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FOR SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES.
First District Hon. George H. Brown,
oi ueaufort.
Second District Hon. Henry R. Bry
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
der Hoke, of Lincoln.
FOR SOLICITOR.
Sixth District Rodolph Duffy, of
1 ' Onslow.
AS INVITING FIELD
According to statistics there are
in the countries adjacent .to the
Philippine islands, that is on the
Pacific and Indian oceans, 850,000,
000 of people, who, according to
commercial reportB, purchase $663,
214,275 worth of goods from other
nations.- The following table shows
the amount' of goods purchased by
the respective countries on that side
of the globe, and the amount sold to
them by the United States, as we
find it in the New York Commercial,
a reliable authority:
Total.
China $170,991,384
British India. 179,786,742
Japan , 90,815,546
Australia .... 179,722,274
New Zealand. 34,733,768
Hawaii.... .. 71,164,561
From U. S.
$ 9,639,440
3,667,370
8,661,317
11,095,668
2,398,406
5,464,208
Total $663,214,275 $40,926,409
This statement shows that the
United States sell to these people
less than one-fifteenth of the goods
they buy annually, a fact which
would do little credit to our com
mercial enterprise if there were not
good reasons for it. This is in the
face of the fact that American goods
are popular in those markets, so
popular that buyers prefer them to
similar goods made in other coun
tries
Since tests have demonstrated
. that the American manufacturer
can successfully compete with' the
manufacturers of other countries
there is no reason why our trade
with the Eastern Hemisphere,
should not attain immense propor
tions, under conditions that would
aid enterprising Americans in ex
tending it instead of putting ob-
stacles in their way. Heretofore
they have been handicapped by con
ditions that made the extension of
trade in any country a difficult un
dertaking, and it required great
perseverance and pluck to do as
much as has been done. Every
where the American manufacturer
went he found himself confronted
by our high protective tariff on the
products of those countries, which
created a prejudice against this
country and an indisposition to trade
with us while they could trade with
others and exchange their products
f on advantageous terms with them,
which the tariff discriminations pre-
" vented them from doing with us.
ational trade is to a large ex
tent national barter, an exchange of
the goods of one country for the
goods of another. Very little cash
changes hands, and that is where
the traders from low tariff countries
have the advantage over traders from
this country. In order to overcome
this obstacle our manufacturers have
to sell eoods at such a price as to
offset this tariff discrimination.
ihis thev have had to do. and m
doing it have shown that the asser
"on that a high tariff is necessary
for the preservation of our "infant
industries" is a mere pretext, to
enable the protected manufacturers
to charge home customer? one pr ice
and foreign customers another, the
foreign getting the benefit of com
Petition which is denied to the
home purchaser. But still it , is to
' the credit of our manufacturers
that in the face of this Obstacle they
have achieved the success they have
in extending -their trade into for
eign countries, although so little of
it goes into the rich field on the
other side of the globe.
But this is not all they have had
I contend against. Every country
against whose manufacturers J they
have to compete has a merchant
"larine of its own to carry goods to
j, the markets where they are sold,and
lhe shippers get the benefit of low
transportation rates while our ship -
Pers having no merchant marine to
depend upon have to hire the ships
VOL. XXIX.
of other nations, the very nations !
fl.orn.maf nkn.. i - i ,,
against whose manufacturers thev
have to compete. The agents in this
country of these ship companies,
nearly always get as much out of our
shippers as they can, while the in
surance and other charges are usu
ally made comparatively high all .
of which proves a heavy burden to
the American shipper. As he has
to go into foreign markets and com
pete with others, this exaction
proves no small matter, for if he be
able to compete it makes his profit
small after the charges have been
paid. He cannot recoup by adding
them to the price of his goods for if
he did the price would be so high
that his competitors could undersell
him and that would be an end to
his trade. , He must simply
bear it, be" satisfied with small
profits, keep hammering away and
ho ping for a better day when we
will have ships of our own and he
will be freed from dependence upon
the ships of the countries whose
shippers he competes against, and
freed, also, from the enormous trib
ute he is compelled to pay for the
service he needs.
But this is not all, for if he ships
goods to the countries to which we
refer he must either ship around the
South American continent and
across the Pacific ocean, a distance
of at least 20,000 miles, (almost cir
cumnavigating the globe as far as
distance goes,) or across the At
lantic, and through the Suez Canal,
a distance of about 13,000 miles to
the nearest market he seeks. It
takes time to cover either of these
routes, and of course the rates for
transportation such distance will be
high, and unless he sells before
shipping he must take his chances
on the riBe or fall of prices that may
occur between the time of shipping
and arrival at the designated mar
ket. Under these circumstances it is
not surprising that our sales on the
other side of the globe are so small
compared with their aggregate pur
chases. Give our manufacturers and
traders the same advantages as to
tariff, shipping facilities and short
routes that their competitors haye,
and with their perseverance and
enterprise they would soon be the
leading spirits in those markets.
