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HILLSBOIiO, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1898.
NO. 21.
VOL. V.
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DOINGS OF THE WEEK
What Has Happened In the
Civilized World.
GIVEN IN THE PttKSS DISPATCHES
LATER NEWS.
a. Complete Revlaw of tha Newt of tha
rut Seven Cays In ThU and
All Foreign Lands.
The government will make mi im
mediate attempt to raise tho Cristobal
Union.
The Itul inn government liquids to
proiiose tlio construction of six unnoted
cruisers.
The transports Arizona and Kaimdia
will, when they reach Manila, bo eun
verted Into floating hospitals.
President MeKinley has decided to
assert out rights in the Pacific by es
tablishing a coaling station ut Samoa.
The next troops for Manila- may go
by wuy of the Suez oumit. A scarcity
of tarnaportR on the Puoillo const ia
the cause.
Aguinaldo has tent a message to
CoriBul-Gonoral Wild man, Raying the
United States should declare its intuit
tionR before asking the insurgents to
tate tlioira.
General Shatter has received orders
to move his entire army North. This
will apply not only to the Hick, but to
the well, afl it ia .thought that the hard
iliipR through which the men have gone
must have taxed the vitality of even
the strongest.
Well-founded tumors are in circula
tion that a concerted attempt will be
made next month by a Hoot of Oaita-
diau scale i to raid the rookeries on the
- islands of St. Paul and Ht. George.
There la but one government vessel, the
gunboat Wheeling, to guard Dchring
Rea against pelagic sealers.
There i great uneasiness on al sides
says a London dispatch, in regard to
the Chinese situation, which is ro-
earded as bringing an open conflict lie
tween Great Britain and RiiBsia within
measurable distance, and it is univers
ally felt that the Marquis of Salisbury
In vie ding, to Russian HKuresHlveness, is
responsible for a dangerous complica
tion which can only be overcome hy a
prompt and most liim intimation that
Kussia'R open opposition to British
commercial concessionR must ceuse.
In this connection a story is current
that the PrincesR of Wales' hurried do
parturo from England was in response
to a dispatch Irom Her sistor, tne oow
ager em press of Russia, bearing upon
Analo-Russlan relations. It is well
known that the dowager empress is
strenuously working to oonoludo a do
, Unite undeiatanding regarding Anglo.
Russian Interests in the Far East,
and it la Raid that great importance
ttachei to the meeting of the sisters
at Copenhagen.
On Wednesday General Brooke land
ed 8,000 men at Arroyo, 60 mi Ion east
of Ponce, Porto Rica From there he
can atrlke the military road leading
to San Juana to Cayey.boyond Aibonito.
This will compel the Spanish com
mander. General Otega, to abandon his
stronghold, or be caught botween two
fires.
Mayor Van Wyok of New York,
made a record as a beach hero. Ho
rescued three young women from death
in the waves at Freeport, L. I. One
had gone beyond her depth, and the
others, in attempting her roscue, also
went down, when the mayor dashed
in and brought all three ashore uncon
scious. i Colonel Theodore Roosevelt has sent
an urgent appeal to General Shatter
to reomve our troops from the fever
districts of Cuba. He says: "To
keep ur here, in the opinion of every
officer commanding a division or brig
ado, will Himply involve the destruc
tion of thousands. There la no possible
reason for not shipping praotioally the
entire command North at onoe."
.A cablegram to the Boston Journal
Orf from Ponce, Porto Rloo, says. A tre
mendous sensation naR ocourreu in uie
Sixth Massachusetts. The friction be
tween the line officers and the oflloors
of the brigade, which has been grow
ing ever since the command left Cuba,
reached a climax Monday, when Col
onel Woodward, Lieutenant-Colonel
Ohafln,' Major Taylor, Chaplain
Dousseault and Captain Goodelt, com
pany K, resigned their commissions.
