Evening Star Newspaper, July 4, 1898, Page 2

« _ THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 11(] Fennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th St, by ‘The Evening Star Ne' Company 8. H. LAUFFMANN, Fres't. pee wena Kew York Office, 49 Potter Buildiny. ee ‘The Evenirg Star ts served to subscribers tn the aaty by crrriers, on theze own account, at 10 cents ber week. or 44 cents per month. Coples at the cetoter 2 certs each. b 44 mail—anywhere io the Lnited States «r Canade—postage prepald—60 cents per mont! = ——— — aa Star, $1 per year, with ore! 5 ‘Entered at the Pot Cfice at Washington, D. 0.. The Fvening Sta as second-class ma’l matter.) £7 All mall subscriptions must be pafd In advance. Rates of advertising made known on appllestior. No. 14,148, WASHINGTON, D. C.,, MONDAY, JULY 4, 1898-TWELVE PAGES. THE STAR BY MAIL. Persons leaving the city for any Period can have The Star mailed to them to any pddress in the United States or Canada, by ¢rdering tt at this office, in person or by letter. Terms: 13 cents per week; 25 cents for two weeks, or 50 cents per month. Invariably in advance. Sub- ecribers changing their address from one Post-office to another should give the last address as well as the new one. THE SPANISH FLEET Admiral Sampson's Report of Its Entire Destruction. ADMIRAL CERVERA TS TAKEN PRISONER Great Enthusiasm All Over the City at Hearing the News. SANTIAGO T0 BE BOMBARDED TOMORROW General Shafter Yields Foreign to the Request of the Consuls. DISTRICT TROOPS SAILED FROM TAMPA Inspiring, glorious news thrilled | every avenue of official life and stir- red every heart in the national cap- ital today, making it, indeed, a glori- ous Fourth of July. ‘Word came from Shafter, from Sampson and from Dewey, telling of successes al- ready achieved, and those near at hand. That from Sampson telling of the destruction of Cervera’s entire fleet was received on every hand with joy. In the Senate Mr. Turpie, who was reading the Declaration of In- dependence, was interrupted by Mr. Frye (Me.), who announced that he had what he considered exceptional- ly good news, and asked that the clerk be directed to read the Asso- ciated Press dispatch conveying Ad- miral Sampson’s cablegram, telling of the capture of the Spanish fleet. Every senator and all the occupants of the galleries joined in applause, which was prolonged. The chair re- frained for once from any effort to check a demonstration of approval in the Senate chamber. Several of Shafter’s dispatches were made public. One of them stated that he had the enemy surrounded on the north and east. Another the statement: “I feel that I am master of the situ- ation and can hold the enemy for any length of time.” In still another General Shafter said his demand for the surrender of | Santiago was still being considered by the Spanish authorities. The news from Dewey was equally stirring in character. His official dispatch bore the Hong Kong date of July 4, although it came from Ca- vite July 1. It told not oniy of the arrival of the first expedition, but of the capture of Guan, Ladrone Is- lands, with its garrison of six officers and fifty-four men, and the surrender of the gunboat Leyte, with fifty-two officers and ninety-four men. The Wildest Enthusiasm. The wildest and most indescrib- able enthusiasm greeted Admiral Sampson’s dispatch at the Navy De- partment announcing the complete annihilation of Admiral Cervera’s fleet, and the surrender of the ad- miral himself with 1,300 Spanish prisoners. Cheer after cheer rang through the corridors of the State, War and Navy buildings as the inspiring words were read. A surging mass of newspaper correspondents strug- gied about the bulletin boards and htindreds of officials and clerks crowded up to hear the stirring news. First the hurrahs started in the Navy Department, but as word passed along the cry was taken up, until ly tells the sentiments it inspired. Among them and in all official quar- ters it was accepted not only as a glorious victory on the natal day of the republic, but one which dealt such a deadly blow to Spain that she can hardly rise again. “Sampson Reports Success.” Secretary Long received the fol- lowing cable message from Admiral Sampson about 1 o’clock this after- noon: PLAYA DEL ESTE, by way of Hati, July 4—To the Secretary of the Navy, 3:15 a.m.: SABONAY, July 3.--The fleet un- der my command offers the nation as a Fourth of July present the de- | struction of the whole of Cervera’s fleet. Not one escaped. They at- tempted to escape at 9:30 this morn- ing. At 2 the last ship, the Cristobal Colon, had run ashore sixty miles west of Santiago and has let down her colors. The Marie Theresa, Oquendo and Vizcaya were forced ashore, burned and blown up within twenty miles of Santiago. The Furor and Pluton were destroyed within four miles of the port. Loss, one killed and two wounded. Enemy’s loss probably several hundred, from gunpowder explo- sions and drowning. About 1,300 prisoners, including Admiral Cerve- ra. The man killed was George H. Ellis, chief yeoman of the Brooklyn. (Signed) SAMPSON. President Sends Congratulations, Executive Mansion, July 4, 12:30 p-m.