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Long Conference With Secretary
Alger to Arrange Details.
for the Expedition to
Porto Rico Continue Inabnt~d-
RumOr of Abandonment Without
OundatfoH-Scssels Secured for
Transporting the Tr0oPs-Auxil-
iary Cruisers Fitting Out for a
They viii Start at Once, II ca
mara's Fleet Goes fO the Suex.

Special Dispatch 20 the Post -Intelligencer.
WASHINGTON. June 23-Gen. Miles
Will personally conduct the campaign
against Santiago and Porto Rico.
Reports were current at the war depart
ment again today that he would leave the
city within the next two days. 1t was
asserted also that he had asked 10 so into
the actual fighting by going to Cuba and
there assuming command OF the troops.
This was contradictory 10 the reports cir
culated a few days ago that Gen. Miles
would take command of the Porto Rico
expedition.
When Gen. Miles attention was drawn
to the several conflicting reports tonight,
he goodnaturedly declined to discuss them.
He considered it inadvisable to give any
.nt.mation as to when or where he would
so. His long conference with Secretary
Alger during the afternoon lent some color
TO the report that the generals future ar
rangements were under consideration.
Active ara.ions In the army for the
Porto Rico expedition continue. Gen
Miles said today that it was not worth
Nlite 10 NSIiy tHS story OF a new 1Ofk
paper that the president had ordered It's
abandonment.
Secretary Alger has practically secured
the transports necessary for the Porto
Rice expedition. CoastwIse steamship
owners holding out for big charters were
brought to terms by threats of impress
ment. Frank Hecker. OF Detroit a per-
sonal friend OF Secretary Aigor. who
knows more about coast water transporta-
tion than any other man In the country
and builds steamers for the Great Lakes,
volunteered his services as government
agent. ard brought the steamship owners
10 terms
Naval officers assigned 20 the auxiliary
cruisers fitting ont for sea have been
ordered to prepare for a transatlantic trip
10 Spain. This Is taken 10 mean that Span
ish coastwise commercs viii be captured
and destroyed. \ dispatch from Palermo
that Spain's fleet is going toward Suez Is
hailed with delight here. II 1t ever enters
the canal 4 fleet OF swift American cruis-
ecs Will 1T once attack Spain's coast Even
II the fleet stays at Cadiz an attack may
be made after Porto Rico has fallen.
sLAUSON.
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and carrying three days rations, shelter
tent and 20 car~r iges. ready to take the
field on touching the shore should they DC
called upon to do so.
The firing OF the xarships. however.
proved 70 be a needless precaution. as their
shots were not returned and no Spaniar5s
were visible.
Brig. Gen. Lawton. who had been detail
ed 10 command the Landing of the troops.
led the way IN launch. The Eighth regi-
retg, was the first to land. followed by
Gen fShafter's old regiment. the First in
fantry Then came the Twenty-hf.h in
fanfry ana Twenty-second infantry. the
Tenth infantry, the Fifteenth infantry, tho
Seventeenth infantry and Twelfth nfan-
try, the Second Massachusetts regimen.
ard a detachment OF the Ninth cavalry.
~ tha ond Of the pier the companies and
regiments quickly lined Up and were
marched away.
Cen. Lawtoa threw strong detachment
for the night about nix miles west. on 'he
road 10 Santiago and aESo'aer detachment
vas posted n0r,a of tho town among the
hills. The rest of the troops qiartered in
ths town. some % them being housed in
ths.a butflng of the Iron Company. othsr
troops were qtsartercd n deserted houses,
while pfhers s,.E preferred ihe shelter -
the!- tents in the adfo.nIag Gcl9s
The town was +aoiate whea the trooss
l4uie.. hus women ard ehilaren soon ap-
,s-1r..si IN tbe surrounding thicke;s and re-
turned tc their homes,
Tle lsa.isuF was accomplished without
,sfe loss ~ = bfe rae only oasnaliy t-sfrS
tho ~paef4ug OF an ,nsarEent In ;he hsiIs
IS q sf.eti from one ot oar ~l4ips. lie eil
- a. arm.
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cludes the remaining ba.ta.tons OF the
Thi-ty-foursa Michigan and Ninth Mas
sachuset4s. These VII complete Gen. nus-
fields command. The Third Virginia,
which belongs 90 this brigade. will not
60. as It's equipment Is incomplete. The
orders cover the entire brigade Of Gen.
Garresson, which contains the Sixth Hi
nois, Sixth Massachusetts, ard Eighth ard
Ninth Ohio regiments. The plan Is 20 re-
move ali Of Gen. Henry's division on the
Harvard and Yale. these vessels TO make
two round trips. The first viii carry mos.
1. not all Of Gen. Daffieid's brigade. The
war department allows three days for the
trip. Two days TO unload the troops and
three days 20 return 10 Newport News.
making eight days. BY that time Gen.
Garretsc-l's brigade viii be a. Newport
News ready 10 go on boarc the ships, and
then will come the second trip, taking
three days, with two days allowed for
Garre,son's troops TO unload In Cuba
While Secretary Alger and Gen. Miles
were in conference Madrid dispatch an
nouncing that fighting had begun was
shown them. The secretary read it aloud
with evident satisfaction. and both OF
them expressed themselves gratifled with
the favorable report, coming as 1t did,
from the enemy. There was no surprise
that fighting had been started so soon. 1t
was suggested that the troops had I'm
.shed their landing only this morning.
Yes, but they have gone there 10 hsne.
and are ready 10 begin il at once" replied
Gen. Miles.
Secretary Alger said he had no reason 70
doubt that our troops had encountered the
Spanish troops. and had given good ac-
count Of themselves. He commented on
Admiral Cervera S Gable tina; the situation
was critical and that the Spaniards
had been obliged 10 retire. as In strange
contrast with Madrid's claim OF Spanish
victory"
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was issued an order to avead a sa.sunder-

