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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-07-08
THE OPPOSING ARMIES.
Spanish Refnforcements Are Mov,no
on Santiago.

spanish Refnforcements Are MOVING
ON Santiago.
Washington, July l.-Nume1icallv
the opposing armies at SANTIAGO arc
not very different, the estimate Of the
Spanish force being placed at ID 600
men, thoroughly entrenched and be.
hind harbed-wire fences and in block.
houses as against about 18, 900 men
under Shatter's command, aided by
1000 Cubans.
one OF the gravest elements in the
problem, however, is the Spanish war.
ships, for, unless Shafter is materially
assisted by Sampson, who might engage
the full attention of the Spanish ships,
theiI lire on the American advance
wonld be very hard to meet.
The military authorities here saw
that General Linares has shown great
military tact in slowly retiring during
the last few days, as he gradually drew
our troops from the protection OF the
American ships and brought them close
to the fire OF the Spanish ships in San
tiago harbor. For this reason it was
with relief that the announcement was
received here that Shafter had succeed
ed in landing all of his artillery, in
Guiding his siege train, for, unless
Sampson can be relied upon to force
his way into the harbor and attack the
Spanish ships. the siege guns, painted
on heights commanding the bay, will
be the main reliance of General Shafter
IN oIsetting the presence OF the Span
ish ironclads.
Undoubtedly Shafter is animated to
attack as soon as possible by his knowl-
edge of the approach Of the reinforce
ments for Linares from Manzanillo, for,
with this additional force, Shafter's
position would be disagreeable, if not
perilous, at least until he had recei we'd
reinforcements.
The war department received the
first definite news today as to the ap-
proach of Spanish reinforcements. This
was an official dispatch stating that 5000
men, with pack-trains and droves of
animals, Were advancing from Man.
zanillo, and were % miles from SaD-
tiago. 1t has been known through the
reports of General joyce, made to Cen
eral Miles, that the Spaniards have
10000 at Holglin, and every precau-
tion has been taken to guard against
their advance from either quarter.
The official report today showed that
5000 of those at Manzanillo had COW
cred half the distance to Santiago, and
it is the belief of military officials here
that similar advance is being made
by the 10000 men from Holguin.
These advances, now practically unop-
posed, are regarded as one of the most
serious phases of the situation. There
is the further element, to which the
military authorities are giving careful
attention, that one man entrenobed be-
hind earthworks or in rife pits, is
worth three men in the open. 1t ia
said that the battle Of charlottesville
and Spottsylvania afforded the mos,
direct proof on this point.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-07-08
ALL IN READINESS.
Assauft on Santiago May Begin at Al
most Any Hour.


At the Front, on the Rio Guiana,
via Kingston, July 1.-Preparations
for a general advance of the American
troops on Santiago de Cuba are being
pushed steadily forward, and troops in
all branches of the service are being
hurried to the front
Heavy rain this afternoon made II
impossible to move today beyond Cen
eral Wheeler's headquarters. but as the
roads dry quickly, the guns will proba-
bly, be brought up tomorrow and the
entrenchmeuts will be sbelled by the
artillery and by Colonel Woods dyna-
mite guns. The sharpnel fire will be
more used by the artillery. The guns
are 8.9 inches, and with shaIpnel they
are effective at 2,3O0 yards The Gu
bans say the Spaniards are In deadly
fear Of dynamite, and General Lawton
will see how he can terrify them
Simultaneously with the lombard
ment, General Chaffee's brigade will
move forward and occupy position Of
vital importance in advance OF our
front. The press representatives are
not at present permitted to divnlee its
location.
The military telegraph has been COM
pleted as far as General Wheeler's bead
quarters, placing the front in direct
communication with General Shafter,
who still maintains his headquarters
on board the Seguranca, where he can
keen fn close touch with Rear-Admiral
Sampson. oo
There are now more than $4,000
men at the front.
Drinking water for the troops at the
front Is obtained from the Rio Guiana,
a stream full Of springs direct from the
motintains. The water ie remarkably
good, and is nov carefully guarded
from pollution. The Cubans and our
soldiers bathed in it at first Strict
orders have been Issued against such
practices in the future and sentinels
have been placed to enforce the order.
Strict orders have also been issued
about eating the tropical fruits. man
poes. oranges, etc. in which the coun-
try abounds, the only exception being
made in the case Of milk from green
cocoanuts, which is considered healthy
and refreshing, and lines. Some OF
our men made themselves SICK
through eating fruit.
The men are steady and confident
The pickets show none Of the nervous.
ness which might be expected, ana
there are practically no alarms OF firing
On the lines at night.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-07-08
The Retort Courteous.

