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VOL. XII. NO. m. WILMINGTON N. C, FKIDAY, U GUST 18, 199. PRICE 5 CENTS. - XT O A GOOD DAY'S W ORK For the Defense in the Dreyfus Court-Iar-':-., tial Done Yesterday. CROSS EXAMINATION OF ROGBI M. Demange Puts Some Puzzling Questions to the General Made to r ... Veil of Efforts to Shield Esterhazey The ItterV "Curious i Proceedings" Roget Dodges Important Questions ller tulus Declares for Dreyfus' Innocence Madame Henry Makes Another Dramatic Scene De fendant Again Stirs the Audience. Rennes, August 17. With the usual attendance and without any Noteworthy incidents, the second trial by court-martial of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, of the artillery, charged with treason wa!a re sumed, this morning in the Lycee. ""'"" Previous to ithe opening: of the pro ceedings it became, known 'that Maitre Laborl, leading . counsel for Dreyfus, who was shot In the back from ambush, was slightly worse today. Ilia physi cians have notyet extracted the bullet; his fever continues to increase, and it to not believed he will be able to at tend court Monday. Consequently, Maitre Monard? counsel for the Drey- f us fatnily 'before 'the court of cassa tion in the revision proceedings, has been summoned 'to replace M. Labori until such time as 'the latter is able to resume conduct of the case. M. 'Monard is expected to appear in court tomorrow. Although he Is , a poor substitute for the brilliant,, ener getic Labori, it is hoped his presence will strengthen the defence. .Friends prevented Maatre Albert XJle menceau from coming to the assistance wi "'iuJ iiAcij.vi.cjr ter -the attempted assassination of M. T iQ Tw-kyl . However, in spite of the difflcuJtiie en countered by the defence, today's ses sion of the court opened with brighter prosper. for the prisoner, as iM. De mange evidently came primed with questions to be put to General Roget. h .,,it,. r yifoYL the theft of Esterhazey's letters from -Mile. Pays. A number of the counsel's shots struck the bull's' -eye and made the general squirm in his seat. 1 Unfortunately, M. Demainge is not yt in "a position to go thoroughly over Uhe whole ground of this witness' deposi tion. General Roget will, probably, be recalled to the stand later. The following is the testimony in de- tail: General Roget on resuming his testi- I mony, criticised the surveillance inau gurated by Colonel Picquart over Lieu tenant Cofonel Henry. Picquart's acts, he said, were unauthorized and Ande fensible, being paid for at the same time out of the secret service fund. The witness admitted that Esterhazey was a gambler and an immoral character, but said he was the victim of abomi nable persecution. The witness then dwelt upon the al- leged devices of Dreyfus to procure in formation from the various bureaus in regara 10 tne mooiuzatiosn ana concen tration of troops, pointing out that while intelligent and industrious, Drey fus was "far too inquisitive in matters which did not concern him, to the detri- ment of his proper duties." Replying to a question of the court. General Roget said that so far as he knew, Dreyfus had only once been given an imaginary task as & test. The prisoner listened intently to the witness. Dreyfus' self control con trasted markedly with his excitement yesterday. On demaid of M. Demange, the wit ness told o xju Paty de Clam's efforts to shield E. Vhazey before the court of cassatioiand at the Esterhazey court-martial When du Paty de Clam forged or -caused to be forged the "Speranza letters" and the "document liberate." The witness replied that jhe could ex plain Paty de Clam's intervention only on the ground of de Clam's moral con viction of Esterhazey's innocence. "In any case," 'said the general, "the gen eral staff - must be entirely disasso ciated with the part played by du Paty . de Clam n this matter." "Certainly," replied M. Demange. "I attach great importance to this ..point," was the general's next re mark. M. Demange assented to this but add ed: "What I would like to know la this: How an innocent man like Ester hazey was thought to need this kind- of hfelp?" (Laughter.) "It is certain I should not have done i ," answered the witness, which caus ed renewed laughter. - General Roget then added that al- 1 though he would not have intervened himself to save Esterhazey, he did not consider the course followed as being reprehensible. ' ;M. Demange then questioned the wit "nesa as to what he thought of Ester hazey's attempt to obtain from an agent a declaration that he had noth ing to do with the affair, to which the general replied that he knew nothing of such an attempt. But when M. Demange read General T Renouard's report on the subject Ro get admitted that Esierhazey's at - tempt was certainly a '-'curious pro ceeding" for an Innocent man. to under take. . Regarding the falsification of the Pe tit Bleu, General Roget dodged the questions of M. Demange, who de clared that it had been altered after it deft Colonel , Picquart's hands in order to throw suspicion on, Picquart. General Roget merely replied that he did not think this was so. General Roget admitted that he at one time searched Esterhazey's house, but that, to his mind, was no reflec tion on Esterhazey. "One was likely to lind anything