Lincoln County leader., July 29, 1898, Image 2

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a. F. 8TEWART. Pabllsher.
TOLEDO OREGON
Interesting Collection of Items From
Many Places Culled From the I'ress
Reports of the Current Week.
The Cernli claim, which threatened
to cause trouble between Italy and Co
lombia, has been paid.
Camp Merritt, in San Francisco, will
soon be deserted, the remaining troopa.
taking quaiteis in the Presidio.
The United States domestic postal
service will bo extended to the Ha
waiian islands as soon as the Sag is
raised there
The British steamer Newfoundland,
loaded with food supplies, was captured
by the Mayflower, Tuesday, off Cien
fuegoa, into which harbor she was
heading.
A Norwegian captain who has
reached New York, says the Havana
blockade is not effective and supplies
are reaching that city through Bataba
no from Yucatan and being shipped
across the island.
A Washington authority says Porto
Rico will bo kept by the United States.
That is settled, and has been the plan
from the first. Its possession will go
toward making up the heavy expenses
of war to the United States.
News has been received from the
Bear relief expedition. Tho imprison
ed whalers have been reached and were
better off than had been expected.
Most of the vessels can be saved, and
the me have not Buffered seriously,
having existed on fish and wild rein
deer. A report comes from Madrid that
Weyler will form a new. cabinet, in
which General Po'aviejas will bo min
ister of war. This combination, it is
further assorted, will support the dyn
asty, repeal the suspension of constitu
tional rights and continue the war to
its utmost limits.
Cubans must too the mark, and the
captured territory around Santiago will
be governed with a firm hand. No
trouble is feared by the officials at
Washington. Tho discontent now so
noticeable among the insurgents is ex
pected to woar away when once the mo
tives of the United States are fully ap
preciated. ; The second expedition has reached
Manila. The transport steamer China
arrived July 10, and the Zealandi, Co
lon and Senator the day following.
American forces now await the coming
of Merritt before moving on Manila.
Commander of the expedition is expect
ed about a week hence. Aguinaldo'a
forces still surround the capital. News
of tho destruction of Cervera's fleet
caused consternation among the Span
iards. Four American soldiers died on
the voyago.
Madrid newspapers say a coalition is
being organized between the different
parties and against tho government on
account of the suspension of the consti
tution. General Wood, the leader of the
rough riders, has been appointed mil
itary governor of tho city and province
of Santiago. He succeeds Goneral Mc
Kibbon. A special dispatch from Madrid says
Spain is not ready to sue for peace, and
the powers are exchanging notes re
garding tho coming of Commodore
Watson, and tho progress made thus
far is satisfactory to Spain.
A London dispatch to tho New York
Journal Bays that Sir Henry Drummond
Wolff, British ambassador at Madrid,
has been fully informed of the terms
upon which tho Unitod States govern
ment is ready to make peace.
New Jersey and part of New York
was swept by a etorni which caused
great destruction to life and property.
Four men were struck by lightning and
instantly killed, and five others were
badly injured, while Booking shelter
from the storm under a tree noar Tren
ton, N. J.
A serious riot lias oocurred nt Maya
gueso, Porto Rico, resulting in the
killing of nine persons and tho wound
ing of many others. Tho Spanish resi
dents of the place attacked the natives,
whom they accused of being American
sympathizers ond intending to aid the
iuvtuting army from tho United States.
According to Houu Kong advices
Manila is ready to surrender. The
backbone of Spanish resistance at tho
Philippines is said to have been broken,
and no fight is probable A real show
of forco by tho Americans will bo fol
lowed by tho hauling down of theSnan-
isli Hag. The continued presence of
the German fleet at Manila gives riso
to much unfavorable comment.
General Farrodit, tho Spanish com
mander, refuses to be included in the
capitulation of Santiago de Cuba. Ac
cording to Spanish military law n com
uiander can surrender tho troops he
personally commands, but he cannot
oblige other commanders at distant
points, even though under his author
ity, to follow suit. Consequently it
is hold that tho capitulation only com
prises about 7,000 troops actually at
Santiago.
PITOME OF THE DiSPflTGHES
LATER NEWS.
An agreement has been reached
Among tho Western roads and freight
rates have been restored to a normal
tariff.
The steamer Charles Nelson has ar
rived in Seattle from St. Michaels with
173 passengers and about $1,000,000
in gold.
