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LAVBELS FOB FAST SHIPS.
Last Thursday even tng at 6 o'clock
the Yale left Fort-Monroe with 1,600
:, Infantry on board bound for Santiago.
- They arrived at their destination on
Monday, says the Globe Democrat, and
were immediately disembarked within
a few miles of General Shatter's ad-
y vanced line. In less than four days a
I ':" eingle ship,, protected by ber own
guns, steamed from Vii gin la to Eastern
Cuba carrying .- one-tenth as many
troopsas went forward in the great
expedition 'from Tampa, which re
quired nearly three weeks for loading,
steaming at sea and unloading. The
, armada of transports and fighting
,.. craft comprised . about sixty ships.
Single-handed the Yale accomplished
one-tenth as much as the big fleet in
one-fifth the time. The Harvard, the
sister ship of the Yale, left Fort Moo
. roe Sunday afternoon for Santiago
. with nearly 2,000 troops, and though
acting as convey to a repair ship, she
will report to Gen. Shatter by Friday.
When the war began the Yale and
Harvard, then the Paris and New
York, were in the transatlantic pas
senger service. They were unarmed
until the government took possession.
Another 'ship of the same line, the
St. Paul, which received a heavier
armament but a few days ago, while on
guard at the harbor of San Juan, Porto
Rico, seriously damaged the Spanish
destroyer Terror, and drove back two
other armed craft that came out of the
harbor, expecting the St. Paul to run
away. The St. Paul's new guns are
5-inch caliber, and she quickly showed
the Spaniards that they had made a
miscalculation. It is clear that the
- Spanish destroyers, of which so much
was expected, are not as formidable as
was supposed. In addition to the
Yale, Harvard and St. Paul, there is a
fourth ship of the same line, the St.
Louis, whose name has been frequent
in the naval . reports of the day, and
which has performed imported service
in fighting and cable cutting. Any of
these ships is good for over twenty
knots an hour. They fight when cir
cumstances warrant, and their speed
protects them from pursuit. Though
they are unarmored their swiftness
and excellent guns keep them con
stantly occupied. Their utilities are
. many and highly important.
Before the end of next week the Yale
and Harvard can be back at Santiago
with nearly 4,000 more oldiers taken
on board at Fort Monroe, and by that
time the two ships will have landed
half as many troops as were sent on
the armanda, and without calling on
the navy for any protection. The men
march on board at a Virginia port,
sail in a few. hours after embarking,
and are with the army at Santiago in
less than four. days. No convoy is
necessary. The demonstration seems
complete that the armada business is
a grave mistake. It is unwieldy, the
cause of great delay; entanglement
and discomfort to the men. These
swift auxiliary cruisers can defend
themselves, or, if too . strongly
threatened, can distance an enemy.
They are invaluable at any stage of
army and navy operations, and the
chief reason is their swiftness com
bined with the size. The lesson is
one of decided significance. .
ket for green fruit Is uncertain, and
that it la unsafe to depend upon.
Whenever there has been a large crop,
muoh of it has gone to waste because
of a lack of demand, hence fruit rais
ing has proven unprofitable.
The same conditions that exist there
exist here, and as the acreage of
orchards Increases, tha market for
green fruit will become less oertain.
What is needed in every fruit growing
section is one or more canneries, vine
gar factories and a distillery, tf out
side capital fails to supply these, then
it devolves upon the growers to fur
nish them. If the orchardists of. this
immediate vicinity would put one
third the gross receipts of one year's
crop into i cannery, they would insure
a market for all their fruit that can
not be shipped at a profit, and would
readily change fruit growing into a
certain and profitable- business. Be
sides they would keep thousands of
dollars at home that are each year sent
abroad for canned goods.
2D WHOM HONOR IS DUE.
The destruction of the Spanish fleet
outside of Santiago harbor Sunday was
one of the most brilliant achievements
ever recorded, and the dash Cervera
made for liberty was one of the most
daring strokes any naval commander
ever made. For his courage in mak
ing this bold dash for liberty, Cervera
deserves credit, yes honor, and he
should be accorded a bright page in
history for his gallant effort, though it
failed. It was more honorable for him
to go down endeavoring to get away
than it would have been to have' re
mained in Santiago harbor, where he
must certainly be forced to surrender
or blow up his ships. But the greatest
honor must fall upon the two Ameri
can commanders Sampson and Schley
. for having annihilated the Spanish
fleet. Taken by surprise as they were,
with their vessels lying ten miles out
from shore when the first Spanish
ships appeared coming out of the bar-
bor, and then overtaking and destroy
ing six of the fleet before the fleetest
of them got away, was indeed a gall
liant feat.
