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The Hood River Glacier. .ft i, It's a Coldi Day When We Get Left...... , . VOL. X. HOOD EI VEE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1898. NO. G. LATER NEWS. ARE UNDER WAY. IN A DEATH TRAP. Happenings Both at . Home and Abroad.; " A WEEK'S NEW8 CONDENSED Interesting Collection of I tens ' Many Place Culled Vrcmi Uw FraU Reports of the Onntt Weak. Thursday a detachment of 170 Cu bans collided with the Spanish- rear guard.' The Cabana lost two pien kill ed. The Spanish loss is not known. The navy department has received, a cablegram from Sampson, saying the Spaniards at Santiago report that Hob- eon and his companions are well. They, are connned lour miles irora morro. ., Thursday night, the American army of invasion hud reached on its advance tha edge of the table land on which the harbor of Santiago de Cuba lies. Here, seven miles from Morro castle, the main body of troops .united, and the. Spaniards were in full, retreat toward Santiago. : ' ... Admiial Sampson . is now- in con stant and practically immediate cable. communication with the navy depart ment. ' Si dispatches were leceiyed in! rapid succession ' through the early! .hours Friday morning. They showed' that only half an hour elapsed betweenj the filing of the message by the admiral and the receipt of it in Washington, ..... General Lawton's brigade, whichi tested Thursday at Demajayabo, four' miles we'st' of Daiquiri, resumed " its; march at daylight. Before noon his' brigade, consisting of the Second Mas ' sachusetts, the Twelfth infantry, the First battalion of the Fourth infantry, two companies of the Tenth infantry, and the Second battalion of the Fourth infantiy, occupied Juragua, five miles; beyond, and the , American flag was1 lioisted there. The Spaniards retired before the advance of the Americans, which was covered by Cuban skirmish-, ers, burning the block houses as they . went. ' . .. , .... . . ,. ' A dispatch to'the New York World from Santiago de Cuba,. June 24 . viaj fort ntonia, Jamaica, says: On , imftn' was' killed today' and eight' wounded on the Texas. The battle ship at 'the time of the landing of the troops went to , Matamords to make a feint attack on the fortifications there ' in connection with a land force of Cu ,bans under Rabi. The Texas silenced the Socapa battery. Just as the action . , ended, a shell struck thebattlo-shipand exploded with the result given above. 'The dead man is T E. Blakely, of iNewport, R. I., an ; apprentice of ' the first class. The wounded are: . R. C. Englo, H. A. Geo, J. E. Lively, G. F. ' Mullen,. J. E. Nelson, R.' Russell, W.: .J. Siraonson, A. Soogvlst."'' Russell la i jvery seriously , wounded. . ' Owing to the oontinued strike in the .'Welch coal mines; England's coal is running low, and steamers are forced .to turn to America for their( supplies.' A serious riot attendant upon a strike,' 3n which women took - a leading : part, 'ocourred at, Oshkosh, Wis. .Non-union .men were sliut out of a sash and door faotory and the plant was ordered closed down. . A Maclrid dispatoh' from San Juan Bays: An American cruiser appeared off the harbor and the cruiser Isabella and gunboat Terror sailed out to attack 'her.' The American withdrew immedi ately. One Spaniard was killed and. 'three wounded.' ' ' . ' No revenue stamps will be required 1 on "money orders, according to a con . 'struction of the new law Instead, an 'additional charge of the amount of the stamp provided for Will be made for 'I the money order upon its issuance from the postofHce. ., i ; v? Surgeon-General Van Reypen, of the navy, has received a number of letters from officers with Admiral Sampson'! squadron testifying to the gratefulness and appreciation with which the deli cacies sent for the sick and wounded lj5,ve been received. '.'.. , , , .5 A Madrid dispatch says: News of serious fighting near Santiago has been ' recoived hore. Cervera cables that the ; situation is critical. : The governor of Santiago admits that the Spaniards! have been obliged to retire, but a Span ish victory is claimed.' - ' " ,' A Cuban scout has brought news to the United States camp at Baiquiri, that Cervera's ships are now in battle -array. The positions have been changed to ,make the guns command ithe harbor entrance. - Both Spanish .torpedo-boat destroyers have : been to tally disabled by the incessant firing of .Uhe American ships. ' ' Colonel Torrey's regiment of rough friders have left Cheyenne for Jackson ville. This regiment is made ,up of the pick of the mountain and plain, 'men skilled in the use of the rifle and . jrovolver, and will unquestionably make a valuable addition to the mounted forces to be sent te Cuba. ; ' Cornell won the university boat race at New London, Conn. '. Yale orossed . the line