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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-11

After years of untold suffering from
piles, 3. w. Pursell of K%nitnersville,
Pa, vas cured by using a single box
of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Skin
diseases such as eczema, rash, pimples
and ultimate sore are readily cured by
this famous remedy. K. R. Bethany.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-11

Don't annoy others by our coughing,
and risk your life by neglecting a cold.
One Minute Cough Cure cures coughs,
colds, Group, grippe and all throat and
lung troubles. r. r. Bethany.
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TRB End IN SIGHT
OF RUSSELL'S ANTI-RAILwAY
LEASE CASE.

Pobiic Opinion Saws Il Will Close Friday
Two Industrial Com panies ut Gyeensbcro
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to Visit X -leigh.
Kaleigh Aldermen Condemned for Charg-
ing for Use of Public school Build ipgs-
Nurseries Free Of Sac Jose S~cAle-Fatal
Fall In q Mine.
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Specific

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blood. 1t is SO powerful in this direc-
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destroys the cause. Its use G TO
escape the surgeons knife. 1t means
new life and bright prospects, It means
the turning of suspense and misery into
days and nights of happiness and
health.
Swiffs Specific (S.S.S.)is good only
for the blood and for every disease that
has Judgment there. 1t is for Cancer,
Scrofula, Rheumatism Catarrh. 1t cures
them all.
Send to the SWIFT Specific Co., At
Ianta, Ga, for free books about all dis
eases of the Blood.
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Oos as a Proposed Rider to the Diplomatic
Bill, Granting Belligerent Rights-The
Others Declaring tuba an Independent
C~ountry-Spain Called on to Cease Hoe
Utilities by a Certain Time or This Go.
vernment viii Enforce Peace-First Con-
test Case in the House
The evening times., 1898-08-18
THURSDAY. AUGUST Is. 1898.
The Ciales MaSsI ere.

The Government has one plain duty
that officer performs it volun. ari.y, as
he is likely to do. This is the prompt
and severe punishment of the inhuman
Spanish soldiers who massacred the
citizens of Ciales, Porto Rico, includ-
ing a hundred women and children.
The men who did it may not be more
savage than the great body of Spanish
soldiers, than the commanding generals
of Spanish armies, than the people of
all Spain; but they have established
their disregard of the rules of civilized
warfare and of common humanity.
There is no reason TO doubt that thsy
acted under the directions of cCm-
missioned officer. whose surrender to
our military authorities should be de-
manded. with the alternative of holding
the Spanish general in command of the
Porto Rican forces to account for the
crime.
That this murder of innocents is in
harmony with the Spanish character
is proved by the expressions which the
colonial subjects of Spain have suf-
fered. The Weyler policy in Cuba,
approved by the crown and extended
to the Philippines. was meant to effect
the determination of the unhappy ma
tives by slow starvation. and it is
known that from two to four hundred
thousand mostly women and children.
with a percentage of feeble old men.
perished under the eyes of the Span
ish officers and soldiers. The history of
the Carlist war is full of instances of
the ruthless slaughter of women and
children by the regulars and at the
command of their officers.
The Porto Ricans welcomed the
coming of the Americans, and it was
the voluntary raising of the stars and
Stripes that led to the massacre of the
people of Gales. We have, therefore,
a double reason for seeing that the as
sassins pay the full penalty for their
crime. If we are to expect the citizens
of the island to respect the flag we
must prove to them that justice follows
its advance 1t would be atrocious for
General Miles to defend the Spaniards
from the vengeance of the people if he
should refuse or neglect himself to de-
mand the savages who did this awful
thing and to bring them to instant
military trial.
The evening times., 1898-08-18
THE FIFTH MARYLAND.
1t VIII Leave Tampa for Huntsville
AIN, Today.

