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a** ? ? THE OOUIiTY BECBOP! | Published Every Thursday ? AT? KIXG3TREE, SOUTH CAROLINA. LOl'IS J. BR1STOW, Editor and Proprietor. England confers the title of second Nelson on Dewey. To the world he is the first Dewey. That title will stand to the end of time. The Phiiippiues produce the finest indigo in the world, but it isn't so blue as the feeling that the American squadron has produced there. There are in lJnglund ami Wales 20?VJ00 children so defective in mental power that they are inc.p able of fighting the battle- "f life ii left to themselves. According to the A:: 1 tican consnl at Sydney. Au-*r:iliu, "Americantrade has been the means of em;, :cipatiug the Australians from the time honored tyranny of the silk hat.'' The re-all of Japanese troops from "Wei-h ii-Wei has followed the tiual payment of the Chinese indemnity. Tne harbor, with its forts, now passes v._ i / * j l..? UIHlt-'i IU \liCilL 1>I lUUil. . iuv place is a much hotter rendezvous than Port Arthur of Talienwaw and of stategic value, the Russians have not gained any such advantage over their rivals as was indicated in the lust announcements. Kingsley's doctrine that ''men must work and women must weep" tinds disapproval in the case of the families of Captain 1'obley I). Evans of the Iowa and Captain Henry C. Taylor ' of the Indiana. The daughters of j both families, Mrs. Charlotte Evans Marsh and her sister.Miss Virginia T. Evans, with Mi-s Mary V. 'laalor, are receiving instructions in the naval hospital at Fort Monroe to qualify as trained nurses (luring the war. Women have something to do nowadays more important than posing as Xiobes. It is a remarkable fact that our naval heroes have seldom been honored with prominent political oflh e after the achievement of their victories. We have had several soldier presidents, but no sailor executive, yet we talk about the ship of state. What more natural than to put a sailor at the helm? How does it happen that Farragut and Porter never became prominent in civil life, while so many generals of distinction hehFpolitical posi tions at Washington after the war ? asks the Providence Journal. One by one our old poetic idols are being shattered by the utilitarian and practical of the tin-de-siecle womandoctor. The latest iconoclast is responsible for the asseveration that what is so poetical in poetry and the old mmlii alinnt flip u-hifpness of the skin means something not so poetical. It is due, she says, to the languor of the muscular tissues throughout the body, tbat was so oftea characterized a^ ii charm' ^ "Si** ing feminine attribute is associated with indigestion, and is therefore thoroughly unroinautic. It is one of the ironies of life that women as they stand in literature and romance are not true to life. AN AIRY FLEET. A Nautical Windmill Pumps Water Into a Farmhouse. This nautical windmill pumps water from the Bronx Itiver into a Williamsburg. N. Y., farmhouse. The four " i M" tii j /r-N y-r ^ 17/ i ^VNjtn \ m '1 at tin: spout'ok tiie wixns. sloops are correetly built and rigged. They till, jib and tack as they swing around the circle, ot'ten making great speed. Ho Den's your father show any signs of ah helping us along a little? She lie sends u> his l>est wishes in 1:.s j letter. He Or eat Scott! We've g<>t ) more wishes now than anything ! ^jgigiaiutU * CDBAINVAD Shatter's Troops Disembarked i Under Fire Without the Loss of a Man. i CLEVER HAVAl Ell. War Ships Rained Shells on Forts, I and Cubans Pounced cn the Spaniards. While the Ir.Vuders Went Ashore. i I I : <> ?-. 'lecnrred at l!n[(,iilrl( Wlilrli i?- I'oiiiiiclc.l l?v ? Fair Itnad, Seven <*i*n Vile* Wltli A Thousand Cubans Wore There ami Their liriii?. With That of the Fleet, Kept the Spaniard* r.t a Distance Feehle Resistance to the Debarkation of Our Troop* Fooled the Enemy With Coal Transports. uik Santiago, via Junssion. Jamaica fisv Cnlde.)?The first array for the invasion of Cul?a, consisting of 1?!.