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The herald., 1898-06-30
SIMPSONS REPORT
Tells of the Work of His Fleet at San.
tiago Harbor Entrance

WASHINGTON, June 29.-The Navy De-
partment today posted the following bullc-
tin giving a report from Admiral Samp-
son under date of June %, off Santiago:
"On the morning of the 10th the batteries
at the entrance of Santiago were subjected
to severe bombardment by the fleet. The
firing was deliberate and in general most
excellent. The batteries were quickly
silenced. On the 18th the Texas, the Marble
head and Suwanee destroyed the fort at
Guantanamo. On the 10th the Yankee
engaged Spanish gunboat off Cienfuesos.
On the 18th Lieut.. Harlow. with two steam
launches, one under Cadet Powell and one
under Cadet Hart, made an examination of
Cabanas Bay. The launches were sub
jected to a heavy and continued fire at
short range and were struck seventeen
times although no one was hurt. Lieut..
Harlow in his report particularly praises
the conduct of Cadets Hart and Powell and
Coxswains O'Donnell and Blom. On the
18th Gen. Garcia and his staff visited the
flagship, having arrived that morning at
Gen. Rabi's camp at Aserraderos
my impressions of Gen. Garcia are of
the most pleasant character. He is a
large, handsome man of most frank and
engaging manner, and of most soldierly ap-
pearance. The fleet has, with my directions,
furnished arms. clothing and food to the
Cuban forces, both east and west of San
tiago. Much has been done in this direction
at Guantanamo by Commander McCalla.
who has been most energetia in rendering
them all assistance possible. Great actlv-
ity and courage have been shown by the
Cubans at Guantanamo and Commander
McCalla is most eulogistic in reference to
their conduct. There are about 10000 Gu
bans in this immediate vicinity.
ION the 18th the army transports arrived
and Gen. Shafter and myself paid visit
to Generals Garcia and Rabi. -
1.-THE process Of Decentralization was
rendered difficult by the heavy seas, the
heaviest which we have had during the
three weeks the fleet has been stationed
here. BY 3 o'clock in the afternoon, how
ever, 1000 men were ashore and the work
was progressing with great rapidity. The
pier was not injured and one of the steam
ers went alongside of it. The water supply
was not injured.
1.-THE Vesuvus has done almost nightly
| firing since she has been here, the explosion
of the shells producing very great effect"
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The herald., 1898-06-30
THE M'coY-coRBETr MILL
Lively Bidding for the Fight by Ath-
letic Clubs

NEW YORK, June ga meeting was
held today to arrange the preliminaries for
the McCoy-Corbett fight, but after several
hours discussion was adjourned, with Moth
Ing definite decided upon. Corbett was &C.
companied by his manager, W. A. Brady.
and Mccoy. who did not attend was rep
resented by William Gray of the Haw-
thorne club of Buffalo. Gray offered $l2,-
800 for the fight. John s. Barnes, late man
ager of the Olympic club of London, onered
ST., 600 for the fight to come off in England.
Sam Austin. representing the Broadway
Athletic club, offered 10000 for the fight.
Barnes then raised his bid TO $1,000 for the
fight in this country, and was followed by
Tom O'Rourke Of the Lenox Athletic CLUB
with the same bid. Considerable talk ensued
over the different bids, and the conference
broke up without anything being decided
upon.
The herald., 1898-06-30
NO EXTRA OFFICERS
Adjutant General Corbin Declines to
Create New Positions

