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VOL.
X.
DOINGS OF THE WEEK
NEW BERG,
LATER
Y A M IIIL L
NEWS.
The senate has passed the hill pro­
riding for mail facilities in the army.
The house passed the senate bill
W hat Has Happened in the authorizing the army to feed the Cu­
bans and the people of the island of
Civilized World.
Cuba.
A Madrid dispatch says orders have
been sent to the governor-general of the
GIVEN IN TH E PRESS DISPATCHES Philippines to resist to the death the
attack on Manila.
A C o m p lete R ev ie w o f th e N e w . o f the
l* a .t Seven D a y . In T h l . amt
A l l F o re ig n L a n d *.
The anti-English sentiment in Cuba
is being fostered by the Spanish press,
-nd it is rapidly becoming stronger.
Porto Rico is s lid to be on the eve of
revolt.
The inhabitants are unable
to longer endure tiie present situation.
A special from Madrid says the
municipal buildings at Linares have
been sacked and the crowd fired on by
soldiers. Fourteen were killed and 00
wounded.
A dispatch from Bahia, Brazil, an­
nounces the arrival there of tiie battle­
ship Oregon.
It is said her call at
Bahia was in accordance with instruc­
tions from Washington.
T h e trpvnlah g t 'M p i e i n i n m i s lien rty
Orders have been sent to Admiral
80 per cent and the government is try­ Dewey by the McCulloch from llong
ing to place treasury bills in London, Kong to re-establish cable communica­
offering as much as 15 per cent, but at tion.
Manila is said to be short of
present with no prospect of success.
provisions and prompt relief measures
Frederick R. Condert, the eminent are necessary to avert suffering.
lawyer and jurist, who represented the
The disorder in the Spanish provinces
United States in the Behring sea com­ is increasing.
Riots have now broken
mission, says the United States may out at Cadiz and Alcante, and tiouble
rightfully retain the Philippine islands. is expected to spread to parts of tiie
Captain Kent, a British toipedo ex­ country which have hitherto been quiet.
pert, who has returned to Toionto, At Marto8 men, women and children
after an examination of the Maine have been parading the streets, crying:
wreck gives it as his opinion that a "Death to the thieves!”
mine laid by Spanish officers destroyed
The cabinet has decided to inaugurate
the buttle-siiip.
an agressivo campaign aguinst the
A dispatch from Kingston, Jamaica, Spaniards in the Philippines and Cuba.
says that General Pando lias ordered Five thousand troops will be sent to
all the gairicon in eastern Cuba to con­ Manila at once from the Puoific coast.
centrate
in Manzanillo, Neuvitas, Later on Havana w ill be attacked from
Gantanamo and Santiago de Cuba. A ll the reir by the United States and in­
surgent troops, and by the fleet in
other places have been evacuated.
Between $12,000 and $15,000 went front.
COUNTY,
OREGON,
F R ID A Y ,
DEWEY’S fiCTORY
Revised Story of Ilis
Fight With the
Spaniards.
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1898.
and Zeafiro, brought up the rear.
In that order they swept grandly lie-
fore the city and faced the enemy in
column line.
Though the Spaniards had opened
tire at 6,000 yards, the Ameiicans re­
served their lire until within 4,000
yards of the enemy, when the real tail
tie began. The Reina Cristina, Cus
t i 1 l:i. Don Antonio do Ulloa, Is la de
Cuba, Isla do Lnoti and Mindanao
were in line of battle outside of Cavite
at tiiat time, with their four gunboats
and the torpedo-boats inside tiie har­
NO.
23.
A A ra rtM a g BUla Oollectad Monthly*
EXPENSES OF WAR
I he Issuance of Bonds
Favored by the
President.
bor.
Y A N K E E S K ILL AND D AR ING
T h e SpanUh
M AY
Pang lit
Attem pt
A tm rlcau
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W i t h S u b m a rin e M in e *
Hong Kong, May lb.—Oving to the
fact that the cable between tide r »r .
and the Philippines w«s not in working
order, having been cut, it is said, some
distance from the capital of the island,
there lias been delay in obtaining a de­
tailed account of ¿he battle, and tho
facts in the case were only available
when the Unitud States gunboat Hugh
McCulloch arrived here yesterday,
and even then the tremendous pressure
of business suddenly thrown upon the
cable necessarily made the entire ac­
count of tho engagement somewhat
broken.
