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IK 1 y 1 r i if ! 1 - ' f ki w IS ft VOL. XI NO. 21G, WHOSE V- ..': If-VY?-- ,,JJid yhaiter qr . Miles :;' Santiago I , THE MIIES-AlpER CONTROVERSY Newspaper CurrchpuJefit Asserts ' Milcs iii ivhicti the Latter partuLient--' ejegrainii Between that Deparment anl the - Two Cjeneral.s of! . the I'oint at Issue-Mile8 Not - ' i - . f Aware of ihe Telegram a.s to ot . Supersed- ; . ' c ..rJT-: iShafter-Alger Contradicts This. I V Kansas City, .Mo.7. AJigust 2a.r-rThe i -Sta. tills! afternoonAprtatfl a.thjree col-, um exclTisive U4patchfrom' Mr. J. D.f AVtilpey,' ' its special J. correHondent ,?wjia Las' juat turnJ I irom' Portx) Klco. bt-aring '-upon' rte Milia-Alger rontrovefgy. ,js' ' ' . t Mrt; Wh-lpley takeifCofcagion to de ; hy- ihe statement tlr ' his recently .r !iitd8hed.' Interview . Porto Rico' 5'itb . General Miles, here the latter . wai$ iupted aaf caktint? reflections upon - thpsf departmeut, 5as not genuine,t nii lii ;upportv of t5 statements ul-"1-phrtvtrnadP liv it," Tift, SIjip drlwtyj in- i ' !f . v . ' " J i i 1 i . tere,?tiig telegrams hat pseif eral Miles " and Slt&fter on tli points at j ' - i "lofjbt Is txpr8f-2l j by some." iays Mr. Whelpley, t"as whether General MHes vePs saidj thefeithings' 1 credit Lim WJili. - Others'auggest he may !- : ' ' ' - havi ld -them ia ieonfldence, which r.was Jwrayt5d.'.-- r.Sl ' -i ; :; , "I :te-icolid.enV' tfjmtinUes .the cor-reeiongent,- "that (neral Miles will Btaid J;.y the Interview referred to My iall with him was not confidential. I w4nto; him aa a newspaper reporter, for the avow etl and express purpose of Becurinsj aii interview. There was no xeaervajions from publication in the eonver.tion. ; This :is. proved by hia refuaali to; answer aome questions which s&e would; have; answered had this noTt been so, iThere was no hint of confluences. .., ' "In this instance,: however, no ques tion of veracity need- arise. General MiJes himself, even Jlf he so desired, could not conceal th,! proof of all he said. It is written ;in the records of the war department, and it only needs va clearing way of inconsequent matter to tell the story clearly and in full!" The Star's article says: 'That Gen eral' Mile$ was in command of the en tire army when in Washington is of course evident. Thai he' did not i re-r ign this, supreme- command when he went to Tampa-and -that it Vas.he who was treating with the Cubamrfor; co operation In Cuba is shown by the numerous - telegrams exchanged with General "Garcia. The war department recognised Miles as chief when he waa. In Tam'pa, for June 12th a telegram was sent .to h'ini'fronl Washingtqn Tjwhich begins: , , m- 'FWlowjng , extract of telegram from 'Admiral Sampson to secretary of j.the navy, i ' repeated ' for youn Inforpia tionl' etjc, I ' t 'Whep Ge.ierjl Shafter went to Cuba andsGeneral iMlles returned to Wash ington the latter did not ' resign his. control ' of the .g uation,' on the con trarl, kept in as cloe touch as possible ly -xyire with the movomentsof Shaf- ter's- command.! . r I 1 "On July 4th : General Snafter sent the following dispatches to, Washing ton, addressed to the adjutant general: '"Headquarters Fifth army! corps, 1-2 camp incar Santiago de Cuba, July 4. There seems to be no reasonable cdoubt-but that General Pando succeed ed in entej-ing Santiago last night ; "with-hii force; said to be about 5,000 mep; 4 This puts ! a. 'different aspect vipon affairs, and while we can probably mai'ntafn ourseivesr it would be at the cost of very considerable fighting and. Joss. General Lawton reports that General Garcia, who was to block (the entmnce &t Pahdo, informed him at 10 o'clock! last night ;that Pando had passed in on the Cobra road. Lawton ayl be cannot compel General Garcia to obey my instructions to piace mem-, oivect in- nnv nosition where they will uplvf itfanv oosition where tney 3iav to fight and that if we intend to iredijU Santiago we will have.jto.de eni alone -upon our own troops -and thwill require twice the number we " nowj have, . , tent' a message to Admiral i Samp- 80n? agWng if, he-proposed entering r the liarbt so as to give us his assist ' &nc$i ' Commodore Watson replies -"-tbarhe 'doe aot know AdmiraJ Samp- son's; intention since the destruction " jof the Spanish $, quadrop. but does not - himself think the fleet should j try to X into the narbor .f Santiago.' This, ; fe te circumstafU;es;Mst notery eocptiraag. i - . -f: I, - have been-: expectjnS d,von froni Tampa and puffieldecond bn-J- gadl ? from Camp Alger,iTit only a smafl number of l;ecruits has appeared so far. If we ha ve to go totry and re A . duce the tpwn, ,uow that the fleet 1 -J' vi 4it.rftva: ivhieh was, 'stated -itoj be tf-3 hief object of the expedition, , tl, ;; iiust .beVno delay, in-getting lye, liorti of troops here. Tle town d W 1 terrible :condition as" to food, ana peopV are' starving, as stated by for eign consuls this morning, but tne troops can Bght and have a large i ointitykf rice, but. ho other supplies. " 'There will be nothing done here until noon of the 5th and I suppose I can ; put thenj off a little longer to enable ; people to get ut: ; Country here is '. destitute of food or growing crops ex .' eept mangoes. T:i. r;; - ';; ; : 4 f 'Menre in good spirits, though it J is hard f j tell how long tne latter win ' ?- cointJnu' I am sorry to say I am' n6 ': C better, ! ;nd in addition' to my weak jpess', c&n'ot be out on account of a - Might Mtack of gout,: but hope to lie 4 "': jbtt : oon. Lieutenant "Miley: .Kad : 'injterTUi- with consuls this -morning - 4nd his report will be telegraphed im- ediatofy 11 doi ' not- send tbis i in tipher time is precious. :" f.L ; :-: I 'It- vu this situation which deter- -Mnea Geneml'Miles to go to Cuba. n-he daye sailjeawtn remiorcemeuts, i uij 4ir watch from 'Washington: v v .n na-,- nmi tilt? iuiiu iuf ' t General snaner, j3uw6. -Toiri evorv Drecn.uvitu aguuow l . . .. , .w nM . a. 1,-wtlrrhii. that fenrprise ana. pe -uu. ' -the enemy does not turn your - right ' : !ank am? come ia on the line of your ysmmunicatibM "Reinforcements are " Ibeing sent forward as rapidly as pos sible,, but you win a w i-6 'of the posiUon you are to hold until reinforcements van. ra ,Eg THE GLORY? Capture the! City of de Cuba. the Truth of Ills Recent' Interview Cast Reflections on this War Pe .