Marshall County Independent, Volume 4, Number 28, Plymouth, Marshall County, 24 June 1898 — Page 2

HISTORY OF

Important Events Reviewed and Condensed Into Reliable Form for Our Readers.

Tuesday, .lune 14. A dispatch received from Mr. Whigham. recently released Horn Cabanas, slates that Havana Is sreU nigh impregnable. the defense! having been strengthened by a double rampart of modern guns. He also says that there are SMM troops in the city, that two vessels with cargoes of provisions ran the blockade, and there is no danger of famine for months, and little sickness. In the second night attack of the Spanish on the marines at (Juantanamo two of the Americans were killed and s vera! others were wounded. A company of insurgents eo-opcrated with the Americans, but rendered no practical aid. The marines are righting bravely in the determination to hold the ground until the troops arrive. Dispatches from Manila dated June reeeivcu via Shanghai, repined the Spaniards had been driven Lack to the stockades surrounding the city and that American troops were expected June ft News from Cadiz via Gibraltar states that the Cadiz fleet had orders to sail Friday as far as the Canaries. The even men who served under Naval Constructor Hobson in the Merrimac fxt. iit. on w ere promoted by the navy depart ine:it. The success of the war bond Issue was assured at Washington by a flood of applications to purchase the securitiesVienna dispatches state Spain is urging Europe to request the United States to permit only American troops to CAPT. JAMES ALLEN, U. S. A. (Press censor at Tampa. No news dispatches may be transmitted lefore he reads them and marks out that which he thinks would displease the generals ) occupy Manila when the city surrenders, fearing the atrocities of the insurgents. The last of the transports carrying troops to Cuba sailed from Tampa and the entire expedition is now en route. Warships acting as convoys: Indiana, Detroit, Scorpion. Vesuvius. Helena, Castine, Annapolis. Panther, Hornet. Manning, Bancroft. Wampatuek, Eagle, Wasp. First division, first column: Miami. Ninth cavalry and one battalion Sixtieth infantry, one battalion Tenrh infantry. First Division. Santiago. Ninth lnrantry, hospital corps. General Kent"s headquarters. Gussie, Three hundred mules, fifty packers and teamsters. Cherokee, One battalion Twelfth Infantry, one battalion Seventh infantry, one Gatlin? battalion. Seneca. Eighth Infantry. Second column: Berkshire, Two light batteries of Second artillery. Whitney, Three hundrea and fifty mules, fifty packers and teamsters. Olivette, Hospital ship, second hospital corps, newspaper men. Segurance, General headquarters. First infantry. Iroquois. Seventeenth infantry, one battalion Twelfth Infantry, headquarters of General Chaffs. Third column: Allegheny. One huneflred anil ninety animals. General Wheeler's headquarters, detachment Sixth cavairy. San Marcos. Sixteenth infantry. cue battalion Second Infantry. General Hawkins' headquarters. Decatur H. Miller, One battalion Seventh Infantry, fifty teamsters and 300 mules. Saratoga. Thirteenth infantry, one battalion Twentyflrst infantry. Morgan, Troop C, Second cavalry. 100 animals. Second Division, first column: Comal. Two light batteries First artillery, one field hospital, one squadron Tenth cavalry, sixty horses. Yucatan. One battalion Second infantry, eight troops Roosevelt's rough riders. Matteawan, General Bates' headquarters. Twentieth infantry, two troops Second ca airy. 36S horses and mules. Arkansas, 113 animals, equipments of Third artillery, detachment Second cavalry. Alamo. Battalion engineers, one battalion Tenth infantry, two troops Tenth cavalry. Second column: Stillwater. Troop A. Second cavalry, it) horses. Breakwater. Third infantry. C.inton, Companies B and D, SecMARIA THERESA. (Fpanish Armored Cruiser Sunk by a Shell from 'be Indiana. Santiago Pay! May 6.) end infantry, I'OO horsesi. City of Washington. Twenty-fourth infantry, one battalion Twenty-lirst infantry. Concho, Fortieth infantry. Twenty-fifth Infantry. Third column: Leuna. General Young's headquarter s First cavalry and one iuadicn Tenth cavalry. Rio Grande, Third are! Sixth avairy. General Summer's headquarters. Vigilanea. Seventy-first j .m w lorn volunteers. tjrizara. i wentysecond infantry, siege guns, two battalions avy artillery, mules. Knickert. Ockci , Second Massachusetts volunteer Infantry. Florida, Disabled by colliion COMPANY OF ENGINEERS

