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yoi. Lvm....N*-ia83a NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, L888.-SIXTEEN PAGE8. PRICE THREE CENTS. WAB IN THE PHIUPPINES. BTOTIT OF THE OREAT NAVAL BATTLE AT MANII.A TOLD BY MEN WHO TOOK PART IN IT. San FltWlaco, June 7.?Arr.ong the passengers 4s/ho arrlved on tho R"lgie to-ilay from Hong: KonK ""rP ^"lir ***** "** tOOM. part ln the bat tlP of Manlla OB May 1. They are raymaster G A. Loud, of tna dispauh-hoat Mct'uiioch; pr cbarlea P. Ktndleberger, rargeon nf the Otympla; Ralph Phelpa, secretary to the cAptaln of th" McOull'.ch. aml J. C. Evans, giinner of ,,'.. ,? .? n They lefl Manlla on May 8 Pr. ll . berger and Evana ara totag bome on ao -pgni ezplration nf thelr aea tlme. Pay ,,-?,- r T-' ud and Mr Phelpa are here on bnal . tnd 44-ill return to tha alctTulloch. They all t;. tk "f the valor an.l iletermlnatlon of thelr ti ln tha i>atii>- of Manlla, They aay tbal tba Bpanlnrda fought bravely, even nfi<>r ,j . im\ reStlga Of hope had gone, anrl stayed hy their gur.s aa long as tbey eouM ba -used. THK OLTMPIA'g BHARE IN' THF. FTGHT Pr. Ktndlahargar gtves a graphlo arcount of the flght H? waa on the Olympla throush it all. ln thC Oret Baaaull the flagship took the lead, the other veaaela foliowlng in her wake at four Bhlplengtha. The Spanish fb-et '.va? ap ?saaehed by laps. ca.-h turn brlnglng the con Bsatai ta rtearer. Hv this plan the Amerlcan vea ff)s fi ? lUently pour.-d broadsides into the en ?aiy, I nl arere themaelvea more eaposed to flre. At onc tlme the smoke became so dense th.it It waa necaaaary to draw aslde, allowing the eir-- ! ?,-> ',1ft. The vessels were examined and it araa f '-.ind that they had suatained no damage. Breakfast was served to the men, and ln a few BBjBUtea thev re-enU-r<1 the flght with the erreat e?: 81 thUBlaam. The secor.d right was even pota fl Wl than tho flrst. It was In that thnt the Battimore wm struok. Paring the flrst flght the Spanish Admlral's ahlp PUt bravely out of the line to meet the Olympla. The ent]re Amerlcan fl'-et concen trated flre on her. and she was so badly Injured that she turned around to put back. At this Juncture the Olympia let fly an 8-lnch shell. whlch struck her stern and plereed through al? most her entlre length. exploding flnally In the englne-roum. wrecklng her machinery. Thls ahell Mllad the captaln and slxty men. and set the veaaal on flre. In the heat of the flght two toepedo-bonta , BBOVed out ta attaek the fleet. They were al BBWed to come Wlthln elrht hur.dr.->d vards. when B fusillade fr"m the Olympla sent one to the bottom with all on board anl rlddled the other. | The second boat was later found turned up on ? the beach covered with hlood. thk BALTIMORE BLEW UF A FOKT. In the second flght the Baltlmore was sent to sllence the fort at Cavit.V She plunsred Into a ' eieud of bto h - aa I i paned all her batteriea oa the fortlfu-ations. ln a very few aunutea a ahell Btruck the ammunltlon and the fort blew up j with a deafenlng rnar. The work on th.- Haiti more was elorloua After the prln Ipal shlps had be?n dcotroyed, I the Oobjm >r,',. Ihe Ralelgh and the Petrel, be'.n s \ of light draught, w< re m nl ckaae in to handla the remalnlng veaaela f the fleet They ma ie qutck work of them. In taklni r ?aaeaalen of tho land forts aeveral hundred wour.ded Spar.lar Ib feli into the hands cf the Amerlcans, and nr ar!y two hundred dead inted f?r on tne Bpot. Holes, in whi"h nurnhers had bB8f hbatl burled. were fiund. The bodlea were returned to i ,mi~4..:*~. *n Tfir as friis could he done, and tha wounded were carefl for tn the rnv4t manner by the American Blirgaona. LOangfl OF THK BPANTAP.TiS The Spanish 1 ss footed up 400 kllled, 800 wounded and a property loaa of anjrwhere from 14,000,000 to 110,000,000. The day of tha flghl was clear and hot, n<-'t a breath of air slirrii.ir After the flrst lattle the Amerlcana were trr.it ;. fa?