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Eugene City Guard. I. I. f A m um I Praarlat.tr. ITJOKNK CITY ORKUO.V A Com plait Hat-law of tho I It k' ! " Nawa of Thla and All for miga I in .I- Kloven people were killed by an ei plosion t tin' Hants Crux, Cel., powder worki. Tim treasury !ipnrtnient haa ordered the Saturiia, a Spanish vessel seized in I ' i 1 1 1 liarlxjr, released. In a storm off bl Atlantic ooast an uuknown viel waa Wrecked. An other vessel wai reported signalling for 'jelp. The monitor Terror raptured the Spanish coasting itMlnai Ambrotlo Bolivar with (110,000 in silver on boun), off thn (.'ulian coaBt. Troops are anon to he landed in Cuba. The plan in to establish a haao of oHirHtinni, open communication with Uoinei anl feed the rernni-i-iit rudnH. Dispatches from Matriri.as -ay an Ameriran torpedodmat dcatrnyei has twire entered the mrt of .MnUii7.au. The second time lit ahota were fired ut her ami she retired. The harbor of San Juan ia luting placed Id a statu of defense by the Spaniards. A new liattery ia aet up ut the euat of Han Cristobal oast hi ami uhmarine epxlosives have been thickly pl mled at the hurliiir entrance. Secretary lnn( ha annminri-l bin in tention of purchasing the Holland milt marine tnrN'di-lKiat, on Aa-istaul Sec eretary Knosevclt'a recoininendation. Ilia proposition ia to utilize the bout in blowing up Morro castle. Secretary Itong di'idarea Havana will not bo bombarded until sciious dauber Irom ntlurk liy tin' hpanitU Ini't II eliminated. He says the Patted Mateo cannot afford to rink the loss of u war ship until the armadas are JatfQyrj or are no longer u menace to be greatly fearer I. The three days' ilebate on the war revenue bill I" n.m in the housu Wednesday. Ibngley opennd the de bate and wan followed by Mm ley, who epi I the measure ami proposed to ulMtitute for it tuxes on income ami bank deHisits and coiiiaf( of silver seigniorage. General Mili s and the Cul.an repre tciitativea held an tuisrtant confer encu in Washington, I) C., and went over the plana of operation. Ii i un derstood that the insurgents will he fully otpiips'd by the United Statea, and will move on llavuna, co-operating with our lici t. Secretary Day 'a nomination was neut to ami continued by the Henale. A lb oik; Kong diHpatch aava the 1'hll. ippiue islands ins urgent are massing round Manila, and a massacre of the Spunish in fiarnl. The cabinet haa decided that no Hpaniah prize ship shall lie relented previous to the passing umhi of their rcsper live c.e os by t lie . mil tn. The conference reKirt en the army reorganization loll vvas passed by Ixilh houses of congress and tunned by the president. No progress wan made on other pending war measures. The houm' committee on naval alTaira haa deciiliil to ropnil a disagreement with the ten tie iitncndmeiita to the naval lull, and auk lor a conference. Houieiie, Billbora and Gumminng will be the litmae confereeii. Two more Spanish prises have been captured by the tlnbM Newport. The Newport brought in to Key Wont the Spanish IMOp r.icuctte and the Spanish schismer I'ireno, Cuban coast ing vessels, capluicd oil Havana. A rebellion in aflln in icut in Spain. Town are In the loin I- of riot era ut frcipient Interval! daily. The autlioriticn are totally unable to con trol the mob. All rcMilut binary paitiea are active und tile stiilnlilv of the pirn ent iiionarcliy in threatened. The slate ilepai tmeiit neut notice to all fOMifa nations of colicjn ss hav org declared war, ami that war ban UlttM HM April II. Iteponscs have already begun to How in. A neutrality piocla mat mil wan issued by the Hntinli gov crnuieiit. Among the llrnt to take cognisance ul the existence of u state of wur were the Itritinh oolonien. Tbia in a incus u i c supports the contention of tbia government that war actually ex I i' I before the declaration by oonfTMi tawdon advltwi from Madrid nay the Siuninh iniiuntcr of in. nine ban re ii I Tad a cipher dlapaloh from Admiral M Mil, jo. eonniaodlBi the Baal at Manila, I'liilippine Inl.iuda, announc ing that he wan alnuil to nail with bin iQaadroo to take up a pflalikm vrbara he can aw.iit the OOinllUJ American fleet and capture it. Thin wan followed by a later dupatan aanoanolnglhal the Spaniah fleet had actually nailed, and a atill latei one, from the government at Manila, paying that a naal engagement between the Spauinh and American Kjnadron ia hourly expected. The dit patch addad that the Span I all fleet hud junt captured the American hark vo lume, ooal liidi n, otT Manila. Minor Nrxi llvini, A in wly iliniovcred nmt on thn nun vitible now, ii aaul to U 30,000 mile in diameter. The aale