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TJIR BIG OREGON
Remarkable Voyage of a
Splendid Ship.
TRAVELLED 13,000 MILES
Has Averaged 200 M ies Per
Day For 60 Days.
New York, May 26. — 4 spe
cial dispatch to the Evening
World from Jupiter, Fla., says
that Lieut, a. R. Davis of the
battleship Oregon came ashore
there late last night. “Our race,”
said Lieut. Davis, “was a most
exciting one and especially after
we left Bahia for we then knew
of the possibility of interception.
Capt. Clarke, however, kept the
little licet in constant readiness,
ami had we run into the Spanish
armored fleet we would have
been heard from. As it is, we
are all happy that our race from
San Francisco is now ended and
that we will have a chance to
t ike part with the fleets now
looking for the Spaniards.”
The Marietta and Buffa’o are
with the Oregon.
• the Oregon’s trip.
Washington, May 26.—The
navy department today confirm
ed the report of the arrival of
the Oregon at Jupiter Inlet,
Fla., last night.
While declining to give any de
tails of the trip at this time, th'
officiate admit that ihe ship swung
clear to the Eastward of both the
Lesser and Greater Antilles and
after leaving Barbadoes until sh*
arrived at a point opposite the
Bahamas when she turned sharp
ly in and made for the Florida
coast.
Th ■ Oregon left Mare Island,
California 13,000 miles from Jupi
ter on March 19. so she has avera
ged 200 miles a day for sixty days
As a matter of fact the vessel has
made much better speed, for a
2Oo"d many days were lost in taking
Coal at South American ports, and
again by her long detour in reach
ing Florida after having left Bahia,
Brazil.
The Pacific coast contingent in
Washington cannot restrain the r
enthusiasm over the remarkable
performance of .this creation of
the slope work-shops' Representa
tive Hillborn called at the navy
department to verify the news ol
the ship’s arrival and he found the
officials were fully disposed to
agree with him in all that he had
tj say as to the Oregon’s great
record. Ik- said that by this per
formance the ship has silenced for
ever the congressional critics of
battleships who had declared that,
no battleship ever had or wculd
cross tho Atlantic, for the Ore
gon's run was fraught witji more
peril and involved s’raight away
stretches of greater length than
the Atlantic passage in any
season.
THE LOCATING OF THE OREGON.
came about in a peculiar way, by
means of the beach watchers who
are on the alert for the approach
of hostile ehips. These pa
trols continue night and day and
patrol was rewarded by sighting
the big American Battleship.
Signalin g was begun by the use
o f torches and m that way mes
sages to and from the pattieship
were exchanged throughout the
night. These messages in tuin
were sent, to the navy department
which is connected with direct,
telegram line with the signal sta
t oti near Jupit< r Inlet,
SUMMER SCHOOL.
I will open my’summer school
on the fi-st Monday in July. Special
a lention given to pupils prepar-!
jr !i lor he university.
I'alemon J. King. I
May 21,'98. |
MARTIAL LM
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Established to Preup.nl a
Race war.
CRIES OF LYNCH NEGROES
On The Streets by Angry
Crowds of Soldiers.
Key West, May 26. —Martial
law was established here for the
purpose of preventing a race
war. Several lynchings, were
narrowly averted by the author
ities and trouble is expected at
any time between the whites
and blacks. People throng the
streets crying down with the
negroes, lynch the blacks. The
northern soldiers are taking an
active part in the demonstra
tions and are swearing ven
geance against the blacks.
St. Pierce Maringue, May 26
—lt is confidently asserted here
that the Spanish torpedo b( a'
Terror has joined Cervera.
Calcutta, May 26.—The steam
er Media was sunk by the Lin
dula in a collision near here and
fifty Meeh as drowned.
INDIANA’S QUOTA.
Under The Second Cali F- r
Troops.
Indianapolis. Ind., May 26.
The Governor is at Winona, but
hio secretary reports that ti e office
will proceed cautiously in tie
matter of filling out Indiana’s new
quota under the President’s addit
ional call for 75,000 troops, The
State’s quota will be approximately
two reg.ments and two batteries.
The applications cf 50,000 men are
already pending, including the
entire State organization of 12
companies of Sone of Veterans
Portions of the State not already
represented will receive preference
THE MONTEREY'S TRIP
May Reach The Philipines In A
Month’s Time.
