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The Gastonia __ t° th» ProtovUon ol Homo and cii« Int*>r>m ot tb County. VoL XIX.__ Gastonia, N. C., May 10, 1898. PHASES of LIFE in TRINIDAD mm. uii.kh Wiimx wurrra th* hohiai. ISI.R. Tnv-ltuwdred RUnlMaa Pwtalln ITtaaaUirn TnunturiilMiiR HHkuSa ■■aaana Ikt T«u BannS-OiiMr. MrUmlMa RamUy-lapni«| ■aailaar CaMlil«f-HMtl baal. Idlaa-Fnilu that Oa«r VWimaadka Uaniaan wt the Uarla. Tu the Editor of the Close tie: Uuaxoco, Veuexu*>la, 8. A., April 2£od, 1808.—At the clreot clown criet, "Well, here we are again!’’ Hilt time 1 hardly know what to tell you, but «a I am to much more familiar with Trinidad, although tliit epiatle U being peoDtal lo I be wilds of Yeoeviela, I think X had belter con fine my remarks to that morn or less Inexhaustible island. If everything goes well X hope to have th« plmsure and satisfaction or mailing this my self in Port-of-Jipein in a very l*w day*. And X may then voyage to Car acas, which X oeed not tell you It llte capital of Venetuela, and totne three day* distant. Xt Is a city of a hundred odd thousand people and rejoices in the title of "Uia Tar Is of South Ameri ca.’’ If I do go Ibeie, X will write you e descriptive letter of the trip While time in Venesuela 110 not nearly so well Informed and prepared to tall of UM country M I 101 of Trinidad. Tula la because Trinidad is art English speaking country,— a colony of Great Britain—easy of acoeas and easy to get Information about, while ray location In V ens xoela I* in the heart of a vast wilderness. Kren if 1 spoke Spanish fluently I would not come In contact with the people or be able to discourse Intelligently about their country, man ner*. or eoetoma. Our most available postufllse If Cm huD/irtA miles dtatonl, and that tact alone proves Ural there are not many people in my immediate locality. This appliaa only to my im mediate aeottoo of Ventxnela. Other portions of it contain large and pros perous towns, and the people are edu cated, cultured sod well to do. But as yet I do not know them. When I do, I will tell you. Kecratly J have paid my respects to several naifh bor ing villages, Inhabited by Indians and half-breeds or peons Each visit re quires from two to fonr days— although me towns, none of whteh have more than forty to two Uutidrua aud fifty In habitants,—are wlibin a radius of from ten to forty miles. Traveling here is still In Its moat primitive stage and most be uoeomptubed by means of curiaras (“dug out” cauoea from *ultd trees) sod on donkey-back. Neither la particularly oouduoive to ease or comfort, bnt It you persevere, yon ••get there!” Bo far 1 have bran to Uuartquen (War-l-cioe), Tarare (Tar ar-y), Mejagual (Mur-na gwal), Car ipito (Oar-l-pes-tow) and Oallo Uolo redo, whiob U easy. The inhabitants of these villages talk oothi.,g but a patois of Spanish so I must, perforce, be ebls to Jibber,In the lingo, or always have an interpreter at my elbow. uuwvx • uvvu. mivu lUlMUi* unts in this vicinity as are able to writ* at all spell Wilson “OulUon,” and pat tbe ucceut on the lust syllable. I am popularly kuowo here ss "Setior Wlie-own.” Tbe letter “O’Mo Span tsh baa no otbar sound or prouunole tloo tbantbe English "O” lu "tons.” Hut to Trlndad! Tbe so-called pitch or Asphalt Lake at La Hrea play* an important part iu tbe commerce of tbe Island, and X mean to write you a speolal. letter on tbit eubject later. Traooe of coal have also boon disco v covered, bet because of tbe heavy out lay foe practical mintag, nothing has yet been done in that quarter. Quick silver has been found from time to time in small quantities, wnile Usee stone, which baa proved eu excellent material for road making and building. It obtained in abundance. Mineral Springs are not lacking,—some con taining sulphur, some Iron, some mag nesia end some whose waters have pet rlfying properties. The rainy season lasts about six months, eommenelog, as a role. In 1st* May or early June. Daring this peri od raine fall beastly every day—aome tUae* eeyeral times e day, some limes all day. Tbtu do stream* become rivers and rivers torrents; but they quickly subside. Kroos June to De cember you can safely bet that It will (Win every day at precisely two o'clock l„ the efUwuyon,—and you will win at least seven out of ten tire**. We have no experieooe of Spring, Aatornn or Winter; throughout the year It 1* on# contieual round of gtorl oa* Summer brightness. Of eosme we ml** me pleasant, ouauy twilight time, nor do we get tbe loug Summer vrening*; the time of auuaet varying barely to the extent of oe« boar, being (rota 4SW to and aa soon as tbe last gleam of sunlight disappear! below the west horiion, ntght I* swift to aa art her rights oyer day. Here, If any where, la tbe old-fashioned