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y o - 'I V .A o Site- 1, -.-'i I'. ,1 i1 r ! - i 1i , X I'll U IL L WILMINGTON N. Cy.MONDAlj JUNE 2Q, 1898. PRICE 5 CENTS. J Jii VVALu Al. ISO. 155. P i ,1 A SPY IN A Spanish Spy Said American Army SPANIARDS' HONOR OFF Because AIcKinley Will Hold Cerverci and' Pando Responsible for the Lives of the Crew of the Merrimacf..The Cadiz , r ketMariila I at the Mercyof the RebelsSuccesses of Philippine In- j ; ! surgents Coniments of WarThreats of Landing German Troops! - - . - ! at Manili. " I Madrid, June ld.'Private itlegTama received here from Cuba'ay that dur- 5ng the last attack iby the American hip uTon fianllago de Cuba a Spanish " i Bhell struck upon the deck of one of the attacking tfhlpa, sweeping ft all the men there. Another shell, acordlngc to he ame authority, struck the funnel of a cruiser, doing: much damage. The Havana government la display ing great euergyV Fourteen univer sity professors, Mho fled through fear of the results of the war, have been dismissed. The. Ijloekadalng vessel-a Che telegram says continue active. J Captain Aunon,the minister Ol ma . rlne, refused to Ifive any information , regarding the destination of' Admiral . Camaras squadron. , The Spanish papers declare that the t Btatement that the "bodies of Amerl- can marines killed at Guan-tanamo ,were mutilated fry the Spanish troops, ' and similar sentiments regarding the Joss of the "Maine, vare made with the object tf inflaming the American poip- lulage Captain Aunon, ' the minister of ma rine, who arrived at Carthagena yes terday and inspected j the Ironclad ILeipanto, re-ports that she and the cruis . er Cardenal Cisneros and the Princess de Aus-turlas will 'be ready foij sea in -" p. month. j 1 SPANISH HONOR QFFENDED. "The' 6 tatement that' President Mc Klftley has sent to Admiral Cervera and General Pando a message saying that he would hold them personally re sponsible for the lives I of Lieutenant . Jlobson and his men, has, produced ai disagreeable impression here In mili-i -tary circles as shotting that President McKinley distrusts the military honor of the Spaniards who, on their part, despise all threats. Such messages, It is declared, render the future exchange of the prisoners most unlikeljK TRENCH VESSEL FIRED N. - Lpndon, June 19. A, special dispatch i from Paris says that the French steamer Plctavia, Captain Blanc, from New York, May 29th, which has arriv ed at Marseilles, reports that she "was jftred at by the Brooklyn near New jTorkV' The owners oj the steamer will rnake a protest, to the French govern- jment." ' . , , ' A private dispatch received here : from New York says General Shaf ter's expedition has landed near Santiago de Cuba and will attack the town to smedialely. t THE CADIZ SQUADRON. 1 Gibraltar, June 19. The captain of 4 a British steamer which arrived here j today reports that r he sighted the ' Spanish squadron off Cape Gata, a promontory of Spain,; on the coast of Granada, forming the eastern limit of the gulf of Aimer la. SPANISH SPY AT CAMP MERRITT. San Francisco, June 19. The great est excitement prevailed in Camp Mer rltt over the report that leaked out to the effect that one of the most noted and daring of Spanish spies had been raptured in camp. It was i reported that the man had enlisted in one of the regular rfgiments of infantry. An in vestigation revealed the fact that the ppy has not. as yet been apprehended, fcut it Is known that the government Jiae recently received reliable informa-j tian that leads it to believe that Spain ' Jias a spy in Camp Merritti The na- itwre and source of the government's " Snformations is not known tor the offl cers here, but the war department has Issued Ironclad orders, "to the com nandlng officers to make a close in vestigation of every man who enlists. 3t can be reliably stated that the gov ernment fears : a certain well-known informer, whose name for the present r it withheld. It is known that the gov ernment's information leads it to be lieve that his man is in San Francisco with the purpose of enlisting in one ty,a. i-offiments. even lf he has not already done so. . The man is said to ! have been secretly; employed by de j he was in "Washington, . nd ft is said he- is the direct agent of gagaeta. j '. - London. June ll The Hong Kong rorrespondent of The Times says: The: irebels hold Manila at their mercy, but Admiral Dewey Is anxious tha-t the American troops should ov the honor of receiving the Spanish capitulation. The steamer Yuen Sing reports pass- 5ng the United States troopship City of rPekln on the morning f the '15th near CVIaniiS. ' ' J: SUCCESS OF PHILIPPINE INSUR- . i GENTS. ' ' London. June 20. The Hong Kong correspondent of The Daily Mail tele graphing Sundsy pays: - "A conspicuous object in Manila bay is the nucteus of an infmrgent fleeU'It consists of a vessel of 100 tons burden. i presented to General Agutnaldo by a -rir-H native The vessel fles the flag of the Philippine republicthree trlangels of red, white and blue on a white a eround formed .of the old rebel flag of the sun rising above .the hills. ' . , , "The native proci amai ion or pendence will be sighed on Monaay. Manila; is completely surrounded tor the insurgents, ,oi ; Vh it, fnree lorces ueyiuj cu --ji rne nosted to the south, between Ma- late and the river Passjg; another oc- To the public that I have this day re moved the sale of the Aetna Lithia JWater to W. H. Green's Pharmacy, !-here we hope to foe better able to ac commodate those who use this mineral water on account of being more cen trally "located and more room to work In. The tost is the same as it .was at JBun ting's Pharknacy, 25 cents per gal- ion. iAiso will have! the Aetna on draught 'Any one wishing it will please call and; eee us at Dr, Green's. '. tRememtoerj we guarantee this water to relieve kidneytrouhle, dyspepsias indi gestion and all stbmach , trouble, uric acid in the blood kni. rheumatism. y,A proof of the satisfaction Is the quattti Ity we are selling. We have yet got to find the first customer -who has used jthls water freely who does not praise it K. E. YARI- " Agent, , W,H GEEISS'S J'JIAEMACY. THE CAMP to Have Joined the at ban Fraiicj SCO. NDED London Times on the! cupying a position to the east and cut ting Off communication with! the lake or Laguna de Bay,) and the third op erating on the north side, stopping all railway communication between Ma nila), and the rich supply towns : to whijph the-line runsj The success iOf therebel forces is wonderful., General Agtjinaldo has more i than surpassed thefexpectatlons of those; who. favored his ireturn to the Philippines. He has capuired 3,000 Spaisji 1 troops, In cluding 900 regulars!. Among the lat ter Sire eleven officers oif and above the ranfc ! of lieutenant colonel including two brigadier generals, and. he has takln seventy-nine officers bejow i the rank I of lieutenant colonel.;, Jn ' addi tion! his forces have .captured : five prominent priests, heads of important parghes recently overrun by, the in surgents. j . : I ' I "These .men, the Insurgents hate,, evei more than they iate the Span iards and the rebels chuckle with Joy when they point them out (in their prisons. '"f hey have cautured, too, Old CaviW church, taking 270 prisoners, and thgy nowf hold the entirej, shore oft the bay arotjjnd to Malite' A foreign iflre: bri gad, composed of ritlsh, Swiss: and Germans, who i itend to remain ash(re, and who ar( quartered at' the premises of Ker & Co. o guard foreign proerty against fire, II applied to the Spaniards to- recelv i arms,' but were refufeed."