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MILES HAS LANDED
PORTO RICAN EXPEDITION DIS
EMBARKS AT GUANICA
Town on the South Coast of the Island
Felectcd for the Landing More
Troops to Be Ordered to the Front
Without Delay
FIok in Porto Rico
Washington special
The advance brigades of the army of
invasion under Gen Miles landed on the
island of Porto Ilico and immediately be
gan establishing bases of supplies for the
rc enforeements that are speedily to fol
low The War Department received in
formation direct from Major Gen Miles
of the landing
Circumstances were such that the
American commander deemed it advisa
ble to take the harbor of Guanica first
fifteen miles west of Ponce which was
successfully accomplished The Glouces
ter Commander Wainwright first enter
ed the harbor met with slight resistance
fired a few shots This is a well protect
ed harbor water sufficiently deep for all
transports the heavy vessels can anchor
within a few hundred yards of shore The
Spanish flag was lowered and the Ameri
can flag raised
The little village of Guanica where our
troops landed is on the southwest coast
of Porto Rico not far from Ponce There
were twelve vessels in the expedition in
cluding five warships Among the latter
were the battleship Massachusetts the
cruiser Columbia and the auxiliary gun
boat Gloucester These vessels and trans
ports conveying 4000 troops artillery
horses and ammunition from Gunnta
namo arrived off Porto Rico and in ac
cordance with a plan agreed upon at the
council of war held at sea on board the
Yale Gen Miles headquarters proceeded
to Guanica at which place there is an ex
cellent approach At the council it was
GENERAL JULIAN PAEREDA
Spanish Commander at Guantannmo Who Re
fused to Capitulate
decided that Guanica afforded a much
better landing place than Ponce which
was the real objective point and that the
troops could be put ashore without meet
ing with any serious resistance
The Massachusetts and Columbia
steamer inshore- as far as was considered
safe and dropped a few of their big mis
siles among the enemy At the same
time the Gloucester whose lighter
draught enabled her to approach the
shore much closer than the heavier war
ships opened fire with her three and six
pounders The Spaniards replied without
effect with their Mauser rifles and then
retired The Gloucester then sent a party
ashore to haul down the Spanish flag
from the blockhouse near the beach
which had been abandoned by the enemy
at the opening of the fire As the flag
was being lowered a number of Spanish
troops fired on the landing party who re
plied spiritedly with their rifles and a ma
chine gun which they had taken ashore
with them The Spanish fire was finally
silenced It is known that at least four
of the Spaniards were killed Not an
American was hurt
Ponce toward which place Miles army
immediately began an advance is the sec
ond city in population and commercial im
portance in Porto Rico It is about three
miles from the coast and has a population
of 22000 with a jurisdiction over 47000
Inhabitants It is located on a high plain
is the chief town in the judicial district of
the same name and is said to be the
healthiest place on the island
There is a railroad to Yauco and a stage
road to San Juan on the north coast
Mayagilez on the west coast and Guay
ama on the east There was also a tele
graph and cable station until recently
when the British Cable Company cut out
the Porto Rico loop to prevent it being
tied up by the war There are no for
tifications at Ponce but about thirty old
mountain howitzers There are reported
to be about 2000 Spanish soldiers garri
soned there but from the harbor the war
ships could command the whole place and
laud the troops of Gen Miles with perfect
safely
KAISER IS FRIENDLY
Sends Message to the President About
the Philippines
President McKinley received a message
from Emperor William of Germany
which is understood to be of a highly
gratifying character in view of the dis
quieting rumors of German action at Ma
nila The message was communicated to
the President by the German ambassador
It was read to the cabinet and was con
sidered to be of such importance that its
tenor has been guarded with unusual care
All that is known of it is that it was satis
factory and leaves the impression that
the situation at Manila as far as the Ger
mans are concerned may be left to Ad
miral Von Diedrichs and Admiral Dewey
without the necessity of the German or
the United States Governments taking
up the case in mutual representations
SIIAFTERS LOSSES AT SANTIAGO
Fifteen Hundred and Nientyfive Men
Killed and Wounded
Gen Shaffers detailed report of the
American casualties iu the battle of San
tiago has been received at the War De
partment The total number of casualties
was 1595 Recapitulated the American
losses were Killed 23 officers and 208
enlisted men wounded 80 officers and
1203 men missing 81 men The miss
ing are supposed to be dead an so far as
known the Spanish forces took no prison
ers
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SPAIN SEES THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL
CAKE FOR SICK AND WOUNDED
Arrangements at Hospital Stations on
the Coast Completed
The medical department o the army
has completed arrangements for the care
of the sick and wounded soldiers at hos
pital stations on the Atlantic coast About
1000 beds have been provided at Fort
Monroe and the accommodations at other
points are ample for the present The
surgeon general has received many prof
fers for the use of private estates on the
Eastern coast for the care of the sick and
wounded but there has been no occasion
