I
MANILA CAPTURED.
Commodore Dewey Exercising the Functions
of G-overnor
RIOTS IN SPAIN
The! Spanish Squadron Short of Powder---It Returns to Cadiz Anxiety
in Madrid Oyer Fate of Porto Rico The Queen Regent Prepar
!.' ing for-Fliftht Cuban Autonomous Congress Meets Ad- 1
i miral Sampson's Fleet Divided Great Activity of
the Spanish on West
Warship Enters
Boston,
ay 5. The following tele
ed by E. T. Viles, of. Bos-
ton, from w friend -in Singapore, was
read ati the banquet of the Electric club
: tonight: . . , j .
; bmgapore, May 5, 181)8. Keliable in
formation receiyed here corroborating
news of Dewey's victory at Manila and
he isn now lexecutjng the duties of.
-governor general there."- .
Madrid, May 5.-8 a. m. The dis
turbances caused by the high price and
scarcity of ood continue in the Span
ish provinces. There have been frequent-conflicts
between the rioters and
the civil guards, and looting and shoot
ing are reported from various point's.
Ati Iturcelona there 'was a renewed
run on the Ibank, the holders' of notes
demanding silver. " . ' ;
10 ai m i A mob of about 8,000-striking
miners hasj made a tumultous dem
onstration at Murcia, capital of the
province of f that" name, thirty miles
from I the 'port of Carthageria. They
attempted ti set file tb the railroad de
pot and other'-buildings and then be
gan a movement toward Carthegena.
A strong farce of troops, 'however, pre
vented the Rioters from moving on the
port. A number, of men were wounded.
Disturbances' are also threatened at
'arthegenaj where martial law has
'been proclaimed. Similar scenes have
occurred, at! Oviedo ' and Leon; and "at
a number of other towns where facr
"tory hands i have struck work. The
strikers arc parading the streets de-.
inanding btsead and " stoning houses.
' The steps ,taken . by the- authorities
' have ! resulted in the restoration of
: peace at Malaga, where the British
steam yacht Lady of Clemell was re
cently stoned and driven out of the
harbor. It ( appears that the Malaga
mob thought she was an American
vessel. . !..- ;
2 p.i mi Considerable anxiety is ex-
pressed here as t the fate of Porto
Rico, f It is feared" that Rear Admiral
Sampson's squadron has gone to-seize
San Juan, the capital of that colony,
and the Spanish coal supplies at that
Ljort. .
Admiral (Jarnara, who is to take command-tomorrow
of the Spanish reserve
squadron at Cadiz, will hoist his flag
on board the battleship Pelayo. His
appointment has caused much satisfac-
tion among the naval men of Spain.
Rioting, continues at', the t seaport
town of . Clijon, province1 of Oviedo,
where, yesterday. the fisherwomen and
the tobacco girls sacked several baker
ies and bunned the oeitroi offices."
3 pj'm. At a cabinet council today
over which the queen-regent' presided,
the premier, Senor Sagasta, explained
the .war situation and announced the
safe arrival) at Porto Rico of the Span
ish Trans-Atlantic Company's steam
er Alfonso, XIII, having on board, it is
said, ;l reinforcements of troops and a
very valuable cargo, Includmg amiriu-
nitiori and supplies. The premier also
announced the opening "of the Cuban
parliament jand the queen-regent sign
ed the war resources bill. The cabinet
' 'afterwards f had another meeting and
"deliberated jupe-n the financial situation
and the measures taken and contem
plated to preserve public order in the
localities where disturbances have oc-
rnrrr(l - i "! . f.
8 pi m, The debate on the governT s
mentis policy was-resumed in the eon-;
gressi today,, the sitting being' mainly,
occupied with the continuationof Se- i
nor Romero y Robledo's speech.: He;
severely criticised' the government fori
Its! lack of Iforesight and' after putting;
various questions to members of the
- cabinet' as.. I to. the government's plans, ;
lie announced that he' would ask the
cartes to vote an income tax . -London,
May 6. A dispath from Vi
enna says telegrams from the Austrian;
ambassador at Madrid indicate that;
the queen-regent is only waiting "suit-;
able moment to quit Spain without in-;
during the king's interest.
MEETING OF THE CUBAN CQN-'i
, GRESS. ;
( Copyright by' Associated Press.) ,
Havana',.! May 4. Delayed in", trans-j,
mission. With great ceremony .the;
ilpst congress of Cuba elected under the;
autonomous form of government was;
formally opened "today by Captalni
Ceneral Blanco. Every effort was made,
bv the Spanish officials to give brjl-r
liancy to the -occasion. There wa'j, a
pi'ocession.l'an imposing military .disn
playj the streets were decorated with
flagsland banners and the captain "gen-s
eral made What was intended to be an
.: impressive! speech, in the; course oC
which he said that -if the declarations
of the United States had- been sincere,
.its guns today ought tobe saluting the
'first t Cuban parliament instead of
threatening the lives of its members, j
BRITISH WARSHIP AT HAVANA, ij
Kov. West. Fla..-May 5 News reachi
ed here today of the arrival at Havana
vMtpnlav 6f the British cruiser xaiooi(
to take off: British subjects who desire
to leave the city. The Talbot was hel4
up by the blockading vessels, but ask-f;
fd werm ssion or tne nagsnip 10 go m(
which Rear Admiral Sampson readily
granted. Admiral Sir John Rjchardson;,
commanding the British West Indian
nnvnl station, was on poaru me, xai
bat " The Britishers had not heard the
. news of the- Tdanila victory and; when
: tVievi learned it tney nearuiy cuiigim
Ulated Admiral Sampson and the other
nffifora of the- fleet.
A rt,ithorl information' from the . ber
vowcA uinrrd is to the effect that Gen
. eral Blanco is urging the provincial au
thorities in every locality to stir up the
. ' patriotism! of the people, which is said
in 'lie rnoiidlv waning under the influ
ene of hunger and disease.
THE SPANISH PRISONERS..
' ! The Spanish soldiers captured on the;
prize steamer Arganauta last week
wpnt north this morning on the City 'of
K-ev West. They will be lodged in Fort
' McPherson. Five members of the na-t
val reserve arrive today on the steam-;
; er Tarpon and a body of army engi
neers from Willett's 'Point on the Mal-;
lnrvLiner Alamo. The monitor Mian
tonomah'" arrived from. Philadelphia tq-
- day. '
The steamer Olivette will reach liere
tonight, but will , not be permitted to
enter thei -inner harbor, owing to .'the
- new port-regulations governing the
movement of vessels here during, the
' war: Commodore Watson is a passen
ger on the Olivette. r m
DIVISION OF ATLANTIC SQUAD
, RON. '
A naval officer of high rank told the
correspondent of the Asociated Press
. . Wit v,ot tho division of Admiral
Sampson-; squadron, already indicated
fom Washington, will in all probabili
'r?1?. effect forthwith. Com-
f wtnn will raise his flag on
: nninnati and his com
win include other cruisers and
cunboats. Commodore Remey. wno
JrtUmwd tbe-other division of the
General.
