THE EVENING STAR. PCDLI9HED DAU.Y EXCEPT (TODAY. at the star buildings, J1C1 r>iEiy'T?iU Armas, Oct. 11th St, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company 8. H. EAPr?MANN, Prea't. Kr? York Ofloa. 49 Pott?_BalMia? TY>+ Ercolr.g Star la aerred to snittrriher* !n the eity hy ct trier*, on their own account, at 10 centa per week, or 44 centa per month. Coplea at the cctoter 2 ceita earh. By roall?anywhere lo the Lniteri Stataa th Indiar a Volunteer Infantry, in April, 18U1, and being successively pro r.oted through merit cn the field of battle to first lieutenant of the .'Ulth Indiana In fantry, In August, JS61: to captain In May, 18?2, and lieutenant colonel In November, 1864. In March, 18W>, he was brevetted col onel for gallant and meritorious services duiing the war. He entered the regular es tablishment In July. 1S?I as second lieuten ant of the 41st Infantry (colored), and re gained with that branch of the army until January, 1871, when he was transferred to the 4th Cavalry, with which he remained until September, 1S88, when he was ap pointed inspector general, with the rank ot major. He was subsequently promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel, and held that rank until the opening of the present war with Spain, when the President ap pointed him brigadier general of volun teers, and assigned him to the command of a division of the 5th Army Corps, com manded by General Shatter. VIEW OF ARMY OFFICERS. Grentext Fear 1h Tlint Spanish May Fall Ilaek I |>un I'ando. Army officers here say that the battle just begun at Santiago will either result in a vtry speedy victory or the situation is like ly to becor.-.e extremely trying, with des perate lighting and great risk. It is be lieved that the Spanish are not well sup plied with ammunition, and the greatest apprehension is that they may be able to retire from Santiago and fall back upon Pando, taking up a new position further in the Interior. It Is not known here, of course, nvhat steps have been taken by Gen eral Shafter to cut off the retreat of the Spanish army, but no doubt is felt that if the way is open for a retreat the entire Spanish army will fall back, evacuating the city. If they do this it will greatly retard our operations, for the possession of San tiago without having defeated the Spanish army will leave our operations very little advanced. The object of General Shafter is to ut terly destroy oi capture the Spanish army in eastern Cuba, and to capture the Cer vera ileet or destroy it. If the Span'sh army evacuates Santiago and falls back on Pando's reinforcements, it will probably take up a strong position further in the interior, and our army will have to follow them, each retreat of the enemy and al vancs of our army carrying us further from the coast and the base of supplies, and rendering impossible effective co-op eration by the vessels of our fleet. General Shafter, according to his dis patches to Lhe department, has taken step? to cut off the Spanish retreat, but it is realized that great difficulties lie In the way of so disposing our army as to ren der altogether impossible the retreat of the Spanish and great uncertainty is felt pa to the effectiveness of the force sent to cut off the retreat. The Cervera fleet, which was the prime object of the r.aval operations against Santiago, must, of course, be left in the harbor, but It Is recognized that should the Spanish army retire from Santiago, it would still be Im possible for our land forces to capture the Ileet, and that would have to be effected by Sampson's vessels forcing the harbor. Moreover, so long as the defenses of the harbor entrance are maintained and the mines have not been removed, the presence of the Cervera Ileet In the harbor may ren der the city of Santiago untenable to our army, even after the Spanish army has re tired, if it is able to do so. Except when intrenched on a few very i highest points, v/h t. the Spanish vessels could net get the proper elevation to their guns, our troops would be subject to the Are ot the fleet and not be In a position pos sibly to return it effectively. If this situa tion develops, it Is regarded as probable that General Shafter will not occupy the town at once, but will take a position on the promontories and endeavor to capture Morro Castle, so as to clear the harbor for the entrance to our vessels, and mate tain this position until Admiral Sampson can force his way through the harbor and capture or destroy the Cervera fleet. When this is accomplished the main ob ject of the Santiago operations will have been attained, but if th? Spanish army has not surrendered General Shatter wiU still have before him the task of pursuing Gen eral Linares, who may attempt a stub born retreat over the same