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J SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS PEYO TED TO GIVING THE NEWS, ENCOURAGING THE PROGRESS AND c AIDING THE PROSPERITY OF SCHLEY COUNTY. I E. ELLIOTT, Editor and Basiness Manager. 1 Four Americans are Killed. UL . Engagement Lasted Thirteen Hours—Spanish Loss Not Ascertained, as they Hastily Retreated. Associated Press dispatches via Mole St. Nicholas, Hayti, state that Lieutenant Colonel R. W. Hunting ton’s battalion of marines, which landed from the transport Panther on Friday and encamped on the hill guarding the abandoned cable station at the entrance to the harbor of Guan tauamo, was engaged in beating off a bush attack of Spanish guerrillas and Spanish regulars from 3 o’clock Satur day afternoon to 6 o’clock Sunday morning. The fighting was almost continuous for fifteen hours until Sunday, when reinforcements were landed from the Marblehead. Four of our men were killed and one wounded. The advance pickets under Lieutenants Neville and Shaw are un accounted for. List of Americans Killed. Assistant Surgeon John Blair Gibbs was among the killed. Surgeon Gibbs is a sou of Major Gibb3 of the regular army, who felt at the Custer massacre, es home was at Richmond, Va., but ae has been practicing in New York, and he entered the service since the war began. He was a very popular officer: The others killed are: Sergeant Charles H. Smith, of Smallwood. Private William Dunphy, of Glou coster, Mass. ' Private James McColgan, of , Stone ham, Mass. Corporal Glass was accidentally wounded in the head. The Spanish loss is unknown, but 1l " as probably considerable. The splashes of blood found at daylight at the position the Spandiards occupied indicate fatalities, but their comrades carded off the killed and wounded. The engagement began with desul tory firing at the pickets a thousand yards inland from the camp. Cap din Spicer’s company was doing guard duty, and was driven in, finally rally ing and repulsing the enemy at 5 0 ^°ck. The bodies of Privates McColgan an hie Dunphy head. were found, both shot in i he large cavities caused by the bul jets, ( which inside of 500 yards a range aave a rotary motion, indicate the vie lms were killed at close range. Ike bodies were stripped of shoes, kats and cartridge belts and horribly mutilated with machetes. When they J' umed ere brought three sides in the of whole hollow battalion square a a l0r >t the camp on the hilltop. Below m the hay were warships at anchor. uUud from the hill camp is a deep ravine, and beyond this is high hills. he country adjacent is heavy with a fhicket growth. Lie sky W as blanketed with clouds, aud when tl. le sun a CT> a gale was blow ln g seaward. pr ^ P e uetrable. •, The Hpanish squads concealed in the aparral cover had the advantage, the * eriCana cm the ridge furnishing fine ge h against the sky and white tents, tail ? ardar 6s fought from cover till ^8hL • at discoverable only by flames, J^Peaters marines fired volleys. T ® barrel. Bounded like crackers in os The Marblehead launched a Colt •machine gun iu her bow, pushed up ELLAVILLE. GA.. THURSDAY. JUNE 16, 1898. the bay, enfilading the Spaniards, and it is thought that some were killed. Estimates vary as to the attacking force, some say 200 and the figures run as high as 1,000. Colonel Campina, the Cuban guide, said the Spaniards were mostly irregulars, but the re ports of the discharge of Mauser rifles would indicate that they were regulars, as most of the guerrillas carry Reming tons. The Cuban guerrillas, as a rule, have^more dash and oourage than the Lieutenant Colonel Huntington and Major Cockrell gave high praise to the nerve and steadiness of officers and men, especially the young ones, as the engagement was a baptism of lire for a large majority. The men were in darkness and in a strange land, but they stood to their posts with courage aud fortitude and there was no symp tom of panic. The marines, though exhausted, - ere eager for more fighting, i. room ing to inflict heavy punishmen They complimented the daring of the Span iards with characteristic camp pro fanity. The amplest precautions have been taken, and as the Dauntless, the As sociated Press dispatch boat, was leav ing the scene, re-enforcements were lauding from the Marblehead. CLAY WANTS INVESTIGATION Of Charges Against Southern Methodist Book Concern. The expose of the way the southern Methodist c’aim was put through con