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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-05-27
so NEws FROM scHLEY

Washington MAY %-Sscrcary Long
said 40 the close of office hours today that
no word had come from any of the scout
INK vessels sl -"mcruus In West Indian
waters concerning The spanish dying
SQUADRON. wherefore be- concluded that
Ccrycra was stul In Santiago hHrbor
II ls supposed that Schlcy Is lying out
side watching the entrance 20 prevent
the cgrcss ~ the Spanish vessels. but
while there is evidence ~ a certain kind
NJ the fact ihcrc has been no official
confirmation OF 90 This is little re-
mnrkublo In view of the fact that q Is
only DAYS run for one ot Schlcy's swift
torpedo boats from Santiago TO a cable
mort In lIRyti Thcrc is also curious
lack NJ information from the newspaper
boats on this point II was supposed the
ccnsors might have excluded from the
dispatches ot newspaper men any refer
cncc 10 tho fleets. hut this would apply,
according to statement OF the naval
department officials here, only to that
part NJ the dispatches that might relate
20 the numbers and Whereabouts ot the
United States forces, and the censor's
rules would not exclude reference to the
Spanish squadrons,
Notwithstanding tha, the officials pro-
Tess their mshnk,n confidence In the he
lief that the Spanish squadron is securely
bottled up In Sanuugo h0rhor, there Is
no concea)mcnt ot 'hc Intense desire TO
secure some absolutely trustworthy In
formation on that point II is not to he
doubted that with the question still open,
the beginning " the main operations are
retarded. and so long as there exists a
of the Spanish naval force
being at large. there Is an ndisposltion to
start the troop transports for Cuba
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-05-27
FIRST CUBAN WAR BULLETIN.

New York, May 2d-Tomas Estrada
Palma has just received the first copy
Of Las villas, the war bulletin which is
published by AUTHORITY of General Gomez
at the Headquarters OF the Cuban army.
Ii contains the official news and move
ments Of the army of liberation and is
nm interesting publication Printed, Of
course. in Spanish, it comprises three col
umns on two sides of sheet about lOX1i
inches. The paper has greenish tint
and the type is set up and printed at Cen
eral Gomez headquarters under his di-
rcctiou. The first number date of May
TO- 1895. is designated as Supplements A"
and contains a half column description of
the battle of Manila. which conveyed for
the first time to the soldiers Of Cuba the
facts concerning Rear Admiral Dewey's
victory. Besides the official notices and
orders issued to the army the paper con-
tains a lengthy address issued to the Gu
ban army and people by General Gomez,
in which he says:
"I, Maxine Gomez, commander in chief
Of the Cuban army, take this opportunity
through the medium of Las villas, which
hereafter will be published once each
week at the headquarters of the army of
liberation. to communicate with those OF
my command and the people, In view OF
the adoption of the constitution of the
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-05-27
PERILs or A PRESS ROAT.

Montogo Bay jamaica, May 95-(Copy-
rlghted by the Associated Press AFTER
a long journey Of almost q thousand miles
through a binding rain and sea which
almost ceasclessly swept the deck from
stem to stern, the Associated Press dis
patch boat Dandy steamed into Montego
hay short OF fuol and with scarcely an
hour to spare, The water tank was
wrenched open by the ceaseless straining
by a choppy sea and had been drained Of
It's contents thirty-sN hours before land
was sighted, and the coal bunkers, omp-
tied hv an unexpectedly long and hard
cruise, were cleared almost to the plank
ing, when a rift in the fog revealed the
shore of Jamaica to the anxious captain
and crew, Another three hours would
have left the sturdy little 1OO-ton boat
helplessly adrift on the sea, for she has
no masts to aid her in such an emergency.
When the port was reached, however, 1t
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-05-27

