Show fIHED ON SUM American Warships Begin the Bombardment ballOt bardment rfflS AT SANTIAGO DE CUBA TESTED I lurk IJI rn > 3 lo 3Hn < 1n 9ch1 lonid tin way iota Ito Mix firnlt UkLnonn rot an Irlnce Haiti May 3A1oOul oilok Mi nfcrnoon > n siuadron I mixsed 1 of fourteen wnrfhlps of 1 the ctlllaer New York iMnrlnyril l ooblt0 HaP or lteltp Admliul Bampson the nd a nuralier of torpedo boils btgan bombardment wIth heavy Buns of tho a feels and tho harbor of Santiago de directed cuba The American lire won principally anolnst the forts und tho arbor T orcea of Morro Cattle 11 Bo and Iuntn florda sutfcred cs ctti The Ca00000 ole roan very fee pWI Itnt und coronet hove tlloll to ioo JeitPicllvP It ladled until 345 Im i > The ton which Is I situated near the truer crd of the harbor escaped dam i 31 > I1 I m the cannonade dlmln I abed Alout 3 dock annon din chargi were heard at n distance < pre umabl > at moot lontlnulrlK for Borno Urn when the IlrlnK censed com rlilel maintain Thi pinlsh authorities the numb of vk jtria hence as to > r ties who were IIplcor tip nunur Ar1In 10 riviera feoooo000i000lrto oor lootleo AIIrlron whlps nllll tO torpedo hiiuts were enaaEcd In the cinrlial ai MntlnBO t A < nn ful fire was directed tiealnM the batteries of Mom m 11 0 u n m chaw or cannon tKlln to be heRr < 1 al sea eli thp port 1hee olieoiioegoo continued tint 4 oolock then entirely craned 1lom tM ponlh rcullt It roan ImroIIM to judge or ttooeaaet merits of the encounter scmnv AT WOHIC Waphlncton May 3it ° ceeiotent ru cocos tootuoctOUne0iooeOo lolkato that Schley Is I ingaKlnB Cevea 11 lice and rorellll him 0001 of the harloo oC fillitlaco Intense Inteiest It I manifest rd 1 The cool department hat no conformation con-formation of the reiorts but nnval olll cers bellevu hem entirely prplnble A po 1 too to lableEratn to the Washlni ton rost from Jamaica nt half part U orlok oooooonroal0000Y eugemt brtwcen bchleys fleet nt Hantlattii am the forts and fleets at thut color nod sajs schley has forced lobs way Into the outer harlxir and at last rejmrts nov engaging both shore batteries und fleet unrrs iiNOAniD Cape llaltlen May 31 Copsrlented US toy the Astoclafd Preisl Ad o leos just recelod front Havnna 501 hot sIred clock thin aftrnooll the Amrleon hlet nt SjntlaEo de Cuba loan beau lannonadlnK the battilltsof Mf I fO rustle Ln 81 cAt 000d toooi lou Carol c-At the so me time It in I nlllled tho Amrlon ohlp boo hen eo000ro nub the Rlunlh wlIIlp 1he tlrlnA usa extrmelY hoary At 345 p m tha rannonadiiiRi heam ceo locuvy lIgalllt the 10rtll1elllloll hut wa roach more nccntuntrd 111 Oh nmllty he the gentnwe 0 engooged Uorro eollolt the enneotlhe harbor 01 SantiRKo do Cuba 11 ece Run R-un shoot nn i the maps ns Ia Socn wile isartooort I oibntoonro oriole the lirbor entrance a id Iunla Cad is I iluatedon a polnl 11011 InIM the oar boriof RanthKO dr cuba nhooielug hoot the American tOUt has ntiredthe bar bnl nrertlnl tn Iho 1I1Inn aotutrrs via Cnpo 1IIllIon amI hn srtoeaged the Hpalllh fleet In those on alcr The cnrrcBpondent ot the Associate teenn who was at the slenal otatln alout the ame IImat heard cnOuot rnusnotollnaarannoouooite Thr wlll1 wni In the right direction to carr the otonallon tn him It seems certain that tin tIt thn llattlen Rtmlmnt I ror poln Cllpe bboyrt goIng northward Inld Its 01 tortoon lop or tnMlnrt bnfkworll aeruan he front or ancponbug toirre rnionT uisciiuinTnn Washington May 31N1I1 officials aholutcl discredit the ntus from dpil Ilnltlen In the effect that Commodore Com-modore Mchley forced the entrance to t4onthgo loon anoil l engaged the Spanish nolt In the hnrbr t 11011 no itiri001 ndlc hive been rrtln1 from Rchley since the battle Is I rrrnrtcil tl have occumd naval olll ell A ilire with posltlvences thai It I seat only Improbable but under the rlrcnmitinron almost Impossible thai nn atte100 lot should have been too ° oote by the ° mrlron cOlllmnder to force nn cntrane lo the ha Th Inlest olllclal I advices recelvi I Son Commodore frcJiley wore con lulnlln a cnhhIIT1II wh10lo calllo late Ohio otcrnoon nod In bloat the emmo boon ghe no 1111IlIon clan Intention to yS to enter the iarhor of Santiago I I Whll the contents of the disrate vicrc nil mile public the bulletin Irsuel im II toy the navy department leA laIr that Commodore Sihlev Is I still rob 1 eeerlog to oJtermlne jut whlll Stnnlnri vcfuels are In the harbor The bulletin follows Commodore Fchleys fleet has abght eli another vessel of the VIzcnya Close In nnlllo hnrhor iSo navy nllclalii declare llml Schley 111d root enIOor tn force his WilY Into the harbor In view of the preit iHmeultlos of navlKitlon which would linve to be surmounted In the elro t Tbeentruire to tho harbnr los I n chan nil nearly threenuartcrsof a mite long int at one point mil aboul 100 parole hite Millc the channel has plenty nt water to lout the chips It 18 l tortuous onl at tol Icon bnngemoolsAt one Iolnt II twins hrrly tn lIme len asnvro I OrSon and nnal concern sa that 11 TllRlll heomo nceClr nt come BIn rfe of Oboe llde torn 1nrhlp ton to-n ae almost If not iiulte to a fail stein no mrle tM lIIM 1I0O Ulluerl < 1 < ilooe bOh sides of the channel and n I umssel nnlnc It would afford n larset I OOboOi h urn n Pjianlsh Boinner could not toil to loll |