(red out hy heat, and the rest and breakfaat all'.wed to them by the Commodore were of ;n estlmahle henefit. When the men were at breakfast a confercr.ee of a!l officers was held t'ti board the Olympla, when tha plan of the aec ond battle was made knowa by tlie Commodore. Several shots struck th? Olympia, and sh-- waa plerced a number of times. One ahell Btruck the fllde of the ship against the hoapital ward. The chaplain and tiursos, who were watchlng the flght through a portbole a few lnches away, wc-a Btunned by the concuaalon. Experts have flirured out that the fljrhting vol ume af the guns of :he reapectlve aldea of the batt'.e was thr'-e for the Amerlcana agalnal aeven for the Spanish. It ls clear, then, that the I I perlority was ln the shlps and the men, the lat? ter havir.tr the experlence and the nerve. Gunner Fvans. of the Boeton, dtrected th* flre of one of tha 1 i< guns. Not a man on the Bi B ton recelved a scratch. PATMAITER LOCIFI BTORT, Paymaster Loud, who was on the IfcColloeh ln the battle, was a arltneea of oceurrencefl on both sldes. From his poaltlon h^ ^ovild aee every Baoveiaent of the Amerlcan shlpe, and could also aee the Spaniards. "For two hours," sald Mr. Loud, "tha Bteady thunder of cannon waa kept up. Th<- roar w;.s tan-ib'.e. At one time I really thouxht we would be beaten. This was after tha flre had be>>n kept up an hour. It toked as if every gun on the Spanish shlpa ha! turn'd IOOB8 on ur all together, and th.? si-.ore line was 8 Y'Tltnnle i blaze of flre from tha hatt.'he.s. Tha difl was ' aimply Indeaeiibable. Tona upon tons of shot fell over our shlps. There was ste'-l en'nigh tO have *unK <.ur entlre flet L "Our aalt itl -. was, in tba bad nmrkamanahlp of th" Bpaolartla Tltay bandled thelr i llke chi:di.-n. Nearly al] of their ahota went , ?wide Ifoat of them w<-r>- high, flylng over the , fleet anl falllng into the bay. beyond. "Some of the batteriea, however, were i.etter \ 'rainel. Bt-veral a;una malntained a raking lire (,n tha fleet. Nearly all of our ahlpa wt re struck by both largr- and small Bhot, bul no <!i.rii:.ge of ?OBS<Xiuence was done. jytt left Manlla on the 5th. At that tlme wo.modcre D<-wey waa in posseaslon of the ??o?e foru and arsenal. fjonai leral a ammunl ,J*and aome falr runB were captured, *w* on '. ? oppoalte aide "f the bay, had th. r***0 ;akf',!- and It -a;is not ihe Intenti >n of wb Comrr;r >.,,... ? j0 so at that tlme, ?>f t ourae t?* clty ij^j itg HUj,urD> wer*- c< mi leti I; at lha mercyof <,Ur tn-, and we could I ave lald it ln ruina na4-,r> ahorl tlme. Hut th.- force on the warsnlpa 1, t^, an al] to land and tak- pi - m sion TO DEMAKDTH4-: si'lilllA'I.KR < >F MAMI.A "^Tien the Babopa arrlve from San Ptanclaeo Commodore De4bc) will demand tha Immedtate surrender of the clty and th" troopa Btatloned there. If a refugRi |g glven, flre at ones will be opened frcm th< .varshlps And forclbla P'lsses *lf,n wiij be takeo. "There Wlll be r.o dtfflculty in holdlng Manlla i*h othe Pnl,|I'I'iries. Coniplete BUbJUgatioa of the Spanish forcea In the group will he accom Pllshed without trouble, and wlth very llttle danfcer to Amerlcan llfe. The lnsurgenta are Z**f Wendly, ar.d at the tlme we left w??re be "?rng tlie town ln large force. They are act ing under orders of Admlral Dewey." Both Dr. Klndl'-hcrge- and Gunner Kvans hnd oeen ordered home before the battle of Manlla, 0ut 'when they learaed tbal a baUtbl was imm! nent they a.sk?d permlaalon to remain with the ,***? Thls wea allowed, and Immodlately aft.-r vl-u t,e tlu'y Ktart'"' r"r h,,n"' th k ,he B*M0* left Hong Kong. on May 10, "J bubonlc plague waa raglng, many deathB ?courrlng among the white population. , Ya*'hundred and flft> mlles out from Honn Au.J.w BeIK'c alghtea ihe tranaport steamera 1J2!!*1*' CI'3' ,)( Peking and Clty of Sydney. wmob algnaUad that all wer* wali on board. l A G UINA LD08 PR 0 CL A MA TION WANTS TO E.VTARr.ISH NATIYE GOVERN* MENT UNDER \MERICAN PROTECTION. London. June S.?Hong Kong advlees say Agulnaldo has Issued a proclamatlon polntlnff to a deslre to not up a natlve admlnlstratlnn in th" Phllippines undor an Amerlean protectorate, a;; 1 after the war to establish a repuhllcan 88 Bembly. An Amerlean naval captaln wrltea aa fo| lowa: "ln my npinlon. th" rebels have underg'.ne a radlcal change sinoe the arrlvaJ nf Agulnaldo. Tha BpanlardB have loal all durlng the time he has been here, and if our people d..n't hurry there won't be any fpanlsh army left at the end of the flgh*. "The Amerlean shlps have taken no part ln the fiuhtlng. W-ither boata nor men have been lan.led. and statr-ments to th* contrary are falaa. Plspatohes from Manila say that Agul? naldo ls dolng splendld work. On Monday ..f last week he routed the Ppnnlard.