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The looe River (ilacier. ! , , 'I i , ; : : ; I : .-: . -i It's a Cold Day When We Get Left. VOL. X. r HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1898. NO. 4. EPITOMEOFTHE DISPATCHES Happenings Both at Home - .. and Abroad. . A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED Interesting Colleotlun of Items From Many Places Culled From the Press Reports 'of the Current Week. : A prominent Chinese physician of Cleveland offers to enlist a company of his countrymen, take them to our newly-won Philippine possesisons .and fonnh thn nMnuaa thprft thnt AmArinnn rule is what they need. . A" special from Jacksonville, Fla., fiays that throe men were killed and Lieutenant Hart, of the engineer corps, was badly wounded by the explosion of . a torpedo which was being placed in the St.' Johns river about 1 8 miles Bouth of Jacksonville. How' the acci dent occurred the report does not show. ., A Madrid dispatch says: A ' start ling tolograra - from Governor-General AOgusti caused an imprcsi ion that Ma nila had surrendered nli ii.dy or was on the eve of surrendering. The latest report is that Auguxti, in a fit of de spair tried, to commit suicide, but was prevented from killing himself by Ad miral Montejo and the generals who wish to hold out. The queen regent is profoundly grieved and alarmed at the news of the progress of the war, partic ularly the report from the Philippines. Tho war department hos issued in structions for the guidance of offiora o: volunteers detailed to recruit their o: eanizations to fill them to the max mum under the second call of the pr ident for 75,000 men. Applicants enlistment must be between 18 an years old, of good character and half a, able-bodied, free from disease, (&n& must be able to speak the English language. Married men will be only enlisted on the approval of regimental commanders. Minors must not be en listed without the written consent of a parent or guardian. The term of serv ice is two years. Replying to a question in the house of commons Friday as to whether the British government or any of the Euro pean powers have any intention of in tervening to seoure the termination of tho Spanish-American " war, Balfour, the government leader, said: Her maj- . . l . esty 8 government ;wui gmuiy tana any lavorablo opportunity for promot ing a cessation of hostilities and nego tiations for peace, but any action upon its part for this purpose oan only be undertaken if ' tfiore is a reasonable prospect that it will be well received bv both parties and likely to lead to an : agreement , between them. Unfortu nately there is not sufficient grounds ''for believing that this condition ex ists.". .',", The president has in contemplation the submission bt a spocial message to oongreBB calling for the immediate annexation of Hawaii as a military necessity. , . ;.,- ,.-.-.'..'' The Marblehead on Monday, when thA Inonrfrnntfl liftrl nrnSQArl tnimarA wnRt. t1 KATit.lnrrrv o in mi t.hA Knan- iards, j who fled to . the mountains, " checkering the path followed in their retreat with dead and wounded. Word has been received from Ottawa, Canada, that a messenger has left there with notice of the expulsion from Can ada of Lieutenant' Caranza and Senor Du Bosc, the Spanish officers, who. were recently attaohed to the Spanish legation at Washington. -The Marblehead engaged and diove a Spanish gunboat Into Ouantanamo har bor and shelled and . reduced the antl a dated fortifications. The lnaurcrenta : co-ppeiated on the land side. The place is beinK held until .troops arrive. It is contemplated to establish a general base there. . .; Sampson las officially declared that the purpose of the bombardment of Santiago was to clear tlve way Jor the troops. ,, The object has been attained. He - personally commended Ensign Palmor for approaching within 150. yards Of the Spanish battery at night, and learning that the Spaniards were mounting guns. . . . ' Suspected of having furnished : the United States with Information regard ing San Juan harbor, Walter Bott, sec retary of the British consulate at that port, has received his passports and has been banished from Porto Rico by order of Governor-General Manclaa. Bott was imprisoned in a dungeon for 50 hours, and during that time ho was eubjeoted to gross maltreatment. Brit ish Consul-General Crawford has made a formal portest to bis government and serious International complications are imminent" " The American ' naval commander la anxious to bring about the exohange of Lieutenant Hobson and his gallant companions from the Merrimao, The admiral sent the Vixen with a flag of truce to tho . entrance of the ' harbor Wednesdeay offering to. exohange for the lieutenant and his party some prie.