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The River Glacier, It's a Cold Day When We Get Left. VOL. X. HOOD RIVEE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1898. NO. 8. HI Happenings Both at Home --, and Abroad. A- WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED - . ..... Interesting; Collection of Items From Many Places Culled From the Press Kcporte of the Current Week. As a result ol the cabinet meeting Friday It was decided to dispntoh a regiment of troopB to Honolulu imrne . diately. Lieutenant Hobeon, in telling how the Merrimao was sunk, ' says the loss of the vessel's rudder made it Impossi ble to place ner across the channel. . The London Daily Mall says that .the United States must hold the Phillip pines to prevent a wild soramble for coaling stations among the European powers. ' - Sunday, July 10, was proclaimed by President MoKinley as a day of thanks giving in consideration of our victories on land and sea. ' The observance wai general throughout tho country. Kear-Admiral Miller hasrecoived in formation from Washington that lie is soon to be sent to Honolulu on a special mission, presumably in connection with the annexation of the islands. Either the Philadelphia or the Ben ' -nington will convey to official news of the action of congress on the Hawaiian annexation resolutions arid raise the flag in the name of tho United States. Instructions have been received in San Francisco to ; prepare the cruiser Philadelphia for sea immediately. Her supplies are being assembled with the greatest dispatch. She will probably got under way for sea within a week. , . Both branches of congress have ad journed sine die. The close in the house was maiked by hilarious scenes. Patriotic songs were sung and cheers given for the president and our naval ' h.eroos.w The appointments 6f members of several commissions are held over., French line officers say an injustloe has been done La Bourgogno's crew, as the men are not cowards. Foreign ers In the steerage, they say,' were re sponsible for the atrocities if any wore committed. The question of jurisdic tion in connection with tho coming In vestigation is being dlscussod. ' .' The navy department has been In formed that a Spanish privateer carry ing five guns is hovering oft the coast ! of British Columbia. According to last accounts the privateer was between Prince Charlotte sound and Dixon's en trance. , Prompt instructions have been sent to the military authorities on the Northwest coast. ' It is said now that Blanco is to blame for the disaster to the Spanish fleet, as the captain-general ordered Cervera to take his ships out of Santiago harbor. The dismantled .Spanish oiuiser Beina Mercedes, whiie attempting to esoape from Santiago harbor, Thursday, was sunk by the Massachusets and Texas. : - ' - . , Word has reached San Francisco that the second Manila expedition arrived at Honolulu June S3 and sailed for Manila the following day. All were well and they were royally entertained by the Hawaiians. ' The wounded men brought to Key West on the Iroquois are housed in the hospitals at Key West. ' All are doing well, and many are already able to be lip and about, and none are in danger. They are anxious to get baok to Cuba and fight. ' , A Manila dispatch says that Admiral Dewey will remain inactive until Gen eral Merritt arrives. The rebels are practically doing nothing, but the Span iards are strengthening their positions, destroying huts and constructing en trenchments The authorities have enacted a penalty of $1,000 against any body who shall raise the price of pro ' visions. , .; . . ; ' ,: ' " . ' There is considerable illness at Camp Merritt, ' San .Francisco, though the death rate remains low. South Dakota has 70 on tho sick list, and though practically an acolimated regiment, the Seventh California has 17 in the hos pital, and as many more in quarters. Montana has about 80 in the hospital, and more than that number sick In ; quarters. -t . ; . Like rats from a sinking ship, the fear-stricken hundreds are rushing pell mell from the doomed city of Santiago. All. roads leading to the city are jammed. r Five hundred refugees- hace gone to El Gauey, and others to Moran and St, Lucia. A proclamation was issued Thursday allowing people four hours in which to get safely out of the city. Hobson and his men are safe within . the American lines. The exchange was effected Derore Santiago innrsaay in accordance with an agreement previous' ly reached between Shafter and Toral. The heroes of the Merrimao are all in good health. One Spanish Lieutenant, 14 noo-commissioned officers and a pn vate were surrendered by the American officers in exohange for Hobeon and his seven men. An hilarious welcome was aocorded the heroes by the American troops and tars. LATER NEWS. According to a Rome dispatob San tiago has capitulated. Shafter .fient a report to the department Tuesday say ing that he had the city surrounded completely,' and ; that Toral was then considering a proposition for