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T" " T 1 " : 1 " 1 i i - I. .v Ii i- ' , r.i -' i '-1 ,1 i- l j 1 1 ' . i - ! - ii ,.'. ; " i ! ' " n :- - ' :' li 1 . ' ' :&Tif!. ' i ' : ' - '." ! ' 1' . ' ' i i .') .1 . 1 I 1 i" L ! - i 7 ' '. rt ! 'i11 ! : :. " 1 ,. " i f-i' II .! i .. , " : ! 1. 1; . - ! 1 i " .!.' VOL. XI. tfo. 182. WILMINGTON N, G., THUISDA ft, JljLY 21, 18Sg PRICE 5 CENTS; .r t. SANTIAGO ' BOOM f-'--,;l :v.:;. M-',-f'i.:--- Nntjtv;- v: f , -j:- Hemarkable Change in fit fairs Since the Surrender THE lefty TAKING1 ON NEW LIFE The Stores 1 Opcnirfg Mufrchants Displaying Wars for Sale- Acccptjim American Money Vessels Discharging fcoods-.-Food . J'urnished the Destitute Industries Kesumed-Friendly s . Intercourse' liet ween the Soldiers Our Tlroops i i ' ' 1 i . ; ' : 1, Moving to Die Hills Vello'w fever LTnJer . i. v I -ontrol-Coinpliincnts to OurTroops --'- . . 'r: " t'i : -i ! i f.i I s'., . I T"-- -5 .- ' , ' 'X- ;.-7KaiitiaKO tf 'Cuba, J.uly. lji, 6 p. tn.. Ma Ktnton, Ja July '20, 10 a. n .J! UMJrjM olj AirKtrican an3 Hpanidt) HoliJiiffTs. who but a fewhlaysf ago were hhootinK at ( f a lii oilier itowil . the .nt-rr.-tta 0.t Hatitlaj ttKlay, tii-fliixg. and -.iiiixitig- oh ib(! moHt fri-iitlly termsi A gt'Tierat fellrvK of goad fellowship -V't'ryv hf r',, wntors and latently boiaK cijually e istrifu andAblordshed 1 vanquishf-il s .'art over.. aii.ITviat tln'i-iioril firs- of tli? mj.'i- are (ifUtu vU'iiniH Ktuiy Uisplays of waivs a i-apWly . and Btorvk'j"-i- ores', wtth e opening s eagerly it(;tf-pt j AiriHfi.a.n i mollify arid court e- uly- rl'Ct-lvf! Amt lf:at); cust. rnt-rs.! Tht -itf, jfiil i f i mv, d" y i I alter- HIIl.ll sol- narrow,- j t :Ji j I d - A a VK.it st r Jihk J" t 1j lk-we fcuiislilnt. fd from n w nu iIjij till iiiglit (I ,j-n grouH f iliufornlul Sj .ilf and f.wihi iof i.lkuhn Ilk,", I'OllK'Kr ing nit.-n, Jjijlorifjiifttf t t.M-mtral Mtaf- l r ti i army. F(i Tfii; ui:sv i i.ri; Mit iTmK JiiiulH or it-ov .sums arid to Hit; ! n liarv it1 all,day. ifrtm Hlie is t I n -1". S -. if 'fl'Wji&sji tit) 1' t'rosi i Lhe-l-nii-i If id Stutii'M anfnV .Supply Hhii?fr Wild then-J as t-vidciicf j l hat i pri vai jon tiHappu i ltifi -Imii j I In' l "i limit i tK i ry t !i nuiK iIoi-sim ;uid r hildii'n inuf bn 8-i.v:i srn-piiJIy te.r Iimjth, if wOniii'ni tt n u ri h li I A tin'rican lardtiKik, aifd turn. UistrUiult-'d wry raprdly. A 1.H !trlliK )out the -JiImz-h anil aw tin .-fiuiiierouH iry i-alt.o. the -oft it ers- of llie: .uf ah r ;aiiiiien y. 'lb" 'J'liunged tlitToyglioiilS.'. fnt Airitrfans buying fwoi( fina -buttotiH litiiil. tliiMr late, fo.-s Alt Jiilk chieeiily AvhMiifver; an l t-ari bet ol.laim-'J. ' ill ; THE C1TV fl'AICIING OX Ni iterpreler w; i An: -Santiago today presents aj UrigJit ai.d t hft-rfu-J" iittfture; Ito i what -( it .tld two -tveekw ogtx-i ver thirty t.t)et mw- -ara Dying f lie ptars'iaml trUtcif 'proutily in or; near tiliti harbor. Small boats are 3. lying briskly tg I and w on the bide waters.-; In t uhortv evei;vthin$- denotes :Jui!tle until aMiVity. 'j The Iimneiisr jrfticdH -aloMg t he I w-atvij froVj:- are pl ieadypacktd uith hifrchaiidibe and Hie ; large . Ht.orfrentet along Marina iHMeet "are . busy recelvltlg goods which are being -'steadily unpoadeit Every " -vvhere-thf'Verare stns jif a rfevival of vimrnercia3 : , act ivufcy - nd i prosperity. .! M Iss Clitra. ' Bartion ytfsterday .began distributing, supplies . llelievirtf? thou Wanda of - 'Cases of diistt-ess fnom . hiins Ker and skvkne.ss.l Th ce factory .ban ' resumed. wik aijid tl watur supply Vill-'be turned oik toiht.v. The. change in the appcarar ce of the ity Vs ; kaleiduscripio afid a fouple of -lavwheri further shipments arrive, i"- -vill suffice for: the normal' business to j-evive. All,- the, 'Stores I are tiijien this morning; bv General IcKibblns' or ilfra, liut the' s?i:loons remain cltise.d Iosstbility C a ilrtsh betweeri the sol diers In case oT jtru-nkienrK'SS. : - . The electric liglli plant iis Iworkirg. The pawnshops are; doinjp, i rusVii-ng liuines.-their counter being crowded iy people of all sorts of colortand cbi Jition. p-awnmg iv heirlooms, 1 clothe. dresses and furniture. .Officers tenden Dievc medals, spurs "and swards, and lvil emploves offer their tortoise shell;. -Kold-heaLftssi : canes -fof.ia mtrie song,, -which arei fTK.turn bt-'dirht. at fancy iirifcs .tiv : American soiuiern. i.uun-ers. iir-! newspaper corresponuents? asreiics of -the war. There IvaVje . been. more machetes sold to our rrien as ouvejnr,s than were laid down qn the; morning of the surrender..; Ij 1 'It ' About '4000- Sp.Avish troops still . re main in the city, but the majprity wili be removed stvi'soon ias a Ijcamping yroutid beyond the; rifle . pits can be iii-rafigred. - . AMEniC-'- -ROQPSi , MOVED: TO 1 . THE HIT.I.S. The 'AnkeneaTii troops are- being re-: movetl fiym -their : old encampjiients lhind the -trenches-, to cooler and better-spots' fn the hill north of the .(own. ; '! i - i i: r 'Officers! assert that there) is not . a ' case-: of i yellow feH'.er in Santiago ami that llhere are but fewicaseslof small pox i The streets look fairly -leam and how signs of care taken by the Span-aards- to.' prevent- an epidemic .during jf he siege. . - i. I Oeneral Shafter - has.! placeLt. a cen-. sor -in charge -of the cable qfEk'eiaixi onjy 'government dispatches 'are al lowed to bersent todays It . is said, 'however, that press and eotmmercial dispatches rvill be received subject Up trfereensor's blue pehclA soon prooaDiy tomorrow SDanish merchants -vb h ave been antervieyd on . the ...subject f-Soect business to revive at ay thev joncc -and liotDe for vlaree' Investments af Ameri can capital withih the next year.- There Wems . t6 be no race hatred,! the blt- lerness being all directed against the jUadrid government, which Is charged w"ith gross mismanagement ! of Ouua nnd bunalinsr fluriner the conduct of he present war.! . '.-: .YthLDW FEVER UNDER CON f,- TROL. . ' I - V The hospital jieadquarters'are stilJ AETN5 L1THIR WATER. j HEAD r- THEi TESTIMONIALS OP re MR. ' HUMPHREY AND : COLi. ROGER MOORE. ' I 1 FROM MR. R. B. 3Mr. R. E. Ward:' HUMPHREY. Dear Sir: .Iihave.been Rising the 'Aetna? Lithia Water and- thikik. that I am .lustiflable' in saying that it has done' me much ;good and hap relieved isil xne of much trouble with indigestion. li. H. HUMPHREY, r .- - . 1 : : .- -Middla Sound. .1. ' FROM 4 COLi ROGER MOORE. JAr.l Tf. IE. Ward: ; I I v Dear Sir: I take pleasure fin stating that a ; member of my family, -very much troubled i with . ln-digesuon, . has been greatly . benefitted by tiivs use the Aetna Lithia Water. - r - : Very truly. k , , -i - : ' i 'ROGER MOORE. R. E. WARD, Agents i Don't forget that "we are established .t W. H. GREEN'S! PHARMACY, and jhat we are ready to serve sou all the jtime at 25 cents peri gallon for pure .'AETNA LITHIA WATER from Vir-r ginia Mineral Springs company, oa fioke, va. the' Condition of Af :l i ! 