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lira's FIRST HARVEST. EL*. . \ ? . fc^.. > tv-. t 'liirteen Hours' Fighting' Between Hunting ton's Marines and Spanish Gueiillas. *?t (HI (If INVASION DELIYED II dill MM fc.. J J' ? ? x" Jlililv Transports Vniler Convoy of Sixteen Hattleslilj-s ami Cruisers Have Left lei' Suntiugo ?? I lio Stately I Jut t Uslilp Indiana to < Loud I lie r*roee8slou--I>epnrt meat lias TnHeu I'.very Precaution tu Insure llto Safe Passage ol? the Fleet, An Associated Press Dispatch, Juno 1SJ, via Mole St. Nicholas, Hayti, nays : Lioutonmi t-< 'olonol H. \V. Huutiugtou h battalion of marines, which hiiulod from the transport Panther on Friday and encamped on the hill guurding Iho <\buudoncd> oablo station at tho entrance to (ho outer hurbor of (tuantanamo, ^ has been engaged in boating oft' a bush j-- attack by SpauiBh guerillas and regu ' laiH siuco '! o'clock Saturday afternoon. Tho fighting was almost continuous for thirl co a hours, until 1? o'clock Sunday moiuin<r when ro-onforcemonts wero lauded from the Marbleheud, Four of our men woro killed and one i, wounded. Tho advance pickets under [ Tiieutenauts Neville and Shaw, are un r accounted for. ? Anions tho killed is Assistant Sur [ goon John Blair Gibbs of tho regular ; army, whoso father foil in the Custer massacro. Tho othors killed are: Sor f oaut Charles II. Smith, of Smallwood ; 'rivato William Duuphy, of Glouces ter, Mass., and Private James McCoI 'gan, of Stoueham, Mass. Corporal i Class was accidentally wounded in the ! head. The splashes of blood found ut daylight at tho position the Spaniards occupiod indicate fatalities, but their comrades carried otV tho killed anj wounded. J Tho engagofhont began with desul-^j I tory firing at tho pickets a thousand. f yards inland. Cant. Spicer's company [-wbs doing guard duty and was driven in, finally rallying on tho camp and ro pulsing the enemy at 5 o'clookn^ Tho bodies of Privates McCoIgan and Duuphy wero found, both shot in tho head. The largo cavities caused by tho /bullets, which, inside a range of 500 yards, have a rotary motion, indicate that tho victims woro killed at close ran go. The bodies woro etripped of shoos, ~ hats and cartridge bolts and horribly mutilated with machetes. When they wero brought in the whole battalion formed three ^idos of a hollow squaro about tho camp ou tho hilltop. Polow . in the bay wero tho warships at anchor. Inland from tho hill camp is a deep ra viuo, and beyond this are high hills. Tho adjacent country is heavy with a thicket growth. The sky was blanketed with clouds, and when tho sun sot a gale was blow ing seaward. Night fell, thickaod im 'penetrable. The Spanish squads cou ccaled in tiro chapparel covor bud tho advantage, tho Americana on their odire furnishing lino targets against the sky i and tho wliito touts. The Spaniards fought from cover till midnight, dis coverable only by flashes, at which the in&riuos fired volleys. Tho repeaters Bounded liko crackers in a barrel. Tho Mnrblohead launch, a Colt ma .'ehiuo gun in her bow, pushing up the " bay enfilading tho Spauiards, and it is thought that some were killod. Tho marines trailed much blood to the wa ter's odgo and there lost it. " ThoBharks nro numerous in the vicinity. The shius threw their eeach lights ashore, the powerful electric eyes sweeping the deep tropic foilage and disclosing occasionally skulking par ties of Spaniards. Kach discovery of the enemy was groetod by the crack of carbines along the odgo of tho camn ridgo, 01 by the long roll of the lauueh's machine gnu, searching the thickets with a leacbm stream. Shortly after midnight -?af^o the main attack.^ The Spaniards made n gallaut chargaUptho southwest slope, but wero me? by re ated volleys from th^main body and >ko before thoy were one-third of the _ y up the hill, but they came so close that at points there was almosta hand to hand struggle. Tho ollicers used their revolvers. Three Spaniardsgot through tho open formation to tho edge of tho camp. Col. Joso Campina, tho Cnban guido dischargod hiB revolver and thoy, turning and finding themselves without support, ran belter skelter down the tho river side of the hill. Tho attacks woro coutinued at intory*ls throughout the rest of the night, with firing from B.uall squads iu yarous directions. Toward morning the fire slackened. Dawn is tho favorite time for attaok, and as the eo?t paled, the maririea, ly ~"ing on their guns, wero aroused. Borne ?? were actually asleep, as