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Vol. Xi. No. 2724
CON C01tT, ! N C C. TbES DAY, MAY 24 1898
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Great Victorv hii.
The Best of News
prised that we harrilv knfiw vchnt ireanhed the front of the fnrt and ha I
was going on. A nambpr of our gn to open fire. In about ten min-
men jumped put. Barbee was just utes the fort replied, each .of the
ahead of niet He was just about other ships coming up in succession
stepping through the door on to the and firing as rapidly as they could,
platform, when the freight struck and you can truly say that it was
us. I was so close toBarbee that I the liveliest revielle the Spaniards
OomeS by the Way C0U.ld haVe put my hand on hm that fort ever had. As toon as
PT "U 4- TVT vur irain was DacKine the ships reached the point where
01 J-iOnaon, DUX JNO- slowly. The freight struck us at the Detroit had stopped and which
thing Heard From almost ful1 8Peed Barbee was had been designated by the Admiral
tvt -pv ma8hed between the cars- When for us to stop, they went to port and
Our Navy Depart- the cars opened he fell to the track circled around to the west and came
anal trta ! nrViaola innnnn t-vCri ! !
jnent. , Vj , Z v? r hPag8in- The Detroit had been
tT - .u r. r V wa8,n"" ordered to stop there m case the Qeet
was iiisiue bu b tu uttsbruy auv iurs
pedo boats that might ran oat of the
harbor. After running the front of
Morro, it was thought tht she
would be in a compavatively safe
one going south did not carry flags ! L .
u ' iL u the west side only a small battery,
on the engine showing that another , . J .J
The Captain of tbe Kpanisu Revenue
Cutter to Be Shot For Rot Return
injf Onr Fire The Mangrove Safe.
By Cablegram and Telegram . to the Daily
Standard.
over Ms
was I
beyond
iog bruised."
As to where the fault lies in the
collision ) is not fixed. The engi
neer on the uorthbound vegetable
train claims the train before this
See Our
Display of
Silk
Grenadines
All Silk
A Reported Victory.
London, 11:30 a. m. A dispatch
j ast received reports a big battle in
the vicinity of the Windward Pas
sage and reports that Sampson sur
which the Detroit could easily si I
ence.LBut lo! and behold ! on that
side; was the largest and mosc power
ful battery and still further eaac a
Pretty
BlacK
Line
Net
YOU FURNISH IjHE FEE 0
E DOTHE KE r.
That's all we ask you to do f r-
aish the fet. We will not only ilo
he rest" but. we will do it well for
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the Spanish ship3.
one was following, and for this rea
son came off the switch on the
main line. The passenger train
has since claimed that it did carrv
signals, i The freight train, not hav- 8maller bat Powerful battery, o we
rounded Oervera and destroyed all of io2 air brakes, could not stop when were oetween a cross nre ana r(nere
sue saw the danger, but the passeng- uijcu u.j
er train, it seems had started back- of an hour until the j error passed
war(js us, ! the Flagship for eome reason
The in a ii Kroye Is Ha fo. t B;ol na If.ia'o mimaIa
uur Doys, company were two "u6 ukj d's""1 m --u 40 iuuuui1'
Key West, 2 23 p. m. The coaches behind the Burham boys, that we were not blowD into atoms,
Tecumseh has arrived and reports the Raleigh company being be- but we were not touched. Tae Ad.
that the Mangrove is safe. tween. miral told Captain Dayton that he
expected us to be riddled before we
To Be Shot for Not FlRhting. I " .. www , pui. ao su o vu x.
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HODg Kong, 233 p. m. -The or the Bombardment of San Jnan passea we louowea ana wnen ou.siae
Written By a Sargeon on thii De- the ilBg8mp 81gnaiiea tne MOnt
t roll A Reliable Account and In- 1 gomerv and Detroit not to follow .
rived this morning from Manila and tercstms From BeSinnins:to End. Xfle other Bhips then circled around
reports that the captain 01 th9 bpan- The following account of the twice more, each stopping in front
ish revenue cutter Oallaocaptu ed by bombardment at San Juan was re- 0f the fort a short while, pouring in
Dewey is to be shot for failure W re ceived from Dr. Victor Means, who broadside after broadside. Then
turn the fire of the Americans. It 18 sargeon on ine gun Doai leirou, wo wuuuibw. iuc ffCiC
which waswritten to his brother, still popping away
Mr. Geo-. W Means - There is no. .telling the damage
Wa lpft TCP w'-Ht nn ,th niaht done, but the slaughter must have
of the 3rd of May and arrived off
Havana the next dav at noos. Im- Pne man was
mediatelv the Flashin ioined us jaed b Pieceff of bursted she11
and ordered the Detroit, Iowa and which Plerced a smokestack. Three
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for Over
Dresses.
Erne Organ
dies from
6c. to 25c.
Crash. Skirts
API on
KJKJ CX'XXVL 1 v v. An ounce of satisfaction ia worth
a ton of talk. Satisfaction goes
Ocinnon & rctzcr wtb every par saoes we se"
Kespectinlly,
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We have everything: m Oxfords
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except your feet.
also says that Montejo is to be court
martialed on the charge of coward
ice. BROUGHT HOME.