four lengths behind and Harvard oame in third. It was a pretty oontest, but was Cornell's race, almost from the start, her crew taking the lead before reaching the half:mile line and maintaining it until the finish line was grossed. . - s ' Gen. Shafter reports that it 9 o'clock Monday night the army was within three miles of Santiago and in plain eight of the city. The United States embassy has re ports from several souroes to the effect that Spain has purchased the powerful Chilean armored cruiser O'Higgins, laat hpard from at Cape Verde, where a transport with Spanish soldiers is said to have gone to take her over. Admiral Sampson reports that , the auxiliary cruiser St Paul arrived off Santiago Monday and. discharged her troops. Captain Sigsbee reports that on Wednesday afternoon while off San Juan, he was attacked by a Spanish unprotected cruiser and the Spanish torpedo-boat Terror. The Terror made a dash, which was awaited by the St. Paul. Shots from the guns of the St. Paul hit the Terror three times, kill ing one officer and two men and wound ing several others. The Terror drop ped back under cover of the fortifica tions with difficulty, ".and was towed into harbor in a sinking condition, where she is now being repaired. Later the cruiser and gunboats started out again, but . remained under protection of the forts.l By proclamation issued Tuesday the president gave notice of the intention of the government to assume the for midable task of blockading about COO miles of the Cuban coast line in addi tion to the section already blockaded, and also to blockade San Juan, Porto Rico. This increases the extent of the blookade on the Cuban coast fully four fold. The demands upon the navy wyi not be nearly so heavy in propor tion to the territory covered as in the case of the initial blockade, for the reason that the new blockaded coast lies entirely within the great bight on the south coast' of Cuba, in which wa ter is generally-very shallow, and the ports are few into which a vessel oould enter,. The most important of these ports are Manzanillo, Trinidad and Tunas. '.' ; Orders have been issued for the im mediate sailing of another large expe dition to reinforce .Shafter. The sol diers will , sail from Tampa . and will number 9,000 men. It is understood they will be taken from General Sny der's, second division of the Fourth army corps. Eight transports will carry the . expedition to Key West, where, they will bo joined by a strong naval convoy and proceed to Santiago. Prep arations have been proceeding vigor-, ously for some days, but the rigid cen sorship at Tampa prevented a Word go ing out ., regarding the expedition. Snyder's Second division, the Fourth army corps, looked upon by the war department as the one best equipped for an ' immediate ' start, ls now at Tampa, and is made up of three brig ades and nine regiments, which include both regulars and volunteers. - . A belief exists that the - true objeo tlve point of Camara's fleet is not Ma nila, but Hawaii and finally San Fran cisco. The navy department on Monday posted the following bulletin: "Com modore Watson sails today on the New ark to join Sampson, when he will take under his command an armored squadron with the cruisers and proceed at once. off the Spanish const." Wat son's "Eastern squadron" consists of the Newark, Iowa, Oregon, Yosemite, yankee, Dixie and three colliers. They leave Santiago immediately. .:' Four batteries of American artil lery . 'and a pulling gun have been placed on a hill overlooking the basin in which Santiago lies. The American troopa were within 200 yards of the Spanish entrenchments last Sunday nighty .. Itf is rtelieved that more artillery will be necessary before an assault can be made upon the Spanish works. All the hills about Santiago are covered, with block houses. There are 84 lines of . intrenohments and be hind them are four lines of rifle pits, while the fronts are secured by rows of barbed wire. -, ". A dispatch from Port Antonio says that while the dynamite cruiser Vesu vius was making observations along the inner harbor of Santiago a few nights ago, ample evidence was dis covered that the sunken collier Merri mac does not completely blockade the channel. Further information develops the fact that two battle-ships can .enter the hrarbor abreast, one passing on. each side of the Merrimac. . This will' be of great advantage to Sampson when the final attack on Santiago begins. Lieutenant Hobson and his men are still in communication with the fleet. Theie is little prospect that they will be exchanged before the attack on Santiago is made. '''''.' Blanco has Issued a proclamation an nouncing that any one daring to ex press an unfavorable opinion of, or sus pected ' of being "dissatisfid with, the present policy of the government, .will