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( - il' ' - ' '' ''. 1 X iVSTEAlhs, " . ' . 'i i .'- ' in -... ' 1 ' 1 I VOL. XL NO. 163. WILMINGTON N. C, WEDGES DAM JUNE 29, 1898i p rs : J V - m 1 w s i v th SIGSBEE'S REVENGE. . v....--.,:.., : - - - ' " -- - - - . " ' ,With the'St. Paul He ser and a Torpedo Boat. V 4 1 THE BLOCKADE. EXPENDED To South Coast ccuba and San Juan, Porto Rico Shatter's Progress Toward Santiago Satisfactory The Cadiz Fleet Still at Port " Said :,; re Reinforcements for the Army of Invasion 3 Effects of the St. Paul's Defeat of the Torpedo i',.' v Boat Terror The : " JNv Spanish . ' 1ivWashlngton,5 Jun25L Itjvaa very ; .1at4 in the day. when the first dispatch within tso-daye ame -to the war-department - It-am General Shafter, but . the newa " a ; regarded as bo good that there wa no fS.spoaition to com . ' vlain. It discloBfcda' very satisfactory rate of progrress on the part of General Shafter towards the town,,f Santiago T iteeJf; and,' apparently, he has gained all this1; ground., and has come within three mile' of Santiago without suffer . Jagijuoy loflse leince the bloody skir ml?h of Friday last. Altogether the performance is regarded aw very grat ifying by the department officials here. ' r As near as can" be ascertained from Jhe brief dispatch the American army now, at the fork in the road, one brance, of which leads to Santiago and , t fte other; iil Mono castle at the en ffnce the harbor. General Shafter . -"is thu" e to'mpve either direction accorf paign Wttii ! hirriye.-it he demands -of the cam- f. - ' - : HTTnen who reinforced on the Yale and the a.ddfti i,y toi iiiake ij . iidvan'q an 'be Jotly j lt-epln lii in b liaioul) , ment8,j I i ;ade that will reach him rrow, Hi may be possible to en more rapid progress in the i: Mn Santiago, as these men ied Upon to, relieve the main )or"r from thfc 'necessity of n the linp of communica- Shafter' -and.-his base at - nwh,Iie further reinforce ng props red arid dis 'lidly a'S' thV best ener-i-artment cafi direct, and that everil , thousand i Tampai-roday directly iOReTlIfrt'AMPAIGN .afnt has had in mind' the t the campaign.-' that are patches I yien of . r-iit ,ih j ) 1 iriyn ' for I -. The . '.'.infRcu: .. JuStdcvei. us the lized as a ' !' "g to the public eye, such r the first time in eivi i i e o barbed wire fencing : of defense, "and acting up vi ? Of some of our army of vre In Cuba while the i s confined to the' -Spaniards urgents". a certain number onli licep' light ind ! Jn e'f -vviti dut a.stt rimehf havebeen provided is and T charged with the .tting down these fences so mit , the advance of the tro$: j. i ''.! -' It probably will be neeessary to shell . out jthe force defending these wire chevaux de frise- before they can be out, unhess .tt-e men in charge of that duty to unduly exposed to dan per. ' a involve a larger use -rnatwouid be "re ey' warfare. The ofQ aeen forehanded as- to ...o. id,, in. fact, have pro the of barbed wire by ire laving sent aboutloO a with General Mer- juired ffials K these , , vided f ourof tens" Ok jritt's ej .V TIC The J around .litioa'.1 "ENINQ THE LINES, es are being ' . tightened ja and it will soon "be . im- jjoweible. food y Jpanla jr even small quantities of war supplies to reach the , there. . THE BLOCKADE EXTENDED. The p roclamation issued today ex t ending the blockade t,o the south oast and to Sbm Juan, it is believed w ill accompllsn- this result On the south coast the Isle of Pines will" be cut off as a transter aepoi ior caiue .and food supplies coming from Jamai ca and Central America, ay closing "i.J.uan harbor the Fpaniaras win lose Ttfriast chance of smuggling war Kut.olle t Cuba, and the future op erations of Vie army and navy looking to the occupy Mo.n of the island of Por to Rico wil L materially advanced by "t,he establishment of a successful , blockade. i THE CADIZ FLEET' STILL AT . PORT SAID. . There was) no further word fromfthe Cadiz fleet today, though it Is- known to' be still lying at Port Said under the pretext of repairing one of the tor npdo boat destroyers. The delay . n th nart of the Spanish fleet has 'not -L . stormed the pveparations for the send nf the eastern squadron under eas We Commodore Watson to the spanisn shores. The commodore is hastening ?vith all spee'd southward on the Nw--Wrk toijoln lnd confer with Sampson rff SaJitlaea. a 'It has been known to our government -Xor some time past that the Spanish government was trying to obtain pos . ossion of: the splendid modern cruiser He-Bins. Our agents! however, have r-hed these negotiations carefully our.' government ha been finally iiei that thev have Tailed, i It is .o say i that Mhe. result blv redlved here as the gravest in'mht, have : resulted Hun. the sale of ft Wship by af neu tral oower to Spain,, .... - 6IGSBEE HAS A CHANCE. .AT THE i r. SPANISH. '"' The navy 'department today -posted the following buueun. , . Admiral' Sampson Veports that the Tale arrived esterday and discharged 'lier troops. .r '- . , IKt n Captain , Sigsbee . reports that on .Wednesday afternoon, .while ffSan Juan. Porto Rico, lie was attacked by a Spanish. unprotected cruiser andthe 4v, An finut - 5rer Terror. rrha TVrror made . a - . awaited by ' - St. Tn , tilt the Ten hree Vfficer and tv men a. ?ral others.-- The Terror The f v-r. . ndl Paul j one x sev4 b f.nvcr of the.fortlfica.tiar i with- -- wbh towed into t; ; har- or in asTnSlng condition where she Ts nc being repaired. and IT -gunboat started out. but re- JSSneflder. protection o- the .forts. L MORE TROOPS FOR SHAFTER'S - c " ' - - - ARMY. '--"-'' -.' . ' , 'Thave issued .for the departure .