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i-j ;;;. ' : - .V.. 1 '. ' :.---.-. . .; j' ; : . i .1 ;:r . '- -j,--., - . ) J ::.:"' .f; : i! .. : '..1S-; r.-. ;: - .. .:.. -.is- j t- ;:! ;. . . , --- . ...... .;-., ... . . hr'-vi'' 1 i: i;'1''- ', Cv: 4 :''''' :-' l - tsj.'" .:;:!'!-:'::.?:'".. f- - .V'-f :::! ": , ', , j r ' j- v, i ; . -jj ,,. 1 .. .:.:-:.,..:.: 5 : : : " . ,: ' ; ' : . -.; . ;.fti4; ... - ; . ; - . - t. h !,! .. ,. ... r . 0 1,1-' 1 . 1 ifef- : : l J- s i! ' : - ",:; . .r;., . ,l-fc3 I.;, "ti-.l.ti '1 .lilt:' M -1' ''; '!"';: 7 p ;''t '.'T-'."'-"--l ' - ; .' r ' il 4 r i WILMINGTON, N. C. SUNDAJEPTEMlilill i, 18981 PIIIC 5 : CENTS V0G. XI. NO. 221. ;Pi:M- 1 1 1 U,.!L J'-LL' '!; .-L.aii'J ;'h .Mil. r:i n r r . '; ; if. 1 :! - I- - 1 , i , ,, ,, V,, ..m, , - ; , i, , ,i -, n, r . . , ,i i . i , t ,i ;li , , -. ; i , r -,, r jf, ... ,,1.4 Hi i n -r- tts't" : . . , ' r -r The Gold Reserve in the at Wonderful Rate; MORE TROOPS TO The Firsi North Carolina Regiment Regiment Ordered to Knoxville . S . ": ... -.r : !-f - 11 ' pfiPensions-4-lhe lreasury uepanmem 10 ivmiciraic nc 7 demption of Pacific Railroad Bond,BidS for; Fur-; r niKinnc tti Xaw with OneiMillion Pounds ; :ii i ;' of Smokeless Powder Opened. Carhn! 'Wikoff, Montaukl Point, Sep tember 3.4-PreBiderit .McKinly spent" five hour.4 ,'in the camp today, bare headM"!rnft8tr)f the : time, . vi&iting: the j tej hospitals' jini inspecting j J,; ,1 I i.tf 11' in their cantonments. lie sick in the well made- & speech - to the assembled to the assembled in- f intrymen, reviewing the icavalryroen,. r wrrf;KJ.ed his opinion; of tJe camp to the ri'M rters and issued an order' di 'rectinf? Jth;(;i "regulars to fetijrn to- their - stations 4ast of the Mississippi. ! GenerallWheeler, his'stafg and nearly every ofTer of prominence in the . camp mei the president 'at the sta tic n, except. General 1 Shafter.. who . is 'KtJU in idetention anJ General Young, who fell and broke his arm last ni'sht. i After jgreetingsand mtrtluc tions on the railway jdat'fofm, the- . president, took General -Wheeler's, arm and went to a i carriage. iColoneJ s Theodore1 Kltoosevelt, pf the Jiough-i Riders, was ; amdnff theigroup of horsemen near;-by. Mn.McKInJey saw him and got out of' ; 'the carriage to speak to him. Colonel Jlooaevelt hastily dismounted and tus sled with a gauntlet for fiteen seconds o that! ungloved "1 he might shake hands." I The column -of., . carriages - , ,3 . : 1 1 . ..... . .1 r r v. T v : 3 WUUHU Ul!3 Illil, catui ICU,DJ ilC J.1U1U ravalryi regiment land; the mounted band of the Sixth, cavalry. The par ty; paused a moment on .the hill, and the president looked out on th-i wide, Undulating cape, water, bound on eith er side and whitened on the levels and 'lull tops by the. tents of .I8,i:w men, laid out in ; geometric lines. HIS MEETING (WITH 5IJ AFT1CR. . Mr; McKinley ..tlrove . to General Shafter's.tHnt in he !; detent ion camp. The s:enrtl,- who f-was -flushed and weak frmii a mild case of malarial ifever, was ; in full luriiform; sittinij in a chair at the door of-rthe tent. He - tried tepi ris-e, bpt Mn McKinley said: 1 "Stay where you are, general. You are entitled tp Vest.',' j w ! The prident congratulated .General Shafter ionj the. Santiago campaigr: and after aj fw I minutes' rest, proceeded to the ceneral hospital. The soldiers recentlyi arrived on I transports, and de.-' itained in Une detention section of the camp line wup irregularly ion eaeh side of the ro4di and cheered, i'- Mrl Kinley V took off 1 his Sstraw hat then,' and scarce ly put-it op! for more than sa minute or . two at f a time 1 during the remainder I of his -progress through the' camp. J Miss jWheeler, among the sick sol 1 diers,. a! daughter .0 the general, hap- pene'd to i be In the' first row of ' the 1 hospital tents apd speishowed the pres I ident through her " division. General i Wheeler announced in each ward: 1 "Boys, the. president has ome; to see 1 you, or 11 "Soldiers, the president' 'of i the United States."