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FULL, ASSOCIATED PRttSS REPORT.
VOL XMX.
AM OKI A, OHEGOX, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 9, 181)8.
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SPANISH COWTEiPLAT
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E MDUNG SANTIAGO
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GROGKERY and
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FRUIT
Pint jars, per dozen, -I oonts
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BERRY DISHES
Large - - ) 12 15 20 2" eont.1 each
Small 2"c per dozen
ICE CREAM FREEZERS
One Quart .... $1.25
Two ". 1.-15
Three " .... 1.75
Four 2.00
Six " .... 2.75
Tin top jelly glasses, 1-3 pint 25c dozen
Tin top jelly glasses, J pint Mc dozen
Jolly tumblers 25c dozen
White. Mason jar rubbers ... - 3c dozen
Black Mason jar rubbors . - 2Jc dozen
Ico Croam Dishes, 25 35
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MOST EXCITING SCENES ENACTED IN CONGRESS SINCE
From Personal Encounter the Members Adjourn Singing "America" "Dixie," "Yankee
Doodle" and "Home, Sweet Home" Cervera and Other Prisoners Disposed of
Reinforcements for Shatter Plan of Campaign Spanish Privateer a
Hoax Spanish Starving Terrible Loss of Lighters Havana in
Awful Plight Hobson's Wonderful Story From His Own
Lips Prisoners on the Way to Annapolis.
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a. mntftiuutjnn f lh
prr talk t'nllljf, n 1 !-
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the iinlval ..f :
re til' :v
has 'i .1 '
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are 01 hind,
a .-ird. f r, ot
rs, I. .it e .eves
they have reach..) ,li..f:ir. The. greatest
j difllcnlty that has t n mccubt.rel ! m
Ian. I. nt- the troops n'ld nipplies. This
being the burr'., ane f.-' n. Ibe niafcrs
of the transports have tnkm thtir ships
many mil. out to f.a. necontMir.g lonit
I Jourtii ys by ships' beats which make their
j landings through the surf w.th the gtrat-
' est dutifully and danger.
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The government has not yet Jel rniincrt
Remember
the Maine and
Herman Wise
when you nre ready to buy
A Swit
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O Shirt
or anything in that line.
HERMAN WISE
is thereliallo and up-to-date
Clothier and Furnisher
Battle Is Planned for Today, While All
Point to Either Peace or an Armistice.
how to diapoa of Admiral Cervn. a
fiflina- of the hlKhwt admiration prevail
ln h.-re at the (iillantry dlplayed by
the old warrior and the noble tplrlt ei-
hlbltrd by him unlrr mlafortune,
The
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lllM-mllty an the cundltlona will permit,
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It hu en-en proped that he be re.eaa.a
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mi parole not to eniue In hontllltle
aKuln.t the fnlted State, until the nd
of the war. but It ha. not yet bwn ile-
, to do thl.. or to confine the admiral , h 'h "r vej
the Kay-Handy incident cloed. A vote1
tei hnii ally within the limit, of the nival,Hii. taken. The house declined to strike'
in i.lt my reservation at Annapoll..
All the o'.h'-r c l;"turd SpanUh naval
..trier, will be confined there. ,ve t.e
Miru.-'in. who will be allowed to remain
with the enllst-d men at the prison :
t!on ut Siavy's Island. Portsmouth har-
bur. N''w Hampshire.
Tin- St. Ixul Is ilur h re tonlKht or
tomorrow with the first l.t of prisoners
i
while the Harvard is Just ab mt to start;
trim
ff Santiago with the rcmn'nder.
coNi'.ur.sa Ai'jonixs.
Washington. July 8 The sena'.e ad -
jourm d sine die nt 2 p. m.