The noted French writer, Piron, was
a wit whose reputation for brilliancy
of speech was unrivaled. He was ia.
nous for his flashing retorts; but even
the best Of us sometimes have to bow
to superiority, though 1t be only tenn
porarily.
A lady once thoughtlessly asked
Piron In company whether he could tell
her the difference between a woman
and mirror.
1T is, madam said Piron, instantly,
'that a mirror reflects without speak.
ing, and woman speaks without re-
flecting"
Every well, Monsieur Piron,' she re.
piled, little nettled by the remark
'but can you tell me the difference be
tween q mirror and man."
'No,' answered the poet.
"Oh," was the reply, at is this, Mon
sicur Piron. A mirror Is always pol
ished, but man is not always so-"-
Youths Companion.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-07-08
THE PLIMSOLL MARK.
What 1t Is and What 1t Has Done for
the Merchant Sailor.

What 1t Is and What 1t Has Done for
the Merchant Sailor.
The death recently in London of Sam
uel Phmsoll popularity known as the
sailors FRIEND" removed a man who
earned the gratitude of merchant sea-
men through many acts of kindness
and Justice. The most famous of his
labors for the sailor was the establish
ment Of the Plimson Mark. The Plim-
soil mark may be found on 80 of every
100 merchantmen to-day. 1t is circle,
crossed In the center by a horizontal
line. Before the law establishing this
load line there were no restrictions on
private merchant vessels as to the
amount of load. Owners were restrict
ed only by their fears for the safety Of
their vessels, and many a ship was so
overloaded, meeting heavy weather,
she sank with all ON board. To correct
this evil Mr.. Plimsoll had worked out
by experienced ship-loaders a system of
tables showing how many tons vessel
of n certain displacement could safely
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-07-08
II SPANISH SHIPS
Ip Made Another Trip
Ashore.
PvERA'S FLEET ALL THERE

l.. strll Throwing Dynamite at
r,rts-Fleet Warned Not to Fire
,,A Seaman on the Flagship
ksv York Drowned
Il Santiago de Cuba. June 30
Itepant Victor Blue of the auxiliary
E.0r suwanee, returned to the fleet
I from another investigating trip
C,a, Hs reported that Admiral
Eera's ships are all in the harbor,
4 The exception Of one torpedo boat
hover. They are at anchor and
/ no signs Of activity.
|ieutenant Blue went ashore Satur-
n the west OF Moro castle, ac-
.rauied by some Cuban guides. He
Ipced until about two miles north
,absuas and almost up to the enc
batteries. He travelled go miles
reioined the SuwaDee this morn
At one time the 'ieutenant was
Cuban outpost Sc }arated by only
Yards from a Spar ish outpost.
fIhey popped at 9 ch other all the
/, F." said Lieuteu mt Blue, "but l do
think the Cub ms hurt the Span
/ very much, a ID 1 know the Span
/ did not hurt the Cubans.
lieutenant Blue was able to locate
brately the petition of each Of Ad-
bl Cervelea's ships.
|dmiral Sampson warned his fleet
morning to exercise great care in
Btng at the hills east Of Moro cas-
pointing out that the American
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The Austrian Emperor.

The Emperor Of Austria is said TO be
one of the most Woodworking Of sover-
eigns. He is up every morning Of his
life by o'clock, and may be seen at
his writing table. often as early as 4
trying to cope with an overwhelming
mass Of correspondence. On days
given up to chamols hunting he be-
gins work all the earlier in order that
he may have longer hours to devote to
the sport he loves.
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y had advanced and that our troops
'ht be deplOyed on the hillsides.

