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VOLUME 12.
GUTHRIE OKLAHOMA SATURDAY EVENING JULY 2. 1898
NUMBER 81.
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to witness our Fourth of July
jollifications; but now tbat ho j
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becomo such warm friends ho a
will cease to look at It in a per j
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weary to pay two or three prices i
for good reliable- drugs; but 2
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THE CAPITOL HOTEL
The Capitol is 300 feet from the Postoflicc 200 feet from Opera
House in the center of Business and lias tlie Best Cyclolie Gel-
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Our prices for this season will be as follows:
Ice in quantities of 500 lbs and over 85c per 100 lbs
Ice in quantities of 200 lbs and less than 500 lbs 40c per 100
Ice in quantities of 100 lbs and less than 200 lbs 50c per 100
50 lbs of Ice 25 cents. 25 lbs of Ice 15 cents.
12 lbs of Ice 10 cents 0 lbs of Ice 5 cents.
1 000 lb ice books containing 40 tickets 25 lb $5.00
260 lb ice books containing 40 tickets 0 lb $1.50.
Distilled water 5c per gallon.
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to Washington I). O. and return.
They will bo on salo July 3 -I and 5
18HS at Santa Fe Hon to ticket otllccs.
I'ullman Palace and Tourist Sleepers
and free chair cars will leave points in
Oklahoma on July 4 lM'S for accom-
modation of teachers and their friends
and go through to Washington I) C
without change Tho unders'gned will
be glad to toll you when train will pass
this station or ncaiest junction point.
Itinerary and list of desirable low-
rate excursions from Washington f ice
on application. A. J. Cokkik
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and in fact everything in my store at
reduced prices. I will give you thc
best Paint for the money in tb
world. Call and got prices.
REHFRu'S DRUC HOUSE
JU ) C .1 tut tfH 1 1
Could Not Withstnnd the Dead-
ly Work of Shatter's Men In
the First Engagement.
Wnh1nton July 1. Just two months
after the battle of Mnlla and on the
first (Mr of the monUi. Ilhe that slortous
cngwempw beiran tlie flnft Mt battle of
Hie war In this hemisphere. What the rt-
sult will be was not known st the de-
rmrtinents close. Never since the detar-
nMsn of war has there been such a feel-
Ins of interest slid anxiety manifested.
The officials lierc are confident that tliey
Have done everythlnx possible to strength
en Shafters hands for Mis crcat conflict
he Is wsfflng and tStey have an unlimited
confidence In his discretion his bravery
und his cnerny. Tlie artmck today sever
al dnys before the puMIc mind expected
the little. Is a tribute to Ilia energy M
wvll nH to his judKtnent according to the
present IIrIKs for itie undoubtedly found
It nocossary to erusli the foe In deUfl.
following .N'iMleon favorite naxlm In-
tend uf hIIowIiik them to coiisollilate and
out number Mm.
As the day ware Iomr wltlimft grlnifr
Ing any nws the anxiety Increased ana
tlie (mention ww In every ones mouttl
'V-by J Id he not reportr' Adjutant Hen.
Owrblns response vmm brief but fnilnted;
"He is fighting: run writing" and this
was accepted as a llkdly and sound ex-
planation. Just before 1 o'clock came a
brief dlspAteti from Playa Del Bate obe
cable station near Santiago. Hut It wrib
frtun an engineer officer to nn. Miles am
no rfenences to the progress of the bat
tle merely referring to certain necessary
innter.... and live stock.
On Mie whole tlrts very absence of of-
ficial news was regarded as rather a fa-
vorolle Indication the reasoning lieing
that this mornlrws engagement was bui
n sklrmlflh mid that our army was feel-
Inn tho onemy to dtscovi- ami attack at
at his weak spot it wns nearly six o'-
clock when the slgnat officer received' the
welcome news that the enemy was re-
treating. ORNHHAI. M1UKJ OPINION.
