The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 10, 1898, Image 1
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Seventy Hours of HaiuMo-Ha'ul
\ Fighting.
U. S CRUISER AND INSURGENTS
St or
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Stormed tlio $panl*b Outposts All
Ioi?k t li o Lino and Now Hold the
ftfiiluubs of >(u nil, i.
\n Associated. i're?? dispatch via
Hong Koug, June ?>, says tho Spanish
outposts luivo boon driven in nil along
the liue, simultaneously and with groat
^daughter. It is said that over 1,00')
have been killed. There bus been
fierce humUtohand fighting for sev
enty hunts, despite tho typhoon whieh
is raging. Tho violent winds and tor
rents of ram render tho rifles of the
Hpauiidt troops unavailing, Tho na
Uvea easily win at every stop with
, their slashing knives.
Tho insurgon Is hold Malabon, Tarlao
and Bacuor, and aro attacking Santa
Moan and .Violate, tho suburbs of
Manila, which is completely encircled
for a ?? dud once of soveu uiilos. Tho
Governor has issued a despairing proc
lamation, bugging tho insurgents to
i'o4no to terms, and meanwhile he is
urmngiug to roiuovo ail the Spanish
population inside the old walled city,
llo is tilling tho moats, testing tlie
druw bridges a lul placing strong
guards in tho principal streets and ar
tillery along tho walls. All tho other
troops are camping in tho suburbs.
Chief Auuinaldo, in the course of an
?. r 4 interview, iiaa said that the insurgents
are oagor to rush upon Manila forth
with, but that Admiral Dewey refuses
,to allow "hordes of pussionate semi
.HAYftijUi to storm a civilised metropo
lis. "
Admiral Dowoy intends to await the
arrival of tho American troops. Tn the
meantime tho insurgents have been
forbidden to <fro4s tho Maloto river,
seven itfilos south of Manila; otherwise
ilio I'fUJel will bo stationed thereto
bomuard them.
It .'is ollicially declared that four
armored cruisers, w ith colliers, torpodo
boats and transports, oarryiug 10,000
troops, have loft Spain for eastern
/Svatois. I lie Spaniards ar.e utterly un
impressed by tho naval defeat there.
They explain that their squadron was
vastly outclassed, and aro confident of
a victory* on shore. They are de
termined to fight to tho Qjud nH the
tvhips did.
J The insurgents raided a railway sta
f tion to the north of Manila aud killed
three priests and an officer. There has
also beeii a pitched battle at a Spanish
post south of Mai^H. noar Cavite, t ho
rosultfhoiiig that mo insurgents retired.
'The Spanish casualties jyero ioO.
At Manila the work of constructing
defense^ goes on ; and iliero are sand
bag breastworks iu all directions. Tho
Americans aro always using their
? , search lights, but they never interfere
?? -- with tho woVk on tho defenses, Tho
Spaniards bolfevo that thoy are short
on ammunition.
Tho Governor has issued a proclama
tion ottering tho natives great concos
sions aud declaring that tho Amoricfths
:T" ' will be powerless on the land. Mean
while, tho insurgents aro Bteadily ad
vanoing along tlie coast supported by
tho United Statos gunboat l'etrel, and
are driving the Spauiards into Manila.
Tbefr have captured five important posi
Tions nine miles from the city, aud over
400 Spaniards have been killed.
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News From Dewey.
The Navy Department has posted
t ho following: "Admirai Dewey ro
poi is that the insurgents have been ac
? lively outraged in tho province of Cn
vitc during the pnBt week. They have
won Bovoral victories, taken prisoners, j
about 1,800 nion and fifty officers, of
-- tho Spanish troops,* not nativeeoo-Tho
arsonnl of Cavite lias been prepared for
occupation by tho I'nitod 8tatos troopB
upon tho arrival on tho transports.
'I ho Hlffgcst Ifattlc.
i To tho southward there has been
fiorco fighting on the Zapoto river, be
tween t ho TJaccor and Las Tinas. Tho
bif&jest battle of tho present campaign
wos fought last TuoBday, May Hist,
insurgents attackod on tho left!
^.Wanyh of tho Capote, waded across
aiuid a typhoon, stormed the banks for
? y M\ sterlous .Spanish Prisoner.
