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VOL. XI
THE DALLES, OREGON. SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 28, 1898.
NO'63
PORTO
TO 1 TAKEN
'This Island Is IM'as a Base of Sun-
plies for the Spaniards General
Miles Favors the Move.
THE PRESIDENT'S
INTENTION
A Sweeping Assault Will Soon Be Made
The Island of Cuba will Not He
Invaded for Some Time The Cli
mate of Porto Rico Said Not to Be
An Unhealthy One.
everything in sight aa fast ns reached.
This program will be helped by the de
cision to besiege Santiago. The countv
around that city is about n? high and
noattliy aa Porto Rico, and a mild cam
paign is expected to help the popular
aesire for the invasion of Cuba.
HAS SCHLEY
BEEN DECEIVED
The Vanishing Squadron is Probably
Beyond His Reach Grave Doubts
as to Cervcra's Present Condition
Washington, May 27. Many people
find it almost impossible to believe that
the president has consented to abandon
the reconcentrados in Cuba to their fate
for some months to come, while Porto
Rico and the Philippines receive the at
tention of the United States army, yet
the report is made repeatedly and ap
parently on the beat of authority that
this is the case.
General Milos who has been opposed
to nn immodiato advance upon Cuba
is said to highly favor the invasion of
l'orto llico.
General Miles has urgod upon tiie
president and secretary ol war, and he
Las been supported by General Schofield
that from a strategic view it ia imperii
live that Porto Rico bo taken. He says
that there the Spaniards have built
their biggest forts und stored their larg
est supplies of food and coal, for the pur
pose of making that island a base of
-operations against tho Uuited States
To go aheud now and capture Cuba
leaving Porto Rico in Spanish hands,
would, in General Miles' opinion, be
making the enemy a present of n base
of operations from which they could
continually threaten the army in Cuba
and tho entire Atlautic coast of this
country.
In Miles opinion it would require
many mora men and sjiips to conduct a
war with Spain on that basis than v. wi
go ahead and take Porto Uieo now.
Tho president, it is k,i id by his por
sonal friends, bus Ik'toned with .yor to
General Miles' arguinmit, lie has a
particular horror of li.;asi;3 that are
liable to ravagu the Amuricuu army if it
tries to operate in Cuba during tho
rainy" season. He has all along feared
that disaster would overtake the admin
istration and the Republican pa.'v 'f
tho army in Cuba should bo decimal 1
by pestilence, because ho believes ,t
would take a very short time for vcllow
fover in tho army to place mouurng
upon at least one family in every to u
ship in the United StateB.
Porto Itico and the Philippines, on lht
other baud, are deemed by the presi
dent as comparatively healthy. In
Porto Rico, according to Gen. Mile,
tho deadly fevers of Cuba are unknown.
The operations in Porto Rico nud the
Philippines, it is explained by tho pres
ident's friends, would occupy every man
of the army tliat can be drilled and
cqipped during the next two or three
months. This would, lu a sense, Hie
hoped, satisfy the couuiry.
In tho meantime, if It does appear to
satisfy the country, it is said to be the
intention of the president to get every
thing in shape for a grand sweeping
three weeks' asiftult upon Cuba as soon
as the rainy season is over, taking
tr . .... . .
, ahuington, iviay z. News ot im
portance, understood to be from Schley
wob received by the navy department
late tonight. Contrary to tho custom
Long went to the department at a late
hour and was closeted with Assistant
Secretary Allen and Lieut. Whittlsey
tho cipher expert, in view of the ar
rangements made for giving to the presB
any advices from Schley that Cervera's
fleet was still at Santiago. Ilia failure
to make public anything about the mes
sago would indicate that Cervera has
escaped, hut this cannot be stated posi
tively.
Some dozen of projected military and
naval operations was bad at tbe cabinet
meeting today. The place of campaign
was decided or was sketched to the cab
met officers. If Cervera lias escaped,
initiation of the plan will be postponed
and the scheme will probably be re
arranged. Meanwhile arrangements to
carry out the plans are under way and
won't be suspended unless definite as
sarances that Cervera has escaped are
received. The military and naval pro
gram contemplates first the routing out
of Cervera's ships in Santiago and if
possible their capture, then an invasion
of Cuba by a large army. After that, or
simultaneous, will be the occupation of
Porto Rico.
