Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-06-17
EPITONE OF THE DISPATCHES
Interesting Collection Of Items From
Many Place Culled From tho Fress
Reports of tho Current Week.

Many Places Culled From the Tres:
Reports OF h Current Week.
Santiago Is on the verge Of starva.
ton. All the food has been seized for
the army and navy, and troops and
sailors are on half %rHtions.
The president has in contemplation
the submission OF a special message to
congress calling for the immediate
annexation Of Hawaii as a military
necessity.
Tho Marblehead on Monday, when
the insurgents had pressed forward
west of Santiago, ahelled the Span
iards, who fed to the mountains,
checkering the path followed in their
retreat with dead and wounded.
Word has been received from Ottawa,
Canada, that a messenger has left there
with notice OF the expulsion from Cam
ada of Lieutenant Caranza and Senior
Du Bose, the Spanish officers, who
were recently attached to the Spanish
legation at Washington.
The Marblehead engaged and drove q
Spanish gunboat into Guantanamo har-
Dor and shelled and reduced the anti
quated notifications, The insurgents
cooperate on the land side. The place
is being held until troops arrive. 1t
is contemplated to establish O general
base there.
Sampson has officially declared that
the purpose of the Commandment of
Santiago was to clear the way for the
troops. The object has been attained.
He personally commended Ensign
Palmer for approaching within 100
yards of the Spanish battery at night,
and learning that the Spaniards were
mounting guns.
Suspected Of having furnished the
United States with information regard
ing San Juan harbor, Walter Bett, sec
rotary of the British consulate at that
port, has received his passports and
has been banished from Porto Rico by
order OF Governor-G General Mancias.
Bett was imprisoned in a dungeon for
90 hours, and during that time he was
subjected to gross m~ialtreatment. Brit
ish Consult General Crawford has made
u formal portost to his government and
serious international complications are
imminent.
The American naval commander is
anxious to bring about the exchange of
Lieutenant HObsOn and his gallant
com panions from the Merrimac. The
admiral sent the Vixen with a flag of
truce to the entrance of tho harbor
Wednesday, offering to exchange for
the lieutenant and his party some pris-
oners taken from n prize of the Marble
head OFF CienluegOs. Cervera consid-
cred the matter all night, and sent
word today that he is powerless to act.
lie referred the matter to the military
governor, who later in turn referred it
to Blanco. a long delay is drobable.
In addition to Dewey's fleet eight
foreign vessels are stationed in Manila
bay.
The Masonic festival in San Fran.
cisco has among humorous interesting
exhibitions a sword can't presented to
George Washington by General Lafay.
cite.
The auXiliary cruiser st. Paul sailed
lIom New York Mt noon Wednesday
under scaled orders. She has taken
aboard nearly 5000 tons OF coal and
10000 gallons of water.
President Mckinley received a press
dispatch to the effect that Captain
Phillips, of the battlo-ship Texas, had
been killed by a Spanish shell at san.
tlago. He said there was no reason TO
believe it true, and cited Simpsons
official dispatch announcing no casual
ties.
a special from Kingston, jamaica,
reports that the Spanish cruiser Viz.
caya and the torpcdo-boat DESTROYER
Furor were badly damaged during tho
homhardmont of Monday. A shelly
from the Brooklyn is said to have burst
under the Ni2cayu's port quarter. dis.
mounting u gun, injuring the cruisers
rudjer and wounding several sailors.
The Spanish forces have been defeat.
ed with heavy loss in a battle at Jig
uani, province OF Santiago. After six
hours fighting the Spaniards raised a
flag of truce and expressed themselves
us willing to surrender, and the Gu
bans took as prisoners one Spanish col
onel. seven captains and several other
officers, besides los soldiers. The
Spanish loss amounted to 10 dead and
a large number Of wounded. Included
in the Spanish losses were 10 officers.
Assistant Secretary Mcikcllohn has
chartered the steamships Indiana, Nor
gan City and City of Para for the trans.
portation OF troops to the Philippines,
an has closed u contract for the VIC
toria, Olympia and Arizona, of the
North Pacific steamship line and se-
cure the privilege of ~acnuriny m, Ia