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. I .ESTA1ILISIIEI ) JU.E I I ) , 187 1 . OMAhA , SUAY MOBNLNG , JTTLY. 8 , i8)8T1V.FNT1'Ac4ES. ! ) . sTNar4i COPY inii cis't's.
FOR OLD GLORY
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Exposition Management Dothrmine3 to Show
Its Patriotlo EnthnsiMm.
CEIEI3RATION WILL BE A SCREAMER
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I Grcatet Demonstration Ever WithCS3Oa. Iii
thc Wct Will Be Given.
( RECORD-BREAKING ATTENDANCE EXPECTED
CakmlaUonE PaEcd on Not Lcs Tban Ono
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IIundre(1 ( Thousand People.
WOMEN PREPARING FOR A JUBILEE
Oienhl Jf the GI rIM , * tiI II.i .i' . IiiIItl-
big to Ili. IItirled with it Mit
. Eli tIItip.INIC 1)elUUIH rfttl.,1L
: ti 1't.urciitIi.
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rhe cod ntmoaphrc thnt hung ocer the
eXlOS1tIOt grcUndB yesterilay was In strik-
InitotItrnct to tile torrkUty UIftt. pravnlled
urtng week and the slight dash of rain
u the ear'y ' inortitng eniphasizcd the bril-
t Itafit co'ors ' of the Ianbcnpc. ( The ap-
. ( proncli ot the big day , Monday , has a tendency -
- doncy to relueo the local attendance , bUt
there WItH Still n fairly good crowd on the
grounds nil .Iay arni a docitletily bigger one
, ftt the evening.
IL WaH ChrleUan Eneavoror'B ( lay , bUt t
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occurreI thit very few o the ciideavorers
: J arrived lU the city in time to get to the
grounds y.ster(1ay AB they do. not leave
Omaha for NRA1IVI1I0 until Monday night ,
they will constitute still another addition
to MondnyB ldg crowd. A few scattered
- i-- delegateS who arrived yesterday made their
. t headquortor4 ht tile Nebraska building ,
wlIre the organization baa a permanent
' ) adqiartnr and rested after their Jour-
- noy. .
The nn.nS City ecureion trains will
arrive this morning and with favorahle
veatber jul exceptioiinhiy heavy Sunday at-
tenlflnrC Is anticipated. Then vIll come
- ? the big 1"otrtlt of July celebration that
1ini been the main subject of interest In
xiusltIoIt circles juring the week. Fvery
Indication Is that lor.tlny will not only lie
tile higgt ( lay yet experIenced , but thnt it
will set a pace for sonic tinu to come. Reports -
ports from every direction point to a tre-
nitilou attendance train other points and
it Jrexected that the Omaha licople will
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toni out loyally to help 'celebrate the occa-
InIi. .None o tlit cxppsttion offleinls arc
willing to lie cOntented with an estimate ot
c8s thaif 300,000 people , and sonic of them
iiisist on suggesting an even higher figure.
The reports received by Manager ] bLIJcok
of the Department of Transportation from
the various railroads are to the effect that
every nrtlclo o roiling stock that Is In
aight will be utilized for the ocesslon. A
St. Jbcph business m'an , who was on the
grounda yesterday , says that pretty
nearly the entire population of that city is
going to taku advantage of the rnnrkab1y
low rati from Kansas City nod Intermediate
points and , the Kansas City excursion promIses -
Ises to bring 0(10 Of the biggest crowds that
was over taken out , of Kansas City at one
time. Then there will be siccinl trains running -
ning In from every other direction und the
ticket agents at Nebraska antI Iowa towns
report the mo3t flattering Prospects for a big
crowd. The railroad men generalize the
prospect Ijy declaring that they are going
to have all ( ho people they can haul , and
with anything like this local attendance that
Is cxloctecl , the crowd vi11 be something
epoi moue.
CeL.,1rniun ( I.ViIl He Vorth SeeIng
That thio PeOPle will find something worth
cornIng to see , not considering the exposition -
tion Itneit , Is aPparent from the enthusiasm
with which everyone connected with the
L affair is assisting to make It go. The con-
El e.ssIonista are particularly active and the
' rradu of all iiathons viIl be one of the
( i iost Interesting featurcs that has evtr heen
organIzed at flU ) ' exjiosition. General Man-
sgor Chjirksoii has rccei'cd assurances that
every concession on the grounds will be
ruhly represented nOd most of them are
makjng elaborate preparations to make the
znost of the opportunity. They realize that
their Interests arc hlentlcai with these of
'I tlio exposition in this case and they arc
going into the affair to make it a wJnner.
ThuVonlen'H departiiietit of tile cxposi-
- ' . . . tioa t iiiennwtiiho preparing for the big
- juvenile celebration that viii mark the dedication -
. - cation of tue Girls' and loys building July
14 , The exercises viii be held at 2 o'clock
in the afternoon ittiti svlil ho varied rather
than irolonged , Rachi of the ten cities who
, ' made the highest contributions to the fund
for the erection of thu building wIll pnxticl-
veto In the program. These cities in the
- : order of their liberality nrc Omaha. Council
Jilufi's , South Omaha , \Vcst Point , Lincoln ,
Norfolk , Blair , 4shland , ICCrney ( (11(41 ( (
llatIiig8 , An Omaha. speaker will deliver
r tile address of weicowe and in view of Its
: excellent showIng , \Vest Point will lie given
' , this honor of itinking tue response. Tue re-
Inainder of ho program will be composetl of
IOUSIC , recitations and addresses , which wilt
be contributed by the other cities men-
'U'- tloactl. No speaker vIll be allowed more
s than three minutes and the musical and
I ' other numberl3 vhll be Strlcti ) ' limited to
fIve minutes each ,
CII.M.tN IJtt.tWS A luG l'htIZEi ,
1141 $ ( lit Aiilgaii.r * nilil ) )411'NII't ICIIO'V
110W ii ) ( ct 11141 of It.
