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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-29
Spaniards Have Resorted to Desperate Means For
Oefence--Cy Guarded by Nine Fences Of Barbed
Wire--Shafer Has Wire Cutters With Him.

Camaras ness 6r0zssds % the Philip
within striking distance of Commodore
watson's powerful squadron. II is con-
fdently expected by the president and
the members of the cabinet that II will
be crushed. thus utterly destroying
Spanish power on the sea.
1t has been known to our government
for sometime that the Spanish govern
ment was trying to obtain possession
OF the splendid armored cruiser O'Hig-
gins. Our agents, however. have
watched these negotiations carefully.
and our government Is satisfied that
they have failed. 1t is peedless TO say
that the result was agreeably received
here, az the gravest complications might
have resulted from the sale Of a warship
by neutral power to Spain.
The lines are being tightsned around
Cuba, and IT will soon be impossible for
even small quantities of food or war
supplies to reach the Spaniards. BY
q proclamation issued yesterday the
president gave notice Of the intention OF
the government to assume the formi-
dable task of blockading about 500 miles
OF Cuban coast line In addition to tho
sections already blockaded. This In
creases the extent Of the blockade fully
four-fold. 1t having been confined here
tofore to stretch of little more than
100 miles on the north and the single
port of Gienfuegos on the south coast
OF the island. The demands upon the
navy In the way Of ships to patrol the
coast, however. will not be nearly so
heavy in proportion to the territory to
be covered as In the case Of the irtitial
blockade, for the reason that the new
blockaded coast line lies entirely with
in the great blight on the south coast
In which the water IL generally very
shallow and the ports are few into which
n vessel of any draft could enter.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-29
MAJOR DYAR's GIFTS.

Salem, Mass, June 2e.-The monotony
OF garrison life at Fort Pickering was
broken yesterday for the men Of batteries
/. d and g. First heavy artillery. by the
presentation to Major Psrlie A. Dyar.
one Of Bostons aldermen In times Of
peace. of q magnificent artillery sabre.
gold mounted, with gold dress belt.
service belt and gold helmet cord; also
a pair Of silver mounted field glasses
and wrist watch with bracelet. These
were presented, as is told by the inscrip-
tions on the articles. by his friends In the
Ancient ard Honorable Artillery COM
pany. Captain Boardman Hall and
Lieutenant John e. Cotter Of that COM
mand going down to Fort Pickering to
make the presentation.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-29
Ono Of tn. World. Heroic Deeds.

The sinking Of the Merrimac is one
Of those deeds Of exceptional courage
which attest the continuity Of valor
through all phases Of civilization. Eight
men sailed under the guns Of sleepless
forts, sank their ship and then threw
themselves into channel boiling with
exploding shot and shell-an episode in
naval warfare which, is, we should say,
destined to pass into the history Of the
worlds heroisms. London Court Jour-
nal
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-29
And in short order the wife handed

And in short order the wife handed
him the following:
II was In Santiago bay
That Hobson and his crow
Sped like the lightning ON their way
With Spanish guns In view.
A charge as II on hell they made =,
Beneath the blazing skies,
And never shall their glory fade
While freedoms banner flies.
"Good 70 he exclaimed. "And now, II
you're tired, just order some salmon for
supper, and I'll let little Johnnie I'll
out that Little Green Apple Tree
poem, as he's been eating cucumbers
and can put the proper spirit into II. I"
--AtMuta Constitution.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-29

The Vesuvius has made her first
throw of dynamite, and from tho racket
the shells caused it is believed that the
topography of the country has been
changed in the vicinity of Santiago
Evening Wisconsin.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-29
PROVIDENCE,

First base on bslls-Off Brown 2; OF Rud-
dsrham g. Struck cut-~By Brown 3. Three
base hits-Wise. Householder, Lyons Two
base hits-Householder. Drauby. Left on
bases--BufYalo 8; Providence q. Stolen bases
white, Grifin. Double plays-shannon 70
Wise TO Urquhart; Rudderham to Cooney to
Drauby. Hit by pitched ball White, Rud-
dcrham. Umpire Docschar. Time-lh 55 m.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-29
Another Ansio.Am.rscan Tie.