Tampa. Fla. Aug. 1s.-The Fifth Mary
land has orders from brigade headquar-
ters to be ready to move to Huntsville
today. The orders did not come until af-
ternoon and there was in consequence
somewhat of a hustle abeu; camp.
The commissary department of which
Lieut.. Ray Bryan is in charge. had al
ready arranged for the feeding of the
soldiers but Capt. Eddie Johnson. quar-
termaser. had his hands full. There are
the horses and the mules and the wagons
to be gotten aboard the cars, as well as
provender for. the animals and all the
tents and baggage. Some of this stun.
including the, travel rations were made
ready yesterday afternoon and loaded
for the mules to pull away
In these peaceful army movements no
one tells anyone what time the train
leaves. There doesn't seem to be any
railway schedule: it Is move tomorrow
morning' or move tonight This data
is what the Maryland regiment has to
figure on and the command can be relied
upon to be ready to 60.
All yesterday afternoon the officers
We're busy packing their belongings. This
time they are not figuring on what they
can leave behind them They are trying
10 take along all they can.
Just as soon as the regiment can be
loaded the train will start. II will go over
the Plant system. first making for Mont
gcmery. Ala. thence going to Huntsville.
The troops will proba bly, not go through
ChickaMauga, as was at first proposed.
The Second Georgia Regiment has orders
similar TO those of the Fifth but that
command will take a different route.
Ad;utant General Wilmer left for
Huntsville late last night. He proposes
to remain there until the Fifth arrives,
The evening times., 1898-08-18

berry, and quite in bio Dine. e The Times
! was originally prevented from obtain
ing the Associated Prose service by the
express vote of the Star, whereupon the
cheerful idiot who writes its editorials
twits us of our deprivation. The; As
sociated Press. like sthe Star, is "a
monopoly. 1t is also a semi-pubic c r.
poration, like a street railroad. Unlik=
street railroad. however, it pays no
taxes for the special favors it obtains
from the public. Neither does the
Star. But while The Times was kept
from purchasing the Associated Press
news it is not without solace. becaus.
it has better and much more appre-
ciated news service, one created by
the New York Sun, which. dur ng the
war just concluded, has beaten the
Associated Press news bureaus every
day and sometimes many times a day.
1t is common remark, by all classes
of people. that The Times war news
has been continuously the best printed
in Washington. So'we have had the ex-
treme pleasure of turning the Stars
circulation figures into back numbers
and of keeping them there. The Times
has for months published, sold and cir
culated more papers than the Star and
the Post put together, and SO it very
calmly resigns itself to the lack of
both the Associated Press reports and
special Peppers. Which reflections, to-
gether with glance at the inane SEN
tence that has excited them, lead US
again, most naturally. to the conclu-
sion that the contentious editor CT the
Star is deficient in brain power.
One other sentence in the Stars last
editorial effort merits attention. 1t is
as follows:
The Star would not consider itself n newspaper
at all if it were degraded from the position Of
defender of the city's welfare, and sunk to be-
come merely the exponent OF the views of its
owners personal investments. The name Of news
paper is misused and abused when applied to a
sheet which speaks only as. the money talks in its
purpose an adjunct uscfu in his business of
promoter of legislative and speculative schemes.
This is what is called diction, and
was meant, doubtless. to be impre: sive.
1t is doubtful if the writer could tell
what he really meant by it, but We will
give him chance. Does he mean to
say that The Times is published only
as an adjunct and exponent CT its own
er's individual and private inter-
and as promoter of Legislative
schemes? Does he mean to say that
it misuses and abuses the name of
newspaper and is mere convent
ence for the bettering of its publishers
private interests? These are questions
which, once answered by the Star.
will enable US to go SO thoroughly into
the subject-matter of the controversy
as to interest our contemporary for a
long time to come.
The evening times., 1898-08-18
Spanish Military IneRcicncy.

Much has been said of the military
training of the Spanish generals. and
this was held to be important enough
to counterbalance the superior num-
bers of the Americans. 1t was the
boast of Spain and the Judgment of
other Europeans that the centuries of
discipline, with occasional experience in
actual war. and the general military
atmosphere of Europe. could not fail
to give an enormous advantage to
Spanish arms when opposed by an in
dustrial and agricultural nation, whose
people had lived so isolated an exist
ence as to know little, practically, of
military affairs.
Events have disproved all this. At
Santiago the Spaniards were strongly
intrenched. they outnumbered the
Americans actually engaged in battle,
and they had better arms and their
own choice of position. They surren-
dered without inflicting a larger pro-
portion Of injuries on the Americans
than attended the battles of the civil
war In this country. Quite as impor-
tant in estimating the efficiency of
Spanish generals is the news this
morning OF the surrender of outlying
detachments OF the Santiago army. in
complete ignorance Of the fall Of that
stronghold and the destruction of Ger
vera's fleet Along the coasts of Cuba
are stationed bodies of Spanish troops
numbering from few hundred to ten
The evening times., 1898-08-18
A Nan of Imagination.
From the London Outlook.N

