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The PUBLMXBD AT WILMINGTON. N. C, THE TRANSPORTS kly WITH THE TROOPS A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. i.oo Wee Star SSS88888888888888 88888888888888838 8888888883888885 spools b 88888888888888888 8S888888S8S888888 88888888888888888 qiotv' I SS883SS88888S888 8888888888888888 s 3: : : cr totered t the Port Office at Omtgton, N. C. ' Second Clan Ma' ier.l SUBSCRIPTION P 'CE. The subscription price of the We ly Star is follows : Single Copy 1 year, portage paid. $i oc 5 " 6 months " " ftp - " 3 months " 80 OlvMOCaATIC TICKET. FOR SUPERIOR OOURT JUDGES. First District Hon. George H. Brown, of Beaufort. Second District Hon. Henry R. Bry- l? an, of Craven. Fifth District Hon. Thomas J. Shaw, of Guilford. Sixth District Hon. Oliver H. Allen, - of Lenoir. Seventh District Hon. Thomas A. McNeill, of Robeson. Eleventh District Hon. W. Alexan j, der Hoke, of Lincoln. . r FOR 80UCITOR. Sixth District Rudolph Duffy, of ,Onslow. , SENSELESS HOSTILITY- One i't' the issues upon which the Populist leaders appealed to the people.' when that party started out to reform" things, was the rsil roails, We said oneof the issues, but it was the leading one and far evershittlowod the financial and other issues.; The railroads were (buouneed us insatiate, extor tioners, demanding all they could get and playing the vampire on the people, who were at their mercy. It was a cold, lonely day in Con gress when Jerry Simpson or some other impromptu statesman did not deliver himself of a very large 'plant ity of language in de manding that something be done tobrinir the sinners on wheels to taw and repentance. There might have been some foundation for, these indictments in some instances and probably was bnt the trouble was that in their bids', for notoriety and for what they thought might etie popularity, 7 they' failed to discriminate and' hurled their denneiation at the whole system, which they would shackle and hal ter and put! the halter in the hands of some agents of the Government, who wini Id be presumably Populists, and would "ran or drive the railroads according to , the Populistic idea, whiclnvouid soon run them into the , ground. This is what they meant by Government ownership and management although they never did satisfactorily explain how that ownership was to come about. Hut they never thought of or con sidered the mighty part these rail roads play in the progress and de velopment of the country, nor how -inch, the people who denounced them were indebted to them. There is no country in the world which has as much railroad mileage or as many railroads as this country, and no country in the world which hasas;good service or tak:ng it on the whole such cheap service as this country, not excepting those where the Government has whole or par tial control of the roads. There are now something over 180,000 miles; of railroad in oper ation in the United States, to which several thousand miles will be added this year. These roads represent a value of something over $10,000, W0,aoo. This means more than the investment of that much money, as we will show, and'a great deal more. According to the report of the TJ. Railroad Commission for last year fte roads operated 180,027 miles of Jinc and earned $1,11 6,613,254. Of fti $314,859,516 was for passenger ervice, and $773,589,253 for freight. Qntof this $1 ,116,613,254, $747,562, P was paid for operating ex- 'ibl's, leaving the net earnings 050,856 out of which repairs had to be made and necessary new e1ipment provided. The dividends, iich represent the profit, on these nin were, a little over $57,000,- m out of over $1,600,000,000, rentage of profit that ia not Calculated to make the railroad owners very enthusiastic. These rads employ in one way or another Alii I ini j - -,. m wu men wnile a.000.000 ol Peophr are supported from their mings, -and are dependent upon e pay rolls for their support. ints where ihnmm-o than 700. I ,000 of OTKvrnfinnr amsniM wont nt that is a very small part of x ."6 U,K oenefit the nublic derives in the , ay of thie money put in circulation Hie 1'ill iw.irla n-nA QAA nAft rna-n nly a portion 0f the men for hm they make employment, lt requires thp labor of a m-eat t0i:ay men to arrara rnaA. IWIh and must bn naid VOT, YYTY 1 .t upon them Thi W4 out to a great many thousands ofjnen 1 "uu run e lurnaces that smelt it and convert it into steel and make the rails. It requires agroatmanvnaasfini-r and freight cars to equip these roads and this gives employment to many thousands more, and all th'ia in quires a good deal of skilled labor, which receives pretty good pay. 11 WKes a vast amount of coal to operate these roads and for use in the furnacer which smelt the ore and make the rails, and this gives employment to many more thou sands of nieiu Think of the vast . amount of freight represented by the more than $700,000,000 received for transport ing it. Much of this consisted of farm