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4 . V 9- ill-' WILMINGTON, N. C , FRIDAY DECEMBER 23, 1898. vOL. XXXII. NO. 2. 01.C0 PER YEAR. s ' - 1 ' - ; . - - im " 1 mwi i in i ii T. -ZtJz !!!!!!!!! ""mmm"""""'"'"""" i ; r Y' ft 14 OFFICIAL Of Commanding Officers of the Navy During thelSpanish War Made Public. UNKNOWN HERO OF THE NAVY Ensign II. II.- Ward as a Volunteer Goes Into the Heart of the Enemy's Country-Disguised, He Takes His Station at Cadiz and Keeps the Navy Department Posted as to the Movements of the Spanish Navyi-Admiral Montejo's Report to His Government of the Battle of Manila. Dewey's Importance of Philippines. Washington, December 21. The offl- while the fire increased astern another cial reports of all commanding officers , fiSt of the navy during the war, have been 'compiled and published by the navy department. While treating events that have already figured in official re ' ports that have reached the public the documents still contain many, minor reports that throw side lights on in teresting phases of the war. Almost in the beginning In the brief record of the proceedings of the naval war board, an unknown hero is brought to light in the person of Ensign H. H. Ward, who at the beginning of the war was on duty in the navigation bureau, with Lieutenant Whitlesy on the heavy du ties of assistant chief of the bureau. He volunteered for secret service duty and his exploits, about which nothing has been said in the past, will be plac ed on record beside those of Lieuten ant Rowan, in Cuba, and Lieutenant Whitney, in- Porto Rico. Within a week after the declaration of war, En- j sign Ward disguised himself and went right into the heart of the enemv's country, making his headquarters in Cadiz, the principal Spanish naval sta tion, and informing the navy depart ment here of the actual strength of the Spanish naval vessels and their move ments. Then he went to the West In dies and reported everything that was going on there of importance to the American, navy. Next, he went again Into the enemy's country in disguise, ' this time to Porto Rico, where he was arrested as a suspicious character and a spy. By adroitness he managed to secure his release and escaping from San Juan cabled the navy department a full statement of the defenses there, and the preparations making for the reception of the Spanish squadron un der Cervera. All this time the officials of the navy department were under the Impression thatvMr. Ward was engaged In installing a system of coast signals on the New England coast. While Ward was in Porto iiico En sign Buck, another attachee of the navigation bureau, was on the shores of the Mediterranean in disguise watching every movement of the squadron of Admiral Camara, which started for the Philippines, but turn ed back. Of the strategy board Itself it is said that it was part of Its duty to keep In formed of all of the movements and plans of the Spanish naval forces through secret agents and it Is known that the navy was thus informed of all important movements. At times, however, Information was conflicting and decisions had to be made as to which report was true. The reports of the famous naval "bat tle of Cavite Include one from United States Consul Williams, a rather un usual thing In a report or a naval char acter, but fully Justified by its pictu resque and uritechnical description of Dewey's great victory. Following It Is a report to his government on the same engagement, by the commander-in-chief of .the ill-fated Spanish fleet, Montejo. "The admiral depicts the bad condition of the Spanish fleet. He -said that the .cruiser Castillo was incapable of ma jieuverMg on account of her bad con , "dition, srhile Jthe defenses .at the en trance to Subig bay were very back ward. With much disgust he found that the guns which' should .have been mourned were delayed a month ana a half, and he was 'no Jess disgusted to. find that reliance was had! for the de fense pf the port upon a few torpedoes, not properly placed. Finding Subig bay defenceless, the Spanish squadron repaired to the bay of M abulia ito meet battle under less unfavor able conditions-. The admiral avoidecA the citv, not wishing to draw fire udote it. and prepared his . fleet for action, paintin his vessels a dark gray and having the fires spread and springs on the' cables. He says that the force of Dewes ves sels, leaving out transports, amc.ntel to 21,410 tons, 49,290 horse power,. J guns (many rapid-fire). 1.750 men And an average of seventeen miles. AgEasi this the power of his only five effec tiv ships was 10,110 tons, 11,200 horse pcw- er, 76 guns (very short of rapid-fir e 1,875 crew and a maximum speed tX twelve miles. The admiral describes i n vivid language the terrible effect ot' the American onslaught on the Span- Ish vessels. He says: "The Americans fired most rapidly. There came upon us numerous projectiles, as the three cruisers to the end of the line devoted themselves almost entlrejy to fight the Christinia, my. flagship. A short time after the action commenced one shell exploded in the forecastle and put out of action all of those who served the .four rapid-fire cannons; meantime an- other shell exploded in the orlop, set . ting fire to the crews' bags. - At 7:30 : o'clock one shell destroyed compfriely the steering gear. Another destroyed the mizzen, bringing down my flag aiNJ "v ensign. Another shell exploded on the poop and put out of action nine men. . A' fresh shell exploded In the officers' cabin, covering the hospitalNwlth blood, destroying the wounded who were be ing treated there. Another exploded in the ammunition room. ' I had to flood the magazines when the cartridges be gan to explode.