WASHINGTON, June 29.-Adjutant- G en-
eral Corbin has written the following letter
to Governor Dyer of Rhode Island concern
ing question which has aroused very gen.
eral inquiry:
I'm reply to your letter requesting author
ity to appoint an additional major for the
First Regiment of Rhode Island Volunteers
now stationed at Camp Alger, Va. / have
the honor to invite your attention to the
specific provisions in section 6 of the act OF
April %, 1898, which provides for raising a
volunteer army, as follows:
Provided. further, that when the men,
bers Of any company, troop. battery, bat
of any State shall enlist In the volunteer
army in a body as such company, troop
battery battalion or regiment, the regi-
ment, company, troop. battery and battal-
ion officers in service with ,he militia or
ganizatioa thus enlisting may be appointed
by the Governors of the States and Terri
tories, and shall, when so appointed, be
officers of the corresponding grades in the
same organization when it shall have been
received into the service of the United
States as part of the volunteer army
Section 8 of the act of April 26. 1898, au-
thorizes to accept the quotas of the troops
of the various States and Territories .
as organized under the laws of the States
and Territories, in companies.
troops and batteries, each to contain, as far
as practicable, the number of men in this
act from each arm of the service
and regiments of not less than ten nor more
than twelve such companies.
ut is held that --rder these laws volun-
teer regiments of the States to be entitled
to a third major battalion adjutants or
any extra officers not allowed in the regu-
lar army organization, or with higher rank
than allowed for similar officers in the regu-
lar army organizations, must have been or
ganized as militia organization under the
State laws and have entered the United
States service as body With it's officers as
so organized.
at may be added that this is not only a
question: of organization, but also ques-
ton of pay, and it is pretty certain that the
accounting officers of the Treasury De-
partment will not pass the pay accounts OF
an extra officer admitted to the United
Service contrary to the express provisions
of the law, even If the muster in Of such
officers shall, be authorized by the War De-
partment. 1t Is not seen. therefore. how
under the law, third major can be now
commissioned. and mustered into the First
Regiment of Rhode Island Volunteers"
The herald., 1898-06-30
THE QUEENS COMMISSIONERS
Congress Refuses an Appropriation for
Our Commissioners

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ni'iiaie $3.50 49, 90 co,,,,,,ors
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The herald., 1898-06-30
INDEX
TO TELEaRAPH1C NEWS

I, General Merritt, with q portion OF .
I. his staff, sailed for Manila yesterday; .
/. the tug Reliance tried to overtake the :
/, Newport, but was unable to do so; she 1
4. carried delayed dispatches.
I, The senate passed the general dem :
+ cheney bill yesterday, carrying the :
/. largest appropriation since the war. :
+ Hero Hobson and his crew thanked !
+ by congress. erE
+ Carranza, chief Of the Spanish spies :
+ in Canada, has disappeared. :
/ Premier Salisbury Of England, In o .
/, speech, declares for strict neutrality. :
/. Aguinaldo's proclamation to his fol- .
1, lowers In the Philippines.
+ A Spanish commander runs his ship .
+ ashore to escape American cruisers !
+ and the boiler explodes. wrecking the !
+ vessel.
/, government consular draft given
+ in st. Thomas has been protested. and .
4 in consequence all American coal In
+ that port has been seized by the banks !
+ as security.
+ The government is worried over the !
I. situation in Manila; the transports are .
4. believed to be safe, but news IL anx- .
4, iously awaited Of their arrival.
+ A plentiful supply of coal for Dew
+ ey's fleet has been secured In Homo
+ lulu.
+ 1t has been ascertained that Eng .
+ land refused to allow Admiral Camara
+ to pass through the Suez canal until !.
+ he had paid the tolls; the money,
+ amounting to thousands Of dollars,
/, Spain claims she has paid.
+ Democrats III various eastern ana
+ southern states met in convention
+ yesterday; harmony prevailed every
+ where. ~
+ Sharkey whipped Rubin In one
+ round.
r The United States secures fleet
+ Of new ships to use as transports.
r The situation at Santiago is practi-
+ cally unchanged; a battle is expected
+ at any hour; the United States troopS
+ are now within range of Cervera'p
+ guns.
f Wild stories OF disease among Amer
+ lean troops are being sent out from
+ Madrid.
+ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The herald., 1898-06-30
Mrs. Cain IL Not Found

