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v. i: : THE DAILY FREE PRESS. . Vol.1 No. 38. , KINSTON, N . P.; MONDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1898. Price Two CentsT . '. .i.i.. -. .'in. . i.i . ii . i. .,.,.. ., i.vJ,.,.h,,-iv ,., .ii , ' .m ; i 111 " ' ' 1! North After Having Ccaled and Pro visioned for a Long Cruise. A Confidential Friend of Mckinley Says The President It Tired of so Much Red Tape and Will Abolish the . Strategy Board "and Sidetrack SHk Stocking Brigadiers, and Put la Trained Leaders. President Has Always Favored a Vigor ous War Policy But Has Been Hampered By the Red Tape of Alleged Strategists Bjr Telegrapn to The Free Press. , v. ' Washington May 16. Secretary Long Is officially- informed that the Spanish " armada sailed north - from' Cnracoa last .' night, after having coaled and provi - Bioned for a long cruise. . " .' -. A confidential friend of President Mc- Kinley said this morning that' tbe presi dent would abolish the board of strategy; that hereaf tier the army and nary chiefs would formulate their own plans fur the campaign and have direct communica tion with the commander-in-chief. " " The above action is isaid to be a result of McKisaley's ..dissatisfaction .at the dillatorieees and general inefficiency of v the present board. Bis friend declared that the president has atwayB advocated a vigorous war policy, but has been Irequeatly hampered by tfce-red tape of the alleged strategists; r Thw friend farther asserted that the appointment "of celebrities and sons of celebrities to important commands has beeii wlently opposeLfcy ths president, but were forced opos 1iai, daring itbe hurry' of prepare tioBS,b5Tth pertinacity of politicians. I A . ' . ; -v - This friend of ike presijent prophesies that the silk stocking brigadiers will soon be sidetracked and supplanted by trained lea4ers. His official position makes it impossible for MeKinleyV friend to con sent ito a publication of his name. . SUNDAY'S IttEWS. A Brief Synopsis of the Important Evesfts Hade Known la Monday's Moral! ftajers. Spanish Gunboat Captured hy Dewey. Suffealng and (Hunger at Both tUsllla and Havana. Spanish Cabinet ? Resigned. Blaaco's Snar for Blockad - lag fleet Didn't Work. Ibthlng Hears From Sampson or SpanUk Fleet. Ea- sign lOagley's Faoeral. . SpeclaaitiTneFreeBress. Raleigh, May 13. Admical Dewey's i fleet at Manilla captured tfhe Spanish f r gunboat allao in Manilla harbor. The Spanish boat went ia without knowing . that war sad been declared. , V Great entering and hunger is reported from both Manilla and Havana. The Spamth cabinet has resigned. Sa- .gasta is to organize a new war cabinet. - Gen. Blanco set a snare tpr the block ading . fleet at Havana, but it didn "work. , . n Nothing was heard yesterday, from ampson nor from the Spanish fleet. t. ";:t : . . - Jiuuigu jagiey s remains arrivea in Ilaleigh this morning. The funeral wil take place at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Imposing Funeral of Ensiga Bagley. Special to The Free Press. - - -- . Ilaleigh, May 16. The body of Ensign JJagley has arrived. The face is not muti lated, as was reported, but wears a emile. Tbe funeral will be the most im posing ever seen here.; By order of the war department the funeral will be equal to tnat of a brigadier. : ; On Their Way to Help Dewey. By Telegraph to Thi Pbis Fbiss. San Francisco, May 16. Three thou sand troops from Minnesota, Utah and Oregon will arrive Wednesday and en camp at Tretidio. : - Subscribe to The Daily. Fbee'Fbess. HM PRECAUTIONS AT KEY WEST. Extraordinary Precautions Against Any Possible Spanish Swoop to Get the Big " Store of Ammunition There. Blocked Ing Vessels Warned of Spanish Fleet Off Venezuela, and the Spaniards Won't Be Able to Get Into Cienfuegos. By Cable to Thi Fxii P&isa. ; Key West, May 16. Extraordinary precautions are being taken for the pro tection of this harbor. Extra guards and watchmen have been put on, cover ing the naval station store houses, and only government employes are permitted to approach the government dock. Tit