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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-12
STRUCK A HORNETS NEST

Copyright 1898 by the Associated Press
Guantanamo Bay. July 9. via Playa Del
Este Province Of Santiago de Cuba, July
e-(Delayed in transmission)-A steam
lyaunch from the United States repair
shipNulcan which, with the marbleheads
launch, has been on patrol duty in the
narrows leading from the lower to the
upper bay. Nentured TOO near the Spanish
fort just after daylight today. and ran
into A hornets nest. AS a result OF the
mems anxiety to locate the small Spanish
gunboat Sandoval, which is known TO be
in the vicinity Of the fort, the Americans
went quite distance beyond the patrol
limits and the Spanish pickets located
along the bhff suddenly opened fire on
the launch with Mauser rifles, which was
at once followed by volieys from the
soldiers in the fort. The launch replied
With her one-poUnder but the firing OF
the Spaniards was entirely too heavy for
the little boat 70 contend against and she
beat a hurried retreat.
Although the launch was under fire for
ten minutes. she was not hit once.
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ALGER GREETS CRlPPLES

Washington, July u--Secretary Algcr
shook hands today with the first Of the
wounded men direct from the field a
small party of the wounded arrived here
during the day, consisting Of Captain
Breton. OF the Twenty-fOurth infantry
Lieutenant Mccoy. Eighth cavalry. Lieu
tenant Cash, OF the Rough Riders: Lieu
tenant Mead. Twenty-first infantry. and
Lieutenant Trail. Seventy-frst New York
They were on leaves. on their way
home to recover from their wounds. Leu
tenant MCCOY WAS on clutches and all Of
them showed that they had been in abe
hands Of the surgeons. About noon Lieu
tenant Cash Of the Rough Riders. went 20
the war department and reported % Al
jutant General Corbin. The latter show
ed the wounded officer through 70 secre-
taEy Ayers private Office. The secre-
tarywas engaged for the moment vIth
Senator Allison. but the senator. noltc-
ing the wounded officer. arose ard said
After you. sir" The secretary warmly
greeted this first eve witness OF the hght.
He held out his left hand % the secrs-
tary. for his right hung IN a sling. the
arm having been shattered during enc
first days fight - santiago The ascre-
tary listened WITH much interest - tae
recital q conditions prevailing and a.
sured his visitor that he and All me otaer
wounded vould BE- gwen the fu.leEt a.
tention and consideration.
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SKATERS INTENTIONS

Washington. July 1.-THE war depart
ment today made public three dispatches
from General Shafter, received early this
morning. and about o'clock this even
ing. The following was received at 10
o'clock this morning:
Playa Del Este-The navy has promis Rl
after the bombardment begins to close
into the harbor with some of their light
draft boats. II the bombardment tomorrow
Ooday) is not quickly conclusive they will
surround the town and can knock it to
pieces with our light guns. Captain Good
rish Of the ST. Louis, assisted me very ably
in disembarking troops.
Twenty-three minutes later the follow
ing was received:
MY plans for tomorrow (Monday) are
to keep up the bombardment of the tren-
ches and city and complete the investment
on the northwest by the troops which
have just arrived at Siboney, one regiment
Of which, the First Illinois, has now
reached me-"
Soon after noon today the following W.
received:
81 regret to report that Captain Rowell,
Second infantry, was killed yesterday af-
ternoon.'
The First Illinois regiment which Cen
eral Shafter mentioned in his dispatch is
one of the organizations of General Sny
der's division. which had been left sta
toned at Tampa. It was made up of Sc
officers and S9G men. 1t was one of the
best organized and equipped regiments in
Snydrs division. The regiment had been
recruited up 10 its full strength of 1900
men but for some reason the recruits re-
manned in Florida when the expedition
started
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SHAFTER,S IOIAI FORCE

