( Oregon City Goaito. a. w. turn, rabUafcar. OMOH (OT...... OREGON DOINGS OF THE WEEK A. Complete Review of the Telegraphic Kewi of Thli and All For eign Lands. As a result of the caolnet meeting Jmday it was decided to dispatch a regiment of troops to Honolulu imme diately. Lieutenant Hobeon, in telling bow the Mernmao was sank, says the lose of the vessel's rudder made it impossi ble to place tier across the channel. The London Dally Mail says that the United States must bold the Phillip .pines to prevent a wild aoramble for coaling stations among the Enfopean powers. , Sunday, July 10, was proclaimed by President McKinley as a day of tbanke giving In oonsideiation of our victories on land and sea. The observance was general throughout the country. - Bear-Admiral Miller has received to formatioo from Washington that he is eoon to be sent to Honolulu on a special mission, presumably in connection with the annexation of the islands. . Either the Philadelphia or the Ben nington will convey the offloial news of the action of congress on the Hawaiian annexation resolutions and raloe the flag in the name of the United States, Instructions hove been reoeived In San Francisco to prepare the cruiser Philadelphia for sea immediately. Her supplies are being assembled with the .greatest dispatch. She will probably get under way for sea within a weak. Both branches of congress haw ad journed sine die. The close in the house was marked by hilarious scenes. Patriotic songs were sung and cheers given for the president and our naval heroes. The appointments of member of several commissions are held over. French line officers say an injustice has been done La Boulogne's crew, as the men are not cowards. Foreign ers in the steerage, they say, were re sponsible for the atrocities if any were committed. The question of jurisdic tion in connection with the corning In vestigation k being discussed. The navy department has been rn. formed that a Spanish privateer carry ing five guns h hovering off the coast of British Columbia.' According to last accounts the privateer wae between Prince Charlotte sound and Dixon's en trance. Prompt instructions have been sent to the (military authorities on tbe Northwest coast. It is said now that Blanco le to Mam for the disaster to the Spanish float, as the captain-genetal ordered Cervera to take his ships out of Santiago harbor,, The dismantled Spanish cruiser Beina Mercedes, while attempting to escape from Santiago harbor, Thursday, was sunk by the MasaaohusetB and Texas. Word has reached San Francdsco that the second Manila expedition arrived at Honolulu June S3 and sailed for Manila the following day. All were well and they were royally entertained by the Hawaiian The wounded men brought to Eoy West on the Iroquois are housed io the hospitals at Key West. All are doing well, and many are already able to be vp and about, and none are In danger. They are anxious to get back to Cuba and fight A Manila dispatch says that Admiral Dewey will remain inactive until Gen eral Morritt arrives. The rebels are jiractically doing nothing, but the Span iards are strengthening their positions, destroying buu and constructing en trenchments The authorities have enacted apenaltyof fl, 000 against any tiody who shall raise the price of pro visions, There is considerable Illness at Gump Merritt, San Francisco, though the death rate remains low. South Dakota has 70 on the sick list, and thongh practically au acclimated regiment, the Beventh California has 17 in trie hos pital, and as many more in quarters, Montana has about 80 in the hospital, nd more than that number awM In quarters. Like rats from a Blnking ship, the foar-strickon hundreds are rushing pull timll from the doomed city of Santiago. All roads leading to the city are jammed. Five hundred refugees have gone to El Gauoy, and others to Moian and St. Lucia. A proclamation wai issued Thursday allowing people four hours in which to get safely out of the ity. Hobaon and his men are safe within the American linos. The exchange was effocted before Santiago Thursday in accordance with an agreement previous ly reached between Shatter and Tora). The heroes of the Murrimao are aft in good health. One Spanish Lieutenant, 14 non-commissioned officers and a pri vate were surrendered by the Amurtcao officers in exchange for llobson and his even men. An hilarious welcome was accorded the heroes by the Amoiian troops and tars. Minor Mew Items. Germany has 138,000 school troch ers, America, 880,000. In Illinois during the past