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Stale Library i A It. to PROTECTION ! INDUSTRY 1 ENTERPRISE I PROSPERITY I HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. MAY 26, 1898. mm mm m MJm I " vULUWfj SOU. ! in is- lis- at; "S 1, vaeH nissaouurs sim.oo oipt. TARHEEL BOYS ON TO CUBA EXPLANATION OP THE DELAY. THREE HUNDRED DEAD. Terrible Loss ; to Enemy at Re cent Cienfuegos Fight. over 3.000. Shells from oijr GUNS. Great Damage Wrought to the City by United States Warships Fire Concentrated Upon 1,50? Spaniards 'Penned In an Im provlsed I Furtrews Consternation In City Americans In Cutters Withstood fa Galling Fire i Front; Forts. Kky West, Fla., May 10. The . Spanish loss' during the recent en gagement at jCienf uegos is now known to have been! much' heavier than at 11 rat reported. Three hundred Span iards were killed And several hundred wounded. Great damage was done along the coast. Soon after the en gagement the United States cruiser Marblehead picked up several Cubans in an open boat, some miles , down the roast, , including Col. Oriz, Lieut. Olvarez. and three privates, from au insurgent camp near Cienfuegos. She Acknowledged the Receipt of the Certifi cate of Deposit front Treasurer Roberta. Miss Helen Miller Gould has ac knowledged the receipt of the certifi cate of deposit of $100,000 which she donated to the United States for use in the war. The letter was addressed ;to .treasurer Roberts and read as fol lows: -.. ' I I " When yoti stated in your letter of May 7 that; a certificate of deposit would follow indue time, I had no ex pectation of receiving such a hand some acknowledgment of my gift to the government as the certificate that has reached me. I am much pleased with it and shall always value it high ly. ' Very sincerely, l i "HELEN MILLER GOULD." I The certificate was prepared by the best penman of the Depaitment and, in addition to being a spleudid exam ple of penmanship, is quite artistic. It recite3 the purpose for which the gift was made, and at the top is an eagle, with outstretched wings, the drawing and lettering being done en tirely with a pen. Washington Dis patch, 21st. 5coad The North Carolina Line Passed at Four O'clock Yesterday. ftartk Carellata Iteglaaeat AwlUc Eqvlpaaeat trmmm Wasatagtoau KILLLD A NORTH CAROLINA MAX. Adjutant General Cowles, write the A Collision With the Military loiiowmg 10 me Washington i'oT: PEOPLE TV AVINQ FLAQS AND BIDD1NO .TrlE BOY5 GOD-SPEED. " Arrive at Jacksonville Tfrts Morulas United States Flag Waving From Every Farm House and In Every City The Spirit of 1776 and 1S61 Abroad in the !"' r ' . Land. ! Charlottk,. p., May 22. To day has been one that will live in North Carolina history. The State has sent her first troops to the front again; as in the sixties; armed men have been hurrying to the war. , They have gone willingly and with a cheer, just as recruits of 1SC1 went,! and crowds have cheered them on with enthusiasm and affection, ' At Durham, where the first stop was made; there were two thousand people at the station to' wave the troops adieui At Burlington, the next stop ping place, there were several hun dred. Half the population of Greens boro seemed to be assembled at the depot there. Coffee was served to the soldiers at Salisbury. It took forty-one gallons, a pint; being given to each man. The next coffee station is Columbia. Fully fifteen hundred people were at the depot in Salisbury. : It was reserved for Charlotte to give the troops the greatest ovation of all the cities in the State With cheers and waving of Hags, two thousand inhabitants of the Queen I War and Commerce. I No matter what disposition .is made of the Philippine Islands, it is safe to say that the United States will not fail to use them for the advancement of our commercial interests. This government cannot fail to see the im portance of the islands as a base for the expansion of oar market in the Orient. Neither will itfail to note the recent aggressioris of England. France, Germany, and Japan iu the direction Of the acquirement of greater commer- Cit welcomed their two companies. and with sad faces bade them, adieu. In explanation of delay in j orcnni zing the Second North Carolina Rai ment of Volunteer, 1 desire to y that it was based on reasons of policy and comforts of troops and not from lack of prompt and patriot! repnne of the brave people of tin Old .Nrth State, as will fully appear from the following official request of Lieut, p. C. Marshall, Sixth United State Cav alry on duty here: Office of the Quartermaster, Raleigh, N. CM May 4, A. D. Cowles, Adjutant General: Sir: I have the honor to: suggest that Company B, First Regi