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VOL III, NO. 124. NEWPORT NEWS, VA., TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1898. ~ ~ ^ ^ PRIci^^SI^^E^.^S
J. A. WILLIAMS DEAD
He Succumbs to an Attack
Musclar Rheumatism.
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE
Prominent In Church ami Municipal AITuIre
and Chief of one or the Depart?
ments at the .Shipyard.
Funeral Tutluv.
Mr. John Alexander Williams, aged
42, died at his residence. No. 11? Twen?
ty-eighth street, at 10 o'clock yester?
day morning, after an illness extend?
ing over a period of three weeks.
Although Mr. Williams has been in?
disposed for some time his friends and
relatives did not realize that he was
critically 111 till Sunday afternoon. Mr.
Williams has been suffering with mus?
cular rheumatism. Sunday it was no?
ticed by his physician thai'this disease,
which had been racking the patients
body with pain, hail attacked his heart
Sunday night Mr. Williams began to
sink rapidly and his death was momen?
tarily expected. His wife and son and
many friends gathered around bis hed
side and remained there until the can?
dle of life was sntiflled by the angel of
death.
The end was peaceful. Mr. Williams
closed his eyes wearily as if fall ng in
WILLIAMS.
a deep sleep, as Indeed he did?the sleep
o?-V->ath. .^he.--. soul-had taken"'flight
from its tenement of clay. Thus pass?
ed one of Newport News' best known
citizens, who has been prominent in
church, municipal and Masonic af?
fairs.
The funeral will take place from the
Washington Avenue Methodist church
this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Uremond
Lodge, No. 251, A. P. .'c A. M. will at?
tend the services in a body, as will also
the police force, headed by Chief of
Poliee S. J. Harwood.
The funeral wITl be conducted by the
Rev. George W. Wray, of Petersburg,
the former pastor of Washington Av?
enue Methodist church, assisted bv
Rev. B. F. Lipscomb. Mr. Williams
was very popular among the employ?
ees of the shipyard, and to attest then
appreciation a committee of workmen
in his department have ordered three
beautiful floral designs to be placed on
his casket. The largest of these de?
signs is an anchor, which is over three
feet in length. Another appropriate de?
sign is a propellor made of roses. The
other is a pillow. In addition to this
the men have contributed money to
defray the expenses of placing a me?
morial tablet on the main machine
shop at the shipyard. At the request
of these workmen the remains of their
dead superintendent will lay in stale at
his late residence this afternoon from
1:30 to 2:30 o'clock.
Following will be the pall-bearers:
Active?Messrs. J. L. Marye, Jr.. and
E. M. Braxton, representing tin- Board
of Police Commissioners: Messrs John
G. Livezey and W. J. Nelms, of Wash?
ington Avenue Methodist church;
Messrs. W. H. Quigley and Elias Pey?
ser, of Bremond Lodge, A. F. & A. M.;
Councilman J. F. Doherty and Joseph
Webster, of U>e shipvanl.
Honorary?Mayor W. A. Post, Judge
T. J. iiarnam. Dr. A. C. Jones, Messrs.
L. B. Manville. T. lie Witt Crane. J.
A. Willett, J. W| Davis and J. R. Swi
nerlon.
John Alexander Williams, was born
at Bristol, England, May 15, 11158, of
KngUsh parentage. Mis parents were
M. John R. Williams, who died about
three years ago, and Mrs. Rosena Wil?
liams, who for the past year has resid?
ed with her son in this city. Ib- left
England when only live months old.
his parents removing to California in
the latter part of 1S56 and taking up
their residence in San Francisco.
In his boyhood Mr. Williams enter?
tained a fondness for marine engineer?
ing and when quite a young man be?
came engineer on a steamship run?
ning out of San Francisco. Later he
filled the same position on steamships
plying between San Francisco and
Alaska and San Francisco and Pana?
ma.
In 1880 Mr. Williams married Miss
Saillle Thaxton Bailey, daughter of Il-v.
A. M. Bailey, of the Methodist Epis?
copal Church of California. Two
years later their only sou. Oscar Floyd,
was born.
Mr. Williams remained in San Fran?
cisco until 188s, when he came east to
Philadelphia to superintend the con?
struction of the steamship Corona at
the yard of Neafie & Levy. The i
rona was recently wrecked while ply?
ing in the Klondike trade. Mr. Wil?
liams remained in Philadelphia, about
six months and then returned lo San
Francisco by way of Cape Horn.
While at Philadelphia his skill as a
marine engineer attracted the atten?
tion of the shipbuilders, and his return
to California was only .to make ar?
rangements for the removal of bis fam?
ily to the Quaker City, where lie ac?
cepted a position with Neaife rfc Levy
At this shipyard he became acquainted
with Mr. Sommers N. Smith, who. in
1891, came to New-port News as general
superintendent of the Newport News
Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company.
Mr. Willliams accompanied Mr. Smith
to Newport News and accepted the po?
sition of outside foreman of the ma?
chine department, which he held at the
time of his demise.
