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TROOPS
INVASION
OF CUBA
The Formidable Taik Now
Before Troops to Largely
Decide the War.
ATTACK ON SANTIAGO
Will Be Maje at the Sides. Pear
and In Front-Reinforcements
for Staffer on
the Way.
SHAFTER A FREE LANCE
Hot TleJ ty Specific OrJers. tut Left
to Do What to Him Ste.ns Best
Blanco Makes Several Denials,
tut Stilt Refuses to Ex
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linasi.in of CiiIm may be
fairly l.cgmi. for tlioiigh the I'u.:. .1 Siatei
marines were the llrst nguiar f t . , to
land iiton Cuban sot!, their purpose was
not, afier all. an Invasion, bat the es
tablishment of a naval has,, and a h ise
for a i able station, m p.iih of wh..'h they
were enilnititly successful.
To thu regular trups was left the be.
clnnlng of thr formidable task of invad
ing Culm In force by land.
Jusi at the close of ohVc h n:rs a brief
csihlistnim came to the war department
from Lieutenant Coloiu A'lin. To '.he
surprise of the otlb lals the cablegram was
dated, not at tiiiantan.miti but at a place
called I'laya ) I Kstc. about twenty miles
west of (iii.intanamo bay .md abo'.tt half'
the distance between that place and San
tiago bay. It's exact wording Is withheld,
but the statement was authoriied U
said the troops were landing nil that
preparations had hem ninde ti ,,:ta.k
Santiago at the s.b'a and rear.
The delay hi receiving lurlher oalle
comnuintenllnns after the tlrst of last
"Plug Is thus explained. The bio s were
being carried westward, proleibly ;.t In
nearer the point selected .is the l .iil.ng
place III Cuba.
In his illspaich Lieutenant Colonel A'.b'n
said that he had heard nothing from
cither tlcneral Shatter or Admiral Samp
son. This l.s accounted fov ii-addy by his
llistniclbms-he was told Kpccltlcall.v by
tlcneral Miles In a cablegram sent yester
day not to embarnss Ueneral Shaftcr by
any unncccss.iry suggestions. Thus it will
be seen, to the delight of all true soldiers,
that tlcneral Shaftcr. like Admiral Samp
son. Is not to be tied by exact orders from
Washington, but Is to be allowed the wid
est liberty of action in the belief that
lielinr on the ground he Is capable of
Judging the best propriety of projected
moves. The lieutenant colonel, however,
who Is a member of tlcneral Miles' staff
mid directly In charge of the signal work
in Santiago province, communicates brief
ly with Uencriil Mi.es In cipher that the
debarkation of troops has begun and that
it plan of nttack has ben arrang-d.
The reinforcement of tlcneral Shufter
actually begun today In the departure
of a regiment and a battalion of troops
at Cuiup Alger for Santiago. They go
to Newport News and then by steamer
direct to Santiago,
THE OK Kiel At. DISPATCHES.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, June 22.-Ol!!clul dispatches
received tonight by Secretary Alger and
Secretary I .oust Indicated that the landing
of troops near Santiago was progressing
most favorably.
The first landing was effected at Ftal
(liilrl thlH morning nnd met with com
paratively alight resistance. This was
staled In a dlspntch received this evening
by Secretary Alger which, though brief,
was full of news and meaning. It follows:
LANDED
AH the Men Successfully Disembarked
While Warships Kept up a Fire.
GRADE OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL REVIVED.
lAntrK'l.-Udl Prenii DiKpatch.)
WArilMN'.ION. June Zi. The linuiw committed on mi..vary a(Talr ha nprirKl on and favorably rportl
) .liu ri ' iliition rfvlvln thf ra'!r of lleut. nant-K-n-ral In lt army.
It uuiiinrin tin; pr'-nlili.iit, h ntvi-r h-I- m It fXK:dl:nt. to pK,int a 'IW-utenant-g.HrTal, to b
. tIi-I fr.ni ih'.m- nfTlirnt In the m:lt,iry wrvlte (lltlnKulh il f,.r outk-. nklll and ability, nd with the Umlta
tl'.n In th 1 1 1 .i in thr hnlec from ortli r "not tM-ln the irr.v!e ,f rn ij r-general" belnu trkken out by the
committee.