General Brooke, commanding the
First army corps, has sailed from New
port News to join General Miles at
Porto Rico.
Four thousand more sick and hungry
Spaniards, from Eastern Cuba surren
dered Monday upon learning of Toral'a
capitulation.
As the lesult of a collision, occurring
near Detroit, the steamer Edward
Smith No. 2 was sunk. The other ves
sel was lout slightly damaged.
A special from Shanghai says that
four Russian men-of-war have left Port
Arthur, and that it is supposed their
destination is the Philippine islands.
A London dispatch says Spain will
propose an armistice. The Washington
government will be asked to agree to
suspend hostilities whilo terms of peace
can be discussed.
A telegram has been received in
Washington from Shatter requesting
that gold and paper ho sent to Santiago,
as the tradesmen refuse to accept Amer
ican silver dollars at par value, and rate
them at 50 cents on the dollar.
The battleship Iowa fired on an Aus
trian cruiser off Santiago harboi. The
similarity of the Austrian and Spanish
flags is to blame for the incident. The
captain of the Austrian warship, while
not pleased, realized that the firing was
a mistake. The intention of Austria
is said to be to preserve neutrality to
the end.
General King will command the next
Manila expedition which is to sail from
San Francisoo by the end of the pres
ent week. General King thinks every
man of the expeditionary force now at
San Francisco will be needed at the
Philippines to help suppress the ex
pected native rebellion after the Span
iards are conquered.
According to the war views of John
Sherman, elicited in an interview, the
ex-secretary says the grievance of Gen
eral Garcia is just. A blunder was
evidently made. The Cubans should
have been invited to witness the sur
render of Santiago. The retention of
Cuba by tho United States, he says, is
not justifiable under any circumstacee,
but Porto Rico should be retained.
The railroad situation in China is
rapidly improving. Conservatism has
apparently been at last thrown over
board and the government is dealing
out contracts and concessions with an
almost reckless hand. The latest
authorized railroad is to he built by
the Russo-Chinese bank. Evidence of
the gradual awakening of the spirit of
progress in othor lines of industry is
also becoming plainly apparent.
Captain-General Blanco has issued
a proclamation in Havana announcing
the capitulation of Santiago.
News received by tho steamer Alki
says the town of Skagway is still under
martial law, and all saloons are closed.
Goneral Garcia has loft Santiago, but
notwitstanding his grievance, the Cu
ban leader will help us conquer Holguin
and Manzanillo.
Senor de Castro, of tho Porto Rican
junta, says his junta favors American
annexation of Porto Rico, and pledges
the support of his people to that end.
Tho Spanish minister of public in
struction, Senor Ganiazato, is author
ity for tho statement that a peace hon
orable to the Spanish army will shortly
be concluded.
Lieutenant Ilohson, the heio of San
tiago, has returned to Washington to
report to the navy department regard
ing the necessity for prompt action in
the work of raising Cervera's ships.
Nino hundred men embarked on the
steamer Rio Janeiro from San Francis
co, bound for the Philippines Saturday.
A continuous ovation was tendered the
men as they marched through the streets
of San Francisco, The departure of
two more transports is expected to com
plete the present movement of troopa
to Manila.
American trade with Porto Rico is
tho subject of a bulletin just issued by
order of the secretary of agriculture.
A shrinkago i8 shown in the transac
tions during the past fiscal year, being
smaller than those of any preceding
rear sinco the civil war except 1895.
TJie falling off in the trade is mostly
In our imports from tho islands.
Several London people prominently
Identified with the Central Pacitio are
arranging to visit this country within a
few weeks, in consequence of the re
cent uction of congress in creating a
commission to confer with tho com
pany's representatives aud jointly pre
pare a plan for settling tho road's debt
to tho govorment of (50,000,000.
A dictatorship has been proclaimed
at the Philippines. Agninaldo an
nounced himself in authority and pro
claimed martial law in tho islands.
General Anderson telegraphs that tho
natives expect independence. Tho
insurgents have begun attacks on Pon
do, Santamesoand Malata, and are get
ting their artillery into action. The
Spaniards were driven from trenches at
Malata and the positions occuniod hv
i the insurgents.
II (I
New Cases at Santiago
Now Four Hundred.
