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j TO 2
J THEfESSENGER, 8
Marion. W. C. 1
4
l,.T"rii:i3, Note Heads, Bill Heads
K-.v,.,;e? circulars, Cards, Pob:
'rr . ...t7rr ' aad an7 kind 6l i
i if Ml 11.
U!iUmu
oias Issues a Note Look-
t.-rnational Peace,
ni:H VICTORY A FACTOR.
U-'i.eiptS
Well oil
at buiitidgu
a Street Car In
i ! ' , . ;' ilmporor Nicholas, Count
' ! 'reign Minister, ontho
. i "... . U the foreign dip'.o-
s. si. in g, u noto doelar
iMh.j maintouaneo of peace ami
!'i-;juuof tho oxcossive iiinia
!:. ; u. iiui-nil nations is tho
! wlr-n all governments ought
' :.ti : ;j iders tho preset lao
!,i.jrnh!.; tin- the inauguration of
nj-iit looking to this end, and
t1:' to take part '.a an
tti!ii t! conferoneo as a meaus of
:r-uring real ami lasting peuco
OUR PUACG COMMISSIONERS.
. Mil., rill fi,mn(ir,l ..f s:. -.- r.:-
o van uiu
fie Annexationists -Views of
' V "r rTi: V. I:. LAY.
:it:!i tho piogiessive in-
il'iitUtMit.
t
i c utums Business.
Adjutant (io!!iral Corbin has re
'0! ! tlu- follow -in:.' cablo from (Jen
t'i Miaftor. utider date of Santiago:
I luive transferred all business relat-
(hir H. lory a Factor.
A Washiusrton special says: The ex
Hunhnai v circular directed by the
!'!ssi,m !.rei'i Minister to tho mem
1 -rs ,.f 1 ,,. ,! 1 1'luniatio body at St. I'e
ti'i'f'biif attir.cted tho earneBt at
tention f t he ol'u-ials here. It is be
'y.,1 luMtMhnt the victory achieved by
'! i' I rite. 1 Stiitos in tho late war was a
'"i;ti il.i;tni4 factor in tho preparation
' the note. It is surmised that the
i-tcjy imi. .1 clearer at ouco to the
! uro.,'.-iu statesmen that to maintain
1!i' l :i'.t:u'o ot p-.nver they would bo
!.! to ii .!(. 1: tIo their expenditures
' a.-iv.::it of the army and navy, else
"v 1:: u'u! ! outstripped bytheUnit-
v 1 man liL!or on the Staff.
1 r tLo 1:1 -t time in the history of
t.;' Ameiicau aim-, a woman has been
; 1 a member of the medical
;'!'. I r. Anita Newcomb McCJee,
' t i'rof. v. ,1. Mclee, of Wash
and iaiiMiter of l'rof. Simon
' ..i. ioMuerly of the naval ob
.,: v. v. ;;s formally sworn iu as
' ; .(! jeecutly. This, accord
!: . ' .! r.ivy Alger's general order
1 iitle her to the uniform of a
l:;';i;uaut without designation
or
rauk
VOL. III. No. i;,
LaVtor T T to,M' or
withth Ltt beea collated,
nil 1. aolauss of ollicers and
liuol'TtT ''""S city officials,
oavin. A ' -V,uvo LeuQ to date
loaviu- oter S'.m.OOO ia the treasury
been fTS tL C'lstoru house
to A Si, Wli I?. K0JU per annum
erially reduce,!. These collections are
a,1(i uder the minimum tariff in-
Jidiug a large reduction in tonua-e
1 he i economy ami celerity which baa
omraoteneJthobusineJof tho cus
tom house has been brought about in
a reat measure- under tho supervision
and good management of Donaldson "
Special Lkase of the Czar.
Upon tho occasion of the unveiling
at Moscow of a monument to C'zui Alex
ander II, grandfather of tho present
czar, Emperor Nicholas issued a ukase
referring to the event and eulogizing
the deeds of the deceased, notably the
liberation of the peasants from bond
age, which earned him the name of
"The Deliverer in the month of a
grateful people. The ukase concludes:
"Wishing to seal more lirruly the mem
ory of this historical deed, we havo re
solved to make hereditary the wearing
and passesfuon of the medals he con
ferred upon his co-operators as a Bigu
t .....
njc di.u w nucidw kcm. Are uciietcd to
Justice White Nnj tv;n.
fi NATOR TV. r. FUYE.
of his gracious
their laboro. "
acknowledgment of
Mr. Huirhes, a wealthy retired broker
of New V01 k, while passing through
the Arliugtou hotel dining hall, at
Hot Springs, Ark., discovered his own
daughter, w ho had beeu lost to him for
twenty years. y
I nJowmeut Rank.
