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French Liner Goes Down in
a Collision.
565 PEOPLE ARE LOSL.
One Woman Saved. Shameful
Conduct of the Men.
Halifax. N. S., July 7.—ln
one cf the thick fogs which at
this time of the year.hang like a
p H ]l over the Grand Banks and
Sable Island in the North At
lantic occurred in the early
morning of July 4th one of the
most appalling ocean disasters
in the annals of trans-Atlant.c
commerce, pi d, in fact, in the
historv of stei in sailing in the
word
Without a moment’s warning
almost the great French Liner
La Bourgogne, with 725 souls
on board, was run down by the
iron sailing ship Cromartyshire
and sank within half an hour,
carrying with her to the ocean’s
bottom over 500 of her passen
gers and crew, while the others
who were not drawn down by
the fearful suction struggled and
fou*'ht for lite until 163 were at
length rescued by the cre.v o!
the Crom irtyshire, which ship
survived the collision.
The st »ry of the fearful dis
aster from the few officers and
members of the crew who were
saved is yet to be told, but if the
words of the passengers who
were dragged aboard the Com
a.tyshire and later brc tight into
thi« port by the steamer Grecian
nre to be believed, the last feu
n mutes on board the Bourgogne
witnessed some of the most ter
rih’e scenes of horror and cuelty
that have blotted the history of
a civilized race.
The ships collided at about 5
o’clock on Monday morning at
about 60 miles off Cape Sable.
The Frenchman was bound from
New York to Havre, and from
the report of these who talk, it
seems she was running at ab< ut
18 knots an hour while the
Englishman was making only 4
knots.
The scenes on board the ill
fated Frenchman after the colli
sion and before she sank were a
disgrace to civilization. Men
fought for places in the boats
and at the edge of keen-bladed
knives drove the helpless women
and children off and back to
death.
In the water men and women
were clubbed and slashed to
death by inhuman men who
were in the boats and on the
rafts, every time they would at
tempt to save themselves from
a watery grave.
Most of the officers and many
°f the crew of the ill fated ship,
stood to their posts and went
down with her. The fact that
°nly on j womanjlives of a list of
hunreds shows how selfish were
’be majority of the men who
"ere saved. That woman was
saved by her husband who drew
ber from the water onto a raft
just before the steamer saiiK.
At about 5 :30 the fog lifted
a| i 1 the Britisher, with her bows
B tove in, saw for the first time
w reck age and drifting vic
tims. Phen the work of rescue
I 1 I 111 I {()ME 111 SI IT I»-0 I> IE SICIAI.
THEIR LAST SHIP
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DiamHic End of The Reina
Hercules.
ALFONSO XIII DESTROYED
Tried to Run Blockade Out of
Havana.
Headquarters of Gen. Shafter,
July 7 —The destruction of the
Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes
last night accounts for the last
-hip ot Admiral Cervera’s once
.splendid squadron. Suo lies to
day in plain view, her bow rest
ing on tne base of the beach
under El Morro Part of lhe hull
is above water jiud her masts
and two stacks are entirely out
of water. It is not known yet
whether she tte npted to escape
from the harbor or whether the
Spaniards tried to sink her near
the hull of the Merrimac and
thus block the entrance to pre
vent the Americans from getting
in. Iler sinking was almost
dramatic.
J list after midnight she was
seen drifting slowly out of the
narrow entrance by one of the
American scouts. I i a moment
the fleet was ablaze with signals
and almost instantly a . ail of
shells was hammering down up
./ii her. It is not known whether
-he returned the fire, but the
-iiore batteries opened and one
6 inch shell fell on the Indiana’s
forward deck, exploding bilow.
I'hp explosion occurred in the
men s sleeping rooms, but all
were at quarters and no one
was hurt.
No other American ship was
hit during the engagement —or
incident —which lasted only a
few minutes.
NEAR HAVANA.
Alphonso XIII Attempted to
Run The Blockade.
Key West. Fla., July 7.—lt
is reported here that the Spanish
warship Alfonso XIII attempted
to run the blockade out of Ha
vana and was captured by an
American cruiser.
Washington, July 1. —Secre-
tary Long has received word
through Gen. Greely, signal offi
cer, which is accepted as con
firming the report that the Span
ish ship Alfonso XIII was de
stroyed while trying to run the
Havana blockade. Gen. Greely s
information came in a cipher
message, and he considers the
report reliable The ship is said
to be a total loss. Secretary Long
regards the report as the best
news of the day.
The Alfonso XIII is an iron
gunboat 280 feet long. She has
a displacement of 3,000 tons and
carries eighteen large guns and
five torpedo tubes. Her officers
ind crew number 370.
began and after hours lb 2 men
and one woman were rescued.
Late in the afternoon the
steamer;* 4 Grecian” was sighted,
was signaled and soon had the
disabled Britisher in tow and
yesterday brought her into this
port. _______
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Kelly are
the guest ( f relatives in Knoxville-
ROME GEORGIA. THURSDAY EVENING, J.H
DRIVEN BACK
Spanish Made a Desperate
Night Attack
AND SUFFERRE TERRIBLY
Americans killed and Wounded
Were 1700 to Sunday.
