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Yamhill County Reporter LATER NEWS. «IIN ffl AND ■ HOBSON’S FATE. 1 IB I N HAND — HALF WAY REST. Honolulu Warmly Greet* T rum port« M. Sarrien has decided to relinquish The Prospects Are Not Bright fur His With Volunteer«. txchHiige. the task of attempting to form a new Victoria, B. C.. June 31.—-Th® cabinet in France. ». H. BARN HABT. Publisher. Washington, June 23. — Wonl was steamer Miowera arrived today from May internal revenue collections received today from Commodore Watson Honolulu, from which port she sailed M«M INN VI IXE..................... OREGON. amounted to 114,098,517, an increase to the effect that Captain-General June 10. She brings advices as follows: over May last year of $3,281,225. Blanco stutes that the Spanish govern- The United States trans|>orts City of General Duffield's brigade of 3,000 [ ment refuses to exchange Hobson and Peking, Australia and City of Sydney | men at Camp Alger, Washington, D. his men. C., have been ordered to take transports arrive«! at Honolulu together June 1. The holding of hostages usually for at Fort Monroe for Santiago. As soon as the three vessels were sight- ransom or for other benefit is a me«lie- Cable service between Guantanamo e«l, all Honolulu turned out to welcome val custom. But eveu as hostage Hob Interesting Collection of From I and Washington has been restored and the soldiers. The docks were lined with son would be entitled to an exchange Many Places Culled From the Press Blanco has been cut off from communi people. an«l as the vessels entered the cation with the outside world. Iteports of the Current Wee*. FIERCE FIGHTING REPORTED for prisoners of great rank or greater ASHES FOR THE INVADERS harbor the sjiectntors veiled themselves number. It is recalled that Admiral The United States army for the in Preparations are being hastened for hoarse. Such a scene of enthusiasm Cervera won praise the world over by the third expedition to the Philippines. vasion of Cuba, about 16,000 strong, Gunboat Limd.it With Oil Ileaily for the has never been witnessed in Honolulu. and commanded by General Shafter, Native Troop« Join Insurgents and the his gallantry in making the first offer Five steamers loaded with troops will Match—Fooplo Living on lion« When the vessels docked it was late, Spaniard* Surrender—Whole Kegi> to exchange Hobson and his associates, probably sail from San Francisco for has arrived safely off Santiago de Cuba. Flesh—Colonel Huntington Prepar iiients In Revolt—Town of (llanga, so that the refusal to exchange Hobson so the order was given to allow no one Reports of disasters at White Horse Manila about July 1. ing for ati Bxpected Attack. Next in I m porta nee to Manila, Tak?*n< is the more unaccouutuble. ashore, but the next morning about An engine and tender on the north- rapids, on the way to Dawson City, It was also recalled that when Colo Off Guatanamo, via Kingston, Ja half tlie troojis were allowed to land. bound freight on the Langdon line of have been exaggerated. Instead of 500 Hong Kong, June 23.—According to the Great Northern jumped the track, boats being lost, but 50 were wrecked. [ advices from Manila, dated June 19, it nel Cortejo, confined at Fort McPher maica, June 21.—Cuban scouts report During the day they were given the son, Ga., was exchanged, it was strict free«iom of the city. The men visited fatally injuring Engineer Peterson, Rumors are current in Madrid that was report«! there that General Nonet, ly on the basis of his rank, without today that the inhabitants of Caima j Waikiki ami other points of interest, Conductor Cohen and a brakeman. a cabinet crisis is imminent and that a nera have strewn the streets with straw in coming southward with 3,000 mixed j consideration of the incidental fact and ha«l a pleasant time generally. For the purpose of testing the effi national government pledged to vigor and oil, with the intention of destroy At noon President Dole ami his cab ciency of the mines in Hampton roads ous prosecution of the war is likely to troojis from Bartacan, 30 miles north ¡most impoitant to Captain-General of Manila, found the railway line Blanco, that Cortejo was a close rela ing the city and fleeing to the hills, inet received the officers of the expedi the burned schooner Shenandoah was sueceed the Sagasta ministry. tion of the former captain-general. j Caimanera lies four miles up the bay