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third Infantry, which are going to the Philippines; the Third Cavalry and Fourth Artillery, hound for the same destination, and the Fifth Infantry, which is distributed along the G'.iif coast, with a detail at Atlanta doing guard duty. The mobilization wj:s completed when the camp of regulars at Mobile was brok< n up last week and the men transferred to Tampa. Rush orders for ammunition and supplies for Tampa have been bestirring the activities of the Ordnance and Subsistence Departments in the past few days. Last Thursday, for instance, imperative demands wore made from army headquarters at Tampa that 1.000,000 rounds of ammunition should be delivered at that point by Saturday night. So promptly was this order attended to that the ammunition was taken from the government arsenal at Governor’s island Thursday afternoon and delivered at Tampa within the time prescribed, going faster than the malls. At the same time a trainload of subsistence supplies went forward on the same hurry schedule. These are incidents in the proceedings of the last few days which indicate an accession of haste at the front since General Miles reached there. Another indication of the approach of the long-deferred forward movement is the chartering by the War Department of new transports, after it had announced that it had all it would need for the Cuban invasion. That was when the transports were expected to be called on merely to transport •ome 20,000 or 25.000 men directly across the fulf to the north coast of Cuba. Now that 'orto Rico is to !*• occupied and an army landed to assist in the capture of Santiago, It is found that more ships will be needed to supplement the tlect of thirty already secured. GEN. SHAI'*TER IX COMMAND. About 20,000 Regular Troops Probably Sow on tbe Way to Santiago. NEW YORK, June B.—A special to the Times from Washington says: “There is no longer any pretense at the War Department that the Santiago expedition is not afoot, or that It Is not to reach its destination speedily. The Information has been circulated quite freely that forces have been shipped to Tampa and more are to follow and that they are bound to Santiago de Cuba and intended to co-operate with Admiral Sampson to effect the capture of that city, with Its garrison and the shipping, including the fleet of Admiral Cervera In the haibor. “From all that can be ascertained at the War Department, the land forces are to be directed by General Shafter, who will have not less than 20,000 men, mostly regulars, with which to strike the blow contemplated. It was plainly stated by a Cabinet officer after the meeting at noon, that the postponement of the expedition, which had not been great, wfs altogether attributable to the movement of the siege guns that are to be taken along and to unexpected delay In unloading the cars at Tampa. “While the expedition to Santiago is on Its way, another for Porto Rico is to be made ready and shipped. Just how soon after the Santiago movement this expedition is to leave is not stated, but in carrying out the administration plan of summer activity It Is probable thatNt will not be delayed more than a week after the departure of the Santiago party. There is some probability that Major General Lee will go with this party, although it is the assertion of his friends that he would prefer to wait until the Havana invasion. In the War Department it is answered to this that the forces that go to Porto Rico now may be called on later to go to Cuba, and the places of the invaders of Porto Rico taken by newer men, needing the additional practice ofgarrtson and guard duty. reduction of Havana is still in the distance, but the occupation of Santiago and of Porto Rico will, it is believed by the administration, prepare for such a crushing descent upon Havana after Porto Rico is in the possession of the United States and the best of the troops are free to operate about Havana, that General Blanco will be compelled to see the futility of opposing, unless he desires to sacrifice some of the troops that will otherwise be sent back to Spain to tell the story of their defeat and the evacuation of Cuba.”

VOLUNTERH ENLISTMENTS. No Announcement of Apportionment NY ill Be Made by War Department. WASHINGTON, June 7.—Adjutant general Corbin announced to-night that he would not make public the apportionment of the volunteer troops among the States under the second call of the President. The enlistment of the 75,000 men called for will proceed, as heretofore announced, precisely as enlistments are made for the regular army. The Governors of States are notified by the department how' many men are to be enlisted in their States under th<* second call and how' the enlistments will be made; but ti ls information will not be given to the public by the War Department. It Is expected that the enlistment of troops will proceed more smoothly than it would if the quota of each State was made public at this time. A majority of the men enlisted will be sent at once to the permanent camps to fill regiments that are incomplete, the men being assigned, of course, to regiments which belong in the localities from which the recruits come. Under the second call each State is called upon to furnish a specified number of men, not a specified number of company, battalion or regimental organizations. After a State has tilled Its quota, the men unassigned to regiments already In the service will be organized into new regiments, the Governors commissioning the officers who are to command them. TIIE CABINET MEETING. Military and Naval Operation* Connldered—llaste to Be Made. WASHINGTON, June 7.-The Cabinet meeting to-day was not a particularly Important one. As is usual, the whole field of military and naval operations was gone over, but nothing was done looking to any change In policy or plans. It is almost certain that no regular troops have yet been dispatched to Santiago, but it Is the intention to begin a heavy movement either today or to-morrow. It had been the intention of the military authorities to have •tarted the first expedition a day of two ago, but the nonarrival of the equipment of the large siege guns which it is proposed to use in the reduction of Santiago and the capture of Admiral Cervera's tieet, necessitated a short postponement. The transports are In perfect readiness for the embarkation of the troops, and nothing now remains that should occupy more tnan a day or two. The army or occupation will then be hurried forward, and nothing will be permitted to Interfere with the prompt investment of Santiago and the capture or destruction of the imprisoned fleet. In commenting on the reports of a military engagement near Santiago it was said after the < ablnet meeting that if there had been any collision it probably occurred betw’een the Spaniards and a force of our marines, who may have been attempting to land arms for the use of the insurgents. No Extra Duty Fay. WASHINGTON. June 7.