-, taklng four hundred prlsoners, amonir ihem t ivnty-eltrht off.cers. On the Wednesdny followlng he t" '': flfty prlsoners and four fleld plcces ln a battle." "On Thursday, wh^n thls dlspatch left Manila, be had cornered 180 Spaniards in an old church a: Cavlte, and, not cnrlng to bomberd, he waa stnrvlng them out. He treatn his prlaonera well. Pour tOWna are now in possess;.m ..f tha rohols. lt ii reported that the Oovernor-Coneral of the Phlllpplnea .vanted to aurrender. hut his r.ni cers prevalled upon hlm to hold oir. The , ip lr.il of the Provlnce of Batangas has been la?ti i by the insureents. and the Oovernor attempted to commlt anlclde, Th- Oovernor of Malabar ls also a prisoner. Tlie Insurgents from other provlnees ar? advanclng on Manila. "Agulnaldo, wltb an a.lvlsory councll, would hold the dlctatorship untll the oonquest of the lalanda, and would then establlsh a repuhllcan aasembly. "Ai-'tilnaldo has Issued orders that the llvea and property of Europeans, Chinese and all Bpanlah non-oombatanta are to be prntected, and that al] execsse* are to be avoided." ITOW AGUINALDO KKIITTS. London, June B, -Tbe Hong Kong twireapond* ent of "The Dally Mall" aaya: "Unlted States Conaul Wildman has recelved the followlng letter from Ag-inald >. the insur gent leader In the Philii>p1nes: " 'Before npenlng an attack upon any town I sutnmon the Spanlsh offlcer 'n eommand to surrender. ir. one eaae ona of the offlcera ao pummoned replled 1-v stating that the gai wa.? not qulte ready to flght, and li<* aaked if I would defer the attack for thre.- houra i com plled. ? 'The flrst eticiigcment we had w!th the Span? lsh occurred on May 28, when we oaptured nineteen, 4vlth their arms and amrnunltlon. Toward evenlng we hemmed them ln. Ona hundred and nine-y Caaadorea and aaTenty loyal natlvea partlclpated. Wa loat four kllled. Tlie Bpanlarda loal alxteen kllled, Inrludlng ona i ?'?,.?..-. ']?-. reault of l ent wa flghtlng became g'-n.-ral throughoul the Pr ? of Cavltl After four da* over ta and Bpanlarda were taken prlaonera, In ig many olfl ara and Oeneral Leopoldo Pena, Qoveraor of Cavlte, who handed rm I ird, revolver and golden t>"it and a formal letter of BtUTCnder.1 " ? -? REBELS SURBOrXDINO MANILA. London. June S.?The Manila Rallway Com? pany has recelved the foltowlag dlapatcb from its BUD4n_Itandent at Manila: ?Th" llne has been >-iit In tbe flrat seeth.n: the rai'.s have been remove I and there Is no meana of comraunlcatlon between the bi i I 'and thlrd BectkwiB. Traffle la Buspended Tha rebela are aurroundlng Manila, and an atta ?? expected any day." -a I REBELS CAPTURE [MPORTANT POIXT. London, June & a dlspatch to "The Dally ' Teiegraph" fron Man ia. dated June ::. aaya: "Th" Bpanlarda in th" cihurch in old Cavltd are ulll holdlng out. but the adjacrnt town of linus haa been eaptured by the Inaui.nta This Is an Importanl point at th- back of Cavltd proper, and its posaesalon by lha r> bela la a ? cerious matter fr>r the Bpanlarda, beeauaa it is the outlel to the Burroundlng country, and through it auppllea are broughl lo tha clty of Manila.. It ?il! also afford an admlrable of operatlona for a further advance toward tha c ty. ? BPANI8H LOSSES AT MANILA London, June 7- A dlspatch to "The Tlmea" i from Manila, referrlng to th- flghtlng of May 80 ar.d June 1. say* tlie Spanlsh loea In kllled. wounded and prlaonera was beavy, But, tha correapondenl adda, the moal aerioua feature of ali for Bpaln is th- defectlon of hundreda of j natlve auxlllarlea Ra addf "Ona natlve regiment deaerted after kllllng 1 its offlcera and maaaaciing a company of Bpan? lah Infantry, ar.d rel.ein and -x reb.-ls on both ?Idea have b.