2 LANDED AT SANTIAGO BHAF TER'S ARMY READY FOR THE BAT! LE. The Journey Was Without Incident —A i Pew Mild t'aie* of Fever and Measles on hliipboard Cable Communication Reestablished. Washington, June 22. —General Shat ter has officially reported his arrival off Santiago. The dispatch was received by Secretary Alger over the leased ca ble at Guontananio. General Shatter reached Santiago Monday noon and at once proceeded to the flagship New York, where he had an extended con sultation with Admiral Sampson over the plan of campaign. The establishment of a cable con nection between Guantanamo and Washington causes almost as much re joicing in administration circles as the safe arrival of General Shatter's forces. The president is now enabled to have direct communication with Admiral Sampson and General Shafter, as the campaign against Santiago progresses. He Is also enabled to exchange com munications with the land and water forces without having the messages ness through foreign channels. General Shafter reports the safe ar rival of all his transports without ac cident and he is very well satisfied with the condition of the troops after the trip from Tampa. The news was promptly communica ted to the navy department, where there was a general expression of sat isfaction at the notification that they will be able hereafter to communicate directly with Sampson. The war department is guarding closely the plans of the army in con nection with the Invasion of Santiago, end it Is said that the exact point of landing is atiil a secret. The various points where successful landings may be effected were discussed Sunday eve ning as General Shafter anl Admiral Sampson sat upon the quarter deck of the flagship New York. Mole St. Nicholas, Hayti, June 22. The Unitel States army for the Inva sion of Cuba, about Id.OOO strong, com manded by Major General William R. Shafter, arrived off Santiago de Cuba at noon Monday. The time of Its dis embarkation has not yet been determ ined upon, out it will probably be with in the next three days. When the fleet of thirty-seven trans ports, with its freight of fighting men, swept up the southern coast yesterday and slowed up within slghP-of the for tifies'.ions of the city of Santiago de Cubs, the arrival of the anxiously await.-d soldiers was greeted with rir.gi.is ertt.ors from the decks of the bloc, adin waiehips far ir short. The men on the troop 6hips also cneerod when they saw the vessfis of the block ading squadron. It was ten o'clock in the morning when the lookout on board the armored cruiser Brooklyn reported se .-lit, the smoke ot' several steamers away to the southeast, and a moment or so later he announced that a dozen transports were in sight. Then signals were ex change 1 from ship to ship, gladdening the hearts of tile wertsy tsnckaders. Then the United States auxiliary crui ser Glouces'er, formerly J. Fterpvnt Morgan's ot earn yacht Corsair, dashed away to meet and welcome the troops. About half an hour later a forest of masts had sprung up apparently from the sea and an impressive scene was presented as the fleet swept up from the horizon towards the shore, where the great struggle is to take place. The transports were ranged in three shifting linos, with the battleship In diana on the extreme right and the oth er men of war on the outskirts of the fleet. In this order the transports and their escorts steamed slowly in to wards the hills where the red walls of Morro Castle gleamed In the sunlight. lit had been intended to take the en tire fleet to the lines of Rear Admiral Sampson's squadron of warships, but an order from the admiral stopped the advance of the ships about fifteen miles to the southeast, and escorted by the Gloucester, General Shatter went for ward on the Seguranca to confer with the admiral. The transports lay on the smooth sea while the plans were discussed by the loaders on board the flagship. No in timation of their intentions regarding the landing has been allowed to escape. Undoubtedly, however, some of the troops will be landed at Guantanamo bay, in order to relieve the marines there. It is generally believed, how ever. that the main body of the troops will be landed much nearer Santiago do Cuba. The long and trying Jourt,y from Tampa has left the men in much bet ter condition than was anticipated. There are fourteen mild cases of ty phoid on the hospital ship, among them being Major Hooton of the Twenty fifth Infantry. There are also several rases of measles. There are no serious oases of slcknesh. Owing to the smooth ness of the passage the soldiers were no>l generally affected by seasickness and they are wildly anxious tu get on tliot. and begin lighting. To Postpone the Stamp A.t, Washington, June 22.—Secretary Cage has written to the House ways • lid means committee and the Senate finance committee, stating 'that It is absolutely Impossible to put the adhe sive stamp sections of the war revenue measure into operation on July 1, and isking that the time be extended until luiy 15, and that the commission be In creased from one to three per cent, in order to increase populai interest in the distribution of the stamps. The secretary of the treasury has enlarged the list of cities where bank check stamps will be Imprinted by the addition of Boston, Minneapolis and Galveston. The other cities are New York, Chicago, St. Louis, San Francis co and Atlanta. Proposals for doing the work in the first three cities named will he .received at the oureau of lr ternal revenue. Washington, by tele graph or mail until next Saturday at Bopn. French Cabinet Crisis. Paris, June 22.