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BLOODY BATTLE FOUGHTWITH THE SPANIARDS
Th. Newm eo Par Benevd OCs.. From Spealsh Sources Uzclu-alvIy mad of Courms th. Spealarda Claim That the Amer-
icane Wien Repuleed With Heavy Loss
THATS THEIR YERSIOIThaw Admit That Two TownsWor. Deetroyed by Our ShBbs.
NO DOUBT THAT WE WON
9The enuy Alas Admila That Oue of
Our Plank Movements Wa S ancess-ftul the Spaniards saint Dsivmn 3eakInto the Mounwal--Th. News vomesProm Madrid. WMi Got It br wW.Prom the Governor of Ssatiago.The Drunt of the attum Was NearPunts Bsrraoo, but Thur. Seema toHave ee.n Fighetig AU Along theLine Where the American Troope Ds-barked.
'Madrid, June 23, 4 p. m.-The minis-ter for war, General Correa, it is an-nounced, has received an official dis-patch from Santiago de Cuba announe-ing 'that the Americans' attack onPunta Berraco had been repulsed aftera hard fought and bloody engagement."
Cable dispatches received here fromAdmiral Cervera say the crews of theSpanish warships at Santiago havejoined the land forces in order to takepart in the defense of the city. Headds that the situation is critical, buta later dispatch affirms that the Span-lards "have victoriously repulsed the
A dispatch from the governor of San-tiago de Cuba says: "The attack onSeboney and Baiquiri continued untilnightfall. The enemy was repulsed ex-cept on the left at Baiquiri, where theSpaniards were obliged to retire in con-sequence of the flanking movement onthe part of the enemy, who landed sev-eral kilometers east of Daiquiri. TheSpanish forces retired in good order intothe mountains. Seboney and Berracnwere destroyed by the Americanshells."
An official dispatch from Santiago,dated June 21. says: "The attack com-menred yesterday. The enemy con-centrated his landing force in front ofPunta Barraco, lying eastward of ourleft flank, which extended for eightleagues along the coast."
Another official dispatch from Ha-vana says: "The commander at San-tiago de Cuba announces that theAmerican squadron has commenced thebombardment, and is trying to disem-bark at Baiquiri and at Punta Barraco.An American warship has shelled anddestroyed a small wooden fort nearCienfuegos. Several Spaniards wereslightly wounded."
6 p. m.-During the afternoon a semi-official note was issued. "in order toavoid a misunderstanding." pointingout that merely the Spanish left retiredand took up a position in the moun-tains, owing to the Americans landingnine kilometres east of Baiquiri, wherethere were no Spanish troops, and en-deavoring to outflank the Spaniards.
The note then points out that "thispart of the country is very unhealthy,and that yellow fever is rampant."
The Spanish official dispatches are an-nounced to have created "an excellentimpression" here as indicating the "im-mense difficulties of the advance onSantiago de Cuba."
The dispatches from Cuba were readto the senate to-day, whereupon thesenate made patriotic speeches.
Senator Rodrigo declared Europe andthe whole world is "committing thegreatest and most horrible crime inallowing Spain to be crushed by brutalweight of numbers."
Continuing, the senator dilated uponthe grave danger to the Latin and Sla-vonic races "If Europe tolerates Anglo-Saxon preponderance."
The budget was then adopted, whichwill permit the government to suspendthe sitting of the cortes.
THE NEWS AT WASHINGTON.
Miles Experted tlb. atti, cad ThbaksEveryvhing I. All Right.
Washington. June M.-The bulletin'from Madrid announcIng fighting nearSantiago was shown by an associatedpress reporter to Secretary Alger andGeneral Miles. who were in conferenceat 4 o'clock. They expressed muchsatisfaction over it, but had no addi-tional information. General Miles re-marked that he had expected fightingto-day, and that the news showed thecarrring out of. what he anticipatedwould be to-day's developments.
