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eighth year smoke a “Bill Arp’ warters Now Brand GLORIOUS victory Browned First Effort of American Arms ON MANILA’S SOIL. Flower of Spanish Troops Beat en by American Volunteeis. Manila Bay, August 4, via Hung Kong, August 10—The soil of the Philippines has been drenched with American blood . On the night of July 31st at 11 o’clock the Spaniards made a coaserted sortie from Manila city on the outposts and trench es of Camp Dewey, nuar Malate, General Greene commanding The attack was directed at the American right Hank, held by the 10th Pennsylvania troops. Ten men were killed in the tatnches and picket lines and forty-four wounded. The dead are: Maurice Just, First California volunteers: W. E. Brown, company D. Tenth Pennsylva nia : Will Burton, H. Stiilwag ou, James Hull, Jr.,Jessie Noss, all of company E. Tenth Penn sylvania; John Brady, Jr., com pany I, Tenth Pennsylvania; L Dawson, battery K, Third artil lery, United State* army; J. A, Mclllrath, bittery K, Third ar tillery, United States army ; Charles Winfield, battery F. Third artillery, United States army, Capt. Richter, First Califor nia and Capt. Hobbs, Third ar tillery were among the wound ed. Ihe British admiral reports the Spanish loss to be th"ee hundred and fifty killed and nine hundred wounded, Malate is located half way be tween Cavite and Manila city. Gen. Greene s force numbers 4,000 men. His line has been advancing and entrenching. The arrival ol the third expedition tilled the Spaniards with rage and they determined to give bat tie before Camp Dewey could be re enforced. Ihe trenches extended from the beach 300 yards to the left Hank of the insurgents. Sunday •as the insurgent’s feast day 'nd their left fl ink withdrew, leaving the American right fl ink exposed. Companies A and E, 01 the Tenth Pennsylvania, and the 1 tah battery were ordered to re-enforce the right flank. In the midst of a raging ty phoon with a tremendous down pom of rain, the enemy’s force, ®d to surprise the camp. Our pickets were driven in and the trenches assaulted. ~ie Spaniards charg d the Americans’ right and nearly succeeded in cut ing off the «nu 3 ylvania companies, but Americans rallied and re -1 1 «d the Spaniards after des -1 fighting, the American ne neaking the Spanish center. * Spaniards charged again, /unX 616 !’° rCOd t 0 retreat to the iire g X Where thevke pt a heavy le&dF. Ug °, n One of the roads «s in o ß d° ‘ America »Btrench tO pr * vent ™-enforce- Ca|iL r ° m arrivi “g- The First Util, ,e 8 1,n «nt and the cry came to the rescue THE ROME HISTLER-COMMERCAII ROME GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, EVENING, AUGUST- 10. 1898. - MERRITT REPORTS Briefly RecapitJlates Recent Events in Manila THE DEAD A|fD WOUNDED Number of Men In Philippines and Where From Washington, August 9 —The war department today received the fol* lowing cablegram from Hong Kong: “Adjutant General. Washing* ton. —McArthur’* troops arrived 31st. No epidemic sickness. Five deaths. Lieutenant K >rr, engineer died of spinal meningitis. “Landing at camp delayed on account of high surf. To gain ap proach to city, Greene’s outposts were advanced to continue line from the Camino Real to beach on Sunday night. Spanish attacked sharply. Artillery outposts behaved well. Held position. Necessary to call out brigade. Spanish loss ru mored heavy. Our Uss killed: ‘Tenth Pennsylvania John Brady, Walter E. Brown, William E. Brintop, Jacob Hull, Jesse Noss, William Stiliwagon. First California—Mauric Just t'hird artillery—Eli Diwion. First Colorado—Fred Springsted. “Seriously wounded. Tenth Pennsylvania Sergeant Alva Walter, Privates Lee Snyder, Vic tor Holmes, C. S Caixor. Arthur John son. First California—Captain R. Richter, Private C. J. Edwards. Third artillery—Privates Charles Winfield. J. A. McElroth. Thirty eight slightly wounded. Merritt.”; Secretary Alger regards the Ma nila fight as the beginning of the general attack upon the Philippine capital. General Merritt’s force in rhe Philippines consists of 460 of ficers and 10,464 men. AMERICAN FORCES AT MANILA Washington, August 9—General Merritt’s force in the Philippines consists of three expeditions which have arrived there, amounting to 460 officers and 10,464 men . They are the First California, Second Oregon. Tenth Pennsylvania, First Colorado, First Nebraska, Thirteenth Minnesota, First Idaho First Wyoming, Fourteenth, Eighteenth and Twenty-third United States infantry, tne First California battery, the Astor bat tery, and Batteries A. and B. Utah volunteers and batteries G. H K, and L, Third United States ar