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SpVLSITOR THE TIME e 7 RALEIGH. N. C TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23 '1M8 i CWI'S A MONTH PMBRR 8656 BIG BON FIRES Uniforms and Baggage De stroyed AT CUBA AND MANILA The Insurgents Still Giving Trouble In Cnba The Crowded Condition of Prisoners at Manila May Cause An Kpldemlc. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. MONTAUK, Aug. 23. A large number of sick in the hospital are now convalescent and have been returned to their regiments the camp is getting Into ship shape. X number -of tents have been erected sufficient to handle-all the sick, though there is some scarcity of cots. It is reported that General Shatter's coming will be delayed until after the volunteers be mustered out and the regulars returned to their station. In the meantime Gen. Wheeler stays In command. This morning ten thousand campaign uniforms and twelve thousand bundles of baggage which were taken from the soldiers coming from Cuba, were consumed in several monster bonfires built on the shore of the bay. These uni forms and the baggage which been brought ashore from the transports were guarded until about two o'clock this morning when ail was set on fire. When the uniforms of the men were taken away the officers were not even allowed to retain their shoulder straps and several hun died which were much prized as war momentoes were ruth lessly destroyed. The vessels and rapidly. MORE TROUBLE IN CUBA AND MA NILA. By Cable to The Times-Visitor. MADRID August 23. At a ' cabinet council held last night General Correa read a cable from Gen. Blanco saying that the Cuban insurgents continue attacking the Spanish. The council instructed Correa to wire Blanco to resume an offensive attitude toward the insurgents only. General Jaudenes cables from Manila that the Ameri cans have monopolized every available housing place, the Spanish soldiers being compell ed to sleep in the churches, and necessarily the great overcrowd ing resulting from this cause there is fear of an epidemic. General Jaudenes describes the men as literally lying in heaps. TUNNELL DISASTER. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. PITTSBURG, 23. Nine men crushed to death and several Injured by the caving in of a tunnel on the Big Four Railway last night. MILES' DEPARTURE DELAYED. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 It is given out'thls morning that General Miles' departure from Ponce for New Orleans has been delayed. ADMIRAL SCHLEY IMPROVED. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. WEST PORT, Conn., Aug. 23. Admiral Schley Is much im proved in health today. He pro poses going to Washington to morrow if possible. TO DISBAND THE VOLUNTEER ARMY. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. The preparations for disbanding the volunteer army is rapidly pro gressing. The Thirds Corps, comprising the Eighth and Fourteenth New York, the First ?: and Second Kentucky, the First Mississippi, First and Fifth Mis sourl, Second Nebraska, and Third Tennessee has been order v ed to leave Chickamauga for. Huntsvllle, Ala., without delay. The plan of the Department will leave but one regiment under General Boynton at Chicka- mauga to guard property. The ' order assigning troops for dis bandment is In course of .pre paration and about' a hundred thousand, will be mustered out. The plans are being prepared for a newt hundred and fifty thou sand torpedo boat station at Boston. Another station will shortly be. established at Pensa- ' cola, Fla, HOBSON OFF FOR SANTIAGO. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. NEW YORK. Aug. 23. Lieut. Hobson leaves for Santiago this afternoon on the transport Se guranca to superintend the rais ing of, the Spanish ships in the ' harbor. He expressed his confi dence in air-bag test and says he can raise at least one vessel. DECORATIONS CONFERRED. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. The President today promo'sd the officers of the cruiser Brook lyn. Advices from Madrid officially announced the decree conferring decorations upon Cambon and his assistants at Washington; also the French Ambassodar at Madrid and the French Minis ter of Foreign Affairs Delcasse, in recognizance of their services in the opening the peace nego tiations. THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO LAND. By Cable to The Times-Visitor. HAVANA, Aug. 23. The au thorities have declined to allow the landing of a number of American correspondents who arrived off the harbor yesterday from Santiago, among them be ing representatives of the New York Herald, the World and the Post, the Chicago Record and the Philadelphia Press. The English residents strenuously objected to this action of the government and called on Gen. Blanco, urging him to allow the the landing of the correspond ents. But General Blanco re fused on the grourid that their presence in Havana prior to the arrival of the military commis sioners of the United States might prejudice the work of the commissioners while discussing the peace details. General Blanco's attitude is supported by a number of the more in teligent correspondents against the acts of some fanatics. OFF FOR HONOLULU. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23. The transports Australia and City Sidney will clear for Hono lulu with troops on Saturday. WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN. For the Week Ending Monday, August 22, 1S98. The continuation of cloudy, rainy weather, which prevailed during the weeK ending jvionuay, August im, is proving extremely unfavorable now for all crops. Rains occurred aain nearly every day, were excessive in the west and locally so at many eastern points, and axerage over a ninch above the normal for the week. Very heavy rains occurred, particularly on the 19th, when Marion reported 2.T4 inches, Au burn 2.5S, Monroe 3.54, Pantego 2.33. The largest total for the week was 6.34 inches at Charlotte. Lowlands, es pecially in the west, have been sub merged and crops, injured. The tern perature was slightly above the nor mal every day and there were no ex tremes. The amount of sunshine was very deficient. In a few counties, how ever, among them Pamlico, Beaufort, Pasquotank, Anson and Montgomery, the conditions were more favorable. Cotton is deteriorating. Shedding and rust are increasing; in many places even half grown bolls are dropping, while owing to the large weed, exces sive moisture and absence of sunshine lower bolls are rotting. The prospects are now not as good as they were ten days ago. Cotton Is opening rapidly in the south and a little has been picked There is still time for improvement in the crop under proper conditions. Corn is still very fine, but the weather is too wet for this .crop also. A good deal of corn has been in water on lowlands, and Is turning yellow. The week was quite unfavorable for saving fodder, much of which has been spoiled. Cut ting arid curing tobacco has fairly be gun in northern and northwestern counties. Poor cures are reported from Person countv. Wet weather is pre venting proper ripening and in some in stances is causing second growth. Though looking thrifty, it is thought i that field peas, peanuts and sweet po- tatoes are making too much vine. Grass I and weeds have increased in crops very rapidly. Making hay has been stopped by the wet weather. Fall plowing is progressing Blowly and some winter oats have been sown. Fruit, especially i crapes, continues to decay and fall. More Chan the usual amount of fruit will be canned. CHRISTIAN CHURCH. The offlcers(of the Christian Church request that every- member of the church be present Wednesday night, as immediately after prayer meeting, a business meeting will be held for the purpose of calling' a pastor for the next conference year. ... . TODAY WAS A HOT ONE. The Times-Visitor man don't believe fn telling its readers that today was hot, or saying it was wet when it has rained all day. He Is constitutionally opposed to writing anything bordering on the sensational, for ours is a people that love to deal in factSt nothing but stubborn facts interest the average Raleish reader, hence that which is dangerous to life or damaging to prop erty should be told in as few words as possible. By way of innuendo it may be inti mated the mercurv has done a little high perch act and in making a belt line trip for news the reporter stopped near the market with a crowd of citi zens who have a supreme contempt for the Ananias Club. Jeff Ellington was there and told how hot the sun was down at his place of business. He said he had no fire built under the boilers today. He Just tore away the roofing and the heat from the sun upon the boilers made steam sufficient to run all the machinery. Bill Cram said it was so hot down about his foundry that the melted iron poured into moulds early this morning was still red hot and at 4 o'clock this evening he had to get ice from his neighbor the ice-factory to cool off the moulds. Judge Roberts told of a serious acci dent which occurred near the wagon factory. A country man had purchased a lot of owder in a metalic can to blast out a well, and on his way home stopped in front of the wagon factory awaiting the passing of an in-coming train. The heat from the sun's rays had exploded that can of powder and when he left the crowd bad succeeded in Catherine together the ears of a mule, the tonsue of the wagon and several small samples of the man. Then Col Olds came up and remarked that it was oppressively warm, and re lated that in coming up the street he had witnessed a most marvellous evi dence of how intenselv hot the rays of the sun was. The Colonel said he noticed that when the street sprinkler passed along a perfect cloud of steam arose, and in many places small pools of water gathered between the blocks of stone with which the street is paved. His attention was attracted