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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-19
Commodore SchIey,s Position

1t was reported last ewing that the
navy department had received a dis
patch from Commodore Schley, dis
claiming responsibility for the news
paper agitation in favor of recOgniZ-
ing him as a party to the destruction
OF the Spanish fleet, ten days age, out
side Of Santiago. AS the story goes.
Commodore Schley assured the secre-
tary that he knew nothing of the
clamOr in his behalf; that he had not
in any way suggested or inspired it;
that he was we'll content to await Act
ing Admiral SIMPSONS official report,
and felt sur hat full justice would be
lone to all concerned in the affair.
1t is easy to believe that Commodore
Schley states the simple truth in max
ing these representations to the gov
eminent. ~uite apart from his we'll
known character as a careful and high
minded officer, there is the fact that
the correspondents needed no urging
to take the position they have taken.
What they have said about Schley is
SO manifestly correct and proper that
it carries its own authority with it.
The correspondents at Santiago are
not there to bolster up personal ambi-
tions or to exploit individual vanity.
The chances all are that they are not
progressed in Schley'S favor, and that,
as between him and Sampson, they
lean toward the latter as the official
head Of the feet and the source of
their most authentic Information. It
is safe to assume hat the seemingly
organized demonstration as regards
Commodore Schley and his part in the
Cervera affair was the result of their
knowledge of the facts, n that it had
no motive save the very laudable one
of doing justice to a gallant and de-
serving officer. They could lot have
known that the informal reports from
Sampson and Watson would ignore
Schley altogether, and it is inconceiv-
able that they could by agreement
have telegraphed home to cOunteract
that no doubt u~nintentiOnal oversight.
The obvious fact is that they gave the
credit to Schley, because ne was clear
ly entitled to it, and in all human
probability they did 81 without sus-
pecting that their declarations would
ever appear to conflict with the Off
cial reports.
AS we have already said, there can
be no doubt that Acting Admiral
Sampson will confirm the VIGOROUSLY
%accurate accounts hat have already
reached us from newspaper sources.
We are confident hat his failure to
mention Schley in his original dis
patch was the result of inadvertence
brought about by the confusion and
excitement of the moment. We can
understand Schley's anxiety to put
himself right with the department,
but it is not imaginable that his SUI
| periOrs needed such assurances or were
in the least doubtful as TO the facts
| in the case.
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before. Remember there are about
1000 Of these islands.
Lieutenant Peavy is off again on the
steamer Windward for the North
Pole. He got lost up there once and
brave Captain Schley was ent to res
and when once caught is inveterate
and i~neradicabIe. Who viii go after
him next time? An account says
Lieutenant Peary will proceed to
Smith Sound, or as far north as he
can get, establish a base. and then
move on toward the Pole, catching
supplies at different points in order to
avoid the danger OF starvation. the
explorers greatest n in the ice
bound regions"
The London Spectator think the [.
S. navy could soon clean out the Ger
man navy. It thinks Emperor Will
ian would wake up to a sudden sur
prise. Il also thinks we could face
Frances large navy without great
risk Of disaster"
The Mobile Register refers to sly
brother Stahlman." 1t says: "StahI-
man is a sly fox; he knows as well as
another that to suppress the truth is
to suggest f~alsehood; but he a lived
so long in corrupt atmosphere that he
laughs at the gullibility of honest men
and brazenly contends that the con-
ditions justified deceit"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-19

was selling at s19 a barrel, salt fish 80
cents per pound, and other provisions
at a price so high the none but the
wealthy could get them.
Captain McKenna said that while
he was at Arecibo he fed on an aver
age so persons per day. Il always
carry three months rations," he said,
but 1 hav hardly enough now to
last me to the next port"
The War department is concentrat-
ing transports for a move on San
Juan Baptista, in Porto Rico. The
condition at Manila is but little bet
ter. The report in yesterdays Mes
senger from the London Times's cor
respondent at Cavite, dated 10th July,
was that the condition was terrible.
At Havana the strengthening Of the
lane side of Notifications is being
pressed with intense activity. The
weak. It is distressing TO know that
yellow fever has begun its work
among our soldiers. 1t is more to be
feared than Spanish bullets. The
cool, wise heads all along insisted that
it was a great mistake to invade Cuba
at this season. and a greater mistake
to invade with a small army. With
out the help of the navy what could
particularly in the rainy season?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-19
Judgements in PrfZe.Shfp Cases

Jacksonville, Fla, July 14.-Judge
Locke today entered orders in the
United States court regarding the dis
position of a number of the prizes of
war. The steamships Catalina, Miguel
Jover. Buena Ventura and Guido were
ordered to be taken from Key West
to New York under the convoy of
the United States steamship Newport
The Guido and the Buena Ventura are
to be sold and the cargo of the latter
vessel is to be tr~anshipped, as it has
been ordered to be restored to the
claimants. A bond has been fixed and
accepted for the cargoes of the Cata-
lima and Miguel Jover, but has been
refused for the vessels and they will
be laid up in New York until the ap-
peal taken by the government has been
settled by the supreme court Of the
United States. orders were also en-
tered for the removal Of the prize
cases OF the steamships Gallito and
cargo Of the T~wickenham, cargo of the
Amapala n cargo of the Emanuel
Reval ana cargo of the Estenger from
Key W est to the Jacksonville branch
Of the United States court for trial. :
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-19
Dollar Saving People !

