r—i ZWHOLLY phonon Flag bf Truce While Spanish are I: . Considering Surrender. SANTIAGO MUST SOON FALL The Situation in Reported to Be Very Quiet and With but Little Fighting ‘Going On—Our Lines Have Been Fx- ,tended Down to the Bay -— Two New Batteries Placed in Position Washington, D. C.. July 13.--The fol— lowing dispatch from General Shaffer was received Yesterday: Playa del Este, via Hayti, July 12. Headquarters Fifth .Army Corps. Adjutant General, Washington: .It’ has been very Quiet; but little fighting. A flag of truce up since‘tw0 o’clock considering proposition forsur- rendering, now that I have the town surrounded on the north. 'Lines were completed at 5 p. ‘m. by General Ludlow right dewn to the bay. The line is rather thin, but will have it strengthened in the morning by General Henry, who has just arrived at headquarters. ' Only three or four casualties No one killed so far as I can learn. " Expect to have two new batteries in position to-morrow. TiGreat dead of suffering among the people who have gone out of Santiago. Am doing my best to relieve it, but not) entirely successful. SHAFTER. General Shafter’s Headquarters, July 11, via Kingston, Jamaica, July 12.-- Fighting continued during the day and at this hour, 4 p. m:, it is believed that the city of Santiago will be captured by the American forces within the next twenty-four hours. The Americans have advanced stead- ily all day. In sev-e‘ of the Spanish trenches our troops found dummy woo- den guns and no Spanish soldiers. There was a very weak fire from the Spanish troops and the American offi- cers have received further evidence of the great distress prevailing in the city of Santiago. ‘. Washington, D. 0., July 13.--The ex- ., pectation was general yesterday that Santiago would be ours very_soon. The main source of apprehension was that the Spaniards may have succeeded to a considerable degree in evacuating the town before the American lines of in- vestment werecomplete, so that when *t-he American troops entered it would 'v~’be found a mere empty husk with per- .xs-Ihaps nothing more than a desperate . :rear guard of Spaniards left to protect 'and conceal the retreat of the main “body of the troops. ’ _7 There were several indications of ._,,,,‘.S'0YHe such 'move, which is supposed to ‘ have been in progress for the past three “or four days. :3" General S'hafter himself reported un- J.‘ der date of Sunday-that the Spaniards .1, had evacuated in a small towno'n the _;_.~:west side of the bay, one of the sub— -7,:urbs of Santiago, while the Associated a: Press dispatches Mon-day referred to ._:"__the departure of a. body of Spaniards j‘j'from Santiago toward Holguin. ' General Miles has not taken and will «not take charge of the'opcratlons now ‘ . being conducted against Santiago. *_Whatever'credit is to be derived from I>~’." . from the prosecution of the present plan of campaign by General Shatter. will redound to that officer's credit, for ' General Miles has declared expressly ' that he does not assume the cmduct - of these operations. He is there simp- ly in his capacity as commanding gen- , eral of the ,armygtolook over, the field and to ascertain whether the operations . ._ are going along as they should. ' . But with his appearance comes very substantial assistance for General Shafter. With him on the Yale were more than 1,000 men and considerable artillery, while the Columbi-a,'whlch formed part of his expedition, is expec- ted to report there at any moment with the remainder of the troops. As General Shafter has referred to the thinness of his line it is expected that these reinforcements will be very gratefully received. . . DISTRESS IN PORTO RICO I Natives Starving-and Anxious to Be ' Free from ‘puin’s Rule. Provincetown, Mass, July 13.--Cap- 'ta-in McKenna of the British brig Ethel, who arrived here yesterday from Are- cibo, Porto Rico, brings a story of great destitution at San Juan and other places and a deep interest among the inhabitants of the island in "the pro- , 'gress of the war, which, it is believed, ’_ is to free the people from Spanish tpr- army. Captain McKenna stated that he left' ' Arecibo June 21. At that time reports rom all parts of Porto Rico indicated a. condition among the natives nearly bordering on starvation. At Areélbo flour was selling at nineteen dollars a barrel and salt fish at thirty cents per pound, and other provisions at a price so high that none but the wealthy could get them. ' Several American and British news- papers reached Captain McKenna while he lay at Arecibo, and he states that the natives actually fought‘each other to get possession of them. so eager were they to learn of the progress of the war. Sagasta’s Resignation is Confirmed. Wasb’wrton, D. 0., July 13.