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The Hood River - ' Glacier. 3 ! . r , t It's a Cold Day When We Get Left. HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1898. NO. 10. VOL. X. LATER NEWS. 'Happenings Both at Home and Abroad. A WEEK'S NEWS -CONDENSED Interesting ' Collection of Items From Many Place Called From the Press Reports of the Current Week. General Blanco has issued a proclamation in Havana announcing the capitulation ot bantiago. tfawa reneivod bv the steamer Allr.i Bays the town of Skagway is still under martial law, and all Saloons are cioseu. General Garcia has left Santiago, bull nntwitstandini? his crievance, tlie Cu ban loader will help ns conquer Holguin and ManzaniUOi , , . . . Senor-de Castro, of the Porto Rican inntn bbv' his iunta favors Amorican annexation of Porto Rico, and pledges the support of his people to tnat ena. ' The Spanish minister of public in struction, Senor Uamnsuto, is autnor it,, (nP thn statement that a ueace hon orable to the Spanish uiiny will shortly be concluded... .. T.ifinlfiiinnt Hobson. the hoio of San tiago, has returned to Washington to report to the navy department regard ing the neoessity for prompt action in the work of raising Uervera s snips. Nine hundred men embarked on the Win .iHiitiiro from Sun Francis (or the Philippines Saturday. A mntmnnus ovation whs tendered the men as they marched through the streets of San Franoisco. , The departure 01 two more transports is expected to com- plote the present movement of troops to Manila. American trade with Porto Rico is the subjoot of a bulletin just issued by . order of the seoretary ol agriculture. ' a shrinkage is shown in the transac tions during the past fiscal year, being smaller than those of any preceding vpnr allien the civil war except 1805. The falling off in the trade is mostly in our imports from tlie Islands. ... RovAml London people Droralnontly identified with the Central Paciflo are arranging to visit this country within a few weeks, in consequenoe of the re cent aotion of congress in creating a commission to confer with the com- ..). MnM.aaiifaMvaa anrl nfnllv nrft- pare a plan for settling the road's debt to the coverment of fBO.ooo, ouu A dictatorship has been proclaimed at the Philippines, guinaido an liimnelf in authority and pro ri,.imi.rl martial law in the islands. Heneral Anderson telcsrranhs that the natives expect independence.' The insurgents have begun attacks on Pon An Rantnmpflo and Malata. and are iret linn thhir nrtillerv into action. The Spaniards were driven from trenches at Malata and the positions oocupiea Dy the insurgents. ' The Cernti claim, which threatened to cause trouble between Italy and Co- . lombia. has been paid. The United States domestio postal nervine will be extended to the Ha waiian islands as soon as the flag is raised there .', - Tim Rritish steamer Newfoundland, loaded with food supplies, was captured by the Mayflower, Tuesday, off Cien fuegos, into ; which harbor she waa heading. '' 1 A Norwegian can tain who has reached New York. sav8 the Havana blockade is not effective and supplies are reaching that oity tnrougn uata Da no from, Yuoatan and being shipped across the island. . . , A Washington authority says Porto Rico will be kept by the United States. That is settled, and has been the plan , from the first. Its possession will go toward making up the heavy expenses of war to the United States. News has been received from the Bear relief expedition. , The imprison- a'j whalers have been reached and were ' . . ... . . i . i ' better on tnan . nau ueen .expouuju. ' Mont of tlie vessels can be saved, and .the mo have not suffered seriously, having existed on Usb and wild rein A 'report comes ' from I.Madrid that Woyler will form a new cabinet, in which General Po'aviejas will be min ister of war. This combination, it is further asserted, will support the dyn nntv. reneal the suspension of const itu , tional lights and continue tlie war to its utmost limits. Cubans must tbe the mark, and the captured territory around Santiago will be governed with a firm hand. No trnuhln in feared bv the officials at Washington. The discontent now so nntirwihla anions the insuraents is ex peoted to wear away when once the mo tives of the United States are