mamlm, •■Karly to bed and early to ritt,’’ one Id be Itonored In tba oboerranoa, though II must b« confessed that the y*t part, at least In town. It lomo wbat disregarded. Pbysioal rxcretse i. a roeWvw necessity even with a tsm naratore of fraa BOP to <W, and I oati not help thinking that all tropical real yet a would b* better off If they walked . little more. And tbe same Is true it inhabitant* uf colder etlaaea, Uut beta the Creole saying, “Never walk when yen ean ride, never ride whan tow oan drivu," Is observed as rellgloue f. as though It were s pert of the lieo Agman. Orlnkat and tennis are sever utales* played here every bit as ardent ir a* elmllar games at homo, and tba If'Hotdadlan youths are not a whit bo k(ad tba aga to (Mr akllifuloeaa al .ye* paatimaa. la fbot. In aoet ot •ha move manly exeroiaes uad aporta. Lea a* enekst, polo. golf, riding and ywrimmlak' <i*y appear vtwy much tc ■dvantsfs. This fact la mvntloued tc "L,w that *• ean and do Indnlgv frewlj in out-lnor raoreatlon* without deUI L-nt or danger. ^Tb# water supply of Trinidad, or oi It* cblet town, at any rate, (a bolli auinctaot In quantity and fair In qnal ty. Ewuli of lha several lordly valleys In lb# northern ridge of mountains, near tbs city, baa IU maandLoiing stream ot deliciously cool reXitshiuR water, now rippling round huge bould urs of quarts, now leaping with a bound down ateeo precipice*, now broadening Into an almost enclosed basin, aud agalu narrowing Into the merest streamlet, but always through A luxuriance of growth that chaims tbe eye. The climate of Trinidad, wlilob baa been much maligoed, is In reality vary salubrious, bat there were formerly ample grounds for the prejudice which existed against It. Not so many yosia ago foreigners who left their mother country to settle lo auy of the West Indian colouies ran serious risks of shortening their lives. Such Is not the case now, especially with Trinidad. The draining of swampy lands, aud the formation of loads, thus snooura gleg tbe clearing aud planting out (ho oountry dial nets together with proper sanitary regulations, strictly enforced lo tbe towns, have done rnocu to bring about un looprovarosut. In abort. In valids, or persona of weakly constitu tion. particularly If tuOsrlog from bronchial afleclions, and desire of es caping tbe bitterness or nn American winter, might do much worse than resort io Trinidad during that luole uit-nt period. Nature bus still further blessed ua I y placing ua just outside of tbs borders of the hunlcaue and oyolnoe regiun. W« bars uo earth quake* worth mentioning; violent Stum'S are rare, and cases of sunstroke almost unknown. With so many nat ural advantages I predict that It will be at I asst surprising if Trinidad In time to come due* not become cue of tbe most fashionable places of winter resort for well-to-do Americans aud Europeans Even wllblo the past twelve months there baa beeu e notice able Increase In the number of visitors to onr shores, and wltb continued com petition between tho lines of steamers that plv hitherward, resulting In belter aceoioodaUoua and reduced rates, the influx it bound to grow greater. Trlsidtd bas long ceased lo be the stronghold of yellow fever and cholera that Copt. Mairyst aud other wntsn aaed to depict It. Tbe former scourge is happily only rarely met with nows days and lu modern representative is or a much less virulent nature then the original. With ordinary care of him self a man la jnst as likely to livo out bis span here as ou bis native heath, perhaps the chances are more In his favor. ia a nnuin out; wj prevalent amongst young men, particularly lr u«w arrivals, that constant cock-tails ami ulcli-ma-upa are a downright necessity. Mnny Instances arise in which the temptation to fly to what appears to be a temporary stimulant in the form of a “•hot of grog" or a "ewlttle" la strong. The line of demarcation between mod eration and excess la at such times narrow and lll-deflnod. Hence, when outraged nature gives way under the severe strain, the sorrowing relatives at home hear that be has fallen “another victim to the climate.” Poor ell mate 1 you are like the Hebrew eoapo-goal, and have to auswer for the sins of others. People cannot deny that this is a fact, but tbsy have not the moral oou rage to ooofese it for obvious rea sons. I would strongly urge upon all visitors to tbn tropic* Hi* strictest moderation, or even total abstiaenoe, ■ml 1 apeak from experience. There are no less than fourteen regu lar line* of steamers that ply between Trinidad und all civilised porta in the world. The only regular direct lino to New York is the Trinidad line whtcb comprises the two well-koown boats, “Grenada" and “Irrawaddy." Two or three otber lines eventually get there, but as they