The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 24, 1898, Image 1
KNITS II HAH.
Vultures Attest the Deadly Fire of
the Americans.
?
WRECK AND RUIN EVERYWHERE,
Tl>o SallVon King of Spain llulf Muittcd
<>u tho Keep for Several Hours. Wfti
It tor llobson.
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A |An Associated l'ross Dispatch via
"Kingston, Jamaica, Juno It), Baya; A
?careful iil?|'ootion of tho fortifications
ulong tho crest of tho hills defending
?Santiago harbor since the bombardment
Thursday morning, shows that Ameri
can Kuuueitt spread wreck, and ruin
ovory whote. Homo of tho batteries
woia demolished boyond repair. '1 ho
vultures, ^vhioh circled on level wings
over tho lulls as thick, as b wallows
around a chimney, houru after tho
tiring ceased, furnishes gruesome
ewdenco of tho fatality among the
Spanish soldiers. Hundred of troops
could bo seen from the ship#, digging
in mounds of earth. piled up by tho ei
plosiou of tho projootiloa from tho
heavy guns for bodleu, whilo their
heads were fanned by tho wings of tho
black Bcavangera of tho battlo-ileld.
The hilltops booiu literally blown away,
'these murkvd tho places whore the
2<)U*pouud charges of kuu cotton,
thrown by tho Vesuvius, lauded.
Will Von BMrieha Uad?
-Tho British correspondent of the
1 intern pays: "It seems i robabla that
if Admiral Dewey ii .auble U> under
take Hie responsibility for tbo safair of
o ? U.U..I frM
Thl'liiaritMtinMt.
The Ho?g Kong correspondent of
Ike London Daily Mail, telegraphing
^TIIE TtlllEK DYNAMITE CKATKRB ON TUB VE
k SUVIU9.
Norfolk and Western Wreck.
A special from Boauoke, Vs., datod
J jirte 10, nays: Norfolk and Western
rain No. 4 was w rocked at 12:45 p. m.
today, two miles west of Statesville.
Tlirce wero killed and several injured.
The doad are: Engineer A1 Horner,
Bristol, Va.y Utremon Ed Sadler,
Bristol, Va. ; Mail Glerk A H. Francis,
Marion, Va.
But most ominous tokous of douth flow
from Moro t!antle. Tho sallron Jlae of
t>puiu was half-masted on^ho keep for
no vol a I hours, Soino ofliccrs of tho
Hiptadron believe that the llag was half
fnustod us u iH/VTlioat-ion to the Amori- |
irons that l^eutuiiaut llobsou ami his
!>ravo mou wore dead. If such is tho
case, they must have beeu wantonly
murdered. 'Neither Admiral Sampson
nor Commodore Schlby beliove that
liieutonaut ilobson and his party have
bueu killed.
A dramatic incident of tho bombard- j
meat was the act of a Spanish officer,
who bravely ran along the parapet un
der a heavy (bo oncouraguiu? his niouJ
to stand by their guns, Shot and shell
rained about him, and after one terriflio
explosion ho was seen no more, and tho
parapet had disappeared. He could not
iia-. o escaped death.
From tho foretop of tho Brooklyn,
2, 5)00 yards distant, tho men on the'
groi|uds could be noticed, butaiuiliuto
later dust and living debris would take
their places, iind when the smoke cleared
aw a j' only a spot of red eartli could be
seen ? guufe and gUnnors having been
swept away. It was tho most deadly
and destructive bombardment of the
war thus far.
There wero no casual itios in tho floet,
although tho ships held a fixed posi
tion, as if inviting the Spaniards to
Jire upon them. The half-stripped
ehip's gunners never worked with more
enthusiasm.
The wotyls of Bear Admiral Ramp
son wero: "First silence the batteries
on the ehoro and then continue firing
until tho fortifications ure reduced. "
This order was strictly obeyed.
Straw and Oil in tlio Strocta.
Cuban scouts report that tho in
habitants of C'aimanora have strewn
tho stroets with straw and oil, with the
intention of destroying the city and
fleeing to tho hills. Famine-stricken,
couvincod of the ultimate triumph of
tho American arms and without faith
in the protection of tho Spanish
soldiers, tho people are believed to
have determined to leave their houses
in ashes behind thom and seek safety
'in tho mountains in the north."
A {treat Steel Plant. ?
A Hpecial to the Bepublic from Bir
mingham, Ala., says; The Alsbsma
Steel and Shipbuilding Company was
organized here with N. E. Barker, of
Birmingham, as president, and with a
capital stock of $<*40,000, aud authority
to issue $1, 100, 000 of bonds. The pro
moters of tho enterprise aro local and
other capitalists and the Tennessee
Coal Si iron Bail road Company, which
latter corporation guarantees its bonds.