- . Ij " ' ' j i- LONDON TIMES ON! THE SITUA TION IN CUBA AND MANILA. Tle. Times in an arf.ic.le reviewing thls morning the operations in Cuba say si': , . ij "; j jj ; 1 J ' j j. "The cause for the delay of General Shatter's expedition isij doubtless,; ' the weaJjcness of the. military administra tion! at Washington.) The United; war ofllcl is almost as bidiy constituted as ouriown, and the niscences of General explain the origin of interesting; reml- Sqhofleld serve to many present dif- flculies. The British army, however possesses a large njuntber of j trained and .experienced military officers who are ble to keep the (victous machinery in njjotion, while the jUhited States has at pfesent no corresponding alleviation of ajjbad system. j .- i h i j "Sfcarcity of provislon,s and Wantj of transports will doubtless prevent the Spaniards from offering the vigorous defence at a -distance jfrom the main position which theyj have had ample oppcfc-tunlty for streiigtheningj bui the task! before General phitfter in moving andfeupplying his trpojis is sufficiently serhius. This task arises solely out of the I presence of A;dnjilral ; Cervera's squadron. No direct jmilitary object willjbe gained .by. the capture of San4 tiagf,! which is remote jfrom ; and inde pendjent of the centre of Spanish pow er i ; Cuba. Upon Santiago, however the military energies of the United States will now be j concentrated and th lprntlnni np-otnfif- Pnrtn PiM anil ) Hafi'fena rriust "be postppned." ij iji I wth reference to j the gathering of merman vessels at Manila the article saysj: - j- j il - ;. -;i ! ,- "Whatever may be the aims of Ger man policy, the mere (hreat of inters fereice in the Philippines would likely to arouse in the United States , an irresistable sentimenit ijn j t avor? of an nexation. Admiral Dewey, 'when his reinforcements arrivi, will be superior in free to the Gerniaii squadron. Al- though the marked success of the in surgents will render; so large a mili tary) force unnecessary for the capture of Manila, the present 'circumstances require that the United States should be strongly represented both afloat and (ashore in the Philippines. .:;The possibility of interference on the part of the neutral powers ; is evidently cherished at Madrid and provides en couragement ror continuing ; an un' equal contest.' In 1 conclusion thd aVticle expresses the (ppinion that Admiral Camara's ob Ject as to land forces ahd stores at the Canfries and then to return to Spain. TjvLK OF LANDjNb GERMAN iff . r"i! ' TROOPS. V.;, 'r i. P London, June 19. The , Berlin corre spondent of The Times, Says: ip i i l "If Sseems probabld that if SAdmirai Dewpy is unable to undertake) respon sibillty for the safety Of the Germans at Manila, Admiral f Von Diederichs willlland a force. It Is' all very well for the Bamberger (correspondent; to say at hopes there w.lll be no occasion tor intervention." t "Once a German landing has taken place, German interests will doubtless assume a new aspect,) and, as !The Marine Pohtlsche correspondent has already pointed out, lit will be as easy to claim a guarantee! or guarantees for the future in the Philippines as it was in the Khan Tung peninsula.! If i "If I may not, however turn! out to be quite So easy to obtain thein. jThe Kolijiische Zeitung says that the Amer ican lass is jn no way , simpiined py the -success ot the insurgents.; It ar guesithat if Admiral! Dewey? Should leave it to Aguinaldo ito complete: the work of conquest alone, he would for feit his legitimate excuse for interven j tionfiof his own in the development of the future fortunes of the islands." Uttering . a warning to thei United States that it will not find colonizing i eaB5j. tne article proceeds to say: 1 "An administration which is sp corr ruptfand so completely; at the merey of the Inost pernicious jpersonal influence j as o ;the American unit.i wiU i hardly toe abe to repair the ii ravages whi:h have been wtpught by! Spanish neglect and priestly rule in the course of centuries. The eitizens f the wost f ree republic do not yet seem to realize the ienormous burdens which r a mill taVjf! ppcupatlon of these colonies? and their protection by a navy iwilli im posej upon a state. The American are not even prepared ,to protect itheir sown coasts against a naval power of any Impprtance." i r 1 i s The Madrid correspondent of i The Times says: r '"Ofliciai circles attach littte importance to the rumors ' of Gertnan- interference." , I Si,: - !- i t: me urman tueeuoa t i -Berlin, June 19. Complete returns &f elections for members'! of the reichstag J show that ' there liave been . returned 38 conservatives, 10 imperialists, 85 centrists.; 6 candidates of the retorm party, iu na-i tional liberals, one raaipal union candH date. 1 candidate of the raoual peoples' party, 1 agrarian leaguer, 32 social ddmed prats, 13 Poles, 1 Dane, 9 Independents and. peasant league candidates. Second oaiiots wiu op iispessary in iss oistncts: J Camara to Stay by Home JPort London, June 20. -The Gibraltar cor. respondent pf ; The, Daily Telegraph Says:.. - LV'.K "-M I " "Admiral Camara's, squadron arriv-s ed tat Carfthagena iSaiturday s eyenlng with Captain Aunon, minister of ma.4. rln, who inspected! ttoe liepanto.l Th destination of the fleet Is not known, tut it is believed that Admiral Oamara -will keep in touch with home ports; and that the squadron wi he . used to def ceive the 'Americans, ii ;i r SOT TO 81TEB8EDE VtlLXM General Corbln Hsf tta Humor la Ab surdOne Hundred and Ninety Five LleatenaBts Appointed. Washington, June l With reference o the reports that he Is to take per- nal command of