v twmioti l nm TWO CENTS. -'vMnU,y cm ctnfT SCRANTON. VA.. WEDNESDAY MORNINC!. .ITS 13 2.). 1898. TWO CENTS. in GETTING READY FOR THE ATTACK The American Army Is Advancing Steadily Upon Santiago. The Main Difficulty at Present Is in Preparing the Roads Over Which the Heavy Guns Are to Be Moved Inex plicable Course of the Spaniards in Making No Resist anceSantiago's Food Supply Well Nigh Exhausted, Linares Has Received, It Is Said, Twenty Thousand Reinforcements. (Ccpyilght, U1S. by the At the front, on the Wo Gtiamn, Alon. day June .27 (nonn) jiei the Associated Press dispatch boat Wande, via Port Antonio Jamaica, June 28 (forenoon), via Kingston, .I.inil.ua. (1J.35 j m ) The Ametii.in fiont has been adunccd beyond the fiist ciosslng of the Rio (?uamu, about a mile, and a. tug lies thn- and a In If miles from the Span ish intieiuhments. Geneial Law ton's lirlglde tests on the road to Santiago de Cuba. The Thlid biigndo, undtr General Chaffee, tbo Seventeenth, Twelfth and Seventh login-cuts hold the tiench, with his command lying across the road and rivei. The Pirst bngad" the Hl,;hth Twenlj -second and Second Massachusetts undei G n ernl UNiin Cliiike, He1? on the left Hank, slightb in the leu, and th" second In I KuU the Piist, Pom tli and Tuentj liftli occuplcf, the nppoltp position on th light flank, (ieneial Wheeler v itli the caalr. Is in the iear, between Sevllla hills and Rio Guama A stiong line of outposts Is maintained ahead. SKIRMISH WOUK. Geneial Chaffee's biigade, with tlnee thousand Cubans undet (Ieneial Auii la and seeial bundled under Colonel Gouales, was skinni'dilng towards the clt this morning The Cubans had slight cklimlshos with the Spanlitels stationed on tlie lil'ls on tlie Ameilcan light Hank and in auxlliii oitupics the blockhouses in that lclnlt which weie ei minted! befrie t'nylig'it by the Spanlnids The lattei retreated towaids SaiiMego ile Cuba No fatalities are reported Geneial Law ton, Geneial Chart ec and C5enei.il Wheeler June thoroughly ie connoltered the Spanish position and, with the aid furnished bv the Cubans, hae very good maps of the loads and defences Much Information has also been ob tained from Spanish pacific os, who have slipped th.it city and give them selves up In the hope of getting food. Tliej repoit great starvation and (lis tless In Santiago. They siy the Span ish troops are on short rations and that all the supplies nie being held for their ue The sick In the hospitals, the pa eificos sav, aie suffeilng foi lack of food, and they say 77 Spanlnids weie killed and 89 wero wounded as the te sult of the engagement on Prldaj last with Colonel Wood's and Young's com mands. THU SPANISH STRENGTH. The most startling infoimatlou ob tained from the pacific os is that Mine the advance began, almost if) 000 Span ish soMlers have ai rived at Santiago. This statement Is made on the author Itj of General Law ton, mid lie Is also of the opinion that Geneial I'ando has been unable to effect a nine tut e with General Linares at Santiago le Cuba. There aie two foils of consldeiable Impoitance within the Spanish lines, Punta nianco. at the southern end of the ba. and Santa Uisula. at the southeast comet. On the load to Ca ne, on the north, is anothei foil Theie are about 450 men in each of these fortifications and sti etching around the mailne bathed who fences, fifty yards apait. while Just Inside these aie lines of ilfle pits Outside this, to the eastwaid, about two miles hevond the American outposts, Is a line of entrenchments, extending fioni the northern oxtiemlty of the city to Morro castle A little west of south, at a distance of about seven miles fiom Geneial Liwtons headcmnitors. lies Morro castle The load to within a few liundied auis of tlie lotteries nt the i ear of Morro was leconnoltered ORDERED TO THE FRONT. All Pennsylvania Troops nt Cliicka mnilRit Soon to .Hove. ChlekamaiiRa C!a , June :s The or der Issued Sumlaj tei eejulp and pie pare Immediately fifteen icRlmcnts of the flist coips to form an expedition ary force was i evoked bv Major Gen eral Rrooke todav. This does not ehanRe the plan to prepaie for ah ex pedition, however, since the revoking order affects more especially the tmnv fers that were named In the foimer older It provides turther that Instead of