-J- oners uu;eo. xroin a prize 01 ine marme . head oil CieftfnegOB.' '-' Cervera Consid ered. t.flA mnf.for all 'nlrrht an1 cent worcf tpdaythat.he is powerless to aot. j He referred the matter to the military governor, who later in turn referred it to Blanco. ' LATER NEWS. , Twenty-three vessels, taken since the war opened, are to be sold under the hammer at Key West Monday. Thirty-five hundred soldiers left Camp Merriit Tuesday; and marched to the transport steamers which are to take them to the Philippines. A general order has', been issued by the war department to the effect that no native Philippine islander shall be enlisted in, the army of the United States. 7 The Neoe Frele.,; Press, of Vienna, says Spain has requested the powers to urge the United States to occupy Manila should the town surrender, and not allow the Insurgents to do so. The Porto Rico invaders will embark within the nestUO days. The entire attention of the war department will now be turned to getting this second Atlantio coast expedition under way as soon as possible. Captain Piersou," of the eohooner Rustler, which has arrived in Victoria from Cook s inlet, -states that the schooner ..Alton, which sailed ; from Tacoma Recently for the North, carry ing a crew of six men, is believed . to have been lost during the severe gale which occurred on May 37. The oaptain of the schooner Lapwing, which has Just returned from Alert bay, reports that nine stem wheel steamers of the Moran fleet of eloven, were seri ously damaged while attempting to cross Queen Charlotte sound. The in jured vessels put in at Port Alexander, whore they will be repaired. . v Advices from Shanghai to theFrank lort Zoitung of Berlin, say news has been received from Manila to the effect that there is fighting every night around the town. The insurgents, "it seems, are trying to capture Manila and establish an independent govern ment before the Americans' land. A dispatch from Admiral Sampson dated at Mole St. Nicholas says: Lieu tenant Blue has just returned after a detour of 70 statute milos of observation of the harbor of Santiago. He reports that the Spanish fleet is all there, and that the Spanish attacked vigorously the camp at Guantanamo. An outpost of four marines were killed and their bodies mutilated, barbarously. Surgeon Gibbs was killed. ' . There was a renewenl on Sunday o tho Spanish attacks upon the force 61 marines landed at Guantanamo Friday night. : Tho fighting is said to have lasted all through Sunday night, Camp McCulln and Crest hill being attacked by greatly superior forces of the Span ish. The battle-ship Texas, gunboat Marblehead and collier Abaranda sup; ported the . marines by directing Are upon the coast and ' particularly, the bushes which all- through these en counters have served to . screen the movement of the Spaniards. The steamer Skagit Chief ran against a rock in the Stiokeen river and was wrecked. The three Philippines expeditions are to unite at Honolulu and conclude their voyage in company. '. . The war department has no inten tion of further increasing the strength of the Manila expedition. From 10,000 to 15,000 troops con voyed by Sampson's battle-ships are ex pected to constitute the Invading expe dition to Porto Rico. , 4 , Mrs. A. Kummer, wife of Chief En gineer Kummer, of the -steamer Wild wood, committed suicide at Port Town send by jumping off the wharf into the Sound.-- -...- .v,. ,- .--j-.-, ' Word has been received . at the navy department Washington from a high though unofficial source that Admiral Camera's Cadiz fleet has been found unfit for sea. , i . When he Dauntless left, Guanta namo bay Monday morning the 'cable steamer Adria was grappling for the Haytion cable. The cable is to be spliced and Sampson will hold it for direct communication with Washing ton.' , ' v ;.V Immediately upon information from the White nouse that the war . revenue bill had been signed by the president, Secretary Gage issued a circular ex plaining to the public the , proposed bond issue. Tjjat circular invites sub scriptions for $200,000,000 of 8 per cent bonds. It was formally annonnood at the war department Monday morning that the first military expedition had left Key West at daybreak bound for San tiago. A large foice Qf transports con veyed the troo'psi under convoy of a strong squadron of warships ranging from immense battle-ships to the small gunboats