Secret of AugwHtl'a |{C!iigiin<lun,
It ib etud wt M Hvit til thai Caplaiu lien
6rt?l AUf;u*ti iosi?Miuil i ho military
leKderehi|t at ^lauilu to tho tt|?au?hhN
gouorul ooiaioauiliug thoio, so thai t li o
capitulaliou of thul | >1 uoo iou.v 1>0 aij;u
OAT TAIN CIKN'Kli Vt. AlUCBT'.
oil l?V Iho 1 ni tor and tliun hnvo Iobb im
portaneo in tliooyos ot Iho natives tliau
if signed by tlio captain general of tha
Philippine Islands.
A Hig M.ii I' I in >< n,i Kociih.
An ono of tho results of tho sonntorial
tight of last win tor, tho liopuhlicau.s of
Cayuhoga county had tho liorcest ami
most turbulent con \ cut ion buttle over
Been in uorthern Ohio. l'uudo
mouium broko tooce. Tho policc
charged on -Iho platform, cljmbing
ovor tho roporter.*' table, uml forced
ColliHtor ami every llanna man with
him out through a side entrance. Kvory
Hauu^ delegate lelt tho hull. The
Hunua mon wont to ltiblot's Hull, uour
by, ami hold their o\?u convoutiou,
clioosiug delegatus to iho coining State
convention and a eouiitv committee ol
1-1 for tho eusuiug year. Tho McKisson
uiou iu tho Army and Navy Hall did
tho sumo. v
Scrapping Along Shore.
A hot brush betweeu Bom? Spanish
troops and a i econnoitoring party in
iu Bteam cutters, occurred ou the
morning of tho lith in a Hinall cove
TYPF. OV SPANISH UUEHU1LH.
west of Morro Casllo. Tlio Now York's
cutter was hit ten limes nml a murine
in tlio cutler of t ho Massachusetts hud
the stock of his ritio shattered, hut I > v
good luck no ono was hit. 'l'he Texas
opaued tire with her nix- pounder on
the hillside and tlio Vixon staatnod
light into the cove und peppered the
blockhouso with her rapid lire guns.
Eventually tlio Spaniards retreated to
the woods and the two steam cutters
withdrew.
Hot After a Spy.
The greatest excitement prevails in
Camp Merntt, San i'rau cisco, over th?
report that leaked out to the effect that
oiio of the most noetd and daring ol
Spanish *t?ios had been captured iu
camp. Au investigation revealed the
fact thaL the Spaniard hail not as vet
boon apprehended, but it is kuowu that
the government has received reliable
information thut leads it to believe that
BpAMn has a spy iu Camp Morritt.
Ilmvaii n .<1 Spain.
The following \ottor was recoived by
Siytin's Vice-Consul in reply to aformal
protest against Hawaii's violation of the
neutrlMity laws:
'?To -H. llmijoi, Ksq., V'icc-Consul for Spain, 1
Honolulu ; '
. "3lr: In reply to your note of the flrwt iu
slant, I have the honor to say that owing to
the Intimate relations now existing between
thU country ami the United Mute* thla gov
ernment baa not proclaimed ?pr^Umatioo
of neutrality, having reference to the present
conflict hetweeu the Dolttd JRUta ?Atl SpiUF,
tat, on the coptrary, hsrt teadnrei to |he
United States pr?Viief?0 end ?w#li?tan<*? for
whleh reason your protest can receive co
farther consideration tfkaa to acknowledge,
tea receipt. Jj - '
'?I have the honor to be, sir,
?"Ifpn E. Cowan,
Tried to BiowrtTpTlrr renin.
11 Mid that Honolulu ?mm ne*r
b?i?f lbs veeae of_aa frightful ? die
S Si
SIm.
Tta Army ol Invasion Lying ofl
\ Santiago.
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will 4a nd in three days,
iSampsod, Shatter and (inrtia t'ou
Hllll 8 Wolt'UIIM'tl Wtth
itluging ( heers.
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An Associated Press dispatch, via.
Mole St. Nicolas, llayti, .luue 21, nays:
The United Ststos arinv for tho inva
sion of Cuba, Hi, 000 strong, com
manded l?y Gelit >d Sliaf ter, arrived oil
Santiago do Cuba, at noon today. Tho
tilno of its disembarkation lias not
yet been determined upon, but it will
probably bo within the next three days.
When the floot of !t# transports, with
its freight of lighting ineu, swept
up tho southern coast today, and slowed
up withiu sight of the doomed city of
Santiago dc^-'uba, the anxiously await
ed soldiers vvor o greeted with ringing
cheers which faintly reached the trans
ports from the warships, aud they were
answered by tho troops most heartily
and in kind.
Tlie ('omnia mlors Consult.
