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. LAN | VOL. VIII. Story of Ih'st root Ion ot t lio Spanish FIcot. , Kingston, .Inly 1, 1:15 a. m.? * Admiral Corvera's lleet, oonsi>ting of tlio armored cruisers t 'ristohal i.VJon, Ainiirante O^ucndo, In'a111:j Maria T? resa and Vizenya, and two torpedo boat de>t rovers, the Furor and the I'luton, which If had been tudil in tin. Ii ii-t.ni- >' f . v,% Santiago ile ( una I??i* six weeks p.i-t 1 ?y ilit; combined squadrons i>i Kear Admiral Sampson and t'ommodore Schley, lies today ;,I 1 ho bottom of lilt! Car ri bean sea. o(T the southern coast of Cuba. The Spanish admiral is a pris oner of war on the auxiliary gun boat Gloucester (I'ormerly .1. A I'ierpont Morgan's yacht < 'orsairt and 1,000 to I,<">00 jSpaiiisii olli eers and sailors, all who e>eipei . t ho 1 riht till carnage raus<d hy the shells IVhi the Amen'ean warships tire til so held as prisoners of war hy theTnited Slates navy. The Spaniard* when the;, found they would l?e permitted to live, adapted themselves comfortably ^ io tiie situation, rolled their eig T arettes and began playing cards anions ' linn-elves. The American victory i; com pleto and according to t!tc l>e>t inlorniation obtainable at this time the American vess>"*!' were untouched mid only on.* matt was kil ed, though the sliijis were suh jected to the heavy lire ol th ^]> oiitrds all 'he t'nie ' .it lie ^ 1-wted. Admiral Cervera made as val ,..nt, dash lor liberty -111?! !'i r the preservation of his en ?;,i w >l iiiii{i'as has ever < a ur -d in tiie history of naval w . ie. In t he lace of overu In ' > e. with nothing IvToiv !iim h :t in ovitable di st ructioa or -an .' <! ^ il he remained any 'on,: a- in l'. ^ trap in which the Ani'-ri'v:ri H held him. he made a hold dixit from the harhor at the time the Americans least '?x|t |.;?.? t,, do so, and ti?iht urn'overy inch of ^ liis way, even when his ship w W ah>la/u ami sinking. In- tried t<> escape I lie doom which wits writ ten on the muzzle of every A inei i can jjun trained upon his v? ssels. The Americans saw hitn the moment he left the harhor ami commenced their work of destruction immediately. For an hour or two t hoy 'followed 'he il inir Spaniards to the we-1 ward ahum the shore line sv di.ir -ho: alter shot into t h--ir Ida/in:' IiiiIIn, ^ tearing great holes in their si*.,.^ -ides and covering theii deckwitli the hlooti of the Killed an 1 wounded fAt no tint" <lid ?he v'j r 1 ; show any md'cation t h ?t tte?v in tend d to )<? "ih rwi-e t!i n h' to t11e 1 a -1. i im'V situ 'Vt i :: 11 -1 nals to sun-, nder i veil v, !u u i !u r ships romm .?*< ' 1 t" : ..] t1 ... , ? . . . ' . - . - 1 ; ?i i -11.i., * ? i: i tr I'M th -if : ! ** s!irr.v f!: on lire, tin! I hi'V tnriifil 11 vi- i-ls low ,ir ! i Ik 1 oi .! -- I Is , ii :i . !f .1 .\ , ;i' 1 r;i 'i I! ,i' < *truct ion - wa4 n.r oYUc?>r-< 5i':(I ir ' " 1 oiri til. ; I Om"T|,?m| to t M ' - > ri - Wo!! t hoy ooiiM, w'lli ! . ; . ~ t r i? ol : <ii ' I >" son t from tip- A11 i i * r i * * 111 llli'll III' W'll :i l|'| I lll'ovv t ll'"tl ?: ! Vl'S I igH upon 11? ni'-rov ol' flioir < j ' '' JST who not oi'!v i * \ I f 11! i I to ?! 11 : m W I Ml lilt At ; II \M? Of \ Ml , \ OT| rlMYAJ.KY bit' i :it I ii i 'l ' ?o j Ml . I|n ' :? 