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A .PEACE PR0T0G0L
' ' i ' ; - 1 - -I The, trial of the hoodoo doctor. Bb ! ! . I ' ' i Knights of Pythias, of which her dead ' T l I. I - " , . i I -
Including pvacuation !
Rico is Agreed Upon. '
;TV0 IMPORTANT
The First Not Satitfactory,--At ScloncLAmbssador Cambon Recedes
'i from His Demands and Agrees itr tiie ProtocoI-'-Ternis of the
. ; : v Agreemeni An Arhiistice :nceded Only on Terms .
Names Suggested as i l'eacei
Troops to be Sent to Ma
tions to he Recjoininended.
j . Washinxiton, August 10. The prelims
! inary neg'6tiaU(jri.s! ,JiKjkJng toward the
t cotifirmatiOn of pfcaj. advanced long
Btep. today' when th Becretary 6t Itate
('i and tfie Erench ambassador . aKrd
iipri the tk-rrus upori vhl:Ti uturtt ne4
- ? - . - j . - - . ..
-gotiations for a treaty of jptral-e are ti
be con-duMiedp; andr
i-Uiieed these in lh
: This protocol, It
signed anJ is to be
.form . Vfi.aJ
protoi-ol
la true, is yet to-be
rutimitted
to tilers
!pa n is h go vernrnenl
befor the!
forjoal .signatures are v af 4
jxeay i)iit ine aumitiistratiorrs view aa
to tiii firiiiKrt-HS rnuxle ; todayV was' set
: dux, in i Seretafy- Iaiy's snthte
"Ttifj exiject'e that. ih Is protocol, will
.be exA-ctit.!J.'
in I;
. Thf re j.-j
always
lie possibility
dealing iv
th.tliif- d
anisuj gjvernirvent
. that-it inay rejde'at the last iioment
U f roro', ani Jim plied f aglrefini-n t bu t - i t is j'
t scarcely !pjobutarthi It Would be will
ing o 'ifivblye Uie"
-in the d41Ilcultie.s ;f
h rencli ambassador
1 ii .
oV j
hat would , foil
avhat tOMhe . world jviould seem:to be a
i 'reDtnttStiofc of 7-hlH
beaevoient: efforts
it jn -behalf, of Spain
r There 'jniiiit be. idlay possibly from
Hventyrpour .to noi;
.. fore'. th?j liext stt.-pj
tiy'-eight hours be-
carl -be- taken and
he '-protocol made
the United States'
piridfng1 upon -both
and . Spain by the
- .atfachrnerlt of the
.signatures of 'the
J, ;j)leiipot,emtiariesT-
cretary : Day - for
.the -United States
knd Mi Cajnbon-for
Spairi.
'he de
4! to-.;.:
lay
ivlll be largely 'att-
rrjbutab e
physficalp causes. The
jirotoc&l
H long: it!
tnust be translated
jind , t.urhiU " brick iji'i'd forth i Into ;code
ttiid '8im
plft language ;no less than ;liVe
r " 1 IT .--cj:
times before it reafi
lies Madrid through
the 'Ffehcjli foreign
office. This work
-was not begun uiktil late this aftei
noon ; af
rtejr : it
had
consumed the best
.-jf the: sta'te. 'depart!
ment, ana ai.'t t niet-
baut.' sect'etary uf
tihe French lembash
?y",in the IprepaYatli
in .in formal shape
tif ; two copies of tli
KnglijSh apd 'bne liji
protocol, oni' in
French,; . j
These
fcjvere prepared very care- t
variance in the
t-o Jangmiges necessitating the .greats
': ' .est rautidn In ordeir4 that the iidentir
I i i t-al clia!raj!tervof tl)ej t.wo copies should.
,. : i,e prftserf.ed.' Thf length of I he pro
toeol Imposed a reat amount of labor
' : : upon !the cipher c erks, ;or whoever is
i;t charged with the work of rendering
i V '-the original into cipher; so that alto
f ! aether Jt 1p apparent .th- consumption.
)t time involved! in purely mechanical
f Junctions -will be 30; considerable as to
. - :4'- Tinake" the enditlort bf, a very early an
. i-wer Improbable, p-j-.'"' . I
' ) -if r TF.RMS OF TH1i3 PROTOCOL. . 1
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' Al? td the ehafaeter of ; the protocol it
' 5 V.,. : t. 4 f oil T
aiithority that the
can fc"; : "T" r. "
erms iire in all -practical points those
pet out m the.-;aDstraoti ot tne irehi-
lent's ' conditions puonsneu uum
White hoUBe a" -we t ao. . From thLa
I !fact 1t is .deducteij f hiit the extra con
f Alitloris oc tduallfiifii ions sought to be
X- imposed by-the- sWanish , government
i -svere absfridohed, af least in large part.
' jy the Fnendh anlbissador. . 1
This rtoKludtioil iJbl supported, by the
-irct.mstanecK that in. the early morn
Ine' and before thi- inference, between
Secreta'-yi Day and 'M- Cambon, which
- Resulted jn" the agr ment; there was ta
-imnrpssii in. based upon the
mi'rteiiancel & pufib men who talked
1 . -withJ ' the ;! preeideiiiLj : that the .panif.n
answer was '-unsatisfactory -. aim. mai,
tthe nekotiations looked as if they
snisht terminatei feuUdehly. ;i; -As
-this- s4tuatiti 'changed so .sud:
ieiily after th...Mnference, it may be
itfairly assumed that, the ambassador
Abandoned theicoijiditions -which th
rpreident was i-eputed.to have regarded
if .intiKfnrtorv h it fe believed that
I fte ' protbcot i earriest I-wtthin itself -pro-Hi
vision fon the cessation .of hostilities ;
."TO -ADOPT THE (NAPOLEONIC POL-
J'l- -i tit:Y. .i -. j ; - - :y-
'if - .ori this Doint1 the naval- contingent
iiirp-P-nt! that'our government iardopt
w-'NandlebnJe'; ifoltcyVof refusing itoi
-nter intd an a Anbtice' without acquir
"ing Bonier substantial i.ledge to secure
the consummation j 01 . peacr.., "v
v.:- rHcularlv t desire is :that (fur
ov'ernment shall! 'dfemand as a- condi
x tion Ot -d cessatikiml of -hostilities, the
k..,rPiiHpr4o tlie United States mijitary
XflMorro castle at the entranejs
of Havank ttarbof and some such points
Kf -vantape at.thf other .important.
Tborts in the ' territory soon to Jail , ub-
- Litrr .u u i tviiiiyt- 11 1: d - -
' THE SELECTION OF COMMISSION
" ' ,Jili.J' rirritfatiohs-are' inow be-t
V.j t - t advanced to" a point wher.s
1. S":. st-fcnst ft.lt h warranted i- in
Tiie; pcesw " -:.u iinri
- cf thesiofe be arged by
lur, k r S" far acan be
tively dete.rmine- "r--Sf, head the
'of. Secretary D h"o jvill head th
commission.,;: dndJAJV
Is no certainty, jvlkbough LfI
neent names ha ibeen fT?i
;4ard."!Mr. Woedt rd, pur lt minir
to Spaini has f been so ".tf
though he is credll ed with enter ains
k desire. 'to retujn :to! Madrjd in ne
capacity Df Unttei States minister, arr
;; iter- the war. :Th4 two a.nnbitions nigF
Conflict, a ueace oromissiioner not ali-
' -ways being welcome . as a minister
resident i particujt rjy v where he has
Tjeen party to fotejhg- an abnoxlous
peace up4n.fh5 count rj" tu which he is
' 44 be accreditekl. j I''. ;i - - i.
