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RUBLISHED .EMERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY, i , , . , ... i i . , - i. i ii wi i - , . " KINSTON, N. 0., THURSDAY; EVENING, JULY 28, 1898. Vol. I-No. 101. Price Two Cents. i t 0 i ) ) -J I Consul Wildman Informs Dewey Of The Whereabouts Of i FS 11$ Dewey Has Sent the Raleigh and Concord To Round Them Up. Spanish Commit Several Outrages on British Residents. Hong Kong, July 29.-Cousul Wild man has transmitted information to Admiral Dewey that three Spanish gun boats are in hiding at Sun Miguel, Luzon islands; four gunboats at Port Royalist, Palawar island, and also four steamers, laden with tobacco, at Cagay an, .-Luzon island. Dewey has dispatched the Raleigh and Concord to round them up. The Spanish at Batan have committed several outrages on British residents several of them being imprisoned. FIGHTING IN PORTO RICO. Miles Losing No Time, but Began Advanc Ino on Day of landing. It Is Believed He Is Getting Ready to Attack Ponce. ' Washington, July 28.-Sharp fighting ' has already taken place in Porto Rico. Gen. Miles is losing no time in pushing , forward the army of invasion. Two days ago he advanced nearly to Xouco, on the road to Ponce. The advance guard had to fight its way against the Spanish, and as the country between Guanica and Yonco is very rough it is not likely the Americans had an easy time. 3 ": X i waiting anxiously for news from Miles. It expects something definite soon. So far all that can be learned has come from Madrid, but the correctness is not doubt ed so far as the statement that the fight iog has began is concerned. According to a Madrid special" the Americans began advancing on the very day of landing. Spanish concentrated their force of 700 men and opposed them The engagement apparently began to ward the evening, the fighting continu ing through the night. It is now believed that Gen.Miles is approaching the city of Ponce itself, and is getting the army in position for an attack. ' BLAME FOR . UBUB60GNE DISASTER Captain of STATE NEWS. Interesting North Carolina Condensed Form. Items, in Fixed on the French Captain. the Cromartyshire Fully Exonerated. Halifax, Nova Scotia, July 28. The decision of the court of inquiry into the ' Burgogne disaster fixes the blame on the .'French liner steamship. The captain of the Cromartyshire is fully exonerated from all blame. The French liner was . found to be out of her course, an error of the French captain. 'ice court recommended new courses for Atlantic liners. ' ", DETAILED TO DYNAMITE DUTY. The Company at Fortress Monroe Making ; Good Progress Practicing With Dyna mite Guns. . . , Ft. Monroe, Va., July 28. Company . F, fourth Ohio infantry, has been detail ea Dy xix ro special auty, to Berve as a dynamite battery. s -v-' : Five dynamite batteries have arrived, The company is making good progress in the manual. . - . - Evangelic f.'eetin;s. . Morehead City Pilot. ' Rev. A. B. Crumpler, the well-known sanctincation evangelise, is noiaing a series of meetings in the western part of the city, and crowds flock to hear him every morning, afternoon and night. He has the co-operation of the pastor of the Northern Methodist church and many others who have heretofore professed to have received "the second blessing" and to have been sanctified. Mr. Crumpler was for a number of years a member of the N. C. Conference of the M. E. Church, South, but was forced to a eeverance of his relationship by his per elEtent advocacy of the peculiar doctrine which he now preaches. The Republican commissioners of New Hanover county have given in to, the legal Democratic board. Two monster 12-inch cannons have been taken to Wilmington to be mounted at Fort Caswell. Tbey are 42 feet long and weigh nearly 120,000 pounds each. Winston Journal: It will be interesting to our readers to know that the inveutor of the now famous flash light signalling lives in Guilford county. His name is John B. Smith and he now lives at Rose dale Farm, near Guilford College. Mr. Smith is a native of Caswell county, and entered the Confederate army at the age of 17 years. Statesville Landmark: Someof the cot ton men are of the opinion that the price of cotton will advance considerably later on and are disposed to advise farmers to hold their cotton. They say if the new crop is rushed on the market as soon as it opens not near so ranch will be real ized for it, in .their opinion, as will be if it is held a few months. Raleigh Cor. Messenger: John R. Smith will never make any report as superin tendent of the penitentiary. But if he knew what sort of charges are being: ireely made in regard to his management of the penitentiary ne would certainly make a report, intact ne cannot