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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-18

TO ARRIVE.
Rumors are in circulation here to the
effect that Italian warships are about
to arrive at this port, and it is further
reported that the United States gov
eminent will send either the battleship
Iowa or Indiana to this harfbor, to stay
two or three hours. No cause is as
signed for the latter story, nor can the
report lbe confirmed officially.
One unidentified body was recovered
today from the wreck of the Maine.
Important factions of the autOno-
miSts of MatanZaS and ante Clara,
representing all races, have agreed not
to take part in the general or local
elections next month. In some polSi-
cal circles the opinion is expressed that
this agreement is the result Of discon-
tent, caused by the fact that h au-
economist government has been unable
to give employment to h excessive
members of people who have been
seeking positions in the government
| offices.
Captain General Blanco has ordered
| that the sum of $50, 900 be spent in re-
constructing the Bando road bridge,
IA Gibara in the province rf Santi-
| ago de Cuba. The bridge. which was
| destroyed by dynamite, is needed to
| establish a line of communication.
In the district of Whales, province of
| Pinar Del Rio, tobacco to the value of
| $700,000 has already been gathered. The
other large crops have not been har-
vested.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-18

When a man is suffering with ar
aching head, a sluggish body, when hi
muscles are lax and lazy, his brair
dull, and his stomach disdaining food
ne Will, if wise, heed these warnings
and resort to the right remedy, before
1t is too late. "Parker's ~Sarsaparilla,'
the King OF Blood Purifiers" makes
the appetite keen and hearty-invigor'
ates the Therapeutics the blood ant
fills it with the l~ife-giving elements OF
the food. 1T is a wonderful blood ma.
ker and flesh builder. Sold by j. G
Shepard, J. H. Hardin and II. L. Fen.
treSS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-18
Opposed to the Railway Lease
Especial 70 The Messenger.D

NsptN4dA To IT -HNsoNAFr|E-F
Raleigh. y. c., March IA. T. New
boorne, director OF the Atlantic and
North Carolina railway, was here today.
He exhibits figures setting forth tina;
during the last six months OF last year
it had earned 4 and 5 per cent. net. He
says the entire board of directors OPP
pose lease. He filed his statement with
the governor and said the directors had
instructed him and DR.. Fox Person, ot
Wayne. to appear before the governor
and present il. Person viii arrive to-
morrow. II was perhaps naturally
thought they both being populists would
have more influence with the governor
and then. besides, il appears all. repub.
lican members of the board are candi.
dates for the presidency Of the reoad.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-18
Largest Dry Dock In the World

5000 ~ SoAE
Newport News. Va. March 13.-The
immense dry dock which Coils p. Hunt
ington has had in view for several years
is to be built at once.
Mr.. c. B. circuit. of New York. presi-
dent Of the Newport News S~hipbuilding
and Dry Dock Company. has been au
thorized by Mr.. Huntington, who is the
principal owner of the local shipyard. 10
notify the navy department that prelim-
mary arrangements for ~excavating the
great basin are already under way, and
that the work will be pushed as rapidly
as possible.
Civil engineers are now preparing plans
for the dock. which will be the largest in
the world. affording berthing facilities
for W of the biggest battleships afoa
at one time.
Some time ago Mr.. Huntington formed
a compact with the government, ny
which il is understood that a certain
number of warships will be locked mere
each year after the dock is completed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-18
Insurance Policies and War

New York, March 13.-George w. Per
kins. third vice president of the New
York Life Insurance Company. said to-
day: "A large number of old policies con-
tain clauses preventing their holders
from going to war, but we nave decided
that all such clauses shall be null and
void. and we have also decided that the
holders of such policies need not apply
to the to have the clause
stricken out
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-18
The Needs of the Cubans

Jackson, Miss, March 14-Secretary OF
State PowertOn has received a letter
from United States Consul Barker at
Sagua La Grande. Cuba enumerating
the needs of the starving Cuban in his
district. In concluding his letter, Con-
sui Barker says: In my humble judg-
ment substantial relief can come to this
people only through peace alone. Stop
the war and stop it instanter; if moi. the
Cuban race will soon be extinct"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-18

