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tffff ita&i& nMffir ifir mMi II Fl II I .Aye "V OL. XXXI. NO. 8. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1S9S. $1.00 PER YEAR. 3 1)9 r k. I . X B -IBS B B B fl E. B B B I fl B fl fl M . 4 ,,; I- THE TELLER RESOLUTION '.CONSUMES ANOTHER DAY OP THE SENATOR'S TIME Senator II oar firings in Comparison Be tween New Kogland and Southern Fac tories, with a Fling at Long Hours and Child Labor In the Latter The House Discusses the Indian Bill and Iteductlon of Number of Letter Carriers SENATE. Washington, January 26. Debate on the Teller resolution was opened by Senator Teller. He maintained that the existing contract cancerninff the money In which bond.3 of the United fftatcei Wetre payable could not be changed without action of congress one Of the parities to the contract and that the government had a right to all the advantages the contract afforded fit. In response to a statement by Sena tor Teller that $262,000,000 cf bonds Were sold for the purpose of maintain ing th'e gold standard, Senator Gear, of Iowa, said that at was well known that more than $200,000,000 of hese bondis were solid to meet a deficit in the treasury. Th!is statement was llatly contradicted 'by the Colorado senator, who maintained that there was no ne cessity for the sale of bonds to meet current expenses when there was plenty of silver to meet pressing obli gations of the government. Senator Hoar, of .Massachusetts, fol lowed 'in a speech in Which he main tained the position he took yesterday t'h'ait the quest'im'on under discussion was not one of law but one of honigr (and lintegrity. He -said that the advo cates of the pending resolution inoin taihed 'that by a crime the price of sil ver had, been reduced until the silver In a dollar was worth only 44 cent3,and the same senators 'who made the charge of that "crime" advocated the piaym'enlt of the government's obliga t'iionts in this depreciated m'oniey money that had been depreciated, as tihiey claimed, "by crim:e. In the couirs'e cf hils remarks, Sena tor Hoar referred incidentally to the tpresent inidustrilal sitoiation in New England and its relation to the Ding ley tariff law. Further along he re verted to the sttuatii-cn and 'briefly dis cussteid at. lie wai3 satisfied that the Industrial trouble in. New England was not due to the operation of the tariff law, 'but to quite different causes. Trie was 'glad and the people cf New fl3n!gfland were guad of the industrial (prosperity of South Carolina, Alabama and Oeorgtia 'but "he did hold tihat the (people of New England dlid hot Want to be brought into competition with oomim unities where 'long honrs are the rule In (industrial est abliinh merits and Wheire child labor was emp'.oysd in the (factories, lie said that thelse prac tices were net known tin New England, where limited Hours for workman land no clhild laborere provided by law. Senator Piatt, of Connecticut. siaM that he had been endeavoring since the opening of the klebalt'e to ascertain wbalt 'th'e purpose of the advocates of the pendiimg resolution was in pressing fit, but had been unable to do bo. "Un less dt means something more now,"" Said Senator Pi'aitt, "then it meant twenty years- ago, there is absolutely no Taison foir its pasiaige. It is old and moldy. If this resolution means anything lit means the f ree and unlim ited coinage of silver." Snator Daniel, of Virginia, raiid that we were confronted upon all if ides with tthe clamorous st'atemients of the gold mm that agii'tation of the financial question was unsettling business and destroying the credit of our people. Yet, he said, the gold men were hold ing conventions; the financial ques trion wais being 4nveistigated by con gtr'esisiional committeeis and the presi dent of the United States In hte mes sage to this congress Wad advanced proposLtions In support of fastening uca the country the ssTinigle 'gold stand ird. He m'a'i'ntai'.ned that it was not in violation of public faith, as 5had been suggested by the senaitor of Massa cihuset'ts (Hoar) to pay the bonds of the. United States in silver, at the op tion of the 'government. 