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"'ov eminent is hastening work
now battleships.
ii auxiliary cruiser Harvard has
.nod Schley nil" Santiago li' ( 'iilia.
i-IifXh t thousand vii1iiiit'or iiri now
in camp at itttip Monitt, san Fran-CisO-l.
Tin' cruiser ('( lumlila lias been
-looked for repairs. She was damaged
in u collision.
Tin' torpedo bout Monan. Imllt at
Seattle by Morau Hros.. "is ivadv for
h, r trial trip.
Xio navy department yesterday
bought another vnclit lor the auxiliary
ihvt. It is the Inquirer, of New York.
Admiral Corvcra's fleet is in no con
dition to fight. Ilcsldcs being short of
-.on), the bottoms ol liis iliips arc foul
with .sea grow.h.
The steamer Florida has just re
turned to ICey West from ( uliu. having
successfully lauded a force of inn men.
ivlth a paelc train and a large quantity
if arms and ammunition
Tin' third tleet alleged to bo getting
roady at Cadi, is a paper one. It eon-
sist.s or old style vessels, with battered
bulwarks, no'palnt, and auehor.s and
Winins thick with rust. Tliu govern
ment fears it not.
. pr'vuto cablegram to the Wash
3'tun Tost from .lamaiea at !:.lii last
.rwjj-ht announces a heavy ciigugome'it
hoi.wcen Schley's licet at .Santiago and
Ui-' forts and licet at that point. It
-wtys Schley has forced his way into
the outer harbor and at last r'opo-ls
was engaging both shore batteries and
Hoot. Nnvnl olllcials absolutely dis
credit the news.
Hov. .Stevens of Missouri vesterday
tendered V. .1. Mryan the colonelcy of
a .Missouri regiment. Mr. Hry.'in'dc
:lincd It, saving he'd rather go with
the Nebraska boys, It is now be
lieved Unit Nebraska is entitled to a
full regiment besides the liiii) men nee
VMsar.v to till out the I'ir.st and second.
If this is the ease Colonel I'.rvan's
Third will be called on. Washington
nilvlce.s lead to this oonclusinn
't linr-ala), .lime :.
Gt-will take ten days to repair the
cruiser Columbia.
Colonel llratt of the First is moving
hard to got his regiment in the nct
J... Ill LI. .1IU1II1II,
Nearly all the newspaper boats have
-Konc to Santiago do ( uba in anticipa
lU;i of actualities there.
nle Kastorn tobacco companv
'treated the boys of the First Nebraska
to cob pipes and tobacco.
Lancaster county prohibitionists
have sent thanks to Colonel Mills for
bis Maud on excluding liquors from
his regiment.
On his arrival at .lackson Hie. I'la..
'from Tampa, Major General Fithiigh
le was tendered a great ovation He
held a private talk with (ienoral Miles.
Warren lieckwitli, the base ball
plavi-rnnd college graduate w lio eloped
with the daughter of Hubert T. Lin
coln, has enlisted in an Iowa rvgi
itwnt. Colonel Fred I). tirant yesterduv
J,vk the oath of brigador-gonerul. h
being administered at Chickainnuga
liark by.ludgiMi. A. 11. llarrisof Hoiue.
tin., an cx-confedcrate.
The, war department has decided to
accept Col. W. .1. Mryan's regiment
from Nebraska in addition to the Win
men necessary to 1111 out regime;., ts
now in tin. Held. Its inuxiuiutu strength
will bo l,:i','il. This addition to the
000 and the First and Second will give
Nebraska 1,0118 men in the Hold.
Afternoon advices yesterday gave
tin! information that Schley had at
tacked and demolished the forts at ilio
entrance to Santiago do Cuba bay.
This morning's dispatches confirm
thorn, and news of the destruction of
Admiral Ccrvcru's licet is hourly o
preted. The opinion is also general
Unit. Santiago will soon fall into the
hands of thu Americans.
A most Interesting feature of .wstor
l.iy at t'hlekamauga park wits 'ho
sham battle between the Second and
Third divisions of the First corps.
Nine regiments composed the attack
and defending armies, lii.ooi) men in
-ill', and the maneuvering became In
tensely exoiting. The movemi'iits were
reviewcil by Inspector (ienoral Mrook
mridge nnil stall, who expressed the
Rreatost admiration for the activity
and precision with which the order-, of
the commanding oilicers wero carried
out.
