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Abbeville Chronicle.
VOL. II.
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NOT ONE SUCCEEDED IN THE
ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE.
Dasliefl Oat of tiie Harbor at Saatiap Only
To lot Spsefly Destruction.
VUriUL SAMPSON GATE US A GL0UI0US
FOUltTII OF JULY PRESENT.
Only One Man Killed and Two Wonuded on Sampson s Snips
While the Eremy’s Loss Reaches Into the Hundreds,
Resides About 1,300 Prisoners, Among the
Number Reing Admiral Cervera.
Secretary Long, of the Navy Department, received the following dispatch
from Admiral Sampson Monday morning:
“I li<‘ fleet under my command offers the nation as a Fourth of July Pres,
eut the destruction of the whole of Cervera’s fleet. Not one escaped. It at
tempted to escape at 9:30 a. m. (Sunday) and at 2 p. m., the last, the Cristo
Inl U.u Colon, Colon lifl.1 had run inn aslioi-A ashoie, sixty sixty miles miles west west of ol Santioffo santio„o iiamoi, harbor and ami lowered loweieu
her colors. The Infanta Marie Teresa, Oquendo and Yiscaya were lorecd
ashore, burned and blown up within twenty miles of Santiago ; the Furor
and Platon were destroyed within four miles of the port. Loss, one killed
and two wounded. Enemy’s loss, probably several hundred from gun lire,
explosion and drowning. About 1,300 prisoners, including Admiral Cervera.
The man killed was George E. Ellis of the Brooklyn. SAMPSOX.
The following message was forwarded at once to admiral Sampson by
Pres»deiit McKinley :
t 4 ’o Admiral Sampson, Playa del Este—You have the gratitude and
congratulations of the whole American people. Convey to your noble officers
and crews, through whose valor new honors have been added to the Ameri
grateful thanks and , appreciation . . of , ,, the nation. ,.
cans. the
“Signed, William McKinley.’
THEY CAPTURED LADUOXE IS
LANDS OX THE WAY.
SOlDIERS were LANDED ST CAVITE.
The Transports Were the City of Sydney,
City of Peking; anil the
Australia.
A special of Sunday from Hong
Kong says: The United States dispatch
boat Sealire, which left Cavite, Manila
harbor, on July 1st, has arrived here.
She reports that the American troops
in the transports City of Sydney, City
of Peking aud Australia, convoyed by
the Charleston, arrived at Cavite on
June 30, having taken the Ladrone
island on the way and having left men
there.
The Spanish governor ami other offi
cials captured were brought to Cavite.
The United States troops commenced
to disembark at Cavite on July 1st.
WILL QUARANTINE BOATS.
Jamaican Authorities Hard On Newspaper
Men.
Action has been taken by the Jamai
can authorities which will interfere
seriously with the work of the Ameri
can newspaper dispatch boats running
between the coast of Cuba, oft’ Santiago
de Cuba, and Port Antonio, the near
est point from which news in regard to
events transpiring at the seat of war
can be cabled to the United States.
The quarentiue board of Kingston
has issued an order that these boats
must not be entered at or cleared from
until after investigation..
FLEET OF SHIPS OFFERED.
C. & O. Railroad Agree* to Place Vessel*
at Government’s Ulsposul.
The government is highly gratified
at an offer received from the Chesa
peake and Ohio railroad company ten
dering to the war department the fleet
of fine freight steamers owned by the
company, plying between Newport
News and Europe, at the actual cost of
the vessels with provisio for restoring
them to the company when the de
partment has no further use for them,
at a figure that would lie imminently
reasonable.
There are seven of the ships and
they are peculiarly adapted to tho
needs of the government.
ABBEVILLE. GA.. THURSDAY, JULY 7. 1898.
CHICAGO PAPERS STRIKE.
Action of Theiv Stereotvpe.i’ft Cause Tem
porary Shut Down.
The following bullution was posted
at every Chicago newspaper office I ri
day evening at 10 o’clock :
At 8 o clock this evening the Stere- (
otypers’ union notified the newspaper
publishers of Chicago that, unless their
demands for an increase of wages from
S3.20 to $4 per day, a reduction of the
working day from eight to seven hours,
with payment at the rate of 75 cents
per hour for all over time, and other
concessions were at once accorded
them, they would refuse to return to
work.