'Mti D. (''jbatt solilt. rs ' i . i i !i on the hiII8We, i iger t ru l> \ JASTE LAN CAST1. dowh .in 1 attack the unarmed, do tented, l?ut valorous loo. One after another the Spanish ships 1 became the victims of the awful i rain of shells which the American battleships, cruisers and^uuhoals poured upon them, and two hours i alter tho first of the lleet had started out of Santiago, their I cruisers and two tnrao/lo Iwit^ ' ! were lyini: on the shore, I<> to 1 ."i ' mil. s wrsi of Morro (tost le.poinuled to pieces, smoke and llamo 1 pouriny from every part of them J ami covering the entire coast line with a mist which could he seen I tor miles. Heavy explosions of .ammunition occurred every few minutes, sending curls of dense white . moke a hundred feet, in the air and causing a shower of broken iron and steel to fall in the water 1011 every side. The hiulis on the coast line echoed with the roar ol every explosion and the Spanish vessels sanl; deeper and deeper into the sand or else the rocks ground their hulls to pieces as they rolled or pitched torward or sideways with every wave lha?t washed ! upon them from the open sea. | Admiral t'orveni escaped to I ho shore in u hoat sent by the (ilouoe>ter to the as.~At anec of t he Infanta Maria Teresa and as soon as lie touched the l.oueh ho surrendered himself and his com til:.ml to Lieut. Morton and asked to ho t*iken on hoard the (i!oueester, which was the only A'iner it vt - .1 near him at the time with several of his oHieers, iti!elnditifr the captain of tlie llovr -i.ip. Tim Spani-li admiral who v.'as i wounded in tlie arm. was taken I !o t ho t iloiicesli r and was re letived at the jjaiij^way hy her oi.iinande>i% Lit at. ('ouuii ..id -i iJiebard W.tinw riaiit. who -jra-ped it! hand of the 'ray h" rue i ad*| mirat ami said to iiim : | ! congratulate you sir. upon ! made i; ailant ;i liyht as | w.ns e\er witi ---ed on tin? Lieut. Commander XVninwriyht tInn p'noe 1 hi- oahin at jhe d;. t>o-oii (it the Spanish otlicers. Al that timo tkio Spanish lias;-hip. ami lour other vessels had hoon aground ami Iturinnir lor two hours., and the only one ot tho eseapini; iloft which coithl not be seen at 111is point was the , t'ri-tol?al Colon. l?ut half a do/ | on curls oi -uioko far down op til.- wu-U rn hori/on showed the | la.o tli.it was awaiting he'r. The v'lvtoonl t olon was the "fastest o| tho Spani-.li - lips and she soon obtained a load over tho ot Iters alt r I en vine; tho harhor and es je.ip^-d t lie *:Veot of tiio shots j w iiioh destroyed tho oilier Ves els. ;e - teamed away at jrroat *I od "villi the ( )|*ee(>n. New i oil;, Ih.'okivn and several other ships in pursuit, all of them lir 11 _ at her eon-' i; My and receiv ..> i re iii u -o 1 v? : ! her al ter 1 . . . There \fa.- no po -ibility lev. 1 for her escape. ill! .. I t f . ? a' . a . r . 4 1 it - C I \ :i ? t iikii M- i:!Uio,V ; known a' llti- hour, it (Mil he reniii. iin:ijiin'<! Irom tin* word* o| * 11 !. I'.\ :in* (>i I lie a. who fr>' I !r >'u t:.< wo>1 >\ . with !<t j.fi-oM ; - fr> mii 1 if \ i-i j u ? :i t iio .\ -'?ci;il -'"I I !i ?* !? ' '. ! ?\ j kvivi" t'i . ! i h lino- hip. I!i an -we.* in' a:i i;ii|uir . ! -dtoilVd lit, >i;?' i tiic i:ir_';ijiii'iM"". I lot t I it ( 'ri'lt a i I1 < ohi", I : to tin' westward an hour a?io an ! l If On von n;r i v i 11 It or hoi If had uudmihvdl v irono down \ .t!i t!f oiiifnv< Mnl \u> will havo 1 Mirt h oj .1:i i \ ?:clo!m it ion in >! hr.'O ! 'irl'Mj*.' < SliMI-WRHKUY. I-:R, S. C., wkpxksim the thick of the cn^u^emcnl it\> to the time he tool; the Yiscaya's ollieers and crew from tlit* shore,!'