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P- 1 1 | VOL. LIL WINNSBORQ, S. C., WEDNESDAY. JULY 6, 1898. NO. 48. || . a"*-" I PRESSING FORWARD" Bp Advance of the American Army W on San+iago. THE SPANIARDS COOPED UP. . Slight Skirmishes Between Spaniards and Cubans. Heavy Losses SusvL tained by the Enemy. Starvation and a^tiress in City of Santiago. W The American front lias been advanced beyond the first crossing of the Rio Guama about a miie. and a tug lies three and a half miles from the Span. ish entrenchments at Santiago. L General ChaffeeV brigade, with three WL thousand Cubans under General Aguirra and several hundred uuderCol. Gonzales. was skirmishing towards the city W this morniug. The Cubans had several slight skirmishes with the Spaniards stationed on the hills on the American right Hank. Laud our auxiliaries occupied the blockhouses in that vicinitv. which were Bb evacuated before daybreak by the Spau iards. The latter retreated towards Santiago de Cuba. W General Lawtou. General Chaffee and General Wheeler have thoroughly reeonnoiteaed the Spanish position, and. with the aid of information furnished by the Cubans, have very good maps of the roads and defenses o*' me city. Much information has also been <>bm tained from Spanish pacificos. who have & slipped out of the city and given themB selves up in the hope of getting food. V They report great starvation and distress in Sautiago. They say the SpanK ish troops are on short rations and that * ail the supplies are being held for their The sick in the hospitals, the pacifi B eos say. are suffering from lack of food, and they also report that seventy-seven were killed and t>at eighty-uine were wounded as the result of the engagement on Friday last with Coi. "Wood's and Young's commands. The most startling information .obtained from the pacificos is that since k the advance began almost twenty thousr and Spanish soldiers have arrived at Santiago de Cuba. This statement is made on the authority of General Lawton and he is also of the opinion that General Pando may be able to effect a junction with General Linares at Sani tiago de Cuba. I There are two forts of considerable importance within the Spanish lines? ^ Punta Blanco, at the southern end of ^ the bay, and Santa Ursula at the south cast corner. On the road to-Caney, on B the north, is another fort. There are R about 450 men in each of these fortifications, and stretching around the wnoie city are nine uaroeu wire icuucs, W fifty yari? while just inside these k are lines of rifle pits. WL Outside to the eastward, about two Smiles beyond the American outposts, is x, line of entrenchments, extending *? .Worn the northern extremity of the city tJOIorro Castle. iittle west of south, at a distance .^about seven miles from General Lawton's headquarters, lies Morro Castle. The road to within a few hundred yards of the batteries at the rear of 31o:ro y was reconnoitered yesterday afternoon by General Chaffee and several members of his staff. The Cubans believe that if the water supply of the city could be cut off. Santiago will have to yield at onse. They say that Admiral Cervera's entire fleet, except the torpedo boat destroyer Terror, is in the barbor. General Lawton is inclined to discredit the reports I that guns have been taken from the I .ships to strengthen tho defences on f land. He says it would he impossible v lor Admiral Cervera to reach the posi\ lion of the American army with his big N^guns from where the Spanish ships aggressive move by the Americansrat anticipated for several days. The rorftd to the base of supplies must be greatUy improved before the onward movement can be safely made. At present it taxes the quartermaster's department, to the utmost to get provisions nnd ammunition. Last night * one pack train arrived with supplies sufficient toj last until tonight, and as this dispatqh is being written another ..nvmumtiAYi 10 *?rtnnn(r TI? A Hill ' VI aililUlUiiVIVM 1.7 VV/IIMW^, it.. traiu of ammunition has reached General Chaffee's brigade, and a battery of (.lading gnus and dynamite guns. . attached to the Hough Riders, has been moved to General Wheeler's ? There is no high ground in the presflk ent jx)sition ,where Hotchkiss or Gat& ling guns could be put in position. but HA a little further on is ground where trims can be mounted and from which an effective tire can be dir:*ct?-d :it the Spanish entrenchments. There were no alarms last njbgjiit. v Many of ours officers are amaml^as they have locked for resistance to ??bu advance. The ground over which they have traveled could have easily been defended. buC the Spanish have steadily retired, not even attempting to har-ic th<> columns moved on through a natural ambuscading country. Apparently. General Linares prefer* Axes place faith i?. the defenses of the MRty and intends to make a "last ditch N ftfht" of it. A few?though only a few -hold to theory that he does not purpose fighting at all. Major Coolidge received orders tc clear the road beyond the front, where the stream doubles back across it. foi the advance of the- artillery. A uyna mite gun and a Hotchkiss gun will be put in position.General Wheeler, who made a re connaissance for half a mile beyond the skirmish lines this morning, findinj that he was unable to secure the desirec view through the luxuriant tropica foliage, dismounted and climbed a tree A major general of the United State: in the forks of a tree, surveying th( Spanish outposts through his fielc glasses, was a spectacle that gave some idea of the wonderful energy of th< ^ dashing ex-Confederate cavalry leader ^ This feat of agility in a man sixty-twc ft years of age put to blush many youngei V officer iu his own staff. jl| Standing Skeleton. A very queer discovery was made a Carpentersville, 111., during excavation: for the public school building. Th< skeleton of a man was found standini r upright. It is suppossod he was uiire< and sauk from sight. i :C.'