FOUR DEATHS IX ONE DAY
Victims Are Not All Suffering From
Yellow Jack Disease of a IHiltl Typo
Shaffer Keporta That Ilia Meu Are
Being Located in Better Camps.
Washington, July 26. A dispatch
received by Goneral Corbin from Gen
eral Shatter says that 390 new cases of
fever of all classes were reported in
his camp before Santiago yesterday.
As the same dispatch reports only four
JeathB, none of them from yellow
fever, from among the hundreds of
fever cases in the camp, the war
authorities are more than ever inclined
to the belief that the yellow fever cases
are of a mild type.. Previous dis
patches from Shafter and the medical
ufHuuia of liis col pd have indicated the
existence in camp of a very large num
ber of cases of malarial fever and
dengue fever, the latter common in the
Cuban climate. Some clear cases of
yellow fever are reported, but the offi
cials say they are few as compared with
those of other fevers.
General Shafter's dispatch received
by General Corbin is as follows:
"Santiago de Cuba, July 26. Num
ber of new cases of fever of all classes
yesterday approximately, 396. Deaths
not previously reported, Private Daniel
Stone, company D, First Illinois, ty
phoid fever, July 20; Sergeant J. Blair,
regimental quartermaster, died July 22
of dengue fever; Privates William Pea
cock and Garratt Learnesheck, both of
company E, Second infantry."
General Shafter reported by cable to
day that the condition of the troopa at
Santiago was rapidly improving, ana
said he hoped in the course of a day or
two to have the men located in com
fortable camps, where they may rest
and recuperate and where the sick may
recover.
He is feeding 11,000 Spaniards, pris
oners of war, and although he has not
yet been able to furnish them tents,
this deficiency is being made good, and
their condition is no worse in this re
spect than was their condition before
the surrender.
Troops Mentally Depresiod.
Santiago de Cuba, via Kingston,
July 26. The report published in the
United States that there are 30 cases of
yeUow fever in the cavalry division
proves on investigaton to be unfounded.
Captain House reports that there is no
sickness. The First, Sixth and Ninth
cavalry, the First and Tenth infantry
regiments and six companies of the
Randolph light artillery, are encamped
about two miles northwest ot El Caney,
at the base of tho mountains. The
camp is apparently perfectly healthy,
as to the location, and has a good wa
ter supply. Tho ground is well
drained.
Malarial fever is prevalent, but it al
ways yields to quinine treatment in
the course of four or five days. Tho
fact that immunes of the regiment
have this fever as freely as the other
men shows that it is not yellow ja:k.
There have been no fatalities from ma
larial fever thus far, but so long as the
men are exposed to the hot sun during
tho day, the increasing rain and heavy
dews, malaria will increase and our
men grow worse. A second attack is
much more tfflicult to eradicate, espe
cially in the case of men exposed to the
present conditions.
Tho army is mentally depressed by
inactivity, and the uncertainty as to
its future movements, together with
the increasing malarial fever.
SURRENDER OF SPANIARDS.
Interior
Garrlaons Lay
Arms.
Down Their
Washington, Julv 26. The war de-'
partnient at midnight posted the fol-!
lowing: j
"Santiago, via Ilayti, July 26. Ad-1
jutant-General of the Army, Washing-j
ton: Lieutenant Miley has returned
from San Luis and Palmas Sorauio,
where ho went four days ago to receive '
the surrender of the Spanish tronp8.
The number" surrendered was larger'
than General Toral reported. Three!
tnoupamt an. I Ave Spanish troops and
350 volunteer guerrillas gave up their
arms and gave parole and have DOHA fit
work. Three thousand stands of arms !
were turner m to load on ox-carts and
started to tho railroad. Spanish troopa
accompanied him to San Luis, and all
were apparently greatly delighted at
the prospect of returning home. Thev
were on the vere of starvation and I
have to send them rations tomorrow.
If the numbers keep up as they have
thore will be about 24,000 to ship
away, nearly 12,000 here; 3,000 from
San Luis, 6,300 from Guantanamo, aud
over 2,000 at Sngua and Baraooa.
"SHAFTER,
Major-Qeneral Commanding."
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ENGAGEMENT AT NIPE.
Particulars of the Battle on the North
Count of Cuba.
