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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-29
CUBAN SOLDIERS STARVING.
Uncle Sam Permits His Allies to Die
From Want.

Key West, Fla, June 2S.-The Gu
bans held a big meeting here tonight,
to devise means for sending relief to
Gomez, who is in desperate straits for
want of food. The speakers were Co.
onel Bernabe Doze, chief of staff to
Gomez, and Major Charles Mendoza,
also a member of the staff.
They described the condition of the
1900 men with the commander-in-ch chief
as wretched, and made effective APP
peals for help.
1t was decided to send an expedition
Immediately. Steps were taken at once
to raise funds, and nearly thousand
dollars We're raised, one man giving
$500. Men and women who were too
poor to give money, gave their jewelry
The Cubans in New York, Tampa and
elsewhere will be asked to contribute.
The Key West cigarmakers will give
days wages, and there will be a house
tc-house canvass for funds.
An effort will be made to raise $4,000
in Key West
General Gomez recently concentrated
his scattered bands, in the expectation
of meeting an expedition which did not
land. Now they must dispense, unless
assistance is seat.
General Gomez is in urgent need of
clothes, rifles and ammunition. His
chief of staff brought from his COM
mander list of supplies needed by his
army. He asks for each CT his three
brigades, 900 infantry rifles, 500 cav
airy rifles, one dynamite gun and 1,5OO
machetes. These arms, General Gomez
says, are needed for unarmed men. He
also asks for clothes, shoes, medicine
and food. For 10 months General Go
mez has received practically nothing
from the filibustering expeditions, ow-
ing to the difficulty of landing on the
Santa Clara coast
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-29
HAVANA MAKES MERRY.
Abusing General Lee and Climbing
Creased Poles.

Copyright, 1898. by the Associated Press
From Spanish Correspondent Ha-
vana, June 2S.-El Diario de la Marina,
commenting on the report from the
United States that Major General Fitz-
hugh Lee will attack Havana at the
head of 10000 soldiers, says:
For what then, comes this perverter
of supplies sent for reconcentrados and
this presumable author of the explo-
sion of the Maine?"
Yesterday (Alonday) IA American
warships were in front of Santiago de
Cuba, while ten transports and seven
warships We're in front of Baiquiri.
The festival of st. John was cele-
brated. on Sunday, great crowds filing
the churches and assembling later in
the day for the sports. There were
many an1usements, from music to
creased poles General Blanco and the
other authorities were not present at
the sports, but they sent donations or
prize money. The principal gatherings
were at the wharves, and not for
long time have there been seen in Ha-
vana such large and animated throngs.
Ladies representing the best society in
town took part in the festival and
more than $1,000 in gold was collected
for the free kitchens. Tomorrow there
will be another festival at the wharves
and further collections.
Yesterday afternoon (Monday) the
head of the American column advanced
towards AguadoreS and Siboney rail-
way. At the same time the American
warships, two OF which were battle
ships, approached the creek and opened
fire against the Spanish troops. which
exchanged shots with the American
forces
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-29
LA QUAsINA CASUALTIES.
List of Fatalities Transmitted By
General Shafter.

Washington, June 2S.-Adjutant Cen
eral Corbin tonight received from Ma
jor General Shafter of the Cuban army
of invasion, a cablegram containing the
official list of the men killed in the battle
at La Quasina. The list in no ma
terial respect differs from the Asso-
ciated Press dispatches, after the fight.
General Skaters dispatch follows: =
Playa del Este, Baiquiri, Cuba, June
2s.-Adjutant general United States
army, Washington: The following is
a list of the killed on the oath inst:
First cavalry-Private Otto krupp,
troop B; Corporal Alexander Llenoc
and Private Emil Bjork. Jack Berlin,
Peter II Dixie, Gustav Cobb and Jesse
K. Stark. troop K.
Tenth cavalry-Corporal William i.
Hewitt, troop E.
First United States volunteer cav
alry-Corporal George Doherty and
Private L. Leggett, troop a; Sergeant
Marcus B. Russell and Private Harry
Heafnoe, troop D; Captain A. X. Cap
ron, Sergeant Hamilton Fish and Pri-
vate Tilden w. Dawson. troop l.; Pr1-
vate William ]. Ervine, troop F.
Numbers engaged were: First cav
airy, pa; Tenth cavalry, 220; First vol
uLteer cavalry. 500. Total, 964.
"(SigneD SKATER.
Major General
Some other messages were received
by General Corbin from General Shat
ter tonight, but they contained no in
formation of interest to the public.
General Shafter. as far as could be
has not disclosed his plans
for the immediate future He has not
indicated when the battle Of Santiago
may occur, but the best informed Of
ficials of the war department do not
expect a general engagement for two
or three days, and possibly not as soon
even as tlat
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-29
IN SANTIAGO HARBoR,
Lieutenant Blue Makes Another Trip
Into the Eneany's Country.

Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.)
Off Santiago de Cuba Monday, June
q (yia Kingston, Jamaica, June 2S.)-
Lieutenant Victor Blue, of the auxiliary
gunbOat Suanee, returned to the fleet
today from another investigating trip
ashore. He reported Admiral Cervera' s
ships are all in the harbor. With the
exception of one torpedo boat destroyer,
they are at anchor, and show no signs
of activit-s
Lieutenant Blue went ashore on Sat
urday, to the west of MORO castle, ac-
companied by some Cuban guides. He
advanced until about two miles north
of Cabanas, and almost up TO the
enemy's batteries. He travelled so miles,
and rejoined the Suanee this morning.
At one time the lieutenant was at a
Cuban outpost, separated only by 400
yards from a Spanish outpost.
They popped away at each other all
the time" said Lieutenant Blue. But
l do not think the Cubans hurt the
Spaniards very much, and l know the
Spaniards did not hurt the Cubans."
Lieutenant Blue was able to accu
rately locate the position of each of
Admiral Cervera's ships.
Rear Admiral Sampson warned his
fleet this morning to exercise great care
in shooting at the hills east of MORO
Castle, pointing out that the American
army had advanced and that our own
troops might be deployed on the hill
Sides
1t is hardly likely that "a serious ac
ton will be taken by the navy until
Wednesday. By that time the army is
expected to be ready for another for
ward movement.
The dynamite gunboat Vesuvius fired
three shells last night. They fell in
the vicinity of Moro Castle and the
eastern batteries.
During the night a loud explosion
occurred on shore near Aguadores. 1t
is believed to have been caused by the
Spaniards trying to blow up the rail-
road trestle near that place. 1t is now
said that Juragua may be selected as
the permanent coaling harbor for the
feet.
Gustav Weineck, an ordinary seaman
belonging to the flagship New York,
was drowned yesterday.
A bulletin issued to the fleet by Rear
Admiral Sampson yesterday said:
From a report made by one of the
wounded, nephew of Surgeon Berryhill
of the flagship New York, a consider
able part of the damage to our troops
on Friday last was done by seven mill
meter machine guns manned by sea-
men, so that there would seem to be
some probability in the report of the
use ashore of the crews of Admiral
CerVera'S squadron.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-29
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

Mr.. George Baur. formerly professor of
osteology at the Chicago university, is
dead.
The carnival in celebration of Wis
consin's semi-centennial is now in full
swing at Milwaukee.
At Fergus Fall Mimi, the Republicans
of the Seventh district renominated Con-
gresham Eddy by reclamation.
Okuma Stagaki has been charged TO
form new cabinet. 1t will be the first
party cabinet in the history of Japan.
Today's statement of the condition of
the treasury shows: Available cash ball
ance 1894, 1S2. 344; gold reserve. S1e5 123. 500.
William Henry Rhawn. the we'll known
banker and eX-preSident of the American
Bankers association, died at Philadel-
phia.
The plague is still raging at Hongkong,
Canton and Annoy. over a thousand
deaths occurred at the former place since
January.
Queen Victoria has presented Mr..
Maurice Grau with scarfpin. in memory
of his production of Romeo and Juliet,
at Windsor castle
A serious fight took place at Nagasaki
on June between 40 Russians and 70
Japanese bluejackets. Six Russians and
three Japanese were injured.
The Northern Pacific liner Columbia ar
rived at Port Townsend from Kobe,
Japan, with a large cargo of tea. 1t is
estimated that the duty on her cargo Will
exceed 100000.
The house committee on alcoholic traffic
reported favorably the bill to prohibit the
sale of intoxicating liquors on reserva-
lions and in buildings controlled by the
United States.
There will be a sharp contest between
the mid1le-of-the-road element and the
fusionists for the control of the state
of the Missouri PoDulists TO
be held in ST. Louis, July {.
The interruption of regular steam COM
with Honolulu. caused by the
use of the regular ocean steamers as
transports for the army going TO Manila,
it is said will entail great loss TO the
banana growers of the Hawaiian Islands.
Most of the fruit intended for shipment
will be unfit for sale before vessels can
be secured to convey it TO market.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-29
Death of Mrs. Robert Morris.

