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Sampsons Shots Soon Reduce
Spanish Batteries
PORTO RICAN CAPITAL FALLS
Antiquated Morro Fort Quickly Leveled
to a Heap of Ruins
GOOD WORK OF OUR GUNNERS
-Americans Force Capitulation with the
Loss of but One Sailor
Bent of Spanish Power in Porto Kico
Attacked by Oar Big Warships
Huge Guns of the Iowa Fire First
Shots Terrific Cannonade Follows
in Which the Iand Defenders Suffer
Great Damage and Ioss of Iife In
habitants of the Stricken Town and
Foreign Consuls Flee in Terror from
the City to the Open Country
Washington special
Admiral Sampson and the fleet of Amer
ican warships that followed the cruiser
New York from the Havana blockade
have contributed a new chapter to the
glorious naval history of the United
States San Juan de Forto Rico has gone
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down under the destructive and deadly fire
of the great guns of the battleships Iowa
and Indiana monitors Amphitrite and
Puritan and -the cruisers New York
-Montgomery and Detroit Admiral Samp
son says in his official report t the Sec
retary of the Navy that one man was kill
ed on board the New York and seven
slightly wounded in the squadron No se
rious damage to any ships resulted
The ancient walls and fortifications of
the city that was founded nearly 400
years ago by Ponce de Leon crumbled be
fore the matchless gunnery of the Ameri
can bluejackets as if they had been con
structed of paper and their defenders
were either killed or wounded by the
1000 pound shells from the thirteen inch
guns of the monitors and battleships
Great breaches were shot through the
walls overhanging the bay and the moni
tors by working close to these were en
abled to send their terrible broadsides
right through the city itself The fighting
began right after sunrise Thursday morn
ing
When the sentries in the ornamental
boxes that adorn the sea wall of the town
got their first glimpse of the sea their
hearts must have jumped into their
mouths for there before their eyes steam
ing defiantly and majestically past the
old lighthouse toward the mouth of the
iharbor were the eight floating engines of
war for whose coming they had looked
through weary and anxious night vigils
The Iowa with her biggest guns protrud
ing from her forward turret and eager
impatient bluejackets gathered behind the
breeches waiting for the signal to shoot
led the way
The ships glided into the harbor one
after another moving as noiselessly as
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FORTIFICATION AT SAN JUAN
Dewey ran the batteries of Gorregidor
iwhen he stole upon Montejo at Manila
Their decks were cleared for action every
gun was shotted and every man was at
his station
As they uearcd the mouth of the bay
Admiral Sampsons plan of battle began
to be apparent to the dazed and seemingly
paralyzed Spaniards The Iowa swung
to nort heading directly for the
ioned circular castle that has been known
as the Morro of San Juan The Indiana
followed in her wake at a distance oX
about oC0 yards The New York went to
Starboard followed by the monitors
and Puritan The Detroit fol
lowed the admiral and the Montgomery
went with the battleships in the direction
of the castle
Presently the flags that conveyed the
words Remember the Maine the shib
boleth of revenge to every man who sails
under the Stars and Stripes were snapr
ping from the masthead of the flagship
New York
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bad their courage was magnificent They
were frightfully handicapped by the ma
sonry that was thrown up at every dis
charge of an American shell The inhab
itants of San Juan fled in terror as soon as
they heard the first discharges of the guns
of the Iowa and Indiana The foreign
consuls followed the refugees into the
country and the volunteers fled
Location of San Juan
San Juan is 1000 miles due southeast
from Havana 500 miles from Cape Maisi
the eastern tip of Cuba and only 1600
miles from New York The nearest port
is St Thomas distant only sixty nine
miles The city of San Juan is situated
on an island in the bay and is connected
with the main island by a bridge and
causeway of ancient military construction
It is inclosed by a heavy wall of stone
that is from fifty to one hundred feet high
in places The harbor is one of the finest
in the world It offers a safe anchorage
to vessels of all sizes Next to Cuba Porto
Rico is the richest and most desirable of
Spains possessions It possesses an ideal
climate and vast resources Its popula
tion is nearly S00000 90 per cent of
whom are negroes and mulattoes
The reduction and occupation of Porto
Rico were determined on just as soon as
the news of Deweys victory came from
Manila The port of San Juan was the
onlv harbor where a Spanish fleet coming
to this side of the Atlantic for a fight