MINOR MENTION.
The honest,1 sensible Populists in
this State, who before becoming Pop
ulist affiliated with the Democratic
party, have begun to see through the
selfishness and trickery of their lead
ers, who have been consorting with
the Republicans for the spoils of of
fice and using the honest masses of
the Populist party to promote
their own ambitions and add to their
incomes, and therefore many of
them are leaving that party and are
coming back to the Democratic par
ty, made wiser by their experience.
As an illustration, we clip the fol
lowing from the Kinston Free Press:
"The Free Press has received infor
mation from various sources that in
many parts of Lenoir county the Pop
ulists are returning home to the Dem
ocratic party. This is good news. It
is what they ought to do. The Popu
lists who come back into the white
man's party, are much braver taan
those who. noth withstanding they
reelize they are in the wrong place,
decline to return their steps. A nearly
welcome awaits our brethren who re
turn to the fold."
We frequently find substantially
the same statements tn other of our
State papers, and they are not from
any particular section but from all
sections of the State, showing that the
dissatisfaction, the disgust and the
movement are general. These re
ports are corroborated by informa
tion received by us from different
counties in the State, principally
from Eastern counties, in some of
which the Populist party has been
strong and aggressive. It is going
to pieces, as "any party under such
venal, tricky and treacherous lead
ership could not escape from doing.
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The news from Spain is interest-
ing, snowing tne wiaespreaa aissen
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sion, the general dissatisfaction with
the way the war has been conducted,
the strong feeling against the gov
ernment and the monarchy, and the
utter abandonment of the hope of
intervention by other powers, or of
saving Cuba, Porto Rico or the Phil
ippines from the wreck. With the
Sagasta administration discredited
and in contempt, the monarchy de
nounced and held responsible for
the disasters that have fallen upon
Spain, with the Cortes suddenly dis
solved to prevent more open denun
ciation and trouble, and with mar
tial law declared, what is there left
for Spain to do but to seek peace at
once and prevent the inevitable sac
ifice of life and treasure that will
follow a continuance of the war? The
advocates of war have been practicing
a studied, systematic deception
upon the people by manufacturing
news favorable to Spain and sup
pressing or denying unfavorable
news, but with the Philippines in
the hands of the Americans, with
no movement by other powers to
1 protest against it, with Cuba prac-
tically surrounded by American
I warships and annago nemmeu u
by American and insurgent troops,
. r '
auu jrorio ruco helpless when a
movement is made in that direction,
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he deceivers have reached the end
of the rope and the actual situation,
so much more desperate than they
thought it was, is staring the people
of Spain in the face. If they have
any sense left they will insist on
peace at once, for every day that
this war is protracted will be not
only a day of folly but- a day of
crime for the Spanish Government.
With no prospect of bettering the
conditions, it has no right to sacri
fice life in this hopeless struggle,
which has been a wretched and ah
insane bungle from the beginning.
The Washington Post is a conser
vative paper, which, has loyally stood
by the Government since the inau
guration of the war with Spain, but
it feels called upon to warn the ad
ministration against giving ground
for scandal, either by its own acts or
by lukewarness in taking steps to
prevent the movements that lead it
to scandal. After remarking that
"it is bad enough to have confusion,
futility, harrassing delay, and in
competent direction," that such
things are "inevitable and may be
endured with patience," that "the
blunders of inexperience, the futili
ties and failures of incapacity may
be forgiven," it concludes:
But swindles on the government.
jugglery with contracts, the sacrifice
of our gallant soldiers to the greedy
conspiracies of rascals, the connivance
of fraud and traitorous officials, even
the good-humored wink of indo
lence these offenses will not be borne
with patience. Were the Post dis
posed to embarrass the government at
this time, it would be easy to show
that spoiliation has already been com
mitted, and that further spoiliation is
at this moment in contemplation. This
is not the part we wish to play. Every
consideration of loyalty and patriotic
devotion forbids the employment of
such methods in the existing emer
gency. But the government must
be on its guard. No price of
care and. watchfulness and sensi
tive and jealous caution is
too high to pay for the peo-
Ele's self-respect and for the nation's
onor. Washington swarms to-day
with promoters, with lobbyists, with
men of pull and influence. We recog
nize on every hand familiar faces, ex
officials. camD&urn managers, repre
sentatives of real or imaginary power
in politics, drawn here, no doubt, by
the opportunities for intrigue and the
rewards attaching to success in that
department of activity'. We know the
import of this sinister assemblage, and
we speak a word in season.
