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VCL. XXI.— NO. 164.
Sil Ml Mil
BELIEVED WILL BE SPRUNG
IN SANTIAGO PROVINCE
LAND FORGES SOON TO STRIKE
AN OVERWHELMING BLOW
MMtlM> NOT THE ONLY TROOPS
IN EASTERN CUBA
That Is the < 'dhhi-iisum of Opinion
at the National Capital Pecu
liurlty :i . to the Date When Sol
dlers Were Embarked at Tampa
l'r»»cilic« Significant Comment——
Condition of TroopH on the March
Not aw linil an Expected— Foreign
Repr«HeatatlveH Compliment the
Inr.
Washington Bureau St. Paul Globe, )
Corcoran Building. J
Special to The St. Paul Globe.
WASHINGTON, June 12.— Though
the war and navy departments were
practically closed today, there- was con
siderable gossip going as to war move
ments, and the bulk of it was with
reference to the army that is about
to invade Cuba. There have been so
many conflicting stories as to the de
parture of the troops from Tampa that
there is much misgiving as to the lat
est announcement to the effect that the
transports which will bear Gen. Shaf
• ter's forces to Santiago province are
"about ready to start.'" Briefly, thsre
are all sorts of rumors afloat to the
effect that the expedition about to sail
is rot the firs: one to cirry American
troops to Cuba. In the hotel corridors
and in other public places, tonight, it
13 often remarked that the government
has been decidtdly successful in con
cealing its plans, and the belief is ex
pressed that there are already in Cuba
several thousand United Statts soldiers.
THE MARINE CONTINGENT.
The occupation of Guantanamo by
Col. Huntington's marines is believed to
be the beginning of the landing of a
force of American troops sufficiently
strong to overwhelm the Spaniards
and give the Americans complete con
trol of eastern Cuba. It is argued that
they are not the only land forces on
Cuban soil, the general beiitf being that
the government is determined to keep
its own counsel as to the movements
cf troops until it Is ready to strike a
cl<-cisive blow and, farther, that that
time Is not far distant. The direct an
nouncement from Tampa that the
troops under Gen. Shafter were aboard
tfcp transports and ready to sail fur
nished additional food for doubt as
ts whether the troops were stlil at
Tampa or on the way to Cuba, for the
reason that the date of embarkation
mentioned was June 6, and there was
nothing in the semi-official statement
to show that they had not departed at
once. The announcement was not made
until June 11, and by that time it
•would have been possible for the troops
to have been well on the way to Cuba.
GEN. COPPINGER'S COMMAND.
In the talk here of army movements
It is made significant that little is be
ing said the past few days about Gen.
Shafter's men. It is all Coppinger now,
and this strengthens the belief that
the Santiago expedition has been dis
posed of and the energies of the war
department will now be directed to
getting into shape the Porto Rico ex
pedition. That will, it is said, be the
most formidable of any that has yet
been got together by the government.
It will, it is said, be accompanied by
Admiral Sampson's fleet, will go di
rect to San Juan and make short woTk
of the preliminaries to occupation.
The conquest of Porto Rico is regard
ed here as a much easier proposition
than the reduction of Santiago has
proved.
CONDITION OF TROOPS.
The persistent rumors as to the in
ability of the raw troops to withstand
the hardships of a campaign in a
tropical clime has been a source of no
little annoyance and anxiety to the
authorities here. So solicitous were cer
tain officials of the war department
that it is said they instituted an in
quiry and were gratified to learn that
a mountain had been made of a mole
hill, and that the telegraphed storks
of soldiers dropping by the wayside
had been grossly exaggerated. "While
it is true, it is said, that some reason
existed for the sending out of that sort
of information, yet the number strick
en down and overcome by heat to
. Which they- were unaccustomed had
■been grossly exaggerated. It is ex
pected that the volunteers will have
to become "conditioned," but it is given
out in official circles that the new
men are rapidly coming into shape to
•withstand all the hardships of a try
ing campaign.
NAVY'S WORK COMMENDED.
