GUNS OF THE ENEMY SOON SILENGED. NO SURRENDER. B;ariards Fired the First Shots at Santiage Last Bunday—Gen. Shafter Reports the Ameri- can Position Impregnable. General Toral, of the Spanish troops at Santiago, refused to unconditionally surrender his men last week. General Shafter Sunday again re- sumed firing, which will be maintained until the American flag floats over the Spanish stronghold. Shortly after midnight Sunday the War Department made public the fol- lowing: Playa Del iste, July 10. Headquarters Fifth Corps. To Adjutant General, Washington. D. a Enemy opened fire a few minutes past 4 with light guns, which were soon silenced by ours. Very little musketry firing. and the enemy kept entirely in their entrenchments. Three slightly wounded. Will have consider- able forces to-morrow, enough to com- etely block all the roads to the north- | h i plotory. bioek : 3 { the coast of British Columbia, evidently west. I am quite well. General Garcia reports that the ene- | my evacuated a little town called Dos | ' ton and Furor, were destroyed by the ¢ Gloucester, C‘aminog, about three miles from San- tiago and near the bay. [n the early morning came a telegram |! from General Shafter saying that he had ridden over the American lines and was gratified at their condition. A sec- ond dispatch reported that the lines were impregnable, thus removing any fear of a successful sortie by the Span- | ich troops should a maneuver of this kind be attempted. Every day that strengthens the without helping the Spaniards. further measure of defense is left Toral. He has exhausted all his re- sources. He may construct more mines in the clostest approaches to the city and in the very streets. but his mines can easily be avoided or counter- mined by artillery. Prisoners and deserters report that Toral has thrown up barricades in the streets and is turning the houses on the streetcorners into temporary forts, as strong as he can make them. The English cable operators who were admitted to the city so that Toral might consult with Madrid by cable passes American No declare that the Spaniards cannot | truction of Cervera’s fleet. that theat- sibly hold out for a week longer. Spaniards, they say. are praying for rain. The wells and c¢isterns which supplied water since the running into the city were cut are ex- hausted. : So close were the Spaniards to starv- ation that biscuits were selling $5 a pound. Deserters say that Spaniards have never recovered the fierceness of the attack of July 1. the men | : ‘ : ; ce . { at Manila and Santiago represent a { placed by one composed OUR WAR WITH SPAIN. i Gen, Miles left last Saturday for San- tiago. On the Vizcaya 163 out were killed outright. The poor of Havana starvation in the streets. A regiment of troops will he from San Francisco to Hawaii. The Americans turned from morning prayers to the guns. Cervera was ordered out of Santiago harbor by dispatches from Madrid. Spanish soldiers at Guantanamo reported by a deserter as starving. Wednesday the Spanish cabinet de- cided that the war would be continued. ‘The Spanish cabinet may soon be re- of military of 510 men ave dying of sent their are men. Gien. Shafter, who was quite ill last week, reports to Washington that he ig better. (Gen. Shafter has full authority to ar- range for the exchange of prisoners as he may see fit. The destruction of the Spanish ships loss of $23,000,000. A Spanish privateer is hovering off Iving in wait for Kiondike treasure. The Spanish torpedo boats, the Plu- in charge of Commander Wainright. Cuban cable transmit Spanish Spain claims, is due to ity: The left North, « companies “refuse to dispatches. This, 3ritish partial- steamers Iroquois and Cherokee 1itiage last Wednesday for the arrying 600 wounded American soldiers. position i formed to | endeavor is said that Blanco has been in- that Havana will be bombard- ed in a few days if the ¢ity is not sur- rendered. The government is arranging to send wrecking apparatus to Santiago. An will be made to raise Cer- vera's ships. The Spanish It warship, Alfonso XIII, i in attempting to run the blockade out of Havana, was destroyed by Ameri- ! can vessels. { have Buried the Cubans, under orders from Sampson, bodies of more than 100 Spaniards washed ashore from the ! wrecked squadron. Spain is so downcast over the des- 1re8 have closed their door and bull- | tights have stopped. water pipes | The Red (ross society is taking care | of S00 wounded American soldiers near | Santiago. for | from | The hospital accommoda- tions are inadequate. The Spanish seamen drank to excess before leaving Santiago, and when hey reached the open sea their work that of drunken gunners. BATTLESHIP IOWA. The battleship Towa the harbor of Santiago. was the first the Towa tore great rents in the side of to run for the beach. 