioer of great prom inence whose death is a direct result of the existing war with Spain. 'As the commander of Admiral Dewey's splen did flagship and one of the admiral's chief advisers, Captain Gridley achieved distinction at the battle of Manna Day ana a-uied to ins previous laurels by winning high praise from his superiors for distinguished gallan try and ability. He fought his ship from the conning tower, whle Ad miral Dewey directed the movements of the squadron fiom the bridge of the vessel. It was not known for several weeks after the engagement that Cap tain Gridley had suffered from it, and even now the precise nature of. hit trouble is not disclosed. Accident on the San Francisco. ' Provinoe.town, Mass., June 7. A fatal accident qccurred last night on the cruiser San Francisco. By the fall of a whaloboat from the davits, Clans Wessel, coxswain, was drowned and Seaman Stevenson sustained a fractur ed leg. Wessel was 30 years old. Hit body was recovered this afternoon. - Great Britain's marinasteam tonnage is today 6,720,703 about as much at that of all other nationa added together. MUST MOVE ON. So Room for Lieutenant Carrama in the- Dominlou of Canada. Washington, June 7. Steps have been taken by which Lieutenant Car ranza, who has Conducted the Spanish spy system at Montreal, with , Mb asso ciate, Senor du Bosc, the former first secretary of the Spanish legation here, will be expelled from "Canada .-within , the next, few days, unless they adopt their own means to leave before an in ternational question ia raised as to- " their presence in Canada. The Car- 4 lanza letter, detailing nis spy system, j was communicated to the British am- bassador. Sir .Julian Paunoefote, to- ' gether , with all other information bearing on the operations of the Span- ' lard's in Canada. The ambassador was quick to act in the matter and. with- out awaiting the slow - process of the mail he cabled the entire matter to the : foreign office. - No doubt is entertained as to the speedy action of the authorities at Lon don, now that a specific case has been . made out against the Spanish officials in Canada. They would have taken 4 the initiative, had there been more than suspicion as to the operations of Carranza. But the Carranza lettei was proof positive, and the British officials will move quicklyjandjof their own voli tion toward seouring adequate redress. The state department has not 'cabled Ambassador Hay, not .deeming it nec- 1 essary to do more than simply lay the- . facts before the British ambassador here. It is expected Lord Salisbury , will oall the attention" of tho Spanish government to the undesirability of having Carranza and du Boso remain ' in Canada, as their actions are so obvi ously hostile to the United States. . Says He Wrote the Letter. Montreal, June 7. Tonight Lieu tenant Carranza admitted that he was the author of the letter rctfde public yesterday by the secret service, and that it was the one stolen a week ago from his residence. - 4 . "It is a translation," he said, "of the letter I wrote to my cousin, but it is not as I wrote it. Words have been changed and whole sentences yes, even paragraphs inserted to make it suit the ends of the United States gov ernment. 1 ON BOARD THE SOLAC3. Wounded and Sick. Are llrought Hack From the Front. New York, June 7. The ambulance -ship Solace oame into port todays hav ing on board 54 wounded and sick, some of whom had been transferred from .the American warships in Cuban waters and others taken from the hos pital at Key West Her after-deck had been tented over with canvaB, and in swinging hammocks lay half a dozen of the more Beriously ill of the pa tients. The convalescing room was the basking plaoe of a score or more of the poor fellows who had not given up the fight without a struggle, while the privilege of the decks was accorded all those who were able ' to move about or anxious to watch the green hills as the good ship moved in shoreward. The Solace anchored off Tompkins ville early this morning, and she was' boarded by press representatives. She left Key West Wednesday afternoon, and oame through to New York with out incident until Satuulay night, when the gale tumbled her about to some extent, and made tilings uncom fortable for the patients. But the sea voyage was a tonic to the men. ' They had left behind the sweltering seas of the tropica, and the exhausting winds - for refreshing breezea. Some of them had gathered together in little groups on the voyage up many a time and told again the story of a brush with the Spaniards or the nights on watch at the blockade Fo;ir of the heroea of the Nashville and the Mar blehead were among the patients on the Solace, Robert Voltz, of San Fran cisco, and Harry Hendriokeon, Joe Davis and Kuchmeister, of New York. They are the wounded of that gallant band of volunteers who cut the cable at CienfuegOB nearly a month ago. It is a tale that haB been told before. The effort will live in historv, side by side, with the Merrimac's journey down the narrows at Santiago. The Solace haa on board 54 patients removed from southern waters. BURNED AT THE STAKE. Negro Fiend a Victim of Mob Vengeance In Texas. Dallas, Tex., June 7. A special from Shreveport, Iia., says: A thousand people gathered at Doyline, on the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific 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 Mrs. Parrish.' The crime was committed May 80. The people erect ed a post near the railroad track, near town, and had the light wood and kindling saturated with coal oil, pre paratory to chaining Street to the poet. The flames were started at 1 o'clock. It was a sickening Bight, which lasted 10 minutes, when Street 'was a charred mass. Well-known lawyers made speeches warning the crowd of negroes that such crimes would not be tolerated in a civil ized community. Anxious for Peace. Washington, June 7. The belief is growing in the best-informed govern ment circles that Spain is sincerely anxious to make peace, and that even now she -is seeking a favorable oppor tunity. to make overtures. i,n that direc-, tion. Numerous evidences of this have oeme to the,attention of the authorities hete, but up to this time no actual move has been made toward ascertain ing on what basis the United States would consider peace.