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s r OYT o VOL. XI. NO. 159. WILMINGTON N. C, SATURD JUNE 25, 1898, PRICE 5 CENTS. mm- i T v A RAPID ADVANCE Of the American Land Porces in the Direc tion of Santiago; THE SPANIARDS General Lawton's Command Seven Miles from Morro Castle---Span iards Evacuate Jaragua too Hastily to Burn the Town General Linares' Dispatches Capture J-A Brush with Spaniards A Shell from a Santiago Battery Explodes on the Texas, Killing One and Wounding Eight" . More Shots from the Vesuvius. (Copyright by Associated Press.) On Board the Associated Press Dis patch iftat Dauntless, off Juragua, Province of Santiago de Cuba, Thurs day Night, June 23, via Port Antonio, Jamaica, Friday; Jime 24. 7 a. nv The advance, of the American army has reached the edge of the tableland in which the harbor of Santiago de Cuba lies. Here, seven miles from Morro castle as the crow ties, the main body 'of the troops has jimted and the Span iards are in uU-retreat toward San tiago de Cuba, surprise, but a They may attempt a decisive engagement is not expected for several days. . General Lawton's brigade, which rested last night at Demajayaho, four miles west of Baiquiri, resumed its march at day light. Before noon his brigade, consisting of the Second In fantry, the First infantry, the Second Massachusetts volunteers, with,, com panies of the Kighth cavalry, half of the Fourth, cavalry and several com panies of the Twenty-fifth (colored) cavalry, occupied Juragua, five miles beyond,1 ami the American flag was hoisted there. i . The Spaniards retired before the ad vance, which was covered by Cuban skirmishers, burning the blockhouses as they went. Colonel Wagner, with a small recon nateance party of about forty men, brushed against the Hank of a retreat ing Spanish column, 200 strong, at 'FlrrfTPas. A dozen shots were fired 'byr the Sjanlards, as Colonel Wagner fell back. Before General Lawton could bring up the Twenty-second. the van regiment, the Spaniards nao decamped westward. Jaragua was abandoned by General Linares and 1.200 Spanish troops with such haste that they had no time to burn the town, though an ineffectual effort was made to destroy the loco motives of the railroad and the rolling stock. General Linares retreated to Savilla, six miles west of Juragua. by road, and nine miles from bantiago de Cuba. ; . A, BRUSH WITH THE SPANIARDS. A detachment of 170 Cubans, under Colonel Aguirra, collided with the Spanish rear guards. The Cubans lost two men killed and had' seven wound - cd. . The Spanish loss Is not known. One Spaniard .was maeheted. General Chaffee, with the Ninth cavr nlrv, the remainder; of: the Eighth, Fourth, Seventh, Twelfth and Seven 1 teenth Infantry, reached Jaragua at dark. . " General Bates, with the reserve of fhe Twentieth infantry, and Colonel Wood's rough riders, dismounted, with a dvnamite gun. hurried forward from Baiqu'.frl at 3 o'clock, proceeding by forced inarches. When tLv couriers brought the news that Juragu'a had been occupied ihe troopships which had not disembark ed their troops, steamed to Juragua with the view of landing them there: JBut the heavy sea -beating on the beach made it impossible to get the boats through the surf. - I GENERAL LINARES' DISPATCHES CAPTURED. Disaptches of General Linares.'which have , been captured, indicate that the Spaniards' were ordered to retreat to ward Santiago de Cuba. The . Cubans expect the first stand -: to Jbe made at Savilla and they have proved good prophets in the past. Gen eral Lawton's men are badly fagged by forced marches arid the intense beat. Their rations are almost ex hausted. They started with three days' supplies and further food -eould not be landed today. But a pack train will be sent forward tomorrow. Strong - outposts are maintained to aiight ' in order to prevent a surprise, -nd Juragua is also under the protec tion of the guns of the warships. Thus J he flank of the advancing American .olnmn is safe. The Spaniards,' to at- tark our trooos must make a forced nirch through ah almost impenetrable ' -undergrowth. Thre Svere only two casualties dur ing the landing of the troops at Bai ' mfiri Corporal Cobb and Private English, of Troop D. Tenth cavalry rolored), fell between a lighter and t the pier Captain O'Neill, of Woods ' rough-riders, plunged into the sea at the risk of .his life, but the men were crushed before ' he reached them. O'Neill was a former mayor of Tucson, Arizona. Several horses and mules were drowned while swimming ashore .through the surf. r.enerai arcias army of 4.000 men is to be conveyed by transports from Acederros and landed at Baiquiri to morrow, to join the 1,200 men under (General Castillo and to co-operate with 'the American troops. The move ment today almost jfmounts to a i hange of base. A brisk musketry fire was heard in the direction of Savilla as the Daunt less left at dark. W - THE ADVANCE. (?n Board the" Associated. Press Dis rate! Boat Dauntless, off Baiquiri. June 'Thursday). S a. m., via Port Antonio, Jamaica June 24th (Friday). ' a r? way of the Halifax cable. Ti'fA ,mm: last night over 4.000 of GOOD HEALTH J S EVERYTHING ;XO YOU. f HE no in hvi erooff Rfc.llth is tO The Aetna Llthia water is the test on the market today. The analyst ...til V. A-nr mnpa Tit hi o onn ' I .1 m "in .... tnan any waiei uu istxu uuy. doctor will tell you that the analysis is. just all one could ask for. Our sales are larger today than at any "time Jfice introduction which is proof that (th ,etna is giving perfect satisfac tion. Eon't be misled by being made to behe-ve that the Aetna's "rep" has not been i5tablished. We have hun dreds of testimonials, and can give you the names o plenty of people in Wilmington who whl tell you jnat the Aetna is doing for toem in cases jf Kidney trouble, Stomach trouble, Sndigeetion, Dyspepsia, Uric Aclad. i$ the blood. Torpid Liver, Female De bility. Etc. ... Nothing will take the place of Aetna XJrhia. Water: 25c v per gallon. Send y-ur 5-gallon jug down