Superlntimdent A. F. Cohiwan , in charge
ot the loan exhibit in the horticulture
building , is tue Puzzled iiossessor of a young
4 allIgator anti 1(0 ( is offering a reward for
tlio best recipe for disposing of tile saurlan ,
Thu "critter" eano by express yesterday
froli Dr. F' . M. l'owehl , subierintenllent of
tilt ? Institute for the Feeble Minded at
alenwuod , , Ia. It was enclosed Ill U box
fliOtlt three feet bug , ix inches In whitli
and about six Inches high. The top of the
box was made in sections with hinges and
as an Innocent hooking affair. with a few
sniali holes In 0110 cliii to admit air. Noth-
lug about the box betrayed tile nature of its
, , J tolitetits , the oiily marks usitlo froiii the
address and nanie Of the sender being a
sentence in lead PCIICII reading : 'Thrce
years old , "
Mr. CohItnai supposed the box contained
rObe rare species of fruit which had becil
lL grown by 1)1' , POWLil , who Is wideir known
I , horticulturist , and he remoied the
. . calls III the hinged portion of the covey
very carefully , to guard against bruising tue
I delicate contents , \\'beii lie turned back
the sectiOfl of tue cover there was a whisk
t striped and sieCkli1 tall I'S the reptile
CXtelidct its imprisoned caudai appentingo
to lt full irtIgit , slid a hissing sound like
a liest of rattlt'aiiakes iiiado Mr. Coihnans
't , hr.ir stand up. His vigorous exprtssioll5 of
- surprise attracted Il&e attentiun of the occupants -
: ' pants of the building cud tIni box was coon I
the center of a Curious ClQvd , There were
ninay jokes cracked about the btrangc fruit
whIcJi grows on Iowa trees and Mr Coiitnnu
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WIlS unable to explhln wlicther the contents
of the box represented the result of a new
metlioti of grafting fruit trees or wes Intended -
tended to Illustrate the 1Ivcstok Industry
of the state.
The little saurlan threatened to grow into
a white ciephant and Mr. Coilman was in a
quandry how to dispose of it. Superintendent -
ent Taylor of the Horticulture building suggested -
gested that the rptIie be placed lit the
big basin north of the building , which Is
filled with water lilies , snyIn it would
500(1 clear the basin of the frogs which in-
test tile place.
Florist Rrfhlng , who lies charge of the
flowcr beds abouf tile building atlil titti lilies
in the basin , overheard this suggestion and
he entered a vigorous objection. "I have
to get into that basin to or three times
ft week , " exclaimed Mr. Rrfllng , "to get nut
the wccds , and do you think I want that
thing taking a piece out of me ? "
Tue " " stlr'eylng
"thing" had been quletiT
the situation while the ciiscuasloii was gollig
on and its little beady eyes seemed to snap
as they took in the rotund proportions of
Mr. Eriling Willie he was objecting to fur-
niahlng a meal for tile object of the discussion -
sion ,
No one could think of any better suggcs-
tion to niake end the new arrival was poked
back into Its craulped quarterB until some
better place could lie found.
Superintendent Collnian ( lechlell to get a
larger box for tile reptile in order to give It
an opportunity to move about anti It ihl
be kept in this tintil some better means of
cnrin for It is devised , The creature is
audIt four 'feet long tinti has jaws which
open about six or seven inches. It was in-
ChillOd to be 4very cross after its long Im.
prlsoninent auth resented any attempt at
fatnillnrity. It will torii a part of the Iowa
horticulture , exhibit. for the present.
I'AlI ) IiAltI.V Pit JIllL IIl.ON.
GUt siSlice , of ( lit' I'riIt nilil LUMt 11cr
1)lai.iu.L I'Iii.
One , woman , virn was the "head push"
in the crowd which led the charge Ofl tile
Texas vntermelOllS Friday afternoon , paid
pretty dearly for the small Piece of tile
lUSCIOUS fruit with wilich she joyufliy
emerged from the crush. This woman had
attended bargain sales 1Lld Silo was lii her
clement (18 ( she crowded and pushed , do-
terlililletI to get a geOl bargain whether
SCilool kept or ( lot. She distanced nil coin-
petitiors and was soon In tue front rank
wheio ho was rewarded by rect1vilg a gen-
cr0118 slice ot rich , red juIcy melon and as
lie marched vast her less fortunate corn-
vetltors there was gleam of exultant eatl-
faction In her eyes which mnde the ether
WOUlCl , look sad. She stepped off to one
51(10 to enjoy the result of her victory and ,
before commencing operations , adjusted her
necktie that had become disarranged in
the crowd. It was then tiiatsho discovered
that a $100 diamond pin which had llOld the
tie in place when sIlo entered the crowd.
hail disnppcnrcil. The taste for water-
nieloti vanlsilel forthwith and the woman
abaniloned tile tempting morsel to rush
back into the crowd. h'ushing the people
aside she looked on the ground she had
so lately passed over , hoping to see the pin
among the gravel , Of course the search
was fruitless , but Bile iiung around umitit
the crowd had gone and askeil the people
in the Ilorttcllture building to assist In
looking again. AU took a hand , but no
trace was discovered of the jewel and the
woman went away , declining to give her
nalne.
MIIE MUSIC FOIt ' 1'1l1 F.Xl'OSI'l'ION.
IlnuliM 'l.VliL lie the AttractIon iimrlm.g
time Nct Few ' % Veelin.
The Theodore Thomas orchestra will give
Its farewell concert Tuesday Ilight of the
comning week and for some thuc the Public
will regale its taste for music by listening
to band concerts 811(1 ( oUt-of-door choral con-
ccrts whIch will be given from time to time.
The Sioux City band , which Ilas been delighting -
lighting large audiences each afternoon and
evening with its excellent concerts , will re-
nialti at the exposition until Tuesday even-
111g. gIving a concert in the afternoon at 3
o'clock in front of tile Governlnont bulldtnd
and at 7:30 : p. ni. In tll pavilion on the biulT
t ract ,
Wednesday of this week Phinney's ljnitei
States band wili commence an engagement
of four % 'eeks at tile exposition. Tills hand
c9nlpriscS fifty xperIeiiod musicians and
tile name of tue Ioi'a State band 1155 ( IC-
cluIrcl a iliost elivlabie reputatIon tilrough-
out tile middle vest , Tills band will give
concerts mcli afternoon In front of the
Covernnient buildlllg nail each evening in
time pavilion Oil tllC tililif
The PltVlieC City band will come to the
exposition July 11 for an engagement of one
week.
