Lincoln County leader., July 01, 1898, Image 3

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BUNCO'S SUPPLIES CUT OFF
Xbfl Complete Investment of Snntlnco
de Cuba by Lund mid Bea Ulnckude
Bunneri Hiive Landed Under the
Lee of the Isle of l'lnoe.
Off Santiago de Cuba, via Kingston,
June 25. With the complete invest
ment of Santiago de Cuba by land and
sea but few days off, the admiral baa
decided to streuguien me blockade of
the large ports on the southern coast
trestward of Santiago.
For three weeks the south coast,
vest of Santiago de Cuba to Cape San
ADtonio, has been practically unpro
tected. The blockade has been simply
on paper, in name only, with the result
tLat it ia known that quite a number of
(hips have ran the blockade, and that
in immense quantity of provisions has
been smuggled into Havana. Most of
the blockade runners have landed their
cargoes under the lee of the Isle of
Fines, and thence tlie provisions, etc.,
bare Deen taken in small boats to Ba
tabano, whence the railroads runs to
Havana, only 30 miles distant
The admiral has now decided that
blockade running must oeuse, and yes
terday dispatched four fast ships to pa
trol the coast from Cape de Cruz to the
Isle of Fines.
REPORT FROM MADRID.
it dual, Glorlmn Spanish Victory It
' Claimed
Madrid, June 25. An official dis
patch from Santiago' de Criba, dated
June 25, says:
The attack commenced yesterday.
The enemy concentrated a landing
force in front of Puuta Berraco, lying
eastward of our left flank, which ex
tended for eight leagues along the
coast.
Another official dispatch from Hav
tui says:
The commander at Santiago de Cuba
announoes that the American squadron
commenced ttie bombardment and
i! trying to disembark at Dninuiri nnrl
at Ponta Berraco, An American war
ship has shelled and destroyed a small
woden fort near ClenfuwoH. Sbvpt.
Spaniards were slightly wounded
vaoie aispatcbes received here from
nuwirai usivera say the orews of the
Spanish' warships at Santiago have
toe land forces in nr,W tn taba
port in the defense nf iha oiu w
Hi. that the situation is critical, but
fUler dispatch affirms that the Span-
..a,o victoriously repulsed the
MORE SOLDIERS.
P NaUewrt Gourd for Oregon Ordered
"j uovernor Lord.
Portland. Or. .Inna OR M'U- r
Nnal QDard . will be reoreanized
'""Placed on a war footing at once.
Orders to that pffn
by Adjutant-General Tuttle by
!vi ""imuiiuer-in-cniei.
Powders are as follows:
Ihe Oregon ICntinnni
C0ll8lBt8 Of fnni J.
Prions, as follows:
-SVand 7 B 8Dd Mparate
wri -
WIB ntHrain'on..
rwnti Uuard,
of the Orecon
authorized by the
nfanir. ' ""'"P'ates lor the
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Kted ?hiVflunter arn,y tobedes-
'"si Guard ",UJel. Oregon JNa-
tef,"111 be organized in
Nem SZ ' UL8trlct' that i9- in
fcta one in the Willamette
"fh. 8 " Portland.
I'mTni2311011 "ontomplates a
uienia of actual wr o. i
tar , ' "vuuaDie as a
FCdU.8teriDt0 the service of
"On
ted States.
Mof the expense relati
ve
-. places iT ' ,a'8els. oesks,
:PriorV.i,erecon,I,anie8 werelo
'Second rw "w'idation to form
2Tu hVOh?ntee". having
"Ptine . ' be 81V8n P'eference
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'BS-It is understood
'P Talbot, which
flta:'. "om Havana fiva
''ho.reY.. 8ny Brit'eb Bub-
DASH TO SPAIN.
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Washington, June 27.-The war is
to be carried 0 Aiti, IIlelaphorical.
l.v Bpeaking, if 8pain js (oo,1BrJv
ioiiBh to send the Cadiz flcet through
he fauez canal to attm k Dewey in the
I liilippmcs. It is announred on good
authority that before the last Spanish
vl has parsed through the canal, an
American squadron will bo steaming
at full speed across the Atlantic,
straight to the coast of Spain, to bring
the war home to the Spanish people.
