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VOL. XII. NO. 44 WILMINGTON! N. C, TUESDAY FEBRU ARY 21 189?. PJIICE 5 CENTS. 5 - REDUCING SALARIES Tie House Cutting Down Salaries of State and Fees of County Officers. TWO SUCH BILLS CONSIDERED. ' The Bill as to the Former Passed-Also Bill-The Fight Over the Guilf ord Dispensary-Directors of Mor . ganton Deaf -Mute Asylum ElectedRatification of the Scotland County Bill A Communication From the Governor Announcing the Resignation of -.'. Judge Norwood. (Special to The Messenger.). . SENATE. . Raleigh, N. C, February 20 Bills J ere introduced as follows: To appro riate $1,800 to clearing out Aboskie swamp. To incorporate the Carolina Mutual Life' Association. To prescribe certain books to.be used in the uni versity and other colleges. To incor porate the State Order of Junior Me chanics. ' " I Bills were passed - as follows: To j E mend the charter of Goldsboro. To i authorize Fayetteville to establish and operate an electric light and power riant. To establish "graded schools at Ijlew Bern. To provide a short form of agricultural lien and" chattel mort gage Allowing clerks 10 cents for I robating, and the register of deeds 3) cents for registering bonds. (It ap E lies to Cumberland, Nash, Edge cambe, Greene, Duplin, Wayne, .Lenoir, Onslow, Pender, "Wilson, Robeson, Bla den, Brunswick, New Hanover, Moore, ampson, Beaufort, .Carteret, Craven, Jones and Richmond.) , The election 'of directors for the deaf a nd dumb school at Morgantori was held. , The president interrupted the discus 's on .to state that the Scotland county bill tvould be signed and ratified. He signed it With a gold pen which had teei given Senator Glenn for his bril 1 ant speech. , Senator James then nominated the nen put forward by the committee, l amely: M. L. Reid, of Buncombe; M. H. Holt, of Guilford: V. V. Richardson. f Columbus: N. B. Brousrhton. of I ake and R. A. . Grie'r, of Mecklen- j urg. Senator Smith put m nomina-' ion Dr. H. C. Herring, of Concord, i pon the vote being taken the nomi- j ees of the committee were elected, Dr. erring receiving thirteen votes. Senator Cooley asked that the Guil- ord dispensary bill, which had been ubmitted with) favorable' 'committee report, be referred to the "judiciary committee. He believed the dispensary s a private corporation and thought it aest the Committee, should decide -as to whether '.sufficient notice had been given under the constitution. - -. Senator Wilson, of Guilford," asked if the senator's real purpose was not to side track the bill. . Senator Cooley answered "No." Senator. Wilson spoke for the bill and isaid i,t was purely a local measure, and. shouldbe passed upon at once. Senator Bryan said the democratic party ought not to go into local mat ters where members of the party were so much, at variance. He. opposed the bill ;ahd considered' its enactment- a dangerous precedent. Senator Glenn moved that the bill be referred to the judiciary committee, reported to the senate in the morning and made a special order for 1 o'clock. This motion prevailed. The bill relating to the establishment of a geological survey, providing for investigation, of the oyster and fish interests of the state, passed final read ing, i .-- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. Ray, of Macon, after three weeks sickness, was in his seat. Mr, Winston- introduced a resolution to raise a joint committee to recom mend trustees of the Agricultural and Mechanical college. The speaker announced Messrs. Bunch and Patterson of Caldwell, a committee to ask the governor for the "names of the trustees of that college whose times have expired. t As the house branch of the joint committee on. ventilation t. the two houses Currie, of Moore, Trot- man and Henderson were appointed. Bills were introduced as follows: To allow school districts to pay for mak- ng out school tax lists. The governor to appoint three commissioners to the Paris exposition. To regulate fire insur ance rates in North Carolina. To amend he charter of Warsaw. Bills passed as follows: To 'allow Greene to levy a special tax. To allow Wilmington o Tefund its bonds. To In corporate the town of Gibson. The house , took up as special order the election of trustees of the deaf- mute school at Morganton. The joint committee . nominated M. L. Reid, of Buncombe; M. H. Holt, of Guilford; V. W. Richardson, of Columbus; N. B. prougnton, of Wake; R. A. Grier, of Mecklenburg. They refused to 'surren der to the fusion . rule and have con-' ducted the affairs of the school in an able manner. Mr. Hartse!! nominated Dr. H. C. Herring, saying he was the best pre- roared man in the state outside of Pro fessor E. McKJ Goodwin. Mr., Allen, of Columbus, said the whole fight was made against Mr. Rich ardson. He said he thought they were going to fight Mr. Richardson with a Whale, but instead they brought forth a "Herring." ! Mr. Ray