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Mr. C. Ross. president of the Ottawa Board of Trada has accepted an invitaâ€" tion to the meeting of the British Assoâ€" clation in September next on the occa~ sion of the Cabot memorial eelebration at Bristol, Eng. The Humane Society bas awarded the parchment of the society to John Meyers. the coloured porter, _ who braved escaping steam and live coals )reinbmiiy eliangrine Cng.â€" 1 u and. to rescue Engineer Hutchinson and !‘lro_t_naq P!a(k from the GT.R. wreck at Burlington Day An extensive snowslide occurred on the line of the C. P. R., near Glacier House and broke through 200 feet of snowsheds. Lackily theevening train Tou 4 seusuccs x sw 100 - ‘ On Friday the steamer W. R. Lynn brought 232,000 bushe!s of corn to Owâ€" en Sound bharbor. This is thought to be the largest cargo of corn ever floated in fresh water. ruption of t raffic Cyrus Seymour, who has served three terms in penitentiary for horse stealing and bigamy, has been arrested «t Kingston with a stolen horse and carriage in his possession. Preparations are being made for the enlargement of the Provincial Parliaâ€" mentary library at Toronto, to admit the books which have been purchased from Sir Oliver Mowat. uin ts m Convict McGuire, of Cobourg servâ€" ing a life sentence in Kingston peniâ€" tentiary for attempted murder, has completad a large oil painting of Christ‘s ascension. The jury in the Sternaman murder trial first reported a disagreement, and afterwards returned a verdict of "not uni'tv." The prisoner was then set at berty. The Wabash Railway people intend putting a good service on the South ern Grand Trunk line between Detroit and Buffalo There will be four trains daily each way. corresponding month of H. M. S. warship Pelican, which arâ€" rived at Halifax on Saturday, is to be fitted out for the Nawfoundland fishâ€" ery protection service. Clearances in the Winnipeg clearing bouse during April aggregated $6,210,â€" 000. compared with $4,102,000 for the Mrs. Patrick Canovan, on trial at Woodstock, N. B.. on a charge of murdering her sister, Minnie Tucker, has been found not guilty. A rumor is current at Stratford that all Grand Trunk employees over 50 yoars of age engaged in the shops are to e discharged. Mr. D‘Aiton McCarthy, Q. C.. M.P., was thrown from his dogcart Sunday nigh\t and received in juries which cause grave apprehension. The members of the Canadian Marine Assclation have given up all hopes of having the canals opened for Sunday this season. The influx of Americans to Toronto to escape the inconvenience occasioned by the Spanishâ€"American war, promisâ€" es to be large. Mrs. May of Ashburnham got her foo! caught between a plank and a rail at Peterboro‘ and was killed by a C.P.R. exrpress, The celebrated Le Roi mine has passâ€" ed into the hands of a British syndiâ€" cats. _ Three million dollirs was the conslideration. Mrs. Shortis has arrived at Montreal from Ireland. She will visit her son «t the St. Vincent de Pau! Penitentiâ€" ary. Hon. Sidney Fisher, Minister of Agâ€" riculture, will visit Great Britain this {;ar and may attend the Paris Exposiâ€" on Last month the C wres of land for times as much as w 1807 Andrew P. Sceott, former cashier of the insolvent Farmers‘ Savings & Loan Company, has returned to Toronto. Hamilton temper=ance people are orâ€" ganizing on the assumption that the plebiscite will be taken in September. The navigation season has opened at Montrea! with a rush The receipts of grain were the largest on record. Last month the C.P.R. sold 43,143 wcres of land for $140,275, or four times as much as was sold in April, It is rumored at Kingston that Mr. George H. Bertram, MP., will purâ€" chase the locomotive works there. The entire towa of Northport, Britâ€" ish Columbia, was wiped out by fire, but the Le Roi smelter was uninjured. Five Spaniards, cigarâ€"makers, have arrived in Hamilton, Ont., from New York, and will live there. Corporal McNair of the Northwest Mounted Police jubilee contingent comâ€" mitted suicide at Wardner. A. T. Brydges, a Hamilton Klondikâ€" sr, who left about a year ago, has reâ€" turned, poorer by $600. A submarin» cable