MORE SERIOUS.
Coast of Cuba British 4
Havana Harbor. ; i '
fleet,! Rear Admiral Sampson being
corammander of both divisions, is ex
pected here in a few days. '
The conditions of the Havana block
ade remain unchanged, the line being
rigidly kept by the Montgomery and
other cruisers under Captain Converse,
who lis still in temporary command,
i The censorship of. dispatches here
continues j very strict,
i. Captain I Lyons, of the gunboat Dol7
phini which has been cruising for elev
en days aliong the western coast of Cu
ba says ithere, is great activity on
shore throughout that section and es
pecially in Bahia; Honda. Groups of
Spaniards! can be seqn working on im
provised ; j fortifications of all kinds.
Earthworks have . been thrown up all
along the! coast, and apparent prepar
ations against invasion are being made;
During her-cruise the Dolphin held up
eighteen vessels, tall -of which were re
leased except the Spanish fishing
schooher Lolo, which was sent in here
the other i day. The Dolphin had. pre
viously taken the Lolo, but had releas
ed her on! her captain's promise to go
:in shore and reafnin there.' Not long
afterward the Dolphin again found the
Lola! cruising and apparently signaling
information to some one on shore. The
Spaniard jwas- then captured, despite
the icaptain's . protestations that she
was' not signaling. . j i
New York, May ,5. A Key West spe
cial ito The Evening Post dated today
;says: Four Spanish warships are re
ported to be off Barbadoes prepared ;to
itercept the battleship Oregon. A na
val ibattle Is expected. . . 1 . ";
I Havana! May 5. This morning at
about 8 o'clock, four American vessels
passed in I front of Havana. The Brit
ish steamer Strathdee, Captain Currie,
entered the Isabella harbor, and was
ordered to return to Progreso. ; Some
days ago the American fleet instructed
her owners that she would be returned.
It is reported here that the British
gunboat Alert is at Santiago' de Cuba.
The . French steamer La Fayette has
been all the evening in sight of Ha
vana, and it is believed that she . will
enter thej harbor , tomorrow, morning..
London, May .6.' The Vienna corre
spondent Df The Daily Telegraph' says:
Apartments have been reserved at a
hotel here for the aueen-regent of
Spain Jn case she arrived before apart
ments have been prepared for her in
her brother's i palace. ?
The Paris correspondent df The Daily
Mail says;: I hear on indisputable au
thority. that five- lof the-Spanish war
ships, including the battleship Pelayo
and i the fine' cruiser Alfonso XIII have
not yet been supplied with ammuni
tion'! This was :the cause of the delay
in the sailing, off the Cape de ; Verde
fleet and will probably compel it to re
turn to. Cadiz. ! M .
A i dispatch' to" The' Dally' Chronicle
from Cadiz, dated Tuesday, says:, The
battleship Pelayo! and the cruiser A1--fonso
XIII have i left ' their anchorage
in the bay and gone to the dockyard.
Thei. cruisers Patriota and Rapido are
preparing with all speed, " and all are
expected to sail together. Cadiz is
overwhelmed by the news' of the Phi
; llpplne disaster; the lost crews number
ing iof many citizens,
t There are absolutely no v hew facts
connected with .the Hispana-American
situation tody afrom any source. The
absence of news from Commodore De
wey causes a great deal of speculation,
the t balance of opinion inclining to the
view that while he is .in no danger," he
hass not been able to get effectual pos
session of Manilas
The officials of the Eastern Telegraph
Company when questioned today. re
garding the j report that a dispatch
from Commodore Dewey had reached
Washington, said: , "Neither- President
MeKinley nor any one else has received
a message from Commodore Dewey.','
M. LYocV-m, Cameron, Pa., says "I
was a sufferer for ten years, trying
most kinds of pile remedies, but
without :i siuocess. DeWiifct's Witch
Hazel Sail ve was recommended to me.
I used one box. ft Jias -affected, a per
manent cOre," I As a permane t cure
for j piles DeWItt's Witch Hazel alve
has' no equal. Pw R. Bellamy. ; .
TIIK BATTLE OF MANILA
It llfltVct on Spalu To Cliange to au
! iAggretlve Warfare. -A
- I ' : jl (Was-hiagton Post.) .
. An important! movement by our fight
ing; squadron .is believed to ibe under,
may. The early seizure of Porto 'Rico
is prolba'ble." Although the 'blockade of
Cuba is not 'to be "broken, there is evi
dence that some of the more formid
able ships of the fleet, under Admiral
Sampson are to be used .in another
and, at this time,, mar important direction.-,
With H'avana well cut off, the
taking of Porto Rico would deprive
Spain entirely of, a.'base of supplies on
.the' sides; of. the ; ocean. A strict .cen
sorship ia now I'being exercised iby the
government at Key West and Tampa.
Movement's of tooth, the navy and the
army will 'be guarded more vigilantly.1
than heretofore.'
The wherea'boiut of Spanish war
ships in i", the Atlantic is . uncertain.
They may lhave gone to the Canary is
await, as press' dispatches dndicate, to
awiat the .Cadiz: squaJdran; they may
be endeavoring to intercept the ibattle
snip Oregon , and gun"boat Marietta,
whiich have just left 'Ria Janeiro, or
they jnay 1 ibe steaming toward Porto
Rtico. f If the latter theory is correct
they 'will :be met by our sihips and the
biggest iriaval engagement of the war
will follow. n - i
.The destruction of .the Spanish fleet
in the east by Commodore Dewey will,
'in j ail probability, mean a complete
change 'in the Madrid war policy on
the seas, if .It sdoes not 'pereipitate a
revolution at ihotne and the fall of the
'dynasty! Hitherto there (has. been no
sign of aggressive action on" Spain's
part. Assuming the role of a proud (but
deeply-wronged ; nation, pursued 'by a
stronger power, ;she .has relied lmplicit-
lyj but vainly, upon the European pow
era to 'help her out of the difficulty. Her
sn
ips abandoned Havana and Porto ness. Croup, Bronchitis and kindred all
co when, the war clouds gathered ments. Contains no Injurious Ingredi-
Rico
Seisure of itihese posessions was virtuaf-
ly 1 invited. Her torpedo-flotilla stopped
at St. "Vincent, and her powerful bruis
ers, tarrted at Cadiz. Declaration of
war was followed 'by warlike mani
festos, Ibut not 1 by warHge acts. The
queen regent contiraueVi her appeals to
the pope and the powers, and the min
ister .of war dramatically exclaimed:
"(Would to God: we had .not a ship west
of . Spate! Then we could say, "Here
we art. come and take -us,""' 'Mean
while the Spanish fleet in the Orient,
uhaJble to scape, took .refuge under the
forts of Cavite, there to await our lAs
iatic squadron and utter - anniMlation.
