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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10
A BLOODY ENCOUNTER
The Insurgents Drive in
Manila Outposts.
FIERCE HAND-TO-HAND FIGHT
Great Slaughter OF Spaniards by Agui-
naldo's Men-Fought While Typhoon
Raged-The Rebels Now Hold the
Suburbs Of the City.

Suburbs of the City.
Manila, via Hong Kong, June s.
The Spanish outposts have been driven
in all along the line simultaneously.
and with great slaughter. 1t is said
over 1000 have been killed.
There has been fierce hand-to-hand
fighting for 70 hours, despite the
| typhoon which is raging.
The violent winds and torrents of
rain render the rifies1of the Spanish
troops unavailing. The natives easily
win at every step with their slashing
knives. Today the insurgents hold
Malabon, Taralac, and Bacoor. They
are now attacking San Tamera and
Moorlate, the suburbs of the city,
which is completely enclosed for dis
tance of seven miles.
A native regiment under Colonel
Agiunaldo, cousin of the insu1gent
leader, yesterday Joined the insurgents.
The governor has issued despair1ng
proclamation begging the insurgents to
come to terms, and now he is arrang-
ing to remove all the Spanish popula-
tion inside the old walled city. He is
filling the moats and testing the draw
bridges and placing strong guards on
the principal streets and artillery along
the walls. All the other troops are
camping in the suburbs. The weather
is terrific.
Later-It now appears that the rock
cts yesterday were not signals to the
natives, but warning from the Ger
man consulate of the approach of the
typhoon. issued for the benefit of the
ships in the harbor.
l visited Cavite without the Span
iards knowing 1t, and found there 1877
wounded and 56 prisoners, among the
latter six Spanish officers. All were
WE'LL treated. .
Chief Agiunaldo, in the course of an
interview, has said that the insurgents
are eager to make an attack on Manila
forthwith, but that Admiral Dewey re-
fuses to "allow hordes of passionate
semi-savages to storm a civilized me-
tropolis. F"
j.. Admiral Dewey wants to await the
arrival of the American troops. In
the meantime the insurgents have be n
forbidden to cross the Motate river,
seven miles south of Manila. Other
wise the Petral will be stationed there
to lombard them.
The volunteers smelt powder yester-
day. An officer was killed and three
wounded. They retired rapidly.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10
Accident on the San Francisco.

Provincetown, Mass, June IA
fatal accident occurred last night on
the cruiser San Francisco. By the fall
of whaleboat from the davits, Claus
Vessel, coxswain, was drowned and
Seaman Stevenson sustained fractur-
ed leg. Vessel was 80 years old. His
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10

Ut will be noted that there is an i'm
portant discrepancy as to the time at
which the bonn bardment is said to have
begun this morning between the dis
patches from Cape Haytien and Port
au Prince, the former saying 8 O'Clock
and the latter O'clock. 1t is possible
that this arises from a confusion be-
tween the figures 8 and 8. The San
tiago advices in reference to the sunken
vessel as an auxiliary cruiser is prob
ably a mistake. The Merrimac is
collier, and has always been a collier.l
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10
A RUkOR Of A Fight
Battle Reported Off Hay.
ten Coast.
VANGUARD OF CADIZ FLEET

Three Spanish and Four American YES
tells Engaged-The Latter Probably
Scouts-A Spanish TorpedO-B Oat
Destroyer Sunk at Santiago.
Cape Haytien, June THE United
States t1oopship Resoulte, formerly the
Yorktown, under convoy of the tor
pedo boat destroyer Mayfower, the
convertd Ogden Goelet yacht of the
same name, arrived at Mole st. Mich
| oIas Saturday and departed shortly
after.
Advices from Mole St. Nicholas say
that Saturday, some distance off Jean
Rabel, port on the west coast of
Hayti. bali way between Port de Paix
and Mole ST. Nicholas, combat took
place between three Spanish and four
American warships. The American
Ships are said to have Withdrawn from
ships entered the harbor of Jean Rabel
for water. Officers of ships lying at
St. Nicholas Mole were extremely reti-
cent.
Jean Rabel is an insurgent seaport,
and there is no telegraphic station
there. 1t is thought possible that the
Spanish ships encountered were the
vanguard of the Cadiz fleet. The
names of the American ships were not
ascertained, but it is believed here
that they were probably scout boats.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10
Tha MRrrinac.

Baltimore, June 6.-The Merrimac
was purchased by the government from
the Lone Star Steamship Company, in
April. She was formerly the Norwe-
gian steamship Solveig. She was built
at Newcastle in 1894. and was $50 feet
long, "a feet beam and registered 2, 1874
tons.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10
spanish Prisoners Sent Home.