'He wanted to call attention to the fact that the "bulk of the outstanding (bonds had been, secured from the United States nt a reduced price and he malintalned that any payment of those bands in the coin of this country wou'd amply l epay the holders. lie salid there was no disposition to pay tine government oibligations in-dls-oreidlted silver bullion but 'in finished silver dollars dollars that were just is good als gold dollars dollars that would buy as much as gold dollars In any market of the wdrld. He thougflit the aldoption of the pending resolution would prevent raids upon the treasury arAi he quoted a isltlabement made by Secretary Sherman 'before a congres totnal comrniitee 4n 1878 to that effect Ibuthe maiin.tlakneki ' it did. not mean that any (government creditor would le paid in a clipped coin cr in a de jrecffiaited currency. Onl mctton of Senator Aldrich the Seriate them went Into executive ses e3on and ten minutels later adjourned. HOUSE OF REPIKESENTATPVES . The house devrfted another day to the eonsideration of the Indian approprla 4Am bill, most of the tlnte being con sumed, as on the two previous days, In discussing extraneous subjects. By tfar the most Interesting feature of the day was the debate on the question Of reducing the mail carrier service In the large cities, owing to the failure of the senate to attach the estimated de ficiency df $160,000 to the urgent de ficiency bill. A dozen representatives from as (many different cities protest ed against the proposed reduction and urgekl an Immediate appropriation, when Chairman Ixmfd, of the postoffice committee, and Chairman Cannon, of the appropriation committee, allayed the wrath of the members by assuring them that there was no occasion" for alarm; that the service could not pos fcTWy suffer unitil June 15th', before which time there would be ample op portunity to pas3 a deficiency appro priation. Mr. Loud said the question presented was one far greater than the simple one of a delivery more or less in New York or Chicago. The statements of the gentleman from New York (Quigg), said he, were absolutely false and un founded. That gentleman had been having himself interviewed, charging that he (Loud) was responsi ble for the existing predicament; that he (Loud) had defied congress and the postoffice and forced the department to cut off the carriers. "Such criti cism," said Mr. Loud, "is beneath my ; contempt. The charge is made that the postoffice appropriation bill this year carried $160,000 below the esti mates. I know the officials of the post office department back that charge, but I assert 'that it la false." ' 'Then you allege falsehood aga'inst the officials of the department?" in terrupted Mr. Quigg. "Let him take it who can "bear It," responded 'Mr. Loud. Mr. Loud proceeded to affirm that the postoffice officials had, contrary to law, appointed 289 additional carriers and created a prospective deficiency of $160,000. He said further that in the face of an appropriation of $75,000 for incidenital expenses, $10,700,000 had been spent in six months. Over $50,000 of the reported deficiency, he said, be longed in that account. An amendment offered by Mr. Kelley, democrat, of South Dakota, to increase the number of Indian pupils at Flan droau, S. D., to S00 and to increase the appropriation therefor $16,000, was de feated. The number of pupils provided for at the S'alem, Ore., school was in creased by fifty. The action on this amendment drew out an indignant protest from Mr. Kelley, who paid his respects to Mr. Sherman and Mr. Can non, for looking with favor upon an amendment offered by a member of the republican side of the house. The latter replied good naturedly but referred to Mr. Kelley as a "bantam rooster," and usually a rather "good looking, amiable man." The -gentleman from South Dakota was evidently nettled and he retorted with considerable bitterness. 'So far as physical characteristics went, he said, he thought Mr. Cannon might make as respectable looking a rooster as himself. This was not the first time he had been insulted by the gen tleman from Illinois. "I may not 'have had the legislative experience of the genitleman from Illinois," said, he, "neither, I thank God, have I as yet learned ruffianism, blackguardism and ungentleman-ly conduct. I grant that he as an adept at cheese-paring, but when it comes to Danville, 111., he wants everything in sight." Mr. Cannon did not make any reply to this assault. 