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LATER NEWS. ARE Gen. Shafter reports that at 9 o'clock Monday night the army was within V. H. BARRII» HT, Publisher. three miles of Santiago and in plain eight of the city. The United States embassy has re ports from several sources to the effect that Spain has purchased the powerful Chilean armored cruiser O’Higgins, , last heard from at Cape Verde, where a transport with Spanish soldiers is said to have gone to take her over. Admiral Sampson reports that the <ntor««tl ng Collection o€ Items rma Many riuoee Called From **• Pause auxiliary cruiser St Paul arrived off Santiago Monday and discharge«] her lleports of Ute Oarvent Wee*. troops. Captain Sigsbee reports that Thursday a detachment of 170 Cu on Wednesday afternoon while off San bans collided with the Spanish rear Juan, he was attacked by a Spanish Magnificent Opportunity to Strike a guard. The Cubans lost two men kills unprotected cruiser and the Spanish Crushing Blow—Carrying the War ed. The Spanish loss is not known. torpedo-boat Terror. The Terror made Into Africa and Thug Securing a The navy department has received a dash, which was awaited by the St. Naval Bane at Ceuta. a cablegram from Sampson, saying the Paul. Shots from the guns of the St. Washington, June 29.—The admin Spaniards at Santiago report that Hob- Paul hit the Terror three times, kill eon and his companions are well. They ing one officer and two men ami wound- istration finally came to a decision to are confined four mileB from Morro. ing several others. The Terror drop send an American squadron to the Thursday night, the American army ped back under cover of the fortifica Spanish coast and into the Mediterra of invasion had reached on its advance tions with difficulty, an«l was towe«) nean. Several times since the war the edge of the table land on which the into harbor in a sinking condition, broke out, rumors to this effect have harbor of Santiago de Cuba lies. Here, wiiere she is now being repaired. Later seven miles from Morro castle, the the cruiser and gunboats started out been circulated, but the project hail main body of troops united, and the again, but reinainod under protection not materialized—it required the Span- | ish movement toward the Philippines Spaniards were in full retreat toward of the forts. Santiago. By proclamation issued Tuesday the by Camara’s squadron to decide the Admiral Sam[«on is now in con president gave notice of the intention navy department to adopt this bold stant and practically immediate cable of the government to assume the for stroke. This first announcement to- communication with tire navy depart midable tusk of blockading ubout 500 «lay through a bulletin posted at the ment. Six dispatches were received in. miles of the Cuban coast line in addi war department of the government’s rapid succession through the early tion to the section ulready blockaded, intention was received with incredul- ¡hours Friday morning. They showed and also to blockade San Juan, Porto ’that only half an hour elapsed between Rico. This increases the extent of the i ity. There was a suspicion that the (the filing of the message by the admiral blockade on the Cuban coast fully four | story was given out to deceive the fold. The demands upon the naw Spanish government. However, when and the receipt of it in Washington. General Lawton’s brigade, which will not be nearly so heavy in propor later in the day, the detail of the ves rested Thursday at Demajayabo, four tion to the territory covered as in the sels selected to constitute Commodore miles west of Daiquiri, resumed its case of the initial blockade, for the Watson’s eastern squadron was an inarch at daylight. Before noon his reason that the new blockaded coast nounced, and official orders were given 'brigade, consisting of the Second Mas lies entirely within the great bight on sachusetts, the Twelfth infantry, the the south coast of Cuba, in which wa to provision the fleet for four mouths, First battalion of the Fourth infantry, ter is generally very shallow, and the it became apparent to the last doubter two companies of the Tenth infantry, ports are few into which a vessel could that the government was in earnest in and the Second battalion of tiie Fourth enter. The most important of these this purpose to dispatch the fleet to infantry, occupied Juragua, five miles ports are Manzanillo, Trinidad and j