- - - ' r"' J- LOVE, CRIME AND WAR. I i A Very Strange Tale Told by an Escaped Cuban Murderer. There is a Cuban passenger on one of the-ship's of the biockadiug squadron to whom the phra.se "Cuba Libre" has taken a new meaning, lie is an escaped murderer, and he tells a strange tale of "love, crime and war." His name is Pablo Sail tana lienites, 30 years ?ld. * * '? " l ' 1 I a native or vonsoiacion uei our, province of Piuar del Rio. Seven years ago lie killed a man. as the outcome of a love affair. Twenty-four years was the sentence. For seven of these lSenites lay in the (,'areel de la Panta, the Havana prison. A mouth and a half ago he was put in a ehaingang and set to j work on fortifications. His duty was wheeling sand at Sand Hattery Xo. 1. east of Morro. They gave him nothing to eat hut a few heans. lie said, and lie was almost starved. Thursday last while the guard was at lunch, he and a fellow convict made their escape. They ran into the woods and were soon safely away. For three days they made their way through thicket and brush. ! i?* - -i o. 1. 1.1; ,;i t'luuum me r>i>;tmsji >uiuici?. uum ? ?.-.? j reached the water front oh Sunday. | But at the last moment the other man I became panic-stricken and ran hack to the woods. .Benites knew little of the I war. hut when asked if he was a patrij ot. he replied: "I'll tight for America." j There are between tliree and four hundred men working on the Hand Battery from which he escaped, lie said, and big forces are at work on all the fortifications around Havana. Some information had reached him as to the conditions prevailing in the Cuban capital. "The poor are starving in the street." he asserted. "The Spanish soldiers are on half rations. Bread brings sixty cents per pound, beef costs forty cents and pork is sold for fifty cents a pound." Benites has a brother at Palma. Island of Magorca. The prisoner will be turned over to Commodore Wat son. i HE IS A ROMANCER. A Boy Who Can Beat the Spaniards Gasing. Albert"L. Moray, a Providence boy. who graduated from the gunners" school at Newport I April, writes of the first bombardment of Santiago in which he participated on the cruiser New Orleans. In a letter just received by Moray's parents he says: *;I had the good luck to put a sixinch shell into the Cristobal Coloe and kill a whole gun crew and also wound the Spanish Admiral. In the second bombardment I had another stroke of good luck. We had silenced the right battery and several smaller masked batteries, and the right wing of the fleet korl finisl-iA*} its -wnrk :md was helDinc out the rest of the fleet when a large gun commenced firing at us from the fort (the only one left), and she was doing some close work. ;;Her shells were whistling all kinds of tunes when I hit her square, and you could see her and her whole crew go flying into the air. I have been complimented twice by my Captain and four or five times by my division officer. J "I have killed about twenty and wounded a few more that 1 know of. and if they don't surrender before long I hope to do a little better. The Admiral says we're a regular pepper-box, and 'Bob' Evans says we can give a battleship points on good and rapid firing.'* To Relieve Santiago. From two Cuban officials picked up by the fleet oft' Santiago on Wednesday it was learned that General Pundo is moving eastward from Hanzanillo, with S.700 Spanish troops, for the purpose of assisting the beleaguered of Santiago de Cuba. The Cubans had eome to Aserranderos, in small boats, with dispatches from General Rios for Admiral Sampson and General Rabi. The Spaniards were moving at the rate of twelve miles a day when the messengers left, and at their present speed it is expected they will reach Santiago *de Cuba nest Sunday, July 3. The Cubans have a small force hanging on the Spanish flank and rear and harrassing General Pando's troops at every step. Manzanillo is 127 miles west of Santiago de Cuba, and the roads are in bad condition. The Spaniards say that if General Pando reaches his goal it will be with less than half the foree fie started with. A rii i... r* A ? riu^Ky oea. v_?a.ju<iii. The GOU-ton American schooner Clara A. I'hiniiev of New Bedford, some days ago was authorized to clear with TOO tons of coal from Mobile to Vera Cruz 011 affidavits of reliable citizens of Mobile that the coal was destined for railroad purposes. On rcaeh ing Vera Cruz. Captain Phinney was directed by L. Jonblanc. his consignee, to place his vessel alongside the Spanish setamer "Maria Herrara." In the presence of a group of excited Spanish sympathizers. Captain Phinney bluntly refused, declaring with emphasis that 110 vessel in his charge should ever ; lie alongside a ship bearing the flag of his country's enemy, much less supply Vsnm A^'An ? >\A11 *-? /I At I TllA [ 121*1 WCU it jrintuvi v?* vvai. .**4^ captain, with a crowd at his heels, marched to the American consulate and notified the consul, and wrote at once > to General Spaulding, acting secretary. > that he had placed himself under - American protection. ; The Lake City Murder. The following men at Lake City were - arrested on a charge of being implicated i in the killing of Postmaster Baker: ' Moultrie Kpps. H. F. Stokes, H. C. i Godwin. K. R.McKnight, M. V. Ward I \\ A \\ TIiaso mnn wpro * UUU " ?A> fT ^ A iAVWV i>4VU ?| v< V arrested by Deputies from Charleston > on a warrant issued by Postoffice Ini spector Buella. Everything is quiet at I Lake City and very little excitement manifested. ; Has No Feet. r Col. John S. Candler, brother of the Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia a)?& recently appointed colonel of the Third Georgia regiment, is a t cripple. One of his feet has been cut ~ 1 -- 4.U,. 