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KESSEIIGER - IIITEEILIGKCER. CERVERA'S END. WADESBOKO, N. C JULY 7, 1898. JAS. C. BOYLIN, Pobliaher. His Fleet Totally Des troyed at Santiago. The anti-Butler Populists seem to hare i.ino 11 their own wav in Anson since Maynard, hige Flake and Lewis Jones otrrtWi tn null together. It is an uavw j w oten question whether the combination has been improved by its latest acces- sion- THEY TRIED TO ESCAPE. There is a difference of opinion as to what Maynard has been promised by way of payment for his support of Dock ery. That he has been promised some thing there is no doubt. Some think it is a county office, while others are confi dent that the old negso organizer will make the thrifty doctor his private sec retary, that is, if he is Uected It used to be Jeffersonian Democrat, but since the Populist office holders have shouldered the great office seeker, Oliver Dockery, they call it Lincoln Populist. There is this much in favor of the new name, that it is '.more appropriate than than the old one. Lincoln Populist de scribes Dockery pretty well. He is just about as much of a Populist as was Lincoln. Hon. Oliver H. Dockery, the nominee of the convention, had already been nominated as a free silver and anti monopoly Republican. Plow Boy. The convention, referred to above, I piucfey a fight against overwhelming odds which nominated Dockery also endorsed I ;9 recorded in naval history, was com- The Wreckage orEvery Ship, the t'hristobal Colon, the Viicaya, the Alniirante Oqnendo, the IuTanta Maria Teresa, the Fu ror and the Pluton, Strews the the Coast. Cerrera's Boat ot Out in the Confusion but Was Chased and Knocked to Pieces Fine en Hundred Spauiards, Among Them Cery era Himself, Taken Prisoners and All This Accomplished Without the Loss of an American Vessel, and With but One Lite Sacrificed. Sunday, July 3, with Admiral tamp son's Fleet, off Santrego (cabled trom Port Antonio, Monday.) Scattered alon? the shore for miles to the west of Morro Castle, lie the armored cruisers and tor pedo-boat destroyers that comprised Ad- westward. miral Cervera's fleet. In a ruumng ngm oi two hours these vessels, the cream of the Spanish navy, were almost annihila ted this morning by powerful ships of Ad, miral Sampson's fleet. Admiral Cervera, after making with the Oquendo and the Indiana did the same with the Vizcaya. As the fight thus moved westward it became clear that the Americans were willing; that the Spanish ships should run far enough from the Morro to lose the aid of the guns there, and in twenty minutes this was done. This was a bit ot straregy which was developed under fire and which was ac cepted at once by all the American ships without orders. In fact, the smoke often made it impossible to see the signals which Commodore Schley was making from the Brooklyn so tremendous was the firing all along the line. Both the Oquendo and the Vizcaya were sometimes within 1,000 yards of the Indiana. The range varied, but, as a rule, it was short and extremely deadly. Nevertheless, the high speed and thick armor of their class stood the Spanish ships in' good stead as they followed in the path of honor marked out by Admir al Cervera. Three quarters of an hour after the ac tion began it was evident that the Span ish had many guns disabled and would have to surrender. There were terrific casualties on the enemy's ships. As the smoke cleared a little one could see the Spanish flagship, her port broadside spouting smoke, still holding on to the as McKinley's gold bug monopoly adminis tration, therefore the statement that he had been "nominated as a free silver anti-monopoly Republican," is palpably untrue, and the person who wrote it knew it to be untrue. We used to hear a great deal about ring rule in the Democratic party; about how one or two men dictated not only the policy of the party, but the nomina tions as well. It may be true that there was some truth in the charge; we don't know. But there is one thing we do know,however,and it is that no such high handed proceeding as charactered the selection of delegates to represent Anson in the Populist Congressional conven tion has ever been attempted by the Democratic "bosses," in this county. Does anybody suppose for an instant that the Democratic county executive com mitteee would have the effrontery to meet and elect themselves delegates to a Congressional convention, instead ot call ing a county convention for that purpose. Well, that's just what the Populist execu tive committee did, and every mother's son of them voted for Dockery in the convention, showing clearly that it was a put up job. THE SAME OLD GAME. A few weeks ago the Messenger-Intelligencer called attention to the fact that the Populist papers were systemati cally returning to their old tactics of trying to array the people of the country against the towns, and now comes along Dr. A. A. Maynard with a plea for the resurrection of the Farmers' Alliance. In a recent issue of the Plow Boy, Populist organ for this county, the doctor writes as follows: "From many causes the Alliance in Anson has grown cold. This is to be re, gretted and many true Alliancemen would hail with delight a reviyal of the old time interest I believe this is possi ble. The principles of the Alliance are granu ana noDie. 