crattfoit 9ih iw ovV9. UT'jiri 'PO ' 5 El. two cents. SCRANTOX. PA.. MONDAY MORNING. ,11NE 13. 1898. TWO CENTS. " 1 1-.. i.i... i.n. . mi ..... . i i . r " AMERICAN TROOPS EMBAROOR CUBA Magnificent Fleet of Transports and War Yessels Now En Route for SantiagoEvery Precaution Has Been Taken for the Safety of the Troops Fleet Expected to Arrive by Wednesday The Porto Rico Campaign. Washington, June :2. Under com mand of Major General Shatter, the First division of the United States army will sail tonlcht from Key West for Santiago do Cuba to besiege nud capture that town. The nrmy trans ports, thirty in number, left Port Tampa yesterday and uro now at Key "West. The convoying warships, be lieved to number between Hlxtcen and nineteen, art- ready for the voyage anil with this powerful force there la no longer reason for apprehension that the transport? can be attacked suc cessfully by any Spanish warshlps.evcn if such should have escaped the vigi lant search of the naval commanders at Key West and off Havana. It la believed here that the sally nut of Hu vana of three Spanish gunboats was Intended to create the Impression that they were prepared to go out to attack the transports. If so, the plan miscar ried, for the craft were detected Im mediately ly Commodore Watson's cruisers and driven back pell-mell into Havana harbor under the proetctlon of the guns of the shore batteries, Kven If these boats had escaped they enuld have done no damage, for the size of the convoy furnished for the troop ships is sufficient to warrant the be lief that thev would have been speed ily destroyed should they have the fourage to make an attack upon the fleet of American ships. The Spanish gunboats are not of formidable char acter, not one of them being the equal in power of the smallest of the- Ameri can cruisers, or even of .such gunboats as the little Bancroft, which may be used as General Shatter's Hag ship. PRECAUTIONS FOR 'SAFETY. - Every precaution has been taken by the government to insure the safety of the troops en route to Cuba. The naval war board was in session today mak ing the final preparations for the dis position of the guardships. The trans ports will be kept as closely together as safe navigation will permit and the Warships will be disposed ahead, astern nnd on either Hank. The licet of scout ing vessels will be thrown fur out In advance of the transports, and In order to ensure against an attack from the rear some of these vessels, such as the St. Louis, perhaps, will linger far astern ready to signal the heavily armed cruisers at the first sign of an approaching foe. The stately battle ship Indiana, it is expected, will lead the procession of ships, which will be REFUGEES FROM PORTO RICO ThlrlyOoe Men and Women Escape from Porto Rico. MR. BETT, AN KNGI.ISH SECRE TARV. ACCUSED OF FURNISHING INFORMATION TO TUB AMERI CANS - THE SPANISH TORPEDO JIOAT TERROR IS NOW REGARDED AS USELESS - OTHER SPANISH SHIPS AT SAN JUAN. St. Thomas. Danish West Indies, June 12. Mr. Walter Rett, who Is said to have been a secretary of Mr. Craw ford, the British cotusul at"' San Juan de Porto Rico, the latter now acting for the United States, arrived hero yesterday. .Mr. Uetts. It appears, was accused of communicating information to the United States authorities con cerning the mines and fortifications of San Juan, and he was therefore ordered to leave Porto Rieo. The Spaniards claim this ia a flagrant breach of British neutrality and dan gerous for Mr. Crawford, unless It can be proved that the latter was not the employer of Mr. Rett and (hat the ex pelled secretary Is not answerable for his actions to the British government. Mr. Rett denies having supplied the United States authorities with the In formation referred to. Thirty-one Porto Rlcan refugees, mostly women, arrived here ycsteiday. The newspapers say that two months of existing conditions will bring P.uio Rico to the verge of starvation. The government of the Island ban establish ed a few public kitchens for the re lief of those who aro suffering most. The Spanish torpedo boat destroyer Terror Is now regarded as being use less, owing to the break down of her boilers and the lark of means to repair them. She Is still at San Juan de Porto Rico, with the Alfonso NHL Isabel U, Donce do Leon, Concha and Cornelia t. M least they were all there when the efugees left San Juan. READY TO TAKE TIIK HONDF, New YtrW, Juno i'.'