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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25

that Cuba is practically lost 10 Spain
Spain l. exhausted" he Is reported
as saying. she must withdraw her
troops and recognize Cuban i~1depend-
ence before ii Is too late. b. an i'm
mediate recognition she woul obtain
payment o. a portion Of the war debt
and commercial advantages.
STRICT CENSORSHIP AT MADRID.
New York. March "a dispatch TO
The World from Madrid ~
Instructions have pee given since
Friday night TO the press censor 10 stop
ali foreign and domestic press tele-
grams-and even telephone messages
containg news unpalacable to the gov
eminent. Unauthorized details Of
naval n military preparations, OF the
movements OF war vessels. particularly
OF the flying squadron: of the purchase
OF vessels of war and stores abroad are
especially interdicted. Hitherto no
step had been taken to prevent the
Madrid press from publishing abund-
ant information. The same press cen
sor will abolish kilograms sent from
Madrid TO newspaper in America, Eng
land and France rs they contain
news which is deemed likely TO create
alarm. Therefore, they are TO- at the
mercy Of rumors by word OF mouth or
the post. which is much worse.
The Liberad says that on Saturday
several hundred telegraph and tele-
| phone messages were stopped by the
| press censor in Madrid.
| The governments action has caused a
| profound sensation, not only in Mad
| rid but throughout che provinces.
Even the ministerial newspaper, The
| Liberal, sides with the majority OF the
press in censuring vigorously a meas
| ure which it says is calculated to in
| crease the national anxiety, because
most people surmise that the relations
| between Spain and the United States
have got into a very critical stage in
| deed when a liberal bin decides 10
be more rigorous with the press than
was Canovas. and worse a the re-
| dictionary cabinets of 1884 and 1885.
EMERGENCY CONTRACTS FOR
NAVY RATIONS.
New York, March 81. 1t was an
nounced on the produce exchange to-
| day that the navy department had en-
| tered into emergency contracts for Loo
half barrels of port and 1000 half bar
| rels of salt beef. These: contracts were
in addition TO the contracts for regular
supplies for the department., and the
| terms were that the pork and beef
| should be delivered at one e.
For two years a large part of the food
| supplies for both the Spanish ans Gu
| ban forces has been contracted for in
New York. The chief supplies are salt
| pork, bacon. lard, Goldfish. -four and
beans. William b. Craigin, OF Armour
& Co, said hat the latest contract he
knew of was one made last week 10
supply the Spanish with 1,500, 00C
pounds of bacon.
Kingston, ia, March 2f.-The United
States cruiser Cincinnati arrived this
morning at Port Antonio, from Barba-
| does. and the United States ~gunboats
Wilmington and Castine reached the
same port shortly afterward from st
Lucias. The three warships are coal
ing.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25
DEATH OF MRS. DINWIDDIE
In Consequence of~rOperation' for :Appen,
dfeitis-Federal Prisoners at the State
P~enitentiary
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The M~eSSenger.)
Raleigh, N. c., March 21.-Mrs. Eliza
beth Dinwiddie (born C~arrington), OF
Virginia, wife of President James Din
widdie. of Peace institute, died at Bal
timore this afternoon. The operation for
appendicitis was performed last night.
Sheriff Smith, of Richmond county,
had a conference with the governor to-
day, presumably regarding John Evans.
Seven federal prisoners convicted at
Lynchburg were brought to the p~eniten-
tiary here today, two violators of the
postal laws and five counterfeiters Eight
prisoners, sentenced at Knoxville, also
arrived, one for raising a government
check, others for moonshining.
News was circulated this afternoon
very freely that Bailey had secured the
Raleigh postoffice at ~Pritchard's hands.
Columbus Hutchings, colored, was at
tackled at his home in Johnston county.
by a man whose name he refuses to re-
veal, but who is believed to be a white
man who was discharged by Hutchings'
employer. One of Hutchings' ears was
torn off, and his skull fractured. His as
Sailant robbed him.
Arrangements are being completed for
a telephone line from Raleigh TO Hen
derson.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25
Death of Major G.. w. Raipes

