The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 13, 1898, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1898. POWDER WORKS BLOWN UP AT POMPTON, N. J. Eleven Men Killed, Twenty Badly Injured and Two Buildings Demolished. Fierce Fire. Adds to the Terrors of the Catas- trophe—Heroic Work of New Jersey Troops. NEW YORK, July 12—Two explo-|workingmen who came out was imme- eions, which killed eleven men, wound- | diately surrounded and begged fox ed about twenty others and wrecked | Word of those who had been left be- two buildings, scourred at the plant of | 1ind, many of whom are still missing. O nER SosourTEL ¥ The fire was soon under control and the Laflin-Rand Powder Works at|finally quenched. The search for other Pompton, N. J.. to-day. The first ex- dead and missing was immediately plosion was in the house where gun- |begun and will be prosecuted diligently. cotton was being made and the second, | sumably superinduced by concus. , was in the drying house, close by. room sior Three men were in the mixing when the explosion occurred and they were blown to atoms. Chief Engineer Craig, who was in the engine room, had | crushed jelly in the his he: to a wrec! which was blown out. John Phillips w standing near a tree some distance {re the mixing house. blown from his body and was picked | up eighty feet away. His body was | frightfully torn by the force of the ex- | piosion and his clothing was whipped from his body. The foreman of the drying room was own to pieces and a number of who were digging a trench in r of the building were Killed. ost seriously injured was William Jmmons, a private of Company I, New Jersey olunteers. He was horribly torn by flyinz splinters. It is not likely at he will recover. Charles Lukes of or was also probably fatally in- ired. he first explosion was at about 10:30 lock. Before the nolse and roar of it | had died away there was a second, louder and more terrific than the first. The roar was heard for miles and the | concussion broke windows in all direc- | tions. The explosion w: followed by a fire which threatened to spread to the | other buildings of the plant, in which | tons of high explosives were stored. Five cor s of the Third New Jer- sey s have been stationed at the be plant since the war with Spain an, and they were ordered under and went to the scene of the ex- m at double-quick time. Within | ten minutes the soldiers had formed a | cordon about the entire works and | soon the firemen were at work trying nch the flan Almost imme- after the losion the anxious - of the men working at the mill congregated near the scene. The soldiers tried every means to keep the crowd , telling them of the danger of further explosions and the impossi- bility of their passing the line. Women, frantic with anxiety, tried to rush through and the soldiers wére comnell- ed to fix bayonets to hold the crowd back. As the injured came through the lines of soldiers the scenes of excitement ge of the boiler house, the side | His head was | immpan_'. is missing. | a portion of one. During the fire two tanks, each of | which contained a ton of nitro-glycer- | ine, were in constant danger of being | exploded by flying sparks. | The Laflin-Rand Company had been | engaged in the manufacture of brown powder, nitro-glycerine, guncotton and smokeless powder under contract to the Government. The loss to the com-' pany will be great, but it is said a reconstruction of the. wrecked build- ings will begin at daylight to-morrow and that the plant will be in full run- ning order in two weeks. | After the explosion there was some | talk of a Spanish spy being implicated | in the attempt to destroy the powder mill, but the théory of the men connect- | ed with the works is that a grain of | gravel or sand got into some powder | which was in process of handling in | the mixing room and that as it went through the machinery the foreign | | substance came in contact with a met- al surface and threw out a which ignited the explosive. The list of killed is as follows: John Craig, chief engineer of the works. William Brennan, car driver. James Phillips. | Daniel Freeman, boss of the drying- | | | spark, | | room. Willlam Fisher, inside worker. Willlam Fisher Jr., helper. John Bonnatta, laborer. Casper Cozzino, Ttallan laborer. Guido Marino, fragment of a body found. Jose Cossene, Italian laborer. that G. R. Garrigan, an employe of the | Adjutant Patterson of the Third Regiment says the men bf the regi- ment showed the greatest coolness In the face of the greatest danger. About 5 o'clock in the evening, while the night guards were being posted, they came across a body, or rather