Europe. Tiie three vessels selected as colliers beyond, and the American flag was Tunas. hoisted there. Tiie Spaniards retired Orders have been issued for the im. have started already on their way to before the advance of tiie Americans, mediate sailing of another large expe Newport News to take on a large sup which was covered by Cuban skirmish dition to reinforce Shafter. The sol ply of coal. It will require a week to ers, burning the block houses as they diers will sail from Tampa and will get them down to Sampson’s fleet, so went. number 9,000 men. It is understood that if the start is to be made from A dispatch to the New York World they will be taken from General Sny that point, it will be impossible for from Santiago de Cuba, Jone 24 via der’s second division of the Fourth Commodore Watson to get away before This would seem Port Antonia, Jamaica, says: One army corps. Eight transports will carry the Fourth of July. man was killed today and eight the expedition to Key West, where to be an auspicious date for the begin wounded on the Texas. The battle they will be joined by a strong naval ning of an expedition that will for the ship at the time of the landing of the eonvoy ami proceed to Santiago. Prep first time in the world’s history start troops went to Matamoras to make a arations have been proceeding vigor from the New World to attack Conti No attempt is made feint attack on the fortifications there ously for some days, but the rigid cen nental Europe. in connection with a lam) force of Cu sorship at Tampa prevented a word go to deny that the government is influ bans under Rabi. The Texas silenced ing out regarding the expedition. enced in ordering this movement by a the Socapa battery. Just as the action Snyder’s Second division, the Fourth desire to check the progress eatsward .ended a shell struck the battle-ship and army corps, looked upon by the war of the Cadiz fleet. It was not believed •exploded with tiie result given above. department as the one best equipped that the Spanish admiral could be Tiie dead man is F. R. Blakely, of for an immediate start, is now at I guilty of the folly of uncovering bis 'Newport, IL I., an apprentice of the Tampa, and is rnado up of three brig home ports in this fashion, but inas (first class. The wounded are: IL C. ades and nine regiments, which include much as he seems determined to do so, the naval startegists could not do less Engle, II. A. Gee, J. E. Lively, G. F. both regulars and volunteers. than take advantage of the magnificent Mullen, J. Ek Nelson, R. Russell, W. A belief exists that the true objec J. Simonson, A. Soogvist Russell is tive point of Camara’s fleet is not Ma oportunity thus afforded them to strike a crushing.blow at Spain, an«l thereby very seriously wounded. nila, but Hawaii and finally San Fran perhaps save much time and loss of life Owing to the continued strike in the cisco. anil money in the conduct of the tedi Welch coal mines, England’s coal is The navy department on Monday ous campaign in Cuba. (Tunning low, and steamers are forced The determination to send this to turn to America for their supplies. posted the following bulletin: "Com modore Watson sails today on the New squadron against Spain was the out A serious riot attendant upon a strike, ark to join Sampson, when he will come of direct official advices reaching in which women took a leading part, take under his command an armored the state and navy departments as to occurred at Oshkosh, Wis. Non-union squadron with the cruisers and proceed the progress of Admiral Camara’s men were shut out of a sash and door at once off the Spanish coast.” Wat squadron. These advices give a list factory and the plant wus ord ereil closed son's “Eastern squadron” consists of of the Spanish ships now nearing the down. the Newark, Iowa, Oregon, Yosemite, Suez canal, which differs somewhat A Madrid dispatch from San Juan Yankee, Dixie and three colliers. They from the list given in the press dis says: An American cruiser appeared leave Santiago immediately. patches and by Lloyd’s. The official oil the harbor and the cruiser Isabella list is as follows: Four batteries of American artil and gunboat Terror sailed out to attack Pelayo, Carlos V. Audaz, Osada, lery and a galling gun have been her. The American withdrew immedi Prosperina, Patriots, Rapid«, Buenos placed on n hill overlooking the basin ately. One Spaniard was killed and iu which