The herald., 1898-03-24
A SPANISH VICTORY

HAVANA, March pa spanish report
says that General Hernandez Velasco has
been engaged at the farm of Delfin, Bouth
of San Luis, province Of Pinar del Rio.
with an insurgent force under Ramon
Vidal, Luis Peres and Negro Cesaro. The
Spaniards are said to have destroyed the
camp Of the insurgents, who are also al
legged to have left fifteen men killed and a
quantity of arms and ammunition on the
field and to have retired with many
wounded.
The Spanish loss, 1t is added, was one
captain and two soldiers Killed and two
officers and eleven soldiers wounded.
Unimportant skirmishes are also re-
ported to have occurred at Nueva Pasc,
Guira Melona, Monies, Carmolo and Moyo
Colorado, this province.
1t is also announced from the palace that
eleven unimportant skirmishes have taken
place in the province OF Santa Clara, and
1t is asserted that seventy-two insurgents
under Colonel Benito Soccorro have sur
rendered to the Spanish at Jaguey Ia
Grande, province of Matanzas.
JOINED THE INSURGENTS
HAVANA. March 23.-Pilar Olivia of
Managua. a native Cuban of some wealth
tofore been supposed to be an adherent of
the autonomist party, has been arrested
upon an order of Colonel Paglieri, chief OF
police of Havana. OLIVIA is charged with
rendering assistance to insurgents and will
be sent to Barcelona for trial.
ARMING A YACHT
NEW YORK, March 23.-The steam
yacht Mayfower was put into dry dock
at the navy yard today and will be i'm
mediately transformed into war vessel.
The rifles which will be put aboard her are
now at the navy yard, and the torpedo
tubes will arrive from Newport within q
few days.
AMMUNITION ORDERED
DERBY, Conn.,, March 23.-L. L. briggs
Of the Driggs-seabury Gun and Ammuni-
ton company stated today that his COM
pany had received a -million-do dollar
order from the government for ammuni-
tion.
DYNAMITE EXPLODED
PITTSBURG, Pa, March pa Chron-
icle telegram from Lowelville says the
dynamite magazine at Hillsville exploded
this morning, wrecking the building and
causing panic 1t is supposed the mag
azine was struck by lightning. 1t is re-
ported that a man named Welsh, his wife
and six children were killed.
THE AUXILIARY FLEET
NEW YORK, March 2-The board ap-
pointed to select merchant vessels for the
use Of the United States navy resumed Its
sessions today. Several steamers were ex-
amined. The negotiations between the
Morgan Towing company and the govern
ment for the sale of the steel tug De Witt
c. WINS were continued today. On receipt
of dispatch from Washington this after
noon the naval auxiliary cruiser board took
possession of the tug and proceeded to the
navy yard, where she was formally
turned over to the government. The price
paid by the government for the boat coufd
not be ascertained. The De Witt c. Twins
was launched last October, and is a power.
full seagoing tug of Is knots.
1t was said at the office of the Morgan
Towing company that the auxiliary board
is negotiating with the company for the
purchase Of the p. p. Wise and the r. c.
Veit. sister tugs of the De witt c. Twins.
NEW ARTILLERYMEN
WASHINGTON, March 23-Reports te
the war department show that about 4Ot
men up to this time have been enlisted fol
the two artillery regiments recently au.
thorized by congress. About 1900 men in all
are required. Most of the recruits are Sent
to join old established regiments, and II
many cases experienced men from the