5 oil au men aoove iye uumc aim u?; i other from the instep. His injuries ; were caused by a railroad accident sev1 t:rai years ago. He uses artiticial feet and walks quite well. SPAN f ARM ROUTE!). I f Gen. Shafter's Forces Occupy | Outer Works of Santiago. BATTLE RAGED ALL DAY. i The Americans Had Four Hundred Men Killed and Wounded. Loss of Enemy Not Known. Santiago Will I _ __ Soon Se Ours. The battle lias begun. .Just two mouths after the kittle of Manila, and on the first day ??!' the month, like that glorious engagement, began l he first set battle of the war in this hemisphere. This startling news was conveyed in the following brief dispatch received from j Uen. Shafter at 10 o clock Friday morn ing: ('amp Near Sevilia. Cuba. Secretary of War. Washington: Action now going on. The lire only light and desultory. Kegan on the right, near Caney. Lawtou's division, lie will move on the northeast part of tlie town of Sauliago. Will keep you constantly advised of progress. (Signed.) Si i a vt Kit. Major Ueneral. LATRR XKWS. Friday night the war rtintriit received the following :idelitit?n;( 1 d:s | patch from (Jen. Shatter: "Si honey. Cuba. July 1. "Had a very heavy engagement today, which lasted from S a. in., till sundown. We have carried their outwoi ks and arc now in possession of tlieni. There is now about three-quarters of a mile of open between my lines and the city. By morning troops will be entrenched and considerable augmentation of forces will be there. (Jeneral Lawton's division and Oeueral Bates's brigade have been engaged all day in carrying El Caney. which was accomplished at 4 p. m. Will be in line and in front of Santiago (luring the night. I regret to say that I our casualties will be about 400. Of I these not many killed. (Signed) Shafter. THE TROOPS IN* AT T1IK START. According to Gen. Shafter's report, the attack on Santiago was begun by the second division" of the Fifth army corps, commanded by Brig. Gen. H. W. Lawton. This division consisists of three brigades made up as follows: First brigade, commanded by Col. J. J. Van Horn. Kighth U. S. Infantry. Twenty-second Massachusetts infantry. Second brigade, commanding officer unknown, but- supposed to be Col. Bates. First U. S. infantry; Fourth U. S. infantry and Twentv-tifth lT. S. infantry. Third brigade, commanded by Brig. Gen. A. K. Chaffee. Seventh U. S. infantry, Twelfth U. S. infantry and Seventeenth U. S. infantry. Tf fin,a anrvars that, thfi p.ntire divis ion which opened the hostilities of the day is composed entirely of regular troops, seasoned and experienced in battle, with the exception of the Second'Massachusetts volunteer infantry, which is regarded as one of the best volunteer organizations of the army. DRIVEN BACK. The American army drove the Spaniards back at every point in an all day engagement Friday. Caney will be taken with 2,000 prisoners, [t is now surrounded. Onr loss is probably close to a thousand. The total proportiou is very large, about 25 per cent. The lighting yesterday was steady though the Americans were embarrassed bv the heavy brush. The Spaniards made a brave but spasmodic defense. Much of the Spanish tiring was by volley, while ours was mostly at will, each bullet . being aimed at a social target. It is impossible to estimate the Spanish loss. SIfAFTER REPORTS HEAVIER LOSSES. Owing to the many conflicting reports of the losses of the American troops in Friday's engagement, it. has been thought best by the war department officials to make public the text of Gen. Shafer's last dispatch received Saturday morning at4 o'clock. ' It is as follows: Siboney, via PI ay a del Este. July 1. Adjutant General, Washington. I>. (\: I fear I have underestimated today s casualties. A large and thoroughly equipped hospital ship should be sent here at once to care for the wounded. The chief surgeon says he has use for 40 more medical officers. The ship must bring a launch and boats for conveying the wounded. . t,signeu) rM i a f Tf.u, Major (iScucral Commanding. OUR LOSS ONE THOUSAND. " Our losses are heavy. An officer from the field estimates our killed and wounded at over 1.000 men. Shells, supposedly from the Spanish licet, did heavy execution among our troops. During a lull in the lighting, an impressive incident occurred. The -1st infantry was out in front and suffering loss from the Spanish tire, hut tin* men sang "The Star Spangled Uanner." even the wounded joining in the singing. THE CIIAItOE A DESPERATE ONE. San Juan heights have .fallen, and the way is now open for an advance on Moro castle. It was a glorious victory. but dearly purchased. The place was the strongest Spanish outpost, well fortified and valiantly defended. The position was an excellent one. San Juan hill is steep, and an artillery battery was located on it. It was-also occupied by barracks and other buildings. Tint- flip American troons stormed the heights awl*'Spanish valor had to yield to the bull dog tenacity and courage of the Anglo-Saxon. As 1 write our troops are swarming up t.he hill and covering it like ants. The Spaniards are demoralized. The fighting has been of the hardest kind and our troops have suffered severely, but the enemy's works are in their hands and they do not count the cost. El Caney is also ours. The general advance, which began at ?> p. m.. has been successful all along the line. After driving the enemy out of El Caney the troops took possession of the village and destroyed the Spanish fort by t which it had been defended. The Span iards fled into the city of Santiago, where they now are. The losses on both sides were heavy. A bursting Spanish shell almost annihilated an entire company of our troops." SPANIARDS SLAUGHTERED. The Spanish loss must have been heavy. The Spaniards opposing (Jen. Lawton s division lost in Kineu. wounued and taken,prisoners 2.000 men. and the loss on the centre and left must he double that number. Our troops have A Alined several breastworks. They en- ; countered a barbed wire fence eight feet hitrFi. Hundreds ??f" the enemy was found dead or wounded in t Intrenches when they Wert- captured. THE FLEET TOOK A HANI). While the land battle was going on the Ueet bombarded all the forts at the entradee of the harbor, doing great damage lo tlieni. Thousands of shells were thrown into tlie fort# by the war* sliips. THE FINAL BLOW. Watson is Ordered to Strike the Coast of Spain. 