The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-08
SPANISH Feet At
SANTIAGO DOOMED.
Carcass Headquarters Close
By-vesuvius to Destroy
the Mines.
sINTERvENTToN Is NOT FEAR
ED.

u .ahiucton. June 2.-It wal
nla;niy noticeable at the navy depart
nens 10 day that the officials were
expecting news Of the fret import
.nce bus s that they did not look to-
s Immediately. The frmness Will
which they have insisted that SchfeJ
.nala haYe had 40 general engages.
mens with the Spanish ships ane
foris ii Santiago. % was reported
aprxiared 10 be based on . full knowl
d eslre 81 che plaas under which the
So. c.os,aD0dore Is acting. and the great
seet concession they would make to,
u.rsl admitting that fight hae
f.kap plscs Toesday was to say thai
possibiy Schley had detected some
! 8 sassrthworss ~ going up and had razed
shem with shells They we're con
fdelt be- had made no attempt to. en-
let the llarbcr !,
e s believed now. however. with
SSampsoi, ir she feid and IN command
81 SSantilgo with an Augmented torce
hat interesting events may be look
81 for These are expected. too.
otaith,sanding the fact that nc
Sssoops "a have yet started from Tampa,
q s. MAS established By inquiry at the
var department this afternoon. The
55psurrea,ts are known to be IN force
sist So stlle s neiiehbcrhood Of Santiago. and
enough Captain Dorss. the war de-
tment has not on;y been u COM
sras,nieaiion with them, but has sup
snlieti them fully with good weapons
! md "a abundaDce of ammunition.
he headauassers Of the best OF the
Guban generals, Garcia are distant
Ton Ssntiago only Is miles, so that
{ &, possible Sampson feels strong
enough With their eupport to begin
HE assault by sea upon the doomed
Spanish fleet and forts without wait
M sthe arrival of the United States
troo,s from Tampa The trend OF
rs ia news that came 10 W ashingtoD
ffs,,n, unofHlicial sources during the Of
iernoos, All went TO support this be
ll;ief so there Is soms ground for the
st.x.,Dectasioa of the officials that i'm
possant infosmation may be expected
shortly
sPAIN,S PROTEST ABOUT COAL
The Spanish government has made
8 protest Ia the British authorities
,a agsinst the shipping Of Canadian coal
from British North America to San
Pranc;;sco for che relief of the ships
ss sof Adniral Devey's feet at Manila
aud also against the shipping OF coal
fsou Nova Scoiis to Atlantic ports
ios use By United States warsasps 10
Ire West Indies
i IS understood that SPAN 8 protest
has moi proved Of avail The subject
50, syas refsrred 10. the Canadian anthori
sies Who, npon investigation. learned
that the coal shipments. both iroa.
Bsitiah North America and from
Nova Scotia, were in the ordinary
seourse Of commercial transaction
They were made by private parties 10
Canada 20 private parties in the
United States Whether the Goa.
spbspauentiy passed into the hands OF
HE United States government fos
use by the American navy, was nesd
Is Be outside Of the province OF the
British aud Canadian authorities It
s probable that any direct sales to
The navy department would be stop:
he'd. as these would have been mani
festly q breach of the nentra, ats'suoe
maintained by the British govern
msn, ard it's colauiai possessions
including Canada
80 INTERVENTION FEARED
III the qaeen regent of Spain. has
instructed senor Castillo to ask the
powers TO Intervene for peace that
movement has no. yet taken any form
IN Waahingtoa either at the state
department or at any Of the foreign
embassies Among diplomatic OH
cials ii is thought to be quite possible
that Spain is feeling her way toward
securing peace. but it is not believed
this wilt meet any active assistance
from the great powers 1t IS known
that Spain has counted most on arous
ING the active interest of France, bu'
It has been unsuccessful The
French authorities have not heard o1
any negotiations for many weeks
past. Indicating that the authorities
st Paris have not taken up the pro
positions of Senor Castillo for inter
Yention 10 behalf Of peace.
AsNarrow Escape.
Thankful words written by Mrs Ada =
Hart. Of Gro,ou. S. D. s.Was taken With bae
..,S kit ..,sla3 IN nv lungs cough set II