—Owing to the refu sal of former Premier Dupuy to accept the foreign office portfolio and M. De lambre to become minister of finance, M. Sarien has decided to relinquish the tak of attempting to form a cabinet, and so Informed President Faure ye teAday afternoon. WILL Bt 22,000 STRONG- General Mllea Will He in Command ol ; the Porto Klro Invasion, Washington, June 20.—Much Js yet to be done In the way of lending luppllea j and equipments to Fernandina. Ar- j rangements have been made with Pres- I ldent Duvall of the Florida Central and j Peninsula Railroad Company to have I several side tracks constructed at Fer- I nandlna. An abundance of cold Btor- I age houses will be built along the j tracks at that place. Profiting by the j experience of the gathering of the San tiago expedition, the department will i take every precaution against a block j on the railway. The troops will be j taken from the train and immediately j shipped on board the transports, thus i avoiding any delay In breaking camp. I The army for Porto Rico will be 20,- | 000 strong. Major General Miles will be in command and Major General Cop pinger second In command. In all i probabllty General Miles will return to the United States In the fall and command the main army of Invasion in Cuba. General Copplnger will re main In Porto Rico as military gov ernor. The importance of capturing Porto Rico at the present time Is very ap parent to the administration. If by any possibility Camara's fleet should come to this side of the Atlantic, the Span lards would naturally make Porto Rlcj their base of supplies. It Is not deemed necessary, however, that the expedition leave before three weeks, but everything Is being hurried as rapidly as possible In order hat there will be no unnecessary delay. The latst advices from Porto Rico say that Spanish regulars are being concentrated In the vicinity of San Juan. The port of Mayaguez has been mined and the buoys have been chang ed. Nine-tenths of the population, ac cording to these advices, prefer annex ation to Independence. HOW CUBA GETS SUPPLIES. Regular Service from the tale of Fines— Flans to llrruk It Up. Washington, June 21.—The navy de partment has received information that the Spanish military forces in Havana province are not so greatly in need of food and supplies as has Deen for some time believed by the government au thorities in Washington. It is learned that subsistence supplies are being re ceived constantly from the Isle of Pines, after having been landed there from Jamaica Between the Isle of Pines and the southern coast of Cuba the water is shoal, but between the Isle and Jamaica deep water makes navigation possible with the largest ships. The navy department has learned on food authority that a regular line of ight draught ferries liaa been estab lished between the Isle of Pines and 2uba, snd that supplies from Jamaica have been repeatedly landed in the pro vinces of Cuba, particularly in Havana, where the principal forces are located. Plana are now being made to break up Spain's communication between the Isle of Fines and Cuba, and between the smaller island anl Jamaica. THE YOUKON GOLD FIELDS. Report of an engineer on the All-Cnna dtttn It out H. Montreal, June 21. J. R. Roy, resi dent engineer of the Dominion govern ment, who was sent up with Mr. Coste, the chief engineer of the public works department, to examine the all-Cana dian route to the Yukon, has returned to Victoria, B. C„ and reports the Stlckeen to be a fine body of water, which steamers drawing not more than thirty or forty lnchee of water and having powerful enough engines may navigate for six months In the year. The trouble this season has been, he says, that several slearners with en gines not powerful enough have at tempted to ascend the river. The gov ernment boat Bampson, sent to remove jbstructlons, could only ascend eeventy flve miles, but beyond the work will bd carried on from large Indian canoes. SMOKELESS POWDER EXPLOSION. Supposed Work of Spanish Spies Near Cincinnati. Cincinnati, June 21.—Sunday night the smokeless powder finishing house at King's Mills, twenty miles northeast of Cincinnati, was completely destroyed by an explosion. The building contain ed 200 kegs of finished smokeless pow der, said to have been made for the government. Several days ago the company received word from the gov ernment that Spanish spies were in Cincinnati. The force of watchmen was increased. A stranger, who is accused of applying the fuse. Is the only per son hurt. He is now in the custody of the sheritT at Lebanon. Warren county. He is of foreign descent, and is believed to be a Spaniard or in Spain's em ploy. Hunk of Spain Bankrupt. London, Jtne 20.