'I lie plan If'.' :tti attack 011 tin- coast of Spain, which was first outlined ill these dispatches and frequently discus sed. was (his morn in;/ officially auiioiiji ccd )?V the department. The lilllletin posted at tlii* department an Domicilii:' 'i. . .1 < iT. I Ilf- U<~JUll I UM7 ifl VWJlilUUVkUib M uir /II ?w organize the squadron of armored cruisers from Sampson's Heel to proceed at once nil tie* coast of Spain, 'is' tlie heginning' of tin? movement which will probably end the war. As originally announced in these dispatches. as soon as the situation at Santiago was satisfactorily and the preparation for the occupation of Porto ltico lias sufficiently advanced, it was the intention of tlie administration to send a fleet to attack the Spanish at home. The time has now arrived when this movement may he undertaken and the purpose is to lose no time in bringing the war home to Spain, in a way that will make the Spanish realize the absolute futility of resistance. It is doubtful whether this order to Admiral Watson was hastened by any fear of danger threatening Admiral fleet, reported at the mouth of the Suez canal on the way to the Philippines. The formation of this squadron for an attack on the Spanish coast was a part of the general plan for the prosecuting of the war. decided on some time ago. and fully outlined in these dispatches. The movement was held in waiting only for the landing of troops at Santiago, and the development of the situation there to join the squadron. When the announcement was made of the sailing of the Spanish fleet from Cadiz toward the Suez canal, the opinion was had here that the real object of the Spanish admiral was to remove his fleet to a position of greater safety than Cadiz, being informed, as he undoubtedly was. of the purpose of the government to attack the Spanish coast. The movement of the Spanish fleet wa:s regarded rather as a retreat than an aggressive movement toward tne rnmppines. "Whether this theory was correct or not will be shown by the course of Admiral Camara on learning that our squadron is about to sail. If the movement of his fleet is not in the nature of a retreat he will return to defend the Spanish coast and meet our squadron. Otherwise he may seek safety by sailing through the -neutral .water?., of- the . Suez canal; at all events, the movement against the Spanish coast is regarded as a blow which Spain cannot withstand. The squadron under . command of Watson will be powerful enough to meet and destroy Admiral Camara's Sect if it turns back or to inflict severe damage upon the Spanish forts, and if the Spanish fleet should sail to get into the Suez canal our squadron may fol? 1/vn. if intrt tVio AI?r]I1MT1 iinH PCim pel an engagement there. This movement means that the war is to be pressed with all vigor and terminated as quickly as possible blow delivered upon blow. Movements of the utmost importance, aggressive and strong, are to be made by both army and navy. A North Carolina Sensation. A sensation has been caused in Raleigh. X. C.. by a row between Governor Russell and city editor Henry Bagley, of I he .Raleigh Times-Visitor, a brother of Lieutenant Bagley. Mr. Bagley says when he called at the governor's office to introduce air army officer to the private secretary he was called into the executive office where the governor keeping his. hand on a pis< '1 I I?<L- 11r-iriirswl mid abused hi in lor an article printed in The Times-Visitor some time before and violently ordered him to leave. This incident brings out the information that (inventor lUissel lias long believed that somebody has been trying or would try to kill him and has habitually kept a loaded revolver in his desk and a shotgun standing in a corner of his office. This goes to strengthen the impression already prevalent among many people in the State that the gov- | ernor is a dangerous lunatic. A Big War Contract. Commissary (Icneral Kagan of the army Wednesday awarded to "Swift &Co. of Chicago a eontractforsupplying the troops in Cuba with refrigerated j beef insuchquantiticsandatsuchplaces as may be required. The contract is a big one :mkI involves the shipment to tli.it of f;irnr?r>.s of (IrftSSed meat to be used, not alone for the soldiers but also for feeding the reconcentrados and the Cuban troops. The government | j guarantees the contract to last for not i less than three months, and the beefs to be furnished so that it will be perfectly good and fit for use 72 hours after its delivery. To Send the Sick There. Steps have been taken to make Fort Monroe an important hospital point, and it is said that over (?()(> sick and wounded soldiers from the south will be sent there as soon as the arrangements arc completed. A number of tents wili be located near the moat, and they will be equipped with all the conveniences and appliances known to medical science. A large corps of surgeons has been detailed for service at J th^ now station. I A Vessel Captured. According to private letters from Cavite. dated June 27th. the insurgents occupy the whole of Bulucan province. Occasional skirmishes occur. The insurgents captured the Spanish ship Belmi in Kayabo Bay. while she was j landing live hundred troops. A stubl born tight ensued, in which the Spanish ! commander, a lieutenant colonel was I killed. The insurgents have captured j the governor of Uulueun. with his \vife aud children. r imi "destroyed Sampson Does up Cervera's Ships at Santiago. FIGHTING STILL GOING ON. Gen. Shatter Demands the Surrender of Santiago. Reports of the Losses on Eoth Sides Indicate Desoerate FightingWashington, July r?. ? 