Speaking Of the celebrity that now
attaches to tho name Dewey" said an
enthusiastic Englishman, did it ever
occur to you that the name Of Queen
Victoria herself Is Wetftp?''-Chicago
Tribune.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-29
sHArTER's PROGRESS.

wire Critters Part of the Equipment Of
the Army.
Washington, June so.--1t was very
late Tuesday when the FIRST dispatch
within two days came to the war depart
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-29

Madrid. June 29.--In government cir
cies the announcement is made that the
Americans were repuised in the fighting
near sevilla, and that they were COM
PEELED to retire to Baiquiri. where they
are encamped under the protection OF
their ships guns" II is denied that
several wasonioads OF wounded Span
iards were taken into the city OF santia-
GO.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-29
A uup. Saucer or Plate

9 ven away with every package Of Old stone
Mill Nervine Coffee. Twenty cents pound.
For sale BY crocers and druggists.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-29

"Molly." he said to the wife, "Iwish
you'd finish this poem on 'Hobson'--
I've got to get it of tonight. Just go
ahead ON it while ! round mp my if
teenth Dewey ODE"
And then he pushed the following
penciled poem in skeleton" toward
her:
bay
Grew
way
view.
made
skies
- ---fade
flies.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-29

of the auxiliary cruiser Rapid are stu fsd
with COAL
AMERICANS WE'RE REPULsED." /"
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-29

remark. Docs he know?"
 .095is 9oSf4 5n2s SS R n yoS m 9T no 9 R a r o es % house this evening, and forget come; as w Es sn a a he tuaf Ss asss nS5 RsSRs1 # @ S t much time opening the eonversation.
 Sssa M M Bs s@ that nessd e this vsf sr said Fairfax he boys rather m sisted on sni my taking charge affair
 worked out and shouId a5am2fIS somewhere of the ltte incident which deftly .IWeiI, no. answered young Templeton Tt was the told the @ 9csE d Tho speso5sd M the s Unon but the story and thought the would Ee a e b qoans s oR he sqs M pnenlightened to the of the in1tation to call eae RaPs 5hhs WSn afternoon the maGF walked into the music hsd as DS9rot6y @ @ he said order the carriage M h5ought Where are we going?' she asked sweety as she 'ro Colonel Tempeton's" he said and walked out of Hsnqe5s sane gr @ b hs had M s d asuay & gong sesr s a0ae the subject and she ready for the ncom- little adss later they in the 2n tall commanding but with of his face Fairfax had entered the room with stood trife closer to her than was really necessary to to aree RR rcen it to 1 yl havs los bestowed it
 With these words he held out his hand. and the outstretched palm lay linen handkerchief which time had not been able to eface number of curious the majors hand with his the boodsalned hand Furthermore continued the major lon behalf of General Baker Post Grand Army of the Republic | cordially Stonewall Camp Veterans to participate with Memorial day in hon bring heroic dead who. however divided their sleeping their last long sleep together
 few weeks later Major Mortimer and Colonel Tenn peton marched arm -n-arm at the head of little pro- cession the cemetery and there under the weeping willow and the signing cypress revereny barred their heads the choir softly chanted:
 "Under the sod and the dew,
 Waiting the judgment day;
 Love and tears for the Blue,
 Tears and love for the Gray"
 FRANK CORWIN RADCLIFFE
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-29

more serious nature It fulfilled purposes instruc ton and amusement simultaneously ana served 10 Loster
 oratory poetry music and the drama were repre- sented the the votaries of each found pathetic though critical, audience
 Musical, talents received the warmest welcome of al and relying on this circumstance Armand Veev1e one of most popular members presented himself one night has been fortune to encounter Armand intro duced them with much ceremony Don Carlos and Don whose friend he had the fecitous honor of being.
 The thing impress itself the mind of a American on first behodin these negroes differ in physiognomy between them and the types orally the Southern Intelligence fairly attire their model of elegant courtesy they gained rather than lost m the contrast with the noisy students by whom they surrounded Brilliant they both albeit the elder Jmenez spoke French less fuenty than his son. who had received his education in New Orleans.
 When the fact was made known that they were pro- fessiona vionists impossible resist somewhat boiserous invitations to play and instruments
 That night will my memory. Since then I have heard the violin played by men of many nations trained geniuses but those Cuban refugees played it. The dies of their natye isle but with those they swayed us the shouts of the Spanish and the dying shrieks seat their labor of ove they copemented in burning prOse
 f9d TeTe was no for Eaa Eoiaa S SRS5 Ssrs things
 hy had fesre ho GomPsa 1o 5 s s night to find the wife and mother dead the two daugh dying The house had been plpndered of all worth taking the dead father sought vengeance. With the help of desperate fellow sufferers they inflicted he small attachments sraggers of m infested the neghborhood. Government frequency severity of these reprisas and the annihiation of detachment of foragers attended fatal consequences for most of the avengers.
 large force sent against the latter, and they were lured into ambush and The rebels desperate resistance but at las overpowered weight of numbers. Two only managed 10 cut their through and owing to the eetness of their horses
 