Tho steaiuor Soguranca, having on
board Genoral Shaftor and his stall,
h t t*anied to the flagship oi tho A luericnu
fleet iu order to visit Hoar Admiral
Sampson. Tho general went on board
the flagship and later ( ieueral Shatter,
Admiral Sampson aud a party of officers
boarded tho Segurauea, which went to
Afiorradoo, about I? miles west of San
tiago, and near which place General
Garcia is encamped with *1,000 Cuban
soldiers. General Shatter and his stalT
and Hear Admiral Sampson went ashoro
and proceeded to General Garcia's
headquarters, about a mile inland,
whef? th?v spout several hours in con ?
Rultatiou with tho Cuban genorai. At
tho conclusion of tho conforonce, (ien
eral Shafter aud the other officers had
little or nothing to say regarding the
plans for landing the American troops
or for the oo-operatiou of the Cubans.
Tho best information obtainablo is that
there will be no attempt to make a laud
ing for two or thi'oo days.
Voyago of the Fleet
The army of invasion left Kgmont
Key at noon on Tuesday, June Mth,
convoyed by the United States war
ships I lidiaun.Castiue, Helena, Annap
olis, Bancroft, Morrill and llornut.
The passage was nocossarilv slow, as
two big water barges and the schooner
Stevens, also used for water, had to be
towed. At BebeccaSlioals light house,
tho fleet was joined by the United
States warships Detroit, Osceola,
Washington aud Ericcsoti. When tho
transport fleet left Port Tampa it was
the intention of those iu authority to
toko the western course, around Capo
Antonio, but later it was decided to go
via tho Florida Straits, that beiug a
shorter distance. After the fleet got
into the rough waters of the straits the
transports were formed into threeliues,
about 1,000 yards apart, with 000 yards
separating tho ships.
The voyage throughout was tedious
and uninteresting. Tho weathor was
excellent and consequently there was
little suffering from seasickness. But
fourteen cases of typhoid fever and
some little measles developed. The
surgeons, however, say tho health of
the men is exceptionally good.
l'robable Resignations.
There are ruiuorw current in Madrid
thatlho Cortes may suspend its seKBio??
during the coining* Week, when 'lienor
Puigcorvor, the Miuister of Finance,
will resign, in whioh event it is thought
the Premier, Henor Hagusta, will ho
compelled to submit to tne <,>uo?n
Kegent a 'piestion of confidence in the
ministry. Jt is possible then that Scnor
Hagfista will resign, in which easy, it
is said, a national government, pledgod
to the most euergetio conrso, will
Micceed his ministry,
jr
Nominate si I" nil Ticket.
The middle-of-the-road members of
the Populist party of Michigan held
their Stato convention at Cirand Hapids
and nominated a ? r?J I ticket, headed by
.Sullivacj Cook for Oovernor.
V I lie A?ll?e*lve btiunp.
Socyetary Qago has written a lotter
to the House ways and means com
mittee and tho Senate finance com*
mittee, stating that it is absolutely
imi>o8sible to put tho adhesive stamp
sftction of the war revenue measure
into operation on July 1st, and asking
that the time be extended until July
15th, and that the commission bo in
creased from 1 to 3 per cent., in ordor
to increase popular interest in tho dig
tributiou of tho stamps.
Crying for Peace.
The Madrid correspondent of the
Times auys: "El Diat'o de Barcelona,
one of the most important of tho pro
vincial newspapers, strongly urges tho
immediate conclusion of peace, bo
cause overy day's dfjjay raises the pricQ,
lit which peaco is obtainable and the
American resource are such that or en
if all the Americ^nSqn^drona are de
atroyed. Wpain ought atill to demand
tfta ce at any price. ?1 Correo and El
Epoca reproduce the article, though
without endoraing it. /'
" " ? M??tcnnat<Aemnil .
The House committee on military af
faira agreed on and favorably reported
? joint resolution reviving the grade of
liantennnt gen are! in tho army. ? ? -
^ Ord?ro4 Oa> ef Clilneae Water*.
\ opocm from Hong Kong^jnja:
Tho American supply skip Znflro,
whiafc w ae seat here from Manila bjr
Admiral Dewejr to procere ptoriaioma
and ntfcsr anmnsnrisn far Unfltet, fti.
I M I I- n ST \ 1 I S CON'tittKSS. I
I'rot til' senate .? 11 < I lions? ;
? !? i ??if? I ay tn t>ay.
Tiuc skn \ it..
J l N k l.Viu \Ho< lite passage of 11
mini 1km of private pension bill*
tho donate rosuniol rotmderution of '
l I ie )| II let'll lit loll ft) Ifailk ? ? I ? 1 \llUIII0lld I
nielit wax acceptor by the committee
ami adopted ox I (Mid iuy too privileges ;
ot tllO IIIOHHIIIO to all Clti/OUS of till! I
I nited States.
