Show ATTACK SPANISH PORTS uncle sam proposes to carry war into africa SEND A FLEET TO SPAIN after the tall fall of 0 santiago and tho the destruction or capture of cerveris veras squadron sampson and anc L schley will give the proud sons dons an idea of 0 what real war is ly by sailing to the coast of spain and bombarding spanish ports and destroying spanish shipping washington june 24 2 the war Is to bo be carried into ati adelca ICA metaphorically speaking if 1 spain Is fool foolhardy ardy enough to send the cadiz fleet through the suez canal to attack dewey in the philippines it la Is announced on good authority that before the last S spanish pan I 1 is 11 vessel has passed through tile the canal an american merican i squadron will be steaming at full speed across the atlantic straight tor for the coast ot of spain to bring the war home to the liia spanish ih people there Is no loubat that dewey can take care ot of him against this cadiz fleet since his lawn squadron will be reinforced lein forced by ilon ironclad clad long lone before camaras camarao Ca maras ships eight blent tho the bay of 0 menila manila and ho he will have the shore batteries with him instead of against him in the struggle but it ft has been con SECOND 11 y el MANILA 14 H fleet carrying utah batteries reported 0 off ff hawaii all on board we well ff i N ii 11 IV I 1 I 1 san ban francisco june 2 sl I 1 at 13 30 0 on the afternoon ot of the bolh in latitude not no til th longitude H 35 west the steamer peru from the oric orient t via honolulu sighted the transport steamers china senator colon and Zeal Zealan andla Alm signals were exchanged with ith all the vessels all well on board was aas the message the flags fluttered to the liner the Zeal andla conveying the pennsylvania troops hove to and sent a boat oft to the he peru pennsylva nias sons had messages to send to the united states A quantity ot of mall mail from the troops was to san francisco cheer for or tho the friends of 0 those on tile the Is contained in the following message at sea juni june 20 tell our people we have had a pleasant trip and all are well eluded by the administration that save the most severe measures will simce to bring the spanish people to a realizing sense ot of the hopelessness of 0 the continuance of 0 the present war and even kindness it Is held will dictate such a blow as that which it Is proposed to administer it if the spanish persist in this last project after the fall fail of 0 santiago aeo and the capture or destruction of 0 cerveris veras squadron sampson will havo have ill an abundance of 0 vessels to spare for the taste task sot set cortil probably he be will constitute the attacking fleet in two squadrons the first a flying squadron to be composed of 0 the swiftest hessels I 1 of 0 the fleet such buch as the columbia minneapolis linnea polls harvard yale st louis st paul new orleans and such cratt craft this will ill be followed oll owed by another command either cither under sampson or schley with the tha battleships which capt clarks experience with the oregon ties has shown can easily be counted on for cor the voyage across aci osa the atlantic with the low iowa A oregon indiana massachusetts and texas all battleships supplementing the new york and brooklyn cruls crul seis ls and the less powerful vessels OV 0 the flying squadron the spanish coast mould v be steadily swept clear ot of all oom commerce merce all spanish shipping would bo be destroyed and some of 0 tile the best ports blockaded or NO NEWS 1 snafter kaeter no news came to the war department during office hours from our at aimy my near santiago this was a cause for rail mild surprise at the department as gen shatter shaffer has a cable at his command and it was expected he would report the measure ot of success he has haa attained in the debarkation of its ills army on cuban soil sell and tile the beginning of operations against santiago however the general has the reputation rep here as bring boing a plan man of deeds decas than words and of not being given to many official reports not hearing from him tile the officials were obliged to rely upon press reports entirely for information they found these highly satisfactory secretary alger expressed particular gratification at the news that tile the troops had bad reached a point within seven miles of morro costle castle without encountering serious ies resistance istance the direction taken by the troops after their landing at Bal quirl trending generally westward Is taken in some quarters hero here to indicate a purpose to unite with nith sampsons Samp sons fleet in an attack on castle and the tha other torla forts at the entrance of 0 santiago Santi aeo harbor barbor before turning their attention Lt to the town itself once th the e forts tire are ca captured sampson with emall boats could reach the mines and if as reported the c does not completely obstruct the channel some isome of the hattle battleships tle tie ships may be sent in to deal with cerveris veras squadron in its last resort TO KEEP CERVERA BUSY something of this kind Is believed to be necessary in order to relieve our troops from the tha fire of the spanish fleet when ahen they attack santiago directly one or two of 0 the big battleships supplemented by a few torpedo boats could be rolled relied on to keep cert ci r veraa squadron so be fully occupied that hat lie ho would have no time to get to the troops attacking santiago from froin the rear for the first time today there was a reliable liable announcement of tile tho intention of gen miles to td go to cuba to participate in the operations there before the campaign Is extended to pot boito to RICO nico the time of 0 his departure Is as yet unsettled with great satisfaction the navy department today published sampsons Samp sons 11 statement tat ement that hobson and his men are well and riot not in the line of ire fire it IL I 1 was at also 1 9 a noted that samson sampson finds no t 1 in having his big flag of truce respected which la Is gratifying in view of tile the statement coming from havana some days ago that thare aas as to be a lapse into barbarism through the tha refusal of the spaniards to recognize flags of truce IN NEED or OF SUPPLIES celerity of forward move in cuba hampered on this account on board the associated press dispatch noat boat ort off juno juna 23 vim via kingston jamaica june 21 24 copyrighted 2808 by the asao elated press lato yesterday afternoon the american