Washington. July u-General Skaters
available force today. after counting all
achievements ana deduc.ng the dead.
sick and wounded. Is 22o50 fighting men.
according to military estimates. This is
based on an estimate OF 1890 men in
General Skaters original expedition and
about l0.oc0 in various expeditions which
have gone since then. making in all
5000 men. Against this. however. should
be deducted the casualties in the fighting
thus far. and also the men confined in
the hospital by sickness. The deduction
is roughly estimated al 1000. leaving abou.
force OF the American army.
5000 men available today as the fighting
The reinforcements having gone for
ward from time TO time il has been rather
difficult 70 keep track OF them. but they
are summed up as follows: General Duff
fields brigade. about 25eo men: recruits
for regular army. e5o; First Illinois. $50:
First District OF Columbia $50; eight light
batteries United States artillery. 100: Cen
eraI Garrettson's brigade. Eighth Ohio.
1900; Sixth Massachusetts, and Sixth ILL
nois. $500.
Another force Of $500 men comprising
General Erben's brigade is ready to start
and with this force General Shafter' 5
fighting stength will be swelled to about
5000 men by the middle Of this week.
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RICH PRIZE IN SIGHT

Washington. July u-CaptaIn General
Blanco is making desperate efforts to get
in SUPPLIES in through the American
blockade Inspired by the successful at
tempt by the Purisama Conception to
land supplies on the island OF Cuba, ne
is now causing to be loaded another
steamer at a Mexican port with the in
tention Of running the blockade and
bringing in food and ammunition to the
beleagueer capital. This IS a large ship
of about $500 tons. and she has already
taken on a bountiful supply of food and
is expected 20 load 1000. 600 cartridges.
The craft is believed TO be the steamer
Montevideo. now at Vera Cruz. and pro-
tests have been lodged with the Mexican
government by the American consul there
against the clearance of the vessel The
Montevideo is an auxiliary cruiser OF the
Spanish navy. II is said. and carries a
considerable battery.
Notice of the vessels movements will
be communicated TO the blockading
squadron promptly, and Il is entirely i'm
probable that she will be able to repeat
the feat of the Purisama Conception
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ROUGH RIDERS RETURN

Washington, July u.-Lieutenant Cash.
of the Rough Riders. who reached Wash
ingtOn today with his arm IN a sling. said
the men he left are cheerful and full Of
enthusiasm and had no complaints Of
suffering 10 make. He said:
THE Spanish are desperate fighters and
very good marksmen. Their fire was ex-
tremely hot and well directed and our
great trouble was that we could not see
them. We simply had TO fire where We
thought they might be. During the two
engagements / was in ! saw but two
Spaniards. Both of these / saw in the
first engagement In the second engage
ment l did not get a chance to fire my
gun, though I was in it for several hours.
and was half way up the hill when
struck
''At the first engag cement near Siboney.
where the Rough Riders were first sub
ject to such CALLING fire and where we
lost a lot Of our men, we were not sur
prised. We knew that the Spaniards
were in ambush and we were trying to
beat them out"
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SPANISH PRISONERS

Portsmouth, n. H, July lion account
of the time necessary to complete their
quarters at Seavey's Island, the Span
ish prisoners on the St. Louis will prob
ably have 10 remain on board the boat
another twenty-four hours.
Dr. F. s. Towle, the city physician of
Portsmouth. who, as health officer Of
the port, was the first visitor to board
the st. Louis after she arrived, went
went to the vessel again today. He made
a thorough examinatio of all On board,
but found nothing to cause him to change
the report made yesterday that there was
no contagious disease on board.
AS the day advanced and the report
spread among those from the cruiser
that possibly there would be no landing
today, there were some signs ~ impa-
tienceamong the prisonc-, VINO have ben
quartered on the lower decks of the ships
five days. They apparently wished for
open air and les restricted confinement.
On Seavy's Island, the force of carpenters
and other workmen are busily engaged in
cover the prisoners.
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IN HOSPITAL AT SIBONEY

