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IMES-VISITQ RALEIGH. N. 0., MONDAY EVBJUM. AUGUST 1, $3.00 PEE YEAR NUMBER 8637. FROM THE CAPITAL STREET SITUATION OFF FOR THE SOUTH LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. Special OorrfSiiondence the War Situation. Two Cit'zMis Write Their Pub ic Opii i. ns. on The Second Regiment Has Dusty Trav lrs From Dusty Trains Ufr Camp Dan Russell. e ! 'wVI,'1 I I J 11 v. aJ ') T0 MSB BlCO General Lee and the Seventh Army Corps Understood to be Among Those to go. u SPAIN USIflCCEPT PEACE PROPOSITIONS She Considers Demands Harsh but Must Accept-Porto Rican Citizens Fall on Knees and Embrace Legs of Sol diers at Juan Diaz FORCE FOR PORTO RICO. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. WASHINGTON, August 1. Fifteen thousand soldiers will be sent to Porto Rico to reinforce General Miles Imme diately. This Is a determination of the government to push the war as strenu ously as possible up to the last minute when an armistice Is declared. General Wade has been ordered to take com mand of the reinforcements. He has been detached from commasd of the camp at Chlckamauga for that pur pose and with his staff is oft the way - Washington for final Instructions. The reinforcements are to consist of fifteen regiments. It is understood that GeneralyLee is to be sent to Porto Rico with the 8eventh Army Corps. He has been engaged completing Its organ ization at Jacksonville. General Cop plhger will command the Tampa force. General Brooke with six' thousand are due at Porto Rico today. It is expected that within a fortnight over forty thousand troops will be operating In Porto Rico. PORTO RICO IS OURS. By Cable to The Times-Visitor. PONCE, July SO, via St. Croix. Porto Rico is turning American as fast as the United States troops advance. The citizens of the Island are enthus iastic, giving much help locating the recreant Spaniards and large numbers have been brought into the cities by vigilant citizens and turned over to the troops, who after signing the parole agreement are released. With hardly an exception the ' paroled prisoners join the crowd in praising and assisting the Americans. The troops advanced Sat- urday night toward the outposts of San Juan, . Juan Diaz, twelve mlies from Ponce, was the second town taken by " the troops. Guanlca being first, then Tauco. When the troops took posses sion of the latter the mayor issued a proclamation porting the citizens to conduct themsjjves properly toward the troops and aiso brilliantly lauding America, its arms and citizens? It is Intensely loyal to our government. When the troops arrived the citizens fell upon their knees and embraced the legs of the invasion hosts. It was truly a remarkable reception received by the Invading army. At Ponce today Pla carded porters were .issued' by ' the ' mayor upon order of General Wilson demanding the surrender of ail arms and declaring it the fluty of every citizen td Inform where arms are con . cealed. A great number of arms have been turned in to date. It is thought ' that over -two thousand Spaniards will sign the .parole docua. The cam- o) ;palgn is being pushed by General Miles. He expresses great satf action. DIRECT CABLE CONNECTION. ; Bi Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. ; - WASHINGTON, August- 1. Colonel Allen cables Chief Signal Officer Greely - that direct cable communication has been established from Santiago to WasHIngjpn via St. Thomas. It will be maintained. THREE KILLED IN A FIRE. ' By Telegraph' to The Times-Visitor. : CHICAGO, August 1 A fire In the Borwln Hotel killed three persons this morning, . Several casualties were caused by guests leaping from the Windows. t THORN. ELECTROCUTED s la By Telegraph to The Tlmes-Vlsltor. - , NEW. ,YORK August 1 Martin Thome, the ? murderer of William Guldensuppe, was electrocmtea at 11 o'clock this morning. v v ' SPAIN IS DEPRESSED. By Cable to The Times-Visitor. MADRID. August l.-There is a deepibut Spain cannot be counted upon to do depresslon manifest in government cir- cles because news from Augustine at Manila has been so despairing within the past few days and that the an nouncement of the fall of the city has been expected hourly. The American peace conditions have been taken to mean a virtual stripping of Spain of all her colonial possessions. All hope of foreign interference has been aban doned and as harsh as the terms of peace are considered, it is believed that there is no other course than to accept them. SYMPATHY FOR GERMANY. Bv Cable to The Times-Visitor. BERLIN, August 1. The United States ambassador has received a ca ble from Washington charging him to express to the bereaved German na tion and also to the family of the de ceased the sorrow which the govern ment and people of the United States felt In the death of Bismarck. NEUVITAS BURNED. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. Key West, August 1. The harbor of Neuvitas has been burned hy Ameri cans. The town was burned and three Spanish vessels captured. WOODFORD CALLED BACK. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. WASHINGTON, August L Surgeon General Sternburg has ordered Col For wood to Montauk Point to erect a hos pital capable of holding five hundred men. Minister Woodford has been call ed back to Washintgon. Demand Explanation. At eleven o'clock this morn ing a lady from Raleigh visited the hospital at Camp Dan Rus sell and she was informed by both patients and attendants that no physician had visited this ward np to that hour. Dr. Brooks is the surgeon in charge and the public demand from him on' explanation for such criminal, outrageous and inhu mane negligence. ; , .THE TALE BRINGS NBWSX By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. NEW YORK, August 1. The cruiser Yale was sighted this morning. She brings news from Ponce. y ' UNDER FALSE COLORS. By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. KEY WEST, August 1. The Mexican steamer Tabassanno, flyjng the French flag was captured off Havana yester day while trying to run the blockade. . .. HOPEFUL OF PEACE. By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. 'WASHINGTON, August 1. The pres ident and some members of the c.blnet are hopeful that the treaty of peace will eventually result from overtures from Spain and terns submitted in re7 ply. by the United States.- PEACE FEELING GENERAL. - By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. WASHINGTON, August 1. Minister Cambon Immediately sent the govern ment's note to Spain. The 'President looks for an answer by Wednesday. Some members f the Cabinet are, not ashamed to deny the report that Am bassador Cambon conferred In office plenipotentiary Spanish .government but simply .as a messenger. - The feel ing of peace is becoming general, how evrt and already names of commission ers tor the United States art being talked of. ' The latest to be mentioned are Minister Woodford, for minister to Spain and Richard Olney, ex-Attorney General, but there is no official grounds for the report. A PROBLEM OF PEACE General Miles Kan Great Bisk by Land loTCaanica Tf the Landing Had Been I'aeuccessful He Would Frobably Have BeeBoaa';'.'-;; Special Cor. Times-Visitor. WASHINGTON, Aug, 1. While there Ns some criticism of the terms of peace offered Spain, in answer to its request, and which the French Ambassador, acting as Spanish Minister, has ac cented, the eeneral impression is, that on the whole, the administration has : acquitted Itself very creditably In handling this matter as far as it has serving the people of Raleigh and is gone. The terms require Spain to with-1 glad to know that Its efforts in the draw its troops at its own expense from direction of street improvement have Cuba and Porto Rico; to pay all just D9en appreciated. claims of Americans for property de- The following card is from two well stroyed in Cuba; the United States ex- known citizens who are always in the plicitly disclaims any ponsibility . fl whatever for bonds issued by Spain and secured by its revenues from either reputation is at stake. Cuba or Porto Rico a decided .check Raleigh, N. C, August 1st, 1893. to the scheme which certain Americans. Editor TimesVisltor: I,, b.e.e.ir7'e!,il.Wki".bai.f ft The street situation in Raleigh is no Spanish bonds; and the final dlsposl-1 lion i me riiuppiuea b "fc" be settled as we may see fit. One man's what will be the next step of the tricky' Spaniards. Any other country might be counted upon to follow the recom- menuations oi us aocreuneu .iimusivi, anything, Commissary uenerai iagan, oi ne J"""', p r:L7v it a New York lawyer, charging that there was either "shameful incapacity or infamous dishonesty" in the com- missary department, and that neither enough, nor proper food had been fur- nished the men at the front. Eagan's reply Is what the boys call "hot stuff;" "nCra'.rJSr'ekian0ft, letter was "a low libellous, scandalous villiflcation of hone"st men." furgeon General Sternberg admits that, although more than 5,000 of Gen- eral Shatter's men are now down with the fever, that he thinks the worst is yet to come. The only consoling thing aoout tne situation is tne small numDer of fatalittps .mnn.r the fover nationt. but the disease may assume a more malignant type at any time. - When General Miles landed at a Porto Rican nort that was not the one the administration expected him to land at, there was considerable growl- ing In administration circles and even having obeyed orders, but as soon as the news of his successful occupation, without loss of life, of much territory denied th.? any "such Ulk had been Int dulged in. "Nothing succeeds like sue- cess" you know. Had Miles met with EZ. 7:i a at nCe haVe niniiitiv. nv nf Tiiiaiona whose vigorous presentation of facts acquired during : a stay or one ween tn me co-uip a.i mianu, ria., cnuteu tne War Department to issue