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PROTECTION 1 INDUSTRY ! ENTERPRISE ! . PROSPERITY !
VOLUME 30.
HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1898J
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hirst uvertures hor Peace Must
Direct From The Spaniards.
NEGOTIATIONS
Gen. Wheeler Took the Last Flag
or 1 ruce I nto Santiago Demand-
ing Surrender
the Demands to
Washington. July 12.1 The impres
sion prevailed in official! circle when
public business closed
for the day
that the flag of truce set n the- Span-
mu iiiira in. ksuiuiago at ociocK yes
terday afternoon was still flying, and
t hat negotiations continued looking
to a surrender. The basis for these
negotiations naturally could not be
very broad in view of the injunction
the President laid up n General Shaf
fer to accept nothing less than uncon
ditional surrender, but it is 'supposed
that time may be consumed through
the indulgence of General Shaftar In
allowing-the Spanish commander to
communicate by cable with Captain
General Blanco in the effort to obtain
his assent to the surrender. General
Toral.undoubtedly has before his eyes
the vindictive abuse heaped upon tho.
unfortunate naval commander, Cer-
: vera, for surrendering at all, so that
iu probably' will be' bound by the di
rection of Illanco in his own case. It
)" tjo.t generally known that in re
fponso to the manly and patiietic re
port by cable to'Rlauco, announcing
the Ios of his .fp;a,dron. Cervera re--iv'd
a most harsh' and unsympa
thetic, reply but such ia the case.
-HlancoV purpose, in this may have
been to dissuade Spanish conimaiulers,
military ntid naval, from surrendering
. Under any conditions, and in the case
Aoral it appears th;U.ho has made
a' strong impression. Nevertheless
oiif;dence waxes .strong in - the peedy-
tall vt Santiago, though many onicers
f-ar tha tho nest will be found -empty
and the birds Jlown when the Ameri
eau"trooxs inake their entry into the
town. still, should this be the case,
it may bo fairly claimed that the prime
. object of the movement on Santiago,
namely, the destruction of the Span
ish squadron, having been achieved
the campaign as a whole has been
Miecessful.
The most important, result of the
ahinet dltl)erations toilay was an or-'
der to remt)ve the mi ties' winch' guard
k all the coast ports. This Jilf be ione
by e.xplcHling them Majv military
lueu.ere npiHsHl to" yieMipg to the
pr.-Miriofthe commercial interests
Mime of them . predicting that a few
communities which- have, been so
earnest in their demand for the re
mpval of the mines will 'be' frantically
clamoring fur protection at the very
lirst - rumor. uf the presence of a hostile
gun boat or cruiser off their coast.
The order of removal, it i said, is to
il?r. io localities where the
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interests
u commerce demand the
same. ln
made to remove the mine, instead of
exploding them. Wherever t!ere is
any doubt tli-y will be expired. Th
action of the in some instance,
- causes t ,. dynamitH in the iron
y.oiMua. sei io enne through the
j M rtMV lu-rethe plug is ia
I ori nnii uuina i. greatest
care is
......v. iuw.ai i; ,;n plug
c.irue an explosion. ! It win 'be
. i i. . . . .
may
some
o;i? oeoreac;uai work of
kf 1lltAJivi Mia i..T.. .. L. .
rem ev ing
-.vA.nij, iuc uidirs can in put in
ojcratiou and the qut-t;un as to vhat
the interests of commerce demand will
T !ft o tbedi'cretipnof thet-nn r
moers having '.jurisdiction over--' th
" ir;ous district of the United StitJ
'riurs ror carrying into effect
io:i of the cabinet will be
them immediate v.
the
seat
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to .vo..iouKii uie statement 1ms b
Jt-en
repeated day after day that no over-
Come
FRUITLESS
Toral Referred
Madrid.
tu res have yet been made to our gov
ernment for peace, it may bear repeti
tion once more in view of the express
denial given at the War Department
io so many of the stories emanating
from European sources as seek to
create the impression that the United
States government or any of its repre
sentatives, so far have made any move
ri this direction. The fact is today as
M has been: The first overtures in the
direction of xeace must come frcin
Bpaiu, directly or indirectly.
OUK L05SE5 AT SANTIAGO,
General Shaftei Reports 16 Officers' and 339
Mn Killed 1.35a Wounded In Hospitals.
Washington, July 8. The War
Department has received definite in
formation in regard to the dead and
wounded in General Shatter's army.