1 he tarmers need a compact organization. Every other busi ness has its organization. Why should the farmers remain disorganized? : No one can present a single good reason why they should not organize and stay so. The secret of success or failure of any far mers' organization lies entirely with the , farmers themselves.. If we come together and stand together we can suceeed. Let this grand old motto control our motives and actions, "in things essential unity, in all things charity." Let every Alii -anceman in Anson who loves the cause bestir himself at once and we will have a good county meeting the 2nd Thursday in July. What say you, brethren?" It will be observed that the doctor, great and saintly reformer that he is, does not enumerate any of the "many causes" that operated against the Alli ance in Anson. If the gentleman will allow ns we will giye one of the "causes." The Alliance in Anson, just as it was everywhere else, wa3 ridden to death by a lot of demagogues and "pie" seeking politicians, who cared nothing for the poor farmer, that they hypocritically ranted about, but everything for the of fice they expected to get by their disrep utable tactics.. Dr. Maynard, probably, will soon be out ol office again. He wants to instill a little more life into the Alliance, so that he can use it to get an- other office. pelled to surrender. He was taken as a prisoner of war, together with every man in hu flfipt not drowned or killed in the action. The Spanish Admiral was wounded in one of his'arms. His splendid ships, the Cristobal Colon, flagship; the Vizcaya, Almirante Oquendo and Infanta Maria Teresa, and the torpedo-boat destroyers Furor and Pluton, lie on the Cuban rocks, shell ridden, smoking hulks. CERVERA SURRENDERED TO WAIN WRIGHT. Cervera, on the Colon, made the long est run toward liberty. He yielded to fate only in the face of death, and is a prisoner now on the Gloucester, which before the war was J. Plerpont Morgan's yacht Corsair. When his ship, all aflame, was pound ing on the shore, ten miles west of San tiago, a boat from the Gloucester pot out to him and he gave his sword to Lieu tenant Morton, who was in charge of the boat. When he went aboard the Glou certer he was met by Lieut.-Com. Rich ard Warn wright, who was the watch offi cer of the Maine the night she was blown up in Havana harbor. A SPLENDID NAVAL DASH. Magnificent beyond description was the bold dash by which Cervera at tempt ed to get his fleet out of Santiago harbor. Cervera himself led the way with his flagship, the Cristobal Colon. It was to be a dash to liberty or to death, and the Spanish admiral made the plunge with eyes open. Sunday quiet rested over the entrance to Santiago harbor. No signs of life were visible about old Morro. Beyond and toward the city of Santiago all was still. The Texas and the Massachusetts join ed the ' Indiana and the Iowa. The Oquendo and- the Vizcaya hugged the shore and steamed after Cervera on the Colon, to go with him to defeat and death. SHIPS SET ON FIRE- Shells burst on the decks of the Span ish cruisers at short intervals. Often the ships were on fire, but again and again their crew? extinguished the flames and manned again and again the guns from which they had been driven. The green coast smoked with the shells which flew over them, and crash ing sounds heard amid the thunder of I was still in action. Oquendo went ashore, with flames burst ing from her decks. The Iowa, Indiana, Texas and Massachusetts ceased firing, the Massachusetts going to join the Oregon and the Brooklyn in hunting up and smashing Cervera's ship. Once headed off the Oquendo turned into a smalt .bay four or five miles west oi Santiago where she lay close to the laud. With an ever weakening broad side the Vizcaya followed, first heading out an if to break throueh the line of battle. The Indian a and Iowa closed in, and their formation made her escape ia that direction impossible. Captain Eulate then attempted to reach the east side of the bay, occupied by the Oquendo, but in vain. With a glass I could see that the Vizcaya's bul warks near the stern had been shot away. Smoke pouied out where thells had exploded inside, and she was on fire. Her guns, with the exception of those forward, were out of action. Her bow guns were, still fired at intervals. Those who were not working the bow