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2 Parts
VOL. XXI.— NO. 170.
■I IS 111 II 111
PRACTICALLY DECIDED AT A
WASHINGTON CONFERENCE
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND TROOPS
ARE NOW AVAILABLE
SHAKTEHS ARMY WILL BE SENT
TO CAPTURE! PORTO RICO
New Pinna Agreed Upon After a
ThorouKh Review of the Situa
tion, in Which the President^
Secretary of War. Gen. Miles and
Other War and Navy Officials
Participated Special Force to
lie Sent to Occnpy Santiago After
It Has Fallen Movements of the
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Cadiz Siinadron.
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Corcoran Building. \
WASHINGTON, June 18.— Havana
Is to be taken. That is the next move
upon the war checkerboard, as agreed
upon at a conference held at the White
house today. So it is given out tonight,
unofficially, it is true, but in such a
■ way as to lend color to the statement.
It is not expected that the government
will officially announce what its in
tentions aro, but those who are on the
inside here are unanimous in the belief
that Gen. Miles has advised an immedi
ate attack upon the Cuban capital, and
that the president, secretary of war
and naval officials who were present
at today's conference are in accord
v ith his views. Secretary Alger would
not discuss what was done at the war j
conference. He said movements of the
army were matters that he could not
talk about. Gen. Miles was unap- j
proachable on the subject, yet there
was sufficient gossip to convince those
■ who are keeping in touch with war
matters that Gen. Blanco's quiet is
about to be rudely disturbed, and that
the next expedition to leave American
shores will be destined, not for Porto
Rico, as was originally believed, but
for the city of Havana. J
IN PERFECT HARMONY.
There have been rumors afloat here
to the effect that there had been con
siderable difference of opinion between
Gen. Miles and his superiors on the
•conduct of the war. These stories were
flatly denied today, and it is now said
that all branches of the government
(are in perfect accord. There were
present at today's conference, In ad
dition to the president and secretary j
- of state. Secretary of War Alg-er, As- !
Blatant Secretary Meikeljohn, Gen.
Miles, Admiral Sicard and Capt. Ma
rian. Gen. Miles gave the benefit of
his visit South in the shape of a sat
isfactory showing as to the strength
of the army, and, It is said, announced
it as his belief that, with a little addi
tional hardening, the force of 100,000'
soldiers now in Southern camps would
be fit to capture the stronghold of the
Spaniards in Cuba — Havana. He fa
vored, it is said, no change in the
programme as to the smaller expedi
tionary measures previously agreed
urnn, and is said to have suggested that
when Gen. Shafter has conquered San
, tlago that city be garrisoned by a
' special force sent there for the purpose,
while Gen. Shatter's command proceed
to Porto Rico. It Is argued that a force
of 5,000 men in conjunction, perhaps,
with a few thousand Cubans, will be
sufficient to occupy Santiago province.
NEW PLANS CONTEMPLATED.
There Is a growing belief here that
another call for volunteers will be ia-
Btied in the near future. The recall of
Gen. Miles strengthened the belief, an! I
it is given out that the matter was I
thoioughly discussed at the conference
at the White house today. It is said
hat the demand for troops has been
far heavier than expected, and the
lesson taught by getting together and
starting for the front Gen. Shafter's
TODAY'S BULLETIN.
Page.
I— Havana To Be Taken.
Spain Wants Peace.
Guantnnamo in Straits.
Plot Against City of Pekln.
I—Recruits1 — Recruits for the Signal Corps.
Red Cross Did the Honors.
Recruits for the Fourteenth.
3 — Minnesota Men at the Front.
Thirteenth Popular.
Red Tape at Camp Thomas.
Stirred the Fourteenth.
4— New French Ministry.
Loans Show a Decrease.
E — Hawaii's Royal Welcome.
Cuban Generals Ready.
Emperor William Angry.
6— Editorial.
T— MinneapoMs Matters.
News of the Northwest.
B— How to Fight Hoppers.
Is Goss to Lose His Star?
— 9— News of the Railroads.
10— Sporting News.
St. Paul Club Beaten.
Harriet Road Races
Commercial Club Cyclers.
11— Tillo Wins the Suburban.
Records Broken at Chicago.
White Bear Yacht Races.
"" 12— Plymouth Church Picnic.
City Pays Smith's Expense.
' 14— Teachers of St. Paul Schools.
Literature of Today.
At White Bear Lake.
IS— ln St. Paul Social Circles.
" 17— Tn Woman's Realm.
— | 18— Saturday's Markets.
Today at the Churches.
Thorns In Political Bouquets.
A Million Must Ride.
I<>— Bohemia on the Mississippi.
Letters (Story).
Tracing the Soldier Boys.
