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VOL. V ili. W ASCO, S H E R M A N Grant, Wasco and Moro H. H. SUTCLIFFE M. D. J . B. HOSFORD F b y s ic la n a n d S u r g e o n . Offlce at Wasco Hotel. fT A C E LINE. • Wasco, Orcs on. LESSEE New Coaches, with good accommoda tions for passengers. Express and packages promptly delivered. , Accommodating drivers. Strict attention given to ail business en- trusted to them. P h y s ic ia n s a n d S u r g e o n s , M uro, O r e g o n . A ttn rn ey -a -L a v . p Oregon. W asco D. M . RADLEY HANDLE« ALL THI8 MATERIAL USED IN SHERMAN COUNTY. Cao Save ieo 50 Cents on Ever; Barrel .....F R A N K L A Y T O N M . M . R U S S E L L , P rop. ....Y O U B U Y .... We handle goods at Wasco or Moro. Address us at Moro, Or. PRACTICAL SHOEMAKER. > L ocated in th e O sk a lo o sa H o u se. P erfect sa tisfa c tion g u a ra n teed . Popu lar prices. C all soon an d o fte n > j * J* J. M PATTKR>«»X, President. I lH iA N D CEMENT.. A ttu m a y -a t-L a v . N EW BARBER SH O P jt Stonework, brickwork, plastering and all work In that lin e done in a satisfactory m an ner. All work guaranteed. Leave order» at the N ew » office. are always needed in building. Will practice In any court of the state. AU bu.lnes't left with iue will receive prompt ami careful attention. Office, over Krause’s harness shop. ET SHAVED AT THE C O N TR A C T O R J. BRIGHT, Moro. ..11:30 a. m. Grant.. 4:00 p. in. M o r o ... l : 3 0 p . m. Repairing done neatly and well. New work a specialty. Perfect fit guaranteed. Cali at the old stand. Blacksmith ! Woodwork V. C. BROCK, Caso 1er TO THE HEW SHOP. B la c k s m it h a n d H o rs e s h o e r A specialty made of of Fine Horseshoeing Special attention given to the Repairing of all kinds of Farm Machinery. FIRST-CLASS WORK A T LO W PRICES W a s c o , O re g o n . -ALL KINDS OF- Right Exchange Hold on New York, Portland and The Dalles. E. C. TOZIER ....BRING YOUR.... Sherman County Bank ► The Dalles, Oregon, AUKIVEM. G ran t.. .7:30 a. m. T . R. BARNES H. RIDDELL, Office, Court St., LEAVE». Wasco, Or. W ASCO, O R E C O N ...... REPAIRING, HORSESHOEING. ETC. Sortii Pacific Rural Spirit NEATLY DONE. (E s ta b lis h e d in i8 6 0 .) Transacts a General Banking Busi ness. An »tints kept unhject to check. Collections made at reasonable rates. Office hours from 9 a. in. to 3 p. in. PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT PORTLAND, OR. W. S. CLAYTON, Prop. AGRICULTURE DAIRYING LIVESTOCK AND TURF Devoted to. Blacksmithing Worth its weight In gold to every farmer and breeder in Oregon. -AND- Subscription, $2 Per Year. Wagonmaking (Sample Copy Free.) The NEW« and RURAL SPIRIT loth for 12. Apply at this office. W e are prepared to do all kinds of iron and wood work on short notice, anti at very reasonable rates. Call on us at the old sta n d . Opposite Krause’s harness shop. Iron, Steel, Coal, Crucible Share Steel shaped to plows. Bolts of all kinds and anything that conus out of an iron butcher shop. THE The Union Lumber Company L. CLARK - - Manager. NEW AERMOTOR Geared and Pnmping Mills.... R. DINGLE. CHAS. RICHMOND. Patent Steel Towers, Patent "Knocked Down” Steel 8tock Tanks; Pumps, Pipe, Hose, or anything in the windmill line you might ask for. Address E. L. WELD, Wasco, Or., or call on J. T. LUCAS when In town. Get our prices before going elsewhere. DEALERS IN- Lumber, Lath, Wood and Coal T IM E SC H ED U LE COLUMBIA SOUTHERN RY. ------- L e a y b ------- LIME AND CEMENT BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES.. ------- A rrive ------- No. 3. No. I. No. 2. No. 4. :00 a.m. 4:00 p. m W’asco..7:00 p. ro. 8:15a. m :40 p. m 4:40 y. m.. Btgga..6:15 p. m. 7:00 p. in s— — A rrive ------- - »-----— L e a v e -------- • 8 1GEBTS FOB THE BUSHFORD WAGORS AMD ■ ’SHERRI DRILLS. “ GOLD MINING." Connecting with O. R. A N. passenger train No. 3 at Biggs for.Portlund. and passenger train No. 4 from Portland, D. C. O’REILLY, K. E. LYTLE, President. * Gen. Manager. A new schedule is contemplated providing for two round trips daily, making connection with O. R. <Ss N. passenger trains in both di rections. __________ T ic k e t s to a ll P o in t a E a s t a n d fn E a r o p e . The Gold Hill Prospecting and Mine Development Company, for the purpose of prosecuting work on gold properties already discovered, and for the purpose of outfitting three prospecting parties in the spring for the ....KLONDIKE... rttve o pened their