The People's republic., May 19, 1898, Image 1

VOL.
I.
WASCO, SH E R M A N
IHIINCS (>!•’ THE WEEK
L A T IR
NEW S.
.NEARLY ALL IN
A force of telegraphers la to at
|»any tha M anila ei|*edltlun.
What Has Happened In the
CivUUed World.
Crlapl, tha Ita lia n statesman, «ays
England's motives In socking an a lii*
anoe are purely aelflan.
Aa a result of General M e rritt'a pro-
test that regular« Instead of volunteers
war« narwhal for tha P h ilip p in e espedl«
f i l i KN IN T H E I'KKNM Dl.Hi’ATCR Efl lion, thran regiments of Iroops no« at
Tampa w ill likely be »«nt to M anila.
A
M a v ì« « « r li t a R e s i a i ik a
l*aat B e r e a ! » • / • la T itle a a d
A ll F a r « l< a I am , d e.
TIi« Cabana are join ing the Hpaniah
arm y.
luaurgwnt sympathisers havo
received inatrsetioas not to realat
Blanco's
conscription
order, and
lilanco'a army thua la being tilled w ith
Hpaln'a enemies.
Tim North i irruían G saetteof Berlin
•ays It loara« the in»urg«-tits of tha
P h ilipp ine islán,la have secured all (ha
Andrew Carnegie, in an Interview ,
anna stored at <'avite arsenals.
aaya w ar la lik e ly to lie quickly ended,
A Madrid dla|>atuh says It la r*|*>rted ami that pr aoa w ill lx, In sight w ith in
that a alrong nillltarjr expedition la he- tan day«. Permanent retention of Jiha
In f organised at Carila ami that It » III Philippines lie doc» not thin k adVlsahlo
shortly proceed to tha P h ilippine Islands for prudential t «asons.
C O U N T Y , O R E G O N , T H U R S D A Y , M AY
Eighty Thousand Voi
untccrs at Mobil­
izing Points,
MUSTEK IS ALMOST COMPLETE
R a J a v le A V u l u n l e . r a W i l l H e r a t « « T r a a » -
p o r t u l l u a a n d F ..»< l ( l e a e r a l M e r r i t t
< r e > llle .l W i t h W e l U e t a I t e t u a r h a l t l e
a ta te m e » « .
B U L L E T IN
I.« » g
< '» r t a 't a
ONLY.
th e
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S u p p l,
19,
189«.
-CUT THE CABLE
Washington, M ay 18.— An order w u !
(»sited thia m orning, signed by Hocre- ’
tary Long, relative to the publication C o l l n n t
d news emanating from the navy de- A 7 “ 11“ 111
partm eut, considerably curtailing the
«upply of inform ation that haa hereto-
fore been rather freely given ont.
The
secretary's order was directed to Cap­
tain Crownirishield, chief of the n avi­
gation bureau, and he in turn gave it
m t by making an order in his own
name, that no person connected w ith
bis bureau In any capacity should have
any conversation whsteVe.r on subject«
In any way |srrtainlng to the navy w ith
representative« of >he meat.
As an
offset, It was ordered th a r bulletins of
such acta aa have actually occurred and
are proper for pubPcatiou ami are not
connected w ith d ia lin g or projected
movements, shall lie prepared and post­
ed on Die b ulletin boatd.
The sum total of the inform ation
published by the bulletin board today
under this rule w its a notice of the in-
tention to start the P h ilipp ine expodi-
tion, and of the permission given to
some foreign neutral veeBfele to pass the
blockixfe at Havana.
In explanation of the iasttanoe ot thia
order, tlie naval authorities say that
some leading American newspapers
have tieen so far lacking in ¡«irio tis m
as to p rint plans of campaign and pro­
jected movements of naval ship«, w ith
the result that the war hoard has been
obliged to ooiupletely revise its plana,
in the knowledge '.hat tho Spanish ha !
promptly taken notice of tho publica­
tions, and were preiared to profit by
them.
Washington, May I« .—-Rejxirts rn-
oeived by A d ju ta n t-!le n e ta l Corbin up
to lOu'oock tonight Indicate that HO,-
0O0 volunteer? have been inohili«<<d in
the servicn.
Unless something uufor-
seen occurs, a ll of the I9A.000 Volun­
teers w ill have been muatsnxl into
service, and l»e in th e ir ,M*rman«ut
cam ,« or en route thereto by the oml
of tho Week.
A ll day Inquiries have l»een pouring
in from governors of states aa to
whethar tire department would pav the
ei,reuse of and allow per diem com­
pensation to the men who responded
to the governor*« call and were subse­
quently rejected by the exam ining
officers. A decision has been reached
that the government w ill pay trans-
,<ortrth>n and subsistence of all reject­
ed recruits, previous to th e ir rejection,
Including transportation and eubsist-
O FF IC IA L IN F O R M A T IO N .
once from the state camp to their
h" ,nwM- I**» l * r <>!•■ W ill, however. D a w r y A d v is e d T h a t T r o n p e W i l l H oun
be allowed, os the men were not in the
I»« « u R o u t« .