Treasurer Hitisey's report of th con
dition of the endowment funds amount
ing to i VJ-J.-JTi1.. as rea l to tho su -preme
lodge, K. of 1'., gives a list of
the mortgages held by the order and
places the cash on hand at $.0, :tjr,. vi.
Supreme representatives say they are
satistied their mortra ln)lili!i' r
I good.
Merritt Appears InJecideJ.
Major-(eneral Merritt, in conversa
tion, has avoided a declaration oT pol
icy and has given the impression thtt
ho is undecided about the possibility of
arranging to retain the Philippine Is
lands, although personally he seemed
to favor that policy.
General Merritt to go to Paris.
It was announced at the War De
partment that (ieueral Merritt was to
go to Paris to give the peace commis
sion the benetit of his experience in
the Philippines. The original plan
has been to send Admiral Dewev to
j Paris for that purpose, b it this was
I changed upon representations from
j the admiral that he emM l c of greater
I service at Mamia than m Paris.
I Malietoa Lacupepa, King of Samoa,
died ob August 22d, of typhoid ferec
S
' '''' ' '
Jt'STH R r. I). W1UTH,
WHITELAW REID.
MAKIOX.
I SUICIDE M RESULI.
Investigation Into the Dreyfus Case
Discloses Forged Testimony.
A REVISION NOW INEVITABLE
Admiral chlev and Gen. Gordon flaw
Sailed for Porto Pico A Heau Storm ul
Saannah -Suspected Poisoner Shot and
Killed -Spanish Prisoners Pdeased.
Lieutenant Colonel henry, -who h
leeu arrested on tho discovery that Le
was the author of au importaut letter
that figured iu the Ireyfus case, com
mitted suicide at Paris. It appears
that so Koon as M. C'avaignao assumed
the ollice of Minister of War, he
charged tho oiilcial bureau to make a
thorough research of the Dreyfus case,
and it was this impiiiy whioh resulted
in the discovery of documents lately
read in the Chamber of Deputies bv
M. Cavaiiruac, showing that proof of
the guilt of Dreyfus was forged. When
( olouel Henry was summoned to the
Minister of War and questioned by
M. Cavaiguac, in tho presence of Gen
eral PoiHdelfro and other, ho at fhvt
aflirmed the authenticity of the incrim
inating document. Put w hen discrep
ancies were pointed out, he at first ad
mitted adding sentences and linallv
confessed to fabricating tho whole let
ter. It is u dinned, however, that
"hilothis discovery has not changed
M. Cavaiguac's belief in the culpability
of Dreyfus, the minister is determined
to punish all the guilty parties, no
matter what their rauk or position
may be.
Colonel Henry coufessed to having
committed forgery, "owing to the abso
lute neeeshity for landing proofs ugaiust
Dreyfus." It is understood that the
document in question is the letter
which has hitherto been alleged to havo
been written by tho (Jormau military
attache to the Italian military aitacho
in ctobor, 1 '.;.
Ail the newspaper comment iu Lou
don, Perlin, Vienna and elsewhere
regard a revision of the Dreyfus case
as now inevitable.
Uueen WiMielmmj Issues a Proclamation.
rpon tho occasion of her birthday
and tho attaimut ut of her majority,
Oueeu Wilhelmina Heloua Paulino Ma
ria issued a preclamatian to the peoplo
of tho Netherlands. It was worded as
follows: "On this day, bo important
to you and me, I desire before all elso
to say a word of gratitude. From my
tcudorest years you have surrounded
me with love. From all parts of the
kingdom, from all classes of society,
young and old, I have always received
nh iking proofs of attachment. After
tho death of my venerated father, all
your attachment to the dynasty was
ti annferred to me. On this day I am
ready to accept tho Jplendid, though
weighty task, whereto I have beeu call
ed ami I feel myself supported by your
lidelitv. Peceivo my thanks.
A lleay Storm in Savannah.