products, live etc., but the production of these gave employment to many more thousands of men, who would have been without employment if there were no railroads to get them to market. The remainder consisted of merchandise in manufactured form, which gave employment to many thousands more people, who would have been without emnlov- ment if there were no roads to trans port these manufactured goods to the purchasers. It is the railroads which have made such development in agriculture and manufactures pos sible. Every pound of this freight had to be conveyed to and from the rail roads, and this gave employment to many thousands more men, and to many thousands of draught animals, and these animals had to be bought and paid for and fed, thus putting more money into the pockets of the men who raised them and ihe feed they ate. It would be difficult to estimate without investigation the number of people to whom the railroads give employment, but it wouldn't be .Wild to say that there are at least 12,000,000 who are more or less dependent for their daily earn ings upon the railroads of the coun try, which are so roundly de nounced by . some of the modern "reformers," a daisy variety of whom we have in this State, who are playing the railroads as an issue to ride into or keep in office. MINOR MENTION. We may now expect numerous re ports as to the movements and pros pective destination of that Cadiz fleet, which is reported to have sailed, some reports saying for the Philippines, some for Porto Rico, and (as might have been anticipated) some for Boston. The Dons seem to have a particular spite against Bos ton, and persist in disturbing the re pose of the, good pedple of that city. This fleet is a formidable one on p"aper, as all the Spanish fleets are, but if the accounts be true, it is a miscellaneous aggregation of vessels, very few of which amount to any thing, and if they did amount any thing that wouldn't niatter unless they carry on them a better quality of fighting skill than the Spaniards have yet shown in this war. If they go to the Philippines it will take them three weeks to get there and when they reach Manila they will find the Spanish army surrendered, the American flag floating over the city, and Admiral Dewey so reinforced that he will make it very interest ing for Admiral Camara, and we here venture the prediction that if it goes to Manila Admiral Dewey will not wait to be attacked, but will astonish Camara by going out and attacking and whipping his fleet in detail as he did Montojo's fleet in bulk. Admiral Dewey does not write like a man who was losing any sleep ' over prospective trouble. Mr. S. Otho Wilson is a fit sub-. ject for condolences, for in thethe heaviest type per day. It is pro tussle at Omaha to oust Marion Bnt ler from the chairmanship of the Pop. National Committee Marion came out on top. We do not Jcnow whether Otho was there in the flesh or not, but he unquestionably was in spirit," and longed ardently, as he has long longed, to see his pet aversion pulled down, sat upon and dumped outside of the breastworks. But it wasn't done, for Marion's backers were too much for the ag gressive but unsophisticated Mid-dle-ofcihe-roadists. Marion has been living in Washington a good while and associating more or less with old machine managers, and has picked up some cute tricks win nfcand him well in hand TT when he comes in contact with the rustic machine manipulators. While 8 Otho is a fit subject for condo lences, we have not yet noticed that Hon. Tom Watson, of Georgia, has wird 'his congratulations to Mr. Butler, which leaves ground for the u3Di cion that he, too, may come in jointly with S. Otho for the con dolences. From the other proceed ings of the, Committee it seems that Virion is to do business in their ow" AoV Mlt ' tee to do. ! ii lieutenant Hobson and his companions were imprisoned in any other town than Santiago their ex change might be effected without much delay, but the Spaniards find them too valuable' -where they are to release them in a hurry. While thev are in Morro Castle it is practically safe from the guns of the American fleets and may stand while the other forts are battered into wrecks. If they intended to exchange them without unnecessary delay they might have done so before this, for all the negotiations could have been com pleted within a few days after the proposition was first made, as there was cable communication then be tween- Santiago and Havana and also between these nitiflH and Madrid; but the fact is tha Span iards have been intentionally delaying the exchange for the double pur pose of protecting Morro Castle and of securing information about our fleets under the flags of truce sent out from Santiago. They will doubtless make the exchange after they find no further use for these men as protectors from American guns, in holding these hostages, (for that is virtually what they are,) Cervera and Linares are simply carrying out the intention in view