and armed fast Bailing yaohta. Major-General Shafter, who commands the expedition, has with him a force of 778 officers and 14,534 enlisted men: Regular troops make ' op the greater part of the force, ' there being only three volunteer organizations on the ships. . It was difficult to prevail upon, the mounted riflemen to- leave their mounts behind, but this was a matter of necessity, it is-sairxjwing"to" the lack of accommodation for horses on ship board. ' The best the" department could do at this time In the way of sups; plying the oavah-y contingent for the expedition was to inolude among the troops one squad of the Seoond United States cavalry, fully mounted with nine officers and 280 enlisted men m i i Costly Fight With Un satisfactory Results. SPANISH ACTIVITY UNCHECKED Marblahead Renders Valuable Aid to the Insurgents Further Details of the Engagement An Bnstgn's Ac tion Commended by Sampson. Off Santiaog, June 15. Approxi: mateiy, $200,000 worth of ammunition was expended on Monday's bojnbard ment, but apparently it has not checked Spanish activity on the earthworks. Monday afternoon the lookout men on the Brooklyn saw a boat approaching from a point about four miles west of El Morro. The Vixen went out to meet it, and brouaht to the flagship three in surgents, who asked for a vessel to shell a Spanish force with which the insur gents were then engaged near the shore. The Marblehead,, which had been do ing target practice, was sent on this mission, and soon soattered' the Span iards, with the result that the insur gents oaptured :' the . Spanish oamp, tents and' a quantity of amumnition. One of the Marblohead's shells killed a Spanish captain and a lieutenant, ENTRANCE TO THE fatally wounded a surgeon and injured several soldiers. While the work of arming and feeding the insurgents is pushed vigorously, the Span lards in Santiago are reported suffering from an incipient famine, and a'-Cuban officer off shore yesterday asserted that the guerillas were deserting in force to the insuraents. Yesterday, Commander Delhanty, with the -gunboat Suwanee, armed 8.000 Cubans with rifles, am munition and machetes. Today he landed 8,000 rifles, 80,000 rounds of ammunition, a large consignment of machetes, a quantity of medloine and several tons of bacon. The Cubans are very active, express ing the greatest confidence and promlS' ing to maintain a close blockade of San tiago on the land side. .. The insurgents represent their number as rapidly in creasing. Cortalnly they,' have shown their ability in the neighborhood of Uiinnfonnmn whorfl thfiV have DOBSeS- slon of the railway termini. The, fine harbor there will make a good American base. , The insurgents say they watched the bombardment from the hills" in the rear of Santiago, and as many as 800 Spaniards were killed, and several guns were dismounted. TetriDie execution was wrought bv the 12-inch shells from the Texas. If .their statement, can be relied on, the 8panish. garrison at San tiago is on half rations, and the town itself is even much worse off, the mili tary authorities refusing to sell oitizOns provisions at any price. , ; " , On Sunday night, June 0, JB-nelgn Palmer took the New York's lauiioh on harbor picket doty, and another launch was sent from the Oregon. Ensign Palmer was obliged to eo within 150 yards of the batteries. ' - The Spaniards opeped a heavy Are, but Palmer kept his position regardless oi tne.sneus. His orders were not to go nearer than a mile from shore. Ensign Palmer and the ore w got back .safely. When Ad miral Sampson beard of the shooting, he said to Palmer: " You were ordered not to go nearer shore than a mile." . , ... "Those were my orders," replied Saoiga Paimer, "but, sir, I was also told to see that no torpedo-boats came out With only two boats, I could not be sure that none came out, unless I went right under the batteries." . . The admiral replied: : , '. "Yon were - perfecftly right, Mr. Palmer. That's the kind of stuff of which officers of the United States are made." . - . , , ",' , 1 Ambulance Ship Near By. 