Santiago lies. The American Ayres, Isla de Pane y Colon, Covan thßje wounded. troops were within 200 yards of the donga nn«t San Francisco. No revenue stamps will lie required Spanish entrenchments last Sundai The additional information comes on money orders, according to a con night It is believed that more from official sources that this squadron struction of the new luw, Instead, an artillery will be necessary before an ; is at Port Said, and expects to take on additional charge of the amount of the assault can be made upon the Spanish board 10,000 tons of coal before enter stamp provided for will be made for works. All the I i III h about Santiago . ing the Suez canal, ¿itch a heavy coal- the money order upon its issuance from are covered with block houses. There ini will take some time. It discloses i the postoffice. are 34 lines of intrenchments ami be also that the admiral expects to make j Surgeon-General Van Reypen, of the hind them are four lines of rifle pits, a long sail, and is doubtless headed for , navy, has received a number of letters while the fronts are secured hv rows of tho Philippines, a point which the ; from officers with Admiral Sampson’s barbed wire. officials here doubted at first. squadron testifying to the gratefulness The squadron is the most formidable I A dispatch from I ’ ort Antonio snvs and appreciation with which the deli Spain has afloat, in total tonaage, I that while the dynamite cruiser Vesu cacies sent for tho sick and wounded vius wus making observations along strength of individual ships, armor I have been received. the inner harbor of Santiago a few and guns. The Pelayo is the strongest A Madrid dispatch says: News of nights ago, ample evidence was dis of the ships and is the only battle-ship j serious fighting near Santiago bus been covered that the sunken collier Merri in the Spanish navy. She is 9,900 tons, received here. Cervera cables that the mac does not completely blockade the with a speed of 16.7 knots. She car- ( situation is critical. The governor of channel. Further information develops ries 85 guns of various caliber ami has Santiago admits that the Spaniards the fact that two battle-ships can enter seven torpedo tubes. The largest guns ! have been obliged to retire, but a Span the hrarbor abreast, one passing on are the 12-inch Ilontorias, one forward i ish victory is claimed. each side of the Merrimac. This will an«l one aft, and 11-inch Ilontorias, A Cuban scout has brought news to be of great advantage to Sampson when one on each beam. The Carlos V is ! the United States camp at Baiquiri the final attack on Santiago begins. of 9,050 tons, with a speed of 19 knots, i that Cervera’s ships are now in battle Lieutenant Hobson and his men are She has 28 guns, the largest being 11- array. The jiositions have been still in communication with the fleet. inch Ilontorias, worked electrically, changed to make tho guns command There is little prospect that they will | one forward and one aft. She has six the harbor entrance. Both Spanish be exchanged before the attack on torpedo tubes. The Audaz ami Osajlo torpedo-boat destroyers have been to Santiago is made. are torpedo-boat destroyers, finished in ! tally disabled by the incessant firing of Blanco has issued a proclamation an England just before the war began. . the American ships. nouncing that any one daring to ex They lire 400 tons each ami are 30 knot. > Colonel Torrey’s regiment of rough press an unfavorable opinion of. or sus Eaeli carries six guns and two torpedo riders have left Cheyenne (or Jackson pected of being dissatisfid with tho tubes. The Eastern squadron which the ville. TJiis regiment is made up of present policy of tho government, will the pick of the mount tin an<l plain, lie summarily shot without trial or United States will semi against Spain men skille«! in the use of the rifle ami investigation. This proclamation, it far outranks the Spanish squadron, the revolver, and will unquestionably make appears, caused dissatisfaction among Iowa ami Oregon exceeding the Pelayo a valuable addition to the mounted the member« of the police force, who and Carlo« V at every point, while the forcea to be sent to Cuba. threatened to revolt if full rations were other United States vessels are far su Cornell won the university boat race not given them. It is expected that, perior. ship for ship, to these of the at New London, Conn. Yale crossed as the