by Eng Jish sparrows flying down to bathe in the little lakes, and that the water had actually become so hot the dear little birds was scallded, and in attempting to fly away their feathers actually all oosened and fluttered away leaving them naked. Gentlemen, if any of you had told me this I would not believe it but I am a living eye-witness to the above FACTS, added the Colonel. THE WET SIDE Convention of the States L'qour Dealers, THE LOCAL ASSOCIATION Will Spread a l east of Barbecue and Brunswick Stew and Something to Drink too at Tucker's Pond. This organization whose annual con vocation takes place here tomorrow will hold a preliminary meeting tonight at 8 o'clock in conjunction with the lo cal Dealers' Association. The State association will meet in the large dining hall over Denton's Saloon and Cafe. Mr. Frank O'Donnell, of. Asheville, president of the State As sociation arrived last night and will preside at the daily sessions of the Association. A larsre delegation is expected to night from Wilmington and Charlotte, Asheville, Salisbury, Greensboro, Win ston, Durham, Henderson, Oxford, Fay etteville, Goldsboro, Newbern, Smith- field, Wilson, Tarboro, Kinston, Wash ington Rocky Mount, will be represent ed. A feature of the proceedings will be a grand old-fashioned Rhamkatte bar becue and brunswick stew, with just a little something refreshing too, given by the Raleigh Local Liquor Dealers Association to the delegates to the States Association tomorrow. The sessions of the Association will be held tomorrow night and Thursday morning and evening. THE BAPTIST CHATAtTQUA. To participate In the annual State Baptist .Chatauqua, which will be held at Shelby, beginning this evening, the following Raleigh people, left on sueclal Chatauqua train at 9 o'clock this morning: N. B. Broughton, J. M. Broughton Jno. E. Ray and wife and son Burton J. D. Boushall, W. H. Dodd and wife, Mrs. J. A. Brlggs, Miss Loulu Briggs, Mrs. J. B. Fortune and children, Mrs. C. B. Edwards, Miss Bettie Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Weathers, Miss Olivia Berkley, Jno. W. Cheek, Frank Wilson. J. W. Bailey, J. C. BirdBong, Mrs. C. B. Parks and son, Jordan Womble. Prof. James Dinwiddle. R. N. SImms. A. H. Mooneyham, Mrs. Coy Jordan, of Newbern, Rev. A. L. Betts. AN ALDERMAN'S ROW Beirjamu e R binson Springs Auothnr Sensation ARRAIGNED IN COURT He and Eliza Ward are Cut under $25.00 Bond t harged with an Assault Upon Alderman Robin son's Wife, Alderman Ben Robinson seems to be keeDing up thereputation of his con stituents who reside In Sawyer's bot tom and vicinity. Not long since he was a participant in a row in that section and a deadly weapon was used by his antagonist. This mornins he and Eliza Ward were arraigned before Mayor Russ charged with assaut upon Laura Rob inson, Ben's wife. The hearing was set by the Mayor for eleven o'clock, and Ben made his ap pearance promptly. Eliza Ward was also on schedule time, Laura Robinson appeared later. The warrant was drawn for assault but the case, as it has been presented to the police, is of such a nature that the details should not be published. Laura Robinson has not lived with her husband for some time although it is said that she still visited his house. It is said that she wnt to her hus band's home early in the morning when after some words Ben held her while the Ward woman proceeded to admin ister a chastisement. This is the affair as told by the prosecution. Ben Robinson was represented before the Mayor by Mr. Armistead Jones. Uonii the request of the defendants' counsel the hearing was postponed until next Tuesdav morning, since the de fence statef that some of their most important witnesses were out of town. The request for a continuation was al lowed and Alderman Robinsiai and Eliza Ward were required to give a $25 bond each for their appearance next Tuesday. The affair was much talked about among the colored population to day. Eliza Ward is one of the belles of the bottom and is more conspicuous than her companions from the fact that she is a red-headed negro. Her popu larity is largely attributed to this fact. GREAT RACE TODAY. Jack Joyner's Horse a Favorite in the Greatest of Eleven Futurities. Sportsmen all over the country are deeply interested in the result of the greatest of the eleven futurities which came off at New York today. The in terest in the race is very keen in Ral eigh partly from the fact that Jack Joyner, of Weldon, has his 'Autumn'' in the tins. "Autumn's" picture ap peared in the New York World yester day and he is one of the favorites in the race. In regard to the race the World says in part: With a value to the winner fixed now at $3.4.r.n. the eleventh Futurity offers a most unusual temptation for the owners of even moderate two-year- olds to chance it and run for the bis stake. Back of the sum the race is worth to the winner, the place and third money will console at least two owners, and as the