- . v'VGeneral Commanding "General 3iiles sailed for Cuba. On July llth at noon" he reported his safe arrival to the war department and ft Jence assumed charge, reporting to the secretary ot war. All 'of the subse quent' business-of the surrender was entirely in his bands, as shown by the fact that the-. war-department commau lca.ted wlthi him direct, not even men tioning General Shaf ter's name In he rfmerous dispatchesS- The 1 following dispa'tqh- is. an excellent example: ;: i " Waliinfeton, D.;c, - July. 13, 1898. 'Major General Miles:-Vyou may accept surrender tiy granting paroll to ufllcers and ipen,T the lofllcera . retaining their side arms. The officers and men i after parole twill be permitted to re- be-Kurn lo pain'; the United ;tSates assisj,- ing.' If not j accepted then , assault. unless fin your judgment ;an'i assault would fail, ; Consult with Sampson and -pvrsuesuch course' as to iie as-.: sault as you jointly, agree upon. . Mat-: ters. should be settled promptly; '. " 'R. A. ALGER. .. ; " 'Secretary of War. - "This dispatched recognized Miles as-i cpmrnander and gave him authority to, act. Shafter-was entirely ignored. In the' face of . this situation,: -Secretary Alger, ; through - General Corbin, sent the dispatch to General Shafter, as suring him that General Miles did not come to Cuba to supersede. Shafter -ml any; Way. i-This dispatch, General MilesTefers to as 'secret,' for! he says foe did not know It had been sent, not being notified ifrom Washington, and General Shafter saying nothing about it. After the surrender General Miles still retained control: He authorized Shafter to appoint peace commission ers, and, judging from Shafter report that all was over, he instructed him as to the disposition of the troops. 1 -t I "July 15th, 'General Shafter wired General Miles that the surrender was not as complete , as .was thought and said: 'Plea-se doj not go away with the reinforcements as: I may yet need them.' " i i "Miles a promptly replied by wire from Baiquiri that the surrender 'is complete .-and ' the- Spaniards 'must j surrender.iil ' "i - ; . ;i "m; !'On July 16th, Shafter wired Miles that "the Surrender was finally com1 plete and General Mies replied through Adjutant General Gilmore as follows: .- . ' f " 'The commanding : general is very muclf gratified to hear that, the sur render is complete. He directs that you telegraph anything of importance and the condition of i your command daily'; General Miles then reported the condition of affairs to the: secretary of war, with whom he had, been in conference, !In one of his telegrajjhs to Miles, Secretary Alger says: Ci " 'As soon as Santiago falls ! the t-rjoops must all be put in camp as com fortable as they can be made and re main, I suppose,; until the fever has had its run.V . " .r j !-..! ;i r,-i "Miles did not agree with Secretary Alger, for on July 21st, Jn a letter, the general eommanding urged the' return off the army to the United States as scion as possible. July 17th, after the surrender was complete, General Shaf-, teir wired as follows to General Miles: ;" -.Siboney, July 17th, 1898, 8:18: p. ml Received . July 18, 1898 General Miles, on board Yale: Letters, and orders in reference to movement, of camp received and will be carried out None is more anxious to geti away from here than myself. It- seems from your orders, given me that you regard my forces as- part of. your com mand. Nothing will give me greater pleasure - than serving - you, ' General,; and I shall comply with all your re-t qilests and directions,.! but I was told b the secretary that you were not to supersede me in command here I will furnish the information called for as1 to condition of command to Gil more, adjutant eneral, A. H. Q. " 'SHAFTER, " 'Major General. General Miles very ; promptly re plied as follows: I T : "Playa del' Este", : July 28th, .1898, '(Guantanamo) 11:30 a. m. j" 'General Shafter: Telegram receiv ed; have no desire and have carefully avoided any appearance of superseding yOu. Vonr command is a part of the United States armj which I have the honor to command, having been duly assigned thereto arid directed by, the president to go whereever .1" thought mv nresence required : and- give such general directions ! as 'I thought best concerning military matters; andt es pecialiy directed to go to Saiitiago for aisneciflc purpose.: You will also no tice that the orders of the secretary of war of July 13th -left the matter to my discretion. I should regret that any event should cause either yourself or any part of your command to cease to be a part of mine. " 'very truly yours, " ' . "NELSON A. MILES.' " 'Major General Commanding Unit ed States Army..'; i ''Generar Miles thei gave General Shafter final instructions and left hur-r. rildly for Porto Rico.: In view of the situation as revealed by tbe above ,telr egrams the following statement con tained in the New York Herald of re tent date, ia quoted: rif jny cablegram to Major ueueiai Shafter, informing him that; Major nin oral Miles was not sent to super sede him in supreme command of the -.-! , n.ll J ilKn troops in the neia at pauLiagv v vw prevented tjtorming of the ity,on the day of 'twfe surrender and .this re sulted in having of lives which' .other wise - would have been losti in ' the at tack then I am repaid for : sending it thousand fold.' " 'This statement was .made to me this afternoon by j Secretary Aiger aoronos of . 'the publication ; in -The Herald of yesterday, setting forth the doings' of Major General Mfles during hie brief stay in Cuba. The -secretary told me he did not ; propose to enter Into any controversy regarding the Santiago campaign with anybody. The results. spoke for themselves and thev were a sufficient-Justification for the policy whicb had been pursued by the war department in the conduct of 'the operations against -Santiago. ' I : rSSr cablejpm to General Shafter,! he oontlDued' was simply .due to my desire o; assure him that I intended: tobe absolutely fair. Before his de parture from Washington, General Miles and I bad talked the matter over nd be started for Cuba, knowing that her waa not in any way to interfere with! the operations, which were under the control of , General . Shaf ter,j That there could be so doubt whatever I cabled ! Jto 'Geperal Shafter informing him that general had left for Cuba with j Instructions snpt to in any manner surefsede him! asebmmander of troops in the field at Santiaigo de Cuba land J as 1 have said if my message preVent-j ed a jbattlei on the morning of the day the city surrendered.rjthen I am repaid, a thousands fold.' "A ;L THE:i7IBBEiLA TIlIl!Fv . William