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.. a. . . - wmmwmm if VOL.XI. NO. 134. WILMINGTON N. C, MONDAlY MAY 30, 188(1 PEICE 5 CENTS. -1 ADMIRAL At Key West to Remain During the Prepara tion for Cuban Invasion. CHANGE OF SPANISH TACTICS. Spanish Officials Now Say Cervera's Fleet is Not at Santiago Report That it is in Central American Waters The Spies Who Tried to Blow up the. Key -West Fortifications Escape Cardenas Harbor Closed by the Spanish Spanish Warships Lying in Wait for the Cruiser Harvard.. Austrian Cruisers Sail for Cuba. ' New York, May 29.-HA. special dis patch If rami Key West says Admiral Sampson. has arrived here and -may re main during Che preparations for ithe Khrhani invasion. This, it ia believed, will not otfctnpy imore than a lew days at ithe most. Admiral 'Samipson's fleet 5s between Havana and Key West with all. on board well. (Copyright .'by Associated Press.) Cape Haytien. Hay ti, (May s 29. No news from Santiago ide Cuba Was ob tainable "here this morning, tout, on t!he other hand, It ds reported, that .two '(vessels of the Cadez fleet said to -be the iPranzy Joseph and the IMarie Teresa, left) Giibraltair yesterday .for Ouiba. The se n am es a re ip robaibl y ' iwr on g, a s Jthere is no Spanish vessel known here as the Franz Joseph, and the -Infanta iMaria Teresa is understood to 'be the flagship of the fleet commanded iby Admiral Ceryera. SPANIARDS SAY CKitVEIRA IS NOT 'AiT SANTIAGO. Kingston, May G9. 11 . . m. Mr. lAl iBert Fowler, a (brother of the British consul at Cienfuegos, received word by the British steamer Adula from Oien fuegos on Thursday, that the Spanish officials at that place said the that only aS-panish torpedo destroyer, the Terror, (possibly the Furor, as t'he ter ror is understood to be at "San Juan de Porto Hico.) of the Cape Verde, was in' the harbor of Santiago de Cuba. !' Madrid, May 29. at was announced (here toda in a dispatch from (Havana that the warships which- have been blockading Santiago de Cuba disap peared yesterday from off that port. It is added that their destination is un- known to the Spanish authorities. Advices revived 'here today from Ha vana say itat a :big sailing, ship from Barcelomia, having on iboar- a cargo of provisions and arms, arrived yester day at NueVitas, the northern port of the city of Porto Principe, capital of the' Cuban province of that name, jafter running the blockade. - It is semi-officially announced that reliable news regarding the iwhare Ja'bouts of the squadron ships coraand ed hy Admiral , Cervera Is not ob tainable, hut it is rumored the Spanish (vessels left Santiago de Cuiba yester day. No official confirniation of t'hi3 rumor can be had. The two vessels reported from Cape J Hay.iJen as having . ueirx uaoraiiar yes terday for Cuba are the Austrian cruiser K&'iserin Maria Theresa and Kaiser (Franz Joseph, and not two-ves-eejs of the Cadiz' -fleet of Spain. The Spanish fleet organized, at Cadiz, is, according to official Madrid, advices, either 'at Cadiz or manoueyering off ithe coast preparatory to sailing for Bame destination to be determined juipon Iby the government. . -."he utiter iabsence of news from. San tiago de Cuba, which is connected with this place by calble ds causing more and imore astonishment as days go !by and mo messages are received in spite of , Ithe fact that the cable is in working: iorder. r fThe Cuban leader here is wagering it hat J he war will not last lohger than June 2it- .The Cubans are very en thusiastic over the idea that the .Span fish, fleet is bottled up at Santiago de Outoa and they say it .surely a fact. St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, IMay 29. The report that the Spanish (torpedo gunboat Terrorf has reached Ban Juan de Porto iRlco is confirmed. She arrived there from' Fort de (France, fisland of Martinque on Friday morn ing. Her .boilers are sti-- said to ibe out or .order. The Spanish transport lA-lphonso XIII, chartered by the Span ish government and loaded' at San juan de Porto Rico with provisions for, Cuiba, is now said to ibe scouting in the rvicinity olf the Porto Rican coast, her crew having refused to try and run ir.iiHan, "blockade. The Alphonso XIII is also said to Ibe carrying freight (between the' different ports or ronu fRico. , , is irnimored here also that all tne fresei? of Admiral; Cervera's fleet are 6t at Santiago de Cuba. Some of Them either did not go there or have lefTse wat.TB a.ccrfrdinj tc repor Incendiarism ds growing in Porto Ktasston, Ja.; May 2l- 7 P-- m.-(r-Dayed in transmission). ha,niiie1 States auxiliary, cruiser HarV, f -erly the American line steamer FYork, is coaling here. She tooK on (board 750 tons.i her' full measure. AS Bomething trifling is wrong with her ' isteering gear aid. her holiers are dirty, Bhe will be ajlowed to remain here twenty-four hours longer than 'Usual under the neutrality regulations. With the exception . of medicines, the Jiar ward has not taken on board any sup- PCommodore Henderson, commanding Ithe (British naval station at 'Port Royal, was asked today if ihe had as reported, received' infonmatlon that lAdmiral Cervera is not in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba. The cornmodore wrote the following reply: "iBy the latest news. Cervera is still' in Santiago 6 p. m. The United States auxiliary nnie. which has been coal- a.t Porto Antonio, eailed today (for an unknown destination. . rphe Chicago Record dispatch tt t i. Via, a arrived here. iboat : cotton says that he has no il'piau' - for itt w IWith indigestion, JDyspepeia, Kidney or other similar affections Drink freely of lAeitna Lithia Water and be relieved jVVe can show you from, our "books the names of some . of the most reliafble pedple in the city, who are drinking (this water IfreeJy, and, who will t tell jyou that they are (being benefited !by f Ask your doctor 51 'he prescribes (Ldthia1 Water, Xf so try AEfTOTA (LITHIA WATER, r ji.50 per case, 25 cts per" gallon Sin R E. WARD. Agent, BuIITIIIG'S PUARUACY. SAMPSON direct inflorimation that iAdmirial Cer vera and his squadron are tin the har bor of Santiago de (Oufba, hut he as sumes that ' Commodore Schley has a reasonable certainty tihat itihe Spaniards are there, or -he would- not remain off that harbor with the American squad? J ron. rrne marine observer sighted a warship far outside the roadstead this evening. She could not be identified. THE SPANISH SPIES ESCAPE. Key West, Fla., May 29. The three