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VALENTINE
NEBRASKA
TO CROSS THE OCEAN
AMERICAN FLEET WILL ATTACK
SPANISH COAST
Commodore Watson Will Lead the
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Expedition Sailed Monday to
Join Sampson Flotilla Will Be
Quickly Made Up and Started
Will Go to Spain
The navy department posted the follow
ing Monday morning
Commodore Watson sails today on the
Newark to join Sampson when he will
take under his command an armored
squadron with cruisers and proceed at
once off the Spanish coast
The navy department bulletin shows
Watsons squadron designated as the east
ern squadron is as follows
Flagship Newark battleships Iowa
and Oregon cruisers Tosemite Yankee
and Dixie colliers Scania Abarenda and
Alexander
The advance will be made at once from
Santiago The bulletin also shows the
following changes in the destination of
the divisions of our war vessels
North Atlantic fleet Rear Admiral
Sampson commanding First squadron
Commodore Howell commanding Sec
ond squadron Commodore Schley com
manding
Naval base Key West Commodore
Remey commanding
LOST TOYOPA MINE FOUND
A Brooklynite Stumbles Onto Vast
Wealth in Old Mexico
News has been received from El Paso
Tex stating that Amtnon Fowler of
Brooklyn N Y after visiting the ancient
mine in Mexico discovered by his son is
convinced that it is the lost Toyopa and
will claim the reward of 15000 offered by
the Mexican government
- For nearly 100 years the famous Toyopa
mine was a sealed mystery almost a tra
dition Adventurous men have sought it
for years in vain and many of them have
found death in the search The hiding
place of the long lost mine was securo in
its mountain fastnesses Even now it has
been discovered only by accident After
explorers had spent years searching for
the lost gold mine it remained for Mr
Fowler to stumble on the old shaft while
pursuing a wounded deer
Expedition after expedition was sent out
to trace the mine but failed The men
who knew its exact location died and the
mine became known as the Lost mine
The Mexican government offered 15000
to anyone who should discover it
RECOGNITION FOR HEROES
Two Special Messages Sent to Con
gress by the President
The president sent two special messages
to congress Monday providing for the rec
ognition of the services of Lieut Hobson
the hero of the Merrimac Lieut Newcomb
and the crew of the revenue cutter Hud
sonwhich rescued the torpedo boat Wins
low at Cardenas Capt Hodgson of the
dispatch boat Hugh McCulloch which fig
ured in the battle of Manila and Naval
Cadet Joseph Wright Powell who held
the steam launch under the bluffs at San
tiago harbor searching for the crew of the
Merrimac
Authority is asked of the senate for the
transfer of Hobson from the construction
corps to the line of the navy and the pres
ident announces that he will suitably ad
vance Hobson in the line The Hudsons
crew is to be given a vote of thanks and
medals of commendation Capt Hodgson
is to be suitably recognized The pres
ident in mentioning Hobson cites the fact
that the crew with him has already been
promoted
MANILA HOLDS OUT
There Is No Change in the Situation
on the Islands
American transports had not arrived at
Manila up to June 23 the day this dispatch
was sentto Hong Kong There was n
change in the situation then The i
surgents have not made any further ad
vance and the Spaniards have been con
tinuing the construction of sandbank for
tifications and planting sharpened bam
boos around Manila for the purpose of
stopping the insurgents advance The
papers continue to appeal to the natives to
some to the assistance of -Spain
Tragedy at Camp Cuba Libre
While in bathing at Camp Cuba Libre
Jacksonville Fla Private Charles Burk
art of Company A Second Illinois was
shot 1 y a negro connected with the reg
iment The boys had been having fun
with the negro when he became incensed
at Burkart drew his pistol and fired the
ball entering the right side of the ab
domen and passing downward Burkart
was taken to the division hospital and
while weak the injuries are not considered
fatal
Twenty Rounds to a Draw
Mysterious Billy Smith of Boston and
Andy Walsh of Brooklyn fought twenty
rounds to a draw before the Greater New
York Athletic club Monday night
Victory for Yousouf
Yousouf the Turk defeated R N Har
rison formerly champion wrestler of Can
ada at Toronto in two straight falls
Vicksburg Takes a Prize
Saturday night the Vicksburg over
hauled the schooner Amapala of Hon
