VOL,. XXXV. CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE lo, 1898. NO. 13. PIMEOFIDWW Happ enings Both at Home and Abroad. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED Interesting Collection of Items From Many Places Culled From the Press Roports of the Current Weak. A Kingston, Jamaica, dispatch says 16 warships have been sent to leinforce Cervera at Santiago. A St. Petersburg dispatch says the new Russian cruiser Sveitlana, 3,828 tons displacement, has been ordered to the Pacific. The movement against Porto Rico is likely to be launched immediately. Schley's warships are to be left to dis pose of the Santiago matter, while the military forces will at once begin the campaign of conquest at the island fuither East. Major-General Merritt has been or dered to hasten the departure of the Manila expedition. The administra tion Intends to get the entire Philip pines expedition under way at the earliest practicable moment. Measures have been taken to render Manila bay impregnable. The auxiliary cruiser St. Paul, Cap tain Sigsbee commanding, has arrived at New York. Sigsbeo says he had plenty of target practice off Santiago and that Cerveia is bottled up. While cruising before Santiago ho went in so close to the harbor that he was able to make sketches of the fortifications, which were sent to Washington. Commodore Schley's official report of the Santiago fight has been received by the president. He says there is no reasonable doubt that Cervera's fleet is inside the harbor, that his firing was to leain the strength of the enemy's batteries, and was in that respect en tirely satisfactory. None of his vessels were hit and no casualties occurred. A special from Kingston reports that 5,000 United States troops have land ed near Punuta Cabrera, a little to the west of Santiago, where a junction was effected with General Calixto Garoia's army of 3,000 insurgents. It is added that the landing was effected under cover of the fire of Sampson's fleet. With the troops were several heavy guns. Ambassador Hay called at the foreign office in Loudon, Monday, and presented evidence that Spanish offi cials are making Canada a base of ope rations, and protested against the con tinuance of this practice. The protest is based on the fact that it would bo a breach of neutrality for Great Britain to permit her territory to be used for such hostile purposes. Hay also re cently drew the attention of the foreign office to the small exportations from Great Britain of war munitions for Spain. Madrid newspapers maintain that Cervera's fleet is sailing in the direc tion of the Philippines. The secretary of war has sent con gress a request for appropriations amounting to $53,879,859. These ap propriations will be used for the equipment and maintenance until June 1, 1899, of the 125,000 volunteers re cently called for by the president. Santiago is to be invested by a land force. Government officials think a naval attack alone might not be effect ive. Haste is essential, as the prospect of the early approach of the cyolono season makes Schley's stay in the open sea perilous. Secretary Alger intimates that the invasion of Porto Rico will promptly follow the fall of Santiago. Thi state department and the attor- nuy-generai, oy airection ot tne presi dent, are working bard in the prepara tion of a form of government for Cuba after the Spaniards are driven out. An effort is being made to have a complete plan for these operations ready to be put into effect as eoou as peace is de clared. Loaded with wealth but deserted and starving, John Rochel, once a well- .known manufacturer of Sioux City, la. perished last April on the trail between Dawson and Dyea, Alaska. The news of his death reached Sioux City in a letter to his widow by Richard Hen drickson. from Seattle. He was aban doned by his comrades and left to die. in the engagement at Santiago tlia Spanish flagship Cristobal Colon was struck twice by shells from the Massa chusetts and the batteiieB were badly damaged by the firing of the cruiser New Orleans. Three hundred shots were fired by the Americans. No American vessel was hit and no one on the ships injured. The Spanish loss was not heavy. nas. w. rost, wno lias lust re- turned from Hong Kong, says that pre vious to the battle of Manila, Admiral Dewey had a social passage at arms with Prince Henry, a brother of Em peror William of Germany. Prince Henry slighted the United States at a sories of toasts tendered at a banquet, and was made to apologize to the hero of Manila. The apology was written. Minor News Items. Maj. Henry T. Stanton, the widely known Kentucky poet, died at Frankfort. J. C. Fickes, of Steubenville, O., has constructed a loat propelled on the bi cycle principle. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, au thor of "Little Lord Fauntleroy" and other novels, has been granted a divorce from Dr. Swain M. Burnett, with permission to use her maiden name, Hodgson. Count Castellane, who married Anna Gould, was a successful candidate in the parliamentary elections at Paris, France. Walter C. Sanger, one of the lead ing bicyclists of the world, has made the announcement of his retirement from the track. Charles Dewey and wife, of Montpe lier, Vt., have jnst celebrated their golden wedding. Mr. Dewey is A brother of the hero of Manila. Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dyna mite, who died not long ago, has been honored by a beautiful monument to bis memory at Hamburg. LATER NEWS. The first-class armored cruiser Maria Teresa is reported to have been riddled with shot and sunk by the American warships at Santiago. The bill for the removal of all po litical disabilities arising from the civil war isjnow a law, President Mc Kinley having formally approved it. A special from Alberni, B. C, says the bodies of seven white men, suppos ed to have been victims of the Jane Gray disaster, have been picked up on the beach near the Clayoquot reserva tion by Indians, while a sack of cloth ing with an Italian name on it was washed ashore not far from Clayoquot. A dispatch to the London Times from Manila, referring to the fight on May 80, and June 1, says: The Span ish loss in killed and wounded and prisoners was heavy, but the most seri ous feature of all for the Spanish is the defection of hundreds of natives. The Spaniards are endeavoring by every means to win over the rebels, who are attracted by promises of par don and high offices. But Aguinaldo's attraction is stronger. He has com pletely surrounded Manila by cutting the railroads and holding the rivers by which food had previously reached the city. If the city is not starved into surrender the rebels may carry it, hav ing an increasing number of rifles and field guns. Fighting before and in the vicinity of Santiago continued the greater part of Monday from 7:45 A. M. Ten war ships maintained a steady and careful ly directed fire against Morro castle anil the batteries at Punta Gorda, Soo apa and Cinnremles, in addition to bombarding the Spanish fleet in the harbor. The military commander of Santiago acknowledges the loss of six Spanish officers and many soldiers. He also admits severe loss of naval forces. The loss on the American side, Santiago reports say, is not known. The Spaniards acknowledge that a great deal of damage was inflict eJ on the Spanish cruiser Reirta Mer cedes, and say Morro caslte shows great gaping breaches in its walls. A special from Cape Haytien de scribing the bombardment of Santiago on Monday says the forts of the harbor are now a mass of ruins. Scarcely a yard of coast from Port Cabrera on the west to Aguadores on the east escaped the deadly cannonading of the 10 American ironclads, which passed back and forth discharging their heavy guns as ther steamed along. Later in the day the old cruiser Reina Mercedes was discovered attempting to clear the channel of the Merrimao wreck. A 13 inch shell from the Oregon landed squarely abaft her pilot-house and tore her upper works to shreds. Many of her officers and crew were killed or wounded and the vessel so badly dam aged that Admiral Cervera ordered her abandoned about noon. The first-class armored Spanish cruiser Carlo Alberto, bound for Cuba, has airived at Gibraltar. The Oregon election returns indicate that Geer, for governor, and Tongue and Moody, for congress, are elected. Saturday afternoon the torpedo-boat Davis was successfully launched from the iron works of Wolff & Zwicker, at Portland, Or. A joint resolution has been intro duced into tli a bouse directing the sec retary of the navy to have prepared and delivered suitable medals of honor to Lieutenant Hobson and each mem ber of bis crew, for the gallant service they rendered the United States. Cape Haytien advices of June 9 say: At 8 o'clock this morning strong can nonading was heard before Fort Agua dores. A quarter of an hour later the noise of cannonading was greatly in creaed, the firing evidently proceeding from guns of the largest caliber. It is reported from Kingston, Jam aica, that the battle-ship Oregon saw a long craft sneaking close to shore and heading towards Santiago harbor. She signalled the craft to turn, and the sig nals were improperly answered, where upon the Oregon opened fire upon her. A 13-inch shell struck the torpedo boat amidship, and she sank with all hands. The vessel is supposed to have been the Spanish torpedo-boat destroy er Terror, trying to make her way from Porto Rico into the harbor of Santiago, to rejoin the fleet of Cervera. The department of war Monday morning sent a list of prisoners at Fort McPherson to Admiral Sampson, and the admiral himself will enter into communication with Cervera respecting an exchange of prisoners. Cervera will be allowed to select from the list per sons whom he is willing to take in ex change for Constructor Hobson and the gallant crew that manned the Merri mac on her last run. The officials hardly expect to complete the exchange of prisoners in less than two weeks. A Madrid dispatch says: At 1 o'clock Sunday evening 20 American warships opened a hot attack on Santiago, but they were so far distant their shells did not reach the forts. beeing tne iutuity of the enemy s cannonade, the Spaniards made no re ply to their fire, awaiting the near ap proach of the ships, but the attacking fleet remained in its distant position The dispatch further says the bombard ment lasted 45 minutes and