Ji'Xi: IUt M. Aflur devoting mi hour I
to tin* discussion of ft lull i entering (ho
annuities tu tho SisaetoU and \\ till |>e I
lull bunds of Sioux indians, tho senate
resnmod consideration of tho bill to in
ooi'poiuto tho International Niuerioan j
Hunk, i-'uuiol, of Virginia, otlei$d an
amendment to striku out tho eutirosov {
fiith section of tho hill, winch mnfoiti
power on tho bauk to not an tho 1) nun- I
end ngout of unv nation, State, nitiiin'i 1
i aiity, corporation or poison, ami io
act as trustee of uuy bitch. A vote upon
I'Utiicl'b uiuoudniuut w a a takou, the I
amendment being rejected to I?.
Tho Semite Ihon wont in.o executive
session and at 5:15 adjourned.
.Irsr 17th. I lu> loreign relations
ct^inmillo, through .Senator Davis, the
chtoruian, ropor t o?l favoiably to tho
Senate tlio Nowland's resolution for
tho annexation of tho Hawaiian Is
lands. I ho bill lo incorporate the
International American bank win
passvd by a vote of Vti to v?:t. At I p. m.
tho Senate went into executive session
ami (toon afterwards adjourned
?lr.NK <JU'i II. ?* I )iKOiiB?ion by the Sen
ate of tho cpiestiou of Hawaiian annex
atloii was be^itu in open session. Mr.
White aflorded tho friends of iitinoxa
tion the opport unity they had buen
awaiting. Ho moved to adjourn, and
like a tianh !Wr I'nvis demanded the
yens and nays, i ho motion to vote upon
which was a test of strougt h between
tho friend* and opponents of annexa
tiou. Jt was decisive, M to 15. The
Senate, at 5:H5, went luto oxecutivo
session, and at 5:45 p. in. uiljournod,
.1 iNi: "1. ? lu lei eat in tho discussion
of the Hawaiian annexation, which is
proceeding in tho Senate, has begun to
flag. \\* 1 1 i t u, Pemoerut, tho leader of
tho opponents of annexation, spoke for
threo hours and a half. Among tho
bdis passed was one providing severe
penalties for tho malicious injury or
destruction of Ruhninrino torpedoes,
fortifications or other coast defences.
At i : i ) p. in. tho Senate wont into ox
ocutivo session, and at 5:45 p. m. ad
join ned.
TI1R HOUS15.
,1 r.N'i: IVtn, ? l*y a vote of :.'00 to 111 .
thu llousso of ftfcpreseulati vos adopted
tho Nowlands resolution providing for
t he annex at ion uf Hawaii. Tho general
dcliciency bill carrying an ULrgrd'&ato
of )j?;.".M,032, .'W5, was reported l?v tho
conunittflo on apptopriivUons.' All but
in for war o.xponscH and sfw, -
OTo,M?\! of these ordinary deficiences
aro for pensions. Tlio bill is tho larg
est deficiency ljill ovor presented to
('on?ro?< and tlio largest appropria
tion bill put through that body siuco
theylvil war, a special appropriation
liill'of upwards of ?700,000, 000 en acted
iiyfo law in 1H(]H eclipsing it.
Junk. 10th.- '1 ho general deficiency
bill was considered by tho House, but
was not disposed of. A heated debate
was precipitated over the paragraph
carrying $163,505) for postoflice do
licieney, but it was 'not passed, and
tho House at f? : 1 '2 o'clock p. in. ad
adjourned.
?Junk 17th. ? Tho general deficiency
bill aud oonfereuco report upon tho
District of Columbia appropriation bill
occupied tho attoution of the House.
At.' ? o'clock tho House took a recess
until 8, tho evening sosaion being do
votod' to tho consideration of pension
legislation.
Junk '^Onr. ?The House passed the
goneral doficioncy bill, carrying $224,
000,000. The conference report upon
tho District of Columbia appropriation
bill, as well as a. number of other con
ferenco reports uppn legislation aftect
ing tlio District of, Columbia, were dis
posed of aud conkiileratiou was tlieu
given to tho confcronco report upon
tho bill to open to settlement tho In
dian 'feretory, allot lauds therein and
provide for tlio protection of tho poo
ple. Without liny debate tho report
was adopted. The House at 5:85 p. in. J
adjourned.
?I i'sk alar. ? After passing several
bills of minor importance tho IIouso
in commUteo of tlio whole considered
without disposing of it, a bill to refor
to tho Court of Claims certain claims of
persons for property takon or destroyed
b^' tho Confederate invasions into tho
Kouthorn counties of Pennsylvania.
Tho comments of tho bill candidlv do
claro their opposition upon the ground
that the bill suggested a proposition no
monstrous as to deserve no considera
tion. Ponding disposition of the meas
ure, the committer roso and at 4:44 p.
in. the House adjourned.
Arkansas l>rntocrntft.
Tlio Democratic State convention mot
in Little Rock, and nomihated a fcitato
ticket.' Dauiel \V. Jones, of ^Pulaski,
was named for (lovoruor. The pratloj-in
says in part: "We recognize tho Mon
roe doctrine as a cardinal touot of the
Democratic party aud a part of the pub
lic policy of tho national government
aud favor its strict observance.
