Oregon City Goarier.
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A Complete Review of the Talegrapbla
Newt of This and All To '
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President McKiuley baa appointed
George Bruce Cortellyon, of New York
assistant secretary to the president,td
fill the additional position of that grade
recently created by congress, u-a.
It is the general understanding
among army officers here. that the pext
expedition to the) , Philippines will get
off about July 11.-; jThe fleet; will bop
sist of the Peto, pity of JPu'ebla.Aca
pulco, UinatilUYand Pennsylavnia.
The Porto B loan expedition,, which
lathe jiext.npinber.on, Htle-,wac pro
gramme 1 aftei' the ;surrendof of Santi
ago, is to) 1)6 led by Major-General John
B. Brooke, now commanding the First
army corps at Chickamagua, who will
be made military governor of- he isl
and after its capture. V J ; ; ' '
According, to trustworthy Intelli
gence from Manila, the Spanish gover
nor-general hasmade arrangernenJB.for.l
a, meeting with-, Admiral,, lJleir.ici
(commander of,' the German, naval
forces in the Far ' East), ; in order to"
propose in behalf of ,-the Spanish; !goy-
ernment that jviapua snoniu oe nantieu
into provincial 'charge 'of a "neutral
commander. The proposal was rejected
by Diedrich, in view of the Amerioan
blockade. ' . o
'; The Japanese cruiser MatfuBBftna ar
rived at Hong K;i!ig . Friday from Ma
nila, which pott 8b9'left!60'iha)i'aftet
noon of Monday, June 27. She reports
that the American transports had. not
then arrived. jTJie tuBtloii'waS jwt
cliangeil, tlie Knoniarus continuing to
erect defenses and the insurgents oc
cupying positions within about 2.P00
yards of the city. Food is growing
HlL.- l.i J..yjW 1r,A
scarcer, inn iiiaisummua icjiuiu niou
that when she left Manila harbor there
were five GeimaiVJjahdfonr; BrljtUh
warships there.
The president' dias ' intimated,; that
anotfjej: ,;c4y foifoluBfff tJlisoonJ
President McKlnley has sent a tele-
cram to Shatter and Sampson ordering
htbem to confer' as to the advisability of
thB fleet enteringthe harbor fo assist
inUhe bonibardmlnt of Saotwgp. s
Shaftet naeidoelded that hewiil wait
jor, r6lnfbrcmentiThe Btorming'of
Santiago is therefoice likely not to oc
cur to -few-days. The newof ; Pan-
do's arrival at the doomed city lias
been confirmed. . CA-c
Camera's fleet has entered "the Suez
panaj.. .Ten.vessela headed by the -battle-ship
Pelayo resumed their voyage,
Tuesday morning, presumably for tbe:
Philippines, The news has been con-;
firmed in VBShingtori.
Madrid cl!e her 'disaster ' victory.
The government has' announced that
Cervera's entire fleet, has escaped to
safetyi -Jlinister Aunon, it is said, is
delighted,'and declares that Cervera's
dash was a brilliant one and quite successful,-'
. 1 !
Orders were issued by the depart
ment Tuesday looking to the immediate
dispafcn oi troopsnips: Iioin , lampa
be issued.
Captain H, Cooper,,. Bnperjntend
it of ftUe ivaia(jiidemyJhiw boea fie?
ent
lected to command the cruiser Chicago,
' The Egyptian govern lireritj) Mg decij
ed to notify Admiial Cu'inara that the
Continued presence of the Spanish
fleet at Port Said is vipliUing, neutral
ity, and that the warBbi,pji.(8t lave,
Secretary Long said that he understood
Camara's fleet had paid the canal
dues, and thaf ptestimptdpn 11 jlifllj tliey
will continue' tbjoyaVe '"j K
'. The war department has received
the welcome informlitioOi itafayiibut
military telegraph stations have been
established at St. Villa, in tMioepMi
of the present military operations, and
that this line runs . to. a point . near
Aguaderes, where it connects-' wltfrthe
French cable line, thus bringing lien
eral Shatter into direct communication
with the department.
