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A ; A -' ' k v "v"''A;l ''A ' ;'' "A" ' " ' "T, JV 'S " ' " "l' : ' ' ' A ' ' k 'A'-" ''A"l!'''" ' : ;aJ!1 -.4 4 1 i , . 4 hikV J-k-r- '! ' Hav Negotiations Now Hitch on' the Terms of the Surrender A CONDITIONAL SURRENDER PrW6Ui; by flic Sraksh Commandcr.-.Rejcctcd by Gencrjal Shafteh Who Demands Unlonditional Surrender The Strategic Board in Consultation; With General Fleet An Unexploaea sneu muc m uicioa Another Vessel 6 b e Place for this ' Washington. July the, great bat-( tie expected toclay did lioktake place, although the armistice expired at-noori ,,-with the forces on both sides fat San ktiago linrd up for battle-. The, reason ?-wasthat lhe Spanish comrnander, w ho ' !rhad; bl-en in correspondence,, by tele s' graph with his -home gojverhment, was '&eeking'to make terms! with General Shafter by which hi? Irftight save his I army from capture. le . was willing' jto.&ive up Santiagojwitout resistance ijf- allowed to retreat wiihlall his men and arms across the island, but this idea was not entertain d, ,for a mo- I mentlby our government On-thecon-jitraryj ever effort will cAput forth to seal Up -all avenues of escape from I fcantiago? and A'o compfcl the fmalsur rendit'T of the- Spanish armyl. To have Tallowt-d them ttVmake ltheirAways un- Si'molested into thei interior: would have 1 Amounted simply : tc; reinforcing .-the garrison at Havana, ly - these thou-, sands of trained soldiers ;- who .had proven their courage in- jtne fighting in ithe trencjhes. . On the tither ha,nd to 'compel thefr surrender jit ;is believed vill certainly produce, an enormous' t moral effect both in Jlivanar and ,rin i' iFpain Itself and thus tend to -tne eariy ' (conclusion of the. war. i :' i - ! I Secretary Alger . and Adjutant G-e-n- t feral Corbin were in (ioimmun-ication with Oenerai Shafter1 at Santiago duf : king the day! Both otliaials, however, declined -positively to gi-e out for pub- Uicatidri an dispatches feJating to the i 'negotiations that i are going n between L 'General Shatter land Geineral- Wnares, j ' or . to confirm any of the exciting ru f ,mors that were flying through . thet corridors all day. Nevertheless, it was r Jevdent "from . their manner ; that a crisis had been reached bo far as San - tiagO: was concerned, and that as mat ! ters'stbod 1' at the-close ofj thel day there was n ireaspnto be dissatisfied' with V the outlook. j-It is known' that General - Shatter, has lost nothing by ihe arniis- tice; his men are rested, and the com-,. missary" improved, -the rcjads have been -clfared and his' artillery lis.' now almost completely placed . in j a irnqst effective, irjanner. ;;;None"of; these things existed at., the beginning of the armistice. On the ' ot!heT- hand, - the -1 Spanish : forces have largely diminishfdj their slender stock Ojf : .provisions arid ha.ve steadily llast confidence. As soon as they are convinced -that they will be hu- Imanelyi treated ahd fed 4hd will. noO)e-Uors ifiubjected -to 'inhumane treatment (and the war department proposes that they jspau oe: wius. proiecieuj. ii is eiyaieu that there, will be: many. desertions ;; i 1 frj(5m the - Spanish lines. o SED. TO TEN ' DAYS' ARMIS TICE. , ; : tke There i is the strongest indisposition . ktn the part of the stratpgist board to ertain favorablv. the bronosition : trid looking to an armistice of ten days . in order tbconsider terms of peace, rlnev' hetietre That the United States r has everything toloosd and nothing to, gain by accepting-:,such ;: a proposi tion, i During; that -- time !' Camara's ?qiiadron might find ,safe? lodgement in some strongly fortified, cpast town like FerrolJ and thus elude Watson s "pur suit. l' j'.'iV'vk-, ' hUT" J -i-v ;"' 'r Admiral Sampson contributed pothr 'further ( during ithe day to-'l his f" first -dispatch, announcing the possibility of jeavrng the Spanish ships Colon, Maria "Teresa an, d Yizcaya," Telegraphic dif ' fipulties ; have been ericountered.k but it is not believed there has been any thing of importance' for the. admiral to jchronicle: today. '. u - i- J 'Naval lofficials .'feei that another jthane rhay LhaS'e to ;pe: ; made tin the .