TROOPS FLED.
tan Juan, Row it the Kerov of Admiral
Sampson-Battleship low Tired
the Ptret Shot With Effeot
Admlrul Snmpeon'a fleet bombarded
the fortifications of Bun Junn at I'orto
Rico Thursday morning.
The American squadron Arrived off
Pull Juan Just before daylight. The
flagship New York, tho battleships
Iowa cad Indiana, the monitors Terror
and Ainphltrlte. and the cruiser 1)h
troll, Ainrblehead and Montgomery
steamed into the harbor stripped
word had bean sent ahead that tho
fortification were to lie bombarded-
notice to womon and children, to
aliens and non-combatants to quit tha
place and reek such safely as the hill
afforded.
The bl battleship Iowa, commanded
by Fighting Hob hvans, whs the first
to Are. There was little sea on at the
lime, and as a res-tilt the very first
shell she fired was dropped cleanly In
to Motto Fort. Then tho battleship
Indiana opened fire. In a few minutes
Morro Fort was reduced to a heap ot
ruins. The fort made little effort to re
spond and wns silenced 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 of safety.
Governor Maclna stuck to his post,
asserting that he would die before he
would surrender. His daughter re
mained by his side. As the volunteers
rushed through the streets In disorder
she endeavored to rally them. As a
last resort she urged the men to stand
by the mines which had been laid un
der Pan Juan streets. But Bhe appeal
ed In vain.
Admiral Fampson tent the following
dispatch concerning the bombardment
to the navy department:
"A portion of the squadron under my
Command reached Ban Juan this morn
ing at daybreak. No armed vessel
were found In tho port. As soon as It
was sufficiently light I commenced at
tack upon tho batteries defending the
city.
"This attack lasted almut three hours
nnd resulted In much damage to the
batteries and Incidentally to a portion
of the city p.djauert to the batteries.
The batteries replied to our fire, but
without material etteet. One man was
killed aboard the New York and seven
sllghtiy wounded In tho siiuudron. No
serious damage to any ship resulted.
Sampson."
The seaman killed was Frank Wide
mark, of the New York. A gunner's
mate of the Amphltrlte died as a re
sult of the extreme heat.
The bombardment of San Juan occu
pied three hours.
Spain's report on the bombardment
of Ban Juan announces that four of
her men were killed and several
wounded.
FIVE AMERICANS SLAIN.
Terrino Battle Fenght in the Bay a,
Cardenas.
Five men of the crew of the torpedo
boat Wlnslow 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 Wlnslow en
tered the harbor and attacked the
Spanish gunboats. A shell pierced the
Winston'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
i, others, three of whom died soon after-
I ward.
Following are the names of the
I killed on the Wlnslow:
Ensign Worth Bngley, of North Cur-
1 ollna, 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 us it
. slashed with a rasor.
George H. Meek, fireman, first-clans,
of Clyde, ()., wounded In the groin.
Joelah B. Tunnel, cabin cook, color
ed, of Accomac, Va., body shows no
wounds.
The engagement took place Inside
the harbor of Cardenas. The gunboat
Wilmington, the torpedo boat Wlnslow
and the gunboat Hudson weie the only
vessels engaged. They entered tha
harbor fur the purpose of attacking
some Spanish gunboats which were
known to be there. These latter, how
ever, were not dlsoovered by the
American force until the Spaniards
opened Are. The land batteries of
Cardenas supported the Are of the
Spanish gunboats.
i
VOUJBTEEBS ASSEMBLE.
Government Calls Eor 89,087 Troops-Great-sit
Xomber Const from Pennsylvania
The war department has Issued or
ders for the assembling of 29,087 volun-
i teera at Chlckamauga. These troops
a uiviui-u uniting ma uiiiereui vituuN
S follows:
WISCONSIN Two regiments, 03 of
ficers, 1.926 men.
MICHIGAN One regiment, 47 of
ficers, 928 men.
MINNESOTA Three regiments, 155
officers, 2,803 men.