*>y bed Gardner's Will.
20— In St. Paul Parochial Schools.
— Suburban Social News.
ll— Wants.
22— In the Heart of the Andes.
Dramatic New*.
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE
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cononand is to be taken advantage of.
The government realizes that future
forco-s must be made up from absolute
ly raw recruits, who have had none of
t ho -advantages experienced by the mili
tiamen. It is added that wAen the new
force is called for equipment, will be in
readintss and the only delay will be in
drilling the men and strengthening the
staff of officers. This is considered
significant in view of the statement
that the troops now in camp are to be
sent against Havana. From the next
call can be taken a picked force for
service in eastern Cuba.
MAY SEND A FLKET TO "SPAIN.
Revival of rumors to the effect that
Spanish warships may be seen off the
New England coast in the near future
has brought to the surface the fact
tlvat the government has under serious
consideration a proposition to send a
swift fleet of warship to Spain for
the purpose of convincing the Span
iards of the hopelessness of prolonging
a war that can result in but one way —
eventual defeat of the Spaniards. It is
argued that, If mere rumors of the ap
-f.roaeh of Spanish warships toward
the New England coast causes what
may be designated almost a panic,
then a real attack upon the Spaniards
on their own coast should have a
wholesome effect. It is said that the
government is now seriously consider
ing plans for such a move.
HAVANA BLOCKADE.
An ofiicial denial of the Inefficiency
of the blockade of Havana, so repeat
edly asserted in some quarters, is said
to be forthcoming. The government Is
.not so much worried over the possibil
ity of there being any foundation for
the persistent rumors, as it is about
the possible effect upon foreign rela
tions — that Havana is effectually cut
off from the outer world is fully be
lieved in official circles, for the vsry
good reason that no proof of blockade
running has been furnished. It Is con
ceded that the Montserrat got supplies
and arms into Cuba, yet that was early
In the game of hide-and-seek that has
been on at Havana now for many
weeks. The government is also said to
be somewhat concerned over the pro
longed strain upon officers and men
manning the blockading squadron, and
there is talk of transfers or changes
in ships, in order that the burden may
be more equally distributed. If the
report that the Spanish steamer
Puerisslma, laden with food, has man
aged to get into Manzanillc, as is as
serted, prove to be true, some one will
be called upon to explain. The town
mentioned is considered to be suffi
ciently near the blockading fleet to
make such an occurrence impossible
were due diligence observed by the
watchers. It would be regarded as dou
bly unfortunate for such supplies to
reach Santiago, where Admiral Samp
son is endeavoring to starve the Span
ish garrison into submission.
THAT CADIZ SQUADRON.
Reports as to the movements of Ad
miral Camara's squadron are received
at the navy department here with sev
eifU grains of allowance. The latest
lw-ard Is to the effect that the Spanish
fUet is still moving eastward, but the
inlorrration comes in such a vague sort
of way that it is given little credence.
It Is said It would ba Ju3t as easy for
the fleet to sheer westward for the
Canaries as to move along in an east
erly direction, and it is known by ex
perience that the Spaniards are prone
to send out all sorts of stories calculat
ed to deceive and to offset the plans of
campaign agreed upon by the American
army and navy.
FLATLY DENIED.
Dream-Like Narrative of a British
Ship Captain.
NEW YORK, June 18.— A special
from Mxrfe St. Nicholas says:
"I tell, you- all of Cervera's fleet is not
in Santiago as the Americans think it
is. Two of the largest of the Spanish
ships are now hiding in the eastern
part of Cuba not far from Mole St.
Nicholas. I know what I am talking
about because I coaled them," said
Capt. Huke, of the British steamer
Ravendale. "This blockade of Cuba
is a joke. I can run through it when
ever I want to, and I do. The British
f.ag protects me. The Ameiican navy
officers are a lot of fools. When they
boarded me at Guamtanamo they never
had sense enough to look into my
bunkers to see whether they were full
of coal or not. No, I will not tell you
how much coal I had, but it was
enough for the Spanish warship I met
the other day. My bunkers are empty
now. You can draw conclusions as to
what I did with it. Cervera is on the
flagship Colon and is at Santiago with
a few ships, but two big ones that the
Americans do not suspect are prowling
around outEid*. They have been wait
ing for coal and have got it. They are
now ready for business and some day
will surprise the Americans." Capt.
Huke proceeded to San Juan de Porto
Rico for a cargo. It is probably more
coal. The Ravensdale left late this
afiernoon.
That the British steamship Ravens
dale had delive-red her cargo of coal to
two warships in Southern waters was
vigorously denied at ,the office of her
agent, W. D. Munson, No. 27 William
street. She left Philadelphia on May
24 with 1,421 tons of the fuel, bound
for Nassau on May 30 and delivered her
cargo to the line's representative, H."
