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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-17

the bombardment said: II do not believe
there is much left of the western battery.
1t got q great hammering this morning.
The eastern batteries were harder to hit.
I think some OF the guns We zee there
are Ouaksrs. I wish Hobson and his
fellows were not In MORO Castle. We
would knock h down were 1t not for
that reason. I suppose the spaniards de-
serted their gums soon after our fire
opened. 1t would not do them u good
to stay there"
II this is true that ships guns have
been mounted on the Spanish batteries
it will be .most sisnifioant for IL vii
show that Admiral Csvera has given uT
hope Of ever getting out OF the traT
which Admiral sampson guards.
After the decks had been wSshet
| down and the guns cooled. Admira
| Sampson set this signal: 1.-The firing OF
tine western battery was excsedinRl!
good, especially that of the Texas"
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BATTLE OF
BUNKER HILL
Sons Of American ReyO-
luton Observe It.
BRISTOL in HOLIDAY GARB
A Marker Affixed to the HeadQuar-
tiers OF Lafayette.
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT FIELD
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT FIELD

The mem bers Of the Rhode leland sons
If thu American Revelation celebrated
the anniversary CT the battle OF bunks
Hill today by holding their annual ne ~
day at Bristol. Ex-Lieutenans- 0overnor
War dwell, who IL this yenr's president u
the state ~scciety, is q member OF
Bristol chapter, II through the lntter's
invitation the members OF the various
a become their guests OF this o.
casiop.
Quite a mum Der OF the members Of the
society eft Providence for Bristol on ms
steamer Awasnonks at ~ 30 O'Clock this
AFTERNOON. nndan their arrival at Bristoi
tnev were met by the Bristol chapter ana
escorted 10 the Dswolf Inu, where Inn
CHI con was served. The mem bsrs ct the
local chapter and their guests then pros
ceeded to 'Lnyfayette h~sadqua't'rs'
Compatriot John Post Reynolds louse'
where the historian Of the society ex-
President Edward Field, maze q Scott
address and a marker was rlacea on ,no
house, describing It's historical nssocia'
tious. - ~.,., a.
pressnt 4 sword 10 Colonel Abbot. com
| mnudsr OF the First ReRimepA hn0us
leland Volunteers. aun Lleutcnnnt
sphinx OF the regiment, q memper OF W.
SONS OF the American hevolutlon, ~ is
row here. will be delegated TO present tns
sword TO Colousl Abbot et CAMP Algcr:
rhers wvre other brief exercises. y ~
4 o'clock the Awsshonks vii; ioava Dr'sp'i
on the return trip to this city.
The old town presented u teautifuI np''
psnrnnce, 10 bsing elnborshsiy uecorstel
throughout the .principsi ofoukn.n
ana uburb with nses anu puntine.
MANY residences, among them the Lindcr
nlnos. Colonel =. 4. Colt; the Vie
mansion, the residence of at. JOSEPH ~
Fiatchsr' Colonel Cnsrlcs A.: drsens sns
many others we're Beautifully oecors''u'
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New York, June IA special cable
gram from Hong Kong to tie journal
saws: The d ost sevsre and Important
battle since Admiral Dewey's annihila-
ton of the Spanish fleet has occurred at
Manila. One Thousand insurgents at
tackled 1900 Spaniards, irticting heavy
losses and almost forcing the entrance to
the city.
The insurgents under General Asuin-
aldo and the American sailors and
marines Of Admiral Dewey's fleet CON-
pletsly surround Manila.
The foreign residents have fled to the
sb,ps. Admiral Montejo and Covert nor
General August nave placed the women
the children and the priests in the forts
for safety. General Aususti is reported
20 be willing to surrender to the Amer
loans in order to prevent the insurgents
| from capturing the capitol setting 1t on
fire and kiIling the Spaniards. The
archbishop, however. is opposed to sur
rsndtr and has overruled Anguish.
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Mortgages Sale.