the American ex- ition which is to be sent to Porto Rico, General Miles said today that the matter of his future movements was, In this respect, too 'indefinite to dis cuss. "I expect to go to both Porto lico and Cuba' at some time, but I cannot now say when,' he said in con clusion. Adjutant General Corbin character izes as absurd the published report" inai ne woum De given an important command at the front and, in a meas ure, would succeed General Miles in the "direction of military affairs. Such 4 thing, he said, had never entered his Jiind, or, so far as he knew, that of ny one else in authority. He had Beyer heard it ;intimated from " any fesponsible source that General Miles might be relieved of' Some of his du ties and he did not believe that such a thing was ever considered, and even Were it true, it was beyond reason, he Add, that his Corbin's) position would se cnangea ins consequence.' " ; NEW LIEUTEN'ANTS. V At a late hour tonight Ad lutant Gen eral Ooroln made putbHc the names of young men who have toeen se lected tfor appointments. as second lieu tenants lrt the regular army, to fill va cancies created by the act of congress adopting the three battalion organiza-, tlonJW the intfantry arm of the ser-1. Vice' and the addition of one second lieutenant to all batteries when filled war strength. r Each of "the 195 men sieledtted will 'be obliged to undergo an Examination that will Je a thorough test or nis mental and physical quali flcatiotis for the army service. j Those who pass the examination will He nominated iby the "president to the senate. The his standard of the young men selected may be understood lh view of the fact that out of 195' ap pointed, 89 are known to he college graduates, 60 of them honor men of their classes off colleges having mil itary instructions; In all representing 6j7 different insititutions. Forty-eight aire now in the volunteer or militia ser vice; and 13 are enlisted men in the regular army. , , jKever before has there "been such vi tality, an'd new blood injected into the riiilitary service. Artny officers view vftth satisifaction and West Point men more than all others, that sixty seven different college notions and methods aire to toe put on trial along side of West Point and army methods. jThe Immense (amount of work in se lecting the 195 yOung men necessary to fill the vacancies may- be .realized when It Is known that more than 7,000 ap plications for the- appointm'etits were filed at the war department. . Among those ' selected are the fol lowing: . Florida-Jaihes B. Taylor, J., adju7 tiant of the cadet corps of Virginia military institute; W. 'M. Ivfes, Jr., honor graduate of Florida Agriculturajl college. . Georgia Ezlkiel James iWlliams, cadet graduate of Gordons institute; Frederick S. L. Price, honor graduate. 14orth Georgia' Agricultural college. . 1 North. Carolina Oharels L. Lathaim, graduate of Bingham school. North Carolina; Moor N. Falls, graduate stare university, of TTorth Carolina; William H. Williams, graduate of Vir gnta military Institute; James Mc- onald, Connor, honor graduate of ingham school, North Carolina. South Carolina J antes B. Allison, Jr., graduate of - South Carolina military academy; Edward Croft, graduate of South Carolina military, academy; Benjamin J. Tillman, honor graduate of South Carolina military academy. Virginra James ' Perrine Barney, rprivate national 'guard of Virginia ; William Fayssaux Stewart, Jr., I grad uate of university of Virginia; Philip Bleade Walker, M. M. Mills, ihonor aduaJtes Virginia miUtary institute. StfSTDATT AT CAMP THOJIAj Tlie' Iay Properly Observed Order ai I,yttle Recruits iu Large Numbers Arriving, ;- phlckamauga National Park, June 19. j This was an exceptionally beautiful day alt Camp Thomas. It was slgnicantly a 'i day of rest among the soldiers. All drills were omitteo aao tne aaoDatn was gen- ejrajly observed. The chaplains of the various regiments held services and the Young Men's Christian "Association tent and evangelists were actively , at work. The reverence with which these services Were listened to, and the general 'good order which prevailed among tne camps were slgnincant of a hisrh moral tone which pervaded the entire army. The efforts of General Boynton -and the Georgia authorities to restore . order at Lyttle has been, productive of good re sults. This was especially noticeable at Lyttle today, when all saloons and gam bling nouses were hermetically sealed. and no soldiers were allowed there dur ing tne day. . I Recruits for various regiments continu ed to vour in from all directions today and by night the number arriving reached 600, making a total for three days of near ly 1,800. Tom this time on tui-tnirteen thousand, more . have reached the park, the dally arrivals promise to in crease rapidly in point or numbers, ai headquarters there is increased activity to provide for and equip these recruits. Prominent among today's arrivals were the following officers, together with-the assignment off each: Brigadier - General Feter (U. tiayes. Third division, IFirst army corps; Briga dier General J. P. Sanger, Sixth army corps, under General Wilson; tjaptain G. McK. Williams, of. the Kighth United States cavalry, chief quartermaster First Division, IFirst army corps; -Major J. o. varnedoe, cnier commissary or subsist ence, I First division. First army corps; Lieutenant Colonel Peter-C. Vroom, in spector general. First army corps; Major Clayton Parkhill, surgeon United States volunteers, chief surgeon of the First di vision. First army corps. - There is now no complaint irom any or the regiments about their rations. The commissary has ample supplies and the regiments do not lack for anything, that is necessary for good neaithy.dlet. me corps reserve amDuiance company has already been formed and now - the work of establishing division ambulance companies Is in progress. i The Georgia oftjeers of Walker county. last night for the first time, raided-the gambling- dens and saloons doinejjusi- ness at Lyttle in defiance of the law and arrested the kcepess or tne places, a great quantity of beer was poured on the ground and tha gambling parapnrenaua was confiscated and destroyed, juage Henry! of Rome, will open court at La- Favette. the county seat, tomorrow, and it is understood that; he is going to deal With the Lyttle lawlessness very severely. Aealn . the- rumor was revived tonignt that ten or fifteen thousand of the best eauiDDed troops at the parK have been ordered to tnove-and that the first to iro would leave Tuesday or Wednesday. r Une railroads na?e reuiveu' uw iu Vrvid, ars and it is -believed that - a number of regiments are to be sent to. the . a ' v : - nrv,, .nlrtir thn in eeuth from here, if not Tuesday, then in a very snort ime, . - Tho Chief Burgess of Mlleshurg, Parr kv DeWitfs LittleBarly Risers are- the 'best puis ne ever usea in-ais-Huu- v during- forty years or nouse aeep- ing. They cure constipation, siuk " - . ..... . headache and stomach and - uver wmitvip. Small in size nut great in results. R,, Bellamy. ThePovers" ' TiniairUiA r!nHrter-JournaI. Om MtPAmwl contemporary, the - St. I (Petersburg INovosti,demandlng the termi nation, of the war. says mat - -amenta must voluntarily ibmi-her pretensions "voluntarily" are words - which do not consist in the English language. The No- vostl should not confound ; tne- u mwa States with Japan. We do not fight wars here for "the powers ' to senie, anu we " betray no secret when we inform our ex cited St.