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THE COUNTY RECORD. ] Published Every Thursday -AT~ ( KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, v B T LOUIS J. BRISTOW, Editor aad Proprietor. : = | The pastor of a Christian church at Hanford, Cal., has been "grubstaked" by three friends for a two years' sojourn in Alaska, and the congregation agrees to care for his family during J his absence, on condition that if he strikes it "rich" he will pay oft' the church debt. The Italian minister of instruction has issued a circular to the directors of ^ schools, iu which he complains that < instruction in domestic duties is too much neglected iu the schools for ( girls, the instruction imparted being j planned, seemingly, with special ref- ] erence to the few who want to become s teachers. -a * The Iowa state board of health has IWUUiaiCUUCil lUrtl Vinro ?im\i iv????.. tlie state prohibit the riding of bicy- < cle3 on the streets with handle-bars ) more than four inches lower than the saddle, and that wheelmen be re- . quired to hold their heads in a position 1 to command a view of the street ahead for at least 200 feet. All this is in the interest of health,especially the health of the man who does not ride a wheel. The record of the Bank of France, as a bulwark of public and private > qredit in that country, is one to be protid of,says the Bufi'alo Commercial. Secretary Gage spoke of that remarkable institution it is not a government bank, by the way at the Cham ber of Commerce dinner in Pittsburg as "flie largest note-issuing bank in the v world." Its notes are based on its I assets. Its total circulation is at least /?750,000,000. During the war with J Germany it advanced to the French j government not less than $2S0,000,000, "besides supplying all the commercial needs of the French people." It suspended specie payments, but gold went to a premium of only 1 to 2 1-2 per cent., most of the time remaining at the first named fisure. In this coun- 1 I . try, in the July of 18t>l, gold was at 258. After the war and the commune, the Bank of France was found standing like a rock. Thiers said it had saved the country, and that it could not have done so if it had been a government bauk. A foreign authority makes the following remarks about women and eat; ing: "For many years past the tiny appetite has been out of fashion, and girls Uave taken to eaung so nearuiy, that it was only a question of time how soon the doctors would publicly rebuke them for eating themselves into their graves. The time has come, and a medical authority lays it down that women, as a rule, eat too much. Of course, the bicycling maiden and the golfing girl require more than their grandmothers did to sustain them in their arduous amusements, and with them the increased nppefite may be healthy, but the majority of women take-very little active exercise,and yet they eat almost as heartily as do their men folk." This is a serious enough state of affairs. Perhaps if the risk were only that of life, women would inot change their ways in this respect. But there is a more serious side to the Question. Overeating without exer cise produces a muddy complexion. That ought to settle it and bring about J the proper reform. i < "A Philadelphia physician" says the ! Philadelphia Record, "has a plan that J he claims will w<yiderfuily mitigate i the suffering of a man whose body ! has been perforated by the modern i small calibre bullet. It is well established that the velocity and penetrat ing force of these bullets are so great that nuless they chance to strike a bone they will pass entirely through a i mau's l>o<ly without his knowing it. i. The physician's idea is to attach a /, t small w ad of antiseptic cotton to the i rear of the bullet. This would be , , ^ 1 covered by the shed of the cartridge, and could not interfere with the load- ] ing and tiring. As the bullet pusses \ through a person the wad will antisepticize the wound and prevent consequent suppuration. It may be possible so nicely to adjust the adhesion of ! the wad to the bullet that as the mis- ' ' *i?i _ _ xl. J 1 site passes om ir win leave me wau so ping the hole ami stop the bleeding. Ultimately this system might do away with the necessity of a large medical 1 corps, a. each bullet would carry mod- 5 i- ill trertiuent for the unfortunate it . wounded." 