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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-30
DEATH or Mr.. SOL. C. WE'LL

There is deep regret in North Carolina
at the death of Mr.. Solomon {. WE'LL.
which occurred in New York on Thurs
day. He had been sick some days, but
his death came as n great shock to his
friends. Shortly after going to New
York Mr.. WE'LL was thrown from a car
rage and severely injured. He was
never physically strong again and the
strain of the campaign last fall told
upon his system. When he was in
Raleigh some weeks ago his friends
were panied to see that he was thin
and wanting in that robustness and
phvsical strength that had heretofore
made him almost an athlete.
Mr.. Well was one of the most bril-
liant men the State has produced in
This generation. He graduated at the
University as valcdictOrian of his class
and during the next year was acting
professor of Greek in the University.
temporarily filing the place made vacant
by the death of DR. Hooper. He then
practiced law with great success in
Wilmington, was a Cleveland clector in
1892. and was Assistant District Attor-
ncy until he resigned about two years
ago to go to New York to practice law.
He was n born politician and was cleo
ted to the Legislature from hitherto
Republican ward last October. He had
already made his impress in legislative
work. and was in line for rapid promo
ton in the metropolis. His career prom
ised brilliancy and greatness. Less than
thirty-fivc years old, he passes away.
leaving many friends to regret that one
so gifted should be cut down in his
prime.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-30
NO SEcTIONALlSM IN BRAVERY.

We publish elsewhere n telegram
signed by 1.-TWO Mountain Girls" claim
ing that ..mountain people in all ages
have always been more patriotic than
lOwlanders." We admire the devotion
of these girls to their own section and
gladly give space to their natural pride
in the ready response of the troops in
their section to rally around Old Glory
wherever it waves.
The history of North Carolina does
not bear out the enthusiastic statement
that mountain people in all ages have
always been more patriotic than low
landers' In the War of the Revolution
mountaineers and lowlanders alike
fought for liberty; in the Mexican war,
Gen. Louis ID. Wilson, of EdgecOmbe
county, and his soldiers were surpassed
by none; and in the War Between the
States, it is known of all men that the
..lowlanders'' were second to none in
numbers and i'll leaders.
While this paper thinks none of the
Eastern companies justified in holding
back now in body, it will not do for
those who live in otheS sections to fail
10 give due weight to the grave dangers
that menace the East. We believe that
every company in the State Guard
ought to volunteer, leaving at home such
members as cannot leave without too
great sacrifice, to train the home guard
for local protection against dangers pc
culiar 10 the East.
As to the necessity of troops in East
ern counties, the following special from
Southport Brunswick county, to the
Wilmington Star shows that the East
must not be without protection:
Officer White and assistant reached
here last evening at IL O'Clock from
Shallotte. with the negro rapist, John
Brooks, in custody. He was placed Sc
curely in the county Jail, from which he
had been released only month, after
confinement for attempting the same
deed last winter. His victim this time
IS Mrs. NJ. A. Cheers, a widow woman
of Shallotte township, who lives alone,
her nearest neighbor being half mile
away. TN the witness stand Mrs.
Cheers stated that after midnight Mon
day morning last, some one aroused her.
demanding an entrance. Upon her re-
fusal to admit him, the scoundrel forced
his way, telling her if she raised a cry
he wonld kill her. She was hopeIessly
at his mercy and the william accomplished
his purpose; then threatening to Kill her
1 1IVniUpH hf lnf
premises.
''She went to her neighbours, Mr.. r.
M. White, and sought aid Soon four
men had tracked the man she described
as the perpetrator to his home. His ar.
rest was not made then, and he made
his escape, but an angry mob was in hot
pursuit all day, and that night an of
ficer arrested him, and brought hin
here after preliminary trial, at which
there was much excitement, but no vic
lence was hown.'
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-30
INTERNATIoN ARBITRATION.