Will be sold at Public Auction at l7
sixth street, Providence, the property, mere
1858, Of o'clock p m, by virtue OF the power
OF sale contained in q c%ertnin MORTGAGE deed
executed by Elmer ID. Sawyer, bearing dale
Property Mortgage Book number ~. ~ page 1.
in the Office OF the Recorder OF Deeds In
said Providence, the conditions OF said mort
gage deed having been broken.
One large sorrel horse, with a white face,
named Billy; one covered express wagon,
lettered on the sides Confectionery nc
Wholesale" and one harness.
By order OF the mortgagee, who hereby
gives notice of her intention TO bid upon SAID
lot property nt said sale, and at any adjourn
ment or postponemept thereof.
WILLIAM Y. GRANT,
,eI7-fri4t Attorney.
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rRrAsuRY DEPARTMENT., U. 8. Lii

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.. Y. s. Life
] Saving Service. Washington, ID. e., June
s, 1898. Sealed proposals will be- received st
tbis office until q o'clock p m, OF FRIDAY,
June "a. 1898, for the construction OF q life
saving station on SANDY Point. at the North
end OF Block Island, Rhode. Island Plans
and ar ecifcations, forms of proposal, etc,
san be obtained upon application to the
Super~intendents OF CONSTRUCTION, Life Saving
Stations, "a State street, New York city;
tr;ct. Wakefield. Rhode Island: or to this
tandent. je17-2t-fri, mon
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CADIZ FLEET
SAILING EAST

Gibraltar, June 1.-THE captain OF q
German steamer which arrived here This
morning reports he sighted tho Spanish
feet or Ceuta, north coast Of Africa.
about opposite and miles south
southeast of Gibraltar, yesterday even
ing. The warships, 1t is added. were
going in an sasterly direction. Ths feet
consists of two battlesnips, four large
orr,sers and four torpedo boat destroyers.
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BUTCHERY BY
INSURGENTS

Cleveland, June 1.-THE following
letter dated Cavits has been resolved by
Charles j. Marshal, Of this city from
his SON., on b,ard the cruiser Baltimore:
1.-THE natives have done some awful
slaughtsring. They have Deen uprising
for the past flve years and the minute
they heard MS start the hall, they sur
rounded the city. burned everything.
captured the women, killed the children
and the men and many Spaniords that
escaped from 10 met . worse fate from
them.
"Yhe natives flock to us In hundreds
| and bring every spaniard they capture to
M and want to burn him alive for
amusement.
1.-THE spaniards were confident that
they were going to win, and they gave .
ball on the strength of 1t n issued In
yitatious for another OF May 4th, hut
that one We attended. The general ate
supper Ut the ball, made . speech In
which he referred to us rs . nation with
out q history and said that they would
yoke us like cattle n mover spare the
lash. He little thought that wbils no wa
saying that we wers passing the forts
and atrobgholds.
Continued ON Page 2.
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Recruiting Under Second Call has
Come to an End--Capt. Bliss
May Be Made a Major.

come TO ouonset Point. Gov. Dyer has
rscei we'd q letter from Gen. ran
commanding this department. OF tne n:se
in which that officer says that MS nioe.
Lisut. Lyons, had reported 70 nlm enss
Gov. Over was quite willing that me
New FORK troops should come 70 tns
camp. but that Adjutant General Back
EFT was strongly opposed to their COM
Mastering Officers Busy.
At Camp Dyer everybody Is very tusy.
and the mastering officers sent ON from
Camp Alger ara kspt at work about 10
bours out Of the "a. Under orders re-
Gently received from the war oepnrcmsns
individual enlistment papers Will nave
70 he prepared for each man. u LIEUT..
Spiuk had mustered In his men In inc
ola method OF signing the mueUer roIis
the order not having besn tnen recelveu-
Accordingly the papers for Ms W men
will have to be signed again ~n,Sn ' in
| Fiusily Rhode islands quota UNDER tne
| second call for 326 men has been oDeain-
| adj. and nothing now remains but 70 pre-
| pare the mon for their departure from tns
state. - ~..r
wsre measured for their uniforms nno
underclotning, and tho same Will DC ions
for the third battalion without delay.
COMPANY A q v appeared IN their new
uniforms and with their new rines 2
thew ara : rugged. hardy hooking set OF
fellows. The examination OF the batter
ies has been commenced. Battery A Q :
ing up 30 msn Tor MAI. Heisemann 70 pass
judgment upon
Medical Corps Departs.
Last night the men who have bsen en-
listed In the Hospital corps left fo'
Washington. where they will 20 through
. course Of instruction. Thsre were u
in the party. OF these al were mSns,
hers Of the parties first mustered int'
this branch of tho service. Waldo a.
Page. cns of the first to be r mus se q ~ ~
nsrtv ware Waldo A. Page Arthur =
Lake. CHARLES d. Adamx George a
Roassoau, Philip ~FitsDatrick, lana Z
WnIoh' James r.. Lenahan. Jr.. Fred 4
/ Blair, William d. Mckenzie and Edwar
ConAmors.
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munder Of the latter was informed that
Captain General Blanco has no authority
to exchange Naval Constructor Hobson
and his companions for 6paniards who
are now held prisoners in the United
statss. The Spanish authorities here alb
solutely deny that the armored cruissr
vizcsya has been destroyed or even dam
a cad bv IRE Of the vesu viu
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Insurgents Defeat
Spaniards.
NEARLY FORCED ENTRANCE TO CITY.