bo summarily "shot without trial or investigation. This proclamation, it appears, caused dissatisfaction among the members of the- police force, who threatened to revolt if full rations were, not given thorn. It is' expected that, as the police is a numerous body, tiou ble will result. Spanish infantry and artillery soldiers are maintaining guard over them at every corner. Famine, it seems, is imminent, and stories of sup plies for Havana coming via Batabano are reported to bo untrue.' A Mighty Squadron Will Soon Sail. MAY LEAVE ON JULY FOURTH .Magnificent Opportunity to Strike Crushing Blow Carrying the War Into Africa and Thus Securing a Naval Base at Ceuta. Washington, June 29. The admin istiation finally oame to a decision to 3end an American squadron to the Spanish coast and into the Mediterra nean. Several times since the war broke out, rumors to this' effect have been circulated, but the project had not materialized 'it required the Span ish movement ' toward the Philippines by Camara's squadron ' to ' decide the navy department to adopt this bold stroke;. This first announcement to day through a bulletin posted at the war , department of the governments intention was received with incredul ity; . There was a suspicion that the story was given out to deceive tho Spanish government. However, when later in the day, the detail of the ves sels selected to constitute Commodore Watson's eastern squadron was an nounced; and official orders were given to provision the fleet for four months, it became apparent to the last doubter that tho government was in earnest in this purpose to dispatch the fleet to Europe. . , . , The three vessels selected as colliers have started already on their way to Newport News to take on a large sup ply of coal. It will require a week to got wiem,down to Sampson's fleet, so that if the start is to be made from that point, it will be impossible for Commodore. Watson to gat away before the Fourth of July. ' .This would seem to be an auspicious date for the begin ning of an expedition that will for the first time in the . world's history start from the New World to attack Conti nental Europe. ' So attempt is made to deny that tho government is inflU' enced in ordering this movement by a desire to check the progress eatsward of the Cadiz fleet. It was not believed that te Spanish admiral oould be guilty of the folly of uncovering, his home ports , in this fashion, but inas much as he seems determined to do so, the naval startcgists could not . do less than take advantage of the magnificent oportunity thus afforded them to strike a crushing blow at Spain, and thereby perhaps save much time and. loss o'f life and money in the conduct of the tedi ous campaign in Cuba. - The determination to send' this squadron against Spain was the out come of direct official advices reaching the state and navy departments as to the progress of Admiral Camara's squadron. These advices give a list of the Spanish ships now ; nearing the Suez canal," which differs somewhat from the-list given in the press dis patches and by Lloyd's.; The official list is as follows: Pelayo, Carlos V. Audaz, Osada-, Prosperina, Patriota, Rapidq, Buenos Ayres, Isla de Pane y Colon, Covan uunga uuu ami c ruuuiacu. The additional information comes from official sources that this squadron is at Port Said, and expects to take on board 10,000 tons of coal before enter ing the Suez canal. Such a heavy coal ing will take sometime. It discloses also that the admiral expects to make a long sail, and is (joubtless headed for the Philippines,' a point which the officials here doubted at first. ' The squadron is the most formidable Spain has afloat, in total tonnage, strength i of ' individual ships, armor and guns. The Pelayo is tho strongest if the ships and is the only battle-ship :n the Spanish navy. She is 9,900 tons, with a speed of 16.7 knots. She car ries 85 guns of various caliber and has seven torpedo tubes. The largest guns are the 12-inch Hontorias, one forward and one aft, and 11-inch Hontorias, one on eaoh "beam. The Carlos V is of 9,050 tons, with a speed of 19 knots. 