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-r The kly Star. Royal maJces the food pure, wholesome and doiiciotu ' CUILtSHID AT- w ILMINGTON, N. C, WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1898. NO. 32 Wee mi 11.00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. 88388888888888888 i .moon ti Si8g88g8gSSggg 8888888888888888? 8888888888888888? j 88888888888888888 jj sq,uoW z 2a88jS81li8ai88f!e 88888888888888888 s! 1 00,S5SJ:S8888S!888g ' 8888888888888888$ "s """"sassgsaasag? S 8S88S888888888888 S i -7 ?8388888888888888 "f ' i i ' ' '"; j g s . mered t the Post Office at ilmtgton;. N. C. Second Clan Ma ier.1 SUBSCRIPTION P s The subscription price of the We ollows-; Single Copy 1 year, postage paid " " month. " h Smonthi " CE. ly 8tr iias $1 00 00 30 BLANCO HELPLESS. (len.. Blanco may be a brave man arid hf may or may not be an able general, but he is a victim of fate, and stands no more chance of hold ing Cuba than he docs Of flying to tluv moon. Whatever his condition may have been before the blockade that condition has become worse, and his power of resistance every day since less, while the confidence that the Cubans now 'feel in accom plishing what they have been fight ing fef for more than three years has enthused them, and brought thousands of recruits to their armies. They practically have the swing of the island while Blanco's army is practically bottled up in Havana, where every soldier in it feels that when he must throw down his arms and surrender is but a question of time and of very little time, too. When the blockade was begun it was reported that he had 60,000 men able to do duty. But as there always has been a large percentage of sickness in his ranks it is esti mated that he has not more than 4U00 men now fit to engage in bat tle. ith these 40,000 he must de fend Havana, beleagured in front by a squadron of powerful warships and attacked in the rear by a powerful land force. WeTcnow the fact that for some months these soldiers have not been paid. We know, too, that for some time they have, not been well fed, and that their food sup plies are becoming smaller day after day. They are not well supplied , with ammunition and would not have enough of that to make a long resistance if they were determined to resist. Of course they have heard of the fate of the Spanish squad ron 1 at Manila, and the wip ing out of the Spanish power in the Philippines. They have no hope that the Spanish flo tHla which was ostensibly sent to succor them and put th&blockading fleet to flight, will ever be able to render them any assistance and that, . therefore, they must fight alone if they fight at all, against superior numbers on land, supported by pow erfully equipped war vessels, ca pable of throwing shot and steel pro jectiles into the forts from a dis tance of two or three miles. living the Spanish soldiers credi t for all the pluck and patriotism that may be claimed for them would it be surprising if under these conditions the majority of them became dis couraged and demoralized? What have they to fight for? This is not a fight for eohntry or for patriotism in the true sense. ; They are not fighting to protect their country from aggression or invasion by a for eign foe, but, on the contrary, are fighting to crush a people who stood i Spanish oppression as long as they could and then revolted, precisely what these Spanish soldiers would have done if they stood in the place of the Cubans, provided their cour age and love of home were strong enough. ' But they have also heard of the uprisings and rioting in Spain, where the poorer classes (to which most of these soldiers belong) are crying aloud for bread. They have heard of tnc threats of establishing a re-i public, or of overthrowing the pres ent dynasty and calling another to tliethrono, and they do not know really-f or certain or for what they would be risking their lives in bat Lie. If thev fight at all the only in centive will be that they would be - charged with cowardice if they sur rendered without a struggle. The officers have too much pride for that, and they will therefore mar-j shal their men to defend the city, although they have no hope of hold ing it. While they displayed the charac teristic cruelty of the Spanish sol diers in their campaigns against the insurgents, they never entered these campaigns with any zeal or any real 'lesire to meet the Cubans in battle. If they ever had this they were de moralized by the Weyler policy of extermination by starvation, which left them to rust - in camp and fall vietimB to inactivity and disease, in stead of engaging in active opera tions that would keep them fit for soldier life and soldier's duty know by this time that the equip ment of the forte with which they expect to defend the oity, bears no comparison to the equipment of the