'Gladly lo ated at Juragaa., Tw?- deaths ! from yellow fever were reported therej ye' terday, lut the names of the! vlctlma have not bt-en 'made public. The physi cians nay therei are tjut few new cases a-ppearing and jhat Hie epidemic lan--iler i control. They alpo think thatthe danger to the armyj-ls about passedj r n Commodore Kchley witK a party of officers, visited the tky thia mormn-gi; oomingrup the h-ay t -a Bteam; launch. : The; commodore callt-jd on! General JMc Kibbln -and Btrolled about hei streets,, making several purchases and appar ently greatly enjoylnig. sliore. leave.- Me -wan!! received with great respect s by the i .SpanlHli! officers- who learned his name.. , :.-t : i i : i ; T(-) TAKIO A tOt! I j OF SANTIAGO , vkovixce: , j ' ' Lieutenant' Miley, :iof Oeneraf Khaf ter"'a staff, left here Ihis-morning with a troop at the Hecotid cavalry : ipnder t'apJain iHreitt, to make' the . rounds of the entire jnilttarV district of i San tiago de 'Cuba, and fOr the, purpose of receiving the formalr surrender of the Spanish fomfcs.. He jgoes .lirst to ; San Iaiisi. ; whore- there- ajre about 4J0,ot tin- k'Tiemy-s troops. iLieutenant Mi ley will Itheni receive thte surrender in -r-der.4if SOU riven a t -brpr 1,200 -attKJat- akina z,uw at t iuanftanamo anaFitf,bO!i Ml I'-aracoa,; "A total f 10,Jf)0 Spaniards i are ?wti to.yield ittieirjarms to ttwn y oie itroop-Hif Aineri7ari cavalry, , .'io 3 rachi ?iriicHi... -.T.reuienant Milevh will U('"C(impi'lle 1 tO.i"lr straight across' tht!i.liiii(l to. thtv-Mtiirthern coasi, iled by a ' Cuban guide." ljevwill ride-Mnder a ; white Hag" "for vprotecYron, but.itien ertiH" ToVal has 'se.jit. members t his staff ahead of theifi.to notify the? post commanders, of the terms of the; "sur render, f 1 j Th' wound of General Linamii iii mucin more serious than reported;.! His lef t i arm has; beep amputated and to night! he is in a serljous condition. 1 WEARING SPANISH UNIFORMS. There i's no yeady-imade. clothing; in tfie ictty except- blue and whitei striped linen unifortiis, and inany of our men are idre-ssed in these Spanish uniforms. They present a- strange appearance and; are greeted witty laughter.; M ir .The readinessand avidity, with which t he i storekeepers accept greenbacks is remarkable. ' j .. j". . General Shafter's drders to close all the! rum shops has jhad the - effect of keeping the city quaet- and peaceful. So : far there have - been no' drunken brawls . or noises, : . ; Many - of the . Spapish soldiers : are anxious to become A"merican citizens antlMare applying- foif -naturalization. Ar-number j. of the' officers, of: high Vank in . the Spahisli army; condemn their government's policy in dividing its forces in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines;-; instead kf concentrating them - and ' possibly saving - one t colo ny.! TheXctfttl-ng of! the fleet is also strongly censured; tind: the: Spanish, naval officers all argue that it is im ponsible -under -the ipresent ; 'crippled condition of Spain tq make a success ful : resistance anywijere.; : ., -1 ! i The useable . ammunition at i the Spanish, troops, hersej was. exhausted before the surrendierf, ! as the SJ,000;000 cartridges found in the ' magazines of Santiago do not filt'tha ?Mauser ;rlfles. OMR TROOPS FOUGHT, LIKE . I ' TIGERS. ' , 1 v ! -. : " . 1. i , .; ! f ' : ,: The Spaniards say 'our troops fought like tigers and thfit- their , discipline wa4-N excellent; .i bu - -Ithey : insist i that snioreIives -were, tot on -either! side than was warranted! by the conditions of July 1st Theyj- assert that our .troops could- have! walked- into the ; -city , without having fired a shot tat them. As. there werfe no soldiers left w.nhin the walls at .that time.; It ap ' pears that they, had joijily- a fewithou--. sanjd men, and thej all went to El1 Oaneyjat -the time: that battle 'was fought leaving Santyago unprotected. Reinforcements,. however!, arrived later and,, brought the riumber. of . Spanish troops up to 8,000 men.; " i ?;i: ;: ; . Ai the . battle of El Caney our cas ualties exceeded -those lot the Span iards. Wh-ile they , had , 400 men : killed to. our t200, they had , only 500, men wounded, to our -1,500. The list Of the vvounded has. been increased since -to aver 3,000 men, who are lying In, the hospitals here. . ) : -s .' j. i. :! ! . General Linares 'cabled to Madrid on July 3rd before. General Shafter's de mand for. the surrender :-of .Santiago, setting.forth the inability to hold out against : an enemy superior' ini num bers, wih the Spaniards- dying iof fe ver and starvation: and demoralized by ithe loss 'of the fleefc. He urged the government, for the sake of humanity, to soffer t,o. , capitulatg.l- but 1 adding that, if ordered , to-remain, to die. like a rat in a. trap, hejwould do so, ias his soldiers 1 were aoing -meir auty air- though-realizing that a mistake I had been made; Some how information in regard to the message Teaked out: and the; Spanislv officers are loud ;in their condemnation . of 1 Oeneral - Linares, whom they accinse tf .1 faint-hearted-ness throughout the war to the. extent of "'undeir the -plea of a 1 slights wound" laying the -mantle - of ! shame of sur render upon General Toral's shoulders instead of facing; the idisgrace him self. This, feeling is1 general, among themen who, passing the palace where the: stars and stripes are flying, ! clench their fistsi and mutter: I Que verguen- za par la patrla! ; Poro, lo rnerece bien." .(What shame to our country. But, she deserves it well.) . i f ; ! 1 5 ; -!.!.'!:! ii i : v- "'- - - ' i-11 : : ::- :: SPANISH TBEACHEHV f The Commander at Gnantauamo Re pudiates' the Surrender Blanco Claims Ignorance of Surrender of Santiago. ? . Madrid, July 19, (Delayed in trans mission.) General Parreja the Span ish commander at Guantanamo, 1 re fuses ,4.o be ' included , in. th capitula tion of Santiago de Cuba,) wf According to Spanish imilltary law a commander can surrender -the t. troops whictt personally commands, jbut .he cannot) General Blanco.! (The "first described .1.1, :n. . ! . .. .. 