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VOL. XI
THE DALLES, OREGON. FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 6, 1898.
NO 44
Sanon s Flee
I
On the Way to Seize Porto Rico - Commodore
Schley Ready to Sail.
Washington, May 5. Sampson's fleet is bound for
Porto Rico to, .complete the preparations made for the
occupation of the islands.
Schley is also ready to sail for Porto Rico at a
moment's notice.
PORTO RICO
WILL BE SEIZED
It Is Asserted in Washington that this
Movement Will Be Exccnred.
Washington, May 5. Persons who
were with the president today assert
that there is a strong likelihood ttiat
Porto Rico will be in the hands of the
United States with forty-eight hours.
The immediate seizure of the island,
they assert, has been ordered, though di
rect confirmation of the report is lack
ing. The Budden departure of Samp
son's fleet from Key West yesterday for
nn unknown destination is believed to
have been in furtherance of this plan.
No official confirmation is obtainable,
however, of the various reports concern
ing the movements of Admiral Samp
son's fleet. In addition to the persons
supposed to ehnre the confidence of tiie
administration, who declare Sampson
hus gone to seize Porto Rico, are others
who with equal positiveness declare the
iieet has gone to meet tiie Oregon and
escort tier safely north. Still unother
report is to the effect that Sampson has
gone to seise Matanzas, to use it as a
base of operations.
Government officials absolutely refuse
to make public the plans ot the naval
strategy board.
A GRAVE CRISIS
PENDING IN SPAIN
Disturbances Continue on Account of
the High Prices and Scarcity of
Food and Clashes are Frequent.
New Yokk, May 5. A special to
the World from Madrid oays :
Troops are held in the barracks ready
to march at auy inetunt against the mob
or the revolutionists. Cavalry and in
fautry patrol the streets from nightfall
to sunrise. All the public buildings are
crowded inside with foot and mounted
police. In the rest of the kingdom the
precautions, though less visible, are
equally strict, because the court and the
government apprehend graver move
ments still If a fresh reverse occurs in
Cuba or to the fleet. High-handed
measures are considered necessary to
keep the adversaries of the mouarchy
and the masses down until the moment
comes when the rulers of Spain can de
clare that honor is satisfied and that the
time has come lor the appeal to the Eu
ropean government to step in and se
cure terms of peace honorable to Spain,
Premier Sagusta went twice to see the
queen and offered to resign if Bbe be
lieved a conservative or military cabinet
could better defend the dynasty and the
monarchy than the government, whose
membwi stick to their pott now only
hotn a atata of loyalty to the crown end
elf-respeet, as they do not wish to be
Mis a Move
accused of abandoning the reigns of state
iu the midst of war.
Tiie chief fear is of a popular revolu
tion, which everyone can see is brewing.
Hie civil authorities at Madrid got bo
alarmed at the attitude of the republi
cans and Carliets that they frankly told
senor bagasta that they could not
answer for order much longer.
i no Barcelona authorities report a
very serious condition of affairs there,
The republicans are working upon the
masses who are discontented because of
the rise in price of all provisions and
the closing of many factories in conse
quence of the loss of the Cuban and
Philippine markets.
The queen lias asked Senor Sagasta to
remain in office. He consented to do so
on the cohdition that she would give
permission to proclaim a state of siege
in Madrid.
Now martial law rules. Anyone cir
culating news about the war can be sent
to a military prison. Court-martials are
held. One Carlist, one socialist, one
military, one independent and one re
publican paper have been seized and
prosecuted.
SPANISH WARSHIPS
NEAR BARBADOES
Much Speculation Entered Into No
Member, of the Strategy Board
Will Speak on the Subject.
Washington, May 5. The reported
appearance of four Spanish warships off
the fiarbadoes almost coincident with
the departure of several armor clads of
'Sampson's fleet from Key West, has ex
cited likely speculation among the
officers outside of the strategic board.
No member of the board will say any
thing, however, regarding the naval
plans. A member of the board told a
reporter tonight that the four ships off
the British port were probably Spanish
gunboats which had got out of the way
of the blockade.
