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PREPARING FOR MAIN ATTACK
ALL AVAILABLE RESERVES AND QUANTI.
TIES OF AMMUNITION RUSHED
TO THE FRONT.


sboney Friday. July 1. via Juragua, s:45
p m, via Kingston. Jamaica. July BAH the
reserves have been hurried into position to-
night and fresh ammunition is being taken to
the front as rapidly possible 1t is probable
that every available man will be in the line Of
battle by morning
Early this morning General Shafter said he
did not believe there were any considerable In
trenchments between our new position and the
city The Cuban officers. however. including
General Garcia. who was interviewed on this
subject yesterday, hold different opinion
The general belief is that we will enter the
city tomorrow. but after hard nshting.
1t cannot be said with certainty whether Gen.
eral Pando. with his eight thousand men from
Manzanillo. has yet arrived at Santiago. but Il
Is probable that they have. and that to them
fell the chief share In the defence to-day.
Another Ave thousand men had been thought
to be In movement from Holsuin. but II 10
doubtful II the concentration has yet been COM
pleted
Admiral Sampson to- night sent q dispatch to
General shafter over the Army telephone wire
which has been strung from the base to the
headquarters in the field. stating that he had
thrown a certain number Of shells into the har:
Dor Of Santiago to-day by way Of cooperation
with the land movement, and was ready to con.
tinue the dose tomorrow II Il was thought aA-
visable.
Until to-day the American invasion OF Cuba
has not looked like real war. but this negative
impression Is now absolutely dispelled. While
there have been some errors Of detail. the for
ward movement. A. a whole. was well planned
and has been admirably executed.
The chief error was in placing the infantry be-
hind the artillery. in position to receive all the
shells Of the enemy. which failed to hit the
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In the city. where almost a hani-to-ha hand en-.

In the CITY, where almost a hani-to-hand en-.
counter Is going on In the streets.
The situation when the Associated Press cor
respondent left the front was such that the
capture Of the city tonight would not be sur
prising. although General shafter himself. when
the correspondent left him three hours ago. did
not expect It.
General Shafter, no wever sent word this az
ternoon to General Calixto Garcia that the
capture Of the city would not be long delayed.
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ROYAL BLUE LINE TO WASHINGTON.
New time schedule now In effect. Two Royal
Blue Limited" trains leave New-York at u:5. a. "a.
Ave hours-Advt
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TROOPS ENTER SANTIAGO
HAND 10 HAND FIGHTING IN
STREETS OF THE CITY.
SPANIARDS MAKE AN ATTACK IN FORCE,
BUT ARE TURNED BACK BY
LAWTONS MEN.

Siboney, Cuba. Saturday. July 2. 7:30 p. m,
less via Kingston. jamaica Sunday July s. 2oO
D. m-The fighting on the right Of our line this
afternoon developed unexpected and for some
hours almost as severe firing yesterday F'ri-
day). when General Lawton was assaulting Ell
Caney
The Spanish made an attack in force on our
position. pouring in volley after volley in quick
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CERVERA'S FLEET DESTROYED.
ADMIRAL SAMPSON VANQUISHES THE SPANI
SANTIAGO HARBOR



