St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-07-13
SUNDAYS BATTLE.
Bombardment of Santiago Was Continued
but One Short Hour.

Bombardment of Santiago Was Continued
but One Short Hour.
Off Aguadores, Cuba July 10, via Port
Antonio, Ja., July 1.-THE Brooklyn,
Texas and Indiana, under Commodore
Schley, began the bombardment of the
City of Santiago at 5.15 this afternoon,
in obedience to a request from General
Shafter conveyed by signal from the
shore.
The warships lined up from east to
west, quarter Of mile from the shore,
and fired over the lime stone cliffs that
come down to the sea and hide the city
five miles away. The bombardment
continued for one hour.
After S5 shots had been fired from the
S-inch guns, Commodore Schley be-
came convinced that the Brooklyn was
falling short, and ordered cessation
permitting the battleships to continue,
they with their larger guns having long
er range. The shots were fired appar-
emily with great deliberation and at in
tervals of two minutes. The signals
from the shore announced that the shells
fell a thousand feet short and little
to the left of the Spanish position.
At dusk the squadron ceased firing en-
tirely, and Commodore Schley sent a
launch to the shore to ask General
Shafter if he desired firing continued
during the night. When the Assaciat-
led Press reporter went aboard the
Brooklyn, Commodore Schley said he
was ignorant of the purpose of the bonn
bardment. The Associated Press re-
porter read to him message received
at Juragua from mounted courier say
ing the armistice was ended and that
hostilities had been resumed.
Commodore Schley said: General
Shafter signalled to me to begin the
bombardment as soon as 1 could get
into position. I doubted from the start
guess at its location and be very careful
not to injure our own army. If bonn
bard tomorrow I shall have range
marks on shore to guide me, and shall
take the ships closer to the shore than
today. The water off Aguadores is so
smooth that our craftsmanship was not
affected by the swaying of the ship. 1t
| firing today / gave the turrets the
greatest possible elevation by listing the
ship. But 1 knew l would fall short
The guns will carry more than five
miles, but to throw over the cliff a
great elevation is required"
When the Dandy left Aguadores at I
o'clock the warships were still in posi-
tion. During the bombardment the
the line of ships.
When the bombardment began a
heavy rainstorm was in progress, with
thunder and lightning, but artillery fire
could be heard on shore, indicating that
| General Shafter had resumed hostilities
Immediately on the ending of the ar
| mistice.
Following the roar of Commodore
Schley's guns could be heard the Shrek
ing of the shells as 6ey sped on their
way to the doomed Spanish city.
Then came long echo from the hills
back of Santiago, and sometimes peal
of thunder prolonged the reverberation
and gave the impression that the city
was bombarded from sky, sea and land.
The situation must have been appall-
ing to the Spaniards, and if General
Shafter made the demonstration for
the moral effect which it would have
on the wavering enemy, he probably
attained his end.
Campos Favors Further BlOodletting.
Madrid July 11.-Marshai Campos, In
the course of an interview at San Sc
bastian, said it was impossible that
negotiations for peace should be entered
upon by the Spanish and American gov
ernments for the reason that the time
was not yet ripe. He had always adj
vocated reforms in Cuba since 1869. but
not autonomy. He fully recognized
that autonomy had not yielded the ex-
pected results, partly in consequence
of the island war and partly because il
had been granted too late. In 1896, he
said that Senator Canovas when pre-
mier had proposed to him to Introduce
autonomy, but he (Campos) declined to
do so, considering the time unfavorable.
General Campos denied a remark at
tributed to him that he was less con-
cerned at the loss Of Admiral Cervera' 8
squadron than at the position of the
queen regent. IT believe" he declared,
that Spain and the monarchy are in
timately connected; but am first Of all
n Spaniard. My affection for the queen
regent Is great, but my affection for my
country Is greater"
Disapproves With All His Soul.
London, July 1.-THE Madrid CORE
spondent of The Mail says: Cardinal
Vaughn, archbishop of Westminster,
has written as follows to his brother at
Valladolld: I have profitted by my
first opportunity to declare that I dis
approve with all my soul the unjust con-
duct Of the United States against Spain.
the latter being the least powerful ma
ton and trying to defend its rights.
What came very near being a seriou;
matter occurred at Bakersfield last week
AS Judge H. r. Start, his son, G. II
Start and his brother, Judge o. G. Star
with W. ]. Sowles were riding on hay
wagon into the field, the horses becam,
unmanageable, ran away, THROWN:
Judge H. X. Start off. G. H. Start wa.