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7 - N W 1 ! ' 1 ' V . , ,!:. ! I ... i:i, 'i.i,. 1 f !.' i,i I w i ;.' Til';'' THE ASTORIAN Ml the latest circulation of any piptr on the Columbia River THE DAILY ASTORIAN Is the tlffest ml best pjter on the Columbia Ktver KULL, ASSOCIATED I'RIiSS REPORT. VOL XLVIII. AKTOKIA, OKKMlN', HIJNDAY MORNING, JUNE 2f, 18M. NO. 15i V lit WB AKII POSITIVELY- hhaoquartrrs- iTovca HANOKM TINWAIIB COOK INI J UTtNBlIJI I HON ril HJ Tim rmcjM arc bucii as to uakb it expen. IIVB TO HUT ELilCWIIEItB. 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I i WAN SING & COJCom-rc'lSt. it ft 1 h BARBER, Proprietor, S 70 Commercial Street. i sjuFF THAT THE SPANISH FORCES I Much Greater Than Had Been I Estimated, but Will Be Kept Separated. TWO BATTLES OCCURRED General Young With the Pegu lers and Colonel Wood With the Pough Riders Met Overwhelming Forces. THE HOT FIGHT IN DETAIL Griphlc Description of the Two En casements Hamilton Flih. Jr. the First Man to Fa!! -Captain Capron KilleJ While LeaJInr. w ASIUN'iT. i.N. Jan.- -TV I. ! ; Inf niii a'. ! r' l. I tie .1 .Itll .l o I. . (j. e .!!. th it lh- Span !i urtiiy 1 r thin ha I i . mi . ! -I !i:i gr far. I .N il! . M int army r- p .r: i...y that th . a -t. i ti . :id J 'y. . .f the r-g'-i' 1 t- ii.ii. r , M jo : ."l.ati.-h f 'r. e. at :: f 'he :-l..!il n iinlor '. of n hi. )i 1." ire Iti Sa 1 ' :ll II olgulll. an 1 J", a! a . i :i. . l.o. nti ii t. d a; S. this would make n fortntdalde but stpar.it.'d by I r.-.t and tain-, the insurgents are . i" 'C.l.ig '. M .tt:- T ... 1 army, T1V till- :. I : ' k. eti ihe (on.-s at II egum and M 't.J .null from getting to San't..g. )iiiii:st nmiT of Tin: war. Iliuve Action of the Amr! Oraphl.ally Told. .-.in Tracp: Tour M.l.s Northwest of Juragu.i. i'iiIm, June J(, i' . m. p.r illspiitch boat Wanda to port Antonio, Jamaica, June I'., 'J p. m. via Kingston. n'opynghteil. s!'s, by the Associated Press.) Further particulars of the ha I tie nf yesterday between the Anierb nils and the Spaniard show Ihat i.nii'tl.ally two ba::le wet fought at the same time, one by :he rough riders, under the immediate ciu ni.in.l of I'oloiiel Wood, on lop of a plateau, and the other on the hi..'.ie several miles away by the regulir. with whom whs Oilicral Young. The expedition started from Jar.igua. . small town on the coast, nine miles ea-l i of Xlorrn casllc, which was the first place occupied by the troops after their 1 .f.d i Ing ill Rihpilrt last Wednesday. Information was brought to the Am.rl 'can army headquarter by the vui..ins ,1111 Thursday ihat forces of Span.stt s .1 j .lb i s had iisseinblc.l at the place where j the batlle occurred to ..i.uk Ihe niitcll I on Santiago, ilcncral Young went there ; lo dislodge thcni, the understanding b lug 1 that the t'ubans, under Castillo, were to cooperate wllh him, but the latter failed to appear until the tight vva nearly tin- lulled. Then they asked permission to jiliusc the lleelng; Spaniards, but as the victory was already won General Young refused to allow them to lake part In the light. ilcncriil Young's plans contemplated the movement of half his command along a trail nt Ihe base of a rangs of hill lending buck from the. coast, i that he could attack the Spaniards on Uv. tank while the rough riders were to foil the trail lending over the hill to attack 'hem In front. This plan was carried ouv com pletely. Tito troops left Juragua at daybreak. The route of Clcilcral Young and the reg ulars was comparatively level and easy of travel. Three lloickls guns were taken wllh the commnnd, Tho llrat part of the journey of the rough riders wns over teep hills scv ernl feet high. The men curried 200 rounds of ammunition and heavy camp equipment. Although this was done easily In tho early morning, the weather became Intensely hot and the sun bent down upon the cowboy and eastern athlete a they tolled up the grudo with their heavy Rough Riders Threw Away Their Blank ets and Dashed on the Enemy. 0 FK Jt'ltA'il'A. June 3, by -f .pyrwylii. d, !, by the '! 