The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-21
The Displaying Of a Flag at Half
Mast 10 an Enemy Is an
Unusual Thing.
TROOPS AT SANTIAGO
AND AT MANILA.
The Arrival at the First Place Comes
From Madrid and at the Latter
From Hong Kong. bat Neither
Has Been Confirmed.

Copyrighted. I-1s. By she Associated Press
On board the Associated Pro.s dis
patch bat DiuutIcss, on Santiago do
Cuba, June s, via Kingston. Juue Co.,
A carful inspection of the f0rt.hclt.ous
along the crest Of the hills defending
Santiago harbor since the b0muarlmeut
Thursday morning h0ws that the Amer.
ican gunners spread havoc and ruin
everywhere. Some oi the batteries wCr
demolished beyond repair Tho yul-
turcs which circlei on Lowell wings over
the hills arJ a. thick as swallows around
chimneny. furnished grucs0m- ey.-
dence of the fatality among the Spanish
soldiers Hundreds Of troop. could bs
seen from the ships digging iu mounds
Of earth piled up By tine explosion OF tho
projectiles from the heavy guns fr
bodies while their heads were famed ly
the wings of the black scay,ugCr. Of the
battlefield
There were two spots, one on the east
and the other on the west OF tine hlrb1r
entrance, which were dcnuded oi the
foliage The hill tops seem literally
blown away These marked the places
whore the 2oO-pound charges Of gun cot.
ton blown by the Vesuyu. landed
The most ominous tokcu Of death few
from MORO castle The saffron hlg %
Spain was half masted Tor several hours.
The significance Of this l. not known.
II is not customary % half mast dlgs.
bot possibly some Spanish leader was
killed by the heavy fire of our guns,
though some officer. OF the squadron be-
leye that the dag was ha.f mlstoi as a
notification 20 the American. that
Lieutenant Hobson and his brave mon
were dead. II such b. thc case they
must have been wauioulv murdered.
The Spanish might seek 90 lly their
death % the bombarimgut, iut not q
shot from the American ship. struck the
fortress Neither Admiral sampson nor
Commodore Schley behove that Lieut.
| Hohson and his party have lCcn killed
There was an evident dom0mliHti1n
among the Spanish troops during the
bomharimgnt Officers could bo seen
| drawing swords driving mon o. their
guns, even thCu they could mot ba forced
10 stay 10 long as our guns wcrJ directed
AZ them Fifteen minutes night work
Of the Vcsuyius had shattered their
nerves
It's believed by some that the l2Inch
projcctilo fired from the Texas, which
reported 20 have exploded the pcwdor
magazine In one Of the western batter.
les, did not fall In the battery, but went
beyond and blow mp one OF the ships IN
the harbor.
\ dramatic incident Of the bomhari.
ment was the act Of . S1an.sh officer
who bmyely ran along the pupct uu.
der a heavy fire encouraging his men "a
stand by their guns Shot and she'll
rained about him, and after one terrific
explosion he was seen no morg and the
panpet had disappeared He could not
have escaped death
! Several attempts 90 find landing
places Tor the United States troops with.
In a distance OF a few miles wcstof SAN
tiago have demonstrated, along with
previous inquiries 90 the eastward. that
the shore Cor lSmilas 3. lined with Span
iards While this viii not prvCnt d
landing close 20 Santiago, &c may entail
considerable delay, as the surrounding
country must be- thoroughly she.lcd an,
cleared before the troop. can land ir
safptv