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WITH THE ARMY BEFORE SANTIAGO
Our Specie! Staff Correspondent Tells Incidents of Interest in the Movements
of the Army of Invasion-Sizing Up the Cubans as fighters.
By ROBERT B. CRAMER. I
WITH ARMY OF INVASION. Headquar- j
ters Cavalry Division. Near Santiago, Cuba. |
(From Our Special Correspondent.) —From ,
the top of a high rise of ground four miles ;
east and a trifle to the north of Santiago. I
v. r.' General Wheeler planted his flag as j
commanding officer of the advance dixis- ,
ion of the invading corps, the walls and .
W-r.lcs and public buildings of the besieged
city are plainly visir.le. Through powerful .
field glasses th.- staff officers have spent :
many hours carel'ully studying the ap- ,
proaches and the fortifications, and as a
result of their inspection there was a
conference of division, brigade and regi
mental commanders that lasted several
hours. General Shafter came up
from Baiquirl and joined Geneial
Wheeler. At the conclusion of th
long poxv-wow General Shafter started
immediately back and in order to talk wi.li
him 1 was obliged to ride with him some
distance toward the. coast. On horseb o k
the bulky, blue-eyed, gray-hair. <1 veteran
looks a hundred pounds less in weight
than he does on shore, and his clean
limbed artillery mare trotted along with
him as comfortably as though he weighed
rot ng at all.
1 asked him how long he < xt- . ted to re- .
I tit his new camp would
tr - . to force an . ntranee into Santiago.
■ I do no: know, tmr does anybody, when |
an atta< kt■ on th. city xx be m ide, and I
If 1 did I could m>:. t< 1! y i al ■ut it. I I
.amc out 1; r- tonight to look the situ- [
.... i mi own ey es I
wh.it our eonditi»»ti was."
"Is it s.i:i.-f.ietory ” !
I-. if. . '. . I :. ,x. just commend, d <>cn- |
era: V. :u ,!• r f. r his success m nmvlng |
the tr p< fol" rd. and in placing tit. tn :
so well. Th s is tin admirable pl t e for a |
c. tlic water i- good .nd there appears i
to be pl. nix of .- I
•[• ... ok off I is cork helmet. .
lan :■;< fin-.-, rs through Ids bushy hair and j
sme d.
ictorv? Well, I s iould say so ,
• ■ ri en my
. absolute.y no resistance it going
, , din < nfu ;■ n for, •
all tim wa.v to S.ivii!.:."
Th., e nee in .nmp was a rather
Tb tent of General W hee
le! , . ■ tied a < relo on the I
ade of :i.- 1 f irtimst from Santiago, but ,
n. it* the top and all about in and
out >f til- eirel. w.r. yl.ad. tre. ■ . xx.:h
an op. nine in the center that formed a
p rs( ct nat ual uncii chamber. Here the ■
- .long table with eats
and as the field officers rode up. I
-.m eox. red wth dust and many wth .
• ilmost to pieces, they were
*.hown inside. The day before I had carried .
out to camp with the compliments of Ma- ■
~ var j the chief surgeon of the cav- '
. : x . x ■ . ~ d, 1; . ■ »,n full of . aptun d ;
Sp . ■.■■■. and this the g< neral sat in i
11.. .■enter ot the : ■ ■xxth a group of tin ;
< u|o. Hi- ob.er reff shim t.:s w. re fried :
I , • id to k. • .ni-.d jx-aehes an.l i
, .' .. .-.I :!-■ w .<>!■■ mad. a banquet I
comp, r d to x. liich no Capital City Club .
d. r . r nttt'a •■■ I , gu. si. F • three
o j.. v. ha I been lit ng >n crackers, co- i
~.. nuts aid mil ■■ ■. witi.lt, w : g. od
not wholl) satisfactory .
Whm the h.;:...5i. iking and preliminary .
greet ngs wi re over, all the officers :
■ : nindles ■ P ’ pers
:d ch links of hard
:..1.. Tii. n i' a. .me a;c-..r. .: that tim |
habit of inviting tin- Insurgent command
ers to take Ainct i councils
of war had been broken, for t lere was not '
now in th. vicinity present in the begin- :
nine, nor did a- y com.' in later. This is i
-.gnib'-ant not e x of the intention of the
Aim rieans im to take th ■ insurgents too
u Si ■ws that • op . :■■ -ginning to
am. the desire of th. Cubans to 11"' '
their ■ nt v. Th. y seem to fe< that it
gutis and ammunu m, to eat our rations .
and to s' - p <m o r bianke s. but tm-y :
withhold to th.-m.-'ives the right to say .
when and where tiny snail tight, it th.x
fight at all. I learn, .u.-o, tint one o: the. .
.... , f topics • . b.. .1 dat '■■ ons- .
er ; ti. .- w lonal reason foi no
inviLjig their Lleii-i;: u **.
Informs: io:. Li-, .r.:, s: ;;i from the «< o'ns. i
who dererve .Intuited p:ai>c hr th. i. tiai- ;
mg worth, £<■•-> t - .sliow t...<L C.cn ■!.«!;
:, inm
s tryh to rrange his iorecs us
decislvt i the
.. . •_ w: -i •• ! ..e - .'t Morro take
J ' !
thug ill..- ; • : iol .-iis bi£ snips tu
fiii • ji mat ion I ive 1
'i. < x tI. ii..l • ’r- i \Vh««l’ r s'.ill
m.:.:.s <■ e : es a!i lib* lotws :
li r • the fr :!<? C- .i- ra.l Siiaf- i
■ ' ' ■ h ' memis 'th.- I
tn.-t : :First and ' i h regular cavalry ;
ry, who drox
th. Spani trds out ■ ■ Sat ilia and the sur- ;
rounding hills. 11- omit of tb.. engage- [
i. ffi . • ■ ■ : that tells th. same
Id th< night erf the encounter, I
and ..e < ■ .mim-n :s by name Brigadier G.-n- i
■ 1 Young. c,,: .n. 1 Wood, of the Hough !
1 : i ers M.-i r l> < Knox, Ma-
jor Bill, of the First cavalry, and others
for gallant c.. .duct und* r fire. Ho reports i
that wh'-n Maj. r Bell v.-as shot and was
1.-ing care.-d away he -aid: "General, I
■ ■ ■■ . innot go on xvith you."
Tic war d. partm.-nt w ill probably make the
■ ' ■ lien it readies them.
' ■' ■ ' 1■: of mid work the
engine, rs corps, under Captain Burr, has
been :.>!:< r. pit i . ioeomotiv.s found at
J m Igua. il o .1! good repair, and It sounds .
odd to heat then tm ng up and down t
the trad
The road rur- down to Santiago, but no ;
regular schedule of trains has yet been < s- |
t iblkshed to that city. The engines will
r.i.l in the landing and distribution of sup
plies for the present and later it will .•ar
ry ■ ■. <-k to Col .ii
hospital. Fiat cars f. r that purpose are
now t>. ing fitted up. Tae two trails have
been p.:r:.illy ch ar. d by our own soldiers,
and me fexv Cuban labor, rs, but tiiey
ar.- not y< t in shape lor cither rapid or
eomfortnbl - transportation. No ri-tt'-at is
to be looked t
should be ord rod. our forces xvoUld have |
a terrible time in g.-tting Lack to the <-oa.«t :
along th-- r,arrow de':b- through which
tin y crawled up to their present position. ’
MEASURING THE VALUE
OF OUR CUBAN ALLIES.
With Army of Invasion, Headquarters |
Cavalry Division. N- ar Sa villa. Cuba.—Dur- ■
Ing the past twenty-four hours the advance I
guard of the army which is marching on .
to Santiago 'has maintained Its camp here, j
receiving almost constant re-enforcement j
from he troops -.hat have been landed at I
Daiquiri acid Juraguaclto and finally over- |
flowing all the cleared ground In tiie vicin- I
ity and making a forward movement abso- I
lately necessary. General Wheeler, with |
Generals Lawton. Young and Chaffee and I
Colonels Wood and Van Horne, left at I
daylight this morning along the trail to tho )
l xvestward, and two miles beyond Savilla
; they found camping space for the entire
| corps on a rise of ground, forming a sort
| of tableland, that overlooks Santiago and
| gives a good view of the ..-ity and the sur
; roundings. The distance in a straight lime
i between the two is a little over three miles,
j but the marching distance is oxer eight
, miles, the trail making a long detour to the
j northward and touchiing a branch road that
I leads to the fortified city of Fl Caney.