make tbs circuit of the Caribbean sea sod Gulf of Mexico parts, they are nut to to be oonstdered wben quick transportation is desired. The Trinidad Liu boats make a round trip, from here to New York and back, ones a mouth eaeb, so the two of them give us two mall* from New York each month. No traveller with lime and money at hla command should visit Trloldad without taking ■ trip up tbs Car-famed Orinoco lllver. There Is to be eeen forest Ills In the very height of Us awful grandeur, and the facilities o He red by more than one line of steam er* render It qolU may of aeoeae. As for hotel seoomodatlona we have ths beet loth# West Indies. At least three botele may be ranked ae first els**, and there are numerous other*. The almost world- wide-known “Queens Park Hotel" Is the largest and bait, •ad It ia there I make home when In Trinidad. The tariff at the best louase is three dollars a day or sixty dollar* a month, which cannot be con sidered exorbitant. Home highly re vpeoUble boarding booaeamay ba round at a lower rat*, but of oourae tbe etyle of llvlag aod Um aurriuodloRa more homely, not home-llke—homely 1 Moat of tba beat hotel* have telephones aod elcctno calle, and are far n lab ad with all modern appliances of oonvenleooe aod ooit)fort which tend to make life aaay. At the Queens Park, where I frequently stay a week and oocaeion al ly » month at a time, and preeu'mably tbe tame le Una of Um other boetelrlse. one must testify to t!>* regularity of the hablta of the Trinidadians. Theca Is avnittlveaeee to aolfonalty In tbe •ervante that gives one a blot of Ohio use exactness. Wbeo 1 touch tl.e but ton at the bead of the bad at 7 o’clock In the morning, aod feel bound by tbe Iren roles In Ute alt to do It, a colored friend appears Iniuet IDO seconds, pi ta oo a grin lo which there U no trace of a imlTe, and says one word, "Coffee t" f aod like a wooden man and say, "Good morning,’’ Five mi note* pass there Is a light knock, aod a mao, dressed In undershirt, breeches aod shoe*. appears, and bears on a silver waller two silver pole, on a with tbe handle for tbe right baud, bolding bUck ocflee. aod oo* with tbe handle for tbe left head, fall of hot milk. Thera la alao either three smell tri angular pieces of browned buttered toast, or a email roll of dalle mm bread and a asaallar rail <4 good butter,— and they never vary a halr'e breadth - and two orange*, all Ui« Juloy cel fa opened by the keen ketfe that haa ahavHd away the akin and not abed a drop of orange blood. Tim notable thing ahont the two orange*, next to It that they are good, la that usually they are of the same sirs; but. If one le larger than the average, the other la that muub smeller, and till* la aa In variable aa if the oraugee were weighed on scales that accounted for the hun dredth part of au ounce. The coffee aud orange* and bread aud hotter an not your breakfast Tit* breakfast hour la 11 o’clock, and thul meal begins with olives and radltbee and anrdloM and other delicacies; then cornea a broiled Dab, parhsps a wall eyed perch, with a dash of bpaotih colors In hta akin, and after chop* or ■teaks, egg*, or one of muov omelettes. Thau come cuoumbera slender but loug, and cut in thick slice*, with oil and vinegar, pepper and mlt. With cuts of cucumber, surrounded by shew of tomatoes end union*, with a few crisp leaves of lettuce interspersed, all the vegetable* Juicy, Urn general effect Is that described by the pious colored mau when be undertook to tell about cold fat ’possum and sweet potatoes. wuu i#nru, dui wmwanni id aOTpAir, "it wa* just loo good.” Perhaps you will agree wltli me that the Trinidad ian 11 o'clock breakfast coodooe* not to energy, bet rather to meditation-or shall 1 aay "IXiy Dreams."—specially l( It Is n in gird with gpaoish claret. There la exactness In tbe hotel err vlc* throughout. When tbe 11 o'clock breakfast and 7 o’clock dinner (we on If have two meal* a day down here) e-ime nlT, Uie mat people appear at th» same IllUe tables, and dishes ant served tu ao order, or lack of order, and ac cording to a syateio, or lack of It, that must have its tradition*, hlitory, law* and mathematics. Aud, oh dear, thnplnmi^pbia! Hooey lu Die comb that molt*, honey aud all. In the mouth, and ia ao aalUfylug one wants to drop gently into •lumber and have vlstuns of the garden* of tbe god*I (uouotduie more than blot at the mangoes aud oilier sweat fruit*, but t muat tall you of a brown pod of tweet cream that grows bigger than tbe aver age orange, and baa a flour that beat* apple blossoms and clover tltlda. This dusky pod has a akin to tbin It may be peeled with a apoon. aud then one bulb la divided between three tall glass**.