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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-06-28
"GREATEST CRIME OF CENTURY
LII Allowing Spain to Be Crushed by
brutal Weight of Numbers.

Madrid, June 23.-6 p. m.-During the
afternoon Il Semi-official note was issued
lin order to avoid 4 MISUNDERSTANDING
pointing out that merely the Spanish
III retired and took up Il position III
the mountains. owing to the americans
landing nine kilometres east of Baiquiri.
whore there were no Spanish troops and
e~rGeavoring to outfiank the Spaniards."
The note then points out that this
part Of the country is very unhealthy
and that yellow jack is rampant
The Spanish official dispatches are an
nounced to have created an excellent
impression here as ndicatin" ;hc I'm
menso difficulties of the advance on
Santiago de Cuba"
The dispatches from Cuba were read
n tie Senate here to-day. ~Nnercupon
the Senators made patriotic speeches.
Senator Navarro Rodrigo declared
Europe and the whole world is Commit
ting the greatest and mos, horrible
crime of the century, in altnwiu@ Spain
to be crushed by brutal wciGlt of mum
hcrs.'
Continuing. the Senator diIated npcn
the grave danger to the Latin and Stay
races IF Europe t~ole.atrs Anglo SaNcn
prcponderance."
The Budget was then adopted, which
will permit the government to suspend
the s%ittings of the Cortes.
The newspapers talk of a possible
change of Ministry next week.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-06-28
DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS.
Opcpcd With Washington-Seven Con
tact Mines Turned Up.

Opened With NaShIngton-Scyen Con
tact Mines Turned Up.
Copyright by the Associated Press.1
Playa del Este. Gable Station, Guam
tanamo Bay. Province Of Santiago de
Cuba. Tuesday. June 21.-The cable at
this point, on which Col. Allen. with the
cable boat Adria, had been working for
several days under great difficulties was
opened for operation to-day. Commune
cation with Washington was establish
ed and several official messages have
been received from Washington.
Matters in the harbor have been quiet
for two days, but stirring events are eN-
pcctcd soon.
The launches of the cruiser Marble
head. and the .gunboat Dolphin, to-day
by command Of Commander of the Nc
Calla. dragged the channel leading to
the town of C~aimanera, and turned up
seven contact mines. each containing
1l2 pounds Of gun cotton.
The mines were exactly similar to
those found some days since by the
Texas and Marblehcad. and every one
had been hit by one Of our boats on the
occasion of the bombardment. Com
maudcr McCalla. said the escape of the
American warships was little short of
providcntial.
The work of dragging out the mines
to-day. under charge of Lieutenant
Boughter. of the MarbIehead. Ensign
Cole. of the Dolphin. and Ensign
Gherarty of the Marblehead. who di-
rccted the launches was dangerous and
was very handsomely lone by the young
officers.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-06-28

Hurls Dynamite Bombs Against Santa
COS Defcnces. Doing, 1t is Thought,
Great Injury.
copyright 1898 by Associated Press.)
Playa del Este, Guantanamo Bay,
/ foVlnce of Santiago de Cuba. June "a
Inc remaIns Of +. O. Blakeley. the ap~
prentice of the battleship Texas. who
WAS struck and killed by a six inch shell
WINE the Texas was Smelling the halter
les OF Santiago de Cuba on Wednesday
Ilsht last, ave been buried at sea. off
Santiago de Cuba. Four of the eight
others who were wounded at the time
Rlakeley was killed. have been brought
here and placed on the hospital shin
Solace. The other wounded men will re-
main on the Texas. The battIeshiD was
not seriously damaged by the shell.
Dynamite cruiser NeSuvius attacked
the Santiago batteries last night. throw
inc three dynamite shells. 1t is believed
the projectiles did great damage TO fhe
intrenchmentS.
The Texas fought the battle alone. and
after its conclusion the officers and men
of the battleship were co%mplimented bv
Rear Admiral Sampson for the excellent
work they had performed.
The names of the men wounded on the
Texas include the following: ]. Simon
sen, j. +. Nelson, II. A. Lee. II. Rus
sell. II. G. Engel. @. d. Mullin and j.
e. Lively.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-06-28
MOBILE PAINTED CRIMSON.
Soldiers Are Paid Off and Go on Il High
Old Bender.