tion. During the reception, the steam blown. The ship was torn into a Water displaced by the launching of blocked, and was taken by ambush by thousand fragments. An officer in the the battle-ship Albion at Blackwell, the insurgents. Fierce fighting ensued, i The naval officials attach no impor i from Camp McCalla, under the guns ers and the grounds of the executive fort set the mines off by electricity. England, submerged a staging which [ and was carried on for three «lays, dur tance in the half-masting of the flag of the American ships, and the situa building were thronged with people. June 3, the soldiers were entertained over Morro castle after the recent bom- tion is desperate. Starving and fam Spanish power is crumbling in the was crowded with people, and it is esti ing which General Nonet was killed. on the grounds of the executive build . bardment as indicating that Hobson Philippines. General Pena and 1,000 mated that 50 persons were drowned. The native troops joined the insurgents, and his associates ha«l perished. Morro ine-stricken, convinced of the ultimate ing. President Dole was on hand to Spanish soldiers have surendered at In response to an inquiry, Mr. Rams- and the Spaniards who were left, about is being spared to protect Hobson, and | triumph of the American arms, and welcome them. The utmost freedom Santa Cruz, and similar surrenders have I den, the British consul at Santiago, moreover it is hardly supposed that the without faith in the Spanish soldiery, prevailed, the affair being very in ■ 500 in number, surrendered. occurred at other plaoee. Tire insur Bent the following dispatch to the New A battalion at Pampanga of native Spanish flag would be lowered out of j the people are believed to have deter formal. To each man the chief execu gents propose to form a republic under York World: “Nothing happened to mined to leave their houses in ashes be tive gave a word of welcome to Hono Anglo-American tutelage. Hobson or the others during the bom lulu. An outdoor luncheon was served LIEUTENANT RICHMOND P. HOBSON. hind them and seek safety in the hills The Hawaiian annexation resolution bardment.” by the ladies of the city. □f the north. The scoutts declare that has been favorably rejxirted upon by The transports left for Manila June The American fleet off Santiago has Daring American Officer Who Commanded the Brave Crew that Sank the the story is accurate, and say that 4. The Charleston steamed outside the senate oommittee on foreign rela been materially strengthened by the Merrimac in Santiago Harbor. svery building of the town is being and waited for the fleet, which got tions. There is now a probability that addition of the warships, which escort rapidly prepared for the torch. the islands will have been formally an ed the transports, cor. listing of the In away about 10 o’clock, with the The situation of the beseiged is fear Charleston in the rear. While the ves nexed to the United States before two diana, Detroit, Montgomery, Buncroft, ful. The people are eating horses and sels were in port they took in the weeks have elapsed. Helena, Ericsson and Foote. mules and are scouring the hills for neighborhood of 1,600 tons of coal. The achievement of the Vesuvius at Chinese authorities, presumably upon fruits and herbs. Occasionally brief Of the 2,500 men among the various Santiago is regarded as remarkable, and representations from Spain, have com bombardments by the American fleet vessels, but two desertions were record opens a new era in warfare. The effect pelled the U. 8. 8. Zafiro to leave Chi leave the helpless citizens terror- er!, and the}* were from the Oregon reg of her giant shells upon the fortifica nese waters without allowing the usual stricken,no preparations for defense bo- iment. Two men were left behind, tions with which they came in contact 24 hours to take on coal and provisions. ing made. It is also stated that the one of whom was discharged for disa was destructive to a degree heretofore She is now in British waters at Hong Spanish gunboat at Caimanera has been bility, and the other is in a local hos unequaled by any death-dealing ma Kong. loaded with inflammables, and will be pital. • chine in existence. Three Spanish gunboats and some burned with the city, her commander The voyage down was pleasant, ami Lieutenant-Colonel Arna of the Cu large vessels, apparently merchantmen, declaring that she will never become