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Eugene City Guard. I. L. OAMFBBLL. rrnrUtor. ETJOINE CITY OREGON DOINGS OF THE WEEK A OraipUU Bevlnw of tbn Tnlntrnphla Hawi of TbU nnd All For nlnn Lnndi. A World diipatch from Madrid sayft ..in will yield no territory, and will nut liiiten to peace overtures on mob j bavin. The schooner Jane Gray, which left Koattlo (or Kotxebue sound with a party of jir'i iTturf. on hoard bai hecn wrecked off Capo Flattery. The converted yacht Wasp reports 1 having gone into Otaajfutgoi harlxir and sighting tin. Spanish ofoiaert, probably of Cervcra's fleet Secretary Alger, in a letter to eon- ' ,. .. ,, . :-..,t l. boo or Kb, 000 troop! will go to Cuba at once and be follow ed, aa mon a Mi!ible, by 50,000 more. The run on the Kovenmcnt's hank ha axiom! formldahle iropoitioni, i nid in steadily increasing lay by day. l'Hin in gradually drifting to a pan:r basis. The Plori la eipclition in now safe Ilk QarcJa'l army. A letter bai I toon received in Key Went from one of lh American member of the party, hIiii h a written after the landing wan made. An onmccessfiil attempt wan made hy two Spanish toredo boat! to dee troy the ship of Schley'! fleet, hut they were repulsed and took nhclter beneath tlie Kiinn of the fortn. Thin engagement, it in -m l, wan the first hostile movement off Santiago. The war department in manning ra I ion for 30 dayn for the troops iiescin Ided at Jacksonville under the mm man I of MaJorGoneral LoO, Official! li e line to nay how many men are to bi innceiit rated there, or whether they will ntay at that place for the full 110 dayn for which ration! are provided. Amid the munic of a hundred handn, tlie i deem of hundred! of thomandn ol popple, the blant! of many whiitlea ami the waving of innumvrahle flagn, li.e truus-Miisissippi exposition nil formally opened in Omaha. Nothing i too aired to mar the occaiioti. Preai ilenl McKinley addrenned the annemliled multitude by long-dintanou teleplioue, touched the magic button and the ex Ignition waa dedicated. .lackaonville, Kla., ia likely to be made the bale of OMfStiWM againnt I'orto Kico. General Lee will oen beadguarteii there immediately. The anti-British demonitration! at Manila are intenaifying. The queen 'a portraits are imultcd and all foreigner! are piepuring to take refuge at Cavitn. On Decoration day a big gathering of American! proceeded to the tomb of lmfayette, in tlie i'ypun cemetery, i'arin. ami the tomhwaa decorated with wreatha and mutual flagn. The Hi itiali battleship Itennwn to port! being chimed hy an unknown nteamei while mi her way from Her inn In. The nationality of the piirmi Ing veniel could not be learned. The secretary of win ban authoriaed the governor of Nehianka to mine a leg inieiit of Infantry, under the Teni dent'n necond call. William J. lliyan will lie colonel of the new regiment. Advice f i dim Cadi nay nil tin' kiiiib of hotli hatterie! and loitn are being re placed hy heavier gun!. It in reported that the department f uinum's Meet loin been delayed by dcfti'ta in the torpedo Unit. In the campaign against the Span iard! in Cuba, the n i hit and navy will act together. No decinive blow in likely lo lie Mi uck by either brunch ol the eiiec until the other in ready to en opoiatii. It in Mated that there it a possibil ity id Adolph Sutio, San Kiancinco'i ma v or , partly remvcrlng hi! health, notwithstanding that bin physl ciann have proiiounced bin mental and ph v ica I condition Incurable. Wording to late Manila advicei llicre in serious sickness on lend the Dotted SIMM crulaei Booton, it in bo- In vi I that linh futninlied the venue I at Manila had I n poi-oncl. The Span lard! were caught trying to Strengthen then defenncn and forced to denint. The captain of the llritinh nteamcr l.aiiditon, who caw tlie t'ape Vcrdc Meet in Cnrucoii harbor icpoits tjio Spauinh ships in fair chape, hut coal wus quite Ion with them. All the ven- neli timk on eiimigh to cany iheiu to the next poit The Viicaya and .Maria Terena aim) took on huge iiianlltien of pfOTialoM and other supplies from lighters. An a reniilt of the inventigation the treanury department ban been making into the question ol a tariff fm ilui Philippines to be levied ae military cotnhution during tlie occupation of the lalandn by the Tinted Slates foicen, the adminiitration have practically de cided to enforce the existing Spanish M'hcdiilea only, with such changen ai clicumntani'en may make necessary. Minor News Items. M i j. Henry T. Stanton, the