Tho .Spanish officor takon to Norfolk
on the cruiser .Cincinnati has been"
trnnsfeired to Kurt Monroe. While it
is ru moved that/ the Spaniard is an olli
cei\of high Tana, his identity is un
known. Ho is confined in a comforta
? bio ceH-aud-vrill be well treated as long
as he is a captive at the garrison.
Wor-ritul by domestie troubles, Mrs.
Kate llausling, a New York oity widow,
worth 330,000, iuhaUd.igaa and com
nutted suicide.
Must Out of Canada.
Hteps have been taken by which it- is
expected that Lieutenant Cairanza,
who has conducted the .Spanish spy sys
! tern front Montreal, with bis-associate
- - fc'enor Du liosc, former first secretary
:-;-?f.tho~f*pairtsb legation at Washington,
will be expelled from Canada uuless
~ ? ttnp y adopt tftetr own means to lea-re be
- fore an international question is raised
r. as to their jirexAnoa there. The Carran
*a letter, detailing bis spy system, was
communicated to the British ambassa
dor^*j?if. .Itilian Paoneefote, together
witk all other information bearing on
Bd&rtn
niekttr
, the slow procssssS of the_ mail, SKS9
? With ?l other information bearing on
the upeistiunsuf tbe?j*nish oipciaja in
grrCatwta.-- The spibmwUiu warqglcktff
eciin ihe matter and without .
the alow process e< off the mail,
Ihe-eature matter (o the Foreign Offic?.
Perils Ptiwisti.
The Democrat? of GeoCxie roMd on
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SANTIAGO HARBOR, THE RETREAT OF CERVERA, SHOWING THE FORTS BOMBARDED,
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Through Iho courtesy of the Charlotte Obseiver we ere enabled to give oir nuliir the nl ore rut, clo?il3- showing tho
situation at Santiago do Cuba.
Tpe phrase, "bottled up iti Santiago harbor, " applied to Admirai Cervoni's (loot, booms particularly expressive
when the situation in fully understood. Tho harbor, with tho very narrow mouth of neck, is Iho bottile, and Schley B
fleet is the cork. It isi only iiuo feet between tho shores of tho opening of tho harbor, and in times of peace tho shiP
channel in some places, as shown oft a chart published by the Kuglish admiralty ollico, is but !t00 feet wide. Thi"
chauuol has been partly tilled with obstructions, and at present tho actual ship channel is only 100 feet wide. In dopth
it ranges from 550 to <10 feet, and further in toward {Santiago, seven miles from the entrance, tho water is but 15 or 20
feet deep*
If ch ley attempts to enter the "bottle" after the Spaniards, lie will find tho task a most diflieult ouo. Maneuver
ing a battleship Wi* feet long ami <>!? feet broad, like tho Massachusetts, or a 400 by HI foot cruiser, like tho Brooklyn, in
a well mined channel 100 feet wide under tho gnus of several forts is a practical impossibility. Hut so loug as the "cork.'/
is in, Cervera will reiyaiu well bottled up, and Sampson can procood-with tho work of demolishing Havana and San Juan
and covering the Sending of Oeucral Miles' armies of invasion.
Rovernl miles along ninl carried 1 1 ? o |
Spanish ti eu'ches with l;nivea. Juno 1 ,
tlioy tried the light brunch of tho !
Zapoto, bill failed. Tiio Spaniards]
employed artil Icry all day, but 110
casualties aro reporter!.
Hot rimes About Manila. 1
Tho British gunboat Swift, which !
bus just arrived from Manila, reports |
tli at the insurgents havo out (lio rail- I
ways outside <>f tho town ami have ad- j
vanced to within four mdos of tho city.
A Spanish regiment mutinied ami allot j
its officers. righting between tho in- j
surgents and the Spauiah troops in
frequent and the former brougjjt a !
thousand prisoners to Cavite.
Tho Americans, it is reported at
Manila, assist tho insurgents with
boats and many guns. The Swift re
peats a rumor lliut tho insiirgcuts hud
capturod and tortifiXd a number of
priests. Tho British Ycsidcuta at tho
time tho Swift letJC still resided
in Mruila, but the'-'oihor foreigners
were taking refucro in foreign ships.
Ordered Not to (ilvr Oil! Information
Captv Aunon, Minister of Marino, at
Madrid, has ordereil every ono connect
ed with tho admiralty throughout tho
counTry to abstain from giving in
formation of any kind a<i to prepara
tions for naval movements and also to
bo on guard against persons visiting
the Department "on more or less
legitimate pretext seeking informa
tion."