This made eleven killed. This man appears to have been working on the side of the mountain, a thousand yards from the works. His head was blown off. Who he was no one seems to know. | Working in the guncotton rooms when the explosion occurred was a man named Fisher. The body found on the mountain side may be his, as his re- mains have not been found. A boy, a | son of Fisher, is also missing . He was working with his father and he may were redoubled. Every one of the have been blown to pieces. strengthened his intrenchments as| much as possible in view of the storm, and that he has vrobablv been able to bring up some of the reinforcements and extend his lines so as to more com- | pletely invest the city. Nothing is said in any patches #bout any of the Spaniards having escaped from the city, but officials here fear that some of them may have succeeded in geting out and escaping in the direction of Hol- guin or Manzanillo. Secretary of War Alger sent a dis- patch to General Shafter to-day direct- ing him to send a dispatch to-night, de- tailing the situation at Santiago and informing the department of his plans for to-morrow. Up to this time this dispatch has not been received, but the President and Secretary Alger are hourly expecting it. The dispatch from General Miles re- ferring to the difficultics in getting the artillery to the front, it is belleved, in- dicates that up to this morning Gen- eral Shafter had not succeeded in get- ting all his guns in place in the in- trenchments at the front. The dis- patches from the front to-day have produced the impression that Generals Miles and Shafter do not intend to make an aggressive movement until their greatly extended lines have been strengthened by reinforcements which have arrived during the last few days, but which the heavy rains to-day have probably retarded. General Shafter’s dispatch showsthat he has the city completely surrounded on its land sides, and his lines extend- ing north of the city and down to the head of the bay, thus shuting off es- cape to the westward except by cross- ing the bay. STRICT QUARANTINE IS ESTABLISHED Copyrighted, 1898, by the Associated Press. PLAYA DEL ESTE, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, July 12—The known pres- ence of yellow fever at Caimanera, Guantanamo and other towns in the vicinity of Camp McCalla and along the coast has resulted in the establishment of the strictest quarantine. Hereafter no communication will be allowed with of the dis- the north side of the bay, and no one will be permitted to land from vessels entering the harbor here without a special permit from the commanding officer. This may result in considerable inconvenienée to the newspaper dis- patch boats. It also cuts off communi- cation with the insurgent forces around Guantanamo under the command of General Perez and the regiment of Col- onel Thomas. i The rules will also be rigidly enforced | at Camp McCalla, although the general health of the American marines is re- markably good. | The Spaniards in and around Caima- | nera have been showi~- ereat actlvity | during the last two or three days, and | their forces have been appdrently in- | creased from Guantanamo. The bold- | ness of the American launches in ven- | turing up beyond the port and the pres- ence of a large number of warships in the lower bay have evidently led the | Spanish to believe that an attack is | planned at that point. | |SPANIARDS AWAIT [ WATSON’S SQUADRON | | > | Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 189, by James Gor- | don Bennett. | PORT SAID, July 12.—The Spanish | | fleet was seen off Cape Burlos last | night at midnight going about eight | knots an hour. LONDON, July 13.—The Madrid cor- respondent of the Daily News says: Orders have been received by the Se- ville garrison to hold itself in readi- | ness to proceed to the defense of the coasts. It is belleved that the garri- | son's destination is a camp near Gi- | braltar. The order is widely com- mented upon. The United States Con- suls at Gibraltar and Tangiers have enormous quantities of coal, and Amer- ican colliers are reported between Cape Spartell on the northwest coast of Mo- rocco and St. Vincent. A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from Gibraltar says the American squadron is expected at Tangier about Friday. NEW YORK, July 12.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: Each day’s delay in the capture of Santiago means that much time is lost in the departure of the Eastern squadron for Spain.. The necessity of keepinz Rear Admiral Sampson’s ships well supplied with coal has required the retention of some of the colliers attached to the SPANISH CRUISER A SECRET MISSION Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. by James Go: ANTWERP, Belgium, July 12.