widely known Kentucky poet, died at Eiankfoit. J. ('. Piokea, of Htenhenville, O. , hai conntructcd a boat propelled on the hi cycle principle. M'- Ki.in Hodgson Iturnelt, an- tiior id "Little Land K auntleroy " and other noveln, ban been granted div oce luim Dr. Swain M. Hiirnett, win. pat a 111 DU to use her maiden name, Hodgson. fount Caatollane, who married Anna QoOid, wan a luooeanful candidate In the parliauientary eleotiona at Paris, France, Waller C. Sanger, one of the lead ing hicyi I :hu of the World, ban made the nnnuriicciuenl of bin retirement from i lie truck. Charles Dewey and wife, of Montpe lier, Vt., have juit celebrated their golden wedding Mr. Dewey It a brother ol tlie hero of Manila. A 1 1 1 1 I Nobel, the inventor of dyna mite, who died not long ago, ha! been honored by a beautiful uionuiuvut to t'ie memory at Hamburg. LATER NEWS. A Kingiton, Jamaica, dispatch says 16 warihipa have been nent to leinfuice '. r v. i.i at Santiago. A St. Petcriburg dinpatch nayi the new Kunnian cruiser Kveitluna, 3,H'iH un! diaplacenient, baa been ordered to :he Pacific. The iteamer Urix juit arrived in Seattle bring! newi of a severe hurri :ane at Dutch hartmr. The achooner Helen waa driven aahore, hut not aori uily damagod. The Point Barrow relief expedition haa not yet itartod on ita way. Two volunteer regiment! will em bark at Kan Francisco this week. The troop! selected to go immediately are the First (Colorado and Tenth Paaotyb rania infantry. The coming campaign it the Philippine! ia Ijeing carefully mapped out. The movement against Porto Kico ia likely to be launched immediately. Kcbley'i warships are to bo left to dis pone of the Santiago matter, while the military forces will at once begin the campaign of conquest at the islam further Kant. The Pais, a prominent republican irgan published in Madrid, say! it il i reported that the United t:ites fleet mode a second attack Uin Santiago, and that the Americans forced an entrance into the harlnir. A special from Port in Prince confirm! the news. The ntearner Albion, from ('oprver river, reMrts a second heavy slide on Valden glacier, Alaskn. A iiumU-r of puck anirualn were buried in the snow, hut no human liven were lost. The glacier in now impassable and traffic for the season in nanl to bo at an end. Major-Oeneral Mcrritt has I ri or dered to hasten the departure of the Manila UpadltlOnV The administra tion Intends to get the entire Philip pines expedition under way at the earlient practicable moment. Measures have been taken to render Manihi bay impregnabla 'fin' auxiliary cruiser St. I'uul, Cap tain Sigsbee commanding, ban arrived at New York. Sigsbee says he had plenty of target practice off Santiago and that I'erveiu is bottled Hp. While cruising before Santiago he went in mo close to the harlsir that he was able to make iketches of the fortifications, which were sent to Washington. (!otnunslore Schley1! otflciul report of the Santiago fight has boon received by the president. He suyi there is no reasonable doubt that (Vrveru's fleet is inside the harbor, that hii firing wan to loam the strength of the enemy's batteries, ami was in that respect en tirely satisfactory. None of his vessels weio hit and no casualties occurred. A French corresoiident at Madrid sayi ho learns on the highest authority that (Yrvera is well on hi! way to Manila. Tho vessels in Santiago har bor, he aayi, are Villamil's torpedo boats. The Cue Verdo Iqtlf drOfl is due at Manila shortly. Ccrvcru'M or der! are to destroy Dewey's fleet, an I to intercept and capture or destroy the American transportn on route from Sun Kruneisco. Madrid newspaper! maintain tlmt Corveru's Heel in calling in the. direc tion of the Philippinca. The lecretury of war ha! nent con gress a request for uppropi iationa amounting to ...s;:i,:i5l. These an piOrpriatiotll will he lined for tho QllptnOnl and maintenance until June 1, iv.o.i. aj Dm 115,000 volunteer! re cently called for hy the president. Suntiagn in to ho invested by n land force. Ooverninent offlciall think a naval attack alone might not Ih effect ive. Haste in essential, us the prospect of the early approach of tho cyclone season make! Schley's stay in the open sea imriloiin. Secretary Alger intimates that the invasion of I'orto Kico will promptly follow tho fall of Santiago. Til" state department nnd the attor ney general, hy direction of the presi dent, are working hard in the prepare tio-i of a form of government (or Cuba Hfter the Spaniards are driven out. An