Aspeolal to the Tribune from Wash
ington dated Wednesday says: Spain
has practically agreed to the terms of
peace without asking for their material
modification. The hour spent by Am
bassador Cam bo n at the White House
this afternoon not only , removed all
donbt on this point, but sufficiently
indicated that a formal oonolusion of
the negotiations would be secured more
promptly than had been expected by
even the most sanguine. The harac
ter of the inquiries regarding oertain
details demonstrated that Spain in all
sincerity was ready to end the war, the
sooner the better, but apparently oouia
not resist temporizing for a few days
for the sake of avoiding an appearance
of too areat preolpitancy in surrender'
ing, and at the Rime time taking
advantage of the opportunity to gain a
few trivial concessions which would
be popular with Spaniards generally.
-x, nu
Minor News Items.
It is said that by a brave dash at a
ciiticl moment the negro troops saved
. the rough riderss from extermination
at Santiago.
Official advices in Washington from
Santiago place the entire number of
oases of yellow feyer In our army there
at 500 or leBS.
It is believed in San Francisco that
the monitor Monterey will stop and take
possession of the Caroline islands en
route to Manila.
A dlspncth from Santiago to Adjutant-General
Corbin says the Lycan e
has bcon loaded with the Spanish sick.
It carried 1,000 and left Wednesday
morning.
The United States has magnanl
mouldy offered to parole the 1,800 Span
ish naval prisoners, taken at the de
struction of Admiral Cervera'a fleet,
whenever Spain is ready to repatriate
them.
Had a rescue boat been sent out,
many of the victims of the La Boor
gogne might have been saved. There is
ample evidence that some ol them
clung to wreckage for three or four
days before they perished.
Senator Morgan, of the Hawaiian
commission, is quoted by the San
Francisco Call as saying that ex-President
Dole will be the first governor of
Hawaii, and not Minister Sewall, as re
cently reported. The senator added
that lie had the best of reasons for be
lieving that Admiral Miller was carry,
ing Dole's commission to the island.
Vessels arriving at Sa Francisco
from Oregon ad Paget sound ports have
reported sighting a dangerous derelict
in the path of navigation. It has been
surmised to be the wreck of eithor the
Jane Grey, Nomad orForeBt Queen, all
of which are missing, and are. posBibiy
adrift on the ocean. Captin Turner,
af the Iroquis, has received orders to
proceed to Mare Island, procure a sup.
nlv of explosives, and so in search of
the derelict that is a menace to navl
nation. He is either to tow it into
port or blow it up. d
General Miles' invasion of Porto
Rico is progressing in an entirely satis'
factory manner, and tlio Americans are
gaining ground daily His plan is to
have the troops inarch on San Juan
from four different directions. When
Scliwan and Henry form a junction at
Areoibo there will boa formidable army
teady to march on San Juan. The for
age for horses Is superb. Miles is giv
ing his personal atention to the man
sgenient of the detaila of the campaign
He intends to presa forward to San
Juan, regardless of peace negotiation!
until Washington orders hostilities to
cease,"
Chaplain Mulntyre, of the battleship
Oregon, makes a severe arraignment ol
Admiral Sampson and ' Fighting Bob'
Eavns in connection with the naval
battle at Santiago. He said: "Samp
son reported himself within four mi lei
of the Cristobal Colon when she pulled
down her flags. He did not get a shore
of the prize money, for the ship must
bo within four miles to share in th
money. Sampson will therefore got
110,000 of the prize money, while Cap
tain Clark, who (ought with the Oregon
as never a man fought with a ship be
fore, will get only $500, and you who
have had just exactly as much to do
with the battle as Sampson will not
get a cent."
The total collections of war tax in
the Northwest district for the first
month (July) amounted to nearly 1200,
000.
Owing to a scarcity of transporti
most of the troops at San Farncisoc
may have to romain there for tomi
time yet.
Passengers report conditions at St.
Michaels as extremely precarious.
Thousands of people are stranded and
relief must be sent by the government.
Three were killed and a number ol
mail clerks severely injured at Canton,
Junction, Mass., Monday, by the ex
press mall special, from New York tc
Boston, jumping the track.
The Hawaiian commissioners, Sena
tors Cullom and Morgan and Repre
sentative Hitt, have arrived in San
Franoisco and will take passago for
Honolulu on the Mariposa.
Ex-Mayoi Sutio, of San Francslco,
died Monday. He was the largest in
dividual property owner in the bay
oity. He superintended the oonstruo
tion of the Sutio oanal at Virginia
City, Nev.
