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enemy reveal the location of the new
masked batteries and to compel the Span
ish fleet to come out and fight When
the American fleet advanced the Cristobal
jColon lay across the entrance to the har
bor her port broadside facing the assail
ants
Schley wanted to be in the midst of
whatever was going to happen so he
transferred his flag from the Brooklyn to
the Massachusetts at -noon Two hours
later the Massachusetts New Orleans
and Iowa not more than a cable length
mparl steamed up to the harbor mouth
wihin 4000 yards of Morro castle Two
miies further out to the sea the Brooklyn
Texas and other ships of the blockading
fleet rede the waves with just headway
enough for steering purposes Six min
utes steaming would have brought them
into the fight but they got no invitation
and lay there to the end
The Massachusetts opened fire taking
the Spanish flagship for its first target
An eight inch shell was thrown It was
not a good shot quite as bad as the shot
that answered it Then the Massachu
setts tried its thirteen inch guns The
roar of these was a new voice Even the
6hips near trembled with their shock and
the water seemed to hum like an immense
sounding board The Cristobal Colon and
four batteries two on the east side one
on the west and one on an island in the
middle of the channel made fitting re
plies Their ten and twelve inch Krupps
sent shot for shot for the American sixes
eights twelves and thirteens It was a
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STHEEX SCENE IN SANTIAGO
noisy and spectacular scene but not effec
tive on either side at the outset
After half an hours firing the two forts
on the east and the one on the island were
silenced Five minutes later Schleys
shiis ceatcd firing
Kations for the Troops
The War Department is massing ra
tions for thirty days for the troops that
are assembling at Jacksonville Fla un
der command of Maj Gen Lee
Commends ilcu on Oregon
Secretary Long has congratulated the
officers and crew of the battleship Oregon
on their safe arrival and commended them
lor their good work
Spanish Mail by Freucli Boats
The Madrid postoflice has authorized
f tllprrJph of letters to Cuba and tin
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Down by the Yankee Fleet
Americans Accomplish Their Task Without Loss of a Alan
or Damage to a Ship
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Washington special
distinction falls upon Commo
dore Schley for striking the first
hard blow in the Atlantic The out
er fortiOcations of Santiago de Cuba are
in ruins the formidable Morro fort being
practically wrecked and Admiral Cer
veras flagship battered and her plates
broken and her machinery injured is no
longer the dangerous battle craft that
crossed the Atlantic to lead the Spanish
fleet against the American warships The
imported French and German gunners
sent the projectiles from the Krupps close
to our ships but they did not land Xot
one shell struck Schleys vessels
According to advices received by way
of Kingston Jamaica the Marblehead
first made certain of the presence of the
Spanish fleet at Santiago The fight was
a sequel to its discovery The Marble
head - cruising close to the harbor en
trance found four Spanish cruisers two
torpedo boat destroyers and the old Reina
Mercedes skulking behind the batteries
at the mouth of the harbor Schley at
once determined to draw the fire of the
batteries His object was to make the
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Key West special
It was reported in Key West that the
big Spanish troop ship Alfonso XIII had
been captured off the eastern coast of
Cuba by the auxiliary cruiser St Paul
The story told was that the troop ship
tried her utmost to get away but the
speed of the St Taul was too great ami
the Alfonso XIII was compelled to sur
render The St Paul it is reported fired
seventeen shots before the Spanish flag
was hauled down The news of the cap
ture was brought by a dispatch boat from
Commodore Watsons fleet before Ha
vana It was reported that the Alfonso
XIII had but few Spanish troops aboard
but was full to overflowing of supplies and
coal It was believed in the blockading
fleet that the Alfonso had but recently left
Cienfuegos and was bound for Porto Rico
Another story was that she was endeavor
ing to steal into Santiago past Schleys
fleet and break the blockade of that port
It is also reported that the Spanish ship
also had trans Atlantic mails aboard for
