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THE MONDAY BULLETIN-JULY 11, 1698. _
THE FLIGHT
OM?R?,
Official Account of the
Complete Destruction
of (he Spanish
Fleet.
VIEW FROM THE VIXEN
Details of the Fight at the
Various Stage? of
the Terrific
Encounter.
PROMIN1 > : OF iiJH>OKI.YN.
The New York Appears on
the Scene Towardi
the End of the
Enijage:iient.
fKUM sUOHl . N IT ALL TMB TIME.
OF1 BAN!
r..,. li '. Jul. :
IrtK
it
:ri,' . Iftxea:
At >.tr. A. M., thi "
r
harbor. Bi
to be as uaar, tykag a
T
The Vixen at
two :
%%
t .
the eha
i
?
n/oi I nnand*
Ing offli er,
quart.;- I
::.?,. ih< tin oklyn'i fin
unobstructed.
a signal thai thi SU? n wai
to . - that
the ;
WllTi)
tempting I The
lift at
tton, nod i'- ' " W
: thi tno . h iruor,
en. a terrllle tire
upon tie > ' stay.
BNCMT COMINO OUT.
Thero s I > my wnn
poming "'H. Thi ! wen
mon mined
whi Iher the
his i
through the bl' ;
hasp hit ahlps together. The leading ves*
B?'l I .
When a I illowi d
shortly bj the Cristobal Colon,
was easily identified raasi
aras bei two su The
fled, as the Vtscaya, the AlmtrsaM 11
do, nud the In si ta Mai u 1
UM : t
Msanwhi spproai hi d the
month <-f the harl ir, and whi a the fourth
rasst i appeal ' ind t?rm I to the s
ha" reconnolterod UM Re?d, si
the w. ;' the
i bade, becaui
Barreal had drifted thi ships
e?ft of l heir customary positions. The
wtstcrn portion of the I
whs defeaded by the Vixen and tha
Brooklyn, The Brooklyn headed north.
apparently Intending to Inten i pt the head
of the saemj ' ( sli
ran battbrixi open.
As the Madli a of 1 imy'i
column Sppt si
opened ri hoary fin apparent 1; .
at the eastern and c< itral shlpi of the
btoekadlng aqua AI It
Brooklyn i ti
CWO leadlns ahlpa, a hlch i i
gether. with an loi real
tera Of a mill I " I ! dp
anrt the Cristobal Col n.
At 10:01 the Brooklyn turned aiUj n
port helm. BsSklng s complete turn t..
the aast, ?o that ehe was a tin i
*? . i .may's leadlni
on hor starboard quarter, and thi fourth
ves*-> a mlng up rsi
this time the Vixen was ?reSI of tie
in?.: ship, and was etsatntaxj on ? pamllal
sjoui
For the usxl fifteen mlnutea the Brook?
lyn received nud returned the fire of the
two leading ships, si i :lnhot
from the Cristobal Colon,
At i" ' rere well f irme I, the
positions b Ing a* folhrwi
The enemy's snips in column bel
Cabanas and Quayacabo, the Bi
ib arli | m i ; slM] course :i ml
with the Oregon two miles south- i t
The other Ann rlean \ ob
Bcured by the BBSOkS.
UBA0IKG BPAN2ARD aim,ami:
At bi..:.: the < Jolon snd oth< r li
ships of the enemy's w<
just ?leur of the Brooklyn's bow. as
viewed front ths Vixen. The Cristobal
Colon was gaining speed and closing up
Jt was apparent that the leading v< - !
was disahwi and on Bre, as ehe df
rapidly astern. Sho apparently hi
for the shore "if Juan Qoni
The Oregon, forging ahead capitally,
engaged the fourth snip. As she p
two smaller Bpanlah veai . ibably
the Furor and Pluton. to .. wi
of Cabanas, engaged the leva and the
Texas, though apparently en fire. But
the leading vessels were too ??r to lha
?est to i o Identified accurately. The In
diana was in sight a little to the west of
alerto Castle.
At 10:54 the Cristobal Colon was still
gaining, and was reserving, her Ore At
this moment the only American v<
eeen from the Vixen were tin Brooklyn,
Oregon, Taxas, and Iowa six miles be
hind the Oregon. The Indiana was four
miles astern of the Iowa.
lAKMY'S PIRJC Too HIGH.
At 10:37 the Cristobal Colon and other
ships resumed the heavy tire. The second
vessel wus five miles from the \'iv n. Th i
' ton was gaining rapidly "n the
toba! Colon, which wat using
powdi r Th aaemy'a fin s very high,
end many of their shuts : r the
B >kl) u, falling cloi > : the \ Is
Isc? of sh .1 tearing the flag at her
mainmast
At M~47 the Prooklyn forged ahead end
the Oregon tlrc<t her forward B-in?.!i gaa
at the leading Span Mb v<
At the same time (10:tT), th? Texas, in
front of the Iowa, was gaining ra| Idly.
At this time the Brooklyn's Ore whs
steady and deadly, her shell? vrlklng or
bursting slongside the Spaniards.
At 10.49 the Texas reached Juan I
sale?, and the Indiana was asuarently off
Cabanas. At in.? tho Vlx- n r.npro
heading Bortb-northw? si I he Texas was
gaining rapidly, the Iowa appeared to bo
off Juan Ootosal<*a, and the vac ht ap
peared off Quayacabo, hotly engaging the
enemy? ships.