Work has begun on the fortifications
at Point Wilson, Wash. These fortifl.
cations will be constructed by the gov
eminent direct, and not by contract aa
is the case with works on Admiralty
head and Marrowstone point. About
200 men will bo employed and the work
will be pushed ahead as speedily at
circumstances will permit.
Cunnerymen at Astoria have been
offering five cents for salmon. The
run of fish continues light and Indica
tions are that the pack will be at least
110,000 cases short of that of last year.
This is due in a great measure to the
fact that nearly every fisherman on the
river has sold fish to the cold storage
companies as they have paid half a cent
more than the packers.
A Washington special to the Herald
Rays: In connection with the probable
selection of Secretary Day as one of tha
peaoe commissioners, it ia stated that
he will at an early date retire from the
office of secretary of Btate, and, after
concluding his labors as a member of
the commission, resume the practice
of law at Canton. Although this is the
first public announcement that Day in
tends to retire from public life, it hat
long been known to his intimate friends
that when be accepted the portfolio he
did so with the understanding that be
would resien immediately after peace
was restored bewteen Spain and the
United Stats.
A BLOODY BATTLE
Manila the Scene of
Renewal of Hostilities.
SPANISH LOSSES WERE HEAVY
Itepnlsed After Bard Fighting-Forces
of tha Enemy Numbered Over Three
Thousand Ilehels Remained Neutral
righting' Lasted Four Boon.
from
RELEASE DEMANDED.
BISMARCK'S BIG BLAZE.
London, Aug. 10. A dispatch
Hong Song says:
The German steamer Petaroh left
Manila August 6 and has arrived hero.
She reports that the Spanish, soldiers
at Manila attacked the American camp
on the night of July 81.
The Spanish forces were over 8,000
strong. They charged the American
line several times. ' The fire of the
Amoricans broke the Spanish center,
and thoy retreafSl. Later, thoy made
a second charge, but shortly retreated
to the bushes, keeping up an inoessant
fire.
Eleven Amerioans were killed, and
87 wounded. Spanish losses are re
ported to be hoavy.
During the fighting the rebels re
mained neutral.
Another Account.
San Francisco, Aug. 10. A special to
the Call, from Cavite, Aug. 0, via
Hong Kong, says:
The American foroes engaged the
enemy before Maiate on last bunday
niaht, and oompellod them to retreat
with heavy losses.
Our troops lost 13 killed and 47
wounled.
It has been imposible to ascertain
the exact losses of the Spanish.
Tho fighting lasted four hours.
The Amerioans engaged were part of
the Tenth Pennsylvania, First Cali
fornia and the Third regular artillery
French Steamer Ollnde Bodrlguet
Wanted by Owners.
Paris, Aug." 10. The Temps today
says: "Fresh and energetic instruc
tions have been sent to M. Cambon, the
French ambassador at Washington, to
secore the release of the Freuoh steam
er Qlinde Rodriguez. The minister
for foreign affairs for a week past has
pointed out to the United States that
her detention is arbitrary and illegal,
and laid stress on tho (act that she has
diplomatic mail bags on board."
The Olinde Rodriguez was captured
by the New Olreans on July 17 off San
Juan de Porto Rico, and was taken as a
prize into Charleston, S. C. The Com
paigne General Transatlantique has de
clined America's offer to release the
steamer pending a legal decision.
Da
rn. Temps Hit Hopes.
:Paris, Aug.-10. The Temps says it
is to be hoped the noble resignation of
North Dakota Metropolis Almost
stroyed hy Fire.
Bismark, N. D., Aug. 10. Fire de
stroyed the best portion of the city of
Bismark this evening, licking up hun
dieds of thousands of dollars' worth of
property. Tho flames originated in
the agent's office of the Northern Pa
cifio depot'. Almost before they were
discovered, the entire building and the
immense warehouse of the company
were in flames. Oils and powder con
tributed fuel, and before the flames
could be checked, they had spread to
the Tribune office, Hare's hardware
store and an entire row of buildings.
The-flames then leaped the street to
the magnificent Fiist National bank
building, which melted away in a few
minutes. The Central block followed,
and the flames spread rapidly to the
postoffice, sweeping over the entire
block, and carrying down the post-
offloe, Merchants' bank block, Griffin
block and all the intermediate frame
and brick structures. Fire then spread
across and devoured Kupitz'g store and
the greater part of "the block. The
flames also spread north and into a resi
dence block and completely destroyed it.