anywhere," he explained, and Esterhazey was supposed at that time to have had the- "Canaille de O " letters. Roget said that Esterhazey had been offered 600,000 francs at one time to as sume the authorship of the bordereau. Pressed for his source Of Information, - the witness (said Esterhazey himself had said so. M. Demange shrugged his shoulders and the court room laughed. "Admitting," counsel then said, "that Esterhazey was the agent of the Drey fus family and that he had agreed to assume, as suggested, the prisoner's .guilt, how do you explain the fact that Esterhazey upon several occasions i wrote statements calculated to compro ; mise Dreyfus." "With Esterhazey," said General Ro get, "one can never be sure of any thing. (Laughter.) He is such an ex traordinary fellow, I do not know what ihe may be doing today nor what he will be doing tomorrow." .These statements of the general con vulsed the court with laughter which seemed to irritate him. Turning to Dreyfus, General Roget said in a loud voice: "I know very well that if I was accused of an act of trea n whic1 I had not committed I should nnd arguments with which to defend myself." 'I M. Demange shrugged his shoulders and ejaculated "Ah!" 1 The prisoner, however, rose and em phatically contradicted some of the gen- prad's evidence. He LrZJJlS." ed on a map any plan of construction of mobilization, nor ever toad any knowledge of the details of those move merfts, nor of the plan for the distrl- , button of the various units throughout ,the departments. "Let us," added Dreyfus, "understand cone another as to what is meant. I as aert ttiat I did not know any of the -taiii of the plans la regard to the "'-- -..- circumstances dwelt upon before you there was nothing precise stated yes terday, there -was nothing but argu ments." The audience here gave vent to ex pressions, of assenlt and dissent. BERTUXiLUS THENEXTi WITNESS, M. Bertullus, the examining magis trate, was the next witness. There had been lively anticipations of an interest ing confrontation. The magistrate en qired into charges made against Ester 'hazey by his cousin Christian, and it was expected 'Bertullus would be con fronted with General Roget, who so tartly criticised the magistrate yester day. But the president of the court in vited M. Bertullus to proceed with his deposition. The witness spoke in a low husky voice which was almost unin'telligiblw to the court, and counsel. H was In effectually urged to raise his voice. - The witness had examined tha secret dossier in the Cherche Midi prison with Major JRavaly. The "Petit Bleu" was the flaw in the dossier. So long as it ; could not be., proved that the "Petit Bleu" was a forgery and the work of j Colonel Picquart the . case would not hold water. ; I M. Bertullus declared his belief in the h t, rWvVarfVl th. .VtvparMii tJZul in i He : -. i vh. ..bMV awv. also said it did not reach the war of- j flee toy the ordinary channels. I M. Bertullus also said his belief In ' j the innocence of Dreyfus was based ! on documents to the secret dossier which he had seen. But, what, above ail, confirmed the witness in hfs be- lief was the entire absence of a mo- tive which could have tempted Dreyfus to commit such a crime. ""Without motive," emphatically de clared the experienced magistrate libera was no crime." The earnestness with which M. Ber tullus insisted upon the innocence of the accused created a profound impres sion upon, his hearers. ; "You have been told," he said, "that i Dreyfus Is guilty. For myself, I be- ' j lieve, and believe profoundly In his in ' nocence. : will understand that it is because my conscience (tells me that in so doing I ! am performing a duty, an absolute I duty. J 'The court of cassaUon has declared the bordereau to be the work of Ester- ! hazey. You know the court of oassa- tion is the supreme authority in all matters of justice in France (?) (Se- satjon After a brief season of rest M. Bex- j tullus was recalled and confronted by ! Madame Henry. She said: "On July l&fih, the day! my husband called on M. : Bertullus, the colonel, in the course of a conversation that evening ,told me he had a friendly and charming recep tion. He described how the magistrate advanced to meet him and held out his arms. I said to my husband: 'Are you sure of this man? Are you sure he is sincere? I am very much, afraid that his kiss was the kiss of a Judas. (There was a great sensation In court at this statement.) "I was not wrong," she continued amid the breathless in terest of the court, "this man is indeed the Judas. I imagined." .J M. Bertullus said he did not desire to reply to Madame Henry, adding: "She is oniy a woman." V COLONEL PICQUART TESTIFIES Colonel Picquart was then called tor the witness stand. He orotested most firmly against all suspicion of having ' caused the disappearance of any docu- ! ment in regard to Dreyfus. "It Is true," tine witness continued, "that the name : Of Captain Dorval being mentioned to ' me as a dangerous man I had him i watched, and as you know, .gentlemen, ! by whom Dorval was denounced by his ; own cousin," continued Picquart, "Ma- ; jor du Paty de Clam." (Sensation.) "Beyond the bordereau," said the ; witness, "there was absolutely nothing against Dreyfus." ; "Du Paty de Clam," said the witness, ! 