had advanced and that our troops
~ be deployed Oh the hillsides.
is hardly likely that a serious
pn will be taken by the navy until
lnesday. By that time the army
Epected to be ready for another for
movement.
Ne dynamite gunboat Vesuvius
three shells last night They fell
Pc vicinity Of Moro castle and the
em batteries.
ullng the night a loud explosion
Piied on shore near Aguadores. 1t
eileyed to have been caused by the
Plards trying to blow up the rail-
HeStle near that place
snow said that Juragua may be
fled as the permanent coaling har-
Of the feet,
uStav Weineck, an ordinary sea-
belonging to the f1agship New
Y was drowned yesterday. The
iofk was coaling in front of
y castle from the collier Alexan-
Saen Weineck jumped from the
u In an attempt to get ON board
PNn ship. He fell between the flag
aua the collier and sank at once.
Oooy was not recoveled
" Dolphin has gone to the Havana
.l. asae' and the Helena and the
SlCn have gone to the soutbern
|kade.
n. vulletln issued by Rear-Admiral
psUn yesterday said:
LION a report made by one Of the
|rusa, nephew Of Surgeon Berry
,su 'ne flagship New York, a con-
sOle part of the damage done to
nTvps ~,Is Friday last was done by sev-
.i'metre machine guns manned
pamen' so that there would seem
H." '0ne probability in the report Of
ga'', rav ashore Of the crews of Admiral
'''a's squadron.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-07-08
sHERMAN's MARCH TO THE SEA
now and Where Major Byers Wrote
His Famous War Song,

zen. Sherlnan's destructive process
SION through Georgia will be known in
all times as "Sherman's march to the
sea" Few Of the younger generation
knew now this name was applied, but
writer in the Detroit Free Press
names Maj. S. II. NJ. Byers, Of Des
MONIES, Ia, as its author, he having
nrst used it as the title of his famous
song which begins:
our camp-ires shone bright on the
mountains,
mat frowned on the river below"
II Is interesting to hear Mai. Byers
Tell just how and where he wrote this
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-07-08

like that one would not think she
would want to be recognized, but she
does. She claims the throne of Greece,
and It is said that she only waits on
the backing of Russia TO assert her
claims. She has Joined the orthodox
Russian church at the Cars request,
and this is thought to be one Of the
steps to the throne.
She represents the most ancient and
noble of all the royal families of Eu-
rope-the line Of the Emperor Of By
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-07-08
n0fe Abuse for General Le,.

nv. AOf SenerhL leo.
Ena aDa' June S0.-El Diario DE h
4 cVqmimenting qi On the report
e,aI 1T D., United States that Major
l, ,'' \ .tsitzhugh Lee will attack Hav.
\ 'ne head Of 10000 soldiers,
b a, "na'' then. comes this per
Efs supplies sent for reconcen-
IGa' this presumable author Of
[h enon Of the MaineY"
|, Ipay afternoon the head of the
adO,a. column advanced towards
saw0 U,es >, and siboney railroad. At
of vS9 ae the American warships,
ph.d "alch st were battle ships, ap-
b, ~. 'ne creek and opened Gre
ne Spanish troops.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-07-08
Portland nIarheN

Wheat-Walla Walla, 60@61c; VAL
ley and Bluestem. csc per bVsbel.
Flour-Best grades, 81. 90; graham,
$3.50; super6ne, $2.25 per barrel.
Oats-Choioe white, 40c; choice
gray, 38@39c per bushel.
Barley-Feed barley, $22; brewing,
ga per ton.
Millstuffs-Bran. Sle per ton; mid
dlings, S92; shorts, $l6.
Hay-Timothy, $11@l2; clover. $40
oil; Oregon wild hay, 1901 per ton.
Eggs-Oregon. 12k @l4o per Dozen.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 35c:
fair to good, 8sho; dairy. 22K q 800
per roll
Cheese-Oregon full cream, l1@12c;
Young America, 1870.
Poultry--Chickens, mixed, SO. 90 per
dozen; hens, $500; springs, $4,000;
geese, $3.00@6.50; ducks. young. So q
400 per dozen; turkeys. live, 11X@
12hc per pound.
Potatoes-Oregon Burbanbs, 80@35o
per sack; sweets, $1.76@2 per GENITAL.
Onions-CalifoInia red. $l.25 per
sack.
Hops-b@l9Hc per pound for new
! crop; 1895 crop, 4@6c. -. -
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-07-08

