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VOL. XII. No. 187 WILMINGTON N. C, THURSDAY, ,l liUST 10, lb99. PRICE 5 CENTS. 0 4 ,-r F- OTIS' . INABILITY ". To Master the Situation in the Philippines Emphatically Declared. 1 THE FEARFUL ARRANGEMENT Of the American Commander bv a British Officer Who SpeaKs fronv Personal Knowledge lie No Lonser Holds the Confidence of His Men The Extreme Press Censorship at Manila Shields the General From Public Condemnation. The Recent Battle by General McArthur's Forces Driven to Attack by Necessity. Manila, August 9. Details of Gen.- i eral McArtihur's advance beyond San ' Fernando show that' the Americans covered five miles in the first five hours and at 2 o'clock had adA"anced six miles along the railway, stretching on each side of it for two miles and resting at f, night three miles from Angeles, which will be made the northern base of op erations, instead of San Fernando, where a garrison of COO men has been left. The casualties are between thirty and forty. The Philipplnos were surprised, ex pecting the American forces to move against Tico. They followed their usual tactics of holding their -trenches until they became too warm and then re treating in disorder. They are now fall ing back westward toward Poric. The Twelfth and Seventeenth regi ments had the sharpest engagements. The country our troops passed over is covered with rice fields and bamboo thickets, the hardest possible ground for marching. The mud, in places, was knee deep. Angeles is one of the richest towns north of Manila and is considered to be a better base of operations than San i Fernando. '.' The forces -at San Fernando consisted , of the Iowa regiment, the Seventeenth regiment, the Ninth regiment, the Twelfth regiment, Bell's new Thirty sixth regiment, a battalion of the Six teenth regiment, Troop E, of the Fourth cavalry and fifteen guns. The movement had been planned for some time, but was delayed 'by rains. Finally, two days of sunshine dried tha rice fields sufficiently to warrant the attempt. The Americans' position had long been unpleasant. The rebels almost surrounded the town and fired nearly nightly into it, the Americans not re plying, except on extreme provocation. , It was necessary to keep 500 to 600 men ' oh outpost duty constantly, r Captain Deems, with, a provost guard last night captured a noted Philippiho fakir with several aliases, who, by mea'r s of ventriloquism has pursuaded the natives that he has supernatural lovers. He raised much money, os- tensi bly for the insurrection, which he kept for himself. Our soldiers surround s house and corralled thirty Phil- d h ippi os. iiany otners , escapeu. ine troo s also captured iknown, has been predicting the fall of iManpla. His "prophecies" 'have created excitement among the natives, who be ' believed them.' Reports from rebel sources say 150 Philippines were killed in General Hall's engagement at Calamba and in the sub sequent skirmishes. : The American loss in the fighting about San Fernando at 3 o'clock was known to be eight killed and twenty six injured. The losa may possibly ex ceed these figures, as the line is five miles long and it is impossible, at this hour to hear from every point. Our troops are now about Angeles, waiting for the artillery, which has the - greatest difficulty in moving, owing to the wet ground. The attack was opened at 5 o'clock in the morning, a babtery of the First ar tillery shelling Bacolor, on the left. Simultaneously Bell's Thirty-sixth in fantry struck Bacolor from the rear and drove the rebels out. Armored cars each with a 6-ponder and two Catling revolving cannon on board, then moved out on the railroad track, in the centre . of our lines. Soon afterwards these guns did sharp execution. - Battery M, of the Third artillery, and 100 men of the Iowa regiment made a feint towards Mexico, while the !main body of troops, consisting of the Iowa regiment, . the Seventeenth regiment, and a battalion of the Twenty-second, under General Wheaton, on the right, .and the Ninth regiment, Twelfth and JJell's regiment, under General Lincoln, on the left, advanced steadily, pouring . iheir fire into the rebels and receiving a heavy fire in return. The rebels were well protected by trenches and seemed not to lack.am mnuition. But 'they were unable to .withstand for any length of time the hail of shot our artillery and infantry - poured "in on them, and retreated, leav ' jng many dead and wounded on the rlel. A dozen prisoners were captured'- by our troops. The reports indicate that the Ninth infantry suffered the most, though the casualties of all the regiments are not yet reported. The weather was extremely hot and our troops suffered greatly. But there was no faltering. A company of the Sixteenth regiment went to the relief of Bell's reginjent this afternoon, the latter being report . ed harassed in the rear. . . The fire except at isolated points Jiad ceased at 10 o'clock. A CABLEGRAM FROM OTIS. Washington, August 9: General Otis confirms the. report of the battle at San Fernando in the following cable: "Manila, August 9. ."Adjutant General, Washington: "MacArthur, with 4,000 men, attacked the insurgent army, 6,000 strong, con centrated around San Fernando at 5:15 yrlock 't'his morniing. At 10 o'clock a. n he had driven it five miles in the rJirec-'tion of Angeles. Casualties few. Attack ordered for 7th instant, but -rain .did .not permit movement. Railway I'rom Angeles north badly washed by unprecedented Hoods of last six weeks, beyond ability of insurgents to repair. "OTIS." FEARFL