republic Of Cuba and the armed inter-
veniion Of the United States In our behalf
to aid US In obtaining our Independence.
which soon Will be recognized by an the
world. desire 70 make known that here
after our soldiers no longer shall be
known az insurgents, but solulers Of the
regular army of the republic.
II hereby direct there shall be issued
each week war bulletin. which shall be
published at the general headquarters or
the army, and shall begin with this issue
20 be- known as Las Villas. Il will be
circulated under the direction and By au-
thority OF the stan officers OF the army
and In q will be published circulars, or
ders and official notes OF the war depart
mcnt as Information which our army and
our people may desire 20 know concerning
our progress and our allies. the United
States.
II take the opportunity 20 remind each
Cuban that he now has a country for
which he must fight. We are Cuban SOL
diers and not insurgents. and viii respect
the rules of civilized warfare. will
order punished any cuef officer or pri-
vate who fails 20 respect the rights OF
our prisoners of war. ana such prisoners
will be treated with respect to their rank
and according to the rule OF civilized
countries and the constitutional army.
"Our soldiers viii conduct themselves
tn such a manner as to gain for themselves
the good offices OF our brethren of the
United States. and for this reason it is my
wish that the army Of cuba may exhibit
model discipline. desire to impress upon
YOU that We will not continue this war
which 50 valiantly has been kept up for
the pas, three years, with the idea OF
revenge. We are fighting for liberty and
independence and not for revenge, and 1
would call your attention TO the fact that
the history Of the world shows that loss
OF blood has always been the price OF lib
erty
"ln recent proclamation by Blanco he
made the statement that II now was the
duty OF all Spaniards to die for their
honor in the war against the United
States. Spain does not know the mean
ing OF honor. Her definition OF the word
Is nothing but cruelty. Spanish soldiers
have never been known to die for honor,
except when they are opposed as ten toI
one Their idea OF honor has been to
defenseless women and child
ren, whose protectors are now fighting
for freedom In our army. Their idea OF
honor has been to rob. TO plunder. They
die for honor. drinking. gambling and
crimes against humanity and
against society. but now they will die
before American and Cuban arms
II take this opportunity to speak thus
to our people and our army that they may
be encouraged and know that We now
have noble allies who will aid us in our
fight for freedom, which long has been de-
served and which We now can see at no
distant day. I shall from time TO time
In Las villas communicate with you in
the same manner"
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-05-27
CRUSHING BLOW TO SPAIN
Will Be Administered at Once Porto
Rico TO Be Conquered While Span
ish Fleet Is cooped Bp at San
tiago-Cuta Will Be Occu-
pied With All Haste.


Wv oNG KONG. May 2s.-captain
Coneha. OF the Inflated Span
H ism cruiser Don Juan de Aus
tria. destroyed at the battle Of
Manila. says that the Spanish com
manders were quite aware that aght-
ing was hopeless, but were forced 10 do
1t by the state Of public opinion at Ma
Mia. He and other officers wished to
steam out Of the harbor to meet the
Americans. bu; Admiral Montejo for
bade that movement.
Captain Concha says the Spanish
fleet was in dlsgraceful condition
The engines Of the Don Antonio de
UIoa were broken and the Castillo
was leaking and needed engines to
keep the water under; the Don Juan
de Austria had only two guns that
could be fired; the Marquise del Duoro
had only one gun, while the Isle de
Cuba and Isle de Luzon had only their
decks protected. He declared, how
ever, that had the Americans not
Withdrawn by II o'clock the Spanlards
intended to steam out and die TO the
last man.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-05-27
COLOR OF FIELD UNIFORMS

Washington. Ma &-General Miles has
issued an order prescribing field uniforms
for the army as follows:
The color of the uniform viii be as fol-
lows. General officers and officers u the
general stan. corps and departments, dark
sky blue ,color of the trousers Of the ofii-
GERS 81 the linD, infantry l.gh, sky blue
lcolor ~ the trousers NJ the enlisted mem;
artillery. scarlet: engineer corps. scarlet
u'p,d with white. quarlcrmastcr sergeant
white p.prd with bun. ordnance troops.
crimson p'pcd with white; most commis-
starry sergeant. white plpcd with cadet
gray. scrVoants signals corps black
p.psl with white. hospital corps emerald
green
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-05-27
MESSAGE FROM THE SOLDIERS.

