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Pil M ESABISE 1861 E~J?ABLISILD 1865. ___NEWBERRY, S. C., TUJESDAY, MAY 17,19.TIEAWK,S.OAYR FIVE HEROES DIE THE PLUCKY FIGIT OUR MEN MADE AT VAUDENAS. Masked llattLey on Land liidles the Wins low, but Sho Pours in Her Fire io the Last-Sho Was Var ep ,he flay Wheu 1141tion Oaiss Assillt3d Iler-En alkn If9gley !td Four Mucn Killei by a ItursiInj Sholl. Five othero Wounded. Key West, Fla, May 12.-Now the American people can realize that the war is on in, earnest and that the peaceful blockade of an eiemy's country is at an end. .. The new navy has been baptized in blood. Five mten have been shot to death by Spanish guns. Death came to theso sailors in a fierce engagement yesterday after noon off Cardenas, where the torpe do boat Winslow was trapped within rango of a maskod shore battery of heavy guns, riddled by the enemy's fire, and five of her crow killed. Among them was Ensign Worth Bagley, one of the roost promising young officers in the nr-vy. The Winslow's gallant comniauder, Lieut. John B. Bernadou, w.s wounded and is now in a hospitai '"-ure, but his condition is no.t dangerous. In this engagement-were also the gunboat Wilmington and the revenue cutter Hudson. The latter vessel was hit several times, but escaped without material injury. None of her crew was hurt. The Wilming "ton v'as not hit. Although the American loss is seri ous compared with the other casual ties of the war, that of the Spaniards was undoubtedly grtator. Thodead ly shore battoiy 'A as silenced by the Wilmington's heavy guns. One Spanish gunboat was destroyed and the town of Cardenas was set on fire. The mon who died went to their death like hor6es, and. their examplo and that of the surviving crow of the torpedo boit has fired the hearts of every man on a warship in this bar bor. When they speak of the en gagemuent their eyes flash, -and the officers of the monitorsMiantonomoh ? and Puritan are bogging for a chance to wipe Cardenas off the map. The Winslow carries a crew of twenty-one men. For eight days she has boon doing duty on the blockade of Cardenas and Matanzas, reporting to Coinmiander Merry, of the Machias, the ranking oflicor of the squadron in those waters. Dur ing those eight days the little torpe do boat has boon prancing around like a bantam cock. Onthe hay of Cardenas therehave been three gunboats. On Sunday t.he Winslow wvas ordered to steam into the harbor and entice the gun boats within reach of the Machias. She danced into a channel wvhere the Machias, drawving more water, could not enter-, and roused one of the gun. boats. Then she danced out, follow ed hly the Spaniard. At the same time from a signal station on Chalu pa Key two other gunboats were signalled to come out by the enemy. The Winslow peppered away at them, firing sixty ronnds from her 1 -pound era, and succeeding in getting one of the boats far enough out so that the Machias h it her with a (-pounder. This was enough for the Spaniards, who retired after firing a small sub marine mine near the torpedo boat, but not close enough to do any dam age. This little scrap whetted the ap petites of. the Americans. 'They wanted to get thoso gunboats, and hence this story of blood and death and heroism follows in the wake of that ambition. Yestor-day morning the Macbias, the Wilmington and the Hudson lay off Cardenas beyond the reach of any guns and safe from the torpedoed chiannels. The Winslow, which had been scouting about, had run short of coal and ran alongsido of the Machias to fill her bunkers. Comn modore Merry ordered her to pro-. ceed to the Wilmington and coal frony her, and then with the Hudson ti sound the channel into the harbor between the Roimoiro and Blanco Keys. The other two channels-were know~n to be mined. Th;s third chan nel was sounded and draggedi and found to be safe and doe1p enough for all save th&oMachias. The Hud son got aground once, but the rising tide floated her off. Then the two boats put back and reported to the Wilmington. The purpose in making sure of this passage was to got at those gun boats. Therefore, al ont 1 o'clock in the -.fternoon tho three ships started up the bay, the Winslow to the east, the Wilmington in the contre and the Hudson to the we8t. \Vhn they came within about a mile and a half of the city one of the Spanish gunboats could be plainly soon lying alongside the