fully ap preoiated. i , The second expedition has reached Manila. The transport steamer China arrived July 10,, and the Zealand!, Co lon and . Senator : th .day following. Amorican forces now await the coming of Merritt before moving on Manila. Commander of the expedition is expect ed about a week hence. Aguinaldo's forces still surround the capital. News of the destruction of , Cervera's fleet caused oonstornation among the Span iards.. Four American soldiers died on the vovaae the Initial Steps Toward Peace Nego tiations Taken by SpalnA Spain has sued for peace formally and directly to President McKinley through the French ambassador. . The following official statement haa been made: "The French ambassador, on behalf of the government of Spain and by direction of the 8panish minister for foreign affaire, presented to the president at the White House a mes sage from the Spanish government lobk- ina to a termination of the war and settlement of the terms of peace." . RGO IP General Miles' Forces Landed at' Ponce. ON THE SOUTHERN COAST W ci farm a tcin to Rnaln mav be again delayed. Naval officers think the war ships should be overhauled before em barking on their mission Famine, and deadlv yellow Jack reign at r4iiatannmo. . An averase of 15 deaths a day ocours among the troops and people from these causes The situation in Spain is reported to be going from bad to worse. Sagasta is powerless to relieve the situation, and disaffection in the army steadily inoreases. A World dispatch from Madrid says Russia is intriguing against us and in favor of Spain. She is said to oe man inc nrrununiTinnta for concerted inter forence by the Continental powers In important matters. Some traitor tore down an American rW at Lnnor Beach. Wash. The whole settlement is up in arms and threaten to hang the man who did it w,lth the ropes with which the flag was fastened should he be caught. Snnniarda sunk the small Spanish vnnhont Sandoval, which has been i,,;.,,, r,.,.r Cnimnnnra. Tnis is looKea upon as a gross breach of the terms of inn.w which the Snaniards then had knowledge of. especially considering the fact that food has been sent Dy tne United States navy into Unimancra Rhaftoi'a detailed report of Hi American casualties at the battle nt Rnntinuo has been received at the war department. The total number of nnann ties was 1.590.1 KecapltUiated, the American losses were: Killed, 23 officers and 208 enlisted men; wounded, 80 officers and 1.203 men; missing, oi men General ' Acuinaldo. the leader of the Philippine insurgents, is fighting for annexation to the united states. An Agreement has been reached among the Western roads and freight rates have been restored to a normal tariff, The steamer Chnrlefl Nelson has ar rived in Seattle from St. Michaels with 178 passengers and about $1,000,00C n gold Oonpral Rronke. "commanding the First army corps, has sailed from New port News to join General Miles at Porto Kico. Pnnr thousand more sick and huntcry Ononinnla from Eastern Cuba surren dered Monday upon learning of Toral'i capitulation. As the lesult of a collision, occurring pear Detroit, the steamer Edward Smith No. 2 was sunk. The other ves sel was but slightly damagod A snoniftl from Shanghai savs that four Russian men-of-war have left Port Arthur, and that it is supposed their destination 18 tne rnuippine lsianus. A London dispatoh says Spain will nmnrain on nrmiRtice. The Washington government will be asked to agree to suspend hostilities wune terms oi peauo can be discussed A tnlowram has been received in Washington from Shatter requesting that gold and paper be sent to Santiago, aa th tradesmen reluse to accept Amer- ioari silver dollars at par value, and rate them at 50 cents on the dollar The battleship Iowa fired on an Aus trlnn nminnr off Santiago harboi. The timllarito nl llio Audtrifln and Nnanish f'.1' ' J " -x Hags is to blame lor tne moment. . hid captain of the Austrian warsnip, wnne notpleasod, lealized that the firing was a mUtnkA. The intention of Austria is said to be to preserve neutrality to the end. hlnnnral Klnflrwtll command the next Manila expedition which is to sail from Qun Ymnniann liv the end of tlie tires- ent week. Genoral King thinks every mnn of the expeditionary force now at Sau Francisco will be needed