SAN Francisco, May 96--The following
message was received from the Peking by
a carrier pigeon last night:
ION Board the Picking, May e5-Love to
parents, wives and children; sisters.
brothers, relatives and friends. We will
ever remember the kindness. considera-
ton and the thoughtfulness shown by
ALL May We be faithful to the trust re-
posed in us and detract nothing from
the distinction won by California in this
cruise, JAMES F. SMITH,
Colonel First Regiment California L. $,
Volunteers"
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-05-27
TRANSPORT SHIPS SCARCE

san Francisco. May 2d-Tho transport
Ing Of 10000 troops to the Philippines has
set the government agents to work scour-
ing the Pacific ocean for transport ves-
sells. So far only 1900 troops have been
scnt to Admiral Deweys assistance There
are 1000 more in camp here and 10000
moro to come, About fifteen transports
are required together with half a dozen
colllers.
The government today chartered the
ship Ohio and one Alaska vessel for
transport purposes, The vessel is now at
Seattle and has been ordered to San
Francisco Immediately to be fitted for a
trip to the Philippines. The second ex-
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-05-27
ORDERED IN COMMISSION

san Francisco. Mav 2i-Ordors have
b,,n received 60 place the cruisers Phila-
delpha and Yorktown In commission as
soon ls possible, also 90 transfer the boys
from the training ship Mohlcan and mn
up shat vessel with s'amcn and ordinary
4,tuYu
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-05-27
No Danger That the Trap Into Which he
Walked Will Prove Inadequate.
CERVERA IN A TRAP THAT WILL HOLD.

ARLINGTON trns to the
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Oh m hrugha nndso yarsw waeo which the
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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-05-27
NEW YORK WAR SCARE.

New York, Mov ef--N Halifax special to
the Commercial Advertiser says a fleet Of
French and Spanish wlrships are re-
ported on Halifax horhor Hurried orders
have been issued TO al the troops in gar
rlson, and the forts az that city and har-
hnr nre hclng gnNrlnh by an eNtrA force.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-05-27
PATRIOTIC JEWS

Chicago. May 2G-About ~ of the
younger members 81 the Zion association
of chicago have formed a military Or
gauizatng known ~ the Guards Of Zion
They have decided 90 join IN a body the
Illinois volunteer regiment An the men,
bcrs are young Jews
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-05-27
Total

In week this force will probably be
augmented by 1880 additional troops. This
is an approximate estimate on the
strength of the cavalry from Utah, the
Eighteenth and Twenty-third regiments
United States infantry, and the Dakota
infantry, which should arrive by sunday.
This will be the nucleus of the 10000
troops TO be mobnized here and from this
will be taken the expeditionary forces
that will form the second column for Ma
nila
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-05-27
THE RUMoR DENIED.

Halifax. May 9&-Therc Is no truth In
the story Of spanish and French war
shps on this mort and that the forts were
being manned,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-05-27

The telephone bell is almost as sweet in
tone as the wedding bell when you feel
sure that some one you care very much
for is going to call "hello."
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-05-27
THE MANILA MILITARY FORCE.

San Francisco, May &-The strength
OF the force now at Camp Richmond. in
lcudmg commanding officers and enlisted
men. by commands. is as follows:
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-05-27
MERRITT At SAN FRANCISCO,

san Francisco, Nav eG-Maior General
Merritt. governor general Of the Philip
pines, arrived here today
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-10-09
PARKoRINCTUMs.

The opera house when completed
and painted will be a beauty and
a 10y forever" is what we heard a
fellow tell his sweetheart. We
Judge the young man has a stand
ing engagement to take that par
ticular hand and ring out to all
park entertainments.
Sam Soiusky had on the best
suit, belonging to the law firm OF
which he is the junior member.
Phil Bauer, Of Park, Texas, had
out the belle OF Rose Hill-Phil /, a
lucky dog in making all his. engage
nents
Prof. Hack as a leader Of band,
makes some great curves with his
clarionet while beating time with
his instrument
Howard Hobson blows the big
tuber and makes all the notes soft
and sweet, He is way up on bass
music,
viii Baker makes a clever gate
keeper-we got by him on ouI
shape. Thanks, Willie.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-10-09

We hope the street car manager
will move his cars on time tomor-
row night to and from the Park be.
fore and after the theatre, When
an American plants himself on a
hard seat in street car, 1t Is not
for the purpose Of looking at the
driver or smelling the over-heated
mules, bat he has taken his seat
and wants to get there q-u-i-c-k,
or else he gets wratby and talks
sassy bout the management Of
the road, See
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-10-09
TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1898
The AUDITORIUM CONCERT.
Home People are Furnished With
Amusement Galore.

