VOL. XI. NO. 112.
WILMINGTON, N. C, , SUNDAY,- MAY, $! 1898.
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PRICE 5 CENTS.
DEWEY'S
More Complete i and Glorious than the 1 Most
Saniguine
NOT AN AMERICAN IS KILLED,
TThe Spanish Fleet Entirely Destroyed and the Guns of the Forts Silenced
Cavite in Hands of the Americans Devey Cuts the Cable
The Commodore Sends Two Reports to the Navy Depart
ment Spanish. Loss of Life Heavy Only Six
Americans
(Oopyrjght by the 'Associated Press.)
Hong Kong, May 7. The; order of
toafcGe assumed by
the :: fcypanisn was
with all . the . small craft inside Cayite
ihaibbr behind stone
nd Simber 'break-
waters and the i larger snips cruising
off Carite and. Manila. (No patrol was
established nor was a searchfllght plac
ed at the entrance of the bay.
-- On ' Saturday night the American
ships crept linside tlie bay thoiit ,be
. 4ng: seen, until the McCulloch's- funnel
emitted a spark Then a few shots
were exchanged ! with Corregido Is
land, but the fleet
never Mopped or
slowed down opposite the
city until
dawn. The Spanish ships then; opened
fire, supported 'by the Cavitej forts. Tthe
tMcCulloch remained ait sonie dis tance
and the enemy S'heTls pased (but did
not. touch, her. Oie cruiser Baltimore
suffered the mostoi any of ; the Amer.
acjln snips. Five or ten shots took ef
fect on ner, but none c-f her officers or
crew was seriously 'hurt. Onlly a few;
light Injuries were suffered by the
American fleet, the worst of! which re
sulted from an explosion of ammiuni
tion on the deck of the Baltimore
The
other hips of the lleet'were
unhurt. ' . i :': :-
One .hundred and1' .(fifty
practically
Spaniards
were killed and many- were wounded,
The cruiser Iteina Christina was the
,Tw7b ,ii.bv oui
'' and It is believed that she Iwas kv
iWorst damaged of the Spanish ships
The other ships of the Spanirs were
tquicKiy nama ay tne lAimericans' nre.
Two torpedo 'boaits from CavtLte were
quickly : driven vt. return to
that place
for shelter. ; , i v
The Cavite arsenal' exp
iforty. Spaniards were kiled.
anade a nominal: resistance..
oded. . and
The forts
'The bat-
tery has : never capitulated and
the
tSpaniards ashore are still defiant. , ,
. -- INTEiNISB' STJlSIPtENlSE.
tWash'ington, .May ! 7. A day of . ex
cibment such, as today has not been
fieen in Washington, since the days
when reports, came j in of s great vifeto
cies during the clvd! war. Official
and unofficial Washing'tion was in a
tfermen't and if ew of . the employees
fin anV of the departments could main
tain their icomposure sufficiently to go
on with their , routine work. : They
were in. an explbMve. state and at the
great state, war. -and navy department
buildings, the least sign of dispatches
or the gathering of crowd of reporters
were sufficient to cause them to drop
itheir - work, and- swarm , in the corridors,
clamoring for news. The excitement
was contagious and 1 senators and rep
resentatives mixed in the crowds that
gathered :-l around the navy iheadquar
iters and gazed, wistfully at the IMahog
; jan v doors of 'the naviaation ibureau
loeininu wmai iun uuw cAiri.o,
der lock and key, were slowly decipher-
ang the words that ! conveyed Dewey $s
glorious mesage to the American peo-
pie. Senator Hanna aroused
the crowd
at one time by leading' with
a nip, mp
hurrah for Iewey, and, Hater, a roar
Hof stentorian, cheers tromrneoaore'
Hoosevelt'a room gathered, everybody
in the vast hullding to the east wing in
iime to Witness one oepai ture ot 'iuc
astern contingent, or tne
jriflemen. tMr. Roosevelt had
Jbve to the Iboys before they
started at
n .Antonio
2.-A0 this afternoon for San Antonio
- -and the cheers-: was the
means by
w hich they took ,
iRoosevelt himself
their . leave. Mr.
will follow .Monday
' or Tuesday. f ' -f-
A The? state department has
vSjof receivine . the first news
the honor
from the
-fleet. It came In th shape of a cable
-gram of three words (from the United
states Consul
Wildman, ! at - Hong,
as; follows: "Hong
Jiong and wasj
!&on.--M.cCuiaoch IWlldman.T That, is
nthe usual Iform dn which naval move--tments
Are reported hy cable This dis
jptatch was received by Third Assistant
IBeeretary Crid3er, who had been on
duty all night, at .4:40 olock this
. noming. The' iiavai officials were
8romptiy noiftfled and awaited with in
tense interest the dispatch which was
expected to surely- folloiw from Co-mmo-jflore.Iewey.
