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The OlLLSBR IIILLSJiOItO, OREGON, TIIUKSDAY, MAY 12, 1898. NO. 8. VOL. V. DOINGS. OF THE WEEK l What Has Happened in Civilized World. the (ilVKN IN THK PUK8S DISPATCHES A Complete) Rorlew of the Now of the 1'nat Haven Oajri In This and All Foreign Lands. The senate Iiiih jhihhihI tlio Mil pro viding (or mail facilities In the army, .v'flio hoiiBo passed tlio senate bill ' Authorizing the mmy to (cud tlio Cu bans and tiio people ol tlio ielunJ ol Cuba. A special (mm Mmlrid Buys the municipal buildings at Lin arcs have been sacked Hud tlio crowd (lied on by soldiers. Fourteen wore killed and 00 wounded. The cruiser Charleston hiiH bonn placed In commission at Vnlojo, Cal. Khu will bo dispatohod with supplies (or Dewey aftur being docked uud over hauled. Orders have In mint to Ad'niral Dewey by the McCulloch from I long Kong to re-establish cable fimjiininli u tiou. Manila is Hald to Im short ol provisions mid prompt relief uvoasiin'S aro necessary to avert suffering. Certain powers, it ban been definitely learned, Rays a Loudon il in patch, huvo again tnado overtures to Great Britain, looking to intervention In tlio war be tween Spain and the United HtatoH, but Great Britain persisted in her refusal to take pint In Hindi a move. Tlio Yukon river will bo open (of navigation about June 1, says the latoft arrival at Skagwny from Dawson. Hit belief in ImHod on Iho fact that nnumi nllj warm weather prevails on the Yukon, Twenty tit i 1 1 ion a of Klondike cold Ih expected to cumo out this seamin. t The Lafayette, a French liner, bound from Coiiuum, Spain, for Havana, wiifl captured olT tho latter port by tho gunboat Annapolis, Commander linn' ker,' while trying to run tho blockade. attor having previously boon warned off. She hail on board a largo number of passengers and a valuable cargo, pos. Ribly containing contraband of war. It Ih paid in Washington that tlio incident may lend to complications with France. In acootdanco with the reooinincnda tion of tho proHiilent, embodied In a message fent to congress, thut body passed a resolution of thanks to Coin modoru (now admiral) Dewey, and the officers and crowB of the vessels of hit Ripiadron, (or their brilliant nchievo inent In defeating the Spanihh fleet It! Manila bay, and in capturing the forti- tlcations and defenses at Cuvito. A bill was also passod pronintlng Dewey to tho rank ol admiral. The anti-English Bentlment in Cuba in being matured by the Spanish press, anil it is rapidly becoming stronger. Dor to Rico Ih said to bo on tho evo of revolt. Tho inhabitants aro unali to longer ondtireMho present situation. Tho Spanish gold promluni la nearly 80 per cent and the government la try , ; Ing to place treasury hills in London ..lofforlng ns much an IS per cent, but at present with no proapeot of success. Frederick II. Coudert, tho eminent lawyer and jurist, who represented the united States in the Dohrlng sea com mission, sav tho United States may rightfully retain tho Philippine inlands. ,; 'Ciiptain Kent, a British toipodo ex pert, who ' has roturned to Toionto, aftur an examination of tho Maine . wreck gives it as his opinion that a in I no laid by Spanish officers destroyed tho battle-ship. A dispatch from Kingston, Jamaica says that General Pando lias ordored all tho garrison In eastern Cuba to con contrato in Miinzauillo, Neuvitna, Gantanamo and Santiago do Cuba. All other places havo beon evacuated. - Botween $12,000 and f 10,000 went ' tip in liainos and smoke on the Llnnton road about three miles from Portland, Or. The property destroyed, Was M Bnrolhach's crematory and outbuidlngs together with 110 head of hogs. The 1 (lie is supposod to have beon of an In oendiary origin. , San Francisco will at oneo bocomo a base of important military and naval operations. Before many days 0,000 armed men will bo encamped on tho Presidio reservation. Orders have boon reeoived to this effect by General Mor riam, commanding tho department of California and the Columbia. The mail bags on the Spanish stoam er Argonaut, which was brought in by tho Marbloheud contained a letter from Havana under ilntc of April 20, which spoke of suffering among the poorer classes of the population, who were en- t tirflly without menus of suppoit. The writer himself said he did not know where he was to get his dinner. Wator spouts and tornadoes have playod linvoo and dono hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage near Van Btiren, Ark. Three houses were blown down at Rudy, and It is re ported that VVinslow, a summer rosort on the top of Boston mountain, is en- '., tirely gone. The Arkansas river is 25 miles wide in places, and is now four inches higher than it was in 1802, which was tho highest on record. Minor Now Uonm, A Christian scientist in New York has committed suicide beoause alio was in poor health. Miss Martha Culver, who lives near St. Paul, is said to have killed more wolves than any woman In the North west. A rope seven miles long and 4) Indies in circumference, weighing nearly 00 tons, has just been made for use in a district subway in Glasgow, Scotland. ," LATER NEW8. The sonato has pasHcd tho postofflce bill and a bill providing for enlistment of 10,000 Immunes in the South. It is said Spanish spies aro apparent ly at work in this country. Evidence has been discovered of a plot to blow up tho lockB at Sault St. Mario, Admiral Montejo, In charge of the Spanish fleet at Manila, Is reported to havo been killed by the populaco after having escaped from Cavito. Assistant Secretary Molklejohn has chartered about DO shins with a ca pacity of 25,000 nion. They are to be used to oonvoy troops to tho Philip pines and Cuba. Tho Spanish government has no money to buy war wipplios. and will therefore InBist that the cortcs sit con tinuously until credits are voted. Pro visions and especially wheut aro bocom- ng scarce at Madrid. A correspondent of a London paper says bnguatii knows Spain's cause is nipoloBS. Ho acknowledges the situa- ion is moat grave, and again declares that his country wus forced into war by tho United Status. Tho entire army stationed ot Chicka manga Park has been ordered to tno rout. Hie First and Tenth oavalry go to New Orleans, the Second cavalry to Mobile, tho Third and Sixth to Tamira. The entire body of infantry goes to Tampa. Tho toriicdo-boat Wlnslow engaged three Spanish gunboats off Cardenas bay. She disabled ono, and put nil three to flight, and oame out unscathed. Lieutenant Bernardo, Ensign Bagley and the men of the Winslow thought tho odds of tlireo to one fair. It Is asserted in Hong Kong that Ad miral Dewey finds tho insurgents at tho Philippines growing dangerous. lie cannot control them, noroan ho en able the Spaniards to do so. Massa cres aro said to have occurred outsido Manila, tho Insurgonts killing Spanish women and children. Undor the law Admiral Dewey and his meu havo become entitled to s rich bounty. Even if the numorical Im portance of the (loot of Admiral Mon tcjo has been overestimated, tho offi cers and men of the Aslatio squadron will bo entitled to Bharo among them something like f 187, 000 bounty money. Sir Charles Dilko, nn eminent British authority, when asked' whether- any question of International law or prac tice affected tlio United btates' right to retain the Philippines, said: "None wbntover. The States will hold tho Philippines by th right of conqueBt. No power or powers will have the slightest titlo to I liter fare." News has boon received bv tho navy depaitmont that tho 'Spanish Cae Verdo Beet has arrived at Cadiz. Iho object ot this move, it is liolieved, Is tho concentration ot tho entrro Spanish fleet (or a bold stroko,' in accordance with the plana of the Spanish minister if infurlno, as unofficially announced roraMttdrld last woek. Tho return of thoJape Vordcs fleet to Cadiz leaves Sampson with no Spanish fleet to fight, except those smaller craft in Cuban waters. , ' A Madrid dispatch says orders have beon sent to the governor-general ol tho Philippines to resist tQ tho death the attack on Manila. " . A dispatch from Bhhia,. ,Bmil, an nounces the arrival there off, $M. battle ship Oregon. It is said 4itt Call at Bahia was In accordance with instruc tions from Washington, The oublnct has decided to inaugurate an agrossivo campaign, against tho Hpnniurds in tho Philippines and Cuba. Five thousand troops will be Bent to Manila at once from the Pacific coast. Lator on Havana will be attacked from the reir by the United Btates and in surgent troops, and by the, fleet In (rent. Cable advices received from Rear Admiral Sampson announce his arrival off the coast of Hayti with n division of his fleet Ho will remain at the point where he is now located until the dopartmont or one of tho scouts inform him of tho appearance of tho Spanish mon-of-war, winch sailed from St. Vincent nine days ago. The dons trloked