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daring displayed by Dewey there must fall
upon his shoulders the mantle of Perry and
Farragut. From the meager accounts that
have been received of the battle it is evi-
dent that despite the great risk which
every officer and every man knew was be-
ing taken, there was not a faint heart in
all that squadron, but an enthusiasm and
esprit de corps which could not but win
with such a leader. ] would note too,
that superior education and intelligence
coupled with perfection in craftsmanship,
aided greatly in winning the day, and will,
| believe, contribute to future victories"
Five new dry docks capable of holding
the heaviest type Of war vessels are shortly
to be in course Of construction by the
Government. The plans for each are now
well advanced and bids will be asked
shortly. These docks are to be so located
by the Secretary that they will all practi-
cally be at the leading Navy-yards of the
country. One of them is to be OF the float
ing variety and is to be stationed in the
Gulf for the use of ships that may be
cruising in the West Indies during the
Winter season. Under the terms of the
Naval bill Secretary Long must build three
OF the docks of timber, one of concrete or
masonry and the other of steel. The De-
partment fought hard to have the provision
for the docks so made that every one
should be OF masonry, but influences at
work defeated his recommendations, and
but one will be of really modern construc-
ton.
1t is expected that rush work will soon
begin on the Kearsarge and Kentucky.
Under ordinary circumstances the two bat
tleShipS would not be ready to go into
commission for more than a year, but the
superintendent of the works at Newport
News stated that they could be completed
in six months.
The second Spanish fleet, now at Cadiz,
consists of the battIeship PelayO, the
armored cruiser Emperador Carlos w., the
protected cruiser Alfonso XIII, the Rapido
and the Patria, auxiliary cruisers, formerly
the Hamburg-American Line steamers
Columbia and Normannia, and three tor
pedO boats.
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Oregon is a first-class battleship, with
twin screws She went into commission
July Is, 1896. Her length is 34S feet,
breadth 60 feet, inches, draft "a feet, dis
placement 10,2S8 ,tons. On her trial trip
she developed a speed of 16 knots. Her
main battery consists of four 13-inch,
eight S-inch and four 5-inch breech-loading
rifles, and her secondary battery is 20
6-pounders and six -1-pounder rapid-fire
guns and four gatlings. The armor on her
sides is Is inches thick. Her crew consist
of 81 officers and All men. She cost s., ,1S7,-
600.
Oregon, was appointed to the Navy from
the State of Vermont in September, 1860.
He became Master in 1865; Lieutenant in
1866 and Lieutenant-C Commander in the
same year. In November, 1881, he was
promoted to the grade of Commander, and
in June, 1896, was made Captain.
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States since the beginning of the present
trouble, Batteries A and c of the Pennsyl-
vania National Guard, left Camp Hastings,
at Mount Gretna, last week. The artillery
men found their guns, battery accouter-
ments and camp eQuipage in waiting for
them and they lost no time in marking out
their camp.
The command of the troops at Tampa
was, on May 10, formally turned over to,
Ma. John F. Wade by Mai.-Gen.
Shafter, in conformity with the orders re-
ceived from Washington. Gen. Shafter. it
is said, will be in command of the army
on Cuban soil and will direct the campaign
against Havana. The mobilization of the
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has been appointed Chief of Artillery of the
Army and placed in charge of the heavy
artillery of all the coast defenses. Until
recently he was in command of the 5th
Art, stationed at Governors Island, New
York City. The office of Chief of Artillery
was created during the civil war, but was
abolished at its conclusion. 1t was so
successful in operation, however, during
that crisis that it has been deemed ad-
visable to re-create it for the present war.
As Gen. Rodgers will have immediate
supervision of all the land defenses along
the coast, his work will be to see tn at
guns are properly mounted at the various
Notifications, proper machinery installed
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WARRING WITH SPAIN.
Continued from first page.

men of war Also stores from arsenal in
my possession.
81 am maintaining strict blockade.
"Add to list of destroyed vessels the
Argos, Ell Correo probably FL CanO.
-~----' DEWEY"
A British gunboat arriving at Hong
Kong reported that anarchy prevailed IN
Manila, with the insurgents incOntrollable.
The Spaniards in Manila refuse to submit
and Admiral Dewey is unwilling to bonn
bard the town. He hopes to starve the
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MATANZAS BAY.