lhePoFiteu OF 1c gy Downlng. Hopkins Co., Inc,
Commerce building, Portland, Oregon.l
Letters wheat deal has become a
thing of the past. 1t was a big one
while it lasted. but, like its predeces-
sors, came to an untimely end, leaving
a corpse in the shape of $4,000, 900
bushels of cash wheat and over 10, OOO,-
600 bushels of futures. Of the cash
wheat 7,000,00 bushels is in this
country, nearly 5000, 900 bushels be-
ing in the Northwest. The greater
portion of it has been turned over to
Armour to liquidate, while the foreign
holdings and those afloat are being at
tended to by Alexander Gedds. The
So, 600, 600 in profits have disappeared,
and with them a possibility of losses
OF from So, 000,0 900 to $5,000,0O0 The
latter cannot be determined until the
wheat is liquidated and all accounts
are adjusted. Some think that L. q.
Letter will not have to put up very
much money in final settlement. The
latter, who has taken hand in the
liquidation, says the losses will not be
as large as the trade expects. He is a
close hgurer and is in a position to
know what be is talking about The
trade may never know what the losses
really are. Prices have reached a
point where buyers need not be afraid
of being badly hurt by the bull side.
September was down to GO. drop of
29c from the high point 1t is now
ahe price whele 1t should he attractive
to buyers were it not for the fear that
there is more liquidation to come. In
the past seven years September wheat
has sold in June between 55c and
87&c; the highest was in 1898, and
the lowest in 1898. Last year the
range was 68 l-8c and $3.50. In 1895
it sold from 56o TO "a 9-S, and in 1895
at 10 5-S to SAX. The trade has lost
its bull leader and is completely de-
moralized- Liquidation by longs,
combined with short selling by large
professional traders, has more than
equafed Letters holdings. 80 that they
have liQuidated his line iu him in one
sense. The selling fever has taken
hold Of the speculative crowd and il
will have to run its course just the
same as the buying mania did. Prices
are liable 10 be carried too low, and
when it comes to covering, there will
be big rally. There is one thing
against heavy advances; 1t is the ab-
sence Of leader to absorb the surplus
and take II of the market. e.
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WANTS TO BE QUEEN

An Eastern Primo ss Lays Claim to
the Throne of Greece.
There is a movement ON foot IN Rus
sia to recognize the rights Of Eugene
Christoforo, Princess Palaeologae-
Nicepharae-C Commence. With name
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-07-08

A man is never entirely satisfied
with his sons-in-law, and a woman's
daughters-in-law never suit her.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-07-08
Seattle Markets.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Sill
@l2 per ton; natives, 5000; Caifor-
MIA potatoes, $l.00 per 100 pounds.
Beets, per sack, $1.25; turnips, $l.25;
carrots, SI.25; hothouse lettuce, &C;
radishes, l2Ic.
Fruits-California lemons, fancy,
SS;choiee. $4,000. 75;seeding oranges,
Sl.50@l.75; California navels, fancy.
Ss@S.25; choice, $9.50@2.75; ban
anas, shipping, $2.25@9.75 per bunch;
strawberries, COCO 75c per crate.
Buttsr-Fancy native. creamery,
brick, lac; ranch, 7@l2o; dairy. 12T
@l5c; Iowa, fancy creamery. ISc,
Cheese-Native Washington. 11@
l2c; Eastern cheese, 12@1216G
Meats-Choice dressed beef steers,
prime, TIC; cows, prime, 70; NUT
ton, INC; pork, 7@7kc; veal, 6@8e.i
: Poultry-Chickens, live, per pound,
l4c; dressed. Ice; spring chickens,
$2.5O@875.
Fresh Fish-Halibut, 9@4G steel
beads, 1890; salmon trout 9@1Oc;
founders and sole, 8@4c; herring, 4c.
Oysters-Olympia oysters, per sack.
81 80; per gallon, solid, $l.8O.
Wheat--Feed wheat, $23.
Oats-Choice, per ton, $26.
Corn-Whole, $25; cracked, $25;
feed meal, $50.
Barley-Rolled or ground, per ton,
$25; whole, $24.
Flour-Patent, $4.26, Dbl; straights,
g.; California brands, So. 80; buck
wheat -four, SO. 80; graham, per bbl,
$4.25; whole wheat -four, $3.50; rye
-four, $5.
Millstuffs-Bran, per ton, $15;
shorts, per ton, $19.
Feed-Chopped feed, s17@21 per
ton; middlings, per ton. $lT; oil
cake meal, per ton, $35.
Hay-Puget Sound mixed, S8@l0;
choice Eastern Washington timothy.
SIS.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-07-08

A rainy spell of weather is like the
ague: hard to break.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-07-08
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
The End of the Remarkable Letter
Wheat Deal.

reported by Downing, Hopkins & Co., Inc,
Commerce building, Portland Oregon.l
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-01-28
Press Comment.
Nobody Need Uet Excited.

