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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-10-18

ases Discovered i'm Baton Rouge Par
Ish-One Case on the ResOIute-A Ke-
view Of the situation

Washington. October 13.-President
Louchon, of the Louisiana state board
of health, wires the marine hospital
service today that yellow fever is re-
ported at Lobdell, in the West Baton
Rouge parish and that the parish has
been quarantined.
From Dry Tortugas, Fla, the arrival
of the Resolute is officially reported
with one case on board, though the
surgeon in charge reports the diagnosis
in doubt.
OF 1G8 admissions TO the detention
camp pear Franklin. Ill have been dis
charged and the remainder, doubtless,
will be within the next two days.
Twenty-Five persons have been admit
ted TO the fever hospital at Franklin,
six having been discharged recovered.
Surgeon Carter, the fever expert III
charge at New Orleans, wires Surgeon
General Wyman that passengers for
points north are making affidavits not
TO return into the quarantined terri
tory for ten days or indefinitely. h
baggage is being thoroughly disinfect-
ed. Passengers go north Unde guard.
Surgeon Carter reports hat he believes
all the spread of fever from New Or
leans took place before it was quar-
antined; that Lake Charles probably
caught the fever from Alexandria, and
Canton from Madison before the fever
was announced at either place.
An official review of the situation as
received from New Orleans today is
as follows:
October 6th-Yellow fever declared
at Alexandria, quite general in part of
the town; very mild in type.
October 7th.-Removed the relay on
the Valley road to Gayden, La, place
being infected.
October 8th.-Yellow fever. %announc-
ed in Hartiesburg, believe. to be from
Jackson, Miss, about four weeks old;
moderate type, said to be confined to
small DISTRICTS; a Gordon and a ply
stefan placed inside to attend the sick;
hoping to delay spread of fever till
frost; place q~uarantined. Sent two
physicians and six nurses to Wilson,
where everybody is down.
October 9th-Fever announced at
Lumberton; guard put on the railroad
Island railroad from Lumberton; place
quarantined.
October 1Oth-Fever reported at
Canton, came from Madison by ne
groes; will Gordon the infected dis
tricts OF the city to delay spread till
frost.
October 12th-Assistant Surgeons
Landry and VenezdOrf sick at Taylors.
Help been asked at HarristOn."
Three hundred and twenty persons
are in camp at HARRISON, undergoing
ten days detention.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-10-18

ocratic ticket he voted with the whit1
| party. for In that party the whites aro
In the majority. When q white man
| votes the republican or fusion ticket
he votes for the negro party, as thu
negroes are in a majority In that party.
In North Carolina during the last elec-
ton there were cast 10000 white
democratic votes. $4,000 populist votes.
120. 600 negro votes and $4,000 white
republican votes This shows that
81. ZOO white men Joined with 120.o 600
negroes 10 overthrow white govern
ment.
Mr.. Turner spoke of the terrible con-
dition in Wilmington. and said he was
sorry 10 say he had seen it for himself.
he said he il a lawyer. and when he
got here yesterday he naturally went
~ the court house. There he saw q
negro on trial. defended by q negro
lawyer. and a jury consisting Of 10 ne
groes and two white men. He also ex-
pressed his Indignation at the negro
lawyers questioning OF white jurors
who were called. The negro lawyer
asked a white iurymeR IL he was relat-
ed by blood or marriage to the defend
anti Mr.. Turner also mentioned the
other negro office holders but our
readers know of that too well.
He commended the democracy OF
Wilmington as the most enthusiastic
in the state and said when ne went
back west he would tell about our con-
dition Inc about the enthusiasm of the
democracy of Wilmington and Column
bus county and other places In the
east. In his speech he said he had
served with the Hon. Jno. n. Bellamy
in the state senate and paid him n
high compliment that caused the au-
dience TO break out In a storm OF ID
plause.
Mr.. Turner closed amid a enthusiasts
tic demonstration and was heartily
congratulated by all in his reach.
After the band played, the audience
called loudly for Mr.. Iredell Meares
and he stirred them up with a brief but
telling speech. He closed with n hap
py hit that created a storm OF applause
and cheers.
The audience then dispersed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-10-18
vanVNyck Opens the CAMPAIGN

