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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-26
HOTTEST FIGHT OF THE WAR.
Brave Action of the American Troops
Graphically Told

/ Four Niles Northwest Of Juragua.
/ cuba, June y, . p. m, per dispatch boat
Wanda TO Port Antonio. jamaica, June
/ ., p, m, via Kingston.-tC tCopyrSh,ed,
/ lS9S by the Associated Press)-FurtGtr
/ particulars Of the battle OF yesterday
between the Americans and the span.drds
show that practically two battles were
fought at the same time, one by the
rough riders. under the immediate CONF
mand " Colonel wood. on top ot a
plateau ana the other ON the hillside
several miles away by the regulars with
whom was General Young.
The expedition started from JaraguI, a
small town on the coast, nine miles east
Of Moro castle, which was the FIRST place
occupied by the troops after their land-
INK at BaiquIr last Wednesday,
Information was brought TO the Ameri-
can army headquarters by the CubJns
on Thursday that forces OF Spanish SOL
dlcrs had assembled at the place where
the battle occurred to ,,ock the march
on Santiago General Young went there
to dislodge them, the understanding being
that the Cubans, under Castillo, were to
cooperate with him. hut the latter failed
to appear until the fight was nearly nm
lg slt f1
chase the feclng sponIords but as the
victory was already won General Young
refused to allow them to take part in the
fight
General Young's plans contemplated
the movement Of half his command along
a trail at the base of a rangS Of hills
leading back from the coast, So ghat he
could attack the Spaniards on th,, flank
while the rough riders were to follow the
trail leading over the hill to attack hem
In front, This plan was carried out COM
pletely.
The troops left Juragua at dayhreak
The route of General Young and the reg
ulars was comparatively level ana easy
Of travel, Three Hotcklss guns were
taken with the command
The first part of the journey Of the
rough riders was over steep hills sew
eral feet high. The men carried 200
rounds of ammunition and heavy camp
equipment, Although this was done easily
in the early morning, the weather became
intensely hot and the sun beat down upon
the cowboys and eastern athletes as they
tolled up the grade with their heavy
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-26
BATTERED UP.

The steamer Elihu Thompson crossed in
at o'clock this morning, returning from
sea with the Gamecock and Staghound
the two Yukon river steamers which she
towed out Friday, in badly battered
condition.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-26
THE GREAT MANILA ARMY
Eighth Army Corps Organized by
Merritt Includes Entire Phil
iprine Force to Relieve
Admiral Dewey.

MERRITT SAILS WEDNESDAY
Will Take His Staff and Clerks on the
Newport. the Others to Follow
Bnga1isr General Macarthur
Formally Assumes Com
mand of Third Relief.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-26

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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-26
THE STUFF THAT AMERICANS ARE MADE OF
Rough Riders Threw Away Their Blank
cts and Dashed on the Enemy.
ASTONISHING SPANISH JOURNALISM.
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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-26

~ FF SANTIAGO DE CUBA.
June ., by Associated Press
" dispatch boat to Port An
tonic, Juns q. noon--(copy-
righted. l@s, by the Associated Press.
The situation as regards the dlsposi-
ton and location OF the American,
Spanish and Cuban forces is as fol-
lows:
General Skaters army OF 1880 men
is massed to the eastward OF Santiago
de Cuba at Dalquiri and Juragua. Gem
eral Maxine. with 1CvO men. is at Dali
Quiri, and Colonel Aguiri, with 200 at
Agara. These are to be Joined by
General Garcia with 4.OOO men.
Three thousand OF General Garcia's
men hold l2,OOc spaniards in Holguin,
and General RabI with 1000 threatens
5000 Spanish at Manzanillo. In santi-
ago there are belived to be 5000 Span
lsh soldiers, with such reinforcements
as are to be had with the concentra-
tion movement now in progress.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-26
THE HOT FIGHT IN DETAIL
Graphic Description OF the Two En-
gsgemenis Hamilton Fish. Jr.
the First Man 10 Fall
Captain Carron Killed
While Leading.