They are the ones I like; 1 wish
there were more Of them. They are
our best customers. The more par
ticular. more saving people are the
surer we are of getting their cash
trade in Dry Goods Of all classes
Shoes Of every grade, Mems and Boys
Clothing, Ladies' and Gents Summer
Underwear, tents Summer Goa and
Vests and odd Pants. Mattings and
Carpets. Lace Curtains and Window
Shades, Trunks and Valises'. Ladies'
and Children's Underwear. Hosiery OF
every grade. Umbrellas and Parisols,
Laces and Embroideries, Ladies' and
Children's Hats, Ribbons and Flowers,
Ladies' Ready Made Skirts, Linen
Crash, figured and plain. Brilliantine
and WOrsted. Silk Grenadine and
Brocaded figured Silk. Table Linen
Napkins and Towels. Bathing Suits
for Men and Women and Rubber Wa
ter Proof Caps.
Our Millinery Department has been
we'll supplied with new thIngs-Rib-
bons. Laces and insertions from sc to
10c per yard. Val and Linen Insertion
from &c to 10c per yard. Plated Chit
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-19
STATE PRESS

There are four essentials t. Demo
cratic success: 1. Sticking close to
the party's principles as enunciateo'
in the 1896 national and 1898 state
platforms. 2. Nominating able, hon.
est and true men who believe in these
principles and have the confidence Of
the people. 3. Exposing the baseness
OF republican legislation and govern
g~aniZation- Let democrats stick TO
these and go to work.-Raleigh News
and Observer.
The nomination OF Judge Ewart as
federal judge for the western district
goes over until December. The senate
adjourned without confirming the nom
ination, which had been reported fav-
orably by a committee with a major
ity of one. II is said If a vote had
been taken Ewart would have been
confirmed by a safe majority. The
president will probably reappoint
Judge Ewarr, and he viii proceed 70
discharge the duties Of his office
winston Sentinel.
There has been much criticism OF
the colOred people who professed TO
be so eager to go to war but when
the time came for them to make up
their regiment many Of them fiinched
and stayed at home. Like some Of
their white brethren, doubtless most
OF them wanted to be officers. and
this as we'll as c~owardice caused the
failure of many of the companies first
called to respond. The colored lead
ers, however, deny that they are
afraid. They lay all the blame on
Governor Russell, who, they charge,
has made the appointment Of officers
in the colored regiment solely a mat
te' of political favoritism.-Statesville
Landmark.
| We do not need judges on the bench
who will use the powers, We may say
abuse the powers, Of their positions
to worm themselves into congress,
the executive Office of the United
States senate. We sometimes feel
that it would be a good thing TO pro-
vide by law that no man, occupying
a judicial position, should be men
toned for any other Office, until he
had first resigned from the bench,
under a heavy penalty. Politics and
political scheming on the bench are
among the dangerous as we'll as griev-
ously oppressive burdens of the day.
In some instances it has reached the
degree Of a public scandal. and con-
stitutes in a large measure one Of
the justify:ng causes Of much popular
discomfort and Observation-Disclosures
Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-19
Wake Forest Summer school
Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Wake Forest July IS.

With this week the summer school
at Wake Forest closes it's second ses-
sion. It has been a most pleasant
school. While the numbers in attend
ance have not been large, still the
work done has been admirable.
In addition to the faculty of the in
stitution, the following teachers from
other schools were employed to do
special teaching in the pedagogical
department: Miss Marsh, of Ra-
leigh graded school, Primary Meth
ods;" Miss Register, of the Raleigh
graded schools, Methods in Geo.
graphy;" Miss Battle, of the Durham
schools, Vertical Writing" Miss
Blair, of the Durham schools, clio
cution;" Professor F. H. Curtis, of the
Mt. Airy schools, Methods in En-
glish GRAMMAR" Professor w. c. AL
len, of the Reidsville schools, Meth
DDS in Arithmetic and Algebra"
It is needless to say that all of these
departments have been filled admir-
ably. Besides them the different
numbers of the faculty of the college
have conducted the exercises OF their
respective departments with great in.
terest and profit to those who have
attended.
Besides the regular work of the
class room there has been an abund-
ance of good things outside. Profes
sor Curtis has given morning lee
lures on teaching in the chapel. Pro.
fessor w. L. Poteat, several days ago
gave a most interesting and instruc.
tive lecture on specialization, the
Bane of Civilization" Last nigh
| Professor w. c.. Allen gave a lecture
in the college chapel upon the
Teacher as a Factor in Society,"
This morning Professor Biggs, o
Elizabeth City, gave a very instruc
tive lecture upon How to Teach
Poetry"
/ The work has been thorough, AND
! one characteristic Of the teachers
present has been the earnestness
with which they have pursued the
work. All are well pleased, and the
summer school at Wake Forest col
lege can be put down as one of the
know things for the future.
Professor Curtis's lecture ms in the
chapel to the entire school every
morning have been much enjoyed
and he deserves credit in that he has
had to make them from day to day
without any formal preparation, not
knowing thai he would have it to dc
until he came here.
Next season, if the proper effort Ii
made there is nc reason why 300
teachers may not be in attendance
upon the school. 1t is a delightful
place to spend a month.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-19
RUMORS SPECULATIONS AND NEWS

