The Springdale news., 1898-07-15
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wounded to Fort McPherson, near At lanta. Ga, was in rear-end collision, six miles south of High Springs, tla' at D. m., on the 10th. No one was hurt
 ON the 11th ten men were killed by cave-in in the Cleveland (O.) city water works tunnel being built under the lake. rescue party of six sent into the tunnel failed to return.
 MISCELLANEOUS.
 ON the 7th a dispatch from the seal of war in Cuba said: "Thousands ot refugees from Santiago swarm about Fl Caney and San Luis. They are ab- solutely destitute, not having been al lowed to carry any food with them Tn their flight. They are appealing to Gen. Shafter for succor.
 ON the Sth the Plant line steamer Halifax arrived at Boston, having on board l62 survivors of the French llne steamer La Bourgogne, which was sunk in a collision with the ship Cromartyshire, off Sable island, on the 4th.
 THE small Spanish schooner Galli- to, loaded with lumber, hard wood, chickens, pigs and provisions of varl- ous kinds, was captured hy the aux Hilary gunboat Eagle, and lowed ln- to Key West on the 7th.
 SEVEN of the soldiers who left San Francisco on the second expedition to Manila are back at Camp Merritt, hav- ing returned on the Rio Janeiro. They got as far as Honolulu, where the regl- mental surgeons ordered them back on account of physical disability.
 DURING the 24 hours ended at a. ID. of the Sth the rainfall at St. Louis was the heaviest in the history of the citv-5.S s inches The damage toprop- erty in the ow-lying districts was enor- nous, reaching hundreds of thousands of dollars Many families were com pelled to flee from their homes.
 TIE San Francisco Examiner says that the United States gunboat Ben nington will proceed to the Ladrone islands, andsmay remain there to hold them.
 ON the 9th six of the vessels belong ing to the fleet of Admiral Camara arrived at Port Said from Suez, and departed in the evcningon their way back to Spain.
 LONDON weekly newspapers, i'll dis cussing the war, pay glowing tributes to the American navy.
 THE statement of the associated banks of New York city for the week ended on the 9th showed the following changes: Surplus reserve, decrease, Ss, 668, ,250 loans, increase, SIP, ,69l, 800 specie, decrease, S5,571 500; legal ten ders, decrease, Sl 09S, 400; deposits, in- crease, S7, 993, 400; circulation, decrease, S3Q, 400.
 OK the 9th the associated banks of New York city held S53, 345, ,300in ex- cess of the requirements of the 25-per- cent. rule.
 ON the 10th the American flag foat- ed over the White House and the war and navy departments, an unusual thing on Sabbath, but q sign of the times. It was a reminder of the presi- dents call upon the people of the land " CCAttl dGC bIlC x M lOtAo oNiAA1fNA41AiN' N' of the American army and navy by thanksgiving and prayer.
 IN the French senate, replying to an interpolation with reference to cases of poisoning in the army through eat ing can goods, the minister of war, M. Cavaignac, said the food partaken of was old, and had been imported from America.
 THE dry season has seriously in. jured the vineyards of the Liver more valley, in California, and it is estimated the yield will only be about onethird that of last year In some localities the crop will practically be 8 dead loss
 STATEMENT of the condition of the United States treasury July II: Avail able cash balance, S230, ,171 C50; gold reserve, S171 ,749417.
 ADvICEs received in London, on the 11th, from Grand Canary island, the center of the Canaries group, sa d: "One Spanish torpedo boat is here and two others are understood to De i n the neighborhood. Mat CTS are quiet and the reserves are stlI under arms.
 THE auxiliary cruiser Yale, with Gen. Miles and staff, and portion of Gar. retson's brigade on board, arrived off Santiago on the 11th Gen. Miles had a conference with Admiral Sampson and later conferred with Gen. Shafter by means of the signal service tele- phone wires.
 ON the 11th the bombardment of san. tiago was resumed, the fleet firing over high ridge which hid the city from view. Most of the shells fell into the bay, but one struck church filled with ammunition, causing frighttul explosion. At this point. and before Gen. Shafter had begun land attack, a flag of truce was seen coming from the city.