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THE DALLES," OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1898.
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The United States Battleship Oregon Arrives
at Rio de Janerio, Brazil, Last Night.
Rio Janerio, May 1. The United States battleship
Oregon arrived here safely at' G o'clock last evening.
Captain Clark is confident of reaching his destination
without serious embarrassment. The Spanish officials
aie much disappointed at her arrival as they had great
expectations of her being captured.
DEWEYS FLEET
HAS NOT REPORTED
Navy Department Anxiously Awaits
News of the Coming Engagement
Oil' Manilla.
Washington-, April 30. The. anxious
ly awaited news of the engagement bav
in;; occurred between the American and
Spanish fleets off the Philippirea bad
not materialized up to C o'clock tbia
evening. The navy department's calcu
lations show that Dewey s Equndron
should have arrived off Manila at 2 p.
in. topay, Philippines' time, and it was
expected that fighting would begin im
mediately. It is considered probable that the en
gagement may have actually occurred,
and that news regarding it it) sup
pressed. A Hong Kong dispatch Bays that the
Manila cable is still in tact, but that
transmission of news regarding naval or
military movements in the Philippines
is prohibited by the Spanish officers in
Manila.
A steamer which arrived at. Hong
Kong from Manilla today reports not
having sighted the American fleet,
which is supposed to be in shore trying
to communicate with the insurgents.
It is considered impossible at Hong
Kong for the American fleet to enter
Manila without small Bhips or a strong
land force.
The British warship? and torpedo
boats at Hung Kong have been forbid
den to commence fresh repairs, which
would seem to indicate the possibility
of a movement in the near future upon
the part of that fleet.
The Hong Kong dispatches say the
secjod-class German cruiser Irene, car
rying a crew of over 800, started from
Nagasaki, Japan, for Manila to protect
German interests.
DONS FAILED TO
CATCH THE YALE
the United States. The vessel and her
cargo are worth over $3,000,000.
After clearing land Captain Watkins
shaped his couree about north, and after
a run of U0 miles headed for home, keep
ing n distance of about 30. miles from
the usual course taken in previous trips.
Captain Watkins had no fear that a
Spanish war vessel would catch nis fleet
steamer after he got sea room, bat it
was thought possible that some craft of
the enemy might be lurking in the vi
cinity of the channel or the neighbor
hood of .the Irish coast to wavlay her.
At night every light on board was ex
tinguished and the headlights were cov
ered. A strict watch was maintained to
detect the approach of vessels.
The Yale entered the Narrows through
a field of mines and torpedoes this morn
ing, and was saluted by the steam
whistles of passing craft as she went to
her dock.
Since the Yale sailed from Southamp
ton she has been several times reported
captured by Spanish warships. Ameri
can naval officers did not credit these
reports, but some color was lent them by
the fact that the Yale was not spoken
by any vessel from the time she left the
English coast until her arrival off Fire
Island.
WELL HUri'LIEI) WITH COAL.
It la Said Sho Purcbaned 17.000 Tour
Before the War Broke Oct.
London, April 30. ThefGibraltar cor
respondent of the Times says:
"I am assured that Spain bought 17,-
000 tons of coal before the outbreak of
war, and that it was delivered. As
neither this nor any important quantity
reached Cadiz, it would be interesting to
know where it has gone, if it has ar
rived," ANOTUKli SUICIUK IN I'UIITL AND
American Auxiliary Cruiser, Formerly
the Liner Paris, Arrives Safely
at New York.
Nmv Ycuk, April 30. The United
Stats auxiliary ciu'ser Yale, formerly
the American line steamship Paris, has
eluled the Spanish warships. She
landed at .br dock here this morning
with 150 passengers. She was lighted off
Fire InUn I at 12 :47, md nt me in at 0 :30.
The liner, about which such deep
anxiety baa been felt, sailed from South'
smptoB April 58, at 7 p. m. She was In
commaad of Captain Watkins, and
Carried, besides paiMBgeri. a cargo
made up saostly of munitions of war for
Mn. W. K. IlarrU Tk IIr Own Life
Yeatrrday.
