SPANISH STRONGHOLD BOMBERDED
TROOPS FLED.
gan Juan, Now at the Mercy of Admiral
Sampson—Battleship Iowa Fired
the First Shot With Effect.
Admiral Sampson’s fleet bombarded
the fortifications of San Juan at Porto
2ico Thursday morning.
The American squadron arrived off
San Juan just before daylight. The
flagship New York, the battleships
Iowa and Indiana, the monitors Terror
and Amphitrite, and the cruisers De»
troit, Marblehead and Montgomery
steanied into the harbor stripped.
Word had been sent ahead that the
fortifications were to be bombarded—
notice to women and children, 9
aliens and non-combatants to quit the
place and seek such safety ag the hills
afforded.
The big battleship Iowa, commanded
by Fighting Bob livans, was the first
to fire. There wes little sea on at the
time, and as a result the very first
shel! she fired wis dropped cleanly ine
to Mrorro Fort ‘Then the battleship
Indiana opened fire. In a few minutes
Morro Fort was reduced to a heap of
ruins. The {fort made little effort to re-
spond and was gilenced almost imme-
diately.
There was great excitement in the
city and there were not enough ve-
hicles to remove the panic stricken in- |
habitants to places ef safety.
Governor Macias stuck to his DOSY | gop ara coming forward, and just at
asserting that he would die before he
would surrender. His daughter re-
mained by his side. As the volunteers
rushed through the
she endeavored to rally them.
last resort she urged the men to
bv the mines which had been laid un-
der fan Juan streets. But she appeal
ed in vein.
Admiral Sampson sent the following
dispatch concerning the bombardment
to the navy department;
“A portion of the squadron under my
command reached San Juan this morn-
ing at daybreak. No
were found in the port. As soon as it
was sufficiently light 1 commenced at-
tack upon the batteries defending the
city.
“This attack lasted about three hours
and resulted in much damage to the
As a
batteries and inciaentally to a portion |
of the city adjacent to the battertes
The batteries replied to our fire,
without material effect. One man was
killed aboard the New York and seven |
slightly wounded in the squadron. Na
seriotis damage to any ship resulted.
Sampson.”
The seaman killed was Frank Wide-
mark, of the New York. A gunners
mate of the Amphitrite died as a re-
suit of the extreme heat.
The bombardment of San Juan occu~
pied three hours.
Spain’s report on the bombardment
of San Juan announces that four of
her men were killed and several
wounded.
FIVE AMERICANS SLAIN.
A Terrific Battle Fought
Cardenas
Five men of the crew of the torpedo
boat Winslow were killed Wednesday
afternoon in the Bay of Cardenas,
during a combat with three Spanish
gunboats and shore batteries. Five
others were wounded, The dead and
wounded were brought to Key West
Thursday morning by the auxiliary
gunboat Hudson.
The gunboats Wilmington and Hud-
son and the torpedo boat Winslow en-
tered the harbor and attacked the
Spanish gunboats. A shell pierced the
Winstow’s boiler room and disabled
her. Another shell burst amid a group
of men on deck, killing two men in-
stantly and wounding six or seven
others, three of whom died soon after-
ward.
Following are the names
killed on the Winslow:
in the Bay o
of the
Ensign Worth Bagley, of North Car- |
olina, literally torn to pieces.
John Daniels, fireman, first class, left
shoulder ripped up and right side of
his head torn open.
John Varveres, oiler, a Syrian, throat
cut open by a sharp piece of shell,
which severed his windpipe as if
slashed with a ragor.
George B. Meek, fireman, first-class,
of Clyde, O., wounded in the groin.
Jogiah B. Tunnel, cabin cook, color-
ed, of Accomac, Va., body shows no
wounds.
The engagement took place Inside
the harbor of Cardenas. The gunboat
Wimington, the torpedo boat Winslow
and the gunboat Hudson were the only
vessels engaged. They entered the
harbor for the purpose of attacking
some Spanish gunboats which were
known to be there. These latter, how-
ever, were not discovered by the
American force until the Spaniards
opened fire. The land batteries of
Cardenas supported
Spanish gunboats.
VOLUNTEERS ASSEMBLE.
Government Calls Eor 29,087 Troops Great |
est Number Comes ¥rom Pennsylvania
The war department has issued or- |
ders for the assembling of 29,087 volun-
teers at Chickamauga. These troops
are divided among the different states
as follows:
WISCONSIN—Two regiments,
ficers, 1,926 men.
MICHIGAN—One regiment, 47
ficers, 928 men.
MINNESOTA--Three
officers, 2,003 men.