starting fees will certainly swell the amount to be divided between second and third horses to $6,000 at least, two horses will earn as much, though beaten as they could bv winning any. but or three of the stakes remaining to be run for this season. The great two-year-old of the season out of the way, it looks as if the size of the eleventh Futurity field will be limited only by the ability of owners to secure good riders. The best jockeys of both East ond West were engaged for the Futurity weeks ago. Owners of horses that are calculated to have any sort of look in for the race have been hustling hard in the past week for the pick of the second-class riders. The lowest estimate of the starters the race will bring out is twenty. The pick of the horses that may be regarded as certain starters are A. . Joyner's Autumn, C. Fleischmann' Son's Dr. Eichberg and Sir Hubert Turney Bros.' Capt. Sigsbee, John E Maddon's Glenheim and Scannel, A. H & P. H. Morris' Prestidigitatnoe and Duke of Midleburg, G. E. Smith's Ahom and McClelland & Smith's much talke of maiden His Lordship. In the ten years of the Futurity's his torv the race has been twice won bv fillies, in 194 by The Butterflies and last season by L'Allouetfte. EXCURSION TOMORROW. A big excursion from Western Caro lina will visit this city tomorrow. The excursion is run under the supervision of Prof. Murchlnson, of Penelope Acad em". The excursionists will leave Morganton early tomorrow and arrive in Raleigh tomorrow afternoon about two o'clock. They will remain in this city until two o'clock Thursday after noon. It is largely an educational excursion. THOS. P. DEVEREt'X A REFEREE. Two Bankruptcy Referees Appointed by Judge Purnell. Judge Purnell yesterday appointed L. J. Moore, of Newbern, referee in bank ruptcy for that section or the district, and Thomas P. Devereux, of Raleigh, referee for the counties composing the Fifth bankruptcy district. Mr. Deve reux is appointed vice Mr. Joshua B. Hill, who had declined to qualify be cause hedid not desire the place. This leaves only one position vacant, that of referee for the Fourth bankruptcy dis trict. Judge Purnell says he will confine himself to the appointment of one ref eree to each district, but will appoint others if the business demands it, and he also reserves the power to desig nate other districts,, in case of neces sity. At present he thinks it mure .con venient to hate only one referee in a district. A SOUYENIR Taken from the Spot When Barley Fell. FROH OFF THE WINSLOW Mayor Rnss Received a Piece of Rubber Past-age Way Where Kn sign Itaglcy was Ki led. tlit The following letter was received this morning by His Honor Mayor Russ from a personal friend at Port Royal, S. C, which will be of interest to all our readers: U. S. S. Nantucket, Naval Station, Port Royal, S. C. August 2Jd. 1S9S. Mayor W. M. Russ, Raleigh, N. C: Honored Sir Knowing the interest you have taken in the raising of the fund for a monument to the gallant Bagley, and feeling that you would de sire a souvenir, if possible, from the spot where North Carolina's hero fell. I take pleasure in enclosing you here with a piece of the rubber passageway taken from the U. S. Torpedo boat Winslow at the spot where the lament ed Bagley was shot and fell, just be tween the one pound gun on the star board side and the aft amokestaok. The Winslow arrived here on Friday : noon much to the satisfaction of we North Carolinians who felt a desire to isit the shin where Bagley fell. She is tied up alongside of us and her thin, shell-like hull with its many in- entations and holes makes an ex- eedingly interesting relic of the "pres- n t unpleasantness." Among the crew who were with hw during the engagement at Cardenas Mav 11th are Quartermaster Mr- Keowen (who was wounded by a piece f shell striking him in the rib) Quar- ermaster Langjahr (who at the tim. f Bailey's death was forward en lenvoring to put out a fire caused by Pi-anish shell). Chief Goner's Mate 'ox. Gunner's mate Vassey, Oiler Gray and Fireman Wilbur. They all speak n the very highest terms of the North 'c-o!inian and feelingly refer to hi; rent regard for the crew of the Wins low. With renewed assurance of mv es teem, sir, I beg to remain. Very respectfully. W. W. VICK, Chief Yeoman, TT. S. N. The Winslow is a twin screw tor pedo boat built in 1S97 by the Colum bian Iron Works and Dry Dock Com pany, of Baltimore, Md., and has prob ably seen more active service and done more scouting than all the other torpedo boats together. The seam in her deck, on the port side, where the shell first struck that killed Ensign Bagley, has an ugly little dent, while her aft stack has been peppered con siderably by the destructive 45-calibre Mauser bullets. Her aft turret bears some severe marks of the conflict, prominent among which is the ugly work of a 14-pound Hontoria gun. The shell entered the conning tower on the aft portion and tore its way complete ly through the thin