was issued an order TO aycsd r,!Sander-
Standing" pointing out tha. merely the
spanish left retire.. and took up posi-
lon IN the mountains. owing 20 the Amer
leans landing Esae ki-omege-s east os Bal
auiri. where there were 70 Spanish troops
and en&eavo-ing 10 ovtaank the Span-
ia7as. The note then points cat that ..ta.s
par; q The country IS very unheaithy and
thai yellow fever is rampant" The Span
!sh official dispatches are announced TO
nave created ''an excellent impression
here as indicating the Immense difficulties
o. the advance on Santiago De Cuba"
The dispatches from Cuba were read 10
ne senate today. whereapon the senator's
made patriotic speeches. Soaor Rodrigo
declared that Europe and the whole world
Is committing the greatest and most ho~-
Tiole crime n allowing Spain 10 he crush
Ell oy brutal weight Of numbers The
senator dwe.t upon ;he grave danger 10
the Latin aad Slavonic races ~ Europe
soteF.'ss Anglo-Saxon prepoaderance.
The budget was then adopted which vii,
permit the government 70 suspend the Sit
uns Of tae cor'es.
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Special Dispatch 20 the post-Intelligencer.
NEW YORK. June IA special from
Hongkong says:
The British Warshlp pigmy cleared for
Mania this morning. The Powerful, il is
reported. has been ordered from Yoko-
hama and the Centurion from Welhaiwei.
II Is openly talked that the Germans VIII
try 10 prevent the bomhardment OF Man-
ia An event that IS significant at the
present crisis occurred when Prince Hem
ry called ono Admiral Dewey 10 say good
by when the American fleet left Chinese
waters fer Manila. Consul Wildman and
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nEiNFoRcEME>Ts ron suarTyu.
Cruiser Yale Takes 1890 Men Fro~
Two Michigan Reugor,,.