11 is reported on wbar is deemed to he reliable authority that Admiral Sampson's fleet today eugj&ed the fleet of Admiral (Vrvera and.ejitirelv destroyed it. Washington. .July.!'.?The following statement was tonight given out at the White House: "(Jell. Siiaftertelegraphs: "I'laya dei Kste. .July .'J. Karly this morning 1-sent a demand for the im mediate surrender of Santiago, threatening to bomhard the city. 1 believe the place will he surrendered." The following dispatch was received at the war department: Playa del Kste. .July ?Sihoiiey office confirms statement that all the Spanish fleet except one warship de stroved ami burnini: on the heaeh. It was witnessed by Capt. Smith, who toj.l operator nodoubt of its eorteet ness. Ai.i.kn. "Sijrnal Officer." I'lava del Kste. .July ?The destruction of (Vvera's fleet is confirmed. (Shrned) Ai.I.KN. Lieut. Col. NKWS KitOM SUA FT Kit. I'laya del Kste. .July ?>. Secretary <<f War. Washington: Camp near Sevilla. Cuba. July J!.? We have the town well invested on the north and east hut with a very thin line. lT|>on approaching it we find it of such a character and the defenses so strong it will be impossible to carry it by storm with my present force. Our losses up to date will aggregate a thousand. but list has not yet been made. But little sickness outside of c,\hausIwtilf it 11/1 AVAVf 1A? nf I nMi 11 win iiiiuicn; jiv.il uuu laui liuh w* the buttle of the day before yesterday and the almost constant fire which is kept up on the trenches. Wagon road to the rear is kept up with some difficulty on account of rains, but 1 will be able to use it for the present. General Wheeler is seriously ill and will probably have to go to the rear today. Gen. Young also very ill; confined to his bed. Gen. Hawkins slightly wounded in foot. Daring sortie made by enemy last night which was handsomely repulsed. The behavior of the troops was magnificent. Gen. Garcia reported he holds the railroad from Santiago to San Luis and has burned a bridge and removed some rails; also that tfen. .Pando lias arrived at Palrna and that the French consul with about 400 French citizens came' into his line yesterday from Santiago. Have directed him to treat them with every courtesy possible. Shafter; Major General. officers killed. Washington. July 3.?The following disputes fraiaG-en, Shafterwas-receii^cL at the war department tonight: . " Plava del Este, July 3, 1898. Adj. Gen. U. S. A., Washington: Camp Near Santiago, July 3.?The following is a partial list of officers killed: Col. Charles A. Wykoff. 22d infantry. Lieut. Col. John M. Hamilton.9th cavalry. Lieut. \V. IJ. Smith, 10th cavalry. Maj. Forse, 1st cavalry. C'apt. O'Neill, 1st volunteers. Lieut. Micha. son of Professor Micha. Lieut. Jules G. Orde, 6th infantry. Lieut. Wm. E. Shipp. 10th cavalry. TEH SPANISH ACCOUNT. Madrid. July 3, 4 p. m.?Private dispatches from Santiago give the following details: "Gen. Shaftor's army, composed of 17.000 infantry and 82 siege guns of various calibre, attacked the Spanish positions before Santiago, 0,000 rebels under Garcia assisting them. The Spaniards had only 2.U00 men. partly volunteers. "Our rroops fought with heroic courage. The battle lasted three hours and and the Spanish were then compelled to abandon the trenches and to fall ; back on Santiago. The retreat was conducted in perfect order. "Our losses were heavy and theenemy's were enormous. The list of our wounded ineludesGen. Linares, Col. Ordonez and Majors Amadrid and Arraiz, the latter being Gen. Linares* aid-de-camp. The American attack upon El Caney was very seven;.. The position was defended by Gen. Vera de Roy. with f>00 men. The enemy was at first, repuised, but ultimately renewed the attack." "Our wounded are numerous, including Gen. Vera deKoy and Major Demingnez. The struggle is becoming dfiicult. 2.00(1 Spanish having to meet 25.000 of the enemy." S A N'T I A(10 IJADI.V TORN UP. Definite, positive information is at hand that Santiago had been literally torn to pieces: and that in the-wreck and ruin of demolished buildings the Spanish casualties numbered fully 1.000. This information came from one of the foreign consuls stationed at Santiago, who reported to the representative of his country in Washington the fearful havoc within the city wrought by the American army and the fleet. The distress of the city, even MUlUli; tilC uatuc. an cuuuk ktj the action of this counsel in serving out rations of one-half pound daily to his fellow countrymen, a few hundred in number, for the last month. Then came the brief but graphic recital of the terrible effect of the American attack from land and sea. The bursting shells from our fleet had done the greatest damage inside of the city. Buildings were riddled with rifles shot and mown down with the huge shells and solid projectiles from the ships. Soldiers' Express. The Southern Express comyany in whose territory all the camps of the United States army are located, with the exception of the one on the Pacific coast, lias taken tlxe intitative. and all other express companies have agreed to making a uniform reduction on all express matter shipped to soldiers in the field. It has been agreed that a strait cut of 23 per cent, on express matter for all the soldirers be given from any point in the United States. This action, prompted as it was by pure patriotism and a desire to help those vrhoneed it. is, to say the least, commendable. as more than 200.000 men in the field are the direct benficiariea. A GREAT MISTAKE, At Least Many People Seems to Think So. Sonic thoughtless editor away off in Kansas casually observed that it takes money to