WILMINGTbN, NC., THlJRSDAYl!
VVOL. XL No, 7t.
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NGTON, N. C, THURSDAY!; I4AIICH 24, 1898.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
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TELEGRAPH SOMMARX
V THE STATp. -
t oas. ,Mcnefran ana r, J. Latham, of fTar-
Muiu. ivuMri i-i esi4eni u.ua cannier pi a
vlKink at Abbeville. Ga., are .arrested! at
: wir pomes, charged with embezillng
512,000 of the bank's funds. Four nen,
charged with robbing cars on the
lantie Coast Line, are put in. Jail at Tar-
, boro. -All the rail-ways, save the Sokit'h
; t ern, except to the commission's ordei irer
. -ducirrg freight rates on fire wood. -tT-he
.. university base ball team defeats 'trin-
ity- i-The car 'superintendents of 1 the
railroads of this state -meet at Raleigh
today. Not even the state directoijs of
, rihe Atlantltt and iNorth Carolina irail-
road ever held a. meetiner and ioted
- .against a lease of .'the road, Congte&s-
, man Pearson wants to know of leaning
. !.; popuiists u tney ravor rusion with
democrats. ,
DOMESTIC. ; .
the
?i The Bub-eommittete of the house eonv
mittee on hanking -sand currency redorts
to the full committee ,lts financial bill.
Near Moultrie," (Ja., a negro is lyhch-
ed 'Tor a daring attempt at criminal as
. ..paiTlt on. the. wife pt Professor Infjalls.
: i JAn amendment (to the sundry civil apr
' proprianon bill carries "2W,000 . to fuiinish
! supplies for the Cubans.-The president
I yet; undecided What course of iiiter
V, vention in Cuban affairs be will tajte.
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CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT
President and Casbl.r of Bank of A
:'i ville Arrested Car Robber. ArVeste
i . '. Special to The Messenger.)
Tarnxro, N. C, IMarCh 23. The 's'
Iff of Aib'bev'ille, Ga., arrived- here- t
; (With, a ben oil tv arrant for Pne: arrest
cot. Ja,3. . 'Meheg-aii and T. J. IathSam,
the former cashier and ' president! of
the Bank of 'Abbeville. The (warran t
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.charges these young- men with default -
jin-ff' with $12,000 iptf tlh'e nrioney .of the
bank ; U'iosi;toir3 ! at A11evirie. r. 'his
, "warrant was iseirved on Messrs. M the
ft - . i i l ' -'' . .
.an and Xjahamj. today. Mr. Mehefcam
fwas in town and llr. Latham cvvas. in
itlie coumtry. 'Neither one' of live par
lies made any attempt Ho escape, Ijbuit
gave i themselves! up to the sheriff of
this counity. They
lelft (this v a'f ternpon
Tor Italeigh. "where
the icase . will
"be
;;heiCrd . tomorrow before. Judge Clairk,
. not iUw supreme court. Mr. rehegan"
.Mold your tcorresfondeTiit tha't he aniici
Fptatedi mo trouble .'W'haJt soever and ha.t
'he expected to He iback here by Sa.iur
I day. :The reiuis.i't ipn papers aske4 tor
i.wMl le 'postponed 'tJll 'the 28th of ! ohis
nonth. ' . . - ' .'!"'"
i Four car rolbeT3 rwere brought '1 ere
"ffor commitmenitlip this- jail" .tMs.Wi?ek.
!The -Atlan't'ic Coast Line has (qeeii
.dKthered of late; very much -with these
:tfh.ievcs, and this week 'the authorities
:'"Jrolce inito a nesi of them ait Whftal ;eirs
Q,ne of 'this ""band, iwho at the tfriKr of
last Ik-i ail ait Wlnitakers' iwias summoped
a.A ajftitness aga,msit Lne lour, inaue
his
cae "while the trial was goto
on.
ijle eased himself through the caviwd.
and gave clean pair of heels- to
the
tfTicers. He has not (been-captured since.
i Whooping cough is the most distress
ing1, malady; btit its duration can be
,cut- short rf the use of On Mjn,Hite
lOough Cure, which -is also the (best
stniawn remedy for croup and all lung
.and bronchial troarbles. ItR. Dellaniy's
frongressman Pearson Write, to Populist.
' : ' (Special to The- Messenger.)
f Raleigh, 'N. C-t March 23. CongrjBS.
' nun I Pearson has written to 3 eaqing
jxjpuldsts who were at Mast week's cpn:
f eavnce, saying !he-has Ibeen informed
ihat iat. the meeting the' following
-oluiti'on nvas adopted: . '.
fes-
"That the sipirit of the reeommenjila-
loiry address ny! the n'ational populist
' . hau'mian and salver .wpiibliican party,
I snVolctog union ;of all forces tfayBlng
retform iof financial syBem as cordially
endorsed, . stoce j such r&tona (was t an
inspiration of the populist -Tarty, and
' is now its greatest purpose."
" Pearson then Isavs 'that In vievi of
S r1iu'bJ'ican-popuiist c'o-opera'tlan in 94
't. and 96, he wants to know -wHether :;hj
1 1 . year 'the- populists favor co-opera ion
Hior fusion with the democratic partj.
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What measure is tnere in uue whjji a.
f headache, constipation ' and , biladus
1 riess? Thousands experience them who
could become perfectly beaitny
hy
Viink DeWitfs Little .1 arly. Risers,
the
famous little pills. R. R. Bellamy.
Meeting of Car Superintendents
" j (Special to; The Messenger.)
RaleifTh.'N. ci March 23.-,.,If.
eupeVint'end ent and acting president of
;i the Atlantic and North Carolina fail
li Jway
; " and
and J. W. Frey, of the cape.fl'ear
Yadkin Valjey, are here tc at
end
a ; meetingr tomorrofw of tthe car isU'per-
H intendents to arrange (for prompted
re-
turn of cars.. . j:,
Jt is pos'itivel-' leairned tonighf:,:
. ' nAi even the' state directors of , the
.hat
Ait-
lantie-and .Noril .Caroiina railtwav vr
Jiad a meeting and voted against
i Jeasing. that roajd. : ' i
the
1 don't knowj there may be others,
1 h' eaid. "but I have used 'Parker's
tToliiCourh. evruD in my. family; for
v years and would not be withoutii't.
' He knew het ter ' than to- buy the!, Irt-
" ferior 'prj&parataort that .. was hetog
f ureed uoon himj" Parker's Tolu Oqugh
? 6yiup" has nd equal. , It will iromledi
ately relieve aiiy Cough " or . CoTd,
' Whooping Cough, Sore Throat, Hoarse
';ness. Croup. I?rohchitis and Mndredjail
inents. Contains; no injurious IngredK
i lents, i3 pleasant, to take and a safe
cAv for children. For sale by X C.
