The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 9, 1898, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1898. STAYED ON THE WRECK TILL DAWN Hobson’s Su Received by Cervera in Person. The Merrimac Ovation on His Return to the New York, Copyrighted, 1898, by the Assoclated Press. OFF SANTI lated Pre via Port eica, July 0, July 8 (by the As- Antonio and Kineston, 8).—The return of As- Constructor Hobson to fagship New York, last s ma:“ed by wil. enthusiasm. Hobson ship, t W r and the first thing Hobson » do was to Introduce him to officers, but Colonel Astor got lost crowd which surged around, in- king Hobson’s hand. v their whistles. t once more among he told the story of his marvelous esc > and ent in Morro C: miss entrance to the as Ensign not t my bearings and then made r raieht in came the firing. It was grand, g out first from 2 of the harbor and then the r from those blg guns on the hills, Vizcaya, lying inside the harbor, | g in. roops from Santiago had rushed down when the news of the Merrimac coming was telegraphed, and soldier d the foot of the cliffs, firing wildly nd killing each other with their The Merrimac's steering oke as got to Estrella Point. ee of the torpedoes on her »ded when I touched the but- suk rine mine caught rling water high ire. ton. her full in the the Mer upon E “Her stern ran trella Point. Chiefly owing to the work done by the | mine she began to sink slowly. At that tim as acr channel, but bef re she settied th drifted her | around. We were all aft, lying on the deck She and bullets whistled around us. The six-inch shells from th izcaya came tearing into the imae, crashing into wood and iron, 1d p g clear through, while the plunging shots from the forts broke tl h her decks. Not a man must move,’ I said, and | it was only owing to the splendid dis- of the men that all of us were not killed as the shells sailed over us minutes became hours of Susf L n’s mouths grew parched, but W lie there until daylight, 1 told them. w and again one or the other of the men lying with his face glued the deck and wondering whether the would not come our way ‘ Hadn't we better get off But 1 said: ‘Wait till day- shell have been impossible to ywhere but to the s stood shoot- I hoped that by daylight we be recognized and saved. The | grand old M kept sinking. 1 > the dam- where nearly all the , but one man said that 1 draw the fire on the motionless. It was splendid tke way those men behaved. The fire of the -old , the batteries and the Vizcaya was awful. hen the water came up on the Merrimac's decks the catamaran float. d s anted to ed amid the wreckage, but was still | made fast to the boom and we caught | hold of the edge and clung on, our bove water. One man e were safer right there; it s quite light, the firing had ceased, except that on the New York launch, and I feared Ensign Powell and his men had been killed. A Spanish launch came toward t° = Merrimac. "We agreed to capture her and run. Just as she came close the Spaniards saw us and a half dozen marines jumped up and pointed their rifles at our heads. ** ‘Is there any officer in that boat to recelve a surrender of prisoners of war? I shouted. “An old man leaned over under the awning and waved his hand. It was Admiral Cervera. The marines low- ered their rifles and we were helped into the launch. “Then we were put into cells in Morro Castle. Afterward we were taken into Santiago. I had the court-martial room in the barracks. My men were kept i ers in the hospital. From my dow I could see the army moving across the open and being shot down by the Spaniards in the rifle pits in front of me. The Spaniards became as polite as could be. I knew something was coming and then I was ex- changed. Mr. Ramsden, the British Consul at Santiago, was tireless in his efforts to secure comfort for Hobson and his men. Lieutenant Hobson could not under- stand his promised exceptional promo- tion, but was overjoyed to learn the news that his bravery had been recog- nized by the people. He is the same simple, unaffected, enthusiastic Hob- son, more anxious to talk about the ef- fect of exploding shells and army moves than about his-own brave deed. The men who came with him received a ringing reception. All are doing well. L TR HOBSON THE IDO OF HIS BRAVE CREW Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 189, by James Gor- don Bennett. b e WITH ADMIRAL SAMPSON'S FLEET, OFF B.L.J4TIAGO, July 7 (via Dispatch“Boat Daunt- | came Colonel John Ja- | Powell, | 1 headed east | rrender Was Hero Given an | Call-Herald Dispatch Boat Somers N.