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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-17
a TIE Deum chanted at C~icnfuegos
Celebrating News
5OF A GREAT SPANISH VICTORY.
AT MAN1LA-ALL THE BELLS IN
THE CITY WE'RE RUNG. AND a
RATION OF WINE WAS SERVED
no THE soLDIERs-THREATs
MADE TO CUT OFF THE HEADS
OF AMERICANS LEFT IN THE
cITY-sPAN1sH CRUISER DIS
ABLED.

Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press)
KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 16.-Ad-
Vices which have Just been received
from C%lenfuegos. island OF Cuba say
the spaniards at that place attended the
chanting OF a tie deum at the principal
church there In celebration OF the
news" circulated by the Spanish gov
ernment to the effect that the Spanish
forces had been victorious at Manila.
When the first news was received ut
cienfnesos from Madrid all the bells in
the city were rung and General Pando,
who was then there, and his staff, at
tended the church Of st. sulpice in full
uniform.
In addition, a ration Of wine was
served out to the soldiers and. though
the American blockading ships were
y outside the harbor and meat was cost
Ing two pesetas a pound. the city was
gay and rejolced at the announced sue
cess" OF the Spanish arms.
Since then. however, ugly rumors OF
the defeat OF the S%paniards have been
in circulation, but "ofiic!ally." Spain has
won a "yictory" in the Philippine Isl
lands.
The refugees who arrived at Jamaica
from Clenfuegos by the Adula were re-
leased from quarantine yesterday.
Among the most prominent Of these pas
sengers are Albert Fowler. brother Of
the British consul. his mother, and sis
ter; NJ. Antoine Pouyret. q millionaire
sugar planter. and the Salaceda family.
Threats OF cutting off the heads Of
Americans have been made at Cienfue-
gos, but no actual violence has occur
red.
On leaving the haroor an Officer. on,
board the United States auxillaryIgun-
boat Eagle. which overhauled the Adula,
said they were fleming for the cable and
exepcted to cut It any day. Tie cable
has since been cut.
The Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes.
OF $500 tons. now at Santiago de Cuba.
has seven of her ten boilers disabled,
and she Is Otherwise SO .unseaworthy
that she has been anchored at the har-
Dor entrance, as O guardship.
There was some complaint among the
fifty Americans on board the Adula In
regard to the departure of Consul Nc
Carr. They ayefNc that he left Cienfue-
gos without notifying the other Ameri-
cans OF their danger.
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LATE to bed and early 10 rise, pre-
pares a man for his home in the skies.
Early to bed and n Little Early Riser,
the Dill that makes life longer and better
and wiser. Charles r. Goethe, Market
and Twelfth streets: Chatham Sinclair,
Forty-slxth and Jacob streets; A. i.
Scheehle, No. COZ Main street: Exley
Bros, Penn and Zane streets Bowie 6
Bridgeport. 9tE1 &
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GETTING NEWS OF The WAR
Sometimes, ne in Dewry's Case, It Trnrc
Many Thou,anik OF Miles.

Sometimes, ne In Dcwry's Case, II Travels
Many Thon,ands OF Miles.
Philadelphia Times: The anxiety as to
the fate OF the Oregon. although since
set at rest by her safe arrival in Rio dc
Janeiro. and the suspense in which we
have been kept In regard to Rear Ad-
miral Dewey's brilliant achievements at
Manila show the incompleteness OF the
submarine cable system OF the world
as It now exists. The Oregon left San
Francisco on March IS to sail around
Cape Horn and Join Rear Admiral
SIMPSONS forces. She was heard OF at
Punta Arenas. the most southerly point
Of America. AS 1t was known that the
Spanish fleet had left the Cape Verde
Islands, It was feared that ouc Oregon
might be Intercepted. There Is no cable
laid around Cape Horn, Consequently
nothing was heard Of her until she ar
rived at Rio de Ianciro.
The lowest point at which the cable
touches the western coast OF South
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One OF the most Interesting men now
in the public eye is Gen. W. J.. Sewell,
who was recently appointed by the Pres
ident q commander Of volunteers.
General William J. Sewell Is an Irish
man by birth, and came 10 America
when only eleven years old. When the
civil war broke out he a mustered
Into the United States service as a cap
tain of the Fifth New jersey Volunteers.
In the battle OF Charlottesville. General
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SCATTERED THE sPANIARDs.