Hid In by 1,'ucle Mnm.
The prize steamer Panama was bid
in at public auction by tho govornmeut
for $4L,00o.
4 Drowned at a Launching.
Daring the launching of tho New
British first-elaaa. battleship Albion, of
21,050 tons, at Blackwall, the dis
placeeaent of water canted an immense
wave to rite on all aidee, completely
submerging one of the lower st^fs of
the yard and immerafog hundreds of
people. It if estimated tHaft 00 'person * {
were drowsed:
Koiatnafea Rejected. v.
The 8eaate^p)ec4ed O. P. Anthony.
a*Mi?, to be poef aiter at Scotland
Neck, y. Q. -i
think Mm-Wapaley
ft a been**** w<NH*n?~ ?e-*he U a
fceautffal. wwrtn-tt* moat btantlful
wo?a*n?* think, th*t LJ?T? ever aw
Jtbf <?f?r ktM
tea alwaje been each* tort. ? wbeth
- . ,\y": - ' ' '
SI'!
1MB null
Alleges That tho Morrimae P ris -
War I >?'|i n( nil-lit Will Hot ul hi t e.
ISii^Uhlii is (Quoted as Saying I'hul No
Derision II, i<l Keen Keurhi-d.
I Mspatclum aunonueinix Unit t'nptaiu
( ienoral Hlaiieo bail refuse^ to
tion whh-h wiih modified htUu by Mua
rid adviees unotin^ Su^nstn as saying
that no deeision 1 1 in t huon reaehed.
Should Spain adopt 1 1 to i'i ilol and mi
Usual eouise of iof lis 1 ii an o\ehai)KO,
Hid re^ulntiobs ct t ) i o Wat Depart
mout are Butliyiout to meet the case.
I ho following pi iliviplo is hud down ill
il? ley illations.
"Kyfftiiat ion will it n vor bo resulted
to as .i intra-'tuo u! mere leveii^e, but
Only u.s a iiieustii o of | u uli'i l t \ o i o*. i ihu
lion, and, movoovor, emlttou) !\ and uu
avoidably; that is to nay. ret'itinfmn
shall only lu> ic.sot'tcd to niter euveful
liinuii v into ttio iohI oeeill roueo, and
tln< ehai aider ol tljo deeds that nuty do
ltiaml rot i ihu t loll. I 'lijilst oi ineonsid
orato retaliation removes the hollij<ei
on Is further and further from the mili
f^ntiuu rules of warfare, and by rapid
strides lend)* them to tho internoeino
wars of savages. " ^
Wliyllio Kxt-tiuitge Was Itcfu'cit
Iho Madrid eorrospoiideiii of tho
Thnns nnyn Spam's refusal to Qxeliauy"
Lieutenant llolibon and his eomi an
ions of the Men- mine in easily o\pla>ned
and justifiable. Wit hout an v uitoiitioii
of ai'tiriK as spies they must have seen
many tilings in or around Santiago
About wliieh tho Anierieun naval and
military authorities would L'ladly liavu
information.
Aeeordiiik' to advices from Manila,
dated dune 1 1 th, it whi reported that
(General Nonet, eoniing northward with
4,000 nrmed troops from Malaean,
thirty miles north of Manila, found
the lailwav lino hloekml and was taken
in ambush by tho iiiKiiry.ents. I'loree
fi^hlinjr ensued and wm earned on for
three daya, during wlneh (ieiieral
Nonet was killed. The nativo troops
joined the insurgents ami Iho Span
iards who were left, nhout CiOO, tun
rendored . A balnllioii at I'ainpau^a,
of five militia, tiled on the insurgents,
killing Jive. At j^upule, also, wholi!
retiiiuent revolted at a evitieal mono-ill.
oners
HAVE" SEEN
TOO MUCH,
Allnirs nl M n i? I' ii .
I )<?<?! ii ici I I u?lc penile nee,
Thcro was a great feast ul Cavito on
Juuo 12, when a docla: ation of iudo
pendouce was formal lyc' inade l?y Ajjui ?
naldo. lio bad invitcddho American
ollicerb to be prosunt, bn'k nunc accept'
od. Aguiualdo is reported to have ad
vocated autonomy under American pro
lection, Hiuiilar to tlio Hr it irIi protecto
rates. '1 ho insurgents, it is believed,
out of deferouco io Admiral I >e\vey ,
have resolved not to bombard^J\^?iiila.
foiiiKl oil a Dead SIejften;ter.
A report from the Spanish mili
tary commander at Ouantaiiannl
was taken from the body of an unfortu
nate messenger who attempted to past
the Cuban linos. It give* tho^ofliciid
Spanish version of tho attack ?.f llui
American licet hi tho capture of tin!
outer harbor of < iuantanamo, and dis
oIosoh tho fact that starvation in fac
ing the Spanish troops in eastern Culm
mil No I Ktuy Dciul.
