The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 06, 1898, Image 1
HR0NI0LE.
VOLUME IX.
CAMDEN. S. ('., Fill DAY, MAY (i, I8!?S.
NO. IT.
oewet mm in.
Plans for the Invasion of Cuba Are
i - w t
Being Developed.
NUftTIAL LAW IN MADRID,
If AOmira) Dewoy Wants Troops to
4 Jl lloh^, tlio Philippine* They Will
lie 8,0 ut Vvom Sau Kruucisoo From
t be S^ite Volunteers.
4 Hong Ivoug ? (By . Cable. ).? From a
60uroe that is absolutely/reliable, it is
1 earned that Com modore <fi oorgo Dowey,
coxmnaudor of the American squadron
jn Asiatic waters has captured Manila
?ud in conjuuotion with thp insurgents
is now organizing a provisional Kovem
mont. The stars and strides are wav
ing ovor Manila and the Phllipinuos.
j Waiting on Olllcial News.
Washington? (Special)? Not a singlo
wotd has boon reoeived from the fleet
iu the Philippines, and in view of the
long continued interruptions iu cable
o^mmuaication's the ollioials are be
giuning to resign themselves to the
boliuf that they must wait for their otti
1 If Admiral lJowey wants troopV to
i hohl (ho Fhilippmes lie will bo nout\a?
j uiuuy as ho needs directly from Sihi
j Francisco, and it is very likaly that
! State volunteers will uitiko up the quoin
j The cabinet b?H talked about thi*,
, uud is ouly waiting to hour wltftt Cum
wodore 1) owoy wants. Meanwhile, t ho
: plans of the Cuban campaigu are beiu^'
j steadily developed and there ifl no m
j dicatiou of a change of purpose on tho
] part of tho military authorities who
: are expected to land an expeditionary
force in Cuba in a very short time
I Admiral Sampson, so far as tho '
' Navy Department Knows, is steadily,
! maintaining tho blockade oi tho ( ut.au
j coast, aud this is not likely to be abau
douod far the present, though two or
throo ships may bo stmt away tempera
rily to meet tLe Oregon on her way to
Cuba from Kio Janeiro. While tho of
ficials of tho Nuvv Department nat
urally fool a warm iutorost in this
raco of tho battleship aronud tho Cv<u
tiueut, they profess to fool littlo anxie
ty as to the outcome, notwithstanding
the current talk of an effort OQ tho part
of the Spanish flying uquadron to cut
oil' tho Orogou. J'ho vessel sailed from
Kio on a course known only to tho cap
tain, and the chnncos of boiug over
taken ou tho high sotts aro very small.
Fveu should tho Spanish voxels fall to
with hor it is by no moans certain, not
withstanding their numbers, thut the
would bo dofeatod by tho combined
Spanish force, as hor magazine, armor
and orduanco are superior in every ro
Bjioct, sizoand quality, to thoso of the
Spanish ships.
Onictnl Details
Tho French ambassador, M. Jules
Oanibon, has received a dispatch from
the Foroigu Olfieo at Palis, stating that
tho Frouch ambassador at Madrid, M.
Fatouotro, has forwarded tho oiUcial
details of tho Spanish roverso at
HARBOIt, SEA WALL /L\D BATTERIES OF MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
(Manila Bay shown la thewftlng, where Commodore Dowoy. commanding tho United
States Asiutio Squadron, jwon on Sunday, May 1, 1898, a signal victory over Admiral
Montjjo, known as Spa lira "flgbtiug Admiral," in command of a numerous licet of
Spanish war vessels.) A
cial uows until a boat arrives at Hong
Kong. This will not uecessarily bo a
naval vessel, for it is not believed that
?C'ouimodcre Dewey, who will be Ad
miral as Boon as he can bo reached by
cable, could have spared uny of his
ft hip 8, even the MoCullooh. to carry
dispatches before the bombardment.
COMMODORE OEOROE PEWET.
(Fearless Commander of our Asiatic Squad
ron, who wont under the Runs of Spain
' into Manila Bay and destroyed the fleet
under Admiral Montijo.)
In ordinary times there is plenty of
communication by steamers as well as
bv native vessels between the Philip
plpos and the main land, and the offi
cials will be rather surprised if some
nows is not coming in a day or two.
Millions Wanted for the Jiax'x.