to accept these Reports received by the
surgeon general indicate that the wounds
of soldiers injured in the Santiago cam
paign are healing rapidly Blood poison
ing has occurred only in the rarest cases
The wounds from Mauser rifle bullets
have in most cases not been dangerous
and they have yielded promptly to the
antiseptic treatment
BODIES STILYL IN THE WRECKS
Spaniards Killed at Manila rave Not
Been Removed from thq Water
Divers have examined the hulls and
interiors of the Spanish warships sunk by
Deweys squadron in Manila bay The
cruiser Reina Cristina has all its wood
work burned out and charred human re
mains were seen in several places The
course of an eight inch shell is clearly
traced by a line of ruin extending from
the stern to the waist The cruiser Cas
tilla was less burned but was terribly
wrecked There are plain traces where
six big shells tore its hull to pieces The
warship is now a mass of twisted iron and
charred beams a complete wreck much
like the Maine in Havana harbor Many
of the bodies aboard are badly burned
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Don Antonio de Ulloa did not burn It
sank quickly riddled to pieces by shells
of all sizes A number of bodies all hud
dled together near the ladder leading to
the superstructure shows that the men
were killed by a shell as they were at
tempting to lift the treasure chest to the
superstructure and save it The descrip
tion of these ships shows the state of the
remaining vessels of the sunken Spanish
squadron Heaps of bodies near the lad
ders leading to the engine rooms of the
ships shows that the engineers forces
made a rush to escape but failed
SPAIN PUSHES BLINDLY AHEAD
Notwithstanding Defeats She Would
Assemble a Third Fleet
Notwithstanding two crushing defeats
at sea and the destruction of two fleets
Spain is said to be using her utmost en
deavors to gather another at Ceuta for
the purpose of giving battle to Commo
dore Watson The only two formidable
warships left to Spain the Pclayo and
the Carlos V are at Cartagena where
repairs are being made on them and after
they are completed they will rejoin the
remainder of Admiral Camaras squad
ron at Ceuta It is conceded that if an
other naval engagement takes place it
will be in the vicinity of that place but
no one in Washington has any doubt of
the outcome of such a conflict
Created Consternation
The news of the destruction of Cer
veras fleet created consternation among
the Spaniards at Manila They had been
told -that Cervera had escaped and form
ed a junction with Camara and that the
two fleets were coming to their relief
Yellow Fever in Red Cross
The Red CrosB authorities in New York
have been informed that almost the entire
working force of the society in Cuba car
ing for the yellow fever patients at the
front have succumbed to the disease and
are In the hospital aear Siboney
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TO OVERHAUL THE WARSHIPS
Some Were Slghtly Damaged in Battle
and Others Need Cleaning
Nearly all the big ships of the navy
Avhich have been constantly in service
since long before the war began are to
be brought to the United States for over
hauling Only one or two of the battle
ships and armored cruisers will be taken
from the West Indian waters at the same
time but the Navy Department has de
cided that the work must be performed as
rapidly as possible and available docks
will be utilized The Texas has been
ordered to New York from Santiago
Like nearly all the other ships she is
suffering from splintered decks and bulg
ed bulkheads caused by the concussion of
the big guns Few of the ships require
repairs on account of damage done by the
enemys shells The Indiana needs some
renovating the Brooklyn received a few
rounds from the rapid fire guns of the
Cristobal Colon and the Iowa has an
unexploded shell sticking in her side
GARCIA IS DIiGUSTED
He Feels that He Has Been Flighted
by Major General Shnfter
Gen Gaicia has written a letter to Gen
Shaffer in which he declares that he is
disgusted at his treatment at the hands
of the Americans and will consequently
withdraw his own forces to the hills be
ing no longer willing to submit to the in
dignities to which he has been subjected
Among the things of which Gen Garcia
complains is the failure of the American
commander to officially notify him of the
surrender of the Spanish forces under
Gen Toral and he is also incensed at the
fact that he was not invited to be present
at the ceremony attending the formal co-
THE ISLAND OF PORTO RICO
pitulation of Santiago Another of his
grievances is the action of Gen Shaftcr
in retaining the Spanish civil authorities
in the administration of their functions
in Santago For these reasons he declares
that he will no longer co operate with the
forces under Gen Shaffers command
but will act independently as he did be
fore the American troops landed in Cuba
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TORT OP NIPE
Map showing location of the important
port won by the expedition under Command
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TEN THOUSAND MEN LACKING
States Slow to Respond to Presidents
Last Call for Troops
Ten thousand men are lacking under
President McKinleys last call for troops
About G5000 of the 75000 asked for are
ready for Government orders North
Carolina is the furthest behind Only 55
soldiers of its quota of 783 have come to
the front Colorado Louisiana Nebras
ka Tennessee and Virginia have furnish
ed less than one third of the soldiers ask
ed of them under the call
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PLEADS FOR PEACE
OVERTURES MADE BY AMBAS
SADOR CAMBON
