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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06
THE SECRETARY'S WAR NOTE.

Some newspapers and some people, are
e~ndeayoriuc to force me out of the Cab
met: they cannot do it. They are en-
deayoring to besmirch my reputation
thcv cannot do it. If the opportunity
arises. | will fight back. If attacks ale
made upon me by the press, OF which
the law can take notice, | Will send my
acclsers TO Jail. | have already made
inquiries as to the possibility Of punish
ing some Of my traducers in New York,
and if | can bring them to justice
will do so.-Secretary Alger.
Let the 10000 900 Of his fellow coun-
trymen who have had the temerity not to
admire the compOsure of the belllcosc
Secretary, while fever and starvation
were working havoc in pestilential camps.
tremble in their t~ingling boots. The
Secretary's reputation is to be defended
by an army of veteran bailiffs.
The marvel is what the press can
have said about the Secretary ,hat Il
competent court of justice would con
strue as Il traduction. He has been
charged with incompetency, to be sure.
but only after the evidences of 1T were
overwhelming. He has not been accused
of violating contracts. An ungratefnl
press has contented itself with showing
that he allowed others to do that with
impunity. Nobody has said that he
watered the 1900 gallons of milk he or
dered for the sick at Montauk and peck
eted the difference. No milkman who
valued his rights would have permittet.
such an invasion of them. The Secretl-
ry did not make haste to throw himself
into the open arms of an Investigator,
but only the Wiley suspicious would dare
hint that he feared the outcome. If
says the Secretary deprecatingly, Il have
not lone my duty as we'll as any one
else would, | am sorry that | filled the
office of Secretary of War" There are
plenty of others who share the sorrow of
the Secretary. Even in the armies there
are Il number who are not silent part
ners in this sentiment. There VIII be
an investigation, most probably, or. to
be more accurate. Il embarrassing cola
mission, ana the Secretary will be duly
coated. But there are some cold. ugly
facts to which whitewash will not ad-
here. They are the real traducers of the
doughty Secretary. Meantime, for once,
Joseph Pulitzer can strike an attitude
and bid truth and the bailitfs come on.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06

no more thar men, yield advantages,
real or supposed, To competitors.
The European system Is founded
primarily upon selhShnesS-a sentiment
that IS. unfortunately, Yet quite strong
in the human breast, and nowhere
stronger than in the breasts of imperial
maicsties. Militarism is essentially Vi
cious but, like most other vices. IS eX-
ceedingly hard to uproot. Even from IN"
outside it is sufficiently attractive for
rs to deliberately adopt it-when the
same necessity does not exist here as III
Europe.
Whatever Germany, France and Rus
STA might do. it is a tolerably safe pro-
phccy that England will accede to II"
policy that involves the dlsmantIlng 81
Il single battleship. As great as IS the
burden Of maintaining her navy her
pride in it is greater. The ministry that
should propose to itself TO relegate hef
navy to the scrap heap would speedily
find its way thither instead. And while
England maintains her navy there will
be no disarming.
As wise and pretty and humane as Is
Russians proposal to be good, it does net
appear that, just yet. the pruning hook
market has any reason to anticipate a
glut,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06
MOO

ne readers Of this paper will be plea
" 70 learn that there is ut least or.
dreaded disease that science has br.u
""ic 10 cure IN all its stages. and tlar
Is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cnre is ta.
Only positive cure known to the med.r.|
fraternity. Catarrh being u cou,titu
'lohai disease, requires a constitutions
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
Internally, acting Directly upon the fIooj
""u mucous surfaces Of the SYSTEM.
,nereb! destroying the foundation Of tIr
disease. and giving the patient strength
by hullding up the constitution and as
HlH'iiS nature IN doing its work. The pro
PlHiorS nave so much faith in its GU
'''Ne powers. that they offer One Hun
ie' Doiiirs for any case that ii fails
- cure. Send for list Of testimonials.
Address f. j. CHENEY & 60.
Toledo. ONO.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06
!. Il. HURLEY.
T.. \. BISHOP.
DRIED PEACOCK

This completed the work of the meet
ing. al except passing 4 resolution u.
print 10000 copies of the proceedings.
including DIR. Kilgo's speech, and r\.
tending to any newspaper the prlVncl,
of examining the record and printing d.
in case it should see fit SO To do.
There was also. incidentally, some rr
marks maUo concerning the pfopo-r,
Rraxton Craven Memorial Hall, upu.
which work will begin at an early day.
1t was announced that contractor : hri-
for the work will be opened in Chariot,
Saturday at noon.
Exactly at l. o'clock the board ad
jonrned. and another chapter in the his
tory of the Methodist church III Mort.
Carolina had been written.
FRED a. MERRITT.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06
WILL EUROPC A ?

