The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-07
Adm. Ccrvera and Most of the
Officers Taken Prisoners.
The spanish Loss Was $50 Killed. 100
Wounded and 1900 Captured.
or LosS Was One Killed and One Wound.
ed Not An American Ship Was In
iured Shafter Demands the
Surrender Of Santiago.

WAsuI>oroN. July s. Inspiring
glorious news thrilled every avenue O
oN.c.. fc and stirred every heart il
tacna,ona. capital Monday, making
.,irlccd o glorious Fourth Of July
Word came from Shafter, from Samp
sln ana from Dewey. telling of sue
c,S,cs already achieved and those near
az hand. the widest and most inde.
,cr.oabc enthusiasm greeted Adm.
sampson, dispatch announcing the
complete annihilation of Adm. Ger
vera, feet and the surrender
- ,hc admiral himself with I,3JO Span
i,b prisoners. Cheer after cheer rang
through the corridors of the state.
war and navy building a surginy
mass of newspaper COrres srOndents
struggled about the bulletin boards
and hundreds o; officials and clerks
crowded up 10 hear the stirring news.
First the hurrah> started in the navy
department. but as word passed along
She cry was taken uD until every
hall and corridor echoed with the
cheers OF victory. Soon the news
spread outside and ran to the Fourth
- july crowds. until the whole ma
tonai capital was cheering. To say
ina, r|lt tldingS we're welcome to the
president aud his advisors but family
tells the sentiments it insnirsd. |
Among them and in all official quar- /
'cr> II was accepted not only as a glor- /
loua victory on the natal day of the |
pn'hc but one which dealt such a
deadly Glow to spain that she could
not rise again.
TO Secretary Navy, Siboney, July
" INc feet under my command offers
Tie nation as Fourth OF July pres
'nt the destruction OF the whole of
''rrcras fleet Not one escaped. 1t
attempted TO c>capc at $3.50 a. m, and
al . P m the last, the Cristobal
''.on, had run ashore GO miles
west Of Santiago and had let
'o"n her colors The Infanta Marie
''ie'a' oqutndo and Vizcaya were
'oTcea ashore burned and blown up
'''H.n 20 miles of Santiago, the Furor
.,'' TIu'on were destroyed within
o'T miles of the port. Loss. one
''"'' ana two wounded Enemys
'>N probably several hundred from
~" hie, explosions and drowning.
'Ooa' 1900 prisoners, including Adm.
rrvera. The man killed was George
j. L.is' chief yoeman of the Brook.
.u
"SAMPsON.
WASHINGTON. July ). The following
'>P''cA Was received from Commo-
''e Watson Monday night
'i'AlA DEl ESTE, July 80 the
''''ary Of the navy, Washington,
o.. At 9:3J m, today the Sranish
i0''ron' seven in all, including one
''''a' came out of Santiago in
'"'nn ana was totally DESTROYED |
"'.n AN hour excepting Cristobal I
''. winch was chased - miles TO !
''"ard by the commander in chief |
"'Afn, Oregon and Texas sur. |
-'''inS to Brooklyn. but was beach !
TO prevent sinking. |
'''e Of our officers or men were in. |
'u except ON board the BROOKLYN. |
'' 'eoman Ellis was killed and one
" wounded. Adm. Cervera. all com. |
"'''g officers. excepting Of Oouen- |
'''"' 10 other officers and 1900
% ar prisoners. About 80 killed
'o"hed and 100 wounded latter
~ cared for on Solace and Olivette j.
'' just arrived off Santiago on Mar 4
'''' TO take charge while com. /"
'-'' IN chief is looking out for h
0'a' Oolon. (Signed.) 4;
WATSON. g
'''al Of Skaters dispatches were
'1"Ic' One of them stated that
" .1' 'ne enemy surrounded on the -
~, "od east Another stated: IL o.cl,
'"@' ! am master of the situation. ox,
'"H mold the enemy for any length New
>,rl to {
9"'I another Gen. shafter said 70 8
''mand for the surrender of Santj. e.o
,.l. w ocihg considered by the dest
80" authorities. Yet another dis II
" rom Shafter, probably the most chui
y 'an' Of all, was not made public con,
q. 'clock. 1t is at great length, the
- nVe or six typcwrit ten sheets bait
~ F'aph paper. Briefly and semi rour
- ~''y Us contents were summed up III
llOws: Wy
u fire
>. 'Aai'er made a demand for the vera
'naer Of Santiago. This was at Nor
'e'u'ed by the Spanish com. Cerv
W. Oal The demand was apparent. In Ii