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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 5, 1898)
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NON-COMBATANTS TO BE GIVEN 11 CHANGE TO E8CAPE I- ' SpauishGonral at First Declines to Accede to Shrtftor's DomancJ. to Surrender , But Later TakoB the Matter Under Advisonient-Genoral Miles Sends a Te'egram Complimenting Officers and Mon for Their Bravery in Action and Says Reinforcements Will Be'Sont. - _ _ _ . . _ . ' ¶ WASHINGTON , July 4.-General Shafter has notifleci the 1'\T.ir departiiieiit that the bomlarclnient of . Santiago has : C been lostpo1ec until tomorrow. 'ulie delay of the action is . based oii the suffering within the city. WASHINGTON , July 4.T1ie War department has just giveli out the following : * . . ' 1-IEADQUARTEBS F1FTHIARMY OORPSNear Santi- it. ago , .July -Tonight my lilies completely surround the town S from the bay on the north of the city to poiiit on San Jnan river on the south. The enemy holds from west bend San ; ruaii river to its month , ill ) the railroal to the city. ' 'Genei al ItndoI Iiiid toiiiglitis sonic distance away and , I will not get ; into Santiago. S1-IAW'I1ER. " After conferring with high oflicials a 1)IolllillelIt senator said 1iis uiidertaiidiiig was that the time of Sliafter's (10- ] nanl for surrender of Santiago expired at 10 a. in. today. The Spaniards asked twenty-four hours.r111iS was granted. r wit1i the iinderstandiiig that no military bperations occurred , I' in. the iiieaiitiiiie. DEMANDS CITY'S SURRENDER1 VflrIIH , Al1 Frelgn Jt.sId.IIM to - Lease Situ t loigo , flifore the IliiihirtIiieiit IlegiloN. ( Copyright. by Aoclute1 i'rcss. ) OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA. July 3.-On Board ASOCIatCd lres Il8pateh Boat Dandy , VItL Port Antonio , Jnnatca , July 4.- General Stiatter today dcinariileU an Itnotant : and unconditional surrenthr of Santiago lo Cuba. Thu SIflflIRlt commander curtly antI emphatically rcCuseil. Thu American general In sendhig his e- mand warned all foreign resIdents out of } thu city before 10 o'clock tomorrow morning , . . ' July' 4 , at which hour the bombardment , o 0.S would , he saki , begin. Tue only notice Gen- raI Linares took of the warning was to say that ito Cubaits would be permitted to leave tomorrow. This evening Lieutenant Colonel Astor of General Shatter's staff was informed by a courier that the SpanIsh generals \cro considering - sidering .terms ot surrentler. The courier's report Is uncontlrmed nod discredited by the omcers. t Toiight , the lUefl are anxIous ror a gen- " cral engageitleilt on thu Fourth of July , . but the olileers tb not expect it. Thu gen- . ' ' erat belief is that the cruabtug of Cervera's - : fleet entirely cliaiies the situation , now L AdnItral Sampson Can enter the liar- I bor anti the army and navy can make a c coijiblucol attack. It Is not believed that ( General Shafter v1ii make a decisive move iiitI1 that question is settleii , , , AdnItral Satupsoit and General Shatter had arraItgI ( % for a conference this morning , and an escort of cavuiry 'as itt the dock hero ttWaItIIlgtdinlral Sampson anti his I staff. Admiral Cervera's dash for liberty compelled the Now York to Icave the lIar- \ bor a. k rush to the scene of conflict , Tue contereho was interrupteil to wipe out the i Silallisli IICt't , hut will dotubtiess be resumed. G ciocral I'ando , with 5,000 relnforccnicxits , . reached Santitto at noon tottay , tGenoriil caluxto Garcia refusing to inaIe ( In effort to stop Itim , saying that the Spanish force \ 'wits too large for hini to engage. Thu army is hitilt mail wIth delight over I the crushing of the SiIoII1ishI fleet. I ; i Ih's lII'oovM troisi SIontio'r. z . WAShINGTON , July 4.-The secretary of I wag has receIved a lengthy and most Im- I ltortaiit disitatch from General Shatter , It. Is the one which has echted much rumor , but tile essential iloints can 110W be given I etitlioritatively. It BtfltCa Shatter's demand ' for the , , urreniler of Santiago at noon to- nurrov on pain of bombardment. 'l'hereupon the foreigi consuls at Santiago LflatlCt a joint representation , requesting that women ftntl children In the city liti'e iiutll Tuesilay IlOOn to withdraw , ileforti the bombardment begin's. The SpaniNh general declined to surrender M tile thiii first set by ShaRer. t itresent , a truce exists , , ending the expiration of the twenty-four hioura naked for by the foreign tnsuls. ( Icueral Miles has received the following * telegraul from General Sliafter , dated i'iaa J dci Eo.te , July 3 : Killed a SPIfliBil general to affair at Canoy flflI a large flulilber of othicers and 111011 , S wlo are IlJ unburleil , ( Ictieral Linares nCln WflS Itroken. My lcuiaiiil for surrender of Santiago still being consiilereil by the , , Spanish