Count Muravieff, Russian foreign min
lister, has by order of the Gar, address
ed Il note to the powers asking that Il
conference be called to agree upon some
basis for dispensing with the vast arma-
ments they now maintain. Count Muir
avieff sets forth the failure of the doe
trine that instant readiness for war is the
surest guarantee of peace and indicts the
system rs follows:
1T is the better to guarantee peace
that they have developed in proportions
hitherto unprecedented their military
forces, and still continue to increase
them, without shrinking from any sacri-
flee.
Nevertheless all these efforts have not
yet been able to bring about the beneti-
cent result Observation-Disclosures.
The financial charges following the
upward march strike at the very root Of
public prosperity. The intellectual and
physical strength of the nations, labor
and capital. are mostly diverted from
their natural application. and are unpro-
ductively consumed. Hundreds of mil
lions are devoted to acquiring terrible
engines Of destruction, which. though to-
day regarded rs the last work of science.
are destined tomorrow to lose all their
value in consequence of some fresh dis
covery in the same field. National cui-
ture, economic progress. and the produc-
ton of wealth are either paralyzed or
checked III development. Moreover, in
proportion rs the ornaments of each
power increase, they less and less fulfill
the object the government have set be
fore Themselves
Coming from Russia, which has of latr
been regarded as the most aggressive of
all European powers despite the rather
melodramatic belligerency of Emperor
William, this proposition is likely to lead
to much talk in diplomatic circles.
Pretty as the proposition to disarm
may appear upon paper and in the gar
ulous arena of peace congresses. it is not
likely to get beyond the discussion stage.
European diplomats are entirely too
well acquainted with one another's little
weaknesses. Five hundred years of
training III the art of believing nothing
that is put forward as a motive will not
yield TO implicit belief in a moment. Rus
sia may be perfectly sincere in her
movement to secure freedom for Europo
from the incubus of standing armies. but
there is not a court in Europe that will
believe it.
Nor has she chosen an opportune mo-
ment for her proposal. Europe has come
to look upon all weaker peoples as leEi
timate prey and there will not be any
voluntary trimming of claws or drawing
of fanes until the final division of the
booty. Each nation secretly believe
that if it comes to the test of tooth an,
mil # will get the better Of it. Nations
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06
GRAB FOR MILLIONS.


Washington, Sept. IA wide invest
cation of suspicious bids under the la~c
call for subscriptions to Government
bonds has been completed by Solicitor
O'Connell, of the Treasury Department.
and today he submitted to SECRETARY
Gage the mass of testimony on the tram
actions. Several thousand subscriber
were examined. The facts DEVELOPED
show Il systematic scheme operated by
single parties to secure a lar4r
amount of the bonds. The ia
v~eStigation was the outcome of con.
plants alleging wrongful dealing on TIM
part of many bidders. Secretary Gag
promptly instituted the Investigate
and solicitor O'Connell today after sub
hitting his report held ii conference for
two hours with the SECRETARY on the DC
velopments. The report indicates that
millions Of dollars in bonds were acuuic.
Ell by irregular means and that Il numhrr
o1 New 1Ork bidders are involved i'm the
cases.
Many of the bidders, it is stated. wcr.
hired to sign and the system was carried
50 TAR, the report goes to show. that
virtual agents were employed who were
pald so much per subscriber, the last
named merely signing his name and civ
ing the bid with his signature 10 tn,
agent or directly to the party secEiu-
control OF 4 large amount Of bids. The
report ami the exact facts are withheld
from publication at this time for prudeu
tai reasons but Solicitor O'CouurII said
today there is Il large amount of fr.,u.I
ulent bids"
II Is stated a further Investigation IS
70 De made and that the facts developed
VIII be followed in action by the Seer.
tary.
secretary Gage said tonight the imyc~
iiGatlon showed that Il large amount uE
the bids offered were not bona fde lu.
mat III none of the cases involved in the
investigation had the bonds been issued
70 the bidders. He said he had no doubt.
however, that in some instances as yuJ
undiscovered the bonds bid for in a sim
mar way unknowingly to the Departmrnt
had been issued.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06
Your committee to whom