NEWPORT NEWS Va June 2s-rh.
auxiliary cruiser Yale. with the Thirty
third Michigan regiment ard one ba,+ay-
'on = tne Thlfty-sour,h Michigan. sarea
from oId Point thls evening at 6 o.c1o~k
for Santiago TIE troofs to thc number
~ i.9". ar ia Command - Glen nunals
Col. Bayoton. o' the Thifty-rhtra reg;-
T1'Nnt. : se~oad in caonraand.
The men arrived fran Wellington ~
steamer early tfis morning. A large crowd
aserrn1.ed - Seq" th~ troooy erltark. ard
wren 'te Yale weighed an~har ard head
"a '9r ne capes- a r-fzsfy cneer vert 30
from tae soldiers ard civilians on she gov
erTcacnt PIERS.
The auxiliary crulaer Harvard ~iil isags
old Point tor santiago Monday or Tses-
Day Win anotner expesr.on
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MADRID SENDS OUT
REPORTS OF FIGHTING.
That the Spanish
Forces We're Beaten Hack hy
Americans at puntn DnrracO.

MADRID. June 2S. p. m--An official
dispatch from Santiago De Cuba, dated
June .. says:
The attack commenced yesterday. The
enemy concentrated his landing force In
front OF [1lnta Barraco. lying eastward Of
our eft flank. which extended for eight
leagues along the coast
Another Official dispatch from Havana
SAYS:
The commander az Santiago de Cuba
announces that the American squadron
ras commenced ths bombsriment and Is
irving 20 issmbark AZ Bsiquirl and AZ
Punta Barraco. An American warsAip has
shelled and destroyed small wooden FOR;
near Clenfuegus Seven spaniards we're
slightly wounded
p. fn--1he minister of war, Ger. Cor
rea. it IS announced. has received an off,
c!al dispatch from Santiago 20 Cuba. an
nolnclng .,hat the American attack on
Pu-.a Barraco has bern rrpulseG AFTER a
hard fought ard bloody engagement"
Tr3nta pagra~7 ts situated short dis
,an-e from Baiqutrt where the rust~9
States tro9zss landed Yesterday. II IS near
70 ,Aa ccaSt and j. tat@r .a@ guns - me
American feet. from which il can ~ ]g6a-
I'd ths; 4 "a hirnlv ..nurnhabe nat ne
army hs~ been rcp3lsed. as stated IN tae
abo47e 4 spatch.
40 g. 70 -t,ahie & .spa,csse< vec~.fe3 hAc-
from. AGrrs-al C@rvers say the rreSs Il
- Spanish narsh!ps st Santiago have
soi-esl the la-d toTc@s in order - take par:
in the defense of ,he city IL adds 'hat
tae s1.4a.{on = critical ~. later dis
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country around Santiago today with view
Of locating the troops and fixing their for
nation on the eve OF the advance. Ba,-
qu.ri IS about fifteen miles due east from
the mouth of Santiago harbor 4 small
river runs inland AZ that point. afford
ing addiJona. facilities for landing 1he
map shows road dTect from Baiqu!gi
20 the entrance OF Santiago hacbor. ard
thence along the harbor 10 the city Of
Santiago. Besides this read railroad
starts n few miles west o. Raiquirl, circ-
ling along the coast up 20 the mouth o.
Santiago harbor Juragua IS midway be-
tween Ralqulri ard Santiago harhor.
Il also has a small stream. giving add
;ional facility for landing. and the rail-
road appears to take It's star, along the
coast from that point. Back Of th.s rail-
road and highway he mp shows noun
famous formation. which would make
the progress Of an army d.fncu,t. II se,fns
evident from an examination % the army
map that Gen. Skaters troops a: Bal
qul-i Or JGTasga viii move westward aioac
the highway. perhaps utilizing the rail-
rad, and approach Santiago from the
southeast.
pstiart from this landing. which e
east % Santiago harbor. - seems evident
:hat n least 4 part Or Gen. Skaters
forces v!l land vest q tha harbo-. thg.
allowing an attack OF Santiago rom -.
northwest. The dispatches state that \
demonstration was made against Caharas.
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WASHINGTON, June I.-During con-
ference with Secretary Alger today Gen.
Niles said the American troops in Cuba
would push forward aggressively, driv-
ing the Spanish and forcing them to fight
There was not Il suggestion OF apprehen-
sion or doubt. either with Secretary Alger
would be. They had made their plans
well. and they were confident that Gen.
Shafter and his troops would be hammer
ing al the gates Of Santiago before long.
The impression hero is that the Span
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CUBANS ANNOUNCE COMPLETE
ROUT OF THE SPANIARDS

