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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1898)
Lincoln County Leader J. P. STEWART. Publisher. TOLEDO OREGON Into renting Collection of Items From Many I'laoes Colled From the TreM lteports of the Current Week. Tho end of tho severed Munila cable is Raid to be on board an American war vessel. Tho Spanish "official" version of the bombardment of San Juan is that the American licet was gloriously beaten back. Gormany lias intimated to the United States, it is said in London, that she expects to have a voice in the disposi tion of tho Philippine islands. A boarding-house burned in Chicago and three of the inmates lost their lives, while four other were injured a milliner ol narrow escapes are re ported. a Washington correspondent says that Admiral Dewey lias had instruc tions sent him from Washington order ing tho immediate destruction of all Spanish warships and fortifications at the Philippines. Spain is overrun with plotters vleylontes, Carlists and Republicans are each striving to raise- a revolt Their latest scheme is to obstruct pro cedure in parliament, so that the people win uo in an explosive mood when the next Spanish reverse shall occur. Four of the men killed on tho Wins low were laid at rest in the city ceme tery at Key AVest. They were buriod in tho shallow lime rock, side by sido with tho graves of the victims of the Maine. The body of Ensign Bagley was sent homo for interment. There is a suspicion in Washington that Frenchmen wnro behind the guns at Cardenas Wednesday. It is said they shot too well for Spaniards. An inquiry is probablo, and if the suspicion proves to uo well grounded, complica tions may ensue between the United States anil France over tho incident. A column of ii.OOO Spaniards started for Moron, Cuba, carrying a flag of truce. When fired upon by the insur gents, the commander sent word that ho was no longer making war upon the Cubans, but was going to tho coast to fight the Americans. General Lopez replied: "Spain cannot fight the United States without lighting us. Their war is ours." Then he again opened fire. Tho Spaniaids lost DUO men in four days' march to the sea. Tho house, by a vote of 1)0 to -IS, has refused to consider tho senate immigra tion bill. i As a result of tho deficiency of rain fall in the piincipal grain-growing dis tricts, California's wheat crop ia pro nounced a failure. The correspondent in Rome of news papers in Paris all affirm that a revolu tion in Italy is i incnt, and that n popular rising throughout the country will not long be delayed. A hold attempt was made to hold up the stage running from AUuras to Ued 'liug, Cal. The highwaymen three times shot the driver, who, however, fought desperately, ami finally succeed! oil in heating oil his hold assailants. The Manila rebels cannot be ro stiaincd, and massacres of Spanish priests and officials continue. A proo lamntion iuod by the rebel chief call ing upon all insurgents to obey Dewey's orders fails to completely stop tho bloody work. A serious outbreak by hungry Span ish pea-ant occurred in the town of l."goiii'k, Spain. Grain stores were attacked and pillaged. A cavalry troop halved the mob, but it was repulsed by a determined onslaught made by women armed with axes and cudgels. A Hong Kong special to a New York paper says a trailing vessel from tho Philippines report having witnessed the destruction of a Spanish warship by the United Stales gunboat Concord u't Hoilo. The light lasted two hours. There was no casually or damage on the Concord. Commissary-General l'gan has or dered the purchase of 1,000,000 rations at San Fianeisco for tho tioops to be sent to help Admiral lVwoy complete the conquest of the Philippines, and Assistant Secretary Meikeljohn has chartered two line steamers us trans ports. The Hawaiian mail has arrived in Washingtun, and it is given out that the Hawaiian government stands ready to afford the United States all possible aid in carrying out its military and naval plans in the Pacific, furnishing its ships coal, refuge and facilities for repairing. A Cadis special says the Spanish war and naval departments are advancing preparations for u relief expedition to the Philippines, which it is said will bo composed of K.000 regular soldiers and two balallions of marines. In struct ions have been sent to General Augusii to hold out as long as possible, 40 days being required for the arrival of n expedition going by way of tho Sues canal and the Red sea. LATER