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The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01
OUR LINES NEAR Ell M0RR0.
soyiila Il tho Base for General wheeier's
(ayaIry.

Cavalry.
EISGsToN. June 2s.-Troops of the
United states and Spain are almost
face to face and less than four miles
apart. Saturday night the picket lines
at certain points were within hailing
distance of the enemy. 1t seems GER
tain that the battle of Santiago must
come within a week.
The troops are all ashore. The sup
plies are sufficient to enable the army
to sustain IA weeks campaign at both
landing points.
The landing of troops, horses and
supplies has been extraordinary. With
only one steam barge and compelled to
depend on treachcrous small boats,
General Shaftcr has landed over 10000
! men, hundreds of horses and mules and
thousands of dollars worth of supplies
ON the exposed beaches, and only two
men have lost their lives. No more
than fifty animals have been drowned
and scarcely u package of supplies "A
been lost. The officers generally are
surprised at the small loss of life and
property. General Shattcr said:
IL am we'll satisfied with the pro &
rcss that is being made. The discm-
barkation is slow, but, considering the
Limited facilities and the exposed ma
ture of the landing places, the men
have lone well.
II only await the landing of sufi-
cient supplies to begin the movement
on Santiago. am unable to say when
it will take place.
Il am much pleased at the gallant
conduct of IN men in the action at
Sevilla and with their cool and veteran
like work. The victory was complete
General Wheeler, in his official re-
port. places the number of dead in the
engagement at Scvilla as twenty-five
and the wounded MS between seventy
and eighty. No attempt has yet been
made to prepare an official list of the
names of the dead and wounded. The
high grass and bushes of the battle
ground make it difficult to find the
bodies, but an official list will proba'
bly, be prepared by Monday.
The bodies of ~thirty-nine Spaniards
have beer found, and the Spanish Loss
in killed and wounded was doubtless
nluCU heavier tlidn 'ut hHi'i lCdh'
The majority of the American troops
are now at Juragua or at the front, il
the vicinity of S%evilla. The force a
the latter place which is about min
miles from Santiago, numbers 600
Americans and l.5OO Cubans. Genera
Wheeler is in command there, wit
3 Generals Young, Lawton and II affee
General Wheeler will remain at Sevilla
which will be made "A rendezvous TO
., troops landing at Baiquiri, and at thi
, point, the artillery and cavalry ar
being put forward from Baiquiri. TIL
cavalry have been sent ahead to cut
way through the undcrbrush.
From the American position Mt Sc
villa Santiago is plainly visible, an
the Notifications car be seen.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01
PASSED THE MERRIMAC.
II Was Left for the Vesuvlus to Learn
the sunken Golfers Position.

New YORK, June ga dispatch
from Port Antonio says: 1t has re-
manned for the staunch dynamite
cruiser Vcsuvius to demonstrate that
the entrance to Santiago harbor was
not completely blocked by the sinking
of the Merrimac.
While poking her nose about the
entrance to the harbor a few nights
ago the Vesuvius discovered ample
in which to pass the wreck of
the Merrimac. She went in, made oh
servations along the inner harbor and
then came back to sea. getting around
the wrecked collier without difficulty.
1t has beer ascertained that two bat
tleships enter the harbor abreast,
one passing to the right and the other
to the left of the Merrimac wreck.
This is an opportunity that will be of
great advantage to Admiral Sampson
when the general attack on Santiago
begins.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01
Nailed whlsLers to the Fence.

The %patriarchal beard OF one Of the
oldest inhabitants" of Conshohocken
is still I'm its accustomed place upon his
chin, but II looks moth-eaten and rag
ged. This Is due to the fact that the
old man is extremely near-sighted. To
see an object plainly he Is compelled to
get his optics within a few inches OF
II. The other day, while pottering
around his house, the old man under
took to repair a picket fence around
the yard. Many OF the palings had
been Knocked Of. and these II was his
purpose to replace. lie armed himself
with a hammer and nails and started
in. He got his first paling in place,
and with much labor succeeded in
fastening II there. But this was not
all. When he started to move on to
the next break he was brought up
standing with a yell OF pain. He had
nailed his vhiskers between the pal
ings and the crossbar. His yells at
tracted the attention OF his good wife
who, when she realized the situation
brought her scissors into play and re-
leased the old man, minus a consider.
able portion of his beard.-Philadel
l,hia Record.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01
SPANISH ACCOUNTS OF 1T.
Enemy's Estimate of American Losses
Not Above the Facts.


