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WILMINGTON, NVC SUNDAY, NOVEMBER , U89S.
I lMtlGE 5 CENTS
r ass
This, Cruiser Goes Down
in-a Storin,
. i. -i
THE HEROIG EFFORTS
"filer (VmmaDdf r aud Cmv to Save
Her CawIit In a Storm ff tle' IJa
- - banwuU-IIer Tlatem Onen uud Let In
: the. Water IIr Knstaeo Become i;e-
le Kite Itaptdly i FIlI-ller Crew
Staud tf to tl Lat TIie.TIen Trans
ferred to Her Co.trtiortM.'. -"Was
hintoa.' November 5. The Ma
ria Terepa, was. lost during a heavy
ejile TutWay niht, thirty miles north
."of WatlinK iwland
- She sank'.irv Z.W)
in the
Bahamas,
of "water.
fathoms
r Air the 'crew!. were saved. .." ;
; A thriinngstory ofthe. loss of:, the
cruiser j:s given in the offi.cial report
,' of Lieutenant Commander . Harris . to
,the" FCQrjt'taryi of the navy,' received by
i le.leirraih at the navy department latp
, this afu-rnoon. -It is dated on boaril
! the Avnklng ste.aTner--,Merritt,'( .'fifty
miles, off Charleston, November 4th,
' -anJ- says: , .,5 : - ;-
i' "I have the ihonbr U :make the fol-
: lowing report I of -the loss f the In-.
anta M,aria Teietsa on November lsit.
At'l o'clock aj.m. I found- that it was
Ijlowingi hard and went on the lower
bridge. We had ljeft Watling' island
; light abeam, at :10 o'clock,, and up till
midnight the" i; weather- was pleasant
and . all Uvenit welLi with-;- the ship, al
though !we had trouble-In keenine the
'tin m r In JJitt : fnrivard fi rr, --y- jf--iv
"being choketi with coal. ' The wind
continued to Increase , iJi force ' until
perhaps
reached
3 o'clock a. m, when if
its I height,, although there
were, times all day wlin it blew i as
.liard as'.everj The direction was' about
northeast, i The sea continued to rise
... "Until jperhaps 6:00; o'clock a. m: There
was a heavy) sea, ail the following day
"The jaimps were reporte!d every hour.
' : Soon after I camion deck I relieved
' the second mate, Mr. Johnson,' so that
i hecould, go below to fight the water.
I. About 3:30 o'clock the first mate,' Cap-
i luiii icvaivi, aaic ui auu aik? tii&Kj v trill
:- ..lu-'Huin. iay Lain iiiiitnutH,
- jwho wa$ on deck almost; as soon asI.
-;77save -his attention to the pumps nd
' . especially to priming the centrifugal
-pump in the forward fire room. - i'
y 'There were many new leaks.When
- x -a heavy sea struck the sides the plates
'leaked at the buttsl and Iseams, show-
ing- that af ten the fire :they had. re
sume'd "; their rprm. appearance, but
. were not. tighit. There -W-as at the
.,' mainmast an (inch of thwartship vi
j bration and only half an7 inch of lon-
, i gltudlnl vibration,
; TvYhile makijig
about' 4:30 o'clock a
this
ra.,
examination
jCaptain Chit-
! tenden was thrmvnr down and fell-- on
me iiiaiii, nyning nis saae angi DacK
." i- enoxigh to temporarily disable him. He
. h continued toj giire us valuable advice.
to 'the Vulcari and.'Merritt to go to
windward, whitfa they -did as well as
. they could. Up to 1 o'clock a.: m. we
f were running t tie starboard main en-
, - fcilico aim jcstfitlll UI1 j Lilt; IWU Ceil-
1 tral boilers and .three of the short f or
; ward boilers; but tne trouble in. the
. . r forward fire room caused the steam to
run- low, and we lighted: fires under
. 1 the starboard atter iboiler .and stopped
i the engine so as5- toj run-lthe steam -up
for thev pumps. -.1 , ;
' 1 "The , pump for keeping-, the water
ffrom the forward j compartment was
I driven by belt' and yhen the sea
- . i broke ;over""th"e; bows ; the! belt, became
.1 wet and slipped- Asj soonuas the water
i was upto the floor place in the for
. f w ard fire -room tne" rolling of the ship
washed it into the
coal bunkeTS and
4 carried rthe coal -out,
choking the pump
sand carrying the 'floor elates about:
I which made it dlificult arid dangerous
to work there.