books for the subscription of 1,200 shares of the company stock. Subetription can be made through the president of the company upon paying 5 per cent of the face value of the stock, or through the Scandinavian American bank, Tacoma, Wash. The opportunity to obtain an interest in the wonderful GOLD DISCOVERIES Made and to be made in Alaska, is hereby offered on a plan that is sure to bring enormou» returns to all persistent investors. Cash, $5 for each share desired must accompany the application for subscription. Address, Through tickets to all points in the East and in Europe can now be purchased at the Wasfco office of the Columbia Southern Railway Co., and at the lowest prevailing rates. F Y P D F Q Q Consign your express matter to BAI Wasco in care Columbia South ern. Express Company. KLONDIKE KATAKISB K A B o o n « A B lessing K To everyone going to the new gola fields. Gold Hill P ro sp ectin g & Mine D evelopm ent Co., Tacoma, Wash. 1 W A N T TO C A L L YO U R A T T E N T IO N To the fact th at the Wasco Livery and Feed Stable is now under a new management. It is undergoing a complete change. Good Rigs and Team s..... Are at the disposal of the patrons at very reasonable rates. Teams put in my care will receive everv attention possible^ Also heavy teaming done. Call on me at the old stand. • •••J« RM■ H O A G , P ro p . AC h I nery repaired a Practical questions answered, not l O l l by guess work—not by stay-at- • homes—but by experience, by one that has been there—lived there—worked there—and is now going back there, to get K R IC H K Telling when io start, how much it will cost, what to take, how to go, how to live, how to keep well, what to do when sick; where to go there, how to prospect, how to mine there, ana much more. K It Is i Treason and a Treasure K Its material has never before been published —It is Privately printed—can only be had by sending to E. eTEINBACH, Tacoma, and en closing 25c. Refer to any bank here for evi dence of good faith. The Biggest Offer Yet 1 have the only steam TURNING LATHE in Sherman county, and can do anv kind of repairing you can bring me. TRY MË. I SELL FARM MACHINERY, HARDWARE, TINWARE, E T C J. 8 . AM O S T h e W a sc o N ew s RUFUS, OR. T he O regonian Is the g re a te st n e w s p a p e r on the P a c i f i c Coast. It gives the g ist o f the n e w s, and the re a d in g m a tte r, and is g o tte n u p in a business m a n n e r. Twice-a-W eek Detroit Free P ress R o th P apers C MB mx YEAS FOB .... $1 O IN U V .. G IV EN W IT H ...... THE NEWS FOR $2 PER YEAR. DUST. NO. 1. LATER 01 1 ■ N EW S. The fifth Manila expedition, com prising 8,000 troops, is about ready to San Francisco, July 19.—After be leave San Francisco. ing eagerly watched for during the last H a p p e n in g s B o th a t H om e The transports Peru and Puebla have 10 days, the steamer St. Paul arrived left San Francisco for Honolulu with a n d A b ro a d . tonight from St. Michaels, bringing troops for the islands. men and treasure from the Klondike. The San Francisco Examiner says the There were 176 passengers on the list, A W E E K ’S NEW S CONDENSED Bennington has gone North to consort and the amount of their earnings in " Alaska treasure ships. golddnst, nuggets and bank drafts is Uncle Sam has bought an Australian estimated by tho ship’s officers at $3,- i n t e r e s t i n g C o l l e c t i o n o f I t e m s F r o m liner, tin steamer Culgoa. She is now 000,000. M a n y P l a c e s C u lle d F r o m t h e P r e s s being trgnsformed into a cruiser. The largest amount brought out by a te p o r ts o f t h e C u r r en t W e e k . An island known as -the Marcus of AN IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY single prospector is in the possession Weeks, between Honolulu and the Phil Toral surrendered just in time to of T. I. Pickett, who has $80,000, prin cheat Sampson's warships out of a job. ippines, flies the United States flag and has been offered to this country as a S p a n is h T r o o p s L a id D o w n T h e i r A r m a cipally in golddust and nuggets. Pete A large majority of our troops In scaling station. —C it y S a c k e d b y t h e E n e m y —G e n Wybird admits to ownership of $50,- Cuba will be withdrawn at once. e r a l M c K ib b e n H a s B e e n A p p o i n t e d Yellow fever is prevalentamone Gen. 000; E. J. Nash has $30,000 and Fred T e m p o r a r y M ilit a r y G o v e r n o r . Major-General .Brooke has been or Miles’ command at Sibonev. The type Berry, of Fresno, Cal., who had previ dered from Chickamauga to Washing of the disease is said to be mild and Santiago do Cuba, July 19.