y Ol. LXXI. SCHLEY AT SANTIAGO HAS REDUCED THE FORTS AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE HARBOR Terror has reached San I order. has secured from a house in Montreal occupied by the members of 1 late A Big Battle Hourly Expected Schley has | Q P bh} J ti : : Washi H fspanisn egation in i ng { SHenced the Forts and Now Wants to | I " ge iShington a Get at the Spanish Fleet Inside. . States, (in the United Chief Joseph | Kellert, of the Montreal Detective Bu- A special dispatch from Santiago to | reau, has been arrested at the instance Cape Haiten received late last night, | of the Spaniards. He denies having states that great events are hourly ex- taken the letter. pected. Sampson has joined Schley, | Henry Norman, associate editor of aud the insurgents are gathering on | the London Chronicle, cabled his pa- the hills. The dispatch aiso confirms | per from Washington that the ques- the report of Schley’s battle on Mon- | tion of what shall be done with the day. { colonies about to be acquired by the On Monday Schley engaged Morro | United States has not decided, Castle at the entrance of the harbor at [and that the question is the most mo- Santiago. The battle lasted from 2 to | mentous one the country had 4 o'clock. Inside the entrance was |decide for a century. seen the Christobol Colon, one of the | A despatch from Hongkong, reports war ships of Cervera’s fleet, stripped { that Aguinaldo, the Philippine rebel for action. As the fleet | Chief, rejected the Spanish overtures to been has to American . 1] Yeogidle 4 51 1 3 wlare “® MEA the Spanish vessel opened fire. The | President Faure declared in a speech latter immediately became a target for | at Etienne that France is resolved to our ships, and she withdrew to safety | maintain the strictest neutrality. behind the hills at once. The fleet di-| The Spanish Government decided to rected its fire at the forts. A terrific | buy large quantities of war materials fire was kept up against Morro, Socapa | 80d to prohibit the exportation of and Punta Gordo forts. The enor-|Ver coin. It mous projectiles of our fleet did tre- | phur contraband of war. mendous damage to the defenses of the | The War Revenue bill will § harbor. The masonry on Socapa and | Pass the Senate this week. and Morro was battered almost into| Charles H. Thrall says Havana h: t FO : i 14 entifi upnly of food. and that i dust and the forms of Spanish artil- | 8 plentiful supply of food, an t that it for sale at moderate prices fixed by is fi 1it Ma tel as swrobably is lerymen and infantry could be seen flying to safety behind the hills. Ti Spanish batteries ceased firing in li ; oI ariaiiitic ap od. ali twenty minutes. The number of kill- | there is small probability of reducin ed and wounded on the Spanish side | the city by starvation. must be enormous, for time and again | Se. the American shells hit the batteries squarely. The damage done to the } Spanish *Aduiiens fleet cannot be learned, but it is thought there has been any killed or wounded. It is expected that Schley and Samp- son will force the harbor and the Spanish fleet inside and destroy it. will i the Government, 1e Systematic ¢ tion is being carried on, he says, CERVERA'S PLANS UPSET to Go Bottled, had Expected to not Now San Jaan for Coal. Evervbody knows now that Spain's ) 3 i | flying squadron, four splendid craisers and two torpedo boat destroyers, engag imprisoned in Santiago harbor, fact has been known at Key West I'he Spanish fleet is inside and hours and the speculation now is over not be allowed to come out, | the disposition of the Spaniards, | whether they will be blockaded or the SUMMARY OF THF WAR NEWS | forts reduced and the vessels : i to fight, Commodore Schley officially report- | In the acd te NAVY ) a at hel ‘ y ed to the Navy Department that he | one result, for Commodore Schley had seen Cervera's squadron in Santi- | f r 8 some of the finest ships in the impelled latter case there can be rey his w , 3 ago harbor, and could in a few days De 4 vices receive ¢ L i11¢ 1 ‘ : ” 4 : Advices received at Kingston by other powerful warships. a from Cuban sources also show that Cervera is bottled up in Santiago harbor. | to offer battle. Naval officials hope to capture Cer-1 An interestio vera’s ships in Santiago harbor. Troops | told of t may be sent there to operate in con- | to Santiago aod of t junction with the fleet, | he was hemmed in. Admiral Sampson's squadron is now at Key West, where, it is stated, it is in position to quickly confront