As had been ADVERTISED for seve-
raj days past, the Texarkana band
boys gave their concert on Friday
night.
The new opera house just in the
stages OF completion, was
used for the first time, and those
who attended found to their aston
ishment rows and rows of good
comfortable chairs to sit In and a
well covered opera house to protect
them from the elements without.
Some two or three hundred gath
cred at the entertainment and
though the curtain was tardy in
going up, the people entertained
each other by talking and specu-
lating on what the opera house
cost and who was going to get the
prize for the best cake and who
would win out in the cake walk.
The curtain finally shot up, and
the audience was faced by their
old time favorite, Sam Solinsky,
who said he had been selected to
announce the program. He then
introduced to the public notice the
band in its entiety, who played
two pretty selections. After this
a song from Mrs. j. M. Carter as
also one from Miss Lucy Lingard,
both receiving hearty applause.
The Kosminsky brothers then en-
tertained in musical sketches.
When this part of the program
was oyer, Sam Solinsky said that
the awarding of prizes would then
be given to the lady who had cooked
the best cake,
Mesdame5 j. M. Carter, McMll-
Ian and Webster were chosen
judges, and they soon decided in
the cakes bearing the cards Nos
| /, 8 and 57
After this the cake walk was an
nounced but there was no one who
wished to initiate the coon present,
and this part of the program was
declared of.
A dance was announced next and
while the floor was being cleared
many of those present wended their
way to the waiting cars and when
we say waiting" we mean all the
word implies, for although there
was string of cars lined up on the
track to accommodate all out at
the park, and one or two was
quickly filled, not move was
made to turn a wheel toward the
city.
The reporter was on the front
car and it was filled to its fullest
capacity and the passengers clam
ored for 1t to start, but it did not
move. some one pulled the bell core
several times and the mules made a
dead pull against a set brake anC
the harness gaye way, and the
mule went off somewhere in the
darkness. Some of the passengers
got red headed and walked to theiI
homes,
The above account is about as
accurate a one the reporter car
I give from his own personal knowl
edge
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-10-09
(,z. !; MA
ON
B 4 BY

Ny little six-months old girl had Eczema.
We used all kinds of remedies, but she kept
getting worse used to wrap her hands up,
and to dress her, had to put her on the table,
| could not hold her, she would kick and
scream, and, when she could she would tear
her face and arms almost to pieces. -Four
boxes of CUTIoURA (ointment), two cakes OF
CuTfcURA SOAP, and CUTIoURA REsoLvENT
cured her, and no traces are leG
Feb. ,'9s. Mrs. G.. A. CONRAD, Lisbon, II.
SPEEDY CURE TREATMENT. - Warm baths with CurI-
cuRA SOAR, gentle anontings with CuToURA (ontmenO,
aud mild doses OF CUT1oURA REsoLVENr'
Sold throughout the world. PorTER DRUG AND CHEN.
Corr, Props, Boston. Howto Cure Skin Diseases neo
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-10-09

K Lnuis HRiIhTnn,
\ MONEY LENDER and JEWELER, 4
Z Bargains In Diamonds and Watches.
y We carry a large line OF spectacles to Z
=, iii all eyes.
The Mena star., 1898-11-16
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

There are 40,0o0 native pupils in the Sunday schools of the Fiji islands. A new Baptist chapel has been |opened every year in Ireland for the last seven years.
 Ten per cent. of the students of Har- [gard and of the University of Penn |sylyania are Roman Catholics. There are in the United States 103,- E7SS Sunday schools. with 956,l42 of ! dcers and teachers and S.747,s59 Scholars.
 ] Edinburgh's school board has de- Eeided to simplify the Ten Command ments. to be taught the children in the <public schools.
 Recently issued statistics of the United Evangelical church show a Premiership of 5o,1oO, net gain of T'l62 over last year.
 The oldest university in the world El Ayhar, at Cairo. It is the greatest aohammedan university. having clear ecords dating back nearly 1,00o years.
 Germany is sending as interpreters oits Chinese possessions at Kiao-Chou graduates from the Berlin seminary Cr oriental languages, who have had nfee years training in the Chinese aught at Berlin.
 The present Baptist strength in
 "eden is about 35,O00. In Stockholm
 pere are five churches or chapels, the
 Aaiier ones having from 600 to soc
 smoers, and the largest one about
 w' This largest one has become
 lte self-eupporting.
The Mena star., 1898-11-16
HUMOROUS.