Your committee to whom
referred Judge Clark'> ID
challenge to- the jury ..'
respectfully report that
have carefully examined The
and find it Ia be adrpitly drawn
to thwart and stop further .r..
ton. or for publication IN tla
pers for the purpose Of MAKING
capital. Judge Clark 50 drafted f
per aS To include nearly every ,r.
80 that none would To- loft t..
Jurors. At the July meet.a-
Judge Clark 50 earnestly her..
further time to prepare his r..H
did he not know that the trustee.
net rs Jurors? He says he knew
were all against him. Who A
Clark feelingly announced that -
trustees would give hin thirty ,L...
would have the evidence. ANA !. tia.
tlemen who gave him the Informal.
fused 10 testify he would SAY che. ...
lied to him. and would Within. .
charges against Dr. kilGu." I.
failed TO get his evidence, the I..
fuSine To testify. except i'm ~ f..
stances. as he says, the evidence Iru
in is diminished in quantity.
Judge Clark. instead of withdraw. -
his charges. challenges the jury ..
he knew they We're the only ones ~. s.
y~estirate. Besides Judge CIark~ -r...
ment has too many inaccuracies.
ReyS. +. 4. Bishop and +. \. lives
and MeSsrs. bred Peacock and N
montgomery deny emphatically thar t|..
aided and advised Or. kilgo at ILr
vrstigation on July 18th. Rev. y. VI
.Jnrney denies chat he is corrpyr.y
ported. As 10 what Mr.. BrauSon said ,..
facts are that. he said that he thu.-.-
it was cowardly in Judge Clark lo |.
lish charges against Or. kilgo. and nH..
asked for his evidence To say he N..
none that was legal. But he was prua..
" rebuked by the chair arl Nar..-
members expressed IN uninistable terms
their Misrepresentation. Your board u
spcctfully resentS the charge Of iudrgu..
conduct unon the part of said huaut
Rev. Mr.. Tyer denies the charge lua..
against him. and the statement wal r.t
heard by any one except Judge t.aI..
as far rs your committee can ascertain.
There are various other errors. Ju5-.
C!ark'S SOnorouS sentences rs t0 irU~.
and Benefactors parlor. Duke huiIdlu-.
douhly labeled. would be more ctfectlE.
il he had not voted TO thank Mr.. DuU.
for the donation which paid for thrm
The trustees have rs much love for fair
trials and impartial iuries as lul-.
Clark. and reverence the IN Of lht
Tortured Martyrs rs much rs he does
The trustees have treated Jude
Clark fairly. and hope he will not D.,
tortured as Il martyr.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06
SILL DOING BUSINESS.

For Il good long while now the smck
our good friend Dom Paul Kruger. OF the
Transvaal. The following vagrant bit Of
gossip, however, show that honest
Dom Paul. has not transferred the seat
Of his transactions:
"There is Il British diplomatic office go
ing begging, and for which the English
government finds it difficult to secure a
satisfactory candidate. 1t is that of En-
voy to the Transvaal government. Mr..
Conyngham and Lady Lily Greene, who
have been stationed there until four
months ago, absolutely decline to return.
They describe the climate of the place as
abominable owing to the heat and damp
ness of the lOW-lying town. There is no
society whatever in the place. the guns of
the DeaSpOrt fort are trained on the Brit
iSh Legation, and the latter is surround
ed by spies from morning till night, keep
ing watch of what goes on at the mis-
sion, and especially of the people who
visit it. Finally the letters addressed to
the mission have been tempered with TO
such an extent by the T%ransvaal authori-
ties that it has become necessary to send
al dispatches and important documents
by messenger.
From which it appears that life in the
realm of Dom Paul is not one long. sweet
dream with electric fan trimmings, even
for the diplomat. This fact becomes all
the more prominent when it is recalled
that the popularity of the diplomatic
service in England is only comparable to
that of the pOstoffice service in our own
home of the brave, and yet nobody will
90 to the Transvaal.
This latest instance of the trough MAI
ners' Of the Transvaal President should
be reaSSuring to those who are fond Of
national gayety. Cecil Rhodes has Deer
chosen again as the head of the English
South African Confederacy. Mr.. nodes
views are we'll known. He has set ms
heart on having the Transvaal and has Il
reputation for gratifying his whims. VIII
he undertake Il second time to improve
Dom paul'S manners?
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06
>. y. IIVIN MS,
Sect. \. c. State Road Ieapun