of nalt ia a government mo nopoly in China, which yielda a yeui ly revenue of 1,000,000. .lewa have htvome farmer! in Maine in anch number aa to be recognised ai a factoi in tradlag. The eontrlbutionn to the JajMI Kua atdl Lowell mi'iiioiial fund in Itonton uow aniiiiint to HI,0TI, Arthur Crumpler, a colored man in Bajlw, bom ilnvu and now ?t yeart eld, ia going to evening nehool. Munnter, in Wcalphall., haa a public rhool which ban Junt celebrated the eleven hundredth auulvursary u( ttt foundation. b it, KiUlnigh U'e came home from Havana on the anniversary of the day that he went home from Appomattox the historic Uth of April. The London Chronicle say that James Judge, a New Castle engineer, b.l patented a gun which will tire SO, 000 bulleta a minute with enormous velocity. LATER NEWS. The sonata haa adopted the confer Mice report on the naval appropriation bill. The harbor defense plans of San Frsnolsoo are said to he in the hand." of tin Hpanish. A New York Journal dispatch says the government is preparing to seise everal small islands in the South At lantic as a bases of supplies. Secretary Alger has submitted esti mates of 134,000,000 to cover addition al army eipenses to July I. This will be included in the general deficiency bill lilanco, in his re jort of the Matanzua bombardment says the French and Knglish consuln have entered protests on tin- ground that no previous notice was given. From Key West comes the report that the gunboat Newport captured the mall Spanish nhmp Kngracia off Cabanas, and BMll her capture into port in charge of a prim crew. It is announced that extraordinary naval nnd military activity is displayed throughout Franco. All the ships re cently mobilised are kept in fighting trim. The reserves expect to he i ailed out. It was officially unnounred at Madrid that the fortifications of Matanzua have not suffered, in spite of .'100 shells tired by the American Meet, and that not one in in was killed or wounded thereby. The stories of the bombardment received from the Unitnd States are received with shouts of derision. The navy department has received official advice from St. Vincent, t 'ape do Verde islands, to thn effect that the fjpanisb sijuudrori sailed from there, going in u westerly direction. It den tination Is unknown, even to the oltl cers of the wnrships, who -ailed under sealed orders. Spanish mail has liecn orderiil confis cated by the imntollli p department. In the first hatch received nt the dead let ter riflloo, the discovery of numerous contraband letter-, mune Ol winch uro of great bsportaOCa to the naval and mil taiy authnrilius, has demonstrated that the order is not only juatiliod, hut u wiie precaution. A prOOUOMtlOB has been issued by the autonomist government at Havana. Spanish adherents in Cuba are uigml to resist the American invasion. The war is classed us nn unholy one. The American campaign in denounced as being one of aggression and the United Slates government is accused of sailing und r p.ilpuhy false colois. The monitor Terror and the gunbnut Muchias hure Inimharded Ciirdennn, killing many Spaniards. Alter an hour's tiring, the batteries of the enemy were silenced. A shot from the shore batteries provoked them to tire back. For two houis, the laportl say, Car denas withstissl the Inimhurdmcnt. Then the ancient guns, which did no damage to the ships, suddenly grew silent. News has reached Han Francisco of a terrible explosion of powder that was being curried by pack train to Colonel Han Hums' Cuiuleluriu mine in Mexico. The puck train was unusually large. It consisted of over 110 mules and the attendants numbered some 40 Mexican-. A part of the freight consisted of om munilion, cups and boxen of powder. It I said that IIIH boxen of Jniwlcr and '.'o.ooii raps exploded with such fotOt that 15 men und U0 mule- were killed. The co ittce on military affairs bun favorably reported the administra tion lull nipandiog important laws governing the quartermaster's depart ment in the army. Minister Clayton communicated to the foreign department of the govern ment at Mexico the lenolntloii of the American congics declaring war with Spain. MinUter Marlaoal, of the for eign department, replied, uuriug the American mlnlltW on the anthoiity ol l'rcsidcut Dlaa, that Mexico will main tain i be strictest neutrality. Oriental advice received by steu i in Vancouver, II. C , tell of a shocking massacre which inclined m ar Taipoh, China, ut the house of one Vang Kin sluing. A parly of ocr U0 robbers entered the house and mordered Vang, his wife, his mother and chlhlicn and servants, Ift persons in all, who resist ed them in their attempt to loot