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/ When You Want ? NEWS \ \ The Facts of the Case ✓ The Naval Events { ) The Cuban ( Q Happenings ? f We furnish i; from the Jj v lit eat con i ,i pondenis f / t'-fti chase the iiccts oi X Vncle Sum, < S DEWI'.V, > V samp-ox, C Get It nil for u whole \ C Only One Dollar! ~X .<'xZ\z , ~X VOL. NXXI. NO. 2S. ■HL CERVERA FOUGHT TO THE ENOi HE NM REUSED THE WHITE fl#g T n Mlles West o" the t intr- neo to the Harbor of Santiago de Cuba, Sunday. _ Ji:|, ;• 4 p. m., by ‘iic A.-•.•• :.te<l Press Dispatch Boat Wanda to I’ort Antonio, Jan.a, i ' i.day morning, July 1. via Kingston. Jamaica, July 4, 1:15 p. ni. -(Copy r. ht, j I . tt!:-- Associated l’f< .■-•.) Admiral Cervera’s fleet, consisting of the ■ a < rD. oal Colon, Vlmirante Oquendo, Infanra Marla Teresa and Viz. j • : :■! two torn-••!.> ’exit d -.troy ere. the Furor and t'he Pluton. Which had been : ■ Id in the h irbor of S.inlt.igo de Cuba for six w-eks past by the combined f ., ; i ,il: ar Admiral Samy-on and Commodore Schley, lies today at tihe bot- tom of the C. rribc.in sea. off the southern coast of Cuba. T!:e ,-i -ig.'.-Ii admiral is a prisoner of war on the auxiliary gainboat Clot.-e t —formally J. P. Li--^ai's yacht Corsair—and from 1,000 to 1.500 ctlier Spanish officers and sailors who escaped the frightful carnage <. i by the sim-lis from the American warships are also held as prison ers of war by the United States navy. Th" .a vic ry ' •• • in; > l«-t ■ . and according to tihe best Information ob- t' t! Is ..'me, the Amer' an vissels were practically untouched and only «>>:<• t ■ ships were subjected to tihe heavy lire of the Spaniards all tr o time tb.es 1■;„! tie lasted. A-' '-al < ra. i. !•■ ns gallant <1 '.sh for liberty and for tihe preservation of hi ...rniny ever occurred in t e history of naval warfare. In the fa. "of ove-v ’.ini’tg odds, with nothing before him but inevitable destruction or surrender if ho ri ina'.ned any longer in tihe trap In which the American fleet heal him, he mad" a bold dasili from the harbor at the time the Americans least ex pected him to do so, and lightin• v.-ry Inch of his w y, < v n when '.its ship was labiazo and sinking, he tried to < ape tihe doom which. was written on the muzzle of every American gun trained noon his) vess-ls. Running Fight for Miles. The Americans saw him the m / :it <he loft the harbor, and commenc'd their work of destruction immediately. For an hour or two they followed the Hying Spaniards ti tihe westward along the shore lino, sending shot after shot Into their blazing hulls, t'-.il:.g great holes 1 t.. .‘t el sides and covering their dicks with the blood of the kill’d and w tr.ded. I At no ti:):? i.id , show any Indication that they Intended to do otl; rwi » il.aii 0.. t ’ In tit. They showed no signals to sur- ed to s : ’t" nr/ * v " great clouda cf smoke p ining- fi . the-.v :-...cs si: >wcd they -wore on fire. I ,:t t)|. y • ir:." . v- - • . ■ the shore. s than a mil'’ away and ran til."in on r! •1. .11 ..nd r k- . w'.. ri :!•. tr destruction was soon completed. The officers und r.i. n m • . I..■■1..