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AHTOKIA, OlM.OX, WEDNESDAY MORNINO, .ILLY JH, J8!8.
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BERRY DISHES
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ICE CREAM FREEZERS
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Three " .... 1.75
Four " 2.00
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Tin top jelly glasses, 1-.1 pint '25c dozen
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Jelly tumhlors 25c dozen
While Mason jar rubbers .... He dozen
Black Mason jar rubbers - 2Jc dozen
Ico Croain Dishos, 25 85 and 50 conts per dozen.
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have such perfect Jars and Jslly
Olaswa as we keep.
We have everything nfeeaary for
prsrvlng fruit and vublr
Oranlts Kitln, Dippers, with alt tha
fruit and sugar and Preeervellns
neMry.
lentil wait tl, tha rush comes. "
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PROCRASTINATION
General Toral Again Refuses to Surrender Bombardment Has
Been Set for Today.
HEAVY RAINS
Porto Rico Will Be the Next Place Invaded Probably by Shafter's Army The French
Military Attache Pays a High Tribute to Our Soldiers Small British Sloop
Captured by the St. Louis The Problem Is Solved, and Santiago Can Now
Be Reduced by the Navy Alone Shatter Crowding Closer
The Engagement Yesterday Was Short Explosion in a
New Jersey Powder Works Causes Terrible Havoc.
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l.l tnil. HANTIA'lo. vu I'Uyu
M Ki-. July i:-Th: morn-
liK tii ru rn T t.iI m 0ui a
rrply to knrrnl Hhf'.t r' ironl 6 Lf (jcticTal I-nwion'i new p ltlon, wh re
timml fr ihr unr.injitional urr-n l. r of f th- y i nmraund tha town.
Untiling.) mini hy ihn !.H!r yrir.!iiy i Ymt. r.lny afirrnoon thi Capron and
.ifum.H.n. In h! r j.!y ti-n.ri Toral ! M.iln-a baitrrlfi on the riKht auc-c.lrl
r. fi rrr.l ti h! rrfuiuil to a.-t-l to lh- in t-nrlnK up the ntrfnrhm-nt fbr
Amirli an il tiiiiii.l on S.in.l.iy an.1 airaln ' "fulm" bstl' O'. It l callisj. anj In
triii r.il' .1 Inn iMcrmlna'lon lo rrt.M. j ..impitiK h.- Into aeviral blockhou-!
HKlihiianlinit thia Ihn -Vmiriran biN ..n S.ill.-nli. but the hot dlrrtcl at the
ii-rir. dl.l nm open Ore ih: morniin .ir. l S;.anlnr.l In the trcn.-hci did not pp. ar
ilir r- n- al ..f the !. .mi.r lni. n: w.:i have much offoft. Shrapnc-I wna re
pr.il.al.ly !- p.mip.inr.1 un-tl lom vrow ;...ntedly broken diroctlx ovr the trenchca
i V.lnr1 l. hn It l hftpi1 'h.it or
ii.n. t.il It.ni.loli h' tr'ip wi'.l he in p.v
:i..!i Tin- i Ke KUtm l;m li.l yrt'. r l.i y
will S hr.tt;i;(il up u at p.j-
T-ii r. nt ..f r.i.'i f. II i-t n-ith!. Jrowr..
;nij .mi t he tn.y ;n !i !r. n. h. .md m
in the rd alm.xt !mpa:Me. Th! ni.iy
I. i n the t.iit.-r; and l to t im.
Tlio !uiit. i tth.i .ir. S-lriir h'.irri'd
ii i the fr..;it t. i;ir !.-1 r .-.1 a'.-c-t
i he l itiht r. n: r In the p...i:; .n w h! h (
h i.l l'. n m'vupli-d by "J.-n-ri 1 Iiwton'i1
.l! :!..ti. whlNi the Initir h.n nun-ed
forward d.nvn to the r.sht uni; he con-
irl the rad to Calnvn, iilnig whl.'i
T.niil would have to re;r.at h.uld h- :
n nv Im' fool-hardy enough to mak, the
attempt.
The I'ubiins under '.cm ral Caluto Car- ,
cln took Clme without opposition on
i
M.m.l.iv nlchl anil have enlr..nrhni. n nn I
ea. h side of the road, llie Americans are
now In position to strike the enemy In
the left flank and keep It up, m.ik.nt; the
Spanish entrenchments north of the city
untenable.
rtenernl Toral, realliltia; the wfkn of
.).,. k.i. k.un ki.
of truce In doubling back with the en- '
Remember
the Maine and
Herman Wise
when you nro ready to buy
Suit
(ft Hat
Hi Shirt
or anything in that line.