Qen. Mlls ws of Uio o(Mitton tbat tlie
action of today was In the nature of n
heavy skirmish all along the American
front particularly on the right and that
Its main purpose was t develop the
strength of Wie enemy ami. If possible
Sffanlsh front. Tills however was based
on the lack if deflnnlte Information and
Gen. MHca fitlt that any lioer might Ih
ing word of a genera engagement llut
Gen. Stone w 'ncllned to believe that
after maintaining their stand today Hie
Spaniards would retire during the night
leaving tho city evaluated.
SllAI'TIon WIM. GIST THR DONS.
The military authorities here are fully
considering the chanee ef such o retreat
of the Simnltfli army from Santiago and
are endeavoiinK so to shape events that
Gen. Shutter's foroes will not only take
Santiago but will capture the H.flft) SfNin-
lards before tliey get nvny northward to
effect a Juncture with Oen. IHuido. I'ull
Information as the possible lines of re-
treat has ben plaoed at the disposal of the
war department. One of the meet inter-
eailiiK statements is that of General Man-
ager Cox of the Spanish-American Min-
ing company at Ilahiulrl whe U liwrough-'
ly acquainted with ail the country sur-
rounding Santiago. He shows that the
two possible lines of retreat are: first br
the road to 1C1 Cobre; or second by fol-
lowing tlie line of the Sabanlllo and Me-
rit to raldreexl. The first Htie will be easy
for alMHit the Drat ten miles or as far am
Kl Cobre but after that the country is
mountainous and barren and would net
afford subsistence and the pass to reach
the central plateau or the Island would be
difficult. The more Nkeiy line of retreat
wil' lie along the Hue of ttt above men-
tioned railroad crossing tfce fflerre Mes-
tra at El CrbMo a pass ten miles north of
Hantlaieo which Is the lowest pv
through the Sierra. Maestra for BMny
miiue. The country back of this is a roll-
ing plateau of rich agricultural land. At
Mamtcms on the railroad two miles north
of tbe pass is an Iron tMrfalge consisting
of a series or SO foot spans on iron trestle
bents. This poiat Is about tvtu miles be-
yund tbe Crtsto si.mmit and Just beyond
litis bridge tbe railroad divides Into two
branches. The destntcMou of this bridge
would be tbe mast feasble method of pre-
venting tbe approach f Gen. Pando's
Spanlah trooiie to relieve gantttgo. It U
prottable tbat if the Spaniards retreat by
this rand tbey will wake a stand on the
Idntean at Kl Crieto and bold the pans of
ttt Crista. The only ether pans through
tin mountain of i e north point is at Ks
eandei summit abOMt nix miles In a
straight line east of the pass. ISscandel
summit U i. feet above the sea and bt
reached from tiaatiago via Oeney.
HOT I'f-ACBfc- FOR AMUl'HII.
The road from nantlao to Coney Is
fairly weed being wide enough for vehi-
cle. IMween Oaney and Usoandel the
ruad. wbleh is no mo.e than i trail. a-
oends ttie moualaina an dis very winding
and broken. Keyond ISscaiMlel. aoruee the
range the cuuntry is hewWiy tlmtitred
and broken and the roads are not good.
it !e an ideal country for ambusn. Tit
thnuld the 8arrieh iroopsi rMrnpy the
i'rlntn plateau and pasx.
The rnilrond ha been fortmo.1 hv n line
of block houe protecting tho lirldg.'i
and certain aones if cultivation lnctone-1
between those forts have been planted
during alt the time of the war .ind would
afford s supply for 1be army for a certain
time. In the meanwhile w.- t potnt.w
could be obtained which In three months
Would mature. These sonc of ciilllvntbrn
exist along the road as far .is Han t.uls u
Which point tltere Is considerable country
In cuMlvatlon. On he other branch fthe
Sabanllln branch) the aones r cultivation
extend as far as (tango.
DRWET'B BITITATION.
