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' - lis ^ r ^ "v 1KDKLOW 8. CARTER, | ^ A Fasnily Newspaper : For the Promotion of the PolitietU^'^exaL, Ayri<*ultural and Commercial Interests. J TERMS: $1.50 Ykajv. Ei>itob /urn luwaoen. S * _ , ??-. ) Patakuk in ax?t>j*on. bfciVH-WEEKlY Hi! HON. LANPAS'l'KK, S ^TT^'lTiT8~<ig FVTftm ixiun l?co MAY GET HAVANA WITHOUT ATTACK itimm polio of "stripping" spain TO MINIMIZK OlTR LC)SSKS T I By attacking Santiago and l'orto ltico, Occupying the Philipines, Hemming Blanco in and i.eavingSpainDispossessed of all Save Havana?It is Kxpected She Will Kelin. quish This, and a Bloody Struggle Be Avoided. Washington, June 3.?News today is that the destination of a number of regiments has been changed to carry them near the scene of active operations. The regiments of several states in the South which had received orders xo report to vinckamauga navel been changed and the troops will be sent to Florida, a good por-! tion of them to Gen Ijco at Jacksonville. ft is understood that the orders recently issued will carry a large force to Gen Ix>e. The popului idea is that Jacksonville will be a splendid place at which to embark troops for Porto Rico and that General Lee will lead this expedition. lie will have many Southern volunteers under him. These orders, it is said, clearly show an intention to lose no time. While they do not demonstrate the president's plans, it is said, that he has a proguun which, he iielieves, will result in the surrender of Havana without the loss of a drop of blood around that city. The president, it is .stated after going fully over the field, concluded that Porto ltico and Santiago could he taken with much less bloodshed and with fewer troops than Havana. That is why the campaign against the Cuban capital bus been for a time postponed. The president calculates that both Porto Rico and Santiago can lie captured quickly and without American soldiers being subjected to so much diaease. The captuie of Santiago, of course, means either the capture or extermination of Ccrvera, an important part of the 'ampaign. The loss of Santiago itself would not lie greatly felt by the Spaniards, as that place is useless as a base of operations against Havana ami the main Spanish aruiy. The fleet therefore, is the principal object of the program. Porto Kieo is tho next important factor in the calculation. BI.ANCO TO UK IBOLATKD. With Porlo itico in American hands, with Cervera exterminated and Santiago hold by our army, Blanco would 1x5 isolated. He would be unable to communicate with Spain, unable to fight, and in a position where he wotild have to surrender if Spain did not ask for |X)nce before he knew the time had arrived to surrender. Spain i? each day Maid to be wore deairous of |>e?ce. Kurojx) each day force* hcf to her knee* and the blow* now planned would, it is'Rafd, he a clean . knockout. The president ?hopea< that - peace will follow the atirring event* re. ferred to, and ;that* e*pl*iiw hi* deeUe to piM^i forward .the touib paigo. 11 r" a president is anxious to avoid pn ting American troops in the Ci ban pest hole if it can be don IIo is willing thut they shall ligli but he shuns the horrors of : army being slaughtered by di ease. The programe outlim ought, he thinks, prevent ti probabilities foreshadowed by s< enring a bloodless victory ovi the martial Blanco. The loss in battle by the can paigns against l'orto ltico ar Santiago will be minimised bi cause of the small number < Spanish troops to operate again as compared with the number and around Havana. By the time these things ai carried out the Bhilipines will b long to tho United States and tli stripping of Spain will also t complete, it is argued, and si will relinquish Cuba and Havar without a tight on tho westei end of the island. OOM't Tol>?rrn .?? V-...W. *..... ir. > To quit toliacco easily uiul forever, be mi neltc. full of life, nerve ami vigor, take No 'I Bac. the wonder worker, that makes weak m strong. All druggists. 