R. Sawyer & Co. Mr. Munson has tha
rc-ceipt for the delivery of the entire
shipment.
ATTITUDE OP GERMANS.
Unfriendly Element Is Composed wf
Those Who Are Misinformed.
ITHACA, N. V., June 18.— Prof. L. R.
Bailey, of Cornell university, who is in
Munich, Germany, at the present time,
has written to President Schurman, the
following concerning the attitude of the
German people towards America, and
the war:
"War news is scarce, but opinions on
America are plentiful. Two or three
nights ago I listened to a discussion of
the United States, of which it would
have been found difficult to have found
language to convey more invectives of
hatred and misinformation. As a na
tion, we seem to have been heteregen
eous, uncultured, mercenary and in
danger of collapse. I find many such
opinions by people who are read, but I
believe that animosity is confined most
ly to the uninformed classes. Much of
the feeling is the result of natural dis
trust of Republican institutions, and I
think most of it is also due to the com
mercial rivalry of America and a feel
ing of jealousy at America's growing
power. It looks to me that the inter
ests of Germany are with us rather
than against us, and I do not believe
there will be any rupture in the rela
tions between the two countries. In <
this war they do not understand us and
the circumstances, but we have com
mon interests in the march of civiliza
tion and we will find ourselves togeth
er In the omd."
SUNDAY MORNING
SPANIARDS WANT PEACE
SOCIETIES AND NEWSPAPERS
SAY WAR MEANS ANARCHY
Spain Losing Her Possestilons and
Internal Resources and Doomed
to Complete ltuiii If Hostilities
Are Continued Augustl Said t<«
Have Hcnlk'xml tieadersliip at
Manila.
MADRID, June 18.— A manifesto,
signed by thirty-five associations and
ejjyhteen local newspapers, has bean
issmed. It says the present evils are
"due to the existing regime, which is
nothing but a government of disorder
and neglect." After recalling the fact
that the Spanish monarchs have lo3t
possession after possession, It says:
"The United States government is
guilty of unjustifiable aggression, but,
If the war is prolonged, Spain will be
completely ruined. A painful amputa
tion is a hundredfold preferable to a
terrible and disastrous war, and any
transaction eventually made will not
be more honorable after the country is
ruined, the blood of her valued sol
diers shed and starvation has ravaged
a majority of the workingmen's
homes."
The manifesto then depicts the griev
ous internal situation, and says:
"Spain asks immediate peace, despite
the opposition of those who desire the
utter destruction of the country, in or
der to impose their denomination upon
its ruin. The sooner peace is conclud
ed, the more advantageous it will be.
It is the duty of everybody to endeavor
to force the government to obtain
peace."
The document concludes by predict
ing, unless a speedy peace is secured, a
complete internal collapse which will
engulf economic prosperity and polit
ical organisms and launch the country
into a state of anarchy or arbitrary
despotism.
CARDIEN DENOUNCES AMERI
CANS.
In the senate today the Marquis Car
dien denounced "the American breaches
of International law."
In the chamber of deputies Senor
Salmeron, the Republican leader, ask
ed the government to institute an in
quiry to more positively contradict the
reports that bodies of American ma
rines, killed at Guantanamo, had been
mutilated by Spanish troops.
The minister of the inleiior, Senor
Capdepon, replied that the reports we*-e
base calumnies and an inquiry was un
necessary.
Senor Salmeron gave notice that he
would interpolate the government con
cerning the expulsion from Canada of
Lieut. Carranza, late Spanish naval
attache in Washington, and Senor dv
Bosc, former Spanish charge d'affaires
at Washington, and requested that the.
documents relating thereto be given to j
the chamber.
AUGUSTTS RESIGNATION RE
PORTED.
It is said here this afternoon, that
Ci'pt. Gen. Augusti has resigned the
military leadership at Manila to the
Spanish general commanding there, so
that the capitulation of that place may
be signed by the latter, and thus ha\""j '
less importance In the eyes of the na. I
tives than if s'gne-d by the captain gen
eral of the Philipr.ire islands.
The news that the Spanish fleet has
been sighted' off Gibraltar has caused
a feeling of great satisfaction here.
CAMARA FOR PHILIPPINES.
It is believed here tonight that Ad
miral Camara's fleet is going to Ma
nila, and that this may prevent the I
dispatch of American troops there and I
at least postpone the loss of the Phil
ippine islands.
Advices from Cuba say Gen. Linares
is confident the rainy season will hand
icap the Americans, and he expresses
the belief that the latter will unite with
the Cubans and march along the base
of the mountains, where are roads lead
ing to Santiago de Cuba, while the
American fleet will attack the fortifica
tions at the entrance of the bay.
