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VOL. X11TO MANN1NG, S. C., WEI)NESI)AY .1 t yYV S V.. 2 I L; HOW IT WAS DONE. Admiral Cervera and His Gallant Attempt TO ESCAPE FROM SANTIAGO. Additional Details of the Destruction of the Spanish Squadron by the Am erican Fleet. Great Work of the Little Gloucester. Cervera'a fleet is done. Its destrue tion was as complete as that which over took that other Spanish squadron in . 3anila B:'y. Not a single vessel of the mnagnificent Cape Verde squadron re mains afloat under Spain's flag. Cervera is a prisoner on board an American war ship, and all his oficers and men who were not killed in the action or drowned in the sea are prisoners as well. Cervera t ook the last desperate chance that re imained to himt. To stav in SantiaL0o meant that his vessels woufd Le nounded to pieces by the artillery the-ALnericans would have at their command when the city fell. Destruction was certain there. Outside the harbor 'the deadly crescent of the American ships was waiting for bim. To win a way hlie must break this line. He must risk this storn of shot and shell and trust to superior speed of his splendid ships to carry at least some of them clear of his enemies. He tried it and he failed. Before his twenty-knot cruiser were anywhere near clear of the American ships they were on fire in a dozen places. Their engines were shattered; their decks running with blood. They could only trail through the waterfast enough to run ashore- and by courting destrue tion escape surrender. It was 9.30 o'elock Sunday morning July 3, when the Cristobal Colon, the finest craiser afloat, poked her desperate nose outef Santiago harbor. Just ahead steamed the two torpedo boat destroy ers. Behind her, and all steaming at full speed. came the Vizeaya, Oqendo and Infanta Maria Teresa. Every one of them was working every battery. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon the Colon, the last of them to remain afloat, weak ly ran ashore sixty miles west of Santia go, dropped her flag and became a wreck. The other three cruisers, burned and shattered, never got twenty miles from 1 Santiago. What is left of them hangs < on the coral rocks of the beach or grinds < iii the white sauds. The torpedo de- r stroyers are at the bottom of the sea a within four miles of the harbor mouth. 1 There was more to Cervera's dash than v at present appears. For two nights 1 beacon lights have been burning on the high hill at Santiago. After the action < today a war ship flying Austrian colors, v suddenly appeared off Santiago. Seeing t the Spanish ships afire An the beach she v turned sharply around and put to sea. t The meaning of this is not clear to any- t body here. Two torpedo boats made t straight for the Brooklyn. ' Tha. little 1 Glouster, Morgan's old yacht, cutacross t to the -Brooklyn's help and.firedthe first ) shot of the engagemnt..I e The doomed processiia lemaed the S harbor bluffs and turn isharply to the b West: They were making wonderfu'i s speed, and the white smoke of their h guns stretched back from each one like e a veil blowing in the wind. Suddenly. 's with a crash louder than anything before ( heard off noise-racked Sautiago, the five 4i American battle ships opened at onee. jt The Colon actually reeled under the im - a pact of tons and tous of metal. For amt instant her speed- slackened, but her em- a gines were not damaged by this firnt. t discharge, and she had regained her ii speed before the Vizeaya, that was ebse 1 behind, had overtaken her. The fixes American battle ships strung out inl~ne I parallel with the Spanish naval priees- f sion. The Spaniards were between~ the r Americans and the shore, and sabocthr sides raced, and it was broadside -to broadside. The splendid Spanish eruisers had guns enough abond.to. 'do us great damage and her mn,~ worked them as fast and as hard as they- knew how; but, as in the battleeDwey fiughtg the one thing the Spaniards lacked was skill in gunnery. Their shells made the water boil far beyondi the- Americana -line, but not a shell hitangofour shipsd in this part of the conf'i.. The Americans, on the-ceontrnary,nmdet nearly every shot coun.. Their fire was not over fast. We had~ships enough to give the enemy leeway without wasting ~ ammunition. The end. was never for a moment in doubt. To-run. the gantlet a of the American ships in the position they occupied was a naval impossibility but Cervera and hist captains made a gallant try at it. Carvera's plungs was as magnificent as itswast hopeless. Thee Spanish Admiral. iladi not even the sat isfaction of damnaging- his country-s enemies before his ships were destroyed.r Tfhe Gloucester was hit, but did not lose a man, and a single- American, George H. Ellis, chief yeoman ofk the Brooklyn, was killed, and thaa is the total of the loss sustained hy she Amecr can fleet. We have now on hsard our ships 1.300 of the officers and rnen of the