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SATURDAY AUGUST 20, 1898
ALGER AND BOOSEVELT.
It has been a disgrace to the United
States, that during a time when in
competency could be so plainly shown,
that it ha9 at the head of the war de
partment one who is capable of show
leg so Utile fitness for the position ho
holds, and one who is capable of dis
playing his petti-h ness to such a
marked extent. The recent tiff be
tween Secretary of War Alger and Col.
Roosevelt, when viewed from an un
biased standpoint displayed the incom
petency and childishness of one and
the competency of the other. On
this subject the Chicago Record says:
CoL Theodore Roosevelt is deserv
edly one of the popular heroes of the
war. The first volunteer cavalry regi
ment, known as the rough riders,
which he commands, is one of the very
best in the service, and has shown It
self in battle to be splendidly effective.
It is natural for the commanding officer
of a regiment to think that his is
absolutely the best, and neither the
public nor members of other regiments
will seriously object to any command
ing officer claiming superiority for his
men. Any colonel of a good regiment
might well be pardoned for making
such a claim. In a personal and in
formal letter to Secretary Alger with
reference to the movement against
Porto Rico, Colonel Roosevelt ex
pressed the hope that the rough riders
would be among those to go, and said
they were as good as any regulars and
better than any other volunteers. He
said 4,000 of his men Colonel Roose
velt now commands a brigade of dis
mounted cavalry who have the very
best equipment and arms, would be
worth 10,000 National Guards "armed
with black-powder, Springfields or
other archaic weapons," which are
the kind that most of the state troops
carry.
Roosevelt ought to be proud of his
own men men certainly better armed
than are the other (volunteer regi
ments. Evidently Roosevelt did not
intend to cast a slur on the courage or
other soldierly qualities of the fine
volunteer regiments, for he based his
claim to superiority on the excel len
equipment of his men. But Alger saw
in the letter a chance to rebuke and
humiliate Roosevelt. He wrote
curt reply enjoining Roosevelt not to
make inviduous comparisons, and tell
ing him that "the rough riders are no
better than other volunteers." , Then
he gave both letters to the public.
After the extraordinary service
which Colonel Roosevelt has rendered
it was-a piece of pettiness for Secretary
Alger thus to take advantage of bis
first opportunity to rebuke and humill
ate him publicly, putting a false con
struction on an impulsive remark to
try to make him an object of dislike to
the other volunteers. This was not
noble on the part of the secretary of
war. One is tempted to believe that
the act was prompted by a feeling of
- spite toward Roosevelt. Alger had
given the order that the troops at
Santiago should be removed to San
Luis instead of being brought home.
It was principally due to Roosevelt
that this order was shown to be
grevious blunder. Secretary Alger
does not like .to have around him men
who have the courage to call attention
to his incompetence. But he cannot
conceal his incompetence from the
public. It is not Roosevelt's fault
that the volunteers whom he does not
command are badly armed. That is
Algers fault. Roosevelt is a superb
soldier. - Alger's is a peevish old
woman.
and send out reports that prices are
going up, when there is little reason
for such belief, for the purpose of
stimulating bidding and getting in a
good speculation in futures, still there
is little apparent tendency in this
direction at present, though it is being
resorted to by some of the speculators
Despite this there Is an undercurrent
of certain tv in the deals that future
prices will be higher than now
Many of the best authorities state that
there exists in Central Asia and East
ern Russia a condition of destitution
that has not been equalled since the
terrible famine of 1891 and 1892. In
fact all over Europe are the reports
most encouraging -for the farmers of
this country.
In an alalysis of the Chicago market
of last Thursday the daily circular of
Irwin, Green & Co., commission mer
chants, says: "The government report
was largely discounted yesterday, and
after all, is not so very bearish, when
compared with the 700,000 estimates of
private experts, .as it indicates but
little over 600,000,000. All current
news is so strong it is marvelous that
the market can bn kept down bv senti
ment, or that speculative views do not
become more in accord with facts,
The cash situation grows stronger
daily at all points. Receipts continue
very light, and the consumptive de
mand more urgent. There is practic
ally no contract wheat here. There
are solid foundations for very high
prices for wheat on this crop."
Taking all things into consideration,
the shortage in the supply abroad and
the lack of surpluses left over from last
year, the outlook for American wheat
raisers is not bad. While prices will
probably not rule as high as they did
last year, they should be good, and
from 60 to 65 cents may be the ruling
price in this market when the wheat
is ready to move.
WE
SEED A
SENATOR.
BE WARE OF COLONIES.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat is a
firm advocate of extending our terri
torial limits, and is one of those papers
that contends that we should hold
everything we can get our hands upon.
Concerning the Philippines it says:
"Since we have won the Philippines
by the valor of our navy and by trans
porting an army by ships, the plain
duty ahead is to hoid all that has been
gained."
This sounds very nice, and is a patri
otic way of viewing the situation, but
the cost of holding what has been
gained must be taken into account. In
the same article from which the above
quotation is taken, the Globe-Demo
crat tells us that the great source of
Spain's present embarrassment is the
cost in the past of maintaining her
colonies, and says: "What Spain
most needs is relief from the colonial
drain, the cause of its present financial
distress."
