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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-23
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
THE CUBANS AT SANTIAGO.

New York Journal.
We can readily understand that the
Cuban forces in the neighborhood of
Santiago are a source of emba"rrasS-
ment to General Shafter. Their natural
feeling that what is lost TO Spain be-
longs first to Cuba, and the fierce hatred.
the lust for bloody vengeance. which
years Of cruel suffering ut Spanish hands
have kndled in their bosoms, make ii
difficult for the American commander
TO follow the presidents of civilized war
fare, and to re-establish order in the
conquered territory, with the least posi-
bel delay.
Much should be forgiven the Cubans
and much conceded TO them. They have
fought long and endured much in the
service of the republic which they hope
TO establish Their flag has been for
three years their symbol of liberty and
hope in the midst of imprisonment and
death. They are right in urging that
where the Stars and Stripes fly it should
wave, and, so far as it shall be possible
without going beyond the directions II
Congress which refused to recognize the
Cuban republic. the United States Off
GERS should yield to this natural desire.
We think that if the military authori-
ties Of the United States will keep these
facts well in mind they will have no
inclination to do the Cuban patriots less
than justice.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-23

1t is hard to please the Winston Repub-
preparing Il platform for the Republican
State convention endorsing everything
and everybody connected with the G. o..
T., and yet the Republican is not happy.
Must we denounce everything in order to
please the Republican?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-23
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES.

FOR JUDGES SUPERIOR COURT.
First District-George III. Brown. Jr,
of Beaufort.
Second District-Henry Il. Bryan, Of
Craven.
Fifth Dlstrict-Thomas ]. Shaw. OF
Guilford.
Sixth District-CYver FL. Allen. OF
Lenoir.
Seventh District-Thomas A. Mcneil,
Of Robson.
Eleventh District-W. A. Hoke, OF
Lincoln.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-23
COL. ELI ANANIAS.
Asheville Citizen.

AsheviTIe Citlzen.
A Washington telegram, recitlng the
progress of recruiting volunteers, says;
"'rhe worst delinquent is North Car
Dina. which has furnished only flfty-iiye
soldiers TO meet its quota Of 1913.
Ever since the war began Col. Ki
Perkins Ananas has been giving out
figures from the War Department re-
hecting on North Carolina This last IS
too much. 1t is not true. North Caro-
lima lacks less than eighty men Of max
ing mp its quota. If these misrepresen-
tations are not stopped we shall appoint
a committee of three law abiding but
six-fOot citizens to go to Washington
and wrap Il hundred miles of barbed
wire around this War Department pre-
yaricator. Quit!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-23
TIE REPORTER WHO SLAPPED
SHAFTER.
Springfield Republican.

Springfield Republican.
If the too cntcrprising correspondent Of
the New York World at Santiago, who
pushed himself forward at the raising Of
the American flag over the city, and
ended by striking General Shafter, can
be adequately punished, all seIf-rcspect-
inc newspaper men will take it kindly
There must somewhere bc a limit to the
imnudepcn Of news gatherers of the
sensational school, and if Uncle Sam
will mark it with due emphasis that
will constitute a public service. If army
discipline is worth anything this IS the
place to show it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-23

lars, the Nolunteers-al the gallant
Americans that have carried the Stars
and Stripes to victory have made us
proudly realize that we are "citizens
of no mean city"
Earth's biggest country's found her
soul,
And rises up earth's greatest nation.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-23
HIGHEST TARIFF AND LOWEST WAGES.

The American Cotton and Wool Repor-
ter. discussing the fall in the wages
paid at Fall River, Mass, gives as an
example the fact that in 1893 the average
price per cut for weaving prints was
.20.25 cents. while today the average
price is Is cents, which is the lowest
wage@rate, that has prevailed in more
Than twenty years. We have at the
same time the highest tariff known IN
the history of the country. Those
Republican orators who endorse the
Dingley tariff bill and also the Republi-
can tariff measures" will find it difficult
to explain why. if high tariff means high
wages, Massachusetts cotton mill opera
tors have the lowest wages under the
highest tariff.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-23
NATIONAL SELF-RESPECT.