( j , 5 1 Some ofj the soldiers slept on uncon- 1 suiuus, sunit; iisiieasiy 1 ciitru uyun viieii elbows, others feeblyi clapped ' their 1 hands. I'Mn McKinley gently . shook 1 hands with, many, and at .every cot he -i paused ani istant and if ! he saw the pick man Rooking at him he bowed in i a! direct arid personal way. ; i -In the second WHMTd the president en I tered.t Sergeant John A. ,' Alexander, I Company pty, 1 FTrst I Illinois, . who . has 1 fever, wai irather . startled by hearing 1 General Wheeler announce the presi T dent.. Thej sergeant half raised up on '"his cot. Mr. McKinley, attracted by the movement, :took Alexander'si hand 1 and said:',; 1 . "J am Borry to-see! you so sick. I I hope that jyou. are (getting better." "Thank you, I think I shall get-well." 1. "Da- Toil wish 'for n anything?" ' fa ,' q,uiredi General iWhjeeler. I i f i ."No, I have everjfthing good for me, ! I guess," Alexander replied wearilv; "liut I wish I were? home." X ! -'I hope i that 1 we I may soon get ;you I there," said Mr: MKimey.' - i l lie. had, "many bits of. talk- with the men and j seemed to ibe in no .hurry. He- almost Outwore the patience of all his parts' by his: "w-ard aTtQTward. .- ALONE VlTH A plow-going through -..It. : i i - j f" - '., ! 1 .: ! ' DXINGV SOLDIER. , VWhen seemingly all ! the i wards of the jfreneral hospital had been gone through and the resident was about 1 to get Attorney General into a 'carriage, I Clriggs det-4ined ihim.i l "Miss " Wheeler. I nas : told me; ! said he f'of ra Lieutenant t Irado, who: -is in. aj tent hack here by ; nimseir. ' ana 1 ne is 1 m- a wying condi 5 lion. He has asked abdut your com- ing, and Mass Wheeler has promised ' jlhat you shall see' him." : i r t ' "Certainly. Let us go 'to him," Mr.' 1 ."McKinley Jsaid. I V- -!'. i I The others of ; the party discreetly i remained outside the tent- The presi ' dvnt re-apjjeared with the nurse- a i minute on two ;later. 1! His eyes were i '-nxiist andjdown- cast, !! ; :i . j 'i.. The president) iprpceeded to the in-I f antry plain, as it it called'" The men I of the Ninth Massachusetts, the First 1 Illinois the Eighth Ohio, the Thir 1 teenth, -a Twenty-first, ii Twenty-second 1 and iTenth t regular 1 infantry were as-- eembled 1 without arms. ' About - 5,000 1 men stood ' in r close order. General Wheeler, said: 1 . The (president of our great country lias come! here to greet i the soldiers that marce,d so gallantly Jup San Juan hill onj Ju!ly 1st : He : comes here j to express; tKei: nation's thanks to? these "brave men. I wish to tell . vou that sent .me here two .when the Ipresid-ent 'I mm Treasury Increasing BE DISBANDED hil N to be Mustered! Out -Th egro it 1 Report of 1 the; Commissioner 1 . . L 1 ! 4 Li.:!.;i T ' I . .'I ! weeks aero' to command this camp he i enjoined me .In th most emphatic lan i guage that 1 shoulld, without regard to 1 expense,'! exercise; i any and i every ne cessary tjo imake qomfortable this body ofbfava ..men who byi their have raised this Republic i to t egt ,ton amonff tnf reat ! courage the; high- the. greati nations of the earth.- I have the honor and pleasure of introducing 1 to you, the president of the United States." HIS ADDRESS TO THE SOLDIERS. President; McKiiley"said: 'Generiill Wheeler, - soldiers or cajnp Wikoff, soldiers 6f the s Fifth army corps I trust thf at you; iwill put your hats onHI iam glau to meet you.