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Refugees from Havana Arrive in New
York—An Interesting Narrative of At-
fairs in the Blockaded ,City—Finnty of
Provisions but Famine Prices—e'rhe
Fortifications Have Been Greatly
Strengthened. .
New York, June 22,—The Atlas line
steamer Altai arrived at Pier 6, North
river, yesterlay from Kingston, Jamai-
ca, and other West Indian ports. Am-
ong her passengers were British refu-
gees from Havana and several Cubans
who, after the declaration of war, (had
made their way to Kingston. -
The refugees were conveyed from
Havana. to Kingston two weeks ago
by the English warship Talbot.
They say that after leaving the Cu-
ban capital, the Talbot was fired upon
first by a. blank and next with a solid
shot by one of the American tugboats
doing blockade duty. The latter, upon
fiscovering its mistake, gave up the
chase and returned to its post. The
incident caused a little surprise on the
British warship, but the officers after-
wards considered lt‘he warlike attitude
of .the tugboat a good joke. They ad-
mitted that the Americans aboard the
tiny craft were plucky fellows to pit
their small pounders against rifled
cannon of large calibre. If the British
warship had been a Spaniard the tug
would doubtless have joined battle.
One of the Aitai's passengers, a.
young Englishman, who declines to
give his name for publication, speak-
ing about the situation in Havana. at
the time of his leaving, a. fortnight ago,
said:
“There llS plenty of provisions, but on
account of the blockade merchants are.
demanding such high prices that the
poor classes are unable to purchase
them. These people, of course, are
living on short rations, and, as the
blockade continues they will suffer and
many of them will be starved to death.
All the Cubans opposed Ito Spanish
rule on the island who could sneak out
of Havana have gone to live in the
fieldsand take their chances with the
insurgents, who are crowding in to-
v‘vards the line of forts on each side
of the city.
"Havana. is to-day much bet-ter pro-
tected than at the time of the declara-
tion of war. Had the latter been fol-
lowed up by a dash and a. fierce bom-
bardment of the forts at the entrance
of the harbor, the city would have sur-
rendered quickly. . . ..
“But not a moment in the delav of
the attack by the Americans has been
lost by Blanca. Night ahdlday the sol-
diets are at work mounting new guns,
placing mines or constructing earth-
works along the shore andaway back
in the country. Blanca has a large
force at his comm-and, regiments and
volunteers,.which~ can roughly be esti-
mated at 125,000 men.
“Until the declaration came the
Spaniards never thought that the Uni-
ted States wou'ld go to war for the Cu-
bans. Even the destruction of the
Maine was not considered to be suffi-
cient cause for the America'ns to join
in the fight. But. at last, when Mc-
Kinley and Congress decided to make
war, Blanco began his preparations for
defence. They are going on still and
unless the Spaniards prove to be ab-
ject cowards, the taking of Havana
will not be accomplished without a ter-
ble encounter and a great sacrifice of
lives on both sides. The Spaniards in
the city, who now consider themselves
secure, laugh at the delay on the part
of the Americans for their failure to
fall upon Havana immediately after
they decided to fight for the freedom
of Cuba.
“There are hundreds of Americans in
the city anxious to get out before the
bombardment commences, but unfort-
unately they will have to remain, for
the British consul, who is supposed to
be looking after the interests of citi-
zens of the United States in Havana
will do nothing for them. This is not
hearsay, for I pleaded with him to al-
low an American friend of mine named
Carpenter to accompany me on the
Talbot to Kingston.
“The consul refused to let Carpen-
ter leave, saying that no Americans
would be permitted on the Talbot.
Strange to say, however, he put sev-
eral Spanish officers aboard the Brit-
ish warship and they were taken to
Kingston. One of these was Comman-
iarnte Ramon Mendez. who had been the
military censor in Havana. If Ameri-
cans were not to be allowed on the
neutral worship I consider it a shame
to have permitted Spanish military offi-
cials on the Talbot. .
“The British consul in Havana is
supposed to be looking after the inter-
ests ot‘ American citizens, but although
an Englishman myself, I consider it my
duty to let the world know how unfair
the representative of her majesty's
government and the delegated repre-
sentative of the United States has act-
ed in the case of Carpenter and other
citizens of the United States in the be-
leagured city."