Augusta, Ga, March 21.-George w.
Raines, major in the United States
army n captain on General SCOTS
staff in the Mexican war, a GRADUATE
of West Point and at one time instruc-
tor there, died at Newburg, y. Y, this
morning. He resigned from the army
in 1856 and when the late war broke
out he was appointed as supervisor Of
manufacture Of powder at Nashville.
When the confederate powder mills
were finished in his city in 1862. nc
took charge of them. The site OF the
powder mill rs now occupied by the Sih-
ley cotton mill, burt the old powder
chimney remains standing as a monu-
ment and at its base the deceased viii
probably find his last resting place, II
being his often expressed wish.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25

After using a 10 n trial size OK
Eay's Cream Balm rot will be sure 10
buy the so cent size. Cream Balm mas
no equal in curing uatarrh and cold IN
head. Ask your druggist for II or send
10 cents TO uS.
ELY BROS, Warren -. y. \. ClRy'
uttered from catarTh three years.
1, y 50 bad / could not work: i used
two bottles OF Ely's Cream Balm n
am entirely well: I would not DE with
out it.-A. c. Clarke, Sl4 Shawmut
Ave, Boston.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25

A thrill of terror is experienced when
a brassy cough of Group sounds
through the house at night. But the
terror soon changes to relief after One
Minute Cough Cure has been admins
tered. Safe and harmless for children.
r. r. Beiiamv.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25
SPAIN EXHAUSTED.

Brussels, March 21.-A dispatch TO
lie Soir from Madrid describes an in
terview with Senior Pi y Margali, at
one time president of the Spanish fed
eraf public and chief OF the ministry.
in which he is represented as declaring
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25

contains no cocaine.
mercury Dor any oth-
er Injurious drugs
IL Is quickly Alb
sorbed.
Gives relief at once
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25

Londoa. March @.-Comnander w
lard n. Brownson. u. 5. A, vhsi.Hn5
Europe in the interest or 49,
States navy department., has $500
for France TO inspect the Straps VIII
are being built at La Ssyne toppos.ss
To,,l,,n on rhe Neiiterrean) for Brazil.
concerning which vessels negotiations
have been proceeding.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25

There are three little things which
do more work than any other three lit
tie things created-they are the ant, the
bee and DeWitt's Little early Risers,
the last being the famous little pills
for stomach and liver troubles. r. r.
Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25
REPORT OF The COURT
PLACED IN THE HANDS OF THE
COMMANDER OF THE FLEET

Its Arrival A~nxiously Awaited In Wash
ington War Preparations Continued.
Resolution in Congress on the Cuban
Ouestion-Senator Thurs on on the Situa-
uation-Bellef That the Explosion Was
Worked from the Cruiser Alphonzc-SpaiI
Exhausted
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25

Statesville Landmark Mr.. w. K
Mills. who was in the country yesterday,
learned that Mr.. VIM. Rhyme, who lives
ir Shiloh township. on the Cafawba IiN-
sr had received a telegram that day
that his son. MT Shas'
RHYME had been killed on the railroad.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25
NEW CRUISERS RENAMED.

Secretary Long has issued an order
today THAI the AmaZonas the cruiser
recently purchased at New Castle-on-
Tyne, from the Brazilian government,
hereafter shall peal the name OF New
Orleans, in n of the principal city
of louisiana The cruiser Abrouail
has been renamed the Albany, in honor
Of the capital of the Empire State.
NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
The house committee on naval af-
fairs complied the naval APPROPRIATION
bill this afternoon and it will be re-
ported to the house tomorrow. While
he ootings of the various items were
not completed when the committee ad-
journed, h bill is roughly calculated
as carrying between $50, 600, 900 and
s37, 0O0. 900. Of which So. 600, 900 will be
expended on this years work on three
new battleships, six torpedo boats and
six torpedo boat ~destroyers. The bill
nay be brought up in the house We'd
neSday. 7.
SPAIN EXHAUSTED.
Brussels. March PA dispatch to
lie Soir from Madrid describes an in
raryiQU 1yirh Sapar ID; - NFo--.r -.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25
Mothers Friend''

the body is made to yield pleasantly
to the change. Headache and nausea
are dispelled, the depressed and nerv-
Gus feeling yields to one Of hopeful ex-
pectation. Danger to life Of mother is
avoided, and she passes through the
trial quickly and her recovery is rapid.
Sent by Mail. on receipt Of price, Si.oo. Book
he Brsdnsld Regulator Co., Atlsnts, G.
SOLD ~ AL DRUGGISTS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25
A Pleasant Evening

gives a delightful finish to the day. Moth
ing Is more agreeable than music when IL
emanates from the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-30
fARClCAl ELECTIONS.
La Lucha Invites americ To Fight 10 She
So Desires.