" AsHINGToN June :5-rhs
NAI h,,u Information reaching
w the authorize, here shows
hat ,ho spanish army Is
greater than had been estimated ,hus
far
Lieutenant Joyce N the regular
army reported 60 General Mu,, ,a-
,ay thar ,h, Spanish force. "a, ;ae
eastern gai % ne island number g.
oo. OF which lsoN are .n Santiago,
lopp %, Holgu.n and l5no 90 Manz-
anIllo. once concentrated at Santiago
,h., would make formidable army.
but separated by iores, and noun
,ains the insurgents are expected 90
keen the forces at Ho,guln ana Manz.
anlll1 from setting 60 Santiago.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-26
LAWTON'S ADVANCE.
A Surprise to Spanlards Who left Their
Breakfast for Our Troops.

on Juragua, Thursday, June %, by the
Associated Press dispatch boat to
Kingston, Jamaica, Friday, June "a, Il
p. m,-(Copyrighted, 1905, by the Assocl-
ated Press.)-Juragua, though less than
Connecticut western news., 1898-10-06
as 6a 6eard steppihR on tHe I0e, And

as he heard a stepping on the Ice, and he cooked the rife. ready to meet any thing that csme near. He found man. barefooted and insane from long expo sure, approaching him. Taking him into his canoe and kindling fires to warm him, he restored him and found out where he had lived and took him to his home and found all the village in grent excitement A hundred men were searching for this lost man, and his family and friends rushed out to meet him, and, as had been agreed at his first appearance. bells were rung and guns were fired and banquets spread and the rescuer loaded with presente. We'll, when some of you step out of this wilderness, where you have been chilled and torn and sometimes lost amid the icebergs, into the warm greetings of all the villages of the glorified and your friends rush out to give you welcoming kiss, the news that there Is another soul forever saved will call the caterers of heaven to spread the banquet and the bellmen to lay hold of the rope in the tower, and while the chalices click at the feast and the bells clang from the turrets it will be a scene so uplifting l pray God may be there to take part In the celestial merriment. Until the day break and the shadows flee away be thou like roe or young hart upon the mountains of Btther."
Connecticut western news., 1898-10-06
ECHOES OF THE WAR.

The war department has appointed . board of officers to select sites for camps in Cuba.
 Representatives of Spanish workmen met at Barcelona and proposed a gen sral strike if the war tax was not re- moved.
 The American and Spanish commits sioners met at breakfast given by M Delcasse. the French minister of for eign affairs, Thursday.
 The Third United States cavalry went from Montauk Point. N. r., to New London. Conn.,. by transport Thursday and then took trains for Fort Ethan Allen, Vt.
 The American commissioners in Porto Pico have been successful in their deal- ings with the Spanish commissioners, and 1t is believed that the evacuation will be complete in three weeks.
 David J. Hill, ex-president of Roches. ter university. was appointed assistant secretary of state to succeed John B. Moore, who is secretary for the Ameri- can peace commissioners in Paris.
 The United States and Spanish evac- nation commissioners held a joint ses- sion in the palace of the colonial gov ernment in Havana on Tuesday, but no conclusions appear to have been reached.
 Major Greene, in his report on the battle of Aug. 13 at Manila, which was made public Saturday, praises the men In his command for their fighting quali- ties. General Macarthur speaks in high terms of the Astor battery.
 Lieutenant Hobson has changed his wrecking programme at Santiago and Is recovering guns from Cervera's ships before attending to the work of rais Ing the Cristobal Colon. He has found in the water the glasses he left on the Merrimac.
 Major General H. s. Hawkins. U. S. ". was Thursday appointed a brigadier general in the regular army, but will be retired at his owSIrequest immedi- ately after he receives his commiss on, SO that the president may similarly ad- vance Major General J. F. Kent. U. s. V.
 An important demand. believed to re- late to the Philippine question. was pre- sented by the American commissioners at the peace conference in Paris on Monday. The Spanish commissioners secured an adjournment until Friday to refer the matter to Madrid. General Merritt arrived in Paris.
Connecticut western news., 1898-10-06
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.