ARRAINGMENT OF OTIS Chicago, August 9- A special dis yatch to The Tribune from-Victoria, B. -C. says: Commander St. John, of the British cruiser Peacock, who arrived 'here from Manila today by the Em press, -n route home, declares that Gen eral Otis it utterly ignorant of the ne cessities or responsibilities of a cam-p'-m in the tropics. He has 5,000 dead to hi-' a001111' tne British officer de clares "U1l his nesitation has already shown "hi'i? forces that he has no grasp on the situation. . . , - Otis' field Jxansport service is declar , ed to be wretcined insufficient ai his hospital corps a axee; and his plaaot campaign calculated 'tol.adva?;e, th? en" emy's interest as no O&er edUld A se rious breach is declared t DeLW the United States ,army nd navy at th'e.'front, and Commander St. John says the "first thing the United Sta.es S"0 ernmerit should do is to recall this man It is really pitiful to see the sacrifice of the splendid men of his army." Incidentally Commander . St. John said that ithe press censorship is car ried to the extreme in Manila to save Otis- from being swept down in a flood of popular indignation. MANILA A SEA OF WATER. Vancouver. B. C, August 9. 'Manila advices received on the steamship Em oress of Japan say -that typhoons and Georgia volunteers, have oeen aisnon ?I?nf vtTrned the city, wet enough frably discharged from the service of o Ke?t of times, into an immense . . J pond- with, gutters over a foot deep in -waiter. ' Sampaloc district was so completely flooded that the people were forced into the upper stories of the houses. The police barracks were com pletely surrounded and soldiers stood guard and carried on patrol duty in tW feet of running water. Creeks that in tersect the city overflowed their banks and boats were seen on a dozen streets. Admiral Watson had a narrow es- i cape on the Pasig. His launch was about to pass under the Puenta Es- ! pana, when the roaring water caught it j un nrul lainmwl it hroodside rm!tr a st'ona pier, breaking the funnel and tearing j out the-gunwale. j o..v, v.o,. :v. .Fhiiippinos, has made its appearance In Bilibid prison. THE K ACE PKOBL.EITI What a (ieorsIalUau Kays as to the He lationsofthe Two Haccsatfhe south j Quitman, Ga., August 9.; At the meeting of the Georgia state agricul tural society here today the race prob lem came prominently to'thefront as a topic of. discussion. Hon. Pope Brown, president of the society, an ex tensive and prosperous planter of the state, asserted1 that the white man and the negro are at the parting of the ways and said tha former should assist the latter in his efforts to leave this coun try. That portion of his amnual address on' the negro question was loudly ap plauded. In this connection he was also bold and1 unequivocal in declaring that the south should stop toadying to the north. .Mr. Brown said in part: "It is- between; the white people of the south and the negroes of the south. The south haters cf. the north are at the bottom of all the trouble and we need not flatter ourseleves that these south haters are few and far between. There are plenty of them. In my opin ion the majority of them have no use for us,- except when they think they are making something out of us. Mr. Thurber of New York, rendered us a great service a few days ago by telling us exactly what he and hiss people think of us. I think it is time we were letting them alone. Quit running after them. Then quit toadying to them. ! The-small politician also causes fric- 1 tion between the races; By submitting every question, county, municipal and state to a white primary this trouble . could be averted and better govern ment would be secured in all cases. ' "The leaders of the negro race are preaching discontent and whether the scheme of colonization is practical or not I am not prepared to say, but I do .. believe that it is to the interest of , the people of the south to aid and abet the j negro in his efforts to leave us. A few i clays ago when certain prominent cit- j izens were called -on -by the press to say j how we should protect our families ! ne-a in sr. certain crimes there was a re- sponse that seemed to meet the ap - . U 4- r- .t .."I TV) Xlf fhA ATI- i proval of the press, it was tnis. Make a miniature arsenal of every, country home." I say if it has come to that it is time for the parting of the ways. Shall we part in peace or strife? I would say peace and let us stamd not upon the cost." Among the other speakers was Hon. Hoke Smith, of Atlanta, who dis cussed "Practical education." FISHI" BOAT CAPH'KED BriU.li taiuboat Fire. Upon a Frenc h Woat-TheHelm.mau Killed London, August 9 The British tor- pedo gun'iboat Leda found a French boat fishing within the three mile limit this morning- ' The fishermen attempted to escape and did not stop when' a blank shot shot, disabhng the fishing boat and kill- ing the helmsman. The fishing boat was afterwards towed ,to this port with the body of the helmsman on board her. The arrival here of the Eto le de Mor caused much excitement, where it is hoped 'The regrettable incident will draw attention to the serious inroads made b4 foreign fishermen in British waters. The admiralty express ex treme surprise at the fact that the fish ing boat disregarded the Leda's signal to heave-ao and, in the absence of the official report, they assume that the commander of the Leda only resorted to drastic measures When other means were inenectuai. ine captain oi huh Etoile de Mor has been arrested. Funerai ol the LateGoveraorAtkiumn Newman, Ga., August 9. The funeral of the