. nwuiia u iiwiv Jl vfauW 1UI VOIUTI
r teers to" hoist J coaL an'd water in the
' ash-hoist; Kvery"body v responded and
I the work was continued as long as it
"jsfeemed ox any use. , ;i; t
I "About 3:30 a. m. it was reported
ithat water was cpTtiing into one of the
itstarboaril forward' ; coal ibvinkers and
irunning into the fiferooms. . Where the
.1"vater rame from -vie do not know.
I, "About 2 eVlock the ll-inoh pun in
the after turret! ran ,'out antj in J;wice.
: When it recoiled the second time
isomething gave? wayi-tin-d lit fettled, to
extreme ele,vation anl remained sta
tionary. We asked the "Vulcan to sig
nal the i Leonidas to . stay! close'' to us,
and the latter, hoisted the flag at the
(signal ya'rdarm, wilch : was k signal
, agreed Upon to .call the Leonklas to
, .'Come within hail. -She was. steaming
ahead of usand making-1- rather bad'
weather, it seems as if she feared to
turn in the- heavy sea, but eveniually
she did cross, ahead- of thej Merritt and
twice passed umier the Teresa's sKVern.
.although " at some distance. I -think
she picked , up; the life i rafts which the
t rulcan threw oye-r. H - - i i
."About 11:30 o'nock ' we 'signaled the
Vulcan ' to akj the Merritt If we could
be turn'fd safely to run for the lee f
OWatllnr's island. To jth is Captain Wol--ott
replied "o." jand' fas Captain
'. Chittenden thought ve -.would sink if
we tried 1 to turn,, this i idea was given
up.-. Bottt the ! Vulcan and the Merritt
could with difficulty keepi us head to
wind and the sea was running so "high
that the Vulcanls' bittsstarted r or the
tow lines parted. The ship would' fall
into the, trough -i-of the sea ' .
.' "At 1 i clock p. m. ! -Captain Chitten
; den asked", to signal the Vnlcan to cast
: ff the Merritt's- tdy line and have
the Merritt come alorterside X then as-'
umed the c.omm-and.. told.- the men
vhat was ta be dorie and assigned them
stations. '41 told the chief !ensrtne"er to
start theiensrine to aid;thte Vuleiin in
keening, our head up --iHe did so. but
. CrVil$ f n but l a, short time with the
pteam! we! had. Wi signaled the Vul
can: 'We are about; to abandon ahiz.
Try to keep us head to wind. lj or
dered ; Captain Lecato to, take charge,,
of the lee surf boat and when it ,waa
lowered tp the raill ordered 'Captain;
Chittenden into St, Against hi3,repeat-t-d
protests, he was; placed In the .boat
ith his son. This boat was unabl to
raeh the lines t; wf' i had astern i but
th Mefritt picked.it up, and after tak
ing Captain Ghittendon aboartfwed
the beoat to our leequarter, andjieat
ed jhks manouever,: Vich trip forming
a lee ff the 'boats j?j come here? an4
then toXvlng' them . back. She was
splendidly handled From 2 'untU 5
o'clock the- work of transferring i the
crew; continued. Captain Lecato made
two more trips,! when hla arm being
disabled, his placet was taken byjMr.
Johnson, t-ho also took two boatloads.
"The life raf? was gotten over and
capsized, but was righted. : It wasi put
in charge of James Bashford, ordinary
seaman, of the jlllinois-naval militia.