' One of; the names that finds u.niver-
pal approval amfc persons versed in
' ' diplomacy is tha :of Mr. Eustis, ex
''anTbassador to Prapce. whose staunch
Americanism, cbtnbined 1 wnth ' -diplo-'
'"anatic characteritids and legal ability,
are urged as ftttjifi him especially far
': appointment as j eice commissioner.
-The factithat M-. Eustis is a democrat
-Tvould n4t militate iugainst his chahces,
1 as it id 1 presumed that the president
rould rather prefer tJ make the .com
- mission non-parMs4n. --.. ' , I
I The nival: officers have' - made up
hetr minds ;that pace is at hand and
kre planning for: a, Reduction of the na-
rval eStaDllSnXnelV llJ a. inratr yaoia.
rrhe first step tj.be taken will be the
iretiremept of thb nionitors from active
fwervice. They are-uncomfortable craft
jso live in and afford the men. little dp
! portunity-for general' training. ,
' ' PPAIN RECEDES FROMj HER DT3-
';; j '.if-; . i .makds. ' ; ::'',i!;;'
' ' rThe answer of Spain to the terms of
peace not being entirely satisfactory
.... 1 w. J V. . . mo a - a -.TTn ii
1 appreheiision early Lin the day that ne
' eotiations might be broken off or fur
- ther delayed. A conference between
the French ambassador and Secretary
- - Day at the state department during
the morning, however, ; seemed to re
lieve the situation, . as this was fol
lowed promtly by- la call of the secre
tary on the president with! whom he
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of Cuba and Porto
CONFERENCES
Cornmissioners--More
nila Naval Promo- 1
After IhiS" talk, with the president
th. secretary said: ' --i ' .
'We. have: agreed upon- a protocol
embodying proposed termslfor the ne
gotiations of a treaty of peace, inc
luding the evacuation .Of -Cuba and
Porto Kico:and it; Is expecited that this
protocol will be' executed."! .
This was'the- flrat admission that the
wo governments : at least! had practl
ally . come together on-.-. the basis of
peace. It was intimated, that what re
Kiained to hi accomplished was purely
formal in character and no .doubt w as
ntertained that -the signatures requir
d would be attached 111 due time.- :
i NAVAL PROMOTIONS. I ' '
Another, rnattet: which ba3 received
ttentioir is - the jtrotnotions to be ac-
ordfd to officers who have disinguish-
(fijl thT-mselves-during the hostilities. A
tepwas "rnade in this direction today
lby the submssion. to the jresient. bt
itjinmendations by the secretary of
he., navy for thei advancement of ajl.
fv. t be t officers of Sampqon'H lleet who
istinguished themselves. 1 It was an-"
liaui
jvou
iiauneed Siome time-ago that, a board
lid be appointed to decide on all
itrornotions -to be recommended, . but
r some reason this plan seems to have
keen abandoned, so far as- some of the
hief .officers were concerned. .
The president ha's determined to
recommend to co'ngress,- that acting
tear Adnairal Sampson- be advanced
ight -in umbers and Commodore Schley
six numbers: This -will result in mak
ing . each a rear admiral,: but 1. with-
'oinmodore Hchlejr - ranking lrnmoui-
ately below Admiral Sain pson..i Cap--
Rn Clark, -ot. the: Oregon, will be'.rec--'
(htnTtended for an advance ot snqnum-
enant , Comniandpr W ainw right . will
k( : up eight numbers. . Other promo
tions throughout :the fleet, will be rec-;
(kmmended. - v ..-.:!:-
MERRITT'S FORCES TO BE JN
! " CREASED.
General- Merritt's force in the Phil-
ppines- is to Dei increased Dy. tne rf.uuu
uroops 'nowi at San. Francisco, which
will be sent as soon as transports can:
ei obtained. ." 1.. . r.- " J -e-cretarvi
Aleer said today that 3,000
r4ops 'Nvould sail at once. The de
partment nas not sumeient transports
atl hand to convey the- remaining!. 5,009
iit I present, but the secretary says with
tfiose already arrived and : oh the seal
tpgtheri 1 with the Si, 000 ( which aire to
If a ye San Frangisco at once, General
Merritt Will have a lorce of 18,000,-and
thre. will' be no -hurry for' the embark
aftion; of ; the remaining troops. - The de
partment i nas nao an oner ot i iwo
shiips to transport; the trtH)ps, but icon-t
skiered the prie 'asked lexcessivei, ! ancj.
is probable the return .01 the trans?
urirts that first- went to 'Manila iwill be
aiwaitedii The secretary 'tiday, dabled
(Jener'aJ Merritt- askintr him .when! it
was expected the transports would re-r
tiirn' to San Francisco,1 anq if, they sare
likely to". reach that pqint wlthinjthree
weeks. I Their return will be awSaited
it ;H11 take at least ! that length of
tjtne tiJ get new transports -in readiness
ti carry the troops. ik-n-ri, 11) ?
KXTJiA SESSION OF SENATE IN
T 1 NOVEMBER. ' ; r
lit has developed that just' before
the Spanish answer was delivered, ate.
yesterday '. President McKlnley! 1 ;ani
libuncetl that 5 an extra session of j the
tifnate would ;be held doubtless in .No
itmber to consider any treaty of peace
ihich might be agreed; upon.i I
"ROOPS ' ORDERED ; !TO DIFFER
ENT CAMPS. n , I 1
rTli secretary of -war has ordered one
r4tviston of the First :armys corps from
ilhattanooga to Knoxville' Tenn.; and
inotht5?- division of the. ;i same I corps
from-Chickamauga to Lexington. Ky.
JV- division of the Fourth corps ntw at
Vamptf ha's been orderedto Huntsvill-e,
kla. The Second , division (General-
Lavis'!) of the Second army corps now
it Manassas, Va. has been ordered to
Middletown,. Pennsylvanii. The-i ad.
iiisability of marching the troops from
:;hickamauga to -. Knoxville and Lex
ington -i lis under consideration.:! iThe
'irst Ohio and the Fifth United states
avalry- ase ordered from .Tampa .' t!o
ajontaUk Point. The; Fourth i Ken-
uckv, : Colonel . Colson commanding.
has 'been : ordered from Lexington -to
ffa'cksonville and attached to'the Sev-
nth corps. , The movement of j these
rotfps is in accordance with the: plans
bf th waTii department,; to break up
he large camps and spread the jtroops
hbout the country, r; : s ! ' jT
ffHE THIRD VIRGNTA REGIMENT
- 1 . " HUW.V : i : i-
The officers and men of vthe (Third
In'irginla are - indignant- because of
hat tl?ey say are false reports -m rer
Monday ' evening. They say that the;
Irouble, started in a report .that'a. hos-;
bital stewrard had been murdered byi
colored man. - rnei ; crowa . .wniciK
L-rossed the sentry lines, they sayy was;
composed of about thirty Virginia
rnen, fifteen or twenty from the First
?onnecticut;and ten to fifteen soldiers
from other iregiments, t This crowd,
tney say, was-soon orougnt mtoi camp
v. an. officer .of T:he ; Third Virginia.
Afterwarda-ft much larger number or
Soldiers gathered t to learn the cause
bf the excitementi- but there was no
feetiDus disturbance, General .. Butler
It is aid, -arrived on the sceneuiear
the ' close of the incident - and, owing
tto highly colored stories tnat ; 1 1 naa
tt-eached him, took a serious view of
he occurrence. iAj statement' signed by
wvnty-eight officers of the Third vir
giniar,ay that great injustice has1, been
Hone "one of the best- disciplined jregi-
tnftnto in the service Dy a auuemeni
that the Virginians would not obey
their officers and wete iorceq 10 re
turn by other regiments' under armsi
I t? R.'TJuff. the hospital steward isaid
I o have been killed by Uhe negrp.i has
hot been seen since, but ; is not; believed
to have suffered fatal frnJunes. ? fi s-
Two deatns nave neen reyui ikoh
k-pstprdav. Thev were 'Priyates Li .