wharf among a lot of shipping. The Winslow was ordered by Commander Todd to run in and out her out of the other ships with the heavier guns of the other Amori cans standing by to prot ct her from the weak armament of the gunboat. So Lieut. Bornadon went steaming ahead, with the Hudson next behind and the Wilmington outb*1e. There was no thought of real danger, be cause no batteries were known to exist at khat point. When within 2,000 yards of the longod-for prize the men noticed I)obbing about them a number of red buoyq. which were thought to mark a channu, but this error was a seri ous one. They were range buoys put there fo:- the guidance of a bat tery masked on a jutting point i little to the left of who e the Span ish gunboats lay, and now these guns, six 10-pounders, opened fire. The very fi rst shot struck among the buoys and the noxt toro throtgh the flimsy hull of the torpedo boat, wrecking the stoam steering gear forward and rendering the boat unmanageable. The trap had caught its victim. The decoy gunboat had lured the fierce little fighter to within range of the guns put there on the point, proba bly under cover of night. Tho red buoys marked the ra'ngo. She could not escapo, and many shells were falling all around and upon her. It was a fight then to the death, and ino three little 1 pounders of tho Winslow began to bolch back their missiles at the gunboat, which was adding its share to the firing. Again and again the shells crash ed into the Winslow. A splintor flying from the deck sti-uck the bravo commandor of the little craft just be low the groin in the right leg. He wrapped a towel- about it, using an, empty one-pound shell for a tourni quet and went on with his dutv as commandor. When he found that his steam steering gear was gone 1he rushed aft to arrngo the hand gear. A shot wrecked that too. As h' turned a wvater tender came from be lowv and reported that the foirwar-d. boiler- had been piorced1. Steam wvas already pouring out of the hatches and the men wei-e coiming from be lowv. Another shot and the port en gine was wrmecked. Then went the forecastle gun. But still the brave men kept pumping away with their two remaining 1-pouniders. Help was coming, for- the HuLdson wvas steaming in at full speed, and the WVilmiington's 4-inch guns were dropping shells all about the mur derous battery ashore. Amidsh ips, near the ammunition stand, was Ensign Bagloy calling dowvn to the engincer to back and go ahead wit h his one remaining engine in his effort to' spoil the Spaniards' aim. All the electrical contrivances were wr-ecked, so the orders wvoro by word of mouth. By the Ensign woere working a half dozen of his men. No one had yet beeni killed, although the craft had boon riddled through and through. Tfhen camo the fatal shell. It struck squarely on the deck a little aft of amidships and ox ploded as it fell. .The Hudson wvas then so close that her crewv could hoar the words of the men as they wont to their death. "Saive mo! Save me!" shouted one poor fellow, with his face all torni, as he staggered back and all but fell into the sea. . Some one reached an arm to him, caught him by a leg, pulled him b)ack, and laid him on the deck dead. Ensign Bag 1ev had thrown his harids,. into the air, tottered forwvard, and fell against the signal mast, around which he clasped his arms antd sarik slowvly down in a heap. They did nothknuw he was dead until they vent to carry him below. Besides Bagley those killkAl out. right by the'shell wore John Varno ries, oiler, and J. Doneefe, first-class fireman, J. V. Meek, first fireman, and Josiah Tunnel, cook, were so badley injured that they died with. in an hour. The Hudson was now in a position to extend aid to the torpedo boat. A long line was thrown to her and mado fast, but as the revenuo cutter backed -away it parted. Another line was mado fast after twenty minutes' work. The shells of the enemy wore still dropping about the boat. This line hold, but the Wins low would not tow because she could not be stbered, and at last the Hud son mado fast alougside. Though crippled and bloody, the little torpedo boat wias still able to fight, and, with flag flying and her two remaining guns puliing away at the gunboat, she stuck right to it. Tae Hudson was fighting, and had been all tho' timo. Hr commander, Lieut. F. H. Newcomb, had kept his two guns blitzing away so rapidly