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The news & observer., 1898-02-20
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ECZEMA FIVE YEARS
iRtens0 and Everlasting Suffering
Almost Frantic with itching
four Doctors No Avail
One . Skin Specialist.
EVlends twh0 had been Cured
Say Try Cutloura Remedies"
Does SO Without Faith.
10 Great Surprise
Ghaags In Tbms wssks, Nov Completely Cured

fbaye been al intense sufferer 0f that awful
dreaded, aHd everlasting disease Eczema, for
hye years. tried every ones advice ia medi
GiHes beside four doclOfs, among which WAS
ane af our specialists IL skin diseases with
no improvement At all, and from lime 10
time setting me almost frantic with dreadful
itching, AZ last, after numerous peTshaEi0ns
from friends lwliom your medicines cured
completely ! gave myself up TO CuTIcURA
REaEDIEs, expecting them 10 resnt as all
previous ones. TO my great and agreeable
surprise found "A wonderful change in three
ueeis, and after using three bottles Of CcTI-
0uRA REsOLy EsT, and one box of CUTICUHA
RALvE, found myself cOmpiefeiB cnred.
Feb. %, 1897. GEO. A. LOWE, Phila., Pa.
The news & observer., 1898-02-20
ECZEMA FROM BIRTH
Baby Was Solid Scab All Over
Gave up, and Thought She
Never Gould be Cured.
Entirely Cured in Two Weeks by
CUTlCURA REMEDIES
After All Else Failed.

May CUTICURA be known the world over
for the good it has done my baby. From the
time she was born she had Eczema. When
she was six months old we commenced doc
toring her, but she only got worse, until she
was a solid scab all over. We had given up,
and thought she never could be cured, until
one day read of CUTICURA REMEDIES and
decided to try them. l got one cake of SOAP,
one bottle of REsOLyENT, and a tin of ONT
MENT, and gave them to her carefully as
directed, and iH tlCO aceeks she was entirely
cured, and is now as fine and clear as any
mother could want to see. owe her life 10
CUTICURA, and l feel cannot give it enough
praise, for ] want to let all mothers know
what it has done for us. MRS. w. r. FAIR,
Nov. 25, 1896. 1927 s. Main St., s. Bend, Ind.
The news & observer., 1898-02-20
AWFUL SKIN DISEASE
Suffered Untold Agony Two Years
itching and Burning Terrible.
Had TO Give up Work Entirely.
Instant Relief in First Application
OF CUTlCURA REMEDIES.
AtWork, Fully Cured in 2 Months

/ was afflicted with a terrible malignant
breaking out all over the upper part OF my
body. / was treated by some of the very best
blood poison, and through them / spent
hundreds of dollars trying to get relief.
All the time / was suffering untold agony,
and finally had TO give up work entirely. Like
q sinking person, grasped at everything saw
advertised. The burning, itching fix l was in
was only aggravated by every effort to relieve
it. CUTICURA REMEDIES were suggested.
The warm bath of CUTICURA SOAP, anOint-
ing with CUTIoURA, and the use Of the REsoL-
VENT, seemed to start the good work from the
first, and experienced a soothing relief not
withstanding my intense pain. / improved
right along, and IN less than ta0o months qCds
improve daily till lcas entirely cured, sound
and well, with not q sign on my bodg dnytoheTe.
NJ. b. BASTIEN, 156 w. Hunter ST., Atlanta, GA
The news & observer., 1898-02-20
Instantly Relieved
And Speedily Cured By
GtiCura
ECZEMA SEVEN YEARS
Scalp and Back Covered with
Dry Scsb. Thought itching
Would Drive Him Mad.
TRIED CUTlCURA REMEDIES
And Was Completely Cured.
Not a Trace or Pimple
For Three Years.

I was afflicted with Eczema for seven years,
and lGy scalp vas In q bad state. had bad
back, three inches Of which was covered with
a dry scab with a moisture underneath. The
itching was 80 had thought IL would drive
me mad. can't explain my feelings. / tried
ali remedies was told of, but could not get
cured, until I was advised 20 try CDTICURA
REMEDIES. took five bottles of REsOLvEST,
five cakes of SOAP, and FIVE boxes Of CUTI-
CUKA SALvE, and to my surprise, I Jcas cam
J,iefell c1tTed. That is three years ago, and
! have not had a Iimple on my head or body
since. You can use this as testimonial If
sou wish. G. LONG,
The news & observer., 1898-02-20
Brooklyn. n. ", Dec. 10. 1896.

