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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-26
LANDING OF THE TROOPS.
Belated Dispatch from General Shat
ter to the Mar, Department..

ter to the Mar. Department.
WASHINGTON, June 25.-The following
has been received here from Playa del Este,
via Haiti. June 25, addressed to "Adjutant
General. U. S. A.. Washington, D. c.
"Baiquiri, June 23.--Had very fine. voyage.
Lost less than fifty animals; six or eight
to-day Lost more putting them through
the surf to land than on transports. Com
mand as healthy as when we left; eighty
men SICK only deaths two men drowned in
landing landings difficult. Coast quite sim
liar to that in vicinity of San Francisco.
and covered with dense growth of bushes.
Landing at Baiquiri unopposed. All points
occupied by Spanish troops heavily bonn
barded by navy to clear them out. Sent
troops toward Santiago and occupied Jaru-
qua City, naturally strong place, this
morning. Spanish troops retreated as soon
as our advance was known. Had no mount
ed troops or could have captured them,
about six hundred all told. Railroad from
there. Have cars and engine in possession.
with assistance of navy disembarked six
thousand men yesterday and as many more
to-day. Will get all troops off tomorrow,
including light artillery and greater portion
of pack train. probably all of it, with some
of the wagons Animals have to be jumped
to the water and lowed ashore.
Had consultations with Generals Garcia,
Rabi and Castillo at ! p. m. of the goth,
twenty miles west of Santiago. These Off
GERS were unanimously of the opinion that
landing should be made east of Santiago.
l had come to the same conclusion. Gen.
Garcia promises to join me at JaruCua City
tomorrow with between 5000 and 1000 men,
who will be brought from west of Santiago
by ships of the navy to Jaragua City. and
there disembarked. This will give me be-
tween 1000 and 5000 Cubans and leave 1000
under General Rabi to threaten Santiago
from the west.
General Kents division is being disem-
barked this afternoon at Jarugua City and
will be continued during the night The as
sistance of the navy has been of the great
est benefit and enthusiastically given; with
out them could not have landed in ten
days, and perhaps not at ALL as l believe
1 should have lost many boats in the surf.
At'present want nothing. Weather has been
good; no rain on land and prospects for fair
weather. SKATER,
Major General u. S. A. Commanding"
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ProbabIx a "Feeler.n

WASHINGTON, June 25.-The announce
ment from Madrid that the United States
has suggested peace conditions with Spain
was received here with great interest, for
the reason that the report was regarded as
a ''feeler" set afoat with the distinct pur-
pose of developing the state Of public feel
ing in America, as we'll as in Europe. There
is no basis of fact for the report, for when
It was exhibited at the State Department
II met a prompt and unqualified denial at
every point No overtures have come to the
department from any responsible diplomat
as yet looking TO the contamination of
peace. Still, it is known that some of the
representatives of the European powers
here realizing the serious inroads that are
making upon European commerce by the
continuance of hostiities, stand ready at
any suspicious moment to sound our gov
eminent as to what conditions might serve
as a basis Of negotiations for a brief period.
These diplomats would naturally closely
watch the effect upon the people of the
United States of such a rumor as this COM
ing from Madrid, and if the general senti-
merit seems to incline to the acceptance of
some such conditions they would be quick
to advise their governments, in the expec-
tation of receiving instructions to approach
the government Of the United States on the
subject.
The terms suggested in the Madrid dis
patches seem calculated to tempt that ele-
ment in the United States which, realizing
the impotence OF attempting to restrain al
together the popular desire for territorial
acquisition, seeks to confine it within the
lowest reasonable limits. The conditions
also are such as naturally might suggest
themselves to the Spanish element most in
clined for peace as proper basis for nego-
tiations although it cannot be expected that
they would initially completely meet the de-
mands of the United States.
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NEEDED THE WARNING.
German Steamer Ordered Not to Enter
San Juan de Puerto Rico HarbOr.