—The Statist, the leading economic paper of London, asks "Is the Bank of Spain solvent?" an swering the startling question by a se ries of figures distinctly in the nega tive. French bankers, It says, are now keenly alive to the necessity of ending the war and the danger of lending more money to Spain, "and it is now practi cally Impossible for Spain to raise money abroad on any conditions except selling actual property." Spain's only resource is in Increased note circulation. "The Spanish government Is now re duced to the expedient of using the printing press to meet its war outlays, end the longer the printing press is in operation and the more notes are is sued the greater will be the deprecia tion In value of the paper peseta. "If war lasts much longer we may thus see the paper osseta, now at a discount of nearly 50 per cent, as com pared with gold, depreciate as did the asslgnat of France at the close of the last century. "A formal suspension of specie pay ments cannot long be delayed." Fire Visits Springfield. Sprlngfiell, Mass., June 22, —A 290,000 fire occurred early yesterday morning in the business portion of this city. The fire started on the second fioor of the large brick block at the corner of Main streert and Harrison avenue, at 2.40 o'clock and for over an hour the fire department was kept buy fighting the flames. The block is owned by the RothweU estate of Boston and was for merly known as the Ktbbs block. THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA AT CUBA'S CAPITAL. BLANCO HAS 125,000 MZN AND ALSO STRONG DIFENS£S. ltefiigres front Httvnn. Arrive In New York— An Intere.tlug Niu'rallvo f Af fairs In the Blockaded City-81-uly of I'rovisions but famine Prices, New York, June 22.—The Atlas line steamer Altai arrived at Pier 6, North river, yesterlay from Kingston, Jamai ca, and other West Indian ports. Am ong her passengers were British refu gees from Havana and several Cubans who, after the declaration of war, ihati made their way to Kingston. The refugees were conveyed from Havana to Kingston two weeks ago by the English warship Taibot. They say that after leaving the Cu ban capital, the Talbot was fired upon first by a blank and next with a solid shot by one of the American tugboats doing blockade duty. The latter, upon discovering its mistake, gave up the chase and returned to its post. The incident oaused a little surprise on the British warship, but the officers after wards considered the warlike attitude of the tugboat a good Joke. They ad mitted that the Americans aboard the tiny craft were plucky fellows to pit their small pounders against rifled cannon of large calibre. If the British warship had been a Spaniard the tug would doubtless have joined battle. One of the Altai's passengers, a young Englishman, who declines to give his name for publication, speak ing about the situation in Havana at the time of his leaving, a fortnight ago, said: "There is plenty of provisions, but on account of the blockade merchants are demanding such high prices that the poor classes are unable to purchase them. These people, of course, are living on short rations, and, as the blockade continues they will suffer and many of them will be starved to death. All the Cubans opposed to Spanish rule on the island who could Eneak out of Havana have gone to live in the fields and take their chances with the insurgents, who are crowding in to wards the line of forts on each side of the city. "Havana is to-day much better pro tected than at the time of the declara tion of war. Had the latter been fol lowed up by a dash and a fierce bom bardment of the forts at the entrance of the harbor, the city would have sur rendered quickly. "But not a moment in the delav of the attack by the Americans has been lost by Blanco. Night and day the sol diers are at work mounting new guns, placing mines or constructing earth works along the shore and away back In the country. Blancxt has a large force at his command, regiments and volunteers, which can roughly be esti mated at 125,000 men. "Until the declaration came the Spaniards never thought that the Unl led States would go to war for the Cu bans. Even the destruction of the Maine was not considered to be suffi cient cause for the Americans to Join In the fight. But. at last, when Mc- Kinley and Congress decided to make war, Blanco began his preparations for defence. They are going on still and unless the Spaniards prove to be ab |ect cowards, the taking of Havana will not be accomplished without a ter ble encounter and a great sacrifice of lives on both sides. The Spaniards in the city, who now oonslder themselves secure, laugh at the delay on the part cf the Americans for their failure to [all upon Havana immediately after they decided to fight for the freedom it Cuba. "There are hundreds of Americans In the city anxious to get out before the bombardment commences, but unfort unately they will have to remain, for the British consul, who t9 supposed to be looking after the Interests of citi zens of the United States in Havana will do nothing for them. This is not hearsay, for I pleaded with him to al low an American friend of mine named Carpenter to accompany me on the Talbot to Kingston. "The consul refused to let Carpen ter leave, saying that no Americans would be permitted on the Talbot. Strange to say, however, he put sev sral Spanish officers aboard the Brit ish warship and they were taken to Kingston. One of these was Comman lante Ramon Me'ndez, who had been the military censor in Havana. If Ameri cans were not to be allowed on the neutral warship I consider It a shame :o have permitted Spanish military offi cials on the Talbot. "The British consul In Havana Is jupposed to be looking after the Inter tats of American citizens, but although tn Englishman myself, I consider It my iuty to let the world know how unfair the representative of her majesty's government and the delegated repro ientatlve of the United State® has act ed In the case of Carpenter and other tltlzens of the United States in the be eagured city." The other refugees from Havana were a Mr. Goudy, a commission mer chant, and his family, and Samuel Ul oerga, Costa Rlcan consul to Havana. HAWAII IN THE SENATE. Debate oil the Aon'gatloll Resolution Coot in (led Yesterday. Washington, June 22.