guns crowded forward to escape the smoke and fire aft. The Oquendo was soon ashore, her guns silent abd smoke rising .in thich, black clouds from her. There was a thundering of guns to the westward now, and flashes told that Cer vera still fought, but to the eastward of his ship lay the burning wreck of his two destroyers. The torpedo boat Ericcson was seen coming along with the New York. The Indiana and Iowa were closing in, and shell after shell burst above and aboard the Vizcaya. Eulate hoisted a white flag as his ship went ashoreto save the remnant Of his men. Simultaneously up went a flag of white on the Oquendo, and down came the flag of Spain. BUT ONE SHIP LEFT. An hour and a half had elapsed since Cervera left the harbor, and of the ves sels which came out only his flagship BATTLE OF SANTIAGO. GREAT SPASISU LOSSES-Ol'R LOSSES ALSO HEAVY. This Is the Fall Account or me Two Days' Fierce Conflict Onr Loss is 800 Killed and Wound ed and the Spanish Loss Is Fonror Five Times as Ureat From Friday Dawn Till Satur day. Atterueon We Fought for Every Foot Calued. San Juan, Overlooking Santiago de Cuba, July 2. After two days of the most terrific fighting, during which more than 800 01 ... At- our men were Kiueu ana wounueu, me American army is still outside Santiago, but is knocking bard , at its gates. It Is only a question of hours when it must get in. On all sides our batteries look down on the city, and are pouring an awiui nre into the Spanish fortifications which face our men. Tlie enemy lie in their inlrench ments, struggling for every inch of ground. TheSpanisb soldiers are fighting like devils. Ours are forcing them constantly back. killing them by hundreds, and never yield ing an inch that they have gained. Now and then outside the harbor Ad miral Sampson's fleet thunders death at Morro Castle and the adjorniug defences. The hills and the valleys also re-echo the roar of the big guns and the rattle apd crash of musketry. Ttfe Morro is almost in ruins. Its bat teries are all but silenced. The huge Span ish flag which floated so defiantly from the Morro, and which was the only one in sight from the sea on the south coast, has been house captured. Some of the guns also .pre rantnred. but not all of them. The men across the gulch cheered wilJIy as thP w their comrades' victory. The riders cheered the Tenth and the latter cheered the riders. Then on they went to drive the Spaniards further. They found the trenches full of dead, but none alive. In the rush more than half the rough riders were wounded. Though they had the hill, the position was Mill perilouaon account of the sharpshooters. LAWTOJi'S ADVAXCK OX THE RIGHT. Wl.ile this was going on Gen. Lawton was aJvancing rapidly on El Caney. The Spaniards had prepared for attack, though they had run away when it began. There were trenches everywhere. Gen. Lawton advanced, but was met by a hot rifle fire from the enemy in their intrenchments. On the extreme right our men spread out, getting the protection of the trees and bushes, and firing every time they sav Spanish head. They were always advanc ing noon the outside line of trenches. The retreat of the Spaniards prevented a flank movement on onr part. Capt. Capron's artillery now resumed its firing, its target being a stone fort in front of the town. Every shot went true, but the guns were not big enough to do the neccessary damage. They, however, made it so hot for the enemy that they had to leave several times. They always got back, thonzh. before our infantry reached the outside of the town. The force was then split, going in two directions at the same time. The fighting before they reached the town was nothing compared with their re ception in the town. They were fired on from all sides by the enemy who were con cealed everywhere. The trenches in view were filled with men, whose hats were visible. The Americans shot the hats to pieces, but killed none of the Spaniards, (Cn Co) I . I u mm 3 0TK1E (SESu 0 JlllillTO li mm IU1 A P d W A 0 on 1 1 The place to buy your Hardware is at the New Hardware Stor great rifles told of armor-piercing shells driven into and through the protected sides of Cervera's ships. Still they fired. Their shots fell about the Indiana and Iowa thickly. I could not see that our. battle ships were hit No doubt they were, but it seemed that none of their guns was si lenced so terrific continued their fire. GREAT "WORK OF THE GLOUCESTER. Lieutenant-Commander Wainwright, of the Gloucester, like Nelson, seemed to have a blind eye. If he were signalled to pull out, he remained, with his six-pounders, to do work which was both heroic and astoni hing. At one time the Glou cester was being fired on by the Vizcaya, both torpedo boats, boat destroyers dnd the Morro battery. That she was not and that she had enough men left to work her guns was marvelous. She lay close in to where the Vizcaya came out, and ran along parallel, firing at the cruiser as fiercely in proportion to her size as did the Indiana and Iowa. Captain Eulate, of the Vizcaya, probably feared a torpedo from the Gloucester, for he turned loose his secondary battery at her as he passed on into a storm of shells from the battle ships. Then the destroyers cane on, and the Gloucester accepted them at once as parts of her contract. The3e de3trojers wercstrong in machine guns and guns rf the thri and six-TV-inndfir r1a55. Tt f, 1 .1 P - , I aner iwu uaya 01 uguuug iuc aruiic ui . . Inr hnret from them 00m iiauuns were rebuug . 