He-and his crert-took six Cubans to
the Merritt. ,. The i smaller ; surf boat
.stowed in board on 1 the lee; side Iwas
then gotten out, and I put "it in charge
of Charles A. Dunne,' quartermaster,
first class- ..I' gave; him nearly all the
good seamen left" for a crew. .It jwa3
launched, very handsomely and made
two trips. In all these trips we poured
oil from thesponsons on : both" sldes,!and
the Vulcan used oil to makes it-smooth
vhere the embarking Was done. I doubt
t we 'could have worked without It.
"The ship labored rnore and. more
heavily. Before I left ithei fridge, she
rolled her sponons : lunder. i which I
should estimate; toi be 3j).degreesj and
her pitching". wasr 'enough to. showi her
rudder, .propellers" -And perhaps twelve
feet of her keel.- She wa$ about fotur
fe-t by the head. She fell into thesea
very heavily arid sfvuddered as shelrose
There was no water aft. The Vulcan
did"Ther best -1 to keep our i hea'd'; j up;
steering to starboard i and gqinv tOifuU
sneeid while the sea beat th'e Terra's
iiea'i to )i i. i, , i
. "Throughout the day theVulcah did
everything possible. We t were
ton
;tantly signaling.
-vWit h t?he exception,- of 1 three men
who' got drung and prave much trouble,
all the crew lehave'dwell, -.Every ' man
did his duty- and my orders were; in -
stantly obeyed ibywreckers and men
of the navy. '' Vl': ;:- -5m T;--. j'.-f - -I
"When the fireS tere Iovvj I called for
volunteers- and the idpnkey boilers were
at once' filled jap. Twice I asked C . F.
i?mith; arrd James F. t Brien, ! chief ma
chinists, tooil, the steering, engine land
they did so and ; the engine ran till we
left. When I took Dunne, from i the
helm tolower the, smaller surf boat his
iplace was;taken by iWilliam C. Mor
hoff,.machinisti second class, who
steered the wreck until we left ' the
bridge ; together, : when he iashed i the
wheel r amidships. , -jWillard i Crossett,
bugler, -was signalman and wras as pool
As possible, lie made no mistakes and
was very -useful to me as , a messen
ger. About 4:30 o'clock he made sig
nal: - .'.Hang on to the wreckuntil you
are sure she is I sinking,' to which the
Vulcan replied: ifWe will hold on until
she sinks or parts the. tow line.' - The
last! signal he made was: 'These two
boats will' take ;ail.' After that I had
to go taft ;to force! the drunken 'men
overboard and about 5 o.'clock we were
all off The boats were hauled under
the stem as near'as it was safe, 'where
the oil and lee of the ship: made, it
smooth, and . were held by one line,
while another line, with a la'dder at
tached, floated the stern oni this? line.
Two double bights"! where stopped on
the right ' side to
go overi a man's
'shoulder.
The end twas slacked from
the ship, aid when? two men jumped,
they weriihauled into; the boat. A very
fine fellow; named DIsen attended i to
this. When all hadjgone but he and I,
he cut the line and we-- jumped Itp-,
gether. , .
"It was perhaps -5i,30 o'clock when we
reached the Merritt. ; While she was
getting in thesurf boats the, Vulcan
slipped the hawser bf the Infanta. Ma
ria Teresa. I expect that the wreck
'dragging off to port u brought all ? jthe
strain on the port (bridle and started
-the ; bits. . When the! b&ats were in, the
Merritt, at my request, started to
speak the Vulcan, but was unable to
.reach her, and sjie (apparently did not
hear our whistle. iThe Merritt, then
returned to find i the Wreck; but could
not : do so.. The search continued untiV
1 o.ock p. m. The following day she
"headed for Charleston. -; ; :
i . ; Very respectfully, j j t
"IRA IIARRTS.I -"Lieutenant
Commander, TJ. S. N," 1
Commenting on that feature of ithe
report stating Jthati some of the i men
got drunk, naval officials expressed
the opinion that these men were ?not
seamen : Of the navy, but were sailors
from the, wrecking ! crew. ;. ; I . -
No orders were issued by the navy
department ttp" to th close of office
hours as to. the disposition of Lieuten
ant Com matder i Harris and "his crew;
and Captain Crowninshield, of i the.