'At 5:32 p. m., the house adjourned. DOLE IN WASHINGTON Quartered at the Arlington Exchange of Formal Visits Between the Two Presi dents Washington, January 26. President Dele, of Hawaii, arrived here at 2:20 ', o'clock this afternoon' and! in behalf of the government, was welcomed to the national capital by Secretary of State Sherman and Assistant Secretary Adee. There was no military display, demo cratic simplicity being observed at Mr. Dole's request. The Ariington hotel was reached about 2:30 oclock. Secretary iSherman, with Mrs. Dcce on his arm, es corted the party to their rooms and there took his official leave. The apartments to which the distin guished guests were assigned are on the second floor racing Vermont avenue and I street. The drawing room is in the corner, and next on the Vermont avenue side are the bedrooms of the president and Mrs. Dole. The private dining-room adjoin 'th'e drawing- room on the I street front. The furnishings of the apart ments are rich but, apparently, there has been no effort at display. President MoKlnlley's call was entirely formal and! did not last longer than fif teen minutes. He was accompanied by Mr. Porter and Colonel Bingham and was met by Assistant Secretary Cridler and Mr. Hatch, the Hawaiian minister, who introduced them Vo President Dole, Mrs. Dole and the other members of the party. After a mutual exchange of cour tesies. President MoKlraley returned to the White house. At 4:15 o'clock President Dole returned the visit of President MoKinley. He drove over to the White house in a mag nificently appointed carriage in company with Minister Hatch and Assistant Secre tary Cridler. His private secretary, Ma jor Iaukea, with Major Heist and Lieu tenant Commander Phelps and Mr. Day, followed in another carriage. At the en trance to the White hou-s the- visitor was met my Colonel Blng-hom and the party was led at once by him to the ete vaaor, whence they were soon transfer red to the library on the second floor. There President McKinQey was in wait ing and gave his guest a greeting. Af ter a few words of general conversation, the two presidents retired to a couch in one corner of the room and spent about five minutes in consultation. It was said tlhait this talk was purely unofficial and persona!!. Then the party were escorted down stairs and returned to the hotel. Better Than Klondike Gold Is health and strength gained by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla', the great blood purifier. It fortifies the whole system and gives you such strength that nervous troubles cease, and work which seemed wearing and laborious, becomes easy and Is cheerfully per formed. It has done this for others, it will for you. Hood's Pills are the best family ca thartic and liver tonic. Centle, relia ble, sure Bashing Work on the Brooklyn New York.' January 26. Orders have been received at the navy yard to hurry the work on the cruiser Brooklyn, in or der that she mlay sail Saturday. Night and diay gangs are working on the ves sel. According to the yard officials the Brooklyn will be ready to soil on Satur day and will be with the fleet on the fol lowing Monday. Washington. January 26. Hon. Jos. McKenna took his seat on the bench of the supremo court of the United States today, as on associate justice. Th offi cial ceremony inducting him Into this Im portant office consumed less than four minutes and was einipSe Ja the extreme. "CROWD THEH TO THE WALL" RUSSFLt3 3IOTTO IN HIS FIGHT AGAINST THE SOUTHERN To Force a Higher Rental for the North Carolina Railroad Hancock' Letter of Defense Reports from Counties on School Children and Public School At tendance Rassell ttIII Not Apologize to Dr. Abbott Death of Dr. T. 8. JKottr. Freight Kate Redaction (Special to The Messenger.) 