effort is being made to have a complete plan for these opeiiitious ready to be put into effect us soon an peace is de clared. LowM with wealth hut deserted and starving, John Roobol, once a well known manufacturer of Sunn I'll v , la., polished lant Apfil 00 the trail botttOM Dawson and Dyea, Alanka. The news of his death rem bed Sioux t'llv in a letter to his widow by RJobOfd Hen dilcksoii, from Seattle. Ho was aban doned by bin OOnrodai and left to dii". In tho engagement at Santiago the Bpaniah Baglbip t'rislobal I'olon was struck twice by shells (nun the Maaaa OBneeMl und the batteries were b.nllv damaged hy the New Orleann. tiring ol the pro iaei Three liiindred shots were tired by the Americans. No American vessel wan hit and no one on tho -hips injured. The Spanish Iosm Was not heavy. ( has. W. Post, who ban Just re turned from Hong Kong, says that pre vious to the battle ul Manila, Admiral Dewey had a social passage at arum with Prince Henry, a brother ol Bov peror William o( lleriniuiy. I'nnce Henry alighted the 1'nitod States at a ci to. of toasts tendered at a banc net, and was made to apologise to the hem of Manila. The asilogy was wnticii. Il is roHirtisl that BlahOf John P. Newman, of the IfoUtodiOt Kpiscopul church, will soon letire from active duty because of ill health. James U. Mead, one of tho oldest the atiical managoia in Ameiica, died suddenly at his home in Now fork city. Ho was Its yean old. Belgium has been caught in a de liberate violation of neutrality law. She 001 Hilled the steamer Kavcrina to load at Antwerp with war munitions, supposedly foi the Spaniards. The chlofi of Hlice of the National Association of the Dnited BtateJ and Canada at their session in Milwaukee puaaevi a resolution Icclanng their sup port of the government in ita war with Spain. Tbo pen with which Pieeidcnt Me Kinley ligned the resolution! iMed by the senate and house extending the thanks of oougrena to I'oiiiino lore Dewey waa, at the president'! nuggea llou, given to Secretary Porter to keep ntil Commodore Dewey's return to thia oouatry. Then it will be pre ut d to kim. MERRIMAC SUNK'.. Blow Up by a Spanish Torpedo in San tiago Harbor. IkILD TO FORCE A PASSAGH Hpanlnrda Alluwrd II. . In OfOM "' Ilfftfrnsfi I. hie Wumlifir of Vlrllina Nnl BeketOael ' : iiionini ii. rut of Fortn niol Hijundron. Cape Hayticn, Iiayti, June fi. The American fleet, according to advices re ceived hy cable fiom Santiago do Cuba, the cable being under Spanish control, opened fire again at 3 o'chxk this morning on the fortifications and war ships. The cannonade was well sustained until 4 A. M. One of the American auxiliary cruiser! (well armed) attempted to force the passage into the harlsir. Tho Spanish allowed the cruiser to cross the firit line of tor s-, loos, but beforo she arrived at the second line, they discharged a torpedo, which broke a great bole in her side and caused her to sink almost iuituntlv, bow tint. One officer, one engineer and six sail ors were made prisoners by the Spaniards. ADMIRAL SAMPSON'S FLAGSHIP, THE NEW YORK. 10:2 A. M. A dispatch from San tiago says that the vessel sunk is On dcrsttxsl to he tho Merrimac. Only the extremities of her funnel an I two masts ure seen ulsivo wutei. Thi Neni From Purl hii I'rlnrr. Port no Prinoe, Hayti, June 6. This morning at H o'clock, the Ameri can siiadrou began the bombardment of the fortilicntions of Santiago do Cuba, und a lively cannonading ensued for two hours, which silenced the Spanish butteries. An American vessel, tho Morrinia", described in the cable from Santiago as an auxiliary cruiser, made a dash to forco the entrance, succeeded in passing the flrot line of defenses, but was tor pedoed about 600 feet up the channel. She went down "perpendicularly." An officer, an engineer and six seamen were taken prisoners. Tlie number ol victims is unknown. Only the funnel an I mastheads of the sunken vessel can ho seen. There is great excitement in the city. A part of the popolntion ussisled in the fighting on tho heights. Every body is astounded ut tho audacity of the American vessi I. The American iQuadion waeoroiting nil the while in the otting. (It will U' noted that there is an lm sirtant discrepancy as to the time at which Ure boenbejrdraent is said to hate begun this mOining between the dis patches from Cape Hiytien and Port au PrinOe, the former saying 3 o'clock and tho lattei K o'clock. Il is poetible that Ibis arises from a confusion be tween the liguren 3 and s. The San tiago advices