afford not to make it.no matter how bad the showing is, and it is sure to be very bad MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. Of 7,000 Spanish Troops at Guan tanamo Taken Yesterday. Atlantic Coast Line Fast Train Wrecked No Lives Lost or Persons Dangerously Wounded. Charleston, 8. C, July 26. The fast mail train from Charleston to Columbia on the Atlantic Coast Line was wrecked shortly before 11 o'clock this-morning, foiir miles from this city. The train was running about sixty miles an ' hour w nen coming around a curve on a very high embankment fifty yards from the bridge over Hampton's pond, the engine jumped the track. The whole train went down tne embankment turning over on its side. The engine landed in the edge of the pond. Engineer Willis Johnson Btuck to his post and crawled out from under the engine in a cloud . of escaping steam. . tie was dreadfully scalded, but will recover. About fifteen passengers were more or less, injured, but ' none seriously, cuts and bruises being the worst. The escape of the people aboard was miraculous. A baby was tossed about in thefirst-class coach, but escaped uninjured. Make Their Patrons Pay the Tax. Statesville Landmark. ', ", Notwithstanding the ruling of the com missionerof internal revenue that express and railway companies are liable for the war revenue tax, the express company continues to collect it off "its patrons that is, except in one instance: Mr.L.C. Caldwell, chairman of the railroad com mission, has. refused to pay the tax and has sent shipments by express both from Kaieign and atatesvule, tne company paying tne tax in eacn instance. But other citizens are, compelled to pay it or their shipments are refused. This is not only a violation of law by the express company but it adds to the aggravation by a notorious exhibition of partiality- paying tne tax for one citizen and refus ing to Day it for another. It is rest such exhibitions as this that makes the public damn corporations, and fair-minded men, who desire to see them treated properly, lose sympathy for them when they manifest such a disposition.to gouge tne public. - Courtesy to a Fallen Enemy. Philadelphia Bulletin. - Complaint Is made that poor old Cer- vera is receiving too good treatment at Annapolis, Tutl tutl The old man ought like a good sailor.and has behaved since like a gentleman. Who is it that would begrude him the civility and the decent comiort which we can afford to offer a fallen enemy who has suffered the adversity that has overtaken him? And yet there seems to be Borne dissatisfied persons who are inclined to think that the Spanish admiral ought to be chained in a dungeon and fed on bread and water! Fortunately for the good name of the country, there are not many of them. Indeed, our decency in dealiner with all tbe Spanish prisoners has been a surprise to Madrid, and is notwithontits good effects. A dispatch from the Span ish capital this morning reports that "the courtesy the Americans show the Span ish prisoners has made a profound im pression in Spain and is materially as sisting the prospects of peace." Cancelling stamps, to cancel revenue tamps on chocks, etc., ordered at low prices by The Fees Vklss. ; m Minn I'li'B To Spain Probably Next Monday. Health Of Our Troops Improving, but Many Funerals Witnessed In the City. Gen. Linares Says Only 4,000 Spaniards Were Defending Santiago When Peace Negotiations for Surrender Opened. Santiago, July 28. The United States government formally took possession of the 7,000 troops at Guan tanamo yester day, including Gen. Linares' corps of eastern Cuba. ' The Spanish prisoners .now here num ber 12,000, with 2,000 at Holgnin. Gen. Linares says that less than 4,000 Spanish troops were defending Santiago on the day when negotiations for surren der wrre opened. , ' The deportation of Spanish troops is expected to begin Monday next. Th health of tbe men fjn the camp is improving, but many funerals are wit nessed in the city, deaths - resulting from starvation and exposure to native fever. COL. BARBER COMMANDS Troops on St. Paul to Hawaii, Then Col. Stover to Manila. Five New Cases of Typhoid Fever. San Francisco, July 28. Co!. Barber has been instructed by Gen. Merriam to assume command of the troops on the St. LPaul to i Hawaii- Afttjr leaving -that place Col. Stover commands them to Ma nila.1"" , j'-- There are five new cases of typhoid fe ver at Camp Merriam. ABOUT PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. The Spanish Cabinet As Yet Undecided Whether to Send Statesmen to Wash t Ington to Advise French Ambassador. Paris, July 23. Spanish Ambassador Castillo has advised the , Spanish govern ment of 1 he request of the , United States to transfer peace negotiations to