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SPAN ISII M D T Of the Destruction of Admiral Cervera's Fleet. NARRATIVES OF OFFICERS. The Last Hour on Board the' Doomed Ships. Measureless Human Blood and Suf fering and Indescrib able Terrors. many of the Spanish prisoners on Seavey's island carry on their soled duck suits the blood of their eonpan; ions. The frightful Carnage in that mau dash for liberty out of Santiago harbor is still the only thought. the only talk of the prisoners by day. their only dread. or nightnare by night. Every one of the survivors will. as lon as Ile lives, tell his countrymen that the gun ners. of the *owa. Oregon. Brooklyn and Texas concentrated their tire upon the ship he was on. Now we are to see for the first time tie greatest naval fight in modern years-the first open sea engagement of armored vessels, throuh Spanish eyes. We now know for the first time exactly how it feels to have steel projectiles. each weighing froin ' to 1,100 pounds. strikinw and expldmi around us at tile rate of nearly 1.1100 a minute. L1EVTT. CARLOS i0Ati' STORY. Let Lieut. Carlos load-Snanees first tell his experience en the Plultn. the torpedo boat destroyer. These are near lv his own words to a World corres "Admiral Cervera expected tO l se most of his ships. but he hoped that the Cristob'al Colon would get away. Tlhis is why lie transferred his flag to the Maria Teresa. so that he niht per ish with the less fortunate. The two torpedo boat destroyers were to stay be hind the armored cruisers until the American ships closed in and then the torpedo boats were to dart out from he hind the armored ships.heading straight for the nearest enemy. "That was the plan. See how it fail ed. There were 72 men on our boat the Pluton.) I don't believe that one man of us expected to be alive in half an hour. But we were confident that we would take one of your battleships down with us. Not a man showed cow ardice. Every one was ready to die. but no one was prepared for exactly what awaited us. We were shot to pieces before we got within half the torpedo striking distance of the Amer ican ships. We found ourselves riddled and could not strike a blow in return. That young commander of the G louces ter (meaning Commander Wainwright of the Maine) is as brave as any m:er alive, but he did not destroy us. It was the shells of the Brooklyn and Texas that blew us up. "Admiral Cervera signalled the other ships behind him as he started out of the harbor: "My dear boys, your admiral prays for a speedy victory. "But in five minutes we were in the infernal regions. The nearest Ameri can ship, the Iowa, was 2,5)0 yards (1& miles) away. Life anywhere on board the Pluton wasn't worth an ochave (a quarter of a cent.) Otur ves sel, without armor, offered no place of refuge. On one of the armor elads a -man feels somewhat safer on tile lee side of a turret, or with the conning tower between him and the enemy. but our men were just as safe on the open deck-safer, indeed, than below, for the shots shattered our steam pipes. and escaping steam scalded to death the strokers and engineers. "My chum and classmate was struck by a shell in the breast while standing three feet from mc. lHe was decapita ted as quickly as by the guillotine. The head and body separated and fell off the deck into the sea. The same shell struck the conning tower and exploded. The concussion threw me on my hands and knees. At the samie im stant a heavier shell struck the Plu ton's side and she careened violently. I grasped at the little railing running round the conning tower to prevent falling overboard and pulled myself up by my left hand. The next moment another shell struck the deck exactly where I had been a moment before, ex ploding and wounding me slightly. How I escaped is a miracle I cannot explain. All this happened in the first few minutes. The Iowa and Brooklyn were still 2,000 yards (more than a mile) away when our gun crews were killed or wounded. so that we soon ceased to fire. "'We had prepared our torpedo tubes, but before the Texas. now the nearest enemy, was within 1.500 yards of us much too far to use a torpedo against her-our steering gear was crippled, half of our crew were killed and escar ing steam below showed thatt our en gines were mortally hurt. We steered for a time by the twin screws. - W e then tried to get behind the OJqucndo, not to save our lives you understand, but to save our torpedoes until we could usc them. But before we could take the position we intended the Pluton became unmanageable. The Oqjuendo used smoke-producing powder at the beginning of the battle, solely to ena ble the Pluton and Furor to hide, but some how the smoke did not lay on the water. It rose in flecey clouds that rendered our position all the platiner to the enemy in the clear strip of blue. clean water below. Even the elements seemed hostile to us in this fight. The biggest shells were fired so as to ricochet along tile water. W\e could see thiem eoming at us by the enormous 51plashes they made and they came straighit. Fi nallv a shell from the Brooklyn. 