During his residence in this city Mr.
?Williams became very popular and war,
identified with many movement? look?
ing to the city's welfare. In July of
1896, when the first; common council
elected the police
the city, he was na
member of the bor
?Svaa reappointed^p g^^. jSABffiPWWWt'
Jot 1?- ' \
ident of the board of police commis?
sioners, holding that office at the time
of hjs death.
Mr. Willliams was one of the most
active workers identified with the in?
terests of the Washington Avenue
Methodist church, and besides holding
the office of treasurer was a member of
the board of stewards.
The remains will be sent to Oakland.
Gal., for interment, and will be ac?
companied by Mr. T. M. Benson.
JUISAI'l'OINTKU IN LOVE.
A Young Woman Attempt* to "iiliulTle Oft
the Mortal Coll" by Taking Morphine.
Unrequited affection led Miss Sadie
Norton, a tenant iu the Brunswick Ho?
tel on Washington avenue, to attempt
suicide shortly before midnight Satur?
day by taking morphine. Dr. J. W. Ay
lett was summoned about an hour and
a half later and succeeded iu restoring
the unfortunate woman to conscious?
ness.
Sadie Norton came to Newport News
about two weeks ago from Boston. It
is said that she has some stage experi?
ence and came here to till an engage?
ment. At any rate, she became infatu?
ated with a certain young man iu the
city, it is alleged, and because he did
not. return her affection uhe resorted to
an attempt to reach the other shore by
the morphine route.
She was out walking with a young
man Saturday night and returned to
her apartments in the Brunswick about
11 o'clock. Her friend, it is said, went
across the street to a restaurant for
the purpose of procuring a lunch and
on his return he found the woman lying
unconscious.
< >n seeing her precarious condition,
the friend endeavored to bring the girl
to consciousness. Failing in this, he
hastened to summon medical aid. It
must have been a long time after she
took the morphine, however, as it was
not until 1 o'clock that Dr. Aylett was
called. The physician responded imme?
diately and by application of proper
restoratives brought the woman back
to her normal condition. She had
then been tinder the influence of the
morphine about an hour and a half.
The attending physician stated that she
could not have taken more than three
grains of the drug.
CAl'TAIN MAKVE IN THE CITY.
He Says the Uuutinglon Kille? Are Enjoy?
ing Camp Life.
Captain P. Thornton Marye, com?
mandant of lhe Huntington Hides, ar?
rived in the city last evening from
Camp Lee, having been summoned
home on business. He will return to
Richmond this afternoon.
When seen by a reporter for the
Daily Press last evening Captain
Marye said all of the boys in Company
C were well and in good spirits. The
company was mustered into the United
States army of volunteers last Thurs?
day. Since that time they have been
living on Uncle Sam's rations and he
feeds better than the State. Tents and
c?oRtTig~utehsiis have also been fur?
nished the company and the boys are
snugly quartered waiting for orders to
move to Tampa. Just when the com?
pany will move with the Fourth regi?
ment Captain Marye was unable to
state, but lie thinks it will be a week
at least. The Second regiment. Col?
onel .1. C. Baker, commanding, has
been ordered to move and that regi?
ment will probably break camp Thurs
tn speaking of the Huntington Rifles
Captain Marye said he had a line set
ol" men and there had not been the
slightest hitch. The boys have become
quite popular with the otiier soldiers in
camp. Willie Toy Sing, the Chinaman,
lias also made many friends. Camp
life agrees with the Huntington Rifles
and lhe boys are beginning to get sea?
soned.
I ttuiit-ll of the Illinois.
It is not likely that the battleship Il?
linois will be launched until the latter
part of the summer.
It was al first thought that the big
battleship would follow the Kearsarge
and Kentucky some time next month,
hut the attention of the force of 4,000
employees al lhe shipyard has been
centered on other naval work since
the inauguration of hostilities and the
Illinois had to be neglected.
Eire :?t lb? Warwick Hotel.
At S:40 o'clock Sunday night an alarm
of lire was turned iu from lhe box at
Hotel Warwick. The tire department
under Chief Stow, responded promptly,
but the slight blaze in the engine room
of the hotel was under control before
the arrival of the fire laddies.
The blaze started from a candle
at the bottom of the elevator and but
for the prompt action of the employees
of tin- engine room might have resulted
disastrously. As it was no damage
whatever was worked by the flames.
Suuili y Wedding*.
There was a quiet wedding at the
residence of Rev. B. F. Lipscomb, pas?
tor of the Washington Avenue Method?
ist church, Sunday afternoon, the con?
tracting parties being Mr. Jas. E. Cor
prew, Jr., and Miss Mary Paul Stock?
man, both formerly of Baltimore, but
now residing in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Corprew will make
their home for the present at the Penn?
sylvania House, at the corner of La
layette avenue and Thirty-fourth
street.
Police Court
Justice Brown disposed of the follow?
ing cases iu the Police Court yesterday
morning:
Peter Tye, riding bicycle on side?
walk: fined $2 and costs.