30 Desires.
New York. March pa dispatch to
the Herald from Havana says: The
elections seem to have passed off with
out incident and about as expected.
OF the 80 deputies to be elected To the
Spanish cortes, 20 had been allotted tn
the autOnomists and 10 to the union
constitutionalists. In three cases there
were upsets. resulting in a gain of one
to the autonomists, giving them a total
of 25 deputies. In the contests only one
was of interest even to the Americans
in Havana. That was i'm the district
which returned Senior Ramon Mendes
AlaniZ a union constitutionalist. Senor
Mendes Is the censor i'm Havana and
consequently often comes in for more
than his share of harsh words. particu-
larly from newspaper CORRESPONDENTS
whose dispatches are passed upon by
him.
La Lucha says: America has long
sought an excuse to interfere in Cuba.
alleging that American interests suffer
on account of the insurrection. For n
time the Maine incident kept upper
most. but now that the court of inquiry
has served the purpose for which II
was convened and saved Captain Sigs-
bees reputation and President McKin-
ley's popularity. "A return Is made to
the original demand that the Cuban
war must cease. The bull is i'm the
ring. We may know what to expect.
If the Americans want Cuba let them
win il by deeds of their guns. but the
old saying goes that He who wants
celestial blue must pay for it, There
is always an advantage in going into a
quarrel with the weak. We have little
to lose. and as our nails are long, we
may not come out of the conflict empty
handed"
Seven hundred troops which Just ar
rived Snain itG 10
vana for Jucaro. where an active cam
paign is in progress.
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WAR INEVITABLE.
Sir Charles Dixie Can't See Any Way TO
Avoid IL.


Avoid Ia.
New York March ga special to
the World from London says: II can't
see how war between the United States
and Spain can be avoided" said Sir
Charles Dixie to the World correspond
ent last night 1T is impossible To eX-
press opinions on such meager details
of the findings OF the Maine court of
inquiry as have been published here.
but affairs have come to such a pass
with Spain that she may welcome war
as the best means of getting rid of
Cuba. II has become such a milestone
around her neck that she must free
herself from IL somehow, and to the
proud Spaniard war would be the least
disagreeable way.
Il do not think mediation by any Eu-
ropean power is likely. Mediation could
cies of autonomy. and to any further
attempted solution I'm that direction
the Cubans will not assent. IL has been
evident for the last Is months that
Spain can never. by any system OF au-
tonomy or by force of arms regain con-
troll of Cuba. But Spain won't give IL
up without fighting. Neither country
has fleet large enough to enable IL to
obtain decisive command of the sea
within a short period. Therefore il is
difficult to forecast the duration of hos
tilities. | could speak more definitely
IL / knew how soon the United States
can complete the four large warships
she is building. for they would exercise
q decisive influence"
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CHAUkCEY'S VIEWS.
spain's Liability for the Maine Disaster
Is Plain to Him.

New York. March 29.-Chauncey NJ.
Depew. who. while the cause of the
blowing up of the Maine was in doubt.
leaned to the accident theory, says
concerning the report Of the court of
inquiry:
1t was shock to me to learn that
the Maine was blown up by a mine
and IL also is a relief to know that
IL was not due 10 the carelessness OF
our men or to the construction Of the
ship.
The report was a shock to me. be-
cause. though it fixed no responsibility,
IL was unquestionably the duty of the
Spanish government to place a vessel
of foreign navy on a friendly visit
to her harbor in a place free from
mines. While IL is inconceivable that
any responsible Spanish official could
do so foolish an act and one which
would be followed by such terrible re-
sponsibilities. still il was the plain duty
of the Spanish officials to indicate a
place OF safe anchorage. Failing in
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that. the liability of Spain for indem-
nifty for the loss of the ship and crew
Is perfectly plain.
President Mckinley has conducted
this affair with great prudence. discern
ment and wisdom. He is in a position
to solve the question of peace or war
The solution may safely be left in his
hands. I think. congress should clothe
him with full power. He has accom-
plished much in securing permission to
feed the people brought within the
Spanish lines by their war policy. Un-
less the Spanish government had made
up its mind to accede to the whole of
Mr.. McKinley's programme. IL would
not have yielded to this point. which is
a confession OF Its own inability To keep
the people from starvation"
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EXAMINING A BIG GUN.
General Miles and Several Other Onicer.
Visit Cleveland.