they had had no rest for forty-eight hours, and tired nature could not stand the strain. But no attack cauie, Three new 12-ponnd Held guns, which oould not nseitj during the night, for fear of hitting :?M own men, a hailed several aoau* of -Spaniard* after daylight. Taey . dited intolWbaabe* )ifcr prairie dp--1 ' Into bnrrowa as the shells took* <>> their hearts in the gray dawn. . .Lieutenant Colonel Hnntihf ton an\ ['Major Cockrell gave high praise- to the ; nerve and steed i nee s of efflcera and hns, aapeeialij the young one#, a? the t>g* engagoniont was a baptism of fno for u 1 ]arj*o majority. Tho iue? were in dark- \ noss and m a strau^o I. mil, but they , stood to then I'uots s\ 1 1 i i cunsuye mid fortitudo and there was no symptom of ; panic. Tho marines, though exhaiistod, wcio ! eager for more fighting', promising to inflict heavy punishment. They com pi i mented *tho daring of thu Spaniards : with characteristic camp piofnnity. H&tiuiatoa vary as to the attuckiug i force. Some Say U and thu lignres1 run aa high as 1,000. ('<>1. ('ampinu. ; I tho Cuban guide, says tho Spaniards; wore niostlv irregulars, but tho reports j I of the dit>? lift "go of Mauser ritles would { indicate that they were regulars, as ' ? most of tho guerillas carry Homing- | j tons. Tho Cuban guerillas, as a ride, s ; haye moro dash a Ad courage tliau tho regulars. J>espite the lo.ss of tho men, who nro ; keenly regretted, the mariuos rejoice that the}' have been outraged in their ; first fight on Cubnu soil, They sailed from, Now York the day war was do- i clared and expected to laud within a j a woek at Havana. Since thou, until ' they'lauded ou tho shore of (Suautana- j mo Bay, they had been cooped up on i the I'anthor, and they had begun to ; Kvery precaution lias been taken by the guv^inuitfiit to itt~utt> tho nutety <? ( tlio troops on route in Cubs I ho transports will bo ke,t as i'lo;.ol\ to ycthor ?c bulo cavitation will permit tiuvl Iho warships w ill l-o disposed Uhoud, astern and on either (lank, , J ) 1 1 < tleotost scouting yosjoU will be thrown far out iti advance of the ttati&poi t*, utul iu order to iusuto ugain*t an at tick from tho rear, bqiiio of t ho von sols, such art tho St J on is, perhaps, will linger far UHti'Xn ready to signal the hens v armed cruiser a at tho lirtd hiKn of an appioachiug too. I ho btrttoly battleship Indiana, it is OXpeOtotl, will loud tho pro cession of ships, which w ill he tho most numerous gathcrod in American wutois since tlio civil war. It is not behoved that thoy will be I an tied at faimunora, tlio point on ( i nan tanamo Uuy, where the American Hhk now llies over tho heads of Satnpsou's marines, us that place, whilo well adapted to servo as a naval base, uuel as a harbor of rofugo for tho Amerioau warships, is not parti cnlarly well suited for the hoginuing of military operations. The K .\ no<l It ion . Tho ox pod it ion that sailed ftoSift 'I'mn pa to Key West prior to uoing to Wan tiugo was made up of nearly twenty regiments of regular iufuutry, of from /ion to V)0 men each, including beside tlio regiments of the Fifth Army Corps, four icgiiueuta of 'infantry that have been in camp at Mobile, and which formed part of Major tiunei.I Coppin gor'.s coinmaud at that i undczvous. I'be total force of regular infantry was about 11,000 men. J'here were also t w n rogimtmis of volunteer tnfantry, about >\ooo men altogether, the Second Hegi meut of Cavalry, from Mobile. 500 uien; and two squadrons each from tie Kirst, Third, Sixth, Ninth nud I'entli Caval ry, about ?, 000 men; eight troops of volunteer cavclry, taken ftoiu Uooso velt's rough rulers, fHH) men; four batteries of light' artillery, 801) men and Hi guns; two batter ies of heavy artillery, V5J0 men, and 10 guns; the battalion of ongineers, L'OU ineT}^ siyual and hospital corps, etc., about 800 men, a grand total of about 17,000 men. The Kogulars were practi oally pickod men, as not a singlo t o cruit was taken, tho regiments carry ing only the obi seasoned troops. The following is tho list of transports arranged in tboir numerical order, commanders ami carrying capacity: Miami, McDonald, 1,200 men; Santi ago, Loighton,U50 moil iGussie, Uirney, BIRDHEYE VIEW OF TAMPA AND Till? ^yitAtfai'OHTS W K R E LOADED WITH the rrrcn at port\tampa whehe the (IKS, HIIAFTEU ri IrtVADING ARMY. four that the 'troops would bent them after all, ' - ? >fl MOVINti ON SANTIA<igl. Griind Array of Hatt Icstltp* 11 in) j Transport s Under command of