'Raleigh, N. C, January 26. Leading" republicans say here tonight that Governor Russell's plan is to .try to so crowd the Southern raillway as to make it pay more, say 8 or 9 per cent., fcr the North Carolina railway lease, and use this for political capital; that the governor wos -hard .today telling two of his lawyers: ".We must crowd them to the wall." The trustees of the university will meet tomorrow an!d PresfderJt Alder man will mtake . a report embod yng some new features. This afternoon Hancock's long ex pected letter in defense was received by the governor. It was serJt to coun sel here who gave Sit to the governor. It denies any improper relations with Miss Abbott or that any threats were ever made and says that so far as Hancock knows she is an absolutely virtuous woman. His letter as a column in length 'and says iMi'ss Ab bott is 19 years old and never lived in his house until last October. That ehe wias housekeeper until soon after Chnrs'tmas, when, afcer repeated re quests to discontinue certain objec tionable associations, he asked her to go to her mother's home; Chat she showed temper, and that the suiLt charging Seduction was soon brought; that her mother's advisers tin this mat ter are Hancock's political enemies; that the dropping of Miss Abbott's sis ter as teacher 'in 'New Bern's public schools has nothing to do With this matter; that no threat or effort was made to have Miss Abbott's father's name stricken from the pay rolls of the government. Dr. Thomas S. Motte, nephew of Dr. J. J. Mo'tte, died here today at the in sane asylum, at which, he had been an assistant physician for a year. For two years previous he had .been, as sistant physician at the western hos pital at Morgawton. He was only 26 years old. Consumption caused death, which was due to hemiorr'hage. The body was taken to State sville this eve ning'. 'A newspaper man asked the govern-. or today if he intended to apologize to Dr. Abbott and he replied: "I'll apolo gize to Perrepont Morgan before I will to anybody else." He says Abbott de served that statement he made about him. Mrs. E. A. Dickson, formerly of Wilmington, died here today at the home of her niece, Mrs. W. W. Rob bins. Senator Butler demands reduction of freight rates. The railway commission will probably reduce them. Among the arrivals are Republican State Chairman Holton, E. L. Whar ton, Greensboro; W. E. Kyle, Payette ville; Thomas McRee, Salisbury. Wheler Martin is here and says he can have the Third district sOlicitor ship If he wants it, but he does not know whether he wants it or not. The governor has twice told him he could have it. The report on school children and public school attendance was com pleted today, as far as can be com pleted, as twelve counties refuse to re port, this being the same number as in State Superintendent Scarborough's Hast report. The figures in hand say there are, omiting the twelve counties, 412,143 white and 211,519 colored chil dren between the school ages of 6 and 21 years and that the public school en rollment 5s respectively 222,252, and 131,404. The report is up to July 1st last. FOUND CRAZED IN THE WOODS Sad Flight of a Lady of Atlanta After Being Imprisoned for Refusing to be Vaccinated and then Submitting Under Protest J (The Baltimore Sun.) 'Atlanta, Ga., January 26. Miss Lee Miller, who dlssappeared from her home here three days ago, Was found yesterday in a tract of woods, twenty miles from the city. She was crazed. Several weeks ago, when compulsory iatacination was beting performed on all persons here, Miss Miller refused to submit, declaring that it would Inca pacitate her ani jeopardize the wel be ing of those whom she supported by dressmaking. She waLs arrested and fined $25, in default of which she spent several hours in j-aiL Finally she was vaccinated under protest. She has been acting queerly ever since, and when sflie left home friends were alarmed for Iter safety. For three days a search was made, until (at last she was discovered at McDon ough out of her mind and nearly 'dead from! exposure anld exhaustion. She was brought back home, and when she was sufficiently composed, told of her Wanderings through muddy swamps and how lack of notirlhment had nearly killed her. Physicians are doing everything pos sible for her. They fear that if she re gains her health it will be at the ex pense of her mrnd, which they say is crippled seriously by the strain to which, she has been subjected. An Innocent Man Under Death Sentence Ba-timOTvi, January 26. Angek Car bone is in a ceC! at Sing Sing-. N. Y.. awaiting the execution of a death sentence for the murder of XataV Brogrio, tn New York, while the guilty man 4s in a ceil at the central