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ern destroyer, but her exact dimensions
and armament are not available at the

ern destroyer, but her exact dimensions
and armament are not available at the
navy department.
The men reported killed and wounded
during Admiral SIMPSONS bombardment
of San Juan yesterday are designated as
department.:
Frank Widemark, seaman on cruiser New
York. killed; Born In Finland; next Of kin.
Gustave Erickson, father, A. Abo. Finland.
citizen. Length of service about eight
samuel reltman, ordinary seaman on
York city; next Of kin. Joseph Alexander.
81 Miilet street, New York city; native-born
citizen. service about one year. and five
Raymond c.. Hill. apprentice. second-class
on hattleship Iowa, slightly wounded. Born
In Coventry, England; next Of kim. James
Hill. 40 Ward street, Paterson, N. j. Nat
aralized citizen, service about one year and
John Mitchell. seaman on battleship Iowa.
slightly wounded, born In COnstantinOple,
ons serSees
eight months.
These names are taken from press dis
patches, as the navy department has not
given out an official list of the names.
~; New York, May ia special! from St.
Thomas says the casualties on board the
United States feet in the bombardment
of San Juan were as follows:
SEAMAN FRANK K1DEMARK Of the
New York.
The wounded were:
Samuel Feltman, leg broken.
-Four other seamen on the New York.
Marine NJ. G.. Merkel elbow broken
Seamen Il. G. Hill and John Mitchell,
II; 6. MaIkle is marine and is not borne
" Washington, D. c.. May 13.-At 7:2O
o'clock this morning the navy department
received the following dispatch from Ad-
miral Sampson. It Is dated st. Thomas,
May II, and is as follows:
A portion Of the squadron under my cot1l-
mand reached San Juan this morning at day.
break. No armed vessels were found in the
port. As sooh as 1t was sufficiently light
commenced attack Upon the batteries de-
Tending the city. This attack lasted about
three hours and Resulted In much damage
ton OF the city adjacent to tie batteries.
The batteries replied to our fire, but with
out material effect. One man was killed on
board the New York and seven slightly
wounded In the squadron. No serious dam
age to any ships resulted. SAMPSON
Admiral SIMPSONS statement that he
attacked with only a portion of his feet
is taken to indicate that he did not find 1t
expedient to take the entire squadron into
the harbor. though it is not believed he has
separated his. feet.
The navy department officials were at d
loss to know how his dispatch reached St.
Thomas until the Associated press dis
patch announced the presence of the Yale
at St, Thomas.
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LOSS WAS HEAVY.
Spaniards Lose 900 Men While
Forcing a Way to the
Coast of Cuba.

New York, May ia dispatch to the
World from Nuevitas, Cuba, by way of
Nassau, New Providence, says that chaos
reigns at Camaguey and famine ut Nue.
vitas.
Every boat in the harbor, steam and
sail, has been jammed into the narrow
channel to be sunk at the first sign of an
attack. Two thousand soldiers guard the
entrance, twelve miles from the city. and
four old cannon have been mounted on
an island in the harbor. People are starry
ing. Salt pork costs $3.50 per pound; rice
80 cents, and goats bring 500 each.
The Spanish commander told the starv-
ing citizens to 60 into the country as he
could not feed them.
Many soldiers are Joining the insur,
gents to get food. The conditions at
Puerto Principe are still worse. The sur
rounding forts are almost abandoned.
A column of 5000 Spaniards started
for Moran, carrying flag of truce. When
fired upon by the insurgents the COM
mander sent word that he was no longer
making war upon Cubans, but was going
to the coast to fight Americans.
Gen. Lopez Rece replied: "Spain can
not fight the United States without fight
ing us. Their war is ours" and again
opened fire. ,.. =.
The spaniards lost 900 men in the four
into the Spanish service. The Spanish
columns on the way, to the coast are
burning all the country homes.
President Masso has ordered Gen. Go
mez and Gen. Garcia to meet him and
his cabinet at Moron trocha, where there
will be concentration Of Cuban forces.
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SAMPSON NOT HAMPERED
Administration Relies Entirely on
His Good Judgment and
Discretion