The end of this session of congress In
the ti Hise. was marked by two notable In -
i bletits. j '.inti..ii "to i-oine outside" and the l.it-
tn was sensationally pirtisan, !1; t, r .i nnvins to comply. Lewis, demo
nlch r ult Ins; In personal conflicts on tlu ir.,t f Washington, took charge of the
floor of the notise. The other was notably i r.iin,.;, member and restrained him.
patriotic and swept uway all feelings on
tlm f irmer. I
In the former Kay, republican of New
York Handy, democrat of Delaware, Can- j ;Ivd to withdraw his offensive state
n.iii . r.-ptihtli an of Illinois, and Ball, dem- nitit.
o, rat of Texas, were the principal par-( x: i o'clock, when Speaker Reed an
ticipants, i nounced "this second session of this con
In the latter all the members Joined. lr-( gres is adjourned without day," a great
respective of party affiliation. After the, ,h, ,.r arose and then began a scene which
rather stormy session of two hours, the far surpassed In enthusiasm and malil
honr when adjournment was announced. 1 (e9t gtKKl feeins any similar episode in
tthl,n n jm.,t m cheers for the prest-j
,,' m' ,h, wr heroes and the s'nging
of patriotic siings, makes perhaps the most i
n,at,,. ending of a session since the civil'
war.
The only measure of Importance passed
was a bill to reimburse the states for the
expense Incurred In aiding the organ. za -
tloti of the volunteer army.
Handy, democrat of Delaware, by mov-
in to itr.ke from th record a part oft
the ifrh which appeared ai that of Ray,
rrpublkan of Nw York, precipitated the
dlKputa which brought out the Incident
of a anaaUonal nature. Hun? declared
the part In qumtlon waj never uttered
upn lh floor of the houne. Hay declared
lh nad uttred every word of It.
..Mr j,.,.. muM Handy, "a
i que.tlon of veracity haa arlaen here. If
the (tt-ntlfnan from New York aaya he
..... . , ., . . ,
uttered the wordi In question, I declare
upon my honor he did not, and I hold here
I l' r-nrf note, which .how that he
i did not
"Vote, vote," came from member, all
out the .peech. A dlvi.lon was called for)
' and the necallve vote prevailed. I
j Car.r.i.n waa standing Jun avriiu tb .
r .lisle, with face flushed and eye
; llxrd ujxjn the minority, growing uppar-
lfnI;y indignant.
"l cl11"1 fjr tellers." said Handy, and
! with that the veteran member iiom I.T.-
n;s stepped into the aisle. 1
1 "You are deliberately obstructing puo-'
! lu- t.ti;nes In which the while country
1S inr' Sted." i
"" had repeated his charge of oi- j
struoiion, when Hull, auire..:nit the i
,,. ,,,. republicans aay. as I: jl-e. j
, joe,u .,,..,.,. ueciareu uie .e. .to
a and you knew It was false when 1
on vitid .iit.iinM i-orivctlng It."
I "Th.it is ail," cried Cannon, and in an
j instant the belligerent memliers were
i struituling to get at one another. Marsh,
republican of Iilinoi.s. .:i,d Cannon and
.' thrust h;m aside, and when liali asked j
!..!, r m the .-sslon Cannon eplainei j
that liall had addressed his reniarki n't 1
to h:m personally, and therefore he de- !
,lie ,1K.niory of the oldest member of the
n0U4o. Thc occupants of the packed gal-
iorjcs ww nilj risen tg go. paused as
t.v ni.urj several of the members be-
i flit smg'.r.g "Ameirica."
j duller members hurriedly crowded
annlni ,hjl speakers stand and Joined
, tu. s.iiucr. and It was not long until the
; members mid setators were all singing
the patriotic hymn.
The scene was it marked transit from
I lue mail, paiusttll ueiiinusii aui'u?, v. in. u
j had been witnessed. Republicans and
democrats were now singing In accord
( the national anthem.
When the song ceased some member
proposed three cheers for the nation's
president and the roar of sound that
followed came from a united house.
"Tho north, soutn. east and west a
united country," was proposed, and then
In tarn came the heroes of the war,
Dewey. Schley, Hobson, Sampson, and
llnally former Representative Joseph
Whoeler. who Is now clinging, though HI.
to his command, with cheers of thrilling
strength. Then the singing proceeded.
Meantime Sergeant-at-Arms Russell had
brought In 2W small American flags and
every member waa now waving one.
"The Star Spangled Banner" was sung
w:hlle tho Hags waved and the galleries
cheered.