NEWS. Astoria celebrated the opening of the Astoria & Conuibia rairoad by sending an excursion of 16 cars to Portund. Admiral Sampson reported to the navv department from Cape Haytien, saying that he woud start for Cien fuegos. Spanish prisoners aro being closely guarded. Officers as well as privates are kept under surveilance at Fort Mc Pherson. More soldiers are needed for service. There is a strong probability that the president will soon issue a call for 100, 000 additional volunteers. Tho war revenue bill has been called up in the senate. Allison presented it and made a statement to the effect that the bill will produce $150,000,000 an nually. Tho New York correspondents im prisoned in Fort Cabanas in Cuba are saved. General Blanco has courteously acceded to an exchango, which will be made at onco. John Lee, of Birmingham, Ala., shot three men to show that he was not afiaid of the Spaniards. Ho became enraged upon being twitted upon his alleged lack of courage. It is said tho presidont has decided to abandon tho peaceful blockade, and instead has issued oiders to bombard every fort until Spain's guns are silenced. French officials deny tho charge of violating the neutrality laws. The minister of marine declares he has hoard nothing of permission having been given tho Spanish fleet to coal at the island of Martinque. The Spanish cabinet has resigned in a body. Sagasta is charged with the duty of organizing a now one, whose war policy is to be more vigorous. The chambers have been linked to suspend their sessions pending tho solution. Tho Spanish fleet is oil again, the last of tho warships having sailed from tho coast of Curacoa for an unknown destination. The departure was en forced by the governor of the island notifying Cerveras that his shins must depart. The last of Oregon's quota of voun teers have departed for San Francisco They weie given an ovation on their departure from Portland, business houses having been closed to permit empoyes to bid thoir fiicuos and brothers good bye. An official announcement just issued by the governor of tho island of St. Thomas prohibits tho delivery of coal to the warships of the belligerent pow ers without previous permission of tho governor, who will determine tlici amount each vessel may receive and who will supervise its delivery. A Washington special says: A big surprise awaits the Spanish" admiral if he sails for Martinique There he is apt to find a new squadron, composed of the Oregon. Marietta, Buffalo, Nich theroy, Montgomery, Yale and St. Louis. An order has been sent to Ad miral Sampson to effect a junction with Captain Clark and then remain near Martinique. Under orders the Oregon has been making rapid time since she left Bahia. Tho North German Gazette of Berlin says it learns the insurgents of the Philippine islands have secured ull the anus stored at Cavite arsenals. A Madrid dispatch says it is reported that a stiong military expedition is be ing organized at Cadiz and that it will shortly proceed to the Philippine islands escorted by the Cadiz fleet. Tho war department's plans for an immediate invasion of Cuba have been materially changed by the news of the presence of the Spanish fleet in West Indian waters. It will delay the move ment for a time. Tho Spanish fleet sighted off Mar tinique is said to have consisted of live large warships and two torpedo-boats. The American squadron now at San Juan includes Sampson's six strongest warships, the New York, Iowa, Cin cinnati, Indiana, Detroit and May. tlower. The transport steamer Gussie, which left Key West with a big expedition for Cuba Wednesday night, had a lively engagement with tho Spanish at Cabanas, province of Pinardel Kio, but succeeded in accomplishing her mission. Tho Gussie carried 7,000 rilles and a largo amount of nmnnitinn for the Cubans. A later report says the Cu bans failed to meet the Gussie, and she did not affect a landing. Chaos reigns at Nuevitas, Cuba. Every boat in the harbor has been Jammed into the narrow channel to be sunk at the (list sign of attack. Two thousand soldiers guaul the entrance, 1'.' miles from the city. The Spanish commander told the starving citizens to go into the country, as ho could not feed them. Many soldiers are joining the insurgents to get food. Condi tons at Puerto Principe are still worse. The whsreabouts of tho Spanish Cape Verde fleet h.is at last been definitely ascertained. Secretary Long has re", ceived advices from Martinique, Wind ward islands, that if had been sighted to the westward