Holmes Wh Sneaked on !Hr, ! V. ;E, Powell' Piazza and Stole an ffcmbrella Satardafj Pleaded 1 Culltjr and Was Bound Over to lie Criminal Court. ! ; " I i William Garrispn J ''land ' WHUam Holmes, -colored, who were 'arrested Saturday nighty for stealing art umbrei-i Ja. frin the piazza of ! Mr. W. E. Pow-5 eli, 510 North Fourth street, were givrn a. hearing before Justice J. J. Fowler yeptjerday 'evening at6 o'clock.. Garri son was represented by A. Wi. Scott, the colored lawyer, but Holmes had no counsel. , ; . - -. , Mr. Walter N. Williams Was the first Witness. He testified that ;he boards at Mr.. Powell's, and he had recently been robbed ;pf clothing land other articles at different, .times, o Ithe value of: $25. HeT determined ! to lav; in wait for the -thief Laturdayi nigh t( and while- se jcreted intls room with the light out he saw two negroes, pass on ;the pave .marii They stopped .and one said: "I am; going in here, wait -for me." While one! stood on the sidewalk the -othej-went on the piazza, and took an um brella .nd J :vitness iF -fired his revolVer ai hirnythrough the blinds. "The witness $aid when the pian came oh the piaaa he , had no umbrella, 'but carried i one away when he ran after the shot had been fited at him. . When the shot Was fired ibbth men ran; and witness . fol lowed; overtaking-Garrison and arrest ed him i on Third street near Red Cross. When arrested iGarrison declared his innocense and -i said William Holmes stole jthe umbrella, and gave 'directions' as: toj where he could be' found, -i : Mr.i W. E. Powell testified that" Mr. Williams, the first witness, borrowed' an umbrella; from him Sautrday. night and that it) was the one which Was stolen : Saturday night, Whep-SMr: Williams returned home he ' set the umbrella ,on the piazza,! and about 11 o'clock that might witness heard a shot fired land saw jMn Williams run after two men.' After a while: Mr. Williams returned to: the house with Garrison as a :prisoner. i i j r i Mr.?; Isaac ; Boyette testified that he heard jthe shot ' and: saw the- two ne--groesi as they ran along the street un der an electric light. Mr. F .i J.' Goodwin testified 'thaJ; he heard: the shot and : hurried to' !the scenei j Mr. Williams' returned to ;the house, in a few minutes with Garrison as aprisoner. : Garrison then, said . Wil liam Holmes i stole the. umbrella and told where iHolmes ; could : be found. Witness with others ,then went and arrested Holmes. , 1 i $ , Deputy Sheriff; D.kw. ; Teaehey, col ored, f testified i that heilieard the shot and when he reached Mr.PQwell's residence-Mr- Williams") returned, with Garrison and turned the prisoneriyerj to him (Teachey I I . 'iVT . Mr. T. t: K.ing, acting jailor, testi fied I that William i Garrison was brought to: the jail Saturday night and was committed to jail. Later some men returned i with, William Holmes 4 and Garrison was asked -if the prisoner were Holmes and he said yes and that he waa the man who stole the Um brella. When Holmes (heard Garrison say1 that he -tfafCed hd floor swinging hig, hands, and said something ; about what he would do toGarrlsOn If they were locked up together. i Holmes was then: warned that; he need jnot testfy unless die wanted to andi was asked several questions. J He saidi he did not want Garrison punish ed, i Rhd that he 5 (Holmes) would take: all 1 the coisrequences himself. At first he would mot : say iiwhether Garrison was with him or; not when the um bzrella1 was stolen, libut; , said finally that ihe'. met Garrison, 'asked him to wait rfor Jiim and that he . (Garrison) did not know what ;he' (Holmes) went on the!piazza fori Holmes acknowledg ed that he took the i umbr-lla and pleaded s guilty, h He isaid he would not have idone it, bu he was drunk at tiie timeJ , T - A.- W. ficott then addressed the court in. behalf of Garrison and Garrison was asked if he wianted nto testify. He an swered yes tdad i was .questioned. . Garrison, testified that", Holmes asked; him toi wait; outtcfe while he went: On the piazza; i bute did not. know what he! went for. I When the pistol fired Holmes ran out by him with 'an -umbrella: in1 hlhand. He then told how he Iran and: was pursued and captured by! Mr. -Holmes. : ; r; i Mr.r WiUia;ms : asked that Garrison be discharged, as, he had told a straight story and stuck to the same statement every time. t r 1 Justice FoVvler said the evidence did not , make out ' probable cause against Garrison and;; discharged him. i ,He i bound Holmes over to the criminal court! in a bond of $100 which he .c?ould not glee and was sent to jail. )" .1 - Oold ITIedal for a Plucky Deed.. : Mr.i Walter M. Williams, the 1 young min who liaid in waitat the residence of:'Mr. i W. E.lPowell Saturday ; night, and shot I at ia rthief who stole an um brella.Off i the piazza: and followed and captured a man who was with the thief, is la machinist : in the- Atlantic Codst line shops.. Yesterday at noon when the men stopped work for dinner . at the shirvns; M,r Williamawnj? tjiken hv Kurpriae when he was made the recip. ient of a gold medal. Mr. John Ruth made a Juice little speech in presenting it and, informed Mr. Williams that his "fellow workmen had "chipped in" and bought it for him as an expression of thelri appreciation of his plucky deed in 'capturing jthe; man whor was with the: thief whopa. he; fired at Saturday night. ' i . ' I 1 ' Mr. Williams made a nice speech in accepting the medal and expressed his appreciation; of thelthoughtfulhess of his fellow ( workmen. ., ' 1! ' :- ;, i The medal is a neat one and was engraved with Mr. Wiliams' name and thei dale of ' his capture of Garrison. Messrs. John Ruth, H. H. Parker and N. E.i -Farrow werethe committee : on the part of the men in the shop, who had the medal prepared for .presenta tion. J i -. . ,' - f The incident was quite a pleasant one and was witnesed by about a hwn dred men at the shops. 1 ' , :;:! C' 'ff.;t -' i ;! i ' w-ir-T-: V -j..'- . v ; A "threshing machine explosion at Thomspn, N. D., kills the owner, Mr, H. Ray,-and three firemen and serious ly Injured several others. , 1 Ferdinand W. .Peckj i commissioner general, for the United States to the Paris exposition, i has : appointed the rovernors of the; different states .as vice presidents of. the LaFayette ;(M- g morlal commissioD, 5- ;ILMINGT6'N N. C, TUESDAY; AUGUST 30, I HI HIS ;..; :; ,;j : ' "-: .