Tile usual Sunany concerts will be given
at the grounds today , tue Sioux City band
lIaylng ) ill front of tile Government build-
hug at 2:30 : ociock nilti on the iltllf tract at
7:30 : p. Ill. , alld the Tlionlaa orcllestra giving
its usual Sunday concert in the Auditorium ,
conuneneing at 4 o'clock. .
IiIuiiltiirs' ( JImil , ( lnnr.rs ,
The ExhIbitors' club has reached an agree-
meat with tile CXpOI4itiOll Illnflagemnent by
wldcli the ciub wihi lie given quarters in tue
gallery of tile Electricity building , A moot-
lag of tile execIltivo committee of tue club
was held in the Canadian club parlors this
forenoon , at Which the Nub-committees that
wore appoInted to arrailge for quarters , fur-
nlture tintl otiler illeldoutals , reported. Tile
details are 110W practIcally arranged and
final action will be taken at a meeting of
the chub WiliCh ivill be hehti In the Montana
iittliding this evening , The exllillitors state
that they llOPOSC to turilisil tlleir quarters
iii ii manner that will ha highly creditaiile
to tllo CXhiOsIU0fl as vell as themselves and
tin'y will OCCtlpY tilefli as soon us tile ICCOS-
sary Preparations CIil ho attended to.
1nimm.'lics , I hi' L.Ifft ihint ,
Secretary Cox of tile governillent commission -
sion ofilciated at the launching of the life
saving boat into the lagoon yesterday. The
boat was beginning to show tIle effect of
the hot sun of tile last few days and it was
found Ilecessary to drop it Into tile lagoon
(0 save it from serlouij imljtlr ) ' . As the craft
Is fur froni being a delicate 011(1 tIlls liroveti
to be a ratiler heavy undertaking , but it
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% .aa slmccessfuily acconlihIsil ' ( l and tile boat
Is 110W mlloored to tIle mast that rises from
tIle center of the mirror , Secretui'y Cox
Is still witllout. Iflformnatioml as to Wiloil the
goverfilIlent 'will lie able to Provide a crew ,
hut 110 ilOhies to secure Omie soimletimuc during
tile 11100111 ,
Gotrpiisvit llmsiiI I m. mmii.l SillI.Illy ,
Tile exposition nianagenlent ll alaking an
cifort to have tile gOverIlllllIt building kept
UIOn Sunday afternoon antI evenings. Tile
request will be formally llllbnlltted to the
CoIlIluisslOll at its uext Illeeting. but it is
regarded as doubtful whether the vrcvious
actiOll vi1l 1)0 rescimided. At the 'orItl's
fair tile matter was taken clear up to Pm'csi-
dellt Cleveland , but tile Ileterlllillatioll of the
commissioners to keep the building closed
on Sunday iu3 Ilot shaken , s
himmisi llellNhIc Cr.4pN ,
ATWOOI ) , Kan , , ' July 2.-Siecial ( Tele-
gralil-OVlleJl ) I'iiifl fell today all over
tile flurlimigten iirancll fronl SI , Francis to
Orleans. Nortllwestera Kansas oitl south.
iveatern Nebraska wlleat 10 secure. The
yield will be heavy ; acreage larger than
last year , Corn dolug well ,
FLEET TAKES PART
Joina the Army in the Attack Upon the
Olty of Santiago.
ENGAGES IN A VIGOROUS BOMBARDMENT
Forth at. Agiiadorea' Are Convexteil Into a
Masa of Ruins.
SUWANEE SHOOTS DOWN SPANSLI FLAGS
Tremendous Oheers ( rein the Sailors When
YeHow Rag Fal1.
NEWARK IS INITIATED AS A FIGhTER
IIIr1ll Cite littervals of Iteport. . froimm
the 1lciiv Imlls lIf ( lie Slut , , .
CuimtL tic ltcmmrl the Firluig i ,
time ImufIlmltr ) Oil Shore.
( Copyright , 1S98 , by Associated Press. )
OFF' SANTIAGO DE CUI3A , July 1.-VIa (
Kingston , Jamaica , July 2-lieforc ) 5
o'clock tiliB morning tile crew of the hag-
ShIll ) WflS eating a hurried breakfast alld itt
5:60 : general quarters" was sounded nlld ,
the flagship headed In toward Aguadores ,
amout three miles etst of Morrb castle , Tile
other ships retained their blockading sta-
tioll. Along the surf-beaten silore the
sIflOke of an approaciling train from Aitares
was aeon. It was coniposed ofopen cars full
of General Duffleld's troops , At the cutting
a Iflile east of Aguadores the train stopped
and tile Cuban scouts procedeci , along thO ,
railroad track. The troops got out of tile
cars and soon formed in a long , thin line ,
standing out vividly against the yeiow ! , rQcks
that rose perpendicularly above , shiuttilIg
them off from the main body of the army.
which is on the east sIde of the bill , seyerai
miles north.
From the quarter or the liagatlip mere
was a signal by a vigoroqsiy wig-wagged
letter and a few minutes Inter , from a clump
of greeti at the water's edge , caine , an an-
snor from tile army. This was ho first cooperation -
operation for offensive inmrposes between the
army and navy. The landing of tile army
at Biaquiri and Altares was pureiy a naval
affair. With the flag in his hand , the soldier
ashore looked like a butterily.
'Aro you waiting for 115 to begli ? " was
the signal made by Adnliral Sampson to the
army.
'General Duflicid is ahead with tile
scouts , " caine the answer from tile 8110cc
to the hlagslijp.
fly tills time it was 7 o'clock and the nil-
mimI ran tile flagship's bow within three-
quarters of a mile of tile bench. It. reniaiiieil
almost ns iiear during the forenoon nuil the
daring way it was handled by Captain Chad-
wick within sound of the breakers made the
Cuban pilot on hoard stare with astonish-
fllelit.
The Suwanee was In company with tile
flagship , still closer in shore , and the
Gloucester wns to the westward , near Morro
castle. From the southward tile Newark
came up and took a position to the west-
ward. Its decks were .biaek with 1,600 or
more troops. It wont alongside the flagship -
ship and was told to disembark the troops
at Altares.
WuIthiig ror tilt , ' % Vord.