INDIANA Four regiments, 134 of
ficers, 4,104 men.
- ILLINOIS Two reglmonta, 92 of
ficers, I.teo men.
MAINE One regiment, 46 officers,
(J80 men.
MASSACHUSETTS One regiment,
16 officers, 924 men.
MIKHOL l.I-l.lght battery, 4 officers,
119 merr.
, NTCW HAMPSHIRE-One regiment,
68 officers, I'M men.
NEW YORK Two regiments, 92 of
ficers. 1,960 men.
lurri U , HivlmAnli 101 nfll..H
Ml men; light artillery, 1 battery, 2d
Officers, 896 men.
PENNSYLVANIA Seven regiments.
,122 officers, 6,860 men.
HHOPB ISLAND One regiment, 0
officers, 900 men.
VERMONT One regiment, 46 of
.' fleers, SIB men.
Total number of regiments. 20; total
( number of batteries, 6; total number
! of officers, 1,415; totat number of men,
'18.087.
, t All attempts to Induce tha poor of
I this country to buy rabbits, on the
ground that they are cheap and whole
laome, bave failed. Australia could
supply the poor of London, and then
bave plenty. of rabbits to spare; but
(ha poor despise the rabbit. At tho
Same time h Is welcomed to the table
' of the wealthy, and Is esteemed as a
toothsome morsel. ,
l women tn Scotland ones collect-
'n? In pennies for bensvo
TRADE REVifc1
Rothlng Disheartening si Yst f fleets' Bull
neos Basalt of the War.
n. O. Dun & Co.'s review of trade
reports on follows for Inst week:
Hostilities have lasted long enough
to kill many predictions. If but tew
Americans. The European notion that
the United States would begin by hav
ing a bnd half hour, the theorist's
notion that "everybody knows a great
pnnlc must follow the outbreak of
war," the commerelul buyer's notion
that everybody would be ready to sell
everything cheap If war came, the
notion that It would pny to hoard
snoney until the emergency had passed,
have all been made laughable already.
The only pnnlc wns when money lend
ers were wondering what deadly Im
possibilities the unknown might hare
in store for them. The only hindrance
of Industry has been due to waiting of
buyers who looked fur lower prices.
Nothing disheartening can be seen
In the Industrial situation except the
closing of some cotton mills owing to
overproduction, and the fall of print
cloths to 1.78 cents. Cotton has not
risen above 6.37 cents, and mnny stories
of reduced ncreage nre current ns a
venr ago, but they do not weigh much.
In view of the actual receipts of 10,
500,000 bales. The sales of wool have
been only 4,005,000 pounds at ttie three
fhlnf markets for two weeks, against
14,530.400 last year and 11.216,750 In 1892,
but prices are somewhat more firm,
and there Is more demand for goods
apart from the large go'ernmont or
ders. The demand for boots and shoes
having passed all records In recent
months, has abated, and yet many or
ders are coming forward, and Just at
the point w here there is general change
from one season to another, the actual
receipts are 2 per cent larger than last
year nnd 11 per cent larger thnti In
IS92, though smaller than tn other
years. Leather Is rising with no active
demand, and hides at Chicago have
advanced about four per cent. In spite
of the fact that cattle slaughtered at
the four chief western markets this
rear are considerably more than In any
ether year excepting 1693 and 1K94.
The output of pig Iron, 2114.163 tons
weekly, May 1, against 233.383 April 1,
"hows practically no change, except
ing the Increase of 8!5 tons weekly In
charcoal Iron. Deducting the unsold
stocks, which Increased In April 23,
516 tons, the apparent consumption In
that month was 82.609 tone dally,
against 32,209 tons dally during the
previous four months. The general ex
pectation of expanding demand holds
prices steady for all flnlHhed products
it Iron and steel, and with considerable
tales of bessemer pig, It Is 10 cents
higher at Pittsburg, with other quota
tions there, at Chicago, nnd at Phila
delphia, practically unchnnged. Gov
ernment orders nre heavy, and yet
cover but little of the consumption,
though they go far to cause the over
crowding of shipyards and plate mills,
but 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 connl Improvements at Chicago,
nnd for 25,000 tons steel rails at the
East, make up a heavy column.
