The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 17, 1898, Image 1
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'liirteen Hours' Fighting' Between Hunting
ton's Marines and Spanish Gueiillas.
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Jlililv Transports Vniler Convoy of Sixteen Hattleslilj-s ami Cruisers
Have Left lei' Suntiugo ?? I lio Stately I Jut t Uslilp Indiana to
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Loud I lie r*roee8slou--I>epnrt meat lias TnHeu I'.very Precaution
tu Insure llto Safe Passage ol? the Fleet,
An Associated Press Dispatch, Juno
1SJ, via Mole St. Nicholas, Hayti, nays :
Lioutonmi t-< 'olonol H. \V. Huutiugtou h
battalion of marines, which hiiulod from
the transport Panther on Friday and
encamped on the hill guurding Iho
<\buudoncd> oablo station at tho entrance
to (ho outer hurbor of (tuantanamo,
^ has been engaged in boating oft' a bush
j-- attack by SpauiBh guerillas and regu
' laiH siuco '! o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Tho fighting was almost continuous for
thirl co a hours, until 1? o'clock Sunday
moiuin<r when ro-onforcemonts wero
lauded from the Marbleheud,
Four of our men woro killed and one
i, wounded. Tho advance pickets under
[ Tiieutenauts Neville and Shaw, are un
r accounted for.
? Anions tho killed is Assistant Sur
[ goon John Blair Gibbs of tho regular
; army, whoso father foil in the Custer
massacro. Tho othors killed are: Sor
f oaut Charles II. Smith, of Smallwood ;
'rivato William Duuphy, of Glouces
ter, Mass., and Private James McCoI
'gan, of Stoueham, Mass. Corporal
i Class was accidentally wounded in the
! head. The splashes of blood found ut
daylight at tho position the Spaniards
occupiod indicate fatalities, but their
comrades carried otV tho killed anj
wounded. J
Tho engagofhont began with desul-^j
I tory firing at tho pickets a thousand.
f yards inland. Cant. Spicer's company
[-wbs doing guard duty and was driven
in, finally rallying on tho camp and ro
pulsing the enemy at 5 o'clookn^
Tho bodies of Privates McCoIgan and
Duuphy wero found, both shot in tho
head. The largo cavities caused by tho
/bullets, which, inside a range of 500
yards, have a rotary motion, indicate
that tho victims woro killed at close
ran go.
The bodies woro etripped of shoos,
~ hats and cartridge bolts and horribly
mutilated with machetes. When they
wero brought in the whole battalion
formed three ^idos of a hollow squaro
about tho camp ou tho hilltop. Polow
. in the bay wero tho warships at anchor.
Inland from tho hill camp is a deep ra
viuo, and beyond this are high hills.
Tho adjacent country is heavy with a
thicket growth.
The sky was blanketed with clouds,
and when tho sun sot a gale was blow
ing seaward. Night fell, thickaod im
'penetrable. The Spanish squads cou
ccaled in tiro chapparel covor bud tho
advantage, tho Americana on their odire
furnishing lino targets against the sky i
and tho wliito touts. The Spaniards
fought from cover till midnight, dis
coverable only by flashes, at which the
in&riuos fired volleys. Tho repeaters
Bounded liko crackers in a barrel.
Tho Mnrblohead launch, a Colt ma
.'ehiuo gun in her bow, pushing up the
" bay enfilading tho Spauiards, and it is
thought that some were killod. Tho
marines trailed much blood to the wa
ter's odgo and there lost it. " ThoBharks
nro numerous in the vicinity.
The shius threw their eeach lights
ashore, the powerful electric eyes
sweeping the deep tropic foilage and
disclosing occasionally skulking par
ties of Spaniards. Kach discovery of
the enemy was groetod by the crack of
carbines along the odgo of tho camn
ridgo, 01 by the long roll of the lauueh's
machine gnu, searching the thickets
with a leacbm stream. Shortly after
midnight -?af^o the main attack.^ The
Spaniards made n gallaut chargaUptho
southwest slope, but wero me? by re
ated volleys from th^main body and
>ko before thoy were one-third of the
_ y up the hill, but they came so close
that at points there was almosta hand to
hand struggle. Tho ollicers used their
revolvers. Three Spaniardsgot through
tho open formation to tho edge of tho
camp. Col. Joso Campina, tho Cnban
guido dischargod hiB revolver and thoy,
turning and finding themselves without
support, ran belter skelter down the
tho river side of the hill. Tho attacks
woro coutinued at intory*ls throughout
the rest of the night, with firing from
B.uall squads iu yarous directions.
Toward morning the fire slackened.
Dawn is tho favorite time for attaok,
and as the eo?t paled, the maririea, ly
~"ing on their guns, wero aroused. Borne
?? were actually asleep, as they had had
no rest for forty-eight hours, and tired
nature could not stand the strain. But
no attack cauie, Three new 12-ponnd
Held guns, which oould not nseitj
during the night, for fear of hitting
:?M own men, a hailed several aoau*
of -Spaniard* after daylight. Taey
. dited intolWbaabe* )ifcr prairie dp--1
' Into bnrrowa as the shells took* <>>
their hearts in the gray dawn. .