4 (' In consequence of this action The
---, in common with all other Chica
go papers, will not appear Saturday.”
“This action of the newspayiers was
in pursuance of an understanding re
cently entered into, including, among
other provisions, this agreement:
“In event of a strike iu any of the
departments of one or more of the
Chicago daily newspaper offices, the
mechanical resources of all our offices
shall be pooled to the extent and
with the purpose that no newspaper
shall lie published unless and until all
the newspapers can be promptly pub
lished on the same day.”
The sterotypers have been averaging
from $19.50 to $22 per week of six
(lays on evening papers and from $24
to $27 on morning papers.
It is anticipated that the influx of
stereotypers from all parts of the coun
try will be so great that the suspense
of publication will continue only a few
days.
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DESTROYERS ORDERED BACK.
Admiral Camara’s Torpedo Boats Will Re
turn to Spain.
A . , dispatch , received -i at . T JL011
special after the
don from Madrid says that
cabinet meeting Friday it was officially
Port Said, Egypt, to Spain.
BRITISH SHIP SEIZED.
Commander MeCalla 1’utH a Prize Crew
Aboard the Adula.
A , dispatch to the >T New ,, York , tt era ,T <
lrom ofl Santiago, via Pori Antonio,
a C8 Adula;
The a British steamship
which some time ago carried British
refugees let igees from liom f Cicniiie in..fn«o-ns o 0h to to K Kim/ston Uffston
and which has been in many Cuban
poits siL.ee the war began, diopped an
ThuVs n d 8 vnL°ht erbay ^ GUaUtlmam0
Commander MeCalla, of the Marble
head, decided to have the status of the
tei mined, sss am le promptly seize tfie
vesae1,
SHIN6T0N WILD Wl
OVER THE RHILMAXT SUCCESS OF
AMERICAN ARMS.
SAMPSON’S GREAT MASTER STROKE
Pleasure at Shafter’s Victories Before
Santiago anil Encouraging News
From f>ewey.
A Washington special says: Tho
glorious news from Admiral Sampson
that he had demolished nearly tho en
tire Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor
was the only topic of conversation at
tho capital Monday. Everybody was
discussing bow it all came about. The
bulletin boards of the morning papers
wo,re eagerly scanned by crowds of
people anxious to receive the latest
from the scene of action.
At the executive mansion President
McKinley received each bulletin as it
came from Santiago, and each one
brought moro encouraging news that the
day was indeed an occasion for feelings
of patriotism. At the war aud navy
departments nothing but the brilliant
achievement of Admiral Sampson was
talked of, and work for the time being
is at a standstill. All of the officials
are showering praise on Admiral
Sampson and his gallant men.
Late in the day the war department
posted the following from General
Shaffer:
Headquarters Fifth Army Corps,
near Santiago.—When the news of the
disaster to the Spanish fleet reached
the front, which was during the truce,
the regimental band that had managed
kee P its instruments on the line,
P ln y e<1 “The Star Spangled Banner”
and <. xhel . e - n Be ft Hot Time In the
0U1 Town Tonight,” Men cheering
from one end of the line to the other,
Officers and men without even shelter
teuts have been soaking for five days
in the afternoon rains, but all are
happy. Signed, “SlIAFTEIt. ”
Admiral Cervera’s fleet having been
destroyed, it was rendered an easy
matter for Admiral Sampson to shell
the town, destroy the forts and eartli
works which have been doing such ter
r ible work against our forces, aud in
co-operation with Geueral Shatter’s
troops take possession of Santiago.
Great satisfaction was also expressed
on receipt of the news from Admiral
Dewey that the first expedition had
reached Manila, and the fact that it
had stopped on the way and captured
tile Padrone islands, thus accounting
for^the delay in reaching the Philip
pines. Everyone in Washington pre
diets that Admiral Dewey will soon he
able to state that the stars and stripes
are floating over the Philippines, never
to he removed.