- ; : i- ' ' .'I:' This Policy Approved by General Merritt. REGENT. STREET FIGHTi The Philippine Engaged lu tt Court J ?lartlaledv but Heleaxed at Bequest li of General; Anderson Friction Be- . Iweeu ; Americana and Insurgents. : feirlct Censorship Harsh' Criticism : at American Officials by a London : Newspaper; . Correspondent--Agulnal i do Wants a Kepresentati ve at Parts. ' ' . : Manila Philippine : Islands, August 29.-rMajor General Merritt,' the ; com mander , or jthe; .American troops, in conversation, - has: avoided a declara tion of his policy and gives the Im pression that Jve ' is undecided about the possibility of arranging to' retain Uh Philippine islands, although, person ally, he seemed to faVor that policy. : i General Aguinaldo has" court-martialed the offenders; in the Gavite af fair and they have . been seritenced to death; but it i reported that they were afterwards 'reprieved at the ire quest of General Anderson. The insur gents wish ti send; a delegate to. Paris, even if he is not ladmjtted to the con ference. ' ! 1 ' i The Spaniards I are j said to be de frauding the?, Americans in the matter of Issuance of rations; to" prisoners, i The residential; suburbs! are full -of armed insurgents, sandj several person al S vendettas : have - been reported.! ; The inhabitants are greatly alarmed. There was firing in the streets sot. San Miguel last ; evenings The insurgent troops yesterday attended mass fuily armed, and i patrolled the principal , residential suburbs. , FRICTION. BETWEEN AMERICANS ,f AND PHILIPPINOS. : ' . , ' 4 r. ' j ;. ! London, . August 29.-I-A (dispatch ; from Manila to' a mews agency; dated Au gust 25th, vial Hong Kong today, says: , ; "The friction between the Ameri cans and natives;-requites ' exceptional ability to avoid total. alienation. 1 find that . several j high American officials, of-mediocre education,; are utterly un acquainted with : orientals and unable to understand 'the , primitive ,. races.. Most .of the'Amerieans are deficient inJ patience; , and ' numerous; trifling ; mis understandings intensify' the friction. I believe the; Americans intend to be harsh. The American censor absolute ly, prohibits the ; sending of a single word about the Cavite: incident of yes terday, and he threatens to expel any correspondents who mention it. A dep utation from the; press is going to , General Merritt to protest against his aetion. The: affair began in a drunken American shooting,, and native sentries tried, to arrest him,: In consequence of . I, .-.; .: "I TTUrnnTlT mm mmvniin nn mnn n lir;! .1 . , ; iiuruaiaiii mm 5 - j; The Instructions to the Cuban and Porto Kkua Conimissioh-- ers are About the Same as Those Formerly Seni" Generals Shaf. ter and 3Ierritt. uThe Commissioners WiH Sail tit' i Week, S The Customs I Duties; Collected at Santiago fiVlount to $1 )2, 5 )093 and After: Paying all Expenses, Including 4 Government, 1 $90,000 Remain in the Treasury. , . a 1 TSt.' ! i - II ''i f 'I ' ' - s ''" - - 3 ; 1 ''-! ' ;.;; ; ,vIt is Probable that Justice White Will not Atoiept the Position of Peace Commissioner. " : ; . l ; : r i, : f Mrs. Anita Newcomb-McGee is Appointed aii&ting Assistant X Surgeon In the; Army. This Entitles; her to Sir the Uniform 2 of a Second Lieufeiant; Without Designation offing. f 9 " Mobile E&tablisheOuarantine Aga'inst Gafu iton, Tex., and Franklin, La. . v ! , $ i General Merritt PersonallyJavors Retentifr of the Philip- 'pine Islands.' r . , "s.qj ; SS.-.-1 : - ... . . :j J :j There is at fllanila Much Frictiofr-etweettihe Natives and General Merritt Will go to Paris to Lay Be);se the Commis sion the State of'Affairs in the Philippines. ' f V. i ;; ; I .i The Czar of .Russia Proposes to the Powerf-f Europe to dd' Awnv With th I.arce Stantlintr Armicc -iS-? . .'!vv..- ,. , i ,; z J " the melee, four natives and one Amer ican were killed and it is now., gener alIy misreported as being .a- deliberate inauguration ;of iLhostilities. General Merritt returned their arms to the company of. natives who fired upon the Americans, J presumably Inadvertently. The -natives assert - that sAgumaldo forced General; Merritt to liberatesthem and return their weapons. The Ameri cans condemn General Merntt's course." - , i . . ;--;;;; .-j: j . . " The' same correspondent. cables; that the Americans are only,-, parly ,pa trolling the town. , r i i t '. A Big Naval Stores Company! . Savannah, . Ga.,: August- 29. At a meeting of. prominent naval stores fac tors :and producers: here ; jbdayv. ar rangements were completed ; for . the reorganization:, of ; the Gulf : Naval -Stores Company of Garrabelle. j Fla., with a paid up capital of not less, than $250,000 -and not exleeedjing $1,000,000. i ""Among those largefy "interested, are the Savannah.; Naval Stores Company and the Downing Company; of Bruns wick, ;and several large producers, j ; Branch houses', are to be opened at Mobile, ' : . t- Ala., and ; Pensacola,j Fla. 44 Captain Duncan In the ShexlflT's Hands Washington, August ' 29. Captain Louis C. Duncan, surgeon of the Twenty-second Kansas regiment, is held by the sheriff of Fairfax county; Virginia, to answer an indictment charging hira. with desecrating contederate graves at Bull Run, near Manassa. s lie had- been sentenced to: twro! months deten tion in camp by the courti-martiaL glander of White "Women, by STigro Editor. The statement tUat nlne-tentbs of the Populist voters Vjlong to the Farming; element will pass uuehallened, and tbat la the class re-ed to in the follow ing article, copied from the Daily Record of August, 18th, jf&IUhed In Wllmlns on, cM ny negroes and the organ of Crowd. This lathe KIT Tniir' npnr Every; White 71a n in the State, having any regardhfis the purity of hie mother, sisters and daughtertt, must determine that henceforward he will 'Poor white men are careless tn ESPECIALLY ON! THE FAR .VS. They them,' and OVK EXPERIENCE AMONG POOR WHIA 'I PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY TEACHES rs THAT "WOMEN OF .THAT BiE AB? NOT5IOBK PARTICULAR IN: THE MATTER OF ORED MEN, than are the white man with colored Wlen. MEETINGS OF THIS KIND GO ON FOR SOME TIME UNTIL THE "WCHfll INFATUATION or the man1 boidneea, bring attention to them, and the tnafi la lyncnea tor rape. Every negTo lynched la called a big, burley, black bnl,f when,' In lac, man I orthoae who have thus been dealt with had white meft their t fathers, and were not only not blaek and "barley,' but were SPI S!IEPITLY ATTBAC TIVE FOB WHITE GIRLS OF CULTURE' AND BEFU !f MENT TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THEM, as is very well known to all." ''''' '. The above Is the opinion of the editors of a Negro papr.and endorsed by the action and Totes of a number of prominent White Mett-iA Wilmington. . - Is there another place in North Carolina where a pub titmaon of this charac ter would be allowed to passnnnotteedandthe authority iVithout punishment Onr eountrr friends are invited to visit our office to see tit. -rlsinal eopr! of this nuiwivui .ucck i iinip : '';"- ' I ' ' i ': - ' '- - At the proposition o( Emper of Russia. TO DIgRM EUROPE. I '(M - lie Proposes 5 the Europeam Powers to Do lws 1 1th Thelr Immense ; standing Artfr- es for the hake of I'ni versa! Pe;ac-roposes a; Cponferenco , of Nations To t e Porposo-Commenls ot Statesmen f td the Press Ameri ca's Naval Viftorl es Perhaps a fon ; trlbutlng Fafr . .