-. One large shell pene trated the fire room, putting out of ac- tion one master gunner and twelve men serving the guns. Another rendered useless the . starboard .pow gun, and - . 4 t The broadside guns continued firing until there were only one gun and one seaman remaining unhurt for serving them. The ship being out of control, the hull, smokepipe and mast riddled with shot, half of the crew out of action, among whom were seven of ficers, I gave the order to sink and abandon the ship before the magazines should explode." The .story of the loss of the Castillo was subsequently the story of the loss of all the other Spanish .ships, and Ad miral Montejo sums up his action with this statement: "The ineffeclency of the vessels which composed my little squadron, the lack of all classes of the personnel, especially master gunners and seamen gunners; the Inaptitude of some of the provisinonal machinists, the scarcity of rapid fire cannon, the strong crews of the enemy, and the unperfected character of the greater part of our vessels all contributed to make much more decided the sacrifice which we made for our country and to prevent the possibility of the horrors of a bom bardment of the city of Manila, with the conviction that with the scarcity of our force against the superior ene my, we were going to certain death, and could expect a loss of all our ships. Our casualties, including those of the arsenal, amounted to S81 men killed and wounded." Apparently, the first suggestion of the organization of the flying squadron which was to divert Admiral Camara's squadron from its voyage to Manila came from Dewey, for in a dispatch of June 25th he says: "In my judgment with the coast of Spain threatened the squadron . of the enemy will have to turn." And that was exactly what happened. A month later the admiral pays a high compliment to the British consul at Manila, Mr. Rawson Walker, who for three months had been discharging the duties of United States consul in. Manila and rendering the admiral great assistance. The admiral's esti mate of the importance of the Philip pine island is given out in the follow ing telegram sent in answer to the government: "Referring to the department's tel egram of August 13th, important is lands are; Colon; Luzon, Panay, Cebu, Negros, Leyte. Others, owing to the nature of the inhabitants have a small amount of civilization.and want of cul tivation. They may be neglected, es pecially the isl-is of the southern group. Luzon is in all respects the most desirable to retain; contains most important commercial ports. Manila" is farthest north. Produces all of the good tobacco, with friendly natives and civilization somewhat advanced. Not yet developed. Possible rich minerals. Population 825,000. Subig bay best har bor for coaling purposes and military; water deep; land locked; easily de fended strategically, command of bay and city of Manila, with . arsenal at Cavite, most valuable. Panay, Cebu, Negros thickly populated, most civiliz ed and well cultivated. Isoilo second commercial port; center of sugar, good habor, strategic point, , good defense. Cebu third commercial port; good har bor, very desirable. No coal of good quality can be procured in Philippine islands. Some has been mined on Cebu, English company. I trust it may not be necessary to order me to Washington. Should regret very much to leave here while matters remain In present critical condition." Signed. "DEWEY." - Naturally the report of the operations of the North Atlantic fleet comprises the larger part of the printed body. Most of .the facts have already appear ed, but- in the very beginning there is most interesting exchange of 'letters between Secretary Long and Admiral "Sampson, showing that- even before the outbreak of the war the admiral had worked out a complete plan for the immediate reduction of Havana with his own squadron unsupported, and was only prevented from carrying out that plan by orders-from the depart ment which wished to protect the big ironclads. An unpublished report up to this time is one by Admiral -Schley dated June 1st giving an account of the bombard ment by his fleet of the fortifications of Santiago, the day -before Sampson ar rived on the scene, the admiral says I l'nin"" a X5, iS A: Jthour? ne ots Ull 2ver a.nd "None ajound them. I have learned from In surgent sources that the Reina Mer ccdes was struck by a hell and eight nr.en were killed; also that a number of .shots struck the-Monro. The recon naissance developed the fact that the Spanish vessels are in the harbor and that the fortifications are well provided with long range guns of large calibre." WheA you ask for De Witt's .Wilch Hazel tSalye don't accept a counter feit or imitation, -There are more cases' of Piles being cured by this, than all others combined. R. R. Bellamy. . rom England to France in a