The other refugees from Havana
were a Mr. Goudy, a commission mer-
chant, and his family, and Samuel Gi-
berga, Cos-ta Rican consul to Havana.
The latter, owing to his position, de-
suimaouoo scan-aux no x'eadls o1 'pauuo
other hat-lens. Besides these there
came as passengers on the Atlas liner
Samuel P. Smee’ton, registrar general
of Jamaica, and the Hon. William
Kerr. Mr. Smeet-on said that at pres-
ent here are about 300 Cuban refugees
in the colony at Kingston.
Soldiers Poisoned
Jacksonville, Fla, June 22.—-From 20
to 30 members of Company E, First
VV'isconsin regiment, were taken seri-
ously ill Monday night and there is
fering from poison. Major Evans, sure
fering from poison. Major Efzns, suro
geon of the regiment, prescribed for
‘ the sick men and partly relieved their
suffering. ' ,
The food is the only cause to which
the illness can be attributed. The men
ate canned beans, bread and potatoes.
An analysis will be made to' determine
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T E E E v En in o G A z E TATE
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PHILIPPINE AFFAIRS A PUZZLE.
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What Shall Be polls With the Philip
. pines \Vhen They Are 1 onqnered.
Washington, June 22.——The recent
turn in aflaal‘s woos. outs Agu'inaldo
in the posmon of a cat watching a
mouse in a narrow mole is embarrass-
ing to our government, on the theory
that we intend to follow up our vic-
tory at Manila by the reduction of the
whole Philippine group. Already, be-
fore we have actually taken possession
of’the principal city on the principal
island, our statesmen at the capital are
announcing their policies and plans for
disposing of the entire Philippine sys-
tem. On one hand is heard the dis-
cussion of whether We can hold the is-
lands. as‘securily for the payment of
a. heavy war indemnity from Spain.
But what would this mean? That if
Spain were to tender the money We
demanded we should have to surren-
der the islands. Meanwhile, it the in-
surgents had overcome the Spaniards,
should we be compelled to suppress
the insurrection before turning the is-
lands over to their former owner?
The prompt arrival of reinforcements
for Rear Admiral Dewey may solve a
part of the difficulty, for if Augusti is
able to hold the insurgents at bay till
a sufficient force of United. States
troops is at hand ltO enable him to sur~
render to us instead of to the rebels, the
general belief here is that the will do
so,‘ and his recent hopeless and for-
lorn repbrhs of the situation indicate
this intent.
We should then take possession of
Manila, and constructively of the whole
Philippine group, establish a military
government and await further events,
the insurgents being given their choice
between submitting to our authority
peacefully or by compulsion.
_All this explains the anxiety of the
Washington authorities to hasten the
Merritt expedition in every possible
manner, even at the expense of draw-
ing away some of the men and mate-
rial really needed for operations
against Cuba anl Porto Rico.
The fact that we are taking such pre-
cautions to prevent the embarrass-
ments incident to a complete mastery
of the situation at Manila. before our
policy for the future is definitely form-
ed ‘does not absolutely indicate what
that policy will be. As things look
now, we may leave the other islands in
the group to their fate and hold Luzon
as our own territory, thus satisfying
the cravings of the annexation element
in theLSfenate With the least possible
concession-from the life long policy of.
Our republic. This is evidently the
purpose which is mowtaking shape in
the mind or tlhe president. ‘
It has been suggested (that the Phil-
ippine islanls,.:if.;taken as a whole by
us, n'ilg'ht be ‘mhd‘ed over to the insur-
gents for the establishment of a re
public, under amaagneemen-t thatthey
should pay for their possession by giv-
ing ustheizr slirplus .‘taxés andcustoms
receip_ts,after paying .the expenses of
local governinen‘t. Whatever may be
thought of this'pla-n later, the admin-
istration is not in the mood for con-
sidering it seriously now.
RUMORED SHOOTING or: BLANCO.
Said to Have, Been Wounded by a Man
Whose Brother lie 11nd Put to Death-
Washington, D. C.,, June 22.—There
is an unconfirmed story here of an at-
tempted .assa‘sSinaltloni-mf Captain Gen-
eral Blanca by Mariano Salva, a young
Cuban 'member of the volunteer army,
and of a condition of affairs in Havana
bordering .on revolution as a conse-
quence.