The loinnilttie lirl..:m any of having any lnrle military comr..inil r In view, and anert the object li tr
irinlt the nl-riloti ly the premd-m tit command the armle of the L'ni fd Htateii of one who hould have higher
rank thun any other of ct an e' ntiui i . e(!; . ncy of management.
While Maj..r i)' tn-r.i: Mlle Im fr ieier.tly I-en urged for a lleu.enat Kene-alh!p. the membrj of the committee
ilulm that hm nnie la io more than a lUKgemlon and thai the resolution l-avtj t op-n to the pre;dent whom he shall
niM.int, the aiioiritee, howi-ver, l ing nuliject to confirmation by the aenate. .
It a ixtlnieii out by a ranking member of the committee that If tb-re nhould be a battle at Santiago, for Instance,
In niili h i- ni r.il Hhafter ahould figure and he should perform some heroic work, he would stand a good show for the
coveted raiik. and with other commanding officers on whom? career the el.-Hon might depend.
Tin- commuter kUo favorably rejxirted the house bill giving to the adjutant-general of the army a po't now he!d by
lit n. ral fori. ;n. the rank. pay. and allowance of a major-general, and a Joint resolution amending a former one and
permuting Oooii. I Aiton M t. Third cavalry, to t xen isc the functions of boundary commissioner over the Jlexi
' a ii hue. tin- name us if h was performing such duty under military orders.
"I'laya del Ksu-. June r -T.i the secre
tary of wnr. Viith:iigttii: Off B.inUlrl.
fubn. June landing at !'aljulrl tbls
ni Tii ng Very llttl.- rrsNlacr. If any.
"SHArTBK."
lie coiitnietl the text of (leneral Hhaf
ttr's meaagc to nit .t n .nat the enemy
had made inereiy a nominal and Ineffec
tive re.utan.it l nnng from the hills at
lolia; range.
S. rr. i.iry l.io.g received a mor- ex
ii 'lined call grain from A-lni .r.i l Sarnp
. m 11. (.hi. n a dated a! I'laya d-d Ete
at 0 this t venliig The tt xt of the dts
l.it h. trail-land from the n.iy dep.irl
meiit clplicr. I tt follows:
"The landing of the army I pp'grotslng
(iora..y at ll.iliiiilri. There Is little. If
I .-i-i. ....... n,A v..u. i iri i ....
no, I t'.iMitie. Suw.itier and Swap hceil
the vicinity before tlie landing. We made
demonstration at Cabanas to engage trie
attention of the . neiiiy. The Texas en-
g.iKtd the West battery f"r s- me hours,
She hud one in in killed. The submarine
mint have ii. . n rroevi red fr .m the chart-
tie! at iuant.in.inio. i'omir.tm!i at!..n by
ttl. giapli has bein established at li i iiua-
ii into SA.MPSii.N."
In Uith urmy and navy . ir. it s the infor
motion tout line, 1 in the dtspatcht ol
C iieral Shaft, r and Admiral Samps !
was nitUel with Immense satisfactl ti.
lit.ANVoS DENIALS.
Associated press I n.-pat. h )
Havana. June !.-tiVp r.glr.ed K' by
the Associated Press.) There Is absolute-
ly no
foundation for the report puhll-hed
In the 1'nlted States of the attempt to as
sassinate Captain (ietienil lllanco by a
member of me volunteers, w hose brother,
it was alleged, had been shot for com
plicity In a plot against the government,
general lllanco enjoys the esteem of all
classes In Havana. Including the) volun
teers, and Is regarded with the utmost
conlldcnee as the representative of Span
ish sovereignly.
tleneral ltlanco'a public appearance Is
freuuently the occasion of patriotic dem
onstrations n ml that he has no fear of as
sassination Is shown by the fact that he
often drives without an escort.