111 uueu White People Must March Shoulder to Shoulder. V Lenoir Topic. We understand that an effort is being made to keep former Populists from com ing into the Democratic primaries, the idea being held out that the refusal of the Democratic State Convention to en tertain a proposition to co-operate meant that the Democrats wanted nothing to do with the men who had been led into the Populist party. This is not true. On the contrary, Democrats realize that the only practicable way in which the true free sil ver men of the State can get together is in the Democratic party where they can't be traded off for offices by corupt office hunting politicians. Everyone who wants to co-operate with us will be welcome, the only test being loyalty to the ticket nominated. We want you with us, not as aliens but as brethren of the house hold, subject to the dictation of no set of men, and thus help to restore good white Government in the State. Unless the white people march shoulder to shoulder, the negroes will largely control the des tinies of North Carolina. The Sure La Urippe t are. There is no . use suffering from this dreadful malady, if you will only get the right remedy. You are having pain all through your body, your liver is out of or der have no appetite, no life or ambition, have a bad cold, in fact are completely used up. Electic Bitters is the only remedy that will give you prompt and sure relief. They act directly on your Liver .Stomach and Kidneys, tone up the vhole system and make you fed like a new being. They are guarnteed to cv .e or price refunded. For sale at J as. A. Hardisoa's Drug Store, Quly C9 ccats per bottle, trenches. Off this way, for half a dozen mlie3 from shore, mo?t of the vessels of Admiral Sampson's fleet lay lazily at an chor. Admiral Sampson had set out in the morning to dislodge the Spanish from their-works at Aguadores, where the Michigan troops were repulsed along the line of railway Saturday morning while they were marching westward to seize the Morro battery and blow up the fort. COLOX DARTED OCT FIRST. It is not known whether Admiral Cer vera blew up the Merrimac or passed it in single column. The Cristobal Colon first glided out of the harbor and shot to the westward. Her two funnels and high black bulwarks showed plain against the green of the hills, her pennant and the Spanish red and yellow ensign waving above. ': In a few seconds the American fleet was in motion, the Indiana, which was closes j heading straight inshore to get close range. The Spauiards opened fire with an 11 inch Hontona gun. and mighty fountains of water rose above the battle ship and wet her decks. The shell fell near her bow, " The Indiana replied with her 13-inch guns, and a mement later let go every thing she could bring to bear. One of the first shells fell on the Span ish cruiser's deck. Cervera was then go ing past, and the Indiana rounded to give him a broadside. As the Iowa and the Texas opened fire the Almirante Oquendo was just coming into view in the harbor mouth. At first one could scarcely believe his eyes, but when the Oquendo appeared and steamed swiftly westward into the smoke, where Cervera's flag still flew, it flashed upon those 00 the American fleet that here was to be history -making in deed. It was a sublime spectacle ot a desperate admiral who had decided to give battle against overwhelming odds in the open water rather than remain and blow up his own ships in the'harbor of the beleaguered city. SPANISH FIRED BROADSIDES. Cervera's flag was hidden for a time as he fled westward, his port broadside em itting flashes of flame, which marked his progress. For the next five minutes he ran a gauntlet suph as few ships had ever run in history. The Indiana fell on the Oquendo, pay ing no heed to the Morro battery, whose gunners tried hard to protect the cruiser as she moved to the westward. The Io wo let Cervera go on into the hands of the Oregon, Massachusetts and Brooklyn, and then turned, with the Texas, to pound the Oquendo. Then every Amer ican ship in the vicinity was in action. Smoke shrouded the coast and blew away lazily, revealiaggeysers about the ships where the Spanish shells