' The retreat of the Spaniards into Santia
; go or into the suburlxs of that city has
' givi-n tim several < ommands that took part
in th.- engagement on Friday an opportuni
ty to straighten themselves out, and while
they havi b< en doing this bot'h the army
and t'lie naxy chiefs of the expedition have
tried to figure out just how much they
c;i:; rely- upon the insurgents in the bard
fighting that is to follow. For although
we know numerically about how strong
the Cubans arc, we seem to be a long xvays
from knowing anything else about them.
1 rode Into Juraguaclto yesterday a d stood
on the bea.'h for an hour watching boat
1 ad after boat load of Garcia's men put
ashore. Coxey’s army- was an Faster pa
rade on Fifth avenue compared to this
one. In fm t, there is nothiing to which it
can be compared. It is unlike any organ
i ization, military or otherwise, that exists
I in history.
The officers are m arly till native Cuba.ns,
I and they are quite a good-looking and
| well educati-d bit. many o' them having
! been graduated from American ’anivv'si-
I ties. They wear chan, white L en nni
i forms, carry big revolvers, iv.ny -hande d
• machetes ami hammocks, blankets, ti.in-
I proof conts and other belonglt.ns t'a.-it m ike
| life livable in camp. They have ponii s and
| mules to rid.- a-r.d they eat the liest that
i tie- land affords -which, liow.-ver, is not
i s.tying mu. ii at the pr. ent tim -. T... y
! maintain i xc< i)< nt dis< ipllne, too. but it is !
; the master-and-man order, and tlu-y s. --n: I
j to .-.:joy t'iie t'r.-e ami c.isy outdoor I:' ■
■ > b ad. They .-at an.l sleep and drink ;
; am! smoke a good deal ami tiiey got in a j
: fight uni-.- in a while when they siumide I
[ til .m Spaniard- wire like thcms.-lves, were i
' k'-eplng a sufficiently sharp lookout. I
11"'. tr< robustly patrloti.- and they s.-.-m
i to hate full eonfidenee In their ability
: xvhip Spain wft'hout
' from Anmrle.:. But they ar.- plainly In
no hurry ;o do It.
tving : :■ offi< rs. wit!-, this.brief r< f
erence. one takexs a long step to reach the
Insurgent prlvati. He, poor .1 il is not I
K »o<l looking, hxs no education, no clean
clothes, no big r< v< Iver, no ivory-handled
i: . no pony, no h imtm.ek ■ n > aux- I
thing that a white man would conside.- ■
worth having. H< Is of ill ag< s ar 1 all ■
sizes, but in his most f; miliar type is v< ry ■
y lung, very ragg< 1, very dlr ty ind vi ry
much given to lying down in the road and
. ing to l i hair k ky.
• ■ mplexloti dark brown, and if he has i
shirt at all It is ventilated with a score of I
I .-mb s. I'sually om of tin- legs of his trou
l ;.-rs is missing, and s hat I- any old
bunch of straw that he h < been able to [
pi.-k up on l;!s wanderings. He never
w-.ars . Ime-s, hi- has never sl’.aw <1 in his I
life, and he locks about ns much ike a |
soldi r -a plain Arm rlcan hobo looks like j
u statesman.
With ne-.rly . f this sor: io co-op- rate
wiili him General S'.-.aff. r confronts a dif
ficult proluvia, ami he ha-- not yet indi
cated v. :■ it he pt st ■ to do about it,
cy.-n Slip:--, mg that t:.-- I'ulian ollie, rs j
w.'.l •I ; : iz.- Ids .authority to do any- I
il-lni Gi-mral Wlm-hr. bow. v.-r. : re- i
turn for s.-r-. .■■■ of r. il value rendered I
by the insurgents during his first day s |
m.-rch. has senr bmk to Juraguae 'o or- i
d i to give General C.i tfllo’ m< n sup
piles anti ammui.<:loti. In hading tho ad
vance f irms Gem-ral Whe.-ler is in urgent
need of competent, nervy ami exper:em-id
S.-OUIS. .-mi th..-.- are only to lie found
'n t'astillo's command. Tiny have already
shown tli.it tioy know ev.-ry In-ii of tim
ci-'intry I .-tween hi re -i d Santiago. :-'id i
they have tm: In-sitat> d to r. .-onnoitcr the I
di! en nt tr ils . i far as tw t ree mih-s I
ahead of the main body. U G ircl.i's men !
are like t.-’.em they <-an be us. .i to great '
advaitt.-ige sc.itti.red groups ahead of '•■>" i
Americans, who know bow to fight, but
v. .. f.nd difficulty In kfeying up with tho :
Spanish lim- in so unf.imiiiar a country. i
When 1 sa xv Gem i I Garcia biat night 1
Im twist, i tm- ends of his xvhlte inous- j
tm ie ami said:
"x\e ar.- Imre to help the Americans ;
w-'n:p Spain and w>- pt -po.-i to <1 11 xve
can to that e:.,i. I am 1... meet Gem ral ;
Sa.-. i-'r t .tm.rioxx- to arrung'- w and :
lib, i t;,- to talk about II- But 1 ft’ l sure .
tba; not only in th. o'" rat.on.- ag.iins.
S..n:l.tgo, but in ’lt - eui r- i o'.an < am-
..,j.- ,■ t1 .• ...,m ■ d .■;■ >s:' i• >:. to c: it -
I ...,. i.-t; our only r--;>ly :•> t int .- an ■
invit: Lun to give- us a.u opportunity of ;
can do. i mi- men ar.
■■ 1-t H-.l ami .-. Iselpl m-d.
oft: -in r- w.-.l -rtm- i. lam i..s> ■■! that
we will i..- given all the idditi .il guns
; 11l 'i .in.''’’ >il W»' HO'd, I $ IT. I Wi)* !■ t.’illt
s I am \vjr.i’£ » 'ntxn*
, . • of m;i:<■.ling iHlo S;’«nua;-',o wit.'iiii
>:\ U.ix ;.t th<- ..» -•! of ni;» no n’’
I .'..-kt-ti ti.e .ral Low in.uiv Spanish ;
more to-m J2,<o’L” he s.t'tl. “ami
?t<me of Doni a.ft- ?«■.: ’ ’ ’-re<l ieiwecn the :
eii v proper .;ii<! AguacbHrs a const vlllag”
just < as: of Mori ". Taey can, howevc r, be
ctmeeiitrated at any one point in a very .'
short tim<‘. Tho dl.-tance is not great and [
tlii* roads are about as good as there are |
in the inland.”
Arid how many volunteers are availa- •
bio?" .1 imki-.1. i
The griz.zb-.1 old veteran rolled a cigar
ctt-- and le vied I»:k k In his chair with a
i grim smile.
"Wi- never count 'em," he said. “They (
don't fight.” ‘
Hu txviste.l the paper and tobace) about .
in his bronzed fingers tor a moment or txvo :
and then went on:
"The volunteers will not bother us, but |
I woukl not b ' ' '
tii.- m.ir.m-s ns yvell as the cannon Hom
off Admiral Cervera’s tie. i. I m-y ar. a
■ strong body of nu n. and with their rapid '
- tire arms will cause us more trouble Ilian
the regulat s- But ii my estl
’ million Santiago w :il fall within forty-eight
1 hours after we open on it.
"And there will be hard fighting all that I
time?"
T:m general had begun to snmke Ills i
'"Lh. yes. A whole lot of ns will be i
b-.irb i arotind Santi. go a month from now. |
Maybe 1 will I-- om- of them."
Captain Allyn Capron ami S.-rgeant H ■ ui
ilton Fish. Jr.. . th. Rough Rid. rs. w-. ro i
i burled y- sterday in a little graveyard just ,
1.,-. k of tie- railroad, and in.-l d in a (
; beautiful grove of palm tr- s Their
bodies w. r.- brought down tim trail on -.
caissons arp! as tiiey pass.-1 through the :
camp of the S< x--nty-lirst New York volun- '
I teers holding the hill b.-mk .c the town, I
every soldier stood up. silent ami hath ss,
until the solemn procession passed, cap- i
: tain Capron’-: father, wno -.- a captain of ;
: artillery. p< rsonally superintended the fun- :
oral a rrangcim ni st. and tiny xv< r<- all
that a. soldhr ever gets. The chaplain
i read tli<. service, and said a word or txvo •
: about tie- uncertainty of lif . Six privates I
i d'-taib d for tim purpose, I rwcrod the rough i
' coffins into tin- oti-n graves, and threw ’
i into them some of tile brown sand piled
i all around.
I Tin"i i.x-x companies of i-ava'.ry lined up
I beside them, threw their to their
| shoulders .-.nd fired a volley across the re-
I mains of those who had a day before been
I their officers and friends.
| Not many people attended the ceremony.
THE WEEKEV CO'SSTTTUTTON: ATLAXTA, GA., MONDAY. JULY 18, 1898.