United Htaloe arm y.
The various
Washington, May 18.— The naval de­
states w ill have to bear the pax diem partment iaaued the following bulletin
expenses.
today, «mbtalying aucb official inform a­
tion of tlie day aa the department re­
W a n t« K v g u la r T ro o p s .
New York. May IH .— The Tribune garded projwr for publication:
A d m iral Dewey was informed that
to lay aaya:
M ajor-G eneral Wesley
M e rritt may not go to the Philippines officers, men and supplies would be
in command of the tri»q>s to he sent to w rit out to M an ila by tlie C ity ol
the assistance of Bear-Admiral Dewey. Peking. Alioot 1,900 tro o(* w ill go.
M r. K n ig h t, correspondent of tlie
In an interview last night General
Ixiiidou Times, having leceived the
M e rritt sai<1:
“ 1 may not go to the Philippines at neceasarv |>ermi»eion from the Spanish
government to land at Havana, if en­
a ll.
I l is pro|»«»e-| to give me 18,000
men, only 1,000 of them regulars, ami tering the port by a neutral vessel,
the rest volunteers, and tboae from the haa be.*n granted permission by the
Northwest, who have had little oppoi- navy de|>aitmcnt to take passage by the
fa u lty for trainin g and discipline.
I German steamer Polaris, which vessel
have asked the department lor at least la given permission to pass the block­
4.000 regular troopa, for I believe they ade. Tlie department hopes to make
w ill l»u required. There w ill he no op­ an exchango of prisoners at an early
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portunity to train the volunteer forces date.
T':o B ritish steamer M y rtle Dean
before they start or after they get to
Manila.
I w ant enough disciplined has i»een granted |*ermi**iou to go to
tnatps so that the whole laxly w ill la) Cardenas, as was previously granted to
the Norwegian vessel Folsjo.
as effective as possible.”
The Austrian man-of-war, Empress
“ Are you going to Washington to Xeo
M aria Teresa, w ill visit Unban joirto.
at>oul thia matter?"
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01
T n n ,
I d lS
Under Fire of
Cienfuegos.
ONE KILLED. SIA WOUNDED
r in la h e « th e W o rk
V o lle y ,
F ro m
K n o w n to
llo r e
Ir, S p il e n t T e r r i b l e
b b o ro
Ite « «
A e o n le b
I . osa
I l e o « , — F o r t s
• t l l o r b o r B n tr a o n o K e ilo r e W .
NO . 5.
A D M IR A L
A tta c h
on
DEW EY
M a n ila H a s
M nAa.
W A ITS.
We» Y e t B .
'1 SHORT HELAT
('a v ite , via Hong Kong. May 17.—
**1 am m aintaining a strict blockade.
I have reason to believe that the rebels
are In-mining in the city by land, but
they have made no demonstration.
There la a scarcity of provision« io
M anila.
It is probable that the Span­
ish governor w ill be obliged to Barren«
der soon. 1 can take M an ila a t any
moment.
The clim ate 1« hot and
moist. May 11, we captured the gun­
boat Callao, attem pting to run the MOBILIZATION
blockade.
We have plenty of raaL 1
Cuban Move Postponed
Awaiting Result
of Battle.
One B ritish, one French, taro G erm an
and one Ja,/ancse vessel are here ob­
serving.
“ D E W E Y .’ »
<>»«» T w e » t , - W t
OF VOLUM I I KS
T k n a s a n d W « a , t 'n m
p n n tn g T R I r t y - K l x a t R « g ln ,« n l a I I « « «
B « « n ( lr < i« r n t
A • • « , , . 1.1«
» • n a . ig a M a t i a n a l P a r k .
< b te B -
Washington, M ay 17.— T h e dispatch­
Key West, May 17.— A m id a perfect
es from Hong Kong brought welcome
W ashington, May 18.— Or,le-a were
storm
o
f
shot
from
Spanish
rifle«
ami
Tha Spanish people have a new object
news In la y from A d m ira l Dew^y to given General Miles this morning sus­
Th« w ar departm ent’« plana for an of w rath. England la execrate ’ upon
batteries, the American forms ent the the president, and particularly to Sec-
pending for the present the movement
Im m ediate Invasion of Cnltn bava been a ll a h la a ami by all class«*« at M adrid,
cvble at Cionfuegaa Wednesday morn- retary Long and the. naval officer« who
m aterially changad by tha news of Iha ami tha feeling against B ritis h e r' 1» In-
irig. Four determined l»oat orews, un- are watching the adm iral's movements of the Invading army upon Cuba. The
presence of th« Hpaniah fleet III Want ten»«.
<'h am lierlain ’a alliance apeaolt
der oommand of Lieutenant Winslow w ith an much intereaL W h ile no ap- suspension was induce,! by the pro xim ­
Indian «atara. It w ill delay tha utovo- la the cause of the outburst.
