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J 1 TIM' THE ES-VISITOR. . ( V, 1 V.i BER 862G Gen. Miles to SMlPSpriTO BY EFJD POHTOBiCfly UnSI0C BEGUH The Heights of San Juan to be Shelled by Squadron Will Attempt to Force Surren der Without Assault. THE PLAN OP ATTACK. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. Washington, July 19. The adminis tration plans will have no delay In the Porto Rican expedition. General Miles with the advance guard has already left the vicinity of Santiago and is lying On uuantanamo. ne is on me ittie, , with ten thousand men and four light bttprips. He would have sailed direot .ffljeiay Ul uiueis wmcu waa me lauit ui KrtVL mesenger. Joined by a strong con- I jf voy urJer command of Admiral Samp jf son, he sailed this morning. General 'I Shafter's protest against sending any or the Santiago army to rorto kico nas been heeded here. The men now at Santiago will be sent north again to recuperate, while fresh troops will com pose the expeditions. The army of in vasion consists of some forty thousand men. General Miles will have Generals Brooke and Coppinger as seconds. Four thousand men on a transport at Bai quiri and two regiments of regulars, .composing Males' advance guard, have Embarked at Tampa and are ready to igail. Seven thousand troops, including a 1UI OI ugllL Uliu iicav j ai jliiici . , 111- 3 fantrv. Cavalry Troon K. and the .Rough Kiaers now at lanipa, win at company the second expedition. They will Join the main body of Rough Riders which will be the only body now at Santiago to go to Porto Rico. The Second and also the Sixty-ninth New Tork volunteers are scheduled to go to the front. The transports Masacnu setts, Michigan and Roumanian now at New Tork, have received orders this afternoon to clear for Newport News and Tampa to receive contingent troops lor the first expedition. Secretary Al ger says more than fifteen thousand i troops will be embarked by sea by I nightfall. By the end of the veek Sampson will have bombarded San Ju .an, after which he will cover the land ing of the army of invasion. Force is .so powerful that he hopes that Porto Rico will capitulate without having to strike the blow and have a general as sault. If found necesary to have an as sault by land forces it will not take place for ten days. SITUATION AT SANTIAGO. By Cable to the Times-Visitor. Santiago Harbor, July 19. Quiet con tinues; the American flag floats over Morro. Red Cross emblems are dis played promiscuously over the cty; few civilians left in the city but that are Jn a bad plight; most stores are open, but patrons are few; many beggars are in evidence; there is some suffering i' among the better classes; an American guard has been placed over the landing of supplies from the Red Cross steam er. State of Texas. There is no evi - dence of gloom filth is noticeable every where, nevertheless the city is in a healthv condition. Yesterday after s' noon a large number of American transports fully dressed in bunting and flags entered the 1 harbor making an I imposing apearance. The transports were greeted by the Spanish inhabi tants with laughter and cheering. The Spanish troops will be embarked soon on transports for home. The govern ment tug "Potomac" has arrived to assist In raising the wrecks of the Spanish, vessels. ' The Long bridge at Auquadores has been replaced. TO USB CAPTURED GUNS. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. Washington, July' 19. The ordnance bureau is considering the use of a large quantity of the arms and ammu nition and fortification guns from the $dnance stores surrendered at San tiago. The captured ' Mausers will be put in order for the use of the Ameri can armv. ; Some twenty thousand -of old antiquated guns mounted in the forts along he shore are useless, and "will probably be brought to the United States as souvenirs. f, do the Work. BOMBARD OF THIS WEEK CAMARA SIGHTED. By Cable to the Times-Visitor. Marseilles, July 19. It is reported that Camara's fleet was sighted off the coast of Tunis. An explosion oc curred off that coast on the battleship Pelayo, which was badly damaged and taken In tow by a cruiser. WORD FROM DEWEY. By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. Washington, July 19. A cipher ca blegram has been received from Admi ral Dewey. It will be made public this afternoon. MOROCCO NOT NEUTRAL. By Cable to the Times-Visitor. Gibraltar, July 19 The Moorish minister of foreign affairs at Tangiers has refused to declare Morrocco neu tral. 22,075 SPANISH PRISONERS. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. Washington, July 19. A dispatch from General Shafter says the list of prisoners handed in By General Toral yesterdav numbers twentv-two thou sand and seventy-five. PUT ON THE BRAKES. Proud and Imperious Spain Not the First to Plead the Pauper Act. j1 Kindly put the brake on that story which is going the rounds of the press without contradiction that the claim contained in the capitulation of the Spanish army at Santiago, providing for the return of that army to Spain, at the cost of the United States, is the first of its kind In modern history. It is a mistake, and not the first of its kind even in American history. The convention for the surrender of the British army under Burgoyne, at Saratoga, to General Gates, of the American army, in October, 1777, con tained a stipulation for the return of the British army to England at the expense of the .American government, and It was executed, though not with out opposition and delay in Congress as there may be in the Santiago case. I recall this truth of history to show that proud and imperious Spain is not the first of her kind to plead the pau per act with one hand, while boasting of her chivalry, pride and honor with the other.- A greater than Spain has set the example. A. W. SHAFFER. EMERSON TO COMMAND. The Baltimore Sun savs. "Lieut Isaac E. Emerson received ah order from the Navy Department yejtrday evening assigning him to the command of the auxiliary navy of the lifih dis trict, generally designated as .he "mos quito fleet." He succeeds Captain Hutchlns, who will resume his position with the lighthouse board. Th? order gives Lieutenant Emerson charge of the coast fleet now doing duty between North river inlet on the North Carolina coast, and Metumk Light, in New Jer sey. .He will assume charge todav." Mr. Emerson is a native of North Car olina, but has been for some years a Baltimore business man and proprietor of. the noted medicine Bromo-tSeltzer. He Is commander of the Maryland Na val Reserves. EXPERT TESTIMONY. Kansas City Star. No higher compliment could be re ceived by any ship than has been be stowed on the Brooklyn by Capt Eu Jate. of the Vizcaya, and -tti tribute which the commander of the ruined cruiser pays to the flagship of Commo dore Schley Is all the more valuable because it is 'in the nature of expert testimony. RALEIGH, N. fl.. TUESDAY THE THIRD TO DIE Anoth r Second Regiment Man Pass s Away BTJfUEH IN THIS CITY Body Laid to Rest in Federal Cemetery--tils Company not Here -No VolKys Fired Over the Grave--( hnplaia r (-borne Conducted Services, Camp Dan Russell had a sad appear ance this morning. Earlv in the day the six companies broke camp and proceeded on an eight mile march to a point near Milburnie, where they will remain until tomorrow. Scarcely , on the noon trains tomorrow. The had the Regiment left camp when crowd is unusually small at this stage CaDtain Bell, the officer of the day, ; of the game, but this is explained by issued orders for the post flag and the fact that little is to be done at hospital flag to be placed at half mast, ! this convention. and then it was that the few men re- Chairman Holton will have his head maining on guard duty knew that : quarters at the Yarborough, where another comrade had passed over the ' Secretary Hvams has already taken river. apartments. The committees will Private John Gadwin, Co. I, of Tar- nearly all be arranged tonight, boro, who had been sick in the hospital Senator Pritchard has written a for several weeks was dead. His life ( friend that he will not be able to at had passed from him during the early j tend on account of pressing court du morning hours. He was not able todies, but it is understood that should pull through a long sickness with ty- j his presence be considered necessary phoid fever. Captain Bell acting upon he will come in response to a telegram. the advice of the surgeons arranged a prominent Republican, who holds for immediate burial in the Federal an office under this administration, Cemetery east of this city. j but who is opposed to Russell says Private Gadwin was a member of t the matter of endosing either the Gov Company I ,and all his comrades are ; ernor or the administration will not at St. Augustine, Florida. He came be brought up if the present plans are here from Tarboro and was under carried out. He says the only way the command of Captain John W. Cotten ' endorsement can be obtained is bv a before that officer was promoted to resolution endorsing simply "the econ Major. Gadwin was a voung man of omy of the present administration of good character and disposition. His the various State departments, habits have been exemplary and aj The convention is to meet at noon lovely tribute was paid the dead sol- in Metropolitan Hall. It will be called dler today bv Ordnance Officer John to order by Chairman Holton, and he Howard, who is First Lieutenant of will occupy the chair until permanent Gad win's company. j organization is