The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-09

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Two Reception Ha
tation of silver
T-nder instruction from the navy DE-
nar-mart Captain COghlan, Or the
T-ni-A5 states cruiser Raleigh, decided
.-;rq the cruiser 10 the city, al
49,. no ras assured by Captain L.
1noue" 100 and -ba ni1ots that the
W.. FdNO' -,rrd
depth OF water III dle CoPE
afl1v hiring the vessel TO Wilmington
sa4e'' ' 80 nts craw to-
II - 49,. +osre
gether, and 1t was feaFsd Ina
uor,1d ne trouble with the men i lheS
- .b,r.
: - - ear.s If vas decided
In We" OF tHe d.
to bring the officers 70 the Guy " "-
a ~. 4.df.e, ~racept!On at The orion
''" -l,4ro members Of
last nlgnI me -
the committee accordingly ven -
co,,,br,r+ on the steamer
-. ,ag rendered bv the Atlantic
"hi'H a. ~ g., cop-
Coast Line OilcIdIs anu p4dCeu 80 I'm
mand II Captain E. ". EanC. Lucas
+I .b. r-ni+ad States engineer
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corps: captain ana ME.
Lucas. Captain T. d. Meares, MISSES
A. and lane Y Mpares, Mr.. and
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Mrs. j. II. Nd'''I'' WI -,
mr.. Hugh MacRae, Mr.. NJ. W. jacob
nv roree II ChadbOurn. Jr., Miss Abb
-. r1a,cba David
DIE Chddooulh' W.
Miss Marion Murchson' MISS Anime
. Blount DeRosset, Miss Eliza BellaTny'
NJ. cordo, Mics Chissie Black.
IT, COMMON left the city about moor
1 - cnI1thnnrt ar 2:3O D.. m.
Gnu or = ,'n a. the wharf and the party
|or1 Irac takDn TO the Raleigh by
Can4oEa I,rac, nautha launch. which
CD y connie Of trips.
TL 11aIniIb va rnaiasticallv win
inc in tha barbor and was flying two
aIs hot ,rara fnatinq over ner at the
n"6I NanIa A. The launch land
20 ~. vi1rningtanian the officers Of
~ nr,ieor ,I0ct cnurt 41oslv received
4bero &C tbnv vent aboard. Captain
Tnrae and MI. Hugh MacTae had been
appointed as the Spokesman Of the
ndnnynit+aa and hey had a conference
With Cantain COehIan. Meanwhile the
ladies and gentlemen Of the party We're
cho1yn over he ship by the officers. n
huge bowI punch was kept literally
flied. but the tide in the bowl was fire.
uuently very low. The watchful OH
cerc however caused the high water
mark in the bowl to be reached when
ever il was necessary. One of the OBJ
iects of interest was the Raleigh's
Sinch ~starboarl gun which fired the
first shot in the battle Of Manila. The
breech was opened and the plug IN the
muzzle was pulled out so everybody
could look through the famous gum.
A Messenger representative who ac-
companied the party looked up the man
who fired the gun. His name IS MI. ,.
). Skou, d -NeN VI :" nI+s
ceedlngIy modest nudltqien 81 ne
the hohGr upon ho, Soit +bahiet0rica event.
ne IS askeu @o4ut er lis ware the
Inc OlHcers OI .he uia 49," 80
personihcatlon OF courTTsy, Vi rritb
men We're tHT SAM 80 Tho vic,
each o1mel ~ nc a ~ 49, baye many
porS' Inc ol4lCTla III ~ e 80 ha++ia
momehloes anu 8 ~ NJ
ana souvenirs o. I-bd ron ~ charge Of
l. - Ge"9Ie4' rbor-ad Tho
the cruiser ntas"H1nv, 1872 r+or-
messenger rtpleseildti1E LF'H af
esting souvenirs lhcIuulnS pcs "a
Spanish shelis, grape 2ho'' 49, 80 of4ar
up on the decks OF lHe CRUISER dAtel
the battle, and shells and other artlc!eS
taken from the SpanlardS at Mamma.
He also has a machete, a PhlllpplnO ;
battle axe and a knife. On the hanule
oft hese formidable p are
notches indicating the NUMBER 0l men
whose life had been taken with the
weapons. The handle OF the KNIFE pore
seven fatal notches and the nlacheIe
three. He also had a strip OF the pen
ant which Heated over the Ralelsh our
ing the battle. lie WouId not sN5
away a thread OF II, out NE pdl IN
with several valuable souvenirs IN
Guiding a piece OF the apron ne M1le
while he served out the ammunition
during the battle.
THE RALEIGH COMMITTEE.
When rhe Wilmington party arrived
dc me trdIelSh, NI"SE4 "a VI "S'
. o. t u N fl1S O5 Had ang N al , AiI p n
sums nl fTed'L MerTlIt, w q: NJ Ne
10 poI4ia; ana Mss Mss LuIa ArDo nn b6ar1
80 bne 1881 ueIeSaCoH, VIZ ot aShIo-
n Id Ing "Iaeu ~ (dptd4n C0Sn!an
~ ne oilcsls u me cruiser. Durlns
IA "ISelIooH E"pSdIn CoshIdh TecelE-
- " u!sS 20 CoIoneI 1dIleS T.:
49, ,+@a &C., 80 5000 -
the Cnlted states, granting the officers
aHu - P eidh ~ present 20 the
80 ~ HaIti5 q Iapnd - SuH zap
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tn Gon,ntor 1.f, tho orr =.
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