North Carolina Newspapers

4 VOL.XI. NO. 128. SPAIN'S J A M i '- a" To the Powers Against the Spanish Flag. TO RESORT TO I, i t.i . a iTha Powers not jo Allow Spain? to Carry Out Her Threat in this Direc tiohNo News from the Fleets Recent Recruiting of the Navy . Fraiice'3 Compliment to Our Government Cuban Block- ' ade Not Ineffective Our To Begin Enlistment of for Collecting Philippine Customs.- "Washington, Ma 23. It was stated at the navy department today at the close of office hours that no dispatches of any kind relating to the movements of the fleets or the prospect of "any en ! gagement had been received during the day and that the only dispatch receiv ed related to an inconsequential prize i. -case, As the ships are now- at sea there isjno expectation of reports until a decisive engagement occurs and a dispatch boat goes to a port, or it is found Cervera has eluded our search. ?A reportx was current during the day that the biV battleship Oregon had ar rived at Key West' but the department officials would notice it only by enter ing a general denial that word had been received of any important ves sel movements or arrivals. . Late in the. day Associated Press dis patches from Madrid giving .the sharp debate in the cortes over' the alleged flying of the spanisn nag by American warships', created much comment in i naval circles. Spain's protest, to the powers that this .use of the flag was "cowardly and iniquitous" was dis ;mlssed by naval officers with the state ' ment that international law writers ; agreed on the right to use van enemy's flag for purposes 'of deceit so long as the flag is hauled down before : a shot i is flre"d. The United States naval reg ulations make specifics provision oh this point. .; SPAIN THREATENS TO USE PRI- f VATEERS. . The statement made by the Spanish minister of the interior that the gov ernment is likely to resort to privateer ing does not cause any apprehension among officials here. It is. felt, that Great Britian, Germany and France .will have considerable to say in case Ppain resorts to privateering. The i commerce of these 'countries with the United States would suffer very se ! ,yerely by Spanish privateering, and Its ; effect would be far more disastrous to these foreign interests than ' to the Shipping of the United States., i Commander Hemphill, who has ! charge, of the naval enlistment, has xna.de out a table showing that the re cent' recruiting of, the navy has- swell-, ed that branchiof the service 6,729. The following are some of the states from .which recruits have been secured: Vir f ginta 255; North Carolina , 95; South 4 Carolina 115; Georgia 17; Florida 113. j FRANCE'S COMPLIMENT TO V AMERICA. The1 French government has taken opportunity to pay a graceful compli i ment to this country, by informing the ! French embassy- that,, an artist has i been instructed to make a, copy of the famous picture "The Battle of York ! town," which is one of the priceless - treasures of the French national gal lery at Versailles, ; to be sent to the embassy at Washington. The picture shows the notable incident in Ameri can history when - the British com mander Lord " Corn walls, ' surrendered to General Washington. i. NO PROTEST FROM ROME. The announcement by way of Paris that the Italian government had pro tested against the. continuance of the blockade of the Cuban coast on the ground that it was ineffective met a ! prompt denial at the state department and it can be stated: definitely that j neither in Washington nor in Rome have any representations on this gub ; Ject been '- addressed to the United i states government. As to the allegation that the block- ade is ineffective if is said that on the ! contrary It 'has .been irregularly sue cess ful and that, so far as known, not ! ja single neutral s.hip subject to deten i tion has' passed . t'he lines without the I consent of our g6veriimen The Mont? ferrant it is tj-ue, did enter ienfuegos iharbor before pur "blockading ships had time to get around the south side, of Cu ba and ea ta'bllsh the (blockade and che did manags to - get out at night. J Jut she is a Spanish ship and Spain is. I perhaps the only nation i jn the world .".' that has lost the power to enter a pro-'-ir test against a! blockade-, beingk a, com. ibatant herself. It is only tor .neutral powers to enter such protests and none of them has as yet theHsHghtest pre text for such action. , With the1 beginning of the present week all S Danish vessels in. United Ktafes ports, ' which sailed after the outftrpak of . the ,war, are subject to. seizure as well as all Spanish mer- f,nd on the high seas, save uvhw thev left Dart for the United states' before -April , 21st, last. The resident's proclamation. of war allow ed such ships lying in our ports or bound for fhem thirty days in wnich to discharge cargo and also ensured Ithem safe passage home. That period xf time exDired Saturday night. This, it is exDected. will tend to free the tate department from com plications. COAST SIGNALING SYSTEM, fThder the energetic; management of. rtantiatt Bartiett. wno was recaueu ,f, ,o'rflf.,red list into the active ser : department far the purpose, there has Jl?t ibeen perfected a most admirable and thorough system .-.d- ;n.iiin(r for war purposes The navy rdepartment itself estaJjsn v,;nt.r tBirtru hn the coast manned tbv naval: militiamen. Then it called KLONDIKE To the Front Again N- DAWSON CITY THEY HAVE 'n crinkle the streets four times a day r . - 1-3 imf - A vvio r covMd be made stone mum dust and get hts eyes opened in Wil- mineton. In the morning, in Dawson t-iv frA o ton of ic on your door step free- ofl , J k . TI7I1 tn.nn i charge, in yvfiBi. i k spot and a bill for two ypu find a w dollars i . " - TVv, .7 MORAL:. Stay at home and drink f gAETHA LITHIA WiTEE Which we deliver for 25 cents per gal ryA eiiarantee satisfaction or re fUnd the money. We haVe ld 80 bot Call ties per aayj biucc to .j . and see us. jAETNA LITIIIA WATER CO.,, T Bunting's Pharmacy. WARD, Agent. our Warships Flying PRIVATEERING. i .!