and get it fill far $1.00. Carbonated . in quarts 15c per boM?, U-50 dozen. R. E. VARD. - Agent, W, H. GHEE"? rHABMACY. Telephone 191f , . RETREATING the 16,f.00 men on board the transports went ashore. . General Kent, with sev en transports, will remain. west of San tiago as a feint until the remainder of the troops here are landed. General Garcia arrived at camp before dark, and 1,500 of his Cubans are expected . to effect a juncture with General Shat ter's men today. As soon as the va rious commands were, landed yester day they--were pushed out in, the di rection of Santiago. At dark they bi vouacked, and were strung out in col umn three miles long, the front rest ing at Demajayaho, and the rear of the column within a mile of the base at Baiquiri, in the following order: Colone Wagner, with a reconnais sance, at Demajayaho, a mile in ad vance of General Lawton's headquar ters; the Twenty-second and Twenty- fourth (colored) infantry resting at a small creek; the Second Massachu setts, the Twelfth infantry. First bat talion of the Fourth . infantry, two eorripanies of the Tenth infantry and the second battalion of the Fourth in fantry. General -Bates' men who are ort reserve and General Lawton's "Jones' " rough-riders, dismounted; and fragments of several. regiments bi vouacked at. Baiquiri last night. The landing proceeded ' until dawn. The men slept on bare ground, some under the tent fles and some under the star lit canopy. In the morning they wash ed and were in good spirits. The only disagreeable feature was the mosqui toes and land insects. All the men are. anxious to get at the foe. and the regiments are to be pushed on to sup port General Lawton as fast as they are landed. The aggressive attitude of the army oh land has been exceedingly graitfying. - THE TEXAS' STRUCK BY A SHELL. Playa del Este, Guahtanamo Bay, Thursday,; June 23rd, 3 p. m. While foeHlng the batteries of Santiago de Cuba--yesterday the battleship Texas was struck by a 6-lnch; shell, which passed -through her pbrt side, killing F. O. Blakeley , an apprentice, and wounding eight others. The Texas, with a number of transports, was mak ing a feint -west of the entrance of San tiago harbor and was shelling . the woods.1 , - . - A Spanish battery on, fhe hill west of the harbor opened on the warships and for three hours there was a live ly exchange of shots. The Spaniards shot wild, but the last shell struck the Texas just above the gun deck and exploded. Blakeley, who was standing directly in the path of the shell, was cut all to pieces" and eight of his com panions were wounded at the same time. The remains of F- O. Blekeley, the aprentice of the. battleship Texas, who was struck and killed by a 6-inch shell while the Texas was shelling the bat teries of Santiago de Cuba Wednesday last, have been buried at sea off Santi ago de Cuba. Four-of the eight' others who were wounded at the same time Blakeley was killed, have been brought here and placed on the hospital 'ship. Solace. The other wounded men will remain on the Texas. The battleship was not seriously damaged by the shell. .. 1 . SHELLS FROM THE VESUVIUS. ', .The 'dynamite cruiser Vesuvius at tacked the - Santiago batteries last night, throwing three dynamite shells. It is believed the projectiles did great damage to the entrenchments. The Texas fought the battle alone and after its conclusion the officers and men of the "battleship were com plimented by Rear Admiral Sampson for the excellent work they , had per formed. THE STARS AND STRIPES ON AL TARES MOUNTAIN. ; On Board the Associated Press Dis patch Boat Dauntless. off Baiquiri, Thursday Afternoon, 'June 23rd, via Kingston! Jamaica, Friday, June 24. 10 a. m. Late yesterday afternoon the American flag was flown from the top of the Al tares mountains, back of Bai quiri, amid wild enthusiasm. The men cheered and waved their hats, the warships "and the transports let loose their sirens and the bands played the btar Spangled Banner. Major La Motte, with two men of the volunteer cavalry, Climbed the heights and'rais ed the nag. The Spanish-American iron works which were destroyed before the troops landed yesterday,1 belonged to the Steelton Company, near . Baltimore, Aid. SORRY PLIGHT OF.CUBAN SOL DIERS The Cubans, under General DeMo- trues Castillo, who . entered Baiquiri after, the Spaniards had, deserted the town Were, clothed in rags, and many of them were, two-thirds naked. Some had no trousers and only tattered shirts, while the majority-of them, were barefooted. They were mostly ne groes, some being boys of only 15 years of nge. The guns they carried were of many models, ranging from flint locks to Mausers and Remingtons. All, however, were armed with machetes. The officers rode donkeys and scrub horses. The sun"was blazing hot and a number of the soldiers were pros trated by the intense heat and 'were taken on board the hospital ship, OUR TROOPS IN FINE SPIRITS. " The troops are in fine spirits and are overjoyed at the aggressive attitude assumed by General Shafter, who be lieves he can force his way into Santi ago and strike the Spanish a heavy blow. n Thecelerity of the forward move ment of the United States army has embarrassed the quartermaster's de partment, General Lawton sent back this afternoon an urgent request for more rations. The mules and stores I " . J tife already ashore, but ' some of the trapTtflgs are still on board ship. They will be taken on during the night. Colonel Humphreys says he will have a pack train loaded and on its way. by daylight tomorrow. It should reach Juragua. before night. An attempt to send supplies to Juragua this after noon in boats failed. Win your battles against disease by acting promptly. One Minute Cough Cure produces Immediate re- sutis. v n xa&en eariy it preyems con sump . "And .in later stages It furnishes fcmpt flier. R..JR. Bel lamy. 1i Philippine Transport Sfxhted r San Francisco, . June 24. At 1:3Q o'clock on the afternoon of the 20th ia latitude 2S.53 K, longitude J44.35 W.t the gteamer Pent, from the Orient, via Honolulu, sighted the transport steam ers City of China, Senator, Colon and Zealandia. Signals were exchanged with all the vessels, "AH well on board," was the message the flags fluttered to the liner.