VOL. Xil. No. 270.
. " , ! M , . WILMINGTON, N. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1898. - n; , fi;ItICE 5 GENTS .
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MORE THRRITORV
The United States Has
; 'clie Philippine Islaridsj
SPANISH COMMISSION NOTIFIED
IiUh4 Ameri caiiTcacc Commissioners of the! Intention of Our Qoverri- i'
I rncnt to ; tppropriatc this Territory The Consternation Produced
; I ;; " in -M n.driu Declared a Violation of the Term. of the Pro- - r'
f Jocol-'-To Aksume witli the
I - ' Incurred for the Internal Improvements on
; " , : - r ! . . the Islands. , m'
Par r.xobrr.' 31.
The American
commissi a,w- presented a written ex- J
pomion cf th.' purpose, o the United '
purpose, o"t tne cnitea '
1 - 1 ' ,
rLU-.s to take the entiro'r group- of
Phfjpire -islands and to assume such
uropVjrljoDi-r-t tho Philippine -'debt as
"hag -bcii Sjpentor tlie benefit of the
iciSuJahd. or llif iri inhabitants, in .public
- workft,, imnrovementsnd permanent
t bettf Yirtferis. f . 1 ; i
' It JihIscsM forth that the United
' or.i.
,Ju,..um.uu1. Buu.t .yr w
-of -Oih J'hilippine debt which had been
-JO---. I- - t . - '.- -:-- - .'r. If:-
lnciirrw.' by Spain for th
e furtherance
iporations to
of m ili t try .or naval, , ope
! fpiell linsurreciions of the natives. ;
. : TIht .rssion .w;is "adjourned until Fri
day jj'1 order t(i give ,the Spaniards
- time' t prrpilre a riply. The session
' - ,.i ..1Ip ,
todas Tasted a Uttle over an hour.
: T ;. : . m . vi .
waniington; uctoiie.r i; -i tie aavices
from Paris to the -effect that the Unit- i
-d, Spates peace1 commissioners have
derp iiidfHl the1- cession to the JJnjted
Rtl-.Ac,' l-r.f -thfK ntirrt T!hilinnini : (rrnnh
. . i ItT T ' t'f-.-T 'r1;
js- nivline wuthi the 'instructions, that
Ivi .to! l-,rrTV iM-n..il. tn t l- -k fan ,fc.c rvn t o
m ioui. -i ;. .. ,1.11:1- i w'- vs1 -" -
tives.of the United States. I p to a
very Lcreceut. date ' 'the United i States
i-' -commissioners 'hadno ! precise instruc-.
' tions'on this vit?I point. Of course
before they had departed from Wash-
- incrton much consideration had . been I
-""-givent to this rmportivnt subject; by ,-the
'' president,' Secretary f jDay "Assistant !
Secretary xMoore and lore members or
the' commission:! but there was a lack
of data, as to the. flaantial and political j
aftairs of the Philippmeuslands and it
m happened . that vlien the . United 1 Tarboro,!,N. C October 31. The pop
j ' States commissioners sailed they were ulist3 tookjdown their whole ticket to---
i not "committei 1 beyond change . to day. They wjll support the democratic
. any "line of policy.. 1 . I nominee's. I The republican committee
LEAVING OF THE COMMISSIONERS
A majority of -their number leaned
toward a restriction of the demands to
be put " forth as to the Philippines,"
V-arying all the wayJ from the retention
of Manila bay. and the : surrounding'
country fo the acquisition. of the whole
island of Luzon.1 "That represented
about : tne extreme 1 demand tnat was
vn; mind - when the -commission iett: :
, butwinre. - that - - - .time'thepresident - vhs -
. uwame conviuceuiinau .mere is ,a :&iea.i t
popular uemauu ion uie auueiauou lu
the Unked. "Stages Of thevhole Iiil--ippine
groupr and he is disposed! tq de
fer to that. sentiment.-1 Beside, there is
ground to believe that," "hi an unofficial
manner, possibly through the informal
communication with A gon c i 1 1 o, Ag";i i n -aldo's
agent - in -Paris, f or perhaps
through . some, direct dealing' between
the .chieftain. and Ad:mhaibDewey,-the
'. United States eommissioners hayesi
: isfied 'themselves that . the "difflcuitieS
in the way of annexation so far as they
might , be "expected to depend upontiie
iwiH of the 'natives, jhai e been I very
i muc h exaggerated. ' i " j ' i -
4T4IK MONEY CDXSIDERATi6n.
It cannot - be: learned definitely, what
money, consideration is-to pass iwith.