Balloon vondon, " December 21. Yesterday (Tiifc'day) balooni which ascended at the Crystal palace. Syndenhani, . London,- crossed the English channel tr FechanO- France," about., twenty-seven miles. nort.e&st of Havre. The Daily Chronicle, Chlch had a man on board, claims . to have successfully used Pro- fessor Andree'tf aea. ox steering a ha loon. - IJIPOIXTAIMT DAILWAY LISS A Boad to be Dalit from the C I'M berry 3Xlne to m Point on the Carolina Cen tral IXatlroad Tbe Advantages to . Wilmington of this New ixoad (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh. N. C., December 2L Your correspondent this afternoon had a spe cially interesting interview with Gen eral Robert F. Hoke. The latter said: .. "I will apply to the legislature for a charter for a railway from the Cran berry iron mines to Lincolnton or to some other point on the Carolina Cen tral railway near Lincolnton. It will be an extension of the East" Tennessee and Western North Carolina railway, which now connects Cranberry with Johnston City, Tenn. It will be an important link and particularly so to Charlotte and Wilmington. It ,wlll give Charlotte a direct line to the near est great coal deposit, that at Big Stone Gap. It will make Wilmington a coaling station, much nearer our new possessions and at which ships can coal without passing Hatteras. The Stone coal Is the most southern deposit of the best steaming coal. "There Is now a road from Cranberry to the Big Stone Gap mines. Active work is in progress at the Cranberry mines now. The ore is being shipped to Johnston City and there smelted. We are now filling a 20,000 ton order for the smelters at Carnegie, a new place near Johnston City. "I want t say that I consider the Cranberry ore the best in the country for the manufacture of the cast steel cannon which Dr. Gatling has Invent ed. The war department tests show the average tenacity of Cranberry iron to be 71,000 pounds to the square inch, while the government requirement as to steel is only 37,000 pounds." . THE CABINET IN SESSION ft decides Upon the Instructions to be Sent General Otis More Volunteers to be Mastered Out Washington, December 21. The cab inet today discussed the instructions to be sent "to General Otis, at Manila, which will be promulgated there as a proclamation by the president These instructions are4 similar in import to those sent to our officers at Santiago upon the occupation of that city, by United States troops. They assure the Philippines that the United States as sumes military control of the Philip pine islands in a spirit of peace and friendship and that all civil rights and privileges that they have hitherto en joyed will be continued and that it is the purpose of this government to re lieve in all possible wgys the unjust burdens they have borne, and asks for the co-operation of all good citizens n maintaining order to the end that peace and prosperity may be restored. So far as is practicable, all efficient officers will be retained in the official positions they now oecupyand fair and impartial justice will be administered to all. It has been decided not to give out the text of the instructions to General Otis till about the time of their arrival at Manila, which will be a montn hence. The instructions also make temporary arrangements for coasting trade, such as in the case of Cuba. ' The cabinet also decided that exist ing conditions justified a further re duction of the military forces of the United States ,and the secretary of war was instructed to arrange for the im mediate muster out of 50,000 volunteers, teers. Nothing definite has been decided by the war department as to the regiments which will be included in the 50,000 volunteers to be mustered out. It is said, however, that they will be dis tributed as equitably as possible among the several states and in a general way the first regiments mustered in will be the first to go out. Late to bed and early to rise, pre pares a man for his home in the skies. But early to bed and a Little Early Riser, the pill that makes life longer ana netter and wiser. R. R. Bellamy. The Hawaiian Annexation Bill Washington, December 21. -The sen ate committee -on foreign relations to day concluded Its revision, of the bill .providing a territorial gorernment for Hawaii, and Senator- Cullom reported the changes to the senate. There were numerous changes, the most important being as follows: The section defining citizenship was amended by striking out the word "white" and also the explicit reference to Portuguese and left to read as fol lows: "That all persons who were cit izens of the republic of Hawaii on Au gust 12. 