. ,h !
IETeVlBY'S REPORTS.
About 9:50 o'clock (Manager Marean,,
of the Wealtern Union Telegraph Com
pany, appeawU at j the department,
Arranging with him a sheet compnising
lour lines of the ! mysterion jargon
which nialces up the naval cipher. 5Ie
handed his directtlr to Secretary XJcmg,
who gazed at It . lor a moment and
itv'urned it over to Xeutenaht -vhifctle-'
Be v, one of the cipher experts of the
niav.sation bureau, for translation into
Engl ish. Then the secretary made a
rpretenx'se of sitting; fijwa at his desk to
itransac t other business, i iboit it was
plain !to he seen that 4a spirit he had
-Wni anxious thronr of news-
(naper men ana omciaa v?uv imucu.
corrdors
H'UC MCUQlLUIi i-
fx-st: tin ft rrtr e news.
ThA Tsvoii o.iT.'her is one of
the most
messages
World. The
come in words of strangeformation,
taken from all languV&es- These words
are turned hy the translating lerk
into groups of -figures, ' and these in
turn are resolved into th equivolent
words in English. All -this .takes time.
VICTORY
Hoped For.
are Wounded The President's
Thanks Cabled
In albfout half an .hour Secretary Long
appeared with a copy' of tthe' translat-
, lSrrat nih ttarHrajnd- Mm; but. .fhr. secre-
t tary good naturedly anade allowance
for the excitement of the crowd and
smilingly read from corner otjte
i the following cablegram: :
(Manila, May 1. The squadron ar
rived at - Manila at .; daybreak this
morning. . it immediately engaged the
enemy and destroyed the . following
Spanish ? vessels: - CReina Christina,
Caistilla. Don Antonio de Ulloa. Isla
de Luzon, Isla de Cuba, vienenal Lezo,
j Marques de -Duero, Oorreo, Ve,lasck,
I Isla de Mindanao, a transport and the
water battery at Cavdte. The siquadron
1 1s uninjured and only a few men are
slightly wounded. : Hh4 only means of
I telegraphing is to the iAimerican consul
at H:ong Kong I shall f comihiunicate ,
with him. n ' ; ': ' ' "
(Signed) DCEJWtEreV , , : ".
Before this a ibrie'f summary pt the
cablegram, as far as received, had
j been . given 'out 'by prominent officers,
in whJich dt was ; stated that Iewey
' cut the oaMe himseHf, but was unable
to take .possessiion of the twn of Ma
I niia for lack of men;-also ifchat he had
the bay and everything else complete
ly at this mercy. It was noticed that
the Cablegram, as officially promulgat-
ed, did not entirely agree with : this
(brief ' summary and the presumption
I was that in the short time accorded.
: for: consideration, -the officials nad con
. eluded that it was puMic policy to ex
- purgate the dispatch. ;
i A second oaspa'tcn was receava rivm
Commodore Pewey; before noon. It
A second daspa'tch was received, from
. was as fbakMWB: j , - i
j ' IN POSSESSION OF .CAjVITE. ,
j "Cavdte, Blay 4. 1 have taken poses
' sion, ipf the naval station at; Cavite,
Philippine islands and destroyed its
V fortiifications. I have destroyed the
j 'fortifications at the . bay's entrance,
parolling the garrison. ; , il . control the
bay complletelyt and can take 1 the city
at any time. The squadron is in excel
lent, health and spirits. The Spanish
toss is "not Sully known,: ibut ds very
heavy. One . hundred' and fifty were
killed, including the captain ; of the
Iteina iMaria. I am assisting in pro
tecting the Spanish sick and wounded.
Two hundred and fifty sick and wound-
1 ed are in the" hospital within our lines.
