THE REPORTED BOMBARDMENT OF SANTIAGO.
It was officially announced at Washington at ten this morning that if the bombardment of Santiago had occurred the engagement was not important. Received June 3rd, 1 -.at. Madrid, June 2. A run has occurred on Spanish batiks, the holders of notes changing them for coin. This caused the.Government to buy silver, and largely prohibit the export. Th 9 Government also authorised an internal loan of one thousand million pesetas. Washington, June 2. Mr Alger has informed the House of Representatives that from fifteen to twenty thousand troops will be despatched to Cuba immediately, another fifty thousand following rapidly.
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 10053, 3 June 1898, Page 5
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