Portland, May 1. Mrs. W. E. Har
ris, wife of the manager of the Portland
Artificial Ice Co., shot herself yesterday
afternoon, and lingered till twelve
o'clock this (Sunday) morning, when
she died. No cause is given for the
suicide.
llugan Oeu Thirty Yearn.
San Francisco, April 30. George
Spurgeon Dugan, who figured promt
nently as the leader of "God's Regular
Army" in Portland, was todav sentenced
to 30 years the state's prison for a felon
ious assault on "seven-year old Alice Joy.
Dugan took the girl from Portland and
committed the crime last Christmas at
the urmy headquarters.
Captured a 8iuuUh I'rlxr,
Nkw Yoiik, April 30. A special dis
patch from Key West ays :
The usual dally Spanish prize was
towed to this port this morning. The
captured vessel Is the schooner Lollei
She was taken in by the dispatch boat
Dolphin. The value of the prize will
not be known.
Conference Krpott BJiotd.
Wabhixgtok, April 80 By a vote of
118 to 42, the house today rejected the
conference report on the naval appro
priation bill, after three boars' debate.
UNCLE SAM ON
SOLID FOOTING
A Novel Encounter is Now Looked for
America Expected to Triumph
In tlfe FirstBattle of the Kind in
the History of the World.
Washington, April 30. In the ten
days which have elapsed since the
formal outbreak of war between the
.United States and Spain, all glorv
aciiieved has been to the credit of Amer
ica. So far as known, Spanish war
ships have not captured a single prize,
and the only blood spilled has been
Spanish gore in fortifications near Man
tanzas. The United States in a week
has practically assembled an arm' of
150,000 men ; as many as Spain haB suc
ceeded in landing and keeping alive in
Cuba in three years, and while this
army has suffered none of the hardships
of war and has had no smell of gun
powder, still it is composed of men
whose service in the militia has demon
strated its effectiveness in the matter of
handling arms. The bombardment of
Matanzss seems to have proven beyond
doubt that naval gunners of the United
States are as skillful as any in the world.
The authorities of the war and navy
department believe the coming week
will bo replete with events of utmost
importance in the history of the coun
try. In the first place it is expected
that before another aun sets, the first
real naval battle will have been sought
and won. Of course the expectatsou is
that the fleet of America will triumph.
In the first place, Spain has no euch
vessels near the Philippines as those of
Admiral Dewey's fleet. And, again,
the men composing his crews are among
the best in the American navy ; they are
seamen and fighters; they are, above all,
Anglo Saxons.
The expected battle between Spain's
fleet and that of the United States will
be the first contest of the kind in the
history of the world. Consequently
news is awaited with more interest than
ever attached to a contest on sea before.
But while news of Asiatic battle Is
largely waited for, the administration is
preparing for movement forward, which
will be of equal, or greater, importance.
Before the week is out America's force
will have been landed in Cuba. Not
one of the volunteer regiments which
are being mobilized tonight in every
state in the union, will be sent, and the
force which will embark at Tampa can
scarcely be signified as an invading
army. Still 5000 of America's best sol
diers will be sent to raise the stars and
stripes in Cuba. They will go forward
with one purpose cnly. They will es
tablish a depot of supplies; will protect
those supplies against attacks of any
force which Blanco may send against
them.
It is the firm belief of the authorities
of the war department that this small
force can successfully cope witli five
time their number; but the most im
portant mission which the American
troops will be called upon to perform
will be to arm and organize some 20,000
of Gomez' followers. They will convey
an enormous number of small arms and
ammunition, besides a number of gut
tling and other rapid-lire magazine guns,
which Secretary Alger has purchased fn
Europe and America.
It is the opinion of General Miles and
other military authorities that if the
Cubans are supplied with means of at
tack, thy will prcvo far more effective
against the Spanish during yellow fever
season than twice their number of non-
ucclimated Americans. General Miles
terefore proposes that as soon as the
American troops have established a de
pot of supplies upon a firm basis, they
shall be .withdrawn. In the meantime
volunteer forces are to be made accus
tomed to Jiardships and the duties of
camp life; and should occasion arise, he
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ess
will bo able to lond in entire army In
Cuba before tho end of May.
