The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-04

"a cRs RSsfs
goes opoi'. some one woll ID say, and every eye
this crowd Of spaniards.. looking with them
and hat tSero Could be 5u
| one end. bitterly disappointing to these good
Gs sss6 The There %%s
that were blockadlnG the port. We were told
even sailing Vessels fRers we're many Jokes
over Admiral sampson's name which seemed
time. when the sharp pinch OF hunger had not
Pee been telt and the lower classes knew nothing OF
he nobns hop sa0E s
Spain. 1t seemed almost like farce. Wait
until the rest Of the feet arrive and then we'll
One afternoon drove out with a friend to
the Ss Of way Gns
SAVE for the V enardans s" we left our ssrSsse
beros When the great gate Of the cemetery s was
thrown open and a brouRham with two men in
l!sISyh %tGs' t tSRIs9y in my friend exclaimed
bishops or the CAPTAIN General. and we met
the former on our way here
The carriage rapidly approached and pulled
un opposite the same monument OF the fire.
Captain. General OF Cuba. accompanied by an
aid de-camp; He recognized my friend. greet
him. cannot tell Of an interesting political
discussion, In which we arranged terms OF
90 s me e av Ras h s BE-
the monument and short conversation over
It's points Of beauty he got into his cqprrlaFte.
very much Il he knew, was an American. For
me Blanco is pathetic pcture,-the man sent
committed by Weyler. Sent to offer the olive
| branch to the Cubans. to begin reforms. and
on the point OF success when he found himself
confronted by a foreign war. and all his desires
and Intentions turned to nothing.
Se al
had been my rsceired that fMekineY had been
this rum ore was denied but another added that
| Mckinley was about to embark on war vessel
On HJ june Is we Went With Don Emilio to Glen
fuegos 70 pay my RESPECTS to Gen Pando. who
srat was an old I'D friend 81 Don Emiiios and my
name. as having managed the estate s during
wsy Te nt bT b to him
With him Tor some rr time. He has the reputation
Of being one Of the ablest Generals In the
troops. for. as he said himself in New YORK. he
| course OF the conversation. which was general.
| he turned to me and said:
My friend; your country is great country;
accustomed to war, while Spain for the last
thirty years has boon continuously fRhtinR at
homo and here. 1t will take you some time to
happen before you are prepared for an active
campaign
He certainly proved poor prophet. at least
| in the last part OF his remark. for i9 month
finished. Subsequent events have proved that
he was not far wrong In his [s snpPSSsiton
Santiago had fallen. and at once many Cuban
sympathizers who had been sitting on the
eP@eGi the army 70 Of "e the Of
The Fourth OF July. naturally. / celebrated. but
ceiysed Word 1s that there had been heavy light
| ing at Santiago. that Linares and Vera del Rey
and spsns
commander. although both good, friends Of
mine, could not but feel sore. and converse
The morning Of the 9Th came the bold state.
| ment that the Spanish fleet had come out Of
| this mean Had 1t escaped2 Had it gone
| back? Was our squadron outwitted as my
sRat had enps M We passed the day IN
great uncertainty. each one with his own
Thoughts, At 8 o'clock that evening we had
He opened it, read it. started and sighed and
ne "our d feet has been completely destroyed;
CeryeTH and half his force are prisoners God
No more, no less.
We hardly knew what to say. Was this the
Of the Gmods thH fSa
| American. over the Spaniards and over US here
in this isl and. shut In without hope OF relief;
As an American and descendant OF naval
men my heart .swelled and shouted inwardly
ior my flag and my country. but as thought Of
warm friends my heart bled;
The next day came the brave and pathetic
p%H and rends Of SPAIN N az
| that after heroic encounter the feet had been
| entirely destroyed, that no further help could
it was a brave and truthful document. which
| the squadron sailed from Santiago some one
| thought IT was sailing TO- victory. as can be
Cen Tora to BIanco. which 1 translate at the
risk OF thrashing old straw; 1,,,,o 1900
CaptGin- General Blanco. Havana:
e At half past this morning the squadron
| Of Admiral Cervera sailed from this port in per-
| feet formation. dischargipG terrible fire over
Massachusetts, Iowa. Brooklyn. New York. and
tered near the entrance OF the harbor. After
| an hour OF heavy lire our squadron was lost TO
gn All to ths hHve os6T
| moment. The enemy's squadron was, seen
moving in tho greatest CONFUSION. and they
had s force forced tEhs bocRadine line did they begin
chasing them: griie re, to report the loss OF
That this was accepted in Havana as true is
SHOWN Dy another ttlekTuln from 1cn. bldncO
to Gen AEuirre in Cienfuegos. saying: Mako
every PREPARATION to receive the squadron OF
this morning. and may arrive at any moment.
Facilitate anything that the Admiral may need.
| and congratulate him In my name for the gal
| liant victory he has won from tho enemy"
| One telegram more:
SANTIAGO. July 4.
Cap tain General Bldneo. Hardnd.
II am told by the American General that the
| squadron has been destroyed and that Admiral
Ceryera has been taken Tp riso oTY ToRAL",
not ring nor did the Admiral receive the con-
| gratulations for his splendid victory. We all
know what has happened since, and to-day
Cervera may be In prison for doing his duty.
From this time on more and more uneasi-
| ness was noticed among the country people.
| in fact, among the townspeople as well. and
| not day passed without an exodus OF hitherto
unsuspeeted people to join the. Cuban ranks.
ton OF Santiago. We all believed that Glen
with the railroads. it was OF great strateRicai
| Importance in the event OF attacking Havana.
| The railway companies prepared trains and
locomotivesfor the movement oftroops and peo-
! pie in case Of need July % our food supply
gave out; and we had to put every one on a
| wa began to kill our working CATTLE