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they KEPT AT BAY
MUCH SUPERIOR FORCE
Gallant Work of the Marines at the Fight at OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
0uerilas and Regulars Expected to Renew the Fight
Heavy Spanish Casualties

airy, one squadron of the I'd, . off-
GERS and $50 enlisted men.
Artillery-Light batteries T. and X.
lst artillery: A and +, I'd artillery, IA
officers and 1913 enlisted men. Batteries
G and II, 9Th artillery. 4 officers and 49,
enlisted men.
Engineers-Companies c and Il. Q Of
fcers and 200 enlisted men. Signal
corps, one detachment, 2 officers and 10
enlisted men. Hospital detachments
are included in the above figures. The
stan corps numbers Is officers. The ex-
petition will arrive of Santiago Thurs
day morning at the latest. barring
storms or accident. and the landing
probably will take place on h after
noon Of Thursday or Friday following.
Sampson In extremely anxious to rein
force the small bodies Of marines now
ashore at Guantanamo bay. The po-
sition of these men Is not entirely sat
isfactory to the oficials here.
Captain Taylor OF the battle ship In
diana In In command Of the naval On
voy which accompanies the transports.
II has been presumed that this capa-
BILE officer would be charged with this
duty, but the act Of his command can
now be stated positively. The make
up of the convoy fleet is still withheld.
and In fact the navy department knows
only as to the general character Of Its
strength.
Besides the Indiana one other battle
ship n a first-class cruiser accom-
pan the fleet. The other ships are
lesser cruisers, gunboats and auxiliary
cruisers. Five of the naval ships Of
the feet first went to Port Tampa,
while II remained of Key West. When
the FIVE Warships and the 80 transports
reached Key West, a junction was
made with the IL warshins at that
point and the combined fleets started
together. Naval officials speak OF 1t
as q magnificent marine procession.
TIL, transports stretched out for sew
era! miles, according to a high naval
official. The warships proper. headed
by the majestic Indiana. stretched at
least three quarters OF a mile.
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Yankee and torpedo boat Porter. which
were lying I'm the harbor. opened IRE.
and In a short time slIenced the Span
ish guns. The boats fred only after b
forts opened fire on them There were
no casualties on the American side.
II was decided by Colonel Huntington
his morning TO abandon the position
first occupied as a camp, az there were
no signs Of reinforcements Of troops.
and u was known that a force OF Span
iards six times more numerous than the
marine battalion was in the vicinity.
Therefore the crest of the hill. which
the troops held last night, was given up
to batteries and rife pits and the tents
were pitched on the side Of the hill. near
the harbor, which n protected by the
Warships.
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4 COLLIER CAPTURED.
IL Was Taking n Cargo II Coal to Ad.
miral Cervern.

New York. June IA dispatch to
the Herald from Mole st. Nicholas.
Hayti, says:
The merchantmen captured by the
auxiliary cruiser st. Louis Just off Mo-
rant point, Jamaica, last Friday night.
was the British steamer T~wickenham.
On board OF the Twickenham were
1905 tons Of coal for the Spanish fleet.
She has been sent as prize to Key West.
The captured steamer is a London YES
sci, which first went to Martinique, ex-
pecting to effect a juncture with Ad-
miral Cervera's squadron at tie island.
The feet a departed before her ar
rival. and she was detained there as a
suspicious vessel by the French au-
thorities.
Word was brought to Admiral Samp-
son that the Twickenham a left Mar
Unique on Wednesday. The st. Louis
was Immediately dispatched to inter-
cept her. Twenty miles out OF Kings
ton on Friday night the st. Louis fell
in with the Twickenham. The armed
liner showed only the green and red
lights OF a merchantmen, and the col
lier kept right ahead on her northward
course toward Guantanamo. where she
had hoped to find some means of get
ting her coal to Admiral Cervera's
ships in the harbor at Santiago.
