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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-05-13

The human machine starts but once
and stops Nut once. You can keep it
going longest and most regularly by
using DeWitt's Lite early Risers, the
famous little pills for constipation n
all stomach and liver troubles. For
sale by r. Il. Bellamy.
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S. M. Geary, Pierson, Mich, writes:
-"DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is cur
ing more piles here today than all other
remedies combined. 1t cures eczema
and all other skin Diseases" For. sale
by r. r. Bellamy.
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Fayetteville Observer: We regret to see
that Colonel Luther, democratic candi-
date for mayor Of Ashevflle, has failed
Of election. We infer that his splendid
Bryan democrat was knitted by the Nc
Kinley faction.
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Purifier

at this critical perlod-one which will purify and
build up the system at the same time. For this pur-
pose nothing can compare with Swifts Specific
Is. S. S.. A few bottles just now will thoroughly
cleanse the blood and renovate and strengthen the
system, improve the appetite, and impart new life
and vigor to the entire body. 1t is the best system
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Another Spanish Fleet

Lisbon, May 9.-The newspapers of
his city say that a Spanish fleet con-
sisting of nine vessels passed Cape Es-
pichel, twenty-one miles south by west
of this port at about 1:30 u. m. O'Clock
yesterday. The fleet was steering a
Southerly course.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-05-13

nergy and depressed, listless feel
ing which takes possession of the
system every spring and summer
is caused by an impure condi-
ton of the blood. The accumu-
lated impurities of a year combat
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builder because it is the best blood r~emedy-the
only one, in fact, which is purely vegetable, and
guaranteed to contain not a particle of arsenic, mer-
curry, potash, or chemical of any kind. S. S. S. is
far ahead Of other blood remedies, for it does SO
much more. It promptly reaches and cures deep
seated, obstinate blood diseases, which other rene
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$. s. S, and do not be imposed
upon by accepting an inferior ar.
ticle without merit or reputation
A larger profit to an unscrupu-
lous dealer will induce him to offer
you a substitute composed of harm
full drugs and chemicals. S. S. S.
is natures remedy, being made from
roots and herbs
- =, + f.1- IL
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STATE VOLUNTEERS.
The War Department Gives Out the LOCAL.
ties to Which They Will Be Sent.
DIVIDED INTO THREE CLASSES.

One North Carolina Regiment to be Sent to Chickamauga--Governor
Have No Control Over Destination of Troops--No News From
SIMPSONS Fleet and None Expected in Several Days.
Dewey's Order TO Advance o n Manila.-Active
Campaign to be Waged in the Philippines.
The War Revenue Pension Bill.
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the energies relax, and an unspeak-
able languor pervades the wornout
body. > Every one knows the inn
portance of thoroughly cleansing
the blood and purifying the system
and thus avoiding the deadly ty-
phoid fever and other dangerous
diseases which crowd the path of
summer. But it is equally impor-
tant that the right remedy be taken
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natures stOre-hOuse. It is not a
drug-shop preparation, and no
tinkering drug-clerk can initiate
it by mixing a few chemicals
from his stock. Remember that
there is no substitute for S. S.
blood remedy. It is truly tn,
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SYSTEM
BUILDER

natures effort to throw them OH, a struggle
to which the system is unequal, unless
properly assisted. Boils and pimples and
an incessant WEAKNESS tell the story. The
appetite fails just when a good one is needed,
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dies have no effect whatever pom. 1t mat
tiers not what other treatment has failed,
S. S.. S. cures Catarrh, Eczema, Scrofula,
Rheumatism, Cancer, and Contagious Blood.
Poison, even in their worst stages. Insist on
The Advocate and news., 1898-12-07

