“NIKLA PROVINCES SURRENDERING
AUGUSTI DISHEARTENED.
Heavy Rain§ Wash Away His Entrenchments—The
Bick Are Increasing and the Desertions
Among the Beldiers Numerous.
The Spanish government has receiv-
ed the following dispatch from Capt.-
Gen. Augusti, from Manila.
“The situation is still as grave. I
continue to maintain my position in-
side the line of blockhouses, but the
enemy is increasing in numbers, as the
rebels occupy the provinces which are
surrendering. Torrential rains are in-
undating the intrenchments, rendering
the work of defense difficult. The num-
bers of sick among the troops are in-
creasing, making the situation very
distressing and causing increased de-
sertions of the native soldiers.
“It is estimated that the insurgents
number 30,000 armed with rifles and
100,000 armed with swords,
Aguinaldo has summoned me to sur-
render. but T have treated his propos-
als with disdain, for I am resolved to
maintain the sovereignty of Spain and
the honor of the flag to the last ex-
tremity.
“I have over. 1,000 sick and 200
wounded. The citadel has been invaded
by the suburban inhabitants who have
“abandoned their homes owing to the
barbarity of the rebels. These inhabit-
ants eonstitute an embarrassment, ag-
gravating the situation, in view of the
bombardment which, however, is not
seriously apprehended for the moment.
Capt.-Gen. Augusti’s family is still in
the hands of the insurgents. Gen.
Pena, with a thousand soldiers, has
surrendered. His soldiers, most of
whom are natives, joined the insur-
gents. A majority of the detachments
in the isiand of Luzon have surender-
ed, owing to their lack of food, though
some succeeded in escaping.
Numerous Spaniards, including the
governors of Batanga, Laguna and
Bulacan, have taken refuge at Cavite.
‘he rebels who are besieging Manila
exceed 25,000 men. The city is com-
pletely isolated and the arrival of the
Spanish squadron is anxiously awaited,
for the position of Manila is untenable.
“The report that Germany will not
permit a bombardment is exciting deep
irritation in the American fleet at
Manila. Admiral Dewey intends to de-
mand a capitulation the instant rein-
tforcements arrive. He told Prince
Henry of Prussia that he would be
glad to see the German officers at
Manila, but it would be well to caution
them to keep out of the American line
of fire. It remains to be seen whether
Germany has really given such prom-
ises as are pretended.
The Governor at Port Said received
instructions from the Government at
Cairo to ‘‘request” Admiral Camara to
sail from Port Said with his fleet of
Spanish warships as soon as possible.
After having been refused permis-
sion to buy what coal he wanted Ad-
miral Camara decided to wait, it ap-
pears, for three big cargoes which were
on the way, from which, it is presumed,
he had intended to coal after passing
through the canal and leaving Suez.
The Government decided that he
could only take on at Port Said fuel
enough to enable his ships to return to
Spain.
Two of the expected Spanish colliers
arrived Friday, but the trans-ship-
ment of coal from them to the men-of-
war was forbidden in port.
. The state department has informa-
tion that Camara’s fleet has practically
abandoned its trip to the Philippines,
having run against so many obstacles
which are insurmountable. |
Among them is the regulation under
Ve cecnvention of all Europe which
guarantees the neutrality of the Suez
«canal and permits only one warship
‘of any nation to enter the waterway
:at one time, one ship being compelled
to get out of the canal before another
:moes in. © As Camara has 12 vessels
with him it would take 12 days to ge
the tieet through.
The navy department has decided to
rush Commodore Watson's fleet to Gib-
raltar, so that it may arrive before Ca-
mara can get back there. -
TORPEADO BOAT DISABLED.
Capt. Eigetee of the Et. Paul Successfully Resists an
Atteok.
The navy department a few days ag»
posted the following bulletin:
Capt. Sigsbee reports that on Wed-
nesday afternoon the St. Paul, while
off San Juan, Porto Rico, was attack-
ed by a Spanish unprotected cruiser
and the Spanish torpedo boat destroy-
er Terror. .
The Terror made a dagh which was
awaited by the St. Paul. The St. Paul
hit the Terror three times, Killing one
officer and two men and wounding
several others.
The Terror got back under cover of
the fortifications with difficulty and
was towed into the harbor in a sink-
ing condition, where she is now being
repaired.
Later a cruiser and a gunboat start-
ed out, but remained under the pro-
tection of the forts. :
Vigitore Frightened Away.