New York, June 6.-Thirty- nine
Spanish prisoners, captured on the
steamer Rita. of Porto Rico, arrived
in this oity today on the steamer Semi
nolc. They were turned over to the
French consul for shipment back to
Snain.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10
TroOpship Pursaed.

Port au Prince, June 7.-According
to the latest advices from Santiago de
Cuba, there were not more than II
ships in the offing all day, and it is
believed there that the three missing
vessels have gone for provisions and
munitions of war.
At O'Clock this evening, the
steamer 'Nouvelle Voldregue arrived
here from Cape Haytien, after touching
at all the ports along the coast She
reports that yesterday. at Mole St.
Nicholas. she saw the United States
troopship Resolute awaiting instruo-
tions. The vessel was under convoy.
1t was ascertained from passengers
on the Voldregue that the Resolute
had been pursued, between Jean Rabel
and Mole st. Nicholas, by two Spanish
corvettes. From the same source, it
is learned that Admiral Cervera 8
squadron is not, in its entirety, in
the port of Santiago de Cub, but that
only cruiser, supposed to be the
Colon, one torpedo boat and two auxil-
iary cruisers are there.
A dispatch from government source
at Port au Prince says:
ga Haytien informant, now in San
tiago de Cuba, says the destitution has
greatly increased since the bonn bard
ment began, and-the military comman-
der has been forced to reduce the ra-
tions of the soldiers. among whom
there is much discomfort.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10

1926 A. MA dispatch from San
tiago says that the vessel sunk is un-
derstood to be the Merrimac. Only
the extremities Of her funnel and two
masts are seen above water.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10
San Francisco Market.

Wool-Southern coast lambs, 7@Sc;
San joaquin, 1850; Northern, ii @ 12c
per lb.
Millstuffs - Middlings, $21@23;
California bran, $l6@ 1850 per ton.
Onions-New. 40@ Doc per sack.
Butter-Fancy creamery, Ice; do
seconds, 1Sc; fancy dairy, 171ac; good
to choice, 16@17c per pound.
Potatoes-Early Rose, 4O@50c.
Eggs-Store, 14@14Ko; ranch, 14k
q 16c.
Fresh Fruit-Apples, $40@1.50 per
large box; cherries, 40c geo; do
red and white, 25 O. 400 per box.
Citrus Fruit-Oranges, navels, $1.25
@3.00; Mexican lines, $3.50; Cali
fornia lemons, 75c@&1. 90; do choice,
81. .25@ @ LOO; per box.
Hay-Wheat. $20@24.50; wheat and
oat, $20@23; oat, $14. .50@16.50; best
barley, $16@18. go; alfalfa, $12.00@
1880; clover. $13@16.
Cheese-Fancy mild, new, $40; old.
Zoe per pound.
-
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10

Madrid, June Sin the chamber of
deputies today Senior Giron, minister
for the colonies replying to inquiries,
said the government had no information
tending to confirm the Spanish report
that the cruiser Baltimore had been
blown up by an internal explosion at
Manila, except the fact that the gaz-
cite had erased the boat from the list
of American ships.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10
From Mobile tn Ta,nna.

Mobile, June S.-The Fifth cavalry
and the Eleventh infantry left camp
today for Montgomery, there to take
the Plant line for Tampa. Five regi-
ments of volunteers remain.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10

IReported py Downing, HOPKINS Co.., Inc.
Board OF Trade Brokers, I'll to ia Chamber Of
Commerce building, Portland, Oregon.1
The statistical news of wheat for the
past week has been very bearish.
Beerbohm reported the worlds ship
menst at $4,000, 900 bushels, of which
North America shipped 5,24s,ooo
busehls. The American supply of vis-
ible wheat increased during the week
1,085, 900 bushels, and now totals 22,-
587, ZOO bushels. The Orange Judd
Farmer report for June makes the win
ter wheat acreage 25,651, 900 acres,
after allowing for 1,00O,O 900 acres aban-
doned in California. The spring wheat
acreage shows radical increase every
where, the total area reaching 1885,
900 acers. The month of May was fav-
orable for wheat everywhere except in
California, and the present condition
of winter wheat is reported at 90.7,
against 87.9 last month and 83.5 last
year. The condition of spring wheat is
practically perfect, with an aveage of
99.1, which is the highset figure ever
reported on June l by any reliable au-
thority. The situation in Oregon and
Washington is enough better than last
year to practically offset the loss in
California. Bearish sentimnet seems
to be gaining both here and abroad.
A private Liverpool cable says: The
trade is bearish and lower prices must
follow. Upward manipulation is out
of the question, with worlds ship
ments SO large and American prospect
is fiattering." Minneapolis reported
no buyers of cash wheat in that mar
ket. today. About the only strong fac
tor has been the New York market,
where foreigners are asid to have
bought large quantities for September
and later deliveries. That market has
been we'll sustained, and the foreign
support thus given encouraged a belief
that prices may do better here, at least
temporarily.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10
Report Confirmed,