Commodore Dewey’s orders were to
capturo or destroy the Spanish fleet,
and never were instiuotions executed
in so complete a fashion. A t the end
of soven hours there was absolutely
nothing left of the Spanish fleet but a
up in flames and smoke on the Linnton
Cable advices received from Rear
few relics. Tiie American commander
road about throe miles from Portland, Admiral Sampson announce his arrival
Or. The property destroyed was M. off the coast of Iiayti with a division had most skillfully urranged every de­
Burellmch’s crematory and ontbuidings, of his fleet
He will remain at tiie tail of the action, and even the ap­
together with 110 head of hogs.
The point where he is now located until tiie parently most insignificant features
fire is supposed to have been of an in­ department or one of the scouts inform were carried out with perfect punctu­
cendiary origin.
him of the appearance of tho Spanish ality, and on railroad time-table order.
A t tho end of the action Commodore
San Francisco w ill at once becomo a men-of-war, which sailed from St.
Dewey anchored his fleet in tiie hay
base of important military and naval Vincent nine days ago.
operations. Before many days 0,000
The dons tricked Commander Lam- before Manila and sent a messenger to
armed men will he encamped on tlie berton, savsfa Manilff dispatch to tiie Governor-General Augusti announcing
Presidio reservation. Orders have been New York Herald.
Ho had been sent : the inauguration of the blockade, and
He demanded adding tliut if a shot was tired against
received to this effect by General Mer- to take Cavito arsenal.
riatn, commanding the department of their surrender, hut they asked for more his ships he would destroy every bat-
California and the Columbia.
time. Upon their request being grant­ | tery about Manila.
The position occupied by tho Span­
The mail hags on the Spanish steam­ ed they improved their opi>ortunities
iards, the support which their ships re­
by
fleeing
to
Manilla
and
taking
with
er Argonaut, which was brought in by
ceived from the land batteries, and the
the Matlilehead contained a letter from them tho Mauser rifles of the fort.
big guns they had ashore, gave them
Havana under date of April 20, which
Another tale of deatli on the Alaska
an enormous advantage.
Therefore,
spoke of suffering among the poorer trail has been received at Victoria, B.
when it is considered that tiie Span­
classes of the population, who were en­ C. Twenty-two men were engulfed in
iards lost over 600 men in killed and
tirely without means of suppoit. The the waters of an icebound mountain
wounded, and that their naval aisenal
writer himself said lie did not know stream near Crater lake. Of tho party
at Cavite was also destroyed with its
where lie was to get bis dinner.
not one life was savod.
The sudden
defenses, it will become apparent that
Water spnnts and tornadoes have breaking of the ice on which ti e gold
the victory of the Am.ricnn ootnmodoro
played havoc and done hundreds of seekers were walking sent them to is one of the most complete and wonder­
thousands of dollars worth of damage their doom without a moment’s warn­ ful achievements in the history of na-
near Van Buren, Ark. Three houses ing. The names of tho dead are un­ j val warfare.
were blown down at Rudy, and it is re­ known.
Not a man on board the American
ported that Winslow, n summer resort
The surgeon of the Castilla says that fleet was killed; not a ship was dam­
on the top of Boston mountain, is en­ in the battle of Manila the Spanish aged to any extent, and only six men
tirely gone. The Aikansas river is 25 Admiral Monte Jo was wounded.
The wero injured slightly on board tho
miles wide in places, and is now four captain, chaplain and 90 others were Baltimore.
This grand achievement
inches higher than it was in 1822, killed and 60 wounded on the Castilla. is quite as much due to the generalship
which was tbo highest on record.
One bundled and fifty were killed and of Commodore Dewey as to tho fact
Tiie president lias nominated Allen 90 wounded on ti e Reina Cristina, that tho American gunners, ships and
B. Croasman to be postmaster at Port­ Admiral Monteio’s flagship. Five wero guns are superior to any fleet anywhere.
killed and 90 wounded on the Don Joan
land, Or.
Great credit must also he given to
de Austria; four killed and 60 wounded the fullest extent to the officers under
The combined fleets of Spain, says a on the Ulioa.