HERMAN WISE
is therelinblo and up-to-duto
Clothier and Furnisher
PREVENT THE
prrnrhnK-ntu and flxlnf h!t r"i In the
l..r.-tlon from hlih h la threaten.!.
Mot of (Jcnoral Ilan'lolph'i fun w II
1 1. l .rnir.1 on th hg-ht In the cntr
V t In five mlnutea the trenches at every
.'.nt of the exploelon would be alive with
!hr enemy. They would watch for ftashei
f our Riina and drup before the ahellf
xplodel.
' i i r mortar fire win dlreote! at lh
;;Mtilh bull rlr.tr and tore up almo?t
-vTythlnK In lla vtelnlty. It I under-
.od the bull rinp la belnic u'e.l as a
I ..rrack.
Time la rite Ptr-arr.er He In the harbir
.i! .im"'!.le the rhlladelphla Iron eompnny'j
" Jiarf. and a amall Span.lh (runboat I
imrliired at the head of the bay. All
l!ne rould be een by the A?!Oclatod
l'rK rorrrspondent.
The Flrt Illlnoln volunteers and DIs-
irirt of Columbia vohinte-rs are now In
'the tnnihes that were occupied last wctk
by tli tieral Chaffee's brigade.
IVIVTO KTl'O NICXT.
Th Santiago Army Will Probably Go to
Tort Rico.
New York. July li A spedM te the
'Times from Washington says:
The movement of the American mrmy
n lVrto Rico may be said to have be-
kiiii. No tiMops have yet left these shores
openly conslml to the Island, but the
continued forwardliiK of additional troops
to SiiiiiIuko. when H is m-ognitod that
RET
BRINGING FORWARD OF OUR SIEGE GUNS
Shaft.r ha aa large an army as he needs
to tuk that town, is in reality the laying
of the foundation of the Porto R.can n
!e.litlonary force.
The determination of the war depart
ment to send a formidable force to rup
ture Porto Ulco has been strengthened
by the resistance made by the Spanurds
in HinthiKo.
An effort will be made to avoid the mis
takes of the Santiago campaign. The ex-IH-ditK.n
to go against Porto Rico will
consist of between K.D and .() men.
According to the Spanish army registered
for K.f) a total strength of the 8pantn
regular forces In the island of Porto Rico
Is ;.::. Of these S.n are Infantry. 7B
artillery and 111 enulneers. The total cav
airy strength Is 1.00 officers and men.
The rest of the ararrlson la made up of
the civil guard which Is a sort ..f tus-tom-house
guard, and the poll, e force.
There are In the Wand, according to the
Information through which Lieutenant
Whitney, some H.i") volunteers, who are
to be reckoned with aa well as with the
additional men the Spanish commander
mlt-'ht lie able to Impress from the male
Imputation of the Island.
With a total force of all arms of somt
21 on ..r r .'. It Is not doubted that an
American force of 25.00 or with the
help "f lh. tVet, will be able to take th
Island. It Is not believed that there has
l..en any change In the plan to hive
General lro..ke lead the Porto Mean
force, as Shatter did that to Santl.igo.
General M.les as the general commanding
the army. Is .xpectvd to be In supreme
command, however, with Goneml Bnik
next to him. and to make him military
governor or the Island after It has bH.'n
subdued.
It Is thought to be nt unlikely that
the army of Invasion may have a harder
lime landing on the north coast of Porto
Itlco thin It had on the south coast of
Cuba. The Porto Rico coast line has few
of the inlets, such as that at Daiquiri,
and there is no harbor near San Juan
I ke Gtmtitansnio to furnish a refuge and
coaling base r tho fleet.
The landing may be at Ponce, where
the defenses tire said to consist chiefly of
some very tine mountain howitavrs on the
hills back oT the town. The shelling of
S.in Juan Itself Is expected to le a com
IKiriitively easy task. If It becomej neces
sary, as tV town would be more easily
reached by the big suns of the fleet than
Santiago,
T1EHE 13 A FRENCHMAN.
Who Thltiks I'ncle's Fighting Bovs Are
All Right.
Washington. July 12. Major De Grand
prey, military attache ot the French em
bassy, has Just returned from American
hwidquaners near Santiago, where ho h is
been oliMTvIng for his government the
progress of milltnry operations. He paid
a glowing tribute to the ability of onr
soldiers.