run a newspaper, whereupon every edTlor in the land is down on him. Notwithstanding the long established l'aet tluit the running of a paper broke up the devil and exhausted all his gold i ?i_- . .1 ... _ ^ !ij: arm stiver mines more are yet millions ol' people who believe it costs nothing to .start and run newspapers, J Hi. no. replies one editor. What a lie. says another. What an exaggeration! What a whopper! Money to run a newspaper? Never! It has been disproved a thousand t imes, says another; it is a clean ease irf airy fancy. It doesn t take mom-v to run a newsspaper; it can run withoiLt money. It is a charitable institution, a begging concern, a highway robber. B'lJodi'rey. , the newspaper is the child of the air. a creature of a dream. It can go on and on and on. when any other concern would be in the hands of a receiver and Wound up with cobwebs in the window. ll takes wind to run a newspaper: it takes gall to run a newspaper. It takes a scintillating, acrobatic imagination, ami a half dozen white shirts, and a railroad pass to run a newspaper. Hut i . . o . i i:i<hic\ ?iu anu ?yi a hands round, who ever needed money in conducting a newspaper! Kind words art; the medium of' exchange that do-the business for the editor?kind words and church social tickets. When you see an editor with money, watch him. He ll be paying his bills and disgracing his profession. Never give money to an editor. Make him trade it out. He likes to swap. Then when you die. after having stood around for years and having sneered at the editor and his little jim crow paper, be sure and have your wife send in for three extra copies bv one of your weeping children, and when she reads the generous and touching notice about you. forewarn her to neglect to send 15 cents to the editor. It would overwhelm him. Money is a currupting thing. The editor knows it. and what he wants is your heartfelt thanks Then he can thank the printers and they can thank the grocers. Hut money?scorn the filthy thing. Don't let the pure, innocent editor know .i i . . Tr .i i n anvtning aooui it. iveep tnat ior sordid tradespeople who charge for their wares. The editor gives his bounty away. The Lord loves a cheerful giver. He'll take care of the editor. Don't worry about the editor. He has a charter from the State to act as a doormat for the community. He'll get the paper out somehow, and stand up for you when you run for office, and lie about your .pigeontoed daughter's tackyj wedding, and blow about your big-footed sons when they get a $4 per week job, and weep over your shriveled soul when it is released from your grasping body, and smile at at your giddy wife's second marriage. He'll get along. The Lord knows kow?but somehow. WILL TURN BACK. Such is the Impression About the Spanish Fleet. The Spanish fleet thatsailed last week for the Philippines has not made much progress and does not give the United States much coucern. The government lias done everything possible within fair lines to prevent this fleet from reaching the Philippines and the agents of the state dei>artment have been particularly successful in his work. United States Consular Agent* Broad bent has jast made a master stroke which he reports to the department. While the Spanish ships were seeking permission of the Egyptian government to take coal at Port Said the consular officers, succeeded in quietly buying up all the coal available | at the port. This amounted to 20,000 ! tons and it is in a good place to be shipped to Dewey; to serve as a base of supplies Yor Commodore Watson's eastern squadron when it. enters the Med iteranian;or to coal any American vessel that may-pass through the Suez canal bound for the Asiatic station if it should be decided that it is permissible for warships to take on coal at Port Said. The news that reached the department through the press reports that Admiral Camara is about to leave his torpedo bout destroyers :it Port Said be cause they would be unable to weater the monsoons in the Indian Ocean at this season, is believed at the navy department to presage the dissolution of the squadron ;ind the abandonment of the cruise to the Philippines. As these torpedo destroyers have proved their' ability to cross the Atlanta in bad weather. it is conjectured at the department that the real reason for turning back is one that is almost chronic in the Spanish navy, namely, a break-down or a breakage of the machinery of the craft. Leaving out the three torpedo boat destroyers Audaz. Prosperina and Ortez. there is very little left in the squadron of an offensive ' character aside from the battleship Pelayo and the cruiser Carlos Y. At any rate the dropping of the destroyers will weaken Camara's squadron so materially as to make his defeat by Dewey a foregone conclusion if they should come together, j I Troops Reach Manila. Hong Kong. July 4.?The United States Dispatch Boat Zafiro. which left Cavite. Manilo Harbor, on July 1. has arrived here. She reports that the American troops in the transport City of Sidney, City of Peking and Australia. convoyed by the Charleston, arrived at Cavite on June 30. having taken the Ladronc Islands on the way and having left nieu there. The Spanish Governor and other officials captured were brought to Cavite. The United States troops commenced to disembark at Cavite on July 1. Warships in Collision. Secretary Long has received word "R uiiipv at. ICov ! I that the flagship Newark, -with Commo| dore Watson aboard, has been in collision with the Dolphin. The Newark was uninjured but the Dolphin sustained considerable damage. She is i now on her way north to a dry dock. ! No details are obtainable. | A BUNCH OF PRIZES. Several Spanish Boats Captured by American. A dispatch from Havana says '"the j commander of the Spanish gunboat Ardilla. reports that while reconnoiteriug on June 2G at Coloma. PuntaCorets