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, - : - ' - i i - - . . 1 - T l - . . - - - - i WASHINGTON LETTER. The Washington, Novy-28, f99. friends of Admiral Schley, a i . l : : : - i ' Ha cB waicueu wuu amazement i tdntmuea numiuauon oy me deparmieui. clique, unvo re to turn, ttfcongress for jres, and as soon as the coming j i mattei boue n has been fairly opened, the r yill be aired in both the and senate. congressmen as a rule sym- i nan n wa faffiiiar with department methods, and especially with the mutual ad pirit ion societies of the War and N-9Vy department;; and congress bae p wer to give Admiral Schley r.oarition for the persistent petty "V J i u : u u inrUTies uouo uiiu vy uavjr uureau chiefs -Aid tire and; Si have to Pa, ill will be introduced to re he grade of Vice Admiral, Wiley's friends say that they otee enough in both houses ss it without delay, and con taining' proviso that Schley shall be appointed to tns grade. Tne VavV department undoubtedly will JefiUt this measure, as it has per sistently fought every efforts to do justice to the hero of Santiago; and! unless Schley is specifically named, the bureau chiefs will try 0 get Sampson promoted to Vice Admiral The recent - order for bidding Schley to go to South Afric i, which is a part of his new xomiifand, isTOoked upon as a de liberate attempt to humiliate him, 5rBpmng.as-.it does, a doubt of the jjministration that the Admiral would) conduct himself appropriate ly during the war between the Boers andLljritisb. In Other words, the Admiral is cautioned that he is not to be trusted with the customary authorities to visit any portion of hii command, but to venture only euch portions as an unskilled diplo mat and naval officials could vigil (vithout embroiling his- coun jrj.l These instructions are re garded by naval men as most re markable. In the case of a flag officer in good "standing he is per mitted to proceed to any point he desires within the limits of bis command. Rear Admiral Watson is not restricted in any degree in his field ; and Rear Admiral Far quhar is at full liberty o go as he pleases in his command ; so that the limitation imposed upon Schley is a discrimination of a palpable character. The publication of the order serves to call - general atten tion to the slight put upon the Ad miral, and it is the final act of a long series of department persecu tions which have decided the Ad miral's friends to make an open fight! for him in congress. The language of the department's ordmr, to "proceed with the flagship by tbe shortest practicable route to the ''waters of your command" .to South American ports, is understood to be a part of the plan to get the Ad miral far from Washington before the meeting of congress, in order that hie presence at the capital may cot provoke greater friendship for him among the lawmakers. There is nothing in South American con ditions requiring our men of war to hasten there.' It is difficult to fathom the animus of the navy cliques in their hounding of Schley. The only plausible cause that has been : assigned is that the great cava! fighter is a Democrat, and the administration has abetted the relen lesr efforts to detract from his ame,J hoping to monopolize aaval achievements for political use in the campaign to come. But can this be done? -The vote in Maryland, Schley's state, in the re cent election would prove the nega tire. In a final effort to pass the ship eubsidy bill, which wilLbenefit one corporation1 which has contributed thousands to Republican cam paigns, Grosvenor, of Ohio, is to be fcade chairman of the bouse com mittee having charge of the meas ure. Grosvenor is the mouthpiece f President McKinley in the house. The bill is in the hands "of Mark Hannah in the senate; and here is fhe combination of Ohio1 men charged with making this remark ble piece of jobbery a law. The Ml provides an annual bounty to .jae corporation of fully two mil lion dollars. Some shipping ex perts estimate its benefits to this Particular concern at five times thatjeum. But the national cam paign will soon be opened up and .mre money than ever before is ex pected. A hundred thousand dol lars from a single concern, so ben efited by .its, friends in congress, wo.uld be but a moderate contribu tion. The bill is about equivalent lo putting this company upon the Pay rolls ot Uncle Sam. The bill iU