The greatest eontldeiice Is felt that the
Spanish forces will successfully cov with
tile Americans, who are reported u have
arrived off Santiago. General lllanco de
nies that ho nns decided that there shall
bo no exchange of prisoners with the i
1'nlted States. At the same time the
captain g neral says he cannot allow the I
exchange of Lieutenant llobson and im-m-! four cororals of the Montana regl
bers of his party who sailed (ho Mcrrl- ; mem have been reduced to the ranks for
mac Into the mouth of the harbor at disobeying their commanding officer. The
Santiago for the reason that the lieuten
ant and his companions had opportuni
ties for seeing the harbor and Its de
fenses. The most common prudence, the captain
general says, would forbid that these
men be now given their liberty as pro
posed by the liilicd Slates.
Captain General lilanco added that he
had not forbidden the approach of vessels
bearing Hags of truce, but had only or
dered that no vessel be permitted, within
six tulles of the shore so that It may be
made Impossible for olllcers of the Vnlted
States to make drawings or Inspect the
fortresses.
TO ATTACK PACIFIC COAST.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington. June il. News has reached
here that 12.1HHI tons of coal are being
loaded at Valparaiso, ChUo.
As coal Is worth about IS a ton there,
the purchase excited great curiosity here
and " has been suspected that It was
being made on Spanish account. If this
should prove to be true, nnd the fact will
soon become known, It would seem to
Indicate i purpose on (he part of the
Spanish naval commander Camara to
carry that celebrated Cadlx fleet around
Into the I'adtlc and to use these colliers
lo supply the licet with coal. In this
case the object would probably be the
west const of the Vnlted States Instead
of the 1 "hlllpplnes, but after all tho whole
thing Is still n matter of mere conjecture.
RAN TUB BLOCK APR.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Kingston, Jamaica, June 22. (Copyright
lSi'S by tho Associated Press.) The cap
tain of the steamer Adula, which has ar
rived here from Clenfttegos, learned that
tho Spanish steamer Purmlssa Concep-
UNDER SHOT AND SHELL
tlon, which sailed from Kingston on June
It with a load of auplles for Spanish
trmips. and carrying. It Is understood,
I'o.(m) In gold, has arrived at Tnn.dad,
province of Santa Clara.
The cs'ttaln further reports that whde
on the way to this port he met the Vnlted
Slates auxiliary cruistT Yankee seventy
miles off the Cuban coast. The Yank'-e
was the only war vessel he sighted dur
ing the trip.
CEMVERA 8 DfSl KRATE ATTEMPT.
(As)clated Press Pl.tpatch.
New York. June S A special dispatch
from Santiago de Cuba. June S, via
Kingston today, says the Cubans have
1 broiiirhl Information to Admiral Simn.
; that Cervera is prep.ired to make a
i d. sperate effort to take his fhlps out of
S intiago harbor at the first favorable
1 'PI"'rtuiilty. The Spanish war ships, It I"
j reported, have been coaled to their full
opacity and the crews are refused shore
, !' 've. Every nlirht the vif't ls ,irop ,..n
' ,hp l'a-v 10 prepared to embrace the
I "r' t-ivoral.le opportunity to attempt to
'li past the blockading squadron
It is said to be the Spanish admiral's
hoe to save at least a portion of his
ships from capture and in the light to
sink some of the American craft.
MElUtITT TO SAIL WEDNESDAY.
I
(Associated Press Dispatch.
I San Prancls.xi, June 2!. It Is now stated
! on good authority that General Merlin
j w'H s !l next Wednesday on the Newport,
! following the third fleet, which will proh-
ably get away Monday. The Seventh Call
fornla regiment hope to be assigned to
go on the Newport with General Merrltt.
General Otis today Issued orders reliev
ing Itrlgadler General MeArthur from the
command of the Fourth brigade and or
dering him to report for Instructions pre
paratory o assuming command of the
next expedition to Manila. At Cue same
time an order was Issued assigning Col
onel A. S. Frost, of the South Dakota
regiment, to the command of the Fourth
brigade. Two hundred recruits for the
Kansas regiment and lii3 of the Tennes
see volunteers arrived today. Five sol
diers afflicted with pneumonia were taken
; fr"ni Camp Merrltt to the French hos
I P"11' today.