'l'he disposition in camp is not to pay
much attention to funerals, because every
man knows that it.- may follow poor <’ap
ron and Fish into the palm grove at any
moment. The heavy loss that r.-mt'.i
from our first encounter with the enemy
has n.t affected the several .-onimnnds
who silly..) at .1 uragnaclto in I xv itched
tho wounded i-arri.-d im-they go sieadlly
about their v.ork and do not talk much
about it. Tiny' know that they will pres
ently ger an oppor-unity to do what the
First and Tenth did. am! th A y are Imping
that they will come out of it with tin
same -amor, ft is curious how tiles.-young
men, untrained In war and unfamiliar
wltn its horrors, have corm- so qui'-kiy to
look inu>assive.y upon tho death and
destruetlon they are walking I :'". They
are not as much given to song and laugh
ter as they wet. on the trip down, nut
they will fight better.
Acting under the imperative orders of
General )Vli. eler tin- commissary depart
ment is xv irking night and day at Juragun
cito io get supplies on shorn so that the
men can lie gix‘en their field rations, of
which they haw- been In need now for
twenty-four hours.
The veteran confederate commander is
already mi king -t reputation that is bring
ing anxious men to aim with petitions to
join his dixisi.m. fur it is no longer a secret
that nothing short of orders fretn Wash
ington xvill pr.-v. :i: his b> ing tl>e Jir.-'t
American into Santiago.
THE EXPERIENCE OF ONE
DAY'S BATTLE DESCRIBED.
Headquarters Fifta Army Corps. Txvo
Mil. s Hast of Santiago. Cuba Atm ri ■C.
Invading forces ar.- tonight stretched :n a
long s'-mi-eire'.e to the ear. am! nortii of
Santiago, the Him r.-m-iiing all the xx ly
from A-.-.e >! -r. s on -.:,<• . . t ■ S in Ju
Nearly eycry eomtmin.l I , the . r.::r . -rp
has bc.-n engaged and mill, ill 'i:ix • .- .s
--sored. but the l-.run’ us tiie :-.ttCe fell upon
i. wb o. u t -
ing fire of u-.ir >rti ' ry. xv ok. 1 t ■■ ir x. y
thr<'ill-. I the XX I • . d Ira 1 - : ml al!:.-
impassaK wooded . . .
emy slowly but surely ahead of «'•<•
S-tntiago. To these inxiii.-il.i and f.-,iri-ss
fighters too much credit cannot b - .-ixeti,
and, but fee their unwearying and persist
ent utack upon the stubbornly reti atmg
Spat regulars from t our
entrance into S.m'.t i--o would not I. iq.■ --
tlon of days, and m-t of hours. Our artii
b-ry ,|id go.I I work brain am! !•: .w:. - • n d
not <1 a mor.- -but f.mr light baiter.- xx :
by no ni an.- ; uffi.-ieii t t• > < -'ver lie adx a tie.-
of ti.'-oi lafantrx in th.- of tim str.ing
fortlii. itions that bad t-. be tak ■■ A
l. ■ ■ - ■ would •!
hs many men.
The breaking of the c.-rps camp thr.-•
mli'-s back along tiie m.-.in -.rail r-.i''v I. -
gm late last night. General Ch iff-.- taking
tie- First infantry and t!i - Twer: y-. c.-aml
Massaehus.-t ts volunteers ..ut a m:b- or
nm, - on the branch tra 1 wiii. h runs nor: :
to Cam-x. and General Sumner mox'.:a- •' r
w.r.l along the main :ra I to Fl I'l.-o,
w .- .. s i sugar house and setth tm nt of
th< : X t d res planta tlon, rea hii
ore even miles ini it d. The r st ■ r
the . amp l:st<-m-,| to t o mu.-iy of t.'-e bands
while guns were being clean d tirix r ick
tilled wi:h r.-.ti.m--. s groutm-d ami l .-t
orders distribute.) As I said in my letter
yesterday, tim attaek was to b" mad-- b.
four div .- ■ .-is • si- 11 t •.-
d.x :: on ami br ■ ..mm imli r~ remained
by their campfires all night studying top
<-i.r. ;>l.:eal m.-i| s ami ree--ivi:-g l it.- re
ports from their scouts out in front. 1
doubt it a single commissioned -t’
tb. ci-tire corps f. and time n, c u-se his
eyes one. .
At 4 o'clock, when It was barely Hgtht
cm-ugh to s. .- to | ■.-k up i> n ix- is m-.1
hammo,-ks. ... l.ugi- s I -pan t . .- .cmd t
rex.Hie, and in a ;'ew minuter t .■ y xx. re
raisinp- aim try chorus on < very hilltop and
in ev. ry valley, in ,-n inct dibiy "bort
spa. tim.- xv. eoiiid l-.< ;r the r.-giments
moxdng out to ■ •• tr:i 1. ::ml as lie ' swung
nto it and started xx-<-stwaril tiie broke
into cheers. 1 rode forward to join G- m-rai
AVia il.r's staff, ami found Gem-ral Summer
in command. Whet It r being still < onfint <1 : >
:is bed with fever. They want' .I io si .id
tm-s: ;.g. sba k to him. about a mile below
Shaft,-i s headquarters, at.d I carried them
on a fi. .nl run. arrivin;-, just in tim-- to see
the las: tent comedown. Tills did no; look
i sick man was !-■ ng cared for,
am.l I asked om- of tile aids where (deneral
\X ■< i. r xx a .
"ii.- ■ golt.g io tin front to take command
"The do
tors cat; t keep him."
lie oir.c:. i tm- further down the road,
ai. a. hundred yards away I found to
gen. ral .-limbing in ' an ambulance, n:.-
son standing mar by on h-s horse. He
was vei y I'.ile, his hands t: - ’.id>!• -1. ami
lus t ■ mpei mutt e wavered between ami
p;:*-, but liis ex is were br.:., ~t ami his de
tcrminatioi imsiiakt i - . un hak . .
jn 11- ■ im-antiim- te.-m-ial Kent i:a.-l lak< a
up a position with tin Fir.--: division to ti e
1.(1 ... ii. trail, ami sloppid to st <■ will,.',
th., oil.. rs W'oui.l m i-d ii:til most xx m n
1.05;., ties began. Down on tin- coa.-l Gen
eral Duffield had loaded lilt- T.iirty-tnird
Midi.gall x cli.iiti . rs. ur .it r Coion- 1 C. 11.
Boynton, on il.it cars, ami t..- ranrs'iackle
so./ (iso ' < mrims carii.d tm-iu in ;>x,> io:ig
sections doxvn o wil'tiin a mile and ~ ha
0:' i ;■ iini.■■ res bridge, "t t.u- xx.-i-to-'n .mi
whie'i they sac.-d a strong masonry fort
and .. collide of elt valed blot k i: mses.
Ti.is was ...tim.soil jus-, after sunr.se,
wl.cn firing bi gan.
Tho artillery had is-en split up. Captain
C. S. Grimes hading balteiy A. of the
:. ahe;i.d of the c ivalry tiix is on on
the main trail. Captain Allyn t’.ipr. n tak
ing battery H. of the First, witli l.axvton
t. move on Caney: ami C.,pt;-t-1 C. L.
Best, witii battery K, of til- First, and
Captain <’. I>. Farkhurst, with oattery F,
of tie Second, being held in res- rvo with
Kent to tiwait the enemy’s response to our
fust fire in order to find out where they
could b'- "C th, nmst s> ; ee. t’apron Had
the ihortcst route, but it was ■ xpected
that all t:<- guns could b.- planted at
about tii-- -aim time, and this arrangement
xxas made. As soon t.s < ipt- n was in po
sition at Cam,, and Hawton had deployed
his infantry, tiiey were to op. n lire on tile
smaller town, which would I-- a sienal to
Grimes to si ' ll urn- outer fortifications of
Santiago proper, and wh 'se deep-throated
< unn"ii w- re to carry tiie message to Dut
fleld at the coast, where tiie cruisers K<-w
York, Suwanee and Gloucester were lying
close In shots- prepared to bombard the
t beyontl \gt bridge, un-
der eover of which tiie Third division was
But, with the memory o’’ his d-md son—
wlio was killed during tiie ll".tg!i Rid- rs
cn iap.eim-nt last Friday in hi. mind, t'a,.-
ta-n Capron reaele-d the position assigned
him first, and while Captain Gritm-s amt
Lieutenant Conklin::.- xvere forcing their bat
terv up till t beyond Hl I 'a- - -
there came from the right'the hoarse roar
of three-imri guns, ami xx - km-xx that
young Capron was being avenged.
