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Fair fenight and Tomorrow, With Northerly Winds. of Columbia, Delaware and fair weather tonight and Wed- rortherly northeasterly cool, to Virginia, North Carolina and South Caro- na, cloudy weath2r with showers tonight; Wednesday generally fair; variable winds, becoming northeasterly. Havana Weather. July 8 am.—Barometer, east light winds; HAVA 20.04: weath Today Boat Wanda to Port Antonio, Jamaica, Mondzy Morning, July 4, via Kingston, amaico, July 4, 4:45 a.m.—Admiral Cer- vera’s fleet, censisiing of the armored cruisers Cristobal Colon, Almirante Oquen- do, Infanta Maria Teresa and Vizcaya and two torpedo boat destroyers, the Furor and the Pluton, which had been held in the Commodore W. S. Schley, harbor of Santiagc de Cuba for six weeks past by the combined squadrons of Rear Admiral Sampson and Commodore Schley, lies today at the bottom of the Caribbean sea, off the souchern coast ‘of Cuba. ‘The Spanish admiral is a prisoner of war on the auxiliary gunboat Gloucester (for- merly Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan's yacht Corsair) and 1,000 to 1,500 other Spanish officers and sailo u ed the frightful car use shells from the American warsh as prisoners of war by the United States navy. The American victory is complete. Gallant Dash for Liberty. Admiral Cervera made as gallant a dash for liberty and for the preservation of his ships this morning as has ever oceurred in the history of naval warfare. In the face of overwheiming od With nothing before him but inevitabl siruction or surrender if he remained jonger in the trap in which the American fleet held him, he made a bold d. from the harbor, and, fighting every inch of his even when his ship was ablaze and sinking, tried to escape the doom which wes written on the muzzle of every American gun trained upon his vess The Americ: kim the moment he left the harbor and commenced their work of ruction immedi or two they followed th to theewestward along the shore | hulls, tearing great holes in their steel sides and covering their decks the blood of the killed and wounded. Feught to the Last. At no time did the Spiniards show any indication that they .ntended to do other- than fight to the last. ‘Fhey. showed no signals to surrender even when their ships commenced to sink and the great clouds of smoke pouring from their side: showed they were on fire. But they turn- than ay, and ran them en the beach ed their heads toward the shore, les a mile a high tide, 2 a.m. and 10:17 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rises 4:40 a.m.; sun sets 7:28 p.m. Moon ris $ p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises 4:41 a.m. The City Light Gas lamps all light2d by 8:36 p.m.; extin- guishing begun at 3:49 a.m. The lighting ts begun one hour before the time named. Are lamps lighted at 8:21 p.m.; extin- guished at 4:04 a.m. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 Great Falls, temperatcr2, 84; condi- receiving reservoir, temperature, tion at rorth connection condi- buting e, 84; condition at in- ; effluent gate house, 88; temperat t gate hous:, rds for Twenty-Four Hours. wing were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning at 4 p.m. yes- terday July 4-4 p.m 73. July 5-4 am, 78; 8 p.m., 2 midnight, . 68; 12 noon, , 79, at 2 pm. July atGa.m. July & The following were the readings of the baromster at the weather bureau for the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 p.m. yesterday: July 4-4 p.m., night, 320.01; July 30.14; 12 noon, 5 9.90; 8 p.m., 29.98; 12 mid- INDEX FU ADVEKPisemeNTs. ACCOUNTANTS: CHIROPODISTS CITY ITEMS. |. 2 COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS. COUNTRY BOARD z COUNTKY REAL ESTATE. DEATHS DENTISTRY. DUCATIONAL. XCURSIONS, Admiral W. T. Sampson, and rocks, where their destruction was soon completed. The officers and men on board then escaped to the shore as well as they could, with the assistance uf the boats sent from the American men-of-war, and then threw themselves upon the mercy of their captors, who not only extended to them the gracious hand of American chiv- airy, but sent them a guard to protect them from the murderous bands of Cuban soldiers hiding in the bush cn the hillside, eager t+ rush dewn and attack the uparm- ed, eefeated, but valorous foe. Cervera Surrenders. 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Union Savings Bank, 1222 F St. 3y2-154 ace THE WASHINGTON MARKET COMPANY— Dt vidend No. 48. Th: usual July dividend of 25 cents a share to stockbolders of this company of record July 5. 