6he .has 28 guns, the largest being 11 inch ' Hontorias, worked electrically, one forward ; and one aft. She has six torpedo tubes. The Audaz and Osado are torpedo-boat destroyers, finished in England just before the war began. Thoyare 400 tons each and are SO knot. Ech carries six guns and two torpedo tubes. The Eastern Bquadron which' the United States will send against Spain far outranks the Spanish squadron, the Iowa and Oregon exceeding the Pelayo and Carlos V at every point, while the other United States vessels are far su perior, ship for ship, to those of the Spanish squadron, with the single ex ception of the two Spanish torpedo-boat destroyers. When the American fleet sails for Spain it will take with it complete in foimation as to the entire 6 tret oh of Spanish coast with detail maps of every harbor andlts fortifications. Vessels Will Re Hushed to Manila at Top Speed. ; San; Francisco, June29. Another fleet of transports has sailed out through the Golden Gate, t6 the broad Pacific. This afternoon the third fleet of , vessels loaded with soldiers and supplies for the Philippines hoisted anohor and amid the screaming of 100 whistles and the clanging of bells and the booming of cannon, proceeded down tho bay toward the ocean, and by tonight will be well on their way to the Philippines. ; " The first movement of the vessels comprising the fleet was the signal for the crowds which had gathered along the docks to commence cheering the departing soldiers, and for the steam whistles along the city front to scream their good-byes to the ships and men who are going to Manila to proteot the interests of their country, and to spread the doctrine of freedom on the other side of tha world. " Steamboats, yachts and small bay craft of all kinds hover ed around the big steamers, and some even went close enough to permit their passengers throwing oranges and other things to the soldiers gathered on the decks of the transports. : The scene on the transports was , a thrilling one; the men, were pefched in the rigging like so . many insects, and handkerchiefs and flags waved and fluttered from every porthole nd spar. As the vessels prooeeded slowly down the bay the noisy demonstrations , of the people on .the shore became more pronounoed and increased until the din was awful and added to the noise of whistles and bells, was the booming of many cannon from the batteries at Fort Mason, but the farewell given the sol diers was no less heaity than the wel come given themvwhen they first land' ed within San Francisco's limits. The ships which left .today carried about 4,000 men, under command of General MaoArthur, who has made the steamer Indiana his flagship. The City, of Para, tho Ohio and Morgan City were tho other vessels to sail with the Indiana. Tho steamer Valencia was not ready for sea today, and will probably sail with the steamer New port on Wednesday. ' General Merritt and his staff will proceed to tbf islands in the Newport, which has been espe cially prepared for the service, ; Army officers in this city are 'much perturbed regarding .the movements of the Spanish squadron, which is report ed to be bound for the Philippines via the Suez canal. It is said that the transports which, ; left here today will bo rushed through to the islands at top speed, in order to have as large a force as possible ready to receive the Dons, should Manila be the uUimato destina tion of the Cadiz fleet. .. CERVERA RESTLESS. It Is Thought That Be Contemplated ' .Sneaking Out. Off Santia'go de Cuba, via Kingston, June 29. It is believed Admiral Cer vera contemplated making a dash put of the harbor late tonight. Four col umns of smoke weie seen at sundown advancing toward the mouth of the harbor, ah'd two small boats, believed ;to be torpedo-boat destroyers, were ob served in., the. neighborhood of the sunken collier : Merrimac. ; Conse quently, Rear-Admiral Sampson ordered extra precautions to be taken. The torpedo-boats Ericsson and Porter stood very close into the harbor all night, but no ships came out. Shortly after midnight, the dynamite cruiser Vesu vius fired three gunootton shells in the direction of Morro castle. They ex ploded on the ridge behind the eastern hills. . The,damage done is not known; The blockade continues without inci dent. . The'Cubans, with the advance forces in spite of tho good behavior of' their comrades at Guantanamo, seem to be utterly worthless. All day they sit in the shaderjf their palm -thatched camps, and at night they smoke cigar ettes and gorge , on Uncle . Sam's ra tions, while m sight of them Uncle Sam's boys, with empty stoma.chs and not a bit of tobacco for their pipes, build roads alu day under the blazing sun and sleep' on their rifles under the sky at night. O Accident to the Yankee. t Washington, June 25. The details of the aocident on the Yankee' oh Deco ration day have' just reached the navy department. While the ship was at sea, a trial was made of the gums. One, a six-pounder, using English smokeless powder, hung fire after the trigger was pulled. - The gunner, without ' await ing, threw open the breech just as the charge exploded. The rear blast' killed Corporal J. J. Murray and severely wounded Private Jesse Fuller, both of the marine corps. The powder is be lieved to; be defective, as other hang fires have been had with it, and if used at all In the future it will be with great care. None of the naval militia men, who -in large part man the Yan kee, were hurt. ' . Sagasta Will