In response to inquiry from the war
'department in relation thereto (ien
oral Mrooko answers Irom ( hieuii
manga that "there is no reason what
ver for complaint as to theqii.illtynnd
quantity of food furnisheil the troops
in this camp. Some raiments a -rived
with food rat!oni oulv. but detect of
this kind ure qiticlvU rcmcdiid and
the vegetable component Immediately
provided The water question is In'-
ingsolvedas to quautitv and it has
always been good as to quality."
I'riil.i), .lane a.
Sampson has arrived oil" Santiago do
-Cuba and has assumed command of ho
lent.
Uosefclt'.s rough riders arrived at
Tampa and excited favorable coin
iicnt.
It was definitely stated last nfyht
in Washington at the war department
that the Third Nebraska regiment will
probably go thu Philippines,
Count du ltascom, the Spanish am
l)assuilor to London in an interview
irankly stated that the war meant
ruin for Spain, and added: "The
iscntimcnt is growing in favor of hook
ing an honorable peace with America,
-which, couslderlngilii'rnnproparedness
.&rXw!'',Y !!fltfJ"' "")'l,",lsp.bi'.
wV'luoiue nrproreri'Trco to a protrnuti'd
M.rugglo, involving heavy sacrillces of
moji and money. This being .so. I hope
"ilrbasls of understanding' may be found
SeWme peace."
u I'lOs'dent npoto of the 'ti,.in
fi'publii-arrived in New York to i oil
ier '.th the uiombors of the Cuban
jui'ti
Santiago people uri in des'ierate
straits as to food. It is alleircd that
j even the ollli er of the Sp.inish army
;uo liiiiiuio in j,r i eiiirigii.
Tiie hospital ship Solace sailed from
Key West for New York with eight.N
si sick and wounded sailors uml ma
liniH. A cooler climate is necessary.
President Mch'inley discussed the
(pie-dloii of Hawaiian annoMitioii with
several roprcsctitativcs who were in
cous'iltatatioii witli him today, lie
told that it was of the utmost Import
ance that the two b n ses of congress
take prompt action upon the resolu
tion, lie said he had received assur
ances of a majority in theseiial' who
will vote for uuncvitiou. and is there
fore confident that it will h.'coiui' a
law.
The navy depart m ut has bulletined
the following report from Commodore
Sohloj: 'Seetcta"V navy. Wasliinv
ton: Made ri noissanee this after
neon. May :;l. witli tin- Mass'ichusotts.
Iowa anil Now Orleans to develop
formications with their character.
I ire was returned without delay by
the heavy batteries to the east and to
tiie we-t wltii large calibre and long
ranges. The range was "Mm yards.
Hcconoissanee dovclop.-d satisfactorily
the presence of the Spanish squadron
lying behind the island near the upper
fort, as they tired over the bill at ran
dom. (Julie satisfied the Spanish licet
is here, (signed.) Schlev."
S itutil.ti, .lime I.
L. W. Colbv of Ilea trice has been ap
pointed a brigadier general by the
president.
Hong Ivin-.r advices say some of
Dewey's men have been poisoned by
lilting fish supposed to have been doc
tored by Spaniards.
The New York .loiirnal prints under
a ( ape llaytien date the following,
which is atlirmed to have been cabled
verbatim to F.uropc todu.x from Santi
ago: "This morning there was heavy
cannonading from ) to t o'clock. An
armed American trans-Atlantic steam
er tried t i run o or the lirU line of
torpedo defenses. The Spaniards let
her do so. but when the Amoricnu
ship, wliieh liad already got into the
pass, attempted to run' over the see
oudliucof torpedoes the Spaniards
set lire to one of these and the Ameri
can ship Mink right down immediately
after the explosion of the torpedo. An
oillccr, an engine r and s! seamen
have been made pri-oaors. The name
of the American ship is unknown, as
well as the number of victims who
have perished."