As the firing off to the right grew In
volume the forces on the main trail worked
heroically to get in shape t-> join in. Reg
iment after regiment in the cavalry di
vision cam.? up the trail, .-ml bunchetl
tricmse)v<.- about the -at'froti-- a ted, red
r.of'd hail-a-. at H; Paso, and Gen -ral
Sumner galloped ah ait .among them until
his horse was coxa r.-d with foam. The one
thing necessary was to get the artilb-ry
in position, anti I stood on the crest of the
ridge for hall' an <i ur watching tiie eight
mule tt-ams stagger up xvith tin- guns,
drivers howling ami whipping and ki k
ing ami cursing -and the big deatli-deallng
engines twitching and pltcliing in the un
even ground. In front. Santiago lay, si
lent, waiting and watchful.
Wlille Captain Grimes and IJeutenant
Conkling were bringing up the battery,
their men were tligging emplacements just
over the crest of t.-i.- hill, and volunte :rs
from tin- Rough Riders and even olli ■- -■
from the cavalry regiments ht-iped, work
ing like b. avers with axes and picks and
spades. Al 7:30 the last of the leitt -ry
had been brought up ami placed m p '-n
and with timir guns pointed straight l. -
wartl tho enemy's eartliw.irks, I Jem-u.mt
Conkling tsk. d lor p.-uni.--ion t • p.n tie
first lanyard. It was given Him. ami.
tra ning the 'in ng steel t ube with a
a ey. as though he was at target pt
tiie lieutenant held one hand up as a si..mil
to tim crowd abot I lam and with th> oilier
yanked tin- string.
The report, deafening all of 'M. eaim.-d a
bun.lrod mini's in file hills and t:
,-aiieii right into tie bum-ii o| i 1- ■
furthest t“ tit' n -rib, tc-ring u;> tin earth
I where It struck a' .I cxt-.od. d, \V ■ w.il a-d
I it through ii Id • • ■ and th< nct ■ led
' . lose to the ground, xvalting for th' r--
spouse. But mum • ime. Capmln Gritm-s
ordered a general fire and itis I-: guns be
gan to bark in earm-st, but al'J.iough we
could see that nearly al! our shots s’rn k
right where the masked bu tecy was -op
posed to b'-, the em-iny remained as si. nt
as thoug-h xve xvt : - i - '
"K. , p it up.” said Major Bi ac i, xvlio I id
brought in information ot tm- .--■ alien of
tin- enemy's on post artillery. ' I ■ y ar--
there till light, but tiiey don’t want :o let
us know it.’’
So xve kept it up. In all I counted twen
ty-one sht ■- w i landed ■ rst i the
line "f gui.va tree.-:, anil xv.. xx - - jit.: I -
were wasting i r
ammunition, wli'-ti a puff of smo , >iio, cm
from ’ll'- exact point wm-l'e Cm 3 ;m : G m.-
tia. shot strm-It, ami a s’.i.-ll woi-.i - ox--r
our beads, falling ami burs: ng ..r • de
serted will two immlfe.’i yards ba. k ol us.
km w :a- ■ mid n’t mu
aid .M - ■
glasses on liis co:-: sic. v. . "’i -i.-y-'v.-, found
out that xv.- kno.x xx m-r<- t::>y ar- .
"Ami tle-y’ve found oat v.ie • x-. ■ .ire.'
remark< ■! in Ci’ inn n- ;> ?- « •»!!■! ?.n il
have
got a pt-.'-b’t i on this hill.”
WATCHING THE FIRING
FROM GRIMES'S BATTERY.
1 11.- :--- rs’ 1 'ifth \t my- 1 'ot pi. T ■’■ • M
i Tast of S in’iaco. Cuba. h n tn-- bpan
jl; rd... on. md th.-ft- fir.- mi Grime- ' . t . .
till ■ w.,s , mom nt of.’ l 1 i l ' . - d ’'
! Th. ii 1O I ,w. .1 p blank t i
I t iie .wo ba i.l . i.r t.. n v. km.; • T
I guns like lie , w-i'a tiie sho,--. !: - ..
i.- e-rny sassing ..il ■ -'.it timm. t!n - ■ il
burs; ar.d killed two gunm ;s l ist ns ’ey
were about to fir.-, and a s.-e-n.t s'ruck at
i the foot of a palm tree a fexv y.'i-l- oi'-.t
' . ■ us. in t .t- ■: ai -i ■ ■ “ t" ' ’ ’■
n ‘s p• ■ ■ -.h s, how- \ r, 1 is— I c-v. ;•
: .. . ■ . H xx ii .ii .mr halt. - was ; ! .■!
at Hi 1’ about.-. -. htw >or tl re
; -.-i Anal-..-:, troops xx-io s:in‘. -a al
i t! sir guns axx.-.it. i; t’m- order :.. ml-.ane -.
. v ' ■ , ' • '' ■ ’
. ;'i':er the m.isl.c 1 battery o ---m -l. I s-- <1
■ through th' proti ctlng gt >v<* of coewinut
I trees ’.m-1 strut!: "o- ro f of ,t l.m e o -
I . ... i , ,
’ . niy three of them hod ta’-’H f ■ • i'x .n .t
I For mi-riy an li mr sr-il.-ry d-t--l v. . s
; xvith no ■ it of v- ■ ■!' ’ n- f’’ l
l litlier stile, am! t!u-n t .- Fi’.tn.l 1 ■
I h... s ' were w! •■ ' - - -- - tha w wer
: too strong , ' 1 1 - I
movi ■ over the brow of t
. nd ' .- First and T nil) r< ’ ■■
ami tie- First vomit- ■ ■ tv...ry wm.- -
: imr their xx ay f -rv.:i I t ;,r..mr:i the .
I rr r a s and underbrush, while shelln from
... . . - vet
As they pushi d forxx rd < n th< Ir d n
BHrS'anYwi
, st.- that tin i-oa •:. ' ■■ mpsu ns
i r.m xx.-re f illifiing '.!■• > !1 " r ll ’’ “
' gramme 1-v she'll.ng tm eoa.-t torts t> t -.•-
X . ri.lm-. Gen. ID tffi< ’
with < ■
water tank to , unal I" t ie ships tii h .Hl
was rmidy ai d a mom-nt l i et! <- N- xv
York, tin- Suxvim. and Gl.me. :.r ■■ , .i:t
| to drop shells into ami till about th.- i >rt
| ami Idoekla me :1m . Ty plac-s w m li
. the >-m niy's fore, s could be cone.-al'-’l. I :w
. fort mad. m> r< "pons.- to the ships, but
turned its guns tip tim ra:lr< id, wii. r.-
; Dufl'n d's command w: - L-citi-d. I .
| first shot killed tw, and wounded tiv. of
' the Thirty-third Mi.) gun’s men. Ti-ey
1 returned a stiff voll. y I'm. but xx ere u:i
a!.|.. t.> in..i ■- f■' ward xx ni!.- t: '■ b.g mms
wre in i-i.i-e. and at dark th. y w.mt b:i. k
: to Jur.iqu.i'-ito on tin trains xxi’.i.-ix br .;„lit
th. tn out, .- crying' tit- r-I ad and wound.-d
■ along.
General Linart s tl. ■ th nish eomniand. r.
I s. emed to have distrilmt d a v.-rv sti"'--;
I fore.- ;. ssib’y all I.- had- among the
i outer fortifie r U ms. mid it required but a
f, w mil:Ul' '■ * f ai-’o.:! f-g’.ting at al.',
point to ....-( mi: tie- Atm r:.-.in ..ffi.- rs
xvit'll th" ! t tfi.it th -y w- re _g >
amlns-t t'c-m. n worthy of their siii-!. I 1 : 1 -
•. .. . tin exitem
flank tin.milled to '.it''-- t.-lmr way.
I but our forces t- rtniriy ii.'t tmm- the L< st
of it. Tito < ■ nrr.ii .I'vis -m w .-= aid.- to
! advanee along the m.i.n trail, ami a good
part oft:- I r Site, -ess xx a a tlu«- to <.. -mi I I
, M ho. :.' r. X' ! O t i.rm-d Hie t.mbulan. in
whi ■ i
rm n hi m- ' <-n lb.*- ' ‘L an I .-om,
! loping forward on hi:-- h-.rs.- t . j,.-n :■ s
comma !. A■he pa . d tin ugh : > ■' -■
of trtii rm-ri tar.-w tin :r bat.-- up ,n
tin- air ::d ciic.-rvd liini at in a’■ 1 -ig -.m
f)n the tmrih flank G-m ral La-.vton. S.uf
f. ring . ■ v. r.- loss.-; wit a .-very s -p, m-.v.-d
. : . m. n si.-:;di!y for-.x aid up n t’.im-y,
shooting all the time ami -!m >t -:g to kill.
G -neral Lawton sent Co] m l t'.v.-in M
: -w ith the First infantry to a- ' < T ‘f-
I ami they poured such a rain of bu’.l. -s :n:.> .