Spanish squadron. and probably 700 lost their lives in the action. When the Spanish ships came to their end. they were clumsy with dead men, and in the wreckage that floated fromi the shattered war ships other dead were tangled. While generally on guard against an attempt by Cervera to break fronm the trap he steamed into six weeks ago. the Americans had not expected a (lash at 5 this particular time. So little idea of it was there that Admiral Sanmpon on the flagship New York was seven 'niles to the eastward when the Spanish ships started out of the harbor and made their *' wild rush. The destruction of the a Spanish fleet was accomplished without a the presence of the American naval E chief. The New York only came up in: r time to add a tew more shells to the. i storm of iron that was beating the last ' breath of life out of the last of the Spanish ships. Of course, the shtips.ofi [ i the American fleet were ready for C'{r. 0 v'era when he did come. The Ne s bold bow of the Colon was hardly. in sight before the signals passed from? ship to ship, and the American . line closed up to wait for her. The Iowsa a Indiana, Oregon. Massachusetts and e Texas were all there. As close :ary . was the big cruiser Brooklyn 2nd the -it little improvised torpedo boat destroyer e Gloucester. The Americans did not . fire at once. Certain of their ability r > t destroy the Spaniards. they waited fo r them to get outside of the protectic (,f the shore guns and into closer r. While the Gloucester was fightiim d torpedo boat destroyers the Texas. Towa Oreg.on. Indiana and Blrooklyn were in a fierce pursuit of the others. The Vizcaya and Maria Teresa were hit re peatedly. but kept. going. firing as they went. Then the Alnirante Oquendo got it. Hler tire slackened. and the men onl our ships cheered as they saw her headed for the beach. She kept up her fire from her after guns for a few minutes, but presently she was done. They ran her ashore about eight iniles west of Santiago. The Maria Teresa did not last much longer. Within a quarter of a mile of where the Oquendo. was run aground they beached the Ma ria Teresa. and the two wrecks were burned. The vizcava ran on. and the fleet coneentrated its fire on her. The terrific hammering she got cut down her splend id speed. and in a very few in utes the mnen oi the Almerican squadron realized that this ship was also out or the confliet. Two niles beyond where the Maria Teresa lay a smnoking wreck they ran the Vizeaya ashore. As sIe grounded there was a teriflie explosion. This left only the ('olon. She showed no sign of injury, but ruShed westward with the whole Ameritzin squadron. ex cept the Gloucester. in. pursuit. Ilow the squadon finally destroyed her sixty - miles up the coast imist he told later. I The Gloucester was left alone again the torpedo boat destroyers. Shie ha 4 enigaged theni first and was drilliri' them with her six-pounder. They slaT' ped back at her as a pugilist in a prim fight might slap at an airnoying moswi5 to. but they had no time to fight pignes while the giants were in their path. Seeing that they at least could neer get away. the Pluton and Furor tu ned ;s if to go back to Santiago. Again they had to -face the Gloucester's six pounders. Commander Wainwdiht. though his armament was nothing ntear !qual to those of the Pluton and Furor made no attempt to get out of the way but pounded away with his six-pounders is if they had been thirteen inch guns. Even a six-pouider can work havoc oni m unarmored torpedo boat destroyer. rile two Spaniards made a desperate tttempt to sinik the converted yacht. Phe first was -too much for theni an; 1 hey both went down. Of the sixt y nen on the Pluton only twenty escape d :o the shore- These were taken priso n ,rs. Lieutenant Wood, in a small be at -escued six men from the sinking Fu or mnd got the colors. Then the Glouo es er proceeded t' gather up the prison rs. Three hundred prisoners w ere aptured on the beach, including Ad-mi al Cervera and his staff. The Spartish dmiral and his captains were taker on oard the Gloucester. Captain Wzain rright placed his private cabin at, the 'panish admiral's disposal. Cervera was slightly wounded. and ntirely broken down. Many of the rounded prisoners were also taken on he Gloucester, where their wonids rere dressed. The Spaniards all se m d half starved, and were grateful for be Yankee food which was offared hem. The slaughter on the torp-edo oats was so mething frightful. Wh ile Le Glouce:,,ter was engaged in this, the few York came steaming up from the ast. Adiniral Sar&pson had gone to iboney to confer with General Shafter, ut got back in time to join in the pur alit, of the Colon. Admiral Ceruera ad surendered on the shore 'to Lieut nant Horton, and at his own reqw~est -as takenx on board the Go-ucester. 