'I l Hand, roln Kspanola, ithe Spanish Flag), on June 7 contained m It column not a ilngle refer- u e to (hr bl k.nl- or to tin- war, but raimly discusses plan for" placing electric l.ght on the plaia, churLh af f.ilm, n ml oth.r m.iU-r. of town K 'H', ami ali'gid cable nrw from Man:u rfportlng the aalllng of the big PjMtiMi f-r Havana atil the fipturi; of the limurg'-nt chlf HrnaiiJ-rx; alao "abnolute newi from Waihinc- t.n." iu that y'K .w f. v. r hul brokin out In the blotkailtiig fleet anil that i deaths have already occurred. Tin- only r- .il liiformati n . o imim. , jn ihe paper wan a, dlnp.iti h fr .m Havana aylng that General Arolai had :-d all (he f..d In ih- mark- n ttirre and would ell It to the Inhabitants at reasonable prlcet to prevent th (Hi . !.g of l!. I.opl:!.iUo!l. I. i. K. ini.l fr. .,iii n; r. t w re mo ' .iry. Th.' tr ill wan .o n.irrow for the gran r p.irt of the ) ili.it Hiv nun had to pro- - i d In mngle (He. iTIi kiy c.n'tus bruxh- d lili .di of ibc n.ul ;he undi r- hr.i!i was m thok ih.it .: w.i in:;i ' Me to tin fe. s on el. h.r i. le. A l con- ill 1 1. n were f.ivor.iMe f .r a murderous unil u-i ace hut th' tr"ps kept u close waiih and nude n h'tlc iioiv us pos - sible. The routii ri.b-rs . n-er-d Into tiie spir- ll ..f the m.asion w.th the great. . n- ! tluiHl ,.in. Ii w is the.r opinrtunl'.y t r of the time the y could not s-e the ennny. ! i light and i v. ry nmn was eag. r f..r'A'!r tin or fifteen minutei' hot Work lit. The weather gr.w swealterlngly hot. ; 'he off Some and Lieutenant- ! and one i,y one the men thr.w uway their t"ol.n I Roosevelt ordered his men back blankets and tent mils and e nip: lid iheir ,''"" "e till. k t n:o the tra 1. narrowly ' i .HlteellS. I 1 Tho first Intimation had by Colon. I , ii.ls' ii.tiimund that th-re were Spanl , .ir.ls In tho vie'v.ty was when they jr. a. h.le a point three or four miles l.ek from Ihe era!, where low cuckoo ! ills of Spanish soldi, rs were beard In t.ie bush. It wa d.nicult to locate the i vict p unt from which th. s.. sounds : .uiie The men w.-re i.ro.re.1 to spc.in in j whisper" and fr. qu. nt halts were made j rinaliy a place was reailnd. about ij vim i, wh.re the trail opened Into a. space covered with high grass on the r.ght of the trail, and thl.kets. A barbed j wire fence also ran along the lift side. The ili a.l body of a Cuban w as f,.und j n the side of the road, and at the same ered time i aptaln C.ipron s troops cov the outposts the heads of si vi ral Span iards were set n n the bushes for a mo ment. It was n..t until then that the nun were psmiUtcd to load their carbines. When the ordi r to bud was given they acted with a will and displayed the greatest eagirness to make the attack. Al this moment a .ound of tiring wa. heard a mile or two away to the right apparently coming from the hll.i be yond the thicket. It wa the regulars re plying to the Spaniards, who had opened on them from Ihe thicket. In addtlon to Ihe rapid rllle (Ire, the boom of llotch klss guns could be heard. Hardly two minute elapsed before Mauser rllles com menced to crack In the thicket, and hun dreds of bullets whistled over the heads of the rough riders, cutting the leaves ,mo blooknuse lly (h( mtf ,he from Ihe trees and sending chips , American advance got within M yards from I ho fence posts by the side of them, j ()f ,he .,,,H.khJUW ,he Sl,,nlarils alMnd Tho Spaniards had opened, and they j nm, f,oat.r(J Rnwng ,h( poured In a heavy lire, which soon had a most disastrous effect. The troops stood their ground w ith bullets slnglUK all around them. 1'iivnto Colby caught sight of the Spani ards and llred the opening shot at them. Sergeant Hamilton Klh. Jr.. was the first man to fall. He was shot through the heart and died Instantly. The Spaniards were not more than 200 yards uway but only glimpses of them could be seen. The men continued to pour volley after voliey Into the bush In the direction of the sound of the Spanish shots, but the latter became more frequent and seemed lo be coming nearer. Col. Wood walked along his lines displaying the utmost coolness. He ordered the troops to de ploy into Ihe thicket and sent nrtother detachment Into the open space on the left of the trail. Lieutenant-Colonel Uoosevelt lead the former dtachnient and tore through the brush, urging his men on. Tho shots came thicker and thicker every moment, and tho air seemed tilled wllh a singing and shrieking sound of Mauser btillls, while tho short pop of the Spanish rllles could be distinguished easily from the heavier reports of the American weapon, Caplaln Capron stood behind his men, revolver In hand, using It whenever a Spaniard exposed himself. Ills aim was sure, and two of the enemy were seen to fall under his fire. Just as he wa pro paring to take another shot and shouting order to hi men at the Biime time, his revolver dropped from his grasp and he fell to tne ground with a ball through hi body. His troop was badly dlscon- AMERICANS ASTONISHING SPANISH JOURNALISM. f Aoelated Press Dispatch the A"0latd pre dispatch boat to Associated l'ri.)