KEY WEST. Fla. May 16.-The gov
eminent tug osceola reported this
morning that while cruising along the
Cuban coast with the torpedo boat
Ericsson, on Friday afternoon, they
saw a large body OF Spanish soldiers
patroHing the shore about eight miles
west OF Havana. Both boats sent In q
fus!lade OF shots which scattered the
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OHIO V RESERVES.

CLEVELAND, O., May 1G.--Acting
Adjutant General Kingsley, OF the Ohio
naval reserves, has been instructed by
the navy department to arrange for the
mastering in OF two hundred men from
THE reserves. Engineers and seamon
are especially wanted. The men VII!
ybe assigned to Admira! Simpsons
fleet. The commanders or both battat-
ions OF the Ohio naval reserves WIN
confer with Lieutenant Commander
Haw;ley. mastering officer. OF the, United
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Mott was disabled by a severe wound
and. Sewell took charge of the brigade.
At a critical point in the engagement ne
led It forward. ina resistless charge, anu
achieved one Of the most magnificent
successes OF the war. He was made q
brevet brigadier general of volunteers.
and major general at the close OF the
war for merltorInus services.
So General Sewcll. has long been promi-
nent In New Jersey politics as a Repuh-
lican. He was elected n United States
senator In 1850 and again In 1881. his
term would not expire until 1901.
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SPANISH ForRs LOWER.

LONDON, May 16.-The marke. for
American securities opened weak.
Spanish fours opened at S3N, * Mower
than Saturdays closing price.
PARIS. May 1G.-Spanish fours open
ed at 33sss, 3-16 lower than Saturdays
closing price.
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OF BELLIGERENT WAR
SHIPS.
ToRPEpo GuNBoAT TERROR.

TORPEDO GuNBOAT TERROR.
Copyright. 1898, by Associated Press.)
ST. PIERRE, Island OF Martinique,
May 16.-The Spanish torpedo sunboat
Terror, which has been undergoing re-
pairs at Fort dc France since she ar
rived there with the Cape Verde fleet
under the command Of admiral Ger
vera, will probably leave that port to-
day. Nothing appears to be known re-
garding her destination.
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ON PACIFIC COAST.
First Troops to Lead the Expedition to
Manila 10 Aid Dewey.

First Troops to Lead the Expedition to
Manila 10 Aid Dewey.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16.-It is now
believed that the First regiment of vol
unteers Will lead the troops going to
Manila. Sunday there arrived for it
200, 600 rouEJs of cartridges and 1900
new Springfield rifles from the Benecla
arsenal. To-day 100000. more cartridges
will arrive.
The. Seventh regiment Is scheduled to
move; from two to four days later than.
the First, though nothing positive Is
known as to Its time OF departure,
The lighthouse tender Urad!ila has
z commenced what looks like the Begin
ming Of the ~dismantling OF the training
I snip Mohican. She unshipped ard car
ried to Mare Island the four rapid-fire
6%-pounders, which will be placed on the
fghtt... tops of the Charleston. The
Pinol was also taken alongside the
training ship and on her deck was load
ed all that remained Of the modern por-
ton OF the Mohlcan's battery. This has
been taken to the Pacific dock and Will
be placed in position on the City OF
Picking.
COALING OF BELLIGERENT WAR
SHIPS.
Copyright. 1888. by Associated Press.)
ST. THOMAS, Danish West Indies,
May 16.-An official announcement just
issued by the governor Of the island OF
st. Thomas prohibits the delivery of
coal to w~arships Of the b%elligerent pow
ers without the previous permission OF
the governor, who will determine the
amount each vessel may receive, and
who will supervise Its delivery
The British steamer Twickenham,
which arrived here yesterday with n
cargo OF coal for Porto Rico, and which
awaited orders here, has cleared; dest!-
nation unknown.
The United States cruiser Yale, Tor
merly the American line steamer Paris,
called here for orders at s o'clock yes
terday afternoon.
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WRECKED AT SEA.