Blanco and Cervera
SCOUTS SEEN OFF KEY WEST
Spanish Auxiliary Cruisers Are in
American Waters
The reputed jpresence in Key West
waters of two Spanish auxiliarycruisers
appears to be true Tuesday night while
the Detroit was steaming along with all
lights out a steamer was made out out
lined against the sky and in the moon
light was made out to have a black hull
and light colored smokestacks the chief
characteristics of the converted Spanish
merchantman The Detroit immediately 1
under full steam set out in pursuit but
the suspicious steamer was fast and read
ily escaped This is supposed to have
been one of the two ships which have been
crmsiuff around in tlio neighborhood of
Key West
JIATANZAS BLOCKHOUSE RAZED
Tugs Uncas and Ieyden Fire on the
Fortifications
It was discovered a few days ago that
the Spaniards had built a new blockhouse
at the entrance of Mntanzas harbor east
of Pedro light It was determiueI to de
stroy the fort which was a small afFair
mounting only one gun and manned by a
small company of Spaniards The trigs
Uncas and Leyden were ordered to do the
work At noon on Monday they steamed
within a half mile of the fort and opened
fire with their six pounders The Span
iards replied with one shot which went
wild Both boats continued pouring slnMIs
right at the fortifications nearly evory
one of them hitting the mark The hot
fire completely demoralized the garrisons
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The shot riddled the fort and completely
destroyed it Twenty eight shots wore
fired The tugs then withdrew The
Spanish loss is believed to be ten or twen
ty dead
To Seize Hawaii
There are indications that the admin
istration intends to take possession of
Hawaii whether Congress passes the an
nexation resolution or not The President
has the power to take possession of the
islands as a war measure and it is said
that he already has assurance from the
Hawaiian government that this method of
annexation will be acceptable as a way of
getting under the protection of fhe Amer
ican flag
Old Monitors Rebuilt
The old monitors which did such effec
tive service in the civil war have been
nracticallv rebuilt at the League Island
navy yard Philadelphia and rendered far-
more formidable tnan tney were original
ly In addition to full equipment of mod
ern appliances they have been furnished
with rapid fire batteries to supplement
their big old style guns which are tre
mendously effective at close range
Two Englishmen Stoned
A mob of Spaniards according to a dis
patch from Gibraltar assaulted and ston
ed Maj Gen J 13 Kicnardson command
er of the royal artillery at Gibraltar and
another Englishman while they were
walking at San Rouque seven miles
northwest of Gibraltar
More Help for Dewey
It seems to be well understood at the
Mare Island navy yard that the Monad
nock has been ordered to go to Manila
and that the Government has purchased
lh ship Wlutift to accoiupany
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np HE vanguard of the army of Cuba has
- moved at last Many of the soldiers
who have been grumbling at Tampa and
Mobile over their unwelcome inactivity
embarked on the transports which have
been lying idle at those points so long
Gen Miles has left Washington for the
front Soon stirring news will come of
victories won over Spanish troops The
work of liberating Cuba to which this
country pledged itself more than a month
ago has been commenced in earnest Dec
oration Day was made memorable not
alone by the ceremonies attaching to its
observance and by the reunion of the vet
erans both of the blue and the gray un
der the same flag and of the volunteers
also under the same flag in defense of a
common cause but by the good news
which came from Commodore Schley that
at last the Cape Verde fleet was definitely
located in Santiago harbor This officer
asserts he has seen the vessels and the
evidence of ones eyes does not need fur
ther confirmation The receipt at Wash
ington of the news that Admiral Cerveras
fleet was in the harbor of Santiago de
Cuba with Commodore Schley at the en
trance ready and able to fall on it if it
attempted to escape dispelled those fears
of the Spanish vessels which have kept
the army on American shores so long
When it was learned authoritatively that
Cervera was bottled up and could not in
terfere with the transports or with the
lauding of the troops the forward move
ment began
The military invasion of Cuba began
Monday Almost immediately following
the receipt of definite information as to