Washington, D. c., May 13.-The cab
met meeting today lasted only thirty-fve
minutes, the shortest of the year. The
news, which is regarded as entirely au-
thentic, that the Spanish fleet has been
sighted off Martinique island, about 500
miles southeast of Porto Rico, clears the
atmosphere, and from this time forward
the governments line of action will not
be clouded by any uncertainty as to the
location of this formidable enemy. Among
ing the fleet was received with great
satisfaction. None of them doubts the
ability or purpose of Admiral Sampson to
destroy it. His feet is superior at nearly
all points and the result of this test of
naval strength will be awaited with per-
feet confidence. Admiral Sampson re-
ports that during the bombardment of the
Notifications he discharged only 400
shots, and he therefore has an ample sup
ply of ammunition with which to engage
the enemy. The admirals instructions
leave him a wide range Of discretion, the
government relying implicitly upon his
good judgment and discretion. He has
been kept constantly advised so far as
practicable as to events generally. since
he sailed, but he has not been hampered
in his movements to any degree: 1t is
NV OClACNCu ~ Dc Iuc purpose VI Tic gov"
eminent to order Schley's flying squadron
to close up on Havana and the troops
meanwhile will be kept in readiness for
forward movement as soon as the time
is thought opportune.
The troops destined for the Philippines
will not be delayed moment longer than
is necessary to put them in condition for
active service, and speaking generally the
government, which has been waiting for
some time for definite information as to
the whereabouts of the Spanish feet,
within short time will direct an aggres-
siye movement all along the line.
just what may be the mission of the
Spanish feet at Martinique is not known,
nor is it regarded as important.
Martinique is French colony, and it
is assumed that in accordance with the
law of nations the Spanish admiral will
not be allowed to take on supply of coal
at that port. The law is clear on this
point. Under ordinary circumstances he
would be permitted to purchase suffi-
Gent supply to take him to the nearest
home port, but this does not apply to
feet engaged in a hostile expedition, and
should the French government permit the
feet to coal it will be regarded as an un-
friendly act, If not a hostile one, against
this government, for which they would be
held accountable.
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WE LAND IN CUBA.
Steamer Gussie's Expedition Has a
Lively Battle with Span
ish Troops.

Key West, Fla, May 1880 a. NJ
The transport steamer Gussie, which left
here with big expedition for Cuba on
Wednesday night, had a lively engage
ment with the Spanish at Cabanas, prov
ince of Pinar del Rio, yesterday, but sue
ceeded in accomplishing her mission.
|, The Gussie, which came here from
Tampa. carried 1000 rifles and a large
quantity Of ammunition intended for the
Cubans: The expedition was directed by
Capt. J. II. Dorst of the United States
cavalry, who took with him over 100 men
OF the First infantry and ten Cuban
scouts.
After a rough voyage the Gussie was
met off the Gu ban coast by the auxiliary
gunboats Wasp and Manning, which es-
corted her in. AS they approached the
shore large body of Spanish soldiers
opened fire upon the expedition and the
gunboats replied with effect, enabling the
expedition to land.
On shore the battle was renewed. The
Spanish troops had retired to their works
and the woods, and directed d constant
but inaccurate fire upon the landing par
ty. The latter. was reinforced by a body
or armed insurgents, who had been in
formed of the coming of the expedition.
Then. under the fire of the gunboats, the
Spanish force was compelled to with
draw and the mission of the Gussie was
accomplished.
One of the American party was shot in
the back. The Spanish loss is not known.
but must have been heavy.
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GAVE NO WARNING.
Spanish Commander at Porto Rico
Hints at a Breach Of
Etfouette.

Havana, May 10 (via Kingston, ia
maica),-Capt.-Gen. Blanco has received
a dispatch from Gen. Macras, the Span
ish commander at Porto Rico, reading as
follows:
"Eleven of the enemy's ships appeared
during the early hours yesterday before
Porto Rico and opened fire without Civ
ing warning. The port battery replied
and a severe cannonade was continued
until o'clock in the morning. The dam
age done was inconsiderable and the loss
is Insignificant"
Madrid, May 12.-Noon.-An official
dispatch from San Juan de Puerto Rico
says: 1.-THE American squadron was re-
pulsed off Porto Rico. Although eleven
warships bombarded the place, the attack
ers were gloriously beaten back. The
Spanish batteries, armed with six-inch
Krupp guns, were especially effective"
This alleged victory of the Spaniards
has aroused great enthusiasm here.
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A Wonderful Solar Engine.