With all Il respect to that dear old
lady. Queen Victoria seems to have
reached Il point wher she secs affairs
through the eyes of the president of =
ladies benevolent society. instead Of the
eyes of a Queen of England.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06

Nj. de Blowitz tells the London Times
and the press agencies Ill about thu in
side of the Dreyfus case. The only trou.
bic with NJ. de BloWitz Is tina he ha.
been trying for some years to make good
the promise of his name.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06

The little nations of Central America
are preparing to form the "UniteI
States of Central America" Which
means that the crop of tempests in Il
neck of the woods hereafter.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06

Mr.. DubignOn says the express com
panies do Il peculiar business There
are others beside the attorney who have
noted this characteristic.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06

The Omaha exposition would appre-
ciate it if certain other centers of popu
vice.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06

The government is putting auxiliary
cruisers out of commission and the news
papers are dry-docking display type.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06

General Weyler once more calls in 4
step-ladder to get within range of the
public eye.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06

France has served notice on Russia
that before there is any spiking of
blunderbusSes, she would like that
promised aid in spanking Germany.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06

The attention Of Secretary Alger is
respectfully solicited to the fact thai
ed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06

With each succeeding night the resi-
of Raleigh are coming to appre-
ciate more fully the joys and odors Of
the tallow candle Of our grandmothers.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06

General Wheeler in coming to the res
cue of Secretary Alger shows that he
appreciates the situation Of a man up !:
tree.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06

The Egyptian Dervishes seem to have
as little fondncss for staying routed as
Spanish forts had for remaining in the
air when blown I'D.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06

The express companies have decided t.
pay the war stamp tax. This may b.
taken rs a straight tip that the tex vii
be revoked this fall.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06

The manufacture of genuine imported
Havana cigars from American leaf will
be resumed with renewed vigor and
confidence.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06

rs no resolutions could be passed by
Il jury. me Jurors now resolved them
serves INTO Il board of trustees and re-
manned IN session for an hour and u
naiI' ~idJourning just exactly at IL
o'clock.
While IN session as trustees the hoard
passed the following:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-15

grail. cea! to : sudden terTniration Mon
day is practically transferred to Ar
mour & Co. the plan ras formed by
the banks which have loaned money TO
Letter on his grain. Armour & Co. are
to take up the deal where Letter
dropped it, and by acting as agents for
the pool banks carry out Letters plans
for merchandising mis- grain. Armour
does not assume the ownership 90 the
grain in any sense. bus viii simply place
the machinery Of his business at the
disposal OF the banks Interested. and ii
is believed that ell Cl-ins VIII he
liquidated, after which equity will be
established between Letter and Armour.
The deals Importance has dwildled
considerably. owing to the facts tina.
Letters ca=h holdings are now stated
to have been only Z trifle over : G93.C1o
bushels. Letters holdings in July and
September futures have. i is under
stood. been UguiGatad Tais line
amounted ~ considerably over i0.OJ0.-
600 bushels. No rel'ohe cs iE-ates can
be placed upon Joseuh Letters losses
It is not generally thouch.. however,
that they viii exeeed 81 COOS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-15
PRICE THREE CENTS.
FACTS ARE STUBBORN.
II Rock Island People Are Not Convinced
Local Testimony They DiEcr From
other People.

