SA.N JUAN SHELLED.
-Adm. Sampson's Fleet Bombards
Porto Rico's Capital Three Hours.
lICiigiiKnmrtit Terminated llnforii llnriny'n
;inm Vi'nrn Silenced Ono Atniirlritii
KlllriJ ii tlio Snw York Snvorul
Aro Wounded.
Wahhington, May li. This morning
'Mm navy department received tins fol
lowing dispatch from Adm. Sampson.
It in dated St Thomas, May 1U, and Is
us follows:
A portion of llio squadron unilor my com
mnriil icnched Sim .limn tills morning at day
break. No armed vessels wero finiiiil In tlio
port. As koom iih It was Huniclcully light I
coiiimi'tic!(l nn attack mi the batteries defend
ing: the dly. Tills attack lusted about throo
hours itml resulted In much damage to tlio b-it-torlcs
tuul incidentally to a portli u of tlio city
adjacent U) tlio batteries. Tlio batteries re
plied tu our Ilro but without mntorliil elTeet,
Ono mnn was hilled on lionril tlio Now York
mid seven KllKlitly wounded In tlio squadron.
No surlous-duinngo to any fillips resulted.
SAMPSON.
Adm. Sampson's statement that liu
attacked with only u portion of IiIh
fleet Is tjiken to indicate that ho did
not lind it expedient to tako the entire
squadron Into the harbor, though it
is not Lelioved hu has suparatcd his
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An Uiiiintolul Iteport of tlm Iloiiiliiiriluioiit.
Nkw YoitK, May 11. A oablu from
'Fort do France to tho New York Jour
nal says:
1'oht1)K Fit anck, MtutlnliHio. May 12. San
Juan, Porto Hlco, has fallen before the torrl
rililu ilro at Adm. Sampson's tluot- Willi its
"Kcmcmbur tho JMuliio." a llutter In signal
. tlKs, tlio HaKhhlp N'ew York iuoed Into action
tliis mornlni;. The men on tho other ships,
nerved by tlio slht of it, worked with tho pre
cision of machinery. Tho uuns wero served
with limit accuracy and their llrlnn was ap
julllni:. Tho bin utis of the batllesli.ps Iowa
mul Indiana pounded away at the fortltlea
tluiiH and tho heavy orduauuo of tlio Spaniartls
was worked amid a hail of steel and burstlun
mIioUk. Tho monitors ran closer in. and their
tiro was stonily and well-directed. Tho masonry
of tho fortlllcalioiis Hew up in ureal clouds, and
-ono shot landed snuaioly on a nun plalformaud
(Hmtioiinicd lu Tho Spaniards fouuht with
.ilouiied desperation, but it was ovldent, aftor
the baltlo reached its hottest, that they could
Tiot bold out imalust the aw ful attack of Samp
noii's lleot. The population and fotcluu resi--tlcnts
souiiht rcfiiKo in the interior of tho is
land. A dispatch from St. Thomas bays the
casualties on board tho United States
.iluut in the bombardment of San Juan
were, as follows: Seaman Frank Wide
inarlc, of tho New York, killed and
several other men slightly wounded.
A l.uter Account of tlio llattle.
Wabiiingto.v, May 14. Tlio Associ
ated press gives tho following account
of the light:
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UMmhardcd by part of Hoar Admiral Sampson's
moot Tliuruday inornim;. 'A'bo enemy's loss is
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KiiKoment ' I am Hiitlslloil with tho morning's
work. I ronlil have taken Han Juan, but I liuvo
no force to liolil It I only wanted to ml minis
tor punishment. TIiIh has been done. I ramo
for tho Hpanlnh fleet, and not for Sail Juan "
Tho onifiKuinant botfnn ut5:l5 a. m and ended
at 8:15 a. in. Tho enemy'H batteries were not
Hlleuccil. The town In tho rear nr tlio fortifi
cations probalily suffered. Tho ships taking
part In tho notion wurn tho Iowa, Indiana, New
York, Terror, Amphltrlte. Detroit, MonlBom
ery, Wauiiip-uucketand I'ortor. The enemy's
llrlni? wns heavy, but wild, and tho Iowa
and Now York wero probably tho only
tihlps bit. They wore riuht up under tho
Kilns In column, delivering broadsides, and
then returned The lino passed thrleo In front
of tho ports, pourtnu tons of Hteel on shore, it
is Impossible to JuiU'o the amount of dnmtiKO
dono to the buildings and forts. They appeared
to bo riddled with Hhot; but the Spaniards wero
plucky. Tho Hinolto hung over ovuryihlni. !
spoiling the aim of the uumier.s and making it
iinposslblo to toll where our Rhnts .struck.