1 think, tore the insides out of us. W had already swung our stern to the ene my in the hope of escaping. W\e hadl a 20-knot headway on at the time and this carried us to land. We were ut terly helpless in that storni of death. COULIN'T sLEEP F'OR HORoR. At this point of Lieutenant Blado Suance's narrative another ofiicer in the group. whose name I couldn't learn. said in a low voice: "The Americans sprung on the Plu-~ ton and Furor like eats on t wo mice. We couldn't even bite. The Amneri cans were too quick. llut we on the Furor fared worse than you. that is, we were in the thickest of the tire.' Though this was not intended for my ears, and it may have a taint of jeali ousy because the speaker, belonged to a rival crew, it was characteristic for the lieutenant replied: "'Perhaps each ship seemned to those on it to be the centre of' the fire. ''The fact is that the F'urnr and the Pluton carried seventy men enieb: forty-eight on the Pluton were killed and fifty-five on the Furor. Gerondo Farnanzdez Caliz. at first class machinist, who was iln the Pluit n told how the shell from the lI rokly that literally stove the t' rpedo bat to splinters passed thirough~ the hler room, splittintg the' builern it .el. lettn out steamn andt calin: v:::--r upnth crew. '-to stab themt like swod bilade. Ninon if. as it ht in tih 'ld a watr 1t ,irosa~ ou, Lte ;!I 11 th .In ollnl. IL&t th". enoiner :md the oiler knew "hn until they were picked out of the: 1encnciu y the blue jackets from tle (louceter. Gi re4i .l'lurui. a m1achinlist on' tile Furnr, and an Italian. wIo Wrily spaklls sp:Uiish. claills that the Furor stuck out the tighit until the t11i .\laria Tresa lie:iedi for the simre. 11-l! held up his twl hands. with thir seali ed paihus outward. and 11 Idhs eyeS to exiess the horror .f is experience. Wot.r failed. lie said thiat he cubl not sleep for several i !t - after the bIttlc without wa1kin up i terr r. A F!_VAOS I ) iF'i C1: 1Z ESA 1 .1' Liutenanlt Antonio Ioez G101. a line offiCer to the lufai41a ) laria Teri -. had the hontor .1 standina near AdM ral (.rvera during th 114fy-5evn mniuites Aleriei o0nsuzlh1it. The lieutenant is su'e that as th e Spaliih ieet c'me oat from, t he deep shadow of the entrance to nlt 01y two hkiz. Amlericanl ships were inl si.-ht wvithin two m i4ilcs. ThIes' u .t have ieenv' tie l14)wa a1n Isrooklyn1. The In :dianla was -renerally unlobserved b-y the Spanid's. The 31aria Teresa tired the Hirot sht. and it vwas answered sinulta n1eously 1'y both the Am'ericaln Ships so :uick!,- tWit ti Spaiards believe every Amierieain 'unl crew was at quarters. Tile Oreon seemed to rise up out of the sva ii!I the Tet-' poirt !u arter. every fotit Of her sides 1art 11inzg daggers 4f lame and SAli AhVt O course. I litvr e4i.xpected4 to get away- aid the lieutenant. I'blt really. as we eame wit of the harbor the prs peet was mu1lch m11r1% ecoura1g*:1_ing1 than we ],at expected. The .di.al order ed all1f1u guns conventrated Wn the Brooklyn. ursv ie thousht was if we Cold cripil11 he' e culd e'icape4 fromli t he Li batehpI eet( e Oregon !V11n rin Iout It th Si'a that mornin I can't li ure even to this hour. anid howlih, traveled SO fa* t is an elnima. I could iot, have ctlieved that aliy bat t deship alinat could chase our Cri: toLal Colon a. 21-knot armnored cruim-er) sixty muiles and then corner her. The Texas we knew all about. but we had been1 told that she was--what do you call it. -hoodoed'--thut her ma'hitnery al ways broke down at eritical miomients. and we really did not regard her as a seri)tus factor. *'If it did not seem like boasting I could tell of at least three escapes froi death by myself iuring a fetw toients .They are now just as incredible to mne as - as that 1 am here alive. Once I Ipassed behind the forward turret to get n111 order that was handed down froim the briuige. when a shot carried away 11ha; of the Kride :mid I found myself in -t mass of wreckage. At that in s t. a larger shel. probably 6-inch. passeo direltly over my head with a slirtek ili.c a locojimotive's whistle, kill ing the aide who was reaching the order to 111. 1 wasn't down two second.s. but when I arose I found three copses under my feet. Where they caie fron I have no idea. The men were not near Ic when I fell. I am1 told that experi ences like that avays happen to men in battle. but it was new to nie. TIED TO R-U.M TIlE U1ItOKILYN. "Beinr at the head of the line, we expected'that the American fire would be concentrated on us. and the admiral tried to mnl~oeuv're so that we could raml thle Broiokiyn. I really believee that our noble C'erver'a would himuself' havtxe gone dow.n with sublim1e happiness if he could have destroyed Commodore Schley's flagship. "B~ut whenever we headed up toward her she swung around and threatened to cross our path. W\e never got near er than 1.500U yards. Once. when we turned toward her, a shell from her forward turret struck us in the bow. ploughing down amid-ships. just escap ing the forward turret and striking anlidshipis. where it exploded. It tore down the bulheads. destroyed stanch ions, penetrated the deck. crippled two