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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-15
BESIDES HE OREGON

Washington. June l4.-In the genera al
miration excited by the splendid perfor-
nance Of the big battleship oregon. IN
running from San Francisco clear around
South America 20 join Sampson before
Santiago, the equally meritorious run OF
the little gunboat Marietta over most of
the same course. has been lost sight Of
Like the Oregon, the Marietta r. product
Of Pacific ship yard and the high char
acter OF the work done IN constructing
this ship is shown 10y the captains state
ment that the boat made this long 200
mile voyage without stopping for repairs.
Considering the great disparity In The size
Of the Oregon and the Marietta the per
formance OF The latter - certainly quite
as remarkable as that OF the oregon. even
though the time made was not ar good
The formal report Of Captain Symodns.
who commanded the ship, has just been
made public by the navy department. i
reads as follows:
~. $ Marietta. Key West. June 6-Sir-
referring 70 the recent trip Of TINS vessel
from san Jose. Guatemala. 70 this port. i
gives ne pleasure 70 report a. 20 ne sat
isfactory performance u her engines and
boilers as also the other departments OF
this vessel
Upon no occasion were we obliged %
stop for even slight repairs and when en-
route from Punts Arenas 70 RIO &C. Jan
elro. accompanied bv the Oregon. no dif-
fcuItv was experienced i1 maintaining
me ful contract horsepower % the s1-
r5nes. Upon arrival here. sf;sr ne ran
from San Jose Gastemsis. about y 80
miles. had the immediate service ~ ere
vessel been desired Fae could have pre-
cerfad 90 sac a once after cratrE.
This general condition q re veses is
Due n p great measure 20 fas zeal - 'Hs
officers and crew. coaseqren. upon the c.
ma1ds ~ war
TIE cueerfs.-sss. 20 prevent a1y ~
necessary delay ia cur arrival a. tH.s
place. - deserving mention al vac rios.
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the Para riser. TIE creE having W1rkes
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-15
STRINGlNG WIRES AT ALGER

Washington. June +4-T0e principal
work IN progress AZ Camp AEsr Just now
Is the running OF the telephone wires tom
headquarters 70 che various regiments.
Members OF the Seventh Ohio who have
had experience in this line were called
upon TO perform the work In;eres, in
the subject OF hospital service Is inoreas-
ing as Colonel Girar3 has announces Dis
intention 70 abolish regimentai hospitals.
II is said that Colonel Kavansugh OF the
Seventh Illinois regiment. refused to de-
liver an ambulance to the division hos
pltal and may be called 70 accouu; FOR his
action.
1t is expected that canvas suits will De
distributed 70 the troops within a week
The proposed change IS haflsd with Cell at
by the perspiring soldiers
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-15
SECOND CAlMANERA FIGHT

New York. June IA special dated of
Caimanera. June -. via Mole $. Nichor,s
hayti. today. reports that there was q
renewal on sunday % the Spanish at
taekS upon the force Of marines landed
there Friday last The fighting is sad
70 have lasted ali through sunday night
camp NcCa''a and Crist Hin being at
lacked by greatly superior forces Of .be
Spanish The United States battleship
Texas the gunboat Marblehead and the
collier Aberanda supported The marines
by directing fire upon Jhe coas-. and mar
ucu!aTiE the bushes. which al throuea
'Aese encounters. have served to screen
she movements of the S1aniards.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-15
MONADNOCK AND NERO

Mare Island Navy Yard, Cal. June Il
The monitor Monadnock and the collier
Nero will leave here on Wednesday in
time to accompany the second expedition
to the Philippines. All the work necessary
to be done to the Monadnock was com
pleted by noon today, and the Nero VIII
be out OF dry dock tonight. she VIII have
to coal at san Francisco. but arrange
ments have been made 90 expedite oer
loading and there viii be but little delay
on this account.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-15
SPAIN WANTS GERMANY'S AID