Washington, 3dma SIMPSONS to-day engaged
entirely destroyed shown following dispatch,
received the War Department:
Es July 3-Sboney
Spanish feet warsh destroyed and burning the beach, 1t
Captain operator doubt Of its
ALLEN Signal Officer"
The following cable dispatch given the White House,
Playa Ete July Cerveras fleet confirmed
ALLEN Lieutenant Colonel.
SHAFTER CALLS ON SANTIAGO TO SURRENDER.
Washington July following given White
House tonight:
General teegraphs
Paya del Este July 3Eay this morning demand for the inn
Santiago the believe
the place will be urendeed'"
This report General Shaite has fallen back
SHAFTER REPORTS INVESTMENT OF THE TOWN
Washington July s-secretay Ager to-day following
from General Shafer:
Camp sevila Cuba, via Playa del Este, July g.
"To Secretary War, Washington:
1--WE invested the north and but with thin
line Upon approaching we find Of such character and the deences so
strong will be impossible carry by with present force Our
list has been made but
Of exhaustion from heat and xeion the battle
Of the day before yesterday and the almost constant fire which kept up on
the trenches.
wagon kept difficulty of rains
but will be able O it for the present.
General Wheeler seriously probably the
to-day General Young very his bed General Hawkins
slightly during made last night which was hand
somy repuled
be behavior Of the troops was Magnificent reported
he holds the Santiago has burned bridge and
General Pando has arrived Palma and that the
hundred French his line
d Santiago directed him them with
possble "SHAFTER, Major General"
MKINLEY VOICES THE NATIONS THANKS.
Secretary Ager following General Shaer:
The President directs that have the
thanks
Friday July The steady vor and heroism OF officers and
men people with pride The the
rhotIe
"R. A.AIGER, Secretary Of War"
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HORSE VS. BIKE. Great racing sensamoon Io ~ -
Berkeley Oval. Morris Heights bouT'h VI '"'
fernoon.-AdV
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TWO REPORTS MADE.

Majority and Minority Reports Presented
to the House.
Following are the resolutions pre-
sented by the majority Of the house
committee on foreign affairs:
Whereas, The government of Spain
for three years past has been waging
war on the Island of Cuba against a
revolution by the inhabitants thereof,
without making any substantial prog
ress towards the suppression of said
revolution. and has conducted the war
fare in manner contrary to the laws
Of nations, by methods inhumane and
uncivilized. causing the death by starv-
alton of more than 200, 600 innocent
non.combatants. the victims being for
the most part helpless women and chill
dren, infiicting intolerable injury to
the commercial interests Of the United
States, and the destruction of the lives
and property of many of our citizens,
entailing the expenditure of millions OF
dollars in patrolling our coasts and
policing the high seas, in order &c
maintain our neutrality, and
Whereas, This long series of losses.
injuries and burdens for which Spain is
responsible, has eliminated in the de.
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TO CARRY ON THE WAR.

Ways and Means Committee Agrees on a
Plan to Raise Revenue.
WASHINGTON, April l4.-The Repub-
lican members of the ways and means
committee have agreed upon plan for
raising revenue in case of need to carry
on war with Spain. The plan will
raise more than 500, 900, 900 additional
revenue annually and is thus dis
tributed: An additional tax Oh beer of
81 per barrel, a bank stamp tax on the
lines of the law of 1865, duty OF 3
cents per pound on coffee and 10 cents
per pound on tea, and an additional tax
on tobacco. The committee also agreed
to authorize the issuing of $500, 000. 600
bonds. These bonds are to be offered
for sale at all postoffices in the United
States in amounts of $50 each, making
q great popular loan to be absorbed by
the people.
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REVIEW OF THE SITUATION.

Senate Committee's Report Goes Thor
oughly Into the Cuban Matter.
The report of the senate committee
was made by Senator Davis, chairman
of the senate foreign relations commit
tee and was a very thorough review of
the entire situation and q strong pre-
sentation of the facts which has led the
committee to it's conclusions. The re-
port takes mp the Maine disaster as the
leading topic for consideration and
plunges into that question in its first
sentence which is as follows:
'.The destruction of the United States
battleship Maine, of two of her officers
and of 264 of her crew in the harbor of
Havana on the night of Feb. 10, 1893,
excited to an unprecedented degree the
compassion and resentment Of the
American people,"
Contintinuing the report says:
manifestations of that resentment
were suspended, although the feeling
was not allayed by the self restraint of
our people, who determined to hold
their Judgment in suspense concerning
their ultimate action until an official
Investigation should disclose the cause
of that great disaster and enable them
by direct or circumstantial testimony
to impute the responsibility therefor.
ssThat investigation has been made.
IL was conducted with judicial thor
oughness and elaboration. The diff
Guilty Of demonstrating by conclusive
proof the efficient personal cause of
tnat sinister event was the usual one of
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INCREASED $SOo,OOO.