-et, shot because they were BUP pected or treachery to their reapecttve geaera ? Tha Bpanlarda ;u<- endeavorlng by every meana to retain the rebela, who are |ttracted by prom ls. h of pardon and blgb oltleea Bui Agulnal? do. attractlon la Btronfer. He hafl completely ?urrounded Manila, by euttlng tha rallroada and boldlng the rlvera by whlch food had pr-vl oaaly reacbed Ihe eity. if lha e*ty ls not atarved Into Burrender lha rebela may i. it. bavlng now nn Increaalng number of rlflea and fleld guna "Afulnaldo'a treatmant of lha Bpanlah prla onai la eaamplary Fe-.v exceaaea ar.- reported excepl where prleata arera mutllated before be inic kllled. "Admlral Dewey la not aaaiatlng the rebela but ii is probably due t., him that Agulnaldo. fnrcea avold exi eaaea "Forelgnera, wlth the eaeeptlon of the Fra-n.-h nuna remaln in Manlli. bui are ready lo board the refugea Btaamera as aoon ns tha neeeaalty ni laea. "IlOllO lf" O.-lW." -? EUROPE AND AMBRICAN OONQaTRBTB. London. J?na 8. The Parls correspondent of ?*The Bland?rd" says ??Th.- French and RuealAn gov^nments nre exehanglng rlewa H to the axpedTency .,f aub jecing such conqueata as the tTnlted states may make and hold good ln Chlna aea* to Buropean sanctlon at a conf-n BC? nr COngTOaa " MOXTEREI AND BRUTUi CTfDlB way Baa Francisco. Juna 7.?Tha piindpaJ avenl ln the local war sltiiatlnn to-day was the de rjarture of the monitor Monterey and the eolUer Brutua for Manila. The order to get under ivav WM laaued at about 1 O'ClOCk, and shor'ly after. ward the wbarvea and docks on the water-front , r .-? de,i with peraona anxious to wltneaa K deSrt_S Of Ih. -aishii. and the eolller w.iich ia to accompnny >n r CAPTAIN QRJMJBTiBODT TO PE BURKBD WartUngtOa, June 7. -At the rtugg-etio,, of Mn crtdley. 4*1dow Of Captaln Orldley, Int dtaima-darof th.- cruleer Obrmpia, srllh Admlral Dewey*a Beat. tha Actlng BoenUry of tha Warj to-day eablad lliatrocUoiMi t" Fmyaaaater Oalt, at , _? ?o tnrn the body of the dead olflcer i Yi'V-rT\Tr "!-"( that clty. wlth a v.ew I .,V'it.. rematlon. Thla actlon waa taken in def to Itf. '?;?""?? "' mWm ot ihe dead man. ___faaa? baaia ---" loiormatlog thal propar .MllUleiTlor aucu arorti aaial ? reka_aaa_. ADMIRAL SAMPSON REPORTS. FOIiTS A TSA NTIA GO SILKXCED AMERICAN BHIPS UNINJTJRED TROOPS PRORARLT LANDED. Waahlngton, June 7. -Bhortly after 7 nviock thla evenlng Informailon eonflrmatory of the A??orlated Press dispatches cnceinlng the bombardment of the fnrtifientions of Santlago reached the Navy Pe, artment. It came in the form of a eabl ? dlspatch from Admlral Bamp Bon, whl. h aaa made publlc In the followlng bullet ln: Becretary of the Navy: Bembarded fort* at Bantiago 7 SO to ln a. rn. to-day. June B, Bl lenced worka qulckly wlthout Injury of any kind, though wlthln 2.000 yarda SAMPSON. whiie the nfndais of the Navy Department decllned to Bay deflnltely whether th.- bulletln contalned all the lnformatlon glven ln Admlral Pampson's dlspatch. there ls r>-ason to believe thnt it dld not. Tha ofllctela refuaed to dlseuss th? Bubjed or to rouchaafa further infbrinnt?n than waa poated 0-1 the bulletln board. Only one addlthmal point waa eiicited by ?luestlonlng. That was that the dlspatch con? talned no lnformatlon aboul the lai dlng Of elther land forcea OT marines, The lnformatlon recelved from Admlral Pnmp ?on wns BTldently Batlafaetory to the naval au thorltles. Whlla they decllned to dlaeuaa elther tha teaaona (or <<r the probable ci>na4?Quenee_ of the bombardment they were IhOTOUghly satis fled with tha reaulta accornpllahed. It ls pretty wll underBtOOd that the bombard? ment wns for tha pnrpo-e of pavlng the way elther for the landlng "f troopa or aetually ta cover the landlng of rnaiinea and the few troopa presumably already there. Dlapatchea recelved by the Assodated Press from spanlsh aourcea to-nlght Indlcata that a landlng wns effected elther durlng or Immedt ately after ihe bombardment. Thi- la regarded by naval authoritlea aa entlrely reaaonable. II ia not believed thal Admlral Bampeon, after hav ing Bllenced the forta, would leave them lo be ,,..,,- muted by the en. my. It ls deemed llkely that be land id a eullli anl for e ol maiim hold the gT und he had galned. and 1 .,.,, ratton f. r thelandlng of the regular I u| 1 thelr arrlval. If. Indeed, s .' lhi ? ?'" not already al land - * ALL READY TO 1881 E BOND8. THK TREABURY HAi ALL ITi BRBPARA ?flONi MADE FOR THE LOAN wu] . fun* 7 Preparatl 1 ara aub tolnvltf.? ' ' ' . ... ? ,,s the t? Coni two '.. | I ' ' r whlch th. I ? ,! | .r 1 ? pared add -.???, postmaater al ? :., . ba ? ....... .. ehrenlara announdag th- loaa ? pul m theae 1 and dlapai bed aa aa lhi exact 1 known ll I' ???'