At 1M.54 another Bpanlsh eaaaaj r.n% on
re. and heading for the beach, v.m a
vy list to port. Thla wa? ths VI?
a. making for the reef at A criaderos.
THF. VIZCAYA AGROUND.
At 11*01 tho Vizcaya ported her helm
nd headed east. Bpaari - king the
Vlirn directed their rtre against the Vis
cay? until 1147, when, as the asfflatl afltfl
damn, we iiaaaiil At ua 'here came
s burst of flame and ?moke from th* I
eaya'a atara, and all the ata?a reeamed
the.r fire while passing the dttOBflOd ves
avl, which waa hard on A.-e-i jOer-j? reef.
At 11:1? the Brooklyn, Oreflflfl, T<xan.
Iowa, and Indiana, th? tast-sassed tea
mil's from the Cristobal ("own. w-ere in
of the Vixen. it ' on
. Mil that the veeeel at Accrradcro?
was tlif Spanish fUga!i??>.
AI UM the luwa hud Steamed The
-end of the Viz a>a ?ni a ?he? t of
Bad from BJi te mal dsSW
many exploalons on board the Hpsnlsh
. . i by the ignition
aae (harr.es about the guns.
reset) re chryssnthemums, wltn
smoke, as th? ' adef?
II from the ande o? ti.
ONLY THE COLOR LEFT.
Ai u ;j the. ehaee aetTowai Itself to
the OrlstebeJ Colon, wh close
h I re .and reren mile* from the V > en.
v Oreajon ot.e poial <'ri tta atar
an! fleStaat s aalle sud h half, the
glyn one point m the etarboard bow,
the Texas oa the atar?
listant NM ItlOi tMfl lOWfl
two pointa on t1 ird aide, distent
eight miles, and the New York one point
quarter, distant un
] c. i were ap
|y off Boca del Rio, but were too
d in
n hase sad smoke from the lead
ing ships. No ?th? r vi are la
moke from the ohlp d< -
and to lha east
ward co d be aa a, I at the vessel's hull
ran talked.
lha r : tlve pceillon? of the
American akdflfl f tlcally tbd same.
the Vixi:i ?ffl I aaJVllia,
n miles west of BenttagO, the Texas
three points on the starboard quar
- than a mile oft, and the
n the
. and poi t b w, dletanl four and
: :,.' Cristo
bore two i oints on th- atar
; bow, distant fully ten n.;
. i :n ii pilot on the
\ i' :. that veeeel ws_s off Bayaanlta. The
i * v. is f.'ik' :: fl 'in the
OtBl -'. and IBM it,
m;\v tfORK IDENTIFIED
At 12.-06 the New Tori was in line with
bun ; y lacaya, at a dlstam
nine m
thi Ti gai was '.n the stau
.V ?ork two ("'?ids oa the
r and gaining, thr. ure
, naif pdnt on the starboard bow,
, n| on the port bow.
.. Cristobal Colon one point on the
rd bow. still milt I away.
Al 11:30 the Or son Bred a ahoi which
iba! i lolon was th' n
down from th Vla< n During
hour the oceai lonal ahota from
ti,.- < and the Brooklyn shuck near
the el
At 12;.',') the- Tesas w.?s on? print for
th? ' i be rd beanu an-i was
. I,
'.Klyn
headed Inshore about four point*
Al l:2S thi rexs ; Igm Hi n< my
i
ported lo the New Tork, but was 11 t ec
knov.. dg< d. The Cristobal < lolon was
through glasses aiming close Inshore,
and, according t" the pilot, al iti"
11 a/a th< nghl on boar.i
Vix.-i a whit-- Rag wa. displayed on th?
Ci tobal Colon, but this subseaut atly
: to be ei raping at< am.
At z o'clock bosta from the Brooklyn
nl alongside lha Colon.
At . fixen " ?ppt i oil Rio 'i es
quino, nesr the Brooklyn and Oregon,
N< w fork arrived Bv? minutes later
and intercepted the boata which were re
turning from the Colon.
in all of these obeervatlona the time
?raa accurately noted, bul th? watch used
v. Bv? minutes behind the deck elo-k,
reed rery \< ai ly with th< aoui >
Indicated by the b. lis on tho other vos
e?is.
THE RITA SAILS
FOR SANTp.
Pari of the Sixth Illinois Regi
intnt Departs Under a
Perfect Rainbow.
? n.\Ki.i>-T'<N, B. C, July m.-The
asShtp Rita, captured recently off
. by tie Vai', ami purchased >i
day by the United States Government tor
ailed for Santlngo this afternoon
with K? ne a of th" Sixth Dlln da R? -\
and thfir baggage, or..- battalion
of the n glmt at Bailed with the . i
: fjeneia] Qarrstson, on the Colum
bia. It was found that tho Kita COUld not
carry the remaining Ml men, so oompa?
D and M were left bars. This divides
the regiment up badly,
The embarkation at Adper'a whnrf nt
I o'.i.uk was nu uasptrlAg sight. The
mea of lha Blxtoeuth Pennsylvania ?md
ad aad Third Wlseoasln regiment;;
drawn Up on neighboring ptsrhssds,
their rcRimentai banda playing patriotic
airs, which were reeponded to by the
band of the Illinois R?gissant on the
A RAINBOW.