at the Philippines to help suppress the ex- .. ... fi ii n pected native reneuion alter tne Span iards are conquered. A.mlliu to the war views of John Sherman, elicited in an interview, the ex-Becretary says the grievance of Gen eral Garcia IS just, A Diunuer wan auWIantltt made. The On ban s should v .. --j - Kdva Vinnn invited to witness the sur render of Santiago. The retention of Cuba by the United States, lie says, is not justifiable under any ciroumstaces, but Porto Kico should pe retained The railroad situation in China is rapidly improving. Conservatism has apparently been at last thrown over- i .1 1a nii.rt... vi ayk fa laalintv out contracts and concessions with an almost reckless hand. Tlie latest authorized railroad is to be built by; the Russo-Chinese bank. Evidence of ' the gradual awakening of the spirit of I progress in other lines of industry is also becoming plainly apparent. j A Detachment of Spanish Troops" Of fered Resistance, and In a Skirmish Forty Spaniards Were' Killed and Not An American Killed or Wounded. Port of Guanica. Island of Porto Rico, via St. Thomas Island, July 27. The United States military expedition under - command of General Miles, which left Guantanamo bay Thursday last, was landed here successfully today after a skirmish between a detachment of Spanish, tioops and a crew of 80 be longing to the launch of the United States auxiliarry gunboat Gloucester. Forty Spaniards were killed and no Americans were hurt. The troops were pushed forward rapidly in order to capture the railroad leading to Ponoe, whioh is only about 20 miles east of this place. : , Guanica, the point of debarkation of the expeditionary forco. is a small town on the southern coast of the island. It is less than 20 miles on an air line distant from Ponce, and 65 niles from San Juan, against whioh the assault is to be directed. This town la situated on a bay of the same name, which forms one of the best Dorta in the whole island. From Ponce there is an excellent military road running 80 miles north to San Juan. The whole of General Brooke's force, with the New Orleans, Annapolis, Cincinnati, Leyden and Wasp are expected ' here within 24 hours'. - SURRENDER OF" GUANTANAMO Seven Thousand Spaniards I.ay Down Their Arms. -Santiaso de Cuba, July 27. Every thing heie is peaceful. The 7,000 Span, ish soldiers at Guantanamo threw down their arms, today. The 8,850 men from Palma Soriano, San Lujs and Longo, surrendered yesterday to liieutenani Miley and today packtrams with pro- visionSwere sent to them. Thn fmlv others ino'uded in the capit- ulatioarev tlie 2.000 at Baracoa and They have not yet been turned' over. Garcia is at Jiguani today, and reached there without encountering any Spaniards. ; General Shatter authorized an abso lute contradiction of the report that Garcia encountered a force of Span- IlKJM'ii, oapt. pniiip op Tim texar. iards, whp were returning to Santiago to surrender, and was defeated by thein. Colonel Ezra P. Ewers, of the Ninth 'infantrv.nftt.inv for General Shafter, will receive tlie formal snrrOni .lr of ttnnntflnamo. General. Shatter releasod 40 Cubans, who had been confined in the local jail on political ohargep. In deed, some of them were confined with out oharizes of anv character, others on the most trivial pretexts, and yet others solely because of . sympathy with the nnhan cause. The iail is still filled with many whose crimes and sentences Cubans at Clenfueeos Are Starving Weyler system in f orce. Guantanamo. July 27. The follow- inor nitlful anneal has been addressed o by the' starving people of Cienfuegos to Rear-Admiral Sampson: 'Honorable Sir: The Cubans, old men, women and children,' resident in tbe town of Cienfuegos and this neigh borhood, are all dying of hunger. The young men are all in the field with the Cuban troops and have no shoes nor food. All the provisions in this town are in the hands of Spaniards. Cubans cannot obtain a piece of bread, as it is necessary to send everything to the field. The Weyler system is in high sway. The situation is tern die. you, honorable sir, do not come quicu- ly with your squadron, to our neip ana take possession of this town, we shall be lost. ' We beg you to precipitate your operations. About 5,000 old men, women and children shall die oi