AT Longwood, near Boston, a solar en-
CINE of ingenious construction. which has
been under construction for several
months, was given a highly successful
test with cold water in the boiler, the for
nation Of steam being almost instantly,
The gauge registered pressure Of about
70 pounds IN half an hour, which drove
the engine steadily, doing the work of
about two horsepower. >
The engine consists of three parts-a
reflector, which concentrates the heat, a
cylinder for generating the steam and
device for keeping the suns rays con-
stantty in focus ON the cylinder. In the
machine set up at Longwood there is
heavy iron framework, which support
series of glass mirrors. arranged in a
semi-circular sheet % feet in diameter.
This mirror is nearly as high as it is wide,
and the framework on which it is placed
is so adjusted that it will follow the sun
in its circuit, and may be adjusted by
hand from week to week to follow the
declination of the sun,
This boiler is one of the peculiar fea.
lures of the solar machine, which would
puzzle anycSe unacquainted with hello.
dynamics. 1t is of copper, about ) inches
in diameter and as long as the curved
mirror, in the focus of which it is placed.
Owing to the fact that that mirror is
made up of innumerable facets of glass
the cylinder receives light on every part
of its surface, cutting out any area of
shadow at the back and having the direct
sunlight in front
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a high tribute to his bravery and seaman
ship. He started with the Winslow from
Newport last February to join the SQUAD
ron at Key West. He had scarcely dis
appeared from sight when one of the
most terrific gales experienced for years
swept over the Atlantic coast. The tor
pedo-boats are not good sea boats, and the
Winslow was just out of the builders
hands and without having been thorough
ly tested.
The navy department was in the great
est apprehension for her safety, when she
turned up at Delaware breakwater. It
appeared that in the height of the gale,
when the ablest seamanship was required
to keep the little torpedo boat above the
water, Lieut.. Bernadou had discovered
two poor fellows adrift of one of the big
garbage scows, blown away from New
York without food or water. Regardless
of the great risk to himself and his little
boat, by adroit handling of the craft he
managed to rescue the men and briru
them to the breakwater. Ensign Bagley
was with him on that trip and assisted
in the rescue. Bernadou's home is in
Philadelphia, where his parents reside,
and he comes from an old Huguenot fam.
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has been his speciality for several years,
and the experiments he has conducted at
the torpedo station at Newport have been
carefully watched by all the naval and
military authorities in the world. Some
years ago, when the Latin-American de-
partment of the Worlds fair was organ
lied, Lieut.. Bernadou, because of his spe-
cial qualifications, was invited to 20 to
one of the South American republics as
commissioner. He had spent several
years in the Smithsonian institution and
was familiar with exposition work, but he
declined the appointment on the ground
that it would divert his mind from his
professional career-a very unusual reason
for refusing an attractive and lucrative
detail saS
He spent several years in Corea duriLe;
exciting scenes in that country, and was
at one time Acting United States minister
at Seoul. With Ensign Foulke of the
navy he made a dictionary of the Corean
language which has been in use until this
time and enabled the missionaries to
reach the people of that country with
printed matter, which they were never
able to do before.
1t was only short time ago that
Lieut.. Bernadou distinguished himself as
g remarkable man anu evoked letter
from the secretary of the navy which WAS
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NO BOOM IN BLACK POWDER.
Price Not Raised, Because of Demand 70
the SmOkelaaa Variety.