supposed Spaniards who tried to blow up the mortar battery near Fort Tay lor Thursday night, have not yet 'been captured. Captain Merrill, comman dant at the fortifications, had armed search parties out looking for them last night, and today the torpedo boat Porter had be,en scouting in the . adja cent waters in search of them, but without success. Thy are thought either to have gotten safely off to Cu ba or to be hiding on one of the neigh boring keys. Two of the suspects were seen driv ing along the beach road near the for tifications yesterday afternoonV They were followed to the eastern end of the island, where they were, joined by a third man. All boarded a row boat and made for Stock islancf, a neighbor ing key. One, who is thought to be the leader, carried a rifle. When last seen their boat was approaching a sloop or schooner lying off Stock island. This .morning, both sloop and small boat were gone. The authorities have de tailed descriptions, of the men. . fVr Among those arrested on suspicion in connection with the attempt to blow up the. mortar battery was Paul Molin, correspondent of The Eclair, of Paris, who was caught .making a sketching of the fortifications. As- soon as his identity was' established, he was re leased, but he is very indignant over the arrest. THE SPANISH CABINET. Madrid, May 29. It is now .known that nothing developed at the cabinet council today to make clear whether Admiral Cervera's squadron is in Santiago harbor or outside it, but Gen eral uorrea, tne minister or war .an nounced that he had received a dis patch from General Blanco to the ef fect, that twelve American' warships were off Santiago yesterday (Satur day), but most of them disappeared today, going in a westerly direction. General Blanco gives it to be under stood that Admiral Cervera's squad ron remains in Santiago harbor. The council decided to make large addi tional purchases of war materials and to prohibit the exportation of silver coins. It is probable that the govern ment on the representations of certain powers, will declare sulphur contra band; ' CERVERA IN CENTRAL.' AMERI CAN WATERS, ' i London,' May 30. A dispatch to The Times from Kingston, Jamaica., dated Saturday, says: - Private information from the most trustworthy sources' indicates that Ad miral Cervera's squadron is not at Santiago de Cuba, but is in Central American waters. CARDENAS HARBOR CLOSED. On Board the Associated. Press Dis patch Boat Wanda, off Cardenas, May 28. Via Key West, May 29.-Cardenas harbor has been completely closed by the Spaniards since the attack of the Winslow and other American torpedo boats. This fact was demonstrated yesterday by an attempt of the Eng- list steamship Myrtledene to enter the port to take, on a cargo of sugar. The Myrtledene had begun to take on ear- so when war1 was- declared, ana sne was ordered out by the American gun boat Machias. The steamer's owners claimed that, under the blockade proc lamation, she-was entitled t6 thirty days to load, and Secretary of the Navy Long gave the snip permission to return ana complete ner crgo. dug found, however, that the haroor. was filled with sunken obstructions ana could not get in. She lies outsiae tne harbor, nestling forlorn and dejected. like a storm beaten bird, .uncertain whether to attempt to bring her car go out in lighters or wait for the war to end. The waters of Cardenas are too shallow for big ships ana tne Winslow tragedy ! probably closes the story of naval operations in that quarter. Key West, laiay za. ren mimuei k the arnw hospital: corps arrived today by steamer from jNeiw York Via Tampa, and went to the army hospital, large number of hospital corps men are now hereana xney expect to arewa." t'hrrniehmit the war, Key West 'being a desirable point for caring for wound ed, owing to CU healthifulness and. its excellent hospital. . : - - SPANISH CRUISER WlAIITiliN'G FOR TH0E3 .HARVTAlRlD. K-infi-stbn. Ja.. May 29. 7 p.' m. The Harvard has finished coaling. Owing" to the friendly feeling tor America r-o. -d.nrl because the coaling ibegun before the British naval engineer had fixed the amount she couia taice mow tons.) it is .believed toy the towns peo ple that she filed1 her (bunkers. - tfcsut such is not .tne case; one now, with that 'she nan,; days at half speed. She will sail to-, morrow morning for a destination not disclosed. The strange vessel, ingly a warship sighted off Port Royal ,w?v, a winra tor the gossips mat "6"- - to .be a Spanish cruiser wi" Harvard. ' . . Sparks The United States auxiliary Tankee sailed Sunday from New York. ft. la officially announced that 400,000 jbons of Wheat are still availabl for ex- port from Argentina. , - The United States steamship Monad nock has been painted the war color and the United Stat steamship colier Bru tus is now betas similarly treated. The Monterey will go to Honolulu un der her own steam and then take a tow from the Brutus. Three towing hawsers of twelve inch Manila, 720 feet long, have been delivered to the navy yard. ," The French President on the War Paris, May b. f'aw. at -the unveiling of the' monument to the combatants of 1870 at Stetlennei today referreji In the course of his epeeohi W the HJspano Amerioaai. war, expressing his regrets that the efforts of France am the other powers had, failed to prevent a conflict. The president declared: 'that France was i,JL a. nrmintairk the strictest .neu- traUty, and he said he earoestly hoped that the enorra oi tiw rv" would eucoeea m resir ya. A. steamer Agronnd New Dondon, Com., --L ta.Truptr City Of warcessei-, i. wTmieT Vu night ran hard ponr morant reef, during a thick f6g. She fill- muiv .nrt, !hfr officers found it nec essary to beaohi hrer, AH her passengers BUTLEB'S SIBPBISB At tlie Complete Snubbing by tn Dem ocratic Convention Another Floral I Decoration for Ensign Baeley'a Grave Camp Rnsacll Notes. . afessenger OBurean, ICaleigh, N. C, (May 29. The irailitary order of th'e Lioyal L& gio,n, of Waahiington, today sent Mrs. Adelaide (Bagiey st particularly hand some (floral tribute to (be placed, tomor row, (Decoration, !Day, on the grave of (Ensign Worthi Bagiey. The grave Will be Ibanked with flowers land on It flags iwill ibe placed toy the local post of ithe Grand Army, of the! Repuiblio, The trilbute fromi George Meade IPost, No. 1, of Philadelphia, will he at the head of the grave. The local post will go to the grave at the conclusion; of ithe exer cises at .the national cemetery. The