There is much excitement at Manila.
Wall protect 'the (foreign residents.
CS'igned) XXEWE5T.": ,
A close study i of Admiral Dewey's
two cablegrams during the day only
increased the wonder elt early in the
by the naval experts ! at the -extra-
ordinary . results achieved' 1 by ;the .ad
miral withoult injury.' : The j reports
that came Ibefore the cutting of the
cable were of a character to indicate
that Dewey was rowing to make -quick
and thorough " woi k of the seizure of
-Manila, but it was feared that in the
. nerce engagement ttgaauat-xiic .opiwuau.
flet comibined with the shore defenses
j-the American fleet must surely have
i sustained a r'vod deal of damage, doss
life and other injuries. iYet in the
rpitstnirtinn fh-e entire tanisn tieec
j the silencing of their forts, not an
iAmerican life was lost and . not - an
j American ship was injured. There are
j all sorts of theories among 'the officials
s to account for this, tout, in -xne. auu-
- uHjuiiiCTi ; sence ox xacts, it as nara lu irau & iw--said
good sonajble hvnothesis. -Probably the true
explanation wiil not !be fofrthcomdng
! oii o.Mnao .ari. Hfl.Tifl hut the
i Spanish naval prestige has received
a iblow from the 'battle of iManiia wnaon
it cannot recover in very, many, years.
.'vVHiY DEWiBY CUT .THE ClAlBLiB.
Admdrail Dewey cut ithe Cahle; him
self and, though he offers, no explana
tion for so doing, it Is believed that his
purpose; was not only to prevent ; the
Spanish . governor general f rom communicating-with
his own; government,
but also to prevent the foreign consuls
at Manila from interfering with his
, plans by cablin'g protests I to their gov
ernments. He made it dmpossible for
thfem to summon -any war vessels to
enforce the protest they, were expected
to make against the Beige of ManHa.
A closer examin&Jtion ; of the two
cabiegrams show that an j the news as:
originally given out the names of
two4 Spanish vesels had heen omitted
from the list of those destroyed. They
were the Don, Juan de Austria and the
isla de X.uzoh.; The Austria was a
1.130 ton -vessel, tt4. knots, carrying 4.7
inch guns and. a5so machme gims. The
Iuzon was & 1,000 ton gunboat sifnilar
ly armed. That makes eleven Span
ish ships destroyed by Dewey in the
short space of two hours., .
As he left the navy department this
afternoon, Secretary Xtong said in an
swer to a question, . that' he had noth
ing f urther to communicate io the pub
lic: he had given already all of the
news that the McCulloch i&rwghtr save
a? 'trifling detail,- not of general" Inter
est and of importance,, tq; the depart
men The receipt of, advices at the
state department,-however, from com
mercial sources indicate that further
news may be coming fby commercial
If congress does not prematureUy act,
as it did in the case of Worden when
(he" achieved his famous victory over
the Merrirr-ac. Acting Admiral Dewey
will Ibecome an actual admiral in a
few' days. The -law of ; July 18, 1882,
provides that naval officers, who, upon
the recommendation of the president,
receive the thanks of congress may be
advanced one grade. The - president
will do this in Dewey's case, which will
put 1,000 additional in has pocket and
jump him oveT three cmtaodores, as
well as over Alcting Admiral Sampson.
ANOTHER BOAT BOUGHT.
The navy department today thought
another ibbat, the hdg steam yacht Dor
ojthy, no? at Cramp's yard at Phila
delphia, and built i for - MtelCean., She
will be -sent to i Admiral Sampson's
squadron or to Havana, on blockade
duty. . ',. .