MANILA'S NEXT
EXPEDITION
Will Comprise Four Ocean Liners, Car
ryinu 5000 More Troops to tbe
Philippines.
SanFkancisco, May 27. Preparations
for the next expedition to Manila will
be hastened. It can be stated on good
authority that the expedition will sail
next week. General Merritt will not go
until all his forces have been dispatched
to the islands. It is probable, however,
that General Otis will sail with the next
fleet, which will comprise the troop
ships Zsalandi, Centennial, China and
the Ohio. The two last named vessels
were chartered by the government today.
The four tvwls will carry five thous
and men. jJ'd China arrived this noon
from Hong i "ng, twenty-four hours
abend ,' t'tno.
It is alii out certain that the Pennsyl
vania and Minnesota regiments will go.
Possibl tl Seventh regiment of this
state will i' 'co be sent. In addition two
regiments of regulars, the Eighteenth
and Twenty-third, now en route from
New Orleans, will go with this expedi
tion. Tho cruiser Philadelphia will in
all probability carry General Merritt
and hid staff to Manila. Repairs on the
vessvl are being rushed and it is a mat
ter of only a few days before she will be
utady to sail.
WAS KILLED BY
THE TRAIN
One of Montana's Soldier Boys Meets
a Sudden and Violent Death.
Buttk, Mont., May 27. W. H. Bowen
while attempting to bid his brother
good-bye, on his departure for San Fran
cisco with the troops, fell beneath the
train and was killed,
mm
IAS VANISHED
A Dispatch Boat Brings the News That
Cervera Is Not in SfeM ScM??
. at Present is Looting for Himi
PATIENCE AVAILED
BUT LITTLE
The Wary Commander of the Spanish
Squadron Has Once More Given
the Americans the Slip Cervera's
Whereabouts a Mystery.
Kingston, Jamaica, Aboard tho Dis
patch Boat Premier, May 27. Schley's
squadron sailed out of Cienfuegos Tues
day night. For three days they bad
watched the entrance of the harbor of
Cienfuegos, with every gun shotted and
manned, almost positive that the Span
lards were inside. Not until duek Tues
day, when the Marblehead and Eagle
returned from a scouting expedition, in
the course of which they connected with
the insurgents ashore, was it learned
positively that the SpaniBh fleet waB not
inside.
Nothing was left them then but to
start out and hunt again, and this was
done within an hour. A dispatch boat
followed the fleet for a while; but on
account of storms and the shortness of
coal and water, put in here. On the
way she was fired on by the Scorpion.
Tho latter, thinking it had a prize, sent
a boarding party aboard. They said the
Spanish fleet was not at Santiago, and
had not been seen, and started to rejoin
Schley.
THINKS A PRIZE
IS IN SIGHT
Spanish Steamer Thought to Be a
Scouting Cruiser Being Pursued
Off Key West.
Key West, May 27. A Spanish
steamship, thought to be an auxiliary
cruiser, was sighted by the warships
Wilmington and Bancroft fifteen miles
off Key West last night, and at last ac
counts ehe was being chased by the
Bancroft. The ship pursued by the
Bancroft was a three-masted steamer,
and a merchantman of large tonnage.
She has one smokestack.
No doubt whatever is entertained of
her being a Spaniard, because when the
Bancroft put after her she steamed away
at full speed, The chase was a most
exciting one when the Wilmington last
saw the two vessels. Cupt. Todd, of
the Wilmington, has no doubt the Ban
croft will catch the Spaniard, and is
confident the vessel being chased is a
Spanish auxiliary cruiser on ecout duty.
The Wilmington came in from the
blockade and reports all quiet there.
Merely ralie Kuiuor.
Halifax, May 27. There is absolute
ly no truth in the story of Spanteh und
French warships being off this port and
the forts having been manned.
rired Upon bjr Bjianlardi.
Key West, May 27. Charles W.
Richards, sergeant of artillery, on duty
at a mortar battery near Fort Taylor,
was fired upon last night by three un
known men, whom he Bays he knows to
be Spaniards. Tho fire was promptly
returned, but the men escaped. He
says tho three men carried a package
containing dynamite, with which they
intended to destroy the batteries.