Copyright. 1898. by the Associated Press.)
Siboney, Province of Santiago de Cuba,
July 10 g p. M, via Playa del Este, by
the Associated Press Dispatch Boat Cyn-
thia U.-There are only seventy-five
wounded men in the hospitals here who
are being treated for serious amputations
or bone fractures. In the hospitals at the
front there are no wounded soldiers The
serious cases and all the rest of the
wounded are on board the hospital ship
Relief, or on the transports bound north.
The situation from a sanitary point Of
view is susceptible to much Improvement.
The landing of reinforcements is rapidly
progressing. All the men of the First
Illinois regiment, six batteries of light
artillery and 651 recruits for the regular
infantry are now ashore, and IL is prob
able the Eighth Ohio men from the St.
Paul viii be landed by noon tomorrow
(oMnday)
a ,coal-laden schooner. the Stevens
drifted against the hospital ship Relief.
and both would have drifted ashore but
for the prompt assistance rendered them
by the Cynthia II
The Cuban auxiliaries were put to work
this morning policing the camp at this
place.
Il Is earnestly hoped that DR.. Guiteras
will order all the buildings here to be
burned Immediately. and thus reduce the
chances OF the spread OF q serious cpl
demic.
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AS SPANIARDS SAY 1T

A. General Skaters headquarters, July
10, via Port Antonio, July H. 11.2O a. M
Deserters in the Spanish ranks this morn
ing included a non-commissioned officer.
He said that the situation in Santiago was
bad, but by no means hopeless from the
Spanish point of view. He said troops had
food enough for their present needs, were
in good health and would make a good
fight if they were called upon. He said
the men were given 81 each on Saturday
and as it was the first money they had
received in many months, they were feel
ing very cheerful. The water supply for
the Spanish troops is getting quite bad
and the amount Of II is somewhat limit
ed, although up to this time there has
been no serious distress on this account
Desertions from the ranks of the Spanish
volunteers continue and it is now said
that fully 5000 men who agreed to fight
for Spain are out Of this city. A party of
500 cavalry left the city Sunday morning,
marching in the direction of Hoguin
The Spanish infantry have removed all
light articles from the trenches to facili-
tate their movements in case the abandon
ment of the city is determined upon.
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side arms and have twenty miles start
without molestation. General Toral agreed
that If this was accepted he would not
destroy the ships in the harbor. the am
munition in the forts or the buildings in
the city. The majority of the generals.
General Wheeler leading, are in favor Of
the acceptance Of these terms on the
ground that the Spaniards can march
out 70 the westward anyhow and burn
the city and destroy all the vessels. guns
and ammunitions before leaving.
Food and water are very scarce in San
tiago. One biscuit was recently sold for
s. in gold.
Juragua. July 10. via Kingston, July IL
1t is rumored here tha tGeneral Shafter
strongly advised the acceptance of Gen
eral Toraps offer to surrender if allowed
to leave with the troops wearing their
side arms. and the American commander
IS said to have sent a long dispatch to
President Mckinley making arguments
in favor of the acceptance Of the Span
ish commanders offer. General Shafter
Is said TO have urged the Importance OF
gaining the immediate possession of San
tiago harbor so as TO leave our hefet and
army free TO undertake other work.
According to a report General Shafter
says the acceptance Of General Torars
terms would save the lives of our So
diers and enable US TO begin the relief Of
the starving Cubans Immediately. The
to the SpanIards, General Sha-
ter IS also said to have pointed out. Will
not be large. President McKinley's re-
Spouse, it is alleged, was as laconic az
General Grants on a similar occasion.
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CONDITION OF WRECKS
No Shells Larger Than the g.
Inch Struck.
RAPlD-FIRERS' SURE WORK
Magazine Explosions Throw
Light on the Maine.