—Amid ously brought out a fortune, says he ton immediately for consultation re the medical staff express confidence in has another with him now, but de impressive ceremonies, the Spanish clines to disclose the amount. garding the Porto Rican expedition. being able to hold it in check. troops laid down their arms between J. Dumas, who has been prospecting The news of the fall of Santiago ___President McKinley has given ex- the lines of the Spanish and American on Eldorado creek, has $4,5,000 to show brought joy to the troops in Cuba, as prossion to a strong hope for an early for his labors in the frozen north, mpd campaigning before Santiago was pros peace. Responding to congratulations forces at 9 o’clock this morning. Rest on the success of the Santiago cam General Shafter and the American W. E. Burn, who suffered the misfor ecuted under severe difficulties. division and brigade commanders and tune of having his feet frozen and los was impossible. Chilling rains soaked paign, he said: “ I hope for an early ing both by amputation, feels compen the men by night and a broiling sun peaoe now.” their etaffs were escorted by a troop of sated by the possession ot $100,000 in scorched them by day. Both nations are reaping benefits cavalry and General Toral and his staff cash the proceeds of the sale of his five Commodore Hiohborn, chief naval by 100 picked men. mining claims. J. Dumas spent only constructor, is anxious to keep Hobson. from the Anglo-American friendliness. The non-concurrence of Great Britain Trumpeters on both sides saluted one month in the Klondike, but during The proposed transfer of the hero to in the proposal for European interven that period realized $¿0,000 from his the line is not favored, 'l i e says a tion between America and Spain, it is with flourishes. General Shatter returned to General claim, and just before his departuie greater career is open to a man of Hob claimed, thwarted the designs of the sold the claim for $25,000 more so that Toral the latter’s sword after it had hie days at Dawson were exceedingly son’s abilities in the construction corps powers. than as the commander of a vessel ot been handed to the American com profitable. Premier Sagasta is quoted as saying: the United States navy. “ Spain wants peace, but it must be an mander. The returning miners say that it is In compliance with the cabinet de honorable peace, as Spain deserves. Our troops, lined up at the trenches, idle for prospectors to go to the Klon cision Chief of Engineers Wilson bas The army is anxious to resist to the dike now expecting, to locate claims as were eye witnesses of the ceremony. ordered the removal of all the mines, last, but the government cannot con General Shafter and his escort, accom all the mining land of any value has and harbors will be freed at once of all sent to such useless sacrifice. Had we already been staked ' out. The only panied by General Toral, rode through manner in which claims can he now dangerous obstructions to navigation, our fleet, the situation would have been The task iB a difficult one, as great care j very different.’ the city taking formal possession. The acquired in said to be by purchase. city had been sacked by the Spaniards The general concensus of opinion is must be observed in raising or explod A decree has been published suspend before they arrived. that the value of Mi nook creek as a ing the mines to prevent accidents. ing throughout Spain the rights of indi General McKibben has been appoint center has been overestimated. Claims Believing the effect ot the apperance viduals as guaranteed by the constitu ed temporary military governor. there are pronounced to be of little of the American squadron on the Span tion. The government wishes to have The ceremony of hoisting the Stars value and the intending miner if he be isli coast will be in direct proportion to full power to suppress evidences of and Stripes was worth all the blood and guided by the experience of these pio the strength of the fleet, Secretary discord or rebellion which might ap treasure it cost. A vast concourse of neers will confine hie operations to the Long and the naval board have decided pear. The publication of the decree is 10,000 people witnessed the stirring neighborhood of the original