 Jimenez. father and son For week they were closely favored them here for they found an American steamer
 exes they would henceforth remain. if not until free, least until another effort should be made to liberate the unhappy island the Spanish incubus.
 read in Havana dispatch the other day that Her JimeneZ, well known vioinist, had been tured in skrmish by the Spanish cavalry had murdered family well avenged before he yielded his life to the assasSinS of his and dearest
 The dispatch announcing his execution mentioned that the bullets pierced him he shouted Viva Cuba Lbre"
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-29
. q oo THE WHJOR'0 CONVERSION
 4 Decoration Day Story


stricken down the d field dsa of bss seae the a h o n 5 e an of of eoWshp to en 1he p he torrent or Of the majors eoquence of s hs oS 2 are and Union and Confederate veterans went their separate ways
 Among the institutions which the little I Tennessee less renown abroad was the organization known the 8to he Nena eud the Every % the es Th s s 70 awags they W E m War E to % T @ he 5agan @ the o op @ e nnn in ha the ae on of the oTday hf5 @ hd e a it a GG ee Was ae
 a Rs "Rftn a sR aSd bis da f G n Was black and glossy but otherwse Fairfax was chip Ts Rs 0s hs schoo esd don Taesee oang s W far a s bh m e a not B thoroughly occupied but that he could oceasona devote
 nd nd m o his education and natural bent for military science he perfaps 5Vs ever Sa hope to learn anu 's'
 than h battle was naturally called upon assist the o h m hreWng himself heart and aou ne the w9rk and %as o soon in hge m 9f all Int the details m He He occasion, borrowed from number Of neghboring personally drilled each soldier in the expected to perform.
 Hs & ssdr Bradford and the surrounding astir with excitement The battle to be fought the grassy of four five lying the edge of the town and slopng gently a little creek that skred it the south Rough seats had been erected the side town and here gathered the entire population of Bradford reinforced crowds from the country and neghboring villages. Even the there, occupying front and his a bit of femninty who has hitherto called the attention of the reader simply the for that pleasing task has only arrived Suffice say that Dorothy Mortimer about the only being the face of the earth whom her father the major bowed in obesance If she belle of Bradford it because sfe worthily filled the position and that is saying enough.
 Along the top of the little slope line or low breast had been thrown and the major telling Dorothy that the scene, although small scale, minded him of battle field he had performed during the memorable days in the Wilder when half-dozen blue-coats jumped from the trenches and planted the stan bearing the and stripes At the instant body soldiers could be emerging from little cump of the creek the further side of the field. chorus of half suppressed Ans the lips of the spec discovered that the the Confederate uniform Fairfax Templetons dramatic instinct had been allowed full play the be remniscence of the mighty struggle in which had engaged many of the spectators side oher The graycoats marched steadily the slope until
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-29


 S f8sh ESsz aa1t 15i pay for What you did Take ityOur father can get
 this as Bop the 'efaty ef t5 wso% snas made by anyhng b sha5 s or e ss or ea G5 a a soy Jane
 