Senate Committee ON Appropriations Acts
on tho Naval bill.
WASHINGTON. April lathe senate
committee on appropriations has COM
pleted consideration of the naval appro-
priation bill and Senator Hale after.
wards reported it to the senate. The
amendments recommended by the COM
mittee increase the aggregate appro-
priation made by the bill as it passed
the house to the extent OF $8,26S, 900,
making the total $40, 277,5 5S. The
principal item of increase is for con-
struction and machinery of new war
and defense vessels.
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RECOMMENDATION CRUEL
No Such Incident Of Barbarous Warfa9 :
in Modern History.

No Such Incident Of Barbarous Warfa
in Modern History.
In April, 1895, the evils from which ou
country suffered through the Cuban wa
became SD onerOus that my predecessor
made an effort to bring about a peac{
through the mediation of this gOyern|
ment in any way that might tend to an
honorable adjustment of the contest be-
tween Spain and her revolted colony, on
the basis Of some effective scheme of self
government for Cuba under the flag and
sovereignty of Spain. 1t failed through
the refusal of the Spanish government
then in power to consider any form OF
mediation or indeed plan of settlement
which did not begin with the actual sub
mission of the insurgents to the mother
country, and then only on such terms as
Spain herself might see fit to grant. The
war continued unabated. The resistance
of the insurgents in nowise diminished
The efforts of Spain were increased, both
by the dispatch of fresh levies to Cuba
and by the addition to the horrors of the
sErife of q
Cruel and Inhuman Phase
wholly Unprecedented in the modern his
tory OF civilized Christian peoples. The
pollcy OF devastation and concentration
anaugurated by the Spanish general Pan
do, of october, 1896, in the province OF
linar del Rio. then extended to embrace
eli Of the island to which the power of the
spanish arms was able to reach by occu-
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SENATE REPORT
Scathing Arrangement of Spanish
Government Accompanies In
terventiOn Resolutions.
Destruction of the Maine Due at
Least to Her Culpable Neg
ligence.
BarbarOus Conduct of Warfare
and Murder of Old Men, Wo-
men and Children.
Free and Independent Govern
ment Must Be Established
For Cuba.