The Sediotary of the Navy has sent to
the Secretary of the Treasury for trans
mission to Con^i-oss, to be included in
the urgont deficiency bill, estimates of
appropriations required b^ the
navy department to complete the
service of the current fiscal ycaf, end
ing Juno 80, 1801), amounting to $18,
470,000. This is in addition to the
$34,010,008 askod for by the Secretary
. of War. -
Will Make ti Supreme Kftort. ?
London. ? (By Cable. )? It is an
nounced in a special dispatch from Ma
drid that there is no idea of surrender
there, either in ministerial circles or
Among the populace. On the contra
ry, it is added, the war is to be par
sited with greater vigor. This special
_ dispatch adds that it is even stated at
Madrid, by those who are responsible
for the naval movement* that it has
? been determined to avoid ieolated com
bats on ufc equal terms and with a en
- . . perior enemy, and they now intend to
1Z71 v throw tbo whole naval strength of
Spain into one enprema effort to ertwh
)g.:- U ?? American eqna%on in Ottawa
r : waters. Continuing, thespeclal r
Until this engagement is foajrht n<
mi) for intervention wiiibe J
: - - y cv - ^
Manila M. Putouotro's report was
based on the latest Spanish olliciul ad
vices, It states that the Spanish
criiisers Reina Maria Christiana uu<jl
Cnstil^ wore totally burned up, arter
boing sot on fire by bombs, Tvo
smaller ship# wore sunk in order to
avoid falling Into the hands of the
euerav. The other Spanish ships were
half destroyed and had takon refuge in
Baker's Bay.
<
Promotion of Capt. Dowcy.
Washington ? (Special) ? Secretary
Loug has announced that as soon as
tho Doparlment received oji official ro
port from Commodore Dewey, confirm
ing tho press aecouuts of liis victory in
tho battle of Manila, u cablegram wotild
bo sent to the officer, congratulating
him upon tho splendid not formauccs oi
the American llect under his direction.
Moreover, said the Secniefyftfy, as soon
as the necessary confirmation is at
baud, Commodore Dewe.v M ill bo made
an udmiral in recognition of his valor.
This will bo accomplished immediately
by an exocutivo order designating him
acting admiral, just as was dono in the
caso of Captain Sampson. Later on ho
probably will be nominated to the
Senate ijx the usual coui%e for promo
tion to tho rank of admiral. ?
Madrid Under Martial Lniv,
Madrid? (By Cable. )? iTho cabinet in
consequence of the intense excitement
and public indignation, has officially
proclaimed Madrid under martial law
Constitutional rights aro not to be sus
pended.
Pigeons for the Navy.
The United States Navy Department
has accepted an oft'er of Jill. Edwin F.
Baker, of Baltimore, prosident of the
National Association of Haming-Pigeon
Fauci urn to supply war rind ffcout ves
sels jnTh homing pigoons. Mr. Baker
savs/at least 1 0, DUO pigeou.s can l^sup
plied, principally from Baltimore,
Philadelphia, Trenton, Fall ltivor and
Boston. About 1,000 birds are now
being traiuod in Baltimore.
Army Ollloera' Pay.
It will bo interesting just now to
know what imnyoilicers and privates
get for . their services.
Private S 13 00
Corporal... 15 00
Sergeant 17 00
First sergeant 20 00
8ergeant*major CO
Hospital steward, . 45 00
Second lieutenant 1 10 07
First lieutenant 125 00
Regimental quartermaster 150 00
Regimental adjutant...... 150 00
Chaplain ,v 125 00
Captain "150 00
Lieutenant-colonel 250 03
Major 208 tW
Colonel ^.29187.
Brigadier-genera! 458 88
Mojor gaaeral . . .... . .fc. . /. . . mrw.OG |
gssrsstlMlsKflcet.
The quarantine on elleoaatwise porta
I -went into efltot on the fat. On and af
ter tUs date end an til Nor. 1st, ell ??*
eele turn MestVke porU Sooth of Cape
\ Hfljitn weHi te M jiirei la step el the
\MimJbA . gwarantijjfr. atatioa for in- |
^ Blooh is fee in- ,
*?ngg f9 he aged ns
SIM WHIPPED
II FBI lit
-?