Later followed "Yankee Doodle" and
"Dixie," the latter, perhaps, for the first
time In the house by the members.
Cheers for the speaker were given and
then the members began leaving, saying
farewell to their colleagues. "Home, Sweet
Home" and "Auld Lang Syne" supplanted
the patriotic airs and Impressed more
strongly upon the hearers that another
session was ended.
A MEMORABLE CONGRESS.
Washington. July 8. The passing of the
second session of the Fifty-fifth congress
marks the close of the first war congress
In a ounrter of a century. With the first
hostile conflict with a nation of another
continent since 1812. and contemporaneous
with n move to territorial expansion,
though with few Important changes In the
domestic scheme, the last congress out
ranks almost any other that has ever
assembled.
Urgency deficiency bills carrying millions
of dollars were rushed through with far
less' delay than marked the course ot an
ordinary measure of like Importance, The
total appropriations footed almost $900,-
(.) and upward of S34.44O.0OO of thl.
wbj purely for war purpose.. It waa the
lanr'nt aajfregrate appropriation by any
s-i1on line the civil war, and the (en.
bral deficiency waa the largeat aeparate
meaaure since the S7S.OO).'.)0 appropriation
In 13.
The naval appropriation bill provided
for three battle .hips, four monitor., .ix
teen torpedo boat de.troyer., twelve tor
pedo boat, and one gunboat.
HOi;)N S WONDERFl'L STORY.
Related by Him.e!f to His Messmate,
on the New York.
Off Santiago, July . by dispat.h boat
Dauntless, vki Kingston, Jamaica. July &
tCopyrighted by the Ass.jclated Press
The return of Assistant Naval Construe-
tor Hotson to his ship, the flagship New
York, last night was marked by wild en
thusiasm.
When Hobson sat once more among his
messmates he told the story of his ex
perience, his marvelous escape and his
lmpris.mnient In M irro castle.
"I did not mis the entrance to the
harbor," he sa.J. "as Enssjn Powell in
the launch supposed. 1 headed east until
I got ir.y btar.r.gs and then made for It
stra.ght in. Then came the tiring. I:
was grand, flashing out from one side ana
then the other, from those big guns on t
the hllis. the Viz aya, lying Inside the
harbor. Joining In. I
"The troops from Sant.agj had rushed General Shatter's Headquarters Be
dew n when the news of toe Merrimac's fore Santiago de Cuba, July 7. by Aso
I'oming was telegraphed, and the soldiers ciated Press dispatch boat Dauntless, via
lined the foot of the cliffs tiring wildly j Kingston. July 8, a. m. (Copyright l&'S
across and killing ea h other with their, by the Associated Press.) The armistice
iross tire. The Merrimac's steer. tig gear! has been extended until noon on Saturday
broke as she got to Esireila po.nt. Only
three of the torpedoes on lier side ex
ploded when 1 touched the button. The
huge submarine mine caught her full
amidships, hurutig the water hi-ii in tiu-
air and tearing a g:vat rent in the M' rri
ttuc's side. Her stem rati upon LV.rella
point. Chief!)' owing to the .rk done
by the mine, she begauto sink sl.'wly.
At that time she was across the channel,
but before she settled the tide drifted her
around. We were all aft. lying on the
deck. Shells and builets whistled around
us. Six-inch shells from the Vizcaya came
tearing into the Merrimac. crashing Into
the wood and Iron and passing clear
through, while piling !:,' sluts from the
forts broke through her devks.
" 'Not a man must move.' 1 said, and U
was only owing to tiie splendid discipline
of the men that ail of us were not k lied,
a the shei'.s sailed over us and mluute
became hours ot suspense. Tlu men s
mouths grew pardicu. but we must lie
there till daylight, 1 told them. Now and
again one or the other of the men lying
with his face glued to the deck and won
dering whether tne next shell would come
our way, would say: 'Hadn't we better
drop oft now, sir? But 1 said wait till
daylight. It would have been Impossibie
to get the catamaran anywhere but to the
shore, where the soldiers stood shooting,
and 1 hoped that by daylight we might be
recognized and saved.
