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Post 1 1 J m-- , - - , - LEATHER TO-DAY. Rib and Vicinity: discontinued cooler. LAST EDITION 4.0 A. n. , RALEIGH. N. C. TUESDAY. JULY 12. 1898. No. 38. VOL. II. r. fij fiillllE 1 1 transports to Sail This Week Blanco's Difficulties Increas Lf 1 From Charleston. ed By Close Blocade. . ........ , .. . I . 11 t - - - . .. . " - - --- t. ... t . lit. PS 8 ill 111 0 p 0 LULL The White Flag Comes Cown and the Big Guns Begin Their Lorid Chorus. Brooklyn, Indiana and Texas Par - - ticipate in Bombardment. The Shells From the Ships Fell too Close to the Lines For Comfort of the Army Objective Point Could Not Be Seen From Ships, but Signals from Shore Told When the Shots Missed . the Mark. SfuoNLY, July 10. The navy today did its first work since the destruction of Cervera's squadron, when, acting in conjunction with the irmv,. three warships shelled the : city for an hour. The Brooklyn, Indiiiu and Texas ranged themselves this afternoon about half a mile apart alone: Morro peninsula, the Indiana being on the west. Telephone connect.on has been established from Shatter's headquarters at the front io Aguadores railroad bridge, whence communications from the front were wigwagged to the flagship. . ' ' " The vessels were about eight hundred yards off shore. The Brook lyn opened tire with her port battery, firing seven shots when the Texas opened and was spon followed by the Indiana. -There was an intervalof two minutes between shots to, give opportunity to receive word from the army if the shells weie wrongly placed. The ships could see nothing of their target, high hills shutting off the view. There was no answer to the fire of the Americans, though the ships were in range of the .eastern battery. The roar of the Brooklyn's five-inch, Texas' six- and twelve inch and Indiana's eight-inch shells could be heard half a mile off shore, seven miles from the people among whom they were bursting. Shortly after the hombardment began a heavy rain set in, arcompa nied by crashing thunder. In the intervals coulcl be heard shots from the artillery ashore, the land forces having begun the attack when the ships opened, tire. The firing ceased shortly before six o'clock on receipt of a report from Shatter that the missiles were landing too close to his lines. The bombardment will bi resumed tomorrow morning. i ULN -MIR HOLES HID raiis General Brooke Ordered to Send Eight Hundred Mules Wi h Ufil son's Division Efficiency of Troops Will Be Increased by Sup plying Means of Transportation Washington, Julv 11. The War- De partment is still actively, engaged : in sending: reinforcements for the San tiago campaign. It has been arranged that the steamships Obdam. and Grande Duchess sail immediately from Charleston, S. C, with a part of Gen eral Ernst's brigade. Transport No, 21, according to information received at the department, left New York tor day for Charleston to take on" the re mainder of Ernst's troops and sup plies. The administration has decided to send 800 mules with Wilson's division to Santiago. An order has been issued to General Brooke to supply this num ber of animals as soon as possible and to deliver them through quartermas ters department to the headquarters of 'Wilson's troops. With these mulis will be sent a large number of wagons. carts and other means of land trans- TnrtntJn. This action of the War DepaAjient was brought about by ur gent representations which have been made- to the effect that the army In Cuba was sadly lacking in means' of transportattion on land as shown last week and week before when General Shafter was trying to have his large field and siege guns and heavy quar termaster supplies transported from the coast to the interior. One of the generals who is about to ieave for Cuba with reinforcements for Shafter's army, has written a let ter to the War Department urging the necessity of supplying mules, wagons and carts for the army of invasion and setting forth that his soldiers would be much more useful in the campaign f provided with this means of trans portation. government. j Senors Govin, Galvez, Montoro and maintained a steady fire.: Against the latter battery what Spanish flr others composing the autonomist gov-!) ' . . '" ' , : j I ' . , ' eminent had a meeting with General .fhere was was mainly directed. The attack on jur side was chiefly with ar- Blanco lasting several hours, the re-'tiiiery. Both lines were protected by -Sandbags, While the Spaniard were be- sults of which are not! known. Blanco s erreatly disappointed because .f anao j 1 has been unable to reach Santiago. ' was particularly heavy, and it Is believed they did great execution. A cheer Blanco has confidence; in Pando, but;'p rJ, RIdera told how a shot from the dynamite mm had .truck none wnaiever iu ljiuaicis ux xuiai, . j .. . 