Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1898-07-07
LATER NEWS.

| assistant secretary to the president, to
fill the additional position Of that grade
recently created by congress.
Officials Of the United States en-
bassy discredit the Madrid dispatch
saying that Camara had passed through
the suez canal. They say he had not
entered the canal FRIDAY morning.
II 10 tho general understanding
among army officers here that the next
/ expedition to the Philippines will get
of about July Ill. The feet will con-
sist Of the Perm, City Of Puebla. Aca-
| pulco. Umatilla and Pennsylvania.
| According TO dispatch received FRI
day by the Spanish minister OF marine,
AT Madrid, Admiral Camara, In COM
mand OF the Spanish feet recently at
/ Port SaId, has passed through the suez
canal, apparently on his way TO the
Philippines.
The Porto Rican expedition, which
| Is the next number on the war pro-
gramme after the surrender OF sarti-
ago, Is to be led by Major-G General John
II. Brooke. now commanding the First
army corps at Chickamagua, who will
be made military governor OF the ISL
and after it's capture.
Colonel Allen, In charge Of the signal
station at Playa del Este, Friday morn
ing telegraphed TO Washington that
the fight was growing furious Ia all
/ directions. At the time at which he
sent the telegram eight Americans and
nine Cubans had been wounded. The
Spaniards were shelling the Americans
as they advanced, and sampson's feet
was hotly engaging the forts.
/ According to trustworthy intelli-
gence from Manila. the Spanish COVER
nor-general has made arrangements for
meeting with Admiral Diedrich
/ Commander OF the German naval
forces In the Far East). in order to
| propose In behalf OF the Spanish gov
ernment that Manila should be handed
into provincial charge OF neutral
commander. The proposal was rejected
by Diedrich. in view Of the American
blockade.
The Japanese cruiser MatsushIma ar
rived Mt Hong Kong Friday from Ma
Mia. which port she left on the after
noon Of Monday. June 81. She reports
! that the American transports had not
then arrived. The situation was un-
changed, the Spaniaris continuing to
erect defensea and the insurgents oc-
cupying positions within about 1900
yards Of the city. Food Is growing
scarcer. The Matsushima reports also
that when she left Manila harb Dor there
we're FIVE German and four British
warsbips there.
Tho president has intimated that
another call for volunteers will soon
be issucd.
| Captain p. ii. Cooper. superintend-
ent Of the naval academy, has been se-
lected TO command the cruiser Chicago.
The Egyptian government has decid-
ed to notify Admiral Camara that the
continued presence of the Spanish
fleet at Port Said il violating neutral
ity, and that the warships must leave
Secretary Long said that he understood
Camara's fleet had paid the canal
dues. and the presumption is that they
will continue the voyage.
The war department has received
the welcome information today that
military telegraph stations have been
established at st. Villa, In the center
Of the present military operations, and
that this line runs to point near
| Aguadores. where il connects with the
French cablo line, thus bringing Gen.
eral Shafter into direct communication
with the department.
Corporal Huoht. Seventh infantry.
who with seven men was sent out
seven miles from Santiago was found
by General Shafter Thursday afternoon
and sent into camp. The party had
repeatedly seen the Spaniards, who did
not offer to molest them, and the
Americans spent the day as IL enjoying
picnic in the woods. The corporal
said that IL he had had with him a
sufficient force he could have brought
In 40 Spanish prisoners.
The camp conditions near Santiago
continue hard. Heavy rains set every
thing afloat. Rations, however, I'VE
being served out regularly, but they
are still not plentiful. Officers and
mon fare alike. The latter are suffer
ing during the cold nights from lack OF
blankets thrown away on the march.
These have been appropriated by the
Cubans, who take everything In sight,
and do as little as possible. On the
whole, they actually fare better than
our men,
| Consular Agent Broadbent has just
made a master-stroke, which he re-
ports to the department. While the
Spanish ships were seeking permission
of the Egyptian government TO take
coal at Port Said, the consular officer
succeeded in quietly buying up all the
coal available at that place, This
amounted to 1900 tons and 1t is in y
good place to be shipped TO Dewey, to
serve as a base of supplies for Watson 9
Eastern squadron, whom it enters the
Mediterranean. or to coal any Ameri-
can vessels that may pass through the
Sues canal bound to the Asiatic sta
tion.
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