orders trans- ferrlng the troops from that point to Jacksonville, does not mince words in and expressing the opinion that some- body was blamable for the mismanage- ment which he said had debilitated and disheartened hundreds of the men. Tn flhnv that ho Via A nrtt ara crcraya tad the situation, Mr. Davey pointed to the official record of nine hundred men on the sick list at one time in a camp of two brigades, oalling attention to the fact that the men beins; from Alabama Louisiana and Texas, were practically all immunes, so far as climatic condl- nose tn6" "L"0 first things provided for soldiers in a summer campaign, yet when Mr. Davey arrived in camp he found that there "-' wsiv vuiuccii ivracvca.iuui,aiiu when he left, a week later, there were half of the men still without canteens, It Is a chestnut with whiskers on It rhbuttaX these truly good men. who draw bisr salaries for professing goodness, have Imii S reaucea a clerK m "e for alleged inefficiency, and that this same clerk as a witness before the Senate Civil Service Committee, some In use by the commission that even a mugwump would not call reform. It seems necessary to say It again. ton whVn" r,Sr?E printing of Grosvenor's tissue of mis- representations in a belated issue of the Congressional Record, after his request by the House, as downright dishonesty. Secretary Kerr, of the Democratic Con- sressional campaign committee, says tne as a disgrace, and while on the sub- Ject he added: "Unanlmeus consent was refused him by the House and the management of the Record was at fault for allowing It to appear in that r sanitary mincer io tne occupum. oi publication. The speech will not be of the lot, requiring him to remove from any great value as a campaign docu- the slaewalk or gutter any of the ment. ' The very circumstance under ... Vit.ii u m. i h which it has appeared discredits ltithings Prohibited by this ordinance, he Democrats have been loyal to the war. 'shall fail for twenty-four hours to re We have favored support for the army move the same he shall be fined five and navy, but we did not agree to the fl ., . -: saddling of an unnecessary bonded debt, ra- upon the country.. Grosvenor's speeeh The Times-Visitor has shown a de wlll be challenged everywhere it is cir- lre to advance the best interests of the culated. FIGHT AT MATANZAS. f By Cable to the Times-Visitor. SAN BEVERINO. August 1. Matan zas is reported to have been bombard- S,iyi.W-ihip!if Also !aS" fofce AericMVVttacke Spanish engineers at Graclosa and were'Dan Russell, now wont you cleanse repulsed, leaving ten men dead on the, field. The Spanish ipsa was one officer, and two men wourfld. ; , APPEAL FOR DECENCY Prominent Well-o-do citizens Allow Weeds to Make th. lr Sidewalks Im- pssesble 1 he Board of AlJerman ' V leied to Take Action. The.-'Etj"efet Committee has done a ! great deal of good work for the city of Raleigh. It is now attempting to clean the weeds off the various streets but the force of hands, If working, are doing a slow business and many streets make a terrible appearance. The Times-Visitor is always interested in the work of any officials who are longer a matter to be joked about quite , me contrary, liiimeumie uuu jluiuclui i action by the Board of Aldermen is necessarv to right the wrongs that have been permitted to exist until the ,iveg of our peopie are jn danger, and the eooa reputation or tne city oi Kai- i eigh at stake. Day after day for three weeks you have urged upon residents the necessity OI Clearing uieir siuewaiivs ui liic uhu- gual growth of weeds and in some in- stances the wisdom of the request has been seen and the vile grow th has been removed by citizens from the sidewalks bounding their homes. How- ever, there are citizens, and one would be surprised to know what well-to-do families are included, who pay abso- ,ut , attention to the ap- . , Pals for the betterment, of our people, for the safety of those who walk from house to house, for the health of this .. . . . community, in fact, for ordinary de cency, and- allow an immense crop of disease-dissetninators to remain stand , v.( ln on tnelr Pr0Perty- There are certain cases that arc- worse than others and some that would k comparison odious, but when we find men of high standing in : life, who either from stinginess jr !lri ,jiB1.egarQ 0f the welfare of their neigh ors Permit the flagrant bushes to con- tinue their dreadful career, we are forced to appeal to the law-making bodyof our city and ask protection for those who are not unmindful of the welfare of their fellowmen. street committee of the Board .... , , . of Aldermen nearly a month ago re quested the co-operation of citizens of Raeigh in its efforts to remove from the 8treet tne weeds that ar& eye" Bores to decent people, and that have already contributed causes for the number of cases of sickness now ex- Isting In this city. A number of citi zens have failed to comply with the re- que8t