that in the thirty five minutes she was eiigaged sho fired 120 rounds. She eWiped With only 0110 shot in her hull, andti the pelting she got in her superstrueture was insignificant. The bravery of her captain and crew in rescuing the Wiinslow from her perilous position was unsurpassed even by that of the men under Berna dou. The Wilmington meantimo hat played havoc 'with Cardonas. By the time the smaller vessels were in safety the towntlong the shore was on fire and 'the Spanish gunboats also caught fire, and soon tL > shore batteries ceased to answer the WNi mington's guns. The naval officers think that their guns woro wrocked and that unquestionably a considera able number of artillerymen were killed. When the firing ceased Liout. Bernildou signalled as follows to the Wilmington: "Many killed and wounded; send boat." Sturgent Cook put off in a boat and put the wounded in it. -Imong them was Meek. He was fearfully muti lated, but bravo. While his con rades was rowing him across the bay from the one ship to the other he died, with those last words: "Tell thei I died liko a man." Tunnel died soon after being put aboard the Wilmington. The other mon wounded were: Gunner's Mate R. E. Cox; slight. First Class Quartermaster D)amel 0. MclKoon; slight. First Class Fireman William Pat torsoni; bad flesh wound. First Class Fireman Gray; slight. Thus, of the crew of twenty one me, five wvere killed and five wound. ed. While all this was going on in the bay the Machias was knocking to pieces the signol station on Diana Key, where there was a blockhouse na a small battery. This was two miles southwest of where the vessels entered the b)ay. The solidors fled to tihe mainland, and Commander Merry sent a boat crewv ashore on the key. They set fire to the block. house after having searched it and found a quanity of armc and some offcial papers of the Spanish corn miandant. They were takeni on board the Machuas. The Hudson left the Mach ias last night at 9 o'clock. having on board Liout. B3ernadou and Fireman Pat terson, wounded, and tihe bodies of thle dead. She arrived here shortly after 7 o'clock this morning. There wvas great excitement and sorrow in thle city when the news of tho engage. mont became known, and, early as it was, a crowd swarmed down to the dock to seo tile Hudson. Liout. Ber nadou and Fireman Patterson wert b)rought off on stretchors andl sent tc the hospital in the army barracks The Lieutenant was pale, but self contained. He was smocking a cigar A brother officer approached him ani grasped him biily the hand. Th<n wountded1 man~ said: "My comnpli monts to the Commodore, and say to him I am not badly wounded." Bornadou feels terribly cut ny over the loss of his men, but ho feels that he and they only did their duty in going where they were or dered. The Winslow, while pietty well torn up, can be repaired without do lay. She became helpless by reason of injuries, to her delicate mechanism, and these injuries, it is believed, can be readily repaired. It is a relief to know that none of hor machinery broke except as a result of the ene my's fire. Had she not been ir. shoal water she might have used torpedoes, but sh6 was not able to do moro than grin and bear it after her steoring apparatus was broken. During the morning Capt. Chos. ter, of the Cincinnuati, Capt.' IIar rington of the Puritan and the Cap tains of some of the other aips came on shore. All of them intimated that if the Government would turn the men loose the war wouldbo over in a very little whilo. The Winslow cannot be brought to Key West until she has been patched up a little. She is now lying off Piedras Key anchorago, about twonty miles from Cardonas. S'AIN ISSENDINOEEl1IFTO51%NMLA second Spanish Fleet Now At Cadi, and' Shortly Will Proco-ed to Phillipui,ie Es corlng Spailmh Soldierm. Storcs nnd Amnunitlons. Gibraltar, May 13.-The Cape Verde fleet is at Matinique, but a second Spanish fleet is now at Cadiz. The second fleet consists of the battleship Polayo, the armorod cruis or Emperador Carlos V., the cruiser Alfonso XIII., the Rapido and the Patria, auxiliary cruisers, formrerly the Hamburg-American line steam ers Columbia and Norinunin, and three torpedo boats. It is reported that a strong mili tary expedition is being organized at Cadiz and that it will shortly pro ceed to the Philippine Islands, cn. corted by the Cadiz fleet. It is claimed that submarino mines have been placed so as to protect the entrance of the harbor of Cadiz. LATEs1 FROIB DEWEV. Tie Admiral I Maintaining a Strict Block ado of Manila. Washington, May 12.