.Lieutenant Colonel Hnntihf ton an\
['Major Cockrell gave high praise- to the
; nerve and steed i nee s of efflcera and
hns, aapeeialij the young one#, a? the
t>g*
engagoniont was a baptism of fno for u 1
]arj*o majority. Tho iue? were in dark- \
noss and m a strau^o I. mil, but they ,
stood to then I'uots s\ 1 1 i i cunsuye mid
fortitudo and there was no symptom of ;
panic.
Tho marines, though exhaiistod, wcio !
eager for more fighting', promising to
inflict heavy punishment. They com pi i
mented *tho daring of thu Spaniards :
with characteristic camp piofnnity.
H&tiuiatoa vary as to the attuckiug i
force. Some Say U and thu lignres1
run aa high as 1,000. ('<>1. ('ampinu. ;
I tho Cuban guide, says tho Spaniards;
wore niostlv irregulars, but tho reports j
I of the dit>? lift "go of Mauser ritles would
{ indicate that they were regulars, as '
? most of tho guerillas carry Homing- |
j tons. Tho Cuban guerillas, as a ride, s
; haye moro dash a Ad courage tliau tho
regulars.
J>espite the lo.ss of tho men, who nro ;
keenly regretted, the mariuos rejoice
that the}' have been outraged in their ;
first fight on Cubnu soil, They sailed
from, Now York the day war was do- i
clared and expected to laud within a j
a woek at Havana. Since thou, until '
they'lauded ou tho shore of (Suautana- j
mo Bay, they had been cooped up on i
the I'anthor, and they had begun to ;
Kvery precaution lias been taken by
the guv^inuitfiit to itt~utt> tho nutety <? (
tlio troops on route in Cubs I ho
transports will bo ke,t as i'lo;.ol\ to
ycthor ?c bulo cavitation will permit
tiuvl Iho warships w ill l-o disposed
Uhoud, astern and on either (lank, , J ) 1 1 <
tleotost scouting yosjoU will be thrown
far out iti advance of the ttati&poi t*,
utul iu order to iusuto ugain*t an at
tick from tho rear, bqiiio of t ho von
sols, such art tho St J on is, perhaps,
will linger far UHti'Xn ready to signal
the hens v armed cruiser a at tho lirtd
hiKn of an appioachiug too. I ho
btrttoly battleship Indiana, it is
OXpeOtotl, will loud tho pro
cession of ships, which w ill he tho most
numerous gathcrod in American wutois
since tlio civil war. It is not behoved
that thoy will be I an tied at faimunora,
tlio point on ( i nan tanamo Uuy, where
the American Hhk now llies over tho
heads of Satnpsou's marines, us that
place, whilo well adapted to servo as a
naval base, uuel as a harbor of rofugo
for tho Amerioau warships, is not parti
cnlarly well suited for the hoginuing of
military operations.
The K .\ no<l It ion .
Tho ox pod it ion that sailed ftoSift 'I'mn
pa to Key West prior to uoing to Wan
tiugo was made up of nearly twenty
regiments of regular iufuutry, of from
/ion to V)0 men each, including beside
tlio regiments of the Fifth Army Corps,
four icgiiueuta of 'infantry that have
been in camp at Mobile, and which
formed part of Major tiunei.I Coppin
gor'.s coinmaud at that i undczvous. I'be
total force of regular infantry was
about 11,000 men. J'here were also t w n
rogimtmis of volunteer tnfantry, about
>\ooo men altogether, the Second Hegi
meut of Cavalry, from Mobile. 500 uien;
and two squadrons each from tie Kirst,
Third, Sixth, Ninth nud I'entli Caval
ry, about ?, 000 men; eight troops of
volunteer cavclry, taken ftoiu Uooso
velt's rough rulers, fHH) men; four
batteries of light' artillery, 801)
men and Hi guns; two batter
ies of heavy artillery, V5J0 men, and 10
guns; the battalion of ongineers, L'OU
ineT}^ siyual and hospital corps, etc.,
about 800 men, a grand total of about
17,000 men. The Kogulars were practi
oally pickod men, as not a singlo t o
cruit was taken, tho regiments carry
ing only the obi seasoned troops.
The following is tho list of transports
arranged in tboir numerical order,
commanders ami carrying capacity:
Miami, McDonald, 1,200 men; Santi
ago, Loighton,U50 moil iGussie, Uirney,
BIRDHEYE VIEW OF TAMPA AND Till?
^yitAtfai'OHTS W K R E LOADED WITH
the rrrcn at port\tampa whehe the
(IKS, HIIAFTEU ri IrtVADING ARMY.
four that the 'troops would bent them
after all,
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MOVINti ON SANTIA<igl.
Griind Array of Hatt Icstltp* 11 in) j
Transport s
Under command of Major-Genomt ]
Shaftor, tho first division of tho United 1
r States army Hailed on June U'th frofti i
Key West for Santiago do Cuba, to l>e- !
siege and capture that town. The army i
transports, HO in number, left Port I
Tampa on tho Nth. Tho convoying!
warships, believed to nfimber between ;
1 <> and 10, mot the expedition at Koy j
West, and with this powerful force
there is no longer reason for apprehen
sion that tho transports cau be attacked
successfully by any Spanish warships,
even if such should have escaped
the vigilant search of the na
val commandoes at Koy West and
off Havana. It is believed thnt
tho rally out of Havana of tho three
Spanish gun boats was intended to
create the impression that they wcro
propared to go out to attack tho trans- j
ports. If qo tho plan miscarried, for >
the crafts werodetectod immediately by j
Commodore *" Watson's cruisers and i
driven back pell mell intonUavauu liar- j
bor under tho protection of the guns of
the shore batteries.