the | Po Spanish fleet wherever it may turn up. | and supplies. Havana reports say a big ship from | On touching at Curacoa Barcelona with arms and food ran the the blockade and made port at Nuevitas. | patches telling him that Rear Admiral Cardenas Harbor has been closed by the Spaniards with obstructions, Mr. McKinley, on returning from his visit to Camp Alger on Saturday, expressed great dissatisfaction with the unpreparedness of the troops for | the service for which they have been enlisted. His words seemed to indi-| an cate that he desirous that the | think the Spaniards would go to movement to occupy Porto Rico be be- | 1, (tor place. gun this week, in advance of the occu- | pation of Cuba. | Enlistments in the regular army are #0 slow it is believed that the project of raising it to its maximum strength of 62,000 will have abandoned. | , t been far AWAY. There is little expectation now of get-| ting it above 40,000, Several deaths from pneumonia have occurred at Chickamauga. The heat, too, is beginning to tell. General orders No. 100, of April 24, 1863, comprising instructions for the government of armies of the United States in the field, have been reissued. They were prepared by Francis Lieber, LL. D., and were adopted by both France and Prussia in the war of 1870. TL It seems probable that W. J. Bryan will not get a regiment to command. Nebraska's quota under the second call for troops will be scarcely more than enough to fill the deficiencies in the regiments already in the field. Major-Gen. Snowden, commander of the Pennsylvania National Guard, has accepted the colonelcy of John Wana- maker's regiment. The equipping of the regiment has cost Mr. Wanamaker $125,000, The First, Twenty-second and For- ty-seventh New York Volunteers prob- ably will be used to man the forts around New York. The United States cruiser Columbia and the British tramp steamship Fos- colia came into collision on Fire Island Baturday night. The merchantman sank. Her crew of twenty-one was saved by the cruiser, The Columbia was nearly cut in two aft, and will be under repairs for a month. She is in the Brooklyn Navy yard. The cruiser Harvard reached Kings ton with steering gear out of order. be foolhardiness on the part ol g story remains to he reasons which led Cer he It vanish way in is iow admiral for the West Indies he eX pecled that when the Sj rio Rice er San Juan de plans were upset by | Sampson had bombarded the San Ju- an f neighborhood of Porto still in the T upon Cervera sailed for the south coast of Cuba. Why he entered harbor instead of harbor the Ameri- ortificalions and was y Rico. He Santiago the of Cien- fuegos is not known, but lined to the commanders were in¢ was wild not { have escaped from Santiago without being discovered for the American scouts had been prowling the scouts had ally Santi- It is certain that Cervera o about ¢ | port for ten days, and other to be Practic ago has been blockaded for that length } {of time, Cervera’s coal ship, which 1 tig Lia | followed him from Curacoa to Sar go, was captured Wednesday of last | week, and at the very moment when | the queen regent was cabling her con- | gratulations, the coils were tightening | | about him. ————— —— The War Governor's Grave, served with appropriate services, A. Stephens, drew G. Curtin, and an address made by Col. J. L. Spangler. Among the many beautiful floral tributes which adorned the grave of the war Govern- or was one sent from the Pennsylva- nia Reserve Association, of Philadel phia. ———— cls G. A. BR. Encampment, Ol City, For the Annual Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, Depart- ment of Pennsylvania, to be held at Oil City, Pa., June 8 and 9, the Penn- sylvania Railroad Company will sell excursion tickets from stations in Pennsylvania on June 4to 8, to Oil City and return, at rate of single fare for the round trip, good to return un- til June 11, inclusive. june2-2t The Cuban question and political is- sues sink into insignificance with the man who suflers from Jiles: What he most desires, is relief. De Witt's HALL, PA., A VaALvanLe PUBLICATION, | Pennsylvanis Eallrond 1808 Summer | cursion Route Book. On June 1 the Depart- {ment of the Pennsylvania Railroad { Company will issue the 1898 edition of | its Summer Exeursion Route Passenger Book. | This work is designed to provide the { public with short descriptive notes of | the principal summer resorts of East- ern America, with the routes for reach - ing them, and the rates of fare. There resorts in the are