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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-13

Mr.. j. T. Cook, OF the Valley Herald.
Waynesboro'. Va, is in the city for a feA
days.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-13

In the month to begin the league season
and a streuous effort will be made at the
Philadelphia meeting TO have the date
OF opening changed TO the lSth. Mr.
Wells will make a fight for this change'
and hopes to be successful
Carpenters are at work out az Broad
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-13
The Weather.

- WASHINGTON. March is.~
l ipiIy Forecast for Sunday;
For virgin'a-Rain; southerly
winds.
For North and South Carolina. and
Gecrgia-Fair weather. except showers
I'm the interior; southerly winds.
THE WEATHER IN RICHMOND
YESTERDAY was bright and springsixa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-01
Copyright. 1898, by the Associated Press,

Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, May 81
About o'clock this afternoon an Ameri-
can squadron composed of fourteen wsr
ships. of which the cruiser New York dis
played the flag of Rear Admiral Sampson,
and a number of torpedo boats, began a
bombardment with heavy guns of the forts
and the harbor of Santiago de Cuba. The
American fire was directed principally
against the forts and the harbor.
The forts of MORO Castle. La Zecapa and
Punta Gorda suffered especially. The can
nonading was very persistent, and cannot
have failed to be destructive. 1t lasted until
8:45 p. m.
The town, which is situated near the inner
end Of the harbor. escaped damage.
At S:45 p. m. the cannonading diminished.
About o'clock cannon discharges were
heard at distance presumably at sea),
continuing for some time. when the firing
ceased completely.
The Spanish authorities maintain strict
silence as to the number of victims, who
were apparently numerous.
11:15 D. m.-According to advices from a
Spanish source fourteen American war
ships and two torpedo boats were engaged
in the combat at Santiago. A very careful
fire was directed against the batteries of
Morro Castle until 345 p. m, when dis
charges of cannon began to be heard at sea
off the port. These discharges continued
From the Spanish account 1t is impossible
to judge as to the exact merits of the en-
counter.
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to direct a destructive fire upon the ships
at distance of five or six miles
According to the dispatches received
comparatively little attention appears to
have been given to the Notifications The
assumption among naval men who are dis
cussing the engagement before particulars
are obtainable is that he has directed just
enough fire at the forts to occupy them,
range guns in peppering the Spanish vessels
in the harbor.
Admiral Cervera, 1t is believed, has
found himself at a terrible disadvantage in
being penned up in the harbor. The bay of
Santiago is scarcely mile wide in it's wild
est part. 1t is navigable for vessels of such
great draught as the four armored cruisers
of Cervera's fleet for but part of it's width
1t is considered to be out of the question for
Cervera to protect himself to any great ex-
tent by maneuvering. Having once got the
range of Cervera's vessels, either at anchor
or moving up and down the bay, Commo-
dore Schley may sink or disable them all.
At the same time he may keep his vessels
constantly in motion, playing on the fortif-
cations and the Spanish fleet while the forts
and the imprisoned fleet are wildly en-
deavoring to hit lot of moving vessels.
Army men are hearing the news from
Santiago with some concern. They have
accepted as true the reports that there is to
be land force dispatched to Santiago, and
they imagined that all preparations were to
be deferred until the army was in readiness
to participate in the attack Upon Santiago
and to win a share of the credit for its
capture. While Commodore Sehley does not
appear to have been made acquainted with
this view, the army officers who have heard
of the attack upon Santiago by Schley say
that it viii be as impossible for him to make
a complete job of the reduction of Santiago
as it is for Admiral Dewey to take posses
sion Of Manila without the aid of large
number of troops.
Secretary Long does not look for any re-
port from Commodore Schley until he has
completed the job that he is reported to have
begun. He has complete liberty to use
his own discretion about attacking. and,
under his instructions. is expected
to destroy or capture the fleet
Of Admiral Cervera IL he can do It.
Continued on Second Page)
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Part of the Fleet Alleged to Have Forced the
Channel and Attacked Cervera.
All RumOrs that Commodore SchIey Entered the Har-
Dor and Engaged the Enemy Dscredited
by the Navy Department.