authorities , Pailolo has arrived ' 4 _ t near break in railroad with his advance , I think lie % % Ill be stoitloed , I Mso the following from Assistant Adju- 1) ) tsnt General \Vagncr at same place anti , time : l'ando six iulteo north vlthi 5COO , Garcia opitob.il with 3QOO , Lawton can sutiport Garcia arni Itrovent junction , , Geu.raI Miles sent the following t1ipatch to General Shatter before the news of the destruction of the fleet : Accept toy hearty congratulations 00 the record hindu of illttgllIflCCut fortitude , gal- I lantry and sacrifice tiisplned In the ties. perate lighting of the troops before Santiago - tiago , I reahiro thu harotahiips and thifhicul- tks , 811(1 0111 Proud that amid those terrible scenes the troops deinOnhtrateth sun : fear- Jes and patriotic devotion to the welfire of our common country and flag , ' ISliatever the results to follow their unsurpassed ( leeds of valor the past is already a grntlfying chapter of history. I expect to be with you within one week with strong reinforce- ments. MI.Is. General Shaftcr's reply is as follows : I titanic you in the name of the gallant 111011 1 have tile honor to command for tile sIIC1llIl tribute of praise wliIclt you have accorded thicill. They bore themselves as American sohihiers always have. Your teic- grain Will ho jtubiisiicd at the head of Gte regiments in the nlornhng. I feet that I am master of tile situation atitI , can hold the CfleIfl ) for any length of tune. I am tie- lighted to know that you are coming. that you may see for yourself tile obstacles whlicit tiii army had to overcome. My only regret is the great number of gallant sotils vhoo have glreii their lives for our coun- try's canoe. IIIIIitI lopit * 0 Siar'eoio1 or. Following Is tile correspondence of Con- eral Shatter , demanding the surrender of Santiago : . , N L'IdtYA DEi ESTF , July 4.-The follow- lag is my tleinnitl for tile surrender of the city of Santiago : To tile Cominailding General of tile Spati- ish Forces , Santinge ho Cuba-Sir : I shah ho obligttl. unless you surrender , to tthiiih Santiago tie Cuba. Please Inform the clii- Zeus of foreIgn countries anti all women anti children that. they should leave tue city before 10 o'clock tOflOLTIW niorning , Very , respectfully , Your Obodhent Servant , v. R. SHAF'TEIt , Major General , U. S. A. Following is the rephy of tue Spanish comnlander , Which Colouci iJorst received at 6:30. : "SANTIAGO IF CUBA , Juhy 3.-his Ex- Ceiheilcy , ' the General Cotnulandullg the lnrrus o the Unltci States , San Juaii River , Sir : I have the honor to reply to ) our communication of today , written at 8:30 : a. iii. , tiuti receiveti at I p. at deitianot- ing the surrentler of this city ; on the contrary - trary case annoncing to 010 that you vilh bombard this city anti that I advise tue foreIgn iVOlllCItiud cuIldrep : that tity must leave tile city bforo 10 otclock toniollow 1Ilnrninc. It iuiuy duty to say to 3'otl thmat this city will IlOt surrciiiier 011(1 that I will inform tiio foreign ConstIhil aliti Inhabitants of the cnnteuts of your message. Very ro- spectftilby , JOSi TOItAIL , " Comninnder-InChiIef. Fourth Corps , " Thou iirithshi , i'ortuguese , Chinese and Norwegian - wegian comitmuls have conic to mtiy hue with CnlntiI iltrgt 'i'hnv n.I or can occupy the town of El Caney and rail. road POhtitN and ask lilitil 10 o'clock of the 6th inst. before thu city is flretl on , They claim that there are between 15,000 and 20,000 pt'ojiho-inany of tileflI old , who rihh I leave , Tile ) ' ask If I can supply titcum with food , which I cannot tie foi' want of transportation to ii Calley , which is fifteen nliles froimi my lamicilmig , The following lIt lily reply : 'COfll Iii amid I tig Comm era I . Spa Il I sh Forces , Santiago the Cuha : Sir : In consitlematlomi ( If time request of ihto coimsuis and othicers In your city for delay in carrying out my In- temition to tire cmi time city , 00(1 in time Iii- terest of time poor OnIQII 011(1 ( cimhitlrm'n 'hio hhl stiffer very greatly by their hasty tiliii emiforecol departure frommi tile city , I intro time homier I a a ii ii ( iti flCO I ha I I wi ii delay sim elm no- tlwi solely iii their interest until noon of tIm 6th. , plovldlmig tluriimg the intervai your forcs imiako 110 dOIllohIstratloli whatever upon tiioe of our own. I aiim , with great respect , Your Oiwtiiemmt Servant , , , , " . It , SIIAFTER , ihaIoi General U. S. A , " SJIAFTER TO BE REINFORCED M nit , 'I'rno ioo .t ri'rml , ' rt'si I mm Sot oil I migmo lot _ ( ) u9t _ . ? " : ° " i1liNimIIsiIIl time Iiite. Iyo'itt , , \\'ASIIINGTON , Juiy 4-Iteintorcenlonts are to be hurried to General Siiater as rapidly as steamships csncarry them , mint- withstanding the tact tjlt troops are pot 50 hiadhy needed as was Intilcateti by the dcveiopment of Friday hutI