There JiaJd 'been no in tervewtlon. to
gave Spain no European- elforts to
etop the War 'Apd with the defeat in
"Manila 'bay," complete; and crushing,
pain was at once confrowted .by war
at home as well aa abroad. And mow
he must defend herself. Further In
action ia im possible , in it-Ms extremity,
The inevitable outcome the least ap
parently that can happen to her, un
less, by adyice of t!he ipowers, she
would n this crisis lhaul down her flag
at Havana and grant the full rndepen
dence of the Island will toe the loss of
CiUba, Porto Rico, and the aPJiiliiypines."
But it '-would seem that she must of
necessity go to war In earnest, if only
to meet (more serious disaster, as the
Bole means of salvation at hom. .
While this government : will Insist
upon and enforce its right to seize and
hold any Spanish colony until the war
epdst its policy Is and wil continue to
be to avoid foreign entanglements that
would certainly grow out of territorial
acquisition in' the far east. IThe was is
not to ib allowed to become one of con
quest in any event. .There will be no
departure, either in letter or spirit,
from the policy laid down in the Tel
ler amendment to the congressional
resolutions, directing armed interven
tion to (bring about the independence
of Cuba. However, there is little likli
hoKJ that Spain will regain pose ss ion
of either the 'Philippines or Porto Rico
without 'the payment of a heavy war
Indemnity, which would "naturally form
the important feature of a1, treaty of
.peace!, .- ;
iEngland's friendly attitude toward
the United States is causing resentment
in. France, Germany, Russia, and Aus
tria.' 1A new ; movemen t' ' among t'hese
powers for intervention lis said to have
'been inaugurated. i. v
THE POSTOFFICB BILL
ITnder 'Consideration by the Senate.
Some' Important Amendments Adopt
edHouse Passes tlie Labor Arbitra
tion Bill. i
Washfngtioin, May 5. puring- almost
t'he entire session today, ; the senate had
under consideration the postoffice ap
propriation bill. The measure carries
$99,224,300 'Thej. most important action
taken upon the measures was the " adop
tion of an amendment offered 'by SenaT
tor Tillman, of South Carolina, reduc
ing the number of deliveries of ' mail
in all citiesrof the country to a num
ber not exceeding' four each day.: The
amendment was sharply antagonized
as a blow to Ibusiness interests in the
large cities ibut the feelings of the sen
ate was such, it'hat, .despite the vigor
ous opposition,; it prevailed by a de
cisive majority .1 (;. '
.A lively - debate was precipitated' by
an amendment of the .committee, strik
ing out t'he appropriation of $300,000 for
rural free delivery,.. .The proposition
was discussed for ' nearly two hours,
Senator Chandler, of iNew Hampshire,
and Senator 'Bu-tler, of 'North Carolina
leading the fighting in favor of rural
delivery. By the close vote of 25 to 22,
however, -the -committee, was sustained
and the bill now carries' no a.p propria- .
:tioin for' such delivery. ,
V A3n important" amendment to the .bill
was one wnhic'h will iprevent star route
contractors from -sub-letting their con
tracts. In order to get their money
they must be able to svear that they .
performed the seTvice themselves. The
bill "'was laid aside until tomorrow.
Just 'before adjournment, the senate
passed an important war measure, au
thorizing the president arid general of
ficers of the army to supply the Culban
insurgents. with arms.and munitions of
war .and empowering officers of the
army serving sin Cuba ito supply the
needy inhabitants of the island with
medicines and subsistence..
The senate at5:25 o'clock p. im., went
Into executive isessLon and shor.tly af-
rterward adjourned. n
HOUlSE O'F RtEPREtSENTAiTOVES.
The bouse today disposed of two. im
portant (measures. The (Alaskan land
bill, extending- the hotthestead laws to,
and providing j tfor certain railway
right's of way id the district of Alaska,'
as amended -by the senate and agreed
upon ; in; conf erence, wajs passed. The
la'bor arbitration measure, providing
for the arbitration of ilafbor disputes
'between " employees n'd certain com
mon carriers, a bill which had receiv
ed very wide endorsement; by labor or
ganizations throughout j the country,
received the approval'of the house. ;
A number of minor bills; were also
passed. The house adjourned until
Monday. v I
General Conference (of the, Southern
I Methodist Cliiiroh. .:
Baltimiore, "May 5. At the, quadirien
nial session of it'he general conference
of the M. E. church south, which be
gan this morning, thei feata.es ! were
the address of the bishops' and .t he re
quest -of Bishop J. C Keener, of New
Orleans, the senior bishop, to be reliev
ed, of his duties Bishop Keener called
the coruference . to order.- Opeuini,- ex-
ercises followed. -T9ie 'Rev. Dr. J. J.
Tigert, of Nashville was elected secre
tary., - ; ..:!! . ''.-;
Routine business was' transacted and
Bishop Keener was succeeded as chair
man, iby -Bishop Wilson, of 'Baltimore.
The address of the toishops was read
by Bishop Hargrove, of Nashville and
then came the surprise of the day in
the request of 'Bishop IK eener to be re
lieved of his duties. (Bishop Keener
sa'ld to part: ; . i
"The 'hour has come for me to speak
of matter personal to myself- I have
had tbe honor of ibeiifig an itinerant
minister for filfty-six years and for half
of that time have' 'been .one of your
general superintendents. iMy age and
inifirmness'. 'demandi some relief, 'both
for myself :an!d the church,, and I re
spectfully refer the matter pf my fu
ture services to your goodly judgment."
Bishop Keener's voice broke a num
beE of times and members of the con
ference were in tears.: Bisihop Gallo
way responded.! He paid a high tri'b-.
ute to the retiring bishop on behalf of
ihU colleagues. The .resignation was
referred to the committee ou episoo
pacy. ;;.'!
In the address of thte hisihops the
death of 'Bishop Atticus G-. Haygoood
was mentioned and this" reaomimenda
tion was made as to t'he, election of ad
ditional members of the episoopacy:
"We think under , all 1 the condition's
that the work of administration can be
efficiently done for the' next quadren
nium by the election of, two additional
bishops at this session of the confer
ence." . '...