rapid-fire guns. killed fifteen or twenty men and carried panic everywhere. "We fired a few shots at the Iowa. but three-fourths of all our iunis were amed at the Brooklyn. which. I am told, we struck her ov'er forty times. I cannot understan~d how it kept afloat. At 011e timle I know the Oguendo and Vizcay'a both worked all1 their gunis on tie Brooklyn. Cervera ordered one oif our gun crew to concentrate on heri steering gear. trying to make her un manageable. if wve could not sink her. In1 vain! ONE SIIELL s HAVOC. :One of' the Iowa's shells struck the 11-inch gun in the forward turret o the Vizeaya. euttin1g a furrow as clean as a knife out of the side (if the gun. The shell exploded half way in the tur ret. making the whole vessel staggrr and shake inl ev'ery plate. When the fmu ies and smoke hadi clearedi :away so that it w'.as possible to enter the turret. otler sunnIers were Senit thiere. TIhe survivors tumbnlled the bodies which fill ed the wrecked. tturret through the am11 munintion hoist to the lower deck. Even te mine nry was elogged by corpises. "The place was11 5o sliipery from blood adl pieces oif flesh that f'rom tha4t mlomencIt I dot 1not think the guni crews knew what thecy were doing. But they kept rainining new projectiles in the gun and14 firinir. "The. 'thier .1un1 crew'- fare'd juist as bdl.ti All our raid:~iii ci tire luS aloft soon1 beellne siilnt . b ece45 e'.erv" 111n ner. had) beenl eit her killed "1re citoe 1t hlis post and4. lay' nI ths deck where' he fecll. A dead4 bo dy hung I ver thle --T'here w'er'e -o 1111any x w ided liat the 51urgeon(s1 ceasedl tryin to dr1e~S t he wo 'unds. Shells had1. exl dedl iniside if thre 51hip. 5utting~ fire to the woi work. ando evenI the hospital wa':s turnl ed ito a1 furnace. --T'he lirst wVoun~ded. who weire sent Ithere had1 to' be ab.anldne byi" th le sur gtconsI. who fled for thetir lix es friom thle iiery f'urllace' cause4. I y t le ext1 ing shll'i. 'l. do not h elieve t hat a1 1man1 'In 011 "hip~'4 di a1 cowardly'. actt. bult many1'. of1 u1' were.' pefet ly erazy. lhe th~lilhe f \xpl din shells. the shie'i.k and the roarI of m1iissile5 paing~1i iiver u15. the' steel d~ieks 4made4 a1 din1 and a indio 4 ''iin lre of liiht. It wais limpos~4.sible t'i thinlk of 44r 1h4ar4 anythlini else. At' te bou 1.I5 ulilutes . 1id1Ilit ,4t'4ar a cre."''1d thle!!i rder f0r a while. Lu4t '..in4 ther col n41o1It mai~k' them445elves Vh.:n tlvhi whle gunl dec'k if' the \Viz eava was- in tiamies we knew that the n i'1azine' would go' upl in :a few'. min44 Iut 4,. >1he was' then' hiadied for th1 1hre wer the .\laia TIes had~"4 ab 41 -Ater the Viz4v wa cs ini. 44n.'.re"' n heafe tur et.a he 1ene awa in urui flth ii t. 111111 t I* tin~ I L I' Ii lLV t - i k I n r i' - ind ne of i hP -t a t Lrld.'s \\ 'h jte tlt I " sx. rtie. T - b r I 1 he it T't' .:ll t i -5:. !.\iMTt ER.' l'\~I II ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ o 4 Vt I! l:l ~itt~ l Iit I h i l 'la: t te 1 1t uiv' I f I .v t qe IV 'i l w tS e I i n I int the unit I t f l it,' "v tl - 1 ' 1 -1 1bn. 1 :.: hit rremv i t I r e11C in t hi : :i tim't iTh ia C etof li t I i tout.- .\ ir aliiZ t rle ra6ti'.tll him l h e t :e ral le 1a'i\i in~IVto te se'a. 'Ii I l ' t: lant Vl .or by hie i >hin. I tr i iH e t I: lit :intll of fe esse in t- he br l, ]Patf :n-i 61er I rev ved o tu.:o, 11,111 f"I n the tiltl e u elilt S : inu d hiso rerenceM11 o .\dinl efr iea w te lt ev .It. ivli tle sit e t t a aI ' it ve cnfuse t ali ciunt ti l ie I l t lie iuld li;t tri tim it sieemne t hisin tute ith't shipwasfor our inthathel oftir. ilit i' le fat iei wa, h re' di al the Cterea net' lft tieib: ide :ill' in lfm kil 11:1 - ip at waip beach. a ,tl h tien he ineviwaalle natl cot sitn in lpaoIt the de .ide te tp' nsibility fotheos I11Of thet Ilpuani leet. 1evera an o i c rll . wit hui t r t ie li ht it'e ite Li dilth iy l.t t l er ratll.r ttli fykha i h1 d m it i ered s i tile \ tw Ile hlisL" mdgidlen sipii workhitiave t iwotta.ith selves h tl h tsca te. a I Li o) in litlirn t dire t i lS. il iitI h wth a111.t r l L 'l 2.11,1 Mads i int w s a th I (..1cub 11 p1t otilc i l l a l het'"ye aliw t nvi u eimlik a i di. il ~V I a pIttin g F bte Li ,is tw me t - rZ t Iz br11ken. atied. iih e tittverv. tlr'L they itsr forleirs ain at le d bah k ila 'it t Brolynsidlit utitigeectol theUnl ii iae w-a bta thnd ities. aitss h lis frhilil cilvier i se . w Lod h d. ndhiS i l~ti. of te ute it rsu Ispe ka tle all de t the t li rl d --littl . d zeiat .Iie kiili l iii'i s wfl in ow aithisie Plrts Itilona tle suryad and thewt tiliiil uhe fo a iW.ir) i ore aladyi in t toi curif v! ce aI ifta the y litt d tor tii W ell 'noi tl a eir. i--i tat~he lii tgi andrepatlin thre weredstt--.\dio t iCul ulka.' tis t ire.v rrt and toll ina.stedal the sll outder eakls of zieutasexmt Aon iv 31:iL i. ofl that Ilizeawa the Venior beofn hi r abardck the rmded cruiera'. wle ienku muchto the woitr il.' hats ader vor jlied alie tiViaya. 'ite taitthrti te boat at Newi':~a hull las~ tLt iebra band acomnied tatinElae i'oe o --To str it tpeaed as i the 'iiS V iz al two atleyShips 'tuwt hisl er l l il-<n' ly n." bea the .