was not re sumed.' Sixteeen American warships are still moored at the same place, in sight of Santiago. It is reported that Bishop John P. Newman, of the Methodist Episcopal church, will soon retire from active duty because of ill health. James H. Mead, one of the oldest the atrical managers in America, died suddenly at his home in New York city. He was 68 years old. Belgium has been caught in a de liberate violation of neutrality law. She permitted the steamer Ravenna to load at Antwerp with war munitions, supposedly for the Spaniards. The chiefs of police of the National Association of the United States and Canada at their session in Milwaukee passed a resolution deolaring their sup port of the government in its war with Spain. The pen with which President Mo- Kinley signed the resolutions passed by the senate and house extending the thanks of congress to Commodore Dewey was, at the president's sugges tion, given to Secretary Porter to keep until Commodore Dewey's return to this country. Then it will be present ed to him. n The Insurgents Drive in Manila Outposts. FIERCE HAND-TO-HAND FIGHT Great Slaughter of Spaniards by Agui naldo's Men Fought While Typhoon Raged-The Rebel Now Hold the Suburb! of the City. Manila, via Hong Kong, June 8. The Spanish outposts have been driven in all along the line simultaneously. and with great slaughter. It is said over 1,000 have been killed. There has been fierce hand-to-hand fighting for 70 hours, despite the typhoon which is raging. The violent winds and torrents of rain render the riflesof the Spanish troops unavailing. The natives easily win at every step with their slashing knives. Today the insurgents hold Malabon, Taralac, and Bacoor. They are now attacking San Tamera and Moorlate, the suburbs of the city, which is completely enclosed for a dis tance of seven miles. A native regiment under Colonel Agiunaldo, cousin of the insurgent leader, yesterday joined the insurgents. The governor has issued a despairing proclamation begging the insurgents to come to terms, and now he is arrang ing to remove all the Spanish popula tion inside the old walled city. He is filling the moats and testing the draw bridges and placing strong guards on tbe principal streets and artillery along the walls. All the other troops are camping in the suburbs. The weather is terriflo. Later It now appears that the rock ets yesterday were not signals to the natives, but a warning from the Ger man consulate of the approach of the typhoon, issued for the benefit of the ships in the harbor. I visited Cavite without the Span iards knowing it, and found there 197 wounded and 56 prisoners, among the latter six Spanish officers. All were Weill treated. Chief Agiunaldo, in the course of an interview, has said that the insurgents are eager to make an attack on Manila forthwith, but that Admiral Dewey re fuses to "allow hordes of passionate semi-savages to storm a civilized me tropolis." Admiral Dewey wants to await the arrival of the American troops. In the meantime the insnrgnets have be n forbidden to cross the Motate river, seven miles south of Manlila. Other wise the Petral will be stationed there to bombard them. The volunteers smelt powder yester day. An officer was killed and three wounded. They retired rapidly. FIRED AT BY FLEET. American Thought They Saw a Span ish Torpedo-Boat Destroyer. Kingston, Jamaica, June 8 Whether the American fleet sank a Spanish torpedo-boat destroyer Friday night has not been absolutey confirmed. At 10 o'ecock Friday night the cruiser New Orleans discovered what appeared to be a torpedo-boat destroyer close to the shore, and signalled the flagship New York that it was evident that a night torpedo attack was to be made. The New York and New Orleans opened Are and their shells burst around a dark object. Finally a 18-innh shell fiom the Massachusetts (not the Oregon, as first reported) was fired and exploded and tbe searchlights of the vessels were turned on the spot where the supposed destroyer had been sighted, but not trace of the boat could be found, and it was believed by the officers of the New York she had been sunk The first assumption was that the vessel was the Terror, but it is believed now that it was thePlutonor Furor, as the Terror was not known to be at San tiago. Two Schwarzopkof torpedoes were found floating two miles south of Morro. This class of torpedo is used by the Spanish, and one of the two found had only the practice head. Admiral Sampson is determined not to allow the Spanish to remove the Merrimac from the spot whore she lies. Saturday it was reported that they were working at the hull, and the American fleet formed in line of battlo with orders to bombard. It turned out that tbe Spanish were not so engaged and the fleet withdrew. Admiral Sampson has given specific orders that 1 Morro, where the Merri mao's crew are imprisoned, be spared in firing. Admiral Cevera's polite as surances were accopmanied by the statement that Lieutenant Hobson and his men were confined there. This placing of the prisoners in direct line of fire is denounced by the American officers as a 13th-century defense, an act of incarnate cruelty. General Castillo, commanding the Cuban