Liet us nave no scandals. .Let tms
business be conducted with cleanli
ness, with impartiality, in the interest
of tne country, not tor the reward of
politicians or the satisfaction of old
debts or the exploitation of outside in
fluence. We know that our officials
are on guard. It is well for them to
know that the American people are on
guard themselves.
As the war has pspgressed the
suspicion has grown, and it hasn't
been without ground, that politics
is figuring in it a good deal more
than it should, not only in the ap
pointment of men to military posi
tions for mere political considera
tions, but in the policies that have
been adopted and in the arraign
ment of Democrats for hesitating or
refusing to endorse those policies.
Whether there was any politics in
the war in the beginning or not
there should be neither scandals nor
politics in it now.
Russell Harrison has recently dis
covered some decayed potatoes in a
lot delivered for army use. This
shows that Russell is a judge of
something else than pie.
Felix Mays,, a Cherokee chief,
who is also a preacher, enjoys good
health at the age of 82, and also the
society of his father and mother,
who are each over 100 years.
Congressional Convention.
The Democratic convention of the
Sixth Congressional District will meet
in the County Court House, in this
city, Wednesday night, July 6th, at
8 o'clock. Delegates from Mecklen
burg, Union, Anson, Richmond,
Robeson and part of Columbus will
reach here on the Carolina Central
train at 12.05 P. M. Pender delegates
will come by the W, and W. and the
C. P. and Y: V. train at 5.40 and 7.05
P. M, respectively. Most of the Co
lumbus delegation will arrive on the
W. C. and A. train at 12.20 P. M,;
while the rip-roaring Democrats of
Brunswick will roll in by three differ
ent routes, and at as many different
hours.
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Land Sale at Wallace.
At Wallace Saturday a number of
town lots were sold at auction for
prices highly satisfactory to the own
ers and very complimentary to the
business conditions of the town. The
lots were situated on Main and Rail
road streets, were 35x87 feet and
brought from $4.90 to $6 per front foot.
The sale was well attended and bid-
ding was unsK. &. movement is on
foot, with every indication of success,
for the establishment of a tobacco
warehouse there. Quite a good deal
of tobacco is being raised in that sec
tion now and the crop is likely to be
very much increased.
Wanted in Brunswick
Mr. S. F. Williams, merchant and
township constable at Iceland, was
here yesterday and assisted Deputy
Sheriff Pat Flynn in the arrest of
John McNeill, colored, who is wanted
for shooting Sam Calloway, colored,
on the night of May 9th, in Brunswick
county. McNeill was lodged in New
Hanover jail until Mr. Williams re
turns next week to carry him to
Lenox.
WILMINGTON, N. C,
SIXTH DISTRICT POPS.
Tbey Will Hold a Convention in Wades-
boro Next Wednesday.
L Wadesboro Messenger.
The Populist Congressional Con
vention of this district will meet in
Wadesboro next Wednesday, the 29th
inst.
It is reported here that Representa
tive Martin will be a candidate before
the convention for renomination. The
other candidates, so far as we have
heard, are B. P. Keith, of - Wilming
ton, and J. B. Schulken, of Colum
bus. !
The Stab learns that there is a
probability that this so-called conven
tion will indorse CoL Office Hunter
Dockery for Congress instead of nomi
nating a Populist But, whatver these
self -constituted delegates may do in
the interest of the Republicans, it will
not be indorsed by the masses of the
Populist party.
THIRD DISTRICT DEMOCRATS.
Will Nominate a Candidate for Congress
Next Thursday.
Clinton Democrat.
The Democratic Congressial Con
vention for this district will be
held in Clinton on next Thursday,
fune 30th. It is probable that
nearly every county in the district
will offer a candidate for nomination.
Among those so far mentioned are C.
R. Thomas, of Craven; W. a Cook,
of Cumberland; T. . Gilman and
FranlrThompson, of Onslow, and
J. D. Kerr and P. R. Cooper, of
Sampson. This Congressional dis
trict comprises nine counties, namely:
Moore, Cumberland, Bladen, Harnett,
Sampson, Dunlin, Onslow, Jones and
Craven.
A BRAKEMAN KILLED
In an Accident on the Norfolk aid Caro
lina Railroad Early Yesterday
Morning.
In an accident on the Norfolk and
Carolina Railroad at Tarboro yester
day morning a white brakeman,
named Jones, from Richmond, was
killed.; The accident occurred in a
rather unusual way. The rear cars of
a freight train broke loose, and when
the forward portion stopped for a
switch the detached part ran up and a
collision followed.