INDIANA— Four regiments, 134 of-
fleers, 4,104 men.
ILLINOIS—Two
ficers, 1,960 men.
MAINE—One regiment,
980 men.
MASSACHUSETTS—One
#6 officers, 924 men.
MISSOURI—Light battery, 4 officers,
119 men.
NEW HAMPSHIRE—One regiment,
58 officers, 740 men. i
NEW YORK —Two regiments, 92 of-
ficers, 1,960 men.
OHIO—Four regiments, 184 officers,
3,312 men; light artillery, 1 battery, 2u
officers, 396 men.
PENNSYLVANIA—Seven regiments,
322 officers, 6,860 men.
RHODE ISLAND -—One regiment,
officers. 960 men.
VERMONT—One
ficers, 815 men.
Total number of regiments, 30; total
number of batteries, 5; total number
of officers, 1,415; total number of men,
26.187.
93 of-
of-
regiments, 15¢
regiments, 92 of-
48
officers,
regiment,
4G
regiment, 46 of-
All attempts to Induce the poor of
this country to buy rabbits, on the
ground that they are cheap and whole-
some, have failed. Australia could
gupply the poor of London, and then
have plenty of rabbits to spare; but
the poor despise the rabbit. At the
same time he is welcomed to the table
of the wealthy, and is esteemed as a
toothsome morsel.
Two women in Scotland once collect-
ed 2,000 pounds in pennies for benevo-
dent work.
rand there is more demand for
streets in disorder |
: 1 1892,
stand | 'veara. Leather is rising with no acttve
armed vesselg |
| that month was
but |
| cover but little
| garrison number 70,000, and a
| a few
the fire of the | Spanish fleet was annihilated at Ma-
| mila.
RADE REVIE
Nothing Disheartening as ¥et Zfects Buse
ness as a Result of the War.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s review of trade
reports as follows for last week:
Hostilities have lasted long enough
to kill many predictions, if but few
Americans. The European notion that
the United States would begin by hav-
ing a bad half hour, the theorist’s
notion that “everybody knows a great
panic must follow the outbreak of
war,” the commercial buyer's notion
that everybody would be ready to sell
everything cheap if war came, the
notion that it would pay to hoard
money until the emergency had passed,
have all been made laughable already.
The only panic was wher money lend-
ers were wondering what deadly im-
possibilities the unknown might have
in store for them. The only hindrance
of industry has been due to waiting of
buyers who looked for lower prices.
Nothing disheartening, can be seen
In the industrial situation except the
closing of some cotton mills owing to
overproductddn, and the fell of print
cloths to 1.78 cents. Cotton has not
risen above 6.37 cents, ahd many stortes
of reduced acreage are current as a
vear ago, but they do not weigh much,
in view of ths actual receipts of 10,-
500,000- bales. The sales of wool have
been only 4,005,000 pounds at the three
chief markets for two weeks, nst
14,530,400 last year and 11,216,750 in 1892,
but prices are somesvhat more firm,
goods
apart from the large government or-
ders. The demand for boots and shoes
having passed all records {in recent
months, has abated, and yet many or-
the point where there is general change
from one season to another, the actual
receipts are 2 per cent larger than last
vear and 11 per cent larger than in
though smaller than in other
demand, and hides at Chicago have
advanced about four per cent, in spite
| of the fact that cattle slaughtered at
| the four chief western
| year are considerably more than In any
markets
other year excepting 1898 and 1894.
The output of pig iron, 234,163 tons
eekly, May 1, against 233,339 Apnl 1,
ows practically no change, except-
| Ing the increase of 855 tongs weekly in
| charcoal iron.
Deducting the unsold
stocks, which ‘increased in April 23, -
516 tons, the apparent consumption in
32,609 tons dally,
against 32,209 tons daily during the
previous four months. The general ex-
pectation of expanding demand holds
srices steady for all finished products
of iron and steel, and with considerable
sales of bessemer pig, it is 10 cents
higher at Pittsburg, with other quota-
tions there, at Chicago, and at Phila-
delphia, practically unchanged. Gov-
ernment orders are heavy, and yet
of the consumption,
though they go far to cause the over-
s:rowding of shipyards and plate mills,
hut higher prices for wheat have
brought enormous demand for agricul=
tural implements, and also for locom-
otives and cars, while very many
buildings in western towns, and orders
for many railroad and other bridges,
for .canal improvements at Chicago,
and for 25,000 tons steel rails at the
East, make up a heavy column.