- 1 am honored ltd stand beforei you (today. I bring yoU ther gratitude of the nation to whose history j you have a,dded by your valbri a ; new and loriotis page. You havie .come- after .to months of severe cimi)aignihg ' 4" hjich has em braced assault,- siegeii $.nd battle; so brilliant Snj achievement,! so: far-reach ing in results as to --command the un stinted plraise of all youriiJio-Mntrymen. You had! the brunt of the battle" on land. Y iu bore -yourselves with su- preme 0 ourage, .and your personal bravery. never before excelled any where, has won the admiration of your fellow citizens and the genuine respect of all mankind, while: your- endurance j under petculiari trial and' suffering has j given added meaning ;to lyour i heroism, is Your exertions- made .easy jthe j conquest ofPorto Rico: under the i resistless ar- my commanded 1 by u Major General Miles, aad behind -you, ;to proceed at a moment's: summons,' rvvere more than 200,000 of! your; comrades jready to sup port youi disappointed , that the joppor tunity wlhich you had -did. pot come to thenvyet filled with, pride !at your; well earned fame and Irejoic'ing upon! your signal viptories. 1 - ',, 1 VYou were on the line of batttej they no. less than you were t in the Ime of duty. All have ; served; their country in its need, all will serve it so long as they may be required, and all will for everf have the thanks and regard of a i grateful people.", , j "I "We cannot bid ?yau welcome here today.' without our hearts, going! out to the heroes of' Manila son sea and on land, wjnose j services s and i sacrfices, whose courage and. constancy in that' far-distant ' rjeld j of operations ! have never been surpassed by ,any soldiers or sailors 1 ther. world oyeruM To the ar my and jthe j navy,-! to the marines, to the regulars j to j the: volunteers, ' and to that Providence! which! has. watched oyer them all,, the' nation today is full of thanksgiving and. praise: The brave officers and men j who. fell in battle and those who ; haven died if rom : exposure and sickness will , live in immortal story and their memories! will be per petuated in the hearts ! and; the"; histor ies of a generous; people, and thpse who are depend&nt upon them iwill not be neglected bjy the. governmnt for which they so freely sacrificed their! lives." '! The soldiers cheered many times.. The i part, of the field ;where the Eighth Ohio stood, the. regiment which is ' sometimes called: "the president's own" was particularly noisy; The! 1 party then went , to the: detention hospital. The. grave-yard in i which i sixtvj or sev enty plain new wooden : crosses stood was near;. the road on the left. The president) solemnly: raised: his hat. IN THE INFECTIOUS HOSPITAL. Mr. MqKinley went ;: through ' all- the wards of I the detention hospital in the same. -careful way in, which he had 1 gone- through those of the general hos- ' pitaL When he came to the last ward, I Major RT. Ebeift said: "This is aj dangerous! ward," land turning i to Sec- j retary otj-War Alger, . inquired: "Do I you thjnki the presidents had better go; in here?"j . ; . , j Mr. McjKinfey, without! waiting to ! hear "whaX: General:: Alg-er's reply would '! be.started into the ward.! General Al- i rer and jthe others'' of ; the party - re mained outside e ! The presidential party then! ; drove through lines j of cavalry draw ft, up on eiiner siae or , tne roaa.: - : ; j i he presidential party left! at 12 o crock pi . m. ' ' ? One Minute Cough1 Cure surprises people byj its quick cures and children ' may take:, it in large1 Quantities with out the least danger. " It has won for itself the! ,best' reputation of any prep aration used, today for colds, croup, tickling: n the throat! or, Obstinate oonghs. ,R. R. Uellams'. j Earthquake Slioc-ks at Santiago i Santiagor de-; 0uba, : Seutemher 3. Twoidistinct earthquake shocks were felt I herej , this! afternoon.! ; The first, which. ojqc,uri;ej3 at '2:15 ! o'clock,! was of ' unusual; 'j severity' and ; shook . every.! house in the cifyi. The frightened rxc ' pier rasa 6ut into the streets. The sec ond shock, which was lighter,1 Occurred Just an hour laljer. j ' i .The Saratoga' sailed this evening for Montauk Point with 10 sick ' and a quantity pf Mauser riflessarid iammuni-i tion. . 