The brakeman was missed soon af
ter the accident, but it was not certain
that he was killed until his body was
found in the debris late yesterday af
ternoon. The track was clear by one o'clock
yesterday.
NORMENT TO THE FRONT.
Announces Himself An Independent Re
publican Candidate for Congress.
Dr. R. M. Norment, the Republican
wheel-horse of Lumber River, pub
lishes the following card :
"I take this method of announcing
myself as an independent Republican
candidate for Congress, subject only
to the voters of this the sixth congress
ional district."
Evidently the doctor does not intend
to submit his claims to any more con
ventions. He has been "buncoed" too
often ; and his candidacy this time is
"subject only to the voters" of the
district. "There's walkin' ahead" for
Brigadier-General Office Hunter
Dockery. S
THE BENEFACTOR DISABLED.
WIO be Towed to New York by the
j Delaware.
The Clyde steamship Benefactor,
while on her way up the river yester
day from i Georgetown, broke her
crank pin a short distance below Big
Island. Cant. Hale came up to the
city and secured the service of the
Alexander Jones to tow the di sabled
vessel up tb the city.
She will be towed down tne river
this morning by the Blanche, and
when she gets over the bar she will
be taken in tow by the Clyde steam
ship Delaware, bound from Charles
ton to New! York.
Death of Mrs. Jno. A. Gavin.
The Stab referred some time ago to
the critical illness of Mrs. John A.
Gavin, of Kenansville. It has now
to announce her death, which oc
curred at 12 o'clock.
The deceased was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bland Wallace, of Ke
nansville. Her husband and one
little child survive her. She also
leaves three sisters and three brothers,
two of the latter, Messrs. R W. Wal
lace and Hugh O. Wallace, being resi
dents of this city. Mr. R. W. Wallace
left here Thursday night to be at his
sister's bedside
Death of Capt. Jno. R. Chadwick
Capt. Jno. R. Chadwick died at his
home in Currie, Pender county, yes
terday at 11 o'clock, at the advanced
age of 86 years, lie was Dorn may
12th, 1812, in Carteret county, near
Morehead City. He was at one time
very well known in Wilmington. For
many years he was captain of river
steamers, and for a time was master
of the Mary Bear, a schooner owned
by Mr. Sol. Bear. He has two sons
living here, Messrs. Daniel W. and
David N. Chadwick.
The funeral will take place between
10 and 11 o'clock to-day.
Cotton and Naval Stores.
From the weekly statement of cotton
and naval stores as published on the
second page it will be seen that the re
ceipts of naval stores this year for the
week ending yesterday are considera
bly ahead of the receipts or the corre
sponding week of last year. Season
receiDts of cotton are 323.021 bales.
against 234,352 last year.
FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1898.
INTERNAL REVENUE. I
Government Storekeeper at a
Whiskey Distillery Charged
With Crookedness.
BOUND OYER TO U. S. COURT.
Arrested' fos Rem ovine Liquor from
Warehouse Before Stamps Had Been
Applied to Packages Case
from Brunswick County.
Yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, ac
cording to announcement in Wednes
day's Star, Mr. G. M. Taylor, United
States storekeeper and gauger at the
Bradshaw distillery in Brunswick
county, was tried before U. S. Com
missioner R. H. Bunting, on the
charge of violating Section 3296 Re
vised Statutes by removing whiskey
from the distillery warehouse before
the Government stamp had been af -'
fixed. "
John D. Bellamy, Jr., Esq., appear
ed as attorney for Mr. Taylor and the
interests of the Government were
guarded by Mr. John W Daily, of
Newborn, who, besides being a clever
deputy revenue collector, is a lawyer
of ability. The result of the trial is
that Mr. Taylor is bound over to the
next term of the Federal Court in a
bond of $200, with Mr. B. F. Penny
as bondsman.
There were seven witnesses for the
prosecution examined and six for the
defence. The testimony against Mr.
Taylor was to the effect that he had
taken whiskey in jugs and demijohns
from the warehouse to his store, thence
Sturgeon Creek landing, from
whence it was brought by John Nelson
and Wesley Skipper to Wilmington
The rebuttal testimony on the part of
the defence was to the effect that no
whiskey had been carried to Mr. Nel
son's store or house. The jugs and
demijohns seen by witnesses for the
prosecution were filled with hot water
to be used by Mrs. Taylor in her
house work. The defence sought
to prove that the charges against Mr.
Taylor1 were instituted by Mr. S. T.
Dickens, of Brunswick, and Mr. Bel
lamy, as counsel for the defence intro
duced a letter from Mr. Dickens to Mr.
Taylor warning him that if he did not
leave the county within thirty days
such charges would be brought and
half of Brunswick county summoned
to testify against him. A personal
grudge and jealousy, it is charged,
actuated the letter. Mr. Dickens was
present at the trial and denied that he
had anything to do with the case. Mr.