The rumored coming of an American
fleet to Madrid has created alarm on
the coasts. This is particularly true in
the north of Spain, where defenses are
complete only at Ferrol, all the rest
being citadels and forts of old date,
with equally venerable artillery. In
conseqguenc th annual
influx of vi (
between
frontier
San Sha
villas arc
Fi)
>. Even at
cuses and
tenantless, > it s been
officially intimated that the Queen
Regent and the King will remain in
Madrid until the end of the war.
TERSE TELEGRAMS.
Seventy-five incendiary fires have
occurred at Paterson, N. J., during the
month of June. 2
The Raddotz submarine .boat was
given a successful test for an hour and
a quarter at Milwaukee last Wednes-
day.
The selling price per barrel of beer is
too low at present to warrant Chicago
or Milwaukee brewers to pay a divi-
dend.
More than 700 students were gradu-
ated at Yale last Wednesday. Among
them were 22 United States volunteer
soldiers.
Dr. Louis Jacob and his son Ruly
were drowned at St. Louis last Sunday.
The younger Jacob rocked the boat
and capsized, it.
Five visitors
spring near Cheyenne,
drowned the other day
turning of their boat.
There was great joy
when the natives learned that the lower
house of the American congress has
passed the annexation biil.
at. Tacrmopolis’ hot
Wyo. ‘were
by the over-
in Honolulu
Lord Wolseley, commander-in-chief«
of the British army, has joined the
Anglo-American committee, which is
aiming to cultivate an entente.
etc. |
OUR WAR WITH SPAIN,
Eon
There are lesd ‘than 150 sick men in
Shafter's camp at Santiago.
The blockade fleet before
needs fresh vegetables and ice.
Your suspected Spanish spies reach-
ed Fort McPherson last Tuesday.
The American cruiser Yankee a few
days ago captured five Spanish ships.
- The Sixth regiment, United States
volunteers, is mobilizing at Nashville,
Tenn.
It is suspected that Chile has sold
the powerful battleship O'Higgins to
Spain. ;
Hundreds of people at Manila are of-
fering $500 and $600 for transportation
out.
A Cuban refugee says that Blanco
has sent 10,000 troops to the assistance
of lantiago.
Admiral Sampson reports that the
Yale arrived Monday and discharged
her troops.
Twenty thousand light canvas suits
have been shipped to the American
soldiers at Santiago.
The police force and volunteers at
Havana are dissatisfied and may cause
Havana
{ trouble at any time.
Most of the cavalry men killed in last
Friday's battle were shot from more
than a mile distant.
Last Monday several Spanish prizes
were sold at auction at Key West. The
receipts amounted to $75,000.
The chaplains at Chickamauga have
jointly requested Gen. Brooke to sup-
press the regimental canteens.
From Cubans it has just been learned
that the Yankee sunk a gunboat about
two weeks ago at Cienfuegos.
Potter Palmer has given $3,000 as a
contribution to the army and navy
league's relief fund at Chicago.
Cubans report that all the roads
leading to Santiago have been mined
with dynamite by the Spaniards.
The officials at Madrid have request-
ed Blanco to send a full detail of his
plans for the defense of Havana.
Cuban insurgents dynamited a pas-
senger train near Havana some days
ago and several persons were killed.
Three starving Cubans reached the
American camp at Balquiri a few days
ago. They have since died from over-
eating.
While trying to leap from a collier to
Admiral Sampson’s flag ship, Gustav
Waneek, ordinary seaman, was
drowned.
Seventeen carloads’ of canned to-
matoes have been shipped from St.
Louis to Tampa, for use of troops in
Cuba.
The American soldiers before Santi-
ago are being heartily commended for
their work by prominent Inglish
newspapers.
Three men suspected of being Span-
ish spies have been sent in chains from
Savannah to IFort McPherson, at At-
lanta, Georgia.
Hobson, the hero of the Merrimac
has cabled his parents that he is well,
and that no uneasiness should be felt
concerning him.
Anyone expressing an unfavorable
opinion of the government at Havana,
will be shot without trial. Such are
Blanco’s orders.
Two correspondents, one represent-
ing a Boston paper and the other a
(lincinnati journal, are reported cap-
tured by the Spaniards.
The military experts at Paris are
lavish in their praise of the American
volunteers who drove back a superior
number of Spanish regulars.
Lord Salisbury recently said that the
United States was moved into this war
by a spirit of elevated philanthropy
and Spain by a love of independence.
According to a decision of the comp-
troller of the treasury, extra duty pay
of all soldiers is cut off in war time, no
meatter where they may be employed.
Our troops at Santiago are suffering
from the heat. All the roads are
strewn with the clothes and blankets
which the soldiers have discarded.
