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BACK WITH
GOLD pROM
THE YUKON
pg^teen Dawson Miners
F^each Seattle Witf}
Fortunes.
Clean-Up in the Diggings jThs
Spring Will Yield Twenty
A'Villion Dollars.
■ : '<: '.^SEAT.TtE, July Unheralded and
■■■}: unexpected the little steamer New Eng
land arrived in nort this afternoon from
./\-VSL -''^llchaei. ' She brought ..eighteen
..miners from the Yukon gold fields, with J
}. ': dust and : drafts to the value of several I
'.;•• hundred . thousand dollars. =
•'• : ■They : ieft.-bawson between May 25
..• .arid June 5,. floating down the broad
Yukon in .flat-bottomed boats, and de
: parting from ' St. Michael on June 22.
;. : . The /men who bring the first story of
.' . the . -season ■ from . the nugget-lined
•'• ■"'; camps .of /f;'; far north are: R. A. Hall,
Long .Beach, Cal.; . E. Emerson, San
v ." Frandisco; George Merwin, San Fran
cisco; ■ M. ( hriPtensen, San Francisco;
V C. Stoll. Durango. Colo.; Isaac Graham,
: Danville, :'■ Til.; H. N. Lacey, Seattle,
Wash. : Nelson, California; G. Arn
old, California: P. T. Ambler, Nanaimo,
B. C:', John f Ross, Nanaimo, B. C;
-.Albert •"-..MeakLn, Nanaimo. B. C. ; Ben
Wobank, Nanaimo, B. C..; John Wilson,
Nanaimo; B. C. ; George Hepel, Nanai
" mo. R. C; John Callihan, Nanaimo, B.
W. C; Mike Muller, Nanaimo, B. C; W. T.
Heddle, ..Nanaimo, B. C.
•Captain Joyce and Purser Dennis of |
the. New England are authority for
the statement that there was on de
• posit, in the steamer's strong box $175,
000 .worth, of dust and that the drafts
* the miners carried would make an ag- '<
gregate amount of over $200,000. W.
T. Heddle of NanalmoV B. C. is the
largest, individual holder of dust. He
Is credited •ivii.h-s"\'\no. ' .
According to .estimates of the passen
gers on. the Ne\v England,: the clean-un
I this spring will reach $20,000,000. This,
In! addition to from .$5,000,000 to $8,000,- |
000. held over from last, season, will j
verify the prediction made several
months ago by Sam . W; Wall, The
Calls correspondent at Dawson.
.The Berry brothers will clean - up
Sl.pO'.Ve-00. .from their claims on El. Do- j
i •..Km.. while Alexander McDonald arid!
the.S t anley hoy* will". each take out i
nearly the sai-.e amount. '-.."■ r
The.se are among the notable excep
tions. There are hundreds of claims
where the men . who have worked hard
from early .morn to late at night will ■
realize but little more than wages. The
heavy yields of gold are the exception,
while it has developed that a number i
of claims located on outside rivers and -j
creek's do. not pay for the work. S^jg
.'; The Yukon River opened' much earlier ■
' than usual this year and is eight feet
° :" higher than it' has been for years. By !
I" May- S it Was clear of ice away below !
Dawfioh. . The snow in the foothills and j
mountains'. El Dorado and Bp
hanza creeks began to melt with the
first warriv.days of May, ahd soon after j
the taihers' had. sufficient water- to com- |
mence/ washing -.their placer heaps. :
. ° • It is expected -that the river steamers
will reach Dawson this year with but
little -difficulty.. .. ' -• j
The first river boats ere this will have '■
brought. down to St. Michael hundreds- 1
.° of old. miners and ..recruits. The
BChopher.'Hattie I. rhillips is reported
' „-to have left St. Michael oh June 19 for
„ • San- Francisco with twenty-two, return
ing Klondikera and over $300,000 in gold
; dust:' "Jack" ' Ross, one ;of the New
1 "England, passengers, reports the loca- i
•o° tioji" of river boats as follows:
"The-May .West will likely be the first
r steamer, into St.' MJcnael." "We passed
• .her June 6, 100 miles down ti.e. river j
"from Dawson. She was heavily laden !
with' passengers. The following day
the Victoria was passed 165 miles from
0 Dawson. • The barge Seattle No. 1 was '
' temporarily hung on a bar twenty
- miles above Circle City. She has 175 pas
sengers 'aboard. "On June 8 the Gov
ernor Stoneman, with a"number of pas
sengers, was ashore .on a bar at Fort !
