| Show AT HOME AND ABROAD new york june 2 A dispatch to the world from madrid says spain is fast drifting to a forced paper currency the run upon the bank of spain has assumed such proportions that people form in long lines hours before the offices open in madrid and the provincial branches the bank gives small notes in exchange for one thousand or five hundred peseta notes only exchange for silver pesetas or dollars the fifty or one hundred peseta notes the government has vainly tried to stop the run by prohibiting the exporting of silver promising to coin millions of pesetas dally daily which it cannot do until it increases the machinery of the mint every retail store market and tobacco stall rejects the notes and the money changers charge 6 5 per cent discount the bank of spain has in silver to meet the in notes in circulation bax were slower this spring than heretofore and the new taxes are expected to produce so little that the government he ha decided to raise money by negotiating a foreign loan in prance france pledging the principal monopolies the ministers of war of marine arid and of the colonies having declared that it is absolutely essary to have monthly new york june 3 two cases of yellow fever developed on board the lamport and bolt steamer garrick on her voyage from southampton ports which terminated here today I 1 fireman wilhelm colllns collins died of the fever may 12 and was buried at vic toria at bahia may 17 hans Han hanscon seon n a seaman was taken ill III and on th the e arrival of the vessel here he was sent to island captala Capt aln black of the steamer hogart Hogar tiB who was left in the hospital at santos ill III of yellow fever died on may 7 according to the report brought by the garrick aberdeen S D june 3 the most terrific windstorm in the history of this place struck about I 1 this morning many windows and minor buildings were wrecked the northwestern railroad coal sheds were totally demolished great damage was done in the surrounding country cape haitian Haible tn june 3 the report that a revolution has broken out in santo domingo is confirmed the supposed cuban expedition from here being really the departure of the do dominican min revolutionists san francisco june a 3 captain richard W your of the utah light artillery has been ordered to organize the two batteries under him into a battalion this will carry with it the advancement vancene van vanc cement eme of the captain to major and promotions will follow all alon along 9 the it line e gibbs will become ca captalia capt alif of battery I 1 and other lieutenants will draw lot for advancement washington june 3 acting aset surgeon G H penrose who is assigned to duty with the utah battery has haa been assigned to the staff of brig gen anderson cape aaltien Ha Hal itlen tien haitt haiti june 2 copy righted 1898 by the associated press no direct news has been received here today from santiago de cuba ex celet a reiteration of the reports of the dreadful destitution of the inhabitants there it Is said that now even the officials are unable to procure a normal i supply of food j washington june 3 the president Pre today sent these nominations to the senate justice charles 0 whittemore of utah attorney for the district of utah kingston jamaica june 4 copyrighted 1898 by the associated press hobson and the hero crew of the merrimac Merrl mac were saved in the following manner unable after the sinking of their vessel to make their way back through the storm of shot and shell they rowed into the harbor to the spanish flagship and were taken on board unharmed the spanish admiral under a nasr flaga of truce on friday sent word to the american admiral that he offered to exchange the prisoners adding that in the meanwhile hobson and abd his party would be treated with the greatest kindness washington june 4 the he only hobson in the list of officers in the naval register is richmond P hobson a naval constructor who is a lieutenant of the junior grade he was vms appointed an assistant naval constructor in 1891 new york june 4 special dispatches from cape aaltien and port au prince state thia that t reports fromson from santiago indicate that the merrimac Merrl mac was W sent into santiago harbor by admiral sampson for the purpose wc of closing the port and exploding the contact mines in the narrow marrow dh channel annel port au prince june 4 8 30 a att copyright 1898 by the associated press further news received here from santiago de cubs cuba confirms the reports that the bombardment of at that place began at 3 yesterday morning after the action the spaniards blew up with dynamite the sunken collier coffler merrimac Merrl mac and have since been at work clearing the channel so BO a as s to in all probability admit admiral cerveris veras fleet to put out to sm sea should the cadiz squadron under ad miral camara arrive in cuban waters to relie relieve the blockaded ships madrid june 4 the bewon of the sinking of the merrimac Merrl mac which has reached the minister of marine here i captain aunon from santiago la in as aa follows A spanish vessel in front of ago has sunk an amerian cruiser all the members of the of 0 f the latter have been imvris the T he rest of the squad no mediately retired the spanish version also says two ironclads iron were seriously aged during the