The information came to-day in this
telegram to Adjt.-Gen. Corbiri:
"In Camp nkau Santiago, July
0. Impossible so far to get; returns,
but there have been treated in hos
pitals at Siboney 1,052 wounded, and
shere rtre still 200 in hospital here. In
Lawton's division there are killed, 4
officers and T4 men; wounded, 14 offi
cers and ;H7 men; missing, 1 man. In
Kent's division; killed, 12 officers and
j7 men, wounded, JJG officers and 502
nien; missing, 62 men. In Jiates's
brigade; killed, 4 men; wounded 2
ofneers and 20 men: missinc 5 m.n
... ' . 'r' ' -. .
Signal corps: killed, l man; wounded.
1 man. Gen. Wheelers report not yet
received. it . 1 .
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Shaktkr. Major-General.,
The Surgeon General of the army
ms received a letter from Chief Sur
;eou n, F. Pope of the Fifth Army
Corps at Santiago, giving facts in re
gard to the work of the .' medical force
and the condition of the troops. Dur
ing the voyage from Tampa to Siboney
the health of the soldiers was irood.
less than; 1 peri cent, of them being
sick. When twentv-four men of the
wounded in the action of June 24 were
received on the Olivette at niirht. all
the work! of the metlical corps was
completed before 3 o'clock in the
morning. On the date on which the
letter was written tha Olivette had 123
persons on board and fiftv more were
expected. As the troops were' not
jcarrying wagons or ambulances, not h-
ling except articles carried on the per-
son could be transported. The woun
ded are carried on litters to the shore
and thence to the shins by boats, the
battlefield being four miles away.
The Surgeon-General has received
word that the hospital ship Reiief has
arrived off Santiago with a full corps
jof medical supplies and, in addition to
these, a plant for manufacturing ico
and for preparing carbonated water.
SPANISH U AT SANTIAGO.
II a vax A, July 8, via London It is
estimate!, tliat the Spanish losses in
the lighting near Santiago on July 3
and 2 were 000 killed and wounded
out of a total of 1;SCX) men engaged.
The etiernv have lauded troop west
Irof Santiago and these have moved
northward and joined Gen. Garcia.
Tlu etiemy have planted, artillery on
an trie -.roads; -to prevent . reinforcei
tnents from retch mg Santiago.
..We learn from the States vi He Mas
)t that Mr. Dnniel Moore, who live
j near Shawnee, ia this county, has lost
three cows by ; hydrophobia recently.
They were bitteu by a dog vh?ch bit
several other animals iu that neigh-
iborhood.
SPAIN'S METHOD OF WARFARE,
HARD THINGS TOLD BY THE WOUNDED.
Charts That Spain Uses Both Explosive and
Bratt Bullets Stalled the MetplUU and
Killed the Wounded and Their Attend
ants White Flr Treachery,
Atlanta, July .11. two hundred
and thirty-five sick and wounded sol
diers reached the general hospital at
Fort McPherson today, from. Tain pa.
Among: them are several of the Rough
Riders and many members of the Sev
enty; first New York. The most seri
ously wounded are Captain Ducat and
Lieutenant Lyons, of the. "Twenty
fourth Infantry, whose families are
now at Salt Lake, Utah. The doctors
are much encouraged by, the improved
ry'lu'MaLnLor-
ey will recover. Many
ded men give thrilling accounts of tl
great light of. July 1, from seven
sources unsolicited come the informa
tion that the: Spaniards use explosive
and brass bullets.'?.
D wight Gal loupe, chaplain of the
Twenty-fourth Infantry, of Newark,
. J., is suffering from internal hem
orrhages, but he will recover. He
told a story of the utter disregard of I
Spaniards for the Red Cross flag. 4,On I
nio afternoon of the 3d,"; said 'the I
chaplain, "I was visiting the wounded I
in a hospital tent near the point where I
the firing was hottest. A lieutenant I
whose name I do not know, was in the I
other end of the tent, looking after I
some of his men.; Suddenly a shell
came through the tent and exploded.
1 hat officer was torn, into shreds. 1
was hurled fully fifty feet and injured
as you see and every man in the tent
thrown from his cot.
'The Spaniards took special delight j
ln firing upon our held hospital. We I
had to move it seven times on that ac- I
count. One of the surgeons was killed j
while dressing the wound of a soldier. 1
In the ..'hasty retreat vhich the enemy's I
fire made necessary fom the first hos- 1
pital, a lot of our men were left be- I
hind and all of them .were killed.M I
Several of the new arrivals say the I
reported suffering of the'Spanish sol-
diers are exaggerated. 'Thev get I
better food than ours,v said one of the
men, 'the citizens of Santiago are
suffering, but the soldiers are gettiDg
the fat of the land. 1
; rney are -naru ngnters, ' ne con
tinued, "but very treacherous. Once
during tli early part of the battle a
white flag was thrown up on one of
their Latteries. " Our men approached
it, as a matter of course, but were shot
down when they drew. near.'