At the embassies and legations Com
modore Dewey's i reports were read
with great interest and served tj; re
new the high tributes -of the foreign
authorities to the gallant .' American
commander. The -remarkahle dispar
ity probably was without a parallel in
history. How the- Spaniards - could
have dost ' ISO. Skilled and ) 250 wounded,
while the American loss 3 was confined
to a few pnen slightly -injured, I As re
garded by the foreign observers as
clearly disclosing the utter worth less -ness
. of Spanish arms. .The ambassa
dor :of one of-the great powers said it
showed that 'the guns of the Spanish
forts, as well as those on their ships
were worthless, - otherwise they would
have inflicted at least some mortality
upon the American sailors. "It recalls
Solferino' said ; ha w "A.t T that' , time
Prance and Austria were at war. The
range of the French guns - was longer
than that';;-t.-:-thfet:;Austrtans.:;';,That
brought them together on unequal tenm
and the simple difference in the length
of range of the JYench guns determin
ed the outcome of that Ibattle -So it
was with Dewey. He not only h'ad the
guns, but they had th modern strength
and desfcructiveness while the Spanish
guns eyideintly were antiquated, 'and
guns only in name. . It serves . to show
that in the warfare of today a nation
must have weapons of the most" mod
ern patitern, "else it is at a terrible dis
advantage and its men are left prac
tically at the mercy of an enemy hav
ing all the latest appliances of destnuic
tlve warfare. : It is the lesson of - Sol 7
ferino over, again arid tthis time Spain
learns it." . : .
It .was thought that the British em
bassy would receive direct advices Ibut
none came. The French, German and
other foreign establishments were also
lacking dn direct advices.
. In all foreign quarters much concern
P TTTDABT115T TTTTOTa At VPTTV 111V
The Navy Department Receives: Cablegrams from Admiral
'Dewey.'.-"' - 1- ' t . . -J-'"..- . ' J4
Fort Cavite Captured. The Spanish IxsV was Heavv. While 5f
Dewey Had Not a Single 3Ian Wounded ' " ' -
Two ot Our War Ships DeMroy-the Batteries Left by the Big
Ships at Jffatahzas. - )
Officers at Tampa are Consulting- over the 'Plan of the iro
posed Invasion at Cuba. , . I "I j .
Captain Dorst Returns to Tampa After Having Been' in Con
sultation with General Relgardo in Cuba. f L ?
The Cruiser Raleigh Cables the Victory pb the City, of Raleigh. '
Congratulations are Cabled in Reply :",'.'. J i i
Commodore Dewey is Protecting the Spanish Wounded and 9
.Sick.-, I . . ' " M I . .si
Colonel -W H. S. Burgwyn is appointed Colonel of the Second
Regiment of North Carolina Volunteersv ,J ,
Ah Expedition With 5,000 Troops is' to be Sent to Manila.! ' ?
The Spaniards Claim to. Have Disabled; One of Our Block
ading Vessels. ''!.". .
. The Scene in Spanish Cortes Yesterday was the Most Riotous P'
.'j -Ever Witnessed. : v. '- 'J'
was shown I as to the effect of these
reports upon the temper of the people
of Madrid. It was believed it would
add fuel to the flames already existing:
there and .that little more was needed
to. overthrow the government.
Sir Julian Pauncefbrte called at the
state department during the day, ibut
it was not in connection with the war.
He came as dean . of ithe diplomatic
corps I to meet Secretary Day on his
return. Official notice Was sent by the
state department today to the amibas
sadors and' minisiters that Judge Day,
had assumed the duties of secretary of
State, and the foreign officials will take
early occasion to pay a formal call of
respect to the new secretary.
PJRJESIDEISJiTlS COCSPGIMiTTJIATIONS
TO 0DS53WIE3Y. .. ..
1 GBw-mal ; announcement of the brilliant-achievement
at Manila was made
to .the. president at 11 o'clock today by
Secretary of - the Navy. Long." , There
was a 'large number of visitors during
the diay and to ail the president either
read or announced the substance of the
cablegrams. There was mutual con
gratulations in the great victory which
all declared the most remarkable in
the. history of naval warfare .
. Secretary Long by direction of the
president sent the following 1 reply to
Dewey. -; " ,
. -1 "Washington, iMay Jth; 18&8.
.Dewey, Manila.
".The president, in - the -.name of the
Ajmerfcan people, thank you and your
officers and men for your i splendid
achievement and overwhelming vic
tory. In recognition he has appointed
you acting, admiral, and will recom
mend, a vote of .thanks to you by congress.-
-- -" . LONG."
Chacaga, May 7.The ' Chronicle has
the following: t -- :. -;-f -.
Hong Kong. (May 7. Commodore
Dewey's flag lieutenant, ; Thomas M.