There is absolutely no doubt in the
minds of naval otliccrs in asliington
that the sending of the collier into the
harbor was all a prearranged move on
the part of Admiral sauipsou. The
use of tiie collier, the unusual hour in
the morning, the necessity of blockad
ing the channel so as to relieve some
of the sjps of the s (uadiou from re
maining stationary oil' Santiago, the
importance of discovering whether
the mines were ell'ective all these
reasons make it certain that the Mer
riiuac was deliberately guided to her
destruction. It was not n Spanish vic
tory. It was a cleverly arranged
.scheme and it was sucsessful. The
eight men in the Spanish prison are
the real heroes of the war. It is ex
pected that ropoits Mill be received
today from Admiral Sampson whicli
will give details of the Merrimac's
destruction and the names of the
eight men who have been captured.
Hiiiulii), .lime ..
Tiie I'. S. sloop of war Mohican has
sailed from San Francisco to Honolulu.
It will relieve the Menningtoii. which
has been ordered to join Dewey.
llrigadier-tieneral L. W. Colby. l S
V.. expects to lie assigned to 'one of
the corps whicli , will see service in
Cuba. He has applied to the war de
partment asking that the Third Ne
braska, which, it is understood, W. .1.
Itr.van is to command, shall be placed
in the brigade, (iuieral ( olby hopes
to lead a strong body of volunteers,
which will land in western Cuba anil
tight Its way to Havana. He says that
h has personally inspected the ground
and knows the ditlleulties and is famil
iar witli the necessities for reaching
the capital city, lie desires to lead
Nebraska troops and is ansious that
the regiment to be organized under
the second call shall acoouipunv him
on the e p dition. (icneral Colby h
r .'quest w I lie taken under consider
iiMui by the war department.
A single deed of American darine-.
unequalled in the annals of history,
has lost to tiie kingdom of Spain the
powerful licet of Admiral Cervcra.
Last Friday just In foie dawn, seven
gallant seamen took- the collier Merri
ll ae under the hlii.lug Mono batteries
ut the entrance of Santiago bay. ami
Mink her cross wise of the channel
just past the Fstralla battery. Naval
Constructor llobsou commanded the
epelitlon. It was almost certain
di nth tor the men who went, but they
did the work assigned to them with
the customary murage of American
senium The Idea of sinking the
Mc-riinae iieross the ehniiuel was to
obstruct the lus-a-re o that tin. nik.ii.
Ish licit could not steal nut in tin.
daruiitss or iluriug a storm when the
American ships would be compelled
to seek a plme of satet.v. The Merrl
iiiie was sunk by means of torpedoes
ius-ciicii in in nor port side. Ilob.on
and his men escaped death but were
captured by the Spaniards and are
held as prl-oaersof war. The novvti of
iiieir woiiilcrtul eseap.' was sent to
Hear Admiral Sampson bv Admiral
Corvera. the Spanish admiral being so
struck with the courage of the Ameri
can crew that he thought Admiral
Sampson should know the- men hud
not lost their lives.
The battleship Oregon has boon r.-jut
to Santiago do ( uba.
The secretary of war yesterday sont
to congress a request for appropria
tion!', amounting to j.'i.ktfT'.MI.'J.i.
A Madrid despatch says: Despite
the statements of the newspapers that
Admiral Cervcra was not present at
the bombardment of Santiago do Cuba
on Tuesday, Captuin Auiion, the min
ister of marine. In an interview today
declared that Cervcra hoisted his lla'g
on the Cristobal Colon in order to
direct the Spanish operations, "the
.success of which Is principally due to
Corvera, who has given proof of high
I strategic ability."
.iliinci.iv .tune n.
The 'a t cable strands binding Cuba
to the outside world were cut last
Friiluv afternoon.
Captain (buries V. (iridley. com
mander of the iruiser Olyuip'ia. and
one of the hen es of the battle of Ma
nila bay. died June I. lie was invalid
ed and ordered home by a board of
medical survey after the battle, lie
fought Irom the conning tower. The
precise nature of his trouble l.i not
disclosed.
The only arrival at ICey West yes
terda.v from Havana reports an 'un
changed condition there. The ships
a ie still stationed in line and have re
laxed none of their vigilance, hut dur
ing the past lew days nothing has oc
curred to var the tedium of the wait.
Theic bus b.'i'ii no hostile demonstra
tion fioin the shore, and so far as the
ii'iucdiatc vicinity of Havana is eon
ei rued, the only sign of life there isthe
incessant work being done on the fort
lloatious.