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 i've troubles. r.. r.
Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-18

Children and adults tortured by
burns, scalds, injuries, eczema or skin
diseases may secure instant relief by
using DeVitt's Witch Hazel Salve. 1t
is the great Pile remedy. Robt. r.
Bellamy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-17

Her line Is a crimson thread running
through the centuries, line OF deceit and
treachery TO this government and every
otner she could deceive or. rob; In 1873,
when she attempted 10 murder hfty-three
Americans. but ,only succeeded in killing
twelve, Grant-God bless his name and all
honor TO his courage. and manhood his
bravery and his Americanism--was ready
TO intervene. Hamilton Fish said the ma
ton that would permit such an outrage to
go unpublished was not ct to live. Yet six
teen months elapsed and Snen this govern
ment made a compromise that will be a
stain and blot on its escutcheon for a
for the insult to its honor? Why? for the
same reasons that prevail now.
Il love the President Of the United
States. He is a son of Ohio and know IL
left to himself he would exercise his judg-
ment. his honesty and his patriotism, as
perhaps no other man in the country would
him that would require the strength, the
courage and the genius. of a God to sur
mount, he. too. will take the position OF
Grant and Fish, and see humiliation and
ago we surrendered the rights of Congress
by voting to the President an emergency
fund for $5O00R,0OO If war was not upon us
we had no right to make that appropria-
ton, and the President should give back 10
this House the confidence we reposed IN
him. Why does not the administration ex-
plain to this side of the House the emer-
gency. l look across to the other side 10
my honorable colleague (dr. Grosvenor.
grasp MS mana IN every patrlOtlc ACT anu
move he makes, but ] say that ii is COM
monty understood throughout the land and
by the public that he has the ear of the
President and is in his councils, yet no
word comes across the political aisle. We
on this side are ready TO so forward, but
we demand that we ought to have free
speech and an honest understanding of the
sitration; that we may know and ask OF
the President, what of the hour?'
The debate drifted back to the bill, and
Messrs. Sperry (Rep.. Conn.,, Shafroth
(Pop. COLI, Love Dem. Miss), Mcdowell
Dem., o., and Griffith (Rep., Ind, dis
cussed various features.
Mr.. Colson (Rep, Ky.l took occasion to
denounce the election law passed by the
Kentucky Legislature over the veto of Gov.
Bradley.
Mr.. Berry CDem.. Ky.) replied to Mr.. Coli
sons remarks about the new Kentucky
election law. He also announced his un-
qualified approval of the proposition TO an
mex the Hawaiian islands, saying that he
regarded their acquisition as indispensable
for protection of the Pacific seaboard.
At sos the House adjourned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-17

be deprived of his property without due
process of law, a corporation may be. The
managers of railroads do many things which
they should not, but people who have any
capacity to think realize that property of
all kinds in this part of the country would
have little value without them. 1t may be
popular for Governor Pingree to urge the
Legislature Of Michigan to tax the railroads
in that State one-third of their gross assets,
and more than their net assets-and then
it may not. 1t may help Populism in Kan
sas to have an extra session of the Legis-
lature pass maximum rate law like that
Of Nebraska which the Supreme Court has
set aside, but in these days of increasing
prosperity the average citizen will come to
the conclusion that to destroy property in
railroads in Kansas may not be good policy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-17