in refeionce to tho sunken vessel as an auxiliary cruiser is prob ably a mistake. The Merrimue is a collier, and has always been I collier, i Nnvy Depaartaannit'! A4 vlnea. Wasliingtiui, June I, NotwiUtand ing the rather positive statement coin ing ltm Jamaica to the etfect that the second Spanish fleet from I'adia has eroooed the Atlantic ami is about to join Onttere at Santiago, the olflcers of the navy di'pailment refuse to be frightMed ut what they declare to be a bugaboo. It appents that the basis ot their coiifldeuce is a telegraphio resirt of as late date as yestcrdav, declaring that the Cadi! fleet is still at OtdUV Morimver, they know that thcieiire not as many as 1ft ships in that Meet Ion-Ion June It. According to u dispatch from Madrid, K.I lleraldo, with legard to the situation at Santia go de Cuba, says: "It ia 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 waa never before led through such a slrrit road of peidition." -.ccl.lc Cn- ' - lent Home. New York, June ti.- Thirty-nine Spanish prisoner!, captured on the nteamei Kita. off Porto Kico, arrived in thu oity todav on the nteamcr Soul nolo. They were turned over to the Krone Ii .vrisnl (or shipment hack to Spain. 1 to- Co i r c.cn a, n i Keleaird. Havana, Juno . The correspond ents Whigham and Hobinion, recently captured after having been landed on the const, hnee been released, owing to the inprenentatiou! made In their be half by Mr. Go! Inn, the Britiah ooniul. GRtAT pson nnd hrhlr llavn Jelnrd Thnlr I'urrrs. Off Sunt i ago do Cuba, via Kingiton, Jamaica. June 6. Bear -Admiral Sampnon, with the c-uiser New York, : i in flignhip, aciomnine I by tho bat ' tle lhip Oiegon, ciui- r Mayflower and I the toriiedo boat Porter, Joineil Com I modore Schley 'n KjoadrOO off Santiago Wedneaday morning, anJ tueil com bined command! have the gpenlat fleet aeturely locked in the harbor. Admiral BoajNWO left the heavy monitor! and light gunboat! off Car lenai Monday BOrniog, all danger of the apaiance of til! Spaniard! from the eaitward having been remOTOll with the definiled information that Schley bad hunted I hem to their holes, and under com u. and of Commodore Watson, the tsonltoii and gut. U returned to reinforce the blockade on tlie north coast of Cul Admiral Sanion 'lid not assmiie command of the amalgamated sipjud 1 rom on iiia arrival. Each MJoadrOO I retaJjnj ita eeparati entirety, and Com IntodOTO Schley hail his iliigle-itarred pennant on the Brooklyn. The American fleet "fi Santiago now number! U lighting slui-s, tWO colliers und a cahle cutiio ship. Neither the Solace, the hospital ship, nor the Bed iCroi! ihip State f Texas, which the dispatch boat Dauntless passed on her way here, ha! yet put in un appear ance. Tlie fighting ships are the New York, Brooklyn) Iowa, Oregon, Maaaa- Ichunetts, Texas, New Orleann, Marnle beal, Dolphin, Mayflower and Vixen, and the i-lo-boat Porter. There ii every indication that active operations ; will begin ut once. The cable which binds Cuba to Ma drid and the outside wot Id w as cut to day. Pending the execution of Admiral Sampson's plan of campaign, our ship! form a cordon about the entrance of Santiago harhoi to prevent the niesi ble egress of the Spaniards. Communication has also been hud with the shore. Tho mountains and hills which surround Santiago are in full possession of the Cuban insur gents. The reconnoissnnco made by our ships, principality the smalli r yachts and torpedo-boats, which are able to creep clone inshoie at night, has pretty definitely determined the location and character of the defenses of the haibor. Several new batteries have been I hrow n up on the high ground on each side of the entrance, and it is evident the Spaniards are prepared to make u strong reeietanoe, NOT A SPANISH VICTORY. Cell lev May Have Been leal m to Meek nile Inn i annual, Washington, June (I. The Post aayi: There is absolutely no doubt in the minds of the naval officials in Washington that the lending of the collier into the haibor was a pre.tr ranged move on the part of Admiral Sampson. The Use of a collier, the un usual hour of the morning, the n00tt ally ol oiocKailing the channel so us to relieve some of the ships of tbo -una. I run from remanin g stationed off San tiago, the importance of dilODVOring whelhei the mines weie effective nil these make il certain that the Merri mac was deliberately lent lo her de struction. It was not a Spanish vielory il was a cleverly sininged scheme on the part of the American Admiral, and it was