| Smith to Port Antonio, Jamaica, July | 8).—Ever— one of the seven brave men who went with Naval Constructor | Hobson on the Merrimac iIs loud in his | praise of Hobson’s course during th now historic ¢ ploit. I had chats with ] the members of . obson’s crew to-day | | and they added some interesting details to the story as I sent it to The Call and Herald from Hobson’s own lips last i | “No braver or cooler man than Hob- | son lives,” said John Kelly. “If it had not Leen for him, matters would have | gone much harder with us.” { “Yes,” said John P. Phillips, chiming | n, “he is a wonderful man. It is simply | a miracle that all of us escaped without | injury. When the Merrimac ran into | the harbor Hobson stood on the bridge smiling as he looked through his| ses and saw how well we were pro- | ing. He kept the collier headed straight toward the channel, and never | faltered when bullets and shells came | falling about him. And, later on, when | we were taken on board the Reina Mer- | cedes dressed only in the wet unde: -1 wear which we had cut off at the knees, | | Hobson, as calm as ever, walked up to | | the commander of the Spanish vessel, | saluted him, and said: ‘I demand w for my men, who | have been long exposed in the water!” | “From the Reina Mercedes,” Phillips d, “we we: sent to Morro Ca: tle and kept in a vile place. Qur guards kept making signs intimating that they | would hang us.” | | “During the first bombardment of [ the Morro,” said Randolph Clausen, another of the heroic band, “the Span- | sh guards begged the Merrimac men | | to intercede for a cessation of the| | American fire. When the Spar fleet was captured I saw Spanish off cers beat the guards and warn them not to show cowardice before the| ‘American pigs.’ " One of the Spanish guards told Clau- sen that the Span: gunners had killed fourteen and wounded thirty-fiv of their own men in firing on the Merr mac. He added that the hospitals were | filled with wounded and sick men who had been filled with rum and rushed to | the front. | Hobson’s men tell me they lived on| rie st of the time they | were held as pr Consul Ramsden, the said, brought | them extra food at tim inciuding meat, which cost cents a pound. Admiral Cervera called on Hobson once and his men on several occas brought meat and other food to The Spanish ga is said to live entirely d salt fish and there is much sickness including several cases of yel- low fever. The Merrimac’s men assert that the city cannot long hold out, every available place Is filled with | wounded soldiers. So hard pressed is | | Linares, they . that the men who | are only slightly wounded are be | compelled to go to the front to re the American advance. {ROOSEVELT ADVANCED ‘ TO RANK OF COLONEL Wood and McKibben Nominated for| Brigadier Gencrals by the President. | WASHINGTON, July 8.—The President to-day sent these nominations to the | Senate: Volunteer army: Brigadier generals of volun- teers to be major generals—Hamilton D. Haw- | kin: Henry W. Lawton, Adna R. Chaflee, John €. Bates. | _To be brigadier generals—Colonel Leonard | 1, First Regiment, United States Volun- [t avalry: Lieutenant Colonel Chambers | McKibben, Twenty-first Infantr. First Regiment, Volunteer Cavalry: colonel, Lieutenant Colonel velt. To be quartermaster of volunteers, with rank of_colonel, Frank J. Hecker of Michigan. To be chief surgeon, with rank of lieutenant colonel, Major Philip’ F. Harvey, surgeon, U. 5. A | Merrimac’s crew. son in the cit: on rice a To be Theodore Roose- “To be division surgeon, with rank of major, Charles M. Robertson of Towa. To be brigade surgeons, with rank of major- Royce Dayfry of Ohio, Elmer E. Heg of Was ington, Charles R. 