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with the Miami. Cumberland and Maftteo. Miscellaneous. Kennewah. Water boat. Resolute. Collier. Steam barge Laura, Containing machinery and derricks. Wednesday. June 1.. The first heavy fighting at rloe quarters between the American marines and the Spaniards took place at Guantanamo June 14. As usual. American pluc k and dis iphne won. The little invading force showed splendid courage and spirit and was victorious in several engagements, without losing a man. Sixty dead Spaniards were left on the field at one point as the result of a brilliant attack, including a bayonet charge, led by Captain Elliott. Three expeditions were sent out fr.na the fort this morning. The main body crossed the ridge two miles from camp under Captain Elliott with eighty Cubans. About noon a party heard firing in that direction and attempted to make a junction but found the Spaniards in the path taken by Elliott. We fell back on Lieutenant Mahoney's- outpost and learned from his men that Elliott's force Lad actually charged the Spaniards with bayonets fixed. This would only be possible on the other side of the hill, where the ground is clear. Cheers came from the Dolphin's crew, while shelling the enemy from the sea around the point of the harbor. By clever maneuvering Elliott had got a large body of Spaniards hemmed in and was iuflicting terrible punishment. Elliott's force was operating from the north and Mahoney's from the west, while the Dolphin was firing with excellent eflect from the sea at a range of about 1.000 yards. The Spanish were on tr.e crest M a mountain, having been drien from one point to another by the advancing Americans. The marines were so placed that tLe almost surrounded the Spaniards, who were surprised and bewildered. Every lewminutes a shell would strike right in the midst of the panic-stricken Spaniards, killing and mi.iming. All the fight was scon taken out of them by the furious onslaught of the Americans. Once wheu they showed a bold front for a moment Elliott's men charged bayonets and completely routed them. When the Spaniards saw their comrades falling by dozens under the attack of the land force and the shells from the Dolphin they gave up the fight and fled over the hills and into the brush, leaving about 100 Maus r rifles and several thousand rounds of ammunition on the field. Sixty of the enemy were killed at that place and manv more in the surrounding brush. l recognized the uniform of the civil guard in the enemy's ranks. It had not been long since 1 was in unpleasant proximity to these chaps in Havana, and when I found them on the battlefield here at Guantanamo u was easy to conclude that Ltlanco had sent them to reinforce the troops and guerillas already on the ground. It is reported at Madrid that the Spanish foreign minister has ordered Du Ilosc and Carranza to leave Canada. According to advices from Madrid Gen. Blanco has been anthorized to exchange Lieut. Hobson and the PERSPECTIVE OF 1 lgta ngritnou.se. z .viorro castle. ..- 1 Coiia Gmlth S , .1 I .,.1, .. ,.,.ir, Smith. 8 Soldados point. Varey point. UV-PnnU de y. 21-Don Thomas harbor Ratonea. 14 V 20 Cojuma bay. 211 Merrimac prisorers.-F.jur thousand United States soldiers left San Francisco on four transports headed for the Philippine islands. The first expedition is said to have been bighted in the east and is expected to reach Manila very soon. Troops bound for Santiaj go are well on the way and are expected to reach their destination Saturday. Havana re1 reives Its food supply througgh the Isle of Pines and the south shore of Cuba. House sf I representatives votes for the Newlands ICSfl I iulion for the annexation of Hawaii, i'o.t to l 91. The dynamite miser Vesuvius had its ; first test in war. It fired three shots at a Santiago fort, which was practically destroyed. The cruiser New Orleans battered down new defenses which the Spaniards were erecting. Assurances have been received from Merlin that the German government has no intention of interfering in the Philippine fjueetlon. News comes from Havana by way of Jamaica that people are starving and that many Americans are imprisoned. The Prltish consul is said to be pro-Spanish. -A steamer from New York, heavily laden with , supplies, has reac hed Kingston, Jamaica. ; Suspicions were entertained ihat the- cargo is to be transhipped to Cuba. War SspSftnient officials, having dec ided not to abandon Camp Alger, have leased th grounds for another year and ordered extensive improvements, including a muc h-needed swimming tank. -I)u lie si and Carranza have been ordered by the Spanish foreign minister to lae Canada. The treasury department is flooded with subscriptions for the war loan. In addition an eastern syndicate offers to take all the loan, or so much of it as is nut su bi scribed for. Congressman Hull of Iowa, I chairman of the house committee on mili tary affairs, said that within thirty days the president will call for 50,u0o more volunteers Thursday, .lone ICi Admiral Sampson's ships for the third time l.omharded tlie batteries at Santiago and destroed the works on the western side of DISEMBARKING AT TAMPA,