when they put them in that castle. If Cervera was as chivalrous as he pretended to be and admired as much as he said he did the heroism of those men he conld and would have paroled Hobson and his com panions and felt easy as to their re specting the parole. It took young plunger Leiter, who has been coquetting with the wheat market, about a year to climb up, but he came down with a thud in twenty-four hours, all smashed up. The old man refused to put up more margins for him, and the old sharpers closed in on the lamb and fleeced him. He could have let go some time ago and- pocketed profits of about $4,500,000, but he held on long enough to come out with about $6,000,000 worth of experience. He will know better next time. A level-headed judge in St. Louis happily solved a problem that would have been a perplexing one for a judge with a less resourceful knowl edge box. A divorced couple had two children, and it was decided that the father should take one of the children, the mother the other, but they couldn't agree as to which each would take, and this is the problem which the wise judge Bolved by deciding that they should at the end of each year exchange children and thus take it turn about. A European investigator has dis covered that since the seventeenth century the average of life of doctors has increased from 36 years and 6 months to 58 years and 7 months, upon which he innocently remarks that it took the doctors a good while to learn how to take their own medicine. At this rate of in crease we shoul'1 Ve within the next few hun A years a good many aged doctors., . Stephen Crane, Santiago corres pondent of the New York World, de nies the story of the mutilation of the four American marines killed in the fight at Guantanamo. He says the appearance of mutilation was caused by the number of shots they received at close iange. If this be true, it is good for the Spaniards for they would have paid dearly for that kind of savagery. The manufactories in coun try employed in making powder and projectiles for the Government have a Capacity of about 16,000 pounds of powder, and 3,000 projectiles of posed to largely increase the ca- pacity. The negro Eepublicans of, Ala bama have nominated a full State ticket with the exception of Supreme Court Judges. Every candidate is a negro. If the Democrats fail to carry North Carolina next November the negroes will want everything in Bight here too. Down; in Georsna thev have a rfrrmedit remedv that never fails. They hang, in the light of the moon, a lot of snakes on persimmon trees and then hurry home to get in out of the wet. This necessitates keeping a supply of snakes on hand and also of persimmon trees. There is a strong suspicion that the McKinley administration in tends to prolong the war Unneces sarily. The numerous army ap pointments, made solely for polity cal purposes, lend color to the sus picion. Two NeW York syndicates have offered to take the whole of the $200,000,000 issue of bonds. WILMINGTON, N. G., WAR LOAN BONDS, A Good Demand for ihe New Three Per Cents. Issued by the Government. Not Enough Application Blanks. At the banks, postoffice and the Southern Express office yesterday sub scriptions for the new 3 per cent, war loan of $200,000,000 were opened. Large posters were displayed bearing the words, "Government War Loan; $200,000,000 3 per cent, bonds. Sub scriptions received here." ' The demand was very good, show ing that the people have all confidence in the government's- ability to dis charge its obligations. Many thought that the bonds would soon be at a pre mium and this was of course a strong inducement to purchase. ; The application blanks for the smaller amounts, that is for $500 or less, gave out at the postoffice before Soon, At the banks also it was found necessary to order more blanks, so as to be able to meet the demand. For ihe benefit of the Stab's readers a portion of the circular issued by the go vernment,sho wing how to subscribe for the new bonds. i published here with. . The war loan which is now beiner offered will be sold to subscribers at par during the period of subscription, wnicn enas July a, ioo. xne method of subscription has been made as simple as possible. Blank forms may be obtained at every monev order post office, and at most of the banks and express offices, and on these forms is clearly indicated all that it is neces sary for the subscribers to all out. The subscriber may himself mail to the Treasury Department at Washington the blank form filled out, together with his remittance covering the par value of the amount of bonds for which he wishes to subscribe. That remittance may be in whatever form best suits the subscriber's convenience in currency, bank draft, check, postoffice money order, or express money order. The day the currency is received, or the day the proceeds are received from the checks, drafts, or money orders, the subscription will immediately begin drawing interest. When the bonds are delivered, a check will accompany each delivery covering the interest at 3 per cent, from the day the subscription is entered to the 1st of August, the date of the bonds, and from which date the bonds will carry their own interest. ATLANTIC COAST LINE. Reduced Rate to Wilmington To Go Into EffectTo-day. Commencing to-day the cheap ex cursion rates to Wilmington on the Atlantic Coast Line go into effect They will last through August 28. Bound trip tickets to Wilmington will be sold on each Saturday limited to the following Monday, at the following rates: Wallace to Goldsboro inclusive, $2.00; Fremont to Rocky Mount, $2. 