?? 1. s..m i-?i n 1 ? ?? ' ." --. mea ? ??;?;.. -. ? wlll r* ..'?.'. amoun! ? 1 N ' ?? ip-iod thal ' ? ? ? PEAR9 BPAXtBH TREACHER* 1, ? lon. June l.-A n recelved ln thla ? ? lated 01 ard the B ond ? : ? ? ' blch recentl ., ,: 1 Can iry. l ' decka cleared ' ?' ' ?' ' '" '"" iponai ' ' thelala < : upo" "" """ tering the ha The 1 'ii' ara of the ? ' ia to thelr arriva I ? 'f 'h'_Brf!!'l! . . ? maklng rl toua demoi tra ralnsi the br entB. tl . , n placi and that an .,;... . urned in fronl ? ln ihe !????? ' m a-rlter . We have ha 1 .1 rather tl? kllah ilme alnce our arrlval aa ihe natlvea thlnk ????? have fermed an a] lance wlth Ami rica: bo w. are rju ?? prepan-d , ? v att. mpl ' ; ? ireachery. .. , ,! , ? .. ? h- iti and the ,. Btand read I ammunltlon. lo . :? -.-? . dark, u lt aatlsfactorllj ai i ? ben halled. we hava b boal armed nlghtly Bftei - ? ? ai I all the qulek-flrlng mai hlm gu.ara are ready for actlon. , , .1,,,, ?Ali tha watei ed. ao th.it it win be 8 pretty larg. holi they wlll hav- to blow into ua to Blnk ui " 8 REINPOR^EMENTS AT OIRRALTAR Gthraltar June 7 The - nl h gai ri on la the nelghborhood r,f G r haa 1.n reln . . e 1 hy addll ti "an Roque. wlth further relnfor amentfl at Tarlfa, Barrl ? and Algeclraa. Temporary bui- wlll be ereeted W accommodate them. CAPTAIR 8IG8BEB AQAITi 0S BOABD. mr. ai PAtrt kTTKtuxrrvi ranrARiMa roa \ LOMrJ CHUI8E Tn? omied Btate* aualllary crulaer st. Paul miii my nt anchor o? Tompklnavllle laai nlghl All day ntinued to iak? 00 coal and pro vtslon* Captaln Blgabae returned yeaterday from v . mgton and wi Bl on board hla reaaeL 11 U .uppoaed thal he recelved dellnlte ordera regardlng the Immedlate employn I ", On ac ,,,?,,! of ii.'- Imi ? ? md iiippll. 1 aken on by th* 1 rul er, ihe hell. r la - nt< rtalm quartera thal ih< ,- aolng on a loi r crulae. '?,,' ; . .1. th* offlcera of tha veaael mali Inlng the atrtcteat taciturnll lt a 11 -arned however. thal ihe crulaei . rradj to aall ;,,'?,, . md II believed th I 1 I will plck up her am hor and pn ceed to aaa to-day. THR OOVERNOR DID WOT PROM1B-. Albany, Jone T. A commlttee r.;ir. aentlng the (,;,, mi, i;... iment, <.r Brooklyn, walted <>n Oover? nor Black lo-day and a ked hlm to reorgaalae the regiment, taklni tha battallon of r..rur companlea lormerly 1 part ol lha reghnenl now attached ta the Md Reglmeni ?* the nocleui for aucb orgaat ggtion. Tha oommlttee eonelated ?.f Quart*rma*ter-B*r . oeorge A Wllaon. of Company fl. I-'lrst a/ri.',.'.nt !?" A Naah, of Company <;. and Drum M ,; Kdward M Intyre. 1 h* lold the Oovernor th-v |. | . ..nt..! three. liundr. .1 membera ,,f tha old regiment who were anxloua to redeem lt from tbe poaPlon In ?? n li I .- >???? n placed bj i ftialn* to volunleer aa an orranlaatlon ih- peopio ,, ,,, .oHIyn ih-v alao ild, arould be del.ghted with a reoraan iaa tlon ..f tba eommand accordlng to the propoaltlon whlch they advocated Tha Oovernor ni.l noi mak.- any leflnlta promlse. -a-_ STL'OT I.AW AT HOME Pariicular? 11-?? The Spragua Correaaondence ?ehool of I.nv No X'S Teliuliune Bulldlng, _>* trutt, Mlch. -Advu WAR NEWB OF TO-DAY. A dispatch was received by the Navy Depart? ment at Waahington fr.-m Admlral Samp son snyiiig thal be h.i J homhird. d tl"4 forts at Santiagn aml completely Bllenced them. Cape Ilnytlcn and Madrid dispatehes indicnte that while the Amerioan warships nt ta.-ked tlie forts aboni Santiago da Cnba tha laWiiveBta engaged the Spanish forces on land and Unlted States rruopa BrBfB landed B ftrw mil'-s e.ist of Bantlago. It wns thought In Washington that tlie troopa nt Tampa bad begub to enbarh for Bao? ttago. Agulnaldo, ibe Inaurgent leader la the Philip plnes. baa laaued a pcnclaniatlofl poiating 10 n dealre tn estahlish a naiive ^..r.-rn iii.-nr uit.l'T an American prota tOTBta. Th4? monltor Monterey Btarted from San I'ran rlarn for Manlla, accompanled by Iheeonief Itrutus, whlch wlH tow her from Ilonoiuiu. Tlu- aiiTiliary <-nii?.