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MOHO, S H E R M A N
LATER NEWS.
A Kingston, Jamaica, dispatch says
(6 warships have been sent to leinfoice
Server a at Santiago.
W h a t H a s H a p p e n e d in th e
A St. Petersburg dispatch says the
new Russian cruiser Sveitlana, 3,828
C iv ilized W o rld .
tons displacement, has been ordered to
the Pacific.
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
4 C o m p le t e R e v i e w n t t h e N e w *
o f th e
I’n s t S e v e n n a y « In T h l» a n d
A ll F o r e ig n L an d *.
a
Tho steamer Brix just arrived in
Seattle brings news of a severe hurri­
cane at Dutch harbor. The schooner
Helen was driven asnore, hut not seri­
ously damaged.
The Point Barrow
relief expedition has not yet started on
its way.
Two volunteer regiments will em­
bark at Ran Francisco this week. The
troops selected to go immediately are
the First Colorado and Tenth Pennsyl­
vania infantry. The coming campaign
it the Philippines is being carefully
mapped out.
The movement against Porto Rico is
likely to be launched immediately.
Schley’s warships are to be left to dis­
pose of the Santiago matter, while tbe
military forces will at onee begin the
campaign of conquest at the island
fuitii« v East.
 NAVAL
the Dispatches Report
a Battle Off llay­
tien Coast.
VANGUARD OF CADIZ F L E tT
LEADER.
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C O U N T Y , OREGON,
W EDN ESD AY, JU N E
M U ST M OVE O N .
A World dis|uttcb from Madrid says:
Spain will yield no territory, and will
T h r e e S p a n ln h nn<l F o u r \ n i e r i v a n Y e e -
not listen to peace overtures on such a
•e l*
T h e L a t t e r I’ r o h a h l y
basis.
S co u t*
1
S p a n is h
T o r p e d o -B o a t
The schooner Jane Gray, which left
D e s tr o y e r S u n k at S a n tia g o .
Sealt’e for Kotzebue sound with a party
of pros,lectors, on hoard hai been
Ca|*> llay tien , Ju n e 7.—The U nited
Wrecked off Cape Flattery.
States tiiKipsbip Resoulte, formerly the
The converted yacht Wasp reports
Yorktown, under convoy of the tor­
having gone into Cieuiuegos harbor
pedo boat destroyer Mayflower, the
and sighting three Spanish cruisers,
eonvertd Ogden Goelet yacht of the
probably of Cerveia’s fleet.
same name, arrived at Mole St. Nich­
Secretary Alger, in a letter to con­
olas
Saturday and departed shortly
gress says that 15,000 or 20,000 tn^ps
after.
will go to Cuba at once and be follow­
The Pais, a prominent republican
Advices from Mole St. Nicholas say
ed, as soon as possible, by 50,000 more.
organ
published in Madrid, says it is that Saturday, some distance off Jean
Tbe run on the govenment’s bank
that the United States flee t Rabel, a port on the west coast of
lias assumed fo: uinlahle pro,ioitions, reported
made
a
second
attack ujam Santiago, and
and is steadily increasing day by day.
that the Americans forced an entrance Hayti, half way between l’ort de Paix
Spain is gradually drifting to a paper into the harbor. A special from Pott and Mole St. Nicholas, a combat took
basis.
place between three Spanish and four
au Prince confirms the news.
Tbe Florida expedition is now safe
The American
The steamer Albion, from Copper Amerian warships.
with Garcia’s army.
A letter has
slops are said to have withdrawn fiom
river,
reports
a
second
heavy
slide
on
been received in Key West from one of
the combat. One of the Spanish war­
the American memliers of the party, Valdes glacier, Alaska. A number of ships entered the liarlmr of Jean Rabel
which was written after the landing pack animals were buried in the snow, for water. Officers of ships lying at
but no human lives were lost. The
was made.
glacier is now impassable and traffic St. Nicholas Male were extremely reti­
An unsuccessful attempt was mado for the season is said to be at an end.
cent.
by two Spanish torpedo boats to des­
Jean Ratiel is an insurgent seaport,
Major-General Merritt has been or­ and there is no telegraphic station |
troy the ships of Schley's fleet, hut
they were repulsed and took shelter dered to hasten the departure of the there. It is thought possible that the
beneath the guns of the forts. This Manila expedition. The administra­ Spanish ships encountered were the
B a y s H e W r o te t h e L e tte r .
engagement, it is said, was the first tion intends to get the entire Philip­ vanguard of the Cadiz fleet. The
Montreal, June 7.—Tonight Lieu­
pines expedition under wav at the names of the American shins were not tenant Carranza admitted that he was
h o stile movement off Santiago.
The war department is massing ra­ earliest practicable moment. Measures ascertained, but it is believed here the author of tbe letter made public
yesterday by the secret service, and
tions for 30 days for the troops assem­ have been taken to render Manila bay that they were probably scout boats.
that it was the one stolen a week ag o
bled at Jacksonville under the com impregnable.