I line intronchments .nd rifle pits that there
I finally ..aim- in uppre.-iabl.- lull In the re-
I spouses. Then a tremendous cheer xv.-nt
. tm from ot r men wh.-n It was s-en that
the Spaniards wer. d-:-• )■’ ng tlu-ir
I tion and taking tho str.iignt trail south
i which led into Sant!m.o. Th.-y f1..! n->t
i • : - • ... ry t hoy
moved ba.-k sloxvly and stubliornly, firing
. as tii. y w. nt. Chaffe. > brigade scrtml i-d
: after them. !e,->vng ' .uli.xt rills, hav.-r
--: s.-u-ks and <-v. a cant.. ■; in tim fi< .Is be
' hind them. a;;.| 1'.,;,, n b. .an to m-.y.-
his battery <m to I’.: Croix, a Ftene ,
plantation which commands the city's for-
| tifi.-ations to the north iml north..pst.
0.-'l ed ox to G ■ ■ a. o
er trat tim enemy had : . ,;:m to ■ ire ,nd
i C tptain Gr tm - xx .< ,] .„ n
guns on th-.: j] r .
I city, and shell ;. so as to h. nd o’Y the • - -
| tnating forces. H. did this witii vigor,
n : the sann a.
■ '••••: "d for v. ir.i • , i~. r jg). ■ t( , ~. ,
■ the trail about a mil,- ~nd a >mif r ,., r tli of
F. ■ ■ ■ - - Liseum
XX ■ ; , ■ ■
wlien he struck the ; .il I:,, ran right i..- t
1 ■ :' ■ . . .
I regular. C: is- li ■ titin,.- f, ..ax,., .-.::d In
a hot engagemen; of txx nty minutes the
slaughter "?i L> ?■:\,.is t'-rrific. Colo
nel Li
im-n tiirotmhout, xv.is .-not in the left
shoulder, the bullet p. ssing just over the
heart, and tw ■ d hii, : .
as la- 1 ■le ba k to ' . hospital.
Gen.-tal Summ r mid in th.- meantime,
taken the village of Sun Jean, on a high
'hill a mile south,west of Caney, and Latv
ian's divisi-n:. eh.min;; th- r. rating (n
--| <-my. eaim down ami join' i him. With
• Kent just back of t'h'-in Hie xvaolo corps was
practn niy' nmlm.z. d, but il did not re
main so very lung. I ixvton moved on to
tin- westward and, v. lb very li'.ile op,--o
sition. took tip li? i-o-itioii for th-- uigii:
just -out:: of Du Croix. G -m-ral Wlwek-r
moxed oti into ill" deserted Spanish e.iit.i
works facing I-. Fa • • and, having buri I
t'lie thirty de.,.1 -aniiris lie found tiler.-,
mad.- -, bivouac nlout the torn-up ground
in which Grimes's spells had buri.-d them
selves. At this moment no tiring is to be
heard anyxvhere, and both sides are appar
ently off resting ami taking an account of
the day's results. K H. (.'HAMER,
DEVOID OF FEATURE
Fubiic and Prints Liverpool Cables Re
ported Stupid Markets Abroad,
OPENED DULL AND LOWER
During Balance of Session There Wits
Little Further Variation
in Prices.
Official closing quotations for spot cot
ton :
A 1.-tnt.i <>n:--t. mifld'tng ..-j,c.
in-., rm o', Dili): middling 3 i' l ™-
X. xx iirie.itis- l.::y; middling a 1.,-IGc.
Si va’-.n:-h- < a : mu'-liim: ■■ >"•
Gaiv.sloil Steady; middling .i"-4..
N : :..l!-. X.iminai; mi'idi.t.g sC.
Al il.il. Xomitml; mi ll ing --'fi l .'.
M, mpb:.~ I '!>l|; middiim: J 7-".
A.m-is-.a -Steady: middling G'-c.
("a.-Itom-Qui' t; ini quotations.
... ton Steady ■ ■ ■' ■
Ft. Lotti- -Quiet; middling .
-|-t,R follow, ng wore ihe .-10-e.ng qu.itut lons for eot-
- tores In fork • sterdM
» I ,4 * *5
months «= : r, < i. £2
a i •» f a ’J >
*
9\o - - -
r, <,i <> n i oon «oo ”1 <* "• ° »
11 u ' , . ■ 9 G ‘ 4■' ’ 5
r ; Xr„T.'' r •: : '.. r
- £ *'!
M»rst . . .'. <■ '« « I’- ls ‘‘ " ;113 0 18 ' 1>J
Ap/im.
ci. ■ -
i A ■ ‘.U
< st .:< sale* tale*-
CoiDpnri’tivc Cotton Statement.
N< -.x x ork, July I■■ T■■ f° > ls th ®
m i v.- cotton slateim iit for tin; xf k
-
i ■’■ -■■•'! I ’ •■’ ip' ' ’ ■
s■. :m :c..- ■y 1 '
S'.-iw.:.;. :. • •• ot
I’x. -i t . f..r tl: xx. ■
Sam, lust year 15.076
Showing an im r. use ol _ n
.-.i ■ put ts to d ; ;-- j
Sam,- tim- lust y.-ar .'..51,,158
S ■■•.-. :. an i: ■ ■ se of 1,337,454
Ft." I. F. S. pm - LT.'.I I ''.
I Same t tm- las; y. ,: IH.Ti'
I Show tn increase of 37
Sa 111. I inm I : . t \ • ■: 31. i'. l ?
Sliowaig :-t: inci-'. s.. of b’J.M’G
St. -. I-. a ' I. A l p -.. I.< tl." o
S.i tim,- ias.t x, ~r 7- .‘..(.00
Atm r,. an at!-'ut I•: ir. ;t Britain.. L'o.’'h>
S’ . : m.- last y ■ a r H'Tot
Simxvit.g . ti im tea.-.- .. s."- o
World’s Visible Supply of Cotton.
X. w < »•:. in-;, Ju!- 1.. S r.c.iry li.-ster’s
s. -nunt if we-i's visib!-- .-upply ..f
■ i in. mad" up from si.-- 1.,1 . "bl- and
'■ -■ pl, ..fix comp-ire.< the figures ..f
th:-; w-.-k w.ta iac: w.-'-k, last vea-aml In
I’-:-.; the latter the -mp y.-ar. It
; : -.'.VS a .1 ;. is.- durins’ the year just clos-
ed c; Vi.|i;.; bales, aeaiimt a d'-r.-m. of
11'.'.-,:; l.:st years amt a. de, tense of 75.357 in
I 'I - total v'slblo is 2.;-.74,7t.'. again.-" 2.363,-
On this tiie total of Am. ri< n cot
. -. :: '.1.715, igainst 2.102 "I last v ■■■ k.
i last y ■ ..r ami '..it- •."!(.> In 1.x.i.'., and < f
all other kinds, itndttding Egypt, Brazil,
L’l" t o jpst year and 377,2 ■■ for the same
’ll- i.i-.-'i world's visible supply of cotton
sT.-.x S-, .|.-.-r. . m . , t -,-.| xx it I ,<i u . -k
of ' i b" .. . . ~ UP. red .-. I’ 1
! NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT.
. Reflects Operations Incident To Fi
nancing Government Loan.
Xow York. July 111 T F in. .says:
The i.ank st..lenient forth- ear: :.: we. k
rej.cts tin .cicra-ions inci.).-nt to tim
lij-.i. of t . * ’ ,v g«x • hip -,i 1 ..tp, •.-■I
tip- tolai-; <l.) nos. (lifTcj* in.t: ll.y fr-on
}, ‘<l io •ii au .« :j;.iThe bnnks
♦ lit'uviiy io Hit* tr-’. ur.. :.icy
y. ?;: I s' ii*•: J'.-'. Ilk** tw > miL: -ns fncn
i i)i" i’lirrio:*. result is .shown in it jk t
’ <l" . :' >1 • in v i-'i. an.j .is
! reni.un i.eaii.- Bia-tionary, th" iv<"rv< <i
Ict ... ■ . n th, ■ a:,-"-
j ......
t. n.-eit., -s Lu t.-.at —is gam s no
(••in < ...’.'a wm . iii"i’ • .hj.- ni'i.u..,. j' < ...
j , t. .1 -,x i■ i . exception .• ■ -
I iu .---t as gox.t-nmiu .c-po-,!. . <>t
It’'. I I ‘ () L.i tl’ I' <I H S <11" «i ■ ' .;. _', ' ' - .11
I s ' , uu
ly . • tne .- tu ted a.- nti me,!. Xow t
: ■ . ■ ■.