-. Coast Signaling System-- J the Immunes Plans into service 1.060 Hg'ht house employees" and 1,000 life saving men, making a total force of over 3,000" men who patrol the great shore line from Bar Harbor to Galveston nlghfand.day, and in alj, weathers, watching , -for the. approach of an-enemy .or for a signal from any passins United States warship. It 'has been; arranged that all these 'watches can communicate in the course of a few mi-nutes with the' - telegraphj or tele phone line and all centre in the.' office of Captain Bartiett in the wavy depart ment, who. is thus prepared to. give the war aboard instant notices of any sig nificant ship movement onW coast. It is said at the navy'-' department that it will be at least five days before the Monterey can "be started on her long Journey -from Sam Franc isco for 'Manila,' the delay being on account of the preparations that nrust be 'made for the very exceptional service required of the vessel. I Washington, May 23. The senate spent more than an hour in executive session today and made an effort to confirm the nomination of Collin P- Anthony as postmaster at Scotland Neck.'N. C. Anthony is a colored man and he; was opposed on the ground that he is a saloon-keeper. Senators Pritchard and Wolcott defended him. An aye and no vote developed the lack of a quorum, and the senate adjourned, without action. The vote taken show ed a small majority against Anthony. Joseph F. Doyle was confirmed , as postmaster at-Savannah, Ga. i -TO-ENLIST THE IMMUNE REGI- '' MENTSl. Captain J S. iPettit (Fiinsb infantry. and 'Lieutenant H. H. Sargent, Second cavalry, who were recently appointed r colonels of independent regiments of volunteers to be composed of men im mune from contagious and infectious diseases, are now . making arrange ments for- the organization of their regiments. Captain Pettit; will recruit his regiment from residents of the District of Columbia, . Maryland, Vir ginia .West Virginia and North Caro lina, and Lieutenant Sargent will secure his in Alabama and Mississippi. , . PLANS FOR COLLECTING PHIL IPPINE REVENUES, In anticipation of the early occupa tion of the Philippine Islands, by the military, and naval forces of the Unit ed States, the treasury department has already begun the formulation of reg ulations and a scheme of customs tar iffs which will be collected by the mil itary authorities and turned into the treasury of the United States as a "military contribution." That the president has , authority to collect the Philippine . revenues under existing conditions is not a matter of doubt. The tariff now being prepared, by the treasury department will closely follow the Spanish customs, law in force in the Philippines. Just what revenue they produced is not known, but the assumption' is' that, inasmuch as the home government realized from them last year approximately $9,000,000 the actual amount collected was $18,000,000; The government will assume control of the revenues as soon as the principal seaports are in our pbssession and will continue to control them, at least until congress takes "specific action in the ease or until peace has been declared between the two countries.- 6. !u. Parker, Sharon, Wis., writes: 'I have tried DeWltt'a Witch Hazel Salve for. itching piles, and it aways stops them In two minutes. I consld ler iDeWStt's Witcn Hazel 8alve the greatest pile cure on the market. For sale by R..R. Bellamy. YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS ;' Senators Discuss.. tUe War Bvenu Bill House Passes Volunteers Pay ment mil and Bill for Relelf of Reg ular; Army Offleers. - SENATE. Washington, May 23. For five hours today the senate, had the war revenue measure under discussion. The entire time was occupied by Senators. Chilton democrat, of Texas; Lodge, republican. of Massachusetts, and Turley, ? demo- crat, of Tennessee. While Senator Lodge- confined himself to a discussion of the proposed tax on corporations and bank deposits, strongly urging that such taxes be not imposed, Sena tor Chilton artd Senator Turley cover ed pretty fully the general features, of the bill. Their speeches dealt compre hensively with the theories of taxation and were, therefore, in the very nature of things legal and technical disserta tions tipon the subject. No action of any kind was taken upon the bill At the request, of the war department a bilf was passed admitting to America register the ' steamer Zelandia. The vessel; which belonged to the Oceanic Steamship Company ; ana was unaer tvi Hawaiian flag, has leen chartered tn ponvev trooDS to . Manila. , ine stpampr is British built. 1 The senate at 5:15 p. m. went into executive session and at 6:30 p.m, ad- Jpurned. ; . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, The house today passed the senate bill providing for the payment of .vol unteers from their enrollment and au thorizlns the secretary or tne war 10 pay tniops embarking i for Manila, one fnonth in advance, : j ; The senate bill provming tnat om cers of the regular army who may be made staff officers in tne volunteer service shall not vacate their offices in tvi rPMlar arifty was called up by ir. Hull, of Iowa. The bill was amended an dr to Include army officers appoint ed to volunteer engineer corps and was then passed. The rest of the day was devoted to lao-iBiitinn affecting the District of r . - - Columbia. -. . .. . At 5; 27. p. m. the house acrjourneu. f Rerve Well Ifared'For. TM Savanna'h (Ga.) News of Sunday says: . - The Wilmington, N. C, naval reserves nAA- orya n hofwrd of the monitor (Nan- EPort -lifcyai. are a. happy set. of boys They navo evw rwii v w ai isfU as they are; well earj for. and U.rlja art rTTTTTLLKrsWl' VJ Lft7i folks, ysterJ.ay they received 710 powvd of relishes sent, uy i" v. Tninprtrv Tha articla embraced tobacco. cigars, cigarettes, cakes, crck?rs, meats. etTsn4 were packed to twd Vfy larg boxes. Tn a minute" one does of Hart's Es- oonr-p of Gineer will relieve any ordi nary case of Colic, Cramps, er Nausea, An unexcelled remeay. ior jumrruoe, Cholera Morbus, Summer Complaints onrt nil Internal nains. Sold by J. C Shepard, J. II, Hardin and H. I Fen tress. :: - - AT CAMP CmCKAItlAUGA. ' . General Wade Take. Command of tne Third Corps Oeneral Wilson Re views His DIvtalen of tne First Corps CMckamau'ga Nathmal Pafk, Ofay 23. Major .IGenenad James F. Wade, until recently la ' command-' of the 'Fifth corps, ait- Tampa, reported here today to General Brooke, 'having .been assign ed by the war depairtmient to fhe, com mand, of 'Che' Third! corps, : mow- being formed here. The First division of the First army corps was reviewed today toy its com mander. Major General James H. Wil son. Although no particular demon stratJom was made, yet it was & spec itacular scene, made doubly int'ereeting because it will gtrin lilstory as the first great formal . movement by a large body of troops orgamized for the toet i can -Spanish war.1 