Money is easier since the policy of
*ontraction has ceased and only $1,700,-
XW went to the interior during the
week, while the new loans of the chfef
banks averaged 45 per cent of the total
to commercial interests, against 26 per
cent one week and 15 per cent two
weeks ago, with rates much lower than
were quite recently refused. The gov-
ernment is paying gold over the coun-
ter largely because it needs notes more
than coin and $7,000,000 gold have been
srdered during the week, $2,600,000 from
Australia, making $78,363,850 ordered,
of which about $11,000,000 has yet to
come.
Failures for the firat week of May
have been $2,978,980, against $3,995,804
last year and $4,138,271 in 1896 manu-
facturing, $1,411,275, against $1,540,536
lagt year, and trading, $1,472,727,
against $1,289,858 last year. Failures for
the week have been 246 in the United
States, against 264 last year, and 24 in
Canada, against 31 last year.
Cable Cut.
T.ast Wednesday the cruisers
Marblehead and Windom,and the gun-
| boat Nashville proceeded to the harbor
of Cienfuegos for the purpose of cut-
ting the cable connecting Santiago de
Cuba with Havana. The work was
successfully accomplished in spite of
the fire of Spanish soldiers on the
shore. One American marine, Patrick
Regan, was killed and six others
wounded. The American cruisers de-
stroyed the earthworks along the
shores and it is estimated that 400
Spanish were killed in the battle.
Havana's Defences.
Havana is surrounded by edtrench-
ments for 30 miles. The troops in the
like
number are in the interior fighting the
insurgents. Nobody in Havana except
higher officers knows that the
Dewey Has the Cable
Lioyd's agent at Manila cabled from
Hong Kong to London that the block-
ade of the capital of the Philippine
islands is strictly maintained and that
the cable is on board an American ves-
gel. Several local steamers, Lloyd's
ggent continued, are reported to have
been captured, but he says there is no
confirmation of the reports.
Clinging to a rock on the brink of
Niagara Falls Louis H. Hoehn was res-
‘cuad from an awful death by Jack Mec-
Clwy a few days ago. McCloy tied a
rope about his walst, and after res-
cuing the exhausted man was pulled
on shore by waiting friends.
High Priess for Food.
Blockade prices for food are charged
In Cienfuegos. Flour ells at 25 cents
per pound, meal costs 40 cents a pound,
and if you want milk you must pay 20
cents a quart for it. On the other hand
yams. breadfruit and plaintains are
plentiful at 5 or 6 cents per pound. The
sorrespondent was told there was food
snough in the city to last 45 days.
The navy department advertised for
lids for armor for the battleships I1-
‘inois, Alabama and Wiséonsin. Seven
thousand seven hundred tons, at a
price not exceeding $400 per ton, are
ralled for. The bids are to be openel
the 23rd instant.
A Second Daniel
A story is told of Admiral Sicara
when at Yorktown with his fleet for
drills and manoeuvers. A force was to
land and capture an inland railroad
base against a defense force of little
more than half its size. The two com-
manders of these forces were discuss-
ing before the Admiral the details, and
each contended that the other would
have suverior advantages. The Ad-
miral, after puzzling over how the dif-
ferences. might he adjusted, finally
said,
“Gentlemen, it is evident that the
matter can be reconciled in only one
way. Suppose you swap forces and
fight the other way.”
The battle was fought on the origin-
al plan.
this’
DEHEY NAINTHINS THE BLOCKADE
CAPTURES A GUNBOAT.
The Inhabitants are Suffering for Want of
Frovisions—Insurgents Have Com-
+ mitted no Outrages.
That Admiral Dewey is maintaining
a perfect blockade at Manila and that
the islands dre at his mercy is evident
from the report that the people have
been reduced to eating horseflesh.
Dewey's fleet has also been strength-
ened by the captured Spanish gunboat
Callao. This boat, hailing from the
Caroline Islands, was not aware of the
hostilities at Manila, and attempted
to run the blockade. One shot was
gufficient to bring down her flag.
Late telegrams indicate that Dewey
has lost none of the prestige gained in
his memorable fight of two weeks ago
and that whilé he refrains from taking
the city of Manila he has it practically
at his mercy. The admiral expresses
the belief that the rebels are hemming
in the city by land, but the fact that
he says explicitly that they have made
no demonstration seems to disprove
thoroughly the published reports that
they had already entered Manila and
had begun a career of bloodshed and
rapine. The best evidence of the ef-
fectiveness of the blockade maintain-
ed by the Ameriean admiral and also
of the work of the insurgents in sur-
rounding the city is shown in the
statements in the dispatches that pro-
vistons are scarce in the city of Manila
which seems to indicate to Admiral
Dewey an early surrender by the
Spanish authorities. If the rebels have
been supplying themselves with arms
it must have been with the admirals
consent and his dispatch is originally
dated from Cavite, indicating that he
is still in possession. The greatest
satisfaction prevails in Washington
over the good work being done and the
effectiveness of the blockade being
maintained by him.
