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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-30
FEW NILES APART.
,nerican and Spanish Armies Almost
Face 10 Face Near Santiago.
c,,. Whec,er Places tho Number OF Killed
IN tho Battle OF seviils at 22 and
Wounded Between Oand so
spanish Loss Heavier.

or JrEAGrA, via Kingston, Jamai-
,. l-ac -5 Troops Of the United
>.s,,> and Spain are almost face to
tscc anil Jess than four miles apart.
Tonight ;hc picket lines at certain
ro.n,> are within haiiing distance of
che enemy II seems certain that the
l,,,.c o. santiago must come within a
wee,
The troops are all ashore here and at
ra.Qg,-i with the exception of few
scattered companies that have gone
forward The supplies arc sufficient
iocnao.c the army TO sustain weeks
amsa en at toth landing points.
There is continual procession of
small boat, riding onto the beach
through the pounding surf and, as one
vcca, ra,ionS are already landed, it i,
believed the required supplies will all
he ashore by Tuesday, the 2Sth.
Tie landing Of troops. horses and
supplies has been extraordinary. With
only one steam barge and compelled
'odcpcui on trcacherous small boats,
ten. >haftcr had landed over 5000
men hundreds Of horses and mules
anil thousand, of dollars worth Of
supple, on the exposed beaches and
ON - two men have lost their lives
No more than 30 animals have been
and scarcely a package of
supple, has been lost
The oNiccrN generally are surprised /
Of ,Ac sinai. los, Of life and property. |
1cr >haftcr said Saturday:
y am vc.i satisfied with the prog |
-c>, tina; !, being made. The disem- /
.araa'.ou is Slow, but considering the
Iu.,cI facilities and the exposed ma
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-30
WELL INFORMED.
Thought 1t VIII he Necessary TO Lay q
Regular Siege to santiaco-Rhe
Pits to Bc stormed.

Orr SANTIAGO, June -, via Kings
ton, June 2s.-Some Officer, tclieve il
will be necessary TO lay a regular siere
to Santiago and advance with line Of
carthworks until the rifle pits can lie
sheli-d by shrapnel by the light artil-
lery. These pieces have an effective
shrapnel range Of 800 yards. and the
Mauser rifles il the hands Of the
Spaniards are sighted 70 1900 yards
and they kill at ., 100 yards.
However gratifying to the national
pride is the careless attitude of our en-
listed men. the grave fear remains that
they may need more severe lesson
than the ambush of the rough riders
before they realize the deadly posi-
bilities Of modern warfare The road
over which the ordnance must be
brought is dcnscly lined by UNDER
brush; every yard is an artificial hcdre-
row and the road TO the base Of
supplies is in a similar state. But
very little danger is apprehended of
flank attack, as it is evident Gen.
Linares is acting strictly on the de-
fensivc. The failure OF the Spanish
troops at lIolguin, Manzaniilo and Gu
antanamo to effect a junction with
MIN has left the Spanish commander
50 weak that it would be an act of in
sanity upon his part to attempt to as
sumo the aggressive or to retreat
The problem now confronting the
army is the Sportation Of supplies.
for the roads to the front are still i'm
passablc for wagons, but are being
improved. In the meantime the pack
train is being used. The first of these
left Juragua Sunday night and others
eft Monday. The officers and men we're
com. lctely out Of ratiOns SUNDAY. |
The 18th received half rations and Mon |
lay they received nothing. The boys
ire complaining bitterly, but are paci-
led with the assurance ,hat the pack
rain would be here Monday.
should 4 night attack occur our SOL
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-30