is to be laid beâ€" tween Vancouver and Dysa. Western miners are asking for an inâ€" creased duty on lead imports. The Hamilton Gas Company bas inâ€" creased its discount to 30 per cent. The London City Council fixed the rate of taxation for 1898 at 21 1â€"2 mills on the dollar. + Hamilton citizens have given sevenâ€" ty plots of land for use as potato patches. Berlin‘s tax rate has been struck at 17%4 mills. The Northwest elections will be held next Ortober.. CANADA . Gusiph‘s rate of taxation is 24 mills The Stikine River is open for naviâ€" gation. Over 5,000 immigrants arrived at Winnipeg last month. Interesting Items At ut Our Own Country, Great Britain, ~ae United States, and All Parts of the Globe, Condeused and Assorted for Easy Reading. THE VEKY LarEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. K NN 0 TX VWi S UNITED STATES There will be uo interâ€" TORPEDO BOAT BLOWN UP. A despatch from London says:»~A despatch to the Globe from Gibraltar says a British steamer, which has just arrived there, reports officially that she passed on Tuesday evening. a Spanâ€" ish torpedoâ€"hboat destroyer, which was guarding Algiers bay and the Straits. Shortly afiter the steamer passed her The boat is probably the Destructor. It was a steel torpedo gunboat, 192 feet C inches long, 458 tons displacemant, and had a crow of 55 men. all the lights of the destroyer were uddenly extinguished. A terrific exâ€" plosion followed immediately, and the destroyer disappeared. I interviewed a gentleman familiar with the situation in the Philippines, who says that the United States could not do a more use‘less thing than to send a small force of troops there. "The plague," he says, "is rampant at Canton, and growing in virulence at Hong Kong, (where more Ejuropeans have been attacked this year than ever before. The Manila climate will be the death of more than half of those sent out here inside of four months. Besides, they will be. of little or no use. Five thousand troops are enough to take the field against the Spanish if the latter are able to fight at all, and if the Spaniards are overwbhelmed by the inâ€" surgents the American soldiers are not needed to do garrijgmn work. That number would be abâ€"urdly inadequate i@ the United States had the idea of ceccupying the Philippines permanently. No troops should hbe sent there until autumn, when not less waan 25,000 men should: be landed at Manila. _ Unacâ€" climatized recruits will die like flies‘ during the summer." Fourteen escaped prisoners from New Manamacca, New Guinea, are reported | to have attacked a neighboring vilâ€" | lage. killing and eating 18 men. |_ The Transvaal Government wants a | loan, and it is said that neither Gerâ€" | many nor England will negotiate until more concessions have been granted. The Small Force the United States Proposes to send WIIl be Utterly Useless, A despatch from Hong Kong says :â€" A rumour has been cabled here that 5000 American troops were assembling at San Francisco for service in Manila. 25,000 TROOPS NEEDED IN MANILA: Mr. and Mrs. Cain and the Misses Archer, Hatfield and Schenck Ameriâ€" can missionaries, were murdered in Sierra Leone. Pekin Prince Koung, President of the Chinese Foreign Office, is dead at Bread riots continue at Pirenga, Italy. The contractors angaged on corporâ€" ation work for the city of New York have decided in selfâ€"¢efence to susâ€" pend operations owing to the decision of the comptroller that the city has largely exceeded its debt limit, and that no funds will ve available for the completion of much work under conâ€" tract. Forty thousand men are thus thrown out of work. Saturday night. The fire was in the next building, but the people, disreâ€" garding the statement of the manageâ€" ment, started, a rush for the street. Fortunately no one was severely inâ€" Jured. Madame Melba faified on the atage . 