MesrS. Ely Bros. IL have used Ely's
Cream Balm number of years and find
it works like a charm. 1t has cured me
of the most obstinate case of cold in the
head in less than forty-eight hours from
the time | felt the cold coming ON.
would not be without it, Respectfully
yours, FRED'K FRIES.
2S3 Hart Street.
Cream Balm is kept by all druggists
Full size soc. Trial size Zoe. mail it.
ELY BROS, 56 Warren ST., n. Y. City.
The news & observer., 1898-02-20
GEoRa1A. FrLToN CouNrY.

GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY.
In person appeared before me, Edgar II.
Orr, Justice of the Peace in and for the 1026
District, G.. NJ, state and county aforesaid,
j. G. AHERN, who being duly sworn, depOseth
and saith, that the above testimonial is, to his
best knowledge and belief, true in every
detail. j. G. AHERN.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this
Oct. Goth, 1897. EDGAR H. ORR, Justice of the
Peace.
The news & observer., 1898-02-20
DIDN'T KILL ANY FISH.

Madrid, Feb. ia despatch received
to-day from Rear Admiral Manteroa,
the naval commander at Havana, says
proof exists that no dead fish c'Hne to
the surface afteF the explosion that
wrecked the Maine, and that when the
disaster occurred, there was not the
slightest upheaval of the water, such as
would inevitably follow marine explo-
sion.
The news & observer., 1898-02-20

AS regards modes of prayer, all are
good, provided they the sincme.-VictOr
Hugo.
The news & observer., 1898-02-20
no oURR a COLE IN ONE pAY.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinlne Tab
let's. All Druggists refund the money if
It fails to Cure. &c.
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The fac-simile signature of w
Ii on every wrapper of CAsTORIA
The news & observer., 1898-02-20
THE IOWA AT KEY WEST.

Key West, Fla, Feb. 10.-The condi-
ton of the injured at the Marine HOspi-
tai and the barracks is slightly improved.
The injured men who arrived on the
Mangrove this morning i'll care Of DIR.
Clendennin, from the barracks, are suf-
fering mostly from severe burns, but
they are doing nicely. The eleven very
seriously injured who are still in the
hospital at Havana will probably be
brought here in few days by the
steamer Fern.
The battleship Iowa came up from the
fleet today, arriving off here at D O'Clock
this afternoon. She had on board the
commanders of the Massachusetts and
Indiana, who will be members of the
committee to inquire into the disaster to
the Maine
Rear Admiral Sicard came ashore
from the New York ON the Ericsson,
probably to secure u place for the meet
ing of the Court of Inquiry.
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who is among the missing, was alive
after the explosion. A colored mess at
tendant, now ut Key West, met Jenkins
running forward. He evidently thought,
in the confusion, that the Maine had
been fired ON, and he was rushing to
the forecastle where was located the
six-inch gun of which he was in charge.
The United States flag is floating at
half mast from the poop of the Maine
to-day. and two divers with six assist
ants are at work about the wreck under
the direction of Captain Sigsbee
1t appears that the preliminary work
of the divers will be directed toward
salvage only. When the investigation
into the cause of the disaster commences
the Spanish government, it is said here,
will cuNaborate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-13
HOW ENGLAND DOES 1T.
Not In a Great Hurry to Get Troops
Into the Field.

