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V 7: VISITOR NUMBER 8612 BALEIGH, N. 0., FRIDAY EVifiNH t, JULY L. 1.8. PEK YEAR times- THE f H7 11 AFTER CABLES Firing Began $ear Caney, Law ton's Divison Under Fire. GARGIA'S FORGES BEARING THE GITY Fifteen' Thousand Americans and Five Thousand Insurgents Readyto Move Against Defenses. THE BATTLE BEGUN. Washington, D. C, July 1. It now looks as though the. desire of he nation, is to be satisfied pnd J that July 4th will find the Amerl- can Flag floating to the breeze in 1. nltit n Qonflairn Secretary Alger this morning re ceived the following dispatch dated at 9:45 a. m. today: "CAMP AT SAVILLA, CUBA. JULY 1ST. ACTION NOW GOING ON. BUT FIRING LIGHT AND DESULTORY. BEGUN ON RIGHT NEAR CANEY. LAW TON'S (DIVISION. HE WILL MOVE ON NORTHEAST PART OK TOWN OF SANTIAGD. WILL KEEP YOU CONTINUALLY AD VISED OF PROGRESS. "SHAFTER." Major General Commanding. The news caused excitement in all departments and 'the bulletin board friend? have greatly increased in num ber. The words of General Shafter "will keep you advised of progress" have been favorably commented upon and are significant, showing the confi dence with which he proceeds against the fortifications of Santiago. THE FORWARD MOVEMENT. On Juragua, via Port Antonio, July 1. More than fifteen thousand Americans including all the volun teer troops operating in Cuba sup ported by four thousand Cubans under General Garcia lie within view of the Spanish entrenchments , at the northeast of Santiago ready for a forward movement and gen eral assault on the city. Major " General La,wton w'.'.'. lake the lead if the Spanish show signs of re treat and Generals wneeier turn Kent will join in General Lawton's endeavor to drive the Spaniards before them Into the city. The purpose of the advance is to push five thousand troops under Gen eral Lawton two miles nearer the city, take the village of Caney and occupy the ridge over Caney which the artillery Are will be rained on the Spanish entrenchments. It Is believed that the Americans will be satisfied to accomplish the movement tomorrow and postpone the general attack on the city until the arrival of larger guns and artillery. IN VIEW OF PICKETS. Sevllla, June 30. (Midnight) General Garcia's Cubans made a dash to the westward In the af ternoon and penetrated nearer the defenses of Santiago than any other hostile force. Garcia led person ally, striking Caney and passing In plain view of the Spanish pickets. Tonight they camped"near by pre paring for an attack as soon as permission is given. The Cubans are rationed only for twenty four hours and argue for an, early ad- . vo,nce under these circumstances. Carets expects to have the honor of leading the grand assault. Ex horted the men to fight desperately. ' THE FIRST FIGHT. Slboney, July 1. By three o'clock today Santiago will be surround ed by Americans and Cubans under General, Shafter, Practically all the army are now In eight of the city. Outposts :.on both sides and o close to the picket that firing is going on continually, but no real 'fighting. All the light artillery has ' been Conveyed to the front but the heavy gunaj-e still on board the " the transport- ' The railroad will i1 probably rtG-'flnished today when the (runs will be speedily brought to the front It is expected that r the fluit fight will, take place at 1 Aquadores where 'the Spaniards .are ' strongly entrenched, ..,, 7$7;: c BATTLE BE6UH MANZANILLO BOMBARDED. Ssnttago, July 1. Four Ameri can warships bombarded Manzanil lo yc-sterday and badly damaged the batteries protecting the harbor. Spanish guns repjlied and com pelled the Americans to withdraw. One ship was disabled. The Span ish gunboats in the harbor went to the defence of the batteries and exchanged shots with the Americans until the latter ceased firing. It is believed that the Americans wished to take the city for a base. CARRANZA CAPTURED. By Telegraph tn The Times-Visitor. Washington. July 1. It is ru mored that Lieutenant Carranza. the chief of Spanish spies, who dis appeared from Montre.il is now in the custody of the government. It Is believed that chief Wilkie. of the secret service bureau, effected his capture which explains his disap pearance. PORTO RICAN REVOLT. Washington. D. C. July 1. Infor mation received here today states that the Porto Rlcan revolt was quickly suppressed, two leaders were apprehended and executed by the Spanish. The pint was frustrated by interception of a friendly letter showing where arms and dynamite were stored. The entire Island Is in a state of fer ment. Governor Maclas has taken extraordinary precaution to pre vent another surprise. THE "TOPEKA" SAILS. New York, July 1. The cruiser "Topeka" cleared this morning. Also the troon