1 '. ir;, , . V HfitiAKDl TnWil'o mni-Uinn ; ti.li IaIi mnn "oblige other ; commanders at n distant I points, even though under his author- ity, to follow suit. Consequently, it is held here that the - "capitulation" only f comprises about 7,000 troops ac tually. ' The government' has received "a dis patch from Captain General r Blanco, of I in which he announced that he had not authorized the capitulation of Santi- ago - de Cuba and asserting that the place was - surrendered without his knowledge." As a ' result, . General Toral will be rigorously tried by court martial. fcE?IER.IL uARtli DEAD Tlo Dtalin to the ClreqmstaBer RuppoMd to Han H(B Killtd la Battle Near n.nzaulllo. : New York, i!.J f4iy 20; A Kingston, Jamaica", table to i Thei Evening Post says: j ; 1 "Pubans- . arriving 'from 'lbjney brtjig irepbrts ot the death of Garcia. Thy make a mystery of tt, saying, that It Rbould no.be known In Cuba yet or in Ikbeii United ;;Statfe8, 'for reasons of -it'll' - t V f ' state; arid give no; particulars except; thiat'lie ; was 11 shot, s Spanish refugees here: who. are lofflcjally connected with General Blanco; bejieve the story.'V, Newi York, July ,;2Q. -The last: word directly received tyy the-Cuban: junta in thia city from darciai was dated be- i " i . !- -.-"Hi 1:: : V '"' ' H ' fore Santiago, i July llthi It was a ca ble; message, and stated briefly that he was well' and i thai the progress of events; was satisfactory. At that time Garcia was .toi the west of .Santiago, guarding th.$ approaches from expected reinforcements to the jcity. I ; . Horatio S. Rubens, counsel to . the Junta, iwhen given the information con tained; In The Evening; Post's- dispatch, said thia afternoon that news, of Gar cia's death had not been received at the; junta; b'ut ithat.'at best, commun .ica,tiort with the Cuban ; forces in the field wa Irregular. "I am greatly. ,sur priaedl" aid he, "but I do not find it hard to- creditor the dispatehi. During the." assault on Santiago, Garcia was in the: west With Ms command, with . the I nAini 1 .... . . r ' . . ; . v : j Virt ils j -u u l j .xi . iiuri Lcpuiif, i4.-iiuM.f;" menisianu cumng tJii uie retreat oj-wit Spaniap soldiers. . When the city .fell hisiduty there: was at appears, J the 1 attack was then planned, to j thf i .westi. and -for4, i 'probable that an end.- But it on-' Manzanillo Manzanillo . lies it 'is., there Shafter de- tailfd iUarcia'si copimand to cut off re-i inforce'ments -there; Holguin lies- neaT thia city, and avasi parrinoned by ' a considerable f?rcefias ' the American general must 3iavq known. It is not unlikely that Garcia and his men-came into conflict wjth a body of Spanish soldiery boundi from Holguin for : Man-zanillo.",- ; i:. i ii r i i i . '. . . i . Calijcto; Garcia wasSn his 60th year and was regarded by ; the Cuban jinsur-genjts-ias one oi ithelr most intrepid sol diers, i In the ten years war his skill, bravery and energy worn him contin ued promotion until 4i received-a gen eraf'si star. . In i&ii I action in 1874,- Gar- cla was surrounded bvi Spanish' troops: rather ithan surrertdert he shot himself through tTie chin with suicidal' intent He recovered and! was 1 sent to Spain-.-He was released ini 1877 -when the peace of Xenjon was dedlaredi ; " - Garcia at .once H set :out f r New York 'and organized an expedition to CubavfcHe landed in Santiago de Cuba where, he, was. taken -prisoner a second tlme.'i He- eluded the iprteon guard in Spainone might after fifteen years'- im prisonment and: fled ta England. . . Garciawas ithei. promoter ot the Hawkins expedition, "tvhtch left this city iy -January, 189G, M'lth 300 men and a large quantity of supplies and anv rnunitfon. The vessel, sunk. He. 'next fitted out the iBerrnuda, which' was seizedi upon the eve of her. departure, in iFebruary, 1896, by "la! United States marshal and his 'depUti-es. Garcia: was arrested and released in $2,500. bailHe at once made anothVrl start and land ed in - Cuba several days (before ; the day set for. his, trial in- this city. For ! the last two years he has. been engaged in conducting ithe campaign of the ' Cubans against Spam in the province of Santiago de:Cuba. ! .,.- ii- , iTIIISITUATIO-r AT MANILA The Spaniards Ready to' Surrender on ladlratioua of . an '. AttacR Germany's Display ol IVaVal Force, - Van Couver, &. C.; jjuly 20. Accord ing to advices hroijghpby the, Empress of India from- Hong jlSong, "the chief news j of the moment j.is that Manila is ! ready to surrender 4-not that the archbishop and captain general are going to voluntarily capitulate before they are compelled: to; do so but that the backbone-of resistance; Us unques tionably, broken; and upon a real show of force? and intention! to bombard the town, if j the officials do not given in, the Spahiards wijH haul down the Spanish 1 flag. Intimations to this ef fect: are received fli .mi many sources. , ' i . i 1 ! ' I , i , The correspondent 1 of The -Hong Press, writing tinder date of June 23d, says the chief Subject 'of discussion in Manila, 1 in CaVite -andi the American ; fleet is the presence there; of so many German men-of-war and on transport or supply vlesselsi in prt. IT3 says f'l have just interviewed La leading Englishman here! on the subject. He unhesitatingly informed: me that all of the: ! Gwmansi!! in ;Manila as . well as Spafliards, regard it as a remarkable demonstration. I ; am ..sure that the Spaniards have i received encourage1 ment from such 1 a- naval display.. A Spaniard -today! told trie that : the com Jnsr of a larReiiGerman; squadron was construed by himi and! leading Spanish officials as , a udirect 'act of friendly interest: and : warning towards the yan kees ; that -theyi could i not go too far Now uwhen a Spaniard of influence, as this man was, will talk like that, think it tfflgh! time to ascertain what yhe Germans mean by appearing here Jn such "forces.! ii 1 -j u ; . ' 1 h 'VI am familiar;' , my informant conr- tmued, "with ail the' German inter ests in Manila! and my, relations With the Germans -ate t very ; agreeable, -and I am positive that lone German Cruiser Kould be fuUy able tot protect them, to every; extent they I desired " i ' Further detaMs; of the great fight of May 1st hlter throueh' Some hieh nffi cials of Manila! astime! passes. It now appears according; to authentic infOr mation tn' .the1! hands iof. Consul Wil HamSithat out iof 491 men on the"Reina Christina 364 were killed, and jonly 127 left- on the ship. : 1 -J . ; SHIRKING KESPONSIBIL1TY The ITIadrld Government Puta Bepon aiDlllty for the Surrender : on Oeneral Toral. 1 -if "! .! ;-'-:! -."-..' ?r " : : - ..l; n -t4 .---:l j -f i --' ', ' : Madrid, JuJy . 20.-rA - semi-official jnote has been published here, explain ing; the. circumstances from a Spanish standpoint, of the Erurrender of San tiago de Cuba. : It declares that! the letter; i which General -,Toral "is alleg ed .'to; have written t6 General Shaf- terr sis apocryphal, as the telegraph version "contair : a statement whch It is impossible for. General TOral to have made, because it is untrue that his: government authorized him to ca pitulate. '!,!, ' ' - The note continues: "What hiap-r pened wasthat the war minister re- he J ceived two telegrams from Captain General Toral's position .which was most pitiful because ! of ! the want of provisions and, ammunition. It also detailed the enemy's proposals. ,f "In the second ; ; telegram . Captain General Blanco gave ithe terms of the capitulation and!; requested instruc- tionsj The war f minister replied to both by telling Captain General Blanco to ; leave every initiative to .