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. . . ' ; - , ., i J A I : . . . .. . i V 9' 1 . . ' 4 Vol IV. WILSON, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPT. 29, 1899. No. 34 Dewey Comes Early. New, York, Sept. 26. Just as the sur prised the enemy nearly a year and half go, Dewev has taken by surprise the city which, was waiting for the hero of Manila and was preparing a magnificent reception for him. The admiral and the famous Olympia ap peared at Sandy Hook shortly after 5.30 o'clock this morninp, two days be' fore they were expected. Plans which had been made for a great welcome were somewhat disarranged by the 'admiral's promptness. The Olympia, receiving salutes from 6hore, foils and vessels in the. bay passed Scotland Lightship, bound in at 5:30 o'clock, and two hours later had come to anchor in the lower bay inside Satidy Hook. The cruiser will Dewey on 'board, will stay at her an chorage until tomorrow, when she will go up to Tompkinsville. When she passed Sandy Hook a thundering admiral's salute of seven. teen guns roared from the euns of Fort Hancock, and signals of welcome topped by Old Glory were made from the QbservatQry on the Hook. In an . swer to the welcome the Olympia sig naled "Thanks." Everybody was on deck on the cruiser who could possibly get there without neglecting duty, and Admiral Dewey could plainly be seeu walking aft. The ensign dipped in an swer to the salutes of several passing vessels, and when whentin flagship had come to anchor below1 Southwest Spit. Fort Hancock's salute was an , swered from rapid fire guns which spoke at Manila. An orderly beating dispatches from the admiral ami other officers went ashore when the cruiser was made fast, and reported a ple as ant voyage and, all hands well. When some of the excitement over the arrival had subsided, the Olympia's crew turned out to clean ship. But all the time the work was going on the men had many temptations i O distract their attention, as vessel after vessel came near to pay respects to the ad miral, his fighting ship and fighting men. The Olympia acknowledged all salute on passenger steamboats plying between New York and New Jersey coast, which were crowded to the port rail. Men and women waved hats and handkerchiefs and cheered frantically. When the figure of the admiral maile out on deck, cheers turned to wild yells, and the passengers were in dan ger of 1 blowing themselves into the water in the energy of their vigorous reception. The admiral lifted his,cap in acknowledgement oft he tumultuous greetings, and the yells were redoub led. .The steamboat Monmouth, one of the Atlantic Highland boats, stoppjd alongside the Olympia. The admiral was on the quarter deck. Passenjrers on the steamboat cheered him lustily ; he bowed and smiled and said "Thank you. For five minutes the passengers kept up the cheering. They cheeied for the big cruiser and every w an on it, and for the Philippines, and then for the man who won them. The Olympia's jackies. ihrongiug the rail, rep'ied, and the band struck up a patriotic air.Then the Monmouth drew away and Citne up to the city. When the news of Rewey's arrival reached the North Atlauiic squadron at Tompkinsville, Admiral Sampson and Captain Chadwicli, 0 the flagship New York, in full dess, went over the side to the Dolphin and headed down the bay in the, direction of the Olym pia. ! Rear Admiral Philip, accompanied Dy his senior aide, Commander Kelley, left the Brookly navy yard shortly after o'clock and' proceeded to the Olympia and paid their respects.. The Cunard liner Aurania passing the Olympia, saluted Dewey and was promptly answered, Shortly alter ward the launch of the steam yacht Erin, with Sir Thomas Liptoli on board, went alongside the cruiser. The air was riiiginy at the t'ojewitb the booming of cannon, an almost inces sant dinning" of salutes continuing through the day, as yacht and vessels which mounted guns discharged their salvos in the admiral's honor. All day long telegraph wires from all parts of the country were working, carrying messages of congratulating to the admiral. , When the news of Dewey's arrival reached the navy yard Admiral Philip ordered Lieutenant Dewey, nephew of the admiral, row attached .to the re ceiving ship Vermont, to take a'l mail and gifts, etc., to the 01ympia. He se cured a tugboat and put aboard all mail addressed to the admiral, officers and men, the silver &ervice presented to the Olympia by citizens of Olympia Washing! 