Corporal Huoht, Seventh infantry
who with Beven men was sent ou
seven miles from Santiago was found
bv General Shatter Thursday afternoon
and sent into camp. The party had
repeatedly Been the Spaniards.'' vfhojdid
not offer to molost theia.riaml Slhe
Americans spent the day nS a enjoying
piomo in me wuuun, m uurpurai
paid that if he had bad with him
sufficient force be ,couldy-havj brought
iu u sparysn -prisoners. ,r m k
The catjip conditions near ( Santiago
continue miru, neavy rainB sot every
thing anoat Nations, liowever, are
being served out regularly, but they
are still not plentiful. Officers an
men fare alike. The latter are Butler
,iug during the cold .nights from lack ol
blankets thrown away on the march
These have been-, appropriated by the
Cubans, who take everything in sight.
and do ob little as possible. On th
wholo, they actually fare better than
our men, , k ,
Consular Agent Broadbent has just
made a master-stroke, which he re
ports to the dopnitmtmt. NVlnlo tl
Spanish ships were seeking' permission
of the Egyptian government to take
coal at Port Paid, the consular officer
Bucceoded in quietly buying tip all tho
coal available - at that place. This
amounted to 2,000 tons and it is in
good plaoe to he shipped to Duwey, to
serve as a base of supplies for Watami
Eastern squadron, when it enters tho
Mediterranean, or to ooal any Auieri
can vessels that may pans through tho
Hues canal bound to the Asiatic sta
tion,
LATER NEWS.
THE BIG BATTLE
V V . :,-
Admiral Sampson: Has
with'reinforcements for Shaftei. it is
probable at least IS.O9O will Jbe sent
forward as qulclky as transportation
oan be provided. , , - ;
"St." Louis presents a bloody Fourth of
July record. Three inurders were
committed. A probably fatal 1 hooting
affray." also ooourred, and ia little girl
wbb-was playing witl firecrackers set'
fire-to her dress and was butned to
death. ., .11 I
Targets were made of wounded men,
and' Spanish sharpshooters fired; on the
ambulance orps gt-Saturday's and
Supday's engagement at Santiago de
Cuba.' Several members of "the corps
were wounded and two wounded finen
wssNSfkjlled qotr-igX t. 'jVirrj
Gomez' troops are sfiof t of food', "and
seriuSjBuffe,riAgji8rifjevitable if a fresh
iuppVyls bo soon sent to them. Fail
ure of the Gusaie expedition to land
implies and subsequent disposal of the
vessels cargo makes it doubtful if an
other attempt can be made in the near
future.
J: v - . . .f . C
jA-d,)spatqlv fon Sanitogpf via. Ki,pgs-
Sn; sW? At about lOla'oloclt Sanday
ight the enemy came out of the
)irv9chejB'lbdQitIthe!cltyl walls iD large
force and dashed straight for the
American lines. In one or two places
oifr mpn Cull back from their positions,
t .Vl ji Aif 11 : j .1 .1.. ;
DUl quiCKiy rauieu. unu uruvo me uir
emy back pell-mell into their own
ditches. The Spanish loss must have
been lrightful, as they were exposed to
a terrific fire for a quarter of an hour.
-Tbe.loBsos pit the 1 American Bide were
Very'light, 'as 'taH soldiers - lay in rifle
nnA. l.nA iUA.rn,fb.4ln,i
yii,a auui uau .,m mvi, i5o
senate was in ses
.y; J'
answer to an inquiry ne suoutea
through the megaphone:
I left the Cristobal Colon far to
the westwaid an: hour ago, and the
The United States si
eiorv onAke Fourth of July.
The torpedo-boat Fox, built by Wolff
&tZwickej ironworks, was launched in
Portland. Qr.V.Mondal. V
.. f e. f. 1 .. tJ r.i
uruguayns in tne tnroeeror a revou
and the goyerDment .has declared Mon-
tevioeo in o siuie 01 siege.
) Tli O'lroneliBlatidf are about 8,000
miles west and juBt a little south ol
Honolulu almost In direct line with
the Philippines. vrvv- '
During the bombardment, of. .Santiago
Saturday the Suwanee in three Bhots
from her 4-inch gun, at a range of
1,600 yardfik, fcrohght'' the' SpanlBh flag
down from y Aguadores.' a fartiflcatlqu
three tuples JrpmiMoijo. Jr ! j
A tornado struck Hampton beach, N.'
H., causing immenfle damage to beach
property and great loss of life. Several
people faero kild in a ekating rink,
and uy.tne capsixing 01 a yaont Bailing
off the beach five were drowned.
The steamer Columbia, plying be
tween Portland and San Francisco, re
ports a collision with the schooner J.
Eppinger, six hours out from San Fran
cisco, in a dense fog. The Eppinger
undertook to oross the Columbia's bow,
and was run down and cut in two aft
the foremast. The crew were all
rescued.