Kloiul lit ftrA'*20, OOO.OOO. ?
Reports from tho Kloudiko region
indicate that within tho noxt two
mouths obout ?<?(>, ODO.OOO will bo
skipped from Dawson City to San
Francisco. Most of , (ho -treasure is
?aid to b* the privity of tin? Alaska
Commercial C.? llio If. agents
having bought the gout dust from Ibo
?liners and givon checks in payment.
Will t?e VCxchanjcYd.
Admiral Sampson is engaged in ar
ranging with Admiral Cerrerafor the
etebaege ef NaraM??nwt?iie4er Hehaon
and tho m?n wlw amtrow pnsoMTa at
Santiago, for wm^of the officera and
men'held prisoners by the Unitod Statea
at Fori Moyh+sfion.
A Heaplte lot
liiwrtwwt Carranza and Ssmor
da Boas, wbo are cendoeiing thsir
[ fipaniah tipefaUon* from 1M,
[ k*T* wee?M im gfrjifri?
III# jiiiil
Now Spanish IiOiiiis
The Temps publisher u dispatch from
.Madrid wliioh announces that tho
Spanish Minister of Finance, Honor ;
; I'uigcerver, baa submitted to the cab- I
iuet the arrangements for the nevloan, j
1 which, it is understood, is to bo made j
1 without the guarantee of the tobacco j
j monopoly aud without tho assistance of i
i foreign capital. The Hank of Spain, il ]
I j'h iu?id, will advance, when necessary, )
i in installments,. tho sumof 1,000,000,00(1
[ pesetas, the niaount of the loan, and I
i undertakes the foroigu ox^onses of the
1 army and navy, *U,'ho government, it in
! added, estimates tlmt it ha? suHiciont
. resources for severAl months.
Medals for the Mcrrlmuc Men.
Hof>rosentative Harttnan.of Montana. !
i has introduced a joint resolution di
j rectiug the Secretary of tho Navy to
! have prepared and delivered suitablo
: medals of honor to Lieutenaut Hobson
, and onch member of his crew.
Oettlh of Captain <lrl<lley.
('apt. Charles V. Gridley, command
er of thecruiaer Olympia and ono of the
t heroes of the brilliant victory at Manila,
i is dead. The announcement of his
l death was received by the Navy De
partment, late Saturday afternoon, in a
j cablegram, from Paymaster Gait, of tho
j navy, date at Kobe, Japan, .Tune 4th,
j and" directed to Secretary Long. Tho
| dispatch coutained this simple state
j ment: "Captain Gridley died today.
Remains accompany me on Coptic,"
A Car Lond of Sick Men From Tampa.
A car-load of sick men from Tampa
lias reached Fort McPherson in Charge
of Dr. Woodson, of the hospital corps
at Tampa. The men are suffering
mostly from measlea, sprained ankles
and sore eyes, and one of them ban
been made helpless by a tarantula bite.
The general hospital at Fort McPher
son now contains 75 men.
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The Mohican Mails for Manila.
' Tho t/nlted Btatas sloop of war Mo
hican has sailed from Ban Franci*caJar
- Ifeaelttla^ 14 tn understood that eh o
will remain on dnty at that port, re
placing tho Pennington, ordered to
join Admiral Dewey's fleet at Manila.
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ftoldtera May V?t? la IM FIeid.
Tha aoasaaittaa o* elaeiion of Praai
dutaa d VtoaPraaidsat Hapreiaa.
tativee ia Coa*r#aa have dirntM Mi,'
-W' " &&?***"
make a layotabla report apaa Mr. La
?ey'a Mil t? imM ?oMiara li tU Wr
lb# feiU
, jr?*? >. ?? jgawi* <*?
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AII'ohho XII Oil Ills l>eal h !????>,?
In t!i? 1 iprlii of present . events it is
interesting to rcca'l tho .last words ol
i Alfonso XII. When tho King lay o-dy
! ing ho whs hoard to uttor several times.
! "What a conflict! My (i oil, what a con
i llict!" Those words puzzled tho^o who
I wero at the fcoyal bedside. Some
thought thov\ha'd rofcrenro to tho lusl
Htnigulobetw/wttJlifoand death. Others,
however, saliMgd- 1 h.-it 1 lm pain ho \va<
a u flaring was great, begged of him
to explain hiptaetf. Alfonso thou re
plied "I koo a <??>? f! i<-t in tho future. "
Tho words wore prophetic, and Spain
I rememhois thoin today.