late Governor Atkinson was conducted from the First Methodist church, o'f this place, this afternoon. Prominent Georgians from all parts of the state were present, Including Gov ernor Candler, Attorney General Ter rell, Secretary of State Phil Cook, Sen ator A. S. Clay, Senator Bacon, Con- gressman ngg Jf - Z ; members of which are unknown to the preme court, members or tne legisia ture and of the various state commis- Jury- trie, sinns. The negro porters of the state capitol attended in a body. All public town buildings are drapeu in mourn-: ing. ' '. J The interment took Place with Ma- ! sonic honors. Bishop Turner, of th3 African Alethodist Episcopal church, , has issued a call to thje 800 ministers and 90,000 members of the African church in Georgia to hold memorial ; services in honor of the deceased. Bisn op Turner pays a high tribute to the late governor on account of the latter's friendship for the race Judge Charles P. Jariies, formerly justice of the supreme bourt of the Dis- trict of Columbia, died Wednesday at j urge tue uwts&iLjf ui uwj i? his home in Leesburg, Va., of old age. j gaining complete temporal liberty in Maior Marchand has been offered the poet of governor of the French settle ment on the Samali coast, the envoy extraordinary to King Menelik, of Abyssinia. Emperor William, it is said, has de cided to assent to the resolutions of the peace conference. Hamilton Clark, of Chauncey, Ga., says he suffered with itching piles twenty years before trying DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, twro boxes of which Completely cured him. Beware ot wo,-thless and dangerous counterfeits. R R. Bellamy. State tvHardamen Discharged Atlanta, Gat August 9. Eleven pri vates of Company A, Fifth regiment, , U.. ctnfA V,r nrt1fiTTIr I M Till I T. i t 1 - -" f"1"1 v - ' navmmt of dues and non-attendance of drill are ithe causes ' named in the official order for dismissal. - , EXCITEMENT IN A CHURCH Officer Arrest Two men. Wanted tor Various Offenses, at a Prayer Meets Ins A Lively Time In the Church (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, k. C, August 9. At a pray er meeting here, there was) a great sen sation tonight. Two white men enter ed. They were recognized as Walter Grey and Archie Campbell, from Har nett county, who for over a year had been searched for by revenue and state officers. A posse heavily armed went to the prayer meeting. Instantly the despera does made a break for the door, but were stopped by cocked revolvers. Grey reached for his revolver, but was seiz ed. A desperalte struggle followed. Members of the congregation aided the deputy marshals. Knives and dirks were taken from the' prisoners. They are in jail here. There are five warrants against each for violating revenue laws, store rob bery and cattle stealing in three coun ties. They have terrorized thqir sec tion of Harnett county. QlIAKKttS' ANNUAL flEtSTlNfi Convenes at High Point Copper mines Sold to IStw Yorker Disappearance (Special to the Messenger.) Greensboro. N. C. August 9. Tha Greensboro, N. C, August 9.- annual meeting of Quakers' commenced at High Paint today. - The meeting will last one week and is the largest assemblage of its kind in. the south. Visiting Friends are coming from three great Quaker states Pennsylva- j nia.. Indiana and Kansas, and delegates j j will be present from various parts of i j England". ' ; ! The i'r-ntress copper mine, located ! in this county, which paid' large divi-. i dends prior to the civil war and was among the first southern mining to re , ceive attention on Wall street, has been . i sold to Herbert Carl aind others, of j New York city. Mining operations I will be commenced at once. -Intelligence reaches here today that Miss Julia Stone, 50 years old, became deranged and disappeared from her home at Pilot Mountain some days ago. No trace of her can be found. Tlli:0!)l PILSOUS i I'lie lira iiI Kijc.iiiiiii'IiI !," orlli iir ftliuM ill Session in liarlottv (Special to The Messenger.) . Charlotte, X. C, ' August 9. The j grand encampment of North Carolina Odd Fellows met here today with the ; following officers present: 15., C. Gor i ham, grand patriarch; L. C. Howlttt, grand senior warden; W. E. Faison, B. J. Jacobs, Blake, grand grand junior warden; : grand scribe; T. W. treasurer; Wesley Williams, grand rep resentative; George Green, grand mar shal; L. L. Boone, grand inside senti nel; L. W. Jeanerrett, grand outside pentinel. Reports of officers were received and referred to proper committees. The grand encampment will adjourn sine die tomorrow. K K It V.I S I U S It E K IK()I)I(; Announcement of the Marriage of Captain Sigbee' Daughter Lust October j New York, Au York, August 9. The World tomorrow will say: It is announced that Miss Ellen Sigsbee, the only daughter of Captain Charles D. Sigs bee, United States navy, was married in this city November 26, 1898, to Bal four Kerr, a young artist. Miss Sigs bee came to this city from Was-hing- : ton to attend the classes of the art students' league in competition for the i life class scholarship. She carried off j the prize with a sketch in the nude, .Last- Octnhr clip rptfnrnAri trt thid citv j tQ resume her ,studie9 and the gxt , month quietvy married Mr. Kerr. Mrs. ! Kerr nee gigsbee, is now at Newport v;hh her mother. She formerly had ; charge of a morning cla?s in antique j at the 'Washington art league. ' iFor j several years she has -been a great so- i? fSSr artist of , fame H? .g a nepliew Qf Alex. j ander Granam Beni tne inventor of t'he - teleDhone. who lives at Washington1, . and