Bellamy contended that he did and
declared Mr. Dickens' statement a lie.
The court assumed quite a "squally"
appearance for a few moments. How
ever, Mr. Dickens left the court vow
ing that he would have satisfaction out
of Mr. Bellamy.
With the exception of this incident
the trial passed off very quietly.
A LIGHTNING BOLT '
Came Very Near Killing Mr. H. B. Wil
liams at Viola, N. C.
Tuesday afternoon lightning struck
the residence of Postmaster A. R Hil
burn, of Viola, Pender county, and
came near killing Mr. H. B. Williams,
who was in his room lying down. Mr.
Williams' clothes were torn in differ
ent places and set on fire, and patches
of skin were torn from his body.
The shock rendered him uncon
scious, and he would undoubtedly
have been burned to death but for the
bravery and presence of mind of Mrs.
Hilburn. Her room was near enough
to the place where the lightning struck
for the shock to her to be very severe.
She ran out of her room, and seeing
that there was fire in Mr. Williams
room ran to his relief. She pulled
him into the hall and got a bucket of
water, which she dashed upon the un
conscious man. Then she ran for
more water to put out the fire which
had been communicated to the bed
clothing in Mr. Williams' room.
Mr. Williams was unconscious for
several hours, but Wednesday he re
covered consciousness and began to
get better.
THE THIRD DISTRICT.
Populist Convention Nominated John E
Fowler for Congress.
Special Star Telegram.
Warsaw, N. C, June 23. The
Populists met in convention to-day at
Clinton for the purpose of nominating
a Congressman for the Third Congres
sional district. John E. Fowler, the
present incumbent, was nominated by
acclamation. Nothing was said in the
convention "about fusion with either
the Democrats or Republicans.
DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSIONAL CON
VENTION.
The railroads have made the follow
ing round-trip rates to Wilmington
and return on account of the Demo
cratic Concessional Convention,
which meets in that city on the 6th
dav of Julv. Tickets on sale July
5th and 6th, good to return until July
9th:
Charlotte $7.75
Monroe -7.00
Wadesboro .05
Rockincham 5.45
Hamlet... 5.45
Laurinbursr . . 4.45
Maxton
4. ZD
.70
3.85
3.45
2.25
3.25
3.00
2.75
Rocky Point.....
Pembroke .....
Lumberton. ......
Clarkton
Fair Bluff.
Cerro Gordo .
Chadbourn
Lake Waocama w
Willard
2.00
1.75
Burgaw 1.10
Wnghtsville.-rr 50
The convention will be called to or
der at 8 o'clock P. M. on the 6th of
July. T. C. Guthrie,
(Jhairman.
THE COMMISSIONERS.
Proceedings in Contempt Against I
the Sheriff for Refusal to j
Issue Subpoenas.
REASONS GIVEN FOR REFUSAL
Deputy Sheriff Preach Says He Does Not
Consider the Commissioners Consti
tute the Lawful Board of New
Hanover County.
It now appears that a contempt
proceeding is to be instituted against
Sheriff G. Z. French by county at
torneys John D. Bellamy, Esq., and
W. B. McKov. Esq.. because of his
failure and refusal to execute the
subpoena for Register of Deeds C- W.
Norwood and Deputy LeBoejequiring
them to appear beore the Board of
County Commissioners" yesterday at
3 P. M. The Star has previously
referred to the issuance of the sub
poena and the quandary in which the
sheriff and his attorneys have been on
account of it.
It was 12.10 P. M. yesterday that
Sheriff French called on Chairman
Roger Moore at his office on Water
street and told him that he had de
cided not to obey the order of Col.
Moore and his associate' commis
sioners. The reason he gave them
was that he did not consider them the
lawful Board of New Hanover coun
ty. Deputy Sheriff King was with
Mr. French, as a witness, and Mr.
Charles Borden witnessed the pro
ceeding as a friend to CoL Moore and
his Board.
At the meeting of the Board of
Commissioners, held in the Commis-
ners' office in the Court House at
3 o'clock, Col. Moore reported the ac
tion of Sheriff French, and passed the
following resolution, which is self-ex
planatory:
"Whereas, It is mane to appear to
the Board that a subpoena has been
issued by the Board to the sheriff of
the county directing the said sheriff to
subpoena O. W. Norwood. Register of
leeds,and his deputy to appear before
the Board this June 25th, 1898, and; "
w hereas said shentt has failed and
refused to execute said process.
jnow it is hereby ordered that the
county attorney be directed to take
such legal actions by contempt pro
ceeding and otherwise as he may deem
legal to enforce the orders of the
Board and punish said officer for his
refusal to discharge his duty."