I parent. It is known i.,.,: ■>,nmt
nave been paid into th. tie.-ary fur smali
I i>. ■..'. . 1.. is Im sis i■> i , :y- i—■ ■ i
| x> u ii-ia n ur is now in . our. ■■ u: '■ de. ■ on,
bat :n- tr asury .iis!>iirsetm a :.s ire -.,
j heavy tm - h - not bei.-n p ret ■-
: 1 ■ . . • ' - By as i lai port
I mains .a depo.si'.ury iruek.-. I luring the
next i day: th, . ■
- l.ian a li gu tirnugh the banks, and then
I I m-giti till pa.xm ms ~: 1 the prineq-a .
Tlie.«-, in a'.l pr .'.'al' lily, will bo extet,.!--d
In sm , -I manner is :.. pr.-ven-’. a heavy
a.-eumu’,. ion c.-sfi in tae tr ur- . . I
a: the d y d tie! I In tha Lira licit of
v'-: r.ni-nt li-:v. --!i <■ ■• ami tw-. m i
ibjt It w 11 . ■ .■ en that the < t on
of tin kan V :. ■ , : lurb tile money
m : :l;i t .
I 'Die remrns of unsuccessful bids, on tho
; oil; r hand, xvid t irow on the mai-k-t
or inv,-stment a -■ ■ ini ■ 1 ney. Tl ..
enormous over-subscription wlii.-h is at
tracting no little attention. It becomes
I.at. nt hat tihe country lias more money
xvilling to accept low r returns than -it
: my prey ious pt riod. This :. b it g wn
I in I’-" .vest as well as hi tin- e: s:, ami it :s
: , omplieating tin- bank ng system in New
1 York, b ■ . -- - one out let which could al
l way.- be <b p,-n<l. d upon is tm .v <-i< I. ini',
i tl-" aeeumi union of Capita! v.lifi h Is being
it.- .<1 to meet tiie needs of local eomrnu ■
nit ■s. In brief, the- country must have ■x
: pansion of some kind, or money will con
t i.im a drug on tin- mark.-t
I’m- xxe. kly bank statement shows the
I fol lowing (fa. i nges:
Sui is • ■ erve decreases3,979,47s
, i.■ -ans im-r< ase 6.IT'.LW)
I Si"-- ie inereasc 3,7i;L'.. ■«)
i.--i;-l '.end, rs de.-r- a-m 3:7.-:" ; >
' I )epo: its deci - ase 2'1.7' a
Circulation d- i-r.-ase SI,6)1"
'i'll.- 1- ,nks now houl Jlii.lFJ.X.", in excess of
tie- requ;remen:s of tiie 25 pt-r cent rule.
The Treasury Statement.
Washim--ton, July 16. T -lay's statement
: of t-' co. 'l.l.'.oii of t:H '.reasiirv shows:
; A-. n:: .:,:- . as., balance, $245,173,95-1; gold re
' s, t ve, $179,213,312.
The Week in Wall Street.
X'-\v Yorit. July .1-' Tin- Wall street mar-
! j; ; has b en ot ■ of bonds rath -i than of
~ ■
i . m.-s. T',- m-w revenm :., ,x pox .-l- - -i
tax of 2 ci nts on th. sale of slct) par x lite
( sto, k issued, but liy a sti
I p ..yides no tax on tin sale o' b.n-.J.s, The
l i.iv .m dock sal -s has unqnestlonab'y m • i
I curtailed the dea.'.ir.gs by board room tr ul-
I .-rs in s ... ks ami th.- a.-', :x it x- in .- ..-■■uia
, [,v •I. - - - ' • : lev some -■ ■
t!,.. diversion of tills specuiatixe int.-r-
,' i. Tim reaction in the price: ot tin
lhe.id--. from tin- profit taking movement
Wedne-.lay on the news of yellow fever at
i Hant’ago tends to confirm tills vi.-w. Bitt
■ . I :•■ find a mov. m
: ( -.. I- junior i-sm-s pr. -.-ding an aux-one in
. .. ; Paymi
I at .-..ntingent upon tin- earnings, ami their
, inu.s - :-' - - i as :: the
, o f ,i preft rred s toek, before the junior
seeurifi' S ar.- given any '-.irnings. There
b-.is b-. n. f. r instan.->-. an en u mous ab
sorption of Hie Atchison adjustment bonds
on ae.-ount of s- mi-offl- ial acknowledg
ments that the full 1 per cent interest fop
the year bad b.-.'n provided for them.
Very' heavy buying of tiie Atchison pre-
( ferred stock lias follow d. In other cases,
, Z
1.. -1, strangely apainetie ov<-r tm- xxarde-
veiopmenU ■ <1 watting lOt
- ti.-j military and diploma: !• movements.
TIIE BUSINESS SITUATION.
Trade Averages Good for Mid-Summct
Dull Season.
N.-w York. July 15 R. G. Dun * F'’?
w- kly r.-xiew of trade xvill say tn tomot
’ ! ' ’"l'h. ‘ Vl' -st i .icllon of a -Spanish fleet , Eu
r.qe- s quick upprec-itlon ol the le-It. th'-
V. • ;11 \ it: fki!-’> of U'Uv- nt
] a s nder, hav«- all
m i’kils dax- In- day. Hut Arm-ra-ans Imx
grown to s.I-e that not man. outs.de ma -
t. r- ;;re:.t!\- irilm-m '- Ila- bnsim-ss xxlu-a
laal.i's them to market. $1.210.274. oh. worth
of done Stic products abroad in a
lie."list s6l'.iJ's2A 1-1 Worth imp ft• ■!. l:i"
m-w 1,-.m has pruv.-.l a stui>- nd-ms sac
and it is now the question of < |H'T
Interest whether .uiy of the banks will get
eno-ug '■ ■ ' I-- rs' ma I sub: :pH '■ I
been ac --pled, to support further circula
tion. Industries and ousiness ar.- al the
naturally lowest point lor the y-ar and
tin teforc tim records are the more mi
pr. ssivi .
"The decrease In output of pig iron from
225.37 S tons weekly Jane Ist. to 216.311 July
Ist. mostly due to usual stoppages for re
pairs a little before July Ist carries with it
a deere.ise of 4.216 tons weekly in unsold
stocks. It' the first and last of tile month
represented average production the quan
tity consutmil in mariufacturv would be
3.S tier cent ... i the t evet at
taim-d in May. a small decrease for mid
summ- r. liut in fact the ax.-rage produc
tion was larger am! decrease in consunip
' tion was smaller. Just v. 11 n stagnation is
'-.-"ii -r. x■ ry m.-ny mills ar.- < rowded
’ with orders for months.
"It is stiil betwien seasons for wool,
but a few- largo jmrehases indicate some
disposition for I'tisim -.-. and tie d- tnaml
for woolen .• ds . bett< tl ugh prices
for some have been reduced and tim com
petition as to s.-rges seems likely Io be
"('ot:>n has been steady In spite of
good prospects, oxving to larger foreign
bay .ng. T.'m mills in this country ar. fi l
ing their share, and til. demand for goods
is gradually growing better.
■Win-at lias . n dropping in prices un
i dor istimates of i'x'.uihi.o <> to 7o'.' 'i” t-'i.*>
bit- mis this year. Tim fore gn outlook has
, m tch improvi d at <1 the decline In pr co
. dur.ng tl;.- w. I; was .ibr.it i. c'-n’s for
I spot and cents for the nearest option.
I "< on .-xpirt are decreasing and the
' pr e,- is b- stronger.
•|',.:wr-s lor tm- week were 215. against
263 last year."
McCullough Bros. Fruit and Produce
Letter.
Atlanta. ,H:'y P. ■ 'l'b.- past f--w dax-" ~f
’ rainy w. at her ha.' a t< nd -ney to d
, < iat" tlu -. ail.. ..f ft . all kinds.
, ! " !:■ ■ coming in plentifully amt ~ .
, Seii.ng V, ry low. Receipts on «,'is mark t
I d illy are in the n< ighborh md of 1 ■■
' . ra: a and the prl< es .fiitained vary .
Cording to the st-.ck, some f. xv shipments
of i'rint s.-llir.g as high as .fi-'-i1.?., p.-r
vi.il- ; •it ' j;.’."l- < ni".’" in "ii(>i >(.ui.i 4
K
' Waterin' l.ii.i - cm to be- r. x-. hat st.-'.g
--’ nat d on :i- mark'-:. He |. -.-ipts being
In -1. y. xx itit .' xx ■ 1 l-'s 11 w. \ r.
lip. ami the prospects are for better prices
: tie- 1 ..mini: xv. 1,.