1 "I'm troubled about that draft from the West." said the head of the linn. The office boy hurriedly closed the trail- , soni and theu looked as if he expected j an immediate advance in salary. I'e- 1 trojt Free Press. lONTEREY FOR MANILA] i )ur Most Powerful Monitor to Reinforce Admiral Dewey. HURRYING THE PHILIPPINE ARMY krimiral Miller i? Commanding Hie Pacific Station From His Hotel llecause Ills Ship* Have Saile.l or Are Preparing to Sail For Manila?Troops Mobilizing Ilupidly at the San Francisco Camp. Sax Francisco, Cal. (Special).?Military ind naval authorities evinced unusual satsfaction over the favorable turn taken by he preparations for dispatching the renainder of the Philippine expedition from San Francisco. The Pacific Station just now is being commanded by Admiral Miller from his tiotel in San Francisco, because there is 10 war vessel available on which he can hoist his Hag. Admiral Miller and his stall have recently returned from Hawaii, where for six weeks they lived ashore at Honolulu and conducted til the business of the station. Admiral Miller applied to be ordered home, and a few days ago arrived in San Francisco, still exercising command, how9ver over the entire Pacific coast station, whi di extends now from Alaska on the north clear down to Cape Horn. The Monterey 'has been thoroughly j -i 1 .... i UlfMllCHl nun ru^aiuiru m uwn ?n j- , . ifter the addition of some tabes in her j boilers and condensers, requiring nlu.ut | live days' work, she will be ready to depart ! vc,; * -_: MONITOR 5 (Ordered tc .Manila to reinft | Tor Manila. It is the idto have lier pro- j jeed to Honolulu under her own steam, the j Brutus standing by to offer assistance if it \ is needed. Loth vessels will reeoal at 1 Honolulu, and then set out for the Mar shall Islands, which are nearer to Honolulu ; than San Francisco. Thence the two ships vill be almost continually insight of small I islands, most of them in Spain's Caroline j group, until the Philippines arc reached. The . Monterey's addition to Admiral Dewey's fleet, together with the dispatch >f thousands of troops to Manila, is ample j ivideneo that the administration has as- j aimed a strong policy on the Philippine ' piestion and is determined to take no j hance of dispossession until such time is the United States itself has arranged ' ADMIRAL 3ITI.LE1!. fin command of tlie Tacillc Station.) tl.n /lic-rkoalt S/^n of fhtt wI.'IIhIv The Monterey is probably the most fornidablo monitor in the world; yet she | . ombines with the enormous offensive and j iefensive qualities of the monitor type a j seaworthiness that is remarkable. She has ! junker room for only 200 tons of coal, and j ihough more mi^ht be stored on her decks, ! t is doubtful whether she could at the ut- | nost carry more thau enough coal to take rer to Honolulu, one-third of the way to ;'ue Philippines. SPAIN'S PHILIPPINE FORCE. she ilus Over 12,000 Troops There lo > Oppose Otir Invasion. Madrip, Spain (By Cable). According to recent Spanish ofllcial reports of the troops i?ow in tlit! Philippine Islands, there are rOOO men in Manila, 1000 on the island of Mindanao. 1500 in lloilo, on the island of L'anay; 2000 on the island of Ccbu (spelled ttlso Zebu), and K00 on the island of Leyte. There is no artillery outside of Manila and the forts. Mindanao is the largest of the islands next to Luzon, on which latter island Manila is situated. Mindanao is 500 miles from Manila, lloilo is 300 miles. Cebu and Leyte, side bv side, about 400 miles. Troops For Philippines. Bahceloxa, Spain (By Cable). Between 3000 and 10000 Spanish troops, drawn from Catalonia, Andalusia, Aragon ant Val"n ia are embarking here for the Philippine Islands. Victoria Ignores Gladstone. A ri.lA.il. .-? ? i f nnv Tnimiiiln ill : \'UCCU vuiibvvu HUJ ......v.