'Parke of Pennsylvania, Jabez Jackson of Missouri, Wallace Heff of Ohlo, George F. Shields of California, Wil- liam S." Bryant, assistant surgeon, First Mas- sachusetts Heavy Artillery; William F. Denc man, assistant surgeon, Twenty-second Kansas Volunteers; Francls C. Ford of Texas, Law- rence C. Carr of Ohlo. Volunteer Infantry, Second Regiment: To be captains—Harry W. Miller, Stephen O. Fog- wa, John E. Morris, Edwin 8. Brossard, Irvin Mather, Charles A.' McCoy, Frank J. Mooney and G. Floyd Smith of Louisiana, Marshall S. Swaim and J. B. Masle, Ellas thony E. Fatjo of Texas. To be_ first lieutenants—Louis A. Shallers, Vivian Gwynbell, George M. Stafford, Michael Pickard of Louisiana, Edwin T. Rockwell o1 Ohlo, Thomas A. Bagnall and Charles E. Johns of Texas, John A. Gregory Jr. of Florlda, John Cunningham and Sydney Smith of Louis- iana, Dudley Tobin of Texas, James H. Hicks of Loulsiana. To be second lieutenants—John B. Lobdell, P.W. Woodcliffe, John P. um, Joshua A. Tratti of Louisiana, John E. Nichols of Texas, William F. Champlin of Mississippi, Liloyd Parkinson of Loulsiana, Walker W. Hammer of Louisiana, Jesse W. Smith of Louisiana, Herry H. Gregory of Florida. First Infantry: To be second lieutenants— Corporal John W. French, Company C, Twen- ty-first Infantry; Sergeant Cromwell Stacey, Company D, Thirteenth Infantry. To_be Inspector general, with rank of ma- Jjor—Major Charles H. Heyt, assistant adjutant general. To be assistant adjutant general, with rank of major—Captain Willlam M. Simpson, Sev- enth Artillery. B." Wilcox, An- Alice Rix Writes in Next Sunday’s Call How Millions Crushed a Man. WAKED THE WRONG MAN. A fool, a barber, and a bald-headed man were traveling torether. Losing their way, they were obliged to sleep in the open ai and, to avert danger, it was agreed to watch b~ turns. The first lot fell on the harber, who for amusement shaved the poor fool's head while he vas sleeping. He then woke him, and the fool, raising his hand to scratch his head, exclaimed, ‘“Here's a retty mistake; you have awakened the Bax.l‘:- eaded man Instead of me."—Tid | of their departure. | Santiago, but I do not see how they | the BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN C. BATES, COMMANDING SECOND BRIGADE, LAWTON’S DIVISION. PRAY FOR THE WAR TO CEASE Havana’s Poor Dying in| the Streets. | SCENES OF TERRIBLE MISERY | BARRACKS FULL OF STARVING | WOMEN. Neither Flour Nor Meat in Cuba’s Be- | leaguered Capital—Story of a British Consular Official. Copyrighted, 1895, by the Assoclated Press. KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 8, 6 p. m. —The British cruiser Talbot, which left Havana on Tue Julv §, arrived at Port Royal to-day with tw passengers, among them Sir der Gollan, British Consul-General at Havana, and Mr. Higgins of the Brit- ish Consulate there, both on leave, which is given as the only explanation | Mr. Jerome has been left in charge of British affairs in Havana. Mr. Higgins 1: “The city of Ha- s quiet and there are no new ations. The well-to-do inhabit- ants ar- subsisting tolerably. but the poor are dving of starvation in the streets. There are many rible miser The bar; with starving women. he soldiers are fairly well fed. Gen- eral Pando has been sending troops into the interior. it is said, en route to acks are filled will get there. “The blockade is maintained and ves- sels are frequently turi.ed back. Every- body is anxious for the conclusion of war, though the soldiers wish to fight and all the officilas are resolute. There is no flour in Havana, and no meat, while yams are scarce.” Sir Alexander Gollan declined to say anything on the condition of things at Havana. The other passongers of the Talbot are for the most part female refugees. CIVIL OFFICIALS OF SANTIAGO SURRENDER NEW YORK, July 8.—A cablegram to the Journal "~om Sibonev. Cuba, dated Julv 7, says: The entire civil government of the city has already surrendered and come over to our lines for protection, deserting the military and denouncing the mad persistence in resisting at the expense of the destruc- tion of Santiago. Yesterday evening the civil Governor, Benor Ros; the Mayor, Senor Porrase, and the President of the upper court of justice came to Caney and delivered themselves up to our forces. They had been forbidden by General Toral to leave town, but fearing death in the bombardment or at the hands of the Spanish soldiers during the outbursts attending defeat, they sneaked away, coming across the mountains in a crowd of other refugees, and as soon as possible revealed their identity to the Americans. Orders were issued to treat them with every possible considera- tion for their comfort. WRETCHED PLIGHT OF THE WOUNDED MEN Without Shelter From the Fierce Sun Rays and the Intermittent Showers. Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 183, by James Gor- don Bennett. SHAFTER'S HEADQUARTERS BE- FORE SANTIAGO, July 6, by Call- Herald dispatch boat Golden Rod to Port Antonio, Jamaica, July 7.—Shock- ing conditions prevail in the general hospital at these headquarters. There is no shelter for scores of our soldiers, but every member of General Shafter's staff is provided with an individual tent, in which he may be seen resting in comfort by neglected sufferers. The general army hospital here is In a miserable condition. There are only a few tents for the accommodation of the wounded and the two large ones now available for sufferers are fllled Jwith injured Cubans. Nearly all of ights of ter- | S these men were hurt while engaged in almless wande ing about the field dur- l‘ng the fighting on Friday and Satur- day. being well cared for our own troops are crowded inte smaller tents. But even this is true only of the more fortunate of the American sufferers. Many lie entirely unsheltered from the | | believed Germany is desirous of bring- sun and the showers which fall daily in this region. I am appalled at the number of wounded soldiers who are | being subjected to a scorching sunbath during part of the day and then to a severe drenching during the other hours. I have made a careful investigation into the condition of our wounded troops and to-day I found one man a piece of rubber pouch stretched on the ground for a covering. He told me with piteous fortitude that he had lain in that condition for two days. others I found were in an equally un- fortunate plight. Our wounded are being taken to Sib- | from Manila under date of July 4 says as fast as transportation can | that oney ‘While the Cuban troops are thusl’ | a rupture could hardly be avoided, as | lying unprotected in the sun with only | Many | there would be grave danger of precipi- be provided, but these facilities are en- | tirely inadequate and many wounded | The rebels are practically doing noth- soldiers are compelled to lie for hours ing, but the Spaniards are strengthen- In.several instances |ing their position, destroying huts and subjected to | woods Some regi- | ments. ments have received no rations for | penalty of $1000 against anybody who Thus while one regiment | without shelter. the sufferers have been this treatment for days. three days. is plentifully suppfiéd with rations the men in the adjoining regiment are suf- fering severely for want of food. SHAFTER REPORTS HiS KILLED AND WOUNDED War Department Officially Notified of the Result of the Battle of Santiago. WASHINGTON, July 8.—The War De- partment has received the following dis- patch from General Shafter, giving, as far as practicable up to this time, a state- ment of the total casualties in each divi- sion, except General Wheeler's, of the army under his command, as a result of the recent fighting: STE, July 7 (In camp near Impossible so far to get re- ave been treated in hospital at Siboney vounded and there are still 200 in’ hospital h In Lawton's dlvision there are: Killed, 4 officers and 74 men; wounded, 14 office) and 315 men; missing, 1 man. In Kent's division—Killed, 12 officers and 87 men; wounded, 36 officers and 562 men; missing, 62 men. In Bates' brigade—Killed, 4 men; wound- ed, 2 officers and 26 men; missing, 5 men. Sig- nal Corps—Killed, 1 man; wounded, 1 man. General Wheeler's report ot yet recelved. 'ER. WEIRD TALE OF DANGER TO TREASURE SHIPS Unfounded Report That a Spanish Privateer Was Off Van- couver Island. VANCOUVER, B. C., July 8—The story that a £panish privateer is lurk- ing in Queen Charlotte Sound to cap- ture the treasure ships coming down from St. Michael has proved to be a very cheap fake. The report was re- celved here first from Washington, D. C., in a private telegram to a shipping man. This morning the Associated Press sent in a brief dispatch from ‘Washington covering 'the startling news. This was followed almost im- mediately afterward by a dispatch from Victoria, as follows: “United States Consul Smith has no- tified the Department at