<?00 magnificently equipped troops, is now flrralv iutrenehed on the enemy's soil within striking distance of Santiago, and the task of landmir them was accomplished without a hiteh or the loss of a single life. The co-operation of the United States Array and Navy and their Cuban allies was thorough. So well laid were the plans of General Shatter. Admiral Sampson and' i rcpaov?I25". General Calixto Garcia and so exactly were they carric'l out even to the minutest detail, that every possible move on tin- part of the Spanish forces wn>forestalled. Spanish Resistance Feeble. The resistance to the landing was of the feeblest nature, the Spanish garrisons con-,' tenting themselves with a half-hearted reply ?is they retreated before th" combined fire of our land and sea forces. However, before they evueuated Baiquirl village, which Is a little inland from the anchorage of the same name where our troops landed, they set fire to a portion of the town, including the magazines of the garrison, two of which were blown up. West of linlquiri village the railroad roundhouse and repair shops were set on fire and destroyed. They contained several locomotives. Summed up, tho result of the two days' operations Is'that the city of Santiago with ,*y SHATTER'S AK?^ k Its force of 12,000 soldiers and Admiral Cervera's Imprisoned fleet riding helplessly at anchor In the harbor are surrounded on every side. In the region around Aserradtro, on the west, is a strong force of Cuban soldiers; in the rear, Garcia, with an army of 10.000 ; insurgents, cuts off retreat and prevents i the arrival of reinforcements; between the j city nnd the const, to the east, is General j Shnfter. bis 16,000 men eagerly look'iug | forward to the time when real hard light- . ing is to begin, nnd ranged in a great crescent about the entrance to the harbor are , the combined fleets of Sampson and Schley, j Shatter is a man of action. He began to aiscmoark nis army a: noon on me uuy ai- , ter bis arrival off Santiago, at Baitjuiri, | Jurugua B iv and the Bay of Baconao. ; twelve and iliteen miles east of .Santiago. Ships Cover the Landing. "\7hile the troops were being landed Admiral Sampson's ships bombarded several points simultaneously to confuse the Spaniards. The Cuban for es and the battleship Texas made a joint land and water attack on Mimanima, a few miles westward of Santiago, at th,% same time to create a diversion in that direction. The landing was successfully made, and Cuba is invaded by the United States Army's beautiful co-operation with the navy. Shaffer's plan of invasion involved, first, an attack on Manterola, west of Santiago, by the Cuban soldiers under Rabl: second, the shelling of Mazzamorra blockhouse by the warships; third, the shelling of hills over every cove where a lauding might be effected east of harbor; fourth, the grouping of coal transports to the west to make I the Spaniards believe the landing would take place there as soon as Mazzamorra was taken. A Clever It use. Daybreak saw the counterfeit transports steaming to the west and the real troon transports in the east, the latter gathering off Baconao. One battleship,one cruiser.also the gunboats Helena, Louise. Suwaueeand' several auxiliary yachts were assigned to t cover the landing.* 1 Demand For Uritisli l'lags. British llags seem to be somewhat popular in the United States cities, to judge froyi the present large demand at Ottawa. Ont., for them. Local manufacturers in that city are booking many large orders from American firms and are-continually in receipt of requests for quotations of prices. Pension For Gridley's Widow. Representative Davenport, of Pennsylvania, has introduced a ' ill in the House, at Washington, granting a pension of S100 a month to Harriet V. Gridley, widow of i Captain V. Gridley, who ' ommando.l the I Jiugship Olymnia La th. battle Ql -Ian:1a. ED AND Fill ' ; IrW kaiouiki, tin: place wheei; j Tiros soon he it an to Muz- in the town up j 1 : tin- hay. >howiajr that the Spaaiar !-" were l ' I de-troyin;* it. i It was a beautiful day an 5 th" water : 1 v." i*- sine th. floats won* towed beside th" : transports whose tr-> >ps were to go first. | i On tl;o d"'?ks <?f th" transports, \vhi"!i had I now been forty hour- o!l' Santiago, the . I crowded f rooj'.s nuddii'd. im; atient to lan<l. j i Spanish riih-m-'n dotted tin* hills,but there ; j was no si^n of fortifications. i \ Fiiteen mill's west of this point the stra- 1 i ! t' lri'* a.rue opened ntso'clo.-k when Raid's 11 | two th wand Cubans attacked th" Spanish j ; forces at Mazzatnorra. The battleship Texas ! , I .