The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-06-22
(lRECY CABLE
hl of the Guantanamo Wire
Picked Up and in Work
ing Order,
n, All Messages Will Be Under
the Censorship of Uncle
Sam.
ir,l Messages Were in Regard
to the Arrival of General
Shafter,
1ho Was at That Moment in
Conference With Admiral
Sampson.

WA>uINGTON. June % There was
ppyr,aut news at the war department
hen Secretary Alger reached his Of.
b. Tie transports with l5.Oot
{uor.. he was in for med, had arrived
A.y.y II Santiago dc Cuba. and that
) frrc, cable communication had been
kAb.shed between the United State-
ld Guantanamo, where the United
ka,cs marines now hold po session oi
Butau soil. Thus no. only is Captain
}eueral Blanco cut of from any com
kQaication with the outside world.
j. through the Key West cable with.
) 5lr control. but the authorities III
Washington have been placed III close
kauec;ion with our forces. army and
|yy, which are conducting the inva.
81 Il Cuba.
Greedy Accomplished II.
t. General Greely ana his signal
pr, belongs the honor Of achieving
y .ast feat.
III was entrusted some weeks age
t.,A the task Of re.es,a blishIus cable
I'll Geographic communication with
Fael. Under his supervision Lleuten.
p colonel James Allen Of General
H., staff, with officers and men oil
e ,.gnal corps, have been bussly en-
fs-gi IL the execution OF that work.
4e French company, whose caole
|lA, from Santiago 10 Guantaname
(ay, and thence TO Cape Haytien, where
.irect connection Is obtained WITH
Fcw York, was accorded the privilege
y restoring this communication Witn
PDautanamo and Santiago de Cuoa,
fitA permission to send commercial
Phd domestic dispatches under
(irict military censorship necessitated
Py war conditions. The cable steamer
Hancel was employed for the WORK
Pnl operating on these lines communi
Faton was restored between Cape hay
Pen aud Guantanmo. about 5 o'clock
i Is expected that the cable will be I'M
fedlately thrown open to the genera
FubIic. subject to censorship. lhe mrs
nessage over this restored cable was
Pne from Lieutenant Colonel Allen U
General Greedy announcing the reopen
Fls Of communication.
Wanted to Know About Shafter.
General Greedy immediately directed
Pie officer to obtain and forward the
Earliest possible advices as to the ar
Flyal Of the United States troop trans
Ports. Lieutenant Colonel Allen ap
pied to Captain McCalla. in comman'
P' the United States naval force II
1uantanamo bay. The captain III
Furn sent out o boat to Admiral Samp
fon's squadron, which returned wl'i
FAe news that the transports had a.
F.ved safely and were lying OF oant'
eso, and at the moment OF the repot
ueneral Shafter, commanding the MI
P'ary expedition, was OH board the mas
ship New York, counselling with Ao
hiral Sampson regarding the landin
oi troops.
AOOtef fICCe u ooUs
The news was promptly commun'
GATED to the navy department. "ne4
.here was . general expression OF sa'l'
faction at the notification that tue
VIII be able hereafter to commuh'ca'
ulrectly with Sampson. Another p'oe
VI good news that came 70 'ne'
through the medium OF the state q.
lartment was from reliable autho'A'
~ Marseilles, France, stating tnat po
'tlve information had been recelVe
There that the Cadiz feet has ret"rhe
10 Cadiz after its pretentious departul,
with one Of the most Formidable OF u
SHIPS, the Vittoria, disabled ana IN 70
ot one OF the other ships. The Nit.o,'
ts one Of the broadslde ships o. =