-. Orders -?ave iss u dmoB f iem of another -rge rSyflbout- 9.000 men, Tampa, compoh .v, the Foxrrth r tne Beconai- "Tt of. Brlga1 armyicor9f?fCH Tsix- batteries dier Geneia am ""h, - anlJ '-three of artuiery-three been hea"; "I.I.r 0 coma dy ana flttiough the stores have, been- going board at Tampa, a r s- point has prevemeu ? V"-f7S. t out a to. the. eHyZZng actual departure - l'""' -pectea by the war department was today, althougn mere -; to ccVble .delays. Twelve- .transport unavoi-ry the eXpdiUon. The &re to cktuting ' tAe. " naval -con jshlps f-Q-nsrVsed. but ther- proba are not dK.fpe bat! 1 will include WlI5ii. cruisers anc der.a n General Lmv, corps m.r the Fourtn, rs and j.ef,. three " i Defeats a: Spanish Cnii- Squadron to Attack Ports.. commanding; Eleventh United States infantry, Nineteenth United States in fantry.. Second Brigade General--' L." H. Car penter, commanding; First District of Columbia, Second New York, Fifth Maryland. . Third Brigade General R. H. Hall, commanding; Third Pennsylvania, One Hundreth and Fifty-tseventh Indiana, First Ohio, First Illinois. V Whether some regiments will be taken from other divisions cannot be stated definitely. It Is known -, only that General Snyder's division has been, looked upon by th war department as; the one best equipped for an Immediate, start. - i'' . ' The batteries will be designated by General Randolph, in command of the artillery atTampa. ' If the expedition got away today it will arrive- bffi ' Santiago about next' Saturday. The trip doubtless will beJ to the -eastward around Cay Maysi, along the same route as that of" the Shatter expedition. This will bring Shaffer's force up to about 30,000 men, made-up of the 16,000 men he'took with him; General Duffleld's command on the Harvard and Yale. -General Garret son's command, which will go on the same steamers, and General Snyder's division from Tampa, ""it was learned at the War depart ment today that General Miles prob ably will proceed to Santiago within the course of, a week, the exact date not having been determined. . PROCLAMATION OF BLOCKADE.' The president has Issued a proclama tion extending the blockade of Cuba to the southern coast from Cape Frances to Cape Cruz, inclusive, and also blockading San Juan, Porto Rico. The proclamation is as .follows: Whereas, For the reasons set forth In my proclamation of April 22, 1898, a blockade of ports on the northern coast of. Cuba from Cardenas, to Bahla. Honda, .Inclusive, and of ' thje port of Cienfuegos, on the south coast of Cu ba, was declared to have, been insti tuted, and, ." -., ) Whereas,' It nassbecome desirable to extend the blockade to other souths ern ports. '- - Now, Therefore, I, William McKln ley, president of the United States, do hereby deflate and proclaim that, in adltton te the blockade of the ports Rntnifi(1 in mv nrnHnmatton nf Anril the. TTnltort States nf Ampricn. 'has instituted and will maintain an effective blockade of all the -ports on the south coast of Cuba 'from- Cape Frances to Cape Cruz, inclusive, and ialso of the port of San Juan; in the .island of Porto Rico. .'-yf : .Neytral ijissela lying jn.any. of the 1-, -v - c3 'VI(- tVi a Y err a c a a V 1)" 1 ri a present proclamation &t&&,m'1liTaS allowed' thilrtyi days to issue therefrom. with cargo. j . The' assumption by the government of the formidable task of blockading about 500 miles of Cuban cpast line in addition to the sections 1 already blockaded increases the extent of the blockade fully four fold, it having been confined heretofore to a stretch -of a little more than 100 miles on the north'; and the single port of Cienfuegos on' the south coast of the island. The de mands upon the navy and in the way of ships topa'trol the coast.however.will not bej'riearly so heavy In proportion to the territory to be covered as in the case-of the initial blockade, for. the reason, that the new blockaded coast line lies entirely within the great bight on the south Cuban coast, in whlc,h the tfater is generally very shallow and the ports are" few into which a vessel of any draught could enter. The most Important of these ports are Manza nillo, Trinidad and Hunas. West of, Trinidad is Cienfuegos, which is al ready blockade.d effectively. From that point westward for nearly 140 'miles 'there'la no point to be blockaded' until Batanbo Is reached. This 'port Is distant nnlv nhout foriv milest from Havana by rail arid Is believed to have been the. principal source of food sup plies for the Spanish capital. For 150 mlies west- of this, clear over to Cape Frances, . the western edge of the blockaded territory," there are no ports for deep vessels off any Consider able draught, and even jif there were, the country in the Interior, Pinar del Rio. lsf in the hands ofthe Insurgents and supplies could not be sent through to Havana. The purpose of extending the blockade westward to Cape Fran ces, wbs to command the channel be tween the west ide of the Isle of Pines and Cape Frances, and;thus- render much easier the task of the blockading vessels. - NU RUNNING OF THE BLOCK AriE. r - '- - - . - There , has been 'no. running of the- blockade, ndtwit.hstanding the Spanish stories to the contrary. AH of the ships that have entered Cuban ports with supplies have done so at' places not within the blockade, such as Bataba no and Manzanlllo. The vessels for the additional block ade service will be supplied almost en tirely from the patrol- fleet, which un der Commodore -Hovretfr'ha lieej guarding the north Atlantic coast from Maine to . South Carolina, - " This ser vice has "been abandoned because -the only - available Spanish warships are with-Admiral Camara, thousands of miles away from the nearest point on the Atlantic coast. "The vessels are already on their way southward, hav ing been reinforced by several of the new torpedo boats which are particu larly adapted, because of ; their light draught, for blockade, duty in the shal low waters lying behind the Jsle of Pines and Caba The blockade of San Juan, proclaim ed today, "is In reality alread3rln ef fect, having been iniMatedi.by Captain Sigsbee last week when he turned back from that port a British steamer la den with supplies. The difficulty - of maintaining the-blockade at this port. In - the face of the Spanish forts; and -three-Spanish war Vessels in the har "bor woyuld be .considerable had ndt Captai r Sigsbee, by disabling vthe "only formidable one of these vessels, inade tfie , task easier. As it is, the cKaractif of vessels required to main tain theblockade at. San Juan hecesr arilv must be of a "type superfor to-the ships required for the blockade o theJ southern coast.'jOf. Cuba.;.