Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-31
GREAT VICTORY REPORTED
Twelve Spanish War Vessels Said to
Have Been Sunk.
The Engagement OF Mole St, Nicholas in Wind
ward Passage Troops for Hawaii,
Cuba and Manila.


rived in port at IL O'Clock Sunday
morning. She brought Sau Fran
CISCO p pers of last Sunday.
Members of the Reception com
mittee of ciriz Ms went out the
passage in the steamer W. G.. Hall,
which flew large American flag
ut the main. The Hall met the
Charleston and turning round
preceded the cruiser into the har
Dor
The waterfront was one seething
mas, Of humanity, of all nation
alitIes, sexes and ages, mostly in
Sunday clothes.
GREAT VICTORY REPORTED.
A Cape Haytieu dispatch of the
21st reports that a naval battle
took place the previous day in the
Wiudward Passage, off Mole st.
Nicholas. A passenger who arrived
in a coasting vesse! from Port de
Paix says there were twelve Span
isb war vessels sunk, but only two
of the American vessels were dis
abled.
1t was reported at Cape Hay
ten from a vague source that
cannonading was heard off the
mole to the northward, ceasing at
nightfall, and that the firing was
renewed early on Saturday and
continued until noon.
MAY BE TRUE.
Although up to IL p. m. the re-
port was not confirmed at Wash =
iugton, it was given more credence
,hau such repr,ts usually are, be
cause, although SIMPSONS fleet
was located at Key West, it has
been suspected that not all Of his
vessels returned there.
A naval officer expressed his
disbelief in the story. He says
there are not twelve vessels in
SPANS squadron, Admiral Samp
son was not at Mole st. Nicholas
and it was believed the Spaniards
were still in Santiago harbor.
THE SPANISH BIG SHIPS.
Port Au- Prince, Hayti, May
21.-Rear Admiral Osbon arrived
here this morning on the Dutch
steamer Prins Frederik Hendrix,
from Curacao, where he met the
Spanish fleet, consisting of the
cruisers Viscaya, Iufsnta Maria
Teresa, Equidabo presumably
the Almirapte Oquendo) and
Cristobal Colon and two torpedo
boat destroy ers.
The Spanish squadron took on
300 tons of bad coal and 100 tons
of provisions and left Curacao on
Sunday evening at 6 o'clock. AT
1870 o'clock it could still be
sighted steaming westward.
The ships have little or no coal
and scant supplies of provisions,
The allowance to the men of the
ships crews for five days had
been nothing but beans. The
torpedo boats are almost empty
and in such condition that they
would be unable to do much
damage.
1t is the general belief here thai
the battIeshIp Oregon has by this
time joined Rear-Admiral Samp
sons fleet, enabling him easily t,
be victorious over the Spanish
fleet.
CUBAN MISSION TO WASHINGTON
Vice President Capote, of the
Cuban republic, has reached ia
maica with large retinue of Gu
ban military officers. They are
bound for Washington to consult
with President Mckinley on 1
plan of campaign.
TROOPS FOR CUBA.
Washington, May 2l.-The Pre-
sident has selected Colonels fol
six regiments of nearly 1000 mel
each, to be mobilized at once fo
the invasion of Cuba. They ar,
enlisted in the Gulf States, O
men possessing immunity from
the diseases incidental to tropica
climates.
MONTGOMERY AT PRACTISE.
Key West, May 1.-The cruis
er Montgomery, while cruisin,
, Monday afternoon 100 miles eas
of Cardenas light, sighted thre
Spanish gunboats and gave
chase to them. They fled to a
inlet whrre the MONTGOMERY coul