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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,. ,-
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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
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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
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' 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.
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