Marshall County Independent, Volume 4, Number 30, Plymouth, Marshall County, 8 July 1898 — Page 7

HISTORY OP THE WAR. Important Events Reviewed and Condensed Into Reliable Form for Our Readers.

Saturday, June 25, The first dispatch from General Shafter concerning the engagement between the Spaniards and the American forces reached the war department and was as follows: "Baiquiri, June 24.---Furth-er news from General Wheeler places our lost In this morning's firing at about ten killed and forty wounded. Captain Capron, First United States volunteer calvary, killed. Wounded---Major Brodie. Captain McClintock and Lieutenant W. Thomas, First United States volunteer cavalry; Major Beil, captain Knox and Lieutenant Dryam. First United States cavalry. Captain Knox seriously. Captain Wainwright. formerly reported wounded. is uninjured. The names of the others killed and wounded are not yet known. The Spaniards occupied a very strong and intrenched position on a high hill. ' The firing lasted about an hour and the enemy was driven from this position, which is now occupied by our troops, about a mile and a half from Sevilla. The enemy has retired toward Santiago de Cuba.---SHAFTER." The war department has received the following dispatch from General Shafter. received after though apparently written before, his dispatch given out earlier In the day: "Balquiri, June 24.---In pushing out to occupy a good position near Sevilla to await and entrench until supplies and artillery could be landed. Fourteenth and Tenth cavalry (Fourteenth apparently is a mistake) and Woods' regiment had a skirmish. Enemy was driven from his position and General Wheeler reports he now occupies their grounds. Wounded--- Major Bell, Captain Knox, Captain Wainwright, Lieutenant Byram, First cavalry, and a number of men. Above names only given. Lighters and steam tugs asked for this morning should be sent at once.---SHAFTER." General Shafter's latest report throws considerable light on the situation and Indicates that General Wheeler Is in the van of the invading army. The fact that the army has passed Juragua and is now within a mile and a half from Sevilla shows how rapidly the American soldiers have pushed forward. Sevilla is the point where the Spaniards claim they will make a desperate stand, and with our forces only a mile and a half off it Is apparent that a decisive fight is near at hand. It is five miles from Sevilla to Aguadores (the Interior town, not the port), and two miles further to Santiago. This shows our troops to be about eight and a half miles from Santiago, according to General Shafter's report. Army officials say the name McClintock contained in General Shafter's as well as in the Associated Press dispatches, is undoubtedly wrong, due. no doubt, to mistakes in telegraphing. They say the name should be Captain L. S. McCormlck, who belongs temporarily to the First cavalry, to which he was assigned at his own request from the Seventh cavalry, recently stationed in the southwest. There is no officer in the regular or volunteer army by the name of McClintock. Captain McCormick is from Ohio and was graduated from the military academy in 1876. The Captain Wainwright referred to in General Shafter's dispatch as being uninjured belongs to the First Cavalry. His full name is Robert F. P. Wainwright. He was born in Pennsylvania and appointed to the military academy from New York. Secretary Alger and General Miles look for desperate fighting very soon. The main attention is given to hurrying forward re-enforcements and stores to General Shafter. In this connection a serious loss came to the knowledge of the war department to-day when it was learned that the one lighter sent with the Shaft- . er expedition for the purpose of unloading the heavy guns had been lost. It leaves the invading army without proper means of getting the heavy siege guns and ordnance from the transports to the shore. There is but one small tug with the transport fleet, but it is not believed this can be made available for getting the big guns ashore. Besides the guns, there are the heavy mounts, caissons, trucks, etc., which nothing short of a big lighter can take ashore. How the loss of the one lighter occurred is not known, Speedy steps were taken to remedy this misfortune a far as possible. Adjutant General Corbin telegraphed General Coppinger at Jacksonville to see that two large lighters were sent at once to the fleet of transports with Shafter. The order told General Coppinger there was need of the utmost haste. It is probable that General Coppinger's quartermaster has lighters near at hand; otherwise it is expected he will adopt urgent means to secure anything within reach on the Florida coast. After that they will have to be towed over, which is a slow process with flat-bottomed craft of this kind. In the meantime it is expected that the naval vessels off Santiago will assist in getting the guns ashore, although it is doubted if they can afford much more aid than the tugs. Sunday. June 26. The train carryin Colonel Torrey's rough riders to Tarapa was in collision at Tupelo, Miss. Four soldiers and a colored porter were killed and Coloney Torrey and several others were wounded. The auxiliary cruiser Harvard sailed for Santiago with the Ninth Massachusetts regiment and two battalions of the Thir ty-fourth Michigan.---The third expedition for the Philippine Islands starts from San Francisco, 4,000 soldiers now being on the transport ships.---Camara's fleet is at Port Said, but no request to take on coal has yet been made to the Egyptian gov-ernment.---Fifteen regiments stationed at Chattanooga, among them the Third and fifth Illinois, have been ordered to Cuba and will leave some time this week.---The advance of Shafter's army has forced its way to within four miles of the City of Santiago.---Gen. Wheeler reports twenty-two Americans were killed and seventy or eighty wounded at Sevilla. The Spanish loss is believed to be greater, thirty-nine dead Spaniards having been