Utter Indlffcreneo was nhown for tho enemy's
lire. Tho wounded wero (illicitly attended, tho
blood was washed away and everythltiK pro
ceeded lllco target practice. At T: !." a. in , Adm.
Sampson hIkiiiiIciI "coiiso firing'." "Hetlro"
was sounded on the Iowa and she headed from
tho shore. Tho Terror was tho last ship In
line and. fulllni,' to see the hIciiiiI, limited
away alone for about half an hour, tho
concert of the shore utis murine at her
and tho water ilylnic hitch around her from
tho exploded shells Hut she possessed a
ehnriued life and reluctantly retired at 8:l
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portaut conclusions liolnn ilrawu The town of
Sail Juan must have sulTered, althouKh pro
tected by the hills, as tho hljih shots must have
reached It. No traces of tho bombardment
wero discernible on the forts, except small
Hies, which wero appaiently extinguished be
fore the lleot loft.
DISPOSITION OF TROOPS.
KaiiHiiH Will l'uriilsli homo for tint Philip
pines A rnrtloii of .Missouri's Ouotn
May See Service In Cuba.
Washino'ion, May M. The Missouri
troops have not yet been ordered to
the Philippines. The report that they
had has been persistently circulated,
but Adjt. lien. Corbln .said yesterday
that no such order has been made. Tho
ti oops for the llrst expedition to tho
Philippines are to bo drawn from tho
regular forces now on tho Paciiie coast
and tho volunteers of the states of Wy
oming, Montana, Washington, Califor
nia, Idaho, Colorado, Kansas, Minne
sota and perhaps Nebraska. It is tho
belief of the adjutant general that
these states will be able to furnish all
tho volunteers which can bo trans
ported on tho first expedition. Tlio
number fixed to go was 12,001). Tho
first two regiments ready in Missouri
will In all probability bo ordered to
proceed direct to Tampa for embarka
tion to Cuba. It is possible that some
of tho other regiments which Missouri
has been called upon to furnish, but
which cannot bo ready for somo time,
may bo ordered to join a second ex
pedition to tho Philippines.
MKJiHriTS DE.MAXD.
The General Desires More Regular
Troops for Occupying Manila.
Hnerntary I.oiik Aniioyril by Nliwwpupvra
1'rlntlliK About rroji'cti'd ,1Iov('ln!iits
of Our I'lm'lH Tlio Kxpmlltlon to
tho I'lilllppluo iKlanilfi.
Ni:v YoitK, May 17. Maj. Oen. Wes
ley Mcrritt may not go to tho Philip
pine islands in command of the troops
to be sent to the assistance of Hear Ad
miral Dewey, and to take charge of
the territory when In American pos
session as military governor, liver
since his return from Washington,
whither he was summoned Inst week
for conference, before the announce
ment was made that he was to com
mand tlio the Manila expedition, Oen.
Merritt has been busily arranging fot
his departure. In an interview last
night Oen. Merritt said:
"I may not no to the Philippines at all. It is
proposed to ulve mo 15,000 men, only 1,0(M of
them rcirulars an) tho rest oluntoors, and
those from tho northwest, who have had little
opportunity for training and discipline. I have
asked the department for at least 1,000 moro
rotfular troops for I believe that they will bo
required. Then- will be no opportunity to
train the volunteer forces before the start or
aftor they net to Manila 1 want enough dis
ciplined troops so Unit tho whole body will bo
as effective as possible. "
"Are you koIiik to Washington to seo nbout
this matter?"
"No, but I am scndlnn an oftlcor. 1 had a
conversation with Dr. Ilourns, of Atlnntn, who
Is familiar with the Philippines, and camo on
to seo me, and li and Col. llunhes will go to
'Washington together. Tho only way I could
net inoio regular troops would bo to tako them
from tho army now in Florida for tho Cuban
Invasion. Hut I fe 1 that I do not want to no on
this expedition mil -ss I have an entirely ade
quate force and at least live reulments of regu
lar troops. The dcpiu imoiit promises to send
on moro men, but history and experience show
that In such expeditions, all depends upon the
ilrst forco sent."
"How can the Chirl -stou start If there are
no men ready?"
