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eighth yeak smoke a “Bill Arp'jjwarters New Brand. |IO)| THEY LANDED d Dctaelinient of the Bth In fantry The First HO'r A LIFE WRS LOST Me . by Cuban Escort .nd con ducted to Camp. Paiquiri, Jone 53—At 9 o'clock, r.d.rd.ylbe hour euppo.ed .to j,„e been ««•<> f ° r lh p disembarkation, came, and passed, the expedition waa in OU»> peiige, but the squadron lay rock i,g complacently outside the bay. At 9'15 »• m - the bombardment of the hitlt» surrounding the village of Jurapa. some six miles away. bAgauto distract our atlenti. n from our cwn affaira. Thee steam pinnace*, trailing strings of empty boats began speeding to and fro among He transports and gradually, though perceptibly filling up with trooj a At 9:45 Cuban scouts appeared wo tof Daiquiri and the New Orleans, Machias, Detroit.Suwai.ee and Wasp began bombard ng. Forty-five rounds were fired into the bush during the first quarts of an h >ur. and many rounds frem the quick tirii u guns. Ni t a shot was tired in response. At 9:50 the first boat load containing the men of the Bth and Ist Inst. etart, d for the shore, followed by the 25th (colrndj the 10th and 12th Inst. at 10:10 Pr.digious cheering from shore cauiht up by the nearest ships and flyiug from v easel to vessel through the squadron, announced the fact that the Americans had bgun a lauding on Cuban soil, the honor of setting the first foot <i. the island tailing to a detach ment of the Bth Infantry that whs towed ashore by the lug Wampatuck. This important operation thus successfully completed without loss of life or accident, the troops on land formed and moved up and away to the quarters with out confusion. A force of mount ed Cubans, which had been un do'cover during the bombard ment, now arrived and congrat ulations were exchanged. At 11:30 a detachment of the 2nd Mass. Vol. started for the shore and by noon probably 3,- men had landed. Other de tachments were following as rapidly as steam launches could h‘ made available. The sea wi ■ auspiciously calm and the sky clear, A cool breeze was blowing and the iroopg wore in the highest spir 'ts. and the strains of “Yankee I* dlt were greeting every string °t boats coining. landing AT juragua " I Juaragua, Province of San* bago De Cuba. June 23—The troops under Maj.-Gen. Shatter I *t‘rday morning b-gan landing Joofagua. ten miles east of the to Santiago harbor. Lit resistance was offered. An im J M <iiate advance will be made aid th l * military forces arsinposaes k‘°“ ot llie h‘ll> back of Santiago, “Shined attack byth „ fljet Bnd will beordered. It i. thought y >-aturday Santiago with all its 'heati.ms and the strong fleet t ? r Ad(nir »l Cervera will have dlier captured or destroyed, in I? 8 ’ 1 new pickles, all styles, ari ? , aUd fanc y Plages, just will r' ? Ijloyd ' 8 ’ where you to,?" tl,e best of everything THE ROME HUSTLER-COMMERCIAL REGULARS LAND Forming at two Points lo Attack Santiago. FLEET DEMONSTRATION * Distracted Spaniards Attention And Made Easy ths Landing. • Wellington, June 23.—Yes day just a week after the United States troops left Tortugas, they began to disembark on Cuban soil, landing in formation at two • •’ 1 points so as to attack Santiago in the rear aud at the sides, with the navy to help the work iu front. Thus the military invasion of Cuba may be said to have fairly begun, lor though the United States marines were the first to land on Cuban soil , their pur pose was not after all invasion, but the establishment of a na val base aud a base for a cable station, in both of which they were eminently successful. To the regular troops was left the formidable task of in vading Cuba in force by land. Just at the close of office houis a brief cablegram came to the war department from Lieut.- Col. Allen. It had been expect ed all day. To the surprise of the officials the cablegram was dated not at Guantanamo but at a place called Playa de! Eate, about 20 miles West of Guantan amo bay and about half the dis tance between that and Santia go bay. The statement is made that the troops have landed and that preparat o is have been made to attack Santiago at the sides and rear. The delay in receiving further cable communications after the first, of last evening, is thus explained: The lines were being carried Westward, probably to be nearer the point selected as the landing place in Cuba. In his dispatch Lieut.