ships "Lampasas" and "Neneces" laden with supplies anl coal cleared from Tampa to take on board troops for Cuba. ORDERS FROM MILES. Washington. D. C, July 1. Gen eral Miles today Issued a general or der which limits the number of hos pital stewards to ten for each corps. This causes a great decrease In the number now busily engaged In the sen'fee. FEVER AMONG SOLDIERS. Washington. July 1. Several eases of typhoid fever have devel oped at Camp Alger. A commis sion has been appointed to exam ine the water supply. . PROCLAIMS REPUBLIC. London, July 1. Advices say that Aguinaldo, the insurgent lead er In the Philippines, has proclaim ed a republic at Cavite under the protection of the United States, England and Japan, with the Am ericans as chief guide and others n.erely for recognizance and ap proval. TRANSPORTS NOT ARRIVED. Hong Kong, July 1. The "Mat sushlma" has Just arrived and re ports that the transports had not arrived at Manila on the twenty seventh. The Spaniards are still adding to the defences. In the har bor, ar.e four British and five Ger man war ships. , IsEW ASSISTANT SECRETARY. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. Washington, July 1. The President has appointed George Bruce Cortelyou of New York, assistant secretary to the President. CAMARA IN CANAL, . Madrid, July 1. Camera's fleet is' -announced' to have passed through the Sues Canal. PROGRESS IMPEDED Promises i.f Business Man not Fulfilled HARGETT TRAMWAY The Street I'omniittee gives Good Hensons for Delay in Work V Mild Roast 'or Manager of the North Carolina Car Company. The Board of Aldermen will hold an vnusually important meeting tonight and the matter of keenest Interest tc the people of Raleigh to be heard is the j report of the street committee printed below. The report is full and Interesting in that it is no dry document rehearsing the doings of the committee, but con tains spicy criticism of people doing business with the city. The report addressed to the Honora ble Mayor and Board of Alderman says: The work on our streets has been going forward unusually well since our last report, as will be seen by the amount of work which has been ac complished which is given in detail at the end of this report. Wre are ex ceedingly gratified at the manner In which the work is progressing, and while we have had many difficulties with which to contend, and may not have pleased everyone in presecuting the work on the streets, yet we feel that the general results Jiave been good and satisfactory, and that the people of the city will appreciate our efforts, and conclude tliat we have ; done the best that we could under the j circumstances. In prosec uting this j work there are a great many things J which confront the committee which ! never suggest themselves to tlie mind I of the average citizen unless he has ; been so unfortunate as to have served on the Hoard of Alderhian and gone through the same experiences which v.e often have to encounter. In the first place nearly every citizen of the tow n has ideas of his own ill ifgaid to the manner in which the work on the streets ought to he dune; what disposition ought to he made of the street forces, and especially how the ftreet in front of his pivp?rty ought to he improved. The street committee is compelled to listen patiently to all of these suggestions and endeavor as far as it can to comply with the w ishes of every citizen. It is absolutely im possible to accede to the desires of every man concerning improvements contemplated in front of his individual property. The street committee is therefore compelled after hearing as many sug gestions as they can to put them alto gether, and then cull from the general lot a plan which will advance the best interests of the city, and at the same time meet the wishes of the greatest number of property ow ners concerned. This is sometimes a very difficult task. Then again nearly every man in the city who pays taxes feels that some im provements should be made In front of his property or at least in his neigh borhood. The street committee can understand and sympathize with this feeling, 'and we are doing the work in as many places about the city as we possibly can to advantage, but it is sometimes a bad plan to divide the hands into too many different squads, and we are en deavoring to push the work as rapidly as we can in the hope that we may be able to do some work in every part of the city before the close of the present city administration. We stated in a former report that we believed that with the $50,000 bond issue we could grade and curb twenty miles of street besides doing other work In connection therewith such as macada mizing, putting down streets crossings, paving gutter lines and keeping the ditches of