- roDaDiy soma' such vessel as' the Detroit or the "Montgomery will" be assigned.i,to ; the task.- i- '." ' "r-" EFFECT OP SIGSBEE'S TKJTORT. ' : ' I n defeating - the Terror, Capt In Slgi e has rendered a rhost Important ser i to -our navy" and indeed to all - i.viCi - He -has not '. : only 7 deprived impso. fleet of-apprehension -of an tack In the rear sorwe" dark. night by '""- clous ' ::tr. t.- but he has irf- I that i auxiliary cruiser iy .... i a a : . the on" .is been -(- It is sa . j that It is t. ey, j Corxiinodore to take care ofyherself edO' gunboat, showing ve power this craft nuch .over-rate ' he. navy departmer nt Intention to start -aaronXrpm Santiago. This. however, is subject to Admiral Sampson's' report . upoo the condition of the vessels selected and rtheir needs In the matter of supplies and equipment for the long - voyage ahead of them. - tf -they need no more than can be - (supplied from Sampson's fleet they will start acording to orders from Santiago, but If further supplies and equipment are needed, or If th vessels most be cleaned first, then they probably will be sent north to Hamp ton Roads. Meaiji while, , there is no mistaking the earnestness of the .navy department In preparing this squad ron for the European service. Snrgeon to (examine fcnrgeon. . (Special 'to Vhe Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, June 28. Drs. Jehn Spicer and William Spicer, of Golds boro, and James R. Rodgers, of Ra leigh,' are a pointed, by the secretary of war a boaid to examine the surgeons of the negrq regiment at Fort Macon. They go there Thursday. -They are allowed 10 per day each and expenses. The editor "of the Evans City, Pa., Globe, writes. "One Minute Cougli Cure Is rightly named. It cured my children after all other remedies fail ed." It cures coughs, colds and all throat and lung troubles. It. K. Bel lamy. Battle of CJullford Court Iloute - The Messenger is under obligations to Mr. Robert Dick IoUglas, of Grens boro, one of the managers, for an invi tation to the marshals' ball, Monday evening, July 4th, on 'th Joccasion of the 4th of July celebratior in commem oration of the battle of Guilford Court House. ' The Hon. Chas. M. Stedman, formerly of p.ur city, is orle of the hon orary managers. . The Summer School at the I uivorally t (Correspondence of The Messenger.) Chapel Hill, N. C. June 28. Professor Apgar, of the New Jersey State Normal school, arrived Satur day and a once began his work in botany. The; zbolofey begins today. Dr. Joynes, of the South Carolina col lege, begins his lectures on technical English grammar-. this morning. Eastern teachers are certainly well represented this year. Professor Gore lectures frhis evening on the X-rays. Other lectures will be given two or three times, each week. Sick: headache, biliousness, cojtatipa tion and all liver and stomach troubles can . be . quickly cured by using those famous little ipills known as JDeWitt's Little Early Risers. They are pleasant to take and neytr gripe-VJt.. Bel lamy. - GERMANY ITHE PHILIPPIN19B No. Promises iX)j Oub, SpanIU. Question OfProhlbltlng Bombard meat ofiaanll ' ' jfa London,- JuQe ,29.-The Hong Kong correspondei?0of The Daily Telegraph telegraphing Tfesday says: "I have consulted with t5h German authorities who declare unanimously ana em-1 phatically that the .reports from Manila of German interference are impossible. Whatever the Spanish may have done, the German admiral has held out no such hopes or promise. London,' June 22?a. dispatch to Thai Daily. Telegraph from Manila say.: The- repor t. that Germany will not pe mi -ft-H&emorinant-"i8-j exciting ae,fep mirai uewey mtenas to aemana a ca pttulation the. Instant . reinforcements arrive. He told Prince Henry of Prussia Jhat he would be glad to see the German officers at Manfia-, but it would be well to cautlon-them to keep out of i the American lne of ,flre. It remains to be seen -vhether Germany has. really given sucl. promises as are pretended. , ' ". ? . ' vv , Two attempts have .ieen made On the life of General Aguiniildo in order to secure the reward placed on, his head, by Captain General August!.- The United ' States cruiser Boston jhas gone to Bollna to establish therei so it is reported, a base of operations. Captain General Augugti has arranged a conference with the foreign admir als,, presumably on the, subject of pro tection for the lives of non-combatants. The situation Is growing unbearable. The besieging force gives us no rest, and the work of the Spanish troops.;on the line of defence is terrible." They are fighting with the desperation of f resignation. They have no nourishing food and for days have been reduced to eating wild bird? and shell fish. Still, with starvation staring them in the face; they hold their posts and fight with the courage of their race. The population is in a state of terror. " ', More Troops Sail tor JTIauila San Francisco, June 28. The transport- steamer Valencia, with TOD troops from the Dakotas, sailed for the Phil ippines at & o'clock this afternoon. She expects to reach Honolulu, only a few hours after the four vessels which left this port j esterdky. General : der ritt expects to sail on the Newpo -t tomorrow morning with the Third Jnited States artillery and the Astor b ittery. With the advantage of a faster boat General Merritt will probably reach Manila a week in ad vance of the third expedition. The Newport can easily make eighteen fenots an hour. Spanish Spe in Prison Atlanta, Ga,, June 28. Four suppos- Son toaay. Wile Ol iiiem ia rumic FredfrTek' J.' Glenhurst, of the Fourth army corps. He , ft supposed to have entered-the army to enable him to carry on his Secret operations without attracting suspicion. He was arrested at Tampa and, pending investigation of the charges against him was sent to -Fort McPherson. .' s ;'' -. The.