St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 7, 1898

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OMLY THE BEST ADVERTISE IN P.D. W { ONLY THE BEST ADVERTISE IN P.D WANTS SPANIARDS DRIVEN FROM SOME OF THE FORTIFICATIONS AT SANTIAG For Three Hours Ten Ships of Sampson's Fleet Maintained a Steady Fire of Heavy Projectiles. : O07 OFA. — 'FANTED AT INSURGENTS CLOSING |One 13- inch Shell From the Oregon Played | JEWELRY STORE| VACCINATION, ___IN.ON MANILA) ° Havoc on the Reina Mercedes. | ERS Aguinaldo, the Insurgent General. Has 6500 Armed RUMOR TH AT ONE OF THE ee riled With twenty of the Sth Missourians Troops and Has Been Winning Notable o —a me Victories Since May 25 SPANISH CRUISERS WAS SUNK. ] PROPRIETOR WwaS AWAY. aan aa EATING HIS LUNCHEON, | RECOVERED QUICKLY sicleiiha tihiden ai wis Nancie ke FROM THE ORDEAL. opyright by the Press Publishin ompany, 1898. ING, June 1.--The insurgents, sided by the Americans, are giving he) LE Spaniards Admit That a Number of Officers — JACOB SMITH THE VICTIM OF A HONG KONG, June 7.—The insurgents, aided by the Americans, are giving the MOST DARING DAYLIGHT SURGEON HARRELSON ATTRIB- Spanish troops fierce battle. : 3 ards, killed tw and Soldiers and Sailors Were Killed. ROBBERY. UTES INCIDENT TO HEAT The latest was on June 2, when the rebels captured 600 Spaniards, killed twenty AND INDIGESTION. and woundedssixty.. No rebels were killed or wounded. The fighting was still go- R ing on. a PORT AU PRIN ‘ —N Ss ard ion PLUNDER VALUED AT The Americans were aiding the insurgents with boats and machine guns. INCE, June 7. o news of fighting or renewal of the bomb ment of San NEARLY $3000. IMPROPER FOOD , The British residents remained in Manila, but most of the foreign residents had | to- day has been received here. From reports of yesterday’s operations it is believed that the Amer- — . TO BLAME FOR IT taken refuge among the shipping in the harbor Gen. Aguinaldo, in numerous 7. Step , : *é é E . 2 oi §tore Located at 1545 South Broad- can a ee skirmishes with the Spanish troops, has gained signal victories. He has captured ican fleet has driven the Spaniards from some of the harbor entrance defenses, and it is possible that 5 2 700 troops. some of them are now in possession of United States marines. A dispatch boat from the fleet is ban nearly way Entered From the Rear and Wholesome Effect on the Commissary, Through desertions of the native troops Spanish forces have been weakened fully pected here to-day. the Jewelry Taken From and There Will Be No More Vac- 1500. Show Cases. cinations After Cool Hours The first skirmish of any moment took place May 25. Two hundred rebels cap- of Each Morning. tured .124 Spanish, including 12 officers, and killed 17. The rebel loss was four RI | N ED FO RTS; DI SMANTLED G UJ NS. killed. During the lunch hour of Tuesday, be- ee ae In an engagement two miles south of Cavite, the same night, a small force of tween 13 and 12:30 o'clock, burglars broke | special to the Post-Dispateh. rebels in Bulucan Province killed twelve Spanish and captured twenty. One rebel NEW YORK, June 7.—A special rate Cape Haytien, describing the ile of Santiago open the jewelry store of Jacob Smith,| CHICKAMAUGA PARK, Ga., Juke 7.— was killed and one wounded. 2665 South Broadway, and completely looted | 5¢™°0"-Major Harrelson began vaccinat- The Spaniards, in revenge, burned the native town of Falissa, murdering women de Cuba on Monday, says that the forts about the harbor are now a mass of ruins. The Morro is ne shapeless pile of ruined masonry and dismantled guns, and the Estrella battery is utterly ruined. — ing the Sth Missouri this morning, after a the lace carryin wi ’ PE / , ying «away diamonds, Startiing interruption last evening. Twenty and children. watches and jewelry valued at $3000. me cluding two lieutenants, fainted un- The rebels began a movement toward Manila June 1 and built intrenchments ia Re ocak ton e230 This