The report that revolution has
broken out at San Domingo has been
confirmed, the supposed expedition
from Cape Haytien being really the
danarturo of nomipi0an ravnlufi0nisfa1
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10
Spain Notified the Powers.

London, June 8-The Madrid cores
pondent nf the Daily News says:
The cabinat has decided that no
effectual blockade exists and will SO
notify the powers. An informal notifi-
cation has already been made.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10
Portland Market.

Wheat-Walla Walla, 75c; VAL
ley and Bluestem, 78c per bushel.
Flour-Best grades, 81. so; graham,
$4.0O; superfine, $s.s5 per barrel.
Oats-Choice white, 40c; choice
gray, S8@39c per bushel.
Barley-Feed barley, $22; brewing,
$24 per ton.
Millstuffs-Bran, $17 per ton; mid
dlings, $23; shorts, SIT.
Hay-Timothy. $11@12; clover. $40
oil; Oregon wild hay, 500 10 per ton.
Eggs-Oregon, 16 @17c per dozen.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 32I 35c;
fair to good, 25@30c; dairy, 25@ 600
per roll.
Cheese-Oregon full cream, 12o;
Young America, 1870.
Poultrv-Chickens, mixed, So. so per
dozen; hens, 81 90; springs, 50. OO@4;
geese, $6.O0@7.OO; ducks. young. SAG
600 per dozen; turkeys. live, 11@12c
per pound.
Potatoes-Oregon Burbanks, 3O@45c
per sack; sweets, $1.75@2 per Genital.
Onions-Oregon, $2.25@2.5O per
sack.
Hops-5@12kc per pound for new
crop; 1896 crop, 4@6c.
Wool-Valley, 14@15c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 8@12c; mohair,
25c per pound. -
Mutton-Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes. &c; dressed mutton. exc;
pri ng lambs, 1Oc per Id.
Hogs-Gross, choice heavy, $4.25;
light and feeders. $3.00@4.O0; dressed,
IS. so q $50 per 100 pounds.
Beef-Gross. top steers. $4.00;
cows, So. 2.50@3.50; dressed beef,
5@7c per pound.
Veal-Large, DC; small, &c per
pound.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10
Navy Departments Advices.

Washington, June 6.-Notwitstand
ing the rather positive statement COM
ing from Jamaica to the effect that the
second Spanish feet from Cadiz has
crossed the Atlantic and is about to
join Cervera at Santiago, the officers OF
the navy department refuse to be
frightened at what they declare to be a
bugaboo. 1t appears that the basis of
their confidence is telegraphic report
of as late date as yesterday, declaring
that the Cadiz feet is still at Cadiz.
Moreover, they know that there are not
as many as 16 ships in that feet.
London, June 6.-Acoording to a
dispatch from Madrid, Ell Heraldo,
with regard to the situation at Santa
60 de Cuba, says:
SIT is one more dlsenchantment
which proves that there is no remedy
for Spain's misfortunes. Cervera's g
squadron at Santiago is of little advan-
tage, either to itself or to what it rep
resents. It can neither hinder the
Yankees expedition, nor strengthen
the defense Of Havana. Spain was
never before led through such a strait
road of perdition."
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10

Thirty-Three Ton Armor Plate.
A single plate of armor for the turret
of the battle-ship Kearsrge recently
shipped weighed SO l-3 tons.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10
NOT A SPANISH VICTORY.
Collier May Have Been Sent in to Block.
ade the Channel.