\ jlli ieu e li.' --Ousri'n wit'e til'he 1t' lloo lyn. We fogh the ' l dildn' t liem to binii t'ny hurry.L' i T hle in. btle i .hteship.go o two ofe ui. n ii our. beiL il'like ai i lldog andLl gavet u about lilt ut ofX every thre 1hot herIL I 'ltnersi'i ti Wxithi thet afterturre i''hey i "lere fitring alittt so ebd bac of1 "'Theii tlt '''' '' Bro lyn didnt damag usxi much. The Iow. id Ith biess.' Its shells comin full t our sienee Glanceas dimny thie aothers.W were it twenttyi -''timesl by shot tadid little i dama' Iie . The skipping''' 1:-ich aln th ''rface'ofte waeadhn fora'eam iiour rmor Th cuioul A d Meeting Held in COl1umhia Last Week. THE DELEGATES PRESENT. President Wilborn's Address. Ap pointment of Committees. Other Bussiness of In terest to the Order Transacted. Ie v I V. na l in i : the Farer \llane ofSmuth Carolna lixt nl un, Us d edyee il te -nin IrI l hin arti . .Mlr. I! ('. Wilbrn. Clii lent 'f th e state Aklli u I RI i ... 1 :.. r.es . l was 141tteied( it 1 iarkIt alttntiOl. .it 1'0 ten n i < thill add(ress the . mlnts:\ A. C hap n d..Ilae be Mie: steward. WV. N. Elder. York: do keeer 1." A Eiird. Lexing1ton: as.istant dorkeeper. C. A. Plvler. I.e te SereI t at arms. A. 1. GT 1dwyn. Laureni. Lanvs. -C Ak 1 1 kh. atlIs. A any oftecountie notbein .\b(vllItill --D. . EBhike. CeItler - S. . I al kweln. rehe t - L. W. Wddres. ' the111 . FlotrIenc 1e ..T Il utcto h ion. an llorrvIl- . T1. Berg!w. l ancatt er-. M . I iie r. a L in I , .t1t.TnI -l. s. E. ti (1til !11 -ilet' .In 1 1. alnie . E le aIn. ~ r -1 . . c Ue ot 11 I ilar ~ti~ tan ur U-J 1til a Ileid.c i 111 . . II . tle Ti colmt tes wddres the apon-in ven ll ilt lite iteredentil. r.. .1. Ilu.t' l t . Ness an yA e1. Ilew. annaihmttee n bli c ion.W. N . ler t I. rtell oga:n . T e l s e iow n Col. ill t.te publiher of mothet (ta.l. i t I' F ell a11) set calnass veion n theintereoutnof te papern Cl.k fwt it in s doin and can be tilde tii ro n t. P1srisid.'t l'lyle .Evn l llet. alllrall.\ 'I 0tle is ionlli :I l c ti. iib.'h d11 tilt.'crsWa hlu ill te resl itt .'te l t tIle s a ll o a t ntak Pit -sdlle -.e1i.ill C. Yoil kt. tva s %',.4 1rsid n A.R 1a e Ab - T itr -d N\r.' le tE lde pr . i ii" for 1 it.1 vty for!.l i'e Crottoni Ilant Te me etie thencuti eadjued tile hurtx trd. bu't' tlte \is roalecfrtcile frnr 11 eatembne f 'o tri Cdaroilrin to fe midwin rnule lliance ho ban t 'e d et .. o .f We ide r por. i cThe V e it .lillI Btld Sae Abe iscrettarl and Tiealsrder .W.ei pafrtnsi rabetii.hdbe dTne ter aifi Wc. did note aisy tle lireldt.lt. but ceit~ ie wholeelctd A .later i Igatelrom Sout Daona to tile diretoral lne waslito haexee. elevtd butl ititseltiwleft and 't tthe 1retion of Presidend itirn. LiThe nxt l sssiono the CStte lli-e anee twlillb hetld~It ons the dsurth ed. neda it dly, asre anrd to tlembi Ther seiresuted of' tir.k totl raelrol ohrr.tath alli~reue aces to tile ofellintes l t e tton :dofUitl euJeuaslnth 3ear. otwel pa was thatir theaie grad the ctndl andt nehaent salefor th former, sials tobekin aoluid il farmern~ tales hAedne oni hand.ilI sndi wa am-l ple. and then the lllnc colie neuti atelits\ lellto cttonl tils i vnlhetteI or-W:I elsewher i beint gidedl byt' prices ai thel aget. for theiproducer il ln is co' v) tton ttt~ lt th h i e bider.tOII donettl te'' aliaC. hdii not adoptl t p 'lan deiitly bt referred' 7.AsSO~ the whe the l~t.I'~ diretor s Itthl lie exchangded They wiill investigatele ll th edinsian deid 1tII*haluc pllanitV5 old e tll thet tdi t ae ofI the fIlii arer it tIl bi.e~. adoped. thewiseit i no. IThet AetiPzrehern wnealodsusd andI i-t to.'s fre Ito the ex- I the elegtes the covtion adjIl ourn I -r aie Geer l i3.llanal'tl CONI.TION OF CROPS. What the Observers All Over the State Says About It. tl trehe .-'.1' alt -rliI I lij iltie tale c cl I t 1,'4t ilt ii :f eis i [': ll i.I cllee. D.llvetrv allil IBarlwell. coulltes whelire the rainlfall was exces:.ive. du ilc the weatlri- turinl the past week as~ ~ ~~~~~~I .fvrbeozroigco io ll koiIs. The humid ilwat. esjpeciallv at til lt. t hctlr wvith numtnr ils :l Well distr.11lte les stilllul1atedl rapid 'row hi wile fo the'l trter pirtiln of ille week the o it 1uiihlline dried the - f ao of the g-riund .tuilicit ly t,, per m;it cul1tivation1 ofitras il and ha Ii lf:li if fields 4 tifIi :tirn vli ttil i f e c ii ts vllI atliu i Stilt. . are Vet 1Tard o cultt i :al d wrIthnll be wlai cr u1 ,' as Ililte i av is lecarly finiSiicil in ici ullt of el itttlIl i too large tot t I :11111 ill cnt rlirllr if til r io i ail tit St:ple. :Is Well as tlle l ildit juls is very r illisi ll isilleall. alud w trll tieularly so) in the no-rthern :mid wecst ern ciuiinte 1: -ldeet! es-t xive Ins illother portions of the State. ( orn !!!:ide nleticcalble imp jrovemntt d 1th I Ilreater oin of the crut is imIdie. and to a lansre extent indlWt eped cut i 'nSb il nt w. iath icl d 111itiO s. The crop is p~isn-xednl tile il Stle localities-but wxill. as a Wlhole.,iardl Ibe I)etter 01r aS "'Md as 11n vr 11n. In Sone cotla tles eCt il s t iri n lt .lnds. while oin wet bet tom landiittis it is t ellowand