Commander Lam berton, says a Manila dispatch to the New York Herald. He had been sent to take Cavito arsenal. He domondod their surrender, but they asked for more time. Upon tholrrequost being grant: ed they improved their opportunities by fleeing to Manilla and taking with them the Mauser rifles of tho fort. Anothor tale of death on the Alaska trail has been received at Victoria, B, C. Twenty-two men were engulfed In the waters of an icebound mountain stream near Crater lake.. Of tho party not one life was suvod. The sudden breaking of the ice on which ti e gold seekers wore walking sent them to their doom without a moment'B warn ing. The names of tho dead are un known. The surgeon of the Castilla enys that in the buttle of Manila the Spanish Admiral Montejo was wounded. , The contain, ohaplnln and 00 otheis were killed and 60 wounded on the Castilla, One bundled and fifty were, killed and 00 wounded on ti e Roina Cristina, Admiral Monteio's flagship,..Five were killed and 90 wounded on the Don Juan de Austria; four killed and 60 wounded on tho Ulloa. r .-" Lynde Bradley, an export electri oian in Milwaukee, has perfected plans for the use of the X-ray on board of war vessels and on the field. Many cases have been discovered in which rioh New York women hired proxies to go to Oklahoma to Unperson ate them In securing divorces. The Railway Age predicts that the total oxpendituros in new railway build lugs in 1808 will not be loss than t50.000.000, and may well exceed 160,000,000. TO ASSIST GOMEZ Transport Starts With Supplies for the Campaign. ACCOMPANIED BY TROOPS Several More Transports Will lie Sent as Soon im They Can Be Loaded Major Uemirnl Nunet Huturne From Cuba Will Conduct Vigorous Campaign. Tampa, Fla., May 11. Tho steamer Gusalo, ono of the Mallory lino boats, chartered by the government for use as a transport, will sail for Cuba before morning, loaded with arras, ammuni tion and supplies furnished by the United States government for tho ubo of the Cuban insurgents. A company of 100 United States troops from the First regiment of Infantry will accom pany the expedition, and aid in guard ing the landing of the valunblo cargo, and will, If necessary, penotrate into tho interior far onough to place the supplies In the handso the insurgents. The expedition will bo in ohargeof Cap tain VV. H. Dorst, General Mllos aid, who has Just roturnod from Cuba. Tho Qussie his on board between 6,000 and 7,000 Springfield rifles, about 20,000 rounds of ammunition, and several hundred boxes of provi sions, consisting principally of canned meats and hardtack. The utmost seorecy is maintained regarding the point of landing, but, in view of Cap tain Do'at's recent landing near Ha vana, where ho commmleated with the insurgent leader, General Delgado, . . . v ... . .i i:.! Ml t is supposed wai me expeumun win lie headed for n point not far from Ha- ana. The Qussio had mounted on her forward deck a ono-poundor rapid- fire gun. It is understood, however, that she will be met not far from Key West by a gunboat from the blockad ing squadron, and escorted to tho desig nated landing place. The Whitney, a Bister ship of the Gusslo, which sailed for Dry Tortngas with two companiesof tho Twenty-fifth Infantry, returned today. It is inti mated that she will follow the Gussie to Cuba no soon as the arms and sup plies can bo loaded. L'efoie a week has passed it is bellcvejl the insurgent lenders will have been furnished with arms enough for at least 15,000 men, and, With a baao of supplies established on the coast, a vigorous campaign against the Bpanlsh forces will be in augurated. Large amounts of powder and projectiles for tho blockading squadron are now arriving here. On Picnic island there are 12 oars loaded with dynamite torpedoes, pow dor and other ammunition, which will be sent to Key West, and as many mote ours are on the wharf tracks. An extra heavy gnnrd has been placed around the cars.'