It 4s moreover said j;o be the first review of the kind had since the civil war. 1 It began early in the cool of the day before 9 "o'clock. The three ASrigades erf the First divi sion, nine, regiments,: practically 9,000 men, formed. a line "o battle, the right resting- norfh of Che historic Kelly field. Thence it ran a imile perhaps along t'he ridge, a portion of the command fomi ing in the rear, a second line, as if for. a reserve in an assault. ' After the usual formal i nspection of tne line which took some time, the di vision; 1 formed! in column of fours, changing-direction twice until on a line paralleUvith General Wilson, who sat on a" magnifienti horse in' front of a group1 of brlHiant staff officers. The lines were "formed with remarkable raeidity of precision. Then in a ' col umn of companies, the division ad vanced in splendid form. It was a grand sight. The marching' was.ros a rule, in excellent. time, the. alignments accurate and the distances welt maintained.- - ', 'i General Wilson expressed -ihimself as delighted and very proud-of the fact that the division -when manoeuvred to gethered for the first time should act so much like regulars and veterans. The regimental and brigade drills be gun day in the First-army - --p3 will be prosecuted wl'tih increasing a6tivity each day. . Inspector General Breckenridge and staff visited the park today and in spected the camip of 'the Second divi-: slon of the First corps which they found to ibe in excellent condition. The sanitary conditions, ihow ever, are to be improved. ' ."The remains of George M.- Walker, Company D., 'First Missouri, who was killed, in the railroad accident Thurs day, were, shipped to Ms home: at St. Louis. The other iwjured men are doing well no unfavonaWe symptoms having appeared. . .- General Brooke, today assig-ned the following as proyisional commanders of the three divisions of tha. First corps: General Wilson, -: first division; Colonel Robleter, of iMinnesoita second; Olohel Van Puze, of tne. Fourteeont'h Minne sota, third. A numlber. of regiments, ar rived today. ; . The Ifletbodlst Conference 'Baltimore,- May 23. The somewhat del icate question of salaries was the chief I interest at the Methodist Episcopal gen-: era! Conference, south, .this morning. The publishing' irtterests committee i recom mended that those editors and i agents connected! with the publishing house re ceive a salary of $3,000 insteady of the $2,500 hKberto paid: th'em. The conference voted to keep the salaries at $2,000, and then Dr. Hoss, editor of The Christian Advocate, made a statement saying that he had to work between 10 p. m. and- 3 o'clock a, m. at matters other than his fraper; Ire order to supplement the salary the church, was paying him. Tir. J. J. Tigert, secretary of t'he conference, made a similar statement. It was then -de cided' to reconsider, and the salaries were placed at $3,000. ; : . j The conference hao a long discussion over minor charges in the form and method of trial for local preachers accus ed of immorality. fin the midst of motions1 to table, sub stitutes, etc.. Rev. Sam Jones advanced to t'he platform and offered a substitute. Mr. Presidenit, said ne, "as 'a local. preacher I have a substitute, to offer in this "matter. : l move to hang all the ..local preachers under suspicion." : .Bishop Candler, pounding his -gavel vig orously "Brother Jones is out of or der." - ' ' It was voted: to open t'he next General "Conference on the first Wednesday In May, 1902. The plate will-'be selected by a committee in a couple of years. . The commtttee of entertainment for the next conference was appointed as fol lows: Rev. A. G. Brown, of Virginia; Rev. T. M. 'Finn4e' of Missouri; H. Y. 'McOord, of Georgia; B, M. Burgher, of Texas; Robert Magruder, of Baltimore. The Jlvely discussioni on the sut1eqt of evangelists, which. was held on Sunday, 'had an echo this morning when Rev. Ju lius E. Wright, of HarrodsbUTg, Ky., and a. few others entered a protest to the ac tion of t'he conference in deciding that evangelists could; not hold meetings in charges without the consent of pastors. The protest was received and Rev. Dr. Collins Denny, Rev. Dr. E. E. Hoss and Itev. VV L. Nelms. were appointed to ; Zola's Second Trial. Versailles, May 23. The second trial of M.' Emile Zola, on the charge of criminal libel, contained in charges w;hich he brought against the officers who 'conducted the Esterhazey court martial, commenced in the assize -court here today. But few of , the general public were admitted within the pre- cints of the court, and vigorous meas ures were adopted to preserve order. There was no incident upon the arrival of the accused. - " . ,v M. Labori, counsel for the accused immediately questioned the competen cy of the court on the ground that the alleged offense was committed in Paris and that only a partisan jury was com petent to try the case. , ' , ' The nrocureur general, M. Berdrana, of the Paris court, who acts the public prosecutor, i upheld tne competency or the court to try the case, whereupon M. Labori announced that he appealed to the court of cassation upon: that point. ; ; : The trial was then adjourned pend ing the hearing of the appeal. I .-.. On leaving the court M. z.oia was greeted with cries r of "Down with Zola!" Intermlng led with cneers ior Zola and cheers for the army, r .. .- JaelDaly Gets the Decision (New York. May 23. Jack Daly, of Wil miinetonv. Del., got a decision over K.ia 'McPhartland, of -this city, after Tiaving fought tourteen and a half rounds in me Lenox Atihletic Club tonight. This result was unlooked for. but McPhartland has only Ihimself to blame, as be iost his tem per and after toeing cautioned i nan a dozen times, strucK hisopponent m a Clinch. The bout was a rattling good one, whue it lasted, out irom tne eignin rounrt it vras very evident that Daly would get the better of McPhartland, as the latter lost control of his temper.. 'Dalv's leg was injured in the last cou ple of seconds Of the bout, -as it was bent under Iris "body when "Charlie White fell on top of him in (Ms efforts to maKe Mc Phartland break away, .-. Fearful Storm in Virginia. Richmoml. Va.. May 23, Details are .coming li of a terrific storm that swept Albemarle county Saturday night. The down pour' -Of rain was unprecedent ed. The Hghtmng was ternnc. xsear Charlottesville' a cabin was strujek by lightning arul two persons were Kjnea and several 'barns fired- At Schottsviile, several fra-ma "houses were wasneq away. In sections of the county,- "hailstones as trie, as partnage - eggs ten, and ruined growing- crops. 