■■ ■! to tho shore as well as they could with t. ■ ■ cf ' i ■"! :i tn t ■ American men of war and threw them- f r . ■ ■ •:s, who not only extended to them tho gr.a- ! < :,. .. i ,’..1 . ..:i • . !;■• I:; , but sent them a guard to protect from the mur- ,t , i ■ i'ii ■ 1. ■ .: g ::: he Irish on the hillside eager to rush ■ ■:, .! .1. l.ut valorous foe. One after another tho j • w Im I ■ iwfu! rain of shells whidh the American I , . ir 1 a tin tn, m.il two hours after tho | id : .out ■ rs .ntii.-o harbor their cruisers and two torpedo \ i v..’" eg op . t'ti to fifteen mil's west of Mono castle, [ ;. a ■ n> |.o urn y from every part of them and cover lug | t i: - ■ -..it., ati st will i> on!.I be seen for miles. I . bower.; of Broken Iron and Steel. ' .. . . • i.ml i < : dew ry few mlnuti • .-ndlng curls of , . . .... r, and causing a shower of broken iron :: .1 : ■ 1 tn f. ii in ti e w. ' r on every side. . - • . d with roar of every explosion and tho • • v . int :■ sands, or . 1.-o the rocks ground • I■ ■ • I forward or sldowaj with every j d .. • . American vessel mtr him at tho j t . ... v, .: ~ . x ! . • . in- ~h! i’.i; tilt • of the na:!rihip. Tho Span- | ‘h a atlrn i w! \ • h!<■ in th" .n, - tiikrn to the Giouce.Htcr, and was r . . ~.1 » • ( it • • •.. I i i< tn.i i! t (’oinnianch r Kiohartl i W i .<. a t w » ;■» <*. tie :•! of the r . y-bearded admiral and said to him: ••1 eon r.itiilr.!. y. it, sir, upon having made as gallant a fight as was ever witnessed on. t.te sett. ’ i :■ w.. 1 wt .gnt then placed his cabin at the disposal of ■ the Span! fl Ip I four ther Sp inish vesst Is had been j ~ . I . j ■ j..;- two I :■ 1. " ■ Iv one of the escaping fleet which | . .. , : ■ ■ ■ al Col n But half a d"Z. n .-urls , .... , .. ; n the wt tern horizon showed tho that was awaiting 1 r. . r-i i ' .;i W. i '■ • ■: ’ . t ... S :;ni. it ships and she soon i f • ■ . t ■ .■ i.-liers r b alin'- th -li irbor and i.caped tho effect | , • spots which de.-.trayed tho otli r vessels. Sho steamed away at great speed ■■ Oregon, York, Brooklyn and several other ships In pursuit, all of t. j ;; .. - < - t... ' - .id i■ . i'. • lire th tn-' i'.' s from her a''t'’r guns, 'j j. ( . r .. v . , . n ., ,y wimt- r for iter cm ij ", .'.ml will'., her fata Is not deli- t,;. ki '.'.n : : tt.l. i'-mr, it .-.in be r. ■ liiy 1 • n1 .:i-ii from tho words of Cap- tim of 10w.,., v. . ’ i .■<r n• • 1 f i oi, i the u ■ -own rd with 3D prison, rs from t \ ... . . tn" A 1 I’ii dl. at. h boat was leaving tlio Span- | l»h fog. !:: : •■ . r t.i an Inquiry shouted tm-'.’ti;'.it tho megaphone: “I left tl) •C : 1..il Colon far to the v. an hour ago and tho «• . : vi- i. 11. bhe it i.‘ undoubtedly gone down will) tho i • . ~i .; 1 . ci July (.lebi.ition tn Santiago tonior- ro w. . , ~ . .... , >. ..t i. n tn t! ■ th: kof tin <ment tip to the time ] , ... t a : d - and ■" w from the :-!;'iro, said that to tho best I -' ! •,■■■.!• • o'! ■ Amc’-l'an dh ip iind lieen struck. ' : , w t ■ > : ri d 1 . ; ti: w- ‘tw.ird .-it about t ■ -ri.ic ■ t was 1" lie veil no man was .a fared , . ■ a ' I report had it tint one man was 1 . .. . i. w::. :. . I :. t. I>o verified as tiiis <1 is; >: 11 • -11 was j . . - !':■ : now w! it tho S'-ini it lo ; -. » ie. lint it Is be- lleicd to . a <• b- ti m ■ .. - . a ' the prisoners in custody report their decks "wife o ■> " Morro Castle, Santiago’s Strongest Delense. - /-^Z-ZVZV-Z"./ ( . - -■■■. \ C(' ' ? \ ~.Z y-- :," -1 ) L ' V t ' ? ‘ . ■ ■ < \ I ' / j(- • ■ c IS X ’-'A A ? ■ S < ■■■. ■ ■ ■ > - ( / ~ ■:■■■' ' ' • ■ ' .