police station In this city. SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY Before the Senate Committee InTenttfa ;tlnc theCIVI! Service CommUilon Washington, January 26. Rev. E. D. Bailey, chief clerk of the examiners ofiics? .civil service commission, and for many years ccninected with that body, frequently acting chief examiner, sub mitted some sensational testimony at today's session of the senate civil ser vice Investigating committee. It was a sequel to the charges he made Mon day of intimidation and .interference by the commission with his testimony. He' called attention to the bitter at tack made on him then by president Procter, of the commission. In a let ter : which he made public at the in stance of the committee, addressed to Thaodore Roasevelt, then New York police commissioner, now assistant secretary of the navy, the commission was severely criticised. In an accom panying personal letter he expressed the hope that in any re-organization the "president might deem desirable to make, Mr. Proctor might be retained m hf3 position. This communication, making startling charges, and which created a sensation, follows, in brief: "The business of the commission ?s in the greatest confusion and is be coming more and more dem'oral2z?Kl for want of intelligent management Requisition, remain unacted on for months and many complaints are made by the departments of delays and an noyances detrimental to t!he service. In stich cases temiTxirary appointments were authorized and after ninety days made permanent, although no rule ex Isiis (permitting such action. These re quisitions probably cover Several hun dred: places. In one batch thirty-two appointments in the marine hospital service were reported, for which no authority existed and the only excuse was the failure of the commission to provMe registers. The navy depart ment recently appointed fifteen steel tasspeicitors Without examination or certification by the commission and the department has requested the commission to make the appointments regular by issuing certifications. No action oh these bias yet been taken. The engineer service a:t large has made requisitions to fill hundreds of places and o provision has yet 'been made to miet the demands. A number of appoihitimeriits in the sub-treasury at New -York have been made since the clarification, without examination. No attempt ihas been made to meet the nieiedsr of tflie ordinance, department and irregularities and questionable ap pofintments have been so num'eirous that the ruleis have almost lct their force and the alleged law of necessity is pregnant, and a wan-it of uniformity exists In all the . business of the com -mission, and the grealtest uncertainty prevails.. "The present condition is thoroughly ailarming. Disaster can. be averted Only by Imim'edSate remedial action and at least three changes in the office should be made at once, net fcr politi cal rea-sons but in the interests of the Service." McCOMAS ELECTED The Baltimore Bolters Give in and Mc Comas Secnres the Senatorshlp. 'Annopolis, Md., January 23. Judge Louis E. McComas, of Washington county, was today elected to the Uni ted States senate to succeed Arthur P. Gorman. - The. final ballot, the first of today, and the eighth since the contest be gan, resulted in his securing 63 vots to 4 for Alexander Shaw, of Baltimore, the only other -republican who re mained in the race until the end. Sen ator Gorman received forty seven votes, the full democratic strength in both houses. The break to 'McComas came as the result of last night's caucus at which 53 .members wepe in attendance, and at whioh Judge McComas was practically unanimously nominated. Ten repub lican delegates from Baltimore city, and Senator "Wescott, of Kent county, however, refused to take any part in the caucus or to consider .themselves bound by it. When the name of Sena tor Wescott was reached and he, after a 'brief speech, changed his vote from Shaw to (McComas, every one knew the end was near and the cheering was tremendous. Speaker Shaefer, whose name heads the list of delegates in the roll call, was the next of the recalci trants to come in line, which he did in a -graceful speech, cheerfully ac cepting the situation. Then one by one five of his associates