The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-24

4 NEW YORK, June IA special da;
ted at Playa del Este, Cuba. to-day,
says that at I o'clock this morning the
lastSot General Skaters army OF In,
Saslon had landed at Baiquirl.
4 Copyright. 1925. by the Associated Prcss.)
K ON BOARD THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS DISPATCH BOAT, WANDA,
BA1oulRI HARBoR, CUBA. wedncs.
day, June %, 8 p. M, via KINGSTON.
Jamaica, Thursday, June %, $50 n. m.--
/ At s o'clock this afternoon, six thous-
l, aud trained American soldiers ore en-
scamped in the hills In and around Bal
/ qulrl. and 10000 more rest on their
arms on board transports of, shore,
ireAdy to Join those who have debark-
9 ed, as soon as the available launches
= and small boats can carry them ashore.
Time and sea and weather were prop
itious for the army OF invasion. The
navy and the army co-operated splen-
y didly, and as the big warshlps closed In
= m the shore TO pave the way for the
approach OF the transports and then
went back again. three cheers for the
navy; went up from 10000 threats on
thestroop ships and three cheers for the
army rose from ship after ship as the
troop ships moved in to take their share
in.the hazardous game. It was war, and
!. twas magnificent
The Cuban Insurgents, too, bore. their
ffs,ba ~ IN tho5l ~, +a,,rt,. l.na.nh,,, ,.1
well. Five thousand OF them, In NOUN
tain Businesses, and dark thickets OF
I ravines. lay all last night on their guns
watching every road and mountain
2 path leading from Santiago de Cuba to
Il Guantanamo. A thousand OF them
were within sight OF Baiqulri, making
Y cover of the darkness an impossibilltS.
sAt4 o'clock this morning as The AS
ISOLATED Press dispatch boat approach
ed iBaiqulri. the. entire island OF Cuba
esteemed wrapped In soft mist like that
!. OF the. dog days in northern ATTITUDES.
Dull leaden clouds layton the eastern
horizon. and the color was reflected In
the gray waters OF the ocean. which
gently unduated In the, lazy breeze.
Distant objects Ioomed dimly. but 1t
' "-AS tSSCH bhob hIdHS VI 1tSop SiAip9
that had been lying several miles In the
offlng had drawn in towards shore while
three or four warships lay menacingly
I near the harbor approach. I'll around
4 transports, steam launches and small
boats were bobbing about like corks.the
Naturalization OF the true object OF the
{ Undertaking ahead. n
An hour later the sun was rising In
z the eastern sky, touching the noun
tain tops with patches of light green
T and revealing the great semi-clrc1e OF
~ troop ships some close to the const
Il line, others n mile distant. with their
decks crowded with eager. expectant
5mep,impatient to begin the great move
nent OF destiny, to make a new chap
S ter In the history of America, the first
7 invasion by our army of q foreign coun-
# try in half a century.
ted Press ran closer in. near where the
New Orleans was lying with her great
Armstrong guns trained on 8alqulri.
tongues OF lurid flame and black smoke
.swers seen rising from the town, the In
evitable consequence OF war and sure
sign that the SpanIards had gone, leav-
ing ruin behind them.
55s%s The captain OF the New Orleans
shouted the news to the dispatch boat,
adding: You had better keep off lit
tie. You are in range. They have a
srife on the hill on the eastern side OF
~ BaiQulri." ri
There is n steep, rocky hill, known as
Punta Baiquiri. rising almost perper-
dicularly at the place indicated. It is a
veritable Gibraltar In possibilities OF
defense. From the staf at It's summit,
Z the Spanish flag was defiantly floating
at sunset! las: night; but It was gone
this. morning and with 1t the small
Spanish guard which had maintained
the signal ton. Between nIghttall
and dawn. the Spanlards had taken the
F alarm and fled from the place, firing
theStown. as they left. The. flames were
watched with interest from the ships
Two sharp explosions were heard, al
FIRST they were thought to be the report
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