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| are in good health. How can
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with headache, nervous
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weakness?
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body. It removes the cause of j&\i
your suffering, because it removes
all imputitics from your ^*^L>
To keep in good health you Bgu
muot have pertee: action of the
bowels. Ayer's Pills cure con- Ff?
* ' stipation and biliousness. Wfl
Vr f ry to our Doctors,
lvrlmp* you won!.I liko to rnr?nlt PMj
lln< i.' 1'! -it y trJJ
munition. Then writo ii< (n ly VI U.n BH
l:irt ul.irs In your ? .??< . Y >il will re.
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^ SANTIAGO SL'ltIt KM) K It S. !
Toral Accepts the American
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Wednesday morningCIon. Alger
said:
No news from Santiago yet.
We don't expert any till late in j
4lie afternoon. Santiago will l?e
ours today.''
The city is reeking with yellow i
fever. Shatter has announced1
that as soon as th?r'ritv tails, lie!
will send in enoiiL'ht troops only!
pre?e?- order. No t'uhans will'
Ko .mowed in ill" < it\* !nof
their looting and other |?r?>jm-usi
tics.
Soon altcnioon (lie foliowiu^
1 i>p?tl?*li:4 were received i:> \Ya>li
Aii^ton:
' \\ ashiiiL'lon. .Inly II.?T?>ral
lias surrendered Santiago. lie h.i,?<oi
pit i| flic forms oil'crnl l>\ flic
! nil1 Sfate?. which were miii
ply to send the Spanish troops
h.e k to Spain at our expense.!
(P I'here will no more ti^litin*; ut
Santiago and no more in all |
t'uhu until tall.
1 In* surrender of Santiago is;
said to mean to sim lor peace J
111?i' :cij; the nest terms she can. I
It i? possible the campaign '
?t,' ?!''>t I'orio Uieo will tro on.
1 he Spanish troops will ho
sent hack to/Spain immediate)v
I
; and otir arniv he withdrawn from
Santiago as rjiiiekly as possible.
(Jereia's forces, aided by 5,000!
rctrulars, will ho left in charge.
shatter will he the military
governor of eastern Cuba.
L.WCAS"
1 Willi V Til IT !'
\i;u;i{ Tiiiiii'
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Destruction of the Spanish',
Squadron Off Santiago. j,
BY THE AMERICAN FLEET.
' (
Thrilling ;tii<I (.f.ijtliic lh'MTip(ion
oi* (lie .1 \;?1 Kngngrnirnl
l?y a I*orj I'vo.intlI'lil
W lio Slowl A I mo>( ;il
('oniniodotr S. 11 *s
Klhow. 1 1
Copyright iv . 1>\ A~-< l'rv.- . t
.hint-run. ' ?uhn, .Inly !Mi.?Tin* 1
following do cription * f t! .? bat j'
tl?? bri'wrv :i t!;? Attn; ; ..1
Sr>:tni -h war V - '?: ' . . ,
was wri'ti n !?;. TV-only non n>m- !c
h-t fruit v j'
fr? ><? a pnsilion :
t r v. nf i ?
I hi tod Sta 1 : am <> i 1 ui-er
Sunday, .Inly the tift!i Sun-M
before Santiago, :> .! 'lie ?nt! ]
weekly anniversary i i :!u> day !" j1
the Dewey victory of < 'avite, amlN
t!ie ti' I': of tin iIim-ovory y i'om .