From this we would infer that the
Spanish colonies have been an ex
pense to the home government; that
- they have taxed the people of the pen
insular government to keep them in
- subjection. Tf this is true, then how
can we expect to control them without
adding extra burdens upon our people?
Spain has found it necessary to main
tain a large standing army in the
Philipines; we would probably have
to do the same. This would cost
money, and the people of the United
States would have to pay it, for under
our system of raising revenue being
indirect taxation, there would be
little revenue raised on imports into
the Philippines, since we would ex
pect to control the bulk of the import
trade into the islands.
If Spain's colonies have bankrupt
that nation, is it not likely they would
become a great burden to the United
States, or possibly bankrupt it? This
nation can afford to be philanthopic,
but not to the extent of taking a bad
contract off the hands of any foreign
power. Even though the valor of our
sailors and soldier baa won us the
Philippines, we bad better give them
away than to undertake to hold them
at a vast expense to our own people.
EXTEND THE LIMITS.
The Dalles has had another baptism
of fire, and $150,000 worth of propertv
has gone up in smoke Whether or not
any part of this loss could have been
averted cannot be told, but certain it
is, the cause could have been removed
and possibly had the water supply
been better, some of the buildings
destroyed could have been saved. Be
this as it may, the fire Sunday night
is only the fate that awaits every town
built largely of wood, and should serve
as a warning to the city authorities in
the future to extend the fire limits and
enforce regulations that will prevent
the building of anything but fireproof
buildings anywhere in the business
part of the city.
The enforcement of such regulations
would probably retard the growth of
The Dalles, and would prove a hind
rance to those who have been burned
out, still for the benefit of the city in
the future it cannot well be neglected.
We cannot afford a repetition of the
fire of last Sunday or that which swept
over The Dalles in 1891. As a matter
of protection the fire limits should be
extended and the water plant increas
ed, so that our firemen would not be
hampered in case of a conflagration.
The Portland Dispatch appears to
be aggrieved atthe Times-Mountaineer
for having spoken a kind word for
Hon. Binger Hermann, In saying ho
was the best representative in con
gress Oregon ever had. The Dispatch
is so utterly democratic just now that
it objects to a democratic paper telling
the truth about a republican olheial,
notwithstanding this fact that it in
directly lent its influence to the elec
tion of the republican state ticket last
June. A paper with such sins to ans
wer for should not be ready to criti
cise those who give expression to their
honest convictions.
The Dispatch seems to think we are
severe upon democrats that have re
presented the state in congress, when
we speak complimentary of Mr. Her
mann. If speaking the truth is cast
ing reflections upon our ex-representatives,
then thev must take the conse
quences. We reaffirm that Mr. Her
mann did more for Oregon than any
other man we ever had in congress,
and he is entitled to the credit, re
gardless of his party affiliation. If
other representatives were less active
than he, it was their fault not his, and
had they been more active, they prob
ably would haye been retained in office.
While in congress Herman was not
directly a representative of the repub
lican party, but a representative of
the whole state, and should he
be honored by the legislature with an
election to the senate, he still would
be a representative of Oregon. It is
very true, as the Dispatch says, the re
publicans have a majority of the next
legislature, and will have the choice
of the next senator, but Oregon does
not want a senator because he is a re
publican, but because he is an active,
capable man, and though in the
minority, djmocrats have a right to
express a preference.
It is all important, not only to Ore
gon but the entire Pacific coast, that
we have the right kind of a man in
the senate during the next six years.
The fate of the Nicaragua canal will
be settled within that time, and that
today is of more importance to the
people of the Pacific coast than any
other one public question. With Her
mann in the senate, our interests
would be better represented than they
would be by Corbett or Simon, whom
tho Dispatch woe Id probably prefer.
What Oregon needs is a senator, not a
monopolist or political shyster, and the
republicans of the state have good
timber in the present commissioner of
the general land office.
ALGER'S UNFITNESS.
No one doubts for a moment that
Russell A. Alger is unfitted for the
post of secretary of war, but the indis
criminate condemnation of him per
sonally and making him carry the
blame for every error of the war is un
just and intolerable. Any man in his
how ha made German ships salute
the stars and 9tripes. The statement
comes from a Dalles boy and adds to
the idea engrufted on Americans that
we are safe with Dewey.
With the fall of Manila the last bat
tle between the United States and
Spain has been fought. Now all that
remains to effectually settle the trouble
between these two nations is for the
peace commissioners to arrange terms.
Thus has ended one of the shortest and
most decisive wars eyer begun.
Fifty tho"-d of the brave boys
who enlislif lu in the I ' uited States
service in the uar with Spain are to
be mustered out at once. While they
never sinc-lled powder during their
sol-lier life, tbey will be entitled to
be known as veterans for they showed
a willingness to light had opportunity
offered.
Supt. Leach, of the IT. S. mint at
San Francisco, who has excellent
means of knowing, says that $i,000,M0
would be a safe estimate of the entire
gold output of the Yukon, including
the American side as well as the Klon
dike, this year. It is therefore appar
ent that there has been much exagger
ation concerning the gold crop of
Alaska.