1/nwilling to call the American sol- diers brutes, they call them fools. “I'he pigs charged up the hill like fools,” say the Spaniards. ‘‘They are mad men, imebeciles! They don't know what danger is!" The hills which flank Santiago are cc- cupied by our artillery, placed behind sandbags and bomb proofs. Admiral Sampson is sending ashore his rapid fire guns, which will add to the deadliness of the bombardment. "The great did not take place, although the armis- tice cxpired at noon with the forces on both sides at Santiago lined up for bat- |! The reason was that the Spanish | tanmmunition. { crackers, and the Spaniards fire musk- tle. commander, who had been in corresp- ondence by telegraph with his home government, was seeking to make terms with General Shafter by he might save his army from capture, tie was willing to all men and arms across with of his the island, but this idea was not enter- | tained for a moment by our govern- “APT. PHILIP OF THE TEXAS. “The Vizcaya fired the first said Capt. Philip on the Texas shell holes the and scars which told what a game part his fine ship had | “As far back as | history goes,” he went on, ‘in the days | vlayed in the fight. of Joshua, at Manila, here, every- where, the man who fires the first shot of a battle on the Sabbath is sure of | defeat. race that accounts for our easy victories." These Spaniards are a godless ment. On the contrary, will be put forth to compel the surrender of the Spanish army. have allowed them to make their way unmolested into the interior would have amounted simply to reinforcement of the garrison of Havana by these thous- ands of trained soldiers who had prov- en their courage as worthy foemen in the fighting in the trenches. The Spaniards last Sunday looting left Santiago on account of the dicted bembardment. every s C Two 12-inch shells from the mirante Oquendo at the same time, one forward and the other aft. minutes the Iowa fought a terrific battle with the Vizcaya. | to see the Spanish ships coming from pierced the Al- For fifteen The shells from the Spaniard, who was soon compelled Towa The deaths in the city of Guantana- i mo, Cuba, now number 1J a day. | soldiers There are at present 55,000 volunteer encamped at Chickamauga park. Biscuits are selling at 10 cents a i piece at Havana, and bread at 50 cents ! a pound. The first American newspaper pub- i lished in Cuba has been issued by the j New York Journal. i battle expected Saturday ! Havane on aoouit ane A which ! I voted their give up Santiago | without resistance if allowed to retreat | shot,” | after | the battle as he pointed out with pride |! ras nel P ! which stands an American loss of one and their cause 1s unrighteous; | began | the homes of those who had | pre- i. report to the navy department { destruction of { Harvard | shot . them left the boat. i explosive, effort | final | To | been stopped in of the destructon All festivals have of Cervera's fleet. ; The Philippine insurgents are en- vouraging the Spaniards to waste their At night they shoot fire- ets in return. All the churches in the exercises to services last Sunday. This was done according to the Presi- dent's request for a national service of thanksgiving for the success of our arms. The chief suffering among the erican troops in Cuba thus far country de- thanksgiving Am- has tbeen caused by malaria. It Admiral Sampson's of the is about is said that Cervera's fleet 12,000 words. General Draper, American ambassa- i dor to Italy, says that country is more { friendly to the United States than any other power of Europe, except Eng- | land. The Spanish {leet which turned back from its intended trip to the Philip- pines, ig now preparing ta defend the (fanary Islands against the proposed American: attack. 