., Hundreds of carpenters are at work today fitting up big transports Itj.is believed now that all of the boats litre will be in readiness for loading by Wednesday night. General Nunei Return!. Wellington, May 11. Major-Ge'noral Nunez, of tho Cuban army, arrived hero lust night on hie return from land ing a purty in Cuba. This landing was effected about two wooks ago, after eon forenoos between Nunoz, General Miles and Senor Quosada, tho Cuban delegate, and was for the purpose of opening up communication . with Gonorala Garcia and Gomez. Alter a brief conference witli Mr Quesada, General Nunoz loft for New York, where ho will report to President Pahna The results ot his trip are guarded with much caro by the Cuban officials hero, who deem it Inex pedient to discnBS what General Nunez did. It is said, howover, that his party found no difficulty In establishing com munication with the Cuban command ers in the island. It is understood that General Nunoz will continue organizing parties of Cubans to go to the front, and will havo command of tho united Cuban forces other than those in the Hold un der Garcia and Gomez. GOMEZ EAGER TO AID. till Troop Are Badly In Need of Anna . and Aimiiimltloii. Now York, May 11. A commission er sent to Gomez' camp lias returned hero. Gomoz formally doclares his readiness to co-operate with Miles ond Sampson whenever the United States' has available the land forces necessary to take Havana without risking many of our soldiers. 1 : Hunger in the field almost equals Weyler's cometery towns. Ten thousand Cuban revolutionists have died in the Inst four months. Gomez' own forces in Santa Clara are now liv ing vicariously on small game. Other portion. 'are worse, and but 20,000 healthy soldiers remain. . .,',, " , ft. There are 12,000 men in Southeast ern Cuba; 2,000 in Santa Clara under Carillo, 1,500 In Matanzas under Betnn courf, 1,600 in Havana under various small loaders; 8,000 in Pinar del liio. Pedro Diaz and Mayi Rodriguozare un der the experienced and skillful Gomoz arid. there are lull. 20,000 more Cubans anxious to fight if armed, . equipped and fod by the United States. Exam pled by a few regular troops, the most moderate estimate is 40,000 resolute cm bans, of which at least half heard bul lets before, . Conditions of the blockaded island boggar description. .U American exports for 1897 amounted to 11,050,000,000. NO SURRENDER. The Spaniard at Manila Are Still Arrogant. London, May 11. A dispatch to the Daily Mall from Hong Kong says a communication from Manila asserts thut the Spaniards aro still arrogant and not likely to surrender until tho city is blown to pieces. A telegraph operator has gone wi'.h the McCulloch to see what cnu be done with the cable. The Hong Kong correspondent of the Chronicle says tho British in Manila have forwarded a petition to Vice-Ad-miral Seymour, commander-in-chief of tho Chinese station, for further naval assistance, and It is anticipated that additional ships will be sent there. The British consul is working in har mony with tho American commander, but It is felt that the British Interests require supervision by a force suffici ent to keep the Spanlaids and natives in check. There is no desire to advocate Brit ish acquisition of the Philippines, thus completing the chain of British posses sions from tho StraitB settlements by Borneo to this oolony. It is felt that the occupation of tlu Philippines by any other great European power would be most dangerous to their interests. Business at Manila is at a complete standstill, but the Spaniards aro not likely to surrendor until the city is blown to pieces. The British inhabit ants, however, aro confident that tho trouble will soon bo over. DEWEY'S PROMOTION. A Substantial Recognition of Hl markttlile Victory. Re. Washington, May 11. A fitting tribute was paid by tho senato to Com modore Dewey for the magnificent vic tory he achieved in the battle of Manila bay. The mcBsago from tho president waB received recommending that a vote of thanks be extonded hy congress to Commodore Dewey and the gallant officers and men of his command. Without a word of debate and without a dissenting voice, the senate agrood to the resolution carrying into effect the recommendation of the president. The senate went farther than that. A bill was passed increasing the num ber of rear-admirals to seven, in order that the president might nominate Dewey to the highest position in the navy within bis gift, and that, too, was passed without diesent. In addition, a joint resolution was unanimously agiecd to, directing the secretary of the navy to present to Commodore Dewey a sword of honor, and have struck, in commemoration of the battle of Manila, a bronze medal for each of the officers and men who participated in the gallant fight. The resolution appropriates $10,000 to ena ble the secretary to oarry these provis ions into effect. MORE TROOPS WANTED. A Second Call for Volunteers Will Be Made Soon. Olympta, Wash., May 