Cleveland. March 29.-Gen. Nelson A.
Miles arrived in Cleveland from Wash
ington to-day. The general was accom-
panied by a number OF officers of the
regular army, who compose the board
OF ordnance. The party was met here
10y ex-Congressman Outhwaite, DR.
Gatling and Captain Day. Among
those with General Miles was Major
Phipps. The gentlemen were at once
driven to the works of the Otis Steel
company, where the big gun designed
by DR. Calling is being constructed. II
is expected that this style OF gun will be
an important factor i'm coast defense
and the government deemed il best to
have the officers present while the gun
was being internally formed. General
Miles expresses himself as highly
pleased with the result of the work.
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Mason Addr rssses the Senate in a
Speech Full of Eloquence
and Passion.
WAR IS THE SOLUTION
Armed Intervention in Cuba Too
Long Delayed Already.
THE ONLY PROPER COURSE

War Is GLORIOUS" Thing When Con-
Quoted in the Interests of Justice and
Humanity-spain's Responsibility for
the Blowing Up of the Maine Is Per-
fectly Plain to the Mind of the Ag-
gressive Senator From Illinois-He
Draws Vivid Picture of the Horrors
OF the Explosion-Foraker. Frye and
Rawlins Also Introduce Belligerent
Resolutions.
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REED MAY FALL DOWN
Intervention Sentiment Likely to
Sweep Everything.
M'KINLEY is OBSTINATE

He Thinks He Is Right and Will Keen
On in the Path He Has Marked Out
for Himself Regardless OF Adverse
Criticism = Still Waiting for Spain's
Reply to Certain Demands He Has
Made of Her-Senators and Repre-
sentatives Busily Discussing the Ex-
citing Situation-France Would Like
to Be Mediator Between the United
States and Spain but She Hesitates to
Proffer Herself as Such-The Twenty
Fifth Regiment Ordered From Mon
tana to the Front-Captain Sigsbee in
Washington.
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Enough Republicans Bolt 20
Wrest the Speakers Die
tatorship Away.
THEY MEAN BUSINESS
Tired of the Administrations Dil.
atory Tactics.
WAR THEIR WATCHWORO

Fifty Republicans. Representing All Sec
tions OF the Country. Attend the Meet
ing-Acting With the Democrats Thsy
Can Nullify Reeds Tyranny and Have
Everything Their Own Wsy-The At
tendance Would Have Been Larger
Had All the Republican Members Been
Notified-They Demand That Indepen-
dence of Cuba Be Asserted and That
1t Be Backed Up by Armed Interven-
ton on the Part OF the United States
Action Postponed One Day to See
What Mckinley Intends to Do About
1t.
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MONTANA SOLDIERS CALLED.
The Twenty-Fihh Regiment Ordered to
Dry Tortugas.

Washington. March 29.-By direction
OF General Miles. commanding the
army, orders We're issued to-day for
the transfer Of the 25th regiment of in
fantry to Dry Tortugas. The fact that
this regiment is made up Of colored
troops is regarded as significant in
showing the purpose of the war depart
ment TO concentrate colored troops in
the vicinity of Cuba. inasmuch as IL
is recognized the negro is better able
TO Withstand the Cuban climate than
a white man. The regiment is now
located at Forts Missoula. Assinna-
boine and Harrison. Montana. The
movement will begin about two weeks
hence.
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TO THE FRONT.
Fort Reno Troops in Transit to the south
Atlantic Coast.

FL Reno, l. T.. March 29-Tweive
pieces of field artillery, mostly l2-
Founders, three gatling guns and six
fIotchkiss guns. with a small number
of artillery men. were moved from Fort
Reno to-day and are en- route to the
South Atlantic coast. presumably Mo-
bile. Ala. The detachment was shipped
from this point over the Rock Island
road.
Company A, Captain Barrett. and
Company and Company II. OF the
Tenth infantry. and two troops of the
CONTINUED on Page Two)
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Mr.. President. I speak only for my
self and am for war. Applause in the
gaileriesD But gentlemen may say:
Don't say you are for war-say that
you are for armed intervention. ." which
means war. i believe in calling th1ngn
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As tn an Armissiee.