tillery. through a withering fire and never wavered, though several were wounded and Capt. Rich ter was killed. The brave Pennsylvania men never flinched, but stood their ground under a withering fire. The alarm spread, and the First California regiment, with twe companies of the Third artillery who fight with rifles, were sent up to re-enforce the Pennsylva nia*. The enemy were on top of the trenches when those re-en forcements arrived, and never was the discipline of the regu lars better demonstrated than by the work of the Third artil lery. under Capt. O’Hara. Noth ing could be seen but the flashes of Mauser rifles. Men ran right up to the at tacking Spaniards and mowed them d*wu with regular volleys The Utah battery, under Capt. Young, covered itself with glo ry, the men pulled their guns fi BLOCK OFFII/E Arkansas Mob Liincfißd Thet Mai;H egroe’. MURDERED WAN’S WIFE ’ Xi I * I Committed Suicide In Her Cel', Three Negresses Lynched. ■— Little R< ck Ark , Aug 10. — Five negroes aie banging iron) the limb of trees near the railroad Hack, and the wdow of John 1\ Orris da J in her cell. Tins is the tragic denouement of (he assassination of J hn T. t)rr, a wealthy merchant, at Clarendon a few nights ago. The wife died from a dose of poison selfadminis tered, while the negroes, her as sociates in crime, ware strung up by a mob of citizens. The report of the lynching was received here at an early hour this morning as er telegraphic com munication had suspended for the night, and the only authentic de tails of the affair cume from a rail road telegraph operator at Claren don, who saw the lynching, Four bodies, two .women and two men, ere hanging from the limb of a tree not far from his of fice and a few paces away dangles the body of a another negro wo man former cook in the Orr house hold . Miss Morris, implica ted in the assassination, was not hanged she having dis ppeared last night. Last Saturday night John T. Orr was assaseiuated wnile making a glass of lemonade. He had just returned from Christ’s church where his wife was organist. Ihe aff-iir shrouded in mystery until Miss Morris told somebody that she knew who fired the shot. A coroner’s inquest resulted in the arrest of the five negroes and Mrs. Orr and a warrant for Miss Morris, ft was charged that the wife had hired the negroes io do the murder. « Urr’e life was insured so. $ i 000 and it developed at the inquest that Orr and his wife lived unhap- I sly Mr. Orr was formerly a theat rical man In 1890 the couple elop ed to a summer resort in Wiscon sin and were married. Later they settled iu Clarendon, whera Orr prospered in business and was considered wealthy at the time of h's death. through mud axle deep. Twc guns were sent around in fl ink and poured in a destructive en filading fi. e. 'The enemy was re pulsed and retreated in disor der. Oar infantry had exh austid its ammunition, and did not fol low the enemy. Not an inch of ground was lost, but the scene in the trenches was one never to be forgotten. During flashes of lightning the dead and wounded could be seen lying in blood-red water, but neither the element of heaven nor power of man could wring a cry of protest from the wounded. They en couraged their comrades co flight ind handed over their cartridge belts. On the night of August Ist tb.e fighting was renewed but the enemy had been taught a 'esson, and made tiie attack at long range, with heavy artillery. The Utah battery replied and the artillery duel lasted an hour. One man was killed. He was Fred Springstad, First Colorado. Two men were wound ed. LANHAM & SONS, SENSATIONAL M OF SAILOR? V YTE have just bought th a en it j stock o r Ladies and Miss 33 Fi, yy Sai 01 s of one of the Largest Millinery ho uses of York and now place them on sale at a price that is certainly mest ’•emarkable. While we know the people of Rome have been faked time and aga-in, yei we make th3 STARTLING ANNOUNCEMENT. “W That these Sailors are worth $ 1.0 3.$ 1.53 and $ 2.33 each and we will sell the m at th 1 astonishing Io w p -ice of Est STS. fi A ffi I There Is Twenty-one Caar One Thousand and Eleven Hats and not a plug in the lot, but the pretties': .an J latest things in Sailors. & Somefine Milan,some fin 3 sp it .. ;ra w.some rough brim and smooth crown, some colored brim and white crow ),some of all colors of t ■‘e $ rainbow. Bell crown, straightcro An, wide brim, narrow brim, some > fine white and in fact all kins d ?xcept cheap trasn and those we do $ not want. This is ach a nee t j buy fin 3 sail on at a price & 3* 4J? $ that will probably not come again. > & >U&> * < i J ll XIIIIXI i IXI > SoX s. 1 O CEN rs PER WEEK