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1 wT. , ' - wrmTOg monT-otly wriaoBi'r'"" .v,,,..,,:-7''''ri""y' p 1 1, J1GHT OFTHE LAND FORCES. W, aionxova axncaaLB op oun ajixt L'w, OH.ivi.ri. I tlK nr Wn ConW Not "' Been Driven Oat I RV of the Intrtnchment from Which the IwITI, Enemy, riirar-Stormlng Through Jnnglo KC Up the nilfii Thnt ld to Rnn Juan-Gen. IjE,! llawklni'1 Uerolira-llooievelt ld the Enr-" Way to the Top The Colored Troopi '.H-flsT Fought MoblyCubnna Wasted rowder. fW, 8ID0KKT, Cuba. July 2. The battle of Bantla- ''"' co. which was fought botween tho American I ,, K troops and tho Spaniards on Friday, Julyl, ro- Jet fleeted credit upon both armies upon tho '" K Americans bocauso thoy stormed trenohei that . ; B- should novo boon impregnable, and upon the ', K' Spaniards becauso. with Inferior numbors. thoy ft, mndo n stubborn nnd desporato resistance. . m proving their boast that when engaged with an Jfik array flghttng after the Europoan faRhlon thoy ' m would render a good account of themselvon. ; m Thnt they showed thomielvei to bo n match for , ' Amorlcan soldlora Is not to be admitted for a , SE " moment, howoror. A gonorous foo can say no k mora of them thnn that thoy knew how (odlo. -, ' ' Gen. Hawkins, being naked after tho battlo Br; wh6thor Amorlcan troops could be drlvon from K suchlntronchmontsasthoselnwhtohthoSpan .'V lards fought answered with on ompliatlo J ygr In laying out tho linos of battlo Gen. Shatter's .j, design, and, let It bo eald, his expectation, was v.jjr;- to tako Santiago In n day. He did not doom tho JiCtf' UR0 ' tno 8,0ff0 irunB and mortars whtoh had SHIS'. been brought on the Orizaba nocessary. Tho fj ! proof of this statomont Is that thoy woro not ' fp tukon off tlio ship. Orantod that tho roads j, woro bad, thero wcro tho onglneors to Iraprovo h M them or uiako now ones. Tho day before tho ffif battle It was declared by nn ofilcor In his conn s' dencd that Gen. Bhaftor had decided to attack , W tbo Baulards becauso he feared tho olTects of A't heavy rains and tho hot sun on tho henlth g of his troops, nnd bollood thnt tho risks ,' iL. Involved In battlo were proforable. Well, tlio Jg battlo has boon fought aud tho cstlmato of tho i. wounded mndo by consorvntlvo Col. Fopo, head J S. of tho hospital sorvlco. Is 1,000. nnd tho killed ' j-,. will probably reach 200. Four days after tlio f , confllot tho health of tho troop"!, In splto of ox- " hnustlon, hunger, and thirst, romnlns fairly Rood. Artillery was upod In tlio battle of Snntl- jL aeo.butlt was field artillery. 3.2-tnoh guns, nnd w &' not moro than llfty rounds wero fired nt tlio jp fc Spanish linen In front of Santiago, and Santiago L, &: Is a walled city. J. W Between BIbonoy on tho coast, tho baso of p P, operations, nnd Bantlago lay. a llttjo to tho b north of a lino drawn botweon tho two. tho h W" fortified rillago of Cnney, It was judged nco- I fe. eosary to reduco this placo lest tho enomy I, fr threaten our rear. Tlio nominal garrison of i K . CanoylsSOO. Oen. Bhaftor sent Lawton'a dl- I fei vision, tho Bocond. of 0.000 mon. ngalnst B Canoy, whllo Kent's, tho First, and Wheoler's f r' cavalry division woro to proceed up tho valloy ff road and nttnek Ban Juan Hill, on which i ' K woro tho main Innd dofoncos of Snntlaco. Law ' R ton's division, ha ing reducod Canoy, was to eo- , fK opornto with Kont and AVheclor nt San Juan, . . ' It was bolloved that Canoy would soon fall bo s' a tore a brisk assault, but It stood oft Lawton's J, K division, nsslstod by Capron's battery of four !v x guns, all day. Canoy muy be dtsmlssod for the w Kv prosent whllo a description of tho movoment j U on San Juan Is attempted. J i Tho battlo In this part of tho field was opened by Capt. Grimes's battory, which was posted II on n hill nbovo El Fozo ranch house, a ills f mantled building with a tiled roof and a rusted i bell. Gon. Joseph Whcclor's cavalry division, 5 jt consisting of tho Third. Blxth. and NInth.under ff E Gen. Baraucl B. Sumnor. and tho First, Tenth. K . nnd First Voluntoore (rough ridors). undor Col. B Leonard Wood. Gen. Young bolng disablod by ? mj llfness. was distributed through tho woods on 6 Wf tho hill and outside the rango of the enomy's Cj expected flro, as woll aa could bo judged. Tho R. morning was hot with a tropical Intensity, tho cocoanut palms of tho valloy being wreathed In J" W vapors, whllo the sky was copper bluo. At S g twonty minutes to 7."Alml Fire!" saldCnpt. E ffi' Grimes In tonos clear and firm. Grimes W E 'ias t'10 a'r nn spoetacles of a college profes E. ffa eor. and his face 1b sovoro but kindly. "Bang!" H" E1 Wit tho black tube, nnd everybody on tho hill W; K strained his oyeslght at tho houso on Ban Juan, fc Jg, which is really a farmhouse and not a block f p iOUro, to sco what damage would bo done. I Everybody was disappointed. Including Capt. Grimes, who tried again, with tho samo result. SJ f BeToral shotfl wero fired before sonio one look s' i Ing through a Hold glass announced that a nolo fr , bad been knocked through the roof of tho fe, I houso. As a mattor of fact, our battory was 1 throwing solid shot nnd shrapnol on tho crest p of tho hill to find tho enemy and not to domol I '? lh tho lnnocont-Iooklng farm building on top B- ?, of It. I-' f In tho bright sunshlno tho exorcises of our 5 ft guns woro spectacular and exhilarating. War " might bo hell to tho othor fellows, but It was i . pleasant enough to us nnd worth a good price f, for a front eoat. Occasionally tho boom of Jf gj Capron's guns carao to the ear from tho right ft and amoko rose to mark his position. In tho r W middle valloy was tho spacious Ducrot house. ff looking oool and stately with its guardian t H palms. Bounding the valloy paradise on tho F ffi north, abruptly roso to a groat height a verdant I Iff rango of peaks. Scanning tho floor of tho . m Tolloy sailed the buzzard waiting for tho car- S. ' Bage. Grimes's guns had boomed ten times. ( m and thoro was a pleased and Interested J H look In every oye and a smile on ( a many lips, when thoro camo a muffled report ,; E from Ban Juan and Boon a peculiar singing. K long-drawn-out hiss out the air and the specta- i m tors forgot tho marksmanship of Grimes's f H Buns In a hasty hunt for cover. The Spaniards k, I, were replying with shrapnel from a C-lnoh , K. 1ln' Their shell came over the brow of the W f, h'" and burst Into a hundred fragment like a 6 rocket It was a good lino shot, but high. Of 5 floors hurried their men to right and left and i fe. made them llo down In the bushes. Kobody 4t r8r ,eri to listen to the muslo of shrapnel :: E with longing, for the thought of being torn to P pieces Is abiding. But Grimes's voice was as jk fe olarlon-llke as ever, nnd It was comforting to hear tho little man say " Aim 1 Flro