Collier May Have Been Sent in to Block
ade the Channel.
Washington, June 6. - The Post
says: There is absolutely no doubt in
the minds of the naval officials in
Washington that the sending of tie
collier into the harbor was prear
ranged move on the part of Admiral
Sampson. The use of q collier, the un-
sity of blockading the channel SO as to
relieve some of the ships of the squad
ron from remaining stationed off San
tiago, the Importance of discovering
whether the mines were effective-all
these make it certain that the Merri-
mac was deliberately sent to her de-
struction. 1t was not Spanish victory
it was cleverly arranged scheme on
the part of the American Admiral,
and it was successful.
The eight men in a Spanish prison
are the real heroes of the war. If the
Merrimac went in under her own crew,
it is interesting to know that her COM
plement of officers consisted of Com
mander ]. NJ. Miller; Lieutenant W.
w. Gilmer, executive officer; Ensigns
J. R. Y. Blakely and J. NJ. Luby, and
First Engineer r. K. Crank Miller
is from Missouri, Gilmer from Vir-
ginia, Rlakely from Pennsylvania, and
Luby and Crank from Texas.
1t is expected that reports will be re-
ceived today from Admiral Sampson
which will give details of the Merri-
macs destruction, and the names of
the eight men who have been cap
tured.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10
Spanish Destroyer Sunk.

Kingston, Jamaica, June IA dis
patch from Port au Prince says a yes.
sci that has arrived there from Santa
go de Cuba repol is that the America ns
sunk on Friday night the Spanish tor
pedo-boat destroyer Terror.
The assumption, based on dispatches
from Madrid. has been that the de-
stroyer Terror, after leaving Fort de
France, went to Porto Rico, and it is
possible that the Port Antonio dis
patch confuses her with her sister de-
stroyer, the Furor, as has several times
been done in dispatches from other
points.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10
FIRED AT BY FLEET.
Americans Thought They Saw a Span
ish Torpedo-Boat Destroyer.

Americans Thought They Saw Span
ish Torpedo-Boat Destroyer.
| Kingston, Jamaica, June 8-Whether
the American feet sank a Spanish tor
pedo-boat destroyer Friday night has
not been absolutely confirmed. At 10
o'ccock Friday night the cruiser New
Orleans discovered what appeared to be
| a torpedo-boat destroyer close to the
shore, and signalled the flagship New
York that it was evident that night
torpedo attack was to be made. The
New York and New Orleans opened fire
and their shells burst around dark
object. Finally 1s-inch shell flom
the Massachusetts, (not the Oregon, as
first reported) was fred and exploded,
and the searchlights of the vessels were
turned on the spot where the supposed
destroyer had been sighted, but not a
trace of the boat could be found, and it
was believed by the officers of the New
York she had been sunk
The first assumption was that the
vessel was the Terror, but it is believed
now that it was the Pluton or Furor, as
the Terror was not known to be at San.
tiago. Two Schwarzopkof torpedoes
were found floating two miles south of
Moro. This class of torpedo is used
by the Spanish, and one of the two
found had only the practice head.
Admiral Sampson is determined not
to allow the Spanish to remove the
Merrimac from the spot where she lies.
Saturday it was reported that they
were working at the hull, and the
American feet formed in line of battle
with orders to lombard. 1t turned out
that the Spanish were not SO engaged
and the fleet withdrew.
Admiral Sampson has given specific
orders that Ell Moro, where the Merri-
mao's crew are imprisoned, be spared
in firing. Admiral Cevera's polite as
surances We're ACCOMPANIED by the
statement that Lieutenant Hobson and
his men were confined there. This
placing of the prisoners in direct line
of fire is denounced by the American
officers as a 13th-century defense, an
act of incarnate cruelty.
General Castillo, commanding the
Cuban forces in the west and north of
the province of Santiago, has been con-
centrating 1000 Cubans in the vicinity
of the city.
Cape Haytien, June Sat 8 O'Clock
this morning strong cannonading was
heard from the direction of Aguadores,
a little east of Moro Castle, which de-
fends the eastern entrance of the har-
Dor of Santiago. A quarter of an hour
later the noise of the cannonading
greatly increased, the firing evidently
proceeding from guns of the largest
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10

Great Britain's marine steam tonnage
is today 6, 72O, 703-about as much as
that of all other nations added together.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10

New York. June 8-A special from
Kingston reports that 5000 United
States troops have landed near Punta
Cabrera. a little west of Santiago, where
junction was affected with General
Gracia's army of 5000 insurgents. 1t
is added that the landing was effected
under the fire of Simpsons feet. With
the troops were several heavy siege
guns.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10

All the land above sea-level would
not fill up more than one-third of the
Atlantic ocean,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10
American Troops Landed.

New York, June S-A special from
Cape Haytien. dated Monday, says:
At daylight this morning the Ameri-
can troops landed at Aguadores, a few
miles east of Santiago de Cuba, under
cover of Admiral SIMPSONS guns. The
batteries were silenced, after a sharp
bombardment.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10
Seattle Mark cts.