course along which General Pando has advanced from Manzanillo. designing *0 lead our army far into the interior if the island. This presents the view in mllitaiy circles here of the possibilities of the situation, but it is hoped that General Shatter has been able to so environ the Spanish aimy as to compel a decisive battle and th< sur render of General Linares at Santiago. CAPTURE OF CASEY. This la the Object of the AttacU l?jr Lnwtun'a Division. (Copyright, 180S, by the Associated Press.) Oft Juragua, Province of Santiago de Cuba, Thursday, Jtine 30, " p.m., per thf Associated Press dispatch boat Wanda, via Port Antonio, Jamaica, July 1, 6 a_m., and Kingston, Jamaica, July 1, 8:15 a.m.?Over tifteen thousand American soldiers, lnclud irg all the regular troops now operating lr Cuba, and three volunteer regiments, sup ported by four thousand Cubans under General Garcia, lie tonight within v'ew of the Spanish entrenchments, north and east of Santiago de Cuba, ready for a forward movement in the morning, which may lead immediately to a general assault upon the city. The advance will be made by General Lawton's division, forming the right wing, and if the Spaniards Bhow signs of re ti eating or circumstances otherwise war ra".i it. General Wheeler's division ard Gereral Kent's division will doubtless join In the advance, endeavor to drive the Spaniards before them, and enter the city. While the movement may not reach this extent tomorrow its purpose is to force the 5,000 men of General Lawton's command two miles further forward than they are now, to the little village of Caney and oc cupy the ridge overlooking the city and harbor, from which our artillery fire can be rained upon the Spanish entrenchments in front of the city and upon the large body of Spanish soldiers holding them. A Further Advance. It may be that they will be satisfied to accomplish this movement in one day and then postpone a further advance until the light artillery and siege guns can be placed in position on the rldfe and preparations can be made to pour a deadly fire of shell and shrapnel into the entrenchments, dis lodging the enemy and enabling the main body of the American forces to carry the city by storm. It is believed that as General Lawton ad vances General Kent's division, on the left, will attack Aguadores, on the sea coast, four miles east of Marro Castle, which would give our army a. base much nearer Santiago than the p'rerejit onft at Juragua. Until today our npen at the front have been subsisting on half rations, but, owing to the excellent work of Colonel John Wes ton, chief of commissary department, sup plies have been sent to the front by pack trains with great dispatch all the day and night, and our soldiers are no longer in want of food. Though they have been drenched with rain for several days and have been suffering from lack of sufficient food the spirit of our soldiers is all that could be desired, and they are eager for the general attack upon the enemy's stronghold. Went to the^Front. The 3d and 2t?th Infantry, the last regu lars to remain at Juragua, went to the front today, and ttii 33d Michigan and one battalion of the 34th Michigan will break camp early this morning and join General Kent's division 011 the seacoast, leaving nothing at Juragua except supplies and a large field hospital in charge of the chief surgeon of corps, prepared to attend the wounded who may be sent there from the field hospitals at ihe front. With our troops closing in on the Spanish entrenchments and lying almost at the gates of Santiago, supported by the great * ? 4* Admiral Cervera. fleet of our warships tying Just outside the entrance of the harbor, prepared to demolish the Spanish shore batteries if they attempt to stop the progress of our army, the fall of the city of Santiago de Cuba seems to be neat- at hand, and the great majority of our soldiers, sleeping tonight on the eve of event* which are to occur tomorrow, believe the American flag will float over Santiago on the nation's birth day, Monday next. WITH THE All* Y. Seventeen Thousand American Troops Five Miles East of Santiago. (Copyright, 1898, by the AaiocUtcd Press.) With the United States Army, Five Miles East of Santiago de Cuba, Thursday, June 30, Noon, via Play del Este, Province of Santiago de Cuba. June 80, Evening.?The American forces, now numbering nearly 17,000 men. still ^occupy a position, in a long line, five miles east of Santiago de Cuba,.but no forward movement has been made for the gut twenty-four hours, ow ing to the difficulty experienced In forward ing sufficient supplies from the base at Juragua. and tba fact that it Imp not (Man DYNAMITE CHI I possible to send light artillery and siege guns to the front from Baiuuiri up to the