police is a numerous luxlv, trou Spanish squadron, with the single ex the line four lengths l>ehind and ! ble will result. Spanish infantry ami ception of the two Spanish torpedo-loat Harvard came in third. It was a pretty ,artillery soldiers are maintaining guard deat rovers. When the American fleet sails for contest,'but was Cornell’s race, almost over them at every corner. Famine, it 'from the start, her crew taking the lead seems, is imminent, and stories of sup Spain it will take with it complete in- ! «before reaching the half-mile line and plies for Havana coming via Batabano formation as to the entire stretch of Spanirh coast with detail maps of maintaining it until the finish line was are reported to be untrue. every harbor and its fortifications, j crossed. The war board had a mass of this in- I Cleveland. O., will be the headquar Minor New* ltenil* ters of the Brotherhood of Locomotive 1 formation l>efore it, and spent most of I O. Q. Tow, a Chinaman, has enlisted Engineers for tho next 10 years begin the day studying Spanish charts ami I in the army and will join company L, fortifications. with a view of outlining ' ning with 1900. now at tho Presidio, San Francisco. the series of blows which are to be de Bejamin B, Comegys, the president The total assisted value of equalised of the Philadelphia National bank, livered to Spain at home. property in Kentucky is *662.077,967, The Spanish coast is divide! into has just complete«! 50 years’ service in ' on which *8,01)0,000 state taxes wflI thiee captain-generalcies, namely. For- i that prominent financial institution. be called. rol on the north, Cadis on the south, i In New York a flag 120 feet in At Ferrol The new French chamber of depu length, the largest ever made, was on | and Cartegena on the east. is the naval school and the school of ’ ties is composed of 254 republicans, 104 exhibition. It is inten>le<l to raise it i naval application. At Cartegena is radical!, 74 radical-socialists, 57 so- i over the walls of Morro castle - bon | the school of oninance, and the totpedo 1 cialits, 88 rallies, 44 reactionaries ami ' Havana is taken school. * 10 free lances. A Mighty Squadron Will Soon Sail. MAY LEAVE ON JULY FOURTH I UNDER WAY. IN Vesgelg Will Be flushed to .Manila Tup Speed- San Francisco, June 29. — Another fleet of transports has sailed out i through the Gohlen Gate, to the broad i Pacific. This afternoon the third fleet , of vessels loaded with soldiers and supplies for the Philippines hoisted anchor and amid the screaming of 100 whietles and the clanging of bells and the booming of cannon, proceeded down the bay toward the ocean, and by tonight will lie well on their way to the Philippines. The first movement of the vessels comprising the fleet was the signal for 1 the crowds which had gathered along the docks to commence cheering tho departing soldiers, and for the steam whistles along the city front to scream their good-byes to the ships and men who are going to Manila to protect the interests of their country,and to spread the doctrine of freedom on the other side of the world. Steamboats, yachts and small bay craft of all kinds hover ed around the big steamers, ami some even went close enough to permit their passengers throwing oranges and other things to the soldiers gathered on the decks of the transports. The scene on tiie transports was a thrilling one; the men were perched in tiie rigging like so many insects, and Jiandkerchiefs and flags waved and fluttered from every porthole and spar. As the vessels proceeded slowly down the bay the noisy demonstrations of the people on the shore became more pronounced and increased until the din was awful ami added to the noise of whistles ami bells, was the booming of many cannon from the batteries at Fort Mason, but the farewell given the sol diers was no less hearty than the wel come given them when they first land oil within San Francisco’s limits. The ships which left today carried about 4,000 men, under command of General MacArthur, who has made the steamer Indiana his flagship. The City of Para, the Ohio and Morgan City were the other vessels to sail with the Indiana. The steamer Valencia was not ready for sea today, and will probably sail with the steamer New port on Wednesday. General Merritt and his staff will proceed to the islands in the Newport, which has been espe cially prepared for the service. Army officers in this city