Kven if these boats had escaped they
oould have done no damage, for the
size of th6 convov furnished for the!
?troop-ehipfl is eutlicient to warruut be- :
lief that they would have been speedily j
destroyed should tlioy havo had tho
ooarage to make au attack upon tho '
fleet of American .ahips. Tne Spanish |
gun-boats are not of formidable char- j
ac?ar, not one of thein boing the equal j
AH power of the smallest of the Ameri
can bruisers, or even of such gun-boate]
as the little Bancroft, which may be
mi as OWnsralSUaf Ur'a flagship. j
' 100. men; Cherokee, Oarvin, 1,000 inon;
I Heneoa, Peeker, 000 men; Alamo, Hix,
| 000 men ; Comal, Kvtone?, 050 mon, 170
horijos; Yucatau, Rofcertaon, 050 inou;
| Herktihire, Dizer, 47$ men, 174 horses;
| Whitney, Staples, 1 OK) men; Olivette,
! Stevousonj 400 men, 155 horses; Se?u
ranca, '.(flag) Hanson. 500 mon; Concho,
Hick, 1,800 meu; Florida, Miner, 000
men; <"* ty of Washington, Stovens,
1 000 men; Alleghany, Nickerson, 450
meu, 100 horses; Snu Marcos, Itzen,
| 110 mon, '?!<> hordes;, II. Miller, Poter
| Bon, 5550 mon, H00 mules; .Saratoga,
i Johnson, 000 men; lieoua, Wilder,
| 1 , 250 men; Hio Orande, Staples, 1,700
meu; Yigilanciu, Mcintosh, 1,200 iuuu;
j Orizaba, Downs, 1,000 meu; Iroquois,
Kiuible. 050 mon; Mnttewan, Lowis,
M\fl man, 400 hotses; Morgan, Staples,
Stilwater, Gault ; Break
water, itivero Cumberland,
. . , . ; Knickerbocker, . . . 00 men; Clin
ton State of Texas, (hospital),
Young. Jiargos: Beanie, Martha; tug,
| Copt. Ham.
On the side and on tho smokestack*
of evory one of tho transports which
formod the fleet wero painted largo
white uumbers, and by these numbors
the boats were otHoially known, thoir
original nainos being discarded. This
wan for tho purposo of facilitating
equalling between tho flagship und the
other bouts of (fie fleet.
No I'cace for Spain.
Tho campaign inaugurated by some
of the foreign newspapers in favor of
peace between Spain and the Unitod
, States ia not approved at Madrid. Ac
cording to thebpinioo of several, gen
erals Spain is capable of continuing
tbo WAr IQ Cuba fcr two years, even
i under the roost unfavorable eircutn/
Therefore, they add, it
talk of peace, unless it im-'
turn of the status quo ante
I
Invnyten. ^
ArrengemenVNfor the aecond exposi
tion of inrasion from the United States
for the Weet Indjee-tfe being harried
*t the War Department Fire trans
port* ere now It Ferntndm, Fla, rir :
The Cotaaeoh*, Knickerbocker, Ixmia
<M% the ?e4* Citj end the Citjr of
Meeon. TheCetente end the Arced*
iwt at Ncw Tor^, end the Lentpeeee
mmt tttTfwnt; tf ifaliery Lin^
Hpuld;* Fftea4?li<MLulX08?. ?
Tbe Ptrn correspondent of the 8uo
day ttpfOtll ?*ys: "Spain Vinoct iltd
(ut friends of the praw deplore the j
obstinnncy with wbisftWie accepted
wer when totally noi)fepnred? end do
olere #h*t to eontinne fighting when
the euue ii hopelessly lost wjilproba.
t>)j stionete Fimms^ whoee good words
wonld prors serrioefblo in the dmj of
6ot>i? wltfickiit? Whi Initio! tin'
i s h Kegula rs.
iNSUKGtN ?S* All) INGLORIOUS.
I lio fulutus I-ImmI Without Order,
Imperilling lln* Mat lni's. American
I. oss, 'J. Kit letl, I Injured.
An A**??omtod Vt*** dispateh, via.
Kingston, .F??tinio?. Juno l t. Af
lei two nightsof hard tilting tlioAn.oi 1
can llag still lloutson Cuban ayil over
ll,o oncainpiooiit of I ho niariuo battalion
Thus far, the marines have had tho
host of tho lighting, but tho situation
in grave and tlioy aio exhausted with
itpelliug almost incoMaut attack.^
'I ho v havo little chanco to rest Or
sleep and tho t^njo of tho arrival yt
tho relieving troops is uncertain.