Thomas Williams, vagrancy; 10 days
In jail.
Gilliam Hobbs (colored), drunk; fined
t2 and costs.
Thomas Clark (colored), larceny, con?
tinued until tomorrow.
John Wilson (colored), drunk; fined $2
and costs.
Lee Kirby, riding bicycle without
bell: dismissed.
.lohn Doherty, drunk; fined $2 and
costs.
Jake Staffey, drunk; fined $2 and
costs,
Henry Taylor (colored). beating
board bill; required to pay the bill
and costs.
H. Thompson, drunk; fined $2 and
costs.
Win. McCune, drunk; fined $2 and
costs.
Mike Welsh, drunk; fined $2 and
costs.
Finma Quesenberry (colored), disor?
derly; fined $S and costs.
Lee Jackson (colored), disorderly;
lined $2 and costs.
William Coleman (colored), disorder?
ly: continued.
Jacob Fish, selling soda water on
Sunday; continued until Tuesday.
Samuel Martin, drunk; fined $2 and
costs.
Two hundred dozen best Masson's
Fruit Jars, pints, quarts and half gal
Tons. ADAMS' RACKET STORE,
* my23-t?
1"
WILL FIGHT FOR CUBA
New Military Company Or?
ganized Last Night.
OVER FIFTY MEN IN LINE
Tncae Soldiers Will be Ready to Go to the
Front When the Call is Made.
Captalu aud First Lieu?
tenant Klected.
The new military company has baen
oiganized.
Over sixty men attended the meet?
ing held in Moss' Hall last night, which
was called for the purpose of organiz?
ing another company of infantry to
take the place of the Huntington Rifles
and to go to the front as soon as an?
other call is made for more troops.
Of this number all but six or sever
^signified their willingness to enlist in
the company.
Mr. George W. Fitchett was elected
captain without opposition. He ac?
cepted the honor in a neat little speech.
Captain Fitchett is an experienced ini
liatiaman. He received his military
training at the Virginia Military In?
stitute, which Is second only to West
point. Captain Fitchett organized and
was the first commander of the Hunt?
ington Rifles.
Attorney C. C. Berkeley was unani?
mously elected first lieutenant. Like
Captain Fitchett, Lieutenant Berke?
ley received his military training at the
Virginia Military Institute. Afterward
he was commandant of two military
schools?one in Virginia and the other
in Lincoln, Neb. He is a thorough
military man and comes from a family
of soldiers.
A second lieutenant was not chosen
last night, though three ballots were
had. The nominees were Mr. Carter
B. Ficklin and Mr. C. "J. Taliaferro.
Neither of the gentlemen received a
requisite number of votes, and the elec?
tion was postponed till tonight, when
the company will meet at the Casino.
No name for the company wes se?
lected last night, the matter being de?
ferred to a future meeting.
After holding a consultation with
Lieutenant Berkeley Captain Fitchett
announced the names of some of the
non-commissioned officers, selecting
men who had had previous military
training. The second sergeaney was
left open for the man who is defeated
for the second lieutenancy. Captain
Fitchett stated that the other corporals
to be selected would be chosen upon
their merits, and if any of the non?
commissioned officers were not profi?
cient they would have to give way to
better men, as no drones would be tol?
erated and he had no favoritism to be?
stow..
Several addresses were made and a
letter from Attorney General A. J.
Montague, stating that he would aid
the company in an official capacity,
was read.
Tonight the men will go to the Ca?
sino to be limbered up and put through
the manual.
Following is a partial list of the of?
ficers and privates:
GEORGE W. FITCHETT?Captain.
C. ('. BERKELEY?First Lieutenant.
L. E. STODDARD?First Seargeant.
.1. H. FORD?Third Sergeant.
H. G. SMITH?Fourth Sergeant.
A. C. BARG AMIN?Quartermaster
Sergeant.
Z. T. JONES?First Corporal.
BERNARD CLINEDINST?Second
Corporal
R. K. KIRTLEY?Third Corporal.
J. C. CURTIS?Fourth Corporal.
L. G. DOYLE
JOHN J. WOODHOUSE. JR.
HARRY BARTLETT.
H. B. ALEXANDER.
DEMPSEY JONES.
GRANVILLE SMITHSON.
R. B. JONES.
LEE R. TODD.
ORVILLE MORTON.
II. B. FURMAN.
W. I. ELLISON.
S. B. CHARLTON.
R. C. BAKER.
HARRY B. CLARK.
A. MAURICE.
P. H. RICHARDSON. '
S. M. HUBBARD.
H. G. DAVIS.
HARRY WHELAND.
H. C. FORE.
W. A. RIDOUT.
F. B. BERKELEY. JR.
W. E. JONES.
C. J. TALLAFERRO.
C. B. FICKLIN.
R. B. F?RET.
C. L. HUGHLETT.
COMING TO FORT MONROE.