in the now fa mous "bolt" against the rule of the majority, followed his example, ex congressman Findlay's only remain ing supporter did likewise and the vote stood 62 for McComas to 4 for Shaw. 0oa srq, paStreuo. iqoorf aiTjSia u-aT&L but four others, Messrs. Quast, Bald win, Short and Delacour, all of Bal timore city, stuck to the Baltimore city candidate to the last President Dole Leaves Chicago Chicago, January 23. Sanford B. Doyle, president of Hawaii, after a vfcrit of two days, left Chicago for Washington to day. The president of the island repub lic went out as he came in, under the wiki escort of a" northwestern blizzard. The preskJehtial party left by the Balti more and Ohio, with which company special arrangements had been made for conducting the party to the capital. The party was in charge Third Assis tant Secretary of State Crtd!er and Major Heistand. military attache or President McKinley. The party includ ed beside these gentlemen President and Mrs. Dole, F. M. Hatch, the Hawaiian minister; Commander Phelps and Major Laukea, president Dale's secretary. 8teamers In Collision Flushing, Holland, January 26. The "British steamer Lucerne, Ceptain Ren Tife, which arrived here January 23rd from , Wilmington, N. C, for Ghent, Wad her sDem broken and was other wise considerably damaged by collision on the scone day with en unknown steamer, which though hailed by the Lucerne for her name, refused to make and reply, and proceeded oa her way. MORE WARSHIPS AT HAVANA EUROPEAN POWERS ARE REPRE SENTED DV THEIR NAVIES This Simplifies Matters and Prevents Spain Complaining of Prennce of the llalne. Powerful Spanish Battleship; to VUlt our Ports Additional Cioardt at Amer ican Consulate Spanish Naval Oncers to Attend a Banquet by Lee Havana, January 21 The German crui ser Charlotte (wr'hooli'hip. .tva jut ar rived hero, a British warship has reach ed here from Key Vet and some Frcich warships are expected from New Orloan. The government has re-enforced the jk Kce at the American consulate, tlor.f the wharves and on the principal strets as a precaution against any attempts to provoke a collision when the marines ar.d crew of the United States wars rip Maine come ashore. Madrid, January 26. The Spanish bat tleship Vizcaya, of 7.0(M tons displace ment, has been ordered to visit American ports. Sencr Sagasta. the premier, read to the queen regent tcOay what is tif-crilH-d as a very "s-atiifaciory despatch" from Washington. Admiral Bermejo, minister of marine has authorized the officers of the Sian- it-'h squadron at Havana to attend the naval Lurwiuet to bo Riven by Uniied State Consul General London. January 27. The Madrid cor respondent cf The Daily Mail rays the government will uk the nvxt eortes to vote 8,0X),0Lf) pounds for strengthening the mvy. HavarJa, January 2f. This afternoon Uni'ttd States Consul General Lee visit ed the Maine, returning the ofliefcil vLsit paid him yesterday by Captuin Sig-sbee. He was accorded the usual salute. The local papers insist that the Maine is here on a friendly visit and with the view of "offsei'ting- jinyo speeches in Washington." Washing-i.cn, January 2G. The officials here are pleased at the success attend ing their movement in dispatching- the Maine to Havana and at the reception ac corded the ship at That port. The report that Bri'tish and French tbips are to join the American and German warships in Havana harbor are regarded h-ere as highlly favorable, althousli no official no tice of such in'terJiior.s on the part of the British and French governments has been received. The presence of vessels of these nationalities alongside of the United States warship will ro far. it is believed, to convince the ieople of Ha vana and Madrid that there is no sinister purpose in the Maine's arrival, while it wiLi make it exceedingly difficult for the Spanish government to find iny rea sonable ground for compvaint agaimst the UnOted States government without laying itself open to the charge of discrimina tion, since the s.ame objection must lie against t'he presence of the warships of any and all nations. Secretary Long this morning received a vt'.egiam from Admiral Si card, saying that the North Atilantio squadron had gone into the inner anchorage at Dry Tortugas. The telegram