of that island. Upon receipt of this information Long imme diately ordered Commodore Schley at Hampton roads, to put to sea with 'the flying squadron. It is believed that the ruuiimii mi w. sent in the Spanish fleet. pursuit of HI Ills Cut Cienfuejos Cable Under Heavy Fire. ONE KILLED, SIX WOUNDED Finished the Work In Spite of Terrible Volleys From Shore Spanish Loss Known to Have lteen Heuvy Forts at Ilurbor Entrance Keduced Key West, May 17. Amid a perfect Storm of shot from Spanish rifles and batteries, the American forces cut tho cjble at Cienfuegos Wednesday morn ing. Four determined boat crews, un jer command of Lieutenant Winslow and Ensign Margruder from the cruiser Marblehead, and the gunboat Nash ville, put out from the ships, the coast having previously been shelled. Tho work of tho volunteers was per ilous. The cruiser Marblehead and the gunboat Nashville and the auxiliary cruiser Windom drew up 1,000 yards from shore with thoir guns manned ready for desperate duty. One cable had already been cut, and the work was in progress on the other when the Spaniards in riflo pits and a battery on a point standing out in the bay opened fire. The warships poured in a thunderous volley, their guns belching forth mas sive shells into tho swarms of the ene my. The crews of tho boats calmly proceeded with their desperate work, notwithstanding the fact that a num ber had fallen, and finished it, return ing to the ships through a blinding smoke and a heavy firo. One man in a Marblehead boat was killed, and six were seriously wounded, one of whom, Robert Boltz, is now at Key West, and is expected to die before morning, a bullet having passed through the base of his bruin. Harry Ilendrickson, who also may die, was shot through tho abdomen. More than 1,000 infantrymen on shore kept up a continuous lire, and tho bul lets from the machine guns struck the warships 100 times, but did no great damage. Commander Maynard, of the Nashville, was slightly wounded by a title bullet, that, beforo striking him, passed through the arm of on ensign, whose name is unknown. Lieutenant Winslow was shot in the hand, mak ing three officers wounded in all. When the Spanish had been driven from tho rifle pits, many of them took refngo in the lighthouse fortress, upon which tho lire of tho ships lia.l been centered. A 4-inch shell from the Windom tore the structure to pieces, killing many and burying others in the ruins. The Spansih loss is known to l.ave been very heavy, the warships firing hundreds of shot and ahull right into their midst. Following is a list of tho badly wounded: Herman W. Kiichneizter, private marine, shot through the jaw, probably fatal; Harry Ilendrickson, seaman, shot through the liver, probably fatal; Ernest Suntenic, apprentice, fracturo of right leg; John J. Doian, boats wain's mate, gunshot wound in right buttock; John Davis, gunuer's mate, wound in right leg; William Leverv, apprentice, wound in left leg; Robe'lt Boltz, seaman on the Nashville, so verely wounded. The remains of Eagan, who was killed in the Marblehead boat, were buried at sea. Tho Marblehead 'and Nashville used their heaviest guns, as well as their small rapid-fire guns, and hundreds of shots were thrown into the Spanish troops. On board the ships a number of men were slightly wounded. One of the cables had been cut when tho Spaniards opened tire. The marines in the boats replied at once, and machine guns on the fowrard launch sent in a stieam- of bullets, while heavy shell's from the warships drove the Spaniards from their rifle pits on shore. The cable which was cut nt Cien fuegos extended from that city to San tiago de Cuba. It does not sever cable connection with Cuba, as there is an other lino in operation between San tiago de Cuba and Kingston, Jamaica. The severed cable is owned bv the Cuh j Submarine Company. Tile one in operation to Kingston is owned bv th West Indies and Panama Company. SPANISH LOSS AT " MANILA. Acknowledge Tl,t 300 Were Killed and (loo Wiiundrd. Madrid, May 17. -A Spanish report from Manila admits that the Spanih lost 300 killed and 000 wounded when Dewey annihilated the Spanish fleet, lho dispatch, which was to El Liberal was dated May . It came bv special steamer to Hong Kong. It savs: "The arsenal has surrendered and Cavite ha- beeu evacuated by our troops lho Spanish losses were 800 men killed and (100 wounded. The enemy suffered considerably, including one officer killed on the Olvmpia. Tit Baltimore was damaged." ADMIRAL DEWEY WAITS. Attack on