Punta Berraco is situated a short,distance from Baiquiri. where the Unit-
1 ed States troops landed yes:erday. It
is near to the coast, and is under theguns of the American fleet, from whichit can be Judged that It is highly im-probable that the army has been re-pulsed, as stated in the Madrid dis-patches.
C'meevaetrelg at Sastiag..London, June 24.-The Madrid corre-
spondent of the Times says: "The gov-ernment has received an additional dis-patch from Cuba, not yet published,to the effect that Spanish reinforce-ments are being concentrated on San-tiago."
NO NEWS AT WASHINGTON.
The War and Navy Oletals Thtak There.'lees No Hatel..
Washington, June 24.-Up to 12:30o'clock a. m. neither the war nor thenavy department had received any newsfrom either the troops or the fleet in thevicinity of Santiago. The navy depart-ment had several messages during theevening from Admiral Sampson, but allof them related to purely routine mat-ters of no possible interest to the public.
Admiral Sampson made no referenceto the fighting, and his silence on thatpoint, together with the fact that noth-ing has been received by the war de-partment from General Shafter, is tak-en by the officials of both departmentsto mean that no engagement in theleast way serious has occurred sincethe landing of the forces.
SANTIAGO'S FORTS.
Aeearate Mape of the Uarbor Preparedby a ('uba,.
Copyright 18g by Associated Press.In General Garea't Camp. Aurree Der-
ale, Santiago de Cuba, June 22. per assoct-ster press dispatch boat Wanda, viaKingston. Jamaica. June 23.-A Cubanwho left the city of Santiago on Mondaynight arrived at General Gan'ia's camp onTuesday morning with accurate maps ofthe harbor and of the earthworks sur-rounding it. The ships of Admiral Cerverahave moved from the positions they werein three days ago and no" lie in almosta circle surrounding a cs .ll island andlighthouse about half way up the harbor.The cruiser tristobal Colon lies to thewest, commanding with her port batterythe narrow neck of the harbor, whiic theVizcaya lies to the coit. hr starboardbattery looking upon the same neck. Bothof the Spanish torpedo boat destroyersare totally disabled. The ships have onlyhalf their supplies of coal. The shell thatsunk the Reina Mercedes was tired by theMassachusetts. Beyond this loss and Ouitea large loss of life incident to it, therewas little or uo damage done. Seven newguns are being put up facing the sea, anew line of trenches has been dug abouta mile and a half from the city. The spiritof discontent is very widespread amongthe Spanish troops and an uprising inSantiago de Cuba is feared.
WILL STRENGTHEN THE BLOCKADE.
Oa Much .1 the Seath Coast of Cuba ItHasn't Aoaeatesi to Much.
Copyright 1t98 by Associated Press.Off Santiago de Cuba, June 22, 5 p.
m., via Kingston. Jannatca, June 23,7:30 a. m.-With the complete invest-ment of Santiago de Cuba by land andby sea but a few days off, the admiralhas decided to strengthen the blockadeof the large ports on the southern coastwestward of Santiago. For three weeksthe south coast, west of Santiago deCuba, to Cape San Antonio, has beenpractically unprotected. The blockadehas been simply on paper, in name on-ly, with the result that it is knownthat quite a number of ships have runthe blockade, and that an immensequantity of provisions has been amug-gled into Havana. Most of the block-ade runners have landed their cargoesunder the lee of the Isle of Pines, andthence the provisions. etc., have beentaken in small boats to Blatabano,whence the railroad runs to Havana,only 30 miles distant. The admiralhas now decided that blockade run-ning must cease, and yesterday he dis-patched four fast ships to patrol thecoast from Cape Crus to the Isle ofPines.
SHELLED THE TOWNS.
The Warships Prepared the Way fer theLaudiag at the Treeps.
Copyright IHM by Associated Press.Playa del Este. Guantanamo bay,
province of Santiago de Cuba, June 23,2:07 p. m.-Before the landing yesterdaythe fleet in front of El Morro openedout and the ships, steaming along be-tween Santiago and Baiquiri to preventreinforcements by the railroad to thelatter point, shelled every village onthe coast.