70 6 INCCGAZ of {Nne Dink examiner and | SPA'N‘S HEAVY LOSSES the directors of the institution. ye M s The First National Bank of Canh-’ The position occupied by the Spanish age, N.Y., has closed its doors. The preâ€" | the support which their ships received iiden? of t?el hi:\nk._ Mr.t_E. tE_I. MÂ¥elll"s. from the land batteries and the big as absconded. investigation 0 18 accounts ?eve»l]e«?the factgthnt he has | guns they had ashore, gave them an been defrauding the bank for eight ‘enormous advantage. Therefore, when years. The amount of the defalcation | it is considered that the Spaniards lost is estimated at $110,000. Iover 600 men in killed and wounded, j A ifir% pxtmicqocc}‘x‘rredi in thto (l‘xa'”); | that all their ships, amounting to fourâ€" ornia theatre San Francisco, at whic i Madame Melba was performing, on | teen, were destroyed, and that their Saturday night. The fire was in the N&VAl arsenal at Cavite was also deâ€" nexg’ M"i}gi"g' but the _people, disreâ€" |stroyed with its defences, it will beâ€" Lewis Warner, president of the Counâ€" ty National Bank, of Northampton, Mass., is wanted for the embezzlement of ten to fifty thousand dollars. The issuance of a warrant was the result of a meeting of the bank examiner and the directors of the institution. Jacob Gramm, aged 50, of Morton street, New York, on Tuesday murderâ€" ed two of his children, mortally woundâ€" ed a third, and then inflicted fatal wounds on himself. _ The murdered children were five an| one year old. The other one is seven years old. construction of two important vessels, one a battleship and the other a proâ€" tected cruiser. The Cramp Shipbuilding Company of Philadelphia have received an order from the Russian Government for the Edward Gruen, who is really Baron | Unterrechter, has confessed to the imâ€" | migration authorities at New York to | havl'.:ng stolen 67,000 florins from his | aunt. I sanity Mildred Brewster, on trial at Monâ€" tpelier, Vt., for the murder of Anna Wheeler, of whom she was jealous, bas One hundred and thirtyâ€"five passes, giving permission for correspondents of newspapers to accompany the army, have been issued at Washington. Fire at Chicago on Wednesday deâ€" stroyed Armour‘s felt works, at a 1083 of $250,000. The fire caused a panic among the employes. None were killed. At Jericho, in Cedar County, Mo., a torpedo killed thirteen persons outâ€" right and fatally injured five or six more. A great Catholic demon.st ratxo‘n ;.stit:x; ing held in New York in celphjll:iqhop of the silver jubilee of Archbis Corrigan. The Ogdensburg and Lake Chamâ€" plain railroad has been sold under mortgage foreclosure, for $2,500,000. Maus Bros. and Wolf Bros.. Cincinâ€" nati. shoe factories, each seven stories, werse burned on Friday morning. Loss $200,000. Large quantities of ifinneapolis flour are being sent to Montreal for export. Effect of the war. Waterspouts and tornadoes bhave reâ€" sulted in loss of life and great destrucâ€" tlon of property in Arkansas. John Y. McKane, the former Coney [sland political leader, was released from Sing Sing on Saturday. ~an roads are boycotting the Soo branch of the C.P.R. Of, of whom she was jealOUs, CS acquitted on the ground of inâ€" GRNERAL A HAIL OF SHOT. The American ships then passed backwards and forwards six times across the front of the Spaniards, pouny in upon the latter a perfect hail shot and shell. Every Amerâ€" ican shot seemed to tell, while almost every Bpanish shot missed the mark. After hvhf thus scattered death and demoralization among the Epanish fleet and in the Spanish batteries,‘ the were in line of hartâ€"t'lérâ€"ofit:-si_&e-;)}ué‘;:izz at that time, with the four gunboats and the torpedo boats inside the harâ€" J ORDER OF BATTLE. ‘| _ The order of battle taken up by the g Spaniards was with all the small craft inside the stone and the timber breakâ€" waters of Cavite harbour. The larger ships of Spain cruiusea off Cavite and ‘;Manilu. The American floet entered | Manila bay on Saturday night with the | greatest of ease. The Spaniards had not established a patrol and there were | no searchlights at the entrance of the | bay. In fact the American ships would probably have passed inside the bay without any challenge had it not been that some sparks flew up from the McCulloch funnel, whereupon a few shots were exchanged with the batterâ€" | ies on Corregidor island, but the fleet did not slow down, and soon took up a } position