1898, are hereby declared to be icitizens of the United States." The following restriction on the is suance of bonds is inserted: "Nor saaJl any bond or- other instrument of any indebtedness be issued unless made redeemable in not more than five years and payable in not more than .fifteen years from the date of Issue, thereof." Section 103 In regard to the crown lanas was changed so as to eliminate the clause confirming all valid leases now in existence. There are many technical changes, and in all cases where Hawaii is re ferred to as "the government of Ha waii" it is changed so as to make it the territory of Hawaii. - - Overcome evil with' good. Overcome your coughs' and colds with One Min ute Cough Cure. It id so good children cry. for it, It cures, croup; bronchitis, pneumon'a. grippe and all -threat and " t Inns- AtiMtM T - T TV11. No Doubt of Ratification by the Senate. THE CONTEST TO GOME. Over the Form of GoTernment to be Es tablished lor the Philippines After the Cession by Spain Has Been Ac eepted An Effort to be Slade to Apply to This Territory the Principles Con talned in the JBesolution of Last April Regarding our Attitude Toward Cuba New York, December 21. Clark Howell, a member of the democrat na tional committee from Georgia, and editor of the Atlanta Constitution, af ter consulting with the leaders of both of the political parties at Washington telegraphed as follows to his paper to night: "With the adjournment of congress for the holidays the final decision on the peace treaty is as clear as it will be after a vote has been taken in the senate. Two weeks ago the matter was In doubt. Today It is certain that the treaty will be ratified. "Mr. Bryan has been in Washington for several days and has conferred frequently with the democratic leaders in both the senate and the house. He has advised ratification of the treaty and he is outspoken in the opinion that aside from the question of national ob ligation it is a matter of party policy for the democrats to throw no obstacle in the way of ratification. There are leading democrats in both the senate and house, who, less than a week ago were in doubt a s to whether or not democrats should assist, in ratifying the. treaty; more than that, some of them were outspoken In the opinion that it was perhaps better to reject it. Today many of these democratic leaders take open position that the treaty, should be ratified. No one who had, studied-the situation from the in side! can have a reasonable doubt. It must not be understood that the rati fication of the treaty will carry with It the assumption that all those who vote affirmatively are in favor of national expansion . across the Pacific. Of the senators vwho will vote in favor of the treaty there will be republicans as well as democrats who are opposed In prin cipl as well as in theory to trans oceanic expansion of. our national do main.; They-take, however, and very properly, the view that the question of expansion, per se, is not involved in the consideration of the peace treaty, and that after the treaty has been ratified and Spain has been eliminated as. a factor in the Philippine problem, it will be time enough to consider the policy to be pursued in dealing with the Philippines and just here will come the real contest on the questioh of expan sion." Mr. Howell then says that after the treaty has been finally disposed of a resolution will be introduced making declaration of the proposed policy of-1 mis government in ueauiug wmi iuc Philippines and that this resolution will be framed very much on the basis of the Cuban resolution adopted co incident with the declaration of war. in which it was declared that the policy of this government would be to give the people of Cuba a free and indepen dent government of their own. Mr. Howell says:."It is the deter mination to put forward a resolution of this kind as a rallying point for the expansion and anti-expansion elements. both democratic and republican that takes from the consideration of the peace treaty such doubt as might have existed as to the outcome and which makes its ratification a forgone con clusion." In Danger of Lynching Decatur, Ala., December 21. Wil liam Simms, a former private in Com pany E, of the First Alabama regiment, who shot and killed Bud Norton, of Town Creek, on the 19th instant at a coynty dance,, is safely lodged in jail at Moulton, the county seat and has not been lynched as reported. Last night while Simms was In Jail at Town Creek," Bill Norton, brother of the deceased, together with several relatives and friends were in the vicin ity of the Jail, presumably for the pur pose of lynching Simms, but the crowd was dispersed by the sheriff and at 1:30 o'clock this morning Simms was taken to Moulton. Bud Norton was a former liquor deal er and owned considerable property around Town Creek. The sympathies of the surrounding country, which Is much wrought up, are all on the side of the Nortons. A cough is not like a fever. It does not have to run a certain course. Cure It quickly and effectually with One Minute Cough Cure, the - best remedy for all ages and for the most severe cases. We recommend it because good. R. R. Bellamy. it's Fatal Collision of Express Trains New York, December 2L Two of the fastest or Dress trains of the Pnnsvl- . - . . ... . vania road came into collision early thil mnniHiir at fnlnnin a mall atatln . ...... ..v., In New Jersey, just beyond Rahway. The early Washington express, going -at the rate of forty miles an hour. crashed into the rear end of the Pltts nurg flyer, a Chicago and New York through train, tearing the rear car Into kindling wood, killing two persons and badly injuring ten other&v - A heavy fog 'prevailed , at the tlm and the Pittsburg flyer was going slow ly, while the engineer was endeavoring to read the signals. The engine driver of the Washington express f apposed he haJ a clear track. . GCNEQJU. 