- . :he Court. Circular of the death of (Ila I" J done, an 1 indignation was manifested at :he unprecedented omission. The Prince >f Wales is said to have suggested to his mother that she make amends. War Supplies %%"111 Not Have .Mottoes. The Secretary of the Xavy has issued an >rder that contractors of army supplies must not put mottoes on their goods. This tvas brought about by a St. Louis conractor of hard tack, who stamped on each take the words "Jlemeuiher the dlaiae." HOLLAND'S NEW SCHEME. lie Would Destroy the Cane Verde Fleet With His Diving Boat. New YorL City (Special). John P. Holland, inventor of the Holland submarine boat, left for Washington to offer his ser JOHN V. HOLLAND. (Oilers to destroy the Spanish Reel with his submarine boat.) vices and his disappearing boat totheGovernment to destroy the Spanish licet in the harbor of Santiago <le Cuba. Idr. Holland feels eonvineed that he eouhl destroy the Spanish ships without much trouble. He says lie can get a volunteer crew to man his boat. The Holland is now in th? dry-dock at 1 ' l A -? ?r;? ~ ^ ' HI ? ajSEaffpyfe gJggk-4 iONTEREY. >rco Admiral Dewey's fleet.) Erie Basin undorzoins alterations. Tho greatest secrecy prevails as to what alterations bare been duoided upon or how she will be e?iuippe i. No strangers are admitted aboard and even the members ot the Naval R-serves on duty at the basin were : >!.! to l<?av<> the vi baity of the dry-dock aiier the Holland li.i.t been placed there. It is understo > 1 that the diving rudders are to be ma le smaller. This, it is expeete i. wiil give the llollnud jjreater facilities to dive and wili enaidethose aboard ' " I. ..II.. I.^- .fill. ,.r.if..r uonnr'iev According to tin? plan which Mr. Holland now has in mind. he will withdraw a short distance after in- has liloffu up the mines in Santiago, will submerge his boat and will make tin' trip into tins harbor under water. He is confident that ho can get right tinder any ship he selects for attack sometime l?ef?>r<? anyone in the harbor knows that the boat has passed the entrance. LYNCHED FOR MURDER. Itloh Hangs a Colored Youth For Killing a White Key. Sall:sbcsv, M l. (Special'!. (Jar.soll King. eblore 1. age I about eighteen years, was taken from the jail at this place, ! hanged to a tree and shot. He was awaiting trial on the charge of having deliberately shot Herman Kenny, a i white boy about the same age as himself. ! A number of men from the neighborhood j in which Kenny's parents live rode into town and broke down the jail doors, forced ; open the cell in which King was confined, and dragged him out, the colored man all I the while lighting desperately and plead. - - . t i.i^n.?| ,l j ll.g IOr IlllTC.V. All,;ui.uuiiir.-imv ...w ...... about his neck, thrown over a limb and the 1 unfortunate boy was strung up. The rope broke and lie fell, seemingly unconscious, i After lying in this condition for a few i minutes lie regained Ills feet and made an I effort to escape. His captors shot liim I through the body and beat and kicked him without mercy,then placed the rope around his neck and strung him up a second time. As ho daDgied in the air at least fifty pistol bullets were fired into his body, which was left hanging while the lynchers dispersed. Donaldson villi:, (fa. (Special). Dick Oliver, a young colored man. was lynched near here for attempting to attack a white WUUlttU. SPAIN IMPRESSING SHIPS. All Available Vessels Will ISe Armed as Coast Defenders. London- (By Cable). It is learn".! here that .Seuor Aunon, the Spanish Minister of Marine, has notified the Governors of the Spanish ports to Impress nil Spanish steamships which nro upward of 1200 tons burden and have a speed of twelve knots. These vessels will be armed as coast defenders. Conpensatiou to their owners will be based upon the original cost of the steamers, with a deduction for wear and tear. CERMAN GUNS FOR SPAIN. Said to Have Been Passed by Customs Officers as "Kitchen Furniture." Information obtained at Gibraltar from a trustworthy source says that a consignment of forty Krupp guns, suitable for forts or battleships, have been sent from Essen, in Germany, to Ca list, and are