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THE FIRST BATTLE
Americans Win Victory But
Loose 18 Men.
ROUGH RIDERS IN IT.
PatiiOts Fall Fighting for Span
ish Overthrow.
Juragua, June 25. -Yesterday
(Friday) four troops of the ht
cavalry, four troops of the 10th
cavalrv, and eight troops of
Uo , smelt’s Rough Riders, less
than 1,000 men in all, dismounted
a „d attacked 2,000 Spanish sol
diers in the thickets within five
miles of Santiago de Cußa.
The Americans beat the enemy
back into the city, but they left
tbc following dead upon the field:
R ugh Riders —Capt. ALyn K
Capron, Troop L. Sergeant Ham
pton Fish, Jr. Pvts. Tillman and
Dawson, Troop L Pvt, Dougherty.
Troop-A. pvt. W. L. Erwin.
Troop F.
First Cavalry—Pvts. Dix, York,
Bejork, Kolbe, Berlin. Leumock.
Tenth Cavalry—Corpl White.
At least fifty Americans were
wounded, including six officers.
Several of the wounded will die.
Twelve dead Spaniards were
found io the bush after the fight,
but their loss was doubtless far in
excess of that.
Gen. Young commanded the
expedition and was with the reg
ulars, while Col. Wood directed
the operations of the Rough
Riders, several miles west. Both
parties struck the Spaniards about
the same time, and the fight lasted
an hour. The Spaniards open'
ed tire from the thick brush, and
had every advantage of numbers
and position, but the troops
drove ’hem back from the start,
stormed the blockhouse around
which tl “y made their final stand
and sent them scattering over the
mountains.
She cavalrymen were afterward
r-infooced 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 troops
going forward constantly, and
they are preparing for a final as
ssult upon the city •
Capt. Allvn Capron, of Troop
L Roosevelt’s Rough Riders,
who is among the killed, was a
sod ol Capt. Allyn, of the Ist
Artillery, and was well known
in Washington. He was a sec
ond lieutenant of the 2nd caval
ry and was recently promoted
to be a captain in the volunteer
servsce, and was given com
mand ot I’roop L. of the Rough
Riders- Ho was a young and
dashing officer and was regard
ed by his superiors as one of the
most promising cavalry officers
in the service.
’rilE I.ATI HAMILTON FISH, JR.
ton Fish, Jr., one of the killed,
"as one of the New Yorkers of
good position and good family
"ho went to the front with
R 'osevelt’r Rough Riders, He
"as of distinguished ancestry,
•'is family being one of the old
est in this state. His father,
Riceolas Fish, is a banker and
llves in this city. Hamilton Fish
"'as over siv feet tall, of Hercu
ean build and rowed No. 7 of
’ 1 ’lumbia college crew in its
'>ning race of 1891 over the
°ug'ikeepsie course.
MAJ. A. M. BRODIE.
. Ran Antonio, Tex .June 25.
i 'j. A. M. Brodie, who was in
-1 H 'd in today’s battle near San
’ag°, is a graduate of West
11 and a noted Indian fight-
Lieut. J. R. Thomas, of the
Indian Territory, is a son of
Federal Judge Thomas.
HE BECAME A HERO.
' A Story Illustrative of the Error
of Hasty Judgment.
! A Kentucky newspaper, the
Harrodsburg Democrat, says
that some “ex-Confederates”
w’ere swapping war stories re
cently, when one of the follow
ing, which conveys a wholesome
lesson against hasty judgement:
Just before the battle of Mur
freesboro a detachment of Mur
gan’s command was guarding a
mountain pass a few miles from
Bradyville, Tenn. A portion of
the valley leading to the pass
was densely wooded and swam
py. The marshy ground abound
ed in bullfrogs of huge propor
tions, and the trees afforded a
roosting place for numerous
owls. Among the soldiers was a
stripling by the name of Spree
leer. It was a wild and windy
night when Spreeler was called
upon to do guard duty.
About 1 o’clock when the sky
was of a leaden Ijue and the
wind sighed fitfully through the
trees, an owl on a nearby limb
hooted:
“Who—who—who are you?”
“John Spreeler,” exclaimed
the sentinel, trembling in his
boots.
J List at that .moment a bullfrog
in deep bass tunes, seemed to
say :
“Sur—sur—surround him I”
‘•I’ll be hanged if you do,”
exclaimed Spreeler, as he fired
his musket and broke for camp,
which had been thrown into the
wildest contusion by the alarm,
which was supposed to mean
that the enemy was attacking
the outposts.
When the true state of affairs
was understood the other men
made life a burden for John un
til the battle of Murfreesboro,
when the Lincoln county strip
ling was promoted for conspicu
ous bravery. He was afterward
assigned to Bragg’s army, and
died like a hero at the “battle
above the clouds” while in the
forefront of the charge, trying
to pike an enemy’s cannon.
BLOODY SPANISH THREAT.
Camara Not To Return Till His
Flag Is Red With Our Blood,
Gibraltar, June 25 —Infornus
tion received from Cadiz today
contradicts, the reported return of
all the reserve fleet to that j ort.
Admiral Camara, in an hartngue
on the Pelayo to the officers be
fore leaving, said, among other
things: “We shall not return to
Cadiz till our fl ig is v.et with the
enemy’s blood.”
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRA-
TION.
GEORGIA. FLOYD COUNTY!
To all whom it may concern :
Equitable mortgage company
having in proper form applied to
me for permanent letters of ad
ministration on the estate of Wm
B. Wiggins, late of said county
deceased . This is to cite all and
singular the creditors and next
of kin of Wm. B. Wiggins to be
and appear at my office within
the time allowed by law and show
cause, if any they can, why per
manent administration should not
be granted to W. 11. Ennis Co.
Admr. on Wm.B. Wiggins estate
Witness my hand and officiv sig
nature this 2nd day May 1898.
John P. Davis.
Ordinary.
Manila must have a peculiar at
tractiveness for Lieutenant George
N. Hayward cf the United States
cruiser Baltimore. In a letter to a
relative in Detroit he says: “My
one hope is that we shall retain
the Philippine group forever. It is
worth all of China and a hundred
Cubans, andth > inhabitants de
sire it.”
I 11, P. V (IOTEN & BRO., s’
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