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THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., JUNE 10, 1898. .‘5 CHIPS OF THE OLD BLOCK. iirumlsons of Admiral SnninrH ?»ov/ In tin* Army and Navy. Mfmi m>, Juno M — Three of ib.O pramlsons of Aflniiral Haphael Seninu :-. wlio rnnimanded the fanimis •'onfwlar- ato com me mi dcstvoyer Alabama, ai'; now in thoarmv nml mivv of (he United NINE STEAMEK n DAMAGED. Queen mi. P They are t!i ns of (leuera The Fleet of Transports Willi Troops For Santiago Has Slight Delay. CHIPS REFUSE TO ttTAT* ~.' r \J UixA Ko Reason (liven For (lie Unexpected ! Jfileli In the Siillin^ of the Army o» j Oceunntlon—CMUcials Say Iloats Are Under Way at Last. "Wasihnuton, June 14.—Official in- | fonuatim lias reached VVasliiiiston to the effect that the fleet of transports, | with troops for Santiago, which was 1 supposed to have left yesterday for i Cuba, had not sailed up to an early hour j this morning. No reason has been ; stated, so far as can he learned, for this , very unexpected delay in the niotemeut ! against Santiago. The officials positively decline to dis- ! cuss the matter, but clearly show by j their manner that the news is most j unwelcome. Later advices received during the! afternoon show that a start actually was j made yesterday’, but that the movement dragged and that many of the ships did not move until sonic time this forenoon. It is supposed that all the vessels are now fairly under way. The public probably will be fully informed tomor row concerning the movement, as the authorities here have determined to Withdraw the censorship thus far en forced from Florida points some time tomorrow. Allowing three days for the trip, Gen eral Shafter’s forces will be in the vi cinity of Santiago by Friday noon and it is expected that the debarkation will take the rest of that day and night and part of the following day. Preparations are being matured for an advance on Porto Rico. Admiral Sampson has been instructed to be ready to detach a portion of his licet to move on San Juan at short notice, it is prob able that he will place Commodore Schley in command of the fleet that will attack the Porto Rican capital. Major Generals Coppinger and Lee, who will command the army that is to invade Porto Rico, have been for a week preparing their troops to sail. This army cannot be put in readiness to leave Tampa for two weeks. The transports that are moving troops to Santiago will lie largely depended upon to transport the troops to Porto Rico, as there arc but few other steamers suitable for the purpose. The fleet will destroy the fortifica tions at San Juan before the army reaches there, thus making an opening for the troops. It is now believed that the navy will attack San Juan within tho next ten days. L. K. Wright, who married the admi ral's daughter. General Wright was himself an artillery officer in tho con federate. army. One son, a cadet at Annapolis, is now with Sampson’s fleet; another is a ser geant in the First Tcnnmsee volunteers, and another, E. E. Wright, has been commissioned a major in the Fourth Tennessee volunteers. Another confederate celebrity, Dab ney* Scales, left here yesterday lor naval service. Scales was a classmate of Cap tain Sands of the Columbia, at Annap olis, and was a lieutenant on the con- i federate cruiser Shenandoah, the last to | surrender. He goes to the 1'isbhawk at j Philadelphia. Bodies of tho Uarines Killed at Guantanamo Hacked In Barbarous Fashion. SAMPSON ON THE BATTLE New Y^k c Dksuati'oun Attempt to Cross < hiirlotte Mound. Vicror.iA, B. a, Jam M.—Tho cap tain of the stt amur Lapwing, which has jnst returned from Alert bay, reports that nine sternwbvi 1 steamers of n fleet of lo have been seriously damaged while attempting to cross Queen injun d vessels they m nr r* iirui t a U Charlotte sound. Tin SfiGSSTA ISFu! IF !L Premier Desires the Struggle Stopped at Once. FUENCII URGE SURRENDER Rear Admiral Reports to the Navy Department—Now Absolutely No Doubt About ('i rvera and His Whole Fleet Bring at Santiago. Washington*, June 14.