The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-07-01
rrO,T TIE SEAT OF WAR.

miles FROM Santiago between 4,uop
Unit..d States cav .lryn IN and rough
riders and oven 1000 Spaniards, IN
which the latter were driven back into
the city. The Americans lost 10 dead
and about 80 wounded including sew
erai officers. The Spanish loss was
heavy. Among the officers killed were
Capt. Capron and Sergt. Hamilton
Fish. Jr. iCapt. Capron was a son OF
Capt. Capron who commanded Go. r,
LIST L s. Light Artillery which paraded
through Bel Air, on Friday, May 9ist,
1891. The Americans rushed impe-
tiousIy into an amhuscade from which
they were fred upon from three sides.
Instead of ratraating they charged
upon aud routed the enemy.
The fesuviug hurled three more of
her dynamite shells oyer the hills into
the Santiago harbor. 1T seemed to
those on board as if the whole south
side of Cuba had been blown up"
On Saturday the advance guard of
the nited States army had reached
a point four and a-half miles from
Santiago and the city was in plain
sight.
Admiral Camara's squadron was re-
ported at Port Said. 1t included
twelve vessels and is the most formid-
able squadron Spain has.
Report says that every road and
path leading into Santiago is mined
with dynamite.
President Mckinley has extended
the blockade to the entire south coast
of Cuba and to San Juan. Porto Rico,
The rebel army in the Philippines
is sweeping all before it. Aguinaldo
is said to have $780, 900 men under
arms. The rebels have changed their
tone and now demand independence.
Capt. General Augusta has cabled to
Madrid that his position is no longer
tenable.
Pacilicos report that 10000 troops
nave reinforced Lenares.
Additional troops, including the
9Th Md. have been ordered to proceed
Immediately to Santiago.
On Wednesday afternoon, the
cruiser st. Paul. commanded by Capt.
Sigsbee, was alta cked by a Spanish
cruiser and the torpedo-boat Terror.
The Terror made bold dash but
Sigsbee was ready. The st. Paul hit
the Terror three times. killing an Of
licer and two men and wounded sew
eral other. The torpedo boat was
towed into the harbor at San Juan in
a sinking condition.
A heavy battle was fought in the
Camaguey province in Cuba early in
June between 1900 Cubans under
General Lope Recios and !, 900 Spanish
troops, in which the latter were forced
to retreat.
General Menocal with 1000 men is
on his way to reinforce General Gomez
Che tone of the Spanish papers has
turned to one of great dependency.
The third expedition sailed from
San Francisco for Manila. 1t con-
tanned 1000 men.
1t is expected that the battle of
Santiago will not be fought before
Monday, as the heavy artillery can
not be available before then.
A message from Lieutenant Hobson
to his parents dated Santiago, June
% reads my health continues good.
Feel no uneasiness about me-"
General Paudo is moving eastward
from Manzanillo with $500 Spaniards
for the purpose of reinforcing San
tiago.
The rough riders captured spy
near Baiquiri. He was up tree
taking notes. The Cubans promptly
executed him.
Edward Marshall, the JOH1nGl cor
respondent, who dictated his account
of the fight between the roughriders
and Spaniards after he was mortally
wounded, is dying.
The Egyptian government refused
to allow Admiral Camara to coal at
Port Said.
The insurgents are gradually draw
ing closer to Manila. Five German,
three British, one French and one
Japanese men-of. war are now in the
port.
For the first time in the history of
the United States Senate a resolu-
ton was adopted by that body on
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men for duties herocially performed,
when Lieut.. Hobson and his comrades
were specifically named.
The Washington officials are conf
dent that the cruiser Charleston has
arrived at Manila with reinforce
ments.
The Spanish consul at Kingston,
Jamaica has announced that the
cruiser Brooklyn has been sunk and
Commodore Schley killed.
Reinforcements for General Shafter,
to the amount of 5000 men are report
ed to have left Tampa on Wednesday.
We fear that the Editorial Asso-
cations trip to Leonardtown was
TOO much for the President of the
association, inas;uuch as it has had
a very bad effect on his memory. 1t
might have been the scenery, or the
association with such good company,
or perhaps the roll of the boat. Any
how something has caused it, or as we
all know, he would not have made
such assertions as he did in the last
Issue OF tie DemOsfGt in defense of the
action of the Association in regard to
the resolutions looking toward better
nominations. That little fling Of
sarcasm, for which brother Street, is
noted, fell far short of the mark be-
cause his brief statement of facts to
dispel the illusion" was SO brief"
that it failed to give any of the essen
tial points. We know, however, he
intended to be fair, and he has never
been in any way charged with dis-
courtesy. In this case it was an error
Of the head not of the heart,
County Treasurer +. NJ. Allen, Jr.,
has received from the State Comp
troller a statement which is of very
great interest to the entire taxpaying
community. Heretofore it has been
n provision of the law that State taxes
could be paid at any time previous to