Philadelphia Press
When England goes to war;" writes the
antl-American correspondent of the London
Chronicle at Tampa, "she loses no time
about getting troops to the front and strik-
ing the first blow"
Does she? In the Crimean war England
was Just eleven months before she struck
the first blow" at the Alma after the de-
struction of the Turkish fleet rendered war
certain. But to come later to conditions
of May, 1882, Arab Pasha seized power in
Cairo. After some weeks of diplomacy,
June IA, all Europeans left Cairo and war
the English fleet bombarded Alexandria,
and, as no army was ready to occupy it, the
city was sacked and a large part burned by
made up of Egyptian peasants, worthless
lighting material, in all eighteen regiments
of infantry and four of cavalry, from Is 900
to 10000 men all told. In arms, in organiza-
ton and in command the army was as poor
as ever stood in line.
Wolseley, in any tearing hurry to strike
the first blow?" 1t was two months and a
half, from July II to Aug. q. before the
ready to occupy Ismailia and Port Said, the
beginning of active land operations 1t was
two months from the bombardment of Alex
andria, or Sept. IA, and three months from
the beginning of war that Tel-el-kebir was
fought and the war ended.
This time was taken by a power which
had 131 ,S59 men in the English army and
a British army, all Englishmen, of 62 653 iii
India. The operations were conducted
against foe without any navy by the most
powerful navy in the world The army at
tackled had not had battle with civilized
troops in thirty years. and troops and COM
manders in Egypt were all Oriental. Egypt
is the easiest country for military opera
tons in the world and the Suez canal gave
water communication.
Yet England which closes no time about
getting troops to the front and striking the
first blow" was two months and half
after war was clear in getting even % 600
wi
outnumbering q weak antagonist. The ex-
ample is excellent. Great nations can af-
ford delay. They cannot afford failure. If
by the middle of July the United States is
ready to deal decisive blow Englands
example in Egypt will have been followed,
and the Egyptian army was one-quarter
Spains in Cuba, and our effective force
when war came one-eghth of Ehglands
trained troops in 1882.
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job, because the earthworks were $50 TEST
above the water line, and it required great
elevation of the guns. At s:22. after three
quarters of an hour of fighting, Commodore
Schley ordered cease firing" and the SHIPS
on the west moved further in until they had
good observation-disclosures range. Eight
minutes later the command to open fire was
given and the guns began to crash away
Following the whistle of the eignt-lncn
shells from the Brooklyn's after turret, IN
charge of Lieutenant Rush, there was a
burst of fire from blockhouse near TINS
battery and a great cheer from the men,
Ten seconds later the MaSsa chusettS landed
two ten-inch shells almost in the same spot,
and signaled that the battery was sllenced
Big guns could be seen on the hills, but
there were no gunners around them.
In the meantime the four big battle SHIPS
were pounding away at the Estrella battery,
and the inside harbor defenses and the
frlghtful explosion of the great shells could
be seen causing terrible havoc. Down at
the eastern end of the line the New York
and New Orleans put the Cayo batteries
out of action in fifteen minutes, and then
devoted the fire of their guns to the tatter-
les on the hill, there being two masked bat
teries west of MORO that We're very nasty
in their fire. The guns of the New Orleans
did deadly work there, and the fire from the
Spaniards grew more and more 1itful. The
EStrella and Catalina batteries were afire,
and the blockhouSeS on the eastern end were
burning.
At 9:19 the ships turned so as to bring
their unused port batteries into play, and
opened still more disastrous fire. By $3.50
the fitful fire from one or two guns On the
Notifications showed that the Spaniards had
practically deserted their batteries and
would not return the fire. Lieut.. Doyle's
eight-inch guns in the starboard turret of
the Brooklyn and Lieut.. SIMPSONS forward
eight-inch pair landed right in the middle
Of the earthworks several times with evident
disastrous effect.
The flagship signaled at 9:37 that the bat
teries were evidently silenced, but it was
not until 1906 that the firing was stopped.
AT that time 1t was known that not single
shot of the enemy had taken effect on our
ships. When the firing finally stopped the
war ships moved slowly away, and a shot
struck near the flying squadron end of the
line, giving evidence that the Spaniards had
not been altogether driven away from their
guns, but had run away from them only to
come back when the opportunity offered.
One or two stray shots struck MORO Castle,
but it was only slightly damaged about the
upper works. 1t is believed that both the
Catalina and Estrella batteries are finally
out OF action, while a great portion of the
earthwOrks was knocked down.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-13
Hoods pills cure all liver ills. Is cents.

In ZOE campaign hats, $3.50 canvas hats,
81. SS4 leggins, 1O5,2 PSI ponchos, $780, 1856 flannel
shirts, 1855 leather shoes, 30O399 cotton
stockings, 24,270 wooden socks, AS30 ham-
mocks. SIPS helmets. $3.50 mosquito bars,
1000 head nets, COOS common tents. ,562
shelter halves, 1860 wall tents and 1,250 con-
ical tents.
The Engineer Corps was engaged in the
construction of a large number of perma-
nent batteries, the erection of temporary
batteries at defenseless places, the OVER
hauling of old armament at existing works.
the purchase of submarine mines and
searchlights. the maintenance of mine fields,
the purchase of siege materials, pontoon
materials, tools and instruments. In addi-
ton to the works already completed. upon
and is in progress upon twenty-one batter
les, working with double shifts of men at
many places. OF these there are seventy
five emplacements for modern eight, ten and
twelve-inch guns and forty-seven emplace-
ments for rapid-fire guns. In addition, or
tWenty-one modern guns and fifteen-inch
gun carriages, and number are now ready
for armament at twelve localities. Fifty
two temporary emplacements of old-style
armament and modern siege guns have been
constructed at thirteen localities, and the
service at ten permanent posts. -Four hum
dred miles of cable have been delivered and
about $500 submarine mines placed in har-
bors
1t will readily be perceived from the above
statement, says Secretary Alger, which,
after ALL is only portion of the work that
has been done to put the army in condition
of war, that the general public has had a
very inadequate idea of the enormity of tho
undertaking thrown upon the War Depart
ment for execution in the very brief space
Of time that has elapsed since the declara-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-13
REFUGEES FROM PORTO RICO.
Arrival of Walter Bett and Others mt
st. ThOmas-The Former Expelled.