Five transports, carrying the Twen
tieth infantry. oionol'W lieaton: Thiiil
iufantr... olonel I 'age. and Hoops A.
c. D and F. of the second cuvalr;,.
steamed down Mobile bay at ti'Vii
o'clock last Friday morning' en route
pie-uniablv for Tampa, but really un
der sealed orders. The transports are
the steamers Mattewan. Stillwater.
Mreakw titer. Aransas and Morgan.
Scenes of enthusiasm all along the
river front where thousands of people
had eongr -gated were witnessed.
hlstlos of all the river and bay craft
and mills and ringing of bolls kept up
an unceasing din as long as the trans
ports weic in sight.
Steps have taken by which it Is ex
pected that Lieutenant Carran.a. who
bus conducted the Spanish spy system
fiom Montn al with his associate. Se
nor ilu Hose, former first secretary of
the Spanish legation here, will be ex
pelled from Canada within the nol
few da.s unless they adopt their own
means of leaving before an interna
tional question is raised as to their
presence in Canada. The Carrana
letter detailing his spy system, was
communicated to the Iti'itisli ambassa
dor sir .luli'in I'.iuncefote. together
with all other iiifoimation bearing on
the opeiations of the Spaniards in
Canada The amb'issador was qtiick
to act in the matter and without wait
ing the slow processes of the mail, lie
cabled the entire matter to the foreign
otllce. No doubt is entertained as to
the speedy action of the authorities at
London now that a specific case has
been made out against the Spanish
otlicials in l auaila.
Tiu'idii), .liuie 7.
The Spanish eortcs has ordered thu
harbor entrance cleared of the wreck
of the Merrimaeby the u.'.eof dynamite.
Judging from the general tenor of
the news from Manila, there is reason
to believe that the city will fall into
the hands of Dewey before the arrival
of the American troops.
The navy depart mentyosterday gave
orders that the monitor Monat'tnock.
now at Marc Island navy vurd. be pre-piM-cd
to salf to Manila in ten days.
With tin Mont"iv, and Monudno'ck.
Admiral Dewey will be able to hold
and control the bay and town.
Promotion is in store for Lieutenant
i'obsou for his tlariiig feat in sinking
tl.e Merriinae across the harbor en
trance at Santiago The present indi
cations are that he will be taken out
of the stall' and lie made a line oillccr
as that insures not only increased pay
but an opportunity to rise to the more
conspiclous line position of admiral,
llobsou is '.'s year old.
Colonel Charles J. Mills of Nebraska,
who was recently placed in command,
provisionally, of the Second brigade.
First d-'vision. 'I bird corps, at Cliicka
niuiigu. bus established his headquar
ters just opposite those of (iencral
tirant. Colonel Mills has selected
Captain Charles II. Wilson as acting
adjutant: Lugene L. Plrtnor. commis
sary, and Major siiydenhain quart!--it.
aster.
A bit of important new.s on mo to
ltllTlfl 111 till. Mtlll ,li,M!i t fit.,,, t I'liLlni. '
day embodied in a report from Admiral
Dewey of important successes achieved
by the insurgents at Manila. Admiral
Fowey reported that the insurgents
have won several victories over the
Spaniards in Cavite province and have
taken litty otliccrs and l.Stio men
p'lsoner-. The arsenal at Cavite is
being prepared for occupation by
I'nited states troops on arrival of the
transports.
The war department has supplied to
the navy department the list of names
procured from the commandant at
Fort MePherson, (in., of the Spanish
prisoners of war there. The depart
ment this morning sent this list to
Admiral Sampson ami thcadmiral him
self will confer with Admiral ( ervera
respecting an exchange of prisoners.
( ervera will lie allowed to select from
the list of prisoners those he is willing
to take in eoliange for Coiistruotor
llobsou and the gallant crew that
Manned the Merriinae on its last run.
A telegram was received last nip-lit
in Washington from ( olonel Mratt of
tin First Nebraska regiment of volun
t r infantry now at s.m I'aanelseo
awaiting transportation to the Philip
pines, stating that the men of his
company are now thoroughly armed
and equipped and readv to move. 'I ley
1..IVC been niisii-iis to le mile red oil
evr since their arrival mi the Pacific
coast, but have been made to stand bv
ami mv other regiments pass them by
and boa I'd the troop ships to go to Ma"
iilia. The reason for the Nebraska sol
diers' detention has boon that they
.en poorly equipped and theseeretar'v
of war would not allow thei deparpire
with inferior arms. As tills delleienev
'.ems now to have been remedied, the
lirst Nebraska may be soon sent out
of the country from thu port of 'an
Francisco.