New York Journal
From the war we have learned to re-
Spect ourselves. Absorbed in the mate
rial side of life, seeing nothing but
the scramble Of selfseeking politicians
for the spoils of office the squalid rival
rics of business and the successful plots
of corporations, syndicates and trusts
against the public welfare. we had be-
gun to take IL cynical view of national
character and to accustom ourselves to
the thought that perhaps we might
be entering upon our decadence. Thank
God. that black dream is over We have
awakened TO the knowledge that our
nation is not only bigger than ever
before, but greater, sounder and more
heroic. Dewey, Schley. Hobson, Bagley,
the sailors, the Rough Riders, the Regu-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-23
CONVENTION DATES.

Second Congressional District, Wilson.
August 3lst.
Fifth Congressional, Greensboro, July
Dist.
Seventh Congressional, Statesville,
July Goth.
Eighth Congressional, Statesyille, July
Goth.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-23

best legislators for a decade of any
county in the State. The reason is that
when it gets a good man it keeps him
him. At its convention this week it
nominated John Il. Holman and Thos.
j. Williams, who have formerly faith
fully represented the county in the
House, and Chas. III. Armfield, an able
young man. for the Senate. Mr.. j. A.
HARNESS, one of the Democratic leaders
in the last House, was named for clerk
of the court.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-23

THE REST SALVE in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores. Ulcers. Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores. letter Chapped
Hands. Chilblains. Corns. and all Skin
Eruptons, and positively cures Piles. or
no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction or money re-
funded. Price % cents per box.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-23

They are telling it on General Joe
Wheeler that. during the hot fight at
Santiago he became excited as he led
his men and shouted out Give it to
the Yankees, boys.' The old general
forgot he was not fighting in the Civil
war.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-23

The Vermont Democrats expressed
their continued faith in William .Den-
nings Bryan ms the party leader. They
all do that, North, South. East and
West.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-23

A street railroad in New Jersey killed
a child and the jury awarded a verdict
of $1,000. Judge Gnmmere said the
amount was excessive and set it aside,
saving, "Chldren are an expense rs a
rule and not a pecuniary benefit to their
parents" This leads the New York Jour
nal to say that the street railroad logi-
cally has a good claim for compensation
from the father for relieving him Of
the burden by killing his fve-year-old
son. This is the latest piece of judicial
absurdity.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-23

The committee of Republicans appoint
ed in Wayne county to confer with the
popuists is composed of the Goldsboro
postmaster and eleven negroes. The
officehunting Pops may go into that
combine but honest white POpulists will
not follow them.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-23

The Halifax county chain-gang brrl~
tally insulted a white gentleman while
the guards stood by without making
the slightest attempt to protect him.
Are the guards any better than the
convicts? Some who have been en-
ployed at the State penitentiary are
not as good as some convicts. Under
this regime il has come to be SO that
no white man has rights which even
Il convict is hound to respect.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-23

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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-23
CUTICURA WORKS WONDERS

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speedy permanent and economical when the best
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-23

Entered at the postoffice at Raleigh,
N. c., as second-class matter.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-23
RUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE.

!. NJ. MANNING. NJ. d.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-01-19
Flooring Materials.