diers would fare worse than did the ma
rincs at Guantanamo, as the attacking
] force here would not be at the disad-
vantage of having to charge uphill.
The Cubans with the advance forces
in spite of the good behavior
of their comrades at Guantanamo
seem to be utterly worthless.
All day they sit in the shade Of
their Ia'm matched camps and
at night they smoke cigarettes and
gorge on Uncle Sans rations, while in
sight of them Uncle Sans boys with
empty stomachs and not bit of to-
bacco for their pipes, build roads all
day under the blazing sun and sleep
on their rifles under the star-lit sky at
night.
The Spaniards are using brass
sheathed lead bullets, and the brass
rips on touching and tears the flesh
horribly, while the small brass splin-
tiers cause blood poisoning. They are
practically explosive bullets and are
used in the Remingtons. They also
cut small cross through the end of
the MauScr bullet 50 that it mush-
rooms on striking, with a similar re-
suit.
The outlook here is threatening,
Everybody believes great battle is
imminent With the Spanish and
American advance posts almost close
enough to see the whites of each
others eyes, collision may occur at
any moment
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''ic of the landing places, the men
lave doac we'll | only await the
'-n'ing of sufficient supplies TO
'r'n the movement on Santiago
dm unable to say when it will take
P"c'. am much pleased at the GAL
''H' conduct Of our men in the action
"' >cy.'Ia Yesterday and with their
''o' and ycteran-lkc work. The VIC
try was complete"
Cen Wheeler in his official report
PAGES the number of dead in the en-
'a'rmcnt at Seviila as - and the
"'U"ocd as between 7Oand 50 No at
mpi has yet tecn made to prepare
d" ohic.al list with the names of the
"''' amt wounded The high grass
amt bushes Of the battle ground make
IL difficult TO find the bodies but an Of
.'''. list will probably be prepared by
Monday.
The bol.es Of 80 SpaniarIs have
,',n found and the Spanish loss in
"''d and wounded was doub,les,
"DcN heavier than the American.
INe majority Of the American troops
''' ITO" here or at the front in the
cni'y Of >cvilla. The force at the
,''VF place, which is about nine miles |
.''m santiago, numbers 5000 |
nmcnclns and 1909 CubanS Gen.
"''e.er is in command there, with |
u'">. loung. Lawton and Chaffee. Gen.
""''.er viii remain at Sevilla, which
"' D. made rendezvous for the
'''''' landing at Baiquiri, and at this
'."'' 'he artillery and cavalry being
f'' 'ofward from Baiquiri. The cav
'''y nave been sent ahead to cut
,on road through the underbrush.
rom The American position at Se-
''', santiago is plainly visible and
t 'v 'oruhcations can BE- seen. The
wing reports to Gen. Shafter from
uon,:
"eD' Shafter: IL have just seen
~ negro boys who left Santiago this
m .o' ''ng Saturday. They report that
.o|, '',oiers and citizens are very short
''oo' The soldiers and officers have
49,. 80, u al the food in the shops. They
- h'''ing young horses for food and
!" 'he hospitals are subsisting on
''esa made Of rice -four
o., 'nree Spanish generals took part in
Wy. Ngn' at sevilla yesterday. Five
.'H LOADS Of wounded were carried
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of thanks and medals OF commemora-
tion. Capt. lIodgsdon is to be suitably
recognized.
The president in mentioning Hob
son cities the fact that the crew with
him have already been promoted.
WASHINGTON. June 2S.-After the
presidents message in regard to Lieut.
Newcomb and Capt. Hodgsdon was re-
ceived in the senate Monday, Senator
frye introduced a bin proposed at the
navy department carrying the presi-
dents Recommendation into effect. The
+, solution appropriatcs $1,000 for the
manufacture of medals.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-30
HObson Heard From.

WAsHINGrON, June 25.-The navy de-
partment las just received the follow
ing cablegram:
PLAYA DEL ESTE. June 25.-From n
flag of truce learned to-day that
Lieut.. Hobson and his companions are
all well. They are confined in the city
of Santiago, four miles from MORO.
SAMPSON.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-30

NEw YORK, June 2s "A World cable
from Port Antonio states that when "a
dispatch boat left Baiquiri sunday
night Sampson had reduced every con.
ceiyable fort on the coast about Santi-
ago harbor and was in n position To
enter and destroy Ceryera's fleet when
the land engagement should begin.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-30

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz, June 2s.-Mrs.
James Gaylor, the woman lost in the
Grand Canyon of the Colorado river on
Friday last, was found on Saturday
morning. She was lost for "a hours
without food or water Mrs Gaylor
arrived here Monday night, none the
worse for her experience.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-30
Mail for the Soldiers.

kEY WEST, June 2s "A vessel carry
ing mail for the American soldiers
and sailors engaged in the Cuban cam
paign left here Monday, and a vessel
bringing the first mail from the army
is supposed to be on her way to Key
West
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-30
Auxiliary Volunteers.