Yukon. • They, expected to float her the
next 'day. Forty miles below Fort Yu
kon we passed the steamer Hattie B. of
San .Francisco. She was on a bar, but
with eVery probability of soon getting
" into the channel again.
''The 'river boats of the two big com- ,
. mercial companies withstood the ice !
break. good shape. The Bella and.
i ! another steamer which had been forced :
•' upon an island opposite Circle City had
been "skidded into deep water and
, • started for Dawson. The Weare, Ham
° ilton, ' Alice; Margaret and Thomas
Dwver wore on their way up the river
and making good time. - The Healy and
St. Michael -were on the lower river
• bound, up." • •
An interesting story of the conditions
at Dawson is told by Henry Anderson
BoB of -San. 'Francisco. .He went north last
summer and worked for a lay on No.
200 below Discovery on Bonanza Creek.
He has" worked hard and returns with
95000. To The Call correspondent he ;
- said:
'.'The' men who came down on the New
England are all workers for wages—
that is, they have depended on their
bande for their bread. Many of them
own claims in- the Klondike, but nearly
"all of them have either worked for
wages in the camp during the last
, winter or else have worked on lays.
*"Their : success has been moderate; none
of them have i ■■■■■ a heavy winners, like
McDonald'. Clarence Berry and other
pld, timers in the country. All of them,
however, have some money.
"We" all floated down the Yukon from
Dawson in open boats. The trip was
I pleasant enough, but there was -no
luxury about it. On our way down we
passed a number of river steamers
bound for Dawson, and we saw some
that will not go up the river for many
weeks yet, being stuck on sandbars.
The first river steamer to bring out
mMi with gold will probably be the
I May West, which was within a day's
run of Dawson when we passed her
coming down the river. The Hamilton
was under good headway going up
lh river when we passed her between
Anvik and Nulato. She will probably
bring down a big list ,of passengers
and gold. : •
"Want of everything in the way of
panitary arrangements in Dawson is
the ojoet unfortunate characteristic of
the place. The streets are covered with
filth and refuse. - The summer months
breed disease under natural conditions,
and I greatly fear for the people of
Dawson when once the hot weather of
this season begins.
"A lew days before I left Dawson the
Yukon rose suddenly until the principal
streets of the city were water. This
lasted for two days. The Gold Com
missioner and his force of clerks were
driven to the upper story of the build
ing they occupied. The mounted police
were driven out of their quarters by the
high water and several stores lost
something in the way of damaged
goods. The people went about in high
topped boots or boats. Then the river
feu again and traffic was resumed as
usual..
'"Late in May several boats contain
ing new - comers from the outside
reached Dawson. They came at the
rate of ten and twelve boats a day for
a week or more. These people sledded
their boats and outfits across Lake Le
barge and followed the ice out of the |
river. One man brought 300 or 400
papers containing accounts of the dis
pute between this country and Spain.
They sold like wildfire at from $1 to $5
each.
"On an island above Circle City sev
eral steamers have gone aground. The
Weare. Bella, Victoria and St. Michaels
were stuck on dry land, but most of
them had succeeded in getting off when
we passed. The others had gone into
winter quarters near Circle City and
the ice pack had forced them up onto
the beach. The receding waters left
them high and dry on the bank. It is
problematical whether they will get oft!
uninjured or not. They will have to be
blasted off with giant powder.
