The Jacksonville Banner. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, July 8, 1898 Page: 2 of 8
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A
SAMPSON’S MESSAGE
Sacksonville gannet.
TELLS OF HIS VICTORY.
J. E. McFARLAND, Publisher.
TEXAS.
JACKSONVILLE,
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Cervera’s Words.
furling of “Old Glory” was the beauti-
sembled to honor the occasion, and
Cervera’s dash to sea is said by wit-
above the ground.
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staf in the state. The flag is 22x41 feet
in dimensions, and the pole is 165 feet
Gen. Pando arrived at Santiago Sun-
day, according to a special.
higher ranks of the British navy at the
under-armament of our ships.”
Large supplies of food are being sent
to the reconcentrados.
Cervera Captured and His Fine Fleet is but a
Memory of the Past--Over THirteen Hun-
dred Prisoners Were Taken.
The Fourth of July was fittingly cele-
I brated all over the union.
amid shouts and music the largest flag nesses to have been a daring act.
In Texas was floated from the tallest’___
Fe railway held their grand flag rais- j
ing at Temple on the afternoon of
■ there is a distinct uneasiness in the
WAR NEWS AND NOTES.
June 29. The spot selected for the un-
the port.
Loss, one killed and two wounded.
The enemy’s loss is probably several
hundred from gun fire, explosions and
' drowning. About 1300 prisoners, in-
Handy hotel. An immense crowd as- 1
Will Build For All.
London, July 6.—A Washington cor-
respondent reports an interview with
a distinguished American officer, who
is reported as dilating upon the im-
mense superiority of American war-
ships over British, and especially in
! armor and armament. This officer is
said to have declared that the United
States battleship Alabama could blow
the British battleship Majestic out of
the water, and to have predicted that
in the next century America will be
building warships for everybody.
“Even now,” he says, “the United
States is able to build much cheaper
than England or Germany.”
The Daily Mail, commenting editori-
ally upon this statement, says:
“We have verified data and are com-
pelled to acknowledge the correctness
I of the statement. We know also that
Swimming Record Beaten.
San Francisco, Cal., July 6—Howard
Brewer in an exciting contest has
beaten the world’s amateur swimming
record for 440 yards, his time being 6
minutes 10% seconds. The previous
record was 6:23 1-5, and was held by
Blum of Chicago.
admiral was on the lookout for Cer-
vera when he attemvted to break
through the blockade.
Admiral Sampson was closer inshore
than Servera expected, and retreat to
the east or south was shut off.
The Colon was forced to make her
dart to the west. At the navy depart-
ment it is understood that the Colon
surrendered with her whole crew and
parts of the crews of the three other
vessels.
Entered the Canal.
Port Said, July 6.—The Spanish fleel
under the command of Admiral Cama-
ra, consisting of the Pelayo, Carlos V;
Patriota, Ripido, Buenos Ayres, Isle d
Panaha, San Francisco, Isla de Luzon,
San Augustin and San Ignacio de Loy-
ola, has entered the Suez canal. The
Spanish torpedo boats which were with
the fleet have been ordered to Messina,
Sicily.
Thanks te Schley.
Washington, July 6.— Representative
Berry of Kentucky, a member of the
house committee on foreign affairs,
yesterday introduced the following
resolutions':
Joint resolutions tendering thanka
of the congress to Commodore Schle,
and the men under his command. *
Resolved, that the thanks of con- 4
gress and of the American people are |
hereby tendered to Commodore Schley, I
U. S. N., and the officers and men un- I
der his command for their heroic and "
distinguished conduct in destroying g
the Spanish fleet in Cuban waters on 1
the 3d of July last. 1
The resolution was referred to the •
naval affairs committee. Mr. Berry in
speaking of his resolution said:
“I propose that the officer to whom
the glory is due shall be recognized.
Schley is the real hero of the incident.
He and the brave band of officers and
men under their immediate direction
are the ones who achieved the victory
and all honors should be given them.
Sampson commands the fleet in these n
waters, but it was Comodore Schley
in command when Cevera and his fleet
made the plucky attempt to escape and
it was under Schley that every one of
the Spanish fleet met its destruction.