'bureau of - navigation, said no orders
woujd be formulated' tonigbt.
It is said at :the navy department
"that provision was made byj which the
;Teresa-iCoiild "have weathered anys'ror
Qinary storm. . Rough wooden- decks
"had been nailed over Tier up'per wbrks;
'Her hull was then sheathed, I and
heavy cliiains ; were wound : around her
so as to hold her- together Although
; farj from seaworthy all that. was j ex
, peered was that : the icrulsei: Tnht( be
kept afloat, until -docked -in (tnis cpun
try. She had been stripped of all guns
and valuables save ithe big! turret! ill
inch guns. "; before starting,-so that it
is behevedi there Avill be. no loss! on
that account. Iti is jthe opinion of Ithe
navy department thrfit the government
has lost, besides the1 value of the ship
herself, only the amount of the per
diem of $800 per day! through the sink-ingl-of
the; vessel,: because; the con
traqt appears to have required the de
livery i by the .wrecking i company of
the I vessel at the navy yard at Nor
folk, Va. - . t I '.
The first, thing in; order now is. a
court of inquiry, in; fact rthe. departs
menf has no option! In the case of a
lo;siof a vessel under such conditions.
This court is requirVd to fix the! re
sponsibility for , iossj " to examine into
the I considerations which led Com-A
mander .Harris to choose the easterly j.
course; around' Cape ii Mays! and east- j
ward of the, Bahamas, to that around!
Cape Antonio and to the Florida Chan-
net, It must determine also as "near as
itrcan whether the work of; preparing" I
the. ship for the homeward voyage was;
properly executed:, and also whether
A POLITICAL FRAUD
Attempted by. a Republican
Richmond
REGISTRATION
Republican Effort to Prevent Trial of
' , ton A Red Letter!Day for tie
rinburg Democrats to C lose
the Day to the Cause of Democrac A Big Time
at Whiteville Wilmington XaVl Reserves! i
on Hand with One
. Rockingham, NC.Noverdber
people of Ric&inond county. Fou? thousand people came together to express
tljeir dfjtennination that-they shall be
Jtv mounted red -shirts.
Senator Tillman was brought ad a special all the way from Monroe, and
accomplished - much good. i H', I . . ; ' . V .1 '
James A. Lockhartof Ansh-; and James TiLegrand, cif Richmond,
. :'' : t -- V'-'li' '! .. !:; m ,-' l si ':-' .;
were among the prominent speakers. ' ; , . i '
Everything isquiet and orderly, but (Jetermination. was expressed in the
countenance of all. I ' -1 !
.Richmond is safe by a large majority.) ? r ; i
' Laurinburgj, N. C, November 5. -All places of business' in Laurinburg
will be closed at 4 o'clock on Monday and every man will ' put on!. his red
shirt to wear it until old North Carolina; has been redeemed. ; ; i- 1
Richmond county will give aa good round majority.; There is aao Tway
i- f f .. - : -J :-. ' i. . f f . ' -r "I ..
"to prevent the whites of Riclxmoftd from having their own after Tuesday
next. . Republicans and the one or two remaining .populists conceed this.
Whiteville, N.: C.,', November 5. Hon. Cj B. Aycock'spokej to 2,000 peo
ple ere today. One hundred red shirts paraded and filled the town with
: --i' ;-: ' :-- '''- : i- -i -- V:-;; -. . . !- 'x --l i - :;..f;
shouts of joy at the prospect of Columbus ibeing redeemed fromi the rule and
ruin.' of fusion." , ''"'
': ';-': ' " . " 1 ." i. - . 'i,;' . 1 -!.-
Many men who formerly wTere populists were. In the parade and are now
. . .. . .:..':. -..'"' . - -;i- ' 4 f- --i j?. ; . -
working, zealously for ithe democratic ticket. - - .' i f j .
The ' fusion forces are disorganized and scattered. Among all the vast
. f
assembly here today it was .difficult to -find any white man who; would admit
that he would support fusion. BA -i : 1 r ' i j
,Many ladies listened with rap attention to the masterly eloquence of Mr.