ships that will batter them, and they know, too, that from the exhi bitions of Spanish gunnery . which they havo seen in the duels that have taken place . between their forts and our ships, that they are at a fearful disadvantage. Hence there is nothing in the situation or the outlook to encourage or to stimulate to heroic endurance or action, and therefore, while the pride, espe cially of the commanding officers, may make them hold out and resist stubbornly, the army, the rank and file, who have nothing to fight for, will gladly welcome the signal to surrender. Every Spanish soldier killed in Cuba, in the battles that may be fought, will be a life sacri ficed, a victim of the obstinacy be gotten of a colossaly developed and colossally ridiculous pride, which will have the stilts knocked fromun- away to hunt up that Spanish flo tilla. The conditions for effective gun work favored the Spaniards, for they shot from the ground, with fair-sized targets to shoot at, while the gunners on the ships had to con tend against a heavy sea swell that made it difficult to draw a fine bead. The Krupp guns are long range guns, and that the ships were within range is shown by the fact that a ball went crashing through one of the boats of the Iowa and a shell burst over the New York, the only vessels hit in a long and furious cannonad ing. When they can't shoot any better than that from land, what is to be expected from their gunners on an unsteady ship, even with the best of guns.'' AFFAIR AT CARDENAS RESTRAINING ORDER. Great Sorrow in Wilmington at Served Upon P. W. Poster, Late A WELCOME VISITOR. NEWS FROM RALEIGH. u. the Death of Ensign Worth Bagley. Member of Board of County Commissioners. S. Revenue Cotter Colfax io Port for. a Pew Hoars Met the Moni. tor Nantucket Thursday. HAD MANY FRIENDS HERE. TO &tOW CAUSE WEDNESDAY, The Window and the Hudson Not Long Since Were in This Port Lieut. P. ' H. Newcomb a Former Resident and Well Known Here. With the Other Ex-Commissioners Why the Injunction Should Not Be Con tinned Their Offices Having Been Declared Vacant der it in a little while. MINOR MENTION. The general ignorance in Spain as to this country is surprising, and yet as to the masses, even among those who can read!, it. is not so sur prising when they gathei their in formation from the Spanish press at home and in the colonies. Absurd publications are such a common thing with them, that they have ceased to attract attention unless they are Of such a grotesque character as to cause some doubt as to whether they aire published as burlesque, or in downright earnest. The following from the El Herdldo, one of the leading papers of Madrid is a specimen: "But behind and beyond the natural fear of, Americans to meet the brave Spanish army upon land. or our gallant nayy upon the sea, is the danger the Yankee Republic runs of facing a rev olution at home. It is a fact well known to all European statesmen that only by means of armed force sta tioned in the late Confederate States has the Washington Government been able to preserve the semblance of peace. Even now the new generation of the Confederacy is but waiting for the word to revolt. When war is de clared General Lee, who has been Co n-sul-General at Havana, and who was kicked out of Cuba by Governor Gen eral Blanco, will raise the standard of revolt in the old Southern Confed eracy. This Lee is the same Lee who was General-in-Chief of the Civil War in 1850 and 1855, and whose surrender to General Lincoln, in the last named year, broke the revolution. His acts at Havana were for the purpose of plunging the government into war with the Kingdom of Spain, at which time he and his followers would rise against Senor McKmdley. "It is not likely that Spain will find the United States opposing her, for the Government at Washington will be busily engaged in putting down a civil war. This was published just before the declaration of war and its purpose was to stiffen the backbone of the Madrid Government and of the people by showing what a contempti ble foe they- had to confront, and what a soft snap the Spaniards would have in tackling this country. With such dense ignorance among men who pose as educators, what can be ex pected of the masses of the Spanish people ? The strategy board in Washing-, ton presumably knows what it is do ing, but it isn't contributing much to popular satisfaction by its fre quent changes of programme. "On to Cuba" one day and hold up in on to Cuba the next day, when several ' times repeated, is a strain on patience, and rather disappointing. The intention may have been to move on Cuba in force when it was reported that the Spanish squadron had gone back from Cape Verde to Cadiz, but it seem to us that this Government should have some way of ascertaining definitely whether that fleet had arrived at Cadiz beforethe