reported to have occurred, the naval off,
Gals declare with positiveness that it is not
only improbable, but, under the circum-
stances, almost impossible that an attempt
should have been made by the American
commander to force an entrance to the bay.
The latest official advices received from
Commodore Schley were contained in a
cablegram which came late this afternoon,
and in that the commodore gives no indica-
ton of an intention to try to enter the har-
Dor Of Santiago. While the contents of the
dispatch were not made public. the bulletin
issued upon it by the Navy Department in
deavoring to determine just what Spanish
vessels are in the harbor. The bulletin fol-
lowsI
Commodore schley's feet has sighted
another vessel of the Vizcaya class in San
tiago harbor."
The naval officers declare that Schley
would not endeavor to force his way into
the harbor in view of the great difficulties
of navigation which would have to he sur
mounted in the effort. The entrance to the
harbor is a channel nearly three-quarters
Of a mile in length, and at one point only
about one hundred yards wids. While the
channel has plenty of water to float the
ships. it is tortuous and at places danger
Gus. At one point it twists sharply to the
left as vessel enters. and naval officers
say that it might become necessary at some
if not quite, to a full stop as she made the
turn. Shore batteries line both sides of the
channel, and a vessel running it would af-
ford a target that not even a Spanish gun
ner could fail to hit.
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SCHLEY WAS RESTLESS.
He May Have Peppered the spaniards
at Long Range.


NEW YORK, June IA special to the
Times from Washington says: Washing
ton is working itself up to the hope of off,
cial news from Schley to match the news
from Dewey. With various corroborative
dispatches about the operations at Santiago
it is made plain that whatever the plans
may be for eventual cooperation at Santa
go de Cuba of the navy and the army, there
is no restraint on Commodore Schley to
prevent him from reducing the forts at the
entrance to the hartor, destroying Cervera's
fleet, and making the city uninhabitable to
the Spanish If he chooses to do so.
THE news from Commodore Schley con-
tanned in the press dispatches caused no sur
prise to those who have known him and his
record. He is not an officer to remain quiet
while there is a chance for enterprise so
close at hand. His adventures in Corea,
tive forts, his participation in the Greely
relief expedition. and, more recently his
defiant stand for American rights in Val
paraiso harbor, indicate the nature of the
man who is now the American commodore
off Santiago, carrying with him very poor
opinion of the military ability of the Spanish
people He had heard the opinions of these
people respecting this country, and it was
his belief that the United States ought TO
have an opportunity to show these con-
temptuous scoffers that they did not under
stand the people they had sneered at so
long. 1t has been known that Schley was
eager to meet the foe. and that he and his
men had fretted at Fort Monroe while
Dewey was making himself famous.
Schley's friends insist that he viii never
stop work at Santiago until he has demon
strated the ability of American ships and
American sailors to overcome Spanish ships
and sailors under difficult circumstances.
Since Commodore scheys feet has been
reported at Santiago a great deal of calcu-
lation and speculation has been indulged in
as to the possibility of his acting effectively
against the fleet of Admiral Cervera without
entering the harbor. Some of the naval
men here have taken all things into account
and have concluded that with the 1s-inch,
12-inch and s4nch guns on the Massachu-
setts, the Iowa ana the Texas he can reach
the city of Santiago itself if he can get the
range. If he could obtain the moorings of
the Spanish vessels. which it is assumed he
has done so definitely as to be able to chart
them. no doubt Is entertained of his ability
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HEARD AT CAPE HAITIEN.
Distinct Reports of CannOnading-
advantage with Americans"