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Santiago de Cuba, Sunday
The Spanish made a desperate
night attack on our left shortly
before 10 o’clock Satur lay night.
The assault was directed at the
position that had been carried
by Gen. Kent’s men. The Span
iards left the tren lies and charg
ed across the open, striking
heavily upon Gen. Wikolf’s bri
gade,'consisting of the 9th, 13th
and 24th Inst.
They were reinforced by a
heavy fire all along their line of
guns, and the batteries succeed
ed in driving some of our men
from the trenches, but the heavy
fire of the Americans in turn
staggered the Spanish line and
sent it reeling backward with
heavy losses. The enemy had ad
vanced from the trenches for the
first time, and while the Span
iards were in the open some .ot
our Galling guns did fearful ex
i petition.
The casualties among our men
were not heavy. Gen. Hawkins
was shot in the foot. Over 200
additional wounded were taken
to the rear during the night, one
batch con-istingof 120.
Under Gen. Shafter’s orders
the battle was opened at 5
o’clock this morning along the
whole line. At this writing the
sound of firing from the machine
guns is punctuated by the heavy
boom of the Spanish batteries.
The recruits were ordered to
the front today.
Our loss has now reached 1,-
700 killed and wounded.
Part of the night attack was
directly opposite to the station
of the 3d and 6th Cav. Capt.
Bowden of the 3 1 Cav. went
with a working party at 1 a. m.
to straighten the line ofentrench
ments between Gen. Chaffee’s
brigade on the right and Gen.
Kent’s division on the left.
Whether there was an accident
is not known, but he clashed in
tne dark with the Spanish, who
were advancing in front of the
workiufi party, and was obliged
to retire. Rollo of Troop E was
killed and Poole of Troop E was
wounded.
The Spaniards did not advance
close enough to draw the fire of
the American main line. .
The action lasted about eiglt
teen minutes, and went on sim
ultaneously at other points on
our front.
The Spanish loss could not be
ascertained.
CLOSING AT AND BELOW
COST.
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tiv Quimti Pils, Liniment, Gradu
ates Axl Castor Oil, Harn-ss Oil,
Dog and Tar Soap, 9 inch roll
wrapping paper, Diamond Wall
Finish, Tinting culors for house
painting, Spears wetherproof fire'-
proof paint, camel hair brushes,
cruche*. large empty botles A
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SUMMER DRY NOS
'Beginning AV).d;i/ morning, July 4th we willl nam?
prices on all Summer flilliaery, Dry Goods, Etc,
I that will certainly interest every one who
cares to save a dim3,or a dollar.
Look At These Prices.
Sumhi er Ca l i 0o e 3 pe r y 1r d 2 c
Ladies Shirt Waists with de
tach ibl e c oil ar an d c uffs,
• laundried. only lOc
Ladies 50c Shirt Waist no w 3Oe
Ladies 6 5c Shirt Wa s- now 403
Choice of any Shirt Waist in .
the house ex ept silk .
wor <.ll muc h more 7 5 3
10-4 Sheeting p ir yard 10c
Yd Wide Sea] nd 3 l-2c
Ladies h>sed)ib.e so! 3 high
splic s h eel 4 ) gll £e PILO t
dye worth 20 3 no v 10c
Ladies low cut Shoe 1 che vo.
NI ill i 1 icrv at 1 Vices 1< > Close.
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Violets per bunch 2o
*' ** * ’ 3c
“ • “ “ of 3 doz it, 6 3
Large assortment o. E o .vers
white and.’ colors wortn
m uch niore, now 133
Shapes worth $ 1.75 no w i -Ot
Shapes were 75 now 33 3
Shapes were bOe now 250
These aae n)t a lot of 11 3 : year’s
shap es bu t th is sea -- > i goods,
stviish and up-to date and we
make these phe 3s to c ose the a
out for cash- We will not
charge goods at thes pr'c as
This is ach nice yau wc prob tb’y
. )t get'ag tin. 3) )-ic o
LAN H A / A <\' S 0 N S-
M f J.in >, JJa . U4l J , i!iM
Ribdons IRibbcns !
903 Set3ll R'.bOOU, all Silk 111
113 w colors 6 inches wide 59 3
75c Sish Rib cn now 35c
Sash Ribbon No. 80 was 90c
now . 50c •
Ail silk Ribbon 4 inches w/le,
red,blue an I pink, was 30c
now . 12 l-2o
25c Veiling now 18c
l'c Veiling now 3c
LOOK AT THIS:!
Beautiful Rich Satin worth 50 Ito
‘75 now 18i in brown, blue, pink,
canarv an 1 orange.
Trinmed h its now 99c
“ “ ’‘sl,2s no w 68c
“ ‘’52.75 now 1.50
Children's trim ne i h its 35s
Masses trim n ;d hats 40c
Trim ne l hats were $ ),D0 3.40
83,00 3,75
85 00 2.55
$7.00 3.80
Everything in Millinery at prices
that cannot 03 mt’ened. any
where. Everybody can afford a
traveling htt. a midsummer hat,
an evening hat or anythin? m
Millinery n chsy w.D bring the
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