Then AdIniral Snmpson signaled to Con-
eral Duifleid : "When do you' want us to
commence firing ? "
"In a little while a white flag on shore
sent back the answer "when the rest of' the
command arrives ; then I vili signal you. "
It 'as It long and tedious , wait for tile
ships before the second fifty carloads of
troops came puffing along from Aitares. By
0:30 : tile last of the soidiejs had left the
open railroad tracks , disappearing in the
thick brusil that covered tile eastern side
of Aguadores inlet. Tile tvnter In tile SOflO
tubs under the breeches of the big guns was
growing iiot in th9 burning sun. tshore
tiier was nO sign of the enemy. They were ,
believed to be on the western bluff.
Between the bluffs runs a cocky gully
loading illto Santiago city. On the extremity
of tile \vestern arm was an old Castilian
fort from which tile flags were flying and on
a parapet of the eastern lull , commanding
the gully , two stretches of red earth could
easily be seen against the brush. These
were the rifle pits.
At 10:15 : n. sIgnal flag asilore wig-wagged
to Admiral Sampson to commence firing and
a lilinute later the New York's guns blazed
away at the rule pits and at the old fort.
The Suwanco nod Gloucester Joined in the
eCiloos which rtlrnbled nround and filled the
gully. All the stored-up tiluntler of tile
clouds seemed to have broken 10030 and
snlOke soon rose over the illhls and. th9 gully
was silllt out from view. Then the firing he-
came more deliberate. Of our troops ashore
In the brulb nothing coqld be seen , but the
"ping , ping" of the small arms of tile army
floated out to sea durIng the occasional luiia
in the firing of tile big guns which peppered
the rub hits untIl clouds of red earth rose
ahovo them.
An eight-inch shell from the Newark
dropped in the massive olil fort antI clouds
of white dust and huge stones filled the aIr.
WhIch tile huge shells hit its battlements ,
almost ilidden by green creepers , fragments
of masonry came tumbling. down , A shell
from itit , Suwanee hit the eastern Ilarapet
ann IL crummiieu away lIKe a mummy exposed
to the air after long years. nhtl the smoke
and debris tile flagstaff was sceil to fall.
SI(4)Ot Ai'iiy ( lie F'lng ,
"Tile flag ilna been siint down , " shouted
tile silills' crews , but when tile smoke
cleared away the emhlelll of Spain was
seen to be still flying and blazing brii-
hiantly ill the sun , tiloUgil the flagstaff
was benllng toward tile earth , Apparently
tile flagstaff ilad been caught firmly in tile
wreckage of the fort , A few more Silots'
leveled tiio battlements until tile old castle
was 8 ilItiflil sigilt ,
\'hen tile firing ceacd Lieutenant Dole-
hanty of tile Suwanea was , anxious to finish ,
his work , so lIe signaled to tile New York ,
asking liermnissiqa to knock down the Span-
Isli fieg ,
" 'es. " replied Admiral Senlpson , "if you
Cflil do it in tilree IdIOtS. "
'i'iio Suwanee then lay phout .GO nrds
front the old fort , Its guallers took their
time , Lieutenant Blue carefully aimed the
four-inch gun and the crews of l1 th
Silills watciled tile incident amid intense cx-
Citelilent. When the smoke of the first Idiot
cleared away , only two streamers of tile
flag were left. Tilu shell had 'none through
the center of tile bunting. A delighted yell
broke from the crew of tile Suwanee , Two
or three imlinutes hater the Suwanee tired
again and huge clouds' of"deiiris Tose from
the base of the flagstaff , , or a w se pntls
it was 1mpaslblc to toil what ilad boon the
effect of the shot. Then It was seen that
tue ailell had only added to the ruin of the
tort. The flagstaff seemed to have a
charmed cxistellco and the Suwunee bud only
0(141 chance left , it seemed hardly vossl.
blo ioz it to achieve Its object with the big
gpo , at such a distance and at such a tiny
target.
There was breathlesssiIeneo , among tile
crows. They crowded bn th skIps' decks
and all eyes were on'that , tflered rug ,
bending toward the enth fminho top of
what had once been grunilold castle.
hilt it was only bending , net yet dou-n.
Lieutenant Comnlandt' fleibanty anti
Lieutenant Blue took their time. The
Suwanee changed its position shightly. Then
V. pUff of smoke shot outkom its side sail
imp went a spouting clout of dmbrls front
the parapet and down fell tii banner of
Spain , Such yells from the flnship will
probably Ilever be heard again. There was
more excitement than Is witnessed at tile
flnthh ot a college bent rice o * a Popular
race between first-class thoroughbreds on
some big track.
The Suwanee's last shot had struck right
at the base of tile flagataft and lind blown
It clear r the wreckaqt which hami beith it.
"l'eli ( lone , " signaled Admiral Sampson
to Lietltellant Comlnandar hiclehnnty.
At 11:30 : General Dumcll sIgnalled that
his scouts reported that no damage hri.l .
been ilono to the Spanisi siflo pits by tile
shells from the ships and Admiral Sampson
told illin they hInd been hit. sev ral 'times ,
but that there was no cmi In the ptts , however -
ever , tile Suwane was ordered to fire a
few nore 511018 in theip'tlirevtion.
hurls 1Iglit-ItueIL Sluei1. ,
At ih:18 : p. m tile Noi York , liaving dla-
continued firing at Aguadorea , comnlenced
firing eight-inch shells clear over Ule gulley
into the city of SalItiago de tuba. Every
five minutes tile sheila Weilt roaring over
the ilihiside , Wilut destructioii.tiley wrought.
it was inlpossible to tell , as the biuffs hide
everything.
Ill reply to General Dufileiil's question :
"Vt'llat is the ilows ? " Afinlirni Salllpson re-
Plicill "There is not a Sfiaoiard left in the
rifle pits. "
Later , General , Dtlmeld' ignnlled that his
scouts thougllt reinforcemCnts were march-
lag to the battered old fort , .and 'ulmlrmtt
Sampson wlgwagged him : "There is 110
Spaniard left there. Ifftlly COnIC , tile
Gloucester will tllke care of tilem. "
A little later the Oregon joined tile Now
York in sending eigllt'inch shells illto tile
city of Santiago. Tills fl8 kept up until
1:40 : p. ' n. By that time GenCral Dumeid
had sent a message , saying his troops could
not cross the stream and woUld return to
Altares.
in the nlcantinie tue Spanish troops were
still in tue gully and the New York and
Gloucester silelied it OIICO more , and the
Newark , which had not flrfl , signalled :
'Can I fire for traget hirimojiuc ? have had
110 prevIous opportunity. " Permission for
It to do so was signalled antI it blazed
away , shooting well , its six-inch shells cx-
pioding with remarkable foco among tile
rocks.