The Bancrott, Wilmington and Vixendier'vered a regiment of Spanish sol-diers defiling down the road to Juragua.and the shells sent them scampering upthe hills like jack rabbits.
The warships, before the landing,shelled Baiquiri town and the surround-lug hills for half an hour. What re-mained of the smolder.ng village waswrecked, the crash of the guns rendingthe rock an3 reverberating among thehills. Great smoke banks drifted Inshore, completely veiling the ridges formiles. Steam launches with one-poundColt guns in the bows and the Tecum-
I seh and Suanee covered the landing in-side the pier.
Testlag a Terpede Meat.Seattle. June '.3.-The torpedo boat
Rowan was given a preliminary trialtrip to-day. The run, which was toTacoma and return, was v'ry satisfac-tory, a speed of Ii knots being devel-
oped under 171 pounds of steam. Sb.car. stand !N pounds, and It would beno surprise if she made on her ofcialtrial a greater speed than the required24 knots. The odcial trial will prob-ably be held next week. An $0-milecourse is to be laid out from Tacoma upthe sound.
FUSION IN SOUTH DAKOTA.Desmeereas, Pepuia ad Sasteer Ueps.
ease Ass 1. Ua mesy.Aberdeen. S. D., June IL-After three
hours of hot discussion the populist stateconvention to-day accepted a conferencereport allowing the democrats to namefour places on the state ticket and thesilver republicans one. The populista thennominated by acclamation: For congress-men. Knowles and Kelley; governor. 2.E. Lee; secretary of state. George Spar-ling; attorney general, C. D. Palmer;railroad commissIoner. W. C. Tompkins.The democrats will nominate the trraru-rer, auditor, superintendent and land com-missioner, and the silver republicans thelieutenant governor. General Marlas, thepresent state examiner, a candidate fortreasurer, is being fought hard by manydemocrats and it may take several hoursto complete the fusion.
The work of the three state conventions
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On Wednesday, June 22, the army of invasion beganits landing at Santiago, and the Twenty-Fifth regularsfrom Fort Missoula were among the very first to land.
WEDNESDAY'S FIGHTING.
The Spaniards Lost 60 Dead sad 16Wounded-They Fled.
New York. June 23.--The firmt official
cablegram rec owed by the Cuban junta
from its government since the break-
ing out of the war was received here
to-day by senor T. Estrada Palma. It
was as follows:
"Playa del Este, June 22.-We are at
Guantanamo. Position taken from the
enemy at Playa del Este. Fought with
200 Americans and 50 Cubans against
450 Spaniard". Complete route. The
enemy's flight was shameful. We cap-
tured 1 prisoners, one oflicer. Sixtyof the enemy are dead and 16 wounded.
Two officers were killed. On our part
we had two killed and three woundel.
We captured 23 Mauser rifles and 3.00')cartridges. To-day the forces of Gen-
eral Rabi and Brigadier Castillo took
Baiquiri with the aid of the Americanvessels. The Spaniards set fire to thetown on retreating. Sixteen thourandAmerican troops have disembat ked at
CAMARA GOING TO THE PHILIPPINESPalermn. June 23.-The Cinrnate de there .n Tuesday. June 21. as going in
atalia pubiishis a dispat h fr. in th the dirnction of Sues.
u land of Pantellarla, s..khn't of Lond n. June S4 -A dispatch fromSilly. announcing that Admiral "'a- Madrid 'iya: Sagaeta informed the
mnara e squadron. conuistin. f acv n chamber y st.rlay IThursdayl thatwarehipM. including three i" 1. hoata amarat iua rt n was on the way toand convoying Ave traunsprto shipped the Phili p.nus.
ended to-day by the nomination of Maria.Taylor of Beadle for treasurer. HughSmith Miner for auditor. John Scallardof Mead for land commisasioner. T. F.Kits of Hutchinson for superintedent bythe democrats and t'. Robinson Brownfor lieutenant governor by the silver re-pubHicans. The pop. endorsed all the nom-Inations. The three parties join in a bigjubilee to-night.