Paris. The Spanish cabinet as yet is undecided whether to send Castillo or other states men to enlighten and advise French Am bassador Cam pon. ' Report of Vixen and Resolute. Washington, July 28. The additional report of the Vixen and Resolute on tbe sea fight at Santiago was made public this morning. It is much the same in text as the others. THE JUDICIARY EXHAUSTED. . FIREMEN'S TOURNAMENT. Judge Robinson Takes a Negro In to Gets ' . ' Cold Drink. , Goldsboro. N. C, July 26. Apparently not being content with being almost tot ally ostracised by the white people of this city. Judge W. 8. O'B. Robinson, to further degrade himself, walked into one Of the most prominent drug stores here this morning accompanied by a negro man and ordered for "Sambo" a cold drink. The clerk courteously told the Republi can judge that drinks were not dispensed to negroes at that fountain, whereupon the judge became furiously enraged and left the store in company with the "cullud gemmunv' and when at a safe distance began to curse and abuse tne proprietors lor not serving nis dusxy inend. c . MAY GO TO PORTO RICO. M Lee and His Men to See Service There. Probability of an Early Peace Castes Changes In the Plans at Yashlastoa. Washington, D. C, July 26. The first North Carolina regiment in the seventh corps (Lee's) is included in the expedition ordered today to prepare to go to Porto Rico. : - '. - ' ' ' ' j -,: Brifradier-General Pennington, com mander of the department of the gulf, at Atlanta, was directed by Secretary Alger today to order the second North Carolina regiment to such a point as he may des- gnate. The regiment will remain scat tered for the present. Resolutions Condemning Southern Rail ; . way. Association Meets Next Year at Greensboro. Atlantlo Won Hand Reel Race and Broke all Association Records. The Contests Today. Goldsboro Beats World's Record In Horse Hose Wagon Race. Tuesday night the convention adopted resolutions thanking the Coast Line and Seaboard roads for free transportation for firemen's apparatus, and condemning tbe Southern railway for refusing to give fre transportation for apparatus. . Greensboro wan selected as the placuto hold tbe convention and tournament in 1899. Tub Fbe Pbkbs was in error yester day as to time of steaming of Eclipse en gine of Goldsboro. Our wire leportgave it as 8:13, but this was such a long time we thought an error was made over wire and changed to 3:13. There were three prizes for this contest $40 going to the Newbern, of Newbern, 20 to the Atlantic, of Newbern, and ? lo to tne jcupse, or uoldsboro. Wednesday afternoon the hand reel races 150 yards were run, the scores by seconds being as follows: Atlantic, of Newbern, 30; Greensboro 81& Durham 82ft Newbern 32 3-5; Electric, of Golds boro, 33; Salem 83 2-5: Fayetteville 34 2-5. The Atlantics broke all associa tion records. The Atlantics won $60 first money in this contest. A spirited reel race of 7u yards was run between the Juniors, of Goldsboro, and the Juniors, Of Fayetteville. Fayetteville made it in 21& Goldsboro in 24 seconds, Today's Contests. Goldsboro, July 28. The cbam pionship reel team contest was run at 8 a.m. to day, time as follows: Salem 54 New bern No 1 54 3-5; Atiantic.under protest, 59. Greensboro and Goldsboro were ruled out. The grab reel race at 9 a. m. resulted: Greensboro ; 21 'Salem ' 22fo Atlantic 31 4-5; Newbern 25; Durham 22; Golds boro 25. . . s The bore hose wagon race at 11 ' a. m. resulted: Durham 44 2-5; Eclipse, of Goldsboro, 38 3-5; Newborn 43; Atlan tic 44& Goldsboro beat the world's rec ord. Are the Peace Prospects Good? 1 Charlotte Observer. Spain sues for peace. That is .the big news that comes in this moruiutr dis patches. There can hardly be any doubt that Spain is trying to head off Miles by a peace proposal and save Porto Rico out of tne general wreck. On the other hand tbe United States have been ; devoting every energy during the last month towT ard getting a foothold or a hand hold on the island before Spain could squeal and ask to be let up on Now Spain has yelled "Enough" just as we are about to get in a lick on a very vital spot on Span ish anatomy and what are we going to An flhnnf ft? - With arm nnrataasl uitV --- ' HW u M. UAOVVI, . UU fist doubled up, will Uncle Sam hit or not? j We rather guess he will let that fist come down. Miles is at Ponce, tbe ooor oi southern rorto Rico, having effected a landing on Porto Rican soil. Milee' mouth is watering for glory; the United States is covetous of plump Porto Rico it has already been officially given out that we mean to take and keep it and Uncle Sam is going to have it at all hazards. We very much doubt that peace is close at band. . 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