Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, July 06, 1898, Image 1
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| 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
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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
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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 '
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