LIVERPOOL, June PA mail steamer
from Sierra Leone arrived here today, and
reports that the British expedition which
was dispatched to the Sherboro district OF
Sierra Leone, west coast of Africa, owing
to the massacre of American United Broth
erhood missionaries by natives. who de-
stroyed the mission houses (as result of
an uprising against the imposition of the
hut taxi. fought its way to Rotifunk. The
British force found the cremated bodies
of the murdered missionaries.
The expedition severely punished the re-
bellious natives, but the search for Mrs.
Cain. who fled to the bush at the time of
the massacre, proved fruitless.
The herald., 1898-06-30
CAMP AT cH1cKAMAUeA
nushing the Work of Getting Troops
Ready to Move

CHICKAMAUGA NATIONAL MILL
TARY PARK, June 29-The order issued
yestefday conveying the information that
the entire First army corps would be sent
to Cuba has doubled the activity at Camp
Thomas. The work of completely equip
ping and arming twenty-seven regiments
Is an immense task for the short time in
which it. must be accomplished, but the
worlQ5ts already in progress, and officials
say 4hings will be in shape sooner than is
eeneSally thought possible. Everybody in
the tWenty-seven regiments, from Colonies
to priFates, is hustling today and consid-
erabN rivalry to be the first to get in
shaps Is In evidence. 1t is believed that
all under orders will be moving inside of
two weeks. The Western and Atlantic &
Southern Railroad officials have received
no order from the War Department to sup
ply cars for the moving of troops from
Chickamauga to Tampa or from other
Southern seaports. The only thing of this
sort 3s a notice from the War Department
to the local Western & Atlantic officials
stating that troops would doubtless be
moved south very soon and suggesting that
they make preparations to furnish large
number Of cars when the proper time ar
1ive&
MISUNDERSTANDING HOWARD CurrOll anu
Major Moore, representing the Governor Of
NeW.sYork, are In the New York camps
fnsp6tting the rations. They talked with
tie Gommissary, officers and privates, and
are thoroughly convinced that Uncle Sam
- taxing good care of his soldiers.
Colonel Wilder of the Fourteenth New
York has received permission for his regi-
ment 10 engage in target practice.
Brlaadier General Waites formerly of
Texas, has assumed command of the Sec
ond Brigades of the Third Division. First
!. army Corps, relieving Colonel Pew, COM
Ssander Of the Ninth Massachusetts. When
He nkw commander assumed formal charge
Of the brigade. Colonel Pew returned to the
+ Eighth, relieving Lieutenant Colonel Bailey.
According to orders received the Twelfth
XewfYork Is restored to the Second Brigade,
Third Division, under the brigade COM
M1and of General Waites. This regiment is
Transferred to the Second Division so that
81 might be among the regiments to move
under the orders received by the First Dr.
visiot and First and Second Brigades Of the
( EifD6Corps. The entire corps now goes and
I. me f21jiient can assume its old place.
Y 4hX$X NJ C. A. has now 20 tents and 50
Zen q work in Camp Thomas. The aver
- daily attendance at tent is over 1000.
During the past week over thousand men
+ h6ye pfofessed religion in the evangelistic
tetih1s held by Rev. Torrey and other
The herald., 1898-06-30
Wants His Children

OAKLAND, June 29.--Joel j. Hurt, a
millionaire sheep man of wyoming, APP
peared in Judge Ogden's court room today
in an effort to obtain the custody of his
three children, all under II years of age
He claims that after he had secured d.
vorce and been awarded the children, his
wife fed with them, and that after follow
ing her through three states and into
Mexico, he has finally found the little ones
Hurts former wife, who is now Mrs. A
Schaefer, says that her divorce followed
the fatal shooting of William Milan by
Hurt, who was acquitted of the charge Of
murder. Hurt was formerly mayor of Cas-
par, Wyo., and says he has thrice refused
the Democratic nomination for governor OF
Wyoming. The hearing of the case was
continued
The herald., 1898-06-30
Redlands Water Case