read a letter saying Dr. Her ring was an enemy -of Professor Qood- Win; that he opposed' the laying of the corner-stone by "the Masons and gave other; objections. - Mri Moore, of Jackson, said Dr. Her- ring had antagonized the laying of the corner-stone by telling the lodges that it was a political act. ' Mr. Winston testified to the eminent fitness of iV..,V. Richardson. Mr. Rountree indorsed Mr. Winston's Temarks. ' f The vote resulted In the 'election of the jcommittee's nominees. I Mr; Hatsell voted for Dr. Herring. The resolution that next Friday tire "legislature elect a state librarian was adopted,; The democratic caucus has - already, chosen a man for the place M K). SherrtU. : . ; V ' j The house took up as another special .. .. t the Wilmington Bond Funding order a batch of bills regarding sala ries and fees of state officers and heads of various institutions." There was a substitute by the committee. The sub stitute was, therefore, considered. The bill does not affect the salaries of the present state and judicial officers as the constitution forbids such legislation! The bill was considered by sections. The section reducing the salary of the state treasurer from $3,000 to $2,250 was adopted. Mr. RountFee took issue with the committee in reducing the salries from 20 to 25 per cent., saying first class men cannot be secured for any such low prices. He said the railway commis sion was inefficient and a disgrace to the state because the pay is so small that able men will not take places on it. . Mr. Williams, of Iredell, said it was found that "the railway commission worked only twenty-four days In a year. . - . The section fixing the salary of chief clerk of the state treasurer at $1,200, was adopted. Other reductions named were: Secretary of state $1,800. (This was adopted); railway commissioners $1,500 each. Mr. Allen, of Wayne, said he hoped the last would not be adopted as the bill would be introduced tomorrow re establishing the railway commission, and giving it work with new duties'. His amendment to strike out the section was adopted. .After much discussion the committee finally agreed to strik ing out the section reducing judges sal aries to $2,000. ; Section 7 was taken up, reducing the salary of the state librarian to $750. Mr. Moore offered an amendment mak ing it $900. The amendment was adopt ed. The pay of secretary of the board of public charities" was fixed' at $3 per day. The salary of reporter of the su preme court was fixed at $750. The sal ary of clerk of the supreme cOurt was fixed at $200 and fees. Salaries of , the superintendents of hospitals, deaf-mute and blind institu tions and president of the university and the .Agricultural and Mechanical college, were fixed at $2,000 with house furnished. Mr. Moore moved to strike out the section. This was adopted. 1 The house took .a recess. The house resumed its session at 4 O'clock and continued the discussion of the salary bill. . Section 14, naming $700 as salaries of steward of each institution . referred to in previous section was adopted. - Section 15, fixing salaries of deputy inspectors of shell fish at $35 per month was adopted. . ! . Section 16, fixing, salary of private seeretary-o the governor at $1,000 was adopted. , The bill as amended then passed its second and third readings. - Mr. Rountree, by leave, introduced a bill to enable deeds q railways to be recorded more rapidly, oy allowing cer tified copies to be used. Another special -order was taken up, being the.bill to reduce salaries and fees of solicitors and" county officers. The first section reduced solicitors' fees in capital .cases to $15 and also required that solicitors be required to attend only criminal terms of court. The general reduction of fees all along the line approximnates 20 per cent. Mr. Council said he desired Watauga county exempted, that he had given notice to that' effect to the committee and he sent forward such an amend ment. . Amendments poured dn, these except ing nearly fifty counties. Mr. Williams", of Iredell, said: "We have decided to withdraw the bill." Mi. Brown, of Stanly, said he did not think this could be done. Mr. Williams .then withdrew his re quest for permission to withdraw, say ing If the bill applied to only thirty counties it was a good one. Mr. Allen said he was not willing to see a sweeping reduction of fees of county officers, yet there were some good features in the bill, and that if It was law at all it ought to apply to the whole state. " - ' 1 Mr. Williams, of Iredell, said the com mittee did not fight these amendments at. all. , They were held up until the bill was considered by sections. The first sec tion was adopted, as salaries of solic itors are paid by the state. The next section reduced from50 to 30 cents the cost of appeal from clerk to judge. Mr. Allen said this was an unjust re duction and that 50 cents was a small fee. He moved to