-;: t : . i 1 ' .' -' 1 " ' i. t I r" : X i i ;'l ' ! ' St. Petersbuj ! August 28.-f-By order of Czar XlcKV?, . Count , Muravieff, the : Russian ; -'Irelgn minister, - has i 1 i ;-. , t - :v ' : !: , 1 ! : - I i'T handed to iea(i:-j9f the foreign; repre sentatives ins t. Petersburg a mote stating that -th'- maintenance !of peace and the reduci.-jS of the' excessive ar maments now? fTilishing all European naions form' filt Jy deal for Which; ail governments Jit to strive. 1 The czar , coi i.lers the present mo ment favorablef-Jur starting al move ment looking fe -this end and iinvites the powers to t:e part in an ipterna tinal conferentf as a means of ensur ing iea! and laJ:itfig. peace and ending the (increase oJf irmament. . : ; The text lofStint .Muravieff's note Is in part as f-vjcws: v; !.. .1 . I ."The maihtof? nee vf general peace and the po$slWb?eduetion j ornhe ex cessiye,armartftss' which weigh upon air nations pr f-t-ot i-themaeJvesMn ; ex:- isting cendltiotj sto the whole iNv.orld as a'n ideal ;to'Vrid which the endeav ors of all govp pments should: be -dir rected. The lis, -Yanitarian ' and mag nanimous ' ldeaSJf his majesty, the emperor, my Ctjgust I mastery have been won over --. .fo this view I in the conviction thaC M s lofty aim is in con formity with most essential in terests and legi-H-nate; Views of ; all: the powers; and: tft imperial government thinks the preHt moment would be verv fa.vora.hlf. ; seekina the means. i i "International?. rBscussion is Ithe most effectual meant. f ensuring ! all peo ple's benefit a- ' feal durable :: peace; above all, putti"f an end to the pro gressive develop ment of !"the i, present armaments. ; f r5 j ; ' , !. i; ; , y "In: the cot&Pte Jof the; last twenty years .the- longijig1 'for general appeaser ment'has grdWif specially pronounced in the conscienuif ?; of civilizedrnationst and tfle preserv? t'on o; peace ias been put forward M object of 'internaf tionar policy. : lAis in: its name that great; states h43 concluded:. ;among themselves powr?til alliances;) it lathe better to guartt-tee peace : that they have developed proportion ! hitherto unprecedented i'eir military forces and still contirtv ' to increase them without- shrinkti from any sacrifice. Nevertheless, Ml:'! these " efforts have not yet been aT? to bring afcout ithe :- i -. ' - r:;! -,' -! : y ; ,)- . . :.- - 1 ia ut int UAL ,:l - r . ,t i beneficent result - esired pacification. ; , ''This conference? will be by the help' pf God a happy;it ??esage for the cen-il tury yhich is ab; to open;. , It would: converge into; kfv powerful fof us the efforts .of allfsu;;s sincerely teeeking; to make he; grti conception iof uni-i versal jeace tiginph over the elements of trouble and discord, and wAuldJ at the same timew?; cement: , thelr agree-: mentfby a corgprte consecraition of ' the principles !o:!dciuity and righit where on rest the secijHI.jr of states ind the welfare of peop's. : j COMMENTS "STATESMEX 'AND Tlt RESS. j ' , London, Augtt "2?. The papers are filled with , discretions, commerits and opinions as to tStife-ircular of the Em peror ; Nicholas.-! jThe most ; wprld-. shaking event ifd hardly hate pro duced such;a jcsSiS as this .suggestion,: the fruition ofiWpich is! regarded dn.: all sides as an'Ksolutej imposiibility.l This being holiday seasori, it is difficult to obtain the 6piSii,m Of the public men on the subject.p ',he religious ( world.: hdwever, loudly"lcomes and . praises' the czar's nobK atlaUv'e.l Numerous bishops have afc'ily publicly express-: ed their views tti that sense.- s: i J . Among stalHmen , interviewed. Lord Kimberjey K6e liberal leader, de,M clined to express k. hasty opiifton be-; yond saying tha f Mhe proposal was ope of the utmost InYtKlrtance. s; . '; . i ' . . "K . The marquis fff Ripon said: "X heartily wish thS 'Aroposal all success.'' Sir Charles DuicL radical member of parliament for 4KfOrest.j0f ; Dean, re-; marked: "The ",-ssian peace' footing of .nearly 1,000,01 "egulars exceeds the p"eaee footing ot".-?rmany, Austria and' Italy combinedJ''J'hus it has been in ' : the KepubUcan-Poullst Fusion political fi-loml rcira r.l canHi.lr and fanilliea.! ; t take this matter I&uf eonaideration and act aa a White inanya kould, lit the matter 'of proton Ung their ' women, are careless of?.m Hi. , .;.. : CLANDESTINE WKTINGS WITH COLj I- t - J V ' V '-'-I- VJ-;i "t, X-v , ; ' life--'!- A' 1R)8. Bulla's power tJ reduce' the- Und for$ifs by diminishing her own in con nefiors with a similar taction, on jthe paia ofi Germany, French public opln ioiJis -siot prepared i for disarmaments whfch rould mwan,. -as thing " stanJ not. ap acceptance of the Alace-Lo-rae situation. Naval disarmament woiald je dangerous for Great' Britain". Ati$ formal plan would involve subse quht preaches of faith, but if Ger many and Russia will ceajte increasing thcT forces we cart follow without a formal. agreement." ; !.: ! r. j -. .'.S'. excitement is noiue'abK? at the fojgn office. It is understood that the' pWU messenger was' sent from St; "Ptrsburg recently with a full expla nin&n ot thw czar's . proposal. ' -aturally, alii persons and; societies cjnected with peace -and arbitration motements are jubilant. ,; The pope wirjjd - his congratulations t i Emperor NJsiolas immediately and I offered v erjftassitance in. his, bower toi promote ;theSpropOsed oenference.'; ! j i TJiie Times in its financial art-lole this moaning says: '.The tzar's i circular ha had a good eftVct upon, the mar ketel as indicating that there is no lm-. me-late probalnty of war.. -Many- peo ple Remark the fact ' that the proposal, aptsjars when Russia's power to bor-' rovws freely is altnoft ended - and when, isher, has placed herBelfrin positions' in ;Chfrja and elsewhMV; which can" be de fended only at great cost.'