—The Spanish auxiliary cruiser Ciudad de Cadiz mysteriously arrived this morning from Corurnaundercommand She has had her name effaced from customs officers on boa kept secret and she sailed fo 3-inch guns and four revolver departure. f23eRcRaR-Re:FuRF-FuF-Fu1 noon. She carries a crew of 165 men, four 5-inch guns, two was manifested at the mysterious manner of her arrival and f=3-R-3-8-F-F-2-8-3-F-8-3-3-3-3-3°3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-8-3-5-3-F-3-3-1 ON Copyrighted, 1898, rdon Bennett. of Lieutenant Jedenco Ebariez. and refused to receive a visit rd. The object of her visit is r an unknown port this after- guns. General astonishment k=3 o o o o b3 o & k=3 = o o = | lution_pro; Miller will take with him a proclam |t A canvass of Pompton Plains shows | ° w0t eastern squadron in Southern Cuban whters. The result has been that the Navy Department has been compelled to revoke the orders directing the col- liers to come north at once and some of these ships have not yet arrived at Hampton Roads. tended the fleet of colliers should leave that point on Thursday evening under convoy of the auxiliary cruiser Yankee, but now it has practically been decided to send the Yankee to Santiago and there to transfer the ammunition she has taken on board as a cargo to the battleships Oregon and Massachusetts, and then return to Hampton Roads for final orders. The Scindia, which has been' added to the fleet of colliers, ‘is undergoing repairs, and it is expected she will be ready for sea in about a week. This fact together with the fail- ure of some of the other colliers assigned to the eastern squadron to put in an appearance at Hampton Roads makes it evident now that the fleet can- not get away as promptly as has been expected. MILES ORDE e RS SIBONEY BURNED WITH ARMY BEFORE SANTIAGO, (via Playa del Este, July 11.—Major General Nelson A. Miles promises to take Santiago within three days. Shocked at the condition he found in Siboney, General Miles immediately ordered ‘that the town be destroved by fire. He decided upon this E tary measure. General Duffield, w confined in the hospital, is in a very serious condition. CEREMONY ATTENDING THE ANNEXATION Hbv Rear Admiral Miller Will Pro- ceed Upon His Arrival at Honolulu. NEW YORK, July 12.—The Herald's Washington correspondent sends the | suance of General following: Instructions are being pre- pared by the President and Secretary Long under which Rear Admiral Miller will proceed to Honolulu within next ten days, and, upon arrival at his destination, formally proclaim the an- | nexation of the Hawaiian Islands to the United States. It' was stated at the Navy Department to-day that the cruiser Philadelphia, Rear Admiral lulu by July 20. Before her arrival, it is confidently expected, the annexation resolution will have been approved by act of the Hawaiian Legislature. The authorities structions under which Minister Sewall and Rear Admiral Miller will formally take possession of the islands. These instructions will, it is said, merely an- nounce the passage of the joint reso- ding for the annexation of an Islands. Rear Admiral the Hawa ing the provision of the New- rlution and decla ing the is an; Government, which will be read when nexation held. The will fire a salute of twenty-one guns the Hawaiian flag is hauled down an the American flag is hoisted over the Government buildings. In view of the return of Admiral Camara’s squadron to Spain the Amer- ican fleet in the Philippines will not be increased. Admiral Dewey has e fectually disposed of all of Spain’s men-of-war in transports carrying troops to Manila will not need a convoy, but Admiral Dewey will dispatch vessels to thenorth of ghe Philippines to meet the trans- ports and escort them to Manila. Senator Cullom, who has been named as chairman of the committee to déaw up such legislation for the government the Hawailan Islands as may be desirable, was in conference with the President to-day. He has been tele- graphing to steamship lines regard- ing the sajling of the commission and announces that he hopes it will leave San Francisco about August 1. The character of the government for the islands informal d! ussion in Washington. As the Herald has stated it was in- | is | half miles and concealed from view by NAVAL GUNNERY WITH SANTIAGO AS THE TARGET Sampson’s Squadron Solves the Problem of Shelling the Doomed City. |Aided by Signals From the Shore It Finally Gets the Range and Can Now Do Effective Bombardment. OFF AGUADORES, July 11, 2 p. m.