gold dis to strengthen Commodore Watson’s accepted as proof that peace negotia and thrilling scene that will live for coveries near Dawson. command by an additional armor-clad tions are actually in progress. ever in the minds of all the Americana Dominion creek is pronounced the and probably three or four protected It is announced that Général Milee present. A finer stage eetting for a richest of the Klondike streams in the and unprotected cruisers. will start for Porto Rico within a week. dramatic episode it would be difficult precious metal. Eldorado and Bonanza New York reported a heavy demand With the president’s approval he per to imagine. The palace, a picturesque creeks are considered by these prospect for war bonds at their close Wednesday. fected all arrangements for his expedi old dwelling in the Moorish style of ors only second in importance to Do The signal officer at Key West le- tion to seize that island before he left architecture, facosvthe Plaza de la minion. Reina, Ihe principal public square. It has been learned on reliable au ported to the war department that the Washington, and the plan will now be Opposite rises the imposing Catholic thority that the Alaska Commercial ship San Domingo was wrecked off the promptly carried into effect. Orders cathedral. On one side is a quaint, Company received tonight about $8,- Isle of Pines, Cuba, while trying to have already beer- sent to Admiral brilliantly painted building with broad 423,000. Adding this to the amount rnn the blockade. The nationality of Sampson to render General Miles the hearty assistance of the navy in effect- verandas, the club of San Carlos; on brought down by the miners which if the vessel is unknown. ing’a landing at Porto Rico, and a num the other a building of the same de maw placed at over $3,000,000 the Correspondencia published in Madrid ber of vessels of the fleet will start for scription, the Cafe de la Venus. Klondike treasure carried by the St. says there is an enormous difference Across the plaza was drawn up the Paul is not less than $6,000.000 or between tho concessions which Spain ia the island at once to institute an effect ive blockade and reduce such fortifica Ninth .nfantry, headed by the Sixth $7,000,000.________ willing to make and the demands of tions as might interfere wdth the de cavalry band. In the street facing the the Americans. Peaoe is impossible barkation of the military forces. FEVER SPREADS. palace stood a picked troop of the Sec until a Spanish victory has lowered the ond cavalry with drawn sabers, under Advices from Honolulu state that S ix t e e n N e w C a s e s O c c u r A m o n g th e pride of the Americans or another dis command of Captain Brett. Massed T r o o p s —O n e D e a t h I s R e p o r t e d . aster forces Spain to make concessions. several mild cases of measles have on the stone flagging between tho band broken out since the arrival of the Pa Washington, July 19.—The only dis The actual departure of Commodore cific coast troops. aud line of horsemen were the brigade quieting news received at the Watson’s raiding squadron for tne the coast divis- * 7 ' ’ 'V J ' — war ™ atwm » raining squauron ior commanders of General l «baiter's Shafter’s divis A London correspondent of a French during the day was as to the of Spain, indicates sufficiently the com- ion with their staffs. On the xud-tiledi journal says the powers will intervene yeliow fever condition at the front, and . i r»_yellow fever condition at the front, and ...... ____ ... plete abandonment of any intention to roof of the palace stood Captain Me and the United States will be robbed Kittrick, Lieutenant Miley and Lieu this was modified in an encouraging besiege Havana in the next three or of the Philippines. tenant Wheeler. Immediately above way later by General Shufter’s news. four months, and confirms the impres It was a dispatch from Colonel Green sion that no extended military opera them on tlie flagstaff was the illu The gunboat Bennington has left San minated Spanish arms and the legend leaf, chief surgeon with the army in tions will Ire prosecuted in Cuba after Francisco for the North m quest of the Cuba, saying that 16 new cases had the capitulation of Santiago. “ Viva Alfonso X III.’’ Spanish privateers reported off the appeared. His dispatch was as follows: coast of British Columbia. All al>out, pressing against the ver A great military hospital under tents “ Sibonev, via Hayti, July 18.