.Suutlaffo Again Atlnchod,
Ou the morning of tho (?th twenty
four vessels of tho American fleet
opened fire Qpon tho forts at the en
trance to Sautiago harbor atul alonq
tho coast. Tho firing ceased about 11
o'clock. Further details are not yel
known.
Spain \\ hiiIs I'cnco.
Tho belief is growing in the best in -
formed government circles that Spain
is sincerely Anxious to make peace, and
that ?v?lV now sho is seeking a favorable
opportunity to make overt urcs in that
diroctiou. Numerous evidences of thin
have como to the. attention of the
authorities at Washington, but up to
this time no move hus been made to
ascertain on what basis the I'nited
States would consider peaeo.
Kctlleil With tho I'lrotcs.
Details hare been received at Mala
ga, Spain, as to tho puniHhmeut ro
contly inflicted upou Riff pi rates by the
Shereefian > troops, at Alhucemas, n
Miiall inland fortress and prison settle
{ metifltdfjpuging- to Spain, in the Medi
j torraneau, off the coast of Morocco,
I near Capo Morroko. It appears that
I the tiocoy and Kabyle tribes were as
Noinbled to |>ay a fine of $341,000, when
suddenly, at the sonnd of a trumpet,
the troops, attacked them and slaugh
tered many. .
The follWlog military nominationi
hare bean confirmed by the Senate:
Brigadier generals Fred D. Grant.
Now York; W. W. Gordon, Georgia,
Tobe second lieutenant, Albert J.
Dillon. Florida.
IIS Sllfflli III iilf flllf
SHilry s impsoii Iviin S h ? ? ! is
On Sautid^o,
AMI RICAM I I \ f 1 UNSCA I HLI?
S|Hl II I l? l.tl.SM's II C.l \ \ -I'.sll ?? I I . I , < It \ l?
it m I t .1 1 1 1 i ii it I1 hi I . I > i iii .it; c 1 1 - ? I ii -
Shore Itatterlcs Nlleut'Od
An \ttsocintod I'ioss I >ispatoh vui
Kingston, .) iiiih ,, says: I i ? t* Amuricun
(loot llii- morning engaged tho Spuui h
batteries defending tho entrance ul thu
harbor of Santiago do Cuba, and after
a throe hours' bombardment, Pilem-cd
neurit til I (lie fm-ls, destroyed Kovornl
earthworks ainl rondoied tin* Is
Irolla ami 1'nve battel ies, the two
principal fortilicat ions, useless.
Tho tloot formed m double column,
'?i\ miles olV M orro t 'astlo, at (! o'clock
in iho iiiuming anil steamed blow ly
,i)ii.i yards oil hihh ?>, the Brook lyn lead
i i t , followed l\v tins Mui blohoad,
I'oxaa ami Massachusetts ami tninod
wostumd I ho second lino, 'Iho Now
York lending, \\ 1 1 1 1 Iho Now < h loans,
\ankee, Iowa ami < >rognu tollou mg.
twined westward. i'ho \ i\or? and Su
\t aiioo worn fai out on tho !$ft think,
watching the rilloinon on shore 'Iho
| I'olplnn an<l I'oitcf did miuiIhi duty
on tlio 'right Ihink. I ho line headed
| by tlio \i?vh \ork, attacked t ho now
| earthworks near Moiio Castle. I'ho
, Hrookl v n column took tip a station op
I posilotho Kstrclla nud < atulinu b;tl
| lories and tlio new oai thw or It a along
the shore.
I'ho Spanish baltloslnps remained
Bi Ion t. II is doubtful whether tlio
Spuiiish were able to dotermiuo tho
character of tho lnovfftuout, owing lo
tlio dense log and heavy rain which
were tho weather features. Suddenly
tho Iowa firod a It? inch shell, which
struck tho baso of llstrella batloi v and
r turo tip tho works.