result, the dispatch says, was the work of 10 American ironclads,. which passed back and forth ae Sy ee 4d ¥. nie [ 4 eat ec Sade _ — oh ay Oe os x re Joi 2 % co nea oe + ae — j eam ee ny og pei ince rae te Ya Sree , or ie - gh os PS “a ‘ 4 - oe aa 4 It was one of the most daring and suc-| der the ordeal and the Major issued ey behind Bakor, on the Manila road, mounting two cannons. oak ree perpetrated in Bt. cool'of the morning. we ws Lakme om: = cha oe La an lasting four hours. The insur-| £"0m Port Cabrera on the west to Port Aguadores, on the east of the harbor entrance, discharging ~ Jacob Smith's jewelry store is located in ae Bw ee Ape netgnege gage ee’ 9 arid. | gents ¢ aptured 200 sb perce tm tan Aarne et yee erlang’ gear their heavy guns as they steamed along, so that scarcely a yard of the coast escaped the deadly can-— en yy ead — Pm ec in the hot sun, drying Uh irearms. A strong Rs re . kitied and’ 100 woanded: nonading. At Port Aguadores, the fort recently constructed by Col. Ordonez, the famous artillery — . rVale We ine first to wii, e he . view of an endless throng of pedestrians. | jamb iano c ais came rapidly unul th pnt nora paternal me 4 ee aus woke expert, was blown to dust and Col. Ordonez himself was badly wounded by the flying splinters and Byes Re es nee ing no tp. eects: corday™ “Major Harrel- Gen. Aguinaldo says he can capture Manila unaided when more arms are| debris. Capt. Sanchez and Lieut. Yrizar, artillery officers, were also wounded. Later in the day the now, and was endeavoring to keep up his Southern climes, ‘Tae virus wile inected, received. sieke eatioss faveriably SollaweAquiaslds’s proclamations, American ships moved closer to the mouth of the harbor, where the old cruiser Reina Mercedes had business by attending to all of it himseif, ih waa the combination af eat ani pas | * og 0 bovsergs- yw po respect the lives and property of all foreigners and| been discerned attempting to place explosives about the hull of the Merrimac to blow her to pieces and managed by taking a hurried lunch at Ld onkaie ‘of the latter revives the one ee Spaniards, except those who have aided in fighting the insurgents. and clear the channel. i old "improper f es the and will bi ies The penalty of violations of these orders is death. O N E S H E LL FRO M TH E BATTLES H p O R EGON, He takes his lunch at Peterson's, 1549 The tea days fleid rations issued at the The General announces a dictatorial form of government, to last ave pending South Broadway, just four doors away Batracks are just out sn the oth and Col ill th nvene a congress, frame a republican con- ss 7 Moore eXpects regu.ar army diet to-mor- | questions are settled. He will then co n : . ¥ Tuesday noon Mr, Smith carefully locked | row. eines Rng g drilled hard and the me Fa FO and elect a President. FE. HARDEN, h A 13-inch shell from the Oregon landed squarely abaft her pilot house and tore all her upper imipaired digestions rebelled against this; . -Dispatch. ipa - Special Correspondent of the Post-Disp works to shreds. s ~*~ ae ‘ * é a ae a &: RS ne Sh ge ay w - 4 - ’ v ¥ rast i 7 5 7 + 2F- volley. . 7 re 7 ae the 4 > —~ a s+”, -_—- ——- -.-— but 25 or 30 minites. is growing tiresome. There has been a sul- oo ficiert QUANLiLy of this, but il is the “‘same- a ee . eeomerrmed to Hd. his show. | OUtons from home nave in & measure ie ( FIGHT] NG lieved this, but there are some who are 8o Cases had been absolutely despoiled of ey- | UNfortunate as to have no hom. > 3 R 3 A perfect shower of shell and shot fell upon and around the old cruiser, and she was 80 badly erything. weil cared for by Ue a Noble and others in The rear Goor stood wide open, ana| Me Grane Army, Tobacco, canned good ; : , , —_ at and vegetables have been sent from ; , a,” se . o : showed how the robbers had entered and ime to time and it is lucky that the: boys About noon, according to the Cape Haytien dispatch, a landing party of American marines Capt. Wrenn of the Bons of Veterans Co. A near Daquiri was attacked by Spanish infantry and a squad of cavalry. The insurgents were post. open with a jimmy. I has been notified th: at a quantity of smokes | S yy f H G t H d : 3 : event ours oO anc-to-Man a Mr. Smith says there were 18 trays of |) s company to-day Insurgents Have 4 1 lat aking it a b f thie ; ‘ceded. The §S ish fore defeated wi : ae Jewelry in the sh Lioutenant-Colonel Demuth of the 2d Mis- h S b b nd Have Wor but and later making it a base from which they proceeded. 