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Show III DF AMERICAN KAdiiK. LEAOQi SI. A. Willi M- -l N, ful.li.liM. UTAH MURRAY, ITAH , WHEELER DEATH AT SANTIACB Though flovernnr Wells Je!;vercJ the FourU But the Battle Fever was on end the American Troon Braved the Hall of July oration at Loruu. of Death and Drove the Enemy From TheOr Dejfonstjs Spaniards The I'taH at tiK ry recruits arrive Founht With Dftspsratlon, Leavinsr Hundreds of Dead Gallant in San Fraoeiai-and Wounded In the Trenches-Kent- 's lT.ursil.iy. Prisoners Charge 2,200 Captured. .K'.-- i about bus ;V'mI 01,0 Springvilie t'tis irboD. quarts of straw II. M. Edwards of I". nnsylvauia ha) Canev, July 5. Shaffer's army In shells in the advance guard. chosen conductor of the eotniuj, a v r (.ii i nor. front of Santiago has been adding new kt v r o Eisteddfol. A few moments after t lark's brida l As American arms fiel.vis to luster Insurance adjusters have Oxod tin f the uneven engagements are gathami the rijlit of Kcnts div.sion made amount to ho paid on accouut of ttil ered, greater credit is bestowed ujton a'ai!aut charge to the knoll to the I'ark City tire at Si W'Vl ). ur troops. In an unfamiliar country, north of the extreme left of the Span-i'-!- i (1 Madseu, a sheep herder, ws run unused to the line and t'wk possession of the ntrriuc heat fighting. un over at Thistle Junction by a Ri entieiiched enemy numerically as hacienda in the shelter of au orange Grande train June 27th aud instantly strong as itself, almost, outpost afier grove. This marked the beginning of killed. taken and held Step a through the first inlpust has Tlio crops throughout the state nevel by step, line of iiitrrrictiments. 'J'he cavalry fighting heroically find looked better tbati at llie present tin., the Spanish have been forced division and 'iencral llawkin's brigade ami a bounteous harvest is now an a to withdraw into the. city, suffering charged up the alone against a storm sured fact. heavy losses in dead and wounded and of The retreat beeains almost a rout, 1'reilictions of Cubans who Mrs. 1. A. Evans, who Ikis been I captured. died la) left the city heforo the advance Itegan, and the Spanish retired from their resident of Lchi since vicTT week, year. She came, t that the Simniard would either sur- outer defenses. It was a splendid remler or evacuate after the first heavy tory, but dearly earned. I'tah in H",0. It was in this awful charge that our Senator J. L. Rawlins came hnm engagement have not been fulfilled. from Washington last week. He due Desperately, and with marked hero- men were so badly cut up that they started on a dou Ide quick, but tio nave oeiinuca nut Ik Sieve there will be another call am inllicted terrible losses upon an troops could face such a terrible fire fur volunteers. army. Friday's killed aud without annihilation. Our men stagA mm tiK been born to Captain am) advancing wounded on the Aineriean side will gered, throwing themselves on the Mrs. .1. E. i'uiav and the news wired Id 1000, w hile the Spauish ground. Ajain they started, ngain the proud father, who is on duty will approximate Jn.s, in spite, of entrenchments end they prostrated themselves, but on his cavalry troop at San Francisco. trochas, was almost as much, in addi- and up they went, until, with a cheer, The t'tuh mineral exhibit at tho tion to a lari'e number raptured. The they (.praujr over the trenches dividi exposition is attract- Spanish fleet played an important part ing the sides of the hill checked with ing the attention of ail visitors. It ii In the engagement, dropping shell their fallen comrades. conceded to be tin hi. lit complete fv after shell in front of our advancing There was baud to hand fighting nihil in the mining building. hosts. Sampson's fleet joined in, but here, in which an ottiecr of the Twenty-foI. sen, a was macheted, hot the Andrew lleml pioneer llv its firing was from bearings and was The Spanish Spaniards could not resist the onset of ing at Ievan, died last week, a;rcd Ct generally ineffective. II was identified with the growth of artillery fought bravely and effectively our troops, ami they scrambled out and proved better marksmen than of the trenches and broke over the the