York Evening Post 1t bears a Topeka
date line Of November 22 and purDorts
to show the lessons Of the recent cleo
tlon. Starting with the assumption that
there was no stay-at-home vote, MIR.
Harger tries to prove that the POpullst
farmers, thousands of Democrats and
the silver Republicans eagerly flocked to
the polls to vote the straight Republican
ticket Evidently having learned moth
ing Of the war, he says that the campaign
was fought solely as continuance OF
that Of 1896, and that it is the end of
the free silver heresy" Education on
finance and the turning over of Peoples
party management to INSCRIPTIONS town
buns, he says, made a Republican vic
tory possible. Mckinley is neglected and
forgotten. He insinuates that Governor
Leedy never saw farm, and charges
other leading Populists with being fix
ers" and rogues. II Mr.. Harger is to
be believed, the recent election was a
change from hell to heaven in this State,
one which differs from the real place,
however, in that he suggests that it will
do anything for the capitalist.
But In one Of his closing sentences
Mr.. Harger unmasks his dubiousness.
He does not know how soon the spectre,
POpulism, may stare him in the face
again, although he has had 1t killed ev-
cry year since 1t was born. "As the
seems" says Mr.. Harger, as it
seems to be based on a solid foundation,
and to be governed by right principles,
there is a prospect of its lasting for
many years." All unconsciOusly he be-
trays himself. With all his knowledge
he can only give indirect and uncertain
assurance by summing up that the pros
perity so widely heralded only seems
to be here, and that there is only a pros
pect Of its lasting-and only for many
years." not permanently There is no
certainty about the competitive system
which Mr.. Harger uphOlds, and when it
does trOt out its One-sided prosperity"
the article is uncertain and elusive.
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1t is becoming daily more serious ques-
tiOn as 10 whether the government can
control the corporations or the corpora
tons shall control the government. A
national roadway Of this kind would,
exercise a wonderful influence in solving
this great question. 1t would be the
peoples thOroughfare and would tend TO
neUtralize the strife and greed among
transportation companies which now so
often disrupt business and preclpitate
feuds and strikes. Reasonable and
equitable rates for transportation and
stability therein are what the business
and productive interests of this country
most desire. The railroads and trans
portation companies desire this same
stability. 1t is far better for them to
have stable and equitable rates than to
be cutting rates and wages and fighting
strikes. This national railroad would act
as balance wheel for the business Of
the entire country. II would insure
equitable rates for producers and ship
pers and stability in rates for transporta-
tion companies. Its construction and
maintenance would furnish employment
for many men at reasonable wages, and
employment for the unemployed people
is not only the duty but the greatest safe
guard for every nation.
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DIR. JEKYLL AND MIR. MARGER,

Charles Moreau Harger Of Abilene, is
a Kansan with an internal conflict which
is rather painful. He possesses the abil-
ity to write we'll, and almost brilliantly,
as Kansans are considered. He has, fur
ther, a talent for Misrepresentation
strong enough to make him a leading
Republican. Unfortunately, he COM
blnes these in the manufacture Of articles
for Eastern papers, thereby increasing
his bank account and his standing as a
Republican. but doing the State no good.
Now for the Mr.. Harger who writes for
Harper's Magazine, athe Chicago Times
Herald, New York Post and other publi-
cations we must confess considerable
admiration, just as we are proud Of the
genius Of Will White. But as to the low
down Mr.. Harger who lies about his fell
low citizens and drags the good name
Of his State In the mire simply to give
himself more political prominence and
to line his pocketbOOk, we can only wish
that he would move to Missouri or get a
position on the Board OF Charities. He
belongs to class from which the State
has suffered severely and OF whom 1t
would well be rid Of,
An example Of this Mr.. Harger's stuff
Is found In a recent issue Of the New
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best Of everything is none too good for
the Kansas farmers Prohting from the
past experiences Of others they will avoid
all reckless speculations and will devote
their energies to purely agricultural pur-
suits. Their industry and the produc-
tive quality Of the soil will soon estab-
lish Kansas agriculturally what it al
ready is in a moral and educational
sense, as one of the first and foremost
States in the great American Union.
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A NATIONAL RAILROAp.