Madrid. June 1.-THE Spanish press has
increased its optimism. based on the be-
lief that Germany intends to prevent 4
bombardment of Manila. by making a ma
val demonstration The newspapers urge
sacrifices with the view OF securing Ger
manys assistance, and political leaders
express themselves in favor of Offering
Germany the following concessions in re-
turn for her taking the initiative in
checking America: First naval stations
and coaling depots in Spanish Oceanica:
second, Spanish concurrence in Germany
trade and political relations with Mo-
rocco.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-15
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-15

Washington, June 1.-THE navy depart
ment today posted the following bulletin:
est. Nicholas, June 13.-Lieutenant Blue
just returned after a detour Of seventy
statute miles Of observation Of the harbor
of Santiago de Cuba. He reports Spanish
fleet is all there The Spanish attacked
vigorously the camp at Guantanamo. An
outpost Of four marines were killed and
their bodies mutilated barbarously. Sur
geon Gibbs was killed.
(Signed) SAMPSON.
Washington June 1.-THE last lingering
doubt that may have existed as TO the
presence Of Cervera' 5 fleet in its entirety
in Santiago harbor was demoved when
Admiral SIMPSONS dispatch reached the
navy department last night. Up 10 that
time information as TO the number and
character of the vessels lying in the har-
bor. shielded from observation by the
hills. has been obtained through Cuban
sources. supplemented by such giimpseS
as could be obtained by naval officers
from the outside entrance. Now, however
according 10 lieutenant Blue, the SHIPS
have ben actually seen by an American
officer. counted and inspected from such
points o. vantage as were afforded by the
high hills surrounding the harbor. The
officials here are full Of praise for Lieu
tenant Blues achievement.
Victor Blue haE bee nlong known IN
the navy department as an enterprising
and daring young officer but it required
a good deal of sustained courage for him
n go ashore in hostile country and
alone make this reconnaissance. He was,
in the eye Of military law, nothing more
or less than spy. and had he been cap
tured by the Spaniard, he would nave
been tried by drumhead court martial ana
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-15
BY TYPEWRITER

Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press }
Havana, June 13.-(Delayed in trans
MISSION THE United States cruiser Mont
gomery, at about o'clock this afternoon
approached nearer than is usually the
case, TO the Santa Clara battery and
fired three shote a Puma Bravo. The
first shot was fired at 5000 metres and the
others were fired at 5000 metres. The
Montgomery then resumed her place in
the blockade line. Her projectiles fen
very near the battery. A Spanish battery
east of MORO Castle fired one shot at an
other American warshp.
The German warship Geier arried at
CienfUegOs on Saturday last.
The British steamer MyrtIedeue left
Isabella-Sagua for Halifax on Friday last
with 1850 bags of sugar a larger guam
tity of manufactured tobacco and Il pas
sengers on board.
Adyices from Matanzas just received
say that on saturday last 200 insurgents.
commanded by Bermudez and Aguila.
made an attempt to enter Cumman Va
qua. province Of Matanzas. and succeeded
in burning some houses, but the iusur-
gents were repulsed with losses, includ-
ing one captain. Morrison. one lieutenant.
one private killed and sergeant. corporal
and nine privates wounded. The Spanish
had 70 men wounded.
The same force of insurgents were en-
countered on Saturday and Sunday and
the Spanish claim they dispersed them
with a loss Of % The Insurgents are also
reported 10 have carried away many of
their wounded and TO have abandoned 3
quantity of property which they looted At
L0Caguay.
The local GUERRA force at Las Lajas.
province Of Panta Clara. it IS announced
officially. has been engaged with and dis
persed an insurgent force which left eight
mo-, kifla4 on the field
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-15
Lieutenant Blue Has CirCumVented
Santiago Bay at the Risk of
a Spy's Death.
HE COUNTED THE SHIPS
Making Detour of Seventy Mes--Transports De-
Iayed For Unexplained Reasons Something
About Officers and Ranks in the Navy.

