Tx The Hooc River 6 acier. It's a Cold Day When We Get Left. ' . ; .. - VOL. IX. HOOD ItlVEll, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1898. NO. 51. Happenings Both at Home : and Abroad. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED interesting Collection of Items From Many Places Culled From the Fress Itoports of the Current Week. The senate has passed the bill pro- Tiding tor mail facilities in the army, The house pnssed the senate bill authorizing the army to feed the Cu bans and the people of the island of Cuba. A special from Madrid says the municipal buildings at Linares have been sacked and the crowd flied on by soldiers. Fourteen were killed and 60 wounded. , , . , The cruiser Charleston" has been placed in commission at Valejo, Cal She will be dispatched with supplies for Dewey after being ducked and over hauled. ' Orders have been sent to Admiral Dewey by the McCulloch from Hong Kong to re-e8tabliHli cable communica tion. Manila is said to be short of provisions and prompt relief measures are necessary to avert suffering. Certain powors, it has been definitely learned, says a London dispatch, have iz. - i t ii t. : . ! Hguiu iii.iuu uvui lurua w vrreufc oniHiii, looking to intervention in the war be' tween Spain and the United States, but Great Britain persisted in her refusal to take patt in such a move. The Yukon, river will be open - for navigation about June 1, snys the latest arrival at Skagway from Dawson. Hia belief is based on tho fact that unusu ally warm weather prevails on the Yukon. Twenty millions of Klondike gold is expected to come out this season. The LaFayette, a French liner, bound from Corunna, Spain, for Havana. Was captured oil the latter port by the gunboat Annapolis, Com manner Hun ker, while trying to run the blockade, after having previously been warned off. ' She had on board a large number of passengers and a valuable cargo, pos sibly containing contraband of war. It is said in Washington that the incident may lead to complications with Franoe. In acooidance with the recommenda tion of the president, embodied in a message Kent to congress, that body passed a resolution of thanks to Com . modoro (now admiral) Dewey, anil the officers and crews of the vessels of his squadron, for their brilliant achieve ment in defeating the Spanish fleet in Manila bay, and in capturing the forti fications and defenses at Cavite. A bill was also passed promoting Dewey to the rank of admiral. . The anti-English sentiment. in Cuba is being fostered by tho Spanish press, and it is rapidly becoming stronger. Porto Rico is said to be on the eve of revolt. The inhabitants are unable to longer endure the present situation. The Spanish gold premium is nearly 80 per cent and the government is try ing to place treasury bills In London, offering as much as 15 per cent, but at present with no prospect of success. , Frederick R. Coudert, the eminent lawyer and jurist, who represented the United States in tho Behriug sea com mission, says the United States may rightfully retain the Philippine islands. Captain Kent, a British torpedo ex pert, who has returned to Toronto, after an examination - of the Maine wreck gives it as his opinion that a ' mine laid by Spanish officers destroyed the battle-ship. ' A dispatch from Kingston, Jamaica, says that General Pando has ordored all the garrison In eastern Cuba to con centrate in Manzanillo, Neuvitas, Gantanamo and Santiago de Cuba. All other places have been evacuated. Between $12,000 and $15,000 went up in flames and smoke on the Linnton road -about three miles from Portland, Or. The property destroyed was M. 1 Bqrelbach's crematory and ontbuidings, together with 110 head of hogs. ( The fire is supposed to have been of an in cendiary origin. : , ; .' San Francisco will at once become a base of important military and naval operations. Before many days .6,000 armed men will be encamped on the Presidio reservation. Orders have been received to this effect by General Mer riam, commanding the department of California and the Columbia. The mail bags on the Spanish steam er Argonaut, which was brought in by the Marblehead contained a letter from Havana under date of April 26, which spoke of suffering among the poorer classes of the population, who were en tirely without means of stippoit. The writer himself said he did not know whore he was to got his dinner. .' Water spouts and tornadoes have played havoc and Ndono hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage near Van Buren, Ark. : Three houses were blown down at Rudy, and it is re ported that Winslow, a summer resort on the top of Boston mountain, . is en tirely gone. The Arkansas rivor is 25 miles wide