year 118 ooal mines wore abandoned and 79 mines oponod. Upward ot 10,000,000 American flags have been sold since the blowing up of the Maine. When Gen. Fred Grant was sworn in as a brigadier-general the oath was Administered by Judge Harris, of Geor gia, Confederate veteran LATER NEWS. According to a Rome dispatch San tiago has capitulated. Shafter sent a report to the department Tueeday say ing that he had the city surrounded completely, and that Toral was then considering a proposition for surrender ing. A flag of truce was again up at the time he sent the dispatoh. Only four casualties were reported to have occarred in Monday's fight. There is terrible suffering among the refugees from the doomed city despite Shafter's efforts. The town of Antolopa, Or., has been almost totally destroyed by fire. A great military hospital under tents Is to be established at Fort Monroe. Still another cabinet orlsis is report ed in Spain. All the ministers have tendered their resignations, and Sagas ta is to form a new cabinet France's new minister, M. de L. Casse, has notified the Spanish ambas sador at Paris, SenorLeon Castillo, that the French government is ready to ten der the good offices of the French am bassador at Washington in opening negotiations for peace if the Madrid government will permit it to do so. Ambassadors at Madrid have ex pressed a desire that negotiations for peace be opened at once. The senti ment in favor of peace is said to be gaining in strength throughout Spain. The , Madrid government favors the movement if it implies only the loss of Cuba. No peace overtures have been received at Washington; j A dispatoh from Nicaragua says Ze laya's government has released several hundred political prisoners. 'V A coali tion is heing planned and representa tives of Salvador, Honduras and Nicar agua ha held a meeting with the purpose of forming a uniou to succeed the greater republio of Central Ameri ca, which is thought to be upon the eve of dissolution. Tlia movement of the American army on Porto Rico may be said to have bo gun. The oontinued forwarding ol additional troops to Santiago, when it la recognized that Shafter has as large an army as he needs to take that town, is In reality the laying of the founda tion ol the Porto Rioan expeditionary force. An effort will be made to avoid the mistakes of the Santiago campaign. The expedition to go against Porto Rice will consist of between 25,000 and 80, 000 men. Captain Rowell, second officer, was killed during the bombardment of San tiago, Sunday. Major-Genoral Otis is authority for the statement that the regiment to be stationed at Honolulu has not yet been selected. ' William Jennings Bryan's regiment of Nekaeka infantry has been ordered to join General Fitzhugh Lee's corpB at Jacksonville. The war department has instituted a system of bulletins for the benefit oi the public, giving quick and concise in formation of important happenings. The attorney-general of Great Britain huB ruled that in evioting the Spanish spies from Canada the Canadian gov ernment is not liable to he sued for damages. It is reported from London that the Spanish government is preparing to send additional troops to Porto Rico by the fastest steamers, available. A force oi 80,000 men is to be kept qontantly in our Southern coaBt to serve is re-enforcements for our troops in Cuba if needed. A hospital train bearing the wounded to Fort McPherson was in a rear-end collision six miles south of High Springs, Fla. No one was hurt, but a private car was demolished. The refugees from Santiago are be coming a serious military problem to General Shaftor. The most intelli gent of the refugees say that only a few Spanish soldiers have recently entered Santiago not more than 1,000. Thy report friction between General Toral and General Linares. General Shafter has sent a revised and corrected report of the casualties before Sautiago July 1, 3 and 8. It slightly inoreases the number killed and wounded, as given in the first re port, and is as follows: Killed, 28 officers, 208 meni wounded, 80 officers, 1,023 men; missing, 81; total, 1,695. General Shafter is of the opinion that the number of missing will be reduced somewhat. All the warships of Camara's fleet sailed from Port Said for Spain, Mon day. The Spanish admiral was a) lowod to transship 000 tons of coal from San Augstino in the harbor, on furnish ing a written guarantee that the Pelayo needed it, and that the entire squadron wis returning to Spain direct The Spanish tordodo-boat destroyers sailed