-make-up ; of the - eastern squadron, Vwhich is rto strike; a blow against the SPpahisb coast, as , the battleship Iowa mm. 7 ol Mile Soil rrtles ' i '" j !'"""" ' - - ' ' -i ': i ! ' -' i -' Mr. Ii. E. Ward Ak : . i. N . Dear. Fir: l have been using ithe X; -;T AetnafX.ithia Water and- think that 1 i am lustuaabie m saying that it has Sone .me much i?ood and has relieved e of mncn , trotiole with Indigestion. I ;;.k -j 15. B. HUMPHREY. - Mr. It; E. Ward: Dear Sir: I take pleasure in stating hat a member .of , my family, very" much troubled .with Indkifpstion. has been 'greatly" benefitted, bjy the usei of (tne Aetna i-itniai water. Yery truly,! 1 KOGER MOORE. R. EJ WARDr jAgent. A- Don't forget that wre are ettablished at W. Ha Green's Pharmacy, and that rwe are ready to serve you;: all the time at 25 cents per gallon f6r pure Atna l-.ithia " Water from Virginia Mine.l' vpprlnga Cmpaay; Rp.eno)se, Va. u ! 1 Colonel r lore mires A of the City,; 1A l Shafter - - .Watrfon ' Easter J; Substituted Jn Uer Reason suffered vsorrre; hard knocks id tiring the -rw'cnt naval i battle With i Cervera's squadron, ,and slt may be jnecessarft to substitute one Of the otner pa;ttieanipp. pending repairs on 'the. Jowa. Nollde- t-ision on i the Change has! been reach ed thus. far,:; as the department jtia not received the report ! s'hoing exact condition; of onrt ships.afte battle. Ini the meantime, the": ,the the sso tatfcd Press interview jith'1 Captain rjaLval officials- to belieye that Uhet Iowa will require ! considerable overhauli-ng. before she can be ready lor a trip across ! the' ocean.' Accarding. to: Cap- tain Evans story of th(i batHe, the Iowa was Istruck tyice by Spanish 1 - : 1 shells, and one shell exploded 'hile the other j lis: embedded. ! unexi16led. near, th&wateif: line iof i trie! smpJiThis last shot mayiprove troublesome! aa an : unexplodedi-shell) .iiear the- water line js not a desirabjes adjunct to a battleship. From the! flighit":manner! in which Captaj EvanS speaks of the damage it is hot regarded a.3 very seri ous by the officials herej -yets it-is prjob ably enough to keep ithe J Iowa: 'ifrtom accompanying he eastern. squadroh to the. coast ot Spain. A decision as to whether she .will be withdrawn- .will not be, made until j the report is , recei .'ed on the condition of -the ship. ; j Either the1 Massachusetts or tne .In diana will be substituted l for the Jdwa if it be- found necessary to change. ; Either of them is as forrriid able las the Iowa.t Their j four ; large guns 'are bf I is-inch typej while those Of the Iowa! are ! 12-inch.iJ ?In other spects their batteries arej similar the Iowa's. ,They are; commonly re to re- garded as j rather h better i : sea-goang ships than thejlowa.; Th0 departmlent it" has not decided !to increase ;the num ber or vvatson s ships, as has ibeen re ported, as it isf felt that the list' an- nounced vesterdav ' is 1 auite amrjle to take care of Admiral Camara's. squad ron now returning! hastily to protect the coast of Spaing Camara's I only (ar mored ships are the Pelayo and Carlos V, the former of 9,900, the latter! 9.090 tons. ,'They are outranked I in; every paint 'by .Ithe ships :of f ther American squadron j-armor," ' armament,' sjpeed, Size dnd number of guns land general Effectiveness. " - I . , I I The' war department is advised that Randolph's six? batteries jpf ait-tillery, the District of Columbia regiment and a i regiment of 1 Illinois infantry, which , have left .Tamp'a several . daysj1 iago, r,eached Santiagoj i gV- - H 'HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION, ' CDM- l - I MISSIONERS. j, ! - I ' I The president has iappoinfed. $eha- Cullom;-of Illinois; Morgari, of Alabama; t Representative 'ijlitt, cf Il linois, and Sanford Dole, president of the ., Hawaiian republic, !ahd "W. F. ijrear, ot nawaji, -to be commissioners under the Hawaiian annexation jreso- mtion. - f . , . 