The Maine is on hand at Havana
and everybody feels easier. Spain
knows too much to show any ill.,
temper over it, for the causes of the
presence of the battleship are com
pletely justifiable. II Emperor Will
liam can have two cruisers there we
rather think Uncle Sam can. That is
all there is to it Boston Record.
Sympathy in Vibration.
1t we place two clocks on the same
shelf and adjust their pendulums to
swing in exact unison and set one of
them to running, in he course OF time
the other will start up in sympathy.
Each sound impulse caused by the
vibration of the pendulum OF the
clock that is running is communi.
Gated to the other pendulum. Each
successive impulse adds to the swing
OF the sympathetic pendulum, which
began in an exceedingly small wav
at the very first stroke of the other
pendulum, and this goes on till the
sympathetic pendulum is making its
lull stroke. So with the sympathetic
tuning forks. Each air wave that is
sent out by the initial fork strikes the
other fork and causes at first slight
vibration which accumulates, because
each successive air wave strikes the
sympa thetic fork just al the enc OF
its swing and works in harmony
with the natural tendency of the fork
to vibrate. The result is co-opera.
ton. Each helps the other. How
much better it would be for the world
1t men would take pattern after this
law OF physics - Prof. Gray in
Chicago Times-Herald.
Bryan and Wages.
Mr.. Bryan reports that wages in
Mexico "are higher on an average
than ever before and rising" He fails
to say what they are. The latest
statistics available give these rates
per week: Bricklayers. $40; weavers,
$40 80; telegraph operators, $11 so:
olacksmiths, So; printers, SIS 76
laborers. So 90; tinsmiths, $3.50;
cab'netmakers, $40. Wages are paid
IN silver, the Mexican dollar being
worth in our money 45 cents. 1t
was worth in our money 4S and so
cents when the wage rates quoted
prevailed. OF course wages went up,
or seemed to go up, as silver went
down. Rutland Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-01-28

twelve years, and it has looked sew
eral times as though the state might
become doubtful or republican, but
the republican leadership and the
negro question have always pre-.
vented this; that there are many
protectionists in Louisiana, and
many friends of clean and honest
government; that the removal OF
the negro issue will result in sub
stantial accessions to the republican
party.
The outcome ofthe latest Louisiana
method will be watched with inter-
est. There is no fault to be found
with an educational or property
qualification for the voter, IN any
state or country. The more intelli-
gent the voter, the better. But the
scheme referred to above has within
it possibilities of outrage upon Ger
tain unalienable rights" and to just
such degree as these outrages are
perpetrated will the elimination of
the plan be disgrace to the state.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-01-28
Excellent Advice.

Burlington has been experiencing a
cotton mill strike of it's own, and
Mayor Peck, present at a meeting OF
the strikers, felt called on to give
them some fatherly advice. He sug-
gested that they had better not form
any organization; that Vermont was
no place for such things, aud that
strikes never would be popular in
this state; that he sympathized with
them in the cut-down in wages, but
that the company would not have
made a reduction unless they felt
compelled to do so by reason of a re-
duction in the price of the manufac-
tured products; that the interests of
employers and employed were mu-
tual, and that what benefited one
ought to, and would in the long run,
benefit the other; that it would be
wiser for them to keep at work, get
the best wages they could, and exer.
else their privilege to better them.
selves elsewhere whenever they saw
the chance.
Excellent advice, all this; and a
main difficulty with the strike ques-
ton is that such advice, though fire.
quently given, is not very frequently
taken and acted on. Hasty organ
lied action in such cases is response
BILE for many of the ills that strikers
fall heirs to.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-01-28

New Bedford is still in the throes OF
the strike, and there is every indica-
tion that the situation will grow
much more serious before it grows
better. The proposition to investi.
gate the labor question in that city,
by legislative committee, is excit-
ing some interest, but it is doubtful
whether any such move would be of
practical benefit to either side. The
mill owners and the strikers continue
firm in their confidence of final vic.
tory, but it may be put down as GER
tain that the strike will prove a dis
astrous thing for all concerned. The
sooner some middle ground of settle
ment between the contending parties
can be reached, prejudice and bitter
ness be laid aside, and reasonable
concessions made, the better for mill
owners, operatives, and New Bedford
business men generally. The smaller
merchants there are naturally
alarmed, since if the trouble is not
settled soon they will have to stop
business altogether, or carry it on at
a loss.