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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-09
CUBAN VICTORY.

New Yorh June S-News has reached
the Cuban iunta OF victory achieved by
the CUBAN forces over the Spaniards al
jiguani province OF Santiago, on May -.
II was one OF the most decisive battles
which the patriots have gained in many
months. 4 column OF Spanish soldiers,
1870 strong, acting under orders from Ha-
Vana to abandon the interior towns and
advance toward the coast. evacuated the
town OF La Piedra, after having destroyed
tho fortihcations TO prevent them falling
into the hands Of the insurgents, and
camped at Jiguani, where they expected
70 remain, awaiting further orders They
We're also joined there by detachment
Of 500 Spanish soldiers from Santa Rita,
and the two forces were united in camp
at Jiguani. The Spaniards were surprised
on the morning May % by being attack
ed by division Of the First corps belong
ing to CaliXto Garcia's command, under
the leadership OF Colonel Jose Jesus Rabl
with him were Also Colonel Lora, com
manding the First cavalry, and Colonel
Montair of the infantry regiment CUBA
Llbre.' The Cubans numbered little
more than 1000 men, while the Spaniards
had fully twice that number, The Gu
bans advanced In good order. well equip
ped with arms and ammunition. and COM
pletely surprised the enemy. At the
start the Spaniards scattered but after
ward made an effort to rally their forces,
They only succeeded in being able to re-
treat In regular order to the village of
Palma. There they were reinforced by
several hundred men from Aguicota and
Arrota Blanco and turned upon the Gu
bans, and the battle was renewed with
fury The Spanards were recovering
some of the ground which they had lost,
when at a most opportune moment the
Cuban regiment Of Aguileraie came up
from General Garcia's command and at
tackled the enemy in the rear Smultan-
eously with this the regiment from San
tago attacked them upon the left flank,
so the Spanlards were forced to fee, hem
med in on both sides. In their hight from
Jiguani the Spaniards were forced to
leave behind much of their ammunition
and supplies, so that they were to a con-
siderable extent handicapped in fighting,
while on the other hand the Cubans
seemed to be wen equipped and on the
aggressive.
After six hours hard fighting at Palma,
which is only short distance from il
guam, the Spanlards raised flag of truce
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-09
ANOTHER RATTLE ny SAMPSON.

Cape Hayucn. Hayti. June S--(Copy-
rlgh,cd lNN by the Associated PrcSsl--lt
Is reported here that great battle has
taken place at Calmancra, In the bay OF
Guantanamo
At half past nNc o'clock yesterday
morning truesday) i've ships OF the Amer
lean squadron opened u heavy lombard
mcnt upon the fortihCatlons OF the town,
There was perfect hail Of bombs in the
bay striking and demolishmg many
houses beyond tho fortiAcatlons, on the
Spanish side the military replied vigor-
ously making for some time stifI re-
sistance The fire from the warships.
however, never slaUkcued for an instant,
II was regular and carefully directed and
the great majority of shots proved ct-
foctive, The Spauiards We're forced TO
abandon their positions ON shore and re-
treat to the town of Caimanera proper.
1t Is supposed that the inhabitants also
fled,
II Is said here that the Spanish at san.
tiago and COlmenera are preparing for 4
final desperate struggle and are deter
mined to resist the assaults of the Amer
leans to the last extremity The com
mander OF the district issued an order
yesterday to burn Caimanera before yield
ing 1t into the hands of the Americans
The latter forced the entrance 10 the bay
of Guantanamo, and according to the lat,
est advlces It was feared the Americans
would make an effort to land forces this
"wednesday Afternoon, Measures to
prevent this II possible have been taken
by the Spaniards, The American fleet was
at its usual position,
Tho bombardment destroyed the little
house which sheltered the French cable at
Clamanera, The cabies uniting the main
cable with the office at Ciamanera and the
town Of Camanera with Santiago We're
cut, thus accounting for the prolonged alb
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-09
LATEST NEWS FROM ORIENT