The comparative durability {" ,.if-
ferent flooring materials Is set forth
in an article in the Scientific American
based Upon careful and accurate in
vestigations. In these tests an ordin-
ary iron rubbing wheel was used, like
that employed by stone workers for
rubbing a smooth face on marble or
sandstone, laid face downward on the
rubbing wheel, while revolved at the
rate of seyenty-fiye revolutions min
ute, being supplied with sharp sand
and water. The blocks re- which the
fioorings were cemented were of equal
weight, so that the rubbing was eff
fected under nearly the same pressure
in all cases. Curiously enough the ma
terial which resisted best this severe
trial was India rubber filing, which,
after an hour of rubbing, lost only one
sixty-fourth of an inch of its thickness;
and next to this English encaustic tile
gave the best results, losing only one
eighth of an inch in an hours treat
ment. The artificial stone known as
"granolithic," was third, losing three
eighths of an inch; while North River
bluestone lost nine-sixteenths of an
inch. All the marbles wore away very
rapidly; piece of marble mosaic dis
appeared entirely In thirty-fiye min
utes, while solid white Vermont mar
bic lost three-fourths of an inch in an
hour. Most of the wood flooring re-
sisted abrasion better than the mar
BILE, thus, white pine lost only seven
sixteenths of an inch under treatment
that removed nearly twice as much
from solid marble; yellow pine about
like white, and oak lost more than
either of the pines.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-01-19

certain instructions should be taken to
the Union commander of the United
States sloop Sabine, then in Pensacola
waters. Lieut.. Worden was the agent
selected to communicate with the Sa-
bine and he successfully and ably ac-
complished his mission. On his return
to Pensacola, however, he was arrested
by Gen. Bragg and was thus the first
prisoner in the War of the Rebellion.
After seven months confinement he
was exchanged and on Nov. 81, 1861,
he reached New York. Very likely his
detention in prison was a good thing
for him, for he reached New York at
time that gave him command of the
ship with which his name will remain
connected as long as there are histories
of naval warfare. There was at that
time in course of construction over at
Greenpoint the most remarkable war
ship the world had ever seen. AL
though that was the day of high wood
en- walls and lofty spars, with thou
sands of yards of canvas spread to the
wind, the genius of John Ericsson had
devised a craft that f1oated only above
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-01-19

INDIANS ON THE WARPATH.
Seminoles Reported to Be killing and
RoidiuC.

Seminoies Reported to Be killing and
Raiding.
There is an uprising in the Seminole ma
ton. Two hundred and fifty braves went
on the warpath Tuesday and left trail
of li1od and ashes. The Indians are seek
ing to avenge the recent burning of Lin
coin McGeisey and Palmer Simpson, two
Indians of the Seminole tribe who were
accused of numbering Mrs. Simmons at
Maud postofiice, in Oklahoma.
The redskins went to Maud and massa-
cred twenty-five men, women and chill
dren of the homesteadcrs After killing
every white person they could find they
fred the town and it is in ashes Many
of the victims were scalped by the saw
ages, and other bodies were otherwise
mutilated according to Indian traditions.
The redskins then marched on Earlsboro,
o. t., swearing vengeance on every white,
regardless of age, sex Gr condition. Their
march through the country was marked
at every point by bloodshed and fire. The
Earsboro inhabitants had been warned
and a train conveyed every woman and
child to Dallas. A train was dispatched
bound for the scene of the reported mas
sacre under orders from Federal Judge
Springer and having on board all the
available deputy marshals under command
of Capt. Brady The Secretary of War
was wired to order troops from Fort
Reno. The general officers of the Chloe
taw, Oklahoma and Gulf road ordered out
a special train from Shawnee bearing vol
unteers armed with Winchesters to inter
cept the Indians and prevent further
bloodshed. There is general alarm
throughout the Southwest and grave fears
are entertained for homesteaders ON the
border
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-01-19
Notes of Current Events.