'onunanider Wainwright received the eaten naval ehief at the gangway. He 3ok the gray-bearded Admzirar's hazid, nd said to him:1 "I congratulate you. sir, upon mnakinzg I s gallant a fight as ever a man~ made on beC sea. Poor old Cerverat could barely express5 is thanks for the compliment. ?The first intimation that the Colon ad shared the fate of the others~ came romi Captain Evans. o I the Low-a. H e 1 sturned from the we stward with 340) risoners from the Vi:'.eay~.. He shout-' I thoughi the megaisone, ponfane as sual;; "The Oregon has got the Cristobal olon and is giving her hell. bShe has one down with the others before now. be will celebrate the Fourth of July in antiago to-morrow." The Iowa took the Vizeaya's o flcers ad crew from the shore. The re amain em of the Spanish naval force is si ill on 1e beach. A guard has been se ..t to rotect them from the Cuban sob hiers, ho were swarming the on the hill des. The beach was strewn for miles ith half-burned life..boats. dead men nd debris of all kin"1s. The Sp; Lnish hips are still burnira, and every few tinutes an explosic .n'fromi one or the ther of them tillc, the air with frag ients. There is-searcely a man of :the rews of the Plutr m and Furor unwo iund d. The hospit~al boat Solace has been rdered from G-aantanamo to care sfor ur injured foemecn. Our ships as .e all sturning fr omz the westward. The olon fawd 'just as did the other ships r Cervcra'. fleet. When her of Scors >und 'eat the American shells ha d so zjure. her that she could no l< mger ope te. ovtsteami them,. they fired one 1st sb ot from her after battery and 1en headed for the shore She lies uere now like others, rolling back ward :zd f orward with the swell of the sea. -ind .ing her bottom to pieces o ni the itkm s, while fire and smoke is bel thiing on r every port and her exploding as azines are completing the wree IL. Firing on the Wounded * One feature of the Spanish in ode eff arfare that has arroused great in dima n among the Amierican troop neer ntiago is the act of the Span ish in ving sharpshooters in the trees along e line of march of the Ami crirtm iops. Of course if thie sharpsh ters id fired on armecd nien. they would are done nothing muore than 'might ave been expected, i~ut one Sp anish ?arksman from his post fired on wond dmen and on thcose carryin g the rounded to the rear. Sevecral mcmer f the ambulance cor ;>s were wouyded this manner and t wo wounded' mnen ho were toiling alon g to the rear- were aot and killed. A Colored Oompany. 'Mr. N. K. Perry. o'f Columbia, sonme me ago, reeived ralthority to r'aise a >iored company in South Carolina. Lr. Perry opeuned up.* a recruiting~ office ( ohunubia. Thle . recrunits hav~e been mliing in raidoly. a .nd Mr. Perry stated lat lhe had tltv rec inired numbe~r and hat he would take , the comhpany to Lugusta in a few days, Mr. .Perry ill be the ca ptai o JJhe succee'ds iin assingr the phyvsit .l s-xaminati...zi,bu TERRIBLE DISASTER. A French Transatlantic Steamer Sunk in a Collision. APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE. Over Five Hundred Men, Women and Children Perish. Driven to Their Death at the Point of Weapons. Ter rible Scenes of Horror and Cruelty. A dispiatch from Halifax. N. S.. un der date of -July 6. says the French steaner La Blourgogne. of the Compan gnile (enerale 'lras-Atlantiqlue Line. with 725 souls on board. was run Cown 1 by the iron sailing ship Cromarty.h ire. sixty miile. s.oitli of Sable Islands. dur ing the early morning of -July 4 and sunk iithin half an hour. earr. ing with her over 500 of her Iassengers and crew. The balance. who were not drawn down by the fearful suction. truggled and fought for life until 163 were at length rescued fron death by the crew of the Cromartyshire. which ship survived the collision. A thick fog prevailed at the time of the disas ter. The story of the fearful accident from the few officers and crew who were Saved is vet to be told. but if the worids of the passengers who were dragged aboard the Croniartyshire and later brought into this port by the steamer recian are to be believed. the last few inutes on board the Bourgogne wit nessed some of the most terrible scenes >f horror and cruelty that have blotted the history of a civilized raec. Instead ,f the discipline which so often li-A been the one bright feature of such 1wful moments, the crew of the steam r fought like demons for the few life oats and rafts, battering the helpless passengers away from their only means >f salvation, with the result that the tronger overcame the weak and the list of one hundred and sixty-three aved contained the name of but one woman. The Bourgogne had left New York. bound for Havre, on Saturday. July 2. while the Cromartyshire was on her way over from Glasgow with a crew of twenty-one men. Although the Trans Atlantic steamers all have a definite ourse, the Bourgogne was to .all ac ounts forty miles or more to the north >f these lines. The fog was very dense nd the big iron ship was sailing along with reduced canvas and blowing the og