Peace talk continues, but it is not
credited in Washington that Spain is
yet ready for it. The cabinet crisis at
Madrid may mean fresh ak of peace
or a prolonging of war. e Admi-
raj Dewey is plucky and prompt. How
quickly he took in the situation at
Subig and took the fort, capturing
1900 men and then refusing to receive
from the impudent German vessel
ways ready for work. If Germany is
really "spilin' for a fight let her wade
in. The Spanish navy is done for"
and the American fleets are we'll nigh
out of a job. Dewey is a~nxiously
awaiting the arrival of the double
turreted monitor, the Monterey. He
thinks German Interference has crea-
ted an anti-American feeling in the
insurgent army. A dispatch from
Washington says:
He wants the Monterey to place
himself on an equality with Admiral
Diedrichs, and it is said by the naval
people here that the Monterey will
even he American and German
SQuduIOnS, SO no movement or Amerl-
can troops out of Cavite is looked for
until the arrival of the Monterey.
THE second Manila expedition left
San Francisco with 1900 troops for
Manila June II, and it is expected to
arrive at Manila on the 18th inst. at
the outside"
The Spanish press has somewhat
Changed it's tune. 1t says now that
Cuba might be surrendered, but the
Philippines and Porto Rico never. In
the meantime there are most Distress
ing times at the later, and starvation
is in progress.
Captain McKenna left Arecibo June
I'll. AT that time reports from all
parts of Porto Rico indicated a condi-
Hion among the natives nearly border
ing on starvation. At Arecibo -four
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-19
.WHERE Is HE ATT,

Where is he at?" That is a ques-
ton now being asked as TO Oliver
Dockery. We heard a pOpulist say he
was still a pOpulist. Oliver says he is
again a republican. Are the twO one
and the same? 1t was a negro con
vention that nominated him first-but
they claim to be black radicals. The
Wadesboro Messenger in it's report of
the proceedings stated this:
Every nominating speech and mo-
ton mas made by cutie, and it looked
as if the time had indeed come when
the bottom rail was IN top
Henry DOckery, the brother of Oil
yer, in a speech before the convention
vouched for the republicanism of Oil
yer. Henry Dockery, it will be re-
two years ago, and now holds a fat
job under McKinley's goldbug admin
istratiOn."
If Henry did not know where Oil
yer is at" who does know? Does Oil
yer himself know? And yet, as we
have seen mentioned somewhere =
Marion Butler AYERS that Oliver is all
L L / L. MIN, dtlu IICip OIl lIlC
cOmmon cause in the future. You
pays your money and you takes your
choice" Oliver is performing Justify
with widely stretched legs the two
horse act. He has a double nomina-
tion-from black RAIDS and pops,-and
he is a double candidate, and is both
My JekylI and Doctor Hyde. Our
WadesbOrO contemporary says of the
populist convention that lifted My
son Oliver" on to the back Of the pop
ulist goldbug:
Or. A. A. Maynard, who has been
eating pie, obtained by grace of re-
publican votes for several years,
placed his same Oliver DOckery be-
fore that convention and yOuched for
him as q staunch pOpuliSt.
Now the question is, who is right,
Henry DOckery or Dr.. Maynard? We
all know that a Dockery can be any
thing the occasion demands, but how
| ever one of this race of versatile office
seekers can be two entirely different
things at one and the same time will
have to be explained to a goOdly num-
Der of white men in the pOpuliSt party
before this negro organizer receives
their votes"
AS a straddler and WARBLER Oliver is
an immense success. He has one OF
the most varied of political coats, anC
his politics appear to be of a most &C.
commodating type with an easy vir.
tue" hat is quite apprOachable. He
will be a marvellous latter-day exam
pie of Pliable in politics if he can be
both a gold black radical and a silver
populist. When he gets to congress-
may Providence mercifully forefend-
it will be a fine caper he will cut
when he sails into the arena of The
house, and first dances with all Of
trimmings the real radical break
down." following it up quickly with {
gay and festive populist all-around
and then performing so many somer
saults before taking his seat as tt
leave the wondering onlookers il
doubt as to whether it is indeed M
Son Oliver or a political mounte
bank from the -backwoodS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-19
BREyITFES.