and other places, at Covabia. he was informed that a strange steamer with one smoke-stack, apparently a war ship, 8,000 tons, was in sight. The stranger soon caught sight of the Ardilia and pursued her. The gunboat kept within the blue sea and succeeded in keeping out of range of the guns of her pursuer. To the southeastward the stranger, which fumed out to be an American ship, appeared to be in company with several other vessels. The Ardilia made a reconnoissance on the following day, June '21. and discovered that the American ship had captured the sloops Xemesia. of Hatabano. province of Havana: Amistad and .Manuelita. of (.'olmna, province of Pinar del Rio, and the pilot boats Luzaud Jacinto. It is claimed that when the sloops Were sighted the American ship hoisted the Spanish Hag. believing he had to do with a Spanish war ship. The pilot also approached the American vessel and did not find out his mistake until a blank shot and afterward loaded shells were tired at the pilot boat. The shells, it is ? i * i rm claimed, exploded near lier. i ne j American ship by this time seemed to | have driven the Sjjanish craft into a bunch, including the Luz. Jacinto. Amistad. Xemesiaand Manuelita. The latter, it is further alleged, let go their anchors and were abandoned by their crews, who made fpr the shore, going in the direction of Punta de Piedras. on the southwestern extremity of Pinar del Kio. between the Isle of Pines and the mainland. The commander of the Xemesia, with one of his crew, remained on board his sloop and was captured and taken on board the American ship. Later he was set at liberty, after having been questioned regarding the Spanish fleet and the general situation of affairs. The American is described as carrying one gun forward, another at her stern and four sruns on each side. She is said to have been commanded by a "frigate captain"'and to have carried about six hundred men ' "with blue pants and red fringe," who said they were going to Cuba and afterward to Key West." ABOUT LOAFERS. How to Abate the Great Nuisance of Them. The Charlotte Observer says about ten years ago Charlotte was emancipated from the habit of loafing, From that . time it prospered. Formerly, in front of each store, the professionals sat upon dry goods boxes, whittled sticks and talked over the affairs of men, women and children in the' town. * One rilan made a rule that there could be no loafing in front of his .place of business. He was considered reckless. A little 1 i 1 -L^i J _ il. later a ciotaing nouse niaue ue same rale. -The movement grew until today there is not a business house in Charlotte having loafers in chairs and on dry goods boxes in front of any store. They have be&n driven from one store to another until now the native local loafer has no refnge except amongst the tran-. sient guests at the hotels; He still gets out at night and squats on chairs that he never pays for at the hotels and loafs in disguise, as a tsansient guest of the house. Charlotte has prospered in proportion as the loafing habit has been broken up. The loafer not only produces nothing, but he saps the energies of the working man. ' ' , : Some years ago the Observer wrote of the emancipation of' Fort Mill from the loafing habit. The local paper at Fort Mill copied the article and expressed pleasure in being written abo.ut in that strain. Since then Fort Mill has been prosperous. Salisbury is prosperous by tue errortt 01 tnose people wno are never seen whittling sticks and loafing on the streets. In the course of time in all our Southern towns and cities the loafing habit will be disgraceful as it ought to be. From that time foward every Southern town and city will prosper. In Rockingham the loafing habit has been largely broken up. As a consequence it is a prosperous town. Rock Hill, in South Carolina, was never a victim of the loafing habit? and it always prospered. Founded, practically since the war, it has prospered far beyond the adjacent towns that are more than 100 years old. To all towns we would say: "If you would prosj>er then drive out the loafers." Let Us Stop to Think. Let us stop to think of' the pood-bye kiss. Better miss a ear than leave a heartache. Let us stop to think of the children. We. too, were children once and loved to be remembered. Let us; stop to think of the aged. For us. too, the evening shadows will close at length and we shall, perchance, be left at desolate heartstones. We shall need to be remembered then. Let us stop to think of the stranger. We, too, have been alone and have needed the touch of a kindly hand upon our lives, and many a life has gone out in the blackness of darkness for the lack of such a touch as any one of us might have given. Let us stop and think of G;od and the future. At best the time is short and the end is near. And when it shall come, blessed will be he to wholn the entrance upon another life will be but the realization of dear and familiar dreams, the consummation of a lifetime of longings. Let us stop to think. If there be any virtue, if there be any praise, let us stop to think upon these things. They Are Impressed. That which most impresses the officers of the European armies who have come to the United States to "observe" the war is the rapidity with which an army is being mobilized. To them it is almost incredible that on the 23d of Appil this government had an army of only 26.500 men. Today there are organized, officered and encamped over 150,000 men. When foreigners are told I that these men responded to a call for volunteers, they marvel greatly. Accustomed as they are to bringing their soldiers into the fields by the forced levies cf rigorous military laws, they cannot comprehend the willingness of the American youth to volunteer. The j high character of the American private soldier also is impresssive to the foreigner. WAR