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and It is extremely doubtful if it can be
resurrected to advantage.
Sewers can no doubt be consinered out
Of the question for at least year.
A pity it is, tits true.
Events in the Crisis.

In a battle with two Spanish gunboa1s
and the shore batteries at Cardenas last
Wednesday night, the American torpedo
boat Winslow was badly riddled and
five of her crew killed. The little yes:
sci succeeded in doing much damage be-
fore she gave up the fight, and it is re-
ported that one of the Spanish gunboats
was sunk. Be that as it may, the Cruis-
er Wilmington visited the scene Of &C.
ton on the following day and atoned
for the loss of American lives at the
tune of at least sixteen to one. The shore
batteries were also reduced to ruins.
San Juan, the principal fortress on the
island of Puerto Rico, is no longer in a
position to resist the advance of the
American forces. Admiral Sampson d.
rected portion of his feet to lombard
the stronghold early Thursday morning.
The Iowa opened fire and for three hours
after the ship kept up terrific cannon
i
ade. The shore batteries were not alto
gether silenced, but the Notifications
were sufficiently demolished to render
| the port useless as an aid to the Spanish
fleet. The American losses during the
engagement amounted to two killed and
seven wounded. The Spanish loss, of
course, is unknown, but it must have
been heavy. None of our ships were
seriously injured.
Five vessels of the flying squadron, IN
der Commodore Schley, left Hampton
Roads under sealed orders Friday after
noon and steamed south. It is believed
the squadron made for Cuban waters in
order to be in readiness to join Samp-
Son in case of a naval encounter with
the Spanish feet.
President Mckinley is seriously con-
slderlng proposition to issue call for
100000 additional volunteers.
The Spanish fleet was sighted off Mar
Unique last Thursday. Saturday it was
seen off the coast of Venezuela, steaming
west, and on Monday it had left Curacao.
Sampson is aware of its presence in
West Indian waters and has orders to
destroy it. With schley's assistance he
could do this easily.
Fifteen thousand soldiers, perhaps thir-
ty, will be sent to aid Dewey in holding
the Philippine islands,
The Spanish government has organized
five battalions of one thousand men each
with the view of embarking them for the
Philippines.
AS near as can be ascertained the Span
ish fleet now in Cuban waters consists of
the heavy armored cruisers Maria There
sa, Oquendo, Vizcaya and Cristobal Co.
Ion and the torpedo-boat destroyers Ter
1or, Furor and Pluton. Simpsons squad
ron is made up Of the Indiana and Iowa,
battlesh1ps, the New York, protected
cruiser, the monitors Puritan and Am
phitrite, the cruisers Detroit, Montgom-
cry and Marblehead and two torpedo
boats. These may be joined by the bat
tleships Texas and Massachusetts and
the cruiser Brooklyn. The big monitors,
it is reported, have been left behind to
guard the port at San Juan.
In an address at Birmingham Hon.
Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State
for the British colonies and one of the
leaders in England, made this significant
statements: "There is powerful and
generous nation across the Atlantic,
speaking our language, bred of our race
and having interests Identical with ours.
I would go SO far as to say that, terri
BILE as war may be, even war itself would
be cheaply purchased If, in great and
noble cause, the Stars and Stripes and
GllC OuIOr JdCh SuOUAu wave GOSCGuCI
over an Anglo-Saxon alliance. 1t is one
of the most satisfactory results of Lord
Salisbury's policy, that at the present
time these two great nations understand
each other better than the; ever have
done since, over century ago, they
were separated by the blunder of q
British government
The troops at Chickamauga will be in
command of Generals Lee and Wilson.
Commenting on the generous treat
ment given the thirteenth regiment by
the citizens of st. Paul and Minneapolis,
| the Pioneer Press says:
/ Col. Bobleter's regiment, although it
contains only one company Of st. Paul
| boys, has especial claims to this kind Of
recognition by the people of st. Paul.
j Col. Bobleter, during his several terms
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