Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-07-14

tire fro'n the rtigv - san Iaan hill
Prom that point the k-v - the spanish
p,Sitinn cap - SW~p, with artillery
and infantry hr-. aud IL will b. inn
p~rssibie sor the rnrmy To- live Ia i,.
ri.s .. Ea-h tho tssa.A
! am told i'y oiicrr, and lime officers
that whole r-rifnen,S In the forward
trenches have arrc-t 10 rush uppn the
spanish Lines AZ the first opportunity.
either With or without specific orders.
rficerS - regiments aud companies.
when asked at.out this report. pretend
Ignorance. hut they adj tina, thev do
not know whether thct can ha.d the
trcrpS In cheek ~ not
4 vrrai part of the results acc,,m-
pii~hsf thus FAR IN the operations i,s.-
fore Santiago have cs.sn- atout with
out sp--cidc orders Al ~ Can-y. for
instance. vur men had fought all dav.
slowly forcing their way ,hreugh
hedge lined with tarl-ed wirc. aud
thr,ugh wo.-is hil-i with cn,angte-
ns.nts in the fac, ~ a Uith~ring frv 70
within fcS hundred yar,l> - the
en-my trench-S While thee trocps
we've prrparing a. charge. am told.
oae - t.~n. >haftrr< ait.-> rushed up
to ,..-n. chaf.~ with an order a. s.-sis,
frosn attacking ~ Csu.y prptcr. and to
marrh - the >upport - trs-.p> in front
II Santiago t.rn. Cha'rs ms inforla-
ant alleges. r~su-.-si Ia ols~v cNc~pt "a
the ritt-n ogsier - ten >hafter. The
atde ws-nt hack a. ten. skaters hea4-
quarters. aud returned half an hour
later with an order to c~s>s thu atiaeA
IN the village. ten Chaff-- p.sintei
u the lines % th. Twenty 18TH and
Twelfth Infantry. who then wcrr climb
inr the sfe~P hill toward th. principal
, fsrtiacaiion - III fancy and .sii.
There arr M trrrps- 49, aud stop
them.
The si.i- returned ta t:sn. >haft~r u
was added and r~I-,r,s.si ,h.- alleged IN
>nl-lr'iina,ipa. but hsfcr~ hts r~prrt
Wa hrari ~ the American c,,unnsa n,i,'r
7 II tsn~y hssi rus>-.-i into p-,S>s-ssiol II
cen. Cbaffc~'> ,roop~
! am told that the reason the spanish
[ proposed t. cvacuatc santiago " they
could march out quietly with their
arms and ammunition. Was that they
I f~arv,l they Nuuld b. ma~,aer-i by the
Z 'uhan~ II they wouid SURRENDER uucun-
diti"nai'y- Thsrr i nnch feeling l'c-
7 tween. n..ur tr,pp> and thu tut.ans. due
I in part Q" the refusal ~ tine Insurgents
'o help huild roalds The New Nork
I Massachusetts, and Mlchi.aa tr,,.gss
have -ionc thi> wurk
rssa b, . D--~rsia< pss-
A lsaa.sh dssrrter. wh,, entered oir
lines thl> ruorninx. wa- taken L. ten
Wheeler trr4iiquArt.r~- Wh-r- h.- told
- The sitaaii.sa IN santiago Ilr said
fhs' the spanish soldiers wrrv much
better >aii,ssi >inc- ten TuraI ,a-,l
command owing to the Noundir9 -
ten Linsr=s- Torai. h. aid issas-> =
supply u rum "a the soldiers threr
tims> day aud ha, paid saeh sol.iirr
- That - the nrst pay the >panl.h
trseps have rscviv..si in ~ n.uths-
They stiii arr willing - aghs u given
pl~ntg - at.
At .s'saya ia. water piF--s isasliug inta
ths eits have s.-su tapped. cuou.sh water
Tor a. pr,seut ns-sis = obtained frnn
the wells in the city. There = alsa
cuaugh rafsonA particularly ri~~ and
bsan>. oa haai - supply the >fani>h
fgro,> fur S,sn. time. thi> dsseri..r de-
clar-d. lie Sa.i that the city streets
were tti,ti Wah trenches. and that
MANY hauss> hssi h-=-n ioaP-ho-tled. ~
the trs-if,s epaia II. from within.
Prom thi> ,.arae d..s,rter th, informs-
tion wa ub,aia-i that thcre arr M
vessels q any kiud "a th. hari.,ir. that
ten Toral has plenty II riff. smmuui-
iion. bu, tha, artillery ammunition i
~-arrs. lie estimated that the garri,., IN
now in and at-sui tn. city numbered
l2.esi men in-lu'iiug the reinforce
ments which rs,vntly arrived
Tn. conditions u the refugees at II
Caney i slightly improved. but the
situation Is snch A. IA invi,. disease.
Th.. Red Crs.s> i doing excellent work,
but the relief furnished teths sufferers
still ie Inadequate.
taitar~- Attacking tho Dead
Efforts arr h. ny made - mark the
graves If all tl. Americans killed in
the operations about santiago. Wi.
tures already arr attacking the mound.
Nherc oar failch heru.-s sre buried.
1t il proving To be impossible Il, kcer
soldiers from violating the rules laid
| down for their guidance. The mer
persis, in eating green fruit and drink
ing unboils-,l water.
soldiers to-day carved the name of tbs
late Lieut. Gueruey on the >an Iusr
blockhousc. lie participated in th'
fighting on san Jlan hill a. memhe
of the Twelfth Infantry. and was killes
there.
The body Of >ergt. Hamilton Fish
Jr.. has been disinterred and now is OF
the way to New York.
Roossvelt'> Rough Riders still hold
position in the trout lin. OF the Ameri
can forces
. The fire OF the feet ON santiago wa
. directed by signals from hill top. bu
: the shots were aimed too high and fel
tren signaIled that the range was to
, long. This novel method of eommun
cation with the fieet worked well. an
the American glinners soon foJ \ IN
Z correct range
Re-igaat.on of the .a<ssts Gasiset.
: LONDON. July 1.-THE Madrid eurr,
spondent of the Times. telegraphing -
Monday. ssys: '-Senor Sagssta wen
tssthe palace today and rendered b
resignation and those of the cabinet
: l. said that he advised the queen regrr
: TO appoint new cabinet. largely cot
sisiing of the military element. whie
would not necessarily mean the adol
tion of a warlike policy. but probabl
= the reverse. Ii Is generally expee;s
: that the resignation will be aeeepte,
but the result may possibly be merel
a partial reconstruction of the eabine