However, which of the two is en
titled to the greatest credit Sampson
or Schley? The former being the
ranking officer will of course be accord
ed the credit for having gained tho
victory, but in reality it was as much
due to the sagacity of Commodore
Schley that the Spanish fleet was
taken: It was Schley who first dis
covered Cervera in the harbor; it was
he who kept the Spaniards bottled up
until Sampson arrived. He kept the
the Spanish fleet inside by holding his
Beet at the entrance of the harbor.
When Sampson appeared on the scene,
he undertook to seal the harbor by
wrecking the Merrimac in the chan
nel, but bow utterly he failed was
shown when Cervera's fleet sailed out
past the wreck of the Merrimac
Sunday morning. When the final
battle came. Admiral Sampson's
flagship was miles away, and arrived in
position only In time to fire a few shots
at the sinking Spanish ships. Schley,
however, was o i hand and was in the
hottest of the fight, and to him be
longs the honor of having found the.
Spanish fleet and having destroyed it.
WHY BE A DEMAGOG VET
Althoogh tha constantly numeri
cally decreasing advocates of a debased
ana aisnonorable financial system are
scarcely worthy of muct consideration
as national political factors, yet it does
no harm occasionally to demonstrate
by living facts and figures that their
theory is visionary and as illusive as
a mirage. During the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1893, the ''ruinous gold
policy" increased the profits of the
Suthern Pacific Railroad Company
$4,000,000 above those of the preceding
12 months. It of course is the result
of the increased freight and traffic bus
iness arising from the people's dec
laration at the polls in the fall of 1896
that they would pay their debts, public
and private, in honest money, recog,
nized as such by every nation on earth
Portland Telegrem. -
Why any paper should give space to
a demagogical,absurd statement as the
above is unexplainable, unless the
management of the paper is a dema
goger by nature and cannot help it
The declaration of the people at the
polls in 1896 bad no more to do with
the earnings of the Suthern Pacific
for the past fiscal year than did the
idle vaporings of the Telegram.
On account of the immense crops
with which the country was blessed
last year the freight traffic of the
Suthern Pacific was greatly increased
Because of the shortage of crops
abroad the prices obtained were en
banced, and people were able to travel
hence the passenger traffic was great
er than during former years. In addi
tion to this, thousauds of people were
attracted to Klondike and every trans
continental railroad was taxed to its
fullest capacity to handle the passenger
traffic. On account of these conditions
the earnings of the Suthern Pacific
were enlarged, and have been enlarged
regardless of the result of the presid
ential election two years' ago.
This year there will be an almost
failure of crops in California, a section
tributary to the Southern Pacific
There will be little farm produce there
to sell, in consequence the people can
not travel to any great extent, and
the freight traffic is certain to be
light. In the mean time the people
will continue to pay their honest debts
in "honest money," but will the earn
Ings of the road be as great for the
present year as they were for the
past? If they are not. then the Tel
egram will probably ask why It was
such a demagogue as to build ar
gument on an unfirn foundation.
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UNEXCUSABLE NEGLIGENCE,
IS A LOST CAUSF.
WHICH WILL IT BJSt
The issues of war and peace come
and ge. The progress and retrogres
sion of nations follow the expansion
. and contraction of the volume of
money, which is the instrumentality
and foundation of human association.
The war with Spain will be a blessing
or a curse as It tends to produce pros
- perity or distress at borne. If our
. boaadartea are enlarged and the de
mand for money increased without a
corresponding increase of supply, the
evils of contraction and falling prices
will be augumented and the misery
and want of our people intensified. If,
on the contrary, the people keep in
view the all-absorbing topic of an ade
quate supply of money to do justice
' and secure prosperity until that vie
v tory la won, liberty is safe. But if, on
, the other hand, the war cloud obscures
the paramount question presented in
the Chicago platform and the enemy
is allowed to take advantage of the
xlgencies of war to enhance the value
of money and - bonds and rivet the
chains of slavery upon the American
people, the war with Spain will be an
. unmitigated curse.-
WAIT TILL WE GET THEM.
Some of our statesmen in congress
are belaboring their colleagues with
propositions for establishing different
forms of government for Cuba and the
Philippines, but they seem to be pre
mature. These islands are yet Span
- ish dominion, and besides this war was
not instituted as a war of conquest.