Key West, Fla., July 20. Acting
under orders of Rear-Admiral Samp
son, four American warships Thursday
afternoon entered the harbor of Nipo,
on tho northeast coast of the province
of Santiago de Cuba, and after a furious
bombardment, took possession of tho
harbor. The vessels engaged were tlu
Topeka, Annapolis, Wasp and Leyden.
In the course of nn hour they si
lenced the forts, sank the Spanish gun
boat Jorge Juan and scattered the
Spanish riflemen who had taken part in
the engagement. Captain Hunker then
ordered the ships to go in. The Wasp
and Leyden, being the smallest of the
quartette, led the way, followed by the
Annapolis, whilo the Topeka, which
curried a heavier battery, brought up
the rear. The channel is very narrow,
and on the bluff to the right was a fort
an'! signal station.
As the Wasp and Leyden rounded
the point, the forts fired a dozen shots,
none of which, however, fell near
them, and the Topeka returned the fire
witli her three-pounders. Almost im
mediately tire Spaniarda deserted the
forts, and the Topeka continued to
send shells into them. A body of
riflemen on the beach returned tho fire
with a few wild shots, but they, too,
were quickly disporapd by the Topokis's
smaller guns. The Top9ka also dis
charged two torpedoes. At tho same
lime, another small tort to the left of
the channel fired on the American
ships; hut it was silenced aa easily aa
the other.
Meanwhile, the Wasp and Leyden
opened a crosa fire at the Jorge Juan,
which lay to the south, in front of the
town of Mayari. Her position was
about a mile and a quarter from the
beach, and behind her was the third
fort. This fort opened on the Wasp
and Leyden, and as the Annapolia and
Topeka came up, the Spanish gunboat
joined in the. fighting, and a general
battle followed. The Topeka anohored
in the middle of the harbor, about
4,000 yards from the Jorge Juan, and
the other three American boats drew
up on either side and formed a semi
circle. The Americana then closed in
on the Spanish ship, pouring in a de
structive fire and on the forts behind.
The Topeua sent four-inch sheila crash
ing into the Jorge Juan at tuch a rate
that she sank within 20 minutes.
When the firing became heavy, the
officers and crew of tho Spaniard put
off in a small boat and made the shore
under a heavy fire and escaped into the
woods. Two shots from the Topeka's
bow gun dropped squarely into the
Mayari forts. The Spanish pennants
disappeared and the white flag was run
up. Thia ended a short but one of the
most vicioua battles of the war.
CHEERED THE ENEMY'S FLAG.
How Spanish Prisoners Thanked Uncle
Bam for His Kindness.
New York, July 20. Prisoners of
war cheering the flag of their captors
waa the unusual sight witnessed at the
Union dock in Brooklyn today. The
sight was all tho more significant as
the cheers came from Spanish throats.
The 254 prisoners captured on the four
prize steamers now in port were ubout
to sail for home under the British flag.
They were on Tjoard the Ilesperia, and
just as she backed out of tho dock, one
of tho patrol gunboats came by. With
one accord, the prisoners raised three
mighty cheers, which startled tho peo
ple on the Brooklyn bridge, and could
be heard on Governor's island. It
was the best they could do in thanking
Uncle Sam for the kindness lavished
on them while prisoners. The Ilea
peria left at 3 P. M. The pnsonera
were a happy lot, and their appearance
showed that they had been well treated
while in enforced idleness. Among the
prisoners were six officers. They have
aaloon acomrnodations, while the oth
ers are in the steerage.
THE MAINE DISASTER.
Examination of Cervera's Ships Proves
It Was Due to an Kxternal Cause.
( Off Santiago de Cuba, July 20.
"Any doubt that may have existed
that the Maine was blown up by an
outside bomb is dispelled by an exami
nation of tho destroyed Spanish ships."
said a member of the board of survey
that examined the remnants of Ad
miral Cervera's fleet. "Of the four
ships examined, three were blown up
by their magazine exploded and every
torpedo in addition, yet on none of
them was there the same effect pro
duced as by the explosion on the
Maine. There was no upheaval of the
keel, and little bulging of the plates,
except in the immediate vicinity of
the explosion. The effect waa nearly
altogether upward, in some cases the
protected deck being lifted; but outside
of he springing of a few plates, the
hulls were intact."
The examination of the wrecks of
he Spanish ships was made first for
the purpose of ascertaining the effect
o American gunnery, and second, to
find the effect of an internal explosion.