—Admiral Sampson, via Playa del Este (to be forwarded at once): You have the gratitude and con- gratulations of the whole American people. Convey to your noble offi- cers and crews, through whose valor new honors have been added to the American navy, the grateful thanks and appreciation of the nation. (Signature) WM. McKINLEY. Secretary Long’s Tribute Secretary Long today sent the fol- lowing telegram to Admiral Samp- son: “The Secretary of the Navy sends you and every officer and man of your fleet, remembering equally your dead comrades, _ grateful acknowledgment of your heroism and success. All honor to the brave. You have maintained the glory of the American navy. “JOHN D. LONG.” TRUCE AT SANTIAGO. Bombardment Delayed to Allow Non- Combata::ts to Leave. UNCLE SAM: “That Want No Sisser.” bardment. Thereupon, the foreign consuls at Santiago made a joint rep- resentation, requtsting that women and children in the city have until Tuesday noon to withdraw before the bombardment begins. The Span- ish general declined to surrender at the time first set by Shafter. At present a truce exists, pending the expiration of the twenty-four hours asked for by the foreign con- suls, GEN. SHAFTER’S REPLY. Was Too Busy to Send Telegraphic Messages. In answer to a dispatch sent by Secretary Alger to Maj. Gen. Shaf- ter, asking why he had not sent the government more dispatches, this cablegram was received: “PLAYA DEL ESTE, July 3. “Headquarters Fifth Army Corps. “Did not telegraph, as I was too busy looking after things that had to be attended to at once, and did not wish to send any news that was not fully confirmed. “Spanish fleet left the harbor this morning and is reported as practi- cally destroyed. : “Situation has been precarious on account of difficulties of supply com- mand with food and tremendous fighting capabilities shown by the enemy from his almost impregnable position. SHAFTER” DEMAND FOR SURRENDER. Gen. Shafter Threatens Bombardment If Not Complied With. PLAYA DEL ESTE, July 3.— General Shafter telegraphs: “Early this morning I ~-nt a demand for the immediate surrender of Santiago, threatening to bombard the city. I believe the place will be surrenddr- 3. ed. THE OPPOSING POSITIONS. Gen. Pando’s Forces Will Not Get Into Santiago. The War Department this morn- ing gave out the following: “Headquarters 5th Army Corps, “Near Santiago, July 3. “Tonight my lines completely sur- THE ARMY REJOICES. Cheering Over the Disaster to Ceré vera’s Fleet. The following was received this morning: PLAYA, 9:30 a.m., July 4, 1898. Headquarters 5th Army Corps, Near Santiago. The A. G. O., U. S. Army, Washington: When the news of the disaster of the Spanish fleet reached the front, which was during the period of truce, the regimental band that had man- aged to keep its instruments on the line, played “The Star Spangled Banner” and “There Will Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight,” men cheering from one end of the line to the other. Officers and men without evensshelter tents have been soaking for five days in the after- noon rains, but all are happy. SHAFTER, Major General, U.S. A. GEN. DE REY KILLED. Madrid Report Also Has It That Gen. Linares is Dead. MADRID, July 4.—At the con- clusion of the cabinet meeting yester- day evening the ministers stated that official confirmation had been re- ceived that Gen. Vara de Rey and two of Gen. Linares’ aid-de-camps were among the killed in the third attack of the ~Americans. on El Caney. j It was stated that the American losses exceeded’ 2,000. The government. has no news from Aguadores. It is reported ‘that Gen. Linares has succumbed to his wounds, but this report is unconfirmed. THE NEWS IN MADRID. At Nodn It Was Reported That a Na- val Battle Was Proggessing. MADRID, July 4, noon.—An of- ficial dispatch from Santiago says: Admiral Cervera’s squadron made a sortie from Santiago, traversing the channel without incident. But a heavy cannonade was: hurled outside the harbor, and it is supposed a naval battle was procéeding. - General Escgrija’s- colunm has “making a sortie” from Santiago. No details were given. : The minister for war, Gen. Correa, has received a dispatch from Santia- go de Cuba, giving the Spanish losses, during the two days’ fighting, at “two hundred killed and wound- ed.” THE FLEET DESTROYED. Admiral Sampson’s Ships Are Vic- torious. In the early hours of Independence Day official dispatches were given out at the War Department confirm- ing the earlier rumors of the de- struction of Admiral Cervera’s fleet at Santiago. The information had been received by the President at least two hours earlier, but the news was so important, and withal, so startling, that it was withheld lest later reports should not bear it out. Promptly at 12 o’clock, however, the President gave his consent for pro- mulgation of the dispatches, convey- ing to a waiting nation the glad tid- ings of a victory no less complete than that achieved at Manila by the intrepid Dewey. The dispatches were* read at the War Department soon after mid- night toa small knot of newspaper men and department officials. As the