is feared that Spaniards, who know of the immense quantities of stores here, might attempt to capture them by an unexpected swoop. ' :: The blockading vessels off the southern coast of Cuba have been warned that the Spanish fleet is off Veneeuela, and are or dered, to redouble their vigilance. Paw erful vessels, names not given, are ready to aid the blockaders in 5 resisting the progress of tbe enemy, northwards, and there is small chance that the Spanish fleet will be able to enter Cienfuegos. . - The government tug Osceola reported this morning having fired on the Span iards patrolling the coast near Havana. The Spaniards fled without returning the fire. . Spain Seizes Canary Cables. Cable to Free Press. - 7 r Liverpool, May ; 10. Spain has seized the Canary cables, to prevent the com munication of news regarding the move ments of heir fleet. ' '".- Well, Hardly I . By CaMe to Thi Fis Pssss. - Madrid, May 16. S&gasta this morn ing asked .the powers to declare the Cabas blockade ineffective nd unreoog nisahle. ' - 1. j, : -. Spanish . Fleet Sighted. - , BvCaole to Tne Free reesa, Key West, May 16. tt is reported tbat the Spanisheet is sighted eighteen mttoea off the northern coast of Cuba - ANGLO-SAXON ALLIANCE. Stars and Stripes amd Union Jack Shsald hsat Side by Side. War .Wa3i he Cheaply i Purchased, Mr; ChaaibBf hUn Dfflclares, If it Should Bring Abaart Cats Desirable-Result " liondon, May. !. The Riaht Joseph ChamberUun, fwcretary tf ettate for tbe , colonies, vnsde an iawartamt speech on public affairs at Bimumgham this evening.' . " -. . . . Mr.fChamberlaia.after depreeatinir the constant assertioas in certain traintn that "Lord Salisbww was 'disfBeditud" and tbe government "weak and vacillat ing," sa5d: . If foreign conntnies believe nd aot. upon tbose' statentents they .wm find themspLnes much mistaken and tht cour teous diplomacy and graceful coneessionsi a are not incompatible with a firm main tenance at tne cquntiy's nonor aod in Then declaring tlurt he intendad to oiake a "jrfain statement of facts, vnfet tered by toe mysteries nd reticeneies the diplomacy of half a century ; ago, which, without revealing secret neeotia tions, sbouM be 'nnderstandedof the peo ple.'" ur. t nam oer lain said ne would accept the . judgment of the people as willingly as tbatof the wisest diplomatist in tne world, 'jteternng to the policy of strict isolation that England has pursued since the Crimean war, he remarked tbat this has been "perfectly justifiable," bat. he added, "the time has arrived when Great Britain may be confronted bv combination . of powers, and our first duty, therefore, is to draw all parts of me empire into close unity, and our next to maintain tne bonds of permanent unity with our kinsmen across the Atlantic." (Load cheers.) , " " "There is a powerful and irenerous na tion," said Air. Chamberlain, f'speakinff our lanKuacre. Drea 01 our race, and hav. ing interests identical with ours. I would go so far as to say, terrible as war may oe, even war useu would DecneaDlv rmr. cnased 11 in a great and noble cause the - . . . r v k stars and stnpes and theunion jack Bbould wave toffftner over an AnIo-iSaxon al- lance." ( Frolon'red cheers. ) It is one of the most satisfactory re sults of Lord Salisbury's policy tbat at tbe present time these two great nations understood each other better than thev ever had done, since, over a century 8o, tbey were separated by tbe blander of a British government." Illlfll Gen. Gomez Defeats 'ft Force 1,600 Spaniards. of A Force of 2,000. Cubans' Passed Clen fuegos Two Weeks Ago to Invade Ha vana Provlace and Co-operate la Pro tecting Americans Landing. c Passen: : gers Accuse British Consul of Bad Con v duct is-, v - By Cable to Thi Fski Pbisb. ' J Kingston, -Jamaica, May 1(J. In an engagement, several leagues, from Cien fuegos last Monday, the insurgents udder Gen.: Qotnei .defeated a force of 1,600 Spaniards, compelling them to relinquish Jucaro Moran trocha, which is the most important one near Cienfuegos, and tore tire to the city. Thelnsurgents also compelled theSpan