"The safes in Dawson are all full of
gold left over from last year. There
must be at least $5,000,000 in dust which
was mined last season and which the
companii b o»uld not send out on ac
count of the low water. In many cases ]
the trading companies have refused to i
lake the gold of the miners because
they have no way to keep it. This con
dition resulted in the calling of a
miners' meeting in March to provide
Borne wav to care for the dust after it
was taken out. Arrangements were
made with the mounted police to store
the dust in their barracks, where it
will be under guard and perfectly safe.
"At Dawson, while there has been no
starvation or food shortage, prices of
all kinds of edibles are high. An ordi
nary meal at a restaurant costs $2 50.
The meal consists of a piece of cariboo
steak, some dried vegetables, bread,
butter and coffee. These, with bacon
and beans and canned goods, comprises
the Hat of edibles in the camp. Of
coarse it has grown very monotonous
to the inhabitants of the camp. Scurvy
is common not only in Dawson, but
also in the diggings on the banks of the
gold-bearing streams.
"Beside scurvy the miners are afflicted
with typhoid fever and pneumonia. The
only hospital in Dawson, conducted by
the Catholic sisters, is full of patients '
all the time. It has a capacity of per- ,
haps thirty people, and all the accom- |
modations are taken. Victims of the (
diseases I have enumerated are dying <
at the rate of tlm a day. As yet how
ever, the unhealthy season has only
begun.
"On June 4 the Catholic Church j
caught fire and was almost entirely de- !
stroyed. An exploding lamp caused
the. conflagration, which endangered
the Catholic Hospital, it being located
near the church."
George Merwin and Michael Chris
tensen, who left San Francisco a year
ago, are glad to be among the return-
Ing passenrers. They have been work
ing on a lay on Bonanza Creek and
claim to have made some good strikes.
The story of the trip of the New
England Is full of interest. She left
Seattle on May 22, towing the river
steamers Rock Island No. 1 and Rock
Island No. 2. She laid up two days in
a bay at Kodiak Island and six days in
Chiquik Bay. Otherwise her passage
as far as Bering Sea was made success
fully and without delay. Pome ice was
encountered in Bering waters and a
day's delay caused. St. Michael was
reached on June 21 without a stop hav
ing been made at Dutch Harbor. All
the ice went out of the Norton Sound
on June 16, and the schooners Bartlett,
Watson and Leeds came in shortly
after. Their trips from Seattle were
uneventful. The Alaska Commercial
and Canadian Pacific companies river
steamers had been completed and were
awaiting the arrival of steamers with
machinery.
The officers of the tug were much
surprised to find some thirty miners at
St. Michael who had in their hurry to
get out of the country risked the trip
down the Yukon in small boats. Eigh
teen of them, all the New England had
I room for. paid big prices to be brought
; to Seattle.
About a day's run out from Bering
. Pea the steamer St. Paul .was seen
i rushing toward St. Michael. She was
racing against the steamer Roanoke,
which was rushinp along at full spe«d
dragging a river steamer in her wake.
The steamer Bertha also was passed in
Bering Sea, as well as the steamer
llivaJ with a river steamer in tow.
The cutter Bear left Dutch Harbor on
June 23 on her long trip to the relief of'
the imprisoned whalers in the Arctic,
to whose rescue some of her officers
have been working their way overland
since last fall.
Tho New England towed the bark
''• HAkd arA the schooner Norman out
of Dutch Harbor and started them
through the pass on their way to
Kotzebue Pound. The United States
gunboat Wheeling, the steamer Brix
ham and freighter Leelanaw were lying
fit Dutch Harbor when the New Eng-
HOSPITAL SyiP RELIEF
LEAVES FOR SANTIAGO
NEWPORT NEWS, W. Va., July 3.—
' The hospital ship Relief left Old Point
to-night for Santiago, having on board
a corps of surgeons. The cruiser Buf
falo arrived here to-night from New
York. She will be equipped with guns
at the shipyard.
Significant of Unity.
LONDON, July 4.— The Daily Mail,
commenting editorially upon the fact
that "For the first time on record the
1-ourth of July will be widely celebrat
ed in Great Britain," sajH the incident
I is "significant of Anglo-Saxon unity "
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY 4, 1898.