A bridge crossing the Mohioan river
at Shelby, O., fell with 1.000 peoplo,
Four were killed outright and a number
injured, some Berlonsly.- A public wed
ding ooremony was being performed on
the bridge, as one of the features of the
olebration. v Just as the ceremony had
been completed the' bridgo went down
with a crash, -precipitating the people
a distance of 18 feet.
The complete annihilation of tho
Spanish squadion at Santiugo and the
capture of the Spanish admiral, Cer
vera, with 1,800 ptisonors; the demand
by General Shatter for the surrender
of Santiago by 18 o'clock Tuesduy
noon, on pain ot bombardment; word
fiora Admiral Dowoy that the Ladrone
islands had been captured; that a huu
dred or more Spanish officers and men
were taken, and that our first Philip
pine expedition had landed this iu
part was the thrilling record of such a
Fourth of July aB has not been known
since the bells of Independence hall
rang out the tidings of American free
dom. It wus a day wbon one moment
ous event followed another in constant
and rapid 6nocesslon, each hour bring
ing forth Bouie new feature more startl
ing than what had gone before. '
In 1816 tho value of a bushel of
wheat in England wiis equal to that of
of
pound of nails. Today a bushel
wheat will buy 10 pounds of nails.
It is said that In some of tho farm
ing districts of China pigs are hurnosB
ed to small wagons and made to draw
them. .
Among the 1'noonicians the wearing
of ear-rings was a badu of Hcrvitudu,
the same custom obtaining with the
Hebrews.
Uiilingham, England, had a grave
digger who died lately aged 7ti. In 37
years he had huriud over 13,000 pur
sons.
There is no abatement in the de
mand for the now war bonds. Experts
agree thn tho total of individual sub
scriptions will' not exceed the10000,
000 mark. . , . , ',
The submarine boat Argonaut has
completed a ran of 200 miles under
and on the wters of the Chesapeake
bay between Baltimore and Norfolk,
Va.r anil Slirion" Lake, the inventor,
expresses confldenoe in being able to
cut the wires or destroy toines' laid to
protoct any harbor in the world, , . . ,,! of Nw York. - ,
GALLANT DASH FOR LIBERTY
Against Superior Jlen Spaniards Fought
to the LastWent Down With Fly
ing Colors Nothing Keinalns Now
; Hut Shattered and Burning Bulks. ,
Off Sanitago de Cuba, July 6, Ad-
mlral Sampson has accomplished the
work he was directed to perform when
he left Key West tot the coast of Cuba.
He was "ordei-ed Jto' find ' and . destroy
Cervera's fleet,,-. , .,' ; , '
Several, -weeks i ago,- Commoilore
8chley located the fleet in the bay of
Santiaga' ,
Sunday, after being bottled helplees-
ly.in:the Harbor for; weeks, the. fleet
was destroyed.' "Nothing now 'remains
of the SpahisV squadron but-'.sh'atter4d'
and burning hulks. 1'. u . . .
: Admiial 1 Cervera's : fleet, consisting
of the arm'ored brulsera Cristobal, 'Co-
lori, .lmirante Oquendo , Infanta ; Ma
ria Teresa and Vizcava, aiid lwo; tor
pedo-Boat ieBtreVa"t;.ji.r6r:.an-d
tlie Plutbn,' aie.today' at thef bottom, pf
the Caribbean t isoa. iflff ithe1 southern
coast of Cuba; the Spanish admiral' is
a 'prisoner qf war off the auxil iary giin-
boat Gloucester , and .1,000., to , ,1,500
other, Spanish soldiers, all who espaped
thtf friehtful ' carnage' : caused1 'by the
Bhelis froii i'e American 'w'a'rsiip'.are
also lield!o8 !' prisoners ; of j war .by,. tlie
United States. navy.--1':; v.t'f..-,.o .;
-Tbe American; victPry is jcornplete,.
raod,: according to the best 1 information
ODtamauie HI Ulis'umei. iiioi aureiiunu
vessels ' were- pta'cticaliy 1 ntPuched;
though tne snips were BUDjeciea to tne
benvy flre.of the SpahV.rja,arl tlie' tiri?q
the battW.148ted,:f f , 'w,'',';f'-; . ?'' .