successful. The eight men in a Spanish prim .lie tho leal heroes of thenar. If the Merriuiao went in under her own crew it is interesting to know that her i. i- plement of officers consisted of Com mau ler J. M. Miller; Lieutenant W. W. UlUraer, executive officer; Bneigni J. K. Y. Blakeig aud J. M. Luny, and First Brjgineer K. K. Crank. Millet is from Missouri, Uilmer from Vh giuia, Hlakely Irom Pennsylvania, und Luby and frank from Texas. It is i (peeled that remirts will he ceived today from Adiii which will give details of the Mem. MM s clestru. ti and the the eight men who have tared. names bis'ii clnhn l . sooith ladlntMl, Port Townseiul, June tl. The steamer Karallon, which ariived heie tonight, from Alaska, brings news that in addition to the indictment of eight cuitoms officer!, the giund jury at Bitka bai brought In two true bills against John U. Smith, OS-United lliuiu .. : l . ... .-...o- . on, ii, :,,, ,,,.r al r-k lgw.iv, on charges of extortion and accepting Smith has been arrested. bi i lien. The Merrlllinr. Baltimore, June 6. The Merrimac was purchased by the government from the Lone Mar Steamship Company, in April. She was formerly the Norwe gian MeeOMhlp Solveig SI,.. . .. 1....I. I at Sea cum le in Mil ,! .,, .::,, , . - H.Ik long, H leal beam and registervsl 3,1'Ji tous. R.pon rnaarmed. nne report mat a revolution bun broken out t San IVtmingo has tne i confirmed, the luppoend exiluiou j froui t'ape Haytieo being really ti, I departure of Domicicaa revolutlouista. er. ... ... 1 I I 1 THE FIRST BLOW Detailed Account of the Bombardment of Santiago. AMERICAN SHIPS UNINJURED Dynmnlt Cruiser Vesuvius Will Conn. tannine the llnrbor nnil Then Cnr . . , , vv in i..- Forrod lo I ik-h l nl One Nnnlh Fortn Ollgf In4i Port Antonio, Jamaica, Jnne 4. For in hour Tuesday afternoon. Iho Massa :husetts, Iowa, New Orleans and I'iicn, of Commodore Schley's squad ron, exchanged ihota with the Spanish Sect, under Admiral Cervera, and with ihe land batteries guarding tho harbor A .Santiago de Cuba, behind which the fleet is hiding. The engagement il the first which has occurred between tho ! ;wo naval force!, and wu hut a pre- ! lode to serious work in tho latter part ' of the week. No uttempt was made by tho Ameri cans to bring off a general engagement, : it being Schley's desire to locate the latteries on the hills aliove the har lxir, and to determine the position of the Spanish fleet. shortly before 1 o'clock, Commodore gchley left the Brooklyn lor the Massa chusetts, on hoard of which battle-ship ho remained during tho night. At 2 clock the signal to form column wus lwted on tho flagship, and the New Orleans, Iowa and Vixen fell in in tbo ardur named. Tho Massachusetts steamed slowly until alajtit five miles west of the har bor entrance, when sho turned in to ward the shore, and when about 0,000 yards off she turned east again and Isiro down on the harbor, tho New Or ' leans being close op and the Iowu hull i mile behind. When she had passed tho harbor en trance by 600 yards, a great cloud of white and yellow emoke burst from tho two 13-inch guns in her after turret, rnd two shells rose over tho hull, one nf them stiiking the Spanish flagship Cristobal Colon, as she lay at anchor, and tho other falling close alongside. The two guns on tho forward turret were then tired, and their shells ex ploded, throwing great geysers of ipruy ulose to the Colon. All tho shore batteries took up the challenge and begun a rapid fire on tho Massachusetts, hut sho was soon lie yond their range, and the butteries turned their guns on the New Orleans. This cruiser had been bid to pay at tention to tho batteries, and to draw their fire as much as possible, and sho obeyed instructions to the letter. Her first shot located a large battery on tho hill above Morro. It flew straight into the fort and seemed to have canned much damage, as a great cloud of dust and debris lose when tho shell buist. , Two more shots sent part of the walls ui Morro flying into tho air, and then ; tne Sew Orleans confined heiself to the batteries, he: lire being rapid and rAhii-iiu-iy milium-. j-.vt-iv nilOl SOU fired made trouble for Spain. The Iowa, like the Massachusetts, devoted be! attention to tbo ships in Ihe haibor. Their 13-inch shells made Ihe vubT fly about that part of the harlsir in which tho Cristobal Colon lay. The iutter, however, was not ioriously damaged, and kept up her fire until long after tho American ship. steamed out of range. The ironclads bore down on tho