The story has it that Blanco was se-
verely wounded in the thigh.
According (to the rumor, which was
started by a Cuban, Salve. was a. guard
in General Blancc‘e palace. Salva's
brother had been, snobby order of Gen-
eral Blanco for alleged treason. Salva
planned revenge, and as Blanco was
emerging from the palace with his staff
shot him. Officers who tried to cut
down Salvo, «it is said, were prevented
from doing so by Salva’s comrades
among the volunteers. The would-be
assassin is said to be in Morro.
The story goes that the news of the
attempted assassination spread rap-idly
over, the city and long before nightfall
its inhabitants were in a state of up-
roar. The volunteers, sympathizing
with their dead comrade and his im-
prisoned brother, fomenvted the confu—
sion and paraded the streets, shouting
“Down with Blanca! Long live Wey-
ler!" and shouting loudly for the recall
of Weyler Ito Havana.
Places of business were closed and
the peaceful residents vacated them
and their houses and took refuge in the
country.
The position in which General Blan-
co now finds himself is a doubly seri-
ous one. The volunteers are wildly ex;
citedover his action and are bitter in
their condemnation of him, and espec-
ially loud in their demands for the re-
turn of General Weyler.
HAWAII IN THE SENATE.
Debate on the Annexation Resolution
Continued Yesterday.
Washington, J1me 22.—-A1most imme-
diately after the Senate convened yes-
terday the resolution for the annexa-
tion of Hawaii was laid before it.
Pending its consideration Mr. Roach
of North Dakota who had been quoted
in a Washington paper as favorable to
the annexation of Hawaii, rose to a
question of personal privilege. He said
.he had not made the statement attrib—
uted to him, and; asa matter of fact
was opposed and always had been to
the annexation of Hawaii.
Mr. Mitchell of W'insconsin delivered
a speech in opposition to annexation.
He declared that the nation just now
was shorn of its judgment. The effort
to establish our government in the far
East and the adoption of a. policy of
imperialism was evidence of that. He
thought the seizure of Hawaii would
remove all doubt as to our land grab-
bing intentions. ‘
He declared that the annexation pro-
Ject was a clumsy cover for the sugar
magnates, from around the edges of
which the saccharine juice dripped to
the advantage of all who cared to avail
themselves of it.
The Cadiz Fleet Returns.
Washington, June 22.—-A-dvices re-
ceived here by way of Marseilles,
France, confirm the first reports that
the Spanish fleet has returnedto Ca.-
diz. ‘ '
v'ilhe dispatches state that the Vitto~
rie. was injured
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Work of Getting"'l'roops and Transports
Into .Shspe II Nearly Complet-d.
'San Francisdo,
addition of 300 recruits for Minnesota,
150 for Iowa and 100 men ofthe Astor
battery, the force of troops at Camp
Merritt has been increased to 12.200.
Three hundred and fifty-two recruxs
from Kansas and Tennessee arrived
yesterday and a number of recruits
from Idaho and Iowa were looked for
last evening. On Thursday 260 men,
recruited to fill the Seventh California
regiment, will reach Camp Merritt.
The First regiment of California vole
maximum and to-day the 300 new men
will _be turned over to Colonel Berry
of the Seventh regiment, who will
take them to Manila. -
Work on the third fleet of transports
has progressed so favorably that they
will all probably be able» to sail Satur-
day. The monitor Monadnock and the
collier Hero are expected to start for
Manila at the same time. , _
Aflter the departure of the next ex-
pedition the remaining troops will be
brigaded by Major General Otis.
The work on the cruiser Philadelphia
is nearly completed. The ship's main
battery of 6—inch guns has been swung
aboard and set in position. _The ship
has been painted the war color. She
will be taken out of the dock the first
of next week. ' .
The new deck of the United States
steamship Adams has been about com-
pleted and that ship will soon be ready
for commission”
The old iron cruiser Ranger will be
hauled into the quay walls shortly and
converted as rap-idly as possible into a
modern gunboat.
Work on the Yorktown is being ex-
pedited as much as possible and as fast
as the men get through with the Phil-
adelphia they will be transferred to
the Yorktown. ' ---‘t-— 0““
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A LAUNCHING DISASTER
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People Drowned at Black-
wnil England.