Resign." - ' London, June 27. The Madrid cor respondent of the Daily Telegraph says: When the cortes closed martial law was proclaimed.' The Sagasta cab inet will . resign and make way for a new government, which will open ne gotiations for peace. Two River Steamers Go ; tO Pi UNDER TOW TO TH Li YUKON Stern wheelers Gamecock and Stag- hound Ruined All Provisions Were Washed Overboard No Lives Lost- Property Damage, 9185,000. Astoria, Juno 28. When the Elihu Thompson, towing the sternwheel steamers Gamecock and Staghound, started for Alaska Friday afternoon, the prediction was freely, made that they would never reach their destina tion. , This prediction has oome true, and the three vessels put back into port this afternoon. The sternwheelers are total wrecks; their decks are awash, and, but for the cordwood stored be tween decks, they would have gone to the bottom. Eearly this morning the lookout at Cape Disappointment reported that the steamers had crossed in and anchored, rne report also stated tnat tne liver boats were badly battered. When tide began flooding the Thompson got under way and slowly towed the disa bled steamers into port, reaching the city at 4 o'clock. . Never were vessels more completely demolished by the sea. ' The decks were three feet under water and huge gaps had been rent in the steamers' Sides. Tho upper works had caved in, and were carried away by the seas. Baggage washed about on the lower decks and broken timbers were scattered over the vessols. They were dooked near the western extrem ity of the city, whither a crowd of nearly 5,000 people flocked to' view them. '' ' ; The expedition met disaster at the very start. Friday evening, .while crossing the bar, the hogchains on both the Gamecock and Staghound parted. Despite this the Thompson ' continued on her course. The river sleamers be gan breaking almost immediately. The situatiou was not serious, however, till about midnight, as the weather was comparatively oalm. , Soon after 12 o'clock the passengers, of : whom there were 87 on the , two steamers, became alarmed. The holds began to fill and the timbers would strain' and give away with every wave. About' 1:30 Captain Fisher, of the Gameoock, sig nalled the Thompson with a red light, but she continued on her course. By 4 o'clock in the morning, all the lower worns of the boats werd rent apart and there was two feet of water in the holds. Boats were sent back from the ' Thompson,' and ' the passengers, who had provided themsplves with life preservers, were ordered to jump into the sea. Mr. Knapp, the, Kansas City promoter, as tho first man to obey the command, and the others soon follow ed. Captains Lane and Fisher, each with three men, remained on the steamers. By 6 o'clock, the boats were leaking badly, and it was decided to put back to port, after having proceed ed 85 miles up the coast. They crossed in at daybreak this morning. REAR-END COLLISION. Several Members of Torrey's Rough Riders' Killed. Tupelo, Miss., June 28. A railway accident occurred at this place at 8:40 this afternoon, by which five members of Torrey's regiment of rough riders from -Cheyenne lost their lives and others received injuries. The aocident occurred on the Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham road. The first section stopped to take water and had whistled to start on, when the second section rounded the sharp ourve in the track just before the town is reached, and dashed into it. The rear car of the first section was the sleeper Seville, con taining Colonel T-rfrrev and his staff. This car was conlpletely demolished, yet, .strange to say, every inmate es caped unscathed, except the colonel, who is injured, though not,. seriously. The chief fatalities ocourred in a ooach whioh stood in the center of the first seotion,' which carried troop C, from Laramie. This coaah was oom- pletely telescoped, and the soldiers within were jammed and bruised be neath r masses of timbers, broken oar seats, and other debris. In the second section, one baggage car was thrown into the ditoh, but in this train few were hurt, and none seriously. Immediate action was taken by the soldiers to save their imperilled com rades, and with axes and ' ropes, and buckets of water they worked like de mons, tearing away the wreckage to get at the wounded and dead and quenching the fire, whioh had started in the sleeper . Seville, which - was a mass of wreokage, covering a steaming, hissing engine. The wounded were re moved, to a vacant building in tho town. New York, June 28. The torpedo- boat Talbot left today for Key West, and will call at Norfolk, Some More Details of the Rattle of La i v. : Quasiini. Juragna, Cuba, June 28 The initial fight of Colonel Wood's rough riders and the troopers of the First and Tenth regular cavalry will be known in his tory as