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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-06-16
The Yellow Fever at NIcHcnry.

There is apprehension at Washington
over the outbreak of seven cases of yell
low fever at McHenry, Miss, and steps
have been taken not only TO check the
spread of the fever from McHenry, but
with view to preventing any possibil-
ity of an epidemic in tie South, Sur
geon- General Wyman, of the Marine
Hospital Service, has received q dis
patch from Surgeon Murray, of that
service, confirming the Associated Press
report. DIR. r. ID. Geddings, of the
Marine Hospital Service, now stationed
at Tampa, was ordered today to pro-
ceed directly to Camp McHenry and
take charge of Camp Fontainbleau, the
yellow fever camp put in operation dur
ing the fever last year, and which is
now in readiness for the present cases.
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Want the Nesuyius Tried.

The advocates of the dynamite gun
as weapon of warfare are urging the
authorities at Washington to bring the
dynamite cruiser Vesuvius into more
active service, where she can demon
strate her ability against the fortiica.
tions at Santiago and other points Of
attack. The Eesuvius has on board
three sizes of the dynamite projectiles,
namely, those carrying 500 pounds Of
dynamite, 200 pounds and 100 pounds.
Some OF the naval officers think the
Vesuvius has not trained her guns
upon Santiago thus far because of the
feeling of danger which attends the
handling Of these guns. 1t is said that
if Spanish shot pierced the Vesuvius
and got into her dynamite magazine, il
would result in terrific explosion and
the wiping out of ship, officers and
crew. There is considerable hesitan.
cy also over firing these huge masses
Of dynamite. as Laval officers believe
that it has not yet been proved that
they vii not explode before getting
under way.
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The Expedition.

The expedition that sailed from Tam
pa to Key West prior to going to San
tiago was made up of nearly twenty
regiments of regular infantry, of from
500 to $50 men each, including beside
the regiments of the Fifth Army Corps,
four regiments of infantry that have
been in camp at Mobile, and which
formed part of Major General Coppin
gers command at thatrendeZvous. The
total force of regular infantry was
about II 200 men. There were also two
regiments of volunteer infantry, about
., 600 men altogether. the Second Regl-
ment of Cavalry, from Mobile, 500 men;
and two squadrons each from the First,
Third, Sixth, Ninth and Tenth Cayal-
~, about 1900 men; eight troops OF
volunteer cavalry, taken from Roose-
velts rough riders, $50 men; four
batteries of light artillery, 800
men and 16 guns; two batter
les of heavy artillery, 200 men, and 16
guns; the battalion of engineers, 200
men; signal and hospital corps, etc.,
about 300 men, grand total of about
II, 900 men. The Regulars were practi-
cally picked men, as not a single re-
cruit was taken, the regiments carry
ing only the old-seasoned troops.
The following is the list of transports
arranged in their numerical order,
commanders and carrying capacity:
Miami, Mcdonald, 1900 men; Santi-
ago, Leighton, $50 men; ;Gussie, Birney,
100 men; Cherokee, Garvin. 1000 men;
Seneca, Decker, 900 men; Alamo, Hix,
900 men; Comal, Evans, $50 men, 176
horses; Yucatan, Robertson, $50 men;
Berkshire, Dizer, 474 men, IA horses;
Whitney,. Staples, 100 men: Olivette,
Stevenson, 400 men, 155 horses; Segu-
ranca, flag Hansen, 500 men; Concho,
Rick, 1900 men; Florida, Miner, 600
men; City of Washington, Stevens,
900 men; AlleghanyA Nickerson, 45O
men, 1870 horses; San Marcos, Itzen,
10 men, 26 horses; H. Miller, Peter
son, $50 men, 300 mules; Saratoga,
Johnson, 900 men; Leona, Wilder,
$50 men; Rio Grande, Staples, l, 200
men; Vigilancia, Mcintosh, 1900 men;
Orizaba, Downs, 1000 men; Iroquois,
Kimble, $50 men; Mattewan, Lewis,
300 man, 400 horses; Morgan, Staples.
....; Saltwater, Gault, go; Break
water, Rivero, go; Cumberland,
....; Knickerbocker, ...., 90mer; Clln-
ton, ....; State of Texas, (hosDital),
Young. Barges: Bessie, Martha; tug,
Capt. Sam.
On the side and on the smokestacks
Of every one of the transports which
formed the fleet were painted large
white numbers, and by these numbers
the boats were officially known. their
original names being discarded. This
was for the purpose OF facilitating
signalling between the flagship and the
other boats of the fleet.
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and as the east paled, the marines, ly-
ing on their guns, were aroused. Some
were actually asleep, as they had had
no rest for forty eight hours, and tired
nature could not stand the strain. But
no attack came, Three new 12-pound
field guns, which could not be used
during the night, for fear of hitting
our own men, shelled several squads
of SpanIards after daylight. They
dived into the bushes like prairie dogs
into burrows as the shells broke over
their heads in the gray dawn.
Lieutenant Colonel Huntington and
Major Cockrell gave high praise to the
nerve and steadiness of officers ald
men, especially the young ones, as the
engagement was baptism OF fire for a
large majority. The men were in dark
ness and in strange land, but they
stood to their posts with courage and
forstiis.Sde and there was no symptom of
panic.
The marines, though exhausted, were
eager for more fighting, promising to
infict heavy punishment. They compll-
mented the daring Of the Spaniards
with characteristic camp profanity.
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Commodore Watson's cruisers aud
driven back pell NELL into Havana har
Dor under the protection of the guns Of
the shore batteries.
Even if these boats had escaped they
could have done no damage, for the
size of the convoy furnished for the
troop-ships is sufficient to warrant be-
lief that they would have been speedily
destroyed should they have had the
courage to make an attack upon the
fleet of American ships. the Spanish
gun boats are not of formidable char
acter, not one Of them being the equal
in power of the smallest of the Ameri-
can cruisers, or even of such gun-boats
as the little Bancroft, which may be
used as General Skaters flagship.
Every precaution has been taken by
the government to insure the safety OF
the troops en- route to Cuba. The
transports will be kept as cl!2sely to,
Ssthef as safe navigation. will Permit
and the warships will be disposed
ahead, astern and on either flank: The
heetest scouting vessels will be thrown
far out in advance of the transports,
and in order to insure against an at
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-06-16