The officials are making all possible
haste to rush troops to supplement ad-
miral Dewey's forces &o that if the
Spanish governor does surrender the
former will not be dependent upon the
small number of marines, which he
can fly spare from his ships, but will
have the assistance of soldiers in
holding his position and maintaining
order. It is confidently hoped that the
City of Peking, chartered as a trans-
nort vessel, will be able to elear from
San Francisco in d very short time, to
be followed in rapid succession by the
other three ships engaged for a shni-
lar purpose. The Peking can carry
1,000 ftmen, which, with the marines
aboard the Charleston, just about
sail, will be of considerable assistance
to the admiral, but far from the rime
ber which he will need. The total
number of men to he sent will aggre-
gate probably 12,000, as Maj.-Gen.
Wesley Merritt, who
the expedition and subsequently to. be
made military governor, regards that
as the least which can maintain order
in a city like Manila, made up of many
discordant elements. Over ten regi-
ments of infantry and four batteries
of artillery from the volunteers have
been ordered to concentrate at San
Francisco and from these and the
regulars now fin the extreme West,
will be taken the men for the Philip-
vine expedition. It is expeeted that
practically all the volunteers will go.
Owing to the hurried departure of the
Charleston it is not cxpected that she
will wait for any considerable number
of troops, as these will follow later on
the other reHef ships.
SPAIN’'S LOSSES AT MANILA,
Three Eundred Soldiers Killed—American
Shells Exploded—People in Misery
A Spanish report from Manila ad-
mits the Spaniards lost 300 killed and
600 wounded when Rear Admiral Dewey
annihilated the Spanish fleet. A dis-
patch to the Liberal ‘rom Manila,
dated May 9, and sent a special
steamer to Hongkong says:
“The arsenal has surrendered and
Cavite has been evacuated by oul
troops. The Spanish losses were 300
men killed and 6060 men wounded. The
enemy suffered considerable, includ-
ing an officer killed on the Olympia.
The Baltimore was damaged. Our
shells did not burst and all the enemy's
shells burst.
“Admiral Dewey has had a long con-
ference with the foreign Consuls. The
Yankees took and burned the merchant
ships. Corregidor Island was be-
trayed. A consultative assembly Is
discussing the horrible zituation
created by hunger and misery. We are
isolated by the blockade, and are in
fear of an immediate attack.” .
The cable connecting San Juan with
the outside world has been cut.
CAELE FLASHES
Gladstone 1s now too feeble to talk to
his friends.
The British steamer Narva was
boarded and her papers examined by
a Spanish cruiser near Gibraltar.
Millions of marks have already been
lost to Germany by the withdrawal of
orders from the United States caused
by the war.
The Philippine rebel chief Aguinaldo
has issued a proclamation to the in-
surgents to stop the massacres and to
obey the orders of Admiral Dewey.
In London it is rumored that Great
Britain and Germany have arrived at
a formal agreement with the United
States to end the war within two
weeks.
All Burope is excited over a possible
alliance between Great Britain and the
United States, as suggested in a recent
speech by Lord Chamberiain, secreary
of the British colonies.
German exporters are endeavoring
to suppress those papers which speak
bitterly of the United States in’ her
war with Spain. They claim that their
trade with America is suffering in
consequence.
Mr. Chamberlain, secretary of the
British Colonies in a speech recently
declared amid loud cheering, that war,
though terrible, would be ‘cheaply
purchased if In a great and noble
cause the Stars and Stripes and the
Union Jack should wave together ever
an Anglo-Saxon alliance.”
Killed by an Ocean Steamer.
Robert Middleton and Victor Pasco,
in the employ of the United States
government laying submarine mines
in the main channel off Sandy Hook,
were drowned Saturday noon and six
others had narrow escape. Their
hoats were run down by the French
liner La Touraine, outward bound,
which it is alleged, did not stop after
the *accident.
It 1s now rumored that the Pelayo,
the Carlos V., three torpedo boats and
three transatlantic steamers, with
provisions and troops, are preparing
to sail from Spain in a few days for
the Philippines. Cadiz bay is said to
be thoroughly mined. The Alfonso
XIII. remains at Cadiz as a guard
thin.
| Juan cne
| taken to
is to command |
“OUR WAR WITH SPAIN.