The angel of death has again invaded
the home of City Councilman Robert
Morris. Early in the spring death
claimed Mr.. Morris oldest son, and early
yesterday morning the grief-stricken, in
valid wife and mother succumbed to
pneumonia, at her residence, 227 South
tenth East street.
Jeanette Watson Morris was native
of Glasgow, Scotland. and has been a
resident eff Salt Lake City for many
years Besides her bereaved husband,
four daughters. Mrs. John L. GFoo and
Misses Marie. Nettie and Louie. survive
her. Mrs. James Forsythe of Park City,
is her sister.
The funeral will take place Thursday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Eleventh
ward meeting house.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-29
EVENTS IN PHILIPPINES.
Aguinaldo Well Supplied With Arms
ond E-u,,o,1ri%io,,

Victoria, 3. c., June 2S.-The steamer
Empress of China arrived from the
orient tonight, bringing mail advices
from Manila up to June 16. At that
date the rebel leader, Aguinaldo, had
captured the province of Cavite, saving
four towns. He had taken 400 prison.
ers, including the governor of Rattan
gas, vino attempted suicide when cap
tured
Admiral Dewey has given the rebels
5000 magazine rifles and 200, 000-rounds
of ammunition, and 4,500 rifles were
landed from a filibuster from Annoy,
about the end of May. Ample provi-
sion is being made for the removal of
the foreigners in case of bombardment.
Eight steamers, with the consent of the
Spanish consul general and sanction Of
Admiral Dewey, have been removed
from the Pasig river.
Her majesty's ship Pique arrived at
Hongkong on the3th ult. from Iloilo
and Manila When the Pique left Iloilo
ali was quiet. Business was proceed
ing as usual, and there was no panic
whatever among the Spaniards or the
foreign residents. The only complaint
made was that it was difficult to ship
goods from the place, owing to the lack
of steamers. The Spanish gunboat Ell
Cano left noilo and took refuge in the
Samoangan river. There are only 100
Spanish troops in Iloilo, and the place
is practically undefended.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-29
SKATERS POSITION.
Free to Move to Either MORO or
Santiago.

Washington, June est was very
late in the day when the first dispatch
within two days came to the war de
partment from General Shafter, but the
news was regarded as so good that
there is no disposition to complain.
AS near as can be gathered from the
brief dispatch, the American army is
now at the fork in the road, one branch
of which leads to Santiago and the
other to Moro castle, at the entrance
to the harbor. General Shafter is thus
free to move in either direction, &C
ccrding to the demands of the cam
paign. With the 1900 men who rein
forced him yesterday on the Yale, and
the additional brigade that will reach
him by tomorrow, it may be possible
to make even more rapid progress in
the advance upon Santiago, as the men
can be relied upon to relieve the main
bod of troops from the necessity of
keeping open the line of communication
between Shafter and his base at Bal
quiri. Meanwhile, further reinforce
ments are being prepared and dispatch
ed as rapidly as the best energies of
the department can direct, and ii is
believed that several thousand 9 ~
sailed from Tampa directly for San-
tiago today.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-29
PHILIPPINE FORCES.
General Merritt Will Have $1,000
Men Under His Command.