1 j . SAMPSON AND SCHLElY iTOn BE i PROMOTED. 1 The . president has determined I to "e promote. Acting Admiral Sampson nd in" i'reCognitidn of their services; in the' destruction of the Spanish naval fleett in American, 1 wa-. ters, ;.but is as yet undecided to the extent .of promotion, li :i m r M" L jk.j i '1 'Although! 'Admiral i' Sampson ranks Commodore Schley in command of the naval, forces in Cuban waters, he is subordinate to the jfficer by two num bers in the! naval register. ; Commodore Schley stands number eight a in the list of commodores; and j Commodore Sampson stands , number iten.i having been promoted to i that grade within thei 'pastkweek. -Commodore Watson, also on duty with the fleet at Santia go, is seniorkto i both of - the others, standing numbeTsix inhlsi grade.; -When an official: report is received a decision will be reachedas to i the: ex .tent of promotion to be made. :! ' ' "' i . a i , , . :i .t : ill The ancient Greeks believed that the Penates were, the gods iwho attended to the -welfare and prosperttyr of ! the family. They rwerej -worshipped as household gods In ii. every i home..' The household god of: today is! Dr.i 7Kings New Discovery. For . consumption, coughs, cold and for all affections of Throat, Chests and Lunss It Is; invalu able. It-bas ibeen tried for a quarter of a century and is guaranteed .to cure, or money : returned. : No . household should be -without this good angeh It is pleasxnt to - take and a safe ; and sure remedy for old and young.) Free trial bottles at R. IR. Bellamy's drug store. Regular eize;50c and J1.00. ?i j ' . f i-fUM-i- vij ' ' i iA.iiji' ''. Balloons to Designate Positions of our :'..: A Aji A; TropPs : A'- if ki k 1 : Tampal Fla., Julyj 9.-pA as plarit is jhist being completed Iby the igvern naent here, t Gas Will be made hee and placed in cylinders j and :'. sent to j Cuba for.use in the baJloonsj it having; been determined that this can be done Abet ter than by takin.i the portable part over. Besides ; the JtigHhirty foot i ob servation "Balloon, at number of 'email 7x9 foot balloons! are to be sentjover. These small; ones! are not for observa tion, ; but If or signaling-.; , Each! jone will' be painted a: different color and oae ; will be f anchored over: ech divis ion of the army.sci whereabouts'! of! each will be known to! the other, anc there Willi never be. any possibility i oil? fbne firing on the othr. This method . of keeping track of ; the i j different com mands is i very; i hjghly regarded j by ar- ;,my;pfficers.,,- J.,: July i ; - iV: i. Barnegat, N. J., life caving station: re ports at i $ 'o'clock this: morning tir! the Clyde Line steamer Delaware, fronf New York1 for Charleston and Jackson- vtiie, wasj aoanaonea on xiarnegai 10:SO o'clock last night, the steamel at , the tlrrje jbeingon fire, i The' passen gers and crew left; the burning vessel in boats and : on life . raf ts. v There were seventy persons in all and they vote rescued by the members of the Cedaf I Creek life -saving stationVwith the aid New York, July ; 9.-r-Advices from Barneatisav that the vllfesavin: crw on jnearing the Delaware fpundthat the passengers had .been driven' from tbehdy,ng lrbeems to us thiW expression steamer by I flames and , heat and were of tended ' sympathetic hhimanity, is noaimg on me sunace oi a cairn sea i'n small boats, and on life rafts. The Cedarreek life boat was the first iio life boats iwere found ko be i dangerously i overloaded , and .were lightedxin haste until the life boat was fulls The, fiphing smack S. .1?., Miller came up, 'goon - afterward and toctk aboard the rest of the, endangered per sons. At this time: one