While not prolix in his utterances. Ad
miral Dewey loses no opportunity to
keep the navy department Informed of I ho
state of affairs at Manila. A dNpalch
camp from him today dated 'nvlte. Jmv
S7. reporting the condition helng prictl-
cally unchanged but not ronling thc ar-
rival of his reinforcements. He hail tnimo
other matters f Interest to cimmunlcvit.
but they were not or a character that
could be properly mode puhllc nt ihN
stage. For one thing It can he n itel that
Admiral Dewey haa been purtleulnr t
avoid committing his government to any
particular line of action respecting in-
future of the Philippines or to do any-
thing that would embarrass Oen. Merrill
In framing a iiolicy to meet tho needs of
the case wnen he arrives. He hns made
no official pledges to the Insurgent leader
although he has not hesMated to openly
praise his good politics and his accom-
plishments. So far as the navy department knows
the Cndlc Ueet is still at Port Said unnhl
to coal but U l taking no chances on
their course and Is snenillly pressing tho
arrangements for the dispatch to the
Mediterranean of the eastern squadron
under "Commodore Watson. An evidence
JUST BEFORE BATTLE
How the American Army Was
Lined Up Against Santiago
When thc Fight Began.
(t'opyrlghted IMS by Associated Press.)
General I.awton' headquarters Itlo
Una mo Thursday June 30 3 p. m. by tho
Associated Press Dispatch lkmt Wanda
to Port Antonio Jamacla July I i p. m.
Filed Kingston Jamacla July 1 3:30 a.
SANTIAGO FALLEN
Daylight tomorrorw (Friday) will sa
a movement of the 5th division under Oen
I.nwton to a new base northeast or San-
tiago All this morning ilcn. Oarcta'a
Cubans have been moving irom .heir bill
camps on the cast and have lieeil ltasslng
headquarters almost at a Jog trot.
Assuming that 1.090 men will 1h deploy-
ed on the northeast the American ad-
vance Is a net which Is now drawing
closer around tho doomed city.
Oen. I.awton's men will move at day
break. Throe miles east of their pres-
ent position there rises R narrow ridge In
the Santiago valley. Southward from hare
the troops can look down on Caney tiny
picturesque old and once a thriving Span-
ish town almost at their feet. Three
miles west crowning a low ridge that
crosses thc Santiago valley are seen the
Spanish barracks ami a large building
over which floats the ltl Cross society's
Hag. This Is the ltd tin Mercedes hos-
pital where tceonllng to all pnelfrw ac-
counts are now located I.leut. Ilobson
ami the hemic seven.
The valley three inllen wide would be
a garden spot In time nt pence. Now It
Is filed with a rank tropical growth cov-
ering abandoned plantations. The only
sign of habitation between Santiago and
Of this purpose was made visible today" In Cavltn Is lliigum house once n hospital
the packing and forwarding of boxes of country lmtel now used by the Spanish
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At Sevilla June 24:
B.IORK private First Cavalry U. S. A
BERLIN. . private First Cavalry. U. S. A.
CAPRON ALLYN K.. captain Hough Riders.
PISH IIAMILTON.IR sergeant Rough Riders.
CREWS. JAM KS private Rough Riders.
CULVER EDWARD private Hough Riders.
DAWSON TILDEN private Rough Riders.
DIX. private First Cavalry U. S. A.
DOUGHERTY . private Rough Riders.
1RVIN private Rough Riders.
III5FKNFR HENRY S. private Rough Riders.
COLBE private First Caval-y U. S. A.
LEMNOCK private First Cavalry. U. S. A.
WHITE corporal Tenth Cavalry U. S. A.
YORK private First Cavalry U. S. A.
At Baiquira June 22:
BLAKELY F. R apprentice Newport R. I Tc.vns
At San Juan de Porto Rico May 12
UNKNOWN gunner's mate U. S. S. Amphitrite.
WIDEMARK. FRANK seaman U. S. S. New York.
At Cienfuegos May 11.
REGAN PATRICK matine .
At Cardenas. May 11:
BAGLEY WORTH ensign. U. S. S. WInslow.
DENFEE .. U. S. K. Window.