—The War Department has decided that the provisions of the act of April 26. 1889, abolishing extra duty pay !n time of war applies to enlisted men in every department of the army and as war existed when the act was passed enlisted men ceased to be entitled to extra duty pay upon the date of its approval. As the command of a regiment, In the absence of field officers, by force of law passes directly to the senior captain on duty therewith the War Department holds that the permanent command of hattaliuns should be vested in the senior officers of the regiments present, next In rank to the regimental commander. Headquarters Changed. MOBILE, Ala., June 7.—The headquarters •f the Fourth Army Corps has been changed

I from this city to Tampa. General Cop- | pinger Is already there, and to-<lay the officers of the corps were ordered thither. Brig. Gen. LJoyd Wheaton is left In command here. Few More Army Positions. WASHINGTON, June 7.—A1l the positions in the volunteer army, under the President’s first call, either have been filled or the places promised, and the remaining nominations to them will soon be sent to the Senate. Asa result of this the pressure on Secretary Alger and the other army officials is not so great as heretofore, and there is a considerable falling off in the number of visitors to the department. The department has not yet considered the selection of officers for the organizations to be formed, under the second call for seventy-five thousand men. Fully fifty thousand of the sev-enty-five thousand men will be needed to recruit the existing organizations to their full legal maximum strength, which will leave only twenty-five thousand to be divided into organizations, the formation of which, as such, will not take place for some time. Service* of Red Cro** Accepted. NEW YORK, June 7.—Secretary Alger has accepted the service of the American National Red Cross, as auxiliary to the hospital services of the army of the United States in the following letter to Miss Clara Barton: “Dear Madam—The tender of the services of the American National Red Cross made to this department through the Department of State under date of May 25 for medical and hospital >vork. as auxiliary to the hospital service of the army of the United States, is accepted. All representatives and employes of said organization to be subject to orders according to the rules and discipline of war, as provided by the sixtythird article of war.” A Hospital Train. CItICAGO, June 7.—The government’ has rented from the Pullman Company a hospital train composed of two dining cars and ten-tourist cars. The train left for Tampa last night. It is to be used for transporting the wounded from Cuba to Northern hospitals. The Buffalo in Hampton Road*. WASHINGTON, June 7.—Word was received at the Navy Department to-day that the Buffalo had arrived in Hampton Roads to-day from Brazil. She will be given a modern armament of quick-firing guns and will be prepared for service. Her commander will be Captain Hemphill, now in this city. The Buffalo was originally the Morgan line steamer El Cid. During the Brazilian rebellion she was purchased by the Brazilian government and converted into a dynamite cruiser and called the Nictheroy. The Buffalo was convoyed a part of the way from Rio by the battle ship Oregon and the gunboat Marietta. She left them a short time after her departure, however, and came through to Newport News without entering any port. She is in command of Captain Meissener. The United States scout ship Harvard arrived at Old Point Comfort tms afternoon. She will go to Newport News to-morrow for coal. Naval Cadets Will View the War. WASHINGTON, June 7.—The Navy Department has decided to give the naval cadets at Annapolis an opportunity to see real warfare by taking assignments on the war ships in lieu of the customary vacation. Asa result about half of the secondclass men and quite a number of the thir/1class men have been assigned to duty cn the Indiana, New York, lowa and other ships in West Indian Welters. The assignments are not general, applying to an entire class, but are entirely elective by the cadets themselves. They are showing much eagerness foi; the service, as disclosed by the large number of applications thus far made. The department has approved the application in all eases, unless some personal or family objection was raised. The assignments are made to the larger ships, as they afford the best accommodation, the smaller gunboats and auxiliary craft not having the room for extra men. The cadets will be made useful mainly as signal officers. Naval Officer* Opposed to Jumping. WASHINGTON, June 7.—The death of Captain Gridley has removed one of the officers set down for advancement over their seniors on account of the victory of Manila. The promotions recommended by the President are the subject of much talk between naval officers. Those who did not participate in the battle are naturally displeased at being “jumped.” and they are pointing out the evils of the practice, among them being the probability that some of the very officers advanced are likely to be in turn jumped, and so practically set back by some of the officers now on duty with Sampson’s fleet who may distinguish themselves in battle. These officers are urging that It would be only prudent and fair to go slowly in the matter of making promotions of this character and wait until the war is ended, when all the meritorious officers may be rewarded in strict accordance with their merit. Colombia llersclf Again. NEW YORK, June 7.—The United States cruiser Columbia, which has been in dry dock at the navy yard since Decoration day, was floated to-day. New plates have entirely repaired the starboard side of the vessel, which was stove in by the Foscolia, and the cruiser is as sound and well protected as when she was first put into commission. The Columbia will probably resume active service before the end of the week. Perlinp* It Wan a Monitor. NEW YORK, June 7.—Captain Hanson, of the steamer Alfred Dumois, which arrived here from Port Antonio, JamaciA, says that on June 1, off Cape Maysi, he saw an American war ship towing another ship apparently disabled. The distance was so great that Captain Hanson could not make out the name of either vessel.