I " as steady f as a clock. $j .. Meanwhile, amid tho din of guns nnd the $ E ernol hiss of Spanish shells, tho dog mascots of t Ul8 reBlmenU ran about In the tall grass and is pushed aside tho bushes with wagging toll and 5 sparkling eyo. whllo the birds In their loafy j R bowers Bong on. Prostrate mon In tho brush, J R o whom the passing of tho hissing shell was n Procession of warnings of sudden death, tried U. f to get interested In tho slipping of lizards up and down decayed stumps, but afterward thoy f fi oonld not remember tho color of the lizards. Buddenly tho Spanish flro coased. but Grimes 1- continued to say "Alml Flrol" and it was re- I -l markablo how Indifferent ovcrybody was to tho i :&, effect of Amerioan shells on Spanish nervos. , S W Our guns flrod ton rounds after tho Spaniards . K stopped, and It was said that wo had knocked H one of their pieces off Its oarriogo. Two of our W artillerymen hail boen killed and throe 8or- S geants and a Corporal of tho battery woundod, J. Bevoral troopers of the rough riders had been (. hit. and a Corporal of tho Third Cavalry had a , bad leg wound. In a dip under the hill twolvo i Cubans had been torn by tbo shrapnel. I i Btrungouton the valloy road to tho right and : east of El Fozo, Kent's division was lying and I awaiting the vlgnal to ndvanco. Two reasons ; r bavo boen suggested for the oessation of firing ? by our battery. Ono la that wo could not afford to draw tho Spanish flro In tho direction of advancing infantry, nnd the other that the 1 F - Spaniards, having our range perfectly, wore I ' ,. knocking over too many of our gunners. Tho ) I first reason Is sufflclont. Bmokoloss iowdor if was used by tho Bpanlards. and wo I j bad no means of knowing whether they i W had sustained any damage. Whoelor's dls j m mounted cavalrymen wero ordered off the hill J and to tho front, and Kont's Infantry to support a them. Ills division was brigaded as follows; I K& Sixth. Sixteenth, and Beventy.flrst (New York I ' P Volunteers). Gen. Hawkins j Becond. Tenth , end Twenty.flrst. Col. Pearson: Nlntli. Thlr- i 1 tantli.an(lTwenty.fourth,ColWlckoff. The total force undor command of Major-Gen. Jowsph Wheolor was nbont 0.000 men. Gon. Hawkins's brigade tollowod the march Ing cavalrymon up tho narrow, muddy vnllor road, whloh croasos Bevoral fordable streams. It was not lonfl before the Spaniards on San Juan began to pour volleys Into tho slowly moving lino of troops, and the sharpshooters In tho woods enflUded thorn. WhenoTor our mon waded through tho water tho enemy's fire struck among thorn like hall, nnd mon went down dead, dying, and woundod on overy side. Tho 8eventy-flrst Kew Tork lost thirty or forty men In a nook of tbo woods without soolng the faco of a Spaniard, fortlio covor from which tho sharpshooters fired was as donso as n jungto, and ou tho hill tho onomy wai firing Irom trenches. Tho Now Yorkon marchod on eroct, In contrast to a colored roijl mont, whoso mon dodged from bush to bush, throw themselves on tholr hol lies, and squtrraod through tho crass. But as volunteers tho New York boys had a reputa tion to make. With moro exporlenco thoy will not disdain to tako advnntago of cover. In What was afterward chrlstonod the Bloody Anglo, a plcoo of grassloss ground at n ford which encompassing high trees mndo nn Ideal stalking ground for sharpshooters, evon cool headed Lieut John B. Mlley, Gon. Shatter's aide, lay down under n sheltering buAh. calling out to Col, Boosovelt: "Colonel, better got down, or thoy'll pot you." To which tho noting Colonel of tlio rough riders, cigar In mouth, replied: "I'm not going to llo down for any con founded Spaniard," nnd walked about with his oyes dancing. In ono placo whore tho flro was very hot rodo little Gon. Joseph Whoolor, who had come up totho field a sick man In nn ambulance and had climbed on his horso to soe tho fun. " Old Joe," as his men call him, forgot In tho oxclto men tot tho momont whoro ho was. "Glvolttotho Yankees. boys!"hOBhoutod, nnd then with a blush corrected hlmsolf. "I moan Spaniards, you know." ho Bald, and his men roared. CONTUSION ASD TOE MtASOKS FOB IT. No time was lost In doploylngto right and loft, for not only was tho enomy's flro per sistent but the progress of tho troops up tho wagon road was Blow. In what order regi ments marched no commandor has stneo boon able to Bay with confidence. Tho cavalry led: then camo Gen. Hawkins's brigade of tho Sixth nnd Sixteenth Infantry nnd tho Sovonty-flrst New York Volunteore: nnd tho rest of tho regiments fell Into the lino whon an opening was found. Thero was confu sion and misapprehension of ordors. No body donles that Indeed, It may Ik? said there wnsadoarth of ordors. About 10 o'clock Col. Downs of tho Sovonty-flrst Now York was told by ono of Gen. Kont's aides to tnko up a position nt a certain creek. Two days later, when his regiment was lying in tho ad vance tranches on Ban Juan hill, ho said: "8lnco that ordor to tako position was brought to mo on July 1, 1 havo received no ordorof any kind." " If wo nro In these trenches." said n private, with a deep oath, after they had been won, "It Is because wo took them ourselves." A Colonel who had bolmved with signal gnllantry re marked during tho truoo that followed: "On Friday night I found myself on a ridge with tho fragments of six cavalry regiments, and I was tlio ranking offlcor." Col. Joseph H.Dorst. Adjutant-General on Gen. Wheelor's staff, when told of this, smiled nnd Bald: "Well, I myself found o troop of tho Tenth Cavalry half a mllo from tho rest of tho' command." Thoso things nro sot down to show that a Btate of confusion existed and not In a cen sorious Bplrtt. Tho reason Is plain enough to nny ono who knows tho country our troops had to fight over. It was a flat jungle with ono road traversing It and leading to tho steepest of a lot of hills, with a front from right to left of a mllo nnd a half. On tho top of tho main or Bteepest hill aro two buildings, ouo an aban doned farmhouse and the other, abreast of It a cow shed. Looking at San Juan from El Fozo It seenn to consist of but one not very high htll and the two buildings referred to, whereas It Is n sorles of hills, steep and difficult, nnd forming a veritable Gibraltar nealnst an assault by In fantry. From tho llrst tho Spaniards had ovory advantage of position. As our mon advancod thoy woro met by cross fires poured from wooded eminences on both flanks which could not bo seen from tho road or ovon by tho Bklrmlsh lines. Every llttlo mound, every Inch of country was known to the enomy. Thoy know where our troops must bo deploy ing nnd where a volley fired by them would strike with effect. When tlio Americans had to cross a clearing It soomod ns if the Spanish roar was concentrating all its flro upon our marching