- Petersburg contemporary that, I while we may be sadly lacking in awe of that hign-eounoing -- pnrase, wt ao juit care a continental for ' tne powers," 6 1 mm Our Warships Put Them to Flight. CUBAN FLAG SALUTED. For the Flntt Time It Appears at (be Itlead of An AmerleaB Warkblp General Perez Visits the Slarblekead Received by a Salute and Ouard ot Honor Ills Report on the Sltnatleo ai Go&manauio Aut Easy Victory Predicted.', ';f v- (Copyright hy Associated Press.) Canrp M'Calla, Near GUantanamo, Cuba, Friday June 17, (Noon) By the Associated Press, Dispatch Boat, Filed Kingston Ja., June 1ft.-. 2 p. nu Tor several days past email -bodies of Span iards had been hanging" around the northern end of the harbor of "Guan tanamo and anmjylng the gunboats and launches by occasional firing. They had "been comirtg from a small block house about five miles back from that part of the har-bor in -which the American warships "have "been lying. This morning the Suwanee and the .Marblehead opened a heavy fire on bodies of guerillas seen at a short dis tance from, the shore line. The shots were not effective at first, -'but the Spanish infantry made a frantic burst for cover, while the siiells "pursued striking all around. The Dolphin join ed in the firing and for twenty min utes a heavy fire was kept up, when the signal to cease firing was hoisted. The L Suwanee steamed close in shore for, a long distance but was not able to see any signs of the Spaniards, while no reply of any kind was made to tlhe American firing. 'The Spanish loss could not have been heavy, the enemy ran too fast for cover at .the first shots. Later in the day the Oregon sent sev eral shots at the 'blockhouse, damaging It 'badly and causing it to burn fiercely fora short time. CUBAN FLAG AT AMERICAN MASTHEAD. Yesterday Major General ' Perez, of the Cuban army, commanding the insur gent forces In the province of San tiago, paid an official visit to the fleet, and far the first time during tflie war a Cuban flag was seen at the masthead of an American warship and saluted. As General Perez boarded the Marble- , head, a salute of honor was, fired and he was received "toy a guard of honor. After landing from the Marblehead General . Perez ; made a short , ad dress to the troops extolling the action of the United- States in taking up the Cuban cause. He returned to his post- I IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE . z The Cutter Alexander Overhauls a Steamer With Her Name Painted Out. Examination Showed Her to beHll Right, , The Cable Between Mole St. Nicholas anuantananio will do Commercial Business Under Censorship, jff -,v v ; A Cuban Pilot who has Been ,ih Santia Says There Are 15,000 Soldiers There; that the Guns of all he Forts Except Morro Have Been Silenced. . , . ! j , Vessels Supposed to be the American Transports are Sighted Near Manila. "' . ' .- Scouts Report that the Citizens of Caimenfa Have. Made all Preparations to Burn Their Town ofl Approh of the Ameri cans. -'-.i. ':::-a--' ' ' The Swarming of Vultures Over the RuineForts of Santiago Indicate the Presence of Many De'ad Bodies. . There is Little Probability of North Carolina Nayal Reserves Being Mobilized. . : ' :i" ' - . Our Government JVill. Hold Cervera and fiQdo Responsible for the'Lives of the Crew of the Merrimac, - 1 Scouting With Launches Shows the Shore for Several Miles, from Santiago to be Swarming with Spanish Soldiers. The Government is Impressing Steanie&s on the Pacific Coast for Transport, of Troops to this morning after parsing th'e night on the Marblehead. , . . ' ':. I 'According to "the report of General Perez, the condition' of the Spaniards at Guantanamo and in the neighbor hood- is very (bad. He says they aire eating horses and mules and that other food is very scarce He does not .be lieve: they will he able to withstand a vigorous attack -by one half their num bers. He said there were 3,500 Cubans in the province, most of them holding the roads to prevent the Spaniards getting supplies into. Guantanamo. In his opinion the American forces can easily .talro Guantanamo and from that point operate against- Santiago with every prospect of success. . i The marines who are few in number and desperately overworked, are look ing anxiously for the approach of the army transports, which have been ex pected every, day for a week. The men are in good spirits 'ana determined to do their 'best, but they feel that they- are too. small a iorce to wiunsiana an attack "by the entire Spanish force.. TO FATAL WRECKS An Engineer in Earn Kllled-Otner Killed and Several Injured. Roanoke, Va,t June 19. Norfolk and Western passenger train No. 4 was wrecked at 12:45 o'clock p. m. today two miles west of Shawsville. Three were killed and several wounded. The deau are: Engineer Al. Horner, isnsiot, ra.; Fireman Eid. Sadler, Bristol, Va.; .Jlail Clerk A. S. Francis, Marlon, Va. The injured are: Mail Clerk 1. V. UU1, Lynchburg, Va., seriously: . two express messengers, names not Known; several passengers, names not known. Engineer Horner was ounea oeiream his engine and Fireman toaaier was so badly wounded that she died two hours later. , . . The train was running down graoe ai the usual rate and just at the entrance of a cut the flange of the outsiae ran hmke iTerailiner the engine. i he mall coach jumped over, the embankment and was overturned, being compneieiy de molished. , . - . , iTnii citric Tfrancla had nis neca oroisen. Mail Clerk Gill was severely injured, "and how he escaped instant death is a mira cle. " ' . ' . .. , The front passenger car was aeraueo. Half -i dozen passengers were injured. Shut Tion seriously. . - , A sDecial train bearing the officials ana a corps of physicians was dispatched to the scene of ' the disaster and the re mains af the Killed ana injured were -hrniiB-ht to this city this evening. (Easton, 'Fa., jvme 19. a. passenger train on the Central Raiiroaa or Cew jersey was wrecked six tniies , aoove jaaucn Chunk this afternoon. 