boat had dis appeared in the darkness, and some fear was felt for her safety. The -MiJ-Ter cruised about in "j search for, i hr .without success for ' many hours; sle was found when day light came, ih ' At dawn the s. Luckenbach . Towing iCompafjy's': Jtug ; Ocean King steami up, uiciwn lIie spot , oy trie aipea-; ance of disaster:; The passengers arid some' of ithe crew were i transferred ? to continued on her i voyage The captain and twelve her, and she to .this city, of the crew, Iwere taken, ashore in the surf boats, land boarded a train for New York, 1!0t report to the head office'. John II. tabie,- of Hackensack.i I N." J., who iwasl on the Delaware, said: "I had retired at about .9:45 o'clocki-on Friday night and had barely disrobed,! when a steward 'began hammering at the stat Taqm shouting "All up!,' The members of the crew corimenced cut ting holes, in the saloon . flooring with axes and hatchets and from every hole thus cut, great 'flames burst forth and! began consuming -the cabin' furniture.! It was -apparent-at' a glance that the TWTI AT1W 1 Wn ' TTTTtOTPn I ATI tTTTTlUniV iiuruaiani XiYiini&iUi inLtuai; ? i .. v !-k.-';i-. .!?"":.!,: -i The Spanish Commander at; Surrender,; which was Refused Asked for , Extension Until 4 o'clock Last: Aft :rnoon of the Ar- mistice.t :j: ;'; .j j : f1-. k . i f A- kj Spain -is Considering the Question of: O 1 The Government Employs to Raise Such of the Vessels of The Clyde Line Steamship o. k There Were About Seventy s o o o .. o. o o Saved W ithout Danger. The London Press are Profuse ThexSjanish Cabinet is Divided on the Subject of Peaci. At Guantanamo Fifteen Spaniads a Day Die of! r"l T'VJ. -1- '..-1 .. i' -.T if ...-. !J . ! -L 1 " The French Consul at New Cruelty inst the Crey of ihe Disaster' Senator Don Cameron Offers Hospital Grounds for, the Wounded from Havana J The Destruction of . the Alphonzo XI ( Wa i a' Affair on the Part of OuivLittle Ay'- k ' ;r : ' ii . ,f ', - ;-;,-.';: - ; i. A vessel. was; doomed. Preparations were quickly: ' made ; for taking to the . boats.' The transfer1 was made safely,; . ' showing the complete discipline under wnicn . Ajaptam . Jipgram naa , nis crew. No boat capsized, neither man nor. wo-, man got wet and the- transfer was con ducted in a manner inost praiseworthy to the officers and crew of the ship." 1 Thomas Hi IWholesV bt Austin, Texasi a correspondent of -The Galveston News, ffeaid there were three' loud exr plosions andfltwo i minor ones on the ship; Mr. . Wholes' said : ; "It was 4 moon light night, ; there was very litt tie "wind and the surface of the water was j- by no means rough. These con ditions enabled the ship's officers and crew to effect thettransfer of the pass engers tothe boats with almost jnili tary precision. The captain was the last man to leave theship. He lower ed himself over the side by- a rope into a raft. BoaUNo. 2,-in which I had left the ship, was rowed up to this raft, a line thrown put "and we towed the raft clear of rthe ship out 6f gan ger and . away from the . fierce flames and terrible heat. . The passengers es caped, many only ; partially dressed. Passengers and ! crew alike ' lost their baggage arid effects. The passengers, and crew, were saved bv means of nnr. life boatskand! the two' rafts, all ; ot; which were provisioned and watered' behaved '. splendidly and,4 ' ! was no excitement: rne, women indeed, there among passengers orcxew." - - The Delaware was formerly a freight-! er, but recently ' when the government secured some Of the Clyde Line's paf-t senger ships, lhe Delaware hadto be used .for passenger service.. She was a wooden ship, built in Philadelphia in 1SS0, and was valued at $125,000. - The vessel : was insured, f though for what amount could not be ascertained'' The superintendent of the; life saving! sua-iionea at joint Pleasant reported this afternoon that the Deleware had sunk about three and a half miles