It had been raining hard all day, but
ju.'t as the Rita drew out Into the atream
a perfect fflinboa) appeared, spanning
the entrance to the harhor
trtuaaphal arch tinder wbioh the ("hip area
salltnf, The watching soldiers caught the
idgnlftcance it tha Incident, ami a cheer
wa ler-fronl that could
.i.i all over the city.
Si sciai services, m ndocted by the chap
lains of each ol the regiments, were held
in various churches of the city to-day.
The Otami Duchess la expected oir the
bar to-night, to take a third expedition
I to Santiago to-morrow.
JAMES J. CORBET!
AHP KID M'COY.
They Atjree Upon a Twenty
Five-Round Match, to Como
Off August 27th.
NEW YORK. July 10.-lt Is announced
that James J. Corbett and "Kid McCoy
have agreed upon terms for n 25-round
match, tu come off at Buffalo dflgast
r?lh. The purse will be ?tfO.OW, with a side
b.-t in.hable. It is aa|d thai McCoy's
representative? piovu-ionally as?)
Corbctt'a stipulation that should the po
lice UUertare the Utter is to have th?
winner's end of the puree.
tAMARA'S OKKUEUS SAD.
Mairb Affected uu Learalnar of De
? iia-tlnn of Certera Fieri.
MESSINA. 8ICI1.Y. July 10-Last night
the officers of the torpedo-bt>at-d<stroy
ers which accompanied Admiral C?mara
to T'ori Bald arrived here on the return
trip.
They were much affected on learning
of the destruction of Admiral Cervera's
fleet, declaring themselves ready to make
every *acrlttce, and determined to light
to tho laau
A PRACTICE MARCH
FORJHE THIRD
From Camp Alger to the
Potomac River and
Back in Two
Days.
PREPARATIONS FOR IT
Hard Tack, Canned Goods,
Shelter Tents, Surgeons,
Ambulances, and
Mule Train.
KKOAOnrO IN BKIRMI8H DRILL.
One of the Companies Makes a
Long Detour Through a
Veritable Wilderness
of Underbrush.
NEWS FROM CAMP CUBA UBRlv
CAMP ALGER, July lO.-fSpeelnl.)
This has been a busy Sunday In camp on
account of orders received from Ganara]
Ilu?br yesterday afternoon directing the
reglmenl to prepare for a practice march
to the Potomac. The Mart is to be made
Bafty to-morrow morning. The men are
now in pruaarod for th?? trip of fourtoew,
gftiMS, many of them having no canteen*.
While other things are slSC Beaded, and
coionei Nails made an effort to have Um
march postponed. Bui BI everything ha-i
bi :i ariangcd, U?a I I B id to be
refused, and ! the companies
wer? notified to k> t r sdy, Revaflle will
be pounded to-morroa morning at S
o'clock, and bnmedistely gftsrwards
breakfast Will bs bad The men will I
form in heavy marching order, and tho
raiment Will be put under the command
of Qeaera] J. P, Qnbln, c,f ponnsyh i
whoso brigads from that State win
make thO trip. Two days' cooked '-atl?ns
will bt taken, and th rtrot Will be reach
ed some time- In the afternoon. The spot
seic tod to spend the nigh! wfll be ?-ome
wbere near the chain bridge. Shelter
tents srere furnished nil the men this
morning, and those, together with hnver
SBCkS) blankets, and DOnchOS, will be
taksa nlong, the ki
hoary and . umborsome. being left behind.
Tin; RETURN tpip.
After arriving at the river the men will
be allowed to take I 1 th, nn 1 after BOB*
per taps will be Si rttCT than
usual, as an early atari on the return
trip will be made Tuesday morning. A
numb:? of companies have their new re
cruits on guard, and these will be allow
ed to remain behind, together with OBS
non-enmmlsslon?'d officer of each com
pany, and all new men who are too tick
to march. The boys hope that the weather
to-morrow will b" a?, cool as It is to-.la-,
and they are glad that BU opportunity
will be given them to show their march
ing ability. A rest of ten minutes in i .
hour will be allowed ictlng this
time, the agil spot
tbd about 1 P. If. The BOM 0 '
Will bs mounted, but tho company offl
crrs will march with their rOOpsotrrs
companies.
TI1L RATIONS.
The food used on the trip will consist
of hardtack BO ?uods, and will
bg carried on tho mule-waxons. ?Several
hospital ambulances will also accompanv
the regiment, and Major Smith and Ca|
tain Anderson will be on hand prepared
to furnish medical assistance to any who
used it. The OnartorBUotar*! Do*
p u t.Ti nt ha ! SOn BngUgOd all day in Is
suing shut a, an,im inn. und other things
to m. ?i who Mod th- in for to-morrow's
march
Outside of our preparations for dspart
ure. to-day hut: boon eery Quiet in camp
and the boyg h.ave been resting for their
Journey. Some of the men who Were "ti
outpost duty lam nleht returned to camp
this ntornifig snd reported thai h senU?
BOl Of en? Of the. near-by regiments,
whild handling a rlfl. BiUl B Blank
sh. ii.i .. i hand o ?npli t- ly off.
PrivaM i". C. cuiiom. or Company B,
formerly a Btudottl ;it Richmond Coll
has Just be?n notified Of hla appointment
priva cretary to General M. C
Untier. Young Cuiiom i- from Um i ti
state-south Carolin>.