Ilan.-i.as re some cheaper, but are not
a.- low as XV. expecte I 1 os: ibly 11:>n ■
it-.:, u.-.-k will find • t< iu. non In prlc,
l.cnmns al,- hi.ling their own. witii
v.-ry li.He I!net ti i:.-..i in price. 'I : e At
lant::. m.-irk.-t is well sepplt. d wltn the
’ be.-t gra. s ami ‘. les , ■ i .-ing re idi.y
made at lair margins to the 'namlb-rs.
Tin-re are no apj .-s cr oranges on tlie
mat ke:.
('ant.-iloupe.s ar.- selling at fair prices I
ri'adilx . 1.-.-, ipts cot 1..-ing s . Heavy as '
tie- pr.-x ious wet k
I'lbi.ag.- :■ - :|-ng slow nt from lltl’sc |
per . : ; - ■ tiro very llgrtt ■
It -• t p , ....ive l"- a somewhat scarce I
for Hu- past v.'-k. but t. d 'y shows up with |
1 t c vend ears here, and they havi advanced :
1: .. ■ . . , ..1 - the b .vy d. m.uid and ,
■ i’oultry is s illng v. ■ll at quotation prices, |
' so good s lie, ,
I but -re selling quite well at quotation ■
S T ow an im-lination to be Idghr-r, i
w'.'l-." -.v:il' lie from ' I" to 2c higher per i
I dot-t- n tu -u for tii- past week.
Butler is in licit, r demand, and till re- ,
I ceipts that show up in first-< lai s < ondition
I ".in -.m -|.-'x.’tv Oi’entifui. Tiie market j
1 k ■ loroi th j glu’tt d with little or no d ;
, maml. Tim priei asKed is 75c to $1
I ‘ Honey i-’ in gm-d d.-mand at 9c to 10c for :
■- ■ combed good! Strained ■
i Toma leans, etc., are selling slow at |
.... ... price tin purchaser is xx i
' t<> 1..-,V. Some daxs prices are b.-tt.-r on ae- :
' cot nt if 1 Id ’■ ’■!> -■ ' vl,,! ' " l 11 r * ■'
I we can hardly g t transporta "tt ch-tges i
< ut of t i.-rn. v.hf -.i th.- market is glin.ol.
, • . • id. : tl - f:m .
till. : wi’l l.e so many people -he. e tm. j
. reunion we think tm
: . oxers of prod ■■■.■ xvill mak< no ■ki
, , n, tim Atlanta market, as tin < i
I sumption shoui.l be great during the time
The Government Grain Report.
AV-.sh'ngton, July 11.-The J U 'Y grain
crop' r. port of t’>- .lenartm.-nt of aan.-u -
I tu’-e snoxx s I reduction of the a< i'-age in
' . Hl of :: P’-r nl I' l '’’"'
: v ~1 1-mt -.. .1 ami He .mf'it- C-...-I -
. , p ; r (-ent The < million of win-
j I ' y-.' - : s 1 points lower ill 111 last.
' n-m-t-i but i- still ■!.’. points higher than
, . , . dat. last, yeatyxnd 4.3
Stat ■ " are a.s f >1-
1., |'.-i,i--vlx s ula s7. Maryland S’>. I ■ -n-
Kentm-kv '.’3. i F l . M ichl .-an
~s . j,,,Hana id. Illinois Missouri, 63, Kan
' sa's '-■l', ami <'alifornia 40.
The ' a vet ago (ondition of spring is :■•>.
i '|-i is -. •; p nts higiwr than at the .-rre
| sp.HKbim- dale List var, is «’.2 above tho
! . s ], --1 t«‘n '<• i Is t
! biuh- s; July ave rage with two < x<‘optioiis
: '"'l '•>.’■ 'm-rc. lit ::t<- of the wheat crop of 1597
■ reported as still on hand on July 1. IS9S. is
; f i h" av« ray*’’ eon‘liti<>n of the oats crop
I al te.B i.s 5.3 points higher than last y.-ar._
Tim a v< r.ago ondition of b ir.- y is Sa.7,
i w!>i< It is 2-8 points lower than on July Ist
last .var anil 3.1 below the July average
’ I for tile I ast t'-n years.
Tho av i ago condition of winter rye is
om xxith 95 on July 11 f)S,
i and '.'e.'' F’e July average for the tins* ten
i ;r< 'l'- .average condition of spring
. . ry.. is I" :-. -s ay mst on July 1. I':'7.
! ami 9l'.G tiie July axa rage lor tile past ten
There .- an tnereasn of 1 3 per cent in
■ j the acreage of Irish potatoes. 'l'he average
| condition at t'5.5, is 7.8 p.-ints higher than
at the corresponding dat last year and is
■ , 2.2 points above the t>-n years average.
I Tiierc is a marked in.-tease in th.- m-re
. 1 oge of ro! .-ie. o in ii-.-.rl.x all suites of prin
> i-:pi;| pr., duetion, Kentucky reporting an
' im-reas< ot ■■ per cent; Virginia 4 per cent;
1 'l’. I’m 15 per cent, and Ohio 7 p.-r .ent.
1 . '('fir- :s reduction of 6 per cent iu North
' I ('ar di’ia mid of 12 per c nt in Flor: J.u The
- avit-im- c'-miition is much better than -at
th- corresponding date last year.
There reports :.s to forage crops arc few
ami unimportant.
The on'l.-"k f q- Hie nppio crop is very
: ! dlseouraging. The fourteen principal applo
: , growing stut.-s report ev.-n a lower eondi-
■ ; tlon than at tho same •' ite last year. With
: a few notal.’u exceptions, among- which i.s
' G. >rgia, with a condition of 104, Indica-
I lions as to the pencil crop are somewhat
, fav..rah’.-.
i Tim w0..1 report indicat. .) the iverago
xvii.- i-.t pi r tleci-e .is being 5.8 pounds, tiie
j same as last. y. ar.
- I
i i Coffee and Sugar.
New Xork. July- 16. -Goffoe, options open
i ed unchanged to 5 points I i-.ver, ruled
moderately active with weak under
■ , Hamburg ami Brazilian cables being u:i
--1 satisfactory and Havre market closed:
, >1 barely steady and unchanged to 10
, points lower; sa'.es 17,250 bags, including
Jt:lv ,> 15:. AuJ'tist 5.40. Spot Rio qui.-t and
taimit-.lix uneliangid; No. 7 inx-i.-e •!'/«;
No. 7 i.-bbf: K-H.: mi!.l inactive and fe.-tture
j less; ('o’dova S’.j'.ila.
Sugar, r.txv firm, with upward tendency;
- refining 3‘4; centrifugal 96 test 1 t 3.
, Retii-.ied firm; mould a'.,; gt inuiated 5-fi
Nt xx t ri. ins. July 16. -Sugar steady:
Op.-n kettle 3fff4 ■ < ent rifttgai yeltoxv 4’i<®
49-1'1; .-.-eomls L'.-eLG. Mulasses easy; cen
trifugal 4 all.
Stricture and Varicocele
Permanently cured. Particulars free. Dr.
Tucker, Broad street, Atlanta, Ga.
iSTRENGTH OF CORN
That Cereal Prevented a Decline in
Wheat Yesterday.
CLOSED A FRACTION HIGHER
All Cereals Show h Small Advance
at Close —Pork and Ribs Lower.
Lard Higher.
Chicago, July 16. !>■ I’!'' 11 strength In
corn prevint.-d a d. cline in wheat today.
July Wheal left off ' 2 ' higher and Sep
tember -,'-ib-" lower. Corn gained
and oats declln d ’ ' > ■ 11 ’
Tc," m. i-i-asit::: 1-- - ipG of 11,- m « crop
and exc -Ib-nt xv-ather I T harvesting an.
. . ...... r with <:-• -Pl anting
cabl.-s tatted wh -at weak ’.lie d,- l.m>
. -1
in corn .luring the firs b’xx minutes.
Ever-.- time UI, win it m. : ltd att'-tnp '"1
to start duwnwird mi H- ”«n ac.-.unt
something would happen in ■■■' mike
it forget Its tr-übles and jmii Hie im
proving for ones ot its now l.vely neigh
bor. Sep'emb - n
to «7c about Unity minutes b fore the
close, but just H'-ti corn iuiuli its most
telling mi.-::-" and Wheat responded by
- ry . The demand for cat
i,,: s ~; . , (1 wheat was s.ow and prices
■ . . of Vhk I* ::
w'rJ-'m w. Minn'- i.'-'lls .’ -I I ’' llull '
-,-1,, r I'ec.-ived H ■ rs, impared Wit ■ >
, mrespendim .lay .'f r ' 1
Tiie day': ci. .il am ■-- " ">>'■> , 4 .),
from Atlantic ports w." .-|i-- - ■
I • ..r|»< f n s '“t Ill'll*’'! v
b”--' »’ 1 *' f . th** week
h.m
xvith 1.- ■ ~
.1
I" '' ' 1 •” 'v - , estimated
lesa orders There were plenty of imy.-.s
imunl hat brice. anti absorbing nd the
am t ■ price had ■ lix■■■' adx ■t -
33'- rt e for S pt'-mber. 111-re xvas a .... .1 ■
!:,-?• on r-.i: z ng : ,r P"’ 11 '".