Wyoming has furnished three times
the number of men required under her
quota, and 10 per cent of her popula-
tion of military age are in the service.
Advices received at Kingston say the
American cruiser Yankee has the
Spanish steamer Purissima Concepcion
bottled up in a small inlet near Casilda,
Cuba.
Spain continues angry at Great Brit-
ain, The refusal to grant coal to the
fipanish fleet at Suez is another evi-
dence, they say of Ingland’s prefer-
cnee for America.
Two attempts have been made on the
; ~ : ‘
life of Gen. Aguinaldo, leader of the
Philippine insurgents, in order to: se-
cure the reward placed on his head by
Captain-General Augusti.
At.a cal -t meeting last Wednesday
it was declared that Commodore Wat-
son would be prepared to sail for the
coast of Spain with his squadron of
fighting ships in five days.
The forced march of the troops upon
Santiago in the broiling sun was so
furious that two colored troopers died
from the effects of the heat, and many
otl:ers fell by the wayside exhausted.
Spaniards are using barbed wire to
strengthen their earthworks at Santi-
Our army is well supplied with
steel clippers.
Either Spain“will sue for peace or the
fleet now sailing for the Philippines
will be recalled to (Cadiz as a result of
the intention of the United States to
send war ships to the cecast of Spain.
Two battle ships can enter the har-
bor at i abreast, one passing
1
ao
ago.
Santiago
on each side of the wrecked Merrimac.
It appears that the Merrimac was tak-
eu too far into the harbor before being
sunk.
American troops cut off the water
supply of Santiago last Tuesday and
the inhabitants are now entirely de-
pendent on cistern water.
100 Spanish soldiers, destitute of
food, have thrown themselves upon the
mercy of the American Commander,
General Shafter asked the Govern-
nent what disposition should be made
¥ : these mon.
hooseveit’s Rough Riders are begin-
ning to realize that they can fight bet-
ter on foot in Cuba. Many of them
have adopted the use of machetes.
They are pining for a chance to avenge
the death of their comrades.
Naval Cadet John Halligan, Jr., of
the flagship Brooklyn, returned on
board that vessel Sunday night, with a
large silk Cuban flag, which had been
presented to him for landing the first
boat load of soldiers of the invading
army. .
The extension of the Cuban blockade
shuts off 500 miles of coast from all
communication with the rest of the
world.
Gen. Franz Siegel, whose record in
the civil war has made many of his
fellow countrymen refer with pride to
the fact that they ‘“fought mit Siegel,”
is at present at West Hoboken, where
he is raising a command of volunteers
for the war.
The London Daily Mail announces
that the United States has purchasg:d
the steamers Alexandria, Boadicea,
Victoria, Cleopatra and Winifred of
the Wilsons and Furness-Leyland line,
all nearly new and each with a ton-
nage of about 7000.
BLOCKADE EXTENDED.
The Starvation Process Now to de Applied at Puerte
Rico— Mere Cuban Ports Included.
The President issued the following
proclamation Tuesday morning:
— By the President of the United
States—A Proclamation:
“Whereas, For the reasons set forth
in my proclamation of April 22, 1898, a
blockade of the ports on the northern
coast of Cuba from Cardenas to Bahia
Honda, inclusive, and from the port
of Cienfuegos on the south coast of
Cuba was declared to have been insti-
tuted; and,
“Whereas, It has become desirable
to extend the blockade to other Spanish
ports;
“Now, therefore, I, William McKin-
ley, president of the United States, do
hereby 'declare and proclaim, that, in
addition to the blockade of the ports
specified in my proclamation of April
22, 1898, the United States of America
has instituted and will maintain an ef-
fective blockade of all the ports on the
south coast of Cuba, from Cape
Frances to Cape Cruz, inelusive, and
also of the port of San Juan, in the
island of Porto Rico.
“Neutral vessels tying in any of the
ports to which the blockade is by the
present proclamation extended, will be
allowed 30 days to issue therefrom
with cargo.
‘In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
“Done at the city of Weashington
this 27th day of June, A. D. 1898, and
of the independence of the United
States one hundred and twenty-sec-
ond.
William: McKinley
By the President. J. B. Moore, Assist-
ant Secretary of State.”
PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
Geo. A. Jenks, of Jefferson, Nominated for Governor—
Platform Ignores Bilver.
The Pennsylvania democrats in con-
vention assembled at Altoona last
Wednesday nominated the following
ticket:
Governor—George A. Jenks of Jeffer-
son county.
Lieutenant-governor — William I.
Sowden of Lehigh.
