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the forts and turned that there were any effective shots fired. ::
 After the Iowa had passed the little Vixen, in daredevil spirit, dashed across behind the battleship without being hit and without firing herself. As she passed the dispatch boat. which was the only: newspaper tug anywhere near: the engagement and the only eye witness of 1t, her crew cheered en- Enthusiastically. -; :: =
 Ten minutes after firing the first shot the Massachusetts turned majestically and steamed back from east to west, this time presenting her starboard side to the enemy. She veered in closer to the batteries. The captain of the dis patch boat, one of the ganest men in these waters, took the wheel himself with the avowal: ''I'll go as close as they. will. Those Spaniards can't hit us." And nearer still the little Simpson went, flying the Stars and Stripes. Screaming, hurling shells fell within POO yards of her, but the crew forward cheered the men on the warships as they swept across the Simpsons bow.
 The Spanish batteries improved in their craftsmanship during the second passage of the American ships. Seve- raj shots fell very close to the Iowa and New Orleans, and one dangerously near the bow of the Massachusetts. They were fired by the large battery on the westward side of the harbor, which was evidently manned with ten and twelve inch Krupp guns. The range was so great that the guns were fired at high elevation. and the shells, falling near the ships. raised high fountains of water.
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STAINS SUPPLY
 OF GOLD IS GONE
FinuDcidI Punic Of the Dons May Cause q Sudden Termination of
 the Wur

MADRID, June l.-The attention of the public to-day is absorbed In the condition of the Bank of Spain, which is considered more serious than any reverse of the war, inasmuch as the impossibility of the bank to help the Government means the impossfbility to continue the war. " There was a long procession at the bank during the day. All classes of people were represented and many women were in line waiting their turn to change notes into silver, fearing the notes would soon be subjected to dis count
 of the banks stock of silver becoming exhausted, which would compel the Government to resort to a forced cur rency, issuing notes of small denomina- ton. It is expected. however, that the panic will subside, leaving the" bank a margin of silver.
 The financial. outlook of Spain is rather dark, The Government has en- trusted the Bank: of Spain with the ne- gotfations for a loan of 1000, 100000 pesetas at 1 per cent, which sum is to be raised as soon as required. The bank will endeavor to raise the loan at home and abroad.
 :. The Government has decided to pay
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CASTELAR'S ARTICLE
 CAUSES A STORM
His Criticism of the Queen Regent : Arouses Some Heated Talk
 in the Senate. : MADRID, June 1.-An article signed