present. Major General Shatter is at the front and Is conducting the reconnaissance In per son. American troops have made no attack as yet upon Agudores, on the coast, near the left wing of the insurgent army, where the new base may be established later. The town of Carney, which commands the land entrance into Santiago de Cuba, lies close to the American right wing, an:l will probably be taken without difficulty soon, as it is held by only a small guard of Spanish troope. The Plana. American scouting turtles have been with in a thousand yards of Caney without be ing attacked, and the roads in that vicinity Gen. Garcia. have been repaired and improved by our troops. Indicating that the artillery will be moved In that direction. It Is believed that the investment of Santiago Ue Cuba will follow the capture of Caney. Th*re are about 5,000 Cubans operating with the American army at the front, and the Spanish force defending Santiago de Cuba is estimated at from 12,000 to 20,000 men. In addition, as already cabled, Gen eral Pando, the Spanish military com mander in the fleld, Is marching from Man zanillo, some 127 miles west, with about 8,000 men, and, unless checked by the small force of Cubans holding the mountain passes, he ought to reach Santiago, In his efforts to support General Linares, in a few days. The American camps have been soaked by the recent rains, and the roads are in bad condition, but our officers and men are confident they will be able to make a gen eral attack soon, and that Santiago will fall before them. The cable was placed in operation this morning at Juragua, Altares and Siboney, and communication is now open between the in\ading army and Washington. READY TO GO FORWARD. PrepurutiotiM for the AmmuiiU on Suntl UKo Tills Morning. OFF JURAGUA, Thursday, June 30, 7 p.m., via Kingston, Jamaica, July 1, 8:10 a.m.?The American troops are ready for a forward movement in the morning, which may lend to a general assault upon Santi ago de Cuba. General Lawton's command will be push ed two miles further forward and capture Caney, from which place the Spanish ln trenchments can be bombarded. MORRO WAS SILENT. The Texas Approached Within 1 ,TIK> Yards of the Castle. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. Siboney, Thursday Evening, June "0, via Piaya del Este, July L?A reconnoitering party started today to Aguadores by the railroad, but can go no further, a trestlt being broken. The fleet Is coaling at Guanlanamo to its full capacity and the colliers will be sent north for complete cargoes, in order to be prepared for a long distance. Nothing further Is heard of the coming of Gen. Pando's troops. The Texas last night approached within 1,700 yards of the Morro under orders and teed her searchlights, but failed to attract notice. The Spanish are saving their am munition. Admiral Sampson can reduce the outer defenses when the army Is ready to have him. It has rained again, and the military road to Siboney Is muddier than ever, but re pairs are proceeding. Cable communica tion was established this "morning by the signal corps under Allen. The army base Is at Siboney, with a navy base at Playa del Este. EXPECTED AW ATTACK. Spanish Guards Withdrawn From Porta Outside Intrenchments. Special From a Staff Correspondent. Cuban Army Outpost Tuesday Evening, June 28, via Port Antonio.?The Cuban picket line has been pushed one mile ahead of the main support of American troops. No Are has yet been drawn from the ene my within the fortifications. The main body of the troops cannot advance much farther until the artillery opens the way. Pour batteries of light artillery 'are being placed in position here at the front of the line of pickets, and they expect attack hourly. The Spanish guards were withdrawn from the forts outside the entrenchments last night. A reconnaissance has been mad* close SEIl VESl'VIVS. enough to hoar the sentinels call to each other. The Spaniards have been using helio graphs and searchlights. A close inspection shows that the guns taken from the ships have been placed mainly at the northwest entrance to the city. The Spaniards still hold authority over the village of Caney. An emissary, who came from within San tiago, arrived today and reports that the defensive force numbers 12,000, and 6,000 of the volunteers are living on rice and horse meat. The Spaniards expect an immediate attack. General Luque is reported to have arrived from Holquin with reinforcements, and forces are also reported marching from Manzanilla, but these reports are not con firmed. PEPPER. GARCIA'S DASH WESTWARD. Penetrated Xearer San(li.?