Lieutenant Colonel William P. Lane,
commanding the First Maryland Regi?
ment, has received orders to move his
men to Fortress Monroe. '
The directions came from General
Royal T. Frank, commanding the De?
partment of the East, through Adju?
tant General M. Barber. Full arrange?
ments for the transportation of the
regiment are being made by Lieuten?
ant Charles D. Palmer, Sixth United
States Artillery, the quartermaster at
Fort McHenery.
Colonel Lane expects that the First
will leave Baltimore on Wednesday
afternoon. It is probable that the
regiment will march from Camp Wil
mer directly to Baltimore, and will
board a special boat for Old Point
Comfort. There still remains to be ar?
ranged many details before the com?
mand can leave Pimlieo. The work of
equipping the men is going on as rapidly
as possible. The rifles of the regiment
are in poor condition, and there are not
enough of them. Some of the men
have not yet received proper uniforms.
When the First leaves Baltimore it
will carry with it a new set of colors,
which were presented on Saturday by
the Masonic order of Maryland. The
old colors have been In possession of
the First for twenty years. The La?
dies' Aid Society, of Baltimore, is doing
a unique work in fitting out the sol?
diers with many things which are con?
sidered necessary for a hot Southern
climate. A large number of red flan?
nel abdominal bands have already been
sent.
These troops will replace the men
who have been ordered to Tampa.
It was thought that the infamous
Seventh regiment of New York, which
first refused to volunteer to go any?
where under the President's call for
troops, but which changed front after
being severely "roasted" by the New
York press for playing tin-soldlers,
would be sent to Fortress Monroe. But
General Frank, after succeeding Gen?
eral Merrttt, changed the original
plans and Ignored the regiment com?
posed of rich New Yorkers. It Is
known that the Seventh regiment want?
ed to come to Old Point. The members
would have been pleased with the sta?
tion, and they thought they had
enough "pull" to get them the assign?
ment, but it seems they were unsuc?
cessful
DIXIE IN THE STREAM.
. The Dixie is now anchored in the his
toris James, half a mile off shore.
I At 11:30 o'clock Sunday morning slu
cast loose her lines, and. under her
own steam, backed out Into the stream,
her crew meantime standing at quar?
ters. When she readied the govern?
ment anchorage ground, near the ship?
yard, her big mud-hook plunged over?
board.
The ship is now ready for any serv?
ice to which the department may as?
sign her. She has her shells of the
common explosive and armor-piercing
variety aboard her. and she has at last
received the powder for her six-inch
guns. There are several tons of it now
stored away In her magazines, and the
result Is that the ship will be sent to
sea within a very few days to do battle
in earnest. It is not yet known just
when the Dixie will sail. She will in
all probability drop down to Point
this morning, but before she starts on
a cruise, it will be necessary to run
outside the Capes for practice in gun?
nery.
The gunners and their mates aboard
ship will have their hands full in?
structing the Mary landers in the
loading, training and tiring of the
heavy battery of eighteen modern
rifles. Already the officers have taken
this important work earnestly in hand,
and they are working very hard, in?
deed, to perfect their men In the hand?
ling of the guns.
Although the subject is a gruesome
one, the surgeons' department is not
losing any time in arranging for the
rapid care of the wounded, so that
whenever the Dixie goes into action,
no man will be allowed to suffer long
before he Is attended to. Dr. McKln
non was anxious to run the men down
the ammunition hoists to the berth
deck, where, protected by the coal
bunkers, he and Dr. Ueiskcl! could op?
erate In comparative safely to them?
selves and the subject. However, tin
hatchways were made too narrow for
this purpose, and, anyway, it is said
that the guns can fire the ammunition
almost faster than it can be delivered,
so that would be another obstacle!
Therefore, the slightly wounded w ill be
taken below, while the poor fellows
who cannot be moved down a compan
lonway will have to be treated on .leek.
The steel decks covering the range
of the guns are all down, the boys hav?
ing put in considerable night work in
rushing them to completion. livery
body is now awaiting the final orders
to sail, but just when they will come is
problematical.
NO MORE COAL SOUTH.
Assistant Secretary Spaulding has is?
sued instructions to Collector of Cus?
toms J. W. Elliott, as well as other col?
lectors on the Atlantic seaboard, tu lhe
effect that while the Spanish fleet is at
large in the waters of this continent all
applications for clearance of vessels la?
den with coal for West Indian, Mexi?
can, Central American and South
American ports must, be referred to the
Treasury Department with recommen?
dations before the same Is Issued.
This course Is irofsaideal -.-Ao prevent
coal from being supplied to the Spanish
fleet, and It Is said the order will be re?
voked whenever the Spaniards leave
American waters or are destroyed by
our own squadrons. Should the report
concerning the vessel prove entirely
satisfactory orders granting the clear?
ance will be issued immediately, but
should it contain any elements of un?
certainty as to the final destination or
ultimate purpose of the shipment a
thorough investigation will be made.