50; Battleboro to Weldon, $3.00; Scotland Neck Branch, $3,00; Washington Branch, $3.00; Tarboro Branch, $3.00; Wilson and Fayette ville Branch, Ken ly to Dunn inclusive, $3.00; W.,C. Sc A. Railroad, Lake Waccamaw to Chad bourn inclusive, $2. 00; Fair Bluff to Florence, S. C, inclusive, $3.00; Dar lington, S. C, $3.00. The limits of these tickets will not be extended under any circumstances, The following excursions will be run over the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad this month : June 24th, from Goldsboro to Ocean View ; June 28th, from Raleigh to Ocean View; June 29th, from Clinton to Ocean View. T CAUSED BY MORPHINE. Sudden Death of Mr. Chas. C. Smith Yesterday Morning;. Mr. Charles Curti Smith a young married man aged 23 years, died after a brief illness yesterday morning at his residence, corner of Second and Church streets. It was thought by some that a con gestive chill was the cause of Mr. Smith's death, but a physician who was consulted said that he died from morphine poisoning. The symptoms were exactly those of a person suffer ing from an overdose of ' morphine Whether the overdose was taken in tentionally or through mistake will not be known, as the unfortunate young man was unconscious during all the time that he was under the in fluence of the poison. He is survived by his wife, one sister Miss Mary Anna Christoffer son, of this city and three brothers who reside elsewhere. The remains of the deceased will be taken to South- port for interment as that place was Mr. Smith's former home. They will be taken down on the Wilmington at 9.30 this morning. COL. POSTER AND HIS BOARD. He Says They Continue to Do Business at the Old Stand. Col . F. W. Foster told a Star re porter yesterday that he, as chairman of the Board of County Oommis sioners, was preparing to put bathing fixtures in the jail for the prisoners, and that he would also make change in the sewerage equipment. The fact is, Col. Foster assured the renorter that his Board would con tinue to do business at the old stand. They will1 hold their meetings regu larly. He is of the opinion that the recent action of Judge Allen ,in the mandamus case does not affect him or his Board ip the least. The only effect it will have, he thinks, will be to tie upthe county funds. Congressional Convention. There seems to be a misunderstand ing as to the date fixed for holding the Democratic convention of the Sixth Congressional district. It will be held in Wilmington on Wednesday, July 6th. FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1898. , 1 Mi wem a mm cwfr.- NEW REVENUE BILL, Comparatively Few People Will Rail to Peel the Effects of the War. ALL WILL HAVE TO HELP. The Cost of Many Articles fn Daily Use Witt be Increased to the Consumer, Whereat There Will be Much Grumbling. Practically everybody is going to have to lend a hand in the war with Spain. lit will be the smallest sort of a minority that will have to fight, but there will be a big majority who will contribute financially towards keep ing up the racket with the Spaniards. The War Revenue bill as agreed to by both houses and signed by the President was prepared so that few people will fail to feel the effects of the war. What Wilmington will pay 1 Vt LL VJ s U L J AUU LUU11 H IU VT CLl UO bUO i I ' a ... . J'i maintenance or me war win not oe a small item. To start with, the Wilmingtonian who us9s tobacco or snuff in any form is going to help Uncle Sam in his righteous conflict with Spain, or if not, the dealer is going to get a smaller profit than he has been making heretofore and he will be the one who is rendering the financial assistance to the government. The tax on tobacco and snuff is 12 cents per pound, how ever prepared, manufactured, and sold or prepared for manufacture and sale. A tax of $3.60 per thousand will have to be paid on cigars and cigar ettes weighing more than three pounds per thousand and $1.50 on cigarettes weighing not more than three pounds per thousand. i The tea drinker will find his favorite drink somewhat more expensive than formerly, as a tax of ten cents per poundhas been placed on all im ported grades. Insurance agents will be taxed eight cents for each hundred dollars of life insurance they write, to be paid only once at the inception of the policy. Weekly payment insurance will also be taxed. The tax on fire insurance