gress has made a national issue. The declarations that Major Stahlman re ceived nearly, if not quite $100,000 for lobbying the bill have been sup plemented by highly corroborative ev idence, which will lead to an investi gation by congress. Incidentally the charges show up some of the church officials, who were urging the passage of the bill in any thing but a favorable light, and the senators and representatives who were particularly prominent mihe support of the measure find it difficult o re strain their ini igna ion a e lea - ment they have received. One of the most active supporters of the claim was Senator Clay, of Geor gia, who, as a member of the senate committee on claims, was of great value in securing the committee s ap proval, and afterwards was largely instrumental in passing the measure through the senate. In the senate Friday senator Clay took the matter up and in no uncer tain way expressed his views on the treatment the southern senators and representatives had received at the hands of the men representing the Mr. Clay declared , , , , he believed , , ,, claim was a just one and expressed his gratifications that the senate had rallied to its support. The attitude of the senators from the northern states who had support ed the measure was, he said, appre ciated by the people of Georgia and of the entire south. He was certain,too, that they would disapprove of the ac tion of the men who had misled the senate. Such action could be inter preted only as a “palpable fraud upon the Methodist church” and the entire transaction ought to be exposed. He expressed the belief that when the facts were brought to the attention o the church authorities they would re-; jJudiate it and he demanded that the investigation of the matter be thorough aud searching. --— “ CLARK FIRST TO LAND. -- Commander of Oregon Puts Initial F arht lng Squad Ashore. A special from Port Antonio, Jam aica, says: The invasion of Cuba by the American forces began Saturday. Six hundred marines pitched their tents about the smoking ruins of the outer fortifications of Guantanamo, and the stars and stripes for the first time float from a Spanish flagstaff in To Captain Clarke, of the battleship Oregon, belongs the honor of accom plishing the first successful landing of the war. Forty marines from that ! battleship went ashore and occupied the left entrance to the bay until the troopship Panther arrived with 600 marines. These, under command of Lieutenant Colonel R. W. Huntington arrived at 3 o’clock Saturday, and within half an hour they had burned the buildings of the miaerab! Spanish canip RtUe and had set fire to the 0 village which crouches on under the hilltop of Guantanamo. Til 1 ' ( dllhlPlTl v>U. WC111 KJJL1W1 CO. Grand Total of the Expedition Consists of 773 Officers and 14,564 Enlisted Soldiers. It was formally announced at the war department Monday that the first military expedition had left Key West at daylight bound for Santiago. All day Sunday there was a lively confer ence between the officials of the navy and war departments, and after an all day session the war board completed its plans for convoying the troop transports. Major General Shatter, who commands this expedition, has with him a force of 773 officers and 14,564 enlisted men. Tne United States regular troops make up the greater part of the force, t ere being bu u three volunteer or ^ gauization8 on the ships. These are SeveQty /the . first New York infantry volmiteers Second Massachusetts j n f an try volunteers and two dismount ed 8qua £ drons of four troops each from thfl irst United states volunteer cav , ^ ,, ree . iment which Colonel W( d commaads and of which Theo dore Roosevelt is the lieutenant colo Qe j Wftg d jfft C ult to prevail upon the mounted riflemen to leave their mounts u i • i ’ k., 4. ti,iq was V a matter of ne cess j ty ^ j s sa j d ’ 0W j n to the lack of accom mddations for the horses on shipboard he be8t that the departmeilt ^^altyTheexpe . . ; the f sutmlvintr dition was to include among the troops one squadron G f the Second United Stfttes cava i ry> fuIly moU nted, with nine officer8 and 2 80 enlisted men. By f ar the larger portion of the ex pedit j on i s made up 0 f infantry, al though an unusually large number of art iu ery i s included; and that the cav ft] is a i most altogether lacking. It ' dis ig expe cted, however, that the mounted ca v ft lry with the expedition w -jj mounted later on in Cuba e flfl er f rom the stock of native forces Qr {rom mounts that will follow them f rom thj 8 country, Captain Taylor, of the battleship Indiana> was iu command cf the naval conyoy fl ee t w flj c h accompanied the transport ships. The make-up of the conyoy fl ee t wag -n-ithheld. war department announced Monday that it had begun active prep arations for the eecond army of inva s i ou j s believed that the second army will go to Porto Rico. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. The New Industries Reuorted In tlie South Durlnc the Past Week. The new industries throughout the south reported during the past week include, among other enterprises, large cotton ginneries at Louisiana and Georgia points, another cotton mill for North Carolina, an electric light plant in Virginia, an electric light and power plant in Mississippi, a 500,000 bushel grain elevator in northern Tex as, an engine works in Kentucky, a flouring mill in Arkansas, a handle factory and a knitting mill in Georgia, lumber companies in Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas, planing mills and sash and door and blind factories in North and South Carolina and Ar kansas, a shingle and stave mill in Georgia, large silver mining develop ments in Arkansas, and a soap factory in Texas.—Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.l VOL VIII. NO. 24. WAR PARAGRAPHS. A Brief Compilation of Daily Occurrences. All the food at Santiago has been seized for the army and troops and sailors are on half rations. The Chattanooga Car and Foundry company lias nearly completed a con tract for ten carloads of mine anchors awarded them two months ago. They will be delivered at Norfolk, Mobile and New Orleans for mining the waters adjacent, Owing to the rumors that four Span ish warships sailed from Barcelona some days ago and a number of Span ish war vessels are rushing about the waters between Florida and Cuba the government has collected a fleet of war vessels with the battleship Indiana at its head to convoy the transports to Cuba. To Captain Clarke, of the battleship Oregon, belongs the honor of accom plishing the first successful landing of the war. Forty marines from that battleship went ashore aud occupied the left entrance to the bay until the troopship Panther arrived with 000 marines. The Leiter hospital for the govern ment at Chickamauga is ready for use and is placed under the command of Surgeon Captain Carter of the United States hospital service. The Marblehead, Yankee and St. Louis have out the Haytien cable run ning into Guantanamo bay. The ends have been buoyed and Rear Admiral Sampson can establish communication with Washington direct. There are sufficient prisoners, and to spare, at Fort McPherson, Ga., to exchange for Lieutenant Hobson aud his crew. According to instructions sent out by the war department a recruit must be between 18 and 45 years old, weight 120 to 165 cavalry, and 190 in fantry; a regiment to number all grades, infantry 1,326, cavalry 1,255; a company, infantry 106, cavalry 100, light artillery 173, heavy artillery 200. There 18 . mu ° h . 1 . ^ , e re8t “ * be an I »ouncement by Adjutant . General Corbin that married men will not be Rcce P tetl in Colonel’s regiment. This that ^erstood while there by is some no such to thing mean as that an * mmune > Giis regiment, having assum ed to b ? 80 ’ wil J be treated as if com posed , of men actually enjoying lmmu * rom J e ^ ow * ever > and *61 b® put ia tbe pla ^ ea m ,°. 8t expoeec J to .T® 1 ' 0W fever. On this account, some thiab ’ men with families dependent on them will not be allowed to go as immUneS - The First Tennessee volunteers, Colonel W. C. Smith commanding, left Nashville for San Francisco in four trains over the Louisville and Nashville, via St. Louis. An im mense crowd witnessed their depart ure. The first land battle has occurred on Cuban soil. Spanish guirillas attack ed a force of marines*landed from the transport Panther. Four Americans were killed. Spanish loss unknown. The navy hospital ship Solace has sailed for Santiago. The army hos pital ship Revis is at New York, not yet completed, but the Solace will re move both sailors and soldiers to^ the general army hospitals, which wifi re ceive sailors as well as fioldiers. Admiral Sampson has sent an offi cial report to the navy department re garding the heroic act of Lieutenant Hobson and his men iu sinking the Merrimac. The admiral accords the highest