STORIES OP YELLOW FEVER.
According to private telegrams re
ceived here from Cuba yellow fever is
raging among the American marines
camped near the entrance to Guan
tanamo bay and several cases of the
disease are reported to have occurred on !
ships of the squadron. The telegram |
describes the heat as terrible and says !
the swampy condition of the ground !
has prevented thus far the carrying on
of military operations in the vicinity
of Santiago.
CAPT. AUNON INSPECTING.
CARTHEGENA, June 18.— Capt. Au
non, the minister of marine, arrived I
here today on board the torpedo boat
destroyer Giralda. Capt. Aunon in
spected the ironclad Lepanto.
GIVEN LITTLE WEIGHT.
How the Peace Proposition Is View
ed In Official Circles.
WASHINGTON, June 18.— The cable
report from Madrid that newspapers
there today BU'biish a manifesto in
favor of peace was at first looked upon
by the officials here as a surprising
and most important development. On
fuller consideration, however, the im
pression prevails that this might be
little more than the expression from
some of the many parties in Spanish
politics. Aside from the Liberal and
Conservative parties there are many
lesser factions and wings, one of which
at least has favored peace, although
the terms suggested are not likely to
make peace possible. Beyond reading
the press reports the officials here
have no information that Spain was
considering a peace movement. At the
same time there would be little sur
prise here if an actual peace move
ment, backed by the Sagasta ministry, !
assumed definite shape at any time'
Indeed, it is generally believed that ,
the Spanish government would be ex- ■
tremely glad to secure peace, and that '
it has already endeavored, through
Senor Castillo, the Spanish ambassador
at Paris, to induce the powers to in
augurate a peace movement which
would save Spain from complete humil
iation and at the same time give her
terms preserving her colonial posses
sions.
THRONE TOTTERING.
Queen Regent of Spain Wants to ;
Abdicate and Leave Spain. <
NEW YORK, June 18.— A dispatch
from Madrid says:
News concerning the abdication of •
JUNE 19, 1898.
the queen regent of Spain, which wa3
given by the Temps without details, has
been very half-heartedly denied In the
Madrid press.
The queen regent, much depressed
by the sad situation of the country and
the Spanish people's lack of sympathy
for her, made up her mind a fortnight
ago to renounce her right and -title of
regent in favor of the Infanta Isabella,
sister of the late King Alfonso XII.
This princess, who is Spanish in
heart and mind, la much beloved
throughout the kingdom. The queen re
gent thought that by yielding the re
gency to her she would disarm the ad
versaries of the existing regime and
rally all the sympathies around the
little king. She even formed the reso
lution of quitting Spain for a time af
ter her abdication with her two daugh
ters, leaving the young sovereign to
reign and the new regent.
She summoned Premier Sagasta and
eloquently laid the plan before him. A
ministerial council was held, after
which all the members visited the
queen regent to beg her to give up the
scheme for the present. They told her
that under Che present circumstances
abdication would seem like flight-arid
would be very badly construed by the
country. Premier Sagasta was so per
sistent that he obtained this from the
queen regent:
"I admit you are right, sir, but I do
not altogether give up my plan; I only
postpone it."
Gen. Sanchiz, the young king's mili
tary tutor, who occupies apartments in
the palace, has also private apartments
in the,Calle de la Cruz. These apart
ments-have been stout up for two years
and a half, but upholsterers are at
work making the place habitable. The
neighbors conclude from this that the
king's tutor is about to leave the pal
ace and resume possession of his pri
vate apartments, and see in this inci
dent a prelude to radical changes at
the royal palace.
What is going on, what will happen,
is what every one is anxiously asking,
especially as the Republicans and Car
lists are beginning to 'bestir them
selves in a way which is very disquiet
ing for the future of Alfonso's crown.
TEXAS IN SANTIAGO BAY.
Passed Morro Castle and Fired at
Forts.
Copyright by the Associated Press.
MOLE ST. NICHOLAS, Saturday,
June 18. — News from Guantanamo bay
up to this morning shows that naval
operations there continue most active
and with the advantage on the side of
the Americans.
Yesterday morning at 9:30 o'clock the
American vessels resumed the bom
bardment of Guantanamo town, and
in the course of one and ont-half hours
threw into It seventy-five shells, a
great majority of which appeared to
have been effective.
On Wednesday night the Texas pene
trated into the bay of Santiago, pass
ing Morro castle, and poured a hot
lire both upon that stronghald and So
capa. The battle began about 11 o'clock
and ended about midnight. There was
very little response from the Spaniards,
and such as there was did hardly any
damage. Nobody was killed ■on the
American ship.
The news of the worft on Wednesday
night by the "Vesuvius and New Or
leans in Santiago bay is confirmed.