'Parts of Buckingham county , also sunrered severely .from tn hall. At points the rainiaii was in tne nature of a cloudburst. Kioney Vant4 fr Hospital Bepart- Woshlngtion, May 23.---ecreary Air wr to congre today on estimate for a deficiency approprjaxion or au.wuu for the medical and hosprCal' i depart ment of the army, caused '.by.ttoe unfor- seen and large preparations and utr fbts reauired for the Ftmrippine expedi tion and1 the necessary establishment of large general hospitals at several points. ' . WILMINGTON N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1$8. " ' " ' 1 - - "'". 1 &9 ' ! ta- ' - . r- . f A Military -Band for the Regiment. . A .SOLDIER FATALLf ILL Mis Case Very Peenlia Major E. VH Hayes Detached from State Gnard Headquarters Asheville's Second Company to ; Arrive 'Today Good Showing by the Murphy Company Soldiers Drilling Hard Lieut. Cowan Ordered to Fort Macon. XSpecial to The Mesengers.) i " Raleigh, N. C, May 23. Governor Russell today was informed that Major E M. Hayes, Seventh cavalry, was: re lieved from duty at national headquar ters here and ordered to report to the commander of the Fifth army corps at Tampa, for assignment for service with cavalry, i . -! It was settled, today that the Ger manla band, of Scranton, Pa., is to be the regimental band of the Second regiment- It was sent transportation to day and- will arrive tomorrow, 2f strong and enlist. Jacob Guth, its leader, is appointed chief musician of the Regi ment at $72 per month. The adjutant general says "It was found Impos sible to secure a band in this state. A man named Davis of Charlotte offered to raise a band and enlist" it, but he had; no band and was trying t6 get Guth's band 'and. be' chief musician. Dr. Wj H. Griffith was appointed chief musi cian, but he failed to secure thfr musi cians." . . Colonel Burgwyn says he Is greatly pleased at securing the Scranton band. which is a military band. Guth has been bandsman in the German service. The band will be enlisted in Captain Smith's company from Greenville and then transfer will be made so, as to di vide the musicians and give two to each company. The drum and ' bugle Corps Is now practicing. Arthur Watson, ,of Captain , Jone's company Is at the point of death- In the hospital of the Sefcond reglrhent. Late yesterday afternoon, he was wrestling with some comrades,' He is unusually a powerful man. Last night he was sick and at midnight went raving mad. His temperature today was 106, -Cap tain Jones telegraphed Watson s father, whose home ia in Watauga, of. Arthur's critical condition. . Captain Jones said to me he did . not expect Watson to live through the night, His case is a puzzling one and it is not known whether his over exertion Caus ed appbplexy or lesion of ,the braim , , nunynDTiinp rvrvrs nr tut niv . silil m BU I f mm mm ss mW W sss mm, m ... One Member of the Durham Company is killed and "Another Badly Wounded by a Railway Collision near Savannah. The Oregon had not Arrived at Key West iuR to Last Night, j Lloyds Reports Three American 'W&rshis Arrived at Para, Brazil.' . , f. The Seriate Fails to Confirm the Nomination of C. P. An thony, colored, as Postmaster; at Scotland Neki N C. Spain Threatens to Resort to Privateerinj'j. . . At San 'Juan a British Steamer Loaded with Coal is Disabled by a Spanish Gunboat to Keep Her from Leaving Port. , . ' . Our Government has 3,000 Men Patrolling the Coast from Maine to Texas. l- ; -I The; Firing Heard at Port de Paix is Supposed to Have Been the Bombardment of Guantanamo.. I ' ' The Germania Band of Scranton, Pa., will- be the Band of , the Second N. C. Volunteers. This Regimeni is Making Rapid Progress..; .' . .'.' '-" w 'x ' W4?f - ':' " -. '. Spain is Erecting More Fortifications About Gibraltar. Americans Come in for a Round of Abuse j in the Spanish Cortes.; ; : ' -.: ; ; l-i : " : ':' ' ' ' ' . Cubans and Spaniards Have a Battle on Land in Sight of Our. Warships.- . - - 00000000i0 : : - : .: Adjutant General Cowles had a tele gram, this afternoon from Captain W. A. Goner of Asheville that the latter was on" his way here with 103j men and would arrive at. 1:40 o'clock jtbnlght. The Murphy company will: be mus tered In tomorrow morning, getting re cruits from Burlington and Asheville. Mustering Officer Gresnam Says that after he has seen the move of . the Murphy company he is greatly, pleased with it, . ' . i Captain MacRae Is officer of the day at Camp Russell tomorrow.: The officers . of the . regiment and Captain Carl W- Jeffries, of Tarboro, company, yfill all be sworn in tomor row.. There were many visitors at Camp' Russell this afternoon, and these saw nearly all kinds of drill in, progress at the same time. The Murphy company was in shirt sleeves., learning to march, -while,' in sharp contrast the Wilming ton company was skirmishing, uoio nel Burgwyn was here, there and ev erywhere, mounted on superb shestnut horse, a gift to him from his brother, George . Burgwyn of Northampton countv. Colonel Burgwyn 'is much pleased at the progress now being made, ae ae votes an hour dally to Instructing non commissioned -officers while Major wuflpr instructs commissioned officers, : Dr. W. H. Brooks, of Greensboro, , is nnnninted asslsant surgeon of the reg iraent, vioa Ttf J. T SDlcer. Jr., Who W i n an J. R. Milllan. of the Lumber Bridge company, is appointed; clerk, to Muster ino- fifflrpr Gresham. ' Lieutenant Marshall leff today f of irnrt Mncnn. also Lieutenant Cowan, of the Wilmington company, the latter as assistant quartermaster anu.- com missarv. Cowan tens ne is t,o be in earie of thatUne of ine iiegiu- ua.i..a...v. service. He may De aDseni. ween, more Tne Remains of Mr. Glaltone. London, May 24.