"Oen Otis may be willing to go on without
four moro rcglm-'nts of regular troop- and take
only 1 00) tralne Inun. with 11.000 undisciplined
ones, but I am not. I do not propose to go
without a forco that Is suitable to my rank. I
Hhall stay right hrro if I do not go to the Phil
ippines. I don't expo.-t nuvthlng will be dono
In the matter until it Is certain what I am to
have for tho purpose of the expedition."
CAMPAIGN PLANS TO III: KKP1' SKCIIKT.
Wahiiinoion, May 17. An order
posted yesterday morning and signed
by Secretary Long relative to the pub
lication of news emanating from the
navy department had the ell'ectycster-
day of considerably curtailing the i
supply of information that heretofore
has been rather freely given out. The
secretary's order was directed to Capt.
Crown inshield, chief of the naviga
tion bureau, and he in turn gave it
eilect by making an order in his own
name that no person connected with
his bureau in any capacity shoud
have any conversation whatever
upon subjects in any wsry per
taining to the navy with representa
tives of the press. As an olYset, it was
ordered that bulletins of such facts as
have actually occurred and are proper
for publication and are not connected
with existing or projected movements
shall be prepared and posted on the
bulletin board. The sum total of
the information published by the
bulletin board yesterday under this
rule was a notice of the intention
to start the Philippine relief expedi
tion and of tho permission given to
some foreign neutral vessels to pass
the blockade at Havana. In explana
tion of the issue of this order, the
naval authorities sny that some of the
leading Anierlcau newspapers have
been so far lacking in patriotism as to
print plans of campaign and projected
movements of naval ships, with the re
sult that the war board has been
obliged completely to revise its plans,
in the knowledge that the Spanish had
promptly taken notice of the publica
tions and wero prepared to profit by
them. Complaint was made to Secre
tary Long that tlio newspapers were
working injury to the government in
such cases.
i:xpi:i)itiox to tiii: piiii.ippixi'.s.
Washington, May 17. Secretary of
War Alger, on leaving the white house
yesterday, said: "The City of Pokin
will leave San Francisco on Friday for
the Philippines. She will carry as
many troops as can be put aboard her,
which will be at least 1,500 men."
llrlg. Gen. Otis is expected to go with
the first detachment of troops, to be
followed later by Oen. Merritt, who is
to be tho commander-in-chief of tho
expedition and tho military governor
of the islands. Oen. Miles has recom
mended to the president that two ad
ditional brigadiers also be sent, but
their names have not as yet been an
nounced. lliiuril of fetriitocv to IIMlmnd.
Washington, May 17. Within a week
tho war hoard of strategy will bo a
reminiscence except us to name. A
complete change of policy lias been
mapped out by tlio secretary of tho
navy. Instead of fighting sea battles
hero in the department on paper they
are hereafter to bo fought by tho offi
cers at tho scene of action. Thej' will
also bo loft to do the planninir, except
Insofar as tho department will give
orders as to the policies. This change
was deemed on yesterday.
To Tortlfy Nm foiiiidliunl.
St. Johns, N. F., May 17.-The gov
ernment has been advised that, owing
to complications between Oreat Hritain
and France, which are likely to result
in war, and to tho constant friction
always developing along tho French
shore pf Newfoundland, tho imperial
' authorities intend to fortify St. Johns.
DEWEY IS ALL RIGHT.
Cnblrs the Wiir Department That Ho liaa
Plenty of Coul nnil Manila In nt
III Mercy.
Washington, May 10. The dis
patches from Hong Kong brought wel
come news yesterday from Adm.
Dewey to the president and particu
larly to Secretary Long and tho naval
officials, who are watching the admir
al's movements with so much interest.
While no apprehension existed as to
his security, nevertheless reassurance
of safety is always pleasant. Tho tele
grams indicate that Dewey has lost
none of tho prestige gained In
his memorable fight of two weeks
ago, and that, while he refrains
from taking the city of Manila,
he has it practically at his mercy. Tho
admiral expresses the belief that the
rebels are hemming the city in by land,
but tho fact that ho says explicitly
that they have made no demonstrations
seems to disprove thoroughly tho pub
lished reports that they have already
entered Manila and begun u career of
bloodshed and rapine.
The dispatch as given out by Secre
tary Long is as follows:
Caviik May 13, via Hong Kong. May 15.
Maintaining strict blockade. Reason to believo
that the rebels are hemming in the city by laud
but have made no demonstration Scarcity of
provisions in Manila. Probable that the Span
ish governor will bo obliged to surrender soon.