Manila Hits Not Vet Been Mntle. Cavite, via Hong Kong, May 17. "I am maintaining a strict blockade. I have reason to believe that the rebels are hemming in the city by land, but they have made no demonstration. There is a scarcity of provisions in Manila. It is probable that the Span ish governor will be obliged to surren der soon. I can take Manila at any moment. The climate is hot and moist. May 12, we captured the gun boat Callao, attempting to run the blockade. We have plenty of coal. One British, one French, two German and one Japanese vessel are here ob serving. "DEWEY." Washington, May 17. The dispatch es from Hong Kong brought welcome news today from Admiral Dewey to the president, and particularly to Sec retary Long and the naval officers who are watching the admiral's movements with so union interest. While no ap prehension existed as to his security, nevertheless reassurance of safety is al ways pleasant. The telegrams in dicate that Dewey has lost none of the prestige gained in his memorable fight of two weeks ago, and that while he re frains from taking the city of Manila, he has it practically at his mercy. The admiral expresses the belief that the rebels aro hemming the city in by land, but the fact that he says explicit ly that they have made no demonstra tion seems to disprove thoroughly tho published reports that they had al ready entered Manila and had begun a career of bloodshed and rapine. NO FOOD THERE. Koconcentrndoa Nearly All Demi Piti ful State of Aflnirs. Key West, May 17. The conditions in Havana, resulting from the block ade, are being gradually brought out by information obtained from fishing smacks and other small vessels cap tured off the cons'. Affairs at Havana now nppear to be worse than at any time since the Weyler regime. The fishermen who at first braved the blockade for tho high price which nsli brought in Havana, now run the risk, not for money, but for food. A number of these have been captured by the vessels of the blockading fleet, nearly all of them being released after having been questioned by our officers. They all unite in pioturing the state of things at Havana as being pitiful in the extreme. The press dispatch boat Kate Spencer has accumulated all the facta nhtninnhla along the blockading lino, the last news ueing orjtaineu through two captures made by the nun boat Machi us. winit. has just returned here for the first time Bince the blockade opened, making the longest single service of any blockading vessel off Cuba. The Machias caught two fishing boats off Havana just before her letum here. The Americans offered the fishermen money for part of their catch, as the fish were needed on board, but the fishermen demuried at taking money, tireferrinir to hnva iirua.1 n,i .m:. that they were desperately hungry. iieu uuesuoneu as to the preva lence of yellow fever at Havana, the fishermen said there was little sickness at the Cuban capital, but they added there was much starvation. Tim ra. concenttados, they said, are nearly all dead, or have been expelled from tho city to 3ie in the subuibs. This ares with other reports from Havana and Matanzas to the effect that the Spanish authorities, on the d..i ill rt ii rt nt tlwi consul, seized ull the supplies and an- pneu mem to the use of the army. The Spaniards then drove the reconcen trados into the desolated country, between tho coast towns and the insurgent lines, the regions de scribed by Senator Proctor ond others us being too barren and desolate to sup port grasshoppers. The insurgents themselves have been chary of receiving the reconcentrados, and hundreds of the latter, who had no personal friends in tho insurgent camps, have been left to starve be tween tho lines, which they did. About Havana, the situation is even worse. Hundreds of reconcentrados from Los Foses, the big reconceutrado barracks in Havana, wero too weak to walk out of town and fell in the streets or died in the subuibs, where flocks of vultures, "Wevler's chickens are now termed in Havana, have feasted on the remains. In Matanzas, this feature of the situ ation is equally distressing. The fishermen who have been brought here are soon reconciled to capture which here means food and decent treatment. They say that if the block ade continues much longer, bread riots must follow in all the -large towns, as lood is reserved exclusively for the army thus forcing many people to en list who would not otherwise do so. finally, the fishermen sav that cer tain of the most desperate of the Span jards Uneaten to burn Havana or blow he city up in the event of the author ities deciding to capitulate to the American forces. Pan Francisco, May 17.