-iIn accordance with ,t,tua Mr ntiAitstone and the 11 C mllVO Vfc family, expressed In Mr. Herbert triaa stone's letter to Ixrd SaMsbury accept- ine a dudiic runerai, ure .i " - ha tii simnlest nosslble.: There win pe no staee -pageant or flowers; -only mourn- Ins dress will oe worn and the enter xea- ture will be the representative gathering n -ntrkwirvaf;.i- ahihAv of jlII. classes and institutions In.tne Kingoom. The prlnciteins J81. of Wales and he duke of York will be among - rne pan Dearen m u m rvn:n ii e-h t. the duke of Cambridge - and Prince Ohrlstlan, of Schaleswlg-Holsteln- Sonderperg, will precede tne corctn, , iw mnten. Mav 23. The body of Mr. Gladstone, unoofflned, 'is lying on a couch in the nbrary of Jlawaraen casue m ino - 1UJ Wo -Tortrrvr.l-0. nf !p"ft-" TO- rv-im naiit tthe "Temole ot 'Peace. morrow It will he viewed (by th par- The cofHn will placed in- tihe ceotrei of the nave of iH a, warden church on Wed nesday and Ale there in state until 5 esday and Ale there in state until 5 o lBroughton .railway statfjo, where it o' eidn to iRroushton will be placed upon he train from Lon don. The lamiiy, servanas, arieiiu, ? antry and local officials will walk be hind the bier, which will be borne by re lays of collfers, workmen on the estate, tenant a ltmT n'elehbors. ' i : The remains will ' arrive " in . London about midnight land will be immediately conveyed to Westminster aau .to avoia the crowd - v North Carolina rtosl Another Soldier. TROOP TRAIN WREGKEIi St I i A. Collision IJetween Third Sectloif the First kleglment's Train and f t ZFrelghtTrin Private BarbeeKlll and Privaie Colcoloush Badly 1 ; jored The'Wreek a Resdlt of Care lessness on- Somebody's Part EaSt Train's Crew Blames the Other. it i Savannah;,; KJa., 'May 23. iPrlva Wllllanv BarSee, of company fl., Firifl regiment, NortbJ Carolina: voiun-teri e was killed and ' private1 J. (M. McCtfl kugh, of the same company' ri$ l.nured In a, .head-on colHsipn, of tW military traJn ; with a special frelg'f j taain on the iFVlorida. Central and PetL! sinula railroad jeariy this morning. ;: The; collfefen 'occurred! near (Bu. J rough, Ga.; feleyen. miles from Sava nah. i The . m lifbary train . Was sectioa four of regular 'passenger 'train No. V from Colum'ba'fto JacksonvUile. On was the Thfedr biaittallon, 'iMnjor ' Bati' command'ing.i compnisea or compainiet from urhara, r Raleigh, Concord' an Charlotte. ' TJiiree sections of the 'tra.ic had; passed ( '.'he 'siding on which -thti fT tnajt xne captain was sparing the flight trainUwalted m. gme4g Nix, of the freight, claims1 that . thi th4rd section lplayed no signals indl' cajtinar it.hatffajnothfeir section! was coth't- ing and he drew out on the main tracH the collision cpnung within . twentj minintpis. '. .1 . ' - ' ' M : :tr?n tfam Vrf tihv fourth dcti . ' In time to bmiiighis train, to a standBtl;i before the oollteiori. Company occu j pled the front ! passenger coach in' thi ' rear of three bx cars contalnlng-eq:Uls ments. Ample , warning was gjvenfoi) most of W'Siw .x escape-, wrougt, . A doors and windows. . i Barbee and- Ciolcoloulgh. were caught on the front I platform between a ,boi, iiar and' the! 1 coaches. "Barbee, iwasf crusnea -to awain ami wwwugu wt Several other privates . were slightly?; 'The comrades Mof . the two miln Veng 'l .1 ' . 1 . 1 - 'V f nt yS . lu'lciisfiy ea.vjvc'a vvu uroi iws violence to the engineer and conovuecor mf .h fredeh itrain was feaired. . Barbee's body was sen t on to .'hlsi: home ait' Burham this afternoon toy an escort. Colcolough was .afso sent 'hom in care of a. physician i The engineer: and' conductor of the " -.- ; ' third section ij claim hat their signal were correct nd place the res-ponsibiU j I ity on the freight crew. . . ' '. ' . "afe The ' railroad ! officials and coronei t have begun an investigation BATTLE OF CIENFUEGOS .! i Lleutenaut A. Audertioii Was la thi . !- Thick-, of tlie Engagement and lJ Gives a Fine Story of American Val; , Npw from -flie war Is al.wavs. inte esting but WheK it is from a Wi'lmin-7, toniiori ,ond Tight from the front.' it j read with 1&renv more tragic intereiiT Dy pryllBSSlWB-V. lire 'Uiwirci -m-a.tT V j our townsman,! iiieutehant Edwin Anderson, Vpftjake permitted :to publi;- a coupie or ueui'Fra imueu u iimji iiv .i the United; tafes cruiser Marbienerv; wMchi is on blockade duty off Cienfi eros. on thev southern coast of - Cubrr,. He Jis a senpr lieutenant in the na and was m'ltfjlnmand' of the MarbW head's boati p$it along with, the. boa from t'he Naiihvllle, to out-t'he cai&ie Clenfugos, nheMth Inst. .- :t- That gaaiafit '.aci oy une omcers- nu men on thoe- 'boats .will go down In history as onte of the bravest deeds and the most wreckless daring recorded the hitorv of i the navies of the world; Before the iboate'were ;manned to go or' t:hr .hazardous exploit volunteers were called for. and the officers on tfrg.l war ships "PlallyXoia the men tne$ itet not go? lirtftey did not aesire m take the riSK. .ne.ixAi-fm tiK more that it; was hardly possibiei th't they would ever come back alive, 'but 1 f iiua wt?"14 manned thefts and after "thf,vess hod shelled t'h shore, they pailled im the harbor ana cut Tne caoie unaer ja mitirrlnwilLa i oesx XOlu. oy . lureu!w:uaH i he foUowin,g tters received yesterd by his sister Mrs. T. ii. jd.CK.oK, or tnjtat Off CienUgks, Cuba May 14, 18984 My (Dear Sfsi: , ; I know ypu I will be pleased to ; Spi news of me.iasL V would iDe aeiigntea n- hearing frOni ypu. inoe the war stafj? ed we Jhave;heen having Oj livery tinve on this ship! !We first went to t Wockade of s Havana. 'but after ibeiiis there only? a ffw days we were order ed to 1locka'5 Cienfuegos. on the. so4i coast i The', division consists of tf!e Marbleheadl Jlashvllle and Bagle,. .w'e' The only fexciteanent on the 'Havaaia side was tht me day. we sigMed a"g armoreu crif!jsr kuuiuiu iw The New "Y.Drk, Helena" and "ourseivfes stood for hi- at full speed, the Maitble head ieadlnp. ; We were just about id open fire w&. mthe stranger showed Italian coia'ts to bur great disappoint ment. ; On feur trip around something went wront with the Vompass andsye mm aerroun t off the CJalerado reeS- The Eagle vWhich wasf on our. -pyrt I . t als KTOunded. It was a biatek I - -..L i .. .. H It was S: to Uie morning when H struck and ubout 4:00 in the af tenwj jo when we got clear, without any da; o age to the ships I an glad to jy. took a praise, , he Aaxgonauta, i -w4h some Spanish officers and soldiers. I be had a carg of upp4es for Oienf ue Is, After stayieg a few days off CiemfueJ 9 Btftytny f lw days off Cienfugos f jd and our coal getting tow, we returned to Key West for a fresh supply. -Before going we had a little brush with the -eneemy's torpedo (gunboat, and two torpedo boats. They came out to the entrance to .'the harbor to attack the Eagle (a converted yueh't) and we went to her assistance. It-did! nob redulre many shot to driv them in. and to silence a fort that was on a "hillside on the left of the harbor. Their marks manship was iwretcbjed', althougi many shots came near us and some passed over, neither ship was touched, (We have found out since that one