There ia no donbt that Dcwev can
take care of himself acainst the Cadiz
Beet, Biiico his own squadron will be
reinforced by ironclads long before
Cainara'n ships sight the bav of
Manila, and he will have the shore
batteries with him, instead of against
him, in the struggle. It has been con
eluded by the administration that
nnthinrv ent'n .
wio iiiusi severe mensnrpa
win sumce to bring the Spanish peo.
pie to a realizing sense of the hopless
nens oi tne continuance of the present
, umi eyen Kindness, it is held,
will dictate siich a blow as that which
' ,B. propoeea to administer, if the
opanisn jHsrsist in this last project,
auer tne tall of Santiago und the
capture or destruction of Cervera's
squadron, Sampson will have an abund
ance of vessels to spare for t.e task set
for him. Probably he will divide the
imucKing nect in two squadrons, the
nrst, a Cying squadron, to be composed
of the swiftest vessels of the fleet, such
ub ine oiumma, Minneapolis, Har
vard, Kale, bt. Louis, St. Paul, New
Orleans and such craft. This will be
followed by another command, either
under fcarapson or Schley, composed of
Dattie-snips, which Captain Clark's
experience with the Oregon has shown
can easily be counted on for the voyage
across tne Atlantic.
With the Iowa, Oregon, Indiana,
maesacnusetts and Texas, all battle.
ships, supplementing the New York
and Brooklyn, armored cruisers, and
the less powerful vessels of the flying
squadron, the Spanish coast would be
speedily swept clear of all commerce,
all Spanish shipping would be destrov-
ed and some of the best ports blockaded
oi oomoarded.
MOVEMENTS OF CAMARA.
Probability That He Will N-ot Venture
Beyond I'ort Said.
Washinctnn, June 87. That the
Spanish Cadiz fleet is proceeding stead
ily eastward is no longer doubted here.
Trusted agents of the government on
tne snores oi tne Jueuiteranean are
watching every movement of the ships,
and availing themselves of every relia
ble source of information. So when
word came from one of these agents to
day that the squadron was sighted off
Pantellaria day before yesterday, the
officials were bound to 'accept the state
ment as beyond question. The tlrst re
port to that effect, which came through
an Italian newspaper, was taken with
some reservation, owing to the known
efforts of the Spanish government to
mislead our naval authorities by just
such publications in friendly neutral
newspapers. By reckoning of the naval
officers, the squadron should be now
Hearing Candia, south of Greece.' At
the rate they are progressing, the
squadron should reach Port Said, at
the entrance to the Sues canal, about
Tuesday or Wednesday. Beycnd this
point it is not believed that the squad
ron will go, for it is confidently felt
that the whole Spanish movement is
nothing more than a spectacular dis
play, gotten up to meet the irresistible
demand of the Spanish populace and
particularly the clerical party that
something should be done to save the
Philippines to Spain.
There is a question whether the
zonal authorities will allow the heavy
Spanish armored ships to risk the pas
sage of the canal, even if Admiral Ca
mara is willing to undertake it. Their
draught is so great that they might
easily ground in the canal and thus ob
struct it to navigation indefinitely.
But even if all these expectations are
not well founded, tire naval officers
are confident of the ability of Dewey
to successfully resist attack by the
Spanish squadron. According to tlieir
calculation, the splendid double-turret-
ed monitor Monterey is very near Ma
nila, under convoy of the BruXus, ant
her arrival mav be expeoted within
two or three days. There is not an
ironclad In Camnra's force that would
care to stand before heT.
NO CHEERS FOR THE KING.
Seeiloo of the Spnnlah Cortee Snapended
by Decree.
Madrid. June 27. The queen regent
signed the decree suspending the cor-
tes, which adjourned tonigoi.
The decree of the queen regent was
read in the senote this evening.
Prior to the leadinu ot the decree in
the chamber of deputies, wnicn was
crowded, as weie also the galleries,
Senor Salmeron, the republican leader,
declared that some of his remarks bad
been omitted from the omoiai report oi
yesterday's proceedings. ine presi
dent said the omission must De attric-
uted to the uproar which naa proDaoiy
prevented the reporters from hearing
the remarks. ....