from the cruisers and the Morro tore the water. Another ship emerged from the harbor. It was the Vizcaya, coming at full speed, smoke curling over her bow as she took her course to the westward and brought her bow guns into play. Behind her came Spain's two dreaded torpedo-boat destroyers, perhaps two hundred yards apart. ; AMERICAN STRATE8Y. Tbe lows 8tsamJ for a time forward in twenty jlaces as they slipped along after the Vizcaya. The water all about the Gloucester was kept splashing by shells and by bullets from machine guns. But the yacht steamed ahead, keeping the destroyers directly between her and the shore and hammering them. The Morro was throwing shells from behind, and occasionally the Vizcaya turned a gun or two to aid her follow ers. The yacht was ofien completely hid den by smoke. I could not but wonder if she had been sunk, but she always forged ahead, and appeared again busi er than ever; In ten minutes the fire of the destroy ers slackened, but, although some of their guns were disabled, their machin ery was all right, and they moved on until Morro could no longer take part in theTbattle. THE NEW YORK TAKES PART. Then the New York appeared, having been summoned to return from Agua dores. She was six miles away when the destroyers saw her. The Morro thundered at Sampson as he came within range, but the Admiral never heeded, seeing only in the distance the dLn tormsof the Vizcaya and the Oquen dc, hopelessly hemmed in by a circle of fire, and in the foreground the Glou cester, fighting two destroyers at short range. When the destroyers saw the flagship they sped away from the Gloucester and tried to overtake the Vizcaya and get into shelter on her starboard side. If that could not be done there ought to be a chance to torpedo the Indiana an d break through our line to the open sea, where speed would save them, but the Indiana steamed in shore and the Iowa went further away. The Indiana's secondary battery had the first destroyer's range, and rained shells upon her. Splintered, torn, but still with their steering gear and ma chinery intact, both destroyers turned back to run for the month of the harbor and seek safety inside, but it was too late. The fight had been carried nearly our miles west of the Morro, and the New York was already past the harbor mouth. . . - The Gloucester was ready for the de stroyers close at hand. She and the de stroyers and the Indiana formed a tri angle of which the destroyers were the apex, and the American fire, converg ing, was too fierce for human beings to withstand. A CARNIVAL OF DESTRUCTION. One, destroyer drifted into the surf of fire a buttered wreck, and then crept on toward the Gloucester and the New York, with her guns silent and show ing a flag of truce, hhe was on fire, and her crew ran her ashore to save the lives of those who had escaped the shells. She blew up soon after they abandoned her. I was standing behind Dr. Simonds, of the Iowa, when the Gloucester was in greatest peril, and he could not help turning from the main battle to watch her heroic work, and shouting his hope that she would not run short of ammuni tion. Her commander's skill and cour age were simply magnificent. - The Spanish admiral was lost in eraofce to tbo westward, whea tie The Morro battery still stormed impo- tently at the New York. The American army, with a thousand dead and wound ed, was not yet in Santiago, but Cer vera's fleet was destroyed, and Cervera himself was only struggling on because he' wished to make his defeat glorious in the eyes of the attentive world. He had proven, at last, that lie was not bottled up so tightly as was supposed He had lost nearly all his vessels, and perhaps more than half of his men, but his penant was still flying and some of his guns were still in action. Cervera passed the bay in which the Oquendo had sought refuge and held on a due westward course close to the laud, but evidently nourishing the desperate hope that he might break through the line and reach free water. He had passed in succession the Indiana, the Iowa and the Texas, not to speak of the little Glou cester, which spouted six-pounder shells at him. Since his flag had appeared out side the harbor his ship had been struck again and again. By this time the Viz caya and the Oquenda were beaten. but in spite of the twelve and thirteen inch shells that were rained upon him at a range which was short for such guns, in spite of the fact that his boilers and machinery were damaged, he held his course. From a point a mile west of the Morro the Cristobal Colou was invisible frequently in low hanging smoke from his own guns and also that which drifted in shore from the battle ships. cervera Beaded off. At half-past 1 1 o'clock Cervera saw the Oregon coming in shore ahead of him to round him to. The sm :ke was very thick. The firing