forces in the west and north of the province of Santiago, has been con centrating 4,000 Cubans in the vicinity of the city. Cape Haytien, June 8 At 3 o'clock this morning strong cannonading was heard from the direction of Aguadores, a little east of Morro Castle, which de fends the eastern entrance of the har bor of Santiago. A quarter of an hour later the noise of the cannonading greatly increased, the firing evidently proceeding from guns of the largest caliber. All the land above sea-level would not fill up more than one-third of the Atlantic ocean. Spain Treated as a Bankrupt. London, June 8. The silver mar ket is cautious is quoting for future delivery, owing to the fear that it may momentarily be notified that Spain has suspended specie payment. The mar ket is already treating Spain as a bank rupt, and does not book any orders for silver, unless tbe gold for it is deposit ed. In spite of the increase in the coinage in last week's returns, the Bank of Spain shows a further de crease of 7,000,000 pesetas in its re serve, making a total decrease of 149, 000,000 pesetas slnoe the beginning of the war. LANDED UNDER FIRE. American Troops Debarked Near Santi ago de Cuba. Port an Prince, June 8 Advices from Santiago de Cuba today say that this morning about 7:45 o'clock a live ly cannonading was heard in the direc tion of Aguadores. It increased in in tensity on both sides, and toward 8 o'clock it was very furious. No further details have been re ceived, but it is believed that the Spanish ships anchored in the bay of Santiago held the insurgents in check when the latter were attaoking the town. It is said here but the source of the information is doubtful that a United States troopship debarked troops under the protection of the fire of the American squadron. News has been received from Mole St. Nicholas that a naval combat took place yesterday off Jean Rabel, be tween Port Le Paix and the mole. Three Spanish and four American war ships were engaged. After a brief, but lively contest, the American ships re tired. Tli is news lacks confirmation. SPIES IN HOT WATER. Carranza and Du Bone Are Arrested in the City of Montreal. Montreal, June 8 Lieutenant Car anza and Senor Du Bosc were arrested at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon on a capias in which it is alleged they were about to leave the country. The capias was taken out in connection with a suit for damages for defamation of character entered by Detective Kellort. The ar rest was made at the residence of the Spanish consul-general, and the p is oners were immediately taken before Judge Mathieu, who reloased them in $1,000 bail, which was promptly fur nished, the authorities declining to say by whom. The writ is returnable in six days, and no action can be taken until the end of that time, unless the prisoners consent to a speedy hearing. American Troops Landed. New York, June 8 A special from Cape Haytien, dated Monday, says: At daylight this morning the Ameri can troops landed at Aguadores, a few miles east of Santiago de Cuba, under cover of Admiral Sampson's guns. The batteries were silenced, after a sharp bombardment. New York. June 8 A special ;from Kingston reports that 5,000 United States troops have landed near Punta Cabrera, a little west of Santiago, where junction was affected with General Gracia's army of 3,000 insurgents. It is added that the landing was effected under the fire of Sampson's fleet. With the troops were several heavy siege guns. A Second Expedition. San Francisco, Cal., June -8-r-The men who will compose the second Ma nila expedition are pleased that Brig adier general Greene is to be their commander. Besides being a splendid soldier, he has a record as a diplomat. He is an author of repute, has been decorated in Europe for bravery, and is an active member of several scien tific bodies. It is surmised that his diplomatic experience will be of serv ice to Geneal Merritt in tbe govern ment of the islands. The troops which will be under his command are the First Colorado, Tenth Pennsylvania, part of the Eighteenth and Twenty-third United States infan try, and either the Utah artillery or the Third United States artillery. General Greene stated tonight that the China would be his flagship, and that General Merritt would not accompany Jie second expedition. Spain Notified the Powers. London, June 8 The Madrid corres pondent nf the Daily News says: The cabin H has decided that no effectual blockade exists and will so notify the powers. An informal notifi cation has already been made. Madrid, June 8 In the chamber of deputies today Senor Giron, minister for the colonies replying to inquiries, said the government had no information tending to confirm the Spanish report that the cruiser Baltimore had been blown up by an internal explosion at Manilla, except the fact that the gaz ette had erased the boat from the list of American ships. Improvements in Oregon. Washington, June 8 The conferees on the sundry civil bill have been un able to agree on the amendment appro priating $80,000 for a quarantine sta tion at Astoria, and it is si ill in confer ence . Senator McBride's amendment, appropriating $12,000 for a steam reve nue cutter