over four hundred book to which rates are quoted, and ifferent routes or It is wand altogeth- over fifteen hundred d combinations of ed with er is the most comple te and OF Pp iblic, routes compil- the utmost os AT { ompre- travel hensive handbook surmmer ever offered to the It is bound in a handsoms aud strik- ing cover, in colors, and contains eral maps, presenting the exact over which ticks $1144 + FAUST profusely tone cuts of seen sorts and along the sylvania Railroad. Bombs In the Oregon's Cont, Clenred for Action 8 Dozen Times ' wi reason tot We { clears t whicl siripes ar are required to re our Union and they are arrang six alternating rows of eight and Many of the lit- i ii tiully, orrectly HC made, both as to proportions and num- ber of stars, but the above is the recog. | 3 a nized official reci f our I en- ip nations sign. aa The Oath the Soldiers Take - y ¢ i oats of allegi- taken by I'he following is the ance to the United States. as the National volunteering for service in the present War: bear true faith and allegiance to the | United States of America, and that 1 guardsmen and others I do solemnly swear that I will! President and of the ofMicers appointed ticles of war, so help me God.” : A A ts Recent Mim in County Deaths In Wayne twp., Lester, son of Geo. Clemens, aged 4 years, In Wayne twp., James E. Gilliland, aged 76 years, In Lewistown, Elizabeth Ruble, age 60 years. In Newton Hamilton, Emery Sha- ver, aged 35 years, I ——— A A on Republican State Convention, Harcisbarg, For the Republican State Conven- tion to be held at Harrisburg, June 1 to 3, 1808, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell excursion tickets on May 31 to June 2, *nelusive, from sta- tions in Pennsylvania to Harrisburg and return, at rate of single fare for the round trip (minimum rate 25 cénts) good to return until June 6, inclusive, and stops but once. Yon ean keep it going longest and most Intiy b y using De Witt’s Little 2 Risers, the ous little pills for tipo Witch Hazel Salve cures piles. For sale by Smith & Crawford. . # Coaled and _repaired, and all stomach and liver troubles For sale by th & Crawford, i WASHINGTON EER THE ENORMOUS DAILY EXPENSE OF THE WAR Fhe Hesitating Polley of the Adm iistra- War Life und Property Must he Expected tion Since the Began — Loss of WASHINGTON, May 30.—The admin- istration several days ago announced fleet - its belief that the Spanish Wis cooped up in the harbor at de OC iitingo uba, § Commodore Schley the have with hi was at mouth bot But tl tion has thrown doubts upon its own 1 belisf by of that harbor, been daily reiteraled. ie administra confidence in its announce failing to order Lhe invasion of Cuba. teamers enough to carry 50.000 men Tampa made, but we cannot lighten Josses bonds.” Afler f the propos d jssue o loan,” and ) or prevent the } 0 yr if, firs le ¥ i 4% a popuiar CURrac~ ing it as a “fraud and fake 7 face of it," aid: “The gol bankers on Sea wk rell den tunity of the Op pot the bond holders has and come, and now they rush in fi ir more bonds in order that they may more se- £1 curely fasten the single gold standard for we believe it Ww or 4 ried on, mane and just war, To h fi the war But we are patriot- wrced sponsibility for havin upon the country, } ic. We are not demanding the substi- tution of the bimetallic system, but we of bounds, I 3 il bill that are asking that instead shall vote against any cone tains a provision for interest bearing bonds.” ¥ Senator Gorman said in his speech on the proposition to coin the silver | “In my judgment would be uawise—it would be fruitless, seigniorage, it question to the front while the country hes the Spanish army and navy to confront. | to fight I have always been a partisan. I have voted for my | party even when some of its candidates | did not quite meet my approval. But | in a crisis like this I do not know my party. I know only the highest inter- esis of my country. Knowing how ¢harp is the political division upon this proposition, I cannot vote for it at this time, no matter how just it may be in the abstract, or as a proposition standing alone.” Senator Gorman supported the proposition to issue bonds, because he said no war had ever been conducted without an issue of konds, and because he believed that if the bill failefl to provide for an issue of bonds, Mr. McKinley would issue them under the law of 15875, just as Mr. Cleveland did, It begins to look as though Hon. otherwise known as the Czar of the House, had a big dose of humble ple to