The possibility of Spain suing for
peace lias never been so generally
discussed in Washington as at present.
The president is known to have ex
pressed to members of the cabinet the
belief that these events will bring that
result.
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PROMOTION l’OR SAMPSON.
Acting Admiral's Name Sent To Senate
Along With Others.
The president Monday senate’: sent these
nominations to the
Navy—Commodore Frederick V.
McNair i ’ to he rear admiral; Captain
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A BRIDGE COLLAPSES.
Four Killed Outright and a Hundred In
jured, Some Seriously.
A bridge crossing the Mohican river
at Shelby, O., fell Monday afternoon
w ith 1,000 people. Four were killed
^them a n ;i ustT n(lre<1 iniUred ’ ^
s e 1 (line
A . pu imblic we, wed 'di»g W nas as beintr being con con
S umniated , on the bridge celebration. ns one of the
featnre8 of the (lay . s Just
ag cere , nony weJt j ia fl y >een completed Lash,
the bridge down with a
^eefffet Pe ° P ' e “ <liStanCe ° f
>*% fref" nh which ensued after the
^possible «. to get anything like
was a
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THE DIXIE MAKES A BIG HAUL
AT CAYAELA.
CORRALED BOATS IN A BUNCH.
Spanish Crews Abandon Their Vossols
aiul Make For the Shove—Two Men
Captured and Liberated.
A dispatch of Wednesday from Ha
vana says: The commander of the
Spanish gunboat Ardilla reports that
-wliilo reconnoiteriug on June 2Gth at
Coloiua, Punta Cortes and other places
a t Coyaola, be was informed that a
strange steamer with one smokestack,
apparently a warship of 3,000 tons,
was in sight. The stranger soon
caught sight of the Ardilla and pnr
BU ed her. The gunboat kept within
the blue sea and succeeded in keeping
out of range of her pursuer. To the
southeastward the stranger, which
turned out to be an American warship,
appeared to be in company with other
vessels.
The Adrilla made a reconnoissance
0 n the following day, June 27th, and
discovered that the American ship had
captured the sloops Nemesia, of Bata
bano, province of Havana; Amisda
and Manuelito, of Colorna, province
(J f Pinar del Rio, and the pilot boats
Luz and Jacinto. It is claimed that
when the sloops were sighted the
American ship hoisted the Spanish
flag, believing he had to do with a
Spanish warship. The pilot also ap
proached the American vessel aud did
not find out his mistake until a blank
shot and afterwards loaded shells were
fired at the pilot boat.
The shells, it is exclaimed,exploded
near her. The American ship by this
time seemed to have driven the Span
ish craft into a hunch, including the
Luz, Jacinto and Amistad, Nemesia
and Manuelita. The latter, it is fur
ther alleged, let go their anchors and
were abandoned by their crews, who
made for the shore, going in the direc
tion of Punta dePiedras, on the south
western extremity of Pinar del Bio,
between the Isle of Pines and the
mainland. The commander of the
Nemesia, with one of his crew, re
mained on board his sloop and was
captured and taken on board the
American ship. Later he was set at
liberty after having been questioned
in regard to the Spanish fleet and gen
e ral situation of affairs,
The American ship is described as
carrying one forward gun, one at her
stern and four guns on each side. She
is said to have been commanded by a
“frigate capaiu” and to have "carried
about six hundred men with bluo
pants and red fringe,” who said they
were going to Cuba and afterwards to
Key West.
It Was tf.o Yankee.
A Washington dispatch says: The
American auxiliary cruiser referred to
in the dispatches from Havana was un
doubtedly the Yankee, manned by the
naval reserves, which arrived at I^oy
West from Cienfuegos on Monday last.
She then reported that off tho Isle of
Pines, southwest coast of Cuba, she
captured, burned and destroyed five
Spanish small craft loaded with fish
and that she also captured two prison
ers, who were released.
The auxiliary cruiser, which was
formerly the Morgan line steamer El
Norte, also reported having been en
gaged with a Spanish gunboat, un
doubtedly the Ardilla, referred to in
the dispatch from'Havana.
A QUESTION OF CHEESE.