Spanish Losses Heavy--General Augustl
Wanted to Surrender to Dewey, but Was
Overruled by acknowledgements
Order For OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Careful
Instructions. Which Were Admirably
Carried Out--COuld Have Destroyed
Morro--Cadiz Fleet Seen Sailing East.
Hobson's Exchange Not Authorized
TRANSPORTS Not Yet Sighted at Santiago
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-17

The results obtained from a thorough test
80. Ia Stone Mill Nervine Coffee are most
orn,ifying 70 persons Of delicate conssitu-
lions.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-17
CAN EASILY
TAKE MANILA

The Americans can take Manila within
"a hours after the arrival Of the troops
The city IL now ut the mercy of the
American fees. Admiral Dewey's con-
Duct curing the blockade hos been admir-
able.
A great ire Is raging north Of Manila.
The insurgents have captured the wsssr
works on which the supply Of the city
depends.
General August las Issued an oruei
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-17

49,, -. ~,rr horse N better cnarce % win
WI ~. Zinc rihbon ~ the Horse rhoU.. W
h,r ths,a. FALE5'S WrQ5IIokt.
navo '"e" 11 Dean STREET.
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SUCCESS OF
THE INSURGENTS

The success Of the insurgents is won
derful. The spaniards taken prisoners
in the two weeks oaintaign Aggregate
5000, including 1000 soldiers of the resu-
lar army. Prominent among them are
Generals Garcia andsCordoba.
The governors of the provinces OF
Cayite, Balcan and Batasn wer, also
made prisoners. Two million rounds OF
cartridges we're seized In the forti ned
cathedral Of old Cuvite.
The large garrison Of old Cavite has
surrendered, thus giving the insurgents
command Of the shore Of the entire bay.
! All supplies are now cut oil from the
| Spanish forces In Manila.
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IS shall join the army.
THIRTY HOURS
WITHOUT FOOD

1t has beer officially admitted that the
troops have been thirty-six hours without
food. Abe insurgents are gaining svery-
where n are o firing into Manila
itself. G~unboats. conveying volunteers
sent into the lagoon to search for food for
the city on Friday, June 8. returned
here today. Sunday, and reported the
total failure of their mission.
The commanders Of the g~unboats also
report that every lagoon and town 10 hos
tile ana their garrisons have probably
been massacred.
. The Spanish flotilla was unable to
effect a landing, in spite of prolonged
firing upon the part of all the g~unboats.
Nobody was killed.
This removes the last hope OF provis-
Joining Manila. During tho week all the
| garrisons were simultaneously overpow-
cred or surrendered as prisoners. Ths
latter arc well treated. A majority Of
| those who revisited were slaughtered.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-17

All recruiting Offices arc closed, tne
number of infantry recruits needed hav-
ing been secured. and things In general
are very quiet in military circles. Cap
tain Haokstt. assistant attorney general
and Lieut.. Webb havs returned from
Camp AlRer, where they have been en-
gagged In paying on such members OF the
state militia az have enlisted In the vol
uutssr regiment, for their services 1T
Ouonsst Point while waiting to be mus
tered into the service Of the United
states and they report the regiment to be
in most excsllsns condition, morally u
physically.
It now looks as II II would be the latter
part of next week before the troops now
ct camp Dyer will b ready to leave for
Camp Alger for there Is q great deal Of
work 60 hu done in order that the men
NAV be Ieaally mustered in. according to
the rules of the war department.. There
| Will be q parade in this city before the
| men leave the state. the permission hav-
| ing been received from Secretary OF war
Alger this morning. ana Gen. wililaM
| American Band. while Stone Cont.
mental Band has volunteered ite services
| for this occasion, and both win In oil
| probability he accepted.
Bliss May b: Major.
II is very probable that in selecting
the new major for the Rhode Island resi
ment Gov. Dyer will appoint Capt. Her
bert A. Bliss of Company r to the rank
az Can't. Bliss is the senior captain OF tn
regiment. There 10 nothing definite!
settled about this yet but 1t Is Reneraii
thouaht that shis ID the course that vii
be pursued. Capt. Forsythe will then De
come senior captain, and 1T Is SAID tna
lsCol. Abbot Is DESTROYS that Lent Col
Rose, now poss commander at Quonse
Point, should accept the vacant oeptsinc
in the regiment, although II Is mol
probable that promotions will be mac
from the regiment itself.
1t h quite PROBABLE that after me !,
shout one nall Of ths A7th New York rel
iment, the whols of which is nov divide
bstween Newport and Dutch Island. WI
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PIANO FOR RENT,