be fought by the Democrats, u t With the hernia efforts being Put forth by the ' Republican lead en loots ominous lor tne treas ury. . - r - - -," ! Senator James K. Jones, chair- waa of the national Democrate committee, in a recent interview said, that- the Democrats in r the senate and house would pursue an aggressive policy all along the line this winter. He declared that the Democrats would be found in solid phalanx against any scheme to fas ten the gold standard on the coun try, to retire the greenbacks or to enlarge the powers of the national banks as seemed to he the pros pective plans of the Republicans. "Then,;toaf"added;the Senator,the Democrats will be found opposing annexation. To be sure the Ha waiian islands have already been taken under 'the protection of the Stars and Stripes, but that was be cause the inhabitants of the is lands requested that it be done; but with Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines an entirely different situation is presented. The only thing for us to do is to keep our promise to the Cubans and retire absolutely from, the island as soon as a government has been estab lished there." Senator Jones is by no means alone in his ideas rela tive to non-interference in the. af fairs of the islands which the for tunes of war thrust into our hands, and it is likely that Jhe minority will succeed in demonstrating to the, world the justice of the claims which Senator Jones has advanced. . , . . '( Meteors and Comets. Avery able American astrono mer. Prof. Newton, of Yale, and Prof. Adams, of Cambridge, Eng land, celebrated in history of the discovery of the - planet Neptune, made some elaborate investigations in regard to the orbit hi the No vember meteoric showers, in 1866. Schiaparelli, of Milan, and the great French astronomer, Leverri er, of Neptunian fame, published their results as to this orbit. In the year 1866 a comet had been observed, called Tempers comet, the orbit of whicfc soon after its appearance was determined and published by the German astrono mer Oppajzer. The latter had done so without any idea of con nection between the comet and Leverrier's orbit of the Leonid shower. It was found that the two orbits were practically identi cal, conclusively proving a remark able connection between the me teoric swarm and Tempel'8 comet. Other instances of swarms of me teors and comets were found. In the year 1872 the meteoric shower of the Andromedes closely follow-, ed in the track of Biela'a comet. Such instances are too numerous to be , attributed to mere chance, and it cannot admit of any doubt that there must of necessity exist a connection between meteors and comets, though the true nature of this connection has. not yet been established and is as yet a matter of conjecture. Some astronomers, notably Schiaparelli and the Amer ican astronomer Kirkwood, are in clined to. the belief that these me teorio showers are the consequence of a comet's gradual disintegra tion, a supposition to which, cer tainly considerable plausibility must Ue conceded. While in some cases the meteoric swarm precedes the comet, the Leonids of this month follow the comet. -Although the subject is to. some extent wrapped in mystery,, yet" it is of such absorbing interest as to leave no doubt that the efforts of the as tronomers will sooner or later lead to the discovery of the true con nection between meteors and comets. Robbers Torture Victims. Cumberland, Md., Nov. 25. Word reached here tonight of dreadful torture inflicted on Joseph Earle. a miller, aired eighty-five years, and his old wife by masked robbers, near.iitencoe, on the .Bal timore and Ohio Railroad, eighteen miles above here, early this morn ing. The men found the aged couple in bed and ragged them out. Upon their refusal to tell where a Their money was hidden, they beat them over the head and body and lighted candles were applied to the soles of the" feet, which" were. so badly "blistered that neither can walk. . ' ' The robbers were directed to a bureau drawer, where $500 had been secreted in a false bottom. This represented the savings of three years. About that long ago the old couple were similarly beaten and robbed. Earle runs a grist mill. Both he and his wife are in a precarious condition, their ad vanced age making recovery doubt ful. There is no clew to the rob bers. - " ' - i ; -- The story is current