Victoria, June S-lhe steamer Empress
Of Japan, which arrived last night from
the Orient, brings the following advices
from H. NJ S. Linnet which arrived at
Hong Kong MAY u from Manila. When
the Linnet left Manila the following war
vessels in addition to Admiral Dewey's
fleet, were in port: The CormarOn. Irene.
LabiuX, Immartallte and Itstolxushima
Kan. The Marco Polo. the Kaiserln
Augusta, and Japanese cruiser we're
hourly expected. Trade is at a standstlll.
Scores Of coastlng steamers and schoon-
ers are laid up in the river Passig, which
is blocked at the mouth with sunken
schooners. The foreign banks are closed
almost the whole day, there being no bus
iness to transact The Europeans are liv-
ing carefully in the country and suburbs
soldiers and guards are met in every di-
rection.
II was feared that there would soon be
a general massacre OF the Spanlards by
the rebels and that this would cause the
Spaniards to murder many Europeans,
chiefly Brltishers. The latter feel very
uneasy and consider that the admiral
should have at least two big ships on
the spot and a thru vessel "a frst-cass
cruiser to keep up rapid communication
between Manila and Hong Kong.
Eighteen deaths occurred at Hong Kong
from plague the day before the Empress
left. Among the victims was a son OF
Lane, Of Lane. Crawford & Co., million
aire merchants, Coal is selling at Hong
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olt O. plan 90 induce the Spaniards 10 use
ammunition every time 10 can be eX-
pended. II the Santiago forlidcations have
responded 90 the shower OF shot and shell
poured Into them by Admiral sampson
they VIII have So much less ammunition
to use later on. The supply for Admiral
sampson will be ceaseless Every ship
that goes to his feet with supplies Will
carry prOjeCuirs and there viii Do 40 dam
ger thI be wu. run short, Il Is pointed
out ai ihe navy department thai Admiral
Cervcra aud the defenders Of Santiago
cannot respond without exposing them
selves To ,he danger Of running out at the
time when they viii most need an abund-
ana suuply.
Some anxiety Is feii here for the se-
Cur.,y ot Lieutenant, Hobs0n and his COM
u.u.0rs. IL was reported thar they were
imprisoned Ia Morro castle. and as the
s.orice ot yesterday represent that de-
t,use as having been badly battered. il
IS woudeA' whether the Spanish COM
mandyr permitted them to be exposed 20
The fire OF the United States ships The
impression IS that Admiral Sampson d!d
not pay any attention to the report that
the men were imprisoned Ia the fortress,
bar depended upon the spanish 10 remove
them 10 place of safety in case they
found that the fort was TO bs bombarded.
Otherwise d, would be- necessary TO re-
wise the good opinion OF the Spaniards
that was formed upon Admiral Cervera's 5
treatment Of them when they were cap
uTed after their escape from the Merri-
mae II the reduction ot the forts was
part Of Admiral SIMPSONS plan he could
not he deferred from carrying 1t ont be-
cause the Spaulards chose 10 put Ameri-
can prisoners between himself and the
American guns. Ii that savage plan OF
Jvcr,ng homblrdment was resorted 10
ana any damage should come 10 the pris-
oners as a consequence, the spanish ad-
miral would have an embarrassing ac-
count 60 settle n case of his capture.
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and expressed themselves AS being will
Ing 20 surrender. Terms were speedily
arranged and the Cubans took as prison.
ers one Spanish colonel. seven captains
and several other officers, besides l03 SOL
oilers. The Spanish loss amounted 10 g
dead and a large number wounded. In
cluded In the Spanish losses werr thir-
teen officers
The Cubans sustained a heavy loss. bui
lt was considerably smaller than the
spanlards. iy IS reported that there
were IS killed including nve officers OF
lower rank, and about g. wounded After
the battle. which was one OF the bltteresi
0t the war. the Cuo4ns retired 20 J.guanL
They secured large quantity OF arms
ammunition. etc., from the deserted Span
,sh camp, which We're sent 20 the head
quarters of Garc.u's camp a; Bayamo
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HEAVY LOSS TO Us.

Charleston, S, c., June S--A war laden
barge and crew of five men in tow of the
stClmer Lconida was lost last Saturday
night between Norfolk and Charleston
Tho vessel encountered severe storm
last Saturday night on the coast OF North
Carolina and during the gale the hawsers
parted and the barge went down, The
stc0mor is en- route to Key West with am
munition and supplies Tor the United
States war vessels and army
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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-09
BUFFALO ARRIVES.