- General Toral, for It" was: impossible to recom mend any other; linecof conduct- Gen eral Toral, accordingly, i acted as he thought advisable an would explain before a court m 1 the - motives which induced him capitulate. arua nil & in :U ;-. i - ; . -: .;,- i' - l i ,1 By the Republican State Cohyention. REQUEST TO BE HEARD Ignored by That Body The Conven tlon Proeeeda Ipon the Idea a.f Fall Cooperatlon lth the- Popnllata Ilottoo ICeeleeted Chairman of the Executive 1 jConomlUee-Other Com- : mltteemen Eleeted Ptatfonn i and :. Keaolatlona Adopted. 1 .1. !:. :': " ! :!- - -I.i 1 -' j"--i - ;'": i Special- to The Messenger.) ; f Raleigh; "Nl- c,i July 20. .The repub- lican- state -convention was called, to order by Chairman Hoi ton. He made a speech eulogizing,iusion. ; i J , . . 1 Governor Russell', entered the , ball amid; dead silence and- sat ;half;: aa hour ! with the iNew Hanoveri delega- "J-;. H : -l --i! :."' :( '- rl--j . ::?' ' :J'l "';: tion.u. .m-i ,' : 1 .. ;;..;. j ; i .; : : i The convention elected W. Cj Clarke, Spencer Blackburn, F. ; Dobson, W.;W, Blai,rj. B. M. Bridgers, R. B. Russell, G. L. . Patterson and Chariest J. 1 Harris, a committee on i credentials. The ire port )f . the committee said Union! and Cumberland . were then only counties havjnfe : contests. : Cherokee, Graham, 'Mcon,-j Pender,! ;Stanlyj Stokes 'i and Trajisylvaniai were not represented. Irt Cumberland county Slocumb'S: faction - pCglJd uSinjfd " ' ' was i favored by: the committee.! ! In J Union .county eat-H faction by consent iwas igiven one 1 vote. The report was adopted. :'.!.!.':: --. .11 Spencer Blackburn nominated R. Z. Linney for permanent tchairman.1 J He said it i had been . shown that ' the; re publicans- alone1: were - competent to govern j North Carolina; that the re- lublicah wanted and were going to have ; the ; co-operation of every popu list fin iNorth Carolina (great cheers), no matter: if: some traitors were trying to defeat co-ope.ration. 1 . 1- Oscar Spears seconded' Ltriney's nomination, moved he be elected; by acclaniation.: This was done. i . Linney used the': word ?'We"' fre quently- and said: "I mean populists and republicafia-iand the sons of Ham.: He said: "Let's elect everything Jrom constable to bishop;" . . t i - Congressman White nominated John CDaney for secretary, and on Claude Bernard's motion the election was madft unanimous. ' , c i: i; A. committee of ..nine on resolutions was elected, composed of C M. Ber nard, H. E. . Hogans; O. J. Speares, JV Y. ' Eaton, J. E. 'Shepperd, !; G. i Z i imPOKTANT EVENTS OF TflEri)A3'. k -h u : i l. :! -- f. -t.- 'i P-'-s3 :-! -i There is a Report that General Blanco Claims that Santiago Consent or Knowledge. h The Spanish Commander at eluded in the surrender. , ' rI'l . rT"- .. , . 'ii' ft .1 , Jin tt 1 1 umpui is, wun Porto Rico. The Government Will Send do Road Building in Cuba. .The Republican Cdnvention i sell a Chance to be Heard Although he Made the Request The Spanish Cabinet Denies render of Santiago. ! 1 ' CoionelfW. 1.; Bryan and . . ... .: . .. t r-.i J jasnvnie wnere tney are biven a Hearty ueept pn. ;; Senator Pritchard. Has a Narrow Escape Mroti D The German Display of ;Force the Spanish to Mean Friendly Inter est i ; ;i The Government Accepts the CompBiiv to Transport the Prisoners to Spain A - .'-,;:.' ,' : : : T-t-r. "J" - .t't-r French, J. ; G. Dancy,' J. (1 Ray 1 a-hd Richmond Pearson. : 1 ; ;i 1 ;; The state executive icommittee iwas! elected as follows: Starkey 1 Hare,! R. J. Lewis W. ; F.! Clarke, C! T. Bailev, J. E Norwood, J, W. Mullen, J.. W. C, Long, C G- Bailey, T. S. Rollins. iSix cpm mitteemen for the state at large were elected Jay - acclamation - as ; fol lows: Ej: C Duncan, John; Ct. Dancy;. George H. White. H.: S. Harkins, ' Abe Middleton and Tyre Glenn. - !i On Dancy's motion 'A. E. Holton was re-elected-state chairman by;ac clamation and by a rising; vote,, amid much applause; Holton predicted forty to fifty : thousand majority.' . n 1 . . The . convention took a . recess 1 until 8 o'clock. t :i- 1.: ,:: . "j - V. .;!!.., . . The night "session . was sho-t. Daney spoke and so did George - White - li t ) Governor Russell sent wbrd he would like .to be heard, - but the; convention quickly I adjourned. ; ;: .1 - i ! . ' tt adopted, a , platform and .resolu tions" adroitly prepared by - the , com mittee." w-hich, were read bv Richmond Pearson. - They are lengthly and en dorse Mclvinley and Pritchard in ; ex uberant terms;;! condemn: what they term Grover Cleveland partisan civil service policy: .thanki Chairman Hol ton. and Secretary .Holton -for their party . work; express:, confident belief that the'populists will co-operate with the;- republicans:: this : year; favor ithe provisions of the present election law; give the, state committee full power to ratify nominations for judge's and sp- jlicitorss s; endorse ;- the; Dingley Jtariff Diu ana 1 the war tariff measures; i fa vor vigorous prosecution of law - to triumphant conclusion.5 Here is what is said about the state: administration We - hereby, commend the adminis tration tof the. state, because- the finances'- have .been 1 wisely, . economt cally and, honestly-administered, 1 the laws abiy; fairly and impartially Tad- mmistered anq rights of life and prop erty secured thereunder and there; are marked (and gratifying signs of pro gress and development in all material conditions of the state, (exhibiting return of prosperity and! satisfaction hf h Tt,nnl ii . :T I' I .!' :' 1 .. ttoD jvioore, or ; ijajrayette, ind says that for constipation he. has found uewutfs Jjittle Early Kl3-rs to "be perfect,- They never gripe. Try i them for stomach and liver, troubles. R. R. Bellamy. . i First Bale of Ne w Cotton I' New York, July 20. The, first, hale of ne"w cotton 'was sold in front o the Exchange building at auction at noon. The first bid was 1200 while the buy-!i en President WfJliam V. King, of the cotton exchange, paid $500 for the cot, ton. The bale had been presented to President !,McKinley i by. H. &' Beer of . New Orleans, to be sold for rthe benefit .of the United : States hospital; fund. i ' j Sick, headacne. biliousness, constipa-i tlon and all liver and stomach troubles: can ! be quickly v cured by - using tljose famous little pilla known as DeWitt'a Ltttle Early 'Risers. ;They are pleasant to taie and never gripe. K. H. Bel-; lamy, - ! ' PiPilll i!;v- .