11. Governor Rogers today received the following! telegram fiom Representative Lewis, duted Washington: "Inform any of the Guard omitted from present selected quota that the secretary of war assures me new quota will be sought from Washington in next call, which will be in 10 days." The governor said should tiiis second call be made it must be largely filled; from companies yet to be organized. Parties desiring can form companies upon a volunteer basis, and il the pres ident makes a call for more troops they will be selooted from the companies sd organized. The governor is in receipt of a largo number of requests from patriotic citri zens requesting appointments in the servico, and from others who desire to become commissioned officers with power to form companies to be afters ward mustered into the national service. SPAIN'S BREAD RIOTS. Many Victims Killed In Their EfTorU to Secure Food. . London, May 11. The Madrid corre spondent of the Telegraph saysi Bread riots continue throughout Spain. The painful monotony of the story was broken this morning by news of victims killed and wounded in their wild at tempts to obtain food. In Clndad Real and almost every town in the province of that namo there were serious disor ders, and the outbreaks were only quelled by the military. Now it ap pears that the prisons are too small and too few to contain the people arrested. Yesterday at Linares 14,000 work men became disorderly, and a regular battle ensred with the municipal guards. The rioters possessed them selves -of a quantity of firearms, and the streets were barricaded, and they remained so till the moment of tele graphing. Twelve dead bodies and many wounded still lie in the streets, and nobody dares . to remove any of them on account of the firing, which continues steadily. . .New York, May 10. The HeraTd says: Members of the Porto Rico revo lutionary junta in this city have re ceived advioes from the West Indies stating that the natives of Porto Rioo have risen at Junions and Balamar, and that upon the arrival of tho United States fleet. 70,000 men will take tlie field against Spain. ' ' Spanish Cabinet Resign. Madrid, May 11. It is announoed the cabinet ministers have placed their portfolios in the hands of Sagas ta, with a view of the probable reconstruction of the ministry. . The quocn regent consulted late this afternoon with Montore Rios, president of the sonate, who advises a reconstruc tion of the cabinet.- It is Increasingly probable that the cabinet will bo re formed, with Senor Gumuza included, after the lower house has adopted the indemnity bill. DEWEY'S VICTORY Revised Story of His Fight With the Spaniards. . tANKEE SKILL AND DARING The Spanish Meet Was Caught With out Steam A Futile Attempt Was Made to Blow Up American Ships With Submarine Mines. Hong Kong, May 10. Owing to the fact that the cable between this port and the Philippines was not in working order, having been cut, it is said, some distance from the oapital of the island, there has been delay in obtaining a de tailed account of the battle, and the facts in the case were only available when the United States gunboat Hugh McCulloch arrived here yesterday, and evea then tho tremendous pressure ol business suddenly thrown upon the cable necessarily made tho entire ac count of the engagement somewhat b.oken. Commodore Dewey's orders were to capture or destroy the Spanish fleet, and nevor were instructions executed In so complete a fashion. At the end of seven hours tliore was absolutely nothing left of the Spanish fleet but a few relics. The American commander had most skillfully arranged every de tail of the action, and evon the ap parent!? most insignificant features were carried out with perfeot punctu ality, and on railroad time-table order. At the :nd of the action Commodore Dewey anchored his fleet in the bay before Manila and sent a messenger to Governor-General August! announcing the inauguration of the blockade, and adding that if a shot was fired against his ships he would destroy every bat tery about Manila. The position occupied by the Span lards, the support which their ships re ceived from the land batteries, and the big guns they had ashore, gave theln an enormous advantage, .therefore, when it is considered that the Span lards lost over 600 men in killed and wounded, and that their naval ai serial at Cavlte 0ae also destroyed with its defenses, it will become apparent that the victory of the