Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-06-30
LATER NEWS.

a madrid dispatch this afternoon
says the Spanish government ;e a,,,v,
~ preparing to dispatch reinforcsmnrts
I" Porto Rico by the first av.il,h,o
transportation. '''O'o
~ special dispatch from Fiume q
seaport town of Austlo-lIungarv, saws
an austrian vessel is on her way to tho
thiiipplnes with 500 torpedos. Gin
tented for the Spanish fleet"
Inc navy department ON MONDAY
posted the following bulletin: "Co,n.
modo'e Watson sails today on the New.
ARK 10 JOIN Sampson, when he will
take under his command an armored
squadron with the cruisers and proceod
at once off the Spanish coast, Wat
son $ Eastern squadron" consists of
the Newark, Iowa, Oregon, Yosemite.
iankee' Dixie and three GOLFERS. They
ieaVe santiago Immediately.
-Four batteries of American ar,;l-
lery and ea,ling gun have been
placed on hill overlooking the basin
III which Santiago lies. The American
troops were within 200 yards of the
spanish entertainments last SUNDAY
night. 1t is believed that more
artillery will be necessary before m
assault can be made upon the Spanish
works. All the hills about Santiago
are covered with block houses. There
are "a lines of intrenchmeuts and ha.
hlnd them are four lines of rifle pits,
while the fronts are secured by rows OF
barbed wire.
~ dispatch from Port Antonio saws
that while the dynamite cruiser Vesu.
vius was making observations along
the inner harbor of Santiago few
nights ago, ample evidence was dis.
covered that the sunken collier Merri.
mae does not completely blockade the
channel. Further information develops
tn tact that two battle-ships can enter
the hraroor abreast, one passing on
each side of the Merrimac. This will
be of great advantage to Sampson when
the final attack on Santiago begins.
Lieutenant Hobson and his men are
still in communication with the fleet.
| There is little prospect that they will
be exchanged before the attack on
Santiago is made.
Blanco has issued proclamation an.
nounclng that any one daring to eX.
press an unfavorable opinion of, or sus-
pected of being dissatisfid with the
present policy OF the government, will
be summarily shot without trial or
investigation. This proclamation, it
appears, caused dissatisfaction among
the members OF the police force, who
threatened to revolt if full rations were
not given them. 1t is expected that,
as the police is q numerous body, tlou-
be will result Spanish infantry and
artillery soldiers are maintaining guard
over them at every corner. Famine, it
seems, is imminent, and stories of sup
plies for Havana coming via Batabano
are reported to be untrue.
Thursday detachment of 10 Gu
bans collided with the Spanish rear
guard. The Cubans lost two men kill.
ed. The Spanish loss is not known.
The navy department has received
a cablegram from Sampson, saying the
Spaniards at Santiago report that Hob
son and his companions are well. They
are confined four miles from Moro.
Thursday night, the American army
of invasion had reached on its advance
the edge OF the table land on which the
harhor Of Santiago de Cuba lies. Here.
seven miles from Moro castle, the
main body of troops united, and the
Spaniards were in full retreat toward
Santiago.
Admiral Sampson is now in con-
slant and practically immediate cable
communication with the navy depart.
ment. Six dispatches were received in
! rapid succession through the early
hours Friday morning. They showed
that only half an hour elapsed between
the filing OF the message by the admiral
and the receipt of 1t in Washington.
General Lawton's brigade, which
rested Thursday at Demajayabo, foul
miles west of Daiquiri, resumed its
march at daylight. Before noon his
brigade, consisting Of the Second Mas
sachusetts, the Twelfth infantry, the
First battalion OF the Fourth infantry
two companies OF the Tenth infantry
and the Second battalion Of the Fourth
infantry, occupied Juragua, five miles
beyond, and the American flag was
hoisted there. The Spaniards retired
before the advance of the Americans
which was covered by Cuban skirmish-
ers, burning the block houses as they
went
A dispatch to the New York World
from Santiago de Cuba, June "a VIZ
Port Antonio, Jamaica, says: one
man was killed today and eight
wounded on the Texas. The battle
ship at the time of the landing OF the
troops went to Matamoras to make
feint attack on the Notifications there
in connection with land force OF Gu
bans under Rabi. The Texas silencec
the Socapa battery. Just as the actor
ended a she'll struck the battle-slIip anc
exploded with the result given above
The dead man is f. r. Blakely' o.
Newport, Il. L., an apprentice OF ths
first class. The wounded are: Ii. y
E1 II A Gee l. T. Lively, II. Il.