flag was floated from the top of 0 the mountains back of 0 Bal quirl amid wild enthusiasm the men cheered and waved their I 1 hats bats the warships and the he transports let loone lease their lines and tho the balls bands placed the star spangled banner I 1 maj blai lamotte lamotle with eighty two men from the volunteer cavalry the iho I 1 heights and raised the nag mag the span lph irh american iron works which were destroyed before tho the troops troop landed a ded yesterday belo belonged ged to the ihm steelton t on coln company near baltimore ild bid the cubans under gen demetrious Demetr lous castillo who entered Bal quirl otter after the spaniards hd had deserted tile the town were clothed in rags and many 0 of them were I 1 two thirds naked some had no trou brou sera rera and only tattered shirts chile the majority of nf them were barefooted bare footed rooted they were neero negro cs some being boys boya of 0 only 15 years yearn of 0 age the guns they carried wore were ot of many models ranging from rom flint flintlocks locks to manacis and rem all however were armed w with ith machetes macbet ex the rode donkeys and scrub boises the sun suit was blazing hot and a A number n ter of 0 were prostrated by wi die e intense neat heat and were taken on board the hospital ship the troops are in fine spirits and aio overjoyed at the aggressive attl lud assumed by gen shatter shafter who believes he can force bis big way nay into santiago and strike I 1 the he branish a heavy blow tho the celerity of 0 the bornard movement of the he united ted san states tes army has embarrassed the quartermasters department part ment gen lauton sent bick this afternoon afternoon an all urgent request for more rations the mules and stores are ara already ashore but some of 0 the trappings are still on final blaid it ship they imal lie be taken oil oft during the night col humphries h lea says he will nill have lave a pack train F loaded a ded and on oil its way by daylight tomorrow it shoula reach jaragua before night an attempt to send sop plies to jaragua this afternoon in boats la failed aled PANDOS BIG spanish general trying to get iop more mon men to santiago washington june 24 the news com cam ing from jamaica that gen pando Is sending heavy reinforcements to the spanish general linares in santiago Is likely to have the effect of 0 hastening the campaign against the town by the americans pando has so sol weis at holguin ln less leas than miles from santiago they are the pick of the spanish array army in cuba and their commander Is known as the fighting general were they to combine with willi tile the spanish force in santiago the american campaign would mould lie be very much prolonged and the task set bet tor for out our would be much heavier T to 0 factors hove have been rolled relied upon to prevent this combination the first Is the very rough nature of the country between holguin and santiago which would be exceedingly dini lit foulch cult lt t for troops to cover in less than four il or r five days day i at the earliest the second Is tile the tle a efforts of the cubans to harass the spaniards on the march und and retard their movements with the force they now have in that country tile the cubans could do this very effectually but chev could scarcely undertake to absolutely check the whole spanish force of mn men the reports from santiago indicate that the I 1 admiral Is using his hid squads equation equa dion on exactly as was anticipated 10 defend the town from attack by soldiers diers sinthe in the bear this only emphasizes in the minds of cf army officers the necessity of speedy action on the part of tho the llalon tor for with bands men to rein foice the gar carrimon rimon and Cervera veral 1 squadron in full play the spanish at ai from a military point of view much M 11 stronger than the combined borcea of americans under shorter shatter and cubans under garcia and it Is believed that considerable reliance must be placed upon the anicil can siege train i for as soon as the tha heavy puns are arc placed on the crest of the hills it lq t expected tile the position of tile the spanish below will be to a heavy lire fire and they will be obliged to either cither sur surrender r or at make 1 I a desperate attempt to escape from santiago harlor harbor spectacular DISPLAY I 1 what the move of C camarao camaras Ca maras fleet means washington june 24 by the reckoning of the naval pincers the spanish squadron should be now nearing canila south of greece at the rate they are progressing sing the squadron should reach port said at the entrance to the suez canal about monday or tuesday beyond this point it Is riot not believed that the squadron ii will ill go for it Is confidently felt that the whole spanish movement Is nothing more than a spectacular display gotten up to meet the irresistible sis tible demand of the spanish populace and particularly the clerical party that something should be done to save the philippines to spain there is Is a question x whether the canal a authorities es N w ill allow the heavy spanish a armored ships to risk the passage age of 0 I 1 the he canal even it if admi admiral ra I 1 camara Is willing to undertake it 11 their drought draught of water Is so eo great that they might easily ground in the canal and thus obstruct it to navigation indefinitely but even if 1 all these expectations aro are not still founded tile naval officers are arc confident of demeas deweys ability to successfully resist attack by the spanish squadron according to their calculation tho the double turreted monitor monterey Mon Is very near manila under convoy of 0 tho the brutus and nd he her arrival may bo expected within two or three days there Is not on an ironclad in Ca camarasa camaras Cam araa maras foica that would car care a to stand before her then it inua be e remembered that long before the cadiz squadron could reach manila be bay gen merritts troops will nill be in conjunction with mith tile the insurgents in possession of all the felts surrounding tho the harbor and tile the spanish runs guns being manned by american artilleryman artillerymen artillery men will be expected to give a better belter account of themselves than they did when trained against dewey SALT ALMANAC 1803 1808 containing utah statistics and gen eral cral information at omec or of price 25 cents came Camo from Is there sum tuni lent elent coal to last through the 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