S" liiBtanlly firing began from both
Hear Admiral Sampson's ami (.'^>1111110
dole Schley 's columns, and a toftxeutof
sliolls from tho ships fell np6u the
Spanish works. I ho Spntnardrt replied
promptly, but thou artillery work wan
of a very poor quality, and most of
their shots went wide. Smoko buttled
around tlio ships in dense eloibls, run
doling accurate aiming difficult. Thoro
wns no uianoen vi ing ol tho Moot, tin*
ships remaining at their original alii
tions and firing rdendily. Tlio Hpiad
roll was so close jm hlioro that it wily
! difficult for Iho American guuuorn to
j reach iho batteries on tho lull lops, but
their fil ing was e.XvcUeut.
Previous to tho bombardment, orders
were issued to pie\col lit in^ on .'Oorro I
t'astlo, ,Kh tliu Amvrican admiral hud |
boon informed thai I Ooutouaut llobson t
and tho other prisoners of thy Morninac
Rio confined there. In spite < ? f Huh, 1
however, several stray shots damaged
Mono Castle Hoinewhut.
Commodore Schley :i lino moved j
closer in shoro, firing at shorter valine.
'I ho lirooki vn and Texas cuiihiwI havoc
anions tho Spanish shoro batteries,
quickly silencing them. Whifn tho
larger ships were engaging tho heavy
batteries, tho Suwaneo and the Vixen
closed with the small iu-shoro batteries
opposite thetu, raining rapid lire shots
upon them and quickly placing tho bat
teries out of tho light. 'tho Brooklyn
closed to HO' I yards nnd then tho de
struction causud by her guns aud*Uiose
of tho Marblehcad and Texan was
really awful, hi a fow minutes the
woodwork of Mstrella fort was burn
iug and the battery was silenced, tiring
no more during tho engagement. Maul
ward, tho Now York and Now Orleans
siloncod tho t'avo battery in quick or
dor, and then shelled llio earthworks
located higher up.
La tor tho practice was not so accu
rate. owing to t ho elevation of tho guns.
Many of tho shells. however, landed
anil tho Spanish gunnels retired.
Shortly after !? o'clock tho tiring censed,,
tho warships tunning in order to per
mil tho use of tho port jbnttor.ios. The i
firing then became a long rovorborating
crash of thunder and tho slmHs raked |
tho Spanish batteries with tumble nf !
feet. Fire broke out in tho Cntalinn
fort aud silenced tho Spanish gnus.
The tiring of tho Meet continued until
10 o'clock when tho Hpanish flro consed
entirely and Rear Admiral Saiupson
hoisted the "eonso firing " signal, Gen
eralJy, tho tiring of tho Hoot was very
Owens Acquitted.
Tho caso of .r. P. Owens, indicted
jointly with. Mrs. Atkinson, wife of
Governor Atkinson, on tho charge of
complicity in alleged forgeries, went to
the jury aud a vordict of not guilty was
returned. A demurrer was entered to
the second indictment against Mrs.
Atkinson, aud urgument was begun,
ller frienda are confident of her acquit
tal iiiuce the Owens verdict.
Threats of Kusslu.
London fable, 5th, to the New York
Sun.- A dispatch from Vienna to Tho
Telegraph, says: An articlo in tl^ji
St. Petersburg Novisti, which is re.
garded by dfploinats as a pnpor in close
touch with the Hussiau government,
rlm-huos. "Tho appeal of Spain to Mu
ropoiin powers was a sort of capitula
tion, both flotfseloa* and criminal. The
war must, ond, and America must vol
nntarily subordinate her wishes to tho
judgment of the powers. " The articlo
ol4>sss.-with a menace to the United
States, "who?e position with ttra ton^
and open coast lines could not stand
the United fleets of two or threo Euro*
pean powers/' '
Bro?|?t in Msr c*p?Mtn Dead.
The United 8taWs collier Pompej,
formerly the British steamer Harlech,
arrived at Key Went from Norfolk, V*.