men North Carolina Volunteers. Cantata Bain, be directed to proceed to Cninp Grimes at earliest possible moment, i.. order to complete the first regiment. They; should be directed to bring blankets with them for temporary use. iVo other troops should be or dered here in my opinion, until the Quartermaster's supplies requisitioned for arrive from Washington. Very respectfull, F. C. Marshall, j First Lieutenant Sixth Cavalry, Quar termaster and Commissary of Subsistence. I The supplies referred to are princi pally blankets and. tents. The tents only arrived on Monday, the lCth Int., and the First . Regiment had been using our State tents. Both regiments are now complete. The Second's last company will arrive on Monday. I have enough "volunteer companies tendered to fill several more regiment Train Near Savaunah. NONE OF THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. UOY5 HURT. Tna First Regtsaeat at Jaeka-vvMW, Ha, tm go lata Camp. Savannah. Ga.. May 2n.4-tSpec!al.l The Florida Central & jVuinnilar train, lo.tded witlr North; Carolina troop going to Tampa, ra wrecked In collision here this morniug. One private wa killed and tevtral wire seriously injured, ; THE DETAILS. At -1 o'clock this moraine section 4 f train 3? of the F. C..& 1. railway colT.deil with the northbound vegeta ble train near Burroughs station, 10 mile south of Savannah, made up of nine coaches. It had on board the third battalion of the First regiment North Carolina volunteer in command of Major George E. Butler of Clinton, Private W. M. Barbee of Durham, N. C, member of Co, I, North Carolina volunteers, wa killed. Private J. M. Colcolough of the same town and com mand was fatally Injured. He it now in the Savannah hospital. The crew of the third section of train 37 which left Savannah half an hour in axl vance of section four oe neglect ed to place a green light on the rear of the train to let the freight train wait ing in a siding beyond Burroughs, know that another section was to fol- cial advantages in China. The civiliz i - ... . . - - T mg forces ot tne next century are cer mTT , , . . . la&4AV VAJ V m-m V MV V UV-sv - a V-- a. They reported that the Spanish losses i v . , , . i . , . . . , , i , , . , , ,, 1 tain to reach further into the interior and the damuge wrought by the shells from the warship were very heavy. The hospitals i. at Cienfuegos, they wild, were full of wounded, and fear prevailed everywhere that the Ameri can warships , wpukl return to com plete the work of destruction. Duriug the ehsraenient the Marble head threw 4."0 j.Vinch shells into the Spanish forces, and 700 shots from her second battery. The gunboat Nash ville as many more shells, and 1,500 hots from lier second battery. Fifteen hundred Spaniards were htatioh.d in an improvised' fortresson a neck of latnl, aud ,unon this the .vhips concentrated their lire, and it was here that the most terrible de Ktruction wais wrought. During the heavy tire of shells, and just after the light-house was blown up, live Span iards, who were ruivuirig together in an attempt to escape, were picked off by a shell from the Marblehead, the j gunner being ordered to lire upon them by Elisign Pratt. They were torn to pieces. The men who manned the cutters did so under instructions, and they withstood the galling fire poured upon them with the utmost calmness. A number of Cubans Of this vast empire, and where civiliza tion goes the wants and necessities of men are increased. America must be in a position to have a share in sup plying these wants. There is already a decided demand for American goods in the East. It is but a question of time when America will find in China the greatest market on the globe for her breadstuffs and other food products.-. If we use the fortunes of war to our ' r t highest commercial advantage the be ginning of the next century, will find Our.trade supreme in- the Orient, the Gulf of Mexico, the Carribbeau Sea, and the South American republics. Chicago Times-Herald. Civil Service Examination for Storekeeper Gauger. The' United States Civil Service Commission announces that an ex amination will be held by its internal revenue board of examiners in the city Of Statcsville, on June 4th, commenc ing at 9 a. m., for the position of store keeper gauger in the internal revenue service in that district. Only citizens of the Unitetl States - can be examined. This examination will consist of the were supplied following named subjects: Spelling, with 6,000 rounds of ammunition, and all but one of them got ashore. Elaborate arrangement have been inade for the bafoquet to be held at the Tampa Bay Hotel, at Tampa, Fla., tomorrow iu honor of