50 About tempted Spanish to escape from the other night. American marines. prisoners the e¢ruiser Six were None of at- by Admiral Sampson said: “Of course, the victory is very gratifying. The 1.800 prisoners will be sent to New York. All the ships in the engagement | fought splendidly.” The latest estimate on the Spanish loss in the naval battle is placed at 1,- 200 killed and 1,500 captured, against killed and two wounded. ‘Lieutenant Commander Wainwright, of the Gloucester, who had sunk the two torpedo boat destroyers, Pluton and Furor, saw the Cubans shoot the Spaniards lashed to a spar and fired a blarmk shot at them. Americans are accused by Russian newspapers of using some Kind of an contrary to international law. : The Spanish wounded in the Amerie- an lines are receiving many favors and i courtesies from their captors. They are amazed at the conduct of the Americans whom they had so greatly despised but a few days ago. At Caney, near Santiago, the other day American forces found 250 dead Spaniards and buried them in the trenches dug by the Spaniards as graves for us. Our ambulances are now carrying the Spanish wounded in- cide the Spanish lines. I gun A SCENE OF DEATH AND DESOLATION. THE WRECKED SHIPS. Cuban Coast Lined With the Hulls of Bpain’'s Once Defiant Oruisers—Busszards and Sharks Watching for Dead Bodies. The vessels which Cervera’'s squadron converted into wrecked charnel houses are littering the Cuban coast and the scenes of de- solation, ruin, horror and death baffle description. At the entrance of the harbor of Santiago de Cuba lies the Reina Mercedes sunk at midnight on July 3. Westward five miles from the harbor is a torpedo boat destroyer stuck fast in the rocks close in shore and battered by the surf. Rocks jut- ting out of the water in front where she lies hide her hull from view. Her compose Admiral CAPT. EVANS OF THE IOWA. Fighting Bob,” as the captain of the Towa is famditartly known, was the first to see the enemy léave Santiago, and all of the Spanish ships suffered from the effects of his tremendous guns. davits and the top of her conning tower alone mark her resting place. Visible from the sea a few miles further, in an inlet embraced by two mighty arms of black rocks that ex- tend half a mile into the sea, are the remains of the twin cruisers Infanta Maria Teresa and Almirante Oquendo, formerly the pride of the Spanish navy. On beyond lies the Vizcaya, a mass of ruins, and 42 miles away from Santiago de Cuba the Cristobol Colon lies helpless on her sides with her smokestacks under water. The Infanta Maria Teresa and the Almirante Oquendo stand upright, stuck fast on the rock shoals. All that is left of them is their outer hulls, the heavy armor defying total annihilation. Inside of them the work of destruction is complete... Their boilers, engines, bunkers and magazines have been blown into unrecognizable masses of twisted, melted iron. Ixploded shells, burned rifles and revolvers, pieces of vellow brass work and gold and silver coin, melted by the intense heat, are strewn all over the remains of the once proud armored cruisers, whese protect- ive decks only stand in places, But the most ghastly, horrible sights in those silent steel coffins are the mangled, scarred and charred bodies of hundreds of brave sailors sacrificed for their country. Buzzards are feed- ing off the dead, and others are hov- ering over the wrecks. On the beach here flocks of buzzards sit silent- ly waiting for the sea to give up its dead. ¥very tide adds to the tale of horror, washing up such objects as, for instance, a sleeve enclosing a wasted arm, other portions of human bodies gnawed by hungry sharks and count- less relics of the battle. Attention has been given to the burial of the dead of the enemy. and over 100 bodes taken from the ships or washed ashore have been interred upon the beach by. Rear Admiral Sampson's orders. Those which now remain almost totally consumed by fire, charred beyond belief or lie in the depths of the sea. These form the food of the buzzards who keep constant vigil about the wrecks. The buried re- mains lie in a confused mass, unnum- bered and unnamed, in a huge pit dug in the sandy beach, where the vessels went ashore. A rude wooden cross from the wreckage alone marks the grave over which Spain may well mourn. Boat crews from the Texas landed this morning on the wrecks of the Al- mirante Oquendo and Infanta Maria Teresa. Commodore>Schley saw some Spaniards on board of them and thought our men had better take their arms, but the Spaniards would not wait. When the -Ameéricans neared the ships they saw the Spaniards leap- ing off and swimming ashore. Not a shot was fired. however. Probably the Spaniards had been looting. The wrecks are best - described as looking like big steel buildings after destruction by fire. The deck beams of the warships are twisted as if the. flames had the power of a tremendous explosion. Side armor plates weigh- ing tons had been wrenched off, and there were many evidences in the huge holds where the shots of the Brooklyn and Oregon had landed. The decks were strewn with officers’ uniforms, provisions and small