I ShoiaM. J. H. HaavVn. and H. Xu Wen
tress. . -: K ; . ' ' v
Rase Rail
Macon, Ga.. March 23. The Baltimbre-
nns--s.fi-ain defeated tne .jvierrer, ,univr&i-
'. !-T fm-th'fxiacon bail grounds this after-
I V 4noon. ' McGraW. I who has been coaching
I -U the Mercer boys, put some new giyger
fin-them today and they showed marked
i-' ' Hmiirovement.- The game was called at
i Vi-.h nii Af th irferhth inning on 'account
a.'
rver-
oldav
.1''!? of. darkness. Another" game will be piay-
d Friday by the same teams. The stlore:
: ' ' - r . R. II. K.
i r 'T(.iiW,rt 5 0 0 4 3 0 0 G--lS 26 0
-.1' -'i ivr "" OflOOl 10 03 10
.1 H;at'rti'?st: Hinrhes and Kitsoh, Clajrke
! :Mercr-Nons and Kitson;- Bowerman,
. catcher. ' :
mm
AbaoJutcly Puro
ROYALfcAKINO POWUbw NEW YOBlt
. B Royal makes the food pure,
S 1 iwholesome and delicious.
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WAR PREPARATIONS
CONTINUED BY WAR AND NAVY
I'i : DEPARTMENTS '
i
be Old Monitor, and Revenue Catter. to
be Brought Into Service Contrae' a for
r Ammunition Beport of the Conrt to
Reach jWa.hlngten Tonight Outline of
tbe Cour.e to be Part ued by ttie Admin?
iatratl 'it , I .. ! . '
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Malm!,- Fla., March 23. Lieutenant
C?ommaihder Marix of t,he Maine court
of inqudry-i with the following papty,
arrived! herer. this morning from. Iey
West. Lieutenant John Hood, Ldeuten
ant C W Junger,; Passed) ' Assistant
Engineer F. "VV". Uoiwer, Oadet' Anion
F. Boyjcj, 'Assi'tant pngineer J. R. Mor
ria an4 jCarpenter tr. M. Helm. A few
minuted later they left by the Eas.t
Coast ftiilway for Washington., . J
(Lieutenant Commander Marix was
very reticent, fbut jiwhen your corre
fpondeirit said-: "It loos like war," j"he
repiiedCj 'Tt surely does," Orhcrsj of
'the uartv lit ajiswep a tthie- sam pi-.
tion were m'o.re' emxrhatic in their re
plies, one saying:
it can tev avoided.'
"I cannot see how
Another,' 'm answer
to .the) isame . question,- said: "There
-vvU 'beJ no war." His face was as geriial
and ibrijght as sunshine, but son-ideply
a chanire came over ihis counitenaice,
his eyes' flashed and, when asked -when
their report would (be made, the reply
.-was: '"As soon asiwe reach Washing'
,ton ; there will be no delay," ;
The fstron'g dmpressiion left here ! tts
that "thei 'board's report wiTl he against
the accident theor. ,
THTE "ORTS'IS NDA'R AT ItfAiND.
" Washington, Ma.ijcjh 23. The feeling
was mniTOTsal throughout -official Cir
cles today that thej culmination of che
Spanish crisis was near at' hand. With
the 'report of the Maine court Of iln
:qiiiry only a little wh'iile off.j wtth the
Whftel house the center of Tonlg and
earnest iconifeTenoe ''between the presi
dent anki the party leaders of congrfas,
and with the exceptional aefbivity it'o
ward I emergency preparations in jthe
War and navy departments, there was
a'bundance of evidence that definite jre
sults riegardin'g the -Maine disaster &nd
the -'Cuban quest'iort in g'enerai wjere
about ;to be reached. i;
Among the president's callers wjere
Senators Cockrell, Turpi e and Foraker,
General i Dan. Sickles, former Unfted
States rmlnister to Madrid, and Repre
sentative Wi'iriam ) 'Ailden' 'Sfmith, j of
Michigan, who has recently returhed
from, ajtrip to Cuba, The call of Sen
ators Cockrell and Turpie was regaTded
as particularly eilgnWicant, as they jare
represfentativ democrats in the sen
ate and their visit followed that of Sen
ator Gorman yesterday. It was gen-1
erally j understood that in . the presen t
emengency the ipresident desires patri
otic unity Without reference to paj-ty.
!Secre'tariesi 'Uohg and, , ATger also c!on
feTred! with the president during iitlhe
day. ' (Secretary jJong said later ' that
the IManne report would probably reach
Washington tomorrow tiight. If howr
ever, jt jdid not come iperore ' ociiocis
Thursday evmrag, itMr.- Liong said tie
wottlcViprobahl y hotireceive ft until Fri
day 'morning; , when it womd be aad-
ibafof the president immediately. The
eecretary did not think the president
Kvould; give tine document ariy consider-
Jati'on jatj a late hour tomorrow night.
It ;Was.mKre probable, ne 'tnoug'nt.r it
jLieutenant IMartx , arrived! at a late
hour that he would take the report to
a 'hotel tor the high:t. ' v- .
' k n l v. 4u t.-'.- y?oM -xt
of sendin'g tlhe report to congress early
next week, probafbly CMonday, accorf)-,
panied by a messaige . from the presi
dent.: Tt is defintely settled, however.
ChatI ithe message and tne papers ac
companying it wili relate exclusively-
to the Maine disaster. It will not t,ake
op. the fearful condition . of affairs ; in
Ciib. as s-hown 'by the reports of Unit
ed States consuls, these 'toeing reser'ed
for siuibsieq'Uent actito and a. later mes
sage I to j congress. "
ISeeretary Long t11.11 it'oday to
order the. doublerturreted' monitors
Puritan and1 Terror, to Key West;
Where they will reinforce the squad
ron in those waters He also determin
ed to brinig in to service the'eiglht sinigle
turrflted monitors at League isiana
navy yard, Philadelphia, two of which
willj he sent to Postpin, two 'to New
York and four held in reserve at Phitr
adeliphiia. The Purtitan and Terror take
the. Place of the !Battleships Massaxihu
set't$ and Texas-. Recently mrfthdraiwin
from the squad roiii at Key West. It
i.rntt.' ft-;tpifi a fh;A,' navv department
timt hlfe move was! in -abcorcraince T$rltte
d woofamme previously, greed upon,
affhough this ' programme has not (been
announced heretofore, The Puritan by
many experts s regarded aa the rnost
formidable flgltin4, smachine in jthe
navy. I " ( 1
TO j ADD. RESNjUE- CUTTERS jTO
;' j ' THE; IUEiBT.-
In, addition to its other preparations
for possible tromMfe. the navy depart
memt today took stjeps toward upili jing
ten r of i"the seagoing revenue ouiters
far use ialong the 4tlamt!c coast... Cap
tiaS:n Whioomaker; chief of the revenue
cutter service, conferred. wL'Jh Assistant
Secreitafy"Rosevelt during the day on
the plans tfof turning over IJiese eu.t-;
ters to I the oavy. f They will be first
senit to I 'Norfolk' Where additional gums
will' 'be mounted, and then will proceed
to Key West5 and ibecome a part- of
the! gquadronl there,. Their main err
vice, hwevef , will he s naval pickets,
a ch-aiii of fhese fleet cvutt prs being
mainitjafned ouitaidei of the oruisers and
battleship's. -The teventie cutter fer--v
ic4 ioiw. has ready for instant and
aotdve service J24 line offtcers, 74 en
gineers,! 900 enlisted men and 19 ves
sels, "of (which fourteen are on the At
lantic coasit. Two others are to course
oif construction, at Cleveland and with
"rush'! w-ork can , be completed and'
ready , for' sea in fj-om thirty to fdrty
five; days. The' Manning, the G res
ham, the Aflgonquiri, the Onondaga .nd
the Windom are all new, fasjt and effl
cJertt vessels. The BVIanning Is consid
ered an eighteeoii "knot -iboat. All of
them, it Is said, could toe quickly con
Verted into torpedoj iboata or dynamite
cruisers Whe'ther-fthis last imovo will
be made-is not definitely decided,. Seie
retary Long said today it had (become
evident! that torpedo "boats, could ;not
be.V6ught abroad andcould jwt be
bviiit soon' eatou's-h to th'is couMry,! so
thit we might have to equip other
craft with torpedoes. I
The n'avy. department openied'bids. to
day for extensive1 fimpiwemesnts j at
pry Tont!gas and Key West, a formal
.transfer having ftoen effected, as jrer
Hihi nj&eis Croon, toe
treasury to the -war depantimeht.. These
consist -tf two .solid s-teel piers toj be.
