The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, July 13, 1898, Image 1
VOL. X11TO MANN1NG, S. C., WEI)NESI)AY .1 t yYV S V.. 2
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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.
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and the :vene a h hh.
:,:uiled ti.e cI e : e : Z-~ tak.
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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