-1 : J -;'. -! . ';'M Preparations far These Twopeditionk ' GREATEi-PREGAUTIOHS 5t :"M Taken to ?It !Iileaf Expedl tlon an . Aasured Su't-Pt' DelAyed Dtffi- if ulfy In Seuag Convoy Th e !Uon tnlUr- h terejr SupiMfr to be at Dewey Nor Jble to "Take jcare of Ilimsejr-Cwnj Nof I'nfrlcndlr contract to-ji ti.port irnaonf - ' t3 i I I Washington,? S tly 20, The war -and navy departf-aeus are niw engaged in i - 1 . j- j-.- - -fit : r making all it rthe afrangemnts for the dJspatchof rlhe Porto RicJn expe lition and "Vata jn's eastern s4 uadron. parture Geaeal Illes.. expected d was ,agaW aefeired. The expi anation given is Xhsft' tbore was! dlff ic ity ex perienced at -Satiiiago' it securing the naval convoy, f dr. the expedition. It is known, however,, in addition, ; that the president hitiise t has 1 rsfstrained. Gen eral .Milesi tOjttMj extent" of adjuring him in. earnest erms not to' commit the- iolly ofvKstfetingt for Ptufcol'Ttico ! . : :'.. : ;- '!' ! I I . without t he; finest complete irepara tlon. :The, gf-Vern ment ; has pro titled- by the lessons t&ug-M by the Santi ao ex- pedition. A8ldrom tic a6t ul . loas to ra of life that.iwrit be, eXpecteH surt from ;avpasiy cafcuiated is'realized that.eur relatiions vr tal t. it .1. : itlsomti of the Eurobeaa powers woMld be im- paired, in i-3.&3iMill meesui-e t least. by the ad'efg'fe tioral effect created iy anything apifaot; Shmg a defeat! i'0r. the Amei lean ai'fSi .at this statcej jf the war. TherefVit is certain that so far as thedtiaj.tment cjari. prevent it. General' Mites', 'aauldiers will : hoft run shortiof too& "noti tents t protd ctf them from the tronjii rain,, nor of ithe means of transc-frtation that were, -so deficient at ihe f,eginnmlg of the; San tiago r movemcntj THE FORCES3 UNDf Ft MILES : General Mll:3 sported ith is afternoon that he hadjVith him ten trajhsports "which are prt'smied to have J aboard iseveral thouHjanOsoldier?, althpugh a't least two of theiVare tilled with equip ment.i The "men faboard 1 ship kr$ suf fering from deU'j precisely asldld the 1 soldiers whos la f v; in - Tampa Bay be fore the dep&tWite or the Shatttr ex pedition. Inqsirynnade at the davy de partment to tram Trtain ).wnere lay had aMseZyln secilrlng was met with ; t, fa statement the de- ILoBivoy3 flhit the orders to Aflmifal Satnpson in this matter were Ter;:generaHe vf 144 4 as sim- Garcia Ha3 JBen Killed. was JSurreftdenid Without His Guantanauio Rsfusesito be- la- , " r. , i v. Sl 1 L . i Aroops, ieevit. t-.iiarieiu tor SOO Js'egroes f rvin Charjestou to Adjourns - Witliwut Giving lu$ 5 all Responsibility for the StnN 1 1 ; .1 His Nebraska Regiment Reiicl 1 j ,. ; .: 1 &-t.-j.ii . .- : " :.:-; t - irowning ui in Manila la'aj-s Construed! by 1 i : ! Bid Iof a. $pstaiish Steamsliip i' J' 'i : . t '" !' "F 1 if ' . . 1 - ; . I?: rs.' - ; , l i tilv directed KJ 'Je department t6 fur nish a. ctn.oy i .nd it! was . assumed that he wo'ild -confer iwith IGeneral Miles las tofthe numbeif and Icharac- ter of, vessels required jfor tliatj'pur pose. 'As the campaign trom a :navai point .of viev; asj to be principally a land movement ; ihe naval ofiicers do not, believe ias. ,viry extensird cpn,voy is necessary. ) ' I i DEW'r ItEINFORCED According .io .tt'e calculations -it the te Admiral Dewey's fleet at Cake Should; Inow forced! by ttei toast- def ens vessel- Monterey! wltfcb. wwith bier teaser : and collierj the rBrulais, has w iiow been about ItwentS-: daj.s out ffom Itonolulu with the aacjtiort ot tnisi nnevana pow erful monitcr; Jewey:wiH ba amply able to: take "Cate of . himself so long asrthe navatv f r.:es in; the PI llippines are maintaihirigv'he relative pl-oportiqn thev now oeKilivr. Howiever., the r dis closure by tHes stte department of the lack of founlats-on for the sensational stories: of stualBBd relations with.. Ger many, ha lstrgtfy abated the anxiety entertained &t th navy jdepartment as to Dewey's OStoon at Manila - -i BID FOR TKA;PORT OF PRISON EJstP -ACCEPTED.' The iwar clhirtment': tvas agreeably surprised atNie:' number of bids rer ceivedi. today in :answer to Its propo; sals for i transporting ithe Spaniards now at Santiago to Cadiz. The .terms offered ,u by j settle cif ithe companies were .also reijfarCjsd as very reasonable and as It is ;flesfs,able tof terminate the present J contitlCv of affairs latr San tiago at therrearHest possible moment'. It: Is expeete the award will bef-made ImmediatelyTit bid friom a Spanish steamship eamfifcny was! a surprise to the -departmeh ' .official and at! least one of themjithojight that it might be good policy tor the gbvemtnent to avail of thif i 0;Tr. : H Arrangements i practically were con eluded by tlie jprivernment tohight for the transporjatsicto of the Spanish pris oners at San tlaiV from Cuba fto Spain. The contraet. : was awardefl to the Spanish , Trana- A-tlantique (Tompany, represented "by tt. M. Ceballds & Co ol-New Y4iy ;.Toe company kgriees to carry the -PStisoT'Srs from Cuban ports to Spain. :aP thfe rate of X20 for each enlisted mamantj! $55 fori each commis sioned officer, subsistence to) be fur nished i by the company on tttie. army- ration basis, a provided for In the government's 1 advertisement ror i bids. The award provides also: that the com pany shall Bav&'jflve ships, at 'Santiago in nine days ff-tim tomorrow 1(the-21st instant), two ic' seventeen days from tomorrow aSd rough to complete the transportation wof thei prisoners In twenty-one AaiK from tomornow, Two dayj ar?- Colonel Heicker, In charge of Mie i Jansportation bf troops in the: quafterf flster general's, depart ment Iof tm? a ny, went- to New York io t-vasuiL iiim : Biuiipims cuntpitnies concerning; thf .transporta tion of. the Spanish troops surrendered at Santi ago." .Bids which he had! previously ad vertlsed for Wert opened at the army building in Ne? York Itodayi Colonel Hacker returned to Washington this evening. TDnlght'he. had a conference at Jthe war (department with Secretary Aipr, 1 Qu&Oermaster : Generjal; Lud on and Adjutant Qeneral Corbinj Tfc.ibid; of ithe several -, companteH "i4 considered, that of the Spanish1 TrJs-Atlantiju Company nnadlst bVt Accepted, a. In air respect, tt wcrf regarded as the bet made,: X thflbauis .of, 24,000 enlisted .meoland 1,(1 officera. it will tost the govern-l Tnf J J533,0oO to transport :the prlon-j eP-j-j J ;. ", -li.'- . -iXX JVjts ships will fly the color -of Spain atfijS will be. manriedt probably entirely bjM.4panlsh crewa. ilt -waa rerharke" torit ihti as one of 5 the. curious devel-i op3?