-r Buffalo, f.TtiU'rty th* BraalllaB warablp Jflctberoj, airlTad at Newport N'.'ws yesterday. She will be arin.d and armofed so as tn make a for> mldable flghting shlp. The Freneli I.fne steamer I.nfayefte, from Havana t,. Wr.-i I'ruz. which toudied at Corunna, has on board Oeneral Bbtnco'a alde-di'-,'.-iniji. ?rbo beara ofBclal dlapatcbea to the spanish Qoremment LieatenaBt-Commandrr Stnrdy, of the Pompejr, dled of apoplexv; bla funeral was held at Key West. ,1 NGLO'A MERICA V AGREE MENT. A S''"".N1FI<"\\NT STATKMTCNT MADE HY MU. CURZON IN THB COMMONS. London, June T.-Oeortre N. CurgOU, T'nder Secretary of State for Fireltcn Affalrs. replylng ln the ffouae of ("v>mmon? to-day to a niiesti,.n at.ont the Canadlan aareemcht, aald: "NcgOtlatlona have tak?n nlace at Washing? ton f"r thi eettlement of al! pendlng queatlona between Oreal rtritmn an.l the Unlted Btatea" ??Th" Daily Newa," eommentlng edltorlally on Mr Curaon'a etatement, says: "lf th!? ls n"t a lapsus llngurr, lt ls r v.? ? Importnni eatenalon of the orlglnal Btatement, whlch exeluelvely affected Caaada'a Intereata The worda Oreal Brltaln appear i'i th-- wrltten texl , ' rhe anawer Bupplled from the B/orelgn i >llir.. " -??, m n iv cable probably n t. ,, | |; ,.wl Tr'?s ' .-,; ? Haytlei Haytl, June 7. 11 ."."> p. m I From all Indlcatlona the cable between Haytl ti rked aii ?? Monday al mld nieht lt la proi al ' cul ? 8 \Ys i HERICA ss WERE REPl 18ED London, June I Tha correapondenl of "The t- s" ..t Havana says tha ?m rlcaa attempl t,. land at Agu idorea e aa repu ? "THE LONDON TIMES" COMMENTS. I,,,,, ? i ? .- g ? Tha !?? ? lon Tlmee," eom? mentlng edltorlally upon the faet thal lha Cu ban autborltlea al Hai ina | rmltted Ita eorre Bpondect Mr Kn:?rht ta dlacherge his tunotlon Ung th.- .iispatch as to Ifonday'fl en | nl at San' "Hta d!?p?"-h ^vi that The Amerlcan flre i - ,\s he doubtleae le subjeeted l rshlp. this admlselOfi la Blgnlfl ? nl lhal th" Amerlcana were re ; . : .-,4 Aauadorea ia proi il i ? I The edltorlal, .ln aummlns up the pituation, tlnarj may prolong tha "ar for , many mon tha The Amei u ernmenl la actlng aiaelj and prudently ln refualng to aend t,, Cuba an ,-trni> of untralned rol inteeri Llttle ? need a glven to peaee rumora, ? HAVANA PREPARINO POR A BIEOB. Havana, Juna 6, IO p m. (Delayed Ib Trana . n) Wtk "ti ti.e fortlflcattonfl aboul Havana ui belng pushed wlthoul i i, Even the .'!-..'? f Havana ., : all the employea of tha < loi i are al ; work on the fort ind battei -. and Bll p ,,ut of work are flndlng cnploymenl The cultlvatlon ? nea are turnlngout very auc ceasful, and are proving a areal r-ilef to the gPANlARDfl DEFEAT INSFRGENTS. Havana, June 7 it la announ. ed from the Palace thal a Bpanl h column haa defeated an Insurgem force near Pallaada, ln the Provlnce of ' I'ln.-ir del Kl" The lnsurgenta are aald tn have lefl seventeen men dead on tha fleld Thi ' surgenta, ll iin"-nrs. w. r,- almoal naked Tha ; Bpanlarda admll they loat flfteen men kllled. in encountera whlch have taken place recently between tha Bpanlarda and the lnsurgenta, tha former aay thej have kllled thlrt) acven of the ; latter, have d??8troyed several campa and thlrty three huta, 'i'1 ' have ciptured a quantlty of ' arma and ammunltlon ? {MBA88AD0R BAY AND CUBA. London, June 7 Tha all which Colonel John Hay, tha Unlted Btatea Ambaaaador, made at the Forelgn Offlce yeaterday followed th>- recelpt hy hlm ? t a lobg cable meaaage from the Btate Department al Waahlng on He had an ea> lendcd talk with tii" Forelgn Offl.ITIclala, durtns whlch Important matter* relath's -., Cuba were dlacuaaed. Colonel )i.,N decllned to furntah nny Informa io the r. buII of ihe confei? ? ? ?? BEAR8 D18PATCHE8 TO BPAIN. Corunna, June 7 The Compagnle Oenerala Tranaatlantlque Bteamer Lafayette, from Ha? vana and Fera Crua, arrlved bere to-day. H"r paaaangera Include Captaln Oeneral Blanco'a ntde-de-catnp. who beara offlelal dlapatcbea to the Boanlsh Oovernment The Lafayette ?n? captured off Havana on May I, aft. r an axcltlng ebaae, by the rnite.i Btatea gua< i.oat AnaapoIlB, while tr\-in,- to run the blockada after she bad several times i.een wnrned off by tha blockadlna eeaaela Bh* h,,,i on t-...ri i lur^,. numi'er ?t paaaangara ?nd a ralaabla general cargo. Aflf r an cx.imlnnil'.n of the Lafbjfette'a paprrs bad been made, n prlBB CfUW from the Anaapollfl was placed on board Ol her and sh.