I Commodore Dewey, for to a man they
Lisbon dispatch, are ready to sail for
In accordance with the recommenda­ seconded their gallant commander in
American waters.
tion of the president, embodied in a every way possible, and thus helped
The British consul at Santiago de message sent to congress, that body liiin win tiro laurels which are justly his.
Cuba is said to liavo been attacked by passed a resolution of thanks to Com­
Commodore Dewey arrived at Subig
a mob, to have killed a Spaniard, and modore (now admiral) Dewey, and tho bay, about 80 miles north of Munila
to have been imprisoned. The liritisli officers and crews of tiie vessels of his bay, Saturday, April 80, and sent the
consul, on account of his friendliness squadron, for their brilliant achieve­ Baltimore anil Concord to reconnoiter
to American and Cuban refugees, lias ment in defeating the Spanish fleet in the enemy.
They found no Spanish
recently been subjected to a great deal Manila bay, and in capturing the forti­ ships ut the entrance of tho bay, und
of abuse.
fications and defenses at Cavite. A bill so Commislore Dewey decided to risk
President Dole has sent a long com­ was also passed promoting Dewey to the mines ami proceed that samo night
munication to President McKinley tiie rank of admiral.
after dark into the bay of Manila,
offering to transfer the Hawaiian
A commissioner sent to Gomez’ camp \ which he did.
islands to tiie United States for the has returned to Kev West, bringing the
The order of battle taken by the
purpose of its war with Spain and to Cuban leader's formal official thanks Spaniards was with all the small craft
furnish America ships after the war in in behalf of Cuba to the United States, inside the stone and timber breakwaters
Paofiie waters with large quantities of a letter to President McKinley and one of Cavite harbor. The larger ships of
coal, supplies and ammunition.
each to General Miles and Admiral Spain cruised off Cavite and Manila.
The American fleet entered Manila
Dr. John B. Hamilton, former sur­ Sampson, and also thanks to the
geon-general of the marine hospital American people. Gomez wants rifles, bay Saturday night with the greatest
The Spaniards had not estab­
service of the United States, in an ad­ food, clothing and United States troops ease.
dress at the Physicians’ Club, of Chi­ in the order named. Armed and sup­ lished a patrol, and there were no
cago, maintained that the danger from plied, he promises to drive the block- searchlights at the entrance of the hay.
The early hours of the morning re­
yellow fever in Cuba is modi exagger­ aled Spaniards out in six months.
ated. Dr. Hamilton says that no epi­
The cruiser Charleston has been vealed tho ships to each other, and the
Its ac­
demic is probable if proiier precautions placed in commission at Valejo. Cal. Spanish flagship opened fire.
are observed.
She w ill be dispatched with supplies tion was followed by some of the larger
A new Spanish fort just being built for Dewey after being docked and over­ Spanish warship., and then the Cavite
forts opened up, and the smaller Span­
near Cojimo, was reduced in two min- | hauled.
utes by tiie gunboat Wilmington. The
Certain powers, it has been definitely ish ships brought their guns into play.
ruin was complete, and at least two learned, says a London dispatch, have The American suardon, which entered
Spaniards were killed during the born- again made overtures to Great Britain, the hay through the shells of the Span­
baidment. A body of Spanish torops looking to intervention in the war be­ iards, which began to strike the water
were scattered and demoralize I by tho tween Spain and the United States, hut around them, .moved majestically on­
same vessel near Juraco beach. Two Great Britain jiersisted in her refusal ward.
When nearing Bakor bay, a sudden
men were also killed by the W ilm ing­ to take part in Buch a move.
upheaval of water a short distance
ton’s Are during this engagement.
The Yukon river will be open for ahead of the Olympia showed that the
Troops w ill be sent to the support of navigation about June 1, says the latest
Commislore Dewey at the Philippines. arrival at Skagway from Dawson. His Spaniards had exploded a mine or a
It is probable that not less than 10,000 belief is based on tho fact that unusu­ torpedo. This was followed by a sec­
troops w ill compose the expedition, and ally warm weather prevails on the ond and similar explosion. They were
that they will sail from San Francisco Yukon. Twenty millions of Klondike both utterly unsuccessful.