could take refuge Its capture leaves
them to the mercy of the open sea and the
American squadrons
Onlv seven shots were fired from the
guns of the American fleet before Morro
fort was a crumbling ruin Her guns
were silent and her gunners killed or in
flight Then the attack on the land bat
teries began and the fortifications about
the Government buildings and the palace
were assailed The cruisers did effective
service here and soon the postoffice and
the governors palace were tumbled about
the heads of the officials the guns dis
mounted or abandoned The town sur
rendered at 6 oclock in the evening The
battleship Iowa fired 250 shots the cruis
er Detroit fired 180 During the last half
of the bombardment the warships guns
did terrible execution
Gen Schofield president of the Nation
al Volunteer Reserves says that organ
ization is assuming immense proportions
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cessful occupation of the islands Gen
Merritt will be made the military gov
ernor
STARVATION REIGNS IN HAVANA
Prices for Food Rival Those that Ob
tain in the Klondike
The city of Havana is a sad sight
There are still a few of the reconcentra
dos about the streets now but starvation
has ended the misery of most of them and
their bones have been thrown into the
trenches outside of the city Starvation
now faces the Spanish citizens them
selves Havana is a graveyard Two
thirds of the inhabitants have fled The
prices rival those of Klondike Beef
steak is 1 a pound Chickens are 15
each Flour is 50 a barrel Every
thing is being confiscated for Blancos
army Sleek well fed persons are daily
threatened with death to make them di
vulge the whereabouts of their hidden
stores of provisions Several provision
stores in the side streets have been brok
en into and looted
Blanco has personally taken command
of Mariena battery and is directing the
erection of new sand batteries all along
the water front west of the entrance to
Havana bay Lieut Gen Perrado is
making GHanabacoa his headquarters
and is planting new batteries and
strengthening the fortifications as much
as possible Over 300 drayman are en
gaged in the hauling of san3 from the
mouth of Almandres for use- in the con
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VESSELS AND MEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE CARDENAS FIQHT
at the old castle with one of the Iowas
twelve inch guns He did not wait for
the specific signal to commence firing
Remember the Maine was devised to
remind the seamen of the treacherous
murder of 206 of their fellows in Havana
and it was enough to precipitate the bom
bardment of San Juan de Porto Rico
The Iowas shell struck fair and plump
and a section of the castle nearly as big
as the side of a gunboat crumbled as if
the ground had sunk under it The In
diana cut loose one of her cannon at the
same mark and before the effect of the
shot could be seen the Iowa had swung
broadside to the fortification and emptied
every gun on her starboard side
The shore guns began to reply Half a
dozen of them were fired at the same time
from the turrets of the castle but the men
on the battleships were not sure whether
they were aimed at themselves or the
Yale three miles away The Spaniards
were poor marksmen and Admiral Samp
son was not long in discovering this fact
He moved the New York to closer quar
ters Her eight and six inch guns fired
almost with the rapidity of Maxims were
soon pumping shot and shell into the for
tifications with deadly accuracy and exe
cution The other cruisers followed the
example of the flagship raking the entire
sea wall from end to end The monitors
began creeping closer and closer to the
wall The Puritan got within 800 yards
of the castle and at that range her big
guns pounded one hole after another un
til the ancient defense looked as if it
would fall of its own weight The Am
phitrite did similar service at the other
end The Iowa and Indiana concentrat
ed their fire on the castle until its de
fenders were forced out and its guns si
lenced
At times for a period of five and even
ten minutes smoke hung in such dense
clouds that the Spaniards could not see
the ships nor could the Americans see
the fortifications The gunners on the
ships did not need the walls before their
eyes to continue the execution which was
begun with the first shot They had the
range of the wall That was enough for
them and their shells shrapnel and solid
shot swept one position after another de
stroyed guns exploded ammunition crum
bled bastions and killed Spaniards just as
if their targets were in plain sight
It is to the credit of the Spaniards who
defended San Juanthat they put up a
gallant and even dogged resistance They
stuck to their guns until they were de
stroyed or disabled and if their aim was
AID FOR DEWEY
Cruiser Charleston Is Ordered to the