It is estimated that the total mortal
ity of the war to our army, including
the deaths in the Puerto Rico cam
paign, will be about 1000, not counting
those who may die of their wounds
hereafter. This includes the deaths
in the camps. There were less than
1,500 wounded. These figures are for
an army of 278.500 men and a navy of
10,000 men.
Hermaun's "boom" for United
States senator is being worked up by
popocratic newspapers and republican
obstructionists. The Dalles Times
Mountaineer is taking a hand in the
job. Pendleton Tribune. All the
Times-Mountaineer has printed in the
matter has been in the line of news
Of course the Tribune is against Her
mann or any other man who is not in
the inner circle controlled by the
Corbett-Scott-Simou triumvirate.
The crop circular of the United
States Department of Agriculture for
August indicates an average crop
of corn, wheat, barley and oats in this
country, and about the same as last
year in foreign countries, except Rus
sia and Hungary, where drou thin one
section was supplemented by excess
sive rains in others. On the whole
the prospects look favorable for a de
mand for breadstuff's from this counfy J
about the same as last year.
An initial and proper undertaking
for the new order known as the Native
Sons of Oregon would be a proper cel
ebration in 1899 of the fortieth anni
versary of the state's admission into
the union. This event, has never been
the especial subject of celebration and
there are many self-evident reasons
why it should be made such. And we
should not delay another ten years in
the matter, as in that time there will
there in this nation to guiue the for
mation of a civil government in Cuba
patterned after our own. The main
tenance of public schools in every
nook and crook of Cuba in tin
next quarter of a century would
rawrk a progressive civilization there
that could never havn been achieved
under Spanish rule. In the nomina
tion of B'itzbunh Lee as military gov
ernor of Cuba we entirely los-e sight of
his poiitics. but endorse him on tl e
basis of hi:- labors while consul-general
at Havana, and because he is a typical
American gentleman, whose love for
the flag long since has obliterated
from his intelligent mind all sectional
sentiment."
The Dreyfus business has arrived at
a new stage and nobody seems to
know what next. The second trial of
Zjla and Perreux, the other day
brought by thi.- First Council of War,
appears to have been very much of a
farce. M. Zola and Perreux, the
manager of t;se "Aurore," simp y put
in an appearance for the purpose of in
timating, through their counsel, that,
as they did not recognize the tribunal
as competent, they refused to come
before it. They then walked out. and
the court, without calling a jury, or
hearing evidence, sentenced Zola and
Perreux 'o a year's imprisonment and
a fine of 'MM francs each. They have,
it appears, the right of appeal, and in
consequence cannot be arrested. To
every one outside of France, French
legal procedure is incomprehensible:
but even Frenchmen themselves do not
profess to know what is to be the next
development. Meanwhile the "Drey
fus agitation" still goes on.
LAST BATTLE
. OF THE WAR
Ten
Thousand Americans
Vere Engaged.
SIX
WERE KILLED
Latest Reports From Manila
Battle.
place would be forced to rely upon the i
work and efliciencv and co-ooaratioa l be bardly a remnant of the noble
of his subordinates. That errors were
committed and grievous ones in vol v-
HIGHER
TAXES THE RULE.
The New1 York Commerical Adver
tiser admits that protection is not ad
equate as a source of revenue and
that hereafter our main reliance must
be on internal taxation revenue duties.
Protection will only yi-. id incidental
revenue. This was bing shown be
fore the war began. It was clear tiat
new taxes must be resorted to. The
war made the change easy. The new
taxes will remain after the war is over.
The increased interest charges and
the cost of enlarged military and Daval
establishments and of maintaining
bodies of troops in Cuba and elsewhere.
will largely swell the expenditures,
and the requisite money can only be
obtained by keeping up the war taxes.
In this wav the war has relieved the
party in power from a serious dilemma.
To impose those new taxes in time of
peace would hare occasioned universal
grumbling. But on a war measure.
tbey are borne without complaint; and
the people will get accustomed to pay
ing them henceforth higher taxation
is to be the rule.
ing suffering and loss of life are not to
be denied, and, Alger, if a man of sen
sibility, would resign. The truth of
the matter is that his incompetency
for the position was recognized whej
his appointment was first made, and
knowingly unfit appointments have
been the great sin of McKinley's administration.
Henry Clay was not the only Amer
ican who would rather have been right
than president but it does seem that
in the bargains and alliances that Mc
Kinley made aod keeps to have secured
the prize he does not belong to the
Clay, standard. The president is being
judged kindly and even indulgently
by the American people, including his
political opponents but suoh judg
ment is not the-forerunner of an ex
alted position in history. A little of
Lincoln's homely insight even a lit-le
of Cleveland's self-ooioionated stub
bornness would be appreciated in t'u
make-up of the present executive.
THE MAN FOR THE TLACE.
