The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-08-02
Now Floats on Porto
Rico's Soil.

sPfs
The United States military ex- king
pedition under the command ofhildren.
Major General Miles, who <Iefhe panic
Guantanamo Bay during the
evening of Thursday last. July
21st, was landed successfully at delIv-
ter skirmish between detach fls nos
ment of the Spanish troops and arsd
crew of thirty belonging to the, would
launch of the United States gy4reatrent
boat Gloucester Forty Sattention to
iards were killed and no Aral apparatus
cans were hurt. The tIs apt to get
were pushed forward prom
| in order to capture the railroo
leading to Ponce The landins
was made at Guanica, which = Among
about ten miles east of Ponaor Thi.
From Ponce there is an
| lent military road runnin .x. sx
miles north to San Juarx xrrstehsd es conntrr.
whole of Gen. BrooBea9
with the New Orleans. 4, and most of them
lis, Cincinnati, Leydep. foremost, the pow
are expected here v southern countries
honrs. Upper Nile and its
There are 200 cases on the fate Of lower
fever among the American has IS oeen cen. stated ssas
at Santiago Dr. Sem, the sor,s ef,sar.r
ernment yellow fever exc annual rise.
says there will be a thous sthe agricul-
cases if we remain here tFout her ag-
weeks longer. 7ture OF
KEY WEST, July 27-News over
reached here today of the at -a,e fnase
tempted landing on Cuban shore ] ~
of large expedition. men and
arms, by the steamer Wanderer. nd
which left Key West about 4
week ago. Banes, west of Ha-
vana, was the point selected for
Iembarkation, but arriving there :
the expedition was confronted
by a body of cavalry, numbering
a thousand or more, and q sharp
engagement ensued. The Wand srt
erer's men got their boats off, be.
but not before William Davis, y
William Ross, Gabriel Alvarez,
Felix Lopez and Rojolu Garcia
had been slightly wounded :,
} Was ever more beautiful IN
tribute paid to the stars and str,
stripes than this by Charles sa
b Sumner Here is the national b,
! flag ! He must be cold, indeed. b
J who can look upon its folds rip
pling in the breeze without pride
} of country. 1t is piece of bunt-
ing lifted in the ali, bat it speaks
sublimely, and every part has
voice. Its stripes of alternate
red and white proclaim the origI
, inal union of 13 states to maiqA
tain the declaration of indepenf
ence. Its stars of white on
field of blue proclaim that unioA
of states constituting our nation
al constellation, which receives
new star with every state. The
two together signify union, past
and present. The very colors
have language, which was recsz Il
ognized by our fathers. Whit
r is for purity; red for.yalor; bl1wa
for Justice; and all togetherX
i bunting. stripes, stars and col
) blazing in the sky, make the na ii,
of our country, to lhe--eti .ees'isshad q trad
} by all our hearts, to be upheld -
g by all our hands. f"
} New York, July ga Mad
D rid telegram to New York says
] the government has received a
1 telegram announcing the sur
l render of Manila to Admiral
: Dewey.
r Over 1000 cases of yellow few
i er reported at Santiago.
1 Americas S peace terms are sat
. isfactory to Spain. The terms
: of peace asked for by Mckinley
a are: Cuba and Porto Rico must
. be given up: one of the Ladrones
4 and one of the Philippine islands
a as coaling station-no money
!. sdemnitv This Deace treAtv
4 will not be indorscd by the Ann
eriean people, and II should not.