strike it out. Mr. ' Rountree moved to table the amendment and thus kill the bill. The vote was yeas, 42; nays, 34. ! There was applause at the announce ment of this result. Mr. Brown, of Stanley, moved to re consider. - i- Mr. Leak moved to lay that motion on the table. - ' On this Mr. Winston called the KPas And nays. The vote was yeas,J 29; nays, 54; so the house declined to adopt Mr. Leak's motion and then it recon sidered the vote and the bill was again on its feet. Mr. Winston moved that the bill be made, a special order for -next Friday. On this the vote was yeas, 37; nays, 40. Mr. Allen's motion to let the 50-cent fee of lerks stand was adopted. The next section reduced the fee for appeal to the supreme court from $2 to L Mr. Hampton protested, but. the section was adopted. The next section reduced the fee foi taking final account from" $25 to $15. Mr. Gattis moved to strike out and the motion prevailed. 4 i The next section reduced from $25 tc $15 clerks'. fees in case there la contest of accountj j The house rejected this sec tion.":;: . 1 - ' : V , The next j section reduced from 60 to 50 cents the! fee for bond of justification and it was f adopted, while the next, which reduced from $1 to 70 cents clerks' fee&lfor capias was stricken out. The fee for execution and return, in cluding docketing, was reduced from 50 to 25 centkj - . The question of exempting any coun tise came tip again. Mr. Justice sent an amendment to strike out jthe entire third section of the bill and then moved to table his amend ment and jthus of course bill also. . Mr, Winston again demanded the yeas and Snays on the motion. ,The vote was 'yeas, 43; nays, 43. The speaker bifoke the tie by voting no, and was applauded. Mr. Holman moved the house adjourn until tomorrow. This was adopted, but before it document read: was announced the following from the executive office was Raleigh, February 20, 1899. "The following letter was received at this office!-; February 16tM, dated Waynes ville, February 13th of the Twelfth judicial district. ! " W. L. NORWOOD. the-following reply was sent, "To this dated February 16th " 'Your the office letter purporting to resign of judge of the Twelfth dis trict has peien received, and if you are holding omde or acting as judge your resignation Jis accepted.' " The speaker asked what disposition the house desired- to make of this mat- ter. Mr. Winston made a motion that the committed, having in charge the matter . . i t of impeachment of Norwood go to the senate tomorrow and request leave to withdraw! the impeachment. The row. matter . goes ' over until tomor- i tl : . Before jthe discovery of One Minute Cough Ctire1, ministers were greatly disturbed bjy coughing congregations. No excuse for it now. R. R. Bellamy. RAILWAY CO EMISSION BILL. To be Presented to the Home Xoday New Board iu Charge of tlie Peuiten- tlary Case of Smallpox at Selma I ! Ir ' ' ' (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh. iN. C February 20. The railway commission bill, which .Mr. Al len, of Wayne, will tomorrow submit to the house for the committee; will provide for the election, of three com missioners j by the legislature, to hold until the next regular election, when their successors are to be elected by the people. The bill retains . all the features of the railway commission act and enlarges the powers as to railways. It Also adds supervision of insurance, banks and banking, and building and loan associations. The salaries will be at least $2,000. AH fees which go to the secretary of state, treasurer and audi tor are to be turned into the " state treasury!. ; i The Guilford dispensary bill will be favorably reported by the senate ju- ! diciary committee, which decided today that the supporters of the bill had given sufficient notice under the stat ute as io ' its introduction. This afternoon Day surrendered con trol of ' khe penitentiajry and the new executive committee assumed formal charge. W:; H. Osborne, of the commit tee, says no changes will be made in employes until March 1st, and that probably on that day a manager or su pervisor of the state's, prison will be elected. ' ' The Stevens argued j before anti-trust bill will be the senate committee Wednesday. The Charlotte dispensary bill comes before the isenate committee on prop ositions land grievances at 3:30 o'clock Thursday. , , A. cose of i smallpox has developed at Selma. The victim is a negro and is quarantined, as are seven others who came in contact with him'. , Richard E. Lee, of Clinton, is com missioned by Governor Russell assist ant surgeon of the First regiment of volunteers in CUba, vice L. M. Archey, resigned, ! Not one child dies where ten former ly died from croup. People have lam ed the value of One Minute Cough Cure and use it for severe lung and throat troubles, ing. It It immediately stops cough neyer fails. R. R. Bellamy. THE NEW ELECTION LAW Adopted by tli