The statistical ; ta'bles show the met
Increase itiiterairt preacihers for the
four years to tie 502 and members, 123,-
221. The" present number f. itinerant
preachers is 5,989, local preachers
5.685: .total 11.674. The total number
of . members , is 1,478,431. The value of
the church property is $35,000,000, an
increase in four years of i,000,000.
1 don't know, ttoere may De others
he etaiid, "but 1 1 have used, Parker's
Tolu Oough Syrup tn mjiSmiily for
years and would not "be without l'U"
He knew better than to tuy ?fche. In
ferior preparation that was Ijeteg
urged upon "him." Parker Tolu Oough
Syrup" has no equaa. It wiir immedi
ately relieve any Oough or Oold,
t Whooping Cough, Sore Throat, IToarse-
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remedy for children. For sale by J. C,
Shetara, J. ii. iara.". oca a. u. trem.
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Tln1!hBn'p Onpf-natonifL Kav 5. -A terri
ble sfcorv of cannibaHtem is reperfed from
"New Guinea.' Fourteenl prisoners from
Mamam attacked, a friendly village, kill
ing and' eating eighteen; men i :
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A i Party Landed by the
! Leyden Attacked.
A FIERGE ENGOUNTER.
Tiie Cubans and Americans of the
Landing Party Repulse the Spanish
and Succeed In. Delivering the Am
munition to the Insurgents a'Two
Landings ITIade The Wilmington
Takes a Hand and .With Four Shots
' Disperses the Enemy r, ' . i
Key West, Fla., May 5. The govern
ment tug Leyden, Captain J. H. Angus.
steamed into port this morning and
those on board told the followtngTstory"
of a desperate encounter -with Spanish
ti-oeps on the northern cdast of Cuba:
The Leydon left here Monday af teri
noon with a party of Insurgents under
General Baldamore Acosta and includ
ing five Cuban scouts under the leaderi
shlp of Captain J. H. Dorst, of the Uni
ted j States cavalry. The Leyden also
carried a large quantity of arms and
ammunition. The tug landed five meri,
with four boxes 1 of ammunition and
two horseg. General Acosta also land
ed and penetrated to thei interior where
he qommunicated with the forces of the
insurgents; The Leyden lay-to outi
side until 5 o'clock in the morning,
when, observing a troop! of Spanish ini
fantry approaching, she iput to sea and
got safely away. The' same night she
proceeded j to Matanzasi and 'Tuesday
afternoon landed another small party
near there. Fearing iattack by the
Spaniards.i she looked for the monitor!
Terror and Amphitrlte.i which are on
thej blockade in that vicinity, but be-i
ing unable to locate them.nhe Leyden
returned to tne original: landing place
i caviling Luei e eariy ; yesxeraay morn4
ing. Heresshe was met by Acosta and
about 200 Cubans,, half of whom were
armed with rifles. They united with
the men on, the tug and an attempt
was made to land the remaining .arms
and men, when a troop j of 200 Spanish
swooped down on them and a fierce en-i
counter of a half hour's duration fol4
lowed. The Cubans finally, repulsed the!
enemy, driving them into the woodgj
During this engagement several rifle
bullets went through the Leyden's
smoke stack,, but no One was injured.
The plucky little tug then went - in
search of the "flagship,-! found her ly-i
ingj near Havana ' and i reported the
story. Rear. Admiral Sampson, sent the.
gunboat Wilmington back with the
Leyden. The, two vessels reached thei
scene of landing yesterday afternoon
I I! HIPORTANT EVENTS OF THE DAY,
I The Tug Lyden Lands a Party on Cuban Soil. Spanish Troops t
jAttack Them But Are Repulsed. ; ; '
The Charleston, Yorktown land Philadelphia Will Probably
Be Added to Commodore Dewey's Fleet, j , - -.' . ' 5
Rioting Continues in Several Cities of Spain,' Which Become
More Serious.
-North Carolina Will Furnish Two Infantry Regiments of
j White and a Battalion of Negro Troops. '
j . The Navy Department Has; Received No News From Com-
modore Dewey. -. ' -I ' -t-; ,ff'" a
J The Charleston is to Convoy Supplies to the Asiatic Fleet, -I
' Navy Department Officials Are Inclined to JBelieye the Report
lof Return of the , Cape Verde Fleet. . . 1 - i ' .
i The Cuban Autonomous Congress Meets.-
j A British Warship Arrives at Havana to Take Care of British
Citizens, i '! . i- : j- jj 1 1 'f-' .
A Telegram from Singapore Says Commodore Dewey is No
I Acting as Governr General of Manila. . V - :
i . Four Spanish Warships are Reported Off th Barbadoes.
! General Joe Wheeler Reports at Headquarters.
1 Senator Burrows SaysPorto Rico Will Fall jn Two Y)ays.
and found the Spanish cavalry in wait-;
ing to welcome another attempted in
vasion. The Wilmington lost no time
in preliminaries, but promptly opened
fire on a number of small houses mark-,
ing the entry to" . the place. The gun
boat fired four shots, rwhich immedi-i
ately drove back the Spaniards, and
Captain Dorst, with the ammunition,;
landed safely last night, the Leyden
returning here. i i
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! Robeson County Democratic.
i (Special to The (Messenger.) . i
Lumberton, iN. C, May ff.r-HThe demo-;
oratic county convention met here to-;
day and elected delegates to the state,;
congressional and judicial conventions.!
Thomas A. 'McNeill,; Esq., was unani-;
mously i endorsed for judge of the Sev-i
enth judicial district ' amdd' great en-;
thusiasmi i The sentiment of the con
vention was strongly lagalnst fusion.;
It! was the largest convention seen
here in years. - " i i
; - ; ill - Base Ball.; !
- f' Pittsburg 4, Chicago 4. 1
Pittsburg, May 5.-Gam'e was called
at the end of the sixth, inning todayon;
account of rain. Attendance 700. The:
score-: : ir - R. H.05.
Bittsiburg! . ; . . ...... .0 0 1 2 0 1 i 9 . 2
Chicago L. .... ..2 0 2 0 0 04 6 2
Batteries Killen, i. 'Hastings and
Schriver: i Thornton and 'Donahue. Um
pires .Wood and Smart wood. Time;
1:35.-
I ! Boston 4, New York 6.'