will be one-half of one cent on each dollar. , .... The druggists are already complain ing about the hardship that the war revenue measure works on them in the tax on proprietary medicines and per- umery, though the Senate amend ment reduced the tax as levied by the House by about one-third. A stamp is required to be placed on certain other medical articles held in stock and this will add to the drug gist's burdens. It would be tedious to name all the different articles which are to be taxed and all of which are in daily use by the public. Theaters are taxed, sleep ing and parlor cars are taxed, specula tions on stock and produce exchanges are. taxed, and in fact, almost every thing that is not a downright neces sity. ,' MR. T. ADDISON BRANCH. Left a Wife and Pour Children Besides Other Relatives Funeral To-day at 10 o'clock A. M. The body of Mr. T. Addison Branch, who died yesterday morning at the City Hospital from the effect of in juries sustained in the horrible acci dent Saturday night, was carried to the residence of his father, Mr. Jordan W. Branch, corner of Front and Castle streets, yesterday morning at 6 o'clock. The funeral will take place at 10 o'clock this morning from Fifth Street Metho dist Church, and the pall-bearers will be Messrs. J. O. Wiggs, Joe Keen, Julius Sternberger, Jabe Weeks, Wm. Beery and C. D. Yarborough Mr. Branch's sad and painful death recalls that of his brother, Mr. James T. Branch, who, with two others, was drowned near the mouth of North river.about nine years ago. Mr. James T. Branch's widow, who was Miss Dora Smith, of Southport, was mar ried to Mr. T. A. Branch, so that while still a young woman she has lost two husbands from other than natural causes. It was Capt. Bob Branch's sorrowful duty to convey the news to her on both occasions Of Mr. Branch's family surviving him there are his wife and four chil dren, Magnus, Fannie, Jordan , and Simon ; his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Jordan W. Branch, and four brothers, Messrs. J. M. Branch, G. W, Branch, C. R. Branch and Jordan Branch. The last named resides in Columbia, S. C, where he is yardmas ter for the Atlantic Coast Line, but ar rived in the city yesterday to attend his brother's funeral Trucking Notes. Mr. W. F. Alexander, one of the successful truckers on Middle Sound, was here yesterday and reports that the recent rains have been very bene ficial to the crops, which up to last week had been suffering from the drought. Shipments of tomatoes have com menced now. They sell on the North ern markets at $2.00 per crate of three pecks. The potato season, is about over for this section. Thirteen three and four mast ed schooners were sighted from Car olina Beach signal station yesterday afternoon bound South. This is con sidered a big fleet of vessels. The rains yesterday will swell the Cape Fear, said a steamer captain last night. The river steamers have about suspended operations for the last eight or ten days. installation services. Rev. A. O. Voigt, D. D., the New Pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Installed. Sermons by Rev. Karl Boldt. Rev. Karl Boldt, former pastor of j CSd- T 1, l ni t v ' . i ou jtuui s, now nastor oi oi. jonannes iiutheran (Jhurch, Charleston, 3. C, came to Wilmmarton Saturday to preach at the installation of his suc cessor, Rev. Dr. Voigfc Yesterday morning Rev- Mr. Boldt preached to his old congregation in German. Taking for'his text the par able of the Rich Man and Lazarus, Luke xvi, 19-31, he argued from it that the present life is to be viewed in the ight of the future. Then he proceeded to his theme, the immense value of this present life, for it is a time of preparation for the future. Every life is designed for eternity, for an eternal decision of indescribable bliss or misery. To this end God has given us a guide in His Word, which brings us into communion with God here, and bestows upon us powers of an endless life. Our duty is to appropriate this Word of God,- for the decision for eternity is here. Yonder is the great gulf fixed. The way to the goal is through repentance, faith and a change of life. The trend of life es- tablished here endures forever. i In the evening Dr. G. D. Bernheim conducted the opening service, after which Rev. K. Boldt occupied the pul pit. The text of his able discourse was most happily chosen: Acts 10:33, Thou hast well done that thou art come, fsow therefore are we alt here, present before Gd, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God." The sermon discussed the respective duties of a church and a congregation. The great work of the minister, it was shown, is in the pulpit; but in addi tion to proclaiming the truth it is the pastor's duty to apply it in all the re lations of life. In the course of his remarks the preacher made a direct personal ap peal to the members of the congrega tion of St. Paul's,- urging them to sustain their pastor with appreciation and sympathy. - I After the sermon