The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 24, 1898, Page 2

(&) THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1898. LANDING OUR TROOPS COMPLETED Sixteen Thousand Ameri- can Soldiers Are Now On Cub Insurgent Force Assistance Debarkation. ON BOARD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH-BOAT WANDA, BAIQUIRI HARBOR, Cuba, Wednes- day, June 22, 5 p. m. (via Kingston, Ja- maica), Thursday, June 23, 5:30 p. m. At 5 o'clock this afternoon 6000 trained American soldiers are camped in and around Baiquiri, and 10,000 more rest on their arms on board the transports | ready to join those who have debarked as soon as the available launches and boats can carry them ashoré. The Cuban insurgents bore their share in the enterprise honorably and well. Five thousand of them, in mountain fastnesses and dark thickets and ravines, lay all last night on their guns, watching every road and moun- tain path leading from Santiago to Guantanamo. A thousand were within sight of Baiquiri, making the approach of the Spaniards under cover of d an impossibility. Ge! al Shafter, on board the Se- gue *a, closely watched the landing of the troop . ie General Lawton, who had ed to command the landing s, led the way in a launch by his staff, and directed the formation of the line of operation. General Lawton threw a strong de- tachment for the night about six miles west, on the road to Santiago, and an- other detachment was posted to the north of the town, among the hills. The Test of the troops were quartered in the | town, some of them being housed in the buildings of the iron company. Other troops were quartered in desetted | houses, while cthers still preferred the | shelter of their tents in the adjoining | fields. The landing was accomplished with- out loss of iife, the only casualty being the wounding of an insurgent on the | hills by a shell n one of our ships. He will lose h m. The insurgent | troops at Baiquiri are commanded by General Castillo and are estimated to | number a thousand men. NEW YORK, June 23—A special dated at Playa del Este, Cuba, to-day, | said that at 1 o’clock this morning the last of General Shafter’s army of in- n had landed at Baiquiri. SHAFTER WILL SOON BE HAMMERING AT THE GATES OF SANTIAGO. WASHINGTON, June 23.—Secretary Alger and General Miles were in con- ference In the Secretary’s office at 4 o'clock to-day when the first Madrid bulletin announcing that fighting had | begun was shown to them. The Secre- tary read It aloud with evident satis- faction and both of them expressed themselves gratified with this favorable | report, coming as it did from the enemy. There was no surprise that the fighting had begun so soon. It was suggested by the reporter that the troops had completed their landing only this morn- ing. “Yes, but they have gone there to fight and are ready to begin it at once,” replied General Miles. Secretary Alger said that no word had been received up to that hour indicating that fighting was in progress. He had no reason to doubt, however, that our troops had encountered the Spanish forces and had given a good account of themselves. He commented on Admiral Cervera’s cable that the situation was “critical,” and that the Spaniards had been obliged to retire as in strange contrast | with Madrid’s claims of a “Spanish vie- tory.” General Miles said that the American } troops would now push forward ag- gressively, driving in the Spaniards and forcing them to fight. There was not a suggestion of apprehension or doubt, either with Secretary Alger or General Miles, as to what the outcome would be. They had made their plans and they were confident that General Shafter and his troops would be ham- mering at the gates of Santiago before long. The Impression here is that the Span- iards will make their strongest stand close to Santiago and the inner harbor, within the range of protection of the guns of the big Spanish warships lying there. There is no doubt that until these ships are removed from the fleld of operations the campaign against Santiago will be conducted agalnst odds. The guns of the ships command | the hills over which our soldiers must | come to attack the town and reach the bay, but we will soon bring our own ar- tillery into play. i The naval officials here believe that | when the time comes for an attack by | land upon the town Sampson will force his way into the harbor and take part | in the engagement. They are satisfled | that the wreck of the Merrimac does not completely block the channel, and say that il Sampson does not come in the Spanish fleet is likely to make a desperate eifort to get out. The mines are to be considered in such a case, but it ‘s believed that once Morro Castle Is taken by the combined at- tack of the soldiers and fleat these ob- structions can be easily removed with the experience gained in Guantanamo Bay. The only positive news coming to the ‘War Department up to the close of of- fice hours was a dispatch to General Miles from one of his staff officialswith General Shafter and also a brief dis- patch to General Greely from Lieuten- ant-Colonel Allen. General Miles' dis- patch stated in substance thattheland- ing of troops had been completed with- out any casualties save one Cuban sol- dier, who had his arm Injured by the bursting of a shell. The troops of Gar- ala and Rabl, about 5700 in number, | one