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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-05
PICTURESQUE SANTIAGO.
Scenes About the MOuntain-Walled
City as Viewed from the Sen.


Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.)
OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA. June 8, on
Board the Associated Press Dispatch Boat
Wanda, via Kingston, Jamaica. June A.
Sixteen war ships of the United States and
1900 men are drifting here under the shadow
of Cubas towering mountains. On the
mountain side is a small opening, a rift
that leads away. twisting and turning, up
to the city of Santiago. fifteen miles from
the sea. In this narrow harbor stream lies
the fleet of Admiral Cervera. All day and all
night the eyes of the American sailors are
fixed upon the narrow entrance to the har-
Dor as the war ships slowly drift up and
down past it. Perched high on one side
of the entrance to the harbor is Moro
Castle, which for two centuries has looked
down upon all vessels entering there On.
the opposite point small palms and trop-
ical shrubbery grow rank and. green, almost
hiding the battery that is placed at that
point Sailing along the shore, four miles
off, one would scarcely distinguish MORO
Castle 1t looks like a thousand other
rocky spurs that project from the noun
tain sides all along the eastern shore of the
island. This is the picture of the Santiago
blockade to-day. The landscape is one of
great beauty The mountain scenery is
majestic Great peaks, green .robed. rise
5000 feet above the sea, with the sun OBJ
securing them. Down in the deep Swallowed
base are war ships drifting, waiting for the
shot battle. All night the moonlight makes
beautiful picture of the mountains and
sea. Imagine the ocean washing from the
hills of mountain with a tropical sky
above all, and you have picture of SAINT
iago de Cuba and the American blockade
to-day.
No attempt is made by the fleet to go into
the harbor. Mines are near the entrance
and it would be suicidal for large ships to
attempt to enter. So there is nothing to do
but sail up and down past the harbor
mouth, hoping the Spanish ships may again
show themselves or come out for an open
combat. The Spaniards have plainly laid
trap for the American ships. The harbor is
mined, batteries have been planted all along
1t on either side. and the Spaniards are well
equipped with good guns and smokeless
powder. But the Americans will not fall
into the trap. One ship may be sacrificed;
but If il is blown up and sunk 1t Will block
the harbor entrance and prevent the Span
iards from getting out.
An hour before sunset tonight as dark
rain clouds, lying low over the coast line,
foreboded the usual tropical storm, and the
united fleet OF America lay of the mouth of
the harbor. fianlxed by little fiotilla Of dis
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BlancO Now without Means of Com-
municating with Madrid Except by
Way of the United States.
GREELY'S WORK SUCCESSFUL
SKILLED SIGNAL OFFICERS SENT TO
THE DOOMED ISLAND.
The French and British Cables Crap
pied and severed-No Interra-
tional Complications.
ocoprrlght. lsss. BY the AssocIated pressl

Copyright 1895. by the Associated Press)
OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, June 3, 5
p. M, per the Associated Press dispatch
boat Wanda, via Kingston, Jamaica, June
4.-The last cable strand binding Cuba with
the outside world was cut this afternoon
by a cable vessel conveyed here by the
United States dispatch boat Dolphin. This
black sea crab delved all day along the
coast, hour by hour, and it's powerful claws
at length brought up the barnacle-clustered
cable strands and snapped them, and to-
night Cuba is isola ed
The first cable picked up was that run
ming to Kingston. 1t was found early this
morning. The coast loop connecting San
tiago and Guantanamo was then cut. Pro-
ceeding to Guantanamo, the cable vessel
finally grappled and severed the Haitian
cable. This ends the cable cutting opera
tons begun month ago, when the Marble
head and the Window lost five men in
fight off Cienfuegos, where three cables
were crippled, and several hundred Span
iards were killed by shells from the war
ships. Afterwards tho st. Louis and the
Wampatuck cut the San Juan cable to San
tiago. The strands cut to-day were the only
ones remaining. except coast loops, and
these will probably be severed IN a short
time.
The cutting of these cables is almost as
serious for the Spaniards in coast towns as
the cutting of foreign cables. the land wires
connecting the coast towns being wholly at
the mercy of the insurgents. Therefore. in
the event of American troops landing in
Cuba the absence of the loops will serious
ly interfere with the hasty mobilization OF
the Spanish troops.
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MARIETTA AT KEY WEST.
The GunbOnt Finishes Her Long Trip
from San FranciscO.