Major-Genomt ] Shaftor, tho first division of tho United 1 r States army Hailed on June U'th frofti i Key West for Santiago do Cuba, to l>e- ! siege and capture that town. The army i transports, HO in number, left Port I Tampa on tho Nth. Tho convoying! warships, believed to nfimber between ; 1 <> and 10, mot the expedition at Koy j West, and with this powerful force there is no longer reason for apprehen sion that tho transports cau be attacked successfully by any Spanish warships, even if such should have escaped the vigilant search of the na val commandoes at Koy West and off Havana. It is believed thnt tho rally out of Havana of tho three Spanish gun boats was intended to create the impression that they wcro propared to go out to attack tho trans- j ports. If qo tho plan miscarried, for > the crafts werodetectod immediately by j Commodore *" Watson's cruisers and i driven back pell mell intonUavauu liar- j bor under tho protection of the guns of the shore batteries. Kven if these boats had escaped they oould have done no damage, for the size of th6 convov furnished for the! ?troop-ehipfl is eutlicient to warruut be- : lief that they would have been speedily j destroyed should tlioy havo had tho ooarage to make au attack upon tho ' fleet of American .ahips. Tne Spanish | gun-boats are not of formidable char- j ac?ar, not one of thein boing the equal j AH power of the smallest of the Ameri can bruisers, or even of such gun-boate] as the little Bancroft, which may be mi as OWnsralSUaf Ur'a flagship. j ' 100. men; Cherokee, Oarvin, 1,000 inon; I Heneoa, Peeker, 000 men; Alamo, Hix, | 000 men ; Comal, Kvtone?, 050 mon, 170 horijos; Yucatau, Rofcertaon, 050 inou; | Herktihire, Dizer, 47$ men, 174 horses; | Whitney, Staples, 1 OK) men; Olivette, ! Stevousonj 400 men, 155 horses; Se?u ranca, '.(flag) Hanson. 500 mon; Concho, Hick, 1,800 meu; Florida, Miner, 000 men; <"* ty of Washington, Stovens, 1 000 men; Alleghany, Nickerson, 450 meu, 100 horses; Snu Marcos, Itzen, | 110 mon, '?!<> hordes;, II. Miller, Poter | Bon, 5550 mon, H00 mules; .Saratoga, i Johnson, 000 men; lieoua, Wilder, | 1 , 250 men; Hio Orande, Staples, 1,700 meu; Yigilanciu, Mcintosh, 1,200 iuuu; j Orizaba, Downs, 1,000 meu; Iroquois, Kiuible. 050 mon; Mnttewan, Lowis, M\fl man, 400 hotses; Morgan, Staples, Stilwater, Gault ; Break water, itivero Cumberland, . . , . ; Knickerbocker, . . . 00 men; Clin ton State of Texas, (hospital), Young. Jiargos: Beanie, Martha; tug, | Copt. Ham. On the side and on tho smokestack* of evory one of tho transports which formod the fleet wero painted largo white uumbers, and by these numbors the boats were otHoially known, thoir original nainos being discarded. This wan for tho purposo of facilitating equalling between tho flagship und the other bouts of (fie fleet. No I'cace for Spain. Tho campaign inaugurated by some of the foreign newspapers in favor of peace between Spain and the Unitod , States ia not approved at Madrid. Ac cording to thebpinioo of several, gen erals Spain is capable of continuing tbo WAr IQ Cuba fcr two years, even i under the roost unfavorable eircutn/ Therefore, they add, it talk of peace, unless it im-' turn of the status quo ante I Invnyten. ^ ArrengemenVNfor the aecond exposi tion of inrasion from the United States for the Weet Indjee-tfe being harried *t the War Department Fire trans port* ere now It Ferntndm, Fla, rir : The Cotaaeoh*, Knickerbocker, Ixmia <M% the ?e4* Citj end the Citjr of Meeon. TheCetente end the Arced* iwt at Ncw Tor^, end the Lentpeeee mmt tttTfwnt; tf ifaliery Lin^ Hpuld;* Fftea4?li<MLulX08?. ? Tbe Ptrn correspondent of the 8uo day ttpfOtll ?*ys: "Spain Vinoct iltd (ut friends of the praw deplore the j obstinnncy with wbisftWie accepted wer when totally noi)fepnred? end do olere #h*t to eontinne fighting when the euue ii hopelessly lost wjilproba. t>)j stionete Fimms^ whoee good words wonld prors serrioefblo in the dmj of 6ot>i? wltfickiit? Whi Initio! tin' i s h Kegula rs. iNSUKGtN ?S* All) INGLORIOUS. I lio fulutus I-ImmI Without Order, Imperilling lln* Mat lni's. American I. oss, 'J. Kit letl, I Injured. An A**??omtod Vt*** dispateh, via. Kingston, .F??tinio?. Juno l t. Af lei two nightsof hard tilting tlioAn.oi 1 can llag still lloutson Cuban ayil over ll,o oncainpiooiit of I ho niariuo battalion Thus far, the marines have had tho host of tho lighting, but tho situation in grave and tlioy aio exhausted with itpelliug almost incoMaut attack.