VOL. XT
THE DALLES, OREGON. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 14, 1898
NO 77
THE FIRST EXPEDITION
LEAVES FOR SANTIAGO
Fifteen Thousand Troops Under Command of Major-General Shatter
Set Sail From Key West this Morninjr.
FORjVIIDABliE fliEET ACTING
AS A G0J1V0Y TO THE TROOPS
ST. LOUIS' PRIZE
A BRITISH COLLIER
She was Taken oil' Morant Point, Jamai
ca, While En Route to Santiago
With Coal for Ccrvera's Fleet.
The Government Officials Believe the Expedition Will Reach
Santiago No Later Than Thursday, When Troops
Will Be Immediately Landed.
Wahimnktox, .lune lit. It wua for
nwilly an nou need ut the war department
tliiH morning that the first military ex
pedition had left Key Wont ut day break
fur Santiago. A lurge force of transports
convoyed the troopH under convey of a
strong squadron of warablpB runging
from the largest warships to the small
gunboutB uud fast Bailing yachts.
All yesterday there were lively con
ferences between official of the war and
navy departments, and after an all-day
cees'iou, the war department had com
pleted its plans for conveying troops to
tliu transports.
Major-General Shefter,who commande
the expedition, has with him a force of
77li ofllcora and 14,531 enlisted men.
Regular troops make up the greater
part of the force, these beeing only two
volunteer organizations in the expedi
tions. These are the Seventy-first New
York and Second Massachusetts iniant
ry volunteers, and two dismounted
squads of four troops each from First
United States volunteer cavalry regi
ment, which Col. Wood commands, and
of which Theo. RooBvelt is lieutenant
colonel. Whether any ef these officers
are with the squads named is not yet
known at the war department. It was
difficult to prevail upon the mounted
riflemen to leave their mounts behind,
but th'tB was a matter of necessity, it is
said, owing to the lack of accommoda
tions for horses on shipboard. The best
the department could do at this lime in
the way of supplying the cavalry con
tingent for the expedition wus to include
among the troops one equud of the Sec
ond United States cavalry, fully mount
ed with nine officers and 230 enlisted
men.
The troops that make un this expedi
tion are,
Infantry regiments Sixth, Seventh,)
Seventy-first New York volunteers; i
Tenth, Twenty-first, Second, Fifty-1
third, Eighth, Twenty. foii'th, Ninth,
Twenty-seco'tid, Second Massachusetts
volunteers; First, Fifteenth.Thlrteenth,
Seventh, Seventeenth, Third, Thirtieth.
Total infantrv, ."(U officers, 10,700 en
listed men.
Cavalry Two dismounted equads of
four troops each from the First volun
eer cavalry Total dismounted 159 offi
cers, 2S75 enlisted men. Mounted
cavalry, one squad of the Second, nine
officers and 280 enlisted men.
Artillery Light batteries, E and K,
Firet artillery, A und F, Second artillery
fourteen officers and 323 enlisted men.
Batteries G and H Fourth artillery, four
officers and 132 enlisted men.
Engineer Company C and E, nine
officers, 200 enlisted men.
Single corp one detachment, two offi
cers and forty-five enlisted men.
Hospital detachments are included in
the above figures. The staff corps num
bers fifteen officers.
The troops will arrive at Santiago
Thursday morning at the latest, barring
storms or accident, and the lauding
probably will take place on the after
noon of that day or the Friday following,
as Sampson is extreme ly anxious to re
inforce the small body of marines now I
on snore ut uuautanaino tmy. ine po
sition of the men is not entirelv satis
factory to officials here.
ALL WILL REACH
MANILA TOGETHER
Three Philippine Expeditions to Unite
at Honolulu ami Conclude Their
Voyage in Company.
Sax FitAXcihco, June IS. Brigadier
Uenerul if. G. Otis will today assume
command of tho Fourth brigade of the
Manila expeditionary force. An ollieer
on his stall' states that tho first and
second expeditious will bo hold at Hon
olulu to await u third, bo that all may
reach Manila together.
The Fourteenth infantry has received
forty-four recruits from St. J.ouis und
Cleveland. Major Robe's command
now requires about 125 men to complete
it.
The fifty-Hrst Iowa regiment will
probably be assigned to tho brigade
commanded by General King.
The Nebraska regiment and one bat
talion of the Idaho troops epeut Sunday
afternoon in target practice at the pre
sidio ruuge.
Tho Idaho and Montana volunteers
wil' be paid ofl' today.
The Thirteenth Minnesota lias boon
presented with a handsome state flag by
Mrs. L. A. Runge, in behalf of the citi
zens of Minneapolis. It Is the hand
somest banner that will bo carried away
by any of the troops who are going to
the Philippines.
The Ohridtlan committee, as the war
department of the Y, M. O, A. ia known,
will send Frank A. Jackson and C. A.
Glunz to Manila to woik among the
troops sent to aid Admiral Dewey.
All the supplies of the South Dakota
volunteers have been received, and by
this evening the regiment will be fully
equipped.
NO MORE TROOPS
FOR MERRITT
War Department Has Xo Intention of
Increasing the Strength of Manila
Expedition.