was brought to Key west by the Fern, which is serving as a tf'ispaiu-h and supply loat for the Meet. Secretary Long 'slid today, that he had received no notice from t'he Spanish min ister or from any other source that Span ish men-ol-war have been ordered to visit United States ports. They were perfectly welcome to come and go as they pleased, he said, and so far an he was concern -d 'he would be delighted to have them come. Spanish warships have frequent ly vlsiited 'the United States since the insurrectionary movement broke out in Cuba three years ago, without having excited t'he kaa-t unfriendly comment and there was no reason why any significance should be attached to their coming again whenever they felt disposed to do s-o. Secretary Sherman also said he saw no reason Why the Spanish ships should not visit the United States and in fact he would be glad if they did come. They would Ite welcome. All the advices received by the state department and navy department from Cuba today were satis factory. Genera.. Iee at 2 o'cCock reported that all was quiet and order prevailed in Havana. Al about the same hour a cablegram came to the department from Captain Sigsbee, of the Maine, saying that general inter est was manifested cn the arrival of the Maine in Havana harbor, but there had been no demonstration. He had beer, ashore 'himself several times officially and had been received with the greatest courtesy. He expected to visit the pal ace to borrow. The information from Madrid by the Associated Press that the Spanish gov ernment had decided to send the wars'hij Vizcaya on a visit to American ports caused no comment in official circles. Sh is a formidable craft, larger, faster ami more powerful than the Maine. Her points are recorded here as follows: Length 340 feet, beam 65 feet, draught 21 feet, 6 inches; two propellers, 13,000 horse power, with a 12-inch armor belt am. barbette 10 inche. and an armored deck varying in thickness from 2 to 1 inches. Her battery is made up of two 28-cen'timeter, tert 14-cenUmeter, one 9 centtmeter (all honoria guns mde a Spain); eight 57-miIimetre, four 37-mi3im ter and two machine guns. There are sis torpedo tubes. The ship Was launched hi 1S31, cost J3.O0O.O0O, and is capable of 21 knots speed, while the Maine Is but knots. Altogether the Vizcaya 4s a for midable snip. A substantial addition to the rchef fund being collected for the Cuban Buflearers at the state department, was received o- oay through Senator Hoar. Who handed to Secretary Sherman a check for tti.QU sen him by George H. Lyman, of Bos ton, yhe trustee for a public collection In tftat city. Cuban Forces Routed Tlaviu, January 25. The Spanish forces. "it is alleged, have destroyed the camp of the insurgent Seader, Juan Del gado, near Managua, province of Ha vana. It is said to have consisted. of over 200 huts. The camp of the insurgent leaaer. itcmero. & also reported to hav been destroyed, in Spanish circles It is said max a government force, in recon nortertnjp near Aguacate and Tapaste. tnis province, rutin been engaged with the Insurgent general. Aranguerin. who was in command of 130 cavalrvmen. Th Spaniards ore said to have killed many of the insurgents ami to have captured the correspondence or Aragurm. The Span ish forces under the command of Colonel Kutrtn, It Is announced at Spanish head quarters, recently landed on the coast near TrinMad, province of Santa Cara, to reconnolter the river Munox ami dis lodged ati Insurgent force from "an en trenched position which the latter occu piea. ine Spaniards are announced to have had a major, a captain and a doc tor and two soldiers wounded. If you feel weak, dull and discouraged you will find a bottle of Hood mt-ut i arllla wfll do you wonderful good. I RojsJ males tbe tooj pare. 1 9 kUssoac and dcUcioavs. i wmm CHINESE riHATF.8 Attack Kuropean ettlernentslhry t'e the Torch aud the hwtiid-It ulit4 y French Troops-Many KlllfU Captured Kxecutcd San Francisco, Jknuary 26. AocliC ed Pres. dispatches from Vancouver on the 12th Inrtnnt contained an c- count of a raid by Chlnes y4rai upon the Kuropean settlement at 11 si phon. The steamer Coptic, which lt arrived from the Orient, brought f tl particulars of the murderous affair asJ the punishment meted out to tin? of fenders who were captured. The pirates first attacked the mu of the Hal Duong, at S o'clock on tliv night of December 15th. 