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About Schley County news. (Ellaville, Ga.) 1889-1939 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1898)
SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS DEMOTED TO GIVING THE NEWS, ENCOURAGING THE PROGRESS AND AIDING THE PROSPERITY OP SCHLEY COUNTY, e. E. ELLIOTT. Editor and Business Manager. MINISTRY nuns. Spanish Cabinet Is Broken. A New War Cabinet Will Be Named and Will Be Prac tically Dictated By Weyler. Advices from Madrid state that all the members of the Spanish cabinet have resigned. Sen or Sagasta comrnu ideated the situation to the queen re gent, who entrusted him with the task of forming a new ministry. The Spanish cabinet which has just resigned was composed as follows: President of the council, Senor Sa gasta; minister of foreign affairs,Senor (iullon; minister of justice, Senor Groizard; minister of finance, Senor Puigcerver; minister of interior, Senor x\ \V\ fi ■HP m * ■wiP wi am TORPEDO BOAT WINSLOW. Capdepon; minister of war, General Correa; minister of marine, Admiral Bermejo; minister of agriculture aud commerce and of public works, Count Xiquena; minister of colonies, Senor Moret. The Liberal cabinet under Senor Sa gasta was formed shortly after the as sassination of Senor Canovas Del Cas tillo, who was assassinated on August 8th, 1897, by an Italian auavchist named Golli. Senor Moret, the minister of the colonies, has confirmed the state ment that any changes made in the composition of the cabinet would be wholly in the direction of a more active war policy. The war cabinet to he named will be practically dictated bv Weyler. The queen regent has charged Senor Sagasta to form a new cabinet, The premier, Monday evening, conferred with the presidents of the chambers and with Senor Gamazo. Marquis Vega d’Armijo, president of the chamber, has advised Senor Sa gasta to end the crisis as quickly as possible. Senor Montero Rios, presi dent of the senate, has offered his sup port, but does not desire to enter the new cabinet. Senor Gamazo, who is ill, also declines to enter the cabinet, but he promises to support any minis try organized by Senor Sagasta. The difficulty, it appears, is to find men who are willing to assume office under the conditions which now pre yail internal in Spain. An empty treasury, disorders and the loss of the Rico, Philippine islands, Cuba and Porto are not the only problems con fronting Spanish ministers, aud it is not astonishing that under the circum stances a military dictatorship lias oeen discussed. RR01JI BITS DELIVERY OF COAL. Governor of Island of St. Thomas Adopt* An Stringent. Measures. issued official announcement just >v the governor of the island of St. 1 nomas, prohibits the delivery of coal ° dhout warships of the belligerent powers " the previous permission of the governor, who will determine the amount each vessel may receive and " ho will supervise its delivery. ELLAVILLE, GA.. THURSDAY. MAY 19. ADMIRAL SAMPSON CHANGES HIS PLANS OF OPERATION. HE IS CHASING THE SPANIARDS. Another Simnidi Kune Revealed and Which Will Fall of Its Purpose. It was said at the navy department that Admiral Sampson reported to the department Monday by cable from Cape Haytien. It was also stated that Admiral Sampson, by reason of infor mation just received by him, changed his plans of operations, and instead of going to Key West, directed his ves sels toward Cienfuegos. The Spanish fleet, last seen at Cura coa, is presumed to bo headed toward Cienfuegos, and this places Sampson in chase. The navy department takes with ° lea * a “ owance ^ ie re P or ^ f^at the Spanish strategists have succeeded in sending a second sqadron, under Ad- 1 miral Villamil, to the West Indies, and , that it is also off Martinique. Even if the alleged information did not bear the suspicious earmarks of a Madrid date, the department would not be surprised to hear that Admiral A illamil, as well as Admiral Cervera, wms with the Spanish force in the La ribean sea. The fact that the report came from | Madrid satisfies the officials here that this is another Spanish ruse to center our attention . on Martinique , T ... wbilfi wkile their . ships have passed westward Ilie report lias it that Admiral V ill a a vith una am him^e 11110 crmserB 1 ias. It is known, however, +] that 10 t Villa Villa mil is not the admiral of those ships, and that at least one of them, the Cis neros, is on the other side of the water. It is also known that Admiral Uiia mil has arrived with his fleet at Mar tinique, but this is merely the torpedo adjunct to the mam fleet and was re ported when the fleet first made its ap pearance. that the alleged report or The fact the second squadron passed a Madrid censor indicates the desire ot the Spauisk authorities to spread am oat this misleading information. Its purpose, i is >< u^ oh , i. duce Admiral Sampson to remain with j *«I m ? I i m j wmk " V ENSIGN wobtu DAOLKY. American BH Spain.) ,n tuo «„ with (First bis ---vrv^u. fleet at or near Martinique, in in yi o •-n Admiral Cervera and the actual Span ish game already in sight. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. The New Industrie* Reported In Iho South During the Past Week. Reports received during the past week show a decided aud unusual ten dency toward a continuance of south ern development well into the summer season. The variety of new enter prises is also notable, among them be ing a 5-ton bone mill in East Tennes see; a brewery—au $80,000 invest ment, in West Virginia; a $25,000 brick and cement works in Northern Alabama; a canning factory in Florida; a large cotton gin in Northern Geor gia; a $100,000 timber development company in West Virginia; an electric light plant in Kentucky; flouring mills in North Carolina and Virginia; rail way shops, costing $100,000, in Texas, and a railway mat bine shop in South Georgia; coal mines and coke ovens in West Virginia; a roofing and building material plant in Kentucky; a large saw and shingle mill in Arkansas; an other tobacco factory in Kentucky, and a wood working plant on the Louisi ana coas L—Tradesman, (Chattanooga, Tenn.Y COLUMBIA CAUSES KICK. senators protest Against the Cruiser Be ing Off New England. A Washington special says: Senator Gray and other influential men have ma de • strong protests against the crll j ser Columbia and othqr fine war g^ips being kept on the New Eng j and coas t w heu the enemy’s ships are j n sou thern waters. Senator Gray bad business with the president Mon day and ca ]i et \ Lis attention to the matter. “It is stated that these ships are kept on the N’ew England coast to allay apprehensions,” said Senator Gray. “That is all foolishness. Here these ships are kept on this coast when there is not a particle of danger, while the Spanish squadron is not far from southern shores. Ido not be lieve anybody has an idea that the Spanish *fleet would attempt to sail three or four thousand miles from its present position t b attack the New England coast without ft base of slip I plies when it got there.” TO EXCHANGE PRISONERS. Flan For Getting: Two Correspondent* Out of l’rfson in Cuba. The United States government tug Uncas has returned to Key West from Havana without the two American newspaper correspondents, said to be Charles Thrall aud Tayden Jones, cap Hired by the Spaniards and imprisoned in Fort Cabanas, whose release the commander of the Uncas attempted to congummate on the basis of exchang ing them for Spanish prisoners held by the United States. It is stated that Captain General Blanco would be willing to release the ; news p aper me n the moment the United | g tates 8en t him two Spanish prisoners - n exc h a nge. pj nca3 on her return to Key ^r ea t delivered this information to the department. It is understood that twQ of tbe s paI h 8 h captives now in j> ort jj c pherson, Atlanta, will be p rom ptly sent down and the exchange ^ prisoners will be consummated without further trouble. ~ THE All ITUDE 01 IRANIE. , ! 1,r0m ;r^ ' Debats, , , . r> • Journal Des .. The o . aus, in the course of a long article Monday, reflect, tlie anxiety experienced government circles.in t rance ing the feeling aroused in America on account of Frances open sympamy , with Spain. It “The whole adair is a misunder- . | standing. French opinion at the set of the war certainly regarded United States in the wiong and of the papers expressed tins feeling in i an aggressive lorm. lhe Americans, I however, should not have taken the j matter tragically, for of all foreigners ; our natural sympathies are for United States and our ! throughout has acted most correctly, ENGLAND IS WATCHFUL. I Imperial Authorities Plan In Now Fonndlaml. Advices , 7 ■ from » , St. Johns v- N. In p state state that the govenmien has been a< use that, owing to compheattonh botweeo Great Britan, and France, wb.eh are stont Iike ^ friction to rOT “ lt al , 1 way. ' 1 developing *? "“r,^ along f!“ fm;”r,nuXr/tieI ^ Johm e tify , VOL. VIII. NO. 21). OUR CABLE CUTTERS WERE AC CORDED A HOT RECEPTION. MANY SPANIARDS WERE KILLED. One of Otir Men Fell nml Several Other* Were Wounded—The Flglit Wa» a Fierce One. A Key West special says: Amid a powerful storm of shot from Spanish rifles aud batteries the American foroes succeeded iu cutting the cable at Cien fuegos. Four determined boat crews, under command of Lieutenant Winslow and Ensign Magruder, from the cruiser Marblehead and the gunboat Nash ville, put out from the ships, the coast having previously been shelled. The work of the volunteers was perilous. The cruiser Marblehead, the gnn boat Nashville and the auxiliary cruiser Windom drew up a thousand yards from shore, with their guns manned. ready for desperate duty, One cable had already been cut and work was in progress on the other when the Spaniards in rifle pits and a battery in an old lighthouse standing out in the hay opened fire. The war ships replied in a thunderous volley, their great guns belching forth massive shells into the swarms of the enemy. In the meantime the crews of the boats calmly proceeded with their des perate work, notwithstanding the fact that a number had fallen, and finished it, returning to the ships through a blinding smoke and a heavy fire, More than a thousaud iufantryweu on shore kept up a continuous lire and the bullets from the machine guns struck the warship a hundred times, but