ONE OF THE MEN WHO DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY,
Captain W. W. O'Neil, commanding a company in Roosevelt's Rough
Riders, had a most adventurous career. He was better known on the
Pacific Coast as "Bueky O'Neil, and resided for many years at Prescott,
of which town he had been Mayor and was once Probate Judge and also
Sheriff of the county. At the last general election he was a candidate for
Congress on the Populist ticket, but was defeated. He was a newspaper
man of ability and at different times had been interested in Arizona jour
nals, both as editor and proprietor. He had acquired a reputation, how
ever, as a writer of short stories and sketches of frontier life, many of
them of considerable merit. Latterly he had devoted his time and energy
largely to the development of mining properties, of which he was a large
holder.
BATTERIES OF
MORRO FORT
DESTROYED
Guns at the Entrance to
Santiago Harbor Quickly
Silenced.
Spanish Flag* Brought Down by
a Splendid Shot From the
Oregon.
OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July 2
(via Port Antonio, Jamaica, and King
ston, July 3). — The men of the flagship
New York were a pretty tired lot, after
nine hours' fighting yesterday, when
they turned out at 4 o'clock this morn
ing. At 6 o'clock the fleet went to gen
eral quarters. The knowledge that
Morro Castle was not to be spared
created much interest and the greatest
satisfaction among the gunners.
Rear Admiral Sampson said to the
correspondent of the Associated Press,
i shortly before the firing commenced:
"General Shafter sent me word last
night that the batteries at the south of
the harbor had fired on his troops. I
am almost certain that General Shafter
is mistaken, as all our information
shows that no guns bear shoreward.
However, I thought it best to bom
bard a train to-day. It will be useful
and may have a moral effect that will
assist the army."
With the flagship New York leading
the eastern end of the crescent of ships
the fleet steamed in shore 2000 yards
from Morro until in a position to enfi
lade both the eastern batteries.
At 5:45 the firing commenced. The
sea was smooth and a light breeze was
blowing.
For the urst te,n minutes the marks
manship of the gunners was splendid.
One of the eastern batteries was so
badly punished that not a shot was
fired from it during the engagement.
A few small sh-''s from the western
batteries dropped around the ships, but
hit nothing. ,
The terrific fusillade of heavy shells
from all the battleships of the United
States fleet silenced the fire from the
shore in short order. One particularly
good shot from the flagship New York
sent a gun on one of the eastern bat
teries flying high into the air and enor
mous red clouds of earth and debris
arose all around Morro. The smoke
from the ships drifted from east to
west.
At 6:30 o'clock the firing. had become
slower and more deliberate. The In
diana, Oregon and Massachusetts were
signaled to go right in front of the har
bor to shell the Punta Gorda batteries
inside, on the eastern arm. They
steamed to within 2000 yards of the
shore. The Oregon took a shot at
Morro Castle and down came the Span
ish flag. At the sight of this splendid
piece of marksmanship the crews of the
different ships cheered enthusiastically
for several minutes.
The three battleships then kept up an
Incessant fire on the Punta Gorda bat- j
teries, doing great havoc to the fortifi- ]
cations and the works in the course of
construction. Not a shot came from
the enemy.
The ships contented themselves by
taking occasional shots at Morro |
Castle. Its ancient battlements were j
knocked to pieces and great holes
loomed up in its parapets.
At 7:25 o'clock Admiral Sampson
hoisted the signal, "Cease firing," but j
it was half an hour later before the j
Oregon had fired her last shot.
As the ships returned to the blockad
ing stations two futile shots were fired '
at them from five-inch rapid fire guns
on one of the western batteries.
ON BOARD THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS DISPATCH BOA'l CYNTHIA,
off Santiago July 2, via Port Antonio
and Kingston, July 3.— A half-hour af
ter the bombardment ceased this morn
ing Rear Admiral Sampson .aid to a
correspondent f the Associated Press
that he was well satisfied with the re
sults and regarded the attack as the
most destructive yet made by the
American navy on Santiago. He also
believed, he said, that the moral effect
would be sure to be good, and would
tend to dishearten the Spanish troops
and to encourage our own.