-Edouard Remen.yi, who has held rovnlty en chanted and has enthralled fashionable audiences all over the world, fell dead this afternoon at the Orpheutu theater, in this citv.whilo playing on his violin. Army for Cuba Ans Result of Conflict MOBILIZATION OF VOLUNTEER Over Twrnty-NIno Thousand irr r posing Thlrty-Klght Regiment, Bi ueen uraercd to Assemble at Chlcl amauga National Purk. Washington, May 16. Orders to, given General Miles this mornine ,.. ponding for the present the movement of the invading army upon Cuba. Th( suspension wao aid need by the proiin ity of the Spanish Cape Verde squaj. ron to Cuban waters. It is deemed bt the department to bo the part of vii dora not to risk landing troops on Cuban soil until a landing can U effected under the protection ol i stronger fleet than is now available lot the purpose. The war department today issued or ders for the assembling of 29,087 vol. unteers at Chickamauga. This em. braces 38 regiments and fi " - v ivi tig, These troops aro divided among the different stutes. It is stated at tho war department that tue order to the New York and First Massachusetts regiments to pro ceed to Tampa by water has been pniin. termanded. Tho troops will go to that piaco uy ran. Watting for the Vlctorv. Tampa, Fla., May 10. It is thought unit me sighting oi tne Spanish fleet win cause tne postponement of the sail ing of the fleet of transports for Cuha Now that there is another chance fori decisive conflict between the fleets armv movements will wait until thai conflict, which it is hoped will result in tne destruction of tho enemy, shall actually take place. Should Admiral Sampson prove victorious, no doubt ii entertained that orders will be given for instant embarkation, und the op portunity the army has been longing for will be at hand. Joseph E.' Wheeler, the old Con federate cavalry leader, recently com missioned major-general of volunteers, will command the United States cav alry in the Cuban army of invasion. Major Gallinger will be inspector-general of cavalry. Nearly 1,600 troops, regulars and state militiamen, arrived in Tampa to day and went into camp. The Philippine Expedition. Washington, May 16. It is said at the war department that General Mer ritt will command tho Philippine expe dition. Similar orders to proceed to the Philippines wore sent to Major-General E. S. Otis, commanding the de partment of the Colorado. The orders to General Otis direct him to report to General Meiritt for duty under his direction in the Philippine islands. General Otis will be second in com mand, and will act as military governor of tho islands in case of the absence or disability of General Merritt. Orders were also issued for an army corps of about 12,000 men for immediate duty in the hilipptnes. This corps will be made up of regulars and volunteer organizations stationed on the Pacilio coast und in the faMVestern states. The Harbor Mined. San Francisco, May 16. The Bulle tin says: Almost without the knowl edge of people around and about San Francisco, for two weeks past the har-. bor and its approaches have been set with torpedos and mines. Tho work is not entirely oomnlnrml Vint la nanrlv . vu au ....... v so. For 14 days, the government tug- ooai manilla lias been placing the sub marine destrovers. f )vwr Hon tni-nr-dm aie bum to have been placed in position, The Unadilla did the work mostly at night. Her lights were dimmed, "ami every precaution taken to prevent spies from locating the defenses. Last night the work, so far as the Unadilla is con cerned, was finished. The harbor is now not only defended by heavy batter ies, but by complete fields of torpedos, Uie locations of which are kept secret. Five Killed In w York. New York, May 16. Five lives were crushed out and several men were ter ribly injured today by the oollapse of two five-story flat buildings in conise of erection on East One Hundred and Sixteenth street. The rear and side walls fell, carrying some 25 or more bricklayers and laborers with them. When the work of rescue was stopped tonight, the list of killed was: K.rio Lidden, 82 years of age, mar ried. b Fred Dickeleke, 53 years of age, a bricklayer, married. Albert Kaminiske, 26 vears of age, a bricklayer. " , Peter Saldowario, 60 years of age, a bricklayer. Frederick Harteliuan, 16 years of age. He was taken out alive, but dieJ in the hosuital. 1 A x i