NEW YORK, June 23-The first official cable
gram received by the Cuban unta from their govern
ment since the breaking out of received here
today by Senor T. Estrada Palma 1t follows:
Playa del Este June D.
1--WE at Guantanamo. Position taken from
the enemy. Playa del Este Fought with 300 Ameri-
and SO Cubans against 45O SpaniarCs. Complete
rOut Enemy flight shameful. We captured seven
teen prisoners officer. Sixty Of the enemy
dead and sixteen wounded. Two officers killed.
'On part, we had two killed and three wound
ed We captured entyeigh Mauser rifles and 5000
cartridges
To-day the forces of Gen Rab and Brig. Gen. Cas-
tillo took Baiquir with aid Of the American ves-
sells SpaniarCs fire TO the town on retreating
Sixteen thousand American troops have debarked at
Baiquri Gen. Garcia IS board the cruiser New
York. col LaBORDE.'
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CAMARAS FLEET REPORTED
HEADED FOR THE SUEZ CANAL,

PALERMO, June 23.-The Giornale de Stella pub
llshes dispatch from the island Of Pantearia south
west OF Sicily, announcing that Admiral Camara's
squadron, consisting Of Warships including
three torpedo boats and conveying Ave TRANSPORTS
passed there June 81 going the direction Of Sez
LONDON. juno 24.-The Madrid correspondent Of
the Daily Mail says: Senor Sagasta informed the cham
berofdeputies today Thursday that Admiral Camaras
squadron was on the way to the Philippines. Prof
Saneron, the Republican leader. in bitter attack
upon the government declared that themonarchv was
to blame for all that has happened and he warned the
ministers that they suspended the cores justification
would be afforded for the Of other means His
speech rouseda tempest and the sitting suspended
-
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1ise segzson NJ the F@fsate today Senator's
Carter and wilson cAllea a-feation 20 tss
fact tAa' many - t7e officers of the e,i-
sireer regimen, teing raised In the w~ss
are taken fran the Easte~n states. saying
tha' ,hsa arrangement Was unfair ard m
aa.isfacto~y 70 the Vest. Senator Sews.l
replied IN defense of the noullaa..ss4s. 40
i.Qa rSa acat poued.
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BRITISH consul LEAVES HAVANA.
Mr. GoiInn. Who Protects Anne rfrnus.
Takes Vacation.

WAsFTNGT0N. June %7-The ifrltish
corxsl - Havana. Ms Ci1'san. wso hss
50 ~ef protected sarh American sabjec;s
care. - 70 quit HAVANA for home leave
he has bern a .ong tire in Havana con-
,.-rf,o7IsIy AMI has oera uosssr much strata
Iaieiy. Daring his ahsenes Mr. Jerome
vice consul Vii assume charge q. tas
consulate. a&oGg VITA the care II American
Interests.
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Will Not Tolerate Interfer-
enCe at Manila.
NOTICE ALREADY GIVEN.
Significant Conversation Before
the Fleet Sailed.