HAVANA, June 2s.--Thc official {.
counts in the province of Santiago de
Cuba on Thursday and Friday of last
week represent that the American
forces, supported by artillery, attacked
the Spanish near Santiago de Cuba on
the morning of the 23d. The Spanish
losses on the esd and cath were one
officer and eight soldiers killed and
three officers and twenty-four soldiers
wounded. The Americans in the COM
bat of the 25th friday alone had
twelve killed, among these q captain,
and fifty wounded,
On Friday, in front Of Santiago,
there were twenty-five American war
ships, in addition to supply ships.
On Friday morning, at Baiquiri, the
Americans, in considerable force, sup
ported by artillery, renewed the at
tack. Among the attacking forces
were insurgent bands shouting Cuba
libre." In the two engagements the
Americans alone sustained no fewer
than eighty killed and wounded.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01

duced the editor Of that Journal 10 Of
fer Mr.. Godkin-despite his y~outh-the
position OF correspondent on the Dan
ube. on the outbreak OF hostilitics be-
tween Turkey and Russia in 1858. Three
years of activity and excitement fol-
lowed the acceptance of this offer. Once
he took a forty hours ride across coun-
try, without quitting the saddle, to
reach Calafat. a strategic point, before
Il was invested by the enemy. Once he
found his terminate. after n few hours
separation, dead Of cholera. Yet again
he has q memory of a long siege Of fe-
yer in a hospital near Constantinople,
and one memorable winter was passed
at Bucharest. amid a brilliant, fascinat-
ing. unrestrained society. This expe-
rience was followed by an American
trip. principally through the southern
states, in the interests OF the Times.
The Times was then engaged in the
work OF stirring up the trouble be-,
tween north and south. The journey
was made on horseback. Three years
later he spent two years travelling
abroad. passing two winters In Paris,
his health having suffered In the Turco-
Russian campaign. Then came the
adoption OF the United States as his
country and the founding OF the Ma
ton.
Mr.. Godkin lived at Cambridge,
Mass, for seven years. though con-
Quoting a paper IN New York. But
when the Nation took the Evening Post
in hand he found It necessary to reside
in New York. His residence is on West
Tenth street. convenient TO business.
Here he has a comfortable and pleas
ant residence, and workshop, full OF
books so familiar to their owner that
he knows the location OF every volume.
Biography, history and political econ
omy he reads without ceasing; but as
n novel reader he is a failure, a mod
ern novel rarely holding him-a fact
he regrets.
Nowadays Mr.. Godkin sees the adj
vantage of giving himself the refresh
ment of an annual visit to Europe. and
especially England; and since the sum-
mer of 1892 he has not denied himself
this needed recreation. Last year, OK
ford paid him the complimentary I'M
p~recedented one to a journalist-of con-
ferring upon him the degree OF d. C.
L.; that Of NJ. A. had been conferred by
Harvard In 1891. While abroad, he
talks little Of American problems and
politics, save to the initiated few who
desire some particular information. In
tellectual contact with economists. pol
iticians and men-of-letters, gives him
the change he needs, and sends him
home again keen to contend with those
whom he regards as the enemies OF So
ciety. Every season, his intimates are
surprised afresh at the zest with which
he begins to roll the old stones up the
same old hill again, with fresh hope OF
victory at last. II Is obvious to all that
he relishes the fray. II Is persistently
asserted that Editor Godkin has nevei
taken the oath OF allegiance TO the
United States.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01
BIotters OF Historic Value.

A Philadelphia man owns a most
unique assortment Of pieces Of blotting
paper, collected by his father, who was
long an Official OF the White House,
each Of which bears, reversed. the sig
nature Of a president, from Gen. Ilar'
rison. who died a month after his cleo
ton in lS4i. TO Garfield, On one sheet,
the most highly priced OF the lot, the
last Official letter signed by Presiden;
Lincoln was blotted before re was as-
s%assinated by Booth.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01
CAMARA Is REFUSED COAL.
che Egyptian Government Blocks the
Progress of the Spanish Fleet.