Saturday , Tile dispatches rSceiv4 by the \ar do- psrtmcnt froth General Shatter show n con- Ildence In his ileeseUt abhilt ) to control the situation. In fact he I ulaster of the city , which his troops entirely surround , The pa- liiii mhthon ho occupies makes it Impossible for he Spanith forces to abandon the city , Itrectiy after noon Secretary Alger , Con- : ral Milts anti ienerai Corbin had a eon- bronco with the president concerning the mending of reinforcements to General Sha- Icr , and It was determined to take no chances , but send the troops along , The St. I'aul is now at New York taking on a cargo of ammunition for the fleet. Owing to the necessity of its early departure It was not intended to.send the troops by it , but this afternoon It was decided it shoulti take one regtmenL In accordance with this determination orders were Issued this evening for tim Eighth Ohio Infantry , Colonel Charles V. ilurd , anti Lieutenant Charles Dick , the regiment - iment known as "The t'reshilcnL's Own , " because it comes from the Immediate victn- ity of President McKinley's home city of Canton , to proceed to New York anti cm- bark on the St. Paul for Santiago. The St. l'aui will leave New York late Wednesday afternoon anti will make a flying trip to Cuba. The Eighth Ohio is one of the three of Garretcon's ' brigade. i3oth of the renlanlng regiments will be held under waiting orders anti will move probably In CL few days. The itian is to senti then : to Santiago by either tile Yale or the Harvard , botll of which are expected shortly at Newport News. Ill audition to the troops at Camp Alger which are to be sent to Santiago , the brig- 11(105 of General Ernst and General lialnes , hOW at Chickanauga , will , be sent In a few days. General Ernst's brigade consists of thc Fifth Wisconsin , Fifth Ilitnois nnmIF'irst Kentucky , General llniucs' brgtide COil- slats of tit Ninth Pennsylvania , Second Missouri anti the First Now Ilamphire. Those troops will bo sent to Savannah or Charleston , where steamers have been ob- tamed to carry them dlrectiy to Santiago. ALL SPANISH. LOOK ALiKE VcsoeIM of the ) tn.qulto Fleet 'Vmtcl.Ie 1)oiL'M GunlolM , into ! Ic- . motroy 'I'lieiii. ( Copyright , 1S98 , by the Associated ress ) OFF SANTIAGO DE CUI3A , July 2.- ( Via Kingston , Jamaica , 11:55 o'clock Sunday - day Night.-On ) the .liiornthg oJuly.,1 the lust , Hornet atiti Vt'ampatuck destroyed a Spanish gunboat near Cape Cruz. On the afternoon of the same dy the fllembe of the mosquito fleet d stroyctl another war vessel at Manzanilio , At the latter place a hot engagement ensucci between he , three small American craft and mime Spanish yes- ads , supportctl by land batteries and troops ashore. . , S One large Spanish torpedo boat was dis- abied thrco Simnish gunboats were so- riousiy injured and a pontoon full of Spanish - ish troops was stink , tile CflCY escaping in boats. The Hornet was temporarily dis- abiod , but tile only casualties n the American side were three men scalded by escaping steam. The Spanish loss is believed - lieved to be large. Time lust , Hornet and Wamptuck returned to Santiago ( IC Cuba and were sent to Gu ntnnamo totlay for repairs. Rear Admntrai Sampson warmly congratulated - lated Lieutenant Young , J. M. helms and C.V. . Jung , the commanders respectively of the Ilist , Hornet ana \Vanlpatuck , for their bravery and the successful tackling of such a superior force. ixt'ticT 'I't ) S'I'AltP AT ONCE. IJitraordlimul'3 AettYIty Afllflg Troops at ClLiekiIIoinhigaL 1'itrk. CHICKAMAUC/I PAltlC , July 4.-Al- tilotigil tile omcials at headquarters 000Umlue to maintain great secrecy in regard to time movement of tue troops from here to Cuba , it is generally believed- that the movement will begin tomorrow. Fifteen regiments are under eniergency orders. and tile indications are timat the start wiil be made aL once , Preparations are being rushed today , anl a mare scene of activity is witnessed , Tile reg- talents WIliCh go out first are as follows : First Kentucky , Thtrd Wisconsin , Fifth Jilt- mInis , Fourth Ohio , Third 111111015 , Fourth Pennsylvania , Sixteentil IeIImlsylvania. . see- omiti Wisconatmi , Third Kentucky , Thirty- first Michigan , One Hundred anti Sixtieth llltiiana , Sixth Olmio , On hundred and Fifty- eighth Indiana , F'irstVest Virginia. Closely following these it is believed will be tile other rcginlcnts of tile Irlist corps. The destiinatiomi of the troops is not known. It is currently reported that plans have been cimaliged anti that Santiago , instead of Porto Rico , 'iii be the objective point. Time railroads are ready for time emuergency The \\'estern & Atlantic has 12 curs arranged on trains of twelve cars each and provided Witil water barrels standing in their yards , while tile Southern has abou 200 , car sImni- hariy