1 1 I T " " I a- a m . ! a A and so he plainly sees the surrender in the enemy's trenches, mowing a neia piece into xne air. $$3S$xS8 . , ' .1 " of Santiago, j ! As soon as the j Spaniards of Havana earn of the terrible defeat at San tiago there will be trouble in the city. Camara Ships Cot I SAGASTA RESIGNS. ' NO NEWS FROM SHAFTER. War Department Believes fie Is Bombarding General Miles Arrives off Santiago-Talks With Shafter by Telephone. wh:r.Kt.n. July it. if thp bombardment of Santiago began today, offi- ca .5 ..f thfi War Department, who have been 'anxiously expecting news rrom tJ- fr..nt. du not know it up until a late hour tonight. Early dispatches from it-r.-ral Shaft, r made it appear that he intended to begin an attack with bis t: :ur.. un the besieged city this morning, but the day passed without amy r----s t that i -if vet. a i.itr mmninatinn dnrine the day did not mention .; l al..-.2t the ri'siimtninn rf ,r,ctiHtiPK and General Miles, In a dispatch arrival off Santiago, failed to mention anything about condi f:. r.t or whether fighting had begun.' ' War lu-partment offered the usual explanation, that Shafter waa too u-'.f -grains. What effect Miles' arrival will have is not now appa t is n..t believed that he will supplant Shafter in actual command, -'r s , arly dispatches said the navy would have a big share in the ':;nt and attempt -to enter the harbor If necessary. Secretary Alger t n ci.t that everything indicated that bombardment had begun al : - fr 1 al advices to that effect had come. He expressed the opinion r ty was bombarding to cover up the movements of the army in ; t around to the north and west to cut off retreat by the INFORMATION HARD TO OBTAIN. i:t. rts ' " A.r, made by the War Department tonight to learn wDe Ur w " -- r t had actually begun. In answer to an Inquiry a United States : t at l'laya del Este telegraphed late tonight-that no dispatches wr'-- thr.u.h that office from Siboney. the nearest signal staUon to San : ' "!:ca:,. that the attack had commenced. The signal officer did not 1 : - r v r not he had heard any heavy firing. Playa del Este U. twent rue was held at the White House this afternoon n retaries Alger and Long and members 01 mr , ' "T e.. ,Q . a . consider the situa- --:otfe the meeting. It Is undersiooa. arnt r.i:co. n-o .f,n' . cc.nn leaked out. and apparenUy j.Ma linnn. Recommends ; a Cabinet With More Military Men in It. i London- July 11 A dispatch to S the Times from Madrid says that $ $ in consequence of irreconcilable $ differences of opinion on the question of initiating peace nego- -? tiations. the cabinet resigned at $ the council Sunday night. Dur- $ S ing the . discussion of the ques- tion of the means of provision- $ Ing Cuba, it became, evident that united action was no longer pos- sible. Sagasta accordingly went 8 to the palace on Monday and ? placed his resigntaion in the ? hands of the Queen Regent, re- commending, it is said, the ap- $ pointnient of a cabinet in which S the military element would be $ more largely represented. " In- crease of the military element would necessarily mean the S adoption of a warlike policy. It S is generally expected the resig- nations will be accepted, but the result will possibly be merely a S $ reconstruction. 4 3 WATSON'S SAILING DAY. Unless Other orders Are Recleved He Will Sti rt Tomorrow. Washington, July 11. On account of the bombardment of Santiago by the vessels of Admiral Sampson's fleet, and the desire to have all the battleships participate, the eastern squadron will not leave Santiago to attack Spanish ports until We'dnesday at the earliest. Two of the vessels attached to the squadron are the Oregon and Massa chusetts. Telegraphic communication between Sampson and the Navy Department has developed that the presence of these vesels is desirable in the bombardment, but It was said, at the department this afternoon that even If Santiago had not surrendered by that time. It was almost certain that Watson's command would sail for the coast of Spain on Wednesday. . Dispatches received by the govern ment today told! of the departure of part of the Spanish fleet from Port Said for home. RETURNING TO GOMEZ. -.