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TUX W AYOtKtt, auocsta . * • J,9 HIM El, BAVINUS (*•»* aajfv »•»«*#• Jiwst'i »»» *«■»« m P*R«» Psflwsllw 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.] /M *&m MSn •/I Mi K }': /y'» ;/ri?S* A Sp* :lwfesw' dwtf ’ s I .- 2. ' ' IgSted® [lowu.j 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. WraM RilHr Sk Om P**#r lUr» tfcfl rkllllpiflev •*F*«teh Ownership Witb AmwrKaa Prate*Ho* Would bull Me*. Hi |vtr*»t»urn. July II > * »«r XfWIA Iln4 Um» I‘wltrsl Hi AIM. M h|< h il frjfnulp 6* f»mr |}< Ally H* VfNOjri rßfiMifhfl: ’ Uu#*»* hM fin IHlfMtlt* MHftfit IM III# I»i#ii4#. If «trv 4lvM‘ •4 th* but r*»rt ifefJtiM fmill iii tiff* tvHLii>, «Ir**« tint •Id aid J«i#n th#r#* hf #tr*fi|tth*niftc thtfi) In ID# hu iRr ft 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 fjm »a! l an*' "IH, ll i.. m\ mM m ptoot with H ..impt peanfl moo .th/V'l ' jy ' * ' 2#j* • i 4,1';,. 1 mi l ’ i Lieutenant SlaoeWß| to the aerlouincss pt i Mix. Co. E, TtntfesH typl'Oid f ver, ’ 1.. same regim litre. Ii i ni pit; I to th • Fre Mi TM/J M ■ - U ItOlß It a 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|| (GETTING TKAMSTEPj® Ordi .