Mr. Jajnea Tsliaferro, son of cx-pnst
nrnster I.awi ni TallAfei >, of Pi
Icksburg, wat today saUstsd a< a mont?
ber of Captain MaourMr'a Richmond
company.
will xr,T BE MOTMD,
Colonel Nalle has bei D I fTicially inform
ed by ? ien ral Buth r that Um Plnj
camp will not be moved frosn Its pn
location to the one which lud been se
MOtod, and th.< erhob, rsgussal is over
joyed, for we, h iv Improved and worhod
on our grounds UBtU they SrO probably
the be.-u looking iu tho whole of Camp
Alger.
Colonel Nails la reported to have said
lately that the Third Regiment would not
be here ten davs kMSJOr, and the BK
speculating as to whir,- the regiment will
go, If the StatSmi Bl turns out to bs true.
Regular Saturday Inspection was held
yesterday morning, and the new rtfi'-s
closely examined. The gsaa haw bOOfl
(arefu! with tn, m so far. and they have
been warned to keep them in Up-top OOP?
i: o'.ir boys make greal i implslat
that the gfiverninent fUCUtshOS them with
nothln* to clean their arms with, and say
that they can hardly be expected to keep
them clean. Small bottles of oil were fur
nished In Richmond, but thene wire n M I
up long ago, and nothing has b<en given
us sine.
An order has been raeeJvod at regiment
al in ndquarters signed by General Butler,
which directs that hereafter, In addition
to the regular drills already he'd, each
company devote one hour every day ex
cept Saturday and BUBdBy to aiming nod
firina Cartridges Will probably be fur
nished next week, and the bays hopa ?
n sham-battle. The eovpaay command
ers have all been instructed to put their
anles through the sKirmi.-n move
ment?, and yeotarday morning the skir
mishers could be seen on every side. I
of tho eosapantos went lato the woods.
and Company K toeh a long march as
skirmisher* all through the woods around
camp. They covered about two miles? al
together, and went over ?round where
the fallen trees and underbrush were so
thick as a wilderness.
OPPICBRST VXIKORMS.
The commissioned officers, or, at least.
a number of ihem, have just received
their new summer uniforms, which are
mn.de of canvass, with blue and gold trim
mings. They ?re extremely pretty, and
make a good showing on parade. Brown
helmets are worn with the suits, as well
os the regulation leggings.
A party ot six new recruits arrived In
camp Saturday night frf m Captain Rowe*
recruiting office, at F*n derlcksburg. and
were sastgaod to Companies M. C,
and A. of the First Battalion. They re
port that Captain Rowe has a number of
Otbsr recruits who will probably nrrive
hero In a few days. This battalion is
rapidly nearlng the required strength
Captains Wlllnrd and Rowe will probubly
com? d?te th. ir duties In n short time and
return to cump. The problem as to v. Urn
to put the new men was partially solved
when each company secured several new
tents, afora are still needed, however.
SECOND REGIMENT
IS FAST FILLING UP.
Cmpanies arc Still Losing Men
by Discharges, However, and
the Officers are Indignant.
CAMP CUBA LIBRE. JACKSON
VILLE, FLA , July 8.?(Special.)?The
Second Regiment Is flllir.g up remarkably
fast, and now lacks only seventy-five
men to bring the enlisted strength of the
uniment up to 1,^72, the maximum
strength,
The recruiting officers sent homo have
done remarkably good work, much better
than was expected, for while recruita
were obtained with tolerabic ease while
the regiments were in Virginia, it was
feared that after the troops had lert the
state it would be a. more difficult matter
.re sttlastmenta.
The Fourth has no; tilled up so rapidly,
and still lacks a great tleal of tho LdflJ
men needed to bring it to Its required
strength. The fact that It is behind the
; In Die matter of receiving re
cruite is flflplslai - > the tact that toe
recruiting offlcSCl from tho latter workea
m the \ alley and aVEathWSSt, While those
from the Fourth are trying to obtain men
in Eastern Virginia, whera the enlist
ment spirit has BSTCf ; n so strong as
in the lirst iv, o BQf tlOOl
Beth legiments continue to lose men by
AiSCbaraS. The company and regimental
Officers are greatly vexed at tue ruiniess
m.uinei la which certain Virginia con
giaaaflaea are having men with a puil
.- m home, it is openly charged, by < . : -
i .m officers here that lawyers la Virginia
Banking a regular business of bdVii I
men Ulf Hill Uli flf a consideration.
.m Isdrys, Cosanaay c. Fourth Regt?
. wrote & warm M ttSt tfl a ct rtsin
Iswysr. charging him with having tnfcSfl
two men Hum CoflBpsay C for money,
and the attorney wrote baca, Baying:
"Yea, i am Hr**-1"! moBay( and
mom f, > at of thla thing; I am not work
ing for love." There is great Indignation
! ii and unhesttstlngly exj i auca
lee, and the attention of the depart*
m' nt win be, perhaps has already been,
cailed tu it.
OffaUUNO TO NURSE.
A great many worn. D its "it ring their
4 rvio a to nurse sick and wounded sol
hot aom ami be aaei pte L i oles? i
Man;., chief aurgeon of Oeneral L
corp?, says the medical department of the
army (anno: take ,,a- ol item, that they
idy hive their regular BUre?S, and
that it would be BS ' i- y to I aff
r?giment four aaajera or two ooloaai
to accept women as nurses without a
t hange In tho regulations.