Secretary of internal affairs—P. C.
Delacey of Scranton.
Congress-at-large—Jerre N.© Weiler,
of Carbon; F. J. Tams of Allegheny.
Superior court judge — William
Trickett, Cumberland; C.. M. Bower,
Center. 2
George A. Jenks of Jefferson was
chosen to head the ticket with compar-
ative ease.
for Judge James Gay Gordon of Phila-
delphia.
The platform. charges the Republican
party with faithlessness to every
pledge made the people. It promises
not to pass laws prejudicial to the in-
terests of cities. Needless offices will be
abolished, and salaries reduced.
The moneys appropriated to public
schools and public charities shall not
be withheld and these due the coun-
ties shall be properly paid to them. Ap-
propriations for junketing excursions
by members of the legislature, shall,
if passed by the senate and house, be
promptly vetoed.
The ballot law shall be simplified,
preserving the secrecy intended to be
given thereby, and protecting the voter
from coercion and the electors from
corruption, to the end that our election
may be honorably conducted and the
will of the people honestly recorded.
Statutes shall be passed prohibiting
within the state trusts and combina-
tions formed to prevent the free com-
petition of trade and to destroy indiv-
idual enterprise.
The platform pledges
hearty support to the
an active and aggressive
the war with Spain.”
GEN. MERRITT LEAVES FOR MANILA.
the party’s
government in
conduct of
The New Governor General Will be Installed With
Very Little Ceremony.
The speedy steamer Newport, bear-
ing Maj.-Gen. Wesley Merritt, military
governor of the Phillippines, and his
staff, besides the Astor light battery
and Companies H and K of the Third
United States. artillery and detach-
ments from the signal corps, is now on
its way to Manila. As the vessel
gradually drew away from her dock
at San Francisco last Wednesday, the
blowing of many whistles told the peo-
ple that Gen. Merritt had taken his
departure.
Maj.-Gen. Merritt expects to reach
Manila by July 25 or August 1 at the
very latest. Before his arrival Gen.
(ireene will have consulted with Ad-
miral Dewey as to the advisability of
making a joint attack on Manila. Gen.
Merritt's installation as governor-gen-
eral will be attended with little
ceremony as possible. In his proclam-
ation he will assure the people that
their forms of worship and churches
will not be interfered with. This will
be made clear, as will also the fact
that property is not to be confiscated,
in order to offset representations to the
contrary which have been made by
agents of Spain.
as
COURAGE CT 'NGES SENTIMENT.
Good Work of the American Boldiers and Fear o
a British Alliance Affects Russia.
In view of the continued. improve-
ment of the military position of the
United States the newspapers at St
Petersburg are changing their tone to
friendship for America, and now speak
with contemptuous pity of Spain, the
reason being, it is alleged, the growing
fear of a possible Angip-American
alliance.
The Russian press, however, does not
think such an alliance very probable,
and predicts that the vietory of the
United States over Spain will lead the
former into a colonial policy which will
eventually result in a conflict with
Great Britain.
Lightnicg Explodes Mines.
The other evening during a storm
one of the blocks of mines located be-
tween Fort Washington and Sherid-
an's Point, Va., was exploded by the
lightning striking the wire leading to
that field. Six mines in all were
touched off. Fortunately no steamers
were in that vieinity at the time. Some
of the boys who were bathing on the
Yort Washington side felt very percep-
tibly the shock, and colums of water
were thrown skyward a hundred feet
and were witnessed by many a half
mile from shore. This seems to in-
troduce a new factor in the control of
these great subaqueous engines of
death.
Spanish Steamer Grounded.
The Spanish ‘cruiser Antonio Lopez,
while trying to enter the river San
Juan, near San Juan de Porto Rico, re-
cently secretly with a cargo of provis-
ions and war material, was detected
by two American warships, but escap-
ed by swiftly changing ler course.
Her captain, determined to land his
cargo, headed for shore at Salinao.
The shock of grounding exploded the
boilers. It is not known whether there
was any loss of life. The Spanish gun-
boats Concha and Isabella issued to
the assistance of the Antonio Lopez,
whereupon the Americans withdrew
and the Antonio Lop2z landed her
cargo.
He received 305 votes to 116 |
SPANIRDS ME BEING REINFORCED
AT SANTIAGO,
Eight Thousand Men Marching to the Relief of the
Besisged City—Carry a Large Amount
of Supplies.
Gen. Shafter has reported to Gen.
Miles that he can take Santiago in 48
hours, but indicates that the under-
taking might involve considerable loss.