- three other suspects are offi cially known as Thoribio Negrin, a de serter from the Spanish navy, Jose Martlnea7 and Juah Rodiguez, alias "Spanish,. John." They are thought to .have been., obtaining Information about the fortifications at Tybee for the use of their government. t Simmene Elected. Chairman (Special to The Messenger.! ;. RaleighJ N. C, June 28. At the dem ocratic s.ate . committee meeting' to night twenty-one members were pres-' ent and twelve were represented - by proxy, only three being absent v. T. Lee, Irf McLelland and O. F. Maspn,: "Simmons was elected state chairman, . ':.. -. ir1 "ITu VeilowFOTer Snbdned "?ac:Hsonr Miss.rnne ' 2.-1-Secretary Hwnler, of the- state .board of health, announces-that "the, (quarantine will be raised - from the town f Gulfporf to morrow, - Gulf port is the nearest "town to th? Utfected grillage of McHenry. Secretary ' Hunter regards the yellow fever, epidemic at an end. - -. - : Camara Trip tg, nlla Farce London, June 29.. dispatch: "to The Daily -Mall from Port- Said says: : "A distinguished naval officer wht faas ex amlned Admiral Camara's' ships care fully Jiughs at the idea of Admiral Ca mara ttemptmg to-reach Manua. xne ?pani -Is, he say are wise to keep v. "e t : ou of the Americans' way. Tte tilesKp Pelayo and the.armorr ed, cruiser temperador "Carlos Quinto are in scandalous condition, EllMHH Argument -Before the Commission. NO DECISION YET MADE. the FlrM Farmer Institute Selling Adulterated Flour Baptist Come to Kilgo" Aid-Railway .tlileage Tick. flu-Camp Huell Notes Field Offi cer of the Colored Hegtiuent Gen eral Cowles' Accident Lukt 111m tbe 'Brlgadlerkbtp., . I (Special to The Messenger.) Ttalelgh, N. C. June 2. At the railway commission meeting today. Mr. Riach, general auditor of the Atlantic Coast Line, was the only witness ex amined. Robert O. Burton spoke as the" Wilmington and Weldon counsel and" was followed by President Elliott, of that road, who' made such an ad mirabl argument that Railway Com missioner Pearson congratulated him upon it. Colonel Hinsdale closed the argument, speaking for the governor. The commission will probably file Its decision in a day or two in. passenger rate . reduction matter, argument In which was with this Wilmington case concluded. 1 ' It will be remembered that at the last meeting of:the commission the Seaboard Air Line failed to file a for mal answer to the governor's 'com plaint in this rate "matter. :. Ex-Judge Watts, the Seaboard's counsel, this afternoon urged the commission to al low him j.o file a formal answer, saying the road had made a mistake In not filing it. The commission will decide this Question tomorrow: The first farmers' institute' of this season will be held at Seven Springs next Saturday, and on the following Monday one will be held pri a large scale'-at Lake Waccamaw. The governor, received a. corajil&int from G. J. Boney" that a Virginia, firm is selling flour in this state, which pur ports to contain 10 per cent, of ' corn f tarch, bdt which upoh analysis . is found to. contain from 20' to 30 per cent, of adulterants. -The . governor, It ap-jears,-an take.no steps In the matter save "to give' Information to the press. It is decided that the Second regi- Lnieiffs -.hall shall ' be-; July 5th, instead ot July 4tn. m tne latter evening there will be a fine dlsolav of fireworks :-at Pulled parkand the regimental band will give a concert. jit was learned today, direct from Washington, that Adjutant General Oowles would have ' been appointed r EffPOfiTANT EVENTS OF THEcDti'. 2' Z' A Porto Rican is Arrested as a j The Torpedo Boat Terror, and Sja.nliag.abut Soon GEnoaKtej' Former Ws i Back into tlie llarbor." " Ijh' fenyders Division, 9,QO0 Strong, AVill LeVte Tampa To Santiago'. S''t-,. -; ( Sfiair7is'tli'The1les Santiag It is Thought There Will re a Battle at SantUgo Today. . Tampa People do not Want Sick and Wouuded Soldiers Jrom Cuba Placed in Hospital There. . h' . ' . . The Yellow Fever; Epidemic is, Considered Qvui. . . :Six Men Have Been-Arrested Charged vrtliMhe Murder of Postmaster Baker at Lake City, S. C. j . '"- SigsbeeVYictory Shows an Auxiliary Cr$dri? Can Protect . Herself Against a Torpedo Boat. Genera I'Augusti Cables the Government af the Situation at'MamtaJs Very Sertous. 'lie is Losing Men Ivey Day and is CpmpfetelyCut OflF. -i - 1 . ? The First Army Corps. Now at Camp ThomS,rlIas Been Or dered to Prepare Hastily to go to Z Lieutenant Blue Makes Another Trip to Saot ?eo Harbor. 5 Z brigadier general by, the president but for the breaking of his leg, . Rev. John E. White, of the; state" Baptist mission board, makes a lively contributipAto t,he Clark-Kilgo con troversy. He says: "The Baptists of North Carolina are with Kilgo in this controversy and regard him as' a very able and good man,: We say he does not .deserve such epithets as have been applied- to him. -In' my opinion, the grpa.t ..body of Methodists a-re of the same opinion. I don't? think you could fin a half dozen Baptist preachers notl on Kilgo's side." ? " t . Exceptions filed . by the Wilmington Tariff Association to the railway com mission's order regarding railway mile age tickets, were overruled this even ing by the commission. - Adjutant General Cowles-vas driven out to Camp Russell this afternoon. It was the first time he had been out of doors since his left leg was broken the night of June 2nd, and he was heartily cheered by the Se :ond regi ment, j - Major Charles L. Davis, United States army, who is to be on duty) here at national guard headquarters ar rives tomorrow. The First regiment files