a little fishing village, where a consider
able force of Spanish troops was station
ed. 1t was used as a kind OF base Of OPP
erations Ior the actatk on the American
positions, but yesterday. the Worlds dis
patch says, the Dolphin s6e.leJ the place
and practically destroyed II. From the
Dophin's deck the Spanish soldiers could
be seen running in all directions
This dispatch makes no mention NJ The
fighting which another special dispatch
reported to have taken place at Cainan-
era Sunday nigh.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-15
SAN FRANCISCO SAFE

washington. June IA Word came %
the navy department today from Com
nauder Leary. a. Provirce'0vn. Nass..
tina, the san Francisco bis dagahip has
suffered 10 damage through grounding
Yesterday. The navy department 10 a
good deal relieved a. this report. foT -
was feared thar some % the roc1s that
abound on the View England c0sst had
severely injured ~ snip.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-15
NEWS BY THE ST,

New York, June IA special to the
Evening World from Mole 81. Nicholas
says; The auxiliary cruiser S.. Louis ar
rived here from Guantanamo. which
place she left at 9 o'clock yesterday A.
ternoon- The marines who were at Cal
1nanero were. when the St. Louis Iss-
hard at work throwing up breas,worls
and for'incstons on hilltop behind he
pTomontory. where guns viii be placed
Tor the protection OF the force.
= Three miles east OF Santiago there was
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-15
ghe apaitta ai1y Eagle: aa1ed,sdau ormimp auns

United States for period Of from forty
eight hours to one week after the copy"
is fled.
The readers Of the American newspa-
pers have frequently seen pref1xed to
cable dispatch from these tropical points
the words delayed IN transmission
That expression is truthful as far as 1t
goes, but the words delayed by lack Of
facilities" would explain the sltlation
much more truthfully.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-15
TO BEAT DEWEY TO MANILA

Berlin, June 14-Advices received from
Shanghai by the Frankfort Zeitung SAYS
that news has been received there from
Manila to the effect that there is fighting
every night around the town. The insur-
gents, it seems. are trying to capture
Manila and TO establish on independent
government before the Americans land.
The German consul at Manila. It is fur
Their reported. has 800 Germans and Swiss
onl board the refuge steamer IN the har-
Dor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-15
NO NEWS OF THE WAR

Port Al Prince Hayti, June 40 a. m.
No war news has ben received here Nd
TO this hour from Santiago de uba or else
where.
ST Thomas, Danish West Indies. June
H.-No further war news was obtained
here this morning.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-15
RECRUITS 10 CHlCKAMAuGA

Chickamauga, June 14.-MessRges re-
ceived a, Camp Thomas from the recruit
ing officers sent out short time ago
show that several thousand more men can
be expected here In the near future. on
the arrival OF these new mon a cOnsh-
cradle reorganization must take place IA
the army. The present organization 10
thoroughly satisfactory but chausses 70
accommodate the newcomers Will DO nee
essary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-15
7 VEXES THE CABINET

Washington, June 1.-THE cabinet meet
ing today was devoted entirely 10 a dis
cussion of army and navy movements.
Although the members declined TO talk
for publication. it is known that the
failure OF the fleet of transports to g..
under way yeste.tIy. ass expected. was
the subject of H.favorahle comment
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-15

officers are subject to duty of chis kind
in time Of war at the discretion of the
president II IS different. however. with
Admiral Miller He is in command of
fleet and retired officers are not eligible
for such duty unless specially authorized
by act of congress. Admiral kirkland Is
a native or North Carolina and 1t is MS
purpose TO make his home in that state
when he is relieved from duty. OF the
seven rear admirals, only two are in COM
rnand Of fleets Admiral Miller, command
ing the Pacific squadron, and Admiral
Dewey commanding the Asiatic squadron.
Of the six officers having flag commands,
two are fun rear admirals. one an acting
rear admiral and the others are commo-
dores. Admiral Miller the senior officer,
has three vessels in mis- squadron and Act
ing Rear Admiral Sampson, the Junior OF
them all. has over seventy vessels under
his command. The last named officer does
not attain the actual rank Of flag off,
Ger until ne becomes a commodore next
month by the retirement Of Admiral Kirk
land. His rank as captain, which he now
bears n the naval register, would not or
dinarily entitle him to a higher command
than that Of a single vessel and in putting
him in command Of the largest and most
powerful feet that was ever gathered
under the United States flag, the presi-
dent found It necessary to give him the
nominal rank OF acting rear admiral. That
designation clothed him with all the au-
thority necessary TO the execution or me
highly important duty conf1ded to him.
but carried with II no Increase OF pay
or enolument. and no permanency OF
rank. No greater compliment was ever
paid an officer of the United States navy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-15
Spain Would, Very Naturally, Much
Rather Dewey Took Possession
of l1anila.
PENDING A SURRENDER
And in View of Fears of Bombardment, Germany
is Looked to to Make Pro-Spanlsh
Naval Demonstration.