The 1 Americans are now practically In
full possession of Guantanamo bay,
and the white tents of the land force
present a very imposing appearance.
PORTO RICO AFFAIRS.
Spanish Regulars Being Massed at
San Juan.
Copyright, 1898, by Associated Press.
ST. THOMAS, D. W. 1., June 18.—
The latest advices from Porto Rico say
that Spanish rtguars are being concen
trated in the vicinity of San Juan. The
port of Mayaguez has been mined and
the buoys have been changed. Nine
tenths of the population, according to
these advices, prefer annexation to in
dependence.
QUIET IN SAN DOMINGO.
No Signs of tlie Recent Revolution
Remain.
PORT AU PRINCE, June 18.— The latest
news from San Domingo is to the effect that
the attempted revolution there has been sup
pressed.
President Heureaux returned to San Do
mingo on Thursday. Tranquillty prevails
throughout the republic
The steamer Nouvella VouldTOgue arrived
frcm the South yesterday, and the steamer
Grand Riviera came in from the North today.
Tfcey report that quiet reigns in all the Hay
tien ports at which they reached. The
rumors of revolutions in Hayti are entirely
without foundation.
No further news has beett received here
from the scene of hostlities in Cuba.
SHARPLY UKI'I.VKD.
KuliiiK as to When Officer* Are En
titled to Fight Pay. i
WASHINGTON, June 18.— Secretary Alg r
has rendered a decision of importance to the
army officers In which he holds that officers
of the army in the United .-t it< s when there
is no enemy in the country are not of* :;*ing
against the enemy, notwithstanding th. . "V.-.
cumstances that exist.
This decision was based on the claim of
some officers who were not satisfied wltfi their
old grade pay, and who contended they were
entitled to the pay of the higher grade. The
paymaster general held that the troops wera
not operating against an enemy "until they
had actually left the shored of the United
States.
DIVORCED FROM HANNA'S SON.
Hanna Made No Reply to> His Wife's
Charges of Cruelty.
CLEVELAND, 0.. June 18.— Mrs. D. R.
Hanna was granted a decree of divorce tsday
by Judge Dissette in the common pleas court
from Dan R. Hanna, the son of Senator
Hanna, No defense 'was made, and the hear-
In p occupied less than fifteen minutes. The
petition In the ease was very brief, merely
asking for a divorce on the ground of ex
treme cruelty.
Mrs. Hanna testified briefly that on srv
eral occasions, when she had protested to
her husband against his personal conduct,
he flew into a passion and struck her, and
ori one occasion threw her to the floor. Mrs.
Hanna was granted the custody of her three
children. The question of alimony was set
tled privately.
AFFLICTED WITH PLAGUE.
Something Like Asiatic Cholera and
Earthquake)!.
VICTORIA, B. C, Jun& IS.— According to
mail advices -through the Orient by Ihe
steamer Miowera, the island of Lipu, one of
the royalty group, is being ravaged by the
plague believed to be either ::.a black plague
di Asiatic cholera. It thr> a.ens to exter
minate the islanders.
On March 2S the worst earthquake export
sneed years in New Hebrlies, making fis
sures eighty yards long and sixteen inches
wide, was experienced.
TWENTY-TWO PAGES.
ARE IN DESPERATE STRAITS
SPANIARDS AT GTJANTANAMO
MAKE AN APPEAL FOR AID
Letter Dispatched to the Command
er of Santiago Intercepted Mes
senger Captured While Attempt
ing to Pass the Cuban Lines
SpaniMh Commander Pareja Ad
mits He Cannot Hold Ont.
Copyright by the Associated Press.
CAMP M'OALJjA, Outer Hartxtr of
Guanitanamo, Friday, June 17 (per the
Associated Press dispatch boat Wanda,
via Kingston, Jamaica, Saturday, June
18).— The following Intercepted report
from the Spanish military commander
at Guantanamo was taken from the
person of a messenger, who attempted
to pass the Cuiban lines. It gives the
official Spanish version of the attack
of the American fleet in the capture of
the outer harbor of Guantanamo a
week ago, and discloses the fact that
starvation Is facing the Spanish
troops in Eastern Cuba. This is veri
fied by extract, already telegraphed,
taken from a recent Issue of a news-
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i SHAFTER'S ARMY AT SANTIAGO.
1 NEW YORK, June 18.— A dispatch from Mole St.
| Nicholas sajK the advance ships of Gen. Shafter's ex
| pedition have been sighted by Admiral Sampson's
! pickets.
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paper of Santiago de Cuba, and from
the fact that a number of Spanish reg
ular soldiers have surrendered to
Capt. McCalla, offering as a reason for
so doing the necessity of obtaining
food. The letter reads:
TOO WARM FOR COMFORT.