There are imaginative men beyond the ken o
Mr.. r. S. Hichens. Perhaps the most noted ex-
ample is the business manager of of our
large London weeklies. This man. who is more
noted for business acumen than for scholarship.
and when will not name, is in the habit OF
personally calling upon some of his larger ad-
vertisers. The other dav he sent in his card to
the head Of one of the big publishing houses. and
followed it up with demand for a column ad-
vertisement The publisher, who is a bit of a
wag knew Mr. Blank by reputation. Their con-
versation somewhat follows: Whats in
the next number2' asked the publisher. Mr..
Blank ratified off list Of well-known names-a
list long enough and costly enough to ruin the
richest exchequer in town. Anything by John
Bunyan?'' asked the publisher. Hes a.
matte critic; comes in every week." replied Mr..
Blank, urabashed. Anything by Homer" ask
ed the bookseller. ''He does our pigeon c.es." :"
Mr. Blank got the column.
The evening times., 1898-08-18
GIVES up A PENSION.
A MAN with Government Of,ice
Set. an Example.


Now and then a veteran on the PEN
sion rolls does a nice thing in surrender
ing his pension because he no longer
needs the money. or rather because he
can get along without 1t. This is in strik-
ing contrast with the regularity with
which some rich men draw their money
from the Government. The Philadelphia
sion money as follows:
at is most gratifying in this age of
pension swindles,, to note the act of
manly and appreciative soldier who is.
honest enough to cover his pension back
into the Treasury while he holds Gov
eminent office that gives him an ample
salary for the support of himself and
family. Such a soldier not only covers
with shame the coffee-coolers and boun-
ty-jumpers who now disgrace the pension
list. but he sets an example for the true
soldiers of the country who are on the
pension list that should be generally fol-
lowed. :! 81
The laws of the nation and of the
loyal States Of the Union give distinct
preference to soldiers in receiving Off
cial appointments, and the people have
shown a most generous appreciation of
the services rendered by our soldiers to
preserve the Union by preferring them to
civilians in most cases when lucrative
State and local offices are to be filed.
This law fairly reflects the patriotic sent-
ment of the country. as the people owe
debt of gratitude to the true soldiers of
the Union that can never be overpaid.
Our pension list has been disgraced not
only, by- frau hnf II a
been made a matter of reproach by men
holding high and lucrative positions under
the Government and at the same time
drawing pensions from the Treasury. A
pension is not wholly or even chiefly a
recognition of the courage and patriotism
of the soldier. Its chief purpose Is to
prevent the men who offered their lives
for their country from being reduced to
want: and when a pensiOner is the re-
cipient of a lucrative Government office
common honesty clearly demands that the
pension should be suspended while the
Government is giving the pensioner an
ample support
col. Bonnaffon, now cashier under Col
lectOr Thomas. gave formal notice to the
Commissioner of Pensions when he was
appointed to his present position. that
during the period of his official service
his pension should be suspended and the
checks for the payment of the same COW
cred back into the Treasury. He did not
make any public declaration on the SUBJ
ject. but like the modest, brave soldier
that he is. he notified the Commissioner of
Pensions that h. did not regard himself
as entitled TO a pension while filling a
lucrative position under the Government.
The Government has no power to sus-
pend pension to meet such an emer-
Gency. and Col. Bonnaffon has carried
out his just purpose by receiving his pen
sion check and indorsing It back into the
National Treasury. How many of our
pensioners now holding lucrative positions
under national. State and local govern
ments. will have the manlness TO follow
Col. Bonnaffon's example?'
The evening times., 1898-08-18