T r n n ,i* liI p
from his residence.
ntand of Major-General Lee. Officials
The auxiliary cruiser SL Paul, Cap­
Port au Tri nee, June 7.—According
“ It is a translation,” he said, “ of
decline to say how many men are to tain Sigsbee commanding, has arrived to tbe latest advices from Santiago de
be concentrated there, or whether they at New York. Sigsbee says he hail Cuba, there were not mote than 17 the letter I wiote to my cousin, lint it
will stay at that place for the full 30 plenty of target practice off Santiago ships in the offing all day, and it is is not as I wrote it. Words have been
days for which rations are provided.
and that Cerveia is bottled «p. While believed there that the three missing changed and whole sentences—yes,
even paragraphs—inserted to make it
Amid the music of a hundred hands, cruising before Santiago he went in so vessels have gone for provisions and suit the ends of the United States gov­
the cheers of hundreds of thousands ol close to the harbor that ho was able to munitions of war.
make sketches of the fortifications,
At b o’clock this evening, the ernment.
people, the blasts of many whistles which
were
sent
to
Washington.
steamer Nouvelle Voldregue a i rived
and the waving of innumerable flags,
ON BOARD THE SOLACE.
Commodore Schley’s official report here from Cape llaytien, after touching
t! e trans-Mississippi exposition was
She W o u n d p H « n i l S i c k A r c I t r o u g h l H a r k
formally opened in Omaha. Nothing of the Santiago fight has been received at all the ports along the coast
Fr«»nt t h e Fr«»nt.
occurred to mar the occasion. Presi­ by the president. He says there is no reports that yestetday, at Mole St.
dent M cK ii ley addressed the assembled reasonable doubt that Cervera’s fleet is Nicholas, she saw tlie United State*
New York, June 7.—The ambulance
multitude by long-distance telephone, inside the harbor, that his firing was troopship Resolute awaiting instruc­ ship Solace came Into port to-lav, hav­
touched the magic button and the ex- to learn the strength of the enemy’s tions. The vessel was under convoy. ing on hoard 54 wounded ami sick,
batteries, and was in that respect en­
It was ascertained from passengers some of whom had la-cn transferred
IMisition was dedicated.
Jacksonville, Fla., is likely to be tirely satisfactory. None of his vessels on the Voldregue that the Resolute fiom the American warshijis in Cuban
had been pursued, la'tween Jean Babel waters ami other?, taken from the hos­
made tbe base of operations against were hit and no casualties occurred.
Porto Rico. General Lee will open
A French correspondent at Madrid anil Mole St. Nicholas, by two Spanish pital at Key West. Her after-deck had
headquarters there immediately.
says he learns on tbe highest authority corvettes. From the same source, it been tented over with canvas, and in
is learned that Admiral t'er vera’s swinging hammocks lay half a dozen
Tbe anti-British demonstrations at that Cervera is well on his way to squadron is not, in its entirety, in of the more seriously ill of the pa­
Manila are intensifying. The queen's Manila. The vessels in Santiago har­ the port of Santiago de Cub , but that tients.
The convalescing room was
portraits are insulted and all foreigners bor, lie says, are Villamtl’s torpedo- only a cruiser, supposed to lie tbe the basking place of a score or more of
are preparing to take refuge at Cavite. boats. The Cape Verde squadron is Colon, one torjMslo-lai.it and two auxil­ the jMXir fellows who had not given up
due at Manila shortly. Cervera’s or­
On Decoration day a big gathering of ders are to destroy Dewey’s fleet, and iary cruisers are there.
the fight without a struggle, while the
Americans proceeded to the tomb of to intercept and capture or destroy the
A dispatch from a government source privilege of the decks was accotded all
Lafayette, in the Pypus cemetery, American transports en route from San at Port an Prince save:
those who were able to move about or
Paris, and the tomb was decorated with Francisco.
“ A Haytien informant, now in San­ anxious to watch the green hills as the
wreaths and mutual flags.
Madrid newspapers maintain that tiago de Cuba, says the destitution has good ship moved in shorewatd.
The Solace aneboted off Tompkins­
The British battleship Renown te- Cervera’s fleet is sailing in tho direc­ greatly increase I since the bombard­
ment began, and the military comman­ ville early this morning, ami she was
jorts being chased by an unknown tion of the Philippines.
der has been forced to reduce the ra­ boarded by pre-s representatives. She
steamer while on her way from Ber­
The secretary of war has sent con­
muda. The nationality of the pursu­ gress a request for appropriations tions of the soldiers, among whom left Key West Wednesday afternoon,
there is much discontent.’’
and came through to New York with­
ing vessel could not be learned.
amounting to <53.879,359. These ap­
out incident until Saturday night,
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The secretary of war has authorized propriations will be used for the
when the gale tumbled her alxnit to
Kingston, Jamaica, June 7.—A dis some
the covernor of Nebraska to raise a teg- equipment and maintenance until June
extent, and made things uncom­
patch
from
Port
an
Prince
says
a
ves­
iiuent of infantry, under the presi­ 1, 1899, of the 125,000 volunteers re­
fortable
for the patients. But the sea
sel that has arrived there from Santia­ voyage was
dent’s second call. William J. Bryan cently called for by the president.
a tonic to the men. They
go
<le
Cuba
repoits
that
the
Americans
will be colonel of the new regiment
Santiago is to be invested by a land
had
left
behind
swelteting seas ol
snnk on Friday night the Spanish tor­ the tropics, and the
the exhausting winds
Advices from Cadiz say all the guns force. Government officials think a pedo-boat destroyer Terror.
for refreshing breezes.
of both batteries and forts are being re­ naval attack alone might not be effect­
The assumption, base I on dispatches
Some of them had gathered together
placed by heavier guns. It is reported ive. Haste is essential, as the prospect from Madrid, Inis been that the de-
that the depaitureof Camara’s fleet has of the early approach of the cyclone | | stroyer Terror, after leaving Fort de in little groujis on the voyage up many
been delayed by defects in the torpedo- season makes Schley's stay in the open France, went to Porto Rico, and it is a time and told again the story of a
sea perilous. Secretary Alger intimates
brush with the Spaniards or the nights
boat.