-Aycock. . j i '
The six gunnera of the Wilmington division, of naval reserves were' on
hand with their cannon and livened up the people with its booming.! ... .
Thedemocrats .are jubilant oyer theiry certainty of carrying Columbus
and placing it once more in the? democratic column, by a handsome; majori
ty next Tuesday:. i. . 1
Maxton, N,. C, November 5.7When
to consider challenges i it wa& found that B. F. McLean, republican chairman
i; ' : J- - I- j h .".-.-'.).
of. the board of registrars, was absent and' the book could nbt be: found.
Upon statements made by' W. - All Low e populist registrar,. a warrantiwas is-
sued for McLean who was arrested uponi arrival of ther Wilmington' jtrain.
He waived exainination and was held in $200 bail: J. M. BurkeJ A. Pat-
terson and Angus, Shaw and others becoming; security., M '- 1
The' precinct board organized - today by electing W.' S. McNair chairman,
who demanded the custody ;of the registration bogj of McLean! tonight, but
was refused. , -. , - - ' 1 !
. The people are highly wrought up over the apparent conspiracy j of the
f usionists to commit fraud. - - ' i,. m:. r .
,'.. .'. -' ' it. "''I --;"'-"":-;. M- -. ,-l i ' : 1: .'! -.-
the officers and crew were justified in
abandoning her. Upon their conclu
sions "will depend whether ; or not a
court-martial shall be i held. ; Com
mander Harris is the i only ' officer
whom th'e department i knows to have
been attached to the Teresa, although
jhe was doubtless supported by some
warrant officers whose names were not
reported to: the department before the
;ship sailed. ' '
I ARRIVAL OF. THE CREW- AT
CHARLESTON. ' ,
Charleston's. C, November 5 The
.wrecking tug I. J, Merritt, I arri veil at
quarantine here last night with 114 of
ficers and crew of the-cruiser Maria
jTeresa, which fourideredtn a severe
istorm thirty miles north of . San Salva -idor
Tuesday" evening, on board. The
tug wac detained at quarantine last
'night and. did not come UP to the city
Euntil midday When she tied up at
her dock here -all of the survivirB: of
Ithe Teresa ; were : given - shore liberty.
jThee were 114 of them, officers isand
men, and while' many of them Vere
half naked they were as happy and
jolly a party as one could wish tolsee.
There wls an enormous; crowd gath
ered at Central wharf:; when they
landed and the' people of the city did
everything inj their, power for the ship
Wrecked marines, v s - i V
Lieutenant Commander L E. - Har
ris, S. i N.' at once made a full re
port to the department 1 of the disas
ter. . The officers and men remained in
the city throughout the day- iAt 5
o'clock this afternoon the entire paty
started north. Tile men all go to Nor
foSk, their Original destination, where
they will be reported by the Merritt,'
which will leaye nere tomorrow morn
ing. ; Before leaving the wharf for the
iraki this afternoon, Commander. Har
ris lined his men up and- after having
-called the roll and found that all
hands were accounted fer; he said:
tBoys, 'if it "bad not been for the I. J.
ilerritt and her gallaoit men, we would
not be here tjwiay: ,1 call for . three
Cheers for the MerriU." The cheers
were given with a. wilL Then some one
called for cheers far Commander Har
ris and ! Captain Chittenden, and thejr
were' given heartily. Commander Har
ris was the last man to leave the
Maria Teresa. "' . '
" " " . . . ..
I A cough is not . like a"- fever. It does
not have to run a certain course- Cure
It quickly and effectually with One
Minute Cough Cure, the best remedy
fr all ages and for the most . severe
cases. - We recommend it because it's
good. R.. R. Bellamy. A ., -
m
County;
BOOKS STOLEN.
1
Challenges bv Democratsat lax-
Democrats at Rockingham-Liiu
Business IJLiiises and Devote
of their Howitzers.