MINES OWNED BY SOLDIERS.
They Are to B. Exempt Vram the Ordi-aewry Assessment N ark.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.Washington. June 23.-The house this af-
ternoon altered the senate bill providingthat minaes owned by soldiers should beexempt from assessment work and sub-stituted amendments offered by Repre-sentative Bell of Colorado. The bill pro-vides that any mine owned in whole or inpart by a aoldier or sailor should be ex-empt from assessment for six monthsafter any soldier or sailor shall have beenmustered out of service if he survives hisenlistment. It further provides for theforfeiture, re-location and transfer of theinterest of non-enlisted co-owners with-out affecting the interest of such soldieror sailor. The bill will now go to thepresident and the Bell amendments willcertainly be adopted.
Itaiquiri. General Garia is on board
the cruiser New York.
"COLONEL LABORDE."
WASHINGTON LYNCHED.
Three Thousand Peeple Wit...e His Tak.lug O$.
NahviIlle. Tmnn.. June Z3.-A dispatch tothe Banner from l).uhle Spring,. Tenn.,statls that Charles Washington, colored.who rer ently assaulted Mrs. Ward near1line lick. Putnam county, waa lynchedat Mine Li. k to-day. He was capturednear Layton and lodged in jail at Cooke-ville, but was taken from prison by themob and hanged. The negro said he hadescaped from the New Jersey penitentiaryafter serving only a short time. lie con-fessed his guilt. The lynching was wit-nessed by 3.000 people.
emaator Carter objsces.
Washington. June 23.-In the execu-tive sesalon of the senate to-day. Sena-tors Carter and Wilson calied attentit~nto the fact that many of the officersof the engineer regiment being raisedin the West arc taken from the Easternetates. say'nt that this arrangementwas unfair and unsatisfactory to theWest. Senator Sewall replied in de-fens- of the nominations. Action waspostponed.
IT'S BELIEVED TO BE A GREATWashington Hasn't Any Direct Nmws of Yssterday's
General Nil.s Thinks the Tenor of the Madrid Dhpz ;Indioates the Saooses of the Americsn Arm
PLANS WERE WELL LAIDIt Was Practically Impossible for
Them to Miscarry.
FIGHTING FROM NOW ON
General Miles Declines to Discus H'sIntentions-The Accident on the Tea-kee Coensd by Detective Powder.Sritish Casna Leaves Havane-Hobson's Promotion Maees. a Number ofInteresting Points.
Washington, June 23.-Secretary Al-ger and General Miles were in confer-ence in the secretary's olfiee at 4 o'clockto-day, when the first Madrid bulletinannouncing that fighting had begunwas shown to them. The secretaryread it aloud with evident satisfac-tion, and both of them expressed them-selves gratified with the favorable re-port, coming. as it did, from the ene-my. There was no surprise that thefighting had been started so soon. Itwas suggested that the troops had fin-ished their landing only this morning.
"Yes, but they have gone there tofight, and are ready to begin it atonce," replied General Miles. Secre-tary Alger said that no word had beenreceived up to that hour indicating thatfighting was in progress. He had nireason to doubt, however, that curtroops had encountered the Spanishtroops and had given a good accountof themselves. He commented on Ad-miral ('ervera's cable that the situationwas "critical," and that the Spaniardshad been obliged to retire as in strangecontrast with Madrid's claim of a"Spanish victory."
General Miles said the Americantroops would now push forward aggres-sively, driving 4. the Spanish and fore-ing them to fight. There was not asuggestion of apprehenalon or doubt.either with Secretary Alger or Gen-eral Miles, as to what the outcomewould be. They had made their planswell, and they were confident that Gen-eral Shafter and his troops would behammering at the gates of Santiago be-fore long.