Schley and his men have performed a
notable feat that will go down in his-
tory hand in hand with that daring
forcing of Manila harbor by Dewey on
May 1. Congress should be prompt in
recognizing their services and there
should be no delay in tendering its
thanks and those of the country to the
real hero of Santiago.”
For Santiago.
Washington, July 6.—The brigade
under Gen. Garreston at Camp Alger
has been ordered to proceed at once to
Santiago. The eighth Ohio regiment
goes to New York to take the cruiser
St. Paul with other regiments, the
sixth Massachusetts and sixth Illinois
go to Charleston, S. C., where the Yale
and Harvard will be intercepted on
their way north to embark these troops
for Santiago.
Fatal Capsizing.
Beverly, Mass., July 5.—The small
excursion steamer Surf City, with
about sixty passengers on board was
struck by a terrible squall yesterday
evening a mile from shore and cap-
sized. Of those on board a large ma-
jority are believed to have been res?
cued by sail boats, but no less than
six bodies have been recovered at day-
break, and it is known that many
rushed into the cabin before the squall
it is thought that twice as many bod-
ies are still confined there. As one or
two of those taken ashore are in a
critical condition, it appears likely
that the list of dead may reach a score.
The following bodies were recovered
from the wreck:
Mrs. Catherine D. Weber of Beverly,
Miss Grace Snell, 3-year-old son of
John Kenny of Beverly, two unidenti-
fied vromen, one unidentified 6-year-old
boy.
Of those rescued Miss Bertha Lovett
of North Beverly, Hazel Herzy, 1-year-
old of Beverly; Miss Emerson of Dan-
vers and an unknown 2-year-old girl
are still in a critical condition.
Gen. Shafter and he in turn sent it to to the enemy.
Admiral Sampson. So the American —
Massachusetts, Texas, Brooklyn and
the converted yacht Gloucester, form-
erly the Corsair, formed in position to
give battle as soon as the Colon was
sighted rounding the wreck of the
Merrimac.
The American vessels did not open
fire at once. They waited until Cer-
vera’s ships were out of the range of
Morro’s guns before giving battle. Cer-
vera headed to the west, the Colon in
the lead, followed by the Vizcaya and
Oquendo and the destroyers, all firing
rapidly.
All of the American battleships
opened fire at once, and the Spanish
were soon in a hurricane of shot and
shell, but the Colon kept on bravely
until when about ten miles to the west-
ward of Morro castle Admiral Cervera
turned his vessel to the shore and
beached her. She was blazing in a
score of places, but her guns kept at
work, and the white flag never showed
until she was completely disabled.
The Oquendo and Vizcaya were op-
posed by the Iowa, Texas and Indiana,
and went down to defeat with fearful
swiftness, covering but a half the dis-
tance made by the Colon before their
captains ran them ashore.
Their crews fought with desperate
bravery, bud their courage was no
match for the courage of our men, add-
ed to their superb gunnery.
The Spanish shells went wild for the
most part. The American fire was
marked by merciless precision. The
two cruisers, both on fire, were beached
not more than a quarter of a mile
apart.
The most dramatic feature of the
battle was the contest between the tor-
pedo boat destroyers and the Glouces-
ter. The latter was struck several
times, and is the only American vessel
reported damaged. At first the Glou-
cester fired upon them with her six-
pounders, but they ran past her and
engaged the battleships. Finding the
fire too hot, they turned and attacked
the Gloucester again, until both de-
stroyers were afire and had to be
beached. Their crews threw them-
selves into the surf to save their lives.
Just before this the New York cam?
up and assisted in giving the finishing
blow to the destroyers.
There was explosion after explosion
from the beach.
It was first reported that Admiral
Cervera was dead, but this was after-
ward denied.
Wellman Sails.
Archangel, July 6.—The Arctic expe-
dition, headed by Walter Wellman,
which left Tromsoe, Norway, on June
26 last, has sailed from Solembola, a
town near here, for Franz Josefland,
after taking on board eighty-three Si-
berian dogs.