.in view of Ilia probable issuance of a cilreulur by th'j secretary of the treasury within a .hurt time, asking frn miliM-rlptlou to tho Icwn ftuthorhnecl ty the war leveinm liilt to tile the most numerous gathered in Ameri can watrs since the civil war. The troops should arrive off Santiago by Wednesday night, supposing the fleet proceeds at eight knots Sliced and landing operations should begin by Thursday, for General Shatter will not keep his men cooped up on shipboard a moment longer than Is necessary. It Is not believed that they will bo landed at Caiinanera, the point on (Hi antancma bay, where the American Hag tiles over the heads of Sampson's marines, as that place, while well adapted to serve as n naval base, and as a harbor of refuge for the American warships. Is not particularly well suit ed for the beginning of military opera tions. PORTO RICO CAMPAIGN". In ten days' time, unless unforseen obstacles are encountered, the move ment upon Porto Rico will begin. The war department has been In close com munication by telegraph with General Miles at Tampa, and all of the neces sary Instructions have been given to the commanding general for the pre paration of the military forces to be used In this pait of the campaign. Gen eral .Miles In turn has been consulting Generals Coppingei' and Lee at Jack sonville, giving the necessary detailed instructions, and all Is so near ready that were some essential supplies on hand, the expedition could start within twenty-four hours. The navy depart ment has bscn ndvlseel of the purpose of the army and the war board today was making nrra'ngvnients for the sup ply of the convoying fleet. This will be of a irore formidable character than lliat which goes with the "Santiago ex pedition, for the plans contemplate u Joint attack upon the San Juan fortifi cations by the armv and navy and the, fortifications are so yc wcrftil that only heavily armed ships can be sent against them at the beginning. Therefoie, it U bcilevi-il that Sampson's battleships will head this fleet. Now that Sampson has taken up a po.s. 'on ashore- in Guantanoma bay, it Is expected at the navy department that ho will soon be In direct cable communication with the department, which will greatly facilitate the com bined operations of the navy and army. The cable which ho cut just before landing the marines was buoyed and as soon as cable operators and Invest ments can be gotten vr from Haytl the cable will no opened again. ninount of $2iX,00n,0O0 the National City bank and th C.'i ntral Trust company of New York, and Vermllyc Si Co., have in formed the secretary of the treasury thnt in order to liisuie the Immediate suc cess of the loan, they will subscribe tor the entire loaa of J2W,Mii,iw, or such part thereof ar may nut bo subferlbed for by the public. READY TO SAIL. General Morrill's .Hon Hnvo Packed Tlirir Unggngc. San Francisco. June 12. General Merrltt has ii-stied Instructions to Col onels commanding regiments and bat tailous designated to sail in the second Philippine expedition, to have finished by Tuesday, the placing aboard of all camp equipments and to bo ready to onifctrk their troops by noon Wednes day. As a result In the oamr of the icgl ments that are to sail, the packing has begun and every article not actu ally necessary for use between now and the time for departure Is being packed away. Measles threatens to become epidemic among the soldiers nt Camp Merrltt and the nurgeons In charge of the field hospital aro bending nil their energies to prevent tne further spread of the malady. Fifty cases aro now uqdor their care, and during tho past three days, six or eight new pati ents a day have been turned over to them. Fortunately. It Is In a mild form and the patients are doing well. Spurliiiikburg Burning. TUusvlllc. Pa.. Juno 12. Tho town of Sn.irtaiisburs, fifteen miles north of here, Is liuiiilni;. Asslst.ini'c bus been n.ked for from thin pl.ice und engines will leave on a speclul train at 3 o'clock. THE STORY OF THE DAY. U. S. TROOPS embark for Cuba. SPANISH GOVERNMENT captures a largo consignment