'The- engineer, Richard McHalej of Easton, and the news agent, Charles Ebner, : of Southeaston, were KUied. wuirea iwuiiuia, nreuo, and Charles Taylor, baggage master, 'both of Easton,- were badly hurt- -The disaster was caused by; spreading rails. Aecountipg for Aogsn Keslgnatlen T.nlnn June 19. The laiadrw corre spondent of The Standard, says: .Lieuten ant General Correa, minister of . war, thinks Captain tienerai Augusu wouia nniv- have rpsiCTied if he had Intended to organire resistance elsewhere, perhaps at Hollar The government wishes it clearly understood that the rail oi jianua aoes not in-the least signify the surrender of "Spanish rule in ; the rest of the islands or m otner arcnipeiagoes, wueie sumuj vieorous measures will ibe taken-to vmoi- ! cate the rights of Spain against. American invnsion.' with the assistance or native continents who are still loyal in the Vlr caya, Mindanao and iMarianos groups.,- 1WBI11III .. . Our Launches Run Into . ClOpC Quarters. li-r A HOT IRE FROM SHORE Tot-o Lans VTfalle Heconnoltcrtng fer Kaltab, Place for Landing Troop Rub Into Veritable Horneto Nestr- ' The TexaiJud Vixen Came to Tnelr ReMue nnl'tlepnlae the Enemy Re markable cfalneM of Onr Men I'nder Severe FlrS.5- (Copyrig-h'tHl by Associated Press.) Off Santiat olde Cuba, Saturday, June 19, 4 p, m.everal attempts to find landing- plaW for the Untied States troojpi withola distance of two miles west of Santiago, have demonstrated, alonjr with Sfeyious Inquiries to the eastward, trait the shore for fifteen miles is line with Spaniards. While revent landing close to this will not; Santiago ft entail considerable delay as theftjrrounding country must he thorough shelled and cleared be fore the trooii can land in safety, :. When JReaQ sAdmiral Sampson yes terday receljt . advices . that upward ot thirty trapports1 would be here to day (SaturdasJe sent word that they should sail ,ta the south ten miles and lie there unC4ia-landing place had been secured; I ' - - , Yesterday g fday light the launches of the New x3rk and the Massaehu settts reconmSfed the shore between Cabanas, twcfcimiles west of the en trance to Satfiag-o harbor,- and Guay anganaco, twinnea further -west,- both of which poinw lie east of the range of mountains surrounding Santiago bay. The launchespushed their noses into a hornet's n&. The fltrush was fairly alive "with SpQifsh troops. Infantry and cavalry and $etire 'opened upon the launches was?so, fierce that their re treat had to j& covered by the Vixen and The Texafj F- ' When- the iexas asked permission of Commodor Schley, to take a hand the. commodoCT ! seized the negaphone and snouted tjg?Captain Philip, "Yes, go In and ' giV'''em---s. Jaclc" The Texas landedlfverai 4-ineh shells on the 'batteries ftat Cabanas, completely demolishing & ; Lieutenant Sharpe,. of the Vixen, aiiil'iLeufenant Harlow in compHmenfcedy Admiral Sampson for J gauaniry. . It is 'believe the insurgents' wno are In force and under the; command '- of General QarcjyL j ; about fif teeh miles west, wHl renT effective aid in driv ing the Spanuh skirmishers off the shore. ' The followiht is ih abstract of Lieu- I . - e.: Manila. - ' . tenant "Harlws' report to the com mander of tl.! Vixen, dated June 18th: "i"ne expe jcipn consisted, of a steam launch f roif j the Massachusetts in charge of tjadet Hart and a launch from the Neyr.'York in charge of Cadet foweti.. j. XOJ9K passage on tne Aiassa- cnusetls - launcn, - leadinig tne iway. enterlngl Soundings - weae taken ' on the ibay closa? under the old fort and we were preparing to circumnavigate the hay at . riill speed when fixe was opened rroan raei iort ana pocks on shore. The Massachusetts' launch was some distancep.ahaad and about forty yards' ff the There was no room to turn and ourioTSe pounder could not he .brought totiear, so we hacked and turned under peavy nre. COOIiNE tTNDER FIRE. 'Cadet Har 6 opera te'd the -gun as soon as It co3d! be .hrough't to bear sittln'g exposef Rii the how and work ing the gun Jtiyeoolly and carefully as at target praf Tct. Cadet Powell had been nnng s ise tne apaniaras open ed. 'He also alsf perfectly cool. Both launches ran under a heavy Are of from six ii:i eight minutes. -1 esti mate that t,ere . were twenty-nve . Spaniards on ,ie; parapet of the old fort. The riunajber along shore was larger, (but lntflnite. The launches, as soon as waU practicahle, sheered to give .'i ne vixefci s-tie - range ui xxie xun. The Vixen anJ the Texas silenced the snore rfre proijptily. "I strongly commend Cadet Hart and Cadet Py&ell for their cool man agement of tiaWkunchesL ,One launch' was struck Bey-en times., - Noibody 'in either was hurt;A bullet "struck a shell at Cadet Harts sleet hetiwteen the pro jectile and the tpowder, ibut failed to explode the lat??" - - 'Coxswain : CVDbnnell ' ahd . Seaman Bloom jare commended, as is also the coolness "w1rhjvlich the marines , and sailors worked 'under the 'Spanish fire. Notnin wasaearned atabanas bay; hut at Guayaingataaco it. is evident a landing is practicable for ships boats. The same is tue of Randho Cruz, a smafll ibay to iJeleas'tward. Both would (be valuable with Cabanas, but useless Without It. I fpvlnf ormed that to the north and westward of Cabanas hay tfaere a lafeei clearing with plenty of grass and water. I .think a simul taneous jainSflQp at the: - 'three places named would practfcable If the ships shell the alaent wopd. A Junction would naturally follow: at .the clear ing." -, Win your toatitle against disease by acting - promptly. One -' Minute Cough Cure " produces Immediate re sults. When- taken earjy ' it prevents consumption. Mind - in later stages It- furnishes prompt relief. . R. R. Bel lamy.. - " OUR -NAVAL RESERVES Little ProbabUlty ofTner Being Mob- , i Jr-. , .Illxed ' , (Special .to; The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. : Q, June 19. Adjutant General Cowles said to me tonight; I have received 5 bo official notice that the North Carolina naval reserves will not be mobilized, but judging from the Condition of affairs in Virginia, I have bo idea ur-sreserves will be mobilized: certainly not, until the navy and auxii- - Jary fleet is l?.rfely tccreased,' TIIB BRIC1DIEHSI1IP Offlcersef the Kecand Regiment and Other rrxlnc Adjntant Ciencral . CrlM forth ApplnUnentJ . (Special' to Thi Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C jpne j 19. The ap pointment of a brigadier general from North Carolina, ! l now seems prac tically certain, will; be a republican. That is the attitude of republican congressmen. There is, in ?vlew of this fact, a popular sentiment; in favor of General A. D. - Cowles being ap pointed, as he is a guardsman and at the head of the military .affairs in the state, and also by reason ot his public spirit in-volunteering. ' The odds to night , are that Cowles will get the ap pointment. Colonel Burgwyn; and the officers of the Second regiment this evening telegraphed Senator Pritchard varmly urging the appointment of General Cowles. Other telegrams of hgh endorsement were also sent. '..Owing to the heavy rains, there was no dress parade at Camo Russell to day and no ceremonies . i of any kind. Rain continues tonight, j I i SEVEN 3IORK COTTPAMPS f Troop to be KaUed to thl State nstrvcuon There! From Seeretarv "om 84 H ! Alger - (Special to The Raleigh. N. C, June Messenger.) 