Money Is ensler since the policy of
:ontractlon has censed and only $1,700,
Xw went to the Interior during the
week, while the new loans of the chief
banks averaged 45 per cent of the total
to commercial Interests, against 25 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
irdored during the week. $3,500,000 from
Australln, making $i8,3n3,8;"i0 ordered,
of which about $11,000,000 has yet to
;ome.
Failures for the first week of May
have been $2.978.(W, against $3,995,894
last year and $4,138,271 In 1806 manu
facturing. $1,411,275, against $1,949,536
last year, nnd trading, $1,472,727,
against $1,289,858 Inst year. Failures for
the week have been 246 In the United
States, against 264 last year, and 24 In
Canada, against 81 last year.
Ctbls Cat.
Tnst Wednesday the cruisers
Marblehead and Windom.and the gun
boat Nashville proceeded to the harbor
of Clenfuegos for the purpose of cut
ting the cable connecting Santiago de
Cuba with Havana. The work was
successfully accomplished In spite of
the Are of Spanish soldiers on the
shore. One American marine, Patrick
Began, 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 entrench
ments for 30 miles. The troops In the
garrison number 70,000. and a like
number are In the Interior Aghtlng the
Insurgents. Nobody In Havana except
a few higher officers knows that the
Spanish fleet was annihilated at Ma
nila. Dewey Use tae Cable
Lloyd's agent at Manila cabled fron.
Hong Kong to London that the block
ade of tho capital of the Phlllpplno
lelumls Is strictly maintained and that
the ruble Is on bourd an American ves
sel. Several locul steamers, Lloyd's
agent continued, are reported to have
been captured, but ho Buys there Is no
confirmation of tho reports.
Clinging to a rock on the brink of
Nlugara Falls Louis II. Hehn was res
cued from an awful deaiti by Jack Mo
Cloy a few days ago. McCloy tied a
rope about his waist, and after res
cuing the exhausted man was pulled
on shore by waiting friends.
High Prion for Toad.
Blockade prices for food are charged
In Clenfuegos. Flour Bulls at 25 centi
per pound, meal costs 40 cents a pound,
nnd if you want milk you must pay 20
rents a quart for It. On the other hand
yams, breadfruit and plalntalns nre
plentiful at 6 or u cents per pound. The
jorrecpondent was told there was food
enough In the city to last 45 days.
The navy department advertised fot
bids for armor for tho battleships II
'Inols, Alabama and Wisconsin. Seven
thousand seven hundred tons, at a
price nut exceeding $400 per ton, nre
railed for. The bids are to be openid
the 23rd Instant.
A Seoond Daniel
A story Is told of Admiral BlcarO
when at Yorktown with his Aoot for
drills and manoeuvers. A fores was t3
land and capture an Inland railroad
base against a defense force of little
more than half Its slse. The two com
manders of these forces were discuss
ing before the Admiral the details, and
each contended that the' other would
have sunertor advantages. The Ad-i
nilral, after pusxllng over how the dif
ferences might lie adjusted, finally
said,
"Gentlemen, It Is evident that the
matter can be reconciled In only one
way. Suppose you swap forces and
fl-M the other way."
' o batUs was fought M the origin
al i m. . . ...
DEWEY M1I1INS HOB
CAPTURES A GUNBOAT.
tho Inhabitants ars Suffering for Want el
? rovlsiona -Insurgents Have Com
mitted bo Outrages.
Thnt Admiral Dewey Is maintaining
a perfect blockade at Manila and that
the Islands nre 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 boot, hailing from the
Caroline Islands, was not aware of the
hostilities at Manila, and attempted
to run the blockade. One shot was
Sufficient to bring down her flag.