Newport News, va, June S.-The cruiser
Buffalo has arrived at Old Point from Rio
Janeiro. She Is detained at quarantine
and no one is allowed to go on board
The Buffalo will come to the ship yard
here and receive a battery of 5-lnch guns.
Commander j. Fl. Hemphtll will command
the Buffalo when she receives her new
equipment.
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ANOTHER FLYING SQUADRON.

Newport News, Va, June S.--The scout
ship Yale weighed anchor and proceeded
to the snip yard, where 1t is said IL will
he considerably strengthened, provisloned
for an unusually long cruise and made
ready to receive an armament Of fourteen
6-inch guns. In connection with the al
teratons to be made to the Yale there is
an interesting story about the formation
of another flying squadron, this one to
leave the American coast in week or
two. Rumor has It that the squadron will
comprise the Yale, Harvard, St. Paul,
Dixie, st. Louis, Newark and san Fran
cisco.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-09
SPAIN ADMITS TT.

Madrid. juno Sit Is officially admitted
that tho Spanish cruiser Rclna Mercedes
was sunk hy the nro OF tho American tlcct
on Santiago Monday Five Spanish sail
urs and ~ marines ON boaru were killed
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-09
SPANS SITUATION BECOMING VERY GRAVE
Awful Results Threatening in Manila
Sampson Still Hammering Cuba.
PRESSURE OF PRESS AND CLERGY ON SPAIN.

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Great Britain called on to Decide
Delicate Case Finds II Diff
ficuIt to Do Justice.
NEWS FROM THE ORIENT
General Massacre Of Sraniards BY the
Rebels at Manila Expected Span
ish in Turn will Fall Upon the
British Riots IN China.

" oNDoN. June s.-The Paris
correspondent Of the stand
IL ard says
Tha French and Russian
governments are exchanging views
as to the expedieney OF submitting
such conquests as the United states
may make good and hold in China to
European action in conference OF
q congress Of the powers
London. June S-The correspondent
OF the Times at Kingston, jamaica.
says:
The government here is exercised at
the enforcemnt Of the neutrality laws
in It's desire to do strict justice to both
parties.
a case in point Is that OF the Span
ish steamer Purislma Conception. with
load OF provisions for Manzanlllo.
The American consul has protested
that these provisions we're Intended
for the Spanish forces. The govern
men,. however, says that they are not
contraband. The matter Is under con-
sideratIon. There are five coal vessels
here
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AUGUSTI
IN PERIL
Manila Attacked by Sea and
by Land and Spanish
General Cut off.
SAMPSON HAS A BATTLE
BOmbards Caimanera, Pouring In
a Shower Of Bombs Upon
the FOrtiilcatiOnS.
LAND ATTACK ON SANTIAGO
The Enemy Claim 10 Have $4,000
Seasoned Troops Whitney Re-
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A brakeman lost his balance and fell from cattle car on the Granite creek bridge d few days ago He fell to the creek bed below and was unconscious for more than twenty-four hours. He is at the Mercy hospital in Prescott getting on nicely.
 Stockman: A petition has been pre- seuted to Division Superintendent Hib- bard. of the Santa Fe Pacific railroad, asking him to furnish sufficient water for sheep dip and saeAring corral which the sheep owners of that section propose to erect at Winslow.
 Enterprise: Prescott people com plain ObOut there being so many flies this summer. They should come 10 Phoenix. where there are but few flies and those are hid away in the shade or roost on the floor instead of the ceiling. Phoenix is warm enough during the summer but there are no dies on us.
 Williams News: The steam wagon brought in the first consignment of ore to the shelter from the Grand Canyon copper mines the first of the week. The load of ore weighed about forty tons. A new strike has been made in the Nellis group of mines and large body of fine ore is being uncovered.
 Yuma Sentinel Col. John Shanssey yesterday received hattering report from the Mammoth mine, twenty-eight mile, up the river, on which he has been employing small force of men doing development work. An immense body of rich ore was recently uncOv- cred and the prospects are so promising that Mr. Shanssey will start force of ten men at work next Monday to thor oughly develop the property. The ledge is fifteen feet wide and runs high
The Coconino sun., 1898-08-06

