AMERICA AND SPAIN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume C, Issue 11665, 23 August 1898, Page 5

AMERICA AND SPAIN.

RIOTING AT PUERTO RICO,

United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. WASHINGTON, August 21

The inhabitants of Puerto Rico began, rioting, attacking the Spanish cafes and banks at Ponce. The American, troops suppressed the outbreak.

FROZEN MEAT FOR MANILA.

SYDNEY, August 22.

A steamer will be despatched to-morrow with 1900 tons of frozen meat for Manila. comes chiefly from Queensland. The steamer Duke of Sutherland has (been chartered for another shipment to leave , as early as possible. In addition to to-morrow’s shipment of '.meat to Manila, 600 tons of New Zealaiid potatoes will be despatched at £8 5s per rton on board.

NEWS BY THE MAIL. [Per Press Association.! WELLINGTON, August 22. The following items are taken from Honolulu files received by the Warrimoo: WASHINGTON, July 13-Naval officials say that a serious irregularity occurred at the time the ships of Admiral Cervera’s fleets hauled down their colours and surrendered. Inquiries have brought out the fact that the breech-blocks of the guns were thrown overboard, thus disabling the guns, and making them practically worthless, and the valves by which the shitps were flooded were opened after surrender, which- was a breach of the rules of warfare, the enemy having ceaised fighting and having asked for quarter. It is said, further, that the destruction of the ships at such time was both wanton and' dishonourable, and if the persons responsible for it are located they are likely to be held accountable. NEW YORK, July 17.—The chartered transport Olivette arrived with 272 wounded soldiers from Cuba. Among the wounded are some of flhe most extraordinary cases of injury known to surgical history. There are men who can show as many as eight Mauser bullet holes, and by all the traditions of surgery they ought to be dead. There are men who were shot through the kidneys, liver or lungs, and are able to walk around. A soldier who was shot straight through the brain has lost the sight of one eye, but otherwise is sound. Another man, who was shot through the head, just above the ears, was able to sit up the day after the boat left Cuba. Most of the wounds were clean cut, and the bullets, when removed, were not deformed. Although there was nothing to complain of in this line, the doctors found something which- they regarded as much worse. The bullets were covered in brass, and verdigris formed on the jacket of the bullet before it was extracted, and resulted in suppuration of a poisonous character.

A despatch from Washington of July 14 says that civer two thousand American soldiers have been sent to the hospitals in Santiago suffering from wopnds, fevers and other ailments.