Firemen were powerless to check the
inroads of the fire, which spread to
scores of .buildings, licking them up as
so much waste paper.
The origin of the fire is unknown,
as no one was in the freight office when
it started. It is impossible to estimate
the loss tonight. All wires are burned,
the Western Union office being one of
the first to go. The railroad office was
also destroyed. A temporary cut-in
was niado to handle imperative business.
TERMS OF PEACE.
CAPTURE OF GUAM
Lieutenant Brauners
reuther Tells His
Experiences. f
FEARED SPANISH TREACHERY
By Prompt Actios Be Prevented Any
Underhanded Work on tha Part of
tha Governor Spanish I'rltonert
Protested and Pleaded.
OES. LEONARD WOOD.
Mlltturv Governor of Sant'sco.
Spain will touch the heart of President
McKinley, and that he will consider it
honorable to show that if the United
States is strong, it is great and mag
nanimous enough to spare the van
quished enemy, not to abuso the vic
tory, and to desire by the generosity of
its acta to make the treaty with the
people they have learned to respect on
the battle-field a veritable pact of
Spain AccepU All the American Condi
tion! of Peace.-
Madrid, Aug. 9. The cabinet coun
cil terminated after having completed
and approved the reply to the United
States, which, it is said, accepts the
Ameriacn conditions. The government
is fully convinced that the note will be
satisfactory to the Washington govern
ment, and that a suspension of hostili
ties will be its immediate consequence.
Senor Sagasta, the premier, at noon
concluded his conference with the queen
CLOUDS OF. WAR.
THE THREE MEN WHO FIRST DISCUSSED PEACE.
eacBiTABT or stati sat.
FRIBIDENT H'KIXLIT,
AMBASSADOR CAMBON OF FRANCE.
The Spanish led in the attack, at
tempting to dislodge our ' troops by a
flanking movement., from a strong posi
tion they have been; holding near the
enemy's lines.' TJie position is still
held by our troops, -j. .,, v:;J
! -. : : i.r
Monterey,, and. Transport!.
San Francisbb,' Ahg; ,10. A special
to the Call, from -Cav,ite, dated Aug.
6, saya: The three' transports which
sailed from Sail Frahojisco with Gen
eral Merritt, but thief were delayed
at Honolulu arrived Way.' The mon
itor Monterey also arrived.
Spanish I.Ol Heavy.
San Pranciico, Ag- 10. A special
to the Examiner dated Manila, July
81. via Hong "Kong, says: A
hoavy engagement took place tonight
between the American and Spanish
forces at Malate. The Spanish mado
an attack, attempting to turn our right,
After an hours' fighting they were re
Tjulsed. The troops engaged were:
First battalion. California volun
teers: Tenth Pennsylvania; first, bat
talion. Third artillerv. regulars, and
battery A. Utah. . . .
Our loss was nine killed and 44
wounded. The Spanish loss was up
ward of 200 killed and 800 wounded.
Our volunteers made a glorious de
fense aeainst upward of 8,000 of an
atttackng force. The battle raged for.
three hours.
TjUtreiilna Fatality.
Lisbon. Aua. 10. During thedepart
tire of Dr. Campos Salles, president of
Brazil, by the trans-Atlantic liner
Thames for America (probably Buenos
Ayrefl) today two ateamers that were
carrying friends to bid him farewell
came into collisslon, swamping two
small boats. It is feared that no fewer
than 20 persons were drowned.
friendship. It is certain, the Temps
adds, that Spain will be rewarded for
her wisdom. Freed from the Cuban
jrncubus, she will regain energy and
quality and maroh with joyfulsteps to
ward a calm and prosperous future.
Wanderer in Trouble.
Tampa, Fla., Aug. 10. After awes-
iting trip to the coast of Cuba, the
Wanderer liaB returned here to get into
trouble. She oame in early this morn
ing, and a large number of Cubans
Word has been received at San Fran
oisco that on the day the news of an
nexation was reoeived at Honolulu an
expedition, authorized by the Hawaiian
republic, started on a 1,700 mile voyage
to annex two islands to the Hawaiian
group. The islands in question are
Byer and Morell, about 100 miles apart.