80c or II. Cure gunrt teed Booklet and scmplc free. Addre Sterling Heniedy Oa, Chicago or New Yoi SINKING OF THE M Kit KIM A She Made it Dash to Force t Entrance and Was Torpedoed Five Hundred Feet Up the Channel?Everyltodv Astonished at Iler Audacity. Copyrighted, 181)8, hy Associati Press. Port an Prince, llavti.Juno p in.?This morning nt o'clock the American sqnudri again began a bombardment the fortifications of Santiago < Culm, ami a livelv cannonade e sued for two hours which lonced the Spanish batteries. / American vessel, tin* Merrimn described in the advices from Sa tiago dt> Cuba as an auxiliu cruiser, making a dash to for the entrance, succeeded in passu the first line of defences, hut w torpedoed about 500 feet up t channel. She went down "porpendic larly." An oflicer, an engine ami six seamen wore taken prisi ners. The number of victims unknown. Only the funnel hi mastheads of the sunken vess can be seen. There is groat e citement in the city. A part tho population assisted in t fighting on the heights. Kvebody is astounded at the audaei of the American vessel. T American sipirdron was cruisii all the while in the ofling. The lx>st Ship. Ilaltimore, Juno 3.?The Mt rimac was purchased by tho go eminent from the lxmo St Steamship Company. The trar fer was ma e in this ci v e.arlv ! April. She was formerly t Norwegian steamer Solveig, a i was nearly destroyed by tiro NowjHirt News, in 189t>. She w built at New castle, England, 189ft, and was 1130 feet l<?ng, feet beam Hnd had a net resist of 2,193 tons. The Merr'm left Norfolk where she was tilt for government purposes, a'K> ft nuint li >?n CASTOR IA for fnfaaU and Childrsn. Tli Kiat You Han Always Boug InaMtfttk " " i MERRIMAC AFFAIR < BRILLIANT AN D D A P Hi i '"I DEED. lo RUN OF THKSIIIP INTOTH1 e I HARBOR. rho Spaniards Poured a Territi ) Fire Upon Her, But Lieut 11 <?l>,(j son Gained the Spot He l)eI sired and Then Blew up the ^ Vessel?The Men Floated Away on a Cata jn maran and Became Prisoners of War. re On board the Associated Pres je Dispatch Boat Dauntless. ol >e I Santiago de Cuba, Juno 4, vii Je j Kingston, Jamaica, June 4.? la Rear Admiral Sampson durinj >n ! Friday morning decided to clos< the narrow harbor entrance o Santiago de Cuba by sinking th< collier Merrimae, loaded witl Ijj. ! ro- i coal, in the channel. He ealle< c*> e i A i?. n?r volunteers to go to altnos .^ certain death, and 4,000 men of . fered themselves. Lieut Hob son and six men were chosen, an< at 3 a m Friday morning th< ic i Merrimac, under her own steam ! entered the channel under a ter , rible Spanish tire. The vessc was riddled with projectiles, bu she anchored and swung around Lieutenant Hobson then set off ai j internal torpedo with an electri attachment, there was an explo sion, the Merrimac sank, the chan uel closed, and, apparently, Ad iniral Cervera will l?e pnfbty t .1 escape. 1 of I to Copyrighted, 181)8, l>y Associate o- l'ress. Kingston, .Jamaica, Juno 4.? Hi Lieut llobson appears to hav carried out his plan to the smallest <1; details, ex ept as regards tli rv methods of escape. The roi ee bout in which the crew were t ill attempt to escape was eithe as blown up or shot to pieces, fu lie ; Lieutenant llobson and his me 'drifted ashore on an old eatn u-jiuaran which was slung oyer th or ship's side at the lust moment a o. an extra precaution. Cpon reach is ing the shore the men were take [id prisoners and sent to Santiago ,el city under guard. Later the; x- were taken to Mono Castle of whore the" now are. Cu ?tai lie Oviedo, Admirals Cervera'; y- chief of ' staff, who boarded th ty Now York, did not give furthu he details of the capture. Th ng bravery of the Americans evi dentl> excited as much admiratioi among the Spaniards as it dii among the men of the America! ,t. fleet. The prisoners ? ill lie per lV fectly safe and will probably b ir well treated while they retnaii ,H | in Morro Castle. jn The fleet was wild with do he! light to-night over the tormina I1(j tion of the most daring expeditioi since the destruction of the Con ns federate iron-clad Albemarle, b j? Lieutenant Cusliing in 1M04. Th 4 j admiral is just as glad as th or youngest jackie. Captain Chad tt(. wick, or mo nag ship Now York (!(j who is usually most conservative in speaking of the incident said "Splendid! Splendid! Too rnue cannot bo said about it." The general opinion is that n ^ manoeuvre deserved recognition by Congress for personal braver || rtidre than that of Lieutenao ^ ilobson. His work yas well don ^ and his men are safe Wh?m?h started on tha xpwlitioo fsi 7* * , > v J V - |tSmglil In- could nccomp'ish hi , qjljoct. $*0fficors of the fleet, whe j trtiestioncd as to whether Captui Qviedo eouM have had any u tieriur design in visiting the Ne' York tinder a flag of truce, scoutc ' the suggestion, saying that th j visit was prompted by put chivalry on the part of the Spar c iards, and