New York, October 13.-Judge Au-
gustus VanWyck opened the democrat
ic campaign in this city at the Acade-
my of Music in Brooklyn tonight be-
fore a large audience. The academy
was entirely Unable to accommodate
the great number of people who tried
to gain admittance and waited in front
of the building for an hour before the
doors were opened.
Judge VanWyck did not appear on
h platform until just as the chair
man of the meeting, Justice William
j. Gaynor, was closing his address, and
as the candidate walked from the rear
of the stage to a seat hear the speak
er's stand, the people stood up and
cheered and waved hats and handker-
chiefs. The demonstration continued
for a minute or two and did not cease
until the chairman finally presented
Judge VanWyck.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-10-18

Jackson, Miss. October l3.-Fourtecn
new cases Of yellow fever ana one.
death in Jackson is the record for to-
daily. This IL the highest number of
cases yet reported. Eight ~ the new
cases are whites. The one death Ia
that Of a negro. The weather con-
tinues cool and frost is a%nxiously look
ed Cor.
The official report OF Secretary Hunt
er, of the state board, is as follows:
NatcheZ reports that six mild cases
Of yellow fever were found today i'm
the extreme northern portion Of the
city. Madison reports FIVE new cases
and asks that another physician ~.
sent there. Starksville reports one new
case. Oxford no new cases and one
death. Hattiesburg six new cases
since Sunday. Harriston sixteen new
cases with three critically III.
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whole force, but these have been re-
called and ones for only a few COM
panies made. But the whole force Is
to be looked after. 1t is hoped 1T will
be increased to three accompany reg
iments.
State Oyster Commission Theophilus
White is here. He says one oyster
cannery is already in operation, at
Beaufort.
Three ~convicts from Vance county
arrived at the penitentiary today.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-10-18

Victims to stomach, livery and kid
ney troubles as well as ONE and
all feel the results in loss of appetite,
poisons in the blood, backache, ner-
vousness, headache and tired, l~istless.
rundown feeling. But there's no need
to feel like that. Listen to J. w. Gard
ner. Idaville, Ind. He says: Electric
Bitters are just the thing for a mar
when he is all run down, and don't
care whether he lives or dies. 1t did
more to give me new strength and
good appetite than anything I could
take. I a now eat anything and have
a new lease on life" Only SO cents at
r. r. Bellamy's Drug Store. Every
bottle guaranteed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-10-18

Baltimore, October 13.-The mer-
chants and Miners transportation COM
pany today a reduction of
% per cent. on freight rates from Bos-
ton, Providence, New York, Pennsylva-
MIA and Baltimore to Nashville and
Memphis points. The eut will go into
effect tomorrow. The reduction was
agreed upon at a meeting held in New
York On Tuesday at which the Mer-
chants and Miners, the Seaboard Air
Line, the Norfolk and Western rail-
road, the Atlantic Coast Line. the Bal
tinore. Chesapeake and Richmond
Steamship Company an the Contra of
Georgia railroad were presented.
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Rome, October 13.-Great Britain.
Russia, France and Italy have decid-
ed TO reject the porte's suggested mod
incations in the ultimatum to the
Turkish government on the evacuation
OF the island Of Crete, particularly the
sultan's proposal to hold three fortified
places with garrisons sufficient to
protect the Mohammedans and TO de-
fend the Ottoman flag. They are send
ing an identical note 10 this effect TO
ConstantinopIe reminding the Sultan
that every Turkish soldier must leave
Crete within the time specified in the
ultjmatum.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-10-18
Volcanic Eurptfous

Are grand, but Skin Eruptions rob
life of joy. Bucklcn's ArniCa Salvc
cures them. also Old, Running and Fee
Yer Sores, Ulcers, Boils, Felons. Corns.
Warts. Cuts. Bruises. Burns. Scalds.
Chapped Hands, Chilblains. Best Pile
cure on earth. Drives u Pains and
Aches. Only % cts. n box. Cure guar
anteed. Sold by X. II. Bellamy. Rrug-
oict
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4 DeAerier Shot

