The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-06-16
l0IyGS OF THE WEEK
What Has Happened In the
Civilized World.
o,rrx N THE PRESS DISPATCHES
,o.. Review Of the News Of the
Past Seven Gays In This and
All Foreign Lands.

cn,ete Review Of the News Of the
Past Seven Gays In This and
All Foreign Lands.
Tho Hill for the removal OF all po-
r.;o,1 disabilities arising from the
III ;-;l war is now law, President Nc
E;nIey having formally approved it.
disnatch to the London Times
.am Manila, referring to the fight ON
Nav 30, and June l, says: The Span
: ~ loss in killed and wounded and
-.;oorers was heavy, but the most seri-
p ,, feature of all for the Spanish is
.ho affection of hundreds Of natives.
TIa Standards are endeavoring by
laorv means to win over the rebels,
Who are attracted by promises of par
Ion and high offices. But Aguinaldo's
TRACTION is stronger. He has COM
'Io,olv surrounded Manila by cutting
tbo railroads and holding the rivers by
which food had previously reached the
city. II the city is not starved into
surrender the rebels may carry it. hav-
n, an increasing number of rifles and
field guns.
FIGHTING before and in the vicinity
If santiago continued the greater part
Of Monday from 7:45 A. NJ. Ten war
sbips maintained steady and CAREFUL
" directed fire against Moro castle
and the batteries at Punta Gorda, Soc-
ana and Cinnremles, in addition to
bombarding the Spanish fleet in the
harbor. The military commander OF
Santiago acknowledges the loss OF six
SPANISH officers and many soldiers.
He also admits severe loss OF naval
forces The loss on the American
side, Santiago reports say, is not
known. The Spaniards acknowledge
that a great deal OF damage was lntilct-
ed on the Spanish cruiser Reina Mer-
cedes. and say MORO castle shows great
gaping breaches in its walls.
A special from Cape Haytien de-
scribing the COMMANDMENT of Santiago
on Monday says the forts of the harbor
are now mass of ruins. Scarcely a
yard OF coast from Port Cabrera on the
west to Aguadores on the east escaped
the deadly cannonading of the 10
American ironclads, which passed back
and forth discharging their heavy guns
as they steamed along. Later in the
day the old cruiser Reina Mercedes
was discovered attempting to clear the
channel of the Merrimac wreck. A 49,
inch shell from the Oregon landed
squarely abaft her pilot house and tore
her upper works to shreds. Many of
her officers and crew were killed or
wounded and the vessel so badly dam
aged that Admiral Cervera ordered her
abandoned about noon.
The frst-class armored Spanish
cruiser Carlo Alberto, bound for Cuba,
has arrived at Gibraltar.
Saturday afternoon the torpedo-boat
Davis was successfully launched from
the iron works of Wolff & Zwicker, at
Portland, Or.
A joint resolution has been intro
duced into the house directing the Sec
retary 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
Ihey rendered the United States.
Cape Hayten advices of June 6 say:
AT ) o'clock this morning strong can
nohading was heard before Fort Aqua
uofes' quarter of an hour later the
noise OF cannOnading was greatly in
sreaed' the firing evidently proceeding
IRON guns of the largest caliber.
II Is reported from Kingston, JAM
alca' that the battle-ship Oregon saw a
long craft sneaking close to shore and
heading towards Santiago harbor. She
Sgnalled the craft to turn, and the sig
H"is were improperly answered. where
upon the Oregon opened fire upon her.
Io-lnch she'll struck the torpedo.
I SUa' amidshlp, and she sank with all
Janus, The vessel is supposed to have
Oeen the Spanish torpedo boat DESTROY
d o. Terror, trying to make her way from
.Oi'o hlco into the harbor of Santiago,
=" reJoln the fleet of Cervera.
Inc department of war Monday
MMO[ n, sent list of prisoners at Fort
tI of nerson to Admiral Sampson, and
we admiral himself will enter into
communication with Cervera respecting
h hn enchange of prisoners. Cervera will
go 90 ailoWed to select from the list per-
o cbns Whom he is willing to take in ex-
,n1 Lse lor Constructor Hobson and the
sallant crew that manned the Merri.
b b.ac On her last run. The officials
a. n expect to complete the exchange
e'isoheis IN less than two weeks
o,.1 Madrid dispatch says: At /
ws LUX Sunday evening 90 American
Ssn. .nlps opened a hot attack on
tba;. iaso' but they were SO far distant
Sao; r shells did not reach the forta
Gang s the futility of the enemy'a
nI NV the Spaniards made no re.
p p1 10 'helr fire, awaiting the near ap.
s a.Oach OF the ships, but the attackina
Tba ' ai remained in its distant position.
me,. u,spatch further says the bomb bard
snm ns lasted IS minutes and was not re.
ARE s.;r Sixteen American warships
siob. sun moored at the same place. in
s'sht Of Santiago.
N o are believed to be only 49,.
'pahlsh troops in Porto Rico.
lila Is ros salo that the populace of Man.
'eoueed to eating horsefesh.
in p dsa in the Canary Islands live
Ansr; eau OF COMMANDMENT by the
ha rhe e. Russian Jews Of Cincinnati.
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