The Hawaiian flag has never been raised
over these islands and Senator G. N.
Wilcox was sent on the steamer Windale
formally to annex them to the Republic
of Hawaii.
regent. Her majesty approves the gen
oral lines nf the reply of Spain to
America's peace terms, which Senor
Sagasta explained to her.
From a well-itiiotmed source it is
learned that while the answer does not
discuss the four bases which the United
States makes an essential preliminary
to peaoe and which Spain accepts with
out reservation, it points out that in
order to avoid the definitive negotia
tions being in any way complicated by
incidents of the war, it is expedient to
agree beforehand to suspension of hos
tilities.
It is reported that Duke Almodovar
de Kio, the minister of foreign affairs,
and Mgr. Merry del Val, Spanish am
bassador to the Vatican, will be select
ed to represent Spain in tho neegotia-
tions.
The newspapers make no commonts
on the situation, owing to the strictness
of the censorship.
Wheeling, W. Va., Aug. 9. The first
details at first hands of the Ladrone
islands reached Wheeling today In a
letter to Hon. Augustus Pollack, from
the naval officer who figured in the
leading role of the exploit, Lieutenant
William Braunersreuther, executive
officer of the cruiser Charleston. The
letter follows:
"United States Cruisers Charleston,
at sea and 1,000 miles Irom Manna
June 24. We have lust carried out
our orders to capture the Spanish au
thoiities at the capital of the Ladrone
islands, Agana. 1 was selected by the
captain to undertake this job and given
60 men to land with as a starter.
went ashore to have a talk with the
governor about affairs, and the result
was that I did not lose even a single
man. The matter was all settled in
one dav. and we are carrying with us
54 soldiers (Spanish) and six officers,
"I had the whole matter to handle
and did it un oulckly. The captaln'i
Instructions were to await a half hour
for an answer to his ultimatum, tnen
use mv troops. I waited, and in just
29 minutes the governor handed me
his sealed reply, addressed to the cap
tain of my ship out in the harbor, aouot
four or five miles off. I knew this
was sealed with the sole object of gain
ing time, and hence I broke the eeal,
read the contents, the governor protest
ing and saying that was a letter for my
captain. I replied:
" 'I represent blm here. You are
nnv mv nrisoners. senors. and will
have to come on board ship with me.'
"They protested and pleaded, and
finally the governor said:
" 'You oame on shore to talk over
matters and you make us prisoners in
stead.' -
"I replied: 'I oame on shore to
hand you a letter and get your reply.
In th ia leply. now in my nanas, yon
agree to surrender all under your juris
diction. If this means anything at an,
it means that you will accede to any
demand I may deem proper to make.
You will at onoe write an order to your
military man at Agana, the capital
fthla olaoe was five miles distant), di
recting him to deliver here at wis
place at 4 P. M. (it was then 10:80 A.
M. June 21), all arms ana ammunition
and all Spanish flags on the island.
Each soldier is to bring his own rifle
and ammunition, and all the soldiers,
native and Spanish, with their officers,
must witness this.
They protested and demnried, say
ing there was not enough to do it; but
I said: 'Senors, it must be done.'
"The letter was written, read by me
and sent. I took all the officers on
board with me in a boat, and at 4 P.
M. went ashore again and ronnded in
the whole outfit I vas three mllei
away from my troops, and had only
four men with me. At 4 r. m.. wnen
I disarmed 108 men and two officers, I
had 48 men and three officers with me.
The keynote to the whole business waa
my breaking the seal of that letter and
acting at once. They had no time to
delay or prepare any treacherous tricks.
and I got the drop on the whole outnt,
as they say out West.
'The native troops 1 released ana
allowed to return to their homes un
restricted.
England and Ruaila Prepare for Trouble
British Nary oa tha Alert.
London. Aug. 9. That extreme dip
lomatic tension exists between St. Pet
ersburg and London is generally admit
ted today, though officials deprecato
the alarmists' reports whiob Were our-
rent yesterday. It is hoped that the '
firmer stand adopted by the Marquis
of Salisbury during the last few days,
which seems to already created some '
misgiving at Petersburg, will have the
desired affect in arresting Bussian ag
gressiveness. As evidence of the fact
that Great Britain appreciates the
gravity of the situation, the press
learns that the admiralty is preparing
for all emergencies, and that it will
soon be ready to mobilize.
