The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-06-25
NOT CREDITED
Spanish Reports Of Fighting in
the Vicinity of Baiquiri
Were Dreams.
Dispatches From Sampson Make
No Mention Of Any Engage.
ment.
Spanish Troops Retreated To-
ward Santiago With Great
Alacrity.
Have Orders Not to Make a Stand
While in Reach Of Naval
Guns.

WASHINGTON, June 25. - Admiral
Sampson is now in constant and prac-
tically immediate cable communica.
tion with the navy department. Six
dispatches were received in rapid sue.
cession through the early hours Of the
morning, the last one bringing the sit.
uation up to midnight. They showed
that only half hour elapsed between
the filing Of the message by the ad.
miral and the receipt Of it in Washing.
ton, SO that the authorities here are
now assured of being only half hour
behind the actual developments at the
scene of action.
The only message bearing on the
general situation was one in which ad-
miral Sampson said that under flag
of truce he learned that Hobson and
his men were we'll and had been re.
moved from Moro castle to the city Of
Santiago, four miles distant. This
Lifted Weight Of An xiety
as to the condition of this brave band
of heroes, for since the recent bonn.
bardment, in which Moro suffered
somewhat, there has been uncertainty
as to whether HoLson and his men
were dead or alive, although it has
never been seriously believed the Span.
iards would expose these men to such
dangers as to lead to their death. The
dispatch was further reassuring, in
that it made clear that Admiral Samp.
sons assault on the harbor entrance,
to which Moro was the main defense,
would not be crippled by having the
fire kept away from that fortitication
in order to protect Hobson. 1t leaves
the result Of such an attack
open to the usual conditions Of war,
and not to that unusual and cruel de.
vice which it was feared had been re.
sorted to. of preserving Moro BY ex.
posing Hobson. This action, coupled
with the report of the surgeons that
our dead marines were not mutilated,
conveys sense of relief to the author.
tiles here, as they feel that the warfare
now about to culminate in blood and
fighting, will be at least mitigated by
those humane rules which govern the
action of modern armies i'll the field.
No Action Took Place.
The other dispatches Of Admiral
Sampson covered multitude OF details
which have been deferred in the ab
sence of quick communication. They
made acquisitions for routine supple:
OF every description aud indicated
needed repairs, mostly minor in char
ac,er, to the vessels of the fleet. No
a word was said as to any engagement
by the troops under General Shafter
and as the admiral is in close communi
cation with General Shafter, nava
officials regard this failure Of the ad
miral to mention any action by thu
troops as conclusive in showing no &C
ton took place Thursday, as reported
by the Spanish.
During the forenoon dispatch came
to General Greely. the chief signal Of
ficer, from Lieutenant Colonel Allen
who is in charge of signal service will
the army. 1t was dated at Playa de
Este and simply indicate dthat he wa
making arrangements to extend com
munication along the shore as far q
AcQueredos, which is probably II mile
farther to the westward than Play
del Este. The dispatch made no men
ton of any battle or other change II
the situasion, military or naval.