the house and attack the daughters. When the raider had butchered all the in luaten they set the boose on lire. The large packing houses of the At luetic Powder Company, near Dover, N, J., containing high explosives for the United States government were blown up und two men uie known to have been killed. Several are missing und a number weto injured. The o pl" nm in believed to have been the work of Spauinh spies. Suspicious characters had been seen around the buildings for several day-. The huge Spanish steamer (Hlido, hound from Corunuu foi Havana with a large cargo id provision and money for the Spanish troops, was captured by the United States monitor Terror. The capture took place 10 miles off Car dons, after a desperate chase, during which the monitor Terror and the gun boat Machias tired seveial sliots, almost blowing the Spaniard's pilot house into the water One man in the pilot house was seriously injured. It is estimated that with her cargo alio ia worth nearly 500,000. At Koubalx, one of the socialist strongholds of France, the 11,000 pub lic school children receive free food ami clothing at the expense of the town. The late Mra. Julia W. Jame-. ol DoatOB, left nearly all her estate, val ued at l.lt'i.Otlll, to the Museum of Kmc Arts and the Institute of Technology. Corea'a first railway, H& miles in length, is being OOMtTMtOd by Amer ican POBtraOtOfl, It is to extend from Chemulpo, on the Yellow sea, to Seoul, the capital. Dr. (i. It. Lee, one of the surgeons of Hcllevue hospital, New York, who has tendered his service to the govern ment In the event of wur, is a grand- i ana of Qaa. Robert R itoo. Mrs. Kcbecca Van Zamlt, who died recently at Seueoa Falls, N. Y. 100, has l ' ' ii personally presented to "d had ahaken hands with every gov ernor of New York state. Buda-Peetli has taken the last horse car from ita etreetx. Tho lluna.nan city of AQO.OOO inhabitant, ia Md to be the only laige city in Kuropu in mbioh the hors lot- been ham-led li :n the street care. NEARING MANILA1 The Asiatic Squadron Arrives Off Hoi i no Island. A NAVAL BATTLE IMMINENT Admiral flt-wey l'roioa tit C'aplura in. spanlcli Fleet liiaitrgpnta Hald to lla I -.ii. AnMd anil l:. iOi to Maka a I' ' on Manila. Hong Kong, May 2. It is reported from Manilla that the American squad ron has been sighted off (Inline, north of Manila, hut the weather was ton stoimy for the fleet to cuiuniuuicato With the insurgents. Admiral llrwry'l Flrrt. London, May 2. A dispatch from Hong Kong, dated Friday, Buys: War news is scurce. Nothing hns been heard of the American fleet or from Manila. Admiral Hewey con siders that his duty will ho done when the Spanish fleet i captured und safety j bai bees secured for American trading vessels. Kleven of these vessels are overdue, and the Americans feel exceed ingly anxious. The form it ion of the provisional gov ernment ut Manila will ho anmuinced ut the discretion of United State- Con sul Williams. It is believed that there me not many Spanish tnstps ut Manilla. They have gone into the interior. The American fleet carries 2,000 officers and men. The Concord is ex'cted to return here for dispatches Wednesday. Hianliinl GeMtMl Ilia Culil. Washington, May 2. No news came today from Admiral Dewey's squadron, now on its way to the 1'hilippines. line officer iomted nut today that if Admiral Dewey sine led in defeating the Spanish fleet, the Spanish official who control the cable connecting the island with the rent of the World in all probability may suppress the new or 'h-b'it the facts into Spauinh victory. Preanmlng that the admiral is bound directly for Manila, the calculation muilo ut the navy department show ho will arrive about 2 o'clock Saturday morning, .Manila time, which is about 12 hours earlier than our own. Natal Battle Kllii-ctril. London, May 2. A dispatch to tho Daily Mail, from Singapore, suyi: Admiral Dewey is accompanied by Juho Alexandrine, a prominent officer under Aguimildo. Alexundrino has a magical influence in the I'hilippines, and will head the gmpular movement to throw off Spauinh rule. A naval battle is expected to occur shortly in Manila buy. II. M. S. llcnuvc nluru has sailed, presumably for Manila. Tito i eenrgeata4 riant. London, May 2. The Hong Kong correspondent of tho Daily Telegraph Buys: Aguiliuldo, the Insurgent chief, and hi colleague, are elaborating a plan to make a descent in force near Manila. They have secured a vessel for the pur- kmc and have been plentifully supplied with arm and ammunition from the American squadron. Ht III III Manila Hay. Hong Kong, May 2. It is denied that the Spanish Beet ha- left Manila. tin the cnntiury, it is