' We did not wage war with Spain for the
' purpose of acquiring title to her terri
tory, but to right the wrongs she was
heaping upon her - colonial subjects,
and as yet we have not succeeded in
driving the Spaniards out of a single
province, hence it is hasty on our part
to begin making preparations for gov
erning a country "which Spain holds do
minion over.
We should wait until we have driven
Spain's army out of Cuba and the Phil
ippine islands before we begin mak
ing preparations for setting up shop
there. And then the wishes of Cubans
and Philipplnians must be consulted.
If we take them into our fold against
their wish, they will ever be turbulent
and restless. They have been battling
for Independence, not to be transferred
from one government to another. Af
ter having been freed, should they
choose to be annexed to the United
States, then will be time to prepare
for their government. But let the
first job be to wrest them from Spanish
domination.
The attempt of Spain to longer son
tinue tbe war with the United States
and to hold her possessions in
the West Indias or in the Pacific
ocean is futile, and the longer persisted
in the worse will be the downfall of
of the nation , when the final crash
shall come. With the flower of her
navy at the bottom of the sea, she
cannot hope to successfully combat a
strong nation like this. After the
loss of the Cristobal Colon, Infanta
Maria Teresa, Oquendo, Viccaya, Fu
or and Pluton at Santiago, last Sun
day, all that is left of her navy that is
effectual is the fleet under Admiral
Camara, now supposed to be en route
to the Philippines. Should this fleet
ever meet Dewey's squadron it would
be annihilated; then Spain would be
left without defense except her land
forces. With this Spain cannot ex
pect to hold her own even against the
insurgents in Cuba and the Philippines,
much less against the United States
whose resources are unlimited. x
Spain's canse is virtually lost. . She
must see Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippine islands slip away from her
grasp, and either establish independ
ent governments or be annexed to
the United States. This is inevitable,
and the sooner the Dons learn this the
better it will be for them. It will save
the lives of many brave men on both
sides, and would result In an act of
mercy to not only the men who are
fighting for Spain but also to the
world.
When a cause is irretrievably lost
the vanquished party does himself
credit by acknowledging its defeat and
giving up. It would now be no dis
credit to the Spanish government to
acknowledge its defeat, and should not
be so considered by the Spaniards, but
it would probably result In- the down
fall of the present government, though
this seems to be the inevitable result
even if the war is continued.
It has probably been impossible to
supply the army in Cuba with many
comforts, or in fact with all the neces
sitiee, yet there has evidently been too
little attention paid to the commisary
department, for the men have been
subjected to more or less privations
that could have been avoided. How
ever, when an army is sent hurried ly
into the field some details will be over
looked, and these may be excused
But when wounded men are brough t
home to hospitals there is no excuse
whatever for neglecting anything that
would tend to their comfort, and the
reception at Key West of the wounded
soldiers brought there on the Iriquols
Thursday, reflects no credit whatever
upon the war department. .
' The dispatches say when the Iriquois
entered the harbor at 5 o'clock it went
aground, through ineffectual pilotage,
and was not afloat for three hours.
Then when it was finally docked, no
provision whatever was made for get.
ting the wounded men off the ship,
and yery little arrangement had been
made for conveying them to the hos
pitals. There were no gang planks,
and the men who were able to walk
were obliged to clamber down as best
they eould to get ashore. When once
on land, for want of sufficient ambu
lances, many of the wounded soldiers
had 'to walk four blocks through the
blistering tropical sun to the horse
cars in which they were jostled to the
hospitals at the further side of the city.
Such treatment of the stalwart men
who stood the brunt of tbe battle be
fore Santiago and were scarred by
Spanish bullets is a travesty upon our
appreciation of their bravery and
patriotism. There was not the slight
est excuse for such neglect. The de
partment was forewarned of their com'
ing and had ample time in which to
prepare for their reception. That
they were not better cared for is evi
dence that we have a heartless, incom
petent, unappreciative man at the
head of tbe war department.
SOMETHING WE NEED.
Fruit raisers of Clark county, Wash.,
are setting aa example that should be
followed by fruit growers of Wasco
1 f A 1.1
county. They are ciuoomg wgetner
and erectiujr canneries with which to
handle their fruit, so that they will
.not be under the necessity of putting
what they raise on the market as soon
it u gathered. Experience baa
,taafbt thsa ia tha past that lb mar-1 by a competent man
An exchange says that "When the
history of Sampson's capture of
Cervera and bis destruction of tbe
Spanish fleet is written, it will go
down in future as the most brilliant
achievement in tbe annals of naval
warfare." We think not. While it
was a brilliant affair, Dewey's destruc
tion of the fleet at Mauila was the
most brilliant. In the affair last Sun
day the Spaniards came to Sampson,
as it were, and tried to run away from
the Americans and got caught, while
Dewey went into the enemyjs strong
holp, hunted him down, destroyed his
fleet and came out without the loss of
a man. Sampson and Schley did
splendid work, but their exploit does
not compare with Deyay's.