Muni fur lyicp.u.
The latost and most novel romody
for dyapopsla. halls from Oregon und
is reported in the (iruut'a Pass Cour
ier. It is nntliliii losis tliiiii fi c.ww,.,.
ful of common Hand, every day rlvor
bottom band, taken wot jut uftor
meals. William Hybee, n well known
ettizon, la Hiipposoil to be the origi
nator of this queer letncdv, butqulto
u nuntbor of vorautous "gontlomou
testify to it-i curative, pvoportle.s,
vvhleh arc supposud to take tho form
of ineohanical action by carrying olT
impurities from th.t inuoniis lul:i" of
tho vvulls of tho t-to'u-i"!-.. a
THE TERROR Sl'XK.I
OREGON IS SAID TO HAVE
DONE IT.
Ill Iln-nM on tlonril Lost - Iti-porti-il That
H Deitriijrr Did Not Wiry the Captain's
Order -One r.'i-liitli .Shot and nil ttu
Over Itrporr Drilled.
Mot.nSr. Nicior.vs, llaytl. Juno 7.
iieporta from several points state that
the United States battleship Oregon
has sunk a Spanish torpedo boat do
nti oyer nir. Santiago de Cuba. How
ever, ndvicon received bete to-day from
the llagshlp New York, oil' Santiagotlc
Cuba, tiny there is no truth in the re
port. Pour At' Pi:im i:. Hayti. June 7. Ad
vices just received state that the
Fnitcd States battleship Oregon sank
tho Spanish torpedo boat dest rover
Terror on Friday night. The Terror
was milking her way from Porto Hlco
to rejoin the rest of Cervcra licet at
Santiago. An accident to her boiler
had compelled her to stav at Fort de
Franco while the rest of the vcs.els
railed away to Santiago.
When the Spaniard was fir,t sighted
the Oregon Su'iit out signals directing
the craft to turn to. The torpedo boat
destroyer did not answer tin- signals,
and immediately an order was given
by Captain Clark of the Oregon to open
fire.
The gunners sent n n-lneh shell
crashing over the water and the Terror
wast struck amidships. The boat sank
almost immediately and all hands went
down.
Another report received here has It
that the boat was not the Terror at
all, as this second authority believe
the boiler of that vessel to be in such
nliape as would prevent her from leav
ing l'ort ih' France and putting out ti
fea. In the second advices it is stated
that the ship .sunk was the Furor, the
Terror's sister ship.
Ki.vobtov, Jnmaica, June 7. Nowi
has been received here to-day from
Port Antonio continuing a report
brought hero yesterday by a vessel
from Santiago de Cuba saying the
Spanish torpedo boat destroyer Terror
(Furor'.') had been sunk by an American
warship.
It appears that the battleship Oregon
saw a long craft sneaking close to the
shore and heading toward the harbor.
She signaled the craft to turn and tin
signals were Improperly answered
whereupon the Oregon opened fin
upon her.
A l.l-inch shell struck the torpour
boat amidships and she sank witli all
hands.
The vessel is supposed to have been
the Spanish torpedo boat destroyer
Terror, trying to make her way from
Porto Hlco into the harbor of Santiago
de Cuba, to rejoin the licet of Admiral
Cervcra, with which she arrived at
Fort de France, Island of Martinique.
The Terror was compelled to remain at
Fort du Franco, as her boilers were out
of order. On the other hand, it is be
lieved the torpedo boat destroyer sunk
may have been the Furor of Admiral
Cervcr.i's Hoot, as the latest reports
concerning the Terror seem to show
that her boilers were still out of order.
It is thought probable that the Furor
was trying to steal out. either to at
tempt to sink one of the American
ships, or to escape from the bottle of
Santiago, when she was discovered by
the Oregon.
Moth the Furor and Terror wort
built in Glasgow for Spain a year and
a half ago. They arc bigger than an.v
of their typo in the Mritish Hoot, being
.'.'() feet long and twenty-two feet
broad. Their 'imminent consists
of two 1 1-pound rapid-tire Maxim
Nordenfcldts, two lO-pounilers of tlu
same caliber and two automatic Max
Ims. There are also two 11-inch doe)
pivoted torpedo tubes. On their trial
trip they made twenty-eight knots an
hour on n two hours' run in a hard
southwesterly wind. During the triii'
of tho Furor that vessel had a full load
of seventy-live tons on board, whicli is
considerably greater than the load
carried by the destroyers of the Mritish
mid other governments.