Wore it no! lor the protecting g?">*
of tho lloet tho gallant liUlo hand
won lil ho annihilated hy tho Spanish
troops >? overpowering number*, from
S ..til it. ;o deCuba As it is the.Y pro'uv
bly fxii hold their position, but tin. s
t-Hiiuul luuvc lot w ard until 10 enforced
l.v troops. \S hnt at lirst, with llio white
touts on u bobl eminence against tho
tropic background looked like a holt
tl?y camp, is now grim reality. ho
tents have been ttriiuk and rolled into
breast win ks, supplemented by trenohos
111 omul tho crest of tho lull. ho spot
in lameutahl v exposed, while sin
rounding ?t t>n all siiios is heavy brusn.
Tho load movement 111 the camp is tho
signal for instant target practice on
tho pait of tho Spanish sharpshooters,
whoso n ties carry much further than
ours though their owners rarely hit
anything tlicy aim at.
(t is impossible to accurately estimato
tho Spanish attacking force, but it is
uunierous enough. About two-thirds
of this force surrounds tho camp night
ly with a deadly ring, aud the sputter
iii" of the Milliners makes things quito
lively, for the Spaniards aro on tho
watch it ml tako pop shots from bushoa
about :o yards from tho earn p. At
ni?ht (ho besiegers fight like Indians
aud 0111 old Apache lighters will fool in
(liy/r element. I Ivory yard of chupparui
is iiu ambuscade ami pickot duty is llip
ping coins with death. t
After tho lirst attack on Saturday
night, Col. Huntington decidcil I that
auot her attempt would bo niado on
Suit dav night uud I10 cuutied oulronch
ineuts to bo thrown up on all sides ot
the camp, and waited for tho attack
that tho colonel was certain won lit
tome. It arrived within a shorl. timo
alter dark aud from that time uutit
daybreak tho firing was incessant and
ttt times very heavy
O11 tho \merican side two men were
killed and four injured. The dead aro
Sergeant Major Honry Uoodo, of the
marines, shot through the right bro-ist ;
l'rivato Tauinan, wounded and fell ot
the dill', aud instantly killed.
Tho in juredgytio: Private \Yallaco,
foil oil tho cmt' and sustained a frac
ture of tho log; l'rivato Martin, shot
through the log; Private Hoxbury, shot
through tho arm. The above aro all
privutes belonging to .Company if.
l'rivato l'.urke, shot through 'tho arm.
l he lirst attack of the Spaniards was
made at ? o'clock and tho last shot was
fired at them at about 8 o'clock in tho
morning. During tho night the Span
iards attacked tho camp of tho marines
on shore, and the Marblehead, behov
ing tljo A moricaus had beeu driven out,
throw several shells into the place. I ho
attack, however, was repulsed by tho
small detachment of marines in e:nn>
without- trouble. ' ho shells of the Mai -
blchead struck among tho inarinos.
Tho fight was tho first of tho war in
which tho Cubans co-operated with tho
American forces and tlioir co-operation
was it"!, a glittering success. At rrf.
time tmring the aftornoon, wnonevor
the marines woro firing 011 a small de
tachment of Spaniards that made their
appearance a short distance from tho
cam p, tho Cubans began firing without
orders, and sent a volley right among
tho Americans. Thoro woro several
very narrow escapes but no one was
injured.
Tjieutoiiant Neville, of Company I ,
was sont out on scout duty and as
011 tho day previous, lie attacked a
small stone fort. A hot fight fol
lowed and the Spaniards were driven
oft with loss. It. was during this fight
that Wallace aud Tauman fell over tho
Cl Fifteen dead Spaniards, including
ono liouteuaut, were found in the foi t.
During tho attack several shots struck
tho ships in the harbor, one penetrat
ing the pilot house of tho Associated
Press dispatch boat Dandy. No onjr
was injured 011 board of her. t
The Dolphin this morniug located the
Hpanf'sli water station on the ocean sido
of the harbor ontrunce, which supplied
the water for the attacking forco. I ho
well was situated in a blockhouse wind
I mill, having a small garrison, jt was
shelled at 2,000 yards. Lxcelloot prac
1 tico was made, tho station was wrecked
and eaunibter followed the retreating
Spaniards up tho steep ravine Tach
shell disclosed thojsput whuroil alighted
'by raising a cloud of dust, lhoy weio
all well placed.
?oldiir^ for it . is
ChhIciIhiic'* Duel.
Count ('rtHtellHiio, \\ bo married Mihk
Gould, fought a duel with M. Ilouri
Tourti, on the i4th. Threo rounda
were fought with swords and M. Tourti
was wounded in each rouMM, twice
slightly and the third time uenrely,
in the right forearm, - thus ending the
daei.
Four children of Alexander McChex
d?t, at HuiUriil*, W. Va , were
bttawd to deafth in their home daring
t?" atr>tn ft.
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SkMpnon Will rorc?j the Harbor.
An Aeaooiated Press via
Kingston, June 14, ft ays: Tbs dyna
mite cruiser Voanv/a?, which joined
Admiral Stmnon!* fleet off Santiago,
this morning. Is to be followed by the
Erieson* tfco Foot* and othtr torpedo
boats. The arrival of tbo t?rpWonoet
will confirm tbo opinion that Admirnf
Sampaen intend* to fores tbo harbor
i \ i ? i i > s r.\ lis ( o\< . k ICS**
?*ro< ritli.x . u| .Srii.ilo <ni?t llnt?-?<i
I t om I a \ lo J). is .