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AT SAN JTJAN TITA PET. PTKRCED BY INDIANA'S U INCHERA (From a Photograph.)

found.---Troops at Chickamauga are ofdered to be ready and are expected soon to re-enforce Gen. Shafter. Among these are the Third and Fifth Illinois infan-try.---President McKinley regards Shafter's operations in Cuba thus far as highly satisfactory and is refraining from embarrassing the general with instructions. Spain Is preparing for the attack of some of her home cities. The lisrhts In many ports have been extinguished. Monday, June 27. An American squadron under Commodore Watson has been ordered to cross the Atlantic for the purpose of attacking the defenses of Spain's coast cities---Gen. Shafter's army was within sight of the enemy and but a short distance from Santiago when last advices were sent. Large guns had been planted on hills overlookings the city and a battle seemed likely to begin at any moment.---Madrid dispatch credits Premier Sagasta with a scheme to form a new coalition ministry from the several monarchical parties, declare the nation in a state of siege, increase the military forces in the republican and Carlist strongholds and then sue for peace.---Twenty-seven regiments are to be

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moved south from Chickamauga for reenforcements to Cuba.---Blanco declares that all malcontents in Havana shall be shot. Terror reigns in the city.---Presi-dent McKinley sends a message to congress naming suitable rewards for Hobson and other naval heroes.---Up to June 23 the re-enforcements had not reached Manila, but an attack on the city is expected this week.---Admiral Dewey is expected to demand the surrender of Manila as soon as he has the army with him. At Key West, Fla., a number of the war prize vessels, together with their cargoes, were sold at auction, the proceeds amounting to $75,000.---The insurgents have killed General Moret.---The house committee on military affairs reported a bill increasing the field rations of the soldiers in active service. Speaker Peed agreed to permit all pending military measures to be taken up in the house and to give them right of way till all are disposed of. ---The secretary of war submitted the draft of a bill designed to reimburse the BAIQUIRI,

(The Spanish flag floated from the hilltop when this sketch was made an 1 has now ben replaced by the Stars and Stripes. The camp indicated in the picture is a Spanish camp established two u mths ago and vacated after a shelling from one of Admiral Sampson's ships.)