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| ik>- li u.'tn i> Many >>f tho oui thxvorku
i xx oi o I, no< i. i- i I i i i i- uml tho llstiol In
:i'r. I I ':| ! :i 1 1 !, ,( hit' >\ i:l O so dalllllv'od
i that .1 i. <1 : ? ? 1 1 ; ? i - ? *> whether tlu\V
] ii! oXol In- able to i cue ? || 1 1 t" tic 1" I ? NO
? ?i 'i? i'mi.Mi.; till- \\;it \ftol llio tloot
I luui i 1 1 > . ! tii 1 anim ds 1 1<| <iiiv((i| to
?otu ? i>t ti l l: all I SOllt t XX el V 0
' i' 1 ? .4 If il t I 'lilt l'i lit II.) Oil 0 XX lis Hi
' ! ? i i <1 I ' ; i ' '.il_ i> sho 1 f I t<l I I'h'SO to t ho
! i ii ?' '! i : ii I ll I ill ; a> ii\t ( I m i' n
... . nielli II ' \lili'l!t ill :? 1 1 1 1 > XX a ? lilt
: it ii I no \ in i-t i -.in win uiiuiod. It tho
^ j.iii liti .1. i%t uok t>? tiieii ?:'iu>1, and nil
| ox iifoiii'o is to tin* i'ii 1 1 .ii x , 1 1 1 o 1 1 loss
( m m .*? t lia x o I ?*?** 1 1 hoax v
Spanish liiiiM'.i
It is ii I so ii ii ( I oral ood t!mt tho ( uli.iu
hoops maintained throughout tlio
| ;; I Oil t ol I'.llf Ot t ll 0 ilux nil llttuik f'X'
j hind on Santiago and tin* Spanish 10
; port* say tho garrison lost heavily in
i L ll luii and xx ohlldcd.
! I lio military eomiuaudei of Santiago
j do Culm ack noxx lodges tho following
! xx oi o severely xxouutlod aiming tho hind
! rorooit: Colonel Ordouez, Captain San
j olii1.',, I .lontonuiit Yri/.nr, of tho ar til
j loi v, and 1'erez and (lareia, both Span
! i.-di officers, xx hoso rank is not montlon
od. I ho Spaniards ul;<o admit (ho loan
?it 'I infantry soldierH soxrtidy
j wounded and sav uuu soldier xx na
| killed. I?nt it is believed tho losses of
| the Spaniards were inneh more heavy.
! In tho naval foioes, tbu Spaniards
i ray that 1he ollieor who xvns in com
muni ot thepnitly dismantled Spanish
i > Miii. ?'i Koina ^lotoedos, and five sail
'?l ii; and an ensign wore killed. I ho
' S|.-ahhdi M'ldiors xxoiunlod, il I < asset ?
! ? niiinhoi sixteen. Tho Spaniards
| :>i I, .<< > x I fd^i: t hut a ^ i out doal of dam
i. <? xx I- s inllu tod on thooniiHor IJoinii
j Aioio.'do.t and thoy sax Moiio Custlo
shoxxa filial, y up i in; hroai'lios in its
i x? al is.
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' 1 .-at or tn flu) day, it appoint*, aland
j in.- of Anierioiiu t loop a xx as c (fueled
near I'anpi.ii, Home distance east of
j \;;'Ha lores and near tho railroad Rtn ?
i t ion con neot iiijj with hautiu^o. Tutor
j mi en_;nyoinuiit took | luce hotwoon tha
j \inorioun forces and a colmnu of Span
i > li troops which had hooli sent nj{rtlllld
tiio landing party. It hoouis to bo ad
nuiteil that tho lire of the American
Mildiorn was so etfootivo that the Hpan
i-h xvero eompoljod to tloo from the for
1 1 1 ii'ii 1 1 o n s tli<>v weio dofoudiu>;.
^larln t'oroHH Sunk.
j? I hero is u rupuil cuirout at Capo
! Haxiion that tho first elasa armored
I Spanish oruisor Maria Teresa nhh sunk
j by tho lire of tho American ships. It
i is raid Hint only 5(10 \>rrit)rioan troqpn
j were lamlotl af I >a i? ( t> ifl, oi; possibly at
: \ L'uiudoreH, t ho t xx v/plaeos Iioiiik aoum
j iii, lx oontnsod Ktt t lie rotiiir ts.
srmi/\i<iNK < -itrisK.
lii'iiiilirol Sf-.-'tu ry 1 nvetlcil to Hip
\ il'W 1)1' I Nu \ I u ?? t (M'K.
Mi. Siijioii Luke, inventor of the
l.uko submarine wrecking boat Argo
ii it 11 1 . in a recent cruise, gives his ox
peneiico as follows :
?? I hiring the 1 1' i p we m ado various
experiments lo demonstrate llio practi
cability of our system of submarine
navigation. 'I lie whole trip Was mado
w tlli our own po*vor. Tho Argonaut
whh 1 1 ii ii < 1 1 o< I vory easily oitlior Oli or
under thu surface, or when tunning on
tho bottom, nutl wo provocl that tho
hoat was perfectly seaworthy. At one
placo we struck a hank of Band on tho
iiottom which appeared like a hill of
shelled corn Tho toller Wheel would
not work satisfactory over it as it
buried, but we found this was overcome
easily 1)3' working tho propeller, which
, drove the Argonaut over it with case.