'It wan firvni n four quarters simultaneously v&ftd half of this provincial capital -whs stroped. The resident governor aiml his family were compelled ti aUrdvr their residence during the srrtk? of ttc trsops and take shelter in the fort. The force was too small' to" admit f meeting the pirates, who were arnml with rules, In the open. At I1m-Nin?- Giangs there were no causal tie utiawag the Kuropeans. Considerable damage was dene to the town. A lwut 3 o'cKx-k on the morn mi? of December 15th, Several hundred nm crossed the river Lachtroy In ntH amis an-1 converged uin Hal-Plwnec. Shortly afterward several fire HturtctI in the Eurciean and native quarter on the outskirts or the tvwn. MeYtn While another band, about 1C0 ntruru? atacked the village of Amblr. Tltt warn headed by an old man whV rnarrtel in the centre of four standard. whrf bore the inscriptions: "Oiey the orkr of heaven;" "Destroy the FAu-oiariK; "KX terminate the dynasty of Ngu-Wn and Mac." 'Alout 4 o'clock a company of Frvnct troops In two divisions turned out tul charged the remaining guard of trio pirates with fixed bayonets. Flfta-eis of the pirates were killed and wevrul were wounded ami taken to hMltl. In the meantime the pirate had en tered the house of Mr. A. It. Marty and killed his iKtok-kcep'T, M. Oau:- thier. after horribly mutilating bim His 7-year-old child al disappearriC Then they attacked M. I'alc derifc for 't'he Fausse Mining Compact, uni loft him for dead. He was taken tSt tb hospital, however, and may recover. On the following Saturday ten of thn captured pirates were executed u(Mr the spot where M. Gauthier was as sassinated and after the execution ttv; bodfcs of the pirates wore placed on stakes and set up in fnmt of thp houses. 'About 200 F.uroiaTra oikI W natives witnessed the execution. lion. A. M. Waddell to Drlittr A- dress at Charleston The Charleston XewM and Onjrk-r of yesterday contains th.? following Ira crnnecthn with the preparatkmH finr the coming oxmrnenctrmont at it? Sviuth Carolina Mcxlk?al Orflegc. j . Charleston, S. C: In reply to the invitation if dean, ithe following letter wtoh rr oeived: WUming-ton, X. C. Deo?m?mr 23. 1K3Z. Dr. Francis L. Iarker, Oharlewttm. S. C. My Dear Sir I have fht honor In c knowledge the reoelpt of "nir letter inviting me. on U-half of the faculty. U deliver the annual addrmai to trwt graduating class of the Meilical CoflcR of Siuth Carolina on the 1st April, KX. at 8 p. m., and to Bay In reply 3tat it will give na pleasure to aoxjt tbx? In vitation, and thus testify my nwpur-t for an institutVt which ba. for iHtkfly three quarters of a century, reflect! honor on the state of South Carolina. With thanks for the kind termM Ir which you have conveyed the Invita tion, I am very respectfully yourw. A. M. WADDKLLl The Honorable" A. M. Waddell U widely known a a dbninguLsherf law yer and eloquent orator, InU the fol lowing facts In regard to his pr?rmrtJ hitsory and chararjrer may rKt I familiar to many of our read3rs. ami will be lnteretftintf to all: CoJottcJ Waddell is descender! fnmt the Mfjoren and Yeamanjies, of South Carolina. Among hts ancetors were Governor Yeamans. 0memor Jamm Moore. Judge Alfred Moore, of the mipneme court of the Unrtcil Slate?, and Colonel Hugh Waddeld, the gallant Inilart fighter. His grand father on his motti er's sride was 'Alfred Moore, son of tlx? Judge, who was speaker of th? fiout of rcpresentatlv-efi of North Coroiiiwi (then called the hotwe of comnvnaR.' HU father, the Hoa. Hugh Waddell. was an eminent lawyer in North Caro lina, and a member of the senate of . that state. Colonel Waddell earned! his title In common! of a confederato regiment, and has been a mem ber of congress. He is iKt. only a polished speaker, InK. an accomplished and agreeable gentle man. The ladies may be interested irt knowing that he married a few rmm tf ago his third wife, a granddaughter or Dr. A. J. DeRossfcrt, whose ancestor, aa, Huguenot, foubCrt under William Hi at the battle of the Boyne. J i 1 - i, v - .v- '"I -
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Jan. 28, 1898, edition 1
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