confederate veterans from the soldiers home will, as usual, participate. This evening at the chapel "of the ag ricultural and mechanical college, here Rev. Dr. Hartley Carmichael preached the baccalaureate sermon. This will he a "busy week for the Second regiment. The first ibattalion is far enough advanced to ibegin ibat talion. drill toy .Wednesday. The two other ibattalions will be ready to ibegin it toy the end of the week. An excursion from (Fayetteville ar rived here today. The people came to see .the soldiers and Camp Russell. It will toe Remembered that the day toefore the First regiment left here for Jacksonville Mrs. King attempted toy means Of (habeas corpus, proceedings before Judge Purnell to secure ithe dis charge of her son, who she' claimed was only 17 years old. The judge de cided (be had no jurisdiction. Mrs. King then got to work on Senator Pritchard and the latter secured the discharge. ' There . is a good deal of laughter at Senator (Butier'e surprise at the com plete snubbing " the democratic state convention gave him. In defiance of the statements olf some of the most earnest silver nhtem in the convention the senator makes the assertion that enemies of Bryan controlled it. Sena tor Butler's political power in. .North Carolina .was destroyed at a stroke. No wonder he is sore. Just so soon as the power to "trade" was .taken away fromf the populist leaders, their power ended. The con convention struck that .blow. It was a new "declaration of Independence.'' Jhaplain Osborne of the Second reg iment being at Charlotte today ser vices were conducted at Camp Russell this morning toy Tt'ev. Dr. Pittinger,, rector of the Church of the Good Shep herd, who during the civil war was an army chaplain' - ' "i The matter of procuring clothing and equipments for the Second regiment is toeing most vigorously pressed by the United States officers here. ; .' ! It is said that the ' Third regiment companies 'are to -toe ordered into camp here June 7th. You correspondent learns that one reason for .the government's slowness In. equipping the First and Second reg iments is that dt vvas thought they would -all toe guard organizations and Were fully equipped. The govern ment evidently thought that all over the country all guardsmen would en-, list, and so make up the 125,000 of the first call. But not over 80 per cent volunteered and .not 60 "per cent were properly equipped. VICTORY THAT WAS NOT GAINED. A Spanish Aceount of the Defeat of Sampson's Fleet With the Sinking of Two of His Ships. Madrid, May 20. 7 p. m. E1 Progresso publishes a disipatch, purporting to come f rom Paris, giving details of an alleged 'battle near Jamacia, in iwhich, It is said, two American iwarships were destroyed and) One: Spanish' warship was Injured. Although the account is very circumstantial as to time, place, incidents . and results, it is received here 'With suspicion. . The story ds 'that Commodore Schley's squadron, parted from iRear Admiral Sampson's off Cape 'Maysi, the eastern point of Cuba, and steered toward the Yucatan passage, followed closely hy Sampson's ship. (Both were sighted- from the watch towers of Santiago de Cuba. : ! j " Rear Admiral Sampson arrived off the province of Puerto Principe, con tinuing i thence in. the' direction of Ja macia. Admiral Ceryera left Santiago. Thursday, iMay 26th, at midnight, all his lights "being extinguished, with the Vizcaya and the - Almirante Ojuendo, preceded by the torpedo (boat destroy er iFuror. He took up a position, iri proximity to Jamacia. T.wo hours later the remainder of Admiral Cer vera's -squadron withdrew from the har bor of Santiago, and proceeded in a southerly, direction. . t On the morning of Triday the Furor came up rapidly to the Vizcaya and the Almirante Oquendo', advising Ad miral Cervera -otf the approach of the enemy. , '.ttear Admiral Sampson's ships steamed at f ull speed toward the Spanr ish vessels, -wihlch . accepted com'bat. Wt-mwed in a southerly direction to effect a Juncture -with the remainder of the Spanish . squadron. Presently the battle raged furiously on "both sides. The Americans detached three cruisers and threes smaller ships to surround the Vizcaya and the Almirante Oquen do. The IFuror (between the cross Are of the enemy, made for the American flagship, notwithstanding the fire of the heavy guns. 4 The outcome of the contest was that two American warships were sunk and one ISpanish "warship disabled in 4'ts steering gear. The remaining vessels of the American squadron were so much damaged that they were' com peied to take refuge in Haytien waters. It is reported that the Cristobal Colon' captured one American ship which had been disabled (from a shot hy'the Viz caya that perforated her side. The Vizcaya risked destruction! from, an American destroyer. . . It is (believed that after the combat the Spaniards sailed for Havana, or if . the condition of the vesseisuor the pres ence of a superior force of the enemy, reiquired, 'took refuge at Cardenas or The pulb'licatlon of this dispatch from Paris caused an excited discussion of the conflicting reports from various sources, -which comibietely aJbsortbed all sections of the press and all circles of the. mirblic In Madrid. SpeakMig today of yesterday's rumors of the defeat of the. Americans and the oeawi or itear Admlral Sampson, Captain Aunon, the minister Of marine, without crediting it in the ahsence of official confirmation remarked that the event was neariy wS thin the limi'ts of possibility. It is hoped that the result of today's caJbkiet council win aiscioseiniorjii'o.i.iv.ii. wu flrmiing r denying the report. (London, May 29. The circuinsiances uniflpr -which Bl Progresso's remarK- niMe torv apfDears seem, to discredit It. , Apparemtly the Paris correspondent oi that newspaper ds the sole possessor off the information he pretends to toave. The most reliable Paris news agencies have received nothing on the subject. It 4s possible the story nas oeen given a Paris date In Madrid for some un- discernatte reason, though, if St emar nates from official sources it 4s incon ceivable that the. government should toe unwilling to give out favorable mews on its responsibility. ' wnfehine-ton. May Zd.