00, a silver panel, which was also a present from tokens of Olym pia and all bron :e medals which were made by honor of Congress for the crew, and steamed down tolbe cruis er. According to the original plans, Ad miral Dewev was to arrive Thursday evening, and while the shores of the bay and coast we '"e ablaze with red fire ' in his honor, the reception com miltee was to go down and welcome him informally and acquaint the ad miral with the plans of the different committees for his reception and en -eiainment, and oblain his approval of them. The official welcome of the ad'iiiral as the city's guest was Dot to take piace until Friday morning, when the mayor and reception committee was to visit the Olympia. . According to a statement made by Secretary Fos ter, of ths reception committee, the admiral's unexpected arrival would not interfere with carrying out the pro gram for his reception. Official notice of his arrival was conveyed by tele gram from Dewey to Mayor Van Wyck, which was a duplicate of one sent to Secretary of the Navy, and read : "The Olympia a- rived this morning Will go to to Tom kinsville tomorrow Secretary Fos.'er, of the reception commit lee, issued a statement later, saying that Dewey's early arrival had changed the plans, and until a confer ence 01 the various commt. fees was held he could not say what would be done. The shipment went on to say that Dewey is tbe guest of thecilv from the moment of his arrival. After a number of conferences and reports of vp ious committees at the city hall, a delegation composed of several membe s went down the bay to the Olyjipia and formally welcomed Dewey and informed him of tie city's p'ans for bis recepliou. Dewey thank ed them and acquiesced in all the arrangemen.s. ToTeti C.olJcBHI. (Thursday's Raleigh Post.) Col. John W.Hinsdcle yesterday filed u the office of the Clerk of tbe Super ior Court an agreed case in the maUe:' of the Mutual Reserve Life Associa- !on against Dr. Cyns Thompson, Secretary of Staie. This is a friendly suit to determine whether the plaintiff association has become incorporated iu ibis State un der what js knowo as the ''Craig Bill" and also whether the "Craig Cill" has been repealed by 1 be "WPlard Eil','' which was enacted subsequent 10 the passage of the "Cra;g Bill." The fac.s in the case are that ap em ploye of ihe p'aiollff association whose duty it wa to attend .0 such matters, prepared a letter enc'oxM):? a copy of he, association ar :clcs of incorpora Hon and constitution and bv-iawsto the Secretary of Stale of North Caro liua. This letter he presented to the general counsel of the association who signed it without being aware either of its contents or of the passage of ihe ,"i'raig Bill.' When the passage of the "Cra'2 Bill'' became known to the directors of the association, they pass ed a resolution withdrawing from the State. It was not until after the pas sage of th;s resolution :ba,; ihey be came wa e that they bad already be come incor iorafed bv the act of the employe as above slated.They prompt ly repudiated h's pc;!ot and psked the Secretary of bute to return Itieir art'C'f's o( incorporation em: en ; t;oo ef.d by-laws and th.'s annul' tne improvident and U'tautbori;:ed act by which it is claimed they were domes i cated in North Carolina. This the Secretary of State declined to do, hence the association brought suit. The court will be asked to pass upon the follow ing questions of law : 1. Has toe "Craig Elll" bten re pealed by the ' Willard Bill" in so far as foreign life insurance companies are concerned, , 2. in cder to bind the members of the association and constitute them a corporation in this State, must the members or board ot directors author he the filling of the charter and by laws of the association, with the Sec relary of State, under the "Craig Bill?" 3, Has the general counsel of a for eign corporation, as such, the power to file with the Secretary of State its charter and by-laws and thus incorpor ate its members in the State of North Carolina ? 4. Was it the dut y of the Secretary of State befo- e filing the said charter and by-laws io inquire into the au thority of the person who presented the sr me to bim for filing? 5. Was tbe filing of the said charter and by-laws under the circumstances detailed In the case agreed, efficacious iu constituting the plaintiff a North Carolina corporation. 6 Is it the duty of the Secretary of State to take the said charter and by laws on the flips of his office and re turn tbe same to tbe plaintiff associa tion. Judge Moore will bear tbe argument of counsel in the matter this morning at chambers. Col. Hinsdale appears 'or the association and the Attorney General will represent Dr. Thompson. nt '.1 a P; Jr. : Newport, Sept. 2 The marriage of Miss Julia Dent Grant to Prince Can tacuene according to the rites of the Protestant Episcopal Church, took place today in All Saints chapel. The ceremony was performed according to the rites of the Oeek Church yesterday The chapel was beautifully decorat ed with ferns. In the absence of her father. Brigadier General Frederick Dent Grant, who is on duty with United States troops in Manila, the bride entered the chapel on the aim of her brother, Ulysses 8. Grant, the third, who is a cadet at Wesi Po'nt. The wedding procession was headed by the ushers. The bride was met at the chancel rail by Prince Cantacu zere. The bride wore