‘The dreaded raining season in Cuba
has commenced. ’
A handsome Chicago boulevard has
been named Dewey.
Commodore Schiley’s flving squadror
arrived at Key West Monday.
No street lights are permitted
burn in Havana at night.
The Spaniards are preparing a large
2xpedition for the Philippines.
Secret service men are shadowing
several Spaniards in Cleveland.
All of the West Virginia troops have
now been mustered into the army.
Kansas City will furnish 700,00¢
pounds of meat for use in the army.
Rev. Chedwick, former chaplain of
the Maine, is sick in a hospital at Key
West.
Admiral Dewey has sent word to Me-
Kinley, thanking him for his promo-
tion.
Madrid has informed Blanco that he
should be able to supply his army off
Cuba.
The cruiser Minneapolis lost a small
gun overboard which was bring ad-
justed.
The load upon an infantry man’s
back on the march to Cuba will amount
to 47 pounds.
Moody is arranging to have
prominent evangelists accompany
army to Cuba.
People anxious to leave Havana are
paying as high as $500 for passage 07
foreign steamers.
For fear of Spanish warships
American fishermen will leave
foundland banks.
An anti-American newspaper al
Monterey, Mex., has been suppressed
by the government.
Already 50,000 troops have been mus
tered into the United States army from
the different states.
Rochester, N. Y., wheelmen have of-
fered their services to the government
in ‘the volunteer army. _—
Men are working day and: night
placing supplies on ships which will
shortly leave for Cuba.
The Spanish fleet, it is sald, secured
enough coal at Curacao, to carry it
half way round the globe.
All of the United States regulars
have now left Chickamauga park and
are mobilized at Tampa.
German and Spanish sallors clasped
arms in the streets of Cadiz recently to
the delight of the citizens.
Fishermen, captured by
ships off Havana say the
tc
20TNE
the
the
New-
Ameriean
reconcens-
{ trados are nearly all dead
Gen. J. F. Wade hss assumed com-
mand of the army of invasion at Tam-
to
pa in the place of Gen. Shafter.
During the bombardment of
shell exploded
house, killing a number of children.
The cruiser Cincinnati has been
Nortolk for repairs.
expected back at Key West in ten days.
Perry Belmont, of New York, has of-
fered to loan the government a torpedo
boat provided he be permitted to com-
mand it.
It has been décided the Gen. Lee will |
| be the temporary governor of Cuba af-
ter the Spaniards have been driven
from the island.
An order for one million ratings has
been given by tire government at San
Francisco for the expedition which wil]
leave for Manila.
The latest plans of the government
gre to send 15,000 men to the relief of
Dewey at Manila, under the command
of General Merritt.
The Chinese erew of the City of
Pekin which is soon to.sail with redtef
for Admiral Dewey, refused to serve,
fearing torture at Manila.
New York harbor is closed from §
»’elock at night until the following
morning. The channels are fllled every
night with contact mires.
The markmanship at the forts in
Havana has become so exact of late
that it is believed German artilleriste
have been secured by Blanco.
For the running down of Spanish
spies, $50,000 has been appropriated for
gtrengthening the secret service de-
partment of the government.
An Englishman who expressed con-
empt for the American flag was sound-
tv thrashed at S8an Francisco the other
evening and made to kiss it.
With the exception of the Colorado
Midland all the Western roads lave
decided on a one-cent 3 mile rate for
the transportation of troops.
The son of Brigham Young, the
Mormon leader, has been recommended
to the president as a coicnel of en-
gineers in the velunteer army.
The French, in epite of Spanigh pro-
lests, refused to order the United
States cruiser Harvard from Martin-
tque where she had gone for repairs.
Capt. Dyer of the cruiser Baltimore
which took such an active part in .the
Manila battle will be presented with a
sword of honor by the council of Bal-
more.
Five hundred army wagons for the
["nited States government have been
shipped by Studebaker Bros. of West
Bend, Ind., to the troops In the south.
The steamer Guasie, which some
days ago left for Cuba with supplies
and ammunition has returned to Key
West. She was unable” to make a
landing.
700,000 pounds of canned roast beef
and 225,000 pounds of bacon will’ be
sont to San Francisco at once, for out-
itting the relief expedition to the
Philippine islands.
The movement of the
and Ohio voluntesr troops for the
South started last Saturday. The camp-
ting grounds will be kent open for a like-
ly second call for troops.
Four American veweis failed to
sover a landing party of troops st
Sienfuegos, Cuba, & few days ano. The
fpaniards compelled tham to fetreat.
The fighting lasted 8 hours.