Many Ships Burned, Blown Upj
i and Sunk, \
v
DEWEY ANNIHILATES
THE SPANISH FLEET,
A Oood Many Spaniards Killed, !u
cludliiK Commander of tlio Maria
Kelim .Maria Clirlstana - - Spnnlsh
? Accounts Tell of No American
j
Ships Suffering,
Mail rid, May 1, 0:30 p. m. ? Advices
from Muniln suv that tho American I
sqnadrou, under Coinmodoro Dowoy j
appeared off the Hay of Manila at ft
o'clock thin morning, aud oponod a
slroug cannonade against tho Spuuish
squadron aud forts protecting tbo har
bor. '1 ho Spanish socond-olass cruiscr,
Don .J uuu do Austria, was severely
damaged, and her commander was
killed.
Anothor Spanish vessel was burned.
Tho American squadron retired, having
also sustained severe damage.
A second naval ongagomou.t followed,
in which tho American squadron again
suffered considerable loss and tho
Spanish warships Mindano and Ulloa
wero slightly damaged.
Tho Spanish warships Miudano and
Ulloa wore slightly damagod. During
this engagement the Cayito forts main
tained a steadier aud stronger fire upon
Iho American squadron than in tho
first engagement.
Admiral Bormejo, the Minister of
Marine, has expressed himself as highly
pleased with tho heroism of the Spauish
ru^uos, and has tolegraphed congratu
lations to Admiral Afontejo ami the
valorous crows of tUo Spanish squadron
for their good conduct under lire on tho
superior warBhips.
oniclal Spanish Iieport.
Madrid, May 1, 8 p. m. ? Tho follow
lowiuK is the text of the official dispatch
from tho Governor General of tho Philip
pines to the Ministof of War, Lieuten
ant-Geuoral Correa, as to the engage
ment of Manila: "Last night, April liO,
the batteries at the ontrance to the fort
announced tho arrival of the enemy's
squadron, forcing a passago under tho
obscurity of tho night. At daybroak
the enemy took up positions, opeuing
with a strong lire against Fort Cavito
and tho arsenal.
"Our fieot engaged the enemy in a
brilliant combat, protected by the Cav
ito and Manila forts. They obligod the
enemy, with heavy loss, to mauoeuvro
repcatodly. At 9 o'clock the American
squadron took refuge behind the for
oigu merchant shipping on tho east
side of tho bay.
"Our Hoot, considering the enemy's
superiority, naturally suffered a severe
loss. Tho Muria Christiana iB on tiro
and anothor boat, believed to be the
Sau Junn Costra, was blown up.
, "There, was considerable loss of life.
Captain Curdarazo, cominundiuer tho
Maria Christiana, is among tho killed.
1 cannot now give further dotails. Tho
spirit of tho army, navy and volunteora
is excellent. "
Spain's Crushing lJefcat,
London May 1. ? While it is clear
thut tho Spanish squadron has suffered
a crushing defeat, tho dispatches leave
unclear the intensely interesting ques
tion whether the American squadron
has suffered material damage. All news
thus far comes from Spanish sources;
but it seems evident that Commodore
Dewey has not captured Manilla. Un
less ho is able to make" another attack
and capture the town, he will be in
un awkward position, with no base
upon whioh to retire aud to refit. ?
Probably, too, the United States
squadrour will be obliged to make for
San i'raicinco, as the entrance to Ma
nila Bay wo* heavily mined with tor
pedoes.* .4?ommodore Dewey displayed
great pluck and daring in making for
the inner harbor. According to private
advises received from Madrid, the
United States cruisers Olympia, Rnl
cigli aud two other vessels, the namgs
ot which are not givf?n, entered tho
harbor. No dispatches give details as
to the vessels actually engaged on
either side.
It appears to be iucorreot that the
American ships finally anchored behind
The Qoetil Appeal? to ilte fzttr.
Loudon, May I. ? It is reported from
Borliu that tho Queen Regent of Spain
has appealed to the Czar for assist
ance. The Czar replied that he docs
not consider it time yet for Russian
interference, but at the proper time ho
will do whatever is possible.
Another "PowdoT^Forks Kxplosion.
The Clipper Powder Works, seven
miles from Auburn, Cal.r baa been
blown u?? It -is Apposed that light
ning ca&tol tbo Zfcsploaum. Tbese
works resumed operations n few days
ago, after several mpnths of idleness.
The Price of Provisions.
At Santiago de Cob* men* is soiling
at SI n pound, rioe M enter btass 3Jt
esnts, flour 19 eeate and lord tt eents.