har bor once mine. Tho flagship kept on until less than 4,000 yards from shore, and t! n her shells again begun to heave up tho water of Santiago harbor. This time, the shore batteries were better served, and the Spanish replied to the warships' fire in energetic fash ion. But nearly all of tho shots of the batteries fell short. Then Oaml the New Orleans once more, her long black guns doing fearful woik and turning up the ground all iroond the butteries in tho most savage manner. Tho Spaniards dropped shells close to the Iowa us she eumo by tho second time, sending a stream of shells into the harbor as she did so. The Spanish warships, with the ex ception of the Cristobal Colon, were behind the hills, and could not see tho enemy, who threw shells around them with such rapidity that they knew he was somewhere on the other side of tho bill, and then hopefully raised the muzzles of their guns and hanged away. Ihe result was what might have been expected. Tho fire toro the bosom of tbo Caribbean sea, but it harmed noth ing else. After tho Massachusetts passed tho point where sho could fire into tho har bor with advantage, she returned to the open sea, tho other vessel follow ing her. Then the ticht Was over iw far as the Americans were concerned. It is likely that tho early part ol next week will see more serious work. The dynamite cuiiser Vesuvius is coming down, and an attempt will bo made by her to explode the trinin ot mine.- extending across the harbor'. moutn. Ita these out ot Commodore Bohley will sail harbor for a death grapple fleet and batteriea. tho way, into the with the New ork, June -l.-A dispatch from Washington to the Kveuing World snyn: It was determined todav to place 75.000 trooe at Chiekamuuga, which is to be made a permanent camp.' This will be the largest camp in the I Oited Stat,-s. Most, if not all, the troops mustered in under the second call will be Ml there foi eiiuipmeut oiganixalion and dtill. .Hputn'n Appeal to Knrope. London, June 4 The Vienna oorro- W0 uaily .Mail savn: Spain haa nddrvMod anothci appeal to the 1 powers to intervene in the war. and A ..... t- I ... I ctcc.-i . ii. icr.c-,, , c ... ,.,... i . . . IT, " 'X in conjunction with other powere. Konr He I lloup,, Oe.troynd. Mombay, June i. a confl..ilnn " nincn wan not mastervnl , 14 toun, bai destroyed 4,000 Jjoul Joing damage to the amount of 3.0.000 Thia is supposed to b trd Ore of India. it n .1 lia m MUr nnur bbh n Voluutnnrn of Second Mnnlln Expedition Mnjr Defend Uawnll. San Franclioo, Jnne 4. The report from Wuhlngton that tho annexation if Hawaii i! aliout to bo consummated is given credence by the officers at Camp Merritt and they aro already flg oring on an order to iond troops to tho island to look after United State in tercita, and aorao ol the volunteer! who fear they will not lie sent to tho Phil ippines aro counting on being oidered to Hawaii as a place ol second choice. General Merritt is arranging the do mils of the second expedition to tho Philippines, but haa not yet made pub lic the assignments of troops for tho expedition and he will not makoho jnlcr public until the date of the sail ing of the fleet ha! boon determined. It ii .tated In somo quarters that tho expedition cannot possibly sail for two week! yet, and it is even seml-offlcia'ly stated that the veiscls will not bo ready for 10 duye yet. Just who is causing the delay U a mystery. Tho owners of the vessels say that they have not ie ceived any hurry-up orders from Wash ington and that they can perform their share of tho contract at short notice, us soon as definite ordeis aro received. Transports for the Army of liivusiun. Washington, Juno 4. Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn.of the war depart ment, today iecured additional trans ports for approximately C.00Q men for the Cuban army of invasion. This s a oil- the total number of available v I- to over 30, with a carrying ca pacity of nearly 30,000 men. Tho -hips secured today will be sent to Florida ports, chiefly Tampa, as fust us prac ticable and prepured for service. The procuring of these additional ships at this time is taken us un indi cation ol tho promptness with which tho war department proposes to take the offensive in operations against the Spanish in the West Indies. Or. gun .1 c.i 10 . 