|and the wig-wageing signaled from the | (via Kingston, Jamaica, July 12, 2:10 |Shore to the ships where each shell fell, | |D. m).—The United Etates navy has &hd notified the gunners if they had | the following problem presented to it: B¢ PrOPer elevation. What is the best manner of effectually | tne mqe by, L2l Ut their big guns on | ! the side opposite the firing, in order to | bombarding a city distant four and a | secure the desired list to port or to | starboard. General Shafter signaled | about noon that “some of the shells a range of hills 250 feet high at its | the | e preparing the in- | | | | | | are part of the territory of this|Ing t | men Kkilled. | a second salute of twenty-one guns as |feared the losses might be greater than he far East and the |for the Brooklyn, lowest part? The problem has been satisfactorily solved. So, If the army hereafter never fires a shot and merely guards the roads, the navy can make Santiago un- tenable, if, indeed, it does not destroy it in a few days. Sunday and to-day the sea was calm- er than usual, so the ornortunity for good practice was afforded. In pur-|into the city, in order to demand its | Shafter's request, | surrender for the third and last time. Commodore Schley, Rear Admiral | The whole proceeding was business. | Sampson being absent at Guanta- like in the extreme. The ordinary avo- namo, at 3 o'clock on Sunday after- noon ranged the Brooklyn, Indilana and Texas within 500 yards of the shore, at a point almost due south of the city of Santiago, distant a little over four and a half miles. The ships were about a mile apart. The army signal men were on the beach oprosite the ships | Miller’s flagship, would sail for Hono- | and also on the crest of a hill overlook- ing both the ships and the city. These men wig-wagged the results of each shot, telling the gunners if the shell was aimed too high or too low or not in line. Sunday’s practice was good, but it was better to-day, when the firing was opened by the New York, which re- turned from Guantanamo during the night. The New York, Brooklyn and { Indiana were the ships which partiel- pated in the shelling this morning. Each shot was carefully calculated, fell in the bay and some in the city. The latter do not appear to do great damage.” Comment on this subject waschanged immediately by a message, saying: | “The last shot struck a church where | | powder was stored, blowing up the same and doing great damage.” | The bombardment closed for the day |at 1 p. m., at General Shafter’s request, | as he was about to send a flag of truce cations on shipboard went c¢n, punctu- ated at intervals of five minutes by the roar of the big guns, the scream of projectiles and the echoes from the’ | mountains in the rear of Morro Castle, plainly visible to the westward and {havlng the bombarding ships well in | range. But not a gun was fired by the Spaniards. The effect of the shells when they did hit can easily be imagined, when it |1s known that each of them carries 250 | pounds of explosives and travels 925 | feet per second. Whenever a missile |lands at the distance of two and a | half miles from the muzzle to the city it occupies 22% seconds In its flight. | Four shells during the bombardment | to-day ignited fires in different parts of the city, proving the feasibility of burn- ing the place by using the guns of. the | fleet alone. Death must have comeg to ;’nany in the city by reason of the shell- ling. hat, in the early part of the ac- tion, one of her shells had traversed | the ceremony in connection with an- | the entire length of the gun deck, Kill- Philadelphia | ing and wounding probably eighty men. On the Vizcaya alone there were 110 Admiral Cervera said he he knew, for many men were below the decks, and when the ships were on fire it must have been difficult for them to escape. Cervera also said that he had no doubt that ‘at least three ships would have got away had it not been Oregon and Texas. BIG DEMONSTRATION AT SCHLEY’S BIRTHPLACE Congratulatory: Xa_-nlutlonu Sent to ' the “Vice Admiral of the United States Navy.” FREDERICK, Md., July 12.—An en- thusiastic demonstration in honor of | Commodore Winfield Scott Schley and | his brilliant victory at Santiago was as been the subject of an | has practically been decided to provide | as liberal a government as possible, it being the opinion that the people have already shown a capacity for self- government ered by the OUR COAL SUPPLY IN DANISH WEST INDIES It Is Believed Vessels Will Be Per- mitted to Take on Fuel at St. Thomas. NEW YORK, July 12.