At the Geneva Conference to ar
range international disputes, there was
strenuous advocacy on the part of the
United States and other powers III IA
vOr of the settlement of national dliier-
crces rs to boundaries, port custom
duties, fisheries and what not by an IN
ternational court and not by the bloody
arbitrament of war. The question has
been mooted and discussed over and over
again. But like many other subjects
reasonable enough in their origin, it
has died out of mems minds. But there
is a theme of comment. and that always
favorable, which people never weary OF
talking about, and that is the mcompar-
ably fine effects Of Hostetters stomach
Rittcrs in cases of dyspepsia. Nor does
the world and his wife comment less
favorably upon the excellent effects of
the Bitters in cases of chills and fever,
rheumatism. nervous and kidney com
nlants and constipation.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-30
GEO. w. VANDERBILT TO MARRY.
His Engagement to Miss Edith Stuyve
SAINT Dresser Announced.
Now York Trihnne.l

The engagement has been announced
Of Miss Edith Stuyvesant Dresser to
George W. Vanderbilt. Miss Dresser is
a daughter of the late G. W. Dresser
and II sister Of Daniel Leroy Dresser.
Her sister. Miss Nathalie Dresser, was
married at Newport last summer to j.
Nicholas Brown. of Providence. Her
grandmother is Mrs. David King. who
owns a villa at Newport called King S
Cote. Mrs. King sailed for Europe last
week, and it is said that Miss Dresser is
aboard.
George w. Vanderbilt is the youngest
son of the late William ii. Vanderbilt,
and a brother of Cornelius Vanderbilt,
William X. Vanderbilt and Frederick
w. Vanderbilt. His sisters are Mrs.
Elliott f. Shepard. Mrs. William ID.
Sloane. Mrs. Ii. Nick. Twombly and
Mrs. w. Seward Webb. He has been
around the world several times, and last
autumn he left this city with William
Osgood Field, to travel in India. lie is
still abroad, and lately has been travel
ing with his brother, Cornelius Wander
bilt, in Egypt.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-30
CONVENTION DATES.

State Convention, Raleigh, May 10th
Second judicial District-ltocky
Mount May Goth.
Fourth Judicial District, Raleigh, May
25th, s p. m.
Fifth Judicial District-Durham, May
25th.
Sixth Judicial Observation-Disclosures, May
Goth.
Sixth District. Congressional, VIII
mington, July 18th.
Seventh Judicial District-Rocking
ham,. May 10th.
Eleventh judicial District-Shclby
May 18th.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-30
(Warren Rccord.)

A private, secret meeting between rep
resentatives of the Populist and Repub-
lican Executive Committees was held
last Saturday. We learned this from a
reliable source. Notwithstanding the
newspaper was kept strictly out of it,,
The meeting was 30 effect a fusion of
the two parties on county offices. No
agreement was reached, so we are in
formed. The Republicans will have it
all their own way this time and leave
the would-be trading Populists out in
the cold. This is sweet and pretty
spectacle.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-30
TO co. OPERATE WITH CUBANS.

The news comes from Washington that
the authorities are proposing to arm the
followers of Gomez and that he and his
can troops in giving liberty to the Gu
bans. This is what Fitzhugh Lee rec
commended. and he knows.
1t is to be hoped that those men, who
believe there can be no honorable CO.
operation between men who are fighting
for the same end, will not be able to
convince the government that il is better
to put the Americans and Cubans to
fighting each other instead Of joining
armies to fight the common enemy.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-30
SATURDAY. April 80, 1893.

Oh. Columbia. the gem of the ocean,
The home of the brave and the free,
The shrine of each patriots devotion,
A world offers homage to thee
Thy mandate makes heroes assemble,
When liberty's form stands in view
Thy banners make tyranny tremble,
When borne by the red, white and
blue
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-30

1t is a great leap from the old fash
toned doses Of blue-mass and nauseous
physics to the pleasant little pills known
rs DeWitt's Little Early Risers. They
cure constipation, sick headache and bill
iousness. Heart & Heart.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-30

The result Of the competitive eXamina-
ton held in this city last Friday, of APP
plicantS for appointment to the United
States Naval Academy from this Con-
grcssional district. is announced in IA
vor of Tyson Dortch, of this city; Bat
tie Of Warrcnton, and Station, of Tar
boro, these three being highest and equal
in the contest. We presume that this
will dcvolve upon Congressman White
the ScIectiOn
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-30

Thousands OF sufferers from grippe
have been restored to health by One
Minute Cough Cure. 1t quickly cures
coughs, colds, bronchitis, pneumonia,
grippe, and all throat and Jung diseases
Heart IL Heartt.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-30