—Tho navy de partment today posted the following bulletin, dated Mole St. Nicholas, Juno 13, from Admiral Sampson: “Lieutenant Blue just returned after a detour of TO statute miles of observa tion of the harbor of Santiago do Cuba. He reports Spanish fleet is ail there. The Spanish attacked vigorously tho camp at' Guantanamo. An outpost of j four marines were killed and their President Still Determined to Knter j bodies mutilated barbarously. Surgeon Into No Negotiations Based on the Gibbs uas killed. Return of the Phillpplncs-Spanlsl. Tho last goring doubt that may ,, have existed as to the presence ofCer* Dynasty May \ ot ball. .. . ,, vera s fleet, in its entirety, in Santiago ‘Washington, June 14.—The proba- harbor, was removed when Admiral bilities of an oarlv peace between the Sampson s dispatch reached the nary _ , .. . ' . ,, • i department last night. Up to that Luited States and . pain are . . time information as to the number aud topic of conversation among diplomats, character of tho vessels lying in tho Already Franco is trying to convince harbor, shielded from observation in Spain that the time is ripe for a peace great part by the hills at the entrance, proposal, actuated, so eminent diplo- KOurce8> SU p p ] onUinto( l l )ysu Ju g l im p,es mats say, by her largo nuaaags j ns could be obtained by naval officers Spanish securities. ; from the outside entrance. The state department has received ! Now, however, according to Lieuten- .... i , • . c . . - -ii i ant Blue, the ships have been actually unoihcial advices that Sagasta is will- ’ 1 — • 7 - iug that peace negotiations should be pijt in at Port Alexander, where will lie repaired. The Pilgrim, G. 1L Gruutles and 1). K. Campbell have their steam pi jws ! broken. The steam schooner Albion, I which was with the fleet, was convoyed ! and aided in its distress by tin tugs I Resolute aud Holyoke. Tho Oil City ontiuned mi their way 1 across the Round. All the vessels were built at Seattle. Captain Pierson of the schooner Eat- , tier, which has arrived from Cook’s in let, states that tho schooner Alton of , Tacoma, with six men on hoard, was probably lost during a t< vero gale on May 37. sweas m at 9m An Editor and Count Boniface de Castellano Fight. FORMER BADLY WOUNDED Victor tho Husband of liina Gould of Now York—Comments on an Act ol One of Ills Servants the Cause of the Meeting. Paths, Juno M.—Count Boniface do Castellano, who married Miss Anna Gould of New* York, fought a duel this morning with M. Henri Turot of The Petite Republiquo Francaiso. Three /mi -‘ft- /')>■ ■>.. * -v '• - * Cv *. i BLANCO FAILS ONCE MORE. General Attempts to Lure Our Ship: Within Battery Range. Key West, June 14.—Captain Gen eral Blanco has apparently ndt yet abandoned the hope of luring the Amer ican warships within range of the Ha vana batteries. He tried it again on last Friday morning, but with no better success than in his previous attempts. Advices received here today are to tho effect that tiveJSpanish ships ran out to the mouth of Havana harbor on the day mentioned aud headed in an easterly direction. The vessels of the blockad ing squadron were lying well off shore, the nearest not being closer than 3,000 yards. Upon sighting the Spaniards they ran in a short distance and opened fire on them. The volley of the shot and shell brought no response from the enemy, but the quintette of ships speedily turned tail aud, hugging the shore, ran back into the harbor. The American ships, however, did not accept the bait, and made no further attempt to molest them. The character of the Spanish boats could not be positively fixed on account of the distance, but American officers who participated in the affair say one or two were small gunboats of the class which has been maneuvering all along the north coast in futile efforts to draw the American ships within the lire of tho Spanish batteries. opened at once. Diplomats familiar with tho Spanish people say that upon learning of another victory by the United States similar to that of Admiral Dewey the populace will overthrow the i dynasty. Should this happen the war might ho prolonged indefinitely. The people have been so deluded that they believe Span ish arms are superior to those of tho United States, and will insist upon try ing conclusions. President McKinley and Secretary Day will not enter into negotiations based on the return of the Philippines. | Spain must submit to the terms of tho United States. She will be permitted ! to offer propositions after the negotia- j tions are begun, but until that time