was incessant Cervera's available guns were no longer well served. Shells had set fire to his ship near the stem, and the flames were controlled with difficulty, but the Spanish admiral altered his course and headed off from the coast, as if to attempt to pass between the ships and run for it. It was impossible. The Iowa and t he Texas were already moving down to close the gap, and the Spanish flagship, raked by the- Oregon and Brooklyn at from a thousand to three thousand yards , and by the Iowa andthe Texas at longer range, turned in shore again and ran for the rocks, where the surf was b reaking. Cervera still replied occasionally, and I wondered when the smoke hid his ship if he would be afloat when it lifted. I could still discern the Spanish ship from time to time, as the smoke drifted away and the flash of a gun at intervals proved that the Spaniard was consistent ly following the idea which led him to quit the harbor to make a glorious end. who had resorted to the old trick of plac- shot away, and there are great yawning ing their hats on sticks for our men to shoot . rfnnr to the Bank. All OUT COOdS are n 1. . . ik, k:iia! A-lat The hslwnrL in th( northeast cor- IICAI UUUl 0 1 Li L 11C lliaavillj ill luc uatiouj v i i. - " - - uer of the town did the most damage. This position was not discovered for a long time. It fired a hot. almost resistless, fire upon our men. The Amencans lay down to avoid it. The Spaniards had the range, however, and killed and wounded many of our men as they lay. The officers suffered particularly. Gen. Chaffee dashed here and there, giv ing orders and calling on his men to fight for their lives and to help their country to win a victory. The battery was at last discovered, and that was the end of it. Every Spaniard who showed himself was picked off. The tren ches ran with blood. Capt. Capron at the same time silenced the fort again. Now was the time for the A mericans to advance. FLAGSHIP IN A BLAZE. But his ship moved slowly now, as if disabled, and in a few minutes more his guns were silent. Black smoke replaced the swirling white. The flagship was aflame. Her men had been unable either to work the guns -or smother the flames caused by bursting shells and she was beaded for the rocks. She struck bow on and rested there. Red flames burst through the black smoke and soon a pillar of cloud rose straight up a thousand feet and then bent against the green mountain. Cervera's ship washopelessly lostThe American battleships.ceased firing before she struck, and ran in, apparently with the intention of saving the survivors as prisoners. This was. evidently expected by the Spaniards, hundreds of whom thronged the forward deck, watching the flames eating their way toward them. WOXDKOIS NAVAL VICTORY. Sampson, In au Official Dis patch, Says The Whole Span ish Fleet Is : Destroyed and Cervera Is a Prisoner. Washington, July 4. The Secretary 1 of the Navy has received the following report from Admiral Sampson: Si bonk y, July 3. I he fleet under mv command offers the nation as a Fourth of July present the destruction of the . s whole of Cevera's fleet No one escaped. The fleet at tempted to escape at 0:30 a. m.. and at a p. m. tne last or the ships, the Cristobal Colon, had run ashore sixty miles west 01 Santiago and let down her colors. ihe Infanta Maria Therisa. Oauendo and Viccaya wero forced ashore, burned ana Dlown up within twenty miles of Santiago. The Furor and Pluton were destoyed within . four miles of the port. Our loss one killed 2 wounded. The enemy s loss is probably several U .1 J C " f . uuuurcu iroin tuu-nre, exDiosions ana drowning, vve nave about 1,300 pnso ners, including Admiral Cervera. The man killed was Georee H. Ellis, chief yeoman 01 we Brooklyn, CAXFSOa. fences. SANTIAGO AXD ITS 8UBKOUXDIXGS. . Just a week after the battle near Se villa in which the rough riders took part, tien. Shatter's men were in their positions for attacking the Spaniards. Onr readers will .understand the situation from the following description of the surround ings of the city of Santiago: Six miles from tne sea at tne head 01 what is practically a salt water lake lies Santiago, surrounded on all sides by high mountains which rise almost straight up from the water. These mountains stand in ridges practically running parallel with the coast. Between the first and second ridges is Santiago. Two and a half miles east of the entrance of the harbor is Aguadores, directly south ot Santiago itself. Southeast of Santiago, on the top of a hill, is San Juan, from which place this despatch is sent. About three miles northeast of the city is El Caney. Santiago is a walled city, and Aguadores, San Juan, and El Caney are its outposts on the east. Gen. Shatter believed that Santiago would be best taken by compelling its capitulation by seige, but