— waa tbe Drat time 1 tried tt— erusbed and watered uutll it looks like ice-cream soda at nayier’a. loo wa* added and a silver apoon with a long Iracdle, and. though the month wai Jauoary, tbe atmosphere waa August, and we had valuable tbirsts quenched byqnafliog tbe milky fluid,—no alcohol thanks ! And Hits same fruit la convertible Into j a cup of blooming tuow. that ia aa1 ran I lla ioe cream might be it It were translated and froxen in barren. This exquisite comparison is borrowed, from an account Jon Jefferson gave 11 telling the Ineffable lutgfu. in which the favorite Gulf of Mexico flit, the Poro pioo, ascended in tbe men aura of merit. "The l’omplno,” said Jerfferaoo, “ia lust the shad traoalated nod caught, without a hook, in hsaveu.” But per il sue if odo sought to Bad tho limita tion of the indeaoent glories of die' fruits of the tropics, a hint of the far off line drawn upou tbs products that arc tbe rlohss of everlasting summer, could be found In Ike story of Tom Corwin, who protested when a Indy in sisted upou pouring molasses Into hi* coffre, that be feared ibe was making It “too sweet.” "My dear Mr. Cor win.” said aha. “If It wat all Isaacs, It oould not be too tweet for you.” "Auf Wiedereeben,” Gxuu L. Wilson. r.xciMdiag a r*p. XAOuCMtUnft' KcOOTil. Among persons Interested la the sanitation of Southern cities there terms to be a difference of opinion about the effeet of wnr with Spain up 00 the probability of a visitation of yellow fever In liw South this season. To the laymen it appears tbal, with (Juba blockaded, and with Bavaaa, the nursery of yellow fever la tbs Gulf, cat oa from the root of U>e world, tha possibility of the Introduction of yellow fever Into the Southern States would bo greatly diminished. Moreover, Urn presence of United States troops la a number of Ooatbsru oltlee Is llksly to reduoe to tht minimum danger from yellow fever. The experience of New Orleans during tbs war comes to mind in tbla connection. It would bn ratber au Intonating ob ject-lesson If tbs protection by the Cnttod States vessels of Southern porta from on invasion of nr mad enemies should also result In their protection from an Invasion by • mors Insidious foe. This Is not beyond the range of pomiblUly, and aoob a result should be Largely efficacious is combating suc cessfully a lurking notion In a few quarters that tlie Uoltsd tits tea gov ernment should not bo encouraged to control the quarantine situation. In IMMtn. Ail lorn. 11m beat pUn 1* U> keep ndeenlelag all the tlmn. If the proprietor of the ittr» eanuot give hli advert 1*1 rig the time It obouM have bo had better make It the doty of one of hlo aaatatuaU to attend to tbia branoli of the work. Let the aaeUUut here a oertaln time each day fur the work, aud hare It under etoorl tliat tbla work la to be dooo aa cuivtully and aa regnlaily aa any other duty. roll** lM*aiM Canl. Hu faring humanity alioatd he aup plled with a very niaane poeelble for lu relief. It la wltb pteeauro we pnblieh the following: "Tbla U to oertify that I waa a terrible lufferer from Tal low Janadloa for uvar el* moetba, and waa traatnd by aoaae of the beat phyat olana lu eur city aod nit to no avail. Dr. Hell,oar drnggiet, recommended Kleetrld Bittern; end after taking taro botllee, I wua entirely cared. I now take great pleeinru In reeoameodlag them be any pvraoo aafterlng from Uila tairlbla malady. I am gratefully yuorn, M. A. Hogarty, Lexington, ky.*» Bold by J. B. Carry * On. AT BLOODY CARDEDAS. Til* WIXNMMVM I HKW I* A VO*. TK* OF nuot a urn »mu. The «4*rjr of the KaiiwMiMIWi Car* *««“ ia Which scnahna MOT was Klll«l-Thr Torpah ItouKnlMall *'»»/ *f Ihs IpAMlkl Ommmm— ikmhciihi ummud wmM Th* dally paper* of lan Friday morning contained the following vivid acoount of the bloody and terrible oe gagemant at Cardenas whloli was men tioned In last week's paper: K*T Wan, May 19_When tbe United (lutes gun-boat Hudson cams up to tbs govern moot dock at 8 o’clock this morning tbe bodies of 9v* dead men were lying on her after deck. They were tbo remains of Ensign W. Uaglsy and four members of lbs erew of tbs torpedo boat Wlaalow, who wnro killed In an engagement In Ca» deoaa Uarlwr yesterday afternoon. Tbe bodies were covered by tbs Sun nod SUlpec. In th* cabin of tbs Hod son was CapUtn John H. Hsruadou, of th# Winslow, Who Is Slightly Injured in th* left Ug, and several others of lb* Winslow’s crew, who are slightly wounded. Tbe dead are : Ensign Worth Bag lay. John Vavwaa, oiler; Jrwlah Jen neti, cabinet cook; (J. V. Meeks, fire man, and J. Daniel, Unmet). Tbe wounded are: B. K. Cox, Ban ner's mats; D. MeKeown, quarUrmae-' 'er; J. Patterson. fireman; F. Graves, | and Lteqtenaut J. B. Bernadoo. All | aro slightly wounded, exoept Patter- j ton. wlioen oondillon iteerlona Tbe iwtUe. while It lasted, was ter I rIAo. Tbe Wilmington and tbe Hud •on