Griffin. Ga, October 13.-private
Henry Dickson. deserted from Com
pany II. Third regiment, was shot and
perhaps fatally n near Locust
Grove today by a detail from Camp
Northern. Dickson resisted arrest and
was hot down while attempting IL
one Of the soldiers.
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Was the result of his splendid health.
IndomitabIe will and tremendous en-
ergy are not found where Stomach,
Liver, Kidneys and Bowels are out
of order. II you want these qualities
and the success they bring, use DR..
Kings New Life Pills. They develop
every power Of brain and body. Only
Csc at r. r. Bellamy's drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-10-18
HANDICAPPED 70 A NEGRO.
How a Populist Goes to
the Penj entiary.
OFFICIAL NEGLIGENCE

Comes Near Permitting the Escape Of a
Number of Prisoners From Wake
Jail-Uncertainfy About Mastering
Out the Second RegimeDt-Kussel
Opposed to it's Return to Raleigh
Colonel Cowles' Slim Chances Of
to the FIRST Regiment.
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cduS anu pOpullSlS anu uOuo OIL Iu0m
deny the statements that have been
made regarding the conditions there.
81 found conditions there much
worse than I had ever expected to find.
Il am SO disguised with the condi-
tons of affairs down there that my
mind is fully made up. I do not think
that there is a white republican or
populist in Mecklenburg county who,
if he went to Wilmington and saw the
condition of affairs there as / saw
them, could vote the ticket this
year, and thus help to perpetuate ne
gro rule in eastern North Carolina.
Though 1 am a republican in prin-
ciple and have heretofore always vot-
ed the republican ticket at this cleo
ton l shall cast my vote for the demo-
cratic state and county ticket. / be-
lieve that it is the duty Of every white
man in this county to vote that ticket
this year. A vote for the fusion legis-
lative ticket in Mecklenburg county,
is a vote to perpetuate such conditions
in eastern North Carolina"
A SWORN AFFIDAVIT.
l hereby certify that l have read the
article in the Charlotte Evening News,
and this is true and correct.
CHAS. T. EUDIE.
Sworn to and subscribed to before
me, this October 10. 1888.
T. A. AUSTIN, j. P.
E. NYE HUTCHINSON.
NJ. L. DAVIS,
NJ. A. ALEXANDER,
EA.ELA-.. OF Paw Greek. :
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-02
A GLORIOUS VICTORY.

The first naval battle of the war has
been fought, and fought in the Philip
pine islands, almost in the harbor of
Manila 1t seems to have been a splen-
did victory for the American fleet, a
crushing one for the Spanish. Thus far
all the news comes from Spanish
sources, but so much is admitted that
there can be no doubt that Spain has
suffered terribly in the damage done
her fleet. What Commodore Dewey's
fleet has suffered is not known. 1t
does not appear that any American
vessel was burned or sunk, while the
Spanish admiral was compelled TO
transfer his flag from the Reina Chris
tina, she being completely burned, as
was also the cruiser Castillo and the
Isle de Cuba, while several ships were
sunk to avoid falling into the hands
of the Americans.
The Reina Christina was a cruiser
of $500 tons displacement, with a crew
of S!5 men. The Castillo was cruiser
of 3,S42 tons. displacement, with a crew
of 800 men. The Spanish fleet may be
said to have been demolished.
The governor general of the Philip
pines sends word of all this in an Off
cial telegram.
Further news viii be awaited with
feverish anxiety. The people will want
to know what damage our own fleet
sustained, and whether it will make an
other attack on Manila 1t is far from
its base Of supplies. and if its condition
is such that it cannot capture Manila
at present it may have to return to
San Francisco.
Once again the American navy has
demonstrated its superiority 1t has
proven anew that there reigns in it the
spirit of Paul Jones, of Decatur and
Perry, of Farragut and Porter. How
this victory in the. orient will stir the
blood of the officers and men in the
fleet that is blockading Cuba. and those
in the flying squadron. 1t Will make
them impatient almost beyond bearing
to sail away to meet the Spanish fleet
that has been lying OF the Cape de
Verde islands. And when they dc meet
it in battle, the American fleet Will
again give such an account of itself as
viii thrill the nation and astonish the
world.
And what will be the effect of this
battle on the Madrid government?
Most disastrous, in all probability It
will be a good preparation for other
bad news for Spain.
1t is glorious victory. All honor to
those who achieved it,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-02
THE POWDER MILLS EXPLo-
SIONS.