Coming into close range the st. Louis
surprised the collier by sending a shot
across her bows. The Twickenham.
instead of stopping. put on full steam
n tried to get away. Quickly over
hauling the Englishman. n st. Louis
fired again. The captain of the collier.
seeing fight was impossible. hove to
and was boarded by a boats crew
from the st. Louis.
The British captain at nrst made a
vigorous denial that he was carrying
Goa for the Spanish feet. His vessel
was searched. however, by the men
from the st. Louis.
In the fire room q man IN overells
was found who spoke only Spanish.
| After q vigorous cross-examination by
Captain Goodrich of the ST. Louis this
nan admitted that he was q Spanish
officer In charge Of the cargo. On the
approach OF the st. Louis he had
thrown his papers and commission
overheard. He appeared to be badly
scared at the way things a turned
out. He was sent as a prisoner Of wal
to Key West on board of the captured
steamer.
The st. Louis has been recently en-
gagged in cutting cables around Cuba
Lieutenant Allen said that when she
passed guantanamo last night the
stars and stripes were still floating
over the marines OF tDe hill. TIL,
American men-of-war were lying ir
the harbor. but there had been no en-
gagement yet with the Spanish.
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LEFT At DAYLIGHT.
ne Dssa E.psditien % Its WAY to Invest
Santiago.

The Ulsa Expedition o. 1ts Way to Invest
santiago.
washington. June 13.-1t was formal
" announced at the war department
his morning that the nrst military ex-
petition had left Key West at day
light to-day. bound for Santiago. All
day yesterday there was q lively con-
ference between oficials OF the navy
and war departments. and after an all
day session the war department had
completed its plans for conveying the
troops on transports.
Major General Shafter, who COM
mands the expedition. has with him
= force of 773 oficers and 14,5e< enlisted
men. Regular troops made up the
greater part OF the force, there being
only three volunteer organizations on
the ships. These are h list New
York ana ID Massachusetts, infantry
volunteers and ismoSnt sou.,
drons Of -four troops each from the Isl
u. 8. volunteer cavalry regiment wnicn
Colonel Woods commands and OF which
Rooseyeldt is lieutenant colonel.
whether any OF these oficers are with
the souadrons named In not yet known
at the war department.
II was dinlcult 10 prevail upon the
ulVOnlCo - W
behind, but this was q matter OF ne
cessity, Il Is said. owing to h lack
Of accommodation for horses on ship.
board. The best the department coulo
do at this time in h way OF supply
ing q cavalry contingent for the expe'
dition was 10 include among the troops
one squadron OF the "a Y. 8. cavalry
fully mounted. with min ofhcers and
go enlisted men.
The full list of troops that make VI
his expedition as reported to the wal
department by General Shafter Is AZ
follows:
Infantry regiments-sth, 18th. us
New York volunteers: 10th. 21st. Cd. SD
Sth. 3lth. 9Th. ed. I'd Massachusetts
seth. Thet$ss1sfsf1 iNssns~y NJ s0 on
cers and 1000 s1liated men
Cavalry-Twc dt1ncunted squadron
OF four troops eaeh from the Sd. 9Th
9th LIST and 10th cavalry. n two dis
mounted squadYons of u troop
each from the LIST volunteer cavalry
Total dismounted cavalry. 15s Officer
and ISIS enlisted men. Mounted cav
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. on United States camp. Guanta-
namo bay. Sunday. June IL. noon (via
Kingston. Jamaica. June 13. 1870 a.
a.-when the associated press dis
patch boat Dauntiess left Guantanamo
bay early this morning. after the IL
hours skirmish between the United
States marines. under Lieutenant COL
onel Huntington. and the Spanish
guerillas Inc regulars. It was expected
thst the nghting would be renewed.
The Marblehead was landing reinforce
Iments. and nothing had been heard of
the advance pickets under Lieutenant
! Neville and Lieutenant Melville J.
shaw. At . O'Clock the iring was again
renewed by the spaniards, who APP
paared Oh the camp IN the edge of a
small Island. about q mile TO the north
east n vas promptly returned by 10
fi0Ns and = three-inch field gun. and In
. snort time an signs Of the enemy had
disappeared. Colonel Huntington then
cent to the landing for a second three
snch gun. which was dragged up the
hin snd placed In position at the sum-
NIT. skirmish lines thrown around
the camp kept up a popping all morn
inn, but with not much result to show
for. Meantime the Marblehead left
the harbor and threw a few shells into
b woods.