e Democratic Legislative Caucn Its Cblef Points (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh;! N. C, February 20. The election aw 'was adopted by the joint caucus tonight. The important clauses of difference from the old law provide for state officers to be elected August 1, 1900, and also the election of coun ty bfTicers, which includes county com missioners, 'in such counties as elect by a volte of the people. The state board of- j election is to be composed of five persons chosen by this general assembly.! County boards of election are composed of three persons from each county, appointed by the state board, to meet in Raleigh, and whose pay shalii be $4 per day and expenses, xne state board has the power to remove Ounty boards and .the county boards ja( remove election officers County boards are to fix voting places and call upon the secretary of state ior Dianas, 'mere snail be a new registration- governed "by the old law or Tennessee law.- The registrar must be able to locate the voter by full and accurate: description. Indians w;ill have separate iplaces of registration.. Ballots for officers are to be of the same size. Sheriffs are not to be members of can vassing boards. TBe state board.of can vassers is to be 'Ifdihpo.sed of the five men from the state board of elections and the governor and secretary of state, arid all provisions , relative to such boalrd are the same as formerly. Mr. Connor stated to the causus that het had jotho Wilson's resignation In his pocket, but no solution was offered as to its! disposition. The report of the committee in the Wilson jjnatter will not be taken up In the house tomorrow, but is postpone! until tomorrow night for consideration at the joint caucus. . "Give me a liver regulator! and I can regulate the world," said a genius. The druggist handed him a. bottle nf .De. Witt's Little Earlv RIspt - th fnmonn j uiue tfuiBix. K. Bellamy. ' ' ' " ' ' ' f House Passes ' Spanish j Appropriation. HOUSE SUSPENSION DAY Ths Bill for Payment of War Expenses Incurred by States Passed House Refuses to Legalize t lie Return Postal Card and Envelope System Tn Sen ate Discusses tne Postofflce Bill The Army Reorganization Bill made Ban finlsned Business ! " SENATE. Washington, February 20. During al most six hours this afternoon the post office appropriation bill was under dis cussion in the senate, the time being largely . Consumed byi Senator Butler, populistj of North Carolina, and Sen atbr Pettigrew in anl amendment ' pro viding that the postal commission" should present its final report to con gress by March 1, 19bo. Failing after many trials to obtaiij unanimous con sent for the' insertion pf the amendment in the bill. Senator Butler permitted it to come to a vote, it "was defeated 27 to 19. An agreement was reached to vote on the' bill and amendments at 2 o'clock tomorrow. 1 At 2 o'clock Senator Hawley, chair man of the military 'Affairs committee, moyed to take up the army reorgani zation bill, uhanimou consent- having been refused "to takej up the measure without displacing the unfinished busi ness the anti-scalpihg bill. Senator Hawley"s motion prevailed, this making the army bill the unlfinished business. It is agreed that this action disposes finally of the anti-scalping bill for the present session. j When the postofficei appropriation bill was called up Senatoi; Butler proposed an amendment reducing the amount paid the railroads for the transporta tion of mail from $33,275,000 to $30,500, 000, and that the postmaster general be directed to reduce the amounts thus paid to railroads by 10 per cent, after July 1, 1899. The amendment was not acted upon. ' j : ' Senator Tillman offered an amend ment providing that star route con tractors be required to collect from and deposit in boxes erected along their routes mail matter, the. boxes to be maintained by the people along the route. The amendment was agreed to. A senate bill passed providing for the purchase of a sit4 and the erection of a public building thereon in Selma, A Fa., at a cost not to, exceed $100,000. At b:io o ciock, p. m., tne senate went into executive session and at 6:30 p.;'m. adjourned. - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. This was suspension! day in the house. Some minor business was transacted by unanimous consent. . The senate amendemnts.