Massillon Item (Newspaper) - June 20, 1898, Massillon, Ohio VOL I NO 2s2 EVENING JUNE 20 ONE GEN f Shatters Army of Men is v Reported There V at Ft IV Probably Reenforced Will Delay Attack on San tiago This Week Br New York June Mole St Nicholas dispatch to the Evening Journal says General army of men on forty transports tins arrived off Santiago and Guantanamo The landing of troops will probably be accomplished The first step was to reenforce the marines at Gamp McCalla This probably has already been done and there are now enough troops to make the camp secure against any kind of an attack There will be no concerted move on the city of Santiago until late this week Heavy artillery and ammunition have to be landed and camps purpose of minting in one of even if he 1ms not already done KO Pitman IK said to have ly employed by Lome when lie was in Washington and jt is said he is the direct agent of 195 Washington June 20Adjt Gen Corbin lias made public the names of 195 young who been selected for appointment as second lieutenant in the regular army to fill vacancies created by Ihe a ft of congress adopt ing the three for the infantry and tlie addition of a second lientenant to all batteries tilled to war strength The 195 men selected will be obliged to undergo an tion that will be a thorough test of their mental and physical the service Those who pass the examination will be nominated bv the president to the i Germany Will Not Interfere With Us at Manila Spanish Minister It and Ber lin Correspondent Confirms the Negotiations Proceed ing If Hie report is true Honolulu near being the Wf lie of as fright ful disaster as that of the Maine in much the same way The story is that an attempt 1o blow ihe 1eking was frustrated just yi time An enlisted man it is said was caught just in act of arranging a fuse connecting with the magazine The magazine contains Ido ions of powder and had been guarded closely The it is said is now under close guard and when tlu Peking gets out to sea will be hanged from the yard arm The alleged culprit is said to be half Spanish for Washington navy department has issued advertisements calling for proposals for building the authorised by the naval appropriation These bids will be opened September 1 and 33 months will be allowed for the of the ships after con tract That is maximum but bidders ure invited to specify the time within which they can complete the construction of the ships The ships are to be patterned after the Illinois class as are now being built at Newport News The best features of the Iowa and Indiana have been com in tins class THY Spaniards Will Apply the sTorch By Press Association Key West June now here from the field who know the Spanish methods freely predict that Santiago will be given over to the torch and ships be destroyed when the cap ture of the city becomes inevitable The Spaniards are bitter against the Americans and declare that nothing that can be burned or blown up shall fall into the latters hands orto Rico Campaign Will Follow By Press Association Washington June the close of the present week the administration hopes to have information that General Shafter and Admiral Sampson have completed the work they have on hand and that the city of Santiago and its fortifications and harbors are In possession of the United States forces At least four thousand men will be sent to reenforce Shafter as soon as transports can be made ready It is the intention of the president and military authorities to be teady to start the Porto Rico campaign promptly upon the fall of Santiago It will probably be on the way July 1 When Santi rago Porto Rico and Manila will be taken if Spain is not ready to surrender the capture of Havana and the general invasion of Cuba will take place By Press Association Madrid June 20 Heraldo prints an interview with Almodovar de Riol minister of foreign affairs in which he allowed it to be understood that for peace were proceeding but denied that the powers would probably interfere He said the idea of German interference ia the Philippines was fallacious Germany will not risk a war with as powerful a nation as the United States for the sake of helping such a weak one as Spain New York June Heralds Berlin correspondent cab es the follow ing Am expressly authorizes by the foreign office to repeat the assurance already given the United States gov Germany has no object in the Philippines except the protecting of lives and property of German Swiss and Portugese residents Germany has absolutely ho idea of DETAILS SETTLED Spain Will Provision Troops and Raise War By Press Association Madrid June cabinet ing Sunday settled the details in regard to Spanish forces and raising war funds Powder Mill Blown Up By Press Association June this morn ing the packing house of the King Powder Company at Kings Mills was blown up The house contained 200 kegs of finished smokeless powder in tended for the government A man who is supposed to be responsible was found in a barn near by He is severe ly injured and cannot talk but mutters in a foreign CRYSTAL TAKING OF 1LOIL a SPIES IN THE CAMP Informers are Plying Their Nefarious Trade in Merritt San June ex prevailed yesterday in Canip Merritt over a report that one of the most noted and daring of Spanish spies had been captured in camp It was reported that the man had en listed in one of the regiments of infantry Investigation of the rumor revealed that the spy has not yet been apprehended but itis known that the government has received reliable in formation that leads it that Spain has informers in Camp Merritt and the department has issued orders to to make a close investigation of every man that enlists it can be reliably stated the government fears a certain well known informer whose name for the present is withheld The government has information that leads it to believe that this man is in San Francisco with Easily Accomplished by Steam ers Boston and Concord By Press Association Victoria B CM June to news from Manila by the steamer Earner aid a Boston and Concord left on May 12 to attack News from them was to the effect that they captured the place without resist ance and took the position In the name of the United States The American ship which was seized by the Spanish gunboat Elcano was recaptured TO A SHIP A Report that an was to Destroy the City of Peking Victoria B June The steam er has brought the follow ing from Honolulu dated Tune 8 The Hawaiian Star publishes the fol lowing story regarding an attempt to blow up the United States ship of Peking while that vessel was in port Barn floor