<> Defenses Thun Any Other Force. Special Dispatch to Tile Evening Star. Sevilla, Cuba, Thursday, June 30, via Playa del Este, July 1.?Garcia's Cubans made a dash westward this afternoon and penetrated nearer the defenses of Santiago than any hostile force yet. Led by the gray-haired general they skirted Caney. a cluster of villas two miles from the arsenal, and passed in plain view of the Spanish pickets. Tonisht they are camped near Ly, pre paring for an attack as soon as permission is obtained. The Cubans have rations for only twenty-four hours, and argue that an early advance is probable from these cir cumstances. Many of Garcia's men formerly reside! in Santiago, being driven thence by the barbarity of General Weyler, and today, when they caught a glimpse of their former homes, they gave a tremendous cheer and demanded to be led forward immediately. General Garcia and his officers restraining tlu-m with difficulty. Caney is composed of residences of the wealthy classes, and General Garcia ex pects to occupy it without difficulty, as the Spanish evidently Sre disposed to abandon the town. From Caney the'main road en ters Santiago from the northeast, thus making it an important point in the pend ing operations. General Garcia expects to have the honor of leading the grand assault, and has ex horted his men to fight desperately. A SHOOTING AFFRAY E. L. Springman Fires Three Shots and Wounds Two Persons. One Was a Colored Jensbojr, and the Other a White iloy. Edward L. Springman, the exprcrsmun having an office on D street near loth street northwest, shot a pistol recklessly Into a crowd of Time's newsboys who were congregated in front of his office at o:'JO o'clock this afternoon, wounding Charles Brooks, colored, the proprietor of the news stand in the pension office, in the hip, and also wounding James Hardy, a white lad fourteen years old, of W54 Massachusetts avenue northeast, in the hip. According to impartial witness, Springmann lired Ave shots from a revolver, intending them for Brooks, with whom he had come words re garding the latter and other bjys blocking up his office door. Brocks replied that he was waiting to get his papers, when Springmann, it is al leged. went into his office, took a revolver out of his desk, placed it under his coat and, returning to the door, opened tire on Brooks. One bullet struck Brooks and an other struck Hardy. ConfliellnK Stories. There were several conflicting stories told about the shooting, but the most re liable was given by a small boy, whose rame was not ascertained. He stated that Springman, who has always been on un pleasant terms with the newsboys, who congregate around his place had some words with the "big colored boy" on I> street, and then went hack Into his office and got a pistol, which he put under his coat and came back to the door. When he produced the pistol and began shooting at the big colored boy (Charles Brooks.) The little fellow was in the way and it looked as If he got all the shots. Spring man fired five shots. SiirinRiiipn'* Statement. Policeman Hartman took the prisoner to the station house. He gave his name as Edward L. Springman, and his age as twenty-nine. He said that he was an ex pressman by occupation. He was accom panied by several triends, who cheered him up as much as possible, but Spring man seemed worritd over the affair. Before he gave his name to the station keeper he wanted to get some word to the Emergency Hospital, to see if the boy was fatally injured. He showed a bad cut in the back of the neck, just lo th ? rear of the nght ear. which he said was jabbed into him by the colored man. While he was at work in his office, he said, the man stuck him with the knife. He grabbed for his pistol, and shot at ti.e man. He did not know that he had shot the colored man, but he saw the boy fall. According to the story of Lieutenant Amiss, who came In shortly aftermaj-d. Springman was crazy tq fire into a crowd. The prisoner was taken to one of the wit ness rooms upstairs in the station and locked up. What Sprinirmun's Friends Say. At the first precinct station It was stated by the friends of young Springman that Chas. Brooks, the young colored boy who keeps a news stand In pension office, had caused the trouble by hitting Springman. and then coming back at him again with a knife. In order to protect himself Springman pulled his pistol and fired. One shot hit Brooks on the right hip. but some bicycle Instruments In his hip pocket prevented a serious wound. Brooks was hit only once. Upon this statement of facts Brooks., who had In the meantime been sent to the hospital, was ordered to be held and an order to this effect was telephoned to the Emergency. Inquiries about bail were made at the first precinct station, but nothing could be decided in the matter owing to the uncer tain condition of the boy Hardy. REIECTSTHEOFFER Mod by tbe German Admiral al Manila. IMS Ml IIEITS Rejects Proposal Made bj Spanish Governor General. PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC FORMED Aguinaldo Has Issued, It is Re ported, a Proclamation. WITH DEWEY'S CONSENT BERLIN. July l.