The new destroyers were the pride
of the Spanish navy. The loss of one
of them will be a severe blow. Its ef
fect on the rest of I crvera's licet,
cooped up as they are, nui-t be e
tremcly discouraging. The destruc
tion of the first vessel to leave the har
bor would be significant.
The work of the Oregon has added ti
her already brilliant record. The ac
curacy of aim displayed in the oni,
shot llrcd is taken as a proof of the
discipline on board, for which Captain
Clark is responsible. A swiftly moving
torpedo boat at dusk is no shining
mark, and that the tir.st shell should
have gono home Is coiisidcicd a re
mi:r!able fc.it. On the long voyage
around thu Horn Captain ("lark evi
dent 'y licked his crew into shape.
That the Temararlo is above water Is
probably due to tho fact that she
rushed violently to the interior of
South America and left tho Oregon to
its fate.
Mr. Atkliimiu Inillrtt'il.
(ii.r.Nvu.i.i:, W, Vu Juno 7. The
jrnnd jury yesterday brought In in
diotinents charging forgery against
liovernor Atkinson's wife. Shu was re
leased on 83,000 bond.
NO NEW WORD FROM HOBSON,
V MIni-rr!it-iMlin Cuiixim n VUlt liy a
limit From tin- HuiiiIhIi I'lrnt.
Moi.k St. Nictioi.AB, Haytl, June 7.
-Word received from the llagshlp New
York, oil Santiago, dated yesterday
afternoon, says that no further news
has been received from the Merriinae
prisoners. A launch came out from
the shoru Sunday morning under a Hag
of truce. The Spnnlsh oillccr who was
In charge of tho boat said ho thought
ho saw a Hag of truce Hying on board
the Iowa. When tho officer discovered
his mistake thu launch returned to
Morrocatlo.
IT IS ANOTHER
HAVANA
Ilmv (lie ( nli.i'i Capital U AITi-t-tril liv
lif War.
H.wv.vv. May ','i'. via Vera Crux.
Mexico. May Mi.- Preparations for de
fense are pushed night and day on the
fortifications all over the island. The
Spanish olllcials here claim that if M),
i')0 men were needed to attack Havana
by land and sea when the war broke
out. ut least 100.000 men will be re-r-nlrod
to attack the Cuban capital
now, in view of the new and strength
ened fortifications, and also because
the so-called "cultivation one" has
been extended to HinctA. Calabara.
Mejucal. etc.. which are '-.ildo the lino
if defenses now. thus, it is claimed,
"mtik'tng Havana a Spanish Scbasto-
pol." Tliis incre.isc in lite cultivated
area about Havana will, it Is asserted,
support the inhabitants with food, al
though not with luxuries, for a long
time to com.'.
In spite of this outwardly cheerful
aspect of alYair-s. anxious feelings ov
ist. People go so far as to charge
scnor Morct. the former minister of
Hie colonies of Spain, with being a
I traitor and having 's ild Cuba to the
L nited states." This causes discon
tent to prevail, and if the Spanish licet
Iocs not arrive here before food be
.'ornos really scarce, terrible rioting
may be reported.
There are hardly any business trans
ictloiis and the city looks deserted.
I'lic families remain at home, except
ing w lien the sound of a gun ilrei from
jne of the forts causes the people to
rush to the w indowsor into the streets.
If several shots are fired thousands
rush to the wharves, to the vicinity of
the bay and to San l.tutirc avenue to
-co if the American licet is approach
'"I,'. Then, again, the Spaniards rejoice
greatly at the reported sin-ill amount
of damage done by the American bom
b.'trdm Mits. and thev also pretend to be
! happy over the seeming delav which
they claim is giving Spain tho oppor
tunity to prepare a more vigorous de
fense than otb 'rwlse could have been
made. Indeed, the Spanish military
and naval authoritiis are beginning to
nurse themselves with the belief that
the naval and military power of the
Fnitcd sta'es has been exaggerated
by the newspapers, and they are com
forting themselves with the idea that
Spain is showing herself able to light
sueli ri giant as the Fnited States.