'
and Ensign Mnrgrnder from the cruiser prehension existed as to his security, ity of the Spanish Cape Verde squad­
Uiant for a lim a.
nevertheless réassurance of safety is a l­ ron to Cuban waters.
I t is deemed by
Dos Ignacio da la Torre, son-in-law
Marblehead, and the gordamt Nash­
T h a K p a n la h flo a t sighted off M a r­
ways pleasant.
Tbe telegrams In ­ the department to tie the part of w is­
of Preaidant Dias, of Mt-iiuo, la touring
ville, put out from the ship«, the coast dicate that Dewey has lost none of the
t in iq u e la s aid to b a v a <*ou»i«ted o f t h a
I l i a United Status,
l i 1» understood
dom not to risk landing troopa on
large warship« and two torpedo l»>«ts. , hM , h, o tl> H |o ( , h e v ( , lt „ t(>
having previously been shelled.
pnatige gain«-,I in his memorable fight
Ilia
Am erican squad run m a r Han on the (asiple of the United States that
The work o f the volunteers was per­ ol two weeks ago, and that while he re­ Cuban soil u ntil a landing can I a
Juan Includes Hamps-ui's si« strongest
ilous. The eruiser Marbleh -ad and the frains from taking tbe c ity of M an ila, effects,! under the protection of a
M cilco la in sympathy w ith this coun­
warshl|Hr, tha New York, Iowa, C in ­ try during the present w ar w ith b ,« in .
gunboat Nashville and the an u liary he has it practically at hia mercy. Tbe stronger fleet than is to w available for
cinn ati, Indiana, lle tro it and M ay­
adm iral expresses the belief that tbe the purpose.
cruiser Windom drew up 1,000 yards
Preparations fa. the relief «* x |< - 1111 < ,n
flower.
rebels are hemming the city in by
Tbe war department today issued or-
to be sent to the Philippines are l>eing
from shore with their guns manned
The transport steamer (Inasle, which
land, but the fact that he says e x p lic it- ders for the assembling of 2 9 .08 ; vel-
hurried
in
both
the
m
ilita
ry
and
navy
ready
for
der,»-rate
duty.
One
entile
left Key Weal w ith a hig e>|»x||||on lor
ly that they have made no demonstra- ontee „ at Chickamauga.
This em-
departments, aaya the M adrid corre-
ha<l already been cut, and the Work
Cohn Wednesday Bight, had a lively
tion seems to disprove thoroughly the »
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spoudent of the New York W orld. F ive
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braces
88
regiments
and
five
batteries.
waa
in
progress
on
the
other
when
the
engagement
w ith
Ih a
Spanish at
published reports that they had al-1
battalions,
each
1,200
men,
under
eight
These
troops
are
divide.!
among
the
Spaniard«
in
rifle
pits
and
a
battery
on
_ Cabanas, province of Pinar del Rut, hut
ready enter©,] M an ila and bad begun a
officers, are assembled at Cadis. Barce­
different states.
a point standing out in tbe bay opened careet of bloodshed and rapine.
w aoroceded in acoompliabihg her mission.
lona and Valencia, all ready, or w ill lw
I t is stated at the war department
Are.
T ha Gusale carried 7,000 rltles ami a
ready for embarkation thia «eek.|
that tbe order to the New Y n ik and
The warship« poured in a thunderous
NO FOOD THERE.
large amount of amm unition for the
F irs t Massachusetts regiments to pro­
volley, their gnus belching forth mas­
A dis|>atch from Havana la to the
Cabans. A later report sars tho Cu­
K e c o a e - n t n r f o i N e a r ly A l l D e a d -P itt -
ceed to Tampa by water has l**©n coun-
sive shells into the swarms of the ene­
bans failed to iu,*e| the Guaaio, and e ffe c t that an American war vessel en-
f u l S t a t e o f A f f a ir e .
termanded. The troops w ill go to that
my.
The crews of the boats calmly
gaged in removing tor|*edoc« at Cardenas
aha did not affect a lauding.
Key West, May 17.— The conditions place by rail.
proceeded w ith their desperate work,
Cha<ia reigns at Nuevila». Cuba. I was blown up, sml that the entire crew
in Havana, resulting from the block-1
notwithstanding the fact that a num ­
Every Isiat In tha harlsir has been pwriali*!. The report is conflruii><| * t
W e ltin g fo r th e V ic to r y .
ade, are being gradually brought out
ber bad fallen, and flnishod it, return­
Jammed into the narrow rhannel to let i M adrid In a di«|>atch from Havana
Tam pa, F la ., M ay 16.— D 1« thought
by information obtained from fishing
ing to the shi,« through a blinding
sunk at tha flist sign of attack.
Two which says a naval boat has txen blown
smacks and other small vessels cap­ th a t the sighting of the Spanish Le t
smoke and a heavy fire.
thooaaud soldiers gumd the entrance, up o f f Cardenas, resulting In the loss
ture,] off the coas’ . Affairs at Havana w ill cause the postponement of tho sail­
One
man
in
a
Marblehead
boat
was
of
170
lives.