Copyright 1885, by the Associated Press)
ST. THOMAS, Danish West Indies, June
25.-The steamer Francia, Captain Schrot-
ter, of Hamburg, bound for SANTANA, Santo
Domingo, for San Juan, with passengers
only was stopped six miles north of the
Porto Rican coast at noon on Friday by the
American auxiliary St. Paul, which fired
blank and solid shots across the Francias
bow. An officer of the st. Paul boarded the
Francia and told her captain not to enter
San Juan. Captain Schroeder continued on
his course, whereupon the ST. Paul signaled:
"Obey orders or 1 will fire into you The
Francia obeyed and was followed for four
hours by the st. Paul She arrived at st.
Thomas on the 25th bearing two passen-
Vieguez states that American war ships
have been seen for the last ten days off the
Porto Rican coast.
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s BARCELONA, June 25 = The Society of
the Friends of Peace. consisting of MEM
bers OF the leading commercial and economic
industries, have unanimously adopted reso-
luuons urging upon the government to nego-
tiate for peace. During warm discussion
which preceded the adoption of the reso-
luuons several of those present advocated
peace at any price, and the majority
thought the war should be prosecuted until
the Spaniards gained a victory, (which
would lessen the severity of the terms" 1t
was pointed out that since the war there
had been great decrease in trade thai
many factories had stopped working, that
the workmen were suffering ana that there
would be distress in several provinces il
the harvest was bad
The Diarto, a mercantile and commercial
organ, opposes the society and urges thai
peace should never be concluded on terms
which shadow the national honor"
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what Attracted the Men.

New York Times.
Before the window of a Broadway shop
the other day large crowd was gathered.
There was something interesting going on
just inside but what it was it was difficult
for the later Corners to tell SO dense was
the crowd of men and women. There was
goodly proportion of men, and they were so
interested in what there was to be
seen in the window that they crowded each
other, looked around each other, and over
each others shoulders. 1t was the number
of men in the crowd which attracted other
people. 1t could not be so unimportant
matter as a pretty or new design in gowns
that would interest man. And 1t was not.
The shop was a hairdressers establishment,
and in the window sat a woman-not
young mountaineering head of false hair
on a form and without, as placards in the
window stated using a hairpin. Just what
in that operation could have interested SO
many men 1t would be hard to tell. 1t may
be that they had a scientific interest in the
mystery Of hairdressing. or more probably
they were meditating upon the kind of new
woman which would be developed when the
feminine world was emancipated from that
hitherto necessary and valuable adjunct,
the hairDin
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-26
This Is SianderOus.
New York Evening Sun.

If the women's clubs really wanted to win
the hearts of those in charge of the feder-
alton meeting HOW on the eve of session in
Denver there was one certain way of doing
So-by sending deaf mutes as their several
delegates. Every one knows that the real
trouble at such conventions is never the
paucity. but the plethora of eloquence; the
time-consuming perorations of those women
who having gone to much expense and
bother to get there, are determined, once
there, TO lift up their voices and make them
selves heard. Away back among the wom-
ems clubs of the cave dwellers there may
have been members who were sbashful about
speaking in public or hearing their own
voices but that was long time ago. To-
day the club woman, and particularly the
club delegate, who doesn't get up TO speak
at least twice on every subject preached Is
not considered worthy OF her badge, her
chief rules of oratory being that she shall
know precious little about the subject. and
that she shall interrupt some other woman.
already discussing 1t. With these rules in
such active operation as they are to-day,
it is no wonder that the leaders of the press
ent "Bi'-the largest of its kind~-are well
nigh beside themselves at the mere thought
OF what they will have to do IN the way OF
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Copyright 1898, by the Associated Press.)
OFF JURAGUA. on board the Associated
Press dispatch boat Wanda. June "a. 4 p.
M, via Port Antonio June 25. s a. m.-While
the land forces were fighting four miles
northwest of Juragua to-day Rear Admiral
Sampson learned that the Spaniards were
endeavoring to destroy the railroad leading
from Juragua to Santiago de Cuba. This
road runs west along the sea shore. under
cover of the guns of the American fleet.
until within three miles of Ell MORO and
then out through the mountains along the
river into Santiago. When the attempt of
the Spaniards was discovered the New
York, Scorpion and Wasp closed in and
cleared the hills and brush of Spaniards. A
sent out from Juragua during the afternoon
to repair the track. 81
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REPORTS FROM BLANCo.
Spanish Version of the Fighting Near
Santiago De Cubn.