• ■ . ■ \ \') ■ ■ / Y •• H - ■ . - ’ V < * , z»/ * .4 • t • e. . v . I \ . • • ••••- . . A ' A" '- ... ' ’ * . . - ’ A -I ' I < : .. :■ > $ ' * '' ' \ ( I \ REFORE THE BOMBARDMENT AFTER THE BOMBARDMENT / i FFroni Photographs Taken by The Constitution's Staff Correspondent, Mr. R. B. Cramer.] | fitrewn with dead :nd wounded In great numbers, and best ! tiiere Is a state- ment tbit, many bodes could b■•. seen tastened to piece of wreckage floating tn I tho s- .i after the la:at w.is eier. A larg? number of tiie Sj.ani.-h wounded were removed to tho American shIPH, Then win bo no doubt that Admiral Cervera’s plan t escape from Santi ago harbor wa : ; entirdy unexpected by Admiral Sampson, and the. best evidence of this is tin- fact that when the. Spanish ve.-.scls wer- ne, n coming out of the har bor tiie llugsliip New York was seven mil's aw. v steaming to the ea. Ward to fvard m:a th'-' milit::'-j bo . ni". mi'es • -.- t us M 'rro ,j. ’I" \ v York w.'..-. out of tho Hr t altogether at every .t 'ge, nut she imme diately pu: about and follow' d tit ■ others. 'i’lio most dramatic f'aiuri of tho batti'i was the contest between the torpedo boat d' -trovers and the tllou' i -ter. Tho latter was struck several times and is :l A V. . ' .; ■: i■ 11 ■ . At upon them with her six-pounders, but they tan past her and engaged the battle ships. Binding, th. tire too hot, they turned and attacked tile Gloucester again until both d- -t nayrs w< r- afire and had to be beai la d. Taelr crews threw i tiiemselves i.lo tiie suri to save t!."ir lives, .lust before this tm> New \ ork < ame I up .■: : i .■. glvlt ; the tmishlng blow to the det royers. There was explo sion after ' xp!i"'i n trim tit* be:ie!i"d vcsi'.s. It was at first reported tiiat Admi ral Ci rvera was ib ad, but this wtr= afterwards d< tiled. Tin- Spanish, v. uni they foi.nd th'-;, would be p-emitted to live, adapted them selves com fort a lily to the situation, rolled their cigarettes and began playing I cards among thcmselvec ■ri Xew York wis out of tho fight altogether at every stage, but si:.: imme . dliitoly pm iib'oit ami fmiow-l ti:.' .".a:' voK.ii in i'he riu''' to the westward and | overtook them in tim. to join hi ti. ■ <-lmse for the Cristobal Colon, after the other Spani.'ti Vessel - had been desti "I- 'd by the Brooklyn, the Oregon, lowa, Massaihu i sett", Indiana, Texas, (Hui . ester and other ships of tiie fleet. Commodtf. Sel'ioy's Ha; ship tile Brooklyn, had her usual position at the ex i treme western .nd of tin Hu ', tin miles from tiie Now f ork and Texas. It is a peculiar tnet ti nt h should have been In proper p.-sitloin to direct the movements j of 'ills fix s-pridrmi against tiie Spanish fleet, whlcth lie. had bottled up in San tiago h irbor six weeks before. A. a matter of : oe. tiie entire American fl", t was much further off shore than us'i.il wh"n the Sp Hii.ir<ts made their appe.'ir,i ncc* this morning’. It was not If ii -V".! that Admiral Cervera would a.tt"inp to cs< ape from his perilou po ■ till .’ ■ day, but it was s tppos al that - w ould keep ships in tin- arlior to shell tin- advancing Amerie.-in army, and that If Santiago f, 11, be wu'ild i.i-'W up or sink them before permitting them to bo captured by the 11.