LIVERPOOL, May 16.-The NorTe-
lginn steamer Klondike from Antwerp
was locked here to-day with her bows
badly damaged. The captain Of Tho
klondlke reports that on SATURDAY
night, off Point Lynas. on the northsrn
coast Of Wales. his vessel was 10 CO..
lision with the British steamer Ben
holm, bound for Cardiff. The captain
further says that the Benholm was 50
badly damaged that she soon four
dered and that twelve Of her crew, IL
Guiding the master, went down WIZ
her. Nine OF those on board the Ben.
holm were rescued and brought 70 LT.
erpooi on board the Klondike.
NO man can r consumption. YOU
can prevent 1t though. DR.. Woods MOI.
way Pine Syrup cures coughs. tolas'
bronchitis. asthma. Never falls.
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THERE Is nothing SO refreshing as
Cooks Imperial Champa gne. It's quite,
healthy and n%ourlshing. sod ;s1so
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Ell General D parco Ahmheo unjust "Epnn"o spa-sheH a sFordH Him noa Very ThtBM Since His
# Jews has cme from Mmd that bMdcsta taking his smng from Admiral DGcyh The unfortunate mnhhWn
maMr must take akme from SPAIN 1heg government has conference.-the him md thee pwn has, murAM
stripes utlh can" CLEAR himself G#
% Yet the general nht bnvey.5 With gumY who mdn tht 1.-THE mark WITH crew overcome by passion
with ships bay managed and with poor guns, he fought adenon; and trskof sMe cnredhs @Nuh "a
little gmbM after the flagship had been destroyed @
ms letter written from Manila before the battle the srenlb built castles upon the glory his omeenht
hr they were castles In n destined nrt ber realized in the philippines
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troops. but 1t Is not known II any Of the
soldiers were killed. The S%panlards did
not retiItIl the fire, s
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UNCLE SANS TORPEDO BOAT MORRIS, THE FAsTEsTMT

# The torpedo tMors that hast Just Joined en h AMMns qpnh the fastest detyrM has ever
been built seh sa record a@ny- two kM@s hour and under e@mcean make twenty-five Shells easy TO
quick to turn, and Is onshcd a match fol any two torpedo boats nue world She'll of new gn and
given an upMhnMyD test her new ha on nesmmhR nndpnt t@pn tho canVadeI islands II
comes up the oMGl@ paatons n uMl battle there wMbe nifty prpMob boats mmedahyb built upon hrx
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william j sewen comuandr 81 the 4 rmy OF American Volunteers One OF
tha Dashinr Commanders OF Volunteers Recently Appointed by Mckinley.
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10 ls. II Us "
JUDGE BONkN.1

"a.E iE+' }Fa. a " ~.t' $1,000
We were shocked to learn of the
very sudden death OF ex-Judge Ed
ward T. Boskin,@ which occurred at
Dunn, of ,apopleXy. on last Saturday.
He, Was in the prime of manhood and
had apparent promise of a long, USE
full and = distinguished life. He was
born in Sampson county and was in
his 44th year. He served for. more
than eleven years On the superior
court bench, and, so far as we have
information, was regarded as an hon
orable, just, we'll equipped jurist, hui
name, urbane. and of, judicial mind.
Gun personal acquaintance was quite
limited, but he had impressed. us
uniformly as a. faithful, efficient and
well Informed jurist. He is a .distnc-
tive loss to North Carolina, and has
been cut down by the great reaper
death in the brightness. of his life and
the strength of his manhood. The
Messenger. offers its sympathy to the
sore1y bereayed wife and the little
children now left fatherless. Up to
now for the current year, Judge Boy
kin is the most influential and distin-
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have BEEN VERY BUSY

beautiful and the prices cheap. A
whole glass set OF pieces. Butter and
Sugar Dishes, Pitcher and Spoon Hold
er for soc A set. Every kind OF Doll
or any kind Of Toy you may ask for.
We have just added to our large
stock a big lot of fine rocking chairs
and tables. We sell a nice arm Rock
ing Chair for sl.35 to 200; beautiful
a Table at 75c and SIPS each,
Trunks and Grips. Valises and Tel
escapes at bottom prices. My stock
of goods is larger and more complete
than it has ever been. Come 10 the
large store that covers 1900 square
feet of oor room with not a DOT to
spare, covered and piled up with new
goods of every description.
Bring your card ard get il punched
with every cash purchase and secure
free of cost TO you a nice, handsome
Chair, Table. Sewing Machine, Picture.
Set of Glassware or Set or Crockery
free for the return Of your card punch
ed out at Wilmington's Big Racket
Store. opposite The Orton Hotel.
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= III 7 - II = = =
JKOME FOLKS.