Ijate telegrams Indicate that Dewey
has lost none of the prestige gained In
hie memorable flght of two weeks ngo
nnd that while 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 horve 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 American admiral and also
of the work of the Insurgents In sur
rounding the city Is sbown In the
statements In the dispatches thnt pro
visions are scarce In the city of Manila
which seems to Indicate to Admiral
Dewey an early surrender by the
Spanish authorities. If the rebels hnve
been supplying themselves with arms
It must hnve been with the admiral's
consent and his dispatch Is originally
dated from Cavlte, 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 so that If the
Spanish governor does surrender the
former will not be dependent upon the
small number of marine, whk-h he
can Illy spare from his ships, but will
have the assistance of soldior In
holding his position and maintaining
order. It Is confidently hojied thnt the
City of Peking, chartered ns a trans
port vessel, will be able to clear from
Ban Francisco In a very short time, to
be followed In rapid succession by the
other three ships engaged for a simi
lar purpose. The Peking can carry
1.000 men, which, with the marines
aboard the Charleston. Just about to
eall. will be of considerable assistive
to the admiral, but far from the num
ber which he will need. The total
number of men to be sent will aggre
gate probably 12.000, as Maj.-Gen.
Wesley Merrltt, who Is to command
the expedition nnd subsequently to be
madn military governor, regards that
as the least which can maintain order
In a city like Manila, made up of many
discordant elements.. Over ten regl
,., of Infnntrv nnd four batteries
of artillery from the volunteers have
been ordered to concentrate at Snn
Francisco and from these and tho
regulars now In the extreme Wfrt,
will be token the men for the Philip
pine expedition. It Is expected mui
nmctlrnllv nil the volunteers will go.
Owing to the hurried departure of the
Charleston It Is not expected that she
wll' wait for any considerable number
of troops, as these will follow later on
the other reliet snips.
SPAIN'S 10BSS8 AT MANILA.
rhree Handrel Soldiers Kllled-Amerlcas
Bhelle Bxploded-People in Misery
A Bnn.nlnh reoort from Manila ad
mits the Spaniards lost 800 killed and
600 wounded when Bear Admiral Dewey
annihilated the Spanish fleet. A dis
patch tn the Liberal rom Manila,
dated May 9. and sent a special
steamer to Hongkong snys:
"The arsenal has sui rendered and
Cavlte has been evacuated by out
troops. The Spanish losses were 300
men killed and 600 men wounded. The
enemy suffered considerable, Includ
ing an officer killed on the Olymplo.
The Baltimore was damnged. Our
sheila 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 mercna.ni
shine. Corregldor Island was be
trayed. A consultative assembly Is
discussing the horrible situation
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.
CAELI PLASHES.
Gladstone Is 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 Agulnaldo
has Issued a proclamation to the In
eurgents 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 Europe Is excited over a possible
alliance between Great Britain and the
United States, as suggested In a recent
speech by Lord Chamberlain, secretary
oi ine isr.unn colonies.
German exporters are endeavoring
to suppress those papers which speak
bitterly or the United States In her
war with Spain. They clultn that thvlr
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 aa Ocean Steamer.
Robert Mlddleton 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
boats were run down by the French
liner La Touralne, outward bound,
which It Is alleged, did not stop after
the accident.
It Is nqw 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. Cadis bay Is said to
be thoroughly mined. The Alfonso
XIII. remains at Cadis as a guard
thin. . ,
OUR WAR WITH SPAIN.
fhe dreaded raining season In Cuba
has commenced.
A handsome Chlcajra boulevard hai
been named Dewey.
Commodore) Schley's flying squadroc
arrived at Key West Monday.
No street lights are permitted tc
burn In Havana at night
The Spaniards are preparing a large
xpedltlon for the Philippines.
Secret service men are shadowing
levernl Spaniards In Cleveland.
All of the West Virginia troops naT
now boen mustered Into the army.
Kansas City will furnish 700,00f
pounds of meat for use In the army.
Ilcv. Chedwtck, former chaplain of
the Maine, Is sick In a hospital at Key
West.