1,1 ijll-iililV-,!1''- 1 j ' ' The sailinjr of the Missouri has been delayed : until rtomorrowj owing; to the difficulty of . obtaining: a sufficient sup ply of wdteri ; i ; i j. ne reports 01 i uenerai . wood's corps of physicians ? showed! a: marked im- j provemen.t in the general health of the city. The death; -rate 1 this i week is from 50 to 75; per cent, .lower than jt Was tWO WPPKR -fifrt.; : , i ;'.:!! ;. -f ' . ' r..rMi i f - . :.: : r i 1 rifE DBFAFIK CAS-U " .:;.:. .'-. j yi'' T : Ij; iH. ' : ! ; The EiritemcDt In Prl 1 oa the In ! re-5Uxhe Frtiitb .'ninltr f j. . Belsu ; ; ;j 1 jjju Paris.'September 3-rrCavaiaac min- ilster off war, has resigned. He sent i the following, letter of resignation toi IM." Brisfeon, premier and president, off the council: ,x i ' "I have the honor to send, you and to' beg you to transmit to the president! of the republic ray resignation as min ister: for war. There exists- a disagree ment 'between us, which,' being pro longed would paralyize the; government at a time when it most needs full un ity of decision. I remain convinced of the guilt of tDreyfu3 and! as deter i mined i as heretofore to combat a re vision of the case. I do pot! intend tq ! shirk" the responsibilities lof jthe pres- i ent ; situation ; but : I cannot assume i them 'without being in accord with the I chief of the government: to which I have thje honor to belong." ! : The Dreyfus agitation is not abat 'ing,' The,populace was again , inflam ;ed todajyMby posters, printed by The ; Siecle. 'With which the' town! has .beeh plastered.l ,They reproducej-two letters! wnicn .Dreyius wrote to ; tne -minister for war? in 1894, and one iwhich he wrote ;tp his counsel,, M. bemange, in 1 1894 f protesting his innoceoice and de nying tjhat he had ever, even "been guilty ojE indiscretion T;he posters al- so cill' attention to the fact 1 that Col :onel Picquart -wrote on .JaAy 9 tli affirm ing i the falsity of lieutenant- Colonel Henry's documents and they: denounce the arrest and imprisonment of Golo- nel Picquart.' ' i: - h - These! are' the eireumstances which led M. Cavaignac to resign 1 ! After the Wiscoveify: of Lieutenanti Colonel ;,Henfy's forgery ' 'the -: government sought .jmeans to reassure the public ; The ;question of revision nwas broach ed. Certain ministers believed the time had come to throw full light on and to establish every: responsibility, H i' Mr. Cavaignac strongly objected He, declared that he was. convinced of the guilt i of 1 Dreyfus. ' M. Brissonl vainly endeavored to overcome his re sistance. Later, M. iSarrjen. pointed out to; M. - Cavaignac j that j the revision IMPORTANT EYE5TS OF THE.SaY. There Were Tine Cases of Yesterday. The First N- C. Regiment is Negro Regiment is to be Retained The, Navy Department OpeAs Pounds of Smokelees Powder. G;a. ilJVli;is OTj rs to General Bookt His Private Kesi- dence near San Juan. 4A Deputation of Philippinps Urge" Annexation of the Philippines. . Auguinaldo Writes an Impertinent Lettfr.! to General Oils ana tiets a anun. It is Rumored that the Britisih Have Captured Kahtoum 1 The French Minister of WarfResigns. 1 President McKinley Goes to all the Wards of thei Hospital. Alone He VL .ts ,a Dying Soldier: He Makes an Address to.the Soldiers. , J:; ;j :jThe Excitement in Paris over the Drevs Case' Increases. The City is Placarded with Flaming Posters. , I'll J'TntrerinT Fact are Contained in the Ailanal Report of the 'Commissioner .of Pensions. 5 General Brooke Starts To-Day would be purely judicial. !-:M.i Cavaign ad replied that revision could only be justified if some newi fact; were deveH oped ti show 'there' had. been a judi-j eial er-or and that no-such ! facts ex-i isted. lenry's forgery being :vsubse-j quent to the conduct of Dreyfus and only: ii idirectly connected?: with It. M.i; I ourgeois, recalled from' .Switz erland, - made a new effort, but M. Cavaigaac still refused.1, The latter then s;lW M. Brisson, the; premier, and declared that his determination was immov lble, and -that he would resign. t Afterf M. j Cavaignac s departure aj conference wTas .held !i at" jthe? ministry: of the interior betwelen: MMj Brisson, Bourgeois and1 Sarjrien.! jAbout 