possible that the Port Antonio dis­ on watch at the blockade Four of the
that
the
invasion
of
Porto
Rico
will
In the campaign against the Span­
patch confuses het with her sister de­ heroes of the Nashville and the Mar­
iards in Cuba, the army and navy will promptly follow the fall of Santiago.
stroyer, the Furor, as has several times blehead were among the patients on
The state department and the attor­ been done in dispatches from other
act together. No decisive blow is likely
the Solace, Robert Voltz, of San Fran­
to Ire struck by either branch of the ney-general, by direction of the presi­ points.
cisco, ami Harry Hendrickson, Joe
service until the other is ready to co­ dent, are working hard in the prepara­
C H A R L E S V. G R ID L E Y .
Davis and Kuchmeister, of New York.
tion of a form of government for Cuba
operate.
They are the wounded of that gallant
after the Spaniards are driven out. An
It is stated that there is a possibil­ effort is being made to have a complete D e a t h o f t h e C o m m a n d e r o f t h e C r n l* « v band of volunteers who cut tbe cable
O ly m p ia .
ity of Adolph Sutro, San Francisco’s plan for these operations ready to be
at Cienfuegoe nearly a mouth ago. It
Washington, June 7.—Captain Chas. ' is a tale that has been told before.
ex-mayor,
partly recovering his put into effect as soon as peace is de-
V. Gridley, commander of the cruiser ' The effort will live in history, side by
health, notwithstanding that his physl- • clared.
Olympia, and one of the heroes of the side, with the Merrimac’s journey
cians have pronounced his mental and
Loaded with wealth but deserted and brilliant victory at Manila, is dead. | down the narrows at Santiago.
physical condition incurable.
starviirg, John Rochel. once a well- The announcement of his death was re- , The Solace has on hoard 54 patients
According to late Manila advices known .manufacturer of Sioux City, la., ceived at the navy department this
there is serions sickness on board the perighed last Aprilen the trail between afternoon in a cablegram from Pay- i removed from southern waters.
United States cruiser Boston. It is be- Dawson and Dyea, Alaska. The news mas'er Galt, of the navy, dated Kobe,
BURNED AT THE STAKE.
lieved that fish furnished the vessel at ! of his death reached Sioux City in a Japan, June 4, ami directed to Sscre- t
Manila had been poisoned. The Span- letter to his willow by Richard Hen« tarv Long.
Tbe dhpatch contained , N e g r o F ie n d a V ic t im o f M o b V e n g e a n c e
In T e x a * .
rards were caught trying to strengthen drickson. from Seattle. Ho was aban- this simple statement:
tlreir defenses and forced to desist.
doned by his comrades ami left to di«.
“Captain Gridley died today.
The ! Dallas, Tex., June 7.—A special front
The captain of the British steamer
In the engagement at Santiago the remains accompany me on the Coptic.” j Shreve|>ort, La., says: A thousand
-
Captain Charles Vernon Grid'ey is people gathered at Doyline, on the
ugh ton. who saw the Cape Verde Spanish flagship Cristobal Colon was
Set in Cnracoa harbor rejiorts the struck twice by shells from the Massa- the first American officer of great prom- | Vicksburg, Shreveport <!fc Pacific rail­
Spanish ships in fair shape, but coal chusetts and the batteries were badly inence whose death is a direct result of way, about 18 miles from here, to wit­
was quite low with them. All the ves- 1 damaged by the firing of the cruiser the existing war with Spain. As .the ness tlie burning at tho stake of Wil­
eels took on enough to carry them to New Orleans. Three hundred shots commander of Admiral Dewey’s splen- I liam Street, a negro who brutally out­
the next port. The Vizcaya ami Maria were fired by the Americans.
No did flagship and one of the admiral’s ! raged Mrs. Parrish. The crime was
advisers. Captain Gridley 1 committed May 30. The people erect­
Teresa also took on large quantities of American vessel was hit and no one on chief
provisions and other supplies from tl»o ships injured. The Spanish loss achieved distinction at the battle of ed a post near the railroad track, near
Manila bay and added to bis previous town, and bad the light wo.ul and
lighters.
• was not heavy.
As a result of the investigation the j Chas. W. Post, who has just ro- laurels by winning high praise from kindling saturated with coal oil, pre­
tieasurv department has been making turned from Hong Kong, says that pre- his sii|>eriors for distinguished gallan­ paratory to chaining Street to the
He fought bis ship post.
into the question of a tai iff for the vious to the battle of Manila, Admiral tly and ability.
The flames were started at 1 o’clock.
from
the
conning
tower, while Ad­
Philippines to be levied as a military Dewey had a social passage at arms
cotribntion during the occupation of with Prince Henry, a brother of Em- miral Dewey directed the movements It was a sickening sigi t, which lasted
the islands by the United States forces, 1 peror William of Germany. Prince of the squadron ftotn the bridge of tbe 10 minutes, when Street was a charred
the administration have practically de Henry slighted the United States at a vessel. It was not known for several mass.
Well-known lawyers made speeches
eided to enforce tbe existing Spanish serios of toasts tendered at a banquet, weeks after tbe engagement tbat Cap­
schedules only, w ith such changes as and was made to apologize to the hero tain Gridley lnid suffered from it, ami warning the crowd of negroes that such
circumstances may make necessary.
of Manila. The apology was written. even now tbe precise nature of bis crimes would not lie tolerated in a civil­
ized coin in unity.
trouble is not disclosed.
