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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-06-28
TRANSPORTS NOT AT MANILA.
Had Not Arrived When the Latest
Available News Left Manila,
Last Thursday.
Copyrighted, 1898. by the Associated Press)

Copyrighted 1885, by the Associated Press.D
MANILA. June %, VIA HONG KONG.
June 27.-Up to the time this dispatch is
sent the transports from San Francisco,
having on board the American troops in
tended to reinforce Rear Admiral Dewey.
have not arrived here, and there is no
change in the situation.
The insurgents have not made any fur
ther advance. and the Spaniards have been
continuing the construction of sandbank
Notifications and the planting of sharp
ened bamboos around Manila for the pur-
pose of stopping the insurgent advance.
The papers here continue appealing to the
natives to come to the assistance of Spain.
The Spanish outposts have prepared to
retire promptly to the walled citadel and
will probably make only nominal resist
ance.
A section of the insurgents. it is alleged.
dislike the Americans and desire German
protection. Five German warships are
here.
The Spaniards continue their nightly fu-
sillade, but the volunteers decline to go
to the trenches, while many of the regu-
lars are idling about the town.
Thousands of trees in the vicinity of the
citadel have been cut down, but the boz
tanical gardens remain.
All food is held at famine prices.
HONG KONG, June N.-General Aguin-
aldo, according to letters brought here
from cavite by German steamer, occu-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-06-28
THEY FOUGHT CALAMITY.
Correspondent of the London News
Pays High Tribute to the Rough
Riders Bravery.

LONDON. June 2s-A dispatch to the
Daily News from Port Antonio, Jamaica,
says:
1.-The condition in which the Americans
entered the battle at Sevila show that their
fighting was really magnificent. When at
tackled they were hysterical and h;ilf out
of their minds. All courage would have
been scorched cut of less Thoroughbred men.
Their tongues were swelled for thirst, ana
their throats shriveled.
".Hell,' said a survivor, has no terrors
for me now.
The Americans appear to be suspicious
of the insurgents who could be of immense
assistance in bushwhacking.
| But how can we he sure says an
American officer. that any one of them IS
not a Spaniard. ready to lead us into
trouble? We can't talk their Niger Cas-
lillian and when they guide us We have
to go it blind. We should trust them COM
pIetsIy, or not at all.
The afternoon newspapers here comment
upon the battle of La Quasina in the same
strain as the morning papers. praising the
| bravery of the American soldiers and con-
demning the tactics which permitted them
to be ambushed.
Tie Westminster Gazette says it thinks
the serious part of the fighting has only
begun. and adds:
1T is a pity that SO many brave men
| mus; fall on both sides before Spain sues
| for peace
The story of Edward Marshall, corre-
| spondent of the New York Journal. dictat-
| ing his report of the fight for his news
paper while mortaily wounded, provokes
| sympathetic comments. The Westminster
| Gazette says: ITO the honor of war cor
| respondents, this is not the first instance
| of such devotion to duty
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-06-28
custom. has sought the widest publicity.
President Mckinley sincerely hopes the
feet will never SAIL
HOW MADRID LOOKS AT 1T.
1t Is believed That n Fleet Could Do
Little Damage to Spnin's FOrti-
fed Ports.

LONDON. June 2S-The Madrid corre
spondent of the Times says:
"The threat to send squadron 10 Spain,
as reported from the United States, is re-
garded here as proof that the American
government is seriously alarmed at the
prospect of Admiral Camara appearing in
the neighborhood of Manila. 1t is argued
that, if the United States were to show
SO little regard for the usages of civilized
warfare as to lombard small open towns
America might kill a few peaceful inhabit-
ants and injure private property, but the
practical effect of such a fragrant infrac-
ton of the laws of war would merely be
to inflame the war spirit of the Spaniards.
'.As for fortified ports experience in Cuba
and Porto Rico has shown that the fire
of men-of-war makes but little impression,
and America would find it much harder
to maintain fleet off the coast of the
peninsula than at few hours sail from
Key West. The landing of any consider
able armed force is out of the question,
because that is precisely what the Span
iards would like.
"Such are the views commonly entertain
ed here.
1.-The peace movement in Catalonia is
gaining strength. An influential commits
sion headed by the alcade of Barcelona,
has arrived and will have conference
with Senior Sagasta on the subject OF meas
ures to alleviate distress in Catalonia
General Blanco has sent large BODY
of troops toward Guantanamo to oppose
the expected advance by the Americans
from that point. Considerable reinforce
ments are expected from Manzanillo, but
they may be delayed by the bad roads
and by insurgent bands
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-06-28
SPAIN'S PITIABLE PLIGHT.
Troubles of the Gravest Kind Are
Brewing All Over the
KINGDOM.