now oxi their way through Spain. It is said that they passed through the German, French and Spanish custom houses i us "kitchen furniture. II nv the Army Will Stand. v,*i?f:v.?Tov. D. C. fSneeialb?Adlulnat General Corldn has prepared a statement showing the strength of the military fure?s of the United States when organised in accordance with the plans now under way: Regular army, (12.030 men. Volunteers from States (, first call), 125,000 men. I Three cavalry regiments at large, 3009 men. Ten infantry regiments. United States Volunteers (immuues), 10,009 men. Engineers at large, 3300 men. Volunteers called for to-day, 75,000 sen. This makes a grand total of 273,500 men, ? THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. T| Washington Itcnvs. General Schoflehl is directing army movements as the chief military adviser of the President. ^ Eulogies of the late Senator George, of Mississippi, were delivered in the Senate. The War Department has decided toraiso the six regiments of yellow fever immunes authorized by act of Congress from twolvo ~ States in the" South, as follows? The first I from Louisiana, the second from Texas, the third from Georgia. South Carolina and Florida, the fourth from Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland, the fifth from Ala- S| bama and .Mississippi, ana mu si.\iu irum Tennessee and Kentucky. It has been agreed that the State volunteers shall he paiil by the Government from the time they were ordered to camp, and the State will pay seventy-three cents a day extra to each enlisted man up to the time they were mustered into Federal ser- n( vice* ^ m Senator Elkins, an original peace man, . savs the Monroe doctrine is antiquated, tnat we should hold the Philippines, Porto j n llico and Hawaii and acquire a coaling "< station in t!ie Mediterranean. The Government has bought -2."j0,0rtf) Mexfcau silver dollars at forty-six cents apiece for use in Manila, where they pass current at their face value. r( " Representative A'dieson. of Pennsylvania. ai has intr u1 a bill increasing the pay of v, the enlisfe I men who in time of war serve outside the territorial limits of the United States 10) per c -nt. over th? rates as fixed hy law. j,; 'Volunteers will receive pay from the p date of their enrollment, and those destined for th>' Philippines will get a month's ei pay in advai.ee. C) The Treasury Heparlment is making m preparations f?-r the collection of tarilT fc inties in the Philippines. r>_.. : 1,. . M.VInl,.,. 1,., . RAmiB,!,,,! will, i f? ! lam W. lloekhill Knv.?y Extraordinary and 'l,! j Minister Plenipotentiary to Greece. Hois j now Consul-General. Th?* President nom- j! linntelth*' ConsuN at llonickon?, Stoeki holm and Antwerp to be Consul-Genera's. h ! 01 j The stat'* Department has ma le formal '? j response to the Austrian Government as to j the Hungarians kille I at Hazleton. Penn., I In t'.i" riots of last fall. The position taken by our Government is that it was not responsible, under the eir umstanees, for the killing. I The Carnegie and Bethlehem companies fnrnishe.l bids for supplying armor for the battleships Alabama, Illinois and Wisconsin at >100 a toil. Bussia, the Netherlands, Greece. Venezuela and ( ana la have declared their neutrality. The Secretary of War a?kod >."5.000.00> for su'sisteno'? of the army, making S'dl,000.00ft for the War Department, to be included in the General Deficiency bill. Mrs. William IT. Honk, whose husbanrl. a ! private in Company F, Second Wisconsin Volunteers, died at Camp Harvey, May 15, has applied for a pension. This is the first application since the breaking out of the war. Mrs. Hoak will receive ?12 a month. __ Representative llobbius. of Pennsylvania, has been appointe 1 a captain and assis- 01 taut quartermaster in the volunteer army. J? Captain E. IT. C. Leutze lias been assigned j. to the command of the mdnltor Monterey, i which is to join Admiral Dowev's tleot. J ^ General Miles recommended that Lieutenant A. fc. Rowan be ma le a lieutenant- di colonel as a reward for services rendered ei in his r.? ?nt trip to General Gomez. ti II fi