.M in o r N e w * It«* in * .
It is reported that Bishop John P.
Maj. Henry T. Stanton, the widely Newman, of the Methodist Episcopal
A iix lo u « f o r FeM ce.
A c c i d e n t o n I h e S n n F r jtn c i« c o .
known Kentucky
poet, died at i church, will soon tetire from active
Provincetown, Mass., June 7.—A
Washington, June 7.—The belief is
Frankfort.
fatal accident occurred last night on growing in the best-informed govern­
j duty because of ill health.
J. C. Fickes, of Steubenville, O., has
James H. Mead,one of the oldest the- the cruiser San Francisco. By tlie fall ment circles that Spain is sincerely
constructed a )>oat projielled on the bi­ atiical managers in America, died of a whaleboat from tbe davits, ('Ians anxious to make peace, and that even
cycle principle.
suddenly at his home in New York Wessel, coxswain, was drowned ami now she is seeking a favorable oppor­
Seaman Stevenson sustained a fractur­ tunity to make overtures in that direc­
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, au­ city. He was 68 years old.
ed
leg. Wessel was 80 years old. His tion. Numerous evidences of this have
thor of “ Little Lotd Fauntleroy”
Belgium has been caught In a de­
come to the attention of the authorities
and other novels, hag been granted a liberate violation of neutrality law. laxly was recovered this aftermsin.
here, but up to this time no actual
divorce from Dr. Swain M. Burnett, She permitted the steamer Ravenna to
Great Britain’s marine steam tonnage move has been made toward ascertain­
win. permission to use her maiden load at Antwerp with war munitions,
is today 6,720,703—about as much as ing on what basis the United States
supposedly for the Spaniards.
name, Hodgaon.
that of all other nations added together. would consider |ieace.
Count Castellano, who married Anna
The chiefs of police of the National
A n o t h e r S t r i k e in C o lo r a d o .
St. Petersburg, June 7.—The Novo-
Gould, was a successful candidate in Association of the United States ami
Denver, June 7.—A strike has been sti, commenting on the sujiposed in­
tho parliamentary elections at Paris, Canada at their session in Milwaukee
France.
passed a resolution declaring their sup­ declared by tbe miners of Northern tention of the Spanish government to
Walter C. Sanger, one of the lead­ port of the government in its war with Colorado district. Over 1,000 men appeal to the powuis to intervene, says:
t.xlay decided to quit on the advice of
“ It is frill time to end this senseless
ing bicyclists of the world, has made Spain.
the executive committee of the Colo­ and criminal war. Spain’s appeal ìh a
the announcement of his retirement
The pen with which President Mo- rado Federation of Labor. The miners suit of capitulation, but on the other
from the track.
Charles Dewey and wife, of Montpe­ Kinley signed the resolutions passed have the support of the Western Feder­ hand, America must voluntarily sub­
lier, Vt., have just celebrated their by the senate and house extending the ation of Miners and the Colorado Fed­ mit her pretensions to a tribunal of
America cannot avoid
golden wedding.
Mr. Dewey is a thanks of congress to Commodore eration of Labor, the former offering to the powers.
brother of the hero of Manila.
j Dewey was, at the president’s sugges- contribute <50,000 to aid in carrying doing this, as het position, with two
Alfred Nobel, the inventor of <lyna-
given to Secretary Porter to keep on tho strike. The action of the Colo­ long exposed coast lines, is not such as
mite, who .lied not long ago, has been uutl1 Commodore Dewey’s return to rado coal miners is the outgrowth of could withstand the combined fleets of
honored bv a beautiful monument to I thili wuntry. Then it will be preae-it- long standing differences between op- two or three European powers. Let
etutors ami miners, which resulted In Eurojie raise her mighty voice and re­
~'his memory at Hamburg.
i 1° him.
several previous walkouts.
store peace.
TRIED TO FORCE A PASSAGE
S p a n ia r d s
A llo w e d
D e f e n c e L in e
H er
to F ro * *
F ir s t
N u m b e r o f V ic tim « Not
R e p o r te d —F le e t R e n e w e d
K o iu b a r d -
n ie n t o f F o r t* a n ti S q u a d r o n .
Cape Haytien, Hayti, June 6.—The
American fleet, according to advices te-
ceived by cable from Santiago deCuba,
the cable being under Spanish control,
"■vqwned fire again at 3 o'clock this
morning on the fortifications and war­
ships.
The cannonade was well sustained
until 4 A. M.
One of the American auxiliary
cruisers (well armed) attempted to
force the passage into the harbor. Tho
Spanish allowed the cruiser to cross
the first line of torpedoes, hut before
she arrived at the second line, they
discharged a torpedo, which broke a
great hole in her side and caused her
to sink almost instantly, bow first.
Oi e officer, one engineer and six sail­
ors were made prisonets by the Span­
iards.
♦
K e e p Y o u r E y e o n tl»e L e a d e r .
NO.
FLEET.
.Saiiip«<»n a n d S c I t l e y H a v e .l«>l<aed T h e i r
F orces.
Blown I'p by a Spanish
Torpedo in San­
tiago Harbor.
IS TBK INTEREST OF KIIEt
M AS ( OUNTY.
ISOS.
A GREAT
N o R o o m f o r L i e u t e n a n t C u r t a i l s » In t l i e
D o m i n i o n o f C n n a i la .