KEY WEST, Fla. June 4.-The United
States gunboat Marietta, Commander F. M.
Simonds, arrived here at 1880 o'clock this
morning from San Francisco, which port
she left on March 10. The trip was I'M
eventful and there was not even a case of
sickness aboard. Much of the voyage was
made in company with the battle ship Ore
gon. and the first question of the Mariettas
officers was as to the Oregon's whereabouts.
After the Marietta passed Cape Horn she
kept sharp lookout for the Spanish tor
pedo gunboat Temerario, which was sup
posed to be hunting for the Oregon. Inc
Marietta'S officers were very anxious to
meet the Spaniard, and they said that if
meeting had taken place they would have
surely sunk her. During the entire voyage
they sighted only a half a dozen vessels.
The Marietta left Rio Janeiro on May 8.
The men on board had heard no war news
later than the first bulletin of Rear Ad-
miral DeweyS victory at Manila.
The Marietta anchored on her arrival here
and hoisted a flag for a doctor. Pending
his arrival no one was allowed to leave or
come aboard the vessel and the CORE
spondent of the Associated Press shouted
brief summary of the war news to the off,
GERS and men, the receipt of which caused
much laughing and rejoicing. The Mariet-
ia is painted black Her course was through
Providence channel and she saw no war
ships in West Indian waters.
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Movements of steamers.

NEW YORK. June 4.-Arrved: La Tou-
raine, from Havre; Etruria, from Liverpool.
Sailed: Spaarndam, for Rotterdam; La
BourgOgne. for Havre; Lucania. for Liver
pool; Kaiser Wilhelm II. for Naples: Patria
for Hamburg; City of Rome, for Glasgow
QUEENSTOWN, June ARRIVED: UNI
bria, from New York, for Liverpool. Sailed:
Cymric, for New York.
LIVERPOOL. June ARRIVED: Aurania
and Cevio. from New York. Sailed: Cam
pania, for New York.
BREMEN, June 4.-Sailed: Friedrich der
Crosse, for New York.
PHILADELPHIA. June ARRIVED: Mis-
souri, from London.
HAVRE, June 4.-Sailed: La Bretagne.
for New York.
for New York
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SANTIAGO AND ITS DEFENsEs.
Louis Duany Thinks Cervera's Fleet
Is Not in the HarbOr.


NEW YORK, June 3.-Louis Duany has
arrived in this city from Jamaica. He left
Santiago de Cuba May IS. Mr.. Duany does
not believe that Cervera's fleet is at San
tiago and he says: Il think that Ger
vera's fleet may have been confused with
five Spanish boats which were in the harbor
when l left. These were Ell Reina Mar
cedes, a second-class cruiser; FL Condo Ben
adito, Ell Marques de Molin, auxiliary cruis
ers with heavy guns and two gunboats, Ell
Sandoval and La Estrolla. The cruiser Rena
Mercedes is disabled, her boilers having
broken down, and she was lying just inside
the entrance to the harbor. Her guns were
removed to the Notifications. The Span
iards laid a few mines last winter but on
May the work began on a larger scale.
/ saw men at this work in the harbor for
some time afterward, and about seventy
mines have been laid altogether The first
line of six mines is laid directly across
the mouth of the harbor from MORO Castle
to the buoy which marks the shallow water
line near La Zocapa, the fortress opposite:
Directly behind the first lines are lines OF
four, three and two mines each, so that
the entrance to the harbor is well laid with
mines. The other mines are all along the
ship channel for six miles to the docks.
The mines are all connected by wires with
the shore. / visited all of the forts and /
am sure that the only modern guns in use
are luOSS TAKEN from the cruiser ft0lld
Mercedes. There are two of these guns at
Moro and the others are at La Zocapa
and Punta Gorda.
There are $50 soldiers at Moro, so at La
Zocapa, so at Punta Gorda and 100 at Punta
Blanca. The principal magazine is at Ell
Polvian. The soldiers at the forts are well
armed and we'll equipped, but 1 do not be-
lieve that they are good gunners, at least
never saw them practice during my stay
of eight months. There are 5000 troops in
the province of Santiago under the COM
mr. in hn off
of Santiago and outlying towns under the
command of General Toval and General
Linares. They are well-ordered troops and
we'll armed"
Mr.. Duany said that there was a supply
Of 1000 tons of coal at Santiago when he
left. Fresh meat was very dear.
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KLONDIKE TREASURE.
About $2O,OOO,OOO VIII BE Shipped to
San Francisco This Summer.