from Messina, Sicily, for home the same day. The Brooklyn, Indiana and Texas, under Commodore Schley, bombarded the city of Santiago at 5:10 o'clock Sunday afternoon in obedience to a re quest from General Shafter convoyed by signal from shore. The warships lined up from the east to west, a quur tor of a mile from shore, and fired over the limestone cliffs that come down to the sea and hide the clty.fivo miles dis tant Tho bombardment continued one hour. Chiof Inspector Marshall, known as tho Sherlock Holmes of the English police, has retired from Scotland Yard after 88 years' distinguished service. While driving to Dallas, Tex., to ap pear as a witness before the federal grand jury, James Morrison, a farmer of Feins, was struck dead by lightning. At the commencement of the Bloom ingontleld aoademy, the national school of the Chickaaw nation, 1,000 persons from all sections of the territory were present A WITHERING FIRE The Guns of the Amer icans Trained on the Spanish. THE TROOPS MUCH REFRESHED Arrival of Reinforcement! Acts as a Bracer Spanish Firing Wat Very Weak Belief ' That BesUtance I About Ended. Headquarters of Gen. Shafter, via Kingston, July 13. From 4 o'clock this afternoon until dark the American guns have been again pouring a deadly fire into the Spanish lines. Our men are greatly refreshed by their three days' rest, and -have been fighting with lion-like spirit The knowledge of the arrival of re inforcements gives them new enthusi asm. The artillery is in plaoe, and doing effective work. The fire from the. Spaniards in the trenches is very weak. The city of Santiago is almost in darkness tonight, and our men be lieve that the resistance of the Span iards is about at an end. They expect a general assault, tomorrow, should the , '" ii ii i n jl The Old, Old Story I Didn't Know It Was Loaded T city not have surrendered by daybreak. The Americans are much better fortified in the trenches. Shafter' Fighting Force. Washington, July, 11. General Shafter's availabjeforce, after counting all reinforcements and deducting tha dead and sick and Wounded, is 22,850 fighting men, acoording to military es timates. This is based on an estimate of 16,000 men in General Shafter's original expedition and about 10,000 in various expeditions which have gone since then, making in all 26,000. Against this must be deducted the casualties in the fighting thus far and also the men confined to the hospitals by siokness. The deduction is roughly estimated at 3,000 men, leaving about 28,000 available today as the fighting force of the American army. The rein forcements having gone forward from time to time, it has been rather diffi cult to keep track of them, but they are Bummed up as follows: General Duffleld's brigade, about 2, 600 men; reoruits for regular army, 950; First Illinois, 050? First District of Columbia, 850; b!x light batteries United States artillery, 700; General Gatretson's brigade, Eighth Ohio, 1,. 300; Sixth Massachusetts, and Sixth Illinois, 2,600, Another force of 2,500 men, com prising General Ernest's brigade, is ready to start, and, with this force, General Shafter's fighting strength will be swelled to about 25,000 men by the arrivals of this week. On the Bark Track. Port Said, July 18. All the war ships of Camara's flout have sailed for Spain. The Snanish admiral was nl. lowed to transship 600 tons of ooal from can Augustine last nignt in tne har bor, on furnishing a written crnarantn that the Pelayo needed it, and that the entire squadron was returning to Spain direct Messina, Sicily. July 18. The Scan. ish torpedo-boat destroyers sailed for Dame tins mornine. Admiral Aiuiueu e.tL. -.Washington, July 13. Rear-Admiral Ammen, one of the heroes of the civil war, died at the naval hospital this morning Admiral Ammen had been at the naval hospital for 10 months, and death was due to general enfeeble mont of the system. He served in the navy within six months of a half cen tury, and was born in Ohio, May 15, 1820, and entered the navy as a mid-1 ihipman in 1836. He first served as a past midshipman in the Wilkes explor g in the Mediterranean in 1837-83. SAGASTA IS OUT. Spanish Leader Gives t'p the Fight and Tcuderg Hla Resignation. London, July 13. The Madrid cor respondent of the Times says: Senor Sagasta went to the palace today and tendered his resignation and that of the cabinet It is said that he advised the quee regent to appoint a new cabinet, largely consisting of the military ele ment, which would not necssarily mean the adoption of a warlike policy, but