I the harbor. Shells filled with gun rotten i were successfully hurled by the dynamite

cruiser Vesuvius. Spanish troops are niassI ing near Ouantanamo. and it is believed a I surprise attack upen Huntington's' marines i I is being planned. In anticipation thereof the I defenses of Camp McCain are being strength- j ened War department officials, it is stated, are planning to send t,SM or .".( '0 soldiers as reinforcements to General Shafter at Santiago. Consul Dent has entered protest at Kingston against .'imuica being used as a S: anlsh base of supplies, several vessels l.avr.p loaded there with supplies thought to be intended for blockaded Cuban ports, Owing to the lack of transports the third military expedition to the Philippiner is not likely to leave San Francisco until next month. Belief in Washington is that agreement by the senate to the house Hawaiian annexation resolution is only a question of time, and it is possible adoption may be voted next week. Three thousand horses and mules broke loose in the camp at Tampa late at night and caused a wild panic. It is feared several "ldiers were killed in the stampede. Fort and earthworks at Cainanera. near Guantanamo. are destroyed by a bombardment from the Texas, Marblehead and Suwanee. Gen. Shatters army for the invasion of Cuba is believed to be making fair progress toward Guantanamo bay. It is reported in Washington that the fleet had passed Dry Toatugas Wednesday. Ships are being secured by the government or transporting another large army to Puerto Rico. It is aKain announced froui Madrid that the Spanish fleet lies left C:d;z for an unknown destination. The Spaniards are being drive-n from their outposts in the Philippines, and their condition is beccm.ng critical. Illinois troops in tamp at Jacksonville take a prominent part iD the dedication of a c onfederate monument. Ge rmany, it is declared, will not interfere in Manila. The cruiser Newark may be the flagship of a i.ew flying squadron. a claim for $Uu',000 was sent ADMIRAL SCHLEY. (The Man that Hottled L'p Cervera's Fleet in Santiago Hay.) to the war department by Adjutant General Keece. being the amount expended by the slate of Illinois for the arms and equipment of its troops. The syndicate subscriptions in New York for tne new bond issue up to esterday amounted to 9CU,6t0,SSa The rush of small investors to buy has clogged the subtreasury. Fi iday, June 1 7. The council general of Catalonia, represent ing the mercantile Intelligence of Spain, has called on the Madrid government to sue for THE CITY OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, a aiorrino point. is.trella oattery. 5 tPfinnm.o Ifl i . . & Canones point. 10-Punta Gorda 11 - Bai. 16-Punta Bianca. IT-Santiago de 22-Cabai.ltas harbor. 23-Jucaro hay. peace on any terms. -Offic ials at Washington do not expect to hear from General Shafter's invading flee' before the 19th. -Admiral Dewey reports, under date of June VI. that the Insurgents easier Aguit.aldc. Save practically surrounded Manila and have taken 2..".'" Spanish prisoners, whom they treat most humanely. Kight.rig is continuous, but the belief is no decisive attack on the city will be EIIIL10 CASTELAR. (Spanish Republican now conspicuous In affairs at Madrid.) made until the arrival of Americas troops, whom Washington expects to reac h the Philippines on the 19th. -General .Miles arrived in Washington, and in an interview p raises the army and dec lares that the Cuban leaders have agreed to follow the instructions of our Commanders. Camara's fleet has been report ed off ( euta. Africa. Great secrecy is ob- ; served at Madrid regarding the destination of I the ships. Hints are thrown out that Boston or some other northern city may be attacked. The present location of the met of transports with Oes. Shafter's army OS board has not been made' public, even if known in official circles. It was expected off Santiaga today, but no information had been received of its arrival tip to a late hour. Hongkong lias advices from Manila that the insurgents Save captured the family of Gov. Qen. Augustl. (Jen. Pcna and IJM Spanish soldiers have surrenderd at Santa Cruz, and similar surrenders have occurred at other ptsCSS. WftS Illinois regiment receives an order for ordnance supplier and a notice to be ready to move at any time. Other troops at Chl kamauga and Camp Alger expect to move south soon. Auxiliary cruisers Harvard and Yale will be used as troop transports for the Puerto RieSB I xpedit ion. Gen. Miles says Garcia has agreed to co-operate- with the American forces In the operations against Santiago. Correspoiidect of the Pall Mall Gaefe. London, who visited Cuba, says stories of starvation are unfounded. A committee of the army arid navy le-ague lefi Chicago yesterday to visit the various c ams and asc ertain the nee-ds of the m Icliers which can be' supplied by their friends, at home. -Tne allotment by states under the second call for troops was issued from Washington, based upon the proposition of filling out the regiments now in the field before other regiments are or-