asserted thartho Spanish warship will remain in Manila bay to assist the fort. All Manila tel egram ate censored, and communica tion with Hong Kong has been sus pended. vi iii ii a Treaaare ihle. Hong Kong, May 2. The steamer Ksnieiahla, cluuteied by hanking com panies, has sailed (or Manila to bring nway the specie there. She i said to have order to join the American Beat after her mission is completed. KEY WEST RUMORS. flat I Thai There a No llomlotrd man! at Curdem,. Key West, May I, Today was one of w ild rumor and little action. First came the story of the bombardment of Cardenas by the ships of the fleet sta tioned there. The rumor suddenly de v eloped from nowhere, und developed lustily, acquiring an elaborate finish of detail and ornamentation. The moni tor Puritan itaemed into port, ami Captain Harrington, commanding the Cardenas Beet, gave the story its qui etus by a tirm declaration that there bad bean no bombardment of the Car- datMl batteries, incidentally adding that there were no battel I CI there, und only one or two Insignificant gunboats, which had given no sign of ottering offense. i. ...i . . jrainii.y Aveeaedt London, May i. The Standard's Moscow corrcsui'lent says Hussia has received u severe blow in the suspected friendly agreement between the Culled states and England, charging America With ingiatitudc. Itlamoitil ( tittrra Out r Work. Antwerp, May a. The diamond merchants heie announce that thev will buy no more rough diamonds until spam definitely announces that she will not resott to privateering. This throws 0,000 men out of work. May I M-' i All American.. London, May g. A dispatch from Madrid Ibis evening says the Spani-li government is upon the point of expel ling all citieeni ol the United States from Spain. Mpaalah Mloon Caiihl Key West, May g. The gunboat Newport captured the small Spanish shop Kngracia off Cabanas yeateidav, and sent her capture into port in charge of a prl ciOW. Holy one blank thot was neceaary to bring the Kngracia to. She hail a crew of seven men and a cargo of fish. The men had been in the Spanish navy, and served as a sort of naval re serve. The ottlcer of the Newport say the capture is important, in view of the fact that the little vessel waa at tempting to carry to Havana new of Uie movement of the fleet. WAS IT A SPANIARD T angling Ataenaat Ma rP eraea'e iiuais- Portland, Or., May 2.-A bungling attempt to let Are to the shop or fright en the workmen on torpedo-boats 1 and 18 was made under the wharf of the Wolff & Zw icker iron works about 11 o'clock last night. While nothing could be learned of the perpetrator, a Spaniard or a Mexi can who was seen hanging about tin place all day arid who had been several time ordered awuy is itupestid by th- polioa. The late workmen, who were Just (lilitting tho building, were startled, as the whistle blew, by a dull ropmt ap parently just below the wharf on which the tnrpedo-bouts are building, which shook the structure to its foundation. The Madison street bridge night watch man also heard the detonation nnd saw a blinding flush directly under the (Of pedo-lmatg. Three of the workmen lelied I enteral and harried baneeth the wnaif. Just as they reached the ground, a second ictrt, like that of u shotgun 01 re volver, wus heard, and they saw a light flash for an Initant, but that was all. (Imping about by the dim liht of theii but tat na, they were unable to find any thing which could have made mi ex plosion, and they finally decided to abandon the quest till daybreak. The Spaniard whom the police siis 'ct of having set off the explosion, either with the deliberate parpOM of blowing up the torpedo-boats or set ting fire to the building, or thinking to terrify the contractors, had been slink ing nlnnit the place all day. Whatever was the pUrpOM of the man who set off the explosion, he failed to do any more harm than to set the town agog, for the wh.iil and boats ! were unscatneil. ALLEGED GERMAN NOTE. Hunter Tlial a he Will Nut l'iriiiil III,' HambArdaeeal r Manila. Madrid, May 2. A gn at lm predion has been produced here by a rumor that the Herman government has is sued a note declaring that it will not oppose the landing of tnsips in the 1'hilippines but will not permit i bom bardment, owing to the important Her man mercantile interests in all the towns of the island. Iicrmany' omliion to declare neutrality i beld to ho the cause of the rumor. Japan has requested permission for Japanese naval officers to watch the operations in the Philippines from the Spanish headquarters. The United Suites fleet is not expect ed to reach Manila until Tuesday. The Hpumsh fleet has been divided in