1897, has been declared, eu ie at the in Center Market on ond after July 7th instant. x dy2-6t sw. CURRIDEN, Secretary. BATTLE SHIP INDIANA. as soon as he touched the beach he sur- rendered himself and his command to Lieut. Morton and asked to be taken on board the Gloucester, which was the only American yessel near him at the time, with several of his officers, including the cap- tain of the flagship. The Spanish admiral, who was also wounded in the arm, was taken to the Gloucester and was received at her gangway by her commander, Lieut. Richard Wainwright, who grasped the hand of the gray-bearded admiral and said to him: : “I congratulate you, sir, upon having made as gaMant a fight as was ever wit- nessed on the sea.” Lieutenant Commander Wainwright then placed his cabin at the disposal of the Spanish officers. At that time the Spanish flagship and four other Spanish vessels had been aground and burning for two hours, and the only one of the escaping fleet which could not be seen at this point was the Cristobal Colon. But a half dozen curls of smoke far down on the western horizon showed the fate that was awaiting her. The Colon’s Fate. The Cristobal Colon was the fastest of the Spanish ships and she soon obtained a lead over the others after leaving the har- bor and escaped the effect of the shots which destroyed the other vessels. She steamed away at great speed, with the Oregon, New York, Brooklyn and several other ships in pursuit, all of them firing at her constantly and receiving fire them- selves from her after guns. There was no possibility whatever «for escape. Captain Robley Evans of the Iowa returned from the westward with 340 prisoners from the Vizcaya just as the Associated Press dis- patch boat Wanda was leaving the Span- ish flagship. In anéwer to an inquiry he shouted through the megaphone: “I left the Cristobal Colon far to the westward an hour ago and the Orsgon was Capt. Robley D. Evans, (From Photograph by Prince.) giving her hell. She has undoubtedly gone down with the others and we will have a Fourth of July celebraticn in Santiago to- morrow.” Captain Evans, who had »een in the thick of the engagement up to ‘he time he took the Vizcaya’s officers and crew from the shore, said that to the best of his knowledge not one American ship had been struck. No American Ship Injured. The torpedo boat Ericsson, which also re- turned from the westward at about the same time, made a similar report, saying it was believed no man was injured on board the American ships, though another report had it that one man was killed on board the Brooklyn. There can be no doubt that Admiral Cer- vera’s plan te escape from Santiago harbor was entirely unexpected by Admiral Samp- son, and th> best evidence of this is the fact that when the Spanish vessels were seen coming out of the harbor the flagsnip New York was seven miles away, steaming to the eastward toward Juragua, the mill- tary base, nin> miles east of Morro. The New York was out of the fight alto- gether at every stage, but she immediately put about and followed the other yessels in the race to the westward, and overtook them in time to join in the chase for the Cristobal Colon after the other Spanish ves- sels had been destroyed by the Brooklyn, the Oregon, Iowa, Massachus2tts, Indiana, Texas, Gloucester and other ships of the fleet. Ccmmodore Schley’s flagship, the Brook- lyn, had her usual position at the extreme western 2nd of the line, ten miles from the New York and Texas. It is a peculiar fact that he should have been in proper position to direct the mcvement of his flying squad- ren against the Spanish fleet which he had hottled up in Santiago harbor six w2eks be- fore. As a matter of fact, the entire American fleet Was much further off shore than usual when the Spaniards made their appearance this morning. zs It was not believed that Admiral Cervera would attempt to escape from his perilous position at this late day, but it was sup- posed that he would keep his ships in the harbor to shell the advancing Amarican army, and that if Santiago fell he would blow up or sink them before permitting them to be captured by the fleet lying out- side. The Spanish admiral’s real plans, how- ever, ware plainly not anticipated. He ac- cepted the one chance open to him—that of running the gantlet of the powerful men- of-war lying in front of the harbor and saving his ships for future service by dash- ing out of the trap in which he found him- self and going to some other field of opera- tions. ‘There seemed to be but one chance in a hundred that he would be able to make th> move successfully, but he took that chance, Capt. John W. Philip, Of the Tex: and while great piles of naval architecture now ground to pieces on the rocks a few miles from wh2re he started tell the mourn- ful story of his failure, there are none who applaud his conduct more than the Ameri- can officers and seamen who sent his ships to destruction. The Attempt to Escape. It was about 9 o'clock this morning when the flagship Infanta Maria Teresa passed under the wall of Morro Castle and steam- ed out to sea. She was followed by the Cristobal Colon, Viscaya and Oquendo, and ty, q % YY vy yf. is Yj "4, same time sending answering shots at the American ships as fast as the men could load und fire the guns. The Brooklyn, Mas- sachusetts, Texas, Oregon and Iowa were Capt. Charles E. Clark, Commaading the U. S. Battle Ship Oregon. nearer the Spaniards than any others of the American vessels, but still most of them wer? too far away to get an effective range. They crowded on all steam, how- ever, in preparation for the chase, never stopping their fire for one moment. The Gloucester, a fast littl= yacht that cannot boast of any heavier battery than several six-pounders and three-pounders, was lying off Aguadores, three