"the' title, to the Philippines. .Indeed
there is reason to U lieve .t.at eVen tfie
! United States; -peaie commissioners
have not i .'yet jbeen '. able :-to,-. fix- t,the
amount "exactly. Assuming that they
are ijo repudiate! ail portions of i the
debt of 'the. iland -which- de not rep
resent. -money spent 'tor- actual better
ment, it-will be seen at' once that the
task j resented to thf commissioners,
of diffv re'ntiating thii- -debt, i; not' an
easy oi.e: particularly' in view- of the
: notorioi.sly . loose ftnanof al , method$ of
rthe. Spai.ish colonial .authorities' . That J
this deb: : should be assumed" by the
United ates in , some proportion, 1 is
; aid; at the sta:tedepartiJent to be in-::-evitable
if annexation isto follov'j The
conditions presented! are! -entirely- un-
g Powder
Made from pure
Icream tartar.
Saf guards the food
against aitim
Alvm baking: powders are the greatest
xnen&cers to health of the present day.
KWAi. BAKINO POWbER Ctt, NEW YORK, i- - --
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Bdkin
Determined to Annexi,
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Land the-Spanih : Debt
like those In ICubal In the latter case i
there was Jus iflcation in.interuttonai t
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oe sauuieu with me ueu-wnen we uau
r 0. ht ?r. v0
case of. thel Philippines rich and well
populated, th United States would
arnnirp what 'in tho eves of the. world.
is; a most yal uable possession; and it is (
ueneveu mat tne uyiueis ui an Bveiu- j
ment obligations,; Without regard to
nationality,! would nnsist. tnat
.should pass -with the property
iQ1te unofficfalW, but in a
the lien
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manner j
tQ. cay convict.ion? as to the accuracy
Gf the informaiionl the Spanish com-
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missioners; somdays ago wereailow-
e(i to , if now j ttfat Jthe United Stages,,'
purposes , as io! ;xne r i'iiijippuiies werw t
once the ! Icortclusidn' -was arrived (at. ij
So thy are not -taken completely
by
td-
surprise by theidemand presented
at Parte and afe likely toj be pre-
pared to proceed. rapidly with this last
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article oi , uie; pruipeui.
"Tllli NEWS IN MADRID.
Madrid.- October 31
-The news t
hat.
the Spanish . peaces commissioners, at
Paris had I'referred 'to the government
a form a V demnhfl rif I the -A meririan com-
t . jT ! T 7 -h .
missioners. ton the absolute cession of
: tliw -n t i ro : PVi i ill ti n i r o tr-rrvn n -Oi ltce-fl tTlo
v owui' "-'v'v i
greatest surprise in Madrid. the
strongest. feeling prevails that Jthe gov-
ernment! shouk
prbtest . eriergetically
.against what is
: regarded as a viola
' of e the protocol. s I
tion'of thej spiri
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KDUECO.TIBJEr ALL ISIGIIT
7 . -' )!, i
ppulutM Wit lid
raw Tlielr Ticket and
Will Vote!
w
I tli tit e Democrats e
. (Special
to
The ( Messenger.)
i -I. . i . . - i
republican committee
made several tch
Their nomina
tions wnt; begging: I They repudiated
the
popji
list
fusion1 and W. E. Foun-
tain. , Theneprc es are at sea and have
about given up. Congressman White
was not allowed to speak in No 10
!
, township today, r
k: s ' 1- K-:-.: ; V;
Notice was i - served
'The negro leaders
h-uj ud.y .
.v.are"alI:spotte. - i:r.i will surely i
'4
go democratic
Overcome evil with good
Overcome
your coughs and colds with One Min
ute' Cough Cure. It is so good children
cry Cor : it, p Ii cures croup, .".bronchitis,
pneumonia, grippe 'arid alL throat" and.
lung di$easesl. R.f 11. Bellamy.
A Faliioualle Weddlnir at Savaunah
SavananaJu Ga.
-October 31. The so
winter in Savannah
cial event of
the
was
th
marriage
At
i- -?
noon
land
today, of
Miss Mabel
Gor
d(jn
Rowland
Leigh, olj London.:: Miss Gordon! is the
youngest daughter "of General and Mrs.