was noble of them. Clausen, the New York's co> I stvain, went on the Merrimt against orders. Nothing coul have kept him fro n that trip int the jaws of death. It is p. obahl that the Spaniards will try t blow up he Merrintac, but irr probable that they will succeec s Speculation is rife as to the e> * act details of how Lieutenant Hot * son managed to blow himself an "Aship up and live to tell the tab 5 His heroism has cleared up th ? situation. The Spaniards at * i now doubly hemmed in. ! At quarters on the New Y'or 1 last evening. Chaplain Royct j praying before the bare-heade crew on deck, thanked God fc having preserved Lieutenant llol son and the men under hiiu. La> sight the chaplain invoked th l> protection, but few believed ' | possime that his prayer could V j j granted, j Cadet Powell, who was the la | man to sec Lieutenant Hohsc , before his start, and who tin charge of the launch during, i perilous trip, after much need< sleep told the story of his e: pcrience. He said: "Licutenai Hobson took a short sleep for ?! few hours which was often into rupted. At 1:45 o'clock he c.:n on deck and made final inspectio giving his lust instructions. Thi _ wo had a little lunch. 1 lobs< c was us cool as a cucumber. Abo ^ I 2:30 o'clock I took the men wl e I wore not going on the trip in lV the launch and started for tl 0 Texas, the nearest ship, but h ,r to go buck for one of the assi ,r tant engineers, whom llohsi n tinnlly compelled to leave. L. shook hands with llobson the la e of all. He said: 'Powell, wat? a the boat's crew when we pull o of the harbor. We w?II I n cracks, rowing thirty strokes f, the minute.' c "After leaviug the Texas, , saw the Mcrrimuc steaming slov ii i ly. It was fairly dark then ar s the shore was visible. Wofollo\ e ed about lliree -quarters of a mi r to the westward of the harbor ar 0 seemed a bit mixed, turning cor - pletely around. Finally headii a to the cast, she ran down and tin 1 turned in. Wo were then chnsir n him because I thought llobson ht - lost his bearings. When llobsr e was about 200 yards from tl n harbor the lir*t gun was tired fro half a mile off shore, close und i-! the batteries. The tiring increa ed rapidly. We steamed in sloi n I ly and lost sight of the Men i mac in the smoke which the wii y carried olT shore. It hung hea\ o lv. Before llobson could ha e 1 blown up the Merrimnc the wet |. ern littery picked us up and cot y 1 menced firing. They shot wi and we only heard the shots. V 1:, ran in still closer to the shore ai h the gunners lost night of iih. Th< we heard the explosion of t o torpedoes on the Merrimac. n 'Until daylight we waited jn y outside the brtttkers^ half a mi it to the westward e ing a sharp lookout ^ for the bo is! at that point, but thinking that some one might hu^e drifted out, 11 j we crossed in front of \lorro and 11J the mouth of the harhor to the I j$, I i eastward. Anout r> o'clock we I c) w crossed the harher again within a j, d i quarter of a mi e and stood to the j (j ie westward. In passing wo saw one ! ^ e spar of the Merrimae sticking out i. of the water. We hugged the' p shore just outside of the breakers I l. for a m le and turned toward the ic Texas, when tlie batteries saw us <1 j and opened tire. It was then ,0 broad daylight. The first shot L le i dropped 30 yards eastern, but the n ;o others wont wild. 1 drove the . ?. launch for all she was worth, 1 7 1. finally making the New York. The men behaved splendidly." The news of Lieutenant Hohson's n id safety lifted a great load from 5# Cadet Powell's mind, te Probably no other details of | e j this inarvelous trip will be known | until Lieutenant Hobson gets k back. Some heavy tiring was k 5, done shortly before midnight by p( d the New York and New Orleans, n, r j aimed at what was thought to ho ?t i- a siiiall gun-boat, which disap-|ov d ; poared. Whether she was sunk f| isjor not is not known. The tiring }Ul it took place to the cast word of s. >e, Morro. The stroke, which leaves the ni st I government at Washington free j)( m to act without further fear of the ,,i Spaniard's fleet, was planned by i. at ? ' ? - in Lieutenant Richmond 1* Hohson, I y J who commanded tlio expedition. v With him went Daniel Montague, \ - f- w George Charette, .1 K Murphy, , a Oscar Deignan, John P Phillips 1 r! and John Kelly, nil notwommis- ^ sinned officers, or enlisted men. _ . H A ChKVFdt Till k P ?n . It certainly looks like it, hut } i there is really no triek about it. I ? | Anybody can try it who has Lame 10 Hack and Weak Kidueys, Malaria, to or nervous troubles. We mean. ^ he can cure himself riirht away j ?; J by taking Klectrie Bitters. This i medicine tones up the whole sys-1 s"! tern, acts as a stimulant to Liver >n and Kidneys, is a blood purifier I and nerve tonic. It cures Con-1 S| ' stipation Headache, Fainting spells i Sleeplessness and Melancholy. It *li | . 