"I have a most complete admiration for
your men." said Major De Grandprey t
an Associated Tress representative today.
"They are a superb body individually and
as an army, and I suppose not throughout
tho world Is there auch a splendid lot of
fighting men. They nre aggressive, aKor
for nctUm, never needing the velce of an
officer to ymsh them forward.
"Another marked characteristic Is the
self-reliance of each man, what I call
the character of 'Initiative.' It la almost
unknown In European armies, where
every movement and mora to meet each
action of the enemy waits the Initiative
of the officer. The Spanish troops do
tot have this same characteristic They
are more passive, more cautious."
BRIT1BH SLOOP CAPTURED.
Key West. July 12. The sloop Wary, fly
ing the British flag, was brought in here
today as a pnxo of war. Sho was cap
tured by the St. Louis 110 miles from San
tiago de Cuba while bound from Jamaica
for Santa Crui with a cargo of provisions.
, PROBLEM IS SOLVED.
Santiago Can Be Taken by the Navy if
the Army Does Not Fire Another Shot.
Off Aguadores, July n, via Kingston,
July ll-Tho United States navy has
this problem presented to It:
"What Is the boat manner of effectually
bombarding the city of Santiago, distant
four and a half miles and concealed from
view by a range of hills 250 feet high at
its lowest part?"
The problem will be satisfactorily solv
ed. So, If the army hereafter never Area
a shot and merely guards the roads, the
CITY OF
navy could make Santiago untenable, lf.
Indeed, It did not destroy it In a few
days.
1 Sunday and today the sea was calmer
thjn usual, so an opportunity for good
practice was afforded. In pursuance of
General Shafter i request. Commodore
Schley. Rear Admiral Sampson being ab- ,
sent at Guantanamo. at J o'cl.jck Sunday
afternoon arrang-d the Brooklyn, Indiana
and Texas within U) yards of the shore at
a point almost due south of the city of
Santiago, distant a little over four and a
half ml!c. The ships were about a mile
apart. The army s.gnal men were on tne
. ... ,v .i,.. .i.. ...i .1.. .. '
oeain oi-i'!-.ic me a uu im .some aisianoe irom ,
crest of the hill, overlooking both the;H!s head was blown T L, ""li
'ehips and the city. These men wigwagged i picked up SO feef . T
'U, results of each shot, telling the gun- The theory of the 'f7', ,
ner. If the shell was aimed too high or ,h, works 1. that 'i"..!
too low, or not in line. J sand got Into son- .hl'h
! Sunday s practice was good, but It was . process of handl , ,!. room
better today, when the Bring was opened and that as it we Jff " ,fcJ"?Virv
by the New York, which returend from th. foreign su ,nroUstt !
Guantanamo during the night. The New with the met? jJ,ance canJ, " e0Bc
Tork. Brooklyn and Indiana were the ,p.rk which ' .TJ 'h.f'W. Ut
ships which participated In the shelling
this morning. Each shot was carefully
'calculated and a wisjwag was signalled
from the shore to the ships where each
I shell fell and notified the gunners if they
! had the proper elevation. The ships run
I out their big guns on the side opposite
their firing In order to obtain the d sired
list to port or starboard.
Gemr.il Shafter signalled about noon
"that some of the shells fell in the b"
and some In the city. The latter do not
appear to do great damage." Comment
n thlo subject was changed Immediately
by a message saying: "The last shot
I struck St. Nli holas church, where powder
I was stored, blowing up the name ana
i.!ng great damage."
Not a gun was fired by the Spml.irds,
,T
city, proving the feasibility of burning ; tn
place by using the guns or the fleet t jicne.
Death must have come to many
citv by reason of the shelling.
NEARIXQ THE CiTY. .
Shafter Is Crowding Closer t.o Samlijs,
But Engagement Was Short.
Before Santiago, .uly 11. Via Klngs.ton.
JUy 12. When Are opened from ihe
American lines after the conclusion or
the armistice our men were. In a. brater
position. CaprorVs und Haines' battiTle
wre ponied on the left of the line und In
tvar of the battle Jine. Hotehklss, gt
ling and dynamite guns occupied the
crest on the right cvnter and on the ex
treme right. Hates' and Urtmw batttr es.
were o.sted In the venter of Lawton's di
vision. Our Htht 'M strengthen. A by
the brigade of Rent's division, ttw Sixth
iind Slxtnenth vegnlars and Seventy-first.