she ] must sue for peace without any reserva- ; tion. From the preparations being made it appears as though the Philippine islands are to be held indefinitely. According to the best information the islands will be occupied by the United States troops even though Spain offers to pay an in- | demnity. The president has announced that no peace propositions will be considered I seen by an American oflicer, counted and inspected from such points of van tage as were afforded by the high hills surrounding the harbor. The officials here are lull of praise for Lieutenant Blue’s achievement. Ho was, in tho eye of military law, nothing more nor less than a spy, and had he been cap tured by the Spaniards he would ha\ been tried by drumhead courtmartial and executed. Considering tho fact that the marine fight at Guantanamo last Saturday night was really the first engagement of the war on shore. Admiral Sampson’s reference to the affair in his dispatch posted this morning was remarkably brief. Hence it is inferred that perhaps not much importance had been attached to it by the public. The action of Lieutenant Colonel Huntington in removing his men to a [ more secure point than tho exposed po- | sition occupied by them on crest heights is taken here as an indication that no , movement is to be attempted by tho i marine corps, but that it will limit its operations to the defense of a small point in Guantanamo harbor to protect ! the coaling of our warships and perhaps i to serve as a cable station when th< necessary operators and instruments are COUNT DE CASTELLANS, rounds were fought, with swords, and M. Turot was wounded in each round, twice slightly and the third time se verely in the right forearm, thus end ing the duel. The dispute which led to the meeting grew out of M. Turot’s comments upon an act of infanticide committed by a servant in the count's household. Immediately a'ter the Castellane-Tu* 0 | rot duel, M. Gerault Richard of Tho Present Acting Rear Admiral Will Become Commodore at an Early Day. OTHER CHANGES IN NAVY Several Oilers Retire on Account oS Age During the Next Few Months, (treat Compliment For Man Now In Charge of Our West Indian Fleet. Washington, Juno 14.—Acting Ad miral William T. Sampson, command- , ing tho naval forces operating m tho West Indies, whose actual rank in tho navy is that of captain, will become a commodore on July 3 by the statutory n tiremeut for age of Rear Admiral William A. Kirkland, commandant of the Mare Island, Cal., uavyyard, who is now the ranking officer of the navy. In tho event of tho successful per- i formauce of the important duties as- j signed to him in the West Indies, in- : eluding tho capture and occupation of Santiago do Cuba aud San Juan de | Porto Rico, of which his friends have no doubt whatever, Captain Sampson is also assured of further promotion to tho , actual rank of Rear Admiral, being the I highest grade to which ho can attain, unless congress shall re-create the grade? | of admiral or vice admiral for Ins special benefit. Those offices were established during 1 tho war of tho rebellion and lapsed wi:h i tho death of their incumbents, Admiral : Porter aud Vice Admiral Rowan. The | plan of promotion adopted by President i McKinley in the case of Admiral Dewey l and his captains for their great achieve ment in the harbor of Manila undoubt edly will be followed in case of similar j victories by Admiral Sampson and his captains on this side of the water. In addition to Admiral Kirkland fivo other admirals will retire during tiie next few mouths by operation of law on account of age. They are Admiral Joseph N. Miller, commanding the Pa cific station; Admiral Montgomery Si- card, president of the naval war board; ' Admiral E. O. Matthews, president of j the examining and retiring board; Ad- I miral F. S. Bunce, commanding the j New York navyyard, and Admiral g. I S. Norton, commandant of the Wash- I iugton navyyard. With the exception of Admiral Mil- ler, all of these officers are likely to bo retained in their present places after their retirement during the continuance i of tho war with Spain, because of tho ! nonavailability of officers on the active list to take their places. Retired offi- ; cers are subject to duty of this kind in time of war at the discretion of the | president. It is different, however, with Admiral Miller. He is in com mand of a fleet and retired officers are not eligible for such duty unless village. THE WREK’5 WAR DIARY Brief Record of Happenings Stncff Our Lnst Isiuc. Spaniards at M.i-illu Yield. Advices from Kong !Yng Wednesday Riid the Spanish garri.