Chrjmicle
VOL. XT
THE DALLES, OREGON. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 30, 1898.
NO 91
SflHTIP PIHY BE OURS
BY THIS IT10RNIH9 S
SUN
Indications Point to an Immediate Attack on the Doomed City
By the American Army Santiago Must Be Taken
Before the Arrival of the Reinforcements.
Waniiinoton, Juno 21). General Shuf
tor Iiiih jiiBt reported to General Miles
that he can take Santiago in 18 hours,
but indicates that the undertaking may
involve considerable lone. He has in
formation of the approach of 8,000 Span
ish reinlorcementH from Manzanillo,
und it iB believed that he intends to take
tho town immediacely, and that the
news of u huttlo may be expected at any
time. The Spanish reinforcements re
ferred to are now within fifty miles of
Suntiuiro.
AT THE FltONT, llio Guam a, Juno 28,
via Kingston, June 20. Preparations
for a general udvance of the American
troopB on Santiago de Cuba are being
steadily forward, und troops in every
branch of the service are being hurried
to the front. General Wcnlz' disviaion
consisting of the brigades of General
Hawkins, Colonel Pearson und Colonel
Worth, has joined General Lawton's di
vision, and with the cavalry division of
General Wheeler and four batteries of
light artilery will now be strung out in
the rear of General Lawton's division.
The front still rests on the second cross
ing of the Rio Guatna on the road to
Suutiago, in the rear of tiie crest of the
Sevilla hills, and a mile and a half
back.
General Hates' brigade, which was
landed yesterday by the auxiliary cruis-(
er Yale, remains at Juragua. The de
lay in forward movement is due to ina
bility to get subsistence Btores to the
front rapidly enough. The advance will
not be ordered until every man has three
day's rations. Pack trains can only
convey one day's rations in a day.
Santiago's Water Supply Cut Off.
Sino.VKV, Provhice Santiago, Tuesday,
via Kingston, June 20. It is reported
tonight on apparently good authority
that the water supply of Santiago has
been cut off.
General Wheeler todav forwarded an
official report of the encounter between
the Spaniards and Colonel Young's and
Colonel Wood's commands. The officers
nre highly complimented for their dash
and courage. The general says there is
absolutely no warrant for the statement
that our troops were ambushed. He
toys the attack was deliberately planned
from knowledge in his possession the
night before.
WM FIGHT TO
THE BlTTEfl END
Dispatches By Way of Madrid Say a
Bloody Battle is Inevitable
When Troops Land. .
MADRID, Juno 29. Dispatches received from
Manila today under date of June 24, say the Span
iards are determines to fight to tho death, and that
when tho American troops arrive dosperato fighting
will occur on land and sea.
General Aguinaldo, tho insurgent loader, de
clares that the family of Captain-General Augustin
are prisoners at Panpanga, and are well treated.
VERY FEW MEN
ARE SICK
Shaftcr Reports the Health of His
Army Unusually Good.
Washington, June 20. Tho war de
partment has posted the following bul
letin :
"Playa del Este, June 20. Ruesell A.
Alger, secretary of war: The graves of
the dead are marked so there will be no
mistake in the identification. The
health of the command is reported by
the surgeons as remarkable, outside of
the wouded. There are less than 150
men sick. So far no wounded have
died, and but two men of disease since
leaying the United States.
(Signed) Siiaftkk."
NO FUEL FOR
CAMARA'S FLEET
The Egyptian Government Refuses to
Allow tlie Spanish Warships to
Coal at Fort Said.
Caiiio, Egypt, June 29. The Egyp
tian government hnB definitely refused
to poroilt the Spanish fleet to coal at
Port Said.
Nkw Yokk, June 20. A dispatch to
the Tribune from Cairo, Egypt, says :
The Egyptian cabinet having positive
information that 0000 tons of coal are at
present on board the Spanish colliers
Covuudaugn, San Francisco and Colon,
lias instructed the governor of Port Said
to notify Admiral Camara that no coal
whatever can besuppliod him.