Copyright 1898 by the Associated Press)
maica, July u.-Q1;So a m.).-The board
of survey appointed TO examine the
wrecks of the Spanish ships and TO in
quire into the nature of their conditions,
report that only one ship ean possibly be
saved She is the Infanta Maria Teresa,
the former flagship of Admiral Ccrvera.
The hull Of thu C-istobai Colon shows
that she was hit only SIX Iimss, ana then
only by shells Of s-inch. finch and Finch
guns This verif1es he s'cry shat the
commander Of the CrIstobal Colon sur
rendered because he could not get away
from the Brooklyn and Oregon. and 10
continue the battle meant a loss of life.
1t was found that the orass plugs OF tie
large guns and the locks Of the small
arms had been tlrowa overheard
The Vizcaya shows that she had been
riddled by the Brooklyn and the Oregon.
She had not been struck by projectiles
larger than S-inch. There was no sign OF
her having been struck by a shell of u
or 13 inches Her upper works were rid
died by 1 and FOUNDER shells Nearly
all OF these shells exploded within the
superstruotures and mus; have driven
the men from the guns. This confirms the
story Of Captain Eulate that the Brook
lyn's secondary battery fire was so terri
rble that the mon deserted the guns.
The survey board arrived at the wrecks
of the Almirante Oquendo and Infanta
Maria Teresa at dark last night and the
work consequently was postponed.
A singular fact noted on the four ships
is that all the guns were trained forward
and the story that they we're all directed
to fire on the Brooklyn is therefore
shown to be true.
The magazines of all the ships exlodsd
and the effect was to blow mp the decks
and not completely pulverize the huh OF
turn the keel up as vas done in the case
of the battleship Maine. This is looked
upon as being important
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SPAlNS CRISIS NEAR

Madrid. July II e a. m-)-The newspa-
pers Of this city openly discuss the i'm
miqent crisis. owing TO the attitude of
Senior Gamazo, the minister OF public in
struction.
The official Corresp confirms
the heport OF the cabinet crisis.
The impartial says Of Sundays Glib
met meeting;
Few think Importance should be at
tached 10 the fact that Spain Will rea p
great advantages in negotiations for
peace before Santiago and Manila, and
perhaps even Porto Rico, are captured,
and. should the Americans occupy those
places, their terms will naturally be
harder" The impartial adds: 1T is most
improbable that the government will tele-
graph Captain General Blanco 20 this ef-
feet, urging him TO direct the operations
toward this solution. On General Blanco
depends whether the government COM
menceS negotiations immedia tely, without
waiting the outcome of the situation at
Santiago"
The Liberal publishes an interview with
minister. who isquoted as saying that
a cabinet crisis might occur today to-
morrow or next week; but in any case
it will not be long delayed.
The minister is said to have added that
the crisis will be the occasion for the
whole ministry resigning in body.
p. NIT is understood that Premier
Sagasta has submitted to the queen regent
a question OF confidence the cabinet.
1t is said that Captain General Blanco
has cabled to Madrid declaring that the
volunteer army in Cuba wished the war
TO continue, as the troops hope to secure
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WHAT LIES BEFORE CAMARA

Port Said, July 1.-THE remainder of
Admiral Camara's fleet has sailed for
Spain
Mesina, Sicily. July 1.-THE Spanish
torpedo boats sailed for home this morn
ing.
New York, July IA dispatch to the
World from a.Mdrid says:
Captain Aunon, the Spanish minister of
marine. says: at will take Admiral Ca
mara's warships, the Pelayo and the En-
perado Carlos V. ten days to reach
Carthagena, where there is more safety
than at Cadiz.
1.-THE torpedo boat destroyers, the Osada
the Prosperina and the Audaz, and the
auxiliary cruisers, Patricia, Rapido
Buenos Ayres and Isla de Panay, will be
back sooner and will go to Cadiz and to
Ferrol. The present danger is that II
America dispatches her fastest cruisers.
with the Oregon. Texas and Iowa, they
will waylay Admiral Camara in the Medi-
terranean-
The coast defenses will be ready in ten
days"
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IRONCLAD ORDERS SENT