reclamation papers for pay frpm April 2nd to .May 2nd. The adjutant general asks the paymaster general to put the field and staff Officers of the Second regiment on parity with company officers as to pay,- " . ' . ' ' The adjutant general sends to the navy- department a voucher for $110.40, state pay for the naval reserves ,on the monitor Nantucket from May 2nd to May 23rd,. when they were in state service, but yet doing service" for the government. Of course, the state pays neither them nor its land volunteers a cent, relying on the government to pay all. All of the field and staff officers of the negro regiment (Third volunteers) was made up tonight. It will be as follows: CnlnnAl i.bmps VT Winn p- rf r 1 -i o-Vi Lieutenant Colonel, C. S. L. A. Taylor, of Charlotte; Majors, Andrew J. Hay wood, of Raleigh, and E. E, Smith, of Goldsboro; Suregons, Mask,' of ."Wil mingt on, chief: M. T. Pope,; of Char lotte,, and P. N. Melchor, of Fayette vllle, -'-.' assistant surgeons; - Kegijnent Adjutant, David A. Lane, of Raleigh: Battalion. Adjutant, Abe Maddleton, of rayettevme. v - , : "I thing DeWitfs IWtcn Hazel Salve is the; finest preparation on the mar ket forpiles." . So writes John C. Dunn,. or wueejinir -W, Va. Try It and you win xmng -the same. - it- also cures eczema and all skin uiseases. E. R. Bellamy,, , i; . Z-' . - Charged Wlih murder of PloiMtrr , ' " - Baker " - - Charleston, S. C, June 28. A -special to -Tne-News and . Courier from Kings tree, to.- u., says: "The:;folIowM3Kmen at-Lake,City were arreStedLieday on a cuarge ot ueing: lmpueatea m tne khi ing of PostmssMr . Baker - and will be taken tCbarleston t tonight.: v Moultrie r.prs, ii. v stones, ti. tj. Godwin, rv J'.. "IcKnight, M- V. Ward and W. A- Avebster. These men were arrested by deputies from' Charleston on a'.warrant issu-a by Postmaster Inspeetonr.Buelia, T. M. GHland, of this place", has. been reta,;., i i or the defense. Everything quel at laire tTltv And vsrv littla a-r I citement manifested. RPOIgR()lil . fllldllSH ) & The Situation at Manila DeHxirate. DAILJ The City En lr? t Surrounded hf In- urgent SH'hib !m Increasing Among; tbe SbauUli;llers-Tbeir Number Conktantly jlpioe'd bf Capture or Pertlon ftVf tral . Peua, With a Xboubaud Tf ; Surrender Twen- lr-MTeTUi)ii&Bcieger. i- O -..) Matirid, Juije-. 4p. m. The gov- ernmeit has !r4tved -the following dispatch fronl ptain General Au gust!, iated jjaiaa. Friday June! 22zA; "The Bituatffit is still as. grave I continue to rpaJam my positinfjn side tie HneJ ojjlockhouses, but the enemy Is increag in numbers, as the rebels occupyjtprovinces, which are surrendering. f rrential rainsl are inunuating thp'trenchments, render ing the work fofpefehce difficult. The numbers of b k,,lnong the troops are increasing mttT the situation very distressing afdiuslng 'increased de- sertions of tative soldiers. It is estimated that insurgents nsmber 30,000 armed-wy rifles and 100,000 armed with &'(is, etc." ; "Aguinaldo'L summoned me to sur- render, but I lfa$2 treated his proposals with disdain I am resolved, to. maintain the "trjkeignty of Spaih and the honor otilffef flag t the last ex tremity, i naA'j pver l.ooo sic k and .ii . . wouiiueu 5 -l "Th citadelifjs'been invaded by the suburban inhlfCants who have aban uuuea ineir rijij:p, o' barithr pf the t labels, tants' con3titifi ,an doned their hpia, owing to the, bar- These inhabi embarrassment, aggravating-t6e' situation,' in view of the bombardnse -t wiiich, however, is not seriously Jl rehended for the mo ment.; . "The goveri(i' of the Visayas and Mindanao l'slnvts ! cables that hfe . has defeated the laif.rgents in an engage ment during wBh. Chief Arco, Aguin aldo's represeillive, was - killed, He adds that - tmf 4uihty . now prevails throughout - tfrf. ei islands, and he further assertk-llJiit- the principal Ma lay chiefs of tt Mindanao group de clare they deait ;o fight on the side of the Spaniafd;v? against the inva ders." 3 fSf Spanish Spy ,1 j' ' ' a Cruiser 'Att5ik the St. Paul to be Towed the Front According tos cfille'r advices, the emis saries sent out5ltj.fsek General Monet's coliimri1 of l.OQaijnen returned, after a fruitless search. "Captain General Au gusti's family if.till" in the hands of the insurgents.! ' ' - -General Pend.yJfWlth 1,000 soldiers. has surrenderedxHis soldiers, jnost of whom are nat5es, joined! the insur gents. A majn?V. of the detachments in the island of I?an have surrender ed, owing to tljeif lack of fobd, thought some succededsf4icaping. Numerous bpaniards, mthct:g the governors of Batanga, LagtmaJand Bulaca, have taken refuge ajt invite. , The rebels vphftjr;re besieging Manila exceed 25,000 pnjfil The city is com pletely isolate the arrival of the Spanish squad?offeis anxiously awaited, for the. position' jManila is untenable. Small rebel -cf as? navigate the bay, conveying priapirs to Cavite. fc.? Why allow jfiotrself to be. slowly tor tured at the- $tfke of disease? rchills and -Fever wllj 'lAdermlne, and event ually break daw-'S'.the strongest consti tution. "Febj-ij-Ura" (Sweet Chill Tonic, with IrcijM$ more effective than Quinine, and bei - combined with Iron is an excellent rAffnc and Nerve mea iclneJ It Is, t;5ant to take, and is sold under a pos t&ve guarantee to cure or money refuh S. Accept no substi tutes. rne'.'juq fi-As good" Kina aon t effect cures. Sdny J. C. Shepard, J. II. Hardin an4 lBL- Fentress. 1 ; : OFF HA'-AcVA HARBOR ? All Quiet Aloiifr.