-it the same tini>' ran close inshore and ' opened on u blockhouse back of Cabana? I May. Tho Estrella battery opened on the j Texas, the shots coming near, ffir ? : r inge : was.short. The Texas siience<l theba:u*ry in < j forty minutes. Then a Spanish field battery I ran down to the beach and opened on the Texas, but was quickly driven ofT by the ('rapid-lire guns. The buttery opened again, but was again driven oil. A Ilot Engagement. | Meantime the Spanish and Cubans bei eaino hotly enpaped. Tho fierce liro was heard on Cervera's ships in the harbor and they opened fire on the Cubans on the plateau at Little Bay Juiici. Another diversion was made 0:1 the slopes in tho harbor of Juruapuay by tho Helena, Newport, Bancroft and yacht Vixen. Shrapnel burst nil over the hillside, and the Spanish riflemen fled. Still another diversion was made when the battleship left the convoy and returned to the fleet. Admiral Sampson, leaving Schley in com manu witn oruers u> smusu miu-h hu.came out of tho harbor, steamod down to Baeonao to superintend tho naval part of tho operations there. The gunboats continued their raking fire. Tho Iowa took a hand and engaged tho water batteries be- | neath Morro, silencing them. The gun- ] beats continued raking Juragua with j , shells, tho Texas stilj ilring, as was the Scorpion. Tho lino of battle was twenty miles long. Tho New York, at Baeonao, . opened with lier big guns, clearing the ] A bugle call then rang over the water, j j tho troops clattered into boats and tho real > , landing of tho army began. While tho tropps wero going nshoro ships i J of Admiral Sampson's squadron throw , shells into several places in tho neighbor- I; hood whero Spaniards wero reported to j have been massed to attempt to prevent i j the'landing. . A large body of Cubans worked valiantly in the rear of the Spaniards, and when the i llrst bodies of our troops reached land and . began to shoot they very quickly drove the J enemy into the hands of the insurgents. The Troops Disembarking. j , The landing was made in small boats of j the transports and warships, and tiie sol- J diers went nshoro near a deserted steam- . ship pier. when the word was given that the landing was to begin, there was much entbusi- ? asm among the troop9, \tho feared that I they would be compelled to remnin for days j ' Or T\VWOV DfsEMBAHKIXtf FllOM. TH1 v.t transports, not a very agreeable outlook in such hot weather as now j>re- C vails here. Besides, the men are anxious t to begin active land operations against 5 the enemy, and it would nave been especi- s ally tfying to them to remain cooped up t; on the troopships with the Spaniards s ashore in -ight. Xpver did soldiers spring 1 more gladly to tlwnr work than did those c who were selected to be the first to land, w In live minutes the sea was alive with e flotilla.- of small boats, headed by launch''-. s speeding for the Baiquiri pier. Home of si the boats were manned bv crews of sailors, while others were rowed by the soldiers o themselves. Each boat contained sixteen tl men, every one in lighting trim and carry- Ii iug three days' ration-, a shelter tent,"a R gun an'I t wo nunurcti curt ri ig?'s. reaay to ? ta'ce the jiel<| on touching the shore should they bo required to do s.5'. P The firing of the warships proved to he :l a needless pre caution, as their shots d were not returned an t no Spaniards were " visible. I' General shatter, on hoard the Segur- C atiea, closely watched the landing of the tl troops. Brigadier-General Lawton, who had been detailed to command the landing fr party, led the way in a launch, aecompan- S; i-' 1 hv his staff, and directed the formation p< of the line of operation. at 1 he l'lghth Regular Infantry was the in first regiment to land, followed by General Shatter's old regiment, the First Infantry, ti Then* came the Twenty-fifth Infantry, the st Twenty-second Infantry, the Tenth Infan- tl try. the Fifteenth Infantry. thft* Seventeenth Infantry and the Twelfth Infantry, r< the Second Massachusetts Reginjent and a H detachment of the Ninth Cavalry. sc The boats rushed forward simultaneously ai from every quhrter, in good-natured rival- si r\ i > i?t> iuu him, aiiu iiinr u*:*, ujmuis scrambled over one another to leap ashore. Tl?e Task of Getting Ashore. 