Santiago De Cuba.
MADRID, June 25, a. m-The official re-
port of Captain General Blanco on the re-
cent fighting near Santiago de Cuba says:
Three hundred Americans attacked the
Spaniards near Siboney and SeviIlas. The
Spaniards had three men killed and three
wounded The Americans then attacked
General Rubon's camp, but they were re-
pulsed the Spaniards pursuing them and
taking possession of their ammunition and
clothes.
The American war ships have bombarded
Casilda1
The Spanish version of the American op-
erations in Cuba received from official
sources at Havana says Rear Admiral
Sampson conferred during the week with
the fnsurgent leaders Calixto Garcia, Rabi
and Sebreco. with the object of concentrat-
ing large force of insurgents at landing
place. Sebreco met an American vessel at
Bayamito. received two thousand rifles and
a quantity of ammunition, and safely con-
veyed them to Garcia's posts accompanied
BY small force of Americans from the
steamers. They then attempted to join Cas-
tillo at Bayurnao, but the Spaniards pre-
vented them, having organized such a per-
feet defense between Manzanillo and Sam
lago that the rebels did not dare to risk
p serious engagement with the Spaniards
Conunuing. the official report says the in
surgents expected that the point of dis
emDarkatlon of the Americans would be de-
void of defenses." Then a singular expla-
nation Is made by the retreating Spaniards
VINO assert that they have checked the
+ american advance on Santiago
Another account OF operations from Span
ISM sources asserts that the insurgents at
tackled Bayurnao and were REFUSED with
the loss OF twenty-five killed.
The schooner Amapala has left Havana
for Mexico, ii is announced, packed with
refugees.
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ditions in Havana were so dreadful for the
poorer classes that any risk was preferable
to starvation The Amapala came out of
All of the capfives are confident of release.
Hardly any provisions were on board at the
time of the capture. NO cargo or contra
band articles were found and she may not
The refugees report everything quiet at
Havana, which looks like deserted city
since business and traffic are at stand
still. The banking firms of II. Upmann &
Co., John Borjes & CO.. Varcisco Ruiz and
N. G. Late * Co. are the only ones doing
any business. All other firms are either
closing up or dragging on, waiting for the
end of the war. having discharged all en-
P,oyes Hunger and f sta 3 stare n sne
ing laid in three months stores. After they
are exhausted distress will be general, as
there is no further source of supply
The stories regarding the relief through
southern ports are denied. Nothing has
gone into Havana for over a month, and the
der and robbery are of daily occurrence in
Havana, prompted In every case oy want
and hunger
George Base, the charterer of the ANA
pala, has an affidavit countersigned by Mr..
Alexander Gollan, the British consul gem
eral, acting as American charge. d'affaires,
certifying to Bases intention TO leave CUBA
on the Amapala within the thirty-day limit
provided by President McKlnley's procla-
nation, and setting forth that delay became
necessary beyond the specified, time owing
to repairs of urgent necessity to the vessel.
Base claims the release of tn Amapala on
that ground. and expresse: readiness to
fight the case if necessary. Certain suspl-
cious circumstances, however, have lately
developed which lead to the belief that the
Honduras registry of the brig was not al.
together bona fde 1t is said that she is OF
Spanish ownership and was bound for Vera
Cruz, the belief being that her flag would
safely carry her through the blockade. AT
Vera Cruz she was to take on a cargo OF
coal and provisions. loading to her fullest
capacity, and was then to hurry back to the
most accessible Cuban port under the condt-
tons set forth in General Blanco's procla-
nation eXempting ships bringing supplies
from port charges, duties and other ex-
DenSeS
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Private MosLEY GAINES, Pittsburg,

Private MosLEY GAINES, Pittsburg,
Pa. ~
Private FRANK A. MILLER. Indianapo-
lis, Ind. fs
Private JAMES H. MILLER, Richmond,
Va.
Private ARTHUR G. WHEELER, New
York city, New Milford, Conn.
Private SAMUEL Redo, Washington,
D. C.
Private KELLEY MABERRY. Nash
vile, Tenn.
In the case of the officers and men of the
First Cavalry there is no record of their
residences nor of any relatives. There is no
record of any relatives in the case of the
killed and wounded in the Tenth Cavalry.
Out of the entire number the only ones re-
ported as married are Captains Luna and
CaDron.
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Dress and Women's Clubs.
New York Times:

Dress may have very little to do with
womens clubs; but it is matter of enough
Importance TO make a very great differences
sometimes in securing Office. A New York
woman who. may be candidate for presi-
dent of the General Federation of Women's
Clubs won the high position which she now
holds to great extent by reason of her
dress and general appearance. Her election
was strongly contested, and there was
much feeling and talk in advance But
when the time of the election came the
New York woman was so well dressed, she
looked so much of lady, and carried her.
self so well, while the opposing candidate
was dressed in a manner so noticeably
careless that women who attended the con-
vention prepared to vote for her changed
their minds at the eleventh hour and voted
for the woman of the good gowns and WELL
groomed appearance They tell story OF
this same New York woman which about
caps the climax of anything ever told about
gowns, and is particularly interesting in
connection with clubs, where 1t is the INTEL
lect which is supposed to be cultivated. 1t
was at a Philadelphia convention, so the
story goes, and there was no particular
object to be gained, but the New York
woman did not wish to be outdone by any
one in the appropriateness of her costumes
for any hour of the day. so she took her
maid along and ten times in one day she
changed her gown and ten different gowns
she wore.
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REFUGEES FROM HAVANA.
Small Vessels Captured While At
tempting to Run the Blockade

KEY WEST, June ga two-masted YES
sci. the Amapala. of Trujillo, Honduras
was brought in here this morning flying the
American flag and in charge of Ensign
Zeen, of the Vicksburg. She was captured
yesterday afternoon at sunset while leaving
Havana and attempting to run the blockade
She was quickly overhauled by the Vicks-
burg, and was found to have over thirty
women and children and a number of men
on board, crew and passengers, all refugees
There was no sickness on board the Amap-
ala but she was detained in quarantine
The Amapala belongs to Manuel Monte
sino Monteres, of Trujillo. Honduras. She
had been lying at Havana since the
blockade. Her crew numbers eleven
men, besides the captain, but al
most all were male refugees Jerome
Basso, a French citizen, who three
years ago was leading exchange broker
in Havana. chartered the vessel and got to-
gether over forty people eager to embrace
any chance to escape from Havana. He Is
In charge of an expedition made UP Of all
nationaities. including Spanish. French
Venezuelans, CuDans and Turks. They
fully expected 20 be captured. but the con-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-26
A ChiId,a story.
ITO the Editor of the Philadelphia Times


The accompanying little story was sent
to me by a niece in the West, and was writ
ten by little boy in Denver, one of a class
of children six or eight years old, who had
been requested by their teacher to write a
story, they to select subject, and their
compositions not to be subject to revision
by the teacher, but to be read before the
children's parents exactly as written.
Yours truly, c. j. PRICE.
1904 Walnut street.
Virtue Has It's Own Reward.
A poor young man fell in love with the
daughter of rich lady who kept a candy
shop. The poor young man could not marry
the rich candy ladys daughter because he
had not money enough to buy furniture. A
wicked man offered TO give the young man
$25 if he would become drunkard The
young man wanted the money very much so
he could marry the rich candy ladys
daughter, but when he got to the saloon he
turned to the wicked man and said: Il will
not become a drunkard even for great
riches. Get thee behind me, Satan" On his
way home he found .pocketbook contain
ing million dollars In gold. Then the
young lady consented to marry him.
They had a beautiful wedding, and the
next day they had twins. Thus you sec that
virtue has its own reward"
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The Matter with the watch.
Philadelphia Record.