At 2:40 : p. m. Admiral Sampson hoisted
the signal to cease firing andthe tingsilip
returned to tile blockading squadron.
Oil the railroad a train load of troops had
already left for Altares.
MADRID S' tETTIG ANXIOUS
UiuitiIc II ) Ei,1nin the Dearth of
r'l'e' $ , frpuui 1(44 Arzuuy llcsclget
, 't'Ithilti Sai.ttiimo. ; .4
MADRID July 2.-Intile m4sence of any
omclai' dispatches giving idetlIs of the nt
tack on Santiago do Cuba , the newspapers
ilere express 'Nat anxtcy , which is increased - ,
creased by tile report thnti1O relnforcemeilts
have reached the besieged bity from Man-
zanhilo or hlolguln. The papers colnplain of
the 'extreme br vit of tuii : Iian1sii advices ,
"leivlng nil Europe at the mercy of Amer-
lean exaggerations. " 4
Every one here seems to fad that tile do-
elsive game is being plnyed around Santiago
do Cuba and that the fall of ihat city cannot
fail to nffect the existence of the govern-
meat here , but thus tar perfect tranquillity
prevails.
Tile Madrid newspapers , also severely censure -
sure tile return of the threeSpnnlsil , , torpedo
boat destroyers and the Liyo coal laden
trans-Atlantic steamers , iVhicil are said to
be back at Port Said , and niuch Indignation
is expressed at. the tinle , lot by Admiral
tamara's fleet In Egyptian i ters ,
Tile minister for foreJgi affairs , Duke
Almodovar do Rio , has caused It to be announced -
nouncod that the only difficulties met with
ill Egypt were due to the. representations of
the American consul agaIn the duration
of the squadron's stay aid tie purchase of
coal. The passage of the canal , the minister
explained , could not Present any difficulty.
A dispatch was received today from General -
eral Augusti , dated Manila , June 26 , vIa
Hong Kong , in Wilich lie says :
"TIle situation COntillues flu critical as
announced in my dispatch of , lune 15 , FIt-
teen German , French , Japanese and British
war ycaseis are anchored In the bay.
Through thorn there Is frequent cominunicn-
tion Witil Hong ICong. Operai Monet ,
after fighting several batqee , . ias 'arived
at Macabore with 1,000 men , 'here lIe is
entrenched , Iii the event of the enemy ad-
vaucing on tue capitol , I have ordered Con-
oral Monet to force hIs wn through to my
help , thougil I regard such an operation as
difficult. " 4
NIGHT STOPS THE FIGHTING
AlIlericahl .Armmuy lleiy lo Itemiciv It
' 'uvlthi flue Comni II of IL.
Nei" I ) : ' ?
( Copyright , jt ; fi ) ' Asiloefatvd Prets )
SII3ONEY , Province of Santiago de Cuba ,
July J-Via ( I'lnya Pci Delayed In
Trallsnhlssion.-At ) this 'hihur 0 p. in. , tile
fighting lies practically tt1pbd. It will be
resumed In the morning , ! Our trcops have
gained several brcastworls ? They encountered -
tored a barbed wIre fence 'elgit , feet illgh.
At 8 o'clock the fighting IIl continue3.
Tile entire reserves of the American army
have been or'lered to tile ifront at once ,
apparently with the Inteltlon of forcing our
way to Santiago do Cuba. 'Php troops have
advanced nearly to the cur , hut the fortifica-
lions are very strong. ur losses are
ileavy ,
An officer from the fiei4 e3Linlates our
killed and wounded at over 1,000 , men.
Shells , supposed to be fm tile Spanish
fleet , did heavy execution' iong our troops.
Durhng a lull Ill tile fighting aq tlupre3sivo
Incident occurred , Tbo Tw aty-fir3t intall-
try was out in front and buffering loss
from the Shmanish fire , but the men sang
"Tile Star Spangled Ilanllor , " even the
wounded joining in the singing ,
HELP COMES TO LINARES
( enernl ( iireIui ( Lmotcd as $ miImug
l'nlolu' , 'l'rooms hIll'e , hitnvhiet
NEW YORK , July 2.-A special dispatch
from l'laya del Eats to ti'e ' Evening World
qilotes General GarcIa. ai mnltllorlty for 1110
stz4teinellt , tllat General lan1o has eutcl'ed
Santiago wltit 6,000 soldls , reInforcIng
General Liliares ,
General Panda heft ManeiIlo on June 22
with 8,000 or iOOO nItfi nd a large train of
Pl'OVIiOns anti emmunitlon. General Shatter -
ter sent 2,000 Cubao bek to Aecerraderos
on the transports to thu west of Saatlago
to head elf Paodo. but tiey cyideutiy failed
to accomplish that eaJ , ,
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FIGhT LIKE hEROES
Shatter's Army Makes a Brilliant Battle
, Before Santiago.
FQRCE THE ENEMY TO STEADILY RETREAT
Spaiiiard Are Driven from Their Strong
Position at El Cancy.
ROUGh RIDERS lIRE AGAIN IN EVIDENCE
Genaral Wheeler Stirts to the Plaid in an
Ambulance Wagon.
MANY ACTS OF GREAT PERSONAL BRAVERY
lllittle huge , Fiercely icr flue Greater
1'4)riIlt of tluc Iiiy , mittil Its
Close Fluids the AIIICrICIIUN
tile % 'Ietora.
PORT ANTONIO , Jamaica , July 2.-On
bard Associated Press lIspatcll Boat
Dandy , oltJuragua , July L-The ) battle of
Santiago has raged all day nail at 4 o'clock
this afternoon' 15,000 American troops are
tllundorlllg at the outer fortifications of the
( loolneil city. 5111cc tlayhreak General
Shafters arny has fougilt its way across
two and a half 1111105 of bItterly contested
and strongly fortified country , and the entire -
tire iillC , froiii left to right , is within gun
Sllot of Santiago town.