mod ore Sell ley of ?li where- 1
about* of A driiira' < Vrvi;r:ih '
squadron,brought no f..trticulari\
dill'orent situation from that ;
marking the proceeding Sundays. 1
The monotony, the lack of pictur
esqueness at daybreaK, the heat 5
of the tropical sun?all woro
tliere. 1
The vessels on the blockade (
were me lows, Indiana and < >re->
gon. battleships; tho flagship ol M
Commodore Schley,the Brooklyn, 1
and the small yachts (Jlouceeter i
and Vixen. The Iowa was awing- i
ing a mile further out than the I
rest of the squadron, trying to fix I
her 12-inch turret, which was out
of repair, while the Indiana was t
doing tho same thing to her for- <
ward Id-inch turret. The abso- 1
lutely available ships in thol(
squadron.therefore, were only the , I
Oregon. Texas and Brooklyn, al- I
though later both Captain Kvans i
and Captain Taylor fought their j f
ships. f
It is a custom on -hips, regulated
by the rule*, that there 1
shall bo a general muster at least i
once each three moot lis, ate! thai !
the "Articles of War" thai! ho j
?
road. First call had heen sot:tided 'I
at : 1 a. in., and the men wore j >
assembling on the decks. The s
lookotit in the masthead of tho't
Brooklyn had some time before t
reported smokr in the harbor,hut ' i
as the same thing ha I been noticed
several times, no special at- t
tent ion was paid to it. Tlie IJ rook- j |
1} n and the Vixen were the only ^
ships to the west of the entrance,11.
the other ships having drifted j
well to the east. < >n the bridge, it
Navigator Hodgson, of the Mrook- v
lyn, ?ai(l sharply to the lookout: \
?4 f v 11,.. i 1. .. : g" i M
iNii i niiti "inuKu moving: ;*11?i i
tho lookout, after a minute's in-} t
spectiou with the glass dropped i
it excitedly and fairly yelled : J t
"There's a big ship coming out of s
tho harbor, sir !" Hodgson, who. i
is a particularly cool man, looked
once himself, and then grasping,(
tho megaphone, shouted : "After r
bridge, there ! Tell tho commo- 1
dore the enemy's fleet is coming t
I? RK
JL J8wb?i^ JL ^
Sl'LMI-WKKK'I ,vY.
pkr, s. c? s.vruk 1
JUt."
Commodore Schley was sitting
i rider the iwning on the quarter
leek. doing to tlio bridge, h*
= ni?1: "l?aise tlio signal to flu
loot," and turning ?? Captaii
"ook. who < tood near, ho (-aid
Clear ship fur action." Then !m
,vnf for war-'. aw! too*- \>< j 1.,3ii
a little platform of w. , >) run
ling on the outside of the < .,
111?tower, \vhi< 'i ! .. be :i built
"or him. !fe was div
roiis r-, a black air- r;i
uot tin? regulation o?p, witln.u
ho broad band of go! ! braid.
The men with a ycd went t<
heir gtins and the rapid preliri i
iary orders vere giv i. ?Seh!
rlacs in hand, wate
! ip tern Old : - a h- r ' i
.
' -r, 1 I f . ) ?j r<> ' r '
t.. ?? . J ?
o! lowed > ?; ?. !b:? tbo .... v.!<
!i ' C Om . S* M r i; * . ] '
? r ' -cm P * ? ' ' tii?.
Schley w a 11 b ' ' I;r:<> ?
.1. V." t- *, vv.-r " ,()?;
:na to turn to the v.<>' and tie
lamasiin-; the leading -'vp, ?fi
t ti' ar.' V iv\ T
"They are all cr:\y.u-z v.- -t, sir,"
hoi:te.J I.ieut. V. irs,'and j i-i thet
ho western batteries n#?.l up
"Full speed ahead ! < )pon lire."
diouted th? commodore.
"Firo deliberately and dbn*l
ivasto a shot," ho added, and the
orderlies carried the word to th<
turrets. In an instant the Itrook
yn's terrific S and 5-inch bat
ierries on her port side opened
uul the cruiser headed f<?ra poinl
n front of the first escaping ship
Iring at and receiving the firf
"rom two of them.
Then Commodore Schley saw
hat the first shin was comitu
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MIL iroill llltJ HrHJTC% <11
ectly for the Brooklyn, with th<
evident intention of ranuninj.
ler. A clever manuuivre was
ioro accomplished. "Hard apori
vith votir holm,'' shouted Schley
itjd the cruiser hepan to p?
i round.