Gen. Shafter has also reported two
most important developments in the
military situation at Santiago. First,
that he expects to take the city as
soon as he gets ready to move, ana
that he will not wait for reinforce-
ments. Second, that Spanish rein-
forcements numbering 8,000 accom-
panied by pack trains and large droves
of animals, are advancing from Man-
zanillo to the relief of Santiago, and
are now. fifty-four miles from that
city.
The news came Friday that General
Pando, the commander of the Spanish
forces in the east, has reached -San
Luis, with 3,000 men. From that point
it is 24 miles by railroad to Santiago.
The Cuban leaders suggested to Gen-
eral Shafter to send a force to inter-
cept Pando, but Shafter replied: ‘Let
them come. It means only 3,000 more
Spaniards to starve in Santiago.”
Intercepted dispatches from Admiral
Cervera show-a critical state of affairs
at Santiago.
Both food and ammunition are re-
ported to be getting very short and the
latter will be exhausted soon.
For some days the fleet has been un-
able to draw a shot from the batteries
off the harbor entrance, even though
going very close in shore.
A number of dispatches have been
received from Gen. Shafter covering
all the details of the present military
situation. Some of them are “to the
secretary of war; others to Maj.-Gen.
Miles. They cover substantially the
same grounds. It is evidently Gen.
Shafter’s purpose not to wait for the
reinforcements now going forward to
him, but to make his attack before the
8,000 Spanish troops approaching from
the west can reach the city. The state-
ment that they are now but fifty-four
miles from S £0 is the-m
finite information thus far
is about 100 miles from Manzanillo
Santiago, so that the Spanish forces
had covered about one-half the dis-
tance at the time they were loeatan- hy
the American officers. Toix EF
was a day oritwo ago, for shaf-
ter’'s dispatch was sent last night and
in the meantime the Spaniards un-
doubtedly have advanced considerably
further.
The droves of cattle which the Span-
ish army is bringing along snows a
purpose to lay in ample fresh-meat in
anticipation of a siege. ' This and the
pack trains hamper a rapid advance,
but even with a bad road the Spaniards
probably will make from ten to twenty
miles a day. Much reliance
st oode-
receivec. i:
advancement of
ments from the left. But it
that Garcia's entire force has been
withdrawn from the left and has now
been landed with Gen. Shafter’s main
body on the right of the city.
The Cubans under Gen. Castillo are
doing commendable work as advance
pickets. They are thrown out day and
night from half a mile to a mile in ad-
vance of our pickets, along the front
and flanks, thus forming a double cor-
don about the army.
There are more than
the front.
Drinking water for the troops at the
front is obtained from the Rio Grande,
a stream full of springs running direct
from the mountains. The water is re-
markably good and is now carefully
guarded from pollution. The Cubans
and our soldiers bathed in it at first,
but strict. orders have been issued
against such practices in the future,
and sentinels have been placed to en-
force the orders.
Strict orders have also been issued
about eating the great variety of trop-
ical fruits, mangoes, oranges, etc., in
which the woods abound, the only ex-
ception being made in the cases of milk
from green cocoanuts, which is con-
sidered healthy and refreshing, and
limes.
Gen. Wheeler, who made a reconnois-
sance for half a mile beyond the skirm-
ish lines Tuesday morning, finding that
he was unable to secure the desired
view through the luxuriant tropical
foliage, dismounted and climbed a tree.
A major-general of the United States
army, in the forks of a tree surveying
the Spanish outposts through his field
glasses, was a spectacle that gave
some idea of the wonderful energy of
the dashing ex-confederate cavalry
leader. This feat of agility in a man
62 years of age put to blush many a
younger officer of his own staff.
Rear Admiral Sampson warned his
tieet this morning to exercise great
care in shooting at the hills east of
Morro castle, pointing out that the
American army. had advanced and that
our own troops might be deployed on
the hillside.
The following dispatch was receivec
at Washington last Tuesday:
Adjutant General, Washington:
All is progressing well. We occupied
to-day an advance position abandoned
by the enemy yesterday on the Sevilla
and Santiago road, west of the San
Juan river, within three miles of San-
tiago, ond from which it can be plainly
seen.
vent this
appears
13,000 men at
SHAFTER,
Major General Commanding.
The companies forming William
3ryuan’s Nebraska regiment are filled
to overflowing.
SPAIN'S COAST NEXT.
Squadron Now Being Formad to Attack the Enemy at
Home.
The navy department Monday post-
ed the following bulletin:
Commodore Watson sails to-day on
the Newark to join Sampson, when he
will take under his commandanarmor-
ed squadron with cruisers and proceed
at once off the Spanish coast.
