Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, April 27, 1898, Image 1
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VOL. VII I.
/ v A Shattered taus System
'V FINALLY HLART" TROUBLE.
( Restored to Hd<h by Dr. Miles* Ncrvim
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Ml;. Hll^VARD IIARDV, V'n.V>Hy man
ar r of Slicppard Co's. icrc at storo n
lira :evlHe,.IU., wrlti : *'L hud neve
Ix on s'ck a day In my life out;I In' no.
f.F'>t so bad with nervous proM ration that
lin 1 to Kiv ; up and commoner* h> doctor,
tried our local physicians and t?m> in .' Hot
but liOno gave iuo any rolluf in J I th< ..
' I w;ii? folnrr to din. I bocnr.i iV ;u .i t
and Kuti'urod uutold u<ony. I- bid note it
sleep nor rest, and It seemed a I. uK
mjf ^ no' o '-.t. At the end of i-l : i
i!u. 1 to but n shudow of my . If, .d a
. 1 ' ' ' irt become affo.'to ind i v:u
truly i riblo. Itokixt-o' lit 1 tth
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April -O.-tl.
SOI T1IKHN HA I'TIST CON V UN
TION,
Norl'ol "?'ji., .May
The j Doanl Air Line nil
sell tick^O^to Norfolk,ou aeeoun
m of those rr?* *tin::"s al a rate.of nm
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10 inajrhilicent, has l>o?#n aiii;mente(
by running, on May oih of tin
"Baptist Special." Tliis 11* i i r
will leave Atlanta at rj;t)o noon
having attached our <'hapel ( a
in wliieli services will lie IicI.
(Inline the trip. The sonic scr
vice will la* condiicteil !.y Mi
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I)r. I?rotjehton <>l A11 in t i.
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bit' *k Hlii I _ 11 ii |i ! 11 I i i < ' . \ I'll I ii hi
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(ienoral Passenger A<rent.
I 'onrtstiiout ii. Y;i,
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F'tiililri'ii tiki- il. it saves their Iiv *
iiii-iiii t On* M i iint? < oiitfh Cure, ; Ii
tnllibh* remetly for roughs, oohh
f.iip, bronrliitis, grippe, ami al
troubles. Craw furil Uri
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LANTASTIC
Tin: w.ockadk of iiavana
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1!f?>v the Flagship Now Yorl
? Cnptuml t ho Spanish Merehati
Steamer Pedro. An lvxeitiiii
Chase. A Stool Prnjeetil
Fired From Olio of the* Fiuht
inch (Juris of tlio Frnisor Can so
tlio Spaniard to Heave to.
Havana. April 23?2 a. in.?
. | Mnrro (JastIn optMHMl |]ro (in tin
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iihiMMi^ ruuuiiiwii wi iiu; i mii i
State* ;it I 1 o'clock last nijjht
Ahout tea shots were sent in tin
direction of our ships, l>ut no
one ol them t??<?k eJloct. ami in
. were lireil in return. Tin
I Spaniards had apparently seei
I tli" lights of the New York whili
r the latter was siirnalliu?^ to :
hi p of t lie ui :\!ron.
t 1 Thero was no excitement 01
] I' aid t it I1 .dp ?I;jI inv tin
* ' ! ot1 ! lit;1 ? at leirtpt a
, u'tini) ry. The discipline wa
E really splendid. In (act. at thi
!; an-, ill a i: \ p ople on l>a.. i t hi
thu'ship <! not know that Sp in":
lir-t enns of war have ! n lireii
{ ajid tit :t kic \ \V York w is .he:
target.
The 1 nited Stales cruiser Ciu
[ cinnnti, Captain C. M. Qhester
'reported toll." llai: hip at mid
n :ht. ui liavo a prize." It i
I thereforCj evident that ot Iter ship'
! il>.. V .A V ...i- l '
|| busy duuin:; tjie night.
Cruise of Vile Dunni h
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Key Wesi. Aprii ? 1 he
' 'dated Pres^ dispatch hoa
Dauntless arrived i:i lius harho
yosterday.Kloro midnight, havim
in tow the lir I sailini; ve^e
prize or the ?-;?':i)pai'j:n, tin
I srho inor Mathilde. ol Havana
! -i\ty tons, loaded with rum. '
Win n the <nut loss lel'l tin
main 'Ih'ot under P a? Admira
Sampson at I o'clock oiv Pri
day afternoon, what seemed :
'thorough blockade of llavani
I had been, successfully elleeted.