The American fleet was then draw­
for Manila not later than May 15. The gold is expected to come out this
ing nearer and nearer to the Spaniar Is,
present plan is to take all the National season.
whose gunnety was very poor, the
Gnard from California, Oregon, Wash­
The LaFayette, a French liner, shots from the Cavite batteries and
ington, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado and
fur Western states generally. To these bound from Corunna, Spain, for Havana, Spanish ships being equally badly
troops w ill be added probably a regi was eaptnred off the latter port by the aimed, either falling short or wide of
merit of regular infantry and one of gunboat Anna(sdis, Commander Han­ their mark.
cavalry, and |<os*ildy the Texas Rang­ ker, while trying to run the blockade,
When the American fleet entered the
ers, or one of the new volnnteer regi­ after having previously been warned bay, coming through the southern
ments now being organized. The com­ off. She had on hoard a large nnmlier channel lie tween Cal<sllo and Frile in­
mand w ill probably be given to Major- of passengers and a valuable cargo, pos­ lets, the following was the order:
General Merriam, in which case he sibly containing contraband of war. It Flagship Olympia, Baltimore, Raleigh,
will lie made a major-general of volun­ is said in Washington that the incident Concord, Boston, Petrel and McCul­
may lead to complications with France.
teers.
loch. The two store ships, Nanshan
Lynde Bradley, an expert electri­
M in or >'<■«« Item a .
London, May 10.—The Hong Kong
A Christian scientist in New York cian in Milwaukee, lias perfected plans
for the use of the X-ray on board of correspondent of the Daily Mail gives
lias committed suicide because she was
these details: There was an act of
war vessels and on the field.
in poor health.
Many cases have lieen discovered in treachery on the part of the Spanish
Miss Martha Culver, who lives near
which rich New York women hired ship, which lowered her flag and then
St. Paul, is said to have killed more
fired at a boat’ s crew -ent to take pos­
wolves than any woman in the North­ proxies to go to Oklahoma to imperson­ session of her. She did not hit the
ate them in securing divorcee.
west.
The Railway Age predicts that the boat, but the American guns were
A rope seven miles long and * if
total
expenditures in new railway build­ turned on her and tore her to piecee.
inches in circumference,
weighing
ings
in
1898 w ill not lie less than She went to the bottom with all on
nearly HO tons, has Just been made for
•50,000,900,
and may wall exceed board. Several vessels close Inshore
use in a district subway in Glasgow,
behaved in the same way and shared
•60,000,000.
Scotland
her fete.
The American ships passe 1 back­
ward and forward six times across th ;
front of the Spaniards, pouring in
upon tiie hitter a perfect hail of shot
and shell.
Every
American shot
seemed to tell, while almost every
Spanish shot missed the mark.
After having thus scattered demor­
alization among the Spanish fleet am’
batteries, tiie American fleet retired
fur Area It fast, amt inHitminltr « <smn-
oil of war was held on board the
Olympia.
By this time the Spanish ships wen-
in a desperate condition. Tho flag
ship Reina Ctistina was riddled with
shot and shell, one uf her steam pipes
had hurst, and she was believed to be
on fire. Tiie Castilla ivas certainly on
Are, and soon after tiie fire became
worse and worse, until they were
burned to the water’s edge.
Tho Don Ulloa inude a most magnifi­
cent display of bravery. When her
commander found she was so torn by
American shells that lie could not keep
afloat, ho nailed her colois to her mast
and sank with all hands fighting to the
last. She was completely riddled, and
her upper deck had been BWept clear
by the awful fire of the American
guns, but the Spaniards, though theii
vessel was sinking beneath them, con­
tinued working Iter guns on her lower
deck until she sank beneath the waters.
During tho engagement a Spanish
torpedo-boat crept along the shore and
around the offing in an attempt to at­
tack the American storeships, Imt site
was promptly discovered. She was
driven asltore and was actually blown
to pieces.
The Mindanao had meanwhile been
run ashore to save her from sinking,
and tiie Spanish small craft had
sought shelter from the steel storm be­
hind tho breakwater.
Tiie battle, which was started at
about 5 A. M., and adjourned at 8:80
A . M., was resumed about noon, when
Commodore Dewey started in to put
the finishing touches on liin furious
work. There was not much fight left
in the Spaniards by that time. A t 2
P. M. the Petrel and Concord luid
shot the Cavite batteries into silence,
leaving them heaps ut ruins and float­
ing the white flag.
She Spanish gunboats were then
scuttled, tiie arsenal was on lire, and
the explosion of a Spanish magazine
caused further mortality to tiie Span­
ish defenders on shore.