WASHINGTON, April 14.-In view of
the general announcement that the
foreign committees of the two houses
would make their reports on the Cuban
question the early attendance of the
public was surprisingly small. There
was only handful of people at each
OF the galleries when they were opened
at 9 o'clock and it was almost noon be-
fore the galleries were filled. Those
who secured the front seats in the sem
ate gallery held them persistently, how
ever, under the conviction that the day
had in it more possibilities in the way
of excitement and possible development
than any preceding day.
The senate committee did not begin
business until IL o'clock and the meet
ing was said to be merely formal as the
essential work OF preparing its report
and formulating the resolutions to be
presented had been practically COM
pleted. There was some additions to
the report on account of General Lees
testimony but these were not material
rs his statements did not add anything
to the committees real stock of infor-
NATION. It was felt, however, that his
statement would be valuable in round
ing out and completing the report and
in supporting the committees position.
His opinions were in line with those of
the majority of the committee and
were highly valued. -...-.... e.. .
: The report OF. the committee was
presented almost Immediately after
the converting of the senate, and the
reading occupied AZ minutes. Follow
ing are the resolutions upon which the
Eeport was based:
Whereas, The abhorrent conditions
which have existed for more than
three years in the island of Cuba, so
near our own borders, have shocked
the moral sense OF the people of the
United States, have been disgrace to
Christian civilization, eliminating as
they have in the destruction of a
United States warship with 266 of its
officers and crew while on friendly
visit in the harbor of Havana, and can.
not longer be endured, as has been set
forth by the president of the United
States in his message to congress of
April ii, 1898, upon which the action
of congress was invited, therefore,
Resolved, First, That the people of
the Island of Cuba are, and by right
ought to be free and independent.
Second, That it is the duty of the
United States to demand, and the gov
eminent of the United States does
hereby demand, that the government
of Spain at once relnquish it's authority
and government i'll the Island of Cuba
aud withdraw it's land and naval forces
from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Third, That the president of the
United States be and he is hereby
directed and empowered to use the en-.
tire land and naval forces of the United
States and to call into actual service
for the United States, the militia of
several states. to such an extent as may
be necessary to carry these resolutions
into effect.
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stuction of the United States battlesh,,.
Maine in the harbor of Havana, and III
the death of 266 of our seamen, be it
Resolved, That the president is hereby
authorized and directed to intervene at
once to stop the war in Cuba, to the
end and with the purpose of securn {,
permanent peace anu order there. ana
establishing, by the free action of the
people thereof, stable and indepenu-
Island OF Cuba; and the president Is
hereby authorized and mp wed to use
the land and naval forces of the United
States to execute the purpose of this
resolution.
The Democratic Resoi ut on.
! The Democratic members of the
house foreign affairs committee, in IA
report signed by five Democrats and
Mr.. Newlands, Silverite, have agreed
to the following joint resolution, as
substitute for the majority report. 1t
follows:
Resolved, That the United States
government hereby recognize the indie.
pendence of the republic of Cuba.
Second That moved thereto by many
considerations Of humanity, OF interest
and OF provocation, among which are
the deliberate mooring of our battle.
ship, the Maine, over a submarine
mine, and it's destruction in the harbor
OF Havana, the president Of the United
States be, and he is hereby directed to
employ Immediately the land and naval
forces of the United States in aiding
the republic of Cuba to maintain the
independence hereby recognized.
Third-That the president Of the
United States is hereby authorized and
directed TO extend immediate relief to
the starving people of Cuba.
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ST. LOUIS AND ST. PAUL.

Government Decides to Buy Both the Big
Atlantic Liners.
WASHINGTON, April l4.-The govern.
ment has decided to buy both the
American line steamers St. Louis and
St. Paul. Captain Sigsbee and Com.
mander Goodrich will be the corr.
manders when the boats are put in
commission, but no conclusion has been
reached as to which officer goes tc
which ship,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-04-14
MINES ota State Land sales.

ST. PAUL, April l4.-State Auditor
Dunn has completed list of state
lands that are to be sold this spriAg at
public auction. Sales are to be held in
Is counties, as follows: Otter Tail,
May Is; Wilkin, May II; Wadena, May
IS; Becker, May 10; Clay, May 30;
Polk, May %; Red Lake. May "a;
Todd, May %; Stearns, May 81. Mile
Laos, May 81; Kanabec, June |; Pierce,
June 2; Morrison, June 4.
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WASHINGTON, April l4.-Information
has reached here showing that the
Spanish government is making extra
ordinary efforts to obtain all the mum.
tions of war possible. She recently
gave to one of the most prominent Eng.
nitions of war it could deliver up to the
t.rSt of Nav.
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Coz rell Wants an Explanation.

WAsHINGTo April IA. - Senator
G. ckrel sa ) he will introduce a reso-
luton PROBABLY asking for an explana-
zion Of the fact that none of the Cuban
consular correspondence prior to Nov.
J., las, had been sent to the senate.
Inc resolution under which it was fur
nishsd. called for the correspondence
beginning on the 4th of March, 1897.
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Flying squadron Ordered to Sail.

FJyInR SQu8urON Oruer0u 60 SatIs
WASHINGTON, April IA. The Flying
Squadron has been ordered to sail at 2
p. m. on 48-hour practice cruise. Il
is the impression at the department..
that the squadron will go
outside of the Capes and there await
any further orders which may be sent
to it by dispatch boat.
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HEADING STRAIGHT FOB WAR

Opinion of London Papers-McKinley
Blamed for IniecisiOn.
LONDON, April 1.-THE afternoon
newspa pers of this city unanimously
express the opinion that both the United
States and Spain are heading straight
for war. There is also disposition TO
blame President Mckinley for his al.
laOad indecision.
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M.nv returning to Work.

Many HeCufntHS 20 49,
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, April IA
About 3,lOO operatives returned to
work during the day, nearly double the
number on Monday.
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exp slng ported and mysterious
or mes. No such difficulty, however,
y" sources Its official and responsible
cause"
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The Appeal Of December Last.

pn the 4th Of December last caused to
Issued an appeal the American people,
inviting contributions in money or in any
kind for the succor of the starving suf-
ferers in Cuba; following this on the 9Th
of January by a similar public announce
ment of the formation of central Cuban
committee, with headquarters in New
York city, composed of three members
representing the Red Cross and the re-
ligious and business elements of the COM
munity The efforts of that committee
have been untiring, and accomplished
much. Arrangements for free transpor-
tation to Cuba have greatly aided the
charitable work. The president of the
American Red Cross and the representa-
tives of other contributory organizations
have generously visited Cuba and CO.
operated with the consul general and the
local authorities to make effective distrib-
ution of the relief collected through
the central committee Nearly 81 1000
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-08-18

titled to our thanks but should
hereafter receive the generous sup
port Of our5people. We further de
clare that they should be fully REIN
bursed for any necessary expense
Incurred by them between the
dates when they were ordered into
camp and final muster into the serv'
ice of the United States.
| We congratulate the people OF
Missouri on the splendid develop
ment of the state under democratic
management. We heartily indorse
the wise. economic and busiress-like
administration of Governor Lon V.
Stephens and his democratic asse.
ciates, under which progress and
prosperity have increased in spite
Of most unfavorable general condi-
tIons
We challenge attention to the
fact while the national debt is being
extrsvagsntly increased the debt i'm
posed on this state by republican
misrule is being steadily decreased
by democratic administrations and
the public interests closely guarded
The democratic party when it came
into power in 1873 found bonded
debt of S21,76S,000. To day it is
bat "a, 00e,e00, drawing 81 per cent
interest, and will be further reduced
100000 before the end of the pres
ent year.
We believe that every species of
property should be by law compelled
to bear it's equal and just share of
taxation and favor the enactment of
such laws concerning the assess
ment and collection of taxes in this
state a. will secure thai end.
We are in favor of tn. government
securing to the people cheap and
efficient transportation facilities
We favor the enactment by con-
gress # an act setting aside a day
each year to be a national holiday to
the vidory of the |
American arms on land and sea, and |
that such day be thu date of the
declaration Of peace btween Spain
and the United States.
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NO RESTRAINT ON MERRITT.
Manila viii Fall as Soon as the Monadnock
Arrives.


Arrives.
Washington, ID C, Aug. IL
Merritt undoubtedly is pursuing his
campaign IN Luzon. 1t is stated
positively that he is under no re
straining order from the war depart
ment, but that it is left entirely to
bis own discretion when and how TO
attack Manila Inasmuch as il has
been reported from Cavite that he
was simply awaiting the arrival
there OF the double turretsd monitor
Monadnock, 1t is presumed this
attack will soon follow il il has not
been made already, for according to
the calculation OF the navy depart
msnt, the Monadnock is about due
now at Csvits. While not quite
clear as to Gen. Merritt's purpose in
deferriDg his attack until the vessel
arrives, it is the opinion Of the mill.
tary officials that this plan i, to
plant the two monitorp. Monterey
and Aonaduock, directly within
range of the Manila batteries, and if
demand for surrender 10 refused
to batter down those defenses. On
ly fully armorsd vessels can be safe
ly employed IN such work, hence
the delay on account OF the non arri.
val of the Monadnock.