C11WSHEU.
13 AMERICANS KILLED.
luparlar Faraa afSpanlarda Rlotfl by Moanlal Bal-llira-
Coitti Btttn Tfof Stgrn Ambnih
Methoda-Oa tha Thnihal! of gantlaga.
Dismounted American cavalrymen
forced their way over thp rough motin
tuln trail Friday morning, encounter
ed the Spanish Infantry In a donna
thicket on a high plateau almost over
looking the rlly of Santiago, and rout
ed them after a sharp battle lasting
one hour.
American ravalry I now reported ns
having moved Into the linos of the ene
my. They scorned the method of the
Spaniards whu were hidden In ambush
Imt rode openly to the nltnek, losing
more than a dozen men In the result
ing conflict. The Amerli'an loss was 13
dead, at least 50 wounded, Including
plx officer. Several wounded will die.
Twelve Spaniards were found dead In
the hunli. The loan, doubtless, Is
greater. The Spaniards had every ad
vantage in numbers and positions.
Four troops of the First Cavalry,
four troops of the Tenth cavalry and
eight troops of Roosevelt's Hough
Jllders, less than l.ooo men In nil, dis
mounted and attacked 2, WO Spanish
ohlleis in the thickets within live
mile of Santiago. The American
beat the enemy bark Into the city, but
they left the following dead upon the
field:
touch RidersCaptain Allyn K.
'apron, of Troop L; Sergeant Ham
ilton Fish. Jr.; Privates Tilman and
Dawson, both of Troop 1.; Private
Dougherty, of Trnop A. and Private
W. T. Erwln, of Troop F. First Cav
alryPrivates Dlx. York, rtejork. Kol
be, Iterlln and I-ennmck. Tenth Cav
alry Corporal White.
llenernl Young commanded the ex
pedition and was with the regulars,
while Colonel Wood directed the oper
ations of the rough riders, several
miles west. Iloth parties struck the
Spaniards about the same time, and
the light lasted an hour.
The Spaniards opened fire from the
thick brush, hut the troops drove
them back from the start, stormed the
blockhouse around which they made
the final stand, nrnd sent them scatter
ing over the mountains.
The cavalrymen were afterword re
inforced by the Seventh, Twelfth and
Seventeenth Infantry, part of the
Ninth Cavalry, the Second Mas
sachusetts and the Seventy-first New
York. Practically two battles were fought
at the same time, one by the rough
riders, under the Immediate command
of Colonel Wood, on the top of the
plateau, and the other on the hillsides
. several miles away, by the regulars,
with whom was General Young.
The Americans now hold the position
nt the threshold of Santiago, with
more troops going forward constantly,
and they are preparing a final assault
upon the city.
Edward Mat shall, correspondent of
the New York "Journal," was serious
ly wounded In the small of the back.
There must have been nearly 1.500
Ppanlards In front and to the sides of
us, said Lieutenant Colonel Hoosevelt
Sunday when cllitcusslng the fight.
, They held the ridges with rifle pits anil
machine guns, and bad a body of men
In ambush In the thick Jungle on the
sides of the road over which we were
advancing. Our advance guard struck
the men In ambush and drove them
out. Hut they lost Captain Cnpron,
Lieutenant Thomas and about ID men
killed or wounded.
-'.Ti! fl'.-SlSh was accurate, tin
aeiiir.uo, indeed, that It surprised mo,
and their filing was fearfully heavy.
"1 want to sny a word for our own
men," continued Lieutenant Colonel
Roosevelt. "Every otllcer and man did
his dutv up to the handle. Not a man
lllnched." ' '
Already 3S Spaniards have been
found and burled and many others un
doubtedly are lying In the thick under
brush and In the gulley where the main
body of the enemy was located.
With the exception of Captain
Cnpron all the rough riders killed were
buried Saturday morning on the field
of action. Their bodies were laid In one
long trench, each wrapped In a blan
ket. Palm leaves lined the trench, and
were heaped In profusion over the dend
heroes. Chnplaln llrown read the beau
tiful Episcopal burial service for the
dead, and, as he knelt In prayer, every
trooper, with bared head, knelt around
the trench. When the Chaplain an
nounced the hymn, "Nearer My God to
thee," the deep bass voices of the men
gave a most Impressive rendering of
the musle.