—To anda rails, crowding the windows and Sternberg, Washington: Sixteen new is to l)e established at Fort Monroe. While at Honolulu an American flag doors and lining the roofs were tho peo cases in the past 24 hours, and one Still another cabinet crisis is report was presented to the cruiser Charleston ple of the town (the women and non- death. Sanitation measures are rigid. ed in Spain. All the ministers have by the Queen Dowager Kapiolani of combatants). "GREENLEAF, Chief Surgeon.” tendered their resignations, and Sugas- Hawaii, in token of friendship for the As the chimes of the old cathedral United States. While this was regarded with some ta is to form a new cabinet. rang the hour of 12, the infantry and apprehension by laymen, the surgeon- News of the defeat of the imperial France’s new minister, M. de L. cavalry presented arms. Eveiy Amer general’s department considered the tioops near Woo Chow is oonfirmed in Casse, has notified the Spanish ambas ican uncovered,and Captain McKittrick showing entirely satisfactory. Colonel sador at Paris, SenorLeon Castillo, that Hong Kong. The loss of the imperial hoisted the Stars and Stripes. Alden, acting eurgeon-general during the French government is ready to ten forces is probably more than 1,500 As the brilliant folds unfurled in a the absence of General Sternberg, said der the good offices of the French am killed. gentle breeze against tho fleckless sky, a report of only 16 cases was an excep bassador at Washington in O)>ening A beautiful American flag has been the cavalry band broke into the strains tionally good showing as tho number negotiations for peace If the Madrid sent by the steamer Alameda to the Ha of "The Star Spangled Banner,” mak must be taken relatively to the large government will permit it to do so. waiian chamber of commerce to be un ing the American pulse leap and the number of men at the fronts With the furled at the ceremonies of raising the Ambassadors at Madrid have ex American heart thrill with joy. surrender accomplished there would be flag in that city. It was the gift of the At the same instant, the sound of the better opportunity to get the men on pressed a desire that negotiations for chamber of oommerce of San Francisco^ distant booming of Captain Capron’s high ground and keep away from in peace be opened at once. The senti By the explosion of a boiler in the ment in. .favor of peaoe is said to be battery, firing a salute of 21 guns, fection. ‘ gaining in strength throughout Spain. Niagara starch works the building was drifted in. When the music ceased, During the day a report was receive«! from all directions around our line stating positively that no cases of yel The Madrid government favors. the wrecked and six persons were killed came flioating across tho plaza the low fever existed on the Harvard,which movement- if it implies only the loss of and 26 injured. Two others are miss strains of the regimental bantband the brought a large number of sick Span Cuba. No peace .overtures -have been ing, who are supposed to have perished. Of the persons in the building, only receiver! at Washington. - muffle«!, hoarse cheers of our troops. ish prisoners to Portsmouth, N. II. The infantry came to “ order arms” This not only relieved officials as to the A dispatch from Nicaragua says Ze two escaped. Most of the injured were a moment later, after the flag was up conditions at Portsmouth, but also as laya’s government has release«! several persons outside the works. Scarcely and tho band played “ Rally ’Round to the Harvard, for it would be a se hundred political prisoners. A coali a house within 1,000 feet of the works being hit with bricks, twisted the Flag, Boys.” Instantly, General vere handicap to the navy if this crack tion Is being planned aud representa escape«! iron or heavy timbers. McKibben called for three cheers for craft had to go into quarantine. tives of Salvador, Honduras and Nicar A dispatch to the London Daily General Shafter, which were given agua have held a meeting with the FREE R ID E H O M E . with great enthusiasm, the band play purpose of forming a union to succeed News from Gibraltar tells a long story ing Sousa’s "The Stars and Stripes the greater republic of Central Ameri of a pseudo wealthy Mexican who was C o lo n e l I l e e i . e r ’r F l a n fo r T r a n s p o r t in g forever.” ca, which is thought to be upon the lionized for six weeks at Madrid and t h e S p a n ia r d s . Cadiz, dined with Admiral Camara, eve .of dissolution. The ceremony over, General Shafter Washington, July 19.