The Treasury Department, working
through its secret service, has imposed
a strict espionage upon the movements
of .til vessels, and this information,
which is kept at the Treasury Depart?
ment, will go a long way toward deter?
mining whether clearance papers shall
be issued to vessels applying in the fu?
ture.
This government, it Is stated, believes
the Spaniards have been receiving some
supplies from the United Stales from
vessels leaving our ports, and every ef?
fort will be made to break up the prac?
tice.
At present there are no regular lines
sending coal from this to any of the
ports indicated. Prior to the breaking
out of hostilities, schooners loaded with
?oal were very frequently dispatched to
Southern. West Indian and even Cuban
ports, Cienfuegos receiving large quan?
tities of steam coal.
NRWARK IN COMMISSION.
The United States cruiser Newark,
one of the finest protected cruisers in
the navy, went Into commission at the
navy yard Saturday afternoon, when,
with the crew and marine guard drawn
up. Captain A. S. Barker's flag was
hoisted and the pennant broken out.
the Naval Post Band playing "The
Star Spangled Banner."
Captain Barker is one of the best
known officers in the navy, and has
since the beginning of the war with
Spain been a member of the strategy
board In Washington. The following
other officials reported for duty on the
Newark yesterday:
Lieutenant-Commander W. H. Tur?
ner as Executive Ofliecr, Lieutenants
W. P. Halsey, A. C. Poundstone. J. H.
Gibons. R. P. Carroll. H. K. Bryan. C.
B. Brittaln, Elisign Albert Houston, aid
to Captain Barker; Paymaster C. S.
Williams, Surgeon C. G. Harmon, Act?
ing Assistant Surgeon H. A. Bunn.
Chief Engineer C. P. Howell. Other of?
ficers will join the ship next week.
The Newark has been at the na\'y
yard about fifteen months and a great
deal of work has been done on her. She
caries an armament of twelve six-inch
guns, besides a number of smaller ones
In h<\;? .secondary battery.
FOUND POWDER NEAR A TENT.
A ten-pound bag of powder was
found in front of Captain Waters' tent
at Camp Warburton yesterday morn?
ing. Where the powder came from Is
not known. It does not belong to either
of the two batteries, and the finding
of the bag near Captain Waters' teni
is suspicious to say the leant.
The officers have been annoyed re?
cently by a gang of petty thieves who
have been ransacking their tents.
No guards have been stationed along
the water front, and for that reason
the rogues have not been apprehended;
but precaution has been taken. Here?
after guards will patrol the water
front and the first thief captured will
be severely dealt with.
Yesterday was a busy day with the
men In camp. Captain Warburton or?
dered a number of ditches dug for san?
itary purposes and the men were kept
busv throwing terra Anna.
Assistant Quartermaster Sam Boyle
is expected to return this evening from
a trip to Washington and Philadel?
phia.
Mrs. Creswell, wife of Lieutenant
Creswell, is stopping at Old Point.
ORDERED TO TAMPA.
(By Telegraph.)
RICHMOND, VA-. May 2:!.?Late tins
afternoon Colonel J. C. Baker, of the
Second Virginia regiment, received or?
ders from the War Department to pro
ceed Immediately with his command to
Tampa. It is understood that the reg?
iment will start Wednesday if trans?
portation can be secured by that time
Simply more and better for youi
money than ever before at Woodward
& Womble's.
I Good screen doors, complete,. $1:00.
! Adams' Racket Store. . /" tf.
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DEARTH OF WAR NEWS
Navy Department has No Ad?
vices as to Warships.
OREGON NOT AT KEY WEST
Alt Spanish Vessels Now Subject loSelzure.
Three TliuaNauil Men l*al rolling iUs
Cwut. Monterey Sot to Salt
for V\\vs Days.
(By Telegraph.)
WASHINGTON. .May 23.?It was
stated at the Navy Department today
at the close of office hours that no
dispatches of any kind relating tu the
movements of the fleets or the prospect
of an engagement had been received
during the day, and that the only dis?
patch received was relative to an in?
consequential prize case.
As the ships are now at sea there la
no expectation of reports until a de?
cisive engagement occurs, and a dis?
patch boat gets lo a port or it is found
that Cerveru has eluded our search.
In the meantime there is a complete
lack of official data by which to fore?
cast the coming engagement. A re?
port was current during the day that
the big battleship Oregon had arrived
at Key West, but the department of?
ficials would notice it only by enlacing
a general denial that word hail been re?
ceived of any important vessel's move?
ments or arrivals.
During the day press dispatches came
from Madrid giving an account of a
sharp debate in the Cortes over the
alhged Hying of the Spanish Hag by
American warships. It created much
comment in naval circles. Spain's pr??
fest to the powers that ibis use of
the Hag was "cowardly and iniquitous"
was dismissed by naval officers with
the statement that international law
writers agreed on the right to use an
enemy's tlag for purpose of deceit, so
long as the Hag is hauled down befure
a shot is Hied. The United States na?
val legations make specific provision
on this point. The statement made by
the Spanish minister of interior that
Uie government is likely lo resort to
privateering did not cause any appre?
hension among officials here. It Is
felt that Great Britain, Germany and
France will have considerable to say In
case Spain resorts to privateering.