- nOOBE'8 CREEK BATTLE CBODD The State Pnrthaaet This : Historic Spot Near Wilmington and Will BeautlTr and Preserve It The Pur chase Was Authorized By an Arf of the General Assembly The Battle Besotted In a Great Victory for the Revolutionary Patriots. In yesterday's Raleigh Post "we find the following interesting item: Dr. Cyrps Thompson, secretary of state, yesterday closed the deal for the purchase of the historic battlefield of Moore's Creek, In Pender county, in compliancy with an act of the general assembly Enacted at the last session. The property is purchased in behalf of the statie.and it is the intention of the state to have the battlefield pre served and beautified. ,To this end the legislature made an appropriation for the punchase of the historic ground. The state representatives in congress are urged to secure an appropriation from the federal g-vernment for its maintenance. . A granite monument fifteen and. a half feet in height now stands on the battlefield to commemorate the deci sive engagement between the Scotch Highlanders, under command of Don ald. MacDonald and the Continental troops of "America," under command of Colonels Llllington and .Caswell. The battle, which crushed the heart's of the Tories and gave renewed inspiration to the American patriots, occurred Feb ruary .27, 1776,. The Scotch Highland ers were proceeding from Cumberland to Wilmington, to join the British army, and were intercepted at Moore's creek by Colonels Lillington and Cas well, commanding the American troops The battlefield pYoper is owned by Mr. Bruce Williams, of Burgaw. That gentleman has consented to sell- it to the state for $100. ,It contains about two and one-half or three acres. There are. seven more acres adjoining the plot on which fighting occurred. The; plot belongs to an old darkey, who has agreed to sell it to the state for $5 per acre. The offer has been accepted. All the breastworks and the monu ment are located on the plot purchas: ed from Mr. Williams. The following is the act of the last general assembly authorizing the pur chase of the battlefield: i Section 1. That, ' whereas the battle of Moore's creek, one of the most im portant of the revolution, fought on the 27th of February, 1776, and Wheras, The said battle was of great importance in the struggle for independence; Whereas, The monument erected by patriotic citizens to ; pepetuate the fame of said battle and, the lands do nated by a. generous, public are sadly neglected; Now, therefore, to commemorate this historic event and to preserve the grounds, monument, groves and earth works, it is enacted by the general as sembly that a sum not to exceed $200 be and the same is hereby appropri ated, for the . purpose of purchasing said battle ground and site, not to ex ceed ten acres. I Section 2. That the secretary of the state of North Carolina is hereby in structed to make, such purchase, and to take a deed therefor to the governor of Ndrth Carolina and his successors in office to be perpetually held as a public park in memory of said battle. Section 3. That our senators and representatives in the congress of the United States are hereby requested to secure an appropriation from the gen eral government sufficient to. beautify and preserve this historic ground and keep ' in constant repair the said grounds. The people of Wilmington will be exceedingly gratified to learn that the historic ground at Moore's creefc'is to be preserved. The battle field is about seventeen miles from Wilmington, and about a mile from the station of Cur Tie, in Pender county, which was formerly- a part of this (New Hanover) county. The monument is about a hundred yards from the bridge over Moore's creek and a few hundred yards west of the track of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railway. It can be plainly seen from passing trains when ths undergrowth is cleared away, wiiich, we learn, is to be dcre - Thei monument was erected in 1857, and is a grey stone shaft. It -was erected by subscriptions by the people of Wilmington and surrounding coun try. When the monument .was .dedi cated,, says the Daily Review, three military companies from this city at tendedthe Wilmington Light Infan try, the German Volunteers,' and the Wilmington Rifle Cadets. A great many people from Wilmington and the-j surrounding country were there, and tHe occasion was made a memorable event. The orator on the occasion was the late Hon. Joshua G. Wright, father of Mrs. Charles M. Stedman, Mrs. Clayton Giles, and Mr. Thos. H. Wright. . i On the south face of the monument is this inscription: "Here He the re mains of Private John "Grady, of Dup lin county, who fell brayely fighting for his country, the first martyr in the cause of freedom in North Carolina, and . the only Whig killed in the battle." On the east faee is engraved the name of Lillington and on'the west that of Caswell and on the north side is the following: "In Commemora tion of the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, fought here February 27, 1776, the First Victory Gained by the Amer ican Arms," Death of an Old Citizen of Cnrrle Information wras received in the city yesterday of the death of Mr. J. R. Chadwick, who passed away yesterday at 10 o'clock at his home at Currie, in the 77th year of his age. The de ceased was born May 12, 1812, in Car teret county, near Morehead city. He leaves a wife and several .children, Messrs. D. N. and D. W. Chadwick, of our city being his sons. The, funeral will take place,at Currie today and the Messrs. Chadwick will go up this morning to attend. - Death of Mrs. Gavin. Mr, R. W. Wallace, manager of The Orton, was summoned to Kenansville by a telegram on Thursday announc ing the serious illness of his sister, Mrs. Margaret Gavin, wife of