three-quarter inch steel, passed through the tower and came out In the forward part of the conning, tower slightly on the star board side. The holes left by this shell are large enough to place an ordinary hand through a shellinfwypfwypfwym hand through. A shell also exploded Inside of the aft coning tower, mak t appear as though the intent was to corrugate the whole aftair. Another ugly wound which the little craft bears is on her starboard side, nearly amid ships, almost to the water line where a shell struck, completely demolish ing two of her cylinders in the forward engine room and making it necessary to place a patch about 1 by 3 feet. Also up forward she bears an vsly fVnm n nholl which wminflori Lieutenant John R. Bernadou, who1 then commanded her. "The Winslow Is now commanded by Lieutenant Albert P. Niblack, formerly of the Torpeka, while Ensign Blank Is her other officer. She will coal up here thnce to Norfolk and thence to either Baltimore or New York. She will pro bably create much interest wherever she goes as her scars prove conclu sively that she has done Uncle Sam good service during the present un pleasantness. LOCAL NEWS HEMS. Dusty Travelers From Dusty Trains. SHORT STATEMENTS. Those vviio are in the Public Bye Move mint of People Who Have or Have Not Gone to the War- Bis News in Little Space. Mr. Jesse Ball left today in a busi ness trip. Mr. L. A. Myers returned Saturday from a trip to Blowing Reck. Rev. A. L. Betts who has been spend- ng a while at Varina has g'jne to Shel by. Governor Daniel L. Russell returned today from Wilmington, where he went last Friday. Chairman F. M. Simmons left this morning tor the eastern part oi tne State. Mr. C. B. Williams of this city re tewed the naval parade at New York last Saturday. Attend the concert bv the orphans tomorrow evening. Admission Ja and :J3 cents. Mr. and Mrs. Henri: T. Hicks left this morning for New York city where they will spend two weeks. Notice has been served on some of the ity fathers to remove the weeds which now ornament their siuewaiKs. Prof. ('. M. Pritchett of the faculty of the A. and M. College has returned from his summer vacation trip. Chairman A. E. Holion and Secretary W. S. Hyams have opened Republican headquarters in the Park Hotel. Mr. W. C. Stevenson, popular bag gage master on the S. A. L., has re turned from a trip to New York. eldon T. Smith, Esq., was today api lion ted trustee in the application by bankruptcy fiied by Col. A. W. Shaf fer. According to Populists officials their ampaign hand-book will contain some startling facts. The work will be com plete about September 10th. The concert by the children from the Oxford Orphanage will be really fine and vou will miss something good if you don t attend. Mr. R. E. Crawford spent Sunday in the city with his relatives and left to- da;- for the seaside hotel where he holds a responsible position. Miss Georgle Sanderlin of Washington who has been visiting friends in this city left this morning to spend a few weeks with relatives in Mt. Olive. Misses Francis and Bessie Fortune returned yesterday after a very pleas ant two weeks stay at Marshville, N. C, with Mrs. Cora Marsh. The New York Plate Glass Insurance Company has made application to Secretary o Stale Thompson for li cense to do business in North Caro lina. Mrs. J. B. Fortune and Masters Ralph, Reed and Rudolph, went on the special train today to Shelby, N. C, their old home to attend the Sunday School Chatauqua. Unless something unexpectedly hap pens Raleigh will make the best health record for August that she has made since the sanitary department was .cre ated. Superintendent of Public Instruction Mebane is one official who will not take the stump. He says that he has never made a political speech and does not intend to do so. Mr. Hiram Worth, son of State Treas urer W. H. Worth, who has been ill at Rex Hospital, was this morning remov ed to his father's home, ."orner of Jones and Dawson streets. He is improving rapidly. Oakwood Cemetery was never so pret ty as it is now. It is well kept and the condition of the place is a credit to the association, to the owners of lots nnH to the tvork of tjhe Soperintend- nt. Don t forget the concert to be given bv the children from the Oxford Or phan Asylum tomorrow evening. The proceeds are for the benefit of the Or phanage, and the concert should be patronized bv all. Admission only 25 cents; reserve seats 35 cents. Miss Dora .Foster, w ho has been vis iting her friend Miss Susie Cox, re turned to her home in Raleigh yester day. She was accompanied by Miss Susie Cox, who will spend a short time visiting her, says the Durham Sun, The box sheet for Field's Minstrels which will appear at the Academy of Music Fridav night 26th Inst, Will be opened at King's Drug store tomorrow morning at ten o'clock. Prices: , Gallery 25 cents; general admission 50 cents f reserved seats 76 cents and tl.OI.
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