Ouickly sho turned and quirky
hrr hip ?teed ram wa ' pointup
at the llr.-t ship. Ike Infanta
M iria Teresa hid t . v. in;
It ore to avoid heinp rammed,
['ho shells of the Texas an i Orerun,
with tho terrihlu ^t?iriii <>f
ihcll from -he Bronhn, had don,
heir work and tile >> >' hopir
o appear pourinp from hei
leeks.
At 10 o'clock the entire < ;t | m
i'enle sr|*i.iilrou war outride tin
tarhor and coin;- raj?:>lA w?--t
vard. I he Iowa a in 2 ! mi> tie
:oultl not keep up the rot.-.-, hut
he Oregon was coming across t<
he assist anew of the Brooklyn
trhich at was engaging tin
* -4 At. t a i l ..f a %
irsi wiree snips,un* 1111 i 1111 rt .?iari;i
rorosa, the Cristobal Colon and
lie Yizcaya. At ! >: II the Span
kIi ships had all concentrated
heir shots on the Brooklyn, and
lie was in a perfect rain of shells
nost of which went over her.
Standing in this hail of shells,
'ommodore Schley asked a yonu^
nan named Kllis, who stood n'eai
lim with a stadiincter, ''What i*
ho distance to the Vizcaya?v'
TESTS?* -W
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8 ^ _i<L IpW JMY,
J l/LY 16, l s< )(s.
The !r.nn took tho ohsorvati
r k,T<v nfy-two Iti:n?lr<?<* y:ir*: -. s
ho said, and the;*o was a. wl.is
- followed by a toda-di. a - his la
? was literally torn from his s!k
I dors hv au s ii.oh - liol!.
: " I i?jid," -aid < Vim mod
So!.: -v. j.H tin- ! .dy ! i! yt
> ml t!?( !:, -Vi?h his p':o
' The first rh: for. i
( is . 11 ?-ir*.ash
I 1 Maria T v , ronri
! h< r -m.so on th' ! od. 1 in
in ' was a n < l1
Sir:;y u was
.' \ ra to fu r lire on t h?- Ah.
()rju no and, v. i f !i
. . in ? .. in
him s-C .
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t- ' Vi/- '
1 ' i'tc; and now Imp
i i w-'il the co . f ' f
!5rn wrr ? I ? >
; 1 l> iJ ml a I. it
1 !In? Y
i) \ V
!fhe H- kl\n.
; A ' her otu .a mi in;1 n :
I < i ! in her y i;? -im;
i(i i f< r?-t\ I. ' .tr
fi! ?. She was a!ir \ md
I!; w|o4] for ?!: Im A;
! | railor-'s, where he ?; . ' a-l?.
.(The Hrooklyn did no? p.
'' '.vrnt en after the Crist id. I Co!
'the i iregon closir.rr rnpidlv
i I. .
t and following lu-r.
> The other vessels at this ti
. worn from six to eiirht miles
.'hind, and Admiral Snmpst
.flagship,the Now York. wns no
| Hight. At 11 : 15 the lirookl
['slightly injured l?y the hail
Spanish shell", stopped tiring >
, 1 the chase begun. The men ca
up on the deck and began
r l cheer, never heeding tin? whi
,! of the Spanish shells. T|
'cheered forSclilev and ('lark ;
> for the < )regon, and the <)regt
, | men returned the cheer. IT
. the masthead of the <Iregon \v
' 'i pen? nt. "Koixn b??j t1 Mail
read tlie signal timer.
, "Tell them we have,''?nid Sch
' and t here was a ro.i r as i h. an
went iin.