Washington. May 26 —Naval offi
cials have calculated to their entire
satisfaction the possibility of ge -
ting the Monterey safely across the
Pacific to Admiral Dewey’s squad
ron at Manila. The principal diffi
culty in making «uch a trip as this
is the small coal capacity of vessels
of the Monterev. type. She carries
norma'ly 200 tons of coal in her
bunkers, which at her most econo
nricai rate of steaming would take
her about 300 mites less than the
distance fi\ m San Francisco to
Honolulu. In an emergency such
as now exists, it is possible to store
a good deal of coal on the main
Heck.
The ship will take a southerly
course after leaving Honolulu, in
company with a steam collier. The
South Seas are full of islands as
soon as Hawii has been left 1,000
miles behind, and in the sheltered
harbors of these, siwuld be easy
for the Monterey to lie alongside
the collier and coal through bei
superstructure. It would not I e
surprising if one of the harbois
chosen for such a transfer was in
the Caroline Islands, another
Spanish possession in the South
Seas, for by so doing there could
be no possible complaint' of a
breach of neutrality laws on the
part of any neutral nation.
From the Carolines to the
Philippines the way is easy, and
Under the programme arranged
there is no probability of failuie
in the attempt to get the Monterey
safelv across the Pacific. If the
Monterey proceeded steadily at her
economical speed she should roach
the Phi ippines in thirty-ore and
a half days from San Francisco.
I She will lose several days in coal
ling eu route, but on the otner hand
she may make up this difference ‘
X latniiu it greater speed if circurr-
1 1- 'uiice 11v r the easy’ r< coaling ' I
• the sb ip (
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SAMPSON AND SCHLEY,
The Gid Sea Docs Have The
Spanish at Bay.
Key West. Fla., May 26—Then
iis no’h itig definitely known hen
about the pis-iLli operations in
j eastern Cuba, but th' view h ac
cepted ut I’ l h place as u fuct that
the Spanis!■ 11 et is blockaded in
Santiago harbor, in which event
(!»«» naval ■ pinion here is that th*
Spanish fleet has “committed
suicide.” •
It is no l>re ich of ennfi lence <o
say that C u.mMor* Schley and
Hear Admir 1 Sampron are believ
to in.ve Admiral Cevera in th'ii
re ch, ai.it if the Spaniards are in
Santiago b t ear they can be block
aded and starved out, A sing!-
heavy American vessel can hold
the harboi e narrow exit 'hrougb
which the Spaniards could emergi
only singly. The Spanish fleet is
very fast, '•■.it it ih not composed
of heivily ■ mored vessels Indeed
any of Aiimfiil Sampsm's batt'e
[ ships could in the opinion of naval
experts, ei p-<ge the entire Spanish
fl -et with a fair chance of coming
off v ctor ions.
TO LA ira i u CLASSIFY
The following items came in too
late for cl* sift ui* ion:
The lit tle baby of Prof and
Mrs. JI. S. Shockley is quite
sick at the home of its parents
on West First street
Mi-s. Annie Mallett, a charm
in.» young lady of Summerville,
is the guest of Mrs. Henry G.
Smith, on upper broad street.
Picnic —Twelve couples of
young people L .'t early this
! morning to spend the day _ at
. I B irnesleys on a picnic.
Day. or Prayer. —The Ladies
Foreign Missionary Society of
the First Methodist church,have
»
set aside tomorrow as a day of
fastitig and prayer and earnest
ly request all its members to ob
, serve the day and attend the
prayer service in the lecture
room of the church in the after
noon ac 4 :30 o’clock.
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Hood’s Pills cure nausea, sick
headache, billiousness and liver
■ ills. Price 25 eents.
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CITY LICENSE.
? All pere us carrying on business
in the city es R ime and subject
to city license are heieby notified
to call at the City flail and pay
■ their liceu e, otherwise the city
’ marshal will be instructed to
s serve police court V summons,
r I April 220 d, 1898.
Halstead Smith.
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f cut or a sl ave give Bariett & Sat.-
i ders, the old reliable barbers a
call They guarantee satisfaction.
r 'hop 212 Broad street, next t<>
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To cleanse t he system in a gentle
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THE SUMMER TERM.
At Rome Business College begins
Monday, June 6th I'B9B. A com
-1 plete course in b >ok-kee.ntz hi d
• I business practice reduced from
I Yls, 00 io £2. dO.
' A compl te course of short hand
md office dilation reduced from
t 35. 00 to $27, 50,
; i’enmanshi| . spelling, arithmetic
i practical grammar $2,’50 to $1 00
; per month, according to age ol
i pupil.
H.A. ,ckl v.Prm’.
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