1 the Fleet. Key Wett, Juno 4. Tho battle-ship Oregon joined tho fleet this morning, finishing the most remaikablo long distance cruise in tho history of mod ern Iron, la Is. Hor reception by tho fleet wus worth hor achievement. Ihe dispatch-boats lying outside tho squad ron raised their flags as tho Oregon bore down between them, whip; her ofllceis and men wavod their hands and cups. The big fighter slowed down to a majestic pace and then the noise ho gan. Hunk upon rank of whito-clad sailors Drone into yells which came over half u milo against tho wind and the crow of tbo Oregon Bent them back with interest. Then the chips, each white with men, rcnowod the greeting, and each vessel of the fleet joined in again as the Oregon came between tic flagship and the Indiuna, tho former's hand playing "The Washington Post March." Then un exchange of visits begun, and tbo officers und mon of the Oregon wero heartily complimented ind welcomed by all. BEHRING SEA CONTROVERSY. Will Be -til. I by the Termination ol I . I i.-i. Henllng. Washington, June 4. Tho Canadian negotiations recently concluded hero led to tho signing of a protocol which formally ogieed to tho exact subjects to bo submitted to an international committee. While the protocol makes no preliminary agreement on the sor erul questions, yet it is tho general un derstanding among officials that the Bc-hring sea question will ho adjusted nnd finally settled by tho complete termination of pelagi- oaling. While no agreement toward giving up pelngio sealing was reached luring the meet ing, tho discussion wai: along tho line! indicating that the commission. inh- j out difficulty und with due regard for the interests ol both governments, I could put an end to tho Behring sea contiovorsy hy agreeing to a couiploto suspension ol pelagic sealing. Mpanlunln BeaUsa Their Ulumler. Sew York, Juno 4. A dispatch to the World from San Domingo says: The American fleet attempting to forco tho Spanish squadron which has taken refuge iu Santiago de Cuba, to engage in battle on Tuesday, bombarded Ports Morro, Socupa und Punta Oorda, dis charging 70 shots. The Spanish did not 'lure to place thcnihelves in a posi tion to return the Are of the American Hoot, tlnly tho cruiser Colon dis charged a few useless shots. The Span ish feeling at Santiago now is that Ad j miral Cci vein's fleet is in n trap. Private news from Porto Kico shows thai II persons were injured during the bombardment of San Juan. Tho hind batteries suffered heavy damage. Americans and Cubans here resident have tuinsinitti 1 1 y mail pre-an-DOOnced signed petition to Pieaident McKinley, expressing tho urgent neces sity of retaining Consul Orimpkoat his poet. French Ammunition for Spain. London, June 4. A letter rccoiTod here from Paris soys considerable quantities of large and small ammuni tion are traversing the Pyrenees from ranee into Spuin, and that there is no attempt to stop tho traffic. Norfolk. Va., Juno 4. Tho United states ship Menlo left the navy.yurd for Key West with 3,600 tons of 'am munition. A Inrgo number of 13-itich sholls aro in tho consignment. Lake Tut Sank. Dulnth, Minn., June 4. Tho ttig Record, one of the Ionian fleet, and one of the stanchest on the lakes, was ruuoown ana eunK in the ship canal jost befoio uiidnfght. Three of the tug's crew went down with their boat They were: Captain John Hricklet, Klmer Cook, George Kiggs, engineer. In tropical regions when the moon is at its full, objects ure distinctly visible several miles away. By starlight only print can be read with ease. Klot. In the Punjab. Bombay, June 4. Serious riots Ce cil r red yesterday at Multan, a city of the Punjab, between Mohammedans and Hindoos. The disorders arose in connection with the Murrain festival Knives were fieely used, and 36 per sons wore more or less severely injured. Many arrests were made. The Ilnpunt nnmnajne. Mobile, June 4. Tho torpedo-boat Dnpont ariived hero today to go Into dock for repairs to her hull, 8he hav mg been in collision with some Teste) at hey West SEA TRACfir Schooner Jane (;ra. Goes Down With 34? Passengers. NINETY MILES OFF Hriioc n I i nk i mmu, . . . .. - " iiiiiu'i oirttrn ihI I , -w S)ur Ivors- The lll.rntrd Banna' An Koseeeee. Seattle. Wash., June :$. The . 