The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-08
LATER NEWS.

gram to Shatter and Sampson ordering
them to confer as to the advisability of
the feet entering the harbor to assist
IN the bombaIdment of Santiago.
Shafter has decided that he will wait
for reinforcements. The storming of
Santiago Is therefoIce likely not to oc-
cur for few days. The news of Pam
dos arrival at the doomed city has
been confirmed.
Camara's fleet has entered the Suez
canal. Ten vessels headed by the bat
tle-ship Pelayo resumed their voyage
Tuesday morning, presumably for the
Philippines The news has been con-
tirmed in Washington.
Madrid calls her disaster victory.
Cervera's entire feet has escaped to
safety. Minister Aunon, it is said, is
delighted, and declares that Cervera' g
dash was brilliant one and quite suo-
cessful.
Orders were issued by the depart
ment Tuesday looking to the immediate
dispatch of troopships from Tampa
with reinforcements for Shafter. 1t is
probable at least 5000 will be sent
forward as quickly as transportation
can be provided.
st. Louis presents bloody Fourth of
July record. Three murders were
committed. A probably fatal shooting
affray also occurred, and little girl
who was playing with firecrackers st :
fire to her dress and was burned to
death.
Targets We're made of wounded men,
and Spanish sharpshooters fred on the
ambulance corps at Saturdays and
Sundays engagement at Santiago de
Cuba. Several members of the corps
were wounded and two wounded men
were killed outright.
Gomez troops are short of food, and
serious suffering is inevitable If a fresh
supply is not soon sent to them. Fail
ure of the Gussie expedition to land
supplies and subsequent disposal of the
vessels cargo makes it doubtful if an
other attempt can be made in the near
future.
A dispatch from Santiago, via Kings
ton, says: At about 10 O'Clock Sunday
night the enemy came out of the
breaches about the city walls in large
force and dashed straight for the
American lines. In one or two places
our men fell back from their positions,
but quickly rallied, and drove the en-
emy back pell-mell into their own
bitches. The Spanish loss must have
been irightful, as they were exposed to
a terrific fire for quarter of an hour.
The losses on the American side were
very light, as our soldiers lay in rifle
pits and had the advantage
The United States senate was in ses-
sion on the Fourth Of July.
The torpedo-boat Fox, built by Wolff
s. Zwicker iron works, was launched in
Portland, Dr., Mehday.
Uruguay is in the throes of a revolt
and the government has declared Mon
tevideo in a state of siege.
The Ladrone islands are about 5000
miles west and just little south of
Honolulu-almost in direct line with
the Philippines.
During the bonn bardment of Santiago
Saturday the Suwanee in three shots
from her 4-inch gun, at a range of
1000 yards. brought the Spanish flag
down from Aguadores, fortification
three miles from MORO.
A tornado struck Hampton beach, N.
H., causing immense damage to beach
property and great loss of life. Several
people were killed in skating rink,
and by the capsizing of yacht sailing
off the beach five we're drowned.
The steamer Columbia, plying be-
tween Portland and San Francisco, re-
ports collision with the schooner J.
Eppinger, six hours out from San Fran
cisco, in a dense fog. The Eppinger
undertook to cross the Columbia's bow,
the foremast. The crew were all
rescued.
A bridge crossing the Mohican river
at Shelby, O., fell with 1000 people.
Four were killed outright and mum ber
injured, some seriously. A public we'd
ding ceremony was being performed on
the bridge, as one of the features of the
just as the ceremony had
been completed the bridge went down
with crash, precipitating the people
q distance of Is feet.
The complete annihilation of the
Spanish squadron at Santiago and the
capture of the Spanish admiral, Ger
vera, with 1900 prisoners; the demand
by General Shafter for the surrender
of Santiago by 12 o'clock Tuesday
noon, on pain OF bombardment; word
from Admiral Dewey that the Ladrone
islands had been captured; that hun
dred or more Spanish officers and men
were taken. and that our first Philip
pine expedition had landed-this in
part was the thrilling record of such
Fourth of July as has not been known
since the bells of-Independence hall
rang out the tidings of American free
dom. It was day when one moment
ous event followed another in constant
and rapid succession, each hour bring
ing forth some new feature more startl-
ing than what had gone before.
In 1915 the value of a buskel Of
wheat in England was equal to that OF
a pound of nails. Today bushel of
wheat will buy 10 pounds of nails.
In Venezuela the revolution which
has prevailed for the past six months
ended by the defeat and capture OF
Hernandez, its leader.
A horse will live % days without
food, merely drinking water.
Representative Davidson, of Wiscon-
sin, has introduced a bill increasing
tho or,,u ration nv tho addition of