Amerioan commodore Is one of the most complete ana wonder ful achievements in the history of na vol warfare. .Not a man on board the American fleet was killed; not a ship was dam aged to any extent, and only six men were injured slightly on board the Baltimore, This grand achievement is quite as much due to the generalship of Commodore Dewey as to the tact that the American gunners, ships and guns are superior to any fleet anywhere. Great credit must also be given to the fullest extent to the officers under Commodore Dewev, for to a man they sconded their gallant commander in evory way possible,, and thus helped him win the laurels which are justly his Commodore Dewey arrived at Subig bay, about 80 mllos north of Manila bav. Saturday, April 80, and sent the Baltimore and Concord to reconnoiter the enemy. They found no Spanish ships at the entrance of the bay, and so Commodore Dewey deoided to risk the mines and proceed that same night after dark into the bay of Manila, which he did. The order of battle taken by the Spaniards was with all the small craft inside the stone and timber breakwaters of Covite harbor. The larger ships of Spain cruised off Cavite and Manila. The Amerioan fleet entered Manila bay Saturday night with the greatest ease. The Spaniards had not estab lished a patrol, and there were no searchlights at the entrance of the bay. The early hours of the morning re vealed the ships to each other, and the Spanish flagship opened fire. Its ac tion was followed by some of the larger Spanish warships, and then the Cavite forts openod up, and the smaller Span ish ships brought their guns into play. The American euardon, whioh entered the bay through tho shells of the Span iards, whioh began to strike the water around them, moved majestically on ward. When nearing Bakor bay, a sudden upheaval of water a short distance ahead of the Olympia showed that the Spaniards bad exploded a mine or a torpedo. This was followed by a sec ond and similar explosion. They were both utterly unsuccessful. The Amerioan fleet was then draw ing nearer and nearer to the Spaniards, whose ' gunnery was very poor, the shots from the Cavite batteries and Spanish ships being equally badly aimed, either falling short or wide of their mark. . When the American fleet entered the bav. coming through . the southern channel between Cabalio and Frile in lets, the following was the order: Flagship Olympia, Baltimore, Raleigh, Concord, Boston, Petrel and McCul- loch. The two store ships, Nanslian London, May 10. The Hong Kong correspondent of the Daily Mail gives these details: There was an act of treachery on the part of the Spanish shiii. which lowered her flag and then fired at a boat's orew sent to take pos session of hor. She did not hit the boat, but the American guns were turned on her and tore her to pieces. She went to the bottom with all on board. Several vessels close inshore behaved in the same way and shared her fate, and Zeaflro, brought up tho rear. In that order they swept grandly be fore the city and faced the cntfiny in column line. Though the Spaniards had opened fire at 6,000 yards, the Americans re served their fire until within 4,000 yards of the enemy, when the real bat tle began. Tho Roina Cristina, Cas tilla, Don Antonio do Ulloa, Isla de Cuba, Isla de Luon and Mindanao were in line of battle outside ot Cavite at that time, with their four gunboats and the torpedo-boats inside the har bor. The American ships passed back ward and forward six times across the front of the Spaniards, pouring in upon the latter a perfect bail of shot and shell. Every American shot seemed to tell, while almost every Spanish shot missed the mark. After having thus scattered demor alization among the Spanish fleet and batteries, the American fleet retired for breakfast, and incidentally a coun cil of war was held on board the Olympia. By this time the Spanish snips were in a desperate condition, xne nag- ship Reiua Cristina was riddled with shot and -shell, one of her steam pipes bad hurst, and she was believed to be on fire. The Castilla was certainly on Are, and soon after the fire became worse and worse, until they were burned to the water's edge. . The Don Ulloa made a most magnifi cent display of bravery. When her commander found she was so torn by American shells that he could not keep afloat, he nailed her oolois to her mast and sank with all hands righting to the last. She was completely riddled, and