-ntfa tf the war, that the Unlte st.r if (foyernmeni snouiu eiiier- iniui :ily Contract.. -ft ith a compainyj f whose vessels are auxiliary a U ,'e cft ol it jr-rs tp the Spanish navy and sortvij hlch have been; captured or de ed byi the jtiavy of the Unitedj Oreenjeaf'8 last report to Secre- tsf Alger, ! from the American camn f Santiago, came this afternoons a lsiwas t6 the effect that while thej yStf W' fever wass widely spread among! thtv troops, it was j very; mild in type G:j Jral Duffield, who. has been suf-f fe&S fe- from ; the1 disease., was renort-t e be Improving yesterday. .!T! - open statement from the Cu bafa? ileeatlon here tadav was madH toW( iei war i department officials thatf thwere; prepared to aiccept the pro"-! rttltirae laid down by Xieneral Sbaf-9 tef,?-fs.-!to affairs in Santiago. i lirlENDLY RELATIONS WITH- il -: ;'.( ?A .: j-GEhMA'iof.v - ' Utii'ther i Inquiries by the-K&ssociated! Pr.4 itoday in off iclai Quarters as to thS;;Ueged complications between thei I'ijiii-d States and Germany in the Plt Rlnes failed to ' "elicit ' anytbingi wC;ji!niht serve as a foundation fori tUp reports of such complications.X Otis tbL'tpntrary, it is learned that.there hjjf li been communications between-: thy jtwo governments bf ' a decidedly; friwjlly nature, and that at no timet slfjB j thej. war' began has there been gtj ?er. reason ; than now exists for col ilence; in Germany's neutrality In! tsS, War between the United State- anJf Spain. Reports of misunderstand iiftu'l .! in the Philippines or elsewhere1 shgt jdi not be too readily assumed a tlJU-iasis .of inferences of national un- fttcfi-jUliness. i i - t - - -t . "'iMl!- ' ir X ' -.' " 1. '.' ' - " " : f Mi BKYAN AT MASHtlLLFi TlefMariU Keceptlou Given the t ol : uvl and II1 Keglitient The Col- l'a fcpeecu. . - :' . j' 1 - j shville, Tenn.," JuJy 20.-i-Severj. hvk.ed members of the Third Ne bfjja' regiment, commanll'ed by Col ondwiWm. J. Bryan arrived here today- arvere mefat the depot by a large They were entertained at lugM and soon afterward proceeded on tljjjh way tb Atlanta, Ga. Colonel BfcMi with the remainder of the regi- mSft ; arrived this afternoon and was Tih? -..:.' . , , gia very, enthusiastic reception.! Allots the ; soldiers werei provided with bcA lunches and presented .with flodtrs. , - 'Wins,! i -.Benton. McMillan presented ufiei sryan to tne large and en- thastic audience of men ani women, wHiJ &reeted bim with, cheers. 1 . jjSonel iBryan spoke; in part as fol-u loli i-yM ' -;i : ..! " .- iljr;; r-.;A SWe dotnot know what' may be the re&Jt of this war. War often brings; rGfei&ts ! which were not imagined in; th3iteginning, but-one result haslal-; r?Tj been achieved.! i If there' ..was: agJody in the United States who derated the loyalty of the people; ot tlglouthii there iwjlli hereafter . be j no ddubt the loyalty of the people. wjizn tne: president .or the unuea Stiits gave a general's commission tcf-eneral Fitzhugh Lee and General ieler the sectional question" was f di ier settled, and hereafter : there wijbe no Dixie line. (Applause), WiH1 our band started down here I td;iiithem? I 'wanted them to practice oBDixleM so that we could play it w"fr4& we i got down south, because I toktthem ' vou had been practicing for thifV years . on Yankee Doodlej and VV 5 i fl dllLCU IU UUA 4J-1. UU U v.. c,) SjQi3ardaat ma nil a to Make Seaper . , ate Itealatance : i ; i -. ;:.;'. tla'k Francisco. .Cal., July 20. A C-f hide I: special from Cavite, dated jKkf 23dt'-says: I t Rt ' case .of i the expected bembard-f rtitvtii of Manila, the area to which the S-pfcdlsh may retire wfll be limited; id tb imerican and -insurgent l,ines surj roiling the eityJ'There may come- the; st9w rgle, ; for thei Spaniards have jbur r&i d entrenchments and fortified the hi- J iand; knolls. It is known here that eteti lenegy is bent within the city toppjeparo it for the final struggle. The P&fijlo-ar exhorted by the clergy and 'mhilary v authorities and. their : hopes as'a. buoyed by false reports as!to:re-t litf from fSpaln, land -Spanish triumph iijQft'ae-f West Indies and-along the At H'&c vcoast. i : I .. ... -!; f5fjgusti!. is credited with an-iasser-tl2.ithat ihe can muster 150,000 troops SgpiC, ne seriously, believes that he can nS-T shal 20,000. The city seems as nea Jy , ready; for the. conflict'.-as:the m atrial in the hands -of the ; Spanish dan, make it. ' I L . 1 ) -Hit' lis freely predicted -that there will nt& pe -.a bloodless! capitulation of Man bjvff j longhand 'bloody resistance. ' fjt-Iavana Now Entirely Ittolatr u r aD v lu in i maicui iiiak lixicti tp vt ui : :-:ft!- ! ted ! ptsftingtoniJuly 20. Two days ago Gvfljral .W. Greeley, chief signal of- firNj cabled instructions to Mb officerg I riantiago to. seal s up and't plac a Md over the three cable lines con nCjng i Santiago with t Cienfuegos, whence, by a ! land line.-communica- tion J is established with Havana;. To dby General Greeley - was informed that; his orders bad been carried into ell W:fH"!lv'T ': XtX-'-'t--M1 ;.f..T e closing of the. Cienfuegos cables a;Tia jlutely isolates Havan and Gen s? a j, Blanco! from MadridJ i Blanco's oH;A means' of communicating , with t& Madrid government now is by the 15;, West cable which is under the sv-itest censorship by the government q?f Ae United States, j ' , , I -9 a. result, of the sealine: ; of the tiia-go-Cienfuegosi cables several grader, ' dispatches passing Detween Giral Blanco aod the Spanish goV- ei'Mnent drifted into this country to- diij; It ! Is scarcely necessary to say ttif they! did not reach their destina-; ml .- .' i. . - :.j '."-'i -,! i T.m ttuln RvailT fnr Pure i'indon, July 21. The Madrid corre- a? Adent of The Times says: "Nothing ijf; jnown : regarding tjie , decision of the tailnet: on the peace question. Appax- i iy the government does not recpg t the necessity of- making peace jgK,pkly and the public seems to be m a if ferent. ! Some newspapers complain the i upper; classes are removing ta-"lheir; usual ' summer quarters and t it - the lower: orders i are amusing tei hiselves with bull fights and? such 'mrtainments as- belong to ordinary 'n&teeful times. Probably ministers unineeTegiiruiiig peaw, uui uiey are t glnimous in. disclaiming responsibll- tor general rxorai b; surrenaer at g-iitiago." ' feha Madrid: correspondent of The HJly; Mall says: ! ''Unless : peace, makes .tijedleri progress, .the . queen I regent mZJ seriously consider: changing . the .viju ucueiai. xAjia-Tieji. ia rrgiru - as the coming man," dl THE V1'T:RAN HOST -4-.. cT-t t r , ; ,;-;...::-- -: -i ,k- 1 " r.- j h iii--! ".-. S--M i : s :-;!. - The Old Confeerates, ;-.,.Vi-'... t .,-.;. r. :.',. -flf a.-" :";:4 11 ' in, :Anniaal is THE HEROIiS OB. .1 ' ::f v.; ! 4A it l-M: ; 'KH Honors Paid to the Mvfg and Tribute-si f to he Memory ol the Dead : l- . '- ": .1 - -'i-y-.iii .. 1- ".-'! i :U -!', : i ' : h 1 c;neral Gordon the Ijiol of iall Present Ills Kcclection ft Utn mander in Chic t ivssrured1 lis Speech The Address ot !" .