surrender ing. A flag of truce was again up at the time he sent the dispatph. Only four casualties were reported to have ocourred in Monday's fight.. There is terrible suffering among- the refugees from the doomed tiity despite Shatter's efforts.. The town of Antelope, Or., has been almost totally destroyed by fire. ' . A great military hospital under tents is to be established at Fort Monroe, r Still another cabinet crisis is report ed in Spain. AUthe ministers have tendered their resignations, and Sagas ta is to form a new cabinet. ' France's new minister, M.' de L. Casse, has notified the Spanish ambas sador at Paris, Senor Leon Castillo, that the French government is ready to ten dor the good offices of the French am bassador at Washington in opening negotiations for peace if the Madrid government will permit it to do so. Ambassadors at Madrid have ex pressed a desire that negotiations for peace be opened at once. " The senti ment in favor of peace is said to be gaining in strength throughout Spain. The Madrid government favors the movement if H implies only tho loss ol Cuba. No peace overtures have been received at Washington. A dispatch from Nicaragua says Ze laya's government has released several hundred political prisoners. A coali tion is being .planned and representa tives of Salvador, Honduras and Nicar agua have ; held a - meeting - with the purpose of forming a union to suoceed the greater republic of Central Ameri ca,' which is thought to be upon the eve of dissolution. The movement of the American army on Porto Rico may be said to have be gun. The oontinued ' forwarding' Of additional troops to Santiago, when it is recognized that Shafter has as large an army as he needs to take that town, is in reality the laying of the founda tion of the Porto Hioan expeditionaiy force. An effort will be made to avoid the mistakes of the Santiago campaign. The expedition to go against Porto Rico will consist of between 25,000 and 80, 000 men. ' Captain Rowel), socorid officer, was killed during the bombardment of San tiago, Sunday. " Major-General Otis is authority 'for the statement that the regiment to be stationed at Honolulu has not yet been selected., : , , r, .. M William Jennings Bryan's regiment of Nebraska infantry has been ordered to join General Fitzhugh Lee's corps at Jacksonville. The war department has instituted a Bystem of bulletins, for the benefit of the public, giving quick and concise, in formati6n of Important happenings.. . The attorney-general of Great Britain has ruled that in evioting the Spanish spies from .Canada the Canadian gov ernment is not liable to be sued for damages., v '-,,. " It Is reported from London that the Spanish government is preparing to send additional troops to Porto Rico by the fastest steamers available. A force of 80,000 me'n is to be kept contantly in our Southern coast to serve as re-enforcements for our troops in Cuba if needed. . A hospital train bearing the wounded to Fort McPherson was in a rear-end collision six miles south of High Springs, Fla. No one was hurt, but a private car was demolished. The refugees from Santiago are be coming a serious military problem to General Shafter. The most intelli gent of the refugees say that only a few Spanish soldiers have recently entered Santiago not more than 1,000. They report friction between General Toral and General Linares. General Shafter has sent a revised and corrected report . of the casualties before Santiago July 1, 2 and 8. It slightly increases the number killed and wounded, as given in the first re port, and is as follows: ' Killed, 28 officers, 208 men; wounded, 80 officers, 1,023 men; missing, 81; total, 1,595. General Shafter is of the opinion that the number of missing will be reduced somewnat. ' v; All the .warships of Camara's fleet sailed from Port Said for Spain, Mon day. The Spanish admiral was al lowod to transship 600 tons of coal from San Augstine in the harbor, on furnish ing a written guarantee that the Pelayo needed it, and that the entire squadron wis returning to Spain direct. The Spanish tordedo-boat destroyers sailed from Messina, Sicily, for home the same day. The Brooklyn, Indiana and Texas, under Commodore Sohley, bombarded the city of ; Santiago at 6:10 o'clock Sunday afternoon in obedience to a re- quest from General Shafter conveyed by signal from shore. The warships lined up from the east to west, a quar ter of a mile from shore, and fired over the limestone cliffs that come down to the eoa and hide the city, five miles dis tant The bombardment continued one hour. MB' I I Deadly Fire loured Into : Spanish Lines. : THE TROOPS MUCH REFRESHED Arrival of Reinforcements Acts a s Bracer Spanish ' Firing: Wag Very Wealk Belief That Resistance Is About Ended. . Headquarters of Gen. Shafter via Kingston, July 13. From 4 o'clock this afternoon until dark the American guns have been again pouring a deadly fire into the Spanish lines. Our men are greatly refreshed by their three days' rest, and have been fighting