Wm. W
Gnrd
liier father being a
member of
Hlv
;Portd Ricah peace corn-
mission
My
Leigh
s the youngest ?son
Stone Leigh Ab-
or JjOra-i i.;
h. of
bey, Warwndkshlre, .and resides, in Lon
don
The marriage I was Lcfclebrated: in 'his
tone oldi Ciirifcti: ivpipconal churc h, the
ceremony btfng performed by the Very
Rev. and lign.1 Ja. Leigh, dean "of
Hertford : cathedral, assisted by Rev.
itobt. ; Whitci:he rector of the phurch:
Following the! ceretoony there .was a
rvedding brdalvfast; and ;i brilliant re-
iv uiun ui;.iiieiufiiJ(.uu(i iiiiiw, tuinci. ui.
Bull street and
.. : .' : .:'..: i: ' , - 1 1 . .. . I .! ' ' . ':
Ogrethorpe avenue
!
, '' i .1 . " . ' S- - ;
'A cough i not-like a fever.' It does
nVt have to jran! a certain eoUrse.-Care
it quickly find', effectually with One
Minute Couh1 Cure the best remedy
fcr all agesj- and fo the nvostj severe
caset?. - We recommend it - because ",it'.s
good. R. JRxjBellamy - v
A IestricUve;FIre at Danville
Danrille. TaL sOctdber 31. Fire
this
atternoon destroyed the leaf -tpbaccb.'
factories of
Schoo!fiiId,- Boat wright &
Co.. and par
tially wrecked the adjoin
loi Sehoiifield Watson,
ing' fttory
manufacture
s of the; "celebrated "r. &
d smoking tobaccq. The j
- .- -:.::.:-. ij - .: : : rf .- .. ..
Yv. plug); an
loss on build
ngs as estimated at, about
$24,00A, covered, by .insurance of $17,000
Schoolfield. B
cat w right & Co. ; estimate j
their loss o
stack and natures at i
about
$47,Tn, i covered :by about
an
' !
equal amount ! off insurance, bchool
field & Walfson' saVed about $30,000
iorth
of ni
asufaJ;tured goods
The
Igss
on suxrKita: process ot man-uiaq-
tare and tin;
Chihery is about 110.000,
full y: offset
wall rebuild
ljy insurance. Both firms ;
The lire originated from .
the A.veTturnis; of a .ferasqrline stove
atk for! DeWitt's Witch
dbrt-t accept a. counter
When you
Hazel Salve
feit or imitation, ii There are more cases
of Piles .bein
pured by this, tl?an all
others combined. . 'R. B. Bellamy.
KTKAXGEIt HOUIIED
tientleraan front LIaston Knocked
. Seuele aud Hobbed On tUe Public
The3angers broadcast niffhti and Jay
un 1 1 6trets ofViiriinA n0
; matttr hfw public tn locality, aurng
the present i&xistin& period of outrages
are told of dal .Yesterday morning
another depredation, one committed in
t the twilight of the babbath ; evening
was brought to light.
Friday night ;ilr.i Norman Douglas
who Resides in the suburbs of Maxt
arrived to spend sevehal iaysJthe
city. Sunday afternoon abojjKtwilighti
he went for a walk on tlj!rack of the
Wilmington and VedQn railroad. On
his return trip heshif ted the route to
fhis
the
track of?tlie',Carolina Central rail
r6ad. 1 Near Hilton bridge a strapping
youryg negro man, in appearance about
. sS. . ;...-..
venty years of age, approached the
traveler and, accosting, mm; unuer. tne
, -
laM that he dldn.t have any
inai ne uiun i nave any more
,1pm.,. t-hin ho hi,i nc fr n,pn th
.. r:: :
tact, and magnanimously
invited ; Mr.
Douglass to. partake of beer, which in
vitation waft curtly -refust
'
Mr. iDouglass hurried hm steps, but.
his. annoyance the
negro walk-
eJ alonff wUh him In tni$ uay a dls.
tance jof tWo hundred yards w
ere tra-
versed. Then the negro lagged i behind
and suddehly hurle! a .roLk at' Mr.
Douglass, which' struck him in a dan-
gerous spui, utnuiu ine ngui eur, a-iiu-feMed
.him. senseless. '
Some time afterwards Mr. Douglass,
rppained consciousness. It was night
ani he was lying beside the track, with
tne tDiooa now-ing irom rne wouna De
hind his. ear. It was some time heron
re
he could collect his scattered thoughts,
and; recall what had transpired. 'In
vestigation revealed that his jacket
book, Icontaining $6 in -money, was
missing, but a wad 'of bills concealed
in an iold account "book a in one, of his
pant's pockets, Were still there. . . Evi
dently . the . strange and . apparently
worthless receptacle for 'money had
fooled the thief. :
j. Douglass was
too weak to travel
!a-,u r a? 1U. nt11' "e ; twtea
X i j 1 i i i i . .i !