'had been guilty of the grave imuru- ! dence of having confidential documents i copied by simple secretaries, none com- manding officers, and not even private I soldiers; whereas itlhe custom was that ! such work was done solely by officers." Later on the witness said he won dered if it was not to avoid the risk of .punishment that du Paty de Clam ad vanced the date of the reception of the Doraereau at the intelligence depart- ment so as to make it prior to the date ? nis "Y3-1 m ine 'cnira department. (bensatren.) . i At 11:45 a. m. the court adjourned for the day. ' ;tt;.Ul. SriCL DEFIANT He tlolda ike Frt Agataat tne French uoTtratueui Paiis, Augufi 17. The president of the anti-Semite league, M. Guerin, is still4', holding out at the headquarters of the ieague, where he barricaded him self and defied arrest on Saturday last when an attempt was made to arrest him. . - " " . Eight of his type setters came out of the barricade today and surrendered themselves td the authorities. They were taken to a police station. There were a few slight , demonstrations in the streets in the neighborhood, but they were easily quelled. Another attempt -made by M. Lasies to mediate between M. Guerin and the government has failed. V -The Guerin situation, early 'this af ternoon, remained the same. Barri cades were erected at both extremi ties of the Rue Chamberland and the police were constantly engaged in re pulsing crowds. M. Guerin frequently appeared at a window, earnestly regarding the ap proaches, as though expecting a rescue. A band of anti-Guerin demonstrat ors was followed and roughly handled by a band of anti-Semtes, whose en thusiasm for Guerin is becoming so fanatical that, they are making a list of all who dare to, insult him. The latters lives are considered to be endangered. Heaten to Death By a Negro j relations, not only with neighboring na Macon, Ga., August 17. A special to ! ici f similar origin, but also to The Telegram from Bainbriage, Ga., ' mtle understanding and) mutual guar says that John Clark and William Love, an Lees with every other country.", two prominent white farmers near there ; 1 heee remarks are considered to sig Were set upon by a negro today while mf y tne approaching! formation of a iuxarcnfmr for their hoers in a swamD. , . . m 1 i.v.. Clarke was clubbed to death and Lbve r-r- , . J - " ' . give the negro's name as Noah McRae. The negro is toeing pursued, . Hamilton Clark, of Chauncey. Gjw. says he suffered with itching piles twenty years before trying DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, two boxes of which completely cured him. Beware ot worthless and dangerous counterfeits. R. R. Bellamy. i FlLlBUSTKHS IN CUSTODY Capture of General Gurero ana HI Party at Baracoa, Cnba Santiago d Cuba, August 16. The military authorities yesterday captured at Baracoa, General Guirerw.. a Domini can dneurgent, and thirty mei together with 140 stands of arms and 18,000 rouiwls of ammunition, landed from the steamer Mortera, bound from Havana. A United States armed tug has locat ed and is holding a suspicious schooner in a small cove near Baracoa. It is be lieved that the vessel was to be used by a filibustering expedition. Dominican Tevolutionary agents are active in many parts of the province of Santiage de Cuba. Havana, August 16. General Juan Isidro Jiminez, the aspirant to the pres idency of the republic of Santo Domin go, will probably leave Havana for Santo Domingo tomorrow," going by a south coast steamer from Batabatno. He will be accompanied by two friends, and will travel unarmed. In his judg ment, the time is now ripe for him to place himself at the head of the move ment ini his. favor. The dispatch which Pedro Liubera, former Dominican min ister of the interior, eemt from Santi igo to the revolutionists, emphaslzimg the importance of denying. the prosper ity of the movement in favor of Jimi mez, the latter interprets as merely in ' tended to check the horde of Cuban and American adventurers who are eag er to embark for Santo Domingo. On the same principle he explains a telegram received today telling of the defeat of the revolutionary forces. This report, he said, is probably false, as the advices he has received person ally from his representatives tell of nothing but successes. Stories to the contrary are, he is satisfied, put out ini an endeavor to injure has cause and1 to prevent his friends from co-operating with him. He declares that, had he consulted only his personal) wishes, he would have started long ago, but he has ibeen i Kuided entirely by his friends, who have felt that the was to remain in Havana. Now his presence is needed' at the scene of ac tion.; He 'has cabled his initentioni, and unless he heaTs tonight to the contrary, he will start tomorrow. TO Bl'IInTO ORKBNSBOI The Seaboard's Hew Project Salts Acalust D. IV. C. Ben bow ; (Special to The Messenger.) Gfeensboro, August 17. It is stated on reliable authority that in a short time Superintendent McBee and other officials of the Seaboard) Air Line will j lesson learned by heart. Madame Hen- I department tliat Itte numDer or voiu ronfAr with a committee from Greens- ry was very like the late Madame j teerf already called into service Is re confer with a com.mi.tee amree actress, as she indulged