and dodging men. Credit must therefore bo givon tho Spaniards for knowing and availing themselves of what maybe termod the casualty value of tho country through which their foo was advancing. WE WEItE IN CONTINUOUS AMDUSn. Tho Amorioans, on tho othor hand, wore In a continuous ambush whllo pushing on toward San Juan. Whore the volleys cumo from and why tho bullots reached them In such showers thoy could not realize, and do not know to this day. It was like being shot at in tho dark nnd yet seolng men falling like tenpins. Is It re in nrkablo that In such a deadly labyrinth com mands got mixed up, orders wont astray, nnd ono regiment found Itself ahead of anothorthat at El Pozo had been In the van ? The division had boen feeling Its way along for two hours when tho word was passed along to halt and thoro Booms to bo nn Impression that It was the intention to go Into camp on tho plain below San Juan and within range of tho Spanish batteries and even of tho trenches. Thero woro really only two things to do, to re tire or to storm the trenches. A retreat would havo demoralized tho army and postponod the taking of Bantlago Indefinitely. An ad vance was ordered again In a short time and tho troops wont doggedly on, driving the Spaniards back and Into tholr trenohos. At last tho foot of Ban Junn was reached and the emergency developod the IndlHpeus ablo horo. no was Brlg.-Ocn. Hawkins, a tall, well-knit old man, with white mustache nnd pointed, short board. With him. were tlio Sixth and Sixteenth Infantry. Tho othor regiment of his brigade tho Sevonty-flrBt New York Vol unteers, was not yet up. This fine old soldlor rode out In front of his regulars and, drawing his sword, pointed to tho hill nnd called upon them In ringing tones to follow him. BT0HMINQ THE TBKKOUES. Thon he turned and set his faco to tho enemy, who had marked him for slaughter and wore volloylng viciously. Tho Blxth nnd Sixteenth dashed forward with a cheer In whloli tlio old rebel yell oould bo distinguished. Withering was tho flro on thorn, and men reclod and drop pod down In tholrtrackB. There wasstragglinc, as thero always Is In a charge up a slope, but the body of mon moved on nnd up and would not bo dented. Volley after volley wus blazed at them until tho trenches yawned and tho Spaniards In thorn could bo Individually seen, Our men fired as thoy ran forward-fired at Spanish faces, peering and strained. In another moment It was all ovor, for tho enemy Borumblod out of tho trenohos nnd ran without a look behind. Gallant old Gon. Hawkins did not get a scratch, but his losses wore heavy, Llout. Garry Ord, son of tho distinguished Oencral of that name and a Lloutonnnt of tho Blxth, had boon killed by a wounded Bpanlnrd after ho hud bidden his mon to spare tho follow, and Lieut. Mlclito of tho same regiment had fallen, too, Before tho end of the day tho Sixth lost 100 In killed nnd woundod, nnd tho casualties of tho Sixteenth wero uleo sorlous. To Gen. Hawkins belongs tho honor of taking tho koy of tho position and tho heart out of the Spaniards. Undor tho brow of tho hill which ho had Btormed thero was a space whoro a largo num ber of men could llo In safety, and It was soon black with them. During tho afternoon tho rldgo to the right and loft of this hill was ooou Pled by regiments as fast as they oould come up, tho Bpanlards offering diminished resist ance. About 3 o'clock two of our Gatllog guns wero brought Into play on the right ot the too ond line of the enomy's lntrenchmonts. TnB WAtt BVLLOON A TABORT. Tho fortunes of tho Signal Corps' war balloon must horo be touehod on. Early In tho day It wassont up with GoL.Georco M. Derby and Major J. IL Maxfleld In the oar. and ltkoptpaco with tho advanco of the division, to the embar rassment and Indignation of tho mon, who say that It Indloatod tholr lino of march and drew the Spanish flro, Tho balloon, at any rate, soon became a targot for tho enomy's gunners, rlflemon and sharpshooters' and bullots and shrapnol flow thick around It. Twenty tlraos Itwas plercod, and tho occupants gavo themsolvos up for lost The groat bog was brought down, however, to tho bod of tho creek, and thoro abandonod for tho ttmo. Later a dotall of twonty mon was sent to drag It from tho water, but thoy had to retire undor heavy flro. In tho ond tho remains ot It wero Baved. Capt Boat's battery, K. ot tho First Roglmont of Artlllory. was movod Into a position to tho right ot tlio enomy's lntrenchmonts at 3:18 o'clock and openod flro. A fow minutes after ward a volumoof smoke roso from thonorthora end ot tho harbor and a sholl burst a half mllo wostof our advance lino. A warship was try Ing to got tho rango of our position, but It did not sucooed, although other sholls woro flrod. Moauwhllo Best's battory was pegging away. ITNAI, CUABOE LED BT BOOBKVELT. At 3:50 occurred tho second thrilling episode ot tho day. Undor tho brow ot tho main hill a council of war had boon hold, a further advance bolng tho subject of It. Tho majority opinion seemed to bo that It would causo too groat a loss of life, and was not to be thbught of. Col. Thoo doroltoosovolt of tho First Volunteor Cavalry (rough ridors) arguod that tho only way to tako tho top ot tho htll, which was marked by tho two housos previously mentioned, was to rush It. " I will lead tho wny If you will let me," ho said. Thoro was no nnBWor, and, judging thatsilcnco gavo consent Boosovelt sprang to tho front nnd shouted to thoso Immodlatoly near to follow him. Thoro is some conflict ot opinion as to who fell In behind In that rook loss chary o up the hill. Col. Itootcvolt bellevos that his command nlono nnswered his call, but others Bny that two companies of tho Sovonty flrst nnd n company of tho Twenty-fourth (col ored) also rnn for tho summit On tho way Col. Boosovelt shot down a Spaniard In his path. Thoro Is no disposition to detract from tho achievement ot tho rough ridors, but tho evl denco is that others jolnod thorn In tho charco. Capt. Pagot of tho British Navy, who saw It through tits glasses from El Pozo hill, was amazed nnd delighted, and his tribute to tho intrepidity of tho American sol dier could not havo boen warmer than Itwas. Ho voiced tho opinion ot cvory English eorre spondont on tho Held. Phil Boblnson vlod with Paget In his admiration. Before tho mad rush of Itoosevolt and his mon the Spaniards foil back to tho next hill. Thoro they hung. Roose velt, delirious with the excitement of battle, called for another charge. Fivo mon responded and throo of thorn wero at onco shot down. He ran back nnd Bald In his nervous wny: "I didn't think you would refuse to follow whore I led." " We'll follow you," was tho shout, thoy swarmed along after him and tho hill was taken. Boon nftor 4 o'clock Best's battory was with drawn, and it rumblod Into