of contraband sil ver at Gibraltar. CONGRESrf ILL ACT on llawa!l.tu ail noMitlon this week. TIIIRTV-UNE PURTO RICO refugees arrive ut FlmliM und report that tho Spmuii torciopo boat Tenor Is dls ublul. HUNTINGTON'S MARINES who plant ed the Anut.Mnuu flag at Guantananio, obliged to ilxht with Spanish guerillas and l'jsiilara lor thirteen hour. Dr. Glbbs killed. GUNHOAT.S PKORIA and Dorothea leave League Island navy yard under scaled Yard r'iet. TAMPA EXPEDITION. Twenty ItogimcnU of Regular Troops llosldet the Volunteer. Tampa, Fla., June 12. The expedition that sailed from here to Key West prior to going to Santiago was made up of nearly twenty regiments of regu lar Infantry of from 600 to r50 men each, Including besides the regiments of the Fifth nrmy corps, four regiments of Infantry that have been in camp ut Mobile and which formed part of Major General Coppingrr's command nt that rendezvous. The total force of regular Infantry was about ll.oou men. Theio were also two regiments of vol unteer Infantry, about 2,000 men all told; the Second regiment of cavalry from Mobile, 500 men, nnd two squad rons each from the First. Third. Sixty ninth and Tenth cavalry, about 2,000 men: eight troops of volunteer cavalry, taken from Roosevelt's Rough Riders, 560 men; four batteries of light artil lery, S00 men nnd 111 guns; two bat teries of heavy artillery, 200 men nnd 1C guns; the battalion of engineers, 200 men; signal and hospital corps, etc.. about "00 men; a grand total of about 17,000 men. The regulars were practically picked men, as not a single recruit wns taken, tho regiments carrying only the old seasoned troops. OSM'S "FINE"" POINTS Ho Objects to tho Amorlcnn Plan ol Aggressive Warfare--Duke do Rio's Opinion ou Hiockndcu. I London, Juno 12. The Madrid corre spondent of the Times, telegraphing Saturday, says: In the Chamber of Deputies today Senor Osma. a highly respected deputy, questioned the gov ernment, among other matters, as to whether a blockade can legitimately be made effective by obstructing a port with sunken ships, mines or torpedoes; whether It is allowable for a belliger ent in this fashion to obstruct a port which is not formally blockaded; whether an effective blockade once in terrupted must bo formally re-pro-clalmed: and whether it Is legitimate for a belligerent to employ as allies seml-clvlllzcd natives living under the Jurisdiction of an opponent, especially when there Is reason to apprehend that the latter will commit all manner of excesses now happily unknown in civilized warfare. Duke Almodovar de Rio, tho foreign minister, in the course of a very guarded reply, expressed the opinion that an Interrupted blockade must be re-proclalmed. Ho said the question as to whether the blockade from Cardenas to Rahla Honda was formally proclaimed had been sub mitted to the powers, but they had not yet replied. America, he proceeded, was operating against Santiago appar ently on the assumption that a block ade of that port had never been for mally proclaimed. Duke Almodovar said he would not conceal his opinion that that attempt to block the entrance to Santiago har bor was unjustifiable, adding that the use of mines for such a purpose had been condemned by such eminent au thorities on International law as Sir Richard Webster, the British attorney general, and Des Jardines, the French jurisconsult. With reference to "ex citing anil arming barbarians," the foreign minister was careful to avoid accusations against the Washington government, but he gave the chamber clearly to understand that In his opin ion a nation professing humanitarian sentiments would certainly, by insti gating rebellion among a population capaoic oi pniagin,-, devastating, vio lating and torturing. Incur a "tre mendous moral responsibility in the eyes of the civilized world." tiiousandTilled. UprUine of tho N'ntivos of Sierra Loono--Six Colorod Mission- nrics .Murdered. Liverpool, June 12. Steamers which have arrived hero from Sierra Leone report that a thousand persons were killed In tho iccent uprising In that district. One hundred and twenty In habitants of Freetown, most of them traders, are known to have been mas sacred, and other colonists were car ried into tho bush by the "war boys," and undoubtedly