Under a flag of truce the United
States will attempt the relcage of two
American priconers, now held in
Havana. Two Snaniards captured on
a prize ship will be sart in exchange.
Proposals for furnlahing the gevern-
ment with nearly 6.0660 projectiles for
seacoast canron were opened at the
ordnance bureau of the war depart-
ment Saturday. Tids probably is- the
largest amount of material of this
kind for which advertisements were
{ssued at any one time in the Listory
of the government.
Cartloads of reccncentrpdos, who
have died from lack of fuod in Cuba
are taken daily through the Spanish
lines. The bodies are thrown tecgether
in piles, without any form of burial,
for the huzzards to feed upon.
The people of San Francisco have
petitioned the president to selze the
Caroline islands. Thes= islands helong
to Spain and are controlled by * the
governor-general of the Philippine=.
The Spaniards of the City of Mexico
contributed $200,000 to purchase pro-
visions for the Spanish army in Cuba.
When the provisions reached Vera
Cruz President Diaz ordered that they
be not shipped out cf the country.
San |
in a school |
She is |
Pennsylvania |
: y . | key, Mich., last week.
SPAIN'S SQUADRON DISCOVERED.
PREPARED TO FIGHT.
The Army of Invasion Halted at Tampa t
Await the Outcome of the
Great Naval Battles
- Friday the long looked for and much
discussed Spanish fleet wa discovered
at Martinique,
Rico, and 1,000 miles from Havana.
The invasion into Cuba, the plans for
which were well under way, was ims-
mediately reconsidered.
It was not thought advisable to per-
mit the American army to approach
Cuba with Sampson's fleet hundreds
of miles away and the Spanish ships |
likely preparing for a dash into Cuban
waters.
The Spanish fleet is made yp of 1
first-class ships, of which four are
armored crulsers and three destroyers. |
Five vessels of Commodore Schley’s
flying squadron,
Brooklyn, steamed out of Hampton
Roads Friday afternoon, and after
passing the Virginia capes took a
southerly course, going, it is said, to
augment Admiral Sampson’s fleet now
In the vicinity of Porto Rico.
Sunday the Spanish fleet was locat-
ed at Curacao Island, off the coast of
Venezuela. Two of the cruisers were
taking on ooad Admiral Sampson’s
fleet at the time was on the northern
coast of Haiti.
The Spanish torpedo
was disabled at Fort de France, Mar-
tinique. Considering that the American
cruiger Yale Is also at Martinique
| making repairs, it is believed the Ter-
ror is lying in wait for the American,
and will make an attack as she leaves
part.
“The one source of serious danger is
that the Spanish fleet may take a sud-
den dash north under forced draught
for Cienfugos, gaining that port before
it can be engaged by either of our
fleets, and inflicting much damage on
such of the smaller American ships
blockading Southern Cuba as may
come {in its way.
Admiral Sampson was kept informed
by the Navy Department of the loca-
tion of the Spanish fleet. Admiral
Sampson, by going through the Wind-
ward passage, can head off the Span-
iards and close in on them off the Vene-
zuelan coast. If the fleet should change
its course and go back to Martin-~
ique or proceed north to Puerto Rioo
via the Mona passage Rear Admiral
500 miles from Porto |
led by the flagship |
SUPPLIES NOT LANDED.
Unsuccessful Attempt of an American Steams
er to Relieve the Insurgents.
In an effort to land Companies E and
G of the First United States infantry
on the shore of Pinar del ‘Rio Friday
afternoon, with 6500 rifles, 6,000 rounds
of ammunition, and some food supplies
for the insurgents, the first land fight
pf the war took place. Each side may
claim a victory, for if the Spaniards
frustrated the effort to connect with
the insurgents, the Americans got de-
twelve or mo of the enemy, and on
their own “martssuffering not a wound.
After dark Thursday evening the old
| cidedly the ee of the battle, killing
| fashioned sidewheel steamer Gussie of
boat Terror |
Sampson’s scouts, which have stationed |
at the north entrance
and off the coast of Martinique, will
sail for the fleet with the information
and Admiral Sampson will follow
them.
The cruiser Yale is watching for the
enemy off St. Pierre and the St. Louis
is on the lookout at the entrance of
of the passage |
the Morgan line; with the troops and
cargo mentioned, started for the Cuban
coast. At sunrise Friday she fell in
with the gunboat Vicksburg, on the
hlockade off Havana. Other blockad-
Ing vessels came up also. The convert-
ed revenue sutter Manning, Capt. W. M.
Munger, was detailed to convoy the
Gussie, and three abrehst, the steam-
ers moved along the coast.