There is a peculiar fitness in the re
ported selection of Major General
Fitzhugh Lee to commadd the military
garrison in Cuba as soon as peace shall
have been concluded. It is a post that
the former consul general has desired
from the first, and there is no one who
deserves the honor more than he. At
the head of the Seventh army corps
the general can fulfill the prophecy he
made when he left Havana at the out
break of hostilities: "I go," he said ,
"but I will return."
It will be a different city that he
will go back to. The American flag
will fly over El Morro and the Amer
ican headquarters will be in the palace
of the captain general. Then, and not
until then, will the Maine be finally
avenged.
DEWEY IS THE HERO.
The war with Spain began and end
ed with the brilliant achievements of
Admiral George Dewey, and to him
will even be attributed the honor of
being the hero of 1898. On May 1st it
was the thunder of Dewey's guns that
sounded the first notes of the war, an
on August 13th he closed the war with
the bombardment of Manila. His acts
were daring and decisive, his service
to the nation was greater than any of
our other great leaders. While Shaf
ter, Schley and Sampson come in for
just amount of praise, their names will
never occupy the same place in history
as that of Dewey. They will be ac
credited with having won wreathes of
laurels, but Dewey will be known as
the man who opened and closed the
war.
NOT A BAD OUTLOOK.
As harvest advances and the wheat
erop of 1898 is soon to be put on the
market, the outlook for fair prices
brightens. The speculative tendency
is quite strong, and a careful following
of the market in Chicago, which gov
erns the price of wheat la this country,
leads to the conclusion that there will
be an advance rather than a decline of
prices within the next few weeks. It
is a well known fact that commission
men are anxious to bull the market,
One thing the war has taught us in a
most effective manner. We know
from the experience of several bom
bardments that our sea-coast cities,
even with their old fashioned guns,
could hold a hostile fleet in check for a
considerable time. " Our " Atlantic
cities were not in the danger we im
agined, for aside from the ordnance
available for coast defense, the use of
submarine mines in a harbor must ex
ercise a powerful deterring effect upon
an enemy. As for cities entirely de
fenseless, they are no longer bombard
ed by civilized nations. Our seaports
hereafter will be adequately protected
by the most modern equipment in dis
appearing guns, and it may be doubted
whether, in the lives of any now liv
ing, it will again be possible to
frighten the country by talk of our
defenseless seaboard.
Stephen A. Douglas, jr., of Chicago,
who has trained with and held several
important offices at the hands of differ
ent republican administrations, has
joined the democratic party. Young
Stephen should have followed in the
footsteps of his illustrious father, years
ago, but his late confession of faitb
and return to the party of which his
father was an honored member, shows
that he has finally arrived at the wise
conclusion that it is good for "children
to obey their parents," especially if
tbey change from a republican to a
democrat.
AiarK uanna says ms Drotner sold a
yacht-to the government for 8115,000
from purely patriotic motives. He
would probably be believed U a re
sponsible party in New York bad not
appeared upon the scene and declared
that the yacht was the property of
Mark Hanna and bad been offered for
sale prior to her sale to the govern
ment for $40,000. Mark Hanna has
the name of being eminently patriotic
from a standpoint of "business."
And now there is another change ir.
President McKiolev's official house
hold. Secretary of State Day is to be
succeeded by Col. Hay, ambassador to
England. Col. Hay has accepted the
appointment.
The war will come to an end, but i
will be months before the volunteers
return to their homes, and many more
months before matteis in Cuba, Porto
Rico and the Philipines are working
smoothly under tha novel conditions
this war has created.
A great deal of fuss has been made
because Chinese have been employed
to make tents and uniforms for the
soldiers at San Francisco, 'but would
American women have been benefited
by having the work to do at Chinese
rates?
Senator Marcus A. Hanna is spend
ing his summer vacation in Yellow
Stone Park. He probably thought it
might be too tropical for him in Ohio.
There might be charges loaded against
him for bribery that would be rather
embarrassing
Premier Sagasta offers this consola
tion to the Madridlinos, regarding the
Cuban debt: "The United State re
fuses to assume it, and Spain will en
deavor to arrange with the Cuban
treasury no pay it wnen tne island is
able."
"Sunset" Cox always regretted bis
reputation as a humorist and insisted
that it was a great detriment to his
serious efforts, and Col. John Hay, in
his recent political advancement, does
not wish to be reminded that be first
became famous as the author of "Little
Breeches."
One reason wny people never pay
any attention to signs and advertise
ments daubed on old fences, stables
and bridges is because they do not
Know whether they are reading the
advertisement of some firm that is. still
in business or one that has been dead
for years.
The more tbe people hear of Dewey
the more they like him. ' In our news
colums today is given an account of
band of pioneers to be honored.
The souvenir edition of the Astorian
in honor of the annual regatta to be
held at the city by the. sea, Augus-19-22,
is full of interesting facts cont
cerning the resources and possibilities
of Astoria and Clatsop county. The
boast is proudly made that "Astoria is
the best situated of all the small cities
of the world. She has more natural
advantages than any other city of four
times her size in the United States; no
other city in the entire - country has
prospects as bright."
