Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1898-05-26
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Thirteen trainloads OF troops wer,
reported Saturday between Ogden and
San Francisco on their way west.
| Australia Is friendly to the United
States. The newspapers at Sydney are
strongly advocating an Ang1o-Americar
alliance.
/ Two regiments Of infantry from the
regular army, now at Eew Orleans, viii
be Transferred Immediately to San
Francisco.
| Australian adyices state that hur.
ricano which swept tho shores OF Aus
tralia has wrecked many small craft In
the coast trade.
| Late Oriental papers state that there
are many Indications Of rebellion in
the Yang-tsc-Kiang valley, owing to un.
settled industrial conditions.
| President Dole. OF Hawaii, has con.
lrmed report that he has signed bill
! providing for placing the islands under
American sovereignty In case OF war.
] People are anxious TO leave Cuba.
The alarm Is general among all classes
at Havana, and business Is at stand
still. The weight Of the blockade IL
making itself felt.
A Madrid dispatch from Havana says
the American warships bombarded
Gaulnatano. and that the Spanish gum
boat Santuaro and regiment OF troops
repulsed an attempt to land there.
Spain Is preparing to take the ag.
grcssive. Eight Thousand troops have
embarked at Barcelona for the Philip.
pines. and Admiral Camara has re-
ceived final instructions before sailing
with his fleet.
! A Madrid dispatch says: II Is owl
dent the new Spanish cabinet intends
TO push the campaign vigorously. Ii is
said the ministry will negotiate active.
ly with foreign diplomats to protect
Spain against a combination Of her
enemiee.
| The British feet In the Pacific is TO
BIO strengthened to considerable ex-
tent during the the next few months.
Small cruisers are being replaced with
larger ones. The changes, Il Is said,
may mean an important move in the
Pacific by England In the near future.
Spanish ships carrying coal may now
be we'll on their way across tho At
lantic, says the Montreal Star. Indeed,
according TO information received from
a Star correspondent at North Sydney,
q. b., It Is possible that at the present
time Spanish coal ships are In tho
waters about Newfoundland.
General Gomez, at the head OF an
army Of 1000 insurgents. is closing In
on Havana. His advance guard, led
by Quentin Balderai, had a skirmish
with and put TO flight 500 Spanish
troops. Santiago de Cuba. according
to the same report, Is menaced by
5000 insurgents under Garcia.
As the result Of recent exchanges be-
tween the state department and the
French embassy, an agreeable under
standing has been reached which gives
assurance of the continuance OF the
traditional friendship between the
United States and France. and that
neutrality in the present conflict will
be adhered to.
Major.G General Merritt is on HIS way
10 San Francisco to take control OF the
coming Philippine campaign.
The tide OF Alaska traffic has turned.
Tho steamer City OF Seattle on her last
trip brought down 268 passengers
A heavy loss OF life has resulted from
the terrific gales that created havoc at
points throughout the Middle West.
Eleven dead at Rockford, Ill.,; ten at
Elmhurst, and five at Seiger, Wis, Is
the number so far recorded. Several
towns were wiped out and an immense
stretch OF country devastated.
The American-Spanish war was dis
cussed in the house Of commons Mt OF
tawa, Canada. Representative Cleary
declared that many Canadians would
like to see America beaten by Spain.
Premier Laurier, Sir Charles Tupper,
and several members, however, made
haste to disavow such sentiments.
II is reported from Key West that
Commodore Watson has started for Ha-
vana with United States squadron No.
3 to work In harmony with the squad
Ions under Rear Admiral Sampson and
Commodore Schley. Commodore Wat
son took his fleet from Key West singly.
His fleet consists Of the powerful moni-
tors Puritan and Miantonomoh, the
cruisers Cincinnati and Helena, the
auxiliary cruiser st, Paul, the torpedo
boats Ericsson, Dupont, Foote and
Gushing, and the gunboats Bancroft,
Dolphin, Morrill,, Eagle, Wasp and
Hawk.
II appears from information brought
to Vancouver, b, O., by the Empress
OF India that the Spanish did little
bombarding on their own account in
tho Philippines about fortnight before
Admiral Dewey silenced their feet.
About the middle Of April. ssys a
Manila report, Spanish warships went
down to Cebu, where they hombarded
the city. The troops met no opposition
In landing, the rebels having absoond-
ed before shot was fired, taking with
them, II Ia said, $4,000 in cash.
About 80 Chinese were killed In the
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