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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-21
HE FAMOUS CONFEDERATE BLOCKADE
RUNNER THE ADVANCE.

let the valiant little ship take the
bone in her teeth and. with shot
ricochetting in her wake, flaunt at
last the stars and bars from her mast
head and show her heels to the
Yankee fleet impotent to bag its
quarry.
81 tell you how | came to join the
Advance" said Captain Mayhem. l
was running locomotive at the time
on the North Carolina railroad from
Goldsboro to Company Shops While
/ was waiting TO start at Goldsboro,
up comes Captain Crossan and says
to me. You're the man we want.
We want you right now. We've got
just the thing for you. And then he
told me about the Advance and Offer
ed me the place of engineer. That
suited me just right. | had got tired
of running a locomotive anyway and
| was ready to go. | told him though
I'd have to take my train to Com
pany Shops. but he wouldn't listen to
that. Said he wanted me right away.
SO I promised him that [ would GER
tainly come to Wilmington if he'd let
me take the train to Company Shops
and back and that's what we did
That was in the early part of 1863,
and it wasn't long before we made
our first trip. Altogether we made
more than a dozen trips from Will
mington to Bermuda, St Georges
and Halifax. We were fired on al
most every time We went out, but [
don't believe We We're ever hit 1t
certainly was close work, though.
THE way we had to get out was
this. We would come down the
river and go over a little bar 10 get
ready to go out. on account of the
danger to the ship we had to do this
in the day time, and the fleet out
side would see us and know that We
were getting ready to go out. Natur-
ally they would be on the watch. and
when night came would slip in as
close to the fort as they dared and
we would have to do mighty close
work getting past. 1t was our speed
that carried us through. The Ad-
Vance would make about twelve knots
which for those days was pretty fast
work. All lights were out. of
course, and the darker the night the
better for us. Every now and then
we'd almost bump right into one of
the fleet and then it was helm down
hard, and we would be off in the
darkness before they could hope to
get us. Then presently we'd run into
another, and turn again and then,
maybe, they'd catch our direction and
send rocket the way we We're go
ING SO as 10 put the rest Of the fleet
on its guard. but of course we knew
what the rocket meant too. and as
soon as we saw it We would change
our course again. How long would
it take us to get out?' Sometimes all
night never less than two or three
hours. Sometimes it would be dav
when we'd get clear and there would
be ships to chase u.s. but our speed
carried US through
What was the closet call the Adj
Vance had. CaDtain ?" / asked
Captain Mayhem wrinkled his eyes
in reflection. It was cH.-"'t'y hard
I>atter to pick the closest" out of so
many feats of daring when death or
capture hung behind each separate
moment.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-21

with him through the years. 1t was
not their fault, they had run true,
fought well he would not see them
spoiled for spite
There is something of the "auld
Scots engineer "of Kipling's Nc
Andrews Hymn in this touch of rev.
erence for the engines of the Adj
Vance on the part of their old mast
er; something pathetically human in
the thought of them. staunch and
true, outdone at last by fate of cir
cumstance. For the Santiago de
Cuba was sailing light and was on
her way North to coal when she
sighted the Advance, loaded down
with cotton. It was the cargo and
not the engines that ended the brave
little vessels blockading days. The
Santiago de Cuba was out of her or
binary beat, she had no license to
run upon the Advance other than the
luck which set its tide immutably
against the Confederate cause.
The captain of the Union vessel
was a Captain Gleason, formerly in
command of Norfolk navy yard. The
crew Of the Advance were all taken
aboard and questioned. They knew
the custom, they had heard of the
prisons of Cape Lookout and Fort
Delaware and they were "canny men"
proceedings subsequent to surrender
is humorous and enticing.
There was no swearing" said he,
but it was known to US that any
body from the South or North would
be sent to prison. So they lined us
up and started to question us and we
We're mostly from Liverpool. | came
from Liverpool myself said Captain
Mayhem, with a twinkling eye. So
II Il,
ing to it except two, the only ones on
board that told their real place of
residence One of these was a man
named McQuestian.
Where are you from?" says Cap
tain Gleason.
connecticut" says McQuestian,
you're in pretty bad company"
says Gleason.
where are you from ?" says Glea-
son to Bill Mayo, of Wilmington.
Mayo told him.
Gleason patted him on the back:
We've been looking for you a long
time" says he.
Both of these men went to Cape
Lookout prison and stayed there till
the end Of the war The others were
parolled and most of them imme-
diately took service again. Before
winter had come, Captain Mayhem
blockade runner. the Colonel Lamb.
Evidently had he become enamored
of blockade running!
As to his experience in the Col.
Lamb. Captain Mayhem states that
the ship met with little success as
most o. he Confederate forts had
fallen and the blockade was much
more effective than 1t had been. On
one of her trips from, Bermuda the
Col. Lamb approached Wilmington
only to find that Butler was there en-
gagged in general bombardment of
Fort Fisher SO close did she APP
proach that she could not only hear
the roar, but see the flashes of the
guns Of the attacking fleet.
A short while after this experience,
the Col. Lamb driven from a storm
off Galveston and taking refuge in
Halifax harbor. heard the first news
of Lees surrender and the Staying of
Lincoln under peculiarly interesting
and dramatic circumstances. ObliVi-
Gus of the closing events of the war
the officers of the Col Lamb had de-
termined to entertain the Confederate
agent at Halifax ON board and. by
way of making the ship attractive,
had fitted her rigging with gala
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-21