:,into a thick undergrowth of; bushes
!UiOS(i v and -remained tTieVe until vetj-
Ifi j .-. " s " ' i . i
irt'uaj' i inui diiim. v lieu lie . went to me
office of Dr. W' D. McMillan, suner- l
intendent of - health, and had; his
wounds dressed. He had with' him the
rock- used by his' cowardly assailant,
who-he describes as a big, 'coal black
negro. - -1; -i i v ; ;
BOAUI) OF IIEALTII
ISnsineKg Transacted at the Monthly
SeslouvYe!terlay Alteruoon
' The regular meeting of tne board Qf
health, which are now held on the last
day off 'every month, took place yes- j
iter day j afternoon.: All the physician
'members of the board -were' in attend
ance. Mayor S. P. Wright,. M".' D., Dr.
G. G. Thomas, Dr. Frank - H, Russell
and Dr. W. D. McMillan.
.The usual routine work, such as the
reading and 'approval of minutes and
filing of reports, ; was first attended to.
J The following resolution was' intro
duced and adopted:
, "On and after this date the board of ;
health by 'virtue of the- powers given
ny thetsanitary ordinance of the city of
Wilniirtgtoh. will disinfect the house or I
houses which tho attpndfnff-'-nhvsiianc 4
shall have reported the evidence of one
rtious or1 contagious b? the -said ordi-
panee and when;; the .attending physi
cian or! physicians then report the re
covery! of the :patients and ask for the
discharge of the quarantine." -!
A printed form to be provided 'and
nsed in cases where houses are di'sen
.fected. was- ordered printed. . j -j
The monthly report of Dr. McMillan,
superintendent'of healtht imade the. fol
lowing showing: (
During October eleven-permits were
granted' for the removal of earth. Six
ty deaths occurred during that time,
twenty;l;w-hites and forty colored, i and
forty-four births, nineteen whites and
j:wenty(-five colored. ; . i i
j At present.. there is not a ease of ty
phoid fever in the city. Only one'quar-i
an tine 'for 'scarlet fever is inr effect. :
Late j-to bed and early to rise, pre
pares a man for his home in the. skies.
Rut " early to bed and a Little iEarly
Riser,, the pill that, makes- life longer
krid better and wrlser. R. R. Bellamy.
v E.VCONVICTS KEGlSTEltlNG
Trial yesterday !JIorjwin!; .of aPXegro
' Charged With Illegal Registering
Thtre
now appear on the : regis tra-
tion Dojoks the names of quite a num
ber of pegro -ex-convicts and steps are
to be 'taken to prosecute them. One,
Dan E
Justice
lis, was indicted and tried in
McGowan's court - yesterday,
and only escaped j imprisonment by the
skin of iiis teeth. ; v - v ;
i The ca;e was called for trial at 19
o'clock in the morning, the state alleg
ing that "Ellis was an ex-convict v-and
consefluentiy if he registered he did so
illegally; Mr.. G. W. Millis and two
'Other? registrars $f the i Fourth divi
tfiion of the Fifth ward, were introduced
asp witnesses, artd testified that Ellis
hid registered and' had sworn that he'
was properly .qualified. to do eo. --
Where the case Zell through was that
it was impossihlei-to ..locate .the record
of ESUs' conviction- Mr. W. .R. French,
clerk of the criminal court, was placed
upon jthe witness : stand ana testmed
J. t. X A : . : . 1. -i . " . J .
tpai n.e naa- seareneu recoras covering
a period of about five years without
finding Ellis' name. This, of course,
r r- -' -,
case, ixiowever, uie searcxi win ueuuii-
uueu,s il . iui&!il tum 4iiu-.(
no noi . ... i
i i iUi. u-. ii.mpie.v ji.sq.. appearea.- in - me
case on behalf of . the state, but the
great disadvantage of being called ' in
at the. last moment. t :
i 'The s Latest styles in Millinery can
only be found at Johnson cc Fore's.
TEBIlinLY nCATO,
sir-:"; , J . . -, j , . ;' i -'..-' -
Barljr TUl Tlornlu'z Xesroea Ukat and
, , ( lSobtx-U )liltlanl '
Still the atrocities of the negrof of
WU m i n gton. : cjultipl y. 'Early this
morning, 'a young whltexuian, named
(Meacham. Ihailing trom.' Laurinburg,
was terrfblsr beaten and robbed by
negro men in-the southern portion of
the citjv-1 1
:iMsCcham is.he're to attend tho Cnlt-
a states - court, iast nrgnt ne went
on a visit to th southern portion or
thel city, and
this morning about 1
o'clock he
started, to return to his
:.i ' ;. - -i : -. -1-. . ... " :
boarding house down town. Ob his
way he
was hailed
i- . : t -
by three negro
men, who commenced to brick. bat him.