lards to abandon the onterfortiflcations. ' The Spaniards notified planters that they must protect themselves. . A fortnight ago Gen. Minooal passed Cienfuegos .with - 2,00p . Cubans ' -.from Puerto Principe and Santa -Clara, with the Intention of invading Havana prov ince and co-operating in the protection of the Americans landing. Two hundred and eighty-seven passen gers on the British Bteanier Adula, which arrived hero. Thursday; accuse Consul McGarvice, the British consul, of fleeing from Cienfuegos - without notifying 'the Am-tienns nmler . bis charge that the stennirr. Beverly had been sent by Consul Dent froin.KiaKStouLtoi'itsoue them. - Blanco DecHaes to Exchange Prisoners. By Cable to Tke Free Press. ' . Key West, May 16. The government tug Uncus arrived this morning without having made an exchange of Charles Thrall and Hay den Jones, the American correspondents captured by tbe Span iards last week, whom America seeks to exchange. ' ftt is reported tbatGen. Blanco declines to exchange. -.. TAULKNER CASE. Jury Retaraed Verdict of Harder in See bnd Degrae. Judgment NotYet Passed. . . Some Gessoes About the Case. ; ' ; The speeches by tbe lawyeas .were no exactly in tbe order published . in Satur day's Fbke f bess, a sligh t change being maoe in roeieraer or speaaiDg, Mr. Loftl following Wc Ormond, and Mr.- Polloc following fcfeMCitor Kichardsaaa. All ; the speeches were good.'- " ' t - ? , The case tn given to the gury a few minutes to 9 o'clock Saturday jaiirht. and after consideuu&r it thirty-five minutes the jury brought ia a verdict of mvrderin the l . ' J .-.-.ft- . econa aegree, wnn , a recoiaKoeudation tor mercy. - There to as beeja much discaesiooof what m the law rdgar4jng punishment formur dfr and mauLaghter. 'By iiuntiiry-'we leamtnac 11 is os iouowb: border in flm decree, puniiable by hanging; mur der in the second degree, punishable by imprisonment in tie penitentiary for two to toirty years; mansiaugnter, punish able by imprisonment from four months in tbe county jail to twenty years in the peniteatiary. - " - ' -It is not likely that Judcre Adams wil pass sentence today, and it may be the latter part ot tne wees before, he Das sea sentence. It is possible that a compro mise may be reached, by which the sen tence will be for a short term, in conaid eration 01 the prisoner paying a sum of money to the support of the widow and her children, but we are not anthorizpd to make statement and only express the opinion mm seems 10 prevail to some extent. On the other hand it is possible tnat a nprntneavy sentence may beDassed and an appeal taten to tnesunremeeonrt. in which event the prisoner would be con fined in tbe county jail until the subreme court paesea on tne case. . A ' Peter Maher Knocked Cat. Philadelphia, May 13. At the Arena here tonight, in one minute and ftv-oue seconds' of combined sparring and fight- ng, Joe Irocldard. tbe "barner cham pion," retired reter JUalier. with a sort of pivot punch, which was delivered so soddenljf tbat hardly a spectator realized what bad come off. AL0RIDGEIIUBDER TRIAL. Brief Synopsis of the Evidence. Defen dant Submitted to Manslaughter and Sentenced to Twelve Months In the PeniteatiarV ; The following jury was obtained, with out a struggle, this morning, to try Henry Aldridge, colored, charged with murder ing Alfred Adams, colored: C. H. Bar wick, A (X Albritton, R. B. Alexander, T. B. Holloway, O. Taylor, 8. 1. Wooten, IP. P. Phillips, W; ; B. Pittraan, Richard King, J. K. Howard and w. A.s taKoque. The evidence showed that on tbe24th ot last December aero vd of negroes.'part of them under' the influence of liquor, lelt Kinston in a waon. That between Kins ton and the bridge a pistol was fired twice, and tbat tbe last shot strurk and killed Alfred Adams, and that the shot was fired - by Henry Aldridge. The fatal result was not known until the party reached Mr. Sam Lof tin's, five and a half miles from, Kinston. '. It also was shown that Aldridge and Adams were friendly, and tbat Aldridge cried when he beard Adams was dead. On tbe other band it was shown