The American loss thus tar is estimated
at hospItal corps ileadquartera at twenty
killed and fifty wounded , but it will be
ilours before the death roll call be accurately
given. LieUtellnnt Colouel i'atterson of tile
Twenty-second infalltry Is the only officer
kilown to have been wundcd and he Is not
fatnhiy hurt.
Tile Spanish kIhitd and vouiiiled are Un-
( lOubtCfiiy numbered by llundreds.
The Spanisil strongholds of El Caney and
El l'aso have fallen and tile fort at Agua-
dores , just east of Morro castle oh the coast ,
Ilas been blown to ruins by the gulls of the
fleet.
fleet.WIth
WIth tue exception of about 1,000 troops ,
WilO are guarding Blaquiri and Jurngua ,
tile entire army is engaged , together with
4,000 of General Garcia's Cuban troops , The
Inon fought Lioriously and if the same
mcasuro of success willcll attelIdeil today's
engagements follows tile fighting ef tile next
twenty-four hours the Aillorican flag will
fly from Santiago's walls on Sunday , 0111-
cers and men are fully convinced tllat the
city wilt be tilelrs by tomorroiv Iligllt ,
Tue battle began just at daylight at a
POilIt about eight miles ( rain Juragua antI
four miles northeast of the outer fortifica-
tiolls of Santiago. The general order for an
advance rtr issued by Generai Shatter at
ilark last night and by mIdnight every iat ,
in thio army knew that a desperate struggle
would'eoine wIth the dawn. The news put
the troops in a fever of excitement nail tile
night wasspent ill cheering and singing , the
popuarstrnia ! being , "Tllere'il be a hot tIme
in SantIago tomorrow. "
lImke OIL Icairly Stnrl.
At 4 o'clock tills morning hundreds of bugles -
gles rangotit the reveille and before the sun
had riseil , the great 11110 was complete. To
the extreme left was General Duffleid with
the ThIrty-third MichIgan , his comnniand
having reached tue Aguadores bridge by
train. Next , to the nortileastYas General
Kent's divisIon , a mile and a half from the
sea and 110111 no a reserve force. The center
of the line was held by a cavai'ry division
WiliCil , tliitil General Wheeler arrived at
flooll , was commanded by General Smaller.
Owing to General Young's Illness. Colonel
Woods of tile Rough RIders coinnlallded his
brigade , Wlkicil consistetl of the First rcu-
hnrs , the First volunteers , tile Tenth regulars
and 0110 battalIon of tile Ninth regular cay-
airy , all dismounted with tile exception of
two troops Oil tue extreme right under Con'
orals Lawton' and ChalIce , fully five miles
from thm rear ,
it hd been arranged that General Dulfield
should milke a feint of attacking Aguadores
in order to draw attentIon from tile main
movement and at 5 o'clock ( lelleral Lawton's
troops moved forward , led by a battery of
the First artillery under command of Cap-
taRt Aiiyu Capron ,
Every niai In the army carrIed tilree days'
rations and ammunition to lllatCii anti every
one knew that lIe was not expected to return -
turn to camp until Santiago had fallen.
General Lawtoa's division opened the bail
wltil a thirteen-pound shot , quickly fohloweil
by others , tile infantry opening immediately.
Then General Garcia advanced through the
brush in tile valley , meeting with no opposition -
tion , anti General L.awton , advanced along
to the north slope , the infantry and artillery
firing heavily. Captain Grimes' guns had
just galloped to the plateau in grand style
and opened fire.
The teiegrnpil line , La Bruneile superintending -
tending , kept up with the advance In fine
style. Tile observation balloon was inflated
ycstertlay for the first time antI made tiIro
successful experimental asceilts , tile car
holding six men.
Tile first shot was fired from tile battery
at 6:40 : by CaptaIn Capm'on , whose soil , a
captain of the liough Riders , was kliftd In tilu
battle at Sovhlia , The allot was direced at
El Caney , where the SpanIards were In
force , and it fell in the heart of tile town ,
The firIng lasted twenty rninptes without
response ,
1m.cmam ilttlrcs fronl Ih J'nso.
Meantime tile cavalry division had moved
forward on the nlaln Santiago trail. Under
the musketry fire of tile cavalrylllen tile
Spaniards In tile little town of El Paso retreated -
treated and Captain Grimes' battery took up
a position there and began a rapid firing
into El Caney , The guns of the two batter-
103 made tile place so hot that the enemy
finally retired , llaving no artillery. Tile towil
was surrounded by rough enrtilworks and
ilnes o' barbed wire.
After the eaemny hInd been driven from El
Paso tw'iity-ono silots were fired by Cap-
thin Grlnies cml Captain Capron from that
Position Into the outer fortifications of Santiago -
tiago before a response Caine , When it dId
comiie , however , it came with unexpected accuracy -
curacy , tile allots being from 3-inch anti
5-Inch rapid fire rifles , evidently taken from
Cervera's war ships 1111(1 lnoUllted beiiinii the
fortifications ,
The Spanish gunners raked the 11111 on
whicil El Paso stands nail willch meantIme
ilad been made the headquarters of General
Sumner and the Cuban generals , Garcia ,
Castillo , Capole and Until , One sileli struck
a large sugar storehouse on the red corrugated -
gated roof on whIch stood ten Cubans vIew-
ills the fight. Tue roof fell anti all the Cu-
balls were WoUllded nail tilree of them will
die.
die.A
A detachment of 200 Cubans went from El
Pcso and. . then Colonel Wood , witil the
itougli Riders , tile First and TelIth cavairy ,
started down tile lull straigilt for tile ene-
( fly's fortifIcations , Captain Cirlmnes' battery
poured a fire Into tile Slianiards to lirotect
Colonel Wood's 'advance.
'I ¼ AiIl.Qunt(1 cavalrI paused on Its way
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through time tangled grass nod ulilcrhirusll
1111(1 ilnlt % t'ny down tile hlllsido selected a
good spot to ilalt and from there opened and
Innintained or twenty minutes a hot fire ,
The opposing batterIes bailged away , Cap-
tnin Grimes sending n storm of leaii tlown
illto tue outer fortIfications 111111 tIle Span-
lards pounilillg away at the 11111 top with
vicious PersiSteiiCC. , , '
Ciilnmmp. % re IVtlll,1cu1.