fifteen regiments being equipped and prepared, the entire flrst corps of twenty-seven regiments Is to he luist lly prepared for uctlve field service. The Pennsylvania regiments included are tho Ninth, Fifth, First, Fourth and Slxteerth. Major General Hrooko waB appoint ed by the piesident to command the corps. Major Geneial Wade will bo left In command at Camp Thomas. MERRITT IN A HURRY. Will Sot Sail This Morning in I'nut Mont Inr Manila. Kan Francisco, June 28 Major Gen eral Merrltt has abandoned his head quartets at the Phelan bulldlnc, and today formally tuined over the office to Major Oeneinl Otis, General Met- Associated Tress.) esteiday afternoon by General Chaf fee and several members of his staff. cnnvHRA's fli:i:t. The Cubans believe- that If the water supply ot the city can be cut off San tiago will liave to jleld ut one c They say that Admiral Ccrveia's entlie licet, ee ept the toipedo boat elcsttovei Tei -roi, Is In the haibor. General Liw ton Is Inclined to discredit the lepoits that guns have been taken fiom the ships to stiengthen the defenees on land He sas it would be Impossible foi Atlmii.it Ceivcr.i to lcaih the posi tion of the Ameilcan at my with his big guns from vvhcie the Spanish ships lie No aggiesslve move by the Amcil enns Is anticipated feu seveial elajs. The load to the base of supplies must be Rieatlv Imp! ov eel before tlie onwaid movement can be safelv made At present It taxes the quai teimastei s depaitme nt to the utmost tei get pto visions and ammunition. Iast night one pack train ai lived with supplies siiinclent te Inst until tonight, and as this ellsiiate h Is being wiitten, a tiain of ammunition is coming in A ttain ot ammunition has i cached General Chaffee s brlgaele, and a battel y of GntliiiR guns and iljnamlto guns, at tae heel to the lough lideis, has been moved to (ieneial Wheelei's eamj). Theie Is no high grouinl In the present peisitlon whole Hotehkiss or GatlliiR guns could be put In position, but a little futther on is giound wheie guns can be mounted anil irun whieli an elfeetlve lit o can be directed at the Spanish entienchments. Theie weie no nlaims lust night. QiTi:r:u Spanish tactics. Many of our oflleers aie amazed, as thev have looked for leslstanee to our advance. The giound over which they have ttavelled could have easily been defended but the Spanish have steaillly letlied, not even attempting to hmass our flanks, as the columns moved on through a uatutal ambus cuding eountiy. Apparently (5cner.il Linares piefers to place faith in the defences of the cltv and intends to make a "last-ditch light" of it A few though only a few hold to the thooiv that he does not purpose lighting at all General Gallxto Garcia, with three hunelied men who landed estoiela, Is expectcel to leach the fiont today The Amei leans nie in excellent spiilts anil thi'ie Is a it mat liable luck of sickness. Thus fur the water supply has been goenl anil theie have been no bad ef fects fiom the changes, except a few cases of djsenteij. Theie was a bilef lain squall last night At noon todav Majot Coolidge ie cilved oulers to clear the roae! bo .vond the fiont. wheto the stream doubles back aeioss it, for the nil vunce of the aitllleij Dvnnmlte guns and a Hotehkiss gun will be put In position. wiii:i:li:r climhs a trhu. General Wheeler, who maele a 10 conn.ilssanee for half a mile hevond the sklimlsh lines this morning, find ing tliat he was unable to sec ure the desiied view thiough tlie luxuilant tiopleal foliage, dismounted nnd cllnibeel a tiee. A major general of the Pnlteel States nimy in the foi Kb of a tree, sin v eying Spanish outposts thiough his field glasses, was a spec tacle that gave some Idea of the won clerful eneigj of the dashing ex'-ton-fe del ate cavnhv leader and was quite a feat of ability in a man of CJ jeais o nge. Htt announced that he would go on board the steamer Newpoit at 9 o'clock tomorrow moinlng nnel hopes to Issue oulers to sail before 10 o'clock. It was intimated at headquaitcis to day that Geneial Merrltt's plan Is not to wait for tmnspoits but to huirv to Honolulu, get coal and pinceed on to Manila, as soon as possible. 