consitructed iat Try Tortiugas, w'itto jtwo
extensive eoal shedlsi.and an elaborate
mechanical equ'ipaifnt; for loading
naval vessels with boal. 'At Key West
the Improvements eonit of ' a steel pier
and two oalsheds;, with similar 'tna
chimery for loading jwarships with coal.
The ibfcU ranged rm ! for ;the
',w wk down I to albout . 1400000.
AirMc the bidders 'for the Pry Tortu
. ,, j
s.
gtas piers, 'uu u.i pii-io
Leonard
rv.Tviinanv .TfljfkcorrTVliIl $274.-
. , j ' j
the Key West work the. S. S.
Compainy Ibid was $188,000.
700., On
Leonard;
w. hKiria wfipe made for the enure
work at! Tortugas and Key West, as
follows'.! R. G, Rackard U.151,000, iamd
Graittam & Jennings, (New .York, $797,
000. Other bids'were made Ifor the ma
chinery,! tracks, coal oars etc., ranging
from $150,000 down, j The award will be
made within "the keXt day- or . Jfewo.
ITAVAIi OFFICERS AT HAJVIASNA- TO
I:- j DB RSEXSAIjLED. :
TJie navy depantknent 5ias lairanged.
for the practical twithdrawal toff all its
naval tofneers at Havana and ithe aban-.
donment of the wredk of the 411-tfated
S3aJttleshdp,vMalne. Captato CD. Sigs
ee, Lfeutenjaait Commander (Richard
Wainwrighit, Surgeon 17. O. Heneberg
er, Paymaster Ray, Chaplain! John P.
Chadwlok, ! Chief Engineer Charles P.
Howell, ind Naval Cadets J. A. Holden
and W. T. Cluveriu's, who have ibeen
at Hayaoa with ithe wretik, will rettirn
very soon.: - '
Although It! is not finally settled, ft
Is more than! probabile-that the (Fern
also will retdrn to -the Und'ted States
as soon as ft lis determined that noth
ing more is to foe gained Iby her pres
ence there. In the event of the aban
donment, of the wreck ft is imore than
llMy 'that 1 h0- navy department will'
arrange for i bs complete des'truction (by
the use of dynamite or torpedoes. In
its present condition 4t Ss a dangerous,
obstruction, toi navlgataon and it is not
1eMeved that W opposition will ibe of
fered to Its removal. " , ' i. -j
TO ITSE THE NATIOtNTAL. GUARD.
Representatiive Marsh, chairman: of
the house committee on the militia,
called oipon Secretary Alger today and
urged (that inj event of hosltilitaes, the
recourse of th4 governiment for soldiers
be the state militia, who should be in
vited to volunteer tfor ithe coiintry'a de
fense. SecTetaryAier was .very much
dnJterested.. to jthe argument made ty
Mr. March and while not committing
himself on that subject, seemed to re
gard the; suggestion made by him as
practlioable: 'Afterwards ; Mr. Marsh
called on President McKinley and re
peated the statement .he had made to
the secretary, j ; ' :
; - During the morn4ng. eioretary 'Alger
was also in conference" with. General
Miles, comandang the army, respecting J
the military occupation, of Fort Jeffer
son, on Dry Tortugas island The de
terminaitdon tH (garrison this fort has
'been reached toy rthe secretary and the
question mow I to he m et are those of
what - impiwements dn the .fortitica
Jions now tihere may tbe necessary.-
Havana, March' 23.r-JRishop Manuel
SanJtamder y Trutos, the itajshop of Ha
vana, has consecrated tlhe central re
lief station and. also the Lee orphanage.
He paid high .triSbiutes to Louis Klopsch,
the special comimdssiioiner, for his sys
tem of relief work., and seemed greatly
pleased wlthj all Jthe arrangements
made to help the poor, as well as the
orphans. ; ; j . .:
La Lucha in .an .editorial un'der' the
captain of "expectatiion "In. the world" -maintains
the) American court of in
quiry, owing tio the short time it was
here, could not give a sciein'tlflc report
on the Maine ; .disaster. . "American
naval officers,'' says La Xiucha," are
not likely to decide against Ibrother of
ficers. The divers could not give ex
pert tesitlmony, owing to the ifact that
the machineryf was imfbedded four feet
in the mud. 'tt ds greatly to be regret
ted that moreTt'ime aind-xsare were not
given Ito.the preparation of, a report for
which the whole world waits and. which
is likely .to change the entire feelings
of a part of Che :Ameriahi people to
ward' Spain and Cuba;" iLa Lucha
p'ufblishes also Jan. interview with Gen
eral Lee, wWldh quotes ihjim. 'as saytog
that he knows jnothdng of t)he nature of
the report,! "but is satisfied that Oen-.
eral lanco never conceived the disas
ter until he heard the shock in 'the har
bor. ; j ': ;:
DIVERS JJE2ATE ITAVAjNA.
Gunner Morgan.' left tor .the fleet af
Key West to'day. ; With him went the
naval diyers Fisher, Rundquest and
and Schluter. e.nd Hanz, the helper.
This leaves two navy divers and five
civilians on the contract work. ,
The hody of ja white man. w'as found
in the f orwar'4 parft of the ' wreck', to
day. It iWiill pptolbobly foe identiified by
marks on the clothing When the latter
has 'been disinfected - The (body was
sent to Key West on the Olivette. ' :
BP3ARIINO THE IMPORTANT DOCU-
MNT TO W'ASIIINGTOC.
, 'Jacksoinvillei fFla,, March 2?. Judge
Advocate Marix left Miami at 7:30
o'clodk this morning on the East Coasti
railway, reached' Jacksonville at 7:45
o'clock p. m. bn time, and left at 8
o'clock via thie Florida, - Central and;
Peninsular and Southern and Will paasi
through Savannah, Oolum'bia, (Jnar
lotte, ' Creenslboro, ' Danville, Lynch-j
burg "and i (Charlottesville, reaching
Washington at 9:25 o'clock p. m. eatr
ern time, Thursday night, ahe raii-i
road wire hay ; carried the message
down the Une tto use all dispatch, Th'ia
practically makes a special of the Marix
train and without unforeseen, accident;
Washington will be reached on the dot
and the tyortentous document in the
White house "by . 9:30 o'clock. The run
!f rom Jacksonville is 772 miles, the sche-j
du'le time- :"bi?g-.'-,jltt'ier over twenty-j
four hours. 11 J ' " J ' !