REVENUE. ? How Uncle Sam Will Raise the Sinews of War. ' STAMPS FOR EVERYTHING. Hardly a Legal Document of any Kind Exempt. Telegrams, Checks, Bills of Lading and All Commercial Papers Taxed. > The people of this country have had a war on for two months or thereabout* and all it has cost them has been the satisfaction of hurrahing over a Dewey . victory, or a Hobsou, a Blue, or Sampson or Schley. They have not gone deep down into their pockets to pay for ail this glory. They knew what happened and simply trusted Uncle Sam to foot the bills. But your Uncle Samuel wants some help, and he will call upon all the people to assist him in providing the funds. Take telegraphing as an instance, and this is a very large factor in the commercial affairs of the world. Wednesday Manager Gray of the Western Union received instructions from head- - ? , : quarters to the effect that every message sent should first be stamped with a revenue stamp before it could be transmitted. The cost of the stamp for every message no matter how long will be one cent. The law provides that the person "using or affixing the stamp shall write or stamp thereupon the initials of his name aud date upon which the same shall be attached or used. " Some of the principal offices of the State have been furnished with stamps for the use of patrons, but until the stamps are generally distributed from the revenue office there may be some delay in receiving replies to telegrams. At some of the smaller telegraph sta tions these stamps may not be available a for several weeks, and should a reply be required and the receiver of the telegram have no stamps and cannot get them there would be no answer. The . '-yjjaj stamp must be affixed at the sending 'office and cannot be at the receiving office. As to railroad and express companies bills . of lading, money orders and all documents relative to shipping will v have to be stamped. All the railroads . ^ centering here have received a large supply for the use of their patrons. f% The Register has already published the full text of the bill, but in order to refresh the minds of its readers it publishes the lix on some of the documents of ordinary business transactions: "All bonds, debentures, or certificates of indebtedness issued after the - , . 'c^| first of July by any association, company or corporation, on each hundred dollars of the face value or fractioa ' 4L thereof, five cents: and on all sales, or agreement to sell, or memoranda of sales or deliveries or transfers of shares or certificates of stock in any association, company or corporation whether shown upo:i the books of such associa- . ff* tion, company or corporation, or by any . assignment in blank, or by any delivery, or by any paper, &c., on eachhundred dollars of the face value or fraction thereof, two cents. "Bank checks, drafts, or certificates of deposits not drawing interest, or order for the payment of any sum of ? money, drawn upon Or issued by any bank, trust company, or any persons, companies or corporations at sight or on demand, two cents. < . * "Bill of exchange (inland), draft certificate of deposit drawing interest, or order for the payment of any sum ,r0 of money, otherwise than at sight or on demand, or any promissory note except *||i bank notes issued for circulation, and for each renewal of the same, for a sum not exceeding one. hundred dollars, two v * cents; and for each additional one hundred dollars or fractional part thereof in excess of one hundred dollars, two | cents. "Bonds, for indemnifying any person 1 or persons, firm, or rnrmrat.jnn fnr th? . M payment of any sum of money, or for the due execution or performance of duties of any office or position, and to account for money received, and all other bonds of any description, except ; jl such as may be required in legal proceedings. fifty cents. All deeds, instruments or writing, whereby any lands, tenements, or other realty sold shall be granted, when the considera- . tion or value exceeds one hundred dollars and not over five hundred dollars. fifty cents; and for eacll additional five hundred dollars or fractional part thereof in osftoss of fivA rlnllnrs. fifty cents."Lease, agreement, memorandum, or contract for the rent of land, tenement. when not exceeding one year, 25 cents; ^ when for more than a year and not ex- ^ ceeding two years, fifty cents; whea for more than three years, one dollars. "Mortgages of lands or personal property, deeds of trust, &c., intended * to secure any definite and fixed sum, on one thousand dollars* and not exceed- 1| ing one thousand five hundred dollars. twedty-five cents. All transfers or assignments of a mortgage, lease, or policy of insurance, or the renewal or con-5 tinuance of any agreement, contract or charter, a stamp duty is required and must be paid at the same rate as that imposed on the original instrument. Power of attorney to sell lands, &c.? twentv-five cents. ?3S u:n~ ~c ?.1 J. lUl/Uat U1 J1UIU3. Villa Vi CAUUailgC# acceptance, check or draft, twenty-five cents. t ' 'gl "No paper can be recorded or regis- V^Si tered. if such paper is required by law to be stamped, and such paper or document cannot be used in evidence unless stamped. "r _ Stamps can be obtained from the internal revenue* office, and if the war continue long they will be as common as postage stamps.?Columbia Register. For the Usual Crime. Henry Williams, colored, charged with outraging the Browitt girls a few days ago, was hrtnged by a mob to a bridge at Macon, Mo., Thursday. He died protesting innocence. Rev. Rob- ?3 bins, Sheriff Glenn, and Mr. McVicker made speeches, pleading with the lynchers to let the law take its course. Robbins was knocked down and McVicker was knocked senseless. The sheriff and /IrtiMiftAa TPnrA /lie. iliO u^i^/ v^i^vuvivu auu uio armed, and the jail was biodcen into and tKe prisoner taken.