the presence of the Spanish fleet at San
tiago Gen Miles went to the War De
partment and issued telegraphic orders
putting the troops in motion and thus
starting the forward movement of the mil
itary arm of the service At an early hour
the troops that have been gathered at the
gulf ports began to break camp and marci
aboard transports waiting to carry them
to the enemys territory About twenty
five of these ships the biggest and fast
est that could be obtained suitable for the
purpose had been gathered ready to re
ceive the troops They accommodate
about 30000 men for in a short voyage
like that from one of e gulf ports to
Cuba it is possible with safety and com
fort to carry a much larger number of
men aboard ship than would be admissi
ble in the case for a cruise to the Philip
pines for instance
How many troops started and where
they wore bound were questions which
tlie directing spirits of the campaign re
fused positively to answer They had no
desire that the Spanish should have op
portunity afforded them to gather forces
gome of the Costs of War
An estimate for a deficiency appropria
tion of 11400000 in the expenditures
of the quartermasters department for
the current vear was sent to the House
Thursday Of this amount 9000000
is required for transportation of troops
1000000 for regular supplies 1000000
for horses and mules 20000 formci
dental expenses and 200000 for barracks
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Austria Feelstesentf ul
The refusal of thSHKiiW States to
I accede to Austrias Jemsnd for the pay
ment of an indemnity for the men who
wore killed by a sheriffs posse at Hazle
ton Pa has been unofliciallydiscussed at
Vienna in its bearing on tne opaiusn
American war It is suggested that the
Government may possibly adopt an un
friendly attitude
Spain Will Fiht to the End
Before leaving for Paris to again as
sume charge of tJjs Spanish embassy
Senor Castillo waslntified by Sagasta
that at present Spanfeotild not consider
any terms qf peace wlfi implied a loss of
territory Spain iOisaid will not seek
the intervention of tbSf powers until she
is completely beaten
Stead Has a Word
In a recent interview William T Stead
editor of the London Review of Reviews
said As an Englishman I would be will
ing to see the British Empire merged into
the American Republic with the capital
at Washington if unity of the Anglo
Saxon people could be accomplished in no
other way
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The cable between Cadiz and Iloilo has
been cut
Every regiment is to have twenty five
nurses and this will bring the total up to
3750
Reports from Key West say the rainy
season has begun in Cubaand rain falls
daily
A shipping company has been commis
sioned to carry mails from Manila to
Hongkong
The standing toast in Havana just be
fore the war was Heres to the patriot
who blew up the Maine
The Eighth New York regiment has
many new German recruits nearly all of
HOW SAMPSON BATTERED THE ANClENTyORTS OF SAN JUAN
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From a photograph taken after the bombardment This shows much of the
damage done by the shells of the American fleet Old Castle Morro was- the
greatest sufferer so far as visible effects- are concerned but many of the more
modern fortifications were hammered with equal effect
to attack our soldiers as they land The
start was made from Tampa and Mobile
and in each case the fleets of transports
converge at Key West to pass under the
convoy of thewarahips which Admiral
Sampson provided to insure the sa fetyof
the troops during the passage across the
Florida straits and to guajthem against
attack at the hands- of some stray Span-
isn cruiser or guiiuuixt
whom are veterans of the Emperors
army
The English Marquis of Itipon has ex
pressed himself as much in favor of an
Anglo American alliance
Five vessels captured by cmr warships
in Cuban waters have been condemned
and ordered sold by the prize court
The captmred Spanish ships Panama
Guido Buona Yontura and the Pedro are
to go to New York to be sold as prizes
The Government needs war horses and
will soon inrite bids for the supply that
may be wanted Dealers all over the
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National Bank Is Subjected to a Heavy
Run
The condition of the Bank of Spain is
considered in Madrid as more serious than
any reverse of the war as if it cannot
help the Government the war cannot be
continued The financial outlook of Spain