9 o'clock M, Cavaignaci's : letter of - resignation-was received. i It; is paid that a majority . of the'cab-i inet: accept the views of Brisson.i as thei other ministers -.retain rtheirj portfolios. ' The reslignation: of . M.i Cavaignac : enables the government to decide the matter and it i is believed that M. Cavaignac successor at thei war i office will soon be: appointed andi a definitive resolution taker! Food Still Searce: at Havana i j i ..:..i. :i " s , Havana, September: 3, 9 : p, m. Al though! not a day hasi passed i since the blockade : was raised : without two, orl three vessels arriving here : with pro the prices of the necessaries 1 of life fare not, only excessive but,, in during the blockade; As -the .Red Cross society's ; supplies on ; the ; Clin toniwere not landed, this: condition of things seriously; affects the poor. Ricd is selling at 6J cents. During the blockade meat sold at from 40 to 49 cents- a pound retail.! ! Corbett andlQLcKloy to Flsbt . Kew York, September 3. Jim Corbettl aiTiveu; icie xl iuuii iuuo 1 iuci iviu McKoys at an uptown sporting resort and! they arranged to fight their pro posed battle on Octot- 15th at Buffa- lo. CoTbett left for Asbury S Pork to night and will resume a training on ouuiiuay. -.mcvuj!- win toga. Corbott said: return to Sara 'I have decided his'fight, yrin or, i 4:::::': to quit the n,ng after lose." I : S!- ' 1.-: ;::'i3f'iiV--V; Ly M'l r--1 . The AnsJ-;rmsn Alllanrej. i - Berlin, Sejfitnber SThe officiais of the German lireign officx, asiejrtj that the London reports .of ait offensive and defensive alliance having been concluded tfeween Great .BritiaX and Germany,: ,af 'entirely without, jfdua- dation, r-n-i.,lM; n.MM'ry- - ! rN The Briti ambassador j here1 asked if. an ! agreent between Great Briv ian ana Gf Miany concerning : j Af rilcji had been glebed, m He midr i and agreemeiftt already 1 exists, many prefers jthat , England I Such Gei- rather than France fshould i hold Egyipt, al though all Germany! . expected from the EffyMsh occupation has not been reailze5: An Anglo-German un derstandinggarding the, rest, pf Af rica aso exists. The recent meetings between MrUBalfour and Gout Von Hatzfeldt det with other matters." " Govenunent'cwel Blown t'pfByf l ;- 'iCyM x I 1;l Torpedo.;-:, j ; : - New Orleat t,! September 3.j Thfc gov ernment stea mboat John R". Meigs: was totally destiOyed-f byi an explosipn at Fort St. i Pl tllln i today. She! : had aboard Lieut tiant' Jervey and aiparty1 engaged in, "i amoving the torpedoes laid in the Jfssissipjrt river duriogi the beginning jofi!the war. "LTelitenanfc : Ter xvey had a. farfow escape.: The ilkilled were Captail :Starr, commander of the , boat : Ser eea'it J o-h n Newmani - I : the engineers; Rogers. ' Tat Carlos r , and alph l: f ' More thatttwienty million freet sam ples of 'DeWitt's Witcn Hazel 1. Salve i have been distributed byi the manu facturers. ?Wh.at better proof pf I their confidence ih ft's merits do youT want? It cures -pilesi i burns; scaios, sores,, in j the : shortest Space of time. ;i i. ' i i ' i i 3- -: 1 :- I ! R. It., Bel- 1 lainy. . t Spauuft tPeaee xmmlit8ionerjf '"Madrid:; Remember 3. It is current ly reported; that the - Spanish minister - 1 - . - m : . . . t ' - U i 2. ;a at yesterday seaDinet! meexmg uwuiLe ly selected ib three following peace commissioners: General Rafael . Cer- ero v Saenzi cerieraT of 7 engineers Senor Villaurutia, under; secretary of state for foreign affairs. - ! I - Th Cnrii;tfi- declare that aften pro testing in th6fec6'rtes against th'e; policy of i the, goyei?iment they, draw. -v. 1 vH - j :-: mflMy k-: U ! i "" 1 ' will witn- Yellow Fevet? at Orwood, Miss. q i:y-:-r- :y:.:,:mU:ir : :":: ur: ' :. ? i' - :.r:!-' :- mm M--:: - i-vn.ir:.;i. I Ordered Ouf of Service and the Bids for Burnishing 1,000,000 g S i- : : . . . ; .: - , . ,: i . ... 1 - ; J : -, . .; i: V: s-Ba: H J .: . 