Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-06-09
WAR NEWS OF THE WEEK.
santlago's Forts silenced and Insur

Eantiago's Forts Silenced and Insur-
gent Victories In the Philippines.
Washington, June 9--Aside from the
detailed story of Schley's bombardment
of Santiago forts the dispatches on
Thursday of last week added little
to the war news. Domingo Men
dez Capote, vice president of the Gu
ban repablic. arrived in New York. and
in an interview declared there are 30,-
600 men, fully armed and equipped, in
the Cuban army, and 10000 more armed
with machetes. All the dispatches tell
of the dreadful destitution in Santiago.
Soldiers at San Francisco who cannot
be sent to Manila are hoping for Ha-
waiian annexation and that they may
be sent to Honolulu. Teddy" Roose-
velt's cavalry regiment of rough riders
arrived at Tampa.
Last Friday night there was ban
quet in London wIch was rendered by
eminent Englishrnen to prominent
members of the American colony. The
banqueters wore "the flag of the fu-
ture." the Stars and Stripes and the
Union Jack blended on coats of arms.
and the speeches of the Britons were
all highly eulogistic of our institutions.
Sir Frederick Pollock predicted that
there would be ''one fleet under two
flags to kee. the peace of the world"
Further reports came from Commodore
Schley of his recent reconnaissance at
Santiago. showing that he had inflicted
considerable damage on the fortifica-
tions, While our ships were wholly un-
injured. the Spanish imitation of gun
merry approaching the ridiculous. The
censorship at southern coast points has
grown more rigid, and not line re-
garding the movement of troops cai.
be sent out. indicating that the trans
portation of troops to Cuba and Porto
Rico is rapidly progressing. In the
house bill was favorably reported to
permit the volunteers to vote in con-
gressional elections, wherever they may
be. Finally, early Saturday morning,
came a brief report of the marvellous
achievement of Lieutenant Hobson and
his seven brave volunteers at Santiago
This was the only great event reported
in Saturdays dispatches.
Sundays dispatches brought the de-
tails of Lieutenant Hobson's marvellous
exhibition OF heroism at Santiago.
letter made public which had been pur-
loined from the rooms of Lieutenant
Carranza, late Spanish naval attache
at Washington, and now in Montreal,
shows that Carranza is at the head
of Spanish spy system. Efforts were
taken by our government to have Car
rama expelled from Canada, but the
Spaniard denied that the letter as pub
lished was written by him. He denied
completely with the spy system, and
said the letter had been garbled to suit
the United States government. Still
later Detective Kellert was honorably
discharged after hearing at Montrea!
on the charge of stealing this identical
letter Kellert at once brought suit for
$4,000 damages kor false arrest, and
Carranza and Senior Du Bose were ar
rested and gave bail for a hearing
They cannot now leave Canada without
sacrificing this bail. The Spanish press
and people regard the sinking of the
Merrimac at Santiago as "a great
Spanish victory"
On Monday came news of the victor
les Of the Philippines insurgents under
Aguinaldo over the Spanish forces.
There were also brief reports of Samp-
sons bombardment of the fortifications
in and about Santiago. The report of
the sinking of a Spanish torpedo boat
destroyer off Santiago is not confirmed.
AT Gibraltar it was reported that Ad-
miral Camaras fleet had returned to
Cadiz after practice maneuvers.
Tuesdays dispatches told of the 81
lencing of the fortifications forming the
defense of Santiago and vicinity by the
combined fleets of Admiral Sampsol
and Commodore Schley. The lombard
ment began at o'clock Monday morn