Chicken* nrn ffc 90 upfeM. ?
? jnjj
fko Troepa at Taaipa.
Eleven racamsnts of infantry, one of
eavalrj and ten liftt bettwiee of nrkil?
lery are now eon sen tru led n I Tnaspn
the UK'i chuuWuou 011 tho ?a*>t ?ulo i f
j l ho buy. it should bo tho wont aide.
l'i obubilitio* point m the diroctiou of
tho m?cv{u1 ongauomont having occur
led through tho Spaniards trying to
pro von t tho landing of the American
wouuded. , |
Slilpn ( tiuiplotcly Dtiriitd nml iiUnli.
Madrid, May 1. ? Midnight. ? An Ol)i?
oiul telogrum received at a Into hoiu*
from tho (Jovernor (Ion oral of thol'hil- ,
ippiuoH, says; "Admiral Montejo has
transferred his llftg to tho crni?cr ltd
ndo Cuba from tho cruiser lleina Maria
Christina, Tho itoina Maria Christina
was completely bnruoil, as was also tho 1
orumer (.'aatilla, the other ship* having
to rotiro from tho combat, ami some
being (.unk to avoid their falling into I
tiio bauds of tho oneiuy, "
OKWEV'S VftJTOilY
Monns Probably an Knrly Kntl to
tho War.
Washington, May l. ? Au opinion, j
frcoly expressed by naval officers, is J
that t Ik; very dooisivo victory of Ad j
luiral Dowoy's tloot will mean probably |
an early end to the war without future J
naval battloa of importance. Iho Amor- j
iean Hoot is suggested now an supreme
in tlie waters of Spain's possessions, j
especially in the Philippines. It was
stud that only by quickly yielding tt> J
our demands in Cuba could this loss;
possibly bo avortod. Slain, it was ar
gued, was confronted with tho titua ?
tion which promised naught save '
disaster in caso slio elected to force
more lighting. Tho superiority ;
ef a superior tloot lias htfeu demon
titrated in the Paoillo and tlko sumo, it j
is contended, would bo inevitable in the
Atlantic in case tho clash eoipes. From
wliatovor point of view considered, tho
policy of 111010 lightiug upon tho part
of Spain, promised nothing but moro
Spanish misfortuue. Navy officers think
this view must provail with the Hpan
ish government and be the end of tho '
war, upon tho basis of Cuban inde
pendence to follow soon, and that,
too, without further notable opportu
nity of tho Aiuoricati navy to provo its
powers and distinguish itself.
In tho .dispntches from Madrid* tho j
statement was made that Admiral |
Dewey oflectod a landing 011 tho west
side of Manila bay for tho men of his
fleet, who were wounded in tho engage
ments. It was Buggesitid in official cir
cles that this landing had a two fold
purpose. It was not only that t!io ?
wounded might have better care than ?
tliey could rocoivo on ship board, in the !
face of other probable engagements, but j
also of carrying out what was known to j
be Adyiiral Dewey's purpose to cileet a^
junction with the insurgents as
soo n as possible. Tho inBurgont
forces surround Manila on tho land
sides of tho city, and with tho in
tention of securing control of Manila
an soon as possible. As soon an tho
junction of tho American aud insurgent
forces, the one on sea and the other on
land, is effected, a demand is likoly to
bo tuado for tho surrouder of the city,
and in the ovont of a refusal, u com
bined attack would be mado upon it.
Tho rosult of such an attack in the ab
senco of a Spanish fleet and effective
shore battery, seems a foregone con
clusion.
No news of a definite character is
given concerning tho loss sustained by
Admiral Dewey s squadron, and it is
scarcely likely, in the opinion of ex
perts of the navy, that authentio infor
mation will be received until Adtftiral
Dewoy has opportunity to communi
cato officially with the Department. It
is regarded probable that today Ad
miral Dewey sent tho tovonue cutter
McCulloch back to Hong Kong, with
dispatches, aud that tho first informa
tion will como from that point. Tho
distance from Manila to Hong Kong is
a trifle over ?il)0 miles and it will take
tho McCulloch about two dsys to make
the trip.
No Protest. by Germany Or Krunce.
Washington, April SO. ? It is semi
officially stated in tho highest diploma
tic quartors representing France and
Germany, that no protest or roprosenta
tiou of any character respecting the
operations of the Amorican fleet at the
Philippine Islands, have beon made, or
are likely to be mado.