R'an Buskirk, Company A. Thirteenth
pPennsyrvaHiararid Private C. J.'Kurtz,
Company C, Third Mew xorK ; ; j
Desoite fords waist aeep ana muu-
dy roads, the pecond sdivision yester
day reached Tnorougniare uap, 1 v a..
cbvering two days'; Miarcnes in 1 one
aay. ! Tne troops were aremijjsru ! aim
had to camp on i ground5 made soft by
rain. I'Under thel - circumstances inc.
hiihlvr' successful. ! The
onnrtermaflterrS department performed
its work well. Twenty-one' typhoid fet
ver patients will be taken to Fortion
roe hospital
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A Train over a Fifty Foot Embank
ment. . . ' ! '
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Richmond, Va., August 10. Near
Pennington ithis state, last, night i sl
westbound passenger train on s. the
Louisville and Nash vill railroad went
down ' a fifty-foot fill. There were
about thirty persons on the train. 'AU
were more or less hurt except; the
fireman and engineer, but-no one -.was
' I K-.'--l-! .--- AB'mrat'ct'vJAa.-n . ' -, I Ni - I. . :; - T L .. n I A ' . Baiv otikniKK L.t. l. ' .2.1 - i J .;.'J.. Ju'l ' I ' ::- !" ' " ! .: 'J F : ' -Jl .'t'-kX! SL. i .H- -ill - ! I
The Hoodoo Dor tor was Tried Yeter
f ,! day fol Beluga ulnte
THeitrtal of the1 hoodoo doctor. Bb
Roblnon, colored, for Wing, a nuis
aric4. :00k place yesteij-day ''morning at
a 'o'fp.ck in Juptjee. McGowan'a court.
AfttJr hearing th'e testimony In. th
rasJ'-' Squire j McGowan amended ths
warrant and adjudged ! Robinson guilty
of SisKrderly t-onducti fining him $3
and W.4stSi : :-f'
Rbirisun's I offence Vi'as 'a very ag-
Kravatt
d -one. . i Lat Saturday after-
1
nooni
came
t hen? the , steamer Wilmington
p to fthe city ktbout 5 i'clock,
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therje- was Quite a crowd standing on
tlje Jwharf waiting- to igo down to the
beach-: i-There waa also a large num
ber of; passengers on the Wilmington,
and those on the wharf, of course, had
to wait -until" those on-the boat dis--emljarked.
Itobmson, ;.who- is a burly,
strapping negro, was amonp those or
the wharf, and for some reason or oth
er, he got ;ma& and commenced to act
in. a" very disorderly manner. . He was
intoxicatedand started -to cursing,:
which shocked quite .4 pumber of la
dies on the wharf. He fore'ed his way
ojaboart the. Wilmuagtpiw but : was
speedily putj off. ' Then he raised the
devil,' walking Jup and Idown the streets
Cursing fast and loud!, w hile , people
were constantly; passing to and fro.
Justice Fowlfr arrested him and made
therwarranti returnable I before Justice
McGowan. I I ' I.
1 It, is. stated kh-at a precedent will be
mae to the grand jury of the next
r-riminaJ couK .charrging Robinson with
being- a nuisancei ( ..
Win your ibaciie-s ' against , disease,
by -F acting promptly -.One Minute'
Cough Curei produces iimmedlate re
sults iWhen taken, early it prevent.!
coTisumptionj" And in: later stages it
furnishes prompt relief , It. R. 31el-lamy."-.
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' Vouns Folk Kujoy Thertmelve
The lads and 'assies of Ayrightsville
beach! gave la delightful frolic last
night, 1 and ; invited many little people
from the city to attend. It wits given
in the attractive Carolina jYacht Club
building, the use of which was kindly
tendered for the purpose - .
The guests from the! city went down
to ' the beach on the evening Seacoast
train, and they were' a jolly. lot.: .When
their destination w;as reached they got
from aboard theVtrain witl .alacrity,
and. were soon shaking nands with the
many gallant hosts and! hostesses, who
royally welcomed therp.and gracefully
evinced great pleasure at their at
tendance.. Then dancgng was copi--menced
in the " spacious, ball room of
the. clubh and never di'd the-iterpsfcho-rean
art afford more; pleasure to any
one'as it did that merry,- happy, lot of
young: folks. The, Atlantic band fur7
nished the -music while the attendants
furnished the fun. Dancing was kept
up until the l&sX of the, engine whistles
announced the'jnear d,eparture of the
10 o'clock train. Then; good-r byes were
reluctantly r iaid,1 andi the much 'en
joyed s frolic .was not more, except in
the imemorie's "of rthei; delighted little
folks, where it- will always be'fresh.l
I Those who enjoyed the pleasure of
the eveninej werei Miss; Belle Latimer
with Mr. Ecker,.- Miss Mary Allen Short
with Master George Thomas. Miss Jenr
nie Burbanki with: Master Willie WatJ
ters, Miss Louise Bellamy with Master
jllenry Short, Miss Bessie Burruss with
Master Burke Bridgers, Miss Del- Bur-,
bank with Master Hal. - . Boatwright,
Miss Daisy Burbank with Master Har
ry West, Miss Jennie iMurchison with
Master ! Ceorge Kidder, ' Miss Fannie
Murchison with Master Chesleyi Bel
lamy'. Miss Marguerite Short with Masf-r
,ter Milton iCalder, Miss Elovine1 Bur
russ -with Master, Robert Calder, Miss
1 Margail Bridgers with Master Lewis
i Davis; Miss Lucy Bridgers withiMas
rter piatt Davis, MissfBessie Bridgers
with Master George Catlett, Miss Bes
sie Latimer -with - Master Will Gore,
Miss Atha Hicks with Master Joe Wat-,
ters,; Miss . Viola 'Livingston with Mas
ter George: Parsley,! Miss Kate Nor
throp with: Master Greer Boatwright,
Mr. i Charles Yjbung BidgOod and Misses
Ruth and, Ernestine Bridgers. -s .
Mrs". Edwin. Northrop performed the
duties of -chaperon graciously and well.
The participants wish thanks returned
to Mr. 'r Walton, the; icustodian of the
dlubi who was unremitting t in kind
ness,. : ! .1 ' I- ! :. 1 ill :; - I.
The Chief Burgess pf Mile ourg, Pa.,
say DeWltt's Little 1'Early Risers -are
the best pills he ever' used in his fam
ily du.ri r forty yearns of house keep
ing.! They cure constipation, i sick
headache, 1 and stomach .; and : liver;
Avuibles. i Si-i II In size, but '"great In
results. 14R.R.! Bella :.; .1 ' t
- Fuueral of ITlr. f. ITlebane J i
The remains of Afr. C. P. Mebane'j
who died at Washington, N. C, Tlres-
days afternoon; arrived here at ,5.:40
o'clock-yesterday afternoon by" the At
lantic Coast i '.Line. 1 Jaccompanied by
Mrs. Mebane, Mr. Ci j P. Mebane, Jr.j
and Mr. Harry S. Fullwood;"of Wash
ington, son-in-law o'f the deceased. The
casket was met at the depot by rela
tives and friends and was bbrne to the
grave' at Ookdale cemeteryv where the
services . took i place. 1 The Rev. P, H.
Hoge,' D.f D.J pastdV of the Firsts Pres-i
byterian'5 church, who was with hs
family at Raleigh, returned to the city
last;: evening, and conducted the ser
vices.';, After the remains . had been
laid away,.many beautiful floral de
signs were 'iaia upon .tne. grave as a
token' of respect to the memory of-the
deceased.. ;j ' - i ; j . , s
! The following acted as pallbearers:
Honorary, -Messrs. C. :H. Robinson, B.