While the -^ irai was talking with
the correspondent an orderly reported
to Captain Chadwick, who was present
in the admiral's cabin, that the Spanish
had raised a very small flag on the
western tower of Morro Castle to re
place the colors sent to earth by the
Oregon. Captain Chadwick laughed,
saying:
"Oh, well, we will just have to knock
that down, too, when we get ready."
As soon as the bombardment closed
Admiral Sampson sent an officer on
shore to commui.icate with the land
forces, and expressed* eagerness to learn
what was being done on shore. Neither
he nor Captain Chadwick sa.d so In
plain terms, but it was evident that
both believed Santiago would be ours
by sunset to-day.
Before the Cynthia had gained an
offing of ten miles from El Morro, at
the entrance to Santiago harbor, huge
columns of gunpowder smoke could be
seen slowly climbing skyward against
the background of the mountain at
whose base Santiago lies. At 11 o'clock
this morning the smoke covered the en
tire valley in which the city is, and had
grown into the semblance of a huge
silver-gray pall, edged with black, and
overhanging the greatest struggle of
the present war.
Up to the hour mentioned the fleet
was still visible, and no signs of a re
newed bombardment are to be seen.
Frcrni the fleet nothing whatever
could be seen of the fighting around
Santiago, which is not more visible
from the sea than is Philadelphia from
the Atlantic, and it is doubtful whether
even the sound of cannonading could
make its way to the shore line since
the breeze was out from the land.
To the correspondent Admiral Samp
son reiterated his belief that Hobson
and his comrades were safe in the town
of Santiago. P.oth Admiral Sampson
and Captain Chadwick looked well,
though tired.
CHILE DECLINES TO
SELL THE O'HIGGINS
Neither Spain Nor the United States
Can Purchase the Formidable
Cruiser.
NEW YORK, July 3.— A Washington
special to the Herald says: Chile has
declined to sell the armored cruiser
O'Higgins to the United States. On
good authority I learned to-day that
this Government, through a private
firm in New Y"ork, had attempted to
purchase the cruiser, but on account of
the position of neutrality which the
Chilean Government has assumed the
purchase could not be effected. Nego
tiations were started in Washington
some time ago when the Government
received a report from its agents in
London that Spain had bought Uie
O'Higgins. Fearing the report might
be true, this Government offered to
purchase her. Owing to Chile's refusal
the Navy Department now believes the
cruiser wil not be sold to either Spain
or the United States.
CEBVERA-S
FLEET SUNK
Continued from First Page.
Furor and Terror were torpedo
boat destroyers, and the Reina
Mercedes was an old vessel that
was sunk a short time ago by a
shell from Admiral Sampson's
fleet. The Terror was not with
the fleet at Santiago, but is sup
posed to be at San Juan, Porto
Rico, undergoing repairs made
necessary by an encounter with
the St. Paul a few days ago.
In addition to the foregoing
mentioned vessels, there were
two torpedo boats and a coliier
in the Spanish fleet originally.
Whether the collier was at San
tiago or not is not known.
NEW fORK, July 3.— The Washing
ton correspondent of the Herald sends
the following: President McKinley and
his Cabinet have 'been deliberating to
day upon the important and gratifying
news from the front.
According to dispatches received from
Colonel Allen, In charge of the cable
station at Playa del Este, by General
Greely, stationed in New York, and
transmitted to the Secretary of War,
Admiral Sampson has met and de
stroyed all of Admiral Cervera's fleet
except one vessel, which the vessels of
his squadron are now pursuing, and
General Shafter has demanded and mo
mentarily expects the surrender of San
tiago.
According to the message which first
came through the source indicated, Ad
miral Cervera's fleet, in desperate
straits, made an effort to leave the har
bor and run the gauntlet of the Ameri
can fleet. He was partially successful,
but as met by a fierce fire from the
vessels of Admiral Sampson's squadron,
which, following in hot pursuit, en
gaged and destroyed all the vessels in
the Spanish West Indian squadron, ex-
cept one.
