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Show pi f II TO HEWS H( 'k,wk "Washington. July 4. Glorious news J $L. from Cuba affords tho American peoplo Hv' ''Blj neciaLcauae for celebration on this tho H .flflHHVWltltion's holiday. Admiral Sampson ban H vr ' accomplished tho work which ho was fl directed to perform when he loft Key ' West for tho coast of Cuba. Ho was B" " ordered to find and destroy Cervorn's fl fleet. Several weeks ago Commodore Hj Schioy located tho fleet in tho bay ol fljj Santiago. Yesterday, after being bot- H tied helpless in thu harbor for weeks, H the'fleet was destroyed. Nothing now B nemains of the Spanish squadron but HBK v shattered and burning hulks. H In addition to this splendid work ac- H complished by Admiral Sampson, G911- H oral Shatter, in command of the land fl forces before Santiago, had so far pro- Hr greased in'tho carrying oun of his plans B for the reduction of the city that at 10 ;3p fl yesteiday morning ho demanded the B :mmediato surrender of thu Spanish B foreo&., At 8:80 yesterday afternoon. b General ghnfter's demunds had .tot B ; " been compiled with, so far as was of- B '' flcial'.y knoivftt That the demand will HL be complied with, howovor, General flr ' Shatter fully bufceves, and that the Fi ' ctars and etripes VU1 on tho Fourth of Bji , .'.July bo raised ovorsjatformer capital of K t jCuba is regarded aivt it"lvJ'y certain. B 'rr with k, |