—Secretary Al inspected the fleet and defenses, and in and his staff returned to the American General Shafter has sent a revised every way won the oonfidenoe of the lines, leaving the city in tho possession ger today indorsed the plan of Colonel corrected rejiort of the casualties officials, only to disappear the moment of the municipal authorities, subject to Hecker for the transportation of the and Spanish troops from Santiago back to before Santiago July 1, 2 and 8. It a warrant was issued for his arrest. the control of General McKibben. slightly increases the number killed He afterward confessed to the corre The Thirteenth and Ninth regiment! Spain. It provides for an aggregate of and wounded, as given in the first re spondent that he was a captain in the 1,000 Spanish officers, with first-class of infantry will remain in the city to port, and is as follows: Killed, 28 Second Texas Rangers, and was acting cabin accommodations, and 24,000 sol enforce order and exercise municipal diers, with third-class steerage passage. officers, 208 men; wounded, 80 officers, as the confidential agent of the United authority. 1,028 men; missing, 81; total, 1,595. The Spanish forces are to encamp The colonel says that the Spanish sol General Shafter is of the opinion that States government **' diers will be delivered on board at The first and most daring train rob outside of our lines. number of missing will be reduced bery in years on the Truckee division The work of loading the Spanish Santiago for Cadiz or such other ports the somewhat. oi the Central Pacific occurred two prisoners on transports preparatory to as may be designated. It is provided The movement of the American army miles east of Humboldt Two masked sending them back to Spain will be that the accommodations are to be kept commenced as soon as ships are pro- up to the standard required by the on Porto Rico may be said to have be robbers held up the East-bound ex United States army regulation as to gun. The continued forwarding of press train. The engineer and fireman vided. officers and men, in regard to the gal additional troops to Santiago, when it were taken off the engine and compelled S p a in S e e k s P e a c e . leys, ventilation, etc. Subsistence is recognized that Shafter has as large to go to the express car, the robbers Madrid, July 19.—A member of the furnished is to be equal to the United an army as he needs to hold that town, climbing over the tender and covering cabinet, in an interview today, asserted States army ration, which is set forth is in reality the laying of the founda them with revolvers and a Winchester that the government was seeking an in detail as a guide to biddersj as to tion of the Porto Rican expeditionary rifle. The robbers blew open the ex honorable peace with the United what th«v must furnish. force. An effort will be made to avoid press car door with dynamite a n 1 also States. An official dispatch from Porte the mistakes of the Santiago campaign. blew the safe open. The car Was com There are 2,487 different varieties of The expedition to go against Porto Rioo pletely demolished. The amount se Rico says 150 cases of ammunition ex ploded there, killing 14 persons and fire escapes and ladders to be used in will consist of between 25,000 and 30,- cured is not known. No one was hurt ca e of emergency. wounding many more. 000 men. in the explosion. Our Flag Now Floats Over Santiago. G e r m a n O p in io n C h a n g i n g . London, July 19.—The Berlin corre spondent of the Daily News, suggesting that friction between the foreign office and the admiralty led to the Irene in- cident, says: Nothing, 1 know posi- tively, would be more inconvenient and disagreeable to the German cabinet tiian trouble with the United States. A letter from Manila is going the rounds of the press here ridiculing, grossly exaggerated, the reports of the savagery of the insurgents. W a r n in g t o A m e r ic a . ,O N L Y IN 21, 1898. G o ld - L a d e n S t e a m e r S t. P a u l A r r iv e s at S an F r a u d neo. .Will practice in all the enurta Special attention given to diseases ol women and children. OiJice. Cor. Third and Biggs Sts. M IL L IO N S a t t o r n e y - a t - l a w . T)B8. J. EDGINGTON A OLIVE HARTLEY. F. E. BROWN COU NTY, OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , JU L Y The Twice-a-Week DETROIT FREE PRESS needs no Introduction Its many special ar tides by note id writers have given it a world- ride reputation. la short, ft is one of the London. July 19.