^ 'I ho v havo little chanco to rest Or sleep and tho t^njo of tho arrival yt tho relieving troops is uncertain. Wore it no! lor the protecting g?">* of tho lloet tho gallant liUlo hand won lil ho annihilated hy tho Spanish troops >? overpowering number*, from S ..til it. ;o deCuba As it is the.Y pro'uv bly fxii hold their position, but tin. s t-Hiiuul luuvc lot w ard until 10 enforced l.v troops. \S hnt at lirst, with llio white touts on u bobl eminence against tho tropic background looked like a holt tl?y camp, is now grim reality. ho tents have been ttriiuk and rolled into breast win ks, supplemented by trenohos 111 omul tho crest of tho lull. ho spot in lameutahl v exposed, while sin rounding ?t t>n all siiios is heavy brusn. Tho load movement 111 the camp is tho signal for instant target practice on tho pait of tho Spanish sharpshooters, whoso n ties carry much further than ours though their owners rarely hit anything tlicy aim at. (t is impossible to accurately estimato tho Spanish attacking force, but it is uunierous enough. About two-thirds of this force surrounds tho camp night ly with a deadly ring, aud the sputter iii" of the Milliners makes things quito lively, for the Spaniards aro on tho watch it ml tako pop shots from bushoa about :o yards from tho earn p. At ni?ht (ho besiegers fight like Indians aud 0111 old Apache lighters will fool in (liy/r element. I Ivory yard of chupparui is iiu ambuscade ami pickot duty is llip ping coins with death. t After tho lirst attack on Saturday night, Col. Huntington decidcil I that auot her attempt would bo niado on Suit dav night uud I10 cuutied oulronch ineuts to bo thrown up on all sides ot the camp, and waited for tho attack that tho colonel was certain won lit tome. It arrived within a shorl. timo alter dark aud from that time uutit daybreak tho firing was incessant and ttt times very heavy O11 tho \merican side two men were killed and four injured. The dead aro Sergeant Major Honry Uoodo, of the marines, shot through the right bro-ist ; l'rivato Tauinan, wounded and fell ot the dill', aud instantly killed. Tho in juredgytio: Private \Yallaco, foil oil tho cmt' and sustained a frac ture of tho log; l'rivato Martin, shot through the log; Private Hoxbury, shot through tho arm. The above aro all privutes belonging to .Company if. l'rivato l'.urke, shot through 'tho arm. l he lirst attack of the Spaniards was made at ? o'clock and tho last shot was fired at them at about 8 o'clock in tho morning. During tho night the Span iards attacked tho camp of tho marines on shore, and the Marblehead, behov ing tljo A moricaus had beeu driven out, throw several shells into the place. I ho attack, however, was repulsed by tho small detachment of marines in e:nn> without- trouble. ' ho shells of the Mai - blchead struck among tho inarinos. Tho fight was tho first of tho war in which tho Cubans co-operated with tho American forces and tlioir co-operation was it"!, a glittering success. At rrf. time tmring the aftornoon, wnonevor the marines woro firing 011 a small de tachment of Spaniards that made their appearance a short distance from tho cam p, tho Cubans began firing without orders, and sent a volley right among tho Americans. Thoro woro several very narrow escapes but no one was injured. Tjieutoiiant Neville, of Company I , was sont out on scout duty and as 011 tho day previous, lie attacked a small stone fort. A hot fight fol lowed and the Spaniards were driven oft with loss. It. was during this fight that Wallace aud Tauman fell over tho Cl Fifteen dead Spaniards, including ono liouteuaut, were found in the foi t. During tho attack several shots struck tho ships in the harbor, one penetrat ing the pilot house of tho Associated Press dispatch boat Dandy. No onjr was injured 011 board of her. t The Dolphin this morniug located the Hpanf'sli water station on the ocean sido of the harbor ontrunce, which supplied the water for the attacking forco. I ho well was situated in a blockhouse wind I mill, having a small garrison, jt was shelled at 2,000 yards. Lxcelloot prac 1 tico was made, tho station was wrecked and eaunibter followed the retreating Spaniards up tho steep ravine Tach shell disclosed thojsput whuroil alighted 'by raising a cloud of dust, lhoy weio all well placed. ?oldiir^ for it . is ChhIciIhiic'* Duel. Count ('rtHtellHiio, \\ bo married Mihk Gould, fought a duel with M. Ilouri Tourti, on the i4th. Threo rounda were fought with swords and M. Tourti was wounded in each rouMM, twice slightly and the third time uenrely, in the right forearm, - thus ending the daei. Four children of Alexander McChex d?t, at HuiUriil*, W. Va , were bttawd to deafth in their home daring t?" atr>tn ft. * ?'