Not only, did Homer proHerbially
gnod sonse times but, editors are not
EXCEPTIONS, They forget and, are, not
wise above what is written.tWe wrote
the other day, as we have done before
in these columnss that Mr., William A.
Wright was, the first to find in the
Harvard college library many D years
ago a copy of Lord CORVALLIS Or
der Book. We would have sworn to
che correctness of the statement as
coming from Mr., Wright himself in a
lnng walk we had with with him, but
two weeks before his death. But our
memoir played us a trick. It was
Governor ,}Tyron's, Order Book" We
learn this from our friend Walker
Meares,, Esq., an alumnus of the Uni
Versity of North Carolina, and a on
inllawl of Mr. Wright's, land who
knows whereof he afirms, He is Of all
living men best o informed o. at this
point. He long ago wrote of it in q
public print and commented on a GER
tain unfairness connected with the
discoyeryaaud what followed upon it
But we do not set up for one Of the
.G;,eoJI;Lloc
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guished North Caroliuian who has
fpssIed away. He a we supRsse. be-
yond eQubt one of the forer6pst men
~cal5rsty in thssstses be- eeea 90
md5dyears of &c. He W. a ase
NpkASs1pan and 81 sDod addresses
ke recall him He<xas graddated at
Trinity college Win nigh honors and
was a member, We believe. of the n.
E. church. Since, writing this very i'm
perfect notice we find a sketch teie-
-graphed-from-
News and Observer from which We
copy the following HHnlH ill
lrJndge Boykh supported himself
while attending school and graduated
at Trinity with high honors in a class
composed of particularly bright men,
most of whom have taken high posi-
tionsin church and state! Among his
fellow students at Trinity were Hon.
James A. Lockharr Hon. Geo. B. Ev-
erett, Hon. F. NJ. Simmons, Professor
Pegram, Judge O-E-Allen, Rev. W.
G. Norman, Mr.. Jos. G. Brown, Judge
PurneIl, Mr.. e: B.. Barbee. -5T&f =
n"He married early in life Miss Biz:
zell, of Sampson county. From this
union there are-thFse-living children.
Edward T. Boykin, Jr., a private in
the GreenvilEe company, of the Sec
ondz regiment, now in camp at St.
Simen's island; Swift Boykin and
Miss Leslie Boykin. A few years ago
Judge Boykin married Miss Ada
Rogers, daughter of Mr.. b. aF.TRogers,
ofDConeefd, who survives him and 10
whom, with the surviving children OF
the first marriage, the Warmest sym
pathy of the people go out in their
great bereavement. -" ..72'~
~HHiLL Sc go 50 -.#. E--yt -.
About two years ago Judge Boykin
resigned his. position on the bench
formed a partnership with Mr.. Arm
istead Jones, of this city, and moved
with his family to Raleigh. Their
practice has been large and growing
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The watermelon season lis nearly
over, but" it~haS not been without ca
l4Amittt The, u he say Washington Post
gives: this startling intelligence in its
last Fridavss iss1a. sGasi+-o III tz11EEE
- 0.9f8GSF>tI a. Jl-9 Er- c1IH
The entire membership of a. color
ed congregation doWnain North Caro-
lima has been made ill by eating
poisoned hwa%terinelons. The life of the
pastor is in danger. The; owners. of the
watermelon patches are resorting to
vigorous means" .-.rr7 5oc -ss~
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Let Us all work together to re-estab-
lish d~eFnecracy;< which is to say good
government, in the state, and then all
things shall be added unto us.-Een-
derson Gold Leaf. - D.
We learn that it is the sentiment of
nany. DEMOCRATS of the First. district
to make no Congressional tnonination.
Skinner viii be the. candidate of the
republican and -pQpuIiSt machine E.
A. Noye, of Pitt, viii be the candidate
Of, the free silver and White supremacy
populfsts. The democrats can do no
better than supp0rt Moye and thus de-
feat Skinner. No nan has done So,
much to dehauch the politics Of North
Carolina as Harry Standardization
Ledger O. -@@E Fiji
Let every man in the state that
wants. good, honest administrations,
go to work and not let up until after
the polls close on election day, then
if Our cause fails, it Will not be the
fault of good people. If the people
stay home. and. hope, while a few Of
flee, seekers n politicians, aided by
the press, do. the work. We may not
win a victory. Remember the women
of North Carolina can and. will stay
home and do the hoping-and praying
for the success of the. democratic
cause, SO let every man go out int
the highways and hedges and bid the
wanderers come home-Plymouth Bea-
con.
Russellism is seen in the congregat-
ing Of the negro troops at Fort Ma
con, under a negro politician. and Rus
selfism is seen in the management of
the Atlantic and North Carolina rail-
road that permits burly, black troop
ers, with shoes and coats off, to sprawl
about first class coaches and indulge in
language of the vilest and most pro-
fame nature. It's Russellism that plac-
ed the negro in the position of being
able to leave his camp on frequent fur
loughs and its Russellism that allows
him to shock common deeency on
trains and in cars where ladies should
be shown every respect--Smithfield
Herald.
Why, a few months ago on an out
skirt Of Charlotte, a eyre walking
along the road, met a white officer In
charge of a eelOred prisoner and know
ing neither officer, prisoner nor the Of
fence involved, fell upon the officer,
took his pistol from him. released the
prisoner and the two blacks escaped
together. So where does the RESPONSE
bility rest for the raising OF the race
issue? 1t is Said-aHd Whe denies it?-
that the negroes vote together; they
do not divide: n why should the
!, white people? The intelligent and
well intentioned negroes should exam
me this question and answer it to
| themselves and to their. race. It is this
| pride in the superiority of numbers,
where ii exists, that caused the color
| ed congressman, White. to say, vaEnf-
ingly, in a speech in the recent repub-
lican stare convention. yes, the negroes
| are holding offices now and will hold
more; that caused the negro editor IN
| Wilmington TO write and print last
week the horrid sentiment at thought
OF which the mind revolts. Let the
black people mend their ways and
| they will see the color line disappear
! quickly enough.-Chariotte Observer.
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g POOR WHITES o-AN HISTORIC
CONTRAST.