-' t lying . w. '<h . I Tho Sp.ini> j adm/raTs r al plans, ht»w< ver. were plainly not anticipated. Ho ! fiecrptC'l the on--. < han< <- op< n to him that of running lh«- yanllet <>f tin powerful >f v ir In front of tin h.i.rbor and .saving his ? i : ■ for fut ir< . • dashing' mat of the trap in which h" found him.• If, and going to tome oth<r fa Id of op"rations. SENOR s ;ta officially informs SPAIN CERVERA HAS LOST HIS FLEET I I Madrid, July 5. Si nor Sagasta, the premier, has announced officially that Admi- ral Cervera’s squadron has been defeated; that tho Almlranto Oquendo was burn- ed and tho Infanta Marla. Teresa sank, and that. Admiral Cervera himself Is a nt sorer of war. Tho dispatch containing tho information has not yet been fully I deciphered. i Disorder is spreading- among the military, tiie crowds in the city are getting riotous and everywhere signs are apparent that the population j is arming for civil war. i Marshal Mart Inez Gampos and the captain general of Madrid have held long con.-ulla t ice's as to the ways and means of preserving order. The dispatches of the Associated Press telling of tho destruction of Admiral Cervera’s tle.-t including the official accounts of tho battle had been telegraph- i i-l to M "irtd before Senor Sagasta made his official announcement, but the Spanish ■ ,sur rm.; i -i d imi <!:. patches, they bi ting regarded by tho Spaniards as In credible. Si:.. tl" premier's nounecmcnt the dispatches received from American sour,.s de . r.iilng the .b tructlon of Admiral Cervera’s squadron, which tho n".ruing p.i|' --i i -’i.-idvred w bl exaggerations and consequently held back, have now b'vti published In special editions. They tire generally regarded as substantially true and have pro'need a most painful impression among all classes, but there is perfect tran quilit y. PRESIDENT INSTRUCTS GREELY TO ALLOW ADMIRAL CERVERA TO USE THE CABLE VY. ’ll": mu, Jn v 5. A graceful courtesy was today extended to tho captured ( f uini. ii ad:.iir..l, I'.rvera, by tiie President, Thnmgli General Greely, eliief signal ofie :.ei rnls"ien was sent in Ct rvern 'o communicate with Ills family in Spain by i a11,., i’liim. Inn was a g uii'nl Io other Spanish ntliii r.s to use the cable l.i t:;. i iiii i. : . oi.a lim ■: ges to fri'nds in Spain. The mi-ss.-igi-i will lie, of course, < ■ - fiiliy censured in I i.->: sing will lie allowed to pass that would be of assistance la any ni.inm r to the enemy. Cervera Sends Cablegram to His Family. Madrid, July 5 - Admiral C'-rvera’H fa mlly have received a telegram professedly from him stating that ho is a prisoner, but its authvnucity is doubted. ATLANTA, GA., PAY, JI’LY 11, IS9S. Li BOURGOGNE GOES TO THE UOTTOM Offl FIKE HUNDRED PERSONS PE •WWWoraui I I,II—UI ■■ »«u————l 111 I ——inw i wofwww ’ j_i.i bib■ ■ u ji ■■ > **« xvm a-:. iubmihi it TELLS HOW HE SANK MERRIMAC Spaui'b Gunners She' Away tho Rudder of the Collier. SCOUT BOAT FIRED ON HIM When lie Tried To Turn the Boat in the Channel It Would IJot Work. THE TIDE PREVENTED ESCr\PE I Protest of British Consul Secured Their Removal from. Morro to tho Hospital. New York. Ju’v S A di.spat ii to The He: 'd from off Santiago, Cu’.a, s."ys: •Y..ur correspondent saw Mr, Hobson I after be had made his report to Admiral Samps.m and he consented to give The Horn'd a fuller Interview about his experi e;.,.,.s. He spoke in glpwing terms of t!i» courage and bravery of his erew. '•We 1 been thfr*."