Moat of the Spanisil shells vent oyer tile
hIlltops 1111(1 fell in a ravIne beyond. here
several detacllnlents of Cuball troops were
StfltiOllel as reserves flild before tiley could
be nIOved seven insurgents were fatally
wounded and several slightly WoUlItleil. At
tile $ lflC time tWo , \lllericnns 'ere kIlled
amid 111110 were woulIcioci.
The Spaniards used umuokeless powder nail
witil more accuracy tian during tile previous -
vious engllgeInCilt. The wonder is that
Iflally more lives were not lost , as the oppo-
sitloii batteries vere less tiiali two mIles
apart.
Colonel Wood's commuamld behnved with
great bravery , firing steady anti deadly yol-
ieys , with the ehienly's 5110115 screeching allil
bursting over their heads. Twenty minutes
of fearfully hot work against Spamlish bat-
teries. Tell shots were sent into tibIa after
'they ceased firing. hut there was no response -
sponse and it is presumed that tile gulls
were ilisnioullted or the gunners driven off.
Away to tile left General Lawtoml's divt-
sion , with General ChalIce antI men and
Capron's battery , was in the meantime fighting -
ing fiercely Witil the enemy entremlcllcd in
and about El Caney. Tile Silalliards contested
every ilIch of ground bitterly , amid fougilt
with unexpected coolness and Courage , but
the irresistihie onward nlovement of tile
Amcricnns slowly forced them back upon
and beyond Caney.
About 11 o'clock tile terrible fire from
Captain Caliron's gulls amId the muskets of
the inca broke tile Spanish line anti a retreat -
treat began toward the line of outer fortill-
catlons. Time ellelily took tile trail known
as tile nlaln Santiago road and Captain
Grimlles' battery Immctilateiy began hlitcll-
ing shells in ahcnd of the retreating Inca ,
Willie a detacilnlent of 2,000 Cubans , Ileaded
by General GarcIa , were started to cut off
the retreat. No report has yet beell cc-
celveil from tibIa. A large ( hetacillnent of
General Kemit's reserves was sent to aid
General Garcia in this s'ork anti It. is probable -
able that fierce fighting occurred ,
General VJicclor Caine , . U1 ,
All this time General Sunlner hail corn-
luallileti the center , owing to General Wheel-
r's illness , but nbou't 11:30 : General Wheeler
started Oil the two-mile jourlley to the
front in an nmbulttllco , About halt way to
the front he met a nunll4cr of litters hearing
WOUlIded , The veteran , under protest by the
surgeons , Inlnlediately ordered his horse anti
after lersollaliy ) assIsting tue vouncleii into
tue ambulance , miloumlteil and mode onward ,
Tile macn burst 11110 frantic ciluers , wilicil
followed tite gemlerni all along tile line.
By noon , nlthiougll still Ill , General Whecier
had cstabhisilod ileailqunrters at the cx-
trerne froilt antI center of the line and still
iioltls his position ,
The harilest fighting of tIle tiny 5001118 to
iiave been on tile rigllt finnk Ilnhl heavy
casualties are reported thorn there. 'rime ad-
vamlee there was mole rapid tilan at Otiler
Ilolilts OIl the 11110 antI General ClIaffee and
brigade was tile first to cross tile little San
Junil river , close to tile line of outer fom'ti-
ilcntions. At 2 o'clock El Camley had lIOt
been entered by the Anlerican troops , but
tiley lIed pllsiled on past it ( Intl it was theirs
at any timno they chose to Illarcil into It.
At that hour General Shatter , wilose headquarters -
quarters for tile day had been tilrac miles to
tile lear , wcimt forward to assilimlo personal
cOnlIllItIld of operations , 501110 surprIse iii
expresso.1 that lie dlii not wait for tile siege
gulls before beginillag tile filial attack , as
tile siege guiis are stilt on the beach at lila-
qulrl , but lIe decided yesterday that they
Were umnecessary and determined , to strike
at once ,
Tile only Inovomilont of tile day which mild
hot macct witil success was General Dufileiil's
attempt to occupy tile sea village of Agua-
dores , 'rile New York , Suwaunee nail
Gloucester sileliel tile old tort alld the rifle
pits during the forenoon , drove all tue
8anIards 1o'l tue vicinity and bowled over
the parapet' from whIch flew tile Spanish
ilig , but owing to tue broken railroad
brIdge General Dufliold's troops were unable
to get across the rIver whIch separaled them
( rein the little town and were compelled to
go hack to Juragua.
It is probable that an effort will be made
tomnorl'ow to repair the bridge nmmi a coin.
plete new movement attempted.
Today it WU reported Ut Juraguu that
Generahl'UflieJd bail been deteateii , hut tills
is zot true , .as he did not ellcounter all ) '
large , iiody of Spanleil ,
MIlny ( lr&lulutie ilICIdeIlta occurred tlurlug
the day , with Ilunierous evidences of splendid -
did versonai bravery ( It tile Anlerlcan tltil.
( Cofttinuc4 on Sce nd I'agc , )
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p , - -
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IANY IEET DEATh
Brave Mon Fall Before the Fh of thc
Enemy at Santiago.
'
PROPORTION OF OFFICERS IS LARGE
Great Number of Them Are Wounded anL
Some of Them Seriously.
SEVERAL ARE WELL KNOWN IN TUIS CITY
Lieutenant Colonel Patterson of the Twenty-
Second Among Theni.
LIEUTENANT ORD IS AlSO WOUNDED
ComllIledc list of the Cn.umltemt ClIll.
llt ( Iii lIe lIt.l millil it Iliiy lie
Several litys ii'fOrtt it IS
l'erfcetctl ,
( Copyrigilt , lS9S , by . .Associnteti I'rcss. )
GlNEltAia Sl1Ai"T1lt'0 hiRAIQUAIt-
TEllS , July 1 , 4 P. lll.-Ily ( Associated
I'ress lispntch Boat Cyntilia to i'ort An-
tolliO , July 2.-Genernl Silatter's arilly ilas
ilatl its bniitismn of fire. With desperate
courage nail the mad ilasii of veterans it
has conquereil the Spalliall works before Sail-
tiago nmid ilt tills hour is ( lrivillg tile eflelllT
illto tile streets of tile city. The victory
Voll at a heat' ) ' cost ill killed amlil
W'titliltletl , It is illlliossIbie to elttilflate tile
loss at tills writing , hut It probably ap-
Proacilca 100. Tue llrohlortioll of officers is
I argo.