in ! garded as amply Sufficient to meet all boro relatrve to running the beaboara thig iece of dramatlc veneeance. ! possible needs of the army and that through this place. The proposed line will- run from Pittsboro up Haw river to Haw River station, then through q, Burlington and Gibsonville to Greensboro. Today John Sprunt Hill, of New, - . . . York, wired' Senator Pritchard' to en- gaee" his services in the suits of Mur- chdson & Co. and) the Third National bank, of New York, against D. W. C. BenDOW bankrupt. These firms hold . . , respectively $83,000 and J23.00O of North State Improvement Company paper, indorsed by 'Behbow. .iFireal Red Spring (special to ine Meaugw., Red Springs, N. C, August IV j obtained his commission by passing Sparks fired W. J. McDiarmid's office : the examinations. He is fair, rather , , . 10.1-iir fov English-looking, regular features and and planing mills at 12:1 o clock today ; CQ,d and deliberat in manner. He and destroyed all the plant but the j speaks distinctly and rather slowly, but boiler room. The loss is about $5,000, j does not fall into the defect into which . ,, . -ry, . Madame Henry fell, of making every partially insured. - The 'Red -Springs , syHa1t)le a loTlg one Lumber Company lost four cars, the i Dreyfus was under Roget' as an out freight depot and $200 worth of . goods, I sider at the general staff and seemed some lumber, etc., loss $1,000, not in- sured. The Atlantic Coast Line rail way's loss was" four cars, a water tank, damage to track, trains delayed two hours. Two hundred men, by hard work, saved the lumber plants of Love and Williams Brothers. The estimated loss is $10,000. "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 On 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. A LTKCAKR'S tWNFESSIOM j He Telia the Grand Jury .411 About th Lynchlos Gainesville, Ga., August 17 Taylor Hamilton, one of the mob which took Si Smith from the jail in this county I -and lynched him a few weeks &S?Of made a f ull confession before the jrrand ; In r-xr i-vf Wall fonnv veRterdav. In his i confession Hamilton implicates a num- , swindle, played into their hands. Roget ber of prominent merchants of this alluded to this and to others of Bertu ! county and his story of the affair has I lus and showed that he did not respect ! created a sensation. : He tells of a tall i him. M. Bertulus is an epicurian and j man whom the mob calf ed "Mark," who i has shocked Rennes people by his rath ' wore black false whiskers and played ! er gay relations with a former actress, ; the part of the fake sheriff in order to j "who Somehow, rolls in riches. Still, he gain entrance inside the jail and secure seems to me a fair and truthful wit ; Smltbl j ness and his deposition must affect the ; Hamilton acted the part of the pre- ! public. i tended prisoner on the night of the ; Colonel Picquart will be heard again . trasredy. Entrance to the jail was ef- ; tomorrow. fee ted by the mob through a ruse. The ! men, holding a supposed prisoner foe- tween ithem, awakened Sheriff Monday ' and told him that they had a prisoner I from Gwinnetfoounty whom they wish ed 'to deposit. The sheriff, unsuspect ingly, opened the door, and then the mob rushed in and shot Smith while he was in his cell. Hamilton's1 part ; was such tihat he saw ; formanee. the whole per- j i AI.L.IAXC4 OFilKPUHiaCS ' Proposed Alliance of the South Amer ' lean Hrpnbllea f Rio Janeiro, August 17. The visrt ; ing (Argentine congressmen, in taking leave of the members of the senate and chamber 'of deputies today received un usual honors. All the' ihigh Brazilian officials! paid a visit today to the Argentine warships San Martin; Buenos Ayres and Patria, which accompanied President Boca on his visit to this country. At a general reception given im honor of the Argentne visitors, President Cam pos Salles, of Brazil, made an impor- ; tant speech. r Addressing President Roca, he said: I ! "General, your visit is timely, coin- ciding with the exact moment that Brazil is desirous of maintaining the peace and' harmony of her international 1 J Z?,ZZ prejudice to other countries, especially , .V. TT4iJ 0 j oulLra- All weak places In your system ef fectually closed against disease by De Witt's 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. - Interspersing the Drey fus Tual. MADAUi. HENRY'S STORY The Wife of tbe ulclde Demand to be Beard Again In Dramatic style Sue Rehearse Her Well Conned Leason. magistrate Uertnlaa Discretely De Mines to Contradict Her General Koset a Swift Witness for the Prose cution ' , (Copyright by Associated Press.) Rennes, August 17. General Roget, M. Bertulus, the investigating magis- trate, the widow of the late Lieutenant Colonel Henry, and Colonel Ficquart jsreaMhe stand today. - . Madame Henry, after .11. Bertulu? . . . , . . . . , . stood up in a stagey manner, raised j her Ipft hand and said: "Je demands la : parole." "I ask to be heard.v She ? Nebraska; Camp Meadid, Pennsylvania; wanted to contradict what Bertulus . F01 Niagara, "New York; Fort Lieaven had said regarding the friendship of ; worth; Kansas; Jefferson) Barracks, her husband and Esterhazey. i Missouri; South FarminghanV Massa- She would be a handsome woman, did j chusetts; Camp Meade, Pennsylvania not the vulgarity