I'lie licet lingo from eight tc
ten miles Iron) shore, along whirl
thev are extended for fully tw<
miles in I lie following order, run
ninsr from west to ea?t : !Mav
llower, Iowa', Newport' Detroit
I Marldehead, Indiana, New Vori
^ land WilniiiiL'Um, wijh thetorpedi
I l?oat Porter at lending' the llag
| ship.
Morror t'astle and the city o
Havana are in good view from
I the flagship with glasses, hut tin
coast, as is always the case, i
: covered with a haze.
Sooji alter it o'clock yesterday
^ morning the Amphitrite. Puritan
< 'inginnati, < 'a-t in or Ma.-h
and three torpedo hoats, a.
jlitich interchange ef -ignals, part
j ed company \\7ih the ll igship
j [ sailing*'-in a northeasterly direc
iion. "presumably to 1?I ?? ! <1 Ma
| tun;1/, <\u ;lriia/. and Supiu I
(Jrando. <)\vin;r to her late ur
! rival on tin; previous ni^nl hi
I with necessary delays on tin* Col
| lowing day, tIn* Associated I'm
'dispatch lioat Dauntless aw tin
1 i-t boat of the naval and news
paper Meets leave Key West liar
" boron Friday morning, with he
*, 'anchor still down, at 7:o0 o'clock
| when the stern of the l nite<
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:R, S. C., W'i.DNKSDAV
. State-; clisp;:'. pU-nl Dolphin o
nearly fouled her while the lat , h
4 tor vessel was swin^iup out from n
f i i
1 a coal pier. The captain of the u
, Dolphin s;iii'i out: k*I piiess you v
(?
, are all ripht. We usually mm si
with the other end.'' ^
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UMDKK WAV. 1'
At 7:55 a. m., with her anchor
apeak, the Dauntless pot under (
P way. As she passed out a hearty
] cheer was pi von for the Cnited||j
j States cruiser Nashville and her T
prize. the lluena Ventura. Then
[ she squared away 1'or (he lloot, 11
,, not even (he smoke was visible at ^
the time. The Dauntless dashed
, ahead tintil 1) o'clock, when many I ti
uj black streaks Were se m making 1;
,'parallel lines across the out hern '
horizon. Teti oVlock and t /' ves-:
, se! - of the tleet c :u! ! be counted.
. even to the torpedo boats. Thy it'
i 1 Dauntless left K--v West one
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s 1 hour and twenty minutes behind H
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l! other heals, but in four ho ;ra
. and a half she was at the head of ,,
? t iie pro'e- :'>n, and quiet < 'a j?
'tain 1' oyd. who knows the bo;; ti
b iter than air/ other man livimr. '
11
remarked: "She can't beat fourteen
knots at her best, but it's (<
funny bow in my sixteen and sev- w
enteen knot clippers she does ' t
. leave ustorn/M ! r
- When tlie Jbi^ship Now Vork.j'd
i a ' r the hills el Cuba had be- n
:ahted and she. had started oil
at a 'id kind rate clip to capture bl
t.fiA Sr> jcij - t earner W dro, the ,*f
.
; Dauntless veered and lollowi 1
and was in at (lie death. Those t.i
j on tlio Dauntl saw the fir. t
1 hostile shot tired, and as the riaj; (Vj
ship swiiicj: around fhr her chase. aI
after what proved to be a < ier | 1,1
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man trading downer. Ihev irave
* , ' in
(the New > ori; the first cheer.
After a nitrht of rollimjin (helm
f roiitdt of a heavy sea. to yet tin- _
del* way in file niorniny, the het-i|1(
iter to ^ee the W?\va and the Indi ' < ?
ana in liylit iny trim -tart seaward,. w
I hi
and hotter still to follow the New).