full-significance of the news be- conie apparent there was a rush for the telegraph offices, and soon the glorious message was transmitted to every important section ofthe coun- try as an inspiration to the patriotic millions who today are celebrating the one hundred and twenty-first an- niversary of American independ- ence. There is no doubt of the correct- ness of the information. Confirma- tion came later on, in the form of a formal dispatch, brief but sufficient. The administration officials were cautious in handling the news of vic- tory. Leaks there were in plenty, but. when 2pproached for confirma- tion of the rumors each department official pleaded ignorance, some de- nying that any sort of message had been had. As stated, this was. to avoid the grievous disappointment possible in the receipt later of a cori- TWO CENTS. the advisability of making the dis- patches public, he smilingly assented, and soon after there was fresh zest given to the celebration of the glor- icus Fourth, then but just begun. SAILED YESTERDAY. The District Troops Are On the Way to Santiago. A telegram was received by Ad- jutant General Corbin today from Major General Coppinger, stating that the 1st Regiment of District of Columbia Volunteers sailed from Tampa at 12:30 yesterday for Santi- ago, with the exception of Captain Looker’s company, which remained as provisional engineers. The Dis- trict soldiers sailed on the transport Catania and there were no other troops mentioned as being on that vessel. Two other transports sailed at the same time as the Catania and their departure, the dispatch said, left no more transports at Tampa. While the hour of sailing is fixed in the telegram at 12:30, it is stated at the War Department that the steam- er did not get really started until 3:30 in the afternoon, but that by this afternoon the District boys are well on their way to reinforce Gen- eral Shafter. a GEN. MILES JUBILANT. In Excellent the News Spirits Over From Cuba. Gen. Miles is very jubilant over the splen- id achievements of the army and navy in the battle of Santiago. Me said to a Star reporter this afternoon that Gen. Shafter completely surrounded ihe ci Spanish forces at his mercy. Ce: perate effort to escape, he said, w his desire to make a last desperate siroke for victory on the open sea rather tha submit to almost certain annihilation in the harbor from the plunging fire which the batteries placed upon the hills were p: pared to pour into his fleet with« chance of satisfactory response. General Miles said that his telegram to Gen. Shafter congratulating him upon his work expressed ts full sentiments on the situation, notwithstanding the fact that it was written in advanc> of knowledge of the glorious achievements on land and sea yesterday, culminating in the complete do- struction of Spain's boasted navy in Ameri- can waters. In response to @ direct inquiry on the sub- Ject, he said that Sampson's victory would rot cause‘any change in the military plans dy determired upon, and that active tilities will be continued against the nish forces until they have been com- pletely subjugated. —— GEORGE H. ELLIS. len. Tke Only One Kill-d in Yesterday's Naval Battle. George H. Ellis. the orly man in ihe United States navy who was killed in the |gicrious naval engagement off Santiag: yesterday, chief yeoman of Comma Schley’s flagship Brocklyn, in which o he sveceeded Downirg, the Spanish tured by secret service officers in Ca . and who ended his career by suicide at the Washington barracks while aw: trial. Ellis was a native American, ha’ been born at Peoria, Il, October 21, 1 His naval career was very brief, he having | only enlisted on May 20, 1897, and his only eruise being that which resulted in nis death. His next of kin is his wife, Sadie Ellis, who lives at Bullshead, ee SPANISH OUTBREAK EXPECTED. News of a Revolt May Come at Any Time. Men of the highest prominence look for news at any minute that a revolt has brok- en out in Spain. If such news is not receiy- ed the greatest surprise will be occasioned. It is a fact that the compleie destruction of the fine ships of Cervera will arouse the Spanish nation to the point of ferocity, and that bloodshed will result. The present regime is almost sure to be deposed, and the officials will be lucky to escape with their heads. TOC REINFORCE SHAFTER. District Troops Among the the Way. Upward cf 4,000 men are now on their way to reinforce Gen. aftec in his opera- tions in Santiago province, and among them are the District troops. They com- prise the various organizations and’a num- ber of recruits which kave left Tampa dur- ing the past week. A most important con- tingent is six batteries of light artillery, which left Tampa yesterday, and comprise 24 officers and 628 men. They are made up ef two companies each from the 3d, 4th and 5th Artillery Regiments. On June 30 the Ist Illinois Regiment of 46 officers and 896 men_ pulled out of Tampa, and yester- day at 12 o'clock the Ist District of Colum- bia Volunteer Regiment, consisting of 36 offtcers and 817 men, in command of Col. George H. Harries, left the same place. June 29 a vessel left with 950 men aboard, comprising recruits to fill a number of the existing regiments now in Cuba to their maximum strength provided by law. The vessels are to assemble at Tampa, where a naval convoy will escort them to Shafter’s relief. 