enlarged from little four-column folio to handsome six-cOlumn sheet.
 Tombstone Prospector: A telegram from Fort Apache to the sheriff at Sol omonville signed Scarborough and Mill ton says: We have shot Broncho Bill and Johnson. We wait here till you come. Shooting occurred at Double Circle horse camp seventy.fve miles from here"
 Maritz Roscnbcrger shot and almost instantly killed himself Sunday morn ing at about lO3J o'clock at Phoenix. The motive of his actions are not known. H. was we'll fixed financially. His folks in New Yurx have been noti- fled and the body will be shipped east for burial
 A tarantula with but little regard for the law. bit Judge Purcell in the neck two weeks ago and the bitten place is still quite sore. At first the wound Silo"Cu nNt puUCJufcS III tDc skin, but shortly aiter"ard, they con sOlidated into one and commenced to get their work in. The fact that ta- rantula could bite lawyer and live is past comprehension. but that it could bite a lawyer and die, still entities it to some cOnsideru, ion.-Tucson Citizen. i Reports from eastern Arizona ind- cate general and abundant rains dur | ing the past week. The Gila river is now at flood and it is feared will do considerable damage if the water rises much higher. Traffic on the Southern Pacific and subsidiary lines has been greatly delayed on account of wash outs. In Graham county thousands of dollars worth of damage was done by the back water in the Sln simon river | flowing through the Moniezuma canal out on the irrigated fields, flooding them and destroying large areas of
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-22
THE OLD AND THE NEW OPPOR
TUNITY.
(New York WorId.)

When this war broke out we had every
opportunity to end it quickly.
IL Dewey's splendid performance had
been followed up by the destruction of
the Havana forts, by the conquest Of
Porto Rico, by the capture of Matanzas
or by any other operation of the kind,
there would have been an immediate end
to the war
Spain was already on the brink of a
revolution. 1t needed only one or two
more decisive victories to end the war as
Nap0leOn's wars were ended.
But our Washington boards Of strategy
are not NapoleOnic. They have potter
ed and paltered and wasted time till the
Wittinglyde loam mann rOmrm romraOma
great opportunity is lost.
They have unwittingly played into the
hands of the Spanish. Instead Of send
ing our great naval engines of destruc-
ton to repeat Dewey's performance, they
have kept them lodging about all the
seas in search of an elusive fleet whose
sole purpose was to avoid battle and to
restrain our ships from everything like
decisive action by ingenious manOeuv-
ring.
The result is that we now have a pro-
longed war on our hands, when we might
have made an end Of the affair in thirty
days We have given Blanco time to
stretch telegraph wires all around Cuba,
and we have thus multiplied his power to
concentrate troops and resist our landing.
We shall "do the job, of course. But
the cost of its doing, both in money and
in brave mems lives, will be very greatly
increased because of Sunday school
strategy and debating society direction
of military operations.
Why not even now make an end of the
potterng? Why not turn Sampson and
Schley and the military people loose and
let them do the work? Napoleon said
that "one bad general is better than two
good ones" Surely one general under
orders to capture Cuba would do more
than any board of strategy bent upon
making the most peaceful and bloOdless
war possible.
"You cannot make an omelet without
breakingp eggs" said Bismarck. And
the more promptly we proceed to break
eggs the fewer eggs shall we have tOI
break
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-22
BASEBALL YESTERDAY.