Blanco Burning Towns.
Key West, April 80. ? It is reported
by Cubans tonight that Blanco is burn
ing towns in the interior of Cuba.
Captured by Itobbers.
El Paso, Tex., May 1? The west
bound Southern Paoifio passenger train
No. 20, was takon in charge by four
masked men two miles west of Corn
stock, Tex. The express car and en
giuo were dot ached and run a short
distanco. The robbers wrecked the
through safo aud took thoontire money
coutoutfl, amounting to $&),000. The
express car was badly wrecked by tho*
explosion. No one was injured, -rind
tho passengers were notdisturbed.' Tho
robbers^itarted southward toward the
Mexican border.
Killed Two Men Without Cause.
Paris Sints, a desperado of tho coal
mines near Coeburn, Va. , shot and
killed a white man and a negro, without
apparent provocation. He attempted
to make his oscape, bat the murders so
incensed the bystanders that they shot
Sints down, riddling his body ..with
bullets. y*.
Hart to Be PsrdmMd.
The President has determined to par
don Captain John D. Hart, of the
LanrMUr now in prison in Fbllndel- 1
.phi*, for filibustering, and wtoee libe^r
.a tion has bnon asked by about every
member of tbn Senate.'??* _
Original Obeefrvnttons.
Don't lot the Spanish needle* stick
yon when yon get to Gnbn.
This government will now give to ev
ery man uniform treatment.
~l?ail4liia land vt IbitrmnA (Be
freo, there's no man mere beloved than
Gen. Fitsbngh Lea
The "bine and tbe grity" in uniforms
of brown will win a vtetory every day
witbontnfoar fr frowp.
dajdm s nltnf ??n^ifi^iffniiil
J UPLOf VI6I0RY
1 ilif SI.
At Manila Spanish Warships Wore
Badly Outclassed
BY THE AMERICAN
MEN - OF - WAR.
t'?t?!net At Miidrhl C'ouooile* Defoal
Hut l>o Nut Lose Hourt --Spain's
llouot* Must l!o I'roli'cted, They j
Suy-?3Iiiy lloUl the i'lillllpluo 1?;
lands.
Washington, Special. ?-Tho latost
nous from Manila, while nnoMcial, i*
generally from trustworthy sources.
The bombardment of tho city begun on
tho Sd. Thoro whs such activity that
tho British Consul oaino out to tho flag
ship to interview Cupt. Dewey aud to
soo what tonus could l>o made for a sur
render,
It i? assumed that ho was taoitly otn
poworod to do this by tho Spanish au
thorities, though ho was aoting osten
sibly in the intortftt of the forcigu ele
ment whoso personal safety aud busi
ness operatious were put in sorious
jeopardy during tho attack on tho oitj'.
Such an errand, it is thpught, would bo
more likely to bo deputed to a repre
sentative of England than auyone else,
on tho theory of tho friendship of Eng
land aud tho United States and would
luivo a powerful inlluenco in procuring
conclusions to sparo Spanish dignity,
\ It is reported that tho administration
twill hold tho Philippine &?tandH as
security for war indemnity, which will
bo demanded from Spam on cessation
uf hostilities.
Washington. -?(Special.) ? Persons in
tho confidence of tho President say 1
that the battle off Manila occurrod pruo- !
tically an tho administration expected.
Prosidout McKiuloy is greatly iutorest
ed in tho movement of tho Spanish
squadron from Capo Vordo. Ho doeB
not fear an invasiou of our ports.
Thoro hasboon no olllcial advices from
Manila.
Madrid, Spain, (By Cable. )? The
Spanish are furious over the Manila de
feat aud are beginning to show discon
tent. Martial law will be proolaimod if
hostile aots ocour. Dispatches confirm
the report that not oueof the American
vessels were destroyed.
London, (By Cable. )? A dispatoh to
the Daily News on the 3d from Madrid
says that it is believed that Manila will
be oaptureid in tho next twenty-four
hours. The dispatch klso confirms tho
report of the complete destruction of
the Spanish fleet aud the esoapo of the
Amorican warships lrom any serious
damage. Tho (ministers at Madrid ad
mit pofcat. |British ambassadors in the
East have orders to report til develop
ments to tho foreign oflico hero.
