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The San Francisco call., 1898-06-08
NAVAL PROMOTIONS A
 SUBJECT FOR CRITICISM
Officers Displeased With Recommen- D dations Made by the
 President

WASHINGTON June 1.-The death of Cartain Grdley has removed one of the officers set down for advancement over their seniors on account of the victory of Manila. The promotions recommended by the President are the subject of much talk between naval officers. Those who did not participate in the battle are naturally displeased at "being jumped and they are pointing out the evils of the practice. among them being the probability that some of the very officers advanced are likely to be in turn jumped and so prac- tically set back by some officers now on duty with Simpsons fleet, who may dis tinguish themselves in battle. These off, cers are urging that it would be only pru- dent and fair to go slowly in the matter of making promotions of Ihis character, and to await until the war is ended, when all the meritorious officers may be re- warded in strict accordance with their merit
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NAVAL AND LAND
 FORCES DOOMED
Cervera's Fleet Will Be De- Stroyed, While Santiago
 City Must Surrender.

LONDON, June IA dispatch to the Daily Mail from Cape Haytien says: "The American victory at Santiago de Cuba has cleared the way for the en- trance of Admiral Sampson and the destruction of the Spanish fleet. As Santiagos land defenses are reported weak. it is likely that the city will yield to vigorous attack.
 ''It is reported that the commander of the Reina Mercedes, second in com mand of the Spanish fleet under Ger vera, was killed during the engagement. The combined American and insurgent forces are entrenched near Daiquiri, with guns mounted in preparation for a further movement. From spanish sources comes a report that party of Americans landed at Aguadores, but whether it is true or not is not known here"
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LOSSES AMONG
 THE SPANIARDS
Some Casualties Admitted by tbe Spanish Commander
 at SdntidpO.

CAPE HAYTIEN, Hayti. June ', 10 D. m.-According to the latest direct advices from Santiago de Cuba, dated Monday at midnight, the bombardment which began at 7:45 a. m. yesterday and continued until 10:90 a. m. was resumed again for a short time about midnight. It was then believed that the Americans had effected Junction with the in- surgents near Daiquiri, some distance east of Aguadores and near the railway line to Santiago.
 It is also understood here that the Cuban troops maintained throughout the greater part of yesterday an attack by land upon Santiago, and the Span- ish reports say the garrison lost heavily in killed and wounded.
 The military commander of Santiago de Cuba acknowledges the following
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casualties among the land forces: Colonel Ordonez, Captain Sanchez, Lieutenant Yrizas of the artillery, and Perez and Garcia, both the last named being Spanish officers whose rank is not mentioned.
 The Spaniards also admit the loss of twenty-one infantry soldiers, severely wounded, and say one soldier was killed.
 But it is believed the losses of the Spaniards were much more heavy. In the naval force the Spaniards say that the officer who was second in command of the partly dismantled Spanish cruis- CT, Reina Mercedes, and five sailors and an ensign were killed. The Spanish sailors wounded, it is asserted, number sixteen men,
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ORDONEZS DEATH
 A LOSS TO SPAIN.
He Was a Noted Artillery Expert With European
 RepUtdtiOn.