WAsHINGToN, June IS, S,-Representa-
tive Hull, of Iowa, Monday introduced
q bill ITO provide auxiliary volunteers
for the occupation and defense Of any
island or other territory that may come
under the con troll of the United States.
The bill involves only colored volun-
teers and is framed at their individual
request
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-30
.America" to BE Played Separately.

NEW YORK, June 25.-The secretary
of war has issued orders to all army
posts that America" shall be played
by army bands separately fiom other
airs, and not Incorporated In medleys
or played with variations
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-30
British Steamship Morse King Purchased.

BALTIMORE, June 25 The govern
ment has purchased the British steam
ship Morse King, of the Puritan line
of steamers plying between here and
Antwerp. The vessel will be used for
condensing purposes and as water
tender for tue troops.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-30
Soldier Killed by Lightning.

TAMPA, Fla, June 25.-Whilc on q
practice march Friday afternoon Pri.
vatc Fred Nicholas, Company c, 2d
New York, was killed by lightning.
Several other soldiers were shocked
but none fatally.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-30
Engineer Killed, Fireman Fatally sclIdcd.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, June 25.-As the
second section of the Burlington train,
carrying the Torrey cowboy regiment
of cavalry from Fort d. a. Russell tc
Jacksonville, Fla, was pulling irto st.
Joseph union station Thursday, the
engine jumped the track, and after
blowing through the earth for so feet,
toppled over on its side. Engineer
John W. Fuller, of this city, who
bravely remained at his post, was
caught beneath the tender and killed.
Fireman George Christman, who also
lives here, was SO badly scalded that
he will die
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-30
Tera. Troops nt ramna.

TAMPA, Fla, June 2s-Two COM
panies OF tie srd Texas regiment ar
rived Monday. They will leave Tues
day night for Key Vest
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-30
Transports Have Not Arrived at Manila,

MANILA, June %, via Hong Kong,
June 2S-The American transports
have not arrived here up to the time
this dispatch is sent There is no
change in the situation.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-30
Gen. Shafter AT JuraRua.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 2s-Maj
Gen. Shafter has removed his head,
quarters from Baiquiri TO Juragua
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-30
Potter PaImer,s Genero.Ity.

CHICAGO, June IS. Mayor Harrison
Monday received from Potter Palmer
u check for $4,000 as a contribution to
the army and navy leagues relief iund.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-30
A Record Hreaker.

SPRINGFIELD. o., June % The first
wheat of the season was harvested
Friday by Andrew GoodfeNow, on the
old Columbus road. This is . record
breaker.
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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

dated Saturday cveningD
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-22
CONDITION OF IOWA TROOPS.
General Lee Denies Reports That
Many Are Sick.

Washington, Aug. 21-Late tonight
Adjutant General Corbin made public
the following dispatch from General
Fitzhugh Lee. in command of the Sew
enth army corps at Jacksonville:
Replying to dispatch from Hon. John
H. Gear, Burlington, Ia, to you, will
state that the condition of the Fiftieth
Iowa is exaggerated. Yesterday morn
ing's report shows LOIS enlisted men
present, 20 sick in hospitals, four in
quarters. The total number sick in the
hospital in the Second division, to
which it belongs, is 404 out of 10, 1877 en-
listed men present. The division hos
pital is ably managed and well taken
care of. has electric fans and comfort
able appliances of all sorts, and has
now 100 soldier nurses, many of whom
have had experience in civil hospitals.
In addition the surgeon general has
ordered 30 trained women nurses here,
who Will arrive soon, and an officer has
been sent north to enlist $50 trained
nurses from TIE large cities of the
north. The Fiftieti Iowa has lately
had its camp moved and is getting
along well. The trouble at home seems
to be the result of want of knowledge
of these existing facts. The Forty ninth
Iowa, the other Iowa regiment here,
has, by yesterdays report, 1,257 enlist
ed present, of which y are sick in the
hospital and 81 in quarters. Apart from
summer fevers there is very
little sickness in this corps.
"(Signed) LEE.
Major General Commanding Seventh
Army Corps"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-22
SILVER In OHIO.
Bryan Men Will Control the Demo-
cratic Convention.