G. Worth, B. F. Hall and Samuel
Northrop; I active, Messrs. H. C. Mc
Queen, C Y. Worth, John W. Monroe
P. Pearsall,' R. W. Price, Captain W.
R. Kenan, Colonel Roger Moore and
Colonel s W alker Taylor. 1 ,
Bob Moore.jof LaFayette, Ind., says
that for constipation he has found
DeWitt's Little Early Ris-.a to 'be- per
fect. They never- gripe. Try them
for stomach ajid liver troubles. R. K.
Bellamy. u ; . ' .-
: A Day's Sport at Carolina BeacU
'there was another day's sport at
Carolina Beach yesterday under . the
auspices of Hanoven Seaside Club. The
Steamer! Wilmington carried down be
tween 25piand S00 tpeople and they hat
a "most enjoyable time. ' I
After the steamer arrived, at the
Beach on her 2:30 p. im trip, there was
a shooting match, with quite a num
ber Of entries to sfiooi for the prizes..
The possible Tseore waa 15, and Mr; C.
F. VanKampen won the first prize with
a sqore of l. Mr. John; H. Boesch came
second, with1, a score! of 6. Mr.-Von-Kaippen
won the first prize, a Winches
ter; 'rifle; ,and Mit i Boesch the second,
a- season1 ticket an I the steamer Wil
mington. ' . V ... :
" During i the afternoon there was an
exciting bowling tournament- in the
club's bowling alley There were quite
a number of rollers, but all of them
oould not win. Mr; D. MeEachern won
the first prize, -a leather satchel. ' Mr
Adoplh Ahreps was second man, and
got a ticket op the stamer; Wilmington
for the balance of the season. The
third prize Was a. path suit, which was
carried off by Mr. M. Kathjen,
The Italian harpers played in 1 the
dance hall of the club house and there
was dancing al the (afternoon.. Last
night the regular Wednesday; night
hop of the club was given, and it prov
ed quite . a pleasant affair. ,' i
The steamer Wilmington brought the
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i city people bade at midnight. .
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ii iiniiii n iivv 1 1 V hh iv fl rrSSrSl'UA A U W DPlT nmtrv .
in un r n jrou uu iulll l iu uu nuu uu uiul t i m -v !a n , m
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st ..- I i! I ! .;.'.. ! , reus oana was a prominent raemper. I r- - ! ! . - -'' i. !
Regiments in
the Camp
FOUR MORE ASSIGNED
1
la.klug! It t!ie:eeAd Lar(;eit tu tlie
( ouutry Two Soldier Arrested ou
1 ' - . ;
CharsMoi "rtmlnal Assaulc Gover-
uor, Shaiv XMeaaedXAVltli tVbat lit
Se- le Vlhit tue Camp at Fernan-
dlua o Drill
Kxcept Early
Late lu tlie Hay.
1
Jack.spnville, Fla August lft, Two
private:! tiif the Second VirginiaXand
ne of the Fourth i Virginia regiments
are under arrest and confined in the
founty jail, Charged With making' ' a
j-iminajl: assault en' a colored girl.
tThey are to have &. pfeliminary hear
ing, toniorrow inort ing. i :, ; . ?"
Enis, a pnest of the'order
of t. lominlc has been assigned d to.
the staff of Colonel Hines, of the Sec
ond Ntjw Jersey, ri giment,' ' and wil
look, after the spiritual, neeos of tti
Catholic soldiers ol .the Second divis-
f 4' - ' I ' T- k " ' :
j The Fourth Illirois, haying been'
transfej-red -from he Second to the
First -d5 vision, moved JpdaH from the
isKpringfield cjamp i Panama -park, a
LaJis.tance of three 'mtUes',..-' 1
.Governor Shaw ahd- party, of Iowa,
after a pleasant visit to the two' lowa-
regiments here, left this morning- for
Fernaudina,7! and iili -go fronxr there
home. He' expressddii'mself as'being
'highly ileased, not iofily. with the loca
tion of the Iowa bjys here, but with
their treatrrient by the people' of the
city,, and said that it cpd. hat be stat
ed'in ti 6 strong language. - -
t Kighteen regiments; are- now in camp,
ivith.fobr more assigned yet to arrive.
making this camp at present the -sec
ond largest in -the Country.: .
j i' ernajndina!,: I'la.', August lq. The
small detachment of seventeenv men
from the Seventy-firsti New York regi
ment haveyre:ceived orders to move, at
once to AIontauk, there to rejoin their
regiment when it arrives from Cuba.
John Wilkes, Company M. First
Florida , from Waldo': died this nyornT
ing.- 1IU was ill with measles' and was
attacked with a violent coughing spell;
during which hei ruptured a; blood
vessel, t'ausirig deajtlfe.' : . :- ;.;
I Geneital Carpenter; today issued an
order directing that no drilling be
done between thes hours of 8 o'clock a.
tii and 1 o'clock! p; m. '1
.(Governor Shaw "and party arrived to
day.. They dined fit.h General Lincoln
at his headquarter, 'but were prevent-!
een ?j
I IMPOETANT EVENTS OF THE Mfi
lecretaryiijay and Minister
Negotiating a Peace.. :
I - 1 i. I - -
At Lakeland, FIa..Twnnty-five
ment) Enter
a Train and Take
AiSM- - -
Sheriff.
Aguinaldo Loses Influence With .the Tnsun t)ts and MaUe$
Preparatiensifor Flight,
In Arkansas Five Negroes
mils Suicide, (the Result pf-the Murder of the li-.trrs Husband
The Schooner S. G. Hart is.
Crew are Saved. ; V ., . -" rV
1 Admiral Dewey Writes to Congressman iM riogstone Thamk:-
Ilim for Introducing the Resolution of Thnf ; left in Concptis4. II
' The:American Troops Capture Coamo. i. irta Rico'Aftar a :.
Sharp bkirniish; Having Only Seven Men- W01M -Jed. :U
jTroops ai Tampa Embarking
i
m
dered to Debark. ' "
jThe. Camp
at Jacksonville
The, Japanese Have Offered to
War Material if Our Government
ed from reviewing the brigade on the
beach tn account! of irain. I
PTampa, pKla., ( August; 10. Orders
were receid hre j tJiis: morning to
the ; efljeet that no more troops were
needed
at;
Prvrtn T? if
to be pent
from i here,1 : The Fifth in-
iantry was
already on board the San
tiago ready
to sail,- ana naa to oe un-
loaded
: They will remain here, un
til further orders.. This also stops the
trip contemplated by General Coppin-
ger ! and his
on thik 'trip.
staff as -.they were to go
Two batteries of heavy
artillety were- so being loaded ' for
the trip; and
operations were; stopped.
! , -. P l i i . '
Sick headatcnej hlliousness.' constipa
tion aritl all liver, and stomach troubles
can be quickly 'cured, by using- tl.ose
famous little1. pi!ls-known as DeWitt's
Little Early Risers. They are pleasant
Ao-take and ! never BTirA. ; R. R. Bel
lamy
NORTH CAROLINA BANKERS
Hold
Tlieiri
Auui
Convention In
CharJotteSubjecta Ulscnased If ester-
day.
rf
Chatlottje,
August 10.-The
North
Carolina Bankers' .Association.
is holding its second afinual conven-
tion here today, f Prominent . bankers
are here from all; over the state.
The
morning ! session today
was
opened by a cordial address of
wel
come j by ! James A. Bell, of this ; city,
which was responded to by Joseph G,
Br6wn,j president of the Citizens Na
tional! hank.! ofii Raleieh. Thomas H.