The
United
States
thx»t
13 lUllas from the city.
Tha Spanish
to w appear to lie worse than at any ing of the fleet of transports for Cuba.
killed,
and
six
were
seriously
wounded,
officers
off
Havana
harbor
have
not
commander told tho starving oil i Bens
Now that there is another chance for a
tim e since the Weyler regime.
one of whom, Robert Boltx, is now at
hoard
of
it.
to go Into tha country, as he could not
The fishermen who at first braved decisive conflict between the fleets,
Key
We«L
and
is
expected
to
die
before
fee., them.
Many soldiers are joining
Kvhlenee that a meeting betwoen the
tbe blockade for tbe high price which army movements w ill w a it u n til that
morning, •
bullet
having passed
tha Insurgents to get fond.
Coiidttoua Hitanish Cap« Verdes squadron and that
fish brought in Havana, now run the conflict, which it is hofietl w ill re m it
through
the
base
of
his
btain.
H
arry
at Puerto Principe are s till worse.
ol Sampson or Schley, possibly both, la
risk, not for money, but for food. A in the destruction of the enemy, shall
Hendrickson, who also may die, was
number of these have been captured by actually take place. Should A d m iral
A Washington special aayst
A hig Im m inen t la con la in n I in a s|>erial <lis-
shot through tbe abdomen.
surprise awaits the Spanish adm iral If patch from Washington, which an-
the vessels of the blockading fleet, Sampson prove victorious, no doubt is
More than 1,000 infantrym en on shore
nearly all ot them being released after entertain©,] th a t orders w ill be given
ha sails for M artinique,
There he la norno«« that Hpaln'a fleet in the C a rib ­
kept up a continuous fire, and the bul­
apt to find a new squadron, composed of bean s«-a is to la* met by a United
having been questioned by our officers. for instant embarkation, and the op­
lets from tlie machine guns struck the
Prs pa rations are be­
They a ll nnite in picturing the state portunity the army has been longing
the Oregon. M a rie lla , lluff.do, Nich- Slate« »quailron.
w
arsh
ije
100
times,
but
did
no
great
theroy,
Montgomery, Yale and St. ing made to effect a junction of Rear-
of things at Havana as being p itifu l in for w ill be at hand.
damage. Commander Maynard, of tbe
Joseph E. W heeler, the old Con­
the extreme.
Lottla. Au order has hero sent to A d ­ A d m ira l Sampson’s and the flying
Nashville, was slightly wounded by a
The press dispatch boat Kate Spencer federate cavalry leader, recently com­
m iral Sampson to effect a Junction with squadrons w ith a ll possible dispatch.
rifle bullet, that, before striking him ,
has accumulate«] all the facts obtainable missioned major-general of volutdeers,
Captain C lark amt than remain near
The oontlnusd presence in Uanada of
passed through the arm of an ensign,
along the blockading line, tbe last news w ill command th e U nited States cav­
M artinique.
Under orders tha Oregon Senor l ‘olo y Barnaba, late Hpaniah
whose name is unknown.
Lieutenant
being obtained through two captures alry in the Cuban army of invasion.
has been m aking rapid tim e since she m inister to thia mmntry, and the reennt
Winslow was shot In the hand, m ak­
made by the gnnboat Machias, which M ajo r G allin ger w ill be inspector-gen­
left llahla.
reports which reach hereof hia activity
ing three o ill cent wounded in a ll.
has Just returned here for the first time eral of cavalry.
The » h-realmnts of theS|»«nlsli Cape there in behalf of the Hpaniah oause,
When the Spanish had been driven
Nearly 1,600 troops, regulars and
since the blockade opened, making the
Verde fleet h »» at la»t been definitely have given riae to the auggiwthm in
from the rifle pits, many of them took
longest single service of any blockading state m ilitia m e n , arrive.] in Tampa to­
ascertained.
Secretary Ixmg haa re­ Washington tlia t it m ight lie a proper
refuge in the lighthouse fortress, upon
day and went into camp.
vessel off Cuba.
ceived advices from M artinique, W in d ­ proc«e«ling on the part of this govern­
which the fire of tbe ships ba I been
"N o ; I am sending an officer. I had
The Machias canght two fishing boats
ward islands, that It had been sighted ment to direct the attention of the
LA T E S T FR O M FRANCE.
centered.
A 4-inch shell from the
T h e P h ilip p in e E x p e d itio n .
off Havana just before her return here.
to the westward of that island.