The government lias uianv agents
keeping a lookout for the enemy's ships
and reporting the movements of the
warships of all nations. Lloyd's agency
reports are also much depended on.
So far nothing has been learned defi
nitely as to the whereabouts of the Cape
Verde fleet. The government has been
unable to locate the fleet of Spanish
gunboats formerly engaged in heading
off the filibusters from the Cuban coast.
For this reason it is believed (hat some
of these, now off the Barbadoes are the
missing vessels. Many reasons, how
ever, are given against this belief. The
Barbadoes are in the presumable route
of the Oregon and Mariette. The au
thority given is the presumption that
the enemies force theie is the one from
Gape Verde, by the fact that this squad
ron has had about time to reach the
Barbadoes from St. Vincent. This fits
the departure of Sampson's fleet.
1'cBiiaB Grouted.
Washington, May 5. The following
pensions have beta parnted i Original
John J. Paddock, Tbe Dalles.fO ; Robert
son fi. Allen, Newbridge, f6; Aotou
Abigtou, soldiers home, Douglas f 12.
BRITISH EXPERT
ON MAINE DISASTER
Captain tfent Concludes After an In
vestigation That a Mine Laid by
Spanish Officers Destroyed the
Battleship Maine.
New York, May 5. A special to tbe
Herald from Toronto says :
Almost immediately after the Maine
disaster Captain Kent, torpedo expert of
the British Halifax squadron, was hur
riedly sent to Washington, whence he
proceeded to Key West, Fla. His de
parture caused considerable comment at
tbe time, and the government wae aeked
a question relative to the trip, but sim
ply answered that it was purely a de
partmental affair.
Captain Kent lias now returned to
Halifax, and from some remarks he has
made it is evident that whatever other
business he bad in hand, he was mak
ing inquiries about tbe Maine disaster.
He expresses the opinion that the
vessel was blown up by external
meanB. and that tbat means was
probably a mine put in position not
long before the explosion took place. He
saw Captain Sigsbee and went over all
the evidence taken during the inquiry,
and this, with his own accurate knowl
edge of explosives, their effect when ex
ploded in certain conditions nnd the
certainty that in such a case as that of the
Maine disaster all traces of how the mine
or torpedo was laid would disappear,
made it plain to him that an external
agency had been applied. Such a thing,
he asserts, could not be done without
the knowledge of the Spanish officers, eo
that bis opinion mean9 no reflection
whatever upon tbe captain-general of
Cuba.
He has made a most elaborated report
to the British admiralty, and it is ex
pected that the document contains im
portant information on tbe naval force of
the United States in Cuban waters.
CAMP WILL BE
AT SAN FRANCISCO
Orders Have Been Received to Select
Suitable Grounds for the Encamp
ment of Six Thousand Men.
Sax Fkancisco, May 5. Orders were
received yesterday from General Mer
riam, commanding the departments of
California and the Columbia, instruct
ing Colonel Morris, commanding the
post at the Presidio, to select a location
for the encampment of GOOO volunteer
troops, from the states of Washington,
Oregon and California. About 500 men,
it is said, can be cared for on Angel
island. It is the opinion of Colonel
Morris tbat some of the men manning
the batteries of heavy artillery hern will
be sent to Manila to man the light bat
teries, and that their places will be
filled irom among the California volun
teers recently enlisted and about to be
mustered Into the service of the United
States.
CAUSE OF THE
PRESIDENT'S DELAY
General Miles Opposes the Sending of a
Small Army to Cuba Volunteers
Will be Concentrated in Florida.
Washington, May 6. It is learned
upon reliable authority today that the
reason the president has delayed send
ing an invading army to Cuba Is that
he hat been anxious to ascertain defi
nitely what could beexpected In tbe way
of aid and suprort from Gomez' soldiers.
The president has been led to beleive
tbat Gomez could put at least 20,000
aimed men behind tbe invading forces
almost as quickly as tbe landing could
be nade. Military agants who have
been sent on a reconnoisance tour re
ported to the president that Gomez'
army is scattered, and it would bo im
possible for him to gather more than a
thousand men in time to assist the
small United States force.