The only other matter which
en-
gaged the attention or the Hoard was
the adoption of the following resolu
tion:
"Whereas, the Board desires to
investigate the financial standing of
the county and to ascertain accurately
its receipts or what ought to have
been its receipts from all sources.
it is now ordered that the chairman
of this Board be directed to
issue subpoenas for J. D. Tay
lor, clerk of the Superior Court;
C. W. Norwood, Register of Deeds;
J, J. Kowler, K. t. Bunting, J. M.
Mcliowan, Martin Newman, u. W.
Price, G. W. Bornemann, John
Cowan, Silas P. Wright, W. W. Har-
riss, justices of the peace; J. W. Gal
loway, former clerk to the Board, and
W. R. French, clerk to the Criminal
Court, to appear before the Board on
Saturday, July 16th, 1898, for exami
nation as to all county monies col
lected by them and turned over to the
county treasurer.
That the chairman is likewise em
powered and instructed to issue sub
poenas for the same parties to appear
at the next regular meeting of the
Board on the first Monday in August,
1898."
Yesterday evening about 7 o'clock
John D. Bellamy, Esq. and W. B.
McKoy, Esq., as the Board's attorney's,
in the presence of a Star represen
tative, presented the twenty-six
subpoenas to the sheriff as provided for
in the proceeding resolution, together
with the fees to which the sheriff
would be entitled for serving the pa
pers, and both were declined, on the
same ground that he refused to serve
the subpoena for the deputy register
of deeds to appear yesterday.
Death of Mrs. P. E. Blossom.
The Star chronicles with regret the
death of Mrs. Fannie E. Blossom. The
sad event occurred yesterday afternoon
at 4.45 o'clock. A surgical operation
for tumor was performed, and from the
shock of this she never rallied. She
had been an invalid for a number of
years.
The deceased was fifty-seven years
and four months of age. She is sur
vived by one son and two daughters,
Mr. Willie Blossom, of. Castle Hayne;
Mrs. Frank W. King, of Forest City,
and Mrs, Jno. E. Wood, of this city.
The funeral will take place at 4
o'clock this afternoon from the Chapel
of the Good Shepherd, corner of Sixth
and Queen streets. The interment will
be at Oakdale cemetery.
Operator for the Philippines.
A gentlemen from Warsaw who was
in the city yesterday, tells the Star
that Warsaw has furnished one of the
telegraph operators who are to go to
the Philippines. The operator is Mr.
"Babe" Carlton, a son of Mr. W. L
Carlton, and a very expert telegrapher,
He left Warsaw last Wednesday to go
to Raleigh, where he wasa- stand an
examination.
IN CAPACfTIY OP NURSES
Several Ladies at Tampa En Route to
Cuban Battlefields.
Tampa, Fla., June 26. Miss Annie
Wheeler, Miss Maud and Mrs. Maud
Missam-Babcock, and Mrs. Liscomb,
wife of Lieutenant Colonel Liscomb
of the 24th artillery, will leave here
Tuesday night for Key West From
there they will go to the Cuban battle
fields in the capacity of nurses.
Miss Wheeler, is a daughter of Gen
eral Wheeler and Mrs. Babcock's hus
band is a sergeant in the Seventy-first
New York volunteers.
NO. 38
HOSTILE ARMIES
FACE EACH OTHER.
TrOOpS of the United States and
Spain Less Than Four
Miles Apart.
AN ENGAGEMENT EXPECTED.
Troops All On Shore Gem. Shatter Only
Awaiting the Landing of Sufficient
Supplies to Begin the Attack
oa Santiago.
Copyrighted 1896 by the Associated Press.
On Board the Associated Press
Dispatch Boat Dandy, Off Jura-
gua, Saturday, 8 P. M, via Kingston,
Sunday, June 26th, 3.30 P. M. Troops
of the United States and Spain are
almost face to face and less than four
miles apart.
To-night the picket lines at certain.
nnmre oita vrrt f Vi i - Ti o i" 1 i r o ictonpo r-
the enemy. It seems certain that the
battle of Santiago must come within a
week.
The troops are all ashore here to
night and at Baiquiri with the excep
tion of a few scattered companies that
nave gone forward. The supplies are
sufficient to enable the army to sustain
a week's campaign at both landing
points.
There is a continual procession of
small boats riding on to the beach
through the pounding surf and, as one
week's rations are already landed, it is
believed the required supplies will all
be ashore by Tuesday, the 28th.
AH Troops Landed.
