Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-06-03

cooperate when the American fleet
achieves victory ut the entrance oil
the harbor.
The daily average of expenses of the
government under its present war con-
ditions, is a little over two millions OF
dollars. For Saturday, the bills paid
amounted to eighty thousand dollars
over five million, and the war has only
begun. Well, it is said that "those
who dance must pay the fiddler" and
we must endeavor not to not cut the
merry making short for want of rosin
The French people have, to Use vul
gar pariancr, took tumble" They
are now proiuse in apologies, and they
smile and bow at everything American
a threatened boycott has touched the
sensitive nerve which leads to the peck
ct. They say the newspapers by nc
means expressed the true sentiments
OF the French people on the present
trouble between this country and
Spain.
1t is now reported by Berlin cor
respondent of the y. y. Herald, that
the idea of England, Germany and
the United States forming an alliance
is being seriously entertained and
fostered. German newspapers must
have been, as the CANINE would ex
press it, talking through their hats,
then, some time ago; or has oul
Manila victory set the phlegmatiC
brain into something like activity?
A New York dispatch of yesterday
says that the W'orlds Port an Prime,
special reports that the American nect
has again attacked Santiago and 3,0O(
insurgents are aiding in the comba,
on the land side of the city. The de
pendence to be placed in this anG
many other statements is shown by 6
dispatch OF the same date stating that
an attack will not be made until army
forces are landed. The assurance i.
again given, however, that the harbol
and city are to be attacked by sea and
land-somctime.
A Key West dispatch says that i
portion of the insurgent army of Gen
eral Gomez, consisting of 300 cavalry
and 500 infantry, at day light Satur
day. attacked and captured the towr
of Remedies, in the province of SAINTS
Clara, Cuba. The object was to cap
ture supply of provisions sent to the
Spanish troops, which attempt wa:
eminently successful. The Cuban.
took everything edible and captured
300 Mauser rifles with 5000 rounds o.
ammunition. Their loss was foul
killed and three wounded; the Span
ish loss 80 killed and 63 wounded.
Two torpedo boats for the U. S
government are now nearly ready fol
the water at Portland, Oregon. They
were built by Wolf & Swicker, ship
builders, under contract with the
Secretary of the Navy. Tomorrow
June 4th, has been set for launching
The Davis, one of these boats, and the
succeeding Saturday it is expected the
other, which will be called the Fox
will slide into the water. 1t is now
IA months since work began on the
boats, but it has been prolonged some.
what by delay of the government con
tractors in furnishing the material.
The Treasury Department is pre-.
pairing tariff schedule for the Philip.
pine Islands, to be levied during mill.
tary occupation of the islands by the
United States. 1t is, of necessity
based upon the Spanish schedule
which imposes all the duty that COM
merce will stand. 1t is tariff TO,
revenue, pure and simple, and is
specific, instead of being advalorem
The revenue thus derived being purely
as war measure, the proceeds will be
turned into the army fund, and Amer
lean goods sent to the islands will be
subject to the collection the same a,
from other nations.
The enthusiasm of Canadians for ar
Anglo-American alliance is unbound
en-. At Toronto, Sunday, these mani
festations in the churches were re-
markable. At the Central Congrega
tional church, pictures of the Queer
and President Mckinley were dis
played above the pulpit, and the build
ing was profusely ornamented with
English and American flags. Many
of the congregation-estimated at g..
OOO-carried small American flags and
"Union jacks" and they joined hear.
tily in singing "God Save the Queen
and "The Star Spangled Banner
The same feeling prevailedin all othe,
churches.
Plans are being carefully prepared
by the government for the control
of Cuba until she can assume sell
government. There seems to be nc
doubt but that the United States will
soon be in possession of the island
when corps of engineers will be pu,
to work to construct railways, tele
graph lines, telephones, to survey fol
water works for cities, or place in orde,
those which now exist, and to institut,
a complete modern system of sewerage
| in Havana and other large cities