met a worse fate. Three hundred friendly natives were killed, and besldo tho white mission aries, six colmed missionaries of tho United Rrethren of Christ were mur dered at Mnnohbargru. Tho English missionaries are at the mercy of the war boys, but have not been molested. Princeton Coin men cement. Princeton, N. J., June 12. Today was commencement Sunda.s at Princeton mul President Pattern preached tho bacca laureate sermon. The services were held In Alexander hall, the immense audit orium being crowded. Previous to tho services tho facult, trustees and seniors, nil rubed according to rank In the regu lation caps cud gown, formed an acad emic procession i.nd marched from Mar cuiint chapel ncnts the campus to Mex tuner nail. I tic sceno was Imposing. The president's sermon wi.s upon tho subject "The Idea of God." taking bis text from Acts xvli, S8, "In Illm we live und move and hr.vo our being." Swnzi in Wiir Pnlnt. London. Juno 13.-The Cape Town cor respondent of tho Dally Mall says; "Wi.r between the Transvaal and Swnzllanl may break out at any moment. The Swazl king has 20,000 warriors, well aimed and drilled, and theie Is much anxiety In tho Transvaal." KxorciMcs ut Dickinson Srniiniirr. Wllllunikpcrt, Pa., Junu 12. -The open ing of the semi-centennial ivcok of Will lumspnrt Dickinson seminary occurred to day In the sermon to the graduates of IS'.iS by Bishop Thomas Bowman, I). J LL. D., and tliosemi-contemilal sermon by BIhop J. II. Vincent, D. D., LL. D, ..i. ,. ., -. mmm t'oiilrnhiiiid Trade in .Silver. Aleeslras, Spalr, Juno 12,-The Spanish authorities hnve discovered that a con traband trade In sliver coin lb being cur- rici on I rem this point. A largo con slfinment to Gibraltar (acrons the bay) h.W V..i i.7.(. j BATTLE LASTED THIRTEEN HOURS Four Americans Arc Killed and One Wounded. LIEl'TENANT COLONEL HUNTING TON'S MEN ARE OBLIGED TO FIGHT GUERILLAS AND SPANISH REGULARS - SPANISH LOSSES THOUGHT TO HAVE 1JEEN VERY HEAVY. (Copyright, IS??, by the Associated Press.) On board the Associated Press boat Dauntless, off Guantananio, Sunday morning, June 12, via Mole St. Nicho las. Haytl. June 12, S p. m. Lieuten ant Colonel R. W. Huntington's bat talion of marines which landed from the transport Panther on Friday, and encamped on the hill guarding tho abandoned cable station at; the en trance to the outer harbor of Guan tananio, has been engaged in beating off n bush attack by Spanish guerillas and regulars since 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Tho fight was almost con tinuous for thirteen hours, until i! o'clock this moinlng, when reinforce ments were landed from the Marble head, Four of our men wero killed and one wounded. The ndvancp pickets under Lieutenants Neville and Shaw ure un accounted for. Among the killed Is Assistant Sur geon John Ulalr Glbbs, son of Major Glbbs, of the regular army, who fell In the Custer massacre. His home was at Richmond, Va but he has been practicing In New York nnd he entered the service since the war began. He was a very popular officer. THE VICTIMS. The others killed are Sergeant Charles II. Smith, of Smallwood; Pri vate William Dunphy, of Gloucester. Mas?., and Private James McColgan, of Stnneham, Mass. Corporal Glass was accidentally wounded In the head. The Spanish loss Is unknown, but is was probably considerable. Splashes of blood found at daylight at tho posi tions the Spaniards occupied Indicate fatalities, but their comrades carried off the killed and wounded. The engagement beijnn with desul tcry firing at the pickets, a thousand yards inland from the camp. Captain HplccrjLCODjpnny wns doing cnrd duly but were diiven In. finally rallying" on the camp and repulsing the enemv at ,. o'clock. The bodies of Privates McColgan nnd Dunphy were found, both shot dead. The lirgo eaMtles cuused by the bul lets, which Inside a range of 500 yards have a rotary motion, indicate that tha victims were killed at close range. BODIES MUTILATED, The bodies were stripped of shoes, hats and cartridge belts, and horribly mutilated with machetes. When they were brought in the whole battalion formed three sides of hollow square about the camp on the hill top. Re low in the bay were the warships at anchor. Inland from the hill r-mnr, i