1 wait on Ccmsul Williams and srtine 1 - ' " I -1 f Camp Wikoff He Goes Through j ittS , for San Jufin. ! The Strm-SwsfBptXerrltory j Savannah iGaL, : . September 3. Two5 more wrecks were, reported today off the entrance lo balabogue sound. Both were dismai schooners There were no signS of life on jeitherj vessel. The coast-1 i&j being patrolled in the hope of rescuing the Icrews of some of the wrecked vessels!, ! but:. except the !.:.'' I- ' il 5-.. l - : r: "f. ; :: i i . Ill ..... I of the bark, laoo none are known to have been saed. On the stoTn'-swe section of the coast the Ids of property 1 1st increas ing. . r The mis of water in :the low lands are beiasr saddeo.to ! .by the floods in the river. ? and the waters every where in thje hooded district are rising. The first 1 1 win rfrom the njrth, in three days refjehed here this afternoon, bringing thetnails that have! ben ac cumulating! j irth , of. the i overflowed j -i I jf- -- - '11 I i ;.'-..:- territory. : Th Central of; Georgia rail road, the Getrgia! iaiid Alabama-and the Florida! i Central r and Peninsular railroads aifeftStilT blocked f f The Savannah ana Ugeechee' nve?s are rising tajildly ! apd are : likely; :o. paus heavy; damage when the ; flolkl reaches the, ttjsv country j A Soldier; ftnprisoned For Life Leavenwonai; i KasL, "September 3 Private AlexjyXa Dukel company I., Second Wisconsin j volunteers,? was placed . in ,t3aatfederail prison ! here, to day to remain for life, for ihe! murder of Private J Thomas! Stafford; : of the Thirteenth j?J?iited Sltates' infantry; in Porto ; Rico, La Duke averts he shot! Stafford m self-defense- You invite yaisapponunent when ou experiment. DeWitt's Little! ' Early Risers are fSeasant.'K easy, thoroijgh little pills. ' i?rhe-y curei. I constltuation and.siclc heasiacher Just: avsure as. jou K-i:.-.iM- -a Fatal FblnInn Af?MilliinM H Vicksburg IMiss;, September; 3. "he mill stones .01 tle Ntta yuma plaiia tion burst 1th' a terrific I force ,C jis morning, instatly Stilling four men id injuring fouP-cthers two of them fafUl ly. ; Three of he dead, ! Ralph "Holrns, Jessie Gowan;Sa.nd Andrwes Chalk were driven through, the Walls of the build ing by the, fc"e! of the explosion., i it M'KINLEY. The President Makes a H f.i of Camp TENjDER CONCERN F0RLTHE SICK He Goed fTh rough all the Hospital Wards Wifh Kind Word for if !:-''HXvj- .-!'- fi.r , -;!.;': .-yJv'lj-" : ; i:fe'M.w: ';(';)! : i fij! --.-l j :ognize His lresence Alne He Vi&iga Dying. Soldier Who Recoj -. -.V. : ' r -. - ,X ,: " . Who . Had Expressed A Desire thutic (Sreeting to General Enter the; Contagious to the l-i ! iWashirigtoii September 3. The ap pended biulletln was Issued byitht.' war department todar, announcing! the. ad ditional Regiments jo be- mustered out of the servke. 1 Adjutant : General Cor bin said fthatj, in a)lj probability,! few, If any'-'pthri troops would be ordered re lieved fj-om duty it "this time. The bulletin 1 of 1 the" organizations to be mustereq ou ; follows: ' - -I First bnited States volunteer lnfan try at Galveston, Tjejxas. : Ninth I Maisachusetti infantrjv from iMontaufC 'to iSouth Far'mingha,m j-Mass i Battefiies Bi t C. and D, First Maine faHiller, at Augusta. 1 Companies! A. B. C. i ind D., I Second !Washin i : rtoni volunteer infantry, .Van Couver barracks. Washington i Distri pt' pf ! Columbia infantry, from Montauk to: Armory,: Washington, D.C. Firs battalion of Nevada infantry. at Carson City Ninth Nfw York infantry from Huntsvjille, Ala., to Troy, N. Y.- Third! INflw York i infantry from" Camp: Meade,! Middleton, to Troy, N, Y. . Fourteenth: New York infantry, from Huntsille, Ala., -to Troy, N. Y. i gecorld New Jersey infantryi from Jacksonville:,! Fla.; to Sea Girt, N, J. v First! Massachusetts! heavy, artillerv. from. If or t Pickering, '.Mass-toi South Farminghanr, 'Mass Second Virginia,! forty-six u officers, 1.239 ejilisted men, from Jacksonville, Jb la., to Armory Richmond, , Va. Second Texas infantry J forty-six of ficers, 1,297 enlisted men, from Jacltson- vjlle, Fla., to Houston ;Texas. i-jj j t Fourteenth Minnesota f ortk-nine of ficers, ;,266 enlisted menfrom- Knox ville,, io Sti Paul, ', ! 