Admiral Dewey has sent word tn Mo
Klnley, thanking htm for his promo
tion. Madrid has Informed Blanco that he
should be able to supply his army of!
Cuba.
The cruiser Minneapolis Inst a small
eun overboard which was being ad
justed. The load upon on Infantry man's
bock on the march to Cuba will amount
to 47 pounds.
Moody Is arranging to have some
prominent evangelists accompany the
army to Cuba.
People anxious to leave Havana are
paying as high as $300 for passage on
foreign steamers.
Fur fear of Spanish warships the
American Ashermen will leave New
foundland banks.
An anti-American newspaper al
Monterey, Mex., has been suppressed
by tho government.
Already 60,000 troops have been mus
tered Into the United States army from
tne uinerent states.
Bochester, 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
hortly leave for Cuba,
The Spanish fleet. It la said, secured
enough coal at Curacao, to oarry 11
half way round the globe.
All of the United States regular
have now left Chlckamauga park and
ore mobilized at Tampa.
German and Spanish sailors clasped
trms In the streets of Cadis recently to
the delight of the cttlaens.
Fishermen, captured by Americas
ships off Havana say tho reooncen
trades are nearly all dead.
Gen. J. F. Wade has assumed com
mand of the army of Invasion at Tam
pa In the place of Gen. Shafter.
During the bombardment of San
Juan one shell exploded In a school
house, killing a number of children.
The cruiser Cincinnati has been
token to Norfolk for repairs. She le
expected back at Key West In ten days.
Perry Belmont, of New York, has Of
fered to loan the govornment a torpedo
boat provided he be permitted to com
mand It. i
It has been decided the Gen. Le will
be the temporary governor of Cuba Af
ter the Spaniards have been driven
from the t.dand.
An order for one million ratine haa
been given by the government at San
Francisco for the expedition which will
leave for Manila.
The latest plans of the government
are to send 15,000 men to the relief of
Dewey at Manila, under the command
of General Merrltt,
The Chl.iese crew of the City of
Pekisi which is Mxin t sail with rHl-f
for Admiral Dewey, refused to serve,
fearing torture at Manila.
New York harbor Is closed from S
j'clock at night until the following
morning. The chhnnels are filled every
night with contact mines.
The niarkmanshlp at the forts in
Havana has become so exact of late
that It is believed German artillerists
have been secured by Blanco.
For the running down of Spanish
Iples, $50,000 has been appropriated fot
strengthening the s?oret service de
partment of the government
An Englishman who expressed con
tempt for the American flag was sound
ly thrashed at San Francisco the other
evening and made to kiss It
With the exception of the Colorado
Midland all the Western roads have
leclded on a one-cent a mile rate for
the transportation of troops.
The son of Brlgbam Young, the
Mormon leader, has been recommended
to the presidents as a colonel of en
gineers in the volunteer army.
The French, In spite of Spanish pro
tests, refused to order the United
states cruiser Harvard from Martin
ique 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
tword of honor by the council of Bal
timore. Five hundred army wagons for the
United States government have been
hipped by Studebaker Bros., of West
Bend, Ind., to tho troops In the south.
The steamer Gussle, which some
lays sgo left for Cuba with supplies
and ammunition has returned to Key
West. She was unable . to make a
lundlng.
500,000 pounds of canned roast beef
end 225,000 pounds of bacon will be
lent to San Francisco at onoe, for out
fitting the relief expedition to the
Philippine Islands.
The movement of the Pennsylvania
and Ohio volunteer troops for the
fouth started last Saturday. The camp
ing prounda will be kept open for a like
ly second call for troop.
Four American vessels failed to
sover a landing party of troops at
Dlenfuegoo, Cuba, a few days ago. Tha
Spaniards compelled thorn to retreat.
The flghting lasted 8 hours.
Under a flag of truce the United
States will attempt the rolease of two
American prisoners, now held In
llavuna. Two Spaniards captured on
a price ship will be sent In exchange.