'A Washington, June IS. By a' fortu nate coincidence the naval ambulance ship Solace arrived off Santiago yester day, and was available at once to take the wtmnded marines wh6 participated In the fight at Crest hilL ". The dead will be burled in Cubar- With actual warfare- going on, the 'usual methods must he followed, and it is said that they will not-permit the removal ef the dead from the oojnt of action- THE NEW BONDS. Secretary Gage Calls for Subaorlptlons for Two Hundred Millions. j ' Washington, . June 15. Upon in formation from the White House that the wai -revenue Uill had been signed by the president, Secretary Gage issued the following circular, explaining to the public the proposed bond issue: "Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary, Washington, June 15, 1898. The secretary of the treasury invites sbuscriptionsfrom the people of the United States for $200,000,000 of , the bonds of the 8 per cent loan authorized by the act of congress approved June 13, 1898. Subscriptions will be rev ceived at par for a period, of 82 days, the subscription being open from this date to 8 o'clock P. M. on the 14th day ot July, 1898. ' The bonds will be issued in both coupon and registered form, the coupon bonds in denomlna' tions of $30, $100, $500 and $1,000, and the registered bonds in denomina tions of $20, $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000 and JS10.000. Thev will be dated August 1, 1898, and by their terms will be redeemable in coin at the pleasure of the department 10 years after thif date of their issue, and due and pay-; able August 1, 1908. "The bonds will boar interest at the rate of 8 per cent per annum, payable quarterly; the , interest on the coupon bonds will be paid by means of coupons to be detached from the bonds, as the interest becomes due, and the interest on the registered bonds will be paid by checks drawn to the order of the payees and mailod to their addresses. The law authorizing this issue of bonds pro vides that in allotting said bonds the, several subscriptions of indviduals shall bo first accepted and the subscrip- HARBOR AT SANTIAdO. tions of the ioweBt amounts shall be first allotted. In accordance with that provision allotments to all individual subscribers will be made , before any bonds will be allotted to other than in dividuals.., ; i, ,s 1 ,7 ' ,; "Allotments on subscriptions for over $500 will not be made until after the subsoriptiion, July 14, and , will then be made inversely aooording to the size of the subscription, the smallest sub scription being first allotted, then the next in size, and so on, preferences be ing given Individual subscriptions, Persons subscribing for more than $500 must send in oash or certified checks to the amount of 2 per cent of the sum subscribed for, such deposit to consti tute a partial payment, and to be . forr feited to the United States in the event of failure on the part of the subscriber to make full payment for his subscrip tion, according to the terms of the cir cular. Allotments to subscribers for more than $500 will be made as soon as possible after the subscription closes. ,"In order to avoid a , too lapid abr sorption of funds ;: into " the", treasury; with a possible consequent evil effect on industry and commoroe, any eubw scriber for more than $500 will be per mltted to make his allotment of bonds In installments of 20 per cent, taking the first Installment within ; 10 days after the notice of the allotment, and 'the balance at equal . Intervals of 40 days each, in four installments each of 20 per cent of the bonds alotted. . "The 2 per cent deposit-will apply in the final statement. ?Vny subscriber may pay for the whole amount alotted bim within 10 days from tbe date of the notice of his allotment. Interest will be adjusted from the time of ao tual payment, whether paid in one sum on its Installments as permitted, f. Sep arate subscriptions from one individ ual, although made from time to time, will be aggregated 'and considered as one subscription. . The secretary will receive in payment for the bonds post- office money orders, payable at Wash ington, and checks, bank drafts and express money orders, collectable in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Bal timore, Washington, Cincinnati, Chi cago, St. Louis, New Orleans and San Francisco. . ;i "The bonds will be dated August J, 1898, and they will be delivered to sub scribers free of expense for transpor; tation as soon after date as possible; The bonds will be accompanied by a oheck, for the amount of the interest due to the subscriber from the date of his payment to August 1, 1898.-' "All remittances and other commun ications relative to this loan should be addressed to the secretary of the treas ury, division of loans tand currency, Washington. AH ; subscriptions muBt be received at the treasury department, Washington, not later than 8 P. M. Wednesday, July 14,, 1898. No sub Bcriptionsfreceived after that date, and hour will De considered. 1 . "L. J. GAGE, Seoretary." 