Both subjects bore upon the Mai";
incident, as noted above.
Out or Harm', Way.
London, July 26,-Lloyd'a agent re
porta that two Spanish gunboats haTe
entered the harbor of Figuaira at til
moutn of the Mondego, Ponugal
11 1
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III
and Insurgents.
DISEMBARKING THE TROOPS
General Anderson's Forces I.unrt N
the City Itoston Covers the ()pera.
tlon A gulnaldo Getting HIh Aitill
in Action Against the Subiul,,,
Manila, via Hong Kong, July 25
The d isembarkation of the American
troops composing the second expedition
is being pushed with the utmost energy
The Colorado regiment is already in
the field, near Paranque, and others
will be transferred without lossof tirae
The United States ciuiser Boston has
been detailed to cover the landing par-'
ties. She now occupies a position al
most within range of three guns of Fort
Malate, which is only a Bhort distance
from Manila proper.
The brigade commanded by General
Anderson is still at Cavite, but his
troops are ready to move.
Tho arrival horo of the monitor Mon
terey is anxiously expected. The Mon.
terey, with the collier Brutua, left San
Francisco for Manila, Juno 7. She
arrived at Honolulu June 24, and led
there again on June 29.
The insurgents are gradually (retting
their artillery into action against Pine
da, Santameao and Malate. The fight
ing ia desultory. The Spaniards have
been driven from the trenches outside
of Malate, and tho insurgents are
strongly entrenched near the wulls. of
the forts. The insurgents began to
bombard Malate first, and struck the
telegraph oorapany's cablehouso.
It ia said on semiofficial authority in
Manila that the recent news from Cuba
is a "vile English fabrication;" that
in reality the Spaniards have been vic
torious, and that Admiral Camura's
squadron coaloj at Singapore nnd is
expected here July 27.
SPANISH FLEET AT MANILA.
Terrible Execution by Dowej'n Six.
Inch Shells.
New York, July 23. A correspond
ent of the Journal writing from Cavito,
Manila, July 17, relates the result of
the inspection of the hulls of the Span
ish warships sunk in Manila hv the
squadron of Admiral Dewey. The
cruiser Reina Cristina shows the most
complete destruction. The course of
tho Olympia'8 8-inch shells can be
clearly traced by tho line of ruin ox
tending from stern to waist. There
are very few largo shot holes through
the hull, the principal ones being from
six-inch shell amidships and from four
inch shells. Tho cruiser Castillo is
less burned but terribly wrecked.
There are plain traces whero six big
shells tore immenes holes in the wooden
hull. When the fire started, the weight
of guns caved tho hull inwards. The
warship ia now a mass of twisted iron
and chaired beams a very bad wrejk,
resembling that of the Maine in ap
pearance. Three large shells entered
the Don Antonio de Ulloa amidi-uips,
but the vessel did not burn. She
Bank quickly, riddled by shells of nil
sizes. The greatest havoc was done by
six-inch sholls.
AGUINALDO THE DICTATOR.
Insurgent Chief Drelnres Martial LbW
Over the I'hilippliies.
Washington, July 25. The follow
ing cablegram has just been received at
the war department:
"Hong Kong, July 25. AguinaMo
declares a dictatorship and martial law
over all the islands. The people expeot
independence. I recommend Chinese
ponies for cavalry use.
"ANDERSON."
General Anderson is senior army offi
cer at the Philippines. The dispatch
waa sent from Manila probably eoveral
days ago. The referonoe to Chined
ponies means that General Anderson
desires that kind ol cavalry animals
General Anderson's message gave lbs
cabinet food for consideration at its
regular meeting today. There is no
disposition to force an issuo with the
insurgent ohief at thia time, but it is
pretty well understood that he will no'
be allowed to commit the United States
government in the future treatment of
tbe Philippine islands.
Dynamite Explosion In a Jail.
St. Joseph, Mo., July 25. Great ex
citement was created last night by n
explosion of dynamite in the county
jail, the act of a number of desperate
oonvicta awaiting transfer to the peni
tentiary. The rear end of the jai1 1
wrecked, but the prisoners' eecap
prey en ted. j, -. .
Aa one important result of fnt!P
ture of Santiago, the iron and steel
American companies will handle the
output oi the Cuban mines as was i
case bofore their operation was suspend
ed by order of the Spanish officers.