with lion-like spirit. The knowledge of the arrival of re inforcements gives them new enthusi asm. The artillery is in place, and doing effective work. : The fire from the Spaniards in the trenches is very weak. The city of Santiago is almost in darkness tonight, and our men be lieve that the resistance of the Span iards is about at an end. They expect a general assault tomorrow, should the , ' The Old. Old Story 'I Didn't Know It Was Loaded 1 city not have surrendered by daybreak. The Americans are muoh better fortified in the trenches, i Shafter's Fighting Force. . Washington, July- 11. General Shafter's available force, after counting all reinforoements and deducting the dead and siok "and woundedis 22,850 fighting men, according to military es timates. This is based on an estimate of 16,000 men in General Shafter's original expedition and about 10,000 in various expeditions which have gone since then, making in all 20,000. Against this must be deduoted the casualties in the fighting thus far and also the men confined to the hospitals by sickness. The deduotion Is roughly estimated at 3,000 men, leaving about 23,000 available today as the fighting force of the American army. The rein forcements having gone forward from time to time, it has been rather diffi cult to keep track of them, but they are summed up as follows: . ; General Duffield's brigade, about 2, 600 men? . recruits for regular army, 050; First Illinois, 950; First District of Columbia, 850; six light batteries United States artillery, 700; General Gairetson's brigade, Eighth Ohio, 1, 800; Sixth Massachusetts, and Sixth Illinois, 2.000. Another force of 2,500 men, com prising General Ernest's . brigade, is ready, to start,, and, with this force, General Shafter's fighting strength will be swelled to about 25,000 men by the arrivals of this week. On the Bach Tractt. , Port Said, July 13. All the war ships of Camera's fleet have sailed for Spain. The Spanish admiral was al lowed to transship 600 tons of ooal from San Augustine last night in the har bor, on furnishing a written guarantee that the Pelayo heeded it, and that the entire squadron was returning to Spain direct. , . ' Messina, Sicily, July 13. The Span ish torpedo-boat destroyers sailed for home this morning. SAGASTA IS OUT. Spanloh Leader Give Up the Fight and v -Tenders His .Resignation. London, July 13. The Madrid cor respondent of the Times says: 1 Senor Sagasta went to the palace today and tendered his resignation and that of the cabinet. It is said that he advised the queen regent to appoint a new cabinet, largely consisting of the military ele ment, which would not necssarily mean the adoption of a warlike policy, but probably the leverse. ' It is generally expected that the res ignation wilj be accepted, but the result may possibly be merely a partial recon struction of the cabinet. The minis ters are now in council, and Senor Sagasta has doubtless communicated to them an aocount of his audience with the queen regent. What Caused the Trouble. London, July 18. The Madrid cor respondent of the Times , says: The cabinet resigned," In consequence of irreconcilable differences of opinion on the question of initiating peace ne gotiations. WOUNDED IN BATTLE. The Brave Heroes of the First Conflicts , Are Home Again. Atlanta, Ga., July 13. Two hun dred and thirty-five sick and wounded reached Fort McPherson today from Tampa. Among' them are - several rough riders and members of the Sev'--enty-first New York. The most seri ously wounded are Captain Duoat and Lieutenant Lyons, of the Twenty- fourth , infantry, whose families are now at Salt Lake. The doctors are much encouraged by the; condition of the men and say they will recover. Captain Ducat is shot through the thigh and his right leg is partly para lyzed. ; Propped np on a cot, he told a press representative a story of the bit ter fight, which resulted in the wound-' ing of himself and Lieutenant Lyons and the loss of many privates. On the first day of fighting near El Caney, the captain and lieutenant, with 75 men, set out to capture a stone house on top of a steep hill. Safely housed behind stone walls, the Spaniards poured in a murderous fire on the pluoky Americans as they en tered the narrow path leading up the hill. ' Step by step, the men forged ahead, their comrades falling ' right in. By the time the top of the hill was reached, but 22 of the band remained. With a shout, they forced their way into the coveted stronghold, and in a desperate fiand-to-hand fight with re volvers succeeded in scattering the Spaniards. Captain Ducat and Lieu tenant Lyons received the wounds at close range. Of the 75 men, but 25 answered the roll-call. STRUCK A CHURCH. Last Shot From the Squadron Found a Heavily Charged Mark. Off Santiago de Cuba, via Playa del Este, July 13. At 9-.30 o'clook this morning, after several range-finding shots over the ridge protecting San tiago from the sea, the cruiser Newark opened fire into the oity with her 8 inch guns. The signal corps