Upon B ritish government hr the ex-m inister's eonveraation w ith I>r. Bourns, of A t ­
W indom tor« Die structure to pieces,
W ashington, May 16.— I t is said at
receipt of this inform ation latng Im m e­ course, as a violation of the n eu trality lanta, who is fam ilia r w ith the P h ilip ­ X » l A n v lo u a t o I n c u r O u r I l l - W i l l — k illin g many and burying others in the The Americans offered the fishermen
pines, and cunie on to see me, ami he
money for part of their catch, ax the the war department that General M er­
C h a r g e « R n r - lu n d W i l l i M l« r h l « r .
diately ordered Commodore Schley, at I mwm .
ruins. The H,iansih loss is known to
r it t w ill command the P h ilipp ine ex|>e-
and Colonel Hughes w ill goto Wa«hing
Ham ,don roads, Io pot Io aea w ith the
Paris, M ay 18. -—The Journal dea have been very heavy, the warship« fish were needed on board, but the d itio n .
S|ianish prisoners are being closely
flying squadron. It la la-lievcd that the guarded. Officers as well as privates tou together. The only way I could get Detwrta, in a long article today, re­ firing hundreds of shot and shell right fishermen demurted at taking money,
H im ila r orders to proceed to the
preferring to have bread, and adding
squadron has been sent in pursuit of are kept umler aurveilance at Fort Mc­ more ragulat lroo|«s would be to take flects the anxiety experienced in gov­ into their tuidsL
Philippines were sent to M ajo r-G en ­
them
from
the
army
now
in
Florida
for
that
they
were
desperately
hungry.
the Spanish IlccL
ernment circles here res|a*cting the
Follow ing is a list of the badly
Pherson.
Cuban invasion; hut 1 feel that I do feeling a mu sod in America on account
When questioned as to the preva­ eral E. 8. Otis, commanding the de­
The end of the severed M anila cable
wounded:
Astoria
celebrated
the
opening
of
the
lence of yellow fever at Havana, the partm ent of the Colorado. Tbe order«
not want to go on this expedition utileaa of France’s open sympathy w ith Spain.
is said to tar on hoard nn American war
Herman W . Kuchnelxtcr, private
Astoria A Colnmhia Itlv e r railroad by I have an e n tire ly adequate force, and I t ways:
fishermen said there was little sickness to General Otis direct him to report to
Vessel.
marine, shot through the jaw , probably
sending nn excursion of 10 cars to i t least five regiments of regular
at the Cuban capital, but they added General M e ir itt for duty under bis
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The
whole
a
ffa
ir
is
a
misunder­
fatal;
Hurry Hendrickson, seaman,
T he Spanish “ offlcQtl” version of the Portland.
direction in the P h ilip p in e islands.
troopa."
standing. French opinion at the o ut­ shot through tbe liver, probably fatal; there was much starvation. The re- General Otis w ill be second in com­
iMimhardment of San Juan is that tho
The
department
promises
to
send
ooncentiados,
they
said,
are
nearly
all
More soldiers ate needed for service.
set of the war certainly regarded tho Ernest Suntenic, apprentice, fracture [
American flovt was ghuinujly loutten
-k» i „•
i ».
i
. i dead, or have been expelled from the mand, and w ill act as m ilita ry governor
There is a strong probability that the men, h it history and experience show United States in tho wrong, and some of r.ght
back.
leg; John J. Doran, ho. . - city ,o
, ubo|^
of the islands in case of the absence or
that
in
such
expeditions
all
depend«
This agrees
president w ill «non issue a call for loy,-
of the palters express this opinion in w ain ’s mate, gunshot wound in rig ht
disab ility ol General M e rritL
Orders
Oermatty has iutlm atixl to the Unitixl
upon
the
tlist
force
sent.
How
can
the
w
ith
other
reports
from
Havana
and
TOO ailditionnl Volunteers.
an aggressive tone. The Americans, buttock; John Davis, gunner's mate,
J^tates, It is s.ih, in London, that she
Charleston stuit if there are no men however, should not have taken the
Matanzas to the effect that the 8|<anish were also i»,iied for an arm y corps of
^«Sports to have a voice in the disposi­
wound in rigtit leg; W illia m Levery,
The wnr revenue h ill has been called
ready? General Otis may I n * w illin g to m atter tragically, for of all foteignera,
authorities, on the departure of tbe about 12,000 men for im m ediate duty
apprentice, wound in left leg; Robert
up in the senate.
Allison prem-nted it
tion of the P h ilip p in e islands.
T his corps w ill
go on without four or more regiments our natuinl sympathies are for the
consul, seised a ll the supplies and ap­ In tbe Philippines.
Boltx, seaman on tho Nashville, se­
A iNiarding-house burned in Chicago * and made a statement to the effect that of regular triatps and take only 1,000
plied them to the use of the army. be made up of regulars ami volunteer
Uti'tod
States,
and
our
government
verely wounded.
and three of tho inmates lost their the lu ll w ill produce $160,000,000 an­ trained men, w ith 14,000 undisciplined
Tbe Spaniards then drove the reconcen­ organisations stationed on tlie Pacific
throughout has act «at moat correctly."
The remains of Eagan, who was
coast and in the fa r Western states.
lives, while four other were iiijurad. nually.