Queeo Victoria' birthday. Cabana Flf httax Their Way to the Shore. New Youk, May 23. A Key West special ays: The Cubansjare fighting their way to the coast. Where they will join with our forces of invasion. Three hundred Cubans engaged a tquad of Spanish cavalry on Thurs day, 15 miles west of "Mataritas The battle was 'fiercely waged in sight ot the ships on the blockade station. - The firing contlned after dark and , Friday morning the Spanish cavalry, practical arithmetic, letter-writing, peumauship, copying from plain copy and elementary physics pertaining to gauging. j The age limitations for this examin ation are as follows: : Minimum 21 years; no maximum. - No application will be accepted for this examination unless filed in com plete form with the board at the post tfllce in the city named above before the hour of closing business on May 31. 1S0S. Applications should be . filed promptly in order that time; may re main for correction if necessary, i This examination is open to all dti- tens of the. United States who may de sire to enter the service, and who ful fill the requirements, without regard to race or to political or religious af filiations. All such citizen are in- A stop of twenty minutes was made here for dinner. . - , , f- i At every station and farm house along the route were people waving the soldiers farewell and God speed, the size of the crowds in each case being governed by the number of in habitants. It was one continuous ovation and demonstration,, such as the State has never - seen, giving 'the lie to a recently published statement that North v Carolina has lost her - - ; - ! patriotism-and old time war spirit, j To-day I have seen United States flags everywhere, on farm houses and in the fields, inlthe hands, of women and children and strong men. The spirit of !T6 and of 'CI is abroad in the old North State yet, and ani mates alike her troops, now Cuba bound, and those thry leave at home. What a noble example of patriotism is this to the young men of the State, who have never before witnessed any thing of this kind.. For hours before the arrival of the first section, and till -the parsing, of the last sect iou, an hour later, thee thousands of people have stood in the blistering sun, waiting for the soldiers to come. Charlotte was reached at 3:30 o'clock. It is just twenty-four hours ride to Tampa. The North Carolina line was low. Engineer G reen of the train hav- all desiring a place in the two allowed I nff the troops on board saw the freight train bearing down on him, and put us. A. cowlks, Adj. lien. Raleigh, N. Cj ' The Sensible View of the Case. Monroe Journal. ' , . We who are staying at home and waiting can well afford to give them at the front and their directors at Wash ington plenty of time to carry on and end the war. Public impatience often forces generals to fight before they are ready. Remember that wo have been living in peace for more than 30 years, and hardly ever expected to get into another war. So we had no army, not enough navy. A peace-pursuing nation cannot be transformed into a military one in one j day. Our armies must be called from the coun ter and from the plow, and they must be made soldiers before they can suc cessfully invade a country. All this takes time. Then, too, it has been thought unwise to rush men into Cuba before Spain's power on tlie Atlantic had been crushed, so that! she could not carry relief to her armies. This has not been done, simply because our fleet cannot get In reach of our ene my's. Be patient. If others can do the planning and fighting,1 we ought to be able to do a remarkable amount of waiting. I Would Mean General I War. crossed at 4 o'clock. Pineville being Social Convriirlitpd C.bl to the New the .last station in Tar Heeldom. At 9 I York Journal. o'clock to-night we leave South Caro lina and pass Into Georgia. At Col umbia the Southern railway surren ders the trains to the Florida, Central and Peninsula railroad, and that takes them there noon. ; Daybreak will find as in Florida, near Jacksonville. The men have stood the tri p wel lr and are i n good humor, plenty of cars have been put " " - . . on tne train, ana every comiort pro vided. Destination Changed to Jackson- ; VILLE. London, May 10. The Daily Mail, in a special extra, prints the following dispatch from Odessa: Opinions expressed here in military and in official circles are that If Spain through to Tampa, arriving by any possible chance should gain a at 3 O Clock to-morrow .after- naval victorv over the Unit.! Ktatea a general rapture between the great on the emergency breaks. The freight was not equipped with air brakes, and Engineer Mix could not stop