Dayton, o., Aug. .2f.-The Democratic
state convention will be held here this
week. with the usual district meetings
Tuesday afternoon, the committee
meeting Tuesday night. and the con-
vention proper on Wednesday. The in
dications are that the free silver men
will control the convention, although
the more conservative element has re-
organized the state committee recently.
The more conservative delegates from
Montgomery, Butler and other counties
have their seats contested and may be
thrown out The conservatives are
represented by Congressman Sorg, eX-
Governor Campbell, eX-Collector Dow
ling and others, while the friends of
John r. Mclean, who managed the
last state campaign, are radically for
free silver and the Chicago platform.
Most of the fractional fighting is for the
control of the state committee. Judge
Allen Smalley, who will preside over
the temporary organization and deliver
the keynote speech, is radically for free
silver and for the denomination of
Bryan.
Among those mentioned for the head
of the state ticket as candidates for
secretary of state, are William Bell of
Late Jones of Wayne, II. G.
Derau of Sandusky and Thaddeus
Crowley of Pickaway county.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-22
THB SALT LAKE HERALD: MONDAY AUGUST 90 1898

blouses, 2Ss. 7s2: trousers 4e6, 42S; hats. 9s4.
511.37S pairs; undershirts, 1886: tents
1T9. l42, etc, etc. The total weight of food
and forage distributed daily to the army
is approximately 500 tons. Added TO this
is the large fleet of transports chartered
and purchased, the management of the
same in conveying troops, supplies and
ammunition.
army and is deserving of very great
credit for his work. The signal corps
has provided splendid service. furnishing
cable, telegraph, telephone and signal
service to the different commands in the
field.
If you had a day or two to spare. l
would like to sandwich in a little work
statements in detail. which l think would
bewilder you If anything can. Sincerely
yours. r. A ALGER
Hon. Chauncey M Depew, New York
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-22
ARMY AND NAVY GOSSIP.

The Luneta is the fashionable prone
made of Manila, and one may there see the
best social side of the Philippines The
Luneta is sort of Fifth avenue along the
banks of the PaSig river.
Kite telephones for torpedo boat de-
stroyers are being tried by the British
navy. A kite sent up held by two strings,
each attached to destroyer, along which
the message Is sent OF what practical use
in warfare this device is expected TO be
no information is given.
The Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune calls
attention to the fact that every colonel
that went out under Shafter has been
killed or disabled by disease and sent
north. That is fatality almost unexam-
pied in modern warfare, but it also tells
glorious StOry-One to adOrn the pages
of United States history.
The last issue of the Foglio d. Ordine, or
official journal of the Italian navy, con-
tains the following order: ON battleshps.
as q general rule. the use OF wood will be
abolished" This is the first effect of the
report of the American naval experts
after the destruction of Admiral Ger
vera's squadron by the American fleet.
DIR. Field. who was the examining sur
geon for the naval reserves. while the re-
cruiting was being done in New Orleans
has many a good story TO tell of recruits
a German who was walking his post and
calling the hours as required He called:
Seven bells and all's vell-' The next call.
howevec, was a variation. II was Eight
musket oferboard."
Skaters luck is often spoken of IN
army circles. He was a farmer boy when
he enlisted for the civil war and had risen
to first lieutenant at the close of hostih-
ties Then he applied for transfer to the
regulars. His request was granted, but
the clerk in the adjutant generals office
wrote lieutenant colonel" instead Of
lieutenant and the commission was
signed by Lincoln with big batch of 9TH
ers Protest was made by men over whose
heads Shafter had been promoted. bu- in
the turmoil incident TO the assassination
the matter was dropped.
4 member OF the house of commons has
two nephews who are engineers in the
navy. In a letter to his uncle
one or ms young kinsmen relates. that III
one of the commandments of MORO castle
a gun OF an American battleShip was put
out of action by q shell from the forts.
Immediately all the chief engineers were
summoned from the whole fleet by signal
and were brought aboard this ship TO give
advice as TO the gun. They all looked at
the gun and examined her damaged ma
and the result of their combined
wits was that in half an hour the gun was
back in action, as sound as ever!
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-22
CURIOUS COMBINATIONS.