-us at siboney. and aXter -r u lUse thinss "turned to his s "tt, inhune- b"t War Departmen Vital imi V, - uLuaib ul uicir uiawuooivu -r-ortance to the camDaicn was aeciuex r -Milfs nai k,- front in his usual energeuc man- 1- nisi ua j ok v"v- . . - C!k-rtw -nv,d off Maya del Este at noon, had a conference wlti 9, v asiiorn f :m. ' rr, Playa to General Snaf- a. itviiv. over 1 lie ieieio - - . . , . imatrh to secretary Aiger P Vrth-General Shafter urnea to his snip, nc v- - - Mrt to ar Department officials say be did not report to result of that long distance conference. cat. Baza will Be Accompanied fry a Relief Expedition. Key West, Wa.. July tL Colonel Boza, chief of Maximo Gomez's general staff, who went to Washington from Jacksonville 1 recently to confer with our government officials, returned to Key West this morning, en route to rejoin the Cuban commander-in-chief In Santa Clara. Cubans here are pre paring a new expedition to accompany him with munitions and clothing and hospital supplies for the patriot forces. mm DEGEIV E M PllBlIC Print Long Stories of Spanish Vic torles on Land and Sea Blanco Has a Poor Opinion of Linares and Toral. - Key West, 11. .News comes the situation is July from Havana that very grave. The autonomist govern ment is very obliging to volunteers and to their chiefs. This is displeasing to the regulars! who are at the doors of an aggressive I steD. i as no aid is re ceived and they are all getting tired of . Blanco's promises. Blanco is in a very delicate .position since "the south coast has-been blockaded and . the Isle of Pines cut off. vi I Marianao, . two or three miles from Havana, has been left outside of the fortified lines .and General Arolas. has published an edict stating that at the first alarm all loval Spaniards must be within the fortified lines of Havana, as the government will not be respon sible for the outrages; or the enemy. nil- nm 1 r MUM n IRREGULAR III Gunners Fight Behind Banks of SandbagsDynamite Gun Sends a Spanish Fleld-P Into the Air. With the .Armyj at the. Front.. July U. General Toral, having refused demand for unconditional surrender of Santiago, fighting waa resumed on land at 4:51 this afternoon. when the American batteries opened fire. The engagement was short, darkness setting In and firing ceasing at 5:10. The . . 1 armistice came to an end at noon when the enen r aent a flag of truce ask ing for, more time. A second flag was sent at- three o'clock with word that Toral would not surrender. The white flag which had been floating oyer the enemy's line ;was hauled donw and the Spanish Shafter and the foreign military attaches, all Ifa full uniform, hurried to the ,. ! ,1-1 i ls-M 5 Havana and 1 nearly all the Islands j1 front and prders were given for attack. As ,th soldier were preparing for of Cuba are Ignorant vet of the real defeat of Cervera's fleet. Long edi torials have been published by El Commercio, La Lucha and other pa pers regarding the great defeat of the American fleet t and j army. Blanco, who Is well informed and full of panic, s keeping the news from everybody except those composing the colonial ece Flying flag substituted. General battle, a storm began, but after fifteen minutes i there came a lull, and the en gagement commenced. Then followed one of duels ever seen. Our guns hammered the enemy's position, but evoked only a spiritless occasional reply. Volleys of m trenches, and to these the Spaniards replied, vi our side was by the dynamite gun of the Rough . 1 ' ' i light batteries on the American left. One mortaij the. most1 one-sided artillery ft bake try were fired from our rously. The first shot from Riders, and was followed by battery behind the extreme hind bamboo poles filled In with earth. The Are of the American Catlings Port-Said, July .111 Admiral .Ca mara 'halT transferred 600 tons of' coal from the collier San Augustin to the time after the signal "Cease, firing" was given i t. - ' ' i obeyed it. . 1 It was some to the bajterlea that they BOMBARDING BY LAND AND SEA. front are to the effect that bombardment by the fleet wa resumed early this rrom u. comer jt At the .,. B -nerel attk by tie land force, wa. btlnt car- ,'e veS. nfuer on. Our . ver, eect: Ut and ,,n wer. rUn, to enable her to reach the neareet"" ine greateai nuusi. a T . , a.. Snfljifsh nositiona. and are pouring Into them: a most destructive fire. The Spanisn port, ana tnai me enure ' - - - . ... sauadron would sail direct-for Spain enemy is responding, but their fire 4s in no; wise so hot a. oura, The fighting thf afternoon. The sauadron sailed , inua 1,, w -w r. homeward bound. Norwegian Ship Captured. the advantage on the side of the Americans. It Is not definitely known what the effect has been from the fire from the warships. i ' CARLOS TO LEAVE BRUSSELS Off Santiago, July 11. The steamer uratton. a Araiy Officers In Cuba Actively Oppose chased and captured this morning by 1, dc Do I lev. the Brooklvn. She had on Doara . a - ,na Pnt tn Santiaeo on 1-onaon, JUiy 11. a uispuu.ii speculation by merchants at Kingston ' Madrid to the Chronicle says: and Port Antonio. She has been tied up until the fleet