The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-07-01
All THE TROOPS LANDED
Con. Skaters Expedition Goes
Ashore at Baiquiirii.
SAFE ON CUBAN SOIL.

SAFE ON CUBAN SOIL,
One vict,m m Insursent All,
WonndeA-Not Spsniard
was In eight.
New York, June q. "A special dated
at Playa del Este, Cuba, today, says that
1t ! O'clock this morning the last Of Gen
Shafter's army Of invasion had landed al
Baiquiri.
Washington, d. G., June 2S.-Gen
Miles has received an interesting dispatch
today from one of his aide-de-camps who
is now with Gen. Skaters army at Bal
quiri. He declined to give its text to the
public, but said that 1t merely announced
that the landing of the troops was made
all right without any casualty whatever
and that the only persons met were the
Cuban insurgents on the ground. 1t stat.
ed that one Cuban was struck by the
bursting Of a shell aud lost his arm and
that there were about 500 insurgents on
hand well armed and under good discipline
Gen. Miles correspondent also stated that
that troops were N sliehu!u shrNs aho
r !. Ior g ngnI' ana, sald Ven. Miles,
there may pc nght today. -
On Board the Associated Press Boat
Wanda, Baiquiri Harbor, Cuba, Wednes,
day, June y, 5 p. M. lyia Kingston, ia,
maica, Thursday, June %, $3.50 q. NIB
At 5 o'clock this afternoon 5000 trained
American soldiers are encamped in the
nils IN and around balqulri, and lO,OOO
more rest on thelr arms on board trans
ports on shore, ready to join those who
nave deDarked as soon as the available
ashore. = ~ -
Time and sea and weather were pro-
pitious for the army of invasion. The
navy and the army co-operated splendid.
~, and as the big warships closed in on
the shore to pave the. way for the ap-
proach OF the transports and then went
back. again, three cheers for the navy
went up from lO,0OO threats on the troop.
ships ana three cheers for the army rose
from ship after ship as the troopships
moved IN to take their share in the haz-
ardous game. 1t was war, and it was
magnincent: ..:a-y. -.
Insurgents Lend Their Aid.
! The Cuban insurgents. too. .hore thai,
share in the enternrise honorablv and
we'll. Five Thousand: Of them. in NOM.
tain Businesses and dark thickets of RI.
vines, lay all last night on their guns
watching every road and mountain hath
leading from Santiago de Cuba to: (,nan.
tanamo. A thousand of them were With.
in sight of Baiouiri. making the :appronch
of the Spaniards under cover of darkness
an imnossihility- -: 80 =
At / O'clock this morning. as the As.
ISOLATED press dispatch boat appeared al
Baiauiri, the entire island Of Cuba seemed
wrapped in soft mist like that Of the doc
DAYS in = Northern ATTITUDES. q Leaden
clouds lay.on the eastern horizon. and the
the ocean, which gently undulated in the
lazy breeze. Distant objects loomed
dimly, but it was seen that many Of the
tr9opshlps that mad ,been lying several
M nha III tHe omms nau H.a"n ~ toWa re- :
s ,o. VILE .m.ee ~ VI ioul M'rsn,ps ay
All srnSna transnorts steam Ip pmnnbn.
and s,,,.,m hoa - ,vpra H,ahh;nn ha.,t I;I.o
cnrls tha 6rst ;nd;oe+;o,, ~ fha D trno n -
loot ~ Tho nnIarta t;nc ohead w ~
a. ho,r lotor ~ s,,, 1..os r;s;nx =, ~
a.starn ost ta,,eh;,@ SUI Nv W. amn4e;n ~ t a
%;th ,a+oha, ~ i;nht arae,, awa ,a,ao iyps
~ ,rsat 81 tr,o amy saae
;+h tnH 3a il ro5as ;th e u us
ean., Misn .neii oecAs Glowueu WIN eager
eApectant men, xhp alt; 70 oegn me
s ae m,o!eM th ~ ; us.nyt 70 MAJ NV wv
Srat ;nvaa;on o,,n o, M - fa,o; !re
nn,,ntr- ;n half o cant"rr ' " toi 7atsll
A. H. d;s~atoh 49, nf +ho As.oo;o+.,
r-ass roI niasar !, ma.u ~ ,hera ~ Na,u
hriesns n u ooe i1;nn VITA hor arooi e .s rn,
strong ems +rs;ned On Ra;nu;r;s toname,
If ind tiame and h,art smoke wore seen
rising from the town. the inevitable conse-
nmance n war and a SIRE son that tha
Standards had gone leaving ruin behind
them. 49,
The captain Of the New Orleans shouted
had better keep off little. You are in
range. They have rife on the hill on
the eastern side of Baiquiri.' 81 81 =
s,,a-es.4...-A v,,;+al,1ez Gibraltar. ss. H. j.
a rbora 10 . s+oan roclv iii, Known as
p,,n4. pn;a,,;r; r;s;n" c,,,,ns} ,,arnana;c.
,,, aa - ~ ,,,aon Gind;oatod ~ .
vor;ts h,a CHI, Itar in nnss;h;I;t;es nf 10.
eeaa" Erar, tho s+n ~ ~ ;+s s,',n,,,;t tSo
Snam;sh Aan was def;antiv fioa fine At SIM.
nc I'D m;th IT. tho scou Snan;sh ono ri
n,S;ch h.d n.;n+a;ned tho signal station
po+Svoan n;1h+foil end ID wn Tho Sna n.
orls had 70 ION The alarm and fed from
+ho ,,la"o Sr;ne tho town ~ +hnv Ieft
Tho rHames waro watcher with Interest
fra,, tho sb;ns Two sharn axnIos;ons
n n;ora ha a p f. frs+ th eu Mere th"nuht
~ ho tha renort If pmns from Snan;sb ,
~ " .ns 1ep!as ~ sun 4to irv a. 81
nasheu pa..siats, p;"t ~ 49, ue
IN; sne S,l!'g;mm ~ AZ '1e pt'i"-
lh Kh unu has,,,, ,,,o ;+;, -, a. ,sts ~ , -
=. InIee nours Malns ua y. tne men on
tne tIahsports inlpatlent 10 get ashore,
ana .! Actloh, anu every move OF tne
MN :a was CLOSELY watched by the SOL
dlers.
-. Feint Attack on Jaragua.
A little before 9 o'clock the lombard
ment of the batteries of lara qua was he-
Gun by the ships of Rear-Admirol. Samn-
sons fleet. This was evidently Sfeint
to cover the realEDoint of attack. Jaragna
being about halfway between Rainniri
and Santiago dc: Cuba. The HON hard.
ment lasted about twenty minutes 80
\ The scene then quickly shifted hack
again to the great semi-circle Of the trans:
port fleet before Baiduiri. 80 Es = ,
At9.4Oao'ciock NEW i)rleaasn : ,,o,,, :,
fire with emn that sent n shell rnn1 hI;r q
and crashing against the. h;lls;de p'rhe
Detroit. WASH. Machias and Snawanee
followed suit and soon the hilisides and
the valleys seemed to be ablaze as shot
followed shot in swift succession amid
the wild and excited cheering If the SOL
diers on the transports. ~ - :, -
In five minutes the sea was a1ive with
flotillas Of small boats. headed nv