MEEK. .J. B. U. S. S. Wids'ow.
VARVERER JOHN. U. S. S. Winslow.
TUNNELL EUJAI1 R. U. S. S. Winslow.
ing to i ll Informed officer .imlpei-h.ips
sooner. Santiago will be taken.
ThN m e of I lie lirili .liM-l n will c.rtn-
iletdv I urn the Span I -.h eastern Hank.
(Jen Keiits command mil 1. .i4 to move
up parall to its present position acting
as n wall against the horde of Spaniatds
from three strong lines south and esost.
Should a serious effect toe made to pre-
vent Gen I.nwton gaining the desired
plateau and nhc Spanish Interior force
rticrcby he weakened Oen. Kent and Gen.
Wheeler may be thrown forward and a
general movement be precipitated. A
large detail -hns ben at work nil day Im-
proving a military road to Oanoy with
cw of the artillery and the supplies
rpr the other force rutting through the
woods paralell to Old Santiago road. Ii
Is also possible that this opening my tir-
ing the siege guns Inland from the rail-
way that Is now working up the rosst
In the hands of our troops.
The condition of tbe American roeph
la excellent. Despite the hard rah.s and
hot sun only U men out of Gen. Lawsons
command were retried III on todays lok
call. The other commands are equally
well off. The men are rtill of snap and
eager for the big fight. In preparation
for the final assault upon Santiago sixty
tried men In each brigade non-commts
sloned officers and privates have been
promoted to he wire clippers; and tliey
Will proceed the first firing line alraut 300
or 300 yards for the putpose of cutting tile
barbed wlro fences of obstruction to tbn
way to the city. Their mission Is a mo
haanrdoua one as they will lie exposed
to the Are of our own ment as well nH
thai of the enemy. Tlie Paclflcoee Who
have bm brought Into tbe American
camp during the last few days are In n
children are absolutely starving and they
welcome American shelter.
Gen. Shelter has established his quart-
ers with Oen. Iiawson and today hoisted
the corps ag. Today the signal corps
used observation balloons obtaining n
perfect view of the Spanish enrreitnh-
ments tbe city ami tbe harbor.
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charts of all the waters likely to be trav-
ersed by Watson's squadron directly to
tbe ships on Santiago.
DAVliT 1N(JDJBS
WAMTtl TO KNOW WHT CAM A It A
STAYS AT POUT SAID.
Ixwdon July 1. In the house of oom-
mons today Michael Davltt asked wheth-
er article t of the Suez canal convention
stipulated the warships of belligerent
should only reina'n 31 hours at Port sUld
whether the Spanish ships bad been iher
since Sunda) and whether Egypt or
Great Ilrllaln wax responsible for this
long stay.
The parllannntery secretary ror t.i for-
eign office Mr Curson. In reply said i'i
provisions of thc ronvrntion ha J never
been brought Into operation and the ques-
tion was unparliamentary for tho Kgyp-
U.IH government.
Wh-u are tbe reasonsT" S4ked Mr
Davltt.
"I am not in the councils of :he Egyp-
tian govi-rnnh fit." said Mr. I'ufSon i.i re-
pir.
tsMer Mr ('urxo-i made a further -ute-meat
to the rT.it that th.ro are t mr
British and Ave German warqajna at Ma-
nila lie added that the Iiriltsb forco was
diuVlclent for the protection of be Inter-
ests of Great Iltilaln and if tri Mi n.t
the ease the ( omfaander-in-i hi : kl lb ng
Keag was In a position to augim nt Uiu
naval forces at Manlla.
3IUHI)0CK AIM'OINIKI).
Washlagtua. July l-Marshal M. Mur
dork appointed postmaster at Wu.-I.lia.
Kan . '
IVln your battles against dlseaS' Ijj
acting; promptly. Ono Minuto tui
Oure produces Imrueillabs wum
When taken early It prevents coo
. p.bab.y thinly pa thW8b whlob '- Z Sorl-'
the Spanlih poidtioB oul4 be turned. bod
as a barrieade but now like Cavils
abandoned except for a oerjiorals tiuard
of Spaniards.