Domestic. hi , , vr Toe fir- war workshops were on^ne 1 in 0| New i ork City l>v iwo lie 1 Cross Auxiliary j, Societies. The wo lieu will- make clothes n) for couvaiese uit- and bedding for hospital : ships. Nee Iv wivesand families of soldiers I will be employed. j Jacob Howarka, a Bohemian of New S] I York City, after fatally shooting his wif". j shot himself through the lica i. The a; tragedy o-'eorr-d while ITowarka was in ii | t! bad temper because !:is wife I not tl money in the house to supply him will; his usual morning drink of whisky. in If Covernor Black becomes convinced i'i tha* the war will continue beyond th" time for tin' Slate elections in the fall ho will call aa c\tra session of the Legislature to enact legislation which will permit New York volunteers to east their votes.no matter in what part ofthe country they may be. The German Sharpshooters of Brooklyn have r veivoii wor-l from Washington that their offer t> light has Ivmi accepted. jn I'lie organization num wrs about 20). A railroad pool has b"e;t forme 1 for the m carrying of grain east from Buffalo. Tie: j0 New York Central's share is forty per c "it. I'ro lu"" K whang" in?u believe that N'cw th York City will llie loser l?v the pool. Edward Lastment. a e>rk i> the Y.'ator rr. Supply Department in Br " Cye, has neon lo arrested for alleged f :_ ?>* and fraud, lh More than is sai t to liave been m from th- former city of lJroohiyn ill w this fraud. There may be mora arrests. tii Governor Voorh?es. of Now Jersey, says aj lie can li 11 the State's quota oa the I'resident's second call for troops twice over osi the applications of existing organizations. ta Seventy-seven American war vessels en- j0 cirele Cuba. t), Key West dispatcher. say t!i:it the rainy season has begun iu Cuba. tli Tim British steamer Europa arrived at 1>( Portland, .Me., from Sicily, with a cargo of cnlnlitip !in l rem .Ml tliat as siie was leav- 1,1 jug tin' Mediterranean was chase 1 by a I UI Spanish torpedo-boat. ! A baby elephant was horn somewli?rc bottrwii S!inaii)!:itt an ! Pottsville. I* em., in ^ one > ' the ears of Waller Main's circus. .. The addition to tin- furl was not dis *ov- . ere<l until tin* oar was opened on its arri- t val at Pottsville. The babv is healthy. . stand;; three and a half feet high, and its J mother, boss.'' is proud of her offspring. Forced I?v misfortune to become a sexton, to utter lie had been one of the prosperous iron of his community. smith W. Clock, of fof Bayshore, Long Island, shot and killed ti< himself in the Methodist Episcopal Church Ai in that village. tb The whole second class of the threc-vcar en naval cadets was detache 1 from t!ic Naval yr Academy at Annapolis. Md? and the men of were ordered to the different cruising ships of the regular service. pi A disyatch boat from the north coast of Cuba lias brousrht news of the seizure by vessels of Sampson's soundron of Blanco's coiii depot upou ("aye France.4;, a small 7"' Island 01T tlio north const of Santa Clara j1' province. This coal was dumped there for J" the use of the Spanish auxiliary cruisers _ or small gunboats doing picket duty along !'r the coast. JJJ The British steamir Arlanmhor was j j t seized and taken into Kev West on su-;pi- ej| eion of attempting to run tlio blockade at Havana, bat was released. ej The llrst division drill and review of the \V soldi w.- at CM kaniaug.a I'ark has taken sh plae , with S>0i>:) men in line. So Jarge a bi force lias not been masse 1 together for review ia this country since thi Civil War. flt Viie body 01 Mary Ilawiins, the elevenyear-old Wc.