praise to the Alabama boy. The president has authorized canned salmon to be added as one of the meat components of the army ration. Or dinarily fresh beef will be issued to the troops six days in ten, salt meats three days in ten, and canned salmon one day in Len. Several Spanish generals declare that they can continue the war for two years more and that pfeace should not be considered unless it means to return to all conditions as they were before the war. The United States postal service has been extended to Cuba and the Philip pines. The Cuban office will be un der the supervision of the New York eity postoffice, called “The New York Nlilitary Station No. 1.” The Philip pine office will be under the care of the San Francisco office and known as “The San Francisco Military Station No. 1.” These two places have plenty of clerks able to care for the numerous money orders that may be handled. ITS APPEARANCE IN M’HENRY, MISS., CAUSES ALARM. PRECAUTIONARY STEPS TAKEN. Senators and Congressmen Urge That Troops in Exposed Territory Be Sent to Safe Points. A special from Jackson, Miss., says: The executive committee of the stute board of health has issued notice to the people of the state, railroad offi cials and other common oarriers, stat ing that yellow fever having been an nounced at MoHenry, in Harrioon county, Mississippi, and believing the same is not an importation and fearing an outbreik at other coast towns where fever occurred last year, and ordering: That inspectors shall be placed at once on the lines of the railroads run ping through Harrison, Hancock and jTackson counties. Pending an investigation no person, •baggage, freight or express matter will be allowed tc come into any other county in this state from Harrison, Hancock and Jackson counties. McHenry is a small place, isolated, and there is little danger of its spread ing outside the limits there. But the lever cases are officially believed to be due to germs that have hibernated at McHenry from last season when the fever was much in evidence in that section. Surgeon General Wyman is quoted as follows: “Ordinarily if wo had not been on the lookout these cases might have been progressing for a long period without being recognized and the diagnosis might have been disputed. But there is hope now in view of their .prompt discovery that the spread will be prevented. In several places last .summer the fever was quickly recog nized and did not spread, attributable to the prompt preventative measures adopted. Wo are keeping a close watch not only at McHenry, but elsewhere.” A Washington special says: Senator Bacon, of Georgia, had a conference with the president Friday concerning the reported yellow fever in the south and the precautions that will be neces sary for the government to take to protect the troops from the disease. Senator Bacon advised the presi dent to Bee to it at once that the United States forces enlisted be re moved from the region of contagion either by sending them to Cuba or Porto Rico, or by moving the per manent camps from the lowlands to higher elevations. The whole matter has been referred by the president to Surgeon General Wyman, who was instructed to make a report on it at the earliest possible moment. The Mobile board of health has quarantined against the entire gulf coast pending an investigation. There is no alarm felt there over the yellow fever at McHenry. Mobile is enjoy ing excellent health. A special from Austin, Texas, says: “In view of the outbreak of yellow fever in Mississippi, State Health Offi cer Swearinger will inspect the state quarantine stations with a view to pre venting the importation of the epi demic. Govenor Culberson states that all the power and resources at his command will be exerted toward shut ting out the fever if possible.” SYMPATHY FOR MRS. GKIDLEY. Citizens of Olympia, Washington State, Send Condolence. A special from Olympia, Wash., says: Governor Rogers has forwarded to Mrs. Gridley, widow of the late Captain Gridley, of the cruiser Olym pia, on behalf of the people of tha capital city and the state of Washing ton, an eloquent expression pf sympa thy for the loss of her gallant hus fland. JAPAN REGISTERS KICK. Says Our New Revenue Measure WUI Ituiu Her Tea Trade. Japan has entered a strong protest against the duty on tea provided foi in the war revenue bill. The protest was sent to the state department Fri day, and by it forw r arded to the con ference committee.