The work done by the United States
navy is the talk of the diplomats Who
represent various powers at the na
tional capital. There is nothing save
praise for Admiral Sampson and Com
modore Schley, while the achievement
TODAY'S BULLETIN.
Page.
I— Surprises for the Spaniards.
Troops Leave Key West for Cuba.
Protests on Santiago Blockade.
Marines Fight Spaniards.
Thousand Killed in Sierra Leone.-
House and Senate Forecast.
t— Rains at Chickamauga.
Letters From Minnesota Volunteer!,
Story of Santiago Fight. r -
*— Minneapolis Matars.
News of the Northwest.
Week's Markets Reviewed.
Minnesota Dairy Exhibit.
Farm Exports Break Records.
4— Editorial.
President Patton's Baccalaureate.
Full Description Manila light,
E — Sporting.
Western and National Scores.
•—Plymouth's Fortieth Anniversary.
Bridge Jumper's Daring Feat.
Midnight Closing of Saloon*. . .-
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE
of Admiral Dewey at Manila Is cause
for wonderment among the foreigners,
who have not yet figured out how the
American admiral managed' to win
such an overwhelming victory without
having lost a man.
ACCISED OF SPYING.
Spaniard* Incensed at Action of a
BritiHh Subject.
ST. THOMAS, D. W. 1., June 12.— Mr.
Walter Bett, said to have been a sec
retary of Mr. Crawford, the British
consul at San Juan de Porto Rico, the
latter now acting for the United States,
arrived here yesterday.
Mr. Belt was accused of communi
cating information to the United States
' authorities concerning the mines and !
fortifications of San Juan, and he was !
therefore ordered to leave Porto Rico.
The Spaniards claim this is a flagrant
breach of British neutrality and dan- |
gerous for Mr. Crawford, unless it can |
be proved that the latter was not the !
employer of Mr. Bett, and that he is not {
answerable for his actions to the Brit- |
ish government. Mr. Bett denied hay- i
ing supplied the United States authori
ties with the information referred to.
ARE NOT INTERESTED.
Common People of Spain Exhibit
Little Patriotism.
WILMINGTON, Del., June 12.—
Capt. Day s, of the British steamer Le
Cog, which reached this poit yeiterday |
from Santander, Spain, says that while j
i in that country he was irr.presstd wi h I
I the fact that thf- common p ople are . p- \
j parently taking very little interest in '
| the war with the United States. The
people think the confl.ct is for the con- •
j s : deration of the Madrid government, j
Capt. Davis was also of the opinion j
that the Spaniards thought the United
i States was wasting its money appro- j
\ priated to wage war, as it was inttrnat- !
I ed to him Spain did not place a high !
j financial estimation upon Cuba, Porto
I Rico or the Ph lippines.
VERGE OF STARVATION.
Porto Rico Will Soon Be In Bad
Straits.
ST. THOMAS, D. W. 1., June 12.—
Thirty-one Porto Rican refugess, most- |
ly women, arrived here. They say that I
two months of existing conditions w.ll j
bring Porto Rico to the verge of star
vation. The government of the island I
has established a few public kitchens '
for the relief of thosa who are suffer- j
ing most.
The Spanish torpedo boat destroyer '
I Tenor is now regarded as being ussless, j
owing to the breakdown of her boilers !
and the lack of mears to repair them. !
| She is still at San Juan de Porto Rico '
with the Alfonso XIII., Isabel, Ponce de j
Leon, Concha and Comachta. At least
they were all there when the refugees
left San Juan.- ; . L . - -,r p (£.•• ■ »
STILL A PRISONER. '
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■ft ••• lUj .■;
Alleged Spanish Spy Confined Se
curely in New York.
NEW YORK, June 12.— Edouard Mon
lesi, who was arrested on board the
steamship Tartar Prince Saturday
| evening, Is still confined in a cell In
Castle William on Governor's Island. It
is supposed that the man- is a Spanish
spy, at any rate in Ihe employ of the
I Spanish authorities. The officials still I
I refuse to make public the nature of
the papers found in his baggage, but
there were many letters addressed to
persons in Spain.
CAIMANERA CABLE.