and the tlme for action has ar . . Mvea. The police force Is maintained at the expense of the people of Raleigh and every street in this city, it is supposed visited py at least one memoei oi the force each day. There have been 80 far aa we are abIe to learn, no re . . , , m Porls m,lue uy policemen n.ci of Police. This should not be the case. Ir the members of the police force are well informed on the city ordinances, as they should be, they should report guch disgraceful conditions as exist at preeent in every ward in the city. we will appreciate the favor If the Times-Visitor will continue to present thl8 important matter to the pubic. The following city ordinance places the re sponslbility'i chap. II, sec. 3. Every occupant of a on any street shall keep the foot- way clean and clear of weeds.grass and other rank vegetation, and the gutter open an(j free (rom obstruction, as far tt8 such lot extends. If any rubbish dirt, ashes or any other thing be placed or ieft, without lawful authority, upon tway or in such gutter, the oc- cupant of such lot shall remove the same. If after written notice by the vi.. r.u c rnmmiin '"cl . I " city. It has made enemies among cer tain officers in the Second Regiment, but those, men of strong mind and who were looking for the grood of oth ers as ' well as themselves respected your paper the more for It. When- you J P flht you stay in it until you Raleigh. The better class of . u (Continued on 4th Page.) LFFT LATE YESTERDAY Regiment Marched Through the rity The Rani Gave a Karewell Concert Four Thousand People Weie at the Depot to Wish the Men Well, At least 4,000 people- waite-4o an hour to bid goodby to the soldiers of the Second Regiment at the Union de pot yesterday afternoon, and with the appearance of the first musket on the hilltop toward the Park Hotel there was a rush for the line of march like that which welcomes a hero come back from the wars. The park, the sidewaJks, the depot front and the waiting rooms and plat forms were a moving mass of people of all ages and classes, who wished to have a last look at the boys who have been our near neighbors for manv weeks. And from the hps or none was there ought but wishes for the troops that were marching so gaily away. It was a memorable scene withal. The troops arrived on time, marching briskly and in excellent order. The manouvre of getting aboard the train through the masses of people who thronged on all sides was by no means easy, but it was executed without a hitch. After the troops had gotten aboard there was a delay of some minutes on the Seaboaid. end of more than an hour n the Southern, due to some trouble in loading the horses and effects at camp. Then it was that the "men behind the guns" had an opportunity to make their farewells, and heads and arms were thrust out at the windows and ndividuals and groups detached from the passing procession whenever a fa miliar face among the soldiers appear ed. It showed that the boys who came to camp knowing no one had made manv friends and found a warm place in many Harts in the city of Raleigh. There were some farewells that were evidently said with more than a pass- ng sadnofcs, said with tears that argued more than mere friendly concern. Despite all their eagerness to be as signed to duty the soldiers seemed sor ry to go when the time came. Most of them were voung and new from the ties that peace imposes and that war too often breaks. The larger part of the crowd remain ed until the trains pulled out and cheer ed them lustily when they did. The crowd had not come from mere idle curiosity. During the wait the band niayed occasionally, and they never had a larger of more appreciative au dience. It was Sunday, but no North Carolinian could hear "Dixie" in fare well and keep his hat on or his mouth shut. He did neither, and the echoes woke, while handkerchiefs, umbrellas and hats waved wildly. The officers of the regiment proba bly never knew before how populai they were, but they shook hands yester day until their arms must have ached As a matter of fact the officers of the Second are a fine lot of men, and their friends were only trying to convince them of It. In their relations with the many visitors at camp they have been uniformly courteous and obliging, often under circumstances decidedly trying, the ovation tendered them was only a just recognition of it. Everybody was sorry to see the boys In blue depart and should duty or pleasure ever call them back to Ral eigh in whole or in part they may rest assured that they will be warmly wel comed. The camp presented a dreary appear ance this morning after the nc- customed life and bustle. Only Sur geon Brooks a part of the hospital staff and the sick remain. A NEW FIRM. Messrs, B. Irby and Samuel M. Young Open an Attractive Store. Prof. Benjamin Irby and Mr. Samuel M. Young have formed a co-partner shio and opened up a store with t complete stock of agricultural imple ments.farm