Battle:. : president of -the Bank of
Rocky Mounts made ;his annual address
as 1 president) of the. association. I
i At the fafternoon sesSioA, J. W, Nor
wood, president of the Atlantic: Na
tional ..bank,1 jpf i Wilmington; read a
paperl oni the : subject: "Why ; Should
the ' Nol-th Carolina Banking Associa
tion fee Maintained?" i ; :
;i William B JBlairJ vice; presSdeht of
the Peoples; National bank, of jWln-
ston, discussed "Banks of Issue,"
1'Uniformityt iin Collection Charges',
and. How - it j May "be .Accomplished,
was thej theme of thei paper presented
by John H. IMUler, Ur.,vcashier of the
Merchants- J land Farmers' National
bankj of Charlotte. !
"Wjhat Banking Legislation is Need
ed bjf Us," was discussed by Thomas
A, Green, president ' of i the Citizens
bank,
of New Bern.
Cnlna Gives Way-to Russia
ij London, Augusts 11. The Pekin cor
respondent of The Times says: jt'Th'e
Tsung 14 Yamen'1 (Chinese foreign, of
fice) has giten. formal assent to all the
conditions imposed by the Russian
charge; d'affaires, ,M. Payloff, regard
ing the contract for- the Niu-Chwang
railway extension loan. These coridi-tionsj-
are in 'direct conflict with - the
terms pf the' signed contract and. aa
designed t& block i pie completion of
tlie final contract." j
Swiff Retribution Cbr a
Murder
THE ORpSSASSlNATION
-t- 1 -
-. ::' -it ! ' i ! :
Followed by tfeXyucblns of V te Ke i
groe, tlie Sul tde tu Jail of 71 r. Orr
tud tlie F-lIa? ' Jof mam lorrl ."! r
Orr .Tlake a t 'rtlal Confeli 1 After
Taking Foi 4-Tbe Object of. tbe A
aluation tficera Searebl ng for
Ifliwa .Tlorrl...- j !,
- - .. -. - v ':. i- I, . I!
Little Jlock rk., August Iti.-FivB
negroes are ing from the li mbs of
trees near th ?Ailroaa track, .a nd the
widow of Johf lr. Orr. is dead, in her
cell. This is I- le tragic denqjement
of f he assassf; it ion. of John T. Orr, &
"wealthy mercfevat at Clarend6r a few
nights ago. Ti wife died fronrj a dose
of poison s '-administered,; while
the negroes, .f'-V associates im crime,
were , strung u:f by a: mob of ititizens.
The lynched? ire Manse Castl ?, Den4
nis Ricard, .Rilla-r Weaver Susie,
Jacobs and AV I f Saunders. ... j
At mid-nighS -i mob fof 300! i itizens
visited'the Mot county jail a' Clar
endon,. took" f sfrfrom the prisoners
charged with Ses murdeT of Orr and
lynched them:-Khe mob was ;
orderly one, rit: i word being
aNmost
- .
being
essarily spokei fid not a sho
fired. . - mii j. i-
They-marched -2to the jail, akd -de
manded the KgJ'i of - Deputy!
Frank Milwee,Ao is In cvhaige. He
at first - refused,- 'their j demands, but
. ; pi- '- i , i .1 .1
seeing their ojbestness. turnKd oyer
to them the ke! 1 1 A committer
mob went insi. the jail -nd Urought
out the prisonf, 'and hanged itliem' to
the tramway? ?i the Halperh
saw.
mill, which stfdb about 100 y
the rear of th Jail, 1 i 1 . f
krds in
;
Will Sander" was the one wjliiij'fired.
the snot tnatr skiweo .air. urrj rtiiia
Weaver, was mother ot Sanders,
and cook'in tb i Orr ihousehblc ; l3en
nis Ricard. w. i the i"hoodoo doctor
and conjurer" f jio tried to poi: .on Orr
with boiledV sfe ike heads, an.1 Manse
Castle vbluntei ,'ed to do the jpb and
transferred it I,' Sanders. Mii3
ael Morris, acSed of being an
xvacu
acces-!
sory before- tli fact, has disappeared
Lambon Aerefc m a protocol for
' - J - . '
'-i-
Negro Solr irs tTenthRefei
a Negro IV saner from
',; ,: -,i ".-!!;!.., ::fi Ul ' '.
4he
f- i - ;-..v.;s - M.
Orr (jo
are Ilanged a( lfMrs
tar.
Wrecked Ned ; 3ilatteras, lithe
.v,v j ; , :. i ,
for Porto Ri' . JIave Beeii Or
, - -
is the Seco:-
Largest in e the
Furnish the. ?iilippinos With,
Gives up the'iljslands. ,
and her when it!its! are unknown to
the officers. " i i !
A placard !baing these wotds was
attached "to t4ebodies "This
penalty for n iJer and rape,
The negroe ;:,- remained where they
were hung utitJ 9 o'clock a. imi. today,
Great crowds: 3 riewed ; the sgft. The
negroes seem endorse the 'lynching
and. many of ?-!?m are! open; in their
expression: of iatisf action : over. ;the
death or i jJenf i iKicard,- wnse arts
of hoodoo an conjuring mafia him
an ' object! of read to themi.
While . the Jys bodies swung in the
eary 'morningjfieeze,! the bqdr ,of the
widow or tne i&raerea manj (lies aeaa
in her cell in't 'eicounty-jailwfith only
the soft sweet . voice of her S-year old
child to break the midnight silence of
the gloomy csTas the innooekit little
tot vainly crl d for mamma.
A LADY FLT( TIVE FROM ! JUSTICE
Somewhere young womajn, once
prominent in Clarendon sociejty, is a
fugitive from justice hunted! by the
officers of ther aWf. charged wwh mur;
der. Her natf" is Miss Rachiel Mor
ris and she is; W only survivqr of the
coterie of sef a named inn tie coro-
nor's verdict! i 5; being responlible for
the tragic dej i. of John T. O
Mrs. Orr dfe; i s by her own harfd,
after" compleW y i breaking ddwn and
making a pan .11 confession t iin some
way she obtafed; a quantity Jot poison
and took the .,; about 2 o'clock Mon
day afternoxw.; She : never! Regained
consciousness.-; f : j; 1
.Last Satun iy ? night John :T. Orr
was assassin tqd while making a
glass of lerat 5ade. He had ust re-'
turned; from? si loir practice w; terliis
wife was -org nist The erlrie was
shrouded In. t tery until Mi ss Mor
ris told some? fiy that sheiknew who
nred tne snovj .
After ac0r tipr's inquest extending
over two days -.a, verdict waa tendered
charging ; Mr1 Orr,' the ' Iniurdered
man's 'wife, 'v' :- beifig thel instigator
or tne crime?; , miss Kacnaeu Manse
Castle; Will Sanders, DennisJ Ricard
Rilla WeaveSV and Susie Jadobs, the
five last nan: J negroes, were charged
1 with, complicl y.n the crime
MRSJ' QV'l'S CONFESSION.
- After the 335. lest of 1 Mrs: Orr and ihe
five negroesi Jrs; Orr made a confes
sion. She L. Aitted ! t,hat j she i "had
said to -her' t .k.that she Wlihed her
husband deSind that she"v ould be
willing to -gC ,$200 to anybody, to kill
him; but -s; 'said J this was uttered
while' in a h- of - anger, andi Jiat sh.e
was innoc ;of 11 any criminal In
ten tion. i HAT' husband ; 1 abused f her.
she said, an?" nce struck tier and she,
being of - bi.1 temper herself, some
'iimes said Ines in anger; that she
Slid not meaV - - 1 1
Um lrin E ulncr That 'clid wrvllld
ineet death S- the hands pf khh law.
gp referred art .her route janp conse-
kraently tooB i poison. She died late
ftresterday; aitrtfioon jn wt ujuai
before she lWped Into unconsciousness
she willed all' of her property! to her
4-year-old daughter, Neva and placed
It iri trust j with the 'Clarendon! Lodge
Knights of Pythias, of which her dead
husband was a prominent member.