Im -- d n-’t ..mt I- ng m 'f’\ •
I recovered on influential buying by th< bu.l
i< ; .i. r. S. ptoml.er started unchanged to
I luw.-r at 33H >O, declim-d to J.
. . to re over ■
i t ,', , ;l ,-..:;led ii.tek to 33 Gp’.lc asked
1.,! followed <-orn, but dll not d! spl ■ y
m.irly as much strength ns its leader.
There xx is good buying early and Septem
ber ros< to 20 •, but oft rt gs wore so lib
it this prlc t hat th market reacted.
; s. -. .-mb. r:• irt. d ’. higher at I'.- fiIT--.
.. ' •'
High, r pri--. -for hogs at the yards and
a ;a:r e-isii demai-d ovi-r night started P’o
vls ns strong. Th< earlj advance was
i more than lost on general selling by pack
ers. September pork opened l"--.-- higher at
i ti'o7 1 ;-, declined t- s'.‘.',s. then rise to ?!-'
.. ■ tii - clos--. 'i'he range tn lard and rlbx
was Ince i'.s'-quental
The Corn Crop.
From The N.-w York Finan, ial News.
0.-. . thing that at'D-c's the grangers .-un.l
I western ruuds at the present is that tha
corn crop is t >t et madt, that !’■- critical
I t ime i-: st|l! a m i i an.l that a dry sp< Il
either in July or August or an early frost
1 would -it th-.- vlel.l very considpralily.
i Corn is i great factor in calculating traffic
an.i it), purchasing power of tim west, an
; t|,,. surplus .-om sta-es uro all western
! st. tes. It is three turns as big a crop as
■ ev.-n tim present big crop of wheat, ami
i tiie hog and beef cirnp depend very largely
P s,, 1.--,t |» .--.-is tno prime figure .in
,im a nliural pr.. -i.-t. T-m railroad sit
uatlon as n whole will turn largely on tl a
i .om ec ,p im) to th' western roads It a
i d-.n .’v Important Tim ,-r<w. was planted
. I t. |, i i w'-t spring, ami will maturo
i y,i. 1-,-in m u..il. so that July or Align-.t
I ,>•■-. V. itlie- . :>r!x- frost w .111.1 aff'-ct It
. .•. .i.. that Is usual
~f ■ -..r- itself the fact
i bus m -bi’.’.v :-. -■ been snffi.-i-nilx- consld
: 1< , our exports this year have been
i larg-r'Hl'nr. ov-r before, an.) a very largo
amount o’’ corn hn.s been converted Into
■ ~.,rk so that the supply in the counter Is
! (■•on-blv less Hjnn us’i il. Cnm oiijrht
; j,* ( . ,i v"i*x g -Hil purc’ht:-**. a snr<>r ono
1 ?)v»n \vbn:it or anv other agHculnual nr->-
’ du-’t i4 ’ the new cron meets with no
n M
. whk’b It Is es
i tiivro would be a Advance In the
! P rlee -
GRAIN, PROVISIONS, ETC.
cnNfITXTtYTTny
Afan’a.ih JnlylS.lßJl
IT!our, Grain and Meal.
APnr‘n .h’]v 16 FV'nr. ill wheat. rn*-
’ rrronrt f avont"F4 >0 ; atm tftit 4.00 ; fns.r»
r '?r. *xTrn fnn Hr ♦ 50 four v t xri v-‘’h corn men
nnrpKniar qi "latlonw. Corn, vxl 110 52c: 51
white 4?r n 4lt 'Trxi*'' »v«trt<<r
Brc.GrorKln 85< Hay. No 1 ’ methv
(•>- Rni*’ t «'<••» No. ji n ntt.» Fn-a Phalen
Moa’. r'a’n.-<»(••. t* l*e»t 4.’*' WVtritbmn larweMackt
■ 80g: funa'' mck*» ‘•'■Jc JUiortft f mca
1 i Ur *c <“•! ii • • •i cr l‘»0 ’’ s hr Ilsa- ’SO nnr
Peas Stock <SO
* • -
Provlslono.
Atlanta. July H 5 Clear rib’
e’ea’ nldns !cn-x'ure<l bn.i’ea c nrv-"", ■ t
hams Cal'-forola breakfast bacon 1 4
&Hx’ ixird, quality o^*s; tecoud quabiiy €e
! con.pound 5. •
Groc«rl®a.
AttantJi July lfl-Roa»te,i ro)T«« fl 1 SO. less
! per loot* rnMffH. Green coffee choirs 12’ fair ll).
r»!n>3 •». <>iear rtandnrt Kranulat**d >>•*
Orleans white <”• \; do vel l<>w f> i ■ v i. up ?w 1 ’
house 26 >i3sc. I‘vn». b ack ' '« ! urvv.
; Hire he ld rholce •’hjiaJ'h ' Salt, dal-y tocka
•* 1 Z~>. do. 11' . - •+? 25 , •co ('r*-art $I *• •.’ ■
... 70c -- - - • ■ . ■ '■ ■’
| ftde; rCl'h :«1.30(4.1 .75; Sobs 5/ !'.»xes •
Cracker': sodad 1 .. cream 8< cbmer'-.’ 1 -* P« S-
, dv. rmnnjon St ;ek fie; fancy
$1 05. 1. W . 1 15
Naval Storer..
; Savannah, July If.-Turpentine Arm at
' 1.1 ’5 S casks ; rece’. Js 1. " 5 H<>sln flrru; sa es
nolle bbls; re e>pt*- 5770 . \ b t• i> H 5 ■ K$ 1 05.
sl.l. :>. #: .3(1 ll $1.40; I s’.4o; K 45. M 50;
N$ 1- fib ;a i iidowjf lay-1.7 s;wa t erw hltr **s
Charleston, July 10 Turpentine slrni al ; sa’.os
no nt Kos In quiet ; sales ininv; A B. <’ J' : t>. Ksl OU .
Fil 10. ti $1.20; Hsl 3. I v ■ 40 Msl* -;
Nil ' >; W. HdowgiasM 00; wale wbites!-70
Wilmington. -'u!\ 16 —Kostu flriut stralnaa +..1-0.
rood strained .f 1.05. Spirit# t :rpen»ine tlrra
'iar nrm av#l 3". Lruaa lurpouUne linn at
Bruits and Confectioneries.
Atlanta, lulr IB Anplr, none " n
Tramm,. <'...u. r,m.-. -’I ...a \''.u ai’",-';
Hananaa S tra. k -.-.t 7'- • - .♦ 1 ♦
f: - fins oixliigt.i qua. i>. ban
7c I euliorn i-nron ll'i llc. kilt - Alu-cMa sot
i-e.ans 747 - Brazil 9. HO.- filberts Ilk- "n -
nets lilwl I niiii-0 ni is .-.Gue l-cun.in, X Iralola
- i-.-irl.- iiK.lt ('ttfl'c; luii. y 1.ai1.1 - pl.-lieu ,oeor
_
i
Country- Produce.
I Atlanta, July 10 fKgs i)wio---
I creaii-erx ! iWlb.-. tau.-y I - nn'-»»oe
. Ki.Gxb . il.o IKinltry. ,-b ..«an».
£ -Iv/*'<-. --m.c- <-b'--.->.: G'V... Ifc
- mu-HI 10® 1 I'li't" ’-"-u-L’ V-. >'e)t ng
C Irish | lam. er b-.i-hel l-U0..-»1 Om
I ;; v 7 e r,.. uit.-..» . mb. ic-ri.o" per nubei.
Jl.th ■ ’ ■
Fruit and Vegetables.
Corrected daily by McCullough Bros.
Simp bixaiis. 75c to $1 per crate.
Toma toes. 75c to sl. . I
Next Irl.sh p.it i-ei-s, $3 to S3.Jo.
Hqim.fin n, Pic to 75c per crate
('■iiitalmipes I .-r burr. I. $2..," to ??..
\\ it.-rrm- - us, oxv.ng to size, $1 to $1.50 per
dozen.
Watermelons, 55' 1 to s!*) a ear.
I’ea,sllc to sl.
<—
Will Investigate Rate War.
XV.i.--!>liigton, Jul. 14. -The interstate com
merce eeinmission ha-- decided to make nn
tnvt .-tig.it on in t-ae matter of the rate war
between the Canadian and American rall
xvay lines on passenger traffic. The 'hear
ings will be held at Chicago August Ist