near Cavite, awaiting dawn in order to commence hostilities. OPENED AT CAWN. The early hour of the morning reâ€" vealed the opposing ships to each othâ€" er, and the Spanish flagship opened ‘fire. Her action was followed by somel of the larger warships, then the Cavite forts opened up, and the smaller Spanâ€" 'ish vessels brought their guns into | play. The American squadron, which | | had been led into the bay and through | the channel by the flagslip Olympia, | | did not reply, though the shots of the | | Spaniards began to strike the water around them, but moved onward. ' | MINES EXPLODED. | When nearing Baker bay a sudden | upheaval of water a short distance | ahead of the Olympia showed that the | Spaniards had exploded a mine, or a torpedo. This was followed by a secâ€" ond and similar explosion. They ; _were both unsuccessful. The American fleet was then drawing nearer «and | nearer to the Spaniards, whose gunâ€". nery was very poor, the shots from‘ the Cavite batteries and from the | Spanish ships being equally badly | aimed, either falling short or going" wide of the mark. | When the American fleet entered the | bay, coming through the southern |, channel, between Caballo and Frile ; islets, the following was their order:â€" The flagship Olympia, the Baltimore, |â€" the Raleigh, Concord, Boston, Petrel, i and MceCuiloch with the two storeâ€" | ships, the Nanahan and Zafiro, bring= | | ing up the rear. And in that order they swept before the city and faced the enemy in column line. Though the Spaniards had opened fire at six thouâ€" | { sand yards, the Americans reserved | { their fire until within four thousand | ; yards of the enemy, when the real | ¢ battle began. The Reina Christina, ] Castilla, gon Antonia de Ulloa, Isla de | ; Cnbs,.Isy} de Luzon, and the Mindanao | i come apparent that the victory of the American commodore is one of the most complete and wonderful achieveâ€" ments in the history of naval warfare. Not a man on board the American fleet was killed, not a ship was damâ€" aged to any extent, and only six men were injured slightly on board the Baltimore. | The American commander had most skilfully arranged every detail of the action, and apparently even the most insignificant features were carried out _with perfect punctuality and in railâ€" Story of the Manila Battleâ€"â€"While no Am % erican Was Killed and Only Six In s Jured the Spanish Losses Were Â¥ery Meavy. â€"| _A despatch from Hong Kong says:â€" "| Among naval men, military men, and civilians, Europeans and natives, here | toâ€"day there is one subject of discusâ€" |gion, the annihilating victory of the American fleet under Commodore Dewâ€" ey over the Spanish fleet commanded by Admiral Montijo, in Manila bay on Sunday last. Owing to the fact that the cable between this port and the Philippines was not in working order, | having been cut, it is said, some disâ€" tance from the capital of the islands, there has been delay in obtaining & detailed account of the battle, and facts \ in the case were only available when lthe United States gunboat Hugh Mcâ€" | Culloch arrived here yesterday, and | then the tremendous pressure of busiâ€" !ums suddenly thrown upon the cable. ; company necessarily made the accounts | of the engagement somewhat brief. Commodore Dewey‘s orders were to capâ€" | ture or destroy the Spanish fleet, and | never were instructions executed in so ; complete a fashion. At the end of sevâ€" en hours, there was absolutely nothing left of the Spanish fleet but a few reâ€" road timeâ€"table order. At the end of the action Commodore Dewey anchored his fleet in the bay before Manila, and sent a message to Governorâ€"General Augusti, announcing the inauguration of the blockade, and adding that if a shot was fired against bhis ships he would destroy every battery about Maâ€" nila. liecs SPANISH SAILORS NAILED THEIR COLORS TO THE MAST. SANK WHILE FCGHTING TORONTO tish vessel she was warned to keep away. ‘The Esmeralda therefore movâ€" ed up the bay 10 or 15 miles. There are still two or three Spanish gunboats about the Philippines, but no resistâ€" ance from them is probable. One reâ€" cently captured an American