The American ADMIRAL Has Tola th~
ETpcror's Brother ta Keen Qut
Mcddiing Way Hiring on Aaother
War-->urrender of the Town VIII
He Demanded the Hour the United
states soldiers Reach the Phil.
tppincs--AgninaIda' Men Await
the signal fO Attack Manila.
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ARMY OFFICERS STUDY
THE MAP OF SANTIAGO.
Lay Of the Land Indicates an ATTACK
on the City From Both
Sfden.

WASHINGTON. June 23.-Army officers
were intentiy scanning the map OF the
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Pay Director L. q plt4TxE has fa-~n
s.ecfss3 secrei4ry-igea as the N4.al
&alssl ASeSc.Hsxoa.
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EYESI6HT Is PRICELESS

OF
ny outuu and
.
q
and Second avenue pah
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WILL SEEK REFUGE
By C[RV[RA' 5 GUNS
Only Hope Left to the Span
ish at Santiago.
FLEET MUST BE TAKEN.
Hard Battle Certain to Be Fought
at the Inner Harbor.
FLEET MUST BE TAKEN.

IL the Warships VIII Not Come Out
After the Destruction Of Moro,
the American Vessels VIII 60 In
Wreck of the Merrimac Thought
pletel,-Mines Considered to He of
Little DanEer-Ntfhin Eight Days
Gen. Henry's Entire Command
VIII lie La nde Il a. X Reinforce m ntS
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Th~ Ctg5Ee1e' %AtscnAl oa1k tae o,3e4>
e k2zSes CltH-. A@s beer. absorbed by TIE
Gakaa Sss-.-x.
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ten was aos. vousd,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-01-29
CATARR Rh
VS. A cuRlo lN swEpEN.
amusing Experiences or CoIored
American Preacher Abroad.

Amusing Experiences Of CoIored
American Preacher Abroad.
After an absence OF two years in
Europe Rev W. S. Brooks has return
ed to America and will take charge Of
St. Peters African Methodist Episco-
pal church at Minneapolis Mr.. Brooks
visited England. Norway. Sweden and
Finland I'm turn. IL Is question
whether he was more interested than
interesting while travelling in Scandi-
navia and Finland. He certainly saw
much that pleased and instructed him.
but his feelings were probably not to
be compared with those Of the peas
ants when they gazed upon the Amer
lean visitor. Mr.. Brooks. 1t must be
understood. is black and distinctly AZ
rican in his features Now. many of
the natives OF the interior parishes OF
Sweden. Norway and Finland have not
been twenty miles from home in their
lives and the colored man is known
to them only through books Even
the statement in the books relative to
men with black skins lave been ac-
cepted with grains Of allowance by the
most skeptical. When they heard that
a black man would lecture In their
neighborhood there was a great out
pouring of the whole countryside to
see this most extraordinary of human
beings Some walked as much as ten
miles to be present. Mr. Brooks has a
slight knowledge Of Swedish. which he
gained through friend in Baltimore,
and though he did not lecture in this
language. he was able to carry on a
conversation with the awe-struck
peasants. He was a great curiosity,
unparalleled in many life. They
were little difident about shaking
hands, much to the amusement OF Mr..
Brooks. and when they did many Of
them cast surreptitious glances at
their palms to see If any color had
como off In his public addresses he
spoke through an interpreter. He was
very much pleased with the attention
shown him and commends the dwell
ers Of Sweden and Norway for their
hospitality and courtesy.
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$40 A WEEK FOR EroHr.
Feeding Family at a Cost OF rs Cents
Day for Each Person.

