The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, July 13, 1898, Image 1
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HOBSON TALKS
Tells of the Trip of the Mer-j
rimac Into the Harbor.
RUDDER BROKE.
RiasonsWhy He Could Not Kxoeuto
His Purpose ? Kept :it. *
Morro I'ntil tlio British
Consul Protested.
lly Telegraph to Tho (iroenville
News:
Now Vork, July x.? A dis-1
patch to The Herald from oil"
Santiago, Cuba, says:
Your correspondent saw Mr;
liohson after he had made his re. |
port to Admiral Sampson and lie I
consented to give The Heralds!
fuller interview about his experiences.
Ho spoke in glowing terms of
tho courage and bravery of his
crew.
14 Wo have boon 33 days in a
Spanish prison,'' said Mr Hobson,
4'and tho moro 1 think about it
tho more marvelous it scorns that
wo are alivo.
"It was about 3 o'clock in tho'
morning when the Merrimac entoroil
tlio narrow channel an<!
steamed in under the guns of
Morro castle. Tho stillness of
death prevailed. It was so dark |
that wo could scarcely soo the
head land. We had planned to I
drop our starboard anchor at a
certain point to tho right of the.
channel, reverse our engines ami j
then swing the merrimac around, )
sinking her directly across the
channel.
"This plan was adhered to, butl
circumstances rendered its execution
impossible. When the'
Merrimac poked her nose into
il. I
iue cminnoi our troubles commenced.
Tho deadly silence whs
broken by tho wash of u small
bout approaching us from the
shore. 1 made her out to ho a
picket boat.
"She ran close up under tho
stern of the Merriume and tired,
sovernl shots from which it seem- I
ed to be It pounder puns. The
Merrimac's rudder was carried!
away l>y this fire. That is why ,
the collier was not sunk across
the channel.
44Wo did not discover the loss
of the rudder until Murphy rust!
anchor. Wo then found that tho
Merriniac would not answer to
the helm, and were compelled to
make the best of the situation.
"The run up tho channel was I
exciting. Tho picket boat had
given the alarm and in a moment |
the puns of the Vizcaya, tho AI * |
mirante Oquendo and of the shore
batteries were turned on us.
"Submarino mines and torpedoes
also exploded all about us,
addinp to the excitement. The
mines did no damage, although j
wo could hoar rumbling and could
fool the ship tremble.
Wo wero running without;
light* and only the darkness savod
us from utter destruction. When
the ship was in the dosired posi
lion and we found that the rudder
wan gome 1 called the men on
deok. While they were launching,
the catamaran I touched off
the explosives.
44 At the name moment two
toipedoes, fired by the Keina
Mercedes, struck the Merrimac
amidships. 1 can not nay whether
our own explosives or the Span
j isli torpedoes did tin* work, I
tlio Morriinac wiis lifted out
11 ?o water and almost rent asiitid
"As alio sett led down we sera
tiled overboard and out away t
catamaran. A great cheer \vs
up from the forts and warsh
as the hull of the collier found
ed, tliu Spaniards thinking t
Mor: imae was an American \v:
ship.
1 We attempted to gel out
the harbor on the Catamaran, I
a strong tide was running a
daylight found us still struggli
in the water. Then for the 0
time the Spaniards saw us, am
boat from the It una Merce
picked us up. It then was slio
ly after a o'clock in the inornii
and wo had been in the wal
more than an h up. We \v?
taken aboard the Rein i Mercet
and later were suit to Moyro c:
tie.
"In Morro we were confin
to cells in the inner sides of t
fortress and were there the li
day the (loot boinbirded Mori
I could only hear the whistling
the shells and the noise they uia
when tliey struck, hut I j'idjj
from the conversation of 1
guards that the shells did cc
siderahlo damage.
"After this bombardment, N
Kamsden, the British consul, pi
tested, and wo were removed
the hospital. There 1 \*us st
arated from the othor men in o
crow and could see them only
special permission. Montag
and Kelly fell ill two weeks aj.
suffering from malaria, and I w
permitted to visit thorn twice.
"Mr Kmisden war very ki
to us and demanded that Monl
guo and Kdly ho removed to In
tor quarters in the hospital. Tl
was done.
'As for myself th"ro is lit
to say. The Spanish wore r
disposed to do *11 ich for the co
fort of any of the prisoners
tirst, but, after our army li
taken some of their men a-, p"
oners, their treatment was beM?
Food is Hcareo in the city, am
whs told that wo fared hotter til
the Spanish officers."
It K 4 IS Til K kh()M)lk
Mr A C Thomas, of Mail
ville, Tex., has found a mo
valuable discovery than has v
been made in tho Klondike. 1
years ho suffered untold ag ?
from consumption, accompani
l?y hemorrhages; ami was ah?