two. It w ill Is' reinforced by a large uuxil laiy cruiser. According to dispatches from Ma nila, the Vos Eapanola describes the port of Manila us impregnable. The paper also nays that the forts of Male ton, Sud Malatoa, l'ustci, Mirallas and St. Lucia I'llur bristle with guns, chiefly Krupiw. PORTUGAL'S NEUTRALI t Y. onii-iaiiy Aneeanoert in a Procleinaiioe in MatMMi Lislsin, May 2. The official gazette lodajf publishes the neutrality decree of Portugal in the war between Spain and the United States. It is similar to the decree issued at the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian war, and contains the following six ar ticles: First Forbidding the equipment of privateers in Portuguese water. Second Forbidding the entry of privateers into Portuguese waters. Third Permitting belligerent to make u short stay in Portuguese irt8. Fourth Defining legitimate trade 81 regards the belligerents and foi bidding trading in good oouiidered contraband of war. Fifth Warning PortugtteeO and for eigners in Portugal against actions contrary to the security of the state. Sixth Refuting protection to any Infringer of the decree. COST OF THE WAR. Sum Nix'iltMl rr Aitillli il Rgpansera, A rnty Washington, May riie secretary of the tieasury today received from the secretary of war esli mates of deti- olencica in appropriation! for the ex penses of the war for the remaining two Quartan ( the present fiscal year, aggregating 184,019,987. In Ins' let ter, Secretary Alger says that the acts of congress approved April Hand 16, 1898, authorizing the enrollment ol n volunteer army and plaolng the regular army on a war flatting, will neoeasltata this increase for the organization, sup port and maintenance of tho new foiees. This estimate, which will be trans mitted to congress, is entirely inde pendent of the allotments made by the president to the war department out of the 180,000,000. This will indicate that up to July 1 next (two months! the Inoiaaied ixpendi tares on account of the wur will tie approximately f m,. 000,000. The Spanish government officials are bewildered at the attitude of Ureal Hritain. They believe the government and people of tlrent Hritain hold divergent opinions, and that the official acts of tlreat Hritain are due to a Morel compact With the United States. Washington, May 3. Secretary Al ger this morning issued a most sweep ing ordei directed to all bureau chiefs ef the war department and all officers on sHvUl duly, from highest to low est, instructing theui, under no cir cumstances, to give information to the proas on any subject connected with inewar, a similar order already ists iii the navv department. ex- Manila, May . The government has forbidden the use of cipher dis pat. hei. Au.lrlan. win Fight Spain. San Prancr-co, May 3 The Aus trian Military and Henevotetu Society of this city, in a series of lesolutioiis expressing the utmost loyalty to the United States, disclaim sympathy with Spain. Many of the menilans are ex rtddieis of the Austrian army. They ay they ate ready and anxious to serve undei the -tar and Stripes if there is need of their service. Tha I'.rlt a,fa. New York. May 3. The American liner Pari baa just been sighted ott Fire island. A DISH TtfCUBA Transports are Char tered to Take the Army Across. MAY LAND AT MATANZAS ltrCular Troops Now on th Way to Tampa -Ohjeet U to airlha a Da cl.lt , lllow llrror. tha Hlnr Haa.on Hala ln-ork lo War Department. Washington, April 80.-A rather striking signification of the invasion of Cuba was made today in the charter ing of eight largo steamers, of an aver ago capacity ol about 2,0u0 tont, and able to carry from 500 to 1,000 passen intra i ' . Thee are to lie used as transports for the conveyance of the first military ex;dition to Cuba. The names of the boats are tho Olivette and the Flordia. of the Plant line, now In the Gulf; tho Southern Pacific Com pany's steamer Aranzas; the New Yoik 8c Texas Company's vessels Comal, now at New Vork, and Alamo, now en route to the tiulf, and three lino ships of tho Boston Merchants' & Mariners' line, in Baltimore, the Allegheny, Uorkshire md the Decatur Miller. The price paid for those vessels is from 110,000 to $16,000 for the 30 .lays for which they i" chartered. They will lie taken charge of by the quartermaster department-at the earliest possible moment. General Shatter, in command of tho troops now concentrated at New Of' leans, has lioen in consultation with tho officials today ns to tho execution of plans of campaign, but the orders given bin cannot 1st imide public. The president and cabinet will con sider the large number of application! that have been made for the