... the attack without waiting for his siege guns to be got into position in the hopes of being able to take Santiago on Independence Day. It may be, however, that he distrusted the ability of the Cubans under General Garcia to keep back the Spanish rein ...

... health of the President of the United States at the annual dinner of the American Society in London in celebration of Independence Day, the Marquis of Ripon, who was one of the guests, said that the toast had usually een given from the chair ; it was a ...