of the drinking house i she originally came from cling to her: Subaltern officers revolve around her, but Mercier and the1 other generals among whom she sits seem embarrass- ed by her presence. What she said was ! a tirade learned by heart, and scarcely j evidence. It, however, was not wide of j some points that Bertulus brought out. She wanted to show that Bertulus could vrr nnaorhlv nova Tirii v. at a -rt owatitii ' om He thVt hlI SterhaS i formed an association of traitors. Her story coincided with what Gen eral Roget said on this subject. So far from Bertulus appearing to suspect Henry and crushing the latter with words of suspicion, she said her late husband had described that magistrate as "charming." - . ' She said Bertulus even embraced Henry when the latter was taking his leave, a circumstance which struck the wife when she heard of it as boding no good. She jumped to the conclusion that falsehood lay behind the kiss and that Bertulus was a Judas. par remed J.H13 iaea sne men aeveiooea in a a. Bertulus felt that it would never do j wicn ner,ror tears wer i were looking sympathetic. So he said ! that he preferred saying nothing to a j lady whose grief he respected and whose angry excitement he pardoned. General Roget again today showed extraordinary forensic ability. I do not knOw what the military worth of the generals who are i acting here as wit- nesses, but I do not wonder at the old j judges of the court of cassation being jealous of their argumentative capaci j ty, their skill In turning a case inside out, in puzzling innuendo, in casuistry. and in elegant verbal facility. Mercier is wonderful in these respects. Billott ; is not inferior to him, but Roget is the superior of both in forensic skill, acu-. men and suggestiveness. . Roget is a very able man. He Is the . son of a eendarme in the Pvrennes and - " to the military judges and were in tended to poison their minds. Finally he could stand it no longer and start ing up, his eyes gleaming with anger, ; he cried: "You deal only in argumenta- ! tipn. I have listened to you for hours j without hearing a single fact." ! There were, nevertheless, some facts today, but they were adduced to de- stroy the credit of Colonel Picquart . who was represented, when head of the intelligence department, as play j ing a crooked part and keeping back j every piece of information unfavora i ble to Dreyfus. ' M. Demange made - many happy , points in putting questions to General i Roget, who dodged them with presence ! of mind and address, and, when in a j corner, with cool impudence. Still Roget j had the ear of the court. He knows ! how to speak to specialized military minds. The evidence of M. Bertulus was, on the whole, favorable to Dreyfus in the I judgment of the civilian listeners. Un- fortunately his reputation is blown , open. He belonged, when at NU-c tn ; the South railway gang, and, as the magistrate sent to investigate their M. Labori's assailant is still undis covered. At a convent of Marists, at Cosson, near Rennes, the brothers vainly searched for him. This has won sympathy for the clerical party, as it was thought a brotherhood might shel ter him. , An hypothesis that seems nearer to truth is that he is a soldier, who was j given a suit of clothing and told where to exchange it for a uniform, which he 1 could again don as soon as Labor, was j shot. I can imagine a Breton soldier, t brim full of hatred to the Jew and I "that traitor Dreyfus" taking his life in his hands and going "resolutely to kill Labor. (Signed.) EMILY CRAWFORD. FAITH HBiLBB FINKD SlOO A Chicago Justice Oeala a Blow at lr ragnlar medical Practice Chicago, 111-, August 16. By a de cision made today "by Justice Everett a hard blow was dealt to the methods of faith healers. Mrs. Henrikka Blatsch, a follower of Alexander Dowie, the "divine healer." was charged: with violating the medical practice act in administering to Mrs. Anneta Flanders, who died under the faith -"divine heal ing" treatment Of Dowie, who claims to possesi the power of healing the sick by the laying on of hands. Mrs. Blatsch was fououi .guilty, and a fine of $100 and: costs$3siapo&ed. Justice Everett held that within the law the if ollowersof ,-th faith healer must resort only to spiritual and mental means of treating the sick. When these means were not resorted to solely and material means are used then the state law governing the practice of medicine has been, violated. - The faith healer hereafter must cure only by spiritual and mental means, evens the ordinary means to assist nature being denied him ad his followers, because the court held1 that, all a physician or surgeon did was to assist nature, t. The President Calls for ; More Troops. THE VOLUNTEER AR11Y To e Increased to Thirty Thousand Soldiers The New Levy Will HaUe tbe Army . to . Nlnetr-flTe Thousand Men Within Fire Thousand of 'the maximum Designated by Conxress. The South Kntlrely Itcuored In this - Call for Troops , WasMngtXMiv August 17. An order j has been issued directing that ten ad- ditional regimeiflts of infantry volun- teerB organized! for service in the I phaippines. The regiments will he Ibered' from thirty-eight to forty- ' , . . , . i seven: and- will be organized' at the fol- lowing7 places, in. the order (named: Fort