the city in proper order. We still believe that the estimate made at that time was not too large. This will enable us to reach out into almost every community In the city, and we believe that at the end of the present city administration our people will be gladdened by the fact in seeing every prominent street in the city graded and curbed, and we will then have good sidewalks all over the city. We believe that the accomplishment of this purpose will add more to the prosperity of our town," and the general comfort and convenience of its people than anything else. It will cause our people to take a deeper interest in their property and give the outside world a much better opinion of the Capital city of the State.' The Btreet committee would be glad 1.0 adopt every plan suggested, and to fcis'n the work in. every part of the town at once if it were possible to do so, end when It is realized that this Is an impossibility we trust that the people will be as patient as possible with us. The majority of our people have been very kind and considerate, and they have aided us very much with their words, of encouragement and. the hearty manner in which they have complied with our requests. HARGETT STREET. Fearing that our position has been misunderstood in regard to the Har gett stieet tramway we desire to make the following explanation. We did not break ground on Hargett street until after we had placed orders lor the railroad Iron, cross-ties and other material for laying the track. We then commenced to grade the street in order to expedite matters as much a possible thinking the rail would soon arrive. The rail was pur chased from an Atlanta firm, and was a part of the track taken up between Southern lilies and Piniiiui -si. We placed an order for PHI tons of this rail on condition that we be permitted to inspect and select it. Our oilier was accepted, and then it was that we commenced to grade on Har gett street and placed an order wth the North Carolina Car Company for two tram '.ars. Oui Hon. Mayor virited Southern Pines to inspect the rail after having wired the Atlanta lirm to send a rep resentative there to meet him, they agreeing to do so. The Atlanta firm did not have a rep resentative there and the Mayor's visit was unsatisfactory. After further cor respondence we sent Mr. W. B. Good wyn, a railroad man, to Southern Fines to inspect the rail and if satis factory to load it on the cars. He 'ascertained that the rail had been levied on anil could not be moved. We found that it would probably be m i.iths before we could get this rail so w. cancelled our order and com menced negotiating w ith other parties for the purchase of rail. We finally located some rail in Pitts ln.rg. I'a., which we thought would suit our purposes. This rail was ordered and after much delay it arrived and was immediately put down. We felt sun that the Car Company hf.il completed our cars as the Mana ger. .Mr. Asniey, assured us inat c,o could complete the cars in two or three i. e-'Ks It has now been over two months- since the order was placed and still v. i have been unable to net the cars up to the present time. We have been after hiio every few Coys to! ihe past three weeks, lie has pioimscil to ht us have the cars this vcek. As soon as wet get the cars th. liargett street line will be put in proper condition. The street commit tee has exerted itself and done every thing in its power to give the people aloh ' the Hargett stieet lii.e ar littl. inconvenient e as possible, but it seems like everything has impeded our pro gress. The people on that street have been rut ty a great deal of unnecessary in convetii, nee but it is not the f,ni': o! ihe (omiuiltee as v. uiu everything that tactical business men in!il have done in order to facilitate the work ar I ct it in proper condition as quick ly as possible-. We felt that it would be a un less expediture of the city's money to send teams there to grade the street, and fill in the track when it can be done at one-tenth of the cost after we get the cars on the track, and relying in the promise of Mr. Ashley that we would have the cars inside of a few days we have waited patiently from day to day in order to do this work. Vc make this explanation in justice to the committee. SEABOARD AIR LINE. We recommend that the Seaboard Air Line be instructed to enlarge the culvert which passes under Its track v here It crosses Peace street. "There js a large volume of water which comes down this street every tune we have a big rain, and the culveit being too small to carry It under the track the water is banked up at this point and overflows all of the property In that neighborhood ow ing to the fact that the culvert under the railroad track was too small to carry off the