Repair's Can Be Completed I> y Thurs
day.
CAPE HAYTIEN, June 12.— 1t is
probable that repairs on the Caimanera
cable can be completed by Thursday or
Friday. It is understood that vessels
of the United States are rendering all j
the assistance possible, and arrange
ments for the work are already well
under way.
WILL FIGHT ANNEXATION
FRIENDS OF THE HAWAIIAN MEAS
URE ARE ALARMED
Fearful That Its Opponents Wilt
Succeed in Breaking a Quorum j
and Then Delaying Action Upon
the Bill Majority in the House
Favor Annexation of the Island—
Other Important Bills.
WASHINGTON, June 12.— The first
days of the week in the senate will be
devoted to miscellaneous matters on
the calendar and the last days of it
to the Hawaiian question, if present
plans are pursued.
The Hawaiian question is attracting
more attention than any other matter
now before congress, and upon its dis
position^ largely depends the date of
final adjournment of the session.
Senator Frye is determined to get
the house resolution up in the senate j
as soon as it passes the house, and
asserts his ability to hold the senate
in session for a reasonable time, or un
til the matter can be disposed of.
It is conceded on all hands that
there is a majority in the senate favor
able to annexation, but some of those
who are friendly to this cause admit
the difficulty of maintaining a quorum j
of its friends, and expect the opponents
of annexation to refuse to assist them
in maintaining a working senate.
Among other measures which there
will be an effort to have considered
during the week is the bill for the in
corporation of an international Amer
ican bank. Senator Pettlgrew's bill reg
ulating the public land laws, and the
quarantine bill.
Jt is understood that If opportunity
offers' a portion of the time will be de
voted to private pension bills and to
house bills on the calendar. Senator
Morgan hopes to have a favorable re
port on the Nicaraguan canal bill to
report to the senate late during the
week.
HOUSE FORECAST.
indications Point to Another Busy
Week. "
•WASHINGTON, June 18.— The debate upon
th.c Newlands resolution, providing for the
annexation of Hawaii, will continue In the
house this week until Wednesday afternoon,
when, at 5 o'cllck, a vote is to be taken.
Meantime conference reports upon the sundry
civil. Indian and District of Columbia appro
priation bills may be presented and consid
ered, but owing to the great desire to speak
upon Hawaii these reports most likely will
be delayed until after Wednesday. Tbe
general deficiency bill is expected to be taken
up Thursday and will be disposed of quickly.
Aside from the quarantine bill there are no
measures of much importance likely to come
so hPvond Appropriation bills.
MONDAY MORNINQ-^JUNE 13, 1898.
SHAFTER'S TROOPS READY
EXPEDITION EXPECTED TO
REACH CUBA WEDNESDAY
Formidable Fleet of Warships Will
Accamiiany the Transports—
There Will Be Fast Cruisers
to Lead and Follow, and the In
diana Will Do the Heavy Work ,
The Porto Rico Expedition.
WASHINGTON, June 12. — Under
command of MaJ. Gen. Shatter the
first division of the United States
army will sail tonight from Key West
for Santiago de Cuba, to besiege and
capture that town. The army trans
ports, thirty in number, left Port
Tampa yesterday and are now at Key
West. The convoying war ships, be
lieved to number between sixteen and
nineteen, will be ready for the voyage
by nightfall, and with this powerful I
force there is no longer reason for ap- j
prehension of the transports being at- !
tacked successfully by any Spanish
warships, even if such should have
escaped the vigilant search of the na- j
val commanders at Key West and off
Havana. It. is believed here that the
sally out of Havana of the three Span
ish gunboats was intended to create
the impression that they were prepar
ed to go out to attack the transports.
If so, the plan miscarried, for the craft
were detected immediately by Commo
dore Watson's cruisers and driven
back pell-mell into Havana harbor, un- '
der the protection of the guns of the
shore batteries. Even if these boats
had escaped, they could have done no
damage, for the size of the convoy
furnished for the troopships is suffi
cient to warrant the belief that they
would have been speedily destroyed
should they have had the courage to
make an attack upon the fleet of
American shirs.