-l Jlobokeu (N.J.i jr:ri who j, ?l"s i:>(? -ure 1 alter frilling to pass ln*r conilr nation examination, was found in tlio II., Iv.w, e;tv, r1 Tr >o:>? -V and C, o" X-mv York City <1; r<M I C'nup Alger. :?t Falls ( hurch. Ya. of an I were warm I v greeted. They were a;> A1 p anted General Graham's lersonal guard. sji Thomas Spec-, o* Cincinnati, Ohio, in a bs fit of jealously, fatally shot his wife aa;l then himself. lie is (lead. Joo Miller, colored, an Illinois Central Railroad brakeman, was handed by a inoh ra at Rives, Tenn. He pushed a white tramp . ; off a moving train, w!v6 fell on the track !? gjjil hod als legs cut off'. (ASH A GREAT SCALE. [; v 0 l\th Spain's Fleet Bottled Up, Op- t erations Are to Be Pushed. e t r HREE GRAND EXPEDITIONS. { E [ianl?h Warships to Be Destroyed and t Armies Sent Without Delay to Cuba' ; r Porto Ilico and the Philippines?Es- u rnno nf Hie Snntlaco Fleet Impossible ?Troops For the Invasion. S Washington, D. C. (Special).?The view is jcepted that the Spanish fleet under Addral Cervera is blockaded in the harbor s f Santiago de Cuba, in which event, the aval opinion here is that the fleet has committed suicide." 1; It is now no breach of confidence to say ? / nat Commodore Schley and Hear Admiral tmpson have Admiral Cervera in their c \acli, and the Spaniards can bo blockaded ? id starved out. A single heavy American , ;ssel can hold the Santiago harbor's nar- j >w exit, through whichtho Spaniards could ner^e only in single file. The Spanish cot is very fast: but it is not composed of j eavily armored vessels. Indeed, any of i ear Admiral Sampson's battleshlj s could, i the opinion of naval experts, engage the itiro Spanish fleet with a fair chanco of >mingofT victorious, Tiie American com- v lander has not only ships for battle, but 11 >r the chase as well. ?ci - i-i -I fl.irvf lioc I S 1 11U UIUI'WUIWIJJ^ ?/l lilll Of/itftliau nv.. ?. I Iron a new aud important turn to naval I ml military operations iu the West Indies, or two weeks the necessity of hunting s own and disposing of the elusive I panish fleet has left suspended all \ lans for the invasion and capture j a I Spain's West Indian possessions. I v ho presence -in the Caribbean Sea j t Zb&A*- 22 NATIVE QUARTERS OF CAVITF. NOW II t Admiral Cervera's cruisers liail led <li- t >ctly to the abandonment of Admiral t antpson's feint on San Juan do Porto a ico, and had tied up at Tampa and Key a 'est the transports gathered to carry an meriean army of invasion to Cuba. p The general scope of the new policy was t aveloped when the President directed the 1 r llargement of the land force of the na- j s on to more than a quarter of a million j T ghting men and issued orders for the j <1 iture guidance of the commanders of p otli land and naval foree3, the details of e hich for obvious reasons cannot be dis- o osed. It can be stated in a general way, n owever, that the programme of the Addnistration contemplates theso opera- t ons: r 1. The destruction of the Spanish war n pet in Cuban waters, or any other fleet s pain may send over to fight. s 2. The invasion of Cuba and Porto Pico h ? sooa as the way has been made clear for 1; le safe transport of American troops to lose islands. . ii The occupation of the Philippines by I a army three times as great as that first t! itendcd for that service. e 4. The a loption of offensive measures in si ith Cuba and Porto ilieo and the unrenting prosecution of the war until the v punish Government has recalled its armed si irees or the American troops havo driven j si lern out or destroyed them. | f< 5. The ending of the war befor the end of j o irnmer. tl The plans indicated in the most unmis- tl kcablemanner tho determination of the resident to adopt the most aggressive w cans that a great army and efficient naval i! ree can inaugurate. All plans are in a I] ensure contingent upon tho operations of e fleets. 2i It is said to bo the desire of the Govern- ci ent to strike a blow at Spanish obstinacy c< r immediately seizing and occupying u orto Rico, an island whose climate is far R ore healthful than that of Cuba, and S hose value for purposes of indemnifica- tc on at the close of the war is self- fl >parent. With the aid of a part al Admiral Sampson's fleet, it is o ought that San Juan could easily be ken. and the open nature of the country . t< akes it improbable that tho Spanish m rces can long hold out in the interior of ' D e island. Reports at the War Department show I |<? of fl.?rn ..... in onn Smniali I r.i.nw :it 1 I' )rto r.ico. i a At present there are about 1S2.000 men j ft the army, counting the regulars and vol- |?f