Proposals for furnishing the govern
ment with nearly 6.000 projectiles for
leacnast cennon were opened at the
ordnance bureau of the. war depart
ment Saturday. This probably Is the
largest amount of material of this
kind for which advertisements were
Issued, at any one time In the history
of the' government. y
Cartloads of reeoneentrados, who
have died from lack of food In Cuba
are taken dally through the Spanish
lines. The bodies are thrown together
In plies, without any form of burial,
(or the buzzards to feed upon.
The people of San Francisco have
petitioned the president to seize the
Caroline Islands. Them Islands belong
to Spain and are controlled by the
governor-general of the Philippines.
The Spaniards of the City of Mexico
contributed $1100,000 to purchase p o
vlslons for the Spanish army In Cuba.
When the provisions reached Vera
Crux President Dlas ordered that they
be not shipped out of the country.
PREPARED TO FIGHT.
Tht Army of Inveiion Halted at Tampa h
Await tha Osteoma of tha
Greet Revel Battle
Friday tho long looked for and much
discussed Spanish fleet wa discovered
ut Martinique, BOO miles from Porto
Rico, and 1,000 miles from Havana.
The Invasion into Cuba, the plans for
which were well under way, was Im
mediately reconsidered.
It was not thought advisable to per
mit tho 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 up of 1
ftrst-claes ships, of which four are
armored ornlsers and three destroyers.
Five vessels of Commodore Schley's
flying squadron, led by the flagship
Brooklyn, steamed out of Hampton
Koada Friday afternoon, and after
passing the Virginia capes took a
outherly 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 coal. Admiral Sampson's
fleet at the time was on the northern
coast of Haiti.
The Spanish torpedo boat Terror
was disabled at Fort de France, Mar
tinique. Considering that the American
orulser 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
port.
Tho one source of serious danger Is
that the Spanish fleet may take a sud
den dash north under forced draught
for Clenfugoa, gaining that port before
It can b 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 tho Wind
ward passage, can head off the Span
lards and close In on them off the Vene
zuelan coast If the fleet should chAnge
Its course and go back to M&rttn
Iqua or proceed north to Puerto Rico
via tho Mona passage Rear Admiral
Sampson's scouts, which have stationed
at the north entrance of the passage
and on" the coaat of Martinique, will
eall for the fleet with the Information
and Admiral Sampson will follow
them.
Tho cruiser Yale Is watching for the
enemy off St Plorre and the St Louie
ts on the lookout at the entrance of
the Mona passage. There Is no other
course for the Cape Verde fleet to takn.
Tn order to avoid meeting Sampson
tho Spaniards may put back out o(
range, and in that event It may be a
week before the opposing fleets en
gage tn battle.
Major General Brooke, commanding
the United States troops at Chlcka
mauga Park, received orders from thi
war department to send all cavalry
and Infantry troops in camp at Chlcka
mauga, about 6,000 in all, to Tampa,
Fla., without delay.
The order Is accompanied with In
structions to provide the men with n
full supply of ammunition for 60 days.
On receipt of the order General Brooko
at once Issued an order to the division
ommandora Instructing them to noti
fy the regiment commnrdeTS to pre
pare at once for departure.
Orders have been given for 10.000
hammocks, to be furnished Immediate
ly for the use of the army.. Experts
llav'e reported that a hammock la an
absolute necessity tn a Cuban cam
paign. It Is the only means to escape
tho 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 men
either under arms or ready to take
irms as soon as guns and ammunition
are at hand. Of this number It Is said
that about 15,000 lack arms and equip
ment, leaving about 25,000 now In tho
field and reasonably equipped, al
though additional ammunition and
supplies would be most advantageous
to these latter.
Watching the Philippine!.
The officials of the German fornlgt.
office are watching events in the Phil
ippine Islands In the closest manner
possible. German subjects at Manila
have already Died claims for damages
against the United States but tho
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 far East
has been empowered in case of riots In
Manila, to land troops to protect tho
German consulate and German resi
dents of that place..