supplies and hardware at Mr. Irby's present stand on Martin street. Prof. Irby has been conducting an estblishment for the sale of agrl cultural implements, seeds, fertilizers and other farm supplies, and he now has associated with him Mr. Samuel M. Young, who for years has held responsible position with the Julius Lewis Hardware Company of this city. He is a young man of the highest char acter. The firm of Irby and Young will command the respect and patron age of the public. Messrs Irby and Young have added a full line of hard ware, paints, oils stoves,' building sup piles to the complete stock of agrlcul tural implements, seeds, fertilisers, &c, which Prof. Irby has kept on hand, Both of the members of the firm have many frlneds in Raleigh, The firm possesses character and experience and success Is predicted for them, THE HAVANA BLOCKADE. By Cable to The Times-Visitor! ' MADRID, August 1. The French, German and Austrian ambassadors had a -conference with the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs yesterday. The re' suit is unknown. Advices front Havana says the Cuban blockade la maintained in a most vigorous manner. SHORT STATEMENTS. Those Who are in the Fublie Fye Move ment of People Who Have or Have Not Gone to tWar-Big News in Little Space. - Cyrus Thompson left- this after noon for Onslow county. Mr. A. M. Kornegav, of Goldsboro, is stopping at the Yarborough. Mr. Kemp Lewis returned this morn ing from a visit to friends at Chapel Hill . Ex-Senator Jarvis returned to Ral eigh today. He is a guest at the Yar borough. Miss Cellie Johnson, of Chatham county is visiting the family of Mr. D. T. Johnson on Hillsboro street. Mr. Fred Philips, of Tarboro, is vis iting Mr. David Bagley on the corner of South and Blount streets. Miss Jane Andrews, accompanied by Mr. W. J. Andrews and Mr. Graham Andrews, left this morning for Blow ing Rock. Miss Hunter arrived In the city last ight and is stopping with her parents Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hunter on Person. street. Mrs. C. S. Jackson, Mrs. Haywood D. White and H. D. White, Jr., re turned this morning from a visit to relatives in Pittsboro. Dr. A. M. Simms and wife leave to night for Transylvania county where Dr. Simms will take a month's much needed rest. Miss Hattie Watlington, of Greens boro, is in Raleigh visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. H. Robbins, on Newbern ave nue. Mr. Cars Rogers has a position at Mr. H. T. Hicks' drug store for the summer. His friends are delighted to have him again in Raleigh. M. John Tucker left yesterday for his home in Franklin county, to be at the bedside of his brother who is quite ick. Mr. D. A. White, Secretary and Treasurer of the White-Rickle Furni ture Manufacturing Company of Me bane is at the Carrollton. The condition of Miss Eunice Worth, who is ill with typhoid fever at the home of her father State Treasurer Worth, is reported more favorably to day. Mrs. Herbert Worth Jackson, Miss Josephine Philips and Miss Evelyn Jackson left this morning for Blow ing Rock to spend the month of August at Green Park Hotel. Yesterdav and today reports have been going the rounds that Adjutant Bradley Wooten, who is with his bat talion at St. Augustine Is dead. He was reported improved In a telegram received late yesterday afternoon. It was also reported that Private Wilson, of the Governor's Guard, died yester day at Jacksonville, but this also prov ed to be false. Both reports are sup posed to have originated with the pub lication of the list of seriously ill. MR. SAUNDERS HURT. Mr. J. A. Saunders has returned from trip to Norfolk. When leaving the Norfolk Hotel his foot slipped on the door-step at the main entrance and he fell on his face, receiving painful injuries. His face was badly gashed, and the loss of blood made him very weak. Mr. Saunders Is much impoved today. UNION MEETING. Yesterday a union meeting was held In the Baptist church at Inwood. A large crowd was present and Raleigh was well represented. Mr. John T Pul- len of Raleigh preached. Among the representatives from the "City of Oaks" were Mayor William Rusa, Messrs. Geo. Marsh, Frank Allen, Dr. George Renn, Lee Watson, Henry Johns, Delmar Upchurch, Daniel Al len, Rawley Galloway, Jack Perry, Garland Upchurch, R. M. Andrews, W. G. Allen, Ned Shore, Whitfield Cobb, Harry Pool Ceburn Harris and Thomas Pace. x R. &C. F. R. R. SCHEDULE. Th following is a condensed ached- ' ule of the Raleigh and Cape Fear" Railway Company; A passenger wilt leave Raleigh on Tuesdays at 4 p. m.' and arrives at Me." Callers' at 5 p. m. " On the same days a train leaves lie- Cullers at 10 a. m. and reaches Raleigh at 11 a. m. Trains No. t and No. 4 will i run" daily between Caraleigh Mills and Meddlers', leaving; Caraleigh at ,T:30 1 a. tn.; returning. leave McCuIlers at 8 a. m. and arrive at Caraleigh utile at :30 p. m. . ' . m w
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