This is 1898, and this is the year of
patriotic gush up north. But the old
Presbyterian New York Observer, an
able religious weekly, had this the
other day: 1.-The poor. whites. under
Lee and Jackson, solved the most
difficult problems" That is the way
the boys who wore the gray are re-
ferred to, and that is all The Observ-.
err knows about it. It is pitiable in
deed to know. how very ignorant edu-
Gated men in the north remain as to
the south New England proverbially
ignorant of the south owing to their
insulated life and narrow education.
But an Old paper in the greatest city
that has made its thousands of mill
lions out of the south should know
more as to the south generally, and
particularly as 60. the great war and
who fought it on the southern side.
1t was not a poor whites" war. Men
of the south from-al conditions and
callings We're in the. fight and showed.
the orer-powerIng; Dragging north
a few things in the lessons of war.
There:are.s so much of stupid blunder-
ing SO much of. blind ignorance and
narrow prejudice up north as to the.
south, and it lis tdncurabie, that finds
its way into public; prints. magazines,
etc., that fti.wouid. be better for the
peace of mind Of southern readers if,
they should never so mueh as see
northern publications whether secta-
rian r. religious or literary. Only last
week the Chicago Times.HeraId refer.
red to '<the rebels" showing bad breed:
grave. dfgnifed, -pretentious Observer
discOEers-that the war on, the part Of
the south was fought by what it calls
perhaps a ~snee is .iRtended) a'"the
poor Whites Let it be said that the
south's poor whites used to easily
lick New England,s q. best educated
soldiers with New Workers. to help.
The ably edited Charlotte Presbyte-
rian administered a proper rebuke to
the exponent of its own religious
household in Gotham. We make an
extract:
S1t ought to know better. The SOL
diers of Lee and Jackson were un-
doubleday white, and after Sherman's
and Sheridan'S raids, and some expe-
fence of carpet-bag government they
were undoubtedly : poor. But they
were not poor whites, all the same.
Any disparagement of them is the
casting Of greater reproach upon the
armies which they so invariably rout-
ed in battle, until they were literally
orr out with their victories. There
was never a truer type Of the. cultivat-
ed Christian gentleman than the aV-
erage@ southern soldier" .--y
In truth and in contrast read Gen
eral Robert E. Lees order to his ar
my when he began his invasion of
Pennsylvania, and General w. T.
Sherman's. order forming a corps Of
bummers, which will be found in Pro-
fessor Diapers History of the War, a
northern book Then see how. Lees
men bore themselves and then read
General Bradley T.. Johnson's work on
General Joseph E. Johnston and see
how the old Vandal Sherman burned
and laid waste and stole and lied.
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Charlotte News: The quiet of Gas
tonia community was broken last eve
ming by the report that Henry Glover
had been accidentally shot.-It ap-
that Mr. Glover, Mr.. r. c., Nc
Claim and another gentleman were out
squirrel hunting about four or five
miles south of town. Mr.. McClain
stumped his toe and fell, causing his
gun to discharge the contents into the
head OF Mr.. Glover, severing the ar
teries, and before medical assistance
could be had. he had bled so much
nat he died in a few hours. He was
a young man. about % years old. and
leaves a wife and enc child.