" One shot from the Iowa fell directly under the Colon, and for a few mo- ments that ship appeared to be on fire. If 1t was: the blaze was quickly ex- tingushed and the Spanish flagship continued to answer all of the shots discharged at her All of her shots; however, fell in one spot directly in the channel She did not seem able to change. her range, and most of her f1r- ing was. therefore, ridiculous. The shore batteries did better. One big shell exploded almost directly over the Iowa, but it was too high to do any damage.
 The ships passed but twice before the batteries. The first shot was fired by the Massachusetts at 1:50 o'clock, and the last by the New Orleans at 2:25. The Massachusetts used only her thir- teen and eight inch guns, the New Or leans her six-inch and the Iowa her twelve and eight inch guns
 The New Orleans proved to be one of the hottest and most effective fighters in the navy, and Captain Fowler and his crew, who arrived but yesterday, are being generally congratulated on the fine showing made. The New Or leans alone used smokeless powder Every shot she fired could be plainly noted and followed and its effect marked.
 After thirty minutes firing the bat teries on the right of the harbor were silenced and five minutes later the one on the island in the center stopped. The large one on the west side, how ever. together with the Cristobal Cc.on, kept up a weak fire for fully twenty minutes after the ships had ceased fir :. ing.
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. The Spaniards will doubtless, there fore, claim that they repulse1 the American fleet. The battle lasted fifty five minutes. As soon as the sig ial Cease firing" had been obeyed by he American ships, Commodore. Schley left the Massachusetts and returned to the Brooklyn He expressed himself as entirely satisfied with the results at tained.
 While the fighting lasted. Captain Jack. Philip was so anxious to get into battle that he let go of the collier an- chored alongside the Texas and got his ship under way. Before he could get the fiagship's attention, however. and get permission to take part in the fight the engagement was over.
 In roundup of the three ships en- gagged the Simpson was told by Cap tain Higginson, Captain Evans and Captain Fowler that no one was hurt aboard their ships and that no damage was done save the smashing of some chicken coops on the Massachusetts by the concussion of the thirteen-inch guns.
 The damage to the forts and to the Cristobal Colon can only be surmised. There is no doubt that the three batter ies were badly damaged and put out of the action. The sky was perfectly clear when the battle began. Fifteen minutes after it was over the clouds lowered and heavy rain set in.
 The Oregon is expected to join the fleet tonight and Sampson's ships to- morrow. A great battle, therefore, may be expected on Thursday.
 The Spanish authorities have taken
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 the channel. Closes.to this could be dis tinguished two other armored cruisers, the Vizcaya and Almirante Oquendo, and close to them two smaller vessels, apparently the torpedo-boat destroyers Pluton and Furor.
 Six miles inland the haze of smoke. pierced here and there by white spires, marked the city: of Santiago The whole scene was bafhed In brilliant sunshine. t had for a background: a range of high palm covered mountains crowned with a tang mass of snow white clouds. .::. :...:
 Schley had known positively on Sun day that Cervera's squadron was in- side. Gallantly had the little Marble head, commanded by McCalla, poked her nose into the. very mouths of the great guns of the Spanish batteries and made out clearly four big cruisers, two torpedo boat destroyers and the old Reina Mercedes
 Commodore Schley had carefully pre- pared maps of the land Notifications, but knew that : several: additional masked batteries had but recently been constructed close to the entrance to the harbor. It was to draw the fire of these batteries before the arrival of Sampson's fleet that the attack was planned. When the Massachusetts. plunging through the water at sixteen knots, was within 200 yards of the Simp- son and 4000 yards from the entrance a cloud of white smoke arose above the bow of the flagship, and the eight-fnch gun on her port side befched forth a challenge that opened the fight.
 Before the course of the shell could be followed. and before the surprised Spaniards could reply, one: of the for ward thirteen-inch guns of the Massa- chusetts thundered. A heavy cloud of smoke enveloped the huge ship. the waters vibrated, and the windows on the Simpson were smashed, and the little craft trembled from stem to stern. while low, undulating. crashing vol ume of sound rolled over the waves.
 pause of ten seconds, which seemed an hour close to the bow of the Cris- tobal Colon arose. a fountain of water fully 100 feet high. By this time the Spaniards were at work. Like flash the awnings had disappeared from the Colon's deck, and the men were called to quarters. -.
 Three battertes-one on the west side of the harbor, one on the east side and one on an island in the center of the channel-opened fire, and the guns of the Colon chimed in mighty chorus..~
 The New Orleans was now within range, and her six-inch guns, charged with smokeless powder, began barking In most defiant tones. The. Iowa came next. Captain Evans waited until he was directly in the face of the Colon S broadside and then let go his twelve inch guns, fore. and aft, with telling effect. :.
 All three ships were hammering away with thci- bio IS. The fourth bat tery, just beneath Moro and close to the each, was unmasked by the hot fire of thc New Orleans. All four bat terie5 and the Colon were replying rapidly. At first the range was hard to get on both sides, because of the de- captive glare m the water, and 1t was not until the ships had passed before
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ON BOARD THE DISPATCH BOAT SIMPSON. OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA. May S1 Cvia Kingston, Jamaica, June D.-The first battle in which American ships have met f1rst-class Spanish warships, backed by modern batteries, manned by expert French and German gunners, has been fought. and the honors are all with the Ameri- cans.
 Three of the best ships of our navy, the Iowa, Massachusetts and New Or leans, were selected for the fight. For thirty-five minutes this afternoon they engaged the Cristobol Colon, the flag ship of Admiral Cervera's fine squad ron, and the. strong batteries at the tiago de Cuba -.::
 Three of the four batteries were silenced with about fifty shots. and the Spanish flagship certainly suffered great damage.
 None of the American vessels was hit. To use the characteristic words of Fighting Bob" Evans, commander of the Iowa, shouted by him from the bridge of that vessel to a correspondent just at the close of the battle, "The Spaniards didn't hit d-n thing but water, and that wasn't a great diffi- culty."
 At noon Commodore Schley left the Brooklyn, which was taking on coal from the collier Merrimac at the time. and went aboard the Massachusetts The dispatch-boat had just returned from Kingston, Jamaica, with mes- sages for the fleet, and after speaking the ships had steamed within 400 yards of the entrance to the harbor in order to get a. close look at the Spanish fleet, tifcations at the entrance While im- pudently drifting within gun range the dlspatch-boat Simpson saw the com modore's flag raised to the military mast of the Massachusetts and heard bell call signaling full speed on the big battle-ship. The Massachusetts headed straight for the dispatch boat The New Orleans, Iowa and the little Vixen, a converted yacht, followed In the order named. cable length apart
 AS the demonstrations, which con- sisted of parade within few miles of the batteries. had been made on Sunday and Monday by the blockading fleet. those on the other ships thought nothing of the movements of these four vessels. The Brooklyn and Texas lay two miles to seaward unconcernedlv coaling. The Harvard. Marblehead. Castine and Eagle were even further away.
 At the mouth of the Tortugas har- bor the Cristobal Colon could be plain ly distinguished, lying with her port broadside toward the American ships and flying an immense ensign.
 So close had the Simpson moved In that those on board could see througb glasses that the Spaniard had her avn ings up fore and aft, and that her crew were moving lazily about her decks.
 On the east side of the harbor t the Colon's stern were the grir walls of Morro. with another large Spanish flag above it. Behind the flar-rip, high above the water, was the for ,idable island battery. directly in the center of
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SEATTLE, June 1.-The schooner Jane Cray, which sailed from Seattle for Kotzebue Sound on the 18th day of May with sixty-one people on board, foundered on. Sunday, May p, about ninety miles west of Cape Flattery, at 2 o'clock In the morning, while lying to in a moderate gale under foresail Ten minutes after the alarm was given she lay at the bottom of the ocean with thirty four of her passengers. The re- mainder succeeded in embarking in a launch and reached this city this after noon. Following is list of the sur vivors: .*~a..:
 JOHN JOHNSON: Springfield, R. I. :
 c. w. WILKINSON, San Francisco.
 C.. WESTON, Skowhegan, Me.
 A. G. KINGSBURY, Boston.
 ERMINIO SELLA.
 S. BEACHETTO,. Piella, Italy.
 A. CERIA, PieIla, Italy
 H. WACHTER, Piella, Italy.
 F. J. DAVENPORT, Harrisburg, Pa
 GEORGE FILLER, Harrisburg, Pa
 J. H: COUTRE. Hartford, Conn.
 c. J. REILLY, Hartford, Conn.
 ". S. WEAVER, Murray, Pa: GEORGE R. BOAK, Hughesville, Pa. G. H.. PENNINGTON, Snohomish, Wash. = -. n>s :. c. H. PACKARD, .snohomish, Wash.
 E. o. INGRAHAM,: Seattle. t..
 L. M. LESSEY, Seattle. ... ;. J. E.: BLACKWELL, seattle.
 SILAS .LOVINGOOD,. Seattle. CHARLES D. CHORD, Seattle : M F, ROBERTS. Seattle. Surviving members of the crew: CAPTAIN E. E. CROCKETT.
 MATE JOHN. HANSEN. COOK CHARLES OLESON.
 ASSISTANT. COOK A. JOHNSON.
 SEAMAN CHARLES. CARLSON.
 It is. possible that there may be four or five more survivors whose names cannot be ascertained. The Jane Gray's passengers were: prospectors,. with the exception of Rev: VIC. Gambel, missionary, who, with his wife and child. was on his way to St. Lawrence Island. in the. Bering Sea. He refused to place: his wife and child on board the launch, saying: "The vessel is doomed, and we will die together" .1.~
 Among the prospectors was party of sixteen, headed by Major Ingraham, who were outfitted by Prince Luigi of Italy for a two: years prospecting trip in Alaska. Of this party the only sur vivors are Major Ingraham, L. M Les sey, c. H. Packard and G.. H. Penning- ton.
 The surviving passengers suffered a great deal of privation and for thirty hours their only food was sack of prunes and a sack of turnips from the ships stores. Sufficient water was caught by spreading tarpaulin during a, rainstorm.
 The news of the disaster and the ex- pected arrival of the survivors from Victoria caused large crowd to gather at the dock in this city. Carriages were waiting and when the City of Kingston landed the survivors they were immediately carried to their homes or to the residences of friends.
 The few that could .c seen had not yet recovered from their shock, and con- sequent1y could not give very detailed account of the disaster which came on them so suddenly. They were unable to account for the vessels springing leak and sinking so suddenly. They
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THE MISSING.