-The following dUp.i-.ch has been received lrom Hong Kong: ?'According to trustworthy Intelligent, from Manila the Spanish governor general had a few days ago, at his own leque.t, a meeting with Admiial Dicdrlche. the com mander of the German naval force. In the far east, in order to propose, in behalf of the Spanish government, that Manila should be handed into the provisional charge of a neutral commander. The pro posal was rejected by Admiral Died rich* In view of the American blockade." A Republic Prwl?l?*4. LONDON. July l.-A representative of Gen. Aguinaldo. the leader of the PhllippliU Insurgents, who served with him during the last insurrection, and who is now in London, is quoted in an interview as say ing that before Aguinaldo left Hong Kona he promised Hear Admiral Dewey not to enter Manila until the arrival of the Amer ican troops. Aguiim'.do's representative ados that lM has Just received a dispatch from Cavil, saving a republic has been proclaim, d there by Aguinaldo under the protection of the United States and approved by Great Britain and Japan. Continuing, the representative of tin Philippine leader asserts that he has been to Berlin, where he saw the unoer secretary for the foreign office, who declared that all Gennnr.v w?ntid was that the existing import tarifT would not be altered by a republic being established in the Philippic Islands, or. at least, that preference should i.ot be given to any other nation. Trnn*l>??rt? B??t There. HONG KONG, July 1.?The Japanest cruiser Mitsushima arrived here today lrom Manila, which she left on the after noon of Monday, June 27. She reports that the American transport* had not then arrived. The situation wa. unchanged. tK Spaniards eont.niimg to erect defenses and the Insurgents occupy Ing posit ons with.r about 2.UW yard, ot the city. Food was growing scarcer. The Matsushima reports also that when she left Manila harbor there were flv. German and four British warsh ps there. Urn. Merritt'a Request. SAN FRANCISCO. July 1.?It ihe gen eral understanding among army oRcer* here that the next expedition t > thelhllip Hires will get off about July 11. Although ?he tr^nJU have not all l~on chosen the available vessels can be sot re-djl for sailing without much delay. Rev. Francis Brooks Dohero. a *U1 known Paulist missionary, sailed on t i? Newport for Mar.ila at the personal re quest of Maji'r Genera! Jtcrrltt. He speaks Spanish fluently and was selected lor the mission by the'sup rior general of the Paulists who rccogr.lxed ihe oppor ttnities afforded in the Philippines for an American priest of the same faith the n ajority of ihe islanders, father Doh.rtj hopes to be of service to the I lined State, by explaining away the false impr-sslon *hich If sai l to prevail on tho Islands fhat the Americin aolliers will destroy their re ligion and loot their pla -e* of worship. Just lH?forc sailing for Manila, Gen. Mer ritt sent a letter to Mrs. C. R. Orecnleaf, president of the Berkeley Red Cross Ko d-U warmly Indorsing the ?fforts of tM ratrlotic women of the Pacille coast to ob tain a Hospital ship for use In the Philip pines. He s iggest. that Admiral Dewey may have a \essel suitable for the purpose. The 1st Tenneume Volunteers hive jusl received 1.<*W "ew Springfield rifles, but still need 1-"" to complete their ?ri lament. Private J. H. Hamilton, Company D. 1st Tennesaef. Is dead ot pneumonia. tollow.nH measles. She >1111 He taprrmril. According to the Kxsmlner the next flee! of transports for the Philippines will con sist of the Peru, City of Puebla. Acapulco, Umatilla and Pennsylvania. The Acapjle. is expected at any time from Panama. Upon her arrival she will be impressed by the government. The Umatilla is due to day lrom Puget Sound porta, and It l? said that she will be taken upon her ar rival. The Pennsylvania Is expected every day from Philadelphia, and theie will lw no trouble securing her. The Rio de Ja neiro U due from C'lilna and Japan JuiJ 6 She was taken, but will reach here too lnt? to go in the next expedition. Spnnlards Mcsl Sacrum*. LONDON. July 1.?Frank Caruth. tin he^d cf the Phl.lppine Chemical Company, has received a letter lrom a prominent Spi nlsh business man In Mmi.a. under date of May ->0. which Bays: "A -e<>rii1nsr w our latest new*, the American* haco suf fered a defeat In Cuba, but that will not _ matter much, for ?ooner or later our *11. must succumb. r.? we have nelthe.- :-.<-ner nor materials. Wha? is moat feared her. La the Spaniard, themselves. I hope tc God if the Tankeea take the islands thai will keep them."