Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-06-10

matter all night and sent word that
he is powerless to act. He referred
the matter to the military governor
and the latter in turn referred it t.
Blanco. Long delay is probable.
Spain seems determined to have 4
brush with England. Suspected oil
, having furnished the United States
with information OF San Juan harbor
Walter Bett, Secretary OF the British
Consulate at that port has received
his passports and been banished from
Porto Rico, hy order "f Governor Gen
eial Macia>. Bctt WAS imprisoned III
4 dungeon lor fifty-tive hours, and dur
ing that time was subjected to gross
mistreatment. British Consul Gen.
eral Crawford has made formal pro.
test to his government, and serious
international complications are I'M
minent.
1t was reported few drys ago that
the warship Oregon had sunk, by a
single we'll directed thirteen inch shot,
the Spanish torpedo-boat destroyer
Terror, Oft Santiago harbor. Another
dispatch confirmed the report, when a
still later statement surmised that it
must have been the Juror, OF Ceryera' s
fleet, As the latest reports concerning
the Terror were that her boilers were
out OF order and she was in no condi-
ton for making recommending ex-
petition. Still later dispatches state
, that there is no truth in either of the
reports, and that is about the way
with all news from the seat of war. 1t
has to be confirmed over and over
again before it can be received as en-
tirely authentic.
Captain Vernon Gridley, Command
er of the cruiser Olympia, died at
Kobe, Japan, while en- route for home
in Erie, Penn, on the 9th inst. Capt.
Gridley is the first American officer of
great prominence whose death is n
direct result of existing war with
Spain. As the Commander OF Adj
miral Dewey's splendid flagship and
one of the able chief advisers, Captain
Gridley achieved distinction at the
battle of Manila bay and added to his
previous laurels by winning high
praise from his superiors in the service
for distinguished gallantry and ability.
His wife was in the midst of prepara-
tions to 60 to San Francisco, to meet
and accompany him on his journey
across the continent when informed
by a message from the Navy Depart
ment of his death.
At last something like an army of
invasion has sailed for Cuba. At
noon, Wednesday, $1,000, men,
embracing sixteen regular and eleven
volunteer regiments of infantry,
cavalry, artillery and signal corps, I'M
der command of Gen. Shafter left
Tampa. with sixty days rations. Their
equipment includes eight heavy siege
guns and a number of field mortars.
The transports are conveyed by the
battleship Indiana and the gunboat
Helena. The training ship Bancroft
is Gen. Skaters floating headquarters.
The transports are due at Santiago to-
night (Friday) or tomorrow (Satur-
day. morning, and the landing will
probably be made Sunday. 1t is pre-.
dicted that soon after that date the
stars and stripes will be flying over
Santiago.
The collier Merrimac which was
sunk in the entrance to Santiago har-
Dor, to cork up Cervera's feet, was one
of the first steamships loading on
Puget Sound for Delagoa bay, South
Africa. She was known then as the
Norwegian steamship Solveig, and her
first cargo was 100000 feet of lum-
Der for Delagoa bay, from Port
Blakely. The cargo was taken in the
early spring of 1895, not more than a
year after she was built. She was
constructed of steel and of 1884 tons
burden. She was burned at Newport
News in 1896, but was rebuilt, given
an American registry and renamed
the Merrimac. She was one of the
first vessels secured by the govern.
ment for service as collier, but it
seems that she was destined for q
more important service in obstructing
the narrow harbor by laying her bones
in the channel.
A great battle is reported to have
been been fought, Tuesday, at Calm.
anera, in the bay of Guantanamo.
Five ships of the American squadron
opened heavy bombardment of the
Notifications of the town. Many
houses beyond the Notifications were
destroyed. The resistance was spirited
but the Spaniards were forced to
abandon their position on the shore and
retreat to the town of Caimanera pro.
per, where, and at Santiago, they are
preparing for final desperate strug.
gle. Orders have been given to burn
Caimanera rather than to allow it &c
fall into possession of the Americans.
A special dispatch states that the
Americans and the insurgents have
formed a junction near Santiago and
that an attack on the city is momen
tarilv expected. Another dispatch