the vessels traveled abreast most of the ban army, who has juBt arrived in Key left Havana harbor and proceeded east an American prize. way, although it was necessary for the West, says that as soon as war between ward, close in shore. The auxiliary The scouts say the Spanish soldiers City of Peking and Australia to slow the United States and Spain was de gunboat Maple fired upon the Spanish are in almost as complete a state of up and wait for the City of Sydney. clared, the Spanish guerillas in Pinar ships and they returned to port and panic as are the civilians, and that ' Eight oases of measles broke out on de) Rio province went through the have not since attempted a sortie. they could easily be induced to sur the Australia. The sick men were sep country districts butchering the paoiti- render. Some of the prisoners taken arated from the other passengers on the A Havana dispatch says that on Fri cos, women, children and old men, by the marines say they believe the ship by being quartered on the hurri- day morning last the United States whose bodies lie in the roads and fields Spanish troops are on the verge of sur can deck, and the surgeons had the battle-ship Texas endeavored to cover unburied to this day. render, on account of the lack of food. cases well in hand when the vessels ar the landing of American murines at A special cable from Ilong Kong to Ponta Cabrera, province of Santiago de Captain McCalla, of the cruiser rived. the New York Journal says that the Cuba, but the Americans were repulsed Marblehead, and Lieutenant-Colonel Three Kamehameha school students, most sovere and strong battle since with the loss of several men. Huntington, in command of the ma all native Hawaiian» tried to enlist Dewey's annihilation of the Spanish rines, are not so sure, however, of the with Colonel Summers, of the Oregon By way of Marseilles, France, the fleet haB occurred at Manila. One reported Spanish rout. They received , regiment for the trip to Manila. The thousand insurgents attacked 8,000 state department has received and information yesterday that a general boys were worked up over the war, and Spanish, inflicting heavy losses and al transmitted to the navy department attack by a force of 8,500 Spanish sol- were immensly enthusiastic in their advices confirming tire report that the most forcing an entiance to the city. diere and guerillas on Camp McCalla American sentiments. Four men, reg Marines from Dewey’s warships and Spanish reserve fleet has returned to is contemplated within a night or two. ular members of the Hawaiian army, insurgents have the city surrounded Cadiz. The dispatch states that the Preparation was made for an assault. joined the United States forces at Hon Victoria came into port disabled and in and cut off from every possible source olulu. They went on boar«! the Peking BEYOND REPAIR. of food supply. Foreign residents tow. and were enlisted at once. Major-General Merritt may sail for have fieri to the vessels in the harbor. It was given out officially that the Santiago Forts Are Rnlned by the Dewey is prepared to take the city 24 Manila on the cruiser Philadelphia, Bennington would not leave port until American Bombardment. hours after the arrival of the troops which has received orders to be ready the arrival of the Mohican. The Ben- for sea by July 1. The prospective now en route. Off Santiago de Cuba, via Kingston, ningtou will go to Mare island to be The army of invasion for Porto Rico^ governor-general of the Philippines is Jamaica, June 21.—A careful inspec cleaned, and then will be sent to Ma anxious to reach the islands as soon as it is said, will Ire 25,000 strong. tion of the hills defending Santiago nila as a fleet convoy. possible. General Otis will go with While the Unite«! States troops were Spaniards at Cadiz are reported as harbor since the bombardment Thurs the fourth squadron. in Honolulu, over 7,000 letters were being in a state of great excitement, day morning shows that the American written by them. The postage, amount Preparations for sending troops to re- fearing our ships may go across. gunners spread wreck and ruin every ing to $141, was paid by the Hawaiian infoice Shafter’s expedition are under President McKinley has sent to the where. Some of the batteries were de government. Most of the writing was Henate the name of Isauc L. Patterson way. militia, supposed to be particularly consideration for an American