Mobile. Ala, June 24.-Thcre were
lively times in Mobile last night and to
day. Three or four hundred of the
Texas. Louisiana and Alabama volun-
teprS having been paid off, slipped
through the camp lines late last night
and came to town, where they made I
night of it. Al roll call this morning
some of the companies did not have more
than seven men. At guard mount. OF
LOO men that should nave been III line,
there were not thalf that number, and Il
strong provost guard was out searching
Tor the absentees. All the streets down
town were pdtrollcd and the men absent
without leave were picked up on every
corner. Some resisted. and the strength
of ten men could hardly hold them.
Finally the number under arrest became
so large that the guard house would not
hold item. and they were all placed in
IN old ice house on Cont and Commerce
streets. where they raised such a row
that a detail of marines was sent for
from the auxiliary cruiser P~owhatan.
These men. under the command Of Lieu
tenant Russell. put the leaders of the
disturbance in irons Later the prisoners
pulled UP the brick pavement in the
house and threw bricks through the win
dowS into Il crowd of curiosity seekers
standing on the street outside. 1t IS re-
ported that several persons were hurt.
Some hundred or more Of the prisoners
were pretty badly bruised up by fighting
among themselves.
At the camp Of the Second Alabama
volunteers the young women Of Mobile
today presented the regiment with col
ors. The women of Mobile presented to
the same regiment Il full set Of instru-
menIs for the band.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-06-28
SPANS ARMY SHOULD GO HOME
Colonial Empire Irretrievably Lost
Peace May Avert Civil War.

London. June 23.-The Paris CORE
spondcnt of the Standard says:
There is no belief here in rumors Of
peace negotiations. as it is considered n
together improbable that the United
States would listen now that she has
LANDED troops in Cuba.
The Temps prints a letter giving inc
view Of i leading conservative statesinaii
at Madrid. emphasizing the necessity
of seeking peace as the only way q
avcrting civil war. The writer avs
There can be no delusion. SPANS CO
lonial empire is irretricvdbly lost. In
anticipation Of disturbances the colonial
army ought to be sent to Spain
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-06-28

In a New Channel.-Plain Citizen
This war business is a good thing for
you newspaper men.
Distinguished Editor-More than you
imagine. The people who used TO run
Il papers for us are now busy telling
how to conduct military operations
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-06-28
BANKERS

Next Annual Convention Meets III
Charlotte August 10th and 18th.
The next annual convention Of the
North Carolina Bankers Association,
will be held at Charlotte, y. C., An
gust 10th and 18th.
Yours truly.
T. W. DEWEY.
Secretary and Treasurer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-06-28

Conference Report on the Bankruptcy
Bill.

Bill.
Washington. June 24.-After u long
hard fight. the conference report upon
the Bankruptcy bill was agreed to by
the Senate to-day. which practically
inSureS the enactment Of the law. as it
* understood there will be no difficulty
in the House. The contest between the
two houses WAS over the TOrrey bill
of the House, and the Nelson bill Of
the Senate. The conference has been
going on since the third Of March. and
the agreement reached was largely on
the ines Of the Nelson bill.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-06-28

'hLN Il small Der cent. of the moncv
saved up for rainy days is invested n
umbrellas. =
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-03-19
MODEST FIRE HEROES.
What They Think About when The
Are PerilinG Their Lives for others.