for the Columbia river, Is also in disagreement. The provision for salaries for registers and receivers of two additional land districts in Alaska, fixed at $3,000, has been agreed to, and will become a law. The senate amendment appropriaing $100,000 for Yaquina bay, and allowing the money for the improvement of Coos bay to be expended by contract, are still in dis agreement. From Mobile to Tampa. Mobile, June 8. TheTifth cavalry and the Eleventh infantrv left camn today for Montgomery, there to take the Plant line for Tampa. Five regi ments of volunteers remain. Important Mining Deal. Prescott, Ariz., June 8 An import ant mining deal has been consummated here, the property sold being the Gold- Standard group, in the Santa Maria district, the purchasers being J. C. Greeuhut, a prominent whiskey dis tiller of Peoria, 111.; Summer A. Clark. a capitalist of Peoria, and Chauncey D. Clark, a capitalist of Phoenix, Ariz. lhe parties have been working the property under a bond for some time. They have a mill and cyanide plant. The bond has a year to run. Fits Will Meet McCoy. New York, June 8 The Press says: Fitzsimmons has promised to meet Mc Coy m the ring in a battle for the championship of the world. Mutual friends brought the two pugilsts to gether In the Hotel Bartholdi last night, and there the man who defeated Corbett promised to give the new as pirant for heavy weight honors a chance to prove his worth. Thirty-Three Ton Armor Plato. A single plate of armor for the tnrret of the battle-ship Kearsrge recently shipped weighed 38 1-3 tons. BLOWN OP BY Merrimac Destroyed in Santiago Harbor, TRIED TO FORCE A PASSAGE Spaniards Allowed Her to Cross First Defense Line Number of Victims Not Reported Fleet Renewed Boiubard meut of Forts and Squadron. Cape Haytien, Hayti, June 6. The American fleet, according to advices ie ceived by cable from Santiago de Cuba, the cable being under Spanish control, opened fire again at 3 o'clock this morning on the fortifications and war ships. The cannonade was well sustained untii 4 A. M. One of the American auxiliary cruisers (well armed) attempted to force the passage into the harbor. The Spanish allowed the cruiser to cross the first line of torpedoes, but before she arrived at the second line, they discharged a torpedo, which broke a great hole in her side and caused her to sink almost instantly, bow first. One officer, one engineer and six sail ors were made prisoners by the Spaniards. ADMIRAL SAMPSON'S FLAGSHIP, THE NEW YORK. 10:26 A. M. A dispatch from San tiago says that the vessel sunk is un derstood to be the Merrimac. Only the extremities of her funnel and two masts are seen above water. The News From Port au Prince. Port au Prince, Hayti, June 6. This morning at 8 o'clock, the Ameri can squadron began the bombardment of the fortifications of Santiago de Cuba, and a lively cannonading ensued for two hours, which silenced the Spanish batteries. An American vessel, the Merrimac, described in the cable from Santiago as an auxiliary cruiser, made a dash to force the entrance, succeeded in passing the first line of defenses, but was tor pedoed about 500 feet up the channel. She went down "perpendicularly." An officer, an engineer and six seamen were taken prisoners. The number of victims is unknown. Only the funnel and mastheads of the sunken vessel can be seen. There is great excitement in the city. A part of the population assisted in the fighting on the heights. Every body is astounded at the audacity of the American vessel. The American squadron was cruising all the while in the offing. (It will be noted that there is an im portant discrepancy as to the time at which the bombardment is said to have begun this morning between the dis patches from Cape Haytien and Port au Prince, the former saying 3 o'clock and the latter 8 o'clock. It is possible that this arises from a confusion be tween the figures 3 and 8. The San tiago advices in reference to the sunken vessel as an auxiliary cruiser is prob ably a mistake. The Merrimao is a collier, and has always been a collier.) Navy Department's Advices. Washington, Jnne 6. Notwitstand ing the rather positive statement com ing from Jamaica to the effect that the second Spanish fleet from Cadiz has crossed the Atlantic and is about to join Cervera at Santiago, the officers of the navy department refuse to be frightened at what they declare to be a bugaboo. It appears that the basis of their confidence is a telegraphic rejiort of as late date as yesterday, declaring that tbe Cadiz fleet is still at Cadiz. Moreover, they know that there are not as many as 16 ships in that fleet. London, June 6. According' to a dispatch from Madrid, El Heraldo, with regard to the situation at Santia go de Cuba, says: "It is one more disenchantment which proves that there is no remedy for Spain's misfortunes. Cervera's squadron at Santiago is of little advan tage, either to itself or to what it rep resents. It can neither hinder the Yankees' expedition, nor strengthen the defense of Havana. Spain was never before led through snch a strr.it road of perdition." Spanish Prisoners Sent Home. New York, June 6. Thirty-nine Spanish prisoners, captured on the steamer Rita, off