Hamilton Fish, Jr., one of the killed,
was one of the young New Yorkers
of good position and family who went
to the front with Itoosevelt's rough
riders. He was of distinguished ances
try, his family being one of the oldest
In this State. His father, Nicholas
Fish, Is the son of the late Hamilton
Fish, who was secretary of State in
Oram's cabinet. He is a banker and
lives In New York City. Hamilton
Fish was over six feet tall, of hercul
ean build, and rowed as No. 7 of the
Columbia College In its winning race
of 1S04 over the Poughkeepsle course.
Kay Ba a Vacant Thrant.
All the information that reached
Austria from Madrid proves beyond a
doubt that the position of the queen
regent has become altogether union
able and that her majesty will resign
the regency within a very short
period.
It may prove feasible to establish a
regency council under arrangements
for the existing dynasty, but accord
ing to present Indications this appears
questionable, In well Informed quar
ters here it is believed that the next
defeat of the Spaniards will upset the
conditions prevailing In Madrid, where
the situation is already extremely con
fused. Iiuii'i fr Hat lalataiaf Habits.
The reasons why the Spanish govern
ment, after much discussion, has final
ly decided not to release Hobson and
his colleagues of the Merrlmao were
that the result of their return to the
United States would be a popular dem
onstration, resulting In strengthening
the Jingo party. Further, they had
seen the fortifications of Santiago and
. It was therefore Impossible to let them
out. .
TERSE TELEGRAMS.
An ossified man was stolen from a
dime museum at Omaha, last week.
In a railroad collision at Tupelo,
Miss., four soldiers from Wyoming
were killed last Sunday.
' United States Deputy Marshals Fox
and Fltspatrlck returned to St. Louis
from Ripley county, Mo., where they
captured a complete outfit for the
nuuiufsctur of counterfeit coin. They
also captured the maker of the voln,
but left him In jail at Ironton, Mo. II
is Watson Peckur, SO years old.
HArtBOn. SEA WALL AND BATTERIES OP MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Manila Pny Is shown In the oftlng, where Admiral Dewey won his signal
victory over the Spanish fleet on May 1. cAs soon as the first expelltlon ar
rives from the I'tilted States, Manila will be taken and the gun here shown
used In giving the Spanish licet, now said to be on the way to Manila, a
terrible pounding.
OUR WAR WITH SPAIN.
Spain Is energetically employed,
strengthening all of hcrcoast cities.
Sohaftor lost two men when the
troops were landed In Cuba last week.
Six days were required by the army
of Invasion tu sail from Tampa to San
tiago. Saturday nil the defences about San
tiago hud been abandoned by the Span
lards. I). O. Mills, of New York, presented
the lied Cross Society with 1.1,000 a few
days ago.
Many mules nnd horses died during
the trip to Santlngo from heat and long
confinement.
The valuables owned by the Queen of
Spain have been sent to Austria for
safe keeping.
Spanish soldiers In Cuba hnve not
been paid for nine months, and Illy fed
during that time.
The Pnnnmn. a Spanish prise steam
er captured some time ago was sold at
unction for (41.001).
The Vesuvius Is said to hnve success
fully passed the wreck of the Merrlmao
nnd entered the harbor of Santlngo.
The Egyptian government would
permit Admiral Camara of the Spanish
lleet to purchase $10,000 worth of coal.
It Is rumored the Premier Sngasta
will be forced to resign and that a
more aggressive ministry will be
formed.
The government hospital nt Tampa,
which has been In course of construc
tion for several weeks Is now com
pleted. Spaniards are nfrnld to sleep In Mor
ro Castle nt Santiago nt night. The
work of t.e Vesuvius has unnerved
them.
The landing nt Cuba of heavy artil
lery from the trnnsport was delayed
owing to the lighters having been lost
at sea.