-tp a number of private pension biiliswere adopted.; Mr. Loud, republican, of California, moyed the passage under a suspension of the rules of the senate bills to extend the uses of the mail ! service? .The bill is to legalize the use iof the return en velope and postal cads of the United States Economic Postage Association. This bill was defeated 125 to 97 two- thirds having failed tp vote to suspend the r(ules. . i S, Air. aianon, republican, or Pennsyl vania, moved tne passage unaer sus- nension of the senate bill to reimburse governors of states Jor service iq the war with Spain. Ha said there were claims from the various states for this work aggregating over $3.000.000. Under the existing law onljn $496,000 of these claims had been liquidated. The pas sage of this act was jnecessary for the settlement of the remainder. - The house amendment, he said, (would compel the governors of the states to produce de tailed vouchers and the reimbursement! would be made throiugh the govern ment's accounting ofifices. Mr. Cooper, democrat, of Texas, .urged that the bill should be -amended -so as to provide for the payment of expenses "mpiirroH rr ToifV nnintin c nut that- in some cases there existed no state au thority for the payijiept of such ex penses and as a matter of fact these expenses had not been; liquidated. Unan imous consent ,wasi refused for the adoption of this amendment and Mr. Cooper expressed the hope that the conference on the bill would see that it was incorporated. The bill was passed' 155 to Id. Mr. Cannon, chairman of the appro priations committee, ! was then recog nized and by the direction of his com mittee, moved the passage under sus pension of the rules the bill for the pay- . f nrtrt aaa l I r. I mem oi u,uuv,uuu xoi opain. Mr. Dockery, democrat, of Missouri, asked unanimous consent to offer an amendment declaratory of the policy of the United States relative to the Philippines, j " j Regular order, 'Regular order," shouted a dozen members on the repub lican side. I , ; By direction of the appropriations committee," said Mn Cannon, "I am directed to decline ( to accept that amendment. I could not if I would and would not if I CQulij." Mr. Wheeler, democrat, of Kentucky, demanded a second, which was ordered 457 to 11. i This permitted twenty minutes for debate on each side. Mr. Cannon called attention to the fact that a few days ago when the appropriation was strick en from the sundry civil bill he had predicted that a way would be found within the rules to pass it. In his opin- ion nine-tenths of th members of the house favored it. Mr. Dockery again asked unanimous consent for the consideration of his amendment which, he said, was a com bination of the McEnery ana the Bacon resolutions. Again Mr. Cannon object ed. 1 . s . Mr. Wheeler, 'democrat, of Kentucky, upon whose objection the appropria tion went out of thei sundry civil bin, declared he would vote against, it with great pleasure. I He ijvas opposed to it because he believed t wrong in prin ciple and infamous in execution. He was not afraid of giving offense to some effete .and decaying1 jmonarchy of the Old "World. He declared that the ad ministration was a spldier of fortune. It lacked the nerve iand pluck to de clare Its .purpose. Miqawber-like.'it was waiting ror sometning.to turn upj xne war, begun for humanity, had degener ated - into a war of bloody extermina tion, that would disgrace the pages of history. Mr. Wheeler criticised the methods of the j appropriations commit tee and in conclusion declared he would stand by what he believed to be right. Mr. Cannon concluded : the debate with a 'brief speech emphasizing the idleness of a declaration of policy at this time when, our troops were fight ing to preserve ordef. when the au thority of the United States was ac knowledged, then with due regard to our own self-respect,i having in mind, our own best interests, as well as those of the Philippines, we icould decide what to do. - .: - ! ' ; j - "When that time arrives," interrupt ed Mr. Bailey, j the democratic leader, "are we to move out and. let those peo ple govern themselves?" (Loud jeers from the republican side, greeted this intrrruption.) j i : - 'Ah, my friend," answered Mr. Can non, "a declaration jf what might be our policy-under future circumstances would be like sounding brass and tink ling cymbals, useful only to the people who are now in arms against the United States. (ixmd and long applause.) - The vote was then taken by ayes and noes upon the demand of Mr. wheeler, .The bill was passed 219 to H: The house then adjourned. I m II ill His Charges About the Army Beef, j UIQ-I AMfMliPC PIIADHLn ' t0 be over their malaria. He, there Ulu LriiXuUHUL uUHAIJlLM fore, ordered an inquiry into the beef i i i , , . , j about which there had "been so much I -: i Closely Accompanied by a Silent Man In Citizen's Clothes Evades Direct Ansvrer as to Authenticity of the Two Famous' Newspaper Interviews He Says His Term "Pretense of Experi ment" Was j Unfortunate He Goes Into Long Explanations Washington, February 20. The Miles court off inquiry today made aJ good start, in its' work. The court was comfortably Q&rtered in. the old meet-, ing room of the war investigation com-, mission in th Lemon building with accommodations for representatives of the press associations and the local papers. Calls of ceremony on the presi dent and the general commanding the army occupied a large part of the forenoon- and immediately