SAN FRANCISCO, June 29.-The SUI
preme court has reversed the decision OF
the lower court and ordered new trial ir
the Redlands water case. The trustees OF
that city adopted an ordinance fixing a
water rate which did not come up to the
expectations of the local water company
and the latter applied to the superior court
to annM the ordinance. 1t was urged thai
under the rates established the water com
pany would not be able to secure from con.
sumers sufficient money to pay the operat-
ing expenses by about $1,000. The superior
court ordered the ordinance annulled, but
this judgment has been overruled.
The herald., 1898-06-30

OAKLAND, June 29.-The camp Of the
Eighth California regiment at Sather was
increased in size today by the arrival of
the companies from Oakland, Alameda,
Marysville and Chico. Tomorrow the last
of the volunteers will arrive. and Colonel
Henshaw will assume command of one of
the finest bodies of soldiers in the state.
The troops to reach the camp tomorrow
are Companies of Grass Valley, H of Red
ding, F of Woodland and C of ePtaluma
the latter under command of Captain VIM
s. Barnes of this city.
The herald., 1898-06-30

KINGSTON, Jamaica. June %, $50 p. NJ
(Copyrishted, 1898, by the Associated Press.)
Senior Lopez Chavez, formerly secretary to
Governor-General Blanco. but now Span
ish agent in Jamaica, has chartered two
English schooners, the Governor Blake and
the Ocean Flower, to convey food to Man
zanillo for the Spanish troops. The vessels
are now loading at Montego bay.
Admiral Sampson has been notified. and
the schooners will be turned back by an
American cruiser
The herald., 1898-06-30
Italy's New Cabinet

ROME, June 29.-The following Cabinet
has been formed to succeed the ministry OF
the Marquis Dl Rudini, which recently re-
signed:
General Pelloux. Premier and Minister OF
the Interior.
Admiral Canavaro, Foreign Affairs.
Signor Carano, Finance.
Signor Vacchelli Treasury.
General Sanparzano, War.
Admiral Paluanea, Marine.
Signor Baccelli, Public Instruction.
Signor Forts, Agriculture.
Signor Nunzionasi Posts and Telegraphs
The herald., 1898-06-30
ENGLISH PRESS
eAxAnA HAD AZ rAxrnr TOLLS
xf1sT
ENGLAND WOULD NOT TRUST
xektsrs From Various Correspondents
Concerning the Attitude Of
Europe


8 Associated Press Special Wire
LONDON. June sO.-The Madrid CORE
3 opondent OF the Times says:
The ministers deny the rumors that Spain
- purchasing cruisers from China or other
nations. According to Ell impartial, the
demand for a cash payment of the canal
duties delayed Admiral Camara's squad
4 ron. The duties. amounting, we are trust
-Worthily informed to about 1910 france
ere now paid. Duke Almodovar de Rio
minister OF foreign affairs, denied in the
council. the paper says, that Italy has re-
fused to coal Admiral Camara. If the
United States imagines that the threat tt
lombard Spanish ports would induce the
0paniards to recall Camara and to sue for
peace. the Americans are bound to be dis.
appointed. The threat has only tended to
excite the bulldog qualities of the Spanish
national character. When these are aroused
prudence and logic are ankle powerless.
The peace prospects. therefore, are much
has bright than they were a week ago.
Succeeded In Getting Coal
& LONDON, June 29.-The Madrid CORE
upondent Of the Standard says:
Captain General Augusti has renewed
&fs request for permission to promise the
RhiEpptne insurgents extensive reforms,
Tho government has completed its ar
fangemepts for coaling and provisioning
Admiral Camara' 8. squadron and he should
now be able to reach Manila before the end
Of July, after stopping at several ports en-
toute to receive instructions.
Santiago Forts
Y. LONDON, June sO.-The Daily Chronicle
39blishes this morning letter from Car
hagnna, dated June %, and describing the
fortihcations there. The writer says:
The Is great fort at the summit OF
6acii&nf the five hills commanding the en-
trance to the port, three being quite mod
srn. Besides these there are batteries at
every point OF vantage, many constructed
within the last two months. Numerous
Gun& have recently been mounted and fort
building continues with energy.
Altogether an attack is not to be lightly
xiskVsl, rand that is why the rumor has gone
tboQtl that the young king will come here
Tor his summer holidays.
q Another Crippled Ship
II have Just seen the cruiser Lepanto in
The .harbor counted ten guns aboard
her. four Of them very large. Like the AL
lenso XIII, she Is unseaworthy. Her fore
HAST is being taken down to relieve her
Of fifteen tons and her guns will be light
ened. Behind her saw big hulk, pre-
eumably the Cataline, on the stocks. She
could hardly be finished in three years."
A German Lottery
LONDON, June 2s.-The Berlin CORE
spondent of the Times says:
A6ithe annual congress of the German
colonial society at Dantzic on Tuesday
Duke Johann Albrecht. regent of Mecklen-
bureS presiding, announced that Emperor
william and the other sovereigns had as
scented to the institution of lottery to pro-
mote the prosperity of the German colo
MES. The lottery was expected, he said
to produce 100000 marks, which would be
expended under the guidance of the colo
NAL department and the foreign office.
The herald., 1898-06-30
A Ranch Fire