Meacham .was not i armed and eonse-
tly sod a poor chance of defend-
limsfe.U, It idid not taKe the ne-
i - V - ' . - I -- . .
grolpn to find this out, and then
they closed in dn him and beat him
terribly, at the same time robbing him
of about $6 "in money., i " '
An ; hour later Captain Jeff I Smith
found Meacham, his face Jbadly cut and
bleeding, near the ; course of Seventh
and-Market streets, wandering. Vaim-"
lessly aboit. Captain Smith took
charge of tlp young man and carried
him to the
lYilm
s
ngton- Light Infantry
ivates were detailed
armory. Ttvp
ton look, after him, and soon after- they
.located his boarding hcjuse and 'placed
him in safe hands. ;
INCLE SiM'S MEAT
-f T ' -; "':' - '-t'.'.;:;;.:r:--:-. '- .,:
,a.Te Number- of Iriuerw JaUrtl in
ip, f ! tills City Yesterday
j! . Jailer King was. kept busy yesterday
housing prisoners brought in from near,
by counties to be tried at the term of
the: United States district court which
convenes in this! city this morning.
j Deputy United j. States' Marshals A.
D.Mqrrisey, of I'ayetteviHe, and J. H.
Owen,!tof.Lur4berton, brought eight and
twelve prisoners1, respectively, from
their counties. They wefe as follows :
j JTayetteyin! Geo'. King, Austin Mc-Alister,-
Dickinson King, . John".' Free-
nian, Daniel 1 Dickinson, Desk King,
Henry Packer and Isaac Brinkley. '
J LumberCjn-3 Henry.' Barber;" Isaac
Marree; V1lijam tSykes, R. L., Moore,
S! iW.'.MabJ:y. Ellmere Oxendine, Phil
Martin, Ait Gibson, Laurence ,, Rap ier
Charles Bltcker, i Cogle pockler and
Mag Bald'jn ; -
These pit'soners are negroes, except
the first fiej named as brought from
Iiimbertoni. r All r are 1 charged with
triyal.i- off&qes illicit-distillery: and
selling' liquor, without license. -
i Deputy United I States Marshal Star
get, -of Lumbertohr also brought . a
white man prisoner, J. H. Owen.
; j New Hinoerj county's contribution
to the I criminal docket of the court will
be-idecidediy small, consisting of. minor
charges against a few people.
MONTHLY STATISTICS
Record: ot"f?ublIc iJWatten For October
I"
I . : titrt are worth ivotlns
1 ' S.5
uThe ;fQllg.ing statistics for the past
month of Cfctober will prove of interest.
;j Twenty-!t'our marriage license were
issued. Ten of these w ere obtained by
..!'S I -? 21 J :; i: .'. j - . ". - ' "t ?
white; couples andi the remainder by
Colored couples. fi VJ
,The poliel made forty-two arrests, of
1 l l -.(: - I - ' .. . '
Whichj number twenty-four-were, white
people an ci. eighteen: colored. The na
tionality . i'f the prison in nearly
every instaio? was American, although
there .m ere several ' Norwegians mixed
upjt nfhe -tiurjeh.' The offences" ".were all
trivial, exgept one. charge of larceny.
; CQhe i fiH:p department responded to
nine alarfnsj Onliy .five were bell
alarms, 'tto seach of the 'Other four
;being ;telehQhe and sttTl alarms. The
cause, of 'flia pres ' were defective flues,
smoking duVmosquitoes, sparks from
chimneys an' burning?- out chimneys.
The,, damage done to the. buildings
butne,d is estimated in the neighbor
hood of $lli. .- . : ' i ....
f j Iljbjv to Prevent-Cronp
We have1 i;wo children who' are gub
Ject to attacks of croup., Whenever
an ;attack ;ia (-oralng on my wife gives
them Criafisberlain's Cough Remedy
and it" always prevents the attack. It
Is a houselfeild necessity in this country
arid no matter what else we run' out of,
It would ndtjdo to be without Chamber
lain's Cougiai Remedy ; More f of it is
solci here than of all other poueh raed-icines-
conbiried. rJ: - M. Nickle, of
Nickle : Rrs;, i merchants, . Xicklevillev
Pa.' Fr 4leWR. R.-Bellamy.
