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SHAFTER HALTED THE WORK
OF HORRIDLE DESTRUCTION!
He Wires That a Flag of Truce Is Up Pending Consideration of New Surrender Propositions -
Army Officers at Washington Believe the Stars and Stripes Now Float Over Santiago.
Th* Americans. For Sanitary Reasons. Burn Srbonay Th* Sampson Float ,*nd Seige Guns Hava Virtually
Ruinad Santiago Tha Fear That Soma of tha Spaniard Soldiers May Hava Escaped- The
Casutties in the Fighting Yesterday-The Situation as it is Summed Up at
Washington—Surrender Proposition Under Dis
cussion in Washington.
|By Pnw)
WMhiiKia. July ii —Tt»# follow tux
W rtrilwl tilt wnlii: Ptijri del
Ban* Tuesday July Iff, Adjatsnt Gro
♦rut. WiikiKtiw -Bm wry
hut IMlk* liktitt. Fia# inw up xvr
2 C>nrlderlag ptwpoxll ion surrender
log t now herr town surrounded On
tilt north Umi rompi* ml i p u br
On Ladlow rt|M dew* to bty. Utr
rmtlirr this, but will hart strengthen
ed Is surnlti by Ora. Hrnry. who ha*
Juat nrrteed. Only throw casualties No
oar killed no far an ran learn. Expert
to hara two pw bnttrrira In poaltlon.
Orrat dtal suffering among proplt who
Soar out Santiago Doing br« relieve
It, but not entirely surv«d*fui.
(Signed.) Shatter.
Report From the Front.
(Spertal to The Herald.)
At Itv Front. July 11, via Playa del
Enr. July 11—8aatlago !» now com
pletely surround- d by the Amrriran
’and Cuban forrrw. Tlie last gap wax
fitted today by the Illinois and Ohio
troops. The Spaniards now hare no
arena# of escape !. ft, but bimi sur
reader or die. The American lines now
extend from Ratero on the writ to •Pa
re da Lad run. on the oeat. The bom
bardment was resumed by the laud
batteries end fleet this morning sod
rontinurd until on.* o'clock. *»b*n
Shatter (rut a message to tb-» Spnniah
tinder a flog of truce. The land batter
ies opened at alt o'clock. when the
morning* mist I'hft‘h enveloped the
Spanish tine lifted. Shafcrr ordered
each shot to be aimed at some partic
ular object nud the firing was at Inter
vals of ten mtifttc*. No galling guns
were used.
The Infantry Silent.
The tnfrntry did little firing and on
ly for the purpose cf picking off ln
dlviduol Spaniard*. The marksman
ship waa excellent as wax evidenced
by the occaxlonnl b. adlong plunge of
s hostile sharpshooter from a tree. The
Spaniards’ batteries fired four rtsunds
harmlessly. It Is believed that their
ammunition l« nearly exhaust.:d. Si
multaneously with the land nttaek. the
New Ycrk and Blookiyn meved clog*
to the shore at Agc.adores. The New
Ycrk wigwagged to the beach signal
lers who went to the crest of a ridge
to observe the effect of the shells. The
first shell was an 8-inch from the New
York, fired at a high elevation. The
men cn th.’ r’.dgc- telephoned Stmfter
and an hour later signalled to the New
York. The gunners chang'd the range
rad fired the second shot. Again a
wait, more signalling and a fine cai
culillcn by gunners. The third shM!
finrlly sped ov r the hill. the sig
nal men were scon wigwagging exci
tedly. the officers reporter and the
Jackies on the New York rheered. It
was the right range at last.
On In Earnest
Then at 10 o’clock the firing began
In earnest. The range was 8.500 yards
and the direction north by 27 degrees
west. Th.* New York fired at five min
ute intervals. At the eighteenth shot
the Brooklyn moved in and at the
twenty-sixth Bhot began firing, but like
the New Ycrk, slewly. At 11:35 th? In
rtxua jolr.rd in and swung her turrets
to the starboard. She opened with a
broadside from her 8-inch guns. Her
firing was much foster than the other
two ships. Th’ telephone was ever
active and the wigwag men were busy
tilling the effectiveness of the fire. At
12:45 the ships, having fired 106 explo
sive shells, the shore signalled that
Shatter had sent a flag of truce to the
enemy and the firing ceased.