1e Spanish force was defea with BHOWCASES, all e comp: C2KC A . ‘ . ‘ : : hinGn GC Vetuabic eccde ee ee ee et coe, eee Calon Conflict in the ouburbs a “ heavy loss and driven back toward Santiago, leaving their wounded behind them. f Hie eal this inrTrn.! that t ¢ dai ly food . eee . , Six or seven of the trays held watches, | supp was aaa indeed Py as mere Dewey Now Holds Them Back. The Americans are now entrenched near Daquiri And are landing heavy guns preparatory to 7 he Mer could ent. we@yv are ol /Q- ° = . . . . r . . . “ . , | , se moving them toward Santiago and laying siege to the city. There is a panic in Santiago. The resi- See anes With earrings’ and! to bring tha up te full rations, in which tion inside the old walled city. pins of the usual assortment. All wate | i turned back by the Copyright, 1898, by the yen a cor een oats, testing the drawing bridges : taken. |Tegimer.t. credit, given : via Hong Kong, June | the certain destruction that now awaits Cervera’s fleet and the forces of Pando and Linares, | dei ‘tment and delicacies or Oe exp) ained ; | 6.—The Spanish outposts have been driven | streets and artillery along the walis. The have begun work on t) CASe o he ley -T. , vi ' ‘ 9 ro withous the | leat‘ ‘ + issue I this we ee n givea that 7 hand-to-hand fighting for 70 hours and gur- were well treated. the others natives. CLERK CHAR | O-Gd omn ii briwade, Col. Moore The violert) winds and va ve of view has said oat ine ym hart are eager ~ ‘ } f th ' ¢ Ss > . ; ay Summ ed te headquarters this morn- ‘ain endered the Spaniards’ rifles una- | ¢ sh upon Manila forthwith, but that » 4 . . _- 2 4 rt) ‘) . GED WITH THEFT. | } . } Phil Temi in command unr : oh 4. deasrh ablei The n ative “9” “us. ly won at every Admiral Dewes % unr“Colonal at Chickamauga | ing a typhoon. Chief Aguinaldo {n the course of an inter- (Copy right. 1292. by the Assacigted Press.) ¥ succeeded by a brigadier he he p with their slashing knives. To-day the passionate semi-savages to storm a civilized an id Mo. ate. NBW YORK, June 7.—Rodert i ih poet ; yw > , - ' “— y: ‘Ss, a] brigeds ‘ap*. Roe li, ehlef of Ut rd- |} is comple reled for a distance of | time the insurgents have bern forbid — clerk for bv art#, Choate & Beaman la w- a7 Darimen s.) ; rat st@ " ve sy efticn 2 = cross the Malote River, seven miles ate at Punta Gorda and Soc apa, in aadition to bombarding the Spanish fleet in the harbor. The per-— a ee Vers, Was Arrested to-day, accused of steal. | CAN PMeNts of Misseu ‘OOps Mill A native regiment under Col. Aguinaldo,| of Manila; otherwise the Petre] will be : : ie i ; ~ hed rap al | -eousin of the insurgent leader, yesterday | stationed there to bombard them. centage of effective projec tiles was very lar re. ng & package contain: ne S730 worth of! The . ~~ ade in cam: , , : Th } ewelry aad a lett | in of al j mee men’ Was mat ' n ca n , joined the tnseurgents. e volunteers smelt powder yesterday. ] l | . hi ] } bl i etter of credit for $i6.0ny, | this n ‘thing that the payment of troops The Governor has tssued a despairing | An officer was killed and three others It appears from the best information obtainable at this piace, the cable station connecting faed, package belonged tn Treadweli Cleye. | Would beg ' This was received w.th | proclamation begging the insurgents to’ wounded. The rest retired rapidly. One a a me mbeor of iife firm gren ¥y in Missour.’s penniic#s = ra