Mime. Carnot, the widow of the former president of Fance, died near Paris Sat- urday.
 German troops in South Africa en- gagged the natives on Saturday, and Il soldiers were killed. ...
 Thousands of tons of American pork have been found to have entered Ger many without certificate.
 M. Paulmier. a French deputy, and M. Turot, one of the editors of La Lan- terns, fought duel. in which both were wounded, on Saturday.
 The German government will propose to the maritime powers an agreement to compel transatlantic lines to keep to certain routes in order to avoid colli- sions.
 It is feared at St. Johns, N. F., that the Labrador mail steamer Leopard which had a crew of IS and l2 passen- gers on board, was lost during a storm last week.
 It was semiofficially asserted in Paris Tuesday that the procurator general has sent report to the couyASf cassa- tion which assures a revision of the Dreyfus case.
 The statement that Colonel Schwartz koppen would furnish France with a friendly explanation of his connection with the Dreyfus affair has been semi officially denied In Berlin.
 Minister Conger. at Picking. has ca- bled that there Is considerable anxiety there as to the future. Admiral Dewey has been ordered to send the Baltimore and the Petrel to the nearest point to the Chinese capital accessible to a war ship.
 Queen Louise of Denmark died at Co., penhagen on Thursday She was born in 1917 and married, in 1s42. Prince Christian, who succeeded to the throne of Denmark in 1863. She was the mother of the Princess of Wales, the king of Greece and the dowager empress of Russia, mother of the present czar.
Connecticut western news., 1898-10-06
AS WE GROW OLD.
Our Burdens Seem Greater Even
 Though They Be Not So.

Youth and vigor, with elastic step, hrm tread, and erect carriage, pays little attention to the burdens of the back.
 A little backache is "a little thing" It's all right for the old people to com plain, but youth wears 1t off. Then as years go by, as we grow old, the ache seems greater. We tire easier, and won- der at 1t. Ever stop to think age hasn't all to do with it? The first headache was the first over-working of the kid neys, and month after month, year after year. the kidneys were kept busy trying to do more than they really could: A few doses of Deans Kidney Pills when the back ached would have worked won ders on your future life, made you feel younger, stronger, healthier, kept the kidneys working rightly and saved you from urinary disorders. It isn't too late now-they will cure you, but ir takes longer, takes more pills. Read the fol- lowing experiences:
 Mir. Geo. F.'Smith, of Concord, N. H., one of the oldest engineers of the Boston & Maine R. R., says: For over fifteen years l suffered with kidney com plafnt, evidenced chiefly by a very acute pain over and through the small of my back. l procured Doan's Kidney Pills dhu tOOh III all iOuI DONcS. l was so bad that when l went to stoop. I had to press my back against something for support. l ached across the Joins all the time. Sitting in my engine. I had to constantly change positions, looking for comfort which never came. and I grew nervous and irritable The first box of Deans Kidney Pills acted directly upon, my kidneys, and 1 knew I had at last obtained the medicine that I was look ing for.
 If l have advised the use of this preparation to one railroad man. have to one hundred That l endorse the claims made for it feebly expresses my opinion"
 Deans Kidney Pills are for sale by all dealers, price so cents. Mailed by Foster Milburn CO, Buffalo. N V sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name = Deans - and take no other
Connecticut western news., 1898-10-06

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Connecticut western news., 1898-10-06
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 Order enough of the garments to establish q POWERFUL battery.
 It is a scientific impossihlity to take this treatment without great benefit.
 They equalize the circulation.
 The prices of Shields vary according to power. The compound double power is double the price of the regular shields, the regular shields being used for the cure of less serious forms of disease.
Connecticut western news., 1898-10-06

Trains stop only on signal, or when eonauo- tor is notined.
 land for Poughkoepsio every hour from W
 Trains leave Poughkeepsia : sb A m, soc a m hourly until 10 ?. m for Highland and New paltz
 Trains leave Rhineclin 2 co A m, au p m. arrive u Silyernaila 10 Aa m., sst D m,
 Trains leave Silyernsns n As a m snb b m arrive a. Rhinecliffe ie bf D m, a m
 Trains leave roughkecpsc for Hopewel G9l andgp a. m, oo and 0a D, m
 Trains leave Hopewell for PoaGhkeopsie [ 90 and 10 95 \. m., ( a0 and $50 D m.
 Trains and 10 carry through coach between Winsted and 1rhnd Coptra station, New rmk
 western Express, train I, makes dlreci ooar nection at Campbell Hall with fast sxpreas viA Ontario & Western Ry for the West, due Chicago following day 30 D. m also connects with mft& R. H fast western trains. Special attention given to western travel Katet Of fare tt ta ss lower than any other line Write for rates Kad particulars before puohssing tickets over anf
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Connecticut western news., 1898-10-06