1 IHEFfinil Marines Attacked by the Spaniards. FOUGHT ALL SATURDAY NIGHT Onr tosses Were Four Men Killed and - .Eleven Wounded Assistant Surgeon Glbbs Among the Former The So emy's Ioss Is Mot Known. Off Guantanamo, via MoleSt. Nich olas, . June 14 Lieutenant. R. ,W, Huntington's Battalion oi . marines, which landed from the transport Panther Friday and encamped on . the hill, guarding the abandoned cable station at the entranoe of the harbor of Guan tanamo, has been engaged in heading off a rush attack by Spanish guerillas and regulars since 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon '' - ' , The fighting was almost continuous for 13 hours, until 6 o'clock this morn ing, when reinforcements were landed from the Marblehead. ; Four of our men were killed and li wounded. The advance pickets, under Lieuten ants Neville and Shaw are unaccounted for. ' Among the killed.' is Assistant Sur geon John Blair Gibbs, son of Major Gibbs, of the regular army, who fell in the Custer mossaore. His home was at Richmond, Va., but he has boen praotioing in New York, and entered the service since the war began. He was a very popular officer. ' The others killed are Sergeant Chas, H. Smith, of Smallwood;, Private Wil liam Dunphy, of Gloucester, Mass., and Private James McColgan, of Stone- ham, Mass. . Corporal Glass was ' accidentally wounded in the hand. ' ' The Spanish loss is unknown, but it was probably considerable. ' The spots of biqod found at daylight at the posi tion the Spanish ocoupied indicate fatalities, but their comrades carried off the killed and wounded. The engagement began with desul tory firing at the pickets, 100 yards In land from the camp. Captain Bpioer's company was doing guard duty, and was driven in, finally rallying at the camp and routing the enemy by 5 o clock. . , ':.- The bodies of Private MoColgan and Dunphy'were fjund, both shot dead. The large cavities made by the bullets, which, inside a range of 500 yards, have a rotary motion, indicate that the victims were killed at olose range. The bodies were stripped of shoes, hats and cartridge belts, and horribly muti lated with matchetes. -. - When the marines were landed the whole battalion was formed on three Bides of a hollow square about .the camp on the hill back of the bay, where the warships were at anchor. Back of the camp is a deep ravine, and behind this are steep hills. The adja cent country is thiok with bushes. , The sky was blanketed with clouds and when the sun set a gale was blow ingiseaward. .Night fell thick and im penetrable. The Spanish squadron, concealed in the chapparal covei, had the advantage, the men furnishing a fine target against the sky. ' The Span ish fought from cover till midnight, discoverable only by the flashes from their guns. The repeaters sounded like crackers in a barrel. . The Marblohead's. launch, with a Colt machine gun In her bow, pushed up the bay enfilading the . Spaniards, and it is thought that some were killed. The ', marines trailed much blood to the water's edge, and there lost it. Sharks ore numerous in the vicinity. xqe snips tnrew tneir searcnnants ashore, the powerful eyes sweeping the deep tropical foliage and disolosing oc casionally skulking parties of Span iards .. . ,, ,, - -. Each discovery of the enemy was greeted by the cracks of oarbine fire along the edge of the camp ridge or by the long roll of the launch's machine gun searohing the thickets with leaden stream. ; Shortly after midnight' came the main attack. The Spaniards made a gallant charge up the southwest slope, but were met by repeated vol levs from main body, and broke before they were pne-third of the way up the hill, but they came so far that at points there was almost a hand-to-hand sti-uggie. The officers fired their revolvers. . The Spaniards got through the open formation to the edge of the camp. Colonel Jose Campani, the Cuban lead- er, discharged his revolver and the Cu bans, turning and finding thomselves without support, ran helter - skelter down the reverse side of the hill. ,. It was during this assault that As sistant Surgeon Gibbs was killed. ; He was shot'"' in the head in front of his own-tent, the farthest point of .attack. He fell into the arms Of Private Sulli van and both dropped. A second bul let threw dust in their faces. Surgeon Gibbs lived 10 minutes, but did not regain consciousness. . FLEET IS OFF. The Army of Invasion Sails From Key West, Shatter in Command. Washington, June 14 Under com- mand of General Shatter, the first di- vision of the army sailed tonight from ; Key West for Santiago de Cuba to be seige and capture that town. The con- , voying warships, believed to number; , 16 or 19, will be ready for the voyage" ; by nightfall, and with this powerful force there Is no longer reason for ap- prehension that . the transports can be attacked successfully by any Spanish warships, even if such ships had es caped the vigilant search of the naval , commanders at Key West and off Hav- -ana ...'