-'-The Associat- Press disoatch from Madrid giving an account of a naval battle between the' combined squadrons of Sampson finhipv iind that of Cervera is absolutely discredited by naval offi cials.' Their advices show that it ia I llllfl DIB 'V V--y In a Collision With a British Steamer. HUGE HOLE IN HER SIDE In a Dense Fog O AT Fire Island, the Ves sels Come Together with Fearfnl . Force-The Bow of the Britisher Cuts an Immense Hole In the Side of the Cruiser The Steamer Sinks The Cruiser at Brooklyn Navy Yard. Crew of the Steamer Rescued. New York, May 29. When the Unit ed States cruiser Columbia, in com mand of Captain Sands, anchored off Tompkinsville", S. I., this afternoon, it was. seen that she had a large Jagged hole stabbed In her starboard side, abreast of the ' mainmast and immed? lately forward; of the after barbette. Above the water line the hole extend ed about ten feet high and six feet wide. Just how far below the water line the cruiser was damaged "could not be ascertained and none of the naval officers" would give anyinforma tion in regard to the accident. As. soon as the vessel came to anchor, the captain and crew, twenty-one in all, of the British steamer Foscolla, which left this port yesterday with a cargo of machinery and general merchandise for Bordeaux, went ashore. Neither the captain nor any of his crew would talk when they landed. and left at once for New York to report, to the agents of the company to 'which the vessel belonged. No one was allowed to go on board the Columbia, but to a lrepresentative of the Associated Press. wno rowea out to tne cruiser, the offi cer of -the deck made the following brief statement: ; "About 7:40 o'clock yesterday after noon the British steamship Foscolla, collided . with our vessel during a dense fog. We were then fibou eight miles southwest of Fire Island light. We lowered two life-boats and rescu ed the captain and crew, numbering twenty-one all told. We stood by un til the Foscolia sank at 3 o'clock this morning. As soon as we arrived here, we sent the rescued men j ashore. 'Fur ther information in. reference to the accident I cannot give you." 1 About 4 o'clock one of the navy yard I tugs steamed alongside the cruiser and delivered some messages. from Rear Admiral . Bunce, commandant at the. navy yard, Brooklyn. A few min utes later the Columbia headed for the Brooklyn navy yard, where it is sup posed she will be drydocked in order 00004 5 TMPrtPTAlffT PVPHIT9 HP TITt? HAV - Off Fire Island the S CruiserColumbia at 7:40 O'clock J Tremendous Hole in" Her Side. . The two War Balloons to be Have Arrived at New Yoek and ineyuvstion ot bale oi liamsh Westy indie's to the United . j t r-..,j c. T"i . r S l ; States is Revived at St.. Thomas Near Concord, N. tC.,-a Miss Hartsell Assaulted and Mur dered. Her Supposed' Ravisher has Been Captured. Two Ne groes were Lynched Last Night. jy- - ' :. A Paris.Newspaper Gives an Aecount of 4 Victory by Cevera's Fleet Over Sampson's. . '. ' -I 1 It is said now that Cevera's Fleet is hi Central American Waters. ' ; - .' .:' f: , , - . . ; ' .-V Spanish Advices say Schley's Fleet Has Left the Mouth of Santiago Harbor. . -t The Nayy Department has Definite Adyjces that the Spanish Fleet is at Santiago. . ,-. ' ' Baltimore has a $250,000 Fire in Burning dt Street Car Barn and Cars. ' . . . The Winchestsr and the Union Companies are Rushing the Manufacture or bmall Arms Ammunition. p to ascertain the full extent of her in juries. Captain J. Evans, ; of the Foscolia, after reaching this city, said regard ing the collision: ; "The Foscolia cleared from this port at noon on Saturday; with a general cargo of about 2,200 tons. ' All went well until evining, when a heavy fog set in. I was on the bridge and or dered the lights up and the fog "whis tle kept blowing. As the fog grew denser, the speed of the Foscolia was reduced to one-half. - , "About 8 o'clock Lookout Johnson, on the! forecastle, and Thompson on the bridge, reported a. steamer on the port bow. Our lights were burning brightly and the fog signal was whis tling. ; I looked up and saw a" big steamer with four funnels dead ahead. As the steamers were not 200 yards apart, I saw that a collision was in evitable. . I blew three : whistles and the approaching vessel answered with one blast. That was the first time I heard the Columbia's whistle. Instant ly I ordered our engines full speed astern. . "The vessels came together, howev er, with a terrible crash and the bow of the Foscolia ran. upon the cruiser's armor belt and then ' cut through her spbnson. They remained locked for a couple of seconds, but the backing of the Foscolia engines, tore orr ner Dow as far back as the first water-tight bulkhead. The wreckage stuck in the cruiser's, side above and below the wa terline and caused the Columbia to list considerably. Had it 'not been for the bulging of the sponsqn on the -side of the warship the Foscolia would only have struck the Columbia a glancing blow. , The bow of the Foscolia be came wedged between the sponson and hull of the cruiser and the bow or my boat was completely wrenched off. . "It was calm at the time of the col lision. After backing away I saw that .the injury to the Foscolia was serious and instantly ordered the lifeboats launched. They were in. the water in iust four minutes, and my fifteen con m A"n wprp ordered Into them. I re mained aboard the wreck with my five officers. My engineers, after trying the engines, reported them to be so badly deranged by the collision as to re incanable of working the ship. The Foscolia was leaking bad lv and the pumps were started, The crew was sent aboard the cruiser which had 'a hole in her starboard side large enough to drive a team and car- Tl o era thrnnch. The Tmmns were kept I working until 10:30 o'clock p. m., but the Foscolia was getting lower and lower in the water. Two boats from the Columbia ' were standing by me and Lieutenant Williams asked me at that hour what I intended doing. I replied that I would stand by my ship until she went down.. Then I ordered the officers into the lifeboat, and I. re mained at the main rigging while the steamshipjcontinued to sink. I gotjn to the small boat and remained with my officers about fifty yards from the: sinking ship. Exactly at 3 o'clock a. m. the Foscolla went down head first In about nineteen fathoms of water. It re-appeared again a few minutes la ter and then disappeared forever stern At KnriA of mv men were hurt. - Tti FnsCnlia was an Iron vessel of an tons net and 1.M6 xons gross. launched at Low, England, in 1879. and hr hailine port is London. She was 252 feet lonf, 84 feet beam, . I MM 1 ? . v ' V.r ' Schleysj Cruise Alo&g the Cuban Coast. 