31II.ES Appears Before the War Investigation Commission Il Tells About Others Shortcoming in tbo Santiago Cam- Washington, December 21. General Nelson A. Miles, commanding the Unit ed States army, and General Wesley Merritt, commander of the American forces at the capture of Manila, were the principal figures before the war inn vestigation commission today. General Miles responded to the summons of the committee only after several days consideration. He was accompanied by his own stenographer. His examination was comparatively brief and not sen sational. "Are you will to be sworn?" he was asked. "I think," was the reply, "that I can say what I have to say without being sworn." General Miles gave his evidence In a clear, unhesitating way and went in to deails regarding both the Santiago and Porto Rico expeditions. He open ed by describing the railroad confusion in getting the war munitions to Tampa and pointed out the lack of government storehouse facilities there. He said when the transports were loaded it was found impossible to put more than 15,000 men aboard and they were equip ped as well as possible under the cir cumstances. "It was most fortunate," he said, "that the transports had good weather. If they had encountered a severe storm the loss of life, or the suf fering at least, must have been fearful. As It was fair weather, the men below, crowded in with the mules and sup plies, could get on deck, which would have been impossible otherwise." The commissary stores taken, he said, were sufficient, but the medical sup plies were inadequate. He had left the loading, except for genertl direc tions, to the corps commander, Gen eral Shatter. He found Just before sailing that there were a number of pontoon boats being taken which would be utterly useless for the purpose and he himself had secured two barges from the owners there and had taken other steps, but the supply of such boats taken was very inadequate. "The expedition," he continued, "should have been furnished with launches, naptha or steam, or tugs, for towing barges from the ships to the shore." He relied largely on the engineer offi cers and the engineer department for these. In the second expedition to Por to Rico these were furnished, but they arrived too late to render much assist ance." At Santiago "the supply of tentage and food was very limited. "Were the medical supplies at that time sufficient for the needs of the command?" he was asked. In reply he read a dispatch from General Shafter on August 4th, which referred to a "chronic scarcity of med icines," and said that four men had Just died from lack of medicines. There was at no time, said General Miles, sufficient medicines for the troops. He remembered seeing one train for the sick in a drenching rain, with no cov ering over the wagons. General Beaver "From what you learned and observed while there, do you think there was at any time a sufficient medical supply?" General Miles "Of medical men and materials?" General Beaver "Yes." General Miles "No, sir." The witness stated that the hospital porary charaeter accommodations were only of a tem- He said that the J shelter tents did not shelter. Questioned J ""J me i.uaiav.ici Ul llic litem UtS IOT transporting the wounded, he said that J they were taken In wagons. I General Beaver "Do you know t any of the wounded were lying exposed to the weather?" General Miles "Some were exposed in being sent down to the hospitals. I saw one train of wounded men driving along in the drenching rain with noth ing to shelter them." y - He had taken measures personally to correct matters and on July 12th had telegraphed for a well equipped corps of pier and bridge builders, etc., and had ordered places burned. General Miles said the transportation facilities were used to carry supplies to some 15,000 to 20,000 refugees from Santiago and about 5.000 Cuban troops. "This," he stated in answer to a question, "was not exnected. b(MlU T "hart ranttnne1 General Shafter to keep his men out of I the Spanish buildings of every charac ter, and to keep the men away from the natives. Had Me not done as he did the army would have been much bet- ter supplied." His army in Porto Rico. t he said, had been supplied In a way with quartermaster's and commissary scores, dux not in tne nest way. At Porto Rico he had asked that fixed rations Je sent, but instead they were sent down in bulk without Invoices. General Miles characterized the re frigerator beef, of which there were S27 tons sent, as "embalmed beef," and said (the canned fresh beef, of which 198.000 pounds had been shipped there, was condemned by officers whose commands used It. "Who fixed the beef as an army ra tion?" "You will have to ask some one here In Washington. You had better ask the secretary of war or the commis sary general. It was sent as food. If they had not taken that they would have had to go hungry. If they had sent paymasters down there, as I ask ed, we could have bought food, but they did not do that." General Miles suggested that tha i . . . ... . . . i l u "as sent 10 nis large army unaer preiense or an experiment, tie cauea attention to . the fact that good fresh beef could be bought in Porto Rico for j 6 cents a pound, American money, and he suggested tht It might be Interest i mis wiin