Boston. May 5. With" the score 4 to
1 'against ; ithem, Seymour was 'put in
to pitch for the New Jerks in the third
inning today.. He proved an enigma
for t'he home. Attendance 2,500. The
score i i i i-- - i :' - -R. H. E,
Boston .... ....1 3 0 0 0 0 0 Q 04 9
New York 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 06 10 (
Eateries Nichols and Bergen; Meek
in, Seymour i and ' Orady. . .Umpires
Lynch and Connelly. Time .1:81. i
jThousandsiof ufferers from grippe
have been restored to health by On
Minute Cough. Cure. It quickly cures
coughs, colds, .bronchitis, praeuononlla,
grippe, asthma, emd all throat amd 1 ua
d'iseajses. Rf- R.. Bellamy.
i More Troop for Tampa .
i Chattanooga, Tenn. IMay 5j Orders
wterereteeived from the war department
at" General Brctoke's headq.uarters this
afternoon that the Twenty-seventh in
fantry, Colonel 'Burt, tbe sent immed
iately to Tampa. 'It-1, win prooa'D-iy
st art 'tomorrow mom tag. ; ' ;
f Children like it. it saves their Uvea
We mean' One Minute Cougli Ouare, the
l-nf njlifflhla f-emedv for oouefhs. colds.
CTvvun. (bronchitis. criDoe. and all throat
5pnd luns troubles. (R, R. BeUamy.
it
II .
No Uneasiness as to Asi
ati c Squadron.
TO SEIZE 'PORTO RIGO.
. 1
News of Another Naval, Battle Expect
ed at an Early Day From the Atlantic
Squadron -Brazil Declares Neutrality
Supplies and Ammunition for the
Asiatic Squadron General 'Wheeler
Reports at Army Headquarters for
. Duty 1 ,
Washington, iMay 5. iSecretary Xibng
said at the closeof office hours today
th&tinr to that time he had received
no-wiord from Oommodore 'Dewey. He
added, however, that !he felt no appre
hension over this lack of news, be
cause, in the first place, reports were
not expected, with;; the cables from
Manila cut. and; furthermore, no fears
were entertained' as to Commodore
Dewey's ability to; maintain his posi
tion. There was nd doubt, the seore
tary, said, that;' Oommodore Dewey's
fleet .had annihilated the Spanish fleet,
and with this much r accomplished,
Dewey, was master iof the situation at
'Manila. , ; . - " , .
The department, i jis. taking steps to'
render effective1 aid fto the Commodore
iii the qtnatter' of .s-upplies and . Con
structor 'WiilWaim ti. . Clapp, .now - at
oitn F rancisco,, is ito get out at once
to repair t'he damage sustained in the
battle of Manila. f'Preparations for , a
suitable convoy for the suppJyships
was also ' indicated 'by 'the choice, of a
commander and officers for Ithe 'cruiser
Charleston now. at .Mare Island. It is
recalled ,at the navyydepartment in this
connection that;: having received the
f surrender of Manila, the commodore
would be able to secure any quantity
of lalbor, and -of such material as a
maritime city like 'Manila affords for
the repair of his ships. ; 'He also would
be able to place his wounded in some
one of tbe Manila; hospitals or other
public buildings.-. t 1
NEWS EXPECTED .' OF' ANOTHER
NuWA'L BATTLE.
.'No news could . be learned at -the
navy department relative to the move
ments o'f i Admiral i&anvpson's iron
clads. .ibut from the confldefit tone .of
the few officials . who are -j acquainted
withthe 'policy iof; the department,
they are expecting to ihear very soon
of news from this squadron' alimost s -
interesting and 'important as that re7
ceived from the Philippines. A hdgh"
officer of the administration- today al-
most demolished the theory that Ad
miral Sattipson ' was; going to succor the
uregoh, inow on her way from Brazil
to join ne; tNorth i Atlantic sauadron.
He declared that the navy; department
was under no ' anoreihension fnhont he
Qregoh, for the reason; that it did not
consider i that the:' Spah'ish admiral of
the Capg Verde : squadron . would (be
filling to risk a combat with the Ore
gion even with the great odds in his
xaivui, aa tfven il v ver wiieiineu in ; tne
enu, - me vrregqn certainly wouia ae
stroy one of tiitf Spanish ships and iper
haps twq, and he Spanish government
could not afford to; exchange pawns at
this stage of the war. That left open
as possible points r of operations for
Sampson. either Porto IBMo or some
port, on the Cuibare coast, but just
which theory Is to 'be accepted is not
even iunted at Ibyhe departmental of
ftclals.- i .;..! , , :
BRAZIL iDBCTJATJES iN'EJUTRAiDITY,
'Notice came to ithe state department
from Brazil today '.that that govern
ment had! declared neutrality. There
is mow no cause ' to. regret such action.
on the 'part of Brazil, for 'however ben
eficial the delay has ibeen to the Unit
ed States in getting its 'warships safely
along the Brazilian coast, the issue of
t ne 'proclamation ; just now is HKeiy tto
be sitillmore tene,ncial in closing Bra
zilian ports to. v;; 'the !Spain.ish flying
squadron flf it 'should be headed In that
direction, at may 'be noted, however,
that while the) first reports were re
ceived with lljtle credit the advices
coming to i'.ie navy department !tday,'
though not conclusive, intlined the , of
ficers ;to the'betief that the Spanish'
flying squadron really has turned pack
from Cape Verde tq consolidate with
the home squadron at Cadiz
The navy department will ship 200,000
pounds of powder to Commodore Dew
eyto add to the stock he has now left
This,, with the large nurrober of 8 inch
armor piercing projectiles, shells and
inch a.rd 5 inch rifle iballs will make
the shipment of s; ammunition a very
large one;' The 'powder and shot to
gether will give 500 rounds for the big
guns, and several thousand rounds for
the rapid fire rifles. . . ' -.
TO SEIGE aeORTO HICO.
There were mairiy conferences ibetween'
the president and senators and repre
sentatives today.? The first comer .was
Senator Burrows, of Michigan, who
presented . som f riends .to the, presi-
!
J J. .... ft ' ,1.. n i r4 . 'CliVrnMTf h.!n.n,Pl
is moving along ' smoothly and welt.
What we want-mow is Porto .Rico. We
ouffht to have I'rhat tomorrow.?1
"WdJl it :be as soon as that, Senator?''
VYes: was the rerJv. ' prohably in a
day or two." ' - ' '
While refraining from saying what
.transpired during .his (brief Interview
with the president, his statement, fnai
thi seizure of Pttsrto IRdco is expected
to be effected in a day or two, it was
thought "by has, wearers - to- e signin
cant, having ibeen made immediately
after 'the senator left (the president,
though he would not say the president
had given him any information,.
-Senator Gorman of iMaryland had a
conference wltgiiithe presidents today
regarding the sending. of a war vessel
to take off American citizens who are
H niii rfvnj't t j Art An 'if ra I C?1 Q rl1
I oi Navassa, rr t-ne 'iontaa Jieys.
1 These Deople are said to toe in great dis
' tress from want of food ahd owing to
th state of war it is deemed danger
out to send any unarmed vessel for
their relief-! The .president will take'
up the,, matter with- the secretary of
tte navy.