. Admiral. Cervera . made. as. . gallant a
dash for liberty .and,- the; preservation
of his shipa,;a: has . ever occurred jn
the history of naval warfare. ''''
One after another- of the Spanish
Lfleet became the victims' of the awful
Kralri of fihellB,"1 which '-the American'
tbattfc-BhipSi crtiscrs and " gunboats
.poured npon them, and Witnin " two
hours after tlw first 'of , th'e, fieet-:,had
started out of" Santiago harnor, three
cruisers and two torpedo-boat destroy
era were lying on the shore 10 ; to 10
miles west o Morrp casue, poonuing
to pieces, .'smoke and . flames pouring
Jrom every part of them, and covering
the entire coast line with a mist wuicn
bonld be seefi for miles. ,1' -i.'-i i v--'
Heavy explosions of.1 ammunition 00-
nnrrml . everv- few ' mlntues.' - sending
.curls of dense white smoke lOO feet in
the air and causing a shower pf trPken
rori and steel Jo fall in. .the water 011
every side. . H ; -. - 1 ,
The bluffs on the coast line re-eohped
with the.roar of, every; explosion, - and
the 8pauisb vessels sank deepei and
deeper1 into 'the - sand,". or ' the rocks
groinhd ;tholr , hulls : to pieces, as they
rolled of pitched with every wave mat
washed upon . them r from the open' sea.
Admiral Cervera escaped. to the snore
n-a boat sent by the Gloucester to the
assistance. ot the Infanta Maria Teresa,
and as -soon as he tooohed the beach
he surrendered himself and his" com
mand to Lieutenant Morton, and asked
to be taken aboard the Gloucester,
which was' the' only American, vessel
near him : jat the 'time, with several Pf
his officers. Including the captain of tho
flagship. , The Spanish admiral, who
wus wounded in the arm, was taken to
the Gloucester and was received at hor
eangW8T by ; her commander,- Lieuten
ant-Commander Richard Wainwright;
who graBped " th'e.h4'iir..6f the gray
bearded admiraT.'arid Baid td him:
.!I congratulate you, sir, upon hav
Ing mape as gallant a fight as was ever
witnossed on tne sea."
Lieutenant-Commander ainwnght
then placed hiB cabin at the disposal of
the Spanish otllcors. At that time tne
Swinish flogshlpand four other Spanish
Te8sels had bon aground and burning
for two hours, and the only one of the
escaping fleet which could not be Ben
at this point was the Uristoual ixiion,
But half a dozen curls of smoke far
down on the western boriion showed
the fate that was awaiting her.
The Cristobal. Colon was .the fastest
of the Spanish fillips, and she soeured a
lead over the others after leaving the
harbor, and escaped the effective shots
whioh ' destroved the other vessels,
She steamed away at great speed, with
tlie Oregon, New York, Brooklyn and
several other ships in pursuit, all of
them firing at hor constantly, and re1
ceiving fire themselves from her after
she left the other ships. She had no
possibility for her escape, and whilo
her fate is not definitely known at this
hour, it can be readily imagined, from
the words of Captain Robley D. Evans
of the Iowa, who turned from tho west
ward with 60 prisoners from the Via-
cava, just as the press dispatch-boat
Wanda was leaving the flagship. In
Oregonwas1, giving 1 hell. She has
undoubtedly gone doWri with the oth
ers; and We will have a JJourtn ol July
celebration ?in Santiago tomorrow."
Oaptairi-'who nad -Ifeen in the thick
of the engagement up to the time he
tPok'the " Vi&aya's" offlcers" arid "crew
f roro aa shore, said tphe, bes.t ,j ".is
knowledge iibt one1 AmeMcaii ship'had
been-Btrookrr"" '"""Z .".'
, It was about 9 -o'clock thisumorning.
when the flagship Jlaria 'Teresa-passed:
nndet: the wall . of Morro castle and
steamed out to sea. She was followed!
by the Cristobal Colon, Vizcaya and
Qjquendo, and lastly by the Furor and
teuton. xne,puii,opK qn-we, AmenuHu
vessels, which! jwere'iiling; iflve or 10';
cdilesj off the h'aMiot.enkance. sighted
them immediately Hpfjt of ithe Amer-!
iijan cruisers werejji.tthej nsual Sunday
morning quarteri,' without thought of
anything as surprising' ai) the Spanish
fleet getting pas 'ie t punken collier
Morrimac, whiphthey had been delud
ed into believing effectually blocked
tte exit. u ji i
I There was great excitement at once,
and very rapid aotl6n along the Ameri
can line. Tl)p,;.sgnal,';W jull speed
ahe.ad was running from bridge to engine-room;
every ship in the fleet com
irlenced to move in shore, toward the
Spaniards, and the reat. 13-inch guns
01 the. battle-ships and tlie smaller bat
teries ori tlieother vessels fired shot
after shot a.t long range, 'j-Aa the ships
ran in toward the shore, it soon be
came evident that .the ..Spaniards ,l;ad4.
not come out. to .make an aggressive
fight, for thpy hhd cleared the harbor,
i BATTLE BEGUN
&antiko Attacked by
the-Landndea--,-o
Forces.