i off .Spanish Army the Obstacle to Peace Irfndon juiy 10. The Madrid cor respodnent ojC The Observer f sayst "The army is' the obstacle to peace. It is unwilling td yield (Without ) further fighting. General Blanco and the other military leaders are ashamed to ask for, peace without, testing their fight ingf capabilities! fwith the Americans. If they are deprived of 'the opportunity they will . rise j and fighf , in S pan against the government and in Cuba On thir 'bvm sWnuiit ,ncain fiia . . ' "O . J. iX vaders. " This ishe explanation of the perplexityand irresolution of the Dv ulr 9.h-The wtjekly news naners tddy. -'discussing the war. ail pay glow navy says: h thet ' Saturdky Review as impossible not to feel a I i'r-- : I ' " I I I; ' 4 certain pi-iqe H tese achievements j o" men ovrti tace. 'Every English man will wemimber that n was men of the sAjt e nualjity and pne marks manship ilch the Americans display which give mh victory i txhh on land and , sea, frorA Crecy to the Crimea, :and-something peculiar and - ! noble happened .it i . . .. n thispgnt wqjch, snowed in a 1 far migter kinship between ii the two'; peoples: V"Don't cheer,' shouted Cartin i iPshilH hs. I'the noor . .devils tare justi ast fine au the 'Kiss me,, Hardyi" - The Sijet tat sr, Jn a lonb article on the 'same 1 sulject,1 says: f"The first thought of all Englishmeri is that I the Americari raeei did its work splendidly The whole performance of Admiral Sampsonfs" fle.st - was i in I accordance with, the sbesis traditions I of i Anglo axon njaviesf and i every Englishman has ireadi iof their doing .with i a flush iof i pride i Th;re i was the same old. harci poantiinlr as 1 the' fElizabethan sea ,dogs'i Used, the same furious mixture- of . IsJeaf inessi dariijg, coolness, and 1 reckless ;dash. The moral aspect oi w'nat wiastaimost tne inrsti ana ot what majyi- beMhei. last fleet act ion ; be tween thje; Sp; .nish' andl Epglish races is very rnbch alike. In both cases it was 'the man behind the pun who, at the last n;soT,t, woij the battle. The battle'- shjavi's ) hat the Arrjerica'n navy fWe did.nqi nued 'ftp be told that here "We knew j it already andf realized of nvhat stuSffl the lion s whelps are made Tbey hoiverrefj did not knpw :it onwthe " .continent,!'' though they j apparently know it nDw.;;For ourseles, we have little doubt t.lat "the American fleet could faces ev?n that: of Ifrance with out any gr1at!risk of disaster, in spite of the , fact ihat, by th rules, the .French fleet is ten, times stronger. iWe -believe this cauld. be: done if it were Ar - kr:--tjitA. -f-:M ,.1.1 ' Santiago JPrbpsed a Conditional byj General Shatter; (then He a! Te n Days' Arknistice the- MerritiWi-ecking Company Cervera's iFleet! as. fian bef saved.; Delaware i Buiiied off Barnegat. Passenger: It of WhODri Were in Their Praise of Our Xavy, Starvation. York Investigates the Charges of Bourgogne (he (Recent Marine His Estate aiill blena, S . C as :1 Most1 (Gallant Warships. .j needful, but as won t be, las America V won't be iatta ked by France without uri taking I a blind1 in the game: Samto- son, Dewe anfl the. officer 5 they haye the happihess to .command are able to 'destroy; '.Ftfen:h ships of : vastly supe rior fpowe-t j ist ;s wei dii- 100 years agoi ; v 'j ;' '; 1 , , -"( . !r 1 "As for" the ;Geirman and -American navies.4 tl ere can, of- cot rse, t be no comparisoiju he j Germans are ! fine sailors and bf ave i mehj b it a naval struggle j; hetwt en the Urii :ed A States and Germany roifld be .ver f, short and very complete- )' : Ak k 4. N" ' The Speakek saysi i"T le greatest credit yls due to the Amea-icanf hayy for the manni f ijn ,- which (this opera -tion has been ? carried but Like the exploit of,;; De: vey.k the sda fight at Santiago jhas proved thatj. the Brit ish sailor' has; 4n his . American "kins manj a worthy ; ally and,, rival. rSo far "as - her ;' fleet f;ls I concernei, America need not - !fear;': comparison with Sany country in f thH wprld." CHABLES1 t S DOSPIITALIXY To the Troops there Awaiting Traus- ' portatlon to 1 Jnha Miles Sails With Some of the S idlers. j.4ii !! ; "5 ' 5.: ;,V .Charleston, S 1 Ci . July 9.