-Ibe Blockade Line. ' New Forflt CtIou Erected. . . . .' i x ' On Board the fesociated Press, Dis patch f'Boat 'Cfshla II, Off Havana, June, 2f. 8 p. r vla Key West, Fla., June 2 7.55 a- For the first time la, : f ourt weeks -X a newspaper dispatch bat visited" tl; blockading flee off Havana yestep&?y. The conditions TOre found -tot as peaceful a3 the waters .Of theig; stream were tufbu- lent. Since- tht ivpod practice by the Spanish unnerrijgainst the Montgom ery the other &X& nothing has occur red to" break' tT monotony of this ' 5 Rarely has join's capital. beaeeaTT,. para me anT iief and I thonsrht unGer such ec 'LlonaV advantages as iVi Anil viATKiL-Aiiirnntocraa a a It was yesterdjlE when the Cynthia II steamed JzUI: along nine miles off the harbor entrance. To the east a long, line of earf Works, not seen before by. newspaper tn, crowned the hill, and advices f jtfjt avana say work on these and Blnf fortifications to the westward Is pushed daily. The health? IRjhe fleet is good, on the whole. - V r i ri r ; " Arresteta' a Spanisb Spy . ; New York, $MA 28.- James Ascevedo, 8 Porto Rlca t io arrived here yes terday - on ,t he ft earner Pretoria I from StJThoraas, Pii1.l I- was arrested to day ron suspscl at'! of being a 6panJsl spy, and, is hetf ltendlng an investiga Hion S 1 TUB FIRST 1R.HT CORPS , Sw t Camp Tbemaa KlaXlnc Ilaetr - PreparmtlOBa to go to tbe Front Chlckamauga National Park, Jane it. The order Issued Sunday to immedi ately equip and . prepare f fifteen regl meat of the First corps to form an expeditionary force was " revoked by Major General Brooke today. -This doea" not change the plan to prepare for an expedition." however, since the revoking order affects, more especially the transfers that were named in the former order. It provides further that instead of fifteen regiments being im mediately equipped -and prepared, the entire first corps of twenty-seven reg- imnts ia to be hastily, prepared for ac tive. jfield service, and, the natural in ference prevails among the .best posted army officers at the park that the en tire force will be off' for Tampa or other seaports within a week or ten davsLbr as rapidly as transports can be provided. . ' The regiments included are: Ninth Pennsylvania, Second -Missouri, First Ne;Hampshire, Twelfth New .York, Twenty-first. Kansas,. Eighth Massa chusetts, First South Carolina. Twelfth Minnesota, Fifth Pennsylvania, Four teenth Minnesota. First Pennsylvania, Second Ohio, Sixth Ohio, One Hundred andj. Fifth-eighth Indiana, First West Virginia, One Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana, First Georgia,- Thirty-first Michigan, Sixteenth Pennsylvania, Second , Wisconsin, Third Kentucky, Fourth Pennsylvania, Third Illinois, Fourth Ohio, First Kentucky, Third Wisconsin and Fifth Illinois. ? .. Major General Brooke was appointed by the president to command the corps. Major General Wade will be left in command at Camp Thomas. The change made by today's order appears to have been in accordance With Gen eral Brooke's desire not to Tgo to the f rqnfe without sufficient men for any emergency that might arise.- ! - The work of equipping the corps is proceeding with all possible speed and the quartermasters and the ordnance departments a.re being taxed to their utmost capacity. Major Otto .Becker and Major Sey mour Howell were the only government paymasters arriving today, although twenty-five were expected- Major Becker stated that the corps would be gi4 paying the army at once, and It Is estimated the amount to be paid out will, not be. less than .$2,000,000. The dnclent; Greeks believejd that the Penates were the gods who attended to, the welfare and r."osperity of the family. They were worshipped, ''as household gods In ever.,- home; The household go4pof today is Dr. King's New Discovery., For consumption, coughs, coldv-and for all affections of Throat, Chests and Lungs' it is invalu able. -It hair been tried for a quarter of a century and is guaranteed to cure, or money returned. No household snould be without this good. angel. It Is ileasant . to take and a - safe and sure, remedy for old and young. Free trial ; bottles at R. R. Bellamy's drug store. ! Regular size 50c- and $l.qo. SICK SOLDIERS FROM CIBA Objections toTbeir Belne Put In tbe . Hospital at Tampa. pa, Fla., June 28. rne steam- Brn'pj;'CrCgft''t9Trromentarlly expected and, the dtet tlon of her cargo or sick "and wounded "i,fc.lt'estlon 1 of j, some?' concern here. . TheielTef. lhT suffering soldiers were to. be brought heredirect from the ; Cuban shores without "any quarantine detention whatever caused apprehension.' The, hospital train iss here 'for the (ostensi ble t purpose of "conveying -the sick qaickly to more northern hbspitals, but at the same time a huniber of hospital tents are being prepared In the camp on Tampa heights.' inis work ? Indicates the "location of the sick here. If, upon the arrival of the Oliyete; the government sh'ows 'a dis position to do sucn a tning, a pio.cgi will be made by Hon. W. B. Hender son, - president 'of the state board of health. Mr. Henderson said today thsit in such an event. he would file a pro test "ith the authorities and ask that they Utilize the hospital they have re cent! erected on Egmont Key. r;-.r ! Spain's New Move Tendon. June The Madrid cor respondent of Tlip Morning Post says: "AdJrtiral Cervera it is rumorea , in politifal circles will immediately un dertake a step,' the probable result of whicB will be. favorable to peace. Lorldon. June. 29. The Faris corre- spond.nt of. The' Morning Post says: "I-learn, on the authority o: Dr. Be tances, that with a view of freventing American intervention- Spain will be stow '"independence upon Poi to Rico, subject to certain commercial advan tages;! being reserved for tiite motner country." 