A later dispatoh from Admiral Mon*
tojo to Madrid, Spain, suys the war
ship Roina Christiana caught fire in the
fore part and that an explosion caused
tho ruin of tho flagship. The other
ships retirod- to Baucor Creole, whoro
several run ushore to pravout cupturo,
Tho admiral says that Spanish losses
are extremely heavy.
Madrid, Spain. ? (By Cable. ) ?Tho
cabinet discussed tho Manilla dofeat
for four hours ou tho 2d. It is detor
ltiiued to continue the strugglo to up
hold. Spanish honor. A dispatch from
Jiapg ;Kong says the Spanish sail
orly. refused to leave the sinking
shfrw
^ 1
Pewey'i Fleet Again at It
The London Daily Mail has a dis
patoh from Hong Kong, saying that
Dewey'e fleet is off Corregidor Island,
hotly engaged with the fort there.
Electrical experiments show that the
enable is cut at or near Manila.
Spanish Loss Kstlinated at 400
A dispatoh from Madrid to thfe Paris
Temps says: "No Spanish warship
surrendered, and tho majority porished.
The Spanish commanders wero killed
while resisting to the last moment. Th?
Spanish losses are ostimatod at 400 men
killed, inoluding many nativos. The
American squadron attacked furiously
both tho Spanish squadron and C'avito,
whero it caused great damage."
A11 Matters Well Under Way.
Washington. ? (Special. ) ? The War
Department-is bending all its energies
to the mustering in of the volunteers
and the recruiting of the rogular army
to its full war strength of 61,000 men.
These matters are well under way, and
the officials feel confident that within
a reasonable time both the volunteers
and the regular armies will be ready
far practical military- duty. In a few
4njeall tho troops that hare
dered to Tampa are expected ty reach
that plane, and night large transports
which are to eon duet the first expedi
tion to Cuba hare been ordered to pro
ceed to Tampa. Thn offloiala, however,
decline to make public anV infnrma
pi >0# lA vftoi Wotrt i? 11 m ilia. ?
Csbssa Knitted" fee War. ?
Two hundred Cubans, who have bnea
? '? citr by
wrrtna
in Tampa. They will be formed into a
enmity regiment nnd under the lender
YAl.TAHIiK IX KOli >1 A ? ION.
Imciit Ion of Torpedo >1 lues uml l'ow or
%
oi Oiiiih at ( uli, m I'm tit A^ccrtulueu.
I >? . W'. T. iminner, formerly I'nited
Htrttos Pituitary inspector a t llabauu,
hu* just returnod from \\ ushingtou,
says a Savannah, (la. , special, whore
ho wont to place valuable information
in the hands of tho tmrgoon-gonoral a d
of lionoral Milos and tho war depart
meut.
I>r. liruuner, while in llabaua, for
tho sum of $5.80 a month, obtained tho
original reports from all the Spanish
military hospital* These reports are
now in tho possession of Surueou Gen
eral Wj'iUttii, They show, l?r. lirini"
tier states, that there woio in tho Span
itdl hospitals daily out of tho artny of
110,000 men, front 80,000 to 88,000 sol
diors.
Tho unsanitary oonditions sui round
ing tho men and the msiithoiont atten
tion given them, togothor with u lack
of good fond, are responsible for these
facts, he states, Dr. liruuner also se
emed in tho-paniH way information
about all of lheoo.it formications around
llabauu, and personally saw planted
eight of the submarine minos now in
tho harbor there. TIiomo plans luivo
boon placed in the possession of tho
war departments
With them he had data allowing the
number, size and description of all the
gun*, system of measurements, length
of ihoir base lines ami a full deaorip
t mil of all thoir aiumuuitiou niul high
explosives.
Dr. liruuner doqn not think an army
of invasion should bo sent to Cuba un
til fall on account of tho likelihood of a
groat mortality from yellow fovor and
other fevoiB. Ho .says with tho volun
I teers and regulars, tlio Spaniards will
probably soon assemblo an ariuy of
about HO, 000 men in llabana.
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
Tli? South.
C. II. Phinizey, for Beventoon years
president of tlio (loorgia Railroad and
Ranking Company, and of tho Atlauta
and West l'oiut Railway is dead.