Dried apricots are sent from Califor-
MIA to London.
Elephants are fond of gin, but will
not touch champagne.
The average length of a whales jaw
bone IS seven feet.
AS rule, a mans hair turns gray
five years sooner than a womans.
In South America there is a race of
cats which does not know how to NEW.
The smallest known insect, a parasite
of the lizard. is but one-ninetieth of an
inch in length.
The last two descendants or Chris
topher Columbus are said to be occu-
pants of a poorhouse in Cadiz.
The heart beats ten strokes minute
less when one is lying down than
when in an upright position.
The time required for Niagara to cut
it's gorge has been variously estimated
at from 1000 to $4,000 years.
1t is said that an ordinary caterpillar
increases 10000 times in bulk 80 days
from the time it is Matched.
According to careful estimates, three
hours of close study wears out the
body more than whole day of hard
physical eXertion.
Ginger is a tropical production of
Mexico, where it grows wild. 1t has
been cultivated from an early period
in tropical Asia.
Queen Victoria, who has of late taken
to wearing spectacleS in public has
for many years regularly bathed her
eyes, morning and evening, in weak
tepid tea. This old-fashioned remedy
was in favor with the Duchess of Kent.
There recently died in Honolulu AS
wan, who, after TIL Fong, was the
richest Chinaman Hawaii ever boosted
of. He had been a resident of the
island for 40 years, and began his life
there as a house servant He was
scrupulously honest. and as many
whites as Cinnamon attended his flu
neral.
Within the last 20 years the French
have annexed no fewer than 5000. Oor
square miles of Africa They own
Alberta, Tunis. ''the light soil' of the
Sahara, Senegal, the Ivory coast. the
western Soudan, Dahomey, the French
Congo, and large tract on the So
mali coast, while in Abyssinia they are
making steady way
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-22
THE SEA POWER.

American-English Old-Teuton are We;
Kindred race, the same speech, and like
law make us one.
And old wars with each other have made
us both free;
So. for freedom as one let our two ban
nerS bb
Wheresoever the tides of the high seas
run.
Flag with flag, ship with ship. and great
gun with great gun
Let old Union Jack with Old Glory ally. \
Asking not of the past. which was right
or which wrong,
And the two on the sea may together defy
All the flags all the rest of The powers
And command the peace to their lands
As the Eagle is swift and the Lion is
strong.
To ally for the help and not for the harm
OF the peace of all lands and their free
dorq and light
To d1spel enc ano her s distrust ana alarm
To lmpel one another in trust TO disaIm.
And to RID their taxed toll of wars bur-
den and blight
Only that be the sea powers mission of
might.
As the sea power goes with the sea around
the world
With the sea round the lands and be-
tween land and land
To the lands from the sea (where its flags
are unfurled)
Its mandates shall come as the pillows
are hurled
On the beach or In rippleS received on
the sand
As the right OF persuade or the might to
command.
Such the Anglo-American sea power be-
Let its flags on the sea fly together as
one
Though as two on the land. always one
on the sea-
Aye. America. England, Japan, may the
three
Flock together wherever the high seas
run,
Flag with flag. ship with ship, and great
gun with great gun.
Coates Kinney in the Cincinanti En-
quirer.