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FIGHTING IN CUBA.
Spaniards Admit That Their
Left “Retired.”
SITUATION IS “SERIOUS'
Says Cevera. The News From
Madrid-
Madrid, June 24.—An official
dispatch from Santiago de Cuba,
dated June 23, says:
«The attack commenced yes
terday. Tne enemy concentrat
ed its landing forces in front of
puenta Perraco, lying Eastwards
o f our left, which extended for
eight leagues along the coast.”
anotiier official dispatch from
Havana, savs : ‘‘The command,
er at Santiago de Cuba announc
es that the American squadron
has commenced the bombard
ment and is trying to disembark
at B.myiiri and at Puenta Ber
nice.
‘■An American warship has
shelled and destroyed a small
wooden fort n ar Cienf.legos.
ven Spaniards were slightly
wounded. ..U
(•iiVEKA REPORTS SITUATION SER'.-
OUS.
e:3O p. nr—Cable dispatches
received here from Admiral Ce
vera saj the crews of th-e Span
ish warshins at Santiago have
joined the land forces in order
io take part m the defense of
the city. He adds that the situ
ation is critical, but a later dis
patch affirms that the Spanish
1 have victoriously repulsed the
enemy.”
A dispatch from the governor
of Santiago de Cuba says: “The
attack on Seboney and Baiquiri
continued until nightfall. The
enemy was repulsed, except on
ti 3 lei t, at Baiquiri, where the
Spaniards were obliged to retire
in consequence of a Hanking
movement upon the part of the
enemy, who landed several kilo
meters East of Baiquiri.
Ihe Spanish forces retired in
good order into the mountains.
Scboney and Berraco were de
stroyed by the American shells ”
'IKREI.y the SPANISH LEFT RE-
TIRED.”
madrid, June 24.—During
jesterday afternoon a semi offi
Hal note was issued “in order to
‘"Oil a misunderstanding,”
Pointing out that ‘ merely the
Spanish left retired and took up
■ l position in the mountains, ow
ing to the Americans landing
111116 kilometers east of Baiquiri,
wliere there were no Spanish
'* ,S| and endeavoring to out
f i mk the Spaniards.”
u J iie note then points out that
paitol the country is very
'’"healthy and that yellcv. jack
■ 1 nnpant.” The’Spanish offi
-1 '■'''patches are announced
,l '' < cieated an “excellent
‘n’pression” here, as indicatin'
"mnense difficulties of tin
a ' ■'’ice on Santiago de Cuba.”
... J ’ e dispatches from Cub;.
"‘ad in the senate here to
'■’y- whereupon the senators
Patriotic speeches.
ci -«>al°r Navarro Rodrigo de
»<>,■!,l a " d , the wl '°l f
est • committing the great
'/"“‘of 'ese humanity in
"‘s Spain to be crushed bv
THE ROME HUSTLEIUCOMMERCIAL
AT KEY WEST
Mosquitos Flourish on The
Open Air
AND ARE ENEfifiEfiC
In This Respect Thay Resemble
The Odor of The Place.
Key West, Fla., June 24. —
Key West is the great depot, of
supplies for the navy now, and
is likely Io continue as a place
of great interest till the Cuban
matter is settled.
It rises nut more than four
feet above the sea level, and has
only a foot or two of sand on the
foundation of coral which forms
the island.
It has no sewerage system and
smells worse than Venice. It
has no water supply except what
comes from the clouds, and
-Gangers w o drink the water
are likely to become comorti m
ists on short notice. Hotel people
furnish pure water, and stran
gers, by pay ing 50 cents per gal
lon fur this fluid, are able to en
joy reasonable health.
Theie are two or three cows
on the island, but these do not
suffice to keep the people in
milk, and the can of condensed
milk is as familiar an object in
Key West as is the universal
cigar.
There are several hotels which
furnish board and' lodging at
metiopolitan rates, and whoev r
stops at one wishes he hud tried
the others.