order was issued to move on Cuba. Finding that the fleet which was reported at Cadiz, was next reported at Martinique, was a sufficient reason doubtless for the change in the plan of invasion, if there was a reasonable prospect of The people of Brooklyn, N. Y., are becoming addicted to the banana habit, and the other fruit dealers feel so blue about it that they are moving to get Congress to put a heavy tax on bananas so as to dis courage their importation. The banana is a very seductive fruit after one becomes acquainted with it. i ' It is stated that in some of our cities 90 per cent, of the volunteers rejected were rejected on account of physical defects caused by cigarette smoking. The Spaniards are nearly all cigarette smokers, which is doubtless one of the reasons why thev can't handle, guns better than they do. , " .. . ; -; One well directed shot from the Olympia did the business for the Spanish Admiral's flag ship at Ma nila. It was an eight-inch shell which gave her the delirium tre-monSr-cxploded her boilers, killed her captain and sixty men and set her "on fire. That was good firing. The warships of either this coun try or of Spain may pass through the Suez Canal. But the warships of this country will not havo any oc casion to, and the warships of Spain will not make the occasion. They will stay closer to home, where they may be needed more. Editor Larry Godkin takes com fort in the discovery that the Span ish commanders at Manila were brave. Perhaps Larry may start a subscription to build a monument to them as a further proof of his loyalty to Spain and admiration for them. Sir Thomas Lipton, of London, is achieving fame as a public bene factor. He is establishing restau rants throughout the city where he will serve good 8-cent dinners, an idea caught probably from the poor man's friend, Mills, in New York. The Government wants 8,000 tons of vmor plate for the battle ships Wisconsin, Alabama and Illi nois, and it ought to be good stuff, for the battleships of these days need good tough coats. But the fracas will be over before these ships go out to swim. The horrible and untimely death of Ensign Worth Bagley on board the torpedo boat Winslow, as announced on the Stab's bulletin board yesterdav forenoon and told more in detail in subsequent dispatches, caused great sorrow among Wilmington people, more especially because the gallant young Ensign was known personally by many of our people aud was a near kinsman to some of Wilmington's foremost families, having been a nephew of the late David G. Worth and therefore first cousin to Messrs. C. W. andi James S. Worth, two of this city's best known and most promising young business men. Ensign Bagley 's father, the late Wil liam H. Bagley, was for many years the able Clerk of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. The story of the unfortunate en gagement between the Spanish forti fications and the Winalow, the Wil mington and the Hudson in Cardenas bay is narrated in detail in the tele graphic columns of the Star this morning, and the brilliant record made by Ensign Worth Bagley is also well told in the same connection. Expressions of deepest sorrow were heard on every side yesterday, as groups of men stood upon the street corners and in public places discuss iner the sad news. It was only a few months ago that Ensign Bagley was in Wilmington, the occasion having been the visit of the Winslow, with several other boats of her class, to this port while en route from Fort Monroe to Key West. Little did he or his friends here think that just ahead such a hor rible end was in store for him. The Star chronicles his death with deepest sorrow, but rejoices that he fell at his post, fighting valiantly for "home and native land." - . Referring again to the fight in Car denas bay. it will be of interest to re call that the Hudson which took quite au active part in the conflict and towed the disabled Winslotc but of the fight was also in this port only a few days ago. It will be remembered that she put in here for harbor April 28th while the storm was raging along the Atlantic coast She was moored along side the Nantucket at the govern men wharf. Her commander, Lieutenant F. H. Newcomb is well known here, having commanded the Colfax while she was stationed here. The Hudson was formerly a gov ernment boarding vessel in service at New York, but was recently fitted up along with the Morrill, the Colfax aud other revenue cutters for war service. She has two 6-pound guns and a Colt's automatic six-millimeter machine gun which fires 420 shots a minute. When she left this port she went at once to Key West and Cuban waters. Commodore Dewey's only son is in the commission business in New York. He has a brother living in Montpelier, Vt., who celebrated his fiftieth wedding anniversary and the battle of Manila