—The Statist says it thinks the world’s wheat crop for 1898 will be 45,000,000 quarters larger than the crop of 1897, reaching 325,- 000,000 quarters. Continuing, the Statist says: “ We think America has entered upon a period of great prosperity, which will last for years if no great folly is committed. We hope the Re publicans will have the firmness and patriotism to resist the politicians and refuse to allow unwise currency legis lation. ” (le a n in g th e H arbor. M in o r N< w s I t e m s . Washington, July 19.—It is expect Spain is arming a third fleet and ex ed by the navy department that but pects to have it at sea in five weeks. few ehips of Admiral Sampson’s squad President McKinley will take no ron will enter the harbor at Santiago. Enough vessels will be sent in to put vacation until the war crisis is passed. The harbor patrol vessels, Governor the baibor in condition for naval oper Russell, East Boston, Arab and Apache, ations. will join the blooka«Jing squadron off St. Thomas banhs attached 6,000 Cuba. tons of American coal in an action for Methodist missionaries are to be sent damages growing out of the refusal of into the different Spanish possessions the government to pay a draft made by which will soon pass to American con Consul Van Hone. trol. _ - S p a in S t r e n g t h i n g H e r D e f e n s e s . London, July 15.—The Gibraltar cor- indentof the Daily News says: 'ifteen thousand men have recently arrived to garrison Tarifa. The Span iards except an attack on the St/aits. A thousand men are working at the earthworks, and drummers and band- men are doing sentry duty. ' Peace or war is the all-absorbing topic at Madrid, and the desire for peace on any terms seems to be unani mous among the masses of the people, as continuation of the war will prac tically result in national destruction- Swift & Co. have been awarded a contract to furnish about 100,000 pounds of meat daily to the army. Refugees from Cienfnegos, Cuba, who arrived in Jamaica, say it is a mis take to suppose the Spanish soldiers don’t want to fight A Washington dispatch says that 35,- 000 horses and mules, with forage, will be immediately forwarded to Cuba for the army of invasion. The ani mals, with necessary forage, will con stitute three or four hundred shiploads on the largest transjKrrts with the ut most crowding. Four of Garcia’s men have died from over-eating, and three others who went swimming after gorging themselves were found dead. Maj.-Gen. Shafter holds a medal of honor awarded to him for distinguished agllantry in the battle of Fair Oaks. Va., May 81, 1862. The defenses of Santiago are charac teristically Spanish, consisting, as they do, of lines of barb-wire fence back of which are rifle pits and then block houses of forts. Captain Harrington, detaohed from command of the monitor Puritan, is in the hospital at Key West, having been stricken with paralysis. •j The road from Baiquiri to the front was improved by the engineers so that the heavy wagons and seige guns could pass. Out of 140 colored volunteers exam ined at Topeka, Kan., 86 were accept ed. Many were rejected because of underweight. The average vonng negro was six feet tall, but is 15 pounds lighter than the average white of the game height Spain Preparing for an Expected Uprising. PROCLAIM STRICT CENSORSHIP T h<i G o v e r n m e n t A p p a r e n t l y Ia A b o u t Hr N u n f o r F e a e e —M in is t e r C o r r e a ’s B q KI j T a l k —F o r b i d d e n to P u b lis h A n y W r lt in is W ith o u t A u th o r ity . ' Madrid, July 18.—.A t}e«creehas been published.suspending throughout Spain the rights of individuals as guaranteed* by the constitution. The governufent wishes to have full ’power to suppress evidences of discord or rebellion which might appear. The decree of the captain-general of Madrid says decrees suspend mg the constitutional guarantee throughout the kingdom have been published, and a state of war exists. It-is ordered that no meetings take place without previ ous authority of the military authori ties. It is also forbidden to publish, without previous authorization, any writings, engravings or designs what ever. The decree concludes by specify ing the punishment for those who dis regard the orders issued. The