the Yumuri on the north and the San Juan
on the south, but it has spread across each
of them, as will be seen, beautiful suburban
places being located in each of the new quar-
ters to the north and south of the city. This
is one of the most healthful locations in
Cuba, and much frequented by invalids of
the island
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We present above chart of Matanzas Bay
and surroundings. 1t will be observed that
The different depths of water in the harbor
are indicated by the parallel lines. The
location of the city on the west side of the
head of the hay will be noted. The main
part of the city is between the two rivers,
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There they took in a full supply of coal
from two colIers which bad been sent
them from Porto Rico. BY going so far to
the southwark the Spaniards threw away
the strategic advantages they possessed
at Martinique, and put themselves so far
away from Cuba that both our fleets can
arrive at either Habana or Cienfuegos be-
fore they can. We are therefore once more
thorough masters of the situation, which
we temporarily lost by the unexpected ar
rival of the Spaniards at Martinique, and
their stay there of two days before we dis
covered it.
MONDAY, MAY 16.
1t fs announced that the 1st Cal. and
four companies of the 14th U. 81 400
althOgether-will sail next Thursday in the
City of Picking for Manila.
Though the Navy Department strives to
keep the movements OF our vessels a secret,
it is believed that to-day Admiral Samp-
son is at Cienfuegos. which is 900 miles
from the Gulf OF Venezuela, where the
Spanish feet was at last accounts.
It is announced from Madrid that Ad-
miral Cervera has been ordered to make
demonstration in the Caribbean to draw
our ships there, while fleet consisting OF
the battleship Palayo, the armored cruisers
Emperador Carlos v, and Alfonso NIL, the
cruisers Rapida and Patria, and the tor
pedO boats Andaz and Prosperina will sail
from Cadiz to ravage our northern coasts
The Hawaiian Government will allow
our Government to raise its flag over the
islands and use them as base OF supplies.
THE NAVY
The rresident sent to the Senate, on
May II, the nomination OF Acting Rear
Admiral George Dewey TO be a Rear -Admi-
raj. The nomination was promptly con-
firmed by the Senate. Dewey was pro-
NOTED under the provisions OF section
1903 of the Revised Statutes, he having,
upon the recommendation OF the President,
by name received the thanks Of Congress
by Joint resolution approved on May 10.
Dewey's promotion will make Capt. Sllas
Casey, now commandant at the League
Island Navy yard, Commodore, and will
place Captain. now Acting Rear-Admiral,
Sampson at the head of the list of Cap
tains, to become Commodores on July B,
next upon the retirement of Admiral Kirk
land, comnandant of the Mare Island
Navy y-yard.
Commodore Winfield S. Schley gave his
views last week on the Manila victory.
He said in part:
Admiral Dewey's victory at Manila must
deservedly take its place side by side with
the greatest naval victories OF the world S
history. 1t strikes me that with several
advantageous fortified positions the pre-
ponderance Of advantage was certainly
with the enemy, and that with the great
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pared here. Admiral Camara has as
sumed command, with Capt. Hediger, an
active officer, who has shaken up all the
San Fernando Arsenal officials.
The Government, for political motives
and to show the people that it was prepar-
ing TO avenge the Manila defeat, asked the
naval authorities what vessels war could
be soon ready to protect the transports
carrying 5000 men to Manila. The War
Minister got seven battaliOns and four
batteries ready.
The large steamship companies under
took to provide the eight ships required
when the naval authorities reported that
it was impossible to get war forces ready
so quickly They declared that the battle
ship PelayO was not fit for an expedition
TO the far East, and, moreover was wanted
for the reserve squadron at home. For the
same reasons they objected to parting with
the Carlos V, Cardinal Cisneros and AL
phonso XIII.
They did not think the second and third
class cruisers were available. Three
would be enough to protect the expedition
from the forces Admiral Dewey would have
at his disposal by the time these Spanish
reinforcements could reach Manila. The
destroyers, three at Cadiz and two at Fer
rol, they wanted to keep for the defense of
the coast with the torpedo vessels and the
old ironcIads, Numancia and Vittoria,
lately refitted in French arsenals at great
cost.
The National tribune., 1898-05-19

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M ediCine

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all others fail. The evidence of this is in
disputable. Thousands of people have good
health today who formerly suffered from
scrofula salt rheum, dyspepsia, catarrh,
rheumatism or some other ailment due to
impure blood. These people had tried many
preparations without avail. They had be-
come discouraged and began to believe that
medicines had no power to help. But Hoods
Sarsaparlla effected cure because it posses
ses the qualities needed to purify and enrich
the blood, eradicate disease and restore a
healthy condition of the organs of the body.
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Is Americas Greatest Medicine. Sold by all
druggists. ST. six for SIS. Get only Hoods.
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SATURDAY, MAY ID.