Although the streets are almost de
st rti d. certain points of vantage are
occupied by groups of people from
early morning until late at night.
This is particularly the case with La
Puntii. which is generally crowded
from daybreak until dark.
The Spaniards comment continually
upon the tactics of the American licet,
and naturally they are very severe in
their criticisms, for they do not under
stand the method of warfare adopted.
Many of them go so far as to say the
Fnitcd States is not prepared for war,
that no plans have been decided upon
and that theauthoritiesat Washington
are not serious In the steps taken.
Hailroad communication between
the province of Santa I lara and the
provinces of Matau.as and Havana has
been interrupted several times and
the trains are sometimes twenty-four
hours overdue, on account of the
blowing up of culverts by the in
surgents. The damage, however, is
soon repaired. This has happened
even In the province of Havana.
Twice wit bin the last ton days cul
verts have been destroyed witli dyna
mite, In one ease rienr Minus, six miles
from Havana, and in the other case
near (i nines. Hut, it is maintained,
there is no real interruption of rail
road traffic, the telegraph lines are
working well and the insurgents hi
this province are not giving anv signs
of life. In fact, were it not that the
city is blockaded, people would hardly
be aware that war was in progress, at
least so far as thu western provinces of
Cuba arc concerned. Tills inactivity
of the insurgents, in view of tho con
centration of the Spanish troops in the
coast towns, cannot be accounted for
by the Spanish commanders.
Another matter which the Spaniards
are freely discussing is the allegation
that very many of thu American shells
do not explode, and it is further
claimed that very little damage Is done
bv those whicli do explode. On this
assumption the Spanish officers are
poking fun at the American gunners,
claiming that they know but little
about the handling of cannon.
At Lsperana a rich coal mine has
been discovered. It is to be immedi
ately worked, as will the coal mines of
Chapapotc at Muriel and Cabaricu, for
naval purposes.
The number of unemployed people
increase every day. Thousands of
laborers of all classes are without em
ployment. The commercial houses not
dn.ng any business have been com
pelled to reduce wages .'0 per cent as
a rule, and many of them are not pay
ing any wages at all, but are glvlug
elean clothes and iood to their em
ployes as the price of their labor.
The enthusiasm of tho volunteers is
highly commended. They are doing
duty day and night, not only without
pay, but supporting themselves in the
bargain. Thousands of additional vol
unteers are said to have been enrolled
in the dltl'erent parts of tlu' island, and
the Spaniards say they could get as
many more if they had arms to dis
tribute to them.
The former insurgent leader Masso
Is busily engaged In completing the
formation of the fourth battalion of
his brigade of volunteers. They are
nearly all natives. Two battalions of
negroes tiro enlisting here. In spite of
thu lack of light, the volunteers drill
every night in the public squares.
Droit nliiK tif it liniiint tlutl-;i-.
Cai.dwki.i,, Kan., Juno 7. While
fishing last night at MlulV creek, Judge
J. M. Thomas of this city was drowned.
Ho was one of tho first settlers in
Caldwell and has held many important
positions.
GOOD NEWS FROM DEWEY,
riiltl-i-iluit fntiri-i.iit- upturn J.lioo
SUtsll S,l (.r.,
Wsinxnr :. Juno 7. The navy de
partment at ' o'c: .-It po-tcd the fol
lowing bulletin:
"Admiral Dewey reports that tho. In
Mtrgents have been actively engaged
within the province of Cavite during
the past week. They have won several
victories, taken prisoner about LWd
men and fifty otliccrs of the Sp.inish
troops nut native. The arsenal at Cav
ite has been propircd for occupition
by the Fnitcd States troop on their
arrival on tiansports."
BLOWTO THE GRIDLEY FAMILY.
Tiie ('iipl-tlii'-i Wife Win Ar.-itu-liii; M
.iit'il Her lliisliinil in sun Ir.iniltio.
Fun . Pa.. Juno . Late hist night
tho family of (aptain C. V. (iridley,
living hero, was notified by the navy
department of the death of' the captain
in Japan as a result of the battle of
.Minimi. i no members of the family
are prostrated with grief. Captain
(iridley was tho son-in-law of Judge J.
P. Vincent of this city and is the father
of three children -two daughters and
a son. Mrs. (iridley was in the midst
of preparations to go to San Francisco
to meet her husband and accotnpiny
him across the continent home.