Last Sunday Rev. Mr.. Lowden, the
preacher who prayed in Squire Craig's
court in Ripley county and who was his
sailles designed to prove that God was on
the side of Hez Hughes, and for that rea-
son he was not bound over as one of the
mob which lynched the prisoners in the
Ripley county Jail. The Methodist Church
was filled. The congregation sang He
Leadeth Me- and the Rev. Lowden an
nounced his text, Offer unto God
thanksgiving, and pay thy vows unto the
Most High; and call upon me in the day of
trouble: will deliver thee" The preacher
declared that God employed human agen-
cies to help Him accomplish His work, and
as the report goes, gave a number of in
stances. He then came to the arrest and
deliverance of Hughes. The preacher said
he prayed in court that God would give
Squire Craig wisdom, and as the result he
released Hughes. He admitted that the
lawyers for the defense helped much, but
the prayer of Lowden was most effective
Here is what the preacher said on this
point:
God showed Squire Craig, in answer to
prayer that Hezekiah Hughes was limo
cent. He showed Squire Craig he held the
destiny of a human being in his hands;
God answered: Squire Craig, if you bind
him over to court, you bind me over to
court. Put him in the Ripley county Jail.
you put me in the Ripley county Jail. What
you do unto me or my children. even so
you do it unto me-" What did it mean
when Squire Craig said the evidence was
not sufficient to convict him? 1t meant
glad hearts a happy home. a wife's en-
braces, childrens kisses and the approba-
ton of almost the population of Ripley
county. 1t meant joy unspeakable to all. 1
felt like saying "All glory to God for the
release of Hezekiah Hughes"
This is a most revolving exhibition of
blasphemy and if Lowden is under the con-
troll of the Methodist Church, as appears
from the fact that he spoke in a Methodist
edifice, the authorities should@lose no time
in bringing him to account.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-17
THE BASIS OF EXPECTATION OF
PEACE

The predictions that there will be no war
are based upon the assumption that Spain
will finally leave Cuba to itself This is ex-
pected to be brought about by negotiation.
1t is claimed that those representing Spain
have already made suggestions to the Pres
ident regarding basis of settlement which
the Sagasta Ministry would not have lis
tened to a few weeks since. Just now Cap
tain General Blanco is attempting to carry
out the scheme of autonomy which the late
Minister De LONE declared in his fatal let
ter to be impossible. The Weylerites are
hostile to it and the insurgents will not ac-
cept it. Even it's supporters in Havana adj
nit its weakness when they complain that
the presence of United States war ships in
the harbor counts against it's success. If
such presence encourages the Cubans to
oppose autonomy, it is evidence that they
would accept it as the least evil connected
with Spanish rule which they would be
rid of.
The growing belief in Washington that
there will be no war is based upon the con-
viction that Spain will finally yield to the
inevitable without war. The forthcoming
reports OF the consuls in Cuba and other
facts tending to show the starving condi-
ton of the people and the inability of the
Spanish government either to suppress the
insurrection or succor the people from
starvation are expected to convince the gov
ernments of Europe that the only remedy is
in the independence of Cuba under some
conditions which may be agreed upon. The
people of Spain are not noted for prudence,
but they cannot be so rash as to defy the
sentiment of the powers even If it is not
supported by an intimation of interference.
Ii is already known that Austria is the only
government in Europe which desires to
protest in behalf of Spain. 1t is also known
that that protest is based upon family con-
siderations. AS for Austria, it has troubles,
and grave ones, of It's own close at hand
1t is not the expectation of those who
base their predictions of peace upon the
hopeless situation of Spain that that gov
eminent win come to the conclusion to at
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-17

Unique Fighter That Fires Gun-Cot-
ton Shells with Accuracy.