LONDON, June S.-The London morning papers are inclined to doubt the account of the destruction and si- fencing of the forts at Santiago, but they believe the bombardment was in- tended to draw the Spaniards' atten- tion from landing somewhere, and that the coming week or two will see exciting events in Cuba.
 The sinking of the Reina Mercedes is regarded as probable, for 1t is known that her boilers were defective and that she had no armored deck. The wound ing or death of Colonel Ordonez means a serious loss to Spain, he being, or having been her artillery expert, with a European reputation and the designer Of the ordnance bearing his name.
 The Cape Haytien advices of the Daily Mail practically confirm the account from the Associated Press boat Dandy All other accounts here except the brief dispatches from Madrid emanate from New York. A special from Ha- Vana, evidently pro-Spanish, says that nine American vessels retired, seriously crippled, that the Reina Mercedes was only slightly damaged and that the American losses were heavy.
 The Daily News says: "The American Consul at Odessa has informed our cor respondent there of a somewhat singu- lar proceeding on the part of the au- thorities at that port with regard to some foreign steamers now chartered as auxiliary transports for the convey ance of troops and war materials from Odessa to Port Arthur
 Tt. appears that in the case of a Ger man steamer named Scandia and a French vessel, the American Consul was applied to for certificates attesting to owners of the steamers and the char acter and nature as well as the destina- ton of their passengers and cargo. It was explained by the local Russian au- thorities that this extraordinary pre- caution was taken in the event of the vessels being compelled to put into a Philippine port.
 As no certificate was demanded of the Spanish Consul it would appear that the Russians look upon the United States as being in de facto possession of the Philippine archipelago The American Consul readily gave the re- quired certificates
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men were wounded among the troops The Americans fired 1900 shells of diff ferent calibers. The damage inflicted upon the batteries of La Socapa and MOTTO Castle was unimportant. The barracks at Morro Castle suffered dam age. The enemy had noticeable losses"
 In the Chamber of Deputies, Captain Aunon, Minister of Marine. read Ad- mlral Cerveras s dispatch and dispatch from Blanco to the effect that General Linares had repulsed an American at- tempt to effect landing of troops at Aguadores. The Senate, after hearing Admiral Cervera's dispatch. unani- mously resolved to congratulate the army and navy.
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Secretary of the Navy: Bombdrded forts at Santi- ago, 7:30 to 10 a. m. to- day, June 6. SiIenced works quickly without in jury of any kind, though within 2OOO yards.
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 While the officials of the Navy De- partment declined to say definitely whether the bulletin contained all the information given in Admiral Samp- sons cablegram, there is reason to be- lieve that it did not. The officials re- fused to discuss the subject or to vouchsafe further information than was posted on the bulletin board.
 Only one additional point was elieited by questioning. That was that the ca blegram contained no information about the landing of either land forces or marines
 The information received from Ad- miral Sampson was evidently quite sat isfactory to the naval authorities. While they declined to discuss either the reasons for or the probable conse- quences of the bombardment they were thoroughly satisfied with the re- suits accomplished. It is pretty well understood that the bombardment was for the purpose of paving the way either for the landing of troops or merely to cover the landing of ma rines.
 OlSpdlcHeS recelVed by the ASSOciat- ed Press from Spanish sources to- night indicate that a landing was eff fected, either during or immediately after the bombardment. This is re- garded by naval authorities as entire ly reasonable.
 It is deemed likely that Sampson landed a sufficient force of marines to hold the ground he had gained and to make preparation for the landing of the regular forces upon their arrival, if indeed, some of them are not already at
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INTERNATIONAL CHESS. Pillsbury and Showalter Beaten in < the Fifth Round.

VIENNA, June 7-The fifth round of the international chessmasters' tourna- ment was begun in thls city to-day at the Vienna Chess Club. All the games were finished. Both Pillsbury and Showalter were beaten, while the other two Ameri- cans, Steinitz and Baird, registered draws. Showalter was beaten by Marco, Black burne drew with Steinitz, Pillsbury lost to Maroczy, Janowsky fell prey to Halprin' s tactics and Schiffers beat Schwarz.
 The games between Tarrasch and Lipke, Alapin and Caro-, Walbroadt and Baird and Schlechter and Tschigorin all ended in draws, while Burns defeated Tren- chard.
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SAMPSON MAKES
 A BRIEF REPORT.
Silenced the Works Quickly Without Injury Of Any Kind"
 Saws The Admiral

WASHINGTON, June 7.-Shortly af- ter o'clock this evening information of the press dispatches the bombardment of the Notifications of Santiago reached the Navy Department. It came in the form of a cablegram from Admiral Sampson, which was made public in the following bulletin:
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Relations of China and Japan.

Copyrighted. 1898. by James Gordon Bennett.
 CHEMULPO, Korea. June TT am in position to contradict the rumors of strained relations between Japan and China. No further demands have been made by Japan since the last installment of the war indemnity was paid. No fric- tion has taken place between the repre- sentatyes of the two countries.
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Small Boats Pass the Wreck.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, June While the sinking of the Merrimac in the channel in Santiago harbor will prevent the egress of Spanish cruisers, 1 under stand torpedo boats and torpedo boat deStroyers can pass the wreck safely because of their light draught.
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Call Office, Riggs House. Washington, June 7.