in Wash iagjton that President McKinley acknowledge meritorious services of General Joseph 'Wheeler, Gen eral Fitzbugh Lee and General James Wilson, of the volunteers, by appointing them and retiring them with the rank of brigadier general in the regular service. WO CTJJWE NO XA.ir. ' That U the way all drurritts wU GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL iTOSIC lt Chills, Ferer and Malaria. It is simply Iron and Quinins in a tasteless form. Children lore it . Adults prefer it to hitter nauseating tonics. Price, 50c AGUINALDO WHOLLY DESERTED Brisk Fighting in Panay. and Luzon, , With llany Casualties. Manila, Nov. 25. Deserted by his politician's, Aguinaldo is now a fugitive in the mountains, and his so-called Filipino Republic is crumbling-like a house of cards. The myth government that was ex ercising weakened authority over nine-tenth of the people of Luzon has - been wrecked, and there; is small hope of re-establishing the maohine. ' ! Buencamino, the ruling spirit of the Filipino cabinet, is a prisoner in Manila, and the small fry are tumbling over one another trying! to get to General Otis. , I Three provincial governors have arrived in Manila seeking their old offices under the new regime. 1 Dr. Luna, a brother of General Luna and a prominent insurrectionist, has arrived here, and his friends and many others are applying to General Otis for permission to en joy the luxuries -of Manila' after months of separation from civiliza tion, i The movement against the in surgents in the Island of Panay has resulted in driving them to the mountains, 20 miles inward. The Americans in all lost five men killed and had 38 men wounded. Gen eral Hughes, Colonel Carpenter and Colonel Edmund Rice commanded during the various fights. Thirty two insurgents were killed in the engagements, and the natives re ported that nineteen cartloads of wounded were taken away. Santa Barbara and Maasin Ar senal were deserted before the Americans arrived. The ' insur gents, seeing it was impossible: to resist the movement, retired with most of their sto'res. H Last night parties of insurgents made feeble attacks upon Imus and the Zapote bridge. The only large organized force of insurgents known to remain are those "in the Cavite Province, at San Mateo and in the Zambales Mountains, although sev eral seaports have large garrisons. Aguinaldo began his retreat with 2,000 men under General Gregor del Par, but that force was rapidly reduced by desertion, and the last definite news of the insurgent lead er is that be passed through Trini dad, east of Arm gay, toward Bay ombong, escorted by 200 men' of the Bullacan battalion, who! had dwindled from 600 within a week. General Mino, who fought :the Thirty-third at San Jacinto, is sup posed to have joined him. An in tercepted letter from General Mino says 200 of his men were killed or wounded, that he had bad enough and was going to the mountains. General Young, with the Maca bebes and Chase's troop of cavalry, is still on the trail of the rebels, but men and horses are badly used up. General Wheaton is trying to get reinforcements and supplies to them from the coast. General Young left Tayug on November 13 to connect with General Wheaton, with the Macabebes and three troops- of cavalry. Two troops, commanded by Captain Hunter and Lieutenant Thayer, pushed through to Asingan From! that point, Lieutenant Thayer, with 12 men, started for San Fabian,1 tak ing the chances of getting through the lines of the enemy, who j were supposed to be between Asingan and San Fabian. Shooting of Prisoners. San Francisco. Nov. 25.-The accusation that Col. Wilder S. Met calf, of the Twentieth Kansas Reg. iment, . deliberately killed an j un armed Filipino prisoner during-the Philippine campaign, avers the Examiner, has resulted in the dis closure that two Filipino prisoners were shot by Kansas men at Caloo can; that a War Department in vestigation was held, and that! the men involved, including Capt. Bishop, of Company M, and Capt. Flanders, of Company I, were ex onerated. Continuing,' the Exam iner 'says: ; - I r ' ' Gen7 Funston, who has been a staunch defender of Col. Metbalf, reiterates bit charge that five offi cers of the Kansas regiment were guilty of cowardice during the fighting between Manila and San Fernando. From Topeka, Kans., comes the affidavit from Private Donald Thorn, of