were abend and opened fire on tbe Spaniel] boats, wbieh ware lying at tbs ducks. Tbe Bring began at a range of 3,900 yards. A few minutes later the Wluelow oiao up and also opened An. In so instant the entire attention of tbo Spin till run boats aud land batler lea was directed upon Iter. From all aldee shot and shell scorned to pour In upon the little torpedo boil. Tbe Wilmington aud the Hudson still kept up tbelr Are. but lbey could not turn aside the terrible storm of fire and death pouring iu upon tbe torpedo boat. Tbe orew of tbe Winslow, how ever. never faltered for a second. At 12:39 p. in. a solid abut crashed Into tbe bull of Uie Winslow and knocked out her boiler. In eo Inetant the began to roil and drift Italplaaaly, Then there was a moment of awful suspense. A Setce cheer of triumph went up from the Spaniards on (be gun-boat, and iu the batteries, aud attain a storm of Am was opened on the helpless boat. The gun-boat Hudson, which was lying near by. started to Um assistance of the Winslow. Hbe ran alongside tbe torpedo boat and tried to throw a line U> tbe Imperiled crew. Up to this time, with the rxoeptlou of tbe one shot, which disabled tbe boiler of the Winslow, the driu* of tbe Spanish gunboats had been wild, but as the Winslow lay rolling In the water, the rauge grew closer and shells began to explode all about btr. It was difficult for tbe Hudson to get near euough tu throw a line to tbe Win slow’s crow, eo terrible was the Are eU about her. Finally, after trying for about twenty minutes, tbe Hudson ap proached near euocgli to throw a Hue. Knelgn Hagtey and six men were standing In a group oil Uit deck of Um Winslow. “Heave ber, heave her,” shouted Begley as he looked toward tbe com mantler of the Hudson, and called for a line. *» lb, BUVUWU UUICflt from the Hudson, end with a smite Bagley called back: "Let her coroe It's getting too hot hero for comfort.” Tbe lloe was thrown, and at tbe same instant a shell buret iu tbe eery midst of the group or men on board the Winslow. Bug ley was loitanUy killed sod a fsw others dropped about him. Hair a doxen more fell groaulsg ou the blood-stained deck. One of tbe dead men pitch*! btadloog over the side of tbe best; but, his feet caught tn Hit Iron rail and be was hauled back. Rsgtey lay stretched on the deek, hoeing been killed Instantly. it was a terrible moment TUe torpedo boat, disabled aad help Ims, rolled uud swayed uoder the Cnry of the Ore from the Spanish guubonts. When the shell hurst iu the group on board tbe Winslow another wild sliout of triumph treat up from the Spanish boats and batteries sod again a heavy lire wee opened on the torpedo boat. Finally tbe Hodaoo s one aided i* gettiog a line on board the Winslow and was towlug her out of Uie deadly range when the lloe parted, and again both boats were at Ilia mercy of the Spanish fire. At 3.-80 p. m., tbe Hudsou managed to get another liue ou the deck of U* Window; but there ware only Lhree men left there et that tiros to ranks It last. Tbe lloe was finally secured and the Wlos'.ow was towed up to Padres Island, wbsra sta waa aochorsd, with ber dead aad wounded uu her decks. Thraa who w«rt lakeo uu board the gunboat Uaobiaa died there shortly afterward. At 0:13 p. co. yesterday the Hudson, with tbe dead bodice aad some of the wounded started for Kay West, arriv ing here at A o'clock this morning. Lieutenant Bernadou, With tbe tor geua bringing Mm over told tbe story of the battle to a reporter of the Asso ciated Press as caluily as If talking of Uie watches. He begea: We went under full speed to attack tka Spanish •■outs Iu tbe harbor, aad you know Uw result. We want under orders from the oumuandsr ot Dm Wilmington. Oar boat la badly damaged, but abe will be brought here for repairs, and l think abe wlH be ready for aarrioo •gam In two weeks." OeoUnaltif, ilia Lieutenant aeld: "Tbe Winslow was Urn worst injured, aad bad Mrs o< ber laea kilted aud I don’t know bow many Injured. We were ordered In attack Dm Spanish gunboats at Herds:.sa, we steamed la under a full bred of steam aad ware IIred upon u aeon u wa war* in rang*. The Spanish beat* were tied np at tlie dock* and had a fair rouge oo oo The balterlM on shorn also opened Ore ou os. sud I think w* rscalved most of tlie Hr*. I do not know whether soy one was hurt oo the Wilmington or oo tlie Hvidsoc. but 1 think not. *T hues no faalt to And with the Winslow’s crew. They noted nobly ail tlie way through. Tho men who wore killed all fell at the same time. We were standing in a group nod the aim Of the Spanish was perfect. A shell burst in our very faces.” The dead and woondad btoogbt here by tl« Hudson ware taken lu email boats to the Government dook. This wee the A ret news of the engagement to need Key West. So