'I he O'tllggiiiN Not Sold. Washington, Juno 28 '1 he O'JIIggins linn not been sold to Spiin and posltlNo Information bus lc.uhcd hero lb it ("hill will not sell tho ihip to un govuiumuut. ONE DAY'S WAR HISTORY. I'RIISIDKNT DLCLARUS a further blockiido of Cuban pulls and also one of ban Juan. CRUISP.R YALi: Inmls 1,100 reinforce ments for Shatter. COVHRNOR aUNlUtVL of the Philip, pines informs Mad! Id practically that he lies Jest all hepe. v SHAITL'R'S FORL'IIS nro now within three miles of Santiago. SANTIAGO'S WATIR supply has been cut eff, CAPTAIN SIGSnuiJ at San Juan ills ables tho Bp.inltih toipedo boat Terror. NINIJ THOUSAND more reinforcements for Shufier to Ic&ve Tampa at once. SPAIN HAS NOT huiiRht tho O'HIgslns. NEAR SPAIN'S LINES. Llunt. fJliio Malum Another Dnrlng ItocounoUnuco tor Sampson. (Copjilrht lflS. by the Associated I'm Off Santiago de Cuba, June 27, via Kingston, June 2S lieutenant Victor Mile, of the auxlllut , gunboat Su wanee, returned te4tht if'St today front nnuthcr lnvestlgntlnpt liip ashoie. lie inported that Admiral Cervcia's ships me all In the harboi with the excep tion of one toipcdo-hoat destioer. They aie at anchor and show no signs of activity. Lieutenant Blue went ashnio on Sat in day, to the west of Mono Castle, aciompanied by some Cuban guides. Hi- advanced until about two miles noith of Cabanas and almost up to the enemy's battciles He tiaveled sixty miles nnd lejolncd the Suwanee this morning. At one time he was at a Cuban outpost sepai atcd only bv four hundred ards fiom a Spanish out post "They popped nway at each othtr all the time," siid Lleutenunt Win. "but I do not think the Cubans hint the Spaniards veiy much, and I know the Spanlaids did not hint the Cubans " Lieutenant Wtie was able to locate aceuntely tlie position of each of Ad inli.il Ceiveias ships. MERRITT READY TO TAKE HOLD Will lisuon Proclamation ns Soon its Ho Hooches Manila, Uxplnlnine, His Mission mill Commanding the Obe dience! ol the Islanders. San Prnnilseo. June 2 General AVeslej Menltt, who will sail fiom this jioit tomoiiovv and assume his duties as Ron it nor geneial of the Philip pine Isl mils, has pupated a pienlam atlon xn Iiicli will be Issued Immediately after his auival at Manila. It will nnnouiu to the people of the Islands that Getie'inl Menltt, as the tepresen tatHe of the United States, lias estab lished a proNlsion.il government, net his autheultN must be lespected. At the same time he will assuie the In habitants that he comes not to oppioss but lo fiee them Thev aie to be1 gi anted the fullest llbei tv compatible with the ptesi-iviuuo eit law and oi det, and all pctsoual and pieipeity lights aie to be renpci tt d In an interview tonight Geneial Mei litt expiesseel the most complete urn llelenee in the slice ess of the' United States In the- Philippines He has In stitutions fiom Washington to confer with Admit al Dewey on his ai rival at Manila anil the two eoinmancleis aie to act in concert In nnj thing that niav be necessary to lnsm1 the occupation of the Islands by this government. ARE THEY SPANISH SPIES ? Karlas ol ArrentN o( Muspectcd Kmis ftiirirs ot Npntn. Ts'ew YoiU, June 2S Jesus Aseevedo, a I'euto Rlean, who airiveel hcie ves tenl.ij on the' sti amei Pietorla fiom St Thomas, D W I., was, anested to day on susplcleni eif betas a Spanish spy. The lnfotmatlon leading to his anest was furnished bv United States Consul Van Mom at St Thomas Atlanta, Ga , June 1!8 Font sup posed Spanish .spies i culled Fnit.Mc Pheison today C le of them Is Pti vate Fi eilei ic k J. Glenhuist, of the Poutth nimv corps He Is supposed to have enteicd the nnnv to enable him to cauv on his seeiet opeiations with out attiaetiiiB suspicion. Hu was ai lested ut Tampa. The tlnee other suspects aie utile Lil ly known as Thoriblo Noigilnd. a de seitet fiom the Spanish nav v , Jose Mnitlncz and Juan Roelilguez, all. is Spanish John" Thev aie thought to have been obtaining Infoimntlon about the foi lilk at Inns at T bee foi the use of thill govci nine nt. GOOD NEWS FR0AI SIIAFTER. Army linn Moved I'p to Within Throe Milos of Santiago. Washington, June 25 The following dispatch was received todav Oft Silione June J .' p in v in I'l iv ,i ileM Ust Adlittiint General, Wahlimtm. All isprogre.siii(; c t occiiplii to chi an aehanreel pn'-itiou ili.uiilonei! bv the cneiuv vislrnlav on the' .wlllu and S mil igo roiel west of the San J mm live