Thousands of people in the East
and in California are looking toward
Oregon in search of permanent homes,
and well they may, for there is not
another state in the Union that has
a better reputation for climate and
crops than has Oregon. The climate
is healthful, soil productive and crops
always certain. And there is abundant
room for 100,000 more people in the
state. Even Wasco county could sup
ply comfortable homes for 20,000 more
people, and would insure every one of
them a good, substantial living.
Every one of the 75.000,000 inhab
itants of the United States wants the
soldiers in the field provided with
every comfort possible and all the
necessities of life; but Secretary Alger
is not carrying out the wishes of the
people. He is trying to support tho
soldiers in Cuba on bacon and beans,
a diet that would probably suffice in
Alaska, but utterly unfit la a tropical
climate. ,Alger should be supplanted
There is every indication that Amer
ica will be able this year to supply the
world's markets with wheat and at the
same time carry on a war with Spain
No other nation on earth could do
this, which is proof that the United
States is fuller of resources than any
other country in the world.
When the history of the present war
is written Admiral Cervera will be ac
corded a place as one of the most dat
ing commanders of the war. The break
he made away- from Santiago was a
dashing exploit, and entitles him to
admiration even though he lost the
fight.
The policy of arming the Cubans
near Guantanamo and making them
our sllles has been most advantageous
to the American army. Why was not
this done immediately after war was
declared? If such a course had been pur
sued the chances are a hundred to one
that the whole island would now be
under American control.
No issue can arise to overshadow
the money question because it is of the
greatest importance to the American
people. If a few money lenders are to
continue to control the circulating
medium, they will make money so
scarce that a dollar will buy ten times
as much as it does today. What will
then become of the producers of
wealth?
It is not probable that Comara will
reach the Philippines. If he ever en
ters the Pacific ocean, he is more lia
ble to strike for San . Francisco than
Manila. D?wey has destroyed one
fleet for Spain, and she will hardly
send another to him to be sunk. Cam
ara can do more damage to our coast
cit'es than he can to the American
squadron in Manila bay.
A bill is before congress providing
that soldiers shall be allowed to vote
at the place where they are stationed.
There should be no objection to allow
ing enlisted men to vote for president,
for they are entitled to a voice in who
shall be the chief executive, but as a
rule they have no direct Interest in
local affairs, hence to extend to them
general suffrage would not be desir
able. It is questionable If Portland has
gained anything in the way of reform
by inaugurating tha Mason regime.
From all appearances Portland is to
baa"wida open" city to all vices.
This is to be regratted, for Portlaud
exerts an undisputable influence over
the entire state. If Portland is good,
so is the state: if bad, it exercises a
detrimental influence over.
Four names are now especially dear
to American patriots. They are Dew
ey, Sampson, scniey ana anaiter,
They are men well worthy of praise,
for thev have each performed a diffi
cult though brilliant task.
The move now on foot to organize a
society to be known as the Native
Sons of Oregon is commendable. Such
a society would engender state pride,
and also perpetuate the history of the
state. By all means let tbe society be
organized.
A republican paper at Lowell Mass,
makes the remark that the people un
der our form of government have too
much freedom. This is only one of
the outcropping of "imperialism"
which is now threatening American
institutions and American freemen.
What bas becoms ef all those Im
petuous congressmen who announced,
before the war broke out, tnat th ey
woulb resign their seats to go to the
front to fight? If a single one of them
has joined the army, he has done it so
quietly that the public has not learned
of the act.
During tbe fiscal year ending June
30, there was exported from Portland
$13,874,341 worth of products, most of
hich was grain and flour the result
of the labors of Oregon farmers, who
are the real wealth producers of the
country. No wonder times have
improved during the past year.
The dispatches state that the navy
department has ordered Admiral
Sampson to enter Santiago harbor and
assist General Shatter in reducing the
city. If the navy and war departments
would cease issuing orders, and simply
authorize Sampson and Shatter to ex
ercise their own discretion in bringing
the war to a close, there would be a
more speedy termination of present
hostilities.