Chicago May 21.-Swaim was wild
and poorly backed up at critical points.
Griffith kept the Senators guessing until
his game was safe. Attendance 1000.
Score: r. H. E.
Chicago .....11002301%-S s
Washington .000000021-3 II 6
Batteries: Griffith and Donahue;
Swain and Mcclure. Umpires, Lynch
and Connolly. Time, 1:50
Cincinnati, May 21-Hamilton saved
the champions to-day by wonderful
catch off Beckley's bat in the seventh
inning, while two men were on the
bases. Attendance 1921. Score:
Cincinnati ....ooo0021o0-s o 3
Boston ...1012O0OO04 - 0
Batteries: Dwyer and Vaughn; Lewis
and Bergen. Umpres, Mcdonald and
O'Day. Time, 2:10.
Cleveland, Ohio, May 21.-The weak
ness of the Phillies at the bat resulted
in double defeat for them this after
noon. Attendance 1900. Score:
r. Fl. Il.
Cleveland .....2OO02OOO1-5 Is 3
Philadelphia .2OO0OOOOO-2 l
Batteries: Young and thinner; Wheel
er and Mcfarland. Umpires, Snyder
and Curry. Time, hours.
Second Game
Cleveland ..OO2OO01Ox-3 II ]
Philadelphia .OOOOOOOOO-0 Z /
Batteries: Powell and Criger; Dona-
hue and Boyle. Umpires. Curry and
Snyder Time, 1:40.
St Louis, May 21.-St. Louis played
better ball than New York to-day. and
won with ease. Attendance 5000.
Score: r.. III. Il.
st. Louis. @-14 10 A
New York. .110O002O1- 5 10 6
Batteries: Taylor and Clements: Sey-
mour and Warner. Umpires, Swartwood
and Wood. Time, 2:05.
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Leads all h8r North Carolina Da08 in B0h News and Circulation

posed here to be their ultimatA destina.
tion. From the fact that no such attack
has yet been reported, it is inferred that
the fleet is still holding its course west.
Old pilots here say that a big squadron
OF war ships might be easily worked
west and north just outside the fringe
OF Keys on the mosquito coast without
danger of discovery before they emerged
from the north end of the Yucatan chan
nell From this point they would be al
most an equal distance from Key West
and Havana, not 300 miles either way.
If their object was to break the Havana
blockade they could do it easily ii they
arrived before Scheley or Sampson. The
feeling here tonight is that the naval
battle of the war may be fought in forty
eight hours, and probably between Key
West and the north Cuban coast. Every
thing is at high tension, and both officers
and correspondents are looking for dis
patch boat tearing up the channel at
any hour with the news that the hostile
fleet has been sighted within striking
distance of Key West or Havana. 1t il
impossible to forecast the movements of
either Sampson orScheley. but the sup
position among naval men is that orders
from Washington will direct a re-distri-
button of the vessels to form new
flying squadron TO make quick round
up on the west Cuban coast, perhaps as
far around as Cienfuegos on the south.
leaving a sufficient guard of heavy yes
sells at Key West. where after all the
great battle may be fought. This after
noon the heavy squadrons off Sand Key
were joined by three big transports-the
Leona, Iroquois and Cherokee. Work
men were busily engaged putting in tenn
porary hunks bnt no one was allowed to
hoard them and no information ms to
their hailing point or destination would
he given. 1t is understood, however.
they are from New York, having started
for Tampa to transfer troops a week
ago, when the invasion of Cuba by a
land force seemed imminent. This plan.
however, was evidently checked by the
elusive movement Of the Spanish feet
and is considered in allegiance for n,
present The st. Paul this afternoon
finished coaling and received percussion
to scout S,hc iissppcarej nt sunset nm
der cloud Of smoke, heading southeast
by south.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-22
KLUTTz FOR CONGRESS.
Rowan Opposes Fusion For the Purpose
of Trading in Offices.

Salisbury, N. c., May 21-(Special.) -
Rowan county Democratic convention
was held here to-day, and delegates Sc
lected to the State, Congressional and
Judicial conventions. Speeches were
made by Hon. Lee s. Overman and Hon.
Theo. Il. Kluttz, and great enthusiasm
prevailed.
Rowan's Congressional delegation are
solid for I[luttZ.
The following resolutions was adopted:
"Resolved, First, that we renew oud
allegiance to principles of the Democrat
ic party as enunciated in the Chicago
platform.
Second that we invite all persons
without regard to past party affiliations
to unite with us in securing white supre-
macy and good government in North
Carolina.
Third. That we are opposed to any
fusion with any other political party or
organization for the purpose Of trading
in offices.
Rowan's former majority for Democ-
racy will be greatly increased this year.