-:'nr. o days In a j Rn i'ieli prison.'' f .Id Mr. Hobson, “and the mere f t iitiit ■ i:'i<l it t."■ ni" '■ • niarvt 'ous It seems that we are .live. It was about 3 O’l-l.i 1; in tiie U '.rning when tlio Merri- , m.:c i-mere 1 ii:.' a '.'" >w . ■ i-i"'. and "'.earn- ed in under tin' gun. “f Morro ea-'.le. Th® i stillness of U'-’-tii mev ii .'l. It was so dark , that we . . I ■ •ir.-.’iy r. th h' .idiand j Wo bad planned to .ir..). tr s:arb.>:>rd an- | chor at a -rtaln point to th., right of tho | e’l i: nel, reverse our . "gin..- and then swing i the Morrinm.’ ironed, sinking her directly “Tiiis i:in was adhered to. but clrcnm rLiTi'M’s r<■ ii» it■ !’• ■*l i’.s (• x• v'tit*• 111 impossif»]9. When tin* Merrim-ie poked her nose Into tho chanti'-1 our troubles eomni'-n.-' d. The deadly s' . n- e v. ip broken by th, wasli of a I small bait i.ppro ie ling us from the shore 1 m.ido her out tn b- i picket boat. Sire ran close up under tiie stern of the Merri mac I fired - ■ -■ its from - se. m. I In be 8-pounder guns. The Merri mac’s rudder was carried away by this tire. That is why the . .filler was not mink aernss tlio elianm !. Wo dl l not discover tlio loss of tiie rudder until Murphy cast anchor. Wo then found tiiat tiie Merrimac would not answer to tile helm, and were cotni>e,li’d to make the best of the situation. “The run up tlio ch'tnne! was very ex citing. Tie' pick'-, boat hid given the alaim and in a moment tile guns of the I Viz ax liio Altniran:" •' i :endo and of the shore l-' it ieries were turn.'.! on us. ''Submarine mines and torpedoes also ex ploded a I a 'OU! us adding to the excite ment. Tin.' mines did no d image, although no .’.mid hear rumbling and could feel the ship tremlne. Darkness Saved Them. “We were running without lights and only tlio darkness savi-,1 us from utter destruction. When th- >-'u i> was in the .le ft ri 1 posi:ion and we found tii.it the rud der was gone, 1 enlie-l the men on deck. While they were launching tiie eaianinr in I touehi d off tho e: losi' * At the same mom'-nt two torperl.ies, tii'd by the Buna I Merei’d.-s. struck Die Merritum amidships. I cannot saj whet her our own explosives or tiie Spnnis’h ti.rp-ihies did the work, tin’ tli" Merrimac was lif'-il oui of tiie water and almost rent asunder. "A.s she sett "1 down w" s'-rambled over board anil cut away the catamaran. A great cheer went up from thn forts and i warsiiips as 111" liiii! of tin c01.1.-r founder ed. the Spaniard.: thinking the Merrimac was an American w.nslifp. “We at'cnipt..) to get out of thn harbor on Hie catamaran, in:' :1 strong ti le was running .-'nd daylight found us still strug gling in 1 .i- water Then tor tile 11-st time the Sp <i:i irds s.ast us and , iio.it from the It. ■ ■ M< ■ ■■ ■ i. •k-l m up It thei wa shortly alter 5 o’clock in tiie morning, ami Continued on Second Pago. Halifax N S July G.-Tim French passenger steamer Boar ■ ■ ■ . to V the bottom, with tho loss of over 600 lives. The <rc w of the 11 1) ttoo 1 by the life boats w Ing the rni'ii who advanced tho women to t Ing them over the deck railings Into the water. The story of August Pourgi illustrates the brutality of th 3 seem He was in the water about half an hour and attempted to get iw.o a bo: He was seized when he managed to get half in, t>- d thrown c la » the water. Again he tried to enter the boat, but tho savages who manned it v re determined to keep him out. He managed at last to got in and t stay in. Clinging to the life line of a 77oat not far away, he saw his mother, ar i. as if his trials were not ended, he was forced to watch, a man siiovt .