Show I BATTLE AT SAN JUAN ijrrl gdr of lie City and its Forts After tho Figliting is Reported Re-ported to tho President Report Not Credited jut Sampson Received News of the Presence of tho Cape Verde Squadron and He Drew Off to Carry Out His Orders Regarding the Spanish Fleet Vrd ITii 10 Hot float Amcrlraiu an tile ShIpit Dropped flown fftr the nl 1bl If 04 fine non of hloppln that Attack n lite Fort merlritn Flrl If Pa twellfrotto n al Target PrtIn Kpanlnrdi tlrd > WlldlyMiiel W Von to tho Fort a1 100 nAiluilrnl Buiuinon no s Mail ptruts DO I IlIr UOIol nlour of the Flitht I S Tork lay IIA pel1 to the d trom Wahnon I says iltedent McKinley received a dis I night which come rath J Friday tIIOtl 10 RItIen sources announcing I capitulation at the City omi > Ito te rot San Juan de Porto IIIco OJ tort r dispatch was Immediately com no Dinted t 7 to Secretary Long who pre d 11 to the nMal trotegy word 0b as then In sesidla secretary LOOK was seen a few mnu after tI Ile I tlf or wool tile it I fii t r Is acknowledged Its tl IV A hovtv r and supplemented milt l 4 claratlon of faith In tarIdents lt at rulath atlclty Tile strategy boaldto Ignll = Mlat j i y upon tbasroconJnor I I t but r to taN ill could be learned regardIng fix 1 o Hated by Secretary Long that jbiaLpatch vas not from Admiral Flmpwa and that the last communl j al nifoa he had had train him was the dMltch ItIlunderstood at ill I morning that the dispatch tiT through repravent n Iv e of the I liafinfilovvrnment 1 In Now Vorkjt and TurommundcatedUo the President by au otm ot the United States signal Lane stationed at Governors Island IIE1BD OF THE SPANISH FLEET TCihlnston May 14 Captain lea0la boa not contrlbutd any hinherdetalls to the mport at him en p t at Iran Juan and ivhethei I tht MIJ department knows the ex I ut hfttibolits of Admiral Sampson 1 It Ik I tnomint Is doubtful He doe I ntnmunlcate with the depaitmen ma nl Ith ud It la I Just possible that Ihltlfmufilcrable dlflleulty In send I ItHull ll to cable stations ol IwOTlreners In the Went Indlei Irtltl exhausting his privileges In LIe PL mber of coil he can make 11 citntood In I view of the newspaper ITCIII of the fight at Han Juantlmt at tie lime Sampson drew 0T his iuir he had bn Informed oI the Matte of thelSpunlsl squadron oft i mttII 17Vi I IHinlnlque nndnt la possible that be rtllI lurking on the north coot 01 l 0 mea preparing for an onslaught Fan Juan ot course thin purpose sIII be taiged as soon as he can be reached i mtof the dispatch boats with ills wy depnrtm tit a Intruellon J ail officer have changed decided llthelooeo I way In which the term irntmrtment Is I being used as deserlp Lie of such engagements os thai Ile Irma I Aam wits squadron and the I ns it San Juan They contend thai I t I not necary to haV 24 hour tOU I or any not lee at till Intention to llck tOJ11ncoUon9 and that Saint no fire being directed primarily and stlrflr upon the toils In the harbor t I not In any sense constitute a imlrardmcnt of San Juan It to I tied that civilians suffered In n0hal operty In the attack of tin 4ntr can fleet but that Is I one of the < i holbdfa of war and tho American M cVuld not bo held responsible ITBERB WAS NO SURRENDER l WashingtOn D C May 14 0 nel1 < report has has teen received st Confirvilng hnJ pubILAtiel state ad that he city and fortifications or 1D Juan hd surrendered to Admiral Wit Mr Is 1 any cxpecteJ for the In that the statement Is I not given oj ace in olllclal circles Tho re oft rib the iMBtment ut San Juan postal 11311cated by official reports was not tOJhcr alllaetory Inasmuch as a flail Of the was principal tile I itt of the the large ex alty Of Coal stored theroo for the Ue the Sp3niali fleet I Ore he had boon obi fully to ne If 2h fill t11 trucilon ot the fortifl Rod ithS coal out I In I the ad 5 li to i belleved here I 11t fe thought It I It It to safthdraw WB fleet Ot through tlrgp one or more of his ves dinbld POnding I the more Im tnt contest with the Spanish fleet I 34491rem len this tier Is fair r y coorruntlited upon but ill e officia Proll negret that tile the Immense 001 is of Idis rI ills enemy were fired Yeem J If the I officials Were jubilant ovet 4tt that tile Spaniards had been af t fr I later 4 At J0 at f Martinique Today alit the dytery Is I almost as deep and the situation Is I one oI rtalnty I As to the present where Ind purpose of tile expedition these r waters Njivs from Sampson alullully Awaited ACCOUNT OF THE DATTLE U W I York MAY IA correspondent Sslh g mr the f f fvl at borlbardment of Hall Juan hialral I lianlPsons tJuinni within n Juan de Part ItIcal all of I 1 1 ort30 ruirAJ4rly light At 30 oclock 01 I alorninc all hands an all the ore