Porto Rico, arrived in this oity today on the steamer Semi nole. They were turned over to the French consul for shipment back to Spain. The Correspondent Released. Havana, Jnne 6. The correspond ents Whigham and Robinson, recently captured after having been landed on the coast, have been released, owing to tbe raoresentations made in their be- ball byjJUr. CKHJaa. the Mritish consul. A GREAT FLEET. Sampson and Schley Have Joined Their Forces. Off Santiago de Cuba, via Kingston Jamaica, June 6. Roar-Admiral Sampson, with the cruiser New York his flagship, accompanied by the bat tie-ship Oregon, cruiser Mayflower and the torpedo-boat Porter, joined Com modore Schley's squadron off Santiago Wednesday morning, and their com bined commands have the Spanish fleet securely locked in the harbor. Admiral Sampson left the heavy monitors and light gunboats off Car denas Monday morning, all danger of the appearance of the Spaniards from the eastward having been removei with the definited information tha Schley had hunted them to their holes and under command of Commodore Watson, the monitors and gunboat returned to reintorce tne niucKuue on the north coast of Cuba. Admiral Sampson did not assum command of the amalgamated squad rons on his arrival, Jiach squadron retains its sepaiate entirely, ami . Com modore Schley has his single-started pennant on the Brooklyn. Die American fleet ott Santiago now numbers 12 fighting ships, two collier and a cable-cutting ship. Neither the Solace, the hospital ship, nor the Red Cross ship State of Texas, which the dispa!cli boat Dauntless passed on her way here, has yet put in an appear ance. The lighting ships are the New York, Brooklyn, Iowa, Oregon, Massa chu--etts, Texas, New Orleans, Marble head, Dolphin, Mayflower and Vixen and the torpedo-boat Porter. There is every indication that active operations will begin at once. The cable which binds Cuba to Ma drid and the outside woild was cut to day. Pending the execution of Admiral Sampson's plan of campaign, onr ships form a cordon about the entrance of Santiago harbor to prevent the possi ble egress of the Spaniards. Communication has also been had with the shore. The mountains and hills which surround Santiago are in full possession of the Cuban insur gents. llie reconnoissance made bv our ships, principallly tlrj) smallt r yachts and torpedo-boats, which are able to creep close inshore at night, has pretty definitely determined the location and character of the defenses of the harbor Several new batteries have been thrown up on the high ground on each sille of the entrance, and it is evident the Spaniards are prepared to make a strong resistance. NOT A SPANISH VICTORY. Collier May Have Been Sent In to i; lock ade the Channel. Washington, June 0. The Post says: There is absolutely no doubt in the minds of the naval officials in Washington tnat tne tending ox tha collier into the harbor was a prear ranged move on the part of Admiral Sampson. The use of a collier, the un usual hour of the morning, the neces sity of blockading the channel so as to relieve some of the ships of the squad ron from remaining stationed off San tiago, the importance of discovering whether the mines were effective all these make it certain that the Merri mao was deliberately sent to her de struction. It was not a Spanish viotory it was a cleverly arranged scheme on the part of the American Admiral, and it was successful. The eight men in a Spanish prison are the real heroes of the war. If the Merrimac went in under her own crew, it is interesting to know that her com plement of officers consisted of Com mander J. M. Miller; Lieutenant W. W. Gilmer, executive officer; Ensigns J. R. Y. Blakely and J. M. Luby, and First Engineer R. K. Crank. Miller is from Missouri, Gilmer from Vir ginia, Blakely from Pennsylvania, and Luby and Crank from Texas. It is expected that reports will be re ceived today from Admiral Sampson which will give details of the Merri mac's destruction, and the names of the eight men who have been cap tured. John U. Smith Indicted. Port Townsend, June 6. The steamer Farallon, which arrived here tonight, from Alaska, brings news that in addition to the indictment of eight customs officers, the grand jury at Sitka has brought in two true bills against John U. Smith, ex-United States commissioner at Skagway, on charges of extortion and accepting bribes. Smith has been arrested. The Merrimac. Baltimore, June 6. The Merrimac was purchased by the government from the Lone Star Steamship Company, in April. She was formerly the Norwe gian steamship Solvelg. She was bnilt at Newcastle in 1894, and was 330 feet long, 24 feet beam and registered 2,194 tons. Report Confirmed. The report that a revolution has broken out at San Domingo has been confirmed, the supposed expedition from Cape Haytien being really the II 1 A HI Battle Reported Off Hay. tien Coast. VANGUARD OF CADIZ FLEfcT Three Spanish and Four American Ves lels Kngaged The Latter Probably Scouts A Spanish Torpedo-Uoat Destroyer Sunk at Santiago. Cape Haytien, June 7. The United States tioopship Resoulte, formerly the Yorktown, under convoy of the tor pedo boat destroyer Mayflower, the convertd Ogden Goelet