>nes, hut I am not. 1 do not propose
A fter charging Great B ritain w ith killed in tlio Marblehead boat, wore trados into the desolated sections of the
The New York correspondents im ­ to go w ithout a force that is suitable
A iiutnlier of narrow eaoapos are re-
country,
between
the
co
st
towns
and
T h e H a r b o r M in e d .
being at the bottom of tlie mischief, buried at sea.
prisoned in Fort Cabanas in Cuba are to my rank.
ported.
I shall stay rig ht here If and declaring that it is Am erica’s busi­
the insurgent lines, tbe regions de­
San Francisco, May 16.— The Bulle­
Tbe
Marblehead
and
Nashville
used
scribed by Senator Proctor and others tin says: Alm ost w ithout the know l­
A Washington eortespondent rays «sv«*d. General Blanco has courteously 1 do not go to the Philippnes. 1 do not ness, if she decides to interfere in dis­
th e ir heaviest guns, as w ell as th e ir
that A dm iral Dexrey has hail Instruc­ icceilml to an exchange, which w ill be expect anything w ill bo done in the tant affairs, the article concludes:
as being too barren and desolate to sup­ edge of ptieple around and about Han
small rapid-fire guns, and hundreds of
tions sent him from Washington order­ made at once.
m atter u n til it la certain what I nm to
Francisco, for two weeks past the har­
" W h a t concerns is is that America shots were thrown into tho Spanish port grasshoppers.
John Lee, of Birm ingham , A la ., shot have for the pur|a>seof theex ja x litio n ." should not, In taking up the question
ing the im m ediate destruction of all
The insurgents themselves hav< been bor and its approaches huve la*en set
troops.
On
board
the
ships
a
number
Spanish warships ami forlitluutions at three men to almw that he was not
of international domain, start w ith of men were slig h tly wounded. One chary of receiving the reconcentrado«, w ith torpedos and trines. The work is
M « r r l * m In C h s r ( « .
nfiaid of the Spaniards.
He became
the Philippines.
and hundreds of the latter, who had no not e n tire ly completed, bnt is nearly
preoonceived ideas against us, and de­
Han Franciaoo, May IH. — M ajor-G en­ nounce the g ,aa i understanding w ith of the cables had been cut when the personal friends
in
the insurgent' «o. For 14 days, the government tug­
Spain is overrun
with
plotters. enrnge<l upon being tw ittod upon hia
Spaniards
ftpened
fire.
The
marines
in
eral M erriam , commanding the depart­ France which lias been so useful in the
camps, havo been left to starve be­ boat U n a d illa has been placing the sub­
W eylerites, C hi lists and Itcpuhlican« alleged lack of courage.
the
boats
replied
at
once,
and
machine
tween the lines, which they did.
I t in said the president has decided ments of C alifo rn ia and the Columbia, past, ami which is s till more desirable
arc each striving to raise a revolt.
m arine destroyers.
Over 800 torpedos
guns on tire fowrard launch sent in a
About Havana, the situation is even are said to have been placed in position.
T h e ir latest scheme is to obstruct pro­ to abandon the |H*ace(ul blockade, and arrived from Vancouver barracks thia in the future.
T lie French nation stream of bullets, w h ile heavy shells
morning,
accompanied
by
his
aid,
L
ie
u
­
worse.
Hundreds of reconcentrado« T lie U n a d illa did the work mostly at
cedure in parliam ent, sothnt tin* peopl« instead lias iaaued aiders to bombard
was never really hostile to the A m e ri­
He at once assumed cans, who w ill realise this when the from th© warships drove the Spaniards from L a ’ s Foses, the big reconcentrado nighL
w ill ls< hi ail explosive mood whun the every fort u n til H|iain*s guns uro tenant Bennett.
H er lights were dimmed, ami
from
their
rifle
pits
on
shore.
charge of all arrangements for dispatch­ present friction has had timo to disap­
barracks in Havana, were too weak to every precaution taken to prevent spies
tilenoeil.
next Spanish reverse shall ooeur.
T
he
cable
which
was
cut
at
Cien-
ing the Iron|>s for tho P h ilipp ine pear."
w alk out of town and fell in the streets from locating the defenses. Last night
Four of the men killed on the Wins­
French officials deny the charge of
fuegos extende«1 from that city to San­
islands.
or died in the suburb«, where flocks of tho
so far as tlie U n ad illa is e o n -
low were laid nt rest in the city ceme­ violating the neu trality laws.
The
tiago
de
Cuba.
It
does
not’sever
cable
T e m p tin g F a t» .
vulture«, " W e y le r’s chickens," as they oerne
a 'as finished.
The harbor is
tery nt Key West.
They were buried m inister of marine dtxdnrcs ho hns heard
H « v « n I .t v « « l.n s t In » Q ii « h « r l l l a a e .
London, May 18.— A dispatch to the connection w ith Cuba, as there is an­ are now termed in Havana, have feasted
now not only defended by heavy batter­
in the shallow lim e rock, side by side nothing ol permission having been
Ht. H yacinth«, Quebec, May IN.-— A Standard front Corunna says:
The other line in operation between San­ on the remains.
ies, bnt by complete fields of torjaxlos,
w ith the graves of the viclims of tho given the Spanish fleet to coal at the disastrous tiro occurred here today. presence of the British channel squad­ tiago <le Cuba and Kingston, Jamaica.