LONDON, June 2S.-The Madrid corre-
spondent of the Daily Telegraph says:
Spain is in state of ferment, of trans
ition without parallel during the present
century. Troubles of the gravest kind are
brewing all over the provinces. Every
political and social institution is threat
ened in turn; and the least nervous among
farsighted politicians apprehend complete
debacle.
But the failure of the national defense
is not alone responsible for this. Incredible
as it may seem, the majority of Spaniards
have absolutely no interest in the war and
even display willingness to forget the
past and to endeavor to rub along without
colonies.
THE statesmen responsible for the loss
Of the colonies are utterly reckless. and the
indifference to the peoples ruin manifested
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-06-28
HELP FUR LlNARES.
Spanish Minister for War Says He E.x-
poets ReinfOrcements to Reach
Santiago To-day.

LONDON, June 2s.-The Madrid corre-
spondent of the Daily Mail, telegraphins
Monday, says:
THE minister of war. General Correa.
expects the first Spanish reinforcements
to reach Santiago tomorrow. The report
is confirmed that the Spanish troops at
Guantanamo are marching to attack the
American rear guard there. There is also
a movement Of other troops throughout
the whole of Eastern Cuba in order to
carry out concerted plan of action.
1T seems also to be the general belief
that Admiral Cerveras squadron will act
on the aggressive during the coming at
tack on Santiago. The governor of San
tiago. 1t is asserted. has an ample supply
Of provisions. munitions and coal.
ACmiral Camera, IT is supposed. Is now
traversing the Suez canal without difficult
ty. as he has sent no dispatch to the con-
trary.
THE announcement that an American
squadron is coming to Spain attracts very
little attention. All the available men-of-I
war have been ordered to hold themselves
in readiness. The harbors are mostly pro-
tected by torpedoes, and the various ga-ri-
sons have been reviewed as to their ef-
flcieucy"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-06-28

Ds Tue so'eihihs anu uppe. hiioo'e ciasSes
Is propaoiy unparalleled IN history.
Hunger and misery are making them
selves felt throughout the country. There
Will soon be S.SO unemployed in Catalonia
and everywhere else there are similar ac-
counts OF distress, going from bad to worse
gay oy day
me government is paln1uily conscious
anu IS no" taxing enereetic measures but
All oi THESE are OF a coerciEe character.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-06-28
WAS A DASH CONTEMPLATED?
1t Is Believed Admiral CePvera
Planned an Attempt to Escape
Saturday NiGht.

copyrighted. 1885. by the Associated Press)
OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Sunday,
June g. VIA KINGSTON, JAMAICA, Jun
q, Monday, II a. NIT is believed Admiral
Cervera contemplated making a dash out
of the harbor last night. Four columns
of smoke were seen at sundown advancing
toward the mouth of the harbor. and two
small boats. believed to be torpedo boat
destroyers, were observed in the neighbor-
hood of the sunken collier Merrimac. Cor
sequently, Rear Admiral Sampson ordered
extra precautions to be taken. The tor
pedo boats Ericsson and Porter stood very
close into the harbor all night, but no
ships came out.
Shortly after midnight the dynamite crui-
ser Vesuvius fired three guncotton shells
in the direction of Moro castle. They ex-
ploded on the ridges behind the eastern
hill. The damage done Is not known The
blockade continues without incident.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-06-28
THIRD MANILA EXPEDITION.
Four Transports, Bearing 1000 Men,
Sailed From San FranciscO Yes
terday Afternoon.