The Spanish gunboats are not of for
midable character, not one of them be
ing the equal in power of the smallest
of the American cruisers, or even of
such gunboats as the little Bancroft,
which may be used as Gen. Shafter's
flagship.
PRECAUTIONS TAKEN.
Every precaution has been taken by
the government to insure the safety '
of the troops en route to Cuba. The |
naval war board was in session today i
making the final preparations for the j
disposition of the guard ships. The
transports will be kept as closely to
gether as safe navigation will permit,
and the warships will be disposed
ahead, astern and on either flank. The
fleetest scouting vessels will be thrown
far out in advance of the transports,
and, in order to insure against an at- j
tack from the rear, some of these yes- j
sels, such as the St. Louis, perhaps, I
will . lingen far astern, ready to signal j
the heavily armed cruisers at the first |
sign of an approaching foe. The state
ly battleship Indiana, it is expected,
will lead the procession of ships, which
will be the most numerous gathered
in American waters since the Civil j
war. The troops should arrive off San- !
tiago by Wednesday night, supposing
the fleet proceeds at eight knots speed,
and landing operations should begin
wy Thursday, for Gen. Shafter will not
keep his men cooped up on shipboard
a moment longer than necessary.. It
is not believed that they will be land
ed at Caimanera, the point on Guan
tanamo bay where the American flag
now flies over the heads of Sampson's
maFines, as that place, while well
adapted to serve as a naval base and
as a harbor of refuge for the Amer
ican warships, is not particularly well
suited for the beginning of military
operations.
In ten days, unless unforeseen ob
stacles are encountered, the movement
upon Porto Rico will begin. The war
department has been in close com
munication by telegraph with Gen.
Miles at Tampa, and all of the neces
sary instructions have been given to
the commanding general for the prep
aration of the military forces to be
used in this part of the campaign.
PORTO RICO EXPEDITION.
Gen. Miles in turn has been consult
ing Gens. Coppinger and Lee at Jack
sonville, giving the necessary detailed
instructions, and all is so near ready
that were some essential supplies on
hand, the expedition could start with
in twenty-four hours. The navy de
partment has been advised of the pur
pose of the army, and the war board
today was making arrangements for
the supply of the convoying fleet. This
will be of a more formidable character
than that which goes with the Santiago
expedition, for the plans contemplate a
joint attack upon the San Juan fortifi
cations by the army and navy, and
these fortifications are so powerful that
heavily armored ships only can be sent
against them at the beginning. There
fore, it Is believed that Sampson's bat
tleshiys will head this fleet. Now that
Sampson has taken up a position
ashore In Guantanamo bay, it la ex
pected at the navy department that he
will soon be in direct cable communi
cation with the department, which will
greatly facilitate the combined opera
tion of the navy and army. The cable
which he cut just before landing the
marines was buoyed, and as soon as
cable operators and instruments can be
gotten over from Haytl the cable will
be opened again.
ARMY OF INVASION.
It Includes Over Twenty Regiments
of Troops.
TAMPA, Fla., June 12.— The expedi
tion that sailed from here to Key West
prior to going to Santiago was made
up of nearly twenty regiments of regu
lar Infantry, of from 800 to 550 men
each, Including besides the regiments
of the Fifth army corps, four regiments
of infantry that have been In camp at'
Mobile, and which formed part of MaJ.
Gen. Copplnger's command at that ren
dezvous.
STILL, BEING REPAIRED.
Three Spanish Torpedo Boats at Las
Falmai,
LAS PALMAS, Canary Islands, June
4. — The three Spanish torpedo boats
which returned here from Cape Verde
islands are still undergoing repairs. It
Is said that these repairs are being
made by English engineers. They
found the boilers and the engines in I
a frightful condition, due to sheer neg- I
lect I
DISLIKE MODERN WARFARE
DONS WAIL AT ACTION OF HOB
SON AND HIS PLUCKY CEEW
Duke Almodevar Says Blockade of
Saatiago Is I'iiJnnUHafcle !><-|>u
tles Shocked at Action of United
States In Arming Philippine In
surgents "Tremenim Moral
Responsibility.')