probably the reverse. , It is generally expected that the res ignation will be accepted, but the result may possibly be merely a partial recon struction of the cabinet The minis ters are now in council, and Senor Sagasta has doubtless communicated to them an account of his audience with the queen regent ( What Caused the Trouble London, July 18. The Madrid cor respondent of the Times says: The cabinet resigned, in consequence of irreconcilable differences oi opinion on the question of initiating peace ne gotiations. ! . . " ' ': ;, WOUNDED IN BATTLE. The Brave Heroes of the First Conflict! t Are Houte Again. . Atlanta, Ga., July 18. Two hun dred and thirty-five sick and wounded reached Fort McPherson today from Tampa. Among , them , are several rough riders and members of the Seventy-first New York. The most seri ously wounded are Captain Duoat and Lieutenant Lyons, of the Twentv- fourth infantry, whose families are now at Salt Lake. The dootors are much enoouraged by the condition of the men and say they will recover. Captain Ducat is shot through the thigh and his right leg is partly para lyzed. Propped up on a cot, he told a press representative a story of the bit ter fight, which resulted in the wound ing of himself and Lieutenant Lyons and the loss of many privates. On the first day of fighting near El Caney, the oaptain and lieutenant, with 75 men, set out to capture a stone house on top of a steep hill. Safely housed behind stone walls, the Spaniards poured in a murderous fire on the pluoky Americans as they en tered the narrow path leading up the hill. Step by step, the men forged ahead, their comrades falling right in. By the time the top of the hill was reached, but 22 of the baud remained. With a shout, they forced their way into the coveted stronghold,' and in a desperate hand-to-hand fight with re volvers succeeded in scattering the Spaniards. Captain Ducat and Lieu tenant Lyons reoeived the wounds at close range. Of the .75 men, but 25 answered the roll-call. STRUCK A CHURCH. Last Shot From the Sqnadron Fonnd a Heavily Charged Mark. Off Santiago de Cuba, via Playa dol Este, July 13. At 9:30 o'clook this morning, after several range-finding shots over the ridge protecting San tiago from the sea, the cruiser Newark opened fire into the oity with her 8 inch guns. The signal oorps reported the effect of the shots. The New York, Brooklyn and Indiana participated in the firing at intervals of five minutes. The bombardment lasted for two hours, when General Shafter reported that the shells were mostly falling in the bay and doing but little damage. The last shot, however, struck a prominent church in the heart of the city, which was heavily stored with powder and ammunition, causing a trmendous ex plosion. The extent of the damage is not ret known. When the warships ceased firing, and before Shafter had begun a land attack, a flag of truce was seen coming from the city. The objeot of this was not known today at noon. By Trgent Request. Montreal, July 13. Senor Du Bosc, late secretary of the Spanish legation at Washington, and Lieutenant Car ranza will leave Montreal tomorrow by the Dominion steamer Ottoman, at the uigent and repeated request of the Do minion government BATTLE RESUMED Preliminary Firing Be fore the City of Santiago. TORAL 'WOULD NOT, YIELD Spaniard! Opened With Light GomJ But Were Silenced American Lines Have Been Strengthened and Siege ' Gun Brought to the Front. Washington, July 12. The bom bardment of Santiago has begun. That was the verbal information obtained last every ng, shortly before 9 o'clock, at the war department Almost im mediately three bulletins were posted, the most important of which was from General Shafter. , This dispatch an nounced that General Toral, who suc ceeded General Linares in command of the Spanish forces in Santiago, when the latter was wounded, had declined tc surrender, and that the bombard ment of the town would be begun by the army and navy about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The fact that the bom barment was scheduled to begin so late in the day created some comment, but no explanation of it was offered. In answer to questions bearing upon the movement. General Corbin said: "1 have not tbeslightestfinformation as to the reason General Shafter had for beginning the bombardment at the hour he named, but it was probably because he was ready just at that time. You san speculate about that as well as 1 :an." Information received by the waj de partment during the few days of truce indioates that