Vol. Xx No. 2730
CONCORD, N. C; "WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8 189S
Whole No
1m .
A HOT TIME ON MONDAY, 'the Rileigb News and Observer, and
who is quartered with oar boys, says:
'The reports sent out about short
MANY, WOUNDED IN A SHELL
IaG OF A S QUAD Ob' SPAN
ISH CAVALRY AT OAR
IOANS HURT.
A Spanish Report SaYs Fifteen Hnn-
dred Americans Killed and Wounded
at Sau tiago Life-Stations to Stay
Open Throughout the Year Six
Terrible Bombardment at Santiago
Fortifications! Knocked 1o Silence
Witnout a Man Hnrt or Milp In
jured For Sampson No Spanish
Ships Nank as Reported A Small
Force Landed.
66
HONE- SAVED
MONEY MADE.
9 9
Nothing in the whole theory
of Finance is more effectual if
put into practice than this
rations and mutiny among certain
companies on account of it, are to
tally unfounded in fact.. The men
are well fed. Thev havR oanA
The bombardment at Santiago whoies0me food, and in the greatest
Monday was donbtless terrific, and abandanCt5. The only complaints
appalling to the Spaniards. The have been directed against contrac
dispatch bulletined Tuesday by the tors for failure to deliver provision-,
,mvy uartuifut wB8 U"UWB- especially bread, on time for the truth.
"Bombarded forts at Santiago from meal t0 be 8erved at the appointed How to save, that's the
i ov wiu a. m. ioaay, uune o. oi- honr This happened one morning question !
lenced ' quickly without injury of laat .k The A8heville comDanv Wei J, the biggest leak and
Steamships Chartered for Trans- anv kind thougb 2,000 yards' had no bread, and Colonel ArmSeld W,ast? is in caress buying
poking Troops. excused Uhem from morning drill, v , 7uul JlCB
uexauea accounts irom tne asso- uair, :U u: . wuu iuw ui ueupi. come-
I UvlUK UUnilllUl!. 1U tUIB UlILULC. LU
' rablecram and Teleeram to the Dailv I , J T i . V, ni,A w .
, -
Standard.
air befaie thev have braced their Lfc; - ia z
iiiiiiiivrmiiiai Miiii. mm am ivi w i 1 w
were sent, many or wnicniaofQr0 nuu rt,,i , . , . . K.
- - J0io a o ixce. vu pose ior wnicxi it is bought,
went true to aim and tore up the ftnother occasion the miat furnished Often they pay more than is
earthworks from which the Spanish the Durham company was found to necessary,
gunners must have retreated or have hi spoiled, was condemned by tbe Avoid these unnecessary
sirred fcreat loss of life. Morro - ctor and new njeat had to fcft leaks and wastes. -
Madrid, 216 p. m. The Spanish Castle was in j urea rather umnten- cenc ouf This of couite delayed Com and see us for what
ri'. n
j -v i
1 fit
YOU FURNISH THE F.ESLC
WE DO THE REST.
That's all we sk you to do C e-
nish tbe ffet. We will not ciilfifif
the re but we will do it welt iSar
$2 50 '
A Rnmor From Cadiz Fleet.
Port au Prince, 1.05 p. m. it is
nmored that the Cadiz Fleet has
een seen off Jamaica.
hpanish Report-
fficial report of the bobardm-nt at tional,y as il ia understood that the meal you want. We have sufficient
Wtieffo Monday savs the Ameri- J u c ou "uuouu ";..." "From these and similar incidents a i m-,!ulo JUU4
1 .u:-.
thrice attacktd the defenses ?a Prleon thfire
goods to suit your purpose.
ad were repnlsed with fifteen
pnaonmere. haye arieeQ thV exaggerated reports e V"? J11
The little town of Agoiadores, Lf Bhnr, rfltlnna atorcatinn As to saving m price, we gnar
m .rFuJOCv v inat east'of the bav snffered a ood . 7 antee .oar prices against the
nndred Americans killed and Juow c,aw J ' tiny. Thev are absolutely false, and roll rl Qtofo
rounded. The Americans sank deal ot the effects, and it is swd that nobody regret8 them more than do to get the 'lowest prices, be-
Lino Mornorloa Villinrr OTwHantflin a 8m8ll-. I0rC8 WBS landed and had a th t.wn: nnmnam'pn wh.iP nnmPfl raiiflo to ' vat-nA IP
-r0; nrii. h 8harP 1-ttle fight with the Spanish have hfifin ROnnled with thpm .Thu urico is not nVht
OUU JJJUOIKU- V&UAIUt MU'VAI . I I IX "
fi2htly wounding Col. Oredonz. trooP3- At 18 believed that this Ushevilleiand Durham men have no Watch this space for special
Dargains every aay.
will be the point at which troops deaire t0 be c(asaed aa kicker8
are to be landed and that an assault
or
mutinous soldiers. ,v
Discredits a Spanish Report.
Waahineton. 2 18 p. m.-The t0 be made on Santiago
" . I . . i.u i. I .
