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Oregon Arrives Safely Home
Sharp Engagement Off San-tlago-Vlzcaya
and Al
fonso Reported Sunk.
Reports Seem Correct, but Washington
Denies AH Rumors Yet Received.
THE IRISH ARE OUR FRIENDS.
4
NEW YORK. M..y H- Ml.-lu.-l Davltt. the Irish National leader In the British parliament, ha a-nt a letter
to II. A. Downing containing i h following:
"I have your favor of the 3.1 Inst. Inclosing an extract from dispatch.- cabled fr.mi the United But..
a-., rtln that Englishmen would (1-ikI a warm aid to America, but the Irishmen, a. Catholic, wish succes. for th
r..e!or of th.. Cuban. C.f coura., thl 1 a palpable f.,.ho.,,l and la a part of the campaign wagd by the Lon
d"i .r.-a. with h ol.Je.-t of promoting n alllame b-tw.-.n Ur-t Hrttaln n,l th United Statu at a time when no
oil.-r nation In th.i world will ally ltlf wkh th.; rul-r of In.ln and Ireland. It ha bwn manlf-nt that w. Iri.h are
Ik ..rtlly with Aro'-rt. a m 1,,-r .ll.lnu-r, mulon for tl. l!U raton of Cuba from European tyranny. The one d-.m-Iik
ik aim of (kt I'.rltalh la to wvurc the alliance f Amri.-a wiltmi RtiMila In China and the far eat. In order to
-hl..e thia nd lb a of all ktnda are bw,. ,-abb to th- j,ro-jrltlh pr.-a of Nw York about a poMlble European co
alition .tain An.-ru-a In favor of Spain. Th.-ro la ab.olul.-l,- no foundation for th. ae itatementa. I craned" to Parla
ar..l atiMtl myi-IMii Int. rvU-wa with van.wa rontln-ntal r. pr. a. -ntatlvw that uh a coalition waa a pure Eng-lish
faornatlon. Rua-la will n.-v.-r join in any mov.-nu-nt hwii.. to the CriltHd 8tat.. while the German repreaentatlve
aiii.oiit-.M that th-rt U no thoiiKlit m rl.la country of b-itat h.tlle to the nation In whl.h there are U.H. who
arB ..ya American .-It'.x. n. by adopti...ri. The re;,ubl!- of France would be ah.,ken to lla foundation If It ruler
dared to join In a ......Ittlon analn.l the a'at.-r n-publi- I-ynl the Atlantic from wh-nre came the flnt Inaplratlon
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Madrid. May 24. It la oinclally an
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atlll al BantbiKo le Culm y.Kterlay.
J.onilnn. May 24 A dicikich to
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euya: Admiral Cerv.ra la bellevinl to
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I REPORTS AUK l'KNIEP.
I Wimhlnnion, May il.-Thcro wan a lapse
j Into neni.aibiii.il war riiniorK In W.iKh'.iiK
! Ion today, utter u we. k of onim!Mtlv
I iillb-ludtf.
I Tin. minora ranged all the way from
the capluie of the i.tile Manni-ove, w 1 1 It
her clew of twelve men. to the rcHirtnl
d.-Kt ruction of I ho entire Spanish llect
i by Sampson' and Schley' combined
i lores, liny were circulated with per-
HlNtniici', notwlthstanditiK ilu-ir denial an
I "ooii n they could bo brought to the at
tention nf any nth. lal cupablo of passiiiR
judgment mi their iiceunu y. At the cl.wo
of the day. however. It w.i again nn
. noinu ed In the most p.isii.vo manner that
. Hie navy deMnnu iu had no Inl'oniiali.in
! to waiiant i report of any sorl of an
I cnnanemcni in the Wliidwanl passage.
This did not spcellli ullv cover Ihn waters
of the YVejit Indies, but In view of the
i fact that the department h;is almost
pledged llsclf to let the public know ot
lunytiilnn In the naltiiv of n general en
gagement, possible the bulletin announce
nit nt Is MiiMcli in to cover ihe case.
! When Secretary l.uiii; stand for home.