.' - ;. . '- FlfexeE MUST. HAVE ALSACE-LO- 1 RA1NE FIRST. 'R-is; August 29-The French news papers I distrust the practicability of thfeizr's peace schejpw i and: clearly indpfat that France would make tne resiiwiiraiion of Alsace-Ioraine. a pr rejggisie to her . participations in the conference. . . ,i ; ! i . Berlin. August l!9.--The North- Ger maifi Giizette referring! today : to- the czajfTfi peace confervnetj proposals re marks:;; "Our armaments were never inteslded for selfish ends, .but; only for our sown protection and for. the main tenance of peace. " We are , willing to givi. affair trial to another method of atff-Sning- the object at a smaller cost." Ti- National iZeitung says: "The cza and his ministers s hare ; not de lude themselves with tthei idea that' th(gj can rid the world of he causes whfti for; years have been Responsible for fpie growing armaments." ; When a gree- power, however, addresses such pro asals to others, they will he re-co-feed everywhere) as deser-ing of themost. serious eorisideratfon; -' , Tfte Vo'ssische Zeitung expresses the option that the-' importance of the miitj does not lie in" the propos.al H or a ctjpference but- in Us conception. ri:- h'ost warmiy eulogizes the ?zar s mi est which it adds; 'must eve'rj',- whtje ' arouse sympathy. TCe Kreuz Zeitung ; says; "No tine yet aporeciate the real; sfgnifl cafve of the note; Its bitter sweet re ception; in Frarice shows it-would not meet with universal approval. 'r According to The Hamburger Gorre spondenz, the note will remain- forever an; imperishable monument to the fame of 5" mperorwNicholasi Continuing, the J papir says: it stands to reason that Germany welcomes the proposal Jn the mosT) glad manner arid pis preparedto co-jjerate in the saci-ed work," Sfr.i Petersburg, August 29. The nei --papers here 'declare ; that- the cza-js manifesto will- probably consti tutv'sa -turning point 'lin; history. :Sviet saj; "If . all the powers , accept Rus sia prposal with the samV earnest net; with which i it was ' made, the dayn of the Twentieth century 'will sefjjthe idea of universal peace trium phant over that ; ef unrest and dis- coi." , i , ' - WERE 1 MANILA ! AND 'SANTIAGO i. , ? s THE MOVING CAUSE? ? Washington, August 29. The extra ordJftary cirifular note directed by the Rusgianf foreign; minister to the mem berif. of theidiplomatic body at: St. Pe tersburg; has attracted the earnest at tention pt .the officials here. It is be lieved here that the ivictOry achieved by rtie SJnited States' in the late war was a contributing" factor" in the prep aration jof -the ; note.! It is surmised thas tht victory made;;-it clearer at onc to r the European statesmen that to iainfain the? balance kf power they woii be obliged to redouble their ex peirgtuifes on. account .of : army and nav? else they might he .outstripped by iSe United States. The official mind hei-g" looks upon the ; Russian I project foria general disarmament . as 'Upto pities at this time, and while-any .state ment as to the. attitude of the United SrfRBS toward such a, conference as thaU- proposed ; is purely , conjectural in .advance of the. receipt of the invi tation, the impression prevails : that ourj government would not care; to take anyi active part in its deliberations., : -': ' '$1 ' - ) ' :' 4,1;., i( i,.,-. ''.' 'K'' rr'. Svrlndled a Country Darkey. Yesterday; afternocwi a colored ex curSion" -arrived here from; Florence, S. C, iind among the 336 individuals Who car was, Dave James; of Darling tony, The excursionists were I met at' the&depot by a large crowd of Wil minjton darkeys, and: while. James was coifing down iFrorrt1 street j from the dept?i "bo his way doW"n tawn,a-negro waL:ed alongside of , him ian-cT struck Tip ;. chatKJIe made-hlmself . . very agr?vJ;able andvJams thought he had meti. clever "genljeman.'f While strol ling lulongjtHS Wiliriingtorf darkey was "fotng' "with a Uttleock. j He said tf Rnnth rAT-rtliTia; AufVcxv that It -'tCasr a curiosity, jmd he could open it yitlut a key.. He! thereupon, Tan his thlib nail Under the edgei of theNick and.it flew :Open. .While, he was etilj handling the lock. ' another darkey walked up and appeared .much inter ested in hVlock. He was' told that it could1 be opehed without : a key and he at-oice offered to betthatiit could not be done. xHe said he'd bet his life it couldn't, be donej and finally pulled out flty-eents and said bewobld;.bet that. Tr.g Soffh Carolina darkey seeing vthafe;fity cents could; bei easily made, for je had -just seen thei ilock "opened, put up fifty cents against : the o.ther .halfS; dolllar. A third , darkey came up Jid bffered to hold stakes and it wa5 agreed that the ; manipulator ef theJjck, should open the lock while ten wofil be 'counted,- and if she couftd ..do so jpgouth Carolina would- , "taka de mop;" and if- not, NortH CarolWa would be pinner. The Sopth Carolina darkey hajyjust seen the lock -opened before yoScould say, 'JackRob'nsonj" sand, allhe arrangement fsutedj him, 4 j; "fflfe counting beganl and Unlock man. twted and turned and seemed t& be. matins i a great .effort ta open, the lock, but when t'teh' had. been. count- a u hn'il Tint unlrnlrpfl It - "Titrrrt' called and jthe Souths Cafrolina darkey's fac-: grew blank when he sav that he wa4 out fifty cents, i ! . ., ' .Alii three of the idarkeys.jvho were pabs and had "dupe( , thenSeursionwt. walked off. i The Darlihgumiani realiz ed ft hat he had been taken ih, , told the they ought to give him. sornof hisf-?noney back, but th'eypaid no at tendon to ' him. He met Policeman Boan Green andi told his troubles td hint?:; The Officer told him to. .point put theSmen, so the. officer arid the duped excursionist went all throueh the struts hunting the swindlers.! Finally thefflnan who heldjistakes- va4 spied on Friat street, iiear!iiockv andi when he sasiifethat the policeman was! after him nessent aown ine auey cnat runs irorn street . by Eliza Finch s bar.i He yent up Water street arid the officer hurried ud Front street and went down the al leyf by'" The Messenger office :to Water streH .to head off the stake .holder. A bigjicrowdT followed after him to see what was up. The mdni viho wa chas ed f jrent towards seme Wood, fiats in thft river opposite the. custom house an?ijdisappeared. A ; man; on, one of the flats told the officer to look around on oncS of the flats, and ; Officer Green fooftjd his ; man standing" on the edge of ithe flat -with his back close up to a:t9werine stack 6f; wood, He arrest edQhe swindler, ind at; the city .hair hff jrave his name; aa John Henry: He wT hate a hearing before Y. Mayor WaJght todayat noon. The names of TROGPSfDISBANDED. Orders Issued f oiIusteriiig.Out Sever, Vohi;jeer Regiments! EVAGUATID.N V 4 k- Receive Final I nstriictioiilSjinilar. MerrittSchley to FEt Ills Fla Commissioners tos- Sail thi Duties--At lant, reposition Ci rounds Ottered ua Place-'for tinp A j Assistant Surgeon in the Ariy. Washington, August Tiie iuw jng'trowps have been orvlersf'.iiAiiijtiered out: . . Ninth Massachusetts! r Jf'Wi Mld dletown. Patf to South FaiEnRham. W here they, f ill be mustered.5Kjj .