The navy department then issued the
following statement:
“Commodore J. A. Howell is assign-
ed to the command of the First squad-
ron of the North Atlantic fleet; Com-
modore W. S. Schley is assigned to the
command of the Second squadron of
the North Atlantic fleet: Commodore
John C. Watson is assigned to the
command of the eastern squadron.
“The eastern squadron will be com-
posed of the following vessels: Flag
ship Newark, battleship Iowa, battle-
ship Oregon, cruiser Yosemite, cruiser
Yankee, cruiser Dixie, and the colliers
Scindia, Abarenda and Alexander.
This squadron will sail for the coast of
Spain shortly.”
The Manila Forces.
The understanding at” the war de-
partment is that the total number of
regulars and volunteers which will be
dispatched to Manila in command of
Maj.-Gen. Merritt awvill approximate
91,000 men. Of these 10,000 already
have eft San Francisco in three separ-
ate expediiions. With the troops now
at San Francisco :
to
had been *
placed on Gen. Garcia's Cubans, to pre- *
reinforce-
200 SPANIARDS KILLED.
A 8py Reports Concerning Last Week's Battle of the
Rough Riders.
It has developed that Gen. Linares
of the Spaniards placed the ambuscade
into which the Rough Riders fell on
Friday, and that he, too, led the Span-.
ish attack. This information was con-
veyed to Gen. Shafter by a Spanish de-
gserter. from Santiago, who surrendered
at Sevilla on Monday. He said 200
Spaniards were killed in the battle
with the Rough Riders and 80 wound-
ad.
The bodies of 105 Spanish soldiers
ind all the wounded were brought into
Santiago on Saturday. The deserter
told tHe American general that the
Spaniards were greatly surprised be-
case the Americans did not run at
the first fire.
Adjt. Gen. Corbin has received from
Maj. Gen. Shafter a cablegram con-
taining the official list of the Americ-
ans killed in the battle of La Quasina.
Fen. Shafter’'s dispatch is dated at
Playa del Este, June 28, and says:
“The following is a list of the killed
on the 24th instant:
“First cavalry—Private Otto
troop B: Corporal Alexander Llenoc
ind Privates Emil Biork, Jack Berlin,
Peter H. Dix, Gustav Colbe and Jesse
K. Stark, troop K.
“Tenth cavalry—Corporal William Li
White, troop E.
“First United
valry—Corporal
Private E. l.eggett,
Marcus B. Russell
Heafnoe, troop G:
Serct.
Krupp
States volunteer ca-
George Tohorty and
troop A; Sergeant
and Private Harry
Capt. A. K. Capron
Hamilton Fish and Private Til-
WW. Dawson, troop L; Private Wil-
m J. Ervine, troop F.
“Numbers engaged were: First ca-
valry, 244; Tenth cavalry, 220: Tirst
volunteer cavalry, 500. Total, 964.”
NOT 70 CXPOSE, BUT TO LIBERATE.
Seneral Merritt Issues a Proclamation in Spanishte
the People of Manila.
Gen. Merritt has prepared a proclam-
ition, whieh will be issued immediately
ifter his— arrival at Manila. He ex-
sects to enter that city without serious
esistance, but in case of necessity is
yrepared to use both the naval anc
nilitary forces at his command to take
‘orcible possession of the place. The
nroclamation te dissemirated. has
translated in. Cnn oSn, and
asands ol dori ss vr De ein:
ulated. Although its contents are as
yet kept secret, its general tenor is
known. 1t will announce to the people
the [alangs tua
RAnyY th
epiesentaiive of tae Lins EE
established a provisional govern-
ment, and his authority must be re-
spected. At the same time he will as-
sure the inhabitants that he comes
not to oppress but to free them. They
are to be granted the fullest liberty
compatible with the preservation of
law and order, and all personal and
property rights are to be respected.
Gen. Merritt has instructions from
Washington to confer with Admiral
Dewey on his arrival at Manila, and
the two commanders are to act in con-
cert in everything that may bs neces-
sary to insure the occupation of the is-
lands by this government.
h Our Naval Strength.
Some interesting figures about the
increase in the navy on account of the
war are obtained. The regular navy
is now composed of 11 ships of the first
class, 18 of the second class, 437 of the
third class, 6 of the fourth class, 30
torpedo boats building and author
12° tugs, 6 sailing receiving
ships, 12 unserviceable vessels, and 55
vessels of all rates other than torpedo
boats Under construction and author-
ized.