On the water the burning, sunken
or destroyed Spanish vessels could ho
seen, while only the cruiser Baltimore
had suffered in any way from tiie tiro
of the enemy. A shot which struck
her exploded some ammunition near
one of hei guns and slightly injured a
dozen of tho crew.
Shots pusHod dangerously close to
Commodore Dewey, hut littlo or no
damage was done on board the flagship.
On the other hand, about 160 men
are said to have been killod on board
the Spanish flagship, which was to­
tally destroyed.
Admiral Montejo,
tiie Spanish admiral, transferred his
flag to the Isla de Cuba when his ship
caught fire, but the latter was also de­
stroyed in duo course of time. Tiie
Reinu Cristina lost tier captain, a lieu­
tenant, her chaplain, and a midship­
man by one shot which struck her
bridge. About 100 men were killod
ami 60 wounded on board tiie Castilla.
Indeed, aome estimates placo the num­
ber of Spanish wounded during the en­
gagement at over 1,000 men.
The Olympia was Btruck five ¡times
about her up|iei works, and a whale­
boat of the Raleigh wag smashed.
Although the Krtipp guns on tiie es­
planade of Manila wero fired continu­
ally during the engagement, Commo­
dore Dewey did not reply to them, and
the battery afterwards hoisted a white
flag in token of sutrendcr
The terms of tiie capitulation were
still unsettled when the McCulloch
left Manila, but it was said Comtno
dore Dewey feared rioting upon the
part of the insurgents if ho attempted
a bombardment of the remaining forti-
tloMtion. at Manila.
The forts at the entrance of the tiny
were dismantled Wednesday after they
had capitulated.
It is said tiie commodore ordered the
cable to be cut, because the Spaniards
refused to permit him to use it |iend-
ing the complete surrender of the city.
It is undeistood that the Spanish
ships did not get nnder steam until
after the alarm was given.
It is said, tbi t the Spanish com­
mander informed the governor-general
that it was advisable to surrender in
the interest of humanity, as it was im­
possible to resist successfully, but tlint
he and his men were willing anongli to
fight and die. Even when the Spanish
flagship was shot half away, her com-
inander, though wounded, refused to
leave the bridge till the ship was
burning and sinking, her stern shat­
tered by a shell and her steam pl|>e
burst.
As yet, there are no further details.
Alter the day’s fighting had ceased
Commislore Dewey sent an ultimatum
to the city battery, ordering It to cease
firing or he would bombard it.
The
Petrel chased a gutilmat up the river
Pasig, and the Spanish ciptain came
in a boat to negotiate conditions of sur­
render.
The American captain re-
plied:
"Unconditional surrender, or fight.”
To this, the Spaniard answered:!
” We are willing to fight.
Please
allow ns to send for ammunition, lie-
cause our .lores is exhausted.”
T A L K E D O VER
Senate’ s
A ction
BY C AB IN E T
Ca imc ii
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P la n s M a p p e d Out.
Washington, May 9.— At a cabinet
meeting today, besides the war situa­
tion in its general aspect, there was
some discussion of the relative merits
of persons seeking brigadier-general­
ships und other commissions in tho
nrrny. The president expressed him­
self very pronouncedly as oppose I to
the appointment to such responsible
positions of those who have hud no
military experience.
One feuture of tho session was a dis­
cussion of tho attitude of tho senate iD
providing the "sinews of war" for de­
fraying tho expenditures of tiie war.
The president has positive inhumation
that tho senate committee on Uuaiicc,
which is still struggling witli the wur-
revenue bill, will report the measure
with tho bond feature eliminated.
This causes the administration great
uneasiness and embarrassment, anil the
statement is made that the possibility
of adverse action of tiie full body of tho
senate is a source of much anxiety.
Tho president luid before tho cabinet
the information lie hud us to whut is
to he looked for from tho senate, uml,
while not expressing absolute confi­
dence In favorable action by the senate
With tho bond feature Incorpoiated, ex­
pressed tho hope that there would lie a
satisfactory majority for the bond pro­
vision. Should it not bcoomo a part of
the law, many urgent appropriations
for tiie war will have to he held bank.