10 the great delight OF the marines
IN camp. Lieutenants Neville and Shaw.
with % men of Company ID. returned
IN rood shape. but much exhausted
with Is hours Of picket duty. One a
Sergeant Smith. of Company X. had
been shot through h abdomen and
instantly killed For most of the day
and night Lieutenants Neville and
Shaw had been surrounded by much
srrerior force. but men and officers
oehsved splendidly. and although the
fsre Of the spaniards was constant and
heavy, Lieutenant Neville's detach-
meut held its own. inhicting much
more damage than II sustained. At
Hest ave epaniards are known TO have
been killed. and as Lieutenant Ne
vines men kept mp q steady IRE
throughout the night. and the enemy
was not at a great distance II Is be-
lieved That the Spanish casualties were
heovy.2 49, =
The batieship Texas arrived this
morning and sent ashore eight marines
and two automatic Colt guns as rein
forcements.
The Marblehead also sent an add
stonsl ANAL detachment, Private Bar
tho,omew MCGOWAN OF Company d will
lose his hand. which wat shattered by
a bullet. Amputation will be neces-
sary. The Marblehead's pilot. who was
shot through the leg while guiding the
cruiser out Of the harbor this morn
ing, held the rank Of colonel In the
Cuban service. fr
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IN THE SUPREME COURT
Three Decisions Were Handed
Down From the Bench.
A SILVER BOW APPEAL
John Atkins Va a. L. Frank end n. J.
AcCuns. yorsclosurs Of Nschan-
les Lieu-Judgs Lindssys De-
cision Il A0rm0d.
Special Dispatch to the standard.


heiena' Sune D.-fne supreme court
handed down three opinions to-day. One
vas in an appeal from the As.trsct court
=, su,., po- cour.v Yoh, .u,..-
l.. Frank ana n. J. McCune. The action
was begun In the lower court to obtain q
a.cr>> a. Sov>c,os,r. ~ .~,s.,.., ia,
II. L. Frsn~ en'ereo INTO = eontFsct Win
McCune by which the latter was to fur
nish the material and construct 4 brick
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~. hi- .. = 49, .~~ss- 80
r,,nS,r~ NscC,,re,s .,r.xsos . ~ ssaS
sor the fasthSui usrsorwsrc. ~ sss an.
,racs wers Iohn AiEins and m.r ~
49,. 80 =, E.Iiv Afsar 49, h,,nSin.
ars.h~S .ov.rsI t.ns w..~ Az
sharr h.,r~ ira ocs ~ tn cI.tns,S XsLtns
for hrtcE f,rnsehcd the corsrsasc. M
IT, ths .rt.I eh.t res,,it.S ma J.,SSav
rare,cn - neS.rA.nt Sr-.cS. .t.n.s.
he,d that the nla,nti1 could not ,r,ro'
a,,c. anv Evidence nrov,rS th.s ~. hsa
T,rn,.haS ~. hr,cr sor tSa 1900 49,
no yas an ths honA ~ the ccrtr.ctcr
which provided that No iisns sho,s,6 10
,.,ad asainst ths hu,ld,ne erd 49, -
- ,hsrafor. e.tonnsd sro- ohsas,,ns
that for which he hound hsms.Ir not 20
hermit To be done. From This r1,l,nr Mr.