13. Governor Rus- sell tonight; received the following tele gram from Secretary Alger: .r-. .-.,;:. Under the president's second call for volunteersafter flllln'fr to the maximum organizations alreadyj ini the United States service from your state, you are requested to furnish seven companies of infantry, each to consist of"on cap tain, one - first lieutenant, r one , second lieutenant, one quartermaster sergeant, one first sergeant, four sergeant? , twelve corporals, two musicians, one artificer, one wagoner, and eighty-four privates maximum, seventy-four privates mini mum. .Mustering officer Lieutenant F. 8. Harlowe, Sullivans Island. ; e. 1C, has been directed to confer with your repre sentative concerning detail affecting comfort, shelter- and subsistence of the -organizations and the , order in, which they should be mobilized for muster: To 'save expenses and for Other reasons that will occur to you. it is suggested that preliminary physical examinations be made of -the men? before they are taken from their homes. Recruiting tat the old companies will be conducted by ithe offi cers now in the field jand; under orders from this offic." . i - ' j .'Alleged Postofflee ROb ber Arrrsled ; 'Richmond. Va., June. 19. M. J.. Donovan :and -"Charles Bourrett, claiming to belong in.'New York, have been arrested in Pet--fersburg on suspicion of having comrnlt td the postoftlce robbery . i. at Virginia Sach Friday night.' They answer the description, of men. the, postoftice inspec tors have been looking fori j :: ' : -t 1 : - . . TIIK IMMIINB RKCIJIENTS. The Fif th to be Raised In Alabama and : Mississippi A Soldier Killed! by an Accidental Shot. I Tampa, Fla., June 19. The 'Fifth reg iment of immunes is; to he' raised In the states of Alabama and Mississippi, six companies from each at at 4 Lieu tenant Colonel A. A. Wiley of this reg iment is here familiarizing 1 himself with the new phases; of the military -By a recent act of congress ten regi ments .of immunes were authorized to be jaised. south off a line drawn from Baltimore to Cincinnati, i where ; dis eases of southern countries were fre quently contracted, hence the name of these ten regiments whlc'h are to he composed-, of genuine! immunei. Four of , these regiments are to ibe colored and six-VhRe. All officers, however, will he white and commissioned offi cers will he appoihtedihy the president and confirmed 'by the! senate. The se lection of teompany captains and lieu tenants: will he left In a measurje to the memlbers Of the organizationa ! r , Private Ostercamp, fof Company G., fifth Maryland volunteers, who was ac cidentally shot yesterday, did ths morning at 8 o'clock. rAt 5 o'clock this afternoon his remainalwere interred at the government certietery l it) Yfoor City. The members jof his cpmpany ato.ni? in n. hodv., flrinsr several sa lutes over the body ais it -was flowered tn its resting ulace. J "In a minute" one -dose of Hart's Es sence of Ginger, will relieve any ordi nary case of Colic, Cramps, or Nausea, an unexcelled remedy for Diarrhea, Cholera Morbus, Summer complaints and all internal pains. Sold by J. C. Shepard, J. H. Hardin and H. I Fen tress. ! - I . . . i v MUCH MONEY CAPTURED ' Ry Aguinaldo and Sent on (he Ameri ..can Warship ihe Insurgents. -Dissension Among - r Londoh, June 20. A dispatch to The Daily Telegraph from 'Manila, via DUUg rwvujs jra-jrs. j I General Aguinaldol has captured a deal of money, whloh, he j has sent aboard the Americart warships for safety.. The mutch vaunted Philippine militia, while It was a serious mistake on- the part of the Spaniards to arm, are now all fighting in the rebel ranks. The provinces' of Batahgas, Laguna, Cavfte, Bulacan, Pampangu, 'rrralace and Pangasiman are Tfell in full rebel ton. It is believed that General Penay ffrith the whole of his army in the prov ince of Pampangu, has had o capHu-. late to the .victorious Tehels. ; -. The Spaniards are astounded to find that the retoeja respect the; lives and property of their prisoners of all ranks. It Is believed there are dissensions among the rebel leaders of so serious a character that .civil war i is ! certain so soon as the Spaniards and the Amer icans are gone. . ; ; ; ' ACCUSED OF COWARDICE The Charges Against Admiral Montejo ' A Faatoral -from ArcbbIlon ; f Manila , - . . . ! : ;. Tacoma, Wash., June 19. The orieh tal steamship Olyropia arrived here tnAnv hrlneine China papers, which accuse Admiral Montejo of cowardice j at the battle of Manila. V f A special correspondent of The Hong Kong Telegraph writes : '; to his paper from Manila that , the i admiral did nothing more than- flee from one ves ael; to the other during .the engage ment. He was' among the, first ashore and, almost before the battle had been over was at his country villa; beyond the ritv. Colonel Sih Miguel; of the battery, committed suicide when he found that the snpply of ammunition was not what had ! been reported. Frauds had been committed which had disposed ot the stock. . i The archbishop of Manila Has issued a paotoral In whTch he declares: 'Very soon the country will see an insurmountable barrier placed between you and your masters. There wui be then for you ho situation nor represen tation, nor can you even; participate m the government of the towns. xou wiir Toe reduced - to a separate civil state, villified and degraded like those like miserable JA. . VULv- M V V ,9raK7 vv : - - laborers, reduced to the end of coolies, and., further, to that of beasts or ma - chines, supplied" or .fed by a handful of rice, thrown in your s faces as a daily allowance simply to secure the fruits of your labors. This is hot alL i The worst is that you will see the ruin of your temples, or that they will be turned Ipto Protestant chapels where there is no altar. Oh r This; fs hard. God, Virgin, and all are gone, and the cross will have disappeared .from, your cemeteries, the crucifix from your schools and the ministers of ; the true God v- who made - you ; Christians through : baptism." He urges the Spanish to resist with jail their power the Americans. - - It is rumored that American : war ships are blockading Iloilo, twenty-five 1 miles from Manila. : ; .. - TO BURN THEIR Cm Citizens of Caimanera i Ready to i Destroy ; Their Town and Flee to the Hills. ; PANIC AMONG THE Marines Expectinja Night AttackCubans Rumors of Death of Lieutenant- Ilobson From Flag on Morro Iking i Work ot Our Warshlps-SpanUh Gunners D moralized by Our .ShellsMany Vultures i . i - 4 f About the Forts Indicate Heavy Loss.; : ; ( .