Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-07-29
THE WAR WITH SPAIN.

hnu give the local news that Is caused by tn,
war.l
General Wood has been appointed
military governor Of Santiago instead
OF General McKibbon. He has gone
to work cleaning the town up and re.
storing the place TO a peaceful condi
tion. Governor Wood has proved him.
self to be the right man in the right
places no matter whether II was chas
Ing Indians in Arizona, d~octorlng sick
folks In Washingtolg acting as colonel
of the Rongh Riders, or serving as a
~brigadier general Of the army in Cuba,
and IL is to he presumed that he will
prove to be fully competent to al the
position Of governor OF Santiago.
There has been little doing in the
lighting line last week. The army in
Cuba has been getting into a comfort
able condition. A portion Of it. and
some more soldiers from the United
States have been sent to Porto Rico,
where under General Miles they
landed on one of the most healthful
islands Of the entire group, and one
which will always be a possession of
your Unclc Samuel.
The news in regard to the doings of
Watson's fleet, which was supposed to
be ready to start for Spain, is quite
unreliable. One day it is reported
the trip will be abandoned. The next
day the reports will come that every
thing is ready and the fleet will start
manana. 1t is probable that nothing
will be definitely known about the
Commodore and his ships until they be-
gin throwing shells into Cadiz, He
will be 4 kind of surprise party to the
Spaniards.
The merchants at Santiago are re-
sumlng business. There are some
New York 0rms who had extensive
mercantile connections in Santiago
which were interrupted by the war,
and they have sent large stocks of
goods there.
A company has been organized in
Chicago to open a large department
store in Havana as soon as the harbor
Is opened. If the company cannot
rent a store to suit it will build one.
II expects TO do a large business dur
ing the coming Christmas holidays.
A picture of Admiral Cervera shows
that he Is a dead ringer for Ben Craw-
ford, once sheriff of Graham county.
Lieutenant Hobson Of Merrimac
tame, has been in New York and
Washington this week making ar
engagements with wrccking companies
to go to Cuba aud raise the Christobal
Colon, the magnificent cruiser that
Tue Brooklyn and Oregon sunk on the
third of July. Lieutenant Hobson
thinks the Colon can be saved il they
can have a little time to work on her
before Il cyclone comes along.
The European army officers who
we're with the American army in Cuba,
as visitors to see how we do things in
the lighting line were greatly amazed
at the charges The American troops
made. They said they took positions
and trenches after they had, by all
yrdinary rules of warfare, been whip
ped. Major Won Gostzcn, Il German
officer pays our troops the following
compliment; In the hottest of it all
not Il mar of the Rough Riders wav-
cred. When their line was rent and
the men went down by scores, these
-talwart Americans simply dressed
their line and went on. 1t might
nave been merely n hail storm from
the skies instead Of rifle bullets, for
anything one saw. No volunteers on
earth ever stood such u fire mistaken
for three hours"
WASHINGTON, July 28-Geu. Shat.
Ler's detailed report of the casualties
in the battle OF Santiago has been re.
ceived at the war department and
now being prepared for publication.
The total number OF causalties is 1,525.
Recapitulated, the American losses
were: Killed 2S officers and 208 en-
l4olGu lnGns MOulihNo OO OlliNtlo auQ
] ,203 men: missing 81 men. Missing
supposed to be dead, as so far as
known the Spanish forces took no
prisoners. In the second brigade
consisting of the First and Tenth cav
alary and Rough Riders, the killed are
four officers and thirty men, wounded
10 officers and ITO men, missing s men,
also supposed To be dead.
The w%reckers have been at work on
the Maria Teresa and think they will
be able to save her in pretty good
shape. She will be a valuable addl-
ton TO our navy. They think they
can do something with the Mercedes,
which was sunk in the harbor OF San
tiago.
The Texas and Iowa are both com
ing north to go into dry dock. The
Iowa was hit a couple of times the day
Ceryera's feet was sunk, Que OF the
shells exploded, doing considerable
damage. The other lies nnexploded
i'm her cnffer dam. The Texas was