perfected. The conven- The funeral was necessarily hasty, tion it is thought will complete its work and as soon as the arrangements could by nine o'clock tomorrow night and be completed the following privates, the delegates will be able to leave on under command of Corporal Justice, the midnight trains. were detailed to act as escort for the body: Privates Miller, Harton, Ed- wards. GalMon. Wilkins, R. W Long. For the Week Ending Monday, July Massenburg and Tucker, all of com- IS. 1X98. pany B. ' The week ending Monday, July ISth, The only ceremonies attending the was characterized by cool, generally funeral of Private Gadwin were the cloudy, rainy weather. The rainfall pravers of Chaplain Osborne at the occurred in almost daily showers and cemetery. There was no volley ffred was sufficient to keep soil too wet to over the grave and but for the muffled plow in most scetions. There were ex drums the funeral was void of military cessive rains in a few scattered coun honors. " l'es chiefly on the northesat coast and The six companies will tomorrow n the mountain region, which injured march back to Camp Dan Russell, and crops, especially on bottom lands, be then for the first time will learn of the sides washing hillsides considerably, death of this young man, who gave and these heavy rains brought the av hls life while responding to his na- erage for the week, 1,45 inches, slightly tions call to arms. above the normal, notwithstanding the "This is the third death at Camp Dan Russell. Its officially stated cause was typhoid fever. There are six hundred men at the camp. There are over sixtv men in the hospital. The sanitary arrangements at the carnp are poorly arranged, and instead of normal, with some records above 90. waiting for the evidence of the inves- Absolute cloudiness was followed dur tigation of the hospital management ing the latter part of the week by fre- to be type written the Court of In- quiry should examine into this matter and require the removal of such causes." The above paragraph was todav furnished the Times-Visitor with the request to print. It certainly deserves the attention of the Court of Inquiry. DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY. All members of the Raleigh Chapter U. D. C, visiting Atlanta during the Confederate Veterans' Reunion, are re quested to present their credentials to a committee of Atlanta U. D. C, at Woman's Club Rooms, Grand Opera ' . , , , , j e ' from 10 to 12 o clock a. m., and from 3 to 5 p. m. The committee will take pleasure in presenting them with bad ges which will admit them to a re ception given in honor of them and of other distinguished guests. The committee will also gladly di rect where they may secure comforta ble board at reasonable rates, or, if thev prefer, and will commmunicate with corresponding secretary, she will furnish them with same information. (Please take elevator to 5th floor.) PREVENT PROGRESS. "There are some people in Kinston," says the Free Press, "who are trying' to do business without advertising, and but for the fact that customers are drawn here by the enterprise of other business men they would never be known or heard of." There are In ev- ery town a number of men who never do anything Jtor the town, who never advertise, who never assist in public affairs; who simply sit down and catch a few passers-by on the way to the Senator Clark, of Halifax county is stores of the more enterprising mer- nere t0 attend the semi-annual meet chants. They are like the Jackals T7ho''nT of the Finance Committee of the follow the lion and eat the leavings of the kins; of beasts. EVENING, JULY 19, 1898. CLANS GATHERING Republican Convention to Meet Tomorrow Morning PKITCHARD NOT COMING Writes that lie is Kusy at Court and Will ba 1 im hie to Attend I'nlcss Mis Pres ence is Necessary May be Wired For. The first delegates to the Republican State Executive Committee arrived in Raleigh on the early trains this morn ing, and the noun trains brought fair delegations. This afternoon a large crowd came in but more are expected WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN. fact that over a large majority of counties the rainfall was light. The first three days of the week were very cool, averaging nearly 8 degrees below the normal daily, but there followed a gradual rise in temperature to above quent periods of sunshine, and some work was done after Friday. Less damage to crops was reported than expected. The absence of sunshine caused rapid growth of vegetation, of grass and weeds as well as crops. which need cleaning. Laying by was interrupted but will be completed with a week of fair weather. Corn was damaged by too much wa ter in lowlands, and is doing poorly where not properly hilled, but in gen eral the crop is in