I I UK VI K.
.li si loiii.' MJioitiy af'ei I o'clock
tin* oonfoi oli<e t ? i i>i t OH tin* w ur lovotiuo
I'lll was ngi ood in the ? ? unto, aitoi
li il isou^bivu lusting i hour*. i li<i d??
j hutli llp?MI till* |? \V ?( S MlilfMlt
Spoi'llll lllfidoilt, lilltl W a* ft. till'' V ' 1 1 * ?
x<lld of tit I 1 1 m ? li I Oil > foatlllo.'*. I'. W U? Ik
foregone conclusion (lull tho ivpo.'t
would 1 10 a^i eed to, and the onh (juc.s
lu>n ol ui torii^t uivoh oil 'wii.1 how i-iHiii
it voto could lio touched. Tho debate hi
dicutod gotiorull v thill the bill a.
ngreod upon b\ the coufoioes was rea
nonnbjy snttstnotory to everybody i.\
CO fit IIM tl> tllO bollll pI'OVlslOll, I llO
\ otes cust against tho adoption of t U >?
report retlectod tho opinions of tho:u?
Senators who mu opposed to any in
crease in tho lutoretit bearing debt of
tho country. Tlio roport was agreed to
I ? >? tho decisive yoto of I.! lo J;'. Kvor\
Kopnbliciiu voted fur tin* measure ami
thoir votes were supplemented b> those
of M I >i'ino?M at n, I silvot Kopubl icttu and
I independent. My sending t * ? tho
dork's desk uiul having read a pro**
clipping detailing tlio voto of llio
Sellftto oil lllO bond p) <)|'i>Nll ion of lllO
war revenue measure, which classed
Kyle, of South I'u&nta, us u I'opulist.
Mutler, I *t> } - it I ist ( . nf \'ni th i ai olma,
) >i oci oitat ml au acrimonious p? ? i 1 1 1 <*?i t
discussion, iuxolving (In* pulitioal
aOiluitions of Kvle. \t ti o'clork tho
Senate wont into rvooutivo sesvioii, and
i?0 minute* later ad mm noil.
. I r n ?? l.'i iM. I 'm noai I v I w o hours
today tlio Senate hail umlor discussion
tlio i osol it t ion of Mr. I .? ii I c* Aft an
t hoi i/.ing a ppoin t moil t of a lion pui I isan
commission to eolhito information ami
to consider ami lecominoml Io^IhIuI it ? i?
to moot probloins presented by labor,
il^ li en 1 1 m to ami capital passed t 'on
sidorutiou of tho loll providing for I ho
incorporation of tho I ntornat ional
American Monk was bo;; mi. At ):H>
P in. tho .Senate wont into exeou
tive session, afterward adjourning.
.1 i'n ic btrn, At to day's sossiou of
tho Sonuto, the resolution of Mr.
Lodge, providing for an inquiry into
tho disposition made of tho Methodist
Mook Concern, of the money which
was paid recently by Congress was
adopted without division. JSl r. lodge
said tlml he lioi t-d the claims commit
tee would briny in I ho draft of a gen
oral law whi'.'h would put an end abso
lutely lo the work of lobbyists and
claim agents. Mr. Mate, of ToutieHseo,
and Mr. Morgan gave this suggestion
thoir cordial approval. Without divis
ion the resolution was then adopted.
A Senate bill to provide a Imine for
ag'eil and litljun ooloicd ju-oplo was
paused. A join t re iol nt mn apj i opi iat
ing ilia, lol to i>av tho Mtdu inu Sea
award was adoptrd I ho i-t;iialo a'
|>, in., wont into oxecutivo ao.ssion
and h'ouu. afterward adjourned.
TJIK IIOUSK.
.Ttni', <?tii. ?After live hours devoted
to the consideration of the lull I ?? en
able volunteer soldiers to vote in ("oii
grosKtonal elections, tho conference re
port upon tho war ruvotuie bill win pre
sented to tho lloiirio, Consideration
was interrupted by a recess to S o'clock,
at which hour the report was tnUcti ui>
again, and after three liour.s debate, in
volving a wide raugo of (subjects and
some soutatio.iul features, it was adopt
ed, 154 to 107. Tho liepuhlicuns who
voted ugniuHt the adopt ion of the eon
fcrence report on the bill, are:
Brewster, Henry, of Connecticut; Hill,
Littauor, Mcintyro The Democrats
who voted for the report 'Were Cum
IJuiugH, Driygs, Fitzgerald, McAloer
and McClellnn. Fierce, Democrat, of
Touohhoo, made a vigorous at tuelv. upon
tho proBoeution of tho wur and tho al
leged unwarranted delay in wilding re
lief to tho Cuban*. A sensational foil
ture wan the clash between (irosveuor,
Republican, ??f (lhf>, nnil Hwnnsnn,
Democrat. ?.?f Virginia, growing out of
tho farmer's attack upon the hitter's
r-peech in criticism of tho revunuo bill.
Tho House adjourned at 1 1 :?("? j>. m.