appoint ment to the ists of major-general nnd brigadier-general, and there is some ex pectation that he will be able to nomi nate a few of these officers stain. General Vitahngh Lee arrived here torlay, after a 10 days' visit to Vir ginia. With him came Mis Cinneros, the young Cuban girl rescued from Ca banas, who has been the guest of Miss I'e. The general shared tho keen pub lic interest in the report of the shelling of Mutunzu. He bus visited that city frequently, and was familiar with the lay of the land and defenses. He said the batterlei were antiquated and were no longer uhle to offer any formidable resistance. Every endeavor is being pnt forward by the war department to organize the volunteer urmy and increase the regu lar army to its full strength. Muster-ing-rnlls of the companies of the volun teer arm v have been prepared in the war department und sent to the offi cers who have been detailed to form ally induct the state trisips into the service of the government. With a few modifications they nre the same us those used in the late wnr. The question of arms and equip ment! for tho volunteer nnny ia now receiving the attention of the ordnanco department and the iiuutcrmastcr-gen-eral's department. As stsui us infor mation is received as lo the exact nam- bar of aimi needed for the volunteers, they will lie shipped to their Btnto rendezvous for distribution. The three independent regiments of cavalry unthorized by tho volunteer army act, ami which ure to be com posed exclusively of frontiersmen, are to be known us the First, Second and Third regiments of United States Vol unteer cavalry. They ure to bo com posed of troop each. HIT fur tha Front. Ohlokatnanga National Park, (la., April 30. The two companies of the Ninth (colored) cavaliy, which arrived in Chattanooga lute this afternoon, were stopped after having started to Ohiokamanga, and switched into tho Wei tern A Atlantic yards. Orders uro sairl to have been received to haVe the troops proceed as rapidly us possible to Tampa, FUu, to which point the troops, trOO Mobile have ulso been ordered, and they will leave before morning. It is currently reported that the com panies oi ineninu regiment now in camp here will he shipped nt once to Tampa, us well as the Twenty-fourth infantry (colored!. Officers of tho Ninth have been making every prepar ation foi departure. Another Letter Haiti Dp, Washington, April DO. Tho jmst offlea department has information ol another letter being held up because it contained treasonable matter. Tho poetmaitef at Banta Oral reported that a letter to Senor Sagasta, Spain, had been mailed there, and, under direc tion of Assistant Postmaster-General Tynan its contents were examined. It waa mailed by a woman who iguve an uddress whet! an answer WOO Id reach her, and contains information in regard to the fortifications of San Francisco, wbere nana are located, eto, The let ter will be referred to the war depart ment. eeneetea' Ipealeh Spy. Laredo. Tex., April 30. When the U-eat Northern mail train arrived this evening a stranger on the train was ar rested by an officer from Fort Mcintosh, nnd from what could bo learned he is thought to be a Spanish spy, who has been under snrveilance all thB war 0,U, R'WJ0,k' He Wtt9 bOMd for Mexico The prisoner is at the post but nothing further of .i definite nature could be learned tonight. New Oi leans, April 80. The gov eminent engineer of Catport has ar rested a man believed to be a Spanish spy. He gave bfal name aa Ink. CiJT and hi. h... T " "'. : -T mw wrlenns. Sev- rrai uutievcioprtl mgp,, descriptive of tW awX s,T"mei,t raki at lort had, were found on htm. The u,an haatHWn held ending Uie action of the army authorities. Tha Tamamrin a... Ituenoa Avres aVraail .v a.. Span- I "V1" emarrano aaihsj yes tcrday uuaer tercet intunctione. TO GUARD THE COLUMBIA. 4u,l.l.ry h.v.i V.M.I wi tinned .1 the Mouth. Washington, April 80.-It ii the in tention of the navy depaitmont to have one auxiliary naval veisol .tationed at the mouth of the Columbia river for ita protection, or in case of neoestity. Tho probab lilies are that one of the mer chant vessels which have been negoti ate.) for on tho coa.t will be nsed for tbia parpOM, or -ome vessel that can be , 1 . 