At one o'clock Gen. Shatter sent
Maj. Noble into the Spanish lines de
manding surrender. The answer had
oat been received at a late hour this
evening. The fire of the ships was
very desfruc ive. Just as the ships
ceased action the Yale arrived with
Gen. Miles aboard. The Yale sailed
around the flagship and wac liberally
cheered. Gen. Miles landed at 3!bo
rey and made an inspection. He will
go to the front tomorrow. The Cu
bans this morning advanced to Dos-
Lcr ainios, which the Spanish had evac-
Lmel. Gen. Nario. with 6,000 Span
iards. is as’cute?
tfN CRNTA A WrUA
Till] AUGUSTA HERALD.
YOU Mr YIL
• for MBitaty tvxMta There xr* many
ISpaa'sh spies asm aa the i sfugses Ft’s
| Wft Cm y far Holguin yesterday. Tbs
i terrible thunders;onti has made tha
mud tn tha tsn'ls lour fast deep in
I places.
la Thera Aurrvader.
Waahitigtta. July 12 - Shafter In a
! cabla this txcrxili reports a truce
1 since 2p n. yesterday, Tbs enemy is
i on*.derma a piopcaiUon for surren*
; dec. A (bin line of Americans sur
round* the Ity completely. General
Htnry is marching up to reinforce the
i line. Only tar man waa kill'd yester
day and three or four wounded. N-w
j batteries are being put in position. The
j refugees are suffering terribly. Army
officers, after reading Sbaftor’a dls
| patch, which was of yesterday’s date,
{declared their belief that Hunt!ago bad
anrirndcred, unconditionally, and by
this time our flag floats over It.
Result of the Firing.
(Special to The Hatald.l
Plays del Ette, July 12. One hun
dred and one shells form the ship* l*n
j tied. Only five fell in the harbor. The
.army batteries fired 400 shots, carry
-1 ing deadly havoc In many of the finest
building* la the city, which are re
duced to dust. The slaughter and do
: v astatic n was so great and aa ticket}-
1 ing a night that Shatter a-nt in beg
ging for the surrender of the city be
fore the town was completely dextroy
<l The Spaniards made several par
tita, fighting like deasans but ware
.driven back at e- ttry attempt. Th**re
are only three hundred yards between
our advanced tren< hex and the Span
ish What is left of the city Is hard
ly worth bombarding. We expect
surrender every mom ?nt.
Another Surrender Offer.
[Special to The Herald.]
Washington. July 12. lt is stated
that General Shafter has cabled ano- j
ther offer to surrender from Torsi. The j
ma.ter was discuss'd at ihe cabinet j
meeting today,
Alger said to me after the cabinet i
meeting: "It is utterly impossible for !
Linares to have escaped with the ma
jor portion of the Spanish force, as ru
mored, unless It was done three days
ago. Wt don’t know* If Santiago has
surrendered. If not, the bombard
ment is continued and is on now. Of
that (here is no doubt.”
At Santiago, the Snan'sh didn’t put
oui a flag of truce. Shafier did when
he ordered cease firing. Major No
ble tarried the flag and message. The
battery cn the left didn’t understand,
and opened fire again. Noble came
scurrying back to our lines. The hat-
CAPT. H. C. TAYLOR. CAPT. P. A- COOK.
[lndiana.] [Brooklyn.]
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THE CURAN FLAG.
The flag adopted by the Cnbiui iiwiirxenU and »hi«h »M he the flag of Cuba
should the island ei-un iu indeprod 3 aee . uuists us fits strips*, threo blue sed two
whits, with a trUnguUr Held id red la which is sot a tlngls white tUr.
itery stopped and he went out agate.
The FTghting Monday.
[Copyright by Ananetatei] Prera.J
I Shafier s Headquarters’ Monday, 4p.
ra. Via Kingston. July 12. The
fighting continued during the day. At
j this hour It is believed the city of San
tiago w.ll be captured by the American
i faretx within the nnx' twenty-four
| hours. Th,- Ameri uns have advanc’d
1 steadily all day. In several of the
I Spanish trenches our troops found
! dummy wooden guns and no Spanish
| soldiers. There was tt very weak fire
from the Spanish troops and the A-
I merican officers received furlher evl-
j deuce of the great distress existing In
Santiago.
Situation Summed Up.