LONDON, June 12.— The Madrid cor
respondent of the Times, telegraphing
Saturday, says:
In the chamber of deputies today Se
nor Osma questioned the government,
among other matters, as to whether a
blockade can legitimately be made ef
fective by obstructing a port with sunk
en ships, mines or torpedoes; whether it
is allowable for a belligerent in this
fashion to obstruct a port which is not
formally blockaded; whether an effec
tive blockade once interrupted must be
formally re-proclaimed, and whether it
Is legitimate for a belligerent to employ
as allies semi-civilized natives, living
under th# jurisdiction of an opponent,
especially when there is reason to ap
prehend that the latter will commit all
iiiiaiiiiirii >i i i i a i i i i i i l
m Sounds Like a Threat. ■
tt LONDON, June 13.— A dispatch. to the Daily Mail from Na
p gasaki, Japan, says:
m "I have trustworthy information that Germany is determined
If to prevent a bombardment of Manila." ■
W Senor Romero Giron, the Spanish minister of colonies, accord- I
( ing to a special dispatch from Madrid, in the course of a recent p
■ interview, has expressed the opinion that nothing short of a p
jj miracle can save Manila. j|
i,iHllWl!lDllßllinil!tfiiaiHlKlß^
manner of excesses, now happily un
known in civilized warfare.
VERY GUARDED HT3PLT.
Duke Almodevar de Rio, the foreign
minister, in the course of a very guard
ed reply, expressed theiopinion that an
interrupted blockade mjft be re-pro
clalmed. He said the •question as to
whether the blockade from Cardenas to
Bahifr Honda was formally proclaimed
had been submitted to the powers, but
they had not yet replied. America, he
proceeded, was operating against San
tiago apparently on the assumption
that a blockade of that port had never
been formally proclaimed.
Duke Almodevar said' he would not
conceal his .opinion tha.t'an attempt to
block the entrance to Santiago harbor
was unjustifiabfe, adding that the use
of mines for such a purpose had been
condemned by<fiuch eminent authorities
on international law as Sir Richard
Webster, the British attorney general,
and Dcs 'Jar-dins* the French juriscon
sult. With reference to "exciting and
arming I>arbarians," tha foreign min
ister was careful to avoid accusations
against the Washington government,
but he gave the "chamber clearly to un
derstand that, in his opinion, a nation
professing humanitarian' 'sentiments'
would certainly, by instigating rebellion !
among a population capable of pillag- I
ing, devastating, violating and tortur
ing, Incur a '-tremendovts moral respon
sibility in th«^ eyes of the civilized
world."
OPINION IS DIVIDED.
Spanish Officers and Merchants Dif
fer in Predicting Length of "War.
MADRTD, June 12.— An extremely
bad impression is current tonight as to
the outcome of events. : Business men
are Inclined to the belief that the war
■will be short, probably only lasting an
other month. Military men hold the
opposite view, considering that Spain
can put much reliance on the elements.
At the cabinet council today Duke Al
modevar de Rio, the foreign minister,
made a report as to his;conference with
the ambassadors of the powers. It is
understood that nothing definite has
been arrived at.
Capt. Aunon, minister of marine,
telegraphs from Cadiz that the recruit
ing for Admiral Camara's squadron is
being accelerated.
MORE INFORMATION.
The Way the Spanish People Are
Hoodwinked.
MADRID, June 12.— The following j
dispatch has been received here from |
Capt. Gen. Blanco:
"One American cruiser and two gunboats
are before Havana; two are before Mariel,
one at Cardenas, two at San Caissarion, none
at Matanzas and Cienfuegos and fifteen
American men-of-war are oft Santiago de
Cuba. We have no news from La Caima
nera."
A private dispatch received here from
Manila, dated June 8, represents the
situation there. as being slightly im
proved. It says:
"In spite of the insurrection in the prov
ince the capital ta resolved upon resistance.
The spirit of the people i» excellent. The
defenses have been increased, fresh battalions
of volunteers have been organized, the place
is victualed for two months, and the Insur
gents have not ventured to make an attack."