a deep ravine nnd beyond this are high hills. The adjacent country is heavy with thick growth. The sky was blanketed with clouds, and when the sun set a gale was blow ing seaward. Night fell, thick and im penetrable. The Spanish squads con cealed in the chapparel cover had thfi advantage, the Americans on the ridge furnishing fine targets against the sky and the white tents. The Spaniards fought from cover, located only by Hashes at which the marines tired vol leys. The repeaters sounded like fire crackers In a barrel. The Marblehead launch, a Colt ma chine gun in her bow, pushed up the bay enfilading the Spaniards, and it Is thought 'that some were killed. The marines trailed much blood to the water's edge and there lost It. 'Sharks are numerous in the Mclnlty. Tho ships threw searchlights ashore, the powerful electric eyes sweeping the deep tropic foliage and disclosing oc casionally skulking parties of Span iards. It all resembled n transforma tion scene at the harbor. Each dis covery of tho enemy was greeted by the cracks of carbine lire alons the edge of the camp rhK'e or by the long roll of the launch's machine guns, searching the thickets with a leaden stream. THE MAIN ATTACK. Shortly after midnight came tho main nttnek. Tho Spaniards maile a gal lant charge up to the southwest slope but were met by repeated volleys from the main body, and broke before they were one third of tho way up the hills, but they came so close that at points there was almost a hand to hand strug gle. The officers used their levolveis. Three Spaniards got through the open formation tu the edgo of the camp. Colonel June Camplna. the Cuban guide, discharged his revolver and they, turning and finding themselves without suppoit, ran helter skelter down the reverse side of the hill. It was during this assault that Asstatant Surgeon Glbbs was killed. He was shot In the head in front of his own tent, tho farthest point of attack. He fell into the arms of Private Sullivan and both dropped. A second bullet threw du.it In their faces. Surgeon Glbbs lived ten minutes, but did not regain consclo";fines. TIm surgeon's of the hospital corps thn removed their quarters to the trenches about the old Spanish stockade north of the camp. The attacks were continued at Intervals throughout tho rest of the night with firing from small squads In various directions. Towaid morning the fire slackened. Dawn Is the favtorito tlmo for attack, and, as the cast paled, the marines lying on their gun.i wero roused. Some wero actually asleep, as they had hnd no rest for forty-olght hours and tired nature could no longer stand tho strain. But no attack came. Th'" H""' 10 twMirwl Mr uinik wMiOi could not be u?cd during the night, tor fear of hitting our own men, shell ed several squads of Spaniard after daylight. They dove into the bushes like pralrio doge Into burrcs. as tho shells broke over them In the gray dawn. As the correspondent of tho Associated Pret talked with Major Cockrcll, who was In thai go of the out posts, word came of finding the body of Sergeant Smith. Ho was reported as having been kill ed at five o'clock on tho previous day, but It nppenrs that ho had been seen alive at 10 o'clock In the evening. When and how he wns killed, no one knows at this wilting, Neither had the men been liiudtered nor had tho outposts of Lieutenant Neville nnd Shaw been relieved. Lieutenant Colonel Huntington nnd Major Cockrcll gave high pruho to tho nerve and utoadlness of officers nnd men, especially the voung ones, as tho engagement was a baptism of tlr for a largo majority. The men weru in darkness and In a, strange land, but they stood to their posts with courage and fortitude, and there wns no sym tom of panic. MARINES EAGER TO FIGHT. The marines, though exhausted, wero eager for more fighting, promising to Inflict heavy punishment. They com plimented the daring of thf Spanlnrds with characteristic camp profanity. Today the amplest precautions hav.i been taken and as tho Dauntless was leaving, reinforcements wero landing from the Marblehead. A stormy time wns exiiectod. Estimatfs vary as to thp attacking force, si.me say 200 and the figures run as high as 1,000. Colonel Camplna. the i Cuban guide, said the Spanlaids were mostly gueiillas, but