—Almost Imme diately after the Senate convened yes terday the resolution for the annexa tion of Hawaii was laid before it. Pending Us consideration Mr. Roach of North Dakota who hud been quoted in a Washington paper us favorable to the annexation of Hawaii, rose to a question of personal privilege. He said he had not made the statement attrib uted to him, and as a matter of fact was opposed and always had been to the annexation of Hawaii. Mr. Mitchell of Wisconsin delivered a speech In opposition to annexation. He declared that the nation Just now was shorn of Its Judgment. The effort to establish our government In the far East and the adoption of a policy of imperialism was evidence of that. He thought the seizure of Hawaii would remove all doubt as to our land grab bing intentions. He declared that the annexation pro |ect was a clumsy cover for the sugar , magnates, from around the edges of which the saccharine Juice dripped to I the advantage of all who cared to avail themselves of It. fggrjCflSTOßifl M , For Infants and Children. CASTORH The Kind You Have Always Bought AStgc'tajlc PrcimrafiDaToi-As - " si irritating fo£Toodandßegula j _ M brigth^Stninnchsnnlßowmflf .DGtiTS tllG M \ IHMBMgjBBII Signature Xalu BnnnfltesTH|fesfi6n,Cleeiful- M J llr messahdHfeStfiontainsneithcf r / V, | Opium:TMorptiinonorMineral. Oi #l\*\ IT NOT NARCOTIC. it H . lT P f - \| 1 AlxJmnm * 1 (A ttxMusjk- I J£V m*- R yr The JmL it I* • I A perfect Bemcdy forConslipa- I (r > IV ISi II tion.SourStomach.Diarrteea, I liK Worms .Convulsions .Feverish- 1 MT U., U# # Tics 5 andLPSS OF SLEEP. 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The cow issue in Wisconsin— though the Governor denies having franked the cow—has a much wider application to current politics than the boundary lines of any single State. It will be found that state Execu tives, members of the state Legisla ture, judges of the Courts, important municipal officials and a great army of federal office-holders—all or nearly all—are furnished with free express age, free telegraphing, and telephon ing, and free transportation from one end of the country to the other. The corporations do not give something for nothing. If they carry cows they get their money back in executive, legislative and municipal favoritism and discriminations. The whole sys tem is evil, dangerous and corrupting. Tho Doctor's Opinion. "My little boy broke out all over his body with painful sores and kept running down in health; The doctor said his blood was out of order and that the best blood purifier was Hood's Sarsaparilla. We began giving him this medicine and he was soon entire ly cured." MRS. GRACIE ARMSTRONG, Ricketts, Pa. Hood's Pills are the favorite family cathartic. Easy to take, easy to oper ate. 25c. Dixon—"Why is it that it is usually unmarried women who write articles on 'How to Manage a Husband?' " Hixon—"Oh! you don't suppose a married woman is going to give her little plan away, do you ?"— Tid-Bits. OABTORIA. Btu, tie A The Kind You Haw Always Bougft Pleasant Eapid Trips to tbe Seashore via the Philadelphia & Beading Route. The season is now with us when every one longs for a longer or shorter sojourn at the seashore, inhaling the cool breezes from the depths of "Old Ocean." To all intending a visit to the shore, the Philadelphia and Reading Route offers special advantages as to both location and the getting there. At lantic City is so well known with its many unsurpassed attractions, that it is only necessary to say that the schedule of fast trains via the Phila delphia & Reading Route is this year fully equal, if not superior, to that of former years, and that the sixty min ute trains run in the summer season are the fastest scheduled trains in the world. By the lease of the South Jersey Railroad the Philadelphia & Reading has also acquired a direct route to Cape May , one of the finest and oldest of Seashore Resorts, Sea Isle City , a flourishing up-to-date re sort, and to Ocean City , a magnifi cent family watering place. What will attract many persons to the latter place are its many religious conven tions and the strict temperance regula tions strictly enforced. The Philadel phia & Reading is the shortest route to all these resorts. Through tickets can be bought and baggage checked from all principal stations of the Philadelphia & Read ing Railway and its connections. For illustrated booklet, giving list of principal hotels and boarding houses and rates, address Edson J. Weeks, Genl. Passenger Agent, Reading Terminal, Philadelphia. A Self-Estimate "Woman," he cried ; "woman, do you thus spurn my heart after leading me on ? "When did I lead you on, as you call it ?" asked the girl. "Did you not tell me that fortune teller had told you that you were to wed a handsome blond young man with the grace of a Greek god and the voice of an Aiolian harp ?"—ln dianapolis Journal. OABTORZA. Beantie Kind You Have Always Bought Fine PHOTO GRAPHS and CRAYONS at McKillip Bros., Bloomsburg. The best are the cheapest. TID-BITS FOR MA' HONEY! and tender little juicelets for the chil dren, are all right, but papa and "the boys" want a good, big, juicy steak, roast or chop when business or school duties are over, and we can cater to them all. Our stock of prime meats is unexcelled for quality, and we send them home in fine shape. J. E. KEIKER. THE MARKETS. 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