are much perturbed regarding the movements of the Spanish squadron, which is report ed to be bound for the Philippines via the Suez canal. It is said that the transports which left here today will be rushed through to the islands at top speed, in order to have as large a force as |>ossible ready to receive the Dons, should Manila be the ultimate destina tion of the Cadiz fleet. CERVERA RESTLESS. It Is Thought That I’e Contemplated Sneaking Out. Off Santiago de Cnei, via Kingston, June 29. — It is believed Admiral Cer- Yera contemplate«! making a dash out of the harbor late tonight. Four col umns of smoke weie seen at sundown advancing toward the mouth of the harbor, and two small boats, believed to be torpedo-boat destroyers, were ob served in the neighborhood of the sunken collier Merrimac. Conse quently,Rear Admiral Sampson ordere,! extra precautions to be taken. The torpedo-boats Ericsson and Porter stood very close into the harbor all night, but no ships came out. Shortly after midnight, the dynamite cruiser Vesu vius fired three guncotton shells in the direction of Morro castle. They ex ploded on the ridge behiml the eastern hills. The damage done is not known. The blockade continues without inci dent. The'Cubans, with the advance forces in spite of the good behavior of their comrades at Guantanamo, seem to be utterly worthless. All day they sit in the shade of their palm-thatched camps, and at night they smoke cigar ettes and gorge on Uncle Sam’s ra tions, while in sight of them Uncle Sam’s boys, with empty stomachs and not a bit of tobacco for their pipes, build toads all day under the blazing sun and sleep on their rilles under the sky at night. . Accident to tho Yankee. Washington, June 25.—The details of the accident on the Yankee on Deco ration day have just reached the navy department. While the ship was at sea. a trial was made of the guns. One, a six-pouu«ler, using English smokeless powder, hung fire after the trigger was pulled. The gunner, without await ing, threw open the breech just as the charge exploded. The rear blast killed Corporal J. J. Murray ami severely wounded Private Jesse Fuller, both of j the marine corps. The powder is be lieved to be defective, as other hang fires have been had with it. and if used at all in the future it will be with I great care. None of the naval militia- ' men, who in large part man the Yan kee, were hurt. Sngnatn Will Benign. London, June 27.—The Madrid cor respondent of the Daily Telegraph says: When the cortes closed martial law was proclaimed. The Sagasta cab inet will resign and make way for a new government, which will open ne gotiations for peace. SuApiciou* of Insurgent«. A DEATH TRAP. loti.e More Detail« of the Hattie of L» <JU»rtillU. Juragua, Cuba, June 28—The initial lght of Colonel Wood’s rough riders ind the tioopers of the First an«l Tenth regular cavalry will be known in his tory as the battle of La Quasi na. That it did not end in the apmplete daughter of the Americans was not due to any miscalculation in the'«plans ,f the Spaniards, for as perfect ah am buscade as was ever formed in the arain of an Apache Indian was pre- □ared and Lieutenant-Colonel Roose velt an«l his men walked squarely into Sternwheelers Gamecock and Stajj- it. For an hour and a half they held hound Ruined—All Provisions W ere Wushed Overboard—No Lives Lügt— ;heir ground under a nerfect storm of bullets from front an«l sides, and then Property Damage, 9125,000. Colonel \Vood~at the right, and Lieu Astoria, June 28. — When the Elihu tenant-Colonel Roosevelt, at the left, Thompson, towing the Bternwheel led a charge which turned the tide of steamers Gamecock and Staghound, battle and sent the enemy flying over started for Alaska Friday afternoon, the hills toward Santiago. the prediction Mias freely made that It is now definitely known that 19 they would never reach their destina men on the American side were killed, tion. This prediction has come true, while 60 were wounded or are repoite«! to be missing. It is impossible to cal and the three vessels put back into port culate the Spanish losses, but it is this afternoon. The sternwheelers are known they were far heavier than tiros® total wrecks; their decks are awash, of the Americans, at least as regards and, hut for the cordwood stored be actual loss of life. Already 87 dead, tween decks, they would have gone to Spanish soldiers have been found and buried, and many