in places, ami is now four inches higher than it was in 1803, which was the highest on record. : LATER NEWS. The senate has passed the postoffice bill and a bill providing for enlistment of 10,000 immunes in the South. . It is said Spanish spies are apparent' ly at work in this country. Evidence has been discovered of a plot to blow up the looks at Sault St. Marie. - Admiral Montejo, in charge of the Spanish fleet at Manila, Is reported to have been killed by the populace after having escaped from Cavite. Assistant Seoretary Melklejohn has chartered about 80 shins with a ca pacity of 25,000 men. They are to be used to convey troops to the Philip pines and Cuba. - The Spanish government has no money to buy war supplies, and will therefore insist that the cortea sit con tinuously until credits are voted. Pro. visions and especially wheat are becom ing scarce at Madrid. . A correspondent of a London paper says Sagasta knows Spain's cause is hopeless. He acknowledges the situa tion is most grave, and again declares that his country was forced into war by the United States. : The entire army stationed at Chicka- 'mauga Park has been ordered to the trout. The First and Tenth cavalry go to New Orleans, the Second cavalry to Mobile, the Third and Sixth to Tampa. The entire body of infantry goes to Tampa. The torpedo-boat Winslow engaged three Spanish gunboats off Cardenas bay. She disabled one, and put all three to flight, and oame out unscathed Lieutenant Bernardo, Ensign Bagley and the men of the Winslow thought the odds of three to one fair. It Is asserted in Hong Kong that Ad miral Dewey finds the insurgents at the Philippines growing dangerous. He cannot control them, nor can he en able the Spaniards to do so. Massa cres are said to have occurred outside Manila, the insurgents killing Spanish women and children. Under the law Admiral Dewey and his men have become entitled to a rich bounty. Even if the numerical 1m portanoe of the fleet of Admiral Mon tejo has been overestimated, the pffl cera and men of the Asiatio squadron will be entitled to share among them something like $187,000 bounty money, Sir Charles Dilke, an eminent British authority, when asked whether any question of international law or prac tice affected the United States' right to retain the Philippines, said: "None whatever. The ' States will hold the Philippines by th right of conquest. No power or powers will have the slightest title to interfere." News has been received by the navy department that the Spanish Cape Verde fleet has arrived at Cadiz. The object of this move, It is believed, is the concentration ot the entire Spanish fleet for a bold stroke, in accordance" with the plans of the Spanish minister of marine, as unofficially announced from Madrid last week. The return of the Cape Verdes fleet to Cadiz leaves Sampson with no Spanish fleet to fight, except those smaller craft in Cuban waters. , A Madrid dispatch says orders' have been sent to the governor-general of the Philippines to resist to the death . the attack on Manila. A dispatch from Bahia, Brazil, an nounces the arrival there of the battle ship Oregon. It Is said her call at Bahia was in accordance with, instruc tions from' Washington. The cabinet has decided to Inaugurate an agressive campaign against the Spaniards in the Philippines and Cuba. Five thousand troops will be sent to Manila at once from the Pacific coast. Later on Havana will be attaoked from the re ir by the United States and In surgent troops, and by the fleet ' n front. ' Cable advices received from Rear Admiral Sampson announce his arrival off the coast of Hayti with a division of his fleet. .He will remain at the point where he is now located until the department or one of the soouts inform him of the appearance of the Spanish men-of-war, "which sailed from St. Vincent nine days ago. The dons tricked Commander Lam- berton. sayB a Manila dispatch to the New York Herald. He had been sent to take Cavite arsenal. ; He demanded their surrender, but they asked for more time. Upon their request being grant ed they improved their opportunities by fleeing to Manilla and taking with them the Mauser rifles of the fort. , Another tale of death on the Alaska trail has been received at Victoria, 1 B. C. Twenty-two men were engulfed in the waters of an icebound mountain stream near Crater lake. , Of the party not one iffe was saved. The sudden breaking of the ice on which ti e gold - seekers were walking sent them to their doom without, a moment's warn-. ng. The names of the dead are un known. The surgeon of the Castllla says that in the battle of Manila the Spanish Admiral Montejo was wounded. ,The captain, chaplain and. 00 others were killed and 60 wounded on the Castilla. One hundred and fifty were killed and 00 wounded on tre Reina Cristina, Admiral Montelo's flagship. Five were killed and 90 wounded on the Don Juan de Austria; four killcdiand 50 wounded on the Ulloa. 