Wasblngtcn, July 12. The expec
tation is vety general today that San
tiago will be our very soon. The main
source rs apprehension today was that
Ihe Spaniards may have succeeded to a
considerable degree in evacuating the
tov-n before the American lines of In
vestment were completed, so that when
the Americans entered It would be
found a mere empty husk with perhaps
nothing more than a desperate rear
quart of Spaniards left to protect and
conceal the retreat of the main body
of troop*. There were several Indica
tion! of some such move, which was
1 supposed to be in progress for three
or four days. Shatter himself repor
ted, under date of Sunday, that the
Spaniards hud evacuated a small town
on the west side of the bay. one of the
subuihs of Santiago, while the Asso
ciated Press yesterday referred to the
departure of a body of Spanish troops
from Santiago towards Holguin.
These farts are not conclusive that
the town has been evacuated, but the
fact cannot be concealed that there is
some apprehension entertained that
the main result of the Investment of
Santiago aside from the important
achievement of driving the Spanish
squadron to destruction, will be the In
heritance by Shatter of several thous
and wounded Spanish soldiers and
many more thousand hungry mouths
In Santiago. Gen. Miles, who arrived
at Slboney yesterday, made the fol
lowing report to Gen. Alger today:
"Arrived at noon. Had consultation
with Samrvson and Shatter by tele
phone. Troops brought from Tampa.
Charleston and New York arrived and
leaving for the front. Line investment
being extended.”
Shatter Still In Charge.
G«n. Miles has not taken, and will not
take, charge of the operations against
Santiago. Whatever credit Is derived
from the cupture of the town, if it re
sults from the prosecution of the pres
ent plan of Shatter, will redound to
Uiat officer's credit. General Miles Is
there simply in his capacity as com
manding genera! to look over the field
and ascertain whether the operations
are going along as they should. With
his appearance romes substantial As
sistance Cor Shatter. Wlih him on the
Yale were more than 1,000 men and
considerable artillery, while the Co
lumbia Is expected to report arrival at
any moment with the remainder of the
troops. The naval officers say their
part of the operations at Santiago is at
an end. They are looking around for
new worlds to conquer. Their eyes oro
turned to the east and they are rush
ing preparations for the despatch cf
Watson’s eastern squadron. This is a
decidedly more attractive cruise from
a naval point of view than the demon
stration proposed dgainst San Juan,
Porto Rico, which Is understood to be
the next number on the program, but
which the naval authorities believe
will not amount to much because of
the easy reduction of the defenses.
Every ship of Watson's squadron has
been supplied with the very latest
charts, not only; of the coasts of SoaiA
and the Mediterranean, hut of the cow™
ses that will take them clear to the
Phiiinplcej. Ndt'.ce of the depar
ture of some of .the vessels Is looked
for at any moment. - r
One hundred years ago the only hat
factor y in the United States made cock
ed hats.
RUSSIA BE-
IiIEVES THE
(OAR OVER.
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tfcfl rkllllpiflev
•*F*«teh Ownership Witb AmwrKaa
Prate*Ho* Would bull Me*.
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t# to Humlaa idvißtaif Hint th# I%#|-
rrrnnin t*» th# pafMffflftton of m
Mimtff* f>ow#r- Df—tti of ihp t'nifpx)
'ftiip* HuiMim would prmf+r to ##* th*
h»Un<l« hi th# (taiipiNMiuA of ft|Miln md
th# j»rojpiiH»n of th# DhIImI
Ht«t##, oho #4*ult) h##f> out nth#r rlDl
•i>#tit# fly notkhi in tht* <lir#'ttnn.
ItuMh • ould not nflljr uphold hrr otn
int*r##«s, hut ##rv# to r#u#* g#n#ml
flCMlr#. **
MORI; AIMHT THAT AMIM’SH.
A Correspondent Pays Tribute to the
• Hough Rider*.
Tampa. Fla.. July 12.—G, P. Nutiall, !
war rorrenpnmtent of the Londtis TVI#-
grwm. Is Ihe first of I* < correspondents
to return from Hantlago, He came In
on the steamer Irnqunts with 2to woun
ded offleers and men Mr Nu’.lall waa
present at the skirmish between the
Hpanlards ar-tl Hough Hldrrs at ftltio
ney, and he glvca a most Interesting ac
< ottnt of the fight.