TO GUAJRiq T1HB WARSHLPlS. UNDER
. ' CONSTlUjlCn'IOX. r. y.
V. iNewport iXews.'ya:,' BTay 5.-The offi
cials of t'hs Newport News; Shipbuild
ing and Dry-dock Co; were notified to
day 'by Brigfadier General R. T. Frank,
ijommandanit of Fortress Monroe it'hat
to field bitteries had !been detached
from t'he Pennsylvaniia national guard
and ordered t N'ewport (News to- be
stationed a 1th a shipyard ito guard the
battleships tKearsarge, Kentucky and
'Illinois, now .'building hexe-
'F1GHTTNIG JOE" WHHEJLiEJR AT
; "' HHA'DQUARTESRiS.
Fghting Joe" .Wheeler, who yester
day "was 'noTninated to the 'position, of
Atea-Sor general in the volunteer army
reported atj army headquarters today.
&& was t'hej first of the major generals
td.signify t Secretary Alger his readi
lipss tor a-etive dutv. The .tresiden!t.
however, 4is "yet has noj'determined
finailly lupo'nj the organSzation of the
Vd'luniteer atmy,, and in the absence of
any a'ction lin this direction, .it is aaot
'likely, thit any designaiion will Jbe P0-,
itiveiy made. The proDa'Djiity, how-
ejyerV is thatl General iWheeler and G'en-
j&ral Fitzliuh .lee will receive com-.
Triands t in ithe" section of the country
;fpom whiqh they come. General
''Wheeler, inks not yet determined
wfietiher heiwill . resign his seat as a
representative - in . congress . from .'.t'he
st?ite of Alabama: This will depend
Upon the duration, of the war. J
HE rOL.kTICAL.POT A-BOILING '
Tjie Primaries Called Good ITIeu Pass
way-New ' Feature at High Teas
Jleavy Shipments of Truck NewsJot-
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COorrespoadence' of The Messenger.)
Fayetteville,' N. C, May' 5. '
Today and tonight are . appointed for
the 'holding .of the township, primaries, to
snd deiegaitls. to t'he Cumberland county
cffntvention: assembling m ..this city on
Saturday, t'He 7tihi instant; Not a few
democrats flnd themselves in a dilemiTnia.
th'at. is, the"j have acted as &ocld, faith
fuJ denrocrals ever since the dark and
Stormy days fof reconstruction', never once
wavering irj their fealty to the party,'
anl;"rtiandinfe to-the rack," without any
''fodder." 'NTi it' is very plainly intimat
ed to t'hem Aflat the test of orthodox de
mocracy w ''be an endorsement of fu-
sifen with ljutler.. PartWirvation in; the
Wk of the primaries Will bind them in
iitMwj-i: iLiiu. au.ou j.ajun itn tne action 01
t'h'ie iparty. ad yet they feel that . noth
ing-can be more odious .than co-operation
with one whi, mord than all-others, his
been instrumental an burdening us- with
t'he present corrupt- state government.
-.The. funeral services' of the late Coto-
nei T. W Ievane took Rl ace 'from his
residfnc.ei in. it he -nortirten stern nart. of the
county on Tuesday last. ' He wasfan up
right, prominent citizfen. a, membeT of a
family, of -'high c-haracter and influence,
being a brother of Messrs.. Duncan; and
,W. S. Jevane, leading men. in Bladen-
ami - New Hanover.,
--.i'nougn ne? naa xeeni ior nrany years
eon rent .witiH the retirement of. private
life. Hon. Thbs. McDowell,, of Bladen, ex-
' metriber of tlje con'fedenate-oongress, who
1aseu away on une l&t insuanx, agea vs.
years, was ope of the most distinguished
and patriot kj: of the citizens of North
Onrolina in his nubile career of unhlem-
Shed record, in his private life generous;
PUWi'P'rixep ani : irue, xour corre
snoiudent ear hear witness that in- his
oa .-and' in. that of the ilatnented, Hon.
vreift a-c. v iq . uhvj uilivvj auuui 1,1; 111a.11,
.anjl in vain. lit devolved Upon t'he writer"
s&. two .iQCeaBions, to visit tnese aistm
fir'ii shed citizens and: assure thema- of a
unSanimous nminajtion to4congrss in this
district,' -at. times when a" nomination
flT&ant election. Both (were deaf- to any
'p'adiiigs ox political amotions. .
't -the" resfelence on,. the cornier of-Old
and ' Green streets, from- 6 to 8 o'clock
yestenlaiy evening .Mrs. John Oarrason
chaTmingly ntertiained about one 'hun-
dred- and 'fifty guests at .a. ."high tea." 'A
.njovei ieaxure th tins iyi9 ui Biociiiii
"function was the eniastmeht of a con-;
finsfent of the. sterner sex. to aid in rei
cetving, Dr McOougan and MessTs Claude.
HaFgh, 'H. Ml. Pemb'erton, J. C. .Horaxaw,
A B. Wiiliams, jr., ana j. . n. uviyroven,
With Mrs. ll.eigh.ton' Hu'ske. Mrs. S. S.
PSbbinson ana M'-Xses" Eliza Williams, An
tvtii 'Wettnor and Mabel Elliot, meeting
the'.guests 4ni the ipaf lor, while Miss Bert.
Watson andMr.. waiter 'AiacK-ae greeted
them as tney crossed tne tnresnoio, in
the" hall, in 4 grotto of flowers and ever
grfiefas, niiniature lake of punch, in
wthic'h ; floated an liceberg crystalized ' (n
sstfawberriesi (wooed the thirsty, and the
handsome, stately nymph who presided.
o-5er this; "fountain! of- 'Bacchus was Mrs.
$A 'B. Underwood, Jr. The - .beautif uil
taftles tni ;ther supper room onered temptT
irg refreshments, served by Mrs. A. Gar-
-rdson, Mrs., J. V., AiciMein.. wars, arre
fearrei'l. Mrsl H. R. Hall, Mrs. J.-D. Wil
IFms, Jr. Tfie parlors were very elabor-
.' ely emhei if hed wi tn -no wers a no coior
rt shades, t . ' ; . -
;One of the pleasan'test entertainments
ff the.; season was that given; a day or
tyj-o since byr Mrs. in. wtrange ana, ivxts.-
Henry itsmltn.. cunipmwn tai y 'i j.vii.- aim
Mrs.. Leightbn 'Huske the
rooms very
artistically ornamented and the colla-r
tjvn. l,o,!iionh If liillv served. .