of our shells disaJbled the engines of the tor pedo gunboat and that we burst one and dismounted another gun in the fort, although we fired very few shots. Three days ago the captain determin ed to make an attempt to. cut the cables which leave from the cable . house nea. the light house' "at the en trance to the harbor. By cutting these tables Havana would (be cut . off from communication with the outside world. We knew that there was a garrison on the point atod about 10,000 soldiers about Cienfuiegos, 'but we. hoped to cltar the ibeaoh with the fire from our guns. The expedition was under the command of Lieutenant Winslow, the navigator of the Nashville, and I was griven the wmmanq oi tne launches from this akin fTHVt . M: ' . s-mp. The two saiUng launches with tll L1? !h?, and the steam aaunches with a one pounder in my iaunchi and a Colt au- tomatic in Winsdorw's Iboat itt cover us. The ships shelled the ibeachi in fine style, and we started in . about 6 a. m. I found one of the cables, right off and we tm't it. the cables were armored with heavy steel wire, making really a steel 5 inch hawser, you can tmagino it wa sa job to life it arid, cut" it. When we picked up the second cable the troops on shore had rather gotten over -their fright and some of them started firing on us: (We had rifles in the boat, so while some' worked-the rest. Kept vt'heir nre down. It seems how- at leasst a regiment of men, as a gully mae close to the beach ibock of it. They suddenly opened fire 'on us with rifles, ... machine guns and I .think a Maxim semi-automatic 1 pounder, at a' distance certainly not more than 150 yards off. .' Their shooting was wretch ed or not a man would have been left alive.' 1 certainly did not expect to get back. The- bullets were striking the water and .boat like a. hail storm. My boat suffered mo as their fire seemed to 'be concentrad! on it. I regret I had three poor re'Wows mortally wound- ed one shot through the forehead, one through the liver .and one through the. neck and his jaw- shattered. Four others were wounded. One will lose a leg, the other three were shot, one in -back and t wo In ; leg. The boat was shot through in several places, and was leaking very badly, 'hard work to keep her, afloat. How I escaped I do not understand as my coxswain was shot in the. back early in the game and 1 took ttie helm. .-1 kept the. men in the hot torn 'between the thwarts while rowing off 'to the launch, which was about 200 yards off. and as there was no officer in the "boat to, restrain them they got a liftle rattled. I was seated on the rail all' the time to encourage the men and although -many toulMets passed very close ' to me I was not touched. It is not a. pleasant sensation to toe working under fire and not able to return it, al though there Is an. exultation about It. The ships were -shelling the .beach all the' time we were working, 'Which was about, "three hours, and it was a very grand sight to' see the shells .burst. Sometimes when they shelled the woods - whole trees would be out off and' thrown straight up like aj'dairt from 60 to 70. feet in the air. When the Shells Struck th oalbl 'honwte or : bar racks they would make a round, hole in one side, burst and pulverizing the brinks send it in a reddish funnel shaped '.cloud, along the ground for a hundred yards or more and blowing; the walls down on the off side and setting the wood! work on fire. 'As most of-the shells passed close over our head' .we thoroughly understand what' it is toibe under fire of, artillery. As soon as it it was seen iwhatthe- enlemy was doing, fire was directed on the light house and it was soon a mass of, ruins. The gunnery of the (Marblehead was superb, I . never saw anything to equal Iti tGod "pity the unarmored. ship that tackles us, we have a .reputation of being the 'best marksmen fn the navy. It is all-due to the captain insisting on constant target practice. We have a collier-here and ;will probably lie off here , the rest of the war. It is any thing but pleasant as the rai n y season has set in and there is never a night that all 'hands are not called to general quarters on sighting strange lights. Ice we. only know of by name and fond recollections butter has gone and eggs unknown. "We live on preserved meats ' to which the mess has given the title of "canned dog" to the caterer's great disgust. Shirts have foeen discarded long' ago and as the boilers are in need of fresh water we are allowed, only one gallon of water per day for washing but salt water od- lib. IWe all live in hopes that the Spanish fleet will come over, and that Sampson wl'U give us a chance. The -Tons have "been talking -of coming out ahdi giving us a fight, bust I don't thifik they nave' any. stom ach for It although they have a cruiser, torpedo funhoat (if repaired) and two torpedo -(boats. I must tell you,- not boastfully 'I -trust, but It know you would toe pleased to hear it, the cap-, tain has 'been, saying a good many pretty things to the Officers about ra .intrepidity, coolness, etc., and I . have a good many of the crew" tea me tnat they - would have volunteered) to go aniyrwhere with me. - l f. -Tour loving brother, I - ' t EDWIN, V ' (arWehead, Cienf uegos, May 16.; . My Dear Sister: ' ' I am going to. add a few supplement ary lines to my last' letter.- Some Ou ban officers came on tooard and inform ed us that they they had captured a party from Cienfugos who told them the tne fire from the ships naa Kwiea 350 men. That the I un - killed were the most wfnJ .te.h'ad seen during the w T.hepe were 1.600 men on the point firing a,t the boats and! how anyone j Ig rtainiy strange. Their I marksmanship was certamiy awmre as possible. They also said that Drov4sians were getting so low that an i order ,hajli been published forbidding af- Sjftn, boor non-combatants, Your loving (brother, i BDWUT. - The above letters were private and as a matter of course were not intended for publication,, but by our request and through the permission of omr esieemed townsman, Maior T. H. MoKby, The Messenger is enah-led to lay them, ibe fore an appreciative reading public: lieutenant "Anderson, who 'bore such a conspicuous part in. the engagement at Cienfuegos, was bom in W41mington and Is the ison of the late Jf. E. A- Anderson, one" of Wilmington's most prominent and greatly toe-loved citizens The lieutenant te the ydescenflant of a long line of patriots, his great grand - revolutionary patriot. General (LiHing- I tom. th hero