if. was in that ck that Kerr , ;rcw wl,ro hPv were first, met Miss Sigsbee, where they were both students at the Washington art students' league. Excltenieuc Over the Alexandria Lfucbiuj; Alexandria, Va., August 9. The ne groes here are much stirred up over J the lynching last night of Ban Thomas, j About one hundred Springfield rifles t , pra.nn p., nv. k vC anta n Kine. of the Alexandria Light Infantry, reached - . here today from the state armory at Richmond, and tonight members of the infantry asembled1 and held them selves in readiness should a call be made. - The mayor is quoted as saying that he. intends to actively prosecute those persons engaged in the lynching. The coroner's jury convened today and rendered a verdict that Thomas came to his death at the hands of a mob, the Confllctinir Humor to the Popes ' - Health Vienna, August 9. The Allegameine Zeitung says that the pope is ill, in consequence of the great neat and has had several fainting fits. 'Dr. Lapponi,: I his physician, was hastily summoned. London, August 10. The dispatches : from Rome to the morning papers do ; not confirm the alarmists statement of the Allegemeine Zeitung regarding the I health of the pope. , ai "" ' iJ'Un, cai on tne peace couieiriicc, wm mu : order that it may promote tne worn of peace and arbitration. Troops Ordered out to I'revent a Lynching Indianapolis, Ind., August 9. -Govern r Mount, on the request of Sheriff Dunn, of Miami county, has ordered one coi pany of the light infantry and ten me mbers of Battery A, with a Gatling gun. to Peru, immediately to prevent a 1 .ob from lynching the alleged ab du tor, Jones, who, it is charged, re- 'cently inveigled Nellie Berger from home. Sheriff Dunn says he has in formation that a mob of 300 will at tempt to take the prisoner tonight. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures dyspep sia because- its ingredients are such that it can't help doing so. "The pub lic can rely upon it as a master reme dy for all disorders arising from im perfect digestion." James M. Thomas, M. D., In American Journal of Health, N. Y. R. R. Bellamy. Continues its Course Northwestward. PORTO "RICO SWEPT OYER Great Instruction of Property Several Deaths' lu San Juan -Communication - Inte. rupted Much Bauiase, With Loss of Life, on St. Cr"lx-Hher Islands Suffer From the Storm Cen tral Yesterday North"tof Porto ltlco ' and San Domingo. Kingston, Ja., August 9. The barom eters are alarmingly low here and Turks . island reports a hurricane blowing with rapidly falling barometer at 3:30 o'clock f p. m., causing great excitement. - v, asnington, August . jiassror, signal officer at San Juan, Porto Rico, cables that a severe cyclone has swept over the city, several persons killed and much property destroyed. Meagre details of the "West Indian cy clone began to reach the navy and war departments late this afternoon in the shape of the following messages: -'San Juan, .Porto Rico, August 9. "Adjutant General, Washington: "Terrible hurricane; cavalry barracks destroyed; storehouses and other build ings damaged; iron roofing and lumber required. T "CLEM." ' "San Juan, Porto Rico, August 9. "Signal Office, Washington: "Cyclone just passing over island prostrated telegraph arid telephone lines; several killed; my quarters wreck ed and si arnal barracks partially de molished, many other public buildings likewise; hundreds of native houses de stroyed; centre and south probably fared worse. ' "GLA'SSFORD." The navy -department late this after noon received a cable from Captain Snow, in command of the naval station at San Juan, announcing that the hur ricane had destroyed about $2,000 worth of property at the station... St. Thomas, D. W. I., August 9. A se vere .hurricane swept over" the island of St. Croix Monday night," The low est barometer was 29.12. Much dam age was done, but no deaths have yet been reported. The force of the storm was also experienced at St. Thomas, but the damage done was slight. Ne gro huts were the chief sufferers. Enor mous seas, 'however, did damage to the wharves, but there was no loss of life. St. Kitts and Antigua-are believed to ! have suffered, but communication with j those islands is temporarily inter- i rupted. ' j Later advices from St. Kitts said that i on Monday afternoon a very severe hur- ! ricane with a velocity of severity-two miles destroyed about 200 small houses in the towns and did considerable -damage to the estates. No fatalities were 'reported. Antigua also suffered severely in dam age to estates and buildings in the. towns. There were few fatalities. Later reports from, St. Croix increase the amount of damage done there. Xearly! every estate has been wrecked, the larpe buildings in .the towns have been unroofed, 'stock has been killed and a minimum of eleven deaths has occur red among the laborers. Washington, August 9. Cable com munication with the lesser Antilles his again been restored and reports receiv ed today make it evident that the hur ricane center 'is probably somewhere to the northward of Santo Domingo or Porto Rico. The following cablegram has "been re ceived at the state department: "Point Apitre, Guadeloupe Islands, ' August 8. "Secretary of State, Washington: "Serious hurricane suddenly com menced at 10 o'clock yesterday, morn ing. Blew severely until night. Roof of United States consulate blown off. Everything wraps, personal property total loss. Great many small boats lost. The damages in this city are great. No details from the country;; wires down. "A YMF,, Consul." Puerto Plata, August 9. 