Some people Of his own party are in
clined to ridicule and make light Of the
suggestion of General Longstreet, the
United States COMMISSIONER Of Railways,
that national double-track railroad
should be built from Kansas City or st..
Louis on an air line route to the Pacific
coast at San Diego. But General Long
street is no novice He is a man Of ma
ture years and large experience in ma
tiOnal affairs, and especially in prob
lens of transportation. He also has the
fearlessness 10 recommend what he be-
lieves to be the best for the general good
of the country and the people at large.
The route suggested by the commits
slOher is the most feasible one that
could be adopted, only the recommenda-
tion does not go far enough. The national
road should start at New York and be
constructed on as nearly an air line as
possible to San Diego. It would thus
strike about Harrisburgh, Pa, Cincin-
natl, o., and st. Louis, Mo. 1t would
miss the mountain ranges and deep win
ter SHOWS, could be easily constructed
and easily operated the year round.
Branch lines with double track could
be also constructed to commercial CEN
ters like Philadelphia, Chicago and Kan
sas- City.
The advantages of such road would
be very great to the nation and the peo-
pie at large, The government could op-
crate it and also furnish tracksge for
trains Of other roads or to shippers who
might wish to run their own trains. 1t
would not only be a great bond Of union
between the East and the West but 1t
would also stand as an equalizer and
check upon e&orbltant charges by all
transportation companies and corpora
tions. Precedent Is not wanting for ma
tional improvements of this kind. The
great Cumberland road or national pike
was built by the government from Mary
land to Illinois In the years from 1906
to 1910. 1t cost the general government
many millions of dollars, but It opened
the way and led to the rapid settlement
and development of the great Mississippi
valley and, in fact, the entire West, and
directly and indirectly repaid the gov
ernment many thousand times It's orig
inal cost.
Transportation is now the engrossing
problem for the people of this country.
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rHE WAX sAvEp THEM.

Since the election the strained breath
ing of Republican politicians has stopped
somewhat. They felt just about as anx-
iOus as they did in 1896, and there were
very few among them who did not think
that the war was the only thing that
could carry them through. Relief from
the terrible anxiety has surprised some
Of them into exposing their real feelings,
and they have shown that even the as
sistanCe of the war did not give them the
most hopeful prospect.
Perhaps no one is better qualified to
tell the truth than Congressman Bab-
cock, Of Wisconsin. A prominent politl-
clan Of his State, elected to the Fifty
third, Fifty-fourth and FiRty-ffth Con-
crosses, and now chairman Of the Re-
publican Congressional committee, he
ought TO know whereof he speaks when
he mentions Republican affairs. Mr..
BabcOck's testimony Is of record
Before the breaking out Of hostilitles
In the Spanish war, the conditions which
always defeat the party in power in an
of year prevailed to an unusual degree,
he says in the December Forum. "Sev-
eral hundred thousand disappointments
over the distribution Of patronage; hos
tility Of the masses to civil service re-
form, which President Mckinley had
permitted to stand in its literal fullness;
the general desire of the people to rest
from campaign excitement after the
heated contest Of 1896; the prevalent, but
shallow, argument that there could be
no pressing necessity for sound money
congress soslOng as Mr. Mckinley Occu-
pied the White house to veto any de-
structlve legislation that might be at
tempted; the complete absorption Of
commercial and industrial managers in
the enlarge transactions Of returning
prosperity, and the satisfaction Of the
laboring classes with the renewal of
work and wages which the last election
had brought to them, combined to render
the prospect Of Republican defeat GER
tain, If not overwhelming.
With the usual acumen Of the politi-
clan Mr.. Babcock would lay defeat to the
selflshness Of men. The politician is the
most selfish Of animals, and he can see
no good in any one who opposes him.
While Mr.. Babcock's intelligence COM
PEELED him to see defeat for the Repub-
llCan party-the victory was the wars,
not the party's--it is certainly not very
gracious of him to insult the masses"
and the "laboring classes" But in 1900
he will have no war to help him out, and
the despised people will give him shock
that will require NO explanation.
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THIS WEEKS MARKETS
Chicago Grain and Produce.