Estimates vary as to the attacking
force. Some say 2G0 and the figures
run as high as 1000. Col. Campina,
the Cuban guide, says the Spaniards
were mostly irregulars. but the reports
of the discharge Of Mauser rifles would
indicate that they were regulars, as
most of the guerillas carry Reming-
tons. The Cuban guerillas, as a rule,
have more dash and courage than the
regulars.
Despite the loss OF the men, who ore
keenly regretted, the marines rejoice
that they have been engaged in their
first fight on Cuban soil. They sailed
from New York the day war was de-
clared and expected to land within a
a week at Havana. Since then, until
they landed on the shore OF Guentana-
mo Bay, they had been cooped up on
the Panther, and they had begun to
fear that the troops would beat them
after all,
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ARMY Of Invasion DELAYED BUT NOT D|ShAYED.
Sixteen Batleshs and Cruisers
Have santiagoThe Indiana
Lead the Department Every Precauon
to Insure the Safe Passage o Fleet.

Spaniards made a gallant charge up the
southwest slope, but were met by re-
peated volleys from the main body and
broke before they were one-third of the
way mp the hill, but they came so close
that at points there was almost hand to
hand struggle. The officers used their
revolvers. Three Spaniards got. through
the open formation to the edge of the
camp. Col. Jose Campina, the Cuban
guide discharged his revolver and they,
turning and finding themselves without
support, ran helter skelter down the
the river side of the hill. The attacks
were continued at intervals throughout
the rest of the night, with firing from
small squads in various directions.
Toward morning the fire slackened
Dawn is the favorite time for attack,
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-06-16
The Nayy,s Work.

The navy awaits the army, The
fighting ships of Rear Admiral Samp-
son and Commodore Schley have bat.
tered down the coast defences OF
Southern Cuba and have sealed up Ad-
miral Ceryera's fleet sinking the col
lier Merrimac in the channel at its
entrance. which the guns Of the fleet
cover increasingly. Scout boats run
ming under the shadows of Il Moro,
have cut the Haytien cable and now
holds 35 miles OF the coast east OF
Santiago de Cuba, including Guanta-
namo harbor. Under the cover of the
guns of the fleet eastern Cuba may be
Safely invested by land and sea: Ad,
miral Cervera's fleet annihiliated and
the entire province and its towns and
harbors seized and held after short
campaign.
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Subscribe for the Entire Loan.