horn. Suddenly, out of the fog ushed a great steamer, and in a mo nent there was a fearful crash, the iron prow of the ship plunging into the port -ide of the steamer just under the >ridge. The shock was terrific and tore a tre nendous hole in the steamer, while the ntire bow of the ship was demolished. he steamer plunged on into the fog tgain, her whistle crying for help and er rockets signalling her dire distress. he Cromartyshire was rounded to, and er master, Captain Henderson, was :onsiderably relieved in finding that she ras in no danger of sinking. Off to the astward could be heard the hoarse call )f the steamer, and as the fog began to ift all the boats on the ships were aunched. Half an hour after the col ision occurred the misty curtain went ip, giving a clear view for miles. and hen it was that those on the Cromarty hire realized the fearful struggle for ife. On board the Bourgogne the col ision had come at such a time in the orning that few beside her crew were n deck, but, the shock roused nearly very one and within a few minutes the eeks were crowded. At first it seemed as if there was some Lttept at discipline. A few of the oats were swung off and sonic of the assengers allow-ed* to get into them. ut as the steamer began to list and set le to port, the officers lost control of he crew, and what was probably a pan e ensued. Passengers and crew fought 'or the boats and life rafts. The strong atered down the weak, the women and hildren being pushed far away from y hope of rescue. Fists, oars and ven knives were used by some of the emons to keep their places. The offi ers seemed to have been powerless be 'ore their own men, and only four were aved. As the ship s::nk the vortex of water ;ucked down everything on the surface ithin a certain radius. A couple of inutes 'later, when the suction .ceased, ~hose still alive saw about 200 bodies ~ome up out of the water with a rush. . if the sea were giving up the dead fter having swallowed the ship. Blut :he struggle for life still continued af :er the ship went down. Hundreds. oatd about grasping for rafts, boats rnd wreckage in frantic endeavor to~ keep above water. Even then. many of Lhose in the boats, if the stories told r to be believed, showed- their brut~al ity by beating off many of those who attempted to elimb aiboaird. By this tinie the small boats oif the iroiartyshire had conic up and theC work of' rescue began. The crew of the ship worked heroically and saved evciry ne who had managed to keep above water. but even then scores fell away from boats. rafts and wreckage, exhaus ted. and we-re drowned. Lt was all over in an hour. although foi' sonic time af er great pieces of wreckage came shoot ing up fromi the bottom nmar-king thic ~ot w~here the liner had gone down. But little attempt was niade to recover the bodies of any of the ill-fated passent gers or erew, and the battered hulk at the bottom of the ocean will probably ~e forever their tomb. In the afternoon the steamer Grecian vas sighted, and in a few hours after wards she took Cromartyshire in tow and arrived with her at Halifax Wed nesday morning. Strangely enough 3Ir. La Casse is the only man of the saloon and cabin passengers who survives while his wife is the only woman of 200,. not only of the first saloon cabin, but of tle whole ship who escaped. MIrs. La Casse was roused from her berth by her husband, who was on deck at the time of the collision. He threw about her tle first articles of clothing she could secure and she reached the deck of the listing steamiship, to find herself one of' many frantic and half dressed people who congregated about the boats. She saw the captaini of the steamer on the bridge and some of the oflicers at other points, endeavoring to direct tle efforts of the crew to launch the boats. There was little response to the orders of the otlicers. The crew seenmed paralyzed. Matter wer.> qniet anmd tiiere was no panic at tirst. G lden mometm. -tIt slipping away atid the decks wvre I,~ eonillie l .ore and niiore crowd.' wit h frighltt ned peopleiemer-ging from eahins anld Collipallionways. Tlhe stealler was listing and s n - aid tIei a wild fear seized oni lit throng and the people lo st their neason and really went mnad. 3Mrs. La Casse was separated fron, her husband in the scramble and the steamer listed so badly she slid down the declivity of thu deck and into the water. She had taken the precaution at her husband's direction. to put ou .1 lifebeit before leaving her staterooi. and shortly after beingi thrown into tae sea was seized by the arm and drawm upon the life raft. Her savior was her husband. A tnoment later the il!-fated steamlier disapp,.eared aid a whiripo'l en icld t-he Spit nhere the ni-lblt' Craft htd bee.. E&ery. b.od: iaround th. tex was dran in to it. The* water raill ed around. faster arid atr. aIdI unfortniriate- i.appeared in t thres with despairirn er the La Burdne jl'n after tie colli ion wevre terribbl- to w i t Iio A- 4 ;E fought for p i'ition nt lik'te raving iae.Wo:.noen w. ored baLk from the boa an t d by men who- made mt& .zteraion %heL firlst object. 