-John Orr was' severar years; ago a
theatrical man and in 1SS0 was man
ager of a theatre lna small Wisconsin
town; .There he met, and martred hi
wife. The i marrla'ge was. clandest,ine
and) the bride's parents were bitterly
opposed to. it. The Orr's lived hap
pily but aiShort time. Orr prospered
and? was considered wealthy at the time
of his death. His life, was insured for
15,000. ' - !.-;
: ! MOTIVE FOR THE CRIME.
- 1 . .
It appears from letters received by
Mrs. Orr -in the name of her cook,
Rilla Weaver, through whom all the
correspondence was conducted, that
Mrs. Orr and Rachaef -Morris were to
remain here until Mr. Orr'a insurance
money was ' collected and then go'- to
New York ; where- -they were to imeet
two men and form a theatrical com
pany. Mrs. Orr was also in corre
spondence with olJier men..
A tllMSTEH ON TRIAL
Invetlgatliuof tue Cbarxea Agalntt
Hev. Dr. A. Jaeger of tbe Soutberu
Vlrglula Dloceae. ;
. Lynchburg-, Va., August 10. The ;?c
clsiastical court of the Southern Dio
cese of Virginia, Protestant. Episcopal
church, to Jry, Rev. )r. A. Jaegeru
perintendent of the colored orphan y -
lum here, convened' in iGracer"church
this morning. ' . RoberJ Scott, Eq., of
Roanoke, .a! memberof the original i.nV
yestigatiohj committee, is conducting
thfe prosecution ,and Dr. Jaejger con
ducts his own defense. A motion for a
conf jhuance in ordejr to: summon two
witnesses f from a distance was made
by Ir. .Jaegvr and over-rujed, 'the pros
ecution . holding that '"Df. Jaeger i had
hadf plenty of tim to? get them here.
The indictment Von tains - several
Courfts. amonir which ire the nap- nt
drugs, improper .and -immoral 5ehav--
i I i
ivi , 'la-iseiy accusing- teacners-, associat
ed with' the accused, and -with sending
a telegram with the purpose bf deceiv
ing. To all of these Dr. Jaeger pleads
"not gulty.' - , ' :-;- '- .;;. '
Onjy'-three witnesses -were exarpiped
today. A-former, clerk in a drug store
here testified t. selling: to-rDr. : Jaeger
drugs mentioned iln the iSndictrtient.
Another witness, a resident of: th'js
county, testified toNDr. SJaeger's goJd
character for truthfulness charity ajfd
mownlitv. 1 ; . i V - ' '.' I J'
mbrrllty.
Florida RepubUcau.
..... -. 4
Jcksonyllejf Fla., August J.O.--aV the ;
republican j state Jconventionxheld at
Ocala yesterday, state cahdidateswere
norjiinated and . at the Second district
republican Iconvention hild at the:sainfe '
place today,- H. L. Anderson, a lawyer;.
or pcala, was nominated as a candi
date for congressman. r! Both . corivenr ,
tions were controlled bv- the Lone fad-r
xion 01 me party, juage. i-iong, national
repliblican j committeeman from Flori
da,! being chairman of the 'state con
venjlon. The; Eagan-Stillmaii ' wing of
thejparty twas completely routed. The
republicans for "the first time Jin many
yeafis intend to wage! an aggressive
carlSaigni j The administratidni was en
U ' i. i I 1 , i N
' ' p' "! t '..!., -..",- v ! ;. ; :
.XCaptured Steamers Released
: West, Fla., August JO. Acting
unpr orders' from Washington, Com
nidlfor Rmey has releasedL the: Nor-
welan steamers Aladdin and Bergen,
recently captured ' by the r. gunboats
Hawk 'and (Viking; respectively,; while
bound fromJ T,amplco: and Vera Cruz,
Mexico, for Sagua La Grande, Cuba.
The ground for their release is that
Sagua is not a blockaded port. Both
steamers left here for their original
destination, j ; '.' : 1 : T i. : -
. jiiKe aisposiiiou,: wjji--upu.Duess ne
made "pf the case : of the Norwegian
steamer. Franklin,' captured by the
Hifrk,' while bound for. Sagua.
; ; ': -I ;
"I thing tieWitt's fWtch Hazel Salve
Is the finest- preparation ' on , tin mar
keter piles." So writes. John C. Dunn,
of ;WheelIng W, Va., Try : it and- ixi
will thing; I the same, j Its: also cures,
eczema and) all skin diseases. R. R.
Bellamy, j I " -. ' v j :. '
Hattera& 'Aueust 10.H-The schooner
S. G. Hart: Captain Sawyer, from Bal
timore to Femandinai'with a. cargo of J
cpfcl, stranded. 1 at kittle s.mneKeei,
twenty miHes- north Of Hatteras, at 2
o'dpek this: morning; during a , heavy
Sqia.ll. ,Iti had a crew of eight men.
Alif were saved by . Captain Hooper, of
Bo?5ti vessel and cargo are. a -total .loss.
l4f "' :'r- ''. .' ' ":- --- l
-a
1 f
:
A ire on the IJncas Ttlille JLoaded
Witb Ammnnition Vnder Fire From
apanlsb Battery. . ; j'",; -: jr.; ; j
Key West, Fla. August lO.--The. tug
Uncas, commandpd by Ljieutenant R.
Brainerd, j j reached here jthis morriing
after an exciting fortnight pf . blockaxle
duty on the north. Cuban coast." ;:'.-,
Qri: thisjUrip, the Tineas, put ashore 1
ail. ner xpeauion ior uame anu imu
. : A J 11..-. j J I
a dangerous fire in her hqld, Just above
thel magazine. In spite of air this she
looked none- the 'w orse when she steaen
ed 'into Key Wist; harbor today fpr
niore coal i arid provisions. -:
rfhen; the Uncas left here two weeks;
ag she; carried Captain; Stable, of Go- '
mef's staff,' with sjxj other Cubans and
500 Remington carbines . and; ammuhi-
insurgent commander's
forces. '. The next morning lan over
turiied cookstove in the ! forecastle
started ; a : fire.- i The iUncas was then
on two or three miles -off Havana,-al-mofet-
in range of the enemy's guns. Af
ter extinguishing thei fire by chopping
away the woodwork the tug; proceeded
to Cayi Con'fites.i near' Caibarien, -.where!
she; put her little Cuban I party ashore;
without encountering a fapaniara. i - .1
il (was .while lying; off i Matanzas, ; a
day,! or two; ago, the; Uncas: was fired
upon. She was within two miles of the
soore when, without any warning, the
s?.nd battery of 6-inch guns, began 1 1jd
throw shells at her. I Fully twenty of
the missies fell around the tug within
a radius of 100 yards- before, she coud
get out of range. As , I she f. steamed
.away theiUncas returned the fire wih
her threes forward and after 6-poand.-ers.
r ,-i ,; v,'--!-'! I- : ; :l':-r . '.""j)"'-:
- .1 . Handsome Offlee Bailding .' ' '
j The'; Messenger learns ; that : - the
Southern ; Guarantee and Investment
Company! of : Greensboro, ; C. has
decided upon the' erection of a fine five i
stry office building, Ivt that city." If
w:fjr be constructed jof brick,i granite
aid: brpwnstone an4 will be. located
orjjthe east side of Market street' next
tojj-the 'postoff ice. (- 1 j . -
he building lis to be a modern struc
ture --and will be a credit to the state.