New York, whk h vas rushd to the west
ward until with Garcla's line It formed
n arc ichlng within a quarter of a
mile ot Camara. which skins the bay and
forts,
Tho only road by which General Toral
could escapit was thus commanded. Small
detached boilk-s of Spaniards had b.-en ob
sened slipping out of the town westward
tvirly In the morning. Including a squad of
cavalry. A move was made to cut off
their retreat and the land bombardment
began. A shot from Grimes' battery was
followed by one of Capron's guns on the
left and from the rigiu center the rat
ling and Hotehklss batteries opened fire.
For the first ten minutes the fighting
was quite general, the Spaniards reply
Ins spiritedly, but the Are on both sides
soon waned and from 5 o'clock to 6:30,
when action ceased, the firing was con
fined almost exclusively to the artillery.
Ourbatteriee soon got rone and poured I
shells Into the Spanish entrenchments.
The Hotehklss battery swept the outer
line of the entrenchments back and forth,
cutting down the brush shelters like a
scythe.
Tho Spaniards were soon forced to the
blockhouses.
As Bates' battery on the left of the j
town was engaged, Capron's batteries I
fired only a few shots, but the Spanish j
battery on the right fired spiritedly until '
a gun cotton shell from Woods' dynamite I
gun exploded directly In front of It, tear- '
Ing up two trees and dismounting the
gun. It was the last shot ot the after- '
noon and whs greeted with cheers. Two !
men In General Kent's division were
killed by a shell and several were
wounded.
FEARFUL EXPLOSION.
Powder Works at Pompton, N. J., Ex
plode, Killing Eleven Employes.
New York, July 12. Two explosions,
SASH
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which killed eleven men, wounded arnt
others and wrecked two build'
occured at the plant of the Lafin
Works at Pompton, X. J today.
The firit explosion was la th . i,0u
where gun cotton was being mad , tn
second presumably tuperinduc ..
concussion was In the drying f " elcs
hy. Three men were In the r ZL 'ill
adxhig room
when the explosion occured e
Ad they were
blown to atoms.
Chief Engineer Crang w k(1 . ,h.
engine room bad bl. her h J ' !
John Phillips was star .
j,.. " . sum near a
The follow
John Oral
William
mg "were killed:
g. ciil.'f engineer of the works,
ileonn in. car driver.
Amur.
yrtwnsan. boss of the drying1.
James I
Daniel
room.
Willli
Will'
Jotr
ioi Fsshcr, Inside worker.
tm I'lrt eT, Jr., helper.
I llomma, laborer.
C.er Cor.enino. Italian laborer.
aJ. Gaman Is missing.
Ca)
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4 -A SPAMSH CORRESPONDENT.
Ht 8aya Naughty Things About Amerl-'
can Journalists.
5 r-ndon. ?uly U-The Havana corre-
wn.Ient cf the Times In a letter dated
12 -ents and W iS
r herMesta:es to the excellent reorganiza
tion ana orderly conduct of the police,
who, nevertheless "have been denounced
by Amman Journalists as armed ruf
fians and terror to the law-abiding."
The correspondent expresses surprise,
"at the tolerance of the citlrens In al
lowing notlve sympathisers with the reb
els openly to talk sedition in the cafes.
Just as rte American correspondents who
swarmed In Havana before the war be
haved as though they thought the start
and stripes were already flying over Cuba,
and yet were never molested."
After remarking that "the inhabitant
take the war with coolness, since they
have been long accustomed to guerilla
wai-fart," the correspondent says:
"The conditions of the reconcentrados l
pitiable., but the mortality Is due In nine
cases ont of ten, not to starvation, but
to malaria. They have been so long preyed
upon by the Insurgents that they fall easy
victims to disease."
The writer proceeds to Inveigh at length.
agnlnut the American agitators and espec
ially against the American press "for
bringing about an unjust and foolih war
by gros misstatements and exaggeration
Intended to Inflame these tha passions
of the war-hearted and well meaning Am
erica n people who, largely credulous and
Ignorant, become the ready dupes of agi
tators." The Amerlcun correspondents In Cuba
brought a terrible and. I believe, unjust
accusation against the Spanish, soldiery
No doubt the Spanish have been bad, but
had It not been for Ajmerk-an help the re
bellion would have been suppressed. Spala
was never allowed fair play. The reck-
(Contlnued on third page.)
The loyal la the highest grade baklag eowtfer
aaowa. acimi tests skew it gm ea.
third farther this say ether oread.
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