A later report was to the effect that
Admiral Sampson had forced his way
into the harbor, and had destroyed all
of Admiral Orvera's ships.
The President and his advisers are
eagerly awaiting official dispatches
from General Shatter or Admiral Samp
son to know exactly what has hap
pened. They feel satisfied that Admiral
Sampson has met Cervera's fleet and
credit tho report from Lieutenant Col
onel Allen that they have all been de
stroyed exc<er>t one, but they do not
know whether the engagement occurred
inside or outside the harbor. They
have one dispatch from General Shaf
ter filed at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The
general stales he has demanded and
expects the surrender of Santiago. He
also confirms the report via Madrid to
night to the effect that General Linares
has been irortally wounded and half
his command has been rendered hors
dv combat.
Another dispatch was received at the
War Department this afternoon from
Colonel Wanger, stating that Pando
had not yet arrived and that his force
] consisted of but 5000 men. General
i Garcia has occupied such a position
: with his 3000 men as to prevent the en
trance of Pando into Santiago. From
'■■ all Information the authorities have at
hand, they at the hour this dis
patch is filed consider Spain's naval
power in the Atlantic has been de
stroyed, and that Santiago de Cuba is
j now at the mercy of General Shatter's
1 army and Admiral Sampson's fleet.
The conference at the White House
between President McKinley, Vice-
President Hobart, Senator Wilson,
Postmaster General Smith, Secretary
Alger, General Corbin arid Assistant
, Secretary Allen adjourned at 9 o'clock
; to-night.
Secretary Alger stated that Allen was
preparing a statement which would be
given out as soon as the clerk could
: prepare the copy.
At 12:12 o'clock Assistant Secretary
! Allen went over to the Navy Depart
ment to see if any later dispatch had
been received from Admiral Sampson.
As nothing had been received from the
! admiral, Allen went over to the War
Department and posted the bulletin
, given.
ESCAPING VIZCAYA
TO BE PURSUED BY
TWO FLEET CRUISERS.
NEW YORK, July 3.— A Washington
special to the Journal says: The Viz
caya, supposed to be the ship which
escaped from the harbor, is one of the
fastest war vessels afloat. She is an
armored cruiser, really a second-class
battle-ship, and can do better than 21
knots an hour. She made the speed
mentioned in her trip from New York
to Havana last March.
No ship of the regular American
navy can make the speed of the Viz
caya. It was reported to-night at th->
Bureau of Navigation that the Vizcaya
will be pursued for a fight or surrender
by the Brooklyn and New York. It is
not expected the escaping vessel will
try to make Pn»-tr> Rico, but will take
a long run to the south, and then
make straight away for the Spanish
coast. The Spanish vessel is swifter
than either of her pursuers, but the
American vessels will take the chances
of overhauling and sinking or v cap
turing her.
Five Deaths by Drowning.
CLEVELAND. 0.. July 3.— Five persons
were drowned in the lake to-day. H. H.
Kralick and Miss Joannette Kaiser lost
their lives while bathing in the presence
of several hundred. They were floating on
a log when Miss Kaiser lost her hold and
sank. Fralick tried to save her and both
went down. Two unknown men rocked a
boat, which capsized and both were
drowned. One man was a cripple. Frank
Shubbeck, a news agent, lost his life I
while bathing.
CAMARA'S
TURN WILL
COME SOON
Spain's Last Peet to
h|unted Down and
Destroyed.
Watsoo's Squadron Will Be; f|eK
Enforced and at Once Start
for Port Said. v
NEW YORK, July 3.— The Washing
ton correspondent of the Herald tele
graphs: With Cervera's fleet destroy
ed, the armorclad's of the American
navy will now devote their exclusive
attention to Admiral Camara's com
mand and the coast of Spain. It can
be stated on authority that the moment
word is received from Admiral Samp
son confirming the War Department's
report of the destruction of Cervera's
fleet, instructions will be Issued di
recting the increase of Commodore
Watson's eastern squadron, which will
at once be sent In pursuit of Camara,
and a second fleet will undoubtedly be
formed for operations against the
coast of Spain.