1*1 As the boats tossed about in the surf o: breaking against the pier, getting ashore p: was no easy matter, and the soldiers had h< to throw their riflea on the pier before they eould climb up themselves, Some w Nicaragua Canal Feasible. Professor Ilaupt, of the Nicaragua Canal Commission, was before the United States P Senate Committee on the Nicaragua Canal, it He expressed the opinion that the canal, L as proposed, was entirely feasible* and a; placed the cost of construction at between tt *00,000,000 and 605,000,000. w r( I'tah Iiemembers lltr Hero. The State of Utah will present a sword to Eu?ign Pearson, of Admiral Dewey's ilag- i a< ship, the Olynii'ia. for his coolness and i vr l-ravery In the light in Manila Bay. Ensign w Pearson went int > *'?.? ^arvi.-e irons Ctah. Ja riNG BEGUN r/-^ilpi^- tin* t-'aati^ nrci*\rr> iim*P1> i 111. J iiUUI .1 .... . !irtr<l tumbles resulted, 1<ut nobn-ly w; hurt. At the end of tho jii<T ttit.' companies an regiments quickly lined up and wci marched away. General Law ton throw a strong <lctae! moat, for tlio night, about six miles wes m the road to Santiago, and another >b taehmcnt was posted to tin? north of ti town, among t'ne hills. The rest of ti: troops were quartered in the town, some, them being housed in the buildings of tli iron company. Others of tho troops were quartered i deserted houses, while others still pr< forred the shelter of their tents in thorn joining Holds. The morning's fire had destroyed t! roundhouse, the repair shops and seven small dwellings. The Deserted Town. The towp was (Inserted when the troof landed, bst women and children soon ug OESERAI, CALIXTO OABCIA. Jn command of the tTnbnn insurgents wit are co-operating with General Shatter.) peared from the surrot.ndiag thickets an returned to their home-. Tin' sun-bronzed soldiers, in their sloue Pats and service uniforms, qulcklysearche the buildings and beat up the thicket ifter lnndi*g in search of lurking foes, an narehed into the unknown country b< roud at nightfall with long, swingin itrido and the alert bearing of the ol frontier army men. ready to light the Spar ards Sioux fashion or in the open whereve they could be found. The cheers of their comrades still wait ng on the transports and of the blue ackets, and the strains of "Yankee Doc lie" from tho bands on the troop ships 'rooted tliem as mey uinappeurru uui ?ew over the hills of liniquiri. No Men Killed. The landing was accomplished withou oss of life, the only casualty being th vouuding of an insurgent on the hills by .hell from one of the warships. He wi ose his nrru. The insurgent troops n Baiquiri are commanded by General Cas :illo, and number r. thousand men. ^ E TRANSPORTS^ . - The Cuban insurgents under Genera larcia assisted materially in protecting ho debarkation. The Cubans numberei ~f\r\ ef nfi'AnaH <t% f lia rorn'ryt f UU U1CU, auu WCID in W urroundiug Santiago, with a view of cut ingoff any possible advance of Spanisl oldiers to attack the troops while landing 'he Cubans held positions on the north ast and west of the city. General Gareit rill liavo about 10,000 men ready to co-op rate with the American forces within i hort time, or as soon as a decisive blow h truck at Santiago. After our men hal landed, the Cubans u; n the hill, under General Castillo, attacked ie Spaniards in tho block house and fort, ndeed. hard though desultory fighting i? oinp on in the mountains on all sides o] antmgo. While this was-going on several transorts proceeded westward twelve miles nl troops were landed to co-operat< irectly with tho Cuban forces marching pon tho doomed city in that direction rom hills hack of Santiago nine huhdred ubans liavo appeared and are harassing i# enemy. Spaniards Repulsed. Two bodies of Spaniards were driven om th j hills in this direction bu"k upon intiago. This was only done after a tlescrato light,in which twenty-five Spaniards ro said to have been killed and twice that umber wounded. The Spaniards have plenty of ammunion. but show tho clfe -ts of tho terrible rain they must liavo been under since le appearance of the American troops. Cubans who have come out of Santiago 'port that tho city is suffering terribly, unger is encroaching .upon citizens and ddiers alike. Tho citizens of Santiago -e already petitioning the Governor that irrenderbe made without further fight Advancing the Heavy Guns. The force nt Baiquiri began to advance lmediatelv after landing. Already the igineers have bridged gulleys and pretred a roadway for the passage of the invy siege guns and artillery. They have moved up the hill without aiting for reinforcements. Fire Drowned in Michigan. By tho capsizing of a boat in which ? arty was rowing on Flint