Intelv cured by Dr Kind's N<
Discovery for consumpth
Coughs and Colds. lie declat
that gold is of littlo value
comparison with this marveln
cure; oven if it costs a hundr
dollars a bottle. Asthma, liro
chilis ami all throat and lung f
feet ions are positively cured
Dr King's Now Discovery f
Consumption. Trial botthsfr
at Crawford llros' Drug Stui
Regular size 50 eta and $1.
Uuaranteod to core or prico i
funded.
The officers and men of t
American fleet engaged in t
victorioua tight with Cerveri
ships the other day will rccei
something more substantial tli
glory from their achievemoi
The law provides that in sea tigl
like tho Santiago atlair, t
American sailors shall receiv<
bounty of flOO for evory man
the ships of the enemy which t
sunk or otherwise destroy*
There wero in tho neighborho
of 1,700 men on Cervera's shi|
therefore tho officers ami men w
divide shout $170,000.
"'J. TORAL'S OFFER TO SUR|
RENDER.
Ill *
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he HA K< i AIN OFFKKKD TO C >!N
"t| SH A K I KK.
ijM |
er-, The Spaniards Wanted to (five
ho Him Their Town It Ho Would
lir* Lot Them Miifoli Away, Fully
Armed, Willi Hands
Playing and Manners
Ml* , Waving?Shatter
n'^ j Was not Making
that Kind
of a Trade.
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1 Copyright, 1 s'jh, by Associated
| Press.
j On Hoard the Associated Press
''1 Hunt Wamiu. < Ml Juragua, Satur
;IV July 0. T p in., via Port Antonio,
'('s July 1", i? a in., and Kingston,
:ls" 10;Jo n ni.?The surrender of
I Santiago was formally ottered I?y
tM' : the Spanish commander (ieucral
1,0 Torul, today, but the conditions
' ^ attached caused u prompt rofu>al
of tiie otter bv (ieneml Slmflor
J ' ~ "*'** v' * *
?* Tim immolation*, however, re[suited
in tlm extension of tho ar>e,M
inislico until noon Sunday, and
',01 white Hags of truce sti I sail over
>n* the opposing armies.
j (Jcneral Toral's proposal con1'
temphited the immediate surren?
j der of the city, but ho insisted
that his army Ik? permitted to
1 march away undor arms and with
ur Hying colors, and declared thut he
; would "ti?rht to the last
uw 1 less tho conditions wora accepted.
ft), ' / i t I #? * > 1 1 * * 1
nenerai nnaner replied mm noinAs
ing t>ut unconditional surrender
would ho considered I?v him, l>ut
he consented to cahle the Spanish
offer to Washington, in the mcanI
time, extending the armistiee.
It was shortly before noon to(l
day when a little group of Spanish
ollirers, under a flag of truce,
lot ' n
came out from under the yellow
will of the besieged city and
at . ^
, slowly made its way toward the
> ad ,
American line. A detail was
ISsent
to meet them, and they were
r.
j | escorted to comfortable quarters,
while the letter from Gereral
an ,
Toral was carried to General
Shatter's tent, * wo miles from
K. the trout. The letter was couched
s-in the ieily, courteous terms,
,ro 1 characteristic of such commimications,
and was hrief as possible,
or . #
It bore the signature of General
II v
t,?l Toral, who commands at Santiago
10- since General Linares was wound w
ed an 1 stated that he was prepared
,n' to surrender the city provided his
armv would he permitted to capi?sjtulnte
with honor. This, he exe<J
plained, meant that the Spanish
n-j forces should lie unmolested ami
f
lI* be permitted to go in any dircction
they wished with arms
or
,0o ' and Hying their colors. Tho let
0 tor concluded with the hold state.
00 luent that surrender under any
'?- other terms was an impossibility
and would not he considered.
General Shatter immediately
he ! cabled tho facts to Washington
h? and sent to General Toral a re1
H fusal of his proposal; hut added
vc that he would communicate with
un his government and would extend
d- the informal armistice until Sund*
day at noon. It was deemed
H? probable that the truce may ex^
i 11 tend even l?eyond the time design
on a ted, as the offer of General Toral
kre to surrender on any terms is re
garded as an indication that the
otl Spanish commander has decided
upon surrender upon the hest
terms obtainable.