--Confir- mation ..r‘ the fall of the Sagasta, min- istry has reached Washington. ‘ The advices announce positively that » General Campos will be the new prime minister, and in some circles this is re garded as an indication of coming peace. Among state department offi- cials the opinion prevails that the ques- tion of continued war depends to a con- siderable extent upon the result of the operations against Santiago de Ouba. The capture of Linarcs’ army will so influence the new ministry it is thought that peace will be the outcome. A New Forecaster Now. _ New York, July 13.——'1‘he resignation ' 3of‘ Elias B. Dunn as official forecaster of the‘New York weather bureau has ’-'been accepted and Eben H. Emory, his ":3.“ first assistant has been appointed to succed him. the capture of that town, if it results' WEEKLY .- homo... homo sus do Solomon Tolal Gels Orders to Fight to the Bitter End. Again Proposal to Yield Is Scorned Madrid, July 13.--After the cabinet council the ministers asserted that San; tiago de Cuba again had refused the American demand for surrender. Playa del Este, July 13.--Yesterday General Toral sent out a reply to Gen- eral Shafter’s second demand for the unconditional surrender of Santiago, made by letter. In his reply General Toral ref-erred to his refusal to accede to the Ameri- can demand on Sunday and again reit- erated his determination to resist. Notwithstanding this, the American batteries did not open fire in the morn- ing and the renewal of the bombard- ment probably will be postponed until to-day, when it is hoped that all of General Randolph’s batteries will be in position. The siege guns landed will be brought Up as soon as possible. ._,_______. RECRUITS LEAVING CHICKAMAUGA Rumored That More Troops Will Be Sent to the Front Soon. ‘ Chickamauga, July 13.--At an early hour yesterday several hundred re- cruits for the First brigade. First di- vision, First corps, which left Camp Thomas for Charleston several days ago, marched to Ringgold, Ga., where they went aboard a special train for Charleston. These recruits were sent out to join their command by order of General Miles. Before his departure for San- tiago General Miles wired General Brooke directing that the soldiers men- tioned as well as the wagon trains of the three regiments, be rushed at once to Charleston. In all about one thousand soldiers were left here by the three regiments, the majority of them, however, belong- ing to the Sixteenth Pennsylvania. The First Ohio cavalry did not leave yesterday, but will get out to-day. All final preparations for departure are be- Ing. made. At the headquarters of the First corps it is stated that no further orders for the removal of troops have been received. From another source it is learned that the Second brigade, Sec— ond division, First corps, under Gen- eral Hains, is likely to depart any day. It is thought at the camp that defi- nite orders for the departure of the nine thousand men will be received very soon. It is understood that. these troops are to be moved by the return- ing transports which are now'reaching the American coast. A letter received in camp from United States Senator Fairbanks says the en- tire Second division of the First corps was to be ordered to Porto ,Rico. ,The letter was written to Captain Warren Fairbanks, son of the senator, who is in the commissary department of the division. , Orders have also been issued by Gen- eral Sanger directing that regimental commanders prepare a list of all sharp- shoo-ters in the regiment; also desig- nating the second and third class marksmen. They are to be formed into companies of sharpshooters and will be used in picking the guerillas out of the trees after the command reaches Cuba, if that shall come to pass. NO YELLOW FEVER IN CAMP. Country Where They Are Stationed In Not Sul‘ject to the Dreaded Scourge. Washington, July 12.