The chamber then adjourned, wim-
- e. .a ,. iflA
GENERALS COMMANDINQ AR1IES INVADING CUBA.
GEN. JOHN J. COWIN'GER.
GEN. WM. R. SI1AFTER.
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ater Submerged a Statre Whloh Was
Crowded-Ilundreda of People Ira-mened-Thirty-Four
Bodloe Jlave
lleen Recovered.
London, June 23. During the
la-inching of the British first-claK
battle-ship Albion, at Blackwell, to
dv, by the Duchess of York, at which
':amony the United States ambassa
!, Colonel John Hay, and Mrs, Hay,
w1-! Lieutenant-Commander Wells,
United States naval attache, assisted,
the displacement of water caused an
immenee mass of water to rise on all
sides, completely submerging one of
the lower stages of the yard, and im
mersing hundreds of people. It is es
timated that 50 persons were drowned.
The Duchess of York, CVlonel and
Mrs. Hay and the remainder of the dis
tinguished gneets, did tot bcm the ac
cident, which occurred at the moment
wht- three cheers were given for the
mccessful launching, and the ories and
"jams of the victims were drowned
y the hurrahs.
The bodies of five men, 18 women
11 children have been recovered.
T-e Duke and Duchess of York have
rvvtcgraphed assmanoos of their pro
found regret and sympathy.
Thomnds who witnessed the
launching left the scene ignorant of be
disaster.
Tb st.glng that was destroyed bad
been erected for workmen near the
stern of a Japanese oruiser in course of
construction. It was a light struc
ture, about 60 leet long, and notices
had been posted warning the publio
that it wbb dangerous.
Despite the efforts ot the police,
some 200, mostly working people on a
holiday, invaded the staging, which
commanded a good view of the launch'
ing. Two great waves completely de
molished it, and on receding, carried
most of its occupants into deep water.
The water was alive with struggling
people and floating debris. It w.is a
scene of terrible confusion. The
shrieks of the unfortunate people, mvn
gled with the cheers of enthusiasyu
over the launching. Fortunately,
there was plenty of help near in the
shape of police boats and other craft
The shipbuilders, with drags, and the
firemen, who participated, wore all
prompt in affording succor. A num.
ber of nurses who had come to witness
the launching were among those en
gulfed. Some of these and many
others were revived by artificial respi
ration. Some were injured by collid
ing with the debris. About 60 of the
spectators were injured and had to re
ceive surgical treatment.
Many plucky rescues of drowning
persons were made by onlookers.
Heartrending scenes were witnessed
when the bodies of children and other
relatives of those who escaped the dis
aster were recovered and Vroogbt to
land.
The Albion is a flret-clara steel baU
tle:shlp, of 12,060 tons, 890 fe, long,
74 feet broad, and draws 25 vvt S
inches of water. She is to bav 18,.
300 indicated horsepower, has two pro
pellers and cost about 14,000,000.
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WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Shu lind of ttio licmarhuljle Letter
Vt'hrat Deul.
(Reported by Towniiic. Hor,kin tt Co., ine .
Pnard oi Tradv HroKr. Til I,, 7K c'li.lluljor oi
Commerce building, i'ortland, o.iv,.u j
The Leiter wheat ileal, so-called,
which wus certainly or.e of tie most
remarkable business enterprises of
modern times, has come to an end.
Liquidation is now the order of the
oay, and many millions of money
which were at one time profits on one
side of the lodger have been wiped out
by losses on the other side of that same
truth-telling look.
It is the old 6tory over again of Pro
metheus challenging the gods. The
forces of naturo are too strong for any
man, and work and corrive as he
may, he cannot maintain himself
against that eternal decree that seed
time and harvest shall not fail.
The outlook in 1897 for the put
chase of wheat justified all that Mr.
Tiirpr did. Thcro vcrc rrns
everywhere abroad, and the United
States alone possessed the grain the
whole world needed and must have.