11:30 a. m. A hurricane has swept the north coast since last night and increases in vio lence. Shipping in the port is in peril, but up to this hour no vessel has been damaged. The destruction on land will probably be considerable. Washington, August 9. The hurri cane which has been raging in a portion of the West Indies evidently has, ac cording to reports received by the weather bureau, left that group and shifted out into ithe open sea to the north of Porto Rieo. The expectation is that the sorm will wear itself out into the open sea to the north of Porto Rico. The expectation is that' the storm will wear itself out without do ing further damage. Steady Westward March of the Plague Washington, August 9. The steady westward advance of the plague and the conditions prevailing at its latest point of attack in Alexandria, Egypt, are discussed in reports made to the state department by Consul Robert C. Skinner, at Marseilles. He says that the appearance of the disease at Alex andria shows a constant movement westward, and from its location there it is a menace to the great Mediterra nean ports of Europe, most of which have adopted rigid quarantine meas ures. The state of affairs in Alexan dria is set forth in a letter to the com . mercial authorities at Marseilles, bear ! ing date of June 2ath. It says the epi demic neither increases nor diminishes, but that about two new cases appear daily with occasional intervals. The municipality and the sanitary service of the city display tireless zeal in adopting measures of prevention. All suspects are immediately removed to a lazaret. A premium of two francs : (38 cents) is given to any individual ; who will inform the authorities of a I case of plague, and a premium of one j franc (19 cents) is offered for the head : of every rat dead of the plague. i The Yaqnl Rebellion j Austin, Texas, August 9- A dispatch . from. Durango, Mco, says that Man j uel Lopez Serna, constructor in the service of the Ped'eral Telegraph Com? pany, has just reached that city from the Yaqui Indian) country. He says the government is in much better shape tot wage asuccessful campaign against the rebellious tribe now than in any of the previous wars. There is now hardly a point in the turbulent territory that is not in direct tele graphic communication with the de partment and every move1 that roving bands of Yaquis make is instantly known to the military authorities and the movement of the troona is directed ' accordingly. "Our baby was sick for a month with severe cough and catarrhal fever. Al though we tried many remedies she kept getting worse until we used One Minute Cough Cure it relieved at "nee and cured her In a few days." B. L. Nance, Prin. High School, Bluffdale, Texas. R. R. Bellamy, i A Bond Thief Captured Savannah, Ga., August 9. J. M. Bates, alias J. C. Cooper, wanted iri Newi York for theft of three Chesa peake and Ohio 4 per cent, bonds of $1,000, was arrested here today. Bates, who is about 20 years old, is said to have obtained the bonds from Murphy & Co., brokers, on a forged check. He has confessed. ' II Anti-Boycott Meeting in Cleveland. CAPITAL AGAINST LABOR meeting of the Moneyed Men of Cleve land Xeu Thousand Dollar Fund to Ferret Out the .Heu Creating Dlncord In the City Yigoroua Spee.he De nouncing the Strike and Boycott The Striker' Picnic Speech by the ITlayor ' ol Toledo. Cleveland, Ohio, August 9. Five hundred business men of Cleveland held an anti-boycott meeting this afternoon in the chamber of commerce rooms. A fund of $10,000 was started to ferret out the criminals who are dynamiting cars and creating discord in the city. . In a few minutes time not less than $5,000 was subscribed and the rest , of the amount will be-fully made up tomor row. The meeting was largely attended and it was a representative one in every re spect. Millions of dollars were repre sented in the men present. Vigorous speeches denouncing the boycott, strike disturbances and disorder were made. ; A demand for a United States army ' military post in Cleveland was unani- 1 mously made and steps were taken to increase the police force of the city. At the strikers' picnic held at Scenic park today, Mayor S. H. Jones, of To. ledo, was the guest of honor and orator of the day. The mayor said: "We are in an epidemic of labor troubles, strikes, lockouts and boycotts, affecting widely separated portions of our country, and as widely diversified industrial interests disturb the land, the condition may be fitly characterized as one of industrial civil war. The boy cott is a cruel and unjust weapon in many 'ways. I am not here with a plan for settling the difficulty in Cleve land alone. 'I am here to propose a remedy, not only .for street railroad strikes, 'but for all kinds of difficulties ' with labor in every sort'of public utili ty. The remedy may be found in abso lute municipal ownership, operation and control. In short, the fundamen tal cause of the trouble in Cleveland today is found in the fact thai a few men are granted the right of owner ship in a class of property that should never under any circumstances becoinu private possession but should be the property of the whole people." j Mayor Jones held a political ' confer ence with strike leaders in 'the Ameri can house this afternoon, at which he decided to leave the Cleveland end of his campaign as an independent candi date for governor of Ohio entirely in the hands of the street railway 'strik ers. , A Big Consolidated street car was wrecked at 2 o'clock this morning, on the Wade Park Avenue line, near Cac tus drive, a lonely