a while satin gown and tulle veil, carried a bouqnet of stephanolis and lilies of the valley, and wore a corsage of ornaments of diamonds and enamel and a rope of pearls, the gifts of the bridegroom. Prince Cantacuzene wore a full dress white uniform of the Chevalier Garde, with a grey cape hanging from his shoulders. The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. Emory H. Por ter, rector of Emanuel Church. Following the ceremony all the guests were dnven to the rotter Pal mer villa, where a reception and wed ding breakfast were held, at the con clusion of which the bridal couple entered a carriage and were driven from Beauleu, tbe Potter Palmer villa, to the steam yacht Nerada, which sail ed for New York. Tomorrow the couple will sail for their future home in Fussia. The wedding presents were numerous and costly. Sliver Famine )n Teas. Dallas, Sept. 2,s. There is a silver famine in Texas. The banks o Dallas and other cities have recently been telegraphing to eastern banks for sil ver dollars, but cannot get any. East ern partes report mat my can snip gold, but no silver is to be had. The assistant United States treasurer in Washington today telegraphed -the banks of Dallas that in order to get silver dollars from the government the banks would have to furnish silver certificates in exchange. A Brjfcen Cdl A.c'df 't. vidtlk pori, Ohio, Sept, 28 A train on tbe Hocking Vplley, on which Mark Hanna and Co'onel Nevin were pas sengers en route toMiddleport, where they were scheduled to speak, narrow ly escaped being-wrecked at Addison. The train was moving at high speed wben a rail broke, the end of which crashed through the smoking car, in which flauna, Nevin and a number of friends were sitting. The floor was badly splintered. None of the pas eengers were injured ' University of Not h Carolina. The opening of ythe 105th session of the University on September the iSth is the most prosperous one of its entire history. Four hundred and fifty-five students, exclusive of the Summer School, had registered at tbe close of the fi 1st week, representing eighty seven counties, eleven States and Japan. Two hundred and fourteen of these were new students. The Col lege buildings are full and the town is filling rapidly. Numbers of these stud ents are sustaining themselves by all forms of honorable work- The stand ard of admission has been raised, so that now it is the equal of any institu tion in the South, Two new buildings are going up and growth is every where apparent. The new students show evidence of good preparation, and the prepara tory schools of the Si ate are to be con gratulated for the high quality of work they doing. An American Advance. Manila, September 27. The Ameri can authorities have decliued the re quest of Gene' al Jaramila, the Spanish officer who is setting Spaia's mi'itarv affairs in the Philippine islands, to send a vessel under the Span'sh flag to collect the Spanish prisoners at insurgent ports, as stipulated by the Filipinos, on tbe ground that the ports are closed ; that such a step, therefore would be unlawful, and because they declined to accept the Filipinos' dicta tion. The authorities . are ready to send" an American vessel. The Span ish commission, therefore, will return to the insurgent lines and endeavor to affect an arrangement for the delivery of the prisoners on board an American vessel. Aguinaldo has issued a statement saying the warlike activity of the Americans has prevented the concen tratbn of the prisoners, as intended, but that they will be delivered up October 19th. The Tagals of the the island of Mindanao have expressed their read- ness to accept American sovereignty in exchange for protection. ara;nst the harassing Moros. A native chief offer ed Major General Otis tu Macabee tribesmen to figbl the Tagals of the Laguna de Bpy district. The insui'gen's are trying to incite the natives of Malabon, a city of 30,- oc3 Inhabitants, five miles from Manila to rise against tho American garrison Captain Allen has been holding the place with two companies of the Six teenth infantry.; but, on account of the need of all the available meu at the front, liia force has been reduced to seventy men. 1 hey now remain near the big cburch, where they are quarter ed, being too few in number to attempt to patrol the town. Armed, uoiioi m ed parties of the insi-reii s recently disembarked from canoes during the n'gut, coiiectea money tor tne insur rection aud preached -revolt. Two mayors have been elected, but both of tbem have declined to serve. Malabon has been made the ship ping point whence provisions and other stuffs are brought from Manila by trains and shipped into the hostile territory. The insurgents seemed to be trying to make the'i' good treat ment of the American prisoners a card by which to gain outside sympathy. Trco Englishmen who have arrived here from Tarlac report that the Americans are treated more like guests than