The general conditions of the
lien lilt of the American troops is i
excellent, lmt the water supply is!
po'ir mill a number of eases of
nn'.arial fever have developed. I hh
] No deaths have resulted, however, woi
, an 1 in nearl y all the instances the tin
j fever has been broken up by a be
ijlihc.ai use of quinine. j be
The second fleet of transports m?
arrived otT Joragua this morning, re<
I bearing *2,500 troops, including tai
a large detachment of artillery. no
K'lvmlc Ymir lti>?rl? Willi I'liirnrcli.
Cii? Iy I'uUtiirlir. cure roiwtiput ion fnri-vrr *
I 10c, j..,-. II it <" (iiil, ilruircisi>ri fuin) inoix y. ,
ItK NKVKK FRKTS.
ter
[The Reason (leneral Shatter Is
Able to Stand the Heat of
t'ubu.
Th
Kvcryhody is wondering how j
General Shafter manages to sur-1
: vive the blistering calories in Cn-'
| ba w ith his 310 pounds. The ex-i
, planation is simple; he never frets; j
He is e..t l? ......I
* .x ...1 * WW I Mil I 111- |
of Santiago than ho is at Fair
Oaks, whore notwithstanding fe? tl%
! wn
i vero wounos. ho voluntarily ro-'
mained on the field of battle, lakto
line an aetive part until the close |
i , . 1 ,, , . tra
of the engagement. ror this I
. At
congress gave ','ni u medal of
i'ii ho:
honor, which he wears on the;
... v en
I biggest chest in the aimv. Not- i
L 1' 1 " ' Wf
withstanding his great weight, he
am
18, at 03 years, as active as a
lieutenant of 30. "Poena Bill, is i
gei
a tine old chap. .
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tin
ANOTI1KR VKSSKL DKfeJ ,
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TROY ED.
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' coi
The Hawk Overhauled and Desup
troved Another Spaniard.
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Key West, .Inly 0.?Tlio <?Hi - .
j ccrs i?f tin* blockading lleet report- jm
' ed tlio destruction of a Spanish
steamship, Villa Yerda, olT Fort j (
Muriel. She whh loaded with
see
ammunition mix! supplies for etj
Blanco. The vessel was sighted nm
; at midnight Wednesday and by mtt
dawn was eompletelv deatroyed. wn
' The blockading steamship Hawk t.je
I overhauled her, steaming eastward |
I close to shore, and tired across jl!tl
her hows which was ineffectual. ^|M,
The llawk opened tire in earnest, | ttn,
disabling and setting i t ntire. Hi?
The Spaniards run ashore and mn
beached. The Hawk was rein- jlu.
forced by theCastine and a well
' directc*l shot by the latter blow 1
j her to pieces. A majority of the'
crow escaped by swimming 1
ashore. j Th
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George Was a Married Man. ft<'
pa
. >i ? . .in
"Here a curious marriage
from a Missouri paper, George.
A Mr Clay married a Miss Mud." 10
"Happy Clay. He knows that
mud occasionally dries up."?
Cleveland Plain Dealer. m
i l3^Subecril?e for The Ledger C
Bombardment Begun
Washington, .Inly 11. A < ;
'jjnirii from (iencral Shaft*
is received this morning ^tatin
it the bombardment of Santiag
gan today, yesterday's ti r it)
ing only a preliminary skii
sli. Other messages have liee
eived undouhtlv containing d<
Is of yesterday's skirmish, In
thing is given out by the de
rtmcnt. It is reported on goo
thority, however, that a
neriean ship was badly damag
by shells from a Spanish bat
y.
? WOl'NDKl) MKN AKK1VIe
Hospital Train in ServiceThe
Wounded Men Tell of
Their Sensation ? Ktfcets
of the Mauser 'billets.
Tampa, .Inly 1".?The trans
rts Iroquois and Cherokee, at
ing last night brought to
umled men from Santiago
ese have been distributed toda
positions on shore, and th
.nsports are awaiting orders
daylight the long train o
spit a] cars was thrown op
for the reception of those win
'ingoing to Fort Mcl'hersoi
1 '2*2.d men were placed aboard
Kighty seven were sent to th
neral hospital of the Fonrt
no* r- ond file Kiirtrpnn
?re had their first experience i
^ssing war wounds. The suffer
i were treated with the greatos
isideration and while they la'
on the rough pine tahle the;
re an account of their wounds
1 how they were received un<
at effect they had on them
rarihly when the Mauser bullet
uck they were knocked down
t mi tiered little. The hole
med to have been nearly drill
through the tlesli or bone
king no laceration. Only on<
n brought over was unable t<
Ik, all the others having sulli
ntlv recovered to do so.
I'he wounds were mainly in tin
ids, arnis and feet. Men will
ir feet bundled in white clothe
1 their arms in slings were ii
in< lance, but although the}
st have sntTered they wen
WMuii
Leave Charleston.