ADMIRAL, SAMPSON'S "POSITION.
Controls Outer Harbor of Guanta.
niimo and Hayti Cable.
ON BOARD THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS DISPATCH BOAT DAUNT
LESS, Off Guantanamo Bay, Saturday
Noon (via Kingston, Jamaica, June
12). — In controlling the outer har
bor of Guantanamo, 'where Lieut.
Col. Huntington's battalion of marines
landed on Friday, Rear Admiral Samp
son secures possession of the Cuban
terminus of the French bajble to Hayti.
The apparatus In the ofgee at the har
bor mouth was wrecked, by a shell, but
the cable steamer Adrla has instru
ments and operators aboard, and direct
communication with Washington will
soon be established.
Admiral Sampson now holds the outer
harbor with the Marblehead, the Yo
• Semite and the Vixen, and with a bat
talion of marines on f he crest of a
blunt-topped eminence commanding the
entrance on the western side. In the -
inner harbor are two small Spanish
. ■ii!!UlKilllllinHM^
I Eight Thousand Troops Landed. ■
M Copyright by the Associated Press. p
y OAIPE HAY^IEN, June 12 (10:30 p. m.)-— Ei^ht thousand m
y Americans, according to a private dispatch from Port Au Prince, m
have landed near Santiago de Cuba. j|
|| The United States auxiliary cruiser St. Louis arrived at Mole
§ St. Nicholas today. m
IfaliililßlßlUllilllllfflllHliUlllilH^^
gunboats, and at Caimanera there is a
battery.
Every precaution has been taken to
guard the men from disease. All the
houses in the locality have been razed,
and casks of Spanish wihe have been
smashed. Two wells have been boarded
up and all the drinking water used is
supplied from the fleet. The marines
are well equipped for the campaign.
The camp will probably be named
Camp McCalla, after the commander
cf the Marblehead, who is indefatigable
and has not removed his clothing since
the bombardment.
WILX JOIN SAMPSON.
Onnboat Peorla Sails From I.eaxne
Island Navy Yard.
PHILADELPHIA, June 12.— The gun
boat Peorla, formerly the pilot boat
Philadelphia, sailed from the League
inland navy yard, probably to go to
Join Admiral Sampson's fleet in Cuban
waters, at 11 30 today. It was expect
ed that the gunboat Dorothea would
accompany the Peoria south, but her
departure was delayed by reason of the
failure of sailing orders from "Washing
ton. The Dorothea is a new boat re
cently completed at Cramps' and Is ex
pected to develop a high rate of speed.
The Peorla carries a battery of three-
pounders, and is under command of
Lieut. Ryan. The gunboat Princeton
will probably leave the navy yard this
week, and the Fish Hawk a week later.
MURDERED A THOUSAND
NATIVES OF SIERRA LEONE KILL
MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN
One Hundred and Twenty Inhabi
tants of Freetown Murdered—
Three Hundred Friendly Natives
Butchered and White and Colored
Missionaries Fall Victims to the
"Warfooys" Wrath.
LIVERPOOL, June 12.— Steamers
which have arrived here from Sierra
Leone report that a thousand persons
were killed in the recent uprising in
that district.
One hundred and twenty inhabitants
of Freetown, most of them traders, are
known to have been massacred, and
other colonfstß were carried Into the
bush by the "warboys," and undoubt
edly met a worse fate. Three hundred
friendly natives were killed, and, be- •
sides the white missionaries, six col
ored missionaries of the United Breth
ren of Christ were murdered at Ma
nohbargru.
The English missionaries are at the
mercy of the "warboys," but have not
been molested.
TOWN BURNING.
Spartansbnrgr, Pennsylvania, Is In
Flames.
TITUSVILLE, Pa., June 13.— The
town of Spartansburg, fifteen miles
north of here, is burning.
Assistance has been asked from this
place, and engines will leave on a spe
cial train at 3 o'clock.
PRISON FOR TEN YEARS.
