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EIGHTH YEAH
smoke a Bill Arp’ warters New Brand.
fug FIRS’ BUTTLE
jgtriuos Will Victor Ml
Loose 18 Men.
rough riders IN IT.
patriots Fall Fighting for Span-
Ha js h Overthrow.
Tiihp 25. "”5 esterday
Juragua. J ul ‘ e -
/Friday) four troops of the I >
cavalry, four troop-of the 10th
cavalrv, and eight troops of
Roosevelt’S Rough Riders, less
than 1000 men in all, dismounted
a „d attacked 2,000 Spanish aol
(iierßiD the thickets witbin five
miles of Santiago de Cußa.
The Americans beat the enemy
back into the city, but they left
t bc following dead upon the field:
R >ugh Riders —Capt. ALyn 1<
Capron, Troop L. Sergeant Ham
ilton Fish, Jr. Pvts. Tillman and
Dawson, Troop L Pvt, Dougherty
Troop A. pvt. W. L. Erwin.
Troop F. vi.
First Cavalry—Pvts. Dix, York.
Bejurk. Kolbe. Berlin. Leumock
Tenth Cavalry—Corpl M bite.
At least fifty Americans were
wounded, including six officers.
Several ot the wounded will die.
Twelve dead Spaniards were
found in the bush after the fight
but their loss was doubtless far in
excess < f that
Gen. Young c mmanded the
expedition and was with the reg
u nrs, while Col. Wood directed
the operations ot tha Rough
Riders, several miles west. Both
parties st ruck the Spaniards about
the same time, aud the fight lasted
an hour. The Spaniards open
ed tire from the thick, brush, and
had every a< vintage of numbers
and position, but the troops
drove them back from the start,
stormed the blockhouse around
which they made their final stand
aud sent them scattering over the
mountains.
She cavalrymen were afterward
reinforced by the 7th. 12th and
17th Inst., part of the 9th Cav ,
the 2nd Massachusetts and the
71 st New York ,
The Americans now hold a po
sition at the threshold of Santi
ago de Cuba, with more troop
going forward constantly, and
they are preparing for a final as
sault upon the city.
Capt. Allyn Capron, of Troop
L. Roosevelt’s Rough Riders,
whois among the killed, was a
sod of Capt. Allyn, of the Ist
Artillery, and was well known
in Washington. Me was a sec
ond lieutenant of the 2nd caval
ry and was recently promoted
to be a captain in the .volunteer
servsee, and was given com
mand of Troop L. of the Rough
Riders- He was a young and
dashing officer and was regard
ed by his superiors as one of the
most promising cavalry officers
111 the service.
TffE LATE HAMILTON FISH, JR.
York, June 25.—Hamil
ton Fish, Jr., one of the killed,
Was one of the New Yorkers of
good position and good family
"ho went to the front with
Koosevelt’r Rough Riders. He
Was of distinguished ancestry.
family being one of the old
® st in this state. II is father,
- iceolas Fish, is a banker and
lves in this city. Hamilton Fish
*as over six feet tall, of Ilercu
‘«an build and rowed No. 7 of
ltj ( oluinbia college crew in its
winning race of 1894 over the
THE HOME HUSTLEILCOMMERCTAL
CAPTAIN DREYFUS
Not Cuiifined in a Cap on
Devils Island.
hAB AN EASY TIME.
Says a Dutch Cook Who Was
There Recently.
What may be reliable news of
Captain Alfred Dreyfus and his
life on Devil’s Island is given in
the London Telegraph, which
says:
The story is that a Dutch vessel
s.owly passing near the ex cap
tain’s place of captivity was
boarded by some French marines
or penitentiary officials, who ask
ed for the loan es the ship’s cook
fora few hours. The reason given
was that the man who did the
cooking in the convict se'tlement
hid broken his arm and was in
the ho-pital. The captain of the
Dutch .steamer accordingly sent a
stilor named Weiuheber to Devil’s
tslai.d to act as cook fcr a while.
During his very brief sojourn on
the island Weiuheber is said to
aave seen Dreyfus and to have had
an.oppor unity of observing b<>w
the ex-captain was treated.
According to the Dutchman the
prisoner rose every morning be
tween 6 and 7 o’clock, had a cup
of chocolate, a b.itb,aDd, if the
weather permitted, a walk.