The vegetatii n is tropical and
gorgeous.Cocoanut trees abound
and fruit grows at the end of
the long, slender trunks crowd
ed with the graceful rounds of
the cocoanut palms. All sorts of
flowering tropical plants and
trees 'ill the air with a cloying
sweetness which drugs the sens
es as the.warm climate drugs
she intellect and sans the ener
gy-
Natives of the island at this
season appear to do nothing but
sleep or engage in deep thought,
and Northern men who godown
to Key West in ships have to
exercise all their will power to
keep at steady work. There is a
trade wind from the East every
day, but it comes laden with
moisture from the tepid waters
of the gulf, and there is just
snough ozone in it to supply the
mosquitoes and the flies with
extraordinary vigor and appe
tite.
brutal weight of nt/mbers.”
Con inning, the senator dilated
upon the grave danger to the
Latin and Slav races “if Europe
tolerates Anglo-Saxon prepon
derance.”
The budget was then adopted
which will permit the govern-’
merit to suspend the sittings of
the cortes.
-The newspapers talk of a pos
sible change of ministry next
week.
After Gamblers —Solicitor
Moso Wright came down from
Chicamauga today and spent a few :
hours in the city He says that |
Walker county grand jury return
ed 50 bills of indiiement yester
>ay against parties running gam
bling houses and blind tigers at;
Cbicamauga park.
RDME GEORGIA, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE, 24.
TW J. STEWART
Hamed a Captain in the |i w
Third Riiiiment.
; LT. COL. 808 3. MIER-
His Appointment the Surpiise
of the Cay.
Capt. Henry J. Stewart, of
the Hill City Cadets, was on
yes-terdaV named as a captain in
Col. John S. Candler’s new Vol
unteer Regiment.
Gov. Atkinson named a lieu
tenant colonel, two majors
seven captains, five fi »
lieutenants and five second lieu
tenants yesterday of the Third
regiment. This is (lie beginning
of the naming of officers, and
the governor said yesterday
that if he could get the time and
was not disturbed during the
day by the large number of as
pirants for office, he cou'd finish
the appointment of officers to
( day.
The following are the offi <rs
appointed:
Lieutenant Colom I—Robert E.
. Berner, of Forsyth.
Majors—Burke Site win ake, of
Augusta; Usher Thomason, of
Madison.
CAPTAINS.
C. E. Van Riper, Americus.
Henry Kolshorn, Savannah.
Henry Stewart, Rome.
Robert Hodges, Macon.
Amos Baker, A th nta.
S. V. Sanford, Marie ta.
FIRST 1.1 EUTENANTS.
Walter Harris, Macon.
C. A. Sheldon. Atlanta.
J. B. McDuffie, Hawkinsville.
1. J. Ripley, Atl n‘a.
T. F. Hastings,. Atlanta.
SECOND LIEUTENANTS.
T. F. Pruitt, Thomasville.
Max Rae, Mcßae.
W. R. Leakiu, Savannah.
Alex Lawrence, Savannah.
Arthur Marbutt, Atlanta.
The appointment of Mr . Ber
ner is a great surprise to the
entire state, as he was nut. con
sidered in the race for the place,
and his name had never been
mentioned in cmne-tion with
the office, it is said Mr. Berner
was in the city the early part of
the week, when the office of
lieutenant colonel was proffered
him by the governor.
It is currently reported that
Col. Thomason will refuse to ac
cept the appointment as major.
Col. Thomason is easily one of
the best military men in the
state, having seen active service
in Scuth American wars.
The appointment of Mr. Bob
Berner as lieutenant colonel over
such men as Col. 1 homason and
Briny of the captains nam'd,
shows , the political pass on
strong in Governor Atkinson
even when he would become
“Brigadier Bill.”
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
i beauty. If' h°r system needs the I
cleansing action of a laxative'
remedy she uses the gentle and
pleasant Syrup of figs, manufac
tured by the California Fig
Syrup Co., only.
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Pretty Folding Fans only i qi-
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Paper Pins only ! ct,
Good Yard .vide Sea island 3J6 cts
v ummer Calico per yd, opiy ’ Scents.
Laundred S ikt >Vaist ( 7 cents
Muslin de Soire only 49 cents
Embroideries Ci-;io?r than Elsewher
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