Washington, June 7.—Steps have
been taken by which Lieutenant <’ar-
lanza, who has conducted the Spanish
spy system at Montreal, with his asso­
ciate, Senor du llosc, the former first
seeretaty of the Spanish legation here,
will be expelled from Camilla within
the next few days, unless they adopt
their own means to leave before an in­
ternational question is raised ns to
their presence in Canada. Tbe Car­
ranza lettei, detailing bis spy system,
was communicated to tbe British am­
bassador, Sir Julian Pauncefote, to­
gether with all other information
bearing on the operations of the Span­
iards in Canada. The ambassador was
quick to act in the matter, and. with­
out awaiting the slow process of the
mail he cabled the entire matter to tbe
foreign office.
No doubt is entertained as to the
speedy action of the authorities at Lon­
don, now that a specific ease has been
made out against tbe Spanish officials
in Canada. They would have taken
the initiative, had there been more
than suspicion as to tbe ojicrations of
Carranza. But the Carranza lettei w as
proof positivo, and tbe British officials
will move (juicklyjandjof their own voli •
tion toward securing adequate redress.
Tbe state depaitment lias not cabled
Ambassador llav, not deeming it nec­
essary to do more than simply lay tho
facts before the British ambassador
here. It is exj>evtcd Hir«l Salisbury
will call tbe attention of tbe Spanish
government to tbe undesirability of
having Carranza and du Bose remain
in Canada, as their actions are so obvi­
ously hostile to the United States.
K
PUBLISHED...
Off S an tiago de Cuba, via K ingston,
Ja m a ic a ,
Ju n e
6. — R ear-A dm iral
S am pson, w ith th e c ru ise r New Y ork,
• is flagship, accom panied by th e b a t­
tle -sh ip (b eg u n , cru iser M ayflower and
th e torpedo boat P o rter, joined Com
tnodore S ch le y 's squadron oil S antiago
W ednesday m o rn in g , and th e it com ­
bined com m ands have tb e S panish fleet
se u rely locked in tb e harbor.
Admiral Sampson left the heavy
monitors and light gunbiats nil' Car­
denas Monday morning, all danger of
the appearance of the Spaniards from
the eastward having been removed
with tbe definited information that
Schley had hunted them to their boles,
ami under command of Commodore
Watson, tbe rnonitois and gunbeat«
returned to reinforce the blockade on
the north coast of Cuba.
Admiral Sampson did not assume
command of tbe amalgamated squad­
rons on bis arrival. Each squadron
retains its separate entirety, and Com­
modore Schley lias bis single-started
pennant on the Brooklyn.
FIRST BLOW
Detailed Account of the
Bombardment of
Santiago.
AMERICAN SHIPS UNINJURED
D y n a m it e C r u is e r V e s u v iu s W i l l C o u n ­
t e r m in e t h e H a r b o r a n d T h e n C er­
v e r a W ill H e F o r c e d to F ig h t a t
O n c e —S p a n is h F o r ts C r ip p le d .
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WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
T r a d e C o n d it io n s In t h e L e a d in g
o f t h e W o r ld .
C it ie s
[Rsported by Downing, Hopkins A Co., Inc..
Board ot Trail* Brokers. 711 to 714 Cl amber ol
Commerce building, Portland, Oregon.)
Indications are that the wheat crop
of 1898 will be the greatest In the his­
tory of the country. From figures that
are being collected and compiled by
some of tbe big Chicago firms, baaed on
the reports of experts in every section
of the country, the oncoming wheat
crop is estimated to exceed 650 000,000
bushels. All the conditions are report­
ed as being of the most favorable na­
ture, and while there is a decrease in
acreage the total yield will be more
than double that of 1897.
In the fall
of 1896 there was an extraordinary in­
crease in acreage, but the conditions
were such that a large share of the
crop was plowed up the following
3Pr' D8. and at harvest time much of
the remaining crop was not worth cut­
ting. Kansas looms up as the banner
state this year, an increase of 28 per
cent in the acreage having been report­
ed.
Estimates on the yield vary all
the way from 70,060,000 bushels to
100,000,000 bushels, while the com­
bined orops of Kansas, Nebraska and
Oklahoma is estimated at 160.000,000
bushels. Of this 30,000,000 to.40,000,-
000 bushels are credited to Oklahoma
and Kansas will have 80,000,000 to
90,000,000 bushels.
As compared with the planting In
Illinois in the fall of 1896, there has
been a decrease of 16 per cent in the
acreage, but in spite of this the condi­
tions in the Sucker State are about the
same as in Miseouri, and the apparent
decrease in acreage is discounted by
the amount of wheat that was plowed
up In tbe spring of last year.
The
1697 crop in Illinois amounted to a lit­
tle less than 10,000,000 bushels,
whereas it is generally conceded that
ibis yeai’s crop will be nearly, If Dot
fully, treble, or between 25,000,000
and 80,000,000 bushels. Texas will
have a 20,000.000 bushel crop. Never
befoie has the wheat looked sc fine in
the lone Star state as is does now.
The harvest will lie unusually early
and agents writing to their houses here
report that a great part of tlie crop will
be harvested and ready for shipment in
June.