arms. All the guns are ruined excsst an 11 1-2 inch in the forward turret of the In- fanta Teresa, which appears to be in perfeet order. are either NO EOPZ FROM THE POWERS. Peace Ides Becoming Stronger in Madrid The Ameri- can Fleet Feared in Spain. Information from the most reliable sources is to the effect that the darkest pessimism pervades Madrid officiiliom. ‘The hopelessness of the war is finally recognized. The peace idea now seems. to predominate in the Cabinet, and ne- gotiations are considered urgent. The Cabinet is likely to cohere until peace is secured. It is now recognized that Santiago de Cuba is completely beleagured and can- not hold out, owing to the lack of pro- vislons and munitions of war. It is considered certain that the Americans will blockade Cuban and Puerto Rican ports, cutting off their supplies, while the authorities are convinced that an American fleet is coming to the penin- sula. There is no confidence felt that the Powers will interfere, even if defense- less seaports are bombarded, and there- fore, what measures of defense are possible are being adopted. Premier Sagasta, however, is known to be anxious for the immediate cessa- tion of the war. ¥ Cervers Loves America. In response to a question as to what he thought of America, Admiral Cer- vera, the commander of the destroyed Spanish squadron, said: “You ask me,” he said, “how I like America, and I answer you that 1 have always liked, and I may say loved, your people, but this war has been a duty with me and the men under me. SCHLEY IS THE HERO. The Destruction of the Spanish Fleet Due to His Maneuvers His Ship Alone Attacked Four Vessels. Unquestionably Commodore Schley is the hero of the Santiago naval battle. Dispatches indicate that neither Ad- miral Sampson nor Commodore Wat- son were present during the fight. There seems to be no doubt the Cris- tobal Colon and, perhaps, the other three Spanish armored cruisers would have escaped had it not been for the prompt action of Commodore Schley. The Brooklyn, his flagship, alone was in a position to attack the Spanish ves- sels as they left the harbor, and the Commodore steamed directly toward them and engaged all four cruisers, inflicting great damage upon them. The Oregon was the first to join the Brooklyn, and afterward the Iowa, the Indiana, the Texas and the Vixen closed around the Spaniards, all pouring in a deadiy fire, but, from the beginning to the end of the fight, the Brooklyn, the Oregon and the Gloucester took the most important part in the destruction of the enemy. After a chase of sixty miles to the westward the Brooklyn, closely follow- | ed by the Oregon, overhauled the Cris- tcbal Colon after she had run ashore and had hauled down her flag. Captain Cook, of the Brooklyn, went on board of her, and the commander of the Spanish armored cruiser came forward to surrender and on board the New York, (Admiral Sampson's flagship), which came up an hourcafter the Brooklyn and Oregon had completed the capture of the Cris- tobal Colon. The latter was not serious- ly damaged, though she was struck several times by shots from the Brook- Iyn and the Oregon. During the chase a clever maneuver by Commodore Schley, in heading due west to Cape Caney, while the Cristo- bal Colon had taken a more northerly direction with a greater distance to cover, rendered the Spaniard’s escape impossible. HAWAII ANNEXED. Senate Passes the Resolutions Which Had Already Been Favored by the House. Last Thursday President McKinley signed the Hawaiian resolutions. Minister Sewell has been instructed to take formal possession in the name of the United States. The joint resolution Wednesday was taken | passed the senate providing for the ae- nexation of Hawaii. It was originally i AN APPALLING MARINE DISASTER. 553 LIVES LOST. The La Bourgogne Collides During a Fog Off Cape Sable Inhuman Foreigners Cut Off the Escape of Women and Children. With bows stove in and partly dis- masted, the ship Cromartyshire was towed into Halifax, N. S., last Wednes- day morning, by the Allen liner Grec- ian: She had been in collision with the French steamer La Bourgogne, and brought news of the most appalling marine disaster of recent years. On the morning of July 4. the col- lision occurred during a heavy fog off Cape Sable, and in ten minutes the La Bourgogne went down with 563 of her crew and passengers. One hundred sixty-three persons were saved, and among these there was only one wo- man, The only officers saved were the pur- | ser and tlsree engineers. About thirty of the crew were rescued. The balance of the 163 