at the same time. THE SEVENTH DISTRICT. Repnbiican Judicial Convention H. Last night at just 15 minutes before 12 o'clock, an injunction and restrain ing osder was served upon Col. F. W. Foster, restraining him from interfer ing with the office of County Commis sioners or acting as such. And also ordering him to show cause, Wednes day, May 18th, at Fayette ville, why the injunction should not be con tinued to a hearing. Similar injunc tions and orders will be served upon ex-Commissioners F. J. Dempsey and Jordan Nixon sometime Monday. It was impossible to serve the papers on them last night for the reason that they reside in the country. Deputy Sheriff Washington King served the injunction upon Col. Foster at his res idence. This procedue is the result of an application made to Attorney General Walser May 13th by the Democratic County Commissioners Roger Moore, W. F. Alexander, J. L. Boatwright, John Barry and James Cowan for leave to institute quo warranto pro ceedings against Col. F.rW. Foster, F. J. Dempsy and Jordan Nixon for their right and title to the office of County Commissioners of New Hanover county. The Attorney General granted the application, and yesterday at Fayette ville Judge O. H. Allen issued the in junction and restraining order, which tm i T7t j. V A was served upon vjoi. rosier last night Readers of the Star are familiar with the conditions which have led up to the pending suit It will be re membered that Col. Jno. D. Taylor, as Clerk of the Superior Court, ap pointed three County Commissioners to succeed Commissioners Foster, Dempsey and Nixon, their offices having been declared vacant by rea son of the recent ruling of the Supreme Court in the case from Bladen county. Commissioners J. L. Boatwright John Barry and James Cowan were Col. Taylor's appointees, and Col. Moore and Mr. Alexander, as members of the old Board, act with them. ' The allegation made to Judge Allen in praying the issuance of the injunction was that Col. Foster, Mr. Dempsey and Jordan Nixon were not county commissioners, as by the decree of the Supreme Court in the Bladen county case their offices were ipso facto vacated by their having accepted office as a Board of Education. The charge was also made that Col. Foster and his two associates were attempting to draw orders on the county treasurer in defiance of the act of the Legisla ture prescribing that 4 commissioners shall unite before a county order can be drawn ; that they have extracted the . m 1 1 - - t il jury ooxes irom uie room ui me County Commissioners now in the possession of the plaintiffs and do other acts to the public injury. ' - PENDER COUNTY. The United States revenue cutter Colfax spent several hours in this port yesterday, having arrived here about 9.30 A. M., and steamed out toward Southport about 3.30 P. M. She is in command of Captain J. C. Mitchell, than whom there is no braver or more genial captain in the service. The Colfax is one of the few reve nue cutters which have not been epuip- ped and detailed for naval service. However, Captain Mitchell says he "is protecting the Atlantic coast." The Captain's associate officers are :- First Lieutenant W. I. Howland, Chief En gineer J. T. Tupper and Pilot Dennis. The crew numbers thirty-three, offi cers and men. The cutter's armament is the same which she carried on pre vious Visits to this port three guns, two 24-pound howitzers and a 6-pound Hotchkiss rapid-fire gun. She has no armor plate. The Colfax is- doing regular cutter service between Port Royal, Charles ton and Wilmington. (Japt. Mitchell says he met the Nantucket off Cape Romain at 8 o'clockrThursday morning. He hailed her and "all well on board" was their response to inquiry. They were making about six knots an hour. The cutter held target practice with artillery and ' rifles t off Georgetown Wednesday. She spent, last night at Southport, and will go to Charleston to-day. In speaking of the possibility of Spanish gunboats shelling Wilming ton from the coast, Captain Mitchell said the idea was ridiculous. They could not elevate their guns to this range in the first place and even if they could, every shot would cost them $1,200, and they must make better use of their limited supply of ammunition. He spoke quite highly of the fortifications and submarine mine defences at the mouth of the Cape Fear river and argued that Wil mington is as safe as any inland city so far as attack from the Spaniards is concerned. v There is little probability Capt. Mitchell thinks, , of any trouble from yellow fever during the coming Sum mer on account of the close relation with Cuba. An ideal system for pro tection is being inaugurated by the government. The Colfax will doubtless return to Wilmington soon for a stay of several days. At least this is Capt. Mitchell's present plan. Capt. MacRae Announces Ap pointments