a JPrdisd ot tne neenser 1
' Darlingtxi, S., C., October 28, 1QS,
Xh'e Mes.senfjer: ' i ' . i : :
jentlemer4-I beg to enclose check
on account! hi I my subscription to the
f ".- .;-."',.: f a -,,- ; j -i . . . i ,
'Dai'y Mestft'ngrer. '
li I an proid, Qf The Messenger Tor the
position it 5fas'taken-Ofp course,it could
not have Useri any other, but the way
i t has pok'n, has (been , with no uncer
tain sound Ja:nd in my opinion its fear
? ess '.tone h.a done a power of good for
WTifte Supremacy in dear old. Wilming
iton.' , ; ! do hope and trust that
ouAwill bfe'able to carr' the-election
without any, trouble. It seems to me
as if vrise counsel on both sides could
invert it, but 'tf you ido have .ny trouble
knd ! should lnl -that, you : need ; help
there is teaij a "nan in South'. Carolina
f-eady to respond t& your .call at a mo
ment's notiit. J '' ' i
-THE MlRIffERESi
11!
Th? First Prize 6t the
ago Sails for A iierica.
START-OF H80OP
The First 31 o ve m ent f rant Camp A
:::i'l,;,-- ::::P"--P' -":!.S:i rV ;::V4 1 mX- ,;f ,!:.
Cicorfiia-'Tcrnicious Political
Against the teUeralXJfhccfs
to the Cuban li visional
3Iaso--IIe Tfnks it
Goyerinent in
i, October 31. It as defl-
meed at he ' ciff- service
Washington
nitely annou
commission,1 toda
"that
taKen in the recent : invpstiKatian of
charges againstp the federal i officials at
Richmond, V'a., had not 'been
taiJWMi.
and no farther action is probable. The
testimony which was taken bi1Mes?rs
Alojjle . and Watson has been formally'
submitted by them to the cojrfmission
as a body and Its full, report i'4 in pre-
parution. if will .show tlu-lt-, while
Jt j will .show
there was much to be deplonfc-1 S
much to b. deplonU in the
Shl out. ,h.re ,,,.-.
facts brou
dene of the violation of -the1 4
ic-t? laws or rules , The !4se vWas
taken up' behind closed doors tf fayiand
the ip'relimirjary report madel lled at1 J "
tentfon- to the fact that the Ifertk-itm- ' h
! . .3
tion
was, in their belief aviiiWion of ,
ingsi
the (Cleveland order regardin-'-peini- I
ciou.-political activity," .but tSatSlves
not once come within th.e civij.-service
law.'j ' ; . ,
It lis expected that the cas f Cap
taini!carter4 . of the: engineer cxps.wiil
be disposed, of this week.. Tht'-papers
in, the case are now with thF presi
denttjand have received his.'carlil con
sideration; The friends of i japtain
Carter have . petitioned the jr54sident
for a hearing to present som state
ments as-'to the facts and lata? in the
case, This 1 request has , been (granted
by, the president, and ihe will, fcear ithe
casej during the weeki j 'I -.
THE MARIA TERESA SjvILS.
The navy; department has received, a
telegram tf rom Caimanera announcing
the failing from that place forlHamp
ton toads of the Maria,' Teresaji which
is,' uj to this time, the only onfeof the
Spanish, ships sunk at Santiago to be
1
floated. She' is under command of
captain il arris, who -was
attached
fronj command of the Arulcani Br that
purpose, .The Teresa sailed-TrOn Cai
manera at 6 o'clock yesterday Horning
with the Vulcan, and the Xflmidas;
These vessels .will escort thdTeresa
most of the w ay to Norfolk, s o he Cin
cinnati: also --started" with'-.' theffFeresa
but jshe was to. go only as-far s; Cape
Maysi and then acroes to Port i.ntonio.
It is probable that with fain iceather
the jTeresa will reach I Hamptpf Roads
about Tuesday ofnext weejl ,There
she j will be surveyed by th4 naval
.board,-.-which-. -jj-'ill -report, to thiepart
ment the; probable cost of putfng her
into condition for naval servije. The
cuv , id, isiT a.L Liipmejmrc- WegTet-, xr anjr one to infer that peo--ment
indicate that .it as goingii,t; be an f" l I - . . Ji lf .. . j
expensive -undertaking, but, pA,-eri.he- f P?e &-f hanging on the electee lighf
less, it wm, oe carried foiivjardj as
mueh ; from sentimental as jf uniary
qon'$iderations. j - j
. A telegram has been receivfe'(?i at the
navy department -stating
Ithe
Maria Teresa . passed
Cape JMaysl
Cuba,.-this morning going at the rate
-of. six knots -under herown stam;pall
wen. 1 1 ; 1
TH
START OF TROOPS
SOUTH. .