ltiver at Flushig, Mich., Chauncey Cook, aged eighteen; ulu Loup, aged fourteen: Adalinn Loup, ged sixteen, and Mildred Packard, "aged vo years, were all drowned. Arthur Maxell. twenty years old. in attempting to :scue the party, was also drowned. Oklahoma's Wheat Croj>. The crop outlook In Oklahoma is as good * ll cuuiu ii.'u uur xtrrrii.ui> ill harvest A lea>t 30.000.00? huphel? of heat av.I, in all probability, a torn t*rc.j> rin ex-jcss of ' CREAT WORK OF THE TEXAS. The Jtnt lloslit |> Displays the Finest Marksmanship of the AVar. I Off Santiago, Cuba, via Tort Antonio, Jamaica (By CaldeA. While General Shafter's army of invasion was landing at Baiquiri the battleship Texas ma le a demonstration at Afatamorns, west of Santiago, aided l>y a Cuban land force of 'J000 men, commanded by Jesus Kabi. While it failed of General Shatter's purpose to attract the mass of the Spanish r soldiers west of Santiago, it brought about tho finest naval incident of the war. The Texas alone silenced and apparently destroyed a battery whieh Schley's whole division had twice fiercely, but unavailingly, bombarded. In accomplishing thi-< dee 1 she did not go unscathed. A Spanish shell perforated the battleship, killed one of the crew and wounded eight others. During the battle the great battleship went so close to land that she almost tonehed tie- shore, taking tin? So apa battery on the Hank, i>ne hundred and thirtyflve six-inch and twelve-inch shells were 41 red. ? The Spanish f rer* were driven from t!n? .. . Matamoras fleid batteries, an I the Socapa ! batte-y was <b ir \ved. , Th?ai?. of the Texas gunner- was s;d'ini didly accurate. The Vesuvius'.- ofllceri . w we stationed opposite the Texas's tar. get. Tlvv say iiers was the iit.e.-t marks1" nmnship of t.he war. The Admiral is delighted with Captain ' Philip. The Texas is the iir-r American vessel to ,'> I be perforated in Cuban waters by Spanish shells. Xaval Expert lieu cables a teghnienl description in his official ennaeitv The shot which struck the Texas was about tlii' last lir?-1 by the Spaniards when .* abandon in g the battery under the heavy accurate lire of lite Texas. The shell entered the battleship and exploded, killing . F. R. Diakeloy, of Newport, 11. I., an apprentice of the lir.-t class. The wounded arc: II. C. F.ngle. seaman, of New York: H. A. Gee. apprentice, of is Philadelphia; J. K. Lively, landsman, of >- Norfolk, Ya.: G. F. Mullen, appreatiee. of New York: J. E. Nelson, apprentice, of Now York; 11. Russell. apprentice, of Philadelphia: W.J. Simonson, seaman, of New York; A. Soogvist, seaman, of New York. Russell i- very seriously wounded. The others wi.'l all recover. FIRST BIVOUAC IN CUBA. I The Miraculously Ka?y Landing lokcd \ About at Kvcry Camp Fire. Bivouac of the Usited States Aiimy at I Baiouiri, Cuba, via Port Antonio, Jamaica / (Dy Cable). 'The engineers have finished reparing the dilapidated pier on which the troops landed. Huge barges of supplies have been rolled over its iron track and piled symmetrically about a villainouslooking dynamite gnu. Y-'orking parties with lanterns are pickingthoir way toward bivouacs where a thousand lires are flickering, and the debarkation of American troops in force in Cuba is most luckily 0 ended. The blockhouse is empty, but there are ~j fifteen miles of mountain road to Santiago, meaning almost inevitable heavy , imsuwna'-King over eae;i spur uuu cnca '} hill. The coast path it is possible to protect 1 fr o:h tlie sea. but it is almost impraetica' til". The only other hgr road is theSeviila ^ road, ruuuing inland and winding about a ~ most broken country. The march to Santiago is a serious affair, '* especially as General Shafter hasn't mule r batteries to take through the bush and shell bushwhacking bodies. This lack is * most seriously felt and cannot soon be remedied. The soldiers are in fine form. The mi'? raculously easy landing is joked about at n every little bivouac tire. The ground is sandy, the night dry, nnd the men in dog tents and comfortable. Groups and ;t squads are still searching the houses and e smouldering beams of the iron company's a machine shops for relics. 