TELXGBAHS TERSELY TOLD.
Flour In this country sells from $2.50
to $3.00 a barrel' more than It did a
month ago.
Walter Welman left New York last
Thursday to find Andree and the
North Pole.
The Northwestern Miller reports the
Superior and Milwaukee last week at
156,670 barrels.
Louis Robinan and John Hetch were
killed in a boiler explosion at Peton
key, Mich., last week.
Carnegto, Pa., has accepted the offer
of Andrew Carnegie of $:10,000 for fl.
library and high school.
Three man were killed by an explo
sion of gas tn the new waterworks
tunnel at Cleveland last Wednesday.
A fall of fifteen stories from tha
Great Northern hotel at Chicago In
stantly killed Robert Russell cf Omaln,
Neb., tho other day.
The can manufacturing establish
ment of Peter Llneweaver & Co., of
Baltimore, was destroyed by Are last
Tuesday. Loss $:0.000.
The Biscuit trust has decided to ad
vance the price of fall products selling
ander ten cents, one cent This Is as
cribed to the rise In flour.
"Mother" was the lost word uttered
by 7-year-old Howard Grant after ha
had been crushed by a trolley car ai
Pittsburg lust Wednesday.
Edouaid Romany!, the great violin
ist, fell dead Hunday afternoon Ot the
Orpheum theater In San Frunclsuo. It
was Ilemenyi's first appearance on the
audeville stage.
The Alabama Great Southern pas
senger train was held up by tlvo men
near Cuba, Ala., Iu.t Saturday night
The men wore musks and were evi
dently old hands at the business. The
express car was robbed of $5,001,
President Cowen of the Bultlmore A
Ohio says the company has nut been
reorganized and will not bs until uftot
the war with Spain. He. howevur,
says the scheme of reorganization will
Include a 20 per cent asscsaoient oi
common stock, (
SUPPLIES NOT LANDED.
Cneooceeefnl Attempt of an Amarleaa S tee mi
arto Believe tka Ineargenta.
In an effort to land Companies R and
O of the First United States Infantry
on tho shore of Pinar del Rio Friday
afternoon, with 500 rifles, 6,000 round
of ammunition, and some food supplle
for the Insurgents, the first land flght
Of the war took place. Each side may
claim a victory, for If the Spaniard
frustrated the effort to connect with
the Insurgents, the Americans got de
ridedly the better of the battle, killing
twelve or more of the enemy, and on
their own part suffering not a wound.
Arier nnrg -rnursaay evening me
fashioned aldewheel steamer Gussle
the Morgan line, with the troops
pern mentioned, started for the C.
coast At sunrise Friday she fcl
with the gunboat Vfeksburg. on
blockade off Havana. Other bloekad
Ing ressels came up also. The convert
ed revenue sutter Manning, Capt W. M.
Munger, was detailed to convoy the
Gussle, and three abreast, the steam
ers moved along the coast.
Jnet west of Port Cabanas harbor
tpe Gussle anchored, the Manning cov
ering the landing place with her guns,
and the torpedo boat Wasp came up
eager to assist.
When they reaohed dry land they
Immediately went into the bush to form
a picket line. Two horses had been. I'd
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 opened with her small
guns. The cannonade began ait 3:11
and lasted a quarter of an hour. Then
our pickets appeared, the ships circled
rounfl. and, being told by Capt O'Con
nor, who had come from shore, where
the Spaniards were, 100 shots fnArt
were fired In that direction, ahd twelve:
Spaniards were killed.
It was decided that tha soldiers
should re-embark on the Gussle and
that the guides should take the horses
and seek the Insurgents and make a
new appointment ,
tnrnrrsD by cioaberm.
Why Such a large Bomber of Volenteerf
Bars 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 the
examinations say that outside of th
ranks of elgnretto smokers there are
even fewer rejections than there were
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 as an examining surgeon
during 1S61-63 in New York, Pennsyl
vania, Ohio and Indiana, says that the.
average rejections during those year
did not exceed 13 per cent. He attrib
utes the large Increase almost entirely
to the cigarette habit, "I have been In
specting the papers 'in a number of
ease under the present recruiting
act" fold Dr. King, "and I observe
that most of the men who failed to
pass the medical examination have
weak hearts or lack the vitality neces
sary to make a good soldier.