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald say: Offi- cial information has been received at Washington that the Governor of the Danish West Indies has prohibited the transfer of coal owned by the United States to American men-of-war with- out his knowledge. Before the out- break of the war "the State Depart- which should be consid- United States. ment, at the instance of Secretary Long | on a recommendation made by Com- mander R. B. Bradford, cabled to Con- sul Van Horne directing him to buy practically the entire available supply of coal at that point. In accordance with this instruction purchased and loaded on schooners ready for transshipment to Amerlcan warships when required. Since the war began two vessels, the Montgomery and Minneapolis, put into St. Thomas, and the Governor permitted them to take 900 tons, 150 tons on board the former and the remainder on the latter, sufficient to enable them to reach the United States. There are now, therefore, 4000 tons of coal belonging to the United States lying at St. Thomas. No doubt exists in officlal circles that American vessels putting into St. Thomas will be allowed sufficient coal to carry them to the nearest port from the supply now at that point. SRS BROOKLYN. OREGON AND TEXAS DID THE WORK Cervera Says That but for Their Ac- tivity He Would Have Saved Three Ships. Correspondence of the Associated Press, Copy- righted, 1808, by the Associated Press. - OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July 4.— On the return of the United States cruiser Brooklyn to the blockade off Santiago de Cuba, on the evening of July 3, the Iowa reported to Commo- dore Schley that Admiral Cervera, the admiral of the Spanish fleet, was on board. The commodore at once went over to pay his resp. ts. The Spanish admiral was much cast down by his defeat, but preserved a dignified and courteous demeanor mnot- withstanding. He said he deeply ap- preciated the fact that the men of the Brooklyn did not exult by cheering when it was learned that he was a prisoner on the Towa. He replied, 'n response to the commodore’s remark that it was the fortune of war: ‘“Yes, but I've lost my career now that I've been defeated.” Commodore Schley, however, told him that such a brave deed as that of bringing out his squadron could never be looked upon otherwise than a most gallant feat, upon which Admiral Cer- vera threw his arms around the com- modore and said: “Ah, sailors always are gentlemen.” Cervera spoke of the accuracy and deadliness of the Brooklyn's fire, say- 6000 tons were | held in this city to-night. The com- modore was born here in 1840, and many of those who participated in to- night's celebration were lifelong friends of the naval hero. After a procession | in which several thousand persons took part, a mass meeting was held in Court- house Square. Hon. James McSperry, chief of the Maryland Court of Appeals, presided and addressed the assemblage. Hon. B. R. Wood of Frederick and Mrs. Donald McLean, regent of the Ne York Chapter, Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution, also delivered patriotic addresses. Resolutions were adopted congratulating Commodore Schley upon his splendid victory. These were signed by the city officials, engrossed and for- warded to the *“Vice-Admiral of the United States Navy.” ST CREW OF A SPANISH GUNBOAT MOBBED Seamen Attacked at Valencia After the Defeat of Cervera at Santiago. Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gor- don Bennett. GIBRALTAR, July 12.—1 hear on the | authority of the Russian Consul here that the Sultan of Morocco has notified the powers of his neutrality. The Vitoria is going to Corunna as a guardship. An officer from Valencia relates an extraordinary story of how the crew of a gunboat arriving there just after the Santiago disaster was mobbed. The crowd threatened to destroy the ves- sels, Such unreasoning violence indi- cates the popular feeling of irritation and the trend of events. They must find a vent hole and make somebody a scapegoat. HAVANA CUT OFF FROM CABLE COMMUNICATION Captain Young of the Hist Success- fully Performs Another Daring Feat. PLAYA DEL ESTE, Guantanamo Bay, July 12.—Captain Young of the Hist, conmanding an expedition com- prised of the Hist, Hornet and Wam- patuck, yesterday morning Mnnda_iy) while off Santa Cruz, succeeded in cut- ting the cable connecting Havana with Santiago via Cienfuegos, Trinidad, the United States and Manzanillo. Under cover of the night Captain Young went in, facing superior forces, and located the landing place of the cable. He remained in hiding until daybreak, and then cut the cable fif- teen miles southeast of Santa Cruz in ten fathoms of water. =~ Then he cut off ‘160 feet 'of the strand and towed the end in opposite directions, each for a couple of miles. NO CHANGE IN THE 'MANILA SITUATION HONGKONG, July 12.