11 The Cubans are extremely happy, desp'ta t the loss of a man's arm. General Castillo's party was mistaken for Spaniards and twenty shells were tired before the Cuban flag was recognized. The nearest and largest Spanish force is at siooney, six miles west. Five hundred are entrenched there. North are 200 Cuban seouts. CORNELL WINS THE BOAT RACE. Vale is Second in the Intercollegiate Aquatic Contest. New London. Conn. (Special;. The great intercollegiate boat race over the four-mil? course of the Thames was won by Cornell in a manner which will long be remembered by those who had assembled from , nil parts of the country to witness the contest.*.-^ t'.c . Cornell led from start to finish, and crossed tho line an easy winner of four lengths over Yale. Harvard was at notima a tactor in the struggle. The Crimson crew " fell behind within the first fifteen strokes, 1 and thereafter simply tagged along, losing j ground at every stroke. 1 Tho weather* conditions overhead were ! perfect, but tho race was fought out over water that was choppy and rough, with a ! strong ly?ad-gn wind Mowing up the river. Tlio race was rowed promptly on schedule time. Cornell was the first to take po[ sition, followed bv Harvard and Yale. At the word to go each of tho crews struck t the water at the same time, and gradually i Cornell began to lead. At the naif-mild Cornell was ahead, followed by Yale, and , then Harvard who was far in the rear. At I oue time Yale pressed Cornell, but the Ithaeans hold their own, and after thu eAAAnd mil.i tho result of the race j was certain. Cornell crossed tin* line victorious by four lengths, with her crew suffering ieut little from tho strain of the lianl-fought race. Immediately the air ? sounded with deafening toots from the steamboats and tho yells of tho college | boys and their trionds. It was a great race [ and well won by Cornell. Cornell covered the four miles in twentythree minutes and forty-eight seconds; Vale's time was twenty-four minutes and two seconds, while Harvard's was tweuty1 four minutes and twenty-live seconds. 1 After tho big event the freshman race was rowed. It was an exciting e >ntcst. ' Every yard of the course was fought viciously, and the result was in doubt until Yah* rushed across the line the winner, with Harvard and Cornell following. 1 Yales's time was 11.22 2-5. Harvard's ' 11.23 1-5 and Cornell's 11.25 1-5. A I'rofessor Accused of Arson. George Herbert Stevens, who until about a y'cttrVgo was adjunct professor of moral philosophy at Lafayette College, is under - -- " * T? olinr,*.! t\f arrest at r.ustou, i i-un., uu m<; itjulieious mischief. He is charged with lufving set lire to Pardee Hall, Lafayette College, which was destroyed last Decern1 ber. Stevens broke down and confessed to everything charged against him by the po1 lice. He also revealed his plot to destroy ail the college buildings. His sole idea, he said, was to avenge himself against Dr. Warfleld for the loss of his position. Efforts at Peacemaking in Europe. Maohio, Spain (By Cable). Leading ' Spanish politicians and financiers are writing peace articles in the Madrid and Barcelona press. The peace party in Spain grows daily, and the Government, urged by Europe and the Pope to yield, is convinced of the folly of further resistance, but is withheld from action by fear of revolution. Itlaueo Sends lteinforcements. London, England (By Cable). Tho Ha| vana correspondent of the Times reports ' that Gererr.1 Blanco is sanding six battal! ions t.- Santiago <ie Cuba to guard tho ' -:in . __ ' CIMIPIE IS LONDDH Scores of Spectators Drowned at z Baicleshio's Launcir.f. TERRIBLE SCENE AT THE TRAGEDY Mhm of Water Displaced liy the RrltlMi Warship Albion Submerses a Staging' Throwing Hundred* Into the Thame* I _ltr>,li?.4i nf V..tl,oi- nn.t t'hll A lrcn Are Recovered. London (ity Cablof.?Wii"i, the Duchess of York laun-hoil Britaiu'- newest firstclass battle-ship, Albion, at tlie Thames SblptuiiKiinic Company's do a: Blacktvall sli'} failed to break thocu.