CAIMENEIRA, June 13.— T0 the command
ing general of the military division of Santi
ago de Cuba:
At dawn on Saturday, seven ships appear
ed before the port of Caimanera and flred
gra,pe shot and all kinds of projectiles on the
Plaza del Este and the Cayo Toro, until they
set fire to the fort on the Plaza del Eete,
burning the houses of the p'.lots, which wero
occupied by a detachment of American
marines'.
The cannonading continued with more or
less Intensity until 5 o'clock in the after
noon. As the Plaza del Esta had only two
muzzle-loading guns and sand entrenchments
the damage done it from six ships firing on
it from aJI sides caused the detachment to
retire Into Managua asd to Cuzco hill, -where
they remain today, making sallies on the
beach. From that day the soldiers occupied
Punta Caracoles, observing the movements
of ships which occupy all the outer port
with war transports, a variable number of
armed ships, other vessels of war and armed
merchant ships. The total is never less than
four.. I have also taken the Enanto passes
and the vigilant gunboat Magnet is here
ready to fall on them where damage can be
done. I remain in Caimanera and will only
leave when I think It necessary. I have only
been able to antagonize the American ships
"with rifle fire.
Forts Sandoval and Cayo Toro flred their
piecee of artillery, but their effectiveness
was Interfered with by the shortness of their
range, or when the ships retired to the cen
ter of the channel and took up a position in
the middle of the bay. Sandoval has not
even seven rounds of armor piercing projec
tlcles, and Caimenera battery did not fire,
reserving its fire until the ships en-tered the
channel, which is where its guns reach.
INSURGENTS ACTIVE.
I am told that the Insurgent forces at
Bsracoa have come down to Signabos, being
apparently greatly pleased now that the
American squadron has taken possession of
the outer bay, as If for a base of operations,
the American ships now being anchored as
if In one of their own ports.
Since Saturday the enemy has cut the ca
bles at the entrance and center of the har
bor, and I have not been able to repair them,
but they have not again molested me, ex
cept with two cannon shots on Monday. It ap
pears from the work which is being done that
the Americans are preparing to plant the har
bor with mines or to place their sihtps so as
to disemibark troops at Plaza del Este, their
favorite place. If this turns out to be the
case and that I have been the first to call
your attention to It, I would suggest that
some of our vessels should come here. The
members of the fire brigade are in good
spirits.
FOOD IS SCARCE.
I am continuing to serve out half rations of
everything, and In that way I shall be able
to reach f o the end of the month only, es
pecially In bread. I have no flour of any kind,
as I have previously said, and I have no way
of getting any, as there has been no grain
here for some time past. We are equally short
of quinine in the hospitals. However, I have
taken possession of the private drug stores,
and will have enough until the end of the
month. The town Is suffering from privation.
On Saturday we had only two men wounded.
At Cralgo Morro the cable house was riddled
with shell, but It still stands, and if the
INVADING ARMIES DUE.
WASHINGTON, June 18.— There was much anticipation In of
ficial circles tonight for official dispatches telling of the arrival
of the Santiago and first Philippine expeditions at their respec
tive destinations.
Secretary Long, in response to a question as to the probable
date of the arrival of the first Philippine expedition, said tonight:
"It is likely to reach there any day now. I should think to
morrow."
Asked when word of the landing of the Santiago expedition
might be received, his reply was: "Possibly tomorrow afternoon;
probably Monday morning."
Americans abandon the port, which I doubt,
everything possible will be done to re-estab
lish communication, to which end I have
everything ready.
Today theie is in the harbor a la-ge armored
vessel, the Oregon, and several armored ves
sejs^ with a transport, the St. Paul, which
appears to be a store ship. They patrol the
plaza with armed launches. I returned to
Caimenera after seeing the bearer of this
dispatch started. He is worthy of my confi
dence, and as a messenger has already ren
dered me good services by sea. I h.ave in him
a ready youth, who has served in the navy,
and who volunteered to go. I earnestly recom
mend him to your excellency should he ar
rive. — iPelix Pareja.
SOLDIER SHOT AT TAMPA.
Roosevelt's Rough Riders Armed
With Cuban Machetes.
TAMPA, Fla., June 18.— Private Car
ter, Company B, Fifth Maryland vol
unteers, while handling a gun today,
carelessly caused Its discharge, the ball
going through -three tents and striking
Private Ostercamp, of Company G,
came regiment, passing into the abdo
men and through the right lung. His
injuries have been pronounced fatal.
During a skirmish drill Wenzel Mat
tusch, of Troop H, Fifch cavalry, was
painfully injured by his horse running
away with him.