THE HEROES OF THE MERRIMAC. These are the portraits of Lieutenant Richmond Pearson Helten and his gauant crew of seven w!jo sank the Merrnnac In the mouth of Sui.t.agc Bay, and who will live In history as among the bravest of the world's heroes. The ninth picture in the group is that of Naval Cadet Joseph v. Powell, who commanded the launch that followed the Merrimac. braving death to rescue the forlorn hopers. Hobson, tha leader and originator of the plan, is a naval constructor, with the relative rank of lie utenant, junior gr ade. George Ch arette as a gunner's mate of the firs'-clasa Oil board the cruiser New York. He lives at Lowell. Mass.. and is ?! years old. J C. Murphy was the coxswain of the Iowa. Osborn Warren Deignan was born in Stuart, Iowa, and is 31 years old. He has been in the navy severe! years, and was one of the Merrimac s original crew. Francis Kelly was also one of the crew of the Me rrimac. He is a Boston man. and Is 2S years old. George E. Phillips is 34 ars old. and was born in Cambridgeport. Mass. He enlisted on the Me-rrimac as a machinist soon after the collier was bought by the government. Randolph Clausen was coxswain of the New York, and smuggled himself aboard the Merrimac withe ut permission.

gnnized. Dispatches from Shanghai to London say the Ameri an troops have reached Manila. The news is not confirmed from other sources. The First Tennessee regiment arrived at San Francisco. Chicago people subscribed for about $ 1.500. 000 of the new war bonds, most of the individual demands being tor amounts less than ISM. Lieutenant Fujitu of the Japanese navy said at Seattle that his countrymen were not opposed to America occupying the Philippines, and desired an alliance with England and the United States. Natu relay, June 1. At .Madrid It was explained that August I resigned is order that Manila might be surrend red by an officer of inferior rank.- Advices from Madrid dated Friday state Sagas -tu's program is t, adjourn the Cortes for an indefinite period and set up a militar um -tatorsnlp to save tne monarchy. a report ve i. s received that an enlisted man attempted to blow up the 1'iiited States transport City of Peking while that vessel Mas in port at Her. -lulu. It wa announced at Tampa hat this point would continue' to be the base of supplies and place of I mbarkatiori for the troops. IJnate BstOCamn, Fifth Maryland Volunteers, was fatally shot yesterday morning by a careless comrade. Two deaths occurred in camp within the last forty-eight hours.--Csj -tured dispatches show that the Spanisl troops IS Santiago Province are OS half rations and FROM THE WEST. Santa "'atalina - usri X-i . "-He. Nispero bav ") tV 'a fcoraPa batCuba. limnSlÜfS 1Sra0 -Herros hav J"ian. lhn- ,ht.ir s,,,,a,i' n generally is dis.oursging. -The Manila expedition had an enthusiastic reception at Honolulu from June 1 to Jut:, 4 the ships proceeded to the Philippines on the laer date.-The Kighth Illinois Irifanirj (Colored) and the volunteer regiment organi.ed by ex-Cc.iigrosii.an Campbell in th Iwentieth rongressicnal district were notified that they would soon be called into military eri.e and were instruc ted to prepare for the NSobiltsaUos at Springfield on next Tnurjday. General Baafter'i srmy f invasion Is reported to have arrived oft Santiago on Friday. -General Merritt at San Pram iscs receleea orders from Washington to rush work on all transports in view of iteeutefing reports from Manila.