 but you're just starvn'. I'll get suthin She turned
 take h2sg @ he edofns Saf as9 & hsr led expecting perhaps another kiss But he dropped her sG gesture sad 'G ePe @ shadoy of and flying nymph in the moonlight
 f9oq 2 her snd fasdr h ya Rgt Rgt saqen Th qpg %ou ags1 o9er ena a ha dsge @ heroc which thought eyeFybody & must 5 iessly. But he put the food and whisky aside @ noW Y but S that m he h so o the and the of S Thsp ss 4eu RqrSt 5s will 'I'n manage to get away" he said in low voice.
 ydu put h the said ea4 m ms you dd he ne sd tG ha Caught hr long @ ns e Reh oo ade 9 they e Pa5 a fS oo cngng bad r t that moment The man man stood erect and determined. woman's quickest way of defining her feelings
 Yer ..YeT first name2"
 .'Tet go now Jack Lie low in the woods till to-
 fingered a.. ..s Put ut eyes od % teeth s s come And then she sped
 nS sPeed 5 be De where he had been standing. Had she him then might returned. But he had disappeared She gave her sigh quickly again. It must be nearly 10 o'clock not long to morning!
 She within a few steps of her door when the sleeping woods and silent air appeared to suddenly awake with sharp 'crack."
 She stopped paralyzed. Another ,"crack@ followed instanfiy a0 and dashed Wildly the woods again
 s she she thought of thing only. He had dogged" by of his old and attacked there shots and he unarmed. Suddenly she remembered that she had left her fathers stand against the where they talking. Thank God! she may again have saved him, She ran to the tree; the gun gone. She thther and thfther, dreadng every step fall upon his lffeess body. thought struck she the corral The horse there He must have been able regain it and escaped-after had been fired. She drew long breath relief it caught in apprehension of Her father, awakened from his sleep by the shots, hurriedy approaching her.
 ''What's up now, Salomy Jane?" he demanded, citedly.
 that find" She usually truthful because fearless, and lie stuck in her throatbut she was no longer fearless, thinking of him. T wasn't abed so ran
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-29


 horse-thef-the she had kissed!
 wild a strange fancy seized her usually intellect and stirred her blood The news they had told her truehe had been hanged and the moonlight dressed in the clothes, when she him last. He had evidently her approaching and moved quickly to meet her But in his haste he stumbled slightshe reflected suddenly that ghosts did stumble-and a feeling of relief her. And it assassin of her father that had been prowing aroundonly this unhappy fugitive A momentary color 1t with tnge of saucines in her that she said
 ''I reckoned you ghost"
 'I have been,' he said. looking at her fxedly "but reckon I'd have come back here all the same'
 evity that died her lips for singular and half expectation, beginning take the place of her relief of Then it you who prown round and maxim tracks in the pasture?"
 ''Yes; I came straight I got away
 She felt his burning her, but did not dare 0 ended Vaguely How did you get here?
 'You helped me-
 ''Yes. That kiss you gave me put life into m--gave strength get swore to myself I'd come back and thank you-alive dead
 Every he said she could have anticipated, plain the situation seemed to her And every word he said she the truth. Yet her cool common struggled against 1t.
 Whats the of your escaping. CT you're comin back here be ketched agan?" she said pertly
 He drew little nearer to her, but seemed to her the more awkward her self possession His catching his breath at intervals:
 ''I'u tell you You did more for than you think made another O me. never had man, woman only pal like Red Pete. who picked up on the shares. I to quit this yer-what I'm doin want begin by doin the square thing to yoT & he stopped to thar staked I give him to you. Judge Boompointer will give 5000 for him. an't yin-
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-29