-A copy of a Kip;i;r published In Santiago de Cuba, ccrud for a moment, but with all the utrenifih h-could muter he cried: "Djr.'l 'mini m boy, go and fUrht." He was carried from the (1-!d a soon an p::je . and l.ved a few hour". . s l.lniten.int Thomas of ".he same :ro ; received a wound through the l,g .,n ' after and Ixcmie delirious from pi!n. J Tin' troops that were In the thicket were not long in geting Into the midst of the ll)(ht. Tile Siiaillards located them ( u"'1 preesed th-m hard but they sen: ,a (1,l""' !n rt:urn vn though most . aping a bullet himself, which struck a ' ,r' '1'"nile his head. It was eviii.-nt that the Spaniards were falling back and changing their p.sltions but the tire continued at Intervals. Then the troops tore into the front and into a more open country than where the ncmy' lire was coming from.. About this time small squads commenced to carry the wounded from the thicket and lay them In a more protected spo; un the trail until th.y could be removed to the Held hospital. Cobnul Wood also ordered his llotchklss gun Into action, but the tro.q.er who rode- the mule upon which part of the gun was p.u ked had been stanieiled. His animal broke Into the woods In an opposite direction from I ,!,t' s''"ll!ih n,t' nn'1 'he gun conscqu. ntly could not Is. used. I'uring the light In the thicket several of the troop did some wild firing Into the troops ahead of them and part of the American loss is due to this fact. A soon as positions had ben changed the J Americans poured a more terrific tire than ever Into the Spaniards as they got them Into a more open country and , couM Jvt, tnrm ll0tu,r , no jng before the enemy gave way and ran down h teep hill and up another hill to the blockhouse wllh the evident Intention of making a final stand there. ColonelWood was at the front directing the movement and it was acre that Major liroule was shot. Colonel Wood and Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt both led the troops In pursuit of the fleeing Span lards and a hall of bullets was poured up another hill In the direction of S.intl. ago, and the battle was at an end. During ull this time just as hot a tlrj had been progressing at General Young' I station. The battle began In much the same manner us the other one and when the machine guns opened tire the Spani ard sent volleys at the gunners from the brush on the opposite hillside. Two troops of cavalry charged up tho hill and the other troops sent a storm of bullets at every point from which tho Spanish shots came. The enemy was gradually forced back, though firing an the time, until they, as well a those confronting the ronghrlders ran for the blockhouse only to be dislodged by Colonel Woods' men. General Young stated afterwards that the battle was one of the sharpest he had ever cxperlencd. It was only the quick and constant lire of the troops, whether they could see the enemy or not, that caused the Spaniards to retreat so soon. General Young" spoke In ths highest terms of the conduct of the men In his command and both Colonel Woods and Lieutenant Colonel Rooscveldt were extremely gratified with the work done by tho rough riders on the tlrst occasion of their being under tire. LAWTON S ADVANCE. A Surprise to Spaniards Who left Their Ilreakfast for Our Troops, Off Juragua, Thursday, June 23, by the Associated Press dispatch boat to Kingston, Jamaica, Friday, June 24, 11 p. m. (Copyrighted, 1J9S, ly the Associ ated Tress.) Juragua, though less than RE Port Antonio, Jamaica, June 21, noon (,-. mile by coaiit from Daiquiri, the or- : Irinal landing place of General Shatter' troops, la 13 mile distant by road, the worst road Imaginable. The town, or vil lage, lies In the throat of a ravine opening between the coast range of hill and the ocean. It has a good railway tation, where i car of ore are tracked, and a large commissary supply of flour. The village Itself Inconsiderable, consisting of a f-.w houses near a picturesque palm grove. The Americans have captured order which show ihat the Spaniards pl.tnned, in the event of troops attempting to land there, to repulse them from the hore. and If thl wa not sufficient, to charge the landng parties with machete. All this, however, wa to be done, the order stated, strictly "without los to the Span ish." In case loss was Inevitable a re trc.it was ordered westward. The latter Instruction were obeyed most Implicitly, since the Spanish burned Daiquiri and retreated on the approach of the American troops without firing a shot. Apparently Judging the American meth ods by their own. ih.y seemed wholly un prepared for General Lawton- advance on Juragua by way of pemajaya. Gen eral Lawton, on the other hand, acted as though he were after hostile Apaches on the war path. Daylight saw the first move of the Am ericans from Damajaya, the Twenty second Infantry passing the Eighth In Infantry on the extreme outpost, while the