All is quiot, according to tho latest
advices from I'uerto Plata, in the Do
mincati republic. Nevertheless, it is
known that auother rovolutionury coif*
Hjiiracy in on foot. Tho Olivia, a small j
sloop, is parsing along tlio northern
coast of Hayti, picking up Domincaus,
for tho purpose, it is understood, of a
new descent upon Monte Cristi, or
Puorto 1'lato, with a view to tho over
throw of President ilorcaux.
l/i III! lit; < l? ii ii n
OfTicial changos at Pekin, says a dis
patch to tho Daily Mail, from Tien
Tsin, foreshadow tho . return of l,i
Hung ('hang to power. His iulluonco
is predominant in tho Tsung JA Vamen,
and ho is strongly biased iu favor of
the Russians.
AjjotmiMo Capturing Money, fj
A dispatch to the London Daily Tel
ograph from Munilu via Hong Kong
says: "General Aguinuido has captured
a pood deal of money, which he has
sent aboard tho American warahips for
safety. "
A <'al?lc K ii (1 Hocureil
Tho War Department has received
information indicating that its olJlcials
had beon able to secure an end of one
of the cables running out from Cuba
and which, when properly connected,
will givo Admiral Sampson direct com
munication with the Department at
Washinington.
Wreck on the Count Line,
Passenger train No. 85, bound for |
Auguet* Tie the Manchester k Augusta
Railroad, w? s wrecked on the 18th tivo
mites from Bqmter. The train, consist
ing of angina No. 9i8, one second and
one first-class coach, express and bag
gaga car and tbe Pullman sleeper
"Shannon," was derailed and all but j
theengine ditched b^wwuntamtr . i
Aoxuitt Goes tato Retteat.
Tho London Daily ' Mail's corres
| pondent ai Madrid says: "Captain
[General AngttaU tslscrapiw thai ha
baa goaa into tba wafled city and that
bo will be vmmH9 to communicate
fsiilM* ?
it t; \ i >?> i ti Kt i ' h kim >k r.
Vii I >i| > irii< I in t >? il l<tirt' ij; ii I'l title,
I ' i >?> p >- 1' I s ul I ,i cm" i 'I'ops,
I m >rccedon i?'?l trade totalf,"
III \ ol I .11^ llt'U \ ll \ UUIO.IMll t-Uipillt'litH
III plWlrOoUS, law Cotton
? 1 1 1 ? I 111 <1 U II I llv't II I 0>l prod Ul'ts, 1 1 II 1 1 0 > I H is
CI ??|' I ?!' OHpectS, I ? ? I It i ? It In \01,V llUKU
v>o!il - of >? It ivii I mi it must other coreaN,
fis Mull ii h roltoil; profitable railway
oi eiation*,. as i olltx ted in relatively
lio.i \ j t?r gains iii net lliai in grosa ro
ceipts; activity hi nearly all liuos of
Ilia'lUlavlU! lllg MltpimUtS. pi it'OH ft>r
uio-il Muploa allowing hu.i\ v udvauc'ut'
over tho preoediun vnu , bank clear
in^s exceeding all pluvious records at
this tlato; a volume of lio\v demand
limited in tho bast mill South to mid
summer dullness, hut in tho Wont and
Not th wo^t computing favorably with
record* t>f previous stars, uiul a low
lute of business inm lal it \ , ai o nil foft
lures of ttio general business Mtimtiou
iu tho present tune, The collapse of
I .oitor nnd Ins doul in wheat, with tho
demoralization in prices which was*
couooio limit, Iniii hi' o 1 1 followed by a
quieter fooling in (lie coieal* market,
but export. demand paitly on early
placed orders, h is improved, ami more
is doing by llour millers.
t'olton acreage aiol condition alike
foreshadow a yield which may be
slightly fuunllov than last year, but Huh
hi i lit (lastly bo ciun pensatod for by
ait itiivaiieo in valued, which ale higher
on the week. A ruther uuict tone is
hhown in tin* iron sill nation this week,
relatively moat activity being exhibited
in tin: West.
Cotton goods,/ if rtiny thills, were
slightly Improviil, but law wool instill
under lontiieU'd demands, because
manufacturers V find' new business
"RIvw, The pftcO situation for
the >veek reflects Ntoailiuoaa; tho only
important decreases are in Southern
pig lion, wheal and Hour, while hides
are higher at the West; a number of
metals have been advanced, and oats,
corn, lard and cotton note fractional
advances.
Tho West and Noithwesl continue
the 'cone of relatively inout aclivity,
alike in demand and movement of
merchandise. Tho excellent crop proa
peels in the Northweat ale reflected iu
a satisfactory trade ill .seasonable goods
and a relatively larger voluino of ordora
lor fall trade, with the aggregate hiiIo.h
at iiiumI citien heavily in dacosh of cor
responding weeks in recent years.