r within three miles (it S.intioga and tiom which It can be pi ilnlv seen (&lf,neil) Slmftei, Majoi General Commanding. POLITICAL. NOTES. Augusta, Me , June 2S -The Republican slate tonventiiu toil iv lenomln.iteel Gov etnor LlevNillMi I'ov.eis ley an mi.iuiinoiw vote The plutfoim udnptcd eleilun, for a eitiKticy thai Is as (,ooel ns golel the woild over, i nil stiongly eneloiscs tho in tlnml ndmlnUtr itii n Clcnrllcld, Pa, June 2S 'Ihe Republi can convention held In Clem field toduv was the Inise'st In the hisloij of the county. The convention was oig inUcci lij the CJuaj people bv electing Ilurrv L. lioulton of 110111711111' temporal v ehili mini, ii ml W C Mllle r, of Cleullelil, pe r in inent ehaiiman The allowing ticket wis elected W A Oslnun, of nuHoi. for state boralor Piank G. llairH, cf Clearfield, and J.e oh Mexamler of Mnilc ii a for the nssemlilv , lirunt 1 hemp son of nuinslile, tor piotlinnotitiv, and L. 13 Jimihon of Moiilselale lor ic coreleel Wllh the exception of Alexau'er the entile ticket is iracle up of Quav men Alexinelei Putcrson v is elected chulrman of the county committee. GRINER GETS TWELVE YEARS. Wilkes-Harrc, Juno 2S J..mcs R, Grl ner, ex-nT-mlni ot the Icslsl.ituro from tills ellstilct who was coin tiled of mm slaiiKlitcr foi killing bis stepelaughter, Ciitollne Shlffer, was todav sentenced by Judgo Woodward to twelve jenis 111 tho penitentiary, tho mixlmum junalty. CAMARA STTLlTliALTED. C.ilio, Juno 2S.--Adnilr.il Camaris squuiliou Is still at Poll Said, No an swer has vet been rInoii us to toulln' Tho Lgvptian goNernmeiit Is uwaltlng tho settlemoiit of tho question of Interna tional law Involved. .No Conl lor Cnninrn. Loudon, June 29. Tho Cairo coi respond ent of tho Pall Moll sns: "Lord Cio met' has stopped a Pieiuh Arm from coal ing Admlial Caninin's sipiadioii, pending Instructions from London." VERY WELL PLEASED WITH ARMY'S WORK War Department Is Delighted With Shatter's Steady Progress. IT IS RUSHING ltniNPOItCn.Mi:NT3 TO HIM SO AS TO PROV1D11 POP. ANY UNUORUSLNN DirPICULTlES. LIND OP T1I13 ULOCKADH MATE RIALLY TIGHTCNU.D - CAMA11A YHT AT TORT SA1JJ. Waslilngton, June 2S. It was very late In the day when the flrst dispatch within two class tamo to the war de pat tment from General Shatter, but the news was regarded ns so gooel that theie vvns no disposition to complain, it disclosed a ery satisfactory rate ot piogiess on the part of Geneial Shaft ei towards the town of Santiago itself nnd njipaiently he has gained nil this giound nnd has eoine within three miles nt Santiago, without suffering anv losses since the bloody skirmish of Frlduy last. Altogether the petform nnce Is legaided as very giatlfNlng by the department olllelals here1. As near as can be gathereel fiom the brief dispatch tho Ameilcan ntmv is now nt the fork In the toad, one brnneh of which leads to Santiago and the other to Moiro Castle ut the en tiunce to the harbor. General Shatter be thus fiee to move In either dltec tlon ni eoi ding to the demands of the campaign. With the 1,100 men who n1 Infoiced him jesterdny on the Yale ami the additional biigade that will leach him by tomoirow it ni.ij lie iolblo to make even more lapld piogiess In the advance upon Santiago as these men can lelieve the main body of tioeips fiom the necesslti, of keeping open the line of communication be tween Shaftei and his b ise at Halquitl. Mori: ri:inporci:mi:nts. Meanwhile fuitlur relnfoi cements uie being piepaied ami despatched as lapldly .is the best eneigles of the elo pai tment e an ditect. and it Is believed seveial thousand men sailed fiom Tampa toda dlreetlj for Santiago. The elepai tment has had In mind the dillle ultles of the campaign tint un just developliiR to the inibllc eve, such as the use fur the flrst time in civil ized watfaie of b ubeel-w ire te-ni ing as a means of elefence, and acting upon the advice of some of our ai my of tleets who weie In Cuba while tlie lighting was conllned to the Spaniards and the Insut gents a i it tain numbei of men in eaeli leglment have beem pio vldcel with wile tut tins and chin Red with the- duty of cutting clown these fences so as to penult the advance of the tioops It Will piobablj lie neeessaiy to sill 11 out the foice defending these vvlie chevaux de frlese before they