southern part of the state, bavin heretofore. lived there more than thirty years. line of knolls on which they were situated. Hundreds of the enemy lay A large number of women, who atAt 7;00 Captain Capon's battery tended the federate club meeting at opened on tho Spanish, who fought dead or wounded in the trenches. The main redoubt was then carried Denver last week visited Salt Lake with spirit and nerve when our shells and the Mothers' Congress. They were entertained at Sailalr aud ilrlveu about the city. .fSiWjM,,,. Salt Lake's curfew oidiii'inee is in It is unlvvful for children operation. under 15 years of aire to b ou tho streets between the hours of 9 p. in. and 4 a. m., unless accompanied by len III Ulliasted AWFUL SEA HORROR on Coing LINER SUNK AND PEOPLE DROWNED. ATLANTIC Siboney, July I -- An incident oc- curred in the advi 0D Santiago; rhich gives new reaQ to "Fighting Joe Wheeler," to cht-y0f the cavalry brigade. When U l,attie began, Wheeler was Tery m aDJ (ienerai of W heel- Sumner waa given er's division. Afteraar,i fightinjf had been going on for n,:ne hours, the dying and wounded, coding in streams to the rear where Waaler was bcin eared for, the fik'htisy fever seized the general and he star'! to the front in an ambulance. Abmt half way to the front he met a Dumie, Gf litters bear- 1 at veteran, under ing wonnaej. protest of his surges, immediately Brave Men Mowed Down in an Unequal Fight With an Entrenched Foe. NEWS. StA VERY. j Fight 1.1k Demons fur Hafts lloate, some Being Struck Dead L auuinUied Crea Uclplne. l'.r.iger and e . urth parent or guardian. Henry Scott, colored, of Halt Lake, who cut an ey out of John 0. Oathard koine time since, because the latter was singing "Don't Lllia a Nltftfrr, Nohow," has been senteueed to ten in years the penitentiary, Delegates to the Mining' Congress will be treated to a visit to Mereur and the Rreat East (lolden date mill. It w ill be a treat for most of the gates, wiio haves uever seen tho elasv of ore that abouuds at Mereur, Illelifield and vicinity have furnished forty-threvolunteers, soma being In each of the three organizations which have (rone frum V tali tho butteries. ravmry ami rouim rulers, iliirteen of this number have just been recruit- ed and w ill be forwarded as soon as sei'e.ite.l. Attorney Whitecottun of Provo Is moviug for a trihl of Harry Hayes, undergoing sentence fur the Pl!ean Point murders, on one of the Indictments now pending against him. The object is to Introduce new evidence which has been discovered, with a view to securing a pardon, as there is a doubt of Hayes' guilt. Kd. X. Kirby, a prominent Bait Lake mlning man, committed sulcido ut l.es Angeles last Friday by taking poison. He left the employ of ths Elsdou Iron Works at San Francisco Msreh 1st and went int.) the mountains for ft time, aud was thought to have been killed. He has neglected to w rita to his family and in other ways acted so strangely as to leave little doubt that lis was Insane. John Herring, the man thought to bo Hutch Cassady, who was killed w ith Joe Walker by the Price posse at Hook Cliff some time ago, was In possession of twenty-twhead of horses which were captured by tho sheriff and sold to pay funeral espouses of Herring and Walker. SohulU aud Thompson, the men who were captured, say the horses bslonged to Herrlug, who was an honest young man temporarily in bad company. The father of Herring w ill sue to recover the value of th horses. Jim Thomas, tramp, who was recently hurt at T. V, Junction, lies In the county jatl tu a very precarious condition. There will be an operation perform! upon him. Tho spine Is affected and death is evpocted at any time. Karly peaches ars on the market and selling at 5 cents per pouud at St. George. The peach crop in Kt George and vicinity will be much lighter this season than for many ytara psst. ow Ing to a late frost which did much damage to the crop. President Oiristopbc r Layton, whn, was operated upon at Kaysvllle for the removal of stones from tin IMadder, is getting along better than at any time sine his illness began, eighteen mouths ago. The doctors have reasons to hope for his early recovery. The city council of Kaysville met on Monday evening