What They Think About when They
Are PerilinE Their Lives for Others.
once asked Fireman Martin NJ. Cole.
man, after one of those exhibitions Of
Goodness and courage that thrust him
constantly upon the notice of the
newspaper man, what he thought O.
when he stood upon the ladder, with
this thing before him to do that might
mean life or death the next moment
He looked at me in some p~erplexity.
Think" he said, slowly. "Why,
don't think. There amt any time to
II I'd stopped to think, them five PEG
pie would "a been burnt, No; l dom
think of danger. If it is anything, II
is that-up there-I am boss. The rest
arc not in it. Only 1 wish" he added
rubbing his arm ruefully at the recoi
lection. that she hadn't tainted. It.
hard when they faint. They're jus-
SO much dead weight. We get nc he'll
al all from them heavy women"
And that was all l could get out o.
him. l never had much better lucl
with Chief Benjamin A. Gicquel, who
is the oldest wearer of the Bennet
media, just as Coleman is the young
est. or the one who received 1t last
u. was wiling enough to talk about
tie science of putting out fires; of De
Partment Chief Bonner. the man oil
few words" who he thinks has mas.
tered the art beyond any mar living;
OF the back-draft, and Almost anything
else pertaining to the business; but
when ! insisted upon his telling mt
the story of the rescu Of the Schaefel
family of five from a burning tene
ment down in Cherry street, in which
he earned his rank and reward, he
laughed a good-humored little laugh
and said 1t was "the old man"-mean'
ing Schaefer-who should have had the
medal. 1T was a grand thing in him
to let the little one come out first
I have sometimes wished that iremen
were not so modest. 1t would be much
easier, If not satisfactory, to record
their gallant deeds. But l am not sure
that it Is, after all, modesty so much
as a wholly different point Of view
II is business with them, the work
Of their ives. The one feeling that is
allowed to rise beyond this is the feel
ing of eXultation in the face of peril
Conquered by courage. which Coleman
expressed. On the ladder he was boss!
II was the fancy CT a masterful man,
and none but n masterfu. man would
have got upon the ladder at all.@Jacoh
A. Riis, in Cc-tr--
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-03-19
IN OuEERESr hAYTI.
Where the Troops Are Iva Ready
for TroubLe.

When II fire breaks out in the town
almost all the stores close, the troops
stand under arms, and few except the
fremen and the people near the place
OF conlagration venture out in the
street, the reason being that most
revolutionary movements are started
in this manner While fire draws the
attention to some remote part Of Port
au Prince, the ''conspirators," as they
are always called, attempt to storm the
arsenal and the prison, i~iberating and
arlning its inmates. Many n danger
Gus criminal owes his liberty TO an In
cident of this nature.
Another peculiar feature Of the on
slant excitement is the so-cal!ed couru
derived from courir, the French word
fer run-when everybody in the street
starts to run. 1 remember well one
that happened in Port au Prince, the
capital, about five years ago, when the
situation was comparatively quiet.
Two young men who quarreled about
a woman met neal the market place,
drew their reviewers and fred at each
ether. This caused a panic in the mar
ket halls; everybody commenced to
rum III OI0CL ~ &C. 49, NSSShy
knew what had happened; nobody
knew what was going to happen;
those who had heard the shots, see
Ing the others take to their heels, also
ran for the shelter of their homes.
The stores closed; strong attachments
of troops patroled the streets, headed
by the chief Of the police, the com
manders Of the port, the town and
the "arron6issement;" and finally the
president himself, being in doubt as
to the outcome Of the affair, left the
palace Inc rode through the streets
at the head of about $50 cavalry, with
their carbines on the thigh and their
fiugers on the trigger, who were fol-
lowed by a battalion of infantry. Only
one man of the party besides the Of
fcers was without a rifle; he carried
on his head a soap box full of car
tridges. All this had been caused by
a few shots exchanged between two
menl They were promptly arrested,
but the majority Of people did not
know unit; the next morning why they
ran" It is indeed quite natural that
they should look for shelter at such
a time; for justice land sometimes in
JUSTICE, always summarily dispensed,
is particularly high-handed at the time
of a couru.
A similar march which President
Eiipolyte made through the streets ct
the head of his troops to quell the
May instruction Of 1891 cost a good
many lives. However, had the revolu-
ton been allowed to spread, thousands
of uaytians might have fa.len.-Les-
lies Weekly.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-03-19