miles east of Morro, when the Spaniards came out. At first sh2 joined in the attack upon a large vessel and then held off some, Capt. | Wainwright concluding to reserve his ef- THE 10WA IN ACTION. went to the bottom in perpetual oblivion, giving out a hissing, scalding sound as she disappeared below the surface. Meantime, the larger American ships were gaining on the Spanish cruisers, and a storm of shots was passing between the pursuers and the pursued. The American fire was so rapid that the ships were envel- oped in thick clouds of smoke, and it was impossible to tell at the distance which vessels were doing the greater éxecution. Signals of Distress. ‘The Brooklyn and the five battle ships were keeping up an incessant fire upon the Infanta Maria Teresa, the Vizcaya and the Almirante Oquendo, and the latter were returning it bravely, though with no suc- cess. The Spanish gunners scemed unable to get the proper range, and many of their shots were very wild, though a nuinber of theim fell dangerously near to the mark. The guns of the battery just east of Mor- ro also teok part in the game, and their shells fell around the American ships. Many of them struck the upper works of the fleeing Spaniards, und must have re- sulted in killing and wounding many of their men. The Spanish ships had now reached a point 2bout seven miles west of Morro and a mile or two beyond the place where the Furor was burning and the Piuton broken in two against the cliff. The flagship and the Oquendo were the first to show signals of distress. Two thir- teen-inch shells from one of the battle ships had struck the Maria Teresa at the water line, tearing great holes in her side, and causing her to fill rapidly. ‘The Oquendo suffered about the same fate, and both ships headed for a small cove and went aground 200 yards from the shere, flames shooting from them in every direction. The officers and crew must have been aware of the fate which seemed to be be- fore them, but it was not until the ships were on fire and cnveloped in flames and smoke that the men ceased firing. The Gloucester, after sending a boat last by the torpedo boat destroyers Furor and Pluton. The lookout on the American vessels, which were lying five or ten miles off the entrance to the harbor, sighted them immediately. Mcst of the American cruls2rs were at the usual Sunday morning quarters without thought of anything as surprising as the Spanish fleet getting past them. ‘There was great excitement at once and very rapid action along the American tines. The signal for full speed ah2ad was run- ning from bridge to engine room of every Capt. F. J. Higginson, Of the Massachusetts. ship, and the entire fleet. commenced to move in shore toward,the Spanish, and the great 12 and 13-inch, gung of th? battle ships and the smaller patteries on the other vessels fired shot after shot at long range. Started on Their Race. As the ships ran in.toward the shore it soon became evident.that the Spaniards had not coma out to meke an aggressive fight, for they turned’ to the eastward as soon as they had cleared the harbor and started on their rac8 for safety, at the ferts for the two torpedo boat destroyers in the rear. The Gloucester steaned after them when they appeared and chased them to a point five miles west of Morro, pouring shot ter shot into them all the time. Her ef- forts bore abundant fruit, for to her be- longs the credit for the destruction of both of the destroyers. She fired 1,400 shots during the chase, and it was not long be- fore both destroyers were on fire and plainly disabled. Notwithstanding this, they both returned the Gloucester’s fire, and a rain of smail shells fell all around the yacht. The Fu- ror evidently determined that she would not stand the fire any longer, and che put about and headed back for Santiago. Then the Gloucester simply smothered her with shozs from her rapid-fire guns and, running like the wind, forced her to turn around and again head westward. The Furor Abandoned. Smoke commenced to rise from the Fu- ror’s sides and she put in toward the shore. Before she had gone fer what was left of her crew abandoned her and took to the boats, reaching the shore later. By that time she was a mass of flame, and was drifting about helplessly, The Pluton was in the same distressed condition and was also headed for the shore, running up alongside of a low bluff, where she soon pounded to pieces and final- ly broke in two completely. It was a most dangerous landing place for her crew, and but about half of them reached the shore alive. The Gloucester did not go any further west, but lay off shore and sent in a boat to the assistance of the crews of the de- stroyers. It did not take the flames long to reach the Furor’s magazines, and there were two terrific explosions, probably of the gun cotton on board of her’, which blew holes in her bottom. Her stern sank im- mediately, and as it settled in the water her bow rode straight into the air, and she Sleep easy o’ nights For $2.50 to $5 a-year. Business men who rent a Safe Deposit Box here can deposit the day's cash receipts every evening We are open long clone. 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