011 b-ard were,*s I iar-_e nimber tf lower claSs of Italians- IId other foreigners. who it tieir frenzy stopped at niothing thai~t nr mid afei tv for themiiselves. III a bot' w as a party of forty wonen, but ,i ,ret was the palie that no hand was r-iseot to assist iII its launching. The oevl vants. so ne)ar saved. were drownei like rats When the ship. with an awfal hissini sund1i. went dtwiN. So desperate was the si tuatiol that an Italian psl eger drew his knife mal male di ret at one who like himself. was e'ndeavotring to reach the boats. It nnodiately his a till was imitated ill every direetion. Knives were flourished and used with effect. Womien and children were driven hack to inevitable death at the poilit of weapons. the owlers of which were experts in their use. According to stories of survivors, women iwere stabbed like so many sheep. The scene on the water was even worse. Many of the unfortunates who were struggling in the water attempted to drag themselves into the boats or on rafts. These were pushed back into a watery grave. Here, too, knives were used freely. Not all of the dead met death by drowning. Christopher 3run son saw a sailor belonging to the La Bourgogne strike a passenger over the head with a bar and kill him. The body dropped into the water. The pas senger grabbed the boat in which the sailor'was and attempted to geton board. The correspendent interviewed near ly all the passengers who could speak English. One passenger said the ofli cers and crew of La-BoUrgogne neglect ed the passengers entirely. The sec ond officer was the only man of the crew who did anything to help the ter rified and helpless passengers. le cut loose all the boats he could, and in fact, all the boats that were launched were launched by the brave second officer. He was last seen standing on the deck with his hand on the rigging going resignedly to death. Christopher Brunini. a passenger. was thrown into the water and swain for two hours before he found a boat. He clung to this as his laLst hlope. Af ter some t imie, another nmn got hold of the same boat. and together they mian aged to right it. Under the seats they found the dead bodies of four men and tnree women, who had evidently been drowned by thme capsizing of the boat. Brunini said the crew were cruel in their conduct toward the passengers. He was unable to get in the steamer's boats when he came on deck. being shoved away by the sailors. Hie lost everything but what he stood in. Me heini Secondo. an Italian steerage passenger. is among the saved, lie came aeross a boat which, lie tried to get into. Hie evidently succeeded. but not before a desprate fight with her crew. He was hattered with oars and shoved away with boat hooks. lie managed to seize an oar, however, and pulled himself to the boat and climbed in. August Pourgi was eager to givo this correspondent an account of his ex perience. lie was in the water about half an hour and attempted to get into a boat. He was seized when lhe mian aged to get half in and thrown back into the water. Again lhe tried to en ter the boat, but the inhuman savages who mtamlted it were deterniined to keep him out. Hie managed t last to get in and stay in. Clinging to the life line of a boat not far away, he saw his mother, and as if his trials were noit enough, he was forced to watch a mn shove her deep into the ocean with an oar'. She was drowned. Hie said the man*1 was saved. Other tales oft horror were told by CERVERA'S REPORT. His Account of the Destruction of the Spanish Fleet. The war department has received the report of Admuiral (Cervera to Gen. Blanco on the disastrous naval light to the Spanish cause off San tiago. it is as follows: To the General-inl-Chief. Inlaana ill conitilianlce with your orders. I went out yesterday fronm Santiago de uba with all the siquadronl and after an unequalled comblhat againlst fores more than triple inte. had all miy squadron destroyed by fire. Tleresa:. Ouendo and Xtizeava h ciieaehe and the Colon fleeing. I accordini'ly informedt the Americans and went ash tre and gave myself up. The torptedo charsers foundered. I (It not know how many people were lost,but it will surely reach 61)0 dead and many wounded. Although not in such great numbers the living as prisoners of the Americans. The coni duct of the crews rose to a height that won the most enthutsiastic plaudits of the enemy. The commander tf the Vizaya surrendered his vessel. ii is crew atre very grateful for the noble generosity with which they~ are treated. Aongr the dead is Villmil aiid l. be lieve Lasaga (spelling uncertaini.) and among the wtutnded (t ncas andt Eulate. We have lost all anid are niteessarily depressed. ('ER tA. The Spanish Loss. The testimante til tile Spnitishi It in l the naval battle off Sanitiago is placedi at. 1.:00 killed anrd 1.5niI cap~tured. asaintst. which stanlds an Ainwriican los~ of on killed and t wo wounded. ILOSONAN, D) M S MEN Once More Safe Unde the Stars and Stripes. EXCHANGED FOR ' NiDS CI ptured by the Arguricans. One Lieutenant a:d onrteen EnlisOl Men the Price Paid for the ender of the Heroes of the Merim.ic. Assistant .t~e osrco il I.bsn f i and the :vene a h hh. :,:uiled ti.e cI e : e : Z-~ tak. chantlie of IA::n::k: - g a 05 de Cu arOn .1010 :i : . - i An% 6x L "ac' W ''- .