President Mckinley is said to have de-
clared that he will appoint none but Fed
eral or Confederate veterans to positions
as brigadier general. The opinion pre-
walls that of the four he is to appoint.
Fitzhugh Lee. of Virginia, and General
Wheeler, of Alabama, well known OK
Confederatcs, will he named. We know
little of the plan of carrying on the war
but will bank on Fitzhugh Lee, both
because he was a gallant soldier and is
the only soldier who has had an op
portunity of knowing the situation il
Cuba.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-30

Children like it. it saves their lives.
We mean One Minute Cough Cure, the
infallible remedy for coughs, colds,
colds, Group, bronchitis, grippe, and all
throat and lung troubles. Heartt Il
Heartt.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-30

A large force of hands are at work on
Mr. \. f. Pages railroad from Troy to
Mt. Gicad. 1t is expected that the road
will be completed in sixty days.-Car-
thagc Blade.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-30

President Andrews, of Brown Univer-
sity, has offered to enlist. If he goes to
war before june, Wake Forest will have
to get another commencement orator
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-30

In 1886, President Andrew Jackson
wrote to Col. 4. T.. Hayne, in which he
said: You are aware that the Execu-
tive of the United States cannot inter
fcrc with differing the militia" If this
could he understood now, it would make
the military more willing to volunteer
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-30

The news dealers on trains say that
last Sunday there was a great howl for
News and Observers along the line of
the railroads. There will be plenty of
them next Sunday, the order having al
ready been placed.
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-30

The Populist Executive Committee.
Of Mecklenbrg county. voted down Il
resolution that looked toward co-opcra-
ton with the Democratic party
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-30

Let us not forget to give even J. Pier
pont Morgan credit. The other day he
gave the use of his fast steam yacht 10
the Navy Department, free of charge.
The country is one in fighting Spain.
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POPS. LEFT OUT.

The Warren Negroes Can Now Pull the
Chestnuts Out of the Fire for Them
selves.
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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-09
VOL. XVIII. NO, SO.
EIkS Reunion.

NEW ORLEANS, La, May 9.-The
Crescent City is overrun with Elks,
who are here to attend the thiertieth
annual convention and the thirteenth
reunion of the Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of Elks, which will open
tomorrow. The convention promises
to be the greatest numerically in the
history of the order. The western de-
legation have all arrived, and the last
of the eastern herds will put in an ap-
pearance this evening. New York,
Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati,
Detroit, and ST. Louis. are among the
cities especially well represented. The
hotels and business houses are in gala
attire in honor of the visitors. A
spirited contest is developing for the
Office of grand exalted ruler, no fewer
than half dozen prominent members
of the order being mentioned for the
hcnor. The Grand Lodge will convene
st 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. A
ponster parade will take place Thurs
day evening, when it is expected that
between 1000 and 5000 Elks will
meet
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-09
Southern MethOdists.

BALTIMORE, Md, May 9:-The
Southern Methodists, in convention
here, began the week with q rousing
meeting this forenoon in the Fourth
Regiment Armory, Bishop Charles B.
Galloway of Oxford, Miss, presiding
over the session. A feature of the
morning was an ovation rendered by
the hundreds of delegates to Rev. S.
w. Spear of Murfreesboro, Tenn,
who is cne of the two surviving dele
gates to the conference in Louisville,
KY, in 1S45, when the Methodist Epis-
copal Church South was brought into
existence. This afternoon several
bundred of the delegates went in q
oody to the Mt. Olivet Cemetery, on
the Frederick road, aud placed flowers
and flags on the graves of number of
members of the Southern Church bur-
ied there
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-09
A SPANISH
CAVALIER.
Dramatic Outburst of Temper on the
Part of WeyIer's BrOther-in-Law.