* SkMpnon Will rorc?j the Harbor. An Aeaooiated Press via Kingston, June 14, ft ays: Tbs dyna mite cruiser Voanv/a?, which joined Admiral Stmnon!* fleet off Santiago, this morning. Is to be followed by the Erieson* tfco Foot* and othtr torpedo boats. The arrival of tbo t?rpWonoet will confirm tbo opinion that Admirnf Sampaen intend* to fores tbo harbor i \ i ? i i > s r.\ lis ( o\< . k ICS** ?*ro< ritli.x . u| .Srii.ilo <ni?t llnt?-?<i I t om I a \ lo J). is . I I UK VI K. .li si loiii.' MJioitiy af'ei I o'clock tin* oonfoi oli<e t ? i i>i t OH tin* w ur lovotiuo I'lll was ngi ood in the ? ? unto, aitoi li il isou^bivu lusting i hour*. i li<i d?? j hutli llp?MI till* |? \V ?( S MlilfMlt Spoi'llll lllfidoilt, lilltl W a* ft. till'' V ' 1 1 * ? x<lld of tit I 1 1 m ? li I Oil > foatlllo.'*. I'. W U? Ik foregone conclusion (lull tho ivpo.'t would 1 10 a^i eed to, and the onh (juc.s lu>n ol ui torii^t uivoh oil 'wii.1 how i-iHiii it voto could lio touched. Tho debate hi dicutod gotiorull v thill the bill a. ngreod upon b\ the coufoioes was rea nonnbjy snttstnotory to everybody i.\ CO fit IIM tl> tllO bollll pI'OVlslOll, I llO \ otes cust against tho adoption of t U >? report retlectod tho opinions of tho:u? Senators who mu opposed to any in crease in tho lutoretit bearing debt of tho country. Tlio roport was agreed to I ? >? tho decisive yoto of I.! lo J;'. Kvor\ Kopnbliciiu voted fur tin* measure ami thoir votes were supplemented b> those of M I >i'ino?M at n, I silvot Kopubl icttu and I independent. My sending t * ? tho dork's desk uiul having read a pro** clipping detailing tlio voto of llio Sellftto oil lllO bond p) <)|'i>Nll ion of lllO war revenue measure, which classed Kyle, of South I'u&nta, us u I'opulist. Mutler, I *t> } - it I ist ( . nf \'ni th i ai olma, ) >i oci oitat ml au acrimonious p? ? i 1 1 1 <*?i t discussion, iuxolving (In* pulitioal aOiluitions of Kvle. \t ti o'clork tho Senate wont into rvooutivo sesvioii, and i?0 minute* later ad mm noil. . I r n ?? l.'i iM. I 'm noai I v I w o hours today tlio Senate hail umlor discussion tlio i osol it t ion of Mr. I .? ii I c* Aft an t hoi i/.ing a ppoin t moil t of a lion pui I isan commission to eolhito information ami to consider ami lecominoml Io^IhIuI it ? i? to moot probloins presented by labor, il^ li en 1 1 m to ami capital passed t 'on sidorutiou of tho loll providing for I ho incorporation of tho I ntornat ional American Monk was bo;; mi. At ):H> P in. tho .Senate wont into exeou tive session, afterward adjourning. .1 i'n ic btrn, At to day's sossiou of tho Sonuto, the resolution of Mr. Lodge, providing for an inquiry into tho disposition made of tho Methodist Mook Concern, of the money which was paid recently by Congress was adopted without division. JSl r. lodge said tlml he lioi t-d the claims commit tee would briny in I ho draft of a gen oral law whi'.'h would put an end abso lutely lo the work of lobbyists and claim agents. Mr. Mate, of ToutieHseo, and Mr. Morgan gave this suggestion thoir cordial approval. Without divis ion the resolution was then adopted. A Senate bill to provide a Imine for ag'eil and litljun ooloicd ju-oplo was paused. A join t re iol nt mn apj i opi iat ing ilia, lol to i>av tho Mtdu inu Sea award was adoptrd I ho i-t;iialo a' |>, in., wont into oxecutivo ao.ssion and h'ouu. afterward adjourned. TJIK IIOUSK. .Ttni', <?tii. ?After live hours devoted to the consideration of the lull I ?? en able volunteer soldiers to vote in ("oii grosKtonal elections, tho conference re port upon tho war ruvotuie bill win pre sented to tho lloiirio, Consideration was interrupted by a recess to S o'clock, at which hour the report was tnUcti ui> again, and after three liour.s debate, in volving a wide raugo of (subjects and some soutatio.iul features, it was adopt ed, 154 to 107. Tho liepuhlicuns who voted ugniuHt the adopt ion of the eon fcrence report on the bill, are: Brewster, Henry, of Connecticut; Hill, Littauor, Mcintyro The Democrats who voted for the report 'Were Cum IJuiugH, Driygs, Fitzgerald, McAloer and McClellnn. Fierce, Democrat, of Touohhoo, made a vigorous at tuelv. upon tho proBoeution of tho wur and tho al leged unwarranted delay in wilding re lief to tho Cuban*. A sensational foil ture wan the clash between (irosveuor, Republican, ??f (lhf>, nnil Hwnnsnn, Democrat. ?.?f Virginia, growing out of tho farmer's attack upon the hitter's r-peech in criticism of tho revunuo bill. Tho House adjourned at 1 1 :?