A special from Savannah, Ga. , of
August :!st hays: While there was no
loss of life from last night's storm,
which swept Si'.vaunah, the damage to
property will foot up close to half a
million dollars. Tho Btorm began earlv
Tuesday night and raged with increas
ing violence until H o'clock this morn
ing. It was at its height between 4
and o'clock when the wind reached a
velocity of SO miles an hour. It was
then tho heaviest damage was douo.
When daylight cime tho streeta were
impassible from debris. Probably U0
buildings were wholly or pratially un
roofed, and as many more were dam
aged in other ways.
Chinese Custom Mouses to he Seized.
Tho Constantinople correspondent of
tho London Standard pays: "llussia
it is said, has given satisfactory assur
ances that she will respect tho Pritish
sphere iu China. It is also asserted that
tho Pritish admiral had orders to seize
the remaining Chinese ships and cus
toms houses, iu the event of the Tsuug-Li-Vamen
refusing to comply with
Pritish demauds. "
Spanish Prisoners Released.
Acting Secretary Allen has author
ized the release of all of the Spam:-h
I) aval prisoners captured in the battle
of July .M, from Cervera'a rleet. The
prisoners are to be returned to Spam
at the expense of the Spanish govern
ment. That was tho condition upon
w hich our government agreed to release
them without parole or other restric
tions. Off For Porto Rico.
Wmiral W. S. Schley and General
William W. Gordou, Fnited States
commissioner to settle the conditions
H-i tho Spanish evacuation of Porto
Hid, have sailed for Suu Juan, on
board tho steamer Seneca. The third
n:emler of the commission. Major
(ieueral John M. Prooke, Fnited
States army, is at present in Portj
Pico.
Ordered to Remote the Mines.
The F reach ambassador, acting fur
the Spanish government, has noti'Jed
the State Department that nril
1 i eii issued to the Spauish anthonties j
i t Havana to remove the mines vnd l
mil tufiiuuiuuj iu UBllJllUU lil U.ai
harbor as rapidly as possible.
Battle Supposed to be in Profress.
There has been a sudden interrup
tion of news from the Soudan. It is
supposed that a battle is in progress be
tweea the Anglo-Egyptian forces, ua-
Ur General Sir Hei bert Kitchener lb
Sirdar, and the Dervishes, under the i
Khalifa, north of Omderman, the Khal-1
ifa's capital.
oia Shoater SentenceJ. I
A coutt-marti.il at Nantes France I
s-enter.ced a private toidier to three j
months imprisonment and oOO francj I
line for shouting "Vive Zola!"
X C, FK1 DAY. SEITKMHKR LUSHS.
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
I tie oiith.
Gastou A. Pobbins has been nomi
uate I f.r Congress in tho Fourth Ala
b;..';.a district,
-Mobile has quarantined agaiust Gal
vc-ton, Texas, and Fraukliqn, La., on
account of yellow fever.
Hon. J. F. Stalliugs was uuanimously
te-nomiuated for Congress from tht
tecond Alabama district, by the Demo
crats. Commission.-' of Agriculture Nesbitt
estimates that the cotton crop of Geor
gia is from 10 to W per cent, leas than
it was last year.
Dr. Wymui.; Surgeon General of the
Marine Hosi ital Service, has received
ei.e uracil- - .M.nv fever news from
I wo Mississippi editors recently
fought a duel near Vicksburg. The
diflieulty arose out of an editorial con
troversy on the failure of the Kosedale
Pank.
Conductor Cason, of the Plant Sys
tem, was shot and killed at Duoont,
Ca. , by a rowdy negro. Tho con
ductor was ou his way to South Caro
lina to be married.
A Winchester, Va. , special says that
Mrs. A. E. Tvssowswki, a leader iu
Washington society, committed suicide
at Jordan Springs, by swallowing a
largo dose of carbolic acid.
Several furniture and hardware
stores and bank and bowling ailey iu
Nashville, Teuu. , were destroyed by
lire recently. The loss is half a million
dollars, aud is one of tho largest lires
Nashville has ever had.
A bpecial from Piukard, Ivy., says
(Jen. Cassius Marcus Clay has" bought
a farm nc-i.r there for his child wife,
Doia Kichardsou, who still refuses to
live with him. Ho declares he will pro
vide for her as long as she lives.
The North.
A cheap-rate long-distance telephone
company has been organized at Cleve
land, O., with $1,UU0. UUO.
A dispatch from Ware, Mass., says
that a traiu ran iuto a pleasure party
at a crossing, killing five and seriously
injuring three.