prisoners, They are fed on the best that the country aHords and eyerything Is done to gain their favor. A Filipino paper says that that on the occasion of a recent fete at Vittoria in celebration of a mythical Filipino victory, the American prisoners were given freedom of the town and five pesos each with which to celebrate the "victory." The Englishmen also say the Fili pinos have offered all the Americans couimissious iri their army and that three of them have accepted. This is not believed. The Americau officers north of Ma nila tell the correspondents ot the As sociated Press that Aguinaldo is at tempting to enforce good government, after the American fashion. He order ed his soldiers a to suppress a band of robter?i three of whom were executed at Mariquita. He has also prohibited gambling in the viflages under his control, Paterno, the president of the so-called Filipino cabinet, has fallen into disfavor among the Filipinos on account of his peace proclivities. They suspect him of planning to repeat his treachery of the former insurrection when he went over to the Spanish, and they may expel him. Aguinaldo has issued a decree invit ing Filipino deserters to return within a month, in which case they will be pardoned. Manila, September 2S. 10 a. m. Generals MacArthur, Wheaton and Wheeler, with four regiments and a battery, advanced at daybreak this morning upon Porac, about eight miles northwest of Bacolor, in Pampanga province. A Letter From Manila. ' '. 1 ' The following letter will prove of in terest to our readers. It was writ' in to a sister of the writer : Wauila, P. I., Aug. 1st, 1899. Dear Friends: I received a let'er from home a few days ago, and wrs very glad to know that all were well and enjoying themselves. I only wish I could be with you, aud share some of the many pleasures that are to be seen out there. I ofien think of how the pretty girls came to see me, aud now I am deprived of all. That is the ODly ;rious objection I have to this country. I have not spoken to, or scarcely seen' a white woman since I have been here and that is something lam not used to. With that exception this is a fine coun-, try. 1 landed here on May 271 h. We had a very nice voyage, with the exception of one day when we crossed the "China Sea," and it was very rough, but we polled through alright. I stayed in Manila Ihree days, and then went out on the line, about five miles south of Manila, at a place called San Pedro Macati. The Uth, lath and 13th I was in a fight. I know the sound of a passing bullet. At times I was in a very heavy fire, and the bu'lets were Tailing around me like rain. I did not not realize the danger I was la until I had passed through the thickest of it. There is not much fighting now, on ac count ot the rainy season. The country is covered with water, and it will last until October, and then I think we will have some pretty hard fighting. I am stationed on tbe north firing line now, at a towu called Candaba, about forty miles north of Manila. We ha1 an attack a few nights ago, but a few shot drove the negroes back. 1 will be glad when the rainy seaou is over, so the fun wii' opeu up. I don't have to go in the fighting uuless T want, but you know I have tosiea little escit3 ment. I am not exposed to the weath er, except In actual fighting. My tele g.aph offie is in a large cburch now, and I always have a good building for my office, and I never had better health in my life. I don't regret having come, 'out I think this is my last trip. If I can go back by the Sues Caual I will have made a complete tour around the world. Well, as I have only been here a short Urne, I ca n't tell you mucb about the country, e;.cepL ii is alright. Ofcoursa the climate 'is a little warm, but no winner than some of tbe Southern Slates, and ibeiainy season makes it a Mtt'e disagreeable, buf; it doesn't last loug, then we will have some beautiful weather. Tbe principal prod'uc cultivalfd he. e are ii coru and tobnee t.Tobacro is very cheT-v Here T get 50 cigareM s for scents, anu a ciar that will cost 50 entsin No .'th Carolina, I cm Bet here for 0 cents. Bananas, pineapples, co- coanula and a number of native fruits j;vnv wild. Tbev are as rilentiful as blacker 'ies in North Oaroliu. Oh 1 You oucrbt to hear nie ta"i Spanish. 1 have cot mv toi ue all tied up, and can hardly speak F' ismh. f don't Buppose you willbeablt to un derstand me at all when I come 1 ick. Well, 1 suppose this is enough for bis lime. Oh, yes! I had quite an experience yes eidav. I was cussing a river to epair the telegraph lne where the ne g"oes had cut It, and I had to cross It iu a lit tle native canoe, and about mid-' way f he river I capsized aud bad to swim, with' heavy revolver aDd re pal rinse loo's also pull tbe boat. I dldo'tsay a thing. Goodnight. As ever, your brother. ' ' . Jam s'R. Taylor, v : U. S. Signal Corps, Manila. , 7 5. -J V ' i
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