SACRAMENTO, June 29.-This morning
there was quite a disastrous fire on the
property of P. J. Won Loben Sells, in the
Pearson district, down the river. A large
barn was burned. together with seventy
tons of hay, blacksmith shop and tools,
a house tenanted by Chinese, nine mowers,
two reapers, twenty scrapers and q wind
mill. The loss will be about $4,000.
The herald., 1898-06-30
Two Suicides

SAN JOSE, June 29.-Joe Aregini. an rtal
ian laborer, committed suicide at Mountain
View today by blowing the top of his head
Off with a shotgun. 1t was the result of
drunken debauch.
At Murphy's station yesterday a Ger
man laborer known only as George took
his life by hanging himself from ladder
in the rear of freight car. Consequently
and liQuOr.
The herald., 1898-06-30
SOME LIVELY WORK
Auxiliary Cruisers Are Proving Worth
Their Cost

xAGlA 0OSt
KEY WEST, June 29.-The Yankee,
manned by the naval reserves. which ar
rived at Key West from Cienfuegos on
Monday last, reports that off the Isle OF
Pines, on the west coast of Cuba, she cap
tured, burned and destroyed five Spanish
small craft loaded with fish. and that she
also captured two prisoners who were re-
leased.
The auxiliary cruiser, which was for
merly the Morgan line steamer El Norte,
also reported having been engaged with a
Spanish gunboat. undoubtedly the Ardella,
referred to in the dispatch from Havana.
The Yankee met the Spaniard on June Ii,
of Cienfuegos, and opened fire on her with
the result that the Ardella was greatly
damaged, the officers of the American ship
say, and probably sank soon afterwards
The herald., 1898-06-30
Brig. Gen. Otis Staff

SAN FRANC1SCO, July 9.-Brigadier
General H. G. Otis today took command of
the recently reconstructed Third brigade
and announced his staff as follows: Captain
Edward Murphy, assistant adjutant gen.
eral; Captain A. w. Kimball, chief quarter
master; Captain Seth Milliken, comm.ssary
of subsistence; First Lieutenant Louis P.
Sanders and Second Lieutenant A. w.
aGbury, aids.
The herald., 1898-06-30
Degrees Conferred

| CAMBRIDGE. Mass, June 2s.-Tbe two.
hundred and sixty-second year at Harvard
was brought to a. close today. Among the
honorary degrees conferred was that OF
doctor of laws upon the Earl OF Aberoeen,
governor general of Canada Eight of the
degrees of A. b. were conferred upon MEM
bers of the graduating class who are alb
sent in the war.
The herald., 1898-06-30
Burned to Death in Jail