Of Course, what the chief surgeon says
? rf( ttly tiue. hat from what i bar?
... n of male nurses at the regimental and
division hospitals I am of the opinion
that there is no very groat amount ul wis
dom in the ruling which denle.-? to WOUfld
ed and Buffering men tho boons of the
soft .--t-p and voie gad leader tow n ot a
w. .man. If the girls are determined to
nurse sick soldiers they will have, to do
. employees of th- Red?Cr< lodety.
The Virginia regiments have
men recently by having them permanent
ly detailed as mounted messengers at
d luarters. They are
Corporal Smith, Company C, Second Regi
ment, Privet E .. Wright, Company l,
.lot, and Private Hen
Company A, Pourth Regiment Thi
tail Is permanent, ai I will pro?
bably not return tu their companies un
til the end of th-- war, if then. They are
in the imm?diat? ohargo of Lieutenant
Fltshugh Lee,
un Bheaa, Company A, Fourth
Regiment, has rscslvsd a check tor $40,
, rocs Oda Bf an entertainment In Berk
ley, which he was . I to divide
!y among the eight Berkb y mon in
hi ompaay.
I'l.RSONAL pow n
Walter Amos, if COS I, Second
ived a painful wound in
the hand while in a playful scuffle with
Barton Thompson, of th? Mttn1 company,
but his hurt Is BOS fitting as!!.
I'n. .. ga bferrlmaa of this com
pany, is recovering from a protract-d 111
A bsll team, componed of members or
Company L Pom ttt ?; |im mt, & :
I team from Company K. of the same
- of 8 to 1. The rio*
torious team la a good r">.. and i1
thi Oumherry erosrd, be tua aUitsmem
b? rs come from a Bsetlon of Portsmouth
which Is pdvrn that name. Rioter, or
Company K, and Lsach, of Company t>.
are players with considerable rt PUl
In Virginia, ami will be in the team with
ii It Is proposed to taUo th? cham
hlp from the First WtSCOBSta Doya
A number of the members of Compaay
K, c:t tho Fourth, will Rive, a germ
til Jau kSOttVlll? Arn: |hl
Csptaln Btringfellow, chaplain of tba
Fourth, .. ' ire st the brt
ehurch lent at 10 o'clock Thursday
morning, which was attended by a largo
crowd It <l? ait with his aronderful ex
i. rlencea as fjeaaral Lee'a chief of scouts,
and was greatly enjoyed.
Mil. HASKF.H?. FIVEntL.
HIa Remain? Interred Vi'.lrnlin
Impreanlve Ceremoniera.
The funeral of the well-known and pop
ular citizen, Mr. Charles H. Haskor, w?s
conducted from the Union-Station Meth
odist BplaOOpal church at I o'clock Sun
ds y afternoon. It was attended by a very
larRo concourse, among them being tad
of M'aBOIIB, of which he was a mem
ber? Horn ico Union?and large d?tach
ment?= fiom several other orders and from
IBM llask' r-Marcuse factory. Many v. > ;
turned away, unable to secure ?eats, al
though the annex or school-room was
thrown open and soon filled. The pastor.
Ray. <"- L. Bane, otflclated, assisted by
RST. M' Bars, B'adles, (Jayle, Boggs, Con
?table, and Peel.
The hymns, which were thoss the de
1 was particularly fond of. were
"The Home of the Soul," "I Would N
Uve Ahvay," "Let Me Oo Where Saints
Are Going." and "Beulah Land
The prayer was by Rev. C. H. Boggs.
Rev??. Beadles and Gayie read the
M. The sermon waa by
the pastor. No text w is taken. He paid
B beautiful tribute to the life and Chris
tian character of the decea
The floral tribute? were vtry numerous
and very beautiful, but the most beauti
ful was that paid by the little people of
the Sabbath school, who loved the de
ceased, and whom ho toyed BO much. Af
ter tad bod) bad besa placed before the
altar, they came In line, each with a rose
bud or other flowers, and aa they paase-J
by the casket deposited their offering
thereon. It was a most impressive spec
The love of children was very de tr
to the good man's heart. While the choir
was singing the last hymn the body waa
borne out by the pall-bearers and carried
to beautiful Oakwuud. where It was de
posted to await the general resurrection
On the casket were placed a Bible ?nd
a Confederate flag, the Utter beloved by
him f?r ?'s sail memories, seat to the
former.
ut:?i.tK5i WAirrs.
" VafATaa,
ROART>ER3 IN A HANDSOME WEST
f.e,i hrtrne ?.*"ge cool, rel1-fit?"l?h?d
rooms, and table well kept up. Young
men preferred. Address. HOME, care
Dispatch. Jy ll-lii
THI CINCINNATI III
FIGHTjNG TRIM.
All Necessary Repairs to
Her Made, and She Goes
to Key West, Thence
to Santiago.
HIE DYNAMITE CRUISER BUFFALO
NORFOLK. VA.. July lo.-l?pectai.)
The protected cruiser Cincinnati lett tne
Norfolk navy-yard at 5 o'clock this eve
ning. All repairs to her hull and ma
?Binary and to the superstructure willen
?as damaged at Cienfutgos were com
peted yesterday afternoon, and supplies
were hurried aboard her to-day. tine Will
)roceed to Key We^t direct, and go thence
;o Santiago or Habana. The big cruder
ias been thoroughly overhau.ed and her
nagazlnes have been freshly tilled. She
? provisioned for a Mttg voyage, anu
:ould readily take her pfgvM In Corarao
lore Watson's .squadron. The loading ol
laval colliers at this port is keeping the
torco at the coal piers very busy. Tue
Alexander and Albemarlc are now taking
iboird fuel for the Boot dB Saiui.'go.
the: B?FPAI?
