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GLORIOUS FOURTH
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Madeyet More GloritnJs by
Sampson's Victory.
DESTROYED ’HE FLEET
Os Admiral Cevera in Santiago
Harbor Yesterday
Washington, July 4.—Glori
ous news from Cuba affords the
American people just reason foi
an enthusiastic c- lebration ol
this, the nation’s natal day.
Admiral Sampson has accom
plished the work which he was
directed to perforin when he left
Key West for the Southern coast
of Cuba. He was ordered t<
find and destroy Cevera’s fleet.
Several weeks ago Commo
dore Schley located the tleet in
the bay of Santiago. 'I esterday,
after being bottled helpless in
the harbor for weeks, the fl *ei
was destroyed. Nothing nov\
remains of the Spanish squadron
but shattered and burning
hulks.
In addition to the splendid
work accomplished by Admiral
Sampson, Gen. Shafter, in com
mauu of the land forces before
Santiago, had so far progressed
in the carrying out of his plat 9
f >r the reduction of the city tha
at 10 :30 yesterday morning he
demanded the immediate sur
render of the Spanish forces
At 4: SO yesterday afternoon
Shafter’s demand had not been
complied with so far as oflicials
here were able to ascertain.
That the demand will be com
plied with, however, Gen. Shaf
ter fully believes, and that the
stars and stripes will on this
Fou th of July be raised over
the former capital of Cuba is
regarded as practically certain.
Shortly after 12 o’clock this
morning, Assistant Secretary of
the Navy Allen left the White
House hastily, and going direct
ly to the department, posted
the bulletin announcing Samp-i
eon’s glorious victory.
The information contained in
the statement was received ear y
in the evening, but it was not
announced officially until sever
al hours later. As a result of its
receipt, however, a conference
of prominent officials was held
at the White house immediately.
Those present besides the Presi
dent were Vice-President Ho
bart, Secretary Day, Secretary
Long, Secretary Als/er, Postmas
ter General Smith, Gen. Miles,
Adjt.-Gen. Corbin, Gen. Guy
V. Henry and Senator Hanna.
The information was discussed
in all its phases. The news sent
by both Gen. Shafter and Lieut.
Col. Allen was received with in
tense satisfaction. It was taken
to indicate not only that Admiral
Sampson had accomplished
magnificently the task to which
ne bad been set, but it also clear
ly proved that Gen. Shafter was
in a much stronger position than
the war officials had been led to
believe he held.
One of the oflicials who attend
ed the conference said after the
news had been officially an
nounced that it very materially
Tnodifi d the seriousness of the
situation. The destruction of the
fleet, which was not confirmed
until a few minutes before the
news was given to the public,
removes by far the most serious,
obstacle to the occupation of
Santiago by the American land
forces. During the almost con
tinuous conflict of Friday and
Saturday, reports show that the
Spanish fleet did awtul execution
by shelling the American troops.
The fleet of Admiral Cerveru
was one of the finest Spain pos-
SINEWS UF
j Train Robbers nd big Boodle,
From Express. 1
THEY ULRD DYNMITI '
2 And Blew up the Oar After Side
Tracking it
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Dallas, Tex., July s.—Gener
e al Manager I h irn, of the lexas
i ami PaC'fic railway, has made
I che following statement about
the train robbery near - Stanton.
Friday nighi:
s “Six robbers, all masked ex—
t cept the leader, flagged our Nt*.
i > West-bounu express at 10
• ’clock last night five miles
West of Stanton, on the Staked
- Plains, between the Colorado
) ind Pecos rivers, one of the most
, lesolate spots on the line.
i The robbers covered the en
i ;ine crew with Winchesters, cut
i die expres car loose, forced th*
> trainmen to move it on to the
! side track, and then blew it up
with dynamite. Nobody was
I nurt, but the car was wrecked,
I the sides and bottom being
* blown out. The robbers the:;
- blew up the express safe, wreck-
I ing it and b. dly damaging its
i -ontents. What money was in
it they took. Mounting horses
they rode away to the Southwest. .
“The Pacific express alone
know the amount lost. This is,
however, the season of the yeai
■vheu the express companies
make their heaviest shipments.
Three pursuing parties a:e after
the robbers. Two start from
Midland and Stanton and a largt
p *sse start from Pecos on a spe
cial train under the direction of
Sheriff’ Devail, of Reeves coun
ty. The Texas and Pacific R’v
company has offered a reward
f $250 for the capture of each
robber. The express com pan}
will offer the same amount and
the state of Texas w ill duplicate
it.
Rumor.places the amount se*-
cured by the robbers all the way
from 110,000 to $50,000.
sessed. Three of the vessels, the
. Almirante Cquendo, the Vizcaya
. and the Cristobal Colon, were
, modern armored cruisers of the
[ first class. The Vizcaya, which
visited this country soon after
the Maine was sent to Havana,
. and was in N*.w York harbor
when the news of the destruc
tion of the American battleship
I was taken to her commander,
» I
, i was 7,000 tons displacement, 310
feet long and heavily armored.
I her belt armor being 12 inches
t Jin thickness a id her deck armor
3 inches. Her armament consist
. cd of two 11-inch, ten 5 5 inch
j Hontoria guns, eight 1.4-inch
] rapid tire guns ami two mitra.il
] lense. She had two masts with
, military tops, two turrets, two
. I smokestacks and a ram bow.
She carried six torpedo tub' s,
was capable of a speed rr'e of 20
, knots and her completement was
500 men.
Almirante Oquendo was in a)
most every respect a duplicate n>
? the Vizcaya. The Cristobal Colm
had a displacement of 6 840 t<m
*’ and was 328 fe«t lonit She had 6-
‘ | meh arm r both at the water line
31 and at the gun position, and 1 o
1 inch armor on her deck. Hpr ar
? ■ mament consisted of two 10-inch, '
, ten G-inch rapid lire guns, six 4.7-
. i meh, ten 2.2-mch and ten 1.4-inch
( . guns, two mitralleuses ami font
I torpedo tubes. She was capable of
s speed of twenty knots and car*.
I ried a complement of 450 men. Os
I the remaining vesse’s of the fleet
the Furor and Terror were torpe
do boat destroyers and the Reina
■ Mercedes was an old vessel that I
■ j was sunk a short time ajo by al
she., fr tn Sampson's fl -of.
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1248 Bvoad Street.
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