REDIVED TO THE RANKS.
Associated Press Dispatch.
San Francisco. June 22. Three sergeants
deposed olllcers nre members of company
It. which struck a week ago against the
poor food served and refused to march
when ordered out.
OREGON HEVRVIT3.
Associated Press Dispatch.
San Francisco, June 22. Thirty recruits
from Oregon arrived yesterday and over a
hundred more are due today. They will
be quartered with the Thirteenth Minne
sota until they are sent to Manila.
THE PHILAPELPHIA.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Mare Island Navy Yard, June 22. The
wxirk on the cruiser Philadelphia Is pro.
grossing rapidly and she will be ready
by the tlrst week In July. The tugs Ac
tive and Fearless are being prepared for
service as auxiliary cruisers. The Fear
less will carry seven guns nnd have a
larse searchlight on her wheelhouse. The
Active and other tugs to be used by the
government will carry five guns each.
A REMARKABLE RECORD.
I Associated Press Dispatch.
Off Santiago de Cuba. June 12. Copy
righted. lM'S, by the Associated Tress.
Correspondence of the Associated Press.
The Vnlted States cruiser Marblehead,
under command of Lieutenant Commander
McCalla. has done some remarkable work
In the landing of ammunition nnd the
driving out of the Spaniards.
Relieving that Guantanamo was a good
for the American nrmy. If It came, and
that the sheltered bay would prove a
good smooth spot for the smaller boats
to be coaled In, Commodore Schley, aet
Ing under Rear Admiral Sampson's "or
ders, sent tho Marblehead down to look
over the ground. It has been asserted
that the place was In control of the Insur
gents, but Commanuer McCalla found
ihat this was not true, for no sooner did
the cruiser point her nose Into the harbor
than two four-inch shells flew over her.
Discovering the gunboat that had fired
the projectiles, the Marblehead made a
uryet of It. and In a short time the Span
lard steamed away Into a shallow Inlet
w here thr cruiser could not follow. Com
mander McCalla then took a look around
came back to the squadron, and reported
it as a suitable place for landing the
troops.
Then taking a collier with him. he went
back to the bay and under the very nose
of the enemy deliberately tied up to the
collier and for several hours coaled his
snip.
The Vixen and Gloucester, two con
verted yachts. In the meantime carried on
'active work with the Insurgents at Acer-
raueos.
The value of making this place a point
of operations may be bettw appreciated
(wiun it Is kqnown that It is half way be
, tween Jucaro and Matiianlllo. two en
campment places of the Spanish. Behind
Jucaro and Munzanillo and running down
close to the shore to Santiago are high an
almost Impassible mountains so that op-
' erations between the three places must
! be conducted along the shore line of the
j Carnbtan sea. A railroad line was con
structed running from Jucaro to Santi
ago in March last General Paredo put a
I large force of troops at Jucaro and Man-
! lanlllo. Bayamo In the interior was se
lected as a place for interior movements
and to menace the insurgents and the
work of connecting it with Maniamllu.
so as to have a triangle with troops at
every angle was legun.
The oiH-ratlons of A-miral Sampson
have broken one. and the most import
ant, side of the triangle by putting the
Insurgents In possession of Acceradeos
and the triangle has been broken again
by the landing of the Vnlted States ma
rines at Guantanamo. In addition to this
It is learned that the Insurgents have
torn up the road and destroyed communi
cation between Bayamo and Santiago so
that It Is evident three stations of Span
ish troops are thoroughly Isolated from
one another.
ue arrival of newspapers and mail on
June 10 was hailed with Joy, but much
amusement was caused by the versions
of the bombardment by Commodore
Schley. The orders Issued on May 31
were not to tire at batteries but only at
the ships seen in the harbor. No damage
of any kind was done to the batteries on
shore. The Spanish war ship Relna Mer
cedes was hit. as was also the Cristobal
Colon, but not seriously Injured. The
object of the expedition was to rind out
what the defenses on shore amounted to,
and that object was attained.
