Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-06-08


 capture of the Spanish transport
 Alfonso XIII proves to have been a : mistake.
 Washington, June 2-The first expedition to Santiago lett Tampa,
 Florida, this forenoon. The second '' division of transports is now at Key | West.
 Washington, June ?. Secretary 9 Alger wants an additional S5O.OOO,- 3 GOO appropriation, on account of 3 the heavy additional expense , enlailed on the department by the call for volunteers. , Key West, June 2-The British steamer Restormal has been r,- leased, but her cargo WIS cons denned.
 Washington. June 2-In the house today the special urgency bill was passed. The army and navy needs Sl7,s45,O00.
 = Stockton, Cal, June 3.-Thomas
 Fitch, IT,, son of Thomas Fitch, the
 silver toDgued orator, attempted 10
 murder Charles Fairall, attorney for Mrs. Fitch in the divorce suit.
 Fitch is in jail snd Fairall is at the receiving hospital slightly wounded.
 San Francisco, June 3.-A Sydney paper received by the Moana states that prisoners in police camp at MambaTe, New Guinea, escaped March l3. They made an attack on neIgbboriug village killing and eating eighteen men and carrying of all the women.
 Kingston, Jamaica, June 3.-Ad- ! vices received here from Port An. ! tonic say that Commodore Schley has been notified b1 the navy de partment that the battleship Oregon, the first class armored cruiser New York and another cruiser and two colliers lad been sent to Santiago.
 Washington June 8 - Senator Wolcott's amendment to the war revenue bill providing for the coin age of the silver seignorage in the treasury at the rate of S4,000000 per month, until $52O0O,OO0 were coined passed the senate today by a vote of 4S to 31.
 Washington, June 3.-The cabinet was in session today It was an nounced after its close that the ad- ministration expected to hear any moment of an overwhelming victory from Sampson, who has men, ships and guns to crush everything at Santiago.
 Washington, June 3. co Senator Hale this morning in a speech on the cost of war declared: If the present war with Spain should last one year it will cost us between S7OO,OOO.OOO and SSOO,OOO,OOO. (
 Port Au Prince, June News has reached here that another bom- bardment of Santiago began shortly before g o'clock this morning.
 Port Au Prince, June 3-A rev olutionary expedition from Hayti was captured by the Spanish at Monte Christo, San Domingo, on Sunday. General Morales, leader of the expedition has been shot. All the members of the expedition will be executed.
 San Jose, Costa Rica, June p Spanish and American residents of Costa Rica are worked up to a fighting point over the war. The natives are about evenly divided in their sympathies.
 Washington June 3.-It is said to have been determined to hold Porto Rico when taken. England holding the Bermudas-. Porto Rico being ing the gateway to the gulf will be well guarded.
 New York, Sune 3.-A special to the New York Journal from Cape Haytien says that an American yes sel attempted t0 get into Santiago harbor this morning when the Span iards exploded mine and the ship sank immediately. One officer, an T engineer and seamen were captured as prisoners of war by the Spanish. z The name of the American ship is i, not given and the loss of life is un- r known.
 New York, June 3.-An unverifed report received here this afternoon says that the American fleet has . forced an entrance into Santiago z bay.
 Washington. June 3.-The senate :. will probably vote on ;he revenue bill this evening at s o'clock.
 Washington, June Am uncon- ,, firmed dispatch from Cape Haytien 7 this morning, says it is reported there that the American fleet de- !. stroJed the Spanish fleet at Santiago yesterday.
 IThe improbability of the correct ness of the above telegram is appar- ent from the fact that Admiral s Sampson reports having sunk an old | vessel in the channel to obstruct the r entrance to the harbor.-EpIToR.
 Paris June A "Gaulois" Mad :: rid pondeut says he learns on [ the highest authority that Admiral |, Cervers never has been in the har- bor of Santiago de Cuba and has t reason to believe his fleet is now ap- :, preaching the Philippines. -7
 Paris June At appears from , the information gathered by the ''Goulois" correspondent that Ad- miral Cervera, after leaving Cape Verde islands ''maneuvered so as to deceive the Americans and then started at full speed for the Phillip pines where the fleet is to arrive C.turdav ar Sunday His ordars