barque loaded with coal. | It is said that the Spanish ships did not get under steam until after the |alarm was given. It is said also that | the Spanish commander informed the | Governorâ€"General that it was advisable | to surrender in the interests of humanâ€" ity, as it was impossible to repel sucâ€" | cessfully, but that he and his men were willing enough to fight and die. Even | when the Spanish flagship was half | shot away ber commander, though wounded, refused to leave the bridge | till the ship was burning and sinking, | her stern shattered by a common shell | and her steamâ€"pipe burst. _ The Petrel chased a gunboat up the River Pasig, and the Spanish captain came in a boat to negotiate conditions of surrender. .Â¥Whe American captain replied :â€"‘"Unconditional surrender or ‘ fight." To this the Spanish captain anâ€" swered »â€"â€"*"We are willing to fight. Please allow us to send for ammuniâ€" tion, because our store is exbausted." _ DEWEY CUT THE CABLE. On the proposal to the existing auâ€" thorities to continue temporarily under the American flag, pending the terminâ€" ation of the war, the Spaniards delayâ€" ed their decision, and kept wiring to Madrid. The Americans requested the privilege of using the wire, and when this was refused they cut the cable. The Esmeralda, from Hong Kong, arâ€" rived right in the middle of the batâ€" tle. During the adjournment for breakfast an American cruiser was deâ€" tached to meet her, as it was believed she might be a Epaniard. When it was f?'{nd that the new arrival was a Briâ€" T ue e e t ty SEerey ERTEEe to participate in their Government. However, it is believed here that if the Spaniards do not meet the views of Washington in this matter the Amerâ€" ican admiral will take prompt steps to administer the islands for the United States, so soon as he receives the necesâ€" sary troops and supplies from San Francisco. It is said the American commodore ordered the cable to be cut because the Spaniards refused to permit him to use it pending the complete surrender of the city, According to reports current here the American admiral will insist by force if necessary upon the Spaniards accepting at least a temporary protecâ€" torate of the United States, the desire being, it is alleged, to avoid disturbâ€" ing the present Administration, as it is pointed out that the insurgents of the Philippine Islands are quite unfit k« Li ue N) 7 . S . |__On the other hand about 150 men are :S&id to have been killed on board the |Spanish flagship, which was totally deâ€" stroyed. Admiral Montijo, the Spanish |commander, transferred his flag to the | Isla de Cuba, when his ship caught |fire, but the latter was also destroyed ‘in due course of time. s |_ The Reina Christina lost her captain, [a lieutenant. her chaplain, and a midâ€" |shipman by one shot, which struck her [ bridge. About 100 men were killed and about 60 wounded on board the Casâ€" tilla. Indeed, some estimates Plf"” the number of Spanish wounded during the engagement at over a thousand men: | _ The Olympia was struck five txmes‘ about her upper works, and a whale-‘ ;Ibo:‘u“or the Raleigh was smashed. 8 THE FINISHING TOUCHES. The Mindanao had in the meanwhile been run ashore to save her from sinkâ€" ing, and the Spanish small craft had sought shelter from the steel storm beâ€" hind the breakwater. The â€" battle, which was started about 5.39 a.m.. and adjourned at 8.30 a.m., was resumed about noon, when Commodore Dewey started in to put the finishing touches upon his work, There was not much fight left in the Spaniards by that time, and at 2 p.m., the Petrel and the Concord had shot the Cavite batteries inio silence, leaving them _ heaps Of Tuins andfloating the white flag. The Spanish gunboats were then scuttled, the arsenal was on fire, and the ©X~ prosion ol a Spanish magazine caused further mortality among the defenders of Spain on shore. On the water the burning, sunken or destroyed Spanish ves§els could be seen, while only the cruiser Baltimore bad suffered in any way from the fire of the enemy. _A shot which struck her exploded some ammunition near one of her guns, and slightly injured half a dozen