thousand men each, yet no attempt
was,nade to establish means CT inter-
comme menication between them and the
main body. General Linares. before
the investment of Santiago by the
Americans. had no recent knowledge
of the condition of the different Garri-
sons, any more than Blanco lad Ct the
small detached bodies from his ccm-
mand. 1t was the custom to estimate
the time such troops could I've on the
supplies they had, and to send at in
tervals wagons with provisions. euard-
ed by from three to five thousand men.
In many cases the Cubans manase1 to
ambush the guards and seize the sup
plies
There is every evidence of 'ndiffer-
ence at army headquarters at Havana
and Santiago, and also at Madrid. as
to, the circumstances and fate OF small
garrisons. While Spain prOfessed to
be in possession of Cuba her soldiers
were shut up in few strcnShol6s.
the Cubans in arms alone moving at
will over nine-tenths of the surface of
the island. With not less than two
hundred thousand men at rone time, the
commanding general at Havana had
less freedom of movement and dom
mated less territory than Gomez. with
only thirty thousand ragged. half-arm-
ed volunteers, most of whom had
known nothing of war up to the time
of their enlistment
Foreign correspondents and foreign
military experts have given advice to
American soldiers in a patron Zing way.
assuming that the longer study of the
theory of war by Europe qualified them
as instructors. 1t is largely humbug.
A single man with the genius of Napo-
leon or of Frederick the Great has
been able to confound all the military
theorists of his time. Technical edu-
cation counts for much, always. but
il is not all in war. 1t is safe to say
that no American commander would
attempt to maintain distant posts with
which communication should be i'm
practicable, and this nation would
never abandon detached CARR sons.
leaving them ignorant of the progress
of the war.
The evening times., 1898-08-18

The explanation Of Augustin's sudden
departure from Manila IS plausible and
1t does not place the representatives, of
that Spain did not want that official to
sign the capitulation, because he was
governor of all the Philippines and his
signature would convey the entire group
to the Americans. In the face of such
a trick, Spain hopes the Americans will
not take advantage of the capture of
Manila after the signing of the protocol.
A Spaniard is utterly incapable of a
strictly honorable, straightforward ac-
tion. even when there is nothing to be
gained by chicanery.
The evening times., 1898-08-18
0COlOr HearfnE.v

DIR. Colman. in the Lancet describes a number
of cases Of "color hearing.' such as are we'll
known to psychologists. in which sen: :aticn Of
color associates itself with certain sounds the
color seen being d:inite and invariably for the
same sound In one class of cases a crrde color
sensation. often very beautiful. is associated with
each of the vowel sounds, musical notes or par
tcuIar musical instruments. the appearance being
usually that of transparent coorcd film. SIM
liar to a rainbow. in front Of the observer. but
not obscuring objects; in a second class there are
colcr sensations whsnevsr letters or written word
symbols of sound. are spoken thought Of. so
that when word is uttered the subject visualize,
the letters. each having a distinctive tint. DR..
Colman thinks that tire phenomena "as.o-
ciated sensations" analogous to the cutaneous
sensation of shivering in certain parts Of the
body which varies in different individuals. The
tints excited are definite and characteristic. each
for its own sound. and do not vary as time
gOeS nm
The evening times., 1898-08-18

Naturally, many funny situations have
grown out of the extraordinary conditions
of the war with Spain. The answer to
the demand for the surrender of a Porto
Rican town has been Yankee Doodle" by
the local band and flowers and embraces
for the soldiers from the natives. At Ma
Mia, near the close of the battle, it was
comical, General Merritt directing the
movements of the Spanish column while
fighting was still in progress. The two
enemies united in watching the insur-
gents and each other. treachery being
feared on all sides. There can be no
gravity where the Spaniards are con-
cerned, except in actual battle or when
they are killing innocents. They have the
malignity of demons and the intelligence
of children.
The evening times., 1898-08-18
p.r.ion Los. and Resained.

(From the New York SUM-
James Cooper. OF First Avenue and Thi- ty fiith
Street this city, was arrested in Jersey City
yesterday on a charge of bigamy. The complaint
was made by the widow of William Sharples, a
veteran Of the civil war. Cooper and Sharples
had been comrades in the war, and when Sharp.es
died three years ago, Cooper began to pay at.
tention to the widow. She had heard that he
had a wife living, but he persuaded her that
he had been divorced, and she finally consented
to marry him. They had been married only q
short time when Cooper deserted her. In the
meantime the woman had forfeited the pension
she had been receiving Sharples' widow.
wb". Cooper deserted her and she learned that
he i;id another wife. she endeavo-d TO get the
pension again. but informed that she could
nct get it until her marriage with Cooper had
been dissolved She was also informed, she says.
that, il Cooper convicted of bgamy, she
would be entitled to her pension again. She in
duced Cooper to go to Jersey City, and then hid
him arrested. Cooper's first wife is living in
Phimont, n. j., and is married again. Cooper
insists that they divorced. As there was
not much evidence to sustain the charge of big
amy, Police Justice Potts paroled him.
The evening times., 1898-08-18
Overwork i'm Schools.
From the New York Tribune. \