AliduSiFi Id IlcCufu.
You noticed that young woman who left
the store Just as you came in? said the
Chestnut-street jewelry salesman. We'll,
she gave US a deal of trouble for a while
She had bought fine gold watch from US
that was perfect in every way. and yet she
had scarcely had it two days before she
was back again with it, She said IL wouldn't
go. although she wound ii regularly every
night. We examined the watch, and found
1t apparently in excellent condition. We
regulated it, and turned il over to her again.
but she was back again day or so later.
We began to believe that she was full OF
some sort of magnetism that interfered with
the works of the watch. Well, one day her
sister brought the watch in to be fixed. She
said the owner of the watch had gone to
the seashore and left the watch with her
for few days We assured the sister that
1t was an excellent timepiece, and we could
find nothing wrong. We had no trouble for.
a week after that, for the watch kept
splendid time while the sister had ii. But
when the other young woman got home our
worries began again She brought the watch
back to us and insisted that something must
be wrong. DO you wind it? asked Of
her. Certainly" said she. Indignantly; Il
wind 1t every night for ten minutes That
gave me clue. Show me how you wind
it,, said /. She took the watch in her right
hand and began to wind the stem with her
left. She was simply left-handed, and had
been winding the watch backward"
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THE NEWS SUPPRESSED.
How Spaniards at Santiago Are Kept
in Ignorance hY a CensOred Paner


Copyright, 1898. by the Associated Press.)
OFF JURAGUA, Cuba, Thursday, June
49, by Associated Press dispatch boat, filed
Port Antonio, June a. noon.-A copy of a
newspaper published in Santiago de Cuba,
called La Banderola Espanola CThe Span
ish Flag. on June Is contained in it's local
columns not single reference to the block
ade the war, but calmly discussed plans
for placing electric lights on the Plaza,
church fairs and other matters of town gos-
sip and alleged cable news from Madrid
reporting the sailing of another big Spanish
fleet for Havana and the capture of the
insurgent chief Hernandez; also that 'abso-
lutely reliable news from Washington says
that yellow fever has broken out in the
blockading fleet and that forty deaths have
already occurred"
The only real information contained in
the paper was a dispatch from Havana,
saying that General Arolas had seized ali
the food in the markets there and would sell
to the inha bitants at reasonable prices to
prevent the squeezing of the population.
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Announcement Made that the United
states Has offered Conditions for
FL 81 Cessation of HostiIitfes.
NO BASIS FOR THE REPORT
NOTHING KNOWN AT WASHINGTON
CONCERNING THE PROPOSITION.
Uncle Sam Said to Want Porto Rico,
Freedom Of Cuba and CoaIing Sta
tfons I'm Philippines and Canaries.


MADRID, June 25.-The Correspondence,
IN this city, to-day publishes report to the
effect that the peace conditions suggested
~ the government of the United States in
clude the possession by the United States
Of the island of Porto Rico, the independ-
sence of the island of Cuba under protecto-
rate of the United States, the establishment
Of naval station for United States war
ships in the Philippines and the establish
ment of a coal depot for United States war
ships in the Canary islands.
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THE SPANISH CABINET.
Changes Probable, Although sasa~tn

Changes Probable, Although Saeasta
Refuses to Discuss the Situation.
MADRID, June 25.-The Cabinet held a
meeting this morning and later the premier
Senior Sagasta, went 10 the palace. He told
the newspaper representatives that the Cab
met meeting was to be reconvened, bur he
refused to furnish any information on the
subject. Although 1t is officially announced
that the premier visited the Queen Regent
in order to furnish her Majesty with the
usual reports on current affairs it is be-
neved the expected ministerial crisis has
occurred.
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OhffuArX.

LENA, ILL.,. June 25.--Gen. Charles White.
OF this city, IS dead or CONSUMPTION at me
Orange county, Vermont, April 1. 1887 and
came to Sycamore, ILL.,, in 1885, and to Lena
Twenty-seventh Michigan Volunteer In
fantry and served until the close of the
war, retiring from the service with the rank
of brigadier general
PARIS. KY, June 25.-Colonel w Z.
Simms, a captain in the Mexican war. a
colonel in the Confederate army, former
United States senator and a member Of the
Confederate Congress- died here to-day aged
seYenty-six years. He was very wealthy.
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HARD FIGHTING.
Concluded from First Pnge)

Santiago. There, was a. general expression
of grief at the loss sustained by the soldiers
in yesterdays fight Still, the officials in
high places expressed themselves as THOR
oughly satisfied with the result, realizing
that war cannot be- successfully waged
without sacrifice of life. If the Spaniards
make stand, General Miles and Secretary
Alger say next reports, from the. seat of
war may tell of desperate and bloody fight