Port Antonio, Jamaica, June 4.—For
in hour Tuesday afternoon, the Massa-
fliusetts, Iowa, New Orleans and
Vixen, of Commodore Schley’s squad­
ron, exchanged shots with the Spanish
3eet, under Admiral Cervera, and with
the land batteries guarding the harbor
if Santiago de Cuba, behind which the
Tim A m erican fleet off S antiago now fleet is hiding. The engagement is the
liutnb.TS 12 fighting shijis, tw o colliers first which has occurred between the
am i a c a b le -c u ttin g sh ip . N e ith e r the Iwo naval forces, and was but a pre­
Solace, th e h o sp ital ship, nor th e Red lude to serious work in the latter part
C ross sh ip S tate of T exas, w hich th e af the week.
d isp a ’o'i boat D auntless passed on her
No attempt was made by the Ameri­
way here, has yet put in an ap p e ar­ cans to bring off a general engagement,
and«. The lighting ships are tire New it being Schley’s desire to locate the
Y ork, B rooklyn, Iowa, O regon, Massa- oatteries on the hills alwve the har-
cl.it e tts, Texas, New O rleans, M arble­ !«or, and to determine the ¡xisitiou of
head, D o lp h in, Mayflower am i V ixen, the Spanish fleet.
and th e to-pedo boat P o rte r. T h ere is
Shortly before 1 o’clock, Commodore
every in d icatio n th a t ac tiv e ojietulious Schley left the Brooklyn for the Massa­
w ill b e g ir t a t once.
chusetts. on l-oard oi which battle-ship
be remained during the night. At 2
I’clock the signal to form column was
¡msted on the flagship, and the New
Orleans, Iowa and Vixen fell in in the
order named.
The Massachusetts steamed slowly
until about five miles west of the har-
tior entrance, when she turned in to­
ward the shore, and when aliout 5,000
yards off she turned east again Rn«,
lore down on the harbor, the New Or
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leans being close up ami the Iowa half
a mile behind.
When she had jiassed the harbor en­
trance by 500 yards, a great clond of
P o r t la n d M a r k e t.
white ami yellow smoke burst from the
Wheat—Walla Walla, 85c; Val­
two 13-inch guns In her after turret,
end two shells rose over the hull, one ley and Blnestem, 88c per bushel.
Floor—Best grades, <4.75; graham,
'of them stiiking the Spanish flagship
Cristobal Colon, as she lay at anchor, <4.20; superfine, <2.50 per barrel.
Oats—Choice white, 40c; choice
and the other falling close alongside.
The two guns on the forward turret gray, 88(2 39c per bushel.
Barley—Feed barley, <22; brewing,
were then fin'd, and their sliells ex-
plo>le.|, throwing great geysers of spray <24 per ton.
Millstuffs—Bran, <17 per ton; mid­
close to the Colon.
dlings, <23; shorts, <17.
All
the
shore
batteries
took
up
the
U23K5.*
Hay—Timothy. <11 (£12; clover. <10
challenge and began a rapid fire on tbe
Massachusetts, but she was soon be­ @11; Oregon wild hay, <9(8 10 per ton.
EgKs—Oregon, 12 @ 13c per dozen.
yond their range, and the batteries
Butter—Fancy creamery, 82 Lj @ S5c;
turned their guns on the New Orleans.
This cruiser had been bid to pay at­ fair to good, 25@80c; dairy, 25@30c
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tention to the batteries, and to draw per roll.
Cheese—Oregon full cream, llot
their fire as much as possible, and she
ADMIRAL SAMPSON’S FLAGSHIP, T H E N F S ’ YORK.
obeyed instructions to the letter. Her Young America, 12)40.
Poultry—Chickens, mixed, <S 50 per
iiiet shot located a large battery on tbe
10’26 A. M.—A dispatch from San­
Tbe cable which hinds Cuba to Ma­ bill above Morro. It flew straight into dozen; hens, <4 00; springs, <2 00@4;
tiago says that the vessel sunk is un- drid and the outside woilJ was cut to­ the fort and seemed to have caused geeee, <6.00(9 7.00; ducks, young, <4(£
dcrstoo.1 to lie the Merrimac. Duly day.
much damage, as a great cloud of «Inst 6.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, ll@12c
the extremities of her funnel and two
Pending the execution of Admiral ami debris lose when the shell butst. per )X)und.
Potatoes—Oregon Burbanks, 80@35c
masts are seen above watei.
Sampson’s plan of campaign, oui sbi|is Two more shots sent part of the walls
form a cor Ion alaiut the entrance of oi Mo«ro flying into the air, ami then per sack; sweets, <1.75@2 per cental.
T h e N r w n F r o m F o r t ru F r ln r e .
Onions—Oregon, <2.25 @2.60 per
Santiago harbor to prevent the j-ossi- tue New Orleans confined heiself to
Port au Prince, Hayti, June 6.— ble egress of the Spaniards.
the batteries, her fire being rapid and sack.
This morning at 8 o’clock, the Ameri­
Hope—5«912 tjO per pound for new
Communication has also lieeti had extremely accurate. Every shot she
crop; 1896 crop, 4 <96c.
can squadron began the bombardment with the shore. The mountains ami fired made trouble for Spain.
of tbe fortifications of Santiago de Cuba, hills which surround Santiago are iu
Wool—Valley, 14@15c per pound;
The Iowa, like the Massachusetts,
ami a lively cannonading ensued for full poaaeasion of the Cuban insur­ devoted het attention to the ships in Eastern Oregon, 8@12c; mohair,
two hours, which silenced the Spanish gents.
ihe haibor. Their 13-inch sliells made 25c per pound.
batteries.
Mutton—Groee, beet eheep, wethers
The reconnaissance made bv our the water fly about that part of the
An American vessel, the Metrimac, ships, principallly tbe small« r yachts harbor in which the Cristobal Colon and ewee, 3 ’jc; dreeeed mutton, 7c;
described in the cable from Santiago as and tprpedo-lioats, which are able to lay. The latter, however, was not spring lambs, 9c per lb.