 Admiral Sampson's cablegram an nouncing the silencing of the Santiago batteries was hurriedly deciphered by the code experts this afternoon, but not all of 1t was made public. The parts withheld relate to future operations. When one of the naval cipher experts appeared with bulletin for the press he announced in delivering his informa- ton
 Sampson appears to have silenced everything in Santiago except old man Cervera, who insists that he did no ma terial damage in the bombardment yes terday"
 The bulletin from Sampson, as read at the department, stated that he had silenced the Notifications of Santiago completely. On its heels came a Ma drid cable announcing cheerfully that Admiral Cervera wired his Government the damages to the batteries were "un- important"
 Cervera acknowledged, how ever, that "some damage" was done to Morro Castle and SoCapa and to the Morro Bar racks, and that six men on the Reina Mercedes were killed and seventeen wounded that three officers of the land troops were killed and one officer and seyen- teen soldiers were wounded.
 It appears, then, to have been a se- rious defeat for the Spaniards, although the afternoon press reports were, as ex- pected, considerably exaggerated There is no doubt, however, that the forts, if not utterly destroyed, have been rem dered useless, and 1t is not expected there will be any further bombardment until the main body of our troops are landed at Santiago.
 The main Santiago expedition, which 1t is said will consist of 28,oootroops, will sail early tomorrow morning This in formation was received to-day from General Shafter in telegram to the Secretary of War The determination to embark the troops at once was the re- suit of President McKinley's personal efforts. Yesterday Secretary Alger re- ceived telegram from General Shafter stating that the supplies and equipments which ought to have been distributed days-and perhaps weeks-ago were still locked up in the freight cars which line the railroad tracks at Tampa, and that 1t was impossible, owing to lack of invoices and bills of lading, tosknow what the cars contained.
 When this information was conveyed to the President he was extremely an- noyed and manifested a righteous inn patience, while the War Department officials, who had been led to believe that the troops at Tampa were in a practical state of equipment and ready to leave at moments notice, were greatly surprised. The messages which were sent to Tampa yesterday were brief and to the point They directed Gen eral Shafter to break open the cars, if necessary, so that the supplies might be taken out and promptly distributed to the men.
 General Shafter's telegram this afternoon stated the troops would probably reach Santiago and be diSembarked Sunday. r. x,,;ff +,La o.a o- 4,,,o d, <
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Sugar Counties Conference Opens.

BRUSSELS, June 1.-The international conference on sugar bounties opened at the Foreign Office here to-day under the presidency of Premier P. Desmet de Mai yer, adjourning until Friday next. The sessions will be held in secret.
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 the Estrella fortihcation. This fort offered great resistance, but when the Texas and Marblehead trained their guns upon 1t at closer range, the woodwork of the forti6cation was set on fire and the defense was silenced.
 American gunnerS were doing their duty in the same glorious man ner in the eastward col ur1n from which Ad- miral Sampson was watching the engage ment. Cayo battery was silenCed by the New York and New Orleans. This required an ener- getiC fire for quite a time, but the Spaniards were not able to endure the sustained attacks. Their guns were dis mounted and their de- lenses were wrecked.
 At the close of the second hour of the engagement the vessels of the American fleet turned so that they could use their port batteries upon what was left of the eneny's defenses. A part Of the time the firing was not accurate, because of the location of several fortified points on the shore which were difficult to hit. But in spite of the numerous disadvantages the American tars sent many shells into the right places.
 There was great rejoicing among the American gunners when they saw that the Catalina fort was silenced. The gun in it spoke no more and the Spaniards were not to be seen. With the fire added to the rain of death dealing shells, there was no with standing the attack.
 Our fleet threw shell after shell into the ene- my's Notifications until II o'clock. Then there was no reply. T h e American ships had completed their task With great destruction.
 Rear Admiral Sampson signal ed for the ships to stop the bonn bardment. The vessels drew off slowly. The jackies were some what contented; but their desires were for longer attack and to destroy everything in sight.
 As the warShipS steamed away some Spanish gunners returned to the very few guns that had not been disnounted and fired few shells which, as usual, went very wide of their mark. Shortly after the engagement came to an end, l inquired whether we had lost any men. My questions were an- swered, ''Not a man." Later learned that one of the men on the Suwanee was injured.
 What the loss was among the Spaniards is, of course, only matter of conjecture. II they had remained at their guns tenacious ly they would have suffered ter ribly, but as many did not endure the terrific fire from our ships, it is believed that the loss was not enormous. But the fortihca- tions at the entrance to Santiago harbor are certainly in ruins. Only two small shore batteries were not dismantled. They were damaged to great extent, how ever, and cannot be considered as offering any considerable means of defense.
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