-This dia patch came to Secretary Long hato this afternoon, and shows that cable communication has boon restored with Manila Bay: Hong Kong, May 12.-To Secre tary of the Navy: There is little change in the situation since my last telegram. I am transfer-ring to the transports steel breech-loading rifles from the Spanish mnen-of-wvar. Also stores from the arsenal are in nmy possession. I am maintaining a strict blockade. Add the Argos to the list of destroyed vessels. El Correo is probably El Cano. (Signed) DEWEY. Take JOHNSON'S CHiLL & FE~VER TONIC. ANOTHEJRNAVAL J1ATTLE, '. (Gunboat Concord Enigaigas and sinaks a spanish WVarship. New York, May 12.-A Hong Kong special of this date says that a trading vessel from the Philippines reports having witnessed the desti-uc tion of a Spanish warship b)y the United States gunboat Concord. The fight is said to have lasted two hours, at the end of which time the Spani iard went down with colors flying. There were no casualties on bolardl the Concord and no damage was done the gunboat. Thorio are, it is alleged, only two other Spauish war vessels in Asiatic waters. One of these is at Hong Kong, while t he cruiser Boston is searching for the other, under orders to enigage and sink it. '[hle Wetst field (I nit.) News pr inIN t he followIng in regard to un ohi jeaakient oft t hat place: F'ranak McA voy, for mayyears ina the emiploay of the *L., N. A. & C. Rly. here, says: "I have. used Chambel4rlaln's (Unt1e, (Cholera and DI)arrhos~ Rtemedy foar ten years oar loniger-ami never wit hot,it i~ n my faily. I co-:slder It the best, icemedy <.t the kind manuifactu,red. [ take p.leasure In recommaendling It.," Ii Ia a e peelfle for all bowel disorders, .For tale hy W. E. Palhami. PAIN'S FLEET ELUDES OURS k HEN ENEMlY s101TED OFF THE, DUToCH ISLAND OF CUROoAO. 4ear Coaut of Ventezrtla--Imo Movemnents of Admiral Haipnont's squadronx Known to tihe Navy leparteneent, Bunt Will Not 1ie Made Pubilc--io Oregon Safe Washington, May 14.-Definito )flicial news reachod the authorities ato this afternoon that the Spanish quadron had been sighted off the Island of Curacao, one of the Dutch West Indies, lying off the north .oast of Venezuela. This informa ion was regarded as of vital import nee, as it not only fixed the position )f the enemy, but disclosed the pur )oso of the Spanish admiral to eludo kdmiral Sampson's fleet and make uis way through the Caribbean Sea, )robably to Cuba. The Island of Juracao was originally Spanish, and s peopled mainly by descendants of 5paniards, though it is now one of le Dutch possessions. The Spanish Ldiniral's course was also influenced )y the fact that the French cable, tarting from Caracas, Venezuela, ouches at the Island of Curacao, henc)roceedingNorthwardtirough he Caribbean to Haiti, with spurs -u1ning East and West to Porto itico an( Cuba, respectively. lio is ,us eabled to got in touch from Juracao vith the Spanish authorities n Cuba and Porto llico, and through ,hem directly with the Spanish ad niralty at Madrid. No immediato battle with Admiral Sampion's fleet s now expoeted, as the Spaniards, it 10ms likely, have succeeded in pass rng South of tho American fleet and tre now well to the Westward of it. As tle onoiy is in reach vf the ",able, the navy departnout regirds it of the most vital concorn that tle .xact whereabouts of the American ihips should not be made known during the next few days. Thus far they have felt handicapped by the fact. that the Spanish admiral knew the whereabouts of our ships, while we were in a stato of doubt as to the locality of his. The officials hero regard it as essontial during the next few days to roverso this condition, so that the Spanish adini. ral will be moving in the dark whilo our officers will be posted as to the movements through the Caribbean. The department doubtless is informed as to the wheroabouts of Admiral Sampson's squadron, but it does not soo fit to give any information on the subject, and the same rigid si lence prevails as to the whereab)outs and des5tinaitioni of (Clfommoro Schley's flying squadron. T1he game has reached such a critical atage that p)relmature publication as to the whereabouts of our ships might cause