"Tt'wilk Have a! t rdntage,Tol eighty feet
05 moreand -will; contain ! handsome
stores on the first floor, 'ahd offices on
ty&t other floors. It will be; heated by
steam, and lighted by electricity knd
gas, and the , five floors will be con
.nected by! an elevator and staircases,
i The plans have been v made byt1 a
Charlotte i: architect, and ( work on the
building! will be commenceja in thirty
Driven Out of Qdama
eral Officers arid
T
NOW . STRONGu
At a River Four Miles llack-ncral
seiges IIolgiun.-The Ariuy-I)charMncnt Of Santiao Formed A
Spanish Schooner Capture
i
Japan Offers to Aid thfc IhiUr!pinos in Case of With-
-
i J
drawal of thd United! StutSesSpaniardH IV
- ; -1 r- i :- .
ing BrasH-Gmted ltullct.s. ; 1 '
(Copyright by A-ssoolated Press ( .
Coamo, r Porto Rico.- August SJ 1
Noon, via St. Thomas, K. I; Gjen
Tl Wilson. ca-ptuwd the; town of Co
amo this morntng With a luss of univ
seven men woundej, one mortiUiy.' all
xnembers of th'dUfcfeth Pehnsylv
id. : ;;. r'- ; r '
in
Th-e Spa.nish .are kri.wri t. hs
tneir comma nd-r. s- -Major Yeliesifaw,
apiaLniicanie, captain iJopez - an,
fln privates,, all killed, andto hiv
had thirty-five- woundedl' .-1 - " : P
The Americana captured ls0 prison
ers,. practically . thtf .vhol - tot$4 o
Spani'ard's excepL the cavalry. I t
1 he bpaniards, had destroyed ' ;th4
stone bridge across the River Coamo
leading into th tovvn.but it Was vi
dent that they wer ' not prep'ared tc
make strong resistance, as narUlBen
was posted there. "
. -- ,
The natives received the Ameficjina
with delight; . : - - J
General .Wilson. :' immedlatf ty atei
faking; the town pushed it he. WlHCorisii
troops a ! mile out beyond,- wher they
win camp ron tne night.- ... . j .
Coamo,; Porto, Rico, August 10,- 12 "m.
via , Ppnce. Trotjp C, jof s New ; Ydr-k
pursued -the party oJ$reUig Spanish
engineers, after the capture of Coamii
yesterday, a distance . four mlei
aiong uie roaq to AiDonito. The Anier
icans were checked atUhe CuyoB rEv-e
wnere tne sspaniards- had Blown j up
fche bridge, and were, shelled froii si-
Spanish -battery on- the-rsf-of "Aspn4
mie -mouniaii rrie- aismuuntea eav
airy returned V the .fire, recefving
damage knd holding the .position::
f -A -1 battalidn bf the Third Wiscorisiii
.Volunteers canie to theh- support.
Today General .Wilson's column
14
resting, repairing;
eonnoitering the
the bridge and
re
enemy's! 1 position
There are formidable gorges oh! eitihei
(-.side and the Spanish works, 'are on kh
tirests of the mountains conynandang
the road. The Spaniards have sev
eral guns mounted, among tfienf ,twa
machine guns sent: 0acfc.in.t9 fheicoun
try from the torpedo boat . tles.txoyef
n . it..-.. . rrvv. l&K..f.j ..!
11 ; win : oe airricuit- 10 uanK;
- All the men wounded In-yeisterd"ay'$
fighting . will re,cover. ;
THE DEPARTMENT OF SANT4AUOj
w asnington . Augu.st lO.-rA; qetach
ment 'of the army to be kno'nas the
department of Santiago "wjtal (jrected
tonight. Majo.r General La.ti)nis as
signed to its command. BriteioieJ- Gen
eral Wood will continue lrj'4otiman
of Santiago city. General Staffer -re
turns to this country with-, ih$ FiftS
army,'eorps.f He Will be irrornmancl
i,,f;i v... .1 ...... ! ,. f
'SHAFTER'S SANITARY EfOHT
. The, war. department" ; t'jinVs-lit made
jv...; 1.. v. , Aviruniii ( i.iirj t .Ar-ijiri tiu
Shafter Sanitary: report; foM August
9th Total number of. sick, 3-,S3or total
number of fever r cases,- 1 -2,Wfi - total
number or,new cases," 233; ttijl numt
bertof fever--cases returnedj$V duty),
327;i deaths- August 8th, fg August
?th,' ten. , ,, i -
I 1 .UAltUlA p ALT!
i (Copyright by lAssociated:ft Tpess.)
Santiago de Cuba, Angus? 10 p.
b-m. Lieutenant-Colonel Janv1bf Genf-
erai anxco uaTCias Stay, njipust ar--rived
. t rom the front, with knatches
Announcing; the !ecupa,tQrifl;Gibara.
on . the north coast of . the ipMnce of
troops. -, :.' ! " M " - i jf ! i' y .'
CJibara.was evacuated byVt'ie .Span
iards. They leftr 1,000 sllj ifelwoundi
-ed; who are being taken caryf jiyrth
Cuban commander. . " V 44- y. 1' 1!
General Garcia, j with S;00?ip9i: is
besieging Holguuv now j o;cu pied, by
the Spanish. General Lugue,;hose sur'-J-ehder
has -been-demandeot.$ ,it ri
- i Cavite; .! ManitaTrfbay, -iAujisi. 'S,f via
Hong Kong, August 9.Hfj5layed; tn
transmission. 7The ' AbnJ'ig-uns. fare
-disgusted with the condief bf Agui
n.aldo, the insurgent . ledr, . . whose
power is weakening, . owir ;i'th;e?Tact
that the Fllippinos. are: freizig? the
unsubstantiallty lof his "prhpsesf . jTwo
insurgent Steamers are n6wh: f.nlla
bay: -provisioning,: in orderfrto' rreure
.Agdinaldo'siesdape, if, neeess;ayy f U
S The American 1 field ;hpspljlal jerked
splendidly, under St gallfng fire, fat the
battle of i Malate and . the renvtfrkable
courage and steadinesa of alt 'ranks.
iTjegulars and , volunteer, causfC pen-
troops. : i -j-; : .-f jt ". -. -- f i' I
' The Spaniards : used' Mauser and
Remington riff es with 5 bra4 .- ieoated
Dunets. ( . - - .