As the year advanced and it became
more and more apparent that the short
age was certain, the big deal began to
look more and more promising, and
after the December deliveries were pro
vided for it seemed easy enough sailing
for the young merchant
Mr. Armour, who is no mean judge
of such undertakings, and who has
fonght many a great commercial battle
on the hoard of trade, in speaking of
this splendid deal, Baid: "The vluck
and wisdom manifested by him in the
remarkable deal which he all but suc
cesfully consummated, challenged the
admiration of men everywhere. I
fully expected that he would carry the
deal through safely, as there was merit
in his position."
This is testimony from one who bad
felt the prowess of the youthful com
mercial athlote, and who, in a meas
ure, had been put to his trumps to
meet that antagonist on bis own ground,
aud it is therefore all the more trust
worthy as evidence that Mr. Leiter bad
a strong position to begin with.
But time and tide wait for no man,
and ever-teeming mother earth gladly
responds to the husbandman's toil.
Unprecedented prices were responded
to by an unprecedented orop, and
bountiful' nature offered to pour into
Mr. Leiter's lap a much greater pro
duct than he cared to possess, fie
wiaely closed the bins.
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Seattle Markets. '
Vegetables Potatoes Yaklmas, $11
Q12 per ton; natives, 810; Califor
nia potatoes, I.602 per 100 pounds.
Beets, per sack, 11.25; turnips, 1.26;
carrots, fl.25; hothouse lettuce, 45o;
radishes, 120.
Fruits California lemons, fancy,
$3; choice, 22.60; seeding oranges,
fl.S0(ftl.7o; California navels, fancy,
88.SA; choice, t2.S03.7B; ban
anas, shipping, 2. 2B2.76 per bunch;
strawberries, 60c $1.00 perorate.
Butter fancy native creamery,
brick, 18c; ranch, 712o; dairy, 12)$
16o; Iowa, fancy creamery, 18c.
Cheese Native Washington, 11 9
12c; Eastern cheese, 1212)c.
Meats Choice dressed beef steers,
prime, 7Xc; cows, prime, 7o; mat
ton, 7)$o; pork, 7tfo; veal, 8a
Poultry Chickens, -live, per pound, '
14c; dressed, 16o; spring chickens,
$2. CO 8. 76.
Fresh Fish Halibut. 84c; steel
heads, 7 8c; salmon tront, 910o;
flounders and solo, 84o; herring, 4c
Oysters Olympia oysters, per sack,
$33.60; per gallon, solid, $1.80.
Wheat $26; feed wheat, $28.
Oats Choice, per ton, $20.
Corn Whole, $28; cracked, $26;
feed meal, $25.
Barley Kollod or ground per ton,
$25; whole, $24.
Flour Patent, $4.60, kfd; straiBkt,
$4.25; California brands, $6.75; bUoV
wheat flour, $8.60; graham, per bfci.
$4.28; whole wheat flour, $4.60; ry
flour, $4.60.
Milletuffs Bran, per ton, $15;
shorts, per ton, $18.
Feed Chopped feed, $21 22 per
ton; middlings, per ton, $18019; oil
cake meal, per ton, $85.
Hay Puget Bound mixed, $10318;
choice Eastern Washington timothy,
$15(816.
Portland market.
Wheat Walla Walla, 60c; Val
ley and Bluestem, 63o per bushel.
Flour Beat grades. $4.00; graham,
$3.00; STjpcrtine, $2.25 per barrel.
Oat Choice white, 42c; choice
pay, 88 89c per bushel
Barley Feed barley, $22; brewiD,.
$24 per ton.
MIllstuffB Bran, $16 per ton; mi
dlings, $22; shorts, $16.
Hay Timothy. $1113; clover. $1
11; Oregon wild hay, $910 per ton..
Eggs Oregon, 12X14oper dozen
Butter Fancy creamery, 82Ji85ei
(air to good, 2S80o; dairy, 8880
per roll.
Cheese Oregon full cream, 12a,
Young America, 12o.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.60 per
Jezeo; hens, $4.00; springs, $2.00(84;
teese, $8.007.00; dncks, young, $4(3
90 per dozen; turkeys, live, ll12u
ter pound.
Potatoes Oregon Bnrbanks, 25 85c
tor sack; sweets, $1.7882 per cental.
Onions California red, $1,25 per
ck.
Hope 6 12'o per sound for mv
. Tp; 1898 crop, 4tta.
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