has s1top pe I t---wine. Practically all up thei crnji ast af wIittoil is 'l iti 'll a1d. Ieit l I id l y. si altu Ile 1 crl d I.li ce h-. W-ith the excletiO n I to ) l mivc r.,ain on ligi Sandly SOils that causled Smei ill atn excessiv shedding, cvtrt ttinit sanidfctrix teelpientc disnil the w Vk although in Pladc s thtretu i l at of t el phuii tS t o grir w tergoo. niuchvi to.wed In Bmesadla t1l coun- i v-ti its rct t ituing li tred. ar t Ixieldk wvere cleai t'd li1 r1xen weeds utrinx- the welk. and althomuhi many rassyx fields, are stll re oxxd ti cWr' Is i Whole is ell Ceu tivatrice. iand heavily fruited. Open hlls are noeted ill Bar'iwell couity. but the tilp :as a whle is later than la.t ayer. Laiy ingu by will Soonm h:e finlished. Sea i laiw cotton is doing verv well. Cutti Ins aln cuirint c tbaccai is well unrat.c ad tie l ditio and quali ty 1of tile croip is reprtedi very tgds liti re beinti made foir thle first '-b1reaik" of the season at Florence 4n1ll e tl. Ric-e is giwing well :md is ia very lil t litill. Al da. lFL-m:e r f xroxli Salt wl teI r is t \ver ill the tidal rive See tl ls. In d te southern co uns. eln Were aiisll ol inferi.. but ovr the r-eminder of the State t are fad title crop is being marketel. Peaches are very fine and plentiful IIo 4of ver. o. 2u but apples :1111 pears aire Suite Scarceald golner.ally inlferior. Grapes are a full r p and are riplen inr. but in h places excessive otin is Ited. Seuppernonggs oht yieldin as Well ascuxtual. ixugurr cane andproacgto la ie eellet ia rot. FTrae crop 2doins w el a oit havin werlu underway. Lut latmuchdayae xingtb hetn cuer byi STeraiotl near 21Came ner Getting Tngdsprort~ No.y the at h big8-etKr I Ric.xst ihefwayih Porto Rican ie wteLrsxndcame 'vere earben abou sroyed~ bythe gr uniis of San Juan.orl jon thes ra uh n the No.v.li he 3cr theix'n- loat of sPort ic or Th eNond2 saet ile 4 hourst lafte t two other transrt. xxtJ The dderene oflie sen the lxsailiaoflth two Nxii.on pro- i ablyiacdorunetred.rtespaaino thepvesse. andtap Isserhe s inered in atpproean bori lthe resced from her'i tti pinlxtous cposition ron acct forda ight-it by ithel eruiagser war-t et wtlhl ie er vesslt of 1h ing id iesye of the reglr r-inch Krupp - 'ss i woli e been ila hi ious t low i to lt'-e loven iuet Terei were abut-w ~ 1.50 tillnii n bord til 200 hliort ss:and go wast ta ltilof suplistafor the hen hbll'ade. whic wel lre' hpat ew oriit toewsl. iThe Fiit iade tas. w e ash Second biade. k wluld'i havex ee stei Judget:tt ult ofs thert thic eiri iippr linr amhle iese brogh i byili th Iall'iilantiufacu rer. aciation Pontnawri ork Blowniu cUpelin atccep tt''i c tradnporta tx i pac a inr sipmt-xuotm i flail'ut the metir'i1 \'eent it exces ol~ f tlt reir rait. liijThe cai de wil-itbe appale by the deft-'a dant s The-clt ld ilx tx was -ith-s inc the doin of ' till 11 sii er ilttl o lli-t-e tha i thiee tilto issin I te ritihlli annuallyeir thei Ill e timat b ismt which tihe expreilhi eutaiies wtf ise. havx tot Iay rl eiatl- the iin i llustane. y h WANT TO HELP US The Governor Gets Offers of Help E eml; All Sides. ..t.. ig I tVf Ihf:l hniV i have be rece i it by 1i-\ enr i 1):uii v ll e s. .(1"1 .18 6 Governir W. 11:ilrb.Clini.6 l)ear Sir: \;aticipatini anothecr .all. to he niaide IV the president fIr vidhar tecrs for the Ui ted States arniv. I :un1 le:t-ed to >av. that I now have I filil ad coilliplete reegierint. of a'1o inert. IraWIl fritin the State at large. duly or Lanizeid an4d ollicered : all of whoim de i to Io intoI the MCIecrvicc as rI .1-; ptibh. There arte so iniaiv r iint. oil file ahead if !inill here in ini. that the prIospt-et f gett inhg ollt frnii this <tate i:I not go1 ui. TIreIrt I wuhil take it a a great favor. if yvu can arralie to put lIy reglneit uto Serviec froni vollr tate. at sile'll car date a yII iliay De able to use Us. l(i1 _ reat respect. 1 amn. Yours very truly. GCo. Bl. Letnardl. " ashen. bid.. Jtulv 25. 18%. "To the Goverl r of Coth Carolina. *Dcar S'ir: - I call furnish a coulpaliy. h attalion rI1 regiient. if allowed to elect the two I highest otlicers. There is 11) dllance 1ot r call from the governor of, this state (.m the secondt cal! ,I,0 nlu von have a1 place for i1s. I alli. *Yoursreptfly xGoverior of Soitli Carolina. -)ea ir:-l see b thie papers that yOU ire aslart If men in the second call for troops. We lae a recniuent of Twelve colnlytuies and ole coi1ayily oF litrh t artiller%. We offer itur services I a Wlhole or as iiatly coipanies is vo'l walit. 1f III Wallt us write tile. 'ioN . . I-'.\\MI. 'Sa ralllle.Cal." Plottsville. 'a.. July 21. 