1 twelfth Minnesota forty-nine offi- cers, 11259 enlisted men, from Lexing ton to'St. Paul t First i North Carolina. nrty. iofneers. 1,160; ejilisted : men, to Raieigh.j ' : First) Loiiiisiana, 1,192 enlisted men, to New Orleans. from Jacksonville forty-five r. officers; Lfrom : Jacksonville .It In: connection with the orders mus tering out lor the above named egi mentsj it is significant of the govern ment s intention toi retain many oc the volunteer trooos in the servtco lhat orders! werf ; issued transferring1 thir teen rpgimpnis irom tneir stat? camps to thei various camps of mobilissation mrougnouw the cotintry. It is unkier- stood jthat Lhe orders Were .issued ivith a view to. he retention in the service, perhaps until next spring' of the organ izations namea in the orders. The regiments, included follows: ' I ' - he orders aije ag 'Thirjd Georgia, frpm Griffinj to 'Jack sonville i:. : ': -. J f FJfttenth! Minnesota, from St; Pau to Camp AjTeade, ; Middleton,: pa Fourth New. Jersey. from ! Sea Girt to Camn Meade." r I '. Eighth irifaoitry Oregulars) irom Fort Thomas,:, Washington, to Kentucky. J . Lexington, . Fifth Massachusetts," f rem South Farminghakn' to Camp Meade. " Thirty-fif!th Michigan, . from Island Haven to Camp Mead. - 1 . Third ..Mississippi from I Jackson, Miss. to Lexingtort.t '. , Two -Hundred aiid! Frst New York, from Hempstead .t Camp Meade.' . Third North Carolina from Fort Ma con,! to Knoxville. t .1 1 Fourth Kentucky; frdm Lexington' to jnoxvme. i t Third i Alabama,! .Ti)r1renvillo -i I iffom Mobile ' to r-y" it . ! i .v - vi:-:jM m i T hitfd regiment United States elngi neers from t Jefferson! barracksMcK Lex ington, "j H U 1 ' Firsjt Territorial regiment, from Tuc 3on,, .rizort;a,i to. Lexington. . v i--! i .; NO MORE IBLAGKl POWDER IN THE .NAVY. Prbpablyp the navy has foueht its last wiar with black ! powder. Eids were opened today at the, navy department for supplying the newf warships with 1.000, 0(0 ponnrfs of smokelessl powder, a quantity sufficient to supply at least me seconidary batteries -. of all the ships fin the service kno this supply will : be aiugumented from time to time until within. the course of a'year or two all the black powder, Will have been i?etirel, except, possibly- some, that will bfe retained forlsaluting purposes. Th.erej-.were; six bids received today at the dpartimeSit and opened by Judge Aclvoqate' Lemly In the' presence f representatives of nbost of thei bidders, jpremihejnt ii among them r beingr Mrs. iMariaj Dittmar, head of the; powder jconceifn bearing herjnameThe bids on I an averagelare about the same as. the navy s, noisv paying Lf or Its powder and slight y bellow ther figure paid by the army iundear the emergency created by the war. 1: GENERAL; BROOKE LEAVES FOR SAN JtTAlM Adjiitantl ' General j Corbin today re- ceived , a cablegram 1 from " General j. . J j s A ir Li, J ' : i Brooke, ., announcing that he I would leave Ponce today for San Juan, es corted by ?roopH.. pt the Sixth caval ry and Company F, or the Eighth in-tantri-. ; i It jis expected that he will make his ihjeadqmarters for j the present at Rio;Pedra$ about seven miles from San: Juan. General i Brooke is accom panied oRjheitrip, which he will make over -land, by his full staff He will be in .constant telegraphic communlca- ! ' , i: V rps;i-;.-1 ' -k !',-'- - . mi'MW : ' j' '-- - A' ' -: : f ilV i-v'..;. .-::; -.',:K.1v'iK ; tj I: Hs;:.. M- t" ':.: "Jf V- x''-IfiMxH ---t i 1i--.'-U!:-- : ji ! IN :CAMP.i Thordi! U Inspection. Wikoff J fail: fflfl- t 4 ill to Sec Ii:...Uis Synipa- Shafter..litiAfrald to . WTards--AtAddresj ' j 1 i mm Soldier. 