for the Wilming ton Light Infantry. POWDER SECOND REGIMENT READY. Absolutely Pure The Late Ensign Bagley His Mother Re ceiving Telegrams of Sympathy from All Parts of the Country The State Convention. flOVAL BAK1NQ POWDER OO. , NEW VOML LAURINBURG SET THE PACg. Grand Democratic Rally Great Crowd in Attendance Great Enthusiasm Parade, Speeches, Etc. Special Star Correspondence. Raleigh, N. C, May 14. Capt. MacRae, of the Wilmington company, expects to be mustered in this morning. He has made arrange ments to secure the necessary num ber of men which he was lacking. When the Murphy company arrives next week the Second regiment will be complete. The Murphy company will bring a large- number of extra men and with these the ranks of the weaker companies will be recruited. Colonel Armfield went to States -ville yesterday and he is expected back here to-day. During his absence .Lieutenant (Jolonel Uowles has charge of the camp. Mrs. Bagley is receiving telegrams from prominent people all over the country expressing deepest sympathy with her in her distress. The remains of Ensign Bagley are expected here Monday, arriving at 1 :40. If there is misconnection, the remains will not arrive until Monday late inl the after noon. In that event the funeral wil be held Tuesday. It has been arrang ed for tlie remains to lie in state in the rotunda of the capitol from the time of their arrival until the hour of the fu neral. The funeral will be held from the South of the capitol. There is no church in the city that would begin to accommodate the people desiring to at tend the funeral exercises. When Governor Russell first went into office, news of the granting of pardons was given to the press. Now it appears that the rule inaugurated by the Governor is not being kept. Yesterday a pardon was granted to Sam Hulford, a life time convict from Rutherford county. Otho Wilson claims that the dele gates to the Populist State Convention, which meets here Tuesday, are two to one against Senator Butler and Demo cratic fusion. Special Star Telegram. The following appointments are an nounced by Capt. MacRae : D. T. Cronly, first sergeant; J. S. Hooper, quartermaster sergeant; W. A. Whit ney, second sergeant ; Cuthbert Martin, third sergeant; C. D. Myers fourth ser geant; J. R. Windley, fifth sergeant. Corporals, Richard Bradley, E. For- shee, C. J. Woodward, C. McD. Davis, C. F. Green, H. W. Turren tine. The Second regiment is very slow organizing. I HOMICIDE IN NASH. SPANISH FLEET OFF VENEZUELA. Four Cruisers and Two Torpedo Boat Destroyers Reported at Curacoa. SAMPSON'S SHIPS OFF HAYTI. The Flying Squadron Arrived Yesterday at Charleston, S. C, and Sailed ; Last Night Under Orders for Key West. F. When Senator Sewell, of New Jer sey, learned that he couldn't be a Brigadier General and a Senator at the same time, he threw up the gen eralship and held on to the Sena torahip, which is the softer and more comfortable snap. Mules don't go to waste in Cuba. When our shots kill any of them, the Spaniards eat 'em. BACK FROM CAMP GRIMES. Sea well, Populist, Endorsed. Special Star Telegram. Hamlet, N. C, May 12. The Re publican Judicial convention for the Seventh district met here to-day. H. F. Seawell, Populist of Moore county, was endorsed for Judge, and John P. Cameron. Republican, of Richmond county, was nominated for Solicitor. Maxton, May 12. The Populist convention of the Seventh Judicial district was held here to-dayj Seawell, Populist, was nominated for Judge, and Cameron, the nominee of the Re publican convention at Hamlet to-day, was endorsed for Solicitor. Mr. Rob Fowler Returned to the City Yesterday He Talks About His Raleigh Experiences. Mr. Rob Fowler, of the Wilming ton Liarht Infantry, who went to coming up with that fleet and giving Raleigh with the company when they j ter of Mr. George P and failed to pass tne it battle. The Spaniards are evi dently not hunting for a fight, and they have been so successful in con cealing thoir whereabouts and in eluding our ships, that the prospect of catching them now is not very encouraging. If that fleet can be found and forced to battle, that ia volunteered, and failed to pass examination, returned to the city yes terday afternoon looking quite well, save that he is bronzed by his brief camp life experience. He, as the Star has heretofore announced, was turned down by the examining physician on account of defective eyes, As Mr. Fowler passed down Front J the thing to do before moving on to street yesterday afternoon, his fatigue Havana, for with that disposed of and out of theway the ground will be cleared, and attention and energy centered on Havana, without any hovering fleet to divert or make it necessary to divide our ships co keep watch on it. In the bombardment of the forts at San Juan wo have another illus tration of the wretched