Captain Ducat, of the Twentv-
fourth Infantry, is shot through the
thigh and his right leg is partly par
alyzed. Propped on a, cot, he told an
Associated Press reporter a story of
the bitter fight wl.lih resulted in the
wounding of himself and his first
oflicer, Lieutenant Lyons, and the
loss of. many privates. On the first
day of the fighting near El Caney,
Captain Ducat, with T5 men, set out
to take a stone qlockhouseat the top
of a steep hill. Step by step the men
forged ahead, their comrades falling
every minute. By the time the top of
the hill was reached, but 22 of the
hand remained. With a shout they
forced . their way into the coveted
stronghold and in a desperate hand to
I ri-ir1 fl rrll f- XPltVt aPn1-aM aKAAII in
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Ducat and Lieutenant Lyons receivetl
the wounds at close range. Of the 75
men. but 20 answered the roll call. .Vizcaya came tearing into the Merri
"Johnny, Bigelow, of the Ninth In- mac and crashing into wood and Iron
fantry, whose home is at Highlands.
opposite , est Point, N. Y., and a
brothf r of Poultnry Bigelow, is woun
detl in four places, a part of his jaw
being torn away. All are bitter in
their denunciation of the explosive
bullets. ,
NO LIQUOR TO BE SOLD.
An Or.'r Istaed br Qen
Effect.
Miles'
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Washixgtox, July ,'7.- Gen. Miles
has issued an onUr instructing the
commanding ofScf r to restrict or pro
hibit the sale of intoxicants at camp
exchanges:,' -. -'; I '.
".'When tm feel tired, languid, Drr
yousaudare troublei with pimples
and erupt iocs, you j will find IioodV
S-usapariUa eisctly meets your nee!.
It purifies and enr;chs the blood and
imimrts to it the qualities r:ed to
toa the uertes &ul noariih the. whole
system. It cures all blood humcrs.
MnDOAJVPO PA L
nuDouiM-o rt
MOUS DEED.
HE TELLS THE STORY.
How the Merrimac lVas Sunk.
A Kia MINE EXPLODED UNDER HER.
Torn by Shell From the Vlxeaya aad the
Forts Hobson and Ills Men Lay Flat on
the Deck Amid a Rain ot Shot aad Shell ;
Until Daylight. When tho Herri
mac Went Under and They
Floated OA on the Catamaran.
Copyright, 1SOS. by Associated Pres.
Off Santiago de Cuba, July 7, by the
Associated Press Dispatch Boat
Dauntless, via Port Antonio, and
Kingston, July 8; 9:15 a. m. The. re
turn of Assistant Naval Constructor
Richmond P., Hobson, of Merrimao
fain,?, to his ship, the flagship New
York, last night, was marked by wild
enthusiasm. It was dark when the
shout was passed along the ship that
Hobson was coming. On the jsu per
structure clambered the crew, ten
deep, and on the quarter deck the
officers clustered around the sea lad
der and a hundred hands were stretch
out to grasp Hobson. It was not
until he was safe once more on deck
that the crew of the New York cheered
and then they broke out into a wild
yell which was sent up over and oyer
again until the men were noarse.
Numbers of the crew- rushed forward
on the quarter deck and a great group
of uien struggled around the tall flg-
ure of the man who dared so much.
Behind Hobson came Col. John Ja
CQb Astor and the first thing Hobson
tried to do was to introduce him to
the officers, but Colonel Astor got lost
in the crowd which surged around
insisting ujon shaking his jhand
The transports blew their whistles.
Hobson sat once more among his mess-
I mates and told the story of his experi
ence, lis marvelous escape and his
imprisonment in Morro Castle watch
ing the shells explode outside his cell.
"I did not miss the entrance to the
harbor," he baid, "as 'Ensign Powell,
in the launch, supposed. I headed
east until I got my bearings, and then
made straight for it, straight in.
Then came the "tiring. It was crand.
Hashing out first from One side Of the
harbor and then the other from thos
hig guns on the hills, the Vizcaya
lying inside the harbor joining in.
"Troops from Santiago had rushed
down when the news of the2Jerri
mac's coming was telegrapheI and
soldiers lined the foot of the cliffs
firing wildly across, and killing each
other with the cross tire. The Merxi-
mac's steering gear broke as she got to
Estrella Point. Only thrte of the
j torpedoes on her side exploded jwhen
I touched the button. A huge sub-
j marine mine caught her, fuilamidship.
hurling the water high in the air and
tearing a great rent in the Merrimac's
side.
"Her stern ran upon Estrella Point.
Chiefly owing to the wprkdoneby the
mine she began to sink slowly. At
that time she was across the channel,
I 1 . k.fn.a .do .aI. 1 . lit.. A
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J the deck. Shells and bullets whistled
I around us. Six-inch shells from tl:e
I and naming clear through, while the
plunging shots from the fort - broke
through her decks. i
"ot a man must mover I ! said.