Distinct Reports of Cannonading-
advantage with Americans"
Copyright, 1898. by the Associated PressI
CAPE HAITIEN, Haiti, May 81, 5:15 p. m.
--Advices just received from Havana say
that since o'clock this afternoon the Amer
lean fleet at Santiago de Cuba has been
cannonading the batteries of MORO Castle.
La Zicapa and Punta Gorda. At the same
been engaged with the Spanish war ships.
The firing was extremely heavy. AT 3:45
?. m. the cannonading became less heavy
against the Notifications but was more ac-
centuated in the locality where the fleets
were engaged.
Persons who climbed Lookout mountain at
the entrance of Capt Haitien harbor this
afternoon declare that they heard cannon
aiding, low. but distinct. to the west and to
the north beyond Tortuga island. The cor
respondent of the Associated Press, who
was at the signal station about the same
time, also heard sounds resembling a can
nonade. The wind was in the right direc-
tion to carry the detonations to him. 1t
seems certain that the fleet the Haitien gum
boat saw passing Cape Maysi, going north
ward, found its opportunity of turning back
ward across the front of an opposing force.
$40 p. NAT this hour the SAINT
iago cable is still working from SAINT
iago Private messages intimate that there
has been a severe fight between the Amer
ican fleet and the outer fortiheations and
the Spanish fleet. The fight lasted the
greater part of the afternoon. The ad-
vantage appears to have been with the
Americans. According TO the latest advices
the combat is still in progress.
Morro Castle is at the entrance of the
harbor of Santiago de Cuba. La Zepaca also
shown on the maps as La zepaca Castle, is
a short distance inside the harbor entrance
and Punta Gorda is situated on point well
inside the harbor of Santiago De Cuba,
showing that the American fleet has en-
tered the harbor according to the Havana
advices via Cape Haitien. and has engaged
the Spanish fleet in those waters
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-01
TO SANTIAGO FIRST.
Then Porto Rico May Be Occupied by
United States Troops.

WASHINGTON, May 31.-When the de-
partment closed this afternoon no official
advices concerning the battle in Santiago
de Cuba harbor. had been received. The
statement was made by a Cabinet officer
after the regular Tuesday meeting of the
Cabinet to-day that no news had been re-
ceived since Monday morning from Com
modore Schley directly. and that it was
believed nothing would be heard for two or
three days at least. 1t was plainly antici-
pated in some quarters that Schley might
have possession of some information
that would tend to neutralize the strength
Of the enemy's position. make bold at
tempt to enter the harbor of Santiago and
destroy or capture the Spanish squadron
The Spanish squadron might have been kept
within Santiago harbor until the end of
the war without sensibly endangering an
American life. and because of it's distance
and isolation from Havana Santiago City
has little to attract military attack
But, lying in the very midst of the insur-
gent section of the island. the town would
afford a splendid base for the distribution
of supplies to the families of the insurgents
and to the reconcentrados who s.ia drag
out miserable existence in the Interior
Already the President has begun to erepare
to help these people and the comn,issary
general Of the army has prepared an esti-
mate Of s., 10000 for the purchase OF sum
cient supplies to feed 10000 reconcentrados
for six months.
For the time being it is felt that the real
field of action IS removed from Washington
and is centered with the troops. now advanc-
ing under orders from here. and with our
ships The time ef preparation has gone
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. May S1.-The movement
of the army of the United States against
Santiago is under way. BY the end of the
week twenty thousand regulars will be
landed in the vicinity of that city, if the
plans of the President and the orders of the
War Office do not miscarry. The arrival of
the troops will be followed by an immediate
channel leading from the sea to the inner
harbor and upon the city itself. If Commo-
dore Schley should succeed in silencing the
forts and forcing entrance into the har-
Dor, as now seems to be his purpose, ac-
cording to latest advices, the troops will
find their work greatly simplihed. The ex-
pectation, however, is that the Spaniards
will make stout resistance, and that every
foot of the water and ground will be con-
tested. No bright anticipations are enter
tanned On the other hand, the army looks
forward to a season of stubborn fighting.
In order to avoid any possibility of rein
forcements from Blanco arriving by land or
war ships from Cadiz coming by sea, no
time will be wasted in beginning the assault
upon Santiago and upon the Spanish squad
ron in the harbor. This is the plan which
was fully matured at the councils held by
fore the order was given for the embarka-
ton of troops from Tampa and Mobile. No
change has been made in these plans.
The opinion is held by some of the strate-
gists of the Navy Department that the bat
tie ship Pelayo, accompanied by several
other formidable fighting ships. started from
Cadiz for the West Indies three or four
days ago, although it was given out that
they left that port to maneuver in the open
sea and would return shortly. If this sus-
picion proves to be correct the squadron is
still more than a week away from Santiago.
Before the relief feet could possibly arrive
in Cuban waters Commodore Schley, with
the aid of an American army, will have
time to destroy Admiral Cervera's squadron
and occupy the city of Santiago. This, In
brief, is the hope and expectation of the
government.
The transports which carry the regulars
from Florida to Cuba will return at once
to Tampa after discharging their human
freight. They may be wanted Immediately
to transport reinforcements to General
Shafter, or they may be required for Porto
Rican expedition. The President is anxious
to occupy Porto Rico with the least possible
delay, and the digression to Santiago will
not be allowed to seriously delay the assault
upon San Juan, according to the original
programme. 1t is understood that General
Coppinger will be made military governor
of Porto Rico. Admiral Sampson will lead
the naval attack, although some of his ships
may participate in Commodore Schley's at
tack on Santiago.
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Fleet Seen Off Port Antonio.