called orTnnouVand Jh 1 I Vor an hourand a Jirly 8111P Was the scene of at 1 ic 0 confusion PWd S A the 20X allori i their m < lv Jaelr ships I their guns and r T n 4 i battle thing to we In readiness at the second r en0litment the fall ro of the war At 515 fly quar I ervland In dr and tvery nt was at his I lost and Ztel tit far tArer to strike a blow In r the NTfa A 0 hiet J It 16 straight or tackt lay In plain A h I a tb rdo to the south Tile Itterles t oOJu 1 rtoltle are of Ban Juan do thk llcance nt th coral reef guard I to the harbor clOUdIda ttlr morning the r iMth air yr dAb sky 9 If envy cool and brisk A ire Ind broke Vell rolled toward the It forts S8r g I net the reef 0 mark K mf ° be asleep I Ik i the D the tr oIJI a its hte the 111ne of atia 9 num 1 rt TIdi 0O II It r atilethdr c U h f I inail a a I Anchor tr t Just oats In to to o t out Of nino 0 ra 6 a t some 11 I f art at San Juan lIorro which rises on n hill at the end oI the eastern arm 0 t the harbor Morris at course wa to be tho een ter at attack In It wr i the seven 6 Inch I gun which Spain a at nt over B soon no the War becme certain and is hicn had been hastily mou isted ands innned with the best on and-s in the colonial army Moon nr the Detroit and Wnum p out lie Ic were In place Admiral Somp a nB column of floating fortresses and b tterles began to move upon the quiet and seemingly sleeping fortr In the van wo the Iowa > the llngshlp with the battlecry of the navy stream Ing In brilliant colored flags from hr mtunmembr the Maine Next com the huge IndIan at such nnou bulk that she i rode almost todyevn upon that havy a Then tolowd the Nw York as formidable a battleship then the 10wIlng monitor Amphltrlte and Terror The bore straight for the shore In a single file Long before the llagshlp was In raole there core a itself a cloud at make a roar and a shell from the wall a of Morro Tho shell fell tar short The roar died away and for fifteen minutes the scene was as pee ful o before Suddenly the Iowa turned sharply tithe ti-the east She came around peacefully until her starboard battery was point I ng full at Morro One of her great 13 rich I guns burst Into flame and a shell led high toward Morro 1 fell short but the repone camea roar tram all roal the batteries and forts along the shore A tremendous burst ot sound and smoke and flame a shower of shell that wasted tnenWves In the sea So Wild Ws the volley that even had the Iowa been In I range none ot the hot Would have hit her The Iowa wu now nearer and the entire line of niVarer In Pool ton to attack the Spanish shore line Each ship O now filing and each shore gun was answering But while the Spanish aim aQwerlnl wa Wid the Amert Can gunners fired with calmntsa und precision at experience In the target Practice The nt was mean enveloped In smoke and also the shore Only outlines could be made out but t wn apparent that while the Spanish sheila Issued from the smoke O the shore to fall Into the SM the American sheila rushed float the fleets eavelol ot malaise to bury themselves In the smoke on shore And now and then as the wind drifted tile lick gray curtain aside It ° Uvdereb0unrnjurehdat American flip were uninjured and that on laloro the line of fortifications that hd bn unbroken waR rlnd In many ilacia When the Iowa cane up to the WalimPatuck atakeboat she turned and led the column back against the line of lire The fleet waa not nearer and rtieTI Sp an II fall all at r fel around the ships Some struck a glnt the armor of the battleships It mile Inch shells but they bounded off leaving hardly 0 dent behind One I Spanish shell struck a boat on the Iowa passed through J It and entered the superstructure scattering splinters In every direction Three men WCL Injured Admiral Sampson and Cant Evans were on the tower bridge and narrowly escaped the flying fragments in all the loua was hit nine times Later a shell burst on the New York killing one man Injuring another me vercly and several slightly At 7 oclock tho day had become furl ously hot sa that men were faInting blow the decks and at the gun the gUnner were steaming wet us lie man er sweats In the hot rom at at Turkish hath Ono num n gunners mate on the Amphltrtt striate gunner and died In a few hours nut the battle went on Th fleet was now steaming icrot > a the fortified front of the Island for the third time The firing from the 00pi wn unabated but many ot the partial guns were silence it and while the shower at shells seemed thick an ever the thinner cloutl of smoke UK leaping flames from the burning houses close at the shore but behind the fortl fictitious made the Americans know their work was not nj vain n the frenzied firing of the Spaniards