time wee lost In ministering to the wounded. A quick nail waa seat to the Marine Hospital and an ambu lance cease later down to tlie dock. Ttw deed were taken to an undertaker tu ine mranume, iim mwv nau (praul and crowd* gstbuad about tba dock, bat there was ao tort of • dem onstration. The eooecae of tba Amec tea* eh Ip* la every aotlou U»n far bai beta to overwhelming that it le bard to rvallm that death haa at laat come to aota* of oar men. Botfgu Bagley waa stoat kfl year* old sod while the fleet waa atattoaed her* be wai one of tb* raoet popular mao in the eervfev. The aawa of hU death earn* aa a terrible eboak to all arho knew him. Tt hue always been a foregoes eon clueton that tb* torpedo boat men were among tha tlrst to fall, as Uwir work Is moat dangerous, but, Id spit* of this, wkaa tha fleet waa stationed here and consignment* were mad*, all tha young mao on tb* aarvtm sear* eager for torpedo boat duty. The Hudson shows tha efiset of tb* firing. Her smokestsek la pa solo rad with bullet boles and bar cabin and docks are smashed aad splintered bitsTcu or ms Lint. Resign Baglay who area killed, lea saliva of North Carolina. Hia moth er, Mrs. W. H. Bagley. rraldea at liS Sooth street, Hstelgb, N. C. His full name is Worth Bagley, and he was ap pointed to the Kami Academy lu Sep tember, lflOL, from tb* Fourth district of Xurtli Carol Isa. He graduated Jon* SOUi. last year, aud was appoint ed ao Eoslga on tbe day foUowlng. While a cadet studied to the academy I** was assigned to make cruises on tbe Tessa. tbe Indiana and the Maine. Upon being appointed an Ensign last July no was assigned to doty <>u tba ludlaue, hut on the following month **s transferred to the Maine. He served on that ship until November £)rd, last, when b# was ordered to the Columbian Iron Works fur doty to connection with tha Winslow, whieb was undnr conauaottnn at that time. When site was computed and put io commission last Dnetmber. bn waa at tached to bar nod remained so until the. moment of t>U death. .lust before the otDcUl dispatch a private dispatch was received, asking llmt Ensign Bagley’* faintly be noti fied. which was dona promptly. Tbe dead man bad a mother living at Oal atgli, and a stater who w tb* wMv of riua. Josephus Daniels, th* editor of the Noes and Observer of BalStfh. Another slater lives In Washington. The dead Kuslgn was about 25 yeei* <>f agv, sod read* a great record aa a foot ball player whit* at Annapolis, beiug IU star player during two or three season*. .loba Varvrrae, oiler, wee a naval oftioer of .Smyrna, Aaia, but a natural ised eitlzan of tbe United States. Ha had bean ia tbe Navy about tbrea years and Dine months. John Deo free. Amman, Bnt-elaia, was boru in Kilkenny, Ireland, bat was naturalised and liad bean la tba Naval eervloo about flve years. Geo. B. Meek, lire man. Drat-clam, was born in Clyde, Ohio, and Ltia fa tiier, John Meek, now reside* In tbet city. Decanard had a total Naval ser vice of live and one half years. Elijah M. Tuooell, eook, bad been to the earvioa only a few months, bis drat enlistment bearing data of Merab 91st, 1808. He was boru la Aoooaac conn ty. Virginia, and his next of kin Is hit father, John Tnnnell, now a resident of WattivlUe, Aoeomao county, Vir ginia. Tnnnell was tba onhr colored man In the list of dead and wounded. Lieut. John Baptiste Ueraadou, whs I* reported as being wounded, la one of the most dashing and veotnraaoma oftloere in tba Naval service. U was heoauae of thl* vary quality that be was selected for the command of tba W ioilow, as It was known that tba earvioa required would be of the meat baxardoas character. Lieut. JJeroar don is really so expert be torpedo work. He was born November, 1848, In VhlUdetphla, and was appointed to the Neva! Academy by Freeideat Great In ltfJO. In 1HBS be beoaara a lieutenant. Junior grade, and attained bis fall lieutenancy In 1800. 01 the wounded, Daniel MeKeowa, quartermaster, second-elaaa, was bora la Newry. Ireland. MoKeowu was naturalised and had bom la tbe Navy about ten years. Now 4 *uiirva* min. A lw«t r«M «r IheToon IMhjiM. aw UartMU Ranml nod Too T»m» «• rmI Bom;«n rnMIr Pooh. KnY What, May 11- It tl now known til at tho American boat* outdo furioo* havoo 0IU1 Cardenat harbor and town. The captain of tho Hud •on aald; I know oo doatroyod a largo part of their toon aoar the wbarte*, banted on# of their gun boat*, and, I think, dectrond two oth er torpedo ileotroynrr. We wore In a eortax of *>•<*. ab«U au1 amoke, and could out tall accurately; hot we mw one of their boat* on Ore and linking toon altar the action began. Than a large bolldlng near Die wharf, I think Ibn barrack*, t >rk Ore and many other buildings worn own burning. Toe Hpanleh had many batterM ue all tide* of ue, hidden iu