Snelllng, Minnesota; Fort Crook, and Fort Ritley, Kansas. It appears from today's orders that the ten; new regiments are to be mainly j recruited in New England and the mid- , " an -Pennsylvania have apparently been selected as the 'best fields for recruits. It is said that no special effort is to t be made to secure recruits in the south- rnj is due, it is said, to ' w Wj!? , ated ini that Quarter for recruits for being organized. The only places where difficulty was experienced in se curing men was in "Georgia and Ala bama, the Carol inas and the gulf states and1 the two northwestern Pacific states. Today's actioni will add! 13,090 men to the enlisted strengthi of the army and increases the total strengthi of the army to 95,045 men. The total number of volunteers calted Into service is 30,109 men, being only 4,893 men short of the total authorized volunteer es tab- i?w,,- r ok aaa It is stated at the i - , ; there is no possibility that the remain- Yesterday's recruiting for the volun teer army amounted to 289 men, mak ing the total recruitment to date 14,122, or 1,032 in excess of the number re quired! to complete the ten regiments or 1 ganized under the orders of July 5th. AH of these regiments have secured their full quota, except the Twenty ninth regiment, at Fort McPherson Ga.; the TUrty-third, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and the Thirty-fifth att Vancouver barracks. These three regiments will be filled by the use of th overflow from the more successful regiments. The remainder of the ex cess will be used la filling the volunteer I regiments beinar slowly organized in the pihilinnlnea. which are about 800 men . short. The colonels of the new regiments are announced as follows: Thirty-eighth 'Joe S, Sanderson, ma jor of Sixth cavalry. Thirth-ninth R. L. Bullard, captain in subsistence department. I Fortieth E. A. Goodwin, captain of Eigtbs cavalry. - j Forty-first E. T. C. Richmond, cap tain of Second artillery. 'Forty-second J. M. Thompson,-major of Twenty-fourth infantry. ? Forty jthird Arthur Murray, captain I of First artillery rxrty-?ourtn ti. J. McClerenden, captain of Second cavalry. Forty-fifth J. H. Dorsf, captain- of Fourth cayalry. Forty-sixth W. S., Schuyler, captain of Fifth cavalry. !FortyVeventhr Walter Howe, cap tain of Fourth artillery. The new regiments will be organized' under the general instructions issued at the time the first ten regiments were called1 out. With the thirteen regiments already called into service, the ten ordered to day will make a total of 30,000, in round numbers, .of the 35,000 volun teers authorized. 1 COTTON I L.L.9 COM BIS M Offer ot the Syndicate to Bay tbe Fall Hirer fflilU Fall River, Mass., August 17. Offers were made today for the stock of near ly all the seventy print cloth mills in this city by the New York promote, i of the yarn mills combination, walcii was formed' sometime ago. The print cloth mills of Fall River are controlled by thirty-six corporations. The treas urers were asked' to secure from their stockholders an option on the control ling interest in the stock until Decem ber 1, 1899.. The option states that it is the Intention, so far as may be deemed practical, to continue tbe busi ness under its existing management. The prices offered for th stock of the various- mills are for the most part from $15 to $25 per share above the last quoted market price. Offers are i made for thirty corporations with a combined capital of $18,153,700. The bids did not include the Fall River Iron Works mills, th Parker. Robe son, Slade and Har graves corporations. Many treasurers are opposed to the consolidation, but a large percentage of stockholders are said to be disposed to accept the offer. - , No sooner had' the fact of the offer by the English syndicate to purchase the Fall River cotton -mills been an nounced than- ft became known that an other and much larger syndicate had entered the field and was busy, through' a New Yorker in arranging matters preparatory to making a larger offer than that of the English people. It is' stated that capital of this new concern is to be $135,000,000 at least, and! the aim Is to consolidate al) the cotton mills in the cpuntry under one man agement, the idea being to reduce the cost of reduction. ? The New York man states that he will confer tomorrow with the syndi cate members and: within forty-eight hours wifl offer a bid in competition with tha English concern. From present appearances, it seems that the situation; may develop into an auction sale, to al) intent, of Fall River cotton industries to the highest bidder. At present, however, the only bid In evidence is that of the English syndi cate. i Irritating stings, bites, ecra'tehes, wounds and cuts soothed and healed by DeWitt's Witch Hasel -Salve, a sure and safe "application for tortured flesh. Ttownro nt counterfeits. Robt. R- Bel- ' lamy. BOARD OP AUDIT AND FINANCE What the . City's Financiers Did at Their Itleetlns OsterdSr In response to the call of the chair- man the board of audit and' finance met yery afternoon,-in lieu of. the ! regular seM-monthly session.' which ' should have been held last Tuesday. I Three of the five metobers, Messrs. H. C. McQueen (chairman), W. A. Riach ; and C. W. Yates, were present, j , The first