15)S. Adjutant 6 eeral. saw in your newspaper your state i- short of vohintiteers. I have a full co)mpany i of good men who will go any Iplace I 'o. So. if you need a coiiay let tile know at onc. It will take me twt or three days to) get the men alto ethier. All I ask is free transporta tion from I'-ttsville to any place YOU wish ile to coie. I have at least thir ty ex-inleibers of the state guard. For m1Y military record write Adjutant G eneral Steway. Harrisburg-, Pa.: Bri, adier General F. J. 3Mauee. Wright.s ville. Pa.. or -John Owen. captain Co. A. Eighth regilent P. '. L.. 110w at Canip Alger. Falls Church. Va. "reiuain yours. --JolN F:ttrnt;. in e.ieh ease the gentlenIen were thanked for their kind co "nsideratin iiaul notified that as long as we thought w'! could fill tip the Second regiment with Soitl Carolina men we would lot ae eeptt any from other states. The aut thorities believe that with a little mnore time. they can get tilp the regiment all righit. SIXTEEN HUNDRED MEN FELL. Eighty-One Missing, Whose Bodies Have Not Been Found. Generatl Sha~fter's detailed repotrt of the Amierican casualties in the battle of Sanitiago) has beeni received ait tile war department. arid is nIow being ireptared for publicat ion. The to tal niumber of calsualties was 1.5.95. IRecaipitulationl. the Amnerican losses were: Killed 23 oiticers and 208S enlisted men: wounded. SI ufficers arid1I.20:3 men: maissi ni 81 mnen. The niissing are sup~posed to be dead. ats. so) far as known. the Spaniish forces took no prisotners. In tile first division. MIajor General Kent coninaniding. tile casualties were as follows: First brigrade. consisting of the Sixth and Sixteenth infantry arid the Severity first New York: Killed 5 oficers and 40) men: wounded 14 offieers aad 2132 mten: niissing 50) men. Seconed bri.:ade. consisting of tile Second. Tenth and Twenty-first infan try: Killed. oneo ifieer and 17 men: wou~nded. 10i oflicers arid 11 men: miss ie tiiree men. Thirdt briende. conrsistingz of tile Ninthi. Thirteenthi arid Twenityv-fourth infalntry: Kil led. 1 oflicers and :3o mn: wounded. 11 otliecrs and 15 men: iniss inir '* tmen. ISecond division. MIajor (Genrerali Law ton coimmandinig: First bri'gade. conrsisting of the E'ighth an Twenty-secondiu infanitry and tile Seond 31assatchusetts: Killed, one oticer atnd 15 in na ounded. 8 otflicers :uul 111 lue. 'tecowI bri-::ile. consisiting itt the ir-t. F uthl atnd T1wen tv-ti fthI in fan - tr: ille d. two oflierts anid 14 inca: wtuuled tiv ive otlieers andt 55. muen: Jiniss lin'. olne nutn. Thlird brig:tle. consisting if thie 5ev vath. Twelf 1th :and Seventeenth infan tr: K illed. two officers an d 45 in: wui le d. thlree i ilicers anti I4 luenci: (avalr d iv i-siIn . 3ajor G'enieraIl Whlieeler ctoliniadiig: F irs- tti :ile. conusist ing . oft lie Thl ird. Sit nd Nin1tli cavlry : Killed. twot otlicer- tnid 9 iuna: wounaded 12 officers aidv i11 ni ite: liiissirle fiur mnil. Secotntd bigad~e. conrSist ing of tile Firs t :nrid Teniith cavatlry anid the Ihauirh iuucl: wv utudel. 18 tlijers all]. IT l nei A Gang of Robbers. Th'le airrest if live inerieis nitar 31ari - etta. I a.. Thursday for ritbbhingi' a friihit train oil the Wecsterni and .t lanitic ra iload. has reveal-d the e:<is tetice it a -:anig oft tiutlawis whlich has Itcn tijcrattitig ill Ihie Kveliniesawxi M'tuiii taiii i eilttry far stuilte tille. .ieti ore andl..he I-ailr I o- he ion :ati it tea I rlbb-ry Atat te delite is re uSeinl nt tt :la tt ji till*r :pr- i tiit Charges Cowardice. niinlr at (Chie:hnonlie:1ll while the Ilnth tnl r espondedI~I lto h a tllb i all liet la staiady adthlien reiiuIiec t ido -nr dty. 3xiny t-lft thliami artle. ii n 'ie's ncoin h He Did Right. entlly - aid he hll list heard thIt hi- 1 yarii on I f thet FirlVt >1muh I ar lina li iet at) Ihiek:ulnanlza h l hltt[d t hOist fIr a na:r il l tr. I ie biii it bee that erandi inStit iif every South arlinihal to retin-c ti be wa ir intmtfr any ne.o howixever igho hirs atie-. IIli- rtmarkN -were Itltudly cheer PLUNGES DOWN EMBANYMENT Fast Mail on Atlantic Coast Line Wrecked Near Columbia. Th1 a m. i lin .tltc:stn I in.. w-e s..rek4- sho114rtly befo re 11 ch~ Thusiaymornng.luly- 26. four The1: t rain was- runin.I abouit 444 mileS m1 hour. when. clmng around a curve WN :1 hijb eibanikment. 5() yards from thlbidge over llmpto pond. the rlngin,J jumpel the track. The4. Whle414 train went down the cm h:mkiient. turnini over on its side. 11 enliIne hcol oil the edge of the 1''41Ii. E nr WilJs .hhnson stuck to lit 4.-I :lik eiaIwlCd out froln under the en1in in:1 14 a clId of escaping s-:1111. i11 wah dreni fully scalded. but Will recover. Alboit 15 passengers were 11111'c '4r, less injurelI. but loT sceriously. I0 ts anid 1bru2 iseS Inc-i! tle worst. The '-;cape' 44f tle peoplc aboarl was mirac Illu1. A babyV was to4sCd about in the fir!t-class coach. but escapled uninjured. The oith Carolin2a and Georgia road runs cloe1% by. The morning train camie up 1 few i1nutes after the wreck. and Was *a lucky am1bulance to the hospital Tho se in the hospital are: Willis P'. .Jo1s1on11. Florence. eng Ilcer: iniuries described above. Lieut. A. C. Davi- Company 1). In dIeIneIt battalion. sligrht cut on clheekbone. severe pain in side from 11ruise: no bones broken. T. C. Saunder5.Walterbro. slight cut <mn face and lip: pain in side; n) bones broken. M rs. J. R1. 'McLean. Manning: severe cut 4n back of head. hurt in shoulder. Miss Jessie McLean. Mlanning. slight cut inl back of lead. Miss lIita Boatwright. Monetta. ugly dlisfi-urinu2 cut down center of fore R 1). 