of the-battle of Moore's Creek, fought with the British near our 'awn; dry. The great-grandfather of Ldeu tenant .Andersoni, on his father's side, was the tousSness manager of George Washington in ithe TeVolutton ary war. Those who know- this young Wilmingtoni&nv are. not surprised to learnt of his playing the hero himself. It 'may toe sold, however, that he is over modest ' in the tetters, we print above; for the New Tdrk papers have already p-ubiished - an account of his heroism along .with the other officers and. men who w$ covered themselves with glory at Cienf uegos. We are erlad to learn that lieutenant Anderson was mot wounded In the en gagement as reported, . STILL A Whereabouts of the Oregon and Her Cons6rts ' Still Unknown to the Public, HAVE not; reached key west. -' - -. - t ' - """" 1 r 11 V' Furious Cannonading on Eastern Coast of Cuba.BritlsSteamer Seizi. ed by a BlockadeY and Released-American Style of Warfare De ' nounced in Spanish Cortes Expedition for Manila Nearly yReady to 8tart Another Crisis in Spanish Cabinet . Imminent Explosion of Unknown Nature , - ; in Cuba Another Vessel Captured. KEY WEST 1 '.' , Key West, Flav, May 23. The .battle ship Oregon has not arrived here. (Copyright' toy Associated Press.) -'Port au Prince, Hayti, iMay 23. The following dispatch has been received here from Port de Paix, dated Satur day last, land telegraph communica tion having been interrupted up to to day: . ' J. ' j , ' ; "A furious cannonading was heard on the 19th (Thursday last) in the di rection of the north of Cuba. Today, Saturday, the cannonading continues in a very lively fashion." lPort .de (Paix Is-in the northwestern part of Hayti, and the firing referred to may have been from any part of the eastern extremety of iCuIba, As- the Spaniards claim 'Guantanamo was re cently bombarded" by-i American war ships, the sound of . firing may have come from that direction. " r ! London, 'May 23.--L,loyds' agent at Fara, Brazil, under today's date, cables that three ; American men-of-war ar rived there at 9 o'clock this morning from Rio Janeiro. ! The only. American warships known to be on their, way ! north from Rio Janeiro are the Oregon, the Marietta and the Nictheroy. The, Oregon was last reported officially by L.u0yds' at Bahla, Brazil, on May 9th. and she is believed to have proceded at midnight the same , day.. The : distance from Bahia to Para is about- 1,600 miles, roughly speaklhg. and if Lloyds' report is correct the Oregon .and her consorts have been steaming very slowly. Other reports have placed1 the Oregon at Bar ibadoes, and even hearer . still to the United States. - . ; BRITISH STEAMER SEIZED AND I RELEASED. '' Key Wesit, Fla., May 23. The Brit ish steamer Ardanmhor, Captain Dana, came into port- this morning in charge of an ensign from the -auxiliary gun boat Osceola,' by which - vessel the Ardanmhor was seized, yesterday off Cary's Fort light, because she was act- Sg In a ; suspicious (manner and was pposed to be trying to enter Havana harbor. ; The steamer was released this afternoon by order of - COtnmodore Remey. There is a good dealj, of mys tery as' to why she; was seized, as Cary's Fort light., where she was over hauled by the Osceola,: Is Off-the lor- .Ida coast and more than one hundred miles north of here. ; j i t -. Upon the arrival ofl the Ardanmhor at Key West, Captain Dana made a formal protest to the; British consul here, Mr. Taylor who laid the case be fore Commodore Remey, with the re sult stated above. It. Is thought the affair is now Closed, j The Ardanmhor left New. York on May 17th for Tam plco, Mexico, vii Nassau, with a cargo of. general merchandise. MadjLd, May23.9 a. m. According to current report here, the Spanish re serve fleet will manoeuvre In Cadiz' waters until its. destination is decided upon. , . ;ir :i ' j' ' SPANISH FORTIFICATIONS ABOUT . ' GIBRALTAR. ' It is rumored that the Spanish au thorities propose to "fortify the "Queen of Spain s Chair" on the summit of a mountain Overlooking Gibraltar, and that they also Intend to erect fortlfica-' tlons upon Uropa point, at the eastern" entrance of Algeclras psty, and facing Gibraltar. : ;f A dispatch received . here from Ha vana says the colonial government "has decreed that the importation of food into all the ports of .Cuba are to be duty free. , j ; i B -v, ..Jftl AMERICaIn STYLE OF WARFARE DENOUNCED. 3 p. m-VIn'the senate 1 today Count Almenas vehemently protested against the alleged action of some American warships in displaying the. Span ish flag j in , order ; to deceive the garrison- of Guantanamo as announced on Saturday last in a dis patch from Captain General Blanco, who aded that the American ships were "immediately . recognized and re pulsed." The count asked if the gov ernment had notified the powers of this incident. ' j The minister of the interior, Senor Capdepon,; replied that he had notified the powers and described this reported action as cowardly and Iniquitous." Count Almenas then said that "in view of America's "manner of making war, Spain must immediately decree privateering, , in order to utterly destroy American; shipping." v VTo. this the minister of the interior replied tfiat the governrhent had de liberated upon the matter Vand had even taken - certain decisions which would shortly be known" r ' Count Guendalian said the ; Ameri cans . act or piracy was aumiueu uy certain theorists as international law, Senor Martinez Facheco remarked that-it -was doubtftil whether such an act was . legal. "But," he added, "In face of the Americans' conduct in the war with Spain we must not show con slderatlon! for them." Continuing, , the speaker protested-against Spain s ad herence to the Geneva convention, Whereupon the minister of the interior replied that Spain had not yet entered the convention. . Senator j COnde, professor of interna tional law at the Madrid University, warmly denounced what he was pleas ed to term "the base proceedings" of the United States declaring that If Washington authorized sucn acts, "it did not deserve the name -,-oi a civilized government." The professor then proceeded to unfold a lengthy in dictment of the - alleged war methods of the Americans, insisting that they have shown "no ; respect for the -rights of peoples in the capture of merchant men and bombardments." reiterating that the ."acts of the United States are not those of a, civilized t' ,t - - The grand cordon of aXtrlt1ft been conferred upon Captain Des ZZZ " w conish steamer Mont- serrat whlch recently arrived at Cor- unna rrom uen'v6" . ; ------- regent personally presented the cap tain with the ns"' CUBANS FIGHTING-THEIR ; TO THE COAST. 