1 The Transport Gussie Starts Across. AMMUNITION AND SUPPLIES Several More Transports Will Be Sent as Soon as They Can Be Loaded Major ' General Nunez lleturos From Cuba Will Conduct a Vigorous Campaign Tampa, Fla., May 11. The steamer Gussie, one of the Mallory line boats, chartered by the government for use as a transport, will sail for Cuba before morning, loaded with arms, ammuni tion and supplies furnished by the United States government for the use of the Cuban insurgents. 1 A company of 100 United States troops from the First regiment of .infantry will accom pany the expedition, and aid in guard ing the landing of the valuable cargo, and will, if necessary, penetrate into the Interior far enough to place the supplies in the hands o the insurgents. The expedition will be in charge of Cap tain VV. H. Dorst, General Miles' aid, who has just returned from Cuba. The Gussie his on board between 6,000 and 7,000 . Springfield rifles, about 20,000 rounds of ammunition, and several hundred boxes flf provi sions, consisting principally of canned meats and hardtack. The utmost eeorecy is maintained regarding the point of landing,' but, in view of Cap tain Do'st's recent landing near Ha vana, where he communicated with the insurgent leader, General Delgado, it is supposed that the expedition will be headed for a point not far from Ha vana. The Gussie had mounted on her forward deck a ohe-pounder rapid fire gun. It is understood, however, that she will be met not far from Key West by a gunboat from the blockad ing equadron, and escorted to the desig nated landing place. : . The ! Whitney, a sister ship of the Gussie; whioh sailed for Dry Tortugas with two companies of the Twenty-fifth infantry, returned today. . It is inti mated that she will follow the Qussio to Cuba as soon as the arms and sup plies can be loaded. - Eefore a week has passed'it is believed the insurgent leaders will have been furnished with arms enough for at least 15,000 men, and, with a base of supplies established on the coast, a "vigorous campaign against the Spanish forces will be in augurated. Large amounts of powder and projectiles for the blockading squadron are now arriving here. , . On Pionic island there are 12 cars loaded with dynamite torpedoes, pow der and other ammunition, which will be sent to Key West, and as many more cars are on the wharf tracks. An extra heavy guard has been placed around the cars. Hundreds of carpenters are at work today fitting up big transports. It is believed now that all of the boats here will be in readiness for loading by Wednesday night. , . ." - General Nunez Returns. Washington, May 11. Major-Gcneral Nunez, of the Cuban army, arrived here last night on his return from land ing a party in Cuba. This landing was effected about two weeks ago, after con ferences between Nunez, General Miles and Senor Quesada, the Cuban delegate, and was for the purpose of opening up communication with Generals Garcia and Gomez. , After a brief conference with Mr Quesada, General Nunez left for New York, where he will report to President Palma The results of his trip areguarded with much care by the Cuban officials here, who deem it inex pedient to discuss what General Nunez did. It is said, however, that his party found no difficulty in establishing com munication with the Cuban command ers in tlie island. , ;'"' : It is understood that General Nunez will continue organizing parties of Cubans to go to the front, and will have command of the . united Cuban forces other than those in the field un der Garcia and Gomez. GOMEZ EAGER TO AID. His Troops Are Badly. In Need of Arms ' and Ammunition'' New York, May 11. A commission er sent to Gomez' camp has returned here. Gomez formally declares his readiiv es to co-operate with Miles and Sampson whenever the United States has available the Jand forces necessary to take Havana without risking many of our soldiers. Hunger in the field almost equals Weyler's cemetery ,' towns. Ten thousand Cuban revolutionists have died in the last four months. Gomez' own forces in Santa Clara are now liv ing vicariously on small game. Other portions are worse,-and but 20,000 healthy soldiers remain. There are 12,000 men in Southeast ern Cuba; 2,000 in Santa Clara under Carillo, 1,500 in Matanzas under Betan tourt; 1,500 in Havana under various email leaders: 8.000 in Pinar del Rip. NO SURRENDER. The Spaniards at Manila Are Still Arrogant. London, May 11. A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Hong