for the purimse. of levying a tiiun:. ipai tax, the first Id ten years. The effort to collect a city tax will undoubtedly bring on a suit, which will Li- - carried to the highest court for n final decision. W iliiam Graham, w hile working on the Uichfield tabernacle, fell sWty feet to the ground, but eseiped without any broken boucs. and after a few bruises are healed will le nt work again. He dropped a heavy piece of timber on a scaffolding upon hich he was working. . GEN, JOB WHEELER. ordered his horae, and, after personally assisting the wounded into the ambulance, inonnted his horse and rode to the front, where lie took part in the thickest of the fray, The men burst into frantic cheers, which followed the general all along the line. SORROW AT FORT DOUCLAS. Officer's Wives Ar (irlef.trlr krn Reports. at Flmt Salt Lake City, July 5. The first reports of the battle at Santiago, in which the Twenty-fourtinfantry recently stationed at Fort Douglas, did such heroic fightinj, were greatly exaggerated. One rumor gained currency that every officer w as killed and Although the trans-Atlanti- c Plays del Este, July 5. Cervera sj iquadron. which has been the object; of the movement upon Santiago, is at the botUnn of the sea. Gf the entire flotilla, which cost Spain Sl.",ooo,ooo, only the torpedo boat Terror, which is at San Juan, alone escaped. Admiral Cervera and seventy other officers About and 1.000 men are prisoners. 3"i0 were killed or drowned and 100 injured on the Spani.sli side. The latter are being cared for on the American hospital ship "Solace." American loss is one man killed and one wounded. Cervera made a dashing and heroic fight. At 9:30 a. m., July 3, at the hour least expected, the Spanish fleet which had been hemmed in for six weeks, made a dash for the open sea, in an endeavor to break through Sampson's lines. Five and a half hours Inter the Cristobal Colon, the last of the fleet, was beached six miles west of Santiago harbor. She was the fastest of the Spanish ships and soon gained a lead and steamed away from the shots that destroyed the other ships, with the Oregon, New York. Brooklyn and several emaller ships in pursuit. They were constantly firing at her and receiving her fire in return. She was so badly injured that she soon went to pieces after being beached. The fleet consisted of the Armored Crnsiers Cristobal Colon, Vizcaya, Almirante Oquendo, Infanta .Maria Teresa and two torpedo boat destroyers, Pluton and Furor. In the face of overwhelming odds, with nothing before him but inevitable was wounded in the arm. w as taken to the Gloucester, and w as received at her gangw ay by her commander. Lieutenant Commander Richard Walnwright, who grasped the hand of the admiral, and suid to him: "I gray-bearde- d congratulate you, sir, upon having made as gallant a fight as was ever witnessed on the sea." Lieutenant Commander '. f Wain wright 1: Is- -- as v-'- V - 'w. 'A, - 7 vf? i TV A ADMIRAL CERVERA.', ICape VerJe Fleet.) then placed his cabin at the disposal of the Spanish officers. The Spaniards, when they found they would be permitted to live, adapted themselves comfortably to the situa- - A 1 steam- ships have a definite course, the Hourgogne was. by all accounts, forty miles or more to the north of these lines. The foff was very dense and the Cromartyshire was sailing along with reduced canvas and blowing the fog horn. Suddenly out of the fog rushed a great steamer, and in a moment there was a fearful crash, the iron prow ol the ship plunging into the port side of the steamer just under the bridge. OF THE CITT OK SANTIAGO DK CUBA. FROM THE WEST, The shock was terrific and tore a I'KKSPKCTIVE bat-iCatallna castle. gI.a Borapa estiile. t Vlcta Halittiouse. point. 4 Ksirella battery. hole in the steamer, whilo tremendous 11 10 Cannnes liladns Oerda. I.lmsta point. Smith. bay. t'unts CayO point. peint. 