' '!Ldetitenant Commander Marix passed,
through thi's c4ty this eVeming, having
in custody the report of the court ?t
Inquiry in ;th'4 Maine case, on which
will depend so; much of 'the happenings
of the next, few weeks xf the yorld's
'history. ' ' " ' ' - ' j: : " ; " 'I
During the short ; frmte of the stay in
this city, an socialted ',f ress reporter
seoured the - attention jof (Lieutenant
Marix 'and showed him a dispatch from
Miami that appeared to the aftoernoon
papers in which he, was quoted as sayj
talg: "Tt looks 'like war; it certainly
Idoes." before fthe words had 'been read
to hilm, he ejeolaimed; "It : is utterly
false'. I have iaid iothinig of (th.?lnd.
I don't talk Sibou't 'this matter.'' ' All
efforts to get him- to make any express
sion of opinion ware equally fufile so.
ifar as the present crisis or his relations
to it are concerned: Other menabers of
the party were eqyaHy noncommittal.
During the transfer from one traiih
to the ot'her, Lieutenant 5 Marix' .was
closely guarded 'by ithe memibers oif his
party. He walked ibetwee'n .two of his
Mends, idarrylhg a mysterious "box or
paWkage, covered with black cloth. Be
hind him the officers of his party .walk
ed, closely and, the effort was apparent
to aWow' no poss'i'&l'e chance for any
outsider to come he'tween them. . Tliey
Walked rapidly and' did' not stop to
speak to any one till they were safely
In the car which wa to :take them to
the capital. 'When, they had once found
their quarters,) they became-more com
municative "and! - Chatted - pleasantly
concerning current topics: One officer
of 'the police remarked to one memlber
of the party that Florida was ready to
send SO.'OOO mea to Cuha when they
s-hould ibe wanted,' ''All right; may- "be
they will he wanted down there before
long," -vvaa the reply. tBeyond this ex
pression not a word Was uttered, that
could "be construed as an exjpression
of opinion that war. was. possible -or
ttmnvinent i '
Lieutenant Marine was: asked If the
two officers oif the Maine who passed
through. Jacksonville Sunday night car
ried a part Cf-lhe Maine report; . to
which he repliedi very . eJgoSifican tly,
t'hiat he could not say, (but admitted
'that two officers .wefe .sent from Key
West; to WashJington-. ' . i '
Colonel F,' ft, Osborne, a'gent of the
ISoiithern lExpress Comipanyin this cdty,
received a telegram in the aif ternoon
requesting him. to1 meet : Dieutenant
Marix at thie -.train, ' ft was learned
that Colonel Osborne had he en request'
ed to furnish ian iron safe' in wihich to
place the valuable documents on the
train. . - ": , ! ' ' ' ; . ' .' .
Savannah, Ga., March 24,-Dieu tenant
MJatrlx and party passed through Sa
vannah at 1 o'clock this morntog. on,
tinve, with the court of Inquiry report.
They had retired. : ' .vj';." . '
gPAIN Vriyiu DECLAltB WA3V
Boston, March. 23. Hon. T. Jefferson
CoolMge, ex-mlndsiter 5 France, to an
interview today on the Spanish-Oufba
sltjuiatiwn eald : ! 1 tbelieve we are going
to have war and that? Spain will de
clare it when we Interfere with Cuba,
I do not think that Ithe Spanish dynasty
could .keep, its pftaoe If 4t did- not de
clare war when, the United, States un
dertakes to f ree Cuhafc"
: COiNTRlACT "FOR SHELLS
. " AWARD ED.
WasWngton, Mardhi 23, nx ibureau
of Ordnantpel today awarded cointinaots
for supp ot albtm't 1,600 cast Iron pro
jectiles ifor sea coast fortifications. As
rapidly as compleJted Ithey will be
ehapped to 'thef various" placea at .which
they are needed. Two "Virginia com
panies were given, the conitraots, the
Petersburg Iron works and the Trede
gar Company f Richmond the awards
being distributed as .follows:' For 187
10 inch solid! shot and 745-12 inch, mor
tar shells, the latter of 800 pounds,
each to the Petersburg Company, and
165 of the 12 Inch mortar shells of 800
pounds each and 600 12 4ncht mortar
sheila oif 1,000 pounds each to the. Tre
degar company. , j -Madrid,
March! 23. Senor Sagasta,
the premiier, is quoted in an interview
as saying: "The government entirely
approves of Captain General Blanco's,
conduct in denying that the Maine's
magazines were (blown tap with) dyna'
mite, as the Americans have alleged.'
SPATX WA2STS. FRUINCJE TO fflllEDT
,:';' .J--' '. j TATE, j' j : V
Ixmdon, .March 24. The Vienna cor
respondent 'f The Standard says j ."I
am credibly :talf armed that (Spain has
inf ormSally inquired, .at Paris whether
'France, as her- largest creditor; and
traditional .friend,- would, : either atone
or incon Junction with! other powers,
mediate at Washington and also wheth-jer-tt
Is possible o plteice a Spanfa loan
to 'France. " . -.. ' j' !-'
' THE SPANISH CAMPAIGN. . . .
tETavana, 'March 23.4Aocord inig to the
official summary of news from the east
ern part oif he, island, General ; Pando
'advanced toward San Juan, province of
Puerto Princfpe, on the 1 20th Instant
and was constantly and energetically
engaged witti the Insurgents. He cap
tpred the Insurgent camps Chomenda
and , Guanoles. The '.insurgents lost
eight Mlled, four ,takeni prinosenrs, a
large quantity of stores and ahimiuni
tion and also" their military hospita.
The Spanish troops foun'd jwell stocked
farms ;,in h'e distriot, with" plenty of
horse's : and jca'ttle.: . ; f
'General Berrial continues operating
.toward P.aracon de Sierra,; and jColonel
Tjed'a is marChing toward i General ' Ca
lixto. Garcia, whose wh'ere!albou.ts are
not defined in the official" dispatches.
It is believed that'the campaign should
Ibe principally on the wiestern -side of
the trocha. where the Spanish forces
are to'' be reintfomed;v!because General
Maximo Gomez has Ibeen calling earnest
ly for more j ammunition 1 and troops
from the eaistem provinces. According
to the statements of captured and sur
rendered! insurgents, a considerable
force of imsurgen'ts has already passed
the trocha jand It fs reported that 'a
scoutlriig1 party cf thirty Insfurgents,
carrying orders, is moving eastward'.
General Pando, after due coinsidera-:
tion, expresses himself hopeful of be- J'
Ing. aTle largely to pacify the: eastern
provinces ih about four months. He
expects toi enlist many negroes ' 'as
'guerillas to overrun 'the j province of.