! : saiil ?It :il to the hest of i i is knowl [edge not one American sliij? had heen struck. The torpedo boat Kriosson, t, I which also returned Irom the \ j westward at about the same time, j i made a similar report, saying 11 ; ? I was believed no man injured on j ' i the Atneriran ships. though an j |" [other report had it that one maul ' ; was kilh 1 on hoard the Brooklyn, . which couhl not he verified as ^ this dispatch was sent. ja There was no means of telling I ! u I now what the Spanish loss was. ,j I l)iit, it was believed t?? have been 1 Ivory hoavv. as the prisoners in'? custody ..'port their docks strewn 1 ' with dead ami wonmletl in groat j'" numbers, ami besides there is a I " statement that many ho lies ei>,il l * he seen fastened to pieces oi ! wreckage lloatiny in the sea alter the li^lit was over. A large ? number of t lie Spanish wounded 1 s was removed to th* American J i, ships. It There can be no doubt that! I Admiral Oervera's plan to escape j t from Santiago harbor was entirt- ' ' ly unexpected by Admiral Samp , K son, and the best evidence o' ti.is|* is the fact that when the Spanish < S ves-cls were seen camiag out ot j t the harbor, the ll.igship New t York was seven miles away j?' steaming to the eastward toward 1 * .1 urngua. the military trace, nine t miles east of. Morro. !*< The New York was out of the fight altogether at every stage, t 1 tuit site immediately nut about ? land followed the othore. Hut she immediately put about . > ill 1 followed the oth r v ; el.-. ! t the rae>> t'? th" westward and , ' I overtook them in tin?.? to jr iis in ? I the chase for -tho Cristobal Colon I after the other Spanish vessel.- " had been ilc^trovd bt !'ir> Hrook \ Ivn, the Oregon, I(?\vn, Maes.i"hn- < i :m. Teve-, (ilonep-fer ' ami other >i ;f?-of tii" !b-et. i | . i . Millions (iiven A fray. ' It is certainly gratifviug to the \ ! public to IcinW ot on." concern it' . | thi? lan I who are not afraid to be jgenerous to the needy and sutler i in?. 'I'h? proprietors ot f >r. King's N??w Discovery for consumption. ICoughs and Colds, have given n ! away over ten million t rial bottles (<; of tbis great tnedicino; and have : ' the satisfaction of knowing it.ha* absolutely cured thousands of 11 hopeless cases. Asthma, Bronchi*1) tis. Hoarseness and all diseases ;i I of the. Throat, Chest and l.nnc?1| are surely cureil bv it. ('all on . > I Crawford Bros. Druggist, and ?. ! trnt ! trial Iv.ff Li f .?.\e I-1 ^^ ,i * ! <?? U'M I in NH-, 1 V 11 .41 ,1 ?i/>> and :'!. iworv Kotfloi ' I! a r \ I'. t n' or" nrj.?i? f i; Sliallt i ?. Siijula.v i)i\palc!i. I Washington. July IK*.- From ;ho hint a I ? [carnage of llto bittt'.^llclil of Santiago. ?. for th last thrcn day.* tho Amnrlcnn force* I ua vr ; - Ii^im ,ir . i ' .III .1 an ti < .. >! , army. ?. Slmflor sent ilio following dlipateli j ] Huiiilnar /.log tlic hiUiatimi: t * I Piayi* ('.el Kuo, July J-Scfrctary of Wnr I | Witsl i . 1 in ;i i.p:ir v.ll i ( i.l a. July . . . ' i 'I fj- t. I t . ti ;> \ r i it : ; . i v.'Iit :: 1 im- <1 t. , -ii .-nr.- g ii i. ii wi 1 t iImposHililo to carry ii h> moriu iio my |u< . . Tll.fii > i . . >lir .iv u;. In 'a' .. I.. . i , I l? IDOUaMlil, Mil II l|S| likS HUl )t'l tll.'CII *tnui.\ , I I lii'i'c ii i>*tl ititt' -? m: I nit* of iIn* i* X ( ii . .-i. i.i fr. i.i l . ili.i i.v in .it .:. i t;.? < x i *. . !. ! .? . nf !.. . iy ! : r \ r-ii r . j /^i j t .ii?-' M i . l!i" i ti r . m i thi* n .ir i ki . u,i Uii mii,in iiiiik it.r u? :,r . . . i UlO lift hi II . t Iff* WV . . "UMI-I 1.1 Hint | w.ilVi' it'ily httvc mi . ! i ri itr to : iv ii mi. *i ,i.is, - v < icsti. lliiwi. itiM jx s.i.'lr . w ' ii in iI.i- fi -.*4- : 1 . ... .. Ii utVior of til I: ' I i.ire II rt-i? .rts i.i it h . < :? / ; MlllHl I Ml III .M 111 l,lil iiriil Ii I i'-ij i ' " . iiiij iirvivt I lit I'll lino, . . 