enters Santiago har bor. '. ' I : L1NNEY APPEARS CONFIDENT. "Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender, will leave Brussels" Tuesday. He sig nificantly advocates Spain's carrying on direct peace negotiations With the United States, without any interven tion by foreign powers." The correspondent does not indicate Don Carlos' destination. The Telegraph's Madrid correspond ent! says everybody desires peace. The Expects to Be Renominated for Congress at Wllkesboio Today. ., , Winston, N. C, i July 11. Special.' congressman . ,n h ,.r to ll.ten to WUkesboro today to attend omcer. of the publican congrs.ona. ; - who want revenge. which-wlll be held there tomorrow. He ln V ". . fee.s confident of renom.nat.on. He Blanco I. thet T '"1 eft Washington taat night, and l"?"'---: there was a great deal of peace talk going on, and the general impression that the war with Spain Is practlcal- y over. Two recruiting officers for the Firs North Carolina Regiment arrived, nere today from Charlotte, and one will come in tomorrow. They are accom panied by a physician, who examinens each volunteer before leaving for Jack sonville. FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Fiv Cars Pass Over tae Body of Coadoctcr Williamson Dunn. N. C July 1L (Special.) W. D. Williamson, conductor on a gravel train, was killed near Dunn at d. m. today. He was standing on his car while the train was moving Cuban troops constitute one of the most, powerful elements In the coming revolution. It Is to satisfy them that the government has consented to delay peace negotitalons for a few days but onlyj 'for a few Says.' I To Konolulaf Tomorrow. REPORT FROM BLANCO. H Orders Olnrsa to Defend Santiago at All ;: : .cost Madrid, July 11. The following ha been received from Blanco: "Havana, July 10. The enemy, refus ing our proposal for evacuation and de manding unconditional surrender of Santiago, hostilities were renewed at 4 o'clock this afternoon, I ordering de fence at nil cost The enemy renewed the attack W the Alfonso XII., which was stranded near. Mariel, and com pletely d stroyed her. They are also threatening Bacurano. The steamer Pennsllvania, chartered by men to car ry 80,000 rations, attempted to reach Santiago.! Returning to Jucaro after sheltering in Canto river, she Jettisoned her, cargo, Thus the last effort to re lieve Santiago was fruitless. two total Wrecks. . . . . CoUn and Maria Tsrssa May Be Sv y Acting Promptly. Playa Del Este. July 1L The board of survev! which has examined the San Francisco, July 11. Major Gen eral Otis with six troops of Fourth i . rzrn batteries Of Sixth V&ViUi w . - M Artillery will sail for Honolulu Wed- wrecked snips of Cervera's squadron. nesdav afternoon on the transport report that the Maria, Teres and Peroii The Cltr of Pueblo, witn tne- . . - . m& rt an .m - .iii ha wk nan Fourteentn xntanixy, of the ex pidlt on. SpaaUa Papers Tallc of Pesce made serviceable to our navy If prompt action Is taken. The board made three day s examination of the Span ish ships. The VIscaya, Oquendo, Furor and Pluton are utter wrecks. Madrid, July 11 Judging from the a v tha flfH A. it Is ' evident that his car wnue xne iram wm muim8 wue v. - r backwards. and as be made an effort Spain will shortly seek peace, , despite DUt the Jain batteries of all the shJp iMwv-a.ua, 4 Jt s-. .-. troubles. Toral 1 I . a a, l nn nr tTttt. fnv n iiL. tAA imnnuiuK v . five cars running over him. He lived! has cabled from Santiago that bom. twenty minutes. Mr. Williamson was .bardment has commence recommenldatlons. vis: .that no wood a native of Sampson county, but had situation is cnucai. , MJr should be used. In the construction of been living in FayeUevUle for the. and statesmen .u f Zll lf Iwarshlps: co torpedoes should be car- past two years. ences. tnus oW -f Saoday'A CAtuai.les. I a crisis. Washington, July 1L General Shafter has sent the following report of yester- Jrled on fighting vessels; rspld fire bat teries on battleships ate of supreme li.m t,,w 11 near Admiral; lmnortance. and that the fire of the Ammen died at his country home. near, main battjrry should be below the pro raitimore. this morning. Admiral Xm- tectlve dekrk. Sixty-one sheU hole day's casualties ell and Private rSbbad th."re,.red tut for wer. tounk In the hall of the Oauendo. . , 0 i rnARV Yean, buu i "'- i uiu iu , . - - - id Private Kelson. Second Inf an-: f ' naval subjects. He .L.-.- -,.v. ,M tv. vrr. wounaea. eutenv wasbefpre tne pu?c - lon vjXCava was blown up by vaies Jaucn aaa waua, oewnu, as tne u.wb n-r.,Ar. . .. . t.ft- h.,nt hr the government. her own (torpedoes. can be saved. Tbe board has made four important
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