Price Not Raised, Because Of Demand for
the SlnOke1ess Variety.
The rumors of war have had no effect on
the prices of black gunpowder material,
and the large dealers say that there has
been no boom in their business and no alb
normal demand. Saltpeter, which forms
nearly 80 per cent. of black powder, costs
only quarter of cent more pound to-
day than it did before the Spanish war
cloud became visible. The crude article;
which comes from Calcutta, costs about
3A cents a pound, and the refined varies
in price from to Az cents. It comes in
bags containing about 200 pounds each,
and of these about $4,000 came to the
United States last year. The black DOW
der costs about 10 or IL cents a pound
and the smOkeless article costs about 81.
In former years the manufacture of
gunpowder could easily be limited by Eng
land, and this was done at the time of the
Crimean war. By preventing the ship
ment of sa1tpeter from Calcutta the man
.ufacture of black powder was made i'm
possible and dealers III. that article say
that England would hold the key to the
situation now if a substitute had not been
discovered by science. Artificial saltpeter
is now being made in large quantities
from nitrate of soda and muriate of pot
ash, and as the former ingredient comes
from Chill and the latter from Germany,
the English monopoly is broken.
Black powder is still in large demand
for blasting and for sporting" purposes,
and manufacturers are working on full
time, but are quite able. to fill all orders,
and have seen no boom in their line of in
dustry, New York Tribune
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IN SEARCH OF MINES.
Why Lieut.. Bernadou Took the
+ WinsloW Into the Cuban
Waters.

Washington, D. G., May 13.-While
Lieut.. Bernadou may have been reckless
with the torpedo-boat Winslow, Us he is
a fearless young fellow, he was engaged
in most important and dangerous un-
dertaking-the work of locating torpedoes
and mines in the harbor of Cardenas in
anticipation of the larger ships Of the
squadron next week. The Winslow be-
ing small boat, drawing only a few feet
of water, Lieut.. Bernadou could run about
the harbor without danger of hitting a
torpedo or mine and was able by the
use of scientific means to make map of
the bottom of the bay showing the loca-
ton of these dangerous impediments. He
made some of them harmless but cutting
the wires with which they were to be
exploded from lookout on the land.
Even layman can appreciate the diff
culties and the dangers of this task, par
ticularly when it is known that it was
performed under the very guns of the
fortresses which protect that harbor and
in the presence of numerous small gum
boats, which were kept there for the very
purpose of preventing it. Lieut.: Barna-
dou Is brilliant and conscientious young
officer Of remarkable scientific attachments
and gifted with an unusual faculty for
acquiring languages. TO him is due the
rapid advancement of the United States
in the Use of smokeless powder. That
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Haymakiflg in india.

At Allahabad eight cuttings Of grass
are taken during the season, which begins
early in the monsoon. and lasts, say, from
the middle of June to the middle Of
March. From MANFRED land the total
weight varies from fifteen to forty tons
per acre, according to the quality of the
soil and the number Of years which have.
elapsed since the manure was applied.
The jhabau, a native hook which resem-
bles a scythe blade, is preferred to the
grass mower drawn by buIIocks, sas the
clean cut Of the, former js less injurious
to the grass stubbIe' than the clipping ac-
ton Of the latter, which reduces the num-
Der of cuttings from eight to two. On
poor, unmanured land only one crop can
be cut for hay in October.
The haymaking season begins in the
middle of September. 1t is impossible to
make good hay before that time, for, even
in periods when there is no rain, the
ground is 50 wet that moisture il drawn
up by the hay, which, quite independently
of this circumstance, does not dry proper
~ in the humid atmosphere. There are
forty-eight good species Of natural grasses,
some of which are as valuable as any
British grass, and frequent cutting de-
yeloPs fine quality of produce.-Black-
valPs MapaZino
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jenkins Wants to Fieht.

Washington, D. c., May 13.-Repre-
sentative Jenkins of Wisconsin wants to
60 to the Philippine islands, and has an
piled for an appointment as adjutant-
general on the staff of Gen. Merritt. M,
Babcock and other members of the dele
cation from Wisconsin called upon the
President in his interest, and Informed
the President that, being cool-headed
man and an able lawyer, he would be
very useful in the Philippines, :,
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THE WINSLOW ARRIVES
Came Into Key West Under Her
Own Steam-Can be Re-
paired Soon.

Key West, Fla, May 13.-The torpedo
boat Winslow, damaged in the engage
ment at Cardenas, came here last night
under her own steam in charge of Ensign
Bailey of the Wilmington. 1t is believed
the torpedo-boat can be repaired and
1ade ready for active service again in a
lev weeks.
Two of the seamen on board were bad
~ injured. They say that one of the
crew, who was standing in the coming
tower, had his coat literally shot away,
but received nothing but a slight flesh
wound in the right side. Eighteen shells
struck the Winslow during the engage
ment.
The remaining members of the crew of
the Winslow, who were also on board,
are: G. r. Brady, chief gunner's mate;
F. Cooney, H. johnson, X. E. Cox, D.
McKeon, J. ]. Cavanaugh, B. B. Bassie,
NJ. Laughlejah, j. J. Madden, w. O..
Hear, NJ. Leary, w. Myers, j. Gray, III.
Anderson and w. w. Jones.
Cox said that when they left Cardenas
It was understood on board that the
Wilmington vas to go in and lombard
Cardehas on Thursday.
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Death Of John M. Aver.