-4The people of Charleston j" thing in their iave been dpingevery- power to poaKe . j tne troops - heej . cp af or table.1 Toe quarters supplied 'for.'th m by the:, dity are the bestrto be had and are Cool and com- modicaisAand ;l jacli; .day ViMdyor'myth -1! j.'' ' ;. It ; :. V . ' bS.' 'ill !! supplies each ' regiment 1 tnl the .camp 4With: I,000lpoujils bf ice for the drink ing-water, ii A preciating t hese and many iothef ffioujrtesiesAej tended i his command, tlen ral : Wilson today sent a letter. Of thaks! to f the r layor and courieii; thankit is4 1 Charles tonf or all thatjwas bing dohefor his men. In it he said. th4t t; ie qityhad established its claims as i most acceptable place ior tne embai tation of sofldiers. 4" It was learned t lay that the Yale and the Cblujwbia iftlstheir anthorage; off tne ngntsnrp a ii o'cloek itbls morning, ueneral Miles ) Iras; safely Aboard -A the. rale and. the 1 transfer ' of troops" and baggage was f ade vithodt. an .acci dent; of any k id. You need Coi' Ujver Clt jfou say but thlnlc you canfi 4. take ! if? jTry "Mor rhuvin'.' a pf f ected ! nVflie' of Cod Liver Oil." i get ' sJl th virtue of tne oil, wltio . the disagfcreeable ef 4 iects. soxa; by- j. JHardin and H. II. C. Sheiard. J..H. Of Vessels! of Cerera?s FleetNas Uporj the Ciiban Shored & -';,ikA::;i.' irf '-(A''': kkl-k t'"k if I i ' 1 i NaVAL SPAIN'S Description of the Vessel as They Lie '.;',-: I i : -il !:4. ' . 4 ; ' i'nl ;'' I ! t ;- 4 i-J-'l!"- ,'tj.l.. of Spain's 31ost ForU idabie Warships tihasly Sight Witnessed l i " -ki - I ' ' I ;--;i" Ik - .1, . . .:-- -Ah-: .i uku. A;-1 .-I-;'. ; by!-Th'ose Sent Aboard the'Ships Destruction Ish Auxiliarj' Cruiser Alphonzo Xll by Three Little American Gunboats-iTlieir plaiting for (Copyritht by AsjsocIate rPress) . -. "I i .1 i i- J ; I : U Ii I i I I" : .! ii- Off Santiago de CUba, July 7, by As sociated Prfc-ss Disp1 i atch Bpat Daunt less1, via. Port Antonio, j jja., July S. by jVay of Kingstor .' !J,a,.! Llijily t.rll:50 p. rnj The j vessels which composed Admiral Cervera's, sqvjadni, convert ed into wrecked charnel houses, s are littering the.L Cubkn COA ind " the scenes of desolation ruW,l piorror and ' ' r ' : - ' 1 death baffle des'criptionj At the entrance bf'ithet harbor r-t of Santiago lies the .RelnaiMef cedes sunk at midnight on July 3rd. W estward five mi! es froi the bar- borl is a torpedo boat', detitoyer, stuck fast in the rocks, c-uose an? shore and battered y the su rf. Roiks' jutting out she da pf the-water jupt inpjfpont where lies hide her hull 'front view. Her itdNandthe. top of hercdnning tov- - ,i f5 : , i - ( 1 - i: . I tl' f - - - er alone mark her resting place. Ylisible ! from the pea, a few miles further, In? an inlet lembrlaled by two mighty arms of black rocks , that ex tend half djmile into the sea, are the remains of x 'the twin crulslrs -Infanta Mam! Teresa and A 4:vL ' ' t ' . i , ! I ) i Vh- ..- 1 - i t. - -f mirantje Oquendo, formerly the, pride of tthe, Spanish L.. 1 u - I ! -Orti beyond, lies t ha vizcaya.'a mass of jrwinsi and forty froW Santiago the wo- miles away Colon Cnstcbal lies! helpless pn heij sid, with ! her smoKestacKs unaer water. The Infapta. Marii Tete a and tl?e Almirante Oquendo stan. upright. stuck 1 fast 1 on the rbeky sfhoals. 