lteers. The call for 75,000 men, together { g [tli the iiiumes. will bring the total up to i tt 0,000, or the number which it is thought j m 111 ho required for the plans now under j ,Ti insideration. These will be divided among j e expeditious as follows: About one j mdrod thousand for the Cuban invasion; | least thirty-five thousand for the Philip- T ties, and perhaps this will be doubled; renty thousand for Porto Rico, which flge may be reduced. The extra troops sent ! the i'liilipplnes. I p. With the Spanish fleet caught in the , i irbor or Snntiagi>. an interesting ques>n arises as to what fortifications the i w nerican ships will have to encounter if j p ey start iu after the Spaniards. The [ w itrance to the harbor is not over 200 ! irdswide. It is even narrower than that : w Havana. | tl Across this entrance the Spaniards have si anted three rows of mines. Castle Point, ri e eastern headland of the harbor, haft 1 st f more aucient fortifications. s< When the St. Louis and Wampatuck j ol ere oft Santiago cutting the cables they i s< id nu action with the forts which gave j <? em a good idea of the strength of tho j o itteries. Horro apparently had no mod- j, n gun, One Held piece was drawn up ! o st east of Morro and, with another simi- i tl r gun already there, was all the artillery w cd from that point, A short distance st was a small battery. Inside of Castle Point is a battery of ght-inch mortars. The St. Louis and i ainputuck silenced the battery ou the j iore, but when they withdrew the mortar ,l' ittery was still firing. j ftj The American shins would have no dif- 1 si mlty in silencing all tho batteries now j it (Mirgent Army Near Havana Growing, j General Cardenas, commander of the ! u iban army in Havana Province, reports j lilv recruits from the city, to the suburbs i ....... 1... t i '? V.'illCll ins utrci-.s iiiiikc licv|iici.i | al il Spanish operations against tlio i!i- : ' ' irgents have been abandoned, ttroops | ly ling hold in cities and for const defense, j 01 Storm Destroys a Church. j g A storm in New Jersey washed nwav the iiroad track at Bvram. Many outbuijds were destroyed. A church at Lafayette. , , Y., which was struck by Jightning, was tmed a &ue ground. l> 1 ??1?? __ u mown, including the mortar hatterv. If hey could pet around the point where hey could reach them. There is plenty of rater in the channel, but only one ship ould go in at a time. The mines could be ixploded by countermines, thus clearing he channels. Once inside the harbor there is room nouph to manoeuver several ships, but he danger would be that the Spanjsb ships night defeat the American vessels in deail. The best plan seems to be to sink at he entrance of the harbor one or two large essals, and leave the Spaniards unable to nove. Naval officers here advance the idea that he Spanish Admiral has no idea of meetng the American fleet, but when he fluds 10 cannot get out of Santiago he may blow ip his ships. SPANISH FLEET IN A TRAP. itatement Based on Official Dispatches A From Cuba to Madrid. M T /r>_ Til 1 l.ON'DOX l^jjy WVOIB). 1 IIU .umiliil cwitpondent of the Daily Mail says: "Official telegrams from Cuba confirm he report that Rear Admiral Sampson m<l Commodore Schley, with their comtiued squadrons, are now in front of iantingo de Cuba, blockading Admiral Jervera. "Ministers consider that Santiago poscsscs sufiMent defences to resist any ng;ressive action the enemy may take. "Great importance is attributed to the atest news from the Philippines respecting he Spanish plan of mobilization." OFF FOR THE PHILIPPINES. :irst Detachment of .Manila Ariny Sails From the Golden Gate. San Francisco, Cal. (Special). The start ras made for Manila late Wednesday afcrnoon, and the first American army to ail for a foreign shore is now on the broa J kieifle. At 4 o'clock Jlrig.vlier General Anderson ignalleil from the Australia for the City of 'ekin and tho City of Sydney to get under' Fay. The signal was seen from the snore. ,n>l the waiting crowds began to cheer riMly. They knew what it meant as well as he captains for whom the signal was inELD BY DEWEY'S LANDING TARTY. ?nled. No time was lost on hoard the ransports. The crews worked with a will, ad ia a short time the anchors were up nd the vessels were under way. Then the 2300 soldiers, who had been imatientlv awaiting the signal 4o start, let liemselves loose. Thcv climbed to the igging, and swarmod all over the big hip.