-totnury bottle of champagne across her Lows. lathe opinion ot the sailors pr at, this mischance fully accounted for a terrible catastrophe that instantly follow. In many an La-t End horn- the launch will be remembered as a day of anguish and niouruintr, ai:d ia tlic-in:; 1 \ arbitrary . ip M OCCEESS op V<>RK, WHO TAILED TO CREAK THE BOTTLE AT THE LAUNCHING. code of tho British jack tar the new battlesbf}? will bo classed as au unlucky ship, because half a hundred poor folic were killed th the outset of hor career. The launching at tho Albion was a noteworthy event in ofe eyes of the public. The Duchess of York was to and did perform the christening ceremony, and a company of the highest distinction gladly accepted invitations to be with her on tho Albion deck. Among the others present ioro Colonel John Hay, the United States Ami assador; Mrs. Hay and Lieutenant Colwe'l, naval attache of the United state- Legation. For the many invited gm-ts not included In the company on the war ship, suitable stands, quite out of harm's way, had been erected by tho functionaries of the ship yard. Tho East Enders. many of whom were women and children, swarmed upon a temporary structure at a rather low level, which was not intended for sight-seeing. ?o many were iney, ana .-a enmnsiasuc, that the small force of police present were unable to control tkera, although many warnings were uttered of tin* insecurity of their situation. Fully two hundred of them crowded upon the staging, and there was not room for ono more. Thero was an immense din whPn the^ steel monster of 12,950 tons tobogann&l' down the ways with increasing veloeityuntil sho reached the water with a rush and was almost buried in a monster pillow of foam. Shouts of despair were not heacd at first, and it was many seconds before the rejoicing guests turned their eyes from the raat'estic battleship, all a-flutter with brave unting, to a scene of wreck and devastation where before had swayed a multitude of humble Londoners in holiday dress. The staging invaded by the East Enders had been swept away by a huge back-wash from the war ship, and 200 women and children apd men wore swirling in the water or clinging to pieces of wreckage and half-detached beams. Shouts of rejoicing changed to a clamor of horror, of sympathy. The swarm of rowboats and launches that had begun to cluster around the Albion darted inshore to the rescue, and brave men plunged into tup water from piers and the decks of vessels. By this time, however, the high wave roiroato,; m^nsUiT in tritimnh. bear Ing with it an unknown number of victims, whose struggles could be seen plainly as they were swept past the spectators. Many of those' rescued had been injured by the wreck of tho staging and had to be carried to hospitals. Others rushed about searching for those near and dear to them, or stood dripping upon the piers watching the work of rescue and waiting, wild-eyed, to scan the features of the dead. Thick and fast came the bodies ashore when the quest was properly organized, and loud were the lamentations of those who recognized their own. SPAIN HOLDS HOBSON. Madrid Declines io Consider Proposals for His fxcliiti'.Ke. Kly Wust, Fla. (Special). .V vessel arrived Monday whose Captain reports the efforts on the Havana blockade toseeure tho exchange of Hobson and his men. On last Tuesday, the Captain boarded a Government vessel, and under a flag of truce ran within one mile of the mouth of Havana harbor. After the vessel had lain there awhile a launch put out, having on board a Spanish naval officer. The Captain explained his business and made proposals for exchange. The Spaniards went hack to Havana to confer with General lSIanco. They returned in an hour and brought a message from the Caj tain General saying r; i a ^ no wo ma have to communicate v.*irii Madrid nu?l would send an answer in a few days. Here ended the first conference. On Thursday our vessel saw a Spanish gunboat, a small affair bristling with guns, just out from the harbor and rim toward her. The ship cleared for action. Tbo gunboat kept right on. and just as the ship was about to send an inquiring shot at her she hoisted a flag of truce. A tug was sent nlong-ido her and the officers on board tho gunboat gave the commander of the tug a letter from General Blanco to deliver to the Captain of tho war vo.-.-cl. In the letter General Blanco says that after mature deliberation the Government had decided to consider 110 proposals for the exchange of Lieutenant Hobson. A,~..el! AV;i!t,.,l III. Captain General August: wired Madrid Le had retired within the walls of Manila and would be unable to communicate ffurther with the Government. Manila being surrounded by insurgents on all sides. Four thousand Spaniards have been made prisoners. Two More Monitors Iteady. The monitors Mahopac and Manhattan will leave League Island. Philadelphia, manned by naval reserves in a -liort time. The Mahoj ac has finished ,aling. The new engirt whi di wero hndr in lier have fceea proaonnged