Sagasta Realizes that War Is Hope
lessYor His Country Terms Not Sug
gestedHostilities Are to Be Con
tinued Until Spain Gives Up
Spain on Her Knees
Washington special
Poor old Spain is on her knees at last
begging for peace She has had enough
of war and cries quits She has laid aside
her Castilian pride and approached tho
White House as a suppliant She has lost
her haughtiness and assumed a proper
spirit of humility She has not had thq
presumption to suggest terms She haa
humbly asked whether the President wilj
deign to discuss terms of peace and end a
war disastrous to Spain and full of glory
for the United States The Madrid au j
thorities have finally realized that it i
useless to keep the Spanish people longei
in ignorance of the actual results of tho
war The fulminations of bombastic
Blanco have come to be regarded at their
true worth in the capital of the peninsula
They have ceased to delude even a small
portion of the Spanish people
Premier Sagasta appreciating the utter
hopelessness of the situation from big
standpoint conies now holding out in onq
hand the olive branch while with th
other he presents a petition for clemency
to President McKinley
There was an important conference at
the White House Tuesday afternoon The
participants in that meeting which i
likely to become famous in history werd
President McKinley Secretary Day Mj
Cambon the French ambassador and Ml
Thiebault the first secretary of tha
French legation The conference lasted
for more -than an hour and when it ad
journed the American Secretary of State
IIEUT COMMANDER WAINWltlGHT
Who with the vnclit Gloucester destroyed two
Spanish torpedo boats in tho naval fight at San
tiago
made the following official announce
ment
The French ambassador on behalf of
tho Government of Spain and by direction
of the Spanish minister of foreign affairs
presented to the President this afternoon
at the White House a message from the
Spanish Government looking to the ter i
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mination of the war and settlement of
terms of peace
When it became known throughout the
city that Spain had formally sued for
peace there was more excitement in diplo
matic and administration circles in Wash
ington than there has been at any time
since the news came that Santiago had
surrendered to the American forces
The indications from Madrid are that
Spain will try to negotiate peace on the
basis of the independence of Cuba That
proposition will be met with the demand
that Spain shall withdraw from the West
ern hemisphere where her government of
colonies has been so ruinous and cruel as
to engender strife and anarchy She
must withdraw from both Cuba and Porto
Rico As to the Philippines the admin
istration is not ready to declare its pol
icy or formulate its demand That will
depend largely upon the situation at Ma
nila after the surrender and on public
opinion in this country
There will be no armistice pending any
negotiations that may be entered upon
The campaign in Porto Rico will be push
ed with the same vigor Gen Miles is
in Porto Rico and the American flag has
been unfurled there That campaign will
continue The war there will be waged
until Spain surrenders the island and
withdraws her army
Cervera Fears Court Martial
It comes from a very reliable source
that Admiral Cervera will renounce
his allegiance to Spain and become
a citizen of the United States Ad
miral Cervera it is said has come to this
conclusion for various reasons the prin
cipal being that he is convinced the Span
ish Government will order a court martial
to try him for losing his ships off Santiago
Much War Material Arrives
The British tramp steamship Tasso
from Antwerp July 10 arrived in New
York with a cargo of rapid fire guns gun
cotton and ammunition
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General Miles Takes Possession
of the Island
NOT A LIFE WAS LOST
Residents of Ponce Welcome the in
vaders Enthusiastically
Port and City of Pones Surrender to
United States Forces Without a Shot
Being Fired on Either Sldo Milca
Issues a Proclnm ition Taking Pos
session in the Name of the Ar erlcan
Government and Pioinsinjf to Pro
tect the People Enthusiasm of the
Inhabitants
Washington special
The American forces won as bloodless
a victory in Porto Iiico as they lid at Ma
nila The port of Ponce surrendered at
once when a few American vessels pre
sented themselves The following day
the city three miles inland with a popu
lation of f0000 capitulated immediately
Gen Miles did not find it as hard a nut
to crack as Gen Shaffer did Santiago In
all the Porto Rican operations thus far
not a life was lost
Gen Miles reports that Illinois and In
diana troops under Gen Ernst occupied
the port and city of Ponce after a short
skirmish with Spanish troops Americans
had four men wounded none seriously
while the Spaniards lost three killed and
thirteen wounded CJen Miles issued a
proclamation declaring the purpose of the
invasion releasing the Porto Kicans from
their relations to Spain and expressing
the hope that they will readily accept the
government instituted for them by the
United States Americans pushed on to
ward the mountains and Gen Miles said
he expected to encounter no insurmounta
ble obstacles in his march upon San Juan
Spaniards fled precipitately before the ap
proach of the American army
The inhabitants of Ponce gave the
American troops an enthusiastic welcome
Gen Miles issued a proclamation in
which he told the Porto Paeans that his
soldiers came to bring them the foster
ing arms of a great people and an order
to give them the largest measure of lib
erty consistent with this military occupa