-on at Manila, rather than be mu-.-acred hv the insur gents, had yielded to ti.o Am- :i.u is as prisoners of war. Spanish Warships Oil Culm. A government tug arrived at Key West Thursday and reported that four strange vessels, siu posed to be Spanish warships trying to elude the blockade squadron and enter Havana or lying in wait for the American transports, had been sighted north of Cuba. The news caused much uneasiness at Washington and orders were sent to Admiral Sampson directing him to use every precaution in conducting tho army safely to Santiago. Four Negro Regulars Killed. From a private letter received in Sa vannah Thursday it was learned that :v fight b 'tween United States regulars and volunteers took place at Tampa Monday night, the news having been suppressed by tho telegraph censor. Drunken negro regulars and white volunteers from the south were tho combatants, and when the smoko of battle cleared away it was found that four of the former were dead and sev eral badly wounded. Sixteen Warships as Convoys. Rumors to the effect that Spanish warships were cruising in southern wa ters resulted Friday in the dispatch of au American fleet of 10 warships to serve as a convoy for tho troopships ; from that place. It was announced that the transports, which were said to have sailed for Cuba Wednesday, had been ordered back when news of the enemy lying in wait reached Washington. Another Town Bombarded. Several American warships Friday bombarded Baiqnirt, some distance east of Aguadores, aud near the railway lino to Santiago de Cuba. Spanish official advices from Santiago asserted that tho bombardment caused no damage. Six Hundred Marines Landed. According to advices received via Port Antonio, Jamaica, Saturday, tho inva sion of Cuba by the American forces began Friday, when 000 marines pitched their tents about the smoking ruins of the outer fortifications at Guantanamo and the stars and stripes for the first time were hoisted on a Spanish flagstaff. Forty marines from the battleship Or egon went ashore and occupied the left entrance of the bay until the troopship Panther arrived with <>00 marines. These, under the command of Lieu tenant Colonel R. W. Huntington, ar rived at 3 o’clock, aud within half an hour they had burned the buildings of the Spanish camp aud hud set fire to the until after armies of occupation have j secured from Cape Haytien to euable landed at Porto Rico, the Philippines | and Cuba. The president knows that | with troops on the islands and a mill- l tary government in operation much bet- ! ter terms can be made with Sjiain. The expeditions to the Philippines should i Sampson to reopen the cut cable. It does not follow by any moans that tho place seized and held by the marines on Guantanamo bi^* is to be used as a point of debarkation of the United States troops now on their way to Cuba. land and occupy the islands within a j On the contrary there is the best reason short time. Marines have already landed in Cuba, thus bringing that much nearer tho consideration of peace, aud a move ment will shortly be made on Porte Rico. NO FEAR OF CADIZ FLEET. Spain Will Hardly Expose Her Only Ships to Onr Slid Is. Washington, June 14 —Navy depart- 1 ment officials do not believe that the Cadiz fleet, which is reported about | ready to sail, will attempt to cross tho Atlantic. If tho fleet leaves at all, it is ! thought that it will merely go out on a blind sea cruise for tho effect it will i have at home. With her Asiatic squadron destroyed by Admiral Dewey and the Cape Verde 1 fleet as good as captured, it is u<5t thought that Spain will expose its only | remaining fleet to the shells of Admiral : Sampson, which would mean certain ; capture or destruction. However, if the Cadiz fleet comes this | side of the ocean, fast scouts, which are to believe that another point very much adapted for a landing has been selected. , The officials here were very reluctant ! to believe that the Spanish who fought j the marines at Crest Heights had been ; guilty of the horrible barbarism of mu- | tilatiug the bodies of soldiers. The first press reports, by some of the officers, were supposed to be based upon fhe hor- : rible wounds inflicted under certain con- | ditions of range by the steel clad bullet 1 of tbo Mauser rifles. Admiral Sampson’s report, however, seems to remove all doubt on that j point, for his surgeons undoubtedly . would be able to distinguish at once be- j tween the effects of a bullet and of a machete. MARINES AGAIN FIRED ON. United States Forces Once More At tacked Ly Spaniards. New Yoke, June 44.