nrnger in this town. Some of these old men hava four or five sons ftehtina for free dom. This is our situation horrible situation. If the great people of the Unitjed States do not come quicsiy in our help we are lost. . Foi God's sake. come quickly. ... ."SUA1JS uuuaas. TJnthino- r.a-n be done for the neople o of Cienfuegos until the place is cap tured. This will not be lor some nine. A BIG LOT OF GOLD. Id 1 New Cases at Santiago Now Four Hundred. FOUR DEATHS IN ONE DAY The Charles Nelson Brings Down Over ' a Million. Seattle. Wash. . Julv 27. The steam er Charles Nelson arrived lo lay from St. Michaels with 173 passengers from Dawson, and gold dust estimated all the way from $ 1,000,000 to fi.oou.uuu. Purser M. A. Tucker said: "I believe that 11.500,000 is a fair estimate. Of that amount I can vonoh for $600,000, which was turned over to me and placed in the bteamer's safe." : , One man, .) Mr. Tucker said, had $175,000 and another $125,000. He would riot disclose their namesn Mr. Lippey, his father and two brothers, carried off the steamer nine canvas sacks, which weighed about 100 pounds eaoh. This was the clean tip from Lippey 's claim, No. 16 Eldorado. UNITED STATES TROOPS EMBARKING FOR ; PORTO RICO. SLAPPED SHAFTER. Newspaper Correspondent Gains an lln- enviable Distinction. ' '' Sylvester Scovel. who has won .for hlmsolf the Unenviable distinction of being the only civilian in .history who slapped the face of a major-general in that officer's hour of supremo triumph, is a newspaper reporter who is pos BeBsed of undoubted daring and reck lessness. Mr. Scovel tried to push his way, against orders, to the roof of the palace in Santiagio when the Stars and Stripes was being hoisted, and was forced baok. After the ceremony he are not on record,, and absolutely un known, so far as has been yet ascer tained. A general investigation has been ordered immediately'. ; ).' ' American newspapers which ' have arrived here contain articles written apparently under a misapprehension of the facts regarding the conduot of the oampalgn, and the dictation of the terms of surrender. ,' General Miles waB ero simply as a visitor and advisor. In 4iis official capacity lie had nothing to do with the terms of the capitula tion, the entire credit lor wnicn ueiongs to Mminral Hhnftnr. who. on Julv' 10. recoived the following dispatch from Washington, ot that date: . "General Shatter. Sibonev. The secretary of war diroots me to inform you that General Miles Ielt here at 10:40 last night for Santiago, but with instrnctions which do not in any man ner supersede you as the commander of the United States troops in the field at Santiago, as long aa you are able for duty. . "CORBIN, . ' t "Adjutant-General." TLVB8TEB SCOVE& ma An hia urn 17 to Oeneral Khafter and struck that hero it) the faoe with his nnlm. He wtiH arretted nt once, and the rules of war allowed that he may be drumheaded and snot. . , Cnite a number of waiters in Den ver. Col. . have joined the army. Charles Randall, an old-timer, had $84,000. i . . r : . fuller individual amounts ran from $1,000 to $10,000,1 $5,000 being an nvnriu'e. . ' ; , . .. At B o'clock this afternoon. 67 pas sengers had deposited in the assay office about $300,000. K'our thousand ounoes tuna thn liirwosl individual amount. This did not include the Lippey and Randall gold. f ': - : Ahnnk one-third of the nassenizere brought no' gold. Some of them had gone in this spring. ; Not liking . the prospoct they sold their outfits and re turned. . Captain McKettrlck. Victims Are Not All Sufferlnif From Yellow Jack Disease of a Mild Type . Sh after Reports That His Men Are Being Located In Better Camps. J Washington, July 26. A dispatch received by General Corbin from Gen eral Shatter says that 896 new cases of fever of all olasses were reported ; in bis earn p' before Santiago yesterday. As the same dispatch 'reports only four 1 deaths, none of them from yollow . fever, from among the hundreds of fever cases in the camp, the war authorities are more than ever inclined to the belief that the yellow fever oases are of a mild type. ' Previous (dis- patohes from Shatter and the medical officers of his corps have indicated the, existenoe in camp of a very large num ber of oases of malarial fever and dengue fever, the