In view Of the probable issuance of q
circular by the Secretary of the Treas
ury within q short time, asking for
subscriptions to the loan authorized by
the war revenue bill to the amount OF
$500, 900, 600, the National City Bank
and the Central Trust Company, OF
New York, and Vermilye & Co., have
informed the Secretary of the Treasury
that in order to insure the immediate
success of the loan, they will subscribe
for the entire loan of $500. 600, 0OO, or
such part thereof as may not be sub
scribed for by the public.
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tack from the rear, some of the ves-
sells, such as the ~. !-ouls, perhaps,
will linger far astern ready to signal
the heavy armed cruisers at the first
sign of an approaching foe. The
stately battleship Indiana, it IS
expected, will Iced the pro-
cession of ships, which will be the most
numerous gathered in American waters
since the civil war. 1t is not believed
that they will be landed at Caimanera,
the point on Guantanamo Bay, where
the American flag now flies over the
heads of Simpsons marines, as that
place, while we'll adapted to serve as a
naval base, and as harbor of refuge
for the American warships, is not parti.
cularly we'll suited for the beginning Of
military operations.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-06-16

Not long ago Western orator said
that for every foot of military road
from Puerto Principe to Havana q
Cuban patriot has yielded up his life
in battle. The Atchison Globe figures
up that the road contains 1850, 900
square feet. and says that such large
number OF fatalities out of total
population of less than 1900, 600 IS
appalling.
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MOVING ON SANTIAGO.
Grand Array Of Battleships and
Transports.

Grand Array of Battleships and
Transports.
Under command of Major General
Shafter, the first division of the United
States army sailed OIL June 18th from
Key West for Santiago de Cuba, to be-
siege and capture that town. The army
transports, 80 il number, left Port
Tampa on the 11th. The conveying
warships, believed to number between
16 and 10, met the expedition at Key
West, and with this powerful force
there is no longer reason for apprehen.
sion that the transports can be attacked
successfully by any Spanish warships,
even if such should have escaped
the vigilant search of the ma
val commanders at Key West and
off Havana. 1t is believed that
the rally out of Havana of the three
Spanish gun-boats was intended to
create the impression that they were
prepared to 60 out to attack the trans
ports. If so the plan miscarried, for
the crafts were detected Immediately by
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-06-16
Holding the Lower Bay.

The Navy Department posted the
following bulletin: "On June 7th Ad-
mlral Sampson ordered the Marble
mead, Commander McCalla, and the
Yankee, Commander Brownson, to take
possession of the outer bay of Guanta-
namo. These vessels entered the har-
Dor at daylight on the 7th, driving a
Spanish gun boat into the harbor, and
took possession of the lower bay, which
is now held by the Marblehead.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-06-16

Says the Savannah News: An un-
toward incident of the war is the fact
that every amateur poet in the coun-
try feels inspired with a divine iniunc-
ton to write something which, if it
should not be adopted as the national
battle hymn, would become immortal
as fervid expression of the national
spirit in the crisis. Unfortunately,
theltime has now passed when poetry
can be used as gun wadding. The
modern gun is a breech loader.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-06-16
No Peace for Spain.

The campaign inaugurated by some
of the foreign newspapers in favor o.
peace between Spain and the United
States is not approved at Madrid. Ac.
cording to the opinion of several gen.
erals Spain is capable of continuing
the war in Cuba for two years, even
under the most unfavorable circum.
stances. Therefore, they add, it is
useless to talk of peace, unless it i'm
plies return of the status quo ante.
bellum.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-06-16
A Torpedo Exploded.

A distressing accident occurred at
st. Johns Bluff, near Jacksonville,
Fla, in which J. J. O'RourEe and Ed
Houston, two well known young citi-
zens of Jacksonville, were Instantly
killed, and Lieutenant Harts, Of the
United States engineering corps, was
seriously injured, and stenographer
named Barnham and negro were also
painfully hurt.
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Making Favorable Impressions.