is dark The Government has intrusted
the Bank of Spain with the negotiations
for a loan of 1000000000 pesetas 200
000000 at 4 per cent which sum is to be
raised as and when required The bank
will endeavor to raise the loan at home
and abroad There was a long procession
at the Bank of Spain during Wednesday
All classes of people were represented
and many women were in line waiting
their turn to change notes into silver
fearing the notes would soon be subjected
to a discount There is danger of the
banks stock of silver becoming exhaust
ed which would compel the Government
to resort to a forced currency issuing
notes of small denomination
The statement from Madrid in what
seemed to be almost semi official form of
the acuteness of the financial stringency
there and the plain intimation that the
Bank of Spain and consequently Spain
were nearing the end of their financial
resources was regarded at the State De
partment in Washington as of more real
significance than many of the stories of
battles on land and sea tha t have been
coming over the cables for the past few
weeks The effect of this notice may be to
hasten the operations against Porto Rico
lest the prize slip from our grasp through
a sudden and unexpected termination of
the war
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Peace Unions Sympathy
The people of Philadelphia are indig
nant to the point of physical violence
against a society of old fosilized Quakers
known as the Peace Union which has
occupied a room in the very cradle of lib
erty Independence Hall free of charge
for writing a letter of sympathy to the
Queen Regent of Spain treasonable in
tone The Peace Union has been com
pelled to vacate the cradle of liberty forth
with
Insurgents Capture a Town
Insurgents under command of Gen Car
illo captured the town ofRemedios 300
rifles 80000 rounds of ammunition and
10000 rations Later the Spaniards se
cured reinforcements and drove them out
The Spanish forces lost nearly 100 men
killed and wounded the Cubans foui
killed three wounded
Cuban Kecruits Disappeared
It is reported that 200 Cuban cigar
makers were recently enlisted at Key
West for service in Cuba but when the
mustering officer wnt to the rendezvous
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country have been notified that desirable
stock is required Priees are liable to go
up
Count Eugene A Tan Waldick of Hol
land has enlisted in the United States
army at Cleveland Ohio
A report is current in London and is
extensively believed that an alliance has
been formed between France and Spain
The French Government is making
strenuous efforts to remove the bad im
pression made in this country by the ven
omous denunciation of the United States
-by Paris newspapers
An official dispatch to Madrid from Ha
vana says The food supply is assured
for a long time Vessels are arriving here
from tall parts even from the United
States with provisions
Walter S Barker who was American
consul at Sagua la Grande Cuba is to be
commissioned colonel of men who have
had yellow fever to be sentto Cuba with
to muster them into the service 150 oi
them had disappeared
Spain Watched by Britain
The British Government authorities are
watching Spains obvious intention to
grant to France the permanent free use
of Ceuta and the Russian Government
is exercising vigilance in regard to Port
Mahon Minorca
Cuban Volunteers Landed
The 3S0 Cuban volunteers taken from
Tampa by the steamer Florida have been
successfully landed in the island The
steamer also carried several thousand
Springfield and Remington rifles a large
amount of ammunition and a quantity of
other military supplies
Water Scarce at Key West
The Government is having to ship drink
ing water to Key West Wednesday the
watership Maverick came in with 1000
000 gallons and also towing a barge con-
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Admiral Sampson Reported to Havo
Purposely Sent Collier Merriraac
Into the Mined Channel Bottle Now
More Securely Corked
Second Bombardment Reported
Friday morning at S oclock the Ameri
can squadron began a second bombard
ment of the fortifications of Santiago de
Cuba and a lively cannonade ensued for
two hours which silenced the Spanish
batteries An American vessel the Mer
rimac described in the advices from San
tiago de Cuba as an auxiliary cruder
making a dash to force the entrance suc
ceeded in passing the first line of de
fenses but was torpedoed about oOO feet
up the channel The torpedo broke a hole