The Oregon grain crop gives promise
of being the largest ever harvested in
the state; the hop crop if not average
in quantity but more than average in
quality, and the experiments -in flax
culture are reported as satisfactory.
while the fruit yield is 9imply enor
mous. The agricultural resources of
the state are truly wonderful, besides
the wealth of mighty forests and un
told mineral deposits. Taken all in
all an era of unexampled prosperity
and advancement must be huld in im
mediate store for the pjople of our
northwest commonwealth.
The report of ' the director of the
mint places the output for gold for 1897
at $210,000,000, and n careful computa
tion, based on the figures for the first
six months of 1898, indicates that the
year's production will reach $275,000,
000. This vast sum is equal to the pro
duction of both metals in the years
previous to 1890. Industry and enter
prise having been driven aw.iy from
the production of silver, it nutu rally
follows that they have engaged in the
production of gold, so far as that was
possible.
Prof. H. T. French has resigned .his
position in the agricultural college at
Corvallis to accept a position with the
Idaho agricultural college at Moscow.
Prof. French is a practical educator
and is thoroughly in earnest in his life
work. His removal from Oregon will
deprive the state of his well-directed
efforts for the advancement of agricul
tural pursuits. In the farmer's in
stitute work by whijh practical sug
gestions from scientifically demon
strated experiments were given to the
people no one ever exerted more in
fluence to make these meetings inter
esting and beneficial.
Dimes have been pouring into the
navy department, contributed by
patriotic Americans who want to help
build a battle-ship to replace the
Maine. Somebody, Secretary Long
does not know who, started an endless
chain for this purpose, and the secre
tary is doing his best to break the
chain. To such of the contributors as
give their address he is returning the
mouey with a note informing them
that he has no authority under the law
to receive it, and that the object seems
to be otherwise provided 'or, as con
gress has specifically appiopriatea
money for the construction of another
battle-ship to be known as the Maine.
In the terms of peace, it is practical
ly settled that Manila bay, city and
port will be retained by the Ameri
cans. The re is grave danger in this
for the reason that the remainder of
the island of Luzon is inhabited by
various different and practically un
civilized people' and we must sooner or
later be involved in the entangling
alliances of which we were warned by
Washington. Spain's needs are such
that she will sell ail the Philippine
possessions that are left to her and of
course this will arouse the jealousy of
all the other European powers against
the successful purchaser. It is a bad
state of affairs and one calling for the
most exalted statesmanship, but
throughout it all, more enduring than
all is the faith of the American people
that their government will carry itself
well in the face of the whole world in
any emergency that may arise.
London, Aug. 18. The Manila cor
respondent of the Times, telegraphing
August 14, at noon, says:
"The insurgents made a vigorous
but unsuccessful effort to break the
Spanish line at San Paloc last night.
The curious situation remains un
changed. Although the Spanish army
has surrendered and is laying down its
arms, it ctill continues to hold the
gates of the citadel and other remote
positions against the insurgents. The
latter have been informed that they
will not be permitted to enter the
town under any circumstances.
"The latest reports "show that six
Americans were killed, and 39 wound
ed. The Astor battery, under Captain
March, did excellent service on the
right of the line yesterdav, shelling
the blockhouse with its Hotchkiss
mountain guns ana all charging the
position with revolvers. It lost three
men killed."
Named By McKlnley.
Washington, Aug. 17. The presi
dent has appointed two commissions
to adjust the evacuation of Cuba and
Porto Rico.
They are made up as follows:
For Cuba Major-General James F.
Wade, Rear-Admiral W. T. Sampson.
Major-General MatthewC. Butler.
For Porto Rico Major-General
John R. Brooke, R-iar-Admiral Win
field Scott Schley, Brigadier-General
William W. Gordon.
Tragedy at Camp Barrett.
Oakland, Cal., Aug. 17 Privates
James M. Meadoersand Jouas Ury, of
company C. Eight California . volun
teers, today engaged in a fight at
Camp Barrett, which culminated in
a tragedy. Ury lies at the verge of
death in the Rd Cross hospital, with
his throat slashed from ear to ear.
The affair was the result of a long
standing feud, which developed over
a monetary matter. Meadoers on two
previous occasions had tried to stab
his victim..
Havana is tranquil.
Havana, Aug. 17. The city remains
entirely tranquil. Everybody has re
sumed his ordinary duties and all are
thinking only of how to recover some
thing of what has been lot. Conserva
tive natives, and particularly Spanish
residents, realize the necessity of such
steps as will save the social interests
of the island, avoid future insurrec
tions, and prevent a complete annihil
ation of the wealth partly saved from
revolution and war.
Hong Kong, Aug. 16. Advices
from Manila state lhat Admiral Dewey
gave General Augustin an hour in
which to surrender, at the time of the
last demand made on Sunday. Gen
eral Augustin refused to comply. The
bombardment, which began at 9:30 a
m., was continued for two hours, and
then the Americans 3tormed the
trenches, sweeping all before them.
Those within the walls attempted no
resistance. The First Colorado volun
teers stormed the outer trenches aud
drove the Spaniards iato the second
line of defenses. Then the American
troops swept on, driving all the Span
iards into the inner fortifications,
where the Spanish eommandT, seeing
that further resistance was useless,
hoisted the white flag and surrendered.
