The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-06-09
LATER NEWS.


from hitherto reliable sources, the
United States and Spanish forces at
Santiago are preparing for battle, and
news OF decisive engagement is ex-
pected.
The run on the governments bank
has assumed formidable proportions,
and is steadily increasing day by day.
Spain is gradually drifting to a paper
basis.
A dispatch from correspondent with
the feet off Santiago says Cervera's
squadron was entrapped by a clever
ruse engineered by Schley. who led the
Spanish admiral to think it perfectly
safe to enter Santiago harbor.
The secretary of war has sent con-
gress a request for appropriations
amounting to $53.879, 359. These ap-
preparations will be used for the
equipment and maintenance until June
l, 1899. of the 1876, 900 volunteers re-
Gently called for by the president.
Santiago is to be invested by a land
force. Government officials think a
naval attack alone might not be effect
i've. Haste is essential, as the prospect
Of the early approach of the cyclone
season makes Schley's stay in the open
sea perilous. Secretary Alger intimates
that the invasion of Porto Rico will
promptly follow the fall of Santiago.
The state department and the attor-
ney-general, by direction of the presi-
dent, are working hard in the prepare.
tion of form of government for Cuba
after the Spaniards are driven out. An
effort is being made to have complete
plan for these operations ready to be
put into effect as soon as peace is de-
clared.
Loaded with wealth but deserted and
starving, John Rochel. once a we'll
known manufacturer of Sioux City, Ia,
persisted last April on the trail between
Dawson and Dyea. Alaska. The news
of his death reached Sioux City in
letter to his widow by Richard Hen
erickson. from Seattle. He was aban-
doned by his comrades and left to die.
In the engagement at Santiago the
Spanish flagship Cristobal Colon was
struck twice by shells from the Massa-
chusetts and the batteries were badly
damaged by the firing of the cruiser
New Orleans. Three hundred shots
were fired by the Americans. No
American vessel was hit and no one on
the ships injured. The Spanish loss
was not heavy.
Chas. w. Post. who has just re-
turned from Hong Kong. says that pre-
vious to the battle of Manila, Admiral
Dewey had social passage at arms
with Prince Henry, brother Of EN-
peroT William of Germany. Prince
Henry sighted the United States at a
series of toasts rendered at banquet,
and was made to apologize to the hero
of Manila. The apology was written.
A World dispatch from Madrid says:
Spain will yield no territory. and will
not listen to peace overtures on such q
basis.
The schooner Jane Gray, which left
Seattle for Kotzebue sound with party
of prospectors, on board has been
wrecked off Cape Flattery.
The converted yacht Wasp reports
having gone into Cienfuegos harbor
and sighting three Spanish cruisers,
probably Of Cervera's fleet.
Secretary Alger. in letter to con-
gress says that 10, o0osor 100000 troops
will go to Cuba at once and be follow
ed, as soon as possible, by 30, 600 more.
The Florida expedition is now safe
with Garcia's army. A letter has
been received in Key West from one OF
the American members Of the party.
which was written after the landing
was made.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
by two Spanish torpedo boats to des-
troy the ships of Schley's fleet, but
they were repulsed and took shelter
beneath the guns of the forts. This
engagement, it is said, was the first
hostile movement off Santiago.
The war department is massing ra-
tions for 80 days for the troops assem-
bled at Jacksonville under the com.
mand of Major General Lee. Officials
! decline to say how many men are to
be concentrated there, or whether they
will stay at that place for the full Sc
DAYS for which rations are provided.
Amid the music of hundred bands,
| the cheers of hundreds of thousands Of
people, the blasts OF many. whistles
and the waving of innumerable flags,
the trans Mississippi exposition waf
formally opened in Omaha. Nothing
occurred to mar the occasion. Presi.
dent Mckinley addressed the assembled
multitude by long-distance telephone,
touched the magic button and the ex-
position was dedicated.
As a result of the bombardment b.
the Atlantic squadron, Santiago de
Cuba's Ell MORO was entirely des'
troyed. The Spanish losses in killed
and wounded were heavy. Details re-
parding the American losses are lack
| inc, but It Is thought that few Il any
men we're killed and that few were
wounded during the engagement
/ Little damage was done to the war
ships of either fleet An auxiliary
cruiser belonging to Sohley's squadron
however. was disabled, and She Span.
ish claim to have landed several shelll
on the battle-ship Iowa. but the ltatel
report is not confirmed The Spaniard'
displayed their usual poor markham
ship throughout the engagement.
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