Can tako Manila at any moment. Climate hot
nnd moist. On May 1-' captured gunboat Callao
attempting to run blockade. Have plenty of
coal. One British, ono French, two German,
ono Jnp'ineso vessel hero observing. Dkwky.
The officials are making all possible
haste to rush troops to supplement
Adm. Dewey's forces, so that if tho
Spanish governor does surrender the
former will not be dependent upon the
small number of marines which he can
ill spare from his ships, but will have
the assistance of soldiers in holding
his position and maintaining order.
TO MOBILIZE AT ONCE.
Kntlro Volunteer Army .Soon to Ho on tho
Mian i;nst. South and Wrst Missouri
ami Kansas AmlgniiH'iits.
Washington, May 10. After going
over the situation with Oen. Miles,
Adjt. Oen. Corbin and the heads of tlio
supply departments, the secretary of
war made an order for the assignment
of volunteer troops now being mus
tered into the service of the United
States and designated points where
they will assemble with the least pos
sible delay. It became necessary to
assemble these troops at once in order
to meet the problem of their subsist
ence, no less than that of their equip
ment in the way of arms, clothing,
camp and garrison equipage, to say
nothing of tho superior advantage
of drill and instruction under
trained oilieers. The ollicers to
organize these troops into brigades
and divisions will be determined
upon very soon and be ordered to sta
tions accordingly. At the close of
work Saturday the total number of
troops mustered was 05,000. Taking
into consideration the careful physical
examination to which these men have
been subjected, the progress has been
wonderfully rapid. Missouri troops
are assigned as follows: Three regi
ments infantry and ono battery to
Chickamauga, two regiments infantry
to Washington city. One regiment
Kansas infantry is ordered to Wash
ington and two regiments infantry to
San Francisco.
TO MOVE IMMEDIATELY.
Tin) Tui'iitletli Kansas Kcp;liii)iit, Under
Col. i:d (.'. Little, Will Co to San Trail-
'Ihimi, Twenty-llrt to Cblekainauga.
Tophka, Kan., May 10. Orders wero
received from the war department yes
terday by Col. Tom Fitch to be ready
to proceed with .the Twenty-first
regiment to Chickamauga Tuesday
morning. Orders were received by
Lieut. Col. Ed C. Little to be ready to
move his command, the Twentieth
regiment, to San Francisco to-day.
lioth commands are now ready and aro
anxious to leave. They will not bo
lull' equipped until they reach their
destination. Thousands of visitors
called at their camp and friends bid
them farewell. When thef two regi
ments leave they will be escorted to
the depot by tho Grand Army and citi
zens. ANOTHER CALL PPOBABLE.
l'ri'Hliliiit MoKlnlxy I.lknly to Appeal for
Another 100,1)00 Voliinti-iirs With
in tin- Nrxl Ten l),ys.
Chicago, May 10. A special from
Washington to the News says:
"You can put it down that tho president will
Issue another call for another IDJ.DJO volunteers
within tlio next ton days." remarked Uepro
sentatlvo Low Is. of Washington, this motnlng,
as ho was leaving tho white house.
"I know that tills matter luw boon con-
j sldered by the president ivid his cabinet.
Tlio secretary of war, I understood, wanted
the llrst call for .Ol.OOO volunteers but It was
considered best to dlvldo tho question and Is
sue another call later. At tho time tho llrst
call was issued It was not contemplated thm
we would tako the Philippines and Porto Hlco
and hence need moro volunteers."
Could Not Oult Drinking.
Lawiiknck, Kan., May 10. Stanton
Hutcheson, a newspaper man and sten
ographer from Chicago, jumped from
tho Denver express on tho Union Pa
cific road throo miles east of this city
while tho train was running 50 miles
nn hour and received injuries from
which he died in this city an hour hit.
er. Ho left a lottor saying he could
not let liquor alone aud determined to
die.
IN A CLOSE PLACE.
It Will Be Difficult for the Spanish
Fleet to Escape Our Ships.
IHoclcader MiMt llo Vigilant Our VrMel
Around Cuba Warned About tho Prox
imity of Spanish Squadron Illanco
.Short of Ammunition.
Washington, May 17. Intimations
have been received here that Capt.
