The Florence tribune., 1898-07-02
TELEGRAPHIC REPORT.

nave reached an agreement on the re- maining items of dispute in the India, Appropriation bill. The representa-. taves of the Senate recede from tbe Senate amendment, providing for free nomesteads on abandoned Indian reser- vatioas, and concerning the leases of | mineral lands in Indian reservations ten. Lawtcn's headquarters. five miles east of Santiago de Cuba. We'd l nesday, June 20, via Kingston. June oo.-American troops spent yesterday Tn feeling for the enemy and otherwise engaging in reconnoissances. General shatter, in person, with small escort went almost to Caney, little town five miles northeast of Santiago, The camn conditions still continue hard. Heavy rains yesterday set everything afoat rations, however, are being served ont more regularly. but they are still mt plentiful. The officers and men fare alike. The latter are suffering durino the cold nights from lack of the blank.
 
 cts thrown away on the march. These have been appropriated by Cubans. who take everything in sight and do as lit. tie as possible.
 NEW YORK, June 27.-A special to the Evening Post on the battle of La Quasins says the troops were hurried into hostilities too soon. They were ordered without much breakfast to advance eight miles over the hill and take sevilla. They marched eight miles over shadeless plateau, through oriery undergrowth like path fenced with barbed wire. They were dis abled more by the conditions than by the ambashed enemy. When they were attacked they were hysterical I and half out of their mind. All [ courage would have been scorched out of less thoroughbred men. No water could be had. "Hen," said one who returned, contains now no terrers for
 me.n
 2 WASHINGTON, June 27.-Chairman
 Hull of the Committee on Military
 Affairs of the House, said at the War
 Department to-day regarding the fight Of the Rough Riders last Friday: "If @ investigation shows that the apparent 1 iy authentic statements are half true, some official action will naturally
 follow. It seems to me Cols. Wood
 and Roosevelt needlessly led their l men into the ambush without first s taking the necessary precautions of t feeling the way by means of scouts. It looks like 8 case of thoughtless,
 reckless, and impetuous disregard of orders, in which several brave men o lost their lives, when there was nc r. occasion for the sacrifce.n
 = PHGNIx, June 28.-Gov. McCord to.
 day appointed the following officers to.
 the three companies to be organized in
 Arizona under the second call for e troops:
 1T First company-FrAnk e. Russel, oi r Phoenix, captain; J. ". Cranshaw and e F. W. Hill, of Phoenix, first and second ,t lieutenants, respectively.
 r. Second Company-C. E. Donaldson ofiPrescott, captain; F. c. Hochderf
 of Flagstaff, and Walter Scott, of St 'o Johns, lieutenants.
 , Third company-E. Drachman, oi D Tucson, captain; Herbert Gray, oi c Tucson, and Wiley E. Jones of Solo, r. monyille, lieutenants.
 8 A. J. Krohn, of Tucson, has been ? commissioned sergeant-major, and !, George D. Niblock, of Jerome, quarter.
 master-sergeant.
 SAN FRANCISCO, June 29.-The steam.
 CT Newport, with Gen. Merritt, on
 board, sailed this morning for the Phil j. ippines.
 WASHINGTON, June 28.-The Navy Department received another telegram from Port Said, stating Camara was experienced great difficulty in securing
 passage through the Suez canal. The Spanish admiral is making protest against the tolls. He has not enough funds to pay the charge of $l60,0 Unless the necessary money is produced the fleet cannot pass through. The news is received with great satisfaction l by the officials at Washington. Secre- tary Long, it is said, does not believe Camara will pass through.
 WASHINGTON, June 20.-It is stated that both Col. Wood and Lieut.. Col. Roosevelt are to be raised to the rank of brigadier generals on account of their daring deeds in the recent en- gagement.
 KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 30, Il a. m. The forces of the American army are being nlobilized as rapidly as possible in the vicinity of Aguadores, four miles from Santiago de Cuba. The moment the tedious task is completed an attack | on Spain's last ditch in eastern Cuba | xuiiI ha bepun When that will hecr;n |