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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-28


London, May rs. "A dispatch to the Tole.
graph from Kingston says. Despite the
most energetic search. the whereabouts OF
the Spanish Cape Verde squadron remains
unknown 10 the American authorities On
| last Thursday Cerycra was reported 10 be
at Santiago de Cuba. and Schley lett icy
| West for that port. Tho hoXt morning
| learned where the squadron was bound, and
was enabled to follow aboard the British
ship Premier. Since then we have been
engaged in a fruitlees search for the span
iards in the gull and the Caribbean sea
| Monday morning we came up with the
American ships off Cieofuesos and heard
that Cervera was in Cienfuegos harbor. but
owing to the nature of the port it was i'm
| possible to learn from the sea whether this
news was correct.
Tho american squadron. which consisted
| OF the Iowa, Massachusetts. Texas, brook
| Ign. Marblehead, Castine. Vixen, Eagle and
| Dui ont, maintained close b!o,na,le of the
entrance. The topmasts of three or four
large ships could be seen in the harbor
over the hill which conceals the entrauce,
| and 1t il believed that these were the Viz
caya and ;he other cruisers under Cerve;d
| Tuesday evening the insurgents sent a
beat with positive news that the Spanish
fleet was not in Cisnfuegos harbor and
just after sunset Commodore Scheys
squadron slid away southeast, bound TOR
Santiago de Cuba. We followed in the
Premier and despite heavy gale from
there they kept in touch until O'Clock
Wednesday, whom they entered their course
and disappeared. We STOOD along toward
| Santiago, but as the gale increased In Sc
verify and our supply of coal and water
was dangerously low the Premier was
obliged to run to Kingston, where she ar
rived on Friday at o'clock. Afterward
we sighted the United States gunboat Hawk
returning to Cienfuegos from Santiago
with the news that the Spanish fleet under
Cervera was not at Santiago. | am AFRAID
there is little chance of meeting the Span
ish fleet. The probabilities are that Ger
vera, after dischargng ammunition and
supplies for Blanco at Santiago, put out
again. IAN down the Carrbbena sea 20 Mar
tinique and got out into the Atlantic By the
same way he entered. In this way il ap-
pears the Spanish fleet has completely out
unanswered the American commanders and
has succeeded in concealing his move
ments though the Americans have some
seventy warships patrolling the West In
dian waters.
/ 1t is reported that severe fighting took
o,I
iards near Cienfuegos on Sunday In
which the spanards lost 800 killed and
wounded.
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t,,rn, cn.c. Of smnIIpoa.

Laurel. Miss, May 27.-Dr- $. o. Smith,
county health officer. Of Ellisville; DR., II.
II. Folk Of Biloxi. inspector for thu dis
tr,ct. with local physicians. made thor
oush examination and found eight .escs q
st,sllpox in the vicinity Of Kingston ana
Laurel rh~ discess hss been nero ~
some time. there being NUMBER o. ecnss
ienseents already. All cases to date are
confired 10 the negro quarters The health
efflcerA win see that everybody y vac
cinatcd.
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ORDERS FOR THE FLEET.
they Mere Sent Sent ThrnuRi, Con
sui Dent ut Kingston.

sui Dent ut Kingston.
Kingston. Jamaica, May 27.--On Tuesday
United states Consul Dent received instruc-
tions from Washington to forward to the
United States fleet, II possible. certain or
ders accompanying the consui's instrue-
lions MIR. Dent, who is. OF course, ignor-
ant of the character Of the orders. carried
them In person 10 Port Mari. where a dis
patch boat OF the fleet was waiting by pre-
arrangement to receive the expected in
formation and orders.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-28
RANCE INFORMED

eadix squadron I. Going
To Manila.
n Con- CO.. 70 The Post ana New York
az V'risht. 1895. by James Gordon
may "a .-spain's ambass--
nas Informed the Frenca min
uEn affairs that Manila is the
.'ination of the squadron get
aneiai source In France. this
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-28

ISM squadron place IT off Curacao. stoaming
Westward Runors have located /; a, The
western end of Jamaica. AMI we'll defined
almost officially authoritative advlces
from Washington and Madrid-have it au
ciored In the harbor of Santiago de Cuba.
Inc Spanish news wes, of course, dis
counted from the first because the wary
gentlemen in power over there pro est too
much and are skilled in ingenious subter
fuge.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-28