—A special dated off Camainera, June 13, via Mole St. Nicholas today, reports that there was Petite Republiquo Francaiso and M. Bernard, a Socialist deputy, fought a bloodliss duel of six engagements. MYSTERY CLEARED AWAY. Identity of the Man Shot In Alameda Is Established. Sax Francisco, June 14.—Tho mys tery surrounding the identity of Hugh W. Williams, who was shot during a quarrel at the home of Mrs. Abbie Gregory in Alameda, is partly cleared away by documents found in the room of the dead man which show that he received letters from England addressed “Sir Hugh W. Williams, Bart , E. G. E., M. I. C. E.” This would indicate that Sir Hugh Williams was a baronet, a fellow of the Geological society and member in civil engineering. At one time Wil liams was a member of the great ma chine firm of J. E. H. Andrew & (Jo. of Redditch, England. Williams left England a few years ago and went to Victoria, B. C. Then he located in Seattle for a time and finally came to this city iu order to try to make a fortune in gas machine pat ents that he owned. specially authorized by act of congress. Admiral Kirkland is a native of North Carolina, and it is his purpose to make his home in that state when he is re lieved from duty. Of the seven rear admirals only two are in command of fleets—Admiral Miller, commanding tho Pacific squadron, and Admiral Dewey, commanding the Asiatic squadron. Of the six officers having flag commands, two are full rear admirals, one an act ing rear admiral and the others are commodores. Admiral Miller, the senior officer, has three vessels in his squadron and acting Rear Admiral Sampson, the junior of them-all, has over 70 vessels under his command. Numerous shots were fired by the Spauiards, but none of them landed, aud nio Americans were injured. Americans Killed In Cuba. Lieutenant Colonel R. W. Hunting ton’s battalion of marines, which landed from the transport Panther on Friday and encamped on the hill guarding tho abandoned cable station at the entrance to the harbor of Guantanamo, was at tacked by Spanish guerrillas and regu lars at 3 o’clock Saturday afternoou. The fighting was almost contiuous for 15 hours until 6 o’clock Sunday morn ing, when reinforcements were landed The last mimed officer does not at- i from the United States cruiser Marble- Second Manila Expedition. Mare Island Navyyard, Cal., Juno 14.—The monitor Monadnock and tho collier Nero will probably leave here on Wednesday in time to accompany tho second expedition to tho Philippines. All the work necessary to bo done on the Monadnock will be completed today aud the Nero will be out of drydock to night. She will have to coal at San Francisco, bnt arrangements have been made to expedite her loading and there will be but little delay on this account. Another Recruiting Station. Birmingham, Ala., June 14.—Lieu tenant Jarvis of the Fifth infantry, stationed up to a short while since in Atlanta, at Fbrt McPherson, has come here and opened a recruiting station. He will remain here a few weeks. A large number of other stations for vol unteers under Colonel Sargent have been opened in Birmingham and in the state, while the First Alabama regi ment has a recruiting station hero also. Astor Battery Is Coming. Pittsburg, June 14.—The Astor bat tery of New York, consisting of 98 men and three officers, reached Pittsburg over the Penusylvania railroad at 8:55 o’clock this morning and left an hour later for the west. The train was made up of three Pullmans and two baggage cars. War Loan Oversubscribed. > Washington, June 14.