In Mntnnxas, this feature of the situ­ tbe locations of which are kept secret.
Maine.
The Isnly of Ensign Bagley island of M artlnquo.
The M ateria HL Joaeph was burned, ron ut V illa g a rie r is lik e ly to lead to The severe,! cable is owned by the Cuba
ation is equally distressing.
was sent home for Intelm ent.
The Spanish cabinet has raaigued in causing the loss of seven lives and the some unpleasantness. The idea of nn Submarine Company.
The one in
Tbe fishermen who have been brought
F i v e K i l l e d In New Y o r k .
Sagasts is charged w ith the in ju ry id a number of inmates, of Anglo-American alliance has so In ­ operation to Kingston is owned by tha
There Is a suspicion In Washington « body.
here are soon reconciled to capture,
New Y o rk, M ay 16.— F ive lives were
that Frunehme'n were behind the guns luty of organising n new one, whoso whom there wete 900 In the in s titu ­ flamed the Spaniards th a t the postmen West Indies and Panama Company.
which here means food and decent orushed out and several men were ter-
tion, liy jum ping from the windows. from the fleet when on shore to collect
at Cardenas Wednesday.
I l is said war policy is to be more vigorous. T he
M A N IL A I treatmenL The-V "“ y that lf tho b lw k ‘ I rib ly injured today by tbe collapse of
There
are
also
Hvc
person«
unaccount­
chain
Iters
have
been
asked
to
suspend
SP
A
N
IS
H
LO
SS
AT
they shot ton « e ll for Spaniards.
Au
letteis have l»een hixited anil stoned.
,U A ' | ade continues much longer, bread riots two five-story flat buildings in course
ed for.
The cause of the tire is un­ Threats have boon ntado to stop the
inquiry Is probable, mid if the suspicion their rensions (icuding the solution.
must follow in a ll the large towns, as of erection on East One Hundred and
A
c
k
n
o
w
le
d
g
e
T
h
a
t
3
0
0
W
e
re
K
i
lle d
T ha dead are:
Two laiys supply of provisions to the fleet.
proves to Ire well giootidcd, complica­
The
The lust of Oregon's quota of volun­ known.
food Is reserved exclusively foi the Sixteenth street. Tbe rear and side
a n d AOO W o u n d e d .
tion« may ensue between the United teers have departed for San Fmnciaco. named Boucheman,Sisters Alexandrian, British consul protested to tho alcalde,
army, thus forcing many people to en­ walls fell, carrying some 25 or more
M adrid, May 17.— A Spanish report list who would not otherwise do so.
States and Franco over the Incident.
They wete given an ovation on their P b llippina and DasGagnes; Mrs. Gucr- who explained that the popular resent­
bricklayers and laborers w ith them.
from M an ila admits that the Spanish
from
Portland, buaineaa tin , boarder; Mrs. Denohann, of F a ll ment was due to a belief in the qxlst-
A column of A.000 Spaniards started depnrtar«
F in a lly , the fishermen «ay that cer­ When the work of resoue was stopped
River,
Mass.
T
he
missing
are:
M
aria
lost
300
kille,!
and
600
wounded
when
enoe
of
nn
alliance,
and
to
the
further
for Moron, Cuba, carrying a flag of houses liuving been closed to perm it
tain of the most desperate of the Span ton igh t, the list of killed was;
M illc tte , servant;
Nofletto Mcuncie, impression that tho fleet took wheat Dewey annihilated the Spanish fleet.
truce.
When tlrixl u,>on by the insur­ tmiployes to hid their fiiem ls and
iards threaten to burn Havana or blow
E ric Lidden, 82 years of age, mar­
servant;
Mrs.
Berthiaumc,
boarder;
The dispatch, which was to El Lilieral, the city up in the event of the author­
that properly belonged to the poor.
gents, the commiinder sent word that brothers good bye.
ried.
Sisters
Bouvior
and
Angc.
was dated May 9. It came by special ities deciding to capitulate to
An official announcement Just issued
lie was no longer making wnr upon tho
the
Fred Dickeleke, 68 years of age, a
N h e r m a a ‘1 Sou a C h a p lin .
stenmer to Hong Kong. It says:
Unbans, but was going to the coast to by the governor of tho Island of Ht.
American forces.
Ile n v jr R a llr n a d R e b b a r y .
bricklayer, m arried.
Chicago, May 18.— Rev. Thomas E w ­
"
T
h
e
arsenal
haa
surrendered
and
fight the Americana.