Madrid, May Pts p. MA dispatch
from Havana says Captain General Blaneo
has received news that nearly thirty Amer
lean vessels were yesterday seen In front
OF Cardenas,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-28
AT ATLANTA.
Recruits Len,ing for Tnmpn--Geu-
crni BroolSc Arrives.

crni BrooiSc Arrives.
Atlanta Ga, May q Major General
Brooke arrived in Atlanta tonight, He
viii take charge OF the Office OF the com
handing general.
Colonel Peter vrooman. inspector gen
eral. leaves tomorrow for Falls Church,
va. 10 ion General Graham and Major
Guy Howard also goes TO the same place.
Between 500 and GOO recruits left tonight
for Tampa to join the different regiments
to which they will be assigned.
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san Juan Not BADLY Damnged.

Mobile. May 2s.Captain Evans OF the
steamship Cecil. in quarantine in the lower
bay. who was in tse bombardment at san
Juan. saws the American heet did no dam
age to the fcrts and tina. the damage dune
was not exceeding $500.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-28

Special Dispatch to The Post.)
York, May q The reported sight
Thursday of a squadron of war
ten miles off Port Limon, Costa
adds another uncertainty to the
condition which has been confronting
rntry for the last fortnight,
the first dispatch giving this
news was received by the Herald
yesterday afternoon, its correspond
the lsthmus of Panama was direct
make an immediate investigation.
n Information that the Spanish
40 peen seen was soon afterwards
ed by another dispatch which de-
'ne sighting of similar vessels BY
nan steamer off Carthagena, and
telegram direct from Port Limon
V that squadron. presumably
out not accurately definable, be-
log, has been seen off that port,
9 &c the northward.
reports fit well together. bat they
accepted reser,edly. because of
Possibilities entering.
A0st accurate confirmation attain.
Washington locates Cervera's
10 the harbor of Santiago de
70 other foreign squadron has been
2 along the Spanish main or In
snOoffood OF the Mosquito coast,
Oh our warships are at present
uon the advanced base of opera
= really definite news of the Span
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b flee heo Oldest M ue uhe,hnn win
m al found / by Don hrt CON
ann ueuhuae ont hin
n MUS Ii n Their MFR
Il o m . Oh scpadh Taught b threatening
n n and the blood OF
me on he American vGab outside III habuw ure
h order to a ia gxn
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-28

ST. Thomas. ID. W. l.. May 27.-The Dutch
cruiser Friesiand ssiled this mornins Tor
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-28
Fleet of Warships Reported Far to
the Southwest of Cuba.
ley ARE BELIEVED TO BE SPANISH
|onality Can Not Be Made Out Because of Fog.
|uch Mystery Attaches to the Strangers-They
We're Steaning Northward When Sighted.

I, r,b,e to The Post and New York
"a Copyright. 1898, by James Gordon
nIstt)
~ Prince, Hayti, May FIT is re-
Aere that a Spanish fleet OF four
I..,els passed the Mole St. Nicholas
rorthward through the Windward
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-28

h Cable TO The Post and New York
fla. Copyright, 1925, by James Gordon
Inett)
Ina via Galveston, May 27.-Pas-
arriving here yesterday on an Ital-
|amer from Carthagena report that
Nv three warships, supposed to be-
b The Spanish feet. One passenger,
bad a powerful marine glass, said
X dlscerned four others. The ships
Ipparently heading for Port Limon,
Rlea.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-28

noecial Dispatch to The PostO
York May 27.-The Post Herald
,,ndent al Port Limon cables that at
|, o'clock yesterday eight ships were
about ten miles from the port.
n heavy fog it was impossible TO
,u,.h the fags of the fleet, but rom
|. and form of the vessels 1t is be-
that they we're warshlps. The eight
we're going in northerly direction
Aout $50 o'clock they disappeared
REV.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-26
BUT TWO PARTIES.