The commerce of these countries
with the United States would suffer
very severely by Spanish privateering,
and ils effect would be far more dis?
astrous to these foreign Interests than
lo the shipping of Hie United Slates.
Commander Hempblll, who has
charge of the naval enlistment, has
made out a table showing that the re?
cent recruiting or the navy has swelled
that branch of the service to 0,729.
The following are some of the states
from which recruits have been secured:
Virginia, 255; North Carolina, 95! South
I Carolina, 155; Georgia, 17; Florida, 113.
I The French government has taken
opportunity to pay a graceful compli?
ment to this country by informing thu
French embassy that an artist has
been instructed to make a copy of the
famous picture of "The Battle of York
town," which is one of the priceless
treasures of the French national gal?
lery at Versailles, to be sent to the em?
bassy at Washington.
As lo the allegation that the block
ode is ineffective, it is said that on
tin- contrary 11 has been singularly suc?
cessful, and that so far as known not
a single ship subject to detention has
passed the lines without the consent
of our government.
The Montserrat, it is true, did enter
Clenfuegas harbor before our blockad?
ing ships had time to get around the
south Hide .if Cuba and establish the
blockade, and she did manage to get
out at night. But she is a Spanish
ship and Spain is perhaps the only na?
tion in the world that lias lost the pow?
er to enter a protest against il block?
ade, being a combatant herself. It is
only for neutral powers to enter such
protests and none of these has as yet
tin' slightest pretext for such action.
With the beginning of the present week
ali Spanish vessels in United States
ports, which sailed after the outbreak
of war. are subject to seizure, as well
as all Spanish merehantment found on
the high seas, save where they left
ports of the United States before April
21 last.
The President's proclamation of war
allowed such ships lying in our ports
or bound for them thirty days in which
to discharge cargo, and also ensured
them safe passage home. That period
of time expired Sunday night. This,
It is expected, will tend to free the
State Department from complications.
Under the energetic management of
Captain Bartlett, who was recalled
from the retired list into the service
of the Navy Department for the pur?
pose, there has just been effected a
most admirablv and thorough system
of coast signalling for war purposes.
The Navy Department itself estab?
lished thirty stations on the coast,
manned by naval militiamen. Then it
called into service 1.000 lighthouse em?
ployees and 1,000 life-saving men, mak?
ing a total force of over 3,000 men, who
patrol the great shore line from Bar
Harbor lo Galveston night and day,
and in all. weathers, watching for the
approach of an enemy or for a signal
from any passing United States war?
ship.
It has been arranged that all of these
watchers can communicate in the
course of a few minutes with a tele
t,-ra|*h or telephone line and all center
in the office of Captain Bartlett in the
Navy Department, who is thus prepar?
ed to give the war board instant notice
? >f any significant ship movements on
the coast. It is said at the Navy De?
partment that it will be at least five
Jays before the Monterey can he start?
ed on her long journey from San Fran?
cisco for Manila, the- delay being on ac?
count of the preparations that must be
made for the very exceptional service
required of the vessel.
Captain J. S. Pettit. Fifth Infantry,
and Lieutenant II. H. Sargeant, Sec?
ond Cavalrv.who were recently app ilnt
ed colonels of independent regiments
of volunteers, to be composed of im?
munes, are now making arrangements
for the organization of their rcsiments.
Captain f'ettil will recruit his regiment
from residents of the District of Co?
lumbia, Maryland, Virginia, West Vir?
ginia and North Carolina, and Lieu?
tenant Sergeant will secure his in Ala?
bama and Mississippi.
PRESENTED WITH INSIGMA.
(By Telegraph.)
MADRID. May 23.?The grand cor?
don of naval merit has been conferred
upon Captain Deschampso, of the
Spanish steamer Montserrat, which
recently arrived at Corunna from Ci
enfuegos. The Queen Regent person?
ally presented the captain with the in
sigma.
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ANOTHER PRIZE CAPTURED.
An American Cruiser Takes a Spanish
Burk.
(Copyright. 1S9S. by Associated Press)
ST. THOMAS, DANISH WEST IN?
DIES, May 23.?The British steamer
Aldeborough, Captain Farrant, which
arrived at Porto Rica on May 6, from
Mothil, Scotland, reached this port
from San Juan de Porto Rica yester?
day morning.
She reports that an American cruis?
er captured a Spanish bark six miles
north of San Juan on Saturday morn?
ing last. The capture of the vessel
was observed from San Juan and the
prize was towed north.
The Spanish cruiser Isabel II, while
at San Juan de Porto Rica, tired on
the British steamship Roath. from Har?
ry, on April 22, which was loaded witli
coal, with the itentlon of crippling
her and thereby preventing her depar?
ture. The officers of the Isabel II,
however, claim the tiring was the re?
sult of an accident.