.he Egyptian Government Blocks the
Progress of the Spanish Fleet.
CAIRO, Egypt, June as admiral
2an,ara has asked to be allowed to
purchase 1000 tons of coal for the
spanish fleet at Port Said. but the
Egyptian government refuses to per-
init the ships to coal in Egyptian waters.
Pending deliberations, which are
likely &c last a long time. the feet in
tends to remain at Port Said.
Admiral Camara has made extensive
arrangements for coaling his ships in
the Red sea and Indian ocean.
Trustworthy information leads to
the belief that the true objective point
of Camara's fleet is not Manila, but
Hawaii and finally San Francisco.
New YORK, June 2S.-The New York
Journals correspondent at Rome cables
that Senior Delmaso, the Spanish am
bassador to Italy, said to-day thai the
cruise of Admiral Camara's fleet in the
Mediterranean is only Il rusc de guerre.
After a short stay at Suez, Senior Del
mazo is alleged to have said, the fleet
apparently awaiting orders. Camart
will again set sail, but for Cadiz, not
the Philippines.
LONDON, June 2S.-A dispatch from
Madrid says tho minister of marine.
Senior Aunon, has made n statement
10 the effect that Admiral Cainara $
souadron will leave Port Said to-day
for the Philippine islands. He is also
credited with saying he believes the
squadron is powerful enough to defeat
the ships under command of Rear Ad-
miral Dewey.
The dispatch further that
the hope is expressed in Madrid that
Manila will be able to resist until the
arrival there of Admiral Camara S
squadron.
CApIz. June % 1t is announced
here that the Spanish cruisers Nittoria
and Alfonso Mi have left the arsenal
and that the Caraica and lsla de Luzon
are ready for their armament. TIT
Alfonso XIII is the only vessel of this
fleet that can be termed modern or for
midablc.
IL is reported that an additional
force of men has been ordered to ot
employed in order to hasten the com
pletion of the armored cruiser Prin
cesa de Asturias. The Princesa is OF
the Vizcaya type. The auxiliary
cruiser Meteore is said to have received
her new armament and the armoret
cruiser Cardinal Cisneros is announced
to have left Fcrrol.
The Spanish officials express The
hope that the third Spanish squadron
will be ready for sea in five weeks.
The military governor OF Cadiz u
mounting new guns and preparing ad
ditional defenses between Forts Rot'
and Candelaria, owing to rumors OF
contemplated American invasion.
MADRID, June EFT was announced
here this afternoon that Admira
Camara, in command Of the SpanisI
squadron now at Port Said, has bee
ordered to proceed through the Sue
canal with the ships under his con
manl.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01
AS IN AN APACHE AMBUSH.
Roosevelt's Men Escaped Only by Dcs
perate Fighting.

perate tightihg.
KINGSTON. Jamaica. June % The
initial fight of Colonel Woods rough
riders and the troopers of the First
and Tenth regular cavalry will I've
known in history ms the battle of la
Quasina. That it did not end in the
complete slaughter of the Americans
was not due to any miscalculation
in the plan of the Spaniards, for
as perfect an ambuscade as was
ever formed in the brain of an
Apache Indian was prepared, and Lieu
tenant Colonel Roosevelt and his men
walked squarcly into it. For an hour
and a half they held their ground
under a perfect storm of bullets from
the front and sides. and then Colonel
Wood at the right, and Lieutenant
Colonel Roosevelt at the left. led a
charge which turned the tide of battle
and sent the enemy flying over the
hills toward Santiago.
1t is now definitely known that six
teen men on the American side were
killed, while sixty were wounded or
are reported to be missing. 1t is i'm.
possible to calculate the Spanish losses,
but it is known that they were far
heavier than those of the Americans,
at least as regards actual loss of life.
Already thirty-sevcn dead Spanish
soldiers have been found and buried.
while many others undoubtedly ar c
lying in the thick undcrbush on the
side Of the gully and on the slope OF
the hill, where the main body of the
enemy was located. The wounded
were all removed.
With the exception of Captain Cap
ron, all the rough riders killed were
buried on the field of action. Their
bodies were laid in one long trench.
each wrapped in a blanket. Pain
leaves lined the trench and were hcapcC
in profusion over the dead heroes
Chaplain Brown read the 'Episcopa
burial service for the dead, and. as he
knelt in prayer, every trooper, Will
barred head, knclt around the trench
When the chaplain announced tn,
hymn, "Nearer, My God, to Thee" TIN
deep base voices of the men gave
most impressive rendering of tn
music.
Captain Capron's body was brough
into Juragua, but it was deemed in
advisable to send the remains north n
this season. and the intcrmcnt tool
place on the hillside ncar the scashorc
back of the provisional hospital.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01

