| Show AT HOME AND ABROAD washington june 22 major gen miles has received a cipher message from captain allen alien chief signal officer in cuba saying that the landing ot troops has actually begun and was in progress when the dispatch was sent the message also says that the attack of the american army was being so arranged that the spaniards would be assaulted both from the zeat feat and the side kingston jamaica june 21 p m copyrighted by the associated press the steamer adula which arrived here today from cienfuegos Clen fuegos brings refugees well to do cubans and spaniards they aver that the spanish soldiers there are anxious for a fight but that the populace is heartened disheartened dis by the long struggle i food o is no dearer now they say than it was a month ago and while flour and meat are scarce rye and fish and vegetables are abundant new york june 22 A special dispatch from santiago de cuba june 20 via kingston jamaica today says gays that cubans have brought infurna tion to admiral sampson that admiral cervera is prepared to make a desperate effort to take his ships out of santiago harbor at the first favorable opportunity the spanish warships it As i reported have been coaled to their tan lull capacity and the crews are refused short shore leave every nil abt th the vs goo els drop down the bay to be prepared to embrace the first favorable opportunity to attempt a dash past the batick effing din squadron it is said to be the spanish admirals hope to save at least a portion af pf his ships from capture and in a fight to sink some of the american craft on board the U S S st louis off santiago june 14 1898 correspond ence dice of the associated press following are interesting extracts from the log of the second cruise of this ship one of the cracks of the american line monday may 30 capt goodrich received urgent orders to proceed to sea three p rn finished taking on tores stores cast off from the american line pier and proceeded down the bay passed sandy hook lightship and steeled marines busil engaged placing four atra guns in position crew assisting ind and clearing rm shin tuesday may 31 10 a m albert tamer cook was found missing every march was made without finding any trace of him Sui mosed sed he must have biped overboard while temporarily insane imlay iM day june 8 7 a m sighted the shi fleet in santiago 8 a m arrived alongside the flagship new york after breakfast fak fast capt goodrich went on board to confer with the admiral and VW he captains capt ainis of the other ships saturday june 4 shortly after we proceeded ed at full speed sasi alarm was signalled signal led that a torpedo boat t was escaping we found later that I 1 it was a train running over trestle mork close to the waters edge several shots hots were alred from ships of the fleet 1 a m received orders from the admiral to prot proceed ed at once for guan canamo marblehead d and yankee to accompany us left about 11 p m the two latter ships orders were countermanded Sw iday june 5 5 a m arrived at found no marblehead or there returned and arrived off wa to tn i round fleet as usual doing in patti particular cular 6 0 p in left with dispatches for mole st nicholas monday june 6 arrived at mole st nicholas read dispatches on board and left at once for santiago miles arrived at 20 minutes past 9 p m atter after being chased T torpedo boat porter her commander taking us for an enemy until we fired then she showed her ni ht signals 1165 p m received orders from the admiral to proceed at once to guantanamo tuesday june 7 a m arrived at guantanamo found marblehead and yankee waiting for us we led the way into the harbor feeling our way with the lead marblehead and yankee fol lowing all three ships firing from both sides until reaching shallow water then marblehead and yankee being of an inch les draught passed us and feeling their way around the point and in range of the fort and gunboats gun boats opened their batteries with full ful I 1 force 5 inch guns telling every time for all they were worth in the meantime the st louis kept up a constant fire with her heir 6 the object being to cut the cable run I 1 ning to santiago old friends of may 1 when the marblehead had gained the point inside the harbor her a sut t fire to some works and in a very short time the whole village was in a blaz I 1 the st louis in position lowered her er grapples over starboard side and steamer slowly across the harbor in a very short time the grapnel caught the cable which was successfully hauled in a boat at 1 p m and cut and destroyed the st louis then steamed across the harbor grappling grapy gra piling ling for the cable ning from guantanamo to mole st nicholas haiti about a quarter to seven a cheer came from the forecastle head the second cable was hauled in sight making the st louis third success cutting two cables in one day under fire after cutting the second cable capt goodrich wished capt mccalla of the marblehead and capt brownson of the yankee goodbye good bye and the st louis started on a mission of her own thursday june 9 1 cruising off morant point jamaica a m sighted a steamer bore down on her put searchlights to bear on her and when abeam fired two guns one astern and one forward meaning that she must heave to read her name distinctly ly twickenham ham of london the prize