the reports of the Mauser rifles would Indicate that they weie regulars, as most of the gueiillas carry Remingtons. The Cuban guerril las, as a rule, have more dash and cour aie thnn the regulars. The new campaign uniforms prove satisfactory nnd arc almost Invisible at a distance of 200 yards. The Lee guns caused several acci dents In drawing cartridges. Corporal Glass shattered his hand. Despite the loss of the men. who are keenly regretted, the marines rejoice that they have been engaged In their first fight on Cuban soil. They sailed from New York the day war was de clared and expected to land within a week at Havana. Since then, until they landed on the shore of Guanta nanio Ray, they had been cooped up on the Panther, and they had begun to fear that the troops would beat them after all. JOHN RLAIR GIBBS. New York, June 12. John Blair Glbbs, who Is reported killed at Guan tananio, was 40 years old and single. At his late home In this city he is said to have been a graduate of the Univer sity of Virginia. He lived nnd prac ticed me.dlclne here for about four years. Two months ago he received the appointment of acting assistant surgeon and was ordered to Key West. His only known relative in this city is a Mrs. Roosevelt, but it Is said he has a brother in Altoona, Pa. NCWS FROM MADRID. Blanco Send Clieorf'ul Dlspatchon. I'xciucs .Undo for do Rivera. London, Juno 13. The Mndrid corre spondent of the Times, telegraphing Sunday, says "The nnlv definite Infor mation from the Spanish side nbout Cuba Is n short passage from an offi cial dlpatch of General Blanco to Lieu tenant General Correa, minister of war, as follows: "Respecting Santiago. General Lin ares reports thnt today fifteen merchant ships, with some tugs, forming appar ently n total of twenty-four vessels, appeared bcfoie the port about noon. Only fifteen remained, the others hav ing left for Guantananio with the Mas sachusetts nnd Dolphin, which calion aded the heights of Baltlqulri. No casualties aro reported. Wo do not know whether these merchantmen car ry a, portion of the contingent fir the expedition." "Criticisms upon marshal Prime de Rivera and others for shortcomings in the Philippines should be nceepted with considerable leserve, because the whole subject has levivcd olel personal and party animosities. The truth Is that both pnrtles and all cabinets for many years have been gui'ty of sins of oinls slon. Nobody foiesaw war with Amor led, and It Is unjust and ungenerous to trv to blame individuals. I can find no good foundation for the rumor that P.usala Is suggesting mediation." EIGHT THOUSAND LAND. iCopyilght, IMiS, by the Associated Press. I Capo llaytleii, June 12. (10.30 p. m.) Eight thoiuand Americana, according to a private dispatch from Port an Prlnv hnvo landed very near Santiago de Cuba. The United States auxiliary crutfer St. Louis arrived at Mole St. Nicholas to day. llellolouto Returns. liellefonic, Pa.. Jtno 12. Almost com plete returns tioni the Democratic pri maries show thut In addition to Colonel J. L. Spangler and W. C. Heinle, tor state senate, N. B. Spangler was the win ner for distilct attorney. R. N. Foster, present menthol, teemed enough dele gate to insurt Ills r-'iiomluatlon tor us-se-mbly. while A. C. Thompson and .1. It Wotel are about even for the oilier nominee. M. J. Gaielner and c. W. Hot iir me leaders for the piothoiiolary nom inullon. Diowucd While llutliluc Lancaster. Pa., June 12 -f'hurlen Kempf, aged 2" i, whlla b.ulieliiK al Rocky Spiiu'. a pleasuro resoit on the Concstogn crecK. this afternoon was drowned In sight of hundreds of spcctntuis i. tt el while dozens of other young men were swimming clo.p by. He made no outcry whatever when he sunk, tiiid though his body was r coveicd In a few minutes life was ex. tlnct nnd effoits to resuscitate him proved fruitless. Ctiniinenceinont nt Gettysburg. CeUysborg. Pa.. June 1.2. The sixth an nual commencement of Pennsylvania col. lego opened lids morning with the bue culauieate icrmon, delivered by Rev". Professor F. V. N. Painter, president ol Roanoke college, Vu. In the cNenlnu Rjv. Edwin I'oyl Deik. of Jlucoictoii, ad dressed the Ycvng Men's Ciuittian hsko. elation.. Doth. sermons weie delivered in ihi rollecp ehurch before Inrge audiences. . - ' ! -..P.