1 . t il l 1) I is purely vegetable, a mild laxi- 1 nt i tive, and lestores the system to 1 )e its natural vigor. Try Klectrie tl to Bitters and be convinced ihat they lj aro a miracle worker. Every p j bottle guaranteed. Only 50c a j 0 | bottle at Crawford Bros' Drug | c '"i Store. 1*3 v"i SCHLEY'S KEI'ORT. x le ? Wanted to Find Out Some Things t and Learned That the Span- I j: lards Have Some Big s in (tuns. a * . . ? ? Washington, June 3.?The ' i Navy Department has bulletined > the following report from Com- s I modore Schley: r er "Made reconnoisancethis after- f noon, Mav 31, with the Massa- ' v- I . .. v. ... Icbusetts, Iowa and New Orleans, '1 | ... s ^ j to develop fortifications with their ( character. The lire was returned . n- ' without delay by the heavy bat- 1 ^ teries to the east; large calibre, long range. The range was 7,000 ,, yards. Reconnoisnnce developed U1 I I satisfactorily the presence of the ^ Spanish squadron lying tiehind ( the island near the upper fort, as ' they fired over the hill at random. Quite satisfied the Spanish fioet is here. ( ^ ^Signed i "tClILKV." t h oo humAO, mani|p on hoi> l ***** atxl ap sfook, oared Jn so miu- 1 ? JuMfcbjr wbolfhrm ftagl{ary? potion, i r' j Thin never fall*. Sold by J K St sell t jgj^Oo., Oruftkt, baweaftfor, S, V I u v - n mui p I *.. w Imitation War Ships. London, June The Spunrds say the vessels penned up in untiago harbor are auxiliary '(riser* painted and rigged in nitation of the hatlleships of ervera's lleet and that the real attleships have arrived a Mada ascar on their way to the l'liiliines. Torpedo Boat Sunk. Kingston, June ?J.?The Ocean sighted a torpedo boat sneakig toward the, harbor and sigilled it to stop. The signal was nproperly answered. The Oreon tired a thirteen inch shell, riking the torpedo boat amidrips. The torpedo boat sank id all hands were drowned. It as probably the Furor of Caieras' fleet. Over a Thousand Killed. Manila, May 31, via Hong ong, June 6.?The Spanish outlets have been driven in all along e line, simultaneous!v and with eat slaughter. It is said that *er a thousand have been killed, liere has been tierce hand-toind lighting for TO hours, de>ite the typhoon which is raging. Washington, June G.?The iw department nt o L >sted the following bulletin: "Admiral Dewey reports the surgents have been actively en lged with Spaniards in the prov ice of Cavite during the past eek. They have won several ietories, taken prisoners about ,800 men and 50 officers of the panish troops, not native. The rscna' of Cavite has been pre arcd for occupation by the United tates troops upon their arrival n the transports." HL'ItNKL) \T THH STAKK. 'ate of a Negro in Louisiana for the Usual ('rime. Dallas, Texas, .June ? A pecial to The News from Shroveort, La., says: A thousand penile gathered at Doyline, about 8 miles from here, to witness lie burning at the stake of Wiliiiii Street, a negro, who atenipted the assault and murder f Mrs Parish. The out age was omniitted on the night of May 0th. Street was 28 years of age# le confessed the crime to a colred minister, but a negro minis er named John Rhodes wasimdieated. lie was tied to the take and the flames were started t 1 o'clock. It was a sickening i irlil 1 ?- Lk-1 Lv.? i^utf nun ti I nil III 111 WMs?, chen Street was a charred mass. rV e I 1 known I a w y e r s in :??le peechos, warning the crowd of legroes that such crimes as Street md committed would not ho lol rated in a civilize*! eommnnitv. The woman whom Street as. limited is in a most critical coalition, hut could identify Stieet vhen a doctor held open her eyeids. I) <>o ? I ? I u llloiwl ltunn Clean blood nipnn* a clean shin. Xo teauty without it. Cawareta, Candy Cut baric clean yo'ir blood and keep it clean, hy Hirring up the lazy liver and driving all iin >urities from the IkkIv. Begin to-day to. mniah pimples, boils, blotches, blaekheada, ind that sickly biliouH complexion b> taking Cascarcts.?beatity for ten cents. 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