he finally yield ed to arguments in favor of attacking the dace. It was decided to make the attack all along the line, and to never stop the fighting until Santiago was taken. On Thursday Americans bad the city practically surrounded. The plan of at tack comprised a joint assault by the fleet and army on Aguadores, and a military at tack alone on El Caney and San Juan hill, east of the. eminence on which the little town of San Juan stands, the fleet divert ing the attention of the enemy by occasion ally bombarding. THE BATTLE OS OCR CENTRE. Grimes's battery at El Pazo had in the meantime opened, firing across the gulch from the bill below San Juan. There was no reply until the tenth shot. Then the Spanish sells burst over the American line, all of them flying too high to do any harm to the battery. The First and Tenth regi ments and the rough riders were lying along the hillside in the bushes. The shells were raining sbrapuel on them, but they did not seem to heed it much, many of them joking as the firing went on. None of them was seriously hurt, For half an hour the shells from both sides whistled and shrieked. The Span iards on the hill where surrounded by a cloud of yellow dust that was torn up by the American shells. Still they fired, but, as usual, their shells went too high. In half an hour more the position became too hot for them. Their firing gradually be came weaker and weaker, and then ceased. The battery was silenced, aud there were no Spaniards insight. The Tenth and First Regiment and the rough riders were ordered to make a detour and take the hill. Then began, the real fighting. The Spauiards were not in sight. but there were hundreds of them in con cealment. The rough riders marched through the gulch across to the slope, whereupon the blockhouse opened fire again. One ot the Spanish shells wounded Mason Mitchell, Cuban Trooper Long, and Surgeon Devore. At the same time the Spanish sharp shooters began popping away, picking off men here and there. Lieut.-Col. Roosevelt wounted, rode at the head of his troops, with the Tenth Cavalry ranged alongside. The riders all dodged behind bushes and trees to escape the hail of bullets. The Spanish fire grew hotter and hotter and our men dropped two and three at a time. CHARGE OF T1IK ROUGH RIDERS. When they came to the open smooth hill side there was no protection. Bullets were raining down.on them; shot and shells from the batteries were sweeping everything. There was a moment's hesitation, and then came the order "Forward, chargel" Lieut. Col. Roosevelt led, waving his sword. Out into the open the men went and np the hill. Death to every man seemed certain. The crackle of the Mauser rifles was con tinuous. Out of the brush came the riders. Up, up they went,' with the colored troops along side of them, not a man flinching, and firing as they ran. Koosevelt was a hun dred feet in the lead. Up, up they went In the face of death, men dropping from -' the ranks at every step. The rough riders acted like veterans. It was an inspiring sight and an awful one. Astonished by the madness of the' rush, the Spaniards exposed themselves. This was a fatal mistake for them. The Tenth Cavalry picked them off like ducks and rushed on, np and up. The more Spaniards were killed . more seemed to take their places. The rain of shells and bullets doubled. Men dropped faster and faster, but others took their places. Roosevelt sat erect on his horse, holding his sword and shouting for his men to follow him. Finally his horse was shot trom under him, but be landed on his feet and continued calling for his men to ad vance. He charged up the hill afoot. It seemed an age to the men who were watching, and to the rough riders tJie hill must have seemed miles high. But they were undaunted. They went on, firing as fast as their guns would work. The shoot ing of the Tenth Cavalry was wonderful. Their ranks closed as fast aa they were thinned. At last the top of the bill was reached. The Spauiards in the trenches could , still have annihilated the Americans, but the Yankees' daring dazed them. Tbey wa vered for an instant, and then turned and ran. As they ran our men coolly picked them off. The position was won and Uia block. and up-to-date and were bought cheap and : ! being sold the same way. We are agentsgpr Celebrated -leering lowing lactone land cordially invite our farmer friends to call Our 1 FARM HARDWARE IS .COMPLETE - . and in this department we defy coniatiti In Stoves and Ranges we are strictly it We have them from $6.50 up to $22.50. We desire to particular! v call, the attent1 no and ovamino thpm. There is no better Mi lirk.nlllhJ.hm lh7ll,.nf. I Wll" .w - ficersnghtupto the fort, up the slope Machine made than the Deenng. thpv wint. still clieeriu?. and caDtureil the I & wfcww position with scarcely a struggle. I r T