Gen. Illanco, at Havana, is very short
of ammunition, in which case the pow
erful batteries at the entrance of Ha
vana harbor, of course, would be de
prived of a large part of their defen
sive strength. This state of affairs
may load to some desperate attempts
at blockade running on the part of
tho Spaniards, in tho hope of getting
more ammunition into Havana. It is
believed that the supplies so frequent
ly referred to as being on the Spanish
Hying squadron wore of this character,
rather than food supplies, which makes
it all the more important that Samp
son and Schley should succeed in keep
ing Adm. Cervera from reaching Ha
vana or Cicnfuegosor any port of Cuba
connected with Havana by rail.
Commodore Schley probably Is well
down on the Florida coast now, and
should bo able to guard the Florida
straits. His appearance on that side
of Cuba would enable Sampson to
bring his ironclads with perfect safety
into Cicnfuegos, on the south side and,
with this disposition of our naval force
and the free use of a considerable
number of our scouting vessels, it is
hard to see how the Spanish licet can
escape from the gulf of Mexico or the
Caribbean sea.
It is said that Adm. Sampson report
ed to the navy department yesterday
by cable from Cape Haytien. It is un
derstood that the admiral, by reason
of information just received by him,
has changed his plan of operations
and, instead of going to Key West, has
directed his vessels toward Cicnfuegos,
where he is expected to arrive within
the next day or two.
The navy department takes with
great allowance the report that
the Spanish have succeeded in
sending a second squadron, un
der Adm. Villamll, to the West
Indies and that it is off Martinique.
Even if the alleged information did
not bear the suspicious earmark of a
Madrid date, the department would
not be surprised to hear that Adm.
Villamll, as well as Adm. Cervera, was
with the Spanish force in the Carib
bean sea. Tho fact that the report
came from Madrid satisfies the officials
here that this is another Spanish ruse
to center our attention on Martinique
while their ships have passed west
ward. The report has it that Adm.
Vallamil has with him tho cruisers
Cisneros, Cataluna and Princess de
Asturlas. It is known, however, that
Villumil is not the admiral of these
ships and that at least ono of then,
the Cisneros, is on the other side of
the water.
The fact that tho alleged report of
the second squadron passed a Madrid
censor indicates the desire of the Span
ish authorities to spread abroad this
misleading information. Its purpose,
it is believed, is to induce Adm. Samp
son to remain with his ileet at or near
Martinique, in quest of tho shadowy
second squadron, so as to take him
away from his pursuit of Adm. Cervera
and the actual Spanish game already
in sight.
liLocKADints oni)i:ni:n to iik vigilant.
Nnw YoitK, May 17. Tho Evening
Post's Key West special says:
Tho bloekaders on tho south coast of Cuba
havo been warned that tho Spanish squadron
is roported oil Venezuela, bound northwest,
nnd toiloublo tholr vigilance. Powerful vcs
sols which It Is not necessary to name will bo
ready to aid the ships stationed there lit resist
ing tho progress of tho enemy, aud there Is small
chance tint the Spanish will bo able to enter
Cicnfuegos, a fortliled port desirable to them
on account of the large coaling facilities and
niachlno shops. Hoth our squadrons are
Informed about tho course of tho Spanish
llotilla.
IILANCO SIIOIU' OP AMMUNITION.
Chicago, May 17. A special to the
Journal from Washington says:
Havana Is short of powder and shot. It Is to
supply Hlanco with ammunition for his big
guns that tho Capo Verde lleot has been ordered
to take nil risks to reach Cuba Illanco, It U
assorted, wired to Madrid that ho had not
enough ammunition for tho guns of his harbor
formications to last two days, and that if it
had to bo divided with tho forts protcctlmr Ha
vana on the land sldu his powder and shot sup
ply would not last ii hours.
MAY ATTACK COAST CI I Ills.
Washington, May 17. It is believed
to bo tho plan of Adm. Cervera to keep
out of the way of the battleships and
turn his entire attention to tho cruis
er.s and gunboats. This he can per
haps do by reason of his superior
speed. Coast cities may bo attacked
in pursuance of this plan.
TO ISOLATE BLANCO.
United .states Will Cut oir All Cablo Coin.
iniinleatloiis i:rpt Via Key West
from tlio lliiMina (iiinoi'al.
Washington, May 17. Gov. Hen.
Illanco is to be cut off entirely from
cablo communication with Madrid and
all tho world outside of Cuba. This
was tho object of the cutting of the
cables at Cicnfuegos on Wednesday,
which resulted In the hot little fight.
The purpose of tho government to cut
all tho cables leading out of Cuba to
tho south, leaving only the cablo run
ning Into Key West, which, of course,
is valueless to Gen. Illanco, as any dls
patches he might send over It would
come Into the United States.
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