excellent condition it is earing well and promises a large yield. There has been too much rain and cool weather for cotton. In some sections it has been injured and is making too much weed, but while still remaining below the average, it is now improving. There is not much shed . . .... improving. There is not much shed ding; the plants are full of squares, but without many grown bolls. To bacco has done fairly well. Cutting and curing continue in the east and cutting has begun in the central coun ties. This crop is poor In portions of Person county. Threshing small grains continues Some of the last cut spring oats were damaged in shock. The peanut crop is fairly promising. Rice, sweet pota toes and field peas are excellent. Gar dens and late crops have improved Melons are ripening slowly. Peaches are rotting badly. The following amounts of rainfall for the week were reported: Pantego, l.so inches; Greenville, 0.45; Rich lands, 4.35; Shannon, 0.75; Shallotte, 1.37; Mt. Olive, 1.50; Wilmington, 1.49; Soapstone Mount, 0.31: Auburn, 0.78; Areola, 0.56; Saxon,,. 0.70; Raleigh, 1.96; Monroe, 0.74; Marion, 3.79; Charlotte, o.78; Biltmore, 2.58; Settle, 3.05; Ab- ghers, 0.34; Mt. Pleasant, 0."5. , ' 1 Doard directors of the State penl .tentiary. . -.v.t 1 ilhU BROWNING IS FREE. Jury Acqu ttel Him if Charge f Murder. VERDICT COUWIENDKD. Prisoner .Much Affccied by the Kind Words of Friends w as Ciilm When Facing the 'twelve, and was Con fident of His Aciiu.tta Last'-night at .7:30 o'clock Judg'e Bryan concluded his charge to the jury the case of W. S. Browning on trial charged with the murder of his father- n-law Strickland, in February last. Judge Bryan's charge consumed about thirty minutes. It was strong and forcible review of the evidence as presented by both prosecution and de fence. The jury then retired and took one ballot. Mr. E. C. Beddingfield ,one of the urors. was taken ill and the jury de cided to take no further consideration of the matter until this morning. Shortly after eight o'clock this morn- ng they were again closeted in the ury room and there took the case up again. An hour was given to discus sion and at 9:20 a second ballot was be gun. At 9:50 Judge Eryan was inhis chair and attorneys for both prosecution and defence were present. The pris oner was brought into the court room and facing the jury heard the question are you ready." The final answer came quickly from the jury's spokes man, "Not Guilty." Browning was pale when he entered the court room but his composure was emarkable, showing the confidence he had that the verdict of the jury would honorably acquit him of the charge of murder. He was aoon congratulated by his counsel and friends, and when the man, who, for months has been confined in Wake county jail met in sweet communion with his wife and children, that sacred scene was un disturbed bv the presence of curious spectators. The verdict of the jury has been commended by many people who lis tened carefully to the evidence pro and con. me almost universal opinion was that the defence had established justi fiable killing in self-defence. MR. LEARD RETURNS. Savs the Second Boys are Delighted With Fort McPherson. Mr. H. S. Leard returned today from Atlanta to which city he accom panied the two companies of the Sec ond Regiment to Fort McPherson. Mr. Leard says the boys arrived at Atlanta Sunday night about 8 o'clock. and spent the night in the cars. Early Monday morning they were taken to Fort McPherson and half of each com pany was put to work erecting the tents while the other half were assign ed guard duty. The men relieved the Fifth, which departed for Porto Rico at once. The North Carolina boys are delighted with their new home. They have important duty, and Mr. Leard says compare favorably with any troop at Fort McPherson. The barracks are occupied by our a thousand wounded and sick soldiers. Some of the Carolina boys are on guard duty around the sixteen Spanish pris- mers and of these sent back word to his friends that he is perfectly happy guarding the enemy. Air. Leard savs the new camp is a beauty, and the boys are delighted wit their new quarters. TO MEET TOMORROW. The directors of the State peniten tiary are arriving today and tomorrow afternoon will hold their semi-annual session. Much business was left over from the January meeting and will be brought up before the board at this meeting. The Finance Committee meets this afternoon. They left a deal of unfin ished business when they last ad journed and this must be completed by the meeting of the directors tomor row. Chairman Claudius Dockery, State Senator Clark and Morrison H. H. Caldwell, of the Board of Audit and Finance arrived this morning. 