Resident today signed a measure .w-nguwrij grauijmg - uit porK'..PrcUirV Wuw.rUiuo.
sping the lite-saving stations1101 a 81DgIe bPaD18tl anot t00li eSect. Allen V handler, n is won tne
on tne American neet ana mere is iemocrawc nominauon jor urov
no account that any American hurt ernor in Georgia, which means that
zn through ut the year. O n
?88 parsed a bill organizing a
,vy hospital corps. The adminis
tion discredit8 the Spanish re
its of the killing 'of : Captain
ii llips of the Texas because Samp
THIS IS ONE :
One Jot of Ladies' Oxford
Ties fine goods Zeigler's
and Padan Bros.- $1 50, $1.75
and $5. 00 goods all,go at $1,
1
wires no casual tias to Ameji-
3
himaplf rr venra ViirrtHolf nnf nt linWs I he is tO be the next governor of the
ine the Spaniards. 'Empire State of the South." PhiK CaimO!! & P&tZQt
The American fire was so terrific Hp D ook is to be Secretary of
that the emote partially obscured State; Wra. A Wright, Comptroller COlTlDanV.
the fleet, and it gave poor chance wuwttj w " olOYOUB uuuimiuuyi
for good aim from the forts We of Agriculture; G R Gienn, School
shall expect to hear of lively events Commissioner; J M Terrell, Attor-
about Santiago soon. ney Genial; J S Turner, Priso
I I nnS mn n in 1 XT rv T G nooi"
We have everything in Oxfenfe
except your feet. 1
An ounce of satisfaction is vtZTth
a ton of talk. Satisfaction $psc
with every pair of shoes we sell.
Respectfully,
Shoe Furnishers
Treasurer.
I General Order No. nog.
All Quiet at Cardenas. v
ley West, 2:18 p. m. A gunboat
ved today and reports all quiet credit Tuesday, and we think yet
ardena8. that these rumors were unfounded.
ii we unaerscana me situation ar t lnnirinw t. thft lwn Af NnrtK
, . .. A" . r lI'r. ' 1
Trouble Ashore. Santiago tnere are no Spanisn snipa naii roQ Hp that if aVin Ka fVio nic rcouic uvinm oncoru. VaDarru. VOlllIEit.?
yden, 2:18 p. m. Terrorizing to sink but thofce in the harbor that dutv 0f the1 solicitor to make an in-
Will An Investigation Be Made?
niarda ashore.
do not occupy a position to fight to vestigationl of the parties taking
advantage. To come out into the part in the breaking of a jail and
narrow channel one at a time till causing the death of any pris
stopped by the Merrimac would be oner, and for his work the county
suicide. Cervera will doubtless de- shall pay him one hundred dollars,
peed on doing what he can to pun- If this is done, there will be a con
ish Sampson if the latter dares to siderable cost attached to the county,
enter the harbor. There is no good such as serving subpoenas, etc., be
reaton, we think, to believe thai sides the solicitor's and witnesses
there has been any vessel sunk at fees. It is not probable, though, in
l . . :.. . . l. .t- l it,:, il.i u :
fa8hington, 2.20 p. m. The Na- Santiago since the Memmao, unless sucn a case as mis, mat tsugu m-
department bas chartered the 11 xtema oierceues, ma, it vesugauuu win ue maue.
t, ; . tt i . ry isaia.waa trying 10 mow me juerns
faehipa Victoria, Olympia, Ar mac ftwav The Spanish report ie
that she was sunk, but the American
report does not verify this- There
is a supposition that troops moved
toward the seat of .war today, but
there is nothing official and there
fore nothing reliable.
Kesnmed at Midnlslit.
ape Haytien, 2:18 p. m, Ac-
ams: to latest advices of the
pday morning bombardment at
tiago, the fight was resumed at
night.
Six Transports Chartered.
and Forty Miles Around.
Furniture' -oiifl
fa, India, Morgan, and Citv of
to transport troops to Manila
PERSONAL POINTERS.
Ttventy-FiTe Killed. -
fy West, 3.15 p. m. The gov
mi dispatch boat arrived this
poon and. reports that two
rau auxiliary gun ooats sneueu
of Spanish cavalry at Car
Monday aDd killed twenty
tid wnnnilpH mAtiir mnrA tinder
SOlia of thft battpries There
no Americans hurt. .
FALSE RETORTS
About Onr Boys at Jacksonville
S arvlng: and Drilling Barefooted
How the Reports Get started.
- By some means the report getsfout
amongst our people here that our
boys at Jacksonville are suffering for
"something to eat these days and that
numbers of them drill almost bare
r'Nrt ETi.oMi.il TAimirrnv. fnntfid. These reports, of course,
phinton, 3:35 p. m. The war make the parents here very uneasy
ue bill is still before the con- about their boys, but it is hoped
that these 'reports, which in most
cases come from those who know
nothing about" the circumstances,
will not be believed. :
Following is what Mr: Fied Mer
ritt, who is the correspondent for
Mr. Dan Summey, of Charlotte,
was in our city today. .
Mr. B F Rogers returned home
from a business trip last night.
Fancy
k-wuimee. a report is ex-
Cakes
Jam Up
Fresh,
AT-
i. a over am
jy its cure'
m s failed, tha
TILL 1'urifiei
Ervin & Morrison
0R0CER5
Attention !
Yon- are hereby commanded to report at once, if act .earlier to (&c
on tvanori r?
House of u, ii ii oin n - viiMpaLMVf:
And inspect the handsomest line ol Bed Room Sets in
Oak, Walnut, Mahogany,
- - TJ:-J3 9 T71 ' TV rr 1 1
and Curley Bixcfe
Ever shown in Concord. Parlor Suits, Ward Robes, China 3c3&$j.
Side Boards Extension Tables. Parlor Tables. Hat Racks. ISssef,
Screens, Rocking Chairs, Diners and Common Chairs, Beds, $rsssar
Bureaus, Wash Stands; Picture Frames and everything to befomias
a fiist Class furniture store. -
LOW PRICES : .y I
Gofl. Commaediini 1
WHEN IN NEED OF ANYTHING IN THE DSE
TAKING DEPARTMENT DON'T FAIL TG CALLD J3ESi
g Store