spot adjoining Wade park. The car was east bound and the firgt intimation of danger was when it sud denly rose from the track and a deaf ening report was heard. Residents within a radius of a mile and a half were awakened by the roar and sprang from their beds to seek the cause. The car was 'blown from the track and badly demolished. The frightened motornian was hurled from the vesti bule and the conductor from the plat form. They were uninjured. The one passenger aboard also escaped unhurt. During the afternoon Charles. H. Bond, aged 18 years, was arrested, charged with placing explosives on the Consolidated tracks during the strike last June. The police declare this ar rest important. THR HAKrtlt WOMAN IN BOSTON She Exhibits Itetare 3,000 People. "Uets If cllglon' lor their Keuetit Boston, August 9. Three thousand people paid 10- cent9 admission to the People's Temple tonight to see Miss Jewett and'' the Baker family. The Baker woman furnished the sensation of the evening. While J. W. Hutchin son, the white haired abolitionist singer, was singing his song, "The Fatherhood of God and the Brother hood of Man." She experienced reli gious exhilaration. She dropped her little son, Willis, who had been sleep ing in her anms, amd strode around the platform, rolling her eyes and waving her arms. A dozen people conducted her to a seat. Aimong the speakers were Rev. Jus tin D. 'Fulton and Miss Jewett. A Congregation tjxcommunlcated St. Louis, August 9. The decree of Bishop Janssen, of the Roman Catholic docese of Belleville, III., ex-communicating the members of St. Patrick's congregation of East St. Louis, who are in rebellion against his authority in the matter of appointing a German born priest to succeed an Irish American rec tor, went Into effect at noon today, when the communicants held a meeting in defiance of the prelate. Last Sunday the decree was read in every church in the Belleville diocese, and last night at a largely attended meeting the members of St. Patrick's decided not to submit to it. The meet ing held today in open defiance of Bish op Janssen brought to a climax the trouble that has been brewing for sev eral months, or ever since the appoint ment of Father Cluse as rector in op position to the wishes of the congrega tion, who are all Irish or Irish-Americans. About 600 persons fall under the ban. Cotton Freight Kates for the Season St. Louis, August 9. In accordance with notices received from interior lines, the southwestern freight com mittee has promulgated, as effective August 20, 1899, the basis of rates to govern the movement of domestic and export cotton, during the season of 1899-1900 from Texas points. This basis is practically that effec tive during last season, rates via gulf routes being made on the lowest com bination of locals through gulf ports or through Beaumont, Texas, locals from Galveston being: To New York and points taking same rates via all rail routes 33 cents per 100 pounds; to Boston, Mass., and points taking same rates via all railroad routes, 38 oents per 100 pounds. ? Three ol" the Lynched Italians ttnerl can Citizens Washington. August 9. The state department has received from Govern or. Foster, of Louisiana, certified copies of the final naturalization papers taken by . Frank, Charles and Joe Defatta, three of the men lynched at Tallulah, and claimed by the Italian authorities to be Italian citizens. The naturaliza tion papers were issued by the court in Madison district, and are regarded by the authorities as establishing beyond question the citizenship of these three participants In the affair... Gov ernor Foster's final report on the cir cumstances of the lynching has not yet been received. Irritating stings, bites, scratches, wounds and cuts soothed and healed by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve a sure and safe application for tortured flesh. Beware of counterfeits. R. R. jellamy. . THK DUEYFUS TH1AL Still lu Secret Session on the Dossier. Defendant Giving Ills Aid in Trans lating German Phrases Rennes, France, August 9. The se cret session of the Dreyfus court-martial today lasted from 6:30 o'clock a. na. until 11:45 a. m. General Chanoine nearly completed his part of the expla nation of the dossier. He will be heard tomorrow for about a couple of hours and then M. Paleologue, of the foreign office, will take up the task, which, it is understood will be completed Friday next. A public session therefore, will take place Saturday morning. The dossier consists of about 400 doc uiHents, of which fifty were disposed of yesterda'. Several of the documents are writ ten in German. During the proceedings today a German dictionary was sent for and the correspondent here of the As sociated Press leariis from a sure source that when certain words and ex pressions could not be exactly under stood, even with the j aid of the dic tionary, Dreyfus, who lis a perfect Ger man scholar, volunteared a translation and was allowed to give explanations, Which were of 'valuable assistance to the members of the court. The precautionary police measures to day were much more stringent than yesterday. Strong detachments of in fantry, instead of gendarmes, cordon ed the streets leading ?to the Lycee. Absolutely nobody btit police and sol diers were thus within 100 yards of Dreyfus when he crossed the avenue de la Gare. The police authorities explain the rigor of these measures on the ground that yesterday a few cries against the prisoner were raised, while (he was crossing the avenue. Not a discordant note was heard anywhere today, THK DIMDI.Y