Wheat exports for tho woek aggro
Ff.'ito l,;tso, ;sr bushels, against I, J;I0,I?.S.>
bushels last week, bntdiels in
this week a yoai atro, !), 0','n, :{ | ? bushels
in |kjm{, ?.?,?.*? 7, -to? bushels in f*<!? i, and
I ,!???, lain binhels in I*,' I.
Corn v\ ports hi e also slightly tunjiller
than last week, amounting to l,K)n,000
bushels, com pared wit h I, i M, :tOH in the
preceding week, I.M.'t, SUM bushels iu
this week a year ago, I, .110,000 bushels
in 1 *1.H} and HjHfOOl) bushels ill I
Huf'.iuess mortality is at a low point,
the failures for the week numbering
only 14 smaller than a week ago,
l.i lower than in the corresponding
wt t?k of |MJ)?, 58 smaller than this week
in lS'Mi, i>| Hiualler than 1H!)5 and only
1 J larger than ill this week of 1MJI4,
when r^tricfion of credits and dull
business was not marked.
Kail urea in tho Dominion of Canada
number lit, a decrease of ? from last
woek, of b> from tho total in this week
a year ago, of W from I Htlfj aud of It
from I
>l? li lulcy m Wise iiikI S(roii|( Killer.
Tho London Standard, applauding
edihtriully PrcBident MoKinloy'H wis
dom in postponing u serious invasion
?if <r'uba till after tho rainy Hoason,
says: "Tho President shows himself,
us lio lias dono throughout tho whole
business, ft wiso and strong rujqr."
(ii'ii McAri liiir to ( o.ui.iaii.rj
I tin now definitely ynuouncod that
tho third expedition to the Philippines
will ho commandod by Ihiuadior-den
ernl Arthur MeArthur. Major-Oeiieral
Merritt may accompany this forco,
though ho hud expected to remain hen:
until tho doparturo of tho fourth (loot
of transports. '
Mow llnvn 5,000 I'riKoiiern.
News from Manila under dntoof June
17th, it appears that tho insurgents now
hold 1, 000 iSpttniuMlB and 1,000 native
prisoners, tdtfmiijk with thoir arms.
Tho insurgents u I siK ruptured, on June
Mth, the town of Oalaugn, the place
next in importance to Manila in th?
hay.
Doom Not Illockadc the. Channel.
Admiral Kampnon, in liia report, Hays
that tho hull of tho Morriinac does not
block tho channel, but lien to the riglr*. \
YokhoIh can pass without touching it
during tho bonibnrdinont.
Appropriation for tlin Kxpoalt Ion.
Tho conferees on the Sundry civil
appropriation bill have agreed to n
provision for tho Puns Reposition. It
ih in torin.i of tho oiiginal Senate
amendment, but limits tho cost t<j
8000,000.
S|m'ilHrilH l>?*H?trl Itig.
\ special from hoy West naya: "Ad
vices from headquarters of tho l uban
civji government in Caiuoguey, report
that rnoro than ft, 000 Spanish volun
teers and many regulars from Puerto
Principe and Neuvitas garrhtouA have
deserted to tho patriot army. The im
mediate eauso of desertion woe the fear
of tho Ainerieau fleet.
Loit Ills Mult.
J!d win Arden, (ho actor, ?ued Rich
ard Mansfield* in New York, to roooror
$j0b for breach of- contract, - but the
Verdict was for the defendant
Bager for the B??4i.-? '
"IXiwTl-koowq banking house a ads a
proposition to "the Secretary of thfl
Treasury to snbscribe for $100,009,000
of the now bonds at 101. Undor tho
law tbo bonds mast bo sold at par and
allotted to tbo snbecribora for . tbo
smallest amounts first, bono# tbo ofln
eonld not be eotfrj^fltdL ' -
ward coarse. t? eof/fcbl wtoriljn
Ignored tbo prolset of United States
Omi sal P^st, no not bated on onBoCnf
VVi stiM'n B.illorios Badly Wrecked
by tho Bombardment.
TH f- VESUVIUS IN ACTION
I lio I' n ( iii noe (o t lu> Harbor lioolip'!
? iIm< U l?KOI Opi'lllug Into ll?o liivld
I* Ire <>l it " I it iiili1 I' ti ritaee."
I
An Aanoeiatod I'roas dispatch via
K ingston, Juuo Itilli Mi.ys. Hoar Ail
inn ?1 Snmpnou'M (loot bombarded tho
I mi 1 1 i'i io-i til Xuiitui^'O unriho third tinto
111 daylight tills morning. I ill! western
batteries, ugaiust \\ hich t )? main uh
stiult mum directed, \v ?*r?* badly
\vi fi'Ue?l. Ono \vi?h utterly doatroyed.
I 11 tdllOI'S 111 It II v gllll>T>YOI V (1 18 1I10\I u t oil .