CnlcdSO, DeC. D.
WHEAT-Wheat opened very quiet
and easier, May 1b@Ac under Satur-
days closing price at 66@661sc. Liver
pool showed declines ranging from 1sd
to sd and northwestern receipts were
large, Minneapolis and Duluth reporting
1,647 cars, compared with 1888 cars last
week and 1875 cars year ago. Chicago
receipts were III cars. Worlds ship
ments were expected to be close to TO-
000,0 900 bushels. New York reported an
increase on passage of nearly 100000
bushels. Black sea shipments were large.
The trade was very slow from the start
and price fluctuations were narrow and
infreQuent. There was some buying
against puts" but the general inClina-
ton Of traders was to sell. May declined
to 65Bc and reacted to 66c.
CORN-Corn was weak and lower The
weather was perfect for the movement
and receipts were larger, 476 cars. 4
Cables were lower. Local longs were
sellers. May opened a shade lower at
341s@%c, declined to S4bc and reacted
to 34Ac.
OATS-Oats followed corn. Receipts
were large, ,564 cars. May opened bc
lower at 262sc, declined to 26Ac and re-
acted to 26A@9sc.
PROVISIONS Provisions were quiet
but firm, fair support from local trad
ers. Hog receipts were much less than ex-
pected. May pork opened 1Oc higher at
$3.50, sold at $9.521s and reacted to $9.45.
May lard opened TIC higher at S5.32h
and reacted to $3.50. May ribs opened
sc higher at $4.SO@482A and reacted to
$3.50. May ribs opened sc higher at
$4.8O04.821S and reacted to $477z@4.8O.
BARLEY-Cash, 41@54c.
Rye-Cash, 53c; December, 52%c;
May, 51Sc.
TIMOTHY December, S2.25; March,
$2.S5.
kansas city live stock market
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, Dec. 5.
HOGS-Receipts 10000; left over.
LAO. Market active, 5@10c higher.
Light, $3.25@34715; mixed, $S.SO@S.S2k;
heavy, SS25@3.55; rough, $3.25@335;
yorkers, $S.4O@S.45.
CATTLE-Receipts, 1900. Best firm,
Others steady. Beeves, $496; cows and
helfers, $2@4.75; Texas steers, $3.50
4.25; stockers and feeders, $2.S0944O
SHEEP Receipts, $4,000. Best steady,
others weak to 1Oc lower Native sheep,
S2.5O@4.45; westerns, $2.9O@4.35; lambs,
$S.75@55O.
Official Saturday:
HOGS-Receipts, 2S,99O; shipments,
S24.
CATTLE Receipts, GAS; shipments,
S39.
Receipts, 1886; shipments,
|, ,659.
Estimated receipts of hogs for to-mOr-
row, $4,000.
kansas city produce market
Kansas City Grain and Produce.
Kansas City, Dee. s.
WHEAT Steady, 2hc lower. No.
hard, SIC; No 2, S14kG6Sc; No. 8, $50
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NsAs PRODUCERS.