He say* that the Amertrans were
outnumbered and that the Hpnnlard*
could have achieved a complete vic
tory If they had continued to press
forward from the liegtnntna ■ They Im
agined. however, that the entire Amer
ican army was In front of them, and
after Ihe first attark. fell bark with
great loss. Mr. Nuttall says he exam
ined the wounds of s number of Amer
ican soldiers, and. after talking with
our army surgeons, has enm* to the
roneluslon that the Mauser rtfie bullet,
used by the Spaniards, la the most civ -
lilted bullet ever used In warfare, as
It makes a clean, neat wound, and,
while disabling n man temporarily,
duet not cause nearly so much suffering
as various others. He cited Instances
where men had been hit two and three
times before they knew they had been
struck. The old style Springfield ri
fle, with which many of the volunteers
ore armed, are moat severely condemn
'd! by Mr. Nuttsll. lie says that it is
the height of folly to send to the front
men armed with these old-fashioned ri
fles. The Spaniards ure smokeless pow
der and the latest Improv’d weapons.
They open Are on the Americans at a
distance far greater than than the old
style weapon will carry, and conse
quently the volunteers are at a great
disadvantage In every battle. This was
practically noticeable ori July 1. when
the thirty-third Michigan was brought
'forward to reinforce the American ar
my.. The men soon found that they
Iwere being picked off by tIM Spaniards,
j who were entirely out of range of their j
guns. The Michigan men at once began i
' picking up the Krag-Jorgenaen rifles I
dropped by the regulars, and, taking j
the cartridge tielts, so aa to have the |
proper hind of ammunition.
{ The London correspondent said that |
{the Americans fougSt like fiends.
There was no giving a- ay. They stood
their ground when officers- and men
were falling all around them. In speak
ing of the Rough Riders, he -.-aid that
they went Into the fight as coolly as If
sleepping up to o bar for a drink. In
this fight the newspaper correspond *rts
i were marching with the Rough Riders,
1 and consequently were soon In th** thick
lof the tight. Several were slightly *
wounded,but Kdward Marshall was the
only one who received a wound that
was considered serious.
CANNOT DRAW COLOR LINE.
Decision Rendered by Judge Carter!
Affecting Theatre managers.
Chicago. July 12. Judge O. N. Car- .
ter recently remtoiod a decision udder
the Civil Rights act which makes it
dangerous (or any theatrical manager j
to refuse a seat to a colored person
when it has been paid for and admit
tance sought in the usual way. The
case was that cf H. T. Richardson vs.
David Henderson, former manager of
th’ Chicago opera house. ■ln 1892,
Richardson had a white boy purchase
two tickets for Ain Baba. When he
appeared at .he thoatre he was refused
seats In Ihe parquet, which the tickets
called for, hat was offered the gallery.
This Richardson refused and he sued
Henderson for damages and in time ob
tained a verdict of $250 and costs. The
judgment was not paid, and in March, ;
1898, a capias was issued by Hender-!
son, who was confined in the county
jail. Then Henderson sought release,
as an insolvent debtor. Richardson
claimed that as malice was thp glsl of
the original complaint there could he
no discharge. The case came before
Judge Carta- of the county lost week.
Vito decided in favor of Richardson and
refnanded Henderson ,to tha custody of
the sheriff.
New York, July 12. —Futures easy.
Sales 4,700 bales. July 6.00, August
6.02. September 6.00. October 6.02. No
v.-mher 6.01, December 6.03, January
6.05, February 6.09. March 6.11.
riVf! FOI ! A»5 A VI AR
UtJWAY. Jll V u. ff«l
RIGHT OH
TO PORTO
RICO HOW
Tlf Rtgilan A# i« Do ibt Fight*
*»«•
Tlm Immune 'gglmsnt* Am Is (ter*
rtaosi Santiago.
IHperlal to The llrratd |
Waahmgtofi. July 12 All effort*
lufI uf tk* government are n ><• msniaM*
I*4 oa Ike Porto It cm expedition Tk*
xiumiamrlat and Ike qusrtereMUMerA*
department are sou oraenliin* tmot
port* (hot will take the immune re*l
men«» to Aaniintn •* a garritoa. and
will take tfce belter pore at tfce re gulars
now ol Bnn<la*o to Porto Rico. AdsJ
cev resolved today aay Porto Rico will
tie roaiiy occupied Keren thousand
| regular* anti flee thousand soluMswid
I are at Kan Juan There are oo troop*
on Ike other porta of tkr island. Tha
Inhabitants are analouaty awaiting to
welcome Ike Arne-leans
* EXPLOSION.