S.-Tbis was a red letter dayf for the white
free from negro domination over
I . i,
I
1
the precinct' board met
here today -
' Florida All Uiglit Politically j
Jacksonville, Fla., November i Si-On
Tiiesda'y Florida will elect two Justices
off the supreme court, three members
ofjl.the railroad commission; ; a state
treasurer, -legislature, which .will, meet
in I April antj name a successor to- Sen
ator Pasc.and two congrssemen; to
succeed MSparkrrian-in j the' First dis
trict and il. W. DaVfs in the Second.
Both
been
are democrats . and each ;has
nominated to succeed himself.
Their only , opponents are white- repub
licans of Imore than average intelli
gence. They have- made! a more active
canvass of - the districts than has been
made since'the days of Horatio Bisbee.
The gold dmacrats have returned to
the democrjjtc fold andJ populism has
gradually Tturned to the party from
which it became estranged,, so that the
state chairman of the democratic exe
cutive committee predicts that each
democratic congressman will be return
ed by even a larger majority than in
1S96. ' ' - , , '
In Florida the causes .influencing! the
return of the populists and gold dem
ocrats to the old party are in. a lesss
de&ree. than those obtaining ini - North
Carolina. . ,
Joseph E. Lee, the negro leader; of
the Florida republicans.!! hasr recently
been elevated to the; highest federal of
fice in' the state-collecfor of internal
revenue and this fact has ,not only
allenated and made lukewarm Ithe
"lilly whites,?' but. has as well had its
infiurence In cefnenting the whites pf
the state' in closer unity.' ; All of Flor
ida's democratic state ticketwill ! be
elected and' almost every member of
the state legislature, and! senate., Flor
ida's educational qualifications -the
Australian ballot is an insurmountable
barrier to misrule. .
" Overcome evil, with godd. Overcome
your coughs and .colds f with One Min
ute Cough Cure. It .is so good children
cry for it. It cures croUp, bronchitis,
pneumoniae grippe, and all throatj and
lung diseases.'- Rj R: Bellamy.- r
I";,: : ' A Other See It j '-'- l.
The understakers are said to be un
usually Interested in the Incoming ac
tion in North Carolina Richm,- d
Times. . , ' ; . V,..-
Game is plentiful in North Carol fX,
but;the shooting season is. booked for
next Tuesday, Washington Post.
Registrar
PCTITIOM TO XII F. ritciiir.xT
Uym zro Coarrsatlon la TyjuuIus
ton Oty to teterfre fu tle Vb 4"r
ollu tlleetloa r ;;' .,;ffi 1' :';
Washijigtorij '!d. ' C, -Novecjkr '
The; following address , Wa ..-Resented
to the... president today -.by a1 romtalt-
tee: . :'.;,j; ,;-; , ;y-;.; ; ,-;: j
Jo the President the Unite! States.
: SirAt 'a meeting ofcltlzpa from
many portions f of .the Unltf States
held under- the auspices of the Lyceum
of the Second Baptist ,churih Wash
ingtonuD. C., on Tuesday evening, the
1st instant. a committee wais Appoint
ed to present to you- the4situi4Uon iln
the state of, North CaroUnaiSand to
ask you to; exercise your gOi. offices
to preserve! the i peace and tOi Maintain
constitutional, government in;4ill por
tions of oujr common couritry.f !
"We do not come to you as politicians,
seeking some partisan' endK- nof .simply
as colered men routed by the; passions
of the houri, but, sir, we come? as econ
omists, as students of bistoryl and the
gcieiice of government as'patr&ts zeal-
ous of our Country's weal, as American
citizens, toi askj you, the chipj execu
tive oX thA$-: great1 nation, ad com-mander-in-jchief
of the land- afjtl naval
forces, to j exercise all' corisi&utional
powef in you vested to prottJju every
Amerjca'n citizen in the enjoyhient of
his constitutional rights. j j , '
The Ncifeient situation intfee state
of North darolinfL Js but an acjt in the j
series of reign of terror inaugurated
in the, yeai". of 18.73, to wrest f j om the
legitimate electors the state govern
ment, in certain sections of ; jtlifc. coun
try and tc( Vullify the reeentlameiid
ment to the Constitution of th! United
States, by resorting, first, to,ob vip
lence and thenJto subterfuge n hrder
to deprive 'citizens of their right' to
vote and hold oiQice, "
"he lawless rergn wasffrst inaugu
rated in tb.e state, ofllouisljna "and
step. "by i -step-: it haworked :s-way
eastward and northward, Untiit now
borders oni thestateof Virginiai and
will- soon overshadow the national
capital. hand ere long the late jelave-,
holder will call his slaves at the base
of Bunker j Hill., . .