Jvn, rl.oMe-htfilli'V
Messenger 1'readers . about" ; vv ilmington
o -a .iorver tm lino 01 vim 'vniiuiiiKiuii-aiiu
C-rtlifivni railroad see nothing remarkable
tri the accounts of our trucking business,
iby't we are i very yivuti ni. i l, iwvei ure-
Iftps. 1 his year .11 oras' l'air iu uiims
ai'l 'our previous efforts. The shipments
'ot peas ana straw ien ie m.i c- xraia,yj
hi'avy, 4 n Which, lajst crop Myrtle hiu.
WrA- S." H. Strange Tnianaiger, jeaasv. u ram
t-tle patones nere ana xnert? a ,ibw yxi
a-TO. 'mis' t?ec:Liwir ira. ucwurca.. .
t'-Tit Tactor fin 'ijio j,i uiu diivi jivsi,.""
riSarkers. j. . , ,
rftev. I. W.i Hug'he'S. rector of. St. John 9
ie'5uTCh,. Ir. A. S. Betts and cadet i. w.
JFcrnerson writ I'euii.t: a." mv. -v
f'derate Memorial celebration. There will
to"- other ttnteresting .features, of which
f&rm;ed. . ;; . . ..... .--
ThiriTT-flvc rvaaira make a. generation.
That is how long Adolph Fisher, of
Zanesville, ., OTirrerea irom xne p'ucm.
He was cured by using three boxes of
"DeWItt's "V'tch Hazel Salve. R. K.
'i;f,-; A A -':;
SOrosis "Lart Meeting of the Season,
fThe North Carolina ISorosis met . in
retgular monthly session yesterday af
ternoon at 5 o'clock for the last time.
ipi season. Mrs. P. PearsaJl, the pres
ident, presided, with M.Vss Stella Bi vine
secretary.
$ ' ' " ...... i-T.,? : 1 .J. J-l.
hfefore tne Tneet-ni'g, uvmius iJU"- '
Igular routine maitter and the clos,-
l?g work. : . '
t'The monthly meetings wall 'be resum
ed about the middle of next fall, v
rA mmy-A '.tn. fha t-io' 1"S1ltT1c1ftnt" and
g word from the wise should be suf
ficient, but you ask, who are the wise?
Those whoi know. The oft repeated
experience bf tmistworthy persons may
i)9 taken for knowledge. Mr. W. !M-
l"erry says OWalnberlalQ'is Cough JteniT,
fdy- gives eltter saJtisfactioa than any
ftthear; ikh the market. .He has teeen In
rhe drugbusitiesa at Elkton, Ey for
twelve years; has M. hundreds of bot-
- . -
Irough medicines raanufaxstured, which
ihows xXMicitiSiively -ffliat Chamberlaln'e
'Js the most satisfactory to -the -pieople,
knd Is thie test. For sale by R. R, Bet
lamy.
I: ;
J
j, .Charleston's Heavy Artillery
I Charleston, 'S. C, 'May 5; Charles
on's proportion of ' South Carolina'
UTOte of volunteers, a heavy 'battery
ifctf artilleryi consisting of 175 men, left
.the city this morning for Columbia on
a. special train to (be mustered .in to the
I'servdce of the United States. The vol-
jmteers were - escorted to the depot by
ihe South Carolina military academy
cadets and detachments from, all of the
amps of confederate, veterans in the
jcity. i . ,
Yi If you see one young man laughing
. t the ancient jokes of another the
ijptner nasra pretty- sister. ,
'
STATE VOLUNTEERS.
The First Regiment Organized and Troops
Getting Down to Work.
INSPECTION OF
This State to Furnish Two Regiments of White and a BattaM ja of Negro
Troops The Goverilor Defeats Senator Pritchard in His Scheme 1
for a Negro Regiment--No Member of the Goldsboroeom- '
pany Rejected by the Surgeons Arms of the State ? "
Guard Called in Protest of jthe Adjutant
j ; General Regimental Officers.
(Special to The Messenger.) ?
Raleigh,'. N. C, May 5. The Golds-f
bore RiflesT Company B, First! regi
ment, United States Volunteers; passed
the surgeons in fine style today not
a man failing. The company was mus
tered in this afternoon as ' was? also
Ellington's .(D), from Reidsville and .
Hannah's (H), ? from Waynesville. An
order was received from the war de
partment reducing the number of en
listed ment men in each company j from
gighty-four to eighty and there was a
dropping of forty-eight r men. Quite a
large 'number of these "left overs' are
here ready to join other companies if
they are ne'eded by the i latter. The
men thus dropped by'the Raleigh com
pany joined the Greensboro company.
The event of today ,waa the first pa
rade of the regiment for inspection and
verification of the muster. ' Thisf , oc
curred at 5:30 o'clock. 't It was thei first
appearance of the men on the spacious
drill grounds.. There were three j bat
talions, commanded , respectively! ' by"
Majofs Smith and Rubier and Senior
Captain T. R. Robertson. The major
of the third battalion; was announced
today by the , adjutant general to be
State Senator George ? E. Butler, of
Clinton, Sampson county, brother of
Senator Marion Butler.t The. newl mav
por was in the state S guard' several
years. 1.. . , ' 3 : I
The regimental line 'was first formed
with 1,008 officers and men present! and
then- the companies farmed, but the
battalions closed to quarter distance.
Inspection of arms, equipments. .1 and
clothing was then matfe by Captain
Gresham, mustering oicer. All j the
officers and about 60 per cent, of the
men are uniformed and about 70 per
cents armed. The Riffes are in poor
condition and so are ;tfie . equipments.
The mn are a good lq-and will' soon
harden. Comparison .sh'owred plainly
how valuable the leaven) of the guards
men is in them' and their" marching was
very creditable for the; first effort.
Hundreds of people Witnessed this.,
first formation; of wars regiment .with
keen interests Report; Is.: to be made to
the war department bysCamln Gres
ham on the arms, equipment, clqthlng
and; personnel.! -He,.declined; to igive
any opinion upon? his1 inspection".!
Battalion Ad.jutant4Li. sBi Alexander
acted as regimental adjutant, Vice H.