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j ,i ork as .-he raced eastward to in j p
torrent what pro'oil to 1)(> tin' ill
I
Italian man of war tiiovani Mani
san, from which vossrl Hear Ad- s
i inir 11 Sampson received his lirst la
i roar admiral's salute from a for "
; riu'ti warship, ramo' tho stirring '
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I incident of tho Mathildo, followed j
j by tho dotormination to return to E
Kov West with dispatches,
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IKONV OF FATK. Ic
I'lir Associated I'ross dispatch ni
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, boat ! >aunt less was asked throujrh | p,
tho moyaphono to tow tho Span I t>
, i-li prize to Key West, which was
Infilling ending for flu* day. 11
J was an example of the grim irony
! of fate which gave to tho most
famon- ex filibuster t!i" lirst oj> \
portuni'y to tow a Spanish prize NV
to I I hi:' "I Slat 's, tor which
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f I ie 11,1 :m k < < i' <': i [ > l i i 11 (' 1 m ' 1 ?v i < k t;
t! Were re ri . <!. A- Hit' I It's-; si
!>!--? <! IllitliT t llO I.iOOl' the New H'
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] ^ork, she r>-reived the heartie>t
of cheers I'roni the Idnejackots, ti
, while the ollieers ot the tl.iirs11ij> 11
. i clapped tlit*ir hands, the mega I'*
phone roared some encouraging i <i;
words, and Admiral Sampson sl
i- lilled his cap in answer to the 11
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? correspondents. a:
1 The sea piieturo there present- j(
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POWBEH
Absolutely Puro ;
it o race.
11 was ' evident l hat tlif Spaniard1
as doin^ her best to ;-t aw.13 front
t<? crtii-iT, and wa . I,.-a tin;,' in mirer
nl nearer to tin- coast, ln>pift<j to
ml safety in shallow water, \\ tie re
te war>ltip eotilil not dure io fallow
When tlte-Spaniard was ahoti: three
ile> from the shore ami about a mile
nut the New Yoi-Jn. an ei^ht-ineii 'run
om I lie rrtti-er'.s forward turret snd-:
nly tielelietL.i-nt a stream of tire,
itnpauiod ]iy ;i crashing report. it
as only n/eant .as a warning shot,*
it tin: steel projectile weifl rieodie',,r
,|?f.r tljo wat -r, in ila 11 serous
roximity to the lleeing merchantan.
The echo of the r-port had hardly
ied anion!* Cuba's hills when the
[taniard hove to. Vhont ten minutes
tor the New York was near her. In
.?IM - , n i? ?? ivurij
juses <*ou 1*1 be Bi'en perching on a
ilil looking bench.
A prize erew, commanded by Limit.
. L. Capehart ami composed of Asstnnt
Engineer Nenl. ?>>ur marines
ail a boat's erew, all w H1 armed, were
iwered over the aide of the cruiser,
id amid exultant cheers fVom their
nnrades on board the N'ew York they
tilled over to the Spaniard, which
roved to be the Pedro, of Uilbno, an
vcellent prize.
% "iie.WB TO!"
While this was t ran piring. t lie out ne.i
of another steamer were seen,
veral miles to the west ward. The
ew York then tired a not!: r shot of
aiming to "heave too" in direction
I" the second vessel sighted by the
agsliip, and up ?n gaining proper disinee,
the" New York fired, a second
int. I bis time aero*-< t he how', of the
eoinl teanier and the latter Imve to
t once.
I' pon invevt igation it was harned
tat she was a Herman steamer, that
adjust left Havana, andtshe was aliwed
to proceed.
This was the seizure of the
;iv. the first hriiivr t hal of t he Sn.-ini.li
earner Huetia N'ctiMira, which the
ret of warships met early in the
lorniiitf, soon alter they liatl left their
nehorajp' at Key West.
A third seizure occurred this morula,
a few miles We?t of the entrance
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.tL-vimb-j _Zi\. VK?
r, APRIL 27, 1898.
1 had for. n background a pale
aze, beyond which wore t..<
lountains of Cuba, an 1 in the
litldle distance sall'roii Inn I Ua
ana, with a speck of yellow
Iriped with red lloating l'roni
lorror Castle, llow long will
hat standard stay there? This
as the thought which entered
very mind as the hawser tightnod
and the .Mathihle, following
he Dauntiess, was rushed through
lie water towards Key West,
ho passage to tlii> port was a
nigh one, of course, but it w;io
worse than usual. *
To the flagship .\o.v York beings
the honor ot firing the first J
lint that announced the inten j
Dii ni i in* l IllleU >1:111 s to i
. 1)Iis!i :i blockade ??! tin.' port ol
lavann.
CAPTl'lti: OK TtlK I'KDI'O.
A!?u?t p. ni. yesterday.
:11>t;1111 I'liadwiei; sent Chief Jill
ineor 0. .1. Mc( ?onnell this roess:
Uel ii|) all t :i st ::i yon
in. A steamer h:<- I?? -n A :lr i
lul tlio admiral wishes to c.ipl
ro her."