dances are in vogne among the farmers The base ball season opened in Mill Saturday in which nine sturdy succeeded in defeating the in a contest by a score of 15 to 5 The boys placed them after coming home from the bank and their showing indicates that here after Navarre will not bein it Wm Shore has returned home from Detroit Wm Smith is visiting friends in Berea Gen Lee Wilson is confined to the house with the grippe The festival given by the band on Saturday night was largely attended and all had a good time The Manchester and Mingle wood bands furnished music and every body ate heartily of the delicacies of the season In order to break in their new uniforms the band was quietly yet pleasantly conveyed in a tallyho drawn by four horses to on Sunday afternoon and peeled forth sweet strains on where a picnic was being held The boys re port having a general goed time and gave a street parade upon returning home BEACH CITY Webster Schlicter a prominent farm er living north of towa died this morn in with cancer of the liver He leaves a wife and sou The Beach City band played for the festival at the Blough church Saturday ev ning They report a larj e attend ance The Lutheran church last evening held their children day services The house was over crowded and the exer cises of a high order It was under the management of B F Shafley Hon George W Wilhelm of Justus is in the city today First Manila Expedition Should Reach Its Destination This is the Expectation in the Philippines Insurgents Decided to Wait for the Amer ican Troops Before Further Attacking the City By Press Association London June from Manila via Kong are that the first military expedition from the United States is expected to arrive today The insurgents have decided to wait for the American troops before attacking the city WRECK AND RDIN American Gunners Spread It Hills in the Fortifications Were Compelled to Use Their Swords in Compelling the Terrified Soldiers to Dp Then ity Artillery BY THE TROOPS IN CUBH UNIFORMS On Hoard Boot Da tint less off Santiago de Cuba via Kings ton Jamaica careful in of the fortifications along the crest of the hills defending Santiago harbor since the day shows that the gunners spread wreck and everywhere Some of the batteries were demolished beyond repair The vultures which circled over 1 lie hills as thick as swal lows around a chimney for hours after the firing ceased furnished gruesome evidence of the fatality among the Spanish soldiers of troops could be seen from the ships digging in mounds of earth piled up by the explosions of the projectiles for bodies while their heads were fanned by the wings of the black scavengers of the battlefield There were two spots one on the east and the other on the west of the harbor entrance which were denuded of foliage The hill tops seem literally blown away These marked the places where the 200pound charges of gun cotton blown by the Vesuvius landed The saffron flag of Spain was half masted for several hours The signin cance of this is not known It is not customary to flags but pos sibly some Spanish leader was killed by the heavy fire of our guns though soine officers of the squadron believe that the flag was as a notT to the Americans that Lieut Hobson and his brave men were dead If Such is the case they must have been wantonly murdered The Span ish might seek to lay their death to the bombardment but not a shot from the American ships struck the fort ress Neither Admiral Sampson nor Com modore Schley believe that Hobson and his party killed We have 17 prisoners taken at amo including a lieutenant besides a number in the United States for re or There was evident demoralization among the Spanish troops during the bombardment Officers could be seen with drawn swords driving the men to the guns but even then they could not be forced to stay so long as onr guns were directed at them The 15 minutes night work of the Vesuvius had shattered their nerves It is believed by some that the 13 projectile fired from the Texas which was reported to have exploded the powder magazine in one of the western batteries did not fall in the battery but went beyond and blew un Special Sale of Granite and Tin Ware SATURDAY and MONDAY P J Deparment Store 2 E Main one of the ships in the harbor A dra mutic incident of the bombardment the act of officer who bravely ran along the parapet under a heavy fire encouraging Ins men to stand by their guus Shot and shell mined about him and after one terri fic explosion lie was seen no more and the parapet disappeared He con Id not have escaped From the of the Brooklyn 2900 distant the men in the grounds could be noticed but a nun ute later dusl and flying debris would take their places and the smoke cleared away only a of red earth could be and gunners had been swept a It was the most deadly and destructive bombardment of the war n shot from Hie big of the squadron went astray The aim our gunners was superb only the coast foris but the bat teries on Smith up the harbor were destroyed Several attempts to find landing places for S1 a troops within n distance of two west of Santiago have the shore for miles is lined with Spaniards While this will not pre vent a landing close to Santiago it may entail considerable delay as the surrounding Country must be thor shelled and cleared before Hit troops can ill safety When Admiral Sampson received advices that upwards of transports would be here Saturday he sent word they should to the south ten miles ind lie there until a landing place had been secured At daylight Friday the launches of the York and the the shore between Ca banas two miles westof to Santiago harbor and two miles further west both points lie east of the mountains sur rounding Santiago bay itie launches pushed their noses into a hornets nest The brush was fairly alive with Spanish infantry and cavalry and the upon the launches was so fierce that reI treat had to be covered by the Vixen and the Texas The Texas lauded Sev eral 4inch shells on the battery at Cabanas it a person Would you call me a crank Whv no 1 never gave yon credit for one V Weekly H Big Black Dress Goods Sale Begins Friday morning JUNE 17th 10 pieces Brocade cts for sale 10 pieces cade worth 7Scts for sale 49cts 10 pieces Brocade worth 90cts for sale 59cts 8 pieces Brocade worth for sale 69cts 10 pieces Bro cade worth for sale 97cts J 6 pieces the finest goods made this season sold from to for sale Lots of plain black goods at equally low prices PRICES Silver Leaf Flour per sack Fancy Potatoes per bu New Potatoes per pk 12 bars Banner Soap 75 30 25 Lion per BECHTEL J