4,000 on SAMPSON’S PLANS, It is Believed That He Will Be in the : Bay Tomorrow. It is thought that by tonight Admiral Sampson will have run the Spanish gun- ners out of the fortifications around Santi- ago and cleared the channel of torpedoes. By tomorrow morning he will probably be in the bay in front of the city of Santiago Teady to bombard the city. The truce which General Shafter has with the Span- jards until noon tomorrow will not pre- vent operations by Admiral Sampson. THE LADRONES TAKEN Charleston Seizes the Spanish Islandg for the United States. ——-—_--—— TRANSPORTS ARRIVE AT MANILA ——__+-—— Troops in Good Condition After Their Long Sea Voyage, ONE DEATIT SELES RE ONLY AT SEA The following dispatch was re- ceived from Admiral Dewey early this morning by the Navy Depart- ment: CAVITE, July 3.—Three trans- ports and cru iser Charleston arrived yesterday. Captured Guara, Ladrone Islands. Brought the Spanish officials and the garrison of six officers and fifty-four men to Manila. On June 29 the Spanish gunboat Leyte came out of a river near Manila and sur- rendered to me, having exhausted ammunition and food repelling at- tack of insurgents. Had on board fifty-two officers and niety-four men.’ DEWEY, The Charleston’s Capture. [Copyright, 1888, by the Associated Press.J Manila, July 1, via Hong. Kong, July 4—The United States troops om the transports City of Sydney, City of, Peking and Australia, and convoyed by the United States cruiser Charles- ton, arrived off Cavite at 5 o'clock, yesterday evening, after an eventful voyage. On her way here the Charleston called at Guahan, the largest of the Ladrone Islands, the group in the Pacific which belonged to Spain, took possession of the whole group, made prisoners of Governor General Marino, his staff and the entire mili- tary force, and raised the stars and stripes over the ruins of Santa Cruz fort, in the harbor of San Luis Da- pra. The troops are in good condition, and our only loss was Private Hut- chinson of the 1st Oregon, who died on the City of Sidney on June 20, and was buried at sea on Jane 21. The Zafiro’s Report. HONG KONG, July 4—The United States dispatch boat Zafiro, which left Cavite, Manila harbor, on July 1, has arrived here. She re- ports that the American troops in the transports City of Sidney, City of Pe- king and Australia, convoyed by the Charleston, arrived at Cavite on June 30, having taken the Ladrone Isl- ands on the way, and having left men there. The Spanish governor and other officials captured were brought to Cavite. The United States troops com- menced to disembark at Cavite on July 1. Se GREATEST FOURTH OF ALL. Omaha's Hundred Thousand Cele= brators Rejoice Over the News. OMA4HA, » July The biggest Fourth of July celebration ever observed in the west is in progress on the exposition grounds here today. ‘The crowds were greatly enthused by the glorious news from Santiaso, and add the celebration of Shafter and Sampson's vic- tories to the original object of the day. The parade was one of the unique features, be- ing made up of the midway denizens, and every nation under the sun but Spain was represented. One hundred thousand people were on the grounds when the parade moved. After the parade there were oid- fashioned exercises on the grand plaza, where the Declaration of Independence was reed. Mr. James M. Beck of Philadelphia: | delivered an oration. —_—__ VOTE ON HAWAIL THIS WEEK. The Situation Senate Prac tically Unchanged. The situation in the Senate in regard tg the Hawaiian resolutions is practically un changed. All evidence at the present time points to a vote during the latter part of the present week and to adjournment early next week. Many senators today arg expressing their great. humiliation that the Senate should the maintenance of peace. The minority in the Senate on the Fourth of July continues tactics over the provosition 10» every hall and corridor echoed with} The Secretary of War has received | round the town from bay on north forced it8'way Siren the American Mentbyo = Sas Starts eee REWARD FOR VALOF. "This Aiibustering moveuieet proceeded to- the cheers of victory. Soon the news| a long and most important dispatch | of city to point on San Juan river on lines and has. red i . ag POR Shafter Directed Tiicsvaph | ee pine Rnd spread outside and ran to the Fourth| from Gen. Shafter. It is the one} south. ‘The enemy holds from west . 2% Sacorecenentens) foe Peomathen. = of July crowd, until the whole na-| which has excited much rumor, but ! bend San Juan river at its mouth up Rog nrenbnronrrsaotige Nested ome. there is ‘pothing tional capital was sharing in its| the essential points can now be given | the railroad to the city. Gen. Pando this afternoon: ee eae Soghiy of the 6 cheers of victory. To say that the} authoritatively. _ It states Shaffer's | I find tonight is seme: distance away __ **So soon as you can do £0 advisedly, Prange gn ‘ ~~