General Lopca Thomas prohibits the delivery of coal
A lb ert Kam iniske, 26 years of age, a
Paris, May ! 8 .— A package contain­ ing Sherman, of tho Society o f Jesus,
San Francisoo, M ay 17.— Edouard
Cavito hat been evacuated by our
replied: "Hpiiin cannot fight the United to the wnrships of the belligerent pow
bricklayer.
ing over 600,000 (runes in securities connected w ith St. Ignacios' church,
Remenyi,
who
has
held
royalty
en­
troops.
The
Spanish
losses
were
800
States w ithout lighting us. T heir w ar ers w ithout previous permission of the and gold was stolen this morning from has been appointed chaplain of tho
Peter Saldowarlo, 60 year« of age, a
the 1 a oar of tho Paris, Lyons A; M ed iter­ Fourth regiment, Missouri N atio n al men k illc i and 600 wounded. The chanted and has enthralled fashionable bricklayer.
la n tira .”
Then ho again opened tiro. governor, who w ill determine
audiences
all
over
the
world,
fe
ll
dead
enemy
sufferer!
considerably,
including
The Spaniarda l<»st VOU men in (our aniuunt each vessel may receive and ' ranean railroad. There is no clew to Guard.
Frederiok lla rte lm a n , 16 year« of
Almost a ll tho men of the one officer killer! on the Olym pia. The this afternoon at the Orpheum theater,
who w ill xu|airvise its delivery.
days* march to the « m .
the thieves.
regiment are Catholics.
F ath er Sher­ Baltim ore was damage,!. Our shell« in this city, w hile playing on hi« v io lin . age. H e was taken out alive, but died
in tbe hospital.
man is the sou of General W . T . Sher­ did not buret, and a ll the enomv'a
N t r a t e g y B o a r d 's l l l f l t c i i l t t * r o h l « i i i .
The U nited Mtates government has
M in e r N ew s Ite m s ,
London, M ay 17.— I t is considered man.
shells burst.
B n < »g«n > en t a t C a r d e n a s.
The entire gang of train rohhera who established censorship of telegrams,
P o s tm a s te r s C a u tio n e d .
T b n n a a n ila K l l l « i l In • C y e ln n « .
"A d m ira l Dewey has had along con­
held up the Santa Fee train near Oro forbidding the transmission of code in London that tho Washington board
M adrid, M ay 17.—- A dispatch from
London, May 18.— A dispatch to the ference w ith the foreign consuls. The
Washington, M ay 16.— Postinuster-
of strategy has a difficult problem to
messages to or from Havana.
G rand, C n l., has tieen lodged In Jail.
Havana says:
Three Am erican w ar­
A c­ Yankoes took and burned our mer­
General Em ory Sm ith today issued tho
The oldeat house In Pennsylvania has solve on account of tho mystprious Standard from The lingua says:
ships have tebombarded Cardenas w ith
On the Yukon, nt a distance of (rum
following order:
cording to a private telegram from In ­ chant ships. Corregidor island wax
movements
of
(tarvera's
squadron,
shell, and have destroyed the B ritish .
700 to H00 miles from the sen, there are been damaged by fire In Cheater. It
" A l l officers and employes ol the
every alleged detail of which Is now re­ dia, a terrible cyclone has destroyed a betrayed.
many points where the river la 90 was b u ilt In 1 OtlH and wa« long used aa
oonsnlate. The Americana attempted 1
w ith the utmost suspicion.
I t great part of Bim a, n seaport town of
postoffioe department are hereby for­
a tavern, and later as a playhouao.
i I garded
"
T
b
e
oonsulnto
assembly
is
disens-
miles wide.
to
land
men
and
am
m
unition
where
Is recognised that Spain'« strategy w ill
the island of Humbawa, M alay archi-
bidden to furnish inform ation pertain­
sing tho horrible situation create,! by the cannonade was the hotest. The
Undergruuml Ixmdon contains H,000 '
Got. W illln m Ayers, who died nt his
! ilo her no go<xl in the end, but al.w> that o pel »go. The shores of Sunibawa bay
ing to or in any way bearing upon the
hunger
and
misery.
W
e
are
isolated
miles
of
sewors,
84,000
miles
of
tele-
I
Spaniards,
however,
were
drawn
up
on
resilience in Philadelphia, enjoyed the
tho war w ill lai more prolonged than areooverod with the bodies of thousands
w
ar to newspapers or person« not con­
by the blockudo and are in fear of an tho shore and replied hotly to the
write»
distinction of having been the first graph wires, 4,880 rn’ M
The town of Kupang,
was at first exported, and th a t the in- of victims.
nected w ith the war department, or to
union prisoner who was exchanged dut* mains, 8,900 miles of gas pipes, all , vasion of Cub« may prove a difficult island of Tim or, eeoaixxl the force of im m ediate attack. Since the cable wax Am erican fire, inflictin g severe losses any other person, unless authorised to
out little has happened.
to the enemy. Seven Spaniards were
Jednitely fixed.
ing tha reliellion.
the hurricane.
matter.
do BO."
“ Th* blockade continue«."
wouuded.
l
«SOOrled by tin* Cadia
H eel.
"S M O K Y S M IT H ,"