Brumby, arrived at Hong Kong this
morning on the United States revenue
cutter Hugh McCulloch, with the first
official newsiof the greatest naival tbat
tle of modern times, hat . of Manila
harbor. The 1 official dispatches were'
at once "forwarded toy cable to the Unit
ed States government at Washington
The first connected st'ory of the en
gagement was ; toM ! by .the officers f of
the MtoCulooh,who saw St and parti
cipated in it. They eaid that Spain's
fleet of ten vessels was wholly de
stroyed. The Reina Maria Christina
jlagship of the Spanish squadron, was
tb& centre of attack at the beginning
of ty& action and under the hot fire
poured in on her frocQ. the American
ships, &he "was soon burning from stem
to stern. ' : i ! " 'f.'.'-'- r.;V
Admiral Montejo, the Spanish"
miral, was compelled - to escape An a.
small hoatl to the Isla de.CuhtaJ another
of the Spanish vessels, and as soon as
his flag -was" hoisted- the guns of the
American ifieet were turned yx--lt end
in a. fewvminutes it was destroyed. The
admirai : Wias again forced to ?etefcape In
a sma-U bbat .' . , .
;The defenses rbfManiIa anB its bat
teries, as well as those at Cate, were
silenced and beaten to the . ground" (by
the rain T shbt and shells .f ; r
-The American" toattle lina. ws led !by
the flagship Olympia and the: cruiser
Raleigh. The Boston, althnpre. Con
cord and Petrei and the reveniue cotter
McCulloch followed. The: American
fleet T 4n easy 1 speed; approached the
Spanish vsftlpsj which were drawn "out
in two: lines, the .Reina Maia Chris
traa, the agship, in the center..
As the dawn .broke and th: position
of the" American', siquadron was dis
covered the Spanish fleet imtmediately
opened fire - supported toy the ; .CaVite
forts . - Th Spaniards fired the first
shxxt. The ',challenge was giveii ,by the
.Reina' (Maria- Christina. The; Olympia
"replied and at once the entire f Ameri
can -fleet' was in ac'tion. The fepanlsh
shaps did .not hesState In their fire and
the Cavite batteries Met, loose - their
heavy, -guns .(The; best" gunners in the
American fleet manned", the imost de
structive weapons on their hips and
the havoc - wrought was ' frightful. The
Hugh McCulloch remained at some dis
tance froml the ibrunt of the encounter
and ; the enemy's shell , passed; but did
hot touch jJierJ -The marksmanship of
the SpanJstt" gunners seemed itolbe wild
from the -outset and," meanwhile, the
main ships of ithe American; sojuadron
were , poking in a deadly tope, doing
great exitcut ion both; in the. v Spanish
fleet and; In the Cavite for'tiiflcations on
land. - : -j --1 I '
The American cruiser. JBal-Utoore, ; at
one iperipd" of . the engagements received
the' brunt of .the enemy's tvre ?ahd suf
fered the mcJst of any. Vessel in the
AmericanVsqjUadronl 'From' Ve to ten
ton of the enemy's hot took eff e:ct on
the Baltimore," but none of hep crew
was seriously hurt. ' s
As soon as the Spanish adniiral le'ft
the iKeina (Maria Christina and (boarded
the Isle de Cuba, the fire was. directed
at th3 later mercilessly, every 8 inch
gun on every chip- joining those( of the
flagship. - The Isla de Cuba was riddl
ed. After aal few routids she was put out
of action and almost before Admiral
Monte jb ha4 had time to get his Sbear
jrigs: he was driven out a second time.
VI. o
ffi. O
The Spanish cnuilser iCastillaiurst in
to flames ' under the remarkable gun
nery of Dewey's men. The iXjiericah
commiodore ,?then directed a 'hot Are
against the batteries. This wate ;a sur
prise to ' Admiral Montejo,- wbJo appar
'ently ..thought himself secure under the
guns of the Cavite fortificatiQns.
