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eighth YEAH smoke a “Bill Arp ’ warters New Brand OCEAN HOf ™' 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 • 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. • 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. Columbiai. Spirit, Bromo Laxas 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 atomizers at Frauk Wright’s Far macy corner opposit Masonic Tempt. 11 Jllxjllll &SON& nwwwwm*. CLOSING OUT > I ■ ' .' «#*#*#*#*#«* 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. , * « 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 ; , , i : > ) i ’ il V i vhl not :i- ,: : ; y) >I ; *1: :is > r eric 9 3.* 1 U CETSPER WEEK