Vienna, June 1A-Ths Neue Erie Presse
says today that Spain has requested che
powers TO urge the United States to occu-
Ply Manila with American troops, should
the town surrender. AM not allow the
city to fall into the hands of the insur-
Sep.u
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-15
FOR NEW WORKERS IN CAMP

Tampa. FsA. June H-Rosweu P.
Flower OF New York wEed one thousand
dollars today Tor distribution among toe
Second and sixty-ninth volunteer reEi-
ments OF New York.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-05

paper cuttings on the subject We're sent
to the duke and duchess of Fife, who
then declined to open the town hall
Al meeting of the vestry at which
their refusal was read. there was q
great row. some OF the members com
planning that royalty had been insult
ed. etc. The chairman RESIGNED and
the majority, amid the liveliest kind of
scenes. sang God Save the Queen"
The duke of Fife is son-in-law of the
prince of Wales.
King Leopold of Belgium the pur-
chaser of the late Mr. Ogden Goect
steam yacht Mayilower, win re-christen
her Clementine, possibly after his third
daughter the Princess Clementlne,
who was born In 1872. The crew of the
royal yacht will be composed of Bel
gians and English In equal number.
with English officers. She viii be re-
fitted at Southampton and from there
Will go to the Mediterranean.
Mr.. Hunscker, from the Carnegie
company of Pittsburg. was in London
this week on his way to st. Petersburg,
to sign large contracts for rails.
The weather is colder and stormy and
the first snow fell in London on Friday.
Influenza and reaeles are epidemic.
The former is so severe In Cornwall
that business is seriously Interrupted
and many of the schools are closed
The death of Lord Clonmell which
was announced on Wednesday last was
caused by his dropping little hot seal
ing wax ON his hand. whereupon blood
poisoning rapidly developed He only
succeeded to the title in 1896
Ferdinand Gottschalk, who took part
In the production of Never Again. sails
for home next Wednesday Ia Join the
Never Again company in New York
The Independent Parliamentary
party at meeting held In Dublin last
evening decided upon amendments to
the addresu in reply to the speech from
the throne They will move that re-
form In the existing system Of local
government In Ireland will not meet
the demand for home rule: they will
demand amnesty for the political prs-
oners; viii denounce the alleged
stephens Green division election
frauds. viii demand attention to the
distress existing in Ireland and will
ask for aid for Irish industries
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-05
Zig Libel suit Ended.

Minneapolis. Mimi, Feb. 5.-The
greatest libel suit ever tried in Mime
sofa has come to an end with n YER
dict of not guilty. The action was
brought by the Minneapolis Trust Co..
against the Minneapolis Times. w, T..
Haskell. It's manager, and John
blanchard. It's editor. and was II crlmi-
nal prosecution by indictment. The
cause was on trial two months and the
jury. after being out twenty-four hours.
brought in verdict of not guilty as to
the defendant HASKELL which will set
tie all the cases.
The indictment grew out of an edito-
rial comment by the Times on the con-
duct of the Minneapolis Trust Co.. as
the trustee of certain West Pullman
bonds, Il part of the assets of "A defunct
Guarantee Loan Co. These bonds, the
Times charged. were disposed of to n
so-called Creditors association at ten
cents on the dollar, but five days notice
being given to the owners of the bonds
for whom they We're held In trust and
who were scattered from Illinois to
Maine. The West Pullman property,
the Times asserted, was afterward re.
bonded for $4,000 more than the orig
inal debt.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-05
ALASKA INDIANS ALARMED.
They Fear Bill In the House 10 Rob Them
Of Their Reservation.
Romantic History of How the MctIalsahtIa
Indians Came to Their Present Home
on "a North Pacific Island.