Washington, June 2S.-The under
standing at the war department is that
the total number of regulars and vol
unteers which will be dispatched to
Manila in command of Major General
Merritt will approximate u 900 men. OF
these, 10000 have already left San
Francisco in three separate expeditions.
With the troops now at San Francisco
and those on their way to that city,
the remainder of the Eighth corps will
be made up.
The fourth expedition to the Philip
pines is scheduled to start somewhere
between the 9Th and 10th of July, and
arrangements for it are making at San
Francisco and at Washington The
fifth, and probably the last of the Sc
ries of expeditions, the officials now
hope to see launched on its way by the
1st of August, the expectation being
that some of the transports used in the
first expedition will have returned from
Manila before that time and will be
ready to start again across the Pacific
with American troops aboard.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-29
EXTENSION OF THE BLOCKADE
COVERS 500 MILES OF THE GU
BAN COAST LINE.
Intention of the Government to Cut
Off Supplies From the Towns Held
By the Spaniards.

Washington, June 2S.-By proclama-
ton issued today the president gave
| notice of the intention of the govern
ment to assume the formidable task
of blockading about 500 miles of Cuban
coast line, in addition to the sections
already biockaded This increases the
extent of the blockade fully four fold
1T having been confined heretofore to
stretch OF a little more than 100 miles
! on the north and the single port of
Cienfuegos on the south coast of the
island. The demands upon the navy
Will not be nearly so heavy in proper
ton to the territory to be covered as
! in the case of the initial blockade, for
the reason that the new blockaded
coast line lies entirely within the great
blight on the south Cuban coast, in
which the water is generally very shall
low, and the ports are few into which
a vessel of any draft could enter.
The most important of these ports
are Manzanillo, Trinidad and Tunas.
| West of Trinidad is Cienfuegos, which
| is already blockaded effectively. From
that point westward, for nearly 140
miles, there is no port to be blockaded
until Batabno is reached. This port is
only about 40 miles from Havana by
rail, and is believed to have been the
principal source of food supply for the
Spanish capital. For $50 miles west of
this. clear over to Cape Frances, the
western edge of the blockaded territory,
there are no ports for deep vessels of
any considerable draught, and even If
there were, the country in the interior.
Pinar del Rio, is in the hands of the
insurgents, and supplies could not be
sent through TO Havana. The purpose
of extending the blockade was to COM
mand the channel on the west side Of
the Isle of Pines and Cape Francis,
and thus render much easier the task
of blockading vessels.
The vessels for the additional block
ade service will be supplied almost en-
tirely from the patrol fleet which. I'M
der Commodore Howell, has been
guarding the North Atlantic coast,
from Maine to South Carolina.
This service has been abandoned, be-
cause the only available Spanish war
sands of miles away from the nearest
point on the Atlantic coast. The YES
sells are already on their way south
ward, having been reinforced by several
of the new torpedo boats, which are
particularly adapted, because of their
light draft, for blockade duty in the
shallow waters lying between the Isle
of Pines and Cuba.
The blockade of San Juan, proclaim
ed today, is in reality already in effect,
having been initiated by Captain Sigs
bee last week, when he turned back
from that port a British steamer laden
with supplies
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admirals. presumably on the subject of
protection for the non-combatants.
The situation is growing unbearable.
The besieging force gives US no rest,
and the work of the Spanish troops on
the line of defense is terrible They
are fighting with the desperation of
resignation. They have no nourish-
ment, and for days have been reduced
to eating wild birds and shell fishes.
Still, with starvation staring them in
the face, they hold their posts and
fight with the courage of their race.
The population is in a state of ter
ror. No details have reached here as
10 the fate of Captain General Angus
It's family. The provincial garrisons
have been starved into surrender. The
belief first entertained that Germany
would help Spain is growing fainter
and II Is now feared she will share in
the partition of the Philippines. There
are now seven German Warships in the
bay
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-29

gan to flow. the cheek became swollen
and black and for several hours the loss
of blood was great. The flow then mod
Grated and il has since been constant and
even. Physicians have been unable to
check the flow and the boy is wasting
away. hoping that the flow will volun-
tarliy stop before his life has ebbed away.
About year ago the boy cut a finger
and 1t bled constantly for about week.
but the flow was slow and the amount Of
blood that eSca Ted was small. All his
HE he has been similarly affected. The
PRICK of a pin would result in bleeding
for several hours. and his health has al
ways been poor but of late his affection
has been intensified.
David Jones. a sheepman of Teton
county. is at Columbus hospital. recov-
ering from the effects of about so grains
of strychnine, taken with suicidal intent
Jones went to Great Falls several weeks
ago with about $500 He became in
fatuated with Hattie St. Clair. one of the
demi monde, and endeavored to persuade
ner TO become his wife. He spent all his
money on her and when he was broke She
OF course. shook him. After making an
Intellectual effort to kill her new lover
Jones took the poison. declaring that he
had vainly endeavOred to make a lady
out of the woman and that. now that she
had forsaken him, the sooner he went to
hell, the better.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-29