The Partisan papers publish the follow
ing dispatch from Madrid:
"'The successes achieved by the Spanish
troops against the American landing par
ties i'm Cuba, and the insignificant result
of the bombardment of San Juan de Porto
Rico have strengthened the feeling here
in favor of prolonging the war in the An
TILES and Philippines. 1t is believed
Admiral Cervera's squadron will, so soon
as it has picked up its dispatch boats and
torpedo boats off Martinique, pursue a
cruise into Cuban walers, and perhaps
There is Cabinet erisis in Spain, with
four Ministers going out. Perhaps others
'" Nal lin Lima, Inspector On the staff of Cen
Alexander Rodriguez, Arrived at Key West
with important dispatches for our Govern
ment He says that the war has brought
about frightful conditions of starvation
Cart loads of rec8ncSntrados who have
died from lack of food are taken daily
through the Spanish biines. The bodies
are thrown together implies, without any
form of burial, for thes buZZards to feed
upon. , 10
Mai Lima asserts that the Cubans around
Havana are gathering strength every day,
but that they are inneed OF supplies.
SUNDAY, MAY Is.
FROM THE PHILIPPINES.
The Navy Department received dis
patch from Admiral Dewey thanking the
President for his promotion. Also, the
following:
"Cavite, May 13, via Hong Kong, May 15.
81 am maintaining a strict blockade.
have reason to believe that the rebels are
hemming in the city by land, but they
have made no demonstrations. There is
a scarcity of provisions in Manila. 1t is
probable that the Spanish Governor will
be obliged to surrender soon. l can take
Manila at any moment. The climate is
hot and moist On May IL / captured the
gunboat Callao, which was attempting to
run the blockade. She has plenty of coal.
One British, one French, two German and
one Japanese war vessel are here observ-
ing. DEWEY"
The astonishing news came that the
Cape Verde fleet had put into Curacao, a
The National tribune., 1898-05-19

HonI,c Dsl1c liver Ills; easy to
AAOOA . ITO take, easy to operate. &c
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-18
ExrEnIon FoncE rnE cA.sE.

New York Feb i7.--Capiain Edward
Zallnck. inventor Of the dynamite gun.
declares that the Maine was not blown
~ from within.
Accidents. carclcssnes and sponta-
neous combustion" he said last night 20
a Press reporter have been eliminated
from the navy ana army There was
tim" when the accidental dropping of a
she'll might have blown vessel into
atoms. but that time II past Then. this
theory IL wiped away 80 once when Il is
known that all magazines we're under
lock and key at the time of the occur
renee The boat WAS not IN action but
lying peacefully at anchor In still water
The theory Of carelessneaF must als0 he
dircreditcd ! know the discipline 81 n
war vessel too well 10 imagine any care
less act that would ignite a magazine az
that hour of the night. or 20 believe that
spy or traitor could pass beyond the
guards and enter them. Why. a member
~ the Malncs crew would not dare han
de those explosives at that hour.
"As o. spontaneous combustion that
theory must also be- dismissed az once.
There is no such Thing known today IN
| the manufacture and handling Of exDlos-
| ives as spontaneous combustion be-
cause of the perfection In material and
/ the thorough tests II must undergo he-
/ fore being accepted by the government.
! Some years ago minor accidents were
numerous. but they were principally due
] ~. EaN. ~
tured. or In the handling Of IL. I can re-
call one or two accidents In those days.
hut u is useless 90 speak Of them. as
/ the causes do not enter at an into the
| consideration Of what has befallen the
| Maine. / imagine some effort will be
made by the Spanish 20 conceal the real
! cause of the explosion by blaming the
/ gun cotton IN the magazines. This the
ory will not do. The uses and abuses OF
gun cotton are well understood on a man.
/ of-wRr as IN the laboratory Therc wa
no great heat in the magazines of me
/ Maine. Thermometers tell of no greater
heat than NJ. and gun cotton viii not ex-
plodc under q degrees above that.
But Il must he remembered that ;he
gun cotton stored In the Maipe was most.
ly water soaked. kept thus for the sake
of preservation and safety. or course
there Is a little always kept dry for de.
tonating purposes, to act as sort OF
illuminate or cap In setting on the damT
/ cotton; but the dry cotton is such high.
class material and kept under such per.
fectly safe conditions. that II could not
ignite by itself The same can be saiC
~ every other ounce OF explosives OF
board the Maine \ torpedo from below
the water line might easily have turneI
In the plates and set fire TO "A magazine ol
but am thcoriEing on that. The oondt
ton OF the hull will tell the story But
repeat. and am firm in my conviction
that the Maine did not blow up from
within. The blow came from the outsid,
OF her magazines"
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SYMPATHY IN LONDON,