can be cut unless t!y men in charge of that duty an- to hl unduly exposeel to dang er. This will Involve a laigei use of Held aitilleiy than would be ieeiulreel In oiellnaiy win fine The olllelals heie have- been feiiehandi'd as to these de tails, and In faet have provided for the use eif h.nbed wire bv eiur own foices. having sent about lp0 tons of this wlie with Geneial Menltt s expedition. p.lock dc tighti:ni;d. The lines aie being tightened around) Cuba anil 11 will soon be Impossible for even small quantltlm of fond or war supplies to leieh the Spanla'eli thei The pioelainiitloii Hsllcd today extending the blockade to the south i oast uiul Kan Juan It Is believed will nccomp'lsh this lesult On the south coast the Isle ot Pines will be cut off ns a tian'-fei depot foi eittle nnel tooel supplies eeimini. tinm Jam ilea and Cential Am-ilia Hv dosing San Juan hailur the Spanlnids will lose the last chance ol smuggling war supplies lute) Cuba nnel futuie nptint Inns of tbeaimv and nav looking' to the occupation of th" Island et Pent Rico will be mater ially advanced by Hie establishment of a successful bloik.ide. Tlieie w.'s no fuithei won! fumi the Cadiz licet tod.o, llinuch still it is known to be Ijing at Pint Said under pietoxt of lepihing one of the toipedo bolt destiojeis. Tlie delay on the palt ot the Spanish llict his not stopp'd tl e pieparatlons lor the seiullng of the easp-in squadron under Cominodoi- Watsein tei ihe' Spanish slimes The cominndoie 1" hastening witli all speeel houthv jiic' on the New.nk to join and cc nfei with Sami'Min oft Santiigo. It has been known to m:i govein ment foi some time past that the Span ish foveiutr-ent was tivlng to obtain jmsscssion of the splendid riodern nr nioieil e miser O'HIgglns. Our agents, hovevei, have vale lied the ncfotlntlon caicfullv and oui government has heeii HnallN satlsieel that they have failed. FIVE DROWXED BY BOATING TIP Cnpsl7.lnu ol u I'orry Itont in (lie liis Horn nivcr in Womlng Sends Tourists to tho Rottom. Cheyenne, Wo, June iS. Plvo per sons have been ill owned by the i.ip sUIng of a ferry boat In tho Rig Horn liver near Theimnpolls. Tho names of the victims aie. HARRY Xli:U(iS. A O GRAY MYRTI.U CATLIN. MRS HARRV IILGGS INPANT CHILD OP MRS, iiUUC.S. Tho parties weie fiom Wolten and Deer Cieek, Wjo, and wero vlsitots ut the Hot Spilngs. NEAR-BY POST.MASTERS. Washington, Juno 2' Tlio following fiurth e luss postmasteis who loel.iy np- I for J'enusvlv.iula: Glenhiiin, niiia county, William II, Wolfo; i i in!, Susquehanna county, Rlclianl A jJaiber; Jcssup, Lackawanna county, John R, Hvans, To Conib.it Yellow I'cNi-r. ihienos Ajres, June 2S. a dispatch ro i'pInhI heio from MontciNlelco, Prugu.iv. saH the authorities there, on tho ie quest of the Spanish government, sent lo Cuhi a quantity of Saniirrlll serum to be used In combining jellow fcNcr. THE BLOCKADE INCREASED. Tlio Prculdent Tnkas Aelelltlonnl Slept to Iitolnlo lllnuco. "Washington, June 28 Tho president has Issued n proclamation extending the blockade of Cuba to the southern coast from Caiio Fiances to Cape Ciuz Inclusive, and also blockudlng Sun Juan, Porto Rico. Tho ptesidont's proclamation In creases the extent of the blockade fully fourfold, It having been conllned, heretofore, to a ntietrh of a little moie than one hundred miles on the north, and the single poll of Clenfuegos on the south coast of the Island. The de mnnils upon the niuy In the way of ships to patrol the coast, however, will not be nearly so heavy In propoitlon to the tenltory to lie eoveied os In the case of the Initial blockade for the reason that the new blocknele coast line lies entirely within the gieat bight on the south Cuban coast in which the water Is generally eiy shallow and tho ports nie few Into which a essel of any diaft could enter. The most Importnnt of these ports aie Mutiza nillo, Trinidad and Tunas. The cssels for the additional bleiek ade service will bu.supplied almost en tirely fiom the pattol fleet vv hlch, under Commodore Howell, has been guaullng the North Atlantic coast from Maine to South Carolina. The sen be has been abandoned because the only avail able Spanish warships uie with Ad inii.il Camarfl, thoits mils of miles aw ay. watsonjau'nt across the sea spuln I'rolesaus to Have So 