Philippines
The Navy Department ordered the
cruiser Charleston at San Francisco to
proceed at once to Manila without wait
ing for the City of Pekin The Charles
ton is loaded with ammunition for Ad
miral Deweys squadron It was consid
ered advisable to get this ammunition to
Dewey as soon as possible that he may
be prepared for any emergency The cam
paign in the Philippines is to be carried
forward at the same time with the cam
paign in Cuba and Porto Rico Troops
are to be sent to Manila as soon as they
can go on board the City of Pekin The
purpose is to send enough troops to Ma
nila to take possession and hold it This
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Government will be responsible for order
and peace in Manila If 12000 are not
enough another 12000 will be sent Or
ders were issued by Major Gen Miles di
recting that all of the troops from the six
States west of the Mississippi river which
had been intended for mobilization at
Chickamauga national park and at Wash
ington D C proceed as soon as possible
to San Francisco Major Gen Wesley
Merritt commanding the Department of
the East goes to the Philippine Islands
in charge of the expedition sent to re-enforce
Admiral Dewey He is accompan
ied by Gen Otis In the event of
struction of the earthworks along the
coast The streets are riotous with half
drunken Spanish volunteers crying for
American and Cuban blood At night the
city is wrapped in darkness ana arA
electric lights being shut off by order of
Blanco Spanish soldiers are taking ad
vantage of this to commit shocking out
rages upon unprotected Cuban families
In spite of these direful circumstances
Blanco ordered the decoration of the city
hoping to incite -the patriotism of the pop
ulace
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND READY
This Number of United States Troops
Available for Armies of Occupation
On Saturday the War Department rer
ported that there had been mustered into
the service of the United States 75000
volunteers With the 25000 regulars now
in the fleld this gives an available force
of 100000 ready for service Constant
dditions will be made until tiie entire
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orce or lzouuv volunteers ana iv
regulars is ready This will enable the
administration to send armies of occupa
tion wherever needed and to maintain suf
ficient reserves for coast defenses Every
energy has been put forth by the War De
partment to get in motion the army of oc
cupation for Cuba Haste is necessary
in this instance so that the department
may next get in readiness the second ex
pedition for the Philippines After that
will come the army of occupation for
Porto Rico Because of the large number
of Spanish troops in Porto Rico it is very
probable that at least 15000 men will be
sent in the first division and even a larger
number may be necessary to hold the
island
RIOT IN MILAN
Three Hundred Persons Reported
Killed and a Thousand Wouudedt
Sunday was a terrible day for Milan
Italy The bread riots are increasing in
violence and in many cases the troops
are powerless to repress the uprising
About 1 oclock Sunday afternoon a ver
itable battle occurred in the Via Somtra
rie Thousands of tiles and chimneys
were hurled from the roofs upon the
troops who were compelled to retire A
similar fight took place in the Via Tori
no and it is believed that no fewer than
300 were killed and 1000 injured Eight
thousand troops are quartered in the
city The law courts schools and public
offices are closed and guarded by artillery
The mobs are well organized They
marched in columns from the different
city gates and converged upon the center
of the town The troops horse foot and
artillery bivouacked in the Piazzo del
Duomo and troops were pouring into the
city throughout the night Twenty five
of the sixty aiine provinces of Italy are
now under martial law
MAS3ACRES IN MANILA
Oppressed Natives Seek Revenge on
Spanish Masters
According to Shanghai advices massa
cres are reported to have occurred out
side of Manila the insurgents butchering
even the Spanish women and children
It is reported that Admiral Montejo the
commander of the Spanish fleet who
caped from Cavite by running along the
shore to- Manila witn ins two sons was
killed by the populace of the latter place
It is added that the Hospital of San
Roquei filled with Spanish soldiers was
accidentally set on fire by shells from the
Boston and that Sisters of Charity were
kiHed by a native mob while removing
the- wounded
Spanish Warship Snnk
A cablegram from Hong Kong based
on reports made by officers of a trading
vessel that came from the Philippines
tells of a fierce battle off Iloito between
x Spanish gxmboat and the United States
gunboat Concord The Spanish boat was
blown up and sank with colors flying It
was assisted by land batteries but no