Washington that Pilot Westerley, who had been en- gaged on the steamer Alpha for the north, has abandoned the engagement, having received a contract to take a tugboat to a rrivateer lying hidden in Queen Charlotte Sound and act as pilot. The nilot has been paid $2000 in cash, the contract nrice being $3000. Consul Smith is very reticent.” The Call correspondent found Pilot Westerlund (not Westerley) at his resi- dence, 385 Hastings street, to-night, and he says there is absolutelv no truth in the dispatch. Olaf Westerlund has lived here since 1882 and is one of the oldest and most reliable pilots on the northern ports of the Pacific. He joined the steamer Alpha on her arrival at Victoria and has not left her since reaching here yesterday morning. Westerlund can- not imagine how the story became cir- culated, and is naturally very much concerned about it. When I found him to-night and showed him the Victoria dispatch he hotly declared he would not turn Spaniard for twice that sum. He added: “I have a bone to pick with the United States Government just the same for having robbed me of a seal- ing schooner some years ago, but I would not be guilty of picking it that way.” He regards the story of the priva- teer being in the Northern Pacific as altogether improbable. The Alpha leaves here for St. Michael to-morrow night and he will be aboard. It is said the story was originated in the East by people who were anxlous to see the gold come down in British vessels. pobimt i e Deadly Microbes in a Pinch of Dust by Dr. Pillsbury in Next Sunday’s Oall. | WATCHING THE BOLD KAISER He May Make a Grab in the Philippines. SERIOUS NEWS FROM MANILA SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS EXPECTED. Rumors of a Contemplated Step by Germany That Might Precipi- tate a General Euro- pean War. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, July 8.—The Even- ing Star has a copyrighted London ca- ble which says: Developments cf high international import may be expected in the Philip- pines within the next few weeks. In- formation reaches me to-day from a high London diplomatic quarter that the unprecedented action of Germany in marshaling her whole Eastern squadron at Manila is the prelude to decisive steps. My informant, who cannot well be misinformed. says that the decision has | already been arrived at in Berlin to occupy one of the Phillipplne Islands as a coallng station in the far East, which | the Kaiser said recently was vital to Germany’s position as a great power. A further decision as to exactly which island shall be occupied and the ex- act day of the occupation awaits Prince | Henry’s arrival at Manila, whither he | is now h--nd, but at most it will be | only a question of weeks. My subsequent inquiries in other well informed quarters indicate that | Germany’s creation of a coaling station at the Philippines is confidently ex- pected in German diplomatic quarters. NEW YORK, July 8.—The Herald’s ‘Washington correspondent telegraphs: The latest report from London to the effect that Germany is preparing to seize one of the Philippines as a coaling station is not credited here, as it is not e R R I I T Ty ing about a rupture with the United States. If such action should be taken occupation of any one of the Philip- pine Islands by a third power at this time, with or without the consent of Spain, could not but be regarded as an act of hostility toward the United States. Not only would Germany by such action be in danger of bringing about a war with the United States but tating a general European war. HONGKONG, July 8.--A dispatch Admiral Dewey will remain in- active until General Merritt arrives. and constructing intrench- The authorities have enacted a shall raise the prices of provision§. The Spaniards assert that, despite the loss of the water works, there will be no water famine during the rainy season. CAVITE, P. 1, July 4 (via Hong- kong, July 8).—Floods in the country districts are hindering the advance of the American troops. Rear Admiral Dewey has given notice that he will not allow any more refugees to be removed from Manila on board ship. The Ger- man cruiser Cormorant left here to-day for Ilolo, where the British gunboats Pigay and Rattler are in the harbor. CHICAGO, July 8.