The question of an armistice has not
been agreed to by either this country
or Spain. though there is no doubt that
Spain suggested an armistice What
terms Of peace will he acceptable to
the president cannot be stated. but II
is safe to say that no proposition will
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-30

intended to offer a resolution at this
time but in view Of the others proposed.
he would present the one he had pre-
pared. The resolutions were all, ex-
cept Mr.. Aliens, referred TO the COM
mittee on foreign relations.
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Continued on Page TwoJ
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-18

The Hon. Charles J. Bonaparte, q
granddaughter of the great Napoleon
and a presumed candidate for United
States senator from Maryland, treated
Cambridge audience to surprise,
Sunday night, when he lectured on
civil and religious liberty" This sur
prise was a practical defense of the
lynching habit. The report says:
The lecturer thought the advantages
Of lynching had been undereStimated,
and its theory misunderstood. 1t was
liable to abuse, and grave abuse. but he
thought there were few innocent men
lynched, and cited in favor of the prac-
tice the fact that it was the most
effective deterrent yet discovered for
certain forms of crime. He regarded 1t
as an evil to have the law enforced by
lawless men, but thought 1t worse evil
for the law to be duped by prosperous
scoundrelism. His reference to the
moral effect Of hanging few "boodlers''
to the lamp post was applauded by the
audience.
Another paper reports aim as mem
tioning certain United States senators
identified with trusts as fit sub
jects for lynching. He is said to have
added that when the murderer can GER
tainly be tried and executed within a
month after his arrest, lynching will
cease. 1t would seem that Mr.. Bona
parte had undeniable claims to be add
ed to the long lists of unfortunates who
have stopped over in time Of severe agi-
tation- And alas! Prof Charles Eliot
Norton presided at the splitting.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-18

Murat Halstead sized up the Ohio sem
atorial contest so accurately, and his
forecasts were so completely fulfilled
from the beginning to the end, that
whatever he says concerning the pres
ent status of affairs in the state is en-
titled to very respectful consideration.
This is apropos Of his emphatic declara-
ton that the bribery charges made
against Senator Hanna are absolutely
false and that the instigators Of the pro-
posed investigation in the Ohio legisla-
ture are themselves not above impeach-
ment. In the words of this distinguished
correspondent and editor, "The combina-
ton against Hanna was itself corrupt.
1t was the bar-room boast at Columbus
of the noisy conspirators that they had
$40 to Hanna's ST. They were caught
in attempting to buy the vote
of one of the republican mem
bers who was falsely reported
shaky.' 1t is, therefore. not I'M
likely that the would-be prosecutors will
find that they have caught a Tartar, If
they have the courage to push the in
vestigation Spite and personal animos-
ity are said by Mr.. Halstead to be the
basis of the attacks upon the senator,
and aside from this testimony, there is
enough other evidence to prove the al
1e0ation
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-18

The Springfield Republican thinks
there is field enough for W. H. H. Muir
rays proposed resuscitation of the old
lyceum system, but it sees formidable
obstacles in the way. Famous lectur-
ers and authors get big fees, nowadays
They have to look out for 1.-THE main
chance as never before. They do not
talk for nothing. Neither do their
managers railroad them around the
country for their health. Then, too,
there is a lack of those inspiring teach
ers of the days of Emerson, Phillips,
Garrison, Sumner and Curtis. 1t might
be added that the vast development Of
the press, the multiplying and cheaper
ing of books and the growth of free
public libraries, have encroached upon
the lyceum field. Furthermore, oratory
itself, as once it was practiced, has al
most gone out of existence. There may
be teachers, writer's and scholars, but
how many of them are orators?
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-18

This week. $4,000 worth
of merchandise cut out from
our regular stock for this oc-
caSion.
Bargains in every depart
ment = Dinner Sets, Toilet
Sets, Lamps, Onyx Tables,
Scrap Baskets, Clocks, Fancy
China, Brio : a Brac, Cut
Glass, Common Glass Ware,
Silver Plated Ware, Nickel
P ated Ware, Solid Silver
Brushes, Feather Busters,
Wooden Ware, Tin Ware,
Japanned Ware, Iron Ware.
Every article offered is of
the highest quality always
sold at this store.