Puerto Priricdpe and he' reports (that the
health! of the Spanish droops s excel-:
lent. ' All the foregoing in! ormSaitlon as.
to Spanish military movements comes
f rom, Spanish sources. . i j - i
tCapfa'in iSJgs'bee and the officers of
the Maine are still: here,: ibut ate! earn
estly looking for orders to go north on
the Fern o a mail stetamer, '(''i'i:
" CB1 Correol and other daily papers ad
vise the government to expel from the
island j"all sensational foreign: corre
spondents.'" - i: : '
(A Whitehead torpedo was recovered
from the wreck tidlay. Some of the div
ers complain of not feeling well. At
present yellow fever is almost unknown
on the Island and the season Ss reparol
ed as remarkably healthful. 11
. lYesterday the steamer Colon arrived
at Caimanero, nrovinee of Santiago de
Cuba,- jwith 1,400 troops fromj Spain.'
Uighty sick soldiers were sent ibaok to
Spain .:oday. , ."! i:l ' ' j".' '' :
. fPOLII TICA'L. EXCITEIMENT IN" 4
' j ' ' "CU53A. -; '.- . ;
Havana, March 23. Cuha is .now in
the throes p!f election excitement. Ev
ery effort db heing "made to induce the
conservatives, to vote, .but with little
success1 thus far. The autonomists are
divided into hitter factions, one wing
declining to take part in the elections
ai ail or uuiiuuaui ueifKaiws. iiie na
vana conservatives., say ' that
even If
ballot
as the
they consented to vote, i their
'would not Ibe counted fairiy.
boxes are i'n " the ihands
of autonomlist
officials and the stuffed i poll lists will
be further jpadded, ! ! I i - '
It is impossible, to predict The out
come at present . since :, Sn'ternatlonal
questions are jovershadowing; (but it isJ
hard to se how the present autono
mist government has the least; chance,
especially since the 'last move: in the
game, -General Pando's mission to the
insurgents has proved a failure 'Among
ihe most prominent conservative nom
inations, of delegatesj to the Bpanish
Cortes are Senor Francesco uzirian,
former '.president of the cortes,. and
Colonel Meh'dz, the present censor In
'Havana. . I1 ''-' !
La' Union) Constitution'al puiblish'es a
strong j editorial .today against Messrs:
Morgan, Cajl and King because of the
stand they have taken ip. congress with
reference t the Maine -disaster. It
says the United States .will forgive the
loss of life, and money if -the Spaniards
will hand oyer Ou'ba, although "through
American (filibustering and sympathy,
thousands c(f Spanish soldiers hiaye lost
their lives in. (Cuba and the Island has
been made) a desert." i '-;. . ;;
The A.dviSador Commercial in an edi
'total on the isame lines, reproaches the
American newspaper correspondents for
the "bad feeling they display" and says
it does not know which to admire the
most j"the men who write the lies' or
the Tools Who believe them.
- On Monday twenty bodies were dis
covered near a creek in the outskirts
of Guan'abacoa, a suburb of (Havana.
They were in a fearful state of decojm
position. On the head of one "a . deep
miaChetA wound could' 'be seen. The
government inyestigafiTlS' 't'h csii
Tt .ia Hp)ivvv1 t,hV" bodies arfe those ' 6
men taken out of GuanaSbacoa' and
killed during the regime of Coirnnander
Fondevielal Dne lias been rHscognizeV
as that or Santiago Jttuiz. - j j j
i TO BE TWO MHSlSL4GtEB OCf CTTJBIA-.
. Washington, March 23. The! prevail
ing iJmipression among the republican
leaders of ithe house is that the presi
dent will intervene m Cuba on human
itarian CTounds. Ibut It Is J positively
Stated by' one of them who is close to
the president that the intervention will
not come until after the report of the
hoard of inquiry on the Maine disaster
goes tj cobgresst "The 'two questipn'S,
will Ibe treated separately,' (said he tor
day, "and the message relative to Ouha
"will he sent to congress soon after the
report i on ( the Maine question."' The
Cuiban message' as forecaste'd . by a
prominent: republican will waive' the
question of the Maine disaster, putting
aside that awful occurrence,1, will 'be in
effect a declaration to Spam .that the
present methods of warfare : to Culba
must cease, It TO result in inxerven
tion in case Spain dennurs. Th met?
Sage will be accompanied 'by the re
norts of the consuls in Cuba.: I
iThe independence of Cuba can be
obtained Without war, If President Me
Kiniey.ls left alone and is Hot forced
by the extreme "uuoan ympapnizer8,
said Senator fBlkins todayj who at the
same time announced that he was do
ing what 'he could to prevent hasty ac
tion In ithe senate arid urging senators
to. give the president time to carry out
his own policy (Mr. lElkins said that
to ihis opinion the destiCue should 4e
cared for and tlta o peaoef uT meiana
would "bring about the ifreed'om of Culba.
It Is known that a great deal of work
twas done about; the senate! today ' hy
senators who are known as Iconserva
tives. (Request have Ibeen made that
the senate await the action of the pres
ident and that no further attempts oe
made to ilntenstfy. the strained situa
Tt was asserted: (by Senator El
Mns that l a great deal of progress had
hioni m:no!ji.T Wiat on Ihoth sides oif the
chamlber much more conservatism Cjud
hum ifminri fhan wtas Runnosed to have
existed, J J U-'liU 4
THE fllORT'S FillDIHGS
given ;.r Cablegram i to
:. . --Ik--
Tkm Mwp :r Tonebea for the Accuracy
of! Ita Cortikpondeiit'a Bcport-Tbe Court
Flnd ThaVe Explosion Wu From the
. . .
, uuuiu-in oi nm jSTidenee on IT bleb
Tbls JTlodK I Baaed
to Mail and Express.) "
Key Wei0Fla., March-. 22.-nI have in
farm&Qmfpai'a. tturce which admits
of tio' osfcje question that the! court
of lnq
Unreport that the battfle-
ship Maints' lw-as destroyed 4ns .the nar
ir ; of . HaMnar on the night of Feb
ruary I5j a A suhnaarlne mine, pre
vaotay:iabypa The repqf J: wH start from Washiing
ton at 4 o'f xsfc this afternoon, in, charge
of Judge:fyocate Marix. It should
reach tbJeir;isome time , Thursday.) - ;
TesUnrooH f of the survivors, particu
larly office all of whom were jawake
at the mjiproved concluslveay. Iat (the
t,nlng the sessions of the.; icourt
tHr an -Stjptept could not have caused
-tihej diisasMfj:,Thi3 -'" conclusfiooji .(was
reactied, tfthe if allowing reasops: j 1
- The eitaiiafm.oif the shlip's iboiifler was
ifar - affcfehat. d-t .was Impossible it
could communicate jwith the (forward
magane,gsh'eir toy heat or explosion,
ttiiie .explofjjn was all iforward.F The
condytkm ffS,the sMo shows (that the
dynamo bjJer Could not explode, toe-
cause steajv-for dynamos was supplied
from the iii'Ln Iboilers. Spontaneous
cornJbustioiE4if ith coal in the buhikers
V"aS . ImpoJJblle, toecausei they! (were
tnoroughJy aspected, as 4s customary.
o that d;t The gases arising from
the jwreck- mmediately after the ex
plosion, .ay f iwitlch overcame ejveral
officers amsnen, were not due, fpi the.
Judgment &:;the court, to .the 4oaj lin
the ; tounkefi (but to high explosives
which B;lwa3 throw out a bad) odor
and gasses- The gun cotton' could not
have explo4 H, because It was regular-
jy mspectet- that day and found (to toe
thorougly .which was necessary
and -besidesf ,;aM gun cotton wad most
ly ituatedifit-under he wards room,
and not vdf3t!h,e. forward' magazine as
supposed lt-he reportersi all Ialong.
