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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-09
BLANCo IS SORRY
But He Says Spain Cannot Help It.
Willing to Forgive Them All

NEW YORK, Aug. S--According to adj
vices received from Havana by the Cuban
tunta Captain General Blanco appreciates
the fact that he must soon withdraw him.
self and his forces from the island Of Cuba.
He assumed a mild demeanor, which conf
pares strangely with his previous bonn
bastic attitude and frequently expressed
determination to hold out in Havana to the
death. and he Is treating the Insurgents
with great consideration. In recent proc
lamation he made known to the Spanish
people of Cuba that Spain, through the In
PREVENTION Of foreign powers, had been
forced to the disgraceful issue of suing for
peace, and that there would be no more war
and no further use for soldiers. He offered
pa rdon to all political prisoners and more
than $50 were released IN Havana.
In explaining Spains defeat in his proc
lamation Blanco informs his readers that
Spain, having suffered so much In the pres
ent war, could not resist the interference
of the foreign powers and go to war with
all countries at once. SO she was COM
PEELED to accede to their dictation and sue
for peace. Havana. he says. will be given
over to Americans and Cubans, and the
Span.ards will evacuate.
Captain General Blanco assures the SOL
diers and all the Spanish residents who
wish to return to Spain or go to other Span
ish possessions that they will be given free
transportation to the mother country to
their destination. and will be protected
from interference from either Cubans or
Americans. He suggests that the CSlbans
be forgiven and no longer regarded as epcs
mics and that no inkind feelings be y
ished, ~
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-09
Robbing the Miners

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug s.--A letter
from St. Michael today states that passen-
gers who have been unable to get up the
river after paying their fare to Dawson
talk of lynching agents of steamers. 1t is
said seven or eight steamers have been
stranded on the river bars and that there
are 500 people at st. Michael who have no
means Of reaching the mines. This state
of affairs is due to the loss of so many
river steamers. For the same reason the
fare from st. Michael to Dawson has
been raised from $3.50 to $3.50 and only go
pounds OF freight are allowed each pas
senger
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-09
BISMARCK BURNED
FLAMES SWEEP THE NORTH
DAKOTA CAPITAL
The Loss Will Reach Over a Million.
Firemen Powerless to Check
HE Confagration

BISMARCK, N. D.. Aug. Sire de-
stroyed the best portion of the city of Bis
marck this evening, licking up hundreds
of thousands of dollars worth of property
The flames originated In the agents office
of the Northern Pacific depot. Before the
flames were discovered the entire block and
the warehouse of the company were In
flames. Oils and powder contributed fuel
and before the flames could be checked
they had spread to the block of brick build
irgs across the alley, destroying the Trib-
une office, Hare's hardware store and an
entire row of buildings. The flames then
leaped the street to the magnificent First
National bank building, which melted
away in few minutes. The Central block
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-09

Wednesday morning and begin its trip to
the Yosemite and Sequoia parks.
The yorktown will soon be ready for sea.
as the work is being rapidly pushed for
ward at Mare island. Her rapid-fire six
inch guns are ready to go aboard and as
much woodwork as possible will be elm
mated from the vessel and its place taken
by corrugated iron. Work has also COM
menced on the Ranger, the Adams and
Hartford. The Alert will probably be re-
built on plans similar to those prepared
for the Ranger.
Frank Friederbery, patient in the Ma
rine hospital. committed suicide today by
stabbing himself In the heart. He has
been victim of heart disease and was be-
ing attended at the hospital for that all
;ment.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-09
That Woodbridge Canal