Teddy's "rough riders" had their fir3t
mounted drill this morning with Cuban
machetes, with which they were equip
ped yesterday.
FUSILADB OF MISSILES.
American Cutters Have a llrush
With the Spaniards.
Copyright by the Associated Press.
OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Friday,
June 17, 2V- m., per the Associated
Press Dispatch Boat Wanda, Kingston,
Jamaica, Saturday, June 18, 8:45 a. m.—
A hot brush between come Spanish
troops and a reconnoitering party, in
steam cutters, occurred at daylight this
morning, in a small cove west of Morro
castle. The Massachusetts sieam cut
ter, in charge of Lieut. Harlow, en
tered the cove to take soundings and
reconnoiter. When well inside the in
let a detachment of Spanish Infantry
opened fire upon the cutter from a
block house. The lire was vigorously
returned by the marines in the Mas?a
chuseitts" boat and also by marines who
were in the New York's cutter, which
was in charge of Naval Cadet Powell,
and which had followed in.
The New York's cutter was hit ten
timee and a marine In the cutter of th«
Massachusetts had the stock of his rifle
shattered, but by great good luck, no
cr.e was Oilt. The Texas opened fire with
her six-pounders on the hillside, and
the Vixen steamed right Into the cove
and peppered the block house with her
rapid-fire guns.
Eventually the Spaniards retreated
to the woods and the two steam cut
ters withdrew.
HOW HAVANA IS SUPPLIED.
Food Landed at Batabano and Con
veyed In Overland.
Copyright by the Associated Press.
PORT ANTONIO, Jamaica (via
Kingston, Saturday, June 18).— "Well
authenticated reports reached here
that Havana is receiving supplies
through Batatvano, on the south side
of Cuba, opposite Havana. The sup
plies are taken to the Isle of Pines,
off the south coast of Cuba, In large
ships, and' are carried across at night
in small boats, and from there are
taken to Havana, a distnce of 250 miles,
by rail. The American commercial
agent at Port Antonio has notified
Washington authorities that this is go
ing on. It is almost impossible to get
provisions on the island of Jamaica,
all supplies being sold to Spanish
agents. The Spanish consul at King
ston is offering high prices, spot cash,
for provisions.
The Spanish steamer Purisslma Con
ception, which left Kingston on June
16 with a cargo of provisions for the
south coast of Cuba, cleared for San
tiago de Cuba, but is supposed to bs
bound for Batabano.
An English newspaper correspond
ent from Havana arrived here yester
day. He says there are ample supplies
of all kinds, except flour, in the city,
and that supplies are constantly land
ed at Bataibano. The American block
ade at that point, he says, amounts
to little.
LINK PACIFIC ISLANDS.
Hawaiian Legislature Grants Cable
Franchise to American Coinpauy.
HONOLULU, June 9, via Victoria, B.
C, June 18.— On the 2nd inst. Queen
Dowager Kapioland presjnited the Unit-
States steamer Charleston with a large
American flag, as a token of her ap
preciation of the kindness of the officers
of the warship immediately preceding
and following the death of her late hus
band In California in 1891.
Four regular members of the Ha
waiian army joined the United State 3
forces here. They went aboard the
Peking and were enlisted at once. It
is given out officially that the Benning
ton will not leave port until the arrival
of the Mohican.
The cable bill has passed the third
reading in the house, and now requires
only the acftion of the president to make
it law. It grants an exclusive franchise
between the Hawaiian islands and
Japan, with the right to touch at all
othwr islands in the North Pacific north
of the 10th degree of North latiltude.
The franchise Is conditioned upon the
company's securing with eighteen
months a franchise for a cable be
tween the United States and those isl-
ands from the American congress and
the approval of the secretary of gta'te
within six months thereafter. The bili
names the Pacific Cable company of
New York, as the corporation to which
. the franchise is to be "granted.
BIDS FOR BATTLESHIPS.
Government AHks Proponnl* Front
Builders.
WASHINGTON, June! 18.— The navy depart
ment today issued advertisements calling for
proposals for building the three great battle
ships authorized by the last naval appropria
tion bill. The various bids will be opentd at
the department on Sept. 1, and thirty-four '
months will ba allowed for the completion of i
the ships after contract. That is the niaxi- ,
mum, but bidders are invited to specify the
time within which they can comple:e the con
struction, which, of course, indicates the pur- '
pose of the department to regard speedy con- '
Btruction as one of the determining factors 1
in awarding the contract. "
Mr. Laing Dead. '
Special to The St. Paul Globe. \
'MARSHALL, Minn., June 18.— George M. (
Laing, receiver of the land ofßce, died here l
early this morning from a stroke of apoplexy, i
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PRICE FIVE CEi\T3.