A lady having a new first-elass
Upright Piano would like to rent
the same at reasonable terms, to a
reliable party. Address, News
office.
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HOBSON'S EXCHANGE
NOT AUTHORIZED

Havana, June 17.-Tbe Spanish gov
amor. Il 10 said ct the palace. has not
authorized the exchange Of the prisoners
Of the Merrimsc. TIE gunboat Ysnsz
p,pson~ exchanged communications yes
tsrdsy afternoon with IN American war
shin. under q nag Of sruce. and che oom
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-17
TROOPS NOT YET
AT SANTIAGO

Copyright, 1895, the Associated Press.
on Santiago dc Cuba, Thursday. june.
noon, via Kingston. Jamsica, Thursday,
June 10, Has p. m.-.The trsnspo rts
having on board the American troops
destined to reinforce the feet of Rear
Admiral Sampson have not yet arrived
here. They are expected tomorrow.
Friday. The landing place of the army
Is mot absolutely decided upon. It will
L- a.. ..se of Sautia0o.
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s. {oRRoRAL<
RXSA d 5s& }t5 55ss4 / IKE

nearly al night, with my prisoners. who
were turned over TO Col. Stanley, at the
same time preferring charges against
each.
| only claimed 10 have captured five
prisoners but Col. Stanley (of the 18th
Ohio tells the story differently. | had
barely cot my prisoners delivered to the
Colonel when the old man, Kitchen, who
really was good UnioniSt, got 10 Bowling
Green with about 20 men. and demanded
to know why keaton and Robinson had
been arrested
The Colonel answered him politely, and
was about to dismiss him ard his squad
when a well known Union man identified
three buShwhackcrS in the party. and the
Colonel. who had an aversion for that
class OF men, ordered them all To be ar
rested and sent to iail | do rot know
what ever became of the party. but Col.
Stanley always told the story that | had
brought him eight prisoners Single-handed.
While at Shaker Town ! wrote out the
following advertisement for T. j. Shannon
and other loyal citizens:
"SIX AND 4 QUARTER CENTS REWARD!
Ran away from the town of Bowl .lG
Green. in Warren County, Ky, one George
". Johnson. who claimed TO be ProViS
ional Governor of Kentucky. No in
qury would have been made concerning
his whereabouts but for the fact that he
had notified the people of Kentucky that
they must pay their taxes to him, for the
benefit of the so-Styled Confederate States
of America and whereas, the people OF
kentucky. and Logan County in par
ticular, are law-abiding citizens, and de
sire earnestly to pay their taxes promptly,
and the said George ". Johnson and his
10 legal advisers having absconded, and
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mount anew; and at various distances
they lOin themselves to the friendly trunk
of their supporting columns, and thus
they form very often most beautiful decora-
tons.
Varieties of the pandanus are to be
seen, OF which the leaves, in punches,
start from the ground, forming beautiful
SheaveS. Enormous ferns were to be met
with real trees in shape, and up which
we clambered often to cut the top
branches for their delicious perfume and
which serve as food nearly the same as
the palms. But in the midst OF this ex-
traOrdinary vegetation nature is gloomy
and silent Not sound is to be heard,
unless perhaps the wind that shakes the
tops of the trees, or from time to time the
distant noise of torrent, which, falling
precipitately. cascades from the nights of
the mountains to their base.
The ground is moist. as it never receives
the suns rays. The little lakes and the
rivers, that never flow unless when swol-
len by the storms, present to the eye
water black and stagnant, on which the
reflection of the fine clear blue sky is
never to be seen.
ITO be c0ntinued0
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Morgan's battalion of cavalry and three
| companies OF Texas Rangers Now. | had
not the least idea of Staying at the place
! but had intended to ride through and was
proceeding along steadily, but carelessly
on the lower side of the public square
when ! was hailed by former acquaint-
ancc on the sidewalk He was an old
friend, and had served with me in John
Ston'S regiment, in Texas. | had in
tended to pass under the name OF George
Adams, but up to this time had never
been questioned as to who | was, and it
was very Fortunate as otherwise | should
have been detected on the spot.
MANY QUESTIONS.
While talking with this man a crowd
soon assembled around me TO inquire the
news from Kentucky, and wanting TO
know how | had possibly managed to get
through the Yankee lines, and d hundred
other such questions. | told them / had
crossed the Tennessee 1G miles below
Nashville, at the mouth of Pond Creek,
and hence did not come through the lines
at all but fanked them coming down
Richland Creek and crossing the Charlotte
pike at Davdsons. had been at home
ON visit, | said, and was going back to
Texas. When asked where j lived | told
them in Bourbon Co., Ky, and when fur
Their questioned as to my motive for re-
turning to Texas | told them | had been
and there was my Texan friend by whom
to prove it.
AS soon as could do SO turned to the
Ranger and asked him so many ques-
tons that he had no time to interrOgate
me. While ! was standing in the crowd
asking and answering questions by turn
a very fine-lOOking man dressed in a plain
black suit of clothes walked leisurely up,
and stood listening to the conversation.
He at length addressed me in mild but
deep and manly voice, and inquired if l
was from near Lexington. | told him that
was, and he asked the news from that
locality, and | was giving him the local
items" in detail when an officer stepped
up to him and, addressing him as Capt.
Morgan, called him away on business.
Well, for little while the top of my
head got cold and the blood all rushed to
my heart, but do not think my emotions
were betrayed in my face, for in an in
slant the danger OF my position occurred
to me in full force, and l resumed my
devil-may care manner, but surveyed him
closely as he walked off. He was a man
about five feet 10 or II inches in hight,
fair complexion, rather red cheeks, round,
manly features, with light blue or gray
eye, fiery red goatee of full dimensions
and little coarse; light brown hair,
slightly inclined to red, which was closely
cut. His appearance was genteel, and
his manners very prepossessing. He APP
eyes appeared to follow him as he walked
along with his fellow officers, and, per
haps, this was the reason that my very
close investigation of him passed UNI
noticed by the men around me.
TO be cOntiuued.l
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Marched in the u. ". League Parade.