yacht of the same name, arrived at Mole St. Nich olas Saturday and departed shortly after. Advices from Mole St. Nicholas say that Saturday, some distance off Jean Rabel, a port on the west coast of Hayti. half way between Port do Paix and Mole St. Nicholas, a combat took place between three Spanish and four Amerian warships. The American ships are said to have withdrawn from the combat. One of the Spanish war ships entered the harbor of Jean Rabel for water. Officers of ships lying at St. Nicholas Mole were extremely reti cent. Jean Rabel is an insurgent seaport, and there is no telegraphic station there. It is thought possible that the Spanish ships encountered were the vanguard of the Cadiz fleet. The names of the American ships were not ascertained, but it is believed here that they were probably scout boats. Troopship 1'urslled. Port au Prince, June 7. According to the latest advices from Santiago d Cuba, there were not more than 17 ships in the offing all day, and it believed there tnat the three missing vessels have gone for provisions and munitions of war. At b o'clock this evening, the steamer Nouvelle Voldregue arrived here from Cape Haytien, after touching at all the ports along the coast She leports that yesterday, at Mole St Nicholas, she saw the United States troopship Resolute awaiting instruo tions. The vessel was under convoy. It was ascertained Irom passengers on tiie Voldregue that the Kesolute had been pursued, between Jean Habel and Mole St. Nicholas, by two Spanish corvettes. From the same source, is learned that Admiral Cervera's squadron is not, in its entirety, in the port of Santiago de Cub.., but that only a cruiser, supposed to bo the Colon, one torpedo-boat and two auxil iary cruisers are there. A dispatch from a government source at Pott au Prince says: "A Haytien informant, now in San tiago de Cuba, says the destitution has greatlv increased since the bombard incut began, and'the military comman der has been forced to reduce the ra tions of the soldiers, among whom there is much discontent. " Spanish Dextroyer Sunk. Kingston, Jamaica, June 7. A dis patch from Port au Prince says a ves sel that has arrived there from Santia go de Cuba repoits that the Americans sunk on Friday night the Spanish tor pedo-boat destroyer Terror. The assumption, based on dispatches from Madrid, has been that the de stroyer Terror, after leaving Port de France, went to Porto Kioo, and it it possible that the Port Antonio dis patch confuses her with her sister de stroyer, the Furor, as has several times been done in dispatches from other points. CHARLES V. GRIDLEY. Ieath of the Commander of the Cruiser Oly inpla. Washington, June 7. Captain Chas. V. undley, commander of the cruiser Olympia, and one of the heroes of the brilliant victory at Manila, is dead L lie announcement or ins ueatli was re ceived at the navy department this afternoon in a cablegram from Pay master Gait, of the navy, dated Kobe, Japan, June 4, and directed to Sacre- iry Long. The dispatch contained this simple statement: "Captain Gridley died today. The remains accompany me on the Coptic." Captain Charles Vernon Grid'ey is ho first American officer of great prom- nence whose death is a direct result of the existing war with Spain. As the commander of Admiral Dewey's splen- nl flagship and one of the admiral's hief advisers, Captain Gridley achieved distinction at the battle of Manila bay and added to his previous laurels by winning high praise from is superiors for distinguished gallan y and ability. He fought his ship rom the conning tower, while Ad- ral Dewey directed the movements of the squadron fiom the bridge of the vessel. It was not known for several weeks after the engagement that Cap tain Gridley had suffered from it, and even now the precise nature of his trouble is not disclosed. Accident on the San Francisco. Provincetown, Mass., June 7. A fatal accident occurred last night on the cruiser San Francisco. By the fall of a whaleboat from the davits, Clans Wessel, coxswain, was drowned and Seaman Stevenson sustained a fractur ed leg. Wessel was 30 years old. His body was recovered this afternoon. Great Britain's marine steam tonnage is today 6,720,703 about as much as that of all other nations added together. Another Strike In Colorado. Denver, June 7. A strike has been declared by the miners of Northern Colorado distriot. Over 1,000 men today decided to quit on the advice of the executive - committee of the Colo rado Federation of Labor. The miners have the support of the Western Feder ation of Miners and the Colorado Fed eration of Labor, the former offering to contribute $50,000 to aid in carrying on the strike. The action of the Colo rado coal miners is the outgrowth of long-standing differences between op erators and miners, which resulted ta WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. Trade Conditions in the Leading of the World. Cities Reported by Downing, Hopkins Co., Inc., Board of Trade Brokers, 711 to 714 Chamber ol Commerce building, Portland, Oregon. The statistical news of wheat for the past week has been very bearish. Beerbohm reported the world's ship rnenst at 14,000,000 bushels, of which North America shipped 5,248,'000 busehls. The American supply of vis ible wheat increased during the week 1,085,000 bushels, and now totals 22, 587,000 bushels. The Orange Judd Farmer report for June makes the win ter wheat acreage 25,651,000 acres, after allowing for 1,000,000 acres aban doned in California. The spring wheat' acreage shows a radical increase every where, the total area reaching 17,868, 000 acers. The month of May waa fav orable for wheat everywhere except in California, and the present condition of winter wheat is reported at 90.7, against 87.9 last month and 83.5 last year. The condition of spring wheat is practically perfect, with an aveage of 99. 