-Col. said he had heard nothing offi cially from either Gen Shafter or Admiral Sampson. Thie is accounted for easily by General Miles in a cablegram sent yes terday not to embarrass General Shafter by any unnecessary suggestions. Thus it will be seen to the delight of all true soldiers, that Gen. Shafter, like Admiral Sampson, is not to be tied by exact orders from Washington, but is to be allowed the widest liberty of option, in the belief that he; on the ground, is capable of judging best the pr> priety of projected movements. The lieutenantcolonel, how ever, who is a member of Gen. Miles’ staff, and directly in charge of the. signal work in Santiago province. communicat ed briefly to Gert. Miles in cl» pher the fact that the debarka tion of the troops had begun and that a plan of attack had been arranged. Thkv Goto Florida.— Sergeant S. Cook and private* B. D- Pos tell and W. C. Tucker, were in tl e 1 city today enroute to Chicamaoga i from Atlanta to join there reg' ■ iment, th* let U. 8. V . which has orders to move to Fta. wvvk. ROME GEORGIA. THURSDAY EVENING. JUNE, 23. 1898. VOLLEY FIRKD By Spanish flushWhackert at The BiJrial of Marines. j NEWS MEH PRESEJII T ■ ' l‘ Sad Funeral Scenes Made Yet Mors Tragic. New York, June 23.—A letter received here today from a <br respondeiit on the dispatch boat Premier gives some graphic personal impression of the fi:s attack on Camp McCall*. Sever, al newspaper men were there, and, being given guns, got their first taste of real war. But it was the next morning that the full tragedy of it all was realized. The body of Surgeon Gibbs, who had been the jolliest fellow in the camp the day before, lay in hie tent, where a Spanish bullet had reached him, and they were carrying the bodies of Ser geant Smith and the two pri vates up the hill on litters. All three were frightfully mangled, and one of the marines who seemed most shocked at the Spaniards’ brutal work, on the following night, when aurn und ed by the enemy and knowing escape to be impossible, drowned himself in the lagoon. Half past 10 was the hour set for the funeral. Four graves were dug on ths side of the hill and Chaplai* Jones, of the Tex •«, hurried on shore to officials. The bodies were wrapped in shrouds, from which their bare showed. The body of Surgeon Gibbs, who was shot within the lines, was the only one who had boots on. The Spaniards had stripped the other three of every rag. There was time for very little ceremony. As many marine* as c »uld be spared from work on the trenches grouped themselves about the graves and uncovered their heads. The strong voice of the Clrip liiu had just started th* first lines of the Episcopal burial ser vice, “I Am the Resurrection and the Life,” when from that same old second ridge of hills there came a volley of musketry, which brought every marine to attention in a trice. Chaplain Jones shifted his position a little, but never paus ed. Looking back at this close range upon the last four days at Guantanamo tne picture which stands out clearest on the mind is those open graves, the ma ines at full length reverently chant ing “Our Father,” while their guns spit at the enemy; Dewey, the marines’ mascot mongrel pup, perched on the earthworks wagging his unfledged tail most unconcernedly, and full in the sunlight the tall, strong figure of Chaplain Jones as he chanted sonorously, “Man that is born of woman.” THE MODERN BEAUTY •* Thrives on good food and sunshine, with plenty of exercise in the open air. Her form glows and her face glows with its beauty. If her system needs the cleansing action of a laxative remedy she uses the gentle and pleasant Syrupof figs,manufac tured by the California Fig 1 Syrup Co., eoly. ROHE Bombarded with:: ! Bargains mmwo mm Pre'.ty Shier India Linen 3J6’ :C3 - Pretty Picture Handkerchiefs only J 1 ct. Pretty Folding Fans only 1 ct Coats Spool Cotton only 2 cens. Paper Pins only ? 1 ct, Good Yard wide Sea Island cts bummer Calico per yd, only Scents. Laundred Shirt Waist [7 cents Muslin de Soireonly 49 cents Embroideries Chsaprr than Elsswher Organdies From accents and ; up, LADIES MUSLIN IHMII MF. SUMMER MILLINERY. Our riillinery Department is aglow with its beauti ful array of summer Hillinery and our prices are right, ,1 rW TUB MCCALI- M PATTERNS Are the equal of any mada and our pricss are under any patterns in Rome on paper patterns. r LANHAMASONS. 1O CENTS PER WEEK