1 lily obtained on tho Columbia. She will probably be armed with six pounders und rapid-fire gum. Tho Or egon naval reserve will probably be muttered In lor service at horciew, at it is desired that men familiar with tiie river ami Pacific Northwest be in command or in msition to render icr vice on board the cruiser. MINES IN THE COLUMBIA. I.onl (IrnVlally NotlUed of Their Bilsteneci (inventor Batam, Or.. April 80. Governor Lord today received from Adjutant Qeneral Corbin, at Washington, the following telegram "The Hccrotury of war reipiireH mo to inform yon, in reply to your tele gram of the 22d inat. instructions have been m nt to engineer officers to plant ninM In rivers and bar bori. Hernia tions for navigation of friendly vessels have I n approved and published by the secretary of war." The governor desires that all iorsons oncerned take notioe of tho facts in the telegram. READY FOR THE SIEGE I'orto lllco Warrhomea Are Full of Trot'lalon. St. Thomas, Wait Indies, April 80. I'orto Kioo advices received hero to rlay say that four Spanish gunboats are at Han Juan do Porto Kico. They nro being painted black or possibly dark gray. Martial law lias been pioclaimod in Porto Hi co, and it is being enforced in a tyrannical manner. Crowds of poo pie are leaving for the interior, and the capital if almost deserted by the civil ian population. The military are most actively en gaged in preparipg for defense Thiity torpedoes have been planted in the channel. In addition, an old stenm ehip has been sunk across the bailor entrance, the buoys in tho channel have been iiltered and from Monday hist, after the news of the blockade of Havana reached there, accompanied by a report that the Cuban capital hud lieen bombarded, nil lights were order eJ extinguished at night. The French residents, when these advices left San Juan, were seeking refugo in tho French cruiser Admiral Higault do Uenuilly. An American sugar estate, it is an nounced, was plundered after tho re ceipt of tho news of the declaration of war between Spain and tho United States. The British consul at Sun Juan, who has charge of American in terests, has cabled to his government requesting that a liritisb wursbip bo sent to that port. Spanish steamers landed at Maigncz, 70 miles from San Juan, Tuesday, u quantity of arms and ammunition, ami there was u similar landing of supplies ut Sun Juan Tuesday. Besides this, about 80,000 tons of provisions were landed at Ban Joan Banday lust. Tho warehouses of Porto Hioo nro reiorted to lie full of provisions, and the Span ish authorities say thoy can stand u scigo of two months. All their coust lights have now been ordered to be extinguished. FRANCE IS NEUTRAL. Mir, i,. i Hotlee Una Reea i:. .. u. ,i ..( lite rnirlamrltlon. Washington, April 30. Tho French embassy toduy received a cablegram from Paris announcing thut a decree ol neutrality between the United States and Spain has been issued, and that u detailed copy will be forwarded by mail. On receipt of the dispatch, tho French ambassador, M. Ciimbon, wrote to the state department informing it of France's neutrality. The cable notice is brief, stating only that the ducioe follows the treaty of PuriB of I860. The state department has also been informed that Mexico, Aigentino Ko publie, Corea and Belgium have pro claimed neutrality. Coroa's neutral ity is considered important, owing to her proximity to the Philippines. The state department has heard nothing from Oerinany, hut this causes no apprehension, owing to the strong assurances Germany has given that she will observe strict neutrality between the belligerent!. This assurance was conveyed to Ambassador White, ami is looked upon as practically equivalent to a foimal declaration of neutrality Hermany, Austria ami Portugal ure the lust of the important Kiiropoan nations to declare their attitude. Powder Works na.troycd. Easton, Pa.. April 30. -The town of Dover, in Morris county, N. J., and the country within a radius of 20 miles was startled this afternoon by a series of tomtie explosions, the first of which occurred at 3:10 o'clock. The explo sion occurred in the Atlantic P.. ' i... Company's works, ,1 the plant Ii ow 'l TT . V"""- Six w'kmen were killed and four others were seriously Injured, some probably fatally The .c. u, ii i e .lean nave not been covered. They are: A W... I . re- r- .' "iii . leer William Haycwk, Klias Aner. AM thn bin..j were marrie.1 and left faiuiliua. 01.y,m,'UAl'ril 39 The snpreme cour has affirmed judgment in the mm ' ;f rMpondant, vs. Tommy and Charlie Moses, 7 tT. May 8. Wt 7ear. Coun" Olad.tonr'. CoBdltlon. Nn and did not .leep very well Vi "'" ttWona, replTSnVSnlJtS of aympathy. writes, referring to the illness of her father: "Wl nnot hope for hie recovery, but the progress of hi, ilne i Tery; 'lew. He will probably remain . us for some time, " a Hull. England. Anril an v. tions are rir,,wHi.. ... ,t' . ; hv A.i..