' Hong Kongi May . 7. When the
American'; ships "were nearing Baker
bay a sudden upheaval of the waters
occurred; a Jittle distance iri front of
the. leading ship and' quickly; following
this a second water spout denoted that
the Spaniards had fired a couple . of
mines or torpedoes, but their efforts to
blow up 'the fships werp unsuccessful. '
A torpedo ; boat, tried to creep L along
the shore, round the offing and attack
the non-eembatants ; Zaflro, 1 Nanshaw
and McCulloch, but was driven off and
shot Into bits. The Mindanao ' was run
on to. the beach and the other small
craft retired behind the Mole, p The
fight started; : at 5:30 o'clock, was ad
journed at -1(8: 30 o'clock and Resumed
about noon.: i The finishing touches
were given to Cavite by the Petrel and
Concord atl 2 o'clock. The Raleigh
grounded twice in shallow "water dur
ing the engagements -
The "Spanish ships caught fire one
after another, or were driven, to
grounding to save their . crews. 1 Com
modore Dewey continued , the: fighting
until, the -last vessel of the enemy had
been . destroyed. By that time the
shore : batteries were; silenced land the
American'; fleet had! won .a ' rxjb'st- re-
markable victory. The American ships
were . kept under way to manoeuvre
about the Spanish fleet: By thia'means
much of the? enemy's fire was rendered
harmless. The spectacle of thj Amer
ican warships manoeuvring as; if on
parade, and tat. the same time direct-.:
ing terrifncl fire at the enemas ' ships
and forts was a magnificent tribute to
the skill - and - discipline of modern na
val vwarfaife.r ' j ''7
The terrns of capitulation' lire still
unsettled.: -: Commodore "Dewiev - fears
rioting by the rebels, if he attempts a
bombardment. . -' ; v .
The forts at the entrance' to he bay
capitulated,- and were dismantled on
Wednesday:? The Americans. ut the
cable because the Spaniards refused
to permit them to use it pending the
surrender of the city, and it is; there
fore, not kneiwn what is transpiring on
shore. , ' I . ' , ? .
Childrea like it, it eaves their? lives
We mean One Minute Cough Cure, the.
infallible remedy for ooughs, colds,
croup, bronchitis, grippe; and all throat
4axd lung' trouMes. (EL R.: Bellamy.
Man embraces everything1 the human
race should be but' Is not. - .
-,:-: r: :?;i,ZW,-' -!-: i C-r,'
OUR
1
A Duel Between Two
! Yet Standing
ALL THE GUNS
The JMontgomery Captures, Two Small Prizes in One Day Commodore
. - Remey Takes Command of Part of the Squadron Greatest Danw. :
1 ger to Our. Fleet on Cuban ' Coast Captain Dorst Just Re- . ,
,- - turned From the Cuban Lines Consults with Gen- i 'xs.'j
eral Shaf ter on the. Question of Location
for Landing Troops in Cuba.
Key West, Fla.; May 7. The torpedo
boat (Dupont came in" tonight and re
ported a sharp engagement off Matan
zas. last night ; and this morning, i The
Dupont and the auxiliary cruiser Hor
net -vere cruising near the shore r last
: vVUr;VVv juua ""r.uomez.- s9tn lieutenant colonel lolw--
land svere fired upon by a body of cav-S ton" and 'Captain Dorst arrived todajv
airy, about 1 200' strong, ' which was 3 Captain Dorst having been in coac
Bproaa aloS tee shore the IOokout i SflSE 'SSt.
for filibusters. According to the Du- far from Havana. After General ShaT
pont's story both United States vessels ter' had received 5 Lieutenant Colonel
returned the fire; scattering the i Span- JawtbErTand Captain Dorst's report.
.h . . - ! Lieutenant Colonel Ludlow, of the ei- :
ish troops , and then bombarded the gineers corps, . was called in cbnsulta-.
Matapzas i fortifications. These j were 1 tion. - Several maps of the coast line-
in the nature of sand block houses, and interior of Cuba were brought tz
nihe jn'number. : The ; bombarament A an efliy examined. Captain Dorst
laeAj 4m a k. t rmi -r- explaining to General Shafter the na- ;
lasted from 4 to 5: 30 o clock. The Du ture of the cbuntry around several
pont men say that their shells toppled
over ihe barricades -in course of erec
tion and are sure that many of the
Spanish soldiers were killed, as they
afterward ; saw wagons taking jaway"
dead or wounded; The survivors fled
to the hills; , J;:
This morning the Matanzas fortifications-
Ibpened fire, sending three " 8-inch
shells Sat the Dupont and Hornet.! They
were line shots, but the boats had got
out of range. The' Dupont and Hornet
then iesumed the bombardment and
continued it until 8:30 o'clock. The Du
pont men think they have' effectually
silenced what the big fleet left of the
fortifications there and that in' the two
engagements the two boats fired about
200 shbts. - :: t " -
SS 'TfyV PRIZES IN ONE DAT.