reported the effect of the shots. The New York, Brooklyn and Indiana participated in the firing at intervals of five minutes. The bombardment lasted for two hours, when General Shafter reported that the shells were mostly falling in the bay and doing but little damage. The last shot, however, struck a prominent church in the heart of the city, which was heavily stored- with powder and ammunition, causing attrmendous ex plosion. "7- ' -m; - liSIfEB Preliminary Firing Be fore Santiago. fORAL WOULD ' NOT YIELD Spaniard! Opened With Light Guns; ' Bat Were Silenced American Lines Have Been Strengthened and Siege Guns Brought to the Front. Washington. July 12. The bom bardment of Santiago has begun. That was the verbal information obtained last evening, shortly before 9 o'clock, it the war department. Almost im mediately three bulletins Were posted, the most important of whioh was from General 'Shatter. This dispatch an nounced that General Toral, who suo seeded General Linares in command of the Spanish forces in Santiago, when the latter was wounded, had declined bo surrender,' and that the bombard ment of the town would be begun by the army and navy about 4 o'olock in the afternoon. The fact that the bom barment was scheduled to begin so late in the day created some comment, but no explanation of it was offered. In answer to questions bearing upon the movement, General Corbin said:,- "I have not theslightest.'information as to the reason General Shafter had for beginning the bombardment at the hour he named, but it was probably beoause he was ready just at that time. You can speculate about that as well as -I can." "' ' : :-' Information received by the war de partment during the few days of truce indicates that Shaftet his materially strengthened his position, During the past week he has received reinforce ments of both artillery and infantry. Randolph's battery of 24 guns, which left Key West last Tuesday at mid night, is now in operation before San tiago, and, as a war department official expressed It, ' 'when these long'toms of Randolph's begin talking; something will happen in Santiago." . General Shatter has nearly 50 siege, guns and a large number of 6-inch mortars, besides light artillery at his disposal. These guns, taken In connection with the woik that will be done by the fleet, will, it is expected, carry terror and destruc tion to Santiago. ; ' . Anxiety has been expressed by the war department officials as to whether General Shafter had a 'Sufficiknt force to prevent the evacuation of Santiago by the enemy. This anxiety was allayed about 12:30 last nigKt by the teceipt of th6 following dispatch from General Shafter, which contained con firmation, too, of the earlier reports of the beginning of the bombardment: - "Playa del Este, July 13. To Adjutant-General. Washington: . Head quarters of Fifth Corps, July 13. The enemy opened fire a few minutes past 4 with light guns, whioh wore soon silenced by ours. -;. There was very lit tle musketry firing, and the enemy was kept entirely in the entrenchrnents. Three men were slightly wounded. I will have considerable force tomorrow, enough to completely block all the roads on the northwest. 1 am quite welL . "SHAFTER." The belief is held by the best-informed officers that General Toral, the Spanish commander, will surrender when he finds ijt will be impossible for him to evacutate the city. Upon what grounds this belief is based could not be ascertained, but that information is in the hands of the officials, there is no doubt. . General Shafter's dispatch, they say, shows he is now engaged in strengthening his position, and that he will follow up his operations with a final assault on the city. ' Offer to Surrender Santiago. Off Juragua, via Kingston, Jamaica, July 12. The surrender of ; Santiago was formally offered by the , Spanish commander, General Toral, today, but the conditions attached caused a prompt refusal of the offer by General Shafter. The negotiations, however, resulted in the extension of the armistice. : General Toral's proposal contemplat ed thesimmediate surrender of the city, but he insisted that his army be per mitted to march awa; under arms and with flying colors, and declared that he would fight to the last ditch unless the conditions were accepted, General Shafterreplied that nothing but un conditional surrender would be con sidered by him,: but he consented to cable the Spanish offer to Washington, In the meantime extending the armis tice. ' . t - Theater Burned In Allegheny. ' Pittsburg, July 18. Fire tonight, which started in the World theater on Federal i street, Allegheny, destroyed that building and the entire section fronting on the lower side of Federal street, from the Sixth-street bridge to the Boyle block, and in the rear almost to Baltimore. The loss will not exceed $175,000, as many of the, buildings were small frame structures. The in surance will reach two-thirds of tha loss WOES OF A VANQUISHED FOE. Spanish Prisoners From Santiago Quar tered on Seavey's