Opposite on tlia northern side uf the
valley Is a broad plateau noeealble by
a good road. This Is the key to Santi-
ago. Artillery there neuld eommand the
city and force the Spanlattte to evacuate
or to storm tbe heights to capture the
bnttery. The bitter course tlie A merles ns
ronslder estreatety unlikely.
n. Lawton and bis command from
the ridge will first take Carter. A slight
skirmish U expected but nothing more.
The captured PaclfloM all allege that
the Spanish main force which was liere
four daya ago. has now been withdrawn
Into Santiago lu pursuance of a general
plan of concentration. Spies report Gen.
Linares continuous retreat from llaigulrl
to Santiago. This ptaa hi said to 1st much
against Ms own wishes but to be forced
upon him by bis superior officers. Gen.
Tore! commanding at Santiago. It U
evident tbe Spanish stand Is to be mad
Inside tbe strong enlreftchmenlfl about
the city. With well armed men eager
for a final dash thin stand might well
Imi desperate. The temper of the Spaa
lurds hi hard to ascertain. Owing to the
Cubans biased estimate of Spanish abil-
ity they predict a merely nominal resist-
ance but the Americans think otherwise.
At any rale the Spanish are eating
horses and the civilians are gathering
mangroves In a suburban wood where
souiu twenty have been captured by the
Aiuerban patrol. The Spaniards have
thircfore the spur of hunger. Whether
ti has broken their ngtitlug spirit a few
!n v s Will tell.
Tbe capture of Caney and possibly tbe
occupation of tl- commanding plateau
Is now thought to be the limit of tomor-
row's movement. Qen. Lawtun's oom-
Inland carrbs pruvUtons sufficient to last
until July tth. With the praeant supply
:raln scivlce continuing without any aecl-
oaattr nave food enough
teat to July 12. Jly tbat time acvord-
HIUHHKH'S VIUTOHY
New otk Jub k-The St. Paul arrived
In port tonight and anchored off Tliomp-
klnsvllle. She In M lc St. Nicholas ear-
ly last Tvm1. u i ha- uome here for
dual stores ami un munition also to
have some --IImh i. p mi - to her engine.
Capt. W--ii at i in. offbera were ab-
solutely taar'ciMlbla to preHH represenU-
lives. Cmwiiiei.ii.ic liirorirtatlon was ob-
tainted Hererth. i.- from a oopy of tha
St. Paul's war buiKf lb.- oracle of the
snip whtoli was tiit.unud.' 'Urn St. laul's
great exploit on her mat trip was the dis-
abling of theSpanlah lorpttdo boat Ter-
ror off the harbor of Sa Juan Porto
fUco and being regard. 1 OS by tbe crew
the account of It or otv the first place
ou the first page.
The lon Fooled.
Whmi the 1 1 M r devil I II. came out
of the harbor of San Joan at about noon
an June 0 oovertng the Terror which
was with her from piKiit. tlie Spaniards
thought It was the St. Uonls which bad
been there a short time before and was
known to have a small armamaut and
not the ft. laul which was gobuf to tie
met. In tbe exitectatlon f snalng a fine
prise brought Into pert Ute Sianards
gathered In great crowds along the har-
bor wall to see It. The engagement last-
ad a little over half an hour during
Which the St. Paul fired about 1M shots
three of them hitting the Terror smash-
ing one of her engines killing tbe chief
engineer and another man taking off the
legs of a third and wounding Ave others.
The Battle. ri!" d Urt.O
Thc budget says:
At about 13. W the third class cruiser
Isabel II cajue nut and steaming und'-r
the Morro until she w abreast of the
batteries corotmncrd edging out towards
us firing at such a long range that her
shots were ineffective Ai her purpose
evidently was to put us within lire of
the batteries we took but little notice of
her lying stld and occasionally sending
in our largest shell at her to try the
range. Boon afterwards She dropied to
the westward and the torpedo boat' de-
stroyer Terror or It msy have been her
sister ship the Furor was signted steam
ing along shore under the batteries.