London, June 22.-—An extraordinary
disaster occurred yesterday at Black-
wall.
During the launching of the new
British first class battleship Albion, of
12,950 tons, under the auspices of the
Duchess of York, a ceremony at which
the United States ambassador. Colonel
John Hay, and Mrs. Hay, and Lieu-
tenant Colwell, the United States naval
attache,~'assisted, the displacement of
Twenty-seven
water by the hull caused an immense
mass of water to rise on all sides, com-
pletely submerging one of the lower
stages of [the yard and immersing hun-
dreds of people. , . ,
. The bodies or twenty-seven men, wo-
men a.nd children have thus far been
recovered, and Iit is estimated that 50
persons were drowned.
Another report, which was discredited
in London, said that he warship sank.
The Duchess of York and Colonel
and M=rs..Hay. and the remainder of
the distinguished guests were unable
to see the accident, .suhich, occurred
at the moment when ,Ithre’e cheers were
called for the Successful launch, and
the cries and screams of the victims
were drowned by the outburst of hur-
ra’lhs and the _ steamers? sirens.
STEAMSHIP PANAMA SOLD. .
Bought by Uncle Sum for CHANG-quay
Be Used as a transport.
New York, June 229—13119. Spanish
prize steamer Panama. was sold at auc-
tion yesterlay to the United States gov~
ernment for $41,000. It is likely the
vessel will be utilized as a transport.
tor the big prize. Mr. D. H. Burdett
was the auctioneer. I-n opening the
sale he. said the vessel was well eun-
plied with linen, mattresses and sil-
vérWare and that she had a cargo of
200 tons of coal unheard” . .
The first bid chested ins 85,000,'a.nd
the second 820,000.. ‘_ was spir-
ited until the sump: 830,000 was reach-
ed, and then it Med until $41,000
was offered by Macy & Dunham of
No. 46 Pine street, who represented the
United States government, and at this
sum the prize was knocked down.
THE HAVANA BLOCKADE.
Occasional Shots from Morro Castle and
the Land ’Bntteries.
Key West, June 22.-—A vessel which
has arrived here from the blockading
fleet off Havana reports that there
have been no incidents worth noting
excepting occasional shooting from
Metro Castle and the land batteries.
Three searchiliights have been mounted
on the fortifications, one at Cojimar,
one at Morro Castle and one at the
Reina battery. -
Last Friday three Spanish gunboats
and some larger vessels, apparently
merchanitmen, left Havana harbor and
proceeded eastward, close in shore._’l‘he
auxiliary gunboat Maple fired upon
them and they returned to port and
have not since attempted a sortie.
A Monument to liagley.
Raleigh, N.’C., June 22.—The plan
of erecting a monument to Ensign
\Vorth Bag-ley “’1'th popular subscrip-
tions, limited to one dollar from each
contributor, has resulted in the receipt
thus far of about $2,000. SOllleiLIlll'lg'
over twice that amount is desired, and
subscriptions to any amount will here-
after be received by the secretary of
me Morning Post of this city, the orig-
m-axror of the movement. One New
York gentleman, moved by a published
appeal in the Evening Post, has for-
u-ulded $250 through a banker, who is
inuructed not to reveal his identity.
Sagasta May Kenna.
Madrid, June 22.—-Th-ere are rumors
current here that the Cortes may sus-
pend its sessions during the coming
week. when Senor Puigcerver, the mm-
ister of finance, will resign, in which
event it is thought the premier, Senor
Sugasta, will be compelled to submit
to the queen regent a question of con-
fidence in the ministry.
It is possible, therefore, that Senor
Sagasta will resign, in which case, it
is added, a national government, pledg—
ed to the most energetic course, will
succeed his ministry.
_ A Steamer Founderrd.
St. Johns, N. F., June 22.-—The Brit—
ish steamer Par-a, Captain Gausden,
from Swansea, June ,3. for Tilt Cove, N.
F., has foundered n-ar,Tilt Cove from
contact,w1th ice. 1: is also stated that
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' EXPEDVITION MAY SAILHSATUibCAY '
June 22.—Wit‘h the,
unteers has been recruited up to the-
Many persons were on hand-tobid'
and hue.
