The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-06-18

at ten o'clock Tuesday night with IS
Spanish prisoners, one of them an Of
ficer. The party also captured 100
Mauser rifles and 10000 rounds of am
munition. They report having had
series Of engagements with Spaniards,
In which 100 Spanish soldiers were
killed and 200 wounded. They also de-
stroyed a Spanish blockhouse and tele-
graph station. through which the Span
iards had been keeping Guantanamo
and Santiago informed of the move
ments of American troops.
New Orleans Does Good Work.
Off Santiago de Cuba, via Kingston.
Jamaica, June 16.-The United States
cruiser New Orleans. having been or
dered by Rear Admiral Sampson to de-
stroy the new emplacements half mile
east OF lei MORO. on which large num-
Der of Spaniards had been working,
took up position at five o'clock Tues
day morning about 500 yards from
shore and 1000 yards from the MORO
battery. She opened up on the emplace-
ments with her rapid-fire guns. Red
clouds of sand rose on the hilltop where
the emplacements were building. Fol-
lowing the fifteenth shot, the MORO
batteries replied with one shell that fell
near the stern of the flagship New York.
After 20 minutes gun practice Admiral
Sampson signaled the New Orleans TO
cease firing. Then, as she retired, the
MORO batteries sent ten shells after
her, but without damage. Admiral
Sampson hoisted the signal "Firing
well DONE" the first compliment of the
kind from the admiral.
vesuvius Gets Good Practice.
The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius Joined
the fleet Monday and was put TO work
| Immediately. Ensign Palmer, OF the
New York, went on board the Vesuvius
with Lieut. Commander Pillsbury TO
explain the location OF the batteries. A
few minutes from midnight the Vesu-
vius was about half mile from the
beach west of lei MORO. The oregon's
searchlight played on the battery while
the black nose OF the cruiser pointed at
! the westward batteries. Lieut.. Com
mander Pillsbury gave the word to fire
and Lieut.. Quimby opened the air vent.
There was n slight Kissing. sort OF
coughing noise, but no flame, no re-
port, no warning 10 the Spaniards who
were hiding in the darkness. Thirty
seconds later dull roar broke the ST
lence OF the tropical night. Two hun
dred pounds of gun cotton had exploded
on the hillside below the battery. The
ships on the blockade lines two miles
away shook with the explosion. The
firing of l3-inch shell is n mere rife
crack compared 10 the deep and mighty
roar. Clouds OF earth thrown up from
the hills seemed to stand out against
the black sky.
Another package OF gun cotton was
dropped on the other side OF the bat
terry and may possibly have struck the
torpedo boats anchored below. Before
the echoes OF the second died away the
Vesuyius sent n third charge kissing
out. IL fell right on the brow of the
hill where the battery seemed 10 lie.
Into the air flew tons OF earth and the
smoke covered the land for half mile.
The Vesuvius retired at n 16-knot
rate. Two flashes from the hill and
two Spanish shells flew beyond the
cruiser. The test was regarded as
highly satisfactory and there is intense
interest IN the feet over this first trial
in war OF a dynamite cruiser.
satisfactory" for spain.
Madrid, June 16.--In the chamber OF
deputies Lieut.. Gen. Correa, minister OF
war, declared that the government
could have no motive in hiding the
truth as 10 the American landing nj
Guantanamo. Communication, he said,
had been cut between Santiago and
Guantanamo, but as soon as dispatches
were received they would be published.
Gen. Azuar said the news as TO the land
ing was Every satisfactory for Spain"
VIII Continue the Struggle.
London, June 16.--The Madrid CORE
spondent OF the Standard says: The
Madrid newspapers declare that the
idea that the Spanish favor peace Is all
wrong. On the contrary, they are still
resolved TO continue the struggle being
convinced that facts are fast proving
the Americans powerless TO conquer
the garrisons in Cuba and Puerto Rico.
while they are also menaced with i'm
ternational complications at Manila.
To Exchange Mcrrimnc Prisoners.
Madrid, June 16.-The government
has authorized Gov. Gen. Blanco to en-
terrain proposals for an exchange OF
Lieut.. Hobson and the other prisoners
taken when the American collier Merri.
mae was sunk off the entrance to the
harbor OF Santiago de Cuba.
Duke Almodovar de Rio, minister OF
foreign affairs, has ordered Senior Du
Bose. former Spanish charge d'affaires
at Washington, and Lieut.. Carranza.
former Spanish naval attache there, TO
leave Canada.