Mr. Gav in, clerk of the superior court of Dup lin county. A telegram received here yesterday conveyed the sad intelligence to friends that Mrs. Gavin died at noon yesterday. Mrs. Gavin was the daughter of ej Sheriff Bland " Wallace of Duplin and is a -sister of our townsmen, Messrs,' R, W. and Hugh Wallace. Her funeral will take "place today at Ke- pansfilla. ".'' Oil I 1 Programme of the Sec ond Regiment. THE BRIGADIERSHIP To be GItcb to Lieut. Col. Cowles. of the First Regiment Six Recruits I Sworn In The Two Captains Ordered to Court- .Tlsrtlal Given Another chance Major Davis Detailed for Duty at State Guard Headquarters Deserters Dropped from the Rolls. (Special to The Messenger.) . Raleigh, N. C, June 24 News that Oscar J. Spears is to be the republican nominee for congress in the Third dis trict come from several sources. Only six recruits were sworn in by Colonel Burg-wyn, of the Second regi ment, today. It is found to be almost impossible to get recruits from, east ern counties. Recruiting onicers can-' not account for this. Colonel Burgwyn proposes , that the Second regiment shall parade in Ral eigh July 4th. There will be fireworks in the early evening on the drill ground, and afterwards he proposes to have a concert and ball in one of the great buildings at the camp. Music is to be furnished by the regimental or chestra. All deserters have been dropped from the rolls of the regiment. There are fifteen. Some men have been dis charged upon orders. These places are all being filled and, of course, make more recruiting neces.sary. The sugeons' "vaccination" took on 800 officers and men of the regiment. Only one case was so bad as to be almost dangerous, that of Lieutenant Albritton, of Company E. .The field officers' court today tried a soldier for trying to smuggle whis key into camp in a haversack by pre tending he Was mail orderly. The pro vost guard captured him in town. Ke was put on extra duty at hard labor for one week. Two men charged with stealing 'a hammock .were released be cause four or five of their comrades swore to an alibi, but Major Dixon said he knew the men w ere guilty as a street car conductor sa w them .with the j stolen property. Both men are sailors. Mention was today made that two captains were under arrest for drun kenness. -They were summoned be fore Colonel Burgwyn today who gave them a plain talk, saying he would re lease them and give them one more change, but that upon their next of- Q t V IMPORTANT EVERTS OF THE Dfl J On Thursday Our Army had by Air Line from Morro Castle. j '- c A Shell from a Santiago Battery Strikes tlitf Texas, Killing One Man and Wounding Eiiiht. ' J 1 . If the Spanish Fleet .Passes Through Suezr:anal a Strong ! American Squadron Will be Sent td the Coastf ;pain. Sampson is Notified that Hobson and His 'Mn- are Safe and J Have Been Removed from the Line of Fire. '. j'f 1 j . S .. The German Government has fairs at Manila. Mr. Barbee, of the Methodist Book Concert!. . Admits Paying Mr. Stahlman $100,000 for Securing the Appropriation. i he stars ana stripes are Planted on Altares Mountain Back of Baiquiri. The Navy Department Purchases Eight Large Jsteahiers to be Used 'as Troop Transports. The Philippine Transports Well." ' A Severe Fight Occurred Near Santiago-l esterday. The Spanish Were Driven Back on the City.' Ourf Loss was Quite Heavy, ft . ,' :. 'J Hamilton Fish, Jr is Among fence, nothing could save them from being cashiered. The "Western Union Company has been charging 25 cents extra on each telegraph message delivered at Camp Bryan Grimes and Camp Russell. Ldud complaints have- been made about this excessive charge. Colonel Burgwyn laid the matter before Su perintendent Tree, and the latter today ordered that there be no extra charge whatever. - - There were no drill ceremonies to day. There will be dress parade Sun day. !. . Congressman Skinner telegraphs Co lonel Burgwyn that the instruments for the band will be shipped tomor row, w : President Alderman, of the state uni versity, says that yesterday 12o were in attendance upon it's summer school,' it being the fourth day. He saya this means 200 will attend, or more than ever before. . Revenue Collector Duncan was noti fied today by commissioner of revenue that a supply iof 1 cent postage stamps to be used as revenue stamps, were shipped him today. W. P. Sawyer, of Hertford county, an inmate of the insane asylum here, who is in the habit of stumbling when walking, fell in a corridor and his head struck a bench, fracturing the skull. Despite the best attention, he died in a few hours. 1 It was. settled this afternoon that Calvin T. Cowles. Jr., now lieutenant Colonel of the First regiment. North Carolina volunteers, will be made brig adier general from North Carolina, He has been tWenty-nine years in the reg ular "army.. In compliance with Governor Rus sell's request, Major Charles L. Davis, IT. S. ."A.ijis detailed for duty at na tional guaird headquarters here. "I don't know, there may be others" he said, but I have used "Parker's Tolu Cousrh Syrup In my family for years and would not be without it." He knew better than to buy the inferior preparation that was being urged upon him. Parker's Tdlu Cough Syrup has no equal. It will immediately relieve any Cough or Cold, Whooping Cough, Sore throat. Hoarseness, Croup, Bron chitis and kindred ailments. Contains no injurious ingredients. Is pleasant to take and a safe remedy for children. Sold by J. C. Shepard, J. H. Hardin and H. I Fentresa. The General Deficiency Bill "Washington, June 24. The senate committee on appropriations today made a report on the general deficien cy appropriation bilL The committee reduced the. appropriation made by the bill to the extent of $130,000 and increased it by the -addition of $2,072, 607, making a net increase of $1,942,607, and bringing the total appropriation up to $226,140,246, ' " ; " The Chief Burgess of MUesbnrg, Pa.1 says DeWitfs Little Early Risers are the best pills he ever used in, bis iam ilv d urinsr forty years of bouse keep- in e. They cure constipatiori, sick beadache and stomach - and liver troubles. Small in sle but great In resutta. R.R, Bellas-. 