we were looking lookin ir for laden with coal for the spanish fleet she came to at once we lowered our boat and ensign I 1 payne and a boats crew and six marines boarded her and brought the captain on board he gave capt goodrich I 1 to understand that he was laden with coal consigned to himself in his hia own name for any port in the west indies which was his bin best beat market he made the best case he could for his i owners but could not tell satisfactorily who his owners were information received shows the coal was put on board on spanish account and for the fleet now locked up in santiago aeo harbor therefore he could not get the cargo to them he went into and saw the spanish admiral who no doubt wanted him to land and sell the coal i this the french authorities would not allow the he sailed for jamaica intending to land them there thus we were hwe hare to intercept him which we have done and put a trape crew on hord hoard consisting of ensign payne goodrich two six firemen six sailors andrix malt maitles les all armed to the teeth with instructions to keep ln in company corn pany us ua to santiago to report the ease case to admiral sampson ensign payne said aid that he found on an board a spanish officer capt goodrich signalled signal led back search him for papers then confine him the captain of the steamer concealed this fact in that case the ship will be confiscated as well as the cargo this is a great streak of good luck for the st louis since being in commission milis sion she cut the cable off porto rico off haiti santiago and she has now secured this prize washington june 22 col R EL A crofton retired of the army died here today about 63 years of age he was appointed to the army from Dela delaware warL at the outbreak of the civil war and wms was a brave and brilliant officer since the war he had been stationed principally in the west the railroad of riots riota occurred during his administration at port fort sheridan and he took a prominent part in their suppression later he was as involved in troubles at ait the fort sheridan post new york june 23 A special dated at t playa del este cuba today sald that at I 1 welock this morning the last of gen Sh shatters shaffers army of invasion hud had landed at Bai quirl washington june 23 gen miles received an interesting dispatch today I 1 from one of his aide de camps who la in now with gen shatters Sh army at USA bal quirt he declined to give its text to the public but said that it merely ain bounced that the landing of the troops was made all right without any casu alty whatever and that the only men met were the cuban insurgents Insurgent AL it stated that one cuban was struck by the bursting of a shell and lost ilia do arm and that shere there were about insurgents on hand well armed aaa under good discipline gen miless correspondence abw stated that the troops were in splendid spirits and ready for a fight and said gen mi miles les there may be a fight today madrid june 23 2 pm A dispatch just received here from san juan de ae porto rico says an am american cruiser appeared off of the harbor and the cruiser isabella a gunboat and the terror sailed out to attack her the american withdrew immediately one spaniard was k killed and three wounded madrid june 23 4 1 p m ne news wo of serious fighting near santiago ie de cuba has been received here admiral cervera cables that the olt bation is critical I 1 the governa governor of santiago admits that the spaniards have been obliged to A retire but a spanish victory Is clait on oil board the aak ed press UW patch boat dauntless off JU jurai province of santiago go de babath night june 23 via port antonio maloa june 24 7 am 1898 by the creao the th avance of the american at army ay iy reached the edge of the to table laz sma M which the he harbor of santiago de ft s lies here seven miles from XO 1 castle as the crow flies the maln main baft of troops has united and ana the are in full fall retreat toward cuba they may attempt a but a dechane dec irive engagement is not expected for sever several lal days gen G en lawtons lawtonw Law tons brigade which rooted last night at four west of resumed its march at daylight before noon his brigade icon on stating slating of the infantry the fantry the second volunteers with companies of the cavalry half of the fourth several of the twenty fifth colored oo lored infantry occupied curaba Ju raBa five miles beyond and the flax flag was waa hoisted there the spaniards retired before the arrival of the americans which was av ered by cuban blockhouses block bouses as they went boil W wagner with a emall email aaboe party of about 40 men brushed against ast the flank of a retiring spanish column dmn strong at A dozen shots were fired by the spaniards as col wagner fell baick back before gen tawton could bring up the twenty second the van regiment the spaniards had decamped camped de westward jaragua was waa abandoned by gen linares and 1200 spanish troops with such haste that they had no ame to burn the town though an ineffectual attempt was avade to destroy the locomotives of the and the rolling stock gen lunares retreated to sevilla six miles males west of jaragua Jur aguia by road and nine miles from santiago de cuba A detachment of cubans under col collided with the spanish rear guard the cubans lost