New York Herald
In the preparations thus far made by the
Navy Department in anticipation of war
nothing has been said regarding the pecu-
lar value of the cruiser Vesuvius and her
guns, and it does not appear that anything
has been done toward putting these guns in
a state Of readiness Whatever may have
been the opinions of naval officers regard
ing the use cf the Vesuvius and her guns,
and Notwithstanding that they have object
ed to the use of the pneumatic guns in sea
fights owing to their high angle fire. there
has never been any difference of opinion as
to the great value of these weapons in bonn
harding and in countermining.
In the bombardment of Alexandria by the
English fleet years ago it was demonstrated
that the effect of high-powered guns against
forts and Notifications of all kinds was far
less destructive than had been anticipated.
Foreign naval officers who examined the
forts after the bombardment were aston.
ished and it9was said that the forts could
have been put in a defensive condition again
in a very short time, and that the English
fleet would have suffered severely had the
forts and guns been properly manned by ex-
pert gunners.
navy, made a careful examination of the
Alexandria defenses after the lombard
ment, and declared that mortar fire would
have been far more effective in reducing
the forts and in driving out the enemy.
High-powered projectileS travelling in a
fiat trajectory may pass completely over
mine effect is comparatively small, and the
damage is not widespread. But large
charges of high explosives landed inside a
fort would do terrible execution. The guns
of the Vesuvius fire three different
shells. The hundred-pound charge of gun
cotton, equivalent to about four hundred
pounds of powder, be thrown two and
one-half miles; the wo-hundred-pound
charge equivalent to eight hundred pounds
of powder, can be thrown a mile and a half
and the five-hundred- pound charge, equal in
power to two thousand pounds of powder,
can be thrown about a mile.
1t has been repeatedly demonstrated that
the gun is remarkably accurate and effect
i've If the range is known. In a bombard-
ment the range can easily be found. and in
that case these shells could be landed in
side fort with perfect ease. Four out OF
five Of them have in practice, been landed
within a rectangle of fifty feet The effect
of such shells exploding inside fort can
be easily imagined.
In eountermining the gun has equally inn
portant uses. The shells may be thrown
into a harbor and along a ship channel at
different distances, and, being fitted with
delayed action fuse. which allows the she'll
to sink some distance before exploding, the
shock will tend to destroy the enemys
mines and all the electrical connections
used to fire them.
Naval officers have admitted that cham
mel could be opened for fleet in this man
ner at a point defended by mines which
could not be removed or put out of action
in any other manner. The guns OF the
Vesuvius use gun cotton
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-17

Exception Taken by GeneaIOgist to
His Alleged Irish Parentage.

p. w Spangler, in New York Herald.
was considerably amazed as we'll as
amused at the remarkable intelligence
vouchsafed to your Sunday readers by Miss
Martha Craig concerning President McKin-
ley's Irish ancestors and their home. She
vouches for the correctness of the eXtraor-
binary statement that President Mckinley
nishes a description and pictures of the
family homestead.
The great-grandfather of President Nc
Kinley-David McKinley-was born in
Chanceford township, York county, Penn
sylvania, May 16, 1855 DaVid's father and
grandfather were respectively named John
and David Mckinley The latter settled in
said township iii 1743 and was granted war
rants for lands therein in 1745 and 1751.
These facts are shown -incontestably by the
York courthouse records. This pioneer an
cestor probably came from New Castle,
Del, where the Irish and Scotch-Irish i'm
migrants of that period generally disem-
barked. The British army of the revolu-
ton burned these immigration records and
who was the father of the immigrant David
Mckinley, as well as his foreign domicile
the Clan Mckinley genealogist, of Chicago,
with whom l had considerable correspond
ence
David Mckinley, the second, and the
great-grandfather of the President enlisted
from York county in the revolutionary war;
and was a gallant soldier. Among my dis
coveries was the original muster roll of the
longed, and I had the honor of transmitting
it to President Mckinley last fall. A copy
can be found in the "Spangler Annals, with
Historical Sketches" 1901, in Astor and
New York Historical libraries. The widow
Of David Mckinley was pensioned in 1892.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-17
Lee as an Indian Fighter.


After Fitzhugh Lee graduated from West
Point, back in the fifties he was assigned
as lieutenant to the Second Cavalry, of
which his uncle, Robert Il. Lee, was colonel.
His active service commenced at once. The
Indians were much excited by the crossing
by emigrants of their lands and hunting
grounds. Lieutenant Lee distinguished him.
self in every fight with the Comanches. He
had some close calls Once while on a
scouting expedition he dismounteed so that
he could better follow the trail Of an Indian
who had taken 10 the brush. As Lee passed
along the bottom of the raVine, the In
dian, who had concealed himself above the
young lieutenant. leaped upon Lees back.
For a moment the Indian had the decided
advantage of the young officer. He at
tempted to draw his knife, but Lee seized
his right arm and prevented its use. Hold
ing the warrior in this way Il was equally
impossible for Lieutenant Lee 20 draw his
pistol. The Indian, a famous war chief,
was larger and heavier than Lee, who was
getting the worst of the tussle. His GYM
rastic training saved his life. Suddenly re-
leasing the right hand hold, Lee struck the
chief twice in the face, knocking him down.
Lee then settled the matter with Colts
revolver.
In another Indian fight a warrior. dashing
up close to him. shot Lee with an arrow.
1t would have killed him had not the point
turned on rib. AS IL was 1T penetrated
several inches and Lee had to ride about
and command his men with the feather
end of the arrow sticking out OF his breast
It began to be painful, and, lying down,
Lee called q friend and asked hIn SQ dull
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-17