Lastly, Iha explosion been din)ternal
and ;ln comTaindcatlon with anv k5f the
four magafijes,, all would hav4igone
off , in whSKT event net an atom of 'the
ship ; woul &have Ibeen deft and 'the
greialterponn of 'Havana, would 'have
Anolther i,inrincing proof thal the
board' wiUy import that the explosion
was -no cat: &d by an accident Is. found
. I -told Ju-Vre 'Advocate Marix that I
was gome.gljckito Havana today. He.
sawi; pxTr?$ do it. Qulgley. Havana
w3U I5e a place wheft .the lflnainigs
of the courTf'.re; known. It 5s as; tnuch
-s your &jre3 worth to go there!?!
W, S. QUTGIJiE.
- " - I
m refere'jtfK to the aibove The Mall
and Exprey says editorially: j
"The exc'fe sive news which we iDrint
today In tJi cable-dispatch from our
correspondR at Key West. Mr. I W. S.
Quigley, ls? such a startling charac-
tar -that wifeel that, we should ; take
our reatfersis' flto our confi'dence regard-
jus u. '.'igiey naajoeeii employed
toy this tfwspaper . for frearfy ten
years, amVfjiurlng that time has dis
charged wi 4ateolute fidelity and: good
jutigiiieno .pe or its most im'pqjr.tant
missions. - t;Ae news which, we! jprint
from him tolay was catoled In 'brief late
last' night. )fd he .was instructed in
reply to bi.1a!bsoIutely certain oif the
accuracy of. ds inf orma'tloni .bef ore cator
inns it jjor , luiication. we jcnow that
he has- tf-qi.-.. Ved his In-structtons: and
we are -infi med' reeardlner his knnWoA
of information, '' . ' , ' 1- v
THE C SBENCY QUESTION :
Synopsis of BUI Prepared by Sab Com
M'"i t, no use committee on Bank.
log sod Cxpnfij. i - ;,
WasningtoTAf farc tv 23.The housl' com
mittee . on ;M-nklng and currency j today
u'uu6,,u u.ie pivposeu general curren
cy legislation for this session. The re
port of thetJub-committee appointed to
draft the . gf V eral measure, was made to
tne full ctsi imittee bv RsnrftspntaHva
MfcCleary, o-Mmnesota, It was read in
s.eotlons.. an i; ed to much discussion.. "X
The sub-dAmittee took as theii basis
the four bil:'i!in;lrw?iirvi. at 0Loc.;,
Known as t monetary commission, the
Gage,- the "Vn lker and the Fowler bills,
and considtf jd the features ofi those1
measures, Vii 1 did not coRflne themselves
w v': Din is tne result of about
sax weeks fee cohferencft rf thi1 mik
committee ,U.Jb ..met mast of tim o
the private -sisldence of a member
The bili iisjWhUtled: "A Bill to Provide
for Strength ung the Public Credit rnr
the Relief ck the. United States Treasury,
"iu xvi iire-.aiieiijiivni or xne-iiaws
lating to wsational Banking Associa
tions." ' k j .. ;
The methw-of dealing with' the 'green
backs is. r?t Ji by direct retirement, ' but
by the subs utlon of a lesral tender note.
which the f.ks are required to assume
and. for thj 'emption of which they aye
required tofTfd "the gold so long as they
are i-uuuugjf a solvent Dusmess.j The
principal. pKfMrisions of the hill are as
follows: j-'-j , - -'.' 'i 'j r
1. A divlglf.; of Issue and redemption is
estaibli&hed r the treasury, for 1 which
the seeretaTwLlof. the treasury is author
ized to aetSside the general cash bal
ances In exfs of $50,000,000. This 1 excess
on March 1?1898, was $176,139,532. iUnited
States noel eceived by this division, for
redemption J y gold are, to be oaaceled
and retpred 'proportlan. as certain sub
stitute currflicy Is issued. No note re-
aeemea in (a is to De again paid out,
2. Natlonaifi banks ar reauired itr
siime the -crent redemption of United
States dem?r fl notes in oader to i obtain
irculatfon :ved -upon, their commercial
asset. . A tT r class of notes, called na-
lieu of legakijder notes deposited jbv Se f
. ...... ,wr. if aim Liicpe ic-
ser-e notes! e "to be redeemed upon de
mand by- tfe -hanks out of the redemp
tion fund" .ch they are required : to
rtiaintaln Infold. .' .
. The bass? vof national bank note cir
culation wlieventually , be the commer
cial asset? i-S the banks, but this will be
reached on after a series of years. f
. 4. National ihanks are to be permuted
to issue cutSncy notes to them in re
turn for debits of United States notes..
5. Treasury hot'es Issued under the act
of July 14,JS90,- are to be deatt1 wltih
eventually v'n. the same basis as United
Stati notev'J : ' v. -. . . -
6. A tax .w' per cent, is levied upon
currency nodp Issuei in excess of j 60 per
of 6 per ceij 'i when in excess of j 86 per
cent. f 3 ,
7. The" naS nal currency notesJ based
-upon- oo'm.m"j:ial assets are to be secured
by a. bank f .'te guaranty fund, made up
toy the eont$ ution in gold coin of 5 per
cent, ef thaS; entire circulation; of the
toank, a'nd SAivision is made for" replen
ishment of-4.1this fund within certain
limits. 1 - , -.
, The naR-hal reserve notes will con
tinue to bengal tender until received
into the tr-it fury from failed and liqui
dating bark4 ;when liability for them will
toe assumed if. the government and- they
will be redi pied and canceled.
. Standarigi&ilver dollars are tobe re
deemable ihgold, but silver certificates
are redeem jle only in standard silver
dollars. Th&jparlty of silver with gold
is secured "b a ffold redemption fund, -r
Silver cfklflcates. are hereafter to be
Issued only? 'mn denominations of; $1, 2
and J5, Leg, tender notes, reserve, notes,
and eurrenftjra are not to toe issued, in de
ncmlnatlomt ielow $10. ' .
T-tl-! 1 : ! :.' i .
, f . 4 - - - 2
EicepUorJ lo ITrelgbt Bate on wood ,
::. , ' - . - . - -- . ? - - ; -
(Speciv to The Messepger.)
Raleigh, r. C, MarcW 23. (AH the
railways - 4dfc$ie state, save the South -mar
today i Jed exceptticms to the rakl-.
Vay coangp js loners' . recent order re
aucin raASi woo4 to carload. njta, :
GOVERNMENT AID FOR CUBANS.
Con cress to Appropriate 250,000 for
8tarTlDg .Cubans President tTndeclded
IIM to Coarse ot Intervention to Fnrsne
Washington, March 23. An amendment
to the sundry civil bill is pending before
the Senate j committee on appropriations,
apprbpriaUig 250,000 to furnish 'supplies
to the destitute people of Cuba
The sub-committee has not yet. consid
ered the amendment, tout it is stated that
It will probably itoe adopted.
The suggestion is one of the results of
the conference yesterday between the
president and Senators Allison and Gor
man, and it is the understanding in the
committee ithat. the president follow
the ; suggestion' With a request to con
gress that f the appropriation be made.