("? j>. m. <1 i;ni; lurii. The leaturos of today's session of the lioiluo wiih the securing of an agreement to eonsidoi another vote upon the .Nuwlauda resolution to annex Hawaii. Ily a c.Iobo vote the bill to onablo volunteer Boltlieis t<5 votu at |" cd^groHHional elections was pu-uyyj, and n number of minor. measure.'!, chiefly of n private nature, were considered. At p. m. tho House adjourned, hav ing agreed unanimously to vacalo for the evening peusiou session. J I'M: 1 1 Til. Tho Hawaiian debate in llit> House began today. Six speeches woro pailo, covorinc generally tho contents of the Biipiioit and opposition to tho resolutions, providing for annexation. 3kllitt. Republican, of Illinois, chairman Yf the committee on foreign iiffairs, | Iponed tlio Hawaiian debate, advocat K annexation, Dinnniore, the rank g Democrat upon tho committco on loign allaiiii, opened tho debulo in opposition. Itoplying to those winy contend that Hawaii is a coininercian and naval necosbity as a mid ocean supply station, ho declared, there was already a route to Yokohama, Hong Kong and to Manila from San Francis co by way of the .Aleutian Island*, American ooshoppiohs. .sun niili'H ?liortor than the Hawaiian route. Clark, Dem ocrat, of Missouri, opposing the resolu tions, spoke auninnt an enlarged coloni zation policy iik something "gorgooun in appuuranco, but tatal in experience, or else all history In a lie." "Mr. Speaker," declared the Missouri member in a characteristic burst, "if this nolicy Is pursued as the jingoes waut j4, and you aro here pi osiding over tho H<* >se years hence, you will be called upon to recognize the ffeot&mau from 1'atngonia, the gentleman from Cuba, the gentleman from i'orto Iticof tho gentleman from (?reenlund, the gentleman from Fiji and with fear and trembling, tho gentleman froui the Cannibal Islands a? lie gazes, with gleaming eyes aud glistening teeth upon your imposing and tempting self. " A great laugh followed }hi? prediction from the Miaaoarioa. ' Ttrkw, K?rWb 1 iicftn, eI_New Jersey, waa. presiding, [Mr, need occupying temporarily a scat nnoa the floor. The laughter wan re n^red when Mr. C^lark added, 1 ?It is neeeeaary to say I prepared that for the regular occupant of tbe chair. " The House at 4:45 p. m., adionroad. JvNiOra. ? Tba (MtW npon the Hawaiian annexation continued today a. ? ! arc Ill Gill IS 1H.I Six HumummI Marines L;iiuI*mI nt j GtiaiitatKiiiio, On I Mi SMOKING RUINS 15 IN I I THEM, | Oregon \rw l.aiircl'i to llcr I < t'uwii-~,\ ll.isi v iH-parturc l.y thai Sp,? it 1 .1 i ?1h . An Ahmm?i??(i?I dispatch l\?it \ utonio, .1 amnion, Dino 1 1. says TltO IIIVUMOll of Culm by AlUOl U llU fouos btfiittii bulay. Sit hundred ma ,i?0* ltl.NO pitched tllOll Unit* about the HinoUiiig ?????? ot llu> tmUM' ,UlU tications of tluuntnnanio. and tho Stars v..d Stripes for the tirst time llout ho?.? " Hawaii in t uba. 1 o Captain ( 'lat Ko aild the battleship Ot* pou belon* 'he honor uf iiiwiiilj1 ijdiintf th*<Vllst hllCCCSld 111 <'f >? ' I 'ni'l v marines f? vi?? tho battleship won I iislioi o Una morning ?'?'? n , .? yii left entrance or tho buy nut \l? troopship Panther Hi nvothwil."" '1 nnoi. 'I bo >eu foicos umlci command of I .ieutonunt Colonel I! ^ ? 1,11 |f I..,. UI..VO.I utiioVUu-U, iimUitlr.n half un hl(m ti?.v had burnc.1 I ho bu' .l.li ii ^ of the Spanish camp, and had Hi t In a ? Vjh. miserable little * " 1 ^ oi ouohed on tho beach undo, of tiuaiitamuno lltewholo l,',ciallV'' ol silom-um the n?n? ???*. Ilin;,"l17 . f^cca ? as -?s easy as plat-inn ? Suiulav , ,, The M.ai bloliead, backed ?,v tho \ i von au<l Dolphin, opened no oil tlio ?'ai tli works yetdeiday. J ho bhi?ro lotho n?ht of tho on .anco was lined with nuns u,,,< 111,0 l". ' i Spaniards stampeded after tiring a ew i I.o oitv of tluautanamo Hon four in i I os up tho bay anil a *>'?0 nd, Mimboat came down to help ho shore batteries. Hut she stayed just hum unouph to turn around. Tho main foil hoa within Iho nl> limits luul in still to bo reduced but t iM not in a dillioult position autl the American officers -ay ? ? i? fifteen minutes when denired no Marhlohoinl, Dolphin, \ u?n and t wo cull ion. have been oil the o.tlraoee -of the harbor for acvornl days and y oh for day morn inn they sailod i-ito ho e lan .uel, a mile further up, 1wl1,0,0,U?