others are umloubt- the bottom. adiy lying in the thick underbrush. Eearly this morning the lookout at The wounded were all removed. Cape Disappointment reported that the That the Spaniards were thoroughly steamers had crosse«! in and anchored. posted as to the route to be taken by The report also stated that the river the Americans in their advance toward boats were badly battered. When the Sevilla was evident as shown by the tide began flooding the Thompson got careful preparations they had mail«. under way and slowly towed the disa The main body of the Spaniards was bled steamers into jort, reaching the poste«! on a hill in the heavily wooded city at 4 o’clock. Never were vessels elopes on which hail been erected two more completely demolished by the blockhouses, flanked by irregular en sea. The decks were three feet under trenchments of stone and fallen trees. water and huge gaps had been rent in At the bottom of these hills run two the steamers' sides. The upper works roads, along which Colonel Roosevelt had caved in, and were carried away and eight troops of the First and Tenth by the seas. Baggage washed about on cavalry, with a battery of four howitz the lower decks and broken timbers ers, advanced. These roads are little were scattered over the vessels. They more than gullies, and at places almost were docked near the western extrem impassable. In these trails the fight ity of the city, whither a crowd of occurred. nearly 5,090 people flocked to view About two and a half miles out them. from Siboney, some Cubans, breathless Tiie expedition met disaster at the and excited, iushe«! into tire camp with very start. Friday evening, while the announcement that the Span crossing the bar, the hogchains on both iards were but a little way in front, the Gamecock anil Staghound parted. and strongly entrenched. Quickly the Despite this the Thompson continued Hotchkiss guns out in the front were on her course. The river steamers be brought to the rear, while a strong gan breaKing almost immediately. The scouting line was thrown out. Then, situation was not serious, however, till cautiously and in silence, the troops about midnight, as the weather was moved forward until a bend in a road comparatively calm. Soon after 12 disclosed the hill where the Spaniards o’clock the passengers, of whom there were located. The guns were again were 87 on the two steamers, became brought to the front and placed in po alarmed. The holds began to All and sition, while the mon crouched in the the timbers would strain and give road waiting impatiently to give Roose away with every wave. About 1:30 velt’s men, who were toiling over the Captain Fisher, of the Gamecock, sig little trail along the crest of the lidge, nalled the Thompson with a red light, time to get up. but she continued on her course. At 7:30 A. M., General Young gave By 4 o'clock in the morning, all the the command to the men at the Hotch lower worxs of the boats were rent kiss guns to open fire. The command apart and there was two feet of water was the beginning of a fight that for in the holds. Boats were sent back from stubbornness lias seldom been equaled. the Thompson, and the passengers, The instant the Hotchkiss guns were who hail provided themselves with life fired, the hillsides commanding the preservers, were ordered to jump into! road gave forth volley after volley from the sea. Mr. Knapp, the Kansas City the Mausers ot the Spaniards. promoter, as the first man to obey the "Don’t shoot until you see some command, an«l the others soon follow- thing to shoot at,” yelled General e«l. Captains Lane and Fisher, each Young, and the men, with set jaws w*th three men, remained on the ami gleaming eyes, obeyed the order. steamers. By 6 o’clock, the boats were Crawling along the edge of the road leaking badly, and it was decided to an«l protecting themselves as much as put back to [tort, after having proceed possible from the fearful fire of the ed 35 miles up the coast. They crossed Spaniards, the troops, some of them in at daybreak this morning. etripped to the waist, watched the base of the hill, and when any part of a REAR-END COLLISION. Spaniard became visible, they fired. Several Members of Torrey’s Rough Never for an instant did they falter. Rider* Killed. One dusky warrior of the Tenth, with Tupelo, Miss., June 28.