Washington, July u.-NOtiCe from Cen
eral Shafter TO the effect that he pro-
posed to begin the assault and lombard
ment of Santiago today intensified the
interest with which news from the front
was awaited at the war department, and
there were many inquiries at the office of
the adjutant general, beginning in the
early morning dispatches. To all Of these
The reply was given that General Shat
ter mad been given a free hand to deal
with the situation subject 10 but one con-
dition, namely, that the Spaniards in San
tiago must be captured and ne had not
Informed the war department as to the
details Of his plans further than was in
dictated in the dispatches received from
him yesterday The belief here was that
the affairs of yesterday was of little i'm
portance. being perhaps but feint on the
part of the Spanards TO uncover the Am
erican batteries, or to discover some weak
spot which might be made the point of at
tack in a sortie. when il should come to
that The officials here did not conceal
their apprehension that the emmy might
escape from Santiago under cover of dark
ness and were consequently relieved when
the dispatches from the front showed that
they still occupied the town. The presi-
dent himself was so mum concerned over
the possible escape Of the Spanish force
that hedirected the sending Of explicit
orders to General Shafter to prevent it at
all hazards. This fact. taken in connec-
ton with the generals dispatch of yes
terday. formed the basis for the opinion
expressed At the war department yester-
Gay that Skaters attack would not be
made Immediately. It was gathered from
these reports that he had not succeeded
in extending his lines clear around the city
and it was feared that if he began the
attack before completing the circumven-
ton the enemy under the strength of his
attack might escape through the uncover
ed northwest section and retreat towards
Manzanillo over the road traversed by the
reinforcements that last reached Santiago.
Now. however. Shafter reported that 10
expected 90 complete mis- lines today. pre-
sumab,y using for the purpose the rein
forcements which reached him Saturday
and yesterday and j, was expected the
attack would he no longer delayed.
Several kilograms were received at the
navy department over night from Samp-
SON II was said they did NOT relate 10
the attack on Santiago bu, touched the
organization of WatSon's expedition and
the movement of certain transports which
had been the obiec, of inquiry.
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SPANISH CABINET SPLIT

Madrid, Sunday, July 10, via Hendatz,
France, July II, Copyright 1898, by the
Associated Pres.-In spite of the fact
that public opinion is divided, 1t is inclin-
ing rapidly in favor of peace, the people
becoming more convinced every day of
the imposbility of withstanding the
power of the United States. The peace
party in the cabinet is urging negotia-
tons looking to peace, and Senior Gomazo
the minister of public instruction,
outweighs his influence. The war party
however, urges a continuance of the
struggle, Ito convince America that it is
difficult to obtain a prompt triumph for
her army, and thus secure for Spain bet
ter terms
There is a split in the cabinet which
will probably result in its resignation and
the formation of an Intermediary govern
ment because Senior Silvela and the Con-
servatives are unwilling to incur the re-
for the best obtainable terms are cerain
to be rying o Spanish pride, which will
demand a scapegoat
The increasing unpopularity of Senior
Silvela's government, which is supported
by the throne regardless of public opin-
ion, may damage the dynasty. The sit
uation is most trying to the queen re-
gent, who is suffering more keenly than
her subjects, swayed, as she is, by out
side counsels and by the divided opin-
ions of the cabinet and nation. Her
majesty must soon decide upon some
course of action and will probably form
a government with strong military ele-
ment and including the most popular poll
iticians. She began consulting on this
subject today and had a long conference
with Senior Romero Y Robledo.
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WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE

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tain C-owHinsnss.s y to~ nzvai v-
board today he'd a conference xith me
president A. me Waste House sscretzry
Ling stated ~ reaching tas Wb.-s Hesss
that II hls opinion -. ae-t had 20 far
taken 70 ssrt 60 to5ay-s e1zaxerusns.
otl@rElss re sad. Animal sameaon
To1-d have reported. wh.ca re Rad act
done
leaving the naval conference - I
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cleaned our galley and l saw it was use
less TO risk the mems lives. we moved
out
The gunboats lay behind the hills and
We could not get at them. We moved
out slowly and the fire ceased The next
morning we captured a large lighter and
a sloop filled with provisions. No attempt
was made by the gunboats 20 come our
to the defense of their ships. The Span
ish steamer PurissaIna Conception. which
had been around the coas, looking for a
place 70 land money and provisions. IS in
the harbor and has discharged her
cargo"