saved are passengers. majority of the passengers could not reach the deck from their state rooms. The woman rescued was Mrs. La- carse, who was picked up by her hus- band and placed on a raft. Another woman was with her but was washed off by the seas and drowned. Capt. Deloncle, of the l.a Bourgogne remained on his ship and went down with Her, refusing to leave the vessel. The captain of the Cromartyshire said: “When my ship was sixty miles off South Sable Tsland, she was on the port. tack. heading west by northwest under reduced canvas, going four ov five knots an heur. The fog horn was kept continually blowing. Shortly after 4 a. m. 1 heard a steamer’s whistle on our weather bow, which seemed to be nearing us very fast. “I blew our horn and was answered by the steamer’s whistle. Suddenly a steamer loomed up through the fog on our port bow and crashed into us.going at terrific speed. Our foremast and main topgallant mast were carried away. I immediately ordered the boats out and went to examine the damage, and found that our bow had been com- pletely cut off and the plates twisted into every“conceivable: shape.” After the collision a terribic sight US.5. INDIANA. This battleship took an important part in the destruction at Santiago. introduced in the house by Mr. New- ! was witnessed by lands of Nevada and passed that body June 15. Two days later .it was re- ported favorably to the senate. Its text is as follows: | | Whereas, The government of the re- | public of Hawaii having, in due form, signified its consent, in the manner provided by its constitution, to absolutely and without reserve to the | downeeverything upon the water's sur- cede | United States of America all rights of | sovereignty of whatever over the Hawaiian islands and their dependencies, and also to cede and transfer to the United States the ab- solute fee and ownership of all public, government and crown lands, buildings or edifices, ports, kind in and public | harbors, | military equipment, and all other pub- | lic property of every kind and descrip- tion belonging to the government of the Hawaiian islands, together with every right and appurtenance unto appertaining; therefore, | slashing them right Land there- | Resolved, By the senate and house of | representatives of the United States of America, in congress assembled, That said cession is accepted, ratified | | | ‘Spanish prisoners. EE == of the Spanish fleet | the rescuers, Hun- | dreds of men and women were plead- Ing for assistance, grasping at every floating object and bearing heavily on | the life rafts already overloaded. As the ship sank, the vortex sucked face within a wide after 200 bodies with a rush. There were three priests on board the passenger steamer, and they went | about the vessel granting absolution to | the Catholics on board. On board the La Bourgogne were a large number of Italians and other foreigners who lacked the qualities | which have ennobled men in previous | marine disasters. Unhesitatingly they pulled out knives and left, Killing wounding the poor women and | frightened children who impeded and endangered their chances of escape. These brutal fiends would not even radius. came to the Shortly surface | assist in launching a life boat in which and | confirmed, and that the said Hawaiian | islands and their dependencies be, and they are hereby annexed as a part of the territory of the United States and are subject ‘to the sovereign dominion property and rights hereinbefore men- tioned are vested in the United States of America. . : we The resolution ‘passed the senate. by a vote of 42 to 21. All existing treaties between the islands and other nations shall cease. They are replaced by the treaties now existing between the United States and foreign nations. SEVENTY LIVES SAVED. Steamer Delaware, Carrying B8upplies for Troops, Burned at Bea. Ammunition for Admiral fleet and for our troops in aided in the destruction of line steamship Delaware. Sampson's the Soutn the | these 40 women and children had been gathered. When down down | vessel were went drawn the great unfortunates | to death, when but a few strokes of the | knives in the hands of the foreign | brutes would have rescued them. thereof, and that all and singular the | Clyde | The blacken- ed hulk of the formerly handsome craft | now lies on the New Jersey beach about | J three miles off Cedar Creek, N. 12 miles south of Barnegat, where was abandoned by her passengers crew when all hope of saving her gone. In all 70 persons were saved from the sea, after drifting more than hours in the darkness in