The dynamite cruiser Buffalo will re
:eiv# her armament su Uns yaid. IHM is
low here awaiting the Installation of tne
rapid-fire battery and pneumatic tubes.
Boms forty nMrtnna, Who have recently
. a hard and daagarous BOrvMO off Sin
and ashore at Guautanamo. have
11 rived here to be discharged, their terms
Bf service having expired. The men are
Ul burned brown by the tropical sun. to
which they have been exposed. Moot ot
them will re-enil
Civilian watchmen are being dispsi
with at UsM yard and marines BUbStl*
tutod. Twenty-live marines from this sta
tion havu been ordcrod to Poiuasouth,
X. H., for the purpose of guarding Spa
nish prisoners. Equipment* tor their BM
and tifty tents were shipped to MOW
Hampshire yestcrd iv
VTRGINU BEACH MEETING.
An important feature Of UM WOeB at
Virginia Peach Is the meeting o! Uti
Bouthern railway agents, to be hoM there
Wednesday next, July Uta. Another tn
ing event will be tho assembling at
Virginia Beach of Ute Baahoard Medical
Association on Thursday. July 14th anu
15th Thursday. July Hth. will be the
BTBl day of UM moothag of the Seaboard
M?dical A ition,
The war ri ll< I commlttooa of Norfolk
and Portsmouth are having little dUB
in relieving UM anprlennts for aid. Th<
expending several hundred dollara p r
month among Um m of volunteers.
stogoarmt"
JNLOPOH.
Buying Encouraged by Cheap
ness of Money and the
American Victories.
LONDON, July 10.?The continued
Withdrawals I I gold for Germany and
Russia, and dividend payments, have
ptaOSd a rise In the discount ral?, end
money is expected to gradually become
dearer.
The stock market throughout the week
boon rather more BCttve buying be
ing encouraged by the cheapness of
BM icy and the American victories, which
Bed the hopes of p
Btaye departn*tn.tn, however, were unfa
;.. dally home rail
way securities, which showed a fairly
11 decline.
Air. ITltieS generally improv-d.
on NOW fork buying, particularly the
VandorhUtn.
MAHHli II IN WORTH < AKOM.N'A.
Mr. James Kuln. .Jr.. anil Miss Alma
Hrovvii Wedded There.
Mr. James Kaln, Jr., and Miss Alma
Brown won married at Halifax, N. c,
June 30th. The young people have been
much attached to each other for sumo
time, but owing to the youth of Mr. Kaln,
who is hardly 17 years old, no thought
bad ever i oti red their
friends' minds. But love always finds a
.. the opposition ?pi
by the parents of the groom, they were
quietly married. On the day of the
ceremony the young people paired the
word ground that they wore going on a
picnic, and Ml?*? BfOWU ?ot a day Off
from coheir:;, ?here she was employ?
a clerk, and they took the train for North
Carolina, where the ceremony WBS j I
formed, and the happy young coup:
turned to Richmond and took up their
abode with the bride's mother, on south
Laurel street.
The groom's parents are still in opposi
tion.
WEDUED IX MOM'MEXTAL CITY.
Mr. V 11. w i...dali and Miss Jessie E.
Hiddell Murrled.
Mr. X. B. B/OOdall and Miss Jessie E.
Riddel!, the beautiful and attractive
daughter of Major John Kiddell, and a
BMOl of Dr. Thomas Kiddell, WOTt
married in Baltimore, Md., on Tuesday,
the ?th instant, at the residence of Bar.
Joel T. Kossiter. The young couple had
been In love fof BOOM lime, and decid 1
to go to Baltimore and get married.
The groom is a clerk in a commis
sion house here, and is well known to a
wide Circle of frit mis. The bride was the
Idol of the household, and only 19.
After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Wood
all received the congratulations of their
many Baltimore friends and returned to
Richmond Wednesday morning to reside
with the groom's mother at No. 2& west
Cary street.
pnoi'ovw.v
Office city School Board, City Hall,
Rli hmond, Va.. July 'j, IVja.
NOTP'E TO Co.ViU \'TOK3.
Seab-i proposals win be r< el red at this
office until THURSDAY, July 14, 1W8, at
U M. for REPAIRS AND IMPK<>\ K
MENTS AT LEIGH MADISON, AND
ELBA SCHOOL BUILDINGS. The lm
ments Include Painting, Kalsomlu
ing. &c.
Bidi Bill bo rocelvi ly for each
building, or any branch of the work, or
as a whole. K a i kt< ... Of work to be
mentioned in the proposals.
Bp clrtcatiuns can be obtained at this
office.
The School Board reserves the right io
t any or ail bids, and to a" ird the
contract separately for each branch of
tin- W'.rk. or as a whole.
By order of tho board.
CHARLES P. RADT,
jy 1Q-Su.Mor..Tu,Wfi-ThSt guperv?or.
AWriaTMEWT!
BASE-BALL TODAY
BROAD-STREET PARK,
Richmond vs. Lancaster.
Game called 4:45 o'clock. |f/ BS*J|
?niportersand Dealers.
