The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-11
THE NEWS FROM HAVANA
DAY OF MOURNING FOR THE LOSS
 OF CERTERA'S SHIPS.

Exchanges Suspended Operations
 Communication With Santiago Re-
 estnbIished-worko of tho Red Cross
 Officers of Santiago Garrison Ready
 to Fight to the End.
 Havana, July (delayed in transmits
 sion).-On July the produce, money
 and stock exchanges suspended opera
 tions, observing the day as one of mourning for the loss of Cervera's fleet. On July communication with Santiago
 de Cuba was re-establshed. Accord
 ing to the first dispatch received from
 Santiago, the bombardment of the place
 had not begun. The civil governor of
 Havana has decided that the festival
 which was fixed for July 10 for the pur-
 pose of collecting money to establish
 free kitchens for the poor of the city
 shall not be held because of the de-
 struction of the Spanish fleet off Santi-
 ago. At Union De Reyes, province of
 MatanZas, memorial services have been
 held for the officers and men who lost
 their lives when the Spanish fleet was
 destroyed.
 The Cuban council of secretaries has
 decided to wire the Spanish secretary
 of the colonies, Senor Romero Giron,
 asking authority to export in neutral
 ships bound for Spain the products of
 soap, perfumery and other factories.
 The council denies the statement that
 an industrial tax has been imposed up-
 on the gathering of tobacco and also
 that the municipality has advocated a proposition to lower the salaries of the
 municipal employees ten per cent. It has also presented to the home govern
 ment project for the establishment of
 mortgage bank.
 A considerable number of gifts to the
 Red Cross society to be used in the es-
 tablishment of free kitchens and in helping the poor have been received. Many aristocratic women are assisting in the relief work. Among the dona-
 tions received are quantities of pota-
 toes, jerked beef, lard, Holsters and oth-
 CT shell fish. The work of relief will be
 extended in several districts where
 kitchens will shortly be established, When the harvests are gathered and
 corn is abundant the situation of the
 poor will be greatly improved.
 La Lucha in it's editorial columns
 says: "The actual problem confronting Spain Is the easiest the nation has had
 in all her history, although at first sight it appears most difficult and com- plex. It is not necessary to employ in it's solution either slyness or the expen- diture of many millions or a great de- fense, as has been required in other wars. It is only question of resist | ance, which can be sustained if the Spaniards have only provisions and ammunition. To beat the Yankees in Cuba needs only three or four hundred men for a period of two or three years. The cost which that signifies to our
 neighbors is greater than one hundred | islands like Cuba is worth to them" On July 153 sailors and officers of l the different ships of Admiral Cervera' 8 | fleet, including Lieutenants Menuel, 1 Bassamento and Jose Caballero and | Naval Cadet Raymon Navarro. arrived
 at Santiago. They reported that all | the crews of the warships Almirante | Oquendo and Infanta Maria Teresa | were either killed or wounded. All the 1 officers of the Santiago garrison in spite | of the bloody engagements already l fought are animated with the determin- | ation to fight to the end and declare | their willingness to seal with their | blood another of the glorious pages in | their country's history. They have a | quantity of provisions and ammunition. | The colonial government will give it's | unconditional support to an active and | energetic campaign against the Ameri- | can forces, adopting all means at their | command to repel the invaders.
 The Spanish mail steamer Alfonso | XII was pursued off Cienfuegos by | three American cruisers. The Alfonso | XII. fled toward the Island of Pines, | where she lost sight of her pursuers. | When eight miles from Havana she was intercepted by three American | warships and was run ashore at the en- | trance of Mariel with the object of sav- | ing her cargo After grounding the | steamer was fired upon by the Ameri- | can ships. A number of projectiles fell | on board of her. While the work of re-
 moving her cargo was going on the AL | fonso XII was approached by an Amer | ican boat, evidently with the intention of blowing her up by means of torpe- | does The boat, however, was driven
 away by revolver shots from aboard | the ships and the fire from the shore by | Spanish soldiers. The ship was subse-
 uuently destroyed by fire caused by the | bombs from American vessels. Several | of the members of the crew of the AL 1 fonso XII. have reached this city.