The thing has gone farrjnough.
This nation is now dealing1 wjth new
problems tn establishing go'vefbments
in the island of the sea,' asd-weido not
want our usefulness impaired j.bef ore
the eyes of thel' nations of th.e- world
by the charge, even though It be but
tolerably well founded, , that we have
only a ! quasi-constitutional jgovern
ment in he United States. -Th present'
situation is a grave one, and fieatti
tude of lawless men in the- fjtate of
NorthCarolina Will be far reachingin
its effects : unless it is contested by
the strong arm of the government.
: I , JESSE LAWSO, r
t. ' R. W. THOMPSON, ' .
H. A. CLARK,
, I THOMAS WARE,
i I , C. L. MARSHALL,
1 " ' Comiittee.
' Constipation prevents the boy from
ridding ; itself of waste mattjer., De
.Witt's Little Early Risers will) Sremove
"the trouble and cure Sick Headache,
Billiousness, i Inactive Liver' and clear
the complexion. Small, .sugar Icoct d,
don't gripe or cause nausea. R. Jl. Bel
lamy. ;. . ,
Solid Democratic Congretwlou
I)ele
' i gatlon
New Orleans, Noverhber 5
whe po-
litical campaign in the
campaign in the congistssionai
- , S St.!
districts of Louisiana has closJ with
out startling incidents and tre indi
cations are that a- solid democratic
delegation will be elected to Cngress.
Birmingham, Ala.,- November 5. '
Democratic, campaign managerikclaini
that Alabama will be represented by
a isolid, democratic- delegation in . the
next congrefes. Only two distri,'ts-the
fourth ; and the" seventh were -fver r in
doubt, jand the democrats claiisr their
nominees will be elected fromufeese by
such 'majorities that it-would' he folly
for the republicans to contest I '
Atlanta, iGa., November' 5. ?stwith-
standi
ng a surprise1 which wassprung
eleventh hour, looking! toi a. fu
at! he
sion of populists and, repubiSns i in.
the Ninth district, it' is beJie( Geor
gia wiil return to congress aj delega
tion sojidly' democratic. The disfocrats
have taken cognizance of the; gtove; in
the Ninth. -and tonight sent !&ordj to
the party members in that dirict i to
-turn . o.Ut and i re-elect Tate, democrat.
No fear of defeat is expressec. ' The
contest! between Brantley, democrat,
and Wilkinson,' republican, j i;- the
Eleventh; has been pretty spirited,- but
Brantley's! election is believed -tgo be a
certainity. A light vote is. expected.
, ;: . f j..f J. .-J.!-';-'
' When you ask for DeWUt'Si'jWltch
Hazel 'Salve don't" accept a ic-unter-.feit
or imitation. There are mor. cases
of Files; .being cured by this, tnan all
others! combined. R,'R. Bellamy. ' . -1
: : . - ' .'v :;'j-'-C " mi
Troop to go to Sonthern Ca'tap ;
Washington, November ;5.rThe order 5
which designates: the troops tof occupy
different portions of Cuba- Tia j raised "j
a. question as to wneiner or rj(t it is
the intention fUhe war depart fnent to
have the troops go direct frofi their
present camps to Cuba- instead; oj occu
pying the southern winter cafm,!' se
lected some time agol -. It canejstkted
tht such is not the intention that
trfft. troops-wilj, be moved rfrf jK'nox-'
Tlle and Lexington and Middnon to
be in camps; very. soon. It is pelieved
that the transfer will be beneficial to
the troops and. that not only w;il they
find a- more, salubrious climilf, but
that, the duty of breaking, camp and
establishing, another will" be. better fox
them than remaining in one plaice. . I
Vvj;.,,;;j ..." , ' .;:'; h i- -
.. icu xuu ,, cat i j j iu r i iri i jj j c j
pares a. man ior ms-Jiome in .tnej sKies.