London, Feb, i7.-As the details OF the
loss OF the Maine are published there are
renewed remarks OF sympathy. They are
not only In the newspapers, but are to be
heard ON all sides.
The PAN Mall Gazette, alluding TO the
bravery of the American officers, says.
captain sigsbee, for one, behaved with
splendid contempt OF danger, worthy OF
the best traditions OF army and navy"
The Prince and Princess of Wales re-
quest the charge dafraircs to convey TO
the president and to the secretary of the
navy an expression of their horror at the
terrible accident which has happened to
tho Maine and their profound sympathy
with them and with the whole American
nation,
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pllala. on the Spanish flagship and else.
where when not In condition 10 De
brought back 10 Key West. will be- care.
fully looked after by Miss Clara Barton.
who has been given carte blanche 10 buy
any and everything necessary, food. dcll.
cacles. and hire three nurses and physlc.
iann The wounded able O. get across
10 Key West will be- taken care Of ~
the marine hospital there.
A. FOR the Maine herself. notwilhstand-
ng the Encouraging reports from Lieu
tenant Howe ao 10 her condition, the
navy department viii try 20 raise hor.
While this is required by every creditable
sentiment. they say they are bound 70
remove the hull from the small harbor In
any case. ana n may be- as easy or easier
to raise her M II would be- 10 destroy the
huh ana machinery by the use Of divers
ana dynamite II h believed this work
can De done by private Nf'cklnS c0fp7f-
,uons. and negotiations are already on
foot Tor placing the contract. based on
work BY the day At an estimate cost OF
isoOo
on the streets there was notieeably less
excitement than yesterday. when people
were loath to believe that the loss of the
Maine could be- traced to other than Span
lsh sources.
Al nags throughout the city. including
those on the capitol and department
bundnFrs. are Tying at half-mosl ana
among the others II conspicuous that oi
cuba ilbrc which nlcs from the stan
on the Hotel Raleigh. the headquarlcri
81 the Cuban junta.
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struck on the head by a flying piece Of
wrcckage but not stunned. climbed on
the poop deck where ! found the execu-
tive officer and several othors. The barge
and xix were lowered and manned. they
being the only boats left We picked up
all the wounded that could be found and
put them into the boats. The Spanish
ship Alfonso XIII. had sent foup or i've
boats very promptly 20 our aid and more
of our wounded were sent 70 the Al
fonso. One of our boats pulled around the
Maine and picked up several men who had
been blown into the water. The eHecu-
tive officer went forward ~ see n the
fre could be put out and found II was
useless 10 Try 10 do anything % save the
ship. NJ she was a total wreck The cap
tain then gave the order 20 abandon the
ship and most Of " went In the boats
70 the CITY of Washington of the Ward
line. and we were most cordially treated
The captain WAS the last 10 leave the
ship"
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No.4g.
AN lNvEsrIoAr1oN NEcEssAnY.

Newton. Mass. Feb. i7--Rear-AdmIraI
Louis A. Kimberly, who commanded the
United States squadron at Apla samoa.
at the time Of tho disaster there. was
seen at his home in West Newton. Asked
for an opinion on the Maine. no said.
"one thing TO me seems certain: The
less that Is said against Spain and the
Spanish government at this time. the bet-
ter II will be and the less cause for trou-
bic there may be hereafter It seems un-
reasonable to connect the Spanish gov
ernment with the disaster. and in jus
tlce both to Spain and to the officers Of
the Maine. public judgment should be
suspended Tor a time. An explosion OF the
magazine might have occurred. or there
might have been some explosive In the
ships stores. The exact cause OF the
disaster will not be known until tke voS-
sel is raised and a court OF Inquiry has in
vestlgated the matter"
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ALGER's REMARKS GUARDED.