KANSAS PRODUCERS.
When the farmers of a State are pros
porous the whole State Is prosperous,
and when the farmers Of a nation are
prosperous the entire nation is prosper
GUS. Farming, which includes raising
stock, vegetables and fruit, as well as
grain and hay, is the very bedrock Of
prosperity in this great agricultural
country. Farmers are the producers who
add to the wealth of the country. Other
vocations live of from what the farmers
produce. Their productions are han
died and manipulated In various ways
after they leave the farmers hands, thus
furnishing employment and sources OF
profit to vast numbers Of people who are
not farmers. The railroads, the commits
sion men, the elevators, the mills, and
many other vocatlons depend very largely
upon the farmers products for their bus
mess and income. Men generally shun
barren country, but they thickly populate
country which is thick in agricultural
resources.
Kansas producers are greatly favored
in the quantity, variety and quality of
their agricultural productions, The wheat
raised this year exceeds 6O,0O0,0OO OF
bushels, the corn crop in round numbers
Is 130, ,OO0, 900 and the oats crop 25,000,OOO
bushels. The home value Of these three
crops, that is, the selling value at the
farmers home market, is $6S,0O0,O 900,
which is a decided increase over the
home value Of the same crops in 1897.
But large quantities Of these crops win
be fed to stock by the farmers themselves
and they will thus realize from them
more than their home market value, so
that these three crops this year will be
worth to the farmers Of Kansas seventy
Ave or eighty millions Of dollars.
The hay crop is another important
factor in the prosperity OF Kansas farm
ers. 1t Is large crop, brings good prices
and is produced and marketed at much
less expense than the crops OF grain.
With timothy, clover, alfalfa and upland
prairie in the east and alfalfa and mlllet
In the west, it furnishes a source Of
profit for feeding and market which is
greater than any other single crop that
Is grown.
The live stock production in this State
for 1895 exceed those Of 1897 by 100000
600. And the net increase in the value
Of the agricultural productions, includ-
ing 1--we stock, over the year 1897 is more
Than SS5, 100000, and the net increase for
the Last two years has been more than
N75,0O0OOO. This shows a great increase
in wealth and prosperity and that the
Kansas farmers in the aggregate, are
rapidly becoming milliOnaires and will
soon rank well up among the ROckefel-
lers, the Vanderbilts, the Astors and the
Armours, and do it honestly, too.
The outlook for the coming year is
exceedingly bright and very encourag
ing. The winter wheat already sown,
end which is in splendid condition, ag-
gregates about 100000 acres, and this,
with present prospects fulfilled. will pro-
duce next summer more than hundred
millions OF bushels. The indebtedness
OF the farmers is practically paid, or SO
well In hand that IL causes no further
worry. They are now ready to make Inn
provements in their home surroundings
ON their farms and In their farming. The
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Kansas City Grain and Produce.
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-21
MURDER AND ROBBERY.
Andrew Cassagne stPangIed and His
Wife Roughly Handled.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2o.-Andrew Cassagne
was strangled to death by three men last
night in the tenement in Williamsburg,
Brooklyn. E. D., which he occupied with his
wife. According to the story told to the
police by Mrs. Cassagne she had left the
room for few minutes in which she and
her husband slept. Returning she found her
husband dead on the floor beside the bed.
while three men stood over him. She ran
to her husbands side, but was grasped by
two of the men, who choked her nearly to
insensibility, while the third man searched
the room, finding $500 under the mattress of
the bed. Meanwhile Mrs. Cassagne had con-
trived TO reach the door opening into the
hall and kicked against it to call help. Her
assailants relaxed their grasp upon her
throat and she was then able to scream,
which she did just as the three men fed
from the tenement with the money. There
were dark blue marks upon Mrs. Cassagnes
neck, bearing out the story of the assault
upon her. Cassagne, who had been choked
to death. was fifty-four years old, his wife
being six years younger, The police have
arrested two men on suspicion. They are
Michel Migl and John Thomass
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INEFFICIENT OFFICERS.
Trouble I'm the Sixth Massa chusetts
Discussed by Gen. GarretsOn.

CLEVELAND, o., Sept. 20.--Brigadier
General Garretson arrived here to-day In
speaking of the trouble with the Sixth
Massachusetts Regiment he said: 1.-THE
personnel of that regiment was all right. 1t
is true its officers resigned and it is equally
true that had they not resigned they would
have been brought before a court of in
quiry to inquire as to their efficiency. They
seemed to be unable to control their men,
1t was distasteful duty which devolved
upon me- and / don't want to say much
about 1t until my official report is made
public. The officers of that regiment all re-
signed before the court convened, and so
they were spared any humiliation by rea-
son of the inquiry which was to be made"
Referring to the Porto Rican campaign
and the volunteer troops. General Garrett
son said: 1.-THE campaign was grand sue
cess. 1t demonstrated the efficiency of VOL
unteer troops and covered the arms of the
American soldier with imperishable renown.
That such splendid lighting material could
be drawn from civilian ranks in so short
time and made to fight with the steadiness
of veteran soldiery is one of the wonders
of the American citizen. Had the war lasted
long enough it would have shown these
volunteers equal to the best of the regular
regiments"