Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-06-18
WAR NEWS OF THE WEEK.
our Flag Floats Der cuba-Five Ma
rines Killed in a Night Battle.


Our Flag Floats DER cuba-Five Ma
rines Killed in a Night Battle.
Washington. June 16.-The dispatches
! from Madrid on Thursday OF last week
gave the impression that Spain was
1 preparing to make an official plea
/ for a cessation Of hostilities, but thus
far no move to that end has reached
Washington, District Attorney Beck,
/ at Philadelphia. is investigating
charges that several prominent coal
dealers in that section have been fur
nishing the Spanish with coal, and
/ arrests are expected. General Greedy,
| chief signal officer. has ordered that no
news concerning the movements OF
| American troops shall be sent 10 for
\ eign countries The president nomi-
( mated eN-Congressman J. Warren
i Keifer, of Ohio for major general and
4 J. p. S. Goblin. OF Pennsylvania. for
/ brigadier general. The nominations have
4 been confirmed.
I An alarming report which came late
1 Friday night was that four Spanish
4 warships had been sighted of Cape
4 Henry. AS nothing further has been
heard from them the later report that
4 they were merchantmen is generally
credited The navy department re-
! ceived a report from Admiral Sampson
that he holds Guantanamo bay.
Saturday night came the story Of the
landing of American marines on the
shore of GuantaGamo bay, near Calma-
nera, and the faising OF the Stars and
Stripes over block house used as ca
BILE terminus. on Sunday the dispatches
told of an attack by Spanish guerillas
on the marines, the fight lasting from
Saturday night at IL o'clock until sun
day noon. Four of our men We're killed
during the night. They were Assistant
Surgeon John Blair Gibbs, OF New
York, Sergeant Charles III. Smith, az
Smallwood, Mass, Private William
Dunphy of Gloucester, Mass and Pri-
vate James McColgann, OF Stoneham,
Mass. The spaniards shot from the
i thick bushes, and the marines were
4 forced to fire from whence the shots
came, being unable 10 see the enemy.
Finally the searehlights of the ships
were thrown on the land. and by this
aid the marines fire became fore eff
1 fective. The advance pickets under
Lieutenants Neville and Shaw We're
missing, and 1t was feared they had
persisted. Later however, they re-
turned and reported the loss of only
one man--Sergeant Smith. of Company
X. Since May IA the subsistence de-
partment of the army has loaded IL
| solid miles of provisions on freight cars
| for shipment TO the troops Other sup
plies have been furnished In like pro-
portions. Soldiers at Chickamauga
raided an Illicit whisky Joint where one
| of their number was wounded, and de-
| molshed the gambling paraphernala.
/ Mondays dispatches brought further
details of the fights of our marines
with Spanish guerlllas at Guantanamo
| bay, together with the news OF other
attacks by the guerillas on Sunday
night The Spanish losses are believed
to be heavy 1t is known that. while
! our warships are landing food and am
| munition for the insurgents near San
| tiago, the people in Santiago are in a
/ state of semi-starvation. All the SOL
| diers but four of a volunteer COM
pany from Butte. Mont, now at San
Francisco, refused TO go out on drill,
declaring they had not been given suf-
ficient food to maintain their strength.
AS they were excused from drill duty,
and were not disciplined. II would
seem that their complaint was well
founded.
On Tuesday a report received from
tAdmiral Sampson declared positively
Ifthat all of Cerveras ships are bottled
up in Santiago harbor. The report was
made possible by the daring exploit OF
| Lieutenant Blue. of the Suwanee. who
| landed on Saturday and proceeded TO
| the hills overlooking the harbor and
| city. Had he been captured he would
have been Immediately executed as a
spy, under the recognized rules of war.
| On Monday the Americans attacked the
| Spanish water station on the ocean side
! of the harbor entrance. In the fight
| two Americans were killed and four
wounded. The dead are: Sergeant Ma
| jor Henry Goode, of the marines, shot
| through the right breast; Private Tau
man, wounded and fell off the cliff and
was instantly killed. The injured are:
Private Wallace, fell off the cliff and
sustained a fracture of the Leg Private
Martin, shot through the left leg:
| Private Roxbury, shot through the
arm; Private Burke, shot through the
| arm.
The Nebraska building at the Omaha
exposition was opened on Tuesday, and
| William j. Bryan was the principal
speaker. He vigorously upheld the war
as a protest against inhumanity, but
as vigorously opposed any idea of con-
quest in the Philippines or elsewhere.
"Young Napoleon Calls ON Papa.
Chicago, June 16.-L. z. Letter, father
of the young Napoleon" has taken