a plnco of safety. Tho Spanish flro had boen too hot for It. All tho afternoon tho opposing lines had been vol loylng at each othor without a momont's cessa tion. Suchunintermtttent firing had seldom. If over, been heard. It was terrlflc, and the memory of It will always remain with those whoso ears ached with It. Imagine an oxplod ing string of giant flrcerackors miles and miles long, nnd you get soma Idea ot It. At 4:45 tho banging, crackling and sputtering ceasod, and a stillness fell on tho valloy which was liko tho ond of all things. Before rovortlng to tho work laid out for Lawton's division on tho right It should bo montloned that Grlmos's battery on El Pozo hill and tho Spanish (runs back ot Ban Juan hod a second due), but abrloforono than tho first Neither battery did much damago. TUE riOUTINO at caket. As tho sun descended toward tho west those who wero watching the fortunes of Wbooler's and Kent's divisions fell to wondartug what had become ot Lawton's and whether Canoy had boen captured. It had occurred to munr that a junction of his force with that ot Kont and Wheeler might give the Amorlcan army posses sion of Santiago before sunsot. But Luwton did not advanoe on Ban Juan that afternoon, bocauso his undertaking had been a consider able ono after all. Lawton's ordors woro to tako Canoy. a small town defondod by a stono fort aud n bloak houso on a hill above it After reducing tho placo he was to march on Santiago. It Is no so cret that Gon. Lawton oxpected to dlsposo of Cancy at one blow. Gon. Chaffee, an offloor who hod boen In a way a rival ot Lawton, was to havo tho honor of capturing Canoy, and Lawton was to get his share ot tho laurels In an attack on Bantlago. Ho may havo indulged tho hope of reaohtng tho Spanish defences, ahead ot Kont and driving tho onomy back on tho city. Uowovor that may bo. both Lawton and Chaffee thought Canoy would bo a rotten nut to crack. Tho start was made at dawn, and report says tho march was mode as rapidly and quickly as possible to pre vent a hasty exit of tho Spaniards from Canoy, for there would havo been no glory In captur ing an ovacuated town. Tho Spaniards, as it turned out, had no notion ot running away. Estimates dlffor as to how many Bpanlards there woro In tho place. Tho enemy says 000. tho Cubans 1.000. und Amorlcan army officers put tho garrison at from 1,600 to 2.000. What ever tho number, it fought to tho death for nlno hours and hold Lawton at a time whon ho might have been use ful before Santiago. Tho Spaniards did not come out to glvo us battlo; they fought mainly In trenchos surrounding tho fort and blockhouso and In those buildings. From a hill 2.375 yards from tho Btono fort Capt Capron. fathorof tho young offloor of tho rough riders who was killed nt Guaslmas, oponcd tho attack with a shell fired at 0:!15 A. M. at a body of Spaniards who woro falling baok to tlie trenchos. Ono of his early shots wont through tho roof of tho stone fort. The Infantry was thus distributed: ChatToo's brigade of tho Sovonth, Twelfth, aud Soventeonth Boglments advanced on Canoy from tho cost. Col, Miles's brlgado of tho First Fourth, and Twonty-flfth was to attack from tho south, and Ludlow's, consisting of tho Second Massachu setts Volunteore and tho Eighth and Twenty second Regulars, was sont round to mnko an approach from tho Bouthwcst. Gon. Chaffee rodo up and down bohlnd his firing lino oncour aging his mon. "Now, boys, do something for your country to-day," he frequently said, Chaf fee did not think tho Spanlanhrwould hold out very long. Ludlow's men made slow but steady procroBs through n tract of woods, running from bush to bush and shooting at a Spaniard whenovor thoy oould soo one, Tho Second Massachusetts Volunteers of this command behaved splendidly, exposing them selves frcoly and displaying lino marksmanship. Mites's brigade had to mnko up a good deal of ground to got woll Into the fight but It camo up In tlmo to tako Its share ot tho assault when tho Second Massachusetts and tho Twenty second Rogulars wero lying In tlio road for a brenthlngBpoll. Tho Fourth nnd Twonty-flfth of Miles's brigade wore fairly fresh, and thoy moved up on tho bloakhouso northwost of the town. THE BI'ANtSIt AIU WAS BAD. Mcanwhllo tho Spaniards, shooting from their trenches and from loopholes, kopt up a galling flro upon our mou wheiovor thoy showed. Thoy fired a tremendous amount ot ammunition, but without taking very good aim. Thoy seomod to think that the Amorlcans oould bo drlvon back br a ooutlnuous fusillade, whotlior thoy suffered much damage or not. Company G and half or Company 0 ot tho Twonty-flfth Infantry (colored), led by Lieut. Moss of bloyole fame, had the honor ot storm ing and taking In two rushes the blookhouse. Many Spaniards In It wore killed, and tho surviv ors made a rush for the stone fort la Canoy under a hot flro. A company ot tho Twelfth Infantry, with Mr. Jamos Creolman, a newspaper cor respondent In advance ot It rnn np and took possession ot tho stono fort after Capron's sholls had made a wreck of It and all but throo ot Its dotondors had been killed. These, bo epatterodTfith blood and oxhausted from tho tremendous strain of tholr defence were glad to surrender, Tho Spanish flag wis hauled down, nnd as tho Amorlcan colors wont up and floated out bravely Mr. Creolman was Btruelt In tho shoulder by a ball that camo through a loophole. His wound was painful, but not serious. Ono hundred and fifteen prisoners wero takon nt Canoy. A well-known Now Yorker, Mr. Jack rollansboo, who speaks Spanish fluently, went through tho town, along with a dotall of soldiers, to reassure tho womon who had oomo In after the surrender and to tnduco tho able bodied Spaniards to Iny down tholr arms. In ovory houBO ho found sovornl dead men nnd tho woundod woro lying evorywhero. It was 0 o'clock before Cnney foil. At that hour tho battle nt Santiago was ovor for tho day, and each sldo was content to rest on its arms. Tho Spanish loss nt Canoy ombracod moat of Its do fendore. The Americans lost somo vnlunblo rogtraontal officers, and their list ot woundod was a consldorablo ono. Ou tho following morning Gon. Lawton, leav ing a garrison nt Canoy, movod on to Ban Juan to reinforce Kent as Gen. Bates, with tho Third and Twentieth Infantry, had dono tho evening before from tho coast surriELD's vionT on Tno r.itrr. During July 1 Brlg.