1 W 11 II ft Between ; Spanish and American Troops. ,r A A FIERCE FIGHT WAGED One .Thousand Cavalry and Beach Riders Attack -a Spanish Force That Is Double Tliel- Number In the Bush The Eneiuf iBeaten Back' I pon Kau tlago The American Losses Thirteen Killed, Amopsjrhem Hamilton Fish Jr., and FJftV Vounded. ' : . (Copyrightb3j7 Associated Press.) On Board fkeii Wanda, off Jaragua, Friday Afteyioi,' June 24th, via Playa del EstevGuHtttnamo Bay, June 24, 8 p. m. This i ff Jbfning (Friday) four troops of ,Firs 'cavalry, four: troops of HI1 Tenth cavalry and eight troops of Rosevelt's rou'rh-riders, less than 1,000 men in' all, MJemounted and attacked 2,000 Spanish fjoldiers in the-thickets within five mls. of Santiago de Cuba. T DEAD. ' The Americans' beat' the enemy back into the cityfc.they left the follow ing dead upon;, the field: , Rough Ride'rHCaptain Allen K: Cap ron, of Troop il ;;i Sergeant : Hamilton Fish, Jr. ; PrJatfis Tillman, and Daw son, both of ,prop L; Doughtery, of Troop A, and'.W.jT. Erwin, of Troop F. First CavatryfPrivates Dix, York, Bejork, Kolbe."kr(d Lenmark. - Tenth Cavairy4-Corporal 'White. At least i frtfty Americans were wounded, inctSing sii officers. Several of the woundel 4fill die. Tweive dead Spaniards were found in the bush jafef.'the fight, but their loss was doubtless far in excess ;of that. - Hvf-'".iV ' General YquhK, commanded the ex pedition arid-gwas with the regulars, while Colonel ;V)od directed the op erations of thfejTrough-rfders several miles west, t 3 ''. 1 " Both parties struck the 'Spaniards about the sametim and the fight' last ed an hour. Ti Spaniards ope'ned 'fire from the thiclf-brush and had every advantage of '; lumbers and position, but the troopsdrove them back from the start, fetorpied the blockhouse around whirls they made the final stand and sefnJthem scattering over the mountains.!.. TEhe cavalrymen were afterward reirigored by the Seventh, Twelfth and :f jp'eA'enteenth infantry, part of the Nieth; cavalry, the Second Massachusetts and the Seventy-first New York. : .' ' TO ASS'AgJLT SANTIAGO. The Americsp now hold the posi tion at the "thifeshold of Santiago de . : ' iaiasift4ali A smAssA Advanced to a noint Seven 3Iiles no Idea of Ttr3terfering in Af . '.-( ; IffcM; are Sighted. Report "411 :if. the Killed at Santiago. , J Cuba, with moj-e ' troops going for ward constantly-and they are prepar ing for a final assault upon-the. city. THE 10UNDED. v , The followingafficers wire wounded: Major Brodie,sHot through the riglft forearm. 'I , ( Captain McCJmtook,. Troop B," ' shot through the right si eg. : " Lieutenant J.s Rj. Thomas, .Troop A." h'is condition is Tsserious.- . All the foitegdmg officers are rough- riders, j ' Other. officers?' wounded are: Captain Knoxy whose condition is serious;": Majar pell and Lieutenant Bryan. i , . j These ofncersj.are of the First cav alry. : f- I Edward Marshall, correspondent of The New York ilaurnal-arid Advertiser, was seriously fotinded in the small of the back. . , f It is probableth:at at least ten in the list of wounded 'will : die. Washington.-rjjne "25. Ahe Associ ated Press is ?assuieti that ud to 1 o'clock, a. m. tJi. Administration had no advices of toqa3'' battle .-at Santiago.. The first newspfj the engagement re ceived at the wfiite house was the Associated Pr?ssr;$Jispatches. Hamilton FiJ, r., one of the killed; was one of ttie -jiyouhg New. Yorkers of good .position, ijnd family who went to the front xri'h Roosevelt's rough riders. He wa pf distinguished an cestry, his family being one, of the oldest in thi. estate His father, Nich olas Fish, lstifif "pon of the late Ham ilton Fish, who: whs secretary of state in Grant's cabinet. Hamilton Fish was over six feet tall, of ; herculain build and rowed as? foi 7 of Columbia col lege crew in . its Winning race of 1794 over the PougJlKeepsie course. y . Soldier lillled by Lightning Tampa, "FIa.U Jine 24. The Second regiment,- of KewJ York, was p&d off today by General Howard . Carrll for the Empire stteJ Both he and Major Poole paid the regiment complipients upon its condition,' This regiment has received more,ith-an $20,000 from private sources, one company receiving from the citizens of rTroy a cash purse of $2,600. This regiment went out under heavy marching drders this afternoon. to be out ,ali -Right, while on the I march out ta Tampa" heights Private 1 Fred Bichols,5 oi Company C, struck by lightning and killed. Several others were violently shocked, but have reepvered; ? The Spaniraflsappolntea. London, Juns Ji. All the special dispatches front Madrid reflect the anx iety produced ibv Admiral Cervera's dispatches andth threatening aspect of the politicalslJ.uatlotu. There is no doubt the Spaniards are sadly disap pointed with. tW ease with which Gen eral Shafter e&eeted a landing and at the retreat toward Santiago, which, ta regarded as a ad omen. The : news papers are. irrt ated at the prospect that restrictioE J will be placed upon their . criticisif'S, 1 now the cortes is closed. " ' . THE PAY Q1EKTION t - 1 ". " - . .The Adjutant General Claims the ee oud Bectment Entitled to Pay From . De of Governor's Order lor 9tobUl xstlon of the Troops '. (Special to The Messenger.) Raletgh. N. C. June 24. A telegram from the secretary -of war to the adju tant general says one major and one adjutant wiu De allowed the negro ten-company regiment.' The adjutant general is trying to get two majors aad two adjutants allowed, i so as to mike places for clamorous applicants. ' -.Claud Weir,' of Raleigh, was today enlisted as pharmacist and sent' to the fihl hospital of the seventh army "corps, upon request of Chief Surgeon Moore, who desires to get three more pharmacists, young men of good char acter from this state. Applicants should send names to Adjutant Gen eral Cowles here immediately. The adjutant general also de'sires three more telegraphers to go with General Merritt's ' corpse to the Philippines. He has enlisted seven for this service. '.The Second regiment will' make a s'pecikl f ontribution as an organiza tion, to- the Bagley monument fund. Second, regiment company officers and enlisted men it seems are to be paid from April 27th tomorrow.