was il. stephen mad lived n very ia
borious life, his chief work had been
TO care for the poor. How many loaves
of bread lie distributed. how many bare
feet he had sandled. how many cots of
sickness and distress he blessed with
ministries of kindness and love, l do
not know; but from the way he lived,
and the way he preached. aud the way
he died, l know he was a laborious
Christian. But that is all over now.
He has pressed the cup to the last
fainting lip. He has taken the last
insult from his enemies. The last
stone to whose crushing weight he is
susceptible has been hurled. Stephen
is dead! The disciples ONE They
take him mp. They wash away the
blood from the wounds. They
straighten out the bruised limbs.
They brush back the tangled hair
from the brow. and then they pass
around to look upon the calm counte.
nance of him who had lived for the
poor and died for the truth.
1 nave not the faculty to tell the
weather. L can never tell by the set
ting sun whether there will be a
drought or not. l cannot tell by the
blowing of the wind whether it will
be fair weather or foul on the morrow.
But 1 a prophesy, and 1 will
prophesy what weatherit will be when
you, the Christian, come to die. You
nay have 1t very rough now. 1t may be
this week one annoyance, the next
another annoyance. 1t may be this
year one bereavement, h next another
bereavement. Before this year has
passed you may have to beg for bread,
or ask for q scuttle of coal or a pair Of
shoes, but at the last Christ will come Ia
and darkness will go out. And though
there may be no hand to close your
eyes, and no breast on which to rest
your dying head, and no candle to lift
the night, the odors of Gods hanging
garden will regale you soul, and at
your bedside, will halt the chariots of
the King. No more rents to pay, no
more agony because flour has gone up,
no more struggle with 1.-THE world, the
flesh and the devil"; but peace-long,
deep, everlasting peace. Stephen
aSleRDt
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-03-19
PERSONAL AND IMPERsoNAL.

Pasteur's widow has taken up heI
residence at the institute bearing heI
husbands name, and is in receipt of @
pension of $1,000 a year.
There is talk in Hartford of erect.
ing a suitable monument to the memory
Of Henry Clay Work, the author OF
marching Through Georgia.
Mrs. Paul Breen, of San Francisco,
has given 100000 for the construction of
an arch in Golden Gate park, to be q
memorial to her husband and sons.
William Tyler, who has just died at
Conkling. Tenn, at the age of SIS years,
was a nephew Of President Tyler. He
was born and spent his whole life in c
house once owned by John Sewer.
That famous old Partisan dandy,
Prince de Sagan, is said 10 have recov.
cred his health sufficiently to have pre-
pared for a journey to Cannes, whittier
he will be accompanied by the princess.
Mark Twain has been studying the
career of Cecil Rhodes, the South Al
rican millionaire, and sums up his con-
illusions as follows: 81 admire him. 1
frankly confess it; and when his time
comes I shall buy a piece Of the rope
for a keepsake
Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania, has
purchased one of the finest homesteads
Ill the Ohio valley, about ten miles from
Pittsburgh, and viii hereafter live
there. The senator's abandonment of
Beaver county, where he began his po-
litical career, for Allegheny, the strong
hold Of his opponent, Chris" Magee,
is a cause Of wonder to Pennsylvania.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-03-19
a postal brings "A sample COPY.
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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-03-19
IN a OUANDARY.
Did Not Know How TO Act Under the
-cumafunc