A trap gun set by Joseph Butler, near
Orange. n. j., for chicken thieves, shoots
and wounds his own employe.
The Storrs lecturer in the Yale law
school course this year will be ex-Post-
master General William L. Wilson.
I'll. Bryan has been appointed receiver
of the Huntington Kenoya Land Deyel-
opment Association of West Virginia.
The increase of last years gross earn
ings of the Canadian Pacific Railroad
over 1896 is officially stated TO be $780,
T96.
Peter S. Mcmahon of Albany, n. Y,
crazed by cigarette smoking, stood in
front of mirror and fred a bullet
through his heart.
James A. Nolan, lawyer of Topeka,
Kan. who escaped from the Kansas State
insane asylum about two months ago, was
arrested at Buffalo. \. Y.
The Yale basket bah team decided to
take a Southern trip during the Christ
mas vacation. the first ever undertaken
by Yale basket ball team.
An eel shree feet long was taken from
one of the city water pipes in a Balti-
more residence the other day. OF course
there was only one, but under such cir
cumstances one was good eel.
Receiver Trumbull of the Gulf and the
South Park railroads has announced that
the earnings ESTIMATED of the two lines
in 1897 we're S3.547, $50, an increase of
s445, 500. or 14.3I per cent over the earn
ings in 1886.
A Boston boy has been christened with
fourteen names. one of them having thir-
ty-five letters.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-01-19
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Milk is dearer than whisky in Rhodesia,
owing to the rinderpest. The price is now
1915 quart.
A 21-pound baby, lately born to farm
ers wife at La Hulpe, near Brussels,
holds the Belgian record for light.
Frances treasury department benefited
greatly by the charity bazaar disaster, as
the duties paid on the inheritances it
caused amounted to 100000 francs.
All sword bayonets of the British troops
in Ireland are being sharpencd as fast as
possible by order of the war department.
Such an order is said to be unprecedented.
Father Kavanagh, who was parish
priest Mt Knock when the miraculous
cures made that village famous eight
years ago, has just died at the age of "a
years.
Women in France have just secured a
slight addition to their legal rights. They
may henceforth be valid witnesses to reg
istration of births, marriages and deaths,
and to the signature in legal documents.
Human head. formed a collection re-
Gently sold at public auction in London.
There were twelve of them, from Ecua-
dor. New Guinea, New Zealand and 9th
err places. A ''tattooed Maori head with
a curious SMELL brought IL guineas.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-01-19
Set Tyne by Wire,

Donald Murray, newspaper man OF
Sydney, New South Wales, has invent
ed and patented device by means of
which an operator in New York, with a
keyboard before him like that Of an or
binary typewriter not only can produce
typewriter copy in New Orleans, but
1t is claimed that he can operate a type
setting machine there and deliver his
matter there in lead, ready for the
forms. Not only that, but the same OPP
orator, by using number of telegraph
lines, can put up the same cory stimuli
taneously in a dozen different places.
In this operation only ordinary cur
rents are used, such as are capable of
being relayed, and are subject to all
conditions of ordinary biography. The
work can be done with the same speed
as an ordinary typewriter is operated
and dispenses with all clock-work
mechanism, spontaneously moving
type wheels and other cumbrous de-
vices. 1t is said to be capable of manip-
ulating eighty characters.-Press and
Printer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-01-19
Words Which Denote Numbers.

The ingenuity of the sportsman is,
perhaps, no better illustrated than by
the use he puts the English language
to in designating particular groups of
animals. The following is list of the
terms which have been applied to the
various classes: A covey of cartridges,
a hide of pheasants, wisp of snipe, a
flight Of doves or swallows, muster
of peacocks, a Siege of herons, a build
ing of rocks, brood of grouse, plump
of wild fowl, stand of plovers, a
watch of nightingales, Gathering OF
choughs, herd or bunch of cattle, a
flock of geese, a beyy of quails, cast
of hawks, a trip of dottrell, swarm of
bees "a school of whales, a shoal of her
rings, herd of swine, skulk of foxes,
a pack of wolves, drove of oxen, a
sounder of hogs, a troop of monkeys, n
pride of lions, a sleuth of bears, a gang
of elk.-New York Herald.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-01-19
Hanged hr His Erinnda

AT Ballarat ruined gold miner once
committed suicide in dramatic man.
ner, and the story is thus recorded by
the Weekly Telegraph: During the
time of the gold rush certain deserted
claim was for years held sacred, and
the tools strewn about the windlass
were left to rust away untouched. A
party of varsity men, old schoolfellows
and OF gentle birth, had sunk their
shaft there and worked without success
until their money was spent. One even
ing one of them at work at the bottom
of the shaft shouted, Haul up, boys,
the time has come at last" They haul
ed up, and when 1t came to the top they
found their comrades lifeless body
hanging from the chain. He had de-
tacheG the bucket, tied a moose about
his neck, fastened the moose to the
chain, and was hanged by his dearest
friends. The party had been much
liked and respt cted by the other
miners, who would readily have sub
scribed 1000 ounces of gold dust to
give them a fresh start, but ere the
dawn of the next day the whole party
had disappeared, leaving their claim
in the same state as 1t lay at the time
of the tragedy.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-01-19
Electric Light Poles.