thereafter Gen eral Nelson A. Miles appeared as the first witness. He and three other .offi cers summoned as witnesses were ex amined and disposed - of before the court closed its session at 3 o'clock. General Miles'; testimony, of course," I was the feature. of t,he day's proceed ings. Colonel, Frank: Michler, his chief of staff, and a gentleman in citizens clothes who took a seat "by the fire place and gravely watched the course of proceedings; retiring with the gener al as silently ashe had come, accom panied the general to the court room. General Miles, appeared in fatigue uniform; rather" striking, in its con trast with the display of scarfs, bullion and 'buttons of -the full dress uniforms of the court . He submitted to the questioning of .Colonel Davis, recorder of the court, with- equanimity except for a flash of -mingled indignation and irony when he-"informed the recorder that he was not' compelled to "report" to the commissary general of the army. This was in reply to a question as to whether or not he had reported to the commissary department the- fact that complaints had been made to him as tp the Quality of meat being issued to the troops. An instamt later General Miles resumed his coot and carefully cdnsid ered replies to Jthe inquiries of the cpurt. C s - L i As indicated-by a letter of the adju tant general talhe recorder for 'the, in formation of the court, the scope of the inquiry was limited to the allega : r J i- i - i x i tions of General (Miles before the war commission as to the quality of the army beef "and" the matter purporting j to have been furnished to;the press by the same- official," Onlyi two inter views were called up by the court the first, ah interview with a New York Journal reporter early in the beef con troversy, m which General Miles was icals were used in the preservation' of the army meat aod another of the PW Ynrlr HfiMlfl nnr Ht nf Whp.it ary 1st, covering about the same ground. r " . . ' General Miles -was very slow and careful in his replies to the recorder's questions on this point. He called atten ton to the fact that in both instances he was credited in the interviews with refusing to answer certain questions and insisted that these refusals should be given due weight in considering the questions to which he did reply He said in the case of the interview of February 1st thafhe had a letter from the man who wrote the story offering to swear that1 General Miles had refus ed to be interviewed and that the whole story was .made up. in the office from the writer's getveral.knowledge of the facts. Notwithstanding this when his final answer was "asked as to the au thenticity of the interview General Miles did not1 specifically ; deny it, but merely said it did not quite fairly rep resent his own, opinion in the case. The same qualifledi denial as. to The Journal Interview of December 23rd was made, leaving the witness on re cord as not assuming any responsibrl-1 ity for the newspaper statements but tacitly admittingthat there was a good deal in them with, which he agreed. The trend qil Questions ; put to the other witnesses of the day indicated that so long.as they agreed with Gen eral Miles as to the quality of the meat furnis"hed the troops in the field the only criticism of their position the court had to make was why they had not taken some official steps to have the matter remedied at the time.. In every Instance the reply was that the circunistances in? which the army was placed in asickiy foreign country with a large amount of fighting and a great I scarcity of transportation on hand, precluded the, possibility ; of any such action. In each the question was pushed no further on this line. Colonel Dayis, recurring to the stated ment of Genial Iiles before the'war commission asked him - what his idea as to the .beef supply for the army was when war broke out. I . Replying, General Miles said ' that while his attention was occupied with the weightier, matters of j mobilization and equipment of troops, he felt confi dent that the '.usage of an hundred years would bel followed l; and cattle herds would' be.ihiped to the army in the tropics and killed there just as they had been through the south during the civil war, in Arizona, Texas,, and in Mexico, where it was so hot that a sol dier could not sit upon the rocks. He understood . Cuba iand Porto Rico were excellent grass countries and cattle could be shipped" ancf kept In prime condition. He reviewed his action an cabling the department to send no more refrigerated beef to Porto Rico while he was there, finding it possible to use beef on the hoof. General Miles? said the first com plaints on the panned roast beef he heard at Tampa ;i from some of the Rough Riders '" and then j aboard the Yale when the men declared fhey could not eat it. Again he heard complaints of it in .the trenches at Santiago. TDf An .ACSDW(& uyf u-v tfowma Makes the food