states for expenses incurred in fitting out volunteer regiments. Tuesday, June 28. American field and siege guns are now on the heights overlooking Santiago, and th eattack on the city may soon be made. ---The Yale, with one battalion of the Thirty-fourth Michigan and the Thirtythird regiment, reached Baiquiri and landed troops.---In the invading army confronting Santiago complaints are made that the Cuban auxiliaries are eating every- , thing in sight and leaving little for the American troops.---One thousand Cubans, under Sangully, Lacret and Betancourt, with artillery and 500,000 cartridges, have landed at Banes.---Officials in Washington believe Camara's fleet will soon return to Cadiz. Plans are laid to pursue him if he go forward, the intention being to crush him between Dewey's and Watson's ships. It is considered likely in any event that a big expedition under Sampson will be sent to attack the Spanish coast.---Captain General Augusti cables from Manila that the situation there is critical; that the insurgents are increasing in number, and that the provinces are daily falling under their dominion. The sickness among the Spanish troops is dis-tressing.---The Valencia, with 700 Dakota troops, left San Francisco for Manila. General Merritt expects to sail to-day on the Newark.---In two sham battles between some of the troops at Camp Alger several of the soldiers were seriously if not fatally injured.---Lieutenant C. C. Aimes of the Seventh Illinois regiment at Camp Alger, who was courtmartialed for being absent without leave, will, it is believed, escape with a simple reprimand. Wednesday, June 29. Gen. Shafter reported to Gen. Miles that

he could take Santiago In forty-eight hours, but the undertaking might involve considerable loss. As Gen. Pando is re-

ported advancing from Manzanillo with a large force of Spaniards it is belived the American commander will not wait for re-enforcements before opening battle.---Six transports with 3,000 troops sailed from Tampa to re-enforce Gen. Shafter.---Gen. Merrltt has sailed for the Philippines on the steamer Newport from San Francisco. Havana dispatch reports the capture of five Spanish vessels June 26 by an American ship, believed to be the auxiliary cruiser Yankee, which had already made a return of its exploit.---Gov-ernment with money for the volunteers.---A great military hospital under tents is to be established at Fort Monroe.---Lieut. Carranza is mysteriously missing from Montreal, Que.---Gen. Correo, Spain's minister of war, says Camara's, squadron has begun the passage of the Suez canal Commodore Schley's flying squadron has been merged into the fleet under Admiral Sampson. Thursday, .June 30. Secretary Alger at midnight, when shown a press report from Madrid that a battle had been fought at Santiago, said there was no official confirmation of the report, but he considered it quite likely that, as the opposing armies were within two miles of each other at last accounts, there had been lively skirmishing.---Offi-cials in Washington do not pretend to know that Gen. Shafter will attack Linares, but they are satisfied that he will win a victory when he strikes the blow he has in preparation.---A comprehensive review of the latest dispatches from special correspondents with our army In Cuba shews that Gen. Shafter has so arranged his forces that he has General Linares and Santiago at his mercy.---Cable advices from Madrid say that the war will not end soon, no matter what the attitude of the government, because the temper of the people will not accept peace ---The Egyptian government refused to allow Admiral Camara to coal his ships in the Suez canal and ordered him to leave, his stay having exceeded the twenty-four hour limit. Camara pleaded that some of his ships were disabled as an excuse for not leaving at once.---Chancey M. Depew has arrived in New York from Europe. and in an interview tells of the changed sentiment there regarding our army and navy. General Wheeler's official report to Major General Shafter of what is kniwn as the battle of Siboney is as follows: To the Adjutant General of the Fifth Army Corps. Sir:---I have the honor to report that, in obedience to the instructions of the major general commanding, given me in person on June 23, I proceeded to Siboney (Jurauasito). The enemy had evacuated the place at daylight that morning, asking a course toward Sevilla. A body of about 100 Cubans had followed and engaged the enemy's rear guard. About nine of them were wounded. I rod out to the front and found that the enemy had halted and established themselves at a point about three miles from Siboney. At night the Cubans returned to the vicinity of the town. At 8 o'clock that evening the 23d. General Young, reached Siboney, with eight troops of Colonel Wood's regiment, A, B, D, E, F, G, K and L, 500 strong; troops A. B. C, and K, First cavalry, in all 244 men, and troops A, B, E, and I of the Tenth cavalry, in all 220 men. making the total force 364 men, which included nearly all of my