! lifter it ii exceptional day. he slated to u
group of newspaper nu n that the depart
ment hod i-ci elvcd no nutlilcatinn of Im
p.irlaneo. In response to an Inquiry a to
where tlio Spanish Meet was located, l,ong
replied thai his belief was that ll was
mill al Santiago do Cuba. Concerning- the
repoi-trd capture of tho .Mangrove and the
loss of other ships, tho secretary dismiss
ed these stories as purely conjectural ninl
hot supported by tacts. Word had come
from Hie commander of the .Mangrove the
same time us the alleged capture, showing
that tho i-hlp count not have bi-cn In the
hands of Ihe Spaniards.
The Spaniard nppcnr to be making
ready for something- more than a de
fensive campaign nt home, or at bust they
are try Ins; to ereiito that Impression by
other mentis than tho news bulletins that
they Issue utmost daily from Madrid. The
navy department now has by Us own re
liable sources reports of the rreatest o
tlvtty In tho 8pnnlh navy yards and pre
parations for sen nnd long voyng-n ot
two of their torpedo boat destroyers. It
la Riven out that they ro to Join Cerver.
Immediately a soon ac hi aquadron
tnter Cudla harbor. Pcfelbly -thl ttato-
of French llWty."
in. nt la made with the d.-lllx-rate purp mi
nt mlsl.-adina- Amerbun sailor Into Un
belief that Cervera h.ia taken h. way
hom.-w ard.
Inqiiirl.a na to tha h.-rMiiii: of the
Or.-g. ii brought a r.-ply thla afternoon
to the effect that the battle ship w.m safe
NothlriK could Iw- I arri.J of her location.
It I probable that th. t.-bvram aald to
ham emanated from the v.-osM really
.-rn ilk Mid at K.-y vvt bui were
brought to that Mrt on a..me dispatch
bout from the Or.-t.-on hlch l i-.-opcr.it-Inar
Itli our fleet a.
Thn UHliuc of the i abbt. at S-intlago
and at Han Juan de I'ort.i Rico w.n a
military move of ihe llnt Imturt.inc.-.
Ill lin o ha y t ..ti,- link I. ft ..f cmimuni
cat'.. hi with the outer world. It Is said
the remaining- cable at Santiago will be
cut B.H.11. mi that If Cervera 1 mla-
lllile. -llUKil to have entered Santiago
liaib .r lie Mill be completely out of touch
with bl home government an.l virtually
unable to communicate with Illati.-o.
The l'!nll..lne Island xp.dttl.-n I now
off in d. a.l earnest. The sending of th.-s.-lll"
will affect the Hawaiian question
vitally. I.Ike the Cli irb ;oii. the trans
p.rt ruul stop at Hawaii o replenish
ih.-ir i.il biiiik.-r. If the Hawaiian al-
'. Hie I'll'.!,, Slate to take C..a! With
out tne prw.xt that we are using It to
make ,nir way to the n.ar.vt home port.
a I r.-qiilrd by International law In Ml. h
..is., ih.-y will stan.l convlete.1 of a
gr.. breach of 11,-11 1 nil) t -. that In the
ei.f all nation coinin l them with the
Cnll.l Stat. In hostility against SjKiln.
The taking of coil by the American ships
at Hawaii to make an extensive cam
paign against the SlMtil.irds. ii I said
here, will r.-.iiU In compelling the I'nltd
States In either assume a protectorate
oer the Islands or to annex them.
-T.ary of the Navy. Wasning-ton:
The altuatlon la utulunitcd. A atrlct
blockade .ontiiiU'. (Jrw.t scarcity of
provlsbms In Manila. Foreign subject
f.ar an outbreak. T;ie Spanish soldiers
will ! transferred to Cavlte by the for-.-ifc-n
mn-of-ar In the harbor. Aituln
ablo. tho rel chief, who w.i brought
h- re trim Hong K'.ng on the MeCulloch.
t organliing a force ..f native cavalry
and may render ,ts:iunce that will be
valuable lh.,r.Y."
MONTWO WILL SUFFER.
N. w York. May ;i A dispatch from
Manila, via Honr- Kong. as-n that Ad
miral Mont.-jo. cimmander of the San!sh
squadron d-tny.l by Admlril Dewey, i i
to Ih- o.urt nmrtla'.-sl on a charge of cow- ;
apll.-c. Th: disiK.tch also asserts that I
the c.iiHain of the Swinish revenue cutter.