marksman ship of tlie Spanish gunners. Men tion is made in the Madrid dis patches of the Krupp guns used in J the action, and yet there wasn t an American ship hurt, one man killed and seven wounded by flying splin ters. That is the extent of the damage done in a firing that lasted Thnv I tw thAv have hub. a i three hours, when the American poor supply of ammunition; th 1 fleet turned seaward and steamed uniform showing the effect of travel ling, and his knapsack slung over his shoulders,he was an object of general interest And when he chanced to stop, a group of eager listeners quickly gathered to catch every wo rd that he might speak regarding life at Camp Grimes or the gallant soldier boys he had left there. And indeed they were not disappointed, for he tells many stories, laughable and serious, which illustrate both the bright and dark sides of the experi ences through which they are passing. Jn. speaking of the examinations to which they were subjected, he said it was almost impossible to "learn the ropes" and hoodwink the physician, as they rarely examined any two in suc cession alike. Mr. Fowler will resume the duties of the position he held in the railroad offices prior to volunteering. A Romantic Marriage. A marriage in which a number of Wilmington people were interested, and to which much of romance at tached, was that of Captain Richard S. Ker, of West Augusta Guards, Co. K, Second Virginia Regiment to Miss Jessie Shepherd McNeill, daugh- McNeilt, for merly of Fayette ville, bufnow of Staunton, Va. The marriage was celebrated in Emanual phurch, Staun ton, last Wednesday. Thei wedding was to have taken place next October, but Capt. Ker's eompany having been called out fop service Wednesday, the couple decided to get married at once. The grdbm spent only a ;half hour with his bride before leaving with his company for Richmond. Capt Ker is a rising young lawyer and his bride is a general f ayorite in society. He Feared the Spaniards. In the vault at the Register of Deeds office there is a will whicn is oi in terest just now. It was recorded on December 18th, 1743. Th testator was William Rigby, of Wilmington. The feature of especial interest is that a vessel, the brigantine John and William, was mentioned as on a voy age from Wilmington to the West Indies, and the testator recoras me following prayer in the will: "God forbid that my ship, brigantine John and William, should fall into the hands of the Spaniards." Bellamy will be nominated for Congress in this district on the first ballot possibly by acclamation. Republican Convention Lockey Endorsed for Judge of the Sixth District and Croom for Congress. C. P. Lockey, Esq., of this city, was endorsed yesterday by the Pender County Republican Convention for Superior Court Judge for this, the Sixth, Judicial district And Mr. R. M. Croom, of Pender county, was en dorsed for Congress. Mr. Lockey received a special de livery letter last night from a friend who was in attendance, in which this announcement was made. The con vention was held yesterday at Burgaw. No endorsement was made for the office of solicitor, tee sentiment of the convention having been, Mr. Lockey's informant said, decidedly in favor of RepublicanPopulist fusion, in the event of which they favor leaving the selection of a candidate for solici tor for the Populists. jfhe convention yesterday was the first held by the Republicans in this district C. P. Lockey, Esq., their choice for judge, is attorney for the city of Wilmington, having been elected to that office several weeks ago by the Board af Aldermen. Lieut. Edwin Anderson. Lieutenant Edwin Anderson, of this city, one of the officers of the cruiser Marblehead, was in the thickest of the fight atCienfuegos last Wednesday. He was second in command of the launches sent to cut the cable, and it was on these that nearly all the casualties occurred. Lieutenant An derson escaped unhurt, but almost by a miracle. The full story of the fight will be found in the Star of this morning. ' Special Star Telegram. Laurinbcrg, N. C, May 12. Lau- rinburg set the pace to-day to the bal ance of North Carolina. From her let the cry go out: "Away with corrupt legislatures; wavering, hating, unde cided and unscrupulous chief magis trates; and let there be set up instead an Anglo-Saxon, the straightest sect, elected by the white people of the State." Although these are busy times with the farmers, and one would hardly ex pect them to leave their crops to en gage so early in the political battles of the year, they came in any way from every where; from upper Robeson, all portions of Richmond, and the border counties of South Carolina, so anxious were they to join in the fight that is to show the Republicans of the State what we are going to do for them in November next. The cavalcade, led by Chief Marshal