New York. Feb. 5.-The Metlakahtla
Indians in Alaska have recently been
made considerably excited as well as
apprehensive by bill offered in the
House of Representatives by Mr.
Dovener of West Virginia and referred
to the committee on Indian affairs. 1t
Is bill to segregate and to return to
unreserved public domain mineral
lands included in the Metlakahtla res
about forty miles long by thirty seven
miles wide, lying In Alexander archi-
pelago. Southeastern Alaska. Says the
Washington correspondent Of the
Tribune:
The recent history OF these Indians
is interesting and somewhat romer'ic.
In 1867 William Duncan WAS sent by
the church missl) ,ary society of IoL-
don, England, as u lay missionary to
the Taimpsiieean tr be of British Col
umbia. Since then these .,dians have.
through his cfior.s, peing raiscl. nom
state of sava.sery Il civilization.
Trouble having arisen in 1880 between
Mr.. Duncan y tol1nv ;Ed Iiia colonial
government OF British Columbia, main
ly in regard to the ownership, In the
winter of 1Ss6-s7 they sent their leader
to Washington. He conferred while
here with the President, the secretary
of the interior and other officers of the
government, and received such encour-
agement that in the spring OF 1887 the
Indians concluded to leave British
Columbia and move in body to the
contiguous territory of Alaska in order
to come under the more liberal laws
Of the United States. In the inter-
views with the President and the Sec
rotary of the interior no positive prom
lses were made. but Mr.. Duncan was
given to understand that II his people
removed to the United States Congress
would take action securing to them
suitable lands for home. This was
subsequently done in section 10 of the
act of Congress entitled IAN act to
repeal timber culture laws for other
purposes" approved March 3, 1891,
which reads as follows:
"Till otherwise provided by law, ths
body of land known as Annette Island
is hereby set apart as a reservation for
the use of the Metlakahtla Indians to
be held by them in common under such
rules and regulations and subjct to
such restrictions as may be prescribed
from time to time by the secretary of
the Interior"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-05
PLOT TO KILL THE PRESIDENT
U. S. Attorney in New Mexico Makes Sen
satonal Report.
There-Story that Sounds Alto
gethcr Too Faltisb.

New York, Feb. 5.-Wylie d. Childers,
United States attorney for the territory
of New Mexico, has just written the
department of Justice of the details OF
what he considered a dangerous con-
spiracy, says the Washington cores
pondent of the World. He relates in
precise official form that secret agent
of one of the big railroad corporations
has just informed him with every par
tlcularity that n secret organization
known as the American Patriotic
league is gaining Roadway in the
towns of Ration and Blossburg n. NJ,
and Trinidad and Lajunta, Colo, and
surrounding country. This organization
has for its motto, Liberty, Land and
Leisure"
In the district represented by the
towns mentioned there are about ten
thousand miners and small farmers.
During the A. r. u. strike IL was one of
the turbulent sections of the country.
Regular troops We're sent there. The
strikers We're reduced to subsection,
but they bitterly resented the invasion
by the troops and have always
threatened that when the next strike
came they would teach the soldiers a
lesson.
Mr,Childers reports that the oath taxi
by the members of the American Pa
triotic league provides that each mem
Der shall. within sixty days of his
swearing allegiance equip himself with
a 1890 rifle and be ready for emer-
gencies.
The oath also contemplates, says
Mr.. Childers, a struggle with the ma
tional government as each member is
pledged to proceed on orders to accom-
plish the death OF the President and his
cabinet by the use OF dynamite.
AS part OF their program. the men,
bers of the New Mexico contingent
have applied to the adjutant general of
the territory to be enlisted in the ma
tional guard OF New Mexico to be
supplied with arms and ammunition and
one or two gatling guns for battery
practice.
The adjutant general has replied that
until the various companies are fully
enrolled and organized no arms can be
issued.
MIR. Childers informs the department
that the threats of these men, hir town
though they may be, are not to be
treated lightly.