of her crew. Several shots passed dangerâ€" ously close to Commodore Dewey, but little or no damage was dons on board the flagship, | _ The Don Antonio de Ulloa made a _ most magnificent show of desperate bravery. When her commander found she was sotorn by the American shells that he could not keep ber afloat, he nailed her colors to the mast, and she sank, with all hands fighting to the last. Her hull was completely riddled, and her upper deck had been swept clean by the awful fire of the Amerâ€" ican guns, but the Spaniards, though their vessel was sinking beneath them, conlinued working the guns on her lowâ€" erdeck until she sank beneath the waâ€" ters. During the engagement a Spanish torpedo boat crept along the shore and round the offing in an attempt to attack the American storeships; but she was promptly discovered; WASs driven ashore, and was actually shot to pieces. By this time the Spanish ships were in a desperate condition.~ The flagâ€" ship, Reina Christina, was riddled with shot and shell ; one of her steam pipes bad burst, and she was believed to be on fire. The Castilla was certainly on fire and soon afterwards their condiâ€" tion became worse and worse, until they were eventually burned to the waâ€" ter‘s edge. * American fieet retired for breakfast. and, incidentally, a councilâ€"ofâ€"war was held on board the Olympia. _ _ 7 150 SPANIARDS KILLED. in BRAVE SPANIARDS aÂ¥ni,;j 23 .. _ _ C 1road channel, they explained, was fully mined. An inâ€" vestigation upon the part of the Amâ€" ericans, however, revealed the conâ€" trary to be the case, and the mines were blown up by the sailors of the American fleet. ’ Erought to i,lxlu.r C y in s _ _A despatch from Hong Kong., says : â€"A fresh example of Spanish treachery seems to have come to light. It is said that the priests and Sisters of Charity of the Cavite hospital, in a procession, bearing crosses, etc., petitioned Rearâ€" Admiral Dewey not to massacre the sick and wounded, which naturally he did not do. _ The Spaniards, it is added, thereupon thanked the Ameriâ€" cans for their humanity, and repaid them by informing them of a narrow channel which, they said, was not mined, while the broad channel, they explained, was fully minad. _ An i. The Problem of Securing a Supply for the Army a Serious One. A despatch from Tampa, says :â€"How to obtain a sufficiently large supply of water for the use of the army of invasion during its voyage from Port Tampa to the port in Cuba, where the troops are to be landed, is a quesâ€"| tion which is engaging the serious '&t(enlion of the military officials who | (hsve the expedition in charge. Genâ€" | |eral Wade, who is in command herg, lwi..sit.ed Port Tampa, to ascertain what | the needs of the expedition would be in this respect, and what provision could be made to supply them. He found that of the transports, which, | so far as is known at present, will form | the fleet to take the army to Cuba, only two are provided with apparatus for distilling water. These are the Olivette, which can distill 3,000 galâ€"| lons daily, and the Florida, lea.vinc’ the Comal, Allegheny, Berkshire, Ariâ€" zoba, Alamo, Miller, San Marco, Whitâ€"‘ ney and Gussie with a supply to last only & little longer than that usualâ€" | ly carried by steamers, It is believed | the men and animals will not be on! the vessels more than two days, if the weather is good, but a supply sufficient || to last ten days is desired. The quanâ€" tity of water necessary for the army |! during this time will be very large,|‘ and while a way out of the difficulty | will no douwbt be found by the use of || tanks, yet it is likely men and aniâ€"|# mals will be placed on a short water allowance during the voyage. { 4) | The United States to Start a Vigorous Cam» t paignâ€"Before the Week is Out Arms Ne for 15,000 Men Will Have Landed in B | _ cuba. . | _A despatch from Tampa, Fla., says:â€" iâ€" | The steamer Gussie, one of the Mallory B | line boats, chartered by the Governâ€" '3 ment for use as a transport, sailed for Lf, Cuba on Tuesday morning, loaded with 8 |arms, ammunition, and supplies, furâ€" * | nished by the United States Governâ€" ment, for