arrangeti in Its yard. Times's trai'ns can leave fur the park in , ahort order , . ntitnber of engines , suiTiclent to pull each anti every train , are being held in reserve imi the rountihousca of these two roamla. Tllc work of paying the men is miow being rusheti , Every effort is being made to dis- 1)050 of the regiments of time First corps before - fore they are mnoveti away. Tile hayments are progressing at the rate of halt a dozen regimllents a day , The eptiro work will likely he flnishetl this week , The Fourth of July was celebrated liore today with a genuine spirit of patriotic ( or- , or never before SllOWIl in tills city. Elaborate - orate exercises were imeiti at time big autihto- riunl , into \1iiciL 6,000 chmildrqn anti soitliers were crowded. Brlgatlier General Fremi D. Grant was present in Cull uniform nnl read the Declaration of immtlpejuleno , pn- oral Grant svas given a great ovation , the immense autlienco cheering torsevertl nlfml mites when he appeared on the rostrum. A Patriotic adtircss was o1eit'ered by Colonel ( lovan of the FIrst Mississippi , ' who as a gallant confederate 8oidier , who giorid in tIme ( act that ho now wore the umiifo'n of A United States offleor , " , Rev. Dr. H. C , McCooic , cilaplain of tiJe SecomIti i'ennaylvania volunteers , also dcliv- ct'ed a Patriotic atitiress. Chaplain McCook is a member of the taiqous fatally o 1igimtinj McCooima and ills address was seasoneti with klnilly and fraternal rtferences to the south anti was greeted witim enthusiasm , The music - sic vas ( urmiiimeii by the regimental band of tile First Maine voiquteors. . , A qtartetaptl a chorus of 100 voips eang a miumuber cc patriotic airs. The entimusimtsmn was whhth , At intervals buiietinsnnmiounelmig ( Ito morn- imig victory at Santipgo 'vera read to . .tllq flu d ience , , Aml ortler has been. cceivctl ( rota 'Wasb. ington rescinding time order to move hq troops , It is umitiersteod ( rolii this that time ( lepartment hIlls luade a compkte change of plans anti that no regiments are to be niorci from this poimit for sonic tiflle , Leave has bceii asked to transfer Private Nelson Sawyer of Company I ) , Second Ne braska , \'uhingtOI , als''ef has beem mmmentaliy deranged for a week or wore , did ill time last day or two has grown violent , Tiw unfortunate youpg man is an adopted Ion of United Stoics Attorney A. J. Saw. yer of Lincoln , Neb , in'iieuo ts o , $ ' ( ) m''osn Yo'sso.lpo , Jul .1 , At Southampton : Ariived-Kulser Fred- erich for New York. At New York : Arrlvetl-ltotterdamn froni ltotterdamii ; Berlin froni 'Soutlmunilton , ; Hovimi ( roni Liverpooi ,1t hiremnen : Arrived-Freitierich tier Grosse train New York. At Antwerp Arr1ved-FrIesIamu from New York j GIVEN TO OLll'LORY United BUttes Bithday Hu'a1oriou and Enthusiastic Ubiar.nvo , - - . \ COSMOPOUTAN CROWQ OF' CELEBRANTS -b Everybody but. SpaniardEI'cprcscnted in the Expositiou'8 J'ubilation. SAMPSON'S VICTORY ADDS UNUSUAL ZEST Pcoplo All Pay Tumultuous flomago to the Stars twa NTENSE PATRIOTISM IS EVINCED nod "IIxte" SftIlted ii(1L 'l'reinemioious Cheering Ainiog time iiite Timroiiilt . % iiiCii the l'rocession Mitrelted , Time great F'ourth of July celebration at the exposition grountis yesterday fulflhied the most sanguine expectations of Its promoters - motors and brought out a ittuttitude tilmit broke all records of attendance anti vemited its imtriotismn in exuberant , reoiciiig. In alt the 122 years that tutervened between - tween the Declaration of Independence and the triumph of the American navy over Cervcra'mm fleet the national holiday vns never more strikingly sigimmihized. Not only the vast timiomig of Ammlericnml mOO , women and children - dren , but Turks and Algerians , Arabs , Moors anti Chinese participated in the mighty salutation to the Stars amid Stripes. Time glory of tile July norntng was stilt in its incipiency whem the gates of the great enclosure wore opened anti time people began to pour inside. Fioni 7 o'clock the rush was unbroken , and by 10 o'clock every corner of the grounds 'was thronged with people. Even then they rbntinuad to come , and until long after noon there was a steady stream of arrivals at every entrance. Thirty-six turnstiles chitked without cessation from 7 o'clock to noon. The street railway comiaty put en every ottnce of rolling stock at its command , and pven its capacity was presseI to tile UtfllOst limit. As fast as one tratit was umlloalieml mtmlothcr pulled in , anti each was loathed from footboard to roof. Tile fltOt that everyone Wflfltel to conic early in ortie.r to see time parade was a tremendous test of tile trans. portatlon facilities , but , time crowd was imantilcd in an admirable manner. Three comitimiuous lilles of trnimm ; vare kept gohltg witimout a break , anti even then every down town corner