duras trying to run the blockade out of
Havana with a number of refugees She
was brought to Key West Sunday morn
ing
King Alfonso Confirmed
King Alfonso of Spain was confirmed
Thursday with great cereraa pjr L in the
presence of the royal family tile court
dignitaries the cabinet ministers and the
grandees
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MARCH INTO A TRAP
American Bravery Averts Disnstei
at Battle of La Quasina
Juragua Cuba June 25 4 p m vis
Kingston Jamaica June 26 10 a m The
Initial fight of Col Woods rough riders
and the troopers of the First and Tenth
regular cavalry will be known in history
as the battle of La Quasina That it did
not end in a complete slaughter of the
Americans was not due to any miscalcula
tion in the plan of the Spaniards for as
perfect an ambuscade as was ever formed
in the brain of the Apache Indian was
prepared and Lieut Col Roosevelt and his
men walked squarely into it For an hour
and a half they held their ground under a
perfect storm of bullets from the front and
sides Then Col Wood at the right and
Col Roosevelt at the left led a charge
which turned the tide of battle and sent
jthe enemy flying over the hills toward
Santiago
It is now definitely known that sixteen
men on the American side were killed
while sixty were wounded or reported to
be missing It is impossible to calculate
the Spanish losses but it is known that
they were far heavier than those of the
Americans at least as regards actual loss
of life
Already thirty seven dead Spanish
soldiers have been found and buried and
many others are undoubtedly lying in the
thick underbrush on the side of the gully
or the slope of the hill where the main
body of the enemy was located The
wounded were all removed
TROOPS IN A WRECK
Five Soldiers Killed and a Dozen
Injured in Mississippi
A railway accident occurred at Tupelo
Miss Sunday afternoon in which five
soldiers lost their lives and others received
fatal injuries Everything wa3 done to
relieve the wounded by the local physi
cians and citizens who were soon upon the
scene Sunday afternoon Col Torreys
regiment of rough riders from Cheyenne
Wyo reached Tupelo via the Kansas
City Memphis Birmingham Railroad
The first section had stopped to takewater
and had whistled to start on when the
second section rounded the sharp curve
in the track just before the
town is reached and dashed into it In
the rear of the first section was the sleeper
Seville containing Col Torrey and his
regimental staff This car was completely
demolished yet strange to say every in
mate escaped unscathed except the colo
nel who is injured though not seriously
The chief fatalities occurred in a coach
which stood in the center of the first sec
tion which carried Troop C from Lara
mie Wyo This coach was completely
telescoped and the soldiers within were
jammed and bruised beneath the masses
of flimbers broken car seats and other
debris
In the second section one baggage car
was thrown into the ditch but in this
train few were hurt and none danger
ously
TORNADO IN OHIO
Small Twister Causes the Death of
Three Picnickers
A tornado struck Marietta Ohio SA
urday doing slight damage to buildings
and injuring a few persons The steamer
William Duffy which had just left the
wharf with a picnic party of about 200
careened and a number were swept into
the river Three young men were downed
They were John Jerkin of the orchestra
L A Bevand a commercial traveler of
Marietta Malcolm Nye of Boston
SCAFFOLDING GIVES WAY
Two Men Killed and Four Badly
Hurt at Butte
By the giving way of the scaffolding on
the big Hennessy building in course of
construction at Butte Mont Monday
afternoon six iron workers were precipi
tated to the cellar below The dead are
John Cunningham Frank Albert The
injured W J narrison J D Brown
may die John McNutt U M Maurer
recovery doubtful
Bi Louisville Fire
The buildings occupied by Sraead b
Cos Arch iron works at Louisville Ky
were totally destroyed by fire Saturday
The loss will be between 250000 and
800000 insurance 140000 The firm is
said to have had large government con
tracts on hand Half an hour later the
Phoenix Hotel one block east on Market
street caught fire from the sparks from
the foundry fire The guests all succeeded
in escaping The loss was 10000
Miles to Go to Cuba
Gen Miles will go to Cuba and direct
military operations in the field This fact
was made known definitely in Washing
ton Saturday The time of going hits not
been fixed In the meanwhile he will bo