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. s.-United
States Circuit Judge Morrow today re-
fused to approve of the report of Examiner
Hoffman With reference to the bids le-
ceived for the sale of the property and
plant Of the Woodbridge Canal and 1rrfgo-
ton company near Lodi. Receiver Chap
man had put in a conditional bid Of 81. 400
and a cash bid of 100 had been made,
but Chapman afterward withdrew his bid.
Judge Morrow said that the matter had
been hanging fire for the last ten months
and he was determined to have the case
closed. He therefore fixed tomorrow at II
o'clock as the time in which he would re-
ceive bids.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-09

office, surveyor generals office, baggage
and express office and freight warehouse.
Wills seed store. Melons bank building
law office of r. H. Register, Boucher n
Philbrick, States Attorney Allen. County
Judge Fort, c. Il. Dick, Alexander Hughes
A. T. Patterson and several others.
Every drug store in the city is ruined
and all the groceries but two or three
also two newspaper offices and the great
bulk of the business portion of the city,
with several blocks of residences. Many
people are homeless. The Sheridan house
had narrow escape but was saved. The
line Of fire extended from the Northern Pa
cific tracks to Thayer street on the north
and Fourth to Third streets on the east and
west. Insurance may cover half the loss.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-09
TROOPS AT THE BAY
Work on Transp orts Being Pushed-No
Change i'd the Orders

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug S-There are
about $50 men of The First New York vol.
unteers at the Preside. One hundred and
fifty will sail for Honolulu on the steamer
Mariposa next "Wednesday. About 400
will go on the transport Alliance which
has been chartered by the Johnson-L Locke
company. Word was received at headauar-
tiers today that tn > steamer had left Seattle
and would be here In few days
The remaining 25O men will sail on one
of the regular passenger steamers to the
islands.
Work is being rushed on the transports
Arizona and Scandal and although it is
the aim of Gen. Merriam to have them get
away next Saturday, it will probably be
Monday OF Tuesday of next week before
they can do SO. There will be no change
in the designation of troops for the ships.
and the Seventh regiment will go on the
Scansaia and recruits on the Arizona, I'M
less orders to the contrary are received
from Washington.
The Utah cavalry, under command of
Capt. Game, will break camp early on
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-09
INDEX
TO TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

+ Secretaries Day and Alger anxious .
+ to resign.
+ The first shipload of Spanish prison.
!. ers. leaves Santiago for Spain.
+ Ex-President Dole of Hawaii will be
4 the first governor under our flag.
+ Secretary Long defends Sampson:
+ calls his critics cruel and unjust
r An Illinois regiment mutiny be-
+ cause they were not paid: placed un-
+ der arrest.
+ Shafter makes no excuses for the .
+ round robin; medical department at
+ tempts defense and attacks the Red
r Cross.
+ SPANS reply to peace proposals
+ arrives In seven sections; too late to
+ be translated last night; thought not
+ to be satisfactory.
r Twenty-Five thousand idle men IN
+ the Klondike; no more men will be al
+ lowed to land unless provided with
= money or supplies
2 Volunteers at Manila attacked nv
& the Spanish; they repulse a superior
r force, with heavy loss to the enemy.
+ Miles moving rapidly on San Juan;
4 ~ captain-genaral of that city de-
, terWiAhd TO sho~ fight: a battle ex-
: pecehd today.
~ ~ 4 = r 4 r. + 4. 4.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-09
Hop Picking Season

WHEATLAND, Aug. s.-Tomorrow
morning hop picking commences in the
burst yards and by the middle of next week
picking will be general. Over 1000 pickers
have arrived IN Wheatland and growers
up the river advertise that they need a
thousand more people. The price paid this
season will be so cents per hundred weight,
the first week IS cents and the second week
05 cents the third week and the balance of
the season 81. Hops are ripening nicely
and promise TO be of good quality.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-09
Soldiers Need Sweets

LONDON, Aug 9.-The Berlin CORE
spondent of the Daily Mail says:
AS a result Of experiments at the last I'M
perial maneuvers DR.. Listenstorfer, ply
slcian 10 the general staff. recommends
that in future sugar be regarded as a reg
ular article of soldiers food. especially
when on the march. The experiments prove
that the men subjected to a sugar diet In
creased in weight and suffered less from
hunger. thirst. exhaustion and sunstroke
on long marches than the men who were
put on ordinary diet.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-09
Fresno Team Dropped

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. S-Ata meeting
of the directors of the Pacific Coast Base
ball league tonight the trