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The western recorder., 1898-06-30
WAR NOTES.

There are five German warships Mt
Manila.
President Mckinley has asked Con-
gress TO thank Hobson and give an
thority for his appointment as lieuten-
ant of the line, and that a vote of
thanks be given him.
That important body. the Chamber
of Commerce of Barcelona. has notified
the government that at general meet
ing its members were in favor of
peace and the termination of the state
of war.
\ small riot between city police and
a number of colored soldiers belonging
TO the Tenth United States cavalry oc.
Cured at the central passenger sta.
tion at Chattanooga on the morning of
June 9th. The soldiers were drink
and disorderly and when the police mt
tempted to arrest them they fought
fiercely. In self-defense the officers.
of whom there We're only three. were
forced to use their pistols. One of the
soldiers named Rufus Cobb was hit
the ball passing through his hand.
A Cuban spy who was recently in
Santiago de Cuba. says reign of ter
ror exists among all classes there. ow
ing to the nightly attacks of the We.
suvius, with the terrible explosion of
dynamite shells. A week ago tonight
one of her shells, striking Cayo Smith.
demolished several warehouses end n
fort there, besides dlsmounting several
guns. Windows. II also appears, were
broken in the city and the general ef-
feet was similar to that OF an earth.
quake among the soldiers and citizens.
The western recorder., 1898-06-30
WAS A GREAT FEAT.
Praise From All Sides for the Landing at
Santiago.


Washington. u. c., June 25.-The
successful establishment OF General
Skaters army corps upon Cuban soil
when 1t is adequately appreciated by
the American public. will be rightfully
regarded as one of the memorable mil
Itary achievements Of history. Euro
peans who are more familiar with vast
army movements are already aston
ished at the brilliancy with which the
enterprise was carried out. 1t turns
out that the misunderstood delay at
Tampa was utilized to excellent ad-
vantage by the authorities to insure ev-
cry feature OF the program against
failure, and the result demonstrates
that the command of the United States
forces has been In thoroughly capable
hands. Impartial tactical experts de-
clare that not more than three or four
incidents In military history have ap-
preached In importance the present dis
patch of troops TO Santiago. and that
none of these was more famous than
General Skaters promises to become,
Greater bodies OF troops have perhaps
been transported to distance from
their main base of supplies. but these
have occurred either in times OF peace
or they have been unsuccessful. The
rapidity with which his 10000 men
have been carried over 1000 miles on
the high seas and successfully landed
il unprecedented.
The western recorder., 1898-06-30
NEGRO OFFICERS.
The Experiment L. to lie Tried on n Con
siderable Scale In the New Volunteers.

The Experiment IL to lie Tried on Con
siderable Scale In the New Volunteers.
New York, June pa special to the
Times from Washington says:
When the mastering in of new or
ganizations under the second call is
completed. the volunteer army Will in
clude between 5000 and 10000 negro
soldiers. and more negro officers than
were ever before in the service of the
United States.
In furnishing officers for these col
ored commands the War Department
has had serious problem to deal with.
II is the Presidents desire to give the
negroes n representation as officers.
In the last war. when there were o.
$50 negro troops-tlrree years men-in
the Federal army. the officers were
white men.
The experiment OF negro regiment
wholly oflicercd by negroes is to be
tried I'm the case of the North Carolina
regiment. whose colonel viii be n col
ored man. and the only one of that
rank In the army. In the Alabama
regiment the officers will be white
men. In the Immune negro regiments
there viii be mixture. the colonies
and other field officers and the captains
being white. and the lIeutenants and
other lesser officers black.
Army officers regard the offering
OF negro regiments with negroes as an
experiment which may or may not
turn out well. The negro needs to be
led well. they say. to make n good
fighter. and there IL some doubt
whether colored troops will follow one
OF their own race ms well as they
would n white officer.
The western recorder., 1898-06-30
BATTLE OF LA ouAsrNA.
That Is the Name of tho bloody Fight
Participated in by the Rough Riders.

Jaragua, Cuba, June 81. 4 y. m.. per
Associated Press Dispatch Boat Dan
dy. via Kingston, June 26.-The initial
fight OF Colonel Woods Rough Riders
and the troopers of the First and Tenth
cavalry will be known in history as
the battle of La Quasina. That 1t did
not end In the complete slaughter of
the Americans was not due to any
miscalculation In the plan of the Span
ish, for as perfect an ambuscade as
was ever formed In the brain of an
Apache Indian WIS prepared. and
Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt and his
men walked squarely into IL. For an
hour and n half they held their ground
under a perfect storm of bullets from
the front and Sides and then Colonel
Wood mt the right and Colonel Roose-
welt at the left, led 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 br missing. II is Inn
possible to calculate the Spanish losses.
but II is known they were far heavier
Than those of the Americans. at least
as regards actual loss of life. Alrendy
thirty-seven dend Spaniards have been
found and buried, while many others
are undoubtedly lying In the thick un-
derbrush ON the side of the gully and
on the slope OF the hill. where the
main body OF tho enemy was located.
The wounded were all removed.
The western recorder., 1898-06-30
CAN'T BUY COAT.

Camara's Fleet L. Still at Port Said,
New York, June ga dispatch to
the Tribune from Cairo. Egypt, says:
Admiral Camara has asked to be al
lowed to purchase 10000 tons of coal
for the Spanish fleet at Port Said, but
the Egyptian government refuses to
permit the ships to coal in Egyptian
waters.
Pending deliberations which are like
ly 10 last long time. the fleet intends
to remain at Port Said.
The Egyptian government has in
structed its authorities Mt Port Said to
prevent the $50 stokers engaged there
by Admiral Camara for his fleet from
embarking on Spanish ships. and cour-
teously informed Admiral 'Camara that
so doing would be an Infringement of
the laws of neutrality which Egypt in
tends vigorously to observe.
The Audaz's machinery requires re
pairs and Camara has sgnlfied his in
fention of remaining at Port Said for
three days
dispatch to the Tribune from Port
Said, Egypt. says:
Admiral Camara has made extensive
arrangements for coaling his ships in
the Red Sea and Indian Ocean
Trustworthy Information leads TO the
peiief that the true objective point of
Camara's feet Is not Manila. but
Hawaii. and finally San Francisco.
Among the interesting items recorded
Is that the dues for the fleets passage
through the canal amounts to 800. .OoO
francs. 100000 pesetas. or 100000.
The western recorder., 1898-06-30


There no longer Is any question TINT
the cavalry forces allowed their en-
thusIasm to carry them Into the am
bush in which they were cnught by
the Spnniards yesterday morning.
Their daring exploit in dnshing into
the mountains almost Immediately
after landing. now Is said TO have been
undertaken without the knowledge OF
the commanding general.
Al the bodies of the American dead
were recovered to-dny and all the
Rough Riders who fell In action. cx-
ccpt Captain capron. were buried with
military honors at Camp Wheeler. The
dead heroes were wrapped In blankets
and plnced IN long trench that was
lined with palm leaves. and Chaplain
Brown read the committal service.
while the troops knelt around the
grave. Captain Capron's body was
taken into Juragua- His wife and
mother had asked thnt 1t be sent to
them, but that was impossible
II was laid nt rest ON the side OF
hill that overlooks the bay. A volley
was fired above the grave and the
cavalry bugies sounded TAPS The
wounded were tenderly cared for by
the hospital corps. md now are In
good hands on board the Olivette.
They may be tnken to the marine
hospital at Tortugas.
The western recorder., 1898-06-30
on for tn. PhIlinnln..

San Francisco. June 27.-Another
fleet of transports has sailed out
through the Golden Gate to the broad
Pacific. This afternoon the third fleet
of vessels. loaded with soldiers and
supplies for the Philippines. hoisted
anchor. and. amid the screaming of n
hundred whistles and the changing of
bells and the booming of cannon, pro-
ceeded down the bay toward the ocean.
and by tonight will be well on their
way to the Philippines.
The ships which left to-day carried
about 1000 men, under command of
General Arthur Macarthur. who has
made the steamer Indiana his flagship.
The City of Para, the Ohio and Nor
gan City We're the other vessels TO sail
with the Indiana. The steamer yn.
lencia was not ready for sea to-day and
will probably sail with the steamer
Newport on Wednesday. General Mer
ritt and his stan will proceed to the
Islands in the Newport, which has
been especially prepared for the ser
vice.
The western recorder., 1898-06-30
SPAIN TO HELP LAND GUNS.
Furnishes n Giant Catlmtran for shaftcs
Taken From tho Pedro

Key West, Fla, June 2I.-Spain sup
plies n giant catamaran which viii
float to land our siege guns. Deep
down in the hold of the prize steamer
Pedro ii has lain. n pile of junk, until
Major W. III. DAILY, chief surgeon ON
General Miles stan, discovered 1t yes
terday and wired TO Washington intel
ligence of his find The Pedro was
taken over by Commodore Remey To-
day. Ii supplies the gravest want OF
the engineer departmental lighter
large and buoyant enough to transport
siege howitzers the last mile OF their
journey to Cuba.
The catamaran looks like company
of overgrown steam boilers. There are
six of the big fonts, each niue feet In
diameter twenty-five feet long and
rounded mt one end like revolver hui
let. They ride the water in pairs.
united by two heavy iron yokes. thirty
feet in length Yoked in pairs the
floats form three pontoons OF prodl-
gious buoyancy. Wher these pontoons
are connected. one behind the other. by
heavy steel beams they make a cata-
marnn more than ninety feet long and
capable Of supporting not only siege
howitzers, but the thirteen-inch rides
Of the Iowa or Massachusetts. 1t Il
the biggest portable lighter in the
United States, engineer officers here
say, and Its discovery comes just in the
nick of time. The beams, yokes. Gals
sons and even the hoisting machinery
that goes with such floating dock
are all In the Pedro, and. except for
tests made at the Belgian factory
where they were fashioned, they have
never seen service.
Spain ordered the catamaran for
dredging and widening the channel AZ
Santiago de Cuba. the channel which
the Merrimac has sealed.
To-day Commodore Remey was or
dered 10 take possession of the Pedro
and to take the floats. winches and all
on n schooner and send them with an
engineers corps 10 Tampa.
The western recorder., 1898-06-30
WILL GO TO SPAIN.
a FLEET oHosREo PREeAREo.
conmodors Watson VIII Have Com mana
of Powerful Squadron with which
to Attack the Spanish Coast

washington. June 2T.-The admin
Istrafion to-day finally came to de-
t.ision to send an American squadron
90 the Spanish coast and into the Med
Iterraneap. Several times since the
war broke out rumors to this enes'.
have circulated. but the project nah
not materialized-it required the
Spanish movement toward the Phii-
ippines by Camara's squadron to de-
eide the Navy Department 10 auopt
this bold stroke.
The Navy Department at il.i'
O'Clock posted the following buiietin'
Commodore Watson sails to-uhy III
the Newark TO join Sampson, when ne
will take under his command an ar
nored squadron. with cruisers, ana
nroceed nj once on the Spanish coast.
The Navy Department has posted
the following bulletin showing Com
modore Watson's squadron. 1t Is des-
icnated the Eastern squadron ana ~
as follows:
Flagship Newark. battleships Iowa
and oregon. cruisers Yosemite, Yam
kee and Dixie and the coiliers Seen
dia, Abarenda and Alexander Inc
advance will be made mt once from
Santiago.
The bulletin also showed the follow
ing changes in designation OF the d.
vision of our war vessels:
North Atlantic Fleet-Rear Admiral
Sampson. commanding.
First Squadron-Commodor J. "A.
Howell. commanding.
Second Squadron-Commodor w.
$. Schley. commanding.
Naval base. Key West. Florida,
Commodore Il. Remey. commanding.
IN att L. n dpfIV that the
government is Influenced fD ordering
this movement by n desire to check
the progress eastward of the Cadiz
fleet. II was not believed that the
Spanish commander could be guilty
OF the folly of uncovering his own
home ports In this fashion. but inns
much as he seems determined to do
so, the naval stratcgists could not 10
less than take advantage of the mag
nificent opportunity thus afforded to
strike n crushing blow at Spain, and
thereby, perhaps, save much time and
loss OF life and money in the conduct
of the tedious campaign in Cuba
The Eastern squadron. which the
United States will now send against
Spain. far outranks the Spanish
squadron. the Iowa and Oregon cx-
ceedipg the Pelayo and Carlos at
every point. while the other United
States vessels are far superior. ship
for ship. to those of the Spanish
squadron. with the single exception
of the two Spanish torpedo boat de-
stroyers.
When the American fleet sails for
Spain 1t will take with II complete In
formation rs to the entire stretch OF
Spanish coast. with detail maps OF
every harbor aud its fortifications.
The western recorder., 1898-06-30
TAX ON PAY cHEcks.
pss nlns That Enplsy<r. wnl u.v. -

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| Chicago. June 25-EmpIoyers who
pay their help with bank checks nrr
concerned over the war-rcvenue law.
II provides that every order for the
payment OF money. drawn upon any
bank" must bear . cents In stamps.
properly cancelled and dated.
The Sfockyards Company has not
far from 5000 employees who are paid
by check every two weeks The war
revenue stamps therefore would in
volvo an extrn expense Of 81 400, md
the company may abandon the check
arrangement and pay In currency.
In the case OF railways. however.
where employees are scattered about In
many districts, payment by check Is
almost imperative. The Afchlson, To-
pekn & Santa Fc Railroad Company
hns already ordered 100000 1-ccnt md
5000 2-cent revenue stamps. OF the
other railroads the Chicago, Rock
Island e. Pacific, with its 5000 checks
n month; the Chicago. Milwaukee &
st. Paul. with 1000. and the Chicago
& Northwestern, with 6.000 checks,
have decided 10 pay 2 cents 10 the gov
ernmcnt rather than distribute cash to
their employees
The Chicago board of education.
which distributes each month over s.
300 checks. will hereafter pay cents
each for the privilege. So VIII the
Chicago Edison Company, with Its
1000 employees. They nre firm in the
belief that money would be lost In
abandoning the check system in favor
of cash payments. The Glucose Sugar
Refining Company Will pay the tax on
It's 4.0s.i honthIy checks as a mntter OF
economy.
The depa ,tment stores viii be but
slightly affected. ns they are accus-
toned TO pay employees in currency
each week.
The western recorder., 1898-06-30
RUSHING FORWARD.
spsninrds Retiring Toward Santiago B.
fore Our Troops

spaninrds Betiring Toward Santiago Bs :
fore Our Troops
New York. June 26.-A cable to the
Herald, dated with the army Saturday.
by the Herald's dispatch boat Golden
Rod TO Port Antonio. Jamaica. says.
As result OF to-day's operations.
10000 troops, representing the com
bined forces OF General Shafter and
General Garcia, are rendy to strike
Santiago n crushing blow. General
Wheeler's division of the army is with
In ten miles Of the city.
General Shnfter arrived Oh the scene
to-day and hurried the troops forward
in the direction of Santiago.
The last OF the army transports was
unlonded Mt noon. and three hours lat
er nm army OF three thousand men
stretched out to the westward OF So
bony for 4 distance of eight miles. An
engineering corps has been sent ahead
to build military road. The work OF
hauling the heavy siege guns through
the mountain passes is slow and tedi-
Gus. but nll will be In readiness for an
attack on the city by the time General
Shafter's commapd comes up from
Baiquiri
The progress of the army has been
retarded by n lack of pack mules. II
Is extremely difficult to move the guns
and supplies, and for this reason at
tention Mt the moment IL centered up
on the work OF the engineers.
The western recorder., 1898-06-30
sPAIN.s LATEST FOLLY.
Our Omc.a ais Pleased 10 Have Camara &c
to Manila.

Our Omc.ais Pleased 10 Have Camara Go
to Maniia.
Washington. ID. c.. June 2I.-The Of
ficials of the Navy Department will be
delighted II II turns out to be true that
the Camara fleet has gone TO the Phil
ippine islands. for Admiral Dewey will
eat it up in a single mouthful. 1t Is
difficult for them to conceive of such
an act OF folly on the part of the Span
ish government. Deweys present
squadron exceeds the tonnage and the
guns of the Spanish fleet. without ref
erence to the superior fighting Gbi'ity
of his men. while lefore the Spanish
can reach Manila he III be reinforced
by the Charleston. the Monterey, the
Bennington. the Monadnock and prob
ably the Philadelphia. which will very
nearly double his fighting strength. II
viii take the Spanisi. fleet from forty
to fifty days TO reach Manila. 1t can
not get there before the middle of Au-
gust, and by that time the United
States forces will have control of the
Notifications in the harbor In addition
to the fleet. England controls all the
coal between the Mediterranean and
the Yellow sea. and while her officials
will observe the laws of neutrality
they will certainly not show any SYM
DatlIy or render any assistance to the
Spnniards.
As ! have stated In previous dis
patches. the naval authorities have
positive information from the most
trustworthy sources-and 1t has come
through the British government-that
nearly all the vessels In Camara's fleet
are unfit to fight. They are short of
ammunition and other military sup
plies. On several of the ships the en-
gfnes are out of repair, the boilers are
In leaky condition and at the time
the ships left Cadlz the gunners had
not mastered the intricate machinery
of some newly invented artillery that
has recently been purchased In France
and added TO their armament.
The western recorder., 1898-06-30
PASSED the mERRrmAc.
The veSuvius Discover. That Hobsop Did
Not Block the Chanre'.

New York. June ga cable to tbc
Herald, dated on Santiago. Friday. on
the Herald dispatch boat Golden Rod.
10 Port Antonio. Jamaica. says:
II has remained for the dynamite
cruiser Vesuvius to demonstrate that
the entrance to Santiago harbor was
not completely blocked by the sink
ing of the Merrimac. While poIxinp
her nose about the entrance TO the har-
Dor a few nights ago, the Nesuvius dis
covered ample room in which 10 pass
the wreck OF the Merrimac. She went
in, made observations along the inner
harbor and then came back to sea.
getting around the wrecked collier
without difficulty.
Not only did the dynamite cruiser
pass the wreck. while Accommodating
about the outer forts the other night.
but 1t gave Admiral Sampson news
which resulted in n closer examinn-
tion of the wreck as II now lies. 1t has
been asserted that two battleships can
enter the harbor abreast. one passing
10 the right and the other to the left
of the Merrimac wreck. This is an op-
portunity that will be of great ad-
vantage to Admiral Sampson when the
final attack on Santiago begins.
Lieutenant Hobson and his men are
still in communication with the fleet.
There is little prospect ihat they will
be exchanged before the attack on
Santiago is made.
The western recorder., 1898-06-30
CONFERENCE WITH CANADA.
Questions That VIII He Discussed at tn.
Ottawa Meeting.

Ottawa, Ont. June 27.-The Dorrin-
ion government has received copies of
the protocals agreed upon by the gov
nrnments OF the United Stntes and
Great Britain for the governing of the
forthcoming international commission
at Quebec. The commission is author
Ized to consider the following subjects.
embracing practically all those at
which the Dominion and the United
States have been ut variance for years: :
The Bering Sea sealing question, re-
eiprocal mining relations. the Canada
Alaska boundary question, restrictive
regulations for preserving the fisheries
on the great lakes, the North Atlantic
fisheries question and the bonding
question connected Herewith. the alien
labor law and reciprocity of trade.
From the present appearance the
commission VIII not meet until August
The final meetings will be held In this
city.
The western recorder., 1898-06-30
cAMARA,s FLEET REPORTED.
Reached tho Head of the suez Canal with
His ships In Very Poor shape

Reached tho Head of the Suez Canal with
His ships In Very Poor Shape.
New York, June CA cable to the
Herald from Port Said, Egypt, says:
The SptDish fleet. consisting OF the
battleshf felayo. as flagship. leading,
followed by the armored cruiser Carlos
". the cruiser Patricia, late the Nor
mannin, carrying twelve guns. few
troops and marines; the Buenos Ayres
with ten guns. stores and a few troops:
the torpedo boat destroyer Audaz. the
armed cruiser Isla de Panay of two
guns. carrying stores and n few troops;
the Rapido. late the Columbia. twelve
guns. carrying few troops: the Co
lon, which has no guns or troops. and
looks like store ship: the torpedo boat
destroyers Prosperena and Osadn. the
transport Covadonga. which has no
guns, and the coal ship San Francisco,
entered the harbor this morning Icx-
cept the Carlos ". the Patricia. the
Audaz and Prospcrena, all have very
foul bottoms and apparently are in an
untidy condition.
They will coal forthwith from the
supply belonging TO Cory Bros.
n rumor Is current that four more
wnrships are expected
London. June pa dispatch from
Cairo says:
If Admiral Camara Goals at Port Said
he would not. under the neutrality
law. be allowed TO enter the Suez
canal. 1t is supposed II Ire traverses
the canal, that he will cndcavor to OBJ
tain coal at Obock, on the Gulf of
Alden.
The western recorder., 1898-06-30
Mall for soldiers.

Washington. June 26-The Postoftice
Department. Is making arrangements
TO run daily mail boat from Tampa
to Santiago for the benefit of the army
AT present there Is no regular time for
departure or arrival OF mali. for the
department has had TO depend upon
the dispatch boats that are sent in
from the fleet for supplies. An enor-
nous quantity OF soldier mail is re-
received at Tampa daily II comes by
the carload. The 10000 soldiers re
ceive n great many more letters than
would be sent TO the same number of
citizens in the ordinary walks OF life.
The postal agents at Tampa hurry
them MS much as possible. They are
assorted by regiments. and upon their
arrival at Santiago are delivered to the
proper officers ON board the transports.
Thus far II has been impossible TO
handle all the newspaper mail. but II
Is being forwarded us rapidly ms facIIi-
ties VIII allow. AS fast as camps are
established in Cuba postal facilities
will be furnished. There are now sew
eral hundred men employed exclusively
TO handle the soldiers mail.