ST. THOMAS d. w. l.. June 12.-Mr.
Walter Bett, who is said to have been a
secretary of Mr.. Crawford, the British con-
sui at San Juan de Puerto Rico. the latter
now acting for the United States, arrived
here yesterday. Mr.. Bett was accused OF
communicating information to the United
States authorities concerning the mines and
Notifications of San Juan, and he was there
fore ordered to leave Porto Rico. The Span
iards claim this is a fragrant breach of Brit
ish neutrality and dangerous for Mr.. Craw-
ford. unless it can be proved that the latter
was not the employer of Mr.. Bett, and that
the expelled secretary Is not answerable for
his actions to the British government. Mr..
Bett denies having supplied the United
states authorities with the informatfo1r>Ees
ferred to.
Thirty-one Porto Rican refugees, mostly
women, also arrived here yesterday. The
newspapers say that two months of the ex-
listing conditions will bring Porto Rico to
the verge Of starvation. The government OF
the island has established a few public
kitchens for the relief of those who are suf-
fering most The Spanish torpedo boat de-
stroyer Terror is now regarded as being
useless, owing to the breakdown of her
boilers and the lack of means to repair
them. She is still at San Juan de Puerto
Rico, with the Alfonso XIII, Isabel I, Ponce
de Leon Concha and Comachat. At least
they were all there when the refugees Left
San Juan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-13
HISTORY KNOWS NO RETREAT.
President Patton on the Nations De-
parture from Its Previous Policy.

PRINCETON, N. j., June 12.-To-day was
commencement Sunday at Princeton, and
President Patton preached the baccalaure-
ate sermon. The services were held in AL
exander Hall. the immense auditorium be-
ing crowded. Previous to the services the
faculty, trustees and seniors, all robed &C.
cording to rank, in the regulation caps and
gown. formed an academic procession and
marched from Marquand Chapel across the
campus to Alexander Hall. The scene was
imposing. The presidents sermon was upon
the subject, THE Idea of God" He said,
in closing:
History knows not what 1t is to retreat.
Every step take shuts a door behind US.
The boom of Admiral Dewey's cannon
across the Pacific made us forget the fare
Well address and throw the Monroe doctrine
for the time being into the background. 1t
is impossible, some one says, for a nation
to secede from the family of nations. and
ii it stays in the family it is going to have
family complications, and these complica-
tionS sometimes take the form of war.
What / would have you understand is that
we must always judge events from a high
moral and religious point of view. Do not
emphasize too much national convenience
What objects Providence may have in
throwing open new avenues of industry and
strengthening the bond between us and our
blood relations across the seas we do not
know, but we do know that these things
must be regarded from light of moral
PRINCIPLES"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-13
FRENCHMEN PROTEST.
Hostile Feeling Toward Them IS Not
Warranted, They Say.

ST. LOUIS, June 12.-The French residents
of st. Louis held a mass meeting here to-
day for the purpose of counteracting the
feeling of antagonism that is growing in this
country toward France because of her al
legged opposition to the United States and
friendship for Spain in the present conflict.
Resolutions were adopted declaring that the
hostile feelings of Americans toward France
were not warranted by facts, and protesting
against accusations that they believed to
be detrimental to the cordial concord ex-
listing between the two great republics, dat
ing back for more than a century, and
which should not be broken or weakened by
ill-founded rumors"
A committee was appointed to cooperate
with a committee of influential citizens, who
are requested to invite the people to partici-
pate in demonstration at which eminent
orators will endeavor to dispel these senti-
mentS of hostility TO France.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-13
SLAIN BY THE WAR BOYS
ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE MASSACRED
IN SIERRA LEONE, AFRICA.
Details of the Recent Uprising of Ma
tives and killing of Missionaries
Weakness of British Navy Exposed.