Havoc is being made Of the best
cedar swamps in the. country to supply
the increasing demand of the long-dis-
lance electric transmission plants and
the power and lighting lines for poles.
One firm handled 10000 poles last
year, and has been making large con-
signments to Buenos Ayres, Soutl
America, and Canada, as well as ship
ments to Texas, Utah and Colorado.
The poles are RATED from the forest
lakes in lots of 10000, and lifted from
the water by steam elevators. They
are then sorted and placed in separate
piles. Those which are not of high
standard are used for fence posts, shin
giles, railroad ties and paving blocks.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-01-19
INDIANS IN A FRENZY.
Enraged Semino1es Likely to Take the
Warpath,

Enraged Semino1es Likely to Take the
Warpath,
A bloody uprising of the Seminole In
dams is imminent. An alarming state of
rioting and hatred exists owing to the
burning at the stake by whites of two
members of the tribe. Unless immediate
steps are taken by the United States au-
thorities the Indians may go on the war
path. Both the Indians who were burned
came from respectable Seminole families,
and their fearful fate has aroused their
friends and relatives to frenzy.
The crime which led to the burning of
the two men was committed on last
Thursday. Marcus McGeisey was the
owner of some property. On his land
lived white family named Simmons.
During the absence of the husband on
Thursday McGeisey went tothe Simmons
cabin and asked for a drink of water.
Mrs. Simmons was at home with her
four small children. The Indian was
given the water and he then asked for a
saddle. On being refused McGeisey seiz-
ed the woman, who had her baby in her
arms, and dragged her out of the house.
When the woman attempted to run away
the Indinn seized a Winchester rifle and
dealt her a deadly blow on the head,
crushing the skull The woman died in
stantly.
The feeling was so bitter that the crowd
would not be satisfied with the ordinary
method of lynching, and it was voted to
burn them at the stake. The victims were
accordingly chaned to an oak tree. Fence
rails and dry wood were then piled high
above them, and in few minutes the
Indians were wrapped in roaring flames,
while the timbers cracked beneath their
feet. Never a word did the Indians utter
while being roasted alive. They appar-
emily saw that they were powerless to re-
sist and endured their lot like stoics.
The crowd was composed of not over
thirty men, and the work was done in a
quiet but thoroughly determined manner.
According to late information the mob's
work is not yet finished, and will only be
completed when four more Indians have
been dealt with in the same manner as
McGeisey and Simpson.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-01-19
Sharks from the Wires.

Deryishes are massiI,g their forces 50
miles from Khartoum. at Metemmeh and
Shendy.
The cruiser DUsu ay Trouin, flagship of
the French Pacific squadron, has been or
dered to Chinese waters.
4 large expedition Of Laplanders is
about to start for New York from Copen-
hagen, Christiauia and Tromsoe, to go to
the Klondike in sledges with reindeer.
DR.. jameson. the Transvaal raider, will
not return TO England at present. He in
tends to become a candidate for the Cape
parliament.
Among the passengers who arrived at
New York on board the steamer City of
Washington from Havana was Frederick
Funston, Cuban insurgent general, who
comes TO this country Tor medical treat
ment
4 day coach on the west-bound West
ern Alabama Railway went through Gu
bahatehie bridge, twenty-one miles east
Of Montgomery. Ala. Conductor Law
and Flagnian Pope We're seriously injured
and eighteen passengers received injuries.
none Of which are serious.