"The grand old Merrimac kept sinking.
I wanted to go forward and see the dam
age done there, where nearly all the fire
was directed, but one man said that If
I rose It would draw the tire on the rest;
so I lay motionless. U was splendid the
way those men behaved. The tire of the
soldiers, the batteries and the Vizcaya
was awful.
"Wheii the water came up to the Mer
rimac's decks the catamaran floated
amid the wreckage, but was till made
fast to the boom, and we caught hold
of the edge and clung on, our heads being
above water.
"One man thought we were safer right
there. It was quite light. The firing had
ceased, except on the New York's launch,
and I feared that Ensign Powell and his
men had been killed.
"A Spanish launch came toward the
Merrimac. We agreed to capture her and
run. Just as she' came alongside the
Spaniards saw us and half a dozen ma
rines jumped up and pointed their rifles
at our heads.
"Is there an officer In that boat to re
ceive the surrender of prisoners of war?"
I shouted. An old man leaned over under
the awning and waved his hand. It was
Admiral Cervera. The marines lowered
their rifles and we were helped Into the
launch.
"Then we were put In cells 'In Morro
castle. Afterward we were taken Into
Santiago. I had the court martial room
In the barracks. My men were kept pris
oners In the hospital. From my window
I could see the army moving across the
open and being shot down by the Span
lards In the rifle pits In front of me. The
Indications
THE CIVIL WAR
Spaniard, became at polite could b.
I knew something: was coming and thea
I was exchanged.
WILL STORM 8ANTIAGO TODAT.
Sampson'. Warship. Will Begin the At
tack on the Fort.
Washington. July S. Shatter and Samp.
son have agreed on a plan of cam
paign. At noon tomorrow Admiral Samp
son will begin the bombardment of the
outer works.
The war department posted the follow
ing di patch:
"Camp Near Santiago. July 7.AU !
perfectly quiet. At the request of th
Spanish general, an employe of the En
glish Cable company waa sent In to him
( la tnab'.e him to telegraph hi. government
as lo surrendering. Tne men are in good
spirits and making themselves more se-
cure every' hour. The wound are muctt
less dangerous than similar wounds made
with calibre 45. Among the large num
te.T of wounded there have been few am
putations; perhaps ten will cover them.
The general health of the command U
good. There are 150 cases of fever whicn
will run their courses In four or flV
days, but none are serious. I am feeling
much better. 8HAKTER.
aj.ajor General."
ARMISTICE ENDS TODAY.
In order to let Linares confer with Blanco
and Madrid. Linares informed Shafler
he had no telegraph operators, and on
was 4eiu into the city, accompanied by
the British consul under a British flag.
Not a shot has been fired recently on
either side, but work Is being pushed on
the batteries and entrenchments. Our
position has been greatly strengthened
dur.ng the last twenty-four hours, the
American lines advancing within M yards
of the enemy and our hillside batteries
overlooking and commanding the city.
General Lawton's division advanced 500
yards, to the great surprise of the enemy.
The dynamite gun. Colonel Wood's rough,
riders In charge, has been beautifully
plated, hidden In a snug pit. The streams
have bren bridged over, allowing the
transportation of heavy artillery with fa
cility, arid the roads have been greatly
improved.
The general health of the soldiers Is
good. The armistice is affording a long
needed rest for the men. and they are now
in good shape to resume righting. Linares
Is evidently weakening, and the mediation
of the bishop of Santiago and consular
corps may persuade him to surrender.
STORM AISOl'T TO BREAK.
London, July S. A special dispatch from
Madrid says all Spain knows of Cervera's
defeat, and the people are beginning to
realize the magnitude of the disaster.
The conservative press exhorts good citi
zens to maintain peace. An Important
circular has been sent to all the republi
can organizations signed by the leaders,
bearing the motto "Prepare,"
In the meantime extraordinary military
precautions have been taken to quell ln-
(Contlnued on third page.)
Tin Royal Is the klgheat rmd baltlef pw4r
kaowa. Actual teats show it goMO
tklrd fartW tbaa My otkwr hraa4
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