With the retirement of Judge Sbat-
tuck from tha bench in Multnomah
county, the state loses one of its ablest
and most trusted judges. For more
than 20 years he has presided over one
of the branches of tbe circuit court in
Portland, and his career is marked
with honor on every hand. He proved
himself to be an table, honorable and
just judge, and it is a ' loss to the state
that declining years should compel,
him to retire. I
Manila and Santiago, those battles 1
will live In history. Two whole fleets
destroyed and not an American vessel
lost or seriously injured. Thousands
of Spaniards killed or taken prisoners
and only one American killed and
eight injured in both battles. Tbe
world never witnessed tbe like before
Even the powers have been taught a
lesson they will not soon forget, and
thev will no doubt treat us a little
more respectfully in the future than
they have in tbe past.
Nothing but sympathy can be felt
for Admiral Cervera, the dashing com
mander of the Spanish fleet that went
down last Sunday, for should he live to
go back to Spain, he will no doubt be
court martialed and ordered to be shot,
in order to appease the wrath of an en
raged people for the failure of Cer
vera's superiors to carry out their
promises. Thus a brilliant old officer
will be sacrificed to cover up tbe mis
takes of those who are responsible for
his downfall.
The United States treasurer's report
of receipts of the government for the
fiscal year ending June 30, show the
total revenues from all sources to
have been 8320,000,000, a decrease of
about $3,000,000 as compared with the
previous year. Tbe collections from
customs show a falling off of $26,000,-
000 and those from internal revenue
tax an increase of 823,500,000. This is
not a first rate showing for the Ding-
ley law as a revenue producer. A fall
ing off of $26 500,000 a year in the cus
toms collections if kept up long enough
would create a dangerous deficiency.
SPANISH PEOPLE
WANT PEACE
They
Complain Bitterly
ihe Government.
of
Washington. July 6. The Post
has information that the Spanish peo
pie in Madrid today were loudly de
manding that the government declare
peace and end the present war with
the United States. -
Public clamor' against the govern
ment continues to be loud. The popu
lace is tired of war and-the attendant
expense attached thereto. Even
though all the colonies were lost, the
people who are ground down with tax
ation and see their armies failing to
win victories in an uneven contest
would prefer it to a continuation of
hostilities.
While active preparations are going
on to defend tbe seacoast against the
attack of an American fleet, the peo
ple have no confidence in the ability
of the government to repulse an attack
from American vessels, and should
Commodore Watson appear before any
of the Spanish cities and demand its
surrender, the government will not be
sustained in a refusal -to comply with
th-s demand.
BOTH SIDES DIS
PLAYED BR AVERY
London Comment on the Destruction
of Cervera's Fleet.
London July 5. All the papers to
y comment upon the sudden am.
dramatic transformation resulting
from Admiral Cevera's mysterious and
suicidal maneuver, with various theo
ries are adduced to explain. All eulo
gize the bravery displayed on both
sides and strongly concil Spain to ac
cept the inventiable and sue for peace
which would entail no dishonor:
The Daily Graphic says:
"If Senor Sagasts elects to risk fur
ther disaster for fea. of the frothy jin
goes in Madrid, he will incur a ter
rible responsibility. The Spanish flag
Chinatown boom with the explosion of
firecrackers, as though celebrating
their great New " Year fete. No
building was more handsomely deco
rated with our national colors than
the joss house on Second street, near
Stark, ani from it on a flagstaff, far
out in the street, floated the largest
banner in the city. It was of a yellow
silk, triangular in shape and bore the
green dragon, being in fact the na
tional emblem of Coina. Then in the
great parade were a company of well
drilled, native-born Chinese boys,
ranging in age from four years to those
in the early twenties. They were
dressed in the national uniform and
carried the regulation army gun.
This is one picture. The other is,
that in a score or more of large, dark,
ill-ventilated, bad-smelling storerooms
are crowded the Chinese paupers who
have usurped the tailoring and man'i"
factoring of furnishing goods trades.
Those native-born Chinese boys and
the hosts that are to follow them, are
to be voters of this great republic.
An alien race unused to all the ways
of liberty and advancement, unab
sorbable into the body pelitic, may in
a few years possess the balance of
power acd dictate the policy of a great
state. It would have been better if
there had been no joss house to blazon
the yellow and green dragon flag; bet
ter If no native-born Chinese boys to
masquerade iu the-uniform of the
great republic, and far better if no
sweat shops to drive those of richer
blood to poverty and its attendant
evils. Whither are we drifting?