The landing of troops, horses and
supplies has been extraordinary. With
only one steam barge and compelled
to depend on tieacherous small boats,
General Shaffer has landed over 16,000
men, hundreds of horses and mules
and thousands of dollars worth of sup
plies on the exposed beaches, and only
two men have lost their lives. No
more than fifty animals have been
drowned and scarcely a package of
supplies has been lost. The officers
Gnerally are surprised at the small
ss of life and property.
Movement oa Santiago.
General Shaf ter said to a correspon
dent of the Associated Press to day :
1 am well satisfied with the progress
that is being made. The disembark
ation is slow, but considering the
limited facilities and the exposed
nature of the landing places, the men
have done well; I only await the
landing of sufficient supplies to begin
the movement on Santiago. I am
unable to say when it will take place.
1 am much pleased at the gallant con
duct of our men in the action near
Se villa yesterday, and with their cool
and veteran-like work. The victory.
was complete.
General Wheeler, in his official re
port, places ihe number of dead in.the
encasement at Sevilla at twentv-two
and number of wounded at between
seventy and eighty. No attempt has
Set been made to prepare an official
st of the names of the dead and
wounded. The high grass and bushes
of the battle around make it difficult
k find the bodies, but an official list
will probably be prepared by Monday.
The bodies of thirty-nine Spaniards
have been found and the Spanish loss
in killed and wounded was doubtless
much heavier than the American.
Conditions at the Front;
The majority of the American troops
are now here or at the front in the
vicinity of Sevilla. The force at the
latter place, which is about nine miles
from Santiago, numbers 6,000 Ameri
cans and 1,500 --Cubans. General
Wheeler is in command there, with
Generals Young, Lawton and Chaffee.
General Wheeler will remain at
Sevilla, which will be made a rendez
vous for the troops landing at Baiquiri
and at this point. The artillery and
cavalry are being put forward from
Baiquiri. The cavalry has been sent
ahead to cut a wagon road through
the underbrush.
From the American position at Se
villa, Santiago is plainly visible and
the fortifications can be seen. I
The following reports to General
Shaf ter from the Generals at the front
show the conditions :
"Td General Shaf ter I have just
seen two negro boys who left Santiago
this morning (Saturday. ) They report
that the soldiers and citizens are very
short of food. The soldiers and offi
cers have seized all the food in the
shops. They are killing young horses
for food and in the hospitals are sub
sisting on bread made or rye flour.
"Three Spanish generals toon part
in the fight at Sevilla yesterday. Five
wagon loads of wounded were carried
into Santiago, and many other
wounded got there on horses or afoot.
We can see Morro Castle and the flag
very distinctly from our position.
The Cubans confirm the reports as to
the hue character of the fortifications
around the city. Seven lines of
barbed wire are stretched around the
trenches. The Spaniards have recently
dug deep trenches around the entire
city, connecting a series of small forts
(Signed) WHEELER."
"To General Shaf ter We can plain
ly see Santiago less than seven miles
away. The country is level for six
miles this side of the city, except for
hills on the south, which extend to
within a mile of Santiago. These
hills appear deserted. The country is
fairly open and it will not be difficult
to move troops over it General
Chaffee occupies Sevilla to-day.
Signed J XOUNG."
CAMARA'S SQUADRON.
Spanish Ships and Transports Arrived at
Port Said.
By Cable to the Horning Star.
London, June 26. A dispatch from
Alexandria, Egypt, states that the
Spanish squadron with transports has
fPortSaid is at the Mediterranean
entrance of Suez canal.
Port Said, - June 26. Admiral
Camara's squadron is in the harbor,
awaiting orders. It consists of the
battleship Pelaya, (Admiral Camara's
flagship) ihe ironclad Himperador
Carlos Uumtos, two armored cruisers.
three torpedo boats and five trans
ports carrying 4,000 troops.
Cairo, June 25. Admiral Camara
has not yet asked permission to coal
at Port Said.
The Havana correspondent of the
ixndon l vmes says : "Several vessels
have entered Cuban porta without
difficulty and are dwharging their
I 1 iruizuiia tuey onng
ro jute vwg tuuuety as to supplies.
A Cuban Armv Massine
Joint Attack With Ameri-
cans on Santiago.
