Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-07-15
SHAFIER GIVEN A FREE HA| D
prr HE MUST CAPTURE ENEMY
Waiting AnxiOusly for New"-i"e
hattie May Be Raxing-Ne"
Troop. I.anded-sh"fter's Me"-
.nwes Are Frequent.


WASHINGTON. July ll.-There are many
;,,u;,;e, at the office Of the adJutaht gen
.r,l for the latest dispatches. 10 all t"'s
answer i, returned:
"Gener,l >hafter has been gwen Tree
hand to deal with the situation, SUBJECT
"a hu, one condition, namely: That the
S,,p;,h in Santiago must be captured.
Th. officials here do not conceal thelr
that the enemy may escape
from Santiago under cover OF darkness
and are consequently relieved today wheh
show they still occupy the
town.
vh.. president himself is 80 much con-
rerued over the possible escape OF the
S,an;,h force that he directed sending
explicit order, to General shafter to pre-
vent ii at all hazards.
Several dispatches received IRON Al
miral Sampson are said t" relate 10 "'s'
patching Wat>ons fleet and the move
ments Of the transports.
M News of Battle.
Washington, July ll.-Seeretary Long,
Admiral Sicard, Captain Mahan and Cap
tain Crowninshield Of the naval war
board were in conference with the pres''
dent. On leaving the conference ut
o'clock Secretary Long said nothing had
been received Indicating that a lombard
ment is on at Santiago on the part OF
either the army on the fleet. He said he
expected to get news of the fall of San
tiayo at any hour, but added. however
that the expecta ton is based largely OH
hopes. The indication, are that all truce:
are off and that the final struggle ma :
now be on.
Landing Reiaforcements.
Juragua, July 10. via Associated Pres
Dispatch Boat and Kingston, July H.
The shores OF this little cove were ths
busiest place in Cuba this afternoon. Five
thousand men were di,embarking from
steamers, or preparing to take up thu
march to General Skaters headquarters
near Santiago. There was as much con
fusion as if 10 circuses were preparing Il
make camp.
The First Illinois. 1850 men, arrived
Yesterday, began disembarking, and vii
probably be the first of General Shafter'
achievements to reach him. About 95'
recruits for the regular army in the fielt
were under way to the front. The Dis
trict of Columbia infantry, 9l5 men, ar
rived this morning and began landing a
once. The auxiliary cruiser st. Paul ais
arrived with the Eighth Ohio infantry
1850 men.
Skaters Three Messages.
Washington, July 1.-THE war depart
ment has made public three dispatche
from General Shafter. The following wa
received at 1890 IA. M: 1.-The navy prom
ised, after the hombardment begins, t
get in close to the harbor with some G
their light draft boats. If the lombard
mcnt begins tomorrow today and is no
quickly conclusive, they will make tn
attempt. As soon as Henry's reinforce
ments arrive. we will surround the tow
and can knock it to pieces with our ligh
guns"
Twenty-three minutes later the follow
ing was received My plans for tomo1
row are to keep up bombardment on til
trenches and city, and the complete il
vestment on the northwest by troOl
!, which have just arrived at Siboney, or
regiment OF which has now reached me
, Soon after noon the following was r.
} ceived: IL regret to report that Captai
Rowell, signal officer, was killed late We
: terday afternoon
Warships Failed to Hit the Mark.
> On Board the Dispatch boat Dandy, O
Aguadores. Cuba. July 10, via Kingsto
July 1.-THE Brooklyn, Indiana al
Texas, under Commodore Schley, begs
the bombardment of the city Of Santa,
at $40 o'clock this afternoon, in obed
ence to request from General Shafte
conveyed by signal from shore. Tee Wa
ships lined up from the east to west,
quarter of mile from shore, and fir,
! over the limestone cliffs that come dow
! to the sea and hide the city, five mil
distant. The bOmbardment continued ,
- hour. After 35 shots had been fired fro
= the S;inch guns, Commodore Schley /
s $ came convinced the Brooklyn's fire W
~ falling short and ordered a cessation, d,
hitting the battleships to continue wi
their larger guns, having longer rang
e signals from the shore announced tn
I, the shells fell thousand feet short and
y little to the left of the Spanish position.
'e Reina Mercedes Sunk.