Shaftei has materially strengthened his position. During the past week he has received reinforce ments of both artillery and infantry. Randolph's battery of 24 guns, which left Key West last Tuesday at mid night, is now in operation before San tiago, and, as a war department official expressed it, "when these long toms of Randolph's -begin, talking, . something will happen in Santiago." General Shafter has nearly 50 siege guns and a large number of 6-inch mortars, besides light artillery at his disposal. These guns, taken in connection with the work that will be done by tike fleet, will, it is expected, curry terror and destruc tion to Santiago. Anxiety has been expressed by the war department officials as to whether General Shafter had a sufficient force to prevent the evacuation of Santiago by the enemy. This anxiety was allayed about 12:80 last night by the teceipt of the following dispatch from General Shafter, which contained con firmation, too, of the earlier reports of the beginning of the bombardment: "Playa del Este, July 12. To Adjutant-General, Washington: Head quarters of Fifth Corps, July 12. The enemy opened fire a few minutes past 4 with light guns, which were soon silenced by ours. There was very lit tle musketry firing, and the enemy was kept entirely in the entrenchments. Three men were slightly wounded. I will have considerable force tomorrow, enough to completely block all the roads on the northwest. 1 am quite well. "SHAFTER." The, belief is held by the best-informed officers that General toral, the Spanish commander, will 'surrender when lie finds it will be impossible for him to evacutate the city. Upon what grounds this belief is based could not be ascertained, but that information is in the hands of the officials, there is no doubt. General Shafter's dispatch, they say, shows he is now engaged in strengthening his position, and that he will follow up his operations with a final assault on the city. Offer to' Surrender Santiago. Off Juragua, via Kingston, Jamaica, July 12. The surrender of Santiago was formally offered by the Spanish oommander, General Toral, today, but the conditions attached caused a prompt refusal of the offer by General Shafter. The negotiations, however, resulted in the extension of the armistice. General Toral's proposal contemplat ed the immediate surrender of the city, but he insisted that his army be per mitted to march awaj under arms and with flying colors, and declared that he would fight to the last ditch unless the conditions were accepted. General Shafterreplied that nothing but un conditional surrender would be con sidered by him, but he consented to cable the Spanish offer to Washington, in the meantime extending tbe armis tice. heater Burned In Allegheny. Pittsburg, July 12. Fire tonight, which started in the World theater on Federal street, Allegheny, destroyed that building and the entire section fronting on the lower side of Federal street, from the Sixth-street bridge to the Boyle block, and in the rear almost to Baltimore. The loss will not exceed $175,000, as many of the buildings were small frame structures. The in surance will reach two-thirds of tbe loss. Freight Can Left the Track. Dunsmuii, Cal., July 12. Train No. IS, consisting of 30 cats, drawn by two engines, was wrecked this morning at tunnel 4. near Elmore, four cars in tha middle of the train leaving the rails and tearing up about 150 feet of road bed, demolishes the car track hut leaving the cars and contents intact. No one was injured. The south bound express train left Dunsmuir two hourt late tonight,, expecting to get by the wreck without further delay. WOES OF A VANQUISHED FOE. Spanish Prisoners From Santiago Clus tered on Beaver's Island. Portsmouth, N. H., July 13. The Spanish prisoners who were brought to port in the St Louis from Santiago, numbering 692 of the men who formed part of the crew of Admiral Cervera's squadron, are tonight sleeping peace- t fully and in comparative comfort in tha f new barracks erected for them on Sea vey's island. - Around them, is a,guard of 125 marines. The work of debarka tion was accomplished in just two hours, under the direction of Colonel Ferney. The prisoners were marohed ' to the island, where, on a plat of ground, each man deposited, under the eyes of the marine guard, whatever be longings he possessed. It was a pathetic sight from beginning to end, and such as would bring tears to many eves. , The poor wretched . creatures strug gled trp the hillside, clad for the most part in rags, some of