—Treasury offi cials say the indications are that tho $200,000,000 loan will be largely over subscribed. a renewal Sunday of the Spanish at- scouring the sea for Spanish ships, will J tacks on the marines, i inmediatsly report its presence to Ad- j The fighting is said to have lasted all miral Sampson and before damage can | through Sunday night, Camp McCalla be done it will be intercepted by tho American fleet. The Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Yale, Harvard and Yankee, which have been coaling at Newport News, are to bo used as spouts to patrol the seas day and night in search for the enemy. These ships are the fastest in the navy and would quickly discover tho Spanish fleet. Savannah Furnishing Water. Savannah, June 14.—The tank steam ship Maverick, which has been here loading water to he used by the troops at Key West, sailed today. The city sells the artesian water to the govern ment for 4 cents for 1,000 gallons, a fig ure considerably below what they could get it for at Key West, or from other points. The success of the Maverick’s trip appears to be assured, and it is said the government will soon send other vessels here for water for the fleets, as well as for the soldiers. Troops Remain gt Mobile. Mohkj?, June 14. — Orders were re ceived about midnight countermanding all orders relative to the movement of troops from here to Mount Vernon. No explanation of the change is obtainable. It is surmised that it means that the troops will be sent to the front. Spain Is Ready to Yield. Brussels, June 14.—The private sec retary of the Spanish premier is quoted today in a dispatch from Madrid, pub lished here, as formally declaring that the Spanish government wiljdLow ac cept any pence proposal not Remitted by the enemy. and Crest Hill being attacked by greatly j superior forces of the Spanish. The United States battleship Texas, the gunboat Marblehead and the collier Abarcnda supported the marines by di- 1 rooting a fire upon tho coast, and par ticularly the bushes, which, all through these encounters, have served to screen the movements of the Spauiards. Philippine Natives Barred. San Francisco, June 14.—A general order has been issued to the effect that no native Philippines shall be enlisted in the army of the United States. Among the recruits 'or Company L, Seventh California volunteers, is Oug Q. Tow, a Chinese, who was born iu this state 25 year* ago. He is a citizen and a qualified voter of the town of Santa Ana. lieutenant Bernard and a detail of men from the Tenth Pennsyl vania have gone back home to recruit the regiment to its maximum streiujh. They expect to return with the tfiaSi- sary men within a month. BIG PANIC AT LIVERPOOL. Collapse of Loiter Wheat Corner Af fects the KugUsh Market. London, June 14.—Tho collapse of the Loiter wheat corner has caused a panic in the Liverpool wheat market. The news of the collapse was received with equanimity in London. The con sensus of opinion of a number of oper ators on Mark Lane is that “the Eng lish markets will gain steadiness now that tho plunger operating without re gard to market precedence is shaken i out.” It is asserted on Mark Lane that the collapse was due to Messrs. Armour and Pillsbury. The newspapers generally rejoice at the break of wheat. The Star says: “If the prime mover in this war against mankind is beggardby his greed the retribution is well merited. Noth- tain the actual rank of a flag officer un til he becomes a commodore next month’ by the retirement of Admiral Kirkland, j His rank as captain, which he now bears in the naval register, would not ordinarily entitle him to a higher com mand than that of a single vessel, aud in j putting him in command of the largest ! aud most powerful fleet that was ever gathered under the United States flag the president found it necessary to give him the nominal rank of acting rear ad* i miral. That designation clothed him with all the authority necessary to the exe- ! cation of the highly important duty confided to him, but carried with it no I increase of pay or emoluments and no permanency of rank. No greater com pliment was ever iiaid an officer of tho United States navy. SAN JUAN FORTS NOT HURT. Steamer Tj’rlan Brings News of the Porto Rican Bombardment. New York, June 14.