The 1 cruiser Montgomery, Captain
.Converse, is the first ship of-ihe Amer
ican squadron to , acquire the distinc
tion of capturing two prizes in l one
day, which she did yesterday. ; The
captives are the Frasquito and the
LoreniQ, both small boats of no great
value las compared with the big steam
ers taken during the first days of the
war. j , - - . .
The (Montgomery was cruising about
fifty rtiiles 'off Havana when the Fras
quito, a two -master.came bowling' along
. toward the Cuban capital. . When the
yellow, flag of the enemy was sighted
the Mlm was swung in her direction
and a blank shot was put across her
bows. J The Spaniard wisely hove-to
and. the customary prize crew was
put on board. They found that the
Frasquito was bound from Montevideo
for JEIavana with . a cargo of jerked
beef. She is of ; about 140 tons register"
and hails from Barcelona. The . prize
crew took her to Havana waters and
the Apnapolis : assigned the cutter
Hamilton to bring her into Key West.
A few minutes afterward, the Mont
gomery encountered the Lorenzo, a
Spanish bark, bound from Barcelona to
Havana, with a cargo of dried beef. She
was tiken just , as easily and Ensign
Osborif brought her over here this
evening. . .-- - ;: '
Coniniodore Remey today formally
hoiste4 his flag on the Mianotomah
and the' ships in the harbor gave him
a comniodore's salute of thirteen guns.
Some apprehension was : felt through-,
out the day" when ;a brisk "norther"
arose but late this afternoon, after a
sharp but short squall, the skies clear
ed and "the. wind moderated so that
shipping may safely navigate the gulf
tonight. '--
Ever; since the blockade of the Cuban
ports f as. established the only real ap
prehension that has been felt for the
safety of the fleet has been due to the
possibility of a storm which' might
drive some of the smaller ships on the
coast of ; Cuba. They are on a lee
shore, with every harbor onthe coast
1 in tne j possession or the enemy and
i more than one naval officer has shaken
I Vilcs "Ytax A acr ot VilTiir1 of V a wai'MlUm
iv iw mv vv-v ! vc - rvooiu xkjr
of another Samoan disaster. The only
place off the .north coast of Cuba
where ja refuge might be found is in
thevlee of Salt Key shoal,, about fifty
miles northeast of Cardenas. The larg
er" ships could : ' easily .weather any
storm likely to rage at 'this season.,;
The principal danger would be for the
torpedo boats, which are not built to
withstand heavy weather at sea. The
I light draught gunboats, like the Wil
I mingtn and Helena, which draw; nine
j feet . each, and the Castine, Annapolis
i and b r jVicksburgy which . draw twelve
J feet,! are like can buoys , when their
I hatches are battened down and their
V machihery is heavy " enough to keep
them Off shore -in anything short of a
hurricane.
SPANISH VERSION OF THE MA
' j TANZAS AFFAIR.
Madrid; May 7.-CaptainV General
. Blanco wires from Havana as follows:
j "One lof the - enemy's- ships -ventured
j -within the range of one of .our bat-
ienes $wmcn innictea sngnt damage
ana compenea tne snip to retire at
full speed. American vessels bombard
ed the batteries at the entrances at
Matanzas, firing sixty-five projectiles
at the beacon light and blockhouse,
which, were struck nineteen times and
damaged. Only ' one soldier was
wounded." , t . " - -CONSULTING
OUR PROPOSED IN-.
" VASION. ,
- " Tampa,- Fla., May 7.-A conference
lasting; for several hours was held to
day between Major General Shafter,
Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Lawton! and
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of the Fleet and Forts
at Matanzas.