The residents of Havnnn are led to
believe through their newspaperr that
the Spaniards are winning victories
everywhere.
On bonrd the Spanish prize Pedro
recently ruptured by the Americans a
complete pmuoon outfit was discover
ed a few days ago.
In speaking of the dynnmlte shells
hurled by the Vesuvius Into Suntlugo,
the Spaniards say the Americans are
hurling earthquakes.
Hobson and his seven men were In
Mono Castle during Sampson's recent
bombardment of Santlugo, None of
the men were injured.
Two strangers from Barcelona who,
according to the Spanish authorities,
are supposed to be "American spies,"
have been urrested at I'.nlearlcs.
A brother of Weyler, the Spanish
"llutcher," Is going to fight In the
I'nlted States Army against Spain. He
is now at Tampu waiting to embark for
Cuba.
Trinidad, a port on the southern
coast of Cuba has been declared
blockaded. The Spanish steamer
Purlslma Conception Is ' anchored
there.
Two ships with cargoes of coal for
Dewey, lelt Philadelphia a few days
ago. The coal Is valued at $17,000 but
the freight charges will be double that
sum.
The haste of the Spanish evacuation
at Juragua near Santiago was shown
by the fact that bacon was frying for
breakfast which our soldiers of course,
appropriated.
With den. 8haftcr's army of Invas
ion were half a dozen expert postal
clerks and mall sorters. They are to
establish the postofllce for tho soldiers
there as soon as they land.
den. Blanco Is sending six battalions
to protect the coast of tho province of
Suntlago de Cuba. Great enthusiasm
prevails In Havana, Order Is maintain
ed and no yellow fever is reported.
Spanish authorities say that perfect
peace reigned on the Philippines prev
ious to the arrlvul of Dewey. The In
surgent rebellions were caused, they
soy, by the blackguardly conduct of
the YankecB.
Morro Castle, the most formidable
defence about Santiago harbor, has
been abandoned by the Spaniards, By
this flight the enemy has left the en
trance to the hurbor at Admiral Samp-
Bon s mercy.
Owing to the great number of war
vessels required about Santiago, block
ade running on' the southern coast of
Cuba has continued without hindrance.
Swift war vessels are now again main
taining a stout blockade.
Our soldiers may soon be supplied
with fresh meat in the tropics, A
process which consists of drawing
blond from slaughtered beef and in
jecting brine Into the arteries is being
considered by army officials.
Just as soldiers were preparing to re
lieve a mule of a small cannon to be
used In the battle fought by rough
riders at La Quosina last week, the
animal stampeded and the conflict was
carried on without the gun.
Oeneral Castillo, with 2,000 Cuban
reports having defeated the Spaniards
at Guuslma with heavy losses. The
Cuban losses were less than 60. The
Insurgents captured two railroad trains
laden with food supplies and 100 tons
of coal. Further reinforcements of
Cubans are expected shortly.
June 14 an engagement took place be
tween Cuban and Spanish forces at
Punta Algere, lasting 30 hours. Over
200 Spaniards were killed. The Cubans
lost nine men. They were unable to
follow up their victory owing to lack of
ammunition.
. The Monadnock' and Nero sailed for
Manila Thursday from San Francisco.
The Monadnock has sufficient coal to
carry her to Honolulu and will make
that port under her own steam. Shu
has 360 tons In her bunkers and over
100 tons upon her decks. From Hono
lulu the Nero will tow her to Manila
and the beat appliances for that pur
pose ha vs been put on both vessels.
The Cadiz fleet ha been reported
sailing toward the Philippines.
Thus far there has been no mutila
tion of bodies by the Spanlnrds.
Spain feels humiliated because the
Americans made such an easy landing
at Santiago Inst week.
It Is reported In Madrid that yellow
fever has already attacked several
American soldiers In Cuba.
It has been positively decided thnt
Oen. Miles will go to Cuba and take
charge of the American troops.
Secretary Long assert that the Hn
vana blockade Is tightly maintained.
In spite of Spanish protests tu the
powers.
Spnnlnrd sre gloating over the fact
that the spot whvre the American
troops land In Cuba I productive of
yellow fever.