The Harvard, Yale and St. Louis will
all be utilized in hurrying forward
troops for Santiago.
Revolution in Uruguay.
Montevideo, July 6.—A revoltion
has broken out at the capital. The
fourth regiment of light artillery,
headed by eGn. Eestevan, has muti-
nied. Firing began early yesterday
morning and continued as this dis-
patch was sent, close to the city. The
government has declared the city in a
state of siege and has called out the
national guard.
eluding Admiral Cervera.
The man killed was George E. Ellis,
I chief yeoman of the Brooklyn.
ful Santa Fe park, just south of the | SAMPSON.
Courteous Act.
Washington, July 6.—A graceful
courtesy was extended to the captured
Spanish admiral, Cervera, by the presi-
dent. Through Gen. Greeley, chief sig-
nal officer, permission was sent to him
to communicate with his family in
Spain by cable.
Permission was also granted to other
captured Spanish officers to use the
cable to transmit personal messages tp
friends in Spain. The messages wifi
be, of course, carefully censored, and
nothing will be allowed to pass that
would be of assistance in any manner
Will Attack Together.
Washington, July 6.—The president
decided after a cabinet war counsel
and a consultation with Gen. Miles that
Santiago should be attacked simulta-
neously from land and sea.
Admiral Sampson was ordered by
cable to immediately confer with Gen.
Shafter as to the best time for the con-
templated land and naval attack.
Gen. Miles was ordered to go to the
front at once.
The plans of the president and his
advisers contemplate the immediate re-
duction of Morro castle and the other
forts at the entrance to Santiago har-
bor.
These forts having been silenced,
Shafter’s men are to take possession
and the fleet is to proceed up the har-
bor to the city.
The action of the navy in such move-
ment is indispensable, as was shown
by the first telegrams received from
Gen. Shafter yesterday. His plans for
the bombardment of the city had been
disarranged by the refusal of Admiral
Sampson to co-operate. Gen. Shafter
cabled to the war department: “Samp-
son has refused to enter the harbor of
Santiago without special orders from
the department,” and shortly after he
cabled the second time: “If Sampson
will help me we can take the city at
once.”
These messages were immediately
brought to the notice of the president.
As a result Sampson was immediately
ordered to confer at once with Shafter,
and it depends on these two officers
whether the attack on Santiago shall
be postponed until Reinforcements ar-
rive.
Secretary Alger said: “It is regarded
now as necessary that there shall be
perfect co-operation between the army
and the fleet.”
The co-operation of the fleet in the
attempt to capture Santiago has been
rendered imperatively necessary by the
arrival of Spanish reinforcements at
Santiago. To attack the city alone
from the land side would require an
army double that under Linares.
It is now feared by the department
that Linares may have in a few days
nearly 30,000 troops. News was re-
ceived yesterday that Spanish troops
from the vicinity of Guantanamo, Hol-
guin and Manzanillo, numbering in all
9000 men, would arrive in Santiago
last night or to-day. These new troops
are well provided with field guns, and
will be able to place some strong bat-
teries on the hills along the Spanish
lines. To meet this force, entrenched
as it will be, would require an army
of at least 50,000 men. With the as-
sistance of Admiral Sampson the re-
sult could be obtained with the army
now on the field.
Gen. Miles will choose his point of
departure immediately, and his decis-
ion will rest on the facilities for get-
ting him to Santiago in the shortest
time.
Oregon has furnished three times the
number of men required under her
quota.
Lieut. Cook and Dr. Carloss of the
third Texas volunteer infantry recruit-
ed at Decatur for their regiment.
Company E, fourth Texas volunteers,
at Terrell, Tex., were presented with a
handsome flag by admiring friends of
that city.
Sergeant Woodworth, who recruited
at Waco, Tex., for the second Texas,
has secured all the men he needed, and
has reported to his regiment to that ef-
fect.
Judge Hobson, father of Lieut. Hob-
son, who resides at Greensboro, Ala.,
has received a telegram from his son,
dated Santiago, saying bis health is
good.