+ SIGNOR GAIA, Italy. l H SIGNOR BESSATE, Italy. 2 T JACK LINDSAY, Everett. ! U W. H. GLEASON, Seattle. 2 H W. A. JOHNSON, Seattle, E + V. J. SMITH, Seattle. l @ c. G. SMITH, Seattle. 3. P. c. LITTLE, Seattle. ! II S. W. YOUNG, Seattle. 5 H w. D. MILAN, Seattle. f HORACE PALMER, Lebanon, -I q Ohio. [ F. G. sAULsBERRY, Mime. i. En sota. A. B. DUNLAP, Dwight, I'll. [ Sz B. E. SNIPE JR., Seattle. !; as ' JOHN M. STUTZMAN, West q field, N. J. ! ss B. D. RANNEY, Mexico City. F E. NJ. TAYLOR, California. .; E F. S. TAYLOR. California f B. s. SPENCER, California. F Ii W. P. DOXEY. E
 a EDWARD F. RITTER. .E F. w. GINTHER. M B. s. FROST. t w. F. LEVERING.
 a WILLIAM OTTER. rs O. F: MeKELVEY.
 e. BROWN. .-... 1. M c. c. AIKENS.
 f N. HEDELUND..
 1 CHARLES WILLIAMS. z WIG GAMBEL, wife and child, = missionary on St. Lawrence q Island, in. the Boring Sea. IS ONE UNKNOWN. ->
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BIG GUNS
 DEFEAT THE
 SPANIARDS vTbrilling Story of tbe But- tic Off the Hdrbor of
 Santiago. The Iowa, Massachusetts and New Orleans Pour q Falling Fire Upon Cerveru's Flagship
 and the Forts.
90 0 0 Q @ Q 2 Q co c 0 0 0 0 c DC GREAT EVENTS ARE
 , ..- a-
 , HOURLY EXPECTED