R. Cowles, .who failed'yto, pass. - j It- is
understood Alexander- will be. made
regiment adjutant, with rank , of icap
tain. ,- -. , i . - , ' - 'j
Governor and' Mrs,i Russell and; the
adjutant general watched the forma-
,ttbn of the regiment. At the conclu
sion of the - inspection the companies
returned to camp, g i
" Active drill begins tomorrow. Yes
terday'and today, rfl(orijing and after
noon, there was setting, up'drill. The
troops need shoes, auhasare fit for
marching. They need light uniform
clothing for all enlisted men and un
derclothing also. . ,' ; ' ! . '
Governor Russell and Senator . Pritch
ard are at cross purposes as to j the
volunteers. This timefhe governor
comes out on top. The president's; call
for volunteers said the national
guardsmen were to be given the pref
erence. There are twelve guard com
panies in the'First regiment of volun-
teers and there; are seven in the Sec-
ong regiment of Volunteers. Senator
Pritchard had arranged, it appears,
that 'there was to e one white land
one negro regiment, and the secretary
of war had ordered, the mustering of
fleer, Captain Gresham, to so muster
them in. Governor Russell asked; the
secretary that North Carolina's quota
be increased to three regiments. This
request the secretary of war refused
The governor telegraphed him this eve
ning that he had followed the request
of the president and given the , guard
companies the' preference; that his re
quest to be allowed to- furnish a third
regiment 'had been refused and that,
therefore, he would- take only a negro
battalion, and will mobilize this at
Fort Macon. ' jy ' - ' - I
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The governor received a letter ! this
afternoon from Norh Carolina negroes
living in Washington, D; C, thanking
him "for - his : nobfe stand in recom
mending to the secretary of war the
enrollment of negro; trdops from North
Carolina in the volunteer army "
It .is said tonight that : orders
have been given the railways to be
ready to move the other ten companies
of the Second regiment to Camp
Grimes next Monday. j
All drummers .-will, be dropped in the
First regiment. There is a chief bug
ler and also a chief musiciafl. The lat
ter will organize the field music, tak
ing not to exceed twenty-four enlisted
men. Drums and fifes are things of the
past. N -
A telegram from Captain Calvin D.
Jl: A A. T7 Ci.-
Cowles, Jr., U. S. A., -now dl
Philip, near New Orleans, says he ac
cepts Governor Rusleld's tender of the
colonelcy of the Flrt regiment, of vol
unteers. He is expected here Monday.
The folllwng is th formation of the
battalions of the Firfct regiment: First,
Companies A. C. X and B; Second,
Companies E, G,gH.and F; Third,
Companies If Xi, M " pd K. . i
There was a thunr storm and rain
this Afternoon, bo tj very acceptable.
as they cooled the aig, which -was much
needed. Rain laid the dust, which was
becoming a great -nuisance.
The adjutant general was Interview
ed at 11 o'clock tpnight and said; that
Acting Quartermaster R. C Marshall
this " afternoon - receive . a telegram
THE REGIMENT.
from thej war department ordering all
arms and equipments in possession of
the Norths Carolina national: guard to
be sent to Raleigh and directing hinT
to receipt o the state department for
the same.! The: adjutant general has
t a1 o o-tVi A v, i
v;v ure aeureiarv or war thtf
eighteen companies volunteered while
iweive. railed to ivolunteer and
that the latter are needed as the police
power, or the state and he requested
thaj: arms held by them be not ordered
in. He expects a favorable reply.
It is-probable that all these rifles are
being called. in to be sent to Cuba for '"
use-in-arming the insurgents,. as 10,000
have been called in from .-"military,
schools for-the same purpose.-' -
Ther are two companies of the Sec
ond regiment in camp arid there are
quarters: for two more and the adju
tant general has therefore ordered "Wil
mington and Oxford companies tjo re-
port at camp tomorrow. He expects
tents from the government, by Satur
day by express. ' He was today notified
that 1,500 blankets had been shipped.
All other; companies of the Second reg
iment should be in readiness to move
here on short notice. The Wilmington
company; arrives at 4:40 o'clock tomor
row. ' . - . . .,V
' A telegram was sent to the war de
partment, saying that the state would
dispense i with a heavy battery and
raise threej companies of negTO infant
ry to bej commanded by a, major and
asking that the quartermaster and
commissary be sent to Fprt Macon im- .
mediately, or give authority for the de-i
tail of one "from here - to iprepare the
fort for reception of these troops, so
that Captain Gresham, after mustering
in the troops here can; go thereand
muster the negro battalion in. It is
said the i governor will appoint James
H. Young !i major. Taylor's company
of the state guard goes in as Company
A of this; bkttalion, as it of course has ;
preference under the law. Comment la
made that .Young's appointment will be
purely political.
No one can .say yet who will com
mand the Second regiment as colonel.
or who wiilr be its majors. It seemsr
that Davis.Batchelor or Sutte will get'
the position , as major. One company
of ' the 'Frstj regiment has every man "
umformedJand in .another every man :
is armed i ; . .
The adjutant general' today tele-
graphed ra
request to the war depart-
ment' that
transportation home and
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some assistance be furnished the men
who were rejected by the surgeons.
. Railway Building Burned
(Special to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, j N. C, May 5.-The depot;
freight warehouse and telegraph office
of the Seaboard Air Line at Franklin-
ton were burned today. The loss .' is
complete. ) ' ''! ' :
.When a man is suffering ' with v an
aching head, a, elugg'Lsh body, when Ivia
musqles are ;; lax and lazy, his brain .
dull, and his stomach disdalrting food.
he yfM, df; wise, heed these Warnings
and resort ta the right remedy, befOTe
it is too laite. "Parker's SarsaparUla,"
the "King of Blood Purifiers,", makes
the appetite keen and hearty Invigor
ates the liver purifies the blood and
fills it with the life-giving elemenltis of
the food. It is a wonderful bkwd ma
ker and .flesh- ibuIMer. , Sold toy J. C
Shepard, J. H. HaxdiA and. H. 1a. Fen;
tress, i- i x. v...;.-
The Jump In Wheal.; ;
New YorkMlay 5.-r-The sensational fea
ture Mf wneaic tnis artemooni was-iur
nished Jby ! the May option. In. steady
leaips and bounds of. several cents at a
clip iit ) tjowted' along- urttil stopped by
the closing- gong at $1.45, the. highest
prfe since the days of "Old HutCh." On
this basis cash No. 2 red would be oom
Imally worth $1.47 ini this' market. In
keeping wieh the jump "lpi wheat, there
has 'been -a corresponding big addition to
he price of flour", amounting to 75 cents
for the week. . -
Suffered 20 Years.
M'
US. MAEY LEWIS, wife of a promi
nent farmer, and well known- by all
old residents near Belmont, N. Y,.
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a constant sufferer from nervous prostra
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tors and advertised remedies without bene
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unnerve me I'was unable to sleep, bad a
number of sinking spells and slowly grew--,
worse. I began using Dr. Miles Eestoratlre
Nervine and Nerve and Liver Pills. At first
the medicine seemed to'have no effect, but
after taking a few bottles I began to notice
a change; X rested better at night, my appe
tite began to improve and I rapidly grew
better, until now I am as nearly restored
to health as one of my age may expect God
bless Dr.Miles'Nerrine.
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