to the public eye, such as the use for
the first time in civilized warfare OF
barbed wire fencing as a means of de-
Tense, and acting upon the advice OF
some of our army officers who were in
Cuba while the fighting was confined
to the Spaniards and the insurgents, a
certain number of men in each regiment
have been provided with wire cutters,
and charged with the duty of cutting
down these fences, so as to permit the
advance of the troops. 1t probably will
be necessary to shell out the force de-
Tending these wire chevauX de frise be-
fore they can be cut, unless the men in
charge of that duty are to be unduly
exposed to danger. This will involve
larger use of field artillery than would
be required in ordinary warfare. The
officials here have been forehanded as
to these details, and. in fact, have pro-
vided for the use of Darbed wire by
our own forces, having sent about $50
tons of this wire with General Mer--
ritt'S expedition.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-29
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Wyoming.

Cheyenne Sun-Leader: In looking over
the lanes OF the unfortunate dead and
injured in the wreck of Torrey's train yes
terday, the names of Cornelius Linehan is
found among the dead. Con- as he was
Familiarity known, conducted dancing
school in this city for a number OF years.
He was raised in Cheyenne and was well
known by all old timers. He visited
Laramie Rawlins and other towns in the
capacity of dancing instructor and was
happened that the writer was one of the
last to bid him goodbye at the depot.
He was in high spirits and expressed the
hope that in a year or so the, war would
be over and he would again be in Chey-
enne shaking hands with his friends.
The Wyoming Land & Iron company is
making extensive Developments on its
coal and iron property at Seminoe, near
Rawlins. A tunnel 200 feet in length has
been driven on a vein of semi-anthracite
coal and will be continued for 900 feet.
one being nine and one eleven feet thick,
and L is expecred three more veins will
be opened up. Machinery costing $4,000
has been purchased tor the enterprise
Captain Nickerson, the Few Indian
agent for the Shoshone agency, has is
sued an order that all Indian employees
must wear short hair. The order created
but Bishop. the war CHIEF of the Sho-
shone:, led the way in spite of the ridi-
cule OF the other indians and had his
snalr cut. Inc inutdn ponce anu Olner EN-
ployees followed his example and a con-
ference of the Indians called to consider
the ordsT has been abandoned
Dick Washable, son of the famous chief
Washakle. HIS received AN orer to so
to the Omaha exposition with his family
and have all his expenses paid. He has
declined the offer. He said: No. I can't
go. MY oats and wheat must be irrigated
and my hay watered and cut. If l go
there will be no one 10 see after my
farm
AT Rawlins deal has been consummat-
ed by which MeSSrs. Cosgriff Bros, of
Fort Steele, secure a controlling interest
in the First National bank of this city.
The stock purchased is that of Directors
l. c. Miller William Daley and J. w
Hugus T. A. Cossriff has been elected
president, and ]. B. Cosgrif vice D-esi-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-29
MERRITT ENUMERATED.
Has Not Been Preaching the Gospel
of Conquest.

San Francisco, June 2S.-Mayor Phe-
Ian has written a letter, in which he
says that Major General Merritt did not
sreak the words attributed to him in
responding to q toast at private din
ner, given in his honor by Mr.. Phelan.
General Merritt is reported to have
said OF this dinner: Il believe in the
new national policy of the United
States which looks to the acquisition of
additional territory representing the
outlying islands that are requisite for
the development of national strength
and growth
Mayor Phelan says that neither these
words nor sentiments were uttered by
General Merritt. The dinner was
private affair, at which there were no
roporters, and General Merritt was
misquoted in announcing the so-called
new national policy upon which, as a
matter of fact, he did not dwell at all.