\ opened lire, Hendinj; 1W ?ho Is at o forts un tho loft. 'Iho n.Hs on ?ho( 1 t ot tho entrance was done! od Ihoio mo no dofeiicoH on fho right side of tho '"'^o ntiompt was inndo to laud until the Oregon Hleauieil in early Ihis moi ir ,?.r Captain Clark iniiiiwluil?!y H-iit pi inarines .and an from the Marble head followed. I hoy found u i deuee of a very hasty departuio by Iho Spa.>iai dn. Walchev, han.uioeUH and aniinnuition were binMorod abouf ho earthwc.rks ami a Spauish ^ ?H round m ??uo of the nllo pits. ' ho 11 Uo detaol.iuont of marines hold the t.laee until the Punther ut rived, when they wero reealled and the ?ork of j ciiibarkation hoijftii. Iho fbst boat load had searooly Iniidod wheu the n ? latro burst into Ihunos. (,ompau\ 1J, under liioutomint Hall, was the first ashore and without tho loss of a mo iiient, the column started up the steep rock v hillside to the oarthwurku. I For "an hour a bruwn eolumu of uia tlleil ?l> ?'? WM1' ov..i.tuaUy lukinj! n|. ? at tho top of the hill. As soon as tho American Hag was ?wnntr out to tho breeze from tho fln? staff of .the captured Spanish camp, tho >iej,o ^ n Ht earned away to rej<>in ho leot ofl Santiago. The niariues ^llhollUe n bition unlit the arrival of .lieexicccd ti uop-" "1 the incailtltno PCOUting in the vioii.it v w ith the Marbloheail, \ ixen and Dolphin lying by to protoct them. Hear Admiral Sampson uowhuwi Inn hor and a Iiiiho uf supplies on the sout h sido ol tho island, and troops can ho landed at will. The iiooV ? I anther reached tho lloet oirHuntii go early today. <>n hor way | oyer he VuHOinito it roil a do/on shells iulo the port of Daigtinri ( Hjh?i mt i). but ie ceived no rospoiiBe. ( hiaiitananin in but 10 miles east of Santiuuu do I. ul.a and i>? a splendid locution for a lm?o of supplies for tlio blockading (loot, ? 1 iil'.'li.K.uei.t or l*u telly ' Alleging infringements of patents on stenm river and liarbor dreilgofl, A1 phonbo Howers has sued t ,?.ll,ove^"' inuiit, in California I'edoral Courts for !?'?<), ??00. __ Ml )|>I I loll Improving. A private dispatch received nt Mridsid from Manila, tinted Juno 8, represents t lie situation there as beiiiK slightly im proved. It says: "In spite of the in surrection in tho province, the capital is rosolvod upon resistance. Tho spirit of the people is excellent. The defenses lia ym heen inci eased; fresh nnttuliouH of volunteers linvo not ventured to make an attack." Kxpcllcil from I'orto Klco. Mr. Waller ftott, who is suid to have been a secretary of Mr. Crawford, tho (?ntifh con f- til nt Mnn Junn dn I'orto itie.o, the latter now acting for the United Hlutos, has heen expelled from i'orto Rico. Sir. Holt, it appears, was accused of communicating information to tho iJnited States authorities con cerning the mines and fortifications of Kail Juan. > Over lOO Clerk* !>??<? harge<l. The largest clerical reduction in the pension bureau for sotne yearn was ef fected by the dismissal of 'over 100' Herks and a number of the corps of iweial examiners. The action follow* reduction. of tho appropriation. f a leana Towrto; A tornado descended on Riddleville a small town 00 milaa from SaaAntonio, hand three people were killed. A bof'e I |>itWl waa crashed end Im l< falallj in jured. Several ower people were In j arad by the tnmadft , Jtodt iiem? afrJ TO ANNttlll' V I K i lll'J SI' A M A?II>"S. A n ' Illicit ions 1< or in 1(1 iit'ic invention. \ Ti ni'MM) inn-' Mid put nolle WoHturiiOi' Ims jii^t hoouiod a patent for tho most i uiuui Kuliln wm eu record, witU w hich hepropot-cft toinow flown ntminfl ItliO w hctd in the harvest liiuo. lU fftot, tliltf pcoultai and tun ddo dortth-deftliug devico t an I'o likened imlu h mowing machine mot n analogously tlinii any thing else, t"i ( hi< |'il rposo of explain ing tin manipulation I lu> blades usual ly iiftod foi cutting tho grain stalks aro replaced with sharp bayonets, follow ing ouch othei rapidly with a deadly pl tiii^i* lor w mi <t I'ho cat i lace of till auatom v ?jAu'JQtur i t?^T m | > | >ii i at us consist'* ol front ami lf*at' bucks mounted on wheels, ami thosO ti lick* support audcairt i ho operating moans for Hotting this human harvester in working order. Tho front ami rear trucks a io piv otally connected I ?.v moans of a roach bar, ?o tliat tho device may l>o turned in a comparatively small space. Mou n toil on tho ux!o of tho forward truck is a driving Hiiroekot, winch may ho tlpown into and out of action with tho uxlo by moans of an oidinnry friction eluteji, according to tho will of the inn ii 1 1 ? 