Hogs—Gross, choice heavy, <4.75;
an auxiliary cruiser, made a «lash to creep close inst ore at night, has pretty seriously damage. 1, and kept up her
force the entrance, succeeded in passing definitely dctcimined the location and
until long after the American ships light and feeders, <8.00(94.00; dressed,
<5.50@6.50 per 100 pounds.
the first line of defenses, but was tor- character of the defenses of tbe haibor. Steamed out of range,
Beef—Gross, top steers, <4.00;
pedoed about 500 feet up tbe channel. Several new batteries have been thrown
The ironclads lore down on tlie har-
dressed beef,
sho went down “ perpendicularly.” up on the high ground on each side of bor once mote. The flagship kept on cows. <2.50(9 3.50;
An officer, un engineei and six seamen the entrance, and it is evident the until less than 4,000 yards from shore, 5(9 7c per pound.
Veal—Large, 5c; small, 6c per
were taken prisoners. The number of Spaniards are prepared to make a and then her shells again began to
victims is unknown.
strong lesistatice.
heave up the water of Santiago harbor. pound.
Only the funnel and mastheads of
This time, the shore batteries were
.B e a t t i e M a r k e t.
NOT A SPANISH VICTORY.
the sunken vessel can be seen.
better served, and the Spanish replied
Potatoes—Yakimas, <11 @12 per ton;
There is great excitement in the city. C o l l i e r M » y H ave» K e e n S e n t in t«> B l o c k ­ to the warahipa’ fire in energetic fash­ natives, <8@ 10; sweets, 2 igc per jound;
A part of the population assisted in
a d e t h e ('lia n tie l.
ion. But nearly all of the shots of the box of 60 pounds, <1.75.
the fighting on the heights. Every
Washington, June 6. — The Tost batteries fell short.
Butter—Fancy native creamery,
body is astounded at the audacity of says: There is absolutely no doubt in
Tiien came tlie New Orleans once brick, 21c; ranch, 10@13c; dairy,
the American vessel.
the minds of the naval officials in more, her long black guns doing fearful 14 @ 16c; Iowa fancy creamery, 20c.
The American squadron was cruising Washington that the sending of tl e woik and turning up the ground all
Cheeae—Native Washington, 11 @
all the wliilo in the offing.
collier into the harbor was a prear around the batteries in the most savage 12c; Eastern cheese, 12@12.4c.
ranged move on the patt of Admiral manner.
Egge—Fresh ranch, 16c; California
The Spaniards dropped shells close ranch, 14c.
(It will be noted that there is an im­ Sampson. The use of a collier, the un­
portant discrepancy as to the time at usual hour of the morning, the n.'ces- to the Iowa as she came by the second
Meats—Choice dressed beef steers,
which the bombardment is said to have sity of blockading the channel so as to time, sending a stream of shells into 8c; cows, 7@<4c; mutton, 8c. pork,
begun this morning between tbe dis­ relieve some of the ships of the squad ; the harbor as she did so.
74c; veal, small, 8a
The Spanish warships, with the ex­
patches from Cape Haytien and Port ron from remaining stationed off San-
Poultry—Chickens, live, per pound,
au Prince, the former saying 3 o’clock tiago, the iin|iortance of discovering ception of the Cristobal Colon, were hens, 14c; dressed, 16c; turkeys,
and the latter 8 o’clock. It is possible whether the mines were effective—all behind the hills, and could not see the live, 14c; dressed, 17@ 18a
that this arises from a confusion be­ these make it certain that the Merri­ enemy, who threw shells around them
Fresh Fish—Halibut, 6@7c; steel
tween the figures 3 and 8. The San­ mac was deliberately svnt to her de­ with such rapidity that they knew he heads. 7@8c; salmon trout, 9@10c;
tiago advices in reference to the sunken struction. It waa not a Spanish victory was somewhere on the other side of the flounders and sole, 3@4c; tom cod, 4c;
vessel as an auxiliary cruiser is prob­ —it was a cleverly arranged scheme on hill, and then hopefully raised the ling cod, 4@5c; rock cod, 5c; smelt, 3@
ably a mistake. The Merrimac is a the part of the American Admiral, muzzles of their guns and banged away, 5c; herring, 4o.
i The result was what might have been
collier, and has always been a collier.) and it was successful.
Olympia oysters, per sack, <3@3.25.
The eight men in a Spanish prison expected. The fire tore tlie bosom of
Corn—Whole,
<25; cracked, per ton,
N » v y D e p a r tin r iil'* A d v ic e * .
are the real heroes of the war. If the l' ,e Caribbean sea, but it harmed noth- <25; feed meal, <26 per ton.
Washington, June 6.—Notwitstand Mertimao went in under her own crew,
Barley—Rolled or ground, per ton,
ing the rather jHisitive statement com­ it is interesting to know that het com­
After the Massachusetts passed the <26; whole, <26.
ing from Jamaica to tho effect that the plement of officers consisted of Com­ point where she could fire into the har­
Flour—Patents, per barrel, <5.26@
second Spanish fleet from Cadiz lias mander J. M. Miller; Lieutenant W. bor with advantage, she returned to
60; straights, <5.00; California
crossrd the Atlantic and is about to W. Gilmer, executive officer; Ensigns j tho open sea, the other vessels follow­ brands, <6.25; Dakota brands, <6.00
join Cervera at Santiago, the officers of J. R. Y. Blakely and J. M. Lti'ov, and ing her. Then the fight was over, as @<5.76; buckwheat flour, <6.60.
the navy depaitment refuse to be First Engineer R. K. Crank. Miller far as the Americans were concerned.