Kong says a communication from Manila asserts that the Spaniards are still arrogan and not likely to surrender until the city is blown to pieces. A telegraph operator has gone with the McCullooh to see what can be done with the cable, The Hong Kong correspondent of the Chronicle says the British in Manila have forwarded a petition to Vioe-Ad miral Seymour, commander-in-chief of the Chinese station, for further naval assistance, and it is anticipated that additional ships will be sent there. lhe British consul is working in liar mony with the American commander, but it Is felt that the British interests require supervision . by a force suffici ent to'keop the Spaniards and natives In check. - ! There is no desire to advocate Briit ish acquisition of the Philippines, thus completing the ohain of British posses sions from the Straits settlements by Borneo to this colony. It is felt that the occupation of thi Philippines by any other great European power would be most dangerous to their interests, Business at Manila is at a complete standstill, but the Spaniards are not likely to surrender until the city is blown to pieces. The British inhabit ants, however, are confident that the trouble will soon be over. DEWEY'S PROMOTION. A Substantial Recognition of His He markable Victory. 1 Washington, May 11. A fitting tribute was paid by the senate to Com modore Dewey for the magnifloent vie tory he aohieved in the battle of Manila bay. The message from the president was received recommending that a vote of thanks be extended by congress to Commodore Dewey and the gallant officers 'and men of- his command. Without a word of debate and without a dissenting voice, the senate agreed'to the resolution carrying into effect the reoommenuation of the president. The senate went farther than that. A bill was passed .increasing the num ber of rear-admirals to seven, in order that the president might nominate Dewey to the highest position in the navy within his gift, and that, too, was passed without dissent. In addition, a joint resolution was unanimously agieed to, directing the secretary of the navy to present to Commodore Dewey a sword of honor, and have struok. in commemoration of the battle of Manila, a bronze medal for each of the officers and men who participated in the gallant flirht. The resolution appropriates $10,000 to ena bio the secretary to oarry these provis ions into effect ' MORE TROOPS WANTED. A Secend Call for Volunteers Will Be - Made Soon. : Olympia, Wash., May 11. Governor Rogers today received the following telegram from Representative Lewis, dated Washington: " "Inform any of the Guard omitted from present selected quota that the seoretary of war assures me new quota will be sought .from Washington in next call, which will be in 10 days." The governor said should this second call be made it must be largely filled from companies yet to be organized. Parties desiring can form companies upon a volunteer basis, and if the pres ident makes a call for more troops they will be seleoted from the companies so organized. ' - ' . The governor is in receipt of a large number of requests from patriotic citi zens requesting appointments in the service; and from others who desire to become commissioned officers with power to form companies to be after ward , mustered into the national service. ' -SPAIN'S BREAD RIOTS. . Many Victims Killed in Their Efforts to Secure Food. London, May 11. The Madrid corre spondent of the Telegraph says: Bread riots continue throughout Spain. The painful monotony of the story was nrouen mis morning oynewsoi victims killed and wounded in their wild at tempts to obtain food. In Ciudad Real and almost every town in the province of that name there were serious disor ders, and the outbreaks were only quelled by the military. Now: it apr pears that the prisons are too small and too few to-contain the people arrested. Yesterday at Linares 14,000 work men became disorderly, and a regular battle ensred with , the municipal guards. The rioters possessed them-, "elves of a quantity of firearms, and the streets were, barricaded, and they remained so till the moment of tele graphing. Twelve dead bodies and many wounded still lie in the streets, and nobody dares to remove any of them on account of the firing, which continues steadily. New York, May 10. The Herald says: Members of the Porto Kico revo? lutionary junta in this city have re ceived advices from the West Indies stating that the natives of Porto Rioo have risen at Junioas and Balamar, and that upon the arrival of the United States fleet, 70,000 men will take the field against Spain. IE Revised Story of the Engagement YANKEE SKILL AND DARING The