7Cayo -- Polnt Julian. l the entire bow of the ship was demob Itlsnrs. ll fiaiuleno fie Cuba. Untunes. Yarey point. lt Punta els Bsl. hy, 24 Psrros bar lay. .lions Lav. ilmn Thnniaa harbor. ('haul's hn n. ished. The steamer plunged on Into we.re burstliw ovee tlielr heads. with a rush. The two remaining oat only twenty six men out of the entire the fog again, her whistle crying for While the help and her rockets signalling hei 'Th Spanish reply was immediate terles were then ordered tip, and with regiment were uninjured. distress. batwas rumor once at discredited by Its and wonderfully accurate. The second a ratlle and a clash Capt. Hate's Passengers and crew fought for tin or third of their shells broke over one tery went tearing up the road, cumabsurdity, yet It Indicated that the boats and life rafts. The strong bat in a two of had been stream was bered It as with the thick of the of Captain Grime's guns, killing regiment tered down the weak, the women am) tnen.und wounding four. The next wounded fjoiog to the rear. fight, and a great many of the 1,000 The battery got In position to the killed and wounded might belong to children being pushed far away from Spanish shall burst just beyond the of rescue. Fists, ores and oe- a led non.se, rldd ami sugar right of the main Spanish redoubt at the regiment. Theoftkers' wives were any hope "attery knives were used by some of tho hind which Colonel Wood's rough 3 o.cloek and at 3:.')DCapt. Hates snt almost distracted when deficits news even demons to keep their places. The riders were waiting a forward move-- ! the first shell, which went whuiug was received of the casualties. The officers seemed to have been powerless Hist reports did not distinguish bedown the line of ititrenchments, enfiltnent. The over their own men, and only foui murderously. The tween those killed and wounded. Captain Grime's shells, set for a ading the enemy beline J8U0 news remained first advance American received a were saved. was of overshot encouraging range yards, slightly The fight for life on the decks of tha the murk. It was difficult to locate hind the crest of the hill until Capt. telegram from Senator Cannon which did not last long, forin alittlo the Spanish guns, as thev used smoke-- i Hates had driven terror into the al- stated, from best Information, that steamer more half an hour she gave a long than less powder, and In this, tho First ar- ready beaten and discouraged enemy. uone of the officers were killed on the lurch to port and went down. As the of battlefield. and we the it. This worst had duel, Inspired hope tillery 2,200 SPANIARDS CAPTURED. ship sank beneath the surface, the vorrelieved the straiu. I'p to this time there hud been no In The casualties in the regiment are tex of the water sucked down everyfantry tireexeepton the extreiuo right. Troops I'miKht I'atit t'anrv and (nt Of? Hetrt. thing on the surface within a certain m.hf r, as follows: Lieutenant Colonel E. II. Splinlttrd!, w,.re being hard Sibony, July 5. The greatest losses Liscuiu, shot in the arm; Captain James radius. pressed by (ienerai Chaffee and Gen When the suction ceased, those still to American arms were sustained on 3. Urett; Second Lieutenant Lyman eral I.awlon. About C.ilO o'clock a balloon was sent the seuond day of the battle. The first iVelsh, sunstroke; Captain II. E. Pneat, alive saw about loo bodies come out of day's engagement was engaged In bj .hot near the heart; Captain J. J. the water with a rush, as if tho sea rip in front of the cavalry division. This drew the first volley from the scattering parties. The second day. .Irereton, wounded in left leg; J. LL were giving up the dead after having swallowed the ship. Hut the struggle Spanish Intrenehmeiits. Though vol- - however, the Americans were drawn Augustlu, second lieuttuaut, since died;i for life still continued after the ship up in battle line reaching fiom Aqua Lieutenant Captain! Henry Lyons; ilores on the sea to Caney, opposite Dodge; Second Lieutenant J. 11., went down. Hundreds still floated about, grasping for rafts, boats and Santiago, n distance of live miles or Hughes. more. Advances were made all along Tin following privates of the Twen-- 1 wreckage, in frantic endeavors to keep above water, liven then many of those the line. The only failure was at are either killed or wounded:' f mi In the boats, if the stories told are to Agundores, w hich Generul Outfield was Alex Higgins. wouuJedin thigh; C. I unable to reach on account of the burn- Pope, in thigh; H. V, Hobinson, in leftj be believed, showed