Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1898 — KILLED BY MARINES. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

KILLED BY MARINES.

r r ONE HUNDRED SPANIARDS SLAIN IN A BATTLE. Cubans Co-Operate with United States Forces and the Common Enemy Is Completely-Routed—Eighteen Spanish Prisoners Captured. Rout of the Dons. A special cable from Mole St. Nicholas describes Tuesday's battle at Camp McCalla, Guantanamo bay. It says that more than 100 Spaniards lie dead as the result of the engagement. Their fine equipment of. Mauser rifles—rifles that have picked off marines at long distances —are stacked in the American camp. Two Cubans were killed in the fight and one American, Private Walker of Company D, was slightly wounded in the ankle. When the marines returned to camp after the battle they brought with them eighteen Spanish prisoners, including a lieutenant, something more than 100 rifles and abqut 10,000 rounds of ammunition.

The Americans, weary of jungle warfare, went into the enemy’s hiding place and inflicted disastrous punishment, Capt. Elliott, Lieut. Lucas and Lieut. Bannon of Company C, with ninety marines and fifteen Cubans, composed one of the parties. Capt. Spicer, Lieut. Neville and Lieut. Shaw of Company D, with ninety marines and fifteen Cubans, made up the second party. Lieut. Mahoney and Lieut. Magill of Company E, with fifty marines and ten Cubans, formed the third party, while the fourth comprised Lieut. Ingate of Company F and fifty marines and a Cuban guide. Thus it will be seen a scouting party of 300 officers and men, weakened by subdivision into four bands, ventured to drive a much superior force of Spaniards from cover. The primary object of the expedition was the destruction of the tank which supplied the Spanish with water. This was successfully accomplished. The Americans also captured a heliograph with which the Spaniards signaled information to the main army. The Americans and Cubans charged the headquarters of the Spaniards in a valley, drove out the dons with bullet and bayonet, hemmed them in and cut off their retreat, and as they showed no intention of surrendering the Dolphin dropped shells in their midst, causing great havoc and killing scores. A few stragglers managed to escape, but the marines were too tired to pursue them. The American victory was complete.

ATTEMPTS BLANCO’S LIFE. Havana Volunteer Wound, the Spanish Captain General. Mail advices have been received in Washington of a recent attempt in Havana to assassinate Captain General Blanco, which was made by Mariano Salva, a young member of the volunteer army. The attempted killing of the Spanish captain general took place as he was leaving the palace to accompany some officers of hjs staff on an inspectibn of the earthworks on the outskirts of the city. Salva spnt a gifle bullet into the calf of General Blanco’s left leg. The volunteer is a member of the guard on duty around the palace. His younger

brother, also a volunteer, was arrested recently on a charge of conspiring with the enemies of Spain against the established government. The younger Salva was tried by a court martial, condemned and executed. Salva submitted willingly to arrest. believing he had killed General Blanco and avenged the death of his brother. HAS APPROPRIATED $371,000,000. Provisions Made for War Expenses Up to the Present Time. Representative Cannon, chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, explained in presenting the $224,000,000 emergency deficiency bill that with the $218,000,000 for expenses carried in that measure the provisions made for conducting the war, including the appropriations made for the next fiscal year, had reached the total of $371,000,000. The bill [Missed by the House contains all the estimates of the War and Navy Departments of emergency expenses likely to arise during the remainder of the calendar year. Should greater expenditures be required than are anticipated, and the funds not be made available by existing law, Congress will be called in extraordinary session. It is believed, however, that precaution has been taken by the two departments to secure sufficient funds to meet practically all contingencies, and that the cost of the war to the first of next year will not exceed $350,000,000. Smuggle in Supplies. Throe large cargoes of supplies are known to have run the blockade already, and great quantities of food are smuggled to Havana by wny of the Isle of Pines, Cienfuegos and other points on the southwest const having direct, rajlroad communication with the capital. Hold 4,000 Prisoners. The United States armed steamer Zafiro arrived in Hong Kong from Manila reports that the rebels hold 4,000 Spaniards and 1,000 natives as prisoners. Will Instigate Revolution. In an Interview' published in Madrid Don Carlos intlinated that when the war is over he Will instigate a revolution in Spain. ‘‘ A Fleet to Spain’s Coast. It was practically decided at a conference in Washington to send a flying squadron to the coast of Spain.

CAPTAIN-GENERAL BLANCO.