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OF SHAFTER'S FORCE command, which had marched from Balquiri. eleven miles. With the assistance of General Castillo a rough map of the country was prepared and the position of the enemy was fully explained, and I determined to make an attack at daylight on the 24th. Colonel Wood's regiment was sent by General Young, accompanied by two of his staff officers, Lieutenants Tyrree, R. Rivers, and W. R. Smedburg. Jr., to approach the enemy on the left hand, or more westerlv road, while General Young, myself and about fifty troops of the First and Tenth cavalry, with three Hotchkiss mountain guns, approached the enemy on the regular Sevilla road. General Young and myself examined the position of the enemy, the lines were deployed and I directed him to open fire with the Hotchkiss guns. The enemy replied and the firing immediately became general. Colonel Wood had deployed his right, nearly reaching the left of the regulars. For an hour the fight was very warm, the eneany being very lavish in the expenditure of ammunition, most of their firing being by volleys. Finally the enemy gave way and retreated rapidly, our side keeping close upon them; but our men, being physically exhausted both by their exertions and the great heat, were incapable of maintaining the pursuit. I cannot speak too highly of the gallant and excellent conduct of the officers and men throughout my command. General Young deserves special commendation for his cool, deliberate and skillful management. I also specially noticed his acting adjutant general. Lieutenant A. L. Mills, who, under General Young's direction, was at various parts of the line, acting with energy and cool courage. Aiding American Kxbibitor. rrom ew fork Herald: through the personal efforts of Mr. Gallia, the : representative sent over by the Pari- ; sian newspapers to America in the Interest of the great 1900 exhibition, ar- j rangements have been made for all ! a - : a a . . . mm .American exniouors io nave tnoir displays at the exposition taken care of free of all charge by the permanent American exhibition of Paris, which will be opened in .January. 1899. This step was taken in the interest of those Americans who will not be present in Paris in 1900 or who are not members of the permanent i xhlbltiOO, and will no doubt be the means of having 'he United States more elaborately and better represented than would otherwise have been the case. Horrid. "I suppose," said Mr. Meekton's Wife, who had been gettiug some new clothes, "you are one of these men who complain bc-cau.se the fashions change so fast." "No," he answered, "When I look over noma of the later ones I wlsh-tuey'd change faster."

AFTER DECK OF THE BATTLESHIP OREGON. From a Photograph.

THE LOYAL SOUTH. This Splendid Truth Was Not Needed to Proclaim It. Prom the Milwaukee Journal: A vet eran salesman was in Detroit last week i , ... ... ... . . and d little talking that It might I be well for all the people to hear. "If th's one thing that makes me wearier that another it is this constant talk about the loyaly of the South. It ereate. the impression that you people up here are surprised, and that we were . . . . . , , and loyal to the backbone. Let any j one who has lingering doubts on the subject, go down there and insult the old flag once. He'd be mighty lucky it ha got off with a month or two in the hospital. I know what I'm talking about because I served on the other side. Ask any of your boys whether i we put up a fight or not. We learned to respect each other then, and I want DO better friend now ihan one of the j brave fellows that helped whip us back j into line. I wish every American citi zen could have seen what I saw in Baltimore the other day. I saw the historic Sixth Massachusetts pass through on its way to Falls Church. Va. I delayed starting out on my route on purpose to tell the Bay state fellows what we think of thm. T was there in April. 1361. when the Sixth was headed for the front by way of our city. Their reception was that of hated invaders. We mobbed them with bullets, br: ks. clubs aud the worst verbal LANDED abuse we could put our tongues to. Had It ')een within our power we would have exterminated them. But this time it waa different and shows us one people with stronger ties of brotherhood than ever before. We had a reception committee composed of our very best citizens. They were given all the money and help they wanted. The city looked like a great big flower garden decorated with flags ana bunting. In '61 women drew their skirts aside from a Yankee soldier to avoid contamination. The other day hundreds of our prettiest . women, and there are none more beau- ; tiful, were out to smile on the boys and ! help entertain them. Each one re- ! ceived a lunch box, an American flag and a button bearing the state coat of armi and the words 'Baltimore Greets Massachusetts.' On streamers attached j to floral pieces were the words. 'With flowers, not bullets, and 'A united country honors the men who are rallyIng to her defense. May the memory of '61 be effaced by the welcome of '98.' We had our bands out, the crowds cheered themselves hoarse and old bald-headed fellows lik me yelled till we couldn't swallow. 1 was run over and trampled, elbowed and jostled, but I kept right on cheering and had a scene at home because I talked about enlisting. I'll go yet if they want me j and meantime I'm ready to do business witQ these people who keep talking about the loyalty of the South as though it was something unexpected.'