Some interesting impressions and
criticisms of the American soldier have
appeared from the pens of English war
correspondents with the army of inva-
sion. The opinions are, on the whole,
favorable and the correspondent of The
Times, who was on board the transport
Gussie, seems particularly impressed
with the workman like exit" and busi-
ness like intelligence Of the American
regulars,
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-06-16
situation Improving.

A private dispatch received at Madsid
from Manila, dated June 8, represents
the situation there as being slightly i'm.
proved. It says: I'm spite OF the in
surrection in the province, the capital
is resolved upon resistance. The spirit
of the people is excellent. The defenses
have been increased; fresh battalions OF
volunteers have not yentured to make
an attack.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-06-16
Brann's Successor Acquitted.

Judge G. B. Gerald was acquitted by
a Jury at Waco, Texas, of the charge Of
murder for having killed ". and j. W.
Harris, brothers, who were publishers
of The Waco Times Herald, in Novem-
Der last The tragedy was one of the
several growing out of W. c. Brann's
warfare against Baylor Baptist Cnlver-
sity, in Branp's IeQpoclast.
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A general rule arrived at is that tn

A general rule arrived at is that the
modern steel gun should not be fired
more than 100 times. Aftsy that, il
matters not what the eGfsf gen6y may
be, it is safer to dismantle the gun and
send it back to the shop than to risk
firing it, for the explosion of a gun
is decidedly and extensively dan,
gerous occurrence to all in its imme,
date locality. The firing of a gun
causes the Steel to earysfaliize, and
thereby become as brittle as a file.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-06-16

The present season is likely to give
Canadian seal poachers harvest.
Owing to the war it will be impracti-
cable for United States cruisers to pa
troll the Pribylov group, for no matter
what right the seals have to protec-
tion it must yield to the superior right
of the American citizen. Some thirty
four Canadian vessels are in the busi-
ness this year, and these have just re-
turned from successful sealing trip
off the California coast.
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Spain's Friends Losing Hope.

The Paris correspondent of the Sun
day Special says: "Spain's most stead
fast friends Of the press deplore the
obstinanoy with which she accepted
war when totally unprepared, and de-
clare that to continue fighting when
the cause is hopelessly lost will proba-
bly, ALLEVIATE France, whose good words
would prove serviceable in the day OF
settlement
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-06-16

An Associated Press Dispatch, June
u, via Mole ST. Nicholas, Hayti, says:
Lieutenant Colonel r. W. Huntington s
battalion Of marines, which landed from
the transport Panther on Friday and
encamped on the hill guarding the
abandoned cable station at the entrance
to the outer harbor of Guantanamo,
has been engaged in beating off bush
attack by Spanish guerillas and regn-
lars since o'clock Saturday afternoon.
The fighting was almost continuous for
thirteen hours, until o'clock Sunday
morning when re-enforcements were
landed from the Marblehead.
Four of our men were killed and one
wounded The advance pickets under
Lieutenants Neville and Shaw, are un-
accounted for.
Among the killed is Assistant Sur
geon John Blair Gibbs of the regular
army, whose father fell in the Custer
massacre. The others killed are: Ser
geant Charles H. Smith, of Smallwood;
Private William Dunphy, of Glouces-
ter, Mass, and Private James McCol-
gan, of Stoueham, Mass. Corporal
Glass was accidentally wounded in the
head. The splashes of blood found at
daylight at the position the Spanlards
occupied indicate fatalities, but their
comrades carried Off the killed and
wounded.
The engagement began with desul-
tory firing at the plckets q thousand
yards inland. Capt. Spicer's company
was doing guard duty and was driven
in, finally rallying on the camp and re-
pulsing the enemy at 5 o'clock:
The bodies Of Privates McColgan and
Dunphy were found, both shot in the
head. The large cavities caused by the
bullets, which, inside a range of 500
wards, have q rotary motion, indicate
that the victims were killed at close
range.
The bodies were stripped of shoes,
hats and cartridge belts and horribly
mutiIated with machetes. When they
were brought in the whole battalion
formed three sides of a hollow square
about the camp on the hilltop. Below
in the bay were the warships at anchor.
Inland from the hill camp is deep ra-
vine, and beyond this are high hills.
The adjacent country is heavy with a
thicket growth.
The sky was blanketed with clouds,
and when the sun set gale was blow
ing seaward. Night fell, thick and i'm
penetrable. The Spanish squads con-
cealed in the chapparel cover had the
advantage, the Americans on their edge
furnishing fine targets against the sky
and the white tents. The Spaniards
fought from cover till midnight, dis
coverable only by flashes, at which the
marines fired volleys. The repeaters
sounded like crackers in barrel.
The Marblehead launch, Colt ma
chine gun in her bow, pushing up the
bay enfilading the Spaniards, and it is
thought that some were killed. The
marines trailed much blood to the wa
ter's edge and there lostit. The sharks
are numerous in the Vicinity.
The ships threw their seaeh lights
ashore tie f.. jssgg jRge{{fSI {5bc elsSs fGss exsa sna
disclosing Qccasionaly, skqlkIag par;
ties ties Of SSaniafds. FSeh discovery q
fhe enemy was greeted BY the crack q
carbines along the edge Of the camp
ridge, or by the long roll Of the launch's
MACHINE gun, searching the thickets
with leaaden stream. Shortly after
midnight came the main attack. The
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-06-16
ExneIled from Porto Rico.