their brutality by beating off those who attempted to ing of a bridge by the Spaniards, hip; Alfred Thompson, hurt by burstI 11V. .W climb aboard. Kent, Wheeler, l.awton, Chaffee, all ing shell; Fred J. Williams, in left leg advanced. The heaviest fighting was James Cruins. In left arm; Tot Keyes, SPANISH SHIP SUNK, probably done by Kent and Wheeler's through thighs; Mason Robiusou, inl In an Attempt Alfonso Meet divisions and by the batteries under back; Sergeant Allis, In right foot; R.1 The to Kan the Itlorksite. i apron. Henderson, right foot. The Spanish loss in killed and Washington, July 7. Word has been Fuller details are awaited with, from Key West of the siuking received not was wounded far from while ours, 7 S SI f. anxiety. Mrs. Aiigustin is not at the, .s' il i of another Spanish warship, Alfonso in captured they lost about ?,',W men. fort, having left for a visit with hen XII. while she was attempting to run Our troops fought up to and past fancy, parents in Ksusjs when the regiment, cutting off retreat before they stormed left. Captain Hucst Is reported dead, the blockade. Later in the day Secrethe place. It was one of the strongest but the tary Long received word which tended report has not been confirmed. to confirm the rumor, though giving outposts the Spanish maintained, and SPANISH SPY CAPTURED. m st of the S.'.Mil prisoners of w ar w ere no details. The Alfonso carried eighcaptured here. General Shaflcr, when Trle.llo I'lay a ( nh.n, Hut FslleJ la Ills teen large guns, five nmchine guns and five torpedo tubes. She was small but r,nia-c,r:N- , jacoh f. kknt.MaJ. fancy was taken, had moved his head .UtfroiU formidable and carried a crew of 270. JTonMiisnfllrs the 1st dlvls.on of to took trout nrd the New quarters personal York, July 5 , Spaniard who) (Jen. Shaffer's army of Invas en.) charge of the operations. SAMPSON'S PRISONERS. represented himself as Cuban has arrived in this city. His Dime waa withTHE SIXTEENTH. ley followed volley, the daring ofllcer ( rrier and Ills (inirrr Will lie Taken to held by Coniuiissioner Kitchie. Lettuads a reconnoissanee and got down Huston. A l ively Interest l In 1 1trlr Msiit'olixl defrom ters Madrid were found on blm, safely, having obtained complete 7 Welfare. Sampson has Washington. July the contents of hich were not mado, tails of the disposition of the enemy. directed to send his prisoners to Suit Lake, July .". Lively interest is The ad vanceof the cavalry aud Genpublic, The imiri was sent from the' the t'nited States. in all new s concerning the SixPossibly the Har eral Kent's division Immediately be- taken barge oilier to F.liis island, guarded by, vard will of them. The some for which nine bring teenth infautry, yrai officers, where a thorough investigagan along the line of the maio road to waa St. Louis is filled with wounded soland Fort stationed on at Douglas tion will made. Santiago. It w as about two hours later diers and cannot o used to convoy the to Fort Slirman aul before our advance began breakiug leaving going lllen. o . i,h Granted. Uolse barracks, Idaho. Hoys from all Spanish soldiers. The enlisted men through the covering of the Spanish over tho two states are members of the New Yoik. officers among nd received 5. -Advices Jn'y trenches. They met with a hail from by the Junta ny; Captain General the prisoners will be sent to Ports r.'gliueut. the Manser rifles, which temporarily mouth, N. II., while Cervera and his Captain Morrison waa killed. The Ilianco hss sent a message from tayeil the forward movement. The oftieers will go to the queen recent of Spain, reuro among Ui wounded; fo'lowlug Spaniards bad the range and their a Captain 11. C. Woodbury, Socoud Lieu- questing her to re'ieve Admiral The Wounded Were Nealerted, practice was good, from command of the fleet, and II. 11. I.. Sponcer; l'h'ilo leak, tenant Kent s men lay on their breasts and Washington, July fi. A cablegram CommoGeo. J. Ilescli, Paul Hartindis, serious; urging that he te replaced poured volley after volley into them at the While tlmisa fmm Miss received dore Viia'iul. said, M.J. Lang, serious; Walter, Tsynson, tivoral Hlanco St a range so close that the opposing dated Silsmey, Cuba, Harton. Clara