the battle of La Quasina. That it did not end in the complete slaughter of the Americans was not due to . any miscalculation in the plans of the Spaniards, for as perfect an am buscade as was ever formed in the brain of afn Apache 1 Indian was pre pared and Lieutenant-Colonel Roose velt and lis men walked squarely into it. For an hour and a half .they held their ground , under a perfect storm of bullets from front and sides, andthen Colonel Wood at the right, and Lieutenant-Colonel Roosevelt, at the loft, led a charge which turned the tido of battle and sent the enemy flying over the hills toward Santiago. .. ' It is now definitely known that 16 men on the American side were killed, while 60 were wounded or are reported to be missing. " It is' impossible to cal culate t fie Spanish losses, but it is known they were far heavier than those of : the Americans, at least as regards actual loss of ; life. Already 87 dead Spanish soldiers have been found and buried, and many others are undoubt edly lying in the thick underbrush. The wounded were all removed. ' That the Spaniards were thoroughly posted as to the route to be taken by the Americans in their advanoe toward Sevilla was evident as shown by the careful preparations they had made. The main body of the Spaniards was posted on a hill in the heavily wooded slopes on which had been erected two blockhouses, flanked by irrogulur en trenchments of stone and fallen trees. At the bottom of these hills run 'two roads, along which Colonol Roosevelt and eight troops of the First and Tenth cavalry, with a battery of four howitz ers, advanced. ' These ' roads are little more than gullies, and at places almost impassable. In tliene trails tho fight occurred. ' About two and a half miles out from Siboney, some Cubans, breathless and excitod, rushed into the camp with the announcement that . the . Span iards were but a little way in front, and strongly entrenched. Quickly the brought to the rear,' while a strong scouting line was thrown out. , Then, cautiously and ; in silence, the troops moved forward until a bend in a road disclosed the hill where the Spaniards were located. The guns were again brought to the front and plaoed in po sition, while the men crouched in the road.waiting impatiently to give Roose velt's men, who were toiling over tha little trail along the crest of the ridge, time to get up. ' At 7:80 A. M.,. General Young gave the command to the men at the Hotch kiss guns to open fire :. The command . i .. , : : . .. il.l m vvuu uiu uegixiijuig uiu ugut iiiut stubbornness has seldom been equaled. The instant the Hotchkiss guns were fired, the hillsides commanding the road gave forth volley after volley from the Mausers ol tho Spaniards. .." "Don't shoof until you see some thing to shoot " at," yelled General Young, and the men, with set jaws and gleaming eyes, obeyed tho order. . Crawling along the edge of the road and protecting themselves as much as possible from the ferf ul fire of the Spaniaids? the troops, some of them stripped '. to the waist, watched tho base of the hill, and when any part of a Spaniard became visible, they fired. Never for an instant did they falter. One dusky warrior of the Tenth, with a ragged wound in his thigh, coolly knelt behind a rook, loading and firing. and when told by one of his oomrades that he was wounded, laughed ' and said: ' ' ' ':'" - . . "Oh, that's all right; that's been there for some time. " v In the, meantime, away off to the loft, was heardtho crack of the rifles of Colonel Wood's men, and then the deeper toned volley firing of the Span ish. Over . there the American losses were the greatest. Colonel Wood's men, with an ad vance guard well out in front and two Cuban guides before them, but appar ently with no flangers, went squarely into the trap seT; for them by the Span iards, and only the unfaltering courage of the 1 men in the face of a fire that would make even a veteran quail, pre vented what might easily have been a disaster. As it was, tropp L, the ad vance ; guard,, under the unfortunate Capron, was well surrounded, and but for the reinforcements hurriedly sent forward, , every man would probably have been killed or wounded. "There must have been nearly 1,500 Spaniards in front and to the sides of Us," said Lieutenant-Colonel , Roose velt today, when discussing the fight. They held the ridges with rifle-pits and guns, and had a body of men in ambush in the thick jungle at the sides of the road over which we were advancing. Our advance forward struck the men in ambush and drove them out, but we loBt Captain Capron, Lieu-r tenant Thomas and about 15 men killed or wounded. '' "I want to say a word for our own men," continued Lieutenant-Colonel Roosevelt. "Every offloer and man did his duty up to the" handle. ; Not a man flincheU.' '