1t required some c~oaXinG to get the
war department clerk 10 tell his story,
but he yielded at last, Notwithstanding
the painful memories il brought, and
this Is what he told:
Twelve years AGO [ married a lovely
girl from lear cd Virginia, and life be
came a benson to me. l was five years
her senior, and We were perfectly adapt
ed to each other. Our days passed swift
ly by for five years, and IA only child,
a beautiful boy was three years Old. Al
that age a child. ! think. Is at its lowell
est, and this boy Of ours was the pride
of our hearts. One Sunday shall
never forget il, 1 am suEe-my wife and
the boy and l went of up the canal
above Georgetown to pass a pleasant
afternoon by the watersiGe. Il was a
delightful day il the summer, and we
had a great good time wandering aoCut
the woods and banks, until, quite tired
out, we sat down in the shade overlook
ing some very picturesque locks. How
il happened L never knew, but my wife
and the boy started across the canal on
the lock, and when l first noticed them
they were nearly half way across, the
boy holding onto the mothers skirts,
and she, apparently. finding the foot
way very difficult to keep. Why she
had undertaken such a hazardous walk
I could not tel, nor did I stop TO find
causes. The two beings who were all
the world to me were in jeopardy Of
their lives. and with a bound | was up
and out upon the lock to help them.
Possibly I may in my foolish haste
have frightened them; possibly they
were already nervous, and thought
they should turn back. OF that l can
not say. All I know is that as I came
hurrying to them the mother turned,
and in doing SO stumbled someway
against the boy, knocking him into the
water above the lock, while she dove
forward to the water below. 1t was all
over in a second, and I stood there utter
~ paralyzed. Above me, struggling in
the water was my boy, with his golden
urls spread all around his head, and
his little cap floating away, while in
the eddies below l could see my wifc's
body whirled and tossed hither and yon
by the cruel waves. 1 could not save
both, and I stood irresolute and"
Good heavens!" exclaimed IN ex-
cited listener, unable to restrain his
feelings, what did you do?"
Il awoke,'' smiled the clerk, bIandIy,
"and found the boy tickling my ear
with a blade Of grass, and my wife aid
ing and abettlng him."-Washington'
Star.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-03-19
THE KANSAS CITY TINES.
Provide Yourself With Information Of
the Com ng Struggle There viii
be Elections in 1hirty-Six
States Thu Year.

The Kansas City Times, as the expo
neut of Western beliefs II interests,
has b COME the most widely known
piper in the West. Its work for all that
benefits the West and democracy has
gained for it thousands of admirers, and
backed by the rural press IL the APP
prevail of the major portion of tile people
~ this SECTION, its power for good IS
constantly on the increase. The good il
IS now able To render for democratic
principles. as embodied IN the Chicago
.,ialturm, can be greatly increased by
he support of the people who live in
Southern and Western states. The cor
rmpLiblr practices used III Ohio are but
{. G%ureruuneT OF what will be attempted
u the general state elections this fall.
This year important elections will be
lid III IhIrIy-sIX states and territories.
The most Determined efforts, IcCOmpa-
med by every conceivable SPECIES of
pniIJical trickery md Eruption. vii be
Drought forth to defeat the d, mocTatic
forces. Events of great importance tn
the people will transpire. and II live, up
Iu-date NEWSPAPER will bH Il vital ueces-
sity in every home If ~ would keep
Informed on current events The news
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BY means of three fast early morning
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THE KANSAS CITY TINES,
Kansas City, Mo.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-03-19
GIRL BUDS OF OLD DIXIE.
How Ia Debutarte Fares in the suns
ny south.

"
How the Debutnnte Fares in the suns
ny South.
There Is a great deal of talk nova
days concerning the rivalry between
matron and maid in the social whirl
These foolish comparisons stop sharp
~ when we cross Mason and Dixon's
line. In the south mother and daugh-
ter never cross swords combating for
gallapts' sugared favors. In tho
southern home the daughter OF the
honse-ouce having made her bow as
a debutante-is treated as a young
queen. In her the mother renews her
own youth; her father adores her, and
her brothers are her knights Grant.
The servants think their young
missy" the fairest creature of any Land,
to wait upon whom is a privilege.
Down in Atlanta, for instance, the
buds find no rivals: every mother who
he's a southern rose blooming In her
own home welcomes and blesses the
young girl standing with eager eyes
locking out into the future.
4 southern girls "coming-out tea" is
q thing never to be forgotten once seen.
It Is literally a flow of SOUL" Wom-
eI In the most elegant carriage COS
tunes come in-alive, gracious, over
flowing with good humor. In that
most musical Of patois they are 80
delighted to be asked" but, above and
beyond al, they are pleased to well
come the Bud to the circle of beauty.
The lot of a daughter Of a wealthy ia
Tier in the south is happier than though
she were a queen; for she has not a
care. Only TO love and be loved seems
t. be her vocation.
1t is not easy to get right Into the
heart of a southern hom-southern
men are careful whom they introduce
II their wives and 6aughters-but, Sc
cure the entire. and your welcome will
be a lesson in hospitality compared
with which there Is no equivalent in
its une.-Chicapo Inter Oraan.