SAN FRANCISCO, June 27.-Another fleet
of transports has sailed out through the
Golden Gate to the broad Pacific. This
afternoon the third fleet of vessels loaded
with soldiers and supplies for the Philip
pines hoisted anchor and, amid the scream
ing of hundred whistles and the changing
of bells and the booming of cannon, pro-
ceeded down the bay toward the ocean, and
by morning they will be well on their way
to the Philippines.
The orders to get under way were issued
shortly after noon. but 1t was nearly 2:30
o clock before the anchors of the transports
were hoisted and the propellers set in mo-
ton. The first movement of the vessels
comprising the fleet was the signal for the
crowds which had gathered along the docks
to commence cheering the departing SOL
diers and for the steam whistles along the
city front to scream their good-bys.
Tug boats, yachts. small bay craft of all
kinds hovered around the big steamers and
some even went close enough to permit
their passengers throwing oranges and 9TH
er things to the soldiers gathered on the
decks of the transports. The scene on the
transports was a thrilling one; the men
were perched in the rigging like SO many
insects and handkerchiefs and flags waved
and iuttered from every portfolio and spar.
bay the noisy demonstrations of people on
the shore became more pronounced and
increased until the din was awful, and
added to the noise of whistles and bells
was the booming of many cannon from the
batteries at Fort Mason.
The ships which left to-day carried about
1850 men, under command of General Ar
thur Macarthur, who has made the steam
er Indiana his flagship. The City of Para,
! the Ohio and Morgan City were the other
vessels to sail with the Indiana. The
steamer Valencia was not ready for sea
to-day, and will probably sail with the
steamer Newport on Wednesday. General
Merritt and his staff will proceed to the
islands in the Newport. which has been
especially prepared for the service.
Army officers in this city are much per-
turbed regarding the movements of the
Spanish squadron, which is reported to be
bound for the Philippines, via the Suez
canal. 1t is said that the transports which
left here to-day will be rushed through to
the islands at top speed, in order to have
as large a force as possible ready to re-
ceive the dons, should Manila be the ulti-
mate destination of the Cadiz fleet
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-06-28
SOME GOOD SPANISH GUNNERs
Shell From the Reina Battery Came
Near Sinking an American
Cruiser Recently.

KEY WEST, FLA, June 27.-The officers
of a cruiser which arrived from the Havana
blockade to-day agree with others In say
ing that the Reina battery has some ex-
celIent gunners. An ordnance expert on a
monitor, which vessel was not far away
when the battery fired two Pinch shells
at the cruiser last week, says that the lat
ter would have surely been sunk If the
gunner had made allowance for the wind.
An officer of the cruiser said to-day:
I'VE were between four and half and
five miles from the fort. and were Just
turning. The battery dropped two shells
from seyenty-fve to 100 yards in front of
our bow. The gunner had our range beau
tifully, and he understood his business.
After We started to move out Of range. we
were fired at again.
The monitors officers were rather disap-
pointed that the fort did not try a shot at
her, the monitor being considered by her
people to be invulnerable to all Spanish
projectiles. The battery. however, appar-
emily did not think it worth while to waste
a shell on the little monitor.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-06-28
SMALL RIOT At CHATTANOOGA.
Drunken COlored Soldiers Resist Ar
rest and One Is shot by
the Police.