inent.iumbio loss and failure of present plans. Ini one respect, the manoeuver of the Spanish fleet is a relief to naval officials here, as it seems to assure the safety of the battleship Oregon. She is p)roceeding from the North coast of South America to join Ad mirail Samnpsoni's fleet, and( is some where in the neighborhood of Mar tinique. Had the Sp)anish squiadronl remained at that ploint, there would have boon serious dlemgogr that the Oregon wvouild be initercepted. Now, however, she is well out of the way of the Spaniards so long as he fol lows the uisual routes. It is not to lie supposedl that the Navy D)epartmenat, with a knowledge of the whereabouts of the Spanish fleet, is going to allow any of it-s hard worked little cruisers and gunboats enigaged in blockade dluty on the Cu ban coast to fall victims to the huge Spanish ironclads. TIhei r comnmanid ers will be promipt.ly atdvisedl of t he alpproaIch of t he Spianiiards, and1( it may be set dIown as9 sure that unless the dlepartmerit. is 8(atisfiedl that Sampson andl Schaley cani iend ofl and ornahl the Spaniards, the Ameri can blockcade vosseols wi 11 ha given prmission to t aike care of thems*lves andl get out of harm's wary. The determined attack made by the Marblehead anid other vessels or the ocean cables running sonwari from (Cieonuegos shows that t h Igovernment finds it necessary to cu off all communication between Cap ain General Blanco at Havana ond Spain by cable. The war department shows no signi of relaxation in its war prepa rations, but appears to be making ready for hostilities on the theory that they are to last a long time. Thus, bids wore opened today for supplying the government a large number of armor piercing shells of the largest calibres such as are used almost entirely by coast defense guns in attacking or repelling heav ily ironclad ships. Another trans. port was chartered today at Norfolk, indicating that the movement of the army in force upon Cuba is not to be long delayed, else the government would not go to the needless expense of chartering the boat immediately. Preparations for the expedition to the Philippines also continues with unabated vigor. Some of the troops which are to go on this expedition to the islands are already on their way to San Fran. cisco, and every effort is being made to have the others who have been or dered there to proceed as rapidly as pOsSible. It is not believed, how over, by the officials here that the expedition can start insido of a week. At a late hour tonight oflicials of the Navy Department stated that they had received no information of Admiral Sampson's fleet beyond the Associated Press dispatches announe ing its arrival at Porto Plata. Poito Plata is i small seaport on the North Dominican coast. The French Line cable runs through this point and also runs down to Curocon, where the Spaniards were sighted. From Curacon to Porto Plata is a straight line distance of about 500 miles, though going through the Mona pas. sage and circling around the cen tral part of thq North Dominican coast to Porto Plata, it would prob ably he about six hundred miles. This indicates the stretch soparating the two flents. From Porto Plata to Havana, in which direction Admiral Sampson is now going, is '70 miles. The Spanish floot is now approii. mately based, on a straight line circulation, about 1,200 miles from Havana, to roach which, however, it would have to go through the Wind ward passage and risk a bat'le with Sampson's fleet. Tile HOT SPRINGS OF ARK %NNAN. I hke MountaMin-Locked MIracte of the The hot waters, thje mountain air, equable climate ana the pine forests make Hot Springs the most wonder funl health and pleasure resort in the world, summer or winter. It is own ed and controlled by the U. S. Gov ernment and hams accommodations for all classes. The Arlington and Park hotels and (10 others and 200 boarding houses are open all summer. Having an altitudo of 1000 feet it is a cool, safe and nearby refuge during the heated term in the south. For informat,ion concerning Hot Springs address C. F. Cool'y, Man. ager Blusiness Ment's League, Hot Springs, Ark. For reduced excursion tickets and p)articulars of the trip) see local agent or address W. A. 'Turk, G4en'l1 Pass. Agent, Southern Rly., WVashington, D). C. Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic Cures Fever In One Day. I aptaina 'dg5sb sunglhtern. [Sp,eial to R ogister ) Greenville, S. C., May 13.