<1 i;ni; lurii. The leaturos of today's
session of the lioiluo wiih the securing
of an agreement to eonsidoi another
vote upon the .Nuwlauda resolution to
annex Hawaii. Ily a c.Iobo vote the bill
to onablo volunteer Boltlieis t<5 votu at
|" cd^groHHional elections was pu-uyyj, and
n number of minor. measure.'!, chiefly of
n private nature, were considered. At
p. m. tho House adjourned, hav
ing agreed unanimously to vacalo for
the evening peusiou session.
J I'M: 1 1 Til. Tho Hawaiian debate in llit>
House began today. Six speeches woro
pailo, covorinc generally tho contents
of the Biipiioit and opposition to tho
resolutions, providing for annexation.
3kllitt. Republican, of Illinois, chairman
Yf the committee on foreign iiffairs,
| Iponed tlio Hawaiian debate, advocat
K annexation, Dinnniore, the rank
g Democrat upon tho committco on
loign allaiiii, opened tho debulo in
opposition. Itoplying to those winy
contend that Hawaii is a coininercian
and naval necosbity as a mid ocean
supply station, ho declared, there was
already a route to Yokohama, Hong
Kong and to Manila from San Francis
co by way of the .Aleutian Island*,
American ooshoppiohs. .sun niili'H ?liortor
than the Hawaiian route. Clark, Dem
ocrat, of Missouri, opposing the resolu
tions, spoke auninnt an enlarged coloni
zation policy iik something "gorgooun
in appuuranco, but tatal in experience,
or else all history In a lie." "Mr.
Speaker," declared the Missouri
member in a characteristic burst, "if
this nolicy Is pursued as the jingoes
waut j4, and you aro here pi osiding over
tho H<* >se years hence, you will be
called upon to recognize the ffeot&mau
from 1'atngonia, the gentleman from
Cuba, the gentleman from i'orto Iticof
tho gentleman from (?reenlund, the
gentleman from Fiji and with fear and
trembling, tho gentleman froui the
Cannibal Islands a? lie gazes, with
gleaming eyes aud glistening teeth
upon your imposing and tempting self. "
A great laugh followed }hi? prediction
from the Miaaoarioa. ' Ttrkw, K?rWb
1 iicftn, eI_New Jersey, waa. presiding,
[Mr, need occupying temporarily a scat
nnoa the floor. The laughter wan re
n^red when Mr. C^lark added, 1 ?It is
neeeeaary to say I prepared that for the
regular occupant of tbe chair. " The
House at 4:45 p. m., adionroad.
JvNiOra. ? Tba (MtW npon the
Hawaiian annexation continued today
a. ? !
arc
Ill Gill IS 1H.I
Six HumummI Marines L;iiuI*mI nt j
GtiaiitatKiiiio, On I Mi
SMOKING RUINS 15 IN I I THEM, |
Oregon \rw l.aiircl'i to llcr I
< t'uwii-~,\ ll.isi v iH-parturc l.y thai
Sp,? it 1 .1 i ?1h .
An Ahmm?i??(i?I dispatch
l\?it \ utonio, .1 amnion, Dino 1 1. says
TltO IIIVUMOll of Culm by AlUOl U llU
fouos btfiittii bulay. Sit hundred ma
,i?0* ltl.NO pitched tllOll Unit* about the
HinoUiiig ?????? ot llu> tmUM' ,UlU
tications of tluuntnnanio. and tho
Stars v..d Stripes for the tirst time
llout ho?.? " Hawaii in t uba. 1 o
Captain ( 'lat Ko aild the battleship Ot*
pou belon* 'he honor uf iiiwiiilj1 ijdiintf
th*<Vllst hllCCCSld 111 <'f >? '
I 'ni'l v marines f? vi?? tho battleship won I
iislioi o Una morning ?'?'? n , .? yii
left entrance or tho buy nut \l?
troopship Panther Hi nvothwil."" '1
nnoi. 'I bo >eu foicos umlci command
of I .ieutonunt Colonel I! ^ ? 1,11 |f
I..,. UI..VO.I utiioVUu-U, iimUitlr.n half
un hl(m ti?.v had burnc.1 I ho bu' .l.li ii ^
of the Spanish camp, and had Hi t In a ?
Vjh. miserable little * " 1 ^
oi ouohed on tho beach undo,
of tiuaiitamuno lltewholo l,',ciallV''
ol silom-um the n?n? ???*. Ilin;,"l17 .
f^cca ? as -?s easy as plat-inn ? Suiulav
, ,, The M.ai bloliead, backed
?,v tho \ i von au<l Dolphin, opened no
oil tlio ?'ai tli works yetdeiday. J ho
bhi?ro lotho n?ht of tho on .anco was
lined with nuns u,,,< 111,0 l". ' i
Spaniards stampeded after tiring a ew
i I.o oitv of tluautanamo Hon
four in i I os up tho bay anil a *>'?0
nd, Mimboat came down to help ho
shore batteries. Hut she stayed just
hum unouph to turn around.