(Copyright by the Associated Press,) On Board the Associated; Press Dis patch Boat Wanda. Off Guantanamo, Saturday; June It, 5 p. m., via Kings ton. Jamaica, Sunday; June 19, 9:S0 a. m.-T-Cuban scouts report today that 'the inhabitants ; of Caimanera have strewn the streets vwtth straw and oii,! wi,th the ! intention of destroying 'the city and fleeing to the hills. - ;; ;:.; Caimanera lies four miles up the bay from; Camp McCalla, ; under the guns of the American ships and j the situation lis desperate. Starving and famine stricken, convinced t the ulti mate triumph ot the American arms and without faith in the protection of the' Spanish soldiery, the people are believed to have determined to leave their houses in ashes behind them' and seek saf etiy in the mountains . to the north. The scouts declare ; .that the story is accurate and say that every building lit town is being rapidly pre pared for the torch. ; The situation of the besieged is a fearful one. The- people are eating horsed and mules and are scouring the hills for fruits and herbs. Occasion ally brief bombardments by the Amer ican fleet leave the helpless citizens terror-stricken,! no preparations for defence being made. ; It is also stated that the Spanish gunboat at Caimanera has been loaded with inflammables and will be burned with the city, her .commander declar ing that he will never become j an American prize, : - " t The scouts also say that the Spanish soldiers are in (almost as complete a state of panic as are the civilians, and that they could easily be Induced to surrender. Some, of the prisoners tak en by thet marines also say they be lieve the Spanish troops are on the verge of surrender, owing to the lack of food. , : " A NIGHT ATTACK EXPECTED " Captain facCalla, of the cruiser Mar blehead, and Lieutenant Colonel Hun tington, in command of the marines, are not so sure, however, of the report ed Spanish rout. They received lnfor .matlon yesterday; that a general at tack by a! force of 3,600 Spanish sol diers and guerillas on Camp McCalla is contemplated within a night or two. Every preparation was made - last night for an expected assault. When the Associated Press dis patch boat Dandy arrived in Guantan amo harbor, at 8 o'clock, ; ! the hills about the 'marine camp were brilliant under the Shifting rays of the search lights of the Marblehead, Dolphin and Scorpion, and the'marines were lying in the rlflei pits, at the guns, Teady and anxious fof battle, but ,the night pass ed without the firing of a shot. The same watchful care was ' exercised i to day, as Captain McCalla is convinced that an attack; is. likely,1 to occur at any moment ; h ; - The Iowa Joined the fleet; here this morning, and, -later, the admiral came over on the flagship to inspect the for tifications and confer with Captain McCalla ahd Lieutenant Colonel Huh tington. f T . i i The coast in the vicinity of Guan-. tanamo is dotted with the bright hued (Cuban flag.-1 Numerous camps of the insurgents vvnich have' been establish ed along theC beach between Santiago and this place are used by the admi ral as means of communication . with the Cubans in the interior. The aid which these men have given has prov ed' highly valuable to the Americans. Their stories ot the destitution - and revolt among the Spanish - soldiers in this vicinity have been corroborated by Interviews with prisoners captured around the camp. ; H General Perrejo, who Js in ' commaptj of the Spanish forces here, la undoubt edly in a bad way in regard to obtain ing food for his men. Thei prisoners who have been captured appear to and have been Lill-fed and are apparently indifferent to their fate. Another body of five Spaniards was captured yesterday by Ensign A. A. Pratt, of the Marblehead. While cruis ing in a steam launch outside the bay he picked up a 50-foot sloop containing J a Spanish captain by the . name of Toreis and four sailors. Thet "said they were ontheir way to Guantanamo for a supply of oil for the lighthouse at Cape. Mays!, but papers found on the sloop proved that they had been sent to. obtain information relative to the American . . forces. The crew of the sloop asserted that they had been ill fed and frightfully ill-treated by the Spanish commander of the Cape Maysl forces. 1-, - " ' t "' - E;' f ..- ' There was a"! brief bombardment of a blockhouse up the bay by . the bat tleshliifOregon yesterday and it is be lieved Tttat during- the firing at least a score of Spaniards .1 were killed. Scouting parties report that the blockhouse was completely destroyed, but that they were unable to discover any bodies; the: remains of the soldiers who bad been killed having probably been carried off by their comrades. Late this afternoon the flagship New York returned to the fleet off Santiago de Cuba. I .'.'- . ,.: - The marines are growing very rest less, owing to the delay of the arrival of the reinforcements of troops, but it is generally believed here today that the transports will reach Santiago not later than ;Monday. "-r. y, , . A rumor' to the effect that Lieuten ant Hobson and his fellow heroes of the collier ; Merrimac had been on the 'walls of Morro castle, tmjler a Span ish guard,! caused rmuch excitement among the fleet. I off Santiago today, but the story is disredited on Commo dore Schley's" flagship.,-" The officers there say that Spanish sentries were mistaken for the ; American prisoners. DESTRUCTION WROUGHT BY OUR ij; i--' ; 4.