A partial list of the oiflccra kIlled em'
'U'OIllldetl follows :
Killeti :
CAPTAIN O'NEILL of tile 11aug11 Riders.
LIEUTIiNANT COL0NFL LO13'i'KOFF ,
Tit Cllt-SeCOllti illfalltry.
. 94t'T4hN . 1' . MOI11IISON , Sixteentit
IllIllilir ) ' .
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\Voulldeil :
LIctItellIltIt Scott , Tlllrtcemlth Infantry.
LIetItellItlIt CoIollc'l I'attersim , 'I'Wcnty
secoimil illiantry'oillltled ill the groin.
Lieutenant Orde , Sixth imliantry.
Captain Taylor , Nintll cavalry , WOtlIliletI
I a tile St nhllacil.
Licutenamlt Colonel Liscunl , Twenty-
fourtil. I
Captain J. B. Brett , Twenty-fourth.
WOilnileil in tile arm.
Captain A. , C. Ducat , TtVellty-fotlrtil , ,
WOtllitlei iii tile regioll of till ) ileart.
Captain Charles ioiige , Twelltyfourtil. .
Second Lieutenant J. II. 4'tugilstlll.
wountletI Iii s'.ilc ' nilil arIa.
Lieutenant Colonel Card , SIXtll illfantry
\votlnded In hip.
Ltcutenailt M'er , COlflilflhiY II , Third cay-
airy , WoUlIlied 'Ill 11111.
Lieutenant Ilepnian , Sixth infantry , spillo
injuretl.
, jAutcnanta ross , Sixth illtitlltry , wounded
iii time ilip anti heft eg.
Captain Wijlker , Sixth Infantry , wounded
jil rigilt leg.
Licutellahlt Robertson , eompany 0 , Sixtit
infantry , VOllllilCil ill right leg.
Lieutenant l'Ul'dy , comimpany C , Sixth in- .
tantry , wouniled in thigil.
Captain Morgan , Third cavalry.
Captain Dodd , Third cavalry , wounded i
head.
Captain Carpenter , woulltletl in stcmach ,
Captaiil Kerr , Sixtll cavalry , wounded i
arnl.
Captain Torray , shot Ill leg.
Lleuteiiant Besaro , Sevehltil infnlltry _
Major Conies , Seventh infantry.
Captain Jacicsoml , SevolItlI infantry.
Lleutcmlnmlt Charles E. FIeld , Seventh in-
failtry , silot through tile forellead , fatally.
It Is also reported that Colonel Enlory
was killeil.
Iii 8(11110 cases every officer in a company
WOB lost.
Simt is iIih'lN 1.4,50 Ilt'mtvIi.
The Spanisil loss IlIlIst ilnvO been 110ev ) ' .
Time Spaniards opposing General Lawtoml'a
ilivislon lost ill killed , ivc'tlndctl or taken
jirlsommers 2,000 men , and tile losses on tile
center 1111(1 ( left Inust he double that illlmber ,
Most of our troops took liosition during
tile nigilt , altiloflgil General Bates' reserves
thu hot conic up until mornIng. General
Lawtomm's ( livision on tile extreme right , sip-
ported by General Cnpron's battery ; General
Kent's division in tile center nUll General
Wheeler's division on thIe left , supported by
Captain Grimnes' battery , planteil on a lull.
formed a line wilicil stretcileil across the
whole Wititil of tile basin in Wlhicll Santlage
lies , a distance of fully five lnlicii.
llnmnc.iiateiy in front of General Lawtort
lay Caney , surrounded by biockltouse sand
emltrencillilellts amid against tillS point tile
operationu were directed , Beyond thIc Salt
Juan river , 2,000 yards before tIle center
1(11(1 left , lay a line of entrencilmemlts ,
lflile w'st of tile city. Tllese two divisions
were covered by a heavy tamugleii nailer-
growth between San Juitn and ltio Cue-
Ilalna.
On tihO extrmne left , on tile heIglIts beyond
Captaill Grimes' battery , beiliilil which , In
tile roar cavalry division wits Imlamisell , vere
tile roar cavalry ilivllson was nunsacil , were
( h'nerni Duilleld's Miciligall yolumlteers ,
Wllo moved out mit daylight , over the line
from Saboney. The Amnvrlcilna had tile ad.
vantage of tile sUn In ( ho Inorllimlg , WiliCit
8110110 directly In the ememny's faces ,
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tallanlo , ileisyod in transmisslon.-Tiie ) forward -
ward anovemelIt of tile Macrican troops era
Salltiago was startetl atdayiigllt , Yilen there
was a general illoYtlmflent nIl iliOlIg tile line ,
Tue order of time battle was tile First anti.
TentlI cavalry , time Third , Sixth amld Tweil-
ty-first 111(511r ) , wlth a squadron ot
tile Ninth cavalry nailer General Lawtoa ,
% t'iliio the Rough Riders plIssed on
tlme left , Tile piatoau t'as imeltl by four
pieces of tue artillery and siege guns , A.
movenlent toward Santiago to the mlortileast
was Imlailo , with tile Iiltefltlon of clearing
tile valley for a gemleral emlgagemnellt later ,
Tile telegrapil lines are following up the
advance in fine style ,
At timis hour four Americana era reported
dead and sixteen wounded , all of ( ho
'l'wenty.first ImItaIltry ,
\Viille tile troops were masking their nil-
vance 1110 Newport , Smlwanee and Gloucester
ran close into Aguadores and knocked tiltS
Siaillbll forf' to pieces , Tile fort , a large
stoile sIruCLIlrC , and tile surrouniling walls
withstood the bombardment for over an
hour , but a shell finally tore through ( ho
southeast curlIer and time tower , bearing the
Siallisil , liag , tell with a crash , Several
bilcils were tllrown into tile rifle Pits t
1110 I lgllt of tii.i . ( oil , but tile Silanish up-
part idly ' 11(1 ( at tile first lire , No shot was
fired front ( lit , turret ,
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