IlHpi
REPETITION OF MAINE DISAS
TER NARROWLY AVERTED
DASTARDLY ACT OF A HALF,
BREED SPANISH SOLDIER
WAS FIXING A FISE LEADING T<?
THE SHIP'S MAGAZINE
Now In Irons Awaiting Execution
or Has Been Swung From the
Yard Arm of the Troop Ship City
of Peking The Story Denied in
a Half-Hearted Way, but There
In Corroborative Evidence of Its
Reliability Canned a Big Sen-
Nation.
VICTORIA, B. C, June 18.-The
steamer Miowera brought the following
from Honolulu dated June 8:
The Hawaiian Star, of June 3, pub
lishes the following story regarding an
attempt to blow up the United States
ship City of Peking, while that vessel
was in port here. If the report, which
is in circulation today, is true, Hono
lulu came near being the scene of as
frightful a disaster as" that of the
Maine, and in much the same way.
"The story is that nothing more nor
less than an attempt to blow up the
Peking magazine was frustrated Just
in time.
An enlisted man, it is said, was
caught just in the act of arranging a
fuse connecting -with the magazine.
The magazine contains 400 tons of
powder and had been guarded closely.
AT THE YARD ARM.
The dastard, it is said, is now under
the closest guard and when the Peking
goes out on the high seas will be hang
ed at the yard arm.
The greatest secrecy concerning the
matter is being maintained for fear it
would mar the spirit of the present
occasion.
The alleged culprit is said to be half
Spaniard.
The matter caused a sensation in this
city.
Military officers on the ship denied
the truth of the story, but their denial
was made In a half-hearted way.
STORY CORROBORATED.
There are many corroborative theo
ries which tend to prove the truth of
the report which was at first circulated
by enlisted men. Others admitted that
the Spanish half-breed was on board
the Peking.
Two Honolulu citizens state that they
were on board the Peking on June 3,
when they saw a man in irons and un
der close guard. They were convince*
that the prisoner was the man who
attempted to blow up the ship.
REPAIRING PHILIPPINE BOATS.
Getting- IHonadnock, Philadelphia
and Nero Ready for Philippine
Expeditions.
MARE I9I*AND NAVY YARD, Cal.,
June 18. — Repairs on the transport
Nero and the monitor Monadnock are
fast approaching completion. The en
gines on both ships have undergone a
thorough overhauling. Considerable
boiler work has been done on the Nero,
and new ventilators have been put in.
She will be towed to San Francisco by
the UnadiHa when her stores are all
aboard. She will take aboard nearly
4,000 tons of coal.
The cruiser Philadelphia will be plac
ed on the dock next Thursday for the
third time.
On the Monadnock every one is busy
putting aboard stores and giving the
finishing touches to the engines.. The
air pumps and evaporators have un
dergone extensive repairs. ••*'
SAN FRANCISCO, June 18.— Work
on 'the battleship Wisconsin, at the
Union Iron works, is almost at a stand
still in consequence of the non-arrival
of the steel armor plates. The material
should have reached here six months
ago.
TO BE COURT-MARTIALED.
Snrgeon Meiprhan Charged With
Neglect of Duty and Insubordina
tion.
WASHINGTON, June 18.— Assistant
Surgeon" Daniel H. Melghan, attached
to the cruiser Cincinnati, which has
Just arrived at Norfolk from the cruise
in the West Indies, has been ordered
before a general court martial for trial
on charges of inefficiency in the per
formance of duty and disrespectful
language and deportment to his su
perior officers while in the exercise of
his office.
BRANDED AS ABSURD.
Story That AugDnti Has Surrendered
Manila ta the Germans.
LONDON, June 18.— The Star today
publishes an absurd story from Paris,
to the effect that Cap.t. Gen. Augustl
has informed the Spanish premier,
Senor Sagasta, that he has handed Ma
nila over to Admiral Diedrichs, tha
commander of the German fleet, who
has occupied the citadel and arsenal
on the plea of protecting the inhabi
tants from the insurgents.
RIFLES FOR CAMP THOMAS
Rushing Equipments to Troopa
Waiting to Invade Spanish Went
Indies.
CAMP THOMAS, Chickamauga, June 18.—
Today was a busy one with Capt. Rockwcli,
chief of the ordnance department. A full
the Columbia arsenal. These rifles were di
vided up among regiments of the First and
carload of rifles arrived this morning from
Third corps. Five thousand more rifles will
be Issued tomorrow, and probably others oil
Monday. A small quantity of artillery equip
page was Issued to the light artillery brigade
today. Nearly all the necessary equipments
will be received from the Columbia ar3en.ll;
and will arrive during the coming week.
Capt. Rockwcli hopes to have the regiments
new in the park equipped by next Saturday
night.