—Surgeon Gen- eral W'alter Wyman of the marine hospital service said yesterday that neither he nor General Sternberg had received any report from their officers indicating that there was any yellow fever among the American troops now in Cuba. All the wounded and sick soldiers who have been brought to the United States for treatment have been careful- ly examined for symptoms of yellow fever. ' General Wyman said that the only fever among them was malaria. Gen- eral W'yman said Ithat at this time of year there is always a large number of cases of yellow jack, but he further said that the disease was not preval- ent in the country surrounding the camp of the troops on account of the high hills and mountains. Sick and wounded Northwurd Bound. Guantanamo Bay, July 12.---The Oli- vette is here, ready to sail at any mo- ment for Hampton Roads with ‘five hundred sick and wounded on board, among them being General H. S. Haw- kins, Major A. O. Brodie, Major J. M. Bell, Captains Thomas T. Knox, James H. McClintock and Morton J. Henry and Lieutenants M. Nichols, J. R. Young, H. K. Devereaux and W. W. Fiscus. O In Special Session. Albany, N. Y., July 12.—The state legislature convened last evening at their chambers in the Capitol, pursu- ant to the call issued by Governor Black. Both houses were called to or- der at about 8 o’clock, and after or~ gan-izing an adjournment was taken until 11 o’clock this morning. Col. Bryan’s Regiment Received Orders. omaha, Neb., July 12.—Colonel Wil- liam Jennings Bryan’s regiment of Ne- braska volunteers have received or- ders to move at once to Jacksonville, to join the command of General Fitz- hugh Lee. ‘ Torpedo Boats En Route for Spain' Messina, Sicily, July 11.——The Span- ish torpedo boats sailed for home yea- terday. east. opened the fire. Idolph's gunners obeyed to the 1etter sooooohsmoo Destructive Bombardment of the City by Guns on Land and Sea SPANIARDS REPLY FEEBLY Attack on the City Reopened at Daybreak —-h!andolph’s Batteries on Land Began Firing—War Vessels Off Shore Sheiiezl the City With Precision—New York, Indiana and Brooklyn Engazed. Siboney, July 13.--The investment of Santiago is progressing, and the capt— ure of the city in a short time is inevi- table. The American and Cuban lines are now surrounding the entire city making the arrival of Spanish rein- forcements impossible. The idea of carrying the city by as- sault has been given up, and the plan now is to harrass the Spaniards with a continual fire from the American bat- teries, carefully aimed, the riflemen at the same time shooting only at such particular marks as may be presented by exposed Spaniards. No general an- gagement is expected, as an assault upon the enemy’s works would be too costly to the lives of our troops. The Spaniards show a desire to re- main in the entrenchments and act up- on the defensive only. Our sharpshoot- ers along the trail are gradually pick- ing off the Spanish sh-arpshooters hid- den in trees. The bombardment on Monday began at 6 o'clock in the morning. General Randolph’s field battery, stationed on the ridge surrounding the town‘ to the General Ran- General Shafter’s orders to fire only at a mark, and the shooting was slow but very effective. The damage to property in the city as the result of the bambardmen-t is enormous. The loss of life in the town, however, is unknown, but probably few Spanish soldiers were hurt. The reply of the Spaniards to the fire of the Americans practically am- ounted to nothing. In the morning four shots were fired by them, but none was effective. In the meantime the Brooklyn and the New York lay off Aguadpres. They were in communication wi’thGeneral iShafter by means of wigwag signals to the signal corps men on shore, and thence by telephone to headquarters. The New York fired three shots to find the range, waiting after each shot for a report from the shore as to the effect. At half past nine o'clock the New York got the range and there were wildly enthusiastic cheers on board when the fact was signalled from the shore. The Brooklyn steamed up and began a slow fire. Later the Indiana. began firing rapidly, frequently double shots. All of the ships used eight-inch guns. The range was 8,500 yards. The shots passed over the ridge and their point of striking or the effect of their ex- plosion could not be seen from the sea. The signal corps on the ridge reported that 101 of the 106 shots fired were ef— fective. The last shots struck in the vicinity of the Cathedral, well int-o the cit . gdmiral Sampson was notified at 12.45 o’clock by General Shafter that a flag of truce had been raised, and it was supposed that it had. been hoisted by the Spaniards. Commodore Schley left the Brooklyn and went to Siboney. From there he telegraphed to General .Ihafter and learned that it was Shaf- r him-self who had called the truce, having sent Major Noble of his staff under a flag of truce as the bearer of a sealed note to the Spanish comman- der demanding surrender. MANY PRIZCS CAPTURED. The Wary Reaches Key West in Charge of a Prize Crew. ' . Key West, F 1a., July 13.