CHATTANOOGA, TENN, June T.-A
small riot between city police and num-
ber of colored soldiers belonging to the
Tenth United States cavalry occurred at
the Central passenger station here this
morning.
The soldiers were drunk and disorderiy
and when the police attempted to arrest
them they fought fiercely. In seif-defense
the officers, of whom there were only
three, were forced to use their pistols.
One of the soldiers. named Rufus Cobb.
was hit. the ball passing through his Les.
Policeman Carleton was struck over the
head with billet of wood and severely
injured. Four of the rioters were finally
landed in jail.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-06-28

tiago de Cuba says reign of terror ex-
lists among all classes there, owing to the
nightly attacks of the Vesuvius with the
terrible explosion of her dynamite shells.
A week ago tonight one of her shells,
striking Cay Smith. demolished several
warehouses and fort there, besides Ills
mounting several guns. Windows. 1t also
appears, Were broken in the city, and the
general effect was similar to that of IN
earthqua Ike among the soldiers and citi-
zens.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-06-28
A BRITISH VIEW OF 1T.
Thinks Spain Is to he FriEht-
ened Into Making Peace.

LONDON, June 21.-The Washington
correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says:
Spain is to be frightened into making
announcement that an American squadron
is going to Spain-an announcement for
which the navy department, contrary to
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-06-28
Money Is Coming In.

TOPEKA, June 21.-tSpeciaD Governor
Leedy is beginning to hear from the appeal
sent out by Mrs. Alice King for money to
buy medicine and light food for the hos
pital departments of the Kansas regiments
now in the service. Several donations have
already been received. Fl. A. Royce. of
Kirwin, is the largest Individual contribu-
tor. He sent the governor IS to-day.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-06-28

enf. Ihe brldeS heaith was the only toast
proposed.
Mrs. Boyd is an attractive brunette. She
explained that she and Mr.. BOYD had been
afiianced for some time. Their homes are
in the town of Opolis on the dividing line
between Kansas and Missouri. When the
marching orders came for the Twentieth
Kansas. the corporal was whiried away or1
the overland train before he and his sweet
heart had decided what to do.
I'VE wrote some letters back and forth
and then We did some teIegraphing," said
Mrs. Boyd, smiling through a mist that
might have turned TO tears If she had nor
remembered what is expected of a soldiers
bride. We'll, at last We concluded to get
married. He wanted to go back 10 nv
home. but the departure of the troops was
uncertain and leave of absence was out of
the question, SO / came to him. II was a
long journey to come alone, but l was NOT
lonely, for had my thoughts. Going back
will seem-longer."
Mrs. Boyds father is DIR. A. c. Lyngar
of 0pols. The lady will return to the home
of her parents to await the coming of her
husband from the wars.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-06-28

Prom the San Francisco Examiner.
Wartime weddings are taking place in
this city nearly every day, over twenty
having occurred within the past month. \
few have grown out of attachments be-
tween Native Sons and Native Daughters,
but the majority originated beyond the
Rocky mountains,
Corporal Leonard Boyd. Of Company ID,
Of the Twentieth Kansas regiment. and
Miss Julia Lyngar were married at the
Hotel St Nicholas yesterday, Justice of the
Peace Kerrigan officiating.
With military premptnes Corporal Boyd
entered the handsome hotel parlors al eN-
actly o'clock. accompanied by his bride.
Miss Lyngar was attired in white and car
ried rich bunch of white roses. Her left
wrist bore tiny true-ioyers knot wrought
In blue ribbon.
Captain Henry Il. Orwig. commanding
Company ID. and Corporal Edward Bowen
Were present witnesses. They were at
tended by several of the grooms compan-
ions In arms.
After the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd
received the congratulations OF thosespres-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-06-28
Only Forty Lawrence Volunteers.

LAWRENCE, KAS., June 27.-tSpecial)
A recruiting station for the enlistment OF
colored soldiers was opened here to-day and
kept open until o'clock tonight, when
only forty had enlisted A meeting was
held this evening at the rink to urge the
coIored men to enlist
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-06-28
One Was a Kan.a. Boy.

I EMPoRIA. KAS., June 27.-(Special)
Corporal White, of Troop E. Tenth regular
cavalry, who was killed in the battle near
Santiago, was a Lyon county boy. His
father is pastor Of the Baptist church in
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-06-28
start Can be Made soon.

Commodore Watson should reach Admiral
Sampson by Thursday morning or. perhaps
earlier for the Newark, having been exten-
The record-union., 1898-08-29
Adventure With a Lion.