But early to bed and a Little? Early
Riser, the pill that makes lifeplonger
and better and wiser. R. R. Bellamy
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Opinions of the Three
v Party Leatier
THEIGLAIM OF VICTORY .
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lltittoti llrrolar to 1IU Pollbotdrr.
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lift titration Hook bjr Jull(f I lark,
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t , Messenger Bureau
1 ; Raleigh, N. C. November 5. 1
i Totay the -representatives of i the
threo political , parties 1 were speoJallii
:lnter4eweC
- Democratic Stateliatrman Simmons
said:' "J have the polTTrarn 'm os of
the counties in the state. ThefWno
longer any doubt that; the democraSj"
will carry the state by ia large- majors
Jty, even larger than I expected. Uotbi
branches of the legislature will. -'bo
democratic, Uvenouse by an over
whelhilngmajority and the- senate by;
a safe one. There will j be the greatest
'political revolution which has : ever
taken place
in North 'Carolina, Tha-r
white people have come together and
made u their minds that negro ofllco- .
holding must cease in North Carolina, !
Their verdict wilL be .unmistakablo'
and wll be. inp.t no party can -ever;
again vith 'impunity i place negroea
over wjije people. 'The great majors
ity of Cl white people'will vote down "
negrois1$ in North Carolina. It simplj;
means at North Carolina white men
propos -and intend to "make and ad
minister the .laws. .We are going to' .
elect foJti congressmenr-Kitchln lathe
Fifth. Bellamy in the SUth.KlutU in .
thei Se fenth and Crawford id the-Ninth!
district The chances are decidedly ia'
. favor Small in the. First. There is '
"gdodrhting chance for thorn as. ih-
the;. Tf :,;Atwater in. the Fourth and
.Lovell the Eighth." i.
Cha.4 Han Simmons further said:. "I
have Vernation thatvthe republicans
have I : 'aned frauds and will make a a
attemv t practice them election day.
They ? ;,.y as well understand, and wo.
intend- ey shall understand that tho ,
whiteViple of North CaroHaa will
not pf fjit themselves -to, be swindled
Kout of .nis election. I have warned.
'our pestle everywhere to be on their .
guard .d all proper precautions have,
ben tajUn and the man who attempts
frauds :ou election day will find him--elf,
thwarted." i
; There , was a great democratic rally
at Burlington today, at. which S00
people from all parts! of Alamance -county,
aie said to havrj been present. S
Toe nineteen cotton mills in -'that cbun-
ty bhut down for the day. v - -
' .Chairman Simmons was asked if tho '
democratswould support Atwater in
the Fourth and replied: "Atwater
bolted the populist convention in Chat-'
ham county when it adopted rVsolu- .
tions for fusion with, republicans. ; As?
a member of the last i legislature ho
voted against every billjtomegroize cjt
ies and .towns in eastern 'North Caro
lina. He is making a -splendid cam- ;
paign, denouncing republican-populist
fusion and asking the populists to re
fuse & Vote the fusioni ticket. He ijj ,
advocJtin-'g good, honest and economic
cal go' ernment and white supremacy.
The d inocratic congressional commit- -.
tee ', hsTj advised that his! candidacy bo
supposed by democrats!. I sincerely ;
hope f believe that throughout the , -i
distrite 'will. receive the united pup- '
port the democrats; i' He lef honest -;
and slftere and represents a class of
popujiifsr. who have been flocking to '
the1 deliEiocratic party, and helping us
to cariy the state on the great issues
which laave been brought to the fronL'
Manager Ayer of the populist stato
committee said: "The situation is not j..
changed. We have the' Sixth district ,
now, and, don't care what happens,
there. Congress will decide that Dock
ery is elected there. I don't know:
much about the Second; The demo
crats have put up Fountain, there and
that I think means White's election
without doubt.: I think Caldwell in tho '
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