business considered was the j two bids awarded by the aldermen, one J to T. F. Tyler to build five pest hou&es at a cost of $948, and' the other to jG. M. toumttnerell to remodel the guard house for- ?657. Both bids were ap- provea. - TOe clerk eubmdtted1 the following statement of his examinatoim of the books of the treasurer for the month of July: Cash on hand July 1 Receipts for month of- July $25,819.82 &.789.3D $35,G09.21 5 9,975.7a 25,633.49 Total Disbursments during July Balance to August account Total $35,60921 The compensation! of the tax lister was fixed at $425, provided the tax book is turned over to the city com pleted by September 1st and is accept ed as satisfactory. Bills were audited and approved, as follows: Current "expenses. ......... $1JS7884 Cfity attorney 251.64 Total $1,630.48 The amount paid the city attorney is commissions on back tax collections. The board adjourned subject to the call of the chairman. FIRE AT ADOW1 TOWN HKSIDGNCB Flame Wreak Destruction at JXlr. K. U. Wlggtu Fire got in Its work of destruction yesterday morning at the residence of Mrs. E. 'B. Wiggins, on the west side of Second street, between Dock andj Orange. The flames were confined sole ly to the third floor of the house, but wreaked great damage there. It was in a kind of store room' on this floor that the fire started', being .caused pre sumably by "rats and matches," and soon communicated; to two other rooms, one of which was the bed' chamber of Mr. W. W. Vick, a boarder, - When the alarm was sounded at 9:27 o'clock the fire had a strong headway and this, coupled with the email and peculiarly constructed' locality where it was raging, made it very difficult for the firemen to manage. The smoke was intensely dense, throwing another obstacle in the path, but the firemen stuck persistently to their task and by faithful work managed1, to prevent the flames from- spreading and in about an hour's time suppressed them all to gether. - t- The house, which is owned by Mr. J. H. Strauss, was badly damaged by the fire, as was also the furniture, but the loss on both is fully covered by insur ance with Messrs. J. H. Boatwright & Son. The greatest loser is Mr. Vick, as alFof his winter apparel, embrac ing two very handsome navy uniforms, was destroyed. I The fire was discovered by colored people living in the alley on the north side of the dwelling. They perceived smoke issuing from the upper floor and gave the alarm. Uae Allra'a Fpot-Eaae In Your Glovra A lady writes: "I shake Allen's Foot Ease into my gloves and rub a little on my hands. It saves my gloves by ab sorbing perspiration. It is a most dain ty toilet powder." Allen's Foot- ase makes tight or new shoes easy. Always use it to Break in New Shoes. It keeps the feet cool and comfortable. We in vite the attention of physicians and nurses to the absolute purity of Allen's Foot-Ease. All drug and shoe stores sell it, 25c. Sample sent. FREE. Ad dress Allen S. Olmsted, L.e Roy, N. Y. Tbe Jolly Boy ttrlffade Camp Kenan, August 17. The flag is still there.. The worst, part of the storm has passed and by to morrow we Will be all settled down again. . Last night when the tide came in Colonel Taylor thought it best to move over to Mr. Kure's club house and we did so. The water was over the railroad track and at the trestle it was over our heads. We had a hand car to transport us overj and when it came back it caught some of the boys on the track and they had to jump overboard to get out of the way. Captain Dudley happened to be at the trestle and when he jumped he landed in the canal. ' All the people from I the hotel and the cottages were over there and the place was pretty well crowded, but the boys generally managed to have fun wherever they go and last night was no exception to the rule. The countersign tonight is fish, (Her ring), after Hamilton Fish, Jr. (?) There' were lots of pretty girls over to the club house last night and Captain Dudley, as it is generally his good for tune, to do, captured the best looking one of them. We all slept in the same room and, of course, all the people en joyed their rest after we got there (?) Mrs. Walker Taylor, who went to the city on account of the storm, came back today, and we are glad to have her with us again. "Nigger Bill" says that "the next time we get ready to come In camp, we ought to send a detail down 10 days ahead of the company to look out for a storm, sfcJthat we won't get caught 5n this fix again." He met his fate last night, in the shape of "Miss Mary," as her winsome smiles took his heart by storm. The boys are out of tobacco. Take notice. C. C. L. Like the Pox (From the "Planter and Giuner.") One thing at the Galveston conven tion that struck me as peculiar was the fact that the gmxiers who had round bale presses tried to make such brave talks for them', and yet not one among therm said he had found his press pro fitable. They seemed to be like the fox who, having had his tail pinched off tn a crack, wanted all the res of tne ioxes to nave rneirs pmcnea on. not because he enjoyed it, but because he didn't want to be the only fox who had gotten his tail pinched. While one of these round bale ginners was speak ing, and) struggling like a young law- fer .wlHi a bad case to make the best argument be could, a member sitting behind me remarked to the man next to him: "That fellow puts me in mind of the fellow that -had the runaway bull by the tail. He thought if he let go the bull would hook "him to death, and knew if he held on the bull would run him to death." I thought the Illustra tion very apt, but I believe the ginner would be safer to trust taking the great trust by the horns than in swinging onto its tail. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures dyspep sia because its ingredients are such that It can't help doing bo. "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. T. R. R. Bellamy. 1fi;" ..... TIME MD TIDE WAIT FOR HO HAM And neither does cash bargain seekers. They look for the man that is up and ahead of competition, has the lowest prices and the largest stock. We claim to be in the lead, and to prove our as sertion we ask your inspection. We sell goods cheap. We sell them whole sale and retail. We have them by the thousand and any variety and quality, and I buy them for the cash from the manufacturers in every line. I pay all my bills cash and save all my dis counts, and when one line of goods are not in aeton uiother Is, so you see we are busy all the time and can save you the middleman's profit on any article you may want. We have our store full to the ceiling witl new goods. We have three floors, cove -ing 15,000 square feet of flooioom, Eery table, counter, shelf and alcove i ; filled to packing and I will mention a few things that we have to close: I have about 15 dozen Gent's fine Per cale Shirts, made of very high grade fine percale, laundried, we sold at 50c, now 35c. 20 dozen Gent's fine Otis Balbriggan Undershirts and Pants, worth 50c; to close out I will now sell them at 29c. I have aH grades of Ladies' Summer Underwear in Vests and Pants. Ladies' fine Pants, Lisle Thread finish, worth 60c, I can now sell for 25c;. full tape neck and sleeves Gauze Vest at 5c. Ladies' fine imported Gauze, long-sleeves and high neck Vest, at 25c Same Vests, not GEO O GAYLOED, Proprietor I OF WILMINGTON'S BIG RACKET STORE. i Please Our Has always been our earnest desire, and to th t end we have decided to again put in A STOCK OF MILLINERY. To make room for our new and com plete line, we shall offer our entire stock of goods during the remainder of i this month v At Cost for Cash This sale BEGINS IMMEDIATELY. If you can't call on us write for what you want and we will endeavor to 1 i please you in filling you orders. The Johnson Dry Goods Go BOTH PHONES No, 193. 111 Market WE ARE RECEIVING Our supply of IMPORTED SUIT INGS and TROUSERINGS. Next week we expect to open our MER : CHANT TAILORING DEPART MENT to which we i vite the at tention of patrons. MUNSON & CO. IF TOU WANT A NICE Buggy Surry or Phaeton, Come down and see me. I can show you the GOODS and not the "PICTURES on paper. Everything in my line GOOD and CHEAP, but they must be sold to make room for another car load. F.T.MILLS, Cor. Second and Princess. Both 'Phones. No. 184. so fine,. in Ribbed, at 12c. We have 100 Cowboy Ladies' from J1.00 to $2.50. Hats Men's and Boy's Drill Drawers 15c and 18c a pair. for Fine Silk Bosom White Body Gent's fine dress Shirts at 50c. 40 rolls of Matting at iOc per yard. 300 new Boy's Suits, all wool, nicely made and trimmed, at $1.50 a suit, from 4 to 15 years old. ' 1,000 pairs of Men's Pants, all grades and cheap enough to please you in price and some of them stylish enough 1C0 suit anybody. Men's heavy 9 ounce Denims Overalls and Jumpers at 39c a pair. Men's Hats and Caps, every grade all prices and styles. Boy's Hats and Caps a big lot of styles to select from 10c to 50e each. We have all grades of" Silks for La dies' Shirtwaists and Dresses. We have them from 18c to $1.00 per yard.' I have Ladies' Duchess, 27 inches wide, for 75c and $1.00 per yard. I have . a beautiful lot of Figured Gross-grain Silk, worth $1.00, now 75c, brand new styles. We have anything In the Dry Goods line, and all the goods you are looking for. We want your trade. Same terms and prices to all. We do business on the up-to-date style; one price and the hard dollar down. "Come and look over our store and find a New York store in a southern city. Customers Dandy Shoe A stylish Shoe is a pleasure! to its wearer a double pleasure if the Shoe " wears well and is moderate in' price. We congratulate ourselves that we are giving all our customers this double pleasure in our Ladies' Kid Tip Hand Sewed Bals and Button Boot at $2.50. A beautiful line of Banister's up-to-date Tan and Black Shoes for Men just received. Your Inspection invfted. GEO. R. FRENCH & SON, '""-- 108 NORTH FRONT STREET. "Take a Rest." That's the first advice from the phy sician when the busy, bustling business man' feels approaching breakdown. A prominent nerve specialist once said to a patient a business man on the . verge of a nervous collapse "Closet your eyes for 30 days or take a trip to : the sea shore.' If you can't take a rest ; take a glass.' The eyes need rest more . than any organ of tbe human system. You can rest . them by quitting your work or using a glass. You get: tha right glass at the right price from us. DINGELHOEF BROS , - OCULO OPTICIANS. ! Parlor No. 123. , market Street. A
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