Mr. Freeman Halstead. the newspa?
per correspondent, who has been sen?
tenced to nine years' imprisonment for
taking photographs of the fortifications
at San Juan de Porto Rico, has been
conveyed to a convict camp to undergo
his sentence.
BRITISH STEAMER SEIZED.
She Was Acting In a Susplcous Man?
ner.
(By Telegraph.>
KEY WP:ST. FLA.. May 23.?The
British steamer Ardanmhor. Captain
Dan, came into port this morning iu
charge of an ensign from the auxiliary
gunbout Osceola, by which vessel the
Ardanmhor was seized yesterday off
Carysfort light, because she was act?
ing In a suspicious manner and was
supposed to be trying lo enter Hava?
na harbor.
The steamer was released this after?
noon by order of Commodore liamey.
There Is a good deal of mystery as to
why she was seized, as Carysfort light,
where she was overhauled by the i >s
ceola, is off the Florida coast and more
than one hundred miles north of here.
Upon tlie arrival of the Ardanmhor
at Key West Captain Dan made <?
formal protest to the British consul
here, Mr. Taylor, who laid the case be?
fore Commodore Retney with the re?
sult stated above. It is thought the
affair is now closed. The Ardanmhor
left New York on May 17 for Tamplco.
Mexico, via Nassau, with a cargo of
general merchandise.
PHENOMENON AT SEA.
A Terrlffle Explosion Heard Near the
Cuban Shore.
(Bj> Telegraph.)
KEY WEST, FLA., May 23.?The of?
ficers of one of the United States
cruisers, which arrived here today, say
that while off Cape San Antonio (the
western extremity of Cuba) yesterday
afternoon a terrlfllc explosion was
neard from the direction of the shore,
but apparently many miles away.
There was an upheavel of water all
about the ship and Uie cruiser herself
vibrated with the shock from stem to
stern. Many are inclined lo think that
the phenomenon was an earthquake.
There are no batteries near enough to
Cape San Antonio to account for a
detonation of such volume and it Is
thought that If any naval disaster had
occurred news of It would have reach?
ed here.
Judge Locke, In the United States
district court today, heard arguments
in three of the most Important cases,
those of the Buena Ventura. Miggul
jova and Catalina. A number of coun?
sel appeared and it was contended that
all three vessels should be condenmned
as lawful prizes.
Arguments against this contention
were made by an array of counsel rep?
resenting the various interests, includ?
ing the owners of the vessels and their
cargoes. Judge Locke reserved his de?
cision.
FURIOUS CANNONADING.
Dispatch from Port De Prix Reports
Lively Fighting.
(Copyright. 1S9S, bv Associated Press.)
PORT AU PRINCE, HAYTI. May 23.
?The following dispatch has been re?
ceived from Port De Prix, dated Satur?
day last, land telegraph communica?
tion having been interrupted up to to?
day:
"A furious cannonading was heard
on the l'.ith (Thursday last) In the di?
rection of the north of Cuba. Today
(Saturday) the cannonading continues
in a very lively fashion."
Port De Prix is In the northwest?
ern part of Hayti and the firing refer?
red to may have been from any part
of the eastern extremity of Cuba. As
lhe Spaniards Claim Guantanoma was
recently bombarded, the firing may
liave come from that direction.
SAW NO WARSHIPS.
(By Telegraph.)
KINGSTON, JAMAICA. May 23.?
No warships were seen in the neigh?
borhood of Mole St. Nicholas, or else?
where by the Haytlen gunboat Crete a
Pierot, which arrived here foday from
Port Au Prince.
WHAT SHIPS ARE THESE?
(By Telegraph.)
LONDON. May 23.?Lloyd's agent at
Para, Brazil, under today's date, ca?
bles lhat three American men-of-war
arrived there at a o'clock this morning
from Rio De Janeiro.
The only American warships known
to be on their way north from Rio De
Janeiro are the Oregon, the Marietta
and the Nietheroy. The Oregon was
lam reported officially by Lloyd's at
Ilahla, Brazil, on May 9 and she Is be?
lieved to have proceeded at midnight
the same day. The distance from B:i
hiu to Para is about 1.6U0 miles, rough?
ly speaking, and if Lloyd's report is
correct, the Oregon and her consorts
have been steaming very slowly. Oth?
er reports have placed the Oregon at
Barbadoes and nearer still to the Uni?
ted States.
OREGON NOT AT KEY WEST.
KEY WEST, FLA., May 23.?The
battleship Oregon has not arrived here.
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WAITING FOR ORDERS!
Spaniard* Continue to Denounce AuuerL '
etui Metlto?l8or Warfare, Declaring
Them to lie Cuwardlf
?11.1 lulqullous.
(By Telegraph.)
MADRID. May 23.?0 A. M.?Accorffi^
lug (.. a current report here the Spao-g;|
ish reserve Meet will manoeuvre ;'ia'
Cadiz waters until Its destination iS:<fe5
eided upon.