has been called to I'LL a similar post at
the Leland Stanford university for one
year during the absence in Europe OF
Prof. Edward A. Ross. Prof. Fetter
was a student in the Indiana univer-
sity while President Jordan. now or
Stanford, was president OF the Indiana
school. DIR. Fetter spent some time az
Cornell after his graduation from In-
diana. and later went to Europe, where
he studied one year. On his return
he accepted his present position in his
alma mater. He Is a brilliant scholar
and an able speaker. His services
were secured by Stanford through the
warm friendship that exists between
himself and the president of the big
California university.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01
FAT WITH A WOODEN LEO.
How an inventive and Humane rhiladci-
,,hia BOY FItted e.at u Crippled Rat.

How an Inventive snd Humau fhiiadci-
lhia BOY ritted e-at u crippled Rat.
4 rat with n wooden ics is "a curios-
ity, as curlosities go nowadays. Yet
shch an animal can be sern any day
at the residence of a man named Dug
more, In the southwestern section OF
the city. About a month ago Willie
Dugmore. a lad Of 10 years. found the
little rodent In a trap In the cellar.
His first impulse was to brain the pest
with a baseball hat, but the rat looked
at him SO p~leadingly that Willie's heart
was touched, and he decided to take
the trap to an adjoining vacant lot and
liberate the animal. This he did, u
instead OF scampering of. as he eN-
pected, the rat limped painfully up to
him and began to lick his hand. Willie
then discovered that Of the AMI
mails legs had been almost severed by
the trap. Taking the rat home, he cut
the leg off and then bandaged the
wound using as n liniment a little vase
line. lie then put the rat into Il cage
and nursed II for a week. lie then
removed the bandage and found that
the wound had completely healed.
The ra. was, however, unable to walk,
and Willie decided he would make for
II an artificial leg. Going down to the
cellar, he obtained a piece Of pine, and
after some whiting succeeded in maxi
ing a leg. This he fastened on with a
string, and was delighted to see that
his plan was entirely successful. The
rat is now the family pet and can be
seen any day hobbling about the
kitchen or teasing a little Irish terrier,
of which 1t has made a lifelong friend.
Philadelphia Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01

In the extreme. Two Of the coroner's
jury were so affected that they were
compelled to leave the room. The
jury rendered a verdict OF suicide. but
expressed no opinion. save that OF fam
lily troubles. as to the causes leading TO
the unfortunate ending Of the young
girls life.
1t IL said that Brendlinger has com
pletely disappeared from the scene OF
the tragedy in which he was so prin-
clpal a figure.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01
PROGRESS OF CIVILIZATION.

The portrait given below OF a Swazi-
land belle Is instructive as a testimo-
NAL 20 the benefits conferred by the
spread OF civilization. Swaziland com
prizes a comparatively small native
state in southeast Africa, which, until
the Zulu war, was left very much to its
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01
Police as shnrk Catchers.

Among the multifarious duties which
demand the attention OF the Calcutta
notice the capture OF sharks in the
Hooglly finds a place. During the past
twenty years rewards have been paid
for the destruction OF those marine
m%an-eaters, and recently the Bengal
government laid down a scale for these
payments.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01
Her Idea of uappIb ess.

Molly-Did you enjoy yourself al the
ball last night? Dolly-Yes, indeed!
Molly-But you danced all the time
with but one man. Dolly-Yes; but
there were seven others pacing the hall
loo- in a Jealous rage.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01
Madrid Praises Woods Men.

MADRID, june 2s.-Private dispatches
received here from Havana declare
that Fridays fight the battle OF La
Ouasina), was favorable TO the Span
iards. but the advises received credit
Colonel Woods Rough Riders n
Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roose'
welt with the greatest courage.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01
Goes on q Friendly Errand.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June % Rev. DIR.
Washington GLADDEN. leaves to-day
to spend his vacation delivering
addresses in England, intended to
foster friendly relations between that
nation and this.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01
A Death In the Third Missouri.