- 1 ",r I'arclian. are or.s-eeilii,.. f... ,1... . ,;h, , " ",e !meri Galilfo Chicago and Topeka. ' FORT BOMBARDED New York, Puritan and Cincinnati Fire on Matanzas. SPANISH RETURNED THE Fh Or..t D.ni.R. Dona f th. roM tlon. of lh. tub.,, renJZS Th.r. W Al.o Lo.. of JfH D.iuago Done to American Waaa2 On Board the Flagship Nee y0rk Matanzas, April 21). T. jw the Purltun and tin, Cincinnati rl barded tho forts at tha mouth el MatT zas harbor this afternoon. There'. 1 no cusuultios on our side, but it j,! lioved thut tho bail of imn a2 pounded in tho forts must hav -ura 0 CjUajj loss ol tiro to tho StlaillanU .i nothing ia known definitely. ' The engagement commenced at It si and ceased at 1:18. The object of 1 attack was to prevent the cnmpatiw g the earthworks ut Punta Urmia. A battery on the eastward arm of. buy opened lire on the flagship, tu this was also shelled. About 13 8-inch shells were 1 from tho eastern forts, but til U abort. Aiiootnvooi six light eliells ,w fired from tho half -completed laum Two of these whizzed over tha )j York, and tho others fell -i,rt. ships left the buy for the oikmi object of discovering the wheieaUm of tho batteries having been ice plished. In tho neighborhood of 300 thgrj wero put on land from the three rest from a range of from 4,000 to ;,gg yards. Hear-Admirn) Sampson, wlicutiht) if bo waa satisfied with the resilt, said: "Yea, I am. I expected to be." Tho half-completed Spanish earth works and buttery were npjrareath; blown up by the shells. All tho ships engaged eliov n. .client markmanship throughout th engagement, nnd when tin y were hat at the shortest range, nearly eroj i 1 1 . i. ..a . anon iouk ' iic i . . Tho fort! which were hombuiM wero on a low-lying point, and tei considered merely enithworks. Tar dhl not make a good target, yet rte the big buns were tired at the (boat range, portions of the forts oonUl . seen flying in the air at every shot Tho flagship returned to ll.ivjni.et the Puritan und Cincinnati were at on the Mutnnzas station. Department Not Infnrtnrd. Washington, April 2U. Si fir could be learned, the ufflriah ei tht adminiatration were not notiWol tbt bombardment of Matanzas jMeflir ufternoon. Tho navy department hep a telegraph office open in the builJia( nil night and a confidential ufBciil mains at tho department all night M trnnsluto tho messages as receini There was considerable Inisiness don over tho wires till tho early iiiurnia hours, but none of the dispatches vw sent either to the White llouiw ut ! the Bccretury of tho navy. , BOMBARDMENT OF HAVANA. Not Ihs Trenail! ParpOM of lilt Go- eminent. Washington, April 29. The wit n nation is substantially this: The blockuding stpiadron retnila passive before Havana, with no prwti purpoeeof bombarding or ol df,:f the fire of tho shore batteries. Ta strategic purtoso of an effective blot! ude of tho Cuban coast is being " plished to the entire satisfaction j authorities here. There is no Ml tlon that a part of the fleet will withdrawn for the purpose of afftwht additional protection to North AllanW porta. No word had come to the depart" up to the close of office hours of thtW rival of the Montaenrat at CienN The officials nre inclined to belief" if she has gotten into port she dw before tho blockudo of Cicnfusoa begun. . Tho very fact that the MadHil ciuls have rnthor oatenUtioW clnrotl that the Spanish fleet lias lo bi.mbrir.l aha nltlM on the lantic Boast is taken as l certain It cation at tho navy department ol utter improbability of such a move mett n .i.i. " I I the 5l i uno ni'ir i tui ttin "i Offlciaj! would be the very hist toow to. ii- nMtilta The navv deoartment, as i. fur the car.'" uai.u ,n iiiiiiuHiiinea hgt prisoners taken by our warship the legal oflicers of the depart" tliinb !,.. .I.n.,l.l V.,, sent to B!l, HI 'III. Vlll'J DIIUUIU uv naval prison. The state department posted a" toduy, stating it had been official ? 1 ..... I . .1 ti.o ii, ,. .. of neutrality dora by Italy, tho Netherlands, Swiow lant Nntnatav an.l Sweden. h'ISS" . - " " - aleo tk ( V Oict. I.ii. It ia Kllllllo-ei w.u.,1...... a .a ' -I , ... official notioe of Great Hritain" Franco's neutrality will be recejw tomorrow. Including Fiance and . Britain, four of the six great peW" Europe, have declared their neutra Great Britain, ltalV, na. Kussia. rha"4 Two Oartnan Staainars I'ur 38.l.inibir New York, April . it Fuerat Bismarck and HafflWrg -been pnrchaaed by theUnrtf 1 "ta' Th Jaelete '"' ( London, April 87. -The ofB J the United States embassy ear t pedo-hoat Somera. now ut ran"""-' deitined to remain in toghuw arrsaya ! ,m.lt '';' H". the neutrality M lUo .....OrilllV IT'"1 ua,-, ma HID H MM. . will be issued tomorrow, an' .h ii for the little craft, without ' " impoeiible for her to attempt w the Atlantic, hai been tccui