damage was done to the Concord or her
crew It is- stated that there are only two
Spanish vessels remaining in Asiatic wat
ers One is now in dry dock at Hong
Kong and of course will not be permitted-
to leave The cruiser Boston is re
ported to be searching for the other with
order to capture or destroy it
Au gustin Says 61 S Are Killed
An official dispatch received at Madrid
from Gen Augustin governor general of
the Philippines by way of Laban Borneo
says The enemy seized Cavite and the
arsenal owing to the destruction of the
Spanish squadron and established a close
blockade A thousand sailors arrived
here yesterday evening from our destroy-
j ed squadron the losses of which number-
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BATTLE AT CAftDENAS
FIVE MEN KILLED ON THE TOR
PEDO BOAT WINSLOW
Fierce Conflict with Spanish Gunboats
and Shore Batteries Solid ShofDis
ables Little American Vessel and a
Shell Explodes in Midst of Her Crew
American Blood Spilled
Key West speclal
The gunboats Wilmington and Hudson
and the torpedo boat Wiusiuw had a light
with the Spaniards in the harbor of Car
denas Cuba Wednesday afternoon willi
the result that five Americans were killed
and a number wounded The firing con
tinued for thirtv five minute and was
terrific The Winslow was shot through
and through
The little American fleet entered
the harbor for the purpose of at
tacking some Spanish gunboats
which were known to be there These
latter however were not discovered by
the American force until the Spaniards
opened fire from a masked battery Look
outs on board could see the main batteries
some mile and a half ahead but had no
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solid shot and shells hit all about the tor
pedo boat A solid shot tore through her
hull and the forward boiler blew up but
her men did not flinch Another shot tore
away her rudder and she drifted help
lessly The Hudson steamed into the har
bor and took the Winslow in tow The
hawsers were scarcely fast when a shell
burst directly over the damaged boat
Lieut Bagley was instantly killed and
four of his men who were working the
rapid fire guns fell with him The Wil
mington had reached easy range about this
time and opened with its heavy guns
The Spaniards turned their fire on the
Wilmington and it was hit by a dozen
shots Until the Winslow was safely out
of the harbor the Wilmington bore the
brunt of the battle The Spanish batter
ies were silenced eventually and a number
of men killed and wounded
Several Spanish gunboats seeing a
chance to get revenge for the inconve
nience to which they had been subjected
by our blockaders entered into the bat
tle from a safe distance noting that the
American vessels had all they could do
to take care of the shore batteries
TROOPS TO CUBAi
Sixty Thousand Soldiers Under Gen
eral Miles to Be Rushed Forward
President McKiuley and his advisers at
the cabinet meeting Tuesday decided up
on an immediate invasion of Cuba Troops
to the number of 60000 will be landed it
is stated1 officially as soon as arrange
ments for transporting men ammunition
and provisions- are completed The entire
army stationed at Chickamauga park
was ordered to the front The First and
Tenth Cavalry to New Orleans the Sec
ond Cavalry to Mobile the Third and
Sixth to Tampa The entire infantry
goes to Tampnv
The transport Gnasie sailed from Tam
pa for Cuba amidst a din of cheers bear
ing the first regular troops of the United
States to Cuban- soil The docks were
thronged with enthusiastic people who
could only guess what was going to hap
pen next and when it would occur
The Gussie carried a large cargo of mis
cellaneous supplies for the Cubans There
were hundreds of cases of the old Spring-
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field rifles forty-five-caliber with accom
panying ammunition and there were alsc
large quantities ofohiarmy muskets such
as were used in the- civil war Pbwdei
and ball galore went with them Hos
pital supplies of every description wenl
witli the hospital attendants Twenty-two-
Cubans clad in the new canvas uni
form of the United- States soldiers wenl
wiith the two companies of the First In
fantry
Plan More- Work for Dewey
The administration is considering an
I informal way of giving Admiral Dewey
more hostile work to do in the far East
While no definite program has beea ar
ranged it appears to be the intention oi
the Government to send the Asiatic
squadron which gained such a woaderful
victory at -Manila to Spains posses
sions in the Pacific the Carolina and the
Ladrone islands Nothing wili be done
in this direction however until the mili
tary force of the United States has occu
pied Manila and left the American squad
ron free to go elsewhere
To Scrutinize All Messages
The United States Government has no
tified all the cable companies that they are