The events of the past few days show
that old party lines have been wiped
out and that to-day there are really
but two parties contending for the mas
terry in North Carolina.
The White Mans party or the negro
party will win on the eighth of Noyem-
Der.
All the Democrats except five rene
the Populists except the office-holders
and few others who have believed the
lies Of their salary drawing leaders; and
all the decent white Republicans who
know the true situation have forgotten
past differences; and all the respectable
members of the other parties who can
rise above prejudce-all these forces are
banded together to restore White SUI
premacy and decency-(they are one and
inseparable) in North Carolina.
Opposed to them are the various
classes that compose the negro party.
They embrace 10000 negroes, pap
sucking and prejudiceguided men who
We're Populists two and four years ago,
Mckinley office-holders and their Re
publican henchmen, and such other
scalawdgs and traitors to their race who
expect to get office or pay in return for
selling their birth-right.
Il no forcoc arc drawn IN rpady tO
contend at the ballot box for supremacy
North Carolina cannot be half white and
half black November Sth, will tel
whether the negro shall continue to rule
the State or whether the white man
shall be entrusted with the reins of gov
eminent.
That is the true issue.
''Ue that dallies is a bastard"
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THE GOVERNORS STUMP SPEECH.

We have all along, in ordinary times
as well as during campaigns, declined to
permit this paper to be the vehicle of
Republican politicians. 1t is, perhaps,
because he can get hearing before re-
special BILE North Carolinians in no other
way, that Governor Russell has called
his latest stump speech "A Proclama-
ton BY The Governor"
1t is stump speech from beginning to
end, and is but a second bluff to in
timidate the voters of North Carolina.
Yesterday Senator Pritchard thought to
scare the determined white men of the
State by threatening that the President
would send Federal troops into the State
on election day. Instead of sending ter
rOr to the heart of the people, the re-
sponsc was, Let them come. We car
ried the State in 1870 when bayonets
were used to ovcrawe the State. If
you send them this year history will re-
peat itself We do not intend to permit
the Radical heecrs to carry the election
by the frauds they practiscd by illegal
registration in 1896. If this detcrmina-
ton. accompanied by no lawlessneSs or
breach of the peace, invites intimidation
by Federal troops, we will refuse to be
inundated by any outside parties as We
refuse to he driven by corrupt home of
ficals."
To-day the Governor fires off a stump
speech which be calls a proclamation.
1t is SANDER upon the State, and is
issued ut this time to make ready the
call for Federal troops. 1t seeks to
place at the door of white men the
crimes of which men of his party are
guilty. There has been no bad feeling
in the State except such as has been
by Republican dcmagogues
who have sought to inflame the pas
sions of the negroes. There has been
no shooting except by negroes in Robe
son county who shot three white men.
The people will read the truth in spite
of the attempt of the Governor in Il
to revamp the yarns which
Republican orators are retailing through
out the State.
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ABSOLUTELY FALSE"

The people remember that at Hoods
Swamp, DR.. Cy Thompson offered 50 to
any P0pulist who had gone back to the
Democrats. Several ex-populists de-
clared they had returned to the Demo
cratic party. among them Mr.. Matthew
Jinnett. DIR. Fox" Person, candidate
of the negro Fusion party, in a speech
said that Jinnett was the only man who
held up his hand, and that he
was drunk. There has been proof
of eight, and Mr. Jinnett pronounces the
statement that he was drunk absolute
ly false"
One by one every statement made by
Fusion orators is thus shown to be 'ab-
soutely false"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-26
IT RINGS LIKE A BELL.

The patriotic letter of Hon. William
A. Guthrie, who was the candidate OF
the Populist party for Governor in 1876,
published elsewhere in to-day's paper,
will ring like bell in every nook and
corner of North Carolina. 1t will be re-
garded sas II summon to patriots of all
parties to forget differences and defend
their firesides.
The threat of intimidation by Federal
soldiers, will stir the blood of every
true disciple of Jefferson and every lover
of Home Rule, no matter by what party
name he calls himself.
Maj. Guthrie blazes the way. Hun
dreds. of other good men, who have not
participated in this campaign hitherto
for one cause or another, will feel their
pulses thrill when they read that Sena-
tor Pritchard and Governor Russell are
seeking to subvert their liberties and
inaugurate a reign of rule by bayonets.
And there will be men, also, who have
been acting with the Fusionists who,
seeing what continued support of that
cause means, will be moved to join with
all other men who believe in Home
Rule.
The infamous SANDER of the people of
the State by Pritchard and Russell will
drive the last nail in their political
coffin. and will unite white men of diff
ferent views in a struggle to preserve
civil government free from military
dictation
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-26
DRAWING THE COLOR LINE.
The Negroes Refused to Let White
Radical Speak.