4 i n I ft FORMIDABLE FLEET. .5 . Ca,4 pi the Guns Disappointment Over the;Palse Alarm -The irten Chrrf ten the buns On the Flagshlp-Ei cltemcnt Over News of the Spahl'ft Fleet Being it Santiago The Insu ' gents No to be Depended On. iaac Become Offended. (Correspodence of Associated Pressf (Copyright by Associated Press.) M ' Off Cieifuegos, Cuba, May 23. TffV squaaron assigned to special duty,al which foiIndTits name frnm ita flw'Tv nucleus 1'hfe flying squadron," 10: Key Westo on Thursdav. Mn v iath : ( Commodore : Schlevs orflprs vimrn v'i I proceed t(J Cienf uegos where he . wo S Ha t. t T be joinedj'by. the .Iowa, then takif coai at Jiey. west, the Marblehead aW J the Nashyille and two torpedo bbatjf. Less than! two hours out from kv wo oli west, the ftruiser Marblehead was sn going to hei northeast. She signaled that she Vas running into Key' West for coaL A..half hour later the con- vprted yaj?!h,t Wasfftwas sighted and the Scorpyon, at Commodore Schley?s order, waSf. sent out to intercept ,h and get ns.. She reported that; tjj tolockade at Cienf ueferoa had been jfinll.r , IvS. II . . r-t that had-sdone such splendid wbnfe there, having received the Unitel States :. g&vernment notice that tF Spanish meet was. supposed to Ki heading in that direction. She also rif out one ofiherrstarboard high-pressuf s vjriuiun'. iieo.ua a.uu was sieitming J t slbWly forrepairs. There had beenE f nrmg at i?ienfuegos- since the cabj. cutting epjsode. ' ': $ -On .Friflaylsi morning at 9 o'clocl "i when jusfoinr,sight Qf Cape San Ari was madeout on the horizon. A ca i to the gurjsvand to prepare for actil; awakened uthe ; greatest enthusiasjilf among officers and men and much disjSla appointment? was manifest when tK strangeraf were made out to be tjrfy umtea atyites cruiser Cincinnati the dynatfiite "cruiser Vesuvius. Ca tain Chester,, of the Cincinnati, carrel aboard .thi Brooklyn and to Gomm dore Schlep gave a ' summary of theirs patrol wopk j about the coast. ThsS ilOcU uuv ocrii iiic w ytxiLiaii. nctf .ftf;j . - . . British-Steamer Bjocolia Ran into the Saturday Evening, Cutting a . j ? , ' Used in fthe Cuban Campaign .will be Shipped South. ' ? 4 . . . r the captain of the Cincinnati said thai he believed: It- to be .of no utility ii attempt to land munitions of war qU the coast unless we landed trooos also? ror aDsomteiy no dependence could be placed upqfn the Insurgents for assist ance. He fbelievea that the arms and ammunitiojif already ' landed ' was 1 tne nanasof the, Spanish. Maceo, tnj insurgent ileader, "had not shown anjr interest in the-matter, but had clainj.. ea to nave i qeen insulted Decause tft j rrtTnTirtlinimtlrvn"ci ootit htm ot inuat vlcfci ...... . . . VU ..U ...... Mi 1. M. .. 111C TTt ilWI., LHm.JU.ll Jf aUUlCOSCL t Saturday &t ;v o clcok Cienf uegos waj sighted. ' Sunday morning at 7:5.) o'clock while . at breakfast, a torper i boat was Seen near the entrance of th harbor. It proved to be the torped, boat Dupojnf with dispatches for th fleet.-- V'rl--.'.. E A close inspection of the harbon f Cienf ueerok failed to reveal' any indices tion of th4 Spanish fleet, "although tl';' ftVkAwA Kntfhnlaa.riaflantlv " ..late&rf thai .' r Spanish standards. A group of cavaY ry was seeW on shore at one point, btrt t one- Tiolnt. Mt.l . . . Z . i a . . At noon uie igwa Bteameu 4- wimi sierht andlioined the sauadron. . At 5 o'clock ' Commodore Schley tot his squadron, now a most formidahjiy1 aggregation of ships, and ran ciose X0t to Cienf ueros harbor, discovering that there were? no warships there, but oiily a few schonvs and a small gunboafe. "It is the spamsn squacron i m IO01&- ins for." said the-fighting commodom "and not . f ew almost ruined Spanish subjects ifcCuba, and so not 'a spjE was nred.g' Sunday ivehlng on the Sflagship toofc place the christening of the guns. The men in the bort 8-inch turret had slims oalflted to -put over their and labeled the "Deweyf and "the "Schley," 3tt the starboard turret they "Cushing'lk and In the forward turrti the "Kid ;IcKoy" and "John L. Sulli van." Ofe of the 5-inch guns wg named th "Paul Jones" and In LIeK tenant Rush's after" 8-inch turfet tw?, big guns rjvere named the "Lawrenc j; and the'JPerry." On Monday morning, May 23rd grej t excitement ; was caused by news thi t the.Soanfeh fleet was at Santiago-' i B Cuba. Tre news was brought by- tl ie Hawk, th r converted yacht, whi came from: Key West with the gut. boat Castihe and the collier Merrlm: j. Her capt$in ; said that the ; Minnean, lis, whlchj j had been sent vScoutt; through the Windward passage n a discovered - the fleet morning Jandfliad run to Hayti: atfc MmiTnm all speedy. , - it-"- v - i . . ' , V . .:'.! . ik. Schley and the Associated Press corte- 1 . . : i ! - e wk of coaling airthe vell ZZa t.h immo.iioteiT ' and activity Continued all the morning , OfB tpenfuegos, May j, 24. The plan to iseek the1 Spanish! " ' fleet; at .ontMii iba. jwhere It was helieV4 edi to was' changed later on May utSi-tvc ittie toformation brought fty rthe British shipMAJdula, stopped outtside iibf ,bnJiuea50s tlockade (by order.ictf OomodOT Schley- Oeutenant BdiWftrd Stanpsonof the flagshl'P' 'Brooklyn, -was sent to .bard iher and received valuable Information. 'Captain Walker - said 3ie was toound for Cienfugo3 rwith, an order of Con sul Dent, at' Kingston, Jamaoia, to bring off Seaman Hoffem. of Ithe United States ship Niagara lying to fhe-'hospital there with a .broken leg, and such neutrals and other Americans as toe could, tftnd there. (He 'had visited the same por t some ten days ago and taken 327 passengers of whom only four were citizens of the United States. He was in Santiago, de Cuiba on May 17th last on tola way to Jamacia and while in pport there the toatterles opened fire on two American warships, lying off the hartoor. The flptng'.lbeg'ain at 12 o'clock and lasted until 1:30 p. m. The ships were thought to toe - the Harvard and the cruiser Minneapolis." : Perhaps the most important inf orma-' tfon toy him was that given toy pilots at Cienfuegos and! San tiago de - Cuba, fR'McJt, of course, may not Ibe entirely reliable. He saidi - thatl .twenty-seven electric mines had toeen . Haid in Cdesn- fuegos tourbor tout that" they did not work well and that the electric con nections were broken: and the mines were fixed so as to explode toy contact. He . did not 'know the position of the mines). (When he was in the harbor a week ago, t&ere was one torpedo tooat whifih had' toeen somewhat , damaged in an encounter iwlth the Eagle, one f the United States auxiliary gunboats "and, two small gunboats atoout. the size of a -large .tug The harbor of San tiago had about twenty kne elec- striC; mines Sn it and the- place from- which they were worked ha)tched) hut on the west side of the entrance, 300 yards ln- There were no contact mines there 'that, he knew of. The squadron, 4s. now' a heavy and f foida;ble one- Three thousand rounds .of .ammunition- were transferred to the ; Marblehead. this morning, and there , will toe an attempt made to land it. S.,C. P. Jones, Milesburg, Pa., writes: have used IeWitt's little Early Risers ever since they were introduced here and must say I have never used any pills in my family during forty years of house keeping .that gave such satisfactory results as a laxative or cathartic. .For ale by R. R, Bellamy. COLONEL BUBGWYN. Goes to-' Washington to Secure Uni forms for His Regiment. CSpecial to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, May 29. Colonel Bur- gwyn left this afternoon for Washington to see Senators Butler and Pritchard suWdi call on, the' secretary of War in re gard to procuring, arms, equipment aiwi 'uniforms f drvthe Second reglmenti Colo nel -Burgwyn said: "I will ask to be given Uthe best magazine rifle, the Krag-Jorgen- son, if possible. I will also enaeavor to g-et instruments ' for our 'band. I leave Major Dixon in command during my ab sence, as Senior Major "Wilder is at home at Louisburg on leave. I hope to return there Wednesday. 'We had a 'capital ser- moni at camp -this morning by Dp, Pit- tinger and he had a very large congre gation. --' ' ' " Ufudge Purnell tells me "he has writ ten United States Commissioner C. K. 'Proctor, of Lumberton, that his resigna tion will be accepted if tendered m'Thirty days. . ... tate to bed and early to rise, pre pares a man for his home In the skies. Early to ibed and a Little Early Riser, the ipill that makes life longer and ibet- l'ter and wise.. iPor sale ty R. R. Bel lamy. PEACE INSTITUTE. Commencement Exercises Interesting Programme Prizes and. HonorsWon. A Successful Ending of a .. Successful Term. (Correspondence Of The Messenger.) . ! -'Raleigh, N. C, May 28. Amidst ihe excitements of war and con quest, .we must not . neglect the young women going out into life,. The com mencement exercises of Peace Insti tute have engaged all - the energies of scores of ' young hearts for the last few weeks. Th'e graduate recital of 'Miss Margaret Exum, of Goldsboro, N. C, and .Miss Annie . -MaeLiean',:. of Laurinburg, was. an unusually fine performance. The music was of a very high order, was all played without notes and. each young lady had! a large - repertoire. . A similar recital was also given by Miss Bettie W. Johnson, of Wilmington. he played also without notes and: used a great variety and a large number Of pieces, he is a nerformer of great dowcj and hiais a. won- 'derfully fine touch. - On Friday, the 27th, from 10:30 a. m. to 12- o'clock the regular-commencement was held., There were twelve young ladies who received certificates for having com pleted one or more schools with satisfac tory examinations. There were four grad uates in musics one graduate In literature and science and- two graduates in. -literature and language, but only one "full graduate The names of these are as follows: Certificates Helen . Dinwiddle, Ten nessee, art: Margaret Etheredge, North Carolina,! art; Anna Jones', 'North Caro lina, English, history, science, mental and .moral philosophy; Camanie McCasklll, North Carolina, English! and History; Annie McLean. North. Carolina, Latin; Bessie McLean', North Carolina, English, History, 'elocution': Jeannie Ciray iMlller, Vircrtnia. mathematics; Zemulah Miller,, Alabama, . elocution; Annabel'les (Mitchell,1 Pennsylvania. Engusn and. elocution; Lottie Morton, Virginia, German, Latin, ma thematics ? Mat t ie Rigsbee, North Carolina, mathematics, lingiisn, - wstory, elocution; Cornelia Shaw, North Caroli na, .elocution; Carrie White, Virginia, 1 . . w.n'i. vtr t i ,T iv. Carolina, piano; Marg-aret Exum, North Camima .n.la.no: Annie 'McLeanL . WOrtn Carolina. .tiano: Annie 'McLean', North Carolina, piano; Bessie Brown, Texas, lit erature and language ; neien xjinwicioie, Tennessee, literature and. 'language, sec ond honor; Jennie Hill, Wisconsin, litera ture and BCience. - Full Graduate Emily Dinwiddle, Vir ginia, first honor. Matffiemaacs Medal J emue a. iui, Wisconsin. .Judge Walter Clark, of itaieign, pre sented the diplomas in a speech well suited to the times, and full of timely thought, beautifully expressed. .The Everett 'Matnemaiucai mwai pre- P!n.ted. bv Dr. D. E. Everett, of Raleign,i .was won by "Miss' Jennie A. Hill, of Wis consin. This medal is sougnt witn grea-x mnw. It is given to the inemlber jt i-.hifl emduatlne class iru mathematics whio imakes the highest average grade in rihtti- Whirtte course ' to matheinaitics. This. lis a irarely beautiful medal and contains l f30.00 worth oi gom The entire conHnencement was a great te,wvfta The morale or tne mstituxiwn a a i nw,r better. The young ladles showed every evidence of thorough edu cation!, high culture and. elegant manners. The art worK on exni oiwu uuims winf!s(ia.v. Thursdav and Friday was particularly good.- The amount or wotk done" by the class was enormous and of There was a large amount of decorated Chiinja painted' and burned at the institute. it ma vktv Deaumiui- ana vaaussuuitr. xu.- frtnTi mieht paw a great deal of it. Tmlav- rsaturday) the. young ladies are leaving on every train and quite a num ber departed on tine mgnx trains. "I. don't know, there may he others,' he Raid, "tout I have used tParteers Tolu CougU Syrup' In my family for years and would not jte without it. i -wr . ' d x i. - tin. mm -v ruiiw mna in- JXTrr "ev, t rrwi,, irvtrh ! iivcrcwT nnnn .him." j -Whooping Cougn, I tism Ckhto .Broai AAniTur rwmtpii. Sore Throat, Hoarse ness. Croup .Bronchitis and Wnderd ail ments. Coatab fi I cmtt ja .rvleasant to . take and a safe rndv for children. For sale by J. C. Sheoard. J. H. Hardin and H. 1u Fen tress. A Big Fire.' ci-amfTvi. rvwiini.- "Mav S3. Tbe plant of .the (F R- Gillespie Compaaiy, grinders of -mriArai(i iLnrateA nit waterside, tins ciiy. .was almost completely destroyed by fire early today. The loss rougnay estunai A .t; S150.000. and as nearly as can. be learned, ..the Insurance Is only about one tenth of that sum, . -.