The impression here is that theSpaniards will make their strongeststand close to Santiago and the innerharbor, within the range and pr'.te'-tinr of the guns of the big Spantshwarships lying there. There is no doubtthat until these ships are removed fromthe field of operations the campaitnagainst Santiago will be conduct. dagainst odds.
The Runs of the ships command thehills over which our soldiers mu'tcome to attack the town and reach th.bay, but we will soon bring our ownartillery into play. The naval ometalshere believe that when the time count .+fot an attack by land upon the townSampson will force his way int t theharbor and take part in the engage-ment. They are satisfied that thewreck of the Merrimac does not cont-plhtely block the channel, and say thatif Sampson does not come in the honn-Is', fleet is likely to make a desp.rateeffort to get out. The mines are tn iecorsidered in such a case, but it iSi'pi:eved that once Morro Castle istaken by the combined attack .'! thesoldiers and fleet these obstructions canbh easily removed with the exper.enrgained in Uuantansmo bay.
The only positive news coming to thewar department up to the close of of-f'.. hours was a dispatch to G'n.r.tlMiles from one of his staff omeiaiswith General Shafter, and also a irictdispatch to General Greetey from Lieu-tenant Colonel Allen. General Miles'dispatch stated in substance that thelanding of troops had been comp'.tedwithout any casualties, save one t'mhansoldier had his arm injured by thebursting of a shell. The troops of Gar-cia and Rabi. about 5.700 in numibe'.had met the American forces with en-thusiastic greeting. Stress was laidupon the point that the Cubans wrrewel' armed and disciplined.
General Garcia was confident that hisforces would be swelled to 10,000 menas soon as Santiago fell. About the onlyneed among the Cubans was shoes andquinine. The dispatch to GeneralGreeley merely stated that progress wasbeing made in connecting the militaryforces directly with the war department.
During the day orders were issued tothe entire division comprising the newly-created command of Grigadier GeneralGuy V. Henry for the speedy departureto reinforce General Shatter at San-tiago. Already the 33d Michigan regi-ment and one battalion of the 34th havestarted on this mission. Th-day's orderscover the balance of General Henry'.command. It includes the remainingbattalions of the 34th Michigan and 9thMassachusetts regiments. These willcomplete General DuMeld's command.
The 3d Virginia. which belongs to thisbrigade, will not go. as its equipment isincomplete. The orders also cover theentire brigade of Grigadier General Gar-retson, which includes the 6th Illinois.6th Massachusetts and 6th and 6th Ohioregiments. The plan is to move all ofGeneral Henry's division on the Harvarda:1l Yale. these ships to make two roundtrips. The first trip will carry most. tfnot all, of General Dumfeld's brigade.
The war department allows three daysfor the trip. two days to unload the Itroops and three days to return to New-port News, making eight days. By thattime General Garretson's brigade will beat Newport News ready to go on boardthe ships, and then will come the secondtrip. tak.ng three days, with two daysallowed for Garretson's troops to unloadin Cuba.
Reports were current at the war de- ipartment again to-day that GeneralMales would leave the city within thenext two days. It was asserted also
that he had asked to get Into IS0fighting by going to Cuabs atsuming command of thewas contradictory to the IWlated a few days ago thatwould take command of theexpedition. When General M~bution was drawn to the severaling reports to-nights, he gosddeclined to discuss them. Meit inadvisable to give any isto when or where he would go.conference with Uecretary Algerthe afternoon lent some ieter toport that the gcnerars future *1U~.ments were under conslderatise.
The details of the accident aYankee on Decoration day havereached the navy depertmest.the ship was at sea a trjal wasthe guns. One, a six-pounder.English smokeless powder, hueafter the trigger was palletgunner, without wailing. threwthe breech just as the chargeThe rear blast killed Corporal &.Murray and severely, but netwounded Private Jesse Fuller,the United Btates marine corps.powder is believed to be defestiVother hang-fires have been sanit, and if used at all in the & .will be with great cauttoa. Keakthe naval militiamen, who intagsman the Yankee, were hurt.