latter breakfasted, the Cubans icout- Ing ahead, bating up the Spaniards like partridges and driving them headlong. The Spaniards hastily tried to dis able a locomotive and engine with steam up on the track, by disconnecting the coupling rods, the throttle lever and sev eral essentlul parts, burying some and throwing others into the sea. Two engineer happened to be with the advance squadron of the Twenty-second Infantry and the troops went for the locomotive with a yell. The soldiers hunt ing about for the missing parts found them and Improvised others. One engi neer acted as fireman, the other at the throttle. In twenty minutes ran Into Jur agua with the tender full of sharpshoot ers, delirious with Yankee Ingenuity. The engineer remarked: "It the fools had knocked In the cylin der heads w e could not have fixed her." The Iron railroad bridge at Juragua was slightly damaged during yesterday's bom- uardment, but the rolling stock Is safe, and If the track to the east Is not de stroyed the transportation problem I solved. The huste of the Spanish evacu ation Is shown by the fact that breakfast was on the table and the bacon actually frying. Our soldiers profited by this. The Spaniards tried to destroy the Hour supply by cutting open the bags, but much of this was saved by our troops, who are very short of rations, as they carried only about three days' supplies from Daiquiri. Indeed the Second Massa chusetts took nothing. The heat led many soldiers to discard their rations as well as their clothing. The heat of the Jungle-fenced roads was awful, and es pecially to heavily accoutred men, and the path was lined with packets. Their shirts were discarded by hundreds, as well as blankets and haversacks. Sev eral men were exhausted and removed to the rear, not from sickness, but from heat. General Wheeler Is In command of all the cavalry and with General Lawton at tho front, these two should keep any of the enemy ! attention thoroughly en Raged. BATTERED VP. The steamer Ellhu Thompson crossed In at 5 o'clock this morning, returning from sea with the Gamecock and Staghound, the two Tukon river steamer which she towed out Friday, in a badly battered condition. MADE OE LOCATION OF THE ARMIES General Shaf ter's Men Massed to the Eastward of Santiago. THE GREAT MANILA ARMY Eighth Army Corps Organized fcy Merritt Includes Entire Phil ippine Force to Relieve Admiral Dewey. MERRITT SAILS WEDNESDAY Will Take Bis Staff and Clerks on the Newport, the Others to Follow BrlfUitr-General McArthur Formally Assumes Com maul of ThlrJ Relief. 0 FF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, June 3. by Associated Presa dispatch boat to Port An tonio, Juna 21. noon (Copy righted. by the Associated Pre,!.) The aliuatlon aa regards the disposi tion and location of the American, Spanish and Cuban forces la as fol lows: X General Shafter1! army of IS 500 men Is massed to the eastward of Santiago, de Cuba at Dalquln and Juragua. Gen eral Maximo, with I.tM) men. Is at Dai quiri, and Colonel Agulrl, with SK) at Agara. These are to be Joined by General Garcia with 1.000 men. Three thousand of General Garcla'a men hold U.wju Spaniards In Holguln, and General Rabl with 1.000 threatens 3.000 Spanish at Manxantllo. In Santi ago there are bellved to be S.00O Span- ish soldiers, with uch reinforcements as are to be had with the concentra tion movement now In progress. THE MANILA ARMY. Will Be Reorganised by General Merritt on Arrival. San Francisco. June 25. The Eighth army corps Just organised bjr General Merritt Includes the entire Philippine force. The troops not yet named as part of th expeditionary forces constitute an Inde pendent oivislon of the new corps and will be under command of General Otis. On arrival at Manila the entire army will be reorganised. General Merritt has designed a number of officers for posi tions in the eighth corps. HI personal staff will be constituted as follows: Major Lewis H. Strother, United State volunteers, acting aide. Major Harry C. Hale, United States volunteers, acting aide. Captain Bentley Mott, United Slates volunteers, aide. Brigadier General R, P. Hughes is named as chlef-of-staff and Inspector general, under Major General Otts. Lieutenant-Colonel Barry Is named as adjutant-general. An order has been Issued by General Merritt statng that he will sail for the, Philippines on Wednesday with his staff and some of his clerical force on ths Newport, the remainder being Instructed (ConUnued on third page.) TIm Royal Is the highest grade baking powder kaowa. Actual testa show It goesoas talrd further than any other breed. feex e aiseank UWUe.il Absolutely Pure eovAL BAKING SOWOf CO.. MW VOft. mm &4mi$ 1