-"ii, I .',.-:!'. J! :: Hj : : : !) I I : i i - I . ! .I." - V.:.f i'M".: . , General Hook ir The Contest for the Next PJitv -- ; :. :i -.f ';" ' -:- i - M 1 ;l- -A.:-: ' I i..- ;i . :i . -"': !-: -,". v Of Meeting i.The Sous :: . ;i! - , :-; 1 . -t-f r.2 "- r i.- .Mr Veransi in 'Attendance. i i 11 I Atlanta, G . July 20 A i.t of he roes, treading hltorlj g.atf j.1. Invaded Atlanta today. JFr-IVo Jt ;ys the -don 'A federate, vetefansl and '.tjlrij frtiiaji har. been comiag in, j and i finserjva tlye estimate of ft he people 10 w in jAtj-t' lanta to attend Hie eighths jinud ivun- ion of the veterans iCSLj The rjali-i roads, are advisd : that ses j'rat special trains are on thtj wyj anirs the traf- no-'inwaru-Dounu is still. i; 'ery- n these arrivals a.r exptH:tet o iwell (total nfimber visitors i the St mark. Confederacy's rajS is are tlc--inward .bounu Is 6 till. 5 'ery- -heavy the 54000 is are well represented, yet! much dl;ppiiintnient Is expressed at the .unavoidable ab t?ence. of Mr. Jefferson. $ja vis.. Mri, Davis" health -Is xn)t gfood, '$if,- fearing hat the journey1 from' IUt IV guild wduld overtax her, the1 "first ladif the Am i I 1 . " . : '!. : . ' ! ...f t . . .1, ' teaeracy ' nas given up t4 tnp. .miiss Winne Davis, however, is vjc peeled to morrow morning. She wifbe nieu at the depot by. a reception cmtteMj-knd escorted to the residence a?' Mrs Mm, M. Davis-, on Washington tt&rt. 1' The nantes of Ternfrals aK.-. Whei-Ier- and! Fltzhugh Lee are on tttti-ry lip, jthe regret: for "their absence, hscewr.btjtng set. aside by lheract that they are-fno biy t representing . t he; ho nth j in 1 u he strugerle with -Spain. sf i The interest of the daw -t ntered in the meeting of the: veterahgftot. the aud itorium in Plod mmt. parkSi", There -Hur rounded by- lO.iMJO X'f his i-evtited I- lowers, ueix'rai joiin. 1. i4jrori, onm ma nrrtar- in -lrif s t iff r.tJio -v.ifti-unu It' livered an address iWhicbl'ihrUled auditors, ftnd called for.lh m jrjsporis ll U in to his terms (Which admit of vnorsyubt ai the general's place in tlw ltarts.of followers. The Speeches p J the ay roh; abounded with -praises oft :the.. h, deeds and achievements, ofj the soni ot the south in the: present ,V fir and. t,he names or Hobson-,-': Bagleyl Schley- and Blue were cheered :to tliel k-ho. Gen-t eral Charles Hooker of M( jslswlpptjthe orator of theiday, was fciv. -P a. corflial reception and his address n-. as well, re ceived. I. !."-:-. r :. J !' .: : ; . '.(' ! It goes without saying -jat: General lnrrtnn -will Te-(A ont Art 4. a YnmrYisinw der-in-chief. . He;; has .held nlacd fo; . . " :-:.. ;. ' 'i ;-, -. . . i past ten years. uenera;Diepnen of Mississippi, and A$utant Gen eral Morman , have been A-itioffJa as- possibilities for ! the - posit g.6t Cbm-manderin-chief but thesis gentlerhen realize that the-! rrrsrlasQ4-belion-gsJ tp General Gordon iatuJthey jiltet in slay ing jthat he will TyP the lea&fig spirif m t,i; uit,aiittuwiu o tioiif, 'tUJi 11! IIVpB. ' CONTEST FOR NEXT vENCAMP- f MENT. f, . j ' A spirited contest -is on Sfrr ithe riext encampment.Charleston hajf beeri ; ag gressive from the starf, and vt-ith clafms which have much Nveight, has insisted that the next meeting - place belongs to them. The Kentucky dle-Ration,- however,- ;has een. uslng smokeless powder and-asthe battle stands tonight the ich'ancefif seems to favor Louisville . Chariest s l admlr't ers sayitheir state furni!jlS-4 twicel as many follow'ers iof the ti' as Ken tucky, .they1 have, the faciHjjes for dar ing for the crowds, their fwty council has appropriated, a large jtni of mon ey for the -ehtertairiment'4? tlhe rveter ans; and,: finally, that Lou)ville is lout of:; the way from a iRographical standpoint, i ! Louisville,; ho jever; it de velops, has the support infdditfonj. to, ineir o wii - siauji'j : ioi. i. eiinHet.", tfotr Kia, Louisiana I Mississip-f Missouri, Oklahoma,' Alabama, andJenough Jn fact to ; practically assure? ' them I the next -.encampment. The s;.J Charleston contingent, supported by '"texas tnd Virginia, will flghtjt out, oweer,4nd the contest Willi not be- i ided uhtil Friday.1 Professor E- P. Andrew .director of the Corcoran school of art Ct WashinR- L ton, : the celebrated aYtise -who i haft painted oil portraits hanging )n the East room of tbe White use at the national holidays ion , sqlltation' of General Joba jC. i XTndeood, has painted a magnificent fulHength mill taryi portrait oft. General. J iee( td be presented : to i the confederiffe memorial association. :Th4 portrait- will be i un-i veiled, at the auditorium; Thurslay night, with appropriate- .''erftmotiies, the1 orator ' of the occasion 'being Mr. Lucien Knight the well kutiwn.spejak-l' erjf - .) i :;i;i;-:!: i - X . ; Reception : to i ; the, spnf sisorsi have beeri the order of the day : i.;sodia1 tir-i cle-l The Capital' City .tfiighit kept opeirt house in honor of th'i;-Dotisors. Ten thousandj veteran V and their fritinds filled tosli overflowli K '-ithe. : big auditorium at Piedinqntifpark (this morning ana .cneerea the l-i'lng: heroes of) confederacy and 'the ntmesi0 the deadi i Glowing! tributes Wire shower- edfion the records and 'achltvements f inH sons oi tne soutn in tiJf wa,r with Spain. - . I ' i I ' When General. John B. Gi jrdon enter ed ithe hall the applause a. pd cheering werei ! deafening. The geijfral.i when he reached ithe : platform tyalked f -ora one i side to thei other bqftMng tiis aic knpwledgements i again ind ' again. There was no doubting hU place In the hearts or. thei veterans'- '' i '- It was one hour and a hrlf afterjthe time i set for opening vthe ; ) convention when. General Cary Evanii; the iebm-t mander ; of the ; -Georgia U delegation; called the assemblage to orJer. . On the stage grouped about Gerjfal Gordon were Generall Stephen D.nA. General Cabell, of Texas,i General rTige"ii;An-i derson. General C. Hookett tbe orator of the day, General J., I, AJMersonj land General Wilson, of Florida and Adju tant iGeneraL Morman otaffew Orleans. In the: first row bh the sta were Gov ernor Atkinson and ex-GeJ frnors But ler i ana McjJaniei, aiayorj somer; i col onel Wm. Aj Hemphill . i id, Gehleral Ajsbury Coward. ; i 'i i- t i i -::- . Revj Dr.1 J, William Jon! i, -the chap lain-' sreneral .of tbe cont derates.i in voked! diviner blessing upof Hhe assem-r oiage, U.I1U. weiuoinjiiK ,a.tireesi were then "delivered by Mayor 4oIlier, Rep resentative Thomas B. F&aer; Colonel Wm.: A. Hemphill, and fjvernor ! At klnson ',i I, i' . , t -.tii- ...