1 . .' Stopped the Coaling of Camara1! Fleet London, June 29. The : Cairo corre spondent of The Daily Mail says: "Lord Cromere has stopped- a Erench firm from coaling Admiral Camara's squadton, pending Instructions from London." A Shattered Nervous System'. ' FINALLY HEART' TROUBLE. Restored to Health, by Dr. MMe Nervine. E. EDWARD HAEDV-.theJoUyman ;er of Sheppard Co s. great store at "tr EracevlUe, lH-; writes: "I had never been sick a day in my life until In 1830. I jot so bad with nervous prostratloa that I bad to lve xtp and ca?iiEaeSfeiQJi2ctoi. I I - c . L l -v&si going; to die. I became despondent and suffc-cod untold agony. , I Could not eat sleep toCr rast-and it soeined as If I cou not eiclt. At the end of six months I re3ncedtobata$hadow of myself, and at last my heart became "affected and i wi truly miserable. I took six or eight bottles ot.Dr, Miles Nervine. It gave me relief from the start, and at last a cure, the great est blessing of my life.' Dr. Miles Eemedies are sold by all drug gists under a positive guarantee, first bottle benefits or money re funded. Book on dis eases of the heart and nerves freer Address. Or. cr a -r PK. MILES MEDICAL CX- lkhsru lad. y -sss. 1 V .. . Upon Santiago in Progreb, Land A BATTLE BXPHCTElj' TOD. Lieutenant Blue Makes Another Reconnoissa.nce. of Santifgu jl Our Advance line Steadily. Approaching the ,CU"' TluEtw, Strongly Entrenched-.Protceted bj' Barbed 'ire Fence? , Our TrooDs Furnished ' Santiago Health of 1 rtH)p!i; (odGen eral Wheeler's Active Reconnoitre, (Copyright by Associate.1 Press. ) Off Santiago de Cuba'.' Monday Junt 27, via Kingston, Ja..' June 2s, 3 a. m. Lieutenant Victor Blue, nf the auxili ary gunboat Suwanee, rt-turned to the fleet today from another mvWttgating trip ashore. He reiorted- tha Admiraji Cervera's ships are all In the harbor. With the exception of one torp,-do boat 1 destroyer, they are at . anchor,,.' ami show no signs of activity.. . Lieutenant Blue went ashore pa Sat urday, to tlfe west of Morrg castle, ac companied by some Cuban guides. !! advanced until about two miles norh ,of Cabana and almost up to the.ene myJs batteries. He -traveled sixty miles and re-Jolnel'the Suwanee "this morning. At due t fine1 the lieutenant was at a Cuban . outpost, separated Only by 400 yards from a Spanish Outr post. "They popped away at each otheii all the time,"- said' Lieutenant Ulue I do not think the- Cubans hurt Spaniards very much, and 1 know but the the Spaniards did hot hurt the Cubans Lieutenant Blue was able: to accu rately locate the position of eacfi "of Admiral Cervera's ihips. . , Rear Admiral Sampson warned his fleet this raornihs to exercise great care in shooting' at the hills east of Moi-ro castle, pointing ut that the- Ariverican army had advanced and that our own troops might be deployed on the hillside. A BATTLE EXPKCTED TODAY. It is hardly , likely j that any serious action will be taken by the navy until Wednesday. ' By that time the army is expected .to be ready for another forward movement. , - .. The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius fired three shells last night. They fell In the vicinity of Morro castle and the eastern . batteries. . During the . night a. loud -'explosion occurred on shore, near Aguadores. It is believed to have been caused by the Spaniards trying Jto blow up the rail road trestle near that place. it is now said"t:;rhat Juragua may be selected as theermanent coaling har bor for the Met The Dolphin I gone to the Havana blockade and the Helena and the Yankton have gone to the southern blockade. v. uuiicim inautrir Ltj .tile Ilty-.t uy Rear AdmlrM Sampson yesterday. "From a report made by one' of the wounded, a nephew of SUpgefi nnii or ine nagsnip g0rtv a con siderable partj--f1f,Txi5majre toCour LtfOfpi?" on Friday last was done by, st.vcii-iiuiiiuiciic uia(.uLiic (sun.! incli ned by seamen, so that thfje would seem to be some probability In the re port of the use ashore' of the crews of Admiral Cervera's .squadron." Washington, June 28. The war de partment late this afternoon posted the following telegrams: ' -"Biaquiri, June 27. "Via Playa del Este, Jun 2s," "Hon. Secretary of War, Washington: "The Yale arrived this morning ' all right. Troops now disembarking. Your' son. wno nas oeen at tne rront as a- L'rilnrtiaT a Q i o-n ifl - "t i i rlsitv -irv i'Wiw ! staff of General Duffleld. "SHAFTER. Major General," - "Off Sibony, June 27, 9 p. m. "Via Playa del Este. Adjutant General, Washington r "All is progressing well. We occu pied today an advance position aban doned by the enemy yesterday on the Seyilla and Santiago road, west :of thd San- Juan river, wtthfh three miles of Santiago, and from which it can be plajinly seen. -v SHAFTER, "Major General Commanding." GENERAL SHAFTER OFF TO THE ' - FRONT.' ' . '.. (Copyright by Associated Press.) Juragua, "June 27, Monday, Per Asso ciated Press Dispatch Boat Wanda, 6 p. m., via Kingston, Ja., Tuesday, I ral Shaf- June is. l a. m. Major ueneral Shaf- ter, in command of the United States, army oi invasion,, arrived here on board the transport .Seguranca from Barqulrl, with Colonel John Jacob As ton, Captain Stewart Brlce and Lieu tenants Milay and Noble and his staff, at about 2 o'clock this afternoon. He was met by. General Bates, who was superintending the..la4$ng of commis- oai j ouypiicn in (lie CU14. Generals Garcia and ''Castillo paid their respects to the American com mander. About an hour later' General Shafter struck out on the road to the front,. in order to, consult with General Wheeler and the division commanders and look over the field operations be fore Santiago de Cuba. The general said he would probably return to the Juragua headquarters tonight. fJrTETm)r',TrtE TROOPS. PermaneTir lluspltal - arrangements are to be provided at Ijuragua at once. ' Wfce transport Iroquois, anchored off p! shore,' Is provided-'-- with trained I nurses and an conveniences, uent nos-. men, wno ianaea yesteraay, is expect- pitals will also be erected on a cliff , ed to reach the front today. The Amer- -overlooking the sea, 'There are very j leans are In excellent spirits and there few cases of sickness among the troops, is a remarkable lack of sickness. Thus measles, heat prostration and-dysen--7 far the water supply has been good' tery chiefly. Sporadic" cases of yellow ' and there have been no bad effects fever 'ari reported by? the insurgents, from the changes, except a few case but. the disease is not epidemic. j of dysentery. -There was a brief rain . The troops are In a good camp, on , squall last night. ' - ' - . . high ground overlooking the sea. .The At noontoday Major Cplrldge re nights and mornings are cool and celved Jers to clear the road beyond pleasant, but -the midday sun Is hard ' the frorJt. where the. stream doubles on the unacclimatized troops in the back -across It, for the advance of ar-mari-hH over th. hiii - tv. meriir fli tillery. iA; dynamite gun and Hotcb- men say that If th campaign Is short1, the troops will go .through in 4 good condition. - ... : : - --. - -. , MOVEMENTS TO THE FRONT, Tn movements of the troops to the front "are i steadily , going om The American and' Cuban infantry '"and cavalry-and long lines of" mule-pack-1 VI 01U9 MIU UAL LCI ICTD WL CV, J . I .V-IVC . all the roadways over the hills to Ban- Cuba, ' i ..