Just west of Port Cabamas harbor
the Gussie anchored, the Mafming cov-
ering the landing place with her guns,
end the torpedo boat Wasp came up
eager to assist
When they reached dry land they
immediately went into the bush to form
a picket line. Two horses had been 12d
to swim to land when suddenly a rifle
shot, followed by continuous sharp fir-
ing, warned the men that the enemy
had been in waiting.
The Wasp opéned with her small
guns. The cannonade began at 3:13
and lasted a quarter of an hour. Then
our pickets appeared, the ships circled
round, and, being told by Capt. O’Con-
nof, whe had come from shore, where
the Spaniards were, 100 shéts more
were fired in that direction, and twelve
Spaniards were killed.
It “was = decided that the soldiers
should re-embark on the Gussie and
that the guides should take the horses
and seek the insurgents and make a
new appoimrrtment.
UNFITTED BY CIGARETTES.
Why Such a Large Number of Volunteert
Have Been Rejected From the Army.
The large number of rejections of
volunteers has caused much comment
in the army medical corps. However,
the physicians who have conducted tha
examinations say that outside of the
ranks of cigarette smokers there are
even fewer rejections than there wera’
In the days of the civil war. Among
habitual users of the cigarettes the re-
jections are about 90 per cent.
Dr. Benjamin King of Philadelphia,
who acted ag an examining surgeon
during 1861-63 in New York, Pennsyl-
vahia, Ohio and Indiana, says that the
| average rejections during those years
did not exceed 13 per cent. He attribs
| utes the large increase almost entirely
| to the cigarette habit.
the Mona passage. There is no other | spenting
oourse for the Cape Verde fleet to taka |
Im order to avoid meeting Sampson
the Spaniards may put back
range, and in that event it may be a
week before the opposing fleets en-
gage in battle
pajor, General Brooke commanding | of ‘rejections would be Erbmser. how
out ol |
“I have been in-
in a number of
cases under the present recruiting
act,” said Dr. King, ‘and 1 observe
that most of the men who failed to
pasa the medical examination have
weak hearta or lack the vitality neces-
the papers
| sary to make a good soldier.
mauga Park, received orders from tha |
war department to send all cavalry
and Infantry troops tn camp at Chicka-
mauga, about 6,000 in all, to Tampa,
F1a., without delay.
The order {8s accompanied with in-
structions to provide the men with a
full supply of ammunition for 60 days.
‘I had expected that the percentage
than in 1861, but I did not dream that
it would be almost three times as great.
| The examining physicians with whom
I have talked have generally told me
| that the excess of rejections is due ta
| the large number of young men apply-
ing for enlistment who have become
| victims of the cigarette habit.”
On receipt of the order General Brooke |
at once issued an order to the division |
srommanders instructing them to noti- | Tea >
: All the Other Members of the Spanish Cabi
fy the regiment commanders to pre-
pare at once for departure.
Orders have been given for
hammocks, to be furnished immediate-
ly for the use of the army. Experts
have reported that a hammock is an
absolute necessity in a Cuban cam-
paign. It is the only means to escape
the fatal dampness of the soil.
Concerning the strength of the Cu-
ban forces in the field the Cuban repre-
sentatives here say that the recent
advices fully bear out all that the Cu-
ban authorities have claimed, namely,
that there are in all about 40,000 mcn
sither under arms or ready to take
] arms as soon as guns and ammunition
are at hand.
Of this number it is said
that about 15,000 lack arms and equip-
10,000 |
ONLY SAGASTA REMAINS.
net Resign.
All the members of the Spanish ca-
binet have resigned. Senor Sagasta
communicated the situation to the
queen regent, who will entrust him
with the tazk of forming a new mrinist-
IY.
The liberal cabinet under Senor Sag-
asta was formed shortly after the as-
sassination of Senor Canovas del Cas-
tillo, who was assassinated on August
| 8, 1897, by an Italian anarchist, named
Golli. Gen. Azcarraga, then minister
of war, was first appointed president of
| the council and for a time the cabinet
| remained unchanged.
ment, leaving about 25,000 now in the |
| lippine Islands. One of the first steps
field and reasonably equipped, al-
though additional ammunition
supplies would be most advantageous
to these latter. TEs
Watching the Philippines. ;
The officials of the German foreign
office are watching events in the Phil-
ipptne islands in the closest mannet
possible. German subjects
have already filed claims for damages
against the United States but the
foreign office people say they must
wait the conclusion of the war before
anything can be done in the matter.