Would you be young againf .. So would not T.; :. One tear of memory given. - 1A Onward I'll hie; sSS Life's dark wave forded OCT, yS, All but at rest on shore, E Say, would you plunge once more, ss,E With home so nigh? M If you might. would you now E Retrace your way? !, Wander through stormy wilds. s% Faint and astray? \! Nights gloomy watches fled, s Morning all beaming red. 2 Hopes smile around us shed, s@ Heavenward, away!
 Master of the Hounds. Yes. for some peopla in this world
Connecticut western news., 1898-10-06
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Connecticut western news., 1898-10-06
TrdpeLcrS' Guide.
H0USAT0NIC R. K. ROUTE
 Commencing Sunday. Juno IA. 1898.

lloOoA I oINlS IN. hs NV m
 Commencing Sunday. Juno IA. 1898,
 oorso SOUTH Leave North Adams 20 am, Pittsneld T ib Uansan | 20. Arrive New Haven 10 co, Leave Albany 2 10 am, State Line s 70, Pitts field s 10, Canaan 9 70. Arrive Bridgeport 12 05 D. m., NewHaven 12, ,4b New York l.b0. Leave Albany 10 % .. m., State Line II 20. North Adams i2 10 P, m, Pittsfield ! go, Haven 6 s5, New York G.i0. Leave Albany 1000 \. m., State Line II 20, pittsaeld IA ab ?. m., Canaan ~; Arrive Bridgeport 7lo. New Haven 500. Now York Q %.
 Leave Albany 22o D. m., State Line su, Pittsield 20, Canaan { s7. Arrive Bridge port TO- New Haven 00 Sew York 100. Leave North Adams 00 pm PittHhald h0, Cannan 4b6, Arrive Bridgeport 10, New Haven s %. New York 8 00. tsunda;s only) Leave Pittsheld ib p. m., oanailn 25. Arrive Bridgeport 10, New Haven 20, New York 30. Sundays only) Leave pittsield SIS D. m., Canaan %. Arrive New York 10 Ab. GOING NORTH Leave Now York b 70 a. m. Bridgeport 0b. New Haven c 10, Canaan 9 70, Arrive Pitts field III 05, State Line 10 4l, Albany I2 II D. m. Saratoga l5, North Adams II bh. Leave Now York Q 0q n. m., Bridgeport bt. New Haven 9 35, Canaan i2 10 D, m. Arrive pittsnsld 1 20. North Adams Ss. Albany 2 s8, Saratosa 20. Loave New York 02 .. m., Bridgeport bs, Now Haven Q S5, Canaan l2 Ss ?. m. Arrive pittsneld 05 ?. m,, State Line 21, A- bany 49 Saratoga { 20. Leave Now York g 04 a. m, Bridgeport II os, Now Haven 10 90. Canaan 600 ?. m- Arrive pittsneld iU.0O ?. m.
 Leave New York 90 p. m. Bridgeport % New Hnsen 4 co, Canaan c a. Afuve Pitts. field 35, North Adams ba, State Lins 2 b5, Albany Q 70.
 Leave New York 30 ?. m., Bridgeport 20 New Haven { 0O Canaan es. Arrive fi'ta- tsaturdaya only) Loave Now York co ?. m, New Haven O. Bridgeport a, Canaan 20. Arrive Pitteneld 90. Sundays only) Leave New Haven 70 a m. Bridgeport7 0b, Canaan Q 70. Arrive Pitis- field n 05.
Connecticut western news., 1898-10-06
A New Reading Book!
The Book of Stories and Anecdotes Of
 n.inAnIa

The Book Of Stories and Anecdotes of
 Animals,
 By ]. H. Nankeuren, former editor of tho
 winstcd Daily Citizen.
 Has received many warm words of praise from children who have written Co the author thanking him for publishing the book. lt has also beun used in several instances in schools as reading book. land from the fact that iis stories ot horses, dogs cats, foxes, ol- ephnnts and other animals, greatly interests and entertains children, it has been commend cd by the press and by teachers The book rec tails for 30 cents, and the large sale it has met attesis It's value as an entertaining and instructive book for children. In order 10 place the book, which IA copyrighted, in dis- trict schools, school toachers, and school committeeman will bc furnished tho book in any desired number at greatly reduced rates below the regular retail price. All orders should be addressed to,
 J. IT. yauSEUREN,
 winstcd, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1898-10-06