OF an Soil. s Render Great During the : | | had met the American forces with en- thusiastic greetings. Stress was laid upon the point that the Cubans were well armed and well disciplined. Gar- cia was confident that his forces would | | be swelled to 10,000 men as soon as San- | tiago fell. About the only need among the Cubans was shoes and quinine. The dispatch to General Greely merely stated that progress was being made in | connecting the military forces directly with the War Department. During the day orders were Issued to the entire division comprising the newly created command of Brigadier- General Guy V. Henry for its speedy departure to re-enforce General Shaf- ter at Santiago. Already the Thirty- | third Michigan regiment and one bat- | talion of the Thirty-fourth Michigan | | have started on this mission. To-day’'s orde: cover the balance of General Hen s command. It includes the re- maining battalions of the Thirty- fourth Michigan and the Ninth Massa- chusetts regiment. These will complete | General Duffleld’s command. The Third .‘ Virginia, which belongs to this brigade, will not go, as its equipment is incom- plete. The orders also cover the entire brigade of Brigadier-General Garret- son, which includes the Sixth Illinois, Sixth Massachusetts and Eighth and Ninth Ohio regiments. The plan is to move all of General Henry’s division on the Harvard and Yale, the ships to make two round trips. The first trip will carry most, if not all, of General Duffield’s brigade. The War Wepartmentallows three days for the trip, two days to unload troops and three days to return to Newport News, making eight days. By that time General Garretson’s brigade will be at Newport News, ready to go on board the ships, and then comes the second trip, taking three days, with two days allowed for Garretson’s troops to unload in Cuba. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., June 23.— The auxiliary cruiser Yale, with .the Thirty-third Michigan Regiment and battalion of the Thirty-fourth Michigan, sailed from Old Point this evening at 6 o’clock for Santiago. The troops, to the number of 1600, are in command of General Duffield. Colo- nel Boynton of the Thirty-third Regi- ment is second in command. The men arrived from Washington by steamier early this morning. A large crowd as- sembled to see the troops embark, and when the Yale weighed anchor and headed for the capes a mighty cheer went up from the soldiers and ians on the Government pier. The aux- iliary cruiser Harvard will leave Old Point for Santiago Monday or Tues- day with another expedition. STRENGTHENS THE BLOCKADE Sampson Will Stop the ““Runners.” SMUGGLING TO BE CHECKED FOUR MORE FAST SHIPS SENT TO THE SOUTH COAST. These Will Patrol From Cape Cruz to the Isle of Pines and Stop the Flow of Supplies to Havana. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, June 22 (via Kingston, Jamaica, June 23).— | With the complete investment of Santi- | ago de Cuba by land and by sea but a | few days off the admiral has decided to strengthen the blockade of the large ports of the southern coast westward | of Santiago. For three weeks the south coast, west of Santlago de Cuba, to | Capeg San Antonio has been practically | unprotected. The blockade has been simply on paper in name only, with | the result that it is known that quite a | number of ships have run the blockade | and that an immense quantity of pro- visions has been smuggled into Havana. Most of the blockade runners have Janded their cargoes under the lee of the Isle of Pines, and thence the pro- visions, etc., have been taken in small boats to Batabano, whence the rajlroad runs to Havana, only thirty-five miles. | The majority of the blockade runners | have gone out of Jamaica, and two of them at least are known to have made several trips. Only last week the steamer Purisima Concepcion, flying the Spanish flag, took a cargo out of Kingston, ostensibly for Manzanillo, but probably for the Isle of Pines. The auxiliary eruiser Yosemite missed her by a few hours. The Purisima Concep- cion carried, in addition to provisions, arms and ammunition. These cargoes were undoubtedly smuggled into the Spanish line and will ald Captain-Gen- eral Blanco greatly in withstanding the siege. . The admiral has now dectded that the blockade running must cease, and yesterday he dispatched four fast ships to patrol the coast from Cape Cruz to the Isle of Pin The Manners of Captain March Of the Astor Battery Desoribed by Alice Rix in Next Sunday’s Call. IN DEFENSE OF HOBSON. Yellow Examiner Journalism Insults the Brave Prisoner Whom the People Honor. ‘Worm ¥o. 168, 'THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. 1,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. RVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. Thid Compang TRANSMITS and DELI Errors can be guarded agaimst ooly b ¢t trausaiisson or delvery of Un Aafter the wessage is filed with the « s e UN peas VERS messages m\lykon condinoas hmiting i amessage back to the xending station n; 1y for transmission. { BEPEATED ME: l(‘:‘A.‘HS. and is delivered by request of the sender. under the conditions named above.. THOS..T. ECKERT, President and General Manager. INCORPORATED CABLE SE ¥ Labilfty. which hate heen assented $ bY the seader of the following messags. for comparison. and the Corpauy will ngt bol i 1tself iable for errorsor doiays esbated W Wrting withia sixty days € RECEIVED at San Francisco; Gala. 168—Ch. Wm. V. 22 Collect an ans 2:45 pm Little Rock, Ark., June 23. 