SEK ..-__- \/zwff-'~ss:sa ~»* ‘ \ C ; _ \ ,_ \ ._-.-., y » » ._ _g ._ V _l` . , ..»..,, -._ s. X g ,A ,_ _ J. A, ss; -.» _,_ »~ _, '~ 1,., , is 1. f ,r f _ ._ . ' _p ‘ " "` 1 - "T ~ ‘=~»~'»`=".-'§:_.~‘,.f 's:'-»-:~ ff. ,, . --f=;Lx1.`~:.»f~.= ;~ ¢,».-<,_=':~3. sfo. . f ._ .f - - . . ,-5 1 -3.-;_ =r_-,,:;,__ _ .»_.__,.-_. .~;,»,-»:..,, . _ _ Ne.. , _ , ., A _V .g. ‘fr ~ ‘z r\ 1;- , ss S 4'# ii. 4 he owing - uarltiau. ssmtisuin iasi. THE GU R » ` 'K _ A DIAN] CHARLOTTETOWN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1898.-8 PAGES. a\ ill the Spanish Cruiser Bris- tubal Golan. A@. FULL DETAILS [IF THE FIGHT Plucky Battle Put up by The Spaniards- Cervera Preferred the Open Sea-Watson to Be Sent to Spain-Shatter to Be Reinforced- Spanish Sharp-Shootersiboing Deadly Work -Hospitals Full of Wounded- Hose KONG, July 5.-(Special)- The British Consul has sent Admiral Dewey word that the Spanish Heet has passed through the Suez Canal. Dewey expected to attack Manila on Jule the 4th with the tleet and troops. The Spaniards made a sortie from me city to try and repair the aqueduct, but were repulsed by the msurgents. mom, .rniy .5.-,(spw;i)-The people here are rejoicing over Cervera`s having escaped from Santiago. Blanco reparted no news as to the sea tight, but reported Cervera has reached a port in southern Cuba. Wasnrxcrosi, July 5._(Speeia1_ Every step is being taken to expedite Admiral “'atson's departure for the coast to Spain. Troops will be sent to Cuba at once to assist in the future operations of Gen- eral Shatter. Ai. his headquarters there are many prisoners and many wounded soldiers. The hospitals are full. The killed and wounded number fully 1,800. The Spanish sharpshooters with smokeless powder did great havoc. I; i i _ i _i Goin heap ¢ \. ` *` ‘fi rd?-\i - \. gf’ #nicer Q;cut.'='~ fs ‘ Job lot of Women,s and Child ren’s Boots selling cheap in Boxes on our middle counter. Cliildren’s for 290. sit You Want ssiexeiei-it iiiéifxéiiii Orr Sarrrraoo, July 5 -[Special] - Since his capture Cervera said he pre- ferred to have his ships destroyed at sea like a sailor than in harbor and to go out was the only course open to him. So lar nothing is known of the Cristo- bal Colon and she may have escaped! I All the others were destroyed. The _ min oimssfefwnsnm-sfyif=sn==nr-~»~S°vfi=eiiQrnnn°°»»fG»~=lag» .-iw-| both the Spanish torpedo boat destroy- ers. The Spanish ships all took tire and the Americans sent boats to their assist- 8.1106. Cervera was taken aboard the Glou- cester and thanked Commander Wain- wright, fdrmerly of the Maine, who congratulated him on the brave fight his tleet had made. All were glad to get aboard the American lleet, fearing an attack from the Cubans on shore. Quite a number of Spaniards were drowned, while many others lost their lives by the vessels blowing up. - The destroyed tleet consisted of the armored cruisers, Almirante Oquendo, Infants Maria Terese and Viscaya, and two torpedo boat destroyers, the Furore and the Pluton. It was a running tight from the mom- ent the Spanish ships emerged from the harbor entrance. The destroyed vessels ran westward along the shore, at a distance of about a mile therefrom. and each commander in succession. as his vessel was crippled ran lier ashore. The Christobal Colon was the fastest of the Spanish ships, and she soon ob- tained a lead over the others after leav- ing the harbor and escaped the effect of the shots which destroyed the other ves- sels. i t %i¥ii'(3i(¥¥%%l€if¥i¥ii’é3Ii€#§)i¥=%%%f fi s ::. fliifiiiiilieliifwilit ia Picture Frame For a present or for you - self come and we will <10 il? cheap. We have on hand a large stock of Picture# Moulding to choose from. # Just arrived by S.S. Coila%% 1.500 feet of Picture Moulding of all the latest§ designs. Call in and see samples. §¥ ' » '= .|. iion|i|ssr,§ "1 1-.; Victoria Row. A Bo oks and Stationary § BUTT BR s ' guns. tlugship to the shore, and there sur rendered to Lieutenant Morton. .about 9.30. The Furor and Pluton were dettroyed about four miles from Morro Castle. The Viscaya. Oquendo and Maria Teresa. ran about twenty miles when 'they were ferced ashore. A One account says the Christobzil Colon was also forced ashore 60 miles west of Santiago. At no time did the Spanish ships show any indication that they intended to do otherwise than fight to the last. They showed no sign ils to surrender, even when the ships commenced to sink and the great clouds ot smoke pouring from their sides showed they were on fire. None of the ships_ ini pursuit of the Christobal Colon were her equals in speed, and unless she was disabled in some way she has probably got out of their reach. WAR BALLOON Sent Up Near Santiago and Report- ed Every Move Made by Spanlards. Washington, D. C.,-General Gréely has