FORTIFYING HAVANA. Captain General Blanco Preparing for the Defense of the City. HAVANA, June 6, 10 p. m. (Delayed in transmission).—Work on the fortifications about Havana is being pushed without an hour's intermission. Even the civil governor of Havana and all the employes of the government are at vrork on the forts or batteries, and ail persons out of work are finding similar employment. The cultivation zones are turning out very successful and proving a great relief to the poor. It is announced from the Palace that a Spanish column has defeated an insurgent force near Paliside. in the province of Pinar del Rio. The insurgents are said to have left seventeen men dead on the field. The insurgents, it appears, were almost naked. The Spaniards admit they lost fifteen men killed. In a number of encounters which have taken place recently between the Spaniards and the insurgents the former claim to have killed thirty-seven of the latter, to nave destroyed several camps and thirty-three huts, and to have captured a quantity of arms and ammunition. Fillbnster Case* Nolletl. NEW YORK, June 7.—The Cuban filibuster oases were nolled in the criminal branch of the United States Circuit Court to-day by ord"r of Attorney General Griggs. Judge Brown discharged the following prisoners who had been bailed In $2,500 each; Captain John O'Brien. Captain George W. Berry, Dr. Frank Agramonte, Joaquin Costillo, James McAllister, Charles B. Dickman, F.nrlque Trujillo, Joseph J. Luis, Edward Murphy. John D. Hart and Emilio Nunez. The majority were on the Tiilie. The indictments against General Calixto Garcia and Carlo Roloff, who forfeited their bail, were not dismissed. The Greenbaek Peril. New York Financier. The Senate, If It be sincere in its efforts to force the country on a paper money basis. Is attempting an attack as Insidious In character as the bombardment of our coasts. The results of a bombardment might he repaired, but the effects of a depreciated currency work evil long after the men who have sanctioned the issue have passed from active iife We believe the majority in tlie Senate understand this and will be slow to consent to a plan that involves the weakening of our currency system. It Is to be hoped, at least, In the Interest of that respect which the Senate exacts as the highest deliberative body sh the world, that such Is the case. Any other course of procedure will fasten a stigma on the upper house which even the most reckless member will be slow to Invoke. TO Cl RE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Broroo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money It it falla to cure. 2ic. The l genuine baa L. B. fc. on each tablet.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1893.

ALLEGED ASSASSINATION *_ PRESIDENT OF SANTO DOMINGO REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN SHOT. No Confirmation of the Story—Two Domlnlclan War Ship* at Cape Haltlen—General Jliuine*'* Escape. (Copyright, IS9S. by the Associated Tress.) CAPE HAITIEN, Haiti, June 7, 7:40 p. m. —The Dominican war ships Restauracien and Independencia arrived here at 6 o'clock this evening, having on board, it is understood, the prisoners taken in the recent revolutionary attempt headed by Jimines and Morales. Commodore Janzen landed to receive the report of the Dominican consul on the illegal shipment of men from this point by the two leaders to participate in the landing at Monte Cristi. The war ships left Monte Cristi at 11 o’clock this morning. A rumor is current here that after they left President Ileurreuax was made a prisoner in anew uprising and was shot. The report has it that Joaquin Taveras, lieutenant commander at Monte Cristi under Governor Galito, led the new movement. The story is not believed here, although no explicit reply is forthcoming from Monte Cristi to cabled inquiries. It appears that General Jimines was transferred from the Fanita, on which he escaped from Monte Cristi, to another steamer before landing at Great Inagua, and it is reported he was released on SI,OGO bail. The Fanita did not venture within the jurisdiction of the island authorities on her return voyage. Renewal of Rioting at Belfast. BELFAST, June 7.—To-night there was a renewal of the riotings that began yesterday during the demonstration in honor of the revolution of 1798 and the anniversary of June 6, 1886, when seven civilians were shot on Shank hill road by the constabulary. The Nationalists attacked a body of Orangemen who were leaving their work, and there was a veritable hurricane of scrap iron and other missiles. The police at first were overpowered, but, having been reinforced. they cleared the streets with a free use of their clubs. The military has been ordered out and it is feared that there will be a renewal of the disturbances. Fifth Round of the Che** Tourney. VIENNA, June 7.—The fifth round of the international chess masters’ tournament was begun in this city to-day at the Vienna Chess Club. All the games were finished. Both Pillsbury and Showalter were beaten, while the other two Americans, Steinitz and Baird, registered draws. Here follow the results in detail: Showalter was beaten by Marco; Blackburne drew with Steinitz; Pillsbury lost to Maroezy; Janowsky fell prey to Halprin’s tactics; Schillers beat Schwarz. Hay at the British Foreign Ofilce. LONDON, June 7.