loss. It molished beyond repair. done in the legislative halls. The sta Spain positively refuses to give up loyal, began shooting its officers, and is the usual practice of warfare that for the position of collector of customs The vultures, which circled over the tionery was furnished free of charge. Lieutenant Hobson and his men, and for the district of Willamette, Oregon. killed five, when the insurgents at Hobson and the Americans would be hills as thick as swallows around a to emphasize that refusal, Blanoo an A leading Washington diplomat says THREE NEW BATTLE-SHIPS. tacked Marabon. The Spanish suc removed to a place of safety instead of chimney for hours after the firing I nounces that ho will hereafter recog- | the departure of Shafter’s expedition ceed«! in disarming ami imprisoning a danger, for a prisoner of war is entitled ceased, furnished gruesome evidence of nize no flag of truce. destroys all chances of an eurly ¡reace portion of them, but they escaped when under civilized usage to protection the fatality among the Spanish sol The Navy Department Advertise« to« Proposals. against undue exposure or harsh treat diers. Hundreds of troops could be Havana’s Morro castle has fired on the insurgents captured Marabon. and commits the government to a vig our warships. The fusillade contin Washington, June 21.—The navy orous prosecution of the war. At Zapote a whole regiment revolted ment. The putting forward of prison seen from the ships digging in mounds I ued at intervals, all day Saturday anil at a critical moment. The authorities ers as a shield is a relic of barbarism. of earth, piled by the explosion of the 1 department today issued advertise The president has Bent to congress the shots were fairly well aimed, indi still use mixed forces, with the result As a rule, the places where prisoners projectiles from the heavy guns, for | ments calling for proposals for the recommendation Tor the advancement cating the presence of imported gunners. that insurgent riflemen are frequently are confined are where hospitals exist; bodies, while their heads were fanned building of three great battle-ships au of Lieutenant llobson, who sunk the Affairs are growing worse at Ha found to have passed the sentries and where the works of art, libraries, by the wings of the black scavengers thorized by the last naval appropria Merrimao in Santiago bariror, ten num tion bill. These bids will be opened vana. The insurgents are raiding the to be creeping along under cover and churches an«l charitable institutions of the battle-field. bers in the list of nuval constructors. are l«jcated, is designated by a yellow There were two spots, one on the at the department September 1, anti 84 Disgruntled sailors on the Harvard province from all directions. They firing on the Spaniards from behind. The press correspondent pays a daily flag, and commandets do their best to east and the other on the west of the months will be allowed for the comple and Yale, 600 of whom are foreigners, constantly harass the city, cut off sup plies and destroy the roads. An at visit to the outposts at Tonda, Santa protect these points as sacred. If Hob harbor entrance, which were denuded tion of the ships after contract. That will not Ire released. Their protests tempt by Spaniards to dislodge the Cu Ana and Malate, but there is no per son is kept at Morro either to insure of their foliage. The hilltops seem to is the maximum, but bidders are invit are vain, as the British and German be totally blown away. These marked ed to specify the time within which ceptible movement, though there is consuls refuse Ur interfere in the mat bans resulted disastrously. the places where the 200-pound charges they can complete the construction, constant firing, which for the most part ter. The charges made by the sailors The blockade is to be strengthened. of gun cotton, thrown by the Vesuvius, which indicates the department’s in is effective. Nothing is visible among of a breach of faith on the part of the The fleet will be reinforced after the tention to regard speedy construction landed. government are held to be unfounded. debarkation of the troops at Santiago. the trees. The insurgents, who fire i But the most ominous token of death as one of the determining factors in sparingly, draw abundant Spanish vol The ships are to close tip, and naval The services of our marines are being flew from Morro castle. The