News from Havana indicates that the
effect of a peaceful blockade is already
being felt. Provisions ..are growing
scarcer every flay. No ships of import
ance have been able to run the blockade,
and starvation threaten;) Blanco's men.
If Gomez con do with what he says he
can to prevent intrusion of food into
Havana from the land side, capitulation
is a matter of only a few weeks at the
outside. Still precautions are being
taken to insure the surrender of the
Cuban capitol. Foreign representatives
here have been notified that it will be
advisable for their people to get out of
the way ; and it may be, in fact it is be
lieved to be highly probable, that a far
more formidable attack is contemplated
by the middle of the week than officials
will admit, but pians hinge largely upon
the news which is expected from Gomez,
from whom nothing has been heard since
the formal declaration of war.
The junta has several messengers on
the way to the camp of the Cuban gen
eral, and that there are at least three
army officers known to be in Cuba on
some mission.
Sancti Spiritua and Washington will
be in communication within a week and
the outcome will have important bear
ing upon the question as to whether or
not Havana is to be attacked nt once.
It is known positively tonight the fly
ing squadron will sail from Hampton
Roades within the next 72 hours, but
whether towaid Porto Rico or the Ca
naries is only known to the president
and Secretary Long.
GRIM TERROR
REIGNS IN SAN
TIAGO DE CUBA
Every Man and Boy Refusing to Enlist
In the Spanish Army to Be Court
Martialed and Shot A General
Massacre ts Imminent.
Santiago de Cuha, April 27, via
steomer Remus, filed at Port Antonio,
Jamaica, April 29. Don Arsenso Li
nares Pombo, commander-general of
this division of Cuba, proclaimed four,
days ago that every male between 15 and
50 years of age must enroll that night
with the volunteers tor military service
under penalty of arrest and military
trial and death. Five thousand persons
have left the country since the panic be
gan, four-flths being women and child
ren. Spanish soldiers now assume a bully
ing attitude, and threaten to kill every
Cuban man and outrage every Cuban
woman left in Cuba when the invasion
begins. When tho American fleet ap
pears it is expected that all non-combatants
will bo expelled.
Although the governor of the city lias
seized for the government all the large
stores of food in private hands, many
shops still do business with small stocks
and prices are doubling day by day.
Monday meat was 40 cents a pound, and
to-day is $1. Other prices in gold are:
Rice, 24 cents a pound ; beans, 21 cents ;
flour, 19 cents; lard, 32 cents; chickens,
if 2.50 each.
The Spanish soldiers, especially the
sick, are abominably fed. Fourteen
hundred sick in the military hospitul
here get nothing except bean soup three
times a day, with an ounce of meat
once a day. One thousand soldiers In
San Louis hospital have only had salt
liuh this week, and conditions are now
so bad that the Spaniards would almost
rejoice to surrender after one good
fight.
The preparations for dtfense go for
ward. A iihw battery has been erected
at West Harbor entrance with lour
rapid-fire guns. Morro fort has at
least 50 undent brass cannon marked
1704.
r4utiUrtU I'rur Treachery.
Portland, May 1. A special from
Hong Kong says :
A battle was probably fought off Man
tilla yesterday. The Spaniards fear
treachery, and five of their warships
have gone out cleared for action. No fur
ther particulars.
tWPLED FINANCIALLY
i5
The Spanish Government Humbuging the Public
Cannot Pay Interest on Her Debt.
London, April 30. There is no doubt in the minds
of any of the financial authorities that Spain would de
fault in the payment of the next interest on her national
debt. The result of the unloading of Spanish bonds on
the European market during the past week has been that
the securities are now Held by tho Spaniards themselves.
Default "in the interest will therefore be a severe domes
tic burden. It is evident that the Spanish government
is humbugging the public by elaborate lies about the
progress of the war. Tho most intelligent .Spaniards be
lieve Europe will not allow Spain to suffer disaster, but
will impose peaco after one serious engagement with the
loss of Cuba as a maximum penalty for Spain. It is ex
pected that the fall of Manila will be a basis of interven
tion, and as this is imminent there aro others in Europe
who think that the war will end almost as soon as it was
begun.
A. M. WILLIAMS & GO.
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