Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-06-10
LATER NEWS.

fell for several hours.
A severe earthquake, lasting for
about two minutes, occurred in North
ern Kentucky, Monday.
The 1rst-class armored Spanish
cruiser Carlo Alberto, bound for Cuba,
has arrived at Gibraltar.
The Oregon election returns indicate
that Geer, for governor, and Tongue
and Moody, for congress, are elected.
Saturday afternoon the .torpedo-boat
Davis was successfully launched from
the iron works of Wolff & Zwicker, at
Portland, Or.
A joint resolution has been into.
duced into the house directing the Sec
rotary of the navy to have prepared
and delivered suitable medals of honor
to Lieutenant Hobson and each mem
Der of his crew, for the gallant service
they rendered the United States.
Cape Haytien advices Of June 6 say:
At 8 O'Clock this morning strong can
nonading was heard before Fort Aqua
dOres- A quarter of an hour later the
noise of c%annonading was greatly in
creaed, the firing evidently proceeding
from guns OF the largest caliber.
A special from Kingston reports that
5000 United States troops have land
ed near Punuta Cabrera, a little TO the
west of Santiago, where a junction was
effected with General Calixto Garcia's
army of 5000 insurgents. 1t is added
that the landing was effected under
cover of the fire of SIMPSONS fleet.
With the troops were several heavy
guns.
1t is reported from Kingston, jam
aica, that the %battle-ship Oregon saw a
long craft ~sneaking close to shore and
heading towards Santiago harbor. She
signalled the craft to turn, and the sig
nails were improperly answered. where
upon the Oregon opened fire upon her.
A l3-inch shell struck the torpedo
boat amidship, and she sank with all
hands. The vessel is supposed to have
been the Spanish torpedo-bo Destroy
er Terror, trying to make her way from
Porto Rico into the harbor of Santiago,
to rejoin the fleet of Cervera.
The department of war Monday
morning sent a list of prisoners at Fort
Mcpherson to Admiral Sampson, and
the admiral himself will enter into
communication with Cervera respecting
an exchange of prisoners. Cervera will
be allowed to select from the list per-
sons whom he is willing to take in ex-
change for Constructor, Hobson and the
gallant crew that manned the Merri-
mac on her last run. The officials
hardly expect to complete the exchange
of prisoners in less than two weeks.
A Madrid dispatch says: At l
O'Clock Sunday evening 90 American
warships opened a hot attack on
Santiago, but they were so far distant
their shells did not reach the forts.
the f%utility of the enemy's
cannonade, the Spaniards made no re-
ply to their fire, awaiting the near APP
proach of the ships, but the attacking
fleet remained in its distant position.
The dispatch further says the lombard
ment lasted 40 minutes and was not re-
Sixteen American warships
are still moored at the same place, in
sight of Santiago.
A Kingston, Jamaica, dispatch saws
10 warships have been sent to reinforce
Cervera at Santiago.
A st. Petersburg dispatch says the
new Russian cruiser Sveitlana, 3,S2S
tons displacement, has been ordered to
the Pacific.
The movement against Porto Rico is
likely to be launched immediately.
Schley's warships are to be left to dis
pose OF the Santiago matter, while the
military forces will at once begin the
campaign of conquest at the island
further East.
Major.G General Merritt has been Or
iered to hasten the departure of the
expedition. The administra-
ton intends to get the entire Philip
pines expedition under way at the
practicable moment. Measures
been taken to render Manila euy
lmpregnable.
The auxiliary cruiser St. Paul, Cap
tain sigsbee commanding, has arrived
New York. Sigsbee says he had
OF target practice off Santiago
and that CerveIa is bottled up. While
cruising before Santiago he went in SO
to the harbor that he was able to
sketches of the Notifications,
were sent to Washington.
Commodore Schley's official report
the Santiago fight has been received
by the president. He says there is no