point was almost gained Still near
er to the circfing fleet swung the Ad-
Vance, the guns roaring her well
come, the fort and the fleet bursting
into flame and clamor And then,
down hard on the helm, the cannon
ade redoubling, and the little hare of
the seas had slipped past the point
and made her harbor to the setting
of roar and tumult, like stage mes
senger in an Indian play comes gasp
ing on the boards to the shots and
the yells Of the ed-skins whooping
without the fort, And then the
tinkle of the bell, last thunder of
artillery, and the Al Vance ran the
stars and bars TO her mast head in
impertinent challenge to the dripping
jaws of the thwarted dogs of war
outside
The final capture of the Advance
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-21

Probably no man living knows so
much of the history OF the famous
Confederate blockade runner Ad-
Vance as Capt James Maglenn, OF Raj
eigh, now master mechanic or the
Seaboard Air Line shops here. en-
gineer in chief of the famous vessel
from the day of her first blockading
trip until her final capture by the
United States steamer Santiago de
Cuba, off Cape Hatteras. Get Cap
tain Mayhem to talking of the Ad-
Vance and one sees the curtain of the
years roll back from his brain in the
twinkle of his bright Irish eye; and
sees, too, i'm the alert set of his head,
the hard and vet humorous cast of
his mouth, the crowding back of
memories so vivid that for the mo-
ment they become the realities that
lie in things which give the nerves
events themselves are of period in
every thing save actual years an an
cient tale of history.
Everybody knows something of the
Advance, the fast little steamer pur-
chased by North Carolina to slip
past the watching blockading fleets,
carrying the cotton in which the
South alone was rich to barter for
the thousand necessities so needed by
tails and by the women at home, MAX
ing strange shifts of necessity in the
preparation of the homely Clothes
and food and comforts that war had
transformed into the purest of luxurieS.
Weighted down with twelve hundred
bales of cotton valued at fifty cents
a pound, the outgoing cargoes of the
little ship comprised each an actual
fortune i'm itself. Her incoming car
Unpc ~ ofbinc car1arc for, hn
looms of the country, medicines. cof-
fee, molasses, what-not in the way
of small things for the home and
field, to be cherished and used as
sparingly as gold, were of a value be-
yond price to a land hemmed in by
a Gordon of steel, trapped at every
port by the ominous muzzles of block
aiding broadsides. The value of the
Advance, which during a year and
half's engagement made over a dozen
successful round trips. could not be
calculated in money. How she did it,
how like a rabbit in its burrow she
threaded cautious way on the high
seas, shrouded in darkness, among
a hostile fleet to attain her ends;
or the dangers that she encountered
of her hair-breadth escapes from de-
struction and her final last gallant
hight and capture, none can so we'll
tell as the old chief engineer; he who
nursed the engines who put them the
one moment at racing speed, who
threw them quickly to a stand-stil in
instant response to the tinkle of
the warning bell; who furnished the
obed1ent power, acting like the right
arm of the lookout; who knew from
the twists and turns of the ship the
imminence of the danger and yet
Kept his hand steady in the face of a
death felt and unseen and his brain
clear TO the doing of the slightest
command in the quickest way One
can yet see how the engineer loved
the engines that he held obedient To
his touch, ready to double or to flee
TO Keep bow barely ahead of the drift
OF the sea-way or at the scratch. TO
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-21

