Arizona republican., 1899-01-24

two fires, one Of them quite extensive
 being in the paint locker forward
 Commander Emilio Acosta Eyer
 mann was directing the extinguishinf | of the fire in the fOrecastie when {
 large shell cut off his right leg at tht
 hip and also his right hand, mutilatinE 1 him horribly. But he lived for hal
 an hour after that and kept on 1ookins after the fire, as I was told by Mir Oza-
 mig. who was close to him in those
 critical moments. I do not like tc
 think of It.; he had been a fellow stu l dent of mine at college, and our friend | ship had always remained the same. As
 there was no safe place in the ship, his body was placed on a cot and taken tc
 the Socapa coast; five soldiers who had
 been killed the same day were also car
 ried there, and all of them were GOV cred with the flag which they had been l defending and for which they had died i May he rest in psace, this first chief of the navy killed in this war.
 "The large projectiles shot through 1 the space acr5ss the bay, causing a tremendous noise which only those who heard it can understand; some fell on the opposite coast (to the westward) raising, as they exploded, clouds of dust and smoke; others could not be seen falling, which proves that they must have dropped in the hills at a great distance. This explains that they did not only reach the city, but went thousands of meters beyond.
 Toward evening the ships also fired twice at Daiquiri, probably at the forts and the detachments in the mineral re- zion and at Firmeza, but without any effect worth mentioning. The high battery of the Socapa (two 16-cm. Hon toria guns) fired foIty-seven shots; that was all they could fire, because during the bombardment the ships were hidden most of the time through the smoke.
 ''The inhabitants of Cay Smith had to take refuge in the northern part which is very abrupt, and many were in the water up to the waist; if they had not gone there, most of them would have been killed, for nearly all the dwellings which were located in the southern part suffered from the effects of the shells. The following day the Cay was abandoned and the in habitants transferred to the city,
 AS the siege progressed it began to tell upon the life of Santiago.
 Tn the city" wrote the Spanish lieutenant, nothing appeared to have cHduS0u, aud yet the situation was very far from being what it was month ago. In the stores many articles were wanting. and those that could be had brought fabulous prices. Unfortunate ly, one of the first articles that gave out was four, and no bread could be baked. Hardtack was used instead, but only few people could pay for it; there was no milk to be had, indisp9n- sable for the sick and for babies. The soldiers commenced to eat bread made of rice and lice boiled in water. which weakened them very much; and though they were not suffering actual hunger, everybody knew that calamity was not far off and was inevitable. for no pro visions could be expected, either by land or sea.
 Fortunately, the sailors of the ships and defenses, thanks to the foresight of the general commandant of the na- val station, were still receiving full ra- tions and had them for some time to come, thanks also to the interest taken in this matter by the commandant of marine.
 ''The music continued to play at the Alameda and in the market place, but