The auxiliary
36 cruisers
vessels, 5
navy is composed of
and yachts, 32 steamers and
colliers, 25 tugs, 15 revenue cutters, 4
lighthouse tenders and 2 fish com-
mission steamers, making agrandtotal
of 295 regular and auxiliary vessels,
exclusive of battleships building or
authorized and monitors authorized.
Spain's Papers Becoming S2nsible.
The Spanish paper, Imparcial, which
has been one of the most strongly mil-
itant of the Spanish organs, now says
it would be better to treat with the
United States for peace without any
mediators,
Other newspapers survey ISuraope,
and finding Spain without friends, give
way to despair. They ‘declare that
Great Britain is encouraging the Unit
»d States. France, after getting com
mercial advantages from Washington
remains indifferent. Germany Keeps
in the shade, and Russia is using Spair
as a tool of her diplomacy. The
papers then conclude that Furopeai
intervention must be accepted.
Needs of ths Cuban Army.
Col. Bernabe Boza, Gen. GGomez' chief
of staff, who is in Key West, brougnt
from his commander a list of supplies
needed by his army. He asks tor cach
yf his three brigades 930 infantry
rifles, 600 cavalry rifle one dynamite
and 1,500 machetes. These arias
(Gen. Gomez says, are needed for un-
armed men. He also asks for clothes,
shoes, medicine and food. For thirteen
months Gen. Gomez has received prac
tically nothing from the filibustering
oxpeditions, owing to the difficulty of
landing on the Santa Clara
compared with Santiago de Cuban,
gun
coast, as
MEWS NOTES.
two of
Havana
boasting that
ryn the
Spaniards
their ships
blockade.
are
have
Ten thousand Spanirds are eng
in strengthening the defenses of
Canary Islands.
Private dispatches received at Ma-
drid speak very favorably of the cour-
age displayed by the rough riders in
the battle of Juragua. Lieut. Col
roosevelt is particularly mentioned.
Fearing poison, Sigismund PEruenne
of Trenton, N. J., procured a yacht and
spent all his time on the water. Wed-
nesday he collided with a tug and was
drowned.
Robert Kelly, a sailor of Fort Riley,
Kansas, deserted and returned to his
sweetheart at Grayson County, Ky
They were married, and while partak-
ing of the wedding supper an officer
appeared and the groom was torn a-
way from his bride. He will be taken
to Fort Riley for trial.
The high water in the Kaskaskia
~iver has caused another break into the
site of Old Kaskaskia and there is now
little left of the first settlement in Il-
linois. With the last flood went a di-
lapidated inn, at which Gen. Lafayette
was a guest when he visited this
country in 1824.
_ CAPITAL GLEANIAGS.
The war department has sent 150
tons of barbed wire to Manila. It wiil
be used to impede the progress of the
enemy.
Secretary Alger
from (ten. Shafter that
learns by telegram
Lieut. Aiger,
his son, has been assigned to duty on
Gen. Duflield’s staff.
The war department has discouraged
the sending of delicacies to the sol-
diers.. They are injurious and should
be forwarded to the hospitals.
pany C,
| of the Spanish shells flew low over the
i crest of. the battery's position and ex-
| Americans were
| who had both arms shot off
TRENCHES OF SHNTRGO TARE
FURIOUS FIGHTING.
_@en. Bhafter Drives the Enemy Within the City—
More than Four Hundred Americans
Wounded—Balloon in Bervice.
A week of exhausting work on part
of the American troops before Santi-
ago resulted last Thursday in placing
the artillery and heavy field guns in
position. .
Friday morning at 7 o'clock, the
boom of cannon was heard. A com-
bined assault on land and sea was
made against the doomed clty. Gener-
al Lawton led the advance on shore.
The first artillery fight of the cam-=-
paign, ended by the silencing of a
Spanish battery. There was a blunder
in allowing the infantry to be massed
behind the battery position, and most
of the fatalities on our side are to be
attributed to that.
Grimes” battery opened on the Span-
ish troops to the right of the San Juan
blockhouse. The shells burst like
clockwork. The common powder used
by our troops smoked and was a fine
target for the Spanish field battery,
which was probably served by Admiral
Cervera’s marines, judging by the ac-
curacy of the aim. While our smoke
gave the enemy our range, Grimes
could not locate the enemy's guns,
which used smokeless powder, except
approximately but, satisfied as to the
Spanish position, our men worked like
mad.