ML'RDER .T SPOKANE.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Spokane, une 22. When the police en
tered the crib of Martha Delaney, a
French courtesan, at 2 o'clock this morn
ing they beheld a shocking sight. The
room was In disorder, blood was on the
floor and the walls, and the body of the
woman lay bloodstained on the bed. Half
a doxen frightful wounds In the head were
the cause of death and the woman's
throat bore the mark of the grip of the
murderer's hand. The crime is a mys
tery and the police have no clue. They ar
rested a strangeiy-actlng man In a lodg
ing house at daylight, but are about con
vinceo he was not the murderer. Rob
bery was the motive.
Ml'RDER AT ATHENA.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Pendleton. June 22. Fred Heckman and
D. M. Walter, laborers, were shot by
Charles Huffman, a German Immigrant, at
Athena, today, presumably for the pur
pose of robbery. Heckman will die and
Walter's condition Is doubtfui. Huffman
Is In Jail at Pendleton. He used a double
barrel shot gun. He shot three times,
twice at Heckman and once at Walter.
There was one witness, John Hartman.
All are strangers here.
FIRST ALASKA RAILWAY.
Associated Press Dispatch.)
Skagway, June 15, via Seattle, June 22.
The first mile of track of the Hrst Alaskan
railway was laid through Skagway today.
The grading Is finished for a distance of
five miles beyond the city limits.
THE SPANISH
ANXIOUS
Soldiers at Cienf aegos Want
to Fight the Americans,
Populace Discouraged.
PLANS OF THE CAMPAIGN
Occupation cf Porto Rico Aban
doned for tit Present tor
Several Very Good
Reasons.
SHAFTER TO BE SUPPORTED
Ho Chances Will be Taken for Any Re
verses tt Santiago. Where Will Be
Turnlon Point of War-Pro- v
vising to Be Made for
Prisoairs.
Associated Press Dispatch.)
KINGSTON". Jamacla. June
2.-Copyr1rhted. 186, ly th
Associated! Press, -i Th
steamer Adula, which ar
rived here today from Clenfuesoa,
brings I'M rt fusees, well-to-do Cuban
and Spaniards. They aver that the
Spanish soldiers there are anxious for
a liht, but that the populace Is dis
heartened by the long struggle.
Food Is no dearer now, they say,
than It was a month ago, a ad while
flour and meat are scarce, rye and tlsh
and vegetables are abundant.
THE PLANS OF CAMPAIGN.
New York, June 22. A Tribune special
from Washington says:
The project to occupy Porto Rico Is now
regarded by the highest military author
ities of both the navy and army as prac
tically removed from Immediate consid
eration, unless the death rate of
General Shafter's army from dis
eases Indigenous to Cuban soil Is ex
ceedingly high, the president's desire for
the prosecution of a general aggressive
campaign throughout the entire Island
of Cuba may be promptly entered upon
the moment Santiago Is captured.
The suggestion of a Porto Rlcan cam
paign to precede the Invasion of Cuba
was put forth more than a month ago.
before Admiral Sampson bombarded San
Juan, and pending the uncertainty re
garding the destination of Cervera'
squadron, several weeks at sea from
Cane Verde.
The unexpected difficulties met with In
organizing the great volunteer army need
ed for the Cuban campaign, together with
the urgent warning delivered by medical
experts against the advlslblllty of ex
posing raw, unacclimated recruits to the
pestilential climate of Havana and the
surrounding country where the blockade
conditions were presumed to be unusual
ly lavorable to a devastating scourge
of yellow fever, together with compara
tive salubrity of Porto Rico, and the rel
atively small force of Spaniards holding
that island, worked strongly to bring
about the approval of the scheme to uso
It as a war necessity.
The necessary diplomatic point supposed
to be pained through actual occupation
would be that Spain could Bue for peace
in deference to a strong pressure In that
direction which It was well known was
being exerted at Madrid, gave no little
weight to the project, and preparations
for its accomplishment went forward so .
energetically that even after Cervera had
shut himself up at Santiago and both
Schley and Admiral Sampson had con-
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