VToH1 t1Ic -Sc" fVrh IfrUuHe.I
The physiological evils Of overwork have been
the subject Of official investigation in the Swis'
schools with the result that such evils appear
to be so positive that in the case of the Canton
of Lucerne several repressive measures have come
up fo- consideration by those in charge Of such
interests. The measures rs thus proposed BY
high educational authority. seriously limit the
work to be done by pupils composing the six
classes of the primary school. provide that no
lessons shall be studied at home. as is commonly
the custom by children in this grade. and only
moderate tasks to be so required in th, se.ond-
ary schools In regard to intervals. ten-minute
recesses every half hour are called for, weeks
vacation every six weeks, and attend
ancc at school shall net begin before the age oi
seven,
The evening times., 1898-08-18

The Republicans in Wisconsin are au-
dacious in renominating Governor SEQ
field after the exposure of the crooked
practices in the treasury department 1t
Is the same party that allowed success
sion of treasurers to rob the State. 1t
was the Democratic party that brought
them to trial and compelled most of them
TO disgorge hundreds of thousands of dol
lars each. There is need of another
Democratic administration
The evening times., 1898-08-18
Folk MiIler,a sta.x.
StOFy.
Ernm the New York Tribune

TTUW tHe -NeW IUTK IrlDuHe
Polk Miller. of Richmond. who att nded the re-
union of the Blue and the Gray near Phil ,ielphia
with his comrades Of Pickett's division, is known
as raconteur of plantation life in the South
before the war. One story told by Comrade Mill
er will bear repetition. An old darky named Alb
SALON. was the favo-ite attendant of widower
acquaintance of Miller, and rimor had it that
the widowcr- intended taking unto himself Sec
ond wife. Miller asked Absalom il it were true.
Absalom scratched his woolly pate for moment
and replied that he reckoned it was. 'Wcll,'
said Miller, Twill he take bridal tour?' This
somewhat puzzled Absalom for an inst mt, then
inspiration struck him, and he said: Il dunno
bout bride, sab. but when de ole mi.sus was
live he used t talk paddle to her, so maybe
he talk bride to de new one!''
The evening times., 1898-08-18
GRAVE DUG FOR LIVING MAN
Supposed Widow Made Arrange.
ments to Rury Her Husband

ments to Rury Her Husband,
Doylestown. Pa, Aug. 1S.-Preparation
for the burial of man still in the land
of the living was curious mistake made
in this county. Mrs. Martin Breiner. of
Nockamixon, received word that her hus-
band. an inmate of the county hospital,
had died. and she at once set about max
ing the funeral arrangements. She had
grave dug in ST. Johns. Roman Catho-
lie Churchyard. at Haycock, and sent
Undertaken Shuman to the almshouse for
the body.
Arrived there the undertaken told Stew
ard Bunting he had come for Breiner's
body. The steward directed the under
taker where the body was to be found
Shuman. who knows Breiner. saw at
once that the body was not Martin
Breiner's. but that of his brother, An
thony Breiner.
To make sure that he was not mistaken
Undertaken Shuman went over into an
other ward and saw Martin Breiner.
spoke to him and found him as well as he
has been during the past several years.
The undertaken returned empty-handed
and preparations for the funeral were
discontinued.
The evening times., 1898-08-18
Surgeon General Sternberg has finally

taken the step that was made necessary
by the charges made against the medi-
cal service at Santiago. His delay was
as inexplicable as that of the War De-
partment. and it was natural that the
public should infer his inability to dis
prove responsibility for the undeniabIe
defects and blunders. If the War Depart
ment responds favorably to his demand
for an investigation, we may be able to
locate the blame fer some of the need
less Sufferings of our soldiers.
The evening times., 1898-08-18

It is not surprising. but 1t is significant.
that an official newspaper at Berlin
should assume that Augustin's intended
departure from Manila in a German war
ship was known to Dewey and Merritt.
1t cannot conceive of so obvious and ex-
treme a violation of neutrality as the
carrying away of the governor general
by German warship would be if unau-
thorized by the American commanders.
The affair may become serious.