In nn address recently delivered at
Princeton, Ex-President Cleveland de
clared against territorial conquest In
the present war.
Spanish say that the cruiser Itelna
Christina hns escaped from the sup
posedly bottled up harbor of Santiago.
She Is reported having taken supplies
to Havana.
The second Manila expedition wns
sighted by the steamer Peru which ar
rived at Son Frnmiscn last Saturday.
She reported "nil well" on board the
transports.
Spain is reported a laying In a great
stock o'f coal at Chill. This would In
dicate that a Spanish lleet Intends
sailing around the Horn and attacking
Pacific coast cities.
After the Texas had successfully
shelled several batteries In the neigh
borhood of Santlngo Inst week, a shell
from the enemy burst over her deck,
killing F. J. Hlnkeley, nn apprentice.
The legal authorities have decided
thnt soldier tuny purchase whiskey
and beer without restraint. A number
of saloon keepers who were In the
hands of the police are now rejoicing.
A vessel which hits arrived at Cadis
reports that she met In the English
channel nn American vessel, which
gave chase. This report leads to tho
belief that the Americans intend to
bombard Spanish ports.
The telegraphic Instruments In the
war room at the White House now
make direct connection with (leneral
Shaffer's headquarter at Gunntnna
mo bay, Cuba, and messages can pass
between Washington and the com
manders of the Santiago expedition in
less than an hour.
The Madrid correspondent of the
London Times says: Kl Dlnrlo de Ilnr
celona, one of the most Important of
the provincial newspnpers, strongly
urges the immediate conclusion of
peace. "Because every day's delay
raises the price nt which peace Is ob
tainable, and the American resources
ore such that, even If all the American
squadrons are destroyed, Spain ought
still tu demand peace at any price,"
HOBSON WELL CARED TOR.
Oacmpiaa Bpaeiaua Heon is tha Barraeka at Bantiaga.
ViaiM by tha British Carnal.
British Consul Itnmsde has given to
the public the following Btatement con
cerning Hobson and his gallant men:
"Hobson Is In a spacious front room
on the ground floor of the barracks, In
which Is u large window looking on the
rond. The food supplied him Is good
and not limited to regulation rations.
Hobson I allowed wine, but some
things are wanting In consequence of
the blockade causing a dearth of many
articles, Hobson has repeatedly ex
pressed to me hi satisfaction at the
treatment accorded him.
"Nobody here prevents his sending a
message, but his rules of service for
bid. His men are in a room on the
same floor, with a large door, in the
upper part of which are iron bars, fac
ing the barrack yard. The food Is bet
ter than that given to the Spanish sol
diers, but the dearth of supplies causes
MEUTBStAXT B. T. IOIKI,
very limited choice,
quently.
I visit him fro
LtawitWa Caatinl
After the landing last week of
American soldiers at Juragua the
Spanish hastily tried to dlsablea loco
motive standing with steam up on the
track by disconnecting the coupling
rods, the throttle lever and several es
sentlal parts, burying some and throw
ing others Into the sea. Two engineers
happened to be with the advance
squadron of the Twenty-second in
fantry and the troops went for the lo.
comotive with a yell. The soldiers,
hunting about for the missing parts.
found soma and Improvised others. One
engineer acting as fireman and the
other nt the throttle, ,
GRERT FLEET Off TO ftlFnCK DMl
CAMERA IN COMMAND.
Spain's Baudm Raw Coaling at tba Bnai Canal
Moat af tba Shlpa Ban Fanl Baltana anl An
Generally Is Paar Caalltln.
"ITnles Spain send aid, I shall not
be able to hold out against the enemy,"
snld Oeneral Augustl, Spain's ruler on
the Philippines some week ago.
In order to satisfy the general clam
or of the public, that the Philippine be
retained. It seem thnt Spain ha sent
a Inrge fleet to Manila nn a most for
lorn expedition.
Already three expeditions of United
States force are on the way to Dewey,
the land batteries and fortifications at
Cavlte and Manila are controlled by
Americans, and the Insurgents have
the capital city at their mercy. A
more complete annihilation await the
squadron of Camara than that which
was Inflicted on Montljo's battleships
by Dewey last May.