-The call v;hch Col. John Hay. the United States ambassador, made at the Foreign Office yesterday followed the receipt by hint of a long cable message from the State Department at Washington. He had an extended talk with the Foreign Office officials, during which important matters [relative to Cuba were discussed. Colonel Hay declined ;o furnish any information as to the result of the conference. A Chilean-Argentine Rumor. PARIS, June 7.—No news has been received to justify the rumor on the bourse to-day that war had broken out between Chile and Argentina. LONDON, June 7.—The rumor of a boundary crisis between Chile and Argentina, which caused a decline this morning in Brazilian and Argentine securities, is discredited by the Chilean charge d'affaires, Senor Bascunan Montes. Cnrzon's Statement. LONDON. Jfine 7.—Mr. George N. Curzon, under secretary of state for foreign affairs, replying in the House of Commons today to a question about the CanadianAmerican agreement, said: “Negotiations have taken place at Washington for'the settlement of all pending questions between Great Britain and the United States.” A Monument to Gladstone. LONDON, June 7.—ln the House of Commons to-day a message from Queen Victoria was read, announcing her Majesty's intention to direct the erection of a monument to the late William E. Gladstone in Westminster Abbey, in accordance with the wishes expressed in the address in the House of Commons to the Queen.

SILENCED BY SAMPSON. (Concluded from First Fane.) all evidence, is to the contrary, their loss must have been heavy. ,—♦ SFANIARDS SUFFERED SEVERELY. Unconfirmed Report that the Cruiser Maria Teresa YVn* Sunk. (Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.) CAPE HAITIEN, Haiti. June 7, 9:05 a. m. —The fighting before and in the vicinity of Santiago de Cuba continued the greater part of yesterday, from 7:45 a. m. until nearly 11. Ten of the American war ships maintained a steady and carefully directed fire against El Morro Castle and the batteries at Punta Gorda, Socopa and Sincorealez, In addition to bombarding the Spanish fleet in the harbor. The percentage of effective projectiles was very large. It appears from the best Information obtainable at this place, the cable station connecting with Santiago de Cuba, that immense damage was inflicted on the enemy. The Spaniards admit that the bombardment from the American fleet was most destructive. About 1,600 projectiles are said to have been fired by the American war ships, and it, seems that the responsive fire from the Spanish forts and ships was scarcely felt at all by the Americans. The fortifications near the entrance of the harbor are described as being riddled by solid shot and being scattered by the explosion of tlie immense shells fired by the American battle ships. The Spanish batteries are said to have been virtually silenced and El Morro and the fortifications at Punta Gorda are reported to have been demolished by the three hours’ uninterrupted hammering of the American fleet. Tho African attack is next said to have been especially directed against Aguedores, a small coast town, a little east of the entrance to Santiago bay. The idea of the American admiral, it appears, was to land troops and siege guns there after reducing the defenses of the place and thence make a close assault upon Santiago, which, in vitw of the present condition of its fortifications, may be expected to yield very soon after the beginning of such an attack. Heavy cannonading was opened on Aguedores about midday yesterday. The latest advices received here from Spanish sources do not indicate the duration of the fire, or whether American troops and siege guns were actually landed at Aguedores, but from the Information obtainable it cannot be doubted that the net result of Monday's fighting was extremely disastrous to the Spanish defenses. It is also understood here that the Cuban troops maintained, throughout the greater part of yesterday, an attack by land on Santiago, and the Spanish reports say the garrison lost heavily in killed and wounded. The military commander of Santiago de Cuba acknowledges the following casualties among the land forces: Colonel Ordonez, Captain Sanchez, Lieutenant Yrlzar, of the artillery, and Perez and Garcia, both Spanish officers, whose rank is not mentioned. These officers were severely wounded. The Spaniards also admit the loss of twelve infantry soldiers, severly wounded, and say one soldier was killed. But it is believed the losses of the Spaniards were much more heavy. In the naval force the Spaniards say that the officer who was second In command ofj