LYNCHED BY A MISSOURI MOB,
"no Xi'-jrnis tlini-ril In I'llm Comity
Tho Others In Danger.
Ci.aiiicsvii.i.k, Mo.. June 7. An ox-
ursion boat from (.Jul ney 111., and Han
nibal Mo . arriv.'il here yesterday with
ibout .100 negroes mi board. After tin
boat hid tied up Curtis Young got into
i fight with a negro woman named
Lena P.ryoii of Hannibal. Tho light
became general and I ity Marshal Mo
loan went on board to quell it. He put
Custis Young under arrest, when some
body in the crowd shot the mars'iiiil in
the back, and he died In fifteen min
utes. There was great excitement through
out the town when the shooting be
came known and the citizens began to
patrol the streets armed with guns and
revolvers. A posse of men went on
board the boat and arrested Sam
Young, Curtis Young, Mob Taylor
and ( liarlcs Taylor, all negroes, and
took them to the city jail, whero they
were all locked up pending the arrival
of the sherill' and prosecuting attorney
from Howling tirccit, the county scat.
When those otliccrs arrived to-day
they found that Curtis and Sam Young
had been taken from tho jail and
hanged to a convenient tree. It is
feared that the two other men will
stiller the same fate.
Clarksvillo is a river town of several
hundred inhabitants, in Pike county,
about fifty miles north of St. Louis.
TROOPS LANDED IN CUBA.
V ICcpnrt Tlmt ."5,000 Met f:.,rrl -. Army
rur S intl.iKo.
Nr:w Yoiiic, June 7. A dispatch from
Kingston. Jamaica, reports that r.,000
I'nited States troops have lauded near
I'unta ('libera, a little to the west of
Santiago tie Cuba, where a junction
was o lice tod with (icneral Callxto tiar
oi's army of il.OOO insurgents.
t is added that the landing was ef
fected under cover of a fire from Ad
miral Sampson's licet. With the troop.
were several heavy siego guns.
W'asiiixivio.v, Juno (I. Naval ofheers
denied this morning that troops had
been landed in force at Santiago.
They were so confident that the re
ports were premature as to warrant
the belief that from their knowledge
if the movements of tho transports at
I'ampa and Mobile it would not be pos
sible for the troop ships to have ar
rived by this time on the south coast
of Cuba.
SPIES MUST GO,
('iirranu iiuil Du Ilni-( Mill lit, l"-tpUt-tl
l'roiit l.'annd.i liy l'n;laiitl.
WASiiiNisro.v, June 7. Steps havo
been taken by which It is expected that
Lieutenant Cnrrauu, who has conduct
ed the Spanish spy system ut Montreal,
with his associate Senor Du Hose, tho
former first secretary of tho Spanish
legation here, will be expelled from
Canada within the next few days un
less they adopt their own means to
leave before an international question
is raised as to their presence in Canada.
The Carranza letter, detailing his
i'.V system, was communicated to tho
Mritish ambassador, Sir Julian Pauucu
foto, together with all other Informa
tion bearing on the operations of tho
Spanish ollielnls in Canada. Tho am
bassador was quick to act in tho mat
ter, and without waiting the slow pro
cess of the mail he cabled the entire
matter to the fonigu olllce.
RUSHING SHIPS TO HAWAII,
(iiiiilio.it .Miililc.wi rrcrmli'H tin) Mimti-rj
tll lllltlllllllll.
Sax FitVM'isco, Juno 7. -The United
States sloop of war Mohican eamo
down from the Mart) Island navy yard
yesterday morning and after a brief
delay sailed at 1',':.10 p. in. for Hono
lulu. Jt is understood thatsho will re
main on duty ut that port, replacing
tho Hennington, ordered to join Ad
miral Dewey's licet at Manila.
FOR EXCHANGE OF HOBSON.
Admiral Hamp'on It ArriniKlnc a Trans
fer "A'lth Admiral Cert em..
Wahiiinoto.v, June 7. The navy de
partment lifi.s posted tho following
bulletin: "Admiral Sampson is en
gaged In arranging with Admiral
Cervcra for tho exchange of Navnl
Constructor llobsou and the men with
him now in prisons at Santiago for
some ollieers and men held prisoners
by the United btatca at Fort Mo
Phcrson."
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