- was brnught to Key Went, e?eorted by the l'nlted States cruiser Wllinlnct"n rm th>- foii'.wiiiK day erders wor. recelved from tha Navy PepartBBsnt al Waahington to reienae the Lafayette inataatly nnd to sen.i h r to Havana under secort, it bavlna oeea declded that aa error bad been eeeemltted by tha ni.il ofllcera BHtkliig the capture it appeara tbal before the Lafayette aalled for Havana the Franeh Legptlba ln P7aah? ln-,'t,'ii wms Inatracted t,. communlcate wlth the Btate Psiisrtmsrtt. This waa done. and permlaslon was Krante.l to Ihe st.-amer lo enter an.l dlscbaiga her passenaers and cargo at Havana. with tlu- un* derstsndlng that .?he waa to t?k.- on nothlns there. after thls w,.rk was cotnpteted the Lafayette wiled f"r Corunna. rnak.ns atopa al vere Crua, Bfexlro, an'l Klnsston. Jamalca. ? fWORD FOB OBXEBAL KBLBOB COLB, BM Leaila, June 7.?At ft receptlon ln honnr of h'.s recent app')lntment as gartanaaar-taeateral by preai ilent McKlnley the Frank niair Peet, O. A. R., pre ?ent.d Colonel N'?4aoii Cole wlth a bandaOBBa swor.l. The nresentaiion apeech w.?? made by Ueaeral John N Nioble, Secretary of th* liiterlor under Prealdent Uaj-rlaon. i THE EiYASIOS OF CUBA BEGUN. \AMEBICAN TROOPS SAID TO HAVE EFFECTED A JUNCTION WITH INSUBOSNT8 NEAR SAXTIAGO. THE FORTS 81LENCED BY ADMIRAL SAMPSON'S GUNS. <0?pyri*ht: UM; Th# Aiioclatfd ItaBB.) Capc Haytien, Hayti, June 7, 10 p. m.?According to ihe latest dircct ad vices from Santiago de Cuba, dated Monday at midnight, the bombardment, which began at 7:45 a. m. yeaterday, and continued tintil 1050 o'clock in the morning, was reaumed again for a short time about midnight lt was then believed that the Ainericnns had ctYected a junction with the in surgents near P.aiquiri, some distance east of Aguadorcs, and near the railway line to Santiago. ADMIRAL SAMPSON'S REPORT. Washington, June 7.?The Navy Department rereived a dispatch from Ad miral Sampson at 7:15 o'clock this evening, announcing that between 7:80 and 10 o'clock yestenlay morning he bombarded the Santiago fortiiicatinns and entirely silenced them. CERVERA'S ACCOUNT OF THK FIGHT. Madrid, June 7, 7 p. m.- The following official dispatch has been received fri-.m Aduiiral Cervera: "Six American vessels have bombarded the fortitkations at Santiago and along the adjacent coa^t. Six were killed and seventeen were wounded oh board the Reina Mercedes: three officers were killed and an orticer and seventeen men were wounded among the troops. "The Americans fired fiftccn hundred shells of different calibrc. The dam acre inflicted upon the batteries of La Zocapa and Morro Castlc was unimportant, The barracka at Morro Castle suffered damage. The enemy had noticeable AMERICANS AND INSURGENTS CO-OPERATING. London, Tune 8.?A dispatch to "The Daily Mail" from Cape Haytien says: "The American victory at Santiago de Cuba has clcared the way for the entranre of Admiral Sampson and the destruction of the Spanish fleet. As San tiajro's land defences are reported weak. it is likely the city will yield to a vigorous attack. "lt is reported that the commander of the Reina Mcrccdes second in eom? mand in tho Spanish fleet under Cervera, was killed duringthc engagement. The combined American and insurgent forces are entrenched near Baiquiri, with guna mounted, in preparation for a further movement. From Spanish sources comes a report that a party of Americans landed at Aguadorcs but whether it is true or whai the result was is not known here." HAVOC CAUSED BY BIO GUNS. PIERCE ATTACK OF BAMWON AXD Si'HI.r.V ON FORT8. ,.vr-.-??'? 1888 Th* AMtctated Pre*e.l r>n Board The Abso lated P i DlBpateh-boat r ? ;; , off Bantiago de Cuba, June 8 (Noon), vla Klngaton, Jamalca, June 7 (Noon). The American flee! thla morniiiar engaged the Bpan iBh batterlea defendlng the entranee ot the har bor of Bantiago de Cuba. nnd after a thre? houra" bombardment Bllenced nearly all the fort*. destroylng aeveral earthwot?a. and ren d"r.