Tho money to bo secured from bond
sales, it Is said, Is needed imperatively
for the execution of tho plans mapped
out, and adverse action by the senate
was likely to interfere unless the nmney
is otherw ise provided, und by as speedy
a method as by the issuance of bonds.
The administration is anxious to im­
press tliiB fact upon congress, so that
umple revenues may bo at hand for u
vigorous prosecution of the war.
There was considerable gratification
evinced at tho general war outlook.
There wns a strong belief that tho
Hpunisli fleet, insteud of sailing across
tho seas to intercept tho Otogoii nr to
come into the waters neur home to be­
gin operations, would he found eventu­
ally to be now progressing to some point
closer to its own possessions on tho
other side of the ocean.
While thero is great reticicnce on
the part of members of the administra­
tion on the subject, thero is excellent
authority for the statement that the
instructions of Admiral Sampson give
him great latitude.
It was announced by Secretary Alger
today that the volunteer army will con­
sist of seven corps, each in command of
a major-general.
Theodore Roosevelt wns mustered in
as lieutenant-colonel today. "Fighting
Joe” Wheeler was the first of the major-
generals of the volunteer atnty to he
mustered In. Wheeler bus the distinc­
tion of being the first ex-Confoderate
officer to receive a commission in tho
inilitury service of the United States.
M ANY
FAILED
TO
«I
PASS.
T w e n ty P a r C en t o f It ii.lit iifflm , (im tr d .-
men R eje cted .
Tacoma, May 9.— About 20 per cent
of the members of the National Guard
companies thus far examined by tho
examining surgeon ut Camp Rogers
have failed to pass on account of phys­
ical disability.
Thursday night a
meeting of tho line officers of the regi­
ment was held in one of the nr ijor’z
tents, and an expression was given br
some of the company commanders Hint,
if the same percentage of their men was
I refused, they would take their co n-
panies home and make no attempt to
: be mustered in.
The officers also
agreed upon a telegram, which wilt lent
to Washington today, asking that tho
examining and mustering nfllo rs he
instructed to admit the line officers of
the regiment w illo w a ’ Ejecting them
to the physical examination.
It ut Wmw i
Portland, Or., May 9 — Fully 40 per
ra nt of the men examined yesterday at
Camp McKinley failed to pass muster,
most of them heoauan they weighe I loo
much or too little in pro)>ortion to tlieli
stature.
Thirty men were re je : ed
from Captain Heath’, orack company
from McMinnville.
Company A of
Portland, suffered a liko late.
Not a
jot or title was a Ira tod from the strict
letter of the army regulations, and
when the labora of the examining offi­
cers are
in hided there premia s to be
little more loft of the First re "merit of
j’
"lunteera than was left of tho
Light Briga le after the charge uf
Ba aklava.
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A i.ierlcm . M U n i i i i n « . M « « « e r r c l .
Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Coast
of Africa, May 7.— It is said that the
ins irgeuts engaged in the rehell'on,
which has grown out of the diasatiafao-
tion with the hut tax ami was an­
nounced yesterday, who burned the
headquarters of the American mission­
aries in Bhengay. in tho flherboru dis­
trict, have attacked and destroyed the
town of Rotifunk. It Is further said
that the niemlrors of the American rnle­
sion locate.) there, who were Sierra
LeooeiDana, have been mao.acred.
GREAT
C om m o do re
NAVAL
D ew e y
V IC TO R Y .
lia s at
l.a .t
Seel
II«*«i»l F r o m .
New York, May 9.— The World, in
an extra edition just issued, publishes
a dispatcli from llong Kong to the
effect that news received thero from
Manila on tho dispatch-boat McCulloch
Is to the effect that the entire Spanish
fleet of 11 vessels wns destroyed. Three
hundred Spaniards were killed and 400
wounded.
No lives were lost on the
United States boats, but six persons
were injured. Not one of the Am eri­
can ships was injured.
C onfirm ed In W a s h in g to n .
Washington, May 9.—Tho navy de­
partment has reoeived a oable from
Hong Kong, announcing the nrrival
there of tire revenue-cutter McCulloch.
THE LAF A Y E T T E
RELEASED.
F ren ch E m b a ss y H a d R eq uested T h a i
Nhe Ite A l ie n e d to I’roceed.
Washington, May 9.—An interna­
tional difficulty, connected with the
seizure of the French steumer Lafay­
ette, has been removed by the prompt
release of the vessel immediately u|ion
notice of her capture reaching the Btatu
department.