1 1 hit or of I lo< imicluuo. "I Ik i j* sprocket whool communicates inollou, t lit oil;: h a i-nitahlo sprocket chain, to * stagge'cil crunk m h ii f t mounted in a 1 1 it i no w ot l> , w Inch is supported at tho lorwaid olid of (ho machine by a suit able hiij;oii lotiguo. which also projects lot w it 1 1 1 frt>oi tln> Ire lit truck. To thin eiunlv shall, colinoctod hy pitmau links, aio tlm reciprocating bayonots, winch woilc in snlow ays pro v ith'd in I ho frame, no that w lion tho device is moved it turns tho wheels, ami oonse<ptently tho axle i? rovolved, carrying with it tho sprocket wheel, which has previously boon thrown into operative engagement by means ol the clutch, before refeiTofl to. Vs the sprocket whool tin us it tfatis inits motion through its chain in tho crank shaft, w hich, by reason of itij po culiar formation, operates tho bayonets and caiiaeu thorn to move rapidly bade ami forth, carrying deuth at every thrust. Thoso bayonets operate a suf ficient difltanco above tho ground to enable thorn to stab a mini of avtyrtigo height as tho apparatus chargon trfmn t* column of cavalry. \ A series of vibrating or uwinuiug h words are mounted on the forward end of the flame work, beneath the bayonote, and a set is also provided at tho end of the rear truck. These swords hang downwardly and ronrwardly in a slant ing manner, ho that they cannot fail to to carve tho carcass of any unfortunate that may bo thrown beneath tboiu. \ strong in an t in mounted at tho oou tre of tho frame, between the two tirnks, and selves to support the onor iiioim weight of tho bayoyets and their operating mechanism, >wliicli would otherwise bo taken I A' Hie wayon ton/; ue, and censc?|uei\|ly fall upou ' the horses, 'i'ho horses ai'v inclosed iu a hollow frame bet w con tlni Front trucft* and tho bavonet frame, ami are hitched to tho truck, Buitablo whittle trees be ing attached to tho wagon tongue for that purpose. liIC<?INNIN<J TO ADMIT 1 MINUS. Frank Sfartio, whit*^ Wharton. Teia*, for bii BW^|wiS^SlS Til? tJermaii l'rcHs Now Much Con cerned Atiout .S|iiiIii'k UuikIIIIoii, A 1 though tlio .fin ti American foolitig^''* coiitinuoB at' lierlin, tho Jntoot war uows, coupled with offlciul warnings that such comments woro endangering the commercial iutereatH of (termany, have compelled the newspapers to modi fy their ultra pro-Spanish sympathies and Homo of them are beginning toad in it that Spain in in a perilous condi tion. Tho Deutsche Zoitung save is think!) the moment Lina arrived for diplomatic intervention in regard to-tho Philippine Islands, and energetically, iih wo cannot- -allow tho islandato past into the hands of America." ' 1 ho Yossischo Hays; "in tlio Philip pines, Spain'a puui:dimout.for centuries of misrule in imminent. The ofuul rnaa sacro of the pati iot lliu/.al and fljou sauds of 'i'uguls find* a hloody rocdin- i ponbo. " Tho Vussielio is tho firBtyJil'l^ I i n paper to publish tho report# of a special correspondent sent to /lixmpa, Fin. I Tho Post, of thiii cily, ndnwits that Spain's allaira have arrived at a critical-' a late und say a: "if, in addition to other misfortune*, tho throne is upset a civil war, Spain would loso all the sympathy hitherto folt former by the - continental powers. Want the Vesuvius Tried. Tho advocates of tho dynamite gun as a weapon of warfaro are urging the authorities at Washington to bring the dynamite cruiser ? Vesuvius into more active service, where she can demon strate her ability agaiuat the fortifies* tions at Santiago aud other points of attaok. The Vesuvius has on board three sizes of tho dynamite projectiles, namely, those carrying 60Q pounds of dynamite, v?o pounds and 100 pounds. Homo of tho naval officers tliink the Vesuvius has not trained her guns upon Santiago thua far because of the feeling of danger ythich attends the handling of these gun's. It is said that if a Spanish shot pierced tho Vesuvine? and k'ot into her dynamite magazine, it would result in ? terrifie explosion sad tho wiping out of ship, officers and. crow. There ia considerable hesitan cy also over tiring these huge masse* of dyuaniito, as naval officers believe that it ha9 not .yet J>een proved that thov will not explode before getting linger way. .? - ' Let it rroc?t<l. Tho Kruz-Zeitung, lierlin, im it can affirm the report* that a confiden tial interchange of opinion is taki place between several of th* povMjp regard to mediation between the United Mate*. - ... ? -