ARMY BLACKSMITH AT CAMP ALGER, INO A HORSE. (From

NOW. Famine In Havana Tobacco Has at Last Become Reality. The mueh-talked-of and long-expected tobacco famine is here. Before the war with Spain began the air waa filled with prophecies of such a famine. The Cuban rebellion was on. hut still there was genuine Cuban tobacco t0 be had As thQ rebelUon d d al 3tQrieg were heard abQut . . , .. , tobacco going up and the qua tv going down. But Havana tobacco was still to be had for a price. A New York correspondent of the Washington Star says the importers knew all about thie some time ago. but it fell upon the smokers unawares. It has even reached the clubs which were supposed to be plentifully supplied with the fragrant weed. It has developed that tha stock of Havana cigars is almost exhausted and that the importers are holding on to the remainder with a death grip. The supply is to be apportioned so that it may last as long as possible, and for that reason tho sales of box lots are almost entirely prohibited. One of the largest clubs in the city, a club that a year ago bought over 150,000 Havana cigars from a single importing house in the city, is almost in sight of its last cigar. It had laid in such a heavy stock over th winter that it was willing to sell to members in any quantity for almost any price, and now it will not sell a box at any price. The most that a smoker can get is a handful. Newspapers Without News. Spain is a country of 18,000,000 population, but there are fewer newspapers published in it daily, weekly, monthly and bi-monthly than are published in the single American state of Illinois, which, by the last federal censtw, had a population of 3,800,000, says the New York Sun. And many, if not most of the newspapers published in Spain, are newspapers in name only, for their most distinguished characteristic is that they do not contain any news, being devoted to what are called "matters in general," or such, matters in particular as permit of the publication of the paper any day of the week or any hour of the day it doesn't make much difference which. Barcelona i9 now the most populoui of the Spanish cities, exceeding, by the recent census, the population of Madrid by several thousands. But tha two Barcelona papers which hare tha largest circulation are El Loro (the Patriot), a Catalan journal devoted to jokes, and El Modo Espanol (the Spanish Fashions). As the Spanish fashions have been precisely the same for several centuries, without any deviation, the urgent necessity of publishing a newspaper devoted to them is not entirely clear. Rubber Industry In Dahomey. An effort is being made to develop the rubber industry in Dahomey. The wild caoutchouc trees found In the region have been worked to some extent and about 1,905 kilos of rubber were exported in 1896 and 2.812 kilos in 1897. The most serious efforts in this line have been made, however, during the past two years in Porto Novo and Ouidah, where small rubbef plantations of from three to five acre have been established. The young trees on these experimental farms are reported to be doing well. They are very vigorous and promise excellent returns. British trade with the Philippines last year was $9,934,590; that of the United States, $5,145,303. or about hall as much. FALLS CHURCH, photograph.) VA.. MIO