11. .1 tin- 1 . ; i <>us.i', W lh ?.l o it liU 'Jr. I I mi. i i.' I. i u - I r i IT M *. 'I I Ml,.. .1.1. rmK If1"^ T.' ** ?H rtf JL AX. Ar, J U LV 6, 18<)8. TILE TEKRIHi.i-: VKSI VU S. Mir Spniiiiirds rail Her tin* ' H;;rl hquaUr TlirowtT.'' 'I'll" dynamite cruiser Ve-nvin? * : or a hnijy time an ulijiTl ?>l ri< .': ii t lie navy. The nllieers had a \ r?mliee a^ailist the idea ?>t thr ">ii xplosi\es hy mem- * !' air -iipolohlinjr that tli,- > of ,i r tire was hetter -nil. in* nrmy "hen n^rain, t hey 11> ; h it t! "esuvius would tin' aim. ml ' i :.i"< h n an ciiKaifi'ini n' anyway, a sh * rniild lie so easily ?ii.ju -mI ol iiy .!:< ml shell from rill" .tinou. ,:l no?\ 11 ilie.se opinions n.ne ..inii-i eridod re\ ision. Nearly every ni>r- ' r> .r '' : -t 'v. k?. t In* Vcsiivio Yi i a rcirnlar <>imlon: !. dip i;p *sy ran^e of tin* ' nn e '< o<| lot llj at I on-I lltr, e ' holla ".f tho batterfos rr I >> or i??* ho harbor. Kaoli t ri;> r ho |o>? i' ? j';. Iiroe ."holla. This i- hconiiso -do ha-1 iily i hroo gun*, and as *ho is car mii. ioi to oxposw herself 11 ii( < i'c>-a;*iMy ho ?Ioo* not rare to run 11." risk of t nailing while r>. ii 1 within rni.y of ho fort a. Tho *|io11j of the Y tiviu " ? . ( p nin oitO pounds of tfiineotton. ti?" hoy ciin ho dropped at ntiy rn?iv"? d iroil up to throe mile*. Tho -hoi! re flrod from tin* ^uns ' oiiipro-sod air, and exploded oiiu?.>y percussion or timo fti-os. | lie iino f ii - o, h?).i over, l.i1? atv. n... . diiiii'oIioii'with th porous-' i < n,??. o a- to in-tiro expl dons i > ho failure of tho ah !;* to > tdiil object. Aooofdini; to pit 'i-hod ac ho Vesuvius atea' .t froo t! :h t n tin* d irkno-s. he- p.ntf "> *t%t' 1 hndou of the lulls til - iloso as she desire- in )i? i . .. tion?, and t lion iv 'a - ! : 'n sent ly, lifter lh* rnn.p' ' - \ nijiisted. there i- a |" cnl'Hr li. ninh-i i '.o noise, t he ' nrow, ;tiiii wit hit a ~ . var ! ! he vicinity ,V ,ol r i: ' 'lit r:?l <;?* i * lighted it ;> a! \ cry *'. i ; *. ami ill . cm. errili" r<?pi rt mvi . v!ii<*Ii ; i iU'-? I he v> " >" romhlo. As I <i ju-1 how i.Mich : ici'ii u roiifh!. hy t i:r Vc n . . ? i > i. ; i'! ilciloiU'ly known. on 'V. I i 'i'hr nn \ . itxi iif .*.iill pound* i,f k';:l ililcii'iii in destroy any i in. i ' mi^ht ?!riko. N i' mo- m r.' i>llie of I I f phots, ' < Civ' 1 i.r loots have he'oii ahlc to -> e n oof: ruin loin, tin* shore where tin* i, . *o>n? 1)1 k place. One -In liiiio .. j?".! lie s ionJ?a halter; il:. i lie f ho channel out rain*. It it. reprriod lint several ships i! \? (if ;h 1 .it'll iuvo hi on >niik hy shells .. front ovor the hills. *! 11;? an ! ft if', in alii ia,.' ' his hoon A I on is i! I y art (uptake, ami the (inhai.s r , .u hai I no >p,\i! iardu call tie .r. i ho *v irt Inpiako ! tiro . or." !; cpmtoC'y .tat,.I : fact ,t on nt-eh* or more the Spanish r > i.-.vo' lol'asoii to roinaii. ? ; ;.;ii3 in Morto OH so-eoni ' ircaiSc I '. p. I li'i! "T . * IV i . . !.< lloolivo wi.rk, I !i??ri? i? i Imilit: l;n! ah tut y.-.i hi w < )i*r 'M r' i - m Die' tor 11 it i W'.S f<"" * .r.,;r-. j.ivo 'in..' 11. TM iMi.-or *..' . tin .In;: !.. ri.'.ftin..1 ' III n I ll t (I WOl* lis i*h , ;t I: it till* i I . I ii i- i i;r * ??f t hi- i it v ?:. ' ' "lis, tho An. ri *n.i v. it ' oriiI'o sumo aoeurAli' information i ' l.o v ; .i* of : hi a i . , rit r. .ii*i.,r". Boara th6 K nil V'"J Have Ai.v-y? ? litis* <*r>i; 111 \ i- I'iitiM i! 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