ELECTRIC UIUK Four Firemen Killed bj- Coming lu Contact With one During a Fire Omaha, Neb., August 9. Four fire men lost their lives tonight in a blaze on an upper floor of the Mercer Chem ical Company's building at Eleventh and Harney streets. The fiievin itself was insignificant, the fatalities 'result ing from contract with a live wire. Fireman George 'Farmer and Albert Livingston, of the Chemical Company, also suffered severely from the shock. When the fire had been brought un der control, the firemen set to work to lower the big extension truck upon which they had been working. Sud denly there, was a sputtering and suc cession of flashes. The men who were working at the crank lowering- the ladr der, were held in agony a moment and then fell to the pavement limp and ap parently lifeless. In lowering the lad der it had come in contact with a live electric light wire carrying a current of 2,000 volts. The injured men were at once carried into an adjoining building and doctors who. wer-' pres ent used every means known to revive them. Hopper revived' in a. few min--utes and saying he was all right start ed to walk away. He had only gone about fifty feet when he dropped dead, fieiscke showed signs of reviving, but vhen only partially rallied, sank back and expired. The other two never at any time showed any signs of anima tion, and were doubtless dead when picked up. ' 7 , AFFAIHS IN IUVAN.1 - Troops Sent Out of the City Demand for illore Kd Hcallotia I "acllltles Havana. August 9. The . last troops stationed in this city left here this morning for Quemados. leaving only those garrisoning Morro castle, Ca banas fortress and' the outlying forts. The Patria say the scheme to make model farm schools instead of an ag ricultural engineering school is excel lent and adds: "Cuba needs plenty of practical agriculturists, such as 'could be made by model farms, to initiate better means of cultivation. There should also he- a theoretical-side insti tution to study the production of ex tracts from fruits and vegetables." The municipality of Havana has asked Governor Ludlow to authorize the expenditure of $500,000 per year for public schools. The Yellow Fever Abated Newport News, Va., August 9. The yellow fever situation at the soldiers' home remains unchanged. "No new cases and no deaths," is the report sent out again today from the home. The quarantine remains in force at all of the neighboring cities. Hamp ton and Phoebus, it is understood, have : practically clean bills of health and it Ms thought the quarantine, so far as Hampton is concerned, will be raised Within the next forty-eight hours. Washington! August 9. Surgeon Vickery wires Surgeon General Wy i man of the marine hospital service "to i day from the soldiers' home at Hamp ton, Va., as follows: i "No change. Everything favorable, j Nearly all in tents that can be moved. J Disinfection of buildings beingpushed i along by Surgeon Von Egdorf." i Dr. Wyman's reports tonight were of , an encouraging nature. Surgeon Pet ! tus at Fort Monroe, stated that there , are no new developments at that place, i Dr. White in a dispatch from Hamp . ton, says: Last case in Phoebus fur nished new clothing and discharged. House disinfected. No remaining foci in. the town. Disease now confined to soldiers' home. Cases having all been isolated. No one has been exposed for several days. House to house inspec tion completed. Nothing suspicious in Hampton. I meet authorities of New port News. Hampton and Virerinia state ! board tomorrow at noon at Newport News to discuss the situation. A Hallway irate War Anticipated Chicago, August 9. The Tribune to morrow will say: Gulf competition for Missouri river merchandise traffic is certain to involve the western roads in a serious rate war. The proposition to arbitrate the question whether the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf road should be allowed a differential rate on merchandise via the gulf ports to the 'Missouri river has been voted down by the western roads, because the south Atlantic lines are determined to meet any rate that may be made by the gulf lines. Executive officers of th'e western roads were in session all day trying to bririg about a settlement of these troubles, but failed. A proposition was made to make the same rates by way of Newport News, Norfolk and Savannah to Texas points as are made via the gulf ports to Kan sas City by the Mallory and Morgan Lines, the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf, the Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific railroads, but it fell through. All weak places in your system ef fectually closed against disease by De Witts -Little Early Risers. They cleans the bowels, promptly cure chronic constipation, regulate the liver, and fill you with new life and vigor. Small, pleasant, sure; never gripe. R. R. Bellamy. Troops Wanted al Alexandria Va, Washington, August 9. The Evening Star's report from Alexandria, Va., states that a request has been sent to Richmond for 'the equipment of the militia company located at that place because of the possibility of trouble' growing out of the lynching there last night of the negro Thomas. The report states that some of the whites are ap prehensive of an uprising of the color ed population tonight, but that today all is quiet. SEND THE CASH And say what is wanted. We have it, and at the right price. 