tion and the advantages and blessings
of an enlightened civilization The in
habitants were assured that their prop
erty is to be protected and their pros
perity promoted while their existing laws
and customs are not to be interfered with
The hearty reception given to Gen Miles
troops at Ponce was not due to his proc
lamation The inhabitants are heart sick
of Spanish misrule They know how
much American rule is to be preferred to
it and they stand in no need of assurances
that they will be well treated
Gen Miles and Capt Higginsons dis
patches reporting the capitulation of
Ponce and describing the strange scenes
incidental to the surrender created a gen
uine sensation in official circles For the
moment the Grst great victory of the cam
paign in Porto Rico overshadowed inter
est in the deliberations of the cabinet
anent the terms of peace Washington
ians were scarcely less enthusiastic over
the victory than the Porto Ricans who se
cured freedom from Spanish tyranny for
ever by the descent of the Americans up
on Ponce Indeed the capture of the sec
ond city of Spains most easterly West
Indian colony is looked upon as a greater
victory than the capture of Santiago in
view of the fact not an American life was
lost and the natives celebrated the event
with as much ardor as the soldiers who
ran the gauntlet of the Spanish fire to
achieve it It came so unexpectedly and
the victory seemed to be so complete as
to appear incomprehensible It was ex
pected Miles would have to fight his way
through the Spanish lines before gaining
the portal of Ponce and hence the grace
with which the Spaniards laid down their
arms and allowed the Americans to enter
the provincial capital passed all under
standing of Spanish character
The capture of Porto Rico eliminates
one of many disputed points which might
arise in considering terms of peace with
Spain It is no longer problematical as to
whether the cession of Porto Rico to the
United States should be a condition of
peace It is ours now by right of con
quest Its value may be considered in ad
justing the war indemnity But the fact
of conquest is already complete
CUBANS MAY CAUSE TROUBLE
English Press Discusses the Situation
at Santiago
The London newspapers comment on
the relations between the Cubans and
Americans in Santiago and are sarcastic
at the expense of the former for unani
mously effacing themselves in the pres
ence of hard work and Mauser bullets
and then haughtily consuming American
rations with patriotic zeal The Standard
forehees the possibility of a serious quar
rel the American being compelled to forc
ibly suppress the patriots whom they went
to protect It says that enthusiasts in the
United States might have been less sym
pathetic with the chivalrous Cuban if
they had seen him amid his native scruh
in his native repugnance to soap and the
law of decent living Cubans are like
the Cretans one of the oppressed nation
alities that it is easier to love at a dis
tance The Daily News anticipates thai
the Americans will be compelled for a
considerable time to keep a substantia
irmy in Cuba
Santiagos Tariff Regulations
The President has signed the war tariff
regulations for Santiago and they have
gone into effect The order adopts tha
general privileged rates now given Spain
there and makes that tariff uniform for
all countries including the United States
Battle Story Was Untrue
The report telegraphed from Santiago
of a battle between the Cubans under
Garcia and Spaniards at Songo proves
to have been false There was no fight
nor was there a collision of any kind that
could be called even a skirmish
STOCK BRANDS
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Cattle branded on
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hip also
Earmark round hole
In center of left ear
Also use WBMM on
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And RUHside
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Pullman Neb
Cherry Co
Brandon left side
and thigh
Earmark square
crop right ear
Southern branded
cattle have but one
brand on left side
Native cattle nave
throat wattle
Kanze on uordon and snake Creeks
Horses have same brandjon left thigh
A Reiaira of 100 will be paid to any
Person for Information leading to the arrest and
final conviction of any person or persona steal
ing cattle with above brand
Joseph W Bownet
P O address
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Right car cropped
Hole in center of left
ear
Rango Lake creek
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Rosebud S D
Leftside
Horses same on
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some cattle
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Either eight or left
side on cattle
Horses same on
left shoulder
Left ear cut of of
cattle
Range Loup river
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Kennedy Neb
Some s on the left
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Horses s on left
shoulder
Brand Is small
Earmark Quarter
clip behind half cir
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Range Lone Tree
Lake
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Merriman Neb
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Rosebud S D
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Range on the Snake
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Range head o An
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mission
Horses branded
on left thigh
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On left side
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same on left hip or
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