further that he JJ ot believe AdmiA. Darentt, CJarenee II. Leedy, John lines could see the whites of each is as follows: "Kennan and 4, ral V. July Cervera II. Charles l'araai. Tenujut, Jefiard, wssfn.inl to the lmporother's eyes. Five, F.gao reached here yesterday. command, and intimated f. W. llnteman. Henry Maurer, Ota. tsneeofhis thatlf Captain Grimes then reopened with U. SantivM is l,,.t It will be due, more of us came today by army wagon C. J. Michael Dunnard, Hayes, 10 hls nef iect to tske bis battery, and in Hi second d.iel advautage of ,,isj and on fi ot Light hundred wounded i'Plsiiuua;es, with the Spanish artillerists did much K:h. j reached hern from the front since Tim dead In many instances ner left better execution, planting shell after General Linsrvs, of the' command Surgeons and litter morning. t on lie field, the wounded Uuiu:i0 Hug bell in the first main redoubt an I Spanish tr,Hi at Santiago w as w ound-- ' bnve worked night and day. Hospital 11 1- ..lt..nlw. ' t, ,.,.. t... lif " ed and turned lilencing two guns. The Spanish!"""', are inadequate and accommodation 0ver eommsm! to hi Some U:ts imv. . F r V. subordinates. runners thru tiin.?.l I kur nttcDttou to comn:eta. , liuce dated that) rtauy ef the nouuded lie ou the fore tho cutiiv loss U known, h has dk'i t ground." y. L fir!?ysfi.. CRISTOBAL COLON. 1 22- e o sir Fought Not a Vessel of the Entire Fleet E .caped Destruction-Spaniar- ds Headed-Straigh- t Until Their Ships Were Sinking Under Them. When They Fiifht of tho Spaniards-Complimentefor the Shore-Her- oio Killed Americans-Spani- sh by Prisoners. aid Wounded 5,000-1,6- 00 trans-Atlanti- maifiiifh-eiitcbaiy- FLEET DESTRDYEO Imprisoned Fleet Sought to Break Through Sampson's Lines and Was Destroyed. Halifax, N. S., July 7. In one of the thick fogs, which, at this time of the year, hang like a pall over the Grand Iianks and Sable island In the North Atlantic, occurred, on the early morning of July 4, one of the most appalling c ocean disasters in the unnals of commerce, and, in fact, in the history of steam sailing of the world. Almost without a moment's warning the French liucr La Hourgogne, with 7;'j 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 passengers and crew, while the balance, w ho were not drowned by the fearful suction, struggled and fought for life until 173 were at length rescued by the crew of the Cromartyshire, which ship survived the collision. The story of the fearful disaster from the few ofllcers 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 Cromarty-- ' shire and later brought into this port, by the steamer Grecian are to be be lieved, the last few minutes on board! the Hourgogne witnessed some of thei most terrible scenes of horror andj cruelty that have blotted the history of a civilized race. Instead of heroic discipline which so often has been the one bright feature of such awful moments, the crew of the steamer fought like demons for a few life boats and rafts, battering the helpless passengers away from their only means of salvation, with there-sui- t the strong overcame the weak, for the list of K53 saved contains the name of but one woman. The disaster occured at 5 o'clock in the morning on Monday, July 4, about 60 miles south of Sable Island, which lies nearly 100 miles off this port. The Hourgogne had left New York bound for Havre on the previous Saturday, while the Cromartyshire was on its way over from Glasgow with a crew of men. twenty-on- e oand m Mm EIITI ' ero i iT. !letr ..I W s . "IT U-e- to Hoi-to- Ccr-ver- qnli ....... . . iiu . water-soake- d destruction if he remained any longer tion, rolled their cigarettes and began in the trap in which the American playing cards amongthemnelvt'6. fleet held him, Cervera made a bold SAMPSON'S REPORT. dash from the harbor and fighting every Inch of his way, even when his ship was ablaze and sinking, he tried to escape from impending doom upon his vessels. The Americans saw him the moment lie left and commenced the work of For an hour destruction immediately. nr two they followed the flying Span-lard- s to the westw ard along the shore line, sending shot after shot into their h ills, tearing great holes in their steel (ides