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EIGHTH year
smoke a “Bill Arp ’ warters New Brand
SHAM DEFENSE.
Anisricans SGrpriscd at .Ea
sy Victory io Manila.
the whole archipelago
Surrendered toDewey and Mer
ritt on Saturday.
Hong Kong, Aug. 20.—An
American naval officer arrived
from Manila on the dispatch
boat Zafiro and gives the . fol
lowing story of the capture of
Manila:
“The Americans practically
walked into Manila Saturday.
The story of the Spaniards mak
iea a desparate rmditauce is un
true. Their defense was a mere
sham and a formality. All the
operations were confined to the
South side of the city. Here the
Spaniards had two lines of de
fenses, the firat trench running
parallel with the Malate river,
Behind this was Malate Fort,
with another trench running
from one side of it down to the
beach. There was a sandbag en
trenchment extending from the
other side into the shrubbery,
“The American trenches were
on the other side of the river,
parallel with the Spanish ditch
es.
“After the slii s- shelled the
trenches aud fort for half an
hour, almost knocking them to
pieces, Anderson signaled to
cease firing. The troops then
waded across the river and
walked up the beach, as though
going to dinner, meeting practi
cally no opposition. They took
the first trench and the Span
iards retired to the second line.
‘‘The ships then shelled this
for a quarter of an hour or more.
The Spaniards did little shoot
ing and then retired into the
walled city, while the Americans
walked on into the fort and sec-'
ond trench. A few minutes later
the white Hag was raised and
the fleet moved over lowards’the
city.
“lhe American troops march
ed on, leaving squads here and
there along tho route When the
troops reached the city they
found lhe launch waiting for
them with the white flag. It waa
all over.'*
surprised at easy victory.
Hong Kong,—Aug 20.
Advices from Manila state ‘.hat
the Spanish officials kept secret
the proposed capitulation so
w ell that the inhabitants of Ma
nila were hourly expecting the
Americans to shell the city, and
gteatly surprised when the
<r ***P 8 marched in.
it was the Seventy-third Na
'tivp liegiment that tired on the
eta? 0r * CIUI troo P ß resting at Lun
entire Spanish colony iu
Milla disapproved of Gen Au
gusti 8 dismissal. Gen Jaud
him .unwilling to supercede
" ’ aud only ytuMed under
*rong pressure.
TlcgMß Include archipelago.
Aug 20 —The H.iog
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upon Saturday
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THE HOME HUSTLER-COMMERCIAL
ROME GEORGIA.
TERRIBLE PLIGHT
Os The Sick Soldiers Packed
on The Mobilo
MANY DIE EH ROUTE
Seneca and Comanche Also
Arrive at Montauk.
Montauk Point, N. Y., Aug 20—
Two of the three transports ar*
rived from Sa-itiag. >la»t evening
are anchored three miles off. These
are the Seneoa and Comanche
The name of the third*, as not
ascertained until this morning be
cause of the thick weather, when
she waa found to be the Mobile
Dr. McGruder, chief quarantine
officer, went aboard the vessel this
morning and was busy until after
noon.
On the Seneca were 412 men of
the Fourth Infantry, of whom 73
ware »ick Ou the Comanche were
480 men of the Twenty-fifth infan*
try and Geu, McKibbon and staff
and 114 were tick. ,
The Mobile carried 1600 of the
Eighth and Twenty-second Massa
chuaette Volunteers, of whom 300
were sick and 10 died on the voy
age, the latter peing mainly
Massachusetts volunteers, w ho suf
sered badlv on the way up. Th*-
'*<»!>• ]e w«s densely crowded.
There w< ra in all 1.500 men on
beard of her consisting of th-
E'ghth and Twenty-second R»-gii
lar Infantry, and the Second
Ma«sachus-tts th, sick v >bi ileir«
and from ’• exhaustion, malarial
fever and dysentery in the greater
number of instances.
It is rep irted chat there are no
contagious diseases on board, aud
this is the one redeeming feature
of the ship’s terrible plight. Dr.
Magruder says that the men on
the Mobile are in a worse condi
tion than any that have arrived
yst. They had food and water but
many were too ill to eat or drink.
Many of the soldiers aboard were
declared to b-» convalescents at
Santiago, and were said to be able
to atand the jnurney,
FOR PENSIONS
In’9B War Many Applications
Have Been Filed.
Washington, Aug. 20. —Ac-
cording to Commissioner of
Pensions Evans, 144 applica
tions have thus far been filed on
occount of the Spanish war, of
which about one half are for
invalid pensions and half for
widows and minor children
whom the war has bereft of hus
bands and fathers. A total of
50,000 applications is expected,
and at an average of S2O per
month the expense to the gov
ernment would be $12,000,000
annually.
FUGITIVES OFFER
To Pay Fine And Stay Out of
Virginia For a Pardon.
Richmond, Va.. Aug. 20.
Joseph Cannon, son of a wealthy
Norfolk man and a fugitive from
justice, offers to pay tho fine of
SIOOO imposed upon him, audio
stay out of Virginia, if Governor
Tyler will pardon him. He is
now in Canada. Cannon was
sentenced to 12 months in jail
aud to pay a fiue of SIOOO lor
conspiring to blacken his bride’s
name.
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SUNDAY MORNING AUGUST 21 , |BJB.
RANK NEGLIGENCE
Dilll Knife Used bg Chick
amailga Silrgean
HARRY BOSS’S 6TORY
- I
16 Days Without Treatment.
Bought His own Medlc'ne.
_,.s. *
Cinauuati, Aug . 20 —Corpora'
Harruy H bbs. of C >mpany Al
Second Kentucky, who has return
'd to his home at 813 Scott Street
Covington, bad an experience,
with the lack of medical i.tttu*
tion in the military camp at Uhie
arnauga. Hobbs has blood poison
ing.
For 16 days he was kept in the
regimental hospital. wh*ra the
sick are placed for superfi ial ex
amination before being sent to
the divisional hospital.
No one is expected to be held
there longer than 12 hours.
During the 16 days Hobbs says
he had water only three times
with which to wash his face.
“You can imng ne my condition
when 1 was released,“ he said.
“After examining my foot fire
surgeon ordered it poulticed, After
waiting two days I asked an at
tendant why the order was not
carried out. He replied that th j re
was nothing but bread to make a
poultice of, I sent out of the camp
and bought enough fl .xseed to
keep my foot poulticed while io
the hospital.
“The doctors seem-d to have
plenty of surgical instruments,
But the knife they Used on me was |
very, very dull ”
Hobbs said: “I think the doc
tors in our hospital were very
competent, but they simply could
not contend with the conditions
undvr which they wire asked to
work
•
LAVA POURS
From The Canter of H st >r c
Vesuvius
Naples, Aug. 20.—Vesuvius
is in eruption again, with four
lava streams flowing down its ■
sides at the rate of 400 yards an |
hour. From the center crater
come smoke and flames and the
sounds of constant explosions.
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and some even more, yet they
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