xne COST ox refrigerator beef together with the ' - ... ing to compare this with the cost of the ex- i pense oi transportation, lie said he did j not know but what the chemicals used Lin treating the beef were responsible ior xne great sickness In the American army. Reports which he had received concerning It were to the effect that this beef had an odor like an embalmed dead body. Captain Howell "Were these reoorts ever brought to the attention of the commissary general?" General Miles "Report were fre quently sent io him. but he seemed to insist the beef be used." Captain Howell "Was the matter Made from pure cream of tartars SfcguardsTtht food against alum ; Alan rnUng powdtii arc fhscrtttaS men men i mtobcafcjiof the proof day. SOW www, ever brought to the attention of tho secretaryof war?" General Miles I requested that no more of It be sent. It a supply of it were sent to the men In this country, I would prohibit their use of it. I anx having an Investigation made now or the matter. I thought that you gen tlemen would get on to it." He said he had never complained to the secretary of war as to the condi tion of the beef, but had asked that ' the supply be stopped. , ' General Miles stated the first plant for sending troops to Cuba, were net his, as he was opposed to sendlnie troops to Cuba until Cervera's fleet was located. The question at the out set was a naval problem; and the dis patch of troops, on his judgment, there hinged on which fleet should destroy, the other. If the Spanish, he thought, bad destroyed the United States fleet the United States would have been blocked for number of years. "If we had had a force In Cuba then we would have lost It as it would have been Im possible to get It back here." He wag also opposed to sending a large force to places like Havana or Matanzas be- , case of the large percentage of yeliuW. rever aeatns tnere. M NKW SECHHTAUYOP INTBllIOlt j The President Appoints Hon. Ethan A llltchkock to Succeed Secretary 111 Us Washington, December 21. The pres ident today nominated Ethan A. Hitch cock, of Missouri, to be secretary of the interior. The nomination was Im mediately confirmed by the senate. Mr. Hitchcock is at present ambas sador to Russia. Ie was appointed minister more than a year ego and when the rank was raised to an em bassy he was appointed ambassador. Mr. Hitchcock 1 a. businoM man of St. Louis and was for some time an extensive plate glass manufacturer. He is a great-grandson of Ethan Allen, of revolutionary fain. His ancestors were from Vermont, but his father moved south and Mr. Hitchcock was born a Mobile, Ala. He Is a brother, of Henry Hitchcock, a lawyer of note. Senator Proctor, who was In St. Pe tersburg during the past summer, says he is very poular in the diplomatic corps and among the acquaintances he ! had made abroad. Mr. Hitchcock hi expected here in February. Secretary Bliss in an Interview, with the Associated Press said today: "It has been understood for some time that It would be my wish to retire from public life on the conclusion of theywar. Now. that the treaty of peace has been sign ed, my request to be relieved will bo granted, but I shall await the arrival of my successor before severing my; connection with the" interior depart ment. I have been In most hearty ac cord with the president In his policy, through the trying days in which ho sought to avoid war, and while as commander-in-chief, he was conducting the war that came, notwithstanding his effort to prevent it. I believe most thoroughly In the course he is now pursuing for maintaining the honor of the country by securing the Just results) of a successful war and I shall leave my associates of the cabinet, of the de partment and my many friends In Washington with great regret, but pri vate and personal , reasons make my retirement a necessity." Constipation prevents the body from ridding Itself of waste matter. Do Witt's Little Early Risers will remova the trouble and cure Sick Headache, Bllliousness, Inactive Liver and cle the complexion. Small, sugar cocV4L don't gripe or cause ntusas, R. R. Bel lamy. ' " . Knot by Drunken Soldiers - Meridian, Miss., December 21.--Lncy; Thomas and her 4-year-old boy wero shot at Eutaw, Ala., today, by soldiers of the First Missouri volunteers who were mustered out at Columbia, Tenn., yesterday. The child was shot above the left eye and is not expected to re- cover. The mother received a painful wound in the arm. The soldiers were drunk and disorderly, recklessly shoot ing into every house as they passed. The woman and child were standing ln the door of their home and proved an easy mark for the ruffians. -The firing: was done from the train on which the soldiers were enroute home and was kept op at other places along the line, but, fortunately, without further fatal- '' ities. Governor Johnston, of Alabama has offered a' reward of $100 for the ar rest and conviction of every man im plicated in the shooting. An Avalanche In Cnllkoot Seattle, Wash., December 20. News has Just been received of a slide on the Chilkoot pass. In which six people were killed. Five bodies have been recovered as follows: Mrs. Darling jvt two sons, of Lake Linderman: Bert Johns. Juneau: Harry Shaw, of Cxa guay. The slide occurred December th J . . .A A