SOUTH BEND, Wash. June 29-Joseph
Mcbride of Brudesport was burned to death
in the city Jail this morning about o'clock.
He was placed in Jail while drunk last night
and Is supposed to have set fire to the
building with the intention Of escaping, but
was suffocated by the smoke and partially
burned before the fire was extinguished,
He leaves wife and several children.
The herald., 1898-06-30
Sighted the Transports

SAN FRANCISCO, June 29.-The steam
err Alameda reports that on June 23d, when
IS miles this side of Honolulu she spoke
the steamer China. under a full head of
steam The next day, 1877 miles from Hon.
oiuu. they signaled the Zealandia. Senator
and Colon all In bunch, and soon after
ward the BelgIc, also bound for Honolulu,
was spoken. The Monterey and Brutus
were not sighted by the Alameda.
The herald., 1898-06-30
ATTACH AMERICAN COAL
Uncle Sans Consular Draft Dishonored, and the
Country's Credit Thereby Injured


United circles It the time
apparently The
The herald., 1898-06-30
To Try Soldiers

WASHINGTON. June 29.-In accordance
with a recent act of congress, the war de-
partment has issued an order abolishing
what is known as the field officers court,
and substituting the summary court for the
trial of trivial offenses by soldiers in the
army. The order does not become operative
until the 18th of ADJUST next.
The herald., 1898-06-30

CARSON, New. June 2s.-Great forest
fires are raging at Sugar Pine Point near
Lake Tahoe. The area burned extends from
Rubicon, several miles back In the noun
tains, to the lake shore. A vast amount OF
valuable timber has been destroyed.
The herald., 1898-06-30
The Hibernians

TRENTON, N. j.; June 29.-The Ancient
Order of Hibernians had brief session to-
day and then adjourned to take part in
the parade, which included about 5000 mem
bers of the order. The business of the
convention was purely routine, except for
the introduction of resolution opposing
an Anglo-American alliance. The resolu-
ton was referred tothe resolutions commit
The herald., 1898-06-30

ATLANTA, Ca. June 9.-Maj or- General
George P. schriven. signal officer of the
Department of the Gulf, who was recently
appointed military secretary to General
Wesley Merritt, left last night for San
Francisco.
The herald., 1898-06-30
The Exchange Will Close

NEW YORK, June 29-The governors of
the stock exchange today decided. In COM
pliance with request of a majority Of the
members, to close the exchange on Satur-
day. This will make suspension of trad
ing on the exchange extending from Fri
day to Tuesday
The herald., 1898-06-30
Sailor Recruits

CHICAGO, June 29--One hundred sailors
passed through Chicago today en- route to
Manila. They are the first naval reinforce
ments for Admiral Dewey's fleet to be sent
from the interior and East. The detach-
ment hailed from Toledo, New York, Bos-
ton, the Norfolk Navy Yards and Philadel-
phiR.
The herald., 1898-06-30

and agriculture, Charles W. Cox of Faux
ner county.
There is not a negro on the state ticket.
The platform favors ''the annexation or
Hawaii as strategic position and the COM
mercal necessity and the immediate build
ing of the Nicaragua canal"
The herald., 1898-06-30
Lord Wolseley's Desire

TORONTO, Ont, June 29.--Anent the re-
port that Lord Wolseley would like to be
the next governor general of Canada, II 10
asserted that the state OF his lorosnps
health requires his retirement from public
life, and 1t is because of that he seeks the
vice regal post.
The herald., 1898-06-30

SAN FRANCISCO. June 29.-During the
past fiscal year-eleven months-the United
States mint in this city haas coined in
gold. $4s 1871 900, and in silver. $4,ss9, AL, a
total Of s53 ,S20,441 This is the largest years
coinage In the history of the mint.
The herald., 1898-06-30
Yale Honors Mckinley

NEW HAVEN, Conn. June 29.--The hon.
orary degree of Doctor Of Laws was con-
ferred today by Yale University upon Will
liam Mckinley, President Of the United
States.
The herald., 1898-06-30
FRANCE IS FIRM
She Refuses to Allow Spain to Use Her Ports as Store.
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