Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-16
+ADv|CES ABOUT. Havana.
Common Talk That Gen. Bianca
Will Surrender the Place After
a Nominal Resistance.
SPAIN TO flsHT TO THE BITTER END.
Battle Between Spanish and Insurgent
Forces In Progress at Manila-Santisgo
Again Bombarded Powers Confer
About Neutrality-suspicious. That Santiago
Has Fallen.

KEY WEST, Fla, June 12.-Accord
ing to private advices, Havana now
has a garrison of 46. 900 Spanish regu-
lars and half as many volunteers The
interior of Havana province has been
abandoned to the insurgents, who
make daily attacks on the picket lines
in the suburbs of the capital 1t is
common talk that Blanco will surren-
der after merely nominal resistance.
He has no confidence in the volunte ers,
refusing to arm many independent COM
panies for fear they would join the in
surgents. Everywhere Gu bans and ma
tive born Spaniards are kept under
surveillance, and the slightest overt
act is signal for their imprisonment
Spanish merchants of Havana say they
have provisions for six months. but
the shelves of the warehouses are
empty. and every day many shops close
their doors The reconcentrados and
families OF laborers are starving in
their novels without attempting to
drag themselves into the streets to beg
bread, which is never given them
Spain to Fight to the Bitter End.
MADRID. June 12.-The campaign in
augurated by some of the foreign
newspapers in favor of peace between
Spain and the United States is not APP
proved here. According to the opin-
ions of several generals Spain is capa-
BILE of continuing the war in Cuba for
two years even under the most unfa-
vorable circumstances. Therefore,
they add, it is useless to talk of peace
unless it implies a return to the status
quo ante bellum. The government, it
is added, has not received any sugges-
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political circles it is declared that if
such a suggestion were received the
govern ment would politely decline to
entertain it on the ground that Spain
has decided to pursue the war to the
bitter end. Dispatches received here
from Cuba announce that yellow fever
is ravaging Rear Admiral Simpsons
fleet, the province of Santiago de Cuba
| being, it is claimed, the hot-bed of the
disease.
A Battle In Progress at Manila.
NEW YORK, June IA special dis
patch from Hong Kong says that a
| battle for the possession of Manila is
| is progress to-day between the Spanish
| forces and those of Aguinaldo. Ad-
mirai Dewey has promised to prev ent
a massacre should the insurgents cap
| ture the city. The Spanish governor
| has been notified that unless he with
draws the price put upon the head of
the insurgent leader Aguinaldo he will
get no quarter. Otherwise the rules
| of civilized warfare will be strictly
adhered to. As result of this price
being placed on his head, three at
| tempts have been made to take Aguin
| aldo's life.
Santiago Again Bombarded
MADRID. June 12.-An official dis
| patch received here from Havana, dated
| Friday, June 10, says: This morning
eight of Admiral SIMPSONS ships re-
commenced the BON bardment of San
| tiago de Cuba. At the same time a
number of boats, towed by a steamer
| approached and attempted to make a
| hours The Spaniards, skiIlfully
| posted, repulsed the attempted land
| ing aud the Americans drew off. Nc
damage was done by the shells from
the ships which kept distant, evident
| lv afraid to venture within range OF
the guns of the forts.
| Several Powers COnfer About Mediatiac.
BERLIN, June I2.-The Kreuz Zeituns
to-day saws it can confirm the reports
that confidential interchange OF
opinion is taking place between sew.
eral of the powers in regard to media
ton between Spain and the United
| States.
Stars and Stripes Float Over Gusntanam o
J. KINGSTON, Jamaica. June 12.-News
was received here to-day to the effec!
that a force of American marines have
landed on the shores Of Guantanamo
bav and that the stars and stripes are
now floating from a Spanish flags tn #.
Rumor that santiago Has Fallen.
CAPE HAYTIEN, Hayti. June IL -
There is no direct news from Gu ba thi:
morning, but the rumor is again cur
rent that Santiago de Cuba has fallen
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