Spain has, In dispatching her last
available ships to the distant Philip
pines, exposed her coast cities to the
gun of American misers, and left her
merchant-men to become the prey of
prize-hunting Yankees.
Nevertheless the Spanish fleet, com
posed of the battleship Pelayo, the
llagshlp, b-adlng. followed by the ar
mored cruUet Carlos V tho armed
cruiser Patriots, lnte the Hamburg
American line Normannla, with 12
guns, troops and marines; the cruiser
lluenns Aires, with ten guns, store
nnd a few troops: the torpedo boat
destroyer Audnz. the armed cruisers
Islande and Luzon, with two guns,
carrying stores nnd a few troops; the
late Hamburg-American liner Kapldo,
carrying 1 guns; the Colon, unarmed,
with no troops, looking like a store
ship: the torpedo boat destroyer Pro
serpina and Osado, the transHrt Co
vaclongn, no guns, and the coal ship
San Frnnclsoo, entered the harbor
Sunday, sfenmlng slowly.
With the exception of Carina V., I'al-
rlota, Audaz and Proserpina, nil show
very foul bottoms nnd an extremely
untidy and neglected condition.
The soldiers, who look miserably
clad, ill-fed and dlscnntended, are con
fined on shipboard. Excepting the
four last-named shlpsthe whole fleet
ha a orlorn n pea ranee.
The lleet nrranged to coal this after
noon from lighter belonging to Cory
Bros., whose agent are the French
firm of Savon Bnzln.
The statement from Port Snld that
the fleet Is to take conl there raises. In
a most direct way. the vital question
jf couling belligerents In a neutral
ort. According to all authorities the
lleet Is entitled to take only such an
amount of conl, with what Is already
aboard, as will enable It to steam to
the nearest home port. The Suez Canal
Convention of lss.1, expressly lays
down that principle.
But. in addition, Cnmara squad
ron has no legal right to coal at a
neutral port at all while accompanied
by the San Francisco and the Colon
conl transports.
The London Many News publishes a
statement, that the occupation of
AMERICAN TBOOr9 LANDING WITH
Manila by parts of the crews of the
foreign warships there Is an accom
pliahed fact, although It may probably
be three or four days before tho official
news arrives by way of Hongkong.
The communication proceeds to say:
"Over a month ago Admiral Dewey
prepared to bombard Manila. At this
juncture, however, a new factor was
added to the situation. The German
Consul, acting on precise instructions
which hud Just arrived by the German
warship Irene, strongly opposed a
bombardment.
"These instructions were clear and
categorical and emanated directly
from Emperor William's Cabinet.
"It was then that Admiral Dewey
asked for reinforcements and supplied
Aguinaldo with arms.
"Captain Oeneral Augustl had on
his part Informed his Government of
the situation, nnd several Interviews
took place at Madrid with the German
Ambassador, the result being that it
was decided Captain General Augustl
should appeal to the foreign warships
at Manila, excluding the American, to
protect the lives and property of the
Inhabitants against tne insurgents.
"It was an Indirect way of capitulat
ing, while sparing Spanish honor.
There Is no doubt Admiral von Die
derlchs has taken command of the
forces landed, although he has not
taken possession in behalf of Ger
many, "But will he, when the American
reinforcements arrive, be willing to al
low his forcos to re-embark? The
whole question lies there."
Reports from Manila, says a special
dispatch from Shanghai, indicate the
existence of fears that ienora August!,
wife of Captain General Augustl, and
her children, have been massacred by
the rebels In Bulacan. It Is thought,
according to the same advices, that
this Is the reason of the willingness ot
General .Agulnaldo, the Insurgent
leader, to allow the British Consul to
start to rescue them.
CAPITAL CLEANINGS.
A (laughter of Admiral Sampson Is
to be married next November.
A bill to Incorporate the mothers'
congress was passed by the house last
Wednesday.
The government Is not fully decided
as to the future ot Porto Rico and the
Philippines, except that Spain can't
have them.