There is not a person of fair intelligence
in Indianapolis who does not know that
there is no call for the thirteen street in
spectors which the mayor has caused to be
appointed. Nearly everybody also knows
that these men have been appointed to look
after the Taggart interests in the pri-
maries near at hand. Mr.. Taggart is not
candidate now, but he desires to control
the machinery two years hence when he
expects to be the Democratic candidate for
Governor. The salaries of the thirteen new
street inspectors are a very small part of
the money which will be paid out of the
city treasury TO promote the political am
bition of the mayor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-17
WORK OF THE SENATE.
Several Bills of Minor Importance
Taken from Calendar and Passed.

several b1llS or Minor importance
Taken from Calendar and Passed.
WASHINGTON, March 16.-Business in
the legislative session of the Senate to-day
was confined to the passage Of a few bills,
quarantine bill was not considered. When
the Senate convened Mr.. Davis, chairman
of the committee on foreign relations, re-
ported a resolution to provide for annexing
the Hawaiian islands to the United States.
The resolution was read by title only and
placed on the calendar.
The amendments made by the House to
the bill granting right of way to the Omaha
& Northern Railroad Company were agreed
to and the bill passed
Mr.. Frye presented the report of the con-
ferees on the bill providing for the licensing
of mates on river and ocean vessels and
it was adopted. The Senate then, at 1910.
on motion of Mr.. Davis, went into executive
session, and fifteen minutes later resumed
business in open session.
Bills were passed as follows: To amend
an act to provide the times and places for
holding terms of the United States Courts
in Idaho and Wyoming; to extend one year
the time for the construction of the Denison
& Northern Railway Company through the
Indian Territory; to provide for submitting
to the Court of Claims for determination the
rights of the Delaware Indians in the Chero-
kee nation, the Mississippi Choctaws in
Chickasaw nation and intermarried persons
in the Choctaw, Chickasaw and Cherokee
nations; and relating to the selecting of the
inspectors of the hulls and boilers of veS-
ate at o'clock, went into executive ses-
sion and at 4:2U %. adjourned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-17

once release its grasp on Cuba. 1t will take
arms in Cuba during the coming rainy and
hot season, in consequence of which the in
surgents may be able to inflict injuries upon
the weakened Spanish army which will con-
vince Spain of the hopelessness of its cause.
The events of a few months will Go more to
bring Spain to a realizing sense of it's folly
in attempting to hold Cuba than any imme-
date war for which we are not fully pre-
pared.
At the present time all the advantages
are with the United States so far as ter
ninating the disturbance in Cuba and the
evils growing out of it are concerned. For
Spain to insist upon occupation is to con-
tinue the starvation Of the residents of the
island; for the Spanish government to in
terfere with the relief projects of the United
States will count against it; for Spain to
do no more than it has been doing in Cuba
for the past two years is to convict it of
a purpose to starve Cuba into submission.
In short, the expectations of peace in
Washington are based upon the belief that
Spain will come to realization of its in
ability to hold Cuba and that Europe has
no sympathy for it in it's indefinite extern
sion of its era of misrule ana cruelty in the
island Perhaps the Spaniard will be able
to see the situation as it is Still, the only
solution of the problem is in Spain quitting
Cuba for good.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-17

Admiral Kirkland, the ranking rear adj
miral of the United States navy, thinks the
government should put less money into huge
battle ships and more into monitors and tor
pedoes. 1--WE could get two monitors" he
says, ''for what one great battle ship would
cost, and we could be in two places at once
and be twice as effective as with one battle
ship" AS for torpedo boats, the admiral
says: II would not have two or three dozen,
but two hundred" There is much wisdom
in, these views. The submarine torpedo is
the coming weapon of destruction, and it
may be that in the next naval war the ma
ton with the most torpedo boats will win
rather than the one with the biggest battle
ships.