The X -v York was soon l> arin :
.r niyh tlio wat >r at a rapidly . .
reasintr speed, ami was jiist 1. i\
ii? tho sijuailron in t lie resr.
Away in the dist . n< ? . uinter
io mist-covered liilis of ?'aim, inM-j
ay between lavana and Mataa/a ..
nilil lie seey'tlie outlines of n I ir
ailier heading to th !! ward,
lien t hi* old ery of "A elit'I" "A
tnse!" echoed foro and aft, and the
Jlcer* and crew " ?!;. N >\v VorU
illi'Tcd on lier ibek . or. r r!y v. il ' the
llai^-hip ehnrii through lbs
ne water, fomnia * white at her
ern until sl?? a-- uots.
The ailii11 i*:iI pa ! I lie rv. ard
ridge as calmly as ;i' wal l?iutr a no
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SWnBreruCTsefnKtLXa -iifrroiPMET. .'nramul
to .Havana liorbor. It was .a small
hootier, apparent' \ a fishing craft,
. .: ! Abo was caplurcil t>v tlic < incin.
. The cruiser tow. (I licr to the
-ilp, ami her captain tnado satis*
.planet ion to Admiral Samp-"vv!i
role;!- (' the vessel.
'tlv before noon today (lie tor
pedob :ii 1'orti-r ruptured'a Spanish
c >:i>tiii_ i. . hi . . Muthilde, whii'li '
I In1 Dutm. e towed into Key West
tonifchl. ' ;
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.r ii it after i ii N-* w York had e:< !<:>.
iirM salutes \y^tl-the Italian war- I
. ! v. o . hot ii 'i- were io !!t? ?I in- 1
from whAr" . Yew Yurie and
'.e ! .'dan lay, am! the llacship sirf'
/? if , r t?? vr?? ft er ! hen). The
\ \>-h. nt 'glided over the water at
i ' :\YJ* T'" ' pae ? and pa >ed almost
under the In w of the I atlsnn on her
; 1 ni f he Mathilde. As die ran,
ii: ii >-hots from her sixI
ler across tlie bow s ?. ;* hoth
h ier . <>* of them name about
doe '(] j. , t ' -lie provt ! to be a
iMiim; I t. 'i was relea - d. But
'! . t h i: I .. ore ob.-t inate, and
pc. '.ably did appreciate being
-to; ; <nl hy what looked like a toy
. >at, or id > d ailed to understand
w! it the i'o ' w ,'ited her to do. But
i '".m more s!i were tired from
' ie tor,>d w'ii at, t lie Matiide came
.uiiiii, i nt' I'lincr ran alongside, informed
her she was seized by the
i nited States, ami promptly took lier
111'i/. 1 in tow and started oil'to the dagship
with In*;'.
Th" Mathiide was loaded with barrels
of ritni. was sunk almo.-t to her
u
rails and the Porter had much difi
i; i * y in dra:: i ng t he heavy schooner
i hrnugh t he v. at ar.
Nearly the en; ire erew of the New
>Yurk assembled on tli" deck, and as j*?
the Porter came up witli i\''r ,-1
tli -y i nve her a great WteeTYngl /
The haunt less was about ready to
leave for Key West, and Admiral
Sampson asked the dispatch boat to
tow the prize to that port for him,
which was done, a prize crew from
the New York being placed on board
the Mathilde.
There was a strong wind blowing
and a heavy sea running all the way
from Havana to Key West, but the f
hauntics* plowed through the water
with her tow, which had her rails under
half the time, with great volumes
j of sp"ay dashing over the sailors and ?
j marines from the New York, who sat
on top of the schooner's cargo, each
man ready "with his ritle to prevent
any attempt that "might he made hy
the schooner's own crew to cut loose
from the I lannlless. The latter made
the run of eighty miles from oil' Havana
to Kej West, with her tow, in
eight hours, arriving at Kej West liefore
midnight. ?
London. April -It i> announced
:n i iii<n<<n-ti iv,.i.. M.i.iri'.i I#, it...
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I-: VIIiIitr dated : <Im Jjk even111that
at, a cabinet council preside!
hvi p ti\ thetjueen IJ' ijiMit fit noon, ivti i
*<:i? urduy, summoned to consider flic
cap!urc of the Spanish steamer fhiena
Ventura t? v the I nited Mates cruiser *
Nashville, it was decided to claim that x
the vessel was iinlawfiilly captured
and the minister for foreign atl'ai* .
Senor Million, was instructed to
(tie -n; port of the represent .at
| the foreign powers at Madri .
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