1, which is the highset figure ever reported on June 1 by any reliable au thority. The situation in Oregon and Washington is enough better than last year to practically offset the loss in California. Bearish sentimnet seems to be gaining both here and abroad. A private Liverpool cable says: The trade is bearish and lower prices must follow. Upward manipulation is out of the question, Vt ft h world's ship ments so large and American prospect is flattering." Minneapolis reported no buyers of cash wheat in that mar ket, today. About the only strong fac tor has been the New York market, where foreigners are asid to have bought large quantities for September and later deliveries. That market has been well sustained, and the foreign support thus given encouraged a belief that prices may do butter' MfB, at least temporarily. Seattle Markets. Vegetables Potatoes Yakimas, $ 1 1 12 per ton-, natives, $810; Califor nia potatoes, $1.502 j er 100 pounds. Beets, per sack, $1.25; turnips, $1.25; carrots, $1.25; hothouse lettuce, 45c; radishes, 12c. Fruits. California lemons, fancy, $3; choice,- $2 2. 50; seeding oranges, $1.501.75; California navels, fancy, $88.25; choice, $12.502.75; ban anas, shipping, $2.252.75 per bunch; strawberries, $1.251.50 per crate. Butter Fancy native creamery, brick, 18c; ranch, 712c; dairy, 124 15c; Iowa, fancy creamery, 18c. Cheese Native Washington, 11 12c: Easter cheese, 1212)a Meats Choice dressed beef steers, prime, 8c; cows, prime, 77c; mut ton, 8c; pork, 7o; veal, 8c. Poultry Chickens, live, peapound, 14c; dressed, 16c;' spiing cnTCKens, $2. 50 3. 75. Fresh Fish Halibut, 84c; steel heads, 78o; salmon trout, 910c; flounders and sole, 3 4c; herrng, 4c. Oysters Olympia oysters, per sack, $38.25; per gallon, sold, $1.80. Wheat $26; feed wheat, $23. Oats Choice, per ton, $28. Corn Whole, $25; cracked, $25; feed meat, $25. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $26; whole, $25. Flour Patent, per bbl, $5; straights, $4.75; California brands, $5.75; buck wheat flour, $6.50; graham, per bbl, $4.25; whole wheat flour, $4.50; rye flour, $5. Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $17; shorts, per ton, $18. Feed Chopped feed, $21 (22 per ton; middlings, per ton, $1819; oil cake meal, per ton, $35. . Hay Puget Sound mixed, $10 13; choice Eastern Washinton timothy, $17. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla, 75c; Val ley and Bluestem, 78c per bushel. J lour Best grades, $4. 50; graham. $4.00; superfine, $2.25 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 40c; choice gray, 38 39c per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $22; brewing, (24 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid dlings, $23; shorts, $17. Hay Timothy, $1112; clover. $10 11; Oregon wild hay, $9 10 per ton. Eggs Oregon, 16 17c per dozen. Butter Fancy creamery, 32L35o; fair to good, 2530c; dairy, 2530o per roll. Cheese Oregon full cream, 12o; Young America, 12c. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50 per dozen; hens, $4 00; springs, $2.004; geese, $6.007.00; ducks, young. $4 6.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, ll12c per pound. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 30 45c per sack; sweets, $1.752 per cental. Onions Oregon, $2. 25 2. 50 per sack. Hops 512o per pound for new crop; 1896 crop, 4 6c. Wool Valley, 14 15c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 812c; mohair, 25c per pound. . Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 4c; dressed mutton, 6Jc; pri ng lambs, 10c per lb. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.25; light and feeders, $3.004.00; dressed, $5.506.50 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $4.00; cows, fa.i)0(3.o0; dressed beef, 5 7c per pound. Veal Large, 5c; small, 6c per pound. San Francisco Market. Wool Southern coast lambs, 7 8c; San Joaquin, 7 8c; Northern, 11 12c per lb. Millstuffs Middlings, $21 23; California bran, $16 16.50 per ton. Onions New, 4055c per sack. Butter Fancy creamery, 19c; do seconds, 18c; fancy dairy, 17)c; good to choice, 16 17c per pound. Potatoes Early Rose, 40 50c, Eggs Store, 1414o; ranch, 14 16o. Fresh Fruit Apples, $40 1.50 per large box; cherries, 40c 60; do red and white, 25 40c per box. Citrns Fruit Oranges, navels, $1.25 8.00; Mexican limes, $4.50; Cali fornia lemons, 75o$1.00; do choice, $1.26 1.50; per box. Hay Wheat, $20 24.50; wheat and oat, $2023; oat, $14.5016.50; best barley, $16 18.50; alfalfa, $12.00 13.50; clover, $13 15. Cheese Fancy mild, new, 9o; old, 10c per pound.