AiLins anpes,ed-
Jusfice Hunt vritinr the op,r,or ~,
th. court a60rrrs tha ect,cc oSsth. d,..-,cs
cour, ana savs. ..snrsSv r.. -orSS he
aga,r., 1000 mors,. ~ .Iic~, r,s,ntiW 81
ter he has waived his ri@ht 81 lien no. hi,
cortract ~ .uretvship 70 100 r..nond-
ent,s nronerfv for = debt due him nv the
contrsctor for whom the plsinfi0 stands
m .nretv' Let him resort n actio. srssnst
hts nrtnc,p.I IN vhose solvencv ar ah,Iitv
he must have hsd sorne deOrss ~ conn.
dence when he executed the undsrtak-
iny"
The court ordared r.v tr,., In IN.
case NJ w i. evsenev ana Co~,eIl
We ID Dsrcv ana Johr zimrerwan sher-
IN ~ Teton cn,ntv an anneaI from the
di.tr,ct court ~ Teton conntv ~ an ac-
tJon hrought to oh,a,n nos.ess,on ~ oos
sheen taken possess,on ~ nv the sherin
,,nd.r on sftachment ,ss,,ed IN . anti NV
DARCY .rsinst the Arm Of Grave. a Har-
&c .anman sw.sn.v snS cc-,.u ,.a.ed
the animais r. Graves q Harris the
apreement being that the title TO the
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and asuootank eashSsP Of h suspended
lfercAaaeD' Eat1ooal bank Of this city.
Whe wore indicted by the last grand jury.
Wmaam WaIIacs appeared for the severn
mont an1 ~. 3. Gum for the defendants.
Among tie questions raised in the pleas
were the legality Of the manner of draw
Ing the grand jury. the fact that the
names OF witnesses who never testified
before the grand Jury were endorsed upo
the indictments. the disqualification Of
one Juror from residing on an Indian res
ervattoa ana similar points. Ill technical
tiles. At the conclusion OF arguments the
SQUIRT announced that he would decide the
matter later.
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Seattle. June i3.-The North American
Trading and Transportation company's
steamer Roam Ike sailed for ct. Michaeis.
Alaska. this afternoon with . large cargo
OF freight and passenger. Among \
passengers was J. c. McCook OF PhiIadei-
mia recently appointed United States
consul at Dawson City. He 10 accompa-
MED by w. II. Burke. acting vice consul.
Captain Kidston Of the Roanoke 10 ambi-
tious 70 bring the first gold and passen-
gers from the mouth Of the Yukon this
season.
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Denver. June N-The silver republican
party's state committee to-day adopted
resolutions In favor of fusion with the
democrats and popuiists In the coming
campaign on the state congressional and
legislative ticket and appointed q COM
mistse to confer with committees OF the
other parties with this end In view. This
action was taken in accordance with the
wfshes Of Senator Teller.
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Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena, June i3.-The interment Of the
remains Of the late Butte editor. Guy x.
Pratt, occurred here this afternoon. the
funeral procession proceeding direct to
Forestvale upon the arrival OF the local
train from Butte bearing the remains
ana relatives and friends. The panbear-
ers were Jere Collins and @. w. Skies OF
the Independent; A. ]. Fisk. Herald; Fred
NaeGle, Staats Zeieung. and Dave Marks.
Brief services were held at the grave.
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Quarry Land S0sa.

Special Dispatch to the Standard
HeIena. June l3-The state board OF lama
Commissioner to-day sold - acree Of ar
eiIlyte quarry land to Adams and Alien
OF New York city for % Per acre. The
land h situated about n nile west OF
Townsend, in section y. township : north.
range / west. The stone n used by the
New York company In making mantels
and other stone nnishines. Tnere 70 sasd
to ba AZ much more Of the stone On other
state lands In that section. The board
also decided to select 1,eeo acres OF tim
her land In northwestern Deer Lodge
county in township Is north, II west A.
soon as the selections have been made
the timber will be offered for sale. The
proceeds will 20 to the public building
fund.
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Taccma, Wash. June u-Hen John
sherman. ex-sscretary of state. and wife
arrived IN Tacoma to-day en- route to
Alaska Mr.. Sherman says he has retired
from public life forever. but he declined
10 talk about the war or 70 refer 70 poll
tic in any way. His trio = eos recreation.
and he will remain in Tscoma about .
week.