-. M-.. ..., .. I OLD GLORY FLOATS OVER CUBAN SOIL Admiral Sampson's Marines First to Raise the Stars and Stripes at Guantanamo The Soldiers Land Under Coyer of the Guns of the Cruiser Marblehead Spain Yill Send No More Fleets to the Atlantic Coast Severe Storms in the Channel, (Copyright, 1S93, by tho Aicocl.Ued Press.) On board the Asoclated Press dls patch boat Wnnda, off Santiago do Cuba, June 11. 4 p. m. (Via Kingston. Jamaica. June 12, noon.) For three days the scene of the chief military nnd naval operations has been Calmanera and Gunntanamo bay. The American Hag Is flying on the shore In the har bor, fitvt planted on Cuban soil "oy United Stales marines from transport Panther, under Lieutenant Colonel It: W. Huntington, covered by tho guns of the cruiser Marblehead. Comman der McAUa. whose name Is a. synonym for activity and fighting. The battleship Oregon has already coaled In the smooth water of the har bor and has sailed away. The buttlo ship Texas is coaling today, to be lol lowed by other ships. Tho squadrons of Rear Admiral Sampson and Commodore Schley aro still off Santiago, maintaining n strict watch day and night to prevent the -...AA.AA...AA..A.AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.A,A.A.A.AAAJ LIVELY SUNDAY AT CHICKAMAUGA Soldiers nod Local Sporls Fill Up on Tanglefoot. AN ARMED GUARD IS CALLED OUT TO QUELL BARROOM FIGHTS. GEORGIA CIVIL OFFICERS POWER LESS TO ENFORCE THE LAW-EV-ERY TRAIN RUNNING TO THE PARK CROWDED WITH SOLDIERS. A BAD ACCIDENT. Chlckamauga, Chattanooga National Military park, Ga June 12. A much needed rain fell today beginning at 2 o'clock and continuing almrfit without intermission until 6 o'clock, cooling tho atmosphere and laying the dust. Tho' men In camp were relieved tills morning from any duties and hundreds were given leave to visit the city. Look out Mountain and the Ridge. An inci dent oecurieel this morning at Lyttle, the cani'i station, that will probably terminate the existence of the Illicit whiskey shops and gambling deiw which up to this tlmo have been per mitted to ply their business by the Geoigia authorities without lot or liin derance. A private of the Twenty-first Kansas, who had been drinking at tho whiskey dive of one Joo Baker, became InvoU eel In a difficulty with the bartender. Blows followed and Baker drenv a revolver and fired, striking the sohller In the feueheud. The fight attracted the attention of the throngs on the streets and soon a ciowd of soldiers rushed In. Baker, fearing trouble, had gotten out of the way, but his place was demolished. An armed guard, however, was quickly detailed by order of General Brooke, who took charge of Baker nnd his place. REQUEST FOR MARTIAL LAW. It is stated this evening that a num ber of citizens in the vicinity will, be cause of failure Of the Georgia officers to enforce the luw. petition thnt tho portion of Walker county In tho vicin ity of the park be put under martial law so that General Brooke can ad minister the law on the lawless ele ment now doliis: a thriving business there. Every train to the park was crowded with soldiers who had been given pei mlsslon to visit the city and Hip moun tain. Three soldiers weie ridlnjr on lop of one of tho coaches. C. H. Ames, Third Illinois; Thomas Barrett, Four teenth New York, and "Judd" Sharp, Sixteenth Pennsylvania, were dragged off by being raupht with n number of TIIL' XBWS THIS 3I(MNL'(i Wealli:.- Indication) ToJiy: Partly Cloudy; Coul.r. Telegraph Army of Invasion Off for uuua. Star Spangled Banner Planted on Cu ban Soil. Porto Rico Refugees Reach the Dan ish West Indies. Colonel Huntington's .Marines Ensugo In a Buttle. Lively Surday at Chlckamauga. Tclegiaph Forccut of the Week in CoiiKre-sa. Sporting News. Tho Matkcts. Local Bishop Nicholson In Grace Church, Drowned In Roaring Brook, Editorial. Comment of the Press. Local Children's Day in tho Churches. Italians Celebrate tho Feast of St. Anthony. Effects of Last Night's 3toim. Local West Scranton and Suburban. News Round About Scranton, Tclexraph-Warm Weather at Camp Alger, Landlne of Marines at Guantanamo, possibility of tho escape of Admiral Ccrvera. From men who have landed to take observations of the harbor It Is learn ed