Spanish Fleet Was Caught With t out Steam A Futile Attempt Was Made to Blow Up American Ships With Submarine Mines. Hong Kong, May 10. Owing to the faot that the cable between this port and the Philippines was not in working order, having been cut, it is said, some distance from the capital of the island, there has been delay in obtaining a de tailed account of the battle, and the facts in the case ' were only available when the 'United States gunboat Hugh McCulloch V arrived here yesterday, and even then the tremendous pressure of business suddenly thrown upon the cable necessarily made the entire ao coiint of the engagement somewhat bipken. Commodore Dewey's orders were to capture or destroy the Spanish fleet, Bn3 never were instructions executed in so complete a fashion. At the end of -seven hours there was absolutely nothing left of the Spanish fleet but a few relics. The American commander haq most skillfully arranged every de tail of the action, and even the ap parently most insignificant features were carried out with perfeot punctu, ality,.and on railroad time-table order. At the end of the action Commodore Dewey anchored his fleet in the bay before Manila and sent a messenger to Governor-General August! " announcing the inauguration of the blockade, and adding that if a shot was fired against his ships he would destroy every bat tery about Manila. , ' The position occupied by the Span iards, the support which their ships re ceived from the land batteries, and the big guns they had ashore, 'gave them an i enormous advantage..- Therefore, when it is oonsidered that the .Span iards lost over 600 men in killed and wounded, and that their naval aisenal at Cavite was also destroyed with Its defenses, it will become apparent that the victory of the Amerioan oommodore Is one of the most complete and wonder ful'aohievements in the history of na val warfare. . Not a man on ' board the . American fleet was killed; not a ship was dam aged to any extent, and only , six men were injured slightly on boards the Baltimore. . This grand achievement is quite as much due to the generalship of Commodore Dewey as to the fact that the American gunners, ships and guns are superior to any fleet anywhere. Great credit must also be given to the fullest extent to the officers under Commodore Dewey, for to a man they seconded their gallant commander in every way possible, and thus helped him win the laurels which are justly his. Commodore Dewey arrived at Subig bay, about 30 miles north of Manila bav, Saturday, April 80, and sent the Baltimore and Concord to reconnoiter thejenemy. They found no Spanish ships at the entrance of the bay, and so Commodore Dewey decided to risk the mines ana proceed that same night attet dark into the bay of Manila, which he did. The order of battle taken by the Spaniards was with all the small craft inside the stone and timber breakwaters of Cavite harbor. The larger ships of Spain cruised off Uavite and Manila. The American fleet entered Manila bay Saturday night with the greatest ease, lhe Spaniards bad not estab lished a patrol, and there were no searchlights at the entrance of the bay. The early, hours oi tne morning re vealed the ships to each other, and the Spanish flagship opened fire. Its ' ac tion was followed by some of the larger Spanish warships, and then the Cavite forts opened up, and the smaller Span ish ships brought their guns into play. The American suardon, which entered the bay through the shells of the Span iards, whioh began to strike the water around them, moved majestically on ward. . When nearing Bakor bay, a sudden upheaval of water a sh6rt distance ahead of the Olympia showed that the Spaniards had exploded a mine or a torpedo. This was followed by a sec ond and similar explosion. They were both utterly unsuccessful. The Amerioan fleet was then draw ing nearer and nearer to the Spaniards, whose gunnery was very poor, the shots from the Cavite batteries and Spanish ships being equally badly aimed, either falling short or wide of their mark. v When the American fleet entered the bay, coming through the southern channel between Caballo and Frile in lets, the following was the order: Flagship Olympia, Baltimore, Raleigh, Concord, Boston, Petrel and McCul loch. The two store ships, Nanshan II and Zeafiro, brought up the rear. In that order they swept grandly be fore the city and faced the enemy in column line. . Though the Spaniards had opened fire at 6,000 yards, the Americans re served their fire until within 4,000 yards of the enemy, when the real bat. tie began. The Reina Cristina, Cas tilla, Don Antonio de Ulloa, Isla de Cuba, Isla de Luon and Mindanao were in line of battle outside of Cavite