publication of the decree is ac cepted as proof that peace negotiations are actually in progress. Premier Sagasta is quoted as saying: “ Spain wants peaoe, hut it must be an honorable peace, as Spain deserv*. The army is anxious to resist to the last, but the government cannot con sent to such a useless sacrifice. Had we our fleet, the situation would have been very diflerent.” The pacific tendency is increasing, the general public taking a favorable view of the suggestion that the powers should attempt .the re-establishment of peaoe, but it is said, oontraxv to reports current, France has not taken the initiative. The minister of war, General Cor rea, is quoted as saying iq an irfter- view, he thought peace* might be ar ranged on the following terms: “ The United States and Spain to agree to let the Cubans decide by pleb iscite whether they desire inde{>eiid- ence or autonomy under the suzerainty of Spain. The governments to agree to abide by the result of the" plebiscite, aud in the event of the Cubans voting fcr indejiendence, the United States to allow Spain nine months in which to withdraw her army gradually and dig- nifiedly from Cuba, as soldiers should, after having fought-like heroes.” Continuing the minister for war said: “ We ought to retain Porto Rico at all costs in order to be always near Cuba, which the Americans will l»e able to despoil in course ol time, and in order to more easily communicate with the South American republics, which daily display tlie greatest enthu siasm for Spain. • • ' “ As to the Philippine island!, it is certain we will retain them, even though the Americans succeed in oc cupying Manila, of which place their occupation will l>e most brief. An official dispatch announces that the rebel chiefs and Americans will not al ways agree, which is to Spain’s advant age. The government has formed a scheme, which will not only assure Spain the possession of the Philippine inlands, but which will restore their tranquility.” On leaving the cabinet council this evening, the ministers professed still to l«e witiiout confirmation of the re ported capitulation of Santiago. BROUGHT TO A STOP. F rench G nnb<«^t H e ld U p In G u a n » * , u n tn o K n y A f t e r H o u r « . Playa del Este, Guantanamo Bay, July 16.—A French gunboat of a trout 2,000 tons displacement attempted to come into the harbor about dusk to night without permission, aud met with a surprise party. The cruiser Marblehead fired a blank shot as the gunboat came into the entrance to the '«arbor, hut no . attention was [raid to this, and a shot from a 6-j>oun<ler was sent across her bows. This, too, whs disregarded, the gunboat coming along under full steam. For a few minutes it looked as if a row was possible. The trumpets on the Marblehead rang out a call *to quarters, and another shot was sent across the Frenchman’s bow, this time in uncomfortable proximity. That warning was sufficient, however, and the Frenchman etopjied with extreme suddenness. It is against naval custom for a war vessel of one nation to enter a port which the vessels of another nation are blockading, unless permission ia granted. The captain of the French gunboat was either in ignorance of the American occupation, or chose to dis regard it until foroibly reminded of the fact by Comrrxxlore McGaila. The gunboat was allowed to anchor in the lower harbor for the night. T r e a tin g th e W a u n d e d . Washington, July 14.—Surgeon-Gen eral Van Reypen, of the navy, received a report from the surgeons with the fleet siiowing that in many cases of wounded, some of them serious, no rise of temjierature or an accumulation of pus has appeared. From a medical standpoint this is said to he a great ad vance from the conditions during the civil war, and is attributed to the intro duction of antiseptic treatment of wounds. It shows that no fever fol lows the wound, and that in the ab sence oi pus, the wonnds heal rapidly, without complications. .Considering the great number of wounds to be treated, new and hereafter, this is re garded as a most satisfactory siiowing. S a g a s t a K h tfts t h a R e s p o n s i b i l i t y . Madrid, July 18.—Premier Sagasta declared that the government in Cuba has not intervened in the negotiations for the surrender of Santiago. He adds that the surrender came within the province of General Toral, and under his responsibility, and the general sim ply announced the garrison bad capit« dated.