Congressman Allen Knlivens House By
Rousting Orosvenor.
A Washington dispatch says: The
house Wednesday incidentally enjoyed
a speech from Mr. Allen, of Missis
sippi, which precipitated a political
episode in which Mr. Grosvenor, re
publican, of Ohio, and Mr. Bailey,
democrat, of Texas, figured as princi
pals.
The discussion was precipitated by
the hill to increase the daily army ra
tion by the addition tri-weekly of one
quarter of a pound of full cream
American cheese and two ounces of
canned corn. Tho bill was attacked as
presented not in response to the de
ssg ba ‘ oI
CONGRESS HONORS HEROES.
Hob.on Thanked and Transferred From
Construction Corp. to the Line.
In accordance with the recommen
dations of the president, session the senate at
the beginning of its Wednes
'.took.action in recognition of the
distinguished servico ren< the ere reeen and
)y by officers and men of navy
revenue cutters service
The thanks of congress was extend
Llth e j to fit Naval cLw Constructor of Hobson, suik who, th^
seven men,
“’’^t T° 8H * he U e “ traM ?
t0 the harb ° r °! S f ntla f de ^ uba
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nav „ to the line.
Details of the Demolition of Their
Fleet by Sampson and Schley.
Tie Desl Out o! We Her a Brilliant One ani
lie Class Replete Will Fearinl Carnage.
THROUGH SHOT ANI) SHELL AND RAGING FIRE
THE SPANIARDS HELD TO THE LAST.
Olll* Vessels Practically UlltotlChod Though SnbjftCtCfl to Heavy
Spanish Fire During a Dunning Fight of Forty Miles.
Spanish Admiral a Helpless Prisoner of War as
Are Also 1,500 Other Officers aud Sailors^
An Associated Press dispatch via
Kingston, Jamaica, under dato of
Monday at 4 p. in., states that Admiral
Cervera’s fleet., consisting of the ar
mored cruisers Cristobal Colon, Almi
vuute Oquendo, Infanta Maria Teresa
and Vizcaya and two torpedo boat de
stroyers, the Furor aud the Pluton,
which had been held in the harbor of
Santiago de Cuba for six weeks past
by the combined squadrons of Rear
Admiral Sampson and Commodore
Schley, lies today at the bottom of tho
Carribean sea, off the southern coast
of cnba.
The Spanish admiral is a prisoner
of war on the auxiliary gunboat Glou
cester—formerly J. P. Morgan’s yacht
Corsair—and from 1,000 to 1,500 oth
er Spanish officers aud sailors who es
caped the frightful carnage caused by
the shells from the American warships
are also held as prisoners of war by
the United States navy.
The American victory is complete,
and according to the best information
obtainable at this time, the American
vessels were practically untouched and
only one killed, though the ships were
subjected to the heavy fire of the
Spaniards all the time the battle lost
eil.
Admiral Cervera made as gallant
dash for liberty and for the preserva
tion of his ships this morning as ever
occurred in tho history of naval war
fare. In the face of overwhelming
odds, with nothing before him but in
evitable destruction or surrender if he
remained auy longer in the trap in
which the American fleet had him, he
made a bold J"sh from the harbor at
the time the Americans least expected
him to do so, and fighting every inch
of his way, even when his ship was
ablaze and sinking, lie tried to escape
the doom that was written on the muz
zle of every American gun trained up
on his vessels.
Running Fight For Milefl.
The Americans saw him the moment
ho lett the harbor, and commenced
their work of destruction immediately.
For an hour or two they followed the
flying Spaniards to the westward along
the shore line, sending shot after shot
into their blazing hulls, tearing great
holes in tlieir steel sides and covering
their decks with the blood of the killed
and wounded.
At no time did the Spaniards intended show
any indication that they to
do otherwise than fight to the last.