General Miles opposes the scheme of
sending five thousand men to Cuba, be
cause he realizes that, under the pres
ent conditions, it would be impossible to
reinforce them promptly in the case it
should be necessary to do so, as it un
doubtedly will.
If congress should authorize the secur
ing of three or four brigades of immunes
General Miles believes he can have such
an army mustered and equipped within
a week.
Advices from Texas, South Dakota and
Wyoming serve to convince the general
that tbree regiments of rough riders can
be ready to sail with tbe invading army
within a week. Besides this 50,000 vol
unteers cau be concentrated in the vi
cinitv of Florida at the same time, and
if be have seven days betore moving the
army, he will be able to land them in
Cuba in such a shape as to insure a suc
cessful, sharp and speedy campaign.
General Miles said this evening to
Secretary Alger, that, with an army of
one hundred thousand men, he can, in
side of a week, occupy every foot of ter
ritory in the western hemisphere, now
controlled by Spaniards. This suggestion
is likely to form a basis for tbe military
occupation of the islands.
POWERS WILL
NOT INTERVENE
All Anxious to See Another Great Naval
Battle.
Washington, May 5. Careful in
quiry at the state department shows our
government does not anticipate inter
vention by any foreign powers. In dip
lomatic circles it is well understood nei
ther Great Britain, Germany, Russia
nor Japan have made the slightest
moves in tbe direction of restoring
peace, and none will be made until an
other great naval battle has been fought.
Each of these countries has spent mill
ions building navies which have never
been tried. Their guns and ships are
largely experimental and they want to
know what the navy in the future is
going to be. The United States is
equally anxious to measure strength
with Spain's best ships, aud that there
will be another battle before the war
ends there is absolutely no doubt. Some
powers may make Spain desist, but they
will not dictate to the United States
what conditions shall be. Europe can
not bring such pressure to bear on us,
which has for its object the relinquish
ment of the fruits of war, as was put up
by Japan when she was compelled to
give up Mauchun and ever'thing else
fhe won from China. It would be in
imical to Britain's interest to join such
a movement. Besides there is no assur
ance that tbe United States would be
amicable under such circumstances.
Dewey will not permit meddling by
any country in affairs at Manila. He
may permit the lauding of troops for (he
protection of individual interests; but
anything further than tbat would re
sult in his having the guns of tho Asiatic
squadron turned upon trespassers,
THE STATEMENT
IS AUTHORIZED
War Department Authorizes tbe State
mont that Volunteers From the
Western States Will Be Sent to
tbe Philippines:
Washington, May 0. The war de
partment late Inst evening authorized
tbe statement that tbe volunteers from
tbe militia organizatlans of California,
Oregon and other states west of the
Rockies will form the wain body of the
military force which Is to be tent to the
Philippine!.
NOT SUPPLIED
WITH MUNITIONS
Paris Correspondent of the London Daily
Mail Authority for This Statement.
London, May 6. A Paris correspond
ent to the Daily Mail says he has indis
putable authority' for saying that the
Spanish warships, Including the Pelayo,
have not yet been supplied with ammu
nition. This was the reason that they
did not leave Cape Verdes before. He
further states that the boilers in the
cruiser Nimancla are in no condition
for use, and the Philippines squadron is
in equally as bad condition.
ANNEXATION .
OF HAWAII
Washington, May 5. The presidJnt
today decided to annex the Hawaii Is
lands. The house will concur in this
movement and little opposition is ex
pected in the senate.
Later reports positively contradict,the
annexation.
A. M. WILLIAMS & CO.
"EVIDENCE IS BETTER THAN TALK"
R peui of the
Things Passers-by
See In Out
Ulindoms this CUeek.
Perca,e s,lir,a for en. at &0 cents, form one of the attractions.
These shirts are made with collar and cuffs attached, of a good quality
Percale, and are shown in a large variety of neat patterns.