The losses, American and Spanish, are
not known yet. The Spanish in the
trenches probably numbered 3000 men.
The Americans' attacking force num
bered 10.000, and the Americans were
better armed, better trained and in
better condition.
The foreign fleet watched the bom
bardment with acute interest. The
American warships engaged were the
Olympia, Petrel, Raleigh, McCulloch,
Boston, Monterey, Charleston and
Baltimore. The Spanish assert that
the fire of the Americans, for tho
most part, fell short, the only effective
fire being from a small gunboat armed
with quick-firing guns that was closo
inshore. It is inserted by the Spanish
that the "Americans lost heavily in
the storming, owing to faulty con
struction of their intrenchments,
which the Spanish could command
from the heights and upon which they
poured a galling fire."
The Spanish trenches extended
around Manila at a distance of from
two to four mile8 from the walled city,
forming a circle 10 miles in circum
ference, and it was impossible, the
Spaniards say," to hold so long a line
against the American attack.
Admiral Dewey and General Merritt,
it is reported, had issued orders to
spare all except armed defenses of the
city, and consequently the town is
understood to have been but little
damaged. Some street fighting be
tween the insurgents and the Span
iards occurred on the outskirts, but
order prevailed within the walled section.
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MERCIFUL.
They Spared Every Object b ut Armed
Defenses and Trenches.
LONDON, Aug. 17. The Manila cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph
telegraphing Saturday, says:
"Nothing could be more humane
than the American capture of th
town. General Merritt and Admiral
Dewey's plan was to spare every object
but the armed defenses and the trench'
es. Apparently the American losses
were extremely small. The Spauis
entrenchments varied in point of dis'
tance from two to four miles from th
center of Old Manila.
"Defending this long line of at least
10 miles were not over and probably
under -5000 Spanish regular troops
volunteers and natives. ' About half
that number were in the hosoital. The
attacking force numbered from 10,000
to 20.000 natives and 10,000 Americans
on shore, and the fleet.
In every respect, the advantage was
on the side of the attack. The Amer
ican field guns threw heavier metal
and bad longer range than the Span
ish; the marksman-ship of the United
States gunuers was much superior to
that of the Spaniards, and the men
were stronger and in better crndition
To Be Mustered Oat.
Washington, Aug. 17. An order
was issued yesterday mustering out of
service about 50,000 of the volunteer
army force. The troops to be muster
ed out will include all the volunteer
cavalry and volunteer artillery in the
United States at the present time, and
a large number of infantry regiments.
Oregon Battery Included.
Washington, Aug. 17. The de
tails of the order mustering out troops
cannot be obtained, but it is under
stood that the Oregon battery is in
cluded. It is not believed that the
Washington regiment is included.
In case Merritt should ask for more
troops, it is possible no Pacific coast
troops will be included in the order.
Peace Negotiations.
Paris, Aug. 18. At a cabinet coun
cil this morning the minister of
foreign affairs M. de l'Casse, read dis
patches from McKlnley and the queen
regent of Spain, thanking the presi-,
dent and government of the French re
public for their good offices in promot
ing peace negotiations. Casse added
that the governments at Washington
and Madrid, desiring to give France
proof of their high esteem and confi
dence, and setected Paris as the scene
of negotiations for the final treaty of
peace.
Germany Scored.
Londo.v, Aug. 18 The Pall Mall
Gazette comments on the extraordin
ary action of the Germans in assisting
the flight of General Augustin from
Manila, says ''this Manila incident is
uncommonly n:gh a flagrant breach of
neutrality, and Is certain Ut be regard
ed as an international discourtesy, if
nothing worse."
THE OFFICIAL NOTICE.
Dewey Informs the Government of the
Latest Flag-Raising.
WASHINGTON, Aug. la. l ne gov
eminent has received the following
direct information of the surrender of
Manila, after a conjoined land and sea
bombardment last Saturday. It came
in dispatches from Dewey, brought
from Manila to Hong Kong in the dis
patch-boot ZaSro. The admiral sent
two dispatcher, the first oiid briefly
reciting the essential fajts as follows
"MANILA, Aug. ij. Manila sur
rendered today to the American land
and naval forces, after a combined at
tack. division of the squadron
s "it lied the forts and entrenchment at
Malate on the south side of the city,
driving back tbe. enemy. Our army
time. The city surrendered about 5
o'clock. The American flag was hoist
ed by Lieutenant Brumby. About
7000 prisoners were taken. The squad
ron had no casualties, and none of the
vessels were Injured. On August 7
Merritt and I informally demanded
the surrender of the city, which the
Spanish govenor-general refused.
Dewey."
.aagnstlo i-eaves Rons Kong;.
London, Aug. 18 The Daily Mail's
Hong Kong correspondent says: Gen-
The Portland Telegram, in rcom
mending General Fitzhugh Lee for
the position of military governor 'of ; eral Augustin sailed today on board
Cuba, says: "No man fitter than he is the German steamer Prince Helnrich.