saffron awarding the contracts. The time al appreciated. Secretary Long has com officials eay that all danger of Spanish leys, and especially at night. The flag of Spain was half-masted for sev lowed by the department is about three mended the zeal and discretion of the vessels running the blockade will thus Spaniards incessantly squander tons of eral hours. The significance of this is months less than the period fixed in ammunition into the sluulow of the Captain of the Marietta. The secretary be eliminated. not known. It is not customary to I preceding contracts for the construction thickets, apparently in the hope of says the receivt long voyage rtf the gun- Food is reported scarce in Porto Rico. 1 quickly exhausting their stock and be half-mast flags, but possibly some of vessels of this ciass. troat demonstrated the abilities of her Prices have advanced and starvation is j Spanish leader was killed by the heavy ing in a position to anrender honorably Park City, Utah, Burned. master and crew. The captain of the [ imminent among the lower classes, j fire of the guns, though some officers of Salt Lake, June 21.—A special to revenue-cutter Hudson also has been Since the bombardment-of San Juan by | after a hopeless fight. the squadron believe that the flag was In the meantime, the Spanish com the Tribune from Park City, Utah, commended for his gallantry at Car Sampson's warships, the inhabitants of ! half-masted as a notification to the manders have been ordered to burn the ! denas. says: Tonight the ideal mining camp the city live in terror of a repetition of j villagers’ huts outside the town, so as Americans that Lieutenant Hobson of Park City is a mass of unsightly A special from Key West says that the awful experience, and reliable news to deprive the enemy of shelter, and and his brave men were dead. ruins, the fire to which it succumbed advices from the headquarters of the is unobtainable in the island. If such is the case, they must have j hundreds of peaceful natives are home beginning at 4 o’clock this morning and Cuban civil government in La Guanja, The Cubans report food supplies in less. been wantonly murdered. The Span- ' continuing with awful fuiy for nearly Camaguay, re| sir t that over 6,000 Havana extremely scarce, and that the ish might sees to lay their death to I There was a great feast at Cavite on eight hours. Park avenue has sus Spanish volunteers and many regulate Spanish army has been placed on half June 18, when a declaration of hide- the bombardment, but not a shot from tained losses that cannot be computed from the Puerto Principe and Neuvitas rations. A Cuban officer who has ar pendence was formally made by Aguin the Americans struck the fortress. with any degree of accuracy. The garrisons have deserted to the Cuban rived in Key West says that in two j aldo. He had invite«! the American Neither Admiral Sampson nor Com- I Chinese quarter is completely wiped patriot army. The immediate cause of weeks the whole population of Car officers to be present, but none accept COLOB SEROIAWT SILVTT. modore Schley believe that Lieutenant out and not a dwelling remains on Raw the desertions was fear inspired by the denas will be starving. He described ed. Agnlnaldo is reported to have i'tnt to Rai.« Our Fing Over a Captuivd FrWIfl- Hobson an«l his party have been killed. bill. proximity of the American fleet. oation tn Cuba the people as living on palm buds and advocated autonomy under American We have 17 prisoners taken at Guan The estimated loss is about $1,000,- Sampson's battleships are olearing dog meat, which he claimed is con protectorates. tanamo, including a lieutenant, besides 000, with light insurance, which is dis- protection for that place or to expose the way for Shafter’s men in Cuba. sidered a delicacy. The insurgents, it i« believed, out of a number in the United States, for re- | tributed among a large number of com The defenses al Calmanera, the ter him to danger, it is said to be a breach prisals or exchange. The Philippines have been declared deference to Atlmiral Dewey, have re of the rules of civilized warfare. panies. The actual figures cannot be minus of the railroad leading to Guan solved not to bombard. For several tree. Insurgents have proclaimed a There was evident demoralization obtained tonight. tanamo have been reduced. The Tex «lays there have been tremendous rain rmong the Spanish troops during the Ex-Qneen Natalie's Generosity. as, Marblehead and Suwanee partici provisional government at Cavite and ■tor ma. Killed by Lightning. London, June 22.