Every officer and man on furlough -
or half pay has been assigned to a ship
and Instructed to be in readiness to join
at the earliest moment. Therefore,
praotlcally every ship In the British
navy at the present moment has a full
war complement ready to go to sea
when the time arrives. According to
Paris advices Admiral Bedeliiere, com
manding the French China squadron,
has cabled a demand for reinforcements,
and a large credit to be applied to erect
ing fortifications. There is suspicion
here that the action of the French ad
miral means support of Russian designs,
FOR SAN JUAN
Mllea
Army Begin Ita Advance All
Column! Moire North. ,
Ponce, Porto Rico, Aug. 9. A gen
eral advance of the American force
began this morning. The remainder of
General Ernst's brigado, consisting of
the advance oenter, constitued by two
batteries, moved out at 6 o'clock, nnd
a part of the Eleventh infantry, of Gen-'
era! Henry's division, started to the
left, toward Adjuntas.
Troop A, of New York, the Phila
delphia city troop, and troop II, of the
Sixth regulars, are conveying General.
Brooke's transportation column along
the coast through Salinas to JAiroyo.
Wire communication with General
Brooke on the right has not yet been,
established.
Colonel Tice, of General Miles' staff,
will probably be assigned to the com
mand of the Sixth Massachusetts.
Ponce, Porto Rico. Aug. 9. Gen
eral Wilson has moved the headquart
ers of his division from Ponce, to ,
Juana Diaz.
General Rchwan, with the Eleventh
regiment Infantry and two batteries.,
moved today through Yauco, toward
Mayaguez. ' ,
General Brooke is moving north from
Guayama with 10,000 men "
SeUed a Cuitom-IIouaa.
Madrid, Aug. 9. An official dis
patch from Porto Rico says the Ameri
cans yesterday seized the custom-house
in the village of Fajardo, which place
was without a garrison.
An American column, the dispatch
also says, supported by artillery, ad
vanced on Guayama. The Spaniards
made a brave defense, but were foroed
to withdraw to Alturas. Seventeen of
the Spanish were killed.
ON THE BLOCKADE.
One Spanish Sloop Sunk, Another One
Captured.
Key West, Fla., Aug. 9. The tug
Hudson, which has been with the Un
cas on the north coast of blockade,
sank a little Spanish sloop a few nights
ago and captured another one off Car
denas yesterday. The Spanish sloop
was the Christina and was loaded wi'.h
fish, a quantity of which was served up
for breakfast to the Hudson's men, who
had been out a month, and had little
left in the wa'y of provisions. Three
Spaniards who !were on the Christina
put off in their, tender when they saw
the Hudson approaching and gainod a'
key just off shore. :
The convened yacht- Oneida , also,
came from the blockade today. She
reports that Friday a body of Spanish
They manifested great joy infantry fired about 80 rifle shots at her
LIIUT. COL. J. H. DORRT.
He oarried Shattr'i demand for lurrendar ol
Santiago to the Spanlih UaM.
landed before she had settled her an
ohor. It was found that she did not
have a clean bill of health from the
quarantine station, and no one else was
allowed to land by the collector oi ous
toms. s
Secretary Alger says there Ib no foun
dation for the report that the Cubans
have been out off from rations.
WANTED THEIR PAY.
Gautemalan Affairs. -
San Francisco, Aug. 10. The Pacific
Mail Ssteamship City of Panama ar
rived todav direct from La Llbertad
with a cargo consisting principally of
coffee. According to members of the
crew of the vessel, business in Central
Amerioa is exceedingly dull. Gold is
very scarce, and the depredation of the
value of silver has greatly reduceed the
wealth of the population. Everything
is purchased outside, and nothing to
peak of is manufactured.
Indemnity Demands Unrecognised.
Washington, Aug. 10. Relative to
the statement from Constantinople
that the Turkish government has de
clined to recognize the American de
mands for indemnity for outrages com
mitted upon American missionary es
tablishments in Turkey during the Ar
menian troubles, it is learned that this
answer was made some time ago, and
in fact has been consistently rendered
by Turkey whenever approaohed on the
sublect.