Norfolk. Va. Feb IA representative
OF the Norfolk Daily Pilot went to Old
Point Comfort and was granted an inter-
view with Secretary Of War Ager. Cen
eral Alger has been seriously troubled
for eight weeks with severe case Of the
grippe. but is feeling somewhat improved.
Asked as TO his idea OF how the explosion
could have occurred on the Maine, he said
that II was perfectly inexplicable to him
The statement that the shock OF the ex-
plosion shattered windows in buildings
all over Havana he regarded with in
credulity. stating that he did not see how
an explosion OF a battleship out In Ha-
yana harbor could have caused such
result. To the question II II were not
possible that some one Of the ultra-Span-
ish element had been concealed on board
the Maine and exploded a quantity or
dynamite. or caused an explosion OF the
ships magazine, he said that such a
( thing as the coming aboard Of one OF the
7 spaniards disguised as a United States
sailor was not impossible. and that once
aboard he might have remained concealed
for some time. General Alger discussed
the matter Of explosion whether from
within or without the ship. He stated
that probably no intelligent opinion could
be formed until divers make an lnyesti-
cation OF the ship
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TORPEDO STORY Secuted.

Key West. Feb. 1.-THE story that a
torpedo may have been concealed In the
coal furnished To the Maine is secuted
here hut an Inspection OF fuel coal Tor
war ships will be- made hereafter IN
this connection It Is advisable to dlscoun-
tenancc the stories IN circulation at Ila-
vana and here regarding the Maine hav-
Ing been blown up by torpedo placed
under the ship The Maine reached Ha-
vana unannounced and therefore It woulo
be difiicult II not impossible. 10 have
placed torpedo at the spot over which
she was moorcd.
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LOSS OF THE NEVADA.
Fifty Persons Went Down With the H.
Fated Vessel.

Nanaimo. B. c.. Feb. 17.-(special to the
Astorian.)-A special from Juneau, Alas
ka. under date Of February u. confirms
the news OF the loss OF the Clara Nevada.
and says:
The cause OF the disaster was doubt
less the explosion OF her boilers. or the
ifty people on board none is believed to
have been saved. The wreck was discov-
cred by the customs inspector Of Juneau,
who ordered the Rustler to Lynn canal,
where the burning vessel had been seen
wreckage bearing the nahe of the III
fated vessel was found, but there was
nothing to show the identity of the pas
sengers. 1t is thought she carried about
twenty passengers, OF whom two or three
were women Several were bound for Ju-
neau and the balance for Seattle.
Frank Whitney, of Cripple Creek, Colo.
was known to be one of the unfortunates-
Al Noyes. of Juneau. is also supposed to
have been on the Nevada.
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AN ACCIDENT IMPOSSIBLE.

Washington. Feb. l1.-"Under all cir
cumstances." said Naval Constructor
Phillip Hichborne ''i, does not seem to
me the Maine's disaster could have re-
suited from an accident. Everything was
quiet and orderly about the ship as far
as we have any knowledge. and the prob
abilities are that only one u the four
engines was being used. With all the
safeguards imaginable. and lying at an
chor as quiet as possible, II seems unlikely
that such an accident could have oc-
Cured. Men were about the ship every
where. but none OF the machinery was
In motion. with the possible exception OF
one OF the smaller engines for necessary
work aboard. II the Maine had been at
sea or in action there might have been
some valid reason for IN explosion such
as occurred, but not under conditions ex-
listing In Havana. Then. 100, there was
no possible manner for the ammunition
in the magazine to be exploded Here
was vessel as stauncN ana wel) built
as anything that ever left a shipyard and
in an instant almost the work Il years
goes for naught; and We are told that
there was an accident ut the bottom of
the AFFAIR. But l will never believe any
thing of the kind and | have the best OF
reasons for entertaining such opinions
from my knowledge of the manner in
which the Maine was constructed,