100 dozen Spool Batting Cotton, 200 yards spoools, of Dragon Thread in col ors at lc. Best Three-Cord Thread at 2c. Chadwick's best 6c Cord Cotton at 3c. Coates Thread at 4c. . White Sheeting at 2c. Remnant Cambric at 3V&C. New Silk Lining at 10c and 15c. All wool, 54 inches, Covert Cloth, in black only, at 65c. Beautiful Ladies Broad Cloth, 54 inches wide, at $1.00. Ladies' Cotton Covert Veiling at 12c; A new lot of fine Silks just received, from 40c to 75c. : Our line of 75c Silks are 'beautiful goods. 300 boxes of very fine bok Paper to sell off at 10c. 400 boxes of good Pa per at 5c. 100 pairs of Men's very fine Vici Kid Shoes from $2.00 to $3.25. Very best Gent's Calf Skin Shoes from $2.00 up to $4.00. . p 200 Boy's Suits just received. All wool Boy's Suits, nicely made and nice ly trimmed, from $1.50 to $2.25. Nice Boy's' Suits at 98c. 72 pairs Chidldren Dongola Solid Bot tom Patent Tip Shoes, from 3s to 6s, at 2oc; better, same styles, at 35c. Extra good Shoe at 50c. GEO O. GAY LORD, Proprietor PROPRIETOR OF WILMING TON'S BIG RACKET STORE. THE CENTER, OF THK EYE Should come directly' in the centre of the lens SOMETIMES not always. Whether your eye should look through upper, lower.inner of outer part of the lens .is immaterial to you, but that you should look through the RIGHT PART is of the utmost importance. A knowledge of the eye that will enable us to place the lens properly is what we offer you. The wrong glass wrong ly placed will injure your eye, the right one rightly adjusted will strengthen it. DINGELIIOEF "BROS., OCULO OPTICIAN. Parlor Xo. 123. - Market Street. Our Merchant Tail-ring Department Will be Closed Three Weeks wp are Filling up with . NECKWEAR AND Closing Out Bath Suits, Underwear and Clothingat Prices Well Call and See for Yourselves. MUNSON 8t CO., Merchant Tailors and Clothiers. GEO. R: FRENCH & SONS 108 NORTH FRONT SI HE HT. TAYLOR'S 500 yards dollar fancy Taffeta Silks at C9c per yard. All our 10 and 12c Lawns this week at 6c per yard. 150 Steel Rod Umbrellas, fast black, good for rain or shine, this week at 48c. " ' 25 dozen Gent's Linen Hemstitched -Initial Handkerchiefs this week at 10c each. 19c Madras for Shirt Waists, new styles, this week at 12c per yard. ALL OTHER GOODS AT EQUAL LOW PRICER. '118 MARKET STREET. , - Bell Telephone No. 527. Agent for McCall's Bazaar Patterns, 10 and 15c: none higher. THE C. W. POLVOGT CO. NO. 9 NORTH FRONT STREET. , MEN'S UNDERWEAR. Au advantageous purchase, and its effect on prices. Things are topsy-turvy in our . men's underwear section. A lot ; of light weights just unboxed i is responsible for. This lot came i to us so cheaply that we had to cut the prices of the regular goods to a corresponding level. And Tt is you who benefits. LINENS A SALE. Some noteworthy price clips. ' I Linen prices are going up so comes the news from manufac turing centres; and, in the face of this, these worthy linens greet you at reduced prices. Surely an opportunity which you cannot afford to pass. Bargains in Mosquito Nets, Trunks, Mattings and Window Shades. Agents for W. B. Corsets and Standard Patterns. September designs now on sale. HEALTH flCJop.Lm H wbuvepuwe pills The great remedy for nervous prostration and all diseases of the generatlra organs of either sex, such as Nervous Prostration, Falling or Lost Manhood, Impotency, Nightly Kmissic ns. Youthful Er"rs, Mental Worry, excessive uaa of Tobacco or Opium, which lead to Consumption. and Insanity. With every $S order we guarantee to cure or refund the money. Sold at Sl.OOper box 0 boxes for $&.M. UU. OTOTT'S CHKIMCAJU CO CleTsJxxidu Obft AFTER OSIXS. 3G pairs of Ladies' Slippers, In Tan ana Black, at $1.00. .18 dozen fine 50c rough straw, blue, brown, grfen and red Sailors at 25c. 4 dozen Knox White $1.00 new rough straw Sailors, blue and black band, now SOc. 30 new Cow Boy Felt Hats at $1.00, in grey, blue and black. ' 500 rolls of new Taffeta Ribbon, from 10c to 35c per yard. 75 rolls of Ribbon, been 35s and 45c a roll, now 25c per yard. Baby Ribbon lc and 2c. Neck Ribbon, No. 5, at 5c. Large and very fine Mosquito Canopy, Sandfly and Gnat Proof at $1.50. 500 Trunks'. on hand, any style, from 25c to $8.00 each. If you need a Trunk, Grip Bag or a Valise we will save you money. We have about 1 dozen Hand Bags for Ladies for 15c. Genuine leather Grip, brass lock and clasp, 10 inches, at 85c, 16 inches at $1.50.' We have 100 rolls of good Carpet that we sell at starvation prices from 12c to $1.00 per yard. - Best Floor Oilcloth at 25c per yard. Best Opaque Linen Window Shades, 3x6 feet, wt 25c; with fixtures complete. We lead, the rest follows in loWpjrices and ready cash is our motto. We want your orders and trade. Give us a call at Wilmington's Big Racket Store, op posite the Orton Hotel. Longer. In the Meantime the Latest Styles of Are Those Myi . THAT IS WHAT YOU WILL, ASK YOURSELF WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN PERFECTLY FITTED IN A PAIR OF OUR KID CALF SHOES FOR MEN, SOMETHING NEW AND JUST THE NICEST THING IN TOWN. ASK" TO SEE THEM. WE HAVE' ANOTHER LOT OF SAMPLE SHOES THAT WE WILL OFFER THIS WEEK AT UNHEARD OF PRICES. CALL EARLY AND MAKE YOUR SELECTION. BAZAAR. WOMEN'S UNDERWEAR. Bargains true bargains. We snapped up a lot of very fine ribbed undervests at a price last week. The figure was far be low prevailing prices. All of which accounts for this offer ingan offering which dignifies 41 . . . , .1 WOMFN'S HOSIERY. Novel colorings just in. The ' demand for fancy hosiery continues unabated. This hos isery department wouldn't hold its place at the top if it didn't keep stocked with everything which fashion calls for. Feet?
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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