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Trosps Lett ct DAYLIGHT.

Washington, June 13.-The first divis-
ion OF United States troops to begin the
invasion OF Cuba sailed from Key West
at daylight this morning. The expedi-
ton comprised 773 of1cers and 1864
enlisted men. all under command OF
Major Genera Shafter. A large force
OF transports conveyed the troops under
convoy Of a strong squadron Of war
ships, ranging from the immense bat
tleship to the small gunboat and armed
fast sailing yacht.
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New York. June 13.-In response to an
inquiry. General Linares of the Span
ish army at Santiago, cables the follow
ing reply:
and the other seven priscners
are well and are In receipt # all cable
grams sent them"
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Al Gravessnd.

end: Five furlongsETheory won, Ten
dresoe second. Miriam Clare third: time.
Les. Nile n q furlong-Imp won. Hav-
&C second. Knight Of h Garter third;
time, 1:5S36. Five Acknowledgement won.
Rusher second, Cormorant third; time.
1:0zh. Myrtle stakes. selling. mile and q
stxtesnth-Lehman o Merry Prince
second. semper Ego third; time. 1:4sh.
ond. Mont Dor third: time. 1854. Whist
ling Coon won BY a head but was dis
qualified for . foul. Selling. FIVE and a
half furlongsEBillan won, Ruskin second,
Irish Reel third; time. 1:osk-
AZ Lateuis.
Cincinnati, June l3.-weather cloudy.
track fast. Selling, seven furlongs-Seu-
fallis won. Annie Taylor second Lyiis
third: time. 1:Dk- Four and . half fur
longs-Maybe 30 won, 6chancken second,
Sisvic third; time. :5%. Mile-Elusive
won, Harry Gaines second. Colleen third;
time, 1:41x. Mile. selling-Creedmore l..
won. Postum second. La Grange third:
time. lex. Five furiongs-Frank Bell
won. FIavius second. Obstinate Simon
third: time, 1:0o. Seven furlongs, selling
Axucena won. Panchita II. second. Lew
anna third; time. 1:sSA.
u st. Louis.
81. Louis. June 13.-Algol was the only
I'LL. "a e.. r,r-
lones-Bulgarian won, Red Pirate second
roxey snnI; ume i;v.. Se"ins, sA rus
ons .e ~oH' C.1p' ssrHon sa,
psIvne .nI,u, aI''s; ~.
- y" 80 ,.ee.t
Mile and 70 y~ards-Colone, Gay won.
Found second. Don Orsion third; time.
1:47h. Six furlonRs-Algol won, Gibraltar
second The Elector third: time. I:15. SELL
inS mi,a ana IN vards-sir RoIIa won. Da-
via second pasoun third. tima. 1854.
-
A. Harlem.
CHICAGO. Juue H.-weather fair. track
slov. Results At Harlem: Sig furlonRs-
Hosi won, Weird second. Moropi third
time I.y7L- Four ana a half furlonGs-
Honey Row won. pirate Judee second. Null
vebfi thfrd. time 1.MA. MiIe-Ronito Won.
BORDEN second. Iocust Blossom third: time
1:se. Nne and an eiRhth-eunburyt won,
Toe Clark second. Pete Kitchen third
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washington. June n-Iuformation hss
reached the state department that the
revolution which prevailed In venesuela
the last six moaths. ended last night BY
the defeat end capture oe Hernandez. its
leader.
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AIger VIII Decline.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Washington. June Ex-senator Mantle
has addressed . formal letter to Secretary
Alger asking him to recommend the bill
for additional cavalry regiments. He
knows in advance. however, that the an
swer will be q d~eciinstion to make the
recommendation.
Indian Agent 4. H. Becker - here get
ting departmental n political instruc-
IONS.
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Posto0so at ohinsr.
Special Dispatch to the STANDARD.
Washington, jun IA postoface has
been established a Sinner. Dawson
county Montana; Rose Golden commits
stoned postmistrees.
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New York ....... .""..""".'. .