In the old part of the town ot San I Juan Adjoining the torUnrUon whole blocks were blazing The swelling am md It difficult far the Amortean to connno their fire to the batteries Many ot the shells I nw over and but among the ancient buildings from monl I population had fled at dawn So fierce waa tho American tire that had the In tentlon been to bombard the real4ence part of San Juan tho damage could hardly have been greater The light houses were demolished soon after the te tiring began Later on the Intterlc In IlallaJ Square In St Christopher street In San Jose street and In San Sebxstln street were In flames Tho St Catherine I Institute an ancient palace the orphan asylum nnd the old churches were burned or almost demolished The American officer through their glasses could see the Spaniards at work In many places were the fortifications th ortlnelon had been broken down The Spaniards seemed drunk with fury They loader anti fired like mad men without aiming without any appearance of dlsclplln or direction At times theircrazed I con dltlon 11 them to many Absurd actS such As act-S Awards shaking lists and discharging pistols at the American line which was barely In reach of their Buns at longest range Toward 8 oclock the heat became nb Mlutily unbearable on the America ships It became evident that the Spar Ish forts could not be silenced abort or another hours work Men on the Amer lean shlpa Were dropping on nil sides ni leo not from Spanish shots but fror the accurate and terrific bombardment un dr the tropical sun After consultation Admiral Sampson signalled Cense firing and turned away westward The other Bhlps slowly followed nil except the Monitor Terror Ter-ror She did not or would not see the signal I of the admiral She remained In her position In range of all the un i silenced guns of the Spaniards For half n hour she kept roaring away nt the forts and embankments n 1th nn almost Incessant lire from nlih 10Inch tuns The Spaniards I concen trefoil upon her But her audacity a ft med to Infuriate them beyond even attmpts nt marksmanship Many of the shells struck the soft a a mile unit a half from nor Only a few cam anywhr In her nelghlwrhood Still fewer truck her lowlying I deck nnd these gloncc1 way as harmlessly asa as-a n pea tur shooters slug train the shell of The Terrors guns are noisy but their r oars ro drowned In the tempest OUR booming of ill Spall left battrrlii 10toro eille steamed reluctantly away he had the satisfaction ot noting that she hail made many a Icp mound In tile Spanish line tied sllened several guns that might hOe made troubU later on The let trained to the westward about 20 miles and then stopped to rc move the grime of battle nnd t rest and torrent I the veary but happy sail am The Spaniards evidently got the Idea that the departure was a retreat and thtn the Americans had been driven off So they Bent out dispatches nl out a great Fpanlsh victory Jut 11 they did at Manila when Dewey steamed awa In rest anti get breakfast While the fleet was at anchor 20 miles from San Juan n German steamer the Bolivia came by Phe ason her way to St Thomas Admiral I Sampson Samp-son decided that It would be best to nn1 out more about her and sent the Montgomr In purnlt She was prep ntly overhiuled and while l she steamed long Lieut Held went aboard ox rallied her pipers and looked over her passenaters to mole sure that aloe wa ant going to call at Son Jun on hr way As the Montgomery started hoc halnA I gone nearly io Sn Jun Ph espied the Spanish cruiser Isabella III an almost useless old warship crawl Ing I out at San Juan hrlor and cralvtl Ing I along In shore evIdeny olnl I to see what had become of the America fleet and whether It was reallv flying as the Spaniards wished to think I nr wn only Irlarlng anew the Complete ruin of Sn Juan When the Isabella raw the Mont gamely she put about hastily and went brick home I BOMBARDMENT WAS TIERCE Madrid May 1410 a mAn official Btntement wa Iud thin morning saying say-ing there were no disturbances In Spain ycsterdav The cabinet crisis continues The list of ministerial chang Is I still undecided upon A private dispatch from San Juan de Porto mea aa ys the damage done to the town by the hombdmnt ot nr Ad mlr1 SmJon fpet tit I unimportant unimport-ant The dispatch adds that the American ahell wore 1110 at the higher portion of the city and passing over It they fell Into the bay The dlinntch further says The I nerny bombardment wn vry fierce THIS PROTEST DID NOT COUNT Washington May 14Spain has protested pro-tested to Trance against Harvard beIng be-Ing allowed to remain In MartInIque ports to make lepalrs Prance replied upholding the right of Harvard |