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Spanish Forces Driven from Their Intrenchments, HEAVY LOSS ON BOTH SIDES, Troop of the F.nemy s:a:i,i hü to Thfir Gom, but the I m pot mmmm Kh of the A merit . in was Irrosi' ihle -The City I Our. Washington, July 2. Secretarj of War Alger received the following teiegram from Gen. Shaft r. in command of the American forces in Cuba, at u.n early hour this morning: The looses on our side, killed and wounded, are estimated at 500 officers and men. Officers of th1 war department here are confident that by tonight tie American flag will float over the citadel of Santiago. Our loss is not considered heavy in view of the desperate nature of the fighting and the strong position occupied by the enemy. Secretary Alger telegraphed the pros!d:it's congratulations and his own, to Gen. Shafter. Santiago de Cuba. July L A general attack on the intrenchments of the city of Santiago was commenced this morning. The Spanish troops in the trenches made a desperate resistance, and their loss must be enormous. At the end of seven hours' fighting fhe third line of intrenchments just outside of the city was occupied by ouf soldiers, and the Spaniards have retreated into the town proper. Playa del Este, Province of -Santiago de Cuba. July 1, 11:20 a. m. A general assault on the City of Santiago de Cuba, by the land and sea forces of the United States, began at 7 o'clock this morning. Morro Castle -and the other forts at the entrance of the harbor were bombarded by our fleet. The Vesuvius used her dynamite guns with good effect. The Spanien fleet in the harbor fired on the American troops, who wer very close to the city. Washington, July 1 Signal Officer Allen has sent a dispatch saying that the fighting grows furious at Santiago. Eight Americans and nine Cubans have been wounded. Sampson's fleet is hotly engaging the forts. Washington. July 1. Gen. Shafter has reported to the president today that he began the attack on Santiago this morning and that it is now going on. beginning with active skirmishing. Secretary Alger has received the following dispatch from Gen. Shafter, dated at 9:45 a. m. today: "Camp at Sevilla. Cuba, July 1. Action now going on, but firing light and desult ry. B.-gan on right, near Caney. by Ipawton'f division. He will move on northeast town of Santiago. Will keep you continually advised of progress. "(Signed) SHAFTER. "Major-General Commanding." Secretary Alger directed Adjt.-Gen. Corbin to notify the president at once of the text of Shafter's message, and it was done immediately. The president will be kept continuously advised of all news. STAMPS BY MILLIONS. Enorinoui Number Distributed by tha Revenue Department. Washington, July 2. By tonight the internal revenue department at Washington had distributed throughout the country 175,000,000 war revenue stamps. The distribution has been going on for the last week at the rate of from 20.000,000 to 35,000,000 per day. The bureau of engraving and printing will continue to produce about 25,000,000 stamps per day for some time to come, and this great output will be placed where it can satisfy the demand. Requisitions were made by collectors for about 500,000,000 stamps to cover the first three months' business under the new law. This aggregate amount represented the collectors' estimates of what would be needed during the first quarter. Th department has therefore been able to furnish about one month's supply. Ac tual experience may show that these estimates are entirely inadequate to meet the situation. Indeed, a suspicion that such is tne case prevails among officials of the treasury department. There is absolutely no data upon which to predicate estimates of what may be required. When the old war revenue law was in force it applied to only about half the country. Since the repeal of that old law the business of the country has increased from eight to tea fold and commerfjal conditions have changed wonderfully. Consequently the internal revenue officials feel that they are entering upon an untried experimental field. let Ohio Hold Bark. Chattanooga. Tenn., July 2. -In the midst of the preparations of the First Ohio cavalry to go to Lakeland, Fla., this morning, the moving orders were countermanded by the war department. It is not known when the regiment will leave. It is said here that the government is awaiting the issue of today's battle before tending any more troops south. Grain and Fruit Damaged. San PraavcbKO, July 2. A severe north w ind has done considerable damage to grain and fruit in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys. The greatest loss will fall upon the growers of wheat. Some conservative farraers estimate that 40 per cent of the wheat has been thrashed out by the storm in certain localities.