more delicious and wholesome' f aOVM MKTNO What finally drew his attention, seri ously to. the matter was the reports of Xflicers that the whole Fifth corps! was weak and prostrated. This was In: Au gust whea the question of parade through New LYork was broached. General Bates at that timei reported f that 'only one-fifth at Mantauk Point were in condition to march through New York, General Miles said this seeemed to Mm remarkable, as there was no yellow. fever at the point land he thoifght the men certainly ought complaint. Did you report this . matter at the time to the commissary general's of fice?" asked Colonel Davis. . General Miles leaned forward, daw ing his: brows to a furrow, and replied forcefully:" I am not required, sir, to report to' the commissary general." -"Well did you report to the secretary, of war?' asked Colonel Davis pleas antly.;;. . ."'. ... j ' General Miles in reply went at some length into an explanation of the rou tine ,of army headquarters, showing why he preferred to conclude his : in quiry so that he might have something tangible to present to the secretary. "Finally he issued his orders to officers to report upon the quality of beef fur nished. He idid not report directly to the secxetar- of war, because under a rule of 1890 the order should go from the adjutant general to the secre tary . .-.' ' His attacks upon the canned and re frigerated beef before the war commis sion were then taken up specifically. Colonel Davis reading testimony of the cammanding general in which he re ferred to 'it as "embalmed" beef and said it had; been sent as "a pretense of experiment" L. General Miles was asked if he knew when war began that canned roast beef was a. part of the army ration. This question brought out a partial ex planation of his using the phase "pre tense of experiment" He said he did not know that canned roast beef was a part of the army ration, though in 188$ an order; had been issued including cann ed, corned, or fresh beef. He did not understand the canned beet now in question was meant. When his atten tion was, finally attracted to the canned roast beef, recently issued, e assumed, he declared, that "it was being issued as an experiment," since it was not un 'derstjood by him that canned roast beef was a part of the regular ration. . Continuing this explanation in an swer to a question of Colonel Davis, General Miles said he thought his use of "pretense of experiment" was un fortunae and he disclaimed any inten tion to impute fraud to any one, fSo far as indicatirfg fraud," he saidjj "I wish tt state that no such . inference was intended... It was perhaps an un fortunate expression and had my at tention "been called to it I might have amended it to say "on the theory of an experiment" As . a matter of fact it was. an experiment and a very costly one." ''-; .' : ' . - Replying to a question, General Milesi-said he first heard complaint 'against refrigerated beef at Ponce. The' first direct statenfent that it had been ; treated chemically came, he be lieved, from Dr. Daly, who presented it late in September, and appeared subsequently before! the war commis sion. ' General Miles then read a long snm- mary of 100 letters received by him at ! army headquarters, giving the vari 1 ous terms in which the army meat was eharacterized. These included em- BaimeQ'.. aecomposeu, lUJCCieu, j "poisoned," "spoiled," and the like. ' In addition he showed a summary of reports on refrigerated beef condemn ed, and thrown over board from trans-, ports. C. ,C. Yeamans, from the Yose miie reported the condemnation of "8,000 pounds; Lieutenant Colonel 0'Neil;' of the steamship Chester, 4,000 pounds; Colonel James Hamilton Lewis, 10;000 pounds. 1 . Colonel Gillespie took a hand in the 'inquiry when General Miles finished describing the nauseating qualities of the canned and refrigerator beef. ; ' "Did you general,; ever eat. any; of this beef?" Colonel Gillespie asked. "I p'resume I did, about the time we were at Ponce;" said General Miles, with sdme hesitation. "Yes I presume I did." ; i "Then." said Colonel Gillespie, ! "it ! has not such" characteristic , qualities as would "Permit you to detect It . off hand?" - ,-',--) . "No,. sir." Im ' I : General Miles then left the witness chair. . I For frost bites, burns, indblent sores, eczema, skin diseases, and especially Pills, DeWitt'a Witch Hazel Salve stands ? first and best. Look j out I for dishonest pe'ople who try to imitate and counterfeit it. It's their endorse ment : of ' a good article. Worthless goods are not Imitated. Get DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. R. R., Bellamy. PHILIFPINOS AGGRESSIVE They Asteinpt to Bora tbe Quarters of '. American Sollders ; Manila, February 21, 9:35 a. m. The natives of the village of Paco made a bold attenunt ilaat nieht I to burn the quarters of the first Washing ton volunteers by setting fire to I the huts