Camp Meade, MiddletownL'' Penn
October 31.--Tbemovemeht y kne' sol
diery at Camp Medde to' the 5 southern
cairjps is actually-'under vay.i ; -Today
tne j r.ieventn signal-ieofrs eqtnpany,
under Captain: .HartmanV folei; their
tents and followed the two cbflnanifes
of engineers who left last nliiht -for
Augusta, Ga. For aC week or tin, days
the
engineers and signal
c ffrsas men
will
live - at hotels .in: Augusat- :ahd
ft.tnens. ua: i ne engineers nac been
directed to1 make new roadsj ,lhe- old
roads beipg reported in bad o'dUibii.
supplies wui be .- snippea ce to
Athens, . Ga- The engineers ihkk been
quarjters iwill-. be 'located. Ti; entjre
corps will bes located as nea'rj ijugtista
as possible. 1 As soon as the watjr pipes
are laid the first division w-ili ;i start
south. - A - detachment-. from - ep.c-W divi
sion will- start! Wednesday ta; prepare
the camps. " -Tents will be shirked 'i by
the- War department. 1 I w
THE FUTURE OF Cub'J.. 1
Santiago de Cuba. October 3i,feSenor
Bartolome Masso, president of rie Cu
ban provisional administration puuncil,
has issued an address o the djgates
now in attendance at the. rnilitifry as-
sembly at Santa Cruz del Sur, iM which
he reviews . the consideration p upon
.which the Cubans, solicited ;the tfielpvof
tha United States and fndica their
wisest future policy: The-aildpes is in
part ias follows: ' - " ji'.ji J-
. "The Cubans accepted the aslsjtance
of America although not knowing ex
actlyj what' were the , Americnnj.aims,
just fts tbey suuld have aeeer. fit help
fromfany icountry in their nghtiai-nst
Spain. As he contest progrefstL, the
Cubans! in, the field 'were ' gratied to
hear ofi ;a solemn declaration ', hy the
I'nited States dongre?s reganlijg" the
intentions of th.e American go veiii men t
and the; path it .would .follow yn the
Spanish-American warj, AmericC-jieame
to our help- to compel pSpain tJdrelin
qui.h her sovereignty over Cubalin or
$fr that the; Cubans themselvei-;niight
be. placed as promptly, as possyije in
possesion :of'the island and mit as
sume i the ' ad'minis tmtion 'of i ts .-Affairs
and have a government of their wn.
'PThirefore, the Cybaps agreed-'to co-.:-
'-.TX--J t '- ! :.H. r. -Uml NJ-:-;.-:'
TO 7 THE
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Nai "jl Battle of S
TO! THE SOUTH.
-to tlic Southern Quartets
II
Activity f Ull That Can be Cfiar;ca
at Kiel i;U)nd, Va-An Address
. Assbly by Governor
11.
Tiitie t,?ict the Cuban
World. 1 1 Order. x
' JneM J with. the Arnt-rtci n. to
M??8 sued'by Ameri:an .senci
bjr
rs Issued by American .Rvnenus
- the A5' ?Hcanstook rVosstvsMion. Though
-.!Amerji-"lVdid not-rocojniite the Kovcrn-
r?en
t;Z fuba in terms, it waa well un
dersti'; Lthat the Cuban would nU ih
" that'
Aunt
labandon. th
n ortriini'-
tnn;
on
the contrary, the . timw
Woubl jrikme when such t
ritgnltioh
srted' en our CuBan reprpentatlvi-s by
tiie my .t jlistihgrulslhed members of thp
llnltet'ijtates government and alM bs
rrtemO ot tte U
3"?X&
nemh -sa of the United State enHt
a w a y w 1 1 h : a ti y ( b
hinder- th. IPnlu-dl
.Rate?1, going into the, fight for the.
cMise yl't Cuban independence, rect.jf--
$ a Cuban government mus
"Ne'; heless it has not leen pol-
to"tablish direct relations bet wee i
merican government
tySX??""