W. E. Ervin, one of the rough riders
reported killed near Santiago on the
24th ultimo, is a son of Capt. W. G.
Ervin, a prominent citizen of Sabine
Pass, Tex.
In the competitive West Point exam-
ination for the thriteenth congressional
district of Texas Sam R. Parker of Abi-
lene stood first and Charles T. Pettit
of Albany second.
Claud R. Willis of Waxahachie, Tex.,
has arrived home from Mobile, Ala.,
having been honorably discharged
from the ranks of the Texas volunteers.
He brought back with him all of his
army clothing.
El Diario de la Marina, a Havana
newspaper, says that Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee will attack Havana at the head of
40,000 soldiers, and remarks that he is
the “presumable author of the explo-
sion of the Maine.”
The government is asking for prices
on 2,500,000 pounds of threshed oats or
83,125 bushels from Texas. There wil
be no difficulty in suppling that quan-
tity, as the oat crop of 1898 in Texas 13
great.
Rev. Charles Hancock, formerly of
Fort Worth, has been made chaplain of
The Naval Battle.
New York, July 5.—Three of the
Spanish cruisers that were bottled up
in Santiago harbor and two torpedo
boat destroyers were pounded into
helpless hulks by the guns of Adimral
Sampson’s fleet on Sunday in an at-
tempt to escape from the harbor.
The vessels were beached in a last
effort to save as many of the lives of
the crews as possible.
Admiral Cervera, on board the Cris-
tobal Coron, headed his fleet in the at-
tempt to get away at about 9:30 o’clock.
So little were the Americans expecting
the dash that the flagship, New York,
was cruising up the coast, to the east,
and returned only in time to see the
finish of the fight and fire a shot or two
at the torpedo boat destroyers.
The Iowa and Indiana, Oregon,
the fourth Tennessee volunteers by
Gov. Bob Taylor of that state. Mr.
Hancock is a Methodist clergyman and
29 years old.
There seems to be a difference of
opinion among ecclesiastics in Spain
relative to the prosperity of continuing
the war. The bishop of Barcelona has
decuared himself for peace, while the
bishop of Segovia favors a “holy war.”
Dr. F. L. Barnes of Trinity, Tex., has
been notified by Surgeon General Stern-
berg at Washington, D. C., of his ap-
pointment as a surgeon in the army
and assigned to Galveston. Dr. Barnes
is 25 years old.
Lieut. D. Davis of the Comanche
(Tex.) company of volunteers, recently
accepted, has been recruiting at Dub-
lin, Tex., where he formerly resided.
He has been quite fortunate in getting
some most excellent material.
Lieut. T. M. Stroud of the Hamilton
(Tex.) guards has been at Hillsboro,
his old home, looking for suitable men
to join his command. He has met with
fair success. Lieut. Stroud took a four-
year course at West Point.
Lieut. Grandon, an English officer,
claims to have invented a torpedo sys-
tem that will revolutionize naval war-
fare. He claims that President Mc-
Kinley has notified him that the sys-
tem is to be investigated at once.
In an alleged biographical sketch of
Col. Roosevelt of the rough riders a
Madrid newspaper says he is the com-
mander-in-chief of the American army;
that he was formerly a New York po-
liceman; was born at Harlem, but emi-
grated to America when young: was
educated at Harvard academy and that
it is a commercial school, there being
no universities or colleges in America.
Lytle, a small postoffice six by six
feet in the northeast corner of a store
at Chickamagua National Park, Ga.,
has handled decidedly much more mail
matter heretofore than the public is
aware of. It seems incredible to state
that only two weeks ago from 45,000 to
55,000 pieces of mail found their way
daily to this place, and that every let-
ter has been accounted for. The only
persons in charge of this mail, and who
assorted it, were an aged lady and gen-
tleman.
The transportation and store depart-
ments of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa
Pope and Queen Regent.
London, July 6.—A correspondent
says:
The pope, it is rumored, has tele-
graphed the queen regent of Spain,
begging her not to compromise the fu-
ture of the monarchy by refusing to
treat for peace, “which, after the he-
roism displayed by the Spanish navy,
could not be other than honorable.”