OSCAR CR?nF& CO.,
SUCCESSORS TO OSCAR CRANZ,
Wines. Liquors, and Cigars,
No. 14 Governor street,
established 1843, - - - Richmond, Vd
~ imtiVtl
;myC3-i?]
?^^?MKweoeooeeeoM ?
! THE DISPATCH JOB PRINTING OFFICE
(DISPATCH BUILDING.)
DOES ALL KINDS OF ?
srr?INTINGj
I PRICES MODERATE, .#?J \
l .?, PROMPT DELIVERY, J? \
i ?' : SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. *
I SEND OR Gflbb FOR ESTIMATES BEFORE GOING J
?) NaWPhons 1258 Lb?cWllERE. Old 'Phons I Ms 15
tat 4 11 IIM'.'".
THE P0WE?\S
AGAIRST US,
They Propose to Kalk Our
Pians Regarding the
Philippines.
HONGKONG, July 10.?Consul Wildrnan
baa no ofaetal Basra retarding the rossor
ed occupation Of .Manila by Joint l
or European Powers. Be will DOt dis
liatch a bunt to Admiral Dcwey unless
ord< red to do so.
Tho German attitude at Minlla Is as
mysterious as ever. Their ?hips are sur
veying the baSOfl coaat in both direc
tions. They are landing supplies at Marl
vala, and Gorman ortlcers are. frater
nizing with the Spaniard?. The German
Consul visited Aguinaldo, but was coldly
received.
.News of peace negotiations have
1 grast excitement and speculation
regarding the disposition of th? Philip
pines. Spain can never make, peace with
the natives, and America could never re
turn them to Spain.
"Peace between America and Spain,"
,i Isading BugllBh ojtlcia!, "must
provide for the. frcedum or annexation o?
th? Philippines."
TO OPPOal OUR RBTKNTION.
BEKLIX. July lO.-Th? statement that
Germany, Francs, sad Rossis had reach
ed an understanding relative to the
Philippine Islands, by which, when .
unties eessed, they win combine to pre
vent the United Btetea oc Great Britain
gaining possession of the Philippine
Islande, and that when the war is over
.ai International congress will be pro
posed, similar to the Berlin Congreso of
Hit, to settle ?ill quegtiona connected with
the war, at which meeting Gsrsseaj win
demand Of th? Philippine Islands.
or other oompi nsatioo in the far Bast,
remalna true, notwithstanding tho care
fully-wordvd denial bumiotficially isauvd
by a news bureau hsre July 3d.
Aa a. matter of fact, the correspondent
has secure"! corroborativo details show
ing that the. negutiutlwus between tho
three PoWSfl are .still proceeding, and
that while it la not intended to exclude
Great Britain, Austria, and Italy fi. m
the congress, Russia, Fiance, und Gcr
tnaa) alii tahe the InltistiTS, provided,
that the situation at th? close of tho war
Basa to thi in to i ??i for a BSitiemettt ><f
the Philippines question by an Interna
tional cou.
GERMAN PRaaha enragkd.
The government press are furious at
this important news leaking prematurely,
and Bocae of these papers have? gone to
the length of threatening the corre
apondent with espulstOB from Gearnauy.
On the OtbST hand, some of the govern
ment papen r..jw admit the. truth o? tho
story.
The Paris correspondent O? the Kreuz
Zeitung significantly saya: "it is feared
in Paris that flflltflflffl aud dlthcult nego
tlstlon .: . .iry ijetween the
Powers in regard to tuo Philippine eues
tlon, and it ail] be almost impossible to
maintain much loagSB the neutrality
hitherto observed."
1 lili -iH\ liiilie?.
(New York Sun.)
When we marched away witb the starry
I; tg,
Cub Bawhonr-i carried his surgeon's bag;
Hut for BBS?I asnttd "no rear" in mine?
I handled a gun In the lighting Uns.
So, when arg had charged up the deadly
gla.le,
Where the Dons were lying In ambus
cade,
I was there to take what the others got?
And the Spaniards gave it, plenty and
hot.
There fell of our crowd In the Mauser
haal
A thinl-and yet never a man did quail;
But?well, we went back-then cams
again,
And settled right down to our work like
men.
In open order and firing at will
ff? crawlsd through a very tough skirm
ish drill?
MFrum the trees to the rocks, from the
rocks to the trees
Just as close to the ground as we could
freeze.
ffhea I noted the tangled thicket sway
In front about twenty-five yards ??ay,
I drew bead ready to loosen ? storm
Till I caught a whiff of lodoform.
Cub Sawbones, alone with the wounded
folk.
Was cobbling the limbs that the bullet*
broke.
He bent to his task with th* tenderest
care.
Though the warbolt? were hissing every
where.
I halted with our oM-tlm?. college yell.
And he grinned as he watched a lurstln*
"You bast a great cheek to be here." he
Baal,
"Whan you're not e doctor-or otmded
or dead!"
The plant of the Arthur Frltsch Foun
dry and Machine Company, at St. Louis,
Mo., 1* In full operation.
lu r
1$4f?T?& OHIO KAILWAY.
Effective June 20, 1SOM.
TRAINS I.I!A\E III? 1IMOND, HltOAU
nUBsVfl STATION.
0.00 A. at, Dally, with Parlor rar,
for Nort.dk, Porten;
Old Point, Newport ?ewe,
and piitc lP*l ?taU n?. ? on.
g i ts at Norfolk with NcW
n, ork steamers, e\?epi bun
nay.