The most decisive feature of the Ohio
Democratic State convention was its
preference for Pryau in l'.MJO on tho
same platform as in 13',M.
Fx-Governer Claude Matthews, of
Indiana, died at his home in Wingate,
surrounded by his wife and all the
other members of hia immediate family.
Ill 11 luttlT til Ilia liril'ltn a niril a
United States Senator John I. Vrtchell,
of Wisconsin, announces that he will
not be a candidate for re election.
Captain Edward Murphy, who com
manded the Associated Press dispatch
boat Daudy throughout the late war,
lie'l of liiuluriwl fever in Now York
city.
Miss Fannie Peck and Charles C.
Herrick, editor-in-chief of the Law
Co-operative Publishing Co., of Koch
ester, N. V. , were drowned at Widsor
beach, Lake Ontario, while bathing.
At Charles Piver Park, Poston, Mc
Duflic beat Frank Putler one lap in a
ten-mile paced pursuit (tandem) race.
rimeiO:4i4-, which breaks the world's
record for this class of race of 'JS.yc,
held by Harry Elkos.
Labor Commissioner Pozelle, of Mis
souri, states that over 8 IS, 000 worth
A corn cob pipes were manufactured
in Missouri last year, in the making
ji which almost .00 persons were employed.-aud
to whom were paid $44,
)0 iu wages.
In tho match race, best two iu three,
ne mile paced heats, between "Jimmy"
Michael aud Major Taylor, colored, at
Manhattau Peach, Michael won tho
first heat, aud Taylor won the second
aud third heats, the time iu the third
heat being 1:41 J-o, beating all com
petition records.
An Indianapolis dispatch says that
the special committee appointed by the
Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias to
investigate the matter of changing the
plan of raisiug revenuos, favors a per
capita tux on each member of the sub
ordinate lodges for tho purpose of pav
ng tho expense of the Supremo Lodge.
The Pepublicans of California in
their recent State convention at Sacra
meuto. endorsed the policy of the
President to accord to the people of
Cuba an opportunity to form a stable
government, thus redeeming the prom
ise made to the world, but tho platform
Jemands the annexation of the island
of Porto Pico and other West Indian
islands aud of the Philippines. The ac
piisitioj of Hawaii is rejoiced in.
Miscellaneous.
President McKinley has appointed (.'.
D. Wood w aid as one of the commis
sioners to represent this government at
the Paris exposition.
Tho work of the arbitration commis
siou at (Quebec, Can., is evidently in
creasing. Each day more time is do
voted to the session.
Sj anifch will be added to the list of
studies in the Chicago, 111., public
schools.
Ferdinand W. Peck, commissioner
general of the United States to tho
Paris Exposition, has appointed the
Governors of the different States as
vice presidents of the Lafayette Me
morial Commission.
In tho public and private high
schools and academies of the United
states iu 1 w"-"-there were studying
French 4'.,::JT, erman il.'jy, Spanish
.
There havo been S.V., l(r.,?oO of the
new bond;- distributed to 117,T7o sub
scribers. Five billion cigars and three billion
fovea hundred and fifty million cig
arettes weie smoked in this coiiutrv m
the last liscal year. Assuming that
there are 2 ", 0; t , (oo males of
smoking ae, this means 2oo cigars and
lo0 cigarettes for each one of them.
The fruit and vegetable canning in
dustry of the United States represents
an invested capital of Sl-r,000,ooO, with
an annual trade of about :j0. 0'O, o m
and employs mere than tlO.Ooo persons
Negotiations Lave been opened with
Washington to cdtaiu permission for
tho Spaniards ia the Ladrone Islands
to go to Manila, as the situation in the
Ladrones is extremely critical.
Ihe f-tearner Koanoke arrived at
r-eattle. Wash., recently, from ht.
Michael. Alaska, with 4V. pasenger.s
and gold dust which a conservative es
timate places at S I , Coo, UOM.
He War.!$ to Check tn'and's Am
bition, A QUARTERMASTER MURDERED.
Inglisn Army Has a Skirmbh on the laiik
of the Nile Holland's New Queen -An
Anglo-American Trust.
(ieueral Weyler, accordiug to a spec
ial dispatch from Madrid, has outlined
his future policy, lis proposes, it au
pears, to be independent both of the
government and of the opposition, "al.
ways aiming to preserve the couutry
and to reorganize the army." He ex
presses the belief that the Carlists havo
plenty of money, some of which, he al
leKes, comes from I'rauce. Hesaya the
United Pepublicans havo no personal
animus against the Oueeu, their only
object being to adopt a tirm, interna
tional Btaud, one rosult of which would
be to check in some measure Eug'aud's
ambition.