Scotland Neck, n. c., October %
Especial. )-Congressman George II.
White spoke at Tilery yesterday, and
after he spoke Mr.. NJ. Furgerson, present
register of deeds of this county, wished
to speak, but the white people told him
he must not speak. He asked 20 be al
lowed to correct some statements thai
had been made about him and they al-
lowed it. but when he got up to make
his statements the negroes themselves
forced him to get down. Furgerson some
time ago in a Republican convention ~
Halifax was instrumental in keeping Con-
gresham White from speaking, and the
negroes turned it on him yesre day and
would not let him speak. This is draw
ing the color line sharply when they WI
not let one of their own party speak.
he being a white man. Last Myht 4
white man who has been ncra Il short
time and was unknown to many persons
here, was thrashed by a crowd and told
to. leave He had been engaged in grading
tobacco and became enraged with some
persons for whom he had been at work
and it was said he had threatened yio-
lence.
Mr. w. r. Langley died here iast
night after lingering illness OF CON
sumption.
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THE TRUTH AND A REMEDY BeTTGR THAN
FALSEH0OD.

In speech at StateSville, Spencer
Blackburn, the ''I-cannot-beat-a retreat"
Fusion orator, said that great harm was
being done the State by spreading
abroad the news that the State, coun-
ties and towns were controlled by ne
groes. He said such condition would
injure the State and the towns.
As the leading Republicans have testi-
fed that Wilmington, Newbern, Green
vile and other Eastern towns are dOmi-
mated by negroes, Mr.. Blackburn admits
that the Democrats are right in contend
ing that negro rule is injuring the State.
The only reason why Fayetteville,
Goldsboro, Wilson, Charlotte, Rocking
ham and other towns are not under ne
gro rule is because Populists like Sena-
tor Atwater, of Chatham, took ground
against negroiZing the Eastern towns.
Blackburn does not deny that certain
Eastern towns and cities are under negro
rule. He cannot deny it. He argues
that for business reasons white property
owners should deny patent fact. The
white men are not ready to lie about the
real conditions that exist in the State
even if it would put money in their pur-
ses They know that the only way to
restore good conditions is to tell the truth
about the present deplorable misgovern-
ment and appeal to the voters to
change it.
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DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES.

FOR JUDGES SUPERIOR COURT.
First Dist-ict-George Ell. Brown, Jr.
of Beaufort.
Second District-Henry r. Bryan, OF
Craven.
Fifth District-Thomas ]. Shaw, OF
Guilford.
Sixth District-Oliver FL. Allen, OF
Lenoir.
Seventh Distributions A. Mcneil
of Robson.
Eleventh District--W. A. Hoke. OF
Lincoln.
Twelfth judicial District: Frederick
Moore, of Buncombe.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-26
A WORD TO THE WISE is SUFFI-
GENT.

Ely's Cream Balm has completely
cured me of catarrh when everything else
failed.-Alfred w. Stevens, Caldwell,
Ohio.
Ely's Cream Balm works like charm;
it has cured me of the most obstinate
case of cold in the head; l would not
be without it.-Fred'k Fries, 2S3 Hart
ST., Brooklyn, N. Y.
A Zoe. trial size or the Soc size of
Ely's Cream Balm will be mailed. Kept
by druggists. Ely Brothers, Sc Warren
ST., n. Y.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-26
STATE NEWS.