swallow. He played the autocrat just once too often, when he undertook to go against Mr. Mckinley and nine-tenths or more i of his party on the annexation (jUes- tion, He was given more than ¢ week in which to escape this dose of hum- ble pie, but he had succeeded so often in having his own way what others thought, that ed to take advantage of it regardless he neglect. by signify- ing his willingness to vote for a Be cial rule from the Committee on ules setting a time for the House to vote on Then Mi, his di- secured the the annexation resolution. McKinley got mad, and under rection Gen, Grosvenor signitures of more than three-fourths of the Republican memb House to a request for a tie, The ¢ ulti- He L his hum- mand the de sired 1 matum was served on Czar, was notified that he bie pie by { HE pit ie atl once, crammed While Vreshylorian General Asse mbly, 3 Gen, Beaver Faints Viddressing a of June » coast about wi of Rockies oo h, great central valle: will 12th, cross _— fr Ciose of 16th Tih. easiern stales 1 Warm wave will « the Rock tral valleys 14th, eastern 12th, great cen- | 16th. of Rock- ceutral 3 country about alates Cool wave will cross the west ies country about 15th, ye 17th, Temperature of June w no great alle eastern states I1Sth 1 average be southern i rs 1 by back is OW In rile above in n, and about normal in Pacific slop aintes, The coldest part of the month will be from 9th to 22nd, the first and Inst part of the month averaging above normal. The most severe storms in the northern states will occur not far 20th. Most rainfall for June in the the Farther east a serious north- | Missis- drouth June temperature of the southern states will be from about to | below normal, coolest on the Atlantic! Rainfall | of the southern states will be from about on the Atlantic coast to below in Texas, decreasing from the Atlantic to the foot hills of the Rockies with more rain in the whole Rockey mountain country. The injurious drouth of this month will occur in the northeastern states, including the lakes and Ohio valley. Drouth in the southern states will be in spots and most serious west of the Mississippl river. eames So Se Chamberlain's Pain Balm has no equal as a household liniment. It is the best remedy known for rheuma- tism, lame back, neuralgia; while for sprains, cuts, bruises, burns, scalds and sore throat, it is invaluable, Wertz & Pike, merchants, Fernandina, Fla, writes: “Everyone who buys a bottle of Chamberlain's Remedies, comes back snd says it is the best medicine be has ever used.” 25 and 50 cents per bottle at 8. M. Swart, ville; F. Rossman, gippi. A. Carson, Potters Mills; J. Linden Hall, snd H. F. Mills. » NO. 22 LOCAL ITEMS, Cullings of More than firdinary Interest from Everywhere, UNCLE BAM SPEA) By gum ! that blamed Cervera ! I wonder where he’s at, I never hev’ had anything Per puzzle me li that! tor M er Marti Ke sometimes he SOmet Hut just Nobody seems 8 Deen imes to Curacao where that cus ter kins Some say at Santis He's Sone xi HT HaXin up A Mr. Brush vai a ho Hemphill’s. near the Decoration Day oratio ered by W. C. Heinle town ; Al. Dale, ex W. Harriso : Rebers. With many I ork has been rain show. ers wi weeks, inter. pola- thin the past three fering with toes as well planting corn and ih i a8 wilh Nates, Mills fift The ie was postmaster at Sfrodes five years, central figure the in history g on these days undoubtedly is Admiral George Dew- Public Led- in furnishing as a supplement to its edition, last Saturday, a fine art has struck a popular chord. The other day Robert, a young son of John 8, Fish, esq., of Indiana, while playing with a quarter dollar, placed it in his mouth and swallowed it. The coin lodged in his throat and for a while choked him badly. A doe tor was called and the quarter was forced into his stomach. The little boy is now geiting along all right. An exchange laughs at the idea that Holland's submarine torpedo boat can remain under water as long as one hour, and in the same paragraph re- marks that Spain has about eleven boats over in Manila bay that have been under water nearly three weeks and there isn't even a bubble on the surface to indicate that they are com- ing up. ’ Aaron Luckenbach writes the Re- porter from Boone county, Neb., May 28: We have had very wet in Nebras- ka, the last three weeks ; corn is not near all planted yet and what is plant- ed is near all up. Small grain looks fine and I think we will have a good crop this year again. =, !
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