8 All: that isxlefttOf theihi is their hulls, tdtal annihiv the), heavy, armor defying. lation. Inidei of them" Ithle work of aestructionj is scompiete Their boilers, engines, bunkers and magazines-have been blownjjntp5 unrepogtiizt ble masses of j twisted,! . melted iron. Exploded shells, burned, rifles and I revolvers, pieces of yellow jbras wbrft and gold and silver roih. J melted iby: the intense. heat:,' are! strewn all bvrrthp remaihs of the once: prpud'pruiserhose pro tective decks only stand Jnj place But the most ghastly, horrible sight in 'those silent steel icoff ins are the mangled, scared , ana t barren bipdies Of nunareasi 01 prayer sauorsi saenncea ror tneir country. uzzara$ are reed- ing off the dead ahq hoydr over: the wreckage. On -the bdach,1 qther flocks of ; Vultures sit in' silent waiting! for the sea to give up its dead. Every tide, adds ; t o the tale Of j hbj-ror, wash ing up j such objects " afdr ittstance, a sleeve; enclosing a: wasteql arm, other portions of human ; bpdies iprnawed ,by snarKs anq counuess reiias qi tne ipai- ,'tleJ Atteritfon: has ; been yen to the Iburial of !ihe dead on the : riemy, and over 100 bodies taken front ;the ships or Washed ashore have; beep intelrred upon the beach, rby ) Rear4-Admlral Sampson s' orders. ; Those -.Kvhicn . now remain are. either, almost totally con sumed' by ' fire,' charrejd ; beond recog nition.i or! lie in tne depths, of the sea These form the food jof the ; buzzards who keep : Constant ; y igil ; faboutv i the wrecks. ; ' : . ;:;!; - LI ( ) IThe buried remaihs jlie. : hja xionfjsed mass, unnumbered and unnamed V on the sandy beach, where ; the vessels Went ashore. A rude; wooden cross irom the wreckage a graveK a graVe which mourn. ;. '; 4-. k 1 Boat's ' crews" from the Associated Press one 4 marks r'the Spiift ; may 1 well ,the Texas j and dispatch boat landed this morning On th3 -wrecks of the Almirante Qquendo ; and. Infanta Maria Teresa. . Commodore.- jSchley saw some Spaniards oh board Of .them and thought qur men had bettei take their arms, but ithey would not 'frfAii When xney nearect ine snips thqyi saw tne Spaniards I leaping, off! andl swimming ashorek l?ot a shot was fired, how-. ever. Probably the Spaniards had been looting. ;kv' Lit! k'f- The wrecks are d escri beB as look ing like big, steel buildings after de struction" by fire, The d ft k ! beams of the warships, are twjstefl ; as if. the flames had the power of a tremendous explosion. ; bide armor piats weimgre Is ,n noW a ves8ei iQ sifebt. tons have been wrenched off andn 3 v -. there were ;ma,hy evijdenceskinrktHe large hples of 4Jwhere thjispStsj of the Brooklyn and Oregon had landed. The decks. : were st rewnkwl t h forms, j provisions arid officer's uni slme small r. rms. Alii the guns are ruined except n 11-ineh gun in the forward tur- f i of : the Infanta Maria' Teresa, w hich seejns '' to' be in peiif ect order. There is '-".4bdolutely np hone of float ing the Spanish ships. VALLIANT f ACTION ,4 :A:;k: TLE WARS OF OUR LIT- 4! Hipa. -1 Key West, f Fla., Julyi 9.r 4: 50 p. m. There is how; little doubt that the Spanish , steamer destroyed 1 by the Hawk. ;Prairi( 'and f!jtstlh itt "Marlpl on Wednesday last was the trans-At- lantcf liner i Alfonso-XII,K of f nearly 6,000 Xons. I ! Although the ; Amerifcan ships were ! unable, to approach : close enough tp clearly establish her jdentityk from ' the steamer; ana; tne snorej .oat appearance j corresponded eries, her almost ex- actly with- the description jof the Al- I fonso !CII as given by Lloyds. The de-;f struction of the ship, the ch ef details They : Lie i j r jj '! IGLORY BeachedAlong -i , . '!': W - he Coast Wrc recks . M thc s Span- Gallant Attack ,1 General jilcs. of which shavel already been. publi8h!d4 ; was a dafing .'pieces of tdnea not iali belon orlt. Thx crediti ti the Prairie whose big I guns t finally encotnpAHni ,the Spaniard s rulh arid left her a mS 1 Of blarihg ..wreck "on thel beach, Th ! work of the ; lijtle f cpnverted yacht!) Hawk was heroic) to a degree. It waa:: she who first .discovered the enersy, ; and alone gave Cbae.i runnlrk baeW ; fr.r th nrssi stanch of -the two larirC gunbtvats only.Vhen the; Spaniard dre'Wi 1 in under jthe.Marl batlers and cl6f ! ta two Spanish giunboatsi lying in tho harbor. '::.