—The British gun- boat Plover, wnich left Manila on Sun- day morning, has arrived here. She re- ports that at the time of sailing there was no change in the situation. Admiral Dewey was awaiting the arrival of Gen- eral Merritt. The insurgents were firing nightly on the Spaniards, and the block- ade had finally been rendered effective. Sl Church Ready to Surrender. HONGKONG, July 12.—It is sald on what is considered good authority that the church stands ready to surrender ‘Manila if its millions can be saved. TWO ARRIVALS FROM DAWSON Tell Their Experience to Hal Hoffman. |BIG CLEAN-UPS AND FIZZLES | STREAM OF GOLD-HUNTERS OW THE MOVE. | Projects to Improve Transportation | Facilities by All Reutes from This Coast to the Mines. Special Dispatch to The Call. JUNEAU, Alaska, July 8 (by steam- ship City of Topeka to Victoria, B. C., July 12).—Brad Cole of Douglas Island and Willlam Lawson have arrived out fresh from Dawson. They are the ‘nrst to come over the up-river trail | this summer, and they bring news that is surprising. Cole, who is here, will | leave for Victoria in a few days to pur- | chase a certain line of goods, while | | Lawson has remained at Lake Bennett | to boss the construction of a scow, on | | which they will take the Victoria mer- | | chandise into the great gold mining | | camp. | The Kiondike, he says, is upholding | | even the most extravagant ideas of the | wealth that lies hidden In the gravel of | | the creeks that descend from the | mountains, and in general the clean- | up will be all that was anticipated. On | the way up the river Cole and Lawson | were never out of sight of a boat, raft | or scow loaded with grub and men | bound for Dawson. Cole says that if | they had stopped to talk to all who | wanted to converse with them about Dawson and the clean-up they would not have got out of the country this summer. Two thousands of men floating down the river just seem to be heading for Dawson and don’t know where they are going or what they are going to do after they get there. When a man expecting to hunt gold gets into the Yukon basin his troubles and hard work are just beginning. “Talk ab.ut San Francisco or Seat- | tle,” he says, “why you have never seen a lively town unless you have seen Dawson. The clean-up was being made when we left. There was plenty of | grub, everybody had money, and night found all the people enjoying them- selves. The little.steamer May West, | which stuck on the flats last fall, got | up the river just before we left, bring- | ing some nails. Nails were previous!y; worth about $1 each in Dawson. Now building that was delayed from lack of nails is going ahead. ~ 2 “Major Walsh decided that no liquor | licenses should be issued, and now everybody who has liquor for sale is | running his place wide open.. The | number of female inhabitants is ten to_one compared with the quota that | ADVERTISEMENTS. ! [CanEat Anything now, and it makes me so happy,” writes a Vermont woman,be- | cause Tamnow perfectly free from those old deathly feelings, when I could not keep anything on my stomach, had pains in my back and side. I owe it all to Hood’s Sarsaparilla, three bottles of which have made me perfectly well and I am growing strong and fleshy.” Hood’s Sarsaparilla 1s America’s Greatest Medicine. $1; 6 for $5. noon's.mu.s cure sick headache. 2 cts. | center of Lawton's division. SHAFTER’S LAND BATTERIES DO SPLENDID WORK In Better Positions on Resuming Hostilities at the End of the Armistice. All Avenues of Escape Cut Off From.the En- emy While Shells Demolish Their Intrenchments. BEFORE SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July 11 (via Port Antonio, July 12, via Kingston, July 12, 3 p. m.)—When the fire opened from the American lines after the conclusion of the armistice | our men were in mu Capron’s and Hines' batteries posted on the heights on the left of the line and in the rear of Bates’ line. Hotchkiss, Gatling and dynamite guns | occupied a crest on the right center, | and on the extreme right Best's and | town, engaged by | wer spiritedly, but the rifle fire on _both sides soon waned, and from 5 o'clock to 6:30, when the action ceased, the fir- ing was confined almost exclusively to the artillery. Our batteries soon got the range ard :h better position. | poured shells in‘o the Spanish intrench- were | ments. The Hotchkiss battery swept the outer line of the intrenchments The | back and forth, cutting down the brush shelters like a scythe. The Spanish e soon forced to the