-Two ' ughters of Capt. Sigsbee, of the Maine, are the gueststof Mr. Kittelle, of the Southern Hotel. Lieut. Kit telle of the navy, married Miss Samner Sigsbee, and she and her' daughter will remain in Greenville until the close of the war. Miss Ethel Sigs bee is here with her sister, and will 1. remain a fewv weks and thea return to Washington. CHAIRMAN JONES 0N THE DECISION. iIAD mF Tim I'itOlIION ROvIC Kl CNI lIVES Ills VICWS. rhe Fight Wail Not be AftvOted-S"yO 1he D111191.1viary Law In Not a 'robihitioln Ali ,suro anti l'rohibition io Wiat Tihey Are After. (The State, 13th.) The follow. ing from the chairman A the State Pryhibition Exocutivo Committee, received by The State resterday, deils with a miost, itn portant quostion and explains the ittitude of the Prohibitionists of the 3tato in the light of the recent deci don of the Siato Supremo Court: Newberry, S. C. May .12, 1898. In rep'y to a Lumber of enquirio3 rom all sect ons of the State, as to 'o offect o the decision of the su )rcio couirt. npon the campaign of ho0 Prohibitionists against the salo >f liquors, as a boverago, I would my, that, I anticipated the decision u the statement, mado several weeks Igo, when I said "that it was tho >ld fight of 1892 over again, except ,-hilo at that timo it was against the all1ot, 1111dr the old barroom sys :em, now it is against the dispensary, with its beor privilogos, hotel privi eges, the original packago stores 1ad blind tigers, which have sprung ip with I he dispensary system." The nly effect of the decision, is to Aloso the original package stores and reiovo them from the fieldi as com. pelitors of the dispensary, but it gives individuals the right to order as much as they pleaso for personal uso from outsido the State, without interferenco of the law under which the dispensary is operated. The fuet still romains, that in P-R-2 the peoplo of the State, without re gard to faction, presented an appoal to tie Do.nocratic party to be por mitted to voto upon the question of prohibition with the view of making it a Stato law. Permission was given, and11 the party pledgod itsolf, if a majority of the voters at that election, voted for prohibition, that the plarty wo'uld pass the prohibition law. They failed to redoom that pledge, and the sanio peoplo camo again, to the Democratic party, ask ing' them to give them a legislature that will carry out their wishes, and an administration to et.force it. The moral principle is still the same. The dispensary is a whiskey mnasure, not. a prohibition measure. The prohi bitionists prot .st against being mad in thle eyesO of thle lawv partners in the sale of wvhiskoy as a beverage, and( if the State insist upon it as a revenue measure, that the State of South Carolina cannot pay its run ning expensos(3 without the revenue from the sale of liquor. Let this question be fairly under stood by the peCoplo and1 niot pretend that it is prohibition measure, wvhen the State is int.o it for the profits in it and the benefit of the politicians wvho control it. I submit, as a prohiibi bition measure, it is a failure, and1 that as a business inivestment for t he State is also a failure. anid it is (1os tind to) wrock the politicians wvho aro try inzg to keep and1( got oflico by the influence of the machinery con nected wvithi it. and that no man can touch it without his character being inijuired by it. T1hie qjuestion at. last resolves itself down to this: is it right for me t.o en - gage in or encourage the manufac turo or sale of liquor as a hoeveragu ini any formJl, and( 110 man who haus the good of his party or Stat.e at heart can do it. A. C. JoNEs. A toripi'i-liver robsM yon or nmbuiition najil ruina yousr baoa Iih. D)eWi% i i t. h I. early ial bers c'Ien ( II I)I o4 liver, OiurIe Coai isi at-tonI and Iall s, . hnul vrtr be. w. . A llen's l''o>)t 1ase, a p)owdler for the feet. it enrlles painfill, swvollon, aartinag feet and instantly takes thle stinzg (out ofrn andlS tuu imiions. [t's the gre. *est comfrort (discovery of t ho aigo. A Illeu's I oot- Ease makes t ight fit fing or no0w shoes feel easy. It is a cirtin enrei *4 for swonting, callIous ansd hot, t iredi, achling feet.. Try it to-day. S-oldI by all dri-ggists and1( shoe stores. By mail for 25c. in stamxpa. Trial packago free. Ad dIress, Allen H. Olmstod, Loltoy, N.