iied a waiting crowd until noon. Besides these trains thousands drove or walked to the grounds. liisiI ri og Smeetiicc. On the grounti was as Jlrett' anti inspiring - ing a spectacle as ever lay under a cloudless - less sky _ For the time the Imicomllparabie beauties of the ex5osition 'itself were eclipsed by the stirrIng panorama that It housed. Flags anti streamers innumerable waved over avenues tiidt'were jorgcous with the pretty summer ralnmcimt of. thusands of woolen. A tiozen bamltis"macth uir tremu- louswith inspimlng strainsantl in the pa. triottc ensemubie of sound and color tile great Wilito buIldings Shistolleti , like celestial palaces. The decorations were especinily liii- posing. Thousands of yards of bunting waved in red , vlmIte and blue profusion from every possible 'vamltn.ge. /t thousand flags floated front ilie staffs aT the main buihdings and stm'danmers of bunting were testoonctl over the avenues anti alting the fronts of thin smaller buildings , Even tile peanut stands were decorated and a h rge firoportion of tile visitors wore flags pinned on their breasts or fastened in timolr lInt bapds. During the early fordnoon the crowd was well scattered over tile grounds , but toward 10 o'clock tile rush toward the Midway and tile Plaza begun. ity the time time parade started tile' Bluff Tract was a veritable sea ctf color and the people were still coming as rapitil3 mis they could crowd ocr time big vlmmtiuctit. The , wide verandas of time state buhidings wer densely packed and the parade moved through a sohid mass of cheering an enthusiastic men anti women. A striking incident occurred willie the parade was passing thj Jasinoc where the crowti was most compact. One of the oriental bands struck ip time national hymn , the measured flIovOlilent schiing In sublime contrast to thin blare of tile zerzhonisand the rattle of the drums. At time first note a huge Turk in thu Jimle dt march jumped high In time air anti brluging lila scimneter 110(1 ohilciti together with a resounding ciasim above Ills head lie ic out a you timat might have been heard in Constantinople. Timemi time crowti broke iooec. Huvldreds of little flags appeared as though by , reconccrteti arrangcnlemmt , anti wer waved In unison with a tumult of cheers that fairly fluttered the bunting overhead. "I ) lxiiAi,40 I'opmtlzi r , Then the banti broke into "Dixie" anti tile tumult was intensified. . Thousands of voices joimmed imi time , uatriotic tribute , time' orlentala in the procession gave lusty mis- sistance and even the ilpimlobilo faces of tile little Chinese wommmon relaxeth under th limapiration or the entimusinmmtic outimmmrst , After the parade there ws a general break for the bandstammtl wllere tll'e exercises of time day were IteM betoc as many Itcopie as could got withIn hearing dIstance , But these were only an Insignificant proportion of tile imnmense concourse , ani there were cilougim left to fairly inundate time Midway and thd main buildings , There was a crowd everywhere. Time builti- lags were packed froni endto end , time court and prolnellaties were' hititlen by masses tmt people anti on the Midway there was scarcely rooni to turn around. , It ' was a record breaking day for the oaccsionIsts as well as the gate kccpcrs and they had their first experience with a genuine rush , All time afternoon amId evening the various shows played to as many peopiasm they coui handle anti nearly every resort was crowdeth to it full capacity. But striking as the SeOtlo apeareti by day- iigimt it was even moore iin.oslmig under time ciectrie illumination of the evening. There ivere hundreds of people twbo were unable to get omit during the day , but who canme to see time illuminatIons antI time fireworks , At p ( o'clock time crowd was .apparemmtiy bigger than at apy time dtiring time day and time grounds were fairly alive with lights anti llU8lC and imeople' No on was abio at that tim to give an tl&Uratt statement of the attendamie , but it was estimated at upwards of t0,000. The reports of' the morning shift of gatekeepers showed that 0.0O0 people bad passed through th gates before noon amId the arrivals conttmlued steadily until well into the evening. Time magnificent pyre- technical dispiny was witnessed by a crowd tlmt hiacketi the Immense north tract lko a sardine box afld even at II o'clock when the ceieimratiomm ( erminateti with time gorgeous ihlummmination of the Midway time thromlg seemneth almost as defl&e as ever. iiitiiiiImmtdiom 41f time Jittimn. The illumination of the Nitlway at ii ocioclc last fligilt attracted a large crowd ( ConUnue4 on 2econd Fe. ) - - - - TEMPERATURE AT OMAHA ifotir. ) . , , 1)eg. r n. iii. . . . . . ni .t p. mom . . . . . . 71) ( I a. ii , . . . . . . ( II ) 2 ii , mit . , , . . . 79 'i' a , iii . . . . . . . 'tui a - in . . . . . . 