the use of the Cuban insurâ€" ‘ gents.r A company of 100 United . e | States troops, the first regiment of â€" |in{antry, will accompany the expidiâ€" g tion and aid in guarding the landing ,, | of the valuable cargo, and will, if necâ€" d | cessary, penetrate into the interior far d |\enough to place the supplies in the y |infantry, will accompany the expediâ€" s | tion will be in charge of Captain W. a / H. Dorst, General Miles‘ aide, who has t / just returned from Cuba. â€" The Gussie e | has on board between six and seven s | thousand Springfield rifles about { | 200,000 rounds of ammunition, and sevâ€" s 1 aral hundred boxes of provisions, conâ€" , | sisling principally of canned meats and â€" | hard tack. The utmost secrecy is | 1/ maintained â€"regarding the point of‘ s | landing, but in view of Capt. Dorst s | )/ landing near Havana, where bhe comâ€" | lfmunicated with the insurgent leader |General Delgado, it is believed that | ‘ | the expediiion will be headed for a | . | point not far from Havana. â€" The Gusâ€" ' ) / sie had mounted on her forward deck | a oneâ€"pounder rapidâ€"fire gun. It is | _ understood, however, that she will be _ met at some point not far from Key | _ West by a gunâ€"bout from the blockâ€" â€" / ading squadron and escorted to the â€" | designated landing place. D | ARMS FOR 15,000 MEN. | The Whitney, the sister ship of the |! Gussie, which sailed for Dry Tortugas | |Saturday with two companies of the | : | Fifth Infantry, returned on Monday. It | j is intimated that she will follow the . | Gussie to Cuba as soon as the arms, amâ€" | 1 ‘ munition and supplies can be loaded. | ! | Before a week has passed it is believâ€" | ed that the insurgent leaders will have r |been furnished with arms enough for c | at least 15,000 men, and with a base of | * supplies established on the coast, a t | yvigorous campaign against the Spanâ€" | e |ish forces will be inaugurated. !L |_ Large amounts of powder and proâ€" | | jectiles for the blockading _ squadron s |area now arriving here. On Picnic y |Island there are 12 cars loaded with | dynamite, torpedoes, powwer, and other f munitions, which will soon be sent to | $ Key West, and as many more cars are | o on the wharf tracks. An extra heavy | r guard has been placed around the cars. | t Hundreds of carpenters are at work | © Ito-day fitting' up the big transports, | ¢ _and it is believed now that all of the | ’ boats here will be in readiness for loadâ€" | ing by Wednesday night. | o The engineer corps on Monday were drilled to use the big canvas ponâ€" toons which are a part of their equipâ€" ment. \In the capacious ho!ld of the Almo are stored enough of those ponâ€" toons to form a bridge several hunâ€" dred feet in length. They will be carâ€" ried, with the expedition. Fresh Example of STEAMER GUSSIE SAILED FROM TAMPA FOR CUBA. HELP FOR INSURGENTS The United States gunboat Hugh McCulloch which arriveod hbere on Friday with despatches from Admiral Dewey, left here at three o‘clock this afternoon, Greenwich time, on her reâ€" turn to Manila, after, it is understood, receiving many urgent despatches from Washington. But, it is believâ€" ed the McCulloch will first go to Mirs bay to await the final instructions for Admiral Dewey as to how heis to deal with the Philippine Islands. TO BLOW UP THE FLEET WATER FOR THE TROOPS. DESPATCH BOAT RETURNS. Spanish Treachery , berkshire, Ariâ€" an Marco, Whitâ€" a supply to last han that usualâ€" 3, It is believed Wifeâ€"IL wish you, would buy me ong of those patent inkstands that hold the ink in tightly when accidentally upset, Husbandâ€"Those inkstsnds are oxe pensive. I think it would be cheaper to spank the baby, ""@S vowing her out of the deadly 'unge when the line parted. and again both hboats were at the mercy of the Epanish fire. At 8.50 p.m.. the Hudson managed to get another line on the deâ€"k of the Winslow, but there were only â€" three men left there at that time to make it fast. The line was finally secured. and the Winslow was towed up to Pedras isâ€" land. where she was anchored, with ber dead and wounded on her decks. There some of the men of the Hudson went on board the