The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-10
LATER NEWS.

The first-class armoIed cruiser Maria
Teresa is reported to have been riddled
with shot and sunk by the American
warships at Santiago.
The bill for the removal Of all po.
litical disabilities arising from the
civil war is now law, President Nc.
Kinley having formally approved it.
A special from Alberni, B. c., says
the bodies of seven white men, suppos-
ed to have been victims of the Jane
Gray disaster, have been picked up on
the beach near the Clayoquot reserva-
tion by Indians, while a sack of cloth
ing with an Italian name on 1t was
washed ashore not far from Clayoquot.
A dispatch to the London Times
from Manila, referring to the fight on
May 80. and June l, says: The Span
ish loss in killed and wounded and
prisoners was heavy, but the most seri-
GUS feature of all for the Spanish is
the detection of hundreds of natives.
The Spaniards are endeavoriDg by
every means to win over the rebels,
who are attracted by promises of par
don and high offices. But Aguinaldo's g
attraction is stronger. He has COM
pletelys surrounded Manila by cutting
the railroads and holding the rivers by
which food had previously reached the
city. If the city is not starved into
surrender the rebels may carry it. hav-
| ing an increasing number of rifles and
field guns.
Fighting before and in the vicinity
Of Santiago continued the greater part
of Monday from 7:45 A. M. Ten war;
ships maintained steady and careful
ly directed fire against Moro castle
and the batteries at Punta Gorda, Soo-
apa and Cinnremles, in addition to
bombarding the Spanish feet in the
harbor. The military commander of
Santiago acknowledges the loss of six
Spanish officers and many soldiers.
He also admits severe loss of naval
forces. The loss on the American
| side, Santiago reports say, is not
known. The Spaniards acknowledge
that great deal of damage was infiict-
el on the Spanish cruiser Reina Mer-
cedes, and say MORO castle shows great
gaping breaches in its walls.
"a SpSCIdl 4TOul Sdpo I1dJGioA u0-
scribing the bombardment of Santiago
on Monday says the forts of the harbor
are now a mass of ruins. Scarcely a
yard of coast from Port Cabrera on the
west to Agnadores on the east escaped
the deadly cannonading of the 10
American ironclads, which passed back
and forth discharging their heavy guns
as they steamed along. Later in the
day the old cruiser Reina Mercedes
was discovered attempting to clear the
channel of the Merrimac wreck. A 49,
inch shell from the Oregon landed
squarely abaft her pilot-house and tore
her upper works to shreds. Many of
her officers and crew were killed or
wounded and the vessel SO badly dam
aged that Admiral Cervera ordered her
abandoned about noon.
The f1rst-class armored Spanish
cruiser Carlo Alberto, bound for Cuba,
has arrived at Gibraltar.
The Oregon election returns indicate
that Geer, for governor, and Tongue
and Moody, for congress, are elected.
Saturday afternoon the torpedo boat
Davis was successfully launched from
the iron works of Wolff & zwicker. at
Portland, Or.
A joint resolution has been intro
duced into the house directing the Sec
retary of the navy to have prepared
and delivered suitable medals of honor
to Lieutenant Hobson and each mem
ber of his crew, for the gallant service
they rendered the United States.
Cape Haytien advices of June 9 say:
At O'Clock this morning strong can
nonading was heard before Fort Aqua
dores. A quarter of an hour later the
noise of cannonading was greatly in
creaed, the firing evidently proceeding
from guns of the largest caliber.
1t is reported from Kingston, Jam
aica, that the battle-ship Oregon saw
long craft sneaking close to shore and
heading towards Santiago harbor. She
signalled the craft to turn, and the sig
mails were improperly answered. where
upon the Oregon opened fire upon her.
A 1S-inch shell struck the torpedo
boat amidship, and she sank with all
hands. The vessel is supposed to have
been the Spanish torpedo boat destroy
er Terror, trying to make her way from
Porto Rico into the harbor Of Santiago,
to rejoin the fleet of Cervera.
The department of war Monday
morning sent list of prisoners at Fort
Mcpherson to Admiral Sampson, and
the admiral himself will enter into
communication with Cervera respecting
an exchange of prisoners. Cervera will
be allowed to select from the list per-
sons whom he is willing to take in ex-
change for Constructor Hobson and the
gallant crew that manned the Merri-
mac on her last run. The officials
hardly expect to complete the exchange
of prisoners in less than two weeks.
A Madrid dispatch says: At
O'Clock Sunday evening 30 American
warships opened a hot attack on
Santiago, but they were so far distant |
their, shells did not reach the forts.
Seeing the futility of the enemy's |
the Spaniards made no re-
ply to their fire, awaiting the near ap- |
proach of the ships, but the attacking
feet remained in it's distant position. |
The dispatch further says the bonn bard
ment lasted 45 minutes and was not re-
sumed. Sixteen American warships |
are still moored at the same place. in
sight of Santiago.
It is reported that Bishop John P.
Newman, of the Methodist Episcopal
church, will soon retire from active |
duty because of i'll health.
James 81. Mead ,one of the oldest the
suddenly at his home in New York
city. He was SO years old.
Belgium has been caught in a de-