at that time, with their four gunboats and the torpedo-boats inside the har bor. ' ' ' ' . : ' The American ships passed . back ward and forward six times across the front of the Spaniards, pouring in ; upon the latter a perfect hail of shot and shell. Every ' American shot seemed to '-"tell, . while almost every Spanish shot missed the mark. , After having thus soattered "demor alization among the Spanish fleet and batteries, the American fleet retired for breakfast, and incidentally a coun cil of war was held on board the Olympia. ' " By this time the Spanish ships wre in a desperate condition. The flag ship Reina Cristina was riddled with n shot and shell, one of her steam pipes had burst, and she was believed to be on fire. The Castilla was certainly on fire, and soon after the fire became worse and worse, until they , wore burned to the water's edge. , The Don Ulloa made a most magnifi cent display of bravery. When her commander found she was so torn, by American shells that be could not keep afloat, he nailed her colois to her mast and sank with all hands fighting to the last.. She was completely riddled, and her upper deok had been swept dear , by the awful fire of the American guns, but the Spaniards, though their vessel was sinking beneath them,' con- . tinued working her guns on her lower deck until she sank beneath the waters. During the engagement a Spanish torpedo-boat crept along the shore and around the offing in an attempt to at tack the American storeships, but she was . promptly discovered. She ; was driven ashore and was actually blown to pieces. : , - The Mindanao had meanwhile been run ashore to save her from sinking, and v the Spanish small . craft . had . sought shelter from the steel storm be hind the breakwater. ; , - The battle, which was started at about 5 A. M., and adjourned at 8:30 A. M., was resumed about noon, when Commodore .Dewey, star ted in , to put the finishing , touches on his furious -work. There was not much fight left in the Spaniards by that time. At 2 P. M. the Petrel and ; Concord had shot the Cavite batteries into-silence, leaving them heaps ot ruins and flout ing the white flag. . She Spanish gunboats were then scuttled, the arsenal was on fire, and the explosion of a Spanish magazine caused further mortality to the Span ish defenders on shore. On the water the burning, sunken or destroyed Spanish vessels could be seen, while only the cruiser Baltimore had suffered in any way from the fire of the enemy. A shot -which struck her exploded some ammunition near ' one of hef guns and slightly injured a dozen of the crew. Shots passed dangerously close to Commodore Dewey, but little or no damage was done on board the flagshjp. X On the other hand, about 160 men are said to have been killed on board the Spanish flagship, whioh was to tally destroyed. Admiral Montejo, the Spanish admiral, transferred his flag to the Isla de l"Uiua when his ship caught fire, but the latter was also de stroyed in due course of time. The Reina Cristina lost her captain, a lieu tenant, her. chaplain, and a midship- ' man by one shot which struck her bridge. About 100 men were killed and 60 wounded on board the Castilla. Indeed, some estimates place the num ber of Spanish wounded d uring tho en- ' gagement at over 1,000 ineoi- The Olympia was struck five Jtinies about her uppei works, and a whale boat of the Raleigh was smashed. , : . Although the Krnpp guns on the es planade of Manila were fired continu ally during the engagement, Commo dore Dewey did not reply to them, and the battery afterwards hoisted a white flag in token of surrender T , The terms of the capitulation were still unsettled when . the McCulloch left Manila, but it was said Commo dore Dewey feared rioting upon the part of the insurgents if he attempted a bombardment of the remaining forti- , fications at Manila. The forts at the entrance of the bay were dismantled Wednesday after they had capitulated. ...'.''-- , It is said the commodore ordered the cable to be cut, because the Spaniards refused to permit him to use it ..pend ing the complete surrender of the city. It is undei stood that the Spanish ships did not get under steam until ' after the. alarm was' given. It is said, that the Spanish com mander informed the governor-general that it was advisable to surrender in the interest of humanity, as it was im possible to resist successfully, but that he and his men were willing enough to fight and die. Even when the1 Spanish flagship was shot half away, her -commander, though, wounded, refused to leave the bridge till the ship was burning and sinking, her stern shat tered by a shell and her steam pipe burst. i As yet, there are no further details