At the same time the pope cabled
President McKinley, so it is rumored,
appealing to American generosity to-
ward an unfortunate but chivalrous
enemy.
Work of a Demon.
Harrodsburg, Ky., July 5.—One of
the most horrible crimes in the his-
tory of Mercer county occurred at Cor-
nishville Sunday night, and as a result
two of the best known men in that
section, Thomas Benton Hale and Mer-
ritt Adkinson, lie dead and Miss Julia
Poulter and Miss Campbell are both
shot through the body and it is
thought will die.
The demon who did the bloody work
is Richard Votaw, aged 21. Votaw,
who was crazed with liquor, went to
the gospel tent and became disorderly.
Mr. Hale cautioned him to be quiet and
Votaw shot him, killing him instantly.
Mr. Adkinson ran to the spot and the
second shot killed him. The fiend then,
fired two shots into the crowd of wor-
shipers. One ball passed entirely
through Miss Campbell’s body, inflict-
ing what is considered a fatal wound,
and the other struck Miss Poulter in
the back and it is believed she will
die.
Votaw then mounted his horse and
galloped away. As soon as possible
100 men started in pursuit, but at last
reports had not captured him.
Sampson’s Cheering News.
Washington, July 5.—The secretary
of the navy has received the following:
Playa del Este, via Hati, 3:15 a. m.,
Siboney, July 3.—To secretary of the
navy: The fleet under my command
offers the nation as a Fourth of July
present the destruction of the whole of
Cervera’s fleet.
No one escaped.
It attempted to escape at 9:30 a. m.
and 2 p. m. the last, the Colon, had
run ashore sixty miles west of Santi-
i ago and had let down her colors.
The Infanta Maria Teresa, Oquendo
and Vizcaya were forced ashore, burn-
ed and blown up within twenty miles
of Santiago. The Terror and Pluton
were destroyed within four miles of
Ordered to Charleston.
Chickamauga, Ga., July 6.—No troops
left Chickamauga yesterday, and it is
now not known when any will go.
The general conditions were material-
ly changed during the last forty-eight
hours, and as far as the troops here
are concerned it is apparent that the
war department has materially alter-
ed their plans. Six regiments had been
ordered to move yesterday, in com-
mand of Gen. Wilson as division com-
mander. The railroads had all neces-
sary trains to carry the soldiers to the
front, the quartermaster department
had loaded a train of fifteen cars with
supplies to accompany the troops, but
the destruction of Cervera’s fleet Sun-
day at Santiago - changed the whole
plan of the department, and the re-
scinding of the order was received
Monday night. As a result, the troops
did not leave, the subsistence train was
stopped and the contents were unload-
ed, and everything will now wait the
next move of the department.
Later in the day Gen. Wilson and
staff were ordered to proceed at once
to Charleston, taking with him the
first and second brigades of the first
corps as reorganized by Gen. Brooke.
From Dewey.
Washington, July 5.—Admiral Dew-
ey’s telegram to the navy department
is as follows:
Hong Kong, July 4, Cavite, July 1.—
Three transports and the Charleston
arrived yesterday. The Charlston
captured Guam, Ladrone islands, on
June 21, with no resistance; brought
the Spanish officers from the garrison,
six officers and fifty-four men, to Man-
ila. On June 29 the Spanish gun ves-
sel Leyte came out of the river near
Manila and surrendered to me, having
exhausted its ammunition and food re-
pelling attacks by the insurgents. She
had on board 32 officers and 94 men,
naval and military. (Signed)
DEWEY.
Washington, July 5.—“I shall not be
killed like a rat in a hole.” It is said
at the war department that these are
the words of Admiral Cervera at a
social club in Santiago some days ago.
The admiral is also reported to have
said at the same place that he intend-
ed to make a dash for the harbor and
fight his way out or be blown to
pieces. This remark, together with
the time of the meditated dash, was
reported to several Frenchmen by the
French consul and by the French re-
fugees to Gen. Garcia’s camp, into
whose lines the French went on Thurs-
day last.
Gen Garcia forwarded the news of
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