VOL. XT
THE DALLES, OREGON. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 15, 1898.
NO 78
INVADERS WILL
SOOI IBM
The Entire Attention of the War Deparment
Will Be Turned to Porto Rico.
WASHINGTON, Juno 14. With the first expedition
actually out oi the country, the authorities here have quick
ly turned their attention to another expedition even more
important than this initial one. Jt is expected that plans
for embarking a second invading force will be matured at
once, and that as a result another expedition will leave from
an Atlantic coast point within the next ten days, this time
for Porto Rico. There are about fifteen transports available,
and the list will be increased as rapidly as possible. Some
of these may be used for the latter expedition but those on
hand and to bo secured will readily accommodate a force of
10,000 men.
Recent reports from Porto Rico have indicated that the
Spanish forces there do not exceed four or five thousand
men, so that it may be doomed necessary to send a large
arm' of occupation. Such as it is, however, it will have an
important mission to perform, and with this force pursuing
an aggressive campaign in Porto Rico, and Shafter's 15,000
men on Cuban soil, an abundance of stirring action is as
sured from this week forward.
SECOND EXPEDITION
Epup FOR H
Good (Doming
Work of Loading Thirty-five Hundred Soldiers
and Their Equipments on Transports at
San Francisco Began Today.
TWO DISASTERS IN ALASKAN WATERS
Schooner Alton I'nibnbly Lost With All
on Hoard.
VirroitiA, 15. C, Juno 14. Ctiptuin
IMercon, of the Hohooner II iistler, which
arrived hero from Cook's inlut this
morning, Htutox that tliu schooner Alton,
which nailed from Tticomu recently for
the Jior.th, earryini: a crew of bis men,
in believed to liiivi! been lost durum tho
Revere (iiilu which occurred on Mav "ifi
Moran's Stern wheelers Come to Grief
in Queen Charlotte Sound.
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e PREFERENCE 5
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fj Spain Expresses Her Choice ol J
American to Kehcl Occupation )
C of Manila. 5
f? 9
Viknna, Juno M. Neue i'reio
IVt-HHo h;ivh Spain Iiiih requested y
tlio powurH to ure,o the United J
p Htuteo to occupy Muuilii should the
town Kurronder, and not allow the
iuburgents to do so. ( J
Victoiha, B. C, June 14. The cap
tain of the steamer Lapwing, which has
juHt returned Irom Alert bay, reports
that nine stern-wheel t-tentners of the
Mom n fleet of eleven were eerioiifly
damaged while attempting to ctohh
Queen Charlotte Round. The injured
vesHolp nut in at I'ort Alexander, where
they will hu repaired.
and many Hhips did not move until
some time this uiornintr. It in supposed
all the vessels are now fairly under way.
Allowing three days for the trip, Shaft
er's forces will he in the vicinity of San
tiago by Friday noon, and it is expected
the debarkation will take the rent of that
day and night and part of the following
day.
CREDITORS ARE
UPON HIS TRACK
SAN FRANCISCO, June 14. Thirtv-fivo hundred
soldiers left Camp Merritt this morning and marched to the
transport steamers which are to take them to the Philippines'.
nil -
i lie camp presented an exceedingly busy scene, but there
was an air 01 orderly excitement over the whole. The men
who have been waiting so long for the order to embark were
delighted at the chance to prepare for the voyage and nros
pects of going to the front. One by one the different com
panies took their departure, and it was nearly noon when
the last soldiers lett.
The steamers China and Colon are lyinsr at the Mai
dock and the men ordered to these vessels marched down
Third street to Brannan and thence to their respective ships.
lliose who boarded the China were:
The First Colorado volunteers, two Utah batteries of lisht
artillery, and half of the Eighteenth regular infantry.
ihose on board to Colon are the Twenty-third regiment
oi lnlantry, and a part of the Jiaghteenth.
At the Facihc-street wharf, where the Zelandia and
Senator are lying, the Tenth regiment of Pennsylvania vol
unteers, and the First Nebraska are waiting for orders to
vii uuuiu, m i 10 jiv. liJ tui) u.jjui,ii;u UIlUli U1U ilUUL Will SU11
tomorrow.
do you uueai?
The
CDanhattah
Shirts?
CRISIS IS NEAR
IN CHINA
The Decrepit Imperial Government Is
Menaced From Within and With
outCouncils Conflict.
was said that the prince had lapped into
nncoiifccionsnesB and that the Chinese
doctors in attendance bad mistakenly
pronounced Dim dead. It was added
tiiat the prince had 6inee awakened, but
his condition was critical.
PROGRESS Of THE
INVADING TROOPS
Reported Not Yet to Have Left Key
West Cause of the Delay Not
Known.
Washington, June 14. OfHoial infor
mation Iibs reached Washington to the
efluot thnt the fleet of ,trunoports with
troops for Santiago nuppoced to have left
Key Went wtterdii.v f.ir Culm, had not
Hilled id I" ii early hour this morning.