open and on a raft. The Delaware sailed from New York Friday for Charleston, S. ('., and Jack- sonville, Fla., carrying 29 passengers and a crew of 41. Fire is believed to have been smolder- ing in the hold since the vessel left port. It was discovered a few miles northeast of Cedar Creek, when the vessel was well on her way. A Mother's Desperate Deed. Paul Dengler, of Clinton, Ia., a rafil- road baggageman, upon returning from a trip found a note from his wife stat- ing she was losing her mind, was not fit to live and was going to die and take two children with her. Search re- sulted in the discovery of the three bodies in a barrel near the house, part- ly filled with water. The heads of the victims were submerged, but the feet protruded. Mrs. Dengler was 38 years old, and the children 5 years and 19 months, respectively. , and boats LAWS FOR HAWAIL $100,000 was appropriated by congrcss to carry out the Hawaiian resolutions, and make them effective. All municipal, civil and judicial power shall be conducted as the Pre- sident of the United States may direct. There shall be no Chinese immigra- tion to the islands, she | and | was | three | | last Sunday night. Jd. B. 1. Ek. Cole- Levin- | Yev. Father. | Among the lost are Mrs. man of Lebanon, Pa., Dr. good of Reading. Pa., John Willms, Bertha =. and Marie Flueckiger, of Pittsburg, E. A. Angell, of Cleveland, the wife and daughter of ex-Judge John Forest Dillon, one of the foremost lawyers of New York City. Nearly all the first-class passengers were lost, those saved being mostly from the steerage and sailors. } The work of rescue was commenced without a moment's delay. Mrs. Hen- | derson, wife of the captain of the Cromartyshire, had ample opportunity | for interviewing the survivors, and she | expresses the belief. from what she has heard, that no concerted effort was | made to save the women. There were many - foreigners on board, calling themselves men, who fought for places in the boats. According to Mrs Henderson, it was fully ten minutes | before the ‘illfated vessel went down | after being struck, and there was | emmple tims to rescue at least some | wonien and children. The crew of the | Cromartyshire also express the belief | that there must have been foul play, | seeing that only one woman was saved. The Bourgogne left New York last | Saturday for Havre. Large Fire at Allegheny. famous Coliseum building at Pa., was destroyed by fire Many other build- ings in the immediate neighborhood were also consumed, among them beg ing the large furniture store of Delp & Bell, and the building of the Pitts- burg Valve and Machine Co. The loss will amount to $200,000. The Allegheny, The President has determined to pro- mote Acting Rear Admiral Sampson and Commodore Schley in recognition of their services in the destruction of the Spanish fleet, but is as yet undecid- ed as to the extent of promotion. CABLE FLASHES. belittle Germany continues to the American army and navy. i 686 | Among the officers | the eoat of { tor him. A Russian paper calls the destruction of Cervera’'s fleet by the Americans, slaughter. The Fuerst Bismarck which is sched- uled to Mrs. passengers Wiborg, | who successfully performed in Paris a | | difficult operation upon the knee bones | | of George Vanderbilt, for which he re- ceived $6,000. HOBSON FREE. The Hero of the Merrimac and His Gallant Crew Again Under the American Flag. Assistant Naval Constructor :Rich= mond P. Hobson of the flagship New York and the seven seamen who, with him, sailed the collier Merrimac into the channel of the harbor of Santiago de Cuba, on June 3 last, and sunk her there, were surrendered by the Spanish military authorities in exchange for prisoners captured by the American forces. The men whose return to their com= rades has been secured by the negod §- tions detailed above a ¢: Richmond F. Hobson, lieutenant, U. S. N.; Osborne Peignan, coxswain: George F. Phillips, machinist; John Kelly, water tender; George Charette, a gunner's mate; Daniel Montague, seaman: J. ¢. Mur- phy, coxswiaing Randolph Clausen, coxswain, Hobson and his men through the American Chadwick of the New awaiting them. Every journey was marked by the wildest demonstrations on the part of the American goldiers, who threw aside all semblance of order. scrambled out of the entrenchments, knocked over tent escorted by Capt. York, who was step of their were lines 3 ) : I guys and other c: ar: srnalia i So quickly did the vessel sink that a | BU y U camp paraphernalia in their eagerness heroes, and sent up cheer after cheer for the men who