-y ArY C -jown Oiange fao r r the itoi een T .to ins ovrr t Vao "A" 1.--. 5W 11m., - ex' rian. Umi :. .i -ic t o z d a f'arile be ondi to :tin :''*o w n"i o cuied b A d. W i 1luail iti ders. uwar General Weheh- oee and in tho ntreov AA the raline.i The e nieruran prioii-., itii'i c heina cI:deS hoit al.n t skirts of Saniao. whey to- icu hel. ohined. at 2.4.I Oatr.n hnmoon. in hare of ajor ris. a panish th er, wh :leaksEnt li aie tan prisoners was aduictnf om nthat h hing p ne on fo e Amerea or . Th a fo o d td.fce .hehn b Ariend Lieut. Mile amo e batrpre ter Mlaestro-. w e III cha'rge 4-f tE'j Spanish r e con..-eduou G rtan bev ringto th Teni n eglar infatw tr were e capturd at E Caney and Liut. AIdolfo Aries. of lareelona. on a the wht anicatce military organizations of the Spanih earmy. ant fourteen nco:n-comissioned olmers und privates. Lieut. Aiesi and .1 : Anr m hel ma were vounded in the iiaht at E. C'ey. The Spaniisli prisoners vnthe takn through the America lines itune it ani Klnd folded. The meeting i etwe n Cti. ~il: and cajor Irles As extremely n urtem but very fornial, and no attetnipt wa; ade by eiher of them to dicauss aiy thing but the matter in hand. Iajr Irles was given his Choice of three Spanish lieutenants in exchange for hobson and was also informed that h could have all of the fourteen men in exchange for the Aimerican silors. The Spanish oficer selected Lieut. Aries. and the other tiwo Spani-.h oli eers were conducted back to Juragua. It was then not later than 4 o'clock, and just as everything was tinished and the two psries were separating. Major Irles turned and said. courteouslY enough. but in a tone which indicate defism and gave his hearers the im pression that lie desired hostilities to be renewed at once: ''Our uiderstamviing is. genttit .m . that this tiue coines to an end at a o'0clk Col Ator l'oked ato'a hi waie. b'1 i ed to t 'pnih. "riieer. wut mak- i' [i ingi i re. an tentrtei back~tti slow buy to teAmrican' winho w itHbn meingo the two paties tand the ex chrane of piers had " i iake ni pei fulli ilt. of rboth thbmria n onr the eeti place, an t keene:I ntrs as aein I:~lte episde Th Richarde P.t HobsonVara'. liutenani't L. ergie[ tF. Phillis, i'ebin 'i". GeorgehL Charette. a Lunr' u J'. C.Mrh. Ie n tewoinenats ocl' upa Li 1.11 wmu Rid1er1 , clow murmurI rL ntr Lneen of the'line aI ' of iowboys i ca- r ath rtuningLIL.L i' pa t rene ite e .r ' a d byathe admitionI eI the ILL I ri CI t1 14' 4 . t t I S-I . i ii Ia"tI*.4. 1 Lt --l" -i l o -and his :P 1 - ' - - .n t v. IL . a 444 - it. th P 1 t h e t latter t I L t 'rd 1 th m 11a) !,.I t:: r,:- 1 r L thiiie unenin i'iek.endifth ltte r c - .ha shee., xe s~n awaran wei rmely3 c t - y ti a:.t . .aikof th 1nc ew iIr Ho- c: r . vs L'teir" i.,s . apt . Cha d- iieL w i V:an a (' :"' to ..e. -t m:I tby to . L:U'tt a:u :a: :'e U eV pIILUtIins clti n.; 1 unWO n1 -re iformsle. I' for ta s4:.aea4ub I 'Us ae to in-te v ii~ ;.-e a .o~ rept whL: the'rd chwe tMi ase nc nwa a~(l sovn t iore to ride ove: them trai ton.idr.a. a::r hiamnwe nplarrced in Ctacot Hola -:.a iakn to"en era Shiafter-s head uar ers and warnly gretred by the eomi:auding general. WHAT OBSON SAYS About Lis sperieaz While a Prison er of War. An paing of his experiee a: tia iStmr of war Ilobson . is: LDurintu the lirst four day's we wecre p iiS-mierS Wof war wwere ofineld in 'drr c . and i can assure you thotse were extr'emIely uncomforitaLie anlt tisa-ireeatble days. The Spaniards did :not exactily ill-treat us, but it took them some tiiie to recover from the shock eaused by' what mo!Tt of' thenm considered our -'ankee imnpudence in trying to block thecir harbor. As a rule. tae omee:-.5- and men whol ea:ne it, contact with us were grtut ifl 5fpeech and 1ae 'i I ia''ier. 'I'er;: were ulanyV threate2I'g glauces :not In our' directionl. t'o' k nvira Cervera I have nothinr bat the' highest admiration. ua o e i u ':fty I re'ardi as that af a ,ind-(Arte ge'nerous in ::ad chv:ru ...eer. i expreSsed to id~n m'':,.cr "'(a A andte thankst of :1 d our ..iend at !:om... UO repea.ted .4..at neca . i. 4, f u.. - 0.1 'st a rn11 44 a't in ''4val ist ry.'\ i loi h I am.sr d*iese.. ini (4 i i ('i' --a a ie -. c'.. ' 1. -m a' we w r .ava j t I :! III' endI t 1n -e t| thet ur. we cocia' a' \y tell Ciore bativ . and 4 te euid eIily e by he t. tec.> 1' ttrie eplion Nehmd Ut - note ne-' 4 e;ea 4e a4 '1 laswe wer t ue :x1re that '4 theld at ter- iewr nn ou.idei thety L:1.