and covering their decks with the blood of the killed and wounded. At no time did the Spaniards show any indication that they intended to do otherwise than fight to the last. They showed no signals to surrender even when their ships commenced to .sink and the great clouds of smoke pouring from their sides showed that they were on fire. Hut they t irned their heads toward the shore, less than f mile away, and ran them on the beach and rocks, where their destruction was soou completed. The officers and men on board then escaped to the shore as well as they could, with the assistance of boats sent from the American and then threw themselves upon the merry of their captors, who not only extended to them the gracious hand of American chivalry, but sent therm a guard to protect them from the murderous bands of Cuban soldiers, hiding in the brush on the hillside, eager to rush down and attack the unarmed, defeated, but valorous foe. One after nnother of the Spanish shipa became the victims of the aw ful rain of shells which the American battleships, cruslers aud gunboats poured upon them, and two hours after the first of the fleet had started out of Santiago harbor, three cruisers and two torpedo boat destroyers were lying ou the shore ten to fifteen miles west of Morro castle, pounding to pieces, smoke and flame pouring from every part of them, and covering tho entire Coast line with a mist which could be seen for miles. Heavy explosions of ammunition occurred every few minutes, sending curls of dense w hite smoke a hundred feet In the air, and causing a shower of broken Iron and steel to fall In the water on every side. The bluffs on the coast line echoed with the roar of every explosion, and the Spanish vessels sank deeper and !eeer into the sand, or else the rocks ground their bulls to pieces as they rolled or pitched forward or sideways with every wave that washed upoa them from the open sea. Admiral Cervera escaped to the shore ;n a boat sent by the Gloucester to the assistance of the Infanta Maria Teresa, and as soon as he touched the beach he surrendered himself and bis command to Lieutenant Morton, and asked to be taken aboard the Gloucester, which was the only American vessel near him at the time, with several of .is oflicera, Including the captain of the llsgsblp. The Spanish admiral, who Sends Good Cheer for a Fourth of Joly Celehratlun. Washington, July 5. Long before any details of the battle had arrived. Commodore Sampson sent the following message to Secretary Long, dated Siboncy, 3:15 a. in., July 4: "The fleet under my coinmnnd offers the Nation as a Fourth of July pres ent the destruction of the whole of Cervera's fleet. No one escaped. It attempted to escape p.t 9:30 a. m. and men-of-wa- CAPT. SAMPSON. at 9 p. m. the last, the Cristobal Colon, had run ashore six miles miles west of Santiago, and had let down her colors. "The Iufauta Marie Teresa.Oquendo and Vizcaya were forced ashore, burned and blown up within twenty miles of Santiago. th Furor and Pluton were destroyed .vithin four miles of the port. Loss, one killed and two wounded. Enemy's lass probably several hundred from gunfire explosion and drowning. "About l.""l prisonrrs, including Admiral Cervera. "The man killed was George II. Ellis, chief yeoman of the lirooklyn. "SAMPSON." (Signed) Deceived Spaniards KoJnirlnR. Madrid, July 4. Thunder storms,' very heavy and causing fatalities, have partly interrupted telegraphic communication and only ineagro news is There arc great rejoicings published. over Admiral Cervera's quiting the harbor of Santiago, but there is an undercurrent of great anxiety as to. his fate. It is considered preferabla that he should even succumb to Admiral Sampson's superior forces than to remain to be sunk by General Shaffer's artillery. Thauke.l by MrKlnley. Washington, July 5. The following message was sent to Admiral Sampson, today by the piesident ; "To Admiral Sampson, Playa del Este: You have the gratitude and con- -' gratulations of the whole American, people. Convey to your noble officers, and crews, through whose valor neve, honors have been added to the Americans, the grateful thanks and appre' ciation of the nation. j WILLIAM McKtSLlT." Signed) |