1'enr ol Him, but a Uilleront Idcn Mny Pre vail When lie Gets Over Chore. London, June J9 All the special ells pale lies fiom Mnelilil agiee that the thieat of the United States to send a siiuadion to the Spanish coast causes no incitement or appiehenslon in hp iln The genual belief in the continent Is that nothing set ions Is Intended by the' thieat, though thete are lepoits fiom Vienna that the powets nie ex changing notes on the subjei t Washington, June JS When the navy elepai tment announced jesteiel.iv that Cenninudoio Watson's .sciuaelinn would leave immediately" foi the coast of Spain it meant that tlie lliet would leave as soon as possible- As a mutter of fact, it may be a week, and possibly longer, befoie the- Past el n seuiudiem e an deput on its long itulse. In the lit st place- It W0I be neeessaiy for the fleet to toil The tlnee colliers of the sijtiaelion are em tlieli vvnj to Newport News foi that pin pose- and it will take seveial elavs feir them to take em the full supply which Is Intended The auxlllaij 1 1 niseis Dixie', Yosemlte and Yankee must also ill! tlieli bunkeis Finally It is intimated at the depni tment that tin- at men od ships aie- not In the inn elition thev ought to be in toi a long cruise. Tin- Oiegon has not been cleaned since her long tilp niound the Horn, and it Is months since tlie Iowa had her bottom scrubbed The New -ink, tortunatelv, is in perfect condi tion When the licet starts Anally it will be on a business mission Theie is no In tention of allowing It to undertake an alml'-ss cruise, and theie will be no lett ering h. peaceful vvatei. Watson's In stitutions ai to ptoieed dliect to Tan glni nnd theie pwalt otdeis Gie.U dlscietlin Is to be allowed him in the miittei of detail, but the iustiuetlons mulct which he sills nre compiehen slve. The appeatance of American men-of-war in Spanish watei.s will it is ex pected, pieclpitat" a revolution In Spain, and will elei mote to convince the people of the J'-ninsula of the hope lessness of the stiuggle than months of opt Lilians In the Uast or West In dies Watson's squidion hns been clioson with pieat nro fo- tlie peculiar inN sio i .-i which it is to be sent The Oi"gf)ti ami low a aie tieineialous en gines if war, elth-t of which is mote than equal ti. the most piwerlul phlp undei Cimn.i's command. The Dixie, tli Yankee and e Semite as uixlliary iiuiseis in o in tlieli peculiar line the best whips In the nivy They Jiavo gieat speed, each of them has a s, earn ing radius of over 10 000 miles, and all of thorn .no well nim-d Tv o eif them have ten fi-lrich Runs for brmdsldes, and ore of thern hns ten 5-Ire h ones I'ho Pian may ho sent ncinss to join The I't ah le may be sent across to join to think that the squadion may bo re inloreed hugely. CAMERA'S FLtET NO Q0OD. Uritish Olliccr Saj It Conldu't Sail In .lliitiiln. London, June 29 A dlspatih to the Daily Mail fiom Pent Slid says. "A distinguished nnv.il attic ei, who hns examined Admii.il Cnmara s ships caiefullj. laughs nt the Idea of Ad mlial Camaia attempting to tench Ma nila. The Spaniards, he sajs, aie wise to keep the diet out of the Amei leans.' way. ' Tlio battleship Pelayo and tlie ar moied tiulsei Kmpeiadnr Carlos Qulnto nie In scandalous dlsiepalr, Indeed .ue hardly scaworthv, while It will be Impossible for tho torpedo boat destroyers to get far The Spanlaids cannot keep the engines ttlmmed." m VALE REACHES SANTIAGO. Dispatch Irom General Hlmller An nounces tier isnlo Arrival. Washington, June 25. Tlio war do pin tment lite this afternoon posted tho following: Daiquiri. Juno 27, via I'lajn del Rate, June Jx See retarj of Win The Yale ar rived this nicinhiR ull right Tioops now disc nil) irklus. (Signed) Shatter, Major General. HERE'S A SCHEME. Louden, June 29 -The Pans correspond ent of tho MnrnliiR Post sajs "I learn, on tho authority of Dr Detnnccs Unit with a view of preventing Amei lean In tervention Spain will bestow Independ ence upon Poitn Rico, subjeit to certain lommerciil udNantiices being usened for tlie mother country." MANILA TOTTERS TO ITS DOWNFALL The Spanish Commander Sends to Madrid a Despairing Dispatch. Says Aguinaldo Has 130,000 Troops Who Have Hemmed Him 'In and Are Demanding His Surrender Native Soldiers Continne to Desert Has One Thousand Sick