At Louisburg, N. C. , Mr. Joseph
Hart rocofvod a verdict in Fraukliu
county curt for $1,000. riamagOB against
tho lialoigh and Gaston Huilroad.
frJovou peoplo woro killed and four
seriously injured by an explosion at
tho California Coaliug Powder Works,
at Santa Cruz, Cal. Tho e\ plosion wan
duo to an accidental*
Tho Carter court-martial at Savannah,
Gu,, linn been concluded and tho de
cision of tho court will ho at onco for
warded to tho J 'resident, whoso decision
is final. Tho result will not ho nmdo
public for Bovoiftl days.
Mrs. Ralph ProBton, of Richmond,
Vs., left a heqnost of $10,000 to Johu
Farrell, barkoopor in a Now York res
taurant, who found a certificate of hor
maniugo, which had been mislaid in
the old Now York Hotel some years ago.
A Winston, N. C. , special says the
0-year-old son of Eugene Bhore, a
Forsyth farmer, was thrown from a
horse end killod. ills feet caught in
the harness and ho was dragtrod some
distance. His head struck a stump
with great forco, knocking him sense
less.
April has been the biggest month in
the history of tho Winston, N. C. , in
ternal revenue ofilce. Tho stamp sales
Aggregate 8104, 608; 88. The shipments
of manufactured tobacco amounted to
?, 100,431* pounds. Winston sold 1,
122,570 pounds of leof tobacco during
April for $82,090.81), an average of
$7. HO per hundred pounds.
The North.
A Hash of lightning severed the right
foot of Joseph Boelunan, of Westbainp
ton, N. Y.
10. IT. Myers, prosidontof tho Water
town^N. Y. , Bank, absconded. Ilois
short $10, 000 and tho bank is broke.
George Mile# shot and killod his
swoothenrt, Hirdio Fox, at Oshkosh,
Wis., and thon killod himself.
At Chicago, May wheat has roaohed
tho 81. 25 per bushel price, the con
tinued rise boing chiefly attributable to
the war prospeots.
The Ohio State Senate has adopted
| a resolution, which says Sen. Hanna
attempted to bribe members of the
Legislature^to prooure his election.
W. D. Reeve's saw mill plant and ?
large quantity of lumber at Hebena,
Ark. .has been burned. The loss is
8100,000; insurance 000.
A quarrel over the ownership of *gan
stChioago, 111., resulted in the mur
der of Joseph Mancinoski by William
Smith.
While playing "war" at Counoil
Bluffs, Ia., a boy named Patterson shot
aud killod his brother.
Jacob Gramma, a small shop-kooper,
00 years old, living on Morton street, in
New York, murdered two of his chil
dren, aged ft aud 1 1A- years; mortally
wounded a rtiird and inflicted fatal
wounds on himsolf. Anoto written by
Grainum indicated that his act was
caused by jealousy of his wife.
Galona, 111,, tho home of General U.
8. (iiant, on the ^7tb, celebrated
tho soventy-seventy anniversary of the
groat leador's birth. Mrs. Nellie Grant
Sartoris, accouipaniod by her daughter,
Vivian, represented tho Grant family.
Judge Finery Speor, a Confederate
veteran of Macon, Go., was the orator
of the day. ?> . i
MtoetltoiMui.
All the BMMmar pig iron fnrnaeaa
in Ike Central Wa?t will b? ibatd?Vfi"
for thirty days during M?y, Jane and
Jnljr. **
<fh*SMi)iah?flMn?tH?T?uk Cob%
ere drilling every man th?y can wrm
ifitoaerriqe. H?m?, nji a BiHMk
aee captain, will gin Mi iel4iflCUtlL
?freighting thfy want whan tb?j
A nutoag tr?a of tha Largaat aiaa will
jmdlMM ttOM (btt iM pauia?l
antaaga.
9 Governor Black, .ef New Tork, baa
Tba Balgiaa CkmrMNt baa ogbrad
ON IS 10 H HP.
- ?
Eight Largo Steamers Chartered !o
Convey Troops,
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NEW RATT I. FSHI PS AUTHORIZED
Troop# I)oIi>k Mobilised at Tampa
May lie Urdorod ot Once to Cuba.
8,000 Men to Compose the Advaues
Ounrd.