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With RoseColdit Shares the
_Odlum of Being a Most De-
tected Malady—How a
Providence Woman, Es-
caped One of Them.
The victims of hay fever and rose
_colds need no description of their
cases, and no person unacquainted with
the malady can form any conception of
what. its victims suffer. During its
attacks, which occur at seasons of the
year when the sections where it. is
prevalent arein all other respects the
most attractive, the lining membranes
of all the air passages of the upper and
middle parts’ot‘ the face are terribly
' and~ painfully inflamed; they become
thickened, and of an angry _red color,
while ...the veins are swollen and.
throbbing. , .
‘QThese two maladies, Hay Fever and
Rose Gold, are exactly similar in all
their symptoms; they differ only in the
season of their attack, the Rose Cold
prevailing earlier in the summer.
Being pathologically similar, 1f one is
relieved by a; certain treatment, the
same treatment is more than likely to
relieve the other also. No ills to
which. the human flesh is heir are
more fickle in their individual cases;
for there are thousands of remedies
that will help one or two cases, and dis-
appoint every other. But there is one
treatment that we venture to assert
will give more relief to the greater
number of cases than all the other so-
called remedies combined. OI this we
are prepared to submit as proof the
testimony of people who have tried it.
Note this case :
Mrs. George W. Spink, 227 Friend-
ship St., Providence, says: “Every
year I have been troubled with the
most disagreeable colds in my head
during June, and‘I could seem to get
no relief until the rose season was
over. This year I obtained a bottle of
California Catarrh Cure at Hall &
Lyon’s, and when I felt the Rose Cold
coming on, I began to use it. It gave
me relief at once, entirely removing
all traces of the Rose Cold, and I have
not been as free from this trouble for
years, as I have been this season from
using California Catarrh Cure. ”
Remember you are more likely to
get relief from Hay Fever by using
California Catarrh Cure than by any
other means. It is sold at all drug
stores; 50 cents; three times as much $1.
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For aleycle Suite.
{Another objection to bicycling is
overcome. An underskirt has been.
DerIeCted which combines knicker-
bocker. and petticoat, giving the ad-
vantages of both without their disad-
vantages. The garment is known as
the “Cythere,” which name was chosen
{or its attractiveness.
With the Cythere, it is unnecessal‘y
to wear tights, though some lisle, or
light wool undergarment should sup-
plement the article. Neither does the
Gythere take the places of stockings.
They begin at the knee, where the
k‘nickerbockers leave oil. The chief
advantageof this novelty is the added
and desirable petticoat element. Men,
it seems, deprecate such athletic cos-
tumes for women, as it dispenses with
the traditional feminine garment.
Whether the inventor wrought in.
response to this masculine wall for
the . retention of the non-bifurcated
underskirt; whet-her the wish of the
women to be obliging or if the Cythere
represents the natural reaction from
great skirt to no skirt, then to little
skirt, is not explained. It is. And
such women’ as hitherto have found
their athletic costumes incomplete,
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there is made. with a deep yoke.,.th°
lk-irt. and knickerbockers are attached
”I“ the tips, thus there is no full-
ness at the belt line. _ .
The garment is unlined; the knicker-
bockers and skirt are of one fabric
The former finish at the
knee, while the latter is longer, the
depth of the outer skirt. , A tall from
I wheel, a sudden gust of wind, would
not discover so generously a [woman
wearing this sort of garment as one
sans pettlcoat. The silk. ones are.
lrilled, but those of brilliantine are
not. The skirt opens the entire
length on either side, which is a. gain
for ease in locomotion. A woman of
taste, of course, has all visible or pos-
sibly visible underwear match outer-
wear on the wheel, ,in color. These
red Cytheres are to be countenanced
only for golf, traveling or walking un-
der circumstances in which the skirt
would show only the least occasional
bit. '
There has been an immense sale this
season of genuine Scotch tweeds, as
these materials are in high favor for
cycling and travelling dresses. The
patterns are handsome, and, besides
the soft gray mixtures, show any num-
ber of pretty color-blendings. The du-
rability of these goods we are entirely
familiar with. For general uses they
rank well with English serge and the
stylish waterproof cravenettes.
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. its extermination will be given to"
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Special Vinol representative.
' EDWARD P. WEED.
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