1898 w. The so called Hobson letter is the invention purely of a newspaper It has no foundation whatever. J. N. SMITHLEE, correspondent in this | To its habit of printing bogus “news,” heretofore mentioned, the Examiner has added the offense of insult- From long practice it is able at times to so present a fake that it seems plausible, and one not familiar with the character of the sheet may accept as truth that which is not only not true, but intended to deceive. Yesterday the Examiner outdid itself. It printed a story so outrageous and palpably false that it could mislead no one, and which was a reflection upon the intelligence of the public, an indi- cation of its own denseness and a scurrilous gibe for the hero of the Merrimac, a man whom the world honors. The matter in question purported to be a letter from Lieutenant Hobson to the lady he expects to marry. It It was a crude and boorish effort such as an un- scrupulous correspondent might send, but how it got past the editorial desk must ever remain a mystery. It was badly constructed, full of cheap bombast, silly and inane. acter, common sense, ordinary decency and a knowledge of grammar. ing its readers and the crime of being imbecile. was not a letter from the lieutenant S. Leake, Manager Call., 8. F. city. (Stanaard Tima Editor Gazette. - or any other gentleman. mere feat of composition, not necessarily a bright schoolboy either. Think of the gallant Hobson sitting in Morro scribbling of “our bravery.” Imagine him penning a message setting forth his “daring,” praising his deed, and at the same time affecting a mock modesty more disgusting Had Hobson ever written such a fool letter he would be no longer regarded as a hero. than an open boast. pen would have pried him from the Aside from the “letter” there are some surrounding circumstances which tend to emphasize the ricidulous- It is hardly to be thought that a young lady receiving a note No such note could have ness of the Examiner’s attempted from her afflanced would immediately put it on display. could communicate with anybody he would manage to get some word to the commander of the fleet. had anything to say it would at least possess the element of importance, and there would be some news in it.> The trick writer makes Hobson discuss the reports of the explosion as published by the American pa- Now the individual who thinks the American paper circulates in Morro is so nearly an idiot that he might as well be an absolute one, and stop thinking altogether. claim to circulating there, unless in its wee, collective mind there is confusion as to the identity of the place. pers. Possibly it believes Morro and the For the purpose of so discrediting the fake that the faker would be unable to defend it, or to make ex- cuses, The Call sent to an editor at Little Rock, whence the letter was alleged to have escaped, and asked as to A reply was promptly received and is presented herewith. An analysis of the fictitious Hobson message would be waste of space. One may perceive at a glance that the originator of it simply strung together a collection of palmed them off as having been compiled by the prisoner. would have put Hobson in the position of being an uncultured ass. the fact that the correspondent is in this position and that he has the directors-general of yellow journalism its authenticity. to bear him company. That such a correspondent is a disgrace to the profession about the edge of which he glides like a hyena in quest of scraps needs no saying. He deserves to be in jail as an impostor. any honest citizen would deem the task of kicking him a plain and pleasant duty. impulse of hunger with no chance game there is no shadow of mitigation. is growing bolder. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Juna without foundation. Ella Ellston. The correspondent who sent the story discussed with a quondam friend the best way out of his The latter jokingly suggested that Lieutenant Hobson, the center of attraction throughout the nation, might have a Little Rock connection who might be made a source of revenue to one in his fix. The All the local press will appear in the strongest denunciation of financial straits. story was thereupon concocted and the fake. pedestal. swindle. garbage crematory to be the same. to pick a pocket. sent out. The person who composed it lacked brains, char- A schoolboy could have done better as a Even the Examiner would not soberly set up a incidents with which everybody is familiar and Had not the pretense been detected at once As it was, it merely draws attention to However, for the editors who helped him to carry out the From every point of view the publication of that ‘“letter’” was an out- rage, a gross affront to all under whose eye it fell, a slander directed against Hobson. But yellow journalism Once it tried to disguise its falsehoods; now it seems to glory in their being falsehoods. HOBSON'S ALLEGED LETTER A BARE-FACED FAKE. —The sensational story sent broadecast last night by newspaper correspondent of this city to New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, San Francisco and numerous papers of an alleged letter supposed to have been received by Miss Ella