Shoe Furnishers.
b?en terrible. On the New York
killed, ana three ms
Tbe Remain of
Taken Bactt
Hlgbt Two
Also.
William Barbee
to Dnrliam Monday Tnrliiinft fn cm wifVi Vipt t tha wphU were ujuicu
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otners Taken Home . . o- I tartiier aamage
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on tna 10 wa. jno
was done to the
ward at full sneed : off Cardenas we
picked up the Mootgomery ard the ships or ciew. I do not know why
picked up the Montgomery ar a the v - w KA Z 4.t
As announced in Monday's tw0 Monitors, Amphithte' and Ter. h ,Adn,lraI aisc ntlnned the firiDg All & MlSUmC.
Daily by telegraph, Mr. William ror We soon learned our destma- untl1 tbe batteries were silenced,
Barbee was killed and J M Col tlw WH8 with Simnson at Porto Pfohnbly to eate ammunition, as we
clough .wounded, both privates R,r. t gUDD08c vou have read the did not know then where the Sphs
Our "War Car, City of Knoxville," is safe in port
from the Durham company, in a
collision eleven miles from Savan
nah, near Burroughs, Ga. The
corpse of Private Barbee was taken
through this place Monday night,
also Private Colcloush who it
is thought is fatally wounded, and
also Sergeant 1 Eubank, . whose
arm was. fractured near Charlotte
Sunday evening as they were going
down. The latter had, put his
hand out of the window to ascer
tain whether or not it was, raining
and it was struck by a post.
A surgeon, together with some
detailed men, accompanied them to
Durham, and will then return to
their camp.
This accident of course caused a
Ead time among the boys ana it is
eaid that all expressed their regrets
in the battalion by their look at
the lnsn nf these men from their
battalion.
Private Colclough, who was still
Hying Monday night, but who does
hot seem to realize how badly he is
hurt, told the reporter of the Char
lotte Observer the following, which
explains the circumstances :
'The accident occurred nine
miles below Savannah. We were
-all awake at the time. Our engi
heer saw the freight coming and
reversed his engine and was run
ning backward. We were bo sut.
lo: d ed wiih
oat, "High Price
account of the bombardment, hows "f1 1 qua(ron uas, and when it finest cargo of Golden Oak Suits ever shown in this pert of North Caro-
t :n Kf might turn up, besides it aid not
3 ' htift ifv nnr running the risk of crin- lina. She was not captured by the Spanish Fleet of high 1 rk-es as rt
Our great hope was to meet the J ,. a . . 4.
ww & r ItiIiti j mir fiaefc At that timn
Spanish Equadron either putside of K C A a 1 ported.
tYta ViarVinr nf Ran Jnan. or if DOS- nlnoa trrtn Trn rrYy A ravin Or
.z-.-u u0n ;n0 LL L ,.:J- she was safely guarded into port by our Gunb
Biuie ty uaiuu nicu iub'i i wmcn will nivo you u nine luea ui.
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inwnicn case we wouiu navu uuu- the attack. To. appreciate the Exploder" with 100 mattress' aboard, at prices ranging from $1.25 to
centrated the hre or the entire danger vou must remember that the
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squadron on the first ship that came Spaniards had modern guns and $15.00. Hearing is believing, seeing is the 1 a'led tri.t a. You' ean hear
out and sweep her at the mouth of they art sighted to shoot from 4 000 1
uU u. hr tViPrft i alrpailv a UU nnn A ifh nmr,,raHr,a irom anyone mai cas ever ueeu m uur Biure.tuat we nave me aiua tnu
sunken vessel, supposed to be filled curacy, and further, the Detroit has 1 the prices.
Wltn aynamnw ; ima woun "'e noi Blue armor uuiy a proieuieu
Fancy
completely blocked the entrance deck and a modern rifle 3 inch shell
and hemmed the enemy in, and we will go through her like a minnie
would have fired at leisure. ball through an inch pine plank.
orr.'v t m Jnan on the The Spaniards were undoubtedly
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evening of the 12th before daylight.: firing some 12-inch shells.
We immediately went in column or
battle arranged in the following ors
der: Detroit leading the Iowa
(temporarily flagship), Indiana, New
York, Amphitnte, Terror and Mont
gomery, which stopped at the west
side of harbor to silence, if neces
sary, a' small battery on that side
called Oamelo. The - Detroit waa
1 000 yards ahead of the Iowa. The
Detroit passed in front of Morro, the
main battery on the eastside of the
harbor, distant 1,100 .yardi, just
about the break of day. All was
silent in the fort and nothing to be
seen or heard. At 5.15 the Iowa
What we say unto one we say unto all. Come and see.
BelI,JHarris & Company.
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P. S. We are still in the undertakin g busi
ness at the old stand. See Bell
Cakes
Residence Phone 90.
tore Phone 12.
Jam Up
Fresh,
AT-
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