T. C. M&Eachin, followed by the McColl Cornet band, was an imposing sight, and was greeted with cheer after cheer as it passed through the various streets of the town. Music and the boom of our little Zeb Vance cannon put every body in tune for the message. The Hon. Locke Craig, of Asheyitle, and C. B. Aycock, of Goldsboro, were the first speakers of the day. Mr. Locke Craig was eloquently introduced by Mr. G- B. Patterson, of Maxton, N. C. Mr. Craig's reputation as an orator is too-well known to attempt a descrip tion. To say he sustained his reputa tion would be a compliment sufficient. But we must say more. It was grand, sweeping, and at times very eloquent. Smile food was so interwoven with hard logic that all felt sorry when he quit Mr. W. H. Neal, of this place, in a few happy remarks, introduced Mjv C. B. Aycock as the silver-tongued orator of the East. Mr. Aycock is always at home when speaking and was never more so than to-day. He was logal, convincing and funny all in the same strain. "His thrusts had edge to them and his talk was the kind to draw all white men together. He said every fellow felt better as a Democrat and he knows his wife loves him better. His speech was styled as "the song that reaches my heart1' Both speakers were presented with handsome bouquets by the ladies of Laurinburg. A Man Named Cooper Shot and Killed at Spring Hope Monday Night. Star Correspondence. Gold Rock, N. C, May 11. A Mr. Cooper was shot and killed in Spring Hope, N. C, last Monday night by ah unknown party. Tie town commissioners passed a law that no stock should run' at large in the town, and Mr. Cooper allowed his sheep seven in number to run out The police pounded them, and charged Cooper 25c for each, which he would not pay. That night the police with several others watched the pen, and about one o'clock Cooper came and attempted to break open the pen. The officer ordered him to halt and it is said? Cooper opened hre, which was returned by the police and others, and both parties ran away. It was not known any one was hurt until Tuesday morning, when Cooper was found dead at the place of the shoot ing, with a shot gun lying near him. The policeman went to Nash ville and gave himself up to the sheriff. Details of the coroner's inquest have not come out yet. CAPTURED AMERICANS. Newspaper Correspondents Held. by the Spanish Flag of Truce Sent to Ha vana Asking Exchange. By Cable to the Moraine Star. Havana, May IS. (From a Spanish correspondent) The Spaniards . re cently captured two Americans, both of whom claim to be newspaper cor respondents and one of whom says he is an electrical engineer. They were taken to Alado. One carried a camera, wore a small five-pointed star and had a quantity of mail matter on his person. When captured they threw themselves upon (Spanish generosity and snouted "Viva Espana. " It is reported that a third member of the party made his escape by swimming. The two who were captured arrived here to-day and were taken to Cabal -loria wharf, and from there were car- AUX1L1ARY CRUISER YALE. Sailed Yesterday from St Thomas, Under Orders. Copyrighted 1898 by the Associated Press. St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, May 15. The United States auxiliary A Sod Death. Little Mabel Grady, the 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Grady, died Saturday night and was buried yesterday afternoon. The death was quite sudden, the child having been taken with spasms about 9.30 P. M. and died within an hour. Mr. James Grady, father of the deceased child, is on board the hospital ship Solace, which sailed from Norfolk to Key West two weeks ago and is to sail within a few days for Cuban waters. Before the Nantucket was put in ser vice, Mr. Grady was one of the ship keepers on board that staunch monitor. cruiser Yale, formerly the American liner fans, has been at mis port await ing orders from the Navy Department at Washington- . Th Vftfft. nnon receipt of orders To-day's work is as bread cast upon Wn the department and information ... mi i. it mi i (nncernm? nimiisu ywbcio uxsluc the waters tnai win return, iouwui hear from it again. Ipopyrlghted 1898 by the Associated Press. . ' i Curacao, May 15. The Spanish cruisers Maria Teresa, Vizcaya, Almi rante Oquendo and Cristobal Colon and torpedo boat destroyers Pluton and Terror, which i arrived off the harbor yesterday morning, are still here. Only the Maria Teresa and the Viz caya were admitted to the port They have bought coal, provisions and med icines, and still, remain in port. The other warships are outsidje waiting. The statement that the torpedo boat destroyer Terror is with the squadron of Admiral Cervera conflicts with a Erevious statement that the vessel had een definitely located at Martinique, where she was being drydocked for re pairs. Probably the Curacao dispatch read