A Quartermaster Murdered.
Pecauseof the death of three hospit
al patients of the Twelfth New York
Regiment encamped at Chattauooga,
Teun. , after driukiug milk sold by
negroes liviug in the neighborhood,
Quartermaster George P. Franks, of
Company G, would not allow the ne
groes to sell anything to his company.
Recently a gang of negroes caught
Franks outside the camp grounds, ami
after beating him nearly to death,
throw him under a passing railroad
train. Since then the guards have
been ordered to shoot uuy negro who
attempts to pass tho camp linos.
1 nglisli Army Has a Skirmish.
The brigade of friendly Arabs under
Major Stuart Wortley, which Las been
pushing arouud Omdtirmau, with a
view to cutting oil the retreat of tht
forces of the Khalifra, has just had iis
first brush with the enemy ou the
banks of the Nile, capturing live men
,aud a boat laden with grain. The
Dervish scouts are now fnqiently
sighted. The whole Anglo-Egyptian
army has reached Umtarif, thirty miles
from Omdurman.
An Anglo American Trust.
The St. James Gazette, London, Faye
it is reported ou the stock exchange
thtit mi Anglo -American truvt, to enii
trol the output and sale of sewing ma
chine, knitting machine and all other
kinds of needles is being formed. Sev
eral American aud two Midland firms
are reported to havo sold their business
to the combination. Tho capital, it is
further announced, will bo JL'l,o00,00l
(57,000,000;, divided iuto preferred and
ordinary stock.
Holland's New Queen.
The ()uoen of Holland in a procla
mation issued upon the occasion of her
daughter, Wilhelmina. coming of age,
expresses her pleasure at seeing the
whole nation rauged joyously around
tho throue of tho now oueen and
thanks the people for their loyalty and
loving Miiport. In concluding she
Pays, "May our country become great
in everything in which a small nation
can be great."
This Soldier fared Well.
One of Undo Sam's returned soldier's
boar led a street car in New Yoik the
other dav aud discovered when the
conductor camo around for hisfarethat
he was penniless. Tho conductor said
it was a enso of pay or walk, and this
aroused the passengers, one of w hom
passed the hat, himself setting an ex
ample by putting in a 3 note. Tho
Boldier, who protested, was soon roll
ing in wealth.
The Zionist Conference.
The Zionist conference was opened
atPasle, Switzerland, August 2-th.
Dr. Theodore Heral, tho originator of
the project to purchase Palestine and
re-settle the Je ws there, presided Mid
welcoinod the delegates. Dr. Max
Nordau made au address on the situa
tion of tho Jews during tho past year.
Chinese Imperor's New Idkt.
The Chinese emperor Las issued an
edict, providing that European and
American editors and mipsioiiaries and
their converts in the empire be fully
protected. He says iu this re-pect the
Chinese officials heretofore have been
derelict and he issues this edict as a
final w arning, detlai ing determination
that there shall be no more riots
against these classes of foreigners.
Clara Barton Could Not Land.
Miss Clara Parton, of the National
Tied Cross, arrived at Havana recently
on the steamer Clinton No. with
supplies for tho htarying inhabitants
of that county but the Sj auish author
ities at Havana would i.ot allow the
supiliesto be lauded and imposed a
fine of oo on the master of tho relief
ehip because he had no manifest.
Lmperor William Willin? to Attend.
The official North Deiif-che Allge
meine Zeitung. believed to be inspired
by Prince Von HoheuloLe, the Impe
rial Chancellor, declares tL; willing
ness of Empwor William ami Germany
to accept the invitation to attend the
congress as t reposed by tLo Pultun
Emperor.
Powdv Soldiers Rebuked.
Section Foreman Hartmin, Lis wife
and Lis sister. Miss Carrie Hedley, of
Everett, Ga. , were insulted by a party
of soldiers near their home recently.
They were watching the First Ohio
Regiment go through to Huntsvilie.
when some one of the privates ma le
coarse remarks to them. J hey retreat
ed to their Lome and iho toI li-r -t fl
foweb 'fwj rf tha soldier lire 1 a;
Hartman. Hart man and the women
folks returned the tire, wounding two
soldiers, one seriously.