U (JKTTIMJ UAY AUAIN.
Madrid July L Two cabinet councils
hsve been held todsy. A revival of tbe
war feeling Is notices. ..e. 'the clerical
organ.' putilisb violent artlebs against the
advocuien of p" are and the j.rlcm ar
preucbiiig war to tin lHu r mil I he con-
ervatieKM aio d i Lire ag Hint (he id
Hut Thoy Did Hut JJtlloTowai
I liuckiiif? tho Dotcrmiiieil
Oil-Rush or Slinftor's
Jfrnvo .Men Heavy
11 oin hintlinont
Accounti'd
For.
Special to The Dally Leader.
Playa del Esta July 2. Th
American troops are now prac
tically in possession of Santiag
de Cuba.
The tiring of warships hean
by tlie troops during the battl
was from the New York Suwa
nee and Gloucester which bom
barded the Spanish battefte
from 0 to 9 o'clock. '
Piiiiilo Got There.
Special to The Dally Lender.
L'laya del Esta July 1 (de
layed) The Spaniards were en
couraged yesterday by the ar
rival of Pando's 7000 men Iron
Manzanlllo. He reached Santi
ago without disturbance excep.
by guerillas.
LOSS IS HEAVY.
Many Gullant Americans Fall
Before Santiago.
My Scilpps-McUao League.
xr I.S . -r . n j-. i.
Yiasiiingion juiy .uenerafi
Shatter wires this innmlno-. 'I
. fa.
"I fear I have underestimated
loss last euening. Must have
lully equipped hospital ship .at
once and additional medkal of
fleers and supplies; also launt h
Shaftkh.
One Hundred Killed.
Six Hundred Wounded
Hy HcrlppsMoUao Longuo.
Guantanama via Playa del
Este July 2. El Caney Is cap '
tured and Aguadores has fallen.
It is expected that further in
formation from the fight will be
received later in the day. Since
morning nothing has been heard
from Shafler.
Santiago now remains only to
be taken The total fall of the "
ciiy is only a question of a few
houis. The battle was fierce all
along the line.
The American troops now com
pletely surround the city leav
ing no way for thc Spaniards to
escape except by capitulation.
Great confusion prevails. The
telegraph wires are shot away
in places and it is difllcult to
estimate the casualties but it
Is believed tbat 100 Americans
were killed and COO wounded
JThe Spanish loss must have
lieen greater as our ships aided
our troops m shelling Hit- high
positions.
Slinltor'H Uriel' Message
STILL FIGHTING.
Ht Scfippt-Mollae League.
Wahiiimimo.n July S.Pigulng was
resumed this mornlnif at Kautlago but
nothing has been reoe'vel indicating
results. The only mestage rtoelveil
sayu tho thermometer registers 100
which tnakrs the fighting all the
hardur for the Americans unsed to
ho severe climate.
Qen. Wheelor is HI and was carried
to tho front on & litter. It is reported
that Pando reacbtd Santiago with
7000 roluforcementa but is discredited
by the war rtpartruent as it Is believ-
ed tbat Pando was opposed by Oen.
I!M and 4000 Cubans.
Sm?II to The Daily Louder.
Washinoton July 1. The
war depaitment has received
thefo'lowing from Gen. Shatter -
uaieu at oiooncv: v
We have had a very heavy
engagement to-day which las ed
from 8 a. ra until sundown. Wo
have carried their outer works
and arc now in possession of
mem. rnere is now about three
quarters of a mile of open space
between my lines and the city.
By morning tbe troops will be
entrenched and a considerable
augra ntatioii of forces will be
there. Gen. Lawton's divicinn
and Gen. Bates' brigade which
have been eniraeed all ilnv i
carrying Bl Caney which yiil
In line and In front ot Santiago
during tlie night. I regret to
say that our casualties will be
above 400 but not many of ties
are killed. Shaft jcr."
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