- The adjutant general insisted that the war date of constructive- mobilization being the date of the governor's call for vol unteers. 'He says Major Hayes, U S A, then the governor's military advis er,, told him troops would be paid from April 27tn and that, he so informed the companies. The adjutant general says: "My good faith is pledged to this. 1 will file with each pay roll a copy of the governor's order of April 27th, put ting mobilization machinery at. work. .These troops were brought here as soon aa the government was prepared to accommodate them. The first com pany was. mustered in May 9th' and the, last one May-' 27th." j?-;A telegram was sent the secretary of wlgtr this afternoon . regarding April 27th as the date of beginning of pay. The adjutaht general says the. rolls .are being made out on that basis. y 'in a minute" one dose of Hart's Es sence of Ginger, .will relieve any ordi nary case of Colic, Cramps,, or Nausea, ar). unexcelled remedy for Diarrhea, Cholera Morbus, Summer complaints and all internal palnsi Sold by J. C. Shepard, J. H. Hardin and H. L. Fen tress. . iUfclGIIT STEA71EKS BOI'GIIT . t -Tbe IVa)- Department Purchase Eight Xars SteamsUlpn to be I'sed as Troop f;hip. - ; -I T?' '' i Washington, June 24. An important addition" to the war department lists of vessels ' available for transports .nd freight service was announced' today; This was' the purchase of e!irht large ships; of over 3,600 tons burden each for use on the Atlantic-coast, except one 6n the Pacific coast. Seven .were Obtained 1 from the Atlantic Transport Line,, which operates its. steamers from New York, Philadelphia and Balti more, to London. Heretofore the prac tice of the war department has been to charter all the vessels which it has usedand Jthe announcement today of the" acquisition of the ships by pur chase, is distinctly a new departure in the policy of the government, due it is believed, to the fact that the owners and agents of the various companies hereto Jone. have , asked such high prices. - . It., was authoritatively stated today tfat; impressment of ships on the At lantic costst would not be resorted to, but--such ,as were desired would be ob tained in some other way. . 'f The purchase price of the ships se cured from the, Atlantic . Transport Ljn.e was not tated at the department but '.it understood that the amount approximately was $4,000,000. " All the! vessels of this linere to be delivered to the government at New York. Owing to their large capacity fdr carrying passengers, and' supplies they-constitute a. formidable addition to" the fleet 'of forty-one ships already under charter by the government for transport use on the Atlantic coast. -. Today's acquisition is presumed to be-,a decidedly forward step in the ar rangements for the Porto Rican expe dition, -although the officials of the department decline at this time to say to what port they will be ordered. Added' to the dozen ships already available for this expedition, the eight vessels-make up a fleet that will trans port ran -army . fuller two-thirds, and probably as large as that which Gen eral Shafter took with him. Why allow yourself to be slowly tor tured at the stake of disease? Chills and Fever will undermine, and event ually break down the strongest consti tution. r s- "Febri-Cura" (Sweet Chill Tonic with Iron) is more effective than Quinine, and being combined with Iron, is an excellent Tonic and Nerve med icine.: .."It; is. pleasant to take, and is sold" under a positive guarantee to cure or money refunded. Accept no substi tufesi The "just as good" kind don't effect cures. Sold by J.-C; Shenard; J. I'll. Hardin and H. L. Fentress., i Jane Crop Report. '! ' .-(Special to The Messenger.) ; ;Raieigh', N. C, June 24r-'The state crop-report for June, based on returns to the agricultural department from 1,000 correspondents, give the following percentages: Condition of cotton as L compared with the average 89, tobacco 90, corn !. 93, wheat 106, -oats 89, sweet "pptatpesj -92, Irish potatoes 87, apple3 76,-: peaches 78, grapes 92. Acreage of cotton as compared with last year is 2 per' cnt, corn 100, tobacco 100. rrhfe editor of the Evans City, Pa. Globe,, writes. "One Minute Cough Cure is rightly named.. It cured my I children after all other, remedies fall- eu.;.,i.t. cures cougns, coi&s ana an throat and lung troubles. R. R. Bel- Mr.; Barbee Admits Faying the Lobylut Washingtons June 24. The commit teemen claims today began the investi gation of the charges made in connec tion with the payment of the claim of $28,000 of .the Methodist Book Con cerns by examining Book Agent Barbee Mr. Barbee admitted the payment of ?100,800 or 35 per cent, to Mr. Stahl man &8 he attorney .for the Book Concern In the collection of the claim, but .he held that the claim was just and that the employment of an agent was a matter which concerned only th: BonV CrvnrM-n lts1f fflktner the' position that he was under no obliga - tion to inform the senate, in response. td the telegrams of Senators Pasco and iBaJe as to the amount that was to be paid' the agent. Mr. Stahlman admit ted: the receipt of the money as pay for his services, hut he had not in formed any one of the existence of the coxitract for his pay, believing that if he should do so it would prejudice the claim , and. prevent its consideration upon Its merits. ': Currency Reform Geea rrer Washington, jrfne 24. The support ers of the currency reform bill recently reported to the bouse by Mr. McCleary, of Minnesota, have decided not to urge I 'consideration further at this session. WAR ON SPAIN'S SOIL If Cadiz Fleet Goes to Manila Our Warshipi Will Attack Spanish