definitely, all agreeing on the point, that the Spanish cruisers and two tor pedo boats destroyers arc there, but these vessels are regarded by naval expoits, after all, as "men In buck ram." As a high naval officer remark ed today; "Spain throughout her whole history has never sought a. naval fight and never will. She has always dodged and Is dodging now. Ccrvera never Intended to fight. He Intended to dodge and he has succeeded. Spain will never send another licet to these waters during the present war." Severe storms prevail in the channel between Santiago de Cuba and Jamaica. The press dispatch boats have encountered the.e storms for tho last ten days, making the voyages very difficult. The heat adds to the discom fort, but a daily service is maintained. telegraph wires which""" crossed tho railroad. The train was running speed ily nt the time. Tho men wero picked up and taken back to Lyttle und placed In the Lelter hospital. 'None of them wero fatally Injured, and were doing well and resting easily this evening. RESULT OF VACCINATION. The members of the Sixteenth Penn sylvania are having n terrible time as a result of vaccination, nearly four hundred men being disabled with soro arms. It is charged that the points used were Imperfect and the officers of the Fourth Pennsylvania have re fused to allow their men to be vac cinated with the same class of points. By subscription, funds were raised with which fresh points nre to lie bought for use of tills regiment. Governor Hastings and staff spent the- day in vlsltlns tho various Penn sylvania regiments. He hnd a confer ence with the commanders of each regiment, who urged upon him the Im mediate adoption of the reeiulreel Third battalion to each regiment, there now being only two. The governor and party will leave in the tnornlns for Newport News, the Tampa trip being abandoned. From Newport News they go to Falls Church and thence to Washington and home. ALLEGED SPANISH SPV. Edonnrdo Montice. ol Brooklyn, Ar rested on n Departing Steiituei. New York, June 12. Edonnrdo Mon tice, a Spaniard, lu years of age, and an unknown man of the samo nation ality, were taken off a trans-Atlantic steamer on suspicion of being Spinisn spies. As the steamship Tartar Prime was about to sail from her doe I: in Brooklyn for Mediterranean pm-H .. detachment of marines boarded ! r with Instructions to arrest two Span laids wiio were alleged to have In their possession maps, charts and plans of I'niteil States fortifications and coast defences. The marines wore klven pe- -mission to searcli the steamship be tween Brooklyn and Sandy Hook. Thev found Montiee, who was ac companied by his wife and child. Tl. The other man arrested was found li. another part of th ship. It is s.i.i'. by detectives who wcip with the ma rines that papers were found In tho liascacc of tho two men t'utt would convict them. Tho men wero brought back on a government launch and taken to Governor's Island, where tli. wero locked up. Montlce is reputed to be a wealthy Brooklyn Spaniard His wlfo and child were sent to their home. .No Truth in Philippine Story. London, June 18. The Vienna corre spondent of the Times guys: "There is nit a particle) of truth In the rum". ihat Spain has appealed to Emperor Francis Joseph to mediate, or that a Lu lopean consress is contcmnlated t" eli cuss the ultimate status of tho Philip pines." Mercer Delegates, Sharon, Pa., June 12. The Dcinaciatla prlniiuicM were held in Mercer county Saturday night and delegates wero chosen, from iieai ly every district to tho con vention nt Mcrcrr Monday. The sta.a convention will be held at AUoonu. on Juno ") Germany Will Interfere. London. June 13.-A dhrpalch to tho Dally Mall from Nagasaki, Japan, f.iss: "1 have trtiKtwerthy Information Unit Germany Is cb-tei mined to prctont a bom baidmcnt of Manila." 4- -f -t-H-t-t"H"f WEATHER POHEOAST. 4- - New York. Juno U.-Hcrald's Forecast In the mlodlo stnles one! f New England, today, l'Miuly i loudy -f to fair weather will prevail, slight- f ly cooler in northern ol.aneis with 4- local rain on th vm- nearly - f stationary, followed i . !; h,. Inc temperature nnd i.' .i !; v westerly and northeil;. w:- . he- coming variable. 1 'v
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