Rev. Dr. Bern heim, assisted by Rev. Mr. Boldt, per formed the installation according to the prescribed order of the Lutheran Church. It was a very impressive service. The newly installed pastor, Rev. Dr. Voigt, concluded the exer cises. Special music was rendered by the choir, under the efficient leadership of Miss Kate Stolter, the organist. The choir was composed of Miss Annie Adrian, first soprano; Mrs. J. H. Reh der, second soprano ; Mrs. C. S. Phipps, alto; Mr. E. Schulken, tenor, and Mr. A., is. Molden, bass. j The following programme of music, especially arranged for the installation exercises, was observed : Opening Anthem, "Savior When Night Involves the Skies." Hymn, "I Love Thy Kingdom Lord." Gloria Patri. j Responsory, v V- Hymn, "Father of Mercies, Bow Tlilno War. " . ! Te Deum (in D Major) Kyrie. Nunc Dimittis. Postlude. G00D NEWS FOR RESERVES. All Coast Defence Boats Will' be Given to Crews and Officers Prom the Naval Reserves. The following, clipped from the New York Herald of Saturday, will interest naval reserves: - "Orders have been received at the headquarters of the coast patrol fleet in this city to relieve the officers and men of the regular navy now assigned to duty on converted yachts and tugs of the inner line of coast defence and put naval militia men in their places as far as it is possible to do so. When the vachts and tuers now beiner converted at navy yards and intended for the mosquito fleet are ready for service they will be officered and manned by the volunteers. r This action on the part of the Wash ington authorities is a decided victory for Capt. Jacob W. Miller and other othcers of the IN aval Keserve, who have contended all along that in time of war the coast and harbor defences should be left to the naval militia, so that the regular navy might be free for ottensive and defensive operations at sea. . ; The Naval Reserves battalion com manders have been working all along for the gratifying result indicated above. On Commander Morton's trip to Washington some time ago, occa sioned by the order to man the Nan tucket with Naval Reserves from an other State, he made a strong plea be fore the Navy Department for the rec ognition of the naval militia in the different States. Lieutenant C. B. T. Moore accord ing to the orders issued by the depart ment will be deprived of the command of the Nantucket and his place filled by an officer from the North Carolina Naval Battalion. The performance of the Yankee, manned by the New York naval militia, at the bombardment of San tiago had a good deal to do with the decision of the naval authorities to give the naval reserve a better show ing. - ' Sunday Mali to Southport Application has been made to the Postoffice Department for a Sunday mail to Southport. This is very desir able, and Postmaster Chad bourn thinks that the petition will be granted. The steam tug Buck now carries the mail to Southport and points along the river, having been chartered to do this work by Capt. Harper who has the contract,but sub-lets it to the Buck in order to leave the Wilmington free for excursions. NO. 37 SPANISH ADVIGES FROM MANILA. Report That the Captain General Has Capitulated Lacks Confirmation. TELEGRAMS FROM HAVANA. The Spanish Squadron Report That Shaffer's Expedition Has Landed. Admiral Dewey Manila at the Mercy of the Rebels. By Cable to the Horning: Star. Paris, June 19. The Madrid corre spondent of the Tempes says it is re ported there that Manila has capitu lated, though the ministers have not received any news to that effect. The correspondent also says that Senor Romero Giron, the minister of colonies, -states that if Governor-General Augusti has made over his power to General Sanderes to go vern Manila, Ueneraroanderes will attempt a sortie. According to the same authority the Spanish consuls at Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore have been ordered to organize at any cost the most rapid communication with the portions of the archinelao-o still under Spanish authority. Hong Kono, June 19. The British steamer Yuen Sang, which arrived from Manila on June 14th, reports that a railway director who went out on the line on a locomotive, was fired on by insurgents at tbe barracks four kilo metres outside of Manila. The Yuen Sang also reports that the railroad sta tion is being fortified. The Spaniards, it is said, are demoralized and it was expected when the steamer left that they would retire to the citadel by the sixteentn. On leaving Manila the Yuen Saner sighted a number of vessels believed to be American transports. Advices Prom Havana. Private telegrams received here from Cuba say that during the last attack by the American ships upon Santiago de Cuba a Spanish shell struck upon the deck of one of the attacking ships, sweeping off all the men there. An other shell, according to the same authority, struck the funnel oi a cruiser, doing much damage. The Havana government is display ing great energy. Fourteen university