-Gcn. Dufflold, In com mand of tho Thirty-third Michigan Volunteers. n battalion of tho Thirty-fourth Michigan, nnd about 2.000 Cubans, had not boon Idle. Ilia ordors woro to move along tho llttlo railroad on tho const and mnko a feint on Agu adores, a f ortl nod town at tho mouth ot tho San Juan River, two miles and a half from Mono Castle. At Agun dorcswosa garrison ot 4.000 Spanish troops, and Dufrteld. with tho aid of tho Now York nnd tho little Suwanee. was to engago thorn and prevent tho despatch of any reinforcements to tho Bpnnlsh army boforo Bantlago. Our war vessels bombardod tho Aguadores fort during tho morning, but did llttlo dnmoeo to It beyond knocking down tho flagpolo. Tho Spaniards selected Duflleld's advancing forco as tholr target Tho first sholl flrod by them killed sovonteen Cubans on tho hlHnbovo tho railroad. Anothor shot mowed down two files of fours In tho Thirty-third Michigan, killing two men nnd wounding tlio othors. A third shell burst In the Cuban con tingent and killed six moro. Dufflold II red sovoral volloyB Into tho fort nnd tho ongago ment ended thoro, tho Spaniards making no effort to co-oporato with tho Intronchod army on San Juan? Tho Cubans with Kent did no fighting, or perhnps It would bo correct to say they had no fighting to do. Lawton was to havo had tho asslstanco ot sovoral thousand Cubans, but tho solemn truth Is thoy kept woll out ot danger nnd flrod all their ammunition harmlessly Into tho nlr, afterwards sending for more. Tho fact is. tho allies of tho Americans In Cuba are of llttlo uso to them oxcopt as scouts, and In that capaolty thoy aro not regarded as trustworthy. On tho night after tho flerco fighting on San Juan our soldlorn dug trenches on the ridges 'thoy had captured, working without food or rest until dawn, whon tho Bpauiards wpro ob Borvod to bo in an Inner lino ot lntrenchmonts about COO yards nearer Santiago, which was a mllo and a quarter distant from the indomitable f ringo ot Americans. Gens. Wheeler and Kont had pitched tholr headquarters tents In a hollow under the ridge, whero thoy could glvo orders nnd transact business without being Inter rupted by flying bullots. But even In that apparently secure placo n shot from a sharp shooter in tho woods on tho plain was somo tlmos heard. jjousty to BEirrr axd uis hex. They Will Get 8100 for Karh Mnn on tho Enemy! Ships nt the Battle or Manila. WAsniNOTON. July 17. The Judgo Advocate General of tho navy has decided tlio quostlon as to tho superiority of tho American or tho Bpanlsh squadron In the battlo of Manila Bay. Under tho law concornlng tho distribution ot bounty or head money to tho crows of vessels that destroy tho ships of an onomy, tho Unltod States Government pays a sum of money for overy man in tho complement of n vessel de stroyod. The law provides that when tho Amorlcan warship Is suporlor to tho defeated warship of tlio onemy $100 shall bo paid as bounty for each man on the enemy's essol, but if the Amorlcan vessel Is Inforlor to the othor then (200 shall bo paid for each member of tho onemy's crow. Whllo Bomo of tho Spanish ships that met defeat from Admiral Dowoy's squadron woro superior to somo of tho American gunboats, as. for example, tho llttlo Petrol, It was docldcd by tho Judgo Ad vocate General that distinctions could not bo made, and the relntlvo strength ot thoopposlng squadrons was mndo tho basis of settlement as to the amount of money to bo paid to tho American officers nnd snllors. Tho Judgo Ad vocate Gonoral therefore decided that Admiral Dowoy's force was suporlor to that of Admiral Montojo, and tho distribution will accordingly bo made on tbo basis of 5100 forovorySpanlard attnehod to Montojo's squadron. Secretary Long has written to Admiral Dowey requesting him to furnish as nearly as ha can n statement showinK tho number of offloers and mon on tho Bpanlsh vessels. No money will ho paid for civilians or non-oombatants on board tho Spanish ships at tho time of the battlo. ex cept thoso regularly on tho muster rolls of thoso vesBols. It is estimated horo that tho Spanish crews numbered 2.000 mon. If this Is correct the amount to bo paid to Admiral Dewoy and his officers and mon will bo S'200. 000. of which tho Admiral will recclvo ono twontleth, or $10,000. FITE COMPANIES SOtST FUT.T. ISO Officers and Men Enrolled Recruiting for Artillery neglns To-Day. Tho work of recruiting for tho 201st Rogl mont was continued yoBterdny. and with sueh good results that Companies D and F, wero flllod up by noon. Thoy wore mustered in Im modlatoly and wont to Camp Black In tlio after noon on a special train. Tho total strength of tho roglmont at present is 30 officers and 087 men. Thoro aro flvo full companies nt nompstead. At tho recruiting station Companies G and H have 75 mon each and Company F has 25. Recruiting for Companies K, Land Mwill begin to-morrow, nnd Col. Ilubboll In confldont that ho will havo a complete regiment mus tered In by tlio end of tho wook. Tho Btaff of tho 201st was completed yostor day by the appointment of tho Rov. J. W. GUI of Keesvlllo as chaplain. Ofllcors of tho two now batteries that ore to bo recruited In this city think that It will tako them only ono wook to All up tholr ranks. Ro cruttlng for the Fourth Battory will begin this ovonlng, Capt. Schmidt ot tho Fifth Battory will open his station tills morning at 10 o'clock for tho work of enlisting mon. cowhoy ror.vfl ladies. They Call Thenuelvei Rough Riders nnd Otter Their Hervlces to right. Pebbt. Oklahoma. Julyl7.-MIsLlzzIo Doles dorlor, a "cowboy young ldy"of woatorn Okla homa, has organlzod a company of forty-two girls, whom sho calls rough riders, and she will offer hor sorvloos and that of her company to President McKlnloy to fight the Spaniards. Miss Dolesdorlrr says nny member of hor com pany can shoot ns accurately as tho rough riders at tho front. Ono ot Rsgley's Companions Dies ot Wundi, Dallas, Tex., July 17.-I'. L. Gray of the vll Jage ot Howard, a few miles south of Dallas, has just learned of the death ot his son. Frank Gray, who was with Ensign Worth Bngley on the torpedo boat Wlnslow In the fight off Car denas harbor. Cuba, early in the war with Spain. Young Gray entered tho navy without tho knowledge or consent of his parents. Ha KOODOOS AT TIIE FRONT. xjnrxR uaziox inflvrscb along orit riaitTisa tjxb. It Was Apparent Only to Snperstlllons Cu bans, but They Saw It Flalnlv-Crltlcnl Poiltion of a Correspondent Between a Spanish Ilattery and a Kicking Stole Itude UnlleU That Disturbed a Siesta. CAMr. Two Milks East oir Santiago. July 0. Tho common pooplo In Bantlago ore very superstitious. Thoy bollovo In the malign In fluonco of hoodoos, wlilch thoy call fliM, a sort of pcoplo.thoy say.who bring mlifortuno to everybody near thorn. Tho ffrgtM Is what tho Italians call jettntorr. It a man, according to tho Santiago folks, moots a flequt on his way somo serious mlsfortuno Is euro to happen to him boforo tho day Is over. Ills only salvation Is to tako a couple of seeds ot a troo called cavaialon nnd rub them in his hands. As ono of tho most .vnlunblo prosonts that could bo glvon to any ono In tills tlmo of war, n Santiago countryman gavo tho writer two Bceds of cava jabot to guard