within g of the a % ee WSs srs
 ng a aaf ba e had thf once more the hddeg gu guns g forth their deadly message. This time the execution was more dire, and
 Major Mortimer mighty shout of joy but it was was slope the - main body 9 9f neg 6 @ Ra the rad @ up the @ The @ now aW ehs 0P m s 5e ali ag o9e fe he fed M if ed en ws s6oh hack to R9 M M ha eo nf d 0gg ssaa f na aRd coming n9 o the run Tn the face of the mpendlng sanger tae CH @ the stream the reinforced but exhausted ony the of the Wounded 96aP7If @ o a o wei the S oPs y who R bs o s and AS hs pn his himself his looked in the direction of the eTaIed and half rolea aS down 1iGh little slope fe sd s hae ha fri' tufnns ming soWy ERsEs ss 6atRsa sSs ssstd %S, broke into thnders of uproaous appa1sem m but loud as 5 sS s Sfs @ SSssS s S discovering loss Ao of % their sa[s5 charged up the slope Reaching the spot where their beloved captain lay although their numbers were sao decimated they gathered the limp form in their and retreaed across the water the rear guard covering the and fighting every inch Of the way.
 trenches and bushes fraternzed on the common the band burst into medley in which were mingled strains rom Yankee Doodle ana xie' ' 39 ana the me peoPle gallant Fairfa2 f Templeton but until he had
 "Who is the Confederate captain, Dorothy?' he
 Fairfax Templeton coonels son. she responded.
 But the major appeared be deep in thought and for a moment vouchsafed reply -
 The maneuvers very well conceived finally
 Yes Fairfax had full charge and arranged every thing responded the girl as that were sufficient req son for the excellence of the exhibition
 Wees, I have met him hesitatngly answered Dorothy, and blushed again. It is able how girls girls can 9 blush about cut, n4fnng 3h G .r - ~ would remain long enough to ask him to call and this evening""
 If the skies had fallen Dorothy would not have been a Templeton into his house But she was dutiful daughter, generally had intention of disobeying her father although casual observer might have ments for she perfectly still after the major left It is possible that there method in her action. rather lack of however Fairfax Temple
 "Oh Fairfax" she cried, extending her pretty hand
 .If he tenderiy responded, .rI hardly be otherwise with the inspiration of-such audience
 Well, never mind that now said Dorothy T have some wonderful news for you Papa wants you to come
 Wants come him." echoed Fairfax in amazement. Then be made an apparently irrelevant
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-29

out heard the shots fred" she answered. III
 you've my where tnai t cant aness Ss he said @ no to l%re me out he might have poted me- without show. dozen times III
 nas hsr aasefsd as sho% 5u Ss4s %5b5ut and she S sst hurried him, half expostuating half struggling to the
 to be fS%nd It was vas e ange hs 1Ii had not eft Daeh in he barn9 But to fogefhdF SfS ao"' ana Tn the morning s' N0i' '''
 another Of of the weed nd and @ ave end Me os swa nae hs esfae' her Bu 9Smz afd 71ns @ 9s[ s until the was well up in the horizon % her aP a o be window half lifted soupdrom nd hss9
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 zg ham fs T9n Ths hs @gh then 5n M M 4sysg P Pers % 9 hs Ge 3a z 6e 6a @ d% g9 @ h no e Anf o bg e
 Paas of n 5e whs M g R R M of % Td9 @ that % hf nG Te6w tG l wen ny yhs cs M Rou ea be raM h z3 f4 sr the t9F n 5 bg h % bm oI no n ran o of the house @ until returned from her search and leaving the note open
 Three hours afterward MT. Madison Clay awoke the his Feguar responded to by of recognition nestling closer in the blankets Then he awoke with fast night and his intention to get up early-and rolled out of bed.
 Becoming aware by this time that the knocking at the shout of familiar voice pulled his boots his jean trousers and fast enng suspender his shoulder he clattered stairs, stood in the lower The door open waiting upon the threshold was his kinsnan-an old ally in many a blood feud-Breckenridge Clay!
 You cool Mad said the latter in half ad- m What's up?" said the bewdered Madison.
 You ought to be and scootin out O. this said Breck Phil Larrabees friends hey just picked him up through with sugs and deader nor crow, and they're ettin loose Larrabees half brothers yer things behind in the bresh he went queru- ously lifting Madison Cays dust coat hat and shotgun from his horse which stood saddled at the door ucky picked them up the woods comin here Ye an't got the State line and folks thar afore they'll be down Hustle. old man rorstrcken The incidents of the past night the first alone in the woods, her confusion and anxiety rid herself of him the disappearance of the hat and disguise! killed Paul Lara bee in that disguise after pr9volnf his hrst harness herself by mans crimeNhad disgraced by us1rping his right and taking mean advantage by deceit, of foe! -
 .'Gmme that gum he said hoarsely.
 Breckenridge handed him the in wonder and slowly gathering suspicion Madison examined nipple and muzze barrel had been discharged 1t true The gun dropped from his hand.
 Look here, old man, said Breckenridge with dark
 ''Yes: by God' burst out Madison Clay in a hoarse
 Reassured yet believing that Madison Clay had nerved himself for the act by overdraft or whisky which bad