-Sev-eqih ,lllmoe-;i- from ; Mrd.kivj.'n -to Spnngfieldi t'fFlrst UUnofa.' feinn-Lex-lngtcoi, Ky.. tv Spring(Ul.'- JJiftfi Illi nois, from, Lt-xingtou, Uu , j spring tield, Sixty-fifth New TTf- finicaaip Alger to Huffalo; Fifth OhUi'm&intry. from Fernandina, Fla., to ioitSmbufv 0.; First Wisconsin, from JjivIksEinvflie to Camp Douglass, Wis;; THtd'TnitWl "States oluntttr caair, O'ljft.v at Chlpkamauga; Fourtlt, Texa;J ia$-Austin.' Texas ' J ' y I N ST R C OT 1 ON S . Tl : HA' AND ItOtlTO 1UCAN COMMlSbt.'liniS. - The. instructions to tliv Owbiifi'aJid Porto; Riean "military .tnvinlji!iniiwere drawn up a.nd approwd ly i lm rfS- luenx, oeione; iie;ieic vaaniuii): etore hf.Mt Washiu'oi TUr lions; will nut be nnutri jblio. e-.' general ivrm. are St.fun to same as the irvtrutiinir nit jnsiruciions but the be the s to. GeheralShafter regarding-thw:- gov- ernnient of; Santjago and l& funeral t .vierriiL: regaraing x.e i'Minrut-ne.; i nis cf.,r. "u ill tki mntril nf 1 1,. to Rico the same as the miliary iY- ernoT now. controls 'that porter) ft Cu- j oil surrendertxl to the ITiulid duties after-the .:Santiag camp.'HKmi : The 1 many minor details' Vt-lati'ie : I h evacuation Of thei islands af5' 'Icff ; to tne. commissioners, ; who wai rirt'port j -I'lan i nan , in anv difficulty or dlsntited untan U ' Dewej' to l,uri f Washington.' - There never ..hits been doubt that the 'United Statvtf ;vould 'take full control : of Porto-iMc4,r but thenstructions to. the'Cubifa .-military commission settles any quStion rec gardmg thatisland and meaf &f tlr.'t for the present at-least the Unf-'irvl Sj:at(?s will, assume the goVernmenf'Ja.nd jco trol of the remalndnrof th-hlaivJ as has.' been the case ia.-Stm)J9. t-.?.-.; . . An order was Issued at tiv.navj- de partment today" detaching iJU-ar ?d-Tniral-W. S. : Schley from citmail-Lof the second squadron of the orthi At laotto fleet and ordering hnfto Isorto Ricc4 as a mennber. of the . ivacujition commission, kduring, rwhich. . Win e , he; is authorized to fly his' flag onsJve cnuis er New Orleans, which .will ieumain ; in those: w-atjers until The comSajssiloni is ready to return, to the UnlfeiJ Stumps. Admiral Schley will be aceotaKiclj to Porto Rico; by the foUowing'.WHimbfrs of his staff, now attached to jne.crjils er; Brooklyn at New York: L-euten;nt J B. Sears, Lieutenant B. vj W?jjH, Jr.. and. Ensign " Edward VOaulfj, fly hs flag on .the New Orleani -'isiimia'de -J t ;(,ai -r-iiiJ. i '.' '1 "J 1 in order to kt-ep him contru4i4llyl on ' Todtiy 'n tauton tssiKl an or-sea-dutv while nerving' on ; mi.evhdua- ! der .releasing the largest wharf In th ! tion tommissi.on, thus entl,ilife h)m to i the highest pay of his rank.Jz.; iJS.OOO j per annum. It was for the s(Si?je wtson ! that"; the navy department llcldotl; tto- KeepiAamirai w. . &so?ii)nvnmj- nar fommana ot tne .-orityr : Atiannc fleet twhile he is in Havana Jts.aTrnemr ber.df the Cuban evaatiohixi-mmiir- sion.j'His flag will-be displa'ed ii rhe auxiliary cruiser jiesoi u-it.-, (Jiyq " " i take.? the members of the '.xnmlsKion to Havana. C, . COMMISSIONERS TO sMl T?MS I WEEK. f3 M . General Butler, one of tbf-lm e'mbfers of thie' Cuban commissiqp, s at. the war.jtletartment today in r'bnference with "the authorities regardi" the du ties "of 'the; commission. Tite Cuban eomituBion' mall; sail from r, Sew Work next -Baturday on the cruised jBesol.utp, which will proceed direct tt lavana. Oeneral Wade will act as pfgdeksnf; of the aommission. - y : . '"'.- "!. f ; The Porto : Itican commi b)fm .M ill sail from New York -next "t5?edn?p'4ay on the ; army transport Sew-cav ;,, Gen eral Gordon 'arrived -here to$ay s, frjfti Huntsville, Ala., and received hia i In structions from l ; Acting i Sjecrestary Moore, of, the state de part ill en t and Secretary I Alger, of. the wa? depart ment- - The following dispatch ha -heeri re ceived at thf.war departmfellV;! ( Santiago, A.tlsajst -l ..;. "Adjutant General, Washington s : "August 2 Total sick' Tiw total ;ie- ver cases 322, new cases feve ft, rtunn,- ed to duty 97, deaths 7. :v .'.U. ' ; "LAWTON V r i -." i- '- ! ii- v M- CUSTOM DUTIES COLLEQTKIJ; AT, SANTIAGQ,' . t ' !J Adiutant General Corhfti Sas Waiv ed thefoHowmg cablegram ?roi'Geni- eraljShaf ter under date -or tjanjlagq i !" have today - transferred, aa bvjsjis- ness relating -to customs over to, MaJ'r General Lawtonv'" There haw been cot- i-.r- -..ii. .kkntn.'if.;.,! i i jvnu. ! k" ..a- ,?-"vr ' and all expenses, in'fdudiBg' . street J cleani-nar, city .officials, pohc etc,.i have i b.-n paid 'to date, leaving ,Vr $),0H0 in th treasury. The expeiSSes of the customs heuse have been;scut down from $40,000 per annum to S,O0O :ari(l that IP time can'be matefiaily; reduceU. These, collections are all PJade under the minimum tariff, including a large reauciitm: .in tonnage.' xn coii.oiry j ana cwemy .vuivu.-iias . vi-ai;eria stne Dusiness xi. xne customv nouse nfis been-brought, about in, a great measure under the. supervision and &.k1 niafM.. aement ot uonaison. ' . :h.i , i i.'2L.L. i. ' ' 1 L i AiLMiic jAPUhliiUiN,HU,ul?h i '' OFFERED FOR A GAMP : ; il I 5Ion..Hok Smith. ex-?4retary' 'tk . ih inffrinr an KT.mn a tK-too r IW. ' fncrofr. a.nri;P!artWt r,f rfWta UoU. at the war department todays and on- 'prwT la Atlanta TnrritiaT. nlUir, ' Q nri cnfinrwla fny 'nuartat'. AtAi.';, tlhL.f j , v. . j'i- .' .r r,r.a ti,v tr.iA ,-.- ' 11, war that the building wr, In 'o-rt ter and a lake 'of twentv afipoK nodi that the buildings would anicommadajte from ao.poo, !to 13,000 0!ders. .: The, ' bmldings and the 'grounds were teb,-j dered free t the government t they j, could be made available. General "Cor- bin at once directed an investigation of , the plaoe be made to see; If it could be made, available for' the tovernmeit. ' Representative. Bartlettl? said that land ; at 4 Macon; .and Brunswick, G:rY would be placed at the disposal of the j government for a camp if it' was .de sired. ! : ;.. - ; !S i PROBABLE CHANGE"' THE ; PEACE COMMISSION, There is still a possibility of a change , in the personn'el of the Amgfican meh bership of the peace commission; ; , Up to this moment it Is not yt t definitely and absolutely known wheTiert Justice ? White will accept the appol jttmenw-ten!