water. Numerous complaints have been made to the committee from time to time ir regard to this matter, and we feel that the above named railroad cempany ought to be required to pro ceed at once to give the needed relief to the people in that part of the city. SIDEWALKS. On June 9th we addressed the follow ing communication to Mr. J. M. Nor wood, Chief of Police: My Dear Sir: At a meeting of the street committee held this morning it was decided to request you to notify the property owncis in accordance with the city charter on the streets named below, to repair their sidewalks along said streets either with hard brick, paving stone or cement. The walkway must be at least five (5) feet wide on all streets named except Newberne Avenue where it must be seven (T) feet wide. In front of all business houses it must be the entire width of the side walk; where there is a driveway cross ing the sidewalk it must be paved the ert'.re width of the sidewalk. Please notify the property owners in accord ance with the above instructions on Nrw-fcern Avenue between Wilmington and Blount streets, on Edenton street between Blount and Salisbury, and on the same street between McDowell' and West streets, on Morgan street be tvveen Salisbury .and West, on McDdw- (Concluded on third page.) j7cx r Cl "JOri"3f- POWELL. I NEW JEN GO IN. Clerks ant! I)pny Collectors Turned Out. AKK M N Y rilANGK. New Construction on ill." ivil S tc: Permits Collector Pluluini to Make Nc A p point men. s Coll, ctoi s and t lerks to he .imeJ This morning the office force in the lii-vti'Ui Department were surprised by the announcement that a new con struction had been placed on the civil sii vice regulations and that they are to ht,ve fifteen days more time to sei ve the government. The deputy collectois at the various points were also notified and they, will no longer continue in the department s work. The office holders whose successors are to he named are: l'dgni A. Wonible, clerk. C. E. I!. Holloway, clerk. H. Baker, clerk. E. F. McCulloch, Deputy Collector. All of the above were under the civil service rules and are recommissioned for 1.1 days as Deputy Collector. ' The deputy collectors, also under the civil service, who were appointed under Mr. Simmon's administration, mill aie now retired are as follows: J. V. Dailoy, at Newbern. who has se' ved !io days as . 1. t alio s sue- V Stubhs, Williamston. J. Daniel, at Halifax. v. Jones, at Raleigh. A. Thomas, at Louisburg. K I'ickard. at Chapel Hill. I). Mi ador. at Keidsville. 1 Cihsou. at Hamlet. (.'. Troy, at Fayelteville. 1 1. tirimsloy. at Kinston. who has J. J. I. .1. . Y. J scr ec! HO days as successor to R. C liill. deceased, it is thought will be The i retained. lie is a Republican. names of the new deputy collectors will be announced tomorrow. (if the office force Mr. N. A. Blown is retained. He is transfei red to the Assessment and Disburseing desk made wcant by the death of Mr. W. H. Walker Mr. David Duncan, brother o Collector Duncan, who has been act ing in the capacity of private secreta ry to the collector is assigned to duty :ii the Knrued Spirits desk made va iiiu by the transfer of Mr. Brown. Mi. Duncan states that the relations between the force and himself has al ways been most cordial and he consid ers each man under him his clos per sonal friend. T)1K TROLLEY RIDE TONIGHT. Rerieniber the Trolley ride tonight. The beautiful car "Venus," will be biilliantly lighted, and her one hun dred and sixty lights will add much to the occasion. The ladies in charge want everybody to be on hand. The object is worthy of patronage. It will be a li ng time before so much refresh- ing breeze and enjoyment can be had for a quarter. King and Company have plenty of tickets on hand. Call early and buy one. Go early to the store of the smiling King And the needful quarter be sure to bring. Supplied with a ticket you can get on the trolley And have a-good time with Sally and Fanny and Molly and Polly. FUNERAL OF MR. B. F. PARK. The funeral of the late Mr. B. F. Park took place yesterday afternoon at a o'clock from Edenton Street Metho dist church, where a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends of the dece.it.ed had gathered to do him hon or. Manteo Lodge No. 8, I. O. O. F. Centre Lodge. No. 3, K. of P. and Ccnfederate Veterans, turning out in large numbers. A good man has gone to his reward, was the universal ver dict of all who knew B. F. Park. All day yesterday friends called at the home on North West street to pay their respects to the family of the de ceased,. The casket of Confederate gray rested in the centre of the room surrounded by beautiful floral tributes sent by friends, while above the casket floated the Confederate battle flag of L. O'B. Branch Camp of Confederate Veterans, of which tlie deceased was an ex-commander. The honorary pall-bearers were Messrs. Jas. A. Briggs, W. C. Cram, W. J. Ellington, W. J. Toung, A. Olmstcad, D. J. Conn, S. G. Ryan and Atmistead Jones. The active pall-bearers were taken from the membership of the L. O'B. Branch Camp Confederate Veterans. They were Messrs. A. B. Stronach, G. M. Allen, W. H. Hughes, R. H. Brooks, R. H. Bradley, J. C. Birdsong, F. II. Busbee and A. M. Powell. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS SHORT STATKMFNTS lui y ': rjivcli' ts roni Dusty " r.i ih i hose Wl.o are in the I uhlic liyc-Move-racnt of People who Have cr Have Xoi Gone to ti c W'tir.-News in l.ittlj Space Judge A. C. Avery returned to the i city today. I Dr. and Mrs. D. H. Abbott left this 'morning for Vanilemere. Mrs. F. M. Harper, of Athens, Ga., i is visiting relatives in the city. Miss Pearl Robertson, of Clayton, is I visiting Miss Janet Pool on Hillsboro ; street. Prof. M. C. S. Noble, of the Univer sity, was here today on his way to Winnii.gton. It Is a pleasure to see Mr. A. M. McPheeters out again after a week's confinement to his room. As early as the year 47 IS. C. the great Alexandiian library contained over 40,000 valuable books. Rev. W. W. Staley, of Stanton, Va., who hat been in Italeigh several days, left thi;-- morning for his home. Mr. E. G. Rocrs, who has been ill for some months at his home on South Blount street, was reported not so well last night. Regular meeting of Capital City ('(.unci!, .o. ,V.i. Jr. U. I'. A. M., to night at S p. in. Every member urged to be present. Captain John R. Smith left this morn ing fur Seven Springs to be present I at tlie tir.st Farmer's Institute, which Iproii'isis to be a great success. ! Dr. Jo. n (.'. Kilgo was here today on ! his way to Elm City to attend the I V;-slu;igton District conference Some- thing w arm may be expected from the 1'ietor about Sunday. The Hoard of Aldermen would be doing the proper thing, if at its meet ing tonight, provision is made for the raising of United States Hags on all public buildings and school -houses. Adjutant General Cowies today re ceived notice from Lieutenant Com mander c T. Hutchins. 1 . S. N., stat-inc- that no more navay reserves, either officii'x or iiiv.ii W' lo needed and that more had been mustered in than could b3 used. Don't fail to enjoy the Trolley Ride this evening. Special music by Second Regiment Band. Tickets for sale at King's Drug Store. Come and bring your girl. Cars leave capital at 8:30. E. cry thing to make life happy. Music! Venus! Moonlight! St. Mary's Guild Chapter 6. The wagon' of Henry Justice was struck by the street car on Hillsboro street, near the Tucker residence about noon today. This was the second smash up today and knocked the wagon all to pieces. ' It is said the milk wagon belonging to Mr. Mot wa l-r,,eb,.l t,, niu,.. 1 !, 1 e I1 t ll M rtnV Raleigh is trying to make a trolley re ,V full programme of the Fourth of July celebration will be printed in the Times-Visitor tomorrow afternoon. This morning on the corner of Eden ton and Wilmington street the Blount street trolley car struck the wagon of David Pool a farmer, who lives near this city. The wagon was completely eniolished. Mr. Pool was not hurt, but was much frightened. It is under stood that he acknowledges being at fault and does not blame the company. FAIR SATURDAY. For Raleigh and vicinity: Fair to night and Saturday. Weather Conditions. The barometer is high over the entire country east of the Mississippi, nad throughout this section clear, warm weather continues. The line of SO degrees at S a. m. extend ed ns far north as Raleigh. Only small quanities of rain were reported, at Hr.tteras, Savannah and Augusta. A considerable barometric depression exists over western Nebraska, which is causing rain at Bismarck and St. Paul, with 1.12 Inches at the latter point. A little rain also occurred over Texas. The tempeititjure is lowest from Marquette to Bismarck. She I-, new Him ."Often, often, dear, duii'-g the war I shall pine for the girl 1 left behind me." "Yes, you act as : if you meant me, but I'll wager you will think more often of Bridget." Detroit Free Press. On the brink of a creek in Ireland there is or used to be a little stone containing a carving of this inscrip- ' tiori, intended to help :. travellers: "When'thls stone is out of sight, It Is not safe to ford the river." Tit-Bits. ' 4 I ''ft if' -t 1 , i t ' J St' i l' i " f !"-' , ? A J ' 9. ; '.;-..V' V .111 : 7 ""A "': j ; , v , , r . Sii-. : . :: ? 9 J ; r It 1' f Vf-X' H 7:.: -a.' I. -...i iTKt'lt rfXTVL O-SMJ iVi-U OUIVIjO Xi.iL.LtU TO IT LIKE MAGIC. ,-V! T", !,- r,.;. .. c- ... " - It.
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