He thinks it as well tthat the money with
whiehto relieve the distress of the Cu
bans should come from the national
treasury as that It should, toe collected toy
private subscriptions.
Na doubt, is expressed that the com
mittee will report favorably on the rec-
oiumenaaxion or -tnat congress will pass
it. In. certain quarters it is though the
provision should be accomplished by a
declaration jfavorlng the recognition of
Phe belligerency, of the Cubans, tout the
indications tare that this will not tbe at
tempted unless such recognition should
be recommended toy the president. The
senators w.o have seen the president
within the past day or two bave formed
tlhe impression that he has not yet form
ed ar?y definite idea as to what general
course he may pursue. - They expect him
to take some action at ence, but are in
doubt whether it will be in the nature of
the recognition of belligerency or of in
dependence .or direct intervention.
'No fear IS expresseed that Spain will
refuse to fallow this government to of
ficially furnish aid to tihe sufferers, aiid
it is pointed yout that if she should she
would torlng upon herself the condem
nation 'of the civilized world. It Is "also
suggested that there is little difference
between;. thej.present method of supplying
help through private American subscrip
tions and assistance officially" supplied
as is now proposed. .
; University Defeats Trinity
; (Special to The Messenger.)
. Chapel hii, n. -iC., ' March.: 23.r-Onl-erslty
deflated Trinity college today
toy the. score of ,sl to n'oithing. Large
crowds came over ithls "evening' from
Durharn. to see the game. !Mir. iMason,
"of tDurhamV! umpired. Thejifeams lined
up' as follows: . Catch, pitch", first
second, third, short, left centre, right,
respecltlvelyl: Carolina GwaUtney Low
son, Winston, Oelden, Hume, Woodward
McKee, B0geW Williams; Trinity
Deaver, OhJumWr, Nicholson, Johnson,
Crawford, ; Anderson, North, : . Card,
Boharinon.' Base .hits," Trdhflty, ' 1;;
Carolina 6. truck ou t. toy (Dawson 5,
toy Chambers' 7. Home " runs, iBelden,
oif CarollnaJ Doutole playsr Carolina 1.
Three' toaselhi'ts, Woodward, Oajroiina.
There was tmuCh exctttemen't, a (fine
game and good playing.
Salisbury to Retire
s -
' London, March 24. The iDadly Chiron -lole
says:. j"We leam, that - the long
cabinet coufiC!!l on Monday was to com
siider an injtimatlon from the Marquis
of Sallsburjf cf his desire, acting under
medical advice, to realign both the pre-",
mltership and the foreign secretaryship.
OuVnews IsJ obtaiined from a source us-'
uall'y truelj! worthy tout the crisis may
take a few (weeks to develop, the queen
being atoroa'd. Lord Salisbury's suc
cessors ..are- almost certain to toe the
Duke of DevonBhiire" as premier, and
Arthur J. Balfour as secretary of state
ror. iroreign affairs...
SPECIAL NOTICES.
COURT Of Ln'QUIRY HAS JUST E
cided tha thej new Country Produce
store opented by II. J. Blerman at 215
Market street, is the neatest store of
this kind ik the city, and a mogl Tella
ble place to trade. At Hiram Moore's
eld. stand, just across from-Jones' Liv
ery Stable..". mar 24
A GOOD CABINET ORGAN IN FINE
cunamon to sell low on Installments or
still lower! for cash. Examine it. Be-A.
time of year' now to have vour niann
tuned and! renovated. JOHN G. RUS
BEDL, 413 Orange St. . - mar 24 -
ACETYLENE GAS, THE LIGHT. OF
the futureV Why not be independent
and own vour own little gas plant
which wilf give four times more light
than ordinary gas or' electric lights at
one-half the cost? Applicable for use
.In churches, stores, factories, .hotels,
'residences! and country homes; - safer
than ordinary gas or kerosene lamps.
Apprived toy all the Boards of Under
writers throughout the United States.
We want fa nrst-class agent in every
town. Write for catalogue and. prices.
THE ACpTYLENH GAS MACHINE
CO., Akron-, Ohio. mar 24, lw .
wanted Musis pupils, by a
young lady who has studied the Boston
Conservatory and Cincinnati Conserva
tory methods. Best recommendations
from' Grass, .German composer and
:planigt. ' Terms ; reasonable. Residence
corner of Second and Nun. mar 23, 3t
A TYPEWRITER OF FIRST QUALITY,
the Blickfrsderfe. Price 135.00. Weight
tout 6 lbs. It does pretty work, and Is
capable of ' fast writing. Several have
been soldi here. A. J. HOWELL, Jr.,
Agt., 305 fforth Front St. '
1 ' mar .16, St a w, if
!FLORIIA EARD FROM FINE Fresh
1 Snap Beans just arrived. Bananas,
: sweet, lueious' and cheap; Oranges, fine
N. C Hams 10c. Fresh Butter, and all
kinds of , fresh Vegetables. . R. K.
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WANTED PORTRAIT AGENTS TO
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let the mice eat your Piano, when, you
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If you desire a bargain in an Organ or"
Square Piano, call and see me. Send
, all orders for tuning, etc., either by
mall or messenger ; this week direct to
JOHN G: RUSSELL, 413 Orange Street.
i j ;) ::-- cvar 8ft
AN EXCEILENT PIANO TO
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rii ariHN f. WnKAOHERN. Bell
Phone No. 92; Inter-State No. 22. de 9 tf
THE ELSGANT LARGE COTTAGE OF
Mr. I W, Pond, (formerly Butter's
cottage), i on Ocean View Beach, for
sale. GFumiture. Billiard Table. Etc..
In same. Location wneurpassed. Apply
to J., a,i WKJUiiT jsum, -iteal instate
; and Renting Agents. mar . IT
HOUSEKEEPERS TAKE NOTICE tbat
N. C. iHama, Turkeys, Chickens 7 and
Eggt can be" had at very low prices of
N. J. BIERMAN, Wholesale and Re
tall Commission1 Merchant, ,105 South
-Front street. - feb 12
FOR RENT DWELLINGS.
Stores, Offices and Halls. For
. Sale Dwellings. Stores, Vacant
I Lots: Cash or time payments.
'Cash advanced on improved city
pronertr. ArDly to D. O'CONNOR. Real
Estate agent, Wilmington, H C, de 7
- Money Conld Not Bay Them . ; . - j
The following letter from 'blre. ai.
'Al , Xamto, a lady well known in' Wil
mington, will toe read 'with interest toy
those who are afflicted' w-ith defective
vision, j ia a word, it expresses all thai
could . !be written in acknowledgement
oi merited' skill' and ;' atollTty. Those
rwho fail to take advanltjageJ . oi Drl
Matthea pTeaence In WflmlnS-tioh, ai
th Orton, will miss a most exceJlehi
oppotruini'ty. . -; - -;:;.!