two men killed and had seven men wounded the spanish loss is not known the spaniards were machet ted new york june 23 the first official cablegram received by the cuban junta from their government since the breaking out of the wax war was received here today by senor T estranda palma it w was as follows playa del este june 22 we are at guantanamo position taken from the enemy at playa del bate fought with americans and 60 50 cubans aga against enst spaniards complete rout tight flight shameful we captured 18 prison wo era 1 officer sixty of the enemy we are dead and 16 wounded 2 officers killed on our part we had 2 killed and 3 wounded we captured 28 mauser aftel and cartridges today the forces of gen and brig castillo took bai quirl with the aid at of the amer kan vessels vessel Spam kOrds set fire to the town on retreating sixteen thousand Axne american rIcan troops have embarked disembarked dis at asi quirl gen garcia is on board the new york COL washington june 24 one of the bloodiest enacted in wash ington for years occurred last night in a little room in the rear of 0 twenty street N W wm H brooks a veteran of the civil war a peps pensioner loner and until recently a watchman in the navy department was killed by his wife martha with a hatchet she in burn turn being fatally injured with the same ame weapon i the old couple J brooks being 76 and his wife 65 lived alone and there were no witnesses to the tragedy about 30 geo ak L larsen a friend of the 13 brooks rookS called and not getting a rt spouse to his knock entered the house brooks was just breathing his last and mrs brooks was unconscious the walls of the small room were spattered with blood and the floor was running with it washington D C june 25 the first dispatch from gen shatter shafter con berning the engagement between the and the american forces reached the war department st at noon today andaas and waa as follows F playa U a del este june 25 ad adjutant jurant general fedema U ff A washington Bal Etal quirl june 24 further news from gen wheeler places our loss lose in this mornings firing about 10 killed and 40 wounded wounded major mcclintock and thomas received here thomas and supposed to be first volunteer cavalry major bell captan captain knox and byram first U S cavalry captain n knox seriously wainwright farmerly ton reported wounded to is hurdd trea the names ot the others killed gabd wounded exie are not ya apt t known the spaniards occupied a strong and entrenched ed poon on a nigh high hill bill tue tae firing arini late cabout an hour bour and aw ie amy waa VMS driven from their pool f jon which web to is now odoul occupied aed by our about a raue mil e and a hulf from froim T ciemia aio the enemy has retired toward santiago de cuba SHAFTER butte mont june 25 while working on the big hennessy building in course of construction on main street the scaffolding gave way precipitating five men to the basement a distance of one hundred tee fee with the exception of maser all the men are iron workers from st paul and salt lake I 1 maser lives here harrlson harrison Is ex pecked to die algonquin ills june 25 the severest storm tor for sixteen years has swept over algonquin finishing today the railroad on both sides was washed out and the town will be cut off by rail from the outside world for several days algonquin la is situated situa ted on the fox river between of bluffs the water in the river rose twelve feet there were a number of narrow escapes from drowning the dodd boys rescuing two men locked in a death embrace as they were going down for the last time several railroad and other bridges were washed away A number of merchants had their stocks injured by water and a number of cattle were drowned st petersburg june 27 A disastrous fire has occurred at biazon capital of the government of that name situated miles by rail southeast of moscow much of the town which has a population of over has been destroyed st and the loss Is estimated to be several million roubles coubles rou bles on the rio guama sunday june 26 noon via kingston jamaica june 27 pour four batteries of american artillery and a gatling gun have been placed on a hill overlooking the basin in which santiago de cuba lies the american troops were within yards of the spanish entrenchments last in the day time the city of santiago Is in plain sight on the rio guama sunday june 26 noon via kingston jamaica june 27 it is believed that more artillery will be necessary before an assault can be made upon the spanish works all the hills about santiago are covered with blockhouses there are 34 lines of entrenchments and behind them are four lines of rifle pits while the fronts are protected by rows of barbed wire off baj june 26 via kingston jamaica june ne 27 copyrighted 1898 by the associated press the third and ninth cavalry only remain here guarding the material ashore all the other regiments are being pushed a as rapidly as possible toward santiago de d cuba gen shatter shafter expresses satisfaction with the work of the officers who had covered the landing of the troops under I 1 I 1 conditions never before faced by an army considering the character of the landing places and the adjacent country tupelo miss june 26 A railway accident occurred at this place 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