"I had expected that the percentage
of rejections would be greater now
than In 1861, but I did not dream that
It would be almost three times as groat.
The examining physicians with whom
I have talked have generally told me
that the excess of rejections ts due to
the large number of young men apply
ing for enlistment who have become
victims of the cigarette habit"
ONLY (AOASTA REMAINS.
All the Other Members of the Spanish Cab
. net Resign. i
I All the members of the Spanish ca
: blnet have resigned. Senor Sagasta
communicated the situation to the
: queen regent, who will entrust him
with the task of forming a new minist
ry.
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, 189T, by an Italian anarchist named
Oolll. Gen. Azoarraga, then minister
of war. was first appointed president of
the council and for a time the cabinet
remained unchanged. But on Septem
ber 29 It resigned and Senor Sagasta. as
sumed office on October 4, confronted
by the troubles in Cuba and In the Phi
lippine Islanda One of the first steps
taken by Senor Sagasta was to recall
Gen. Weyler, tho then captain general
of Cuba, who was succeeded by Gen,
Blanco.
Experts Bxoeed Tmrorts.
The monthly statement of the) exports
and Imports of the United States dur
ing April shows as follows: Domestic
merchandise exported, JH8.125.59S; Im
ports, $M,f3S,6S, ot which $24,410,783
was free from duty. As oompand with
April. 1807. the gain In exports was
about $22,000,000, and a loss tn imports
of about t4S.000.000. The exnort of gold
during April amounted to $1,319,8S4 and
! the Imports to $32,78S,674. The exports
! of sliver during April aggregated $4,
040,301 and the Imports amounted to
j $544,092.
Improved Xsrkema-ehtp.
It ts believed that the French steamer
Lafayette, which was released by the
government last week after having
been captured for running the Havana
blockade, has furnished Blanco with
men and ammunition. The batteries
b. IT u.ra a n a m,i..A llhn.a I In . V, (
shot and the marksmanship shows an
Improvement. This fact leads the of
ficials to believe that they were tricked,
by the French.
Rosalt of Wey'.or's Cruelty
About Havana the situation of tho
people Is terrible. Hundreds of recon
entrados from Los Fuaus, the big re
eoneentrados barracks in Havana, were
too wealc to walk out of town a id fell
In the streets or dl'.l In the ub iiba.
where flocks of vultures. "Weyler's
chickens," as they ore now termed In
Havana, hive fcaMtd on the nrntlne.
Three per-tons were burned to d.-atti
ml property amounting to $.'3j,l00 de
stroyed by a fire which oiiglnuted
Wednesday in the big uU-'tnry buluU
Ing occupied by McCadden Dnn.i
wholesale dealers In t ys and fire
works, at Philadelphia. The deud are:
William McCadden, a memb?r of tho
Arm: Charles Richardson, a pacVer.
end Miss Evelyn G. Ca'dwa I,' ateno
itrapher and typewriter. Their charred
bodies were found on the second floor
In the rear of the building. .
.A bill for thd enlistment of 10,090
yellow fever lmmur.es tor Cuba has
nuuBed the "-n. ,
The Spanish torpedo boat. Destrne
lor, lying In wait at the B;i-alt of Gib
raltar for American merchantmen was
blown up by her own boilers a few
nights euro. She had three torpedo
lubes and a crew of 65 men.
The royal crown ot Persia, ' which
dates buck to remote ages, is in the
form of a pot of flowers, surmounted
by an uncut ruby the size of a hen's
egg. '
Anti-German feeling runs so high In
Prague that the Czech University stu-
dentM h i va handm! ttirt.rhi. tn e,,lln..
and taboo all young women who dunce
or flirt with Germuns at parties.
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