professors, who fled through fear of the results of the war,, have been dis missed. The blockading vessels, the telegrams say, continue inactive. Uapt A.unon, the Minister of Marine, refused to give any information re gardinig the destination of Camara's squadron. j s Disagreeable Impression. Madrid, June 19, 6 P. M. The state ment that President McKinley has sent to Admiral uervera and Ueneral Pando a message, saying that he would hold them personally responsible for the lives of Lieutenant Hobson and his men, has produced a disagreeable im pression here in military circles as showing that President McKinley dis trusts the militarv honor of the SDan iards, who, on their part, despise all threats. Such messages, it is declared, render the future exchange of tbe pris oners most unlikely. Madrid, June 19, 7 P. M. A private dispatch received here from New York says General Shafter's expedition has landed near Santiago de Cuba and will attack the town immediately. The Cadiz Fleet. Gibralta, June 19. The captain of a British steamer which arrived here to-day, reports that he sighted the spanisn squadron on (Jape uata, a nromontorv of Snain. on the coast of Granada, forming the eastern limit of the Ctulf of Almeria. U. S. Troopship. London, June 19. The Hong Kong correspondent of the Times says : The rebels hold Manila at their mercy, but Admiral Dewey is anxious that the American troops should have the honor of receiving the Spanish capitulation. - I "The steamer Yuen Seng reports Sssing the United States troopship ty of Pekin on the morning Of the loth 'near Manila." . The Insurgent Fleet. London, June 20. The Hong Kong correspondent of. the Daily Mail, tele graphing Sunday, says: V "A conspicuous object in Manila bay is the nucleus of an insurgent fleet. It consists of a vessel of a hun dred tons burden, presented to Gen. Aguinaldo by a relative. The vessel flies the flag of the Philippine Republic Threetriangles of red, white and blue on af white ground, or a ground formed of the old rebel nag of the sun- nsmer above the hills. "The native proclamation of inde- dendence will be signed on Monday. Manila is completely surrounded by tne insurgents." MILLION DOLLAR FIRE. Business Portion of Park City, Utah, Completely Destroyed. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Salt Lake, Utah, June 19. A special to the Tribune from Park City, Utah, says: The business portion of Park City on Main street, excepting a few busi ness houses on the upper end of the street, was burned to Jthe ground this morning. The fire started about 4 o'clock in the American hotel and fanned by a south wind, swept the en tire street. The damage is close to a million dollars. Everv drug- store. butcher shop, hotel, and all but three saloons were burned to the ground. Both the Park Opera House and the new Auow building with the Grand Uoera Mouse, were entirely destroyed. The City Hall, both bank building-s, postoffice and telephone exchange are feme. Many people are left homeless, he wind carried the flames in sheets until the whole center of Park City was gutted. , A dispatch from Paris says that the French steamer Pictavia, from New York. May 29th, which has arrived at Marseilles, reports that she "was fired at by the Brooklyn near JNew York. The owners of the steamer will make a protest to the French government." All the coal mines in the JeUico dis trict will soon be transferred to an English syndicate. At a meeting be tween those interested in the property and representatives of .British capii . on rnoay, tne deal was practically consummated. Officials in Washington Expect to Hear of Their Arrival Some Time To-day. NEAR SANTIAGO DE CUBA. But Nothing: Further is Anticipated As the Landing Will Take Some Time Reports as to Gen. Miles Pi o- nounced Absurd. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, June 19. The big State, War and Navy building pre sented almost a deserted appearance to-day, in marked contrast to the rush and bustle of business on week days. Of the high officials who, since the war begun, have found it necessary to spend a part of each Sunday in their offices, only a few were to be seen to day. Adjutant General Corbin who is one of the hardest worked officials in the service of the government, was at his desk as usual. Captain Cro- winshield was also at the navigation bureau for several hours. No news of importance, however, was - received from any direction. The transports with the troops for Santiago are ex pected to arrive not later than some time to-morrow, but nothing- of special interest beyond the fact of their arrival is antici pated for two or three days at the earliest. The landing of an army on a hostile coast, it is pointed out, is not a matter of a few hours, even under favorable circumstances, and therefore the officials will not be surprised if 5 a forward land move ment is not begun before late in the present week. At the White House. the usual Sunday quiet prevailed. The President attended church in the morning and spent tbe remainder of the day with Mrs. McKinley and their guests. Reports as to Gen. Miles. Adjutant General Corbin charac terizes as absurd the published report that he wdnld he given an im portant command at the front and in a measure would succeed General Miles in the direction of " military affairs. Such a thing-, he said, had never entered his mind, nor, so far as he knew, that of any one else in au thority. He had never heard it inti mated from apy responsible source thatCteneral Miles might be relieved of some of his duties and he did not be lieve that such a thing was ever con sideied, and even were it true, it was beyond reason, he added, that his (Oorbin's) position would be changed inconsequence. With reference to the reports that he is to take personal command of the ' American expedition which is to be sent to Porto Rico, Gen. Miles said to day that the matter of his future move ments was, in this respect, too indefi nite to discuss. "I expect to go to both Porto Rico and Cuba at some time, -but I cannot jsay- when," he said, in conclusion. Y I For Second Lieutenants.; At a late hour to-night Adjutant General Corbin made public the names of the 195 young men who have been selected for appointment as second lieutenants in the regular army, to fill the vacancies created by the act of Congress adopting the three battalion organizations for the infantry arm of the service and the . addition of one second lieutenant to all batteries j when-filled to war strength. Each of the 195 men se lected will be obliged to undergo an examination that will be a thorough test of his mental and physical qualifi cations for the army service. " The immense amount of work in se lecting the 195 young men necessary to fill the vacancies may be realized when it is known that more than 7,000 applications lor the appointments were filed at the War Department. I Among- those selected are tne loiiow- ing from North Carolina Charles L. Latham, graduate Bingham School; Moore N. Falls, graduate University of North, Carolina; William N. Wil liams, graduate Virginia Military In stitute; James McDonald Connor, honor graduate Bingham School. SHELLING THE GUERILLAS. Marblehead, Suwanee and Dixon Open Fire on Spaniards A Cuban Major General Visits the Fleet. Copyrighted 1898 by the Associated Press.) Camp M'Calla, Near Guantanamo. Cuba, Friday, June 17,t noon. By the Associated Press Dispatch Boat, Filed Kingston, Ja., June 19, 2 P. M. For several days past small bodies of Spaniards have been hanging around the northern end of the harbor of Guantanamo and annoying the gun boats and launches by occasional firing. They had been coming from a small block house about five miles back from that part of the harbor in which the American warships have been lying. This morning the Suwanee and the Marblehead .opened a heavy hre on bodies of guerillas seen at a short distance from the shore line. The shots were not effect ive at first, but the Spanish infantry made a frantic burst for cover, while the shells pursued them, striking all around. The Dol phin joined in the firing and for twenty minutes a hea ry fire was kept up, when the signal to cease firing was hoisted. The Suwanee steamed close in shore for a long distance, but was not able to see any signs of the Spaniards, while no reply of any kind was made 'to the American firing. The Spanish loss could not have been heavy ; the enemy ran too fast for cover at the first shots. Later in the day the Oregon sent several shots at the block house, damaging it badly and causing it to burn fiercely for a short tune. Cuban General Visits Fleet. Yesterday Major General Perez, of the Cuban army, commanding the insurgent forces in the province of Santiago, paid an official visit to the fleet, and for the first time during the war a Cuban flag was seen at the masthead of an American warship and saluted. As General Perez boarded the Marblehead a salute of honor was fired and he was received by a guard of honor. After landing from the Mar blehead, General Perez made a short address to the troops, extolling the action of the United States in taking up the Cuban cause. He returned to nis post mis morning aiter passing the night on the Marblehead. According to the report of Ueneral Perez the condition of the Spaniards at Guantanamo and in the neighbor hood is very bad. He says they are eating horses and .mules and that other food is very scarce. He does not believe they will be able to withstand a vigorous attack by one-half their numbers. He said there were 3,500 Cubans in the province, most of them holding the roads to prevent the Span iards getting supplies into Guan tanamo. In his opinion the American forces can easily take Guantanamo and from that point operate against Santiago with every prospect of success. w takes a great deal of iron to VUU ,w--
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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