- ' j0 ' ; e - k this morning General e, the Second.- Tentx t infant rr r0 tfiA ILCU1L1 J- U1C Kemp." comn & positt' Forces. Wire Cutters Defenses of - i TUB ASIEHICA.V ADVANt At the front on th lti (Junta. day, June 2T, tnoonl. pur th Aat fd l'ress Uispatvh Uoat W atw. l'jrt: Antonio, JmlcaA June 38. .tu, v dy ifrnui, via k'lng:iiv 3 Z p. m. The American frouf 1 beon. advanced beyond the first r I . Ing of -.the. Hi ttuama., bout"a;; J' un - ""tiih -nAhm" " 'J.-nera.! l ton's-lri(fade ' rest ' the roud to antiag de Cuba. ' . Third brigade; under General ChifiVT the Heventi'tnth, Twelfth and 8 vent t , rcglrirynts, hld the trench, with hi command lying acros the road an t 1 riyer. '.'- " ' - - ' The First urigade, the Eiwhth. Tven ' ty -second and Second ManaachuwttH, under tieneral Evan Clarke, ties on th : l-ft dank, Uithtly rn te rear, and th Second brigade. theTTretT.'Fourtb anl . t : Twenty-fifth, occupies the opposite r- sitlpn on the riKht flunk. .' ' i -v - - Oneral Vvheei'T, )tt the' cwalry l In the rear bet Ween Sevlla -hills ai the Klo Ouama. A strong line of out posts is maintained ahead. t SKIttMlSHKS. . ; "3-- .... . ,- -x::--"-r Oeneral Chaffee's brigado, wlthi 3,001 tMiban under Genera t Aiculrra n.l se-veruh hundred under -. Colonel zaiefl, was -skirmlahlntr towar city this morning. The Cubn several slight Bklrnilshx www Bpaniards stationed on t'lie. hriKSSu American right flunK and jiur au arles oc upiod thlMiiJ-li.niseH In is vicinity, whieh were evacuajed be(or (iayhrea1 by the.. Spaniards. The ter retreated' towards WantfitKO d ba. No atititiea.arp reportril. " ; . tJeneral 'Lawton Oeneral Chaff et 'and General Wheeler have thoroughly re connoltred the Spanlnh posltiouv ninft with the aid of Information furnlshfij by the Cuban! have very gnod ii'ap! of the roads and dfrnces of "the.. tty Much - information has also lieen ob tained from Spanish paclficos wb" have slipped out of t he city and given thtmselvea. up in the iiope:-of . jgettlH food. They report great f" starvatlou and distress -In Santiago. ! They aaj, the Spiinlsh troops are . on short . ta tiong and that all the , sUpplles .jar' being Jield for their use. - The sivl In the hospitals; the paclficos say, an' sufTermg from lack of -fopd and they also report that seventy-seven nban lards were killed and kthat elght-nliii were wounded as the result; of ,the en gagemeht on Friday, last with Colonel Wood's and ,Young's-com'mahds j .. - ' i ' SPANISH REIN FORCKM-tSNTS-' f ' ... --jr.Hymomf startliftg information oli- . talpeo from the p ai: 1 (1 a-'m1 ish soldiers have arrived at haiUiTTt,! de Cuba. This statement J made on the authority of tjnrai i.awton alvl, he Is also of the opinion tfcnt Oenernl Pando may be,able to-f ITecl. a junct joiv with General T.HftreH at Santiago dt Cuba. . , j "DEFENSES, OF SANTIAGO. ' " Thre are tvvo forts. itViTiurl ji ni'i 'witKin ith ti or, conswcraiiii e hnanlsh brief. 'tJhta Hlahco, at thesuthern end if the. bay", and Santa'I'rs'ula, at- the south east corner. " On thV road to t'aney, on thf north. Is another . fort. -.'-There un $bout 450 men in"each'of these forti llcntlons. snd stretching arourrd thW whf4e city are nine barbed wife 'fences,, fifty yards apart, wlille Just Tnsid these are lijiesif rifle pits, y Outside, i the eastwiln7 about two miles beyond the Xmerfclm outposts, is .a line . of entrenchments, . extending from th northern extremity of. tne city to Mor. ro castle. A little "west of. south, . ati a distance! oT about seven miles frotm General Lawton's .headquarters, li'et 1 Morro castle. The road i within - nl 4 few hundred yards of the-batterles at the rear, of . Morro castle was recoh noltrfd yesterday afternoon by Gen eral Chaffee and several member's, ofi his staff. - , v ...'.-i - ' : s T-ail' The Cubans believe thSt. if the wa ter supply of the city cm, be cut offf- Santiago -will ' have to j leld ' at once I ' They say that Admiral Cervera's fleet, except the torpedo boat destroyer Ter- ror. Is in the harbor. : Oeneral Lawton Is Snclined to discredit the reports that is Snclined to discred t the reoorts gu'ns rhav4 been taken from the ships' to strengthen ,,the defenceaon .land. He says it would, be impossible for Admiral Cervera to reach the position of the American army with, his big iguns from whete th Spanish ships He. GENERAL JOE WHEELER UP A . ' TREE. i "'-: . General Wheeler, who made a. rt5,- cohnaftance for half a mile beyond the' ' skirmish lines this morning, finding that he :was unable to secure the -desired view through the luxuriant trop ical foliage;, dismounted antf climbed a tree. A major, general of Ahe 'United States army in the forks -ra- tree surveVing!-" the. Spanish outposts through his field "glasses was a spec- tacle that. gave some idea of the von- ' derful energy of the dashlngex-con-federate cavalry, leadejvtThelfeat nf afilitv in' - m An 82 vfum nf aire tnir to blush many a younger officer of his own staff. ; . '" - -' i St4 . General Callxto , Gaivla' with 300 - is Kv1-? JSy :invpoitlon,V" The Roral to the Actmm tWrtff ' 1 ' ' is 4 ( n l r t " -'t
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