Furor, instead of Terror. Sampson's Fleet. Cape Haytien, Republic! of Hayti, May 15. The United States store ship Supply is still here under waiting orders. No news of the reported capture of the auxiliary cruiser Yale,Jformerly the American line steamer Pwis, has been received here and the "report is discredited. Cape Haytien, May -15. The United States torpedo boat Porter and the storeship Supply, which have been here awaiting orders, have sailed to join Admiral Sampson's squadron. The squadron passed Cape Haytien to-day. It is uncertain whether it will turn southward to meet the Spanish fleet or go first to Key West. The Flying Squadron. Charleston, S. C, May 15. (On board flagship Brooklyn, the flying squadron, off Charleston, S. C, May 15.) The four vessels of war compri sing the major portion of the flying squadron, Commodore Schley, an chored off Charleston bar, nine miles from Charleston, at 4.30 o'clock this afternoon, after having been at sea for three days and seeing nothing of the Spanish cruisers or torpedo boats said to be in this locality. The pilots were dropped at Cape Henry on Fri day night and the squadron proceeded to sea at a ten-knot squadron speed. At sunset active battle preparations were made. Ports were closed with steel covers, battle hatches covered, the main batteries of the ships loaded and men sent to the guns with instructions for a night watch to be kept With all lights ex tinguished the squadron proceeded in a southeasterly direction. Toward morning, several heavy fog banks were, run into and during one of these intervals the collier Sterling became defached. To wait for her was partly the reason that anchorage was made, although Commodore Schley commu nicated at once with Washington and the Navy Department. The only in cident of the trip from Hampton Roads was the holding up of a British steamer that did not display its flag. The Scor pion was sent after and soon over hauled her. She proved to be the British steamer Elsie, with a load of phosphate rock, bound for Norfolk, Va. She was allowed to proceed. The fleet had splendid weather and a smooth sea. The squadron has been ordered to Key ,West and sails to- nighht. Activity at Key West. Key West, Fla., May 15. This has.. been a Sunday of unusual activity here and it is apparent that an impor tant strategic movement is being planned. Commodore Watson arrived ! on the gunboat Dolphin from the blockading fleet off Havana, orders came thick and fast from Washing ton, and the naval station authorities , were instructed to make quick prepa rations to coal the big ships. The ships already in the harbor have been ordered, to get up steam without delay, but the officers say they are ignorant of what this may indicate. The announcement from the north of the coming of the flying sduadron strengthens the theory held here that a united movement of some kind is contemplated. Several new orders have been issued affecting more complete protection for Key West harbor. Extra guards and watch men have been placed about the naval station and store VimiaAflnnri onlv envernment. Amnlnvrtr are permitted to approach the crovern- ment dock. The harbor is almost al ways crowded with light vessels and the store houses are filled with pro visions and ammunition for the fleet, so that a sudden attack by the Span iards could wreak incalculable dam age. ' TWINKLINGS. concerning Snanish vessels being Martinique, cleared from St. Thomas . .V. . . "1 J J. at a o ciock ana saueu wesu Lieutenant Morton Takes the Oath. Lieutenant Geo. L. Morton received his commission yesterday as Lieuten ant of the United States Navy, bearing date of May 2d. Shortly after he took the oath of allegiance before 'Squire J. M. McGowan, justice of the peace. Lieutenant Morton has already dem onstrated his fitness for a high place in the Navy, and the Stab hopes that this is only the first of a series of promotions. The Teacher "What happens I whnn a man's tnmnAMifiiM mw, May 15.-A special dis- I f ar as it can go?r' The Smart 1W natch received here from Madrid by way of Paris says a report is current at the Spanish capital that the United States auxiliary cruiser Yale, formerly fha American line steamer Paris, lrarind with munitions of war, has han cantured bv a Spanish cruiser. There is absolutely no confirmation of the report, wmcn is aiscnsuitw. Curves "How could Penelope marry that bow-legged man?" "She doesn't mind it; he matches her dachs hund." Chicago Record. "He has cold Statesman, feet The Smart Bo v ma'am." Yonkera Promp Action: Minnie "Papa I n urn wm no whs very much opposed to George." Violet "And i wiuu aia you say I Minnie "I fled Papa that intervention mean war. When have I It: a i Harl noti- WO'- " -men. Tom BSSW
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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