Asking for Information.-Farmer- .r-,ot field there is tobacco" Visitor
 aJs that so? What ordinary-looking ~,a,ts! When do they-er-begin to pIug out?"-Puck.
 .Tbere are ways and ways of break .~ the ice" said the diner out. "f ance took a girl out to dinner whose ssst remark to me was: Do you talk - Iisten?' "-Tit-Bits.
 Room for Another.-Browne-"I'd .o;n the church if it wasn't so full of S,rnocrites." Towne-"That needn't dster you. There's always room for one more .'-Brccklyn Life.
 Looking Towards the Links.-Seth uosxins-"Thet's suthin' like that ~ome of shinny we used ter play, ain t ;+or Lem Pusley-"Them sticks are I;Le it: but the clothes ain't. by guml" Puck.
 Can't Be Profitable.-"No, tell you ts;s thing of gobbling islands can't be q having business" What are your reasons for thinking SOP" Nobody has trleu to OTSdHizS iI luIO trust. Chicago Daily News.
 The Intention.-"Do you think the war is over?" asked one Spanish of 6cial. "The war has been over long time" was the answer. "The question is whether we can manage to conceal the fact any longer. r."-Washington Star.
 Unexpected Answer. = Secretary aTo-morrow will be the twenty ty-fifth anniversary of the day when I entered your service" Employer-"Indeed! Then suppose you are going to have a jubilee dinner? Don't forget to invite mel"-Fliegende Blatter.
 The Savage Bachelor.-"A man who will leave his property to his wife only on condition of her not marrying again." said the Sweet Young Thing, lis as mean as he can be-" "Oh, I don't know" said the Savage Bachelor. "Perhaps he is friend to mankind."- Indianapolis Journal.
The Mena star., 1898-11-16
WAR BELT OF THE WORLD.
All the Dig Battles of the Last Twenty Years Have Occurred in One
 NnFrow Zone.

The war with Spain brings out the remarkable fact that all of the battles fought in the world for the last 20 I4years have occurred in one fatal, mar row zone of the earths surface. That zone runs just above the equator. It IS only 15 degrees wide, extending from eight degrees north to the Tropic of Cancer, and yet the belt does not cross a single continent or large group of islands which has not been literally strewn with the dead and dy- ing.
 Cuba is in that zone, and Spanish of f1cial records prove that in recent years 100000 people have been killed by hunger or the sword in that unhap- py island. All told, the dead in the many battles in the Philippines, at Formosa, at Khartoum, and Santiago number 45o,0OO.
 All of the engagements in the pres ent Spanish war, though fought on battlefelds some 10000 miles apart, are almost on direct line with one another. The battle of Santiago and the naval victory of Sampson and Schley, with their accompanying loss of life, occurred ill latitude 20 north. Cardenas, Matanzas and Havana all lie just north of 20 degrees. Manila lies almost under the latitude of Is north.
 The fighting in central Africa in which the British soldiers have been engaged has all occurred within the limits of this zone. So, too, have the various battles in Sierra Leone, re- sulting i'll the loss of 100 lives, been within this boundary.
 Many engagements have also been fought and others may even now be going on at present around Khartum, which is just south of the sixteenth degree north. The loss at Khartoum is fixed by the British government at 5000. The fighting which is still go- ing on between the British and natives at Atbara has caused 250 deaths, and this number is being daily increased
 In Central America the bloodshed is almost entirely confined to the mar row strip of land crossed by this fatal belt. X revolution is an annual affair in Guatemala. Only few months ago such an uprising occurred, resulting in the assassination of Rarrios, in which 150 lives were sacrificed. All the fighting was done between the de. grees of II and 15 north.
 The Japanese fought the Formosar rebels this year under the Tropic oi Cancer, which is g degrees north.
 It will be seen that on no continent or group of islands where this fata belt crosses has there been peace while the battles fought within its boundary have been fierce and accom- panied hy mneh hloedshed. N. Y ' World.
The Mena star., 1898-11-16
The Glowvvorm.

The glowworm may be seen in the warm summer evenings, shedding it's pale green light on grassy banks. The female insect gives out much strong some light visible even in the larva. The light of this insect proceeds from the abdomen. The light given out by the firefy, another kind of beetle in habiting South America, proceeds from three yellow tubercles placed on the throat. The grub or larva of the glowworm is of singular form, and is furnished with a brush at the ex- tremity of the tail, with which it cleanses its body from dust or the slime of the snails on which it ire quently feeds.-Detroit Free Press.