4WAY Tvrr vork. May 23. A Key West anocial says: The Cubans .are fighting heir way to the coast where they will join with our forces of invasion. Three hundred Cubans engaged a squad of snanish cavalry on Thursday fifteen niies west - of Matanzas. The battle was fiercely waged In sight of the shins on the - blockade statlor. The firing continued after dark and Friday morning - the Spanish cavalry, which had been reinforced during the night by a battalion of infantry,' were seen retreating along the beach In tthe . di rection of Havana,'' j , .i.j3 PRICE 5 CENTS. MYSTERY. A TERRIBLE EXPLISION. Key West, Fla., May 23. The officer's of one, of the United States cruisers. " which arrived here today Bay that while off Cape San Antonio, the "Wes tern extremity of Cuba, yesterday af ternoon a terrific explosion was heard from the direction of the shore, but ap--parently many miles away. There was an upheayel of water all. about the" ship and the cruiser, herself vibrated with, the shock from stem! to stern ! Many are inclined to think that the t phenomenon was an earthquakej There : .re no batteries near enough to Cape I Sart Antonio to account for a detona-i' tion of such volume, and it fs thought? that if any naval disaster had occurred news of it would have reached here. Judge Locker in the United States district court today heard arguments in three or the- most important cases, those of the Buena Ventura, Miguel Joyer and Catallna. A number of counsel made extended citation of au- ' thoritles, that all three vessels should be condemned as lawful prizes. Argu ments against this contention were .' made .by array of counsel representing the various interests, including the , owners of the vessels and their car goes. Judge Locke reserved decision. ANOTHER PRIZE CAPTURED. (Capyr,ight by Associated Press.) St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, May 23,--The British steamer Aldebor- ohgh, Captain Farrant which arrived at Porto Rico on May 6th from Mothil, t Scotland, reachedthls port" from San Juari de Porto Rlpo yesterday morn ing. She reports that an American cruiser captured a Spanish. bark six miles north of San Juan on Saturday morning last. The capture of the ves sel was observed from San Juan.-The prize was towed north. i Mr. Freeman Halstead. the. news paper .correspondent, who has. been. L sentenced to nine years imprisonment for taking photographs of the fortifi cations of San Juan de Porto Rico, has been conveyed -to a convlet - camp to undereo his sentence. " . ' THE EXPEDITION TO MANILA. San Francisco,. May 23. The work of coaling and -provisioning the United States ship Monterey is . progressing - j rapidly and when this has been com pleted the vessel will go 'to Mare Island to take on ammunition and to undergo a thorough examination before she puts to sea. It.is very probable she will go to Honolulu, there to take on another supply-of coal. From Hono- V lulu she will steam as far. as possible when she will be either taken in tow by a collier, 'which is to accompany her, or refill her bunkers from the col- " -Her at sea." It Is generally understood that she wlU make fact time between here and Honolulu to catch the trans ports which leave this port before her. The preparations fo the first expedi tion to Manila are almost ; complete.. The city of Pekln, which wljf probabljr sail tomorrow, will carry 59 officers and 1,044 men, the. city of Sydney 24 officers and 670 men. The Australia 37 officers and 6.76 men. - . ' The troops assigned- to depart -'on jihe Austria anjd the City of , Sydney have been ordered to report '.at the docks of their! respective vessels - to- -morrow morning. The organization , of the second expedition to the Philippines will not be determined until after the arrival of General Wesley Merrltt who is in command of the whole expedition and will reach this city at the, end Of , the week. . . k ; ' , :, IMPORTANT NEWS FROM CUBA." Madrid. May 23. Midnight. The be- ' lief Is prevalent In all circles arid in all sections of the press that the govern- ment is in posessipn of important news from Cuba. Its character has not been - , made public. " : The report that General Britian had sent a note to Spain asking an expla- - nation of the. concentration of troops in tne neignoornooa or uiDraiBar is oi ficlally. denied. London May 24. A dispatch to The Daily iChronlcle from Barcelona, dated Sunday says: A steamer " took one, ; thousand soldiers from Cadiz yester-,-day (Saturday) for the Canaries or the , Philippines and there are two trans-- ; Atlantic liners now, in port here, , ANOTHER SPANISH -CRISIS. ' London, May 24. The Madrid corre spondent of The Daily Mail says: ' "It is safe to predict another cabinet crisis. Senor Puigcerver, - minister of finance, who In the cortes, has abso lutely declined to" adopt an Income tax, being expected -to resign sooju S. M.-Geary, Piersonl Mich. iwrttes: "DeWltt's Witch Hazel Salve Is cur ing mpre piles here today than all other remedies combined. It cures eczema and all other skin diseases." For sale' " by R. R. Benamyr j . Hanged by a ITIob. Padircah, Ky., May 23 Joe Mitchell, colored, are Illinois Central railroad brakeman, who lives here, was-hanged by a mob at Rives, Tetin.. late last night. The hight before Mitchell had shoved a -, white boy tramp off a moving train aC Rives and the 'boy fell oik the track, hav-- " ing his legs cut off at the knees. He lived long enough to tell that Mitchell was his ass attaint. The murderer- was arrested and while being held at the depot to be taken to jail at. Union City, Tenn.. a crowd gathered, and, securing 'him, hung him in ten minutes. Arrested as a Spanish Spy - Taropa, Fla.. May 23.r-J.- Castollanos. a young man who arrived from Key West about three weeks ago and who Is regis tered at the Palmetto hotel as from New York, was arrested today by order - of General Shatter, as a suspected spy. He, was plentifully supplied with money. Castellanos wrote as many as 100 letters a flay, ana tnis,- aogecner .wiui m re covery that-he was traveling under an assumed- -name,, resulted W hls arrest to day. The case will be thoroughly inves tigated. . ' - i Tba Royal is th Mghest grade baUsg piwiw kmowm. Actual taats show It a tUH fiirtfcer thaa aay atkar braatf. Absolutsly Pure kovai awiMa rewMK co., kt w vomc mm -: i t