had passed safely through the jaws of death to serve their country. Hobson had little to say in regard to his experiences, except that he and his companions had been wel treated by the Spaniards and a0 they were all in excellent health, The Spanish authorities conzented to exchange Hobson and his men and a truce was established for that purpose. The place selected for the exchdnge was under a tree between the American and Spanish kines, Two-thirds of a mile beyond the entrenchments occupied by Col. Wood's: Rough Riders. near Gen. Wheeler's headguarfers and in the center of the American line. The American prisoners left the Reina Mercedes hozpital on the out- skirts of Santiago, where they had been confined; . in. charge of | Maj. Iries, a Spanish stail officer, who speaks Eng- lish perfectly. : The prisoners were conducted to the meeting place on foot, but were not blindfolded. Col. John Jacob Astor and Lieut. Miloy, accompanied by Inter- preter Maestro, were in charge of the These consisted ol Lieuts. Amelio Volez and Anrelius, a German belonging to the Twen!y-ninth regular infantry. who were captured at El Caney on Iriday last, and Lieut. Adolfo Aries of the First provisional regiment of Barcelona, one of the most aristocratic military organizations ef the Spanish army, and fourteen neon- commissioned otHcers and privates. Maj. Irles was given his choice of three Spanish Ifeutenants in exchange for Hobson, and was also informed that he couid have all of ge fourteen men in exchange for the American sailors. The ‘Spanish aflicers selected Lieut. Aries, and the other two Spanish officers were conducted back-to Jura- gua. The meeting of the two parties and the exchange of prisoners had taken place in full view of both the American and Spanish soldiers, who were en- trenched near the meeting place, and the kdenest interest was taken in the episode. to see the returning ADMIRAL CERVERA ARRIVES. | Bo and His Officers Will be Take to Annapolis—A& Total of 688 Prisoners. The captured Spanish Admiral, Cer- vera, is now in the United States. Sun- day: the cruiser: St.- Louis arrived at Portsmouth, N. H.. having on board Spanish prisoners. There were 32 officers and surgeons and 634 men. were (‘aptains Ku- late of the Vizcaya and Chacon of the (‘hristobol Colon. Admiral Cervera occupied rooms on the upper deck. He speaks I"nglish to some extent. The admiral was dressed in a blue undress uniform, f which was much too large It was loaned by Lieutenant Wainwright of the Gloucester. who found the admiral swimming in the water in his drawers and undershirt. Admiral Cervera and his officers will a suite of i be taken to Annapolis, where every ef- tort will be excrted to make their stay as agreeable as possible. The Americans have the Kindliest feeling for the admiral, occasioned by his gallant treatment of Constructor Hobson. Cervera is 58 years old. When Admiral Cervera left Spain with his squadron for the United States Le concluded i speech to his men as follows: ‘Then, when TI lead you to baitle, have confidence in vour chiefs, and the nation. whose eve is upon you, will see that Spain to-day is the Spain of all time." 2 : Fresh Meat for ‘the Army. : The Cubans did the army -a great gorvice the other day. They made a stealthy advance into the Spanish lines and drove off 50 head of cattle. These i have been butchered, and the fortunate ones are getting their first taste of fresh meat since the army landed. Our ADMIRAL VILLAMIL. One of Cervera's chief officcas, killed in the naval battle at Santiago last week. This officer had charge of the famous torpedo fleet when it left Spain for Cuba six weeks ago. men are none too well fed, whatever may be said of the Spaniards. The Monterey and Brutus, warships now on their way to Manila to relieve Dewey, are reported at Honolulu unfit for the journey. Urging a Combine Against America. The central bureau of Berlin for pre= paring commercial treaties has issued a book written by Baron Waltershau- sen, professor of economics at Strass- burg, in. regard to the United States commercial policy toward Germany. It | advocates the adoption of Count Gol- sail from Hamburg for New | uchowski's advice in regard to forming York on July 14, will take among her | & coalition of the the noted | Augsburg specialist, and Dr. Hessing, | West IDuropean pow=- ers, Germany, Austria, France, Bel- gium., Italy, Spain, Denmark, Scandi- navia, Switzerland, Portugal and the Balkans, with the view of forcing the United Stateg to adopt a reciprocity treaty.
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