I "On hutd bottom, where the water
1 was comparatively clear, tho door whh
! opened and it was a beautiful Might to
see tho bottom through the opening
! and tho crabs and small (i*h scattering
piB we approached them. We picked up
i u few oysters iim wo were traveling
| along, but as wo had hut a crab net to
j catch them with, wo got but few, be
cause our speed whh too great.
"Wo discovered that wo could i-eo
further under tho surface at night with
our elootrio liirhts than in daytime.
I ho greatest distance seen in the bay
was about] JO foe!. "
Mr. l/jiko expresses his perfect confl
deuce in being able to cut tho wires or
destroy tmucs laid lo protect auy har
bor in tho world He says if tho Argo
. nunt wa-. at Santiago, Cuba, ho would
not bo long in destroying ovory possi
bility of explosion from tho Spaniards'
nests oT mines.
War (tends Soon to laauo.
A Washington dispatch Juno .'itii says
preparations are substantially com
plete at the Treasury Uopartment to
invito oilers for tho bonds for carrying
on the Spanish war as soon as the issue
bo authorized by Congress. Knvelopes
have been addressed to evory national
bank, to the postmaster at every money
order otllco and to tho roproBcntativos
of express companies who iiavo offered
to aid in the placement of the loan.
A Monument to <iln<lstoiic.
Id the House of Commons a message
from Quocn Victoria was road, an
nouncing Her Majesty's intention to
direct the erect-ion of a monument to
the late William K. Gladstono, in
Westminster Abbey,- in accordance
xvith tho wiRho* oppressed in tlio ad
dress of the House of Commons to the
<^ttcen. ^
'I'lie lliid'iilo Arrives.
The United States crniser Ruffalo,
has arrived at Old Point. No on* is
sUohumI to ^a oa board. -- The Hafato
ia in sueh a fttltiy condition tbatis said
she if ill be futnigaUrtf before b?iDf ra
leaHad from quarantine. Her eraw it
made op of several nkt iooalitiaa.
Moaiffey ?nd Brsta* Of.
The monitor Montaray and tbaaalHaa
Brvtas ba ra left for M?itU Tkm
wharvee aod dock* on tba wjrtar freel
I wata ennrdad wiih paapia wktkma ta
jfrorn the Jaws of Death Glory is
Snatched
BY MOHMONI) P. HOBSOfl.
Mm limn I ??'v 1 1 (?% < (! 1)\ an American
I 1 1 1| MM I tl> - I<\| II I I lllMI >.11 II ?| Ml'll Of"
IVieil I heir Si'i * Ires,
?
Hoar \duiii al SampHoii deoidoil t<>
j oloao 1 1 10 narrew 1 1 a 1 1 >i)r entrance of
j Santiago do < ul>ii h,v inking (In* oollior
Morrimao, loaded with coal, in tho
clift n do). Ho called for volunteers to
ro to almost certain death, auil 4,000
men ?.> tl'v t'o? 1 theinael vea. Lieut. llob
poii anil Mix ruon won* cIiohou, ami at ft
? m , I i nlay nioi mi ii 54 , tho Mwrrimao,
u inlet hor own stimm, entered thochaQ
no I under a tomhlo Spanish firo. Tho
vessel w uf, n, I, II, .,1 w ith projectiles, but
fdto anchored and awung around.
Lieutenant/ Hobaou thou wot oil i?U iu
t or n itl t is rpedo with an electric attach
inou t , thoro w as mi oxploaion, tho Mor
rimao hank, tho ohannol waft closed,
i mul, apparently, \dmiral < 'or vera will
j ho unable to oBeapo.
I. icut. llcliKon appear lo have oar
nod out hi* plan to tho ainalloat do
taila, except. a * rogiudatlio niothod of
j OM'aj c. '1 ho row hoat in which tho
j new wore to attempt to eaoapo was
either blown up or ?hol to pieces, for
I Lieutenant lldhi'.on and hia nion drift
ed a*hoio on an, old catamaran which
wau tdtinu ovOi tlu> chip's side at tho ,
I an t moment an an oxtitf procaution.