3edllin. wife and two children. Williiston. Fla.. first-named slightly eut ill face: others 4nly bruised. Others who were slightly hurt. but who lid not have to receive attention. were: H. 'S. Moseley and W. E. Hubbard. Columlbia: H%. C. Coving-ton. Dr. Wil liaim Lykes. Lykesland; W. E. Fergu son. Darlington. it developed Wednesday upon a close inspection by the chairman of the state railroad co1nunission that the wreck was deliberately planned and executed. A 1eavy iron bolt so placed as to lift the fiange of the engine guide wheels on the off side of the curve was used. This cvcnin L the authorities. thor on''Ib lx 'atisfieId of this. offered a re wari I41 $2511 for tle capture of the mliser1vanit. Only five of tihe injured are still at the hospital. all doing well. THE PARKS CASE. Prompt Action of the Court on the Grand Jury's Presentment. The grand jury of (reenville county, in the final presentment for the term just ended. iade the following refer ence to the Parks case: -We have inquired into the lawless attack ullon the dwelling house of .John12 Parks. a negro man living near Batesvillle. in this county, whereby his tanmily was put in great danger and his child seriously wounded. We Canl not too4 stronigly conudemin the acts of those. who in order to) redress real or suppo44sed grievances thrust aside all re strainits of law and thlereby bring re proachl upon the fair fame of their State and counity. Realizing. as we do. that the strength of tile law is the safety of the people. we shall at all times be ready to investigate thor oughly the acts of violence brought to our attetition. From such evidence as was obtainable we present as being con eerned in the assault on Parks' house. Jesse Brown. Pink MIorgan. Herbert Tucker. Robert Tucker, Louis 31organ. 31iles Grubbs and Josph Payne. who as we are inliormned. are citizens of Spar tanhburg county. and as witness to this outrage we furnish the names of Dora Parks. John Parks. G. W. Durham. J. B. D)urham. W. H1. Durham and Jamies MIeklrath. .Judgre Benet issued a bench warrant for the'poersons named in the indict menclt. all of whom has surrendered to the auttho(rities. Guantanamo Surrenders. The first intimlatio)n Guantanomo had of the surrender of Santiago and terms thiereoft was on JIuly 2:3. when Rear Ad miral Sampson sent a letter to Gen. Parajo asking what numiber of rations should be sent to his garrison, as te had been surrenideredt on the 17th. Gen. Parajo. being ignorant of the sur render. ref used to) cr.dit the m2essage and accept rations. and answered Ad miral Sampjson to that effect. Admiral Samplson thlen senit ai :op4y of the terms of surrender, whereupon G3en. Parajo decided to inl'uire of Gen1. Tloral at Santioen whether the news was true. and Lieut. Col. Rosell wals senit to Santi ago. ie returnedi with his confirmation. andu the surrender of Guantananmo took place Wednesday. Col. Rosell says the cndl~itions1 of G uantanamio are awful. aid the troops14 are literally starving. For the last eight days they hlave had no' foo.4 2 Onimountinig guard the sol ds wverc obliged to sit. being too weak to) stanld. anld it was inmpossible to themn build trences. as they fell from exhaustion. TIhere a r4 2.4)0)0 sick in G.uanltanamo21. sufierin from124 11 diseaises increased- b~y Ilunger. Fire bugs at Work. in reenwo'd. Thell follo4win! ltter from422 Shieriftf) 3 icsian was reci ved We'dniesday 24 2 mrinig by the governo4.r: 4Greenwod. ". . . Julyv 2. Gov. WX. hi. E'llerbe. C 4hnabiaih. '. ('. De4ar 4overnor: WVe have hal iln our etin not over' fur miles from2 hlere feur lbarnii Iurn1ed witllinl thle last six m1nthls .2ol1r. .14ne~s' 1Lrn was bu2rned4. and4 'lr. .lones ar:tin?. C in Pridiav nIi1t lit. l,:lfil. 1r44\ell'i4r. tw44 iu leS. (olle horse wa42'1n and1 1.; bae of rotton2 were butrned. Thel4se menc arc or very best ''iizens. Pica~se 'tier a2 liral reward ftr app4rehension442 of par'ti-. It is get ile allti t hiV'itld c144urali 421 n2d un2 less5 Someici is done1 I...ear a 'iet nutbre'ak 44 4f 2 our go pet Iple.At 11r11n4tlI. I thlin1k we' ma4 a1 ' to re2 0ta' t lem .: HI a Vt Irlv 1411.' Great Distress at Habana. . . dip tch 'from Kev West says: 11u1n4' r i1 :hliin -many4\ vietlims. rich till t-.'in llabana. Since the ex 241n144 II bi ekade hagi' elosedi the ports of Srm i 4Grandeli. Nipe anid Batanabo. n14 .r4 si'n haveuty enltered the Cuban esp1al and1 :11 en;2. lBla1leo scantx' st44re in the warehiouses has been exhlausted. Bread14 rits have\0 already beu.un. Two brothers, bakers. were killed by a mob01 for defeniding tw4) dozen loaves. Char ity. is deadi. boeause the wealithy themi The Royal is the highest grade baking powder known. Actual tests sho* it goes one third further than on-y other brand. AK0 POWDER Absolutely Pure ROYAL BA02%Q P'OwDER Co. NEw YOK. TO BEAT DR. STOKES. A Startling Report Comes From New York City. The New York Telegraph of a recent date published the following: More plotting went on ainl closed doors in Wall Street yesterday to carry out the boodle campaign started against Congressman Stokes of South Caroliua. The shysters of all the wind exchanges are making a fight for life. The