( haiUston, S. C., July
e Sixth Massachusetts Keg
nt and one battalion of th
ith Illinois are now en route I
ntiago to re enforce Shaftei
le expedition is commanded h
igadier General Gea A (iarret
n. The baggage of the two n
inents was tuken out to tl
lie and the Columbia at t a. ui
o two cruisers being anclx r<
the light-ship, at the outran
the harbor. The cmbarkath
tha troops began at mid-da
? A detailed account has lav
iblished of Spain's naval loa.se
war shibs and 21 nierchantmi
against practalv no losses <
e American side. This torn
convince the most rabid wi
Ivoeate, and, as for a long tin
iat, the whole commercial ai
dustriul interest of Spain a
inging strong influence to pei
favor of peace.
John C. Sheppard announc
mself a candidate for the Sta
nate from Edgefield.
Mdrto Cry for Pitcher** Castor
i m a l 3 o n r i? i g M
VKSTKltDA VS liOMiiAKDMKNT.
i
t After Two 11...u s' Kit ing hy the
ir Ships the Spaniards Hoisted -i
'?> 1:'lnjx of Trnci!?W"lint Fol<r
( lowed is Not Known.
n Copyright, iM's, hy Associated
J l'ress.
I
it Oil Santiago <le Cuha via del
!- Kste, .Inly 1 1.? At half past '
d this morning, after several range
n linding shots over the ridge pror,
' teeting Santiago from the sea, the
- I nited States cruiser Newark
opened tire into the city with her
s ineli guns. The signal corps
I '
otlicers statu?ned on top of the
I ridge reported the effect of t he
; shots.
The New ork, Brooklyn and
Indiana participated in the tiring,
at intervals of live minutes. The
I l)omhardinent lasted for two hours
when (ieneral Shatter reported
.. i (!...? I- - ' " " " ' "
nun ini3 miciis wcii) in ?>lly lull.
'* ing it) the bay and doing but lit1>
i tic damage. The last shot, how
' ever, struck :i prominent church
Y in the heart of the city, which
0 was heavily stored with powder
and ammunition, causing a treM
mendons explosion. The extent
~ i of the damage is not yet known.
f) I When the warships ceased tiring
11 ] and before (leneral Shafter had
begun an attack, a flag of truce
0 was seen coming from the city.
" The object of this was not known
N -4 ntlion tho rnrrounnndorif
n ! of the Associated Press left the
- j front.
t j At 2 o'clock this afternoon the
. United States cruiser Vale, with
(Scneral Miles and the United
- States protected cruiser Uolumoia
' arrived.
i|
. WOUNDKD KKAUII AIL A Ns
TA.
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H J Two Hundred and Thirty-Five
i Soldiers Arrive at Fort Mc,
Pherson.
> Atlanta, duly 11. Two hun
dred ami thirtv-live sick and
: wounded sol hers readied Ihe oen
* .oral hospital at Fort Mcl'herson
? today from Tampa Among them
s are several of the Hough Kiders
111 and many member.-. of the Scv?
' onty lirst New York. The most
e seriously wounded are ('apt l>u!
eat and Lieut Lyons of the i wen.
;ty.fourth infantry, whose families
arenow at Salt Lake, I'tali.
I The doctors arc much encouraged
- .
hv the improved condition of the
1 nien tonight and say they will rein
1
1 cover.
\ ! llrvan to .loin I.ee.
t
?y!
t-i Washington, duly 11. ? "Wilm.
lliitii Tnnnittifc 1l?*\ < roiriiuont
....... uvui....^ ^
ie l of Nebraska infantry today was
ordered to join Gen Filxhngh
L'd l Leo's corps at Jacksonville.
I C P Barrett the noted post of>n
. fice defrander at last has been
Y- | taken to columbus to servo his
'sentence of 18 months in the lT.
L*n S. prison.
ss:
An Old ld?k.
[>n Every day strengthens the belief of emlnent
physician* that impure blood ia the
,n cause of the majority of our diseases,
la Twenty-five year* a#o thia theory wu need
a* a t>aaia for the formula of lirowns' Iron
IP Bitter*. The many remarkable cure* effected
by this famous old household remedy are
j(j suffirient to prove that the theory isrorrenr.
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11 TRESPASS NOTICE.
ir
All persons are hereby i.otifled not
to trespnHM by walking, riding. flablng
swimming or in any other way.on my
plantation, eituate a mile or twoBou'li
68 of Lancaster court bouse. Any peraon
or persons disregarding titin notice
will be proseeuted to the fulleetextent
of the law.
KZWkl*H.
ba June 6. 1893.