Part of Weyler's Brother-in-Law.
ATLANTA, Ca, May 9.-Twenty
Spanish prisoners have been brought
here from Key West, and this morning e
they are resting behind steel bars ir
the military prison at Fort Mcpherson
The most distinguished of the officers
was Col. DON Vincent Catliji, a broth
er-in-law of Gen. Weyler.
Don Vincent was in command at Ma
tarzas. He is q very naughty in
dividual, and in terrible temper at
impr isonment. When the prisoners
reached the fort they were lined up in
the order of their rank and marched to
the prison, small brick building con-
tanning dozen cells.
When Catlijo was told that he must
submit to q search his wrath burst in 8
violent storm. He declared passionate.
lv that he would before he would
be searched. The post chaplain at
tempted to reason with him, but Catlijo
thrust him anerily away and cried,
''You are thieves, not gentlemen. .
The post officers left him severely
alone for an hour, and the colonel, up
on medita ion, concluded that he would
submit; but he declared he would die
in prison. 81 will die here, neither
eating nor drinking" he declared; 81
will starve to DEATH"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-09
NINE SPANISH
WAR VESSELS

Pas ed Southwark, Says q Lisbon
Report.
LISBON, May 9.-It is reported here
that Spanish fleet of nine war vessels
passed southwark yesterday.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-09
Grand Opera in London.

LONDON, May 9.-The most notable
aggregation of singers heard in Lon
don in several years will participate in
Convent Garden season of grand opera
which is to be inaugurated tonig ht
with Lohengrin. Special interest
centers in the work of Miss Suzanne
Adams, an American artist, whose Ju-
liette tomorrow night will be her first
appearance in the company of grand
opera stars of the first magnitude.
Among the others who will be heard
during the week are M. Jean de Reszke
and Madame Nordica. who are to ap-
pear together in Tristan and Isolde,
Madame Emma Eanes ana M. Van
Dyck in Lohengrin, Nine. Erene, and
Herr Rooy, the Dutch baritone, who
last year won such great success at
Raircuth
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-09
The Duke of Edinburg.

LONDON, May Great fears are
expressed for the.health of the Duke of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (the Duke of
Edinburg). and even his physicians,
who have hitherto expressed hopes of
his recovery. virtually admit that the
condition of his royal highness is ex-
ceedingly critical. For several months
the duke has been visiting success
sion Of watering places in a vain effort
to find relief from the complication of
diseases with which he is suffering,
and has returned to Coourg with
out having derived any benefit from
the remedies resorted to. Force is
contributed to his bodily ailments by
the constant worries over the domestic
troubles of bis daughter, the Grand
Duchess of Hesse, who has just az
piled for 9 divorce from her husband.
Those who have seen the duke recent
ly state that he has greatly aged dur
ing the last year and that his end ap-
pears to be near.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-09
Sampson is Not Far From
Porto Rico, and the
Oregon at Bahia.
DsWEYS VICTORY
Is the Only Thing We Are
Sure of
And Congress Has Passed
Resolutions of Thanks.

WASHINGTON, May 9.-The follow
ing message from the president was
sent to congress at noon:
To the congress of the United States:
On the oath of April, directed the Sec
retary of the navy to telegraph orders
to Commodore George Dewey, United
States ravy, commanding the Asiatic
squadron, lying in the port of Hong
Kong, to proceed forthwith to the Phil
ippipe Islands, and UPON arriving
there to commence operations imme-
diately and engage the assem- bled
| Spanish fleet.
Promptly obeying that order, the
United States squadron, consisting OF
the flag ship Olympia, the Baltimore,
Rsleigh, Boston, Concord. and Petrol,
with the revenue cutter McCulloch as
an auxiliary dispatch boat. entered
the harbor of Manila at Gay break of
the first of May and immediately en-
gagged the entire Spanish fleet of eleven
ships, which were under the protection
of the fire of the land forts.
After a stubborn fight Of seven
hours duration, in which the enemy
| suffered great loss, these Spauish
vessels were all destroyed or CON-
pletely disabled, and the water battery
at Cavite was silenced OF our brave
officers and men, n It one was lost and
only eight were injured, those but
| slightly. All our ships csc sped serious
damage.
By the fourth of May Commodore
Dewey had taken possession of the
naval station of Cavite, dest roying the
fortific atoms at the entrance of the
bay aud paroling the garrison. The
water of the bay are under his COM
plete con rol. He has established a
hospital within the American lines
where two hundred and fifty Spanish
sick and wounded are being assisted
and protected.
The magnitude of this victory can
hardly be measured by the ordinary
standard of naval warfare. Out
weighing any material advan tage is
the moral effect Of this initial success.
At this unsurpassed achievement the
great neart OF our ndtlOn InrOOS, not
with boasting or with greed of con-
quest, but with deep gratitud thai
this triumph has come in a just cause
and that by grace Of Gcd an ffective
step has thus been taken toward the
attainment of wished for peace.
To those whose skill, courage, anC
devotion have won this fight, to tn,
gallant commander and to th,
brave officers and men VII,
aided him, our country owe
an incalculable debt. Feelin,
as our people feel, and speaking i,
th cir name, L at once eat message IL
Commodore Dewey, thar king him, an,
Informed him that I had appoint te'
him an acting rear admiral
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-09
NO FIGHT YET.
Up to This Hour No Definite information
of An Encounter Between Sampson
and the Enemy Has Been
Received.
IMMEDIATE MOVEMENT TO CUBA.