was in keeping with the Tuck that
seemed to follow the Confederacy.
After lodging about among the fleet,
she had finally eluded her pursuers
and when morning came was free
upon the high seas, headed for Hall
fax. Soon after sunrise the lookout
sighted a ship apparently giving
chase, her hull just visible. The Ad
Vance put on all speed, but the
mcnacing hull did not as usual dis
appear. Instead it grew in size,
showing that the pursuer was gain
ing. Slowly as the hours wore along
the pursuing ship became palmer and
palmer. Still the AID Vance pushed
her engines to their utmost, fleeing
Northward, praying that the chase
might be prolonged till night and
darkness came. All the morning, all
the afternoon the chase continued.
the Union vessel gaining slowly, but
ever more surely. Late in the after
noon. she had come almost in range.
She tried a shot, The she'll skipping
along the waves, sank far i'm the
wake of the Advance The reply of
the fleeing ship was to run up the
Stars and Bars. half hour passed.
and the sun was going lower and low
er and the Advance was still ahead.
The Yankee fred again and again.
the DdiIS COlillllS nearer AT eicH tIIdi
The sun sank into the sea, the moon
arose. Again the boom of the gun
and the shell Whistled this time
through the rigging. The officer I'M
command determined to surrender
and hove to. Already his unprotect-
ed ship was well in range, there was
an hour yet of light and the moon
was rising in q clear sky.
While waiting for her captor to
come up the ships papers We're burn
ed by Captain Mayhem in the furnace
and there was a movement to disable
the machinery of the engines. To
this Captain Mayhem objected and
the damage was not done. As he
tells Of this today, one can catch the
love Of his engines that has stayed
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-21
J. L. O'QUINN & CO
Florist
RALEIGH, N0RTH CAROLINA.

We Give Southern Trading StAlAApA
Carnations, Roses and Violetn. ou.
specialty. Bouquets and floral deer -
stfons arranged In the best stVIe 1T
short notice. Palms. Ferns and win
ter blooming plants for the house
Fall Bulbs. Hyacinths, Narcissua
Tulips etc. REESE bushes, shrubbery
evergreens and shade trees V~a~t
able plants In SEASON
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18
Cripple Greek Damage Suits.

Cripple Creek, Colo, Aug. 1.-TWO
big damage suits resulting from the
last strike and labor troubles incident
thereto were filed yesterday in the
District Court. Frank J. Hangs VS..
Nelson Franklin ct al. Is the title of
the suit for the largest amount. The
complaint sets forth that on August
4. 1904, the plaintiff, who was attorney
for the Western Federation OF Miners,
was deported by mob under the di.
rection of Franklin and others. Hangs
asks for $4,000 actual damages and
100000 exemplary damages.
The other suit is brought by B. F.
Bogart against r. B. Burbridge of the
Mine Owners Association ct al. The
plaintiff claims that there Is card
system and blacklist against all men,
bers of the Western Federation Of
Miners; that on June 25th last he was
given job on the LastDollar mine
and became shift boss later, and that
August Sth the management of the
property was notified that he was on
the blacklist, and he was at once dis
charged.
Bogart claims that because of the
blacklist he is unable to obtain employ
ment and asks for $4,000. The plain
tiff is represented by Attorney Hangs.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18
yellow Fever Epidemic.