Chicago, ILL.,, May l3.-John NJ. Aver
died at 2246 Wabash avenue from an
acute attack of pneumonia. Mr.. Aver
had been a resident Of Chicago more than
fifty years, and succeeded his father in
the iron and steel business. He was an
influential citizen and had been connect-
ed with many important enterprises in
Chicago and the West. He controlled and
the rolling mills at Bridgeport.
and as the owner Of a large tract Of land
In the city of Hammond he had been act.
that city. II leaves ! large estate
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War with Spaiu.

As war with Spain has broken out
the officials seem to think that all
that will be needed is warships, tor.
pedo boats and other Instruments OF
destruction. But really what will be
needed more than anything else Is u
good supply Of IS DROPS" (manufac-
tured by the Swanson Rheumatic Cure
Co., 167 Dearborn street, Chicago ILL.,,
to knock out the Rheumatism which Is
sure to grip our soldiers and sailors In
the miasmatic climate of Cuba and
the surrounding islands. The truth is
that something to heal and cure Is pre-
clsely what is needed right now in the
desolated "Queen of the Antilles"
Those 100000 reconcentrados reported
dying by hundreds need provisions, but
they need good medicines fully as
much. If Miss Barton, of the Red Cross
relief work, was supplied with IS
DROPS she could save many sick
Cuban. These miraculous IS DROPS"
conquer many of the worst diseases,
such as Rheumatism, Neuralgia, the
excruciating Sciatica and the other dis
eases for which it is recommended. The
War Department should see that there
IS an abundant supply of IS DROPS"
in the medicine chests. =
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Wisconsin Patents.

. Patents for the following Wisconsin
inventors are reported for this week BY
Erwin, Wheeler & Wheeler, So and So
Loan and Trust building. milwaukee,,
Wis. These attorneys will furnish the
Inventors Handbook free:
Orrel1 Ashton, Milwaukee, wire.threading
w. s.. Beeman. assgr., Ashland.
engine; E. Cha1loner, Oshkosh. ctlt-ofY ma.
chine; Joseph Gross, Milwaukee, sadiron:
B. OFT, La Crosse, fountain; c. w. Huf.
schmidt, Prairie du Chen, cover for men,
books. Design. -
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Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease, a powder for the
feet. 1t cures painful, swollen, smart
ing feet and Instantly takes the sting
out of corns and bunions. It's the great
est comfort discovery of the age Al
lens Foot-Ease makes tight-ftting or
new shoes feel easy. 1t is a certain
cure for sweating, callous and hot,
tired, nervous, aching feet. Try it to-
day. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores. By mail for Csc in stamps. Trial
package FREE. Address Allen s. Ohm
sted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
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BLANCO TAKES OATH.
Swears He will Support the Auto
nomic Recommendations
cradle Pomp.

otoOt0 FOHnp.
Havana, May 13.-On Tuesday last,
about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, an Amer
lean vessel anchored near Cayo Frances,
hoisted the American flag and asked for
a pilot. Her request was ignored, where
upon she lowered the American flag and
hoisted the Spanish flag, but the marine
authorities paid no attention. About 5
o'clock she left. first lowering a boat with
three men, which rowed past the channel
and Cayo Cacos toward Yaguajay or Ca
guanes.
Gen. Blanco yesterday took the oath to
defend the autonomic constitution. A
large concourse, composed of members of
the military and civil services, the CON
suls, prominent. ecclesiastics and journal
lists, was present. Gen Blanco was &C.
companied by Gems. Pando, PARADE and
Garriche, the secretary general, DR.. Jose
Congosto, and a number of adjutants. At
the arrival of the governor-general at the
Parliament house a company of Ligeros
battalion. with band and flag did the Gus
tomary honors. The members of both
chambers were present under the presiden-
cy of Senior Bruzon.