1 Per Year in Advance-
AP..'t AND DOINGS.
Trie Movements of Our Army anJ Natt
Breifl TolJ.
1 he ttauspi'rt steamer Scandia had
railed b.ir Honolulu and Mauila. For
Honolulu s!ic carriei Companies A, P
aud I . of the First New York Regiment.
cousitiug of JJl men and ten officer,
in '"vmntsud of Lieut. -Colonel 11. P.
Mack pole-. For Manila the steamer
takes Second Lieutenant Hayne and
men of the First Pattalion Heavy Ar
tillery, California Volunteers, to act a"
guard for sjloo.or) in coin for tho
1 1 oops m General Merritt's command;
M n jots Scholield, Slteary and Stern
berg, paymasters and three clerks in
charge of money ; llujor Kobbo, Third
Artillery; Lieutenant Wedgewood. Pat
tery P, Utah Artillery, and 14 medical
officers and l.j'. mutts of tho Lo-j ital
coi e, und four PeJ Cross nurses, mak
ing a total of 4.i?.
I he pat ado of the Seventh Army
Ccrps was the most magnificent mili
tary pageant ever seen in Jacksonville.
Nearly :;o,mkj men were in line, and
every regimeut presented a line ap
pearance. Good weather favored the
soldiers, and not a drop of ruin fell
during tLo day. The procession started
past the i (.viewing stand occupied by
(ieueral Lee aud stall at 10, and it
was .".::') before the lat regiment
inarched by. I ho streets along the lino
of march weie lined with thousands of
people, wliJ cheered aud applauded tho
soldiers, each regiment Keemiugly get
ting its full share of applause. Col.
onel Wiu. J. I'ryan, iu command of
the Third Nebraska Regiment, received
a continuous ovation all aloug the line
of mutch.
Mexico in the New Woi Id has the
largest standing army, with a war
stiength of b'.o.O-Hi, while Ptazil is
second with ,imk) aud ,M,iKM gens
darines. While tho standing army of
the United States is but "Jo.O'iO in times
of peace, it is estimated the President
could call 10,00,MM iuju if necessary.
Tho Argentine Republic has a peace
force of PJ.O'rl. Canada is garrisoned
with ,(K Pritibh troops, with in ad
ditional 1,000 Canadian soldiers and a
militia of Uo.OOO.
Now that hostilities are over, the
United States is Rt liberty to receive
from the Pritish buildt-rd the fiue
cruiser Albany, sister ...hip to tho New
Orloaus, which was ouo of the two
acquired from Prazil just prior to the
outbreak of the war. Acting Secretary
Allen ordered Passed Assistant En
gineer Nortou to proceed at ouco to
Newcastly-ou-Tyne, England, to super
vise and inspect the completion of the
machinery of the Albany,
Au order has beeu issued by the
Navy Department detaching Commo
dore J. W. Philip from command of
the battleship Texas, at New York, and
placing him in command of tho recoud
squadron of tho North Atlantic f'eet,
with the ctUiset .er Vvik in Lis 1
ship. Ho thui succeeds to tho com
mand formerly held by Rear Admiral
W. T. Sampson, as commander-in-chief
of tho North Atlantic Ueet
$ soldier dead for three days was
about to be dissected at tho Algiers
Military Hospital when he woke up,
aud, before tho doctors recovered from
their surprise, got off the dissecting
table and walked into the next room,
where ho wrote down some words on a
piece of paper to muko sure that he was
ulivo and awake. The doctors now say
that he has completely recovered from
his lethargy.
General Haines, now in Porto Rico,
has been ordered North. He will be
relieved in the command of the Second
Prigade there by Gen. Grant. 'I he First
Kentucky Regiment will bo attached
to Gen. Ernst's Division, relieving the
Second Wisconsin, (ieueral Graut will
have only the Third Illinois and Fourth
Ohio Regiments uudcr his command.
Floyd W. Gay, Company F. Sixty
lifth New York Regiment, charged
with robbing tho mails at Camp Alger,
has been dishonorably discharged lrom
the service of the United States, for
"e'ting all pay and allowances, aud
ieutenced to serve three years at hard
labor in the military prison at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan.
The following troops havo been or
lered mustered out: Ninth Massachu
setts, Seventh Illinois, Fifth Illinois,
Sixty-fifth New York, Fifth Ohio In
fantry. First Wisconsin, 'I bird United
tut Volunteer Cavalry. Fourth
I'eiai.