Mand it was only owing to the splen
did discipline of the men that we wre
not all killed, as the shells rained over
us and minutes became hours of ens-
Iense. I ne mens moutn !grew.
parcbeI, but we must lie there till
daylight, I told thens. Now! and
again one or the othr of the ! men
lying with his face glued to the. -deck
and wondering whether ,th next shell
won ;l not come our way. would say:
Hadnt we better drop off now. lir?
But I said: 'Wait till daylight f
"It would havi ben impossible to
getuie catamaran anywhere but" to
the shore where the soldiers ttood
shooting and I IjojhC that by daylight
w inight be recognized, and saved.
The grand old Merrimac kept sinking.
h I wanted to go forward and see the
damage done there where nearly all.
the fire was directed, but one wan
said that if I rose it would draw all
the fire on the rest. So I lay motion
lewu It wai tplendid the way theW
men behaved. 1 Th fir of the soldiers,
the batterie and the VIrcaya w&s law
ful. When the-water came upon tire
Merrimac decks, the catamaran
floated amid the wreckage, but was
still made fast to the boom and we
caught hold of the edge and clung on,
our hands being above water.
"One man thought we were safer
right there; It was quite light, the fir
ing ceased except that directed at the
New York's launch, and I feared En
sign Powell and his men had been
killed.
"A Spanish launch came toward the
Merrimac. We agreed to capture lur
and run. Just as she came eloe the
Spaniards saw us, and half a dexen
murines jumped uo and pointed their
rifles at our heads.
"Is there any officer In that boat to
receive a surrender of prisoners of
war?" I shouted. An old man leaned
out under the awning and waved his
bands. It was Admiral Cervera. The
marines lowered their rifle and we
were helixnl fnto the launch.
"Then we were put in cells In Morro
Castle. It was a grand sight a few,
days later, to see the bombardment,
the shells striking and bursting around
El Morro. Then we were taken Into
Santiago. I had the court martial
room in the barracks. My men were
kept prisoners in the hospital. From
my window I could see the army mov
ing and it was terrible to see 'those
poor lads moving across the open and
being shot down by the Spaniards In
the rifle pits in front of me. Yester
day the Spaniards became as polite as
could be. 1 knew something was com
ing and then 1 was exchanged."
Hobson was overjoyed at getting
back. He looked well, though some
what worn- On the whole the Span
iards treated him better than inight
have been expected. Mr. Ramsden.
the British consul at .Santiago, was
tireless in his efforts to secure comfort
for Hobson and his men. The young
hero knew nothing about the destruc
tion of Overa's fleet until he reached
the armv lines. He could not under
stand his promised exceptional pro
motion, but was overioved to learn
that Ms brA very had leen recognized
by the ieop!e. He is the same simple,
unaffected enthusiastic Hobson, mon
anxious to talk about the effect of el-
I .,Vk,i;n. at.ii
I "-ea lA
army movements
t hair about his own brave deed. Th
men who came with hint received a
ringing reception. AH are doingwell.
CAHAKA TURNS HACK.
Hs Been Ordered to Return to oala With
Hi Fleet.
Caiiio, Eirypt, July Admiral
Camara, th commander of the Span
ish fleet which was bound .for the
Philippine IrlamUand which recently
pivd through the Suez. Canal, has
ioformed the Egyptian government
that he has been ordered to return to
Spain; Therefore his ships will co
through the canal immediately and
will proceed westward. The Spanish
warships will now 1 allowed to coal.
a they are returning home.
Restoring Their Wtcti.
As already stated in the Mahafae- .
tturers' Ileconl. the Louisville & Nash-.
ville Ilailroad Co. has restored a por
tion of the salaries of employ which
ere generally reduced In !KC Pres
ident Milton H. Smith has Iseued a
circular, which is as follow :
Ixjulsville. Ky.. July 1. No
tice is hereby given that, taking effect
this date, one-half of the reflection In
the wags of officers and employes
mat!9 as r circulars dated August 7
and 14, I?ys. cot heretoforr n stored.
is restored, a"tI the rtialn!er will be
restored on January 2, It&t. By order
ot the board of directors."
TL New York Tribune rr-ordt the
follow Ing inttvnr of xzodern preco
city: '
Some rfo:! were talking r;entlr
of the Ciril War.' arid the olde-r mem
bers of th company liad compared re
mlnlcnc. -
"Which U!e were yoi on dcricg the
war. Mrs. ll. ' At'l the old. roanir
girl of the rirty. turning to a bright
little woman wfco conftd to having
b-:i born iu 'd. -
I was in tmi on the Scuthern
sidefr, was the quick reply.
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