Spain now has only Camara to de
pend upon, and It is, therfore, impos
sible for her to send a squadron to
bombard American ports or to relieve
her troops in Cuba and Porto Rico. In
view of the destruction of Cervera's
fleet, it is the confident prediction of
the officials that Camara will be or
dered to return to peninsular waters
with his command.
The latest advice received from
Deputy Consul Watts, who is at Port
Said, anounced that at 1 o'clock this
afternoon the Spanish vessels were still
coaling just outside the three-mile
limit.
In official circles it *is stated the
Spaniards are evidently coaling as
much as possible in order that time
may be consumed — time which their
Government is apparently anxious to
obtain before giving sailing orders to
Admiral Camara. The fact that two
of the vessels of the Spanish fleet, one
j collier and one other supply ship,
! passed through the canal is no indica
■ tion, the authorities now believe in the
light of recent developments, that the
entire squadron will follow them.
"The Herald stated the matter cor
rectly this morning," said an official
with whom I talked, "when it was an
nounced that Admiral Camara, even if
he does continue his voyage to the
Philippines, will, not go near Manila.
He will land his troops at some other
point and defend it against Admiral
Dewey's squadron.
Upon the conclusion of the war, Spain
will assert that the American Govern
ment simply holds one little city in an
archipelago of 400 islands, and, there
fore, is not entitled to their possession.
Commodore Watson's duty will be to
check this plan of attack. As the Her
ald stated, he will follow Camara, even
to the Philippines, and, when he finds
him, will destroy the fleet under that
officer. The Eastern squadron has two
battleships assigned to it. It may be
increased by a third, leaving Rear Ad
miral Sampson with one first-class bat
tleship, one second-class battleship and
two armored cruisers to bombard the
ports of Spain. There is no necessity
of keeping any armorclads in American
or Cuban waters, as protected cruisers,
gunboats and auxiliary vessels can eas
ily take care of the* naval force of Spain
cooped up In the harbors of Cuba and
Porto Rico.
CAMARA'S VESSELS
STILL OFF PORT SAID.
Weather Continues Too Rough to
Permit of the Coaling of
the Fleet.
PORT SAID, July 3.— Admiral Ca
mara's fleet is outside the harbor. The
weather yesterday and to-day has been
too heavy for the Spanish vessels to
coal:
CAIRO, July 3.— lt is rumored here
that more Spanish ships are arriving at
Port Said.
GIBRALTAR, July 3.— Ten thousand
Spanish soldiers and 300 civilians are
employed on the defenses of Algeciras,
on the west side of the Bay of Gibral
tar. It is reported that the Spanish
forces in this district will be raised to
25,000?
SENATE TO WORK ON
THE FOURTH OF JULY
An Emergency Deemed Necessary by
the Friends of Hawaiian
Annexation.
WASHINGTON, July 3.— The Senate will
be in session on the Fourth of July, an
unusual Bitting, but deemed necessary by
the friends of the Hawaiian annexation
resolution. It is probable that the week
will be consumed in the discussion of the
resolution unless a vote is reached ne;tr
the middle of the week, which some of
the Senators have hoped for.
The House will not be in session until
Tuesday. There is no definite programme
determined upon for the week. The ■ in
ference report upon the deficiency bill will
be considered Tuesday, and it ma; pro
voke considerable debate. The Naval Af
fairs Committee has a number of bills
which it desires to bring up, and a day
may be given to it. The naval personnel
measure is the most important. If it can
bel reached under call of committees an
effort will be made to take up the anti
scaiping Dill. The bill to incorporate the
International American Bank will follow
the deficiency bill conference a-id continue
before the House until disposed of.
SHIPLOAD OF IRISH SOD.
Brought iTrom the Emerald Isle for
the Fair in This City.