Camara is cautious. He will hide
his helpless ships in some safe har-
Dor soon. Watson may find him, how
ever.
Senior Sagasta is sagacious. He gave
a significant solution to an inquiry
saying there was mo remedy but
peace"
manufacturing 120 rifles a day when
war began. 1t is now turning out 300
a day or 5000 a month. This country
should not stop hurrying up the MAX
ing of best guns until a half million
are ready for use.
The navy has solved a nice problem
in bombarding-how to hit a town
five miles off, and over mountains and
invisible. At Santiago Commodore
Schley solved satisfactorily the same
and % the town al be destroyed if
a soldier did not fire a gun. Let the
ships do the work then.
Virginia has had another lynching
for the same old deyilish offense. The
black brute planned an Internal plan
and executed it, and then he died at
he hands of an Infatuated people. 1t
will be that way so long as the beasts
prowl and ruin. No tears and no
wailings n no stereotyped COM
ments. Mobs will act so long as iends
ravage and that is the whole of it,
however dangerous mob law may be.
If Germany seizes one of the Philip
pines it will be a war upon Spain, I'M
less American troops have occupied it
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-19

fon for COO per yard. Silk Yelling for
10c per yard.
We can save you money on all we
sell and kindly ask you to give us a
chance to prove 1t. We ere still giving
away those handsome Arm Chairs
with all "a purchases OF SIS, beauti-
full Oak Book Cases with a SIS pur-
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purchase. fine Hall Hat a with
a $25 purchase, fine China Set OF Is
pieces with a s25 purchase. Eighteen
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One nice imitation Cut Glass Berry
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Your picture made life size for a $40
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Plates with a $40 purchase. A set of
Glass Tumblers with a s. purchase.
Come to see us and you will find
that we are up-to-date In the Dry
Goods business and headquarters for
low prices n honest goods, at Will
mingtOn's Big Racket Store. on Front
Street. opposite the Orion Hotel.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-19
Troops at Charleston not to EN- BARI

Troops at Charleston not to EN- bark
Charleston, S. c., July 14.-Late
Wednesday night General Wilson re-
ceived orders not to embark the troops
under his command here for Santiago.
Much of the baggage of the Second
and Third Wisconsin regiments had
been loaded and all of this had to
come off the ships. This afternoon,
General Wilson went out to Summer
vile to inspect a camping ground
there, but the water supply did not
suit him. At headquarters every one
is entirely at sea as to what is to be
done with the troops here, now that
Santiago has fallen. The chances are
that they will be quartered in this city
for some time to come.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-19
A Cotton Firm Financially Embarrassed

Providence. r. l., July 14.-John H.
Mason & Sons n of the oldest cot
ton manufacturing firms in this city,
are financially embarrassed. The
liabilities of the firm are placed above
$500, 600, mostly in notes held by
banks in this city. The number of
creditors is small and as yet no action
has been taken in the matter. Eugene
Mason is preparing a statement of as
sets and liabilities, which will be pre-
sented to the creditors as soon as pos
Sible.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-19
BuckIen's ArniCa EaIye.

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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-04
NUGGETS OF NEWS.

New Yorks comptroller says the city
debt is now $50 100000 beyond the legal
limit.
A land grant has been made by Can
ada to the Manitoba university Of 15O,-
900 acres.
Eight thousand school teachers in
New York will receive an average ad-
vance in pay of $lO2 a year.
The wife of Justice Brewer, Of the
United States supreme court died in
Washington last night, aged 60.
Public School Teacher Jesse Bell of
Binghamton, n. Y, was beaten by two
men for whipping his pupils.
While praying in a New York syna-
gogue Mrs. Augusta Neuman was
stricken with apopleXy and died.
Editor w. c. Brann, shot in a duel
with Captain T. NJ. Davis at Waco,
Tex, is dead, and Davis is dying.
Mrs. Leonora Faulkner, who was shot
! two weeks ago in Brooklyn, N. Y, by
John O. Peterson, died Saturday
| Eight -year-old Sarah Cohen was ia
tally burned by her clothing taking fire
| at a range in her home in New York.
A dispatch from Lima says that 800
| native agricultural laborers and SER
wants have been shipped from Japan to
| Peru.
Five members of the Ninth New York
Militia regiment have been dishonor-
ably discharged Ior plotting against an
officer.
An Episcopal church commission will
submit n canon to the next general
convention denying second marriages
TO divorced persons.