--The prize Wary, with a cargo of provisions, cap- tured by the St. Louis ten miles ‘off Santa Cruz, has been brought in here by a prize crew, Ensign Albrecht. Mid- shipman Davy and Sergeant. Feeny, from the St. Louis. The sloop Nichol- son has been captured by the Hist off Manzanil-lo. She has not been brought in yet. _ The schooner Three Bells and several others have been captured between Manzanillo and Jamaica with supplies for Manzanillo while trying to run the blockade. Most of them’fly the Eng- lish flag. Many Spaniards at Jamaica are buying all kinds of supplies to son". to Cuba at risk of a great loss. The prizes are expected to arrive here at any time. ‘ Secre'm'x Algw's in» (lornrnvnded “’ashiligton, July iii—Frederick Al- ger. son of tl‘e secretary of war. and a captain in the adjulant general’s de- partment, has been distinguishing him: self before Santiago and has earned the warm cemmendaliou of his supe- rior officers couched in such terms as ton-lake it apparent that it was not called for by any consideration of his relationship to Secular-y Alger. The official reports show that young Alger, in his zeal to get to the front Seized a. rifle and joined the "First 'inlelitry in order to get. ashore with the first body of troops. Since that time. attache-d to General Duffield's brigade. he has rendered most important service. Defeated Chinese. Troops, Canton, July 13.—-'l‘he rebels have now captured nine towns and havo defeated the imperial troops was. of \‘l'oo Chow. Placards have been posted at Woo Chow, declaring War against rheoffi: cials and warning the inhabfiants to depart before the rebels aunt-k the, town. The authorities here have purchased 3,000 rifles and are negotiating for a number of machine guns. “'oumlmi Man on Ihn Solace. Washington, D. (3., July 13.~-VVord has been received from the naval hos- pital ship Solace that she has aboard about forty naval wounded and anom- ber of Spanish. wounded. .Zl‘he ,remain« _-ing accommodations will be given so the wounded from the army. It is expected she will arrive in the next few have. a -- ' 1‘. - . BOllBARDMlNT Tooll Sunday’s Attack Only a Prelimi- nary Skirmish. ‘ LATEST FROM THE FRONT Numerous Despatches from Gen. Shatter but No Authentic News from the Fight Which is Believed is in Progress. The Ships Will Direct Their Attention to Morro Castle and the Forte. The In tantry Not Engaged. Washington, July lav-Although sev- eral dispatches were received at the war department from General Shafter up to 1 o’clock Monday, none of them gave a positive announcement that the battle had been resumed, as he intima- ted it would be in his dispatch received at 2 a. m. yesterday. The officials at the war department believe, however, that the bombardment is on, but they say they have no official confirmation to that eect, nor have they had any dispatches saying that a truce had been declared until 11 o’clock yester- day morning. The dispatches from General Shaf— ter yesterday were chiefly in regard to the formation of our lines around San- tiago and the plan decided upon be-. tween the army and navy for the bom- bardment and attack. General Shaf- ter gives the position of every brigade, regiment and battery. The extreme right of the line rests upon Santiago’s water works and the left extends to near the San Juan heights. If there has been a delay in the bom- bardment it is chiefly on account of the president's distinct order not to let General Toral and the Spanish army es- cape from Santiago. It has been evi- dent that the Spanish general wished to get his troops out of the city, and has been asking, for delay to further this plan. The president has ordered General Shaffer not to allow this, and if the bombardment did not begin at an early hour yesterday morning it was because General Shafter has been plac- ing his army completely around the city so as to prevent any escape. The plan of battle as arranged is for both the army and navy to partici- pate in the attack. General Shafter is going to use only the artillery and the heavy batteries. He will reserve the in- fantry fire until after he has silenced the Spanish batteries, and it is neces- sary to make