the men being covered only with the fragments of a tableqloth or a blanket, while others bad on portions of what was once a uni form. ' When the men lauded some of them were so weak that they could not stand, and lay on the ground until) stretchers were brought, and were car ried by their comrades to the main road, where they were placed on the grass. Here the rays of the sunshine and ' the cool, refreshing breezes from aoroso the Piscataquis , seemed to strengthen them, and most of them, were later able to follow the others to the place where they were mustered. Many of tbe prisoners had wounds that were still unhealed, and their heads and arms showed the effects of the ter rible fire tbey had gone through. The crew of the Cristobal Colon were landed in a body. They were better clad and evidently better fed than the other men, for they bore a semblance of tho Spanish sailor in make-up. They brought ashore bags filled with clothing. Thirty members of the Colon's crew were, however, severely wounded, and had to be carried on stretchers. The unloading of the crowd was witnessed by thousands of people on shore and in boats, and it may he said with all sincerity that duriug the two hours occupied with ' the task, not a sneer or a jeer was heard, nor an act 1 performed which might have given offense to the prisoners. ' The most interesting part of the '"-' landing of the men was the duty per formed by Captain Meron, of the Colon, the once hearty and jovial officer, the favorite captain of the Spanish navy, standing on the height of laud where the men came ahsore, clad in a tatteted uniform of white duck trousers and blue coat, book in hand, the mustering officer of the Spanish prisoners. His heavy voice called out the names of the prisoners and credited each to the ves sel to which he individually was once a member. . When the muster out, as it seemed to be, was finished, the men were marched to temporary barracks, which will serve as a prison for them. Of tbe number landed 50 have been taken to the hospital suffering from wounds, while not a few have minor ills. ' ' Among the officers there were four lieutenants, two ensigns and one pay master, and these, through some mis understanding of orders from Washing ton, were returned to the St. Louis. It is understood thut these officers will be landed again tomorrow. ' T The line officers will be quartered at the marine barracks. It was interesting to watch the way in which the Spanish prisoners accept ed the fortunes of war. After break ing ranks they looked about and saw mattresses and conches, and many other comforts which had not been their lot for many years in barracks, and as they looked them over they ap peared to accept the situation with much cheerfulness. They walked around with a dignified air, and seemed to grow happy as appetizing odors were wafted to them from the large kitchen. THE HAWAIIAN GUARD. Fourteenth Infantry Selected to Occupy the City of Honolulu. San Francisco, July 13. This week will see another exodus of the Manila forces. Thursday morning the Peru, carrying Major-General E. S. Otis and staff, six troops of the Fourth United ( , States cavalry, under command of Colonel Kellogg, and two batteries of the Sixth United States artillery, un der command of Major Grugan, and the City of Puebla, with the Four teenth infantry detachment, will steam out of the harbor. Major-ijeneral Otis has decided not to wait for tbe New York volunteers, but will proceed at ouce to Honolulu to assist aocording to his orders in the ceremonies of occupying the city. The Fnuith cavalrv. Kixth nrtillorw Fourteenth infantry will have the priv- urge ui iaaing pari m tne ceremonies. They will remain in Honnlnin until the other thtee vessels of the fleet of five, destined for the fourth expedi tion, come on; then the whole force of troops witn Major-Ueneral H. G. Otis will proceed to Manila. Thn trn. the St. Paul and Rio de Jnneiro have not yet been selected. The fifth and probably the last ex pedition to the Philippines will await the returning transnortn nf th . pedition the Australia, City of Syd- Eleven People Killed. Cleveland, July 13. The lives of II men were snuffed out in the twinkling of an eye this evening in the big water works tunnel that is being constructed on the bottom of Lake Erie, as the re sult of an explosion of gas. The killed are: John Parks, foreman; James Parks, brother of John; John Fradey, Tony Brunetti, John , Emerson Smith, John McCauley, William Tucker (col ored), Gus Wattse, Frank Clement.. Frank Haney.