-- ' -. '"' k. ; ; I .: :! R?-f ore (seeking aid. ! hoevt-r, tha i Hawk . l0)W.ered i a smalli boat, jmanned a by Ensign. Scfiofiejld an4 a crew of six. , In the bright rligSit of 1 the , ,tropij-aI i ' moon"-thjy pulhd boldly tiio within a" ; ship's! length iof he Spaniard,i - afiec: she h&d ' gomS .aground.:- their mission,': ; being Vtof learnA her . name. From the j time theyf left (the Hawk until their re-;; turn the small ooAt andi her crew mad it a brilliant target Torxth machine gunah and smafl arm's nboard the Pteameri' ' and an ihcessarU fire was direeted at ji them. ' Xothihg. (jlauntetl; they drwjj close enough jo: hear spoken orders prr the enemy's deck, ; Shots Were flyings ;alf ; around th;em, but! none struqw them and they w -re ev mtually' com tpelled to retqrn to thell- ,ship without having, fulfilled, jiheir , purpose. Th fire, : not lonlyj froiin the ship, but alsa from thej Majriel tower, sand battery4 !and SpanJsh j gunboats, continued ! un t -the Oastii&e lafcd " the) Prairie came' up, and ileniced Ithem : and destroyed the Alfonso XII. .)...; '.;klk:'4 ! :4,H A . WOUNDED SENT TO HAMPTON 1 kk,k' A -j ItbADS. r. SibpneM. July ? p. m., by Cal to JJuly9, 10 avm.-r-Olrders have Just been jssued ; bf Suirgeor Lefarge, who is n x-harge there,! that all the Iwounded arid isick .soldiers (who are able to bear: re- w imoval .shaljl be jtaken Jto -Hampton .Roadaby thje' steamer City of Wash ington and Olivette,- .which will leaye J .tomorrow (paturaay;.: 1 ne oaa cases 1 jamong the jwoiinded and I sick, will be : put on Doara tneinospitai snrp itenec for better care i : This: will elearil thef ?" liospitals here 6 all buf minor; casesAk I I TO AWAIT ARRIVAL OF MILES. i . ucucbui t?iuii.ti iia.s (ueen. auvipeu from Washington under; date of July. as followst: k ' . k.V I:-' - 'i -'I k-1 - "MUt-s with - .hetavy . fei nfprcemeht s i leaves tomorrow. Use greatest care - in investing! Santiago. 1 1 This Is belfevedi by everybody here ' to mean that fihst hhp 17 nnt h . j sumed b .our sl ' forcedt5 ahl atj side unless they ; ! are ja,n j atthek, . until General lilies arrives. .: -1 1 . i - 1 r ' 'i , ; Ik I I Refugees, manjl of them starvihir. although loidf dith-ieelssand moti- ?Yt are- struggling along- the road front Caney to Siboney.kThe bodies of four. yvuxixi, tijjimi en iiy weii-ioiao, were found- on- the! roadl todaji' There, is rid place f5r jthe 1 refugees" here. It la ! ii .probable, that 4 thd Cubans have) beertl forced tp damp 4-lsewhere and ' leaip ; TShPir .hasp 4T GiinMia , , ' j I .i i it :Ikk :kAk T A! : f :1 ii Si 1 4 Lighter Reaph Cnban Cat Washingtbn,i July .9. The war de partment lodav received informs tlrtm showin&.thit one 250 ton' double detkjf lighter, onfe open) ghter andj jal togf had arrived off. the southern coast jfl; J he 'departmeni today LBectired l thef j steamship. jRouniania which is to ha fitted up for transport purposes. Sba is a twin screw vessel ana nas a larger carrying capacltyi , . 1 i 1 I Ganjlson Ordre.d to Ilouolala I San; Francisco,. California,, July 9.r- Major General - E S. Otis has received orders from the war department tot .. ! v .- mi '-.j-'.' ." ' ..4'.v--v-.J- proceed at once to Honolulu to assise iil te ceremonies jof the occupation of the Hawaiian Islands. General Otila has been ordered ip take the first reg iment Not New York infantry U. S. W with him to garrison Honol will, need large jtrahspo: sired to get an add five secured if ork-ithe fourth Manila1 fleets jforktheir I transportation; . Tfce Korl to t highest rtf IUmq pmm4t I kJMMva. Actsst Ufts show H - third fsrther Uum y sthw hfM. Absolutsly Pure SOYAL MJCM FCWOtK CO., htW VOC GONE 1- 4 '- AN k tit If 1. - At ,:'. ' : .' ;l ii v; ... r ii-iX- ii "I -f ' i .::..Ll?-:-:-t;k v 44 : - I - ;r V k- ; A- 4 rtk.i::AmJl "j ;:J"Ei-::fA ;oA 1 .iii htH-r- ki-'Uk ft 't4". 111 ki A! It ?! K i '" i. 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