now recommend that, following out
national precedents, and expressing
the fervent gratitude of every patri-
otric heart, the thanks of congress be
given to Acting Rear Admiral
George Dewey of the United
States Navy, for highly dis
tinguished conduct in conflict with
the enemy, and to the officers and men
under his command, for their gallantry
in destroying the enemy's fleet and
capturing the Notifications of Manila.
8 (Signed) VIM. MCKINLEY.
Executive Mansion, May 9. 1885,.
WASHINGTON, May 9.-The senate
and house have parsed resolutions
thanking Rear Admiral Dewey for the
great service he rendered the Unite
States at the Philippines.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-09
SA MPSON
LOCATED.
He Has Arrived Off the Coast OF
Hayti.

He Has Arrived Off the Coast OF
Hayti.
WASHINGTON, May 9.-Dispatche- 9.
received from Rear Admiral Sampson
announce his arrival off the coast 4
Hsyti. In the event of the SPANS b
ships taking the course the America
var boari have conjectured, grea-
naval battle may be expected in a few
days. On that battle will probably
hinge the ending of the war. Should
the Spanish fleet be defeated, all
Spain 8 available ships, with two e,
ceptions, will have been swept fro m
the seas. Cuba and Porto Rico will
then be at the mercy of our forces. and
Spain will probably sue for peace. The
war will be carried to the shores OF
Spain only in case the conditions of the
conflict demand such action on the part
of our government.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-09
EXTRAORDINARY
MEASURES
70 Secure Immediate Mobilization of
Sixty Thousand Volunteers.

To Secure Immediate Mobilization of
Sixty Thousand Volunteers.
WASHINGTON, May 9.-Extraordina-
ry n sasuras are eingtaken by the gov
ernment to secure.the immediate mob
ilizstlon of 10000 volunteer troops at
ckamauga Park The conferences
which were held Saturday and yester-
day between S. cretary Alger, General
Miles and the adjutant general of the
army were continued today. At 6
O'Clock the war leaders met at the Sec
retary's office. At 10 o'clock a special
meeting of the Cabinet began at the
While House.
An immediate invasion of Cuba with
a com bined force of IL, 600 regulars and
SO, OOO volunteers has been agreed on.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-09
Report Saws Americans Defeated.

LONDON, May 9.-Ths correspondent
of the Evening News at Aldershot tel
egraphs at 1890 p. m, that a message
to the Duke of Connaught, British
commander at Aldershot, reports that
a naval battle has taken place in the
Atlantic resulting in the defeat of the
Americans.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-09
WHEAT $1.9O.

CHICAGO, May 9-Wheat rsoe TO
81 80 this morning.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-09
TROOPS
CALLED HOME
Spaniards Said to Be Leaving the
Philippines.

NEW YORK, May 9.-The Tribune
this afternoon asserts that it has re-
ceived cableg ram from Manila say
ing that all Spanish troops have been
recalled from the Philippines with
srms and ammunition.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-09
RIOTS IN ITALY.

Bread Rioters Tear Up Railroads.
MILAN, May 9.-Bread rioters have
torn up the tracks of all railways lead
ing out of Milan. All trains by the St.
Gothard tunnel route have been stop
ped.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-09
HURRY!

General Shafter Superintends Prep
aratiOns at Tampa in Person.
TAMPA, May 9.-General Shafter
got orders this morning to have work
on the transports pushed with the
greatest possible dispatch. The or-
ders were so imperative that he welt
to the port in person and ordered thai
everything be rushed to completion.