Ellston, a cousin of Lieutenant Hobson, who has been confined in’Morro Castle at Santiago-since June 2, is a cold-blooded fake. The closest Investigation proves that there is not a family in the city who ever heard of His left Morro. If Hobson If he this He is a knave so scurvy that But he may have felt the an irresponsible The story is absolutely sore EWS BROUGHT BY A CUBAN Gives Positions of Cerve- ra’s Doomed Ships. DAMAGE DONE BY SHELLS ONE THAT SUNK THE REINA DID OTHER DAMAGE. Special Dispatch to The Call. IN GENERAL GARCIA’S CAMP, ASERRALERO, SANTIAGO CUBA, June 22, per the Associated Press dispatch boat Wanda, via Kings- DE | 06 16 06 06 06 0 0 10 1% 8 0 08 0 16 6 6 0 K0 8 6 I8 X O marked simply via Key West. fagatogegeg=gegcgogegeg-Reg=Feg-F-F 2R o0 32 8oy e R R R R R R h ] HERALD-CALL BOATS WILL CARRY MAIL TO SANTIAGO NEW YORK, June 23—After mature consideration the Postoffice Department has decided that mail matter for the army and navy in Cuba can be handled more expeditiously and more economically by way of Key West than by way of Jamaica. In addition, then, to the Herald-Call dispatch boats, of which, when they touch at Key West, the Govern- ment will avail itself, the Government will send mail in all Government vessels, and is engaging other fast boats which will go from Key West. All letters, therefore, for the army and navy in Santiago addressed di- rectly to that point will get prompt transmission from Key West, either by the Herald-Call dispatch boats or by Government this arrangement all possibility of international postal will be eliminated and only the domestic' rate of postage, cents for each ounce or fraction thereof, will be necessary. letters should be addressed to ships or companies and regiments and SOOI NN NN UN VIO SRR ES IO transports. By complications namely 2 In future PR e tot R 28 3-8 -2 -8-8-B-X-F-F-F-FoBoR T =] feg 8= Lower Half of Harbor of Santi- ago, Showing Position of Spanish Fleet and the Sunk- en Merrimac at the En- trance. ton, Jamaica, June 23.—A Cuban who left the city of Santiago on Monday night arrived at General Garcia's camp on Tuesday morning with accurate maps of the harbor and of the earth- works surrounding it. * The ships of Admiral Cervera have moved from the position they were in three days ago and now lie in almost a circle, surrounding a small island and lighthouse about half way up the har- bor. The cruiser Cristobal Colon, which | is uninjured, lies to the westward, com- manding with her port battery the nar- row neck of the harbor, while the Viz- caya, also uninjured, lies to the east, her starboard battery looking upon the same neck. Both of the Spanish tor- pedo-boat destroyers are temporarily disabled, one having been struck by | fragments of the shells toat sank the | Reina Mercedes and the other having | her boiler tubes and engines in course | of repair. The most important statement made ‘was in substance that the torpedo-boats have not since their arrival here made any attempt to leave, being unable to do so, although some coal arrived by overland routes two weeks ago. The shell that sunk the Reina Mer- | cedes was fired by the Massachusetts. | Beyond this loss and quite a large loss of life incident to it, there was little or no damage done. The earthworks were disturbed and one smooth-bore gun was dismounted on the west battery. Seven new guns are being put up facing the sea, three of which on the west are ship’s guns of the six-pound rapid-fire variety, and automatic guns of all descriptions, it appears, are being dis- mounted from the ships and mounted | on the earthworks surrounding the city. | A new line of trenches has been dug about a mile and a half from the city. The Spanish soldiers known as the regular tropps are on half ratlons, and no rations or supplies are furnished to the local Spanish forces, numbering about 3000 men. They are compelled to forage for themselves. The spirit of discontent, it also seems, is very wide- spread among the Spanish troops, and an uprising in Santiago de Cuba is feared. There is an absolute lack of drugs‘in Santiago. and, finally, the crews of the Spanish warships are on half rations. Supreme Court Clerk Found Dead. LOS ANGELES, June 28.—F. C. Wood- bury, cl £ _the Supreme Court here, T3 roundacaa 'l nis omoee to-day. ADVERTISEMENTS. N Ot a Mind Cure... 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Or,if you prefer blue, the same is trimmed with gold bullion braid same as cadet gray. This, with a lot of other high-class military and, naval swits on our second Jfloor to-day. THE SOLDIER OVERALLS. Of course, yow know we are the originators of the Soldier Overalls. What you find in other stores are purely base imitations. Ours are made fromthe highest class brown and b we Denim,and they have ths tion military stripes on sides, and the ones we have for Friday and Saturday have pretty mili- tary decorations, such as cross guns, cross cannons and Ameri- can guard wreaths. How long the quantity will hold out we don’t know, but as long as we have ’em yow can have ‘em at 29¢. correct regula- | A lot of pretty Tam o' Shan- ters with the names of our vari- ous war vessels on ’em in gils letters. These Sailor Hats are prime value at $1. In our Hat section to-day and Saturday at THE FORUM CLUB. That's our new Collar for ladies. 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