the partly dismantled Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes and fiv% sailors and an ensign were killed. The Spanish sailors wounded, it is asserted, number sixteen men. The loss on the American side, the Santiago reports say, is not known. The Spaniards acknowledge that a great deal of damage was inflicted on the Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes, they say Morro Castle shows great, gaping breaches in its walls. Later in the day, it appears, a landing of American troops was effected near Daiquiri, some distance east of Aguedores, and near the railroad station connecting with Santiago. Later an engagement took place between the American force and a column of Spanish troops which had been sent against the landing party. The accounts of the battle obtainable here, being from Spanish sources, do not set forth the result, and, therefore, it is to be inferred that the Americans were victorious and that is the belief which prevails here. There is a report current at Cape Haitien that the first-class armored Spanish cruiser Maria Teresa was sunk by the fire of the American ships. It is said only five hundred American troop'- were landed at Daiquiri, or, possibly, at Aguedores, the two places being, seemingly. confused in the reports received here. It seems to he admitted that the fire of the American soldiers was so effective that the Spaniards were compelled to flee from the fortifications they were defending. ——- REPORT FROM BLANCO. Slight Daintift’e to Fort* and Some Lo* of Life Reported. (Copyright, IS9S, by the Associated Press.) HAVANA, June G, 10 p. m. (delayed in transmission.)—Details from Spanish sources received here to-day of the bombardment this (Monday) morning of the forts of Santiago de Cuba by the American fleet say the war ships of the United States fired about 1,500 projectiles of all kinds. This fire, the Spaniards add, was answered by Morro Castle and the batteries at Socapa and Punta Gorda. At noon, it is added, another bombardment began against Aguedores, east of Santiago de Cuba, the firing lasting one hour. Both attacks, the Spaniards assert, were repulsed. Morro Castle is admitted to have been damaged as was the “exterior headquarters built during the time of peace at Cayo Smith,” and in addition the Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes is admitted to Have been slightly damaged. The Spanish commander at Santiago reports that the American fire did not dismount one piece of artillery, and he says that nine of the American vessels “disappeared” from sight before dark. The Spanish army losses, according to the official reports, are one soldier killed and one chief, four officers and twenty-one soldiers wounded. The Spanish navy losses are reported to be one chief and five sailors killed and one officer and twelve sailors wounded. Finally the Spanish version of the affair says: “The American losses are supposed to be considerable.” Captain General Blanco has congratulated General Linares, the Spanish military commander at Santiago de Cuba, and those who took part in the fighting, saying lie will call the attention of the Spanish government to the "Heroism exhibited by all the Spanish forces in such an unequal combat.”

THE FORTS IN RUINS. Knocked to Piece* by tbe Rig Gnni of tbe American Fleet. NEW YORK, June 7.—A special from Cape Haitien, describing the bombardment of Santiago de Cuba on Monday, says that the forts about the harbor are now a mass of ruins. The Morro is a shapeless pile of ruined masonry and dismantled guns, and the Estrella battery is utterly ruined. This result, the dispatch says, was the work of ten American ironclads which passed back and forth from Fort Cabrera on the west to Fort Aguedores on the east of the harbor entrance, discharging their heavy guns as they steamed along, so that scarcely a yard of the coast escaped the deadly cannonading. At Port Agqedores the forts recently constructed by Colonel Oridonez, the famous artillery expert, were blown to dust, and Colonel Oridonez himself was badly wounded bv the flying debris. Captain Sanchez and Lieutenant Yrizar, artillery officers, were also wounded. Two infantry lieutenants, Garcia and Perez, and twentyone privates are reported fatally wounded. Later in the day the American ships moved closer toward the mouth of the harbor, where the old cruiser Reina Mercedes had been discerned attempting to place explosives about the hull of the Merrimac to blow her to pieces and clear the channel. A 13-lnch shell from the Oregon landed squarely abaft her pilot house and tore all her upper works to shreds. Her “second commodore,” five of her sailors and a marine were killed. A second lieutenant of the Reina Mercedes and sixteen of her seamen were very seriously wounded. A perfect shower of shell and shot fell upon and around the old cruiser y and she was c o badly damaged that her crew, by order of Admiral Cervera, abandoned her and sought the shore for safety. About noon, according to the Cape Haitien dispatch, a landing party of American marines, near Daiquiri, w'as attacked by Spanish infantry and a squad of cavalry. The insurgents were posted in the neighborhood, and with the aid of the marines successfully took up a position, holding it, and later making it a base from which they operated. The Spanish force was defeated with heavy loss and driven back toward Santiago, leaving their wounded behind them. The Americans are now entrenched near Daiquiri, and are landing heavy guns, preparatory to moving them towards Santiago and laying siege 1o the city. There is a panic at Santiago. The residents who can leave are fleeing to the country, joining the insurgents or doing anything to get away from the certain destruction that now awaits Cervera’s fleet and the forces of Fando and Linares.