• into the ocean with an oar. She never rose. He said the man was saved, and was almost sure he could, recognize him. The Cromartyshire Towed in Head. The British Iron ship Cromartyshire was towed in by tlio Allan liner Grecian, -wl’Jh tier bow torn aw.iy by a coil!. lon sixty miles south of SaAe !: .c d v t'm French steamer La Bourgogne, which latter vessel went down ten mit ites iter Os the 831 passengers and crew on board the La Bourgogne oniy 200 were saved. Mrs. I.a Casse, wife of A. D. La Casse, language teacher of Plainfield, N, J., \ is tiie only woman saved. Tiie captain and oilier deck officers went dowin. with the ship Tiie Cromartys'liirc laid to and picked up t'he 200 passengers and seamen who were rescued, transferring them to the Grecian, which came along shortly after wards. Tiiere was on board La Bourgogne 191 first cabin passeeigers, •" ■. d cabin and 295 third-class (or steerage), making a to.al of CH p.i‘-seny In ad< - tion to which tiiere were 220 In the crew, making a. pi-.-i.nd tot il c I rm:!/ The log of the Cromarty.-hire, signed by Captain H-nd--t. n, La t "On July 4. at sp. nn, dense fog, position of bip sixty mill-: uoui Isiand, ship by wind on port tack heading ibout v,<st n-rt’iv.-it. t‘i- -•- '■ a:-I'-r reduced canvas, going about four or five knots per hour. Our -'"ir i Ing kept going regularly every minute. At. tiiat time heard a st" our weather side or port betun, Which seemed to bo nearing very r-. -t. VX b horns and were answered by steamer’s whistle, when till of a t-i ■ ■ through the fog on our port bow and crashed Into us, going at a t-.c Our foretop mast and maintop gallant mast came down, bringing with : .■ everything attached. I Immediately ordered the boats out and went t • e the damage. I found that our bows were completely cut off in : t I were twisted Into every conceivable shape. The other ship cl'/ipp' i' i ’ / i tllie fog. However, our ship was floating on her collision bulk!" : a-: ! t : cd no immediate danger of her sinking. Wo set to work Imm .!In:, y t wreckage and also ship our starboard anchor, which was h.itmi::.: ■ board liow and In danger of punching holes in the bow. We l.<-:■: 1 *e Ing'her whistles on coming back, and was answered with our f< : ! t... steamer then threw up u rocket and fired a shot. We also threw v and fired several shots, but we neither saw mor heard anything m-.-r .- steamer. after, or abo it 5:30, the fog lifted somewhat pulling toward us with the Frenifil flag flying. We sign Aed them t cone- '■■ - Continued on Second Page. | = • - - : i | NZSOx ,:'?•••' I w\ /O' <r—' ■■ i' C W&b \W s ft-*** 'L-l-< '2v ~\ > „ ’>■;■ . , G , 't,. i 'X*? 1 " - ' ■’ - / OS' n>'v '?■ \ OW< ~<•>'-0 W'SNAN ( '7> - [ y w* . \ )O» $ /Z ' W 1 'i T \ - '■ /' & \ ? ' l iV'< Wm: ? J ' / KT • &•’ :r ,A t W ' " -<f- ' -CHAKfriE I | I LIEUTENANT HOBSON AND HIS COMPANION / We Give th? p < WAR NEWS? S Promptly, ✓ X Regularly, ) C Accurately, ? C An'l have r r .tc) ■;! t'.ie J o' j,ri■}>'.<■ wii.h i'” t >•' - » X liahh news so l if »‘ur- } J in l ii” ' s <.-l the Q ) WAR WITH SPAL'I c j c c 'i \ Oinldlir. I' pet-'enr ' /s’ J- PL ICE FJVE CENTS