LONDON, June Ia dispatch
to the Daily Mail from Kingston,
dated Tuesday, says: ga large
American squadron, supposed to
be Rear Admiral Sampson's, was
seen to-day off Port Antonio on
the north coast of Jamaica, twen-
ty-five miles northwest of Morant
point, the eastern extremity of the
island, steaming westward"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-01
INCIpENTs OLE THE cAMp.
The Tampa Contingent Ready to Move
Stories About Hoosfers

Staff Correspondence of the Journal.
LYTLB, Ga, May 31.-The order for the
one-hundred- -ffty-seventh Indiana To
advance to Tampa has done much to en-
liven affairs in the Indiana camps. and
where the men were settling down to rou-
tine somewhat listlessly every ear is now
alert to catch the word that may order tbe
remaining two regiments and the two bat
teries to follow the boys from northern In
diana What shift OF fate or design led to
the misunderstanding Regi-
ments' selection for this honor over the
other regiments from the same State Is not
apparent at this writing, although II is
good surmise to say that it was picked ont
because it was the first in the State To he
mustered in and the first to arrive at Chick
anauga This surmlse can be given further
support when 1t is stated that the First
Ohio and other regiments brigaded with the
ne-hundred-and-f -fifty-seventh for cuhan
service were among the very first to put IN
their tents at Chickamauga. The desfgna-
ton Of the One-hundred-an and -fiftv-seventh
in this particular does not carry with Il
any invidious comparison, as the other two
regiments are as well qualified to march at
once, Notwithstanding Colonel Studebaker
has an excellent force under his command.
It il especially fitting that four States like
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Dewey Preparing for Action.

LONDON, June 1.-The owners
of the British ship Genista, which
has been loading at Manila, have
received a cable dispatch, dated
May "a, saying Rear Admiral
Dewey has ordered the vessel to
leave the port, from which it is
coniectured that the American
commander contemplated some ac-
ton.
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NOW MOVING CUBAWARD
Twenty Thousand Regular Troops May Be
Landed at or Near Santiago This Week.

No Time to Be Lost by the Administration in Carrying
Out Its Plans for the Capture of the
City and Cervera's Fleet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-01
ALLEGED BOMBARDMENT
UnCOnfirmed Rumors of an Engagement in
the HarbOr of Santiago de Cuba.

Fourteen War Ships Under Admiral Sampson, Accord
ing to One Report, Said to Have SfeIled
the Forts and Spanish Vessels
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RUMORs DIsCREDITED.

Naval officials Do Not Believe the sto-
ries from Haiti.
WASHINGTON. May a-Naval officials
absolutely discredit the news from Cape
Haitien to the effect that Commodore schley
forced the entrance to Santiago bay and
engaged the Spanish feet in the harbor.
While no oflcial advices have been received
from Commodore SchIey since the battle is
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-09-22
HOW MEN DIE IN BATTLE.
MORALLY wounded Soldiers Calmly
and BrnveIy Await the Conn
Ing Of Death.