Anrttrm. camara, or hie cadiz n.r.r.t.
MORE AID FOR DEWEY.
Thirl Ktcaaitlan, Otaaleting af Fair Sttanera, Haa
Laft Baa Praneieaa.
Four thousand men nt Ban Francisco
comprising the third expedition to the
Philippine Islands, embarked Sunday
afternoon, and soldiers now swarm in
the hold nnd upon the deck of the
steamer Ohio, Indiana, City of Pcra
and Mornnn City.
When the triumphal march ended
and the soldier were taken on board
thHr respective transport they were
given n tremendous ovation by thous
ands of rltizens, who swarmed on and
around the wharves. It was an emo
tlonnl as well an a physical relief when
the embarkation was an accomplished
fact.
The assignment of troops to the
various transports was a follows:
Steamer Morgan City First Idaho
Volunteer nnd the First Nebraska re
cruits. Steamer City of Pera Thir
teenth Minnesota. Steamer Indiana
One bnttallnn of the Eighteenth I'nlted
Slates Infantry, one bnttallon of the
Twenty-third I'nlted State Infantry,
the signal Corps and a detachment of
engineers. Steamer Ohio First Wyom
ing Volunteers, Batteries (I and L,
Third Artillery, and recruits of the
Thirteenth Minnesota.
TRADESMEN WANT PEACE.
Bnaiaiaa Dcpreaalan Caniia Oraat Buffering Threngh
ant Spain-OoTernmant Impleril.
The Society of the Friend of Peace,
consisting of member of the lending
commercial and economic Industries,
of llarcelonn, have unanimously adopt
ed resolutions urging upon the govern
ment of Spnin to negotiate for peace.
During a warm discussion which pro
ceded the adoption of the resolution
several of thos- present advocated
pc-iee at any price and tho majority
thon.Thl the war should ! c proseeurccl
until the Spaniards gained a victory
"w'hlch would lessen the severity of
the terms."
It was pointed out thnt since the war
there? hnd been a great decrease In
trade, that many factories had stopped
working, thnt the workmen were suf
fering and that there would be distress
In several provinces If the harvest Is
bad.
The Dlnro, a mercantile and com
mercial organ, opposes the society and
urges that peace should never be con
cluded on terms which "shadow the
national honor."
WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.
A Statement Ceneernlng tha Work af Twa Ifantha'
War With Spain.
Two month last Wednesdny war
broke out between the I'nlted Stntes
and Spain, according to the proclama
tion of the president and the declara
tion of congress. The end of that
period finds nenrly 1(1.000 I'nlted States
troops lying off Santiago preparing lo
land; It finds cable communication ea
tnbllshed between the government at
Washington and the advance guurd of
the expedition in Cuba, and It finds
Cuban territory In the possession of
I'nlted States marines, backed by a
squadron, nnd nearly all of the com
mercial port of Cuba blockaded. This
Is all apart from Dwey's great victory
nt Manila, nnd from, the splendid re
sults achieved In organizing several
armies now In the enmps. Therefore the
officer of the administration feel that
they have n right to look back with
pride over what ha been accomplished
in tho short spare of two months, work
ing in a large pnrt with raw material
In both the army and the nuvy.
THREE HUNDRED DEAD SPANIARDS.
Valtsria Wfcioh Horarcd Oar tha Haina Wreck Bara
Again Btaama Hungry.
Dispatches from Clunntnnnmo bay,
assert that for the past few days the
American marines had not been fired
upon by the Spaniards, who seem to be
thoroughly cowed,
Cuban scout who have been through
the woods In the neighborhood of
Camp McCollu estimate that fully 300
Spanlnrds were killed In the three
SIEGE TRAINS TO REDUCE SANTIAGO.
days' fighting there. The Spaniards
made no attempt to bury their dead
and the marines had no time to do It
for them.
It Is not possible now to go within
two miles of the valley where the big
gest fight took place. Thousands of
vultures hover over the valley gorged
to repletion with the awful food war
has brought them.
Pleaaara Suktra Drama!.