- j CERYERA IS CAUGHT Doubt No Longer! Exists as to the Spanish Fleet Being at Santiago. ' . i SCHLEY HAS SEEN THE SHIPS.!! He Cabled This News to the Navy Department at a tkte Hour Last Night. " Orders Issued for thenTroops in Florida to Move on Cuba Sun H day an Uneventful Day Among the Departments Rush- : - ing Manufacture, of Small Arms Ammunition--Or-! ganizing the Army Corps at Tampa To be 1 - ' . - Stricter Censorship of War News. Washington, r. C., May 29. At all of the departments and at the White house. Sunday was an unevent ful day. The president, asi is his cus-i toin, attended church , in the morning and took a drive in the afternoon. Secretary Alger and General Miles and some of their assistants were at the war department during the day, and the three assistant secretaries of state spent some time in their office. Captain Goodrich, of the auitiiary cruiser St; Louis, which returned to New York yesterday from her cruise in the West Indies, was at the navy department in the morning for consul - tation with the officials in regard to the future movements of the ship a,nd the increase of4her armament., i About twenty governors of states ahd territories have replied to Secreta ry Alger's telegrams asking for I their views regarding the filling of the pres ent volunteer regiments to their maxi mum strength before beginning the formation of new organizations. ; Some of them indicate a preference for the re cruiting of entirely new- regiments as under the first call, leaving the pres ent organizations With the number of men now contained-. In them, though practically all promise th government any amount of troops that are want- ed. It is the president's desire, how ever, that the6 organizations already formed shall be filled . to their maxi mum strength as the law provides and this policy will be Carried out in re cruiting under -the second call, j The apportionment to the states has been made up, but not yet given to the pub lic; Through urgent representations to Secretary Alger; some of the states were permitted under the first call to furnish a' greater number of troops than they were, legally entitled to" on the basis, of population. Consequently in raising the 75,000 men under, the second call these inequalities will be remedied - as far as practicable,; with the 'result that some of the states may not be called on to furnish any of the men needed. This course probably may give rise to discontent in states where men.are anxious to serve, but it is1 regarded as the .only fair way in which to proceed. ( ) , From an intimation from a high ar my sources it Is regarded as ! almost certain that there will be no Import ant move of the army until the Span ish fleet Is disposed of. j Adjutant General Corbin said Jtoday that it had been definitely decided to use . about 50,000 of the volunteers; to be raised under the new call in filling out deficient regiments already organized under the old call. - It would; take about that number, he thought, to fill each company., up to the maximum limit of 106 men.' The remaining! 25,000 would be organized into regiments of three battalions . each and distributed among the states and territories In ex actly the same proportion as under-the first, call. ' No cavalry, however, would be accepted and only a very limited number of artillery. . ' i . - The advices from Commodore Schley indicate that he is now and has been for several days guarding the entrance to the' bay of Santiago de Cuba, i Com modore Schley has not only his own squadron, but two or three vessels be sides, at his command, and it is' not believed to be possible for the Spanish admiral to escape with his fleet either py day or oy nignt. . . No information is obtainable i as to the intentions of Commodore Schley. Whether he will endeavor . to force an entrance , to the bay and seek a-battle with the Spanish squadron , . is not known, but such a course at present is'not regarded asdikely. It would be better, in the opinion of some .naval officials, to keep1 Cervera and his ves sels safely In the harbor, where, they are absolutely useless, as they would be at the bottom of the sea. - CERVERA CERTAINLY AT SANTI- '" AGO. 1 Washington, May 30 At 12:30 o'clock this (Monday) morning the 'navy de partment received a dispatch! from Commodore Schley announcing defi nitely that he had located Admiral Cervera's Cape Verde squadron in the bay of -Santiago de Cuba. Thel com modore states that he had seen and decognized the vessels of the Spanish fleet. - . j. While the naval officials have been morally certain for several days that' Cervera s squadron was in the harbor of Santliago, the official announcement from Commodore Schley was received by the officers on duty at the depart ment with Intense satisfaction, i As surance Is now doubly sure that the Spanish fleet is bottled up and j that the cork is in the bottle.. , It is not be lieved that Admiral Cervera will at tempt to. escape from the predicament in which he finds himself, as such a course would surely result in the de struction of his vessels and the loss of many lives precious to . Spain. ! The suggestion is made, however, that the Spaniard may blow up his ships rather than have them fall into the hands of Schley, as they will, if they remain in the harbor. The definiteness of Commodore Schley's dispatch would indicate that he has effected a landing near Santia go and made a personal Investigation of the harbor. ' It would be impossible from the entrance to the bay definitely to see and recognize the Spanish ves sels, but by effecting a landing at some point on either side of the entrance a vantage point could be gained very likely from which the entire harbor could be examined. - In all probability Commodore Schley or one of his trust ed officers has successfully performed this hazardous undertaking In order to obtain the valuable Information con Tanrna TTa. : Tifav 9.9 The oecona Ma acta Ch ii sett a vnlnnteers now en camped at Lakeland, and, wren- one ontinn ' (tVto 2 Spventy-first New York) the only regiment of volunteers .r-V.a Tfli"!-!! ormv C.OTVB. lino ucu v - fri Wnk camp, according to an or ueaGeneral I .i,r an -arm be broug hakai m nrao ir r'M.i ill.' fialir and will De uiuugui . 