Wealthy Farmer Convicted of Sec
ond Degree Murder.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 12.— James La
martine Hudspeth, a wealthy farmer of Lake
City, Mo., has been found guilty of murder
in the second degree for killing J. W. Kes
ner, at that place, last summer, and sen
tenced to ten years' imprisonment. An ap
peal will be taken. Hudspeth was released
on an old bond.
Kesner was the station agent and tele
grapher at Lake City. Tbo men quarreled
over a letter alleged to have been written by
Hudspeth and charging Kesner, who was
married, with having paid improper atten
tions to Hudspeth's niece. Hudspeth shot
and inßtantly killed Kesner.
TRANSVAAL IN TROUBLE.
War With Swaziland Is Expected at
Any Moment.
CAPE TOWN, June 12.— War between the
Transvaal and Swaziland may break out at
any moment.
The Swaziland has 20,000 warriors, well
armed and drilled, and there Is much anxiety
in the Transvaal.
GEN. ROCA PRESIDENT.
Elected Chief Executive of Argen
tine Republic for Six Years.
BUENOS AYRES. Argentina, June 12.—
Gen. Roca was today elected president of the
Argentine republic for a term of six yeap3
by the representatives of the fourteen prov
inces.
WRECK IS CONDEMNED.
British Steamer Arbale Is Aban
doned.
ST. JOHN'S, N. F., June 12.— The British
steamer Arbale, Capt. Smith, from St. John,
N. 8., for Liverpool, which went ashore in
St. Mary's bay on Friday, is a total wreck.
She is full of water, and her deck ljaJ la
adrift. The wreck has been condemned, and
passengers and crew are now on their way to
this port.
UNIVERSITY OF PEKIN.
Will Be Established on European
Models.
PEKIN, June 12.— An imperial edict has
been issued providing for the establishment
of the University of Pekin on European
models. The dignitaries have been com
manded to confer immediately for the car
rying out of the scheme.
PRICE TWO CENTS-! g; v^y V x.
MARINES FIGHT SPANIARDS
JHIRTEEN HOURS
Americans Lost Four Men Killed,
With One Wounded
Enemy's Casualties Believed to Have Been
Much Larger
Advance Pickets of the Marine Force Unaccounted
For— Rush Attack Was Made by Spanish
Regulars and Guerrillas, Who Were Repulsed
After Reinforcements Had Bsen Landed From
the Marblehead
Copyrighted, 1898, by the Associated Press.
r_ OFF GUANTANAMO, Sunday, June 12 (via Mo!e St. Nicholas, June 12).-
Lieut. Col. R. W. Huntingdon's battalion of marines, which landed from the
transport Panther on Friday, and encamped on the hill guarding the abandon- .
Ed cable station at the entrance to the outer harbor of Guantanamo, has been
engaged in heading off a lush attack by Spanish guerrillas and regulars since
3 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The lighting was almost continuous for thirteen
hours until 6 o'clock this morning, vhen reinforcements were landed from the
Marblehead.
Four of our men were killed and one wounded. The advance pick-ts vnder
LJeuts. Neville and Shaw are unaccounted for.
KILLED AJ9D WOUNDED.
Among the killed is Assistant Surgeon John Blair Glbbs, son of MaJ.
Gibbs, of the regular army, who fell in the Custer massacre. His home was
at Richmond, Va., but he has been practicing at New York, and he entered
the service since the war be^an. He was a very popular officer. The others
killed are Sergeant Charles Smith, of Small wood; Private William Dunphy, of
Gloucester, Mass., and Private James McColgan, of Stoneham, Mass.
Corporal Glass was accidentally wounded in the head.
The Spanish loss is unknown, but it was probably considerable. The
splashes of blood found at daylight at the positions the Spaniards occupied
indicate fatalities, but their comrades carried off the dead and wounded.
PICKETS DRIVEN IN.
The engagement began with desultory firing at the pickets a thousand
yards inland from the camp. Capt. Splcer's company was doing guard duty,
and was driven in, finally rallying on the camp and repulsing the enemy a* 5
o'clock. The bodies of Privates McColgan and Dunphy were found, both shot
in the head.
The large cavities caused by the bullets, which Inside a range ?f LOO yards
have a rotary motion, indicate that the victims were killed at close range.