Tho Navy Department has received
a cablegram from Ponce, Porto Rico,
Auuouuciug that the Puritan, Amphri
trite, Terror, Hannibal and Mont
gomery, have sailed from Ponce. Thry
will go to Newport, R. I.
'I be Spanish transports San Fran
cisco, San Augustin and Colon have
left Santiago for Spain with 4,.V;s
Spaniards, including l" ollicerB and
their families and four priests, l our
men died on the way to the ships.
Their corpses were "checked off" as
passengers.
Presideut and Mrs. McKinley re
viewed the troops of Camp Meade,
Middletowu, Pa , recently. The Pres
ident was much pleaded with tho camp
and the condition of the eoldiers.
It is announced that it will be prac
tically impos-ihle to maintain tLe'l bird
Army Corj at Huuthvilie, where it
Las I -ecu ordered to proceed from
Chickumauga. The indications are that
the corps will be fen! iu its entirety to
Aunistoii, Ala , a place raid to be ad
mirably a lapte 1 for camping a Urge
body of troops.
There are about I'V) American sol
diers in Porto Pi, and on August -'J,
I there were over l.O-ctmen on the sick
lit. f this numbjr one half were
caies requiring prompt and careful
treatment.
Cupt. Taylor of the battleship Indi
ana, La written a letter to Admiral
Sampson protesting agaiust the icaut
mentK.u cf his ship in tLe action at
Santiago w Lich culminated in tho de
struction of Ccrvera's lleet.
Orders have Leen issued directing
ienc-ra! Miles to send Lome from Porto
Rico, all trooj s not actually needed for
Mr vice tLere.
Eight hundred and fifty men of the
Twenty-third Kansas Volunteers arriv
ed at Santiago recently on the steamer
Yigilancia. They are all well.
TLe department of the Gulf was
ordered to rend all tLe recrnits for the
regular army now in tLe department
to Montauk Point at once.
TLe Preilent expects to be in Jack
sonville, Fla. , on September 1, and
review tLe roldiera of tLe Seventh
1 Corps. (Jeu. Lee's command.
Tho Mosseagor
Prints . the. Newo
and 1 aought aftar by tha peo
ple of McDowell, Ysnoey.Biw
omb-. Butnerford, Bark
and cthtr countic In WeiMa
North Carolina, and U thsre
fora a
Good Advertising Medium,
KatM furnished erf appUaatfoa- lX
Address,
TIIE itESSENOZB. T
Z atrtoa, it a y
rmn cwoi.m c ? nii UTiv.
Cotton Ir-ithf Wc'l i;i S'im. Scttioii.
ten v.jpjritir wn
Cotton Las ugprvtd lu ie and thete;
o top.rPl n f;:r.t!n e'l r.i s'uo
scc:iou. A g.Ki I deal i . -hi n light,
sa i ly s .il. Ko-ay Las b-joit p'vuod u; I
gtnnod a't I bale ii v. ' e.i vul
the m nket. but picking wili .iut I pc 'ma
general tint 1 fettled lur Heather
rmuiJ. Ovjr tho tu.-! i-rolucHvj
cotton coitiilio he nop )i not ini-
roed, she I ding form! au I bolls con
tinues, and i;i-t Um luiictv; I lu-.itcr-billy.
Ct-rn ! maturing Well, it ban boivi
tt j tred on 1 ttom :u the south portion
by fre?d;eU. Po okr pu'ding i under
way. but the work i.a4 ',! rokUk-l
by nhowets, and. whtle l. t.'rti h M bcetl
taw'J, there ar- mauv repot t f b!"
or damage. l'.i:uco h.i. sulb l m
homo M'clion.t fiom wet waliier. lirro
it is ycliow mg ir rotting in the hiM-i
( Ya lkin. irauvilie. David.-urt). Potter
cut es than expected are icpotled from
IVr-yth, Rockingham and (iudfor.l
counties. ()er mo t of tho cum' aBnl
routh portiou.s of the Mate curing W
linihed and the clop is on tho market.
Turui h aiu doiitg very well. Rice is
heading nicely. Field pea aio very
line; mauv me rit e and re; l v for pick
ing. Late cabbage and tomati.e- ro
nearly a failure. I i. grapo crop !
shut an.L inferior n compared witli
lat year. Hay making i going ou
briskly wheie possible, but tlo-ro rn
mains much l ay to be cut. Fad plow
ing progres.t. shiw'v.