The British coneul at Uavai.Gollan, who has so well prtestedInterests in Havana as were l cr t lleft in hi1 care. is to quit Uavemhome leave. He has been a bugin Havana continuously, and herunder much strain lately.
During his absence Mr. Jeems,consul, will assume charge at thesulate, along with the care s the Ilcan interests.
Representative Pearson. uni0sNaval Constructor Hobson, hadlong interview to-day withLong respecting the reward orhero. The secretary is pumisi hVconflicting interests to the sa 4etends to reward Hobson inwith the merits of his feat, b.tlike to do this without Injustice ier officers.
A study of the naval registerthat if Hobsop is advanced to theof lieutenant commander he wiUbeen given a greater awardever known in our navalCushisg got% SM nqpgean4year and nine .ositord, yet Hobson. It M5 eose lesd.gives. if he 15 made a aaviP emsmander. 344. and will gma Utime. He will become sca:.' ofthe navy in the couuse of Uyears. and owing to his youth, WI sep"tain that place no less than ysomething absolutely witheutedent in the annals of the navy. ?heefacts are being adduced by naval 61"fitals, who are desirous of Sadisgother means of rewardingaseheroes and which, whiletsatisfactory to them and tbheirwill not work injustice to othersgone instance of how the present pgAB3tice works, the officers point to the lrltthat for his splendid achievement ofManila. Dewey only gained Is ainuhggwhile, astounding as it may seOt. astead of a reward for his eaoe~gg@management and seamanaship a heting the great battleship Oregas seg*cesafuiiy through one of the Nea f.markable cruises on record, CaptmClark actually loses threethrough the promotion over hisof officers engaged in the battle at .-nila bay.
Captain Sigebee is cited siennas ain point, having suffered the legeseveral numbers, represeatingor two of naval service thrtl-'Manila rewards.
SANTIAGO AND VICHITY.War Aatheritte at Washingtee nafgig
oesuatag the Sings.Washington. June U.-AMWac eXs."_
were intently scanning the msp of tMcountry around Santiago t.-day wtb aview of locating the troops and 1their formation on the eve of the "vance. Balquirl is about l wills tgeeast from the mouth of Sabas e 1swbor. A small river runs Inlea Mtpoint, affording additionai thaslanding. The map shows a tead hafrom Baiquiri to the entrance at Sta.tiago harbor and thence along the hw-bor to the city of Santiago.
Besides this road a railroad .stals >few miles west of BaiuirI. chre,.dalong the coast up to the meath of t h . n htiago harbor. Juragna. the ethermentioned in the dispatches. Inbetween Daiquiri and santtageIt also has a small stream. glvingtional facilities for landil aetdrailroad appears to take its sashtthe coast from that polt. SgEk ofrailroad and highway the shaga aOg -mountainous formations. wh bmake the progress of an araglIt seems evident from anof the army map that (Gemealtroops at Daiquiri or Jusgags wiwestward along the highway,utilising the railroad and thusSantiago tram the southeast.
Distinct from thi landing,east of Sasilago harter. It sagaggdent that at least a part ofShatter's force will land west Nharbor, thus allowing am att*atiago from the ndrthwesi. 'ligpatches states that amade against Cabasas. whiskon the military mag a be a tatslJust west of Asatlae hastermore thea we er the milesmouth.
Further he the wealwhere O(eeesl mSM sadhave a large 9iese ofis clearly ianspeOforce to make the Alligtd 'und *aattlg Sh freewith aemeral NeSantiago hoer.therefore. wi he M. (Apradero. co-operatieral Shatters troopsof the harbor. Arealradero to Cabanas.
No read is shownof Santiago harber.the Amerekam and Cubathe amaalt oa the west.may be slew andthe tangled tropieaiand rock.