 Well. now, let all those who have coming after them the lean hounds of poverty. or the black hounds of persecu- tion, or the spotted hounds of yicissi- tude, or the pale hounds o& death, or who are in anywise pursVBd, run to the wide, deep, glorious lake of divine solace and rescue. The most of the men and women whom I happened to know at different times, if not now, have had trouble after them, sharp muzzled trou- bles, swift troubles, all devouring trou- blss. Many of you have made the mis- fake of trying to fight them. Somebody meanly attacked you, and you attacked them; they depreciated you, you de- peeciatsd them, or they overreached you In . bargain, and you tried, in Wall street parlance, to get corner on them, pe you have had bereavement, and 1useead of being submissive you are lDh1lnl. .1hat. heraAyement.- Xou charge
Connecticut western news., 1898-10-06

z Yes.- for some peopla- in this world !
Connecticut western news., 1898-10-06

"O1S ho hookO couAl III yOuA oPy if you were bifurcated nothing, if you were forlorn failure, you would be allowed to go undisturbed, but the fact that the whole pack is in full cry after you is proof positive that you are splen- did game and worth capturing. There fore sarcasm draws on you it's "finest bead" Therefore the world goes gum ming for you with its best Maynard breechloader. Highest compliment is it to your talent or your virtue or your usefulness. You will be assailed in pro- portion to your great achievements. The best and the mightiest being the world ever saw had set after him all the hounds, terrestrial and diabolic, and they Tapped his blood after the Calva- rean massacre. The world paid nothing to its Redeemer but bramble, four spikes and a cross. Many who have done their best to make the world better have had such rough time of it that all their pleasure is in anticipation of the next world, and they could express their own feelings in the words of the Baroness of Nairn at the close of her long life, when asked if she would like to live her life over again:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-06-09
Cow SHE SUNK
Story of the Blocking Of the
Santiago Harbor Channel
Is Told.
Sampson Called for Volunteers
and Four Thousand Men
Responded.
Lieut.. HObs0n and a Crew of Six
Took the Merrimac in
Under Fire,
Exploded a Torpedo by Electrical
Contact and Closed the
Channel.

On Board the Associated Press Dis.
patch Boat Dauntless, off Santiago de
Cuba, June 4, via Kingston, jamaica
Rear Admiral Sampson, during Friday
morning, decided to close the narrow
harbor entrance of Santiago de Cuba
by sinking the collier Merrimac, loaded
with coal, in the channel He called
for volunteers to go to almost certain
death, and 1000 men offered them
selves. Lieutenant Hobson and six
men were chosen, and at am. Friday
morning the Merrimac, under her own
steam, entered the channel under a
terrible Spanish fire. The vessel was
riddled with projectiles, but she an
chored and swung around. Lieutenant
Hobson then set off an internal torpedo
with an electric attachment. There
was an explosion, the Merrimac sank,
the channel was closed and, apparently,
Admiral Cervera will be unable to
aScaDo
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-06-09
MANY CAPTIVE.
Navy Department Has Advices
From Dewey of Several In.
surgent Victories
In Which Fifty Spanish Officers
and Eighteen Hundred
Men
Have Been Taken Prisoners in
the Province of Cavite.
Alone.
Arsenal at Cavite Being Prepared
For the Reception of Our
Troops.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE navy de.
partment at o'clock posted the follow
ing bulletin:
admiral Dewey reports that the in.
surgents have been actively engaged
within the province of Cavite during
the past week. They have won several
victories, taken prisoners about 1900
men and so officers of the Spanish
troops, not native. The arsenal of
Cavite has been prepared for the &C.
cupation of United States troops upon
their arrival on transports.
"Admiral Sampson is engaged in ar.
ranging with Admiral Cervera for the
exchange of Naval Constructor Hobson,
and the men now with him at Sam
tiago, for some officers and men held
prisoners by tie United States at Fort
Mcpherson.