the assault on the city. The navy will assist the bombard- ment by shelling the fonts at the en- trance of the harbor, so as to make a passage for the war vessels to enter and make a. direct attack upon the city. It is not the intention of Admiral Sampson to send in his large vessels. but to make a dash with a couple of his swift and light draft gunboats or smaller cruisers, which can run the mine fields. It is probable that the Vesuvius may be'one of these vessels, for she can do great work with her dynamite guns. The bombardment will be directed chiefly against the Spanish fortifica- tions and guns, so as not to damage the city or set fire to the buildings, for to do so would be to only add to the suffering and distress of the refugees now at Siboney, who, after the fall of the city, will return . to their own homes. It is General Shaffer's opin- ion that when the combined forces of the army and navy begin their bom- bardment in earnest and the Spanish find that all points of escape are clos- -ed, they will surrender, and he will not be obliged to risk the lives of his infantry. ' There is a good deal of anxiety ex— pressied in official circles over the situa- tion at Santiago, because the dispatches received yesterday morning giving ac- count of the battle shows it to have been more severe and disastrous than at first thought. The fact that two officers were killed shows that it must have been a severe struggle. Washington, D. 0., Judy 12.——The war department is advised of the arrival off Santiago yesterday of the auxiliary cruiser Yale, with General Miles and his staff and a portion of Garretson’s brigade. General Miles had a conference with Admiral Sampson and later conferred with General Shaffer by means of the signal service telephone wires. Gen- eral Miles approved of the plans of General Shaffer for the present opera- tions against Santiago. News from Madrid. Madrid, July 12.—The newspapers of this city openly discuss the imminence of the ministerial crisis, owing to the attitude of Senor Gamazo, the minis- ter of public instruction. The Official Correspondencia confirms the report of the cabinet crisis. The Imparcial says, of Sunday’s cab- inet meeting: “We think importance should be at- tached to the fact that Spain will reap great advantages in negotiating" for peace before Santiago and Manila, and perhaps even Porto Rico are captured, as should the Americans occupy these places their terms will naturally be harder." The Imparci‘al then adds: “It is most probable that the govern- ment will telegraph Captain General Blanco- to this effect urging him to di- rect the opinion of the army. toward this solution. 0n General Blanco’s re- ply depends whether the government commences negotiat-ions immediately, without waiting the outcome of the situation «at Santiago de Cuba.” The Liberal publishes an interview with a minister, who is quoted as say- ing that a cabinet crisis might occur to-day. to-morrow or next week, but that in any case it will not long be de— layed. - The minister is said to have added that the crisis would. be the occasion for the whole ministry resigning in a body. ' A Fro-:t in July. Haines Falls, N. Y., July 12.---A hea- vy frost was visible here Monday mor- , ning. The fields and roofs of buildings were .completely covered, as though with snow. .The mercury was down to freezing point at four o'clock yesterday morn- 11%. w H A 7. B'f’dm F3. hoodlum HAS BEGllll Sampson and Shatter Turned Their Guns on Santiago Soon liter Noon, ‘ Sunday. Washington, July 11.-—The bombardd ment of Santiago by the artillery of General Shaffer and the great guns of Sampson’s fieet began shortly after noon Sunday. . General Linares. after lengthy com- munication with Madrid, refused to and, like Cervera, decided to make a desperate, but hopeless, fight before raising the white flag. , ' He cannot long withstand the terrific double fire. From the sea the giant guns of the surrender unconditionally, ships are dropping shot and shell over Morro and the hills into the doomed city, while Shaf-ter, reinforced by six batteries of artillery and with seven heavy siege guns impregnably placed, is sweeping the city that lies below Shaffer has 24,000 men besides the Cuban auxiliaries, numbering about 6,000. It is expected here that surrender is «him. only a question of a very short time. The following telegram was received from General Shatter yesterday after noon: Playa del Este, July 10. I have just received a letter from Gen- eral Toral declining unconditional sur- render. Bombardment by army and navy began this afternoon. Reinforcements Arrive. Washington, July 11.