Ook ........ ....... ....... III 1
Batteries+Meekin and Warner; Dunn
and Grim. Umpires-Lynch and Andrews.
At C1eveland-No game. rain.
At Louisvflle-The Reds were greatly
assisted to victory to-day BY Messrs.
ewartweod and Wood. The former call
ed two oe the Colsnels put at the plate
who were clearly safe. Attendance <oe.
4. III. b.
Cincinna1 ....... ....... ........ 10 i
Louisville ....... ....... ........ 1
Enthusiastically and Vaughn; Dow
ling and Snyder. Umpirss@Swartwood and
Wood.
At ch,caso-No National league same;
wet grounds.
to-day by q home-run In the nth with
two men On bases. Kelly and Mccain
were put ont 81 the game for kicking. At
tendance. l.eoA 0coro:
Washington $1,000. ....... ...... .
Daltt0oro $1,000. ....... ........l i
BAtt0rieocNeecer and Mcclure; Nops
ana Robinson. Observation-Disclosures and
Hsydlsr.
AZ Boston-The home teAm bad no dif-
fcuIty n taking to-day's Game from b
Philadelphias through heavy batting and
good pitching by K~lobendanz. Attendance.
1.soe. Score:
Boston :;... "".". .."-"ss 2
Philadelphia ....... ....... .... 4
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and Yeager: Nc
Fariand and Donahue. Umpires-O'Day
and I1cDonaid.
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Pleas In b0te0eDt.

Special Dispatch to the Standard
Hehna. June n-Arguments were pre-
sented to Judge Knowles to-day on the
pleas IN abatement offered BY the defenss
in the case Of the United states W. L. n.
Hershdeld and T. p. Bowman. president
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BASEBALL YESTERDAY.

At New York-In the 18th inning Joyce
put tho frst ball pitched him under the
right field ropes for q home run, winning
the game from Brooklyn. Attendance.
100. Score:
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SPANlAROS WILL FIGHT.
A Garrison Of 10000 soldiers in ssnsiss.
de Cuba.

a Carbon Of 10 1000 soldiers in Santiago
de Cuba.
London, June 13.-Rear Admiral
SIMPSONS acquisition of a base for coal
ing and supplies at Guantanamo Ia uni
versally recognized as practically set
Ting the fate OF Santiago, although ii
Is believed the Spanish troops will show
fight II the city Ii captured.
The Times. In the course Of an article
reviewing last weeks operations. says:
The Spanish garrison. we think, does
not exceed 10000 men, who have al i'm
mense position to hold n are lacking
In supplies. Therefore. General Skaters
d~ificuIties will be mainly those of cli-
mate and movement owing to the abb
sencs OF good roads. Admiral Cervera's
proceedings have proved hat Spanish
and II II 10 true that the minister Of ma
rine has dismissed the capable Scotch
engineers in the service the difficulty il
fully accounted for. 1t was highly
probable that Admiral Camara would
attempt to cross the Atlantic, but for
fear some fast American cruisers may
appear ere long In Spanish waters"
Speaking of the Philippines the Times
says: The surrender Of Manila APP
pears inevitable within a fortnight. In
SPANS best interest 1t is hoped that
when Manila and Santiago have fallen.
she will recognize the necessity Of bring
ing to an end q contest unequal from
the first and rendered hopelessly so by
her total unpreparedness."
To Land at Zacbaria Bay.
Mole st. Nicholas, Tune IL, 6 p. M
The expedition from Tampa under Gen
eral Shafter, conveyed by warships
from the North Cuban blockading
squadron, will land at Zacharia bay,
nine miles west Of Santiago. Operations
vii begin Immediately. The arrival Of
the transports with 10000 infantry,
three squadrons of cavalry and a regi-
ment Of artillery is expected of Santiago
by Thursday.
When the associated press dispatch
boat Dauntless left Guantanamo this
Sunday morning, the steamer Adrfa
was graphing for the Hsytisn cab.e.
The cable is to be spliced end Admiral
Sampson will hold II for direct con
munication with Washington.