I pon reaching tho nlioro tho nion woro
taken prisoners ami Kent to Santiago
city under guard. Later they woro
taken to ;Morro 1'arrtlir V'nptain Oviodo, "
Admiral 1'oiv.era'n chief of ntaff, whe
hoarded the New Yoik. did not give
i Hither detail* of I ho capture. Tho
bravery of tho AinoiicaiiH evidently ox
citod an much admiration among the
Spauiardu tut it did among tho men of
tho Aniorioati (loot, 'l'ho priaouers will
ho perfectly aafo and will probably be
u oil troatod w hile they remain in INlorrf
< 'astlo.
OfiicoiB of tho fleet, when i|ue.stioued
an to whether Captain Oviodo could
have had any ulterior itosinu in visit
ing the Now York under a llag of truco,
Mounted tho BUggOHlioii, Haying that tho
viait waa prompted by pure chivalry ou
tho part of the Spaniards, iinil wa?
llOlllO Of tllUlll.
Clausen, tho Now York's coxswain,
wont on tho Moriimao against orders.
Nothing could have kept him from that
trip into 1)io jaws of death. It is prob
nble tluil tho Spaniards will try to
blow u i> the Muriimac, bill imp* ouable
that they will siu'coed. Speculation in
i ifo iih to tbu extra details of bow Lieu
tenant llohson managed to blow him
self aud hbip up and live to tell the
tale liia heroism hits cleared up the
situation. Tho Spaniards aro now ;
doubly Uemuied in.
At <|iiarturH on tlio Now York Chap?
lain Hoyeo prayed before the bare
headed crow 011 deck, thanking God
for having* preserved I .ioutonaut Hob
son and the men under him. Tho chap
lain had in voked this. protection, but
few believed Jt possible that bis prayer
could bo granted.
itirhmond l'envsou Hobsou was born
August 17, 1870, at Greensboro, Hail
county, Ala. ? where he also graduated
from tho Southern University at the
head of his class, llo was appointed to
tho Naval Academy on competitive
examination in May, 1H85, aud although
the youngest. man of his class, grad
uated at its hoa.l, in 188'J. . His first
cruise was in tho Kquadron of evo
lution on the flagship Chicago, with
Admiral Walker, in the .Mediterranean.
Later ho made a cruise to Brazil whan
the flag of tho now ilra/.ilian republic
was recognized. Me was offered to a
special course abroad, Bponding one
year at tho National School of Mines at
I'aris, and two years at the School ol
Maritime Science in tho name city. The
summer vacation was spent in French
shipyards. Ho received diplomas from
tho Trench school for distiuction in
naval construction and design, both of
hulls and of enginos4 lie also spent
some time in the English shipyards.
Ho was assigned to duty at tho Navy
department in I8JM, in the oMiee of na
val intelligence, bureau ot construction
and repair. While on this duty he ?
wrote a report on his observation!
abroad; also a report on disappearing
gun*, afloat, whic.lt was discussed *>J
naval experts on loth sides of the wa
ter. * &
In 18^3 he was on duty at the New
York naVy yard ns assistant to the na
val constructor. Ho inspected the yacht
Defender and made an interesting re
port on that prize craft. Later he
mined Admiral Huuco on the flagship
New York. As a result of tliie service'
he inaugurated the new system of giv
ing sea duty to naval constructora. He
proposed organizing end conducted the r
post-graduate course at the Unit**'
States Naval Academy, fixing the si
cial course at three years for officers d<
siring tho high attainments in nan
science. Ap*4Kth last he wae aea igt
od to duty as constructor for Jl Mr fleet
at Koy West.
His exi>erl knowledge watrccogDiMd
by the Mexican government, whiob
designated him, ia 1800, to ooedee*
trials ujion the Moxican dispatch veeeel,
Donate Onerra, built at Philad?i|rtlia
Constructor iiubson is a great . Mffc- -
?w of Governor John M. MorebMk^et
North -Carolina. His father waaawirti>
known lawyer aud judge of that "
On themaleinal line he is *
of ChiefJuettrePeawft,
olina, and a nephew of
Riehmoad Pearson, of that 8tota He
ia m great graadeon of letiwr Sesatte"
WUflaaia, of Tennei