her upper deck had been swept clear by the awful fire of the American guns, Dut the Spaniards, innugii men vessel was sinking beneath them, con tinued working her guns on her lower dec until she sank beneath the wnters. During the engagement a Spanish torpedo-boat crept along the shore and around the offing in an attempt, to at tack the Amorican storesliips, but she was promptly discovered. She was driven ashore and was actually blown to pieces. The Mindanao had meanwhile been run ashore to save her from sinking, and tho Spanish small craft had sought shelter from the steel storm be hind the breakwater. The battle, which was started at about 5 A. M., and adjournod at 8:30 A. M. , was resumed about noon, when Commodore Dewey Btarted in to put the finishing touches on his furious work. There was not much fight left in the Spaniards by that time. At 2 P. M. the Petrel and Concord had shot the Cavite batteries into silence, leaving them heaps ot ruins aud float ing the white flag. She Spanish gunboats wore then scuttled, the arsenal was on fire, and the explosion of a Spanish magazine caused further mortality to the Span ish defenders on shore. On the water the burning, sunken or destroyed Spanish vessels could be seen, while only tho cruiser Baltimore had suffered in any way from the fire of the enemy. A shot which struck her exploded some ammunition near one of her guns and slightly injured a dozen of the crew. Shots passed dangerously close to Commodore Dewey, but little or no damage was done on board the flagship. On the other hand, about luo men are said to have been killed on board the Spanish flagship, which was to tally destroyed. Admiral Montejo, the Spanish admiral, transferred his flag to the Isla de uba when his ship caught fire, but the latter was also do stroved in due course of time. The Reina Cristina lost her captain, a lieu tenant, her chaplain, and a midship man by one shot whioh struck her bridge. About 100 men wero killed and 60 wounded on board the Castilla. Indeed, some estimates place the num ber of Spanish wounded during the en gagement at over 1,000 men. The Olympia was struck five rtimes about her uppei works, and a whale boat of the Raleigh was smashed. Although the Krupp guns on the es nlanade of Manila were fired continu ally during the engagement, Commo dore Dewey did not reply to thorn, and the battery afterwards hoisted a white flag in token of surrender - The terms of the capitulation were still unsettled when tho McCulloch left Manila, but it was said Com mo dore Dewey feared rioting upon the part of tho insurgents if he attempted a uomrjarament oi me remaining ioru fications at Manila. The forts at the entrance of the bay were dismantled Wednesday after they had capitulated. It is sadd the -commodore ordered the cable to be cut, because the Spaniards refused to permit him to use it spend' ing the complete surrender of the city It is undei stood that the Spanish ships did not eot under" steam, until after the alarm was given. It is said,, that tho Spanish com niauder informed the governor-general that it was advisable to surrender the interest of humanity, as it was im possible to resist successfully, but that he and his men were willing enough to fight and die. Even when the Spanish flagship was shot half away, her com mander, though wounded, refused to leave the bridge till the ship was burning and sinking, her stern shat tered by a shell and her steam pipe burst. As yet, there are no further details, After the day's fighting had ceased Commodore Dowoy sent au ultimatum to the city battery, ordering It to cease firing or he would bombard it. The Petrel chased a gunboat up the river Pasig, and the Spanish captain oame in a boat to negotiate conditions of sur render. The American oaptain re plied: "Unconditional surrender, or fight." To this, the Spaniard answered:! "We are willing to fight. Please allow us to send fur ammunition, be cause our stores is exhausted." EXPENSES OF WAR The Issuance of Bonds Favored by the President. TALKED 0VBR BY CABINET Senate's Action Causes President Un easiness May Throw Out Bond Fea ture, Which Would Interfere With Flans Mapped Out Washington, May 9. At a cabinet meeting today, besides the war situa tion in its general aspect, there was some discussion of the relative merits of persons seeking brigadier-generalships and other commissions in the nrmy. The president expressed him self very pronouncedly as opposed to the