.1:15 1*. If. Dally? with Pullman,
local station. N"V
\. ws. (?id l'oint, Noi
and Portsmouth. Connect*
ui Old Point with Washii.s
ton steamers dally, and wltli
Pa.tlmoro steamers except
Sunday.
10:10 A. M., Mountain Expreso, m i
Parlor car, except .*
day. for Bonoorofte >
n ots at Gordons^ Ills f
a ungo, Culpopor| Calvi r
ton. ManassB , Alexandria,
and Washington; at U
BtatlOU, ChaHottssvllle, for
Lrachburg; at Bastu foi
HagerstowB.
2:15 P. M., Daily, with Pullmans, t?
Cincinnati. Loulavtl'??. anl
ft. Louis, ?onneotlng ?:
c.vlngton. Va., for Hot
r>p. ags- ?tops onty a' ha*
portant stations, Mtsia
sei ved on dintng-cars,
No r, Local Train, ?xeepl
Sunday, follows above train)
fr. in QordonavlU? t > O'fh?*?,
8:SO P. M.. Accommodatl ?n. ex? apt Sun
day. for ChariotteeviIVs.
Id ,",ii f M 1 illy, for Cincinnati, wl'^
F. P. V. Pullmans to llinton. W.
V i . and Oordonsvtlle i
-'nnatl and LoaMvllle.
Menls served on lining
Coi ne t* s' S'au
ion, except Sunday, ' f
Wlnchjesti r, Va., ?nd at
Covington. Va, dally?, for
ii i ipriBgs
TRAINS LKAVK KHiHTH-S TREK?
STATIOX.
10:30 A. M. Duly, for Lynrhburg an!
Clifton Porga, ''onn?eti ex.
t Sunday, with Basking?
him. Alberen?1;, LexlPv
a d Cralg Valley I ran
and at Clifton Porge wi'h
NO. for ( :n 'o?. i".
6:00 P. M., Except Sunday, with ch?lr
?ir. for Lynchburg. ., l
Daves Lynrhburg TOO A M.
for Lexington, except I
day.
TRAINS ARRIVB AT RICHMOND,
HHOAD-STHFKT ?T\TION.
BmwA.af., Daily, from Cincinnati.
lois A M., Daily, irum Norfolk a;.d
>j d Point.
3:ao P. If., Daily, from Cincinnati ?r 1
Louisville.
0:50 P. M . Daily, ir>m Norfolk and l
P.Int.
7:45 P. M.. Except Sunday, from Ron?
ev? rt...
TRAINS ARRIVE EIGHTH - STREET!
STATION
8:40 A. M.. Ese.pt Sunday, from L x
lngten and Lynchburg.
6:20 P. M., Daily, fr m Lynchburg and
ciifton Forge, end * . '.
Bunday. from New Castl?.
Lexington. Alberene, a i
Rosn-y
JOHN l> l OTTS.
Assistant General Pa
DKPAATCBJB OP STBAAtatftg.
0
LD DOMINION
?STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
DAILY I.INH
FOR
NEW YOKK,
EXCiiPT FRIDAY AND 81'NDAY.
Past?ng?ra can leave BiOhgaoad ' t
except Friday and Bun lay via Che??p??*?
and Ohio railway at NtO a. M . o? R
mond and Petersburg railroad (N
and Western route) ? A. M., conn- <
at Norfolk with Old Dominion
eteamer sailing sumo evening tor :>?
York.
ALL-WATKR ROUTE.
Steamship Richmond leaves Rl<h:
?very Mondsy at B P. M. for New lor*
via James river.
Tickets on sale st Richmond Tranef?r
Company's, a? east Main street: Chess
pcake and Ohio railway, ?nd Rlxhmooi
and Petersburg railroad depota, and at
company's office, 1212 east Main It
Richmond. Baggage clucked through.
. M FREIGHT
for New York and all pointa beyorl can
be shipped by direct steamer sailing '
Richmond ewry MONDAY at 5 V M
' .'",.' . tV. ?tean?er leaving Richmond tv?r/
W LDNKsDAY AND FRIDAY at 0 P. M
for Norfolk, connecting with steamer ' t
New York.
Manifest closed one hour before sailing
time.
Freight received snd forwarded, anl
through bills of lading issued for all
nor.bern. eastern, and foreign ports.
FROM NEW YORK.
Passengers can leave dt.ily. ?xcept Sun
day, at S P. M. (Saturday 4 1 "
Norfolk or Old Point Comfort connect
ing with Norfolk and Western railn -.1
or Chesapeake and Ohio railway
Dtroct steamer(vta James-river route)
leaves every SATVRDAY 2 P. M ps-'
aengers and freight), and freight - y
ateamers via Norfolk every MONDAY
?.. i \\ KDNEBDAT at S p. M.
Bailings from company's pi?r. No. M
North river, foot of Reach street
Freight received and forwarded dally,
except Sunday
Fur further Information apply to
JOHN P. MAYER Agent.
1213 east Main street,
Richmond, Va
W I* Oulllaudeu. Vice-president anl
Trafic Manager. New York. J? 24
ils-,* !.. .'.'?t'irur ' i..i?i?BS
Ordere for printing aent to the Dis
patch Company will be given prompt At
tention, and the style of work aud ?< '
will be aure to please you,