making arrangements for forwarding ad
ditional troops
Hobson and Crew Safe
The state department has received the
following From a flag of truce I learned
that Lieut Hobson and his companions
are all well They are confined in the city
of Santiago four miles from El Morro
Sampson
Accessory Gets Off Easy
Lizzie De Kalb the notorious Woman
in black pleaded guilty at Norristown
Pa to the charge of being accessory after
the fact in connection with the murder of
Mrs Emma P Kaiser and was sentenced
o two years in jail by Judge Weand
Attempt to Poison the Czar
A Vienna special reports the arrest of
Count and Countess Zuanoff said to be
respectively chamberlain of the czar and
lady in waiting on the czarina charged
an attempt to poison their majesties
300000 Fire at Peoria
The Great Western distillery at Peoria
111 was struck by lightning at 280 Sun
day morning and everything burned ex
cept the bonded warehouses The loss is
probably 300000
Arrest Two Alleged American Spies
Two strangers from Barcelona who ac
cording to the Spanish authorities are
supposed to be American spies have
been arrested at Palma Island of Ma-
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FERGE LAND FIGHT J A
Spaniards Ambush and Kill Tbir
teen Cavalrymen j
FIFTY ARE WOUNDED
Engagement Results in a Victory for thj
Invading Troopers
Fpanish Force of 2000 Men Is Put to
Rout by 1000 of Uncle Sams Soldiers-Army
Is Driven Back Into
the City with Heavy Loss Fourteen
Being Found Dead by the Victors
Washington special
Thirteen Americans were killed in an
engagement Friday morning with a Span
ish force which ambushed them Four
troops of the First cavalry four troops
of the Tenth cavalry and eight troops of
Roosevelts rough riders less than a thou
sand men in all dismounted and attacked
2000 Spanish soldiers in the thickets
within five miles of Santiago de Cuba
They heard the Spaniards felling trees a
short distance in front and they were or
dered to advance upon the enemy
The country thereabouts is covered with
high grass and chaparral and in this a
strong force of the Spaniards were hiding
As the Americans moved forward they
were met by a withering fire Col Wood
LIEUT COL ROOSEVELT
and Lieut Col Roosevelt led the charge
with great bravery Thoy scorned to hide
themselves in the grass or underbrush as
the enemy did and ultimately they drove
the enemy back toward Santiago inflict
ing heavy losses upon them but with a
loss to themselves of thirteen men killed
and at least fifty wounded A number of
Cubans took part in the days fighting and
rdfty uithem were killed
The fight lasted an hour The Span
iards opened fire from the thick brush and
had every advantage of numbers and posi
tion but the troops drove them back from
the start stormed the blockhouse around
which thoy made the final stand and sent
them scattering over the mountains The
cavalrymen were afterward re enforced
by Seventh Twelfth and Seventeenth in
fantry part of the Ninth cavalry the Sec
ond Massachusetts and the Seventy first
New York
Thursday in a baptism of blood the
American invading army at Santiago won
its first victory To the dashing regi
ment of rough riders under Cols Wood
and Roosevelt fell the honor of striking
the first blow and offering up the first
lives of our land forces in behalf of a
great cause While portions of the First
and Tenth cavalry regiments of the regu
lar army also stood shoulder to shoulder
with them dividing the glory and the
losses the roster of the dead and wound
ed shows that the rough riders took the
brunt of the charge and to them as com
paratively raw recruits must be awarded
the palm of chief honor They have
shown the Spaniards and the world how
American volunteers fight their maiden
engagement Though many of the brave
horsemen fell at the first volley the troops
calmly stood their ground dismounted
and returned the fire so vigorously that
GEN DON FEDERICO A GASCO
One of Spains Leading Officers at Santiago
the enemy was glad to take to instunt
flight leaving a dozen dead on the spot
The subsequent running fight and final
taking of the blockhouse in which the
Spaniards took refuge will read well in
the annals of American bravery The
enemys loss is reported to have been at
least forty Probably it is more than that
or the retreat would not have been so
orecipitate
Shafter Tells the Story
Dispatches received from Gen Shafter
by the War Department tell the story of
the operations of the invading force The
first dispatch confirms the earlier press re