—The war de- partment lhas posted“ these bulletins of dispatches received last evening: Siboney, Cuba, July 10. Adjutant General, Washington: The St. Paul has just arrived with General Henry and his command and quartermaster’s stores. ' HUMPHRIES. SibOney, Cuba, July 10. Adjutant General, Washington: The Catania “has just arrived with the First District of Columbia volfiF teers. HUMPHRIES. General Henry and staff sailed from New York on the St. Paul last week with the Eighth Ohio and General Ames, in all 1,200 men. ., The Catanla sailed from Tampa on July 2 with the First District of Colum- 1a. There probably has been landed by this timel3,400 of General Snider's bri- gade, which sailed from Tampa. The six companies of light artillery were in position at the end of the truce, These reinforcements number 5,800. Gen. Miles, with the Sixth Massachu. setts and a battalion of the Sixth Illi- nois, on the St. Paul and Columbia, are due to land on Tuesday morning, mak- 935-. .O.' L - SHIPS MAY BE SAVED, “' A Fast of the. Wrecked Spanish Fleet‘ May Yet Grace Our Navy. W'ashington, July 11.—Rear Admiral Sampson has had some of his experts examine the ships of Admiral Cervera‘s vanquished squadron, as they lie beached, and the report is encourag< ing to the authorities, who are pleased particularly with the prospects of re< covering some of these vessels and ad- ding them to the American navy. The department had already arrang- ed with the Merritt-Chapman Wreck- ing Company to undertake the salvage of these ships. \ .mmuf’j' Individuals Get the Bonds. Washington, July 12.—Subscriptions for the $200,000,000 bond issue, which will close on Thursday of this week, continue to come in rapidly, and the loan will be subscribed several times over. The intention of Congress to make a popular-loan will be carried out, and the present indications are that it will be distributed among at least 200,000 individuals, the average amount of bonds allotted to any one person being $1,000. ' Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Vanderlip stated yesterday afternoon that be individual subscriptions would amount to more than the entire loan, and not a bond would go to any bank, corporation or firm. Schiey Gives Credit to Sampson. Washington, July Hal—Commodore W. S. Schlley has cabled to the navy department expressing regret at the controversy which has arisen regard- ing the officers who should have the credit for the victory off Santiago de 'Cuba on July 8. The credit properly belongs, he says, to the commander-in-chief. He says that Rear Admiral Sampson, in his of- ficial reports, will distribute praise to chose deserving it. Rear Admiral Sampson has cabled to the department declaring that there is no friction between himself and Commodore Schley. AH Expected '0 Live. Tampa, Fla., July 12.--—All of the wounded soldiers left in Tampa'by the hospital trains are getting along very nicely and the surgeons in attendance do not anticipate the wounds of any of them will result fatally. The men were carried to the hospital in the camp on Tampa Heights, and the change‘from cramped quarters on shipboard was greatly appreciated by all of them. There are not more than a dozen who are unable to walk around a little, and, therefore. the I change is certainly for the best. v ing a total reinforcement of 7,500. ‘1 ' ' ”Vi-3 km I too Pdlllll RICO odor and Make Way for Troops. , MILES TO BE IN COMMAND, “fin-“‘1‘“ .* n. AdminiserIon Takes Steps to Landon [Expedition E or ier ihan at First. Pian- ned. Fall of Santiago Will be the 513-. nal for the Troops to Sail. The Regular Troops “'ill Compose the Invading Force Largely, Washington, J uly 11.—It is absolutely certain that, at the present time, the administration is counting upon the al- most immediate'fall of Santiago, this to be followed at once by the going of General Miles, with the later volunteer troops that have been sent to Santiago, to Porto Rico. Immediately after the fall of Santia- go General Shaffer and the greater part of his army that 'he has had in Cuba will be left in Santiago province, while General Miles, wit-h the recent reinforcements and some of the regu- lars will go to Porto Rico. In a quiet way the war department for more than a week has been busy getting together “rush matter” on Por- to Rico for the information of the gen- erals and staff officers who know they are soon to go to Porto Rico. Many telegrams have come to the war de— partment in the last few days from them asking for more information as to .Porto Rico, and information has been sent to them without delay to Charleston, whence the geater part of the earlier Porto Rican expedition will sail.