Nkw Youk, June 13. It may be
stated with positivenesii that the war
department has no present intention of
Bending any more troops to San Fran
cisco for the Philippine expedition than
liavo already been ordered there, says
tho Washington correspondent of the
Times. General Merritt, before leaving
New York, said he wanted 20,000 men
to take to Manila, uud that he intended
to have that number. It was generally
accepted that General Merritt won his
point, and that the department prom
ised him the men he asked for. It is
now stated that instead of the 20,000
men lie 1ms been counting on, only It),-
000 have been assembled at San Fran
cisco, and that the future governor
general of the Philippines ia getting un
easy about the other 4000.
Ice Cream wholesale and retail at the
Columbia Candy Factory. Ordora to fur
nish lodge soeiuls and ice cream festi
vals solicited. Don't forget that our
ice cream sodas are the best in the city.
WAR REVENUE BILL
IS NOW k LAW
President, Vice-President and Speaker
Have Signed It.
Washington', June 13. The presi
dent signed the war revenue bill at 3 p.
m. The measure having been previ
ously signed by Vice-President Hobart
and Speaker Reed, ia now a law.
Immediately upon information from
the white house that the war revenue
bill had been signed by the president.
Secretary Gage issued a circular ex
plaining to the public the proposed bond
issue. That circular invites subscrip
tions fur $200,000,000 of three per cent
bonds. Subscriptions will be received
at par for a period of thirty-four days
from this date. The bonds will be is
sued in the coupon and registered form,
coupon denominations ranging from $20
to (1000, and registered bonds from $20
to $10,000.
WhiiupliiK Cough.
I had a little boy who was nearly dead
from an attack of whooping cough. My
neighbors recommended Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. I did not think that
any medicine would help him, but after
giviug him a few dosea of the remedy 1
noticed an improvement, and one bottle
cured him entirely. It Is the beat cough
medicine I ever had in the house. P.
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Nkw York, June 13. A dispatch to
the Hetald from Mole St. Nicholas,
Hayti, says :
The merchantman captured by the
auxiliary cruiser St. Louis, just off Mor
ant Point, Jamaica, last Friday night,
was the British steamer Twickenham.
On board the Twickenham are 3200 tons
oi coal for the Spanish fleet. She has
been sent as a prize to Key West.
The captured steamer is a London
vessel, which first went to Martinique
erpecting to effect a junction with Ad
miral Cervera's squadron at this island.
The fleet had departed before her arri
val and she was detained there as a
suspicious ves9el by the French author
ities.
Word was brought to Admiral Samp
son that the Twickenham had left Mar
tinique on Wednesday. The St. Louis
was immediately dispatched to inter
cept her. Twenty milee out of Kingston
on Friday night, the St. Louis fell in
with the Twickenham. The armed liner
showed only the green and red lights of
a merchantman, and the collier kept
right ahead on her northward course
toward Guantanamo, where she haB
hoped to be able to find some means of
getting tier coal to Admiral Cervera's
ships in the harbor of Santiago. Com
ing into close range, the St. Louis sur
prised the collier by sending a shot
across her bows. The Twickenham in
stead of stopping put on full steam and
tried to get away. Quickly overhauling
the Englishman, the St. liuis fired
again. The captain of the collier, eee
ing flight was impossible, hove to and
was boarded by a boat's crew from the
St. Louis.
The British captain at first made a
vigorous denial that he was carrying
coal for the Spanish fleet. His vessel
was searched, however, by the men
from the St. Louis. In the fireroom a
man in overalls was found who spoke
only Spanish. After -a vigorous cross
examination by Captain Goodrich, of
the St. Louie, this man admitted that
he was u Spanish officer in charge of the
cargo. On the approach of the St. Louis
he had thrown his papers and commis
sion overboard. He appeared to be
badly seated at the way things had
turned out. lie was sent as a prisoner
of war to Key West on board the cap
tured steamer.
'The St. Louis has recently engaged in
cutting cables around Cuba. Lieuten
ant Allen .said that when she pasjed
Guantanamo last night the Stars and
Stripes were still flying over the marines
on the hill. The American men-of-war
were I ing in the iiarbor, but there had
been no engagement yet with the
Spanish.
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Weather,
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Is what you hear above everything else these days.
But then, those who know care but little, for they get
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We have them and are selling them.
Delayed Shipment of f
OQeti's liinen Dusters
Just Keceived.
Soiimming Trunks
Boy's Sizes 15c a pair.
Men's Sizes 25c
a pair.
A. M.WILLIAMS & CO.
To Cure a Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lots. All druggists refund the money if
it fails to cure. 25c.
Schlitz's
Bock
Beer.
; Fresh and the first
j4 of the season ut the
Midway.
DeWitt'a Little Early Risers,
The turnout little pill.
Take Your .
JVIeals at the
Clarendon
Restaurant.
JOHN DONOHUE. Prop.
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ill The Dullfj.
r
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and Farmers
..Exchange..
Kwt on draught tho celebrated
COI.1I.M1UA 1JKKU, iickn.mi
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ut the usual price. Come In, try
It 11 ixl be convinced. Al-o tho
1'lut'r.t bruiKii of Wines, l.I iiinri
anil Cli,'ulfc,
Sandcuiehes
of all Kinds always on hand.
JVIeals at
All Hours.
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Why do we retail more Cigars than
others?
Why do smokers go out of their way
and pass cigars of tho same grade?
Not because we have better cigars
or better brands, or uuy greater variety;
no, not mat. f
Why, because we have the finest ci
gar ease in the state und keep our cigars
in better condition.
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