-r umay ''4' I it wulP Ie rti. wL" j . cry u eau t1: --O -' a L :. uL the a hoip a 4 ';-4' number eI Spanih su - o~s4 in as them. cir t 'i' Ie- tve eican .. e. sol te foo h n e:- awa. \\e - e is and :i - u14)e . He etreino SANTIAGO BOMBARDED. Gen. Shafter Declines Gen. Linares Terms of Surrender. TI Iuo trremltcir of Xantiao wa frm :i offere by ii he tS ita I lit nt inr e Tr. tt urd lu th,- crit t tiin an-hed i audIII it refura 10, thi, ie byI i' 1 .. S 1ha tLer. Th x-ia i. c iV 1 :iile :ti mi ttiic itil ot iiun~in .\ien.ai lTied' \roptsal con tel ity . t iWitit t e thart i limy bt Ilntiel to Iiarc a I I n ItIderarmill ant.i wih isn lettr and eclaedI tilt! hwo-i vtiti t the ast dlitiratci unefSs ut- co itio n ere:Ii n-td . ten . It rep lit! hII at I otin on. : hi hrim. buti hit coiniaisented tito ji t- :i litf fl ' Xer t o X ashill't .!on. Inated th m lith n- teIei the armis t ;cie I I w rd Ietfore I i )IIn S atu r day he n 1 r itt Irup tof Span ih oti er und0 r a flu ill' t rute . cm e out t 1'r, ;I 1 un I rl rlie yel w f t he I o-Itlie - i t nd it ::oild a l y i Ir d t itt w hy o wird thet- . \merivin Ane.r tl. wa 4e1rtedl too c mfrta11;ble! 11ptartters. while the01 h, ti--r fromien To Vdwa crried, to Genf. ShIafter*'-: tent. two miles froml thle f'nt. This lette d was i coched in tl icilv courteoha terms. characteristic of sucli commicatins hnd was as brief as pissible. It bore the signature of w oad. whtio ctnuniandis at Santiago ient an ires wtn twoueid. and stated that th was prepared to urren der the city providmd his egardy awol b)e permitted toI -apitulate --wvithi honi 4or." Thiis. Ihe explainied. mecant that theSpaishfocessholdbe unulll'este edaion tat tliection they wisca d w'tith arm-s and fiying their colors. The letter conc~luded wvith the bold statemnent that surrender under any ther terms obt an iposibility and would not be considered. Ge.Shafter imediately cabled tle facts to Wash t!idton and sent to Gen. Toral a refnsal of~ his proposal. but added that hie would communicate with his vern ment and would extend the informal armistice until Sunday at nooon. It is deeied probable that the truce may extend even beyond the time designa ted, as tle offer of Gen. Toral to sur render on any term. is regarded as an indication the Spanish i commander las decided upon surrender upon the bes.;t terms obtainable. SANTIAGO 1B.%ARDED. -Tile he bombardment of Santiago has beoun.b eu yth ryadnv That was the verbal information ob tained Sunday evening shortly before 9 O'clock at tne war department. AhuiostL inmediately three bulletins were pos~ted, the most imiportant of which was from Gen. Shafter. T h is dispatch announced that G~en. Toral. who succeeded Gen. Linares in com mandv of the Spanisi forces in Santiago when tei latt r was wounded. had de b to Surrender unconditionally and anl that thle bombardment of t town woul be begu by the army and nav Iout. 4 oclock Sunday afternoon. Auxiety had been expressed by the war d prtment oficials as to whether Gen. SIihatfter had a suficient force to prevent the eacuation Of SantilO by I thti eniemi. This anxiety was allayed aou I at1* Sunda nIht th recept o th folointh tispach fromtlt Ge' n. Shaftr wheihcnied confir-l! pae n~to.T.the earlt i ier ot cofhe itdqatesFit Armys tor..hd 1i0 via Playa ~el Esteii. Ju lyi 10. ti Ti' the Adjutat Genraltl' Wahngto: XV wi 'cl'illt ltuns will I were sooan tiringand the enemy kep etiey tin tIt' wounded. Wil havtereet cni de-l fore*Is -l-morw aeg bobcoe.inpdel A u rte weall. pns Pioes GeIn. Guiar reprist- t enemy. evit nated0! 'lt. litte tow: te4de Dtselin 11 abot Iatree mile fromi Santiago :I d It.fnrmat iii reive fiilrom thereos ~eiab., t:ourlil'es i 't ~ the boattth. h waris fil recin 'ited :ai i- t he peace ide Io i eems t. prdmnteih cbntA nTi'atiove recnird ur)t TheA cainetis liei Xochr I Et'!' ac i- seenred. I is iow reco nizedthaSantigoid 'Cuba ileom pletel beleguredand crtilt cfr provsion andmun tion iiif wa It lis co cdee ceai' n t th . rians poril.entCin off~a teir suie.h whi the athrteae conva " hice t a AmertoiCn te ismigto they Xpei' maula. Teei cniec etta 1()BP)S0 N 4S STOR Y Of the Sinking of the Steamer Merrimac. HISTHRILLING EXPERIENCES. Splendid Discipline of His Mcn. His Marvelous Escape and Surrender to Cervera. Imprisonment in Morro Castle. A diipatch sayh the return of Assist aIt Na Construct or Richmond P. I Iohs. f 31 lerrimixae fame. to his ship. the flagship N-w York. Friday night, ol Santiago harbor. was marked by wild enthiusiasni. It was dark when a shout wai:s passed along the ship that iobson was com'ing. On the superstructure clambered the crew. ten deep. and on the quarterdeck the officers clustered around the sea ladder. and a hundred hands were stretched out to grasp Hob son's. It was not until he was safe once more on deck that the crew of the New York cheered, and then they broke