hnir mara oanii frmm tla It i 1 1 a thraa mitaa I w it avvu a xv 114 iabvi uiiio tuii, ujiivo away, and the cheers from there could be heard.by the victorious troops. There was one blockhouse left. Capt. Clarke was detailed by Gen. Chaffee to take it with one company. He advanced under an aw ful fire up and over the intrenchments, and the battle was won. The Spaniards re treated in disorder. Every street leading out of the town was filled with the fleeing enemy. One hundred and twenty-five of them were captured. STORMING SAJf JCAS. Vnoi thpi-f wnt hnt nn A nnsitinn lpft tn carry-San Juan itself. The batteries there Qf the ClUzenS Of th'lS and SUrrOUnding COUni were heavy and there were earthworks I everywhere, besides a stone house, which q our lines of Belting and Packing. Engine waa sin imnnrrnnt i1ffpnf whnln hill I was finied with Spaniards, aii day long pairs, Farm Bells, Tin ware, Crockery Ware a uanixtu uau ueeu wurKiug iu i-uaixe ui Lieut. Maxfield. It was raised 200 feet, and from it Lieut. Maxfield was able, from observation, to pick oat the enem's posi tion in the brush and to send word to the earth to aid the soldiers in driving them out. lie located all the enemy on the San Juan hill. The balloon iras fired on fre quently, and finally it had to be withdrawn two miles for safety. Even at that distance Lieut. Maxfield was still to give valuable aid. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon Gen. Haw kins himself, with the Third and Sixth Cavalry and the Thirteenth and Sixteenth Infantry, started for the hill. The rough riders and Seventh, Ninth, and Tenth Regiments were the second in the line. The hill was steeper than auy that had already been taken, and there were more Spaniards on it with heavier guns, and the men knew how to use them. The charge was the greatest of the day rjOt Sell VOU it Will not be OUT fault. aim me inosi iiiipunaui, xur lue uiii was the chief defence overlooking Santiago. Gen. Hawkins called upon our men to charge. The Spanish fire seemed irresis tible, but the men did not flinch. With yells tbey charged up the bilL The Merci less shells tore gaps in their ranks, but on they went, inspired by Gen. Hawkins and their officers. Company E of the Sixteenth Infantry was the furtherest in front. Capt. McFarland was killed in the first moments of the rush. His company waved a mo ment, and then Lieut. Carey jumped into the lead and yelled "Come on, Comprny E." The compony dashed on, but a few minutes later Lieut Carey was killed. None of the men seemed to realize the terrific dead ly fire that was being poured into their faces. On tbey went like demons. The officers were everywhere ahead of their men. Gen. Hawkins, with his sword waving, was in advance of all. Not only from the front but from the side the hottest kind of fire was directed against the Americans, cutting their ranks to pieces. There was no halt until the top of the bill was reached, when the Americans dashed among the Spaniards, drove them out, and bayonetted and cut them to pieces. Capt. Cavanagh planted the flag on the hilltop, and the sight of it caused unbounded enthusiasm. OCR LOSS SJO SPAXISH LOSS AT LEAST 3,500. What might be considered an offcial es timate at the time the despatch boat left placed the number of our casualties at 800 killed and wounded. The Spanish loss was four or five times as great. Of the five or six hundred Spanish prisoners captured Louis Cerrato, one of the most intelligent and a member of the Talavera battalion, says that the Spanish believed that San Juan was impregnable. Col.Ordanez, the Span ish artillery expert and inventor of the Ordanez cannon, personally directed the fire of the artillery. On June SO Gen. Linare arrived at San Juan. He made a speech to the soldiers. We are going to fight now," said he, "with the regulcr army that invades our territory. It is equipped with all the ele ments of modern warfare, but our posi tions are unassailable. We will fight to the bitter end. We are not going to evac uate our positions at Baiquiri and Siboney. Spain looks to us. 1 will be at your head myself." Both Gen. Linares and Col. Ordanez re treated yesterdays Cerrato, the prisoner, says that Capt. Don Enrique Perez ani mated bis soldiers by constant speeches, but tbey were all badly frightened when the Americans advanced up the hill in spite of the murderous fire. The Spaniards were exterminated, be says: Otthe forty- Cutlery both Table and Pocket. We cary celebrated i clqus FtJiioRS, scissor, and SHEARS every pair warranted to e satisfaction on money refunded. - Don't forget that we make a specialty Pipe Cutting and Fitting, All we ask is that you give us a call bef purchasing your Hardware, and then if we Ooppedge & Kedfear) Next door to National Bank. P E t (f . H. 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