MANILA STILL
UNMOLESTED
Dewey Awaiting the Second
Expedition Before De
manding a Surrender.
READY
FOR THE
COMING
STORM.
Guards About the Palace at Madrid
Are Doubled.
New York, July 6. A World dls-
Datch from Madrid says:
Police and military squads around
the paloce, the ministers' houses and
the public offices have been redoubled
by special orders. Trouble is evident
ly apprehended. Financial circles
and the newspapers show a disposition
to provide the govermet with a plaus
ible pretext for mooting the idea of
peace.
The war is now costing Spain $28,000,
000 a month, and this pace she can
not keep up for six months without
suspending all interest on her sinking
fund and her debts. She has already
ceased to pay the same in gold, oblig-
85.
Washington, J uly 8. The navy de
partment is in n.-ceipt of information
from Admiral Dewey that he will not
demand tbe surrender of Manila or at
tempt to bombard tbe city until tbe
arrival of the second expedition from
San Francisco. The reason assigned
for the delay is that should he reduce
Manila ho could not hold it with the
troops cow at his disposal.
It is expected that General Merritt
vrlll arrive at Manila by the 15th with
tbe second expedition, and by that
time Dewey will be sufficiently rein
forced to justify his attempting to oc
cupy the city.
SUSPICIOUS
LOOKING
CRAFT
A Financial Fall are.
Portland, July 6. The racing
meeting which closed on Monday was
a financial failure, the management
being out of pocket about $3,000. Not
withstanding there jwas a fine assem
bly of horses, the cltixens of Portland
took but little interest in the matter,
although It was the first racing meet
ing for three years. Nearly all tbe
horses have gone to the Montana cir
cuit where races will be held at Helena
and Anaconda. The matter of hold
ing a meeting here In the fall will be
considered by toe racing association..
tiaa riAOtl hnpna arlhh nni1vtii(y (vlsti.tr in
. . . . . ' i Ing bondholders to take pesetas at
.1- . . . . ,. ; The government ison th eveof issuing
satisfied."
Tbe Daily News tenders similar ad
vice. It says:
"The Spaniards can fight and die; so
can the Americans. Ambassador Hay
in his eloquent speech of yesterday
glories iu this thought, but to their
equal courage the Americans add in
tnls unequal combat with Spain not
only vastly superior material resources
but a devising miud and a skilled or
ganlzation without which bravery is
nothing but a means of providing stuff
for the shambles."
The Morning Post advises Spain to
treat direct with her foe, but exprsses
a fear that even this course will hardly
eaye her from the grasping propensit
ies of some of her Euro pean neighbors.
Resolution .Annexing the lsl
and Passed the Senate.
Washington, July 7 All that now
remains to make tbe Hawaiian islands
United States territory is the sgna'
ture of the president, which will prob
ably be affixed to the resolution to
day.
The house resolution annexing Ha-
wail passed tne senate last nigbt by a
vote of 43 to 21. Senator Morrill .was
the only republican who voted against
the resolution when it was placed on
its final pas-age.
The passage of the resolution caused
much rejoicing among the annexation
ists an the representatives of the
Hawaiian government in Washington.
President Dole will be notified of the
action taken by congress at the earliest
possible date.
A THREATENED DANGER
too
Chinese Residents Becoming
Much Americanized.
Special correspondence.!
Portland, July 6. By all tbe out
ward signs of patriotism, no' people
exceeded the Chinese residents of
Portland In remembrance of the
Fourth of July- For several days be
fore tha natal day, they were making
100,000,000 pesetas of international
treasury bonds. Since April the Bank
of Spain has advanced 40,000,000 pe
seta on treasury bond?, guaranteed
by the state's revenues and 75,000,000
pesetas on 2,000,000 pesbtas of nominal
4 per cent stock issued expressly for
that purpose.
Spanish Privateer Believed to be Hov
ering Off North Pacific Coast
Washington, July 8. The war de
partment is informed that a Spanish
privateer is hovering off the coast of
British Columbia, iu the Pacific ocean,
presumably for the purpose of inter
cepting any vessels that might be sail
ing south with gold from Klondike.
The craft carries live guns, and
would be a formidable vessel with
which to attack any of the ships en
gaged in the Alaska trade.
As we have no available vessel on
the coast to ruu the privateer down it
could do considerable damage to ves
sels on the Pacific between coast cities
and Alaska.
people. One thing Is certain, an en
terprise of this character must be sup
ported by capital. The people have
been humbugged long enough with
papers started on wind and doomed In
advance to inevitable failure.