Powder Works Blow Up a Second
Time. A
Dover. N J . July I? -An
*t Ihe K.irka of the Ijiflin *
I ■ l-OM.I • -I
■II' ► I -I • n nn.i.nc them
!*• I ••*i d> -ii I i4s
w-nk* A •!, >■
i iH 1 -|
«u min
{ Since the outbreak of tfffl
, S|j»in t *.>l .if ili<. ,K§
- > * ■ llllllc. !itti.J a ti.-HH
''. it ii tv. i.. i «t
" tkr |,recent thi-lr MmaS
*|ne|. T'«- iSt mp of ttlJ^H
been > to*,. t*» the powder
!»«» bvlttg maintained ns H
mornins At It thl* m.rntnH
a terrlfli exploslun. whi.
bulldins* n tej n< altered tli"H
employe* Ft.'teest are rcpiH
uml many aiildl.-rs and enH
eoiwtds. jtiniie t|iilte e-rlnuH
rials of the company at nl
.special train from Dover tH
anti the wounded were iskf-H
e.m for treatment. The nrfl
ed In line anil stood
plant «nd refused to
appioat h the ccorks. Tile
dead and wounded
talned.
THE WOUNDIVS
The Remarkable Response { tiler B
New Treatment. ;
Washington July 12.- Surgeon (leHB
ini Vnn Keypen, of the navy, has
reiver a report from the
the fleet, sixiw kig that In ail
wounded, some of them serious, not a
rise of temperature or an 0.-cumulatlon
of pus has apt eared in any ease l-’rom
n medical standpoint this Is said to be
a marked advance from the conditions
during the civil ever, and le attributed
to the lntroducttrm of the antiseptic ,
treatment of wounds.
PRIFATEERINQ.
British War Ships on the Lookout for
a Spaniard.
Victoria, B. C.. July 12.—1 n response
to the request of the United States con
sul; Deadley, of Vancouver, Admiral
Pulicser, commanding the Pacific Bri
tish squadron, hns despatched H. M. i
S. Amphlon, the second class cruiser, I
carrying nine guns, and the sloop of i
war Icarus, mounting eight guns, to
cruise the watrrs north for an alleged
Spanish privateer, which, according to
reports, IPes hidden in the vicinity of
Dixon entrance. t
TO THE CHAIR.
Mrs. Martha Place Sentenced to Elec- j
tradition.
I
New York, July 12.—Mrs. Martha
Place, convicted of the murder of her
stepdaughter. Ida Place, was today
sentenced to die In the electric chair at
King i#ng dm ins the week beginning
August 22. Mrs. Place Is 44 years old.
The murdered girl was IS. Mrs. Place
was Insanely jeulous of her stepdaugh
ter.
HON. JACK SLATON.
His Harriage Today to Mrs. Sarah
Grant lackson.
(Special to The it raid.)
Atlanta, Go., July 12.- Hon. Jack
Slaton was married at noon very qui
etly to the widow of the late Tom Cobb
Jackson. Mrs. Sarah Grant Jackson,
ore of the wealthiest women in the
South.
EMILE ZOLA SENTENCED.
Pine and Imprisonment for Libelling
Handwriting Experts.
I Paris. July 12—In the libel suit of
three handwriting experts In the Kstei>
, ha/.y case against M. Emile ilola and
M. Peireuz. the editor of the Aurorc,
I growing out ol the allegations made
by the latter against the experts wJao
testified legal<ltng the DreyrtafgMl
- merits, the court has
Perreeux to pay a line of 500UHRH'' 1
Zola to six'! .o. days' impt '"'’jflHßp'':
t.* nav a line of 2,afiof.
mem. however. '’‘‘‘'■HOH
In addition eaeli of iho
awarded U.OOOf. damages. *g
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The dispatch that two blonds ®
' insurgents,** Cebu have been defeat®
and / linen usurgent , leaders epptur®
and -digit. V
head Money. '
Handsome Fortunes Clo to Sone ofl
the Navy Officers.
Washington, July 1 12.—Somethin*
over *200,000 will be paid by the gov-|
eminent as "head money” to the oflifl
i c'ts and sailors who destroyed CerJ
vera’s fleet. This is according to M
| law which provides the payment I
\ SIOO a head for evpry man on the shH .
of the enemy when these ships
destroyed. A few officers receive pretß
ty good fortunes. jj|
a. MOORE.
SuperwMPnt of the Washington
Dead Today.
,’Washington, July 12.—Maj. William
(V Moore, for the past twelve years, su-
Stendent of police, died today,
69. By reason of his varied expe
rience and of his official conuectlaaijg
Moore was well known throughout tjJl
country. J||
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