8 a. 11 % . . . . . . ItS .1 I' . lii . . . . . . $1 1) a. 111 . . . . . . 72 1 , lm. zu , . . . . . . 10 a. III , . . . 78 9 ii. mu. . , . . I I mm , lit . . . . . , 7 $ 7 Ii. III . . . . . . 79 1.i : mu. . . . . . . . . 78 14 it. in , , . . . . 77 I ) p. iii , , . . . , 78 'I'OiA' A'V 'VItI iNI'OStTiON. At timc ( Irnmmmiilsm' Iit8t ) p. mim.-V'ourtl , Itegttimcmmt linmiol , S ( km'o-vnmimcnt liii tiol Imig 7 p. mmi.-i'mirtit itegi tisemit ilatmol , ( rmttmoI l'innt , 14 im mn.-I'mirei'il Coiscert 1 , ' time ' 1'Immilits Or ltest ra itliti , lJiustt limit Chorus , Atmdl torltitmi. STORY OF SECOND DAY'S FIGHT Simaft''r i'lnmis to ' ( urn the inhiiNli left ilefore ) iitkii , DIrect Attitek Ott ( Copyright , IS9S , by Associatcti l'ress. ) BEFORE SANTIAGO iE CUBA , July 2.- ( Via i'ort Antonio , Jamaica , I'er the /)880- ) ciated Press Dispatch Iloat Iiaumimtlcss.- ) Four batteries of artillery , whIch were liftCC(1 in poslthoim this nierning , begtimi time day iltlt bomnbardirg time Sami Juamm quarter of Santiago anti the Spanish position in front o our right. After a quarter of an hotmr's shelling General Lawton's troops , who llad bCOU reinforced , iiressti forward upon the enemmiy's left flank , pouring in timI exceedingly lInt fire , WimiClI WilS COlltIlltlCtl tiuring time greater part of tile afternoon. It is Ilot imltcntled to force time fighmtimig before tomorrow , tile presemit plan being to ttlrml tile SpanIsh left , taking the whole 11110 In enfilade and tiitis obtain a speedy etttrlmllCe into the upper cud of tue city. AthmlIral SainpsOml'S heavy gnus tilundered at intervals all tile forenoon , amid time Amer. icall sheila were distimmetly seen to explode witim troimiendous force anti loud miutnnations beyond the San Juan barracks , over whIch imumnerous fled Cross flags were flying. Time concemitratiomi of the Auiericaml battery - tory , OIl \Sllat is now dubbeti "Grimes' lull , " near otmr left center , Was tile result of a blunder made last niglmt in posting ommr gulls so near the SpanIsh infantry entrCllCilments that they could not be properly atmimporteti. Time itlea of a cross artillery fire wmms alian- toned , but the position occupied by tile batteries - teries omm our right was hot rellnqtmishmed. Time rII1e fi Ing at that Poipj. at 000 time was as heavy as miuywlmcrc fliomlg tile limb yejmterday. Tile Spaniards kept up volley fir- lag for ftilly ami hour , but time deliberate spacing of our own shots sliovcml that our lllCll , as usual , were cool nfld effective in their iork. Later , Admiral Cervera's fleet , in time harbor , succeedcti imi gettimig an up- proximate range anglo of our advance on the left timid sent in nany ileavy shells , whicim exploded close to tile entrenchmllente. 'l'Itrom'vm4 UI , iiitreimeimtIIcimtN. It was realized late yesterday that we might have hard fighting today in order to maintain this advanced losition around time , large blockhomlse , or so-called fort. Strong entrenchmemmts were timerefore thrown UI ) there during the night. Thus far today time Spanish infantry have let. these works ' severely alone , Near title position 200 . Spanisil soldiers anti sixty-two officers were captured this morning. Both these and 2,000 prIsoners taken yesterday on the right were marcheti to time rear 'durIng the forenoon - noon , Time expression on all 'their faces was exceedingly sullen. The rumor tlmat one prisoner turmled upon a hieutemmant of the Tenth cavalry , who hati just t'mmriieml him over to the guard , anti stabbed kiln , the guard taking irnnedidto vengeammca ( or tills dastratiiy d'eed by felling the Spanlarti with a builet. is not confirimied. There are niaiy evidences of dIshonest methods of warfare upon the part of the Spaniards yesterday. Oils of timclr batteries , masked by ti blockhouse over whIch the iteti Cross flag was flyIng , on the road leading - ing to General Shatter's quarters , on the Rio Sevihla to the front , has been for two days tnfested at various points by sharp. mmlmooters who fired deliberately upon our Wounded anti upon our 111011 who are Cml- gaged , It was supposeti that they bath stolen through our lilIes 00 the rigimt , taking refuge in the hospItals. In the trenches secbmreti by tla many sheiis have been found. The report seems to be well foumlded tilat time Spanish losses , especially in theati , will probably amount to 3,000 killed and wounthel. The losses of the Spaniarths are much heavier than ours. In some of the trenches the corpses lay in unbroken iince and occasionally two or three deep. Iltiti ImmetmoiiL No Ativitite , ' . It was not General Simafter's intention to attempt a gemlorai assault on the Span- lards today , unless our bombardment mmd G ucrai Lawtoll's oblique fire on our right developed an exceptional opportunity. Time niornlmig orders were to commfine