Observation-Disclosures 81 /
ola per ton; natives, $S@1O; Califor-
MIA potatoes, $1.50@2 Fer 100 pounds.
Beets, per sack, $1.25; tufnips, $1.25;
carrots, $1.25; hothouse lettuce, 45c;
radishes, 122c.
Fruits.-California lemons. fancy,
So; choice.- 81 @2.5 seeding oranges.
$1.50@l.75; California navels, fancy.
$3@3.25; choice, $12.5O@2.75; ban
anas, shipping, $2.25@2.75 per bunch;
Strawberries, $1.25@1.5O per crate.
Butter-Fancy native creamery,
brick, 1Sc; ranch, 7@12c; dairy, 12R
@ SC; Iowa, fancy creamery. 1Sc.
Cheese-Native Washington, 11@
12c: Easter cheese, 12@121ac.
Meats-Choice dressed beef steers,
prime. Sc; cows, prime, 7@7kc; NUT
ton, SC; pork, 71ac; veal, SC.
Poultry-Chickens, live. peg pound,
14c; dressed, / &c; spring chfcKens,
s2.50@3.75.
Fresh Fish-Halibut, 3@4c; steel
heads, 7@8 SC; salmon trout, 9@10c;
founders and sole, 3@4c; herring, 4c.
Oysters-Olympia oysters. per sack,
$3@3.25; per gallon, sold, $3.50.
Wheat-$26; feed wheat, $23.
Oats-Choice, per ton, $2s.
Corn-Whole, $25; cracked, $25;
feed meat, $25.
Barley-Rolled or ground, per ton,
$26; whole, $25.
Flour-Patent, per bbl, IS; straights,
$4.75; California brands, S.. IS; buck
wheat -four, $3.50; graham, per bbl,
81. %; whole wheat -four, 81. so; rye
flour, S..
Millstuffs-Bran, per ton, SIT;
shorts, per ton, $1S.
Feed-Chopped feed, $21@22 per
ton; middlings, per ton, $l8@19; oil
cake meal, per ton, $35.
Hay-Puget Sound mixed, $1O@13;
choice Eastern Washinton timothy,
SIT.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10

The cable which binds Cuba to Ma
drid and the outside world was cut to-
day.
Pending the execution of Admiral
SIMPSONS plan of campaign, our ships
form Gordon about the entrance OF
Santiago harbor to prevent the posi-
BILE egress of the Spaniards.
Communication has also been had
with the shore. The mountains and
hills which surround Santiago are in
full possession of the Cuban insur-
gents.
The reconnaissance made by our
ships, principally thp small,r yachts
and torpedo-boats, which are able to
creep close insl,ore at night, has pretty
definitely determined the location and
character of the defenses of the harbor.
Several new batteries have been thrown
up on the high ground on each siile Of
the entrance, and it is evident the
Spaniards are prepared to make a
strong resistance.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Trade Conditions in the Leading Cities
of the World.

reported by Downing, Hopkins & Co., Inc,
Board of Trade Brokers, I'll to ia Chamber OF
Commerce building, Portland, Oregon.l
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-12-06
TENTAeE FACILITIES SUFFICIENT.
Col. Lee. Quartermastcr at Camp Thomas,
Testifies Before Mar Commission.

Washington. Dee. 5-Col Lee. chief
quartermaster at Camp Thomas Chicka-
manga, testified before the war investiga-
ton commission, today regarding the
tentase facilities at Chickamauga Col
Lee insisted that the supply of all kinds
OF tents was fully adequate and that
acquisitions for hospital tents were filed
as made. Col Lee charged that in some
Instances officers msused hospital tents.
Col. Lee referred TO Gen Beavers pub
lished remark that for this the PennsyI-
Vanlans should have taken him Ghe wit
ness by the neck and thrown him out. .
NO, not that interrupted Gen Bea-
yer, but that they should have taken YOU
by the neck. If | had been in command
OF a regiment and my sick were in need
or shelter, ! certainly would have gotten
a tent
Col. Lee declared the lumber for tents
issued had in instances been converted
Wronsfully to stable use and said that
when the colonel of the 9th Pennsylvania
called regarding the private tent. he
deel told him then that he (the Penn
SyiVanlan) was using two hospital tents
hinself, one to live in and the other as
mess tent.
Major ira c. Brown. surgeon-in-chief
OF the general hospital at Montauk can't
denied, so far as he was informed com
paints that soldiers were buried nude
ana some other stories which he said had
nothing in them.