They showed no signals to surrender
oven when tlieir ships commenced to
sink, and the great clouds of smoke
pouring from their sides showed they
weie on lire,
' But they turned their vessels toward
tho shore, less than a mile away and
ran them on the beach and rocks,
where their destruction was soon com
pleted. The officers and men on board
then escaped to the shore as well as
they could with the assistance of boats
sent from the American men' of war
and threw themselves upon the mercy
of their captors, who not only extended
to them the gracious hand of American
chivalry, but sent them a guard to
protect them from the murderous
bands of Cuban soldiers hiding in the
hush on the hillside eager to rush
down and attack the unarmed, de
feated, hut valorous foe.
One after another the Spanish ships
became the victims of the awful rain
of shells which the American battle
ships, cruisers and gunboats poured
upon them, and two hours after the
first of the fleet had s'arteil out of
Santiago harbor their cruisers and two
torpedo boat destroyers were lying on
shore ten to fifteen miles west of
Morro castle, pounding to pieces,smoke of
and flame pouring from every part
them arid covering the entire coast line
with a mist which could be seen for
miles.
NO. 25.
Heavy explosions of ammunition
occurred every few minutes, sending
curls of dense white smoke a hundred
feet in the air, aud causing a shower
of broken iron and steel to fall in the
water on every side.
The bluffs on the coast line echoed
with the roar of every explosion, aud
the Spanish vessels sank deeper and
deeder into the sauds, or else the
rocks ground their hulls to pieces as
they rolled or pitched forward or side
ways with every wave that was heaped
upon them from the open sea.
Admiral Cervera escaped to the
shore in a boat sent by the Gloucester
to the assistance of Infanta Maria Te
resa, and ns soon as lie touched the
beach he surrendered himself and his
command to Lieutenant Morton and
asked to be taken on hoard the Glou
cester, which was the only American
vessel near him at tho time with sev
eral of his officers, including the cap
tain of the flagship. The Spanish Ad
miral, who was wounded in the arm,
was taken to the Gloucester, and was
received at the gangway by her com
mander, Lieutenant Commander Rich
ard Wainriglit,, who grasped the hand
of tho gray-bearded admiral and said
to him:
“I congratulate you, sir, upon hav
ing made as gallant a fight us was ever
witnessed oil the sea.”
Lieutenant Commander Wainwriglit
then placed his cabin at the disposal of
tho Spanish officer.
At that time the Spanish flagship
and four other Spanish vessels had
been aground and burning for two
hours, and the only one of tho escap
ing fleet which conhl not be seen at
this point was tho Cliristobal Colon,
But half a dozen curls of smoke far
down on the western horizon showed
the fate ’hat was awaiting her.
The Cristobal Color was -the fastest
of the Spanish ships and she soon oh-'
tained a lead over the others after
leaving the harbor and escaped the
effect of shots which destroyed the
other vessels. She steamed away at
great speed with the Oregon, New
York, Brooklyn and several other
ships in pursuit, ull of them fil ing at
her constantly and receiving fire them
selves from her after gnus. There was
no possibility whatever for her escape,
and while her fate is not definitely
known at this hour, it can he readily
imagined from the words of Captain
Evans, of the Iowa,who returned from
tho westward with 340 prisoners from
the Vizcaya just as the Associated
Press dispatch boat was leaving the
Spanish flag. In answer to an inquiry
lie shouted through the megaphone:
“I left the Cristobal Colon far to tho
westward ail hour ago and the Oregon
was giving her h—1. She has un
doubtedly gone down with the others
and we will have a 4th of July celebra
tion in Santiago tomorrow.”
Captain Evans, who had been in the
thick of the engagement up to tho
time lie took the Vizcaya’s officers and
crew from the shore, said that to the
best of hie knowledge not one Amer
ican ship had been struck.
The torpedo boat Ericsson, which
also returned from the westward at
about the same time, made a similar
report, saying it was believed no man
was injured on hoard the American had it
ships, though another report
that one man was killed on hoard the
Brooklyn, which could not be verified
as this dispatch was sent.
The”e is no means of telling now
what the Spanish loss was, but it is
believed to have been very heavy,
the prisoners in custody report
decks strewn witli dead and woundj
in great numbers, and besides therfl
a statement that many bodies coulfl
seen fastened to pieces of wredfH
floating in the sea after the light HjWnfc wi
over. A large number of the
wounded were removed to the An^
cau ships.