In the Ladies' Home journal Mrs
persons can be fed-and we'll fed-at
the aggregate cost of $40 week. ITO
carry out the scheme she says, "ar-
ucles must be purchased economically
and no waste permitted A table which
Is supplied for a family OF eight for
$40 a week must, of necessity. be
plain. but Il may, at the same time,
not lack for variety or wholesomeness.
Sweetmeats and rich desserts must be
counted only as occasional Injuries
and company dishes must be omitted
altogether Meat, the most expensive
food Item, may be purchased in a
much larger quantity than is needed
for single meal and utilized French
fashion. The poor and middle class
of this country must learn more about
the food value Of the legumens. more
about the proper preparation Of food
and last, but not least, more about the
proper combinations Of food Avoid
the buying OF steaks, roasts and chops
each week. II Is an expensive house
ACAN AhtoNl WHICH has no itl'i Nbilf =
Of cheap dishes. A beefs heart or q
braised calfs liver makes an excellent
and economical change. Broiled
Sleeps kidneys. with a little bacon,
give a good breakfast. at cost of 10
cents. Smothered beef which may be
made from the tough end Of the ramr
steak, is appetzing and only costs
half the price Of an equal food value
of tenderloin steak. The hOusekeepei
should go TO market early and buy
only the best materials They keer
longer and go further than the in
ferior ones. Perishable food should be-
bought in small quantities two OF
three times a week Groceries enough
TO last a month should be laid I'm
Canned goods and conserved sweets
should be bought sparingly. Meat IS
always a most expensive article ant
not a particle Of 1t should be allowel
to go to waste"
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CONSCIOUS OF THEIR POWERS.
rhe Eternal WomanIy In the Rough
Girls OF the Tensments.


Girls OF the Tensments.
In the g.rH OF the rougher tene-
ment house districts the eternal WON
anly wears such a disguise of the
eternal gamin that it cannot always be
recognized. says the New York Tri-
bune. Their perness and sauciness
are only sharpened by their precocity
and their tomboy habits Of street
Arabia. a reporter recently had oc-
easion to visit lower Washington
street to ascertain the facts regard
ing the murder Of a boy down there.
lie was obtaining his information from
the boys of the neighborhood, who
might have been playmates of the dead
youth. A circle of them, together with
three or four girls OF Is or 16 years,
was gathered around him. A big,
hulking youth about 20 years old ar
rogated TO himself the place Of spokes-
man. He was evidently the tyrant,
the bully of The street a young bill
the brute" who had not yet acquired
wife to beat, and was consequently
an object of great interest to these
misses, whose skirts hat not yet
grown down to their ankles. with his
big, harsh voice he silencod every in
terruption OF his tale, saying shut
up, there; I'm tellin' this yarI." OF
course this adinration. which forms q
part OF the ordinary courtesy OF the
neighborhood did not quiet the girls.
They chahfed him and the reporter and
giggled until at last the speaker said
TO the reporter: Don't mind them
They're no count They're nothin' but
girls" "Of course he'll mind us
smarty," instantly retorted one Of the
girls. Yves the malIin's OF ladies'.
It was the eternal womanly Of street
Arabia.
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4EAr ALWAYS FLUoTUATINo
value Has Regularly Decreased and
Increased for 500 Years.

value Has Regularly Decreased and
Increased for 500 Years.
From the Boston Traveller: A Lon
IN slatstician has been looking up
be records and has made a diagram
howing the annual variation in the
9rlce Of wheat since 1641 The most
emarkable fact disclosed by his inves-
igauons is that the price rises and
alls with great regularity every four
years, and he explains that the phe-
uomenon is due to the fact that when
the market has been good farmers
have planted an increased quantity,
thus making a larger supply and fore
ing prices down again. The average
price in 1895 was % shillings ] pence
a quarter or 20 cents bushel, and In
1886 26 shillings pence. or SS cents a
bushel. The highest price ever known
for wheat occurred in 1872. when il
sold for 126 shillings 6 pence a quar-
ter, or about 1885 a bushel. The low
est price was in l743, when II fell to
% shillngs l pence. or so cents a
hushel. although il should be remem-
bered that the value OF money was
very much greater in those days than
now. Wars in any part Of The earth
have invariably increased the price OF
wheat. The most rapid advance ever
noted was in 1893 when the career OF
Napoleon was at iIs height Wheat
went from 50 to $3.50 a bushel in a
few months.