Island. Portsmouth, N.' H., July 13. The 3panish prisoners who were brought to port in the St. Louis from Santiago. ' umbering 692 of the men who formed part of the crew . of Admiral Cervera's squadron, are tonight sleeping peace fully and in comparative comfort in the new barracks erected for them on Sea vey's island. Around them is a guard of 125 marines. The work of debarka-. tion was accomplished : in Just two hours, under the direction of Colonel Ferney. The prisoners were marohed to the island, where, on , a plat 'of ground, each man deposited, under the eyes of the marine guard, whatever be-1 longings he possessed. It was a pathetic sight from beginning to end, and such as would bring tears to many eyes. The poor wretched creatures strug gled up the hillside, clad for the most part in rags, some of ,the men being covered only with the fragments of a tablecloth or a blanket, -while others had on portions of what was once a uni form. '. When the men landed some of them were so weak that they could not stand, and lay on the ground until Stretchers were brought, and were car ried by their comrades to the main road, where they were placed on the grass. Here the rays of the sunshine and the cool, refreshing , breezes from aoross the Piscataquis seemed to strengthen them, and most of them were later able to follow the others ta the place where they were mustered. Many of the prisoners had wounds that were still unhealed, and their heads and arms showed the effects of the ter rible fire they had gone through. The orew of the Cristobal Colon wore landed in a body., They were better clad and evidently better fed than the other men, for they bore a semblance of the Spanish sailor ;in make-up. They brought ashore bags filled with olothing.' ; Thirty members of the Colon's crew were, however, severely wounded, and had to be carried v on stretchers. The unloading of the crowd was witnessed by thousands of ' peoplji on shore and in boats, and it may bo said with all sincerltv that during tho two hours occupied with the task, ot N$ . 2 I. 1 .. ... I a Hiieor u a jwer who ijtmiu, urn wu performed which' might ' have given offense to the prisoners. The most interesting part of the landing of the men was the duty per- j formed by Captain Merou, of the Colon, the once hearty and jovial officer, the j favorite captain of the Spanish navy standing on the height of land where n the men came ahsore, clad in a tatteted .j uniiorm oi wnue aucn trousers anu blue coat, book In hand, the mustering officer of the Spanish prisoners. His heavy voice called out the names of the nrlsoners and credited each to the ves- I sel to which he individually was once a f member. When the muster out, as it seemed to be, was finished, the men were marched to temporary barracks, which will serve as a prison for them. Of the number landed 50 have been taken to the hospital suffering from wounds, while not a few have minor ills. ; ': ' ' vv: Among the officers there were lieutenants, two ensigns and one four pay- master, and these, through some mis understanding of orders from Washing ton,; were returned to the St. Louis. It is understood that these officers will be landed again tomorrow. '. I The line officers will be quartered at the marine barracks. ' ' , It was interesting to watch the way in which the Spanish prisoners accept ed the fortunes of war. After break ing ranks they looked about and saw mattresses and couohes, and many other comforts which had not been their lot for , many years in barracks, and as they looked them oyer they ap peared - to accept the situation with much oheerfulness. They walked around with a dignified air, and seembd to grow happy as appetizing odors weire wafted to them from the large kitchen. THE HAWAIIAN GUARD 1 Fourteenth Infantry Selected to Oecupy the City of Honolulu., , San Francisco, July 13. This Week will see another exodus of the Manila forces. Thursday morning the Peru, carrying Major-General E. S. Otis and staff, six troops of the Fourth-United States cavalry, under command of Colonel Kellogg, and two batteries of the Sixth United States artillery, un der command of Major Grugan, and the City of Puebla, with the Four teenth infantry detachment, Will steam , out of the harbor. Major-General Otis has deaided not to wait for the New York volunteers, but will proceed at once to Honolulu to assist aocording to his orders in the -ceremonies of occupying the city. The Fouith cavalry, Sixth artillery and Fourteenth infantry will have the priv ilege of taking part in the ceremonies. They will remain In .. Honolulu until 1 the other three vessels of the fleet of five, destined for, the fourth expedi tion, come on; then the whole force of troops with Major-General H. G. Otis will proceed to Manila. The troe'ps for the St. Paul.and Rio de Janeiro' have not yet been selected. The fifth and probably the last ex pedition to the Philippines will await the returning transports of the first ex pedition the Australia. City of Syd ney and Peking '