blockhouse. A Spanish battery on the left of the Capron’s battery, Grimes’ batteries were posted in the | fired only a few shots, but the battery Our right | was strengthened by a brigade Kent’s division, the Sixth and Sixteenth | Regiments and the Seventy-f York, which was pushed to the west- | ward until, with Garcia’s line, it formed st New | | an arc, reaching within a quarter of a mile of Camera, which skirts the bay and forts. The only road by which | General Toral could escape was thus commanded. Small detached bodies of Spaniards had been observed slipping out of town westward early in the morning, in- cluding a £quad of cavalry. A move was made- to cut off their retreat and a land bombardment began. A shot | from the Grimes battery was followed | by one of Capron's guns on the left, | and from the right center the Gatling | and Hotchkiss batteries opened fire. For the first ten minutes the firing was quite general, .the Spaniards replying on of | gun-cotton shell from Wood's dynamite | tearing up two trees and d | the gun. the right fired spiritedly until & gun exploded directly in front of it, ismounting It was the last shot of the afternoon and was greeted with cheers. Two men in General Kent's division were killed by a shell and several were wounded. Sergeant Jefferson, Private St. Clair of Troop B, Ninth Cavalry, were among the wounded. A Spanish deserter came to our lines this afternoon for food. He said: “The Spanish are as good fighters as the Americans, and if we had food and cigarettes in abundance we would fight forever.” General Kent commends the following officers of his division for gallantry un- der fire: Major Sharp, Major Phil Read, Captain McAlexander, Lieuten- ant Cartwright, Lieutenant Johnson and Volunteer Aide-de-Camp Monroe, who was wounded and will be recom- mended for a commission. were in Dawson last winter, and when we left—well, we haven't any roof gar- | dens in the Yukon and don’t need them | in that climate, but I tell you the town | was gay. Grub? Plenty of it. Its| scarcity last winter w A great deal of it w: speculators. This year Commerciaf Company and the North | American Trading and Transportation | Company have 20,000 tons of provisions | coming up the river. “Contrary to earlier expectations,” continued Mr. Cole, “there is no plenty of water in the Yukon. Dawson as exageerated. left people were street in small boats and on any kind of a raft or tub that would float. In fact the river has not been so high in a good many years. Damage to prop- erty was at first threatened, but that danger is past. This will give an open river for the boats at St. Michael, so that they will in all probability be able to make at least one round trip. But the snowfall is not heavy and unless there are heavy rains August and Sep- tember will very likely show a different stage of water.” The most surprising news brought out by Mr. Cole is that many of the much-vaunted and famous claims on Bonanza Creek have turned out to-be | blanks. Pay streaks have suddenly pinched out entirely and in some claims have narrowed down to little more than barely pay dirt. The dumps on El Dorado, o~ the other hand, are large and numerous and look fat with nuggets. Sulphur and Dominion creeks are panning out beyond anybody's highest expectations. The gold in these creeks is flatter, smaller and more of a uniform size. It is what is common- ly called coarse gold—a little thicker than rolled oats. Hunker is reported | to be holding its own and so are all the other claims except a number of bitter disappointments on Bonanza. Mr. Cole would not attempt to make an estimate of the total cleanup, for the reason, as he said, that he did not know and could not form an idea that he thought would be correct. He said simply that all the claims had realized what their owners expected with the exception of some on Bonanza. It will soon be possible to leave Pu- get Sound with an outfit or any con- siderable quantity of merchandise, :n season, and be set down in Dawson in ten or twelve days. The distance from Puget Sound to Dawson by way of | the down-river route is approximately 1600 miles. The railroad and the steam- ers on the down-river route will en- able the passage to be made to Dawson in the open season at a great saving | of labor, time and expense as com- | pared with the up-river route from St. | Michael. Miners will thus float down the river instead of bucking the cur- rent. | ground. out of Dawson this summer by way of Lake Bennett. He confirms the report about the quartz excitement on Nine Mile Creek, Mud Lake, but he and Lawson did not stop to stake off any The quartz on Nine Mile was reported very rich and free mflling. HAL HOFFMAN. THE ST. LOUIS SCOGPS ANOTHER PRIZE-SHIP fs not exactly a Venice, but when we | Was Flying the British Flag and Car- navigating Front | ried Supplies for Spaniards in Cuba. KEY WEST July 12.