Millstuffs—Bran, per ton,<17; shorts,
frightened at what they declare to lie a is from Missouri, Gilmer from Vir­
It is likely that the early part of per ton, <18.
bugaboo. It appears that the basis of ginia, Blakely from I’ennsylvania, and next week will see more serious work.
Feed—Chopped feed, <21 @22 per
their confidence is a telegraphic report Luhv and ('rank from Texas.
The dynamite ctuiser Vesuvius is ton; middlings, per ton, <18@19; oil
of as late date as yesterday, declaring
It is ix|H>cted that re|Hirts will he re­ j coming down, and an attempt will be cake meal, per ton, <85.
that the Cadiz fleet is still at Cadiz. ceived today from Admiiul Sampson i made by her to exploit« the tiiple row
Hay—Puget Sound, new, per ton,
Moreover, they know that there are not which will give details of the Merri­ of mines extending across the hartior’s <10@ 18; Eastern Washington timothy,
as many as 16 ships in that fleet.
mac’s destruction, and the names of mouth. With these out of tlie way. <17; alfalfa, <11; straw, <7.
London, June 6.—According to a the eight men who have been cap- Commodore Schley will sail into the
Oats—Choice, per ton, <28.
dispatch from Madrid, El Heraldo, tured.
harbor for a death grapple with the
Wheat—Feed wheat, per ton, <26.
fleet and batteries.
with regard to the situation at Santia­
Jobn
II. Smhh 1 ih I
go de Cuba, says:
S a n F r a n c is c o M a r k e t.
Port Townscnd, Joue 6. — The
“ It is one more disenchantment
New York, June 4.—A dispatch
Wool—Southern coast lambs, 7@8c;
which proves that there is no remedy steamer Farallón, which ariived here from Washington to the Evening Han Joaquin, 7@8c; Northern, ll@ l2c
for Spain’s misfortunes.
Cervera’s tonight, from Alaska, brings news that World says: It was determined today per lb.
squadron at Santiago is of littlo advan­ in addition to the indictment of eight to place 75,000 troops at Chickamauga,
Millstuffs — Middlings,
<3 @23;
tage, either to itself or to what it rep­ customs officers, the grand jury at which is to bo made a permanent camp. California bran, <16@ 16.50 per ton.
resents. It can neither hinder the Sitka has brought in two true bills This will be the largest camp in tho
Onions—New. 60 @ 65c per sack.
Yankees’ expedition, nor strengthen against John U. Smith, ex-United United States. Most, if not all, the
Butter—Fancy creamery, 20c; do
the defense of Havana. Spain was States commissioner at Skagway, on troops mustered in under the second seconds, 19c; fancy dairy, 19c; good
never before led through such a streit charges of extortion and accepting call will be sent there fot equipment, to oboice, 16@18c per pound.
road of petdition.”
oiganization and diill.
hiilies. Smith has been aricsted.
Potatoes—Early Rose, 40<9 60c-
Eggs—Store, 14@144o; ranch 14 U
S p a n lg h P r 1 * o n c r * K e n t H o m e .
T h e M e r r im a c .
S p a in ’s A p p e a l t o K u r o p e .
@ 16c.
New Y’ork, June 6.—Thirty-nine
Baltimore, June 6.—The Merrimac
London, June 4.—The Vienna corre­
Fresh Fruit—Apples, <40@1.60 per
Spanish prisoners, captured on the was purchased by the government from spondent of the Daily Mail says: Spain
box; cherries, 40c @60; de
steamei Rita, off Porto Rico, arrived the Lone Star Steamship Company, in has addressed another appeal to the large
red and white, 25@40c per box.
in this city today on the steamer Semi- April. She was formerly the N.irwo- pow’ers to intervene in the war, and
Citrus Fruit—Oranges, navels, <1.26
nole. They were turned over to the gian steamship Solveig. She was built Austria is prepared to accede, but only
@8.00;
Mexican limes, <4.60; Cali­
French consul for shipment back to at Newcastle in 1894, and was 330 feet in conjunction with other powers.
fornia lemons, 76o@<1.00; do choice,
8pain.
long, 24 feet beam and registered 2,194
<1.25@ 1.60; per box.
tons.
F o u r T h o u .t iiu l I l e u s e s D e s t r o y e d .
T h e C o r r e * |» o u d e n t Ite le a w e d .
Hay—Wheat, <20@24.60; wheat and
Bombay, June 4.—A conflagration oat, <20 @28; oat, <14.60 @ 16.60; beat
Havana, Juno 6.—Tho correspond­
R e p o r t C o n fir m e d .
ents Whigham and Robinson, recently
Tho report that a revolution has at Peahawur, which was not mastered barley, <1«@ 18.60; alfalfa, <l£.00@
captured ufter having been landed on broken out at San Domingo has been for 24 Louis, has destroyed 4,000 18.60) clover, < 18 @ 15.
the coast, have been released, owing to confirmed, tho supposed expedition houses, doing damage to the amount of
Cheese—Fancy mild, new, 94c; old,
the representations made in their be­ from Cape Ha.vtiou being really the <20,000,000 This is supposed to be 10c per pound.
half by Mr. Gollaa, the British oousul. departure of Dominicau levolutlouista. tbe record fire of India.
Hope—9@ia.40 per pound.
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