I'ailao. r.-c.-ntly i-a.tur.-,l by the I'niteil
Slal.-s Meet a she i. 1 iitenug Manila
bay. I to h- sh .t for n i riturn.ng trtef
Urc of the Americans. i
J
cuuse conifres had made the minimum
cost per ton for armor at a price below
the cost of production. The naval ap
propriation tiill Increased the price al
low, d 10 IM pr ton and today s effort
waa uctesful. For the Ullnol the two
armor companies, tne Bethlehem and the
Carnegie, divided ihvir bid, one taking
the lighter armor and the oth.-r the hiv-l.-r.
For the Alabama, the Bethlehem
company bid I1.K2.J..4. while the Carnegie
company did not bid. For the Wisconsin
the Carnegie company bid tUsl.'M. The
rate in each case was W) per ton for
plates and belt ai nior, the maximum al
lowed by congress. The Bethlehem com
pany undertakes to begin delivery within
seven month after the contract and sup
ply 3"i tons monthly. The Carnegie com
pany will bcKin December J next and sup
ply the same amount monthly.
THE SITUATION IN SPAIN
Black Cloods Gathering' Over tbe
Peninsnla-Breal Riots
Masses Want to Get
Rid of Cota.
SERIOUS ASPECT OF AFFAIRS
Anothsr Call for Volunteers Will Be
Made-lacreasei Pesponsitilltles
False Reports as to Strength
of Insurs-ents-Army to
Ee iLcreasel
THE QVEE.VS BIRTHDAY.
FROM THE DISPATCH HoAT.
On It.iard the Associated Press Dispatch
Boat Dandy. Montegu Bay. Jamaica, May
:i..-iCopyrlg-hted IX'S by the Ass.H-late.1
Press.) The waters sourh of Cuba have
sud.l.-nly become the scene of arreat ac
tivity. Commodore Schley, who left Key West
last Thursday wtth the Massachusetts
and Texas, the cruiser Brooklyn and tho
iirnusl yacht Scorpion. Is believed to be
cruising off Clenfueg. and Santiago de
Cuba. When the Danuy left Key West
lust Friday morning Admiral Sampson
was si 111 there. It in the opoln'.on of naval
otllivr that he would sail for Clenfuegos
by Ihe eastern route, the two fleet thus
coinietlng a circle of Cuba.
The Iowa follow,! Commodore S. hley
on Friday, but was overtaken off Sail
Antonio 011 Saturday by the torpdo boat
Diiint with secret Instructions. The
Initio ship Immediately Increased her
speed to the limit, and when last seen
PROVES Tv BE A COLLIER.
Si. Pierre. Martinique, May Zi p. m
11 '... r.g-hl.sl K. by the Associated Pressi
The Svin:sh torix-do boat d. slpiy. r Ter
ror Is U-lng cool. i by the Spanish st. am.-r
Alicante. The Alicante his al the mouth
of Fort de Frame. It was all along sup
K.si that she was a hospital ship, but
there is 110 doubt that she carries a cargo
of coal for the Soatush w:irhiM. Her
pretenioti to I- a hospital sh:;i Were ob
viously put forward as a bilnd.
The I'nitd States consul has caution,!
the French officials of the port not to al
low the Terror lo take coal in exc, ss ot
(he quantity to carry her to the nearest
Spanish .rt. It Is upiscd the Terror
will leave Martinique tomorrow.
I Washington. May H. The senate chap
Iain's invocation at the beginning of the
, . si..n was a hymn of thanksgiving for
1 tho seventy-ninth birthday of Victoria.
; qu.-.-n of Great Britain. The chaplain
. said:
j "Knit the hearts of the people who
; speak the Er.gish tongue, weld them
j strongly together, that we may work out
I a mighty problem of the highest clvllixa
1 tion of the whole earth."
N:
San Francisco, May;i The steamer
Zcalandia arrived this evening with the
following Honolulu advices to May 17:
....1.,,.,-v 1. ...,r .l.-1.ir...l n.-itti-:ltit'
w.i gi,ar.!lng -the entrance tolho v.ssage as ' .,,, wi nM lK, n
the m.Miltline American troops will be
WON'T FIGHT AGAINST ODDS.