The American people are in many
respects the most trusting people in
the world: they are unlike European
cry one and everything. But we are
beginning TO learn that everybody is
not TO be trusted
Last week two powder mills in this
country were blown up, one at Santa
Cruz. Cal. the other at Dover. This
is a very strange coincidence so
strange that Il great deal OF suspicion
is being aroused. Both mills were
running at their full capacity, manu-
featuring powder for the government
That the chance of danger was in
creased by putting them TO their full
capacity is readily understood, and the
explosions may have been the result
of pure accident; they may have been
the work of spies or men hired for the
purpose. But whether the explosions
were the result of accident or design,
the moral is the same; and this is
that every precaution possible should
be taken to prevent accidental or de-
signed explosions in future. In these
times no one should be permitted to
visit or loiter around such works I'M
less introduced by those who are re-
sponsible and loyal and against whom
no suspicion can possibly be brought.
No American citizen will object to the
strictest rules in this matter; on the
contrary. they will be glad to see them
rigidly enforced. The blowing up of
two powder mills in one week vividly
recalls the blowing up of the Maine.
We have been too trusting.
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commandment to place it where he
might go or pass by. He told them
that he wished to place it in their coun-
try for their profit, because if there
came afterwards any ships from Spain
to those islands, on seeing this cross,
they would know that we had been
there. and, therefore, they would not
cause them any displeasure to their
persons nor to their goods; and if they
took any of their people, on showing
them this sign, they would at once let
them go. Besides this the captain told
them that it was necessary that this
cross should be placed on the summit
of the highest mountain in their coun-
try, so that, seeing it every day, they
might adore it, and that if they did
thus, neither thunder, lightning nor the
tempest could do them hurt. The kings
thanked the captain and said they
would do it willingly"
And thus the Philippine islands came
to be Spanish possessions. 1t was at
Matan. Saturday, April 81, 1921, that
Magellan was killed. In all his adven-
turous career nothing was more heroic
than his death. He died as became a
great navigator and great man. In
the midst of the sea he was able to
endure hunger better than we," says
Pigafetta. Most versed in nautical
charts, he knew better than any other
the true art of navigation, of which it
is certain proof that he knew by his
genius, and his intrepidity, without
anyone having given him the example,
how to attempt the circuit of the globe,
which he had almost completed
And are these Philippine islands now
to pass forever from the Spanish
crown? No one can say, though it is
probable that they will. The end of
this war will probable see Spain, like
another Niobe, stripped of all her chill
dren.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-02
THE STORY OF A RECRUIT.

Utah's quota of volunteers has been
completed. 1t seems that not so many
men were wanted by about a hundred
as the Geographic advices stated. STILL
we understand, the recruiting stations
viii be kept open today; even sur
plus Of volunteers is a good thing.
Some of the recruiting officers could
tell some rather amusing experiences
if so minded. We have heard of one
experience that is well worth relating.
1t matters not who the officer is nor in
what part of the state he was; the
experience, like the play, is the thing.
One man was very anxious to vol
unteer and all of his neighbors knew
of his anxiety. The recruiting station
was opened all day, but this anxious
man did not put in an appearance un-
til after the hour of receiving the ap-
plications of volunteers had passed.
He was very sorry and explained that
business had detained him; he regret
ted it exceedingly, for now his chance
to volunteer had gone by. The re-
cruiting officer as abliging as he is
patriotic. told the anxious-to-volun-
departure until some time the next
day so as to give him a chance to
volunteer. This was great surprise,
and almost knocked the anxious-to-
volunteer man down. The next day
came, and so did the man. In the
meantime he remembered that the
physical examination was very rigid
and anything that initiated against
a mans physical ability would debar
him. He also recalled that some years
before he had met with an accident,
having had his leg crushed and brok-
en-. Surely this would unfit him for
military service. The recruiting Of
ficer asked him if he did not ride
horseback all the time and suffered no
inconvenience from it. He had to adj
nit that he did, and that his leg did
not inconvenience him. Still he doubt
ed whether he would be accepted in
fact, he felt quite sure that he would
not be. The officer was not of his
opinion: he thought he would make
an excellent cavalryman. At all events,
he told the volunteer man
that he was more than willing to leave
the matter to the examining physician.
The anxious volunteer man was
not: and the upshot of the whole bust
ness was that the anxious-to-yolunteer
man never volunteered, though,
through lapse of memory and mixing
of matters. he afterwards told that the
reason he did not volunteer was be-
cause the recruiting officer rejected
him on account of his physical dis
ability. because he was afraid that his
leg would prove weak.
The case recalls that of poor Jo-
seph. who drank vinegar to make him
self look white and sick. But poor Jo-
seph. who did have a lame leg, was
conscriDted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-02
How Governor sSExtra Billy" Smith
Drilled His Men

