SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS
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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
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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
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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.
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THE All ITUDE 01 IRANIE. ,
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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
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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
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| 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,
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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.