MRS. LdAMBIS liETirrMU. ? j
- Wl'lmlnigton, N. C, March 23, 1898. I
(Tt gives me no Tittle pleasure, to say
that tWo 'veara aevk T iQ n.i-J,; w -rv-i
-Matthez for relief, which I had almost
ujwpaurea ox ever securing. ; (Not only
did I suffer almost constantly from ex-
viuviaiujs p-ajHis an' my neaa and 'back
of my neck,, tout could .not use my
eyes or glasses without suffering
nausea. So far as serine- '.o-i
es, that I cou'ld. not do at all. Apply-
lng to jjir. .Matthez I was assured, after
others had totally failed, of relief and
oenent. i win admit .that many tried
to dissuade me from, having his- ser
vice, referring to the cost. iFortu-nately
for me, ;I placed my case in his hands
and now, after two years hardest ser
vice and trial, I can -say that I. have
had -perfect and absolute relief, and
that I can see. as well as I ever did
In my life, his service, and glances toe
ing to me one of the greatest 'blessings
I have ever had, and I can tout say; if
I could hot duplicate my glasses, those
Tr. Matthez made fop me, no. money
could touy them from me. I hope my
testimonial may prove of toenefit to
other unfortunates, like myself-who suf
fer from defective Vision J ' - !
.. Respectfully, ' :
MRS. M. A. LAMB, '
; ";"':'. f ; 810 Market Stiree't.
The Carter Conrt Martial i
Savannah,' Ga. (March 23. In the CarA
ter court-martial today the cross exami
nation of the expert engineer,' George JY.
Wisner, of Detroit, was ; continued ;by
Colcihel Barr, Judge advocate,! whose ex
amination has- now lasted longer than
the direct examination by the defense
Many "engineering details of the work
and points iii the construction of con
tracts and specifications were gone over.
His examination will be concluded by the
court tomorrow. if ' i
YOUR
BOY
Does his Shoes wear well ?
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If not, see us.
PETERSON
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We announce this week, tlie arrival
We cannot say enough in praise of the quality and style of the dainty fabrics to
be found upon oar counters. We invite our patrons and the residents of the
city to. call and examine them. ' f - T v .
For eiern Fane v Wash
in Organdies, G-inghams
Rtnuts, jjatuce unecKS, xriues, exc.
chlbls mam cnaneaoie ana ompea i anetas,
Roman Strroes and Plaids, Black Brocades.
-Trimmings. Passementries, Jets, Novelty
Braids: Handsome Braided Sets and whitA
and Cream "Laces.
white G-oods; India Linens, Victoria Lawns
Nainsook Checks, Dimitids. French Nainsook
Persian Lawns Long Cloths Piques, English
Nainsooks and Fancy White Goods.
White Shirts, former price 1.25 and $1.50
each they will o now for 76c each. It will
pay you to see these coods.
une Xiot; oi cemnantsj consisting or lilack
and Colored Dress Goods,! Half Value.
Agents tor Buttericks
SUCCESS0E TO BfiOWJf. & RODDICK.
No. 29 North Front Street
7 Blank Soblks.
S WHY BN3 OUT OF. TOWN FOR TOUR OFFICE SUPPLIED? VH3
BUY, (FROM JFIRST HANDS, FOR ! ; CAJSH, AND WE CUlA-RiAiN'-s
TEE TO ME1ET OOtMITETITION, (NO MATTER FROM WHAT! DIREC
TION. :-;'-.,:!; .. .-i'.- !;. , .h - ' .j... - -. v. ;.....;;'.,.
BUAJNK (BOOKS, LETTER COPYING BOOKS, FITTNG- APPXilAlNCES.
(ENVELOPES PRINTED TO ORDER. ' I INKS', ."ENGR AVED OHfiCK AND
- DRAIFT BOOKS, TYPEWRITERS, TYPEWRITER AND (STENOGRAiPlH
ERS' SUPPXJDS, ETC. AULi AT BOTTOM PRICES. .
WILMINGTON, N. C.
mar 20.
The Smile of
SIOSBEE NOT BLAMED
Commander of the Maine is Restored to
Ac Its Dnty. .J
(Special to The Chicago diiter-Ocean.)
(Havana, Via Key West, March 20.
That the American, court of inquiry (has
decided that the explosion which, de-'
stroyed the Maine was not an accident
,1s assured ; toy tihe news whichf 'has
reached here that Captain Sigstoee has
received secret Instructions from Wash
ington that he Is to toe returned to ac
tive duty. ' ,
- This announcement seta all idoutofi
aslde,! for the reason that any other
finding than the destruction' of the
Maine toy means of force, externally ap
plied, iwould "mean a court martial for
Captain tSigstoee.
A Verdict declaring the destruction
of the Maine the result of art accident
would: Ibe followed toy' the immediate
request 'from igstoee for a court imar-r
tial. i ';-
iNo date has toeen set .for the cap
tain's departure tfrom Havana, tout he
understands that as soon as the wreck
ing of the Maine proceeis a little (fur
ther he WHI toe called to Washington
and his ship will technically go out of
commission. ' - . " '
As soon as the arrangemenits can toe
made and a crew of men and officers
begathterea together, he wHl take
charge of one of the additions to -theC
navy. : IShould! President McKinley (be
successful In his efforts' to purchase
the O'Hlgglna and. the San Martino
Captain BigsbeC will toe given command? :
of one of these flighting monsters, so
his friends have toeen assured,1
It Is stafed toy a friend of the officer.
that his ifrien'ds, very close to Presi
dent MoKmley, knowing the strain -he"
kihas ibeen under, sent Captain Siigsbee
the bare announcement that aa soon ao '
possible he will be given command, of
another ship. , .
- Betlremert of Admiral SIcard
Key: West, 'Fla, 'March 23. The board
of survey, . which" sat on the (flagship '
New York yesterday .to constdeT the re-
tirement of Rear Admiral Sicard. jf or
physical VHsatollity, has completed "its
work. Its recommendations will toe for
warded to the naval department, where
action win Ibe taken. (Dt ds impossitole ;
to learn the decdsiion of the Iboard, but -it
is 'beHied that It ireoommends ce- -tirememt;
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& RULFS.
"IN TIME OF PEACE
Prepare for War"
and never sit down in seeming securi
ty and call your home 'your own, with-'
out It is properly Insured. Negligence
seems to Invite disaster. We will in
sure .you in the Carolina) Insurance
Company-at a low premium .and see
that you get your money promptly in'
case, of fire.
Willard & Giles,
! AG-ENTS. "
of the bulk of oar SPRING FARTtirjs.
G - ood s. enr nl n ri stirlPQ
Shadow Cloths Di-
( I 4 0
Pfatterns. : v i .
Satisfaction
g EEN ON THIS f GBNTLiDM'AlN'S '
. face will ibe nothing -in. comparison to '
that .which )w5U flit across your counte
nance rwhen you toehold yourself array-
ed in one of .our (handsomely made and
perfecting fitting suits, rwhfcn rtve are
. maktag to-order this season at prices ;
'wihf -will astonish you. Our stock of
Clay Serges, Diagonals, Cheviots, Wor-'
s teds, Mixed Casslmers, ' etc.,- are.
"things of ibeauty," -wihile the i styles '
shawm in Pants Patterns"' will ; toe to
you "a joy forever." It -will not 'be a.
fwaste'of time to give ms a call nor will
rare "measure arms" iwrtih, you on prices. .
The act Is we "have the goods and you -want
them you, give the order; we do
the Test 'touff ced." . -
: ntiiison & co
mar 22
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