1 DECLINES THE POSITION. On the 16th Inst., Mr. T. J. Smithwick was tendered a position as machinist in the construction and repair shops of the U. S. Navy at the naval station, Port Royal, S. C, at a salary of $3.04 per diem. Owing to extreme Illness Mr. Smithwick had to decline the po sition tendered him. Mr. Smithwick graduated at the A. and M. College in June, 1897. Since his graduation he has been connected with the mechanical department of his alma mater. He Let's get engaged. She Very well; but who will you get engaged to? Life. sH.H ph:k YEAR LOCAL NEWS ITEMS Dusty Travelers From lusty Trams SHR- A ' KMENT Those Who ar.- in the Public liye Move ment of People who Kave or Have Not Gone to the WarHens in Little Mpuce. Mr. C. L. Ives, of-Newbern ,-iSvisR?hg,., Mrs. Geo. Allen, at Miss Miller's. w Miss Maggie Moring is visiting friends at Carthage, Moore county. Prof. Samuel May, of the University of North Carolina, was In Raleigh to day. Mr. Harvey Johnson and sister, Miss Emma, have gone to Chatham on a visit. State Senator Clark, of Halifax, is in Raleigh to attend the meeting of the penitentiarv directors tomorrow. Passengers on the Southern Railway train from the west report a large at tendance of negroes at a convention at Graham today. Mr. A. M. McPheeters, Sr., had a slight sunstroke yesterday (Monday) afternoon about three o'clock, and was seriously sick for several hours. Misses Minnie Redford and Lizzie Bellamy returned this morning from Chapel Hill where they have been at tending the summer school. Secretarv Wash Hyams, of the Re publican State Executive Committee, arrived this morning and Is quartered at the Yarborough. Mr. Claudius Dockerv, of Rocking ham, is here to attend the Republican State Convention and a meeting of the directors of the State penitentiary. Mr. John Hodges, of Linden, N. C, who has been in Raleigh visiting rel a tives and friendsmsrsa.iHPo slmz atives returned home today. ' Mr. W. S. Penny has returned to his post of duty at D. T. Johnston's, after spending a weeks' holiday in the country with relatives and friends. Dr. Paul C. Hutton left this morning for Washington, whence he will make his departure for Tampa. He expects to join the army of invasion of Porto Rico. Mr. Morrison H. H. Caldwell, of Concord, the Populist nominee for Congress in that district is here to at tend a meeting of the Directors of the State penitentiary. B. H. Woodell, Grand Secretary I. O. O. F. left this afternoon for Burling ton, on official business. He will ex tend his trip to Asheville, Henderstm ville, Waynesville and Hot Springs be fore returning. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson, of Ala bama, who have been visiting Mrs. Montgomery on North Person street, left this morning for Norfolk, where they will take the Old Dom'nion stea mer for New York. Sheriff Nathan Jones of Warren county, todai- brought three convicts to the penitentiary. The men were all for short terms. Deputy Reavis, of the same county brought an insane person to the State Central Hospital for the Insane. Among the wounded at Fort Mc Pherson is a colored private of the Tenth U. S. Cavalry, the regiment which In the battles before Santiago demonstrated the fact that colored troops when drilled and disciplined are jpable of great heights of courage. He savs that he knew Lieutenant Shipp well and that he was mortally wounded while in the very front lead ing a charge up a hill, and that he died in a few minutes after he was wounded. WEATHER CONDITIONS. For Raleigh and vicinity fair and very warm tonight and Wednesday. The barometer continues to fall in the northwest and is below 29.6 inches over the territory extending between Bismarck and Marquette. The Inflow of winds into the "low" from the south covers the entire central valley, and as the skies have been generally clear the temperature l.as risen considerably. North Platte reported maximum tem perature of 96 on Monday and above 90 occurred at many points. The high est, however, was 98 at Jacksonville. Local showers have occurred on the central Gulf coast, the coast of North Carolina, and in the Lake region ,in small amounts. On the north portion of the Rocky mountain slope there has been a shift of wind to northwest and a slight fall in temperature at Bis marck. MR. PRIMROSE IN CHARLOTTE. Mr. W. S. Primrose, of Raleigh, Pres ident of the North Carolina Home In surance Company, is here today to see his agent, Mr. R. E. Cochrane, and look after the local affairs of th4 com pany. He says Charlotte is one cf the best towns in the south. His company, is in a prosperous condition. Charlotte News. With quibbles still the Dons would play Till Uncle Sam grew stern. Quoth he, "This isn't any bargain day, And terms of peace are C. O. D." Washington Star." Y 1 1
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