The bodies were stripped of shoes, hats and cartridge belts and horribly
mutilated with machetes.
When they were brought in the whole battalion formed three sides of a
hollow square about the camp on the hill tOD. Below in the bay were the war
ships at anchor. Inland from the camp is a deep ravtn* and beyond this are
high hills. The adjacent country is covered with a thicket growth. The sky
was blanketed with clouds and when the sun set a gale was blowing seaward.
Night fell, thick and impenetrable. Sparj»sh squads concealed in the chapparal
cover had the advantage, the Americans on the ridge furnishing fine tar
gets against the sky and the white tents. The Spaniards fought from cover
till midnight, discoverable only at flashes, at which the marines fired volleys.
The repeaters sounded like crackers in a barrel.
MARBLEHEAD TO THE RESCUE.
The Marblehead launch, a Colt machine gun in her bow, pushed up the bay
enfilading the Spaniards, and it is thought some were killed. The marlnts
trailed much blood to the water's edge and there lost it. Sharks are numer
ous in the vicinity. The fhips threw their search lights ashore, the powerful
electric eyes sweeping the deep tropical foliage and disclosing occasionally
skulking parties of Spaniards. It all represented a transformation scene at
the harbor.
Each discovery of the enemy was greeted by the cracks of carbine fire
along the edge of the camp ridge, or by the long roll of the launch's machine
gun, searching the thickets with a leaden stream.
MIDNIGHT ATTACK.
Shortly after midnight came the main attack. The Spaniards maJe a gal
lant charge up the southwest slope, but were met by repeated volleys from the
main body, and broke before they were one-third of the way up to the hill
top, but they came so close that at pjints there was almost a hand to hand
struggle. The officers used their revolvers. Three Spaniards got through the
open formation to the edge of the camp. Col. Jose Campina, the Cuban guije,
discharged his revolver, and they, turning, and finding themselves without
support, ran helter-skelter down the reverse side of the hill.
It was during this assault that Assistant Surgeon Gibbs was killed. He
was shot in the head in front of his own tents, the farthest point of attack.
He fell into the arms of Private Sullivan and both dropped. A second bul
let threw dust in their faces. Surgeon Gibbs lived ten minute?-, but did not
regain consciousness.
The surgeons of the hospital corps then removed their quarters to the
trenches about the old Spanish stockide near the camp. The attacks were
continued at intervals throughout the rest of the night, with firing from
small squads in various directions.
Towards morning the fire slackened. Dawn is the favorite time for at
tack, and as the east paled the marines, lying on their guns, were aroused.
Some were actually asleep, as they had no rest for forty-eight hours, and
tired nature could no longer withstand the strain. But no attacks came.
Three new two-pound field guns, which could not be used during the night for
fear of hitting our own men, shelled several squads of Spaniards after day
light. They dove into the bushes like prairie dogs into burrows as the
shells broke over them in the gray dawn.
SERGEANT SMITH'S BODY FOUND.
As the correspondent of the Associated Press talked with MaJ. Cockrell,
who was in charge of the outposts, word came of the finding of the body
of Sergeant Smith. He was reported as having been killed at 5 o'clock on the
previous day, but it appears he had been seen alive at 10 o'clock in the even
ing. When and how he was killed no one knows at this writing. Neither had
the men been mustered nor had the outposts of Lieut. Neville and Lieut. Shaw
been relieved.
Lieut. Col. Huntlngton and Mai. Cockrell gave high praise to the nerve
and steadiness of officers and men, especially the young ones, as the en
gagement was a baptism of fire for a large majority. The men were in dark
ness and in a strange land, but they stood to their posts with courage and
fortitude, and there was no sympton of panic.
The marines, though much exhausted, were eager for more fighting,
promising to inflict heavy punishment. They complimented the daring of the
Spanish with characteristic camp profanity.
Today the amplest precautions havo been taken, and as the Dauntless
was leaving reinforcements were landing from the Marblehead. A stormy
time was expected.
Estimates vary as to the attacking foree — some say 200, and the figures
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