in of public: bufinessj
n If hYtTli t htf fMnrnl rfinrnfiftr nf rum
relatiri throughtout the ! war vad
rriennis-ftf uut w e nave, now reacneaj a
time "tVi even more than ,in the days
of; figlflse.s it I is incumlx-nt upon all,
CubansHt) show their true i-patriotisni.l
and uiifle makfnc every expression sofl
gifatituyJji to America for having given
Chba fj-reedom : anil independence., to
mnke j.mpt 'arrangements forj payinfr
off thfiCuhan$" now in armsUtnd fof
gKtinf sthe country into working or
i I ' . .f . . -
Conpatlon prevents the bokiy from
riddin,tself of. waste4 matter. De
Witt'a."ttle Early .Risers iflj Remove
the tr'-: - ile and cure Sick Headache;
BMliou'li ss, Inactive Liver and ' clear
the coi flexion. Small,
sugar,
coc -O,
don't, t- e or cause
larayri .:
nausea.JIl
R. Bel-
I,-. L . r '
IT T11K TIIbATHK
The TtJnrOpera ompur 91alceIl
Bow -jj a Tremendous aud flighty
Plea f Audience
1
!Any -re, dubious that IhH Wilbur
Operafctjompany, headed y lthat f ascl
natin7ihingale ojc song and! "charm
irtg laE? iS Miss Susie Kirwin, has crm-
I iS'i !- -W-' -' "'") 1 ;. - "
plet"ely iibnquered : the people lof WIN
mingtt. -ti should have witnesses the
, I -:-i?.T . .
spect$
It wa
he occasion f the cbmpany's
ir)aug ibtion :j6t a Week's ejnKagemeftt
irk thiVl Sty,, and the theatre liter-
ajly ri&edi and Jainmed.. pi . IcourseJ
ve do" k mean fo be dogmatto to such
i .- (S'-.J"
4
candei ra or perched . astrijl' of the
orcheJ's; rail, but they were very near
it. Vtli Je occupied, hurriedly i'mpro4
-visedrS'&ts inside the orchestra rail
thif.s0'ers liined the
stair I i craned their
aisles down
necks stage
: , i- - -: 1 -- '. . J
i-Tha ia presented was the beautif
ftil
vSfPasha," '
with .its pretty little
plotr fine opportunities (every on
e
Biicces' jully embraced,, by way- of, pah
rnthk is) for splendid singing, boundj
ipg cofly. gorgeous senicl-embeljishp
riients.falth of rich costuming of &
-lariet '4 silks , and k sating, and last,
but by ;; means least, large cohort ot
tinsonrlshaply maidens. I.1: ." . , !
iMiss 'ti Irwin was greeted by thunder
I -ojus apipuse upon.hler entrance as the
j ViivackH1 pretty Serena, the Pasha
daught'i-She was bewildering in her.
lvelln and natural grace, augments
i vf cuus; i
; lV by-?most
exqnisiite costumes. - 11 er
j ynginsejem
med sweeter than evr, and
rade lt tionquest of levery hieart. ,: 1 ,
) ThetT?Idr-ey (Clairence) was there
tith hti)laugh provoking antics. They,
were b j'regular llarvey howUeveryf
time-Wit; "(sou t-cessation witticism?-, that
niakesj- lmington theatre goers Fmile
s( brcl jfc- He. was ably oj?sited lii
the cof!r py work by Mn Geo.- Mezr. , I
r Othel kh.o.--.. did faithful! work, re4
cpivinf p' pip'preciativ 1 applause. and
who prls most excellent Voices weri
Ililliafv pd, Harold I Gordon
1 j The J I ?rus ;was very .strong and de
lightful (Among thoe-' w'hol did goxl
wrork iis very essential branch we
npted ?g;ses Fuller.l De Egtley, Cra-r
rrter, f tedan, i Tracy, . Belmont
t Irfl.fr a?i Phrlv The tun tSr.tv ijnVH
. 3R1 ' "JTt. - " " f" "
pfr'fonf l-'lee, were-" Misses'
ITonijj P
the ever
famili&r and en -4
'trahcirj
At spe ' i
Mikado"
matinee
will be I produced,
tomorrow . afters
uiton tTS.inrettv
opera "Merry War"
wll bvren. The ptice -at Ithe mat I
nee w jlt vfo 2o centu tb any piart of the
hjyse
A College Honor
iQuitPh. honor
has "been
conferred!
upon X s 1 Benjamin
Bell, Jr. of this
by hiss,;iege mates
at the university
t orj';aroIina. Last Saturday a
rreetin f, the Dialetic Literary Socf
ety, ,ofs, h college; was held, n'd Mr.
Bel I u if m o.u si y eelelcted"asl president
of the M:ety.
vt
Misse jyfiise Roberta and, Margaret
RsfxteJ Messrs. 1 E. A. Clark. Ly-j
man' W-rer,- Chaw: A. Tuller.iW. Ej
- - - i
exceeq. gracetur-jmaiaen3 tnat act- ,
ed &?y . ?es of the grand display of 1 .
living PAures. which conliided th. '
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