—The British steamer Tyrian, which sailed from Sun Juan de Porto Rico on Juno 6, arrived today. Captain An grove reports that tho Spanish torpedo destroyer Terror was in port when he sailed with steam up and stored with coal, water and provisions. On arriving at San Juan the Terror’s boilers were leaking. Repairs were made and some tubes were fitted in the boilers. head aud the Spaniards were driven back. Four of our men were killed and one wounded. American dead: Assitant Surgeon John Blair Gibbs of Richmond, Ya. Sergeaut Charles H. Smith of Small wood. Private William Dunphy of Glou cester, Muss. Private James McColgan of Slone- ham, Mass. Corporal Glass was accidently injured in the head. The Spanish loss, while not known, was probably considerable. Spaniards Again Open Fire. News was received Monday of another attack on the American marines at Guantanamo. The Spaniards opened a lively fire, which was promptly an swered, and iu a short time all signs of the enemy had disappeared. As a result of this second attack Lieu tenant Colonel Huntington decided to abandon the position first occuoied, there being no signs of reinforcements of troops, and accordingly camp waa broken and tents were pitched on the side of a hill near the harbor, under the protection of United States warships. Army of Invasion Sails. The First division of United States troops to begin the invasion of Cuba sailed from Key West Monday. The expedition comprised 773 officers and 14,564 enlisted men, all under the com mand of Major General Shafter. A large force of transports conveyed the troops under the convoy of a strong * Ordered to Jacksonville. Cheyenne, Wy., June 14. — Orders have been received by Colonel J. L. Torrey for the Second volunteer cav alry to move from Fort D. A. Russell with their horses to Jacksonville, Fla. The regiment is thoroughly uniformed, armed and equipped, and considering the short time it has been organised it has reached a high state of perfection. St. Thomas In the Dark. 8t. Thomas, Danish West Indies, Jnne 14.—No farther war news wus ob tained here this morning. Captain Angrove says that very little damage was caused by the bombard ing can atone for the awful suffering ment by Admiral Sampson’s fleet on Leiter and his accomplices have caused.” May 13. The forts were not iniured. One church had a hole in each end Big Exposition at Winnipeg. j w here a large shell passed through. The Washington, June 14.—In a report to captain said he visited all of the forts to squadron of warships, ranging from the the state department United States Con- see the result of the assault, but could immense battleship to the small gun- •ul Graham at Winulnee savs that the observe nothing unusual. At the gate- boat and the armed fast sailing yacht, sul Graham, at Winnipeg, says that tho way of one of the forts stands an nuex- Th United States regain troops Winnipeg Industrial Exposition asso- ploded American ^iell, which is kept !art of th . elation will hold its eishth animal exoo- there as a souvenir m*de up the greater i»rt of the force. There w^re in ^rt the Alphonso XHI there being but three volunteer organ!- and four of the old style gunboats. rations on the sbips. These were the Seventy-first New York aon win noia ns eigurn annual expo- on at Winnipeg from July 11 to 18 :t, and urges a liberal patronage by nufacturers and dealers of the United oiation wiU_hold its eighth annual expo sition next, manufacturers and States as the best means of bring i?g American goods to the favorable notice of the people f the dominion. More Trouble For Leiter. New York, June 14.—Justice Daley of the supreme court has issued an at tachment against the property of Joseph Leiter, the wheat speculator of Chicago, for $793,934, in favor of Otto E. Lohrke, William P. Callaghan and William Knight, grain dealers, for money ad vanced. Three Spanish Vessels Off. London, Jnne 14. — Three Spanish infantry volunteers, the Second chusetts infantry volunteers and two steamers lying at Liverpool recently, dismounted squadrons of four troops the Gablego, Navarro and Palentiuc, renamed the Comin, La Juno and I‘a- lestro, sailed for St. John yesterday. each from the First United States vol unteer cavalry. Bids For the War Loan. The war revenue bill was signed by President McKinley Monday and Secre tary of the Treasury Gage at-ouce is- No Word From Santiago. Port au Prince, June 14.—No war news has been received here up to this sued a circular inviting bids for tho hour today frost Santiago de Cubs or $200,000,000 of 3 per cent bonds elsewhere. I thorized by the BMasure.