Washington, April 28. ? The shelliog
of tho Matunzas butteries was tho topio
of abao^bi'ig interest throughout uaval
niul oOlcial circles uonorally, today. 1*
was dianiHsod on tho basis of tlio pres?
reports from Key West, us tlio Navy
l>opuitmeut rooeivml uu information
whatever mi the subject. KccreturyLoug
eutd that no report hud l?oon received /
from Admit al Sampson, nor was tho
Navy Department advised iu auy wuyof
tho shelling of Muluuzua. Mr. Long ad
dud that ho felt no disposition to keep
from the publio any news ooneorping
such an important event as a naval en
gugemeut, or a butt lo. TboSoorotary said
that in the abaeuee of alt ollluiul infor
mation, he wae incliuod to believe that
tho sholliug van confined to the ex
ehungo of a fow shots, and did not as
suiuo the proportions of a regular bom
bardment. Whon his attention was
direoted to rQports that th^shelliug
was the result of direot ordera from tho
President, tho tSeoretary paid this wan
not so, uh tho PreBideut has given no
direct orders on auy of these move
Dents.
Will Move on Cuba.
Jacksonville. Flo., April 28. ? A
special to tho Timcd'Uuion and Citizen
from Tampa, Fin., says: The nows of
' tho bombardment of Alatanzas forts bv '
Admiral tiumpaou roachod here tills af
ternoon, ami aoon after Col. Melville
A. Cochran, commanding tho First Fro
visional Brigade of Tauipn Division,
received a tologram from Washington
instructing him to held his command '
in renditions for immediate departure,
with rations for thirty days. The or
der from Wnshingtou rolating to tba
movement* tho First Brigade, above
roferred to, is boing wbispored about
among /the officeis in the rotuuda
of tho'notol . this eveuing. Although
no definite orders have as yet boeu ro
[ coiv<wl it is expected IhoTweuty-second
Brigade will receive a similar messago
frofn Washington withfn a few hours,
(/flicers here oxpect that all the troops
now stationed at Chicksunaug# will fce
here fn a few days. "The troopB consist
of a, COO cavalry, ten batteries of artil
lery of 500 men and 2,000 infautrj', or a
total of 0,000 men. On the Arrival of
theno troops it is quite likely that they
will be organized into brigades ana
regiments for transfer to Cuba.
The Spanish Fleet. j .
London, April 2t>. ?The mystery re
garding the movements of tlid Spanish
mon-of-wur is still unexplained. The -4
secretaries at the Spanish embassy, in
ter viewed on the subject, _iidiOUlft ttu)
statement that the squadron at Cape
Verdo is dcliyed by lack of ooal. Ac
cording to advices via. Bayonn6. the
battleship I'olayo, fully equipped/ hae .
goiio to Cadiz. Reports thai she has
been cruising in the company of other
vc.^Kuls probably moans that she hat
been trying her boilers. It is believad
that the squadron at Caj>e Vorde Islands
has really bcou waitiug the arrival of
the i'elayo aud the Alphoueo XIII, and
other mou-of'War. Now that Portugal
has deolared neutrality, the float wilt be
compelled to sail without delay whether
ve-enforced or not.
Ordered to March.1'
The Governor of North Carolina has
issued orders for tba volunteers to
to mobilize at Raleigh on tba 2d. The
reeeipt of tba telegrams was tba aignal
for renewed enthusiasm on tba part of
tba troops of tba various oommAads.
Tba volunteers ware given aavaral.
hours of drilling; nniforroa ware
' secured, business arrangements made
by man of affisira, and everything per
taining to military life quiokened.
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Steamers Chartered.
A rather striking sign of tba immi
nence of tba ihvaalon of Cuba wasu?<>*~
tained in the chartering? today, bytfc^
War Department, of eight large ataAm
era of an average capacity of about 2,
000 tons, and able to carry from 000 to
1,200 passengers each. These ara to ba
used as trausi>orts for the conveyance ?
of tho first military expedition to Qnba.
The Navy Department baa ceifsed ite
purchaso of ships for convaraioo into ? -
war vessels, owing to the exhauationof
the $50,000,000 war fund. It ia oosd
dently expected that Congress will
como to the relief as tba Department ia
still in need of auxiliary yessela.
lluttieshlps Authorised,
The board o( bureau chief* mat ft o- -
day, to begin tbo consideration of
plant for too thro# now bettieabip* a?*.;'
tb orient by the naral appropriation
bill, and programed ao fat that oiroo
Jr . .. * .apbhr ? ? -??
mU will be in Hie main rty
to the battleehip Sttim
at Ifnrpott N?#a
abost2