Ports. SEVERE MEASURES TO BE TAKEN As Soon as the Spanish Fleet Enters Suez Canal a Formidable Fleet will be Sent to Spanish Home Waters.lIohson and 11 U Companion Removed" from the Line of Fire.The Cadiz Fleet Sailing - Eastward Gern iany Not ' ' in the Philippines : Ct mmand Washington, June 24. The war is to be"! carried into Africa, metaphorically speaking, if Spain is foulhardy enough to send the Cadiz fleet through thu Suez canal to attack Dewey In the Philippines. It is unnounced on good authority that before the last Span ish vessel has passed through the canal an American squadron will be steaming at full speed across the At lantic straight for the coast of Spain to bring the war home to the Spuhi&b people. There is no doubt 1 Dew ey can take care of himself against this Cadiz fleet, ' since h'is own squadron will be reinforced by ironclads long before Ca rnara,'s ships sight the bay of Manila, and he will 'also have the shore bat teries, with him instead of against him in the struggle. . SEVERE MEASURES. It has been concluded by the ad ministration that " nothing save llie most severe, measures will sulrrice to bring the Spanish people to a realizing sense of the hopelessness' of the con tinuance of the present war, and even kindness, it i held, will dictate such a blow as that it is proposed to ad minister if the. Spanish persist In Ihls last project. After the fall of Santia go and the capture or destruction of Cervera's squadron, Sampson- will have an abundance of vessels to spare for the task set for'him. Probably he will constitute the attacking fleet in two squadrons, the first a flying squad ron to be composed of the swiftest vessels of the fleet, such as the Colum bia, Minneapolis, Harvard, f Yale, St: Louis, St. Paul,; New Orleans and such craft. This w-ill be followed'under an other command, either Sampson or Schley, by the battleships, which: Cap tain Clark's experience w;lth the Ore gon has shown, can easily be counted upon for the voyage across the Atlan tic. With the Iowa, Oregon, Indiana, Massachusetts and Texas, all battle ships, supplementing the New York and Brooklyn, armored . cruisers, and the less powerful, but speedy vessels of the flying squadron,;, the Spanish coast would be speedily swept clear of all ', commerce, all Spanish shipping would be destroyed, and some of the best ports blockaded or bombarded. No official . news came to the war department during official hours from our army near Santiago. This was a cause for mild surprise at the depart ment, as General Shafter has a cable at his 'command and.it was expected he. would report the measures of suc cess he has attained in the debarkation of his army on Cuban soil and ,the be ginning of operations against Santiago.- However, the general has the reputation here of being a man of ac tion' more than of words, and of not being given to over many official re ports. Not hearing from him, the. offi cials were obliged to rely for information-entirely upon . press reports. They found these highly satisfactory and Secretary Alger expressed particu lar gratification' at the news that the troops had reached a point within seven miles of Morro castle without encountering serious resistance. The direction taken by the troops after their landing at Barquiri trend ing generally westward is taken in some quarters here to indicate a pur pose to unite with Sampson's fleet in an attack on Morro castle and the oth er forts at the entrance of I ; Santiago harbor before turning their attention to the town itself. Once the fort , is captured Sampson, with small boats, coj4l remove the mines and if, as re ported, the Merrimac does not com pletely obstruct the channel ome of nne battleships may be sent in to deal with Cervera's squadron. Something of this kind is believe! to be necessary in order to relieve our troops from the fire of the Spanish fleet when they at tack Santiago direct. ' V- One or two of the battleships; supple mented by a few torpedo boats, could be relied upon to- keep Cervera's squadron so fully occupied that he would have no time to get at the troops attacking Santiago from the rear. For the firsJi timetoday there was a reliable announcement of the inten sion of General Miles to go to Cuba to pirticupate in the operations there be fore the campaign is extended to Porto Rico. The time of his departure is as yet unsettled. HOBSON AND HIS MEN SAFE. With great satisfaction the navy de partment today published Sampson's statement that Hobson and his men are -well and are not in the line of fire. It was also noted that Sampson finds no difficulty in having his flag of truce respected, which is gratifying, in view of the statement . coming from Havana some days ago that there was to be a lapse into barbarism through the refusal of the Spaniards to recog nize flags' of truse. ,-: , The navy- department has received ehe following cablegram? "Playa del Este, June 24. From a flag of truce, I learned today that Lieutenant Hobson and his comDan- ions are ailNveU. "s They are confined, in the city of Santiago, four miles from Morro. "SAMPSON." THE CADIZ FLEET SAILING EAST. ' The state department has received advices confirming the report that the Spanish Cadiz squadron is in the Med iterranean 'moving eastward. - The dis patch came fropi an agent of the de de- t rlish partment in Algiers and was as lows: "Captain Moon, of the Engl steamer Hampton,, informs me that hie passed on the 22nd at 3 o'clock, off Pampelleria, the Spanish squadron. bound east, fifteen ships. Including transports laden with troops and three torpedo boats." GERMANY NOT TO INTERFERE. The only important development at today's cabinet meeting was the post tive settlement of the question of the attitude of Germany with respect, to ; "1. k "ppJfSWif The : secretary of assurances which settie beyond question all doubts on this, point. Germany nas no intention, present or prospective, of Interfering in any way with the policy or . plans of the United States in regard to the