By the capsizing of a boat in which a
party of young people were rowing on
Flint liver, nt Flushing, Mich., a few
days ago Chauncey Cook, aged IS:
Lulu Loup. 14; Odalina Loup, 16, and
Mildred Packard, aged 2 years, were
all drowned. Arthur Maxwell, a young
man, 20 years old, In attempting to
rescue the party, was also drowned.
CABLE FLASHES.
Martial law has been proclaimed at
Madrid.
All of the European powers ore now
agreed that Spain should sue for peace.
The sister of the sultan has been
abducted by 40 brigands at Constanti
nople. Chamberlain, the British Colonial
Secretary, owing to his dissatisfaction
with the government's foreign policy
may resign.
Forty children are dead at Antwerp,
having been poisoned by ice cream.
Salts of lead is said to have been the
cause. The vender of the Ice cream,
an Italian woman, has been arrested.
The Emperor and Empress of Ger
many gave a big supper the other
evening on board the imperial yacht
Hohenzollern to the naval officers at
Kiel and the owners of the British
yachts.
A German mob at Hellbronn last
week made a demonstration agulnst the
election ot Herr Hegelmeyer to the
Reichstag. Troops and streams from
fire hose were necessary to disperse
the rioters.
A dispatch received from Shanghai
says Prince Henry uf Prussia has
abandoned his proposed trip to Japan
In view of the fact that the Japanese
Government has expressed doubts ot
Its ability to protect the Prince against
the possible attacks ot fanatics.
It Is learned from Antwerp that per
sons commissioned by the Washington
government to enlist seamen on neu
tral soil arc said to have enlisted mors
than a thousand German sailors
CANNOT ESCAPE
Sampaan Haa tha tnany't licit st Hia atirar-63
Bhaftor'i Arm anl tha Oobaa Ininrgcnta
Witbis Fair Hilaa af Santlaga.
Admiral Sampson's mighty ships ara
lying In the waters off Santiago pre
venting the escape of Cervera's fleet,
Oen. Shaffer Is massing his determined
soldier around the fortified city and
the Cuban Insurgents are watching ths
highways, heading off reinforcement
and supplies.
Troop of the United States and
Spain are almost face to face and less
than four miles apart.
Sunday night the picket lines at cer
tain points are within hailing dis
tance of the enemy. It seems certain
that tho battle of Santlngo must come
within a week.
The troop are all ashore at Juragua
and at Balqulrl, with the exception of
a few scattered companies that have
gone forward. The supplies are suf
ficient to enable the nrmy to sustain a
week' campaign at both landing
points.
There Is a continual procession of
small boats riding on the beach
through the pounding surf, and as one
week's rations are already landed It Is
believed the required supplies will all
br nshore In two days.
The landing of troops, horses and
supplies hns been extraordinary. With
only one steam barge, and compelled
to depend on treacherous small boats,
General Shnfter ha Innded over 16.000
men, hundreds of horses and mules and
thousands of dollars' worth of supplies
on the exposed beaches, and only two
men hnve lost their lives. No mors
than 50 animals have been drowned
and vnrecly a package of supplies ha "
been Inst.
Pnrt of the warship sent over with
Shaffer's expedition have been re
leased from Admiral Samps n and are
now on their way back to Tampa to
escort the additional troops. Others
will follow, and then another form
idable marine procession will start
across the flulf of Cuba. Whether the
battleship Indiana will lead this ex
pedition, as It did the Inst, I not de
finitely settled. There will be several
heavy warships, however, as well as
lighter craft to give safe conduct ti
General Snyder's division.
Simultaneous with this. General
Henry's division will be moving along '
the Atlantic coast and thence to San
tiago. In all, the reinforcements from
Tampa and Newsport New will be In
the neighborhood of 12,000 or 14,C0O.s ,
Drafts on Chlckamauga are likely to 1
follow soon, as the hurry orders re
cently given hnve led to the full
equipment of several commands.
The entire army wns landed at 1
o'cloc k Thursday morning.
By tho end of another week certainly
1.000, perhaps IR.ooo, will -J.e on the
way or will hnve arrived To aid Gen.