CAPE HAYTIEN June LA special from Santiago firmne yesterdays bombardment says great events expected hourly there American warships in front of harbor The insurgents gathering the hills The Spanish taken extraordinary precautions to guard the harbor entrace. occooc e @ co c 0 c 0 Q Q e
The herald., 1898-09-14
EMPLOYER VS.. EMPLOYE
Supreme Court Holds Workmen Must
Re Protected as Well as Owner

The opinion of the supreme court In the
suit of the West Coast Lumber company
VS.. Hannah Knapp, affirming that Of the
lower court in favor of the plaintiff, has
been received.
The defendants appealed from an order
DENYING a new trial in an action brought to
foreclose the liens of material men. Two
points were made based on the following
allegation in the complaint: That said
contract does not provide that at least rs
per cent Of the whole contract price shall
be payable at least thrty-dve days after
the final completion of the contract, IS pro-
v,ded for by the statute, and that the
drawings and specifications were never
signed by the parties to the contract"
The court holds that SO far as the statute
has the effect of compelling the owner to
pay more than he has agreed to pay, or to
pay his debt twice, it is highly penal, and
should be Strictly construed in his favor.
"Those who seek to inflict upon him a
penalty" says the court. "for his failure to
comply with the law must Stow clearly that
the derelicton has occurred. The law
must be construed against the exaction Of
the penalty. II In reason it can be. In
this case the contractors have not misled
the owner, but on the other hand the owner
seems to have suppressed knowledge from
the contractors that he should have dis
closed"
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Frank L. Kuhn Pawned a Scalped
Ticket

Constable Harry Johnston returned yes
;erday with Frank L. Kuhn, who is charged
with embezzlement by c. ]. Lehman, the
ticket broker. Lehman disposed Of a
"scalped" round-trip ticket from Jerome
Junction. Arizona, to San Diego. TO Kuhn
with the understanding that 1, should be
used 10 carry him from this city to San
Diego, the unused portion from Los AM
ge,es to Jerome Junction 20 be returned
to Lehman. Kuhn failed to return
the ticket, so a complaint was sworn to-
charging him with embezzling 5000. c.
W. Miller. a real estate man Of San Diego
was arrested by mistake, as B. Fano, a
ticket broker of that place, said he re.
sembled the person who had disposed OF
the ticket to him. Miller proved his iden-
tity in this city, and was discharged by the
court without delay.
When Kuhn heard Of the warran: for him
he surrendered himself 70 the San Diego
officers, and Johnston went for him Mon
day afternoon. Kuhn said that the ticket
had originally been sold to c. E. Stanford
He had failed to return It to Lehman, for
the reason that he got broke In San Diego
and had borrowed SC on II from Fano. Kuhn
said he wrote TO Lehman, saying he would
compensate him for the ticket as soon as
money arrived from the east Kuhn was
arraigned before Justice Morrison in the
afternoon, and the case will be st for trial
this afternoon a: 1890.
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IGNORANCE NO EXCUSE
Court Holds That Money Paid by Mis-
take Is Not Recoverable