BIG FIRE AT LAFAYETTE.
Flouring Mill, Elevator and Consid
erable Grain Destroyed.
Lafayette, Or., Aug, 17 The
flouring mill at this place was des
troyed by fire yesterday morning at
2 o'clock with 100 barrels of flour and
several tons of fead. The fire started
in the second story of the mill and was
well under way when discovered. The
flames soon spread to the elevator and
destroyed it. The elevator contained
5000 bushels of this year's crop of
wheat. The total loss is about $20,000,
with only $5000 insurance on tbe
mill.
Adjutant-General, Washington! Major
Miley has just returned from Baracoa
and Sagua de .Tenamo. At the two
places there were 1706 officers and
men surrendered, 2321 stands of arms
and 413,000 rounds of ammunition and
five Krupp guns.
"Troops were very short of food, but
15 days' rations were given them by
MajorMiley, and a large amount of
Red Cross supplies landed at the same
time at both places.
There troops know nothing what
ever of the destruction of Cervera's
fleet, the fall of Santiago or any later
events. Tbey accented the situation
however, and appeared to be glad of
the opportunity of getting home.
Major Miley states that on the door of
the commanding officer's quarters was
posted a bulletin purporting to be a
telegram from the naval commander
at Manila informing Sagasta of bis
great victory over Dewey at Manila
and Sagasta's thanks to him for the
same.
"The country in the vicinity of these
towns is in the same condition as that
here utterly destroyed and grown up,
Inhabitants said that in 18 months
they would be able to raise a crop of
bananas, which was the principal
product.
"A regiment of insurgent soldiers
was found in the vicinity of each place
camped witbiu a few hundred yards of
Spanish troops, calmly observing
each other.
Shafter, Major-General.
THE PHILIPPINES
ARE ALL OURS
CUBANS ARE PACIFIED.
IN DARKEST CUBA.
Spanish Troops Know Nothing of the
Loss of Cervera's Fleet.
Washington, Aug. 18. The war
department has received tbe following:
'Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 17.
Express Themselves as Satisfied With
the Government.
Washington, Aug I8- Thomas Es
trada Palma and other prominent
members of the Cuban revolutionary
party in this country have arrived
here, and with Gonzaio de Quesada,
the Cuban charge d'affaires, have held
several conferences on the situation of
the island.
Tbe meetings have given rise to a
renewal of the report that the island
republican administiation is chafing
under the present system of control.
President McKinley and the mem
bers of his administration paid no at
tention to these reports, and a member
of the cabinet asserts that there is no
expectation of any official protest
against the system of administration
put in force pending the establishment
of a stable government in Cuba.
"No representations from tbe Cubans
on this subject," he said, "have been
made to this government, nor is any-,
thing of the sort looked for. The
Cubans have expressed themselves as
being satisfied with the present method
of administration and have confidence,
so far as I know, in the sincerity of
this government, and will remain
satisfied until the time is ripe for the
establishment of a stable government,
The Cubans, the administration be
lieves, wili make no trouble on that
score."
PROGRAMME 1 STARTLING.
America's New Navy Causing Serious Com
ment In Knrope.
London, Aug. 19. The morning
papers comment upon the proposed
immense increase in the American
navy. The standard says:
Such a fleet, operating from Ma
nila as a base, would be able to exer
ise considerable influence upon the
progress of events in Chinese waters,
and, added to the English-China squad
ron and the Japanese navy, would
make a mighty armament indeed.'
The Daily Mail says:
"The new program is startling in its
immensity. The American navy jumps
to fourth place among the world's
fleets. It will not long remain fourth.
nor will it be long before tbe United
States will have a policy in China."
Were Secured in the Re-
cent Surrender."
London, Aug. 19. The Hong Kong
correspondent of the Daily Mall says:
"Tne terms of the capitulation of
Manila, as agreed upon Saturday be
tween General Jaudenez and General
Merritt, includes tbe cession of the
Philippine archipelago to the United
States.
"An American naval officer who ar
riyed from Manila on the Zafiro tells
me that the Americans practically
walked into Manila. The operations,
he says, were confined to the Malate
side of the city, where the S Dan lards
had a fort and two lines of trenches.
The troops waded through the Malate
river and walked up to the beach as
though going to lunch, meeting prac
tically no opposition.
"I learn when General Merritt went
ashore after the capitulation ol Manila,
he experienced some difficulty In find
ing General Jaudenez, who ultimately
was found in a church among crowds
of women and children."
FALLEN
AMERICAN
HEROES.
Names of Men Killed and Wounded in
the Battle Before Manila.
San Francisco, Aug. 19. A special
to the Examiner from MamU, of
August 14, gives the following names
of those killed during the fighting
which preceded the occupation of that
city:
John Dunsmore, First California.
Edward O'Neil, First California.
Augustus Thoten, Twenty-third reg
ulars.
Clements Bauer, Twenty-third reg
ulars.
Archie Patterson, Thirteenth Min
nesota.
William Lewis, Nebraska regiment,
Robert McCann, Fourteenth regu
lars.