-dered him. and efforts arejmaklng. b.y - ... '- .. .... . 1 J". In me ipresiaent 10 learn um uicnjiuus u the' matter. ' Mr. MacArthar, the as sistant secretary of the American com mission, is now In New T:?rk anaking 'arrangements for the salUng ,of the commission on the 7th of j September. It is saggested that Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, Is being- cohsldered io PRICE 5 CENTS. lLMore COMMISSIONERS to Thasc Sent Gd neruUihrter and From t lie Nevj OrIcun-UThc Week Santktio Custoitt.f -4 Woniian Ar'M fill the vacancy.- hat woultlfi sv osult A WOMLVN AS A.ISTA'NT, ARMY 1 sr:r.KON IIJKON Pr.st tt , Today. ; fir. the Pr.st ttm 1 in the hU- toryj of . th Ajnerlji Hn arrnyj a woman leal lHfatt.ii lr. Ain't Nrn(tmi ' Mc; irt-A w if itrt.rroflsi4.r W. I Hi M.Hit, iH.city. -.aiuii' jiaucnier !sr iTurB nar Himon iXewt'VJftili, forme iiy 'oft r rKularly navnl -.obfervittuf Rv.6rtn iu as an lUllvK Hsyitlant iui'- gcsmi- : lii is. awo Alger'n Kviieral -o ir. wodl - entitle 1T- 0 the uniform f a wonl; lieu tenant without .;i.?.stKnati! j.f rank. U'islnot ;'llkelyi-ihwivr. thMiDr. Mc- tiW nail lit.relf ivC thK" rivU'$V, The piHintinent. f hlH a ii.Jvvlty fritm 1 ! iMihnlcalj.wtandnolntj' is- ijui the ' W jhnnimg f J r. I-lri's Sfirtvirei With th war depart mvf it. Thi-o-iphoutl Xti war fhe t-n lm clarg-j jj tlu; ne li"Ctirtn- of thi wianen I'lHirnvai and ; t thf .d.H) or tnore I nw In, Vthel (IHd mwt : havt!pa.s.-t-(J mustt'jr at hr hil'li' I l)r, Alcrw-e ha ivifUl.il I vl lirartliv-i her profession li( k'ashlngtoH orJtnn ;; years nl s'"wll Wttown : h nwdicil icirc lw tlioiugh!ut thl. fount!y havlnn 1 comiiibutd Hi-wHsil papyrjs) 1 tt lh. Am.'ilk'ani Assoriarjim for th'4dvanri- irwmt of sklence aijd U iotbif. sclentlHo orgattiEatlonn. - lil..M.l.,l, MKI1UI11 TOKnOTO I: ' J : M'tlS, -i.fr was anriouncotd this af t;irhian : Ht Ihe -tr-dfpart moot that General .'Me rilt k-u-..ilo p ui -.lAri,'o Kivtfi tl of hlsex't TheAorli', , ; peuce -iniri.!i()n H he jxMrlt; fewnce In th"eVlulipplnes. I ti. . to:, senij Admlrul r thM p'utpose, bui ithis Was (banged from ; the- admiral Mpon ''pr,-ritatlijn that lie auld be ;of greater service lit Manila ihitn 'hi' Paris. Wbwhtfr - not General Mr- ritt will return Ui the Phlllripfnes has Ti"t vet Ix-ni deter: mined; .lhaiVlll de- :peni entirely tri)rt the srntesvf affairs j.n't.he islands whin the ieace commis sion ronciuoes its tanorn. j no cnoii iThi route is left expected that h in ; sixty days at to hinisi'lf.i but It Is- 111 BiMn I'hria wlth- he latest. liOIISON AtT KAftTIA&O. He Will Go fo Work to; Raise the Rpan ,. lh Warshlpa-ellow Fevir ! Anionic Troop Arrlvlns;lrom Tampa. I : Santiago de Ciifca. August 9, 8 30 m.r The steamer) Sagurancaj iarrlvei 'this imornlng.j rlrigtoip Lieutenant Richmond P. HaJImon. Who 'Will mncr. Intend the efforts to float tijje'Runken ;Span(sh cruisers joristobar rion and ' 1 dnfan'ltaMaj-la Tir..a : h i '?.i . : i li,arbnr-s-lately wholly occupied: by th -. !- , united ( States govern mVnt4-and re- l tumliiig it to the luse of the- itor-nt mrj; ; , -h.ints;!and 'shippers. Trading 1 v-esiel.-' 1 .nan expextencea ! great rinedkiv'catehce " mu weiay ; in iconsequenc-e df iinsuff i- ii ctrnt rwharf facilities and mahy -shlpa ': I in th harbor art.awaitjng a place to unhad.- The spfclal hardship1 -'arise ' J excessiyn narnor charges '-. i , ienji.t.ruiM or, lie n-tty i.anal province . to.vthe- humben. of about" a 000. 0- lu ! Oosta jHica and , amaica, ar-j expected I. to return here -curing, the iijext threw weeksiand preparations are gk neral for a housa cleahmrt all around, j , iA w:hoIe batta mn of the' Fifth reg- '. ulars, brought by! the Kulcketbocker from Tampa, has ibeerr placfdM in jtho hospitar vacatel by the Spanfards, yel iow feveh having appeared among -them, i .The Knickerbocker 6as beett f quarantined. Sli' touched a a smalt , ..... ..jf IjJUIH i L nited States, ajnd was' not itnBpec'ted r at tampa. Flva cases: of .'the! fver nave .aeveiopeu. ; t Dt-ath pi -Mr. lijrUtopber C. X ernon. - t. The ; friends ofj Mr. Christ Ppher ,C, , V'erfion Swill sressret t6' lean of hU - ueatu...' . men occurred uncjAyi morn ing a. i b'clock at-his resill fcnee, No.,f S'j North Ninth istreet,: bf-twlveft Mar Ret and Prinet'Bs1 streets. He hat ben. an invalid for the jast.six ylars, and: tnougn n great i sunvcrer, rt;-fvas al-i cueeiiui ajiu resigneu.i tie1- leaves two daughters aitd one. son-Mrs. -John nes.'! Mrs. ZacH . Lumley : knd 'Mty jww ernon, an ot -this CityJ . r Jhe idceased was a memw.-r of Andrews -rvsoyterian -chufch, -and the pastor. Rev.i A. !.; Motrin ciated at the funeral; which took placej yesiernay arternpon at 3 ot lock at! the family residence. The antermentf was made-at Bejlevue Fernet try. and HiQ ii t tr is I ' AifirLful a. l J, , , - i . r r: --m uia grave.; Uhe r,al h9n 'w MessrsJ 1." J- Li vv. ii. sprunt, Cjscar PearsaJll.J J. E4 vixia.iia.iirf k,. . .Mian-zerj . w Hisam liol lowaysand ; .T. iFlckettj ! tt In a re a I As ,mntixrieu in i Sundar'ri Aleaxen ger, . pmrj. townsman. Captain T. DJ Mar. was agaik honpredi bJ- the 8u v tunc, ,uuku, rviiiignis 01 iyimas, BlV us : convetit oh a f- inn in inaLAlig. Ind.J in' hia "re-electiori as Sutrtiie Master! . 1 ' ."-II! ' 1 .r; IT! ,..A ,l .c- .. , .'.T . .. . : pari ui uiis- fi r, an as w-e have: heretofore-mention!, a recet. tionl willlbe tehderefMhe Buiprdrrfe Mas, !r Exchequeri by Stonahl Lodge iNo- wnitn fie JSjJl mtrmner. At regular meeting of th? hdge enTl i "jrFv H J- J- Hppklll M W. , J-i Iflobertsori J w-ere armointed a comnrntlii.ie ttd makJ arrangements ion xne recepim i 1 j. W place in .jaue ii.d.u nexi mon the othk o ....w .,i...-4 j t ; ' .gr The torsi to tbe higaMt frees baUa pmw4t kaowa. Actsal tests shew K oeuea. ; f sfthef tsss say etfcsf tiraas. ' FQVDER Absolutely Pure aoM. ammo rowotn CO., utm voaa.1 tun ' -; i- -; "; I ' : j ;' 7 ; VU i U aUCIi 99 TV lUVUvt B ( M S 41V b IU4V TT Ut f- -:t-.. i - i :?;. 1 ; ' . & '?--..' .... ' ' -- I
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Aug. 30, 1898, edition 1
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