- FLEET On Board the Associated Press Dis patch Boat Dauntless. Oft Santiago de rtiha : Katnrflav June 18. noon, via Kingston. -i Jamaica. Sunday, -June'19, noon. A t careful Inspection of the tnrttfieatlnirtm( n.lnnar - the- Crest Of the f hills 'defending Santiago harbor since t I the bombardment Thursday -morning i snows mat the i American gunners s n read wreck and ruin everywhere, Some of the batteries were demolished beyond repair,. The vultures, which circled on level wings over the hills, as thick as swallows around a chim ney, for hours after the firing ceased. furnished j gruesome evidence of the "fatality amonr the Spanish soldiers. Hundreds of troops could be seen from the ships digging in mounds of earth piled up by the explosion of the pro jectiles from " the heavy, guns for bodies, while their1 heads were fanned I by, the wings of the black scavengers ' of the. battlefield: - There were 2 two spots, one. on the -east and the other on the west of the Jiarbor entrance, which were denuded of the foliage. The bill tops seem litejlly blown, away. I T: J.; SPANIARDS. Thick Upon the Hill and lib i Men Caused Hal filiated Destructive i. These marked the places where tha 300-pound charges ofHl.O' guncotton. thrown by th Vesuvius landed.-. FLAO ON MORRO HALF-MASTED." ! Bat thr most ominous token of dath flew from Morro castle,? Thai saffron flag; pt Spain was balf-maated on -the keep? fort .several hoursi Th signifi cance of jthls la not known; ;: It is not customary to half-mast flags, but pos- slblyf sonae Spanish leader was killed by the- heavy fire of our runs. HAS JJOBSON BEEH KIIXED? Some oineers of the,' sauadron be- , Ueve thai the flag was half-masted as a notification to the 'Americans that Lieutenant Hobson and his brave men -were dead. If such i im the case they must' hafs been wantonly murdered. The Spanish might seek to lay their, death to ;the bombardment, but not a ' shot frona the American ships struck the fortress. . .- - --y - .; . NelthervAdrnlrai Sampson nor Oom-:, . modore Schley "believe that Lieutenant Hobson ahd his party have .been killed. . Wet have seventeen prisoners taken at Guantanamto, including a lieutenant, be sides; a number. in, the United States, . for reprisals or excharrge. , i i - There ' va evident demoriilsatlon amohar thi Spanish troop during the twmbardment. Officers ' fould te seen, wlthi j dravn swords driving thet men to the guns, but even they could not be forced! to stayso tohg as our runs were i dlrejcted .to thenv The fifteen minutes inight work io the Vesuvius had shattered their nerves. I :y ' It is believed by some that th 11 inch; projectiles fired I from the Texas. ' which wj reported; i have exploded the. powder magazine in "one of the" western batteries, did not fall In the battery brt. went beyond and blew, up , one of the ships in the harbor. .' ; A dramatic nlcident; of the bombardment'-was! the act of a Spanish offlcea, who( bravely ran along? the parapet under a fheavy fire, j encouraging his men Ho stand by thelf guns. Shot and shell rained about him,; and after one terrific explosion; be was seen, no more . and the parapet, had disappeared. He cbuld;not have escaped death, j -" . , From the , f oretop i of i the Brooklyn. , 2,900 'yarde distant,! the men; in the grounds could be noticed, but a minute later dust! and. flying debris would take tneir places ana w,nen tne smoxe clear ed away4nly a spot of red earth could; be seen guns and ' gunner had been wept away. It wa the most deadly and destructive bombardment' of the war. ) Scarcely a hot from the big" guns of the; squadron, went astray. The aim of our gunners was superb and not only ; were the coast forts annihilated, but the (batteries on Cayo Smith, up the naroor, -were destroyed, j iiaa ; ail tne ships used suvokeless powder, a did the New prleans, there would remala no signs Of guns or fortfflcatjons to in dicate thit; there had ever i .been any defenses there. ; j .. i;, There were no casualties in the fieeY. although fhe ships held a fixed position, . as if Inviting the Spaniards to fire upon thenv j The half -stripped ships' gun ners never jworked with more enthus- . lasm. frhe ;word ofj , Rear j(td'ni,r'il Sammson Were: "ITlrat silence thS .bat. teriesion kthe shore? and then contiriV" . ... Q ..... - . V . ,MWMVMB V B V. duced." Tbis order was atrictly obey ed. ' It was the first time that much in structional had beent given ; and the men responded -with; a will. In thirty- , eight ;mlnutes the order was given to cease firing and thet message went to . ' eaich' shlpi from the 'admiral: !' "Welti done;? and the orncers, and ; the men ' turned tni for breakfast. ! Every detail of the . engagement had been executed to the: letter, from the opening flr, by the New; York to the last snot ; trom tne lews, une pan lardsuiwee; svidently; surprisedwhlle - strengthehing helr il!orttflcation. The nrstrsTiot of the New York land--,- ed full and alr on the top of the bins " to the; east, where the runwrt were al- , ready' at iwork erecting ; new: pieces. 1 The earth seemed to rise tn- a i cloud and, jwhen ; the 12-lnch heil of the t, Iowa and the 13-lnch: beauties of the Oregon; landed squarely and fairly, a great; chew went up I from, the ships. The; western squadron got into line and began; firing before the eastern one did nd -the effect of the shot could toe jplalnly seen. : The ; Spanish , gunners at the batteries, could be not- ; ed and Iqulck lire was returned, but only 'or a brief time did they with- " stand ther terrible assault of the fleet, W1AITTNG PATTE'NTLY FOR THE : , - jj- , TRANSPORTS. . ' The horizon is eagerly and Impatient- ly 'scanned for at glimpse of the .long expected kranspoTta. , i The i delay In their arrival Is inexplicable, Va much ' ravorableivveather is being lost and the hurricane! se&uoiv Is due In 'les than' . thirty idays,4 Meanwhile, from . King ston - and?Tort Antonio come reports that ! larjfe quantities r of supplies are being smuggled into Cuba. ;- Rear 'Admiral Sampson iem dauy communication with the Cubans under Colonel Cbraro, who are ; Investing Santiago, on the landside, and are con tinually skirmishing wlti- the Spanish - Oenerali Linares how , com and the- military forces in the town, wh. -e there are 8.000 regulars concentrate. The civilian fare in a starving condition and thelrf deplorable; condition will be aggrevatea iroro aay wsaay. - -. Spies Teport - to Admiral Sampson that the i Spanish ""general. Joral and , . several officers were killed by the gun- cotton, explosion at the first trial of ... the battefles of the Vesuvius, The. editor of the! Evans City, Pa.. Giobe.i wHtes. "One? Minute Cough Cure is rightly named, i lit cured my children after all other remedies fail ed." it cures coughs, polds and all -throat and lung trouble. R. R. Bel- ; lamy, UW IJVM . 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