Samuel Howell, Fourteenth regu
lars.
Among the seriously wounded were:
Captain O. Seeback, Thirteenth
Minnesota.
Captain A. T. Bjornstadt, Thirteenth
Minnesota.
Captain Rich ter. First California,
wounded in the First attack of Manila,
died on August 14.
Charles Wiofield, Third regulars,
died August 2.
George Pirkins, First California,
died August 7 of pneumonia.
William Kobinson, hospital corps,
died of typhoid.
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merly held by the Spaniards, of whom
6000 are prisoners. Not a single shot,
was fired at the fleet. The dispatch
also says that Admiral Dewey picked
up the ond of tbe severed cable on Fri-.
day, but that the line is not yet la
working order. Merchantmen are
leaving Hong Kong daily for Manila.
A great rush of trade is expected. CD
Macnlre for Governor.
Sacramento, Aug. 19. In the dem
ocratic state convention the report of-
thfl AfimmltriU nn fiialnn n ' V
It recited that the people's party andi
silver republicans were Id accord wlthS
the program of fusion, and would loy
ally support the democrat ticket If it
should proceed along the lines mapped
out. . Tbe f usiot plan carried with less
than a dozen dissenting votes. Con
gressman James G. Magulre was thea
nominated as candidate for governor
on a rising vote.
Htrnek by m Falling Timber.
Eugene, Or., Aug. 19. Yesterday,
while assisting in setting up an en
gine near Creswell, Charles Jackson,
about 16iyears of age. was struck on
tbe head by a falling timber, and re
ceived injuries from which ne died
this morning. ' I
The Pope Worse.
Rome, Aug. 19. Rumors are in cir
culation that the pope hus buffered a
further relapse.
(Tbe only changes from the present
board of directors are Mellon, Lamoot,
Harriman and Cannon, in the places
of Alfred S. Heldelbach, Walter G.
Oakman, Edward D. Adams and
Charles H. Coster. The new men are f
understood to represent tbe same In- i
tarests as those retired, which means I
frit. .V 111 L. -1 . . i
vuaw nuore win ua uu caange Ol tne
present policy of the O. R. fc N. man
agement. This must be gratifying to
the management, and it certainly is In
tbe interest of Portland and the In
land Empire.)
Notice to Delinquent Taxpayers.
The delinquent taxes of Wasco
county, as shown on the rolls now in
the hands of tbe sheriff, are 960,000, an
amount almost equal to tbe indebted
ness of tbe county. Every citizen will
doubtless admit that this state of
affairs should not exist, and that all
taxes should be collected. On account
of hard times in the past the county
court has shown leniency to taxpayers, '
but that leniency has reached the
limit, and the courtcannot wait longer
on delinquents to make settlement.
. i , .
r or mis reason a warrant nas oeen at
tached to each delinquent roll com
manding tbe sheriff to collect all tsxes
by seizure and sale of property. With
tbe bountiful crops now in sight, there
can no longer be any reasonable ex
cuse for the non-payment of taxes.
The sheriff Is bound under oath to
comply with tbe terms of tbe warrants
attached to the tax rolls for the collec
tion thereof, and bas no option in tbe
matter. Delinquent taxpayers oan
save the cost of seizure and sale of
property by settling their taxes it
once. KOBERT KELLY,
Sheriff and Tax Collector for Wasco County.
Dated August 4, 1898.
O. R. & N. ELECTION.
Burglary at John Day.
Long Creek, Aug. 16. The report
has reached this city that the store at
John Day "was burglarized the other intosb, Henry Failing,
There Will Be No -Change in the
Policy.
New York, Aug. 19. A meeting of
the voting trust certificates, represent'
ing the preferred and common stock
holders of the Oregon Railroad & Nav
igatlon Company was held here yes
terday.
The following were designated to be
voted for by the voting trustees, as
directors of the company, at the an
nual meeting, to be held at Portland
Or., on September 1:
A. L. Mohler, H. W. Corbett, W. R,
Ayer, W. W. Cotton, William Mack
W. M. Ladd
night, considerable jewelry, cutlery j
and clothing being taken. Entrance
was affected through a window. There
is no clue. .All towns and cross-road
are being guarded, and it is thought
the thief cannot escape.
Tcrsnvlns Eraptlnr.
Naples, Aug. 19. Versuvius is
again in a state of active eruption.
Four streams of lava are Bowing down
the mountain side at the rate of 400
yards an hour. The chestnut trees on
Mount Samoa have been burned.
Constant explosions are heard in
central crater, which is
smoke and flames.
and A. L. Mills, of Portland; Miles C,
Moore, of Walla Walla: William L
Bull, Henry W. Cannon. Daniel S
Lamont and Edwin Harriman, of New
York; C. S. Mollen. of St. Paul, and
Samuel Carr, of Boston.
FROM MANILA.
Dewey Has the Cable and a Boom in
Trade Is On.
Hong Kong, Aug. 19. A dispatch
from the correspondent at Manila of
tbe Associated Press confirming the
emitting capture of the town says the American
troops now occupy every position for. ,
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