ports of the remarkably successful man
ner in which this comparatively large
body of troops was landed at Baiquiri
It was no light task to convey sixteen
thousand men with animals trains sup
plies ammunition and artillery from Key
West to Baiquiri and land them in safety
through a heavy surf with the loss of less
than fifty animals and but two men It
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VICTORIOUS PINK COAT AFTER HIS GREAT RACE FOR NEARLY 10000
is also remarkable that the command not
withstanding the heat and the crowded
condition of the transports was as healthy
as when it left Key West which speaks
well for the sanitary precautions which
have been taken That so large a force
should have been safely landed was due
first to the fact that the Spaniards did
of the fleet and second to the co-operation
of the fleet itself which enabled Gen
Shafter to accomplish in two days what
as I believe i should have lost so many
boats in the surf To crown all this suc
cess he reports that the weather was
good from the start that there has been
no rain on shore and all the prospects in
dicate fair weather
The story from the time of the landing
to the encounter near Sevilla is briefly
told The first landing was made on
Wednesday and the second on Thursday
No time was lost Troops were sent for
ward on Thursday morning and occupied
Juragua which had been evacuated by
the Spaniards and the railroad and its
BRIGADIER GENERAL DUFPIELD
In command of re enforcements sunt to Major
General Shufter from Newport News
equipment which the enemy did not de
stroy fell into our hands The movement
forward under the immediate command
of Gen Joe Wheeler began on Friday
and was undertaken to dislodge the Span
iards who had intrenched themselves
upon a hill near Sevilla to block the road
to Santiago
The story of the skirmish as Gen
Shafter calls it between the rough riders
and the regular cavalry and the Spaniards
is told concisely above It is called the
battle of La Quasina According to the
later reports it was the fault of the Amer
icans that they lost as heavily as they
did and the fault of the Spaniards that
the loss was not much greater than it
was The volunteers appear to have dash
ed recklessly into a well planned ambus
cade where they might have been wiped
out had the Spaniards made full use of
their superiority in numbers and position
They gave way however before the head
long rush of the volunteers and abandon
ed ground which American troops would
have held This painful experience will
not affect the bravery of the rough riders
but it will make them more cautious They
j have learned a lesson which many Ameri
j can soldiers have had to learn before
them Gen Shafter briefly says the firing
j lasted about an hour the enemy was
n from his position and retreated toward
I Santiago and our troops occupied the lo
cality where they were to wait until sup
plies and artillery could be landed
Corpses Were Not Mutilated
Surgeon General Van Reypen of the
navy has received full reports from the
surgeon with Admiral Sampsons fleet
who cared for the dead and wounded par
ticipants in the Guantanamo fight Their
important feature is a definite statement
that the corpses were not mutilated but
that the severe wounds attributed to mu
tilation were the result of Mauser rifle
balls
Left to Sampson
Admiral Sampson has authority from
the President to deal with Admiral Cer
vora regarding Lieut Hobson and other
prisoners The Spanish Government may
refuse to exchange Hobson and his men
but Admiral Cervera must be held respon
sible for their safe keeping and Admiral
Sampson will hold him responsible
Warning Given a Steamer
A steamer arriving at St Thomas Sat
urday reported that it had been stopped
by the United States cruiser St Paul
Captain Sigsbee near the entrance of San
Juan harbor Porto Rico and warned to
put in at some neutral port
Prize Panama Brings 41000
The Spanish prize steamship Panama
was sold at auction at New York for
9 11000 She was bought by the Gov
ernment and will be used as a transport
Two hundred girls belonging to local
No S4 of the United Garment Workers
at Wappinger Falls N Y have contrib
uted several truck loads of provisions to
starving Cubans
TROOPS FACE OSHKOSH MOB
Striking Woodworkers Are Dispersed
by Wisconsin Soldiers
The woodworkers strike at Oshkosh
Wis resulted in rioting The trouble is
said to have been started by a watchman
at the Mortrnn nlnnt nnintfncr a rpvnlvpr