No reiiMto Ioin liitxo Elated fur Ibis very
unexpected il.day in the movement
uirtiiii'i Sim' i.uN UIIIuiuIh positively
ili-cino to dii-ciiHH the manor, hut clearly
Hlh.W i'V llo-ll IIMIIIitl. lllUC tilU HOWS IB
unwelcome,
W'ah iimiton, Jin e 14 Liter advices
ri'ivivml ilumu' Hm alieruoou hIiow tiiat
a -hhi" wiih niiiiMllv made yeHii r lay from
Aey Weal, hut I lie luoveiiieill diuggea
An Attachment Against the Property of
Yohhk Meter is Issued in New York.
Nkw Vokk, June 14. Justice Daly,
of the supreme court, lias issued an at
tachment against the property of J.isoph
Loiter, tlio wheat speculator of Chicago,
for $7011,023 for money advanced. The
attachment was levied upon funds bt
loni;iK to Leiter and deposited in the
Chase National bank, Hanover bank
and other financial concerns in the city.
Chicago, June 14. It was slated by
friends of Leiter that the attachment it
sned against him in New York will
not affect tiie situation and will not force
an assignment.
MORE FIGHTING
AT MANILA
Insurgents arc Striving Desperately to
Capture the Town.
Hum. in, June 14. Advices from
Shanghai to the Frankfort Z-itung say.
news has been received iroiu Manila to
the .fleet that there is fighting every
night around the town. The insurgents
It seems a o tiylog to capture Manila
and esUblUu an iiulupemu ut gov rn
went before the Amuricins land.
Shanoiiai, May 20. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press.) These are
trying times in China. The imperial
government is passing through n crisis.
The intrigues and cross-intrigues of the
court, the general and constant friction
between the MuuehuriHii and the Chi
nese imperial councils aio complicating
nmtteis. Piincu Kung, the imperial
adviser, is at the point of death. It can
be stated upon the highest atithoiity
that at his death a leorganization of the
council of state will be made.
ihe famous viceroy, Chang Chi Tung,
is now in Shanghai, lie will shortly go
to Peking, at the reqiikst of t lie emper
or. It is presumed that at the death of
Prince Kung, Viceroy Chang will he
made one ot the immediate councilors
of the emperor- Though Chang Chi
Tung is an elderly man, he ranks with
Li Hung Cluing in progressive ideas, It
will be a new era for China if Viceroy
Chant: docs enter on the duties of the
council chamber, for then he and Li
Hung Chang will he able to outvote the
third member, who isnn ultra conserva
tive. There is, however, one condition
to note; personally Li and Chang have
been enemies, The world will probably
imv. a fine chance to learn whether
these two great leaders in western ideas
in China will Bink out of sight their per
sonal differences and work together for
ttie reformation and consolidation of the
empire.
The emperor is fully alive to ttie crisis
on. In an imperial proclamation now
being sent to the various governors, ho
frankly bemoans "the present great
troubles of tlio empire," and miuwioiib
his subjects to invest in the bond? of
the new national loan in order tiiat he
mav be relieved from financial cure in
a
the uiidst ot these international compli
cations.
On Mav 5th the extraordinary an
nouncement was made that Prince lUirg
who was previously reported to have
expired on May -u, was still ftilve, it
FIERCE FIGHT
AT GUANTANAM0
American Marines Ajjain Attacked by a
Superior Force of Spanish Troops
and a Pitched Buttle Ensued.
Ni:w York, June 14. A special dated
Caimanern, June 13, via Mole St. Nich
olas, llayti, today, reports that there
was a renewal on Sunday of the Spanish
attacks upon the force of marines landed
at Guantanamo Friday last. The light
ing is paid to have lasted nil through
Sunday night, Camn McCalla and Crest
jllill being attacked by greatly superior
j forces of Iho Spanish.
I The battleship Texas, gunboat Mar-
blehead and collier Abaranda supported
the marines by directing fire upon the
I coast and particularly tho bushes which
nil through these encounters have served
to screen tho movements of the Span
iards. SPANISH WARSHIPS
ALL AT SANTIAGO
Lieutenant Blue Has Seen the Entire
Fleet From a Vantage Point
Inland.
Wahiii.soto.v, June 1 1, The nnvy de
partment today pofiid the loi)u,iiig
bulletin: .
"Mol, S'. Nl. holm, .lime U. Lh ii
tenant Itluo lias j int. mlumni niir
dftniir of seventy Matul in il a ni i,b
renali mi of Iho harhitr f SrOitiati.
llotepurM ih.tt tin; Span'ph fl -i-i i I
there, 111 thill l!i tfiui,ir-h iilliiclvd
vigori oily IK" at ( iuiin itnumo.
An ou'poMif f nir iiift'iiieH urn kbltd
ami th-ii li'xlir lu'inljt' , lmi'1-.iruii'ly.
Suigi'on (Jtbbe twi killed.
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