Colored Troops Object to Going to the
Front Without Money.
Springfield, 111., Aug. 10. The
Eiuhtli Illinois (colored) left for New
York today, en route for bantiago.
Considerable exoitement was caused
by the mutiny of one of the companies
of the last battalion because they had
not been paid. Their payrolls were
improperly made out. Theiewas mucli
dissatisfaction expressed, and the men
of oompany L yelled: ,
"We won't bo unless we get our
pay."
"That's so, boys!" cried out Captain
Lane, their commander.
Major Denison approached each man
in the camp and demanded to know
whether he would go to the train or
not. sovina if he did not intend to go,
he must step out of tho ranks, tie
then ordered Lane to take the train,
under arrest. This awed the mutineers,
and thev proceeded to the train.
A private of company K jumped out
of the train as It was about to start,
and endeavored to desert. Six Bhots
were fired at him without effect. Ho
was captured by the guards.
Washington, Aug.10. The war de
partment has received a report from
General Gilmore saying that the Gus
sie, which was reported wrecked, is
safe.
in being relieved from bpanish rule.
While it was harsh, it was w"r, and in
connection with the Spanish treachery,
it was all that could be done. Twenty
four hours yes, I believe even four
hours with a leadership of the gov
ernor, who was a lieutenant-colonel in
the Spanish army, would have given
them a chance to hide along the road at
Agana and at intervals in the dense
tropical foliage they could have almost
annihilated any foroe we could land.
The approaches to the landing, over
shallow coral reels, would have maue
a landing without a terrible loss of life
almost an impossibility.
We have inoreased by conquest tne
population of the United States By
nearly 12,000 people. The capital has
a population of 6,000 people. This
harbor in which we are is beautilul,
easy of access, plenty of deep water,
admitting of the presence ot a large
number of vessels at the same time, and
is an ideal place for a coaling station.
If our government decides to hold the
Philippines, it would then come in so
well; San Francisco to Honolulu, 2,100
miles; Honolulu to the island of Guam,
8,800, and thenqe to Manila, 1,800
miles. With a chain of supply sta
tions like this, we could send troopR the
whole year around if necessary, and
any vessel with a steaming capacity of
8500 miles could reacn Daseor suppiiee.
"The details I have Roaicely touched
upon, but had the offlcialR and Roldieri
dreamed for one minute that they were
to be torn from their homes there
would, I feel wire, have been another
story to tell, and I am convinced this
letter would never have been written.
"The captain, in extending to me his
oongratulationR, remarked:
" 'Braunersreuther, you'll nevei, as
long as you live, have another experi
ence such as this. I congratulate you
upon your work.'
from a point on the beach several miles
west of Morro castle. The gunboat did
not return th fire.
EMBARKING THE IMMUNES.
Third and Firth Regiments Arrive at
Savannah.
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 9. The Third
and Fifth regiments of United States
volunteers arrived here today and are
in camp .awaiting transports to take,
them to Santiago. The Third regiment
arrived this morning from Macon, and
the Fifth tonight from Columbus, Miss. -'
The transport Rio Grande arrived to
night and is loading the baugage of the
Fifth regiment, two battalions of which
will go on board tomorrow and will
sail at noon.
The Leona is expected in the morn
ing. The Minnewaska is delayed
through an accident to her machinery
and is not expected before Tuesday.
She will carry the Third regiment, com
manded by Colonel Patrick Ray.
All of the officers and men are anx
ious to get away. . There is no lack of,,
enthusiasm among them, and the ap
peals that have been made to the war '
department to save them from Santi
ago, the men of both regiments Bay,
are without authority and misre
present them by discrediting their
valor. :
Went Through a Bridge. 1 ,-
Utioa, N. Y., Aug. 9. Tonight;
two cars on the Belt line trolley road
went through Bradley's bridge near
Whitesboro, and 1 7 passengers were
precipitated in the Erie canal. Miss
Mary Brady, of this oity, was the only
person killed. Several were injured.
London, Aug. 9. The Shanghai cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says:
RusBia is now practioally in possession
of the New Cliwang, and "the open
dooi" in North China it already abut.