the Twentieth Kansas, in which he swears that he saw Cpt. Bishop fire three shots into the bodies of two prisoners, who were lying helpless on j the ground in the rear of the American firing line." The Democratic sUte executive committee of Pennsylvania 1 1 has adopted a vigorous protest against the seating of M. S. Quay, who was recently appointed United States senator by Governor Stone after the legislature adjourned. without the election of one. Tfct Kir.l Yea Haw Atari lzzX Bean tie A 1 "i Q ) Z, C, Great Sale of !'''' Cape andJacketsi Now is the time to buy your Winter! Wrapit will cost you more money later on. CLOTH GAPES! P ill SB WES! 48c to 810.00. Jackets, $3 to $4. Large line SHOES. DRY GOODS and NO- i TIONS. $1.40 to $15.00. Jackets, $5 to $6. All new winter goods and line that will suit everyone. B B Ej Hi Ed V nor Cheapest Store in Greensboro, : 328 S. Elm St. MARVELOUS TELEGRAPHY. A Total of 150,000 Words Dis , patched in a Single Hour by Machinery. Chicago, Nov. 23 Demonstrations that were accepted as meeting every expectation were made to-day with the PollakVirag rapid automatic telegraph invention. Messages were sent over a circuit that extended from The Trib une office to St. Paul and over other circuits that reached to Cleveland and Buffalo and back to The Tribune office. The speed attained over the loop to Buffalo and hack reached at one time the rate of 155,000 words an hour, the message traveling 1,080 miles. The test made over the Buffalo loop decided the inventors to proceed without fur ther delay to make the final American demonstration, which will be the send ing of a message from New York to the office of The Tribune in Chicago on Sunday mornlDg at 10 o'clock. Jrajlff tap? 326 South Elm St, Greensboro. Up-to-Date Jewelry of Every Description. in Elegant Assortment of Goods Adapted . for Wedding and Birthday Presents. Call and examine our goods. It's a pleasure to show them. (ICIamroch Bros., . TTT M - P Pepsin Chill Tonic Is Tostalsss ond Guarantood to Curo Chills end j Fovor and all notarial Troubles. Does Not Contain Quinine Nor Other Poison. Does Not Injure the Stomach Nor Effect the Hearing. W. A. If cL&rty & Son, Dime Box, Ter., say: "Ramon's Pepsin Chill Tonic is the best we have erer candled. My son prescribes it in his practice, and says it is the only Chill Tonio which a child can take without injury to the stomach." Price 50c BROWN MFG. CO., Prop'rs, Greenerille, Tenn. WE Ml YOUR --TRAD lE n We are making Special Prices In Our M LLINERY Denartment. It will be to your interest to call and look through our line before you make your purchase. We are selling $2.50 Hats this week Jor $1.98, $2.00 Hats for $1.50 and $1.50 Hats for 98c. We have the best work, and do not use trimmer in the state. We guarantee all our shoddy, material on our hats. We give the best for the least money. We thank you for pasc favors. J . i BROS EXCLUSIVE MANTEL AND FIRE PLACE PEOPLE. Can save you money on anything in their line: Mantels, Grates, Andirons, Fire Sets, Shovels, Tongs, Etc. "Vs'JbiJL'XUJ Ttt HN. 217 S. Elm St., Greensboro, II. C. Long Distance Phone, 161. . ...FALL AND WIHTER... MILLIHERY! Mrs. Im Mm-Mu Wishes to announce that she has received her Fall and Winter Millinery $tock, and will be pleased to show the same tp'her friends and pat- 7 rons. ' The stock embraces everything new and desirable V in the Milinery line, and was bought at prices that will en able it to be sold very reason- able. Remember the ph 107 West Market St. IXaaAache bad? Get Dr. lilies Pain Pills. 214 South Elm Street, GREENSBORO, N. O. LI 9 Successor to Jones & Cox, 123 South Elm Street, Greensboro, H. C. Next door to Fariss' Drug Store. - wm wm of e mm wm, AND RETAIL. New Machines from $16.00 up. Needles, Oil and Sewing Machine Sap plies ror all Macnlnes. KIMBALL PIANOS AND ORGANS. 1 PIANOs from $175 up; ORGANS, from $35 npl ! . :' .- : I. . '- . Goods shipped direct from factory to customer if directed. Call on or write os for catalogue and prices. Save agents' commissions and local dealers' profits. i Send us yoar address and we will cheerfnlly call at your home and showgoods without any cost to you. We are General Factory Representatives for W. WV Kimball Co Chicago, Manufacturers of Pianos and Organs. THE PATRIOT Tlirice-a-Week New York World!
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