Winslow and took the most seriously wounded men off. Three of the latter were taken on board the gunboat Machias, and died there shortâ€" ly afterwards. At 9.15 p.m.. Wednesday the Hudson, with the dead bodies and some of the wounded started for Key West, arriy. ing at eight o‘clock this morning. _ , EP B C VEVS. When the shell burst in the group on board the Winslow another wild shout ofof triumph went up from the Spanish boats and batteries, and again a heavy fire was opened on the torpedo boat. Finally the Hudson succeeded in gatâ€" ting a line on board the Winslow, and was towing her out of the deadly range when the line parted. and again both hboats were at the mercy of the Epanish fire. Cl oo Cns M CC c eer) ues from the Spanish gunboats eÂ¥EE C ce Pnd bl _ _Ensign Bagley, and six men were standing in a group on the deck of the Winslow. "Heave her, heave her,"* shouted Bagley, as he looked toward the commander of the Hudson. and called for a line. _ "Don‘t miss it," shouted an officer from the Hudson, and with a smile. Baglay Anllad .« hank . OPI uind vint tssn s ns it cheic sA c 4 55 It was difficult for the Hudson to get near enough to throw a line to the Winslow‘s crew, so terrible was the fire all about her; Finally, after tryâ€" ing for about 20 minutes, the Hudson r_pprowhed near enough to throw a iIne. Up to this time, with the exception of the one shot, which disabled the boiler of the Winslow, the firing of the Spanish gunbouts had been wild, but as the Winslow lay rolling in the water the range grew closer, and sh'elll began to explode all about her, The crew of the Winsiow, however, never faltered for a second. But at 285 p.m., a solid shot crashed inte the bull of the Winslow and knockâ€" ed out her boiler. in an instant she beagn to roll and arift helplessly . Then there was a moment of awiul suspense. A fierce cheer of triumph went up from the Spaniards on the gunboats, and fire was opened upon the helpless boat. The gunboat Hudâ€" son, which was iying near by, started to the assistance of the Winslow. She ran alongside the torpedo hboat, and tried to throw a line to the imperilied crew. The wounded are R. E. Cox, gunner‘s mate; D. McKeown, quartermaster; J, Patterson, fireman; F. Gray; and Lieut, J. B. Bernadou,. All are slightâ€" ly wounded except Patterson, whose condition is serious. BATTLE WAS TERRIFIC. The battle while it lasted was tem l rific. The Wilmingion and the Hudson were ahead, and opened fire on the Spanish boats, which were lying at the docks. The firing began at a range of 3500 yards. A few minutes after the firing beâ€" gan the Winslow came. up, and also opened fire. In an instant the enâ€" tire attention of the Spanish gunboats and land baiteries were directed upon her. From all sides shot and shell seemed to pour in upon the little torâ€" pedo boat. The Wilmington and the Hudson still kept up their fire, but they could not turn aside the terrible storm of fire and death pouring in upon <the torpedo boat. ported the fire of the Spanish gunâ€" boats. The engagement commenced at 2.05 p. m., and lasted for about an hour. And Five Officers and Men hilled, and Nearly 1oa¢ Shellsâ€"The Aim of the Spaniards Wa Deadly and the American Boats Were Driven Of. A despatch from Key West says:«â€"= There was an engagement off Carden« as, near Matanzas, Wednesday, at one o‘clock in the afternoon. The Uniteg States cruiser Wilmington, commandâ€" er C. C. Todd ; the torpedo bosat Winâ€" slow, and the auxiliary gunboat Hudâ€" son were engaged. . One officer and four men were killed and several were wounded. The engagement took place inside the Barbor of Cardenas. The cruiser Wilmâ€" ington, the torperdo boat Winslow, and the gunboat Hudson were the only vessels engaged. They entered the harbor for the purpose of attacking some Spanish gunmboats which were known to be there. But the latter were not discovered by the American force until the Spaniards opened fire. The land batteries of Cardenas supâ€" UNITED STATES TORPEDO BOAT PRACTICALLY DESTROYED. THE SPANISH TROOPS WHN. DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 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