DASTARDLY PRAC
TICE IN PORTLAND
Attempts to Belittle the Fre Depart
ment. Portland, July 8. There are a set
of miscreants in Portland who deserve
hanging." They are at present en
gaged in the fiendish work of plug
ging fire a!arm boxes and probably
contemplating incendiarism, with tbe
view of bringing the fire department
into disrepute. The whole matter is
caused by the vicious prostitution of
the department to duty toward politics.
Two years ago when Mr. Pennoyer was
chosen mayor and removed Chief En
gineer Campbell the same thiig oc
curred. Alarm boxes were plugged
and the whole alarm system tampered
with, and in case of fire, some wretch
would, in addition, turn in a false
alarm from another section of the city
in order to bewilder the firemen.
Now Campbell has been re-instated
and with him go in a host of ex-fire
men who for two years have only been
waiting for a turn in tbe political tide.
Many of those turned out will do noth
ing for the next two years but labor to
get in again. In the meantime every
disastrous fire in tbe city is a feather
in tbe caps of tbe outs. If there is
one department that should be above
petty politics, it is certainly the fire
department.
IN ON" THE .WANE.
once to Santiago. The Eight Ohio reg-
imentgoes to new York to take the
cruiser St. Paul. The other regiments
the Sixth Massachusetts and Sixth'
Illionls, go to Charleston, where the
Yale and Harvard will be intercepted
on their way north to embarked those
troops for Santiago.
Etalea Heard From.
Salem, July 6. It 18 claimed here
on good authority that L. V. Ehlen
ex-county clerk who disappeared about
June 20th, bas been heard from and is
anxious to return if his affairs can be
adjusted without criminal prosecution.
There were some $4,000 in his hands
as custodian of money paid io by
oiders of court and be is thought to be
a defaulter to that amount; then it is
claimed that he hai a hand in tbe
alledged altering of tbe returns of
election in the D'Ancy-Boise oontest
for district judge, which has developed
ioto a statewide scandal. .Ehleo'i
father, a highly respected resident of
Aurora, offers to make good any short
age which may be found to exist.
Cervara Hut Coma to America.
Washington, July 6. Orders have
been issued to Admiral Sampson to
bring Cervera and the 1300 Spanish
prisoners be bas taken to thu United
States. Transports will be provided
for them at once.
HAS NOT.
ASKED
FOR
PEACE.
SpajrrHas Thus Far Not Made Overtures.
THE
PORT
OF
Thirteen Million
Washington July 8. Secretary
Day has announced that there are as
yet no negotiations pending for a ces
sation of hostilities between this gov
ernment and Spain, and no overtures
have been received by him from Spain
looking toward a termination of the
war.
Until Spain shall make an official
request for peace, Secretary Day says
this government will make no over
tures, and refuses to give any outline
. ef what terms the admioistraiton
PORTLAND. ! wuld consider. It is evident, bow
ever, that nothing short of a complete
w, , surrender and the independence of
the
Bottom Has Dropped Out of
Klondike Craze.
Portland, July 8. J. J. Farquar,
of Douglas county, is the latest Ore
gonian to return from Alaska. He re
ports that tbe mining boom has com"
pletely collapsed, and that a great deal
of It was purely of a false character,
fostered by the transportation com
panies. There are thousands of men
all along the Yukon practically penni
less and unable to return home and
with no prospects of bettering their
condition. Everybody at Skaguay is
preparing to push on or to return to
civilization.
Mr. Farquar considers the outlook as
yery gloomy and thinks it will be safe
to divide by four all reports of the
gold that is reported as to be shipped
from the Klondike.
Started by a Firecracker.
Orange, N. J., July . A fire
cracker thrown In the open wiudow of
a shed on the Fourth started a fire
jvbich destroyed tbe hat factory of
Austin Drew it Co. and a number of
frame dwellings, causing a loss of over
$80,000.
Captured Ooe Mora Spaniard.
Key West, July 6. This morning
the Spanish warship Alphonso III at
tempted to break through the block
ade lines at Havana, but was In
tercepted by American cruisers and
captured with the crew. The vessel
will be brought to the American coast.
Hobeoo toj B Exchanged.
Washington, July 6. General
Shatter has informed the war depart
ment that Lieutenant Hobson and his ,
brave oomrades are to be exchanged
today for Spaniards recently taken
prisoners. ' '
Harrying- to Manila.