—A railway a ragged wound in his thigh, cAolly accident occurre«! at this place at 3:40 knelt behind a rock, loading and fil ing. this afternoon, by which five members 'and when told by one of his comrades of Torrey’s regiment of rough riders that he was wounded, laughed and from Cheyenne lost their lives and said: “Oh, that’s all right; that’s beeD others received injuries. The accident occurred on the Kansas City, Memphis there for some time. ” In the meantime, away off to the & Birmingham road. The first section stoppeil to take water and bail whistled left, was heard the crack of the rifles to start on, when the secoml section of Colonel Wood’s men, and then the rounded the sharp curve in the track dee|»er toned volley tiring of the Span just before the town is reached, and ish. Over there the American losses dashed into it. The rear car of the fitst were the greatest. Colonel Wood’s men, with an ad section was the sleeper Seville, con taining Colonel Torrey an«l his staff. vance guar«l well out in front and two This car was completely demolished, Cuban guides before them, but appar yet, strange to say, every inmate es ently with no flangers, went squarely caped unscathed, except the colonel, into the trap set for them by the Span who is injured, though not seriously. iards, and only the unfaltering courage The chief fatalities occurred in a of the men in the face of a fire that coach which stood in the center of the would make even a veteran quail, pre first section, which carried troop C, vented what might easily have been a As it was, tropp L, the ad from Laramie. This coaah was com disaster. pletely telescoped, and the soldiers vance guard, under the unfortunate within were jammed and bruised be Capron, was well surrounded, and but neath masses of timbers, broken cat for the reinforcements 'hurriedly sent seats, and other debris. In the second « forward, every man would probably section, one baggage car was thrown have been killed or wounded. "There mmiteàpi I»ve been nearly 1,500 into the ditch, but in this train few ! Spaniards in fTXt and to the sides of were hurt, and none seriously. no anl.I T io.il *- Immediate action was taken by the us,” sai«l Lieul*ti:<it-Colonel Roose velt today, when discussing the fight. soldiers to save their imperilled com rades, and with axes and ropes, and “They held the ridges with rifle-pits buckets of water they worker! like de and guns, and had a body of men in mons, tearing away the wreckage to ambush in the thick jungle at the get at the wounded and dead and sides of the road over which we were quenching the fire, which had started advancing. Our advance forward struck in the sleeper Seville, which was a I the men in ambush an«l drove them mass of wreckage, covering a steaming, out, but we lost Captain Capron, Lieu hissing engine. The wounded were re tenant Thomas and about 15 men moved to a vacant building in the killed or wounded. "I want to sav a word for our own town. " men,” continued Lieutenant-Colonel New Y’ork, June 28.—The torpedo- Roosevelt. “Every officer and man boat Talbot left today for Key West, diil his duty up to the handle. Not a anil will call at Norfolk. man flinched.” Two River Steamers Go to Pieces. UNDER TOW 10 1HE YUKON May Abandon Caimanera. Playa del Este, Guantanamo Bay, June 28.—It is believed in camp here that the town of Caimanera, on the upper bay, is about to be abandoned by the Spaniards, who are said to be in a desperate condition, owing to lack of food. The report is that they will leave this town and fall back on Guan tanamo. Prairie Ordered to Key Went. New York, June 28.—The auxiliary London, June 29.—A dispatch to ’miser Prairie, which »has been at the News from Port Antonio, Jamaica, Tompkinsville coaling and taking on says: The Americans appear to tie sus ammunition and stores, has receive«! picious of the insurgents, who could be orders to proceetl at full speed to Key used in bushwhacking. West. She will sail tomorrow. "But how can we lie sure,” says an American officer, "that any one of Provincetown, Mass., June 28.—The them is not a Spaniard tea«ly to lead ram Katahdin left today for Hampton us into trouble. We can’t talk their Roads. She was followed by the cruis There is a clock in Brussel which nigger Castilian, an«i when they guide er San Francisco, bound for Key West. us we have to go it blind. We should has never been wound by human hand* The collier Southern accompanied the trust them completely or not at all.” It is kept going by the wind. Utter.