Hentz gang of the Cotton Exchange, the Kneeland crowd of the Produce Ex change and the Wormser tribe of the Stock exchange were closeted with thugs who have been hired to do the dirty work in the Seventh Congressional District of South Carolina. The alarm has been sounded in all the dens of wind trading throughout the country. The wolves in the wheat pit of Chicago are showing their teeth. The little jackals in the wind exchangens of the lesser cities are snarling. The whole horde of speculative shysters who make the prices for the things which they do not handle are terrified at the pros pe't of their infamous system being legislated out of existence. and they turn to the only argument of the crook -the argument of bribe money. Wall Street dollars and La Salle Street dollars are to be used witlput limit in the desperate struggle against the South Carolinian. The boodle campaign has even extended to the dis tricts of other Representatives who have taken an active hand in the fight against the wind exchanges. The spe eulative swindlers are aroused as they have not- been since the time of the Washburn and Hatch anti-option bills several years ago. The swindlers strangled legislation then. and they are ready to sandbag legislation now. The desperate fight of the crooks in the halls of Congress is to be repeated with LhC beginning in political conventions. The thugs that fail to defeat a C-im gressman ill a nomuiating convention Will bring all the power of their ioney to bear upon the polls. Wholesale bribery will be attcmpted and the rights of voters ridden over rougishod to pur sue the corrupt war against the candi date of the people. Millions are at. stake for the shysters. By their infa ous system they have robbed tens of' thousands. The robbery is still going on but tile voice of tile people. to be heard not only in South Carolina, but throughout the Union, will sound the death knell of the~ swindling horde. It is the same corrupt ring thlat used its dirty dollars to dig the political grave of other Congressional opponents The Hecntz- Kneeland ganlg. whichl beat. Hatch and other Congressmlen when anti-option bills were pending is the ang which is now plotting to do its rooked work against Stokes and his allies. The boodlers did their dirty business before without exposure but their hand is revealed now. The warn ine is given to the people. and in their hands lies the weapon of the ballot box to crushl the miserable horde attempting to rob them of their rights by political bribery. The people of South Carolina who stand by Congressman Stokes will stand side by side with millions who applaud his fight for human rights, the rights of the cotton planters. the rights o the wheat growers and the rights of all plroducers who are suffering incal culable wrong at the hands of swindling exhianges. The importance of this issue is being recognized as it never has been before. The infamous system by which ex change shysters fix the prices for the things which they do not handle is the crime of the century, to which the eyes of the peopl1e are being opened at last. The enormity of it is being understood wen it is seen how the cotton planters of the South and the wheat growers of the West are forced to take less than. living rlriees simply because theC h~ys ter speculators beat down tile quota ti'Mns with thleir bets. lleury lientz, without a pound of cotton to) his name. goes on to New Y ork Cotton Exchange aid yawps thlat he hlas 1 .i)00 bales f or ale at i cents. lie has no4 cottOnl to sell, but he h~as the cool flrontery to. sell what is still inl tile planters' hands. The planter mnust feel a reat j.,y over the kindness of thlis shyster oitering to. ~eat dowen thle ma~rket withl wind cotton. IIentz had thle real cotton he would maifest less enthlusiasml about throw ing it away for 7 cents a piound. But he Ias simp11ly ma~de a bet on the~ lice falling still lower, and then all tile rot ten miachinery of tile co.ttonl pit rs brouglt into play to winl thlat b :t by slaughtering thle price. I maginary sales take place bet ween erooks acting inl collu sior, who bid lower and lower, a ad thes3 bids becomle the <jlottionils. \\'hen tle price hlas been ~'ihd do~.wn to G5 ents. llen demands the d iifereneca 1f Il ut aP01und) on thme I101 1han tim bales his victim --boughlt.~ 1 lltz wins $>.000. but not ai bale of cotton has been bouitght or solId. Thle same025 windl ingI syV.-tl WI)leh ha:s givenl I; cents ci ttn to 1.e lIQ 01th 11a1 also tell ; -cen t wh1eat to ti.C \'e'.t. The planta r- and4 f.armers hlv not 'lutteid the mal:reLt and. the law ofi Inply l an iiibi'an woii i iri - fr their priodnitS. bit surjo p lte an dmnd juardsthr ttle e by the Hidt ard on the ehng. Th hlw frme by ioges tks wii a .crill iv the rtinrs tihir itW.e Thet fhtg herhnze bgu ms ti io in. The t tohe anhilated. 'l-i ' e~ i he r 5ton the 14Men. . i O~la trmen It isbUl i ntory fr ivr ma Orere to Jin hLe wen huie brnz beoth city~~ preihnti t e heammr hour orer un mi ed -"" foe-sin theil gae. Neca mJaksn i lLw ed inet stiete aft ta hour.i uLie. pain ftiegig u the wenyn rn.jablelz.t