Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-26

fwomen and chlldrn. Tho next town
! HtrIkU I will blow M.
recently n tow of the Spanish cav.
airy Joined those VINO were UfhUhk ~
iht street 81 Guanlca, but the Colt
barked to puIppae. kllIng four on
Ry that time the uicuccrtor had tho
! range VI the town and tho h'1ckhura',
aud her guns were splitting nr' ANA the
doctor and pnymaator helping 20 serve
the guns
iug plvnlrymCu we're seen climbing the
hills 90 the westward and the foot sole
dlsrr were scurrying along The fences
from the town.
ny o.ti a. M. with the exception N o.
fcw guerilln shots the town was won
and the enemy was driven out Of IT,
nrirhborhood.
Tho Rpd Gross nurses on the Lam
ptHuH and detachment ~ regulars
were the hrat % land from tho trans
ports
Auor Lieut. iiuae had captured the
place hr dHpluycd hiH small forces Into
the suburbs. lut be was soon ruin
forced by the regulars who were foi
lowed hy company %. NJ the Sixth a.
iluulH and then by other troops iu quick
Succession. Al the boats of the mon.
uf.wnr transports Weru uald lu "a
work ~ landing the troops, each steam
launch towing four or Nv boats loaded
a. the rails with soldiers uut every.
thing progressed IN an orderly manner,
and according TO the plans 90 Gen.
Miles
The latter went ashore az about noon.
after stopping to boards the gloucester
and thank Lieut. Commander VAIN.
wrIght for hls gallant action
Con. Miles said 10 the correspondent
OF the Associated Press: "gunuicu aud
Clngn are In the disInfpctod portion OF
the island. Amnteo. the insurEent
leader. lives NJ Yauro. q Few miles
inland. Had we landed NJ Cape san
Juan a line Of rifle pits might have
stopped our advance"
There IL no doubt that Gen. Miles's
plans are bcing kcpt absolutely see
,rrrt.
y The spirit Of the troops. men aud on.
% ncofr, L. admirable.
The Massachusetts and Illinois con-
~ 'lnErn MS. which have been coourl up
!. ] M board The Yale and rita Tor %
!. fortnight viii be- delighted 60 FUt
~ ashore and viii be- well protected by tn
u artillery before serious advance d.
u begun.
Z LOCATION OF LANDING PLACE.
(. Washington. July ge.-Guanicn. IA,
d point ui drbafkutiun nf the Porto WlCau
revolutionary force. 10 small town of
lpll Inhabitants ON tho southern coast
ll lhr island, on rough calculation
" u itaa than twenty miles ais lny
lAlAht itom Ponce ami sixty live mllca
nom san Juan, against which tho AH
aault ~ 90 be directed
Hunnion h about six miles south OF
iaueu, Of which city 10 forms thu
port ana with which u IL connected
10y "a good road, Tho town Ia sltuA.
l'l on bay OF the same name. which
island.
The banks 10 the right are Htoep and
iNIm good natural wharf Three
vessels con lie alongside and unload
ny means ~ gang pluukh. The yes.
gt OF thtty feet drnft can enter the
9ay easily ana proceed close In shore.
Ihe conspicuous advantage OF this
ppit, aside from its excellent harbor
lncllltlea Tor the transports, ~ the
utter absence Of fortincntionH or mines.
GOVERNMENT rs WAITING.
The government il waiting 10 hear
,"h.linaNoh ot the reported dlsrm.
hhikutiuu ~ Miles troups. m. A.
partmont did not expect 10 hear M
u'ngtui Allies landing near Ponce. "a
mentioned In newspaper dispatches but
u N admitted that General Milo n
master " his own movements upd lt
h entirely conceivable that he ncnttlr.t
information alucg the original pIaps
were formed Tor tho campaign AGAINST
lurto ltleo that tea him 10 moan,
laein az the moment when thry Wrrs
Co. be put into execution. VIM. a.
Instance from Ponce 10 San Jtian H.
mu'h greater than from The polnt
originally selected Tor Mllos's ianIIns
sAuAsrA ADMITS N.
Madrid, July 20, .. m.-Premier
0AkAatu, Whun questioned ON the an,
lrtt today, admitted that an Amsrir,,
'uIee hhu landed az drfcnseioss polnf
sh he Island of Porto Rico" hui no
gt nl ,.,,, 20 mat Cuect was given out
mere ~, according 10 the military T.,
lollnhilon charts, a splendid maea1-
aHlAtl road leading directly arr,s.
We island 90 san Juan, ON ths n,r,h
ahnfe' such a road as This. A. it w.
h"p'ly described In the archives Of
tnc war department. would H. 80.
ltile affected by the torrantlaI rains ~
tnlH season, no that q might bs ms.
~ Tor our troops, ucC0mnanled a.
lhey WIN be by field artillery a.
mAlNh across the seventy miles 10
,iM,,h Romeo and San Juan In loss
tlWe than would have bsrn r.,,,i,.a,
20 cover the much shorter dist,rlluu' ca
tween the capital and some ~ II,
yihtr points that have been nan,sd
/ me landing place Tor the tro1ns 80
wherever the landing may hbve h..,,
made, the war department eyn,,,' "
! MGR from Cen Miles very soon. lar a..
npn b. p',n long enough on the coast Of
zorro Rico 90 have established hir
s'lt somewhere ashore. and Ia h ,','-
forwarded some communication IA ~
government, There VIII DC no dlnir,,i,,,
lh lhe prompt transmission of mn, dt,sS
unl,heu me general may lie over tbo
cable from ~ Thomas. 'he
! The session of the cabinet tod.
practically without Incident ~, Mas
were NO Important dispatches ana tso
nes mess done was OF minor charocts,
While without oniolal advlces ~ ~,
landing OF Miles expedition there wa" WA
Itt''i a. hs eiinvsNo1n or the press reports
point ON the south coast az Pa,, u
i"eo near Ponce, II made at all. Vas