SAN FRANCISCO. June 4.-The Examiner
says Within the next two months about
5000 900 will be shipped from Dawson City
to San Francisco. Most of the treasure is
said to be the property OF the Alaska Com
mercial Company. their agents having
bought the gold dust from the miners and
given checks in payment. The company will
have three vessels on the route between here
and st. Michael's this SUMMERTIME Bertha
Portland and ST. Paul. The only United
States vessel now in the north is the rev.
enue cutter Bear, and she is on a special
mission. The gunboat Wheeling may be
sent to ST Micnaers TO escort the treasure
fleet to San Francisco. Thomas w Ken
drick. who is on his way to Dawson over
the Stickeen trail, writes from Glenora that
o<s 1,500 men who started by that route, 500
countered''
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Illinois University Won.

CHICAGO, June 4.-The University of
Michigan won the triangular field games to-
day on Marshall field, scoring 70 points
Chicago was second with Al, and Illinois
third with SO. The universities withdrew
from the regular organization because of
the action declaring Maybury, of Wiscon-
sin, an amateur. Two Western intercolle-
giate records were broken and two equaled
J. K. 9oagland, of Illinois, clipped nearly
fifteen seconds off the mile walk mark made
by BunneIl, of Minnesota, last year. He ne
gotiated the distance in Ill AS. after walk
ing Tryeon, the Michigan crack, off his
feet. F. w. Van Oven, of Illinois, showed
himself a consistent performer by throwing
the hammer 100 feet. SURPRISING the effort
of Edgren, the California giant, who es-
tablished a Western intercollegiate record
of 1913 feet 912 inches in 1895. B. b. Smith,
of Chicago. outfooted Wood, of Michigan,
in a hard mile run, which equaled the West
ern intercollegiate record of 4:S3. The ma
room finished in fine style Mclean equaled
Kraenzleins time of last year over the low
hurdles. He ran the go yards in % 20 sec
OndS.
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TWENTY-ROUND DRAW.
Evcrhnrdt and Ziegler Boxed at
Catch Weights.

NEW YORK, June 4.-Jack Everhardt Of
New Orleans, and Owen Ziegler, of Philadel-
phia boxed twenty rounds at catch weights
at the Greater New York Athletic Club,
Coney island, tonight, and the result was
draw The bout was very clean and Clev-
err, and not once did either man mar the
sport with the suspicion of foul. The ref
eree's decision was the only one that could
possibly be made in all fairness to both con-
testants, and was received by the spectators
without word Of dissent. The opening bout
was cut short after the fifth round. as one
of the principals had to give up owing to
his having sustained a fracture of the right
forearm. The principals were Tom Hays, of
New York, and Black Critic of Cincinnati
They met for bout of ten rounds at 1876
pounds. AT the beginning of the sixth round
Hays dropped his hand and said he had
broken his right wrist and was unable to go
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COMMITTED SUICIDE.
An Old Man Ends His Life-FOund
Dead In HiS wagon.

Charles La Barth. seventy-one years old.
was found dead at $50 o'clock last evening
in his spring wagon in the rear of his home,
1884 Fayette street His death was evident
ly from poison self-administered. and the
coroner will hold an autopsy to-day to de-
termine what poison he took. La Barth
had been on protracted spree since Mon
day. On that day he took $50 from his wife
and left home. He returned two or three
times in an Intoxicated condition and his
wife refused TO allow him TO enter the house.
Last evening he met Frank Wright, his
nephew, and told him that he would never
see him alive again Wright had heard his
uncle make this statement several times be-
fore and paid no attention TO him. An hour
later La Barth went TO his own kitchen and
obtained a glass OF water and an hour later
he was found dead. Mrs. La Barth is said
to be quite wealthy. Charles la Barth was
known about the city as Charley French.
the surname being taken from his nation-
alfty.
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THE KAIsER's ATTITUDE.
Official Statement that Germany's
ruler Is Strictly Impa rtiaI.