A RETIRED ADMIRAL’S VIEWS. Sir John Colcomh on the Situation nt Santiago tie Culm. LONDON, June 7.—Admiral Sir John Collomb writes as follows to a morning paper with reference to the situation at Santiago de Cuba: “I am inclined to think that, for the purpose of blocking the egress of a hostile war squadron, this operation of sinking the Merrimac is a unique idea, though blocking up an enemy’s harbor by sinking ships at the entrance is not new. What may be noted, however, with advantage is that the peculiar policy of Admiral Sampson is the policy of greater admirals, especially of I,ord Nelson, which was to tempt a blockaded fleet to put to sea in order that it might be fallen upon and destroyed, for when this has been done a blockading fleet is relieved to carry out other duties. Sampson wants every ship that can be spared, and if the Spanish ships are really blocked in much of this blockading force may be detached. Still our policy in a like case would not have been to block the channel, but to have left a squadron off Santiago only large enough to make a fair fight should Cervera determine to try his fortunes. Nevertheless, Admiral Sampson’s caution confirms what naval men who are also students of naval history have always insisted upon—that the entry of war ships into the ports of an enemy was no more likely to be the practice of steamers than of sailing ships. "Aii through this war, however, what was expected by the advanced school of naval thinkers, and the thing upon which, indeed, much of our own policy has b<*en founded, has been conspicuous by absence. Admiral Sampson has never used his torpedo boats as it was expected they would be used. He has never sent one of them into a Cuban port by night to destroy ships such as might be found at Santiago. It is plain that if a Ithree-thousand-ton ship could run into the Borrow part of a channel at night little tor-

pedo boats might have swarmed right through and into the inner harbors. What has caused the expectation of these advanced naval thinkers to be disappointed cannot yet be known, but unless things alter before the war is over we shall be found reconsidering our policy in this raga rd. •‘The officers and men of the Merrimac have clearly acted with the greatest gallantry. and. quite possiblv. Admiral Cervera's recognition of it may be a step toward neace. But I do not understand about Naval Constructor Hobson. Whoever commanded the ship must have had great experience in pilotage. A naval architect has none. All the work to be done was, in a special sense, that of a naval officer pure and simple, and I cannot understand any one else being chosen.” THE NECK OF' THE BOTTI.E. Description of the Channel That Was Blocked by Hobson. (Copyright. 1898, by the Associated Press.) OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA. June 3, via Kingston, Jamaica, June 7.—To appreciate the great danger of the Merrimac expedition the character of the defenses of the harbor of Santiago de Cuba must be known. The entrance to the broad and deep harbor on which the city faces is by a narrow channel about a mile long, and each side guarded by a hill standing almost perpendicularly to a height of ISO feet. At one point the neck of this approach is less than 300 feet wide and only five and one-half fathoms deep, so that to enter ships must go in one at a time. On the hill guarding the eastern side of the harbor is Morro Castle, with five 24-pounders, five 18-pounders and two modern rapid-fire guns. On the western hilltop are two batteries with modern guns. At the base of Morro Castle are several guns loaded with shrapnel to sweep the face of the water, and opposite is’ a similar battery. Going around the first curve of the narrow entrance, Cayo Smith, an island, is found facing down the harbor with a battery of modern guns. In the narrow neck of the passage are three rows of mines, each row fifty feet apart, and the mines sixteen in a row, each thirty feet apart. The Reina Mercedes lies in the shadow of Cayo Smith, partly dismantled, but having her four torpedo tubes loaded and facing down the ehannel. About half way up the channel on tho eastern bank is the Estrella battery, with several small, smooth-bore guns; and this was the menacing hole of death into w’hich Lieut. Hobson and his men ventured with the Merrimac. VIEWS OF LONDONERS. Comments of the Press on the Sitnation ut Santiago. LONDON, June B.—The London morning papers are inclined to doubt the account of the destruction and silencing of the forts at Santiago, but they believe the bombardment was intended to draw the Spaniards’ attention from a landing somewhere, and that the coming week or two will see exciting events in Cuba. The sinking of the Reina Mercedes is regarded as probable, for it is known that her boilers were defective, and that she had no armored deck. The wounding or death of Colonel Ordonez means a serious loss to Spain, Ordonez being or having been, her artillery expert, with a European reputation, and the designer of the ordnance bearing his name. The Cape Haitien advices of the Daily Mail practically confirm the account from the Associated Press boat Dandy. All other accounts here, except the brief dispatches from Madrid emanate from New York. A special from Havana, evidently pro-Spanish, says that nine Aemrican vessels retired, seriously crippled, that the Reina Mercedes was only slightly damaged and that the American losses were heavy. The Daily News says: “The American consul at Odessa has informed our correspondent there of a somewhat singular proceeding on the part of the authorities at that port with regard to some foreign steamers now chartered as auxiliary transports for conveyance of troops and war, material from Odessa to Port Arthur. It appears, in the case of a German steamer named Scandia, and a French vessel, the American consul was applied to for certificates attesting the ownership of the steamers, and the character and nature, as well as destination of their passengers and cargo. It was explained by the local Russian authorities that this extraordinary precaution was taken in the event of the vessels being compelled to put into a Philippine port. As no certificate was demanded of the Spanish consul, it would appear that the Russians look upon the United States as being in de facto possession vf the Philippine archipelago. The American consul readily gave the required certificates.” One Cable Still Working. WASHINGTON, June 7.