1 ti' J- tion! jvith rc3rJ ' s- He experts -ttt arrive in about flvvfl4"8 "T OF ;.'j'tJNSIONS. , - The anneaj'.rport of Hon. 11. Kvans. cuiriPfiisBioner of rensio)n was says mat tn.?r rj is .not: oniy jFncrxa-( ing in numWrd, but in value. L Tnq amounts ptid out at the j Bevfral agencies foriu; year - on account of pensions umlrytbe general las w er J75.275,3S3,anu.o'n I account of wnsfons under the .a-tftf June 27th, 1890. SG6.4 255,670. TheShmber of j pension lr foreign curjes at thei close of thdr fiscal, year? 4, 371, having iiicren sedi 309. The tot3? amount paid tn. pens ers livlngTabiaut'd was t6C9,h2. I . f onr ii r Pension. ct$xm pending June) 30, 't89Jf, numbered egil. : The commissioner is, confident tht. 'jhere' are not over 75, 000 of thes -invalids i and Iwldtws), that j are gefijlinV original jclaims. fTh others are Jrf-"'s where the claimants are already; if&isioned. There! is rrjtich complaint aKtgg penshjnf-rs,! says tho 'commissi6ni j&nd very just cause for; such, by rea of uniformity of raiting for the sat : 'or like dIsabiliUe!s of different clal'iaHts. This complaint! has always exist ji frtnd always win, under our present yritem, and.) he cannot be 1'nfedied without radical change otiBpm. It is recommended ; that the jf-yirients j of ? pensions be made tcv'fhe of -some other suita ble; person M the . case i of pensiofnera who areiktl Jp. disipate! their money. i lA special it,, fciion has been establish ed to adjudi');t claims growing oUt-of the Spanlsl'j'iin. These rwilll be :paldl under the jfral laws. . T)nly about one .hundreerf-'?lijns; of this class? have been filed x ;to lhe close of the fiscal 4 year and. n, hjis been adjudicated. TO ANTICIPATE REDEMPTION OF" B'ON'DS. u i t . t TJie secret ry I of the .treasury has Issued a caE'offering to redeem! the balance of -thi bonds amounting to $14,j 004,560 issued; to the Pacific 1 raifroad and ot this amount over $9,000,000 were Issued to thaii Central I Pacific,- bver $3,000,000 to Hhe Union Pacific jand bver $1,50,0,000 to -the 'old .Western Pacific. These bonds -will be redeemed an the treasury ata rebate of one hal f ol one per cent. ofhefr facet -:vaJue.at)any j. i - n i e i . a. l m . ' a. . i . time uurinif $ne imonin; oi eipxera oer. This is on me iDasis or z per renti per annum. TheflB'sbonds were to mature January lst.i :jSj)9. : ; GOLD PILING; UP IN .THE TEA- .i i ; . ;1 ii ' I j SURY. h.T;he gold the treasury is steadily climbing utfiajnd an.d 1 today afgain ivi ac a, j;uu a. iuuu it3eiyeui. $220,916,28?, j&l highest; in the history bT j the - ese4 fund. United Siates Treasurer aerts, speaking ofthej up-V ward trend o.jth:e gpld in the treauryr said that dutf tf iabout $40,000,000 yet1 to be-paid Jn rsihe new rwar loan, lit Is likely that $$.000,000 or $30,000,000 1 will bejin gold. f?Vti would 'not be:at all strange', her said, Vif before the tide turns our ? t(v& I gold w'ULi be considera- , ,,My over $300,000. ! ! ZZJ: . ! i ! ; Truth ' Wears "Wte-11. i.i People have learned thtg, DeWitt's Little' I?arly nisers are suable little, pills lor reg ulating the towels, curing constipation and sick b ftache. l They , don't gjripe. it. k. lei me y; ir, : ' :::- -vpark ,! On th$ j-t'cjom men dat on of t) Sweedish-N 'afwegian council King Oscar ha3 tQmed the czar oflhis'ac Veptance '6t Jtie invitation ; to send del- esates tos.t.F 4?7npac. rnr feren-el I : -a nospiumrun of two coaschets: ar- r rived at "OlljPoint to "take-thej side; Kentuckialki!!re back to their hiomes j ; The reB y ; t orthwest storm which, i swept ach$$tbe Baltic sank' :a j Ger- i man! torpetlctrbatand ; sever el r idam- agedj the whuorle Germanorpedo flbrilla i rive.oi stii ; torpedo boats btaxelj; reacnea nar.j r I J s jL ,i - i -j,-: .- .:; !:; : ,. -. s- The Lnitef tates revenuei Algenquin been seized on : cutter" bjehatf of J. Wadewho claims wages due him as a!d iictive in Chinese smug gling casea?.j-.M;:j: i ':u ' j : f :-: The Royal i tl .Hubert rad Mbg T bomL 'Ad'Bl Itctsu show h omi ' ttird f mti Jr Mnm mmy other trsstf. 1 X : I r AJo!utciyPuro 4v
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Sept. 4, 1898, edition 1
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