and Two Hundred Wounded Will Hold Out to the Last Extremity, but Evidently Has Abandoned All Hope, Madilel, Juno 2 The government has lecelveel the following dispatch fiom Captain General August!, dated June 2J- 'The sltuitlon Is stilt giave, I continue to maintain my position In side the line of blockhouses, but the eiuniy lb incicasing la numbcis as the rebels oceupj the piov hues which lie sin rondci lug Imreiitlal ulns uie in undating the Intienc lime nts, tenilei ing the iv oik of d -fence- dillle till The numbeis of sick among the tioops are iii'iiMsliig, making the situation veiy dlstie-ssiiiR uul causing inn cased de sol linns of tin- mtlve soldleis. 'It 1 estimated that the insuigents niimliei .1(1000 .timid with llfles nnel 100 ( to aimed with swouls, etc. Augln alelo has summon-3'! me to suireiulct, but I have tieat-d his piemosiils w .th disdain, tor ' am lesedved to maintain the sovcielgnt of Spain and tlie honor ot the flag to th last exile mitv. I have- one thou and sick and two bund led w lunded. Tnecitaelel has been in vaded lij tin- subuihan Inhabitants who have abandoned tie Ii bonus owing tu the b.nhatltv of th- lehol Th ise In habitants murtllut" an einb irinssment, aguivatliiR the situation, in x lew of th bombiiilment, which, lnwevei. is in t scriouslv ..ppichendee: for the mom ent The governor of the istaa and AA.AAAAAAAA.AAAAAAAAA..AA.A..A.AAAAA.AA.AAAA.AA.. .AAAAAAAAA, NO FIGHT LIKELY FOR SEVERAL DAYS Advices Received in M asliiustou Irom Slinfler Do Not Spool; ol Any Inten tion to Porco llio Assault liniiie tlintolr. nshington June 2S AeHutant Gen ei il Cm bin tonight lciuved fiom Major Jenor.il Shaftei, ef the Cuban nimy of invasion, a cablegiani eontiiln iiK the utile 111 list of the Ameiiians killed In the 1 attle of La Quasina Tlie list In no initril.il u-specl ellffcrs fniiu tl.it given In the Afrs-oeinted Pies' dis patches. Some othe ' messiRes weie leceiveel by Geneial L'oibln fiom (7i-nei.il Shat ter tonight but they contained no in-fcin-it'on ef Intel es to the public Gen eial Sliatt"!, so tar as ceiuld be aseei talnecl, has not disclosed his pi ins for the Immediate future He has not in dlcated when tin- l-ittle of s-int'ago may occui, but th best Inforireel olll elals of the wai dep.'itnient do not exnect a geneial engigetnent for two oi thiee elavj and possllilv not te eoop even as that. CUBAN NEWS VIA MADRID. Spain Loams 'I lint Hhnfler tins SSccn I'orced to lielronl. Midi Id, June JS In Roveinment chiles heie the announc ement is made that tlie Americans weie lepulseel In the lighting near Scn ilia and that they were compelled to i elite to Jialquiii, 'when- tliej are enininpeil undei tho piolectlon of their ship guns." It is denleel that seveial wagon loads of weiuneled Spaninds weie tnken into the' city of Santlagei de Cubi. It is salil that Geneinl Linates" tieiops fouglit under cover and that their losses ate dellnltelj known to be a captain and seven soldieis killed and two lieutenants and twclvo men wounded Aecotdlng to tlie dlspatilies fiom Havana the Ameiii.in tioops aie "al re.ulv suiteilng seileiusly fiom dis ease " The latest dispatch from Geneial Llnaies sas nothing new hns occuin'd, but 'he eonllims the itpoit ot tlie lauding nt Hams of anguillv, Lauet, lietaniouit and i thousand rebels with arlllleiy and D0O.00O cartridges." THK KKWS THIS MOUN'IXU VVeatlier Indications Today. lair, arm:r! Variable Winds, General The Aim Is ndvanclng Sti ad. Ilj Upon Santidgo Captain Genual Augustl In Despali War Depiitninit Gintllled with tho Alms's Woik. General Jenks Will Ho tho Demo- i ratio Cm did He for Gov ei nor. Dane Rail Giimts of u Day. Plnanclul and Commercial. Local Convention of the Hard Coal Hoomeis. Jiui Convicted lllm. tut Docs Not Wish lllm Punished. lMltoilal. Comment of the Press . Local I.loutenmu Dentlcr llxa Closed His Reci lilting Station. Pupils Who Aro PilNllcgcil to Kilter tho High School, Loml West Scrnnton and Suburban, News Round Alout Us. Ginernl-Solilleid, at LVmp Alger In tioduio a 1311 of Realism. M'lidnnao Islands cables that he 1"V (lefi-atetl the insurgents In an engiige-m-iit di'tlng wliiih Chief Alco, Augln aldo's icpiesi ntntive was killed. He aelels that lianqullity now picvalls thiiiiiRhmil the Islands, anil he fuither assitts that