. CAMP ALGER, Va, June 2s.-Private
C. q. Murphy of Company A, Third
Missouri volunteers, died Monday in
the hospital at Fort Meyer and was
buried with military honors. He en-
listed at Kansas City just before the
regiment left home.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01
MIR. LARRY" GODKIN.
THE DEAN OF AMERICAN JOUR-
NALlSM.
uis Paper noted ms an Opponent of
the war-uo Game FROM ireland
when Very Young Noted for His
Battles Royal with Daua.

HE toryism dis
played by the New
York Evening Post
again calls int o
prominence its ed
itor, Larry" God
kin. the
OF william Cullen
Bryant in the ed
itorial chair. Mr..
Godkin founded the
Nation in 1866. and
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01
The Katahain Sail. for Hampton Road.

PRovINCETowN, Mass, June 2s.--l'he
ram Katahdin left for Hampton Roads
yesterday. She vas followed by the
cruiser san Francisco, bound for Key
West. The collier Southery accom-
panied the latter.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01
Quiet Enjoyment,

lie wrote upon the slate, "Are you
happy in your married life?" and pass.
ed 1t to the deaf-mute. "unspeakably
So" hastily scrubbed the latter, hand
ing II back.-New York World.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01
A MYSTERY SOLVED.
RIVER GIVES Up BODY OF a
YOUNG GIRL.


N n maidened
state Annie Burk-
EFT, l6 years old, on
March 10 last
threw herself into
the ~Conemaugh
river and was
drowned. The body
was not discovered
until the other
morning, nearly
nine weeks o
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01
Another Kansss Soldier Dead.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 2s.-Prlvatc
Henry Pepper, Company l. Twentieth
Kansas regiment, is dead Of eonsump'
ton.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01
CALLED TO STANFORD.

Prof. Frank Fetter, head professor or
the department of economies and social
science at the Indiana state university.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-16

is not a drawing card in the state of
Minnesota. If it was the Democrats
would not have failed for 30 years to
carry the state. Now, after consulting
with many Populists of both factions OF
the party, and as one who has fought
fusion from the birth of the party, and
knowing full we'll the awful vesuvius
over which l tread,sI make the follow
ing suggestion:
Let the Populist state central COM
mittee invite the silver Democrats, sill
yer Republicans, Socialists, Prohibition
lists and single takers to hold their con-
ventions on the same day the Populists
hold theirs, all delegations to be based
on the vote Of 1894 Let each conven-
ton appoint a committee to draft a
platform on state issues alone, then I'M
der the name of independent" or any
new name, agreed upon, nominate cand1-
dates and go Into the fight like men
and patriots.
One brother says, "That would be the
dist kind of FUSION" we'll, maybe
it is, but 1t is honest, and honesty pays
even in politics. 1 feel that it is the
only way to separate the sheep from the
goats-the only way to harmonic the
forces of reform. What do you think
OF it? L. C. LONG.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-16
MIR. HANLEY JUSTIFIES.

Populists usually feel best satisfied
with results of their own personal in
vestigations, and fortunately in most
cases the average Populist has an in
vestigating turn of mind. On the 18th
of February our attention was called to
the matter of these circulars being sent
out by Mr. Hanley, and it was suggested
that we call time on what was suspected
of being a foul deal. However no evil
dences were produced and we concluded
that Popuist farmers were usually
awake to most schemes and that if we
should chase a suspect and catch an in
nOcent we might feel cheap, cheap, yes,
mighty cheap. However, we are glad to
publish in this issue a statement from
both Mr. Hanley and Mr.. l.. c.. Long.
If any note of warning is needed Mr..
Longs letter will certainly fill the bill
and it is the proudest mission of The
Reproc ntative to shed light wherever
there is darkness of deeds or intellect.
But in justice to Mr. Hanley we would
suggest that Populists have been so
often skinned that it has become
weakness with most of us to take, alarm
easy. E. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-16
WATSON'S FRENCH HISTORY.

Those French histories donated by
Tom Watson to the Lease home fund
should find their way into the home of
every Pcpulist. Populists are the ma
tons greatest readers, they are the
students in political economy and poll
teal history and this little volume of
French history, written by Tom Watson,
is indeed gem and is giving the great
est possible satisfaction wherever it
goes. It's purchase means to you in
historical and political knowledge twice
its cost and the purchase price of 81
goes to swell the Lease home fund. a
work in which every true Populist
should feel deep interest E. A. T.