New York, July 6. Advices from
Port Said report Admiral Camera hav- -ing
passed through Suez canal with all
of the Spanish fleet except the torpedo
boat destroyers and is now hurrying
toward the Philippines under full
steam.
Goods Exported Last Year.
Portland, July 7. The business
transacted at the Portland custom
bouse for the fiscal year ending June
30th, shows tbat 92 vessels cleared for
foreign pores, 161 for domestic ports;
283 entered from domestic ports and
179 from foreign. Tbe value of exports
were $13,883,281, of which $8940 repre
sented the value of foreign goods ex
ported and $13,874,341 tbe value of tha
products of the farms and factories of
tbe state exported from this port. The
duty collected amounted to $372,726.90,
and the total receipts to $376,927.11.
The expease of collection ' was $62,-
310.78 and $3,903.47 were refunded as
tariff drawbacks. The value of the
Imports has not as yet been reported.
TERRIBLE DIS
ASTER AT SEA.
Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines,
would be accepted by this government.
TO
TAKE POS
SESSION OF
HAWAII
Six
Hundred Passengers and the
Crew Drowned.
Halifax, July 6. On the 4th, the
steamship Cormorthyshire and the
French liner la Burgoyne collided
near Sable island, and a terrible loss
of life occurred. Six hundred ' pas
sengers and most of the latter vessel's
crew were drowned. Some 200 passen
gers were saved. . Only merger par
ticulars of the collision have been
received.-, -
Admiral Miller Will Sail For the Isl
ands Next Tuesday.
San Francisco, July 8. It is ex-
! pected tbe cruiser Philadelphia will
sail for Hawaii next Tuesday, bearing
. Rear-Admiral Miller, who is to bear"
, the message to President Dole con
, tainfng tbe notification of the passage
of the Hawaiian annexation resolution
by congress.
When Admiral Miller arrives at
Honolulu he will take formal posses
sion of the islands and will raise the
stars and stripes over the --dome of
the executive building in that city.
RECEIVED
WELL
AT HONOLULU
Tnrnert Back toSlelly.
Port Said, July 6. Three Spanish
torpedo boat destroyers that came here
with Camera's fleet sailed today for
Messia, Sicily.
Second Manila Expedition Reaches I
There Safely.
San Francisco, July 7. The trans
port snips China, Zelandia, Colon and
Senator arrived at Honolulu on June
23d. Tbe soldiers were given tbe free
dom of tbe city, and were accorded the
same cordial reception granted the
first expedition. General Green vu
warmly received by President Dolo,
who went on board tbe China to re
reive the commanding officer. The
troops were all permitted to go ashore
and everything in ue city was free to
them. The expedition sailed from
Honolulu on the 24tb. .
Tbe monitor Monterey and collier
Brutus arrived on the 24th, and sailed
on tne 29tb. They experienced rough
weather between San Diego and Honolulu.
Have
You Seen
Car Lafly's "IVANEOEf
THE
NEWSPAPER
OUTLOOK
One Mora Priae.
OPP 3ANTIAOO, July 7. The dis
mantled Spanish cruiser Reina Mer
cedes attempted to escape from San
tiago harbor last night and was cap
tured by American warships with the
ntlre craw.
Possibility of Another Paper Beirg
Launched In Portland.
Portland. July 8. It may be defi
nitely predicted tbat another daily
newspaper will be established shortly
in this city Edwin Scott, formerly of
the defunct Sun, and Mr. Ballard, of
the ill-fated Tribune, are said to be
anxious to launch such an enterprise.
Then there are others who are trying
to interest Eastern capitalists. There
is a strong feeling among democrats
that the matter of the establishment
of. a paper here should be undertaken
by the state central committee in or-
PEACE
OVERTURES
EXPECTED.
Administration Informed That Spatn I
- Will Open Negotiations.
Washington, July 7. Official ad
vices to the administration from
sources heretofore accurate say Spain
will sue for peace this week. At the
same time, no such suggestion from
Spain direct or indirect has been re
ceived. Tbe government will listen if
approached in the proper spirit.
Newspapers throughout Europe are
urging Spain to sue for peace. It is
generally recognized tbat Sagasta's
cabinet will shortly be superseded.
The difficulty in the way of peace is
the army, which is anxious to retrieve
tbe failure of the navy.
Belnforeenients For Sliaf ter.
Washington, July 5. Tbe brigade
under General Garretson at Camp At-1
,n inonira or.nflrian tmon th. eer has been ordered to proceed at I
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