Summer Underwear for Men at 25 cents a garment. That's onlv
50 cents a full suit. To see ib to buy. Colors cream and brown mixed. "
Men's spring suits of an all
suits! such style! such patterns!
to fit, as well as to wear. Made with wide inside coat facing of same ma
terial; finished with a wide satin piping. Trousers cut in tho prevailing
Btyle, nothing lacking to make them right unless it be part of the price.
Susnenders for Men's Ann wimr nt in fibula rialr tiinili. udlt
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xn.u i.o in uuu, i ou;id nunucr nuy wu null I UBK u; JII81 uecaUSB II We
did we wouldn't be selling cheaper than unv other store. We demonstrate
by actual doings our superiority in cloee selling, and people are beginning
to realize the fact. It pays them. These suspenders are made with non
elastic web, have round elastic sliding ends and can be had in plain light
colors: also in neat nlaids. Onlv 15 cunts a rmlr
Neck Ties for Men in tenks
at 2o cents. Our price on nearly a
Men's Hnsinrv. tin If fur fn
best grades nt tho lowest prices, A
Bundle Socks, grey mixed, seamless,
Jtii.wlli. Cmilm ..,!.....! ,......!..
"''"" no, nm. in, acii, nrn imcee,
Black fust hlm-l sai'Ib u'ltll kIhiiii.iI
til I I .,..rw..,
Hlack, also tan and brown, rtwunless
it u nun uieru n iiuue in iuwii iiko
OQg ''"J"9 a full B,i!"i full weight, Cotton Sweater for men, This will
7 easily he recognized as an extremely low figure oil these goods,
and Still more SO wllHIi vnn HPtt Ii.h irnrmmiiB IV. . ul,r.. H, .... 1..
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ribbed neck and Uvrun collar. Colors
heretofore been OUlt pricit on similar
There area few dozen other tilings which we cannot find room to
mention here, but will gladly show you,
A. M.WILLIAMS & CO.
AMERICAN SCHOOL AT ATHENS.
Crliiln of I'olltlcnl Affnlm Ilnd m Baa,
Effect on It.
In n year of wnr nd rumors of war
nn archaeological explorer Amis his oc
cupation well-nigh none. says Litera
ture. Throughout the long-drawn crisis
of the past spring- and summer both thc
Oreek government tind the Oreck peo
ple behaved townrd the foreign repre
sentatives of r.tiencc in their midst with
extraordinary courtesy, detaching them
almost entirely from the feelings of ir
ritation or resentment which were man
ifested townrd the European powers.
Tint, with one-half of the available
peasantry drawn off for the fighting
line nnd reserves, and- the other half
nble to think nnd talk of little but war,
it was naturally difficult to effect ex
cavations during the spring.
Thus the American school in Athens,
which had planned for 1nt spring the
opening of tho campaign which is to
uncover Corinth, only did about a
week's work. The government was too
busy to proceed with the promised ex-
propriation of the site, and finally the
director, Mr. Richardson, feotight for
himself n sninll tract cast of the tern--pie.
and there came quickly on the re
mains of a stoa. which seemed to indi
cate the proximity of the agora of the
city. Rut the work was not proceeded
with. It Ik to be resumed in March,
if the expropriation has by that time
been duly carried through, but the great
depth of the soil will entail great ex
pense. Axtcc Survivors.
Among the natives of Mexico there
are, according to Lumholtz, about 150,
000 survivors of the Aztec race. Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
wool material for $7 :50. And such
such nerfect fittim? suits! Tailored
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uml huml linu-a- a 11 1- tlua
hundred d-j.dn 15u each. Kasy picking.
rill ni tmi 11 ii'uti. uta Ik ii mi tliA.it ...
few numbers now in our window.
ribbed top?, per dozen . 50c
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ri line u lopp, jier UUZtll HUU
ill. I, ml r.,.u liill llnuun lift.
,.v, uuncii , HUB
foot, fust colore, per pair 10c
mum,
w,,w tiiviu ill uvill
navy Hint maroon, 50 cents has
sweaters.