appointment to such responsible positions of those who have had no military experience. One feature of the session was a dis cussion of the attitude of the senate in providing the "sinews of war" for de fraying the expenditures of the war. The president lias positive information that the senate committee on finance, which is still struggling with the war revenue bill, will report the measure with the bond feature eliminated. This causes the administration' great uneasiness and embarrassment, and the statement is made that the possibility of adverse action of the' full body of the , senate is a source of much anxiety. The president laid before the cabinet the information he bad as to what is to be looked for from the senate, and, whllo not expressing absolnte confi dence in favorable action by the senate ith the bond feature incorporated, ex pressed the hope that there would he a satisfactory majority for the bond pro vision. Should it not become a part of he law. many urgent appropriations for the war will have to be held back. The money to be secured from bond sales, it is said, is needed imperatively for the execution ot the plans mapped out, and adverse action by the senate was likely to Interfere unless the money is otherwise provided, and by as speedy method as by the issuance or bonds. The administration is anxious to im press ttiis tact upon congress, so mat ample revenues may be at hand for a vigorous prosecution of the war. There was considerable gratification evinced at the general war outlook. There was a strong belief that the Spanish fleet, instead of sailing across the seas to intercept the Oregon or to come into the waters near home to be gin operations, would be found eventu ally to be now progressing to some point closer to its own possessions on the other side of the ocean." While thero is great retrcience on the part of members of the administra tion on the subject, there is exoellent authority for the statement that the instructions of Admiral Sampson give him great latitude. It was announced by Secretary Alger today that the volunteer army will con sist of seven corps, each in command of a major-general. Theodore Roosevelt was mustered in as lieutenant-colonel today. ' Fighting Joe". Wheeler was the first of the major generals of the volunteer aiiny to be mustered in. Wheeler has the distinc tion of being the first ex-Con federate officer to receive a commission in the military service of the United States. MANY FAILED TO PASS. Twenty Per Cent of Washington Guards men Rejected. . Tacoma, May 9. About 20 per cent of the members of the National Guard companies thus far examined by the examining Burgeon at . Camp Rogers have failed to pass on account of phys- . leal disability. Thursday night a meeting of the line officers of the tegi pient was held in one of the major's tents, and an expression was given by . tome of the company commanders that, -If the same percentage of their men was refused, they would take their com panies home and make no attempt to e muB!ered in. The officers also igreed upon a telegram, whioli was sent o Washington today, asking that the txaminin and mustering uffic'ra be Instructed to admit the line officers of Ihe regiment without S'lbjecting them , to the physical examination. Dut Few 1 hosen. Portland, Or., May 9 Fully 40 per tent of the men examined yesterday at Camp MoKinley failed to pass muster, most of them beoause they weighel too piuch or too little in proportion to their itature. Thirty men were rejected from Captain Heath's crack company from MaMjniivllle. Company A of Portland, suffered a like fate. Not n jot or title was abated from the strict letter of the army' regulations, and when the labors of the examining offf- ; cers are (included thero prom Is s to be 1 little more left of the. First regiment of i . ...,, volunteers than was left of the Light Brigale after the charge of Bu sulav. ,, , v.. ,'i ' American ,.l8u..i'! Misacred. Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Coast of Africa, May 7. It is said that the insirgents engaged in the rebellion, which has grown out of the dissatisfac tion witli the nut tax and was ' an nounced yesterday, who burned the . headquarters of the American mission, ariea in Shengay, in the Sherboro dis trict, have attacked and destroyed the town of Rotifunk, It is further , said that the members of the American mis sion located there, who were Hierr LeonelcanB, have been massacred,