The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-08
VICTORY At MANILA
The /" Raleigh" Sends the
News to this City.
MAYOR RUSS REPLIES
THE CITY VERY PROUD OF HER
NAMESAKE.
SEVERAL NORTH CARoLlNlANS ON IT
After -Four Hundred Years History Repeats
ItseIf--Something about the Captain OF the
Vessel that Led The Fleet that
Smashed Spain.

In 1857 Sir w AFTER hdlSASh ~" =" 49,
against Spain and bombarded Cadlz, one
of her most important commerclal cities
Four hundred years later the war snip
named for the city bearing the great
Enplishman's name, led another feet
against Spain and bombarded Manila.
Both incidents form glorious pages in
the history of the two great English
Speaking nations of the earth.
great interest was manifested in Raj
eigh over the part played by the city $
namesake cruiser in the battle of Manila,
and Yesterday Mayor Russ received a
cablegram from Hong Kong which
showed that the officers of the cruiser
we're not neglectful of this city.
The cablegram read:
Hong Kong. May z, 1898
Mayor, Raleigh, n. c., Z. S. A.
Cruiser Raleigh to City of Raleigh.
through the New York Herald, sends
news of victory"
The message was appreciated and
Mayor Russ in the afternoon attempted
to get a message to the Raleigh at Ma
Mia.
The Liverpool office. when the mos
sage reached that city, notified the Pos
tai Telegraph Company here that the
cable to Manila was not yet open, where
upon the Postal kindly asked New York
the best means to get the message to the
cruiser.
New York queried the New York Her
AIDS Hong Kong Bureau. and was in
IL 81 NTnGs,,Hnnla x..aali1
not leave for Manila until this morning,
so Mayor Russ at once sent the follow
ing message:
Raleigh, n. C.,May Z, 1898.
Herald Bureau, Hong Kong.
Assure namesake Raleigh our JOY at
victory. RUSS, Mayor
Around the world the message flashed
and this morning when the Hugh Nc
Culloch returns to the fleet off Manila
our city's namesake will be among those
remembered with congratulations fropl
home.
lie Raleigh is n secOnd-class vessci,
speed 10 knots; battery one siX-inch and
ten fve-inch rapid fire rifles, eight six
Founders, four one-pounders and two
machine guns.
lis OHlcGIS dIE. &dDllllt ~ NDSAA
Ian: Lieutenant Commander, B. Singer;
Lieutenants. w. Winder, B. Tappan, I'll.
Rodman and G.. r. Morgan; Ensigns,
II. l.. Chadwick and p. Babin; Surgeon,
Il. Fl. Marsteller: Assistant Surgeon,
ID. n. Carpenter; Passed Assistant Pay
master, s. X. Heap; Chief Engineer, e.
A.. Bailey; Passed Assistant Engineer,
]. II. Brady: First Lieutenant of Ma
rines, 7. G. Treadwell; Acting Gunner
G.. ID. Johnstone; Acting Carpenter, T.
f. Kelly.
Captain Joseph B. Coghlan took com
mand of the Raleigh in March, 1872!
Since then the Raleigh has been noted
for her fast and true gunnery. only
at practice-but the Spaniards know
more of her now.
Captain Coghlan was graduated from
the Naval Academy in 1863, was made
ensign in May of that year, ana was
attached to the steam sloop Sacramento.
His promotion as master came In tStjo,
on the Brooklyn, then flagship OF the
Brazil squadron, where he remained
two years He was commissioned lleli-
tenant in November. 1866; lieutenant
commander in March, 1868, and received
his commission as commander IN feD-
rnary, 1882. Commander CoghlaH was
in charge of the Adams from 1888 to
1886: the Navy Yard at Mare Island
from 1886 to 1888, and the Mohican
from 1883 to 1890 He was made In
spector of Ordnance at the League -
land Navy Yard in January, 1891, where
he remained several years.
Mrs. Marsteller. wife of the surgeon
OF the Raleigh. was a Miss Mason. Of
Virginia. and is first cousin of Fitz-
hugh Lee: her brother, Major Robert
+. Mason, served on his staff during the
civil war. and expects to hold a similar
position when he is commissioned major
general. Surgeon Marsteller is about 81
years old, and has been in the Navy
twenty five years. He was assigned TO
the Raleigh in December, 1896. and for
about year cruised in the Mediteran
can, until the Raleigh was ordered 10
the China station. He is a graduate of
the University Of Virginia. and is from
Prince William county, Virginia. where
ms father was a prominent surgeon.
Lieutenant Selma Marseller of the army,
his brother, was accidentally killed while
out hunting in Texas about fourteen
years ago.
Several of The men and subordinate
officers on the Raleigh are North Caro-
linians.
Raleigh is proud of the shin bearing
her name