out into a wild yell, which was repeated over and over again until the men were hoarse. Numbers of the men rushed on the quarterdeck and a great roup of men strugT-ied around the tall igure of the man who had dared so much. Behind Hlobson- came Colonel John Jacob Astor. and the first thing Hob son tried to do was to introduce him to the officers, but Col. Astor got lost in the crowd. which surged around, insist ing upon shaking Hobson's hand. The transports blew their whistles. Hobson sat once more among his messmates and told the story of his experience, his marvelous escape and his imprisonment in Morro Castle, watching the shells explode outside his cell. HOBSON S STORY. "I did not miss the entrance to the harbor." he said, "as Ensign Powell, in the launch supposed. I headed east until I got my bearings and then made for it, straight in. Then came the fir ing. It was grand, flashing out first from onc side of the harbor and then the other from those big guns on'the hills-the Vizcaya, lying inside the harbor, joining in. "Troops from Santiago had rushed down when the news of the Merri mac's coming was telegraphed and soldiers lined the foot of the cliffs, fir ing wildly across and killing each other with the cross-fire. The Merri mac's steering gear broke as she got to Estrella Point. Only three of the torpedoes on her side exploded when I touched the button. A huge sub marine mine caught her full amid ships, hurling the water high in the air and tearing a great rent in -the Merri-. mac's side. -Her stern ran upon Estrella Point. Chiefly owing to the work done by the mine, she began to sink slowly. At that time she was across the channel, but before she settled the tide drifted her around. We were all aft, lying on the deck. Shells and bullets whistled around us. Six-inch shells from the Vizeaya came tearing into the Merri mae crshig itowood and iron and passing clear thog, while the plung ing shots from the fort broke through her decks. ''Not anmn must move," I said, "anid it was only owing to the splendid discipline of the men that we were not all killed as tihe shells rained over us and mfuites became hours of sus penseC. The mn's mouths grew parch cd. but we must lie there till daylight, [ told thtem. Now arid again one or the other of' the men. lying with his face glued to the dcck and wondering wheth er the necxt shell would not conic our way, would say: "Hadn't we better drop off now. sirW" but 1 said "wait till daylight.' "It would have been impossible to I et the catamaran anywhere but to the shore where the soldiers stood shoot ing. and I hoped that by daglight we iiht be recognized and saved. The grand old Merrimac kept sinking. I wan ted to go forward and see the dam aedone there, where nearly all the fire was directed. but one man said if I rose it would draw all the fire on the r est. So I lay motionless. It was splendid the way these men behaved. Th ire i of the soldiers, the batteries and the Vizcaya wvas awful. When the water came upl on the Merrinmae's decks, the catamaran floated amid the wreck ace. but was still made fast to the boom. and we caught hold of the edge and elung 0on. our heads being above water. 'One man thought we were safer right there; it was quite light, the firing had ceased except thiat dired~ed at the New York launch. and I feared Ensign Powell and his men had been killed. A Spanish launch came toward the Merri mac. We agreed to capture her and run. Just as she came close the Span irds saw us. and half a dozen marines jumped til and pointed theirrlfles at our heads. - Is there any officer in that boat to receive a surrender of prisoners of war?" I shotutedi. An old mxani leaned out under the awning and waved his hand. It was Admiral ('ervera. The marines lowered their rifles, and we were helped into the launch. Then we were put in ceIl in Morro Castle. -It was a grand .sight at few days Ia ter to see th bomb4 iihardmniit, the shells siin and buerst ing around lI 3lorro. Then1 we' were takenx into Sanitiago. I hadi thel iortmiartial room in the bar raks \] menci were' kept plrisonersi' in tehsia. Fro4:n my window 1 could - lt arm moIv iIing. a~nd it was terri bl to Ce those po4or lads ac:ross the 'pe an bini~g shot downi by the Span jards in the rifle lits in front of mc. T'hursday' th e Spaniiards became its po lite as could be. I knew something was coming, and then I was exchanged."' Mr. Sneigrove Declines. Tlhe neCwI ll appointed.] guartermnaster oif the Scond?~ regim2ent. Mr. W. P. Sni'L2r4ve. has declined the position t en iredl1 him by Governior Ellerbe. Mr. Smieve is the pr2e'ent supervisor of A]'uerso counII ltyan is a candidate for re-e letin. lI thinks he willhave nI trule' in being elected again, and pfr a ci iv il to amilitary offiee. Tlhe guartermasItersi"p] of a reiriment is conisideredI a sineenire. and since Mr. >nelarove- d1cl i nat in blecamfe known manyII I'II(andida te x av alreadyV sent in