Editor National Tribune: So little has
been seen Of the old 18th Ohio in your
very true and good paper, that felt called
upon TO say something. We had Re
union at Cincinnati, and a good one, too.
Some 40 members answered to roll call.
The 18th Ohio Nentinto service as early
as May 10, 1861; re-enlisted twice, once for
three years, and then as veterans, and
was not mustered out till Dec. 5, 1865, at
San Antonio, Tex. We did not get home
until the 18th of January, 1866. So | can,
without being contradcted, say that we
were the last Ohio regiment mustered out
Of service.
While we are not among the fl ht ng
regiments of FOx.s report, we were with
Hosecrans in West Virginia; with Mitchell
OF the Army of Ohio; Buel! at Shiloh,
ltosecrans at Chicl1amauga, Sherman to
Atlanta, and Thomas at Nashville; Army
OF the Cumberland Mission Ridge.
see In The National Tribune mention
OF the u. Y. League in Tuesdays parade
at the National Encampment. The sol
dier who wore his old uniform was myself
| had the same hat on as when | was
wounded at Ioveioy Station, Ga. | have
taken your paper very near two years, and
cant get along without it.; don't see how
any Old soldier can. shall take it as
long as l live.-JacOb Hill, Co. X, 18th
Ohio, Cincinnati, o.
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fields when titled. The other kinds are
not so much employed but still they are
found to be useful.
To preserve the plants, and to render
them productive. the shoots are cut at 10
feet from the ground. These shoots look
/ like the tubes OF an organ, and are sur
rounded with branches and thorns At
the beginning of the rainy season there
grows from each OF those groves quantity
OF thick bamboOs, resembling large as
paTaguS, which shoot up as it were by
enchantment. In the space of month
they become from 30 to 90 feet long and
after a short time they acquire all the
Solidity necessary for the various works
to which they arc destined.
THE COCOANUT.
The cOcoanut tree belongs to the palm
family. 1t requires to grow seven years
before it bears fruit; but after this period.
and for whole century, it yields con-
tinually the same prOduct-that is, every
month about 20 large nuts. This produce
never fails, and on the same tree may be
seen continually flowers and fruits OF all
sizes.
The cocoanut affords, as everyone knows,
nutritious food, and when pressed yields
quantity of Oil The shell of the nut
serves to make vases, and the Elementary
parts are spun into ropes and cables Tor
ships, and even into coarse clothing.
The leaves are used to make baskets and
brooms, and for matching the hutS.
A liquor is alSo taken from the cOcOanut
tree called cOcOa-wine. 1t Is a most stupI-
flying drink, OF which the Indians make
great use at their festivities. To produce
the cocoa-wine large groves OF the cocoa
trees are laid out from which merely the
sap or Juice is expected, but nothing In
the shape of fruit. These trees have long