The suit of the San Diego Land and
Town company against the La Presa school
district IN San Diego county, which was de-
c!ded in favor of the defendant by the
lower court, has been passed on by the
supreme court and the judgment con-
hrmed.
The action was brought to recover $525.
claimed to have been paid by plaintiff and
received by defendant as special school tax
under a mistake of fact. 1t appeared from
water dam. which was taxed as part CT
the La Presa schoo. district, is not a part
of the schoo: district. The general mana
ger of the company. when he paid the tax,
believed the property owned by the COM
pany. valued at 49, 600, was in the district.
The appeal was taken ON the ground that
money paid under mistake is recoverable
Tie court holds that the evidence is that
the payment was made voluntarily and with
Gull means Of knowledge, Of the facts 1.-THE
authorities are generally agreed" says the
court. that tax voluntarily paid can
not be recovered. Every man is supposed
to know the law, and If he voluntarily
makes payment which the law would not
compel him to make he cannot afterwards
assign his ignorance of the law as an ex-
cuse. A mistake OF fact can scarcely ex-
Isl In such a case, except connected with
negligence"
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REPORTS AND LICENSES
Yearly One-Half of August Arrests
Were for Drunkenness

The report of the police department for
August to the commission shows MAT in
that month 272 arrests were made, in which
cases 2O5 convictions resulted. In 122 In
stances, drunkenness was the offense, In
% battery; II, petty larceny; 81, disturbing
the peace, burglary, vagrancy. and
the remainder are distributed among a
large number of minor offenses. The chain
gangs labor represented 1164 days of work
for one man. The report was read and
filed.
In the matter Of the saloon license at the
corner Of Fifth and Los Angeles streets,
wherein L. Schmidt alleges that F. Conrad
refus es to transfer the license after having
sold him the saloon and receiving pay for
It, action was deferred on account of the
Illness Of Conrad. The latter claims that
Schmidt has not complied with all the
terms Of the contract of purchase.
The application Of Waldeck and Ahhouse
for transfer of the license for a saloon at
No. 1879 South Broadway from Waldeck to
the firm was referred to the chief; that of
Adolf Spadino, for transfer of No. 1903
North Main street license from Frank Lue-
1ng 10 himself, was also referred for In
vestiga ton. The application Of Angus
ID Marquis for transfer of the No. 200 East
First street license from Henry Pfirrma n
to himself was granted on recommends
ton of Detective Bradish.
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Men and Women for Mcguire

Nearly all the women who effected a
temporary organization Of the Women's
Mcguire club las; week have concluded
that II will be best to extend the plan Of
organization and admit men thereto. They
believe tina. by uniting both sexes in the
membership the organization will become
much stronger and more efficient. The
second meeting OF the club will be held this
evening in the Southern California Music
hall. In the Bradbury block (entrance from
Third street,. There will be music, an
address by F. w. Allender, recitation
by Prof Black of the law school, and brief
speeches by several we'll known campaign
orators. proposition will be introduced
to change the name Of the organization to
the Men and Women's Mcguire club"
and admit men to membership. All men
and women who are in favor Of the cleo
ion of James G. Mcguire and the union
ticket are cordially invited to attend and
become members of the new organization
and assist In the election Of permanent Of
ficers
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Citv Hall Notes

Until November very small return will
be realized from the tax levy, and the vari-
Gus city funds must meanwhile go aLbeg-
cling. The salary fund Is partly repen-
tshed monthly by the collection of fines
and licenses. but the cash fund, deemed
the most important, already has $50 I'M
paid warrants registered against 1t and the
fire department fund 315.
The shortage Of the city water supply Is
becoming matter of graver concern each
day, and it is not improbab BILE that res:ric-
tions as to the use Of the water may be
put In operation before long.
A resident of Merchant street between
Seventh and Eighth yesterday complained
OF long row Of outhouses in the neigh
borhood that smell loud enough to stink
a dog out of a lanyard" as he puts It,
proposition to sewer the street in ques.
ton has been pending for over year
and Health Officer Powers assured the
complainant that the matter will receive
attention.
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before the board, in which he denies the
statement Of Indebtedness. He sets forth
that Miss Klink boarded at hts house from
September l, 1897, to January 15 1898, for
which time her board bill was 50. He
states further that SIS paid in December
is the only sum he has ever received on the
account, balance Of $50 still being due
from his boarder.
The board did not consider that SUCH a
ma tier came Within their jurisdiction, so
advised the complainant that her proper
source Of redress was the courts. Her
complaint was therefore withdrawn, and
Robbins explanation filed.
The matter Of ex-Policeman Spencer's
claim for $26.SS pay for the ten days vaca-
ton he should have enjoyed in the year
previous to his dismissal from the force,
came before the board again on reference
from the council. without further dis
cusston of the matter, a motion prevailed
20 deny the demand.