Mr.. Walter Bett, who is said to have
been a secretary of Mr.. Crawford, the
British consul at San Juan de Porto
Rico, the latter now acting for the
United States. has been expelled from
Porto Rico. MIR. Bett, it appears, was
accused of communicating information
to the United States authorities con-
cerning the mines and fortitications oil
Snn Innn
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-06-16
Our Sick Soldiers,

Sixty-fve sick soldiers arrived at
Atlanta from Tampa, and were taken
to the generel army hospital at Fort
Mcpherson. Nearly all are regulars,
only few volunteers being included
in the list. Many sick are said to be
suffering from fever.
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expression

Philadelphia public school authori-
ties have been much vexed by the
question whether new school should
be named for the late Judge Joseph
Allison. Finally local pride has pre-
vailed, and the school is to be known
by the name of the Judge.
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Published Every Thursday

A timid contemporary fears that a
Spanish feet will anchor off Coney
Island aud shell New York. If ths
Spaniards ever visit Coney IslanA
they will 60 there to shoot the chutes.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-06-16
Let it Proceed.

The Kruz-Zeitung, Berlin, says it
can affirm the reports that confden-
tial interchange of opinion is taking
place between several Of the powers in
regard to mediation between Spain and
the United States.
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To be Removed.

Chief of Police I. W. Lees, of San
Francisco, Cal. one of the best known
police officers in America, is to be sup
planted by DR.. James W. Keeney, son
of a police commissioner.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-06-16
Daiouiri Bombarded.

Several American warships bonn
barded Baiquiri, some distance east of
Aguadores, and near the railway line
to Santiago de Cuba. Official advices
from Santiago say that the lombard
ment caused no damage" Daiquiri
is a mining locality.
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Ovcr1O0 Clerks Discharged.

The largest clerical reduction in the
pension bureau for some years was ef-
fected by the dismissal of over 100
clerks and number of the corps OF
special examiners. The action follows
q reduction of the appropriation.
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The days of chloroform seem to be
numbered. Frederic W. Hewitt, an@s-
thetist to the London hospital, states
in recent article in the Lancet, that
! it was administered in only 677 cases
out of the 6657 cases anasthetized at
that institution during 1897.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-06-16

Now that the English army under
Sir Herbert Kitchener is approaching
Khartoum, the memory of Cor
do4's fate returns to English minds,
and naturally the thought OF giving
him monument in the city has found
expression.
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Nothing is to be gained by belittling
the bravery of the Spaniards in Manila
bay. 1t may as we'll be conceded that
they fought valiautly and died brave
Iy; but they were pitted against better
ships and better brains.
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Standing of the Red Cross.

By direction OF President Mckinley the
War and Navy Departments will, during
the war, treat the Red Cross Society as an
affiliated branch of the service.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-06-16
Lost It's Case

The Government lost its case against
the Copper Queen Mining Company,
in Arizona, to recover for $685. 900
worth of timber used from public
lands.
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Killed in a Texas Tornado.

A tornado descended on R iddleville
a small town SO miles from San Antonio,
and three people were killed. A boys
skull was crushed and he is fatally in
iured. Several other people were in
jured by the tornado. Much damage IS
reported and small houses were demol-
ished. The track of the tornado was
about 500 feet wide.