WASHINGTON, June 4.-Ambassador
White has called the attention of the de-
partment to the following which appeared
in the North German Gazette, of recent
date, and which. on account Of its semi
official character and the fact that a copy
OF the paper containing it was sent to the
embassy by member of the Foreign Office,
accentuates its interest and renders
1t especially satisfactory to this country:
American and German papers have re-
Gently reported that his Majesty, the En-
peror, in conversation with the ambassa-
dor of the United States at Berlin is said to
nave refuted the superstition that the i'm
perlai government was animated by I'M
Irieholy Feelings toward America AS we
are informed. no such conversation has
taken pIace and consequently all reports In
regard 70 ~ are imaginative. his Majesty
tne Emperor, could have had little reason
lot thinking It necessary 10 give the as
surahce ascribed to him because the Ameri-
eatis eo s not be in doubt as 10 the CHAR
actvT OF our strict, complete and loyal neu-
traiity after the repeated declarations
WnlCn nave been made on that point since
the beginning Of the war and especially In
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the speech from the throne on the 9Th. inst.
This Is also to be said to those English.
French and Austrian papers which have
ment and public opinion of the German en-
pire had sided against the President and
people of the United States Confidence
should be felt in the imperial policy which,
without weighty reasons. would not permit
the friendly relations to be disturbed, which
have existed for more than a hundred years
with q state in which millions of German
people have found second homo >,
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The Yale Sighted.

CAPE HAITIEN, June 4, 6:35 p. m.--The
correspondent Of the Associated Press at
GcnaiVes telegraphs that the American
auxiliary cruiser Yale formerly the Amer
lean liner Paris) was sighted off the port at
o'clock yesterday afternoon by the steam
er Albert Dumois. The Yale was bound
ncrth.
Sis p. NIT is reported here that there
was some trouble with the Guantanamo
cable yesterday, but at the cable, office it
was declared the cable is working as usual
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BIG BANKING FAILURE.
Weston Engine Company Also Assigns
-$5,OOO,OOO Involved.

ELMIRA. N. Y, June A. West & Co..
bankers at Painted Post, N. Y, and the
Weston Engine Company made a general
assignment to-day. Assets are large and liza
bilities larger, but the amount is not known
Enterprises at North Tonawanda, N Y,
Manistique Mich, Ottawa, Ont. and Cow
erneur, controlled by A. Weston. may be
involved tying up from two to five million
dollars worth of property.
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Name,
Rioters Sentenced.

PARIS. June A dispatch from Lugano
Switzerland. to the Petite Republic, says
that Signor Costa and Signor Andreis, of
the Italian Chamber of Deputies. and the
correspondents of the Secolo and the Italia
Del Popolo, who were arrested at Turin
during the recent riots, have been SEN
fenced TO Imprisonment for terms of from
ten to eighteen years for melting the people
to civil war
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Mnaf Qmit Cnha.

LONDON, June 4--The Foreign Office an
nounces that Captain General Blanco only
consented to the release of Messrs. Robin
son and Wighman. the English newspaper
correspondents on condition that they leave
the island not to return. They are expected
to embark on board the British cruiser Tai
for the purpose of enbarkng British resi-
dantS
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COLUMBUS, o., June 4.-The local Grand
Army posts to-day joined with the Copfed-
crate veterans from the South in memorial
exercises at the Camp Chase Confederate
Cemetery. Col. w. II. Krauss, of the G. A.
Bennett II. Young of Louisville; Governor
Robert Taylor. of Tennessee: Hon. John III.
feathers. of Louisville, all Confederates, and
by Captain Gilbert III. Bargar, G. A. r. The
Confederate Glee Club Of Louisville and
school children here sung. Flowers from
the North and South were profusely strewn.
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PiIIsbury and ShcwaIter the Only
Ones Having Glenn scores.

VIENNA, June 4-The third round of the
international chess tournament was played
at the Vienna Chess Club to-day Schlechter
and Steinitz drew. Schowater beat Ma
roczy, Blackburne and Talprin drew, Pills
bury beat Schwarz, Janowski lost to Lipke,
Schiffers and Caro- drew; Tarrasch beat
Baird, Alapin beat Trenchard. walbrodt
beat Burn and Marco defeated Tschigorin.
The two Americans. Pilsbury and Sho-
walter are the only players who have kept
their scores clean. Following are the scores:
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Franchise Tax Decisions.