-Warships In QasntSnsBM hay shelled bodies of Spanish troops OS Kriday. preventing them massing for another attack on the marines at ("amp McCalla. There was also a lively battle in Sant agc Ba) betwe.-n Spanish troops and American marines. The Spaniards were compelled to retreat. Baa Say, .lune Spanish infantry mad. a hasty retreat for cer at Guantanamo under heavy In from American war ships. They ran so fast none of them could be hit. The marines at Camp McCsllS are anxiously awaiting the arrival of Shafter's army. -Admiral Sampson has dec ided to reduce Morn. Castle at Santiago. He' thinks one dynamite bell from the Vesuvius will be sufficient. He has learned that Hobson and his men are no longer held in the fort as a shield against the fire of the American ships. The Madrid correspondent of the Paris Temps sas a report is current thai Manila has surrendered. The cruiser N wark has left Hampton Heads with part of the Illinois recruits on board, but may have gone out only to test her engines and her new t-inct rifles. -Helief that Lew Wallace will he nominated a major-general in a day or so is ente-rtained by Indiana congressmen. President McKinley has chosen IK young men from the e nlisted ranks and e i- ' vilian life for ftppolatBSeat as second lieute ants in the army. -The Illinois Army and Navy League has dee tared against jam for the- troops and promises to provide each soldier vvitn paJaaMSi Before marriage a man declares himself unworthy of his sweetheart's love and after marriage he spends about two-thirds of his time in proving it. rateSP V. T: - --- n . x-U?. , ffa HARBOR OF SAN

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CAPT. ROHLEY EVANS. (Commander of the Battleship Iowa. Now ; Guarding Suntiato Bay.) W reite Home to Mother. In a letter written just before Admiral Dewey's fleet ran the batteries at the mouth of Manila bay Sailor Murphy, of the Baltimore, who claims resi dence in Chicago, says that when the 1 a x . t - ngius ui tne panisn ions were signied the admiral ordered every man in the fleet to write a letter home. "Write to some one." he directed. "If you have no family, write to a friend. V are going to have a fight and some one will be killed, and the best way to get ready is to write home." So every man off duty in the little fleet. Murphy wrote, took pen and paper and aa' down to obey, and before the la: clumsy seadog had finished the Spanish guns had challenged the Olympia. The Cardinal's Career. In the late Mrs. V. Pitt Byrne's re tent book. 'Social Hours with Celebrities," some of the best Irish stories are told by Cardinal Manning. None better. however, than the following, which the Cardinal, doubtless, would have been glad of the chance to tell: When Cardinal Manning was lying in state, an unsympathetic, passer-by, ventured the remark: "I don't know why they ari making all this fuss about him. What did he ever do to deserve it?" "An' ia it what did he ever do. ye mane?" naic a pugnacious Hibernian near him. Yor CAPTAIN GENERAL MACIAS. (Spanish Governor of the Island of PoruRico.) just come outside and take off yer coat an' 1 11 show ye what he did!" Search Lights In Balloons. Russia is experimenting with giau search-lights mounted in balloons ami containing electric burners connected with dynamos upon the ground. Th largest of these yet reported Is 5,0t)l candle power. At a distance of only C.Cb yards above the earth it will illuminate a circular area below 508 yards in diameter to the brightness of day. Atheism is the zero of hope. TMcw'a. . - ) nce3a Jl'AN. PORTO RICO.