-, shouting and cheering like mad. 'he bay was alive with small craft of every eseripti?cn, and huge ferryboats were rossed Into service to accommodate the nger erow.f- and carry them to the head f the Golden Gate that a last farewell light be said. The big transports steamed slowly along he water front, and,the crowd on shore need along to keep them in sight. The oise made by patriotic-citizens on sea and hore was something terrific. Every i team whistle in the city lowing, cannon were lired, and the din isted for fully an hour. As the Australia pa?sed Aleatraz Island, i the load of other ships, the battery of nited States artillery stationed there red a salute to General Anderson. The olors were dipped in recognition, and the teaoisbips sounded their sirens. It was shortly after 3 o'clock when tho essels entered tao ocoan, and the sun (lining over the sea gave the departing iii'.ors a last view of the eountrv to light ir the honor of which they were to sail ?cpsi* thousand miles. When last seen bo transport fleet was steaming slowly to !)h southwest. After the pilots were dropped the vessels ent ahead at full speed, ami in six days, I all goes wall, they will entor Honolulu [arbor and join the Charleston. The three transports carried close to 500 meu. The expedition, which is under nmmandof Brigadier General Anderson, onsists of four compauies of Regulars, uder command of Major Robe; the First egiment, California Volunteers, Colonel mitb; the First Regiment, Oregon Volun>crs, Colonel Summers; a battalion of fly, heavy artillery. Major Gary, and bout one hundred sailors and eleven naval Ulcers. The transports are loaded with supplies > last a year, and carry a big cargo ofamnnition and naval stores for Admiral ewey's fleet. It is thought hero that the fleot which ift to-day will not keep company with the harleston after leaving Honolulu. They II currv enough coal to steam at full speed om Honolulu to Manila, while the Char ston, in order to economize coal, will not o faster than ten knots an hour. If the ,l/\ urnit- fnr the cruiser thev ;hv bo expected to arrive at Manila about une 20. CIRCUS CAUSES A RUNAWAY. tvo Persons Killed l?y a Ilorsc Frightened at Klepluuilg. While Ringling Brothers' circus was trading in Rochester, N. Y., a spirited big lack horse, attached to a light delivery agon, at the sight of the herd of elo hauls plunged into tho crowd. Men, omen and children were mowed down i a great swath. Although tho horse as soon stopped by an electric light post, lere wero many prostrate forms in the reet, and some of these wero unable to se. All the ambulances in tho city were immoned and the badly injured were >nt to the live available hospitals. None t the vletims died upon the spot, but jon after removal Mrs. James Montomcrv and Frederick J. Rubenstein died f their injuries at t ho Homeopathic Hosital. There wore sixteen persons dangerusly and severely injured. Several of mm wore from surrounding towns. Five ere womeu and seven were small children. Tlie Oregon I'uts to So*. Til battleship Oregon, having made a etour to the cast of the West Iudie.s to void any possible danger of Spanish warlins. reached Jupiter, Fia., reported for nmediato service :tn<l put to sea again. Fine Appearance of the Seventy-First, The officers at Tampa are much impressed jrtho appearance of the Seventy-first, and i v the New Yorkers look like regulars. It is regiment of tall men. In inches the men * re taller than thoseof any regiment :n the ignlnr army. The full complement is velve companies, comprising forty-six Ulcers and 975 men. lu the lines are many iwyers, physicians, dentists siud civil enineers. Increasing Spanish* Taxes. Senor Puigcerver, Spanish Secretary of \e Treasury, said all taxes would have to s increased twenty per cent. . \