Admiral Cnmuru, instead of ttie 10,000
tons of coal for which ho asked on Sun
day, now demands 5500 tons ; and hb he
insisted upon being allowed to take the
smaller quantity, after firm but cour
teous refusals the governor of Port Said
at last formally notified the admiral that
under the circumstances any coaling
whatever of the Spanish fleet in Egyp
tian waters would be forcibly pre
vented. The Buenose Ayres, the Colon and the
Isia Pan ay have removed into out-of-the
way berths, thereby Indicating a long
stay at Port Said. On the arrival of the
transport Isia de Luzon the troops now
on board the Buenos Ayres will be trans
ferred to the Isia de Luzon so as to
enable the Buenos Ayres to act as a
cruiser or commerce-destroyer.
Actlrlty ut Camp Thouiai.
CmcKAMAUGA, June 29. The order
issued yesterday stating that the First
army corps would be sent to Cuba, has
doubled the activity at Camp Thomas.
Everybody in the twenty-seven regi
ments, from colonels to privates, is
hustling today to be the first to get in
shape. It is believed all under oidurs
will be moving'itiside of two weeks.
SuldlnrH Are Suited.
St. Louis, June 2'J. A special to the
Po3t-Dlspatch from Chickamuuga says
there is great satisfaction among the
troops over the reporc from Washington
that General Brooke will be appointed
military governor of Porto Rico.
MERRITT OFF FOR
THE PHILIPPINES
Accompanied by His Stall', He Sailed
From San Francisco Wednesday
Maj. Griujan in Command nt Camp
Mcrritt.
Sax tiiA.vcisco, June 29. Tho steam
ur Newport, witn General .nerntt on
board, sailed this morning for the Phil
ippines. Great crowds had gathered to
witness the departure of the vessel
Many tugboats and yachts, chartered
for the occasion, accompanied tho New
port down the bay and out through the
Golden Gate into the Pacific, where the
last farewells were waved to the depart
ing military men gathered on the deck
of the steamer.
General Merntt is very anxious to
avoid an encounter with any vessel from
the Spanish navy, and will issue orders
to the fleet at Honolulu to make all pos
sible speed to the islands.
Major Hess, of the Third artillery,
who is soon to go before a retiting board,
has been relieved of the command of
Camp Merritt. His successor is Major
Grugan, of the Sixth artillery, which ar
rived on Monday.
Within the last three weeks an aver
age of $500 a day, or f 110.000, has been
sent away by the soldiers in money or
ders, nearly all to relatives at home,
The day after the Kansas regiment was
paid oh" the express office alone toe k
$27,000, practically all of which went
home to ti e mothers of Kansas volun
teers. Some of these Kansas soldiers
sent as much as $25 out of the $30 re
ceived for their first two month's service
and many gave the folks at home more
than half their earnings.
CREMATED LIKE
A RAT IN A TRAP
Awful Fate of a Prisoner in a South
Bend Jail Set Fire to the Inter
ior of His Cell and Was Soon
Burned to Death.
South Bend, Wash., June 29. Joseph
McBride, of Bruceport, was burned to
death in the city jail this morning about
5 o'clock. He was placed in the jail
laet night crazy drunk, after having as
saulted a couple of men and nearly
drowning in the Willapa river.
McBride is supposed to have set fire
to the building, which is a wooden one,
with the intention of escaping, but was
suffocated by the smoke ar.d partially
burned before the fire was extinguished.
The jail door was opened in time for
him to escape by making a rush through
the flames, but he was evidently too
frightened to make the attempt. He
was tound lying on his back with his
face and one leg badly burned.
McBride was an old settler, and en
gaged in the oyster business. He leaves
a widow and beyen children.
Nulcldu of u .liiuriiullsl.
San FitANCiaco, June 29. Harold
Leach, u well-known journalist, com
mitted euicido by taking poison on Mon
day night. HiB body was found in his
room on Monday evening.
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