‘ , These reinforcements will include the Eighth Ohio, which went from New York in the St. Paul, and the other two regiments of Garretson's brigade, the Sixth Illinois and the Sixth Massachu- setts. Those that start after the fall of Santiago will probably go directly to Porto Rico. General Mile-s will go with the others from Santiago. Admiral Sampsén will have in his squadron, besides protected cruisers," the Iowa, Texas. Indiana, Brooklyn and New York. The Massachusetts had been included, but this has been chang- ed. The fleet of Admiral Sampson is txpected to blockade the island com» letely and to make way for landing the army at a point not yet ascertain- ed, probably on the northern side of the island, west of San Juan. It is thought that the Spanish army in the province of Santiago de Cuba will have become so exhausted by the time of the fall of the city that peace may be maintained by the volunteers. General Miles will therefore put his main dependence upon United States regulars, to whom, he said, belonged the greater part of the glory achieved by the army before Santiago. General Miles considered the fighting there practically a test of the regular army, and did not seem to consider seriously the volunteers in connection with the safe work of regular United States troops. Before leaving for the front Genera-1 Miles, speaking of the performance of the regular army before Santiago, re— marked “I was proud. of the courage with which they bore the hardships of the. heat and rain, and of the unflinching way in which'they behaved all along the line. . - . “There is not a finer body ~of,men either for marksmanship or otherwise, in Germany, France,,Russla or Eng- land than our little regular army.” After complimenting General Shaf- fer, be counted over on his fingers the names of the. brigade commanders and said it was the work of the “army" caused Admiral Cervera to decide to leave the harbor. He used the ward “army” all through his conversation in the sense of the United States regu- lars, but would not be drawn into any sharp invidious comparisons of the regulars with the volunteers before Santiago. -: ‘ " . He went further in a warmer strain, saying what concern he felt when they were taken off in transports; what pains he took to make, their jour- ney easy and what uneasiness he felt lest a. storm might force them below decks. Then it was, he said, he wished to go with them, and asked permission, but was ordered back. -. ”1,3 SUFFERING AMONG REFUGEES Women at El (Janey who Have Plenty of Money Are Found Starving. Siboney, Cuba. July 9, via Port Anto- nio, Jamaica, July 10.—The heartrend- ing scenes at El Craney make the army wild at the prolongation of the armis- tice. The shooting of spies in our uniform and also of guerillas has had a good effect. , . Women are picked up nearly starv- ed who have large sums of money on them. One woman had seven hundred dollars. Captain McCIalla is feeding seven thousand refugees from Guantanamo. Nicholas Fish has arrived to see if he could take home the body of his son. . The Resolute took off four hundred prisoners from the Harvard and pro- ceeded to Charleston. Coal is running short in the fleet. Commodore Schley’s report to Admi- ral Sampson on the destruction of Cer- vera’s fleet says Captain Clark of the Brooklyn and Captain Phillip of the Texas did magnificent work“ and the terrible fire from the Texas, Iowa and Oregon wrecked the first ships. “Of the Brooklyn’s splendid work and the crew's gallant conduct I can-' not say too much." The Chinese Rebellion. , Canton, July 11.—T'he rebels have captured Mening and Tienpak and new are surrounding VVu-Clhuenh-Sien, in Kwang-Tung. Many of the internal revenue officers have been killed. The situation at Woo-Chou is criti— cal. A great exodus of the wealthy na- tives is taking place. ' Fanny Davenport Nu \Vorse. Duxbury, Mass, July 11.—A telegram from Melbourne Hall states that Mrs. Melbourne McDowell (Fanny Daven-- port) had passed a quiet day and was resting easily. There are strong hopes lentertained for improvement.
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