latter common in the Cuban climate. Some clear cases of yellow fever are reported, but the offi cials say they, are few as compared with those of other fevers. " General Shatter's dispatoh received by General Corbin is as follows: "Santiago de Cuba, July 26. Num ber of new cases of fever of all classes not previously reported, Private Daniel Stone, company D, First Illinois, ty phoid fever, July 20; Sergeant J. Blair, regimental quartermaster, died July 22 i of dengue' fever; Privates Wjlliam Pea cock and Garratt Learnesheok, both of oompany E, Seoond infantry. - General Shatter reported by pable to- ,; day that the condition of the troops at . . , Santiago was rapidly improving, and Bald he hoped in the.oourse of a day or - two to have the men located in com- Wtahlo oamnn. where thev mav rest and recuperate and where the sick may recover. ' Ho is feedincr 11.000 Spaniards, pris- . oners of war, and although he has not yet been able to furnish them tents, . this deficiency is being made good, and their condition ia no worse in this re- speot than was their condition belore the surrender. '1 Troops Mentally Depressed. Kantinffo da Cuba, via Kingston. July 26. The report published in the United States that therere 80 cases of . yellow fever In the cavalry division nrovna on investicaton to be unfounded. Captain House reports thai there is no sickness. The First, Bixtn anu imihii navalrv. the First and Tenth infantry regiments and six companies of the Randolph light artillery, are encamped . about two miles northwest oi El Caney, at the base of the mountains. The. camp is apparently perfectly healthy, aa to the location, and has a good wa ter supply. lhe ground is won drained. ' ' Malarial fever is prevalent, but it al- wflVH vields to auinine treatment in the course of four or five days. The fact that immunes of the regiment have this fever as freely as the other men shows that it is not yellow jack. There have been no lataiitioa irora ma larial fever thus far, but so long as the. men are exposed to the hot sun during the day, the increasing ram and noavy dews, malaria will increase and our men grow worse. A second attach is much more difficult to eradioate, espe- dally in the case ot men exposed to inn : present conditions. The army is mentally depressed by j inactivity, and the uncertainty as to ; its future movements, togetner wuu the increasing malarial fever. . Wounded on the Hudson. ; 7 ' Newport News, July 27. The trans nort Hudson, from Santiago, arrived at Hampton Roads at noon today. Prom the foremost floated a yellow lever nag, indioating sickness aboard. Dr. Pet tus, the national quarantine . officer, boarded the vessel as soon as she cast anchor. ' - The bodies of Captain Caprpn and Sergeant Hamilton Fish are on the ship It is said that Sylvester Soovel, the New York iiewspaper correspondent who was ordered from Cuba because of insulting conduot toward General Shat ter is also on board. Captain William McKettriok, the man who raised the Stars and Stripes over the palace oi tne conquered Ban tiago de Cuba, ia a aoh-in-law of Gen eral Shatter and a member of the gen eral s Stan. .. ' , The Earl of Minto has been appoint ed governor general of Canada. -: ; SURRENDER ; OF SPANIARDS. Interior Garrisons lay Down Their '. Arms.- WaHhincton. Julv 26. The war de partment at midnight posted the fol lowing: . i "Santiago, via Haytt. July 5Jo. Ad jutant-General of the Army, Washing ton: Lieutenant. Miley has returned from San Luis and Palmas Soranio, where he went four days ago to receive the surrender of . the Spanish troops. The number surrendered was larger than General Toral reported. Three thousand and five Spanish troops and. 850 volunteer guerrillas gave tip their' arms and gave parole and have gone to work. Three thousand stands of arma were turned in to load on ox-carts and started to the railroad. Spanish troopa accompanied him to San Luis, and all were apparently greatly delighted at the prospect of returning home. They were on the verge of 'starvation and I have to send them rations tomorrow. If the numbers keep up as they have,' there1 will be about 24,000 to ship away, nearly 12,000 here; 8,000 from San Luis, 6,800 from Guantanamo, and nvar 9 000 nt Sas?nft and Baracoa. . "SHAFTER, "Major-General Commanding.'