—A special cable to the Chicago Record from its corre- spondent, John T. McCutcheon, who is with Admiral Dewey’'s fleet at Manila Bay, dated July 4 (via Hongkong), says: The American troops under General Anderscn, which have reached the Phil- ippines, are now comfortably quartered in the Spanish military barracks at Ca- vite, and are busy preparing for active service against the Spanish. Their health continues good. The insurgents control the city water works and have cut off the supply from that source, but as this is the rainy sea- son and there is a cloudburst every day, the Spaniards do not suffer from lack of water. A more serious matter Yor them at present is that the insurgents have captured San Juan del Monte, a few miles to the rear of the city, which had been fitted up with old cannon and a supply of ammunition and provisions to serve as the last stronghold of the Spanish Government after the forces should be driven out of Manila by the boembardment of the American war- ships. ROME, July 8.—The Pololo Romano says the Italian Government has or- dered the third-class cruisers Piemento and Degali to proceed to the Philip- pine Islands. TOOK HIM FOR A LUNATIC. Mr. Quiller-Couch, in one of his delightful letters “From a Cornish ‘Window,” in the Pall Mall Magazine, prefaces his remarks with this anec- dote: *“Hicks, governor of the Cornwall County Lunatic Asylum, had a great many friends—extramural friends, I mean, and among them an accom- plished landscape painter. This artist captivated by the beauty of the little geaport town of East Looe took lodg- ings there, chose his subject and start- ed to make some drawings of it on the rocks at low tide. A few days later Hicks drove over to see him. and ar- rived at West Looe to be taken across the harbor in a boat. To his surprise he found a boatman waiting for him. Still more to his surprise the boatman hailed him thus: ‘Aw, Mr. Hicks, I've a-been looking out for 'ee the last day or two. I knowed you'd come. He's over here now. He's been hollering and screeching. He sits at low water down among the weed, a-painting at a bit of board, and he calls out, “Come into the Garden, Maud.” A pretty garden he've a-got there! “I'm here by the gate, alone.” Not a gate within a mile of "un! You can take 'un; he’s quiet.’ " ° ADVERTISEMENTS. 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NEW YORK, July 8—A Key West special to the Herald says: A gunboat which arrived from Havana this morning, where she had been doing blockading services, brings the details of the destruction by seve- ral American vessels of a large Spanish steamer, supposed to be the The story as told to me by the officers—and they obtained it from the flagship before sailing yesterday afternoon—is to the effect that on Wednesday night, while the Hawk was patrolling off the north coast of Pinar del Rio, a large Spanish steamer was observed hugging the shore and making rapid movements in the direction of Havana. Hawk fired a shot across the stranger’s bow and endeavored to head her At the same time she signaled the other vessels for assistance. The steamer paid no attention to the shots from the Hawk, but The signals from the Hawk were seen by the Castine and Prairie, which were also patrolling in that vicinity. Meanwhile the Spaniard, which was a vessel of more than 5000 tons with two funnels and four masts, was rapidly dis- tancing her little pursuer, when the Castine and Prairie hove into sight ahead and opened fire with their superior batteries. The Spaniard, seeing her further advance cut off and without any chance of escaping, never for a moment wavered, but put her wheel hard to the starboard and headed for the shore, where she was beached The three American vessels stood by and kept up an incessant firing at close range, the Castine doing the most ef- fective work, every shot telling with destructive effect. Three distinct explosions took place aboard the Spaniard, evidently from her magazine, throwing mountains of debris high into the air and leaving the vessel a complete wreck on the beach. lieved to have been nearly all killed, the few who escaped the hail of shot and shell aboard by jumping into the sea being drowned while The in- These vessels hastened The crew is be- b3 DOV VYN N SO OU T RIS YU U PO RS T DU WIPED OUT BY A WATERSPOUT Awful Havoc Wroughtat | Cuba, Mo. | | | THIRTEEN PERSONS KNOWN '1‘01 | HAVE PERISHED. Relief Parties Start for the Stricken | Town—The Wires Down and l News Only Obtainable by Couricr. EpecialrDispatch ‘to The Call. ST. LOUIS, July Republic from Cuba, Mo., says: A courier from Steeleville, the county 1 B 8.