faeabat and be hind hoeee*. They eat n imp for no. As moo m wa got Um naga of that battartea they weald aoua tbaa*i think their guns warn Debt piece* p«r Urga baste oould Dot gat into tiu Iwctor to kelp us on account of Um •ballsw water.” TMK WUfUsn Hit omm «r the w»ane mu ir remaoi Wat, Fta.. May 1A-Tta Window's dead am bow lying at an undertaking eatabUabataot. Tuny warn tatea there in a wagoo. atilt oomred by tba Stan and Stripe* The rude conveyance waa followed by aa In MMaaa crowd, aad an day lone «ha doom of the abap have been aumund I «d by a large gathering. Naval ofl cer* narinas and adjure eaaatbam to look open tha Caeaa of their daad comrade* Some af Uie bod Ira show .furftll WOBDdlL Kaaign Hegley waa Ittaraliy torn to plane* HU body will be embalms* and eblppad home. Fireman Denial* bad bin left meal ier ripped up aad the right aide of Me baud tom opea. Tba body of Tnnnell, tba eolorad nook, thowa no woaad* Fireman Meeks waa bnrt In tba grata. No orders for Um diapoolttoii of Mia bod lea bars yet been issued. They lie near tbelr eoflns bow and will be tafcan charge of hy Um navnl nntborl ties ibis nftamooo. fMnrawviMttH a»Hit Nut Wsot, May U.—Four af Um dm killed an tba Winaiow warn laid to net in tba city ooMetery at auaaot today. They were bartad in Um thal lowllMa rocks, ilda by aid* with Um graven of the victim* of tha Mata* The body af Kaaign Baglay will bs mot home far ioteratent. *== ■■ wmm thb amt bten vc um. IIM tkt —T !!■ !■■ U. H.„ k ▲ Washington dispatch data* May 1 tayt tlmt tbe Slate Department ha* received Informal ton through Its ee cret agents, that the wrack of the Maine lying in Havana harbor bad neau destroyed by the Spanish suthor iUw. It la snppoeed by oil dal* of tbe administration this action on the part of the Spanish anthorltlee bad been Ukaa to prevset the raising of tha wreck after the oapture at Havana. Tula Information baa toUastOad tbe desire of -sveoga tbe Maine.” Pinos bava been mapped out and it (etiw intention of tbe Government just aa soon aa Havana is ip the uoe aaaaiou of tlie United Staten troops, to start an Investigation that will and in several banging*. All tlie port oincials who were on duly at tb* Unr ihe Maine was an chored to the fatal beoy, and again oo tba day when »Ua blew up, will be placed under arrest for complicity in this otime. They will lie forced to prove their luuooeuoe. Honor* Francois Lain*, the corres pondent. who waa ante led and than deported so unceremoniously from Ha ' Z . r“*T:,ur •■•ermetion whloh be hat in hia poeeegeloo. Had ha been permitted by the Spanish ai thorllka to remain lu Cuba be woald have traced ttw crime bona to toe perpetmtora Hie evidence will be nwd at a belli upon which the tore wd aet deteotlvea will lie put at work to cocoaat some of the port oflfeiala with the murder of the Milne craw. A Cabinet member la authority for following Mate meat made to-day: "We shall make it part of our flat business. aa soon ai wa take poeece aion of Havaua, to dad out who ware the iwrpetratora of that bloody crime of the alcbt of February 16. We win ascertain who waa la charge of tbe harbor oa that night, and we will Red everybody who poaelUy oould have been eonaactad with the affair. U they araatin to Cuba. When we pot eur htod* on those who ware taapanalbla for blowing up the Maine wa will pen M them aa they deserve, by stringing tlie rn ip. Hlf wo and Utot they have aneapad from the Island and have gone back to Simla we will follow litem there mad tell Spain that the war shall not atop until they have beau delivered ap to ua for punishment. Those mee will not aaaapa. They will have to au«M for thatr lufaaona and eowardly mar dar of sleeping sailors, and if they are yet alive they will bang for IL" JUmy old aoldtore now (ml Um effect* of Urn hard terTloe they ea darad darteg tba war. Mr. Oee. g. Aodereoo. of BoeavlHa, York ooooty, 1‘aan,, who MW the hardaat kind of aarvlac at tba front, la now freqoeot ly troubled with rhenmaHtce. “I had a aever* attack lately.” be myi, -aad pwauted a bottte of Cbambaitate1* Pala Bala. It did m much good that I would llko to know what yea would oharta at for ooe doaeu bottiaa.” Mr. Anderaou wanted It both ter hie own am aad te aupply It to hie friend* aad neighbor*, m every family thou Id have a GotUa of It la tLelr noma, net only for rhaamattam, bat lama beck, ■Praia*. iwollloyi, oaU, bra tar* and burnt, for whioli It la —irratltif For ■ala by J. K. Query A Co. m^“^aamww CtB*r*tti», WkMfy. am* tnu ■'—rn Ceaawr (mute. A gecUatnan who waa la the late war wanu te knew why ao many of the volunteer* are turned down. He m7*i**L of the a»e oompanto* ralmd bora for the late war, aggragat log 0J3 men. be doe* no* baltevadl wo«M have bean refected an the area ent examination. Bo naka, la It ate wrattm, wbtakey, Idlenam. or whetTa II * _^ I liava beau a I offerer from obreale •tUrrboaa ever it nee (A* war aad baa* mad all klada of medicine* tec U. At laet I found om remedy (bat hm bam a unci ni a tore, and that le Cham hartaio1* Ogle. Cbafera aad LNarrbma ?