tbat the two had had a few words as to who was to "go home with Bettie:" and one witness stated that Adams said: v you cro home with Bettie I'll kill you, and that Aldridge repueo: "ion snaa 1 go either or I'll get yoa."f Bat some witness said they were not fussing when tbey left town, and were perfectly friendly when they got ia the wagon, . -; The defendant proved a good char- ' Solicitor Richardson wasassistedinthe Eroseculion by Mr. It. B. Moore, of New ern, Mess. II. E. Shaw and T. C. Wooten appeared for tbe defendant. - The defensesubmitted to manslaughter, and Mr. Shaw spoke and appealed for a light sentence. '??:'-:s Judge Adams passed sentence ht 12:25 this afternoon. The sentence was twelve months In the penitentiary. ' v In passing sentence Judge Adams took occasion' to give tbe prisoner some whole some and -timely advice, advising him never to carry a pistol again,, that it is cowardly to carry a pistol and cowardly to shoot a man. - ' . SPAIN PROTESTS Against Harvard Repairing at Martinique, But Francs Upholds American Rights. ' By Cable to The Free rress. . -Paris, May 14. -Spain protests against boat Harvard repairing at Martinique, but has been answered by France, up hold ing" A merican rights. . Fine Printing, The Fbek Pbbss office prints eletrant stock certificates, bonds, diplomas, hank checks, etc.; in fact almost anything in tbe printing line in the very beet style, nd at moderate prices. Anytbinsr from visiting card to a , newspaper. For pood workaendyotir orders to The Fbek Vbksh, Kinston, N. C. FREISIGH & SUGG are receiving and opening daily a nice and select stock of UEWN MID b at their store, next to L; Harvev invited to call on them, when in need of anything in their line -I Jp" A nice line of Mason's Cakes and Crackers just received. wui pi-c arc a low as anyDoay s. x uoods delivered free to any part of the city. ; Yours ta please, 1 , FRENCH & SUGG, Kinston, N. C. 250 3Barjrel3 of larclS'BallapdvFldup r on tho way. ; Will be sold whole- " " sale 1 before it arrives. . . : Their Fleet Is In the Center of a Converging Triangle. 11111 And Cannot Escape. The Oregon IsSafe,. And 'Helps Hold the Spanish Fleet In Check. The News Indicates That There Will Soon Be a Hot Naval Fight. By Telegraph to The Free Press. ' Washington, May le.-T-Secretary Long this afternoon heard from the Oregon, , which is safe. Her location is kept secret. . :; , -r :- . The Spanish armada is entrapped io the Carribbean sea. News was received this afternoon from Sampson, showing; that he controls the situation aud that our squadron in northern waters jean cub off. the Spaniards before" they reach southern Cuba. The Oregon, Marietta and Buffalo, coming along the Braillian coast, can prevent the Spaniards' escape ' in a southern direction by engaging them until the arrival otSampson. Tbe Mont goraery, Bt. juouis and 1 ale aietntne Vicinity of Martinique and will destroy the Spanish boat Terror and save our boat Harvard at St. Pierre. Schley, , rushing to northern Cuba, prevents the escape of the Spanish fleet northward. The Spanish fleet is in tbe center of & converging triangle. SPANISH CABINET RESIGNS, Resignation Formally: Handed the Queen Regent. Spain's War Spirit Increased . by - Recent Events. Great Reliance o . the Skilled Spanish Admiral. ; By Cable to Th Fsia Frnss., Madrid, May 16. Sagasta this after noon formally handed the queen regent the resignation of the ministers. St ordered him to form a how cabinet Moret, minister of the colonies, this morning officially confirm d the state ment that cabinet changes would result in i an aggresssiva Spanish policy. He added that recent events have greatly in creased the. war spirit of the nation, and'' that the greatest reliance is placed on Admiral Ceryeras' squadron, under that skilled Spanish admit al. (Jerveras baa ntihampered instructions with details and." plans, which are unknown to the minis ters. 1 GROCERIES & Son's nflW QnA mJHa .a, ....... -...T . "'" m - J IN r v , s v w- ys v -JT -s 'V; v v f ss v v
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