Tiie explanation of the
action of the administration is given iu
the statement which follows, and which
was issued from the White House to­
night:
The Lufayetto was released in pursu­
ance of orders which were issued by the
navy department previous to her seiz­
ure, hut which had not been received
by the Commanding officers of the ves­
sels tliut made the capture.
Tiie facts
are tliut, on April 29, the French em­
bassy made an informal inquiry as to
whether the Lafuyette, which left Saint
Nazatre, France, for Vera Cruz, by
way of Havana, before war was de­
clared, nr Information of the blockade
was received, would be allowed to land
in lluvunu, her passengers, mail hags
and the dispatch bag of tire consulate-
general of France, and take some
French passengers on board. An assur­
ance was given thut, if this privilege
should be granted, the steamer would
be forbidden by the French consul to
land goods.
The mutter was duly considered, nnd
It was decided that, without regard to
the strict law of blockade, and as an
act of courtesy, tho request of the
French government should be acceded
to. Orders wero accordingly sent on
the second day of May.
When information was received of
the capture of the steumer and of her
having been brought to Key West,
these orders were communiouted to her
captors, with instructions to release
the steamer and see that tho orders
were
duly
delivered,
so
that
they might bo carried into effect.
No
demand was made either by or on be­
half of tho French goiarrnrnent, diroctly
or indirectly, for the steamer's release.
Thu Wilmington will escort the Lafay­
ette to Havana tonight.
Caused K xcllen ian t In P a ri*.
London, May 9.— A special dispatch
from 1’aris says the seizure of the La­
fayette I uih intensified tiie bitter feeling
against the United States.
Angry ex­
pressions uro heard. Tiie United States
embassy is under special polioo protec­
tion, in view of u possible hostile dem­
onstration.
TO
SOLVE
AR C TIC
PROBLEM.
A n o th e r Kxptolltlon s t a rt , to the N orth
H eaded b y W a lt e r W e llm a n .
New York, May 9.— Walter W ell­
man will start Tuesday on another ex­
pedition in an endeavor to reach tiie
north pole. He hopea also to deter­
mine the fate of Andre, who has not
been heard from since two days after
he stepped into hiB balloon. Mr. W ell­
man, who was at the Gilsey house,
said:
“ 1 nm extremely hopeful that this
expedition w ill Ire more successful than
our last, when wo reached 81 degrees
10 minutes mirth of Spitsbergen, ami
then met with distaster. We were ab­
sent alrout eight months before; this
time wo expect to remain about 18
months.
"A fte r leaving Archangel, Russia,
we are to get 76 dogs and will proceed
direct to Franz Josef land.
While
taking observations there we shall try
to hunt Andre. If he is alive I be­
lieve he is near there.
W e hope to
reach Cape Flora a ho at July 15 or Au­
gust 1, and to establish a supply sta­
tion.
” W eez|iectto pass the winter be­
tween parallels 82 nnd 83 in huts, now
and then, however, running about on
snowahoes, training our dugs and test­
ing our equipments. About February
10 we propose to start north over the
loe.
Contrary to the popular idea,
even at the north pole, the summer is
too warm for good traveling, because
the power of the sun constantly shin­
ing makes the snow soft ami slushy,
■ml renders it difficult to drag the
sledges. The favorable season, there?
fore, lasts from early in February to
early in June, a period of about 16
weeks. It is for this 16 weeks our
plans have lieen laid, carrying Just
enough provisions to take us through
June.
“ The distance from onr winter sta­
tion to the pole will be about 500
statute miles, or a round trip of about
1,000 miles. If we are able to cover
from nine to 10 miles a day, and keep
everlastingly at it, we may do the
whole thing. In my Judgment we are
going finely outfitted on a sound plau,
and we shall have a hig chance of solv­
ing what is known as the Arctio prob­
lem. At any rate, wo expect to be
back home a year from next fall.”
P u rch ased I l » n n * 'i Yaetat.
Cleveland, O , May 9.— The splen­
did steel steam yacht Comanche, built
by the Globe Iron works for M. H.
Ilannu In 1896, has been bought by th*
government. The vessel has made sev­
eral trips to the roasL Hanna paid
approximately $150,000 for tha Com­
anche.
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