' tf v 'M' v v 'c -t i' ' v v v v v v v y v V i s
ENEMY'S OUTER WORKS TAKEN
IN MANILA BAY.
The First
Blqrro Crtstte nfl tU Forts Bombarded
i'byi the' iBleet esavlo i tJsed', Her
Dynainfte Guiu With Good Effectr-
r-Cer6rs Ships'' Ftre4itTpo Troop.
' . ,-. - " ' '., .-.-.!
!!playa do! Este, July S.-A1, genial
assault Ptj the city of Sahtlagp by the
land and sea forces of the United "States
began at, 1 plpcfefbls.mqrjijng. . . .
penera'liiiv.ltooj advanced! .anUtdok
po'Bsession oi ,Gauey, . a suburb of
Santiago.
iiorrocaky' ftrW 0)6' other forts at
thk eritVanoa of Uie" fia'i bof' were'' bom
barded by our fleet- The Vesuvius
usecT'Ber" dynamite '"g'uhs"with'g6oil"
effect. ,. y '
The SpanfelVfleei tri the harbrtr fired
on the American tioope, .who were very
close to the fiiy. 'v-.: .' t.-,,
Hard- fighiipg all along the American
line was-in progress at 1 o'ciock x
Nine Vounded ,' Cuban's have been
brought in. .'V
In Vonoauela the revolution which
has prevailed for the past six month
ended by the defeat and capture of
Hernandez, its leader.' 1 ' ' -
A horse will live 25 days without
food, merely drinking water. .",
Representative Davidson, of Wiwnf
sin, has introduced a bill ' increasing
the army ration; by the addition of
one-quarter of a pound of pure Ameri
can cheese, A similar bill has been in
troduced by Representative Chickering,
and started on their race fi)rsafety, at
the same time sending shots.at tlie
Americans as fast as' the men' could
load and fire the guns.' ,
, The Brooklyn, Massachusetts, Texas,
Oregon and,, . Iowa ,were:, nearer , tlie
Spanish than any otliers of the . Ameri
can vessels, but still moat of them were
too far away to get an effective: range.
They crowded on all." steam,; however,
in preparation for -cthe 'chasei never
stripping their 'fire' for ' 'orie' ' moment
The Qlouoestera fast' little ycht that,
caiinot boast of any heavier '.'battery
Ith'an ' Bevera1'- six-jjoundeis ,.and,r three-
poundere,.t - was lying non ; Aguadores,.
three miles -.east of: Mdrro; : where: the
Span i a,rd a teams i eut.:- ic A t first . sh e
joined in the attack on - the leading
vesses,:: and then' held -off, ' Captain
Wainwneht concluding to reserve, his
efforts for tlie, two ' destroyer s in the
rear.-... t . ,. ... , , . ....
The Gloucester, steamed, after them
when they appeared, and chased them,
to a point, five- miles'' west - of Morro
caBtle " pouring allot "after shot ihto
thera all the time. 'Her' efforts bore
abundant fruit, for to her .belongs the
credit for the destruction Pf both PI
the destroyers, She fired ' "1,400., shots
during the chase, and it was not long
before., both destroyers, were on . flret
and. plainly , disabled. I): Notwithstand
ing that, they both returned the fire. -.
The Gloucester did nOt go any - fur
ther Tfest, but la7 off shore- and sent
in a boat to the assistance of the
crews of- the destrPvers. ; It : did' hot
take the flames long to reach; the Fur
or's magazines, and
It Was Hot Time.
Washington, July 6. The following
has been received from General Shat
ter: "Playa del Este, Cuba, July 6.