Tho main foil hoa within Iho nl>
limits luul in still to bo reduced but t
iM not in a dillioult position autl the
American officers -ay ? ?
i? fifteen minutes when denired no
Marhlohoinl, Dolphin, \ u?n and t wo
cull ion. have been oil the o.tlraoee -of
the harbor for acvornl days and y oh for
day morn inn they sailod i-ito ho e lan
.uel, a mile further up, 1wl1,0,0,U?\
opened lire, Hendinj; 1W ?ho Is at o
forts un tho loft. 'Iho n.Hs on ?ho( 1 t
ot tho entrance was done! od Ihoio
mo no dofeiicoH on fho right side of tho
'"'^o ntiompt was inndo to laud until
the Oregon Hleauieil in early Ihis moi ir
,?.r Captain Clark iniiiiwluil?!y H-iit
pi inarines .and an from the
Marble head followed. I hoy found u i
deuee of a very hasty departuio by Iho
Spa.>iai dn. Walchev, han.uioeUH and
aniinnuition were binMorod abouf ho
earthwc.rks ami a Spauish ^ ?H
round m ??uo of the nllo pits. ' ho 11
Uo detaol.iuont of marines hold the
t.laee until the Punther ut rived, when
they wero reealled and the ?ork of j
ciiibarkation hoijftii. Iho fbst boat
load had searooly Iniidod wheu the n ?
latro burst into Ihunos. (,ompau\ 1J,
under liioutomint Hall, was the first
ashore and without tho loss of a mo
iiient, the column started up the steep
rock v hillside to the oarthwurku.
I For "an hour a bruwn eolumu of uia
tlleil ?l> ?'? WM1'
ov..i.tuaUy lukinj! n|. ?
at tho top of the hill. As soon
as tho American Hag was ?wnntr out
to tho breeze from tho fln? staff of .the
captured Spanish camp, tho >iej,o ^ n
Ht earned away to rej<>in ho leot ofl
Santiago. The niariues ^llhollUe n
bition unlit the arrival of .lieexicccd
ti uop-" "1 the incailtltno PCOUting in the
vioii.it v w ith the Marbloheail, \ ixen
and Dolphin lying by to protoct them.
Hear Admiral Sampson uowhuwi
Inn hor and a Iiiiho uf supplies on the
sout h sido ol tho island, and troops can
ho landed at will. The iiooV ?
I anther reached tho lloet oirHuntii go
early today. <>n hor way | oyer he
VuHOinito it roil a do/on shells iulo the
port of Daigtinri ( Hjh?i mt i). but ie
ceived no rospoiiBe. ( hiaiitananin in
but 10 miles east of Santiuuu do I. ul.a
and i>? a splendid locution for a lm?o of
supplies for tlio blockading (loot, ?
1 iil'.'li.K.uei.t or l*u telly
' Alleging infringements of patents on
stenm river and liarbor dreilgofl, A1
phonbo Howers has sued t ,?.ll,ove^"'
inuiit, in California I'edoral Courts for
!?'?<), ??00. __
Ml )|>I I loll Improving.
A private dispatch received nt Mridsid
from Manila, tinted Juno 8, represents
t lie situation there as beiiiK slightly im
proved. It says: "In spite of the in
surrection in tho province, the capital
is rosolvod upon resistance. Tho spirit
of the people is excellent. The defenses
lia ym heen inci eased; fresh nnttuliouH of
volunteers linvo not ventured to make
an attack."
Kxpcllcil from I'orto Klco.
Mr. Waller ftott, who is suid to have
been a secretary of Mr. Crawford, tho
(?ntifh con f- til nt Mnn Junn dn I'orto
itie.o, the latter now acting for the
United Hlutos, has heen expelled from
i'orto Rico. Sir. Holt, it appears, was
accused of communicating information
to tho iJnited States authorities con
cerning the mines and fortifications of
Kail Juan. >
Over lOO Clerk* !>??<? harge<l.
The largest clerical reduction in the
pension bureau for sotne yearn was ef
fected by the dismissal of 'over 100'
Herks and a number of the corps of
iweial examiners. The action follow*
reduction. of tho appropriation.
f a leana Towrto;
A tornado descended on Riddleville
a small town 00 milaa from SaaAntonio,
hand three people were killed. A bof'e
I |>itWl waa crashed end Im l< falallj in
jured. Several ower people were In
j arad by the tnmadft , Jtodt iiem? afrJ
TO ANNttlll' V I K i lll'J SI' A M A?II>"S.
A n ' Illicit ions 1< or in 1(1
iit'ic invention.
\ Ti ni'MM) inn-' Mid put nolle WoHturiiOi'
Ims jii^t hoouiod a patent for tho most
i uiuui Kuliln wm eu record, witU
w hich hepropot-cft toinow flown ntminfl
ItliO w hctd in the harvest liiuo. lU fftot,
tliltf pcoultai and tun ddo dortth-deftliug
devico t an I'o likened imlu h mowing
machine mot n analogously tlinii any
thing else, t"i ( hi< |'il rposo of explain
ing tin manipulation I lu> blades usual
ly iiftod foi cutting tho grain stalks aro
replaced with sharp bayonets, follow
ing ouch othei rapidly with a deadly
pl tiii^i* lor w mi <t
I'ho cat i lace of till auatom v ?jAu'JQtur
i t?^T m | > | >ii i at us consist'* ol front ami lf*at'
bucks mounted on wheels, ami thosO
ti lick* support audcairt i ho operating
moans for Hotting this human harvester
in working order. Tho front ami rear
trucks a io piv otally connected I ?.v moans
of a roach bar, ?o tliat tho device may
l>o turned in a comparatively small
space. Mou n toil on tho ux!o of tho
forward truck is a driving Hiiroekot,
winch may ho tlpown into and out of
action with tho uxlo by moans
of an oidinnry friction eluteji,
according to tho will of the
inn ii 1 1 ? 1 1 hit or of I lo< imicluuo. "I Ik i j*
sprocket whool communicates inollou,
t lit oil;: h a i-nitahlo sprocket chain, to *
stagge'cil crunk m h ii f t mounted in a
1 1 it i no w ot l> , w Inch is supported at tho
lorwaid olid of (ho machine by a suit
able hiij;oii lotiguo. which also projects
lot w it 1 1 1 frt>oi tln> Ire lit truck. To thin
eiunlv shall, colinoctod hy pitmau links,
aio tlm reciprocating bayonots,
winch woilc in snlow ays pro
v ith'd in I ho frame, no that
w lion tho device is moved it turns tho
wheels, ami oonse<ptently tho axle i?