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y Amer Ships to Attack the Coast Cities. re r t n SQUADRON IS BEING FORMED, PhsBS Are Completed for the DcBStractloa ? Admiral I .imera's Fleet. No Marter tVhitntr it Hay Gm Mack Ceatfidence at Waslataf toa. Destruction will bo the fate of A 1Dstral Camera's squadron, whether ;s destination b1 the Philippines or the West Indies. This is the eonfident belief at Washington officials, based upon complete and satisfactory accounts of the defective condition of the vessels comprising the fleet, which have ben offic ially confirmed. As a counter move the result of Lhe early prospective departure of the Spanish fleet from peninsular waters the authorities have made official admission that plans have been perfected for the formation of a flying squadron to be sent against the Canary islan is and the Spanish coast. Martaes Make a Bravo Kifht. The United States marines at Guantanamo made their tirst aggressive movement against the Spanish guerillas and completely routed the enemy. Forty Spaniards were killed. There were no casualties on our side. WIU Bum the City. Cuban scouts report that the inhabitants of Caimanera have strewn the street with straw and oil, with the Intention of destroying the city and fleeing to the hills. SpsMSlsh encpral Killed. Spies report to Admiral Simp.- !:: that the Spanish general. Joral. and several officers were killed at the Rrst trial of the batteries of the Vesuvius at Santiago. To Com ma ml mm laeftaaa Regiment. Gov. Mount has announced the appointment of Winfield T. Durbin. o! Anderson, as colonel of the One Hundre.i and Sixty-first Indiana infantr: regiment. Ceuld Net Reach Agreement. The joint conference of the wage com. aiittee of the window glass manufacturers and workers adjourned without having reached an agreement on next year's wages. (iives Americans Advice. The Cologne Gazette advises the Americans not to enter on a policy of colonial expansion, which, it says, is against their interests and beyond their resources. War Will Re PasssS. It is asserted at Washington that the war will be pushed with all possible vigor until Spain says she has had eu ragh. Dose-rt to the Cuh-.tn. Spanish volunteers and soldier have been deserting in considerabla numiiers from the forces around Mitauzi.-. anel joining the Cubans. To Bomhard Hoston. Spanish aeivices say their SrafShipfl ire heading for Boston. Mass., with the inreation ejf bombarding New England towns. M:y Att:-k I'orte Kloo. News of the sailing of the Cadiz fle-t has given an impetus to plans for an attae:k on Santiago and the immediate invasion of Porto Rico. Sawyer Not a Canelldate. Former United States Senator Sawyer of Wisconsin says he is not an aspirant for Senator Mitchell's seat in tin United States senate. Mht Call for More Volunteer. There are rumors that the president is going to issue a call for 100.000 more men. and that Iowa will have two new regiments. Money for War Operations. The provisions made for conducting the war. including the appropriations made for the next fiscal year, ha reached the total of $371.000.000. Waal a Colored Captain. The Des Moines, Iowa, colored company of volunteers refuses to go to the front unless it can have a colored captain. The Thirel Hoiiihardment. Rear Admiral Sampson's fleet bombarded the batteries at Santiago de Cuba for the third time, inflicting great damage. Spanish Treeps In Forre. War department officials are conrinced that at least IS,iM Spanish troops are in Santiago province, and they expect hard fighting. llemor for Wluuuiln Soleller. The president has nominated Jerome A WatrOUS, ;f Wisconsin, to be a paymaster in the regular army, with the rank of major. ltlaneo's Offer Keject -d. The offer of Gen. Blanco to Gomez to form an alliance with the Spaniards for the purpose of repelling the invasion of the island of Cuba has been rejected Spanish fanSSl Sunk. A Spanish torpedo boat destroyer, supposed to be the Terror, was sunk as she was trying to sneak into the Santiago harbor. the Terror Was Not Suak. The Spanish torpedo boat Terror, which was reporte'd to have been sunk by the Oregon, is said to be safe at S in Juan, Porto Rico. Claims to Have Iro Isloiia. Admiral Cervera cables Madrid that he has provisions enough for the fleet until autumn.

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