hlmsolf against tho baloful In fluence of tho fleouet. On the morning of July 1. whon the bombard mont ot Santiago by tho Amorlcan anny bogan, tho writer was seated at tho door of a houso In El Pozo, right bohlnd the battery that was shelling tho fort of San Juan. Tho wholo city of Santiago was thoro boforo our oyos, and tho Spaniards did not Boom to hood tho deadly flro of our guns. Twonty-sovon sholls had already been fired at thorn without any answor from tho onemy. Just thon a Cuban mounted upon a muto appoarod from bohlnd the buBhos upon tho seeno of action. Bomo fifty Cubans wore around tho houso, and as Boon as their coun tryman was soon, ono of thorn oxolalmod : " There Is a flreiif, gontlemcn; wo aro lost I" These words woro scarcoly uttered before tho cayajabot seeds wero bolng Industriously rubbed by many Cuban flnirora. Tho first Spanish shell from tho battory ot San Juan oamo whistling over our bonds nnd struck tlio roof of tho house. Throo Cubans fall wounded around us. Then six moro sholls foil at tho door and on the root and the plateau In front of tho houso. Inflicting a loss of thir teen Cubans and fifteen Americans. Whllo our battory was answering tho Spanish flro, and It was not slloncod for nearly an hour, the houso was ovneuated by the non-combatants who had occupied It Thoro was a flno run to tho woods of newspaper reporters and hospital attendants. Tho writer was thrown flat on tho ground and trampled on by tho fugitives, whllo Spanish shells wero bursting noar him. It was a sceno to laugh nt now, but thora oould bo nothing moro serious then. It was a specially solomn momont for tho writer, for ho fell behind a mule that was tied to a treo at tho right side ot tho liouso and began to kick viciously at tho terrlflod crowd that had disturbod him. When tho tremendous fight was ovor tho writer mado a thorough Investigation ot tho wholo surroundings. Tho mulo was peacefully oatlng grass around tho treo absolutely un hurt Over thirty Spanish sholls had fallen around him. " Tills Is n wondor, indeed," ex claimed somo ono. A nogro. Who understood tho causo ot our astonishment and seemed to bo tho ownor of tho mulo. showed us with a triumphant air two soods of cauajabos tied at tho tall of his animal. Anothor Incident in which a tteque played a rulohapponod two days ago at ncampfltty yards from tho hospital ot tlio First Division nnd somo hundred yards from Gen. Shatter's headquar ters. Aftor a rldoof thirteen mlleson horseback, under a burning sun, tho writer stopped thoro and was courteously Invited to dinner by a friend. Whllo ho was soated on tho ground en joying his moal tho negro servant camo trembling forward nnd said: " Gonoral, we are going to bo killed If wo don't movo from horo." " Why?" wo nil nskod at onco. " Bocauso Don Miguel, the iJnpte Is encamped near us. on tho other sldo ot tho hospital." Wo laughed at tho nows. to tho great discom fiture ot tho negro, and after our moal wo bo gan a comfortablo slosta In tho hammocks. Wo were sound nsloep whon two detonations awokous. A Mauser bullet wont through our tents, opening two IioIcb In the direction ot tho hospital. Wo jumpnd to our guns, and at tho samo tlmo American soldiers poured from Gon. Shatter's camp tiring at tho trees and bushes at tho gonoral shout of "Spanish sharpshooters near!" Tho nogro trembling bohlnd the tent was rubbing his cauajabos seeds. In loss than a minute over 100 shots woro sent among tho cocoanut trees, but as no flro was returned an officer ordered our soldiers to cease firing. A doctor camo thon from the hospital announcing thnt two of his nurses had boen wounded by tho two first shots supposed to bo from tho Spanish. Next morning tho negro naked permission to go to tho front and join the Cuban Army. " I would rather bo fighting tho Sranlards." ho said, "than living hero noar that nequr." It Is a bad thing for a man to bo consldored a ffrtftie In Santiago. Nearly ovorybody shuns him and only enlightened peoplo, who do not heod tho popular superstltltlon, address a word to him. In war, among tho troops, his position Is unpleasant. It Is bettor to bo a Spaniard than a fieque around Santiago. WOUNDED AT 1'OItT TJIOMAH. Eighty-two Wounded Soldiers Tnken There on a Hoapltul Train. Cincinnati, Ohio, July 17. A special hospital train arrived horo this ovonlng from Tampa with eighty-two wounded nnd sick soldiers from Bantlago. They woro transferred by street cars In waiting to tho hospital nt Fort Thomas. Owing to tho great crowd of visitors nt tlio fort, estimated at twenty thousand, n doublo lino of guards woro posted, allowing no access to or communication with tho hospital. Among tho wounded nro tho following: First U. S. Volunteor Cavalry (rough ridors) n. L.AlvorB, private. Troop F; Emllo Cassl, private. Troop A: George W.Armlgo, Sergeant Troop V, First Cavalry (regulars) Charles Cnrston, First Sergeant. Troop C; August Grlefcnstock, blacksmith. Troop D. Filth Maryland Volunteore Ferry H. Short, trumpeter. Company E. Becond Massachusetts ArthurL Cnroy, Com pany M; David Detour. Company A; John W. Eaton, Corporal. Company B; Edward Domour, Company D; F. 0. Bchlllor. Company L. Seventy-first Now York John W. Joffory, Company D; Jamos L. Long, QuartermiiHtor Sergoant. Company Us John M. Nolmoyor. Company K; Honry O. Richardson. Company A. Thu othors nro from the Sixth, Ninth, Six teenth, Soventeonth, Twonty-flfth, Fourth, Tenth, Becond, Twenty-first, Sixth Cavalry, Twenty-sooond, and Nlnoteouth, regulars. iriHCONSIX 3IEX 11EBEU Refuie Their rood In Cliarluiton nnd March In a llody to a Restaurant, Chableston, 8. 0., July 17. When tho Third Wisconsin Regiment was marchod Into camp for supper to-night tho members of Company M refusod to oat tho food prepared for them Tho mon complained of tho hardtack and cornod boof. aud. when told that they would havo to oat that or go hungry, thoy formod Into line and marched by tho guards to a restaurant. After tho meal thoy returned to camp. It was oxpected that tho entire company would be placed under arrest, but nothing ot tho kind oeourrod. Tho regiment choorod tho, kicking company when It got back to camp. Thero la muoh complaint hero among the soldiers about tho food. Slnco the regiments arrived here on July 0 only travelling rations havo been served, with two exceptions, whon fresh i meat was provided. Tho Boldlers Bay to night that other companies will leave camp to morrow unloss there Is a chango In the rations. It U reported In tho Becond and Third WIs cons n regiments to-night that tho Governor of Wlsoonsin has started to Charleston to look after his soldiers. Kdward Marshall Token to His Home. Edward Marshall, the Injured Journal cor respondent, was taken from, tho ship OUvetto yesUiday to his homein Kf th avenue; wu"" t SPECIAL 'ORDERS I ' I Now taken for delivery next autumn for 1 WHOLE CARPETS, I Woven in one .piece to cover any space, in I FRENCH AUBUSSON and SAVONERIE, 1 BERLIN, HAND-TUFTED and 1 SCOTCH AXMINSTER, 1 INDIA, TURKISH and other fine grades. 