0.0.111 It will go into camp near the Eighth and Twenty-secouu w,ich with the Second Massa chusetts, compose the First brigade of the Second division in command of ftHadier 'General Adna R. Chaffee. It is said on good authority that the re moval of the Second Massachusetts from Lakeland will soon be followed by the transfer' to Tampa of the Seventy-first New York and . the Tenth regiment of cavalry. The ob ject Is to have all the troops of the Fifth brigaded together at this point for shipment to Cuba. RUSHING AMMUNITION MANU FACTURE.' Philadelphia, ' May 29. Beginning 4 Tuesday, the Frankfort arsenal will discontinue the manufacture of all small ammunition, except the car tridges for the Krag-Jorgansen rifles. The government has made a contract 'with the- Union Metallic Cartridge Company and' the Winchester Repeat ing Arms Company to furnish the 35 calibre Springfield riflf Cartridges ana the 38-calibre revolver ammunition. The hours of labor at the arsenal will also be increased from ' sixteen . to -twenty hours a day, which will permit the turning out of 200,000 rounds . of ammunltionfper day. As soon as pos sible, the working hours will be ex tended to "three shifts of, eight hours each. " - ORDERS ISSUED FOR THE : MOVE ON CUBA. . New York, May 29. A special dis patch to The Tribune from Washing ton says: Orders have at last arone forward to Major General Shatter at Tampa to embark the . greater portion of his corps, including all the regulars and a, few of the most efficient volun teer regiments on board the transports gatnerea at tnat place, and the ag gressive military movement which -has been so. frequently predicted and as Often delayed for one cause ori anoth er, wilT be an accepted fact before the end of the week. The strongest ships of Admiral Sampsdn's . recognized squadron will convoy the expedition and cover its-landing at a point now definitely designated. . .-..... ' : - ; Simultaneously the most rigid cen sorship of press dispatches that has so far been undertaken by the gov ernment will he put Into operation at . Tampa and Key West tonight ani no -message relating "to the moves of the troops or ships, or in any way specu lating upon the expedition will be per mitted on the wires. If this means of preventing publication of information which would be exceedingly valuable . to Spain is not fully ' successful,--the censorship will be promptly" extended to the mails. It can be confidently as certained' that beyond the secretary of war and the secretary of the navy, the president will permit no- civilian to enjoy his confidence in this matter un til a landing on foreign territory shall have been actually accomplished, and General Shafter himself will have seal ed orders, whose .contents ..will be known only to General Miles and Gen eral Corbin until the expedition Is safely at sea. Admiral Sampson's sole. instructions will be to guard the expe-. dition and to co-operate with" General Shafter under the latters direction. ; You need Cod Liver Oil, you gay. toot think you can't take It? Try "Mor rhuvto" a erected "Wine of Cod Liver Oil." You cam get aU tine virtues of itflta oil without the . disagreeable effects. Sold by J. C. Shepard, J. H. Hardia and H. L. Fentress. ' ' . TWO NEGROES LYNCHED In Cabarrus County for tne Criminal Assault and murder of a Young Lady Charlotte, N C, May 29. Miss Emma Hartsell, daughter of Mr. Samuel Hart- sell, who lives, four mfilcs from Concord, was .found! dead in her father's home this afternoon. She had been outraged and her throat was cut from ear to ear. The young woman wast of ,a respectab family and the news of the affair spread! T-o rtr Wr Tn. a c Vi-rvT-t rf-JmruA 4nTVA '.KHiAa Inf both town aaid country people haJd gain- - ered and.' m the course of an uiour or two, two suspects,- Joe Kiser, aged" 25 , years, and Tom Johnison, agedi 20 years, were arrested. Both are colored. The sheriff managed to get them, safely to Jail. The prisoners were placed in the - cage. The strongnoid or tme gau, ana tne sheriff and other officers stood guard at . the foot of the stairs. They did all they could to prevent the jail being forced, but as they looked' out upon the' sea of . determined, ajnsrry faces they realized that nothing but the blood of the guilty would satisfy them. It was twenty minutes) to 10 ociock. when, the mob. unable any lohger to re strain Its fury, broke down the Jail door. The sheriff arid deputies were overpow ered and the crowd rushed up the stasra toward the cell of the doomed men. Th lock was broken, the door opened and the prisoners hauled forth. The crowd called to the sheriff to" get a-lamp, but only, a lantern was to 'be nam. By tn uncer tain, fitful light, the mob earned Us vic times out. The sheriff saw ithat resist ance was useless, so, be made no effort to frustrate their work or vengeance. , The men. were taken to a point beyond the Three Mile branch. They were re-. imarkably cool, considering, that they were sxtuox to a dreadful death They .protested innocence all along the way.- ReV. M.r. Aiexanuer, pascor 01 ne jrres- bvterian church, walked by their side. talking to them andV trying ' to minister to them spiritually. When, the place se lected for the lyncnwig was reacnea, a halt was made. Mr. Alexander tried to silence the crowd, so he could pray tor the doomed men. The crowd could not be quieted, so 'he prayed while Live crowd wn.ti.Tvtuxi its exnfted talk. The men were asked if they 'had any parting 'word , to speak. They said tney were not guuiy. and that was all. ' . .. A tree was found on winaen were iwo limbs about three feet apart. Over these the rooes were thrown. The men were mounted on two boxes about two feet high. The moose was (adiueted around ach man's neclt, the box removed-Jand: the bodies dropped. A few minutes after the drop 100 shots were nreo ax cne aajig- Oing bodies, riddling them witn ouifets. The VjOCtOTS wno were prwwiu jwiiu..n.- d the men dead m rairieen hjibirw. Their ibodies were oen tnajnging. . x:ney) , will be removed some- time tomorrow. Crew of a Wrecked Schooner Rescued New York, May 29. The Clyde.-lme steamer Oneida, wmom amvea. today .Prom Jacksonville and jhariestoni mad on board the crew of the schooner S. V. W. Simmons, which he picked: up lost nfebfc. The schooner was sunk off the 'Northeast JSnd lightship, where she lies with an sail eet and topmaetai about thirty feet out of water. The Simmons hailed from Baltimore. The Bori to tfce higkest grade tektef pvwimr fcaewa. Acts! testa show it fees tfcM f mtker tke'a oay etker breai. Absoluts ly Puro " '"-. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO, HEW VOfHC ' KSJ4l were transferred saiejy. pot oslbje That te ngni couw .n -I 1 -1?, 11