Port au Prince, May 24.-A local news-
pap, r. the Matin, says Rear Admiral
Osborne of the British navy, who left for
New York Sunday on board a duties
steamer, saw at Curarou the Spanisti
squadron of live cruisers and the torpedo
boat destroyers or torpedo boats. The
Spanish officers are reported to have said
they would not accept battle unless with
an equal number of ships and that they
would avoid encountering' suierlor num
bers. Admiral Osk.rne did not consider tho
Spanish squadron to be in any way formidable.
HAWAIIAN POUTS OPEN.
IN AID OF OREGON VOLUNTEERS.
San Francisco. Mav 24. The California
slate Huxiltary to the R,d Cross society
fi America was formally organixed today
A motion was unanimously carried allow
ing 2." cents per capita to the departing
Oregon volunteers, the money to be put
at the disposal of the medical corps and
will later be refunded by the state ot
Oregon.
ARMS FOR THE CUBANS.
Mobile. Ala.. May 21. Fatina. the Cuban
expedition steamer, finished loading this
afternoon, and dropped down the ship
channel bound towards Tampa, but no one
knows precisely her destination. Four
car loads of material were taken on the
vessel, consisting of ammunition, guns
and store.
FIRST EXPEDITION READY.
San Francisco. May 24. The first Ma
nila expedition Is now ready to sail at a
moment's notice, though Its departure Is
not expected until tomorrow. It com
prises nbout Mill nun under the Immediate
command of General Anderson, whoso
he iilquarters are on the Australia.
EW YORK. May J4.-A dis
patch to the World from
Kingston, Jamacla, wye
The signing of a treaty of'
defense between the United State and
Great Britain la announced in a dis
patch received Sunday by the military
authorities. A exist In the war be
tween America and Spain Is Imminent,
the dispatches Intimate, and Jamacla
will be directly affected. All leaves of
absence of military and naval officers
have been cancettd. Supplies of pro
visions to last 15 month are being
stored.
The London correspondent of the
World say:
A special cablegram from the King
ston correspondent of the Chronicle
reads: "A mli.tary officer Inform me
that an official cablegram was received
here Sunday announcing the formal
signing of an Anglo-American defen
sive alliance. Certainly the war office
Is actively engaged in provisioning
the camp In Jamacla with eighteen
months' supplies, and orders have beeu
Issued to cancel leaves of officers and
men."
iK-twceu the Isle ot lines and Culm. The.
liiMtit rushisl on toward Cleiifucgos. I
! Ive British warships are now In the
vicinity of Jamaica. A number of rumors
are i in tuit ns to the sighting of the'
phani. .nt Spanish llei-t In litis vicinity, and '
afo quite unsubstantiated. i
Till', OREGON ARRIVES HOME.
Atlanta, C.a., May 2I.-A special to tile
Constitution reports the safe nrrlval of
the batteslilp Oregon nt Jupiter, Fin.
given directly and openly !y the iioveru
tuciit all the freedom of ih.s port. They
will bo sold all the food supplies aim
coal they can cany off and will be rcn-
I densl all the assis'.ail.v lying within the
j Hiwer of the people.
The United Suites st.am h p Be:inin.iton
Is ttlll In the h.irlior. She is ready to go
I to sea ni a moment's notice.
SMALL BUT LIVELY ENGAGEMENT.
West, Mac 21. -11:.V1
p. m. The
d Slate auxiliary lug Wn'iinipatuck I li,ko 'uu'1'",tll, u i,,v ''U
i g"h! In today a story of a sharp Rklr! volunteer who are not lul.y drilled ai
Wed lies
Key
full
bt'oui:
nilsh off Santiago de Cuba last
day.
The lug with ihe auxiliary cruiser St.
Louis went Into the Santiago channel to
cut Hie cable. While the vessels were
engaged In Hie work Hley wero tired on
by th shore batteries. The St. Louis re
mind tho tire mid tx lively fusllade en
sued for half an hour. The Waiinipatuck
eventually succeeded In cutting tho cable.
None of the Spanish shots hit either
boat, while neither of tno boats In turn
Inflicted any damage on the enemy.
From Santiago the two ship proceeded
lo Gnantiinniiio. the Waumimtiiik miinir
on about four hundred yards from tho u defcut any nation in the long run.
shore to cm the more there, tho St. Louis'
lying out of range. The shore batteries BIDS FOR SUPPLYING ARMOR
opened lit-,, and the St. Louis signalled
to flic tug to come out. which sho did
without having cut the ruble at that point.