When news of the disaster to the
Spanish fleet reached the front, whioh
was during the truce, the regimental
band, that had managed to keep its in
struments in - line, played the 'Star
Spangled Banner and 'There'll Be a
Hot Time in Old Town Tonight,' the
men cheering from one end of the line
to the other. ' V ' . . '
terrific explosions, probably oi, gun-
cotton on f board of, .her,., which blew
holes in her bottom. . Her Btern. sunk
immediately, and, as it settled in the
water.' her bow arose straight tin -the
air, and she went to the bottom In per
petual oblivion, giving a hissing,
Boalding sound as slip disappeared be
low the surface. , .- '
Meantime, the larger American
ships ' were gaining on the Spanish
ernwets, and a' storm ot snots were
passing between the- pursuers and the
pursued,. The American fire ; was so
rapid,-.that the Bhip9 were enveloped iu
thick clouds 01 smoke, ana it : was nn
Dossible to tell at the distance which
vessels were doing the greater execu.
Hon. , " The .Brooklyn and the . battle-
shlps were keeping up an inoessant fire
upon the Infanta 'Maria Teresa,, .the
Vizcava and the A'mirante uquendOj
and tlie latter was returning it brave
lv. 'though with no success.
The Spanish gunners seemea unable
to set the ranee, and many of their
shots were very wild, though a num
her of them fell dangerously near
thera. .
The guns of the battery just oast of
Morro' also took part in the game, and
their she Is fell around the American
ships." Many of them struck the upper
works of the' fleeing : Spaniards, and
must have killed or wounded many of
their men. The Spanish ships had
now reached a poinl about seven miles
west of Morro, mid a mile or two be
yond the place where the Furor was
burning, and the Pluton ' lay broken in
two against the cliff. The flagship and
th Onuendo were the first to show
Bioeals of distress.
Two 13-inch Bhells from one of the
battle-ships - had struck ; the Maria
Teresa at the water line, tearing great
boles in her side, and causing hor to
fill rapidly. ' The Oqueudo suffered
about the same fate; ' and ' both ships
hiuideil for a small cove and went
acround 300 yards " from the Bhore,
flames shooting from them in every di
rent ion.
The officers and ctew must have been
aware of the fate which seemed to be
hoforfl them, but it was not until the
ahirvH were on fire and enveloped in
flames and smoke that the men ceased
firing. . The Gloucester, after sending
B Doat asnore to me jiuiuu. nwunreu
aloim the coast to where the armored
rmiserawere stranded, and went to
their assistance. The Gloucester had
nil her boats -out, and one seaman
swam through the surf with a line
from the Maria Teresa, making it fast
to a tree on the shore. By this means
manv of the flagship's crew, including
Admiral Cerveia, lowered themselves
w the Gloucester's boats. The
nrnncester's crew gave the wounded
men every attention possible. .'.
, Few of the Pluton'i crew escaped
Spaniards Retreated..'
Siboney, July 3. At J o'clock this
attemoon, after six hours' terrific fight
ing, the Spaniards began to leave their
entrenchments and letreated ihto the
city. ' v'." '-.,.'';:.'
Manv Americans were wounded and
are being brought in. One man had
both ins)B shot off and was wounded in
one hip, but. was laughing-- K ;,' :
Battle Continued Until lark. l;,r j
Pkva del Este, July 8. '-The fighting
L . . . ... 1 . t
corrt-uiuea until asm. . ( yur iorces car
ried tliVenemy's outor-works, and have
oocurjiedhein.this evening. 11 ;
The battle alu orPbablv be resumed t
. ' ' ."1 . - .A
at daybreak.- ;- -y
The Amerioan loss is heavy. ..; some
estimates place it at 500 killed and
wounded., ...,. - , -. v . . . , ,
Shatter's Offlelal Kepbrt. '
Wafihingtori.'JulV' a.-The : war de
partment liafl -lreoeivedwthe following
from General, Sbafter,.dated.; at .Sibo
ney: ' " " '
"Have lind a verv heavy engagement.
today, which .lasted from ;8 A.; M.: un
til sundown- We have carried their
outer works and are now In possession J
of them There is -riow about ihfee-J
quarters of a mile of open between my
lines and the city. By morning, tne 1
troops will be eptrenched, and consid
erable augmentation ot the forces will
be Uiere. General .Lawton's division
and General Bate's brigade "have been
engaged all day in carryingEl Gauey.
which was 'acfonipiwnea ,-,at 4. jh.j-
Am welP frf'line,, and -will rest in front
there were two of Santiago during the night. I legret
Volunteers Have Arrive
at the Front-x
CaVite,'via Hong' jCong, ; July 6.