-<l the i:.?tre]!a ?nd Cavo batterlea tha two prinHt.nl 'ortlflcatlone, oaeleaa Th" flee! formed ln doubi^ column, Bla mllea off Morro f'aatie. at 1 B'elOCh In th? morning, and Bteamel Blowly tturea theugual rarda off shore. ih- Brooklyn landlng, teUovrni ba lha ItBsMe hr-nd. the T-xa* nnd lha UaaaaehUOBllB, and turn.-i weatward. Ihe se.-nnd llne, the New York Ira.'.ing, wlth i the New-Orleane, the Tankee, the [owa and the ? - iiowlng. turned eaatward. The Vlxeti and lha Buwanee were (ar oul on th- lefl fi>nk, watehlng the rifleinen on shore. MAP OF SAOTTACJO PK CUBA ANL) THE sx'RKOrNPlNV, OOUMTBY. The Polphin and the Torter dld slmilar duty on the right fl.ink Thelltie head.-d by the New-Tork attacked the new earthworks near M'-rro rastle. The Hrook lvn n.hinin look up ft statlon oppostte the Es tr.-lla and Catallna batterles and the new earth? works alon* the shore. Tlu- Hranlsh batterles remalned allent. It Ifl dOUbtfUl whether the Spaniards were able to de? termlne the character of the movement, owlng to the denae fog and heavy rain, whlch were the weather features this mornlng. TIIK IOWA FinKS TIIK F1RST SHOT. Buddenly the Iowa flred a 12-1nch shell whlch Btruck the base of the Estrella batten and tore up the works. Instantly flrlng began from both R,.ar-Admlral Pampson and i^ommodore Schley's columna, and a torrent of shells from the shl.is fell upon the Spanish works. The Ppanlarls replled promptly, but thelr ar? tlllery work .vas of a very poor quallty, and most of thelr ahota went wlde. Smnke aettled around thi- shipa In dense clouds, renderinar ac euiate almlng dlfllcult. There waa no mameuvr lng of the tleet, the ships remalning at thelr oriplnal statlonp and flrinK steadily. The sg.uadro.ia were so clcae in shore that lt was diflleult for the Amerlcan uunnera to rea:h C'wulluued uu Bccuuil l'tigc. THE NEW8 FROM SANTIAGO. PIG1JTIXG ON SBA AND 5HORI WHILI AMBBICANI LANDED TROOPS. (?"'-pvrleht: IM: Tra Aaa^vlat** Pr?a? ) Cape Haytien, Haytl, June 7. O.tVi a. m.?Th* flehtlng before and In the etelnlty of Santlago d* Cuba contlnued the preajer part of yesterday, from 7:4."? a. m. until nearly 11 o'dod. Ten of the American urgrihlp. malntalned .-. steady anl | carefully dlrected flre agalnal Bl Morro fastle ar.d the bntteiiea at Pnnta Oorda. Zooapa and rinroreales. ln additlon t.. bombardir.g the i Bpanlafe fleet ln the harbor. The pereentage of ! effectlve projeotlleai I* very laree. lt appeura from the best lnformatlon obtaln abl* at thls plaf*. the eal>'.^ atatlon ronneotlng wlth Santiago de fiiha. that lmmense damaga was Intliotcd on the Sparilards. The Fpnnfards i ndmlt that tha bombardment from the Amerlean I fleet wa* most deatrur-tive. Abonr slxteen hun drr-d proier-tlles are *aid to have been flred by the American warahll s. nr.d it <wm? that th* re.sP'in?l\ ** tir.' from lh^ Spanlsh forts nn.1 s>hlr? ; uas arar.'elv f.-!t at all bv the Anierionna. i The fortiflcatlona near the entranr-r- of the har bor are descrlbed as belng rlddled wlth Bolld shot and shattered by the tXVtotmM "f the 1m mense shells flred by the Amerlcan battle-shtps. The .Spanish batteriea are understood to have been virtually sllenced, and EI Morro and the fortlflcatlona at Zocapa and Punta Oorda are reported to have been demolished by the three hours' unlnterrupted hcmmerlng of the Amer? lcan fleet. The Amerlcan attaek ls next sald to l.ave been apecially directed agalnat Agualores. a amall coast town a llttle to the east of the entrance of Santiago Bay. The Idea of the Amerlcan Ad? mlral. lt appears. was ta land troops and slege guns there, after redueinc; the Jefcncea of the place, and thence make a determined and more close asaault upon Santiago de Cuba, whlch, ln vlew of the present eondition of ita fortMcattons. may be expected to yield very soon after the be glnnlng of such an attaek. Heavy cannonadlng was opened upon Agua dores at about mldday yesterday. The latest advlces recelved here from Spanlah aourcoa do not Indlcate the duratlon of the flre or whether Amerlcan troops and slege guns were actually landed at Aguadores. but from the Informallon obtatrable it oannot be doubted that the net rcBUlt af Monday's flghting waa astrernely disastrous to the Spanlah defenoe* li is elso understood hera thaJ. th? Cuban