Shafter. The first detachment of Duf
fleld s brigade Is now due at Santiago.
Gurretson's brigade, 4.000 strong, will
embark as soon as transports are
rendy.
It Is not denied by the War Depart
ment that 4,ooo regular troops now on
the shore of the flulf will be embarkei
on the first available transports. Sev
eral volunteer regiments will also go.
Gen. Miles mny sail on the Harvard
or the Yale on tho next trip.
The first nfllclul cabiegram received
by the Cuban Junta nt New York dl
rect from their government since tra
breuking out of the war. was re
ceived by Senor T. Estrada Palma. It
was us follows:
"Playn del Este. June 22, 1801.
"We are at Guantannamo. Position
taken from tho enemy, Playa del Este.
Fought with 200 American nnd fifty
Cubans against 4r,0 Spaniards. Com
plete rout. Enemy's flight shameful.
We raptured eighteen prisoners, ont
ollicer. Sixty of the enemy are dead
and sixteen wounded two officer
killed.
"On our part we had two killed and
three wounded. We captured twenty
eight Mauser rifles and 3.000 cartridges.
To-day the forces of Gen. Uabl and
Brig. Castillo took Daiquiri with thu
old of the American vessels. Span
aid set Are to the town on retreat
ing. Sixteen thousand American troops
disembarked at Daiquiri. Gen. Garcia
Is on board the cruiser New York.
COL. LABOP.DE."
Oen. Shatter's troops Just arrived at
Santiago must be reinforced. The
Spaniards at that place may at any
time receive aid from other Spanish
camps which would be too much of an
overwhelming force for Shafter to con
tend with. To this end the first expedi
tion left Newport News Thursday
morning, carrying Brig.-Oen. Duffteld's
separate brigade of the Second army
corps, made up of the Ninth Massa
chusetts, the Thirty-third and Thirty
fourth Michigan and the Third Vir
ginia regiments, In all about 4.000 men.
Expeditions will follow rapidly by way
of Tampa.
The next forces to go will Include
those of Brlg.-Gen. Oarretson of the
Second brigade of the First division.
Second army corps, embracing the
Sixth Illinois, the Sixth Massachusetts
and Eighth and Ninth Ohio regiments.
This division, comprising 8,000 men, to
bo for the speedy relnforcment of Gen.
Shafter. It will at once swell the
American forces at Santiago de Cuba
to about 24,000 men. But the expedi
tions will not stop at that number, as
there Is a determined purpose to send
forward a sufficient force to crush any
Spnnlsh command which can be con
centrated at that point.
The reports from Santiago that about
41,000 Spanish troops are in and about
the city do not agree with the reliable
estimates In the possession of the war
department. According to the latter
figures there are not to exceed 14.000
Spanish troops at Santiago de Cuba,
while 100 miles away to the northwest
at Holguin, the Spanish corps com
mander, Gen. Pando, has 10.000 men.
The war department is satisfied that
the Cuban forces under Garcia can
keep Pando from reinforcing Santiago,
Should this not be accomplished, the
Spanish forces at 'Santiago would be
augmented to about 25,000 men. They
are well armed, well disciplined, sea
soned to the climate, know the fighting
grounds of that locality, and are prob
ably as good an all-around fighting
force as the Spaniards can bring to
bear. There Is no purpose on the part
of the authorities to leave Gen. Shafter
with an Inadequate force to meet theso
seasoned Spanish soldiers. It is for this
reason In part that a division prob
ably under Gen. Henry will reinforce
Shafter, fallowed by such additional
troops as the needs of the situation
seem to demand. t
Orielij'a Bamaina OramaUA.
It was thought the steamer Coptlo
from Hong Kong and Yokohama via
Honolulu would bring over the body of
Captain Charles V. Grldley, the com
mander of the Olympla, who died
shortly after the battle of Manila bay.
but It was learned from the officers of
the Coptlo that the remains had been,
cremated In Hong Kong. Te ceremony
cook place on May 7, and wa marked
by impressive scenes. ,
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