The jtrahBpprt ships ustrajia1, City of
Petlng and Oityj orpydne,; convoyed
by the prjafserCkariekatt arrived here
yesteffiay, with all well on board. The
oruTserTkTlim'ore'TneP
Cape England, ndpjlotod , them here.
As they entered tlie bay.. .anLciuntL.nP'
to the Amerioarr warships they"wr
greeted eotJvpsipWioaUy -by :be offlceor
and men..The troops were overjoyed
that their long voyage from- ban r ran- -
cisco had ended,., They were in good ;
condition, despite the fact that they
were pqorly equipped for service in- v
the tropics;'- in accordance with in-ij
struotions prior to satltrfK-eoTivy-;
went toflaum, the capital of- th'o Lad-,
rone isljknds, for.the pnrpoBe o k taking-;-.
possesBiin of tho plaoeli'They arrived :
thert Jjtine 20. The'Cbarlestouentpr--
ed tfte'jiarbor of Sarr"Lui81',PaprEtJ,and ,
BhellsdliTe-crld fort of Santa Cj-uz. No-;
reply-jvaa made to the... American' fire. i
On la.following duQeneralMftrSana,. ;
governor of .the islandsT hiseecretary,,
Captain 'DMrat Port 'O.iptalrl IhM
tenant Guiterrez, Sergeant K01110I0,
-two-lieutenants and 54- soldiers surren
dered. They gave up four Spanish .
flags and 64 Mauser rifles, 54 Reming
tons and 10,000 rounds of ammunition..
' All of the prisoners weie. jShtugfcfJ'
here on the Charleston. Not;Uj t)ge-
able-bodied Spaniard now Sjerjiai(!8;j ijn
Guam. The wives of thje jptiiaoners ij
were left behind. The rjayvediiyl.' -government
of tlie islands was not di's-" '
turbed by the Americans. Piivate
Elias Hutohinson, of company M, Seo
ond Oregon regiment, died of perjton
itis on June 250, and Was burfed Vtvsea
June 21. !t m n i 1
Admiral Dewey visftedlj GqnVnl An
derson as soon as 'ihe SranBpbiftsS ar
rived, and discussod,,ttieiejtqa;trinL.with
him. Both are desirous of going, to.
work as Boon aa possible.
Dewey and Anderson landed at Ca
vite today,,, and met Aguinaldo, who:
declared he was willing to use his force-
Mnil ctpnjifneKloni; witni tne 1 mericau
JL 1 2 ,tj 1... t A,
tnat tie
to Bay that our casualties will be above
400. Of these not manv were killed
SH AFTER. "X
s Cubans 8mt to the Westward,'
Washington, July An official
dispatch was reoeived last-night at. the
war department oonttrtning the press
report that Shafter had. sent baok on
transports to Acorroderos, wlienoe tley
came, 2,000 of Garcla's Cubans.' The
purpose is a double one, first, to pre
vent reinforcemenls oorpibg ;jnto - San-'
tiago Torn' Manzanillo on the west, and
secpnd to prevp'nt ,tfVe ietreut ; jn. that
direction' of tlie Spanish, gunieou of
the town, . . .' : : ; . .
! .'. Used the War Walloon. : . -
Vfush in B ton ; - July ' 2. Gen , - Greely
has the following from Siboney! ' :' -
"Saw the war balloon up near San
tiago last night from the rflagsliipj pt
Admiral Sampson, where I was observ-
Hi iBi ;evident)j Buspioious-
niied States'-mesiis to annex
the-islind,iwharaasvhiwa'.tie to estab
ish their independence. Aguinaldo
says the Spaniards have 20,000 effective,
troops in Manila. He ia pressing them
hard.-. Bis forces surround the city
on the' land side,' arid fighting with the
Spaniards is -of! daily oocurrece. A
hard fighfe-.ppcurred.; yesterday, which
resulted, jn.. the. insurgents oapturing
the Water, battery Pn the outskirts oC
.Manila. Fighting : .continues today,
and cannonading can be plainly heard,
aboard the troopship.'' The Spaniards
are usine eitfht-inch Krupp guns. Th
sinp'e bf ioav fiVjss in! the vicinity of
uie cny is vinimo.
i General . Anderson has selected a.
plaoe near Cavite arsenal as a site for
his camp. The troops are now making
preparations to go ashore. They are
all anx'ions" "to leave" the" transports, Pft
which they have spent so many days.
'The men belonging, to flMsvfeyJs squad-.
ronare eiijoylng-ffine .healthy aials are
eager to have anothefengagement witls .
the enemy.