occupation of the islands. Its attitude has been and will continue tq be jone of strict neutrality. This "statement. coming from high official sources, is accepted by this government in per iect gooa laitn ana is regarded as final and. conclusive. No further at tention will be paid by this 8rn ment to any reports to the r .rary. which are . constantly being sent out. it Is believed, In the interest of Spain. In the official reports received from Admiral Dewey at Manila there never has been an intimation that Germany or any other nation by its naval rep- to Interfere in. Matter Dewey in Supreme : at Manila. . reeritativ ha4 ever ohown the leati disposition to ovenep the line oU Ptriet neutrality, horWs there b$i any reason to believe that their sym pathies were strongly with the PpAn- lards-ln the pcfuent trug!. It can be stated poUlviy that lmi the arrival of Admiral DtedricltwUlH German warships at Manila no lti structions whatever relating to the Ma nila situation have ben sent from tlm German foreign office 'to the 'German ambassador at Waahlngton, nor has the subject assumed a phane where in structions of any, kind . have passed during the last three weeks. This dis poses of various reports, based on th fact that Dr. Von Holleben. the Ger man ambassador, called on the secre tary of state yesterday,' that being thi regular diplomatic day. . This state ment Is made from authoritative sources to show that no basis etlslM for the story that Dr. Von Holleben requested and secured permission for the landing of German marines at. Manila, to protect the German consu- late. - .' " . ; DEWEY SUPREME AT MANILA., v It Is said at the navy depaprment that Admiral Dewey Is the ijpremo authority at .Manila. If troops, marines or sailors are landed . at that - place from any neutral men-of-wah It wilt be with his permission.) It is -not questioned hero- that a nation may properly se;k such : permission when It is deemed, essential to protect It citizens. Its consulate and its interests, but it is uVual in such rases for the neutral commander to week the per mission of the investing, admiral, tf It 1s poHsible to prefer the -I request. No such landing by any possibility could be properly construed Into the. acquire ment of a right to remain In possession of. any territory in the Philippines and our government does hot- for a mo ment! contemplate that any of the Eu ropean powers would attempt to set -up any claim which would be resisted to the full extent of our military and naval power. - ' - ., The ancient Greeks beHevedthai the r Penates were the gods who attended ' to the welfare and prosperity of th family. ' . They -were worshipped jdk household gods In every home. The household god of today is Dr. King's New Discovery. For consumption, coughs, cold and for all affections of Throat, Chests and Lungs It. is Invalu able. It has been tried for arTjuarter of a century and is guaranteed o cure, or money -returned. No household should be without this good aneL it Is pleasant io take and a safe and sure remedy foroltf and young. Free trial bottles at R. R. Bellamy's drug store. Regular size 60c and $1.00. Ulil'TL'SllJit BLI K Sent a Letter From the Secretary of the Navy Complimentary of Ills Daring Feat. - Washington, June 1 24 Secretary , Lor.g has addressed the. following let ter of commendation to Lieutenant Victor Blue, of the Suwanee, atttached to Admiral Sampson's squadron:. ! "Navy Department, June 2), lS9i. "Sir: The department is in receipt of the following cablegram, dated Mole St. Nicholas, June 13, 1&9S,' from Re;r Admiral W. T. Sampson. , U. S. N.. commander-in-chief naval force, N.orth Auanuc squaaron: . i 'Lieutenant Blue Just returned af- - ter a detour of seventy statute miles' to observe In the harbor of Suntiairt . de Cuba He reports the Spanish fleet all there.' "The department reallzoa flmt m.i- simple cablegram is evidence that your enoris m making this detour into the heart of the enemy's., country, by which you ascertained information very much desired, must have been at tended with great risk to your per sonal safety, and that you possessed the coolness, with nerve and bravery, requisite to perform such duty under trying circumstances. Undoubtedly it must have been gratifying to the commander-in-chief to know that the con fidence he reposed tn.you to perform this duty was not misplaced and that the department takes much pleasure in highly commending you for this service and feels sure that' your ac tion will prove to be an example for . your brother officers to emulate, a.nl a most favorable augury for our future career in a service already distinguish ed by the personal heroism of its mem- 7 bers. Very respectfully, : "JOHN D. LONG," I "Secretary." 1 When a man is suffering with an aching head, a sluggish body, when his' muscles are lax and lazy, his brain dull, and his stomach disdaining food. be will. If wise, heed these warnings and resort to the right remedy, before It is too late "Parker's Sarsapartlla" King of Blood Purifiers" makes the appetite keen and hearty invigorates the liver purifies the blood and fills it with life-giving elements of the food. It Is a wonderful blood maker and flesh builder. Sold by J. C. Sbeperd. J. H- Hardin, and H. L. Fentress. Agreement on the Bankruptcy BUU Washington, June 24. After a long. hard fight, the conference report upon the bankrupted bill was agreed to by" the senate today, which practically in -r sures the enactment of the law, as It is understood that , there will be no difficulty in the hpuse. The contest between the two houses was over. the Torrey bill, of the house and the Nel son bijl of the senate. The conference has been going on since the 3rd of March and the agreement reached was largely on the lines of thje Nelson MIL Tbsfcsraliatao free belief somtfer mmm. Acta thira farther FU..L..U Absoluts: Pure OtNIt 1WM MWDCS CO., WW vow. mm, -4 2 X
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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