—The sloop Wary, flying the British flag, was brought in here to-dav as a prize of war. She was captured by the St. Louis about 110 miles from Santiago de Cuba, while bound from Jamaica for Santa Cruz, with a cargo of pro- visions. It was thought her English registry was a subterfuge to enable her to land supplies in Cuba for the starv- ing Spaniards, but investigation proved it to be bona fide, and she appears to have been engaged in a bold attempt to land her cargo on the southern coast of Cuba. Her crew consisted of Cap- tain Jeremiah Moss and three men, all Jamaican negroes. The sloop, which is a 21-ton vessel, was captured on the 2d inst, while becalmed. She was brought in by a prize crew of three men. A schooner, the Wyckerson, was cap- tured by one of the converted yachts at the same place two days before the Wary was taken. She was owned by two German merchants, who were aboard and who protested so vigor- ously that the prize was taken over to Santiago for a formal report to Ad- miral Sampson. She was bound for Manzanillo from Jamaica. DEATH OF MAJOR .fOORE. Was Private Secretary to Both Line coln and Johnson. WASHINGTON, July 12.—Major W. Q. Moore, for the past twelve years Super- intendent of Police, died here to-day, aged 69 years. By reason of his varied experience and official connections Major Mpgore was well known throughout the country. In early life he was a newspa- per man and a reporter of Congressional debates. When the Civil War broke out he enlisted in a local military company, but soon after was detailed for duty in the office of Simon Cameron, the Secre- | tary of War, and also in the position of adjutant general of volunteers. During a shont portion of 1865 Mr. Moore filled tha position of private secretary to President Lincoln, and after the latter .was assas- sinated he continued with President Johnson in a similar position. In 1866 he became Superintendent of the local police Mr. Cole says that others are coming | force. ADVERTISEMENTS. A WOMAN'S SECRET! The secret of our success in business is buying for cash and selling for cash. not keep a secret. the bargains we offer to-day. and want the money. store is the place. this. A good article at the right price. It is open to everybody everywhere. It is a pocketbook affair. You have the money and want the goods. No one who has traded here for eight or ten years doubts No dull times at the great Bazaar, near the ferry. ‘We are not like the ladies; we can- No lock and key on ‘We have the goods Our KLONDIKE SHOES. ..........§L50 These are the fair leather shoe pacs for Alaska; $350 is the price at credit stores; sizes 8 to 13. Northern trade will soon be booming. See our Yukon window. LAWN MOWERS. . ..........5.9 Cuts 10 inches, celebrated make; no other house offers them less than $5 00; a real labor saver and money saver, too. DRESS CALICO . . ............3% Styles are as pretty as the town contal quality is full standard. Somebody wanted to se_’ll badly and we took it. Will you take part GRAVEN IMAGES . . ...........5 Pretty as a picture, curious and useful for the parlor mantel; not large, but this is made up by beauty. EIGHT-DAY CLOCK . .........54.00 These are a high grade mantel clock: §8 00 is a common price at credit stores; $12 00 on the installment plan; be your own banker. First floor on the left. a WO00D STOVE, 36-incir. . ......55.00 7 of these large school house or church stoves; last of a carload; regular price §i5 00; mention this ad and save $10. LADIES’ TRIMMED HATS .... These are summer styles worth $2 50 to $3 50; we quit manufacturing except for orders, and close out at any price; nice untrimmed hats, 5¢ to 10c. REMNANTS OILCLOTH. . ........5 These are 45-inch table oilcloths, best quality, % yard to 1% yards,-at 10c per yard or less. GENTS’ CASSIMERE VESTS ... ..T5 A lot o 1000 made from remnants and short lengths of fine cassimere, 34 to 40, all good dark colors. TOMATOES, peeled. ... . ... .. .5 These are a fine pack, price is double nows; ‘Wednesday and Thursday we sell at S, 24 cans to any buyer. < Broken Candy, between 8 and 10 a. m......... 5¢ Rex Chewing Gum, the best, today only Fine' Table Butter, for two days Fine Sliced Canned Peaches, to-day. Little Bables' Undershirts, this week. Big Boys' Strong Shoes for every day Soldlers’ Mouthtul Biscuits trom New York.. Home-made Ples, atter 2 p. m. to-day.. fedeci: SHITHS 25-27 Market St., S. F,