It is said, however, that the German
admiral commanding in the
and |
But on Septem-
ber 29 it resigned and Senor Sagasta as-
sumed office on October 4. confronted
by the trowbles in Cuba and in the Phi-
taken by Senor Sagasta waa to recall
Gen. Weyler, the then captaln general
of Cuba, who waa succeeded by Gen.
Blanco.
Exports Excesd Imporss.
The monthly statement of the exports
| and imports of the United States dur-
at Manila |
| merchandise exported, $98,125 893;
| was free from duty.
| April,
far East |
has been empowered in case of riots in |
Manila, to land troops to protect the
German consulate and German resi-
dents of that place.
TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD.
Flour in this country sells from $2.56
to $3.00 a barrel more than it did a
nwonth ago.
Walter Welman left New
Thursday to find Andree
North Pole.
The Northwestern Miller reports the
York last
and the
| of silver during April
$544,092.
| government last
ing April’ shows as follows: Domestic
im-
which $24,410,783
As compared with
18987, the gain in exports was
about $22,000,000, and a less in imports
of about $45,000,000. The export of gold
during April amounted to $1,318,334 and
the imports to $32,788.674. The exports
aggregated 34,-
amounted to
ports, $05,923,668, of
040,301 and the imports
Improved Marksmanship.
It ¢s believed that the I'rench steamer
Lafayette, which was released by the
week after having
| been captured for running the Havana
| blockade,
| at Havana are more
furnished Blanco with
The batteries
liberal in their
has
men and ammunition.
| shot and the marksmanship shows an
Superior and Milwaukee last week at |
|
456,670 barrels.
Louis Robinan and John Hetch were
killed in a boiler explosion
Carnegie, Pa., has accepted the offer
of Andrew Carnegie of $210,000 for a
library and high school.
Three men were Killed by an explo-
sion of gas In the new waterworks
tunnel at Cleveland last Wednesday.
A fall of fifteen stories from the
Great Northern hotel at Chicago in-
stantly kille@ Robert Russell of Omaha,
Neb., the other day.
The can manufacturing establish-
ment of Peter Lineweaver & Co. of
Baltimore, was destroyed by fire last
Tuesday. Loss $20,000.
The Biscuit trust has decided to ad-
vance the price of fall products selling
ander ten cents, one cent. This is as-
>rited to the rise in flour.
“Mother” w=ss the last word utterad
by 7-year-old Howard Grant after he
had been? crushed by a trolley car a;
Pittsburg last Wednesday.
Idouard Remenyi, the great violin-
iat, fell dead Sunday afternoon at the
Orpheum theater tn San Francisco. It
was Remenyli's first appearance on the
vaudeville stage.
The Alabama Ggeat Southern pas-
senger train was Bld up by five men
near Cuba, Ala. last Saturday night
The men wore masks and were evi-
dently old hands at the business. The
express car was rdbbed of $5,000.
President Cowen of the Baltimore &
Ohio says the company has not been
reorganized and will not be until after
the war with Spain. He, however
says the scheme of reorganization wil:
include a 20 per cent assessment ol
common, stock.
| by the French.
at Petos- |
| people is terrible.
improvement. This fact leads the of-
ficials to believe that they were tricked
Recsnits cf VWeyler's Cruelty
Aboot Havana the situation of th
Hurdreds of recon
centrados from Los Fesas, 8he big re-
concentrados barvackz in Havana, were
too weak to walk out of town and fell
in the streets or dird ia the suburbs,
where flocks of vultures, “Wevler's
chickens,” as they are now termed in
Javana, have feaztcd on the remains.
Three persons were bucnel to drath
and property amounting to 335,00 de-
stroped by a fire which orieinated
Wednesday in the big six-story pulld-
lng occupied by McCadden Dros.,
wholesale dealers in tcys and fire-
works, at Phila.ielrvhia.. The dead arc:
Willian McCacdden, a memb:r of the
firm: Charles Richardson, psclier,
and Miss Evelyn G. 1 @tano-
zrapher ard typewriter. r charred
bodies were found on tne second floor
in the rear of the building.
A bill
yellow fever
vassed the TT
for the enlistment
immunes for
of 10,620
Cuba has
The Spanish torpedo boac, Destruc-
jor, lying in wait at the Sirait of Gib-
raltar for American merchantmen was
blown up by her own boilers a few
nights ago. She had three torpedo
tubes and a crew of 55 men. -
The royal crown of Persia, which
dates back to remote ages, is in the
form of a pot of flowers, surmounted
by an uncut ruby the size of a hen’s
gE. ‘
Anti-German feeling runs so high in
Prague that the Czech.University stu-
dents have banded together to follow
and taboo all young women who dance
or flirt with Germans at parties.