forbidden to transmit messages to or from
Spanish officials any code or cipher mes
sages to or from the West Indies Vene
zuela and Brazil and all open messages
that may convey information Inimical to
the interests of the United States daring
the war with Spain
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WHEAT REACHES SI85
May Crop Goes to Best Price for Farm
ers Since 1877
May wheat sold up to 185 in Chicago
Tuesday and July touched 120 but re
acted some
Following are the net advances of Sat
urday and for the week and Saturdays
closing prices for wheat in the principal
speculative markets of the world the
Chicago figures being given first
Advance- Advance
Month cents for week
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September 3 4
NEW YORK
May 16 41
Juiy 4 10
MINNEAPOLIS
Cash 14 3it
Mar 14 31
July 11 24
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1861 125 1882 Mc 140
92 1883
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1879 1 14
HIGH PRICES RULE IN DAWSON
Scores Would Ieave if Certafn of
Beaching Civilization
William Newton has arrived in Taco
nia from Dawson having started out
April 2 He has little to say himself but
brought out letters which detail conditions
at Dawson up to the time he left When
Ee left Dawson was suffering from an
epidemic of scurvy caused by improper
food or rather lack of variety in diet
The hospital was crowded with patients
and others were sick in cabins The
health conditions were worse than ever
before and no doubt exists- that many
deaths will occur before the miners are
able to take the river steamers to civili
zation This feeling is so general that
dozens would come out overland if certain
they could reach tide waters safely ut
this season March was unusually warm
in the Klondike country and the snow
melted rapidly
C C Pagett writing on March 29
says many new buildings were being
started Lumber was hard to get at 150
per 1000 and dressed lumber at 250
It was impossible to obtain nails 4 and
5 a pound being the lowest prices quoted
for eight and ten penny Wooden pegs
were being used instead Twelve or fif
teen horses have survived the winter and
the owners are earning big money haul
ing logs Many dog teams are engaged in
the same work Food prices were high
flour 50 per sack lard 5 per pound but
ter 3 per pound and other provisions on
the same scale Very few had anything
to sell Real estate prices were also sky
ward Two- front street lots near the old
opera house sitey brought 40000 ia
March Prices of all unsold lots have
been raised from- 100 to 1000 each
Considerable speculating is going on ia
the buying andi seHIng of dumps
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE FEARED-
Waterspouts- and- Tornadoes Play
iiavoc in Arkansas
Waterspouts and tosnadoes have played
havoc at Van Burec Ark and done
hundreds of thousands of dollars dam
ages Three houses- were blown down at
Rudy and it is reported that Winslow
a summer resort on the top of Boston
Mountain is entirely gone Two bridges
on the Frisco Railroad over Clear Creek
have been swept away and the road aban4
doned The Kansas anil Arkansas Valleyj
Road had a two-mile- washout and 3001
yards landslide t
The Arkansas Riveris twenty five milesj
wide in places- and is- four inches highert
than it wns inlS92 which was the high 4
est on recordl Boats have been busy inr
the bottoms rescuing the inhabitants
Thousands wero rescued and it is feared
that many have been drowned Two
houses were- seen goih down the river
but boatmen could not reach them The
destruction by-floods- in the Grand Verdi
gris and Arkansas bottoms is reported ta
be enormous It has been raining in parts
cf the Indian Territory almost continu
ously for-five-days and the surrounding
eountry is- flooded Much property north
of Muskogee- has been destroyed and
large numbers- ofr stock are reported
drowned Relief parties are at work at
tempting to rescue the people caught in
the floods intile loiviassds of the Grand and
Verdigris A small skiff containing a
woman and three- children capsized and
the occupants- were reported drowned in
the high waters- of the South Canadian
near Eufaula Another report states that
seventeen families have perished in the
floods of that swift stream
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hostilities by firing Minister Woodfoad
Advice to Gen Weylor Go to Cu ba
young man and blow up with the eoun
try
If Spain can do it she would better
trade a little of her honor for gunpow
der
How lucky is it that Steve jRrodie haa
never thought of burning his bridges at ter
him
Roosevelts Rough Riders will teach
the Spaniards the three rs in the curricu
lum of war
And now Missouri is said to have form
ed a mule trust Its a new idea to hava
any trust in mules
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