—lnformation received here to-day indicated that the French cable between Santiago de Cuba and Haiti had not been working since midnight of last night. If such is the ease General Blanco is cut off from communication from his home government by that source. At the same time it is understood that one of the English cables running south from Cuba to Jamaica is still in operation, although the officials find considerable difficulty in obtaining information regarding the working of these cables. The difficulty of cutting oft the Spanish from their home government has demonstrated the necessity for the government ownership of a cable vessel and General Greely, chief signal officer of the army, in speaking about the matter today said he hoped that hereafter the United States would own such a ship, whether the country was at peace or at war. One could easily be purchased for $200,000, he said, and if the signal service had had such a ship at its command at the beginning of the war Cuba would have been isolated in a week as iar as the cable was concerned. A .'Significant Admission. LONDON, June B.—The Times, commenting editorially on the fact that the Cuban authorities at Havana permitted its correspondent, Mr. Knight, to discharge his function in forwarding the dispatch as to Monday's engagement at Santiago, says: "His dispatch says that "the American tire was damaging.” As he doubtless is subjected to rigid cenorship, this admission is significant, and his statement that "the Americans were repulsed at Aguadores” is probably correct. The editorial, in summing up the situation, says: "Spanish obstinacy may prolong the war for many months. The American government is acting wisely and prudently m refusing to send to Cuba an army of untrained volunteers. IJttle attention need be given to peace rumors.”

THE PRICE OF IIHEAD. Folly of Attributing the Increase to Young Mr. Letter'* Deals. New York Evening Post. It appears that some body of philanthropic agitators—the Knights of Labor, we believe—has called young Mr. Leiter angrily to account for his machinations in the wheat market, whereby the price of the poor man’s bread was raised to an extortionate ligure. The incident recalls oddly the attack of another body of philanthropists—the Blands and Allens—against the operations of the late Mr. Pardridge, of Chicago, four or live years ago, in forcing down the price of wheat and bread. Just now the farmers are joining in an outburst of thanks and admiration to the speculators for adding some *300.000,000 (so the story runs) to the producer’s profits of the year. We do hot remember that the consumers moved any vote of thanks to Pardridge for the 50-cent wheat of 1594, but they must certainly have got the benefit of the low price of bread. Aside from the childishness of the whole idea which ascribes the rise or fall in the world’s price of wheat to one or two individual speculators, this confl’ct of approval and disapproval, of enthusiasm and denunciation, is somewhat perplexing, and suggests that it is perhaps fortunate that the forces of nature are. after all, the arbiter. If the boards of trade really accomplish anything in the long run they provide a steady market throughout the year, whereby the farmer may, with the aid of speculative capital, choose his own time to sell, while the consumer may at least be relieved from acute uneasiness by the retention of supplies in granary for sale in a moment of real scarcity. With a board of trade such as those of Liverpool and Chicago tho exhaustion of bread supplies in Spain last month would have been altogether improbable. Even in Berlin, where the grain broker has hitherto been active, the government has learned a lesson from its recent experiment in supressing produce exchanges. Unable to command the usual supply of capital on "future delivery" contracts the German farmers sold all their wheat immediately after the harvest, when the price was forced down under such competing sules. Having thus parted with their supplies, the Berlin market was left bare of stocks In the later hour of scarcity. The London Economist’s Berlin correspondent lately pointed out that in the three months ending April 15 the rise of wheat at that city was 33 marks per ton, against a rise of only i mark* at Paris, where the grain

trade is unfettered. But, added the correspondent. the German farmer profited nothing by this abnormal rise; because, lacking the usual machinery of a board of trade, he had sold all of his own wheat during the rush before the rise began. We may describe this incident as an objectlesson in "anti-option.” “"obituary. Lieutenant Commander E. W. Sturdy, of the Collier Pompey. KEY WEST. Fla., June 7.—Tbe United States collier Pompey, formerly ih British steamer Harlech, arrived here frer: Norfolk. Va„ with her commander. Lieutenant Commander E. W. Sturdy, dead on board, and Lieutenant K. C. Norton in charge of the ship. Commander Sturdy was not feeling well when the Pompey sailed on Friday evening. He was taken sick off Cape Henry, soon afterwards became unconscious and died yesterday. There was no physician on board. He was a native of Maine, fifty-one years of age, and had been in the service thirty-six years. The family of tsie deceased live at Annapolis. The interment of the remains of Lieutenant Commander Sturdy took place here to-day with naval honors. The services were held in the Methodist Church, in front of which 215 marines, including a bugle and drum corps, were drawq up. They presented arms when the body was brought from the church and then played a dirge, leading the procession to the cemetery. The coffin was borne by bluejackets and the pallbearers were high naval officers. The grave is close to the cemetery gate and near the graves of the victims of £he Maine disaster. The customary volley' firing and sounding of "taps” over the grave concluded the funeral ceremony. Other Death*. OSWEGO, N. Y., Juno 7.—William D. Farwell, night city editor of the New York Tribune, died at his parents' home here today of consumption, aged thirty. ‘ Prior to his association with the Tribune he was editor of the Newark, N. J., Advertiser. ST. LOUIS, June 7.—M. W. Alexander, ex-president of the National Pharmaceutical Association, is dead from heart disease. He was one of the best-known druggists in Missouri and had been in business in this city fifty years. TO BE DISSOLVED. Receiver* for the Judge and Arkell Publishing Companies. NEW YORK, June 7.—Justice Lawrence, in the Supreme Court, signed an order appointing Emanuel Blumenstiel as referee in the proceedings taken by the board of dilectors of the Judge Publishing Company for the voluntary dissolution of that corporation, and appointed J. Warren Green as receiver, fixing 'he amount of his bond at $75,000. The liabilities are placed at $425,000, together with certain contingent liabilities. Justice Lawrence also signed an order appointing Mr. Blumenstiel referee in similar proceedings of dissolution of the Arkell Publishing Company, and appointed Bartlett Arkell receiver under a bond of $150,690. Tho liabilities are placed at over $600,000.