engagement spaniards describe the affair brilliant spanish victory it to Is also announced here that spanish government has received ther dispatches regarding the alleged victory of the spaniards at santiago de cuba but that they will not be published until they have been conveyed to the queen regent tn in the meanwhile the report has been circulated that the spaniards have captured numerous americans on board the associated press Vs patch boat wanda off santiago da cuba june 2 via kingston jamaica june 4 copyrighted 1898 by the associated socia ted press an hour before sun unset tonight as dark raan clouds lying low over the coast line foreboded foreboder fore boded the usual storm and land the united fleet of america lay jay off the mouth of the harbor of santiago de cvine 1 flanked by a little flotilla of dispatch boats rear Adi admiral hiral sampson sig nailed the torpedo boat porter to V run alongside the flagship I 1 the nature of the adini admirals orders ordera were soon known for the porter rushed alongside the newspaper dis patcie boats in turn and mega phoned the admiral directs you to move ten miles south and to take a station for the night this meant business of serious import for the fleet before morning whether a dash into the harbor or otherwise will probably be known on the arrival of the second associated soc socia ted press dispatch boat at the neulest nei arest cable station tomorrow all indications show that southeastern ex r cuba will be the scene of active military and naval operations f for or some time hete here a arfe assembled the squadrons of great fighting ships and look looking ang down upon them from the adjacent hills are the watchful ua bands of insurgents forming the outposts of gen garcias f army which is strong enough unaided to strike the spanish land forces a hard d blow and if reinforced by the american army of invasion to aleze ano and hold the entire eastern half of the mind island talk with garcias scouts shaw that they confidently expect amerlean Anne rican troops soon caper cape haytian Hay tien hayti june 4 JL a ib m copyrighted 1898 by the asso press A report which cannot be certified is current here this morning that the Asne american rican fleet oft off santiago de cuba destroyed the spanish fleet at that place yesterday b but ut no direct news from there has yet been received a m information received here direct from santiago de cuba confirms the report that th the bombardment dment began at 8 in the morning denver colo june 6 the republicans bans washington special says the preliminary work incident to the or of col willard youngs regiment of volunteer engineers is now well advanced and the colonel expects that everything will be ready within the next we bk or so to open headquarters for enlistments in the several designated I 1 cities according to present arrange 1 1 I ments one company will be raised in ja deliver one in st paul one in omaha two in chicago one in salt lake one 7 1 F in san francisco one in portland ore L two in cincinnati and one columbus columb u 8 ohio it is not intended however to limit lm it enlistments to these cities aach company when organized will J consist of seventy five privates eight 0 eight sergeants and three officers captain and two hants ants the privates will be divid two classes there will be forty t class privates made up of me including carpenters miners temen electricians and linemen builders bui loero photographers steam 1 etc they will receive about month there will also be awen irti second class privates who must ad 04 war workmen kmen as rall railroad rold laborers amen miners etc men of this val get about 2060 a month tood cooks and a bugler or two P 1 iidro 0 o be enlisted although the regi win hlll be organized for a special f OUr purpose pose col young wishes it under t that they enlist as soldiers tor for two years unless sooner discharged ff i WB big will be expected to perform sere af pf vices as such whenever required to tha however will be particularly as J 0 M eu the work of building bridges dortea cutting roads building ph lines etc i cal djung expects to have no dlf dif faculty urty in getting all the men he can 1 art eral companies when vohen organ le Ii will bib be at fort an reservation near chicago they will toe be supplied with uni tauba taU ad Bd equipments although col ojo boar no deiR nde information as aa to whery the regil nen win will be ordered atily equipped he has no doubt 0 e will be given service in cuba I 1 apfl june 6 late last night the arolla of capt C V Ort diey here was notified by the navy department of the death of the husband and f father ather in japan as a result of the battle at manila the members of the family are prostrated with grief captain gridley was the son in law lavy of judge J H vincent of this city and has two daughters and a son mrs gridley was in the midst of preparations to go to sn francisco to meet her husband and accompany him across the continent to his home A private dispatch from mrs gridley the widow of the late commander of the cruiser olympia was brought to the department today by mr harry H smith a friend of the family she asks that the remains be cremated at yokohama if there are facilities there tor for this disposition otherwise she wishes to have the remains and sent to this country