our Ilelmi- cipal operations to tile defense of time 11081- tions we have taken anti relnforcemnemits for the Wilolo hino si'crc semIt forward early iii the forenoon. Thu second regular infantry \as scat to time right , the I\'iutim Massacimu- setts auth time Timirty-thimmi anti Tilirty- fourth Michigan to tile center , in all , about 2,000 fresib troops , Time 11mm iotitmy is as follows : Gemlermil Lawton omm righlt , Gemierai JCemmt Oil right center , General \\ibeeler left center 1111(1 ( General Hates au heft. General Garcia's mnaln irmsurgent force is thrown out to the rlgimt. General Laivton semit a mnessago to General Shutter , later imi the aftermmooim , saying Ime was in possession of several fine PO8itiOflB for mlnnting bat- tories to domnlmiato both the city ammtl outer fortifications of the port , From his ilead- quarters , General Silafter hail oxamnitied nmimttmteiy Morro castle and its supporting batteries on time range fmlcimmg tile OC000 , alIbI it imas been definitely ascertained fiat there are in tIme port of Santiago one gunboat , three irormcijlds and one tr'nnsport. WATSON TO START AT ONCE Fieo't ' , Vlli iii' JImmNto'iu'd to S'vi't'i' flu , cotmost of Siumol .m ii uumi ne st ray . Couummuo'rvc , WAShINGTON , -i ; 4.-Secretary of State Day , Secretary rmf War Alger , Secretary - tary of the Navy Long , General Miles and Admiral Sictird have been in session wIth the president for an hour going over tim Cuban question , Secretary Long said that 'Watson's fleet would be sent to the Spanish coast Unmnediately , JiStiS II OXOIIS FOIl St U I'SON , ( ) Ilices of Amluum frsth umuumi S'Ioe AoiimmIrni Silt ) ' iii' lit'Isi'i , WAShINGTON , July 4-There was profound - found interest over tile achIevement of d. inlrai Sainpsoml 1mm the senate today , tInt only branch of congress in session. It was evidenced in time fact that time disimatch of Admiral Sampson ias roati anti cimeered In timat ioiy , as well as by time comment In the cloak moomna. In fact , little or notimimmg else was talked about tluring time day , It was the unanImous opInion that congress siiouiml make recognitioim of Sampsomi smith lila macn. IL is thmought the rank of admiral mind vice admiral will be re-estatihiatmetl ims the navy for Sampson and Dewey , SAMPSON VIINS A BIG VICTORY Captures Admiral Cervi1 nd Destroys All . but One of ITessels. . . . CR18100111 GOLON IS DER ! ' to PREVENT. INKNG Catches Spain's Squadron \Vhilc Attempting to Esipc from Santiago FIarbor. OVER THREE HUNDRED SPRNIhRDS KILLED OR DROWNED Sixteen Hundred Cmtpturod and Mudb Prisommers of War , IncludimIg Corvor and Officers of All the Vessels Except the Oquemtdo-Ono ilundroci , and Sixty of Spain's Mon Are Wounded in tim Eu- counter-Americans Have but One Man . . , . i11qd and , Another Wounded. l\TASI.IJNGr1lON , July 4.-At 11:25 : toiiiglit the Navy ( lepartinent 1)OStel the fLpi1dCd ? translation of a eilhor cable- graiii rei'eivecl ffoin Coinmodorb i\r1j5011 , 1 i similar to that i'eceived. froni Admiral Sampson earlier iii the ( lay , but coit- taiiis the a(1liLlOflal inforillatioll that 350 Spanial'ds wei'o killed. or drowned , 160 wounIed. ; utd. 1,600 captured. Coillhnodort3 \V'ttsoiis ( lispatcil follows : "PLAYA DEL ESTE . ' ol' the , 0Jnly 3.--Scci'efary Navy , ' \\Taslliiigtohi : At 9 :30 : a , in , today the Spanish squtb'on , seven iii a11 , iiiclutliiig one gunboat , caine out of Santiago Ill colunni and 'was totally destroyed withiiii an hour , excepting the Ci'istobal Colon , which was cIlasc(1. forty-live iiiiles to westward by the coniiiiaiider-in-chief , Brookhyn , Oi'egon alll rlmCXflS suri'ender'ing to the Brooklyn , but was beached to 1)I'e\'e1t sinking , None of our oflicei's or mcii wei'e injured , except on board the Brooklyn , Chief Yeoman Ellis being killed , aiid. one man wounded. AdInil'aI Cerei'a , all corn- mIuic'Iing oflicers except those of the Oqueiido , seventy other officers : tiid 1 , (300 ( men are 1)l'isoilers. About ; 350 wei'e kille(1 or drowned. and 1(30 ( wounded. The lktter are 1)eilIg cared for on the Solace and Olivette. 1-Tavo justarrived off Sutu- tiago in tile I1\a'blheacl to take charge while coininaiider-iii- chief is looking after the Cristobal Colon. WA'J ' SON. " Admiral Sampscin's Dispatch. WASJ-IING'I'ON , July 4.Tlic seci'etai'y of the navy baa received the following : "PLAYA , Via IJayti , 3:15 : a. ni.-Siboney ( , .Tuly 3.