Our readers must have noticed i'm
the past few wears how "cures" have
multiplied in the newspapers like
In meadow. aud follow
ing the plathora of cures" the gen
eral public have turned remarkably
skeptical. Facts are demanded. but
il has also beceme essential To know
who supplies them. where they are
from. in fine. whom they have cured.
Doubling Thomas will not accept nj
par incredible cures on the other side
of the continent. He wants it AT
home. Give Us some ncighhor. then
| will believe. " is what he asks for.
Well Doan's Kidney Pills do this.
Call il what Won like. at home. local.
or neighbors' testimony. You can al
ways ascertain the truth of it without
leaving the city limits. Here is a
case:
Mrs. Philip Weber, of 2722 seventh
avenue. saws: My kidneys have
been weak for years. In 1895 | was
treated by physician. who benefited
me for time. but il was not lasting.
| suffered continuously from pains in
my back and there was no cessation
to it. ANY cNertion always increased
the pain. and there were also other
symptoms of kidney disorder which
were ANNOYING. When | took the
least cold ii always settled in my
back and then | did suffer. saw
Doan's Kidney Pills advertised and
so highly recommended that | went
to Marshall Il Fishers drug store and
rot box. ! must say they were
very prompt in relieving me. felt
much better in every way after using
one box and | discontinued the treat
ment. ] know Doan's Kidney Pill,
eradicate the cause of kidney com
plant entirely and | never fail 1,
praise them among my friends
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by al
dealers. Price 30 cents. Mailed by
Fostcr-Milburn Co., Buffalo. \. L..
sole agents for the United States
Remember the name. Doan's. ant
take no substitute. For sale 10y Mar
shall IL Fisher.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-15
1T HAS GOTTEN AWAY. SURE.
But the Officials Do No. Wart To Be
Nailed to Exact Time.

washington, June l5.-Without refer
ence to the exact hour at which the
United States army left Florida for
Cuba il may be safely said that before
the end of the week General Shafter
viii have landed with his IL .0c0 United
States troops on Cuban soil, and that
the investment of santiago by land VIII
have begun. There was some con-
fusion iE tbs official mind here yester-
day on the time OF departure of the
transports. thous h assurance was given
that thsy had all gotten away The
confusion on this point is easily ac-
counted 7or by persons Who know any
thing ct tie difficulties of moving
simultaneously numerous fleet com
posed of vessels OF AL sizes and classes
No less than three times. hegirriac
Sunday. was 4 definite hoUr selected &.
the start and the war department 81
notified.
General Merritt has brought the sec.
ond installmert of his force into read.
iness and II sails for Manila today 1t i:
believed that the advance guard. tn,
three transports. which followed th'
Charleston to Honolulu. met the cruise
there and sailed in her company for tn
Philippines about the Eth of this month
In this case II is reasonable to expec
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-15
FIFTEEN sPANIARDS KILLED,
Result of tie Capture of "a Small Stone
Fort-Cuban BIunder.


The fight was the first of the war in
which the Cubans co-operated with the
American forces, and their co-operat alton
was not a glittering success. Al one time
during the afternoon. when the marines
were firing on a small detachment of
Spaniards that made their appearance
short distance from the camp. the
Cubars began firing without orders and
sent a vol.ey right among the Ameri-
cans. There were several narrow es-
capes, btt no enc was injured. Lieu
tenant Neville was sent out on scout
duty and attacked small stone fort.
a hot fight followed and the Spaniards
were driven off with loss. 1t was during
this fight that Wallace and Tauman
fell over the cliff. Fifteen dead Span
iards. including one lieutenant, were
found in the fort
During the attack several shots struck
the ships in the harbor. The night at
tack was a picturesque and striking
| spectacle-the crack of the Mausers,
| tongues Ct fire from every bush encir-
| cling the camp: the twitter of the long
steel bullets overhead. while the ma
| chine guns down or the water were rip
ping open the bushes. and the crash OF
the field guns. could he heard as they
were driving in canister where the fire
OF the Spaniards was the thickest. Their
there was the sCreech of the Marble
heads shells as she took n hand in the
fight. and the sharp. quick flashing o.
| the Colt rapi6-firing one-pounGer gun:
from the effectively placed launches.