Ernest Brockman recently had
hair breadth escape from death while
employed on construction duties on the
African Transcontinental Telegraph
Compans new line in British Central
Africa At a. m. on October Sd last,
a full-grown lion entered the hut in
which he was sleeping, grasping him
by the thigh, and carried him off to-
wards the bush An alarm being raised
Brockman's colleague, the only other
white man in camp, came to the rescue,
and under cover of a fire kindled by
the natives approached to within a
few yards of the beast, who was maui
ing his prey, and dispatched him with
shot through the eye. Brockman
was nursed back to life at the Living
stone Mission Station at Bandame,
Lake Nyassa receiving the greatest pos
sible kindness at the hands of the mis-
sionaries, and after being carried to
the coast, a distance of 100 miles, the
journey occupying twenty-five days,
took steamer at Chinde at the mouth
Of the Zambesi, and arrived home on
March 1st. He is now at Brighton,
resting, and is recovering, though slow
ly. He seems to have borne a charmed
life, and his experiences since leaving
England for the first time have been
very varied.-Telegraph Chronicle
The record-union., 1898-08-29
The Partisan Newsboy.

He is a type that interests me con-
siderably. He dresses neatly, to begin
with. He generally carries an umbrel-
la. and not unfrequently-I give you
my word that l am not exaggeratlng-
he puts by his money to get hold OF
frock coat and a silk hat. He offers
his papers without the slightest air Of
conviction. The Government has for
hidden him to declare the latest news
if any-publicly, and accordingly, he
lets the papers sell themselves on the
strength of their names. A London
newsboy, with the latest "special' UNI
der his arm containing the result of
the last race, would cease to be mass
of newspaper rags and awful TRACE
dies" if he came across his French
brother, and would calmly fold himself
up and die from sheer grief. He would
turn cold at seeing a man quietly TAX
ing out his purse and rendering you
the exact change for 5-franc piece,
and not having the intelligence to go
into public house close by with a back
entrance to it,
Perhaps it is the fact that racing
does not excite the editor that accounts
for this. The racing results are given
on an entirely different basis. Sporting
journals issue to subscribers a small
sheet, resembling a telegram, after
each race and these are stuck up in
the cafes and gargottes as they arrive.
Accordingly the newsbOy comes on the
scene later in the evening more i'm
passively. and as there are no contents
bills in France on account of the stamp
tax, he is spared the trouble of help
ing out the subscriber with delicate lies
that the latter would envy, but would
not have dared to put in four-inch type.
Still, they are not entirely devoid of
the enterprise of their London brethren,
and they use that old trick that is so
dear in suburban districts, and which
next to "Bradshaw's Guide and This
mans father was my fathers son." has
caused more blasphemy than anything
l know of.
You are sitting quietly reading, when
there is a hoarse cry of lie Jour-edi
ton spectacle" You wonder what the
special could be about, for, as q rule,
LIE Jour" comes out regularly at in
the afternoon. You pass over your
amaZement and continue reading when
a veritable army rush through the
street crying at the top of their voices
You try to imagine what has happened
Has Rochefort turned Christian: has
the Government decided to sell matches
The record-union., 1898-08-29

the opinion that the appearance of the
aurora depends on the presence of these
clouds in the sky, which are in turn due
to magnetic disturbances of the earth's
philosophers originating in the sun
spots. There are other evidences that
the aurora is intimately connected With
material particles in the atmosphere,
like clouds and fog; for instance, when
two or more rays in an aurora cross,
the light is augmented, or when an
aurora makes a fold on itself as in
drapery forms, showing that there are
two material ''thicknesses' of the sub
stance; moreover, the wind also acts on
the aurora which is torn after tenn
pest, showing that the wind has acted
upon luminous clouds which are part OF
the aurora; finally, the presence of
clouds seems to favor the formation and
development of auroras. So there is an
intimate relation between them. - w.
Farrand Fetch, in Appleton's Popular
Science Monthly.