1 In* chilSt* V?';IS III I i. t ' r
1 I I lie men out nil ti e
with j;r- ?' ;
a s I' i ppy as lar If. t'
a d is t a nee of fI v r: ' . h .
the ?h' re. hut S, ' < ' . '
i >r<\?on in follow hi""
with the [ Irook lye. I. ?
. tr<lL'ht course t . <
*routut which s!: won,: i> i v
steer on a lotto- ij.e.,
h ? ?t v.
\ ! t' I,-.. s!|i >? At I . i
alone at ^ioat #*
I n an hour th I?c? i> v i
named appreoiah... <n . - >
the (. trefoil, ami t'upturn it;
of the latter ahip, signalled <
"A str/rigo thip. looking like
I Italian, in the distance "
4 He alluded to the fart that
I Cristobal Colon bought li
1111 ft1 y. ^
, .Schley, sitting on the eiig
the forward eight inch tnr
swinging h:s legs and happi,*-;.
; "Toll the < )regon m)id can try <
f those 1-t-inch railroad fr>
i on her."
' j There was a terrible roar as
, > V.
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ii v. mii by the Brooklyn,
; o - pf- . :?n 1 v.?t *hhe
ir.y cheer r;? ,
1 :uck water .
? !< '.ho C.don, four '
m . ,yp. tried.
Mi r . mark, and \
w ? hf rr?. Then
i i Ii:~ o i her r n.rrl
\ g'.'. and
: was seen to go through
At I :'h") m., both the Brook'
5 .on v. ere poui.il!.
'i .t. at tip Colon, and in .m
minutes. after returnin^
tip* 1'y.< in a desultory sort of
way a.ii ivpidly losing ground,
1 i<i1 1 rd chore. At 1 :15
In hauled dov.n her Hag. With
- i \ -iIs i f delight, tho men poured
' >;11 of the 1 urr ti of the two ships,
Ion. and when a broom went up at
up. the hiainmast of the Brooklyn,
' they htfgan to rli or and did not
nip stop for ten minutes,
be- At this time the only ships in
! sight were the Vixen, about five
t in I miles awav, and the Texas, about
yn, seven miles away. The New York
of was not in sight. As the big ships
?nit! moved in on the quarry, the
one | smoke of the New York could be
to'upen coming over the horizon
?tle' from the east, but she was fully
hey | tw?-lve miles away,
uid A hoat was lowered from the
?nV Hrooklvn and Captain Cook went
> to,aboard to receive the surrender,
ert I'll.' rear admiral in charge, said
w'th tears in his eyes: "I surr-Mider
unconditionally to Com
lev. mndcre Schley. We were !>ac!ly
wcr :,nr! a rid could not get away."
While Captnin Cook's boat was
"tr a'one^idc, too Spanish
rt r.r vcs Khoutei?, "Hravo, Ameri
Cm* -row responded
f !tr i <>, S(..:,j trdin !" (Sic.)
Whi'.? Cap?nin (took was run'
' .ok'yii. the New
' .r' . with Admiral Sar. p^on,
.inc : ! nv. ran in between the
IP-o k'vo ? the prize, and
; > order" i ' : p'.iin Cook Jo--end the w
r.r 'i ' c. on board th* New ork. /
(' mtnodore Schley. seeing t his, I
i.; m.v'phoned over : "1 request th? f
' nnor of receiving the surrender }
hi.: < '" tho o Hirers of tho Cristobal
'l A'l Colon." f
ir . No answer was vouchsafed him
v? r. from the Now York, and tho ship
hri that had not fired a shot took tho
honor. Commocore Schley thon
tho t tho pennant: 4'A glorious victory ^
rc),u has hoen won?dotails later." ..
I'ho answer from tho Now
oof Vork was4,Ileport your casulties." 1
r-? ! The Hrooklyn was hit twentv'I
,, nle
ll(j . six tuned, but only 0110 man, (/.
>1JO H Kllis, wm killed,land only on
lins man, J. II. llwnd, firoma '
the j Continued oiqXcco; d pago.