CINCINNATI, o.. June 4-The United
States Circuit Court of Appeals, Justice
Harlan presiding to-day decided twenty
six cases appealed from Kentucky courts
contesting the validity of the act taxing
franchises. These cases were all brought
held that the legislature had power to Gre
ate tax beard to fix the valuation of stock,
ETC. lnJunctons We're granted only in such
cases where the banks had accepted the
provisions OF the old Hewitt law of 1885,
winch provided for exemption after cor
poratons paid tax of Is cents on each
share of stock
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KEY WEST. Ella. June Vessels which
arrived here to-day from the Havana-Car-
denas blockade report that there has been
no excitement along the line for the last
ten days, but they say the Spaniards are
beginning new Notifications at various
nOint9
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GOODNESS in BATTLE
CoMMoDoRE sCHLEY's ATTACK ON
THE SANTIAGO FoRTIFIcATIoNs.

Details of the BOmbardment That
show the Flying Squadron Com
naander Has Nerve and Judgment.
Evening star., 1898-10-28
NUNSUCH WINS A RACE.
Prince of Wales FiIIy Was Ridden
Today by sloan.

LONDON, October 2s.-J. H. Mcsker's
bay filly School Girl ridden by Tod Sloan,
won a free handicap at New Market today.
The betting was to against School Girl.
Golden Bridge won the (second) Lime
kiln Stakes. Prince Soltykoffs thrce-year-
old bay colt Leisure Hour, ridden by Tod
Sloan. finished second and James R.
Keene's four-yea--old chestnut colt, Voter
vas third The betting was TO against
Leisure Hour.
The Prince Of Wales four year-Old hay
filly Nunsuch. rio den by Sloan, won tho
Old Cambridgeshire Handicap of 500
sovereigns.
This race is of 800 sovereigns, added 10 n
sweepstakes of 25 sovereigns each, 10
soyereigrs forfeit to the fund.
Seven horses ran over the Old Cam
bridgeshire course Il mile ana 40 yarcs),
and the result in detail was as follows:
The Prince OF Wales four-year-old bay
flly Nunsuch, by Nunthrop out Of La
Morllaye, won; Fl. c. Whites six-year-o!d
chestnut mare Georic by Clan
Stewart out Of Misapore, second; Sir ;.
Miller's three-year-cld bay gelding Pinfoba,
by Surefoot out of Pinta, third.
The betting was to 1 against Nr'sues'
Evening star., 1898-10-28
LAKE STEAMER FOUNDERS
L. R. Doty Goes Down With All Hands in
Gale.
The Vessel Was of 1900 Tons and
Was Built I'm
1898.

CHICAGO, October 29.-The loss of the
steamer L. R. Doty, with her entire crew,
during the gale of Tuesday is now con-
ceded. Wreckage brought here has been
fully identified by Capt. Ellison of the
steamer George Williams, which belongs to
the same line, as having come from the
Doty.
The Olive Jeanette, which the Doty had
in tow, was towed into Chicago today. Her
crew confirmed the loss Of the steamer.
Christopher Smith, captain; Henry Sharp,
first mate: w. ]. Hossie, second mate;
Thomas Abernathie. engineer: c. w.
Odette, second engineer; George Wadkin,
oiler; L. Goss, steward; W. J. Scott, cook;
Charles Bornie, watchman; Peter G. Peter
son. wheelman; Albert Nelson assistant
wheelman; Jas. FitZsimmons, fireman; J.
Howe, fireman; F. Parmuth, deck hand; c.
Curtis. deck hand; VIM. Ebert, deck hand;
Pat Ryan deck hand.
The Doty was wooden steamer and was
built at West Bay City, Mich, In 1893. Her
capacity was 100 net tons. She was 291
feet long and Al feet beam. Her insurance
valuation was $19O,OOO.
Schooner st. Peter Lost.
TOLEDO, Ohio, October 2S.-The three
masted schooner ST. Peter, Toledo boat,
foundered yesterday seven miles northwest
of Sodus, Lake Ontario, in twenty fathoms
of water She had 700 tons of hard coal
owner. His wife and the crew of seven
were drowned, but Griffin himself was
saved. The schooner was built in 1873 in
Toledo and was valued at 81 500.