"" Tlie Spanish gnpboat Leyte has sur
rendered to Admiral Dewey. She had :
been lying in the river to the north of'
the city for a long time, but-, her . posi-
ptldh' tiiere finally became luntenable.
Strong forces of insurgents, qpntinualiy
beset her. They . held the country;
thereabouts, and prevented the men pn
ship from getting any supplies. X in-;
ally, with their food exhaustod and
their .ammunition nearly used p. the.:
cprn'raander of jhp Leyte .'determined ..to
run his ship: over tq -Dewey.; ,,.-.:
,,,, , -; To Stop rando.
Playa del Este, July 2. It ia be
lieved that General Garcifl) nwhose
forces were taken to the east to-' 06-
0 pe ra t e V i th. jlie Un i ted S t a t es ,ar my. j n
the capture1" of 'Santiago, will ' be sent
back with 8,000 of his men to stop the
advance of General Pahdo, the Spanish
commander, who, with 8,400 troops
and a quantity of cuttle,' was repoited
at a point 71 miles from Manzanillo,
going east toward Santiago. Accord
ing to infofioatioij wnica; reaenca tne
flagship New" YdrK today from' Colohel
Rios, in command of the Cuban oamp,
General Pando started from Manzanillo
June ir nd U traveliug at the rate of
10 milea ttday.- -Hi distance to San
tiago is 57 miles, and the roads are
rongh aud difficult to travel.',. The Cu
bans now opposing Pando number only
about 200 men.
Kelleres General Brooke.
Washington, July 2. Brigadier-
General Penning, recently relieved
from duty at Camp Blook, waa today
ordered to' proceed to Atlanta to relieve
General Brooke ef the command of the
department of tlie Gulf, This order
does not effect Brooks' command of the
First army corpB, in camp at Chicka-
mauaa. and whioh is to proceed to
Tampa for embarkation to Santiago,
either to reinforce Shifter's army or to
invade Porto Rico.
Berlin, July 2, The following dis
patch has been received from Hong
Kong: Aocording to trustworthy In
telligence from Manila, the Spanish
governor-general has made arrange
ments for a' meeting with Admiral
Diedrichs (commander of the German
naval forces in the far East,) in order
to propose in behalf of the Spanish
government that Manila j Should :,bj
handed into provincial charge of a neu
tral commander. The proposal was
rejected by Diedrichs to .view of the
1 American blockade.
. Inur;ents glassing-, 1
Juragua, via ' Kingston,.- July . 2.r-,
General Garcia and 3,000 : insurgents
from' the mountains west of Santiago
were , brought here today pn American
transports. Fully 5,000 insurgents are
now cpnoeotr&tud near Juragua. The
majority are , well arined but aH are.
badly clothed. They are' accustomed
to, the bush-whaoking methods of the
Spaniards,' and are faimliar with every
trail .-in the vioinitv of Santiago. ' A
conference between Shafter and Garcia
will be held tomorrow to further con-.
Bider plans of co-operation of the two
armies.
Garcia's plan is to march his --entire..
army overland along tne nortnern
coast,' keeping In touch with the Amer--
ican army. As soon as possible Garcia
will effect a junction with Gomez'
forces, now west of Havana, . The Cu
ban leaders plan-to-' have 20,000 insur
gents before Havana when the time
comes for investment ot that oity.
, t , Camara. does to Sea. I ) "j
London, July 2. A dispatch to
Lloyd's from Port r Said, dated 10:40
O'clock tonight, Bays' that the Pelayo,
Emperador, Carlos Quinto, Osada,
Patriota, Buenos Ay res, Isla de Panay,
Rapido, San Francisco, Isla de Luzon
and San Ignace de Loya have gone to
sea.
The Spanish Loss. "
Wasliington, - July 6. Tonight the
navy -department : posted the transla
tion of a oipher oablegram from Com
modore Watson, it is similar to that
received todoy from Sampson, but con
tains the additional information that
350 Spaniards were killed or drowned,
160 woundnd and 1,600 captured,
' OffloUls Shaken I'p.
Redding, Cal, July 2. A special
train carrying the' officials of the Union
Pacific railroad was wrecked this even
ing between Smithson and Delta, about
35 miles north of Redding. Although
receiving a Bevere shaking up none of
the officials were injured. The engi
neer, and-fireman were hurt, but not
seriously The engine jumped the
track in a cut, but the coaches Blared
on the rails. The train was delayed
four houts.
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