The Queen City Cotillion Club of
Rocky Mount will give its Annual Fair
Germans November 3rd and 4th. Music
will be furnished by the first Virginia
regiment band.
Mr. J. George Finley died in Wilkes
boro on Monday.
Hon. TheO. f. Kluttz is confident that
he will be elected to Congress from the
Seventh district by not less than 1000
majority. 1t will probably reach 1000.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-26

Nine negroes and one white man We're
killed in a race war at Meridian, Miss,
Sunday. NobObdy has been killed and
there is no likelihood of it in North Caro-
lima, And yet Pritchard and Russell want
to import Federal troops into North Caro-
lima while there is no suggestion of send
ing them to Mississippi. Why? Pritch-
ard and Russell see they are defeated UNI
less they can get the help of the Federal
troops. Thy think they can repeat 1868
tactics. They will soon learn that this
is 1898 and that the white voters will
not be inundated by them or by their
troops
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-26
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that no troops will be sent to North
Carolina, but whether they are OF not
our people are going to carry TINS eiec-
ton. They will keep within the law
but they are going to carry the election,
and talk Of Federal interference VIII
only serve to put the devil i'll them.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-26

There is no lie too big for Radicals
TO tell. One of them in Watauga, says
the Democrat, tells the people that
White, the Republican candidate for
Congress in the Second district is a
white man. They hope to win this cam
paign by presuming that the people are
all fools and idiots.
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WILL PUT THE DEVIL IN THEM

WILL PUT THE DEVIL IN THEM.
Charlotte Observer.
We are astonished at the news that
Senator Pritchard has suggested to the
administration at Washington the send
ing of Federal troops into North caro-
lima to preserve the peace at the election.
In TO day or two ago peace has pre-
vailed throughout our borders; where it
has been disturbed, it has been by
members of Senator Pritchard's party;
if it is further disturbed, it will be due
to their conduct.
The heat betrayed by Attorney Gen
eral Griggs in the discussion of this
matter by the Cabinet yesterday was
unworthy of him.
The inference from this mornings
dispatch is that the sending of troops
TO the State depends upon the will of
Governor Russell. Neither friend or foe
ever knows what Russell is going to do
about anything. We hope, however,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-26
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
WHITE SKINNED KNAVES.

WHITE SKINNED KNAVES.
Wilmington Dispatch.
Before the advent of the white skin
ned "Reminiscences BUM
MERS-who now control this city and
couaty. the negro did not hunger for
office. he realized that he was better
off without it; better off because he knew
his place 1t is this parcel of white
scamps, back-hearted leeches, that has
melted them to political strife and fast
ened them upon the community until the
situation has become one of menace to
life and property. 1t is then only natural
that the white man should look to these
white skinned knaves for the RESPONSE
bility of the curse.
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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-01-22
SOME AGED WOMEN,

Mrs. Susie Yeager, of Rhineville, KY,
now in her Doth year, was schooimate
of Abraham Lincoln at the first school
session he attended.
Mrs. Mary Flannery, aged 106, died
in Independence, Ia, November 10.
Mary Flannery was born in County
Clare, Ireland, February 2, 1901. She
was the mother of nine children, all
born in Ireland.
Mrs. Margaret Boughan died at her
home in Chicopee Falls recently. She
was born in Ireland and claimed to be
1874 years of age. Her husband cor
roborated her story and says that he
discovered in the parish records of her
birthplace that she was born in 1773.
just outside the town OF Cape Por-
poise, Miss, live the Oldest married
couple in the United States. They are
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Manuel, and they
are f01 and 9s years of age respective
ly. The aged pair have lived together
II years and are still happy.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-01-22
SAID BY CHILDREN.

Teacher--come. come, Dick; what
comes after temp" Dick-"Eight, nine.
ten-er-I demo-" Teacher-"Bobby,
can you tell Dick what comes after ten ~
Bobby es'm-jack, queen and king .
A mother recently took her four-year-
old boy to church, but had to be con-
stantly cbiding him for speaking out in
meeting. He finally broke out: .'Mam-
ma, If you won't let me talk, take of
my shoes so can work my toes"
Johnny ION Christmas eve)-.Mam-
ma, can't you give the baby something
to make him sleep to-night?'' Mamma
why. Johnny?' Johnny-"Because
il Santa Claus hears him yelling he
might think we're all just as bad"
A class Of little girls at school were
asked the meaning Of the word philoso-
pher. Most Of the hands were extended,
but one child seemed specially anxious
to tell. Well, Annie, what is philoso-
pber?" asked the teacher. "a man
what rides philosopede, i" was the little
girls answer--Cnicago News,