PHILADELPHIA, July 3.-The Interna
tional Navigation Company's steamer
Waesland from Liverpod arrived here to
day with a large consignment of Irish sod.
This sod was placed o:i board the Waes
land at Queenstown, ivhere she stopped
after leaving Liverpool, and is consigned
to the Irish Fair at 3an Francisco. Thu
sod will be forwarded to the Pacific to
1 morrow over the Pennsylvania Railroad. . : {
At San Francisco it will be received- tjy -.■■■:
delegations from all the Irish soi-ietles of.. \
that city. The sod was well taken care of
on the way and was landed in good.condi
tion. . ■-...■- ••.' .■- :•••■.:• .■:■
REDS WIN TWO GAMES* ■ ;
FROM THE BROWNS
Superior Fielding and Timely Batting
Responsible if or the ViCr ••;.
tories. . ' . \
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING. .
Clubs— W. L. .Peti : Club?— W. L. Pet.
Cincinnati . ; 44 £3 • .657- New Y0rk... 31 31 .500
Cleveland ...3$ 24 .6X2 Philadelphia 27 31 .465
Boston ....... ,38 25 ;603.. Brooklyn ....26 34 .433
Baltimore i..> 525 :553 .'Washington 25 38 .31)7
Chicago .;...37.28 .56:1 Louisville ...22 44 .333
Pittsburs .....33 30 :52*'St. Louis 22 45 .328
CINCINNATI, .July 3.— The Reds won
both games ..to-day "by superior fielding
and timely batjtihg. • The ■ Browns made
gallant finishes ;but could not reach. At
tendance $200. . Scor ; e, first game:
Clubs-- .: ' ; •" ;. : R. H. B.
Cincinnati ....:.-...., 7 9 8
St. Louis- ....:.' ..:.: 5 12 I
Batterie's— .Dammarin and Peitz: 'Sudhoff and
Clements. Umpires— McDonald and O'Day.
Score, second game:
Clubs— ■ • •■■ -.-•■- R. H. E.
Cincinnati .; i./.:...:, 10 17 1
St. Louis ..;.\...;.,.'...'..; 7 13 I
Batteries— JHH .and • Vaughn; Esper, Carsejr
and Sugden: Dmpiresr-McDonald and. O'Day.
CHICAGO,' July 3.— Long and timely "hit
ting, with a little the. better fielding, won
to-day^s game. for the Orphans. Captain
Clarke hit .Thornton, safely each '.time up,
while IsbeH led the 1 locals with' four hits
out Of fiVe ' shaftceis. ■ Attendance,. 5800.
Score: . ".' . ' : - ■.'/". ■'.'.' •• ; .' * --
ciubs— =. •■'■'• • : : : ;' • .-,."■ ':■■.'■ .-.' R. H.- i 3:-" '
Chicago •...•.■..;;..;;..■..;.;....:.. .;■ 1- 12. d ; ■
Louisville- .:.-...,. ...1... :.':. .:...'. :..:.....:. 4 '•' 9J-- S ■ ;•.
Batteries— Thornton, and.' Donahue; ' Fr-aser/
and KittFidge. •Vmpires-f-Swartwoo'd. and'^Vood; ■■':.
PORTLAND, -0r.,: July 3.4scbre: •'.' '• ■".•. ' •
Clubs,- .- ...■••. ••■..••.■ ■ . R.- ft,' E. :■ '
Portland ....'.,:„„•.. .:...:.;: .i\i.:....Vi .17 >
Spokane . ...:..-. : ..\. .v..-..:.-....,..'.."-,.^..;.. 2 .19 •=. 7/ ;.
TACOMA.'JuIjr 3.4scbre: ' ""- . '••' ! ■ ' - '"•-.'
clubs— ■•.-•.■... ■•••:." :. ;■ '• .' \n. h.' c. : '
Tacoma ....'....:..■*..:..:..: .^.. •;......,.,.. 2 B -2 ■-■
Seattle ............ ;."..'.•,., '.\-.,;.„.:„..;.;.. \-., ;.„.:„..;.;. 3 7. 0
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