nKs. -eome to terms. and meanwhile he is ar-| German resident has enlisted with the vol. Santiago de ¢ ‘uba, that immense damage was inflicted on the enemy. The Spaniards admit that the wos -——~ =~ — jreater Was the deligh ‘hen it Was known | panging to remove all the Spanish popula-' unteers. ! bombardment from the American fleet was most destructive. About 1600 projectiles are said to. - NEW YORK BANK FAILURE. of enlistment. which, in our case, Is J) ms } . , nal c leamp pasite | dre have been fired by the American warships, and it seems that the responsive fire from the Poe ee ot te a. nae 3 nen by cert loliars eee. Ser buted among | SPAN ISH REPORT OF BOMBARDMENT. forts and ships was scarcely felt at all by the Americans. Hy: i. cunene wae 7.—The Comptroller | memoriation the deatn is G C ~+4 b ease eres ay MADRID, June 7.—The following official dispatch has been received here from The fortifications near the entrance of the harbor are described as being riddled with solid « ud ae received a telegram!) Capt. C. B. Allen of K Company has been | Havana: and shattered by the explosion of the immense shells fired by the American battleships. The Sr i. ish batteries are understood to have been virtually silenced and El Morro and the (rtications a ie Rational Bank of De N. “ong Delaware | @ppointcd Judge Advocate of the Ist. “Col. Aldea, commanding a Spanish column, has had some sharp fighting with 2 ee ee | SCIENTISTS AS EXPLORERS. body ue rebels who are supporting the landing of American forces near Santiaga t 1 + | : Tee J ” rarshi land: _ apo 0 SY and rh si, | College Professors Wil! Tour the Colo- : 2 erate warships protected the landing party. The result of the operations is} So¢ana and Punta Gorda are reported to have been demolished by the three hours’ uninterrug 1 iF ot Known, ed Se te bank had individual deposits is sald to be due.t CeLSiVe | mueeS® CkCessive sate Canyon and Enchanted Mesa. “It is supposed that the renewal of the bombardment of Santiago, lasting from hammering of the American fleet. . Rene = AN FR ANCTSCy c. " Ju a 7 . A »3 ty “e LL : . m . . . — Hs Pre rn ein. | 8 tO 11 o'clock on Monday morning, was inteaded to distract the attention of the The American attack is next said to have been specially directed against Aguadores, a & ‘ “JUDGE” AL LOSING VENTURE. of salentmts, headed by Dévis Starr Jordar: Spaniards and enable the landing to be effected.” Publishers Go Into to Voluntary Liquida- AY ia, ton + “his is} ace will be made thelr sig : . m pe ! ) coast town a little to the east of the entrance of Santiago Bay. The idea of the American, 4 yes beng Expect to Recover. ane ef pupplics, ae oe miral, it appears, was to land troops and siege guns there, after reducing the defenses of the 7 ‘ NEW June 7.—~The board « : Cal i) tivation. The Grand Canyon of th a. ‘the du of the Arke! Publishing Co, Pak - ae coeknee ) Enchanted Mesa wil. be ALL POLITICAL DISABILITIES REMOVE D. and thence make a close assault psa b Santi igo, W hich, in view of the present condition of its f es oe eS of New York Se gg Seep WASHINGTON, June 7.—The bill for the removal of ol! political disabilities arising | Cations, may be expected to yield very soon after the beginning of such an attack. 4 Ave de to Ko into voluntary 11 POST-DISPATCH . , - ‘the | 1 7 ey ry re from the Civil War is now a law, President McKinley having formally approved It. Heavy cannonading was opened up on Aguadores ata t earn! de enegrenl ae u oes GM. nnsessseees 78 12 noon , 59 | Representative Jenkins of Wisconsin is its author. The law declares that the “‘dis- | The lat . aAuinein ved here feom Spanish nom . duration < + a. Meade ccvecce . . . Be Te cn ernvancns PT wewees abilities imposed by section 3, fourteenth amendment of the Constitution, heretofore ee Cal : 3 whether. American troops and sae yee were ostanas ance at Agua ores, p, PUt fro | Seer eee eee BO. Me seweeensen” De Be newer eee eet BD | ‘ 4, are hereby removed.”