japan:s offer to the;philip
: f . - i PINE'S. . . i
liOndon. August.ll. The Hong Kong
correspondent of The Daily- s,faJI Bays:
i i "A delegation, from the ; liiliijplne
Junta has informed United.! ates Con
sul iWildman here thatcertf w officers
of the Jananese cruisers lif Tsushima
and Takaaaga; which haveshce gone
from'Mamla, had a confe'ren jfwlth the
Junta last Saturday, in th bourse of
authorized -by the Japanej r?oVem
ment to offer to supply, GeL rai Agul
1. , V 1. V A... J - UUV . ku. --.. - k- J, ' " -
naldo with 1 arms 'and jmjinition
gratis in the event of Amif 'caaban
doning the Philippines and;, he, insur
gents wishing to: fight fofe independ
ence. The Junta-did mot rj1y ta the
offer "and-the Japanese wia'repeat f
to General Agulnaldo on rtvlr Arrival,
at Manila. , . ; "
A SPANISH SCHOONER cl-JTURElD
; Key West, Fla.,: August UB-The aux-
ilnarj" gunboatil Hornet arrived - j.here
rn 1 aiTPTTioon wnn Lne , k
mameu scnoontsr on va. mhi ca.pvureu I
whiie running from Batami ; to the
Isle of Pines fof food. Tht Slva Maria
tarries biA iiicii,.. ltui ntx anso, i i r
This afternoon; Coinmao Remey
received orders; 'from 1 Washfngton ; to
release' the steamer Tabasueno, -captured
by: the" gunboat T Hawk, 1 while'
making for Sagua la Grtgide under the
French flag.; Her" case; falls I in the
same category, as the Bergen, Aladdin
and ' Franklin, "under the, Contention
I rt ' J " . i
Ijondon, August lO.f-fThe; afternoon
newspapers comment upon ; the,, battle
of Malate -as being a repetltfoa of the
now familiar story, "the.; Spaniards,
brave and Sncompetenj, fifing wildly
nd attacking Itoo. late, and he Amer
icans brave, rcfd and, ateilfu-i: notwlth
standings t thejVjperatins "-were cqn
iducted ia the'jlst of avtrvpical mon
aeon,; s- s; : ' -fc 'f t-S;::f k v ' I
u The peper aj k-cfer.ta the oipI
nous neutrality ox. AFJUttJnos" as be
ing evidence of CCs, J If;, store lor
the Americans, i ' i
POLITICAL SITUAujnv4N SPAljN,
1 Madrid, August ' 10. 'Jfhe-s Imparciial
says today,! In. ree-ard ? toe political
situation; ,TThe DoliticJf atifd military
personages who have jnfefMl : with
With the Loss ot Sev-
Soldiers Killed
n i - I-;-.: :; . .-.-I
ENTRENCHBUi
V
(iarcia Captures Ciibara aud Ilo,'
d Aguinaldo Ising INm'tr.
( i i - ''
!nif Sa:a.ta are ffenrally of thd V
op
go
nin that a. new cabinet shout! n-
late pt-MA ', 8-inor Saxrast a. ha1iu4 -
uommuitift rne ; imtrrlal nniioiirice '
it it favors ,ohanK- In the o.ihlnc
anil Remands that th c.M"t-s be aum-
nejrt and that--the susjH-nnloh' uf th
00 rt
"uiuuiin ! onupo. in oraer ihtt '-this.
pr4
sv may . friHMv exirsit tiulilio uiln-.
toil
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The Tlfmrvi.?;tH.n!-rvatlv'.
lay4
ttuun s soveitelnty over the
Phtlib-
piU! Island sh.iihl ikC be abaindomr'
u.n
jvni.-3-Kn.n; -acil.ns cnouldi U, re-
sis
' j. -ut in it. finurrrimer 11 flAtnii
iue.-Hii ry.it nhotild bo ho d-rie an iinxt 'tu
d.d
nye.the country of liu-rty of aictton
ht- future." ' A i ';'' 1.
111
The Ministerial Glr.be itx
..pillion that ti fortes should bo aunio
moheil lmnrdiately "to approy,
grave a departure ns-; contained! in tht.
IH-uK-e jH-nKowawons. -i. ' i
ipe eauor or-the ;vans Cltv.
Glope, writes, t "One Minuted diu
tu. Is rlghtlyr-named. It cured I.
rhiiflren after all other remedies f
eo. v it cures couehs. coi.is and
tnrijat and. lung tjoubles.'V . It.
j l ... ' V.
Wllmlugtott's IMIcbU '
the ureensbord Telejrram iii
meriting on the reticle from
thu
Charlotte Observer under the heanl of
"I'rthappy ) Wilmington V whlclh twai
prlnjted in yesterday's Messenger;, If bait,
the jfoilowihg in its' luaue of Tiiesayi
Ami tjther towns and, cities (ri tftistf
ern Carolina suffer the sanio nieUHnro
of shame . "and J degradation -kt II ih
hands of the i present administration
The most incmpeterit i ooloredHPrj
and the most lieslgnlng'fof white men!
are argely Dr control of towns all nverl
th'e eastern end of the tate. Then
are colored men' down 1 there wh
would be a credit to those in offlc;!
but
jtne most competent and reupecta-
fof the colored raY-o inii in ha,'
ble
left
but; Men whom the white BklpWci S
iiugKiera can tyt apoie. tr.et tneir
1 designjnrr&hd greed y- ends aro
the
jmen ajjpjyt'd-to safat the
pie
stant' ' ' ' 1
And Russell.1 ihe k iier! hiB
must
indeed, 1 be proud of the; creatures o:
his mandlwork! Being no more Im
pressionable than a cast iron, statue
nothing can be said which he -would
feel:) but how about his friends ancl
admirers,, and J those
..populists rwhd
placed him in power?
-We ask them to honestly.cornpar
the Results of his administration! wlttt;
what , he "claimed in has i campaign;
speehea it would be. In t speech at
Wigiton hei said that after) he should
havei become governor, and the people
saw pie good government which yould
follow,- northern capitalists ; woul(i
flock to our ! towns and cities toi Invest
their- surplus capital; the Old, Nortlt
Stat w.ould boom; as she never hail.
booried and never could boom: under
democratic rule.; . J ... m- ,;. -J : j '- 'jf
Ha. was' going Ja. hang the latch
string on the outside and, extend ani
inijatlon in the shape ofj hospitality
to strangers and capitalist thatjcoul
hot fair to be accepted. ' It was inrhat
speech he said that foreign capitalists
might as' well rent a . ten ucr$: lot In
hell (for a summer resort as top look
for hospitality in .North ' Carolina un
der, a democratic administration; ; , :
I!qw has it turned out? : Whole are
all those who were coming, to siiTmllld
and; honey , from ; North Carolina j
streams? 'Isn't! It more than probable
that they have . peeped I through thu
window and-caught glimpse if tho
varied complexion of . .the- -political
household?.
Pi'-
A XETTKIt FKO.TI VliU KV
IleThauk CvnitreMnsn UvliuTstona;
i forjlatroductne in ingress the Resu
; latlon off banks of the Natlou. I " .
Aiianta, Ga.,! August io.Gonkress-j -
man . jjrvingsion.t pi ;Veorgia, nas re-
eeiyd thefdllowing -from Admiral
"Flagship' Olympla.- Off avite, Phrtl
Ippirjes Islands! June- 17th,! . ' 1 , !
"aiyJ Dear ' Sir: I have Just learned'
frpnj the last papers that J artfl idebt-ij .
fd til vmi fnr tho lnrnif.tlnn In kJi
hoiik "rif . rriracirig Ivm W. -i..r,iJJ- "V-
tions extending to met the- thai&ks od.
congjress for, the- naval! engagifrntnt ofj '
Manila bay; May lst.f i j ; - .. t ; ., i
f "I j need hardly tell , yoii . .that Li arnj ,
most sincerely grateful tu you as thoi .
autblor of the resolution;. brtngng a
It dbes th; highest! honor- that - carti )
comf to an American nival officer la-1
his professional career. ! j But it is m-l
grea pleasure to acktiowlodgei my del
of gratitude, and to thank yu la uo
stinted measure for the part you - took
In obtaining for me that greatest dls4
tinction- -'' !.,.'M iV '.:: i ii i . ii- ?
'It is a source of ' additional pleas
ure to me,- aermonter. that thfe nnv.
er of .the rRolutlon was i ncjt a tnanr '
frori the north, but; one from the fail '
south. This is one of the good signs
of the. times, . In the hour of danger L
therje is .no south, no; north, but one' !
unitied 'country. May ive never heir of -
sectmnaiism again. ; There are ho lln
rawn in tne navy, ja need1 not sav it
majt interest you to know that tnv flaj
lieutenant; Lieutenant Brnmlek , isi
p&oish twpnGofgian ly birth and appointment
s'"- uiviwug yu most Cqralally' -1
k remain very graterui and si n der el y T - ! '
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