ELECTRIC CHAIR FOR THORN. Coart of Appeals Affirms Verdict in Guldensuppe Murder Case. SARATOGA, N. Y., June 7. —The Court of Appeals to-day affirmed the conviction of murder in the first degree in the case of Martin Thorn, whom the Queen’s County Criminal Court found guilty of the killing of William Guldensuppe, a bath rubber, in Woodside, L. 1., in July last. Mrs. Augusta Naek, Thorn's confederate in the murder, and who turned State's evidence, is serving a sentence cf fifteen years' imprisonment for her part in the crime for which Thorn must now suffer in the electric death chair. AS TO IMMUNES. Doubtful if ReKinientft Impervious to Yellow Fever Can Be Ruised. Washington Post. We have already discussed the question of immunity from the disease peculiar to the island of Cuba, and have expressed our firm conviction that such immunity can be acquired only by residence and acclimation there. This opinion is based upon the experience and observation of every physician in the United States who has had much to do with yellow fever or is in a position to speak with authority of health conditions in Cuba. Among all the fallacies and crack-brained nonsense bred by the war we know of none so extravagant as the "immune regiment.” Nevertheless, we are now in possession of several of these regiments, guaranteed to be impervious to the diseases of the island, and ready to march gaily forth upon the pathway of invasion. There is one from Louisiana, one from Alabama, one from Mississippi, and—save the mark!—at least a part of one from the District of Columbia. Fortunately the invading army will be well equipped with sanitary officers of information and good common sense. We may therefore expect with some reason that the disciples of this absurd infatuation will be protected against themselves. But it must amuse the intelligent observer of events to hear of yellow-fever immunes from Mississippi and Alabama States in which only a year or so ago the inhabitants were fleeing in disheveled panic from the very mention of yellow fever, where men were building walls around themselves and mounting guard with shotguns irt their hands, where law and order gave way to fear and superstition, and where civilization itself was crushed under the cruel, frantic heel of barbarism. We are not telling these brave and patriotic fellows that they go to die of yellow fever. Far from it! We have not the terror of that name which obtains so generally in the Southern States. In our opinion there are many worse foes to meet in Cuba, and, according to the best and most intelligent information at our disposal, there is little or no chance of contracting the disease inland, a few miles from the seaport towns. What appeals to our sense of humor is the term "immune” applied to regiments or smaller military bodies which cannot, by any chance, be composed, even approximately, of immunes. It is ridiculous that’s all. Sigtid of Patriotism. New York Commercial Advertiser. If the rising generation does not exceed in patriotism ail others in our history there is no truth in the saying that as the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined. Dolls are dressed now as Red Cross nurses, and boys wear Dewey suits and play at sea fights in the bath tub. One shop is selling children’s parasols of a red, white and blue fabric for 25 cents apiece and can barely supply the demand. Foreign mothers are the principal purchasers, jovfully handing over their silver quarters and saying to the child: "Now you must be a good little American girl.” Dirge Lens Finished. GREENVILLE, 0., June 7.—The venerable Rev. J. John Peate has. after many months of labor, completed the wonderful lens which he has been shaping and polishing for the American University at Washington. The big glass, the largest of its kind in the country, is boxed up ready for s lipmenj. The glass will be transported to Washington in a special express car furrished by the university. A few nights ago Rev. Mr. Peate tested the glass and pronounces it a marvel. To Fly Our Klngx. Ixmdon Mail. In the United States yesterday the union jack was hoisted on many buildings in honor of our Qupen’s birthday. The great national celebration of the American people, July 4. will be upon us in a few weeks. Why should we not at once return the compliment of our kinsmen and bury the memory of what Mr. Chamberlain called “our great blunder,” by the exhibition on public

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