1 Designs prepared to suit any period of decoration. I BroMay $ m Street I , NEW YORK. I . ..-., i . i i . .. -- ... I. I--HI CIIEBRISa UP a EX. MAXCO. Glron Tells Itlm Bpnln Uopos to Profit by Somo Kuropean Complication. Krr 'West. July 17. Information received from Ilavnnn says that Gen. Ulanco recolvod this cablo despatch from Minister Glron: " I know tho situation Is very gravo. Luck Is hard with Spain, but tho heroism of Spanish soldiers and our policy ot gaining tlmo may bring Bomo Europoan complication that may favor us. Wo need Borcnoncss and patlonco In thoso supremo momonts to obtain victory." Gen. Ulnnoo had anothor mooting, lasting Bevoral hours, with tho Autonomist Govern ment. Ono part of tho progrnmmo adopted was to makeln tho Insular Chnmbor patriotic speeches against tho United States, nnd demonstrate to tho Cubans In tho cltlos tho mistake made by tho Insurgents to allow tho United States to tako a hand in tho strugglo nnd keep Cuba forever. Cubans ot tho Autonomist party, .TosiS A. Cuoto. Ellseo Glberga, Pornandcz do Castro, Eduardo Dolz, nnd a fow othors, were designated to mako these. antl-Amorlcan speeches and ratso tho public courage, remov ing tho bad Impression caused by tho defeats ot Spain. Tho Govemmont has established at tho San JosiS warchouso largo deposits of provisions. Thcso supplies woro purchased and brought Into Cuba undor the Spanish Govornmont risk, and thoy bolong to Uio Government La Lueha nttocks In long editorials the Au tonomist Government nnd advises thnt men woll acquainted with tho present situation should govern, and not thoso who nro repulsive to tho Cubans. Tho InsurgentsundorGcn. Pod roDInz, chief of tho Finardcl Rio province, are vory active. All telegraph wires havo beon destroyed and sov oral towns attacked. Gon. Gonzales rnrrado. who Is in command of PlnardelRlo province. savBthat many poo plo from small towns In tho provlneo havo joined tho InBUrgents. nnd that Is Impossible for him to do anything without forces and foo J. Gen. Mario Menocal. with strong cavalry forces composed of the most well-known young men of Havana. Matanzas nnd Cardenas, well armed, will enter Havana province In a few days. It Is also Bald that Gon. Julio Sangullly will bo In command of forces in Havana prov ince Boon. Cubuns, 200 strong, attacked Hcrradurn, cap turing iirms, ammunition, money, cattlo and drugs, defeating tho garrlBon, composed of forty volunteers of Cristobal Battalion, who wcro under command of Lieut Gulllormo Crespo. who was compelled to send for aid. which ar rived after all was ovor. Commandant Fclnyo la Torre, with strong forces, camo. The Insur gents, after tho town was sackod nnd arms captured, mado tholr retreat with cries of "Viva Cuba Libre. Viva Lr.Unlon Amorlcann, Viva MeKlnley." Tho Spaniards lost Sergeant Pastor Miranda, nlno soldiers killed fourteen wounded, among them Llout. Gulllermo Crespo. Tho Cubans lost ono killed nnd four woundod. Tho Cuban forco wns under Gon. I'odro Dlas. SILVIA COVLDX'T LAXD. Mr. Hearst Tries to Corao In at Old Point, but Fiilli to Oct I'ermis-lon. NonroLK. Yn., July 17. Tho British vessel Silvia, flying tho Now York Journal flag at her mlzzontop, attempted to land at Old Point to day. Tho quarantine officer. Dr. Pettus, re fused to permit this, as It was contrary to quar antine regulations, which require tho detention at qunruntluo for 11 vo days of vessels from an Infected port. Mr. W. It. Hearst who .was aboard, protested without avail. BISHOP it'l'A UL OX . TUE WAE. Our Victory Ina Just Cnuo Will Opeu aXow i:ro ot Greatiieas (or tho Nation, Tbexto. N. J.. July 17 Bishop McFaul. In his Bormon nt St. Mary's Cathedral this morn ing, spoko of tho rocont victories ot our army and navy. " Wur Is a terrible thing," said tho Bishop, "but It Is necessary for tlio protection of our homos, and Is just when it Is wagod to nsslst tho distressed or to crush tyranny or oppres sion. We Uesorvo to bo ictorlous, bocauso our cause Ib just and wo havo God-tearing men lor our leaders. An Instance of this was given by Capt. Philip nt Santiago, after tlio duntruction of Ceryora's flout when ho admonished his men: Don't choor, boys, tho poor fellows uro dying,' "The Spanish peoplo are brave and religious, but their rulers are Irreligious nnd a disgrace to tho nation. Tholr rulers havo slaughtered and sacrllltid thousands undor protenco of sus taining tho national honor, whllo nt tho Name tlmo thoy are hjnkiug themselves in dishonor and wreaking their ulrendy enfcoblod nation. Through Spain's treatment of Cuba thn Church In that oppressed Island has suffered und tlio spiritual wulfnre of tho Cubans has beon neg lected, but tho day of reckoning for Its treat ment of tho Church Is at hand." The BlBlionconoludod with a picture of the beneficent off eots of this wur on tho country. when not only the North and South will bo reunited, but tho Host und West, nnd a newora of greatness nnd prosporlty will follow. America will tako a hlghor placo among the nations of tho earth than sho has ovor hold, and continue to bo the greatest republlo of all tho agos, with one God and ono Hag." Wagon Train Ordered to Charleston. Chattanoooa. Tonn.. July 17. Orders wero received to-night by Col. Bennett, commanding tho Bocond Brlgado. First Division. First Corps, to forward the brlgado's wagon train to Charleston nt oneo. Tho train will lenvo to morrow. It Is bolioved that this is tho begin ning ot tho movoment to Porto Rico. Wanted, Nliips to Carry 88,000 Prisoner to Spain. The Wur Department advertises in to-dny's Sun for proposals, to bo oiicnod at tho Army Building hereon Wednesday, fortlio transpor tation of tho Hantlugo prisoners of wur to Hpaln 1,000 commUislonud ofiloorn anil 24,000 men. Two Hurt In a Trolley Car C'ollUlon. Two Nassau Company trolley cars collided at Thirty-ninth street and Fifth nvcnuo last night and ono of thorn was partially thrown from tho track. Peter Smith. 2i years old. of 411 East Twenty-socond street. tnU oity, received sev eral bovoio briilsos. Mrs. Jennlo Parsons. 60 years old, of 7H Ocean avenue, was thrown against the seat In frontof her and hurnidu vias budly bruised. Thoy wore both mtended by Ainbulancn burgeon Iong and then taken to their homos. Where Yeiterduy's Vires Wore. A. M. SilO, 440 Weit Forty-Unit itrMt, John Wetchty, dunac 25 7un, son West BUty-seoond trcet HIcbolH Bcliawman, dmi120; ll;r5, 151 Attorney street, HUnon DlneiUln, dtoiiic $100. V. M. 12:06, BO Wet Elghtotnth itruet, dmtc llgliti 12i&0, SOi) Mott (treat, June Cattlo, dimus JUtUti liao . 