not care to expose themselves to the fire at some of the women doing picket duty
The strikers set upon the watchman and
would have killed him but for police in
terference John Pable another work-
otherwise he himself says could not have j man was pounded and cut until his
neen done in ten and perhaps not at all l tion is critical C H Paxton manager of
me luciuuian juunmer uompany was
egged and narrowly escaped a dose of
vitriol Thursday evening the mob 1000
strong started for McMillans mill Warn
ing had been sent ahead and the gates to
the yard were closed Five hydrants
were opened and the hose turned on the
crowd but it broke in the gates and took
possession Police and deputies were of
no avail All of the non unionists received
severe beatings Ed Casey an engineer
was struck in the face with a stone He
retaliated by hitting the thrower James
Morris over the head with a wrench in
flicting fatal injuries
Gov Scofield ordered the militia at
Milwaukee to go to Oshkosh and restore
order The arrival of the troops added
to the tension but prevented another out
break on the part of the striking wood
workers The strikers marched to the
factory of the Paine Lumber Company at
6 oclock Friday morning but when they
reached the grounds soldiers stood ready
to receive them and the crowd dispersed
Thursdays fighting resulted in nine non
union men beinc disabled
PINK COAT WINS
The Leonatus Colt Takes the Ameri
can Derby at Chicago
Pink Coat is a double Derby winner
Saturday afternoon at Washington Park
Chicago the Leonatus colt trained by Pat
Dunne and ridden by Willie Martin flash
ed under the wire in the American Derby
a winner at odds of 4 to 1 with Warren
ton W T Olivers candidate but a nose
behind Isabey secured third money four
lengths behind AVarrenton Mirthful the
0 to 5 favorite fourth with the rest of the
field strung out The Derby was run over
a slow track and a heavy wind was blow
ing up the stretch The time 242
under these conditions was very good
The race itself was a pretty contest from
start to finish There were nine starters
Bradley scratching Traverser and Foster
adding Eva Rice Thirty thousand peo
ple cheered Martin as he came under the
wire a nose in front of Warrenton stall
ing off the hitters furious drive down the
stretch Martin called on his mount three
furlongs from home and he drew away
from the field apparently an easy winner
Mirthful shut up like a clam when pinch
ed but Caywood made one of his stretch
rides and it was nip and tuck the last six
teenth Martins riding lauding the horse
a winner
WIND WRECKS A SHOW TENT
One Man Killed and Many Injured at
Sioux City Iowa
At Sioux City Iowa Forepaugh Sells
Bros circus tent was blown down during
the performance Friday night Adolph
Halverson was killed and twenty or thir
ty persons injured As the tent lifted and
the poles began to fall the spectators rush
ed for the entrance The fall of the can
vas stopped the panic A stampede of
horses threatened great damage but was
finally checked The wild animals were
in their cages ready for shipment and
none escaped The loss
to the circus peo
ple was heavy
Will Warn Fleets of Storms
It has been decided to establish signal
stations at several points in the Carib
bean sea and on the South American
coast to warn American fleets in Cuban
waters of the approach of tornadoes dur
ing the coming season The new service
will be under the management of the
weather bureau
Would Sue for Peace
Former Captain General Rivera has
urged the Queen Regent of Spain to sue
for peace and to ask the friendly offices of
the South American Governments in se
curing favorable terms The Queen is
said to have authorized Rivera to sound
the South American rulers
as to their sen
timents
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Sailed for Cuba
The converted cruiser Harvard sailed
for Cuba from Norfolk Va Saturday
having on board troops from Massachu
setts and Michigan The repair ship Vul
can accompanied
Get Orders to Move
Fifteen volunteer regiments at Camp
Thomas including the Third and Fifth
Illinois received orders
Saturday to pre
pare for immediate departure for some
unnamed point
Beconcentrados Dying by Hundreds
Messages from Havana say that the
condition of the pacificos about Havana
is wretched Hundreds have died of late
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William Shangren
Cody Neb
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Jack LePoint
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