in her side and caused her to sink almost
instantly bow first An oilicer an engi
neer and six seamen were taken prison
ers The number of victims is unknown
The news that the collier not cruiser
Merrimac was sunk by a torpedo in trying
to force her way through the narrow pas
sage leading to Santiago harbor excited
grent interest in Washington While
without any information except that con
tained in press dispatches to the effect
that the Merrimac was sunk naval offi
cers think it exceedingly probable that
Sampson would assign a non fighting ship
to the duty of ascertaining the location of
the torpedo fields or of clearing the chan
nel of torpedoes rather than risk the de
struction of a regular war vessel whose
loss would weaken the effective strength
of the American fleet Admiral Sampson
has apparently rammed a cork into the
neck of the bottle at Santiago and impris
oned the Spanish fleet by purposely sing
ing in the channel the big collier which
it is said was brought with the fleet for
that express purpose
The Merrimac was a large tramp steam
ship built of iron and with a displacement
of 5302 tons and it was capable of car
rying the enormous load jof 5000 tons of
coal -so that if it was successfully sunk
in the narrow entrance to Santiago bay it
would prove an obstacle to the escape o
the Spanish fleet which nothings but dyna
mite would remove and the use of dyna
mite of course would explode every mine
or torpedo in the vieiuity of the wreck
It was reported in Port an Prince that
while the American fleet made the second
attack the insurgents led by Gen Rabi
marched on the town and attacked There
was a bloody engagement which resulted
in a drawn battle the insurgents finally
encamping on the Holguin road while the
Spaniards massed in the Plaza F Armas
THE PKESS CENSOK
Capt Jones Allen Who Has Been Pro
moted by the Preident
Captain Jones Allen who was recently
nominated a lieutenant colonel by the
President is a sphinx and a terror to the
correspondents now quartered at Key
West The new lieutenant coionel is the
censor of the press dispatches at that
point and although implacable in that
capacity he i a very good fellow other
wise He was graduated from the
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tary academy in 1S72 and spent three
years with the Third cavalry in Wyom
ing After that he was detached for sig
nal service and remained in that depart
ment of the army until 1878 He was
sent to New Mexico for three year3 and
in 1SS1 returned to the signal service in
Washington In 188 1 he rejoined the
Third cavalry then in the Indian terri
tory For two years from 1887 to
he was detailed- as cavalry instructor at
West Point was detached again for sig
nal service and from 1892 to 1894 he was
a member of Gen Miles staff at Chicago
Since 1894 Captain Allen has done staff
duty chiefly with Gen linger and Gen
Merritt He was promoted to the rank of
captain ten years ago
AIGER ASKS FOR 33793oS
To Pay and Equip Volunteers Under
Presidents Second Call
The Secretary of War has sent to Congress-
a request for appropriations
amounting to y3S7985S These appro
priations will be used for the equipment
and maintenance until Jan 1 1S99 of the
75000 volunteers recently called for by
m President The several items are
given as follow
Pay of volunteers 1409SS
Subsistence of the army 5147477
iieguiar supplies of the quarter
masters department
Horses for cavalry and artillery
Barracks and quarters
Army transportation
Clothing for the army
Contingencies of the army
Equipment of enginer troops
Signal service of the army
Civilian assistants to engineer
officers
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1500000
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25000
37000
20000
Spends 1000000 for Hospitals
The Government has paid more than
1600000 for the two hospital ships the
Solace and the Relief The total expense
of procuring and equipping the two ves
sels will not be far from 1250000 It is
stated that if an expedition is sent to
Porto Rico another hospital ship will be
needed
Ne svs of Elinor Note
Tampa Fla is now secure against hos
tile attacks
The Government has expended 81000
COO for army mules s
Beef is sold at 250 a pound in Manila
and all other food in proportion
Spanish steamers recently landed large
cargoes of provisions at San Juan Porto
Rico
The Government has accepted the offer
of a battery by John Jacob Astor of New
York It will be equipped for mountain
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