. ; , . .. ' It is believed here that the Bally out of Havana of the three Spanish gun boats was intended to create the ira pression that they were prepared to at tack, the transports. If so, the plan , miscarried, for the craft were detected immediately by Commodore Watson's cruisers and driven back pell mell into Havana harbor under the protection of the guns of the shore batteries. ' Even if these boats had escaped they could have done no damage, for the size of the convoy furnished for the troop ships is sufficient to warrant the belief ' that they would have been speedily de- Btroyed had they had the oourage to make an attack upon the fleet of Amer ican ships. The Spanish boats are not , of formidable character, not one of them being equal in ' power of the smallest American cruiser, or even of such gunboata as the little Banoroft, which may be used as General Shat ter's flagship. Every precaution has been' taken by the government to. insure the safety of the troops en route to Cuba. The naval war board was in session today making the final preparations for the disposi tion of the guardshlps. The transports . will be kept as closely together as safe " navigation will permit, and the war- : ships will be disposed of ahead, astern and on each flank. The fleetest scout ing vessels will be thrown far astern, . ready to signal the heavily-armed cruisers at the first sign of an approach ing foe. ... t ; The troops should arrive off Santiago by Wednesday night, supposing the fleet proceeds at eight knots speed, and landing operations should begin by Thursday, for General Shatter will not keep his men cooped up on shipboard a'moment longer this necessary. WRECK AT GLENDALE. Itrakeman Stephen D. Willis Crushed , , to Death. ; Roseburg, Or.,' June 14. North bound freight train No. 81, pulled by a large engine, was derailed about 11:45 ' ' A. M. today near tiinnel No.j5, eight miles north of Glendale. The engine," tender and five cars jumped the track. ' It is supposed the track spread. ; Stephen D. Willis, head brakeman, and Al Veatch, brakeman, were, riding on . the pilot. ' Willis evidently saw the danger as the train rounded ' the ourve, and jumped. He was stunned' by the " fall and the engine turned over on him before he could escape. He was in- , , Btantly killed. Veatch was thrown ahead on the track and was only slight ly bruised. Eegineer Dempsoy and the fireman were thrown from the engine as it rolled over. Dempsey was bruised and cut about the face, not seiiously. ; The fireman was not hurt at all. ; A wrecking train, with . physicians, and William R. Willis, father of the, brakeman killed, left soon after the ao cident ocourred. " LAKES ARE CLEAR. Navigation Opened on Llndemann and ' ' - Bennett. . .. Port Townsend, June 14. The pas sengers of the steamer Cottage City, which arrived tonight from Alaska, re port Lake Lindeman clear of ice. Two steamers are running day and night taking miners across. ;. Eight scows laden witli supplies were smashod in the ioe on Bennett, losing everything aboard. ' Three hundred men have succeeded in reaching the r interior of Western Alaska via Yakutat bay. Parties arriv ing from there state rich diggings have been struck on Alsace river. , I; Speedy justice has been meted out to the murderers of 1 Sam Roberts, a gambler, at Dyea. He was killed about three months ago, just as he was entering his cabin. Fitzpatrick re ceived a life sentence at San Quentin, while Brooks and Corbett, his accom plices, were sentenced to 10 years. Protection for the Troops. Washington, June 14. Senator Ba con, of Georgia, had a conference with the president today concerning the re ported yellow fever in the South. Sen ator Bacon advised the president to see to it at once that the United States forces in the South be removed from the region of contagion. The matter has been referred by the president to Surgeon-General Wyman, with mstruo- ttions to make a report on it at the earliest possible moment. i South African War llrewlng. " London, June 14. The Cape Town correspondent of the Mail says: War between the Transvaal and Swaziland may break out at any moment. The Swazi king has 20,000 warriors well armed and drilled, and there is much anxiety in the Transvaal. )