Yellow fever is described by the doc
tors as specific infectious disease
contracted by exposure to infected To-
calities and is characterized by a single
febrile paroxysm Of short duration and
by q tendency to passive hemorrhages
from mucous surfaces, especially from
the stomach, producing black vomit. :"
The disease is unknown in Asia, is
only occasionally seen in southern
Spain and Portugal, and on the west
coast of Africa. The American trop-
les and sub-tropics are the stamping
ground OF the malady. Inhabitants of
this country north of the Gulf states
need have little fear of yellow fever, al
though small epidemics have occurred
in Atlantic seabOard cities as far north
as Boston and in the Mississippi val
ley up to st. Louis.
The most malignant forms of the dis
ease were found in Cuba until the
American occupation conquered the
pestilence there.
The great yellow fever epidemics in
the United States were in 1878. 1897.
1898, 1902, 1853, 1867, 1873 and 1878.
The last was the most extended. 1t in
vaded 1872 towns and wiped out 1894
human lives out Of total number OF
cases exceeding $4,000.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18
Gratitude Well Expressed.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, Aug. 14th.-
Mr.. c. l.. Smith, painter and decora-
tor, whose home is at 800 Anne street.
this city, makes the following state
ment:
Il was laid up with some kind Of
pains. Some said it was Lumbago.
other Sciatica and others again Rheu-
matism. A few of my friends sug
gested that 1t was lead poison, but
whatever it was it gave me great
deal of pain; in fact, almost complete
ly crippled me. l had to use two
canes to walk about, and even then it
was very painful task.
"A friend advised me to try Dodd's
Kidney Pills and began the treat
ment. After had used the first box
was able to throw away one of the
canes and was considerably improved.
The second box Strengthened me up SO
that l could go about free from pain
without any assistance, and very soon
after was completely cured, well and
happy, without pain or an ache.
Dodd's Kidney Pills seemed to go
right to the spot in my case and they
will always have my greatest praise.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18
Russian Reply Written.

Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 12.-Rus
sia's reply to the japanese terms OF
peace will be delivered by NJ. Witte
to Baron Komura to-day. The reply is
written, there being two texts-one In
French, the other in English.
Upon the two crucial points, in.
demnity and the cession Of the island
of Saghalin, the reply is an absolute
I'VE cannot"
Other points are accepted as bases
for discussion, while still others are
accepted conditionally.
The reply is rather long, because in
enumerating the conditions on which
discussion is admitted, and those on
which consideration is declined, rea-
sons and arguments are given.
The Japanese plenipotentiaries are
expected to ask for an immediate ad-
journment to examine and compare
this reply.
M. Witte will probably intimate that
the Russian plenipotentiaries expect
the Japanese to display as much expe-
dition as they (the Russians) have
shown in the preparation Of their re-
sponse. 5"r
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18
PROSPECTS OF PEACE.
ENJOYS May Overcome the Great Diff
cuities Confronting Them.

Portsmouth, N. H.. Aug. 13.-There
is rift in the clouds. The prospects
of successful issue of the Washing
ton conference" have frightened some
what as a result Of yesterdays devel-
opments. The discussion of the terms
submitted by Japan has actually be-
gun, but this has been accomplished by
postponing the consideration of the
two main issues-indemnity and the
cession of Saghalin. So far as ascer-
tainable, the Japanese were responsi-
Bile for the tactics by which this hope
full stage was entered upon.
AS the mantle of secrecy has been
thrown around the proceedings by mu-
tual pledges not to divulge what hap
pened within the council chamber,
there are missing links in the chain Of
evidence and it is impossible to Judge
whether this signifies backdown on
either side of the main points.
On the face of things both sides are
still as uncompromising as ever upon
the two issues, the struggle over them
being merely postponed.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18
Argentine Railway Incorporated.

Denver, Colo, Aug. 12.-Clear Creek
county, it is planned, is to have new
railroad, which is not only to tap the
rich Argentine mineral district. but
will give the Colorado & Southern con-
nection for grand scenic trip.
Papers were filed yesterday with
the secretary of state for the Argen-
tine Central Railway Company, with a
capital stock of 100000. The direc-
tors named are Edward J. Wilcox,
James Magee. Jacob Fillius, Simon E.
Writ and George Richardson. The
principal Offices of the company are to
be in Denver.
According to the Incorporation pa
pers, the road is to be constructed
from Silver Plume along Leavenworth
mountain and up Leavenworth gulch
to the top of Mcclellan mountain, to
the easterly face of the mountain.
Ground has actually been broken for
the work, and it is to be prosecuted
to finish.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18
Hea. Bother. Peace ENJOYS.

Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 12.-Mil-
lions of mosquitoes and intolerable
heat confront the plenipotentiaries OF
Russia and Japan and their suites.
Throughout the entire day yester'
day there was no relief from the
heat and humidity. Just at dark
d listless warm rain set in. Its
only effect was to drive swarms OF
Mosquitoes into the hotel and the
guests had either to bar themselves in
their rooms or walk, stamp and beat
the mosquitoes of.
No one has felt the heat more than
has NJ. Witte. He is heavy man, of
large stature, and not accustomed to
extreme climatic conditions of sum
mer. He worked in his rooms
throughout the day in negligee CO.'S
tune, and every moment he wss
drsuched with PRESERVATION.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18

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u Of the United States Navy. in .
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We can give our readers only slight
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The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18

Every housekeeper should know
that il they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time, because it
never sticks to the iron, but because
each package contains 16 Ozone full
pound-while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in Y pound pack
ages. and the price Is the same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all injurious chem
icals. II your grocer tries to sell you
a 12-oz. package 1t is because he has
a stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose Of before he puts in Defiance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let.
ters and figures 'l6 ozs." Demand De-
iance and save much time and money
and the annoyance Of the iron stick
ing. Defiance never sticks.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18
EXPORT TRADE GAINS
BUSY YEAR IN MANUFACTURERS
Value Of Articles Abroad Than Ever
Before in the Countrys History.

Uncle Sans Workers Send Greater
Value Of Articles Abroad Than Ever
Before in the country's History.
Washington. d. c., Aug. 14.-Statis-
tics compiled by the bureau of statis-
tics of the Department of Commerce
and Labor show that the exports of
manufactures in the fiscal year just
ended amounted to $543,62O,297 as
against $452, ,415.921 in the preceding
year, $433,s5l ,756 in 1900. and $751;
1851 in 1885 of manufactures.
The exports for the fiscal year were
not only the largest on record, but
are in excess of the combined exports
OF all articles in the centennial year.
1876, and nearly $140,000.000 more
than the total exports and imports OF
the country at the close of the Civil
War
The growth in the expectation manu-
factures is shown to have largely ex-
ceeded the growth in population. Out
of thirty leading articles only seven
show falling off for the year as com
pared with 1904.
Iron and steel manufactures supply
about one-fourth of the total exports.
having been sl34,727,921, as against
$111 ,94S,5S6 in the preceding year.
lSeel rails showed an increase OF
$4,000, 900. chiefly in shipments to Can
ada, South America, the West Indies,
Japan and other oriental countries.
Machinery also showed an increase
in 1905 of more than $6,000000 over
1904. A conspicuous feature Is the
| large increase in exports of locomo-
tives to Japan, 151 engines having
been sent thither in 1905 as against "A
I in the previous year
Mexico and Argentine increased
their purchases of American sewing
machines, while Japan increased her
purchases of electrical machinery and
builders material, each in substan-
tial degree.
Copper manufactures take second
rank with a total valuation of $S6,225,-
| 291 in 1905 as compared with $57, l42,-
| 081. There was an increase of $lO,-
100000 in the copper exports to China.
There was an increase in the eXpor-
tation of mineral oils, the third article
in importance, of over 100,000,000 gal
Ions, but owing to falling in prices
the value remained practically station
ary The oil export for 1905 was $751;
100000 gallons as against 847 1000, 900
gallons. The value for 1905 was $71.-
SsS.317, and for 1904 was 81 ,753,552.
Leather and its manufactures, fourth
in Importance IN the list of manufac-
tured articles exported, showed an in
crease of $4,O0O,OOO. the total in 1905
having been $3S,O0O000 as compared
with $34.00O,0O0 in the preceding year.
In this class also Japan is credited
with the chief increase.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-08-18
UP the Jungfrau by Rail.

After two years of ceaseless labor,
carried on winter and summer the last
blow of the pick has been made in the
excavation of the permanent way for
the Jungfrau railway. The altitude Of
the terminus is $500 feet. Even the
stolid navvies, as they emerged from
the tunnel boring as the last dynamite
charge shattered the last wall of earth,
were dazzled by the contrast between
the subterranean gloom from which
they had just emerged and the vast ex-
panse of dazzling whiteness of the sea
of ice. In a few weeks now the rail
way will be in full working order
London Globe.