Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-06-30

ers-less than 1000 men in aII--dIS-
! mounted and attacked 1000 Spanish
soldiers in the thickets within five
miles of Santiago. The Americans
beat the enemy back into the city, but
they left the following dead on the
field: Rough Riders Capt. Allyn X
Capron, of Troop l.; Sergeant Hamil-
ton Fish. ir.; Private Tilman and Daw-
son, both of Troop l.; Private Dough-
erty, of Troop A; Private w. II. ErwiU,
of Troop f; First cavalry-Privates
Lennock; Tenth cavalry, Corporal
White.
At least so Americans were wound
ed including six officers. Several of
the wounded will die. Twelve dead
Spaniards were found in the bushes
after the fight, but their loss was
doubtless far in excess of that. Gen.
Young commanded the expedition and
was with the regulars, while Col. Wood
directed the operations of the rough
riders several miles west. Both par
ties struck the Spanards about The
same time and the fight lasted an
hour
The Spaniards opened fire from the
thicket and had every advantage of
numbers and position, but the troops
drove them back from the start,
stormed the blockhouse around which
they made the final stand and sent
them scattering over the mountains.
The cavalrymen were afterwards re-
inforced by the Seventh, Twelfth and
Seventeenth infantry, part of the
Ninth cavalry, the Second Massachu-
setts and Seventyfirst New York. The
Americans now hold the position at
the Threshold of Santiago. with more
troops going forward constantly, and
! they are preparing for a final assault
upon the city.
On Board the Dispatch Boat Daunt-
| less, Off Juragua, province of Santiago
| de Cuba, via Port Antonio, Jamaica,
| June 25.-The advance of the Ameri-
| can army has reached the edge of the
| table land in which the harbor of
| Santiago de Cuba lies. Here, seven
| miles from Moro castle, the main
| body of the troops united and the
| Spaniards retreated toward Santiago.
They may attempt surprise, but
| decisive engagement is not expected
| for several days.
| Gen, Lawton's brigade, which rested
| Wednesday night at Dema ajayabo, four
| miles west of Baiquiri, resumed its
march at daylight Thursday. Before
noon his brigade occupied Juragua,
| five miles beyond, and the American
| flag was hoisted there.
The Spaniards retired before the adj
| vance, which was covered by Cuban
| skirmishers, burning the blockhouses
as they went.
| Col. Wagner with a small reconnais-
| ance party brushed against the flank
| of a retreatng Spanish column 200
| strong, at Firmezas. A dozen shots
were fired by the Spaniards, as Col.
| Wagner fell back. Before Gen. Law
| ton could bring up the Twenty-second
regiment the Spaniards had decamped
| westward.
.Jrragua was abandoned by Gen.
Linares and 200 Spanish troops with
| such haste that they had no timc to
| burn the town, though an Intellectual
| effort was made to destroy the loco
| motives of the railroad and the rolling
stock. Gen. Linares retreated to Sc
villa, six miles west of .Juragua by
road and nine miles from Santiago de
Cuba. \ detachment of 40 Cubans
collided with the Spanish rear guard.
| The Cubans lost two men killed and
had seven men wounded. The Span
| ish loss is not known. One Spaniard
was macheted.
Gen. Bates, with the reserve of the
Twentieth infantry and Col. Woods
| rough riders dismounted, with a dyn-
amte gun hurried forward from Bal
quri at 3 O'clock proceeding by forced
marches. When the couriers brought
the news that Juragua had been oc-
cuped, the troop ships which had not
disembarked their troops steamed to
Juragua with the view of landing them
there. But the heavy sea beating on
the beach made it impossible to get
the boats through the surf.
The Cubans expect the first stand to
be made at Savilla and they have
proved good prophets in the past.
Gen. Lawton's men are badly tagged
by forced marches and the intense
heat. Their rations are almost eX-
hausted. They started with three
days supplies and Il pack train will
be sent forward. Strong outposts are
maintained at night in order to pre-
vent IA surprise and .Juragua is also
under the protection of the guns of the
warships. Thus the flank of the adj
vancing American column is safe.
The SpaniardS. to attack our troops,
must make a forced march through
an almost impenetrable underground.
A Murder in a Pax.
Washington, June 25.--ln broad day
light and in the presence of over Il
hundred people, a murder was COM
mitted in one of Washington's public
parks last evening. George w. Horton,
an ex-member of the Washington po-
lice force, and Jane Nicholson, {; di-
vorced woman, were sitting about
o'clock on bench in Armory square.
The woman announced tc Horton that
she proposed no longer to sustain her
relations with him, and was about to
rise from the bench and leave him
when he drew a small peuknife from
his pocket and with a blade ground
to razor edge almost severed her
head from the body. He was arrested.