I iio I o\i\3 droppod h shell into tho
pow i lor iiiit^a/iiio. 1 ho explosion
\i inii^hl toi riblo hwvoo. Tho frame wa?
lilted, t ho Hides w oi o blow 11 out und it
shown <'f debris How in every diroo
tiuii < * i ? o t inibci, carried outside of
I ho butloi v, \soul tumbling down tho
lull
Not it n li i j ? was struck iioi' a liirttl ill
JUlcd oil t Ik* \morican aide, ft be
lieved tliiil tho 0iiem\'s loss of life \vuh*
heavy.
I ho dynamite cruiser Vesuvius laat
ni.<hl at miduii^ht \vi\h given another j
ohittioo. T'li t oo 'J i!t poniitl charges of
14 1 1 it cotton wore sent over tiio fortitica
t ion h at tho on t ran oo. I ho design wan
to drop tho m hi tho buy. urouud tho
anglo, I moli of tho eminence on which
til Mono i* situated, whoro it was
known tiuii Iho I'tptininh torpedo boat
dostroyera v ore lyin^r. Two chargen
wont true, lis no reports wore hoard a
peouliHrity of tho explosion of &nu cot
ton in water. Tho third charge ox
plodod with territiu violence on ('uvo
Smith, l iom whoro tlio^Joot lay tho
ontranco to tho harbor looked, in tho
blaok night, like a door opening into
tho livid lire of a "tituuio furnace. "
l)K KKN < Ks HHKIjIjKI>.
I'lio Iomis, M arldohoad ntul Suwanro
I'ay a to CaluiaiiOru.
Tho brick fort and onrth-workfl at
( 'aimauerti, at tho end <-f Iho railroad
landing to tho city of ( iuantnuumo,
wi?ih demolished on tho lath, by tho
bombardment of tho Texas, Marble
head and ttuwunoo. After badly dain*
ugiiiK the fort, tho M urblohcad fttooil
further iii t?> shell tho eurth?workB and
barracks at. tho west ond of tho harbor.
She knotted them into tho air and
when t ho ?Hoau.iarila Hod from tho fort
tlioy were hhollod by 'the vobbo! and
driven into tho bushes. Puriug tho
uftornoou a half Ktnrved and rugyed
Spanish soldier crawled into tho camp
and gave himself up. Ho reported that
theru were 2,000 Spanish ooldiors, half
HtarV'ed, who wanted to nivo themselves
up, but that they believed thoy would
bo killed by tho Americana us boon aa
they wore once in captivity.
Negroes Put I'p it State Ticket i
About 00 negro liepublicuus of the
State, being ilissutisliod with the failure
of their State convention to put o\f ?
ticket, mot at Birmingham, Ala., abU.^
nonmiateil a straight colored ticket, as
follows: For CJoVeiltor, llev. A. J.
Warner, of JetVerson county; Auditor,
J. I'. Lawrence, of Loo; Treasuror, H.
( '. Calhoun, of HushoII ; Attorney (Jen
oral, Thoa. NValkor, of Dallas; Secre-;
taiA' of Htute, ,L W. Braxdoll, of Talla
Superintendent of I'ublio In
struction, S. Murphy, of Harbour;
C.'omiuibBioner of Agriculture, Penipsoy
Wim b?, of Hum for.
A rumor ha* retchedtf 0ti? Konf
!rom 1 loifo, 1st an d of Panay, Philippine
group, thai some United States trsae
ports from' San Fra& cisco wore rarktrf
off that place on th* evening QjlTlM
JHh? ... - ? ? - -
Tiiu J j aw lyiiid Down.
The TJerlin correspondent of the Slar
telegraphs from tho (iermau capital as
follows: "Tho United Stutes embassy
declares to mo that tho United States
will not permit (Jonnau troops to laud
iu the Philippine Maude. Xhe( i?rm?nf*,
the Americans udd, have as little right
to occupy any part of tho Philippine
Islauda as thoy have to occupy New
York, aud Manila and tho Philippine
Islands, *hey point out, are now and
ivill remain United {States territory. "
Ulcm-liKcrH I' i uiii Cuba.
Lieutenant* Colonel Augu^to Arnao,
Major DoDatomat aud two privates of
tho Cuban army, arrived at-Key West
from Pinar del ttio, with dispatches for
the Cuban junta. They report'tbat the,
health of the Cubaus iu the field is ex
cellent, but food is scarce and they are
poorly equipped. Moreover the scarcity
of anas aiulaujinunitioirpr^vonts many
from enlisting in the Culfat^army.
The I'oputlst lloJt?T"
The iniddlo-of the-road^JPopnllete,
who boiled tho State Pophli&t conven
tion, held at Minneapolis, because
tho majority iusistod upon fusion with
tho Democrats and silver Jtepublioane,
held n convention of their own and
nominated a State ticket, with Ll ?.
Long, of Magnolia, for Gorernor.
Ignatius Donnelly, the leader of the
bolter*, was endorsed for United State*
Senator.- ,>
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