10 lulllvui .trett. William' Vi-utl damage 110: 3:30, Lou Eaat Euibtycond atrrct. no damaiMi tt:O0, BlS-817 Weat THrtlMh street. A. liay. lord, damage 1100; 0 :lo. 260 Hlith avenue, damau lOOi OUO, lo BUta avenue, damage 130. ' """ DIO ItEVOLTS IX CUIXA. I The Dungnni Aro the Latest to Itebel-Serl. I ous Wots In Shanghai. M Special Cablt Dtipalch to Tin Bun. H SiUNonAi. July 17. Tho Bltuation caused by H tho revolts In tho various provinces is critical. I Tho Iatost robollton Is among tho Duncans, the H warliko Mohammodan Inhabitants of tlis H northwestern part of thoomplro. The young H Chinese party Is organizing for tho assistance ll ot tho revolting Black Plags. Thoro Is contlnuod rioting around tho Frcnoh I sottlomcnt In Shanghai, owing to tho nuthorl. I ties having cut a road through a cemetery. I Tho mob attacked tho Nlng-Po joss houne. I Thoy also nttacked a number of French Bailors H Who lundod from tho wnrshln Eelaireur. Tho rioters mado a descent upon tho French I polloo station, but horo thoy met with n warm I reception. Tho pollco fired a volloy Into the M mob. killing twonty of the rioters. Tho latter H are clubbing European civilians whenover the I opportunity offers. Tho Chinese officials nr H poworless to restore ordor. Tho Taltol has fled. I Ulthorto tho English und American settlo- M mouts havo beon quiet Armed pollco guard Hi all tho approaches to thcso Bottlcmcnts. H Tho Municipal Guards wero paraded this at. I tcrnoon for tho purpose of iiwlng tho rioters. W Sovoral towns In tho most prosperous dls- ffl trlots havo already bcou hacked. H svnrirons of la jiovhoooxe, Some of Them In rnrh They Acruae the R Steernco 1'nnsengers. V SprHal Cable Petpa'chei to Till Ecs. 1 IlAvnK, July 17. Tho Gcnornl Transatlantlo 1 lino Btenmcr La Touraino nrrlvod here at 10 J o'clock this morning from Now York. She had on lionrd n number of tho survivors of the 111- I fated Ln BourKogne, who wore placed on a I spcelal train and tnken to Paris. There was no demonstration on tho nrrlvnl of tho saved. h PAnis. July 17. A great crowd gathorcd nt I tho Bt Laznro station to await the coming of j tho survivors. When tho train arrived thoro were many nffoctlng scenes. Relatives rushed I toombraeo each other, kissing and weeping. Tho passengers confirm tho Btorles told of tho brutality displayed as tho stoamor was sinking, but doclnro that It wan only among tht Bteorago passengers. FOXIi ITALIAX -WAUSniPS. They Arrlvo nt Cnrtngeun, Colombia Grest Kxrltoiuent There. Spra'al Cable IhnxUcX to Tub Sctt. Colon, Colombia, July 17. Four Italian 'war ships arrived at Cartagena on Friday to make a demonstration to compel tho Government to pay tho award of $:00.0()0 growing out of the claim of Slgnor Corruttl, an Italian subject Ono of the vessols ran aground while entering tho harbor. As soon as tho news of tho arrival of tho war ships readied Bogota tho Italian Minister loft for Cumcoa. presumably for tho purpose of comrnutilcatlnR with tho Govornmont at Rome). Tho arrival of tho squadron caused great ex citement In Cartagena. Tho Governor has re ceived no Instructions from Bogota as to the course ho Is to follow. nro dots nitojrxED. .) Ono Loses His Life In n Uerolo Struggle to Snvo Ilia Companion. PouaiiKKEraiE. July 17. Fred Bahret. 11 years ot age. nnd Emll Bldermau, 10 years old. wero drowned In the receiving rosorvolr of tho Hudson River Btato Hospital horo to-day, nllor n heroic fltrugglu on tho part of BIdormnnto snvo his llttlo friend, who won bin employer's nephow. Tho boys wont to tho reservoir to swim, ns it was near tholr homes. Fred went ln flrat, nnd ns ho climbed down tho Btones M feotHllpped and ho was soon ovor his head In tho water. Ho couldn't swim, and young Bldermnn, who was partly undrcssoJ. clam bored down the wall unit mndo an effort to bcIw the drowning hoy. Fred caught htm by tho foot nnd drazeml him down to tho deep wnter. Together thoy i struggled for snvernl moments. They woio watched by several llttln .children on the bank until thpy snnk nnd did not come up again, Then the terror-stricken youngsters seized I rod's clothes mid ran home with them to hU mother. Young Bnhret's father, who U n lo.-nl ' preacher, was nddrosolnR n meeting In this city when the news camo to him of his Imy'B drown Inc. Both bodies woro easily recovered. ji:,ir ms sisTEit axd xiece. Fractured Their Hkulls Will Itxplnln Ills Conduct nt the Proper Time, Jamos Carr of 2."ft nronx htreet nttacked yostprdny with n shoe brush his slater and hor little daughter, with whom he llvpd, and frae tiired their skulls. They wero removed to Fordhani Hospital. Cnir. who Is SI years old, wns locked up. Ho said that nt tho propor tlmo ho would ex plain his conduct. OttlTUAltY, Mr, Goorgo A. Plllsbury, ox-Mnror nnd prominent miller of Minneapolis, died vaster day nt tho ngo ot 82. For thren months ho had benn gradually falling. For twenty yenrs Sir. Plllsbury had lived In MlnnoapolK I'riivlo'is to IHiH ho hail ongnged In business, in New Hampshire mid was u lending citizen of Con cord. Tho presenen of his brother, px-Gov-ernor Plllsbury, nnd his son. 0. A. Illlshury. in Minneapolis. Induced him to go to that pity and identify himself with thn mill ing firm ot which he hnd previously been a member. In 1HM1 ho wns oloelot Mayor, serslnc ono term. Ho was the father of ths patrol limit Idim, which keeps miIooiih out of tlio resident district. Ho wns connected with vntl ous business, odiiontlonnl, religious ami philan thropic Institutions and his beiiolaetfons In Minnesota nml Now llftmimhlro amounted to hundreds of thoimnnds of dollars. Pillsbury Academy at Onutoiinn was a principal bene ficiary. Dr. John II, Wilton was found dead in bed yrstorilny morning at his home. UM West Twonty-plKlith street. Death was dun to heart dlsousti. Ho was 70 ers old. Dr. WIlBon wns graduated In Glasgow In im, mid camo to this country a fow years later. Ho had beon practicing on tho west sldo for thn past thirty yenis, nnd wns woll known In medical circles. Fltz Beck, n well-known eross country run nor, (lied at bis homont Eliznlxitli yesterday of an abscess In Ills ear. Tho abscess was caused by an necldfiit whllo Heck wns imrtlolpitliig In nn athletic, exhibition n year ogo. Bwk was a member of tho National A.O.and the Elizabeth Turn Voreln. Prof. TWinun W, Schley, a first cousin of Commodore. rtohloy, dropped dead nn tho street In Tampa. Fin . yesterday. Tho eauno of hi death was heart disease. Prof. Hohlev had been a tonohor of languages ln Tampa for sovoral ycnrH. Thomas Shannon, mi Inspector of tho Orango Board of Health, died suddenly yostenlny morning of hemorrhage of the lungs, llo was M years of ago und unmarried. E. Park Ilcekwlth, for twenty-six years In spector ol toauibgaM in Connecticut and Rhode Island, died suddenly yesterday morula la New London, Conn.