- rule fleet under iiiy conunand offers the nation as a Fourth of July preseiit the destruction of' the wilole of Cei'vcra's fleet. ' . No one escaped. It attempted to escape at 9:30 : a. in. and at 2 p. in. the last , the Oi'istobal 001011 , had run ashore six miles west of Santiago and. had. let dowii its coloi's. r1lhe Iiifaiita Iar'ue rJercQ.l Oquelido and Vizcaya wei'o forced ; tsliore alifi. Wel'e burned and blown up within twenty ] ni1es of Santiago ; the Fiu'or and Pinion were destroyed within. four iiiiles of the port , Loss one killed and two wounded , ' 'Enemy's loss 1)1'ObtllY several in inUred , froni gun lire , ox- 1)10510115 aiid ( lrOwnilg. ' 'About 1 , 300 proners1 includ ing Adin ii'aI Cei'vera. "Tue man killed was George iIElIic1iief yeoman of the Brooklyn. SAMPSON. " . rilije following message was sent to Adinii'al Sampson today - day by the pI'esidelIt ; ' 'You have the gratitude anl congratulations of the whole Aniericui 1)001)10. COnvoy to your noble olficci's and , CI'e\V , tlii'oiigli whose va'or new lioiioi's have beeii added to the Amnei'iwuis , the grateful thanks . aiid appreciatiout of the nation , \v ILLIAM M'KJNLEY. " CERVERA MAKES A LAST RUN 1)esroys 111,4 , ' ; ; ; Ilituitoelf Uju ' l'rlsout.r of 'tVitr to , time Ammmo'rlemtut Nmt' ' , ( Copyrlgimt , iS1S , by Amamocimmtetl Pt"ss. ) OFF' SANTIAGo Il CUBA , JiIy ; 3.- 4 p. m.-iIy ( Aesoriated I'rc'ss iiispatcim float \Vamitia , to Port , Ammtonio , Jammiai.'a , July i-idmiral ) Ccrvera'a fleet , consi log of tue armmiorc'ti cruisers Crlstobal Cotmi , Al- miramite Oqtmcndo , MarIe Teresa aimd Vlzcaya , mind two torpedo boat destroyers , Furor anti I'lutomm , wimicim haIti been hueitl in time harbor of Samitiago do Cuba ( or six wecka past by the coniithmieti squadrons of Itear Admmilrmtl Samnpson amid Conunodoro Scimiy , lies today at thin bottonl of time Caribbean sea , oit thin southerim coast of Cuba , Time Spanish comnmaumdcr is a prisomler of war on thin auxiliary gunboat Giotmeester ( formerly .1. Pierpont Morgan's yacht tor- sair ) , and 1,000 to If00 oUmer Spanish olil- cers mind saIlors , miii who escaitetl tile frigimt- ful carnage causemi by thin shells ( roam thin /ierIcaim war umimips , are also held as prla- onera of war by time United States navy , Time Spaniards , when they found they wouid be utermitted to live , titiapteti timein- selves commlfortabiy to time situation , rolled their , cigarettes amid begaml imiaylllg cards among timemmisoives. Thin American victory Is complete Ima , according to tile heat intormoatlca otain- abio at hula titan , thu Aincricaim 'easels were practically untouched aummi om'ly one milan was kilieti , thought tile slmhptm we sub- jeetemi to tile heavy fire of tue Spmiards all the time thIe battle hasted , Amimmilral Ccrvera mnatho mis gallant c dash for lIberty and for the. preservation C't imis ships this mnornimig as Imas ever occurrcl in time illatory of naval warfare , In time ( ace of overwhmehmning odds , with imotimimig betpre him but Inevitable destruction or surri'p- tier if he remoalnod any longer 1mm the trup in which the American teei held bimmi , iA made a hot ( hash out of time harbor at time timno the Aimmericanim least expected hIm to do so , amid , fighting every iiicii of his way , evcmm wimeim ida slmbii was rmblae and sink- ing1 lie tried to escape tue (100111 wiiiclm svmw written en time mnuzzie or every American gumi trained uimmmb hlmm vessels Time Ameelcamia saw him time momnent un , left time Imarbor anti cornmmczlceml tim work of destruction , For mimi hour or two they foiloweti thin flying Simammiarda to the west- ivard along the imore line , semmtllimg shot after eliot Into timeir blazing imtmhlum , tearlmmg great ilohes Iii their steel uIda anti cover- log time ( leeks with tile blood of tile killed nmitl WotImItletI. it emo time did the Siammiarda show arir lnmiicntion tbmat titcy Imito'imuietl to tb otimer- wIse titan Iigimt to time last , They umboweol tb signmmhs of aurremimler , evemm when tbmoir simips conmmnencctl to simmk , antI thin great , clolills of amnoite rtourlimg ( romim Ihmc'ir eIdc showed they eere oil fire ; limIt they turned their heads to time shore , less tlimin a milN away , and ran tlic'mn Into time bench mmml rocks , wiiert , their destruction was soomi coin- 1mb ted , 'rime ofileera anti men on board then cs- caped to thimi simoro aim well as they could , with tile ossiatamice of boats senL from time Amocrietmn muon-of-war , aiiol thittn threw thmemnseives upon limo mercy of timeir cap- I.tnr. , wlmo ant ommly exteflieti to timem time gracious imand of American chivalry , but sent thmeni a guard to protect timcmn troni the murderous bammda of Cuban soldiers hmIdin in the buahm on the hillside , eager to rush down and attack the unarmed , deft , . . ' 1 but. valorous foe , Ommo or another of time SpanIsh 101111)8 be- comae thin vIctims of time uwfui rain of imimells I which the AmerIcan battleshIps , cruhser ; anti gunboats poured upon tilvmi flflm twG hours after 010 first of tim fleet imad started : out of Santiago harbor , three cruisers anti . two torpedo bout destroyers ' 'ere lying oa time shore. ten to flttemi mIles ivest of MorrG 1crmmiic , loUUdhrlli to pIeced , smoke and fiame