did no great damage. Commander j Maynard, of the gunboat Nashville, was slightly wounded by a rifle bullet that before striking him passed through the arm of an ensign whose name is unknown. A seaman on the Marblehead named Reagall was killed, and the following were badly wounded: John Davis, of New York; John D. Doran, of Fall Ki ver ,Mass.; Ernest S. Sunfzeonickle, Herman W. Hichneister, Harry Hen t i ric k son , all of the Marblehead; Robt. BoltZ| Carteret county, N. C., of the ‘ Nashville. Lieutenant Winslow was shot in the hand, ’ making three officers wounded in al] After the Spaniards had been driven from the rifle pits many of them took refuge in the lighthouse fortress,upon w hioh the fire of the ships soon was Windom'tore cen tered. A four-inch shell from the this structure to pieces, killing many and burying others iu f be rn i ns j s estimated, on wliat is consider ed Q re HabI e basis, that no less than 40 0 Spaniards were killed. The city for bIocks around the land forts was bred hy the shells. The Marblehead and the Nashville use(i their heaviest guns, as well as their rapid-fire guns, and hundreds of shots were thrown into tho Spanish troons It was one of the most terrific hat Ops of the w^ar - | iflUSSIE wl,SB EAILS TO LAND, Expedltlon with am For insurgent* Driven From Cuban Const. , A Key W g st special says: Tho steamer Gnssie, which left Tampa, F1– ) May ]oth, with two companies of tbe Fi r8 t infantry on board, cWge of 7)0 00 rifles and 200,000 round8 , of ammunition, intended for the insurgents in the province of Pinar de j j^io, remained off the coast of Cubfl Friday and Saturday and con V oyed by the auxiliary gunboat Man n j ng j n a va i n attempt to land her cargo . Rtaff of Captain J. H. Dorst, of the General Miles, headed the expedition, which returned to Key West Sunday morning. Her commander, who ap peared to be much crestfallen, having failed to accomplish the mission en refused to discuss the n * ter beyond beyoml admitting the failure ' ‘be Guotne will return to AJ At the noint, lU where wllere ithey ther attempted flre ?™m Spaniards thS they were compelled to retire, I Five of Our Men are Killed. Between Our Gunboats Hudson and Wilmington and Torpedo Boat Winslow and Some Spanish Gunboats. A Key West special says: The most desperate engagement yet fought in Cuban wate rs, and the first to result in the death of Americans occurred at 1 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at Car denas. The United States cruiser Wilming ton, Commander C. C. Todd, the tor pedo boat Winslow and the auxiliary gunboat Hudson were engaged. One officer and four men of the Winslow were killed and several wounded. The dead are: Ensign Worth Bag ley; .Ton Varvorls, oiler; Josiah Tun nett, cabin cook; .T. V. Meeks and J. Daniel, firemen. The engagement took place inside the harbor of Cardenas. The gunboat Wilmington,the torpedo boat Winslow and the gunboat Hudson were the only vessels engaged. They entered the harbor for the purpos. of attack ing some Spanish gunboats which were known to be there. These latter, however, were not dis covered by the American force until the Spaniards opened fire. The land batteries of Cardenas supported the fire of the Spanish gunboats. The engagement commenced at 2:05 p. m. and lasted for about an hour. The wounded are: It. E. Cox, gun ner’s mate; D. McKeen, quartermas ter; «T. Patterson, fireman; F. Gray and Lieutenant J. B. Bernado. All are slightly w ounded except Patterson, whose condition is serious, Ensign Worth Bagley, who was kill ed in the engagement, w as appointed from North Carolina on September 7, 1891. He was a nephew of Mrs. Jo sephus Daniels, of Baleigh, whos# husband is the editor of the Raleigh News and Observer, and a prominent democratic politician. He was one of the bravest, most courageous young men the navy service, and he was one °f the first officers of the blockad inf? fleet placed in command of a prize alnp- that battle J be dispatch adds the while it lasted was terrific. The Wil mington and the Hudson were ahead and opened fire on the Spanish boats, which were lying at the docks. The firing began at a range of 3,500 yards. A few minutes later the, Winslow tip and also opened Are. In a n instant the entire attention of the Spanish gunboats and the land batte ries was directed upon her. From all sides shot and shell seemed to pour i n upon the little torpedo boat. The Wilmington and the Hudson still kept up their fire but they could no t turn aside the terrible storm of g re and death pouring in upon the torpedo boat. * The crew of the Winslow, however, never faltered for a second. At 2:35 p . In . a solid shell crashed into the hull the Winslow and knocked out her boiler. In an instant she began to ro u aut | drift helplessly. Secretary Long Advised. A Washington special says: Secre t –r y Hong, at half past ten o clock, re ceived a telegram from Key West an* nouncing that the Hudson had arrived there bringing f ,f the bodiee of Enttigu B , an( ree meu of the torpedo boat Winslow, who had been killed in . Cardenas. The secretary re tnsed positively, however, to make public the telegram or any details of it at the time.