It i.s rumored lhat the Spanish au>i
thorilies propose to fortify the "QueeaSg
of Spain's cnair" ..u the summit of.-'o??8
mountain overlooking Gibraltar. aAdSs||
that they also intend to erect fortifies^ |
lions upon Europa Point, at the easts
ern entrance of Algeciras Bay and facrjij
ing Gibraltar.
A dispat. ii received here frSm Ha~J'
vana says the colonial government
"lias decreed that the importation
toed Into all the ports of Cuba is
tie free of duty."
:i P. M.?In the Senate today Count
Almenas Vehementl protested against
lhe alleged action of some America
warships iu displaying the Spanish
Mag iu order to deceive the garrison' OtJ
G nan tana mo, as announced or??Satiirrv
day last in a dispatch from Captain;
General Blanco, who added that the;;;
American ships were "immediately;-,
recognized and repulBed."
The Count asked If the government
had notified the powers of this tncl-.Js
ilent.
The minister of the Interior, SenorSPt
Cupdepon, replied that he had notlflecl?^
the powers and described this reported*^
action its "cowardly and iniquitous."
Count Almenas then said that In view '
.a' America's manner of making war,
iin most Immediately decree priva- ,3
ring in order to utterly destroy .
American shipping.
To this the minister of the Interior
replied that lhe government had de
liberated upon the matter and had.).:;
even taken certain decisions which :J,
would shortly be known.
Count Guendelain said the Ameri- "
can's act of piracy was admitted by ->?
certain theories as international law.
Senor Martinez Pachccw remarked y=
that It was doubtful whether such an
act was legal. "But." he added, -' ?A;<2&
face of the Americans conduct in war.
wit h Spain we must mu-^m^^iawa-i ? s
enttion for them.'- CSinfTnulns the .
speaker protested against Spain's ad-.% j
herence to the Geneva convention,
whereupon the minister of the interior
replied that Spain had not yet entered
the convention. ' v'^S
Senator Conde, professor of internm-V ;?
! tlonnl law? at the Madrid University,
warmly denounced what he was pleas- .-'
I ed to term "the base proceedings" of "?"'-?.
United States, declaring that If rS
Washington authorized such acts .C
did not deserve the name of a civil- i
Ize.l government. The professor then. - ?
reeded to unfold a lengthy indict- ; :S
:', of the alleged war methods of
Americans, insisting that they. ~i
e shown no respect for the right ot'M.
people in the capture of merchantmen
land bombardments, reiterating that
the acts of the United States are not
those of a civilized country.
_
UNCLE SARI TO PASS THE HAT.
He Will Collect the Customs at the r%
Philippine Islands,
i By Telegraph. )
WASHINGTON. May 23.?In antlci- J
patlon of the early occupation of thei
Philippine Islands by lhe military and
naval forces of the United States the
treasury department has already be- ;j
gun the formulation of regulations and
a scheme as to customs tariffs which. 'S
will be collected by the military au?
thorities and turned in to the treasury
of the United States as a "military M
contribution." That the President has j;;;
authority to collect the Philippine rev- ?p
enues under existing conditions is not :;:
a matter of doubt.
Th* tariff rates now being prepared j
by the treasury department will close- J :
ly follow the Spanish customs law in J
force in the Philippines. Just what JM
revenue they produced is not known,/ V
hm the assumption lhat inasmuch as'-..ig
the home government realized from- s
them iast year approximately nine mil-; ^
lions of dollars, the actual amount col- '
Seeled was $1S.O?0.000. The government ^
will assume control of the revenues as ; ;
soon as the principal seaports are in
our possession and will continue to1 :
control them, at least until Congress \
takes specific action in the ease or un
lit peace has been declared between "'
the two countries.
- ???:'-:
MEDICAL DEFICIENCY BILL.
' (By Telegraph.)
WASHINGTON, May 23.?Secretary
Alger sent to Congress today an esti?
mate for a deficiency appropriation ct
$50.000 for the medical and hospital de?
partment of the army, caused by the
unforeseen and large preparations and
outfits required for thePhilippine ex?
pedition and the necessary establish?
ment of large general hospitals at Fort
McPherson, Ga.; Fort Thomas, Kyi; <k
Key West. Fla., and Fort Meyer, Va.,
and for the state boards for the exam?
ination of physicians for the volunteer
force and extraordinary expenses.
Midnight.?The belief is prevalent in
all circles and in all sections of the
press that the government is in pos?
session of important news from Cuba.
Iis character has not been made pub?
lic.
The report that Great Britain had
sent a note to Spain, asking an expla?
nation of the concentration of troops
in the neighborhood of Gibraltar is of?
ficially denied.
LONDON. May 24?A dispatch to
the Daily Chronidle from Barcelona,
dated Sunday, says.
"A steamer look one thousand sol?
diers from Cadiz yesterday (Saturday)
lor the Canaries or the Philippines,
and there are two trans-atlantic liners
in port here."
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