The most remarkable company of SOL
diers ever drilled in this country fought
under Extra Billy Smith, twive govern
or of Virginia. He acquired the nickname
through connection with extensive mail
contracts which he held before the war,
mis- charges to the government for extra
work on his star routes being so fire.
quent and large as to keep the poStoffice
DEPARTMENT in a state of constant fer
mer,t- He was a grand old man. of the
rou%h. honest t-rDe of Blue Jeans Will
liams, Lincoln, Thurman, Jerry RuSk.
Crawford and Jenkins. His education
had been sadly neglected, but he owned
brains to srare and horse sense enough
Tor three ordinary governors. He drilled
his men according to Extra Billy's Tao
tics, an unpublished manual of arms,
A drill lesson: Colonel Extra Bill:
Now. boys, git yourselves in persition.
Are you ready? Tote arms Deliver armsi
Rest 20 muskets. Tote arms. Ground
yo ritiesi That's toll BILE good Are you
ready again? Well, here we go. Fix yo'
stickersi elk bayonets). Now, charge
EN- ar stick emf One day he led his
men into a blind lane about a mile long
and arriving at the end could not see his
way out except By tearing down fences
and going through wheat field guarded
by an ugly farmer with a dangerous
looking gun. The objective point was the
opposite side of this field. After studying
gravely the situation, he gave the order:
"Disband. boys, an meet me tomorrow
mornin' on the tother side o. the field
whar we aimed to git this evenin'.''
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"The soldiers trade is one that must
be learned in order to be followed with
any comfort or profit says the Kansas
City Star. He is the best soldier who
learns best his calling; who acquires
all the arts Cncluding that of building
a fire in the rain) by which life is sup
ported and even made pleasant when
reduced TO its simplest conditions. The
soldier learns how comfortable are
few comforts and how life may long be
borne without any luxuries at all. He
sleeps soundIy in his little canvas
house: he is content with his rations
when they are issued in full; buckles
his belt tighter and hopes for better
days when they are short; keeps up
with the column on the march; is as
neat as a soldier as he was as citi-
zen; answers at every roll call; carries
a clean gun; cherishes his belongings,
especially his baversack and canteen;
and so liyes, while he lives, respected
by himself, his comrades and his Of
fcers, and doubtless wins the APPROX
ing smile of heaven"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-02
PADDY MALLON.

Through the echOing halls of fame,
Paddy Mallon,
SwellS the murrnur of your name,
Paddy Mallon.
You're the man who faced the foe,
Aimed the cannon thus and so,
Pulled the lanyard, let her go,
Paddy Mallon,
Twas the first IN of the war,
Paddy Mallon.
That you fired, you son of Thor,
Paddy Mallon.
oh. we touch to you our hat,
For you knew what you We're at
And you really struck it Pat,
Paddy Mallon.
We hope you'll live to aim,
Paddy Mallon,
At both big and little game,
Paddy Mallon,
And may every cannon screech,
When it's honored in the breach
By bold Paddy-you're a peach,
Paddy Mallon
Cleveland Plain Deale
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-02

salt Lake papers misled the people
OF Pocatello. The war department, for
some reason. fixed Pendleton as the
place of rendezvous for Idaho volun-
teers. Salt Lake papers assumed the
press dispatch announcing the fact
was wrong, that the word 'Pendleton'
should have been transmitted 'Poca-
tello and made the printing the dis
patch. Hence, when the department
changed the place from Pendleton to
Boise, the people of Pocatello thought
they had been undermined by the cap
ital," says the Boise Statesman. The
Salt Lake Herald printed the dispatch
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-02

The Manti Messenger is strong
anti-fusionist paper to judge by the
following: The fusion party should
call itself the Mosaic, and drop all
claim of Republicanism. Republican
ism goes on straight lines and regular
squares without any kin to such crazy
patch work as some politicians are try
ing to inaugurate in Utah." Straight
party lines are the best.