the department will do everything pos isble to comply with the desire of mrs gridley madrid june 6 8 a m A dispatch to the elal from santiago de cuba says that at 10 on saturday evening twenty american warships opened a hot attack on santiago de cuba but that they were so distant that their shots did not reach the forts the dispatch adds that seeing the futility of the cannonade the spaniards made no reply to their fire nearer approach of th the ships but the attacking fleet continued to remain in its distant position the dispatch further says the bombardment lasted forty five minutes and was not resumed on sunday it continues sixteen warships were still moored at the same place in sight of santiago de cuba washington june 6 the navy department part ment at 2 posted the following bulletin admiral dewey reports the insurgents sur gents have been actively engaged with within it the province of cavite during the past week they have won several victories taken prisoners about 1800 men and 50 offers of the spanish troops not native the arsenal at cavite has been prepared for the occupation cu by the united states troops upon their arrival on transports admiral sampson is engaged in arranging with admiral cervera for the exchange of naval constructor hobson and the men with him now prisoners at santiago for some of the officers and men held prisoners by the united states at fort mcpherson aon on board the associated press dispatch boat dandy off santiago de cuba monday noon via kingston jamaica tuesday june juhe 7 noon copyrighted 1898 by the associated press the american fleet this morning engaged the spanish batteries defending the entrance of the harbor of santiago de cuba and after a three hours bombardment silenced nearly ne arly all the forts destroyed several earth works and rendered the estreet Bat relta and caya smith batteries the two principal fortifications useless cape chaitlen Ha itlen haiti june 7 e am copyrighted 1898 by the t h e associated A lat ed atess preset the fighting before and ana in the vicinity of santiago de cuba continued the greater part of yesterday from am until nearly 11 ten american warships maintained a steady and carefully directed fire against el morro castle and the batteries at punta panta pu nta gorda and in addition to bombarding the spanish fleet in the harbor the percentage of effective projectile was very large it appear from tire the best information obtainable front from tills plade the dable cable station connecting with santiago de cuba that immense damage wea was inflicted on the enemy the spaniards admit that the bombardment from the american fleet was most moat destructive about 1600 projectiles are said to have been fired by the american war wa r ships and it seems that the responsive fire from the spanish forts and ships was scarcely felt at all by the americans the fortifications near the entrance of the harbor are described as being riddled with solid shot and shattered by the explosion of the immense shells fired by the american battleships the spanish batteries are understood to have been virtually silenced and el morro and the fortifications at socapa and punta gorcia gorad are reported to have been demolished by the three hours uninterrupted hammering of the fleet the american attack is next said to have been specially directed against Agu adores a small town a little to the east of the entrance of santiago bay the idea of the american admiral it appears was to land troops there after reducing the defenses of the place and hence make a close assault upon santiago which in view of the present condition of its fortifications may be expected to yield very soon after the beginning of su such ch an attack heavy cannonading canno was opened upon Agu adores at about midday yesterday the latest advices advises received here from spanish sources do not indicate the duration of the fire or whether american troops and siege guns were actually landed at Agu adores but from the information obtainable it cannot be doubted that the net result of mondays fighting was extremely disastrous to the spanish defenses it is also alao understood here that the cuban troops maintained throughout the greater part dart of yesterday an attack by land upon santiago and the spanish Span lel reports say the garrison lost heavily in killed and wounded the military commander at santiago de cuba acknowledges the following casualties among the land forces col captain sanchez of the artillery and perez and garcia both spanish officers whose rank is not noot mentioned these officers were killed the spaniards also admit the loss of 21 infantry infantry nt soldiers severely wounded and say one soldier was killed but it is believed the losses of the spaniards were much more heavy in the naval force the spaniards say that two cers second in com command mandof of the partly dismantled spanish cruiser reina mercedes mercedee and five sailors and an ensign were killed the spanish sailors wound ed it is asserted number 16 men the loss on the american side the santiago c reports say is not known the spaniards acknowledge that a great deal of damage was inflicted on the spanish cruiser reina mercedes mercedee and they say morro castle shows great gaping breaches in its walls later in 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