-ii -i i i-V -! -i in ! The Governor's address as heartily received; After- extending Ahe free-i dom of state and . the exutive man slort.i the 'governor said? "A great many people have miscjnceived ! our relations to the national rgovernment When we surrendered! to Sh oppojsing forces we granted two thLaes the ne gro as a free: man and the? adjustment of the doctrine of secessiA, :.: ButM the spates never Edid surrend?)1 the .; strict construction" of the constitution of the United States, i sWheneve'rn' this ; great question1 which divides s ni Vthern nahd southern statesmen is sub; aitted tcf the supreme court it -has alwaji -decided in favors of the nouthern tkwp ion.1! I I: ( 1 General Gordon was. ne on thei list of speakers. . Ai soon aa ifie governor had concluded: the impatljrit. veterans, unable longer to restrains themselves j; J began tg shout "Gord, . Gordon.' Assembled at Atlanta 1.: ! :.''-'-' '. i':.u:i;i u ..Si- Mm ,!.-,t-.i Reunion THE 'If '4 v M' 1 LATE WAR - 1- of Confederate Vet :.':" !H:I- !i : -; e ., .. I Fvom all. parts t.f th 1 bollJin th ftame V t4ken up and,,) the greeting was !ax.-umlng: voclf?rows proportion . when-the general rut and raited ld bund.' The: audlenr vu atllled tn : stantlyv". tJcat-ral iKvtnn !thev ntrod. Ced tleneral jUord.m. Th" (fenefal, ntit withstanding his recent JUnesnJ the f fects of whl ourpftMlngiy marks were auditorium, h wa plainly Mlble, wji' Strang .In voioe.amd his r" heard in eviry part' of the Th oratlo; i of Ui yyti -as delivered f, ? by tjenera! Charles rk llooKer.of Mis. sisslppi. t5tieral Hookttr Intro- duciHl by ;ii-neral Oordoii !'.. saiJt 1 Wlien the surrender wp mad the con . ( , federate soldiers sepratol with arm i r,; in their ha ids. He Aal4 It was a oa f. i r . pitulallon.- the cotifederatea being al- - i; j.i loweil' to delvart In peace, unmoJestd it t; ? so King as they 'observed their parole, i : -rThere .in nt one eonfe'derat but haa i vfi ?! -kept the tt-jriux of Ids capitulation," . aidthe hpiak '- 1 j , - f jtea erring to tin surrenuer-at Appo--. mattjox,-Gti leralc lhtoker stated thatv .. pom juf the federal ottloera dealred to ... fire ia salule t honor of . the victory) i Everything: was fn readiness: f of yia ' - ' salute, wlujn General Grant, . learning , mf It, saitj f"Stop that firing. W". have no grr-at victory to be.,proud ate tor we hnvf been four years capturing -i thee.8,ooo jinen who have, laid, down Vl( "; thelrarms.f' : -, , i; ;! . V.. i. ' j General Hooker was tine of the coun'f -; ; st 1 appointed by the stateiof Mlsss,la. , slppt - to dttfend Jefferson I)avlH -when : : ; i i he uai t'lwtKed with Ifeason. He ' sp:ke feelingly of the way In which the. Iiresldent of . the confederacy with U reine.,rtbneKntitin totk, on himself ttha nine oi his : petiine. t.iiys one : reason. Said the general, could be'ttsalgned tori the failure 'to convict President Davi His' prosecutors knew he was ndt gU'l ty, lhey f-new hi allegiance, Wi first due to -his Htate and "a; ioyt f-iUzfii of MisHisslppI wljien she sec- oeti.iii wa ina outy to i espo" cautie. i ; : . In omvniing hou t h's re i r e h err prominent fA -natives Vere staking a he took -' . 11 ,,u war w"h Spain, vervV , : , ttio. to attest to Ithe bra tt,,li satiaotry of Genera Wheel- l2enL.-'ah5al,rh!'h-lrn M H-" U ?. . y r,t-" houte,l a scora rf voice, fIOm!the audience, ? . ? . Tlyey may beat him for icoi ii cmtlnued the speaker, "but ctf a mairnificent mt.t.Mnt. to Mm."; ' : ; General lit , Hooker referretl if in course of. his remarks the tat that at the graves of th confederate-In the the era tea In the Inctnnr i.j. : L!' cemetery; at Arlington headstones berlncr Ik,, -t i, . "Rehel " . -."i-inpiion c,metery With some ladles, who sail MIS iTl ri-ii4-f.&.n fchouia'bc, tnat :Buch a thin?- if , Mi I 11 THi'l . that it.., ! r .. 7" ' t'lHV I'lliC1 .'"I , ir (ft " ...4 ! . V : W ... . . Tn: fl ? in eminenllv' "t.,,.. .. - 1 ' Sem-ral.to-them. -that those xn . who(wore the ragged confederate coat ' of gTai should be burled here ott the ! ground which belonged; to the second ! 51 i greatest rebel this country ever pro- ?nU?- ii'!bert'K- Le". George Was 1 ington being the first. Yes, they (were' rbel-r-.rbened sa't whatthey oe- , lieved uas w'ron and asaerted what they believed was wronged asteJ what ihey thought wm rlht l, i The chairman anndunced thai '-L r ! committee, :on, resolutions woiiid b an nvuiiceu tomorrow and each State waa ..-Aiviii-oi.ru w nriiu iu a. name. The editor of the Rvana Cite viioue, .-writes. ! "One : !rinniN lirVmati i ...! : : r-in Cure is i rightly, named.! Jt cured my children . after ail other! remedies fail ed j It cures Muehs. N'reiirfa . .an ait throat and lUng troubles.' ' R. R. bU ' -i'li'," i-.i-r : . -' . 1 . I AT CA.nPTIIO.TIAS Preraratlona Being Wad's for the I ! parture or Trooa Cor orto Itleo. ! Chiokamauga Nationalf Park; July 20. General BroolU atiri Colonel Wil liam 'iftlch'ards,- adjutant general 'of the first corps,- who went t4 Washing- ' if ton Itiq' confer with Secretary i Alger ; i upon the proposed Porto Kican expe-- ' iditioa,' returned to Camp Thomas at 10 oi'cipck this morning, .j! -in , (j ,. I( General Brooke declined to be inter viewed, preferring that nothing ofli- 1 ' cial halbei said until! orders are ls-i ! i" sud ,The plans for 'an.J irtportant -movement of troop from , Cattb j' Thomas are, however, progressing.! i Colonel Lee, chief quartermaster was t in consultation with a 'number of rail- r road men- this afternoon hurrying as" if rapidly as possible the arrangements ot transportation.! i n j ) , ',- It Was learned , from excellent au thority! this i evening that H $s the earnest desire of General Brooke that the ntire First tprps forta theexpe ditionary : force going front hem Thld j would mean a departure rom Chick-r amahga of about! 30,000 volunteers. ' Polonel . Jlartsuff, chlfef ,surgeoo, of the First corpB had all the supplies ; of eyery nature necessary for; the ex- ir I peuition aoout to oe entered upon. ; ii i i. Colonel Rockwell" handed i: but - for distribution in the first and scond dl- visions of he First corps this afteraoa , j suo.uou rounds or pan cartridges, . ,.'i ' me, artuiery : Dngaae ; received a l large i quantity of equipage. A i large.!! quantity bf ordnance stores was for-J !f warded from Camp, Thomas yesterday s for the Third Wisconsin! at Chaifles- 1 ton.' Several hundred , 11 thousand rounds of ammunition arrived --tonight and ii will be distributed at! once . ;r ! I Taa Kayal U Ua Hyhaat graoa fcafciaa aawaay . kaowa. Actual tasta aaow ft itrm i t l tau-a fartaar tkaa mmf atr braad. ; II PA FQVDZf i Absolutely Pure 1 . 1 - . i i i wentXL aaoao aowoca coj, r voaa. , MS i K'-ii .;fi".i: - r.-i i i L -I. J -1 li m Mi ) ' Hi." " i ' ., . ' V ' P -i . t'J ... t . -li?: si : i - , A :: V X ft
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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July 21, 1898, edition 1
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