The Spanish fire gradually slackened,
and in less than an hour it ceased al-
together. Battery A, of the Second
Artillery, great credit for the
victory, it was a case of--biindness
against sight. The battery loss, the
officers state, was as follows:
Killed—Underwood, private; Helm,
private. Wounded—Heary, George C.,
First Sergeant; Veite, Sergeant: Corn=-
ford, Sergeant; Keene, Corporal.
The battery was supported by
Rough Riders, about 1000 (‘ubans, with
a Hotchkiss gun, a detachment of the
Tenth Cavalry ard a squad from Com-
of the Second Cavalry. Most
for
the
ploded. Through them the ough
Riders had about ten wounded men,
among them R. Champlain, whose left
i elbow was smashed.
The Cuban leader, Gonzalez, reports
that the. Cubans lost 20 killed ‘and
wounded. & L.awton's losses
amount to nearly 200 killed and
ineral
| wounded.
After five hours’ terrific fighting the
Spanish began to leave their intrench-
ments and retreat into the city, Many
wounded. One man
and was
wounded in the hip was laughing.
General Lawton advanced and took
| possession of Cabona, a suburb of San-
| tiago. Morro Castle and the other forts
at the entrance of the harbor were
bombarded by our fleet... The Vesuvius
used her guns with good effect. The
Spanish fleet in the harbor fired on the
American troops, who were very close
to the city.
Friday was the first actual use of the
bailoon made by the American army in
the present war, and the commanding
General set much store on the informa-
| tion they would give as to the exact lo-
| cation of all the Spanish forces, their
" points
{ location of
the ~
the
of
of concentration, defenses,
's warships in
harbor and possibly the progress
Spanish reinforcements.
The War Department has
the following from General
dated at Siboney:
“Had a very heavy engagement Fri-
received
Shafter,
| day, which lasted from 8 a. m. till sun-
down. We have carried their outworks,
and are now in possession of them.
There is now about three-quarters of
a mile of open between my lines and
the city. By morning troops will be in-
trenched and considerable augmenta-
tion of forces will be there.
“General Lawton’'s division and Gen-
eral Bates’ brigade, which have been
engaged all day in carrying El Caney,
which was accomplished at 4 p. m., will
be in line and in front of Santiago
during the night.
“I regret to say
will be above 400.
killed.
that our casualties
Of these, not many
SHAFTER.”
NEWS NOTES.
By means of captive balloons Americ-
ans made observations above Santiago
last Friday.
Spain has sent out a small squadron
to watch the approach of Watson's
fleet, which intends to attack the Coast
of Spain.
= The “stereotypers on all the daily
newspapers in Chicago struck last I'ri-
day. No papers were issued in that city
Saturday morning.
According to a dispatch received in
Madrid at the Spanish Ministry of
Marine Admiral Camara has passed
through the Suez Canal, apparently on
his way to the Philippine Islands.
The losses of Joseph Leiter in his re-
cent wheat deal amount to between
$6,000,000 and $7,000,000. The debt is be-
ing paid by Leiter's father. The young
man will probably have no share in his
father’s estate.
A Washington special says
dore Watson's orders direct him to
pursue Admiral Camara’s tleet relent-
lessly, even if it takes him to Manila.
The Spanish ships must be captured
or destroyed.
Four United States warships bom-
barded Manzanillo on the gulf of
Guacanaybo, on Thursday, inflicting
much damage to the defenses of the
place, Spanish gunboats, opened . fire
upon the American ships, which then
moved out of range.
The Lake and Rail arrangements of
the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road for
this year are practically the same as
were in effect in 1897. Freight for Lake
Superior ports is sent by way of the
Northern Steamship Company and the
Owen line is used for the Lake
Michigan ports. The Trans-Lake Erie
arrangements are with the Detroit
Steam Navigation Company between
Cleveland and Detroit and the Ashley
& Dustin Line and the Michigan &
Ohio Car Ferry Companv between San-
dusky and Detroit.
Commo-
Mixing Pronunciations.
Fearful and wonderful are some of
the pronunciations of Spanish names
one hears these days. One is at least
consistent if one makes them English
throughout; but to sound some letters
English, some French and some Span-
ish seems like taking a. great deal of
trouble to be wrong, says the Christian
Standard. It reminds one of a story
that is told, and which might have
been true if it is not, of the visit of the
Duke 6f Veragua to Chicago at the
time of the Word's Fair. The distins"
guished foreigner was welcomed by a
city official, who delivered himself ef-
fusively in his finest Castilian—learned
out of a book. Imagine the chagrin of
the aspiring polyglot when the Duke,
dimly comprehending the drift of the
address, responded with a winning
gmile, “Sir, you speait excellent [talian
for a Swed2.” :