received the following despatch from Lieutenant Colonel Allen, in charge of he telegraph service of Gen- eral Shafter’s army, at Siboney :-- night from llagship of admiral Sampson . where I was observing it. ALLnN._7’ General Miles also received another despatch, sent quite early this morning from Shafter’s headquarters, saying that the big military balloon was now high in the air and was giving oppor- tunity for observation over a great ex- tent of country. This,in itself,was of 'in- calculable value to our troops. Brave reconuoisances had been made,but these were of little value. compared to what could be :seen from a balloon a mile or more in the air.commanding a radius < f observation of from twenty to forty miles, with powerful telescopes. This was the first actual use of a bal- loon by the American army in the present war, and the commanding general set much store on the inform- ation balloons would give as to exact location of all the Spanish forces, their points of concentration,the defences,the location of Cervera’s war ships in har. bor and possibly the progress of Span- ish reinforcements. GHIoaGo,July 1.-The ballon that is now in active use and sailing over the beleagured city of Santiago and in plain view of 25,000 Spaniards and 17,000 Americans, was shipped from Tampa with Shafter’s forces, together with the submarine cables and tield telegraph equipments now be ng used by the Sig- nal Corps of the regular army in Cuba. W. J. Lloyd, as>istant district su- perintendent of the \Vestern Union Tele- graph Collpany, says that it is probably one of the finest and most improved equipments used in warfare. This bal- loon was shipped from Paris early in May. The balloon is charged with oxy- gen gas from tubular reservoirs, which have been in use by the army for ox- perimental purposes at Fort Riley. The balloon is lirst charged and then allow ed to ascend by means of wire cables from a large reel. The cable is used as a telegraph and telephone conductor. and the occupants of the balloon tran- smit to the ground their observations There is little danger of the balloon being pierced by a rifle shot, on account of its constant swaying condition and the extreme didiculty of hitting any- thing at an elevation of, say, 2,500 feet, which is the usual limit of a cable reel. The French claim to have a gun which will pierce a balloon, but it is supposed there is none in use either in the American or Spanish army. It is Mr. Lloyd’s belief that the bal- loon is in charge of Major Joseph E. Maxtield.who was formerly signal oliicer of the Department ot the Missouri, with with General Brooke, ol Chicago. This particular balloon has a lifting capacity of threeor four hundred pounds, which would enable it to- carry two signal men of ordinary weight. as well as the necessary telegraph or photographic apparatus. Admiral Cervera. who was wounded in the arm, escaped in a boat from his The Spanish tieet ran out gf port I ~ ' * and several other shi s in ursuit, all """" 1' I of them firing at her constantly and re_ ceiving tire themselves from her after fire this morning light. 2 i Anivioneo cruiser cmsroeai. `coLoN. The Cristobal Colon _il an armored cruiser of the Carlos V Her bai- iary consists of two 11 inch rides and ive 5`!nch ra-pid llre guns. The for-mel B' ~ e ow pi-qectiles of 500 pounds weight and the guns are capable of disoharp ing twelve 70 pound shots every minute. She ought to prove a dangeroul cub tomar in a iight. ' ing that place. Lost Hia Supplies. _ Mosrnnar. July 2.--A woodmnnu axe and a heavy travelling rug strapped into a round bundle, are to be seen to. day in the oilice of a well-known rail- way oiiicial in this city, and they are all all that is left of a. big supply, of goods that were intended to be the intermed- iate means to fortune in that far north country. It is true that the owner ot the rug and the axqcame back, but all he has had for all his trouble and ex-' pense was a thrilling experience. which he is now busily engaged telling be- tween his laughter and tears -tears of grat-itute because he was lucky enough to get back to civilization alive, to see their .stock past the obstruction and decided to defer the |movement of the remainder until the following day. Wd Then arose the question would their goods be safe on the shore of the river without-being removed to a higher point where the water would not be likely to reach them in case it should rise duringthe night, as Dandni-and pork,937 A 5" 9 NPV "' af ».°<`~ s.. - ts .. _ s. ht A e . 0 as if PM! Nl I -Zi with the Oregon New lork, Brooklyn . Piissiiii isciri If A|\fll0l\|l|\ . 8 July 5 -Mount St Bernard Cath Institution here was hadl Mount lt- lernanl Ladlei Anrreoursn N 0 I STEAIER ASHOI Was Bound From It Pierre lydney 'H.\i.irax, July 6 -1