tin ptlnclpil Mnlav thiffs eif flu- Mliulmao cieup decl.ne they deslie to light on the side ol the Span laids against tin- Invaeleis." Aecoi 'Ing lo eithei ndv ii es the etn Iss.nlns sent out to seek Geneial Mono's column of a tin us and men, to tuineil after a fruitless seite h Captain eleneial Augii'tl s fumllj Is still in the hinds eif the Insuigents. Geneial Pena, with n thousand soldiers, lie? sin ii neb lei His snleljcr, meisl of whom wi'ii' natives joined the insuigents. A mnjotlij of the iletaebnients in the island of Lueti hive suiieudeioel, eiw -inR to the lack of food though somr su ceded in escaping. NuVneroiis Spaninds, ii. eluding the gennnots eif l'atangi. Lagttna and llatlaian, haNO taken icfiigc at Cavitc ( Ri:HULS RULU, TIIII ROOST. . The ieh'-ls vvlin nie besieging Manila, excic el CiOOO nun The city is eotu pl .civ lsnl.it. d and the anlval of the Spanish siiiailtnn is anxieiilslv awaited fen th position of Manila Is unten abb Small u-bel ciaft uivlRate tho Ii.in, cotiNe-Nlng piisoneis to Cavitc. SIIAFTER TO THE FRONT. Hi- I, mills nt Jiiraguii nnd Goes to Consult Willi General vtlmolor. (Copv light, is0 bv the Associated I'rev I Juiagua, Province of Santiago ele Cuba, June .7, (i p in, via Kingston, Tuesda, June JS At about J o'clock this .tfteinoon Majoi Genci il Shuftei, in command of the United States nimy eif invasion, nnlviil hen on boat el tho ttanspoit Segiiiania fiom Haiqulri, with Colonel John J.ueih Astoi, Cap tain Stewait Hi lee and Lleutonanti Mllij and Noble and his staff. He was met bv Geneial Hates, who wis stipe i Intending the landing of comtnis s.n siio'illes in the suif Geneial Shaftei. in full tiulfoini nnd wealing a sttaw helmet, was soon mouutcel em a l.nge, haiidsomo Iioise nnd loele thloii"h the town, suivev Inir the- scene eif the landing operations and tlie eaiups of the Hoops He hall eel foi a moment before the ceittago which si'iNeel ns the luMile;uat teis of the Culnn lnsm gi nts, where Geneials Gnu In and Castillo paid tlieli icspeets to the Amei le mi luu.innndei About an lioui Inter Genital Shifter strut k out on the load tei the fiont, In oielei to consult with Gineial A heelei anil the division t mum unlets nnel look over the Held of oneiiitlons befoie Santlaco ele Cub i. Tile geneial said he would piob nbl i etui n to the Jiuuguu heaileiuui teis toiil'jht Peimanent hosoltal nit.uiRonients nie to be pioviileil at Jutagua at once. NO (iERMAN INTERFERENCE. I onilon June '.i Tlie lions Kong cnr. respondent of the D.iilv Telegraph tele graphing Tlllh'lllJ. bliJH. "1 hllNC LOIl'llll- e-ei with tho Gei man tiuthorltlen, who el' claio iinui iincunr and cmplinttcull) Hi. t tlie repnrts from Munlla of Gtimuu (i tctfeunee are linposHlhle Whatcvei ih Sjianish mnv have done, the German a I mlral has hilil cut no such hopes or piomb'es." Honor" for John I', (illinium. Trci ton N. J, June 2S At toilnv's session ot the- nutluiidl lonveiitlun of tho Ancient Urdu ot Ilihe rnl.ins, P. J. O' mi nor, national president f the Ameru m In .inch nvuh eli-cteel peunannit prtsleleiu nf the convention Clulimin O Connor appoliitnl as one ol llii- coniiulttee on tho in w constitution John P. (Julnnan of Kcianton, Pa. Despondent linn I lungs Hlnikell. Hiurlshuig, June' 21- Andrew Heit, aged C7 years hanged himself In a hoi. l barn nt Llngli'siown covin mi'ts tnun this cltv, lute tills iiftiini on Ha was le bpoiukiti onci tlie leiss ot i home, and sit uation nnel n subs, quint los of $100 dur ing a diunkin spill 1'ounsyliiinin Pensions. Washington June 2s The se Pennsyl vania pensions hive been Ismieel, In i reuse- Abialinin M Mott Granville i e n ter, Hliielfunl, t.'t lo $30 Reissue Joshni Wells Tow nuda $1.' RcUsile spe-i i il Juno 20, ImUiI McGiuiils, Seiaiuon, $1J 4-M-f -f -f f'f-t -f -- f -T WEATHER rOHECAST. Washliigtoii June' Js l'oreeast for Wi'diu selui : l'nr e iiBtirn J'emi si Iv ml. i. Hlioweis tollowcd by fair wuatlui, vvarmei. variable winds. New York, Juno 20. (Herald's forecast) In lite middle stutcs and New Rnglnnd, toeln, p.ully tlouel to full ami slightly less hiiUiv wenthei will pievall pun oiled n light rain on i,tnin l onu- lulniid nnd tho Ntvv Rngl.ina M-t in th" early mornlni;, ttttttt-r-ttt-rtttittttt tttt
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