This adventure was equally harmless.
LOUD WOLSFI.VS OPINION.
London, May 21 Lord Wolsely, com
mander in chief of the Brii.sh army, In a
I conversation today said:
"Tha United States would make u mis-
wit n
and
dlscioliiud. It lh.it was done the I nlted
States might expect heavy reverses when
llhoso troops encountered the trained
Spanish troops on the Island. It would bo
a grave error lo underestimate tho
: strength of the adversaries of the Amer
ican troops. I would regret to see tho
I Americans even temporarily beaten, us
all my sympathy Is with them."
Continuing. Lord Wolsely said: "It Is
fortunate for the United Slates that its
war Is noi with a tlrst class power, for
It Is evident that In such an encounter
they would bo badly beaten in the begin
ning, though I believe the Americans able
DEWEY HEARD FROM.
Washington, May Sl.-Blds were opened
today for supplying the armor for the
battleships Illinois. Alabama and Wis
consin, now under construction nt the
Union Iron works, Newport News and
Cramn.
Washington, May S4.-The navy depart- Thl la tha econd time tha government
ment today received a cable from Dewey, haa Mid.ora,t to eour bid for up-
aa follow: ) plying armor for theae hip&. An effort
"Manila, May JO, via Hon Kong-, My niad9 rMir wa Unuiciful b-
TI1EY LOOKED WELL.
Portland, May 21 General C. F. tleebe
today received the following dispatch
from A. ChesebiMiig-h. head of Williams.
Diamond A Co., San Francisco:
"Second Oregon regiment Just pased
our olllce bound for the stesimer Australia.
Aicopt compliments on its magnificent appearance."
SPANISH VESSE1J5 TO SAIL.
New York. May 21. A dispatch to the
World from Tatigi.r. Morocco, says:
The following vessels of tho Spanish re
servo at Padij under A nnirnl Oaniara,
are preparing to sail:
Battleship rel.iyo. armored cruiser Car
los v., protected cruiser Alfonso XIII.,
torpedo boat destroyer Destructor, tor
pedo boat Prosperlna, auxiliary cruisers
Palrl.-i and Rapldo ifonnorly Hamburg
American vesselsi, transport ships and
ihroo vessels whose names are unknown.
It is rumored that Mislead ef going to the
Philippines, this sqtladroii win probably
cross the Atliitu'c to reinforce Corvera's
squadron, which is understood to bo at
Santiago do Cuba.
COWBOY ROBBERS. '
Albuquerque, N. M,. May 21. -The south
bound passenger train on the Santa Fe
railway was held up last nlgiit near Helen
by two cowboy robbers. They boarded
ihe train nt Helen nnd made tho engineer
run the train down the road three mile.
They th-n marched the engineer nnd fire
man to the express car, where they threw
one of the safes out of tho car, blowing
It open with dynamite and taking consid
erable money. The amount secured Is not
known. The express messenger, Hlscock,
was not molested nor wore the passenger.
The sheriffs of Valencia and Socorro
countle. with posse or In pursuit. .
SITUATION IN SPAIN.
New York. May 24 A dispatch to the
Herald from Madrid say:
The situation In Spain 1 more serious
than it Is generally said to be. Black
clouds are gathering over the peninsula
and It will be Impossible to avoid the
storm which will burst with terrible ef
fect and sweep away everything In It
path. That Is the Impression I have found
after stopping here nearly a month and
after numerous conversations with highly
placed personages belonging to the court,
tho government atiu parliament, and with
tradesmen, middle class people and the
masses. When SKin!.irds are aiwken of,
prominence is always given to the sincere
patriotism which supports and animates
them under the exist. ng circumstances. I
do not mean to deny tho patriotism of the
Spanish, but It must not Ik- vaunted to
excess, for in Madrid, for example, the
tluctuatoins of ihe war Interest has been
less than the next bull flg-lu or the draw
ing of the national lottery. But tho ques
tion which will evidently cause the revo
lutionary movement of which I have
spoken is that ot bread. The brmd ques
tion has already led to conflicts in some,
towns. Spain Is Just now passing through
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