*"*tL~PL£.Ctrt2m*’ On*reMI»e. La. For ml* by J. It. Cany A Co. [ p I Dr. Tiabauor bald tba tiaaraottoa la assaagttagtg: *—-1 ill Iran nl. aoea and roato aat with baadlabad araa look lug toward tba Tataria aaldiarot tba atom aa wttb taaatkMaa Uga and sraisjsFyiSBt rrory villa*r r *-rfft tmf arm town, utfl all bar 'MMNb^HUX sssirer“w“ -•= ^Tbjt^r^batibadoawr told will ‘ Two yean aga,” arid he. “after 2ra.ssar.,sx esasj&jvsaa St lai'isis.ts's^srv'sa MbSSflal iSi niaSSl1 ImS Q^ffssnxird ar-ia-ebttof tkMwlimat<bnS%. tba aroriaoa of Haraaa. aad that be ssjsffvrjsstSS “My ink Bum or Dim wont into The pri ll hod i tM Baptist etw reMlioa. Whoa IMa* a»y naiad na to Um time when 1-xV myself among too i_ Juatoa Im m doing. Than I of tba tyranny oftbe etrll -—nr Jit oil powers !■ Oufaa that won ready u «•*•} ant tba Baptist faith, and I tooM not Mam Dfau far what ha was about to da I told Mo when im want »«• mast act Wave Ida wraaobara Hi Onto. We oeaMnetw plain tba situation to them, bat 1 ibowwdPtae how they would surely be Imprisooed If to want into tha army. Wan, wa eallad tins ptmehan togatbar aaa uld them Way Hr waa coming. It was reported that ha waa a man guilty of deads that would bring tba Uuali of stuina In tba raoeof any mao. civilised or savage. I urged tba praaohara to leave the bland at tba drat blot of danger. X toid tba Board Ofttaatl tad Toms bwr££ftS tea them about Dias. Aa lnoautlont word might be dropped that would ha eM<hc “>!.*? *•'»• Spanish spy, aad in aa ieeradIMy short apace of tlaa the ■ears would bw dashed to Havana aad Dins would bn la jail. 1 told Use Board about advlnieg tba preachers to •tort, aad Dr. McDonald mid, ‘What's Dins going to dor* My reply was, •You an enough of aa Irish rebel to kaaw what Dias la going to do.’ 1 dared not tall McDonald, traa-facarted maa as te la. I have oavrr told thin Incident before. It H a bit of UQWTtV tan history. I had a great burden m •TtaHrt. It haunted me night aad day. end I never breathed free untU the last prvaabar waa vat of Havana. LT2,.bTSi,U,,Q* *• “W when one bright afternoon as! waa sitting aa my porch a telegraph laammgH hand 'd me a dispatch. Iteanmd my heart to alak, although It oontaitisd tat three words: ‘Dias In JaiL' I kaaw to was guilty of violating the Spanish law. I kaaw not how to tad summit tad. himself. Before Una I had acta foil Information to tba 8taito Depart ment shoot tba ooadttioe of ear work In Cube. I did not went to wait aatd a crisis bad oome to try to captain, whan time was pteolooa. So the In formation waa all with the BUM Da pertinent at Washington. I tele graphed to tba Stale Department te Cleveland, to Coogrammaa Bleak to Hoke Smith, aad others. 1 received a dispatch sawing that Dias weaU prob ably be rdtoaS, hot f kaaw the Span iards too arali to place aay -*nrni1t«Ti upaa them in aaaaa Like tUh. The Spanish wUl net toll tba troth la a oaee Ilka tola. They wUl am I la at you as they throat a dagger la Mar heart. Aa mild manaecad manat am out a throat or aaak a able. from DU* aajrtac to era* la fraal daa •ar. Ha im to aa triad by a military eoan, aad that mm alma* oartah. ditto. Hla win tod toaa la aaa him at tto Jail. Ah* bad ritpoad tba dls patohoat. It bad bats gtmw to Forts ooa of tta daaaoaa la tba ahatob ttoto Potto waata earn tba dlapaieb earn to Hay Waal. Bueno*, aaa of oar toathraa, bad J«* aoma in from Baa Mittal, wtora I Bn tod barnad ep ■van thina. llairaa aaxiooa to tears tto UtandT Ha via totag aa tto Oilaaua Peru pal la tto aarrtoto With h|a aad Ntfl to a olrcultoa* (tote to tto artarl Tto patiaa bad laacaad that Varta tad tto dtapatob. Ha bad glrto It to Btana*. Porta wMwatatod by tto patiaa Jam bafora tto Oilratta talk, to madatotf bawutad to paaal taito atota Tim poUaa atoppad him aad mid, ‘Wtatala that dltpatob V Ha datoad hsvtag it, aad jam itoa tto OMrtota monad oat aad taroad tar prow toward tto land of frawtom Uuaaaa mood la tto atora or tto raoaai aad wairadhla kaadtorahirf. Porta potntad ta him aad aakL 'That raao on tto OUaatto too ttodtapatob.' “Haaaoa waot to Kay Waal with aa ■—f. Tim dhpdakml forty eaato a word. Hianot ImM li ttr WmI tooat darns. SSS- b3 X opt* Haw York aad team dawn to IHaala I raoauad that tdarna aboat tight etatoeb. By tot a'etoafc Um dtatoteh wm to Wmua|to«, «AUi WK£,W*-aiT-SiBS IMB MktMi.w
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
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May 19, 1898, edition 1
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