—A special to (her the debris. The waterspout occurred outside the town, but swelled Yadkin Creek, which came down in a mighty and destructive fiood, sweeping all be- fore it. Up to this evening thirteen bodies had been recovered, but it is thought more have perished: Steeleville was a town of 1000 inhab- itants, situated on the Salem branch of the Frisco Railroad. All the wires are down and no communication can be had, except by courier. LINARES WAS SHOT BY SERGEANT M’KINNERY | HARDLY A BUILDING ESCI\PES?B”“ght Dows. st \beiReond: At- tempt of the American Rifleman. Copyrighted, 1895, by the Associated Press. BEFORE SANTIAGO, July 7, per Asso- ciated Press dispatch boat Dauntless, via Port Antonio and Kingston, Jamaica, July 8.—It was Sergeant McKinnery of Company B, Ninth Infantry, who shot and disabled General Linares, the commander of the Spanish forces in Santiago. The Spanish general was hit about half an hour after San Juan hill was taken, dur- ing the first day's fighting. Our men saw a Spanish officer, evidently a gen- eral, accompanied by his staff, riding frantically about the Spanish position rallying his men. _Sergeant McKinnery asked Lieutenant Wise's pes to try a shot at the officer gnd gretted that the request was refused. M Jor Bole was consulted. He acquiesced, with the injunction that no one else hould fire. Sergeant McKinne went for a shell, seat of Crawford County, brought the | slid it into a rifle, adjusted the sights for terrible news to-day that the town had almost been wiped out by a waterspout early this morning. The known dead | are: Mrs. Lou Tucker and babe, St. Louls. | Daughter of Charles.Abrahams, St. | Kinnery, as he saw that his ball Louis. 1000 yards and fired. It fell short. Then he put in another, raised the sights for another thousand yards, took careful aim and let her go. The officer on the white horse threw up his arms and fell forward. “That is for Corporal Joyce,” said I)!Ilc& 4 reached the mark. The officer on the white horse was Gen- Mrs, John Woods and two children, |eral Linares himself. He immediately re- Steeleville. Mrs. James Taff and three children, Steeleville. Mrs. Willlam Lesough, Steeleville. ‘ Luther Slough, Steeleville. Colored man, unknown, Midland. 1 As soon as the news was received a | tion. the stricken | chances. relief party started for town. The town was in ruins. | Few | buildings were left standing and groans of anguish were heard on all sides, as searchers sought for loved ones among | linquished the command to General Toral, Z e cue De Young Gets the Overlook. WASHINGTON, July 8.—The President has decided tos appoint William Everett of Cleveland, his personal friend, as Com- missioner General to the Paris Exposi- This disposes of Mr. de Young's Sl i San Rafael Divorce Suit. SAN RAFAEL, July 8—John " Stecke Jr., filed a suit. for divorce against hi wife, Mamie Steckel, to-day. ADVERTISEMENTS. ~ BARGAIN COUNTER! 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Girls' Fine Kid Tipped, Cloth Top, 10, 104, 11, 3 | a Kid Tipped, 13, 18%, 1, 1 50 e’ Fine Button, K1d, all Size 8 e Ladles' §2 Fine Kid Lace. except 5, 5i, 31 15c | 11i35c | Men's strong boots for Klondike trade.. | Ladies' $4 Fine Green Shoes, closin; Men's or Boys' Low-cut Oxfords, § to 744, Men's or Boys' $8 Button Shoes Ladles'” Fine Kid, narrow widths, Girls' School Shoes, $1 25, all 1334 Girls' Real §2 Goat Shoes, 13%, 1, 1. ‘adles’ $2 Fancy Slippers, small sizes T sa 50 Snoss, Bacifics, light colors Fedeaesss Goods Sold to the Trade at Above Prices, but no Further Reductions. X ‘We deliver goods anywhere in town promptly. ‘We deliver same day in towns across the bay. We pack safely and guarantee safe carriage. We make a great point of keeping best goods. B ‘We want to please buyers of all lines. YVe ¢~ sct you to buy for your wants, not more, ‘We understand packing for Alaska or foreign trade. All car lines b ring you here for a single fare. MARKET STREET, 8. F, Q Y