rovolved, carrying with it tho sprocket
wheel, which has previously boon
thrown into operative engagement by
means ol the clutch, before refeiTofl to.
Vs the sprocket whool tin us it tfatis
inits motion through its chain in tho
crank shaft, w hich, by reason of itij po
culiar formation, operates tho bayonets
and caiiaeu thorn to move rapidly bade
ami forth, carrying deuth at every
thrust. Thoso bayonets operate a suf
ficient difltanco above tho ground to
enable thorn to stab a mini of avtyrtigo
height as tho apparatus chargon trfmn t*
column of cavalry. \
A series of vibrating or uwinuiug
h words are mounted on the forward end
of the flame work, beneath the bayonote,
and a set is also provided at tho end of
the rear truck. These swords hang
downwardly and ronrwardly in a slant
ing manner, ho that they cannot fail to
to carve tho carcass of any unfortunate
that may bo thrown beneath tboiu.
\ strong in an t in mounted at tho oou
tre of tho frame, between the two
tirnks, and selves to support the onor
iiioim weight of tho bayoyets and their
operating mechanism, >wliicli would
otherwise bo taken I A' Hie wayon
ton/; ue, and censc?|uei\|ly fall upou '
the horses, 'i'ho horses ai'v inclosed iu
a hollow frame bet w con tlni Front trucft*
and tho bavonet frame, ami are hitched
to tho truck, Buitablo whittle trees be
ing attached to tho wagon tongue for
that purpose.
liIC<?INNIN<J TO ADMIT 1 MINUS.
Frank Sfartio, whit*^
Wharton. Teia*, for bii
BW^|wiS^SlS
Til? tJermaii l'rcHs Now Much Con
cerned Atiout .S|iiiIii'k UuikIIIIoii,
A 1 though tlio .fin ti American foolitig^''*
coiitinuoB at' lierlin, tho Jntoot war
uows, coupled with offlciul warnings
that such comments woro endangering
the commercial iutereatH of (termany,
have compelled the newspapers to modi
fy their ultra pro-Spanish sympathies
and Homo of them are beginning toad
in it that Spain in in a perilous condi
tion. Tho Deutsche Zoitung save is
think!) the moment Lina arrived for
diplomatic intervention in regard to-tho
Philippine Islands, and energetically,
iih wo cannot- -allow tho islandato past
into the hands of America." '
1 ho Yossischo Hays; "in tlio Philip
pines, Spain'a puui:dimout.for centuries
of misrule in imminent. The ofuul rnaa
sacro of the pati iot lliu/.al and fljou
sauds of 'i'uguls find* a hloody rocdin- i
ponbo. " Tho Vussielio is tho firBtyJil'l^
I i n paper to publish tho report# of a
special correspondent sent to /lixmpa,
Fin. I
Tho Post, of thiii cily, ndnwits that
Spain's allaira have arrived at a critical-'
a late und say a: "if, in addition to
other misfortune*, tho throne is upset
a civil war, Spain would loso all the
sympathy hitherto folt former by the -
continental powers.
Want the Vesuvius Tried.
Tho advocates of tho dynamite gun
as a weapon of warfaro are urging the
authorities at Washington to bring the
dynamite cruiser ? Vesuvius into more
active service, where she can demon
strate her ability agaiuat the fortifies*
tions at Santiago aud other points of
attaok. The Vesuvius has on board
three sizes of tho dynamite projectiles,
namely, those carrying 60Q pounds of
dynamite, v?o pounds and 100 pounds.
Homo of tho naval officers tliink the
Vesuvius has not trained her guns
upon Santiago thua far because of the
feeling of danger ythich attends the
handling of these gun's. It is said that
if a Spanish shot pierced tho Vesuvine?
and k'ot into her dynamite magazine, it
would result in ? terrifie explosion sad
tho wiping out of ship, officers and.
crow. There ia considerable hesitan
cy also over tiring these huge masse*
of dyuaniito, as naval officers believe
that it ha9 not .yet J>een proved that
thov will not explode before getting
linger way. .? - '
Let it rroc?t<l.
Tho Kruz-Zeitung, lierlin, im it
can affirm the report* that a confiden
tial interchange of opinion is taki
place between several of th* povMjp
regard to mediation between
the United Mate*. - ... ? -