Mrs. Faddc. l;iit!i u-;.! )
your graudfath'T r!i;s m -i ;.;!! ;. Pndg
et' -He still has !ne r 1 : 1 1 : . . . M i - nullity
bad. ilium." "V'ii m-;u le- il.ii-ks h
has the rebutnat i.-m. 1! re n u- !i
thing .'i-s rhfumaM-iii." "V ". mum."
A few days l it. r: Ami do-s ie-r
grandfather still persist i!i hi- d-luo,..ii
that he has the rhcumaUxmV" "N".
mum; the j m m r m;iri r ! j i i ; K now th.d h
U dead. We burled 'lm y isU-vd.i y."
SupcctcJ Pu'so'iir Mi 0 and killed
Several attempts have recently bii
made to poison the fumd y of ( aptam
John F Legawood, f Athi-nn, E p
one of t!o nio-t prominerit men in th
Stale Dick Dabney. colored. otit f
the persons who was hus,e-ted, wan
f-hut and kilicl by ('ha'. Logawood.
Hon of Captain I.o.'ftwood. w h ..bdrctoil
Dnbiiey and another ne;:ro trying t
escape while the latter Vas abep Tho
uegioes eutere I the houo and went
discoveiel by yotlUg Logawood, who
chafed them into tho .:rd and tired.
Dabtiev fell dead, but th. 'oilier negro
made hi oseapo.
Die Oliuitc I(Kit-. id'MMit.
The gooriimMit transport t teaiufhip
Olivette sunk at Per uaiolinu, Fla.,
wiilif taking on um! .it ilo- quiirantiui
Station. Site h'iddeiil v iiiadw a heavy
list to pott, water pioin- I into her port
boles aud she went to thr bottom in 20
feet of water. She ih t nt;re!y hubujfrg
ed except her iipjci deck. N'o on: w as
injured
Alldiew F. Stifle, a 1 ot'i.liciit bust
nods man i f V ; iii'.i i v . iinda
prominent factor in poi:t!i--i. i. i I about
.ri0 year, was phot a:. d l;i!iif Mer
ritt J. Hughes, ul-o a mini U b'iMi
l:c-s man of t' t lace if-.c:i!!v.
Grand Household of Puth.
The fifth Knaral meating asd first
triennial session of tho (irand House
hold of Ruth, of the Grand Order of
Odd Fellows in America, closed its reu
nion at Washington recently. Almost
every State iu tLo Union was repre
sent by a grand representative.
The North Carolina Railroad com
mission decided thn! the Southern Ex
press Company rd.a'd pay the '
Stamp tux .n aekages. I he nl-r
ptt into etlct Se tt-mber I'.tb. and
the penalty for failun- to c.mplr va
fixed at '". It i- t a: I tioit l!i "mi a
BV Will ol'CV tho I I'b; .
The Normal and
Collegiate Institute
FOR YOUNG WOMEN,
ASHE villi:, n. c.
Fall Term Peginning S. pt.
Offers to the Sdidrnt.
1. A nonu'il course for tLo tLor
ough training of teachers under in
fctructors from the b l normal schools,
embracing careful instruction in the
mort iu'i rovt-1 mtthols d teaching,
with practice iu the model r.c'f d.
2. A fully organized commercial
course for the preparation of yo'ipg
women for ollice work, tmbrncjng
Stenography, Typewriting, Rook
keeping, (single and double entry)
Penmaurbip, Commercial Arithmetic
and Correspondence.
'. A course iu Domestic S i-nc,
(a) in wLich the pupil is taught to
til aught, cut, fit, make girment and
millinery, (b) To prejmrr! a m al
which bhoul 1 be healthful, teonomic
and appetizing. TLe teacher in tbewo
department are from Pratt Institute,
Rrc-.klyn, N. Y.
SyKtematic etudy of the Pible in all
departments.
A fpexrialty i made f Health Cul
ture under one of the best teachers in
tho South.
I'y rpecial enactment of tho Legis
lature of North Carolina, graduates
from tho Normal Department are ex
erupted from examination when ap
plying for positions in the Publio
Schools of the State.
Cost of Roard and Tuitiou in any of
the Departments 830 per term, or ?100
for the EcLool year. No extras except
mnsic For Catalogue, address
Rev. Thos. Lawrence, D. D.,
ASIIEVILLE, '. C.