his train.' Private Barbee was in a coach near est the two freight cars nsed to carry baggage. He became terror stricken and tried to leap from the train. Just a he jumped the collision occured and he was knocked letween the two cars. His head was terribly m ashed and both legs broken. Private Colcolough also attempted to jump from tlie train and was badly injured. Barbee died alino&t instantly. The troops behaved well under the -excitement incident to the accident. There was no stampede. Arrangements were at once made to bring the troops back to SavaLnah. Before the train reached Savannah the remains of the unfortunate private were ready to b removed from the train. They lay upon a cot found on board." The fellow toldiers of Barbee almost covered the body with palms and wild fiowers gathered In the vicinity of the wreck. Major Butler had the troops disem bark when the body was removed from the train and a corporal's squad from each company was formed as an escort to the body. The major and captains formed behind the escort, and the sad funeral party moved out of the depot. The body was taken In the undertak er's wagon to the undertaking estab lishment. The body will be shipped back to Durham this afternoon. Private Barbee was 20 years of age and unmarried. HI father and moth er reaide In Durham. His mother is not In good health and only last night the young man told one of his corn- powers interested in the conflict would be inevitable. Russia will resent any I mbsioned officers he feared something active interference on the part of Great I wouhl Happen lo niui mat wouui na- Britain. The way in which Russia Is hurrying troops to Port Arthur points clearly to tbe'fact that she is making all preparations practicable to be in a ten his mother's enL Ke aa Eye mm tha Sfy Fa. Whoever expects to defeat the Hon. Marion B a tier in bis own stronghold f position to resort to force if need be to I must rise early in the morning and Colcmbia, 8. C, May 22. Colonel prevent England and America from hlch had been re-enforced during I vited to apply. They shall be ex amined, graded, aud certified, with entire impartiality and wholly with out.regard to any condition save their ability as shown by the grade they attain in the examination. " For application blanks (Form 101), full instructions, specimen ; examina tion questions, and information rela tive to the duties and salaries of the different positions, apply to the secre tary of the board of examiners at the internal revenue office in tha city nmed above. I Feux J. Axley, Chairman C. S. Boar 4 the night by a" battalion of infantry. ere seen retreating along the beach in the directlorjrof Havana. Honor, tor the ISpaalanl Who Raa thm . ! . Blockade. Mvpiup, May 23. The 'grand cor dun of vanat merit" has been conferred lon Captain Deschamps, of the SpAubh steamer MOntserrat, which ixvntly arrived at Corunna from Cienfuegos. The Queen Regent per sonally presented the captain with the insula. Placate Your tloweia tvitti r iS17 aAhart,c- car tonsiipaUon tonxtr. WCC IX C. C. C. till. Cruzzws. rtlnA nc-ft Armfieid has just received a telegram from Brigadier General . Lawton, . di recting him, under instructions from General Shatter, to take the First North Carolina regiment to Jackson ville instead of Tampa. The railroad has made arrangements accordingly. Colonel Lawton is one of the finest commanding officers in the volunteer army. For, this reason and became Jacksonville is so much healthier than Tampa, the change is a cause of much congratulation among men and offi cer. The train will reach Jack on vtlle at 4 o'clock. Fred L. Meruit, War correspondent News and Ot server. . . . co operating in any combination which might be detrimental to the interests of Spain. The Russian Pacific squad ron has received orders to watch the course of events and to telegraph gular reports to St. Petersburg. Russian diplomats, by making all have a clear brain. Mr. Butler is not only the worst enemy thst North Car olina Democracy has to-day, but be Is one of the shrewdest politicians in the Landmark. re- Beter Y RSSa Yawr Wkal Be sure to shake Into your shoes Al len's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet, sorts of tempting promises to Japan Tur tc1 coot d comforta ble, prevents sweating leet, ana make regarding the cession of Korea nd the possible granting of a naval base In the Philippines, are endeavoring to secure Japan's iupport in a war; with Eng land. The Japanese fleet would be no mean factor in a general conflict scch as Russia seems to fear and is iicg against.; " A B your endurance teo-roJa greater. 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