1 11 "n nv ,:l s"" urnj, wnieii mile. tlo for Kutseboe sound on M.,y j9 " 01 people on board, foundered .in (mom ri)v miles Flattery at 2 o'clock in the "wiii,,. while Ivinir to in a mo I,., ., , ii t 7 "" Kaie ncdv foresails. Ten minutes after tlm .i was given she lay at the hott0Ia of ty ocean, with 34 of her passi-i, remaining 27 succeeded in eafcuj in a launch, and reached this 0jly afternoon, Thoso lost are: Signor (iain, Italy; signer Brenn, Italy; Jack Lindsay, Everett- Vh Qleaeon, Seattle; W. A. Johnson w tie; V. J. Smith, Seattle; c - attle; P. C. Little. Seattle; a Young, Seattle; W. D. Milla,,, CJ Horace Palmer, Lebanon, o. p JJ J Banlsberry, Minnesota; a h h'i,:j Dwight, 111.; U. D. Koniev, M""5 B. K. Snias, jr., Seattle; J. M man. Westtield, N. J.; );. v, m, California; P. a Taylor, (iilil22 B. S. Si oncer, California; W p ), Edward f. Kilter, P. w. i;,,,;,, j' a Front, V. P. Levering, W'i'la Otter, 0. P. McKolvcy, M. Q Brw'" C. C. Akins, X. Hedlond, Ciiarle Wij" liams; V. C. Gamhel, wife ami chill' mlieionaty on st. Lawrenoe island, ia Behring sea; one other. Nearly nil of the Jane (jray'i ny -eiigers weie prospectors. It is (ossiblo that there may be four ,01 five survivors whose names cannot he ascertained. Captain Crockett gave the followin? account of the wieck: "We were lying to under otn fore sail. A modetato gale was blowine und the sen was running iiKh. Uj gono to bed, and was asleep wh. watohman wakened me with the m nouncemcnt that something wasw-,,. I arose nt once, and found the v -leaking. A hurried invostigation showed that she would soon link, and I ut once notified the passeagtnei thu situation. Most of them were njlcrp underneath tho deck. A scene of con fusion then took pluce, and it is im. sible to give any detailed account 4 the events that followed. The Jirb ness added to the confusion. TmJim Gray carried two lifeboats anil Wo launches. I at once ordered the tau lowered. The first lifeboat xu wamped, The jlanneh Kennoma, bt longing to the Ingruliiiin party, ns successfully lowered. At this time tin Jane Gray was almost under wuter. "A heavy sea Ittack her, throwing her on her beam. There was no time to launch other boats. The water wi over her hatches, and every oue llow a.- coi I n in I v 1 1 row lied. 1 hose en ilei ( borriedly got in the launch. A sack of prunes und one of turnips were Imtilj taken from the ship's stores, ami thil was the only food we had till we reached Vancouver islam). As the launch drift ed away from tho almost sulimergnl schooner wo saw eight or ten men itaoil ing on tho lee mil clinging tn,l rigging. Soon they disappeared fna Bight. Two of them, Job Johnson ui C. J. Keilly. kept afloat by clingingk bundles of boat lumber. Two hour? after they were picked up by on launch, making 27 in all we bad Ii hoard. It is handy possible that there will bo four other survivors. "Just before the Juno Gray ilinap peared under the waves we thought" saw tho second launch tliut was iv board with four foi ins near it. wero bo indistinct that wo were Nj sure. They seemed to ho getting i tho launch. Wo saw nothing of ths when daylight came. "Wo improvised a sail and p:vldl and after drifting 30 hours in tk launch, finally landed inside nf l!intel Mint) Kyuqnot sound, on Vancoml island, 80 miles from the scene of tk wreck. A lire was built on ths bti& and wo made a inenl on roasted moe sols. Wo hud no food since the nit. beforo tho disaster, excepting the of prunes and turnips that we lhre into the launch. We got our ilrinking water by spreading out a tubulin i driving ruin. An Indian who chaw1 to come along informed us tint village of Kyuquot wus but six away. Wo went there, and found tlie sealing schooner Favorite hecsta and arrangements were made to ")' our party to Victoria. We I there this morning, in time to w" the steamer for Seattle." The June Giuy was a schooner ol ' J tons. She was built in bath, '' ' 18S7. She was owned and operated! McDougall & Soiithwick, of 1:oV Ootaide of tho minors' otitlits. she W ried no cargo. Orneral r.rant Tke Ihr Onih. Chickamauga National Park, J"" 3. General P. D. Grant today b,k,T oath us a brigadicr-genernl. The was administered by Judge Ibi't'-'1 Rome, Oa., an qi-Oom federate, andjg ceremony wus witnessed by a Isf crowi'. 'Oencial Grunt expressed Ut faction '.hat hfl should have th l"1' lego of ansuming tbo obligation! ' ? office (;,,!, so distinguish! i'e,',lr nte, a-id, when the ceremonv wasovf. great shout vent up. KnanitBf u ir.i.-,. a to ihr i hiiipp"" WieJ Cal June 8. -It , ho -..' i.4 I . .. Mure li"liw - v uii'irc hicic. i a . . c . MTyyard that the Monadtu'ck been I,. nil In Mnnilu und that th government has purchase.: the Url' ship Whitgift to accompany her. 1 Monndnix-k is now on her w.T " from Puget sound to be docked. All Qnlnt en the Blorkmlr Kev Went, June 3. -Tho auxiH7 funboat Uiica! arrives) thi! mormW from the Cnlian ooast. She WporM" qnlet on the Havana blockade '1C the left last night.