adjoining the quarters in the rear. Fortunately the. wind changed at (the momenf . the fire I was discovered and, fanned by a stiff breeze, the flames spread an the opposite direction, de-; stroyihg fully twenty shacks and nouses opposite the ruins of jthe church. The incendiaries escaped. Mysterious signals were frequently made al5ug the' enemy's lines -during 'the niglit and this led to the belie! that an attack had been arranged, but noth ing happened. i ' The rebels are leaving the vicinity of San Pedro Macati in small parties and are reported to be mo ring toward Sin sal on. : ' i As , the. season of the year when pneumonia, la grippe, sore throat, coughts, cold catarrh, bronchitis and lung troubles are to be guarded against, .'nothing is a fine substitute," will ''answer the Durnose." or is "just as good", as 3ne Minute Cough Cure, j That is the one infallible remedy for) all lung, throat or bronchial troubles. Insist vigorously upon having It if "something else" is offered you: R. R. Bellamy. . I POWDER CO., KEW VOR1L. j ..I :- -- v ' ' . ' -i Dissolution " : . " ' JOHNSON 'Itoi,' , . .' f -. ..f ". ' : .V . - ! ' . , . ,. I- - . t'.r-Jt!; . .... . . . 11 l'IMI&irls&t Street 4 . 'I COMMENCES MONDAY THE ENTHi3 STOCK, WITHOUT BE SEEVEj .WILL BE SOLD ; AT cblST FOll CASH. A H&N ARRIVAL OF HANDSOME an Elegant sTOCK-or English Suitings and Trouserings. QUFj USUAL DISPLAY OF . Spring Undeovear, Collars, Cuffs, 'Umbrellas, . L AWD A FULL LINE OF TODAY. COME AND LOOK. When the Cold and Damp Penetrate : Slocum'si i Assignment Stock MUST BE SjpLD WITHIN THIRTY DAYS .REOj-ARDLESSSOF COST. I;i0000 Pairs Gent;s, Ladies', Misses' and Childrens Fine and j ' Cheitp ilhoes, All.New and Fresh. Having purchased from the assignee the above large and elegant ' assortment of Shoes kt a great sacrifice, I will sell same' in lots to suit at r "Wlioleseile or PLeteiil,, Regardless of the or-ginal cost, for CASH ONLY. Must be disposed of inside of the next thirty, days. "' . , Open on and ajter Thursday morning at 10 o'clock ! FI?AK HAFFNER, Manager, ' 120 MARKET TfjEETY - - SLOCUM'S OLD STAND feb 9 lm "if . ' . " I ' -: ' - - - - ...H i. - f THE CUW. POLVOGT CO. Ncv! North Spring Goods f4 POPTlERtS- Upiioistenes. Thajriovel And de sitole styles of draperies, plushes, portlers,; curtains amd covers , for Spr&ig house beau tifying are filing In dauy; Thejr were seW tted with taste iano i knowledge,and wili 'strongly ap pefi to lovers, of tb 1 home-beauti f uti i The ' "know hoi f of our trtlst is f;t your service alsH 200 pieces of New Kattint to select from Ribbons I " Ribbon!)! ' , All the narrow for triri nolng. in Black and White Satin. We h ive the largest A stockln' the city to select from. Satin, Moire, Taffetta for tiesi juad sashes. frHE O: - Sole agents for thr W. B. Corsets and the Standard Paper Patterns. Sale the 20th lnst v t NECKWEAR. LOOK TO YOUR HEALTH! FOOTWEAR IS VERY IMPORTANT! FOR . GENTS We have elegant goods in great variety of style. . FOR LADIES Lovely Shoes In new styles of toe in every width and beautiful fitting. FOR BOYS The most stylish"line , in the city both in Black and Tan. FOR MISSr3 - AND CHILDREN ; -The best makes of School or Dress , Shoes. . j i ALL AT LOW PRICES. WIU ke ', ' your feet dry and warm and preserve y yoUr health. Call and inspect stock at . Geo. R. French & Sons, 108f brch Front Street.' a GEORGE WASHINGTON'S SIMPLE BREAKFAST was often a dish of hasty pudding. The "Father of his Country" never had the pleasure of eating such deli cious breakfast foods, as Hecker's Buckwheat and Oatmeal both in pack ages and bulk, at prices tbat beat all competition, or Fairina and Topicoca, such as our patrons nJoy fresh, tempt ing, and high, grade from our superior' stock of cereals. If you haven't tried our plumb rudding or cocoa, it will be j a morsel or drink to make you remem ber Washington's Birthday. ' THE KING GROCERY CO. B. F. KINO, Manager, ' Phone 387. . Fourth Street Bridge. " Front Street. Arriving New Silks. Plain Taffetta in all new shades, suita ble for Waists, Shirts and lining at 50c a yard. Extra heavy Quality - in two-' toned effect, beautiful, at 85c Heavy Corded Bengalene Silks In all new shades at $1.25 value, but we bought to sell at 4L00. FIf tj pieces new silk Vel vet and in all new shades, at $1.00. Blk. Taffetta, 60, 85c $1.00 and $1.35. Full stock- of Black Satins,, l eau de Sole, raine ana uro uram SllKs. Linen News. Always Interesting news to the patrons of this linen stock. Interesting, because it tells of substantial linens at sub stantial savings. Several under-priced Items for this week. Turkey Red Damask 18c. Turkey Red-Warren ted 50c; 72-inch Bleached Damask 75c. Ex tra heavy Damask 50c, , .,.::' Write for Samples of New . Spring Goods. . W. POLVOGT.CO. --J'-":.-x -fM -;y-:i "S- ti
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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