LIVERPOOL, June 12.-Steamers which
have arrived here from Sierra Leone report
that thousand persons were killed in the
recent uprising in that district One hun
dred and twenty inhabitants of Freetown,
most of them traders, are known to have
been massacred, and other colonists were
carried into the bush by the war boys" and
undoubtedly met a worse fate. Three hum
dred friendly natives were killed, and be-
side the white missionaries, six coored mis-
sionaries of the United Brethren of Christ
were murdered at Manohbargru. The Eng
lish missionaries are at the mercy of the
war boys" but have not been molested.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-13
DISASTROUS EXPLOSION.
Eleven Men Injured, Eight Seriously
and Some Fatally.

MENA, Ark. June 12-News was brought
here to-day of the most disastrous explosion
ever known in this vicinity, which occurred
yesterday at the smelling plant of the
Texas and Arkansas Mining Company.
The explosion was caused by a defective
water jacket, which allowed the water to
run into the ore pot, causing it to explode,
tearing off the top and bottom of the huge
cauldron and wrecking the plant. Eleven
men were injured, eight of them seriously
and some of them cannot recover. The
following is the list Of the most seriously
wounded
John Handy scalded John fitzgerald,
scalded; Daniel Byrnes. large hole cut in
face by glass from the water gauge being
blown through his cheeks, knocking out
several teeth and part OF the jawbone; Bob
Burns scalded William Cook. right leg
mashed and badly scalded; Charles Faux
ner, frightfully scalded about the stomach
and chest and otherwise injured: Alexander
Martin, scalded about head Frank Martin,
chin split. The explosion occurred shortly
after the men had gone to work and caused
a terrific report that was heard for miles.
When the residents in the vicinity arrived
upon the scene they found the sneltev a
wreck and all the employees wounded
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-13
DAMAGE BY A TORNADO.
Elevator UnrOOfed and Other Build
ings Partly Wrecked.

OGDENSBURG, N. Y, June ia violent
tornado, accompanied by rain, struck this
city at o'clock this evening, and did i'm
mense damage along the docks and to the
railroad yards. The storm approached from
a northwesterly direction, and, crossing the
st. Lawrence, struck the lower part of the
city with tremendous force Its path lay
through the Central Vermont yards and
docks and the Ogdensburg Transit Com
.panys docks. The Ogdensburg Transit
Company's elevator was unroofed and the
contents of the house, $40 900 bushels OF corn
and OATS almost ruined by the heavy rain
ken fire mains in the Building. The he roof
was carried some distance by the gale, and,
in falling, badly damaged the mill of the
Skillings, Whitney q Barnes Lumber Com
pany. The freight cars and tracks of the
Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Railroad
were badly damaged
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-13
where Britain,s Navy Is Weak.

LONDON, June 12.-Rear Admiral Lord
Charles Beresford has issued an appeal to
the press for an increase of the navy. He
says: 1.-THE war between the United States
and Spain has taught US useful lessons. 1t
has taught US the absolute necessity of COM
plete and thorough organization previous
to war, instead of trusting to chance. 1t
has taught the value of a proper supply
of cruisers and the ineffectivenesS of obso-
lete guns against the range and accuracy
of modern weapons. No other nation has
ship on the effective list armed with muzzle-
loading guns, whereas England has forty
blue waters, or relied for harbor protection
on such weapons, would certainly get short
Shrift'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-13
More Gunboat. for samp.on.

PHILADELPHIA, June 12.-The gunboat
Peoria, formerly the pilot boat Philadei-
phia, sailed from the League Island navy
yard at 1880 to-day. The Peoria carries
battery of three-pounders and is under the
command of Lieutenant Ryan. The gunboat
Princeton will probably leave the navy
yard this week. and the Fishhawk week
later.
The gunboat Dorothea also left League
Island navy yard to-day under sealed or
ders. The opinion is that she and the gum
boat Peoria are bound for Cuban waters
thea is a yacht of about the same size as
the Vixen, now with SIMPSONS fleet. She
Barnett, and carries crew of sixty-five
men.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-13
No Time for Trihes.

The breach between Richard Harding Da
Wis and the Harpers is deep and wide. and
Poultney Bigelow's indiscreet contribution
has given him occasion to go for the editor
of Harper's Weekly with great ferocity.
Davis is more than half right in his at
tack on Bigelow. and probably quite right
in his citation of competent authorities to
contradict his evidently exaggerated state
ments. But let us keep our tempers. There
are enough wars going on within the war
without adding q war of correspondents.