WHERE IS
CERVERA'S FLEET
Doubt Is Expressed as to, the Spanish
Fleet Being Bottled Up A Mis
take Has Evidently Been Made.
Key West, May 27. Although Wash
ington dispatches indicate that Ceye
ra's fleet is bottled up at Santiago, no
information is obtained here looking to
the corroboration of this impression.
Washington is in possession of the
official news from both Sampson and
Schley later than anything that has
come in here; but still that does not
carry a belief with everyone. Bulletins
were received here Wednesday stating
that the government officials were pos
itive Tuesday night that Schley had the
Spanish fleet bard and fast in Santiago,
and yet Schley's fleet on Tuesday night
was off Cienfuegos. Tbe torpedo boat
Dupont left that night for Key West,
arriving here yesterday. Sirco then no
dispatch boat has come to this port from
Schley's fleet, and if the government
has been communicated with it is
through other cables.
NEW DEVELOPMENTS
IN THE CASE
A New York Lawyer and Others Ac
cused by Senor Jiminy The Dis
covery an Important One.
Key West, May 27. In connection
with the case of Senor Jiminy, who was
seized as a spy ou the prize steamship
Panama on Wednesday, it is said that
two men ou the New York and another
inWasbington are to be arrested at once.
One of these men is n lawyer, formerly
in the employ of the Cuban colonial gov
ernment. The others are said to be bus
iness men.
These men are supposed to be at tbe
head of the Spanish secret service in the
United Stetes.
It is claimed that the Washington
man has sent daily letters to his asso
ciate in New York, and that the latter
cabled the contents in cipher to France
to be finally transmitted from there to
the authorities in Madrid.
There are several men suspected here
and they may be arrested at any mo
ment. It is said that ono of these men
paid $750 for cable message to Havana
in which he asked that $10 be put to the
credit of one Senorita Maria. Tbe mes
sage of course was a blind.
Tile ltnwau'8 Com In if Trial.
Seattle, May 27.- Tho official trial
trip ot the torpedo-boat Rowan will
probably take place Monday or Tuesday.
Lieutenant-Commander Chas. P. Per
kins commanding the Monadnock, haa
been designated as preeidont of the tial
board.
Hlz 1'roDably Druwued.
Pottsvim-e, Pa., May 28. While
miners were working in tbe Red Ash
vein of Caska William colliery, about
ten miles east of here, a large body of
water was struck and six men are sup
posed to have been drowned.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
Cures Piles, Scalds. Uurns.
A. S. Roberts, of The Dalles, and J.
W. Morton, of Hood River, candidates
for joint representatives for Wasco and
Sherman counties, accompanied by M.
P. Isenberg, of Hood River, spoke at
Wasco Thursday, A large audience
greeted them.
Use Clarke & Falk's Rosofoam tor the
teeth.
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Advertised Latter. '
Following is tho list of letters remain
ing in tho poslofTice nt Tho Dalles un
called for May 27, 1898. Persons
calling for tho same will give date on
which they were advertised :
Adar, Wanley Ashley, .Tas
Brain, W H Blank. Grace
Brant, E Bortlains, Albert
Bingman, Mrs A T Carr, Mrs Clara J
Christensen, Auton Crow, Grace
Cooper, Russel Collins, Bertha
Clyde, G B 2 Davis, Wm G
Davidson, Albert Donnellv, Harry.
England, Aug
towler, Cora
Gillasphy, Thoa
Harding, Etta
Hazen, Sadie
Horye, W D
Huteson, Martha
Keeny, Tom
Lang, Geo W
Miller, JtS
Mulligan. Chita
Olfield,' H
Redwood, .Tas
Shelton, Mrs L
Smith, Chas
Smith, Sherman
Thomas, A B
White. E K
Vickers, Sam
Fox. M S
Geiser, Fred II
Gordon, H F
Hall, N N
Henriques, M. M,
Hubbard, Ollie
Johnston, H
Lankins, Susie
Muthews, A H
Moran, Ben
Myers, -Henry
Oman, G W
Srykens, John)
Stuo, Mrs AC
Smith, Ed
Thomas, L A
Wheeler, Johnnv 2
Wilson, Airs W G
Vania finoin
Van Delnster, L M Vandervort, Minnie
J. A. Ckohskn.
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