While taking the bath the
prisoner’s wrists were tied
around with a cord one end of
which were held by a warder.
L'his was to prevent any attempt
to commit ■ suicide. /After the
bath the ex-captain breakfasted
on bread and butter, an egg and
1 bottle of beer. This meal being
iver he read books on military
topics and wrote letters and his
memoirs, the epistles always bo
ing sent to friends through the
Military Governor of Cayenne.
Dreyfus is also allowed to play
cards with his warders, but not
for money, as he is not allowed
to retain possession of a sou. At
2 o’clock in the afternoon the
prisoner receives bread, roast
meat, ■» vegetables, desert and
beer. At 6 in the evening he has
a supper of cold ham, with more
bread and beer.
Weiuheber being allowed to
draw near the prisoner, Dreyfus
shook him by the hand and said:
“Greet the oufside world for
me when you return to it. Ihe
Dutchman further states that
the ex-captain is not in an iron
cage, but has the whole range
of the island under the eyes of
the warders .
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MAJ. A. M. BRODIE.
San Antonio, Tex., June 25.
Maj A. M. Brodie, who was in
jured in today’s battle near San
tiago, is a graduate of West
Point and a noted Indian fight
er.
Lieut. J. R- Thomas, of the
Indian Territory, is a son of
Federal Judge Thomas.
ROME GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNNING, JUNE, 26, 1898.
TO INVADE BPBI|t
flnil Bombard Spanish Ports
Should Camera
GOTO TfiE PHILIPPINES
Dewey Calculated to Take care
of Himself-
Wash’ngton, June 25 —The war
is to be carried into Africa, meta
phoncal'y speaking, that is if
Spain is foolhardy enough to send
the Cadiz fleet through the Suez
canal to attack Dewey in the Phil
ippines.
It is announced on good au'bor
ity that before th« last Spanish
vessel has passed through the
canal, an A nerican squadron will
be steaming at full speed across
the Atlantic,straight toward Spain
to bring the war home to the
Spanish people.
There i■< no doubt that Dewey
can take care of himself against
the Cadiz fleet, «ince his own
squadron will be reinforced long
before Camara’s ships sight the
Bay of Manila, and he will have
the shore batteries with him in
stead of against him in the strug
gle.
But it has been concluded by
the administration that nothing
save the most severe measures will
suffice to bring the Spanish people
to a realizing sense of the hope
leness of a continuance of the
present war, and even kinkness, it
is held, with dictate such a Flow
as it is proposed to administer if
the Spaniards persist in this last
project.
After the fall of Santiago and
the capture or das: ruction of
I Cervera’s sqii* Iron. Sampson will
nave an abundence of vessels to
spare for the task set for him.
Probably he will conititute the
attacking Meet in two squadrons,
th-i first a flying sqnadsron, to be
compos id of the swiftest vesse's
of the fleet, such as the Columba.
Minneapolis, Harvard, Yale, St.
Louis, St. Paul. New Orleans, and
such craft.
This will he followed, under
another commander, ei her Samp
son or Schley, by the battleships,
which Capt. Clark’s experience
wi’h the Oregon has shown can
easily be counted on for the voy
age across the Atlantic.
With the Oregon, Indiana,.
Massachuset ts ano Texas all battle
ships, supp’ementing the New
York and Brooklyn, armored crui
sers. and the less powerful bu'
speedy vessels of Hying squadron,
the Spanish ccast wouid be spoedi
|y swept clear of all commerce,
a 1 Spanish shipping would be
deatreyed, and some of the bst
ports would be blockaded or bom
barded .
CAMARA STILL HEADEY FOR MAMIL A
London, lune 25—A dispatch
t» Lloyd’s from Algiers confirms
the report that Admiral Camara’s
fleet passed the Islands of Pantel
laria, going eastward, on Wedueis
day, June 22.
BLOODY SPANISH THREAT.
Camara Not To Return Till His
Flag Is Red With Our Blood.
Gibraltar, June 25 —Tnforma*
tion received from Cadiz today
contradicts, the reported return of
all the reserve fleet to that | ort.
Admiral Camara, in an harangue
on the Pelayo to the officers be
fore leaving, said, among other
things : “We shall not return to
Cadiz tdl onr flag is wet with the
I enemy’s bl ocd.’’
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