NOW SILENGEBl
Captain J. H. Dorst.! Lieutenant Col t
onel Lawton. left Tampa Thursday oia
the Olivette going to j Key West, wherst
he met Admiral Sampson and it is be
lieved, diccussed with the latter plans ,
which -contemplated a concerted move
ment of the army and navy with the
places at wnich landing is contemplat
ed. The reports of Lieutenant CoIoncS
Lawton and Captain Dorst,: together
Mth the recommendations . of General
Shafter, will be sent to Washingtoos,
at once. -. -
The fact that jQegrams have beezx .
received here fojf General J. J. Coi
pinger, in command of the troops z&
jviooue, nas, started anew, the report:
that the Cuban army j
of invasion, wHT
be in two divisions.
the first under
General Wade, the second under Gei -rat
Coppinger, with General Shafter ta
commmand. Officials i here, howevesv
have, ' as yet, received no word thaS: ' '
General Coppinger was coming; to
Tampa. :. ... , - . , . t
, . TROOPS TOR, MANILA
An Expedition to Take Ont FiveTIioas
, and Soldiers to be Formed at Onec
. Washington, May. 7. The details for
the proposed expedition to thei Philip
pines under the direction of the war
department, have been' advanced ma
terialiy as a result f ': of conferences
held, today between ! Secretary Alger
General Miles and other officers of the
army. The expedition, which will carry
i nail about 5,000 men, will start from
San Francisco as soon as arrange-;
ments can be perfected. It is hot yrt
finally determined whether all the
troops will go at once, a,rth6ugh thiK-'
is hot thought to be likely, nor
the exact composition been fully . cLe -cided
upon. The statement was made
this afternoon that in addition to'tlie
regular soldiers the quotas of the nat -tional
guard from the; states of 'Can- -fornia,
Idaho, Oregon and Washingtoa .
will. In all probability ; be detailed to gew
and an order for their rendezvous at;
San Francisco is expected very sooat-
M. L. Tocum, CJameron, Pa., says "I
was a sufferer for ten years,! tryffas--most
kinds of pile remedies, brrj: .
Without success. DeWitt'3 j Wftcb
Hazel Salve was reuommended to aaoe .
I used one hox. It has affecte4 a per
manent cure."' As a ! perm anei t cur
for plies DeWitt's Witch Hazel Sal??
has no equal. R. R. Bellamy. 1 .
Endorsed for Congress, i
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(Special to The Messenger.) 7 .
New Bern, N. C, May 7 At the dcxt
ocfatic convention of Craven countirv
held here today, resolutions were pass
ed endorsing for congress from tfcfc
Third district Hon. Charles R. Thomas.,
and the delegates were so ins true teU
Jones county also ' Instructed forhinv.
The resolutions were, j passed' enthusi
astically and unanimously . j ' :t
' A torpid liver robs you pf ainbJSaa ;
and ruins1 your health. IDeWitt's Let-- '
Ue Early Risers vjeanse the liver, ctzr i
constipation and all etomach and liver
troubles. IR RBellamy. ' - - ,f j.
:A Hart's Emu3s3W Cod Lihner G3Z (
with OreOArte and the Hypophasphttasg, J t '
if faJfchfully used, d' specSnc in -,12m -,
treatment of weak hmg,u ::Oammu&
Oon, BronchJTfifa, etc. Leading pihysi
china ritoommena ,ift. i BoUd by J. CL
Shepard, J. H. Harding and H. Ii. Ftea
treas- -; V
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Cumberland's Candidate for Jtidgcw
' (Correspondence of The MessengerjM
, Fayetteville; N. C, May T.
A The Cumberland county democraxicr
convention met -today i at 12 o'cloca;
the city hall. U . , - v
Major E. J. Hale wa0 made chairman
and B. T. McBryde secretary. -
The . convention unanimously endorsed-H.L.
Cook. Esq.. for the rtota
.inalion for judge of the Sevessl2k
district. The motion to make the en
dorsement unanimous was made by IX;
McD. Robinson, -f Esq.; ' Mr. Cooks
friendly opponientv in a manly and eto-quent-speech.
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Mr. Cook is a lawyer of force axt' .
ability and would 'make a safe sb
conservative Judge, and is a rajafi
worker and quick - in . . grasping; t22' '
truth of any question Cumberland'
presents 'him to the district and ass;
his nomination, and earnestly presses .
him for it. . . ijgaaaa.
Some writers get a dollar per word
and some wrong doers get more Shan. tieaSt
when they talk saucy to the judge ' -
It is. said that all -walks of life bante
been subjected to the beneficial Inflaem-. t
of tha bicycle except sidewalks. -
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