'If you want to know how men die In
battle, ask some of those who have
been at Wilson's creek, on one side or
the other" said Judge David Murphy
of the criminal court.
II was in Totten's battery, and saw
them, wounded and dying, falling thick
and fast around me. You may say that
I saw not one man funk in the face OF
death on that terrible day of fight and
bloodshed. While was firing my gun
from Bloody Hill youngster, not
more than 20 years old, suddenly
ierked his leg. He uttered a sharp,
quick cry, then bent down and tore the
trousers away from the place on his
shin where a mimic had struck him. lie
locked up with smile, patted the
wound with his hand, pulled the torn
trousers down, and went on shooting,
Five minutes later he yelled again, and
his hand went up to the feshy part OF
his left arm. Hit agaln! he said, sat
down behind the battle ranks, and ex-
amined his arm. The wound was only
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-09-22
HINTS FOR DAIRYMEN.

A COW that is not profitable milk
producer is a burden on the pocket
book.
viii you warm the water for the
COWS this coming winter? 1t will pay
you to do so.
Do not overfeed the calf. If you do
you will soon have a calf that will not
eat at all.
A COW that is thin skinned and whose
skin does not move easily over the ribs,
is not good cow to select.
If you are not getting the best price
for your butter, it is dead sure that
your butter is not the best.
A good cow ought to have a
capacious body, with plenty of room
for the work of the organs.
Cows that are most nervous and feel
or seem to feel pain, when milking, the
most readily, are the best mixers,
Old cows are difficult to fatten be-
cause their teeth are poor. If the
teeth are good an old COW will make
quite as good beef as good deal that
Is now sold in the market.-Western
PloWman.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-09-22
MISS WINNIE DAVIS DEAD.
"Daughter OF the Confectionery" Passes
Away at NarrAgansett Pier AfterS
Lingering Illness.

Narragansett Pier, R. l., Sept 10. -
Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of Mrs.
Jefferson Davis, died at noon yester-
day at the Rockingham hotel, to which
place she came as guest in the
early part of the social season. She
had been i'll for several weeks, and a
fortnight ago her ailment was dag
nosed as malarial gastritis.
Miss Winnie Davis, the Daughter Of the
Contederacy, was born In the confederate ex-
ecutive mansion at Richmond, Va, In 1852
She was her fathers constant companion. She
assisted him In all HIS work and much OF the
information which was required by Mr. Davis
In his writings was secured for him by his
daughter. Her strong character was marked
from youth She was engaged to Mr. Wlker-
son, OF Syracuse N. Y, but shortly
after her fathers death the engage
mont was broken of. While no public
explanation of the rupture was given, 1t
is well known that it was for the purpose Of
maintaining her fathers name, She received
the name Daughter Of the Confederacy" in
1896 when her father made his famous trip
through the south Mr. Davis being unable to
appear, Miss Winnie was brought before the
thousands at tho different points along the
route and introduced aS the daughter OF the
ConfederacY
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-09-22
THE TRADE SITUATION.
Bradstreets Enumsrates Number Of FoH-
lures which Make 1t Notable One
Increase in Number OF Failures


New York, Sept. 17,-Bradstreets
says:
Reports OF still further enlarged distribution
at most western markets and Of slight im-
provement at eastern centers, where demand
has been slower TO materlalize; ENLARGED for
oign demand for breadstuffs: increased railway
earnings, not entirely due to the swelling move
ment of grain to market, which, indeed Isl still
behind last years records; bank olearings
increased over last week and over all corre-
spending weeks except one year ago, when
speculation was very active; rather better
then expected government crop reports, and
enarging exports OF American manufacturers
are all features tending to make the trade
situation at present notable one Crop inn
palrment In August, not unusual nor unex-
pected, proves to have been less than feared.
and average conditions OF leading crops, nota-
bly, wheat, corn, cotton and potatoes, are better
than one year ago
Export trade, as q whole, continued very sat
isfactory, the August total swelled by larger
shipments OF cotton, provisions and manufac-
tured goods generally, 1t is larger than August
one year ago by AZ per cent, Notwithstanding a
heavy increase In shipments OF breadstuis.
Import trade as yet shows no particular ex-
pansion. and for the eight months our exports
are 80 per cent in excess OF imports
Business failures for the week number l73
against l49 last week, 1859 In this week year
ago, 3l5 in 1895, and 2l8 in 1895. Canadian fail
ures for the week number 90 against 40 last
week, SO in this week year ago Al In 1895 and
1895, and 43 in 1894