—A special dispatch bombardment. Officers could be seen i pated in the bombardment. Firing renounced Spanish authority. There Queen May Abdicate. Jacksonville, Fla., June 81.—When from Belgrade, Servia, says ex-Queen with drawn swords driving the men to continued until the brick fort and earth were great ceremonies and a formal dec Gibraltar, June 23.—There is a per Natalie is organizing an expedition to the guns, but even then they could not about to go in bathing at Palatte beach works constituting the defenses were laration of independence was read. completely demolished and their occu Aguinaldo was made president and Don sistent rumor from Madri I that the the seat of war between Spain aud the be fotoeil to stay, so long as our fire today James Gatewood, steongrapher at them. Fifteen of General Fitzhugh Lee, was struck pants com}>elled to take to the bushes. Pirondo vice-president. The insurgent queen regent proposes to abdicate in Unite«! States, in order to nurse both was directed The Spanish guns tired but five shots, government will not oppose an Ameri consequence of the critical condition of American and Spanish sick and minutes' night work by the Vesuvius by lightning and instantly killed. can protectorate or occupation. had done the work. Gatewood was from Richmond, Va. wounded. her country. all of which weut wild. Spaniards Preparing to Burn Caimanera. Insurgents Are Winning Manv Victories. Minor Newt Itrina. Of the 16,000 oitizens of the United States now in Germany, 8,000 are ma triculated students. Timely rains give assurance of a wheat crop in the state of Washington in excess of 80,000,000 bushels. The Columbia, Cornell, Pennsylva nia and Wisconsin boat regatta will take place on Saratoga lake June 30. Charles Allen, pugilist, was given at St. Joseph, Mo., a 13 years* senteuce in the penitentiary for robbery. A monument is to be erected to the memory of Ensign Worth Bagley, the first officer in the American navy to fall in the war with Spain. The captain of the gunboat Callao, which was captured by Admiral Dewey’s fleet, has l>een shot for not re turning the tire of the American shipa. N. W. Taylor, president of the Cleveland Paper Company and one of the prominent paper manufacturers of the United States, died in Cleveland, aged 73 years. No Fing of Truce. Joint Occupation Wanted. London. June 22.—The Madrid cor- Key West, June 28.—It is learned All from naval officers here that General respondent of the Standaril says: Blanco has notified the American block the papers say the government is satis ading fleet that he will hereafter recog-1 fied with the prospect of Captain-Gen nize do flag of truce, adding that every eral Augustin being able to act in con vessel within six miles’ range will be cert with the commanders of the Euro tired upon whether flying the Stars and pean war vessels for a joint occupation Strip«*» or a white flag. of Manila. As the city cannot hold out It seems that events which led up to until the arrival of the American troops, General Blanco's letter began with the this would forestall the entrance into sending of the Maple, under charge of the town of the rebels, which Spain Captain Ludlow, to open negotiations supposes the European powers would for the exchange of Lieutenant Hobson. not be disposed to permit. Many Killed by Turks. Ilan th« Blockade. Cettlnje, Montenegro, June 21.— There was fighting all day Friday near Berane, on the river Lim. The num- her killed is not known. The exodus af women and children from the dis turbed district into Montenegro terri tory continues. Yesterday, the Servians pursued the Albanians as far m Berane, where a Turkish battery in the fortress fired upon the pursuers, killing and wounding many. It is said Edy Paaha has been sent to restore order and re build the villages. Off Santiago de Cuba, via Kingston, Jamaica, June 21.—Three large cargoes of supplies are xnown to have run the blockade already, and great quantities of food are smuggled to Havana by way of the Isle of Pines, Cienfugos, and other ports on the southwest ooast having direct communication with the capital. It is understood, however, that nothing reachea Santiago. The auxiliary ciuisers Yankee and Yosemite are now scouting for the Spanish steamer Purisima Concepcion, j i , 1