NUMBERS SEVEN THOUSAf
Spanish Troops All Driven Into the Forti-
fications Shatter's Advance Forces
Close to the City of Santiago
deCaba.
rPnnn.lr.Un 1 Of0 1 .1 . inA 1 1
iwjiiguwu jom uy tut? Auawiawju rimj
Headquarters of General C
fee, Two Miles Beyond St
Sunday, June 26, noon, "by the
ciated Press Dispatch Boat, Port
tonio, Ja., Monday, June 27,
12;
A. M. The American troops are;
now within four miles of Santiago de
Cuba. The brigades of Brigadier
General Lawton's division, in com
mand of General Chaffee and Colonel
R. H. Hall of the Second Massachu
setts volunteers, last night and to-day
moved forward past the village of
Sevilla, where the Spaniards were ex pected
to make a stand, and occupied
the hills to the right and left. Two;
miles beyond, far out in front of the
American forces and occupying the
roads leading to Santiago, is a force of
1,500 Cubans under General Carlos
Gonzales. '
The entire Cuban army, under direc
tion of General Calixto Garcia, is mass
ing for co-operative attack on Santi
ago. Garcia, with 5,000 Cubans, is
expected from the interior before night
fall, while from Acerraderos, twenty'
miles to the west of Santiago, 2,000
Cubans arrived to-day.
-v There are no Spaniards in the entire
country between Baiquiri, where most
of the American troops were landed,
and Santiago. The retreat of the
enemy, after yesterday's battle, appar
ently became a rout, which did not
end until the fortifications around the
city were reached.
The transport Leon a to-day
brought to Juragua from A oerr adores
nearly 2,000 insurgents, thoroughly
armed and plentifully supplied with
ammunition. They are, part of the
army of General Garcia and have
been sent to the front to join the in
surgents already occupying the roads
to Santiago.
DESPONDENCY IN MADRID.
No Hope of Aid Prom the Powers Prepa
rations to Defend the Coast From
Attack by Americans. V
By Cable to the Horning Star,;
Madrid, June 26. The arrival of
the Spanish fleet at Port Said creates
surprise here. Admiral Camara
having announced that he was going
to the Philippines.
The threat of the American govern
ment to attack the Spanish coast has
had no effect A third squadron is
preparing for the defence of the coast.
A member of the cabinet, in an inter
view to-day, said: "Let them come.
We will receive them as they deserve."
4 P. M. The cabinet held a long
session to-day for the purpose or de
vising national defences. Changes in
the ministry were discussed.
The tone of the newspaper press is
despondent and many journals be
moan the tact that the powers have
abandoned Spain while she is defend
ing their cause. They say that France,
having received commercial con
cessions from Washington, remains
indifferent, while Germany keeps in
the back ground and Russia uses Spain
as a catspaw in her diplomacy. Spain
must in no case, the papers declare,
accept the intervention of Europe. It
would be better to treat directly with
the enemy. ' .
It is hoped, in Official circles, that
th e Spanish -forces will be able to de
fend Santiago until General Pando's
reinforcements arrive there by forced
marches. The Americans are advanc
ing in three columns, via Al cares,
Firmega and Juragua flanked by
insurgents, in order to force the
Spanish positions at sevilla and Gran
Pena.
CONDITIONS AT HAVANA.
People Getting Accustomed to the Situa
tionCelebration of the Festival of
St John.
. . .. -;-"
By Cable to the Horning Star.
Havana. June 26. The people of
Havana are getting accustomed to the
blockade and the incidents of , war
times. Then courage is returning
and they are once more resuming at
tendance upon religious services and
participating in their customary amuse
ments. The churches, theatres, parks
and the bay are literally crowded.
The ladies have chosen San Lazaro
avenue as the fashionable promenade
and drive. From that thoroughfare
they can watch the movements of the
blockading ships with glasses and
many a light jest falls from beau
tiful lips. Equestrians accompany
the carriages and the military ele-:
ment, high in the favor of Cuban
women, is conspicuously in evidence.
The festival of St. John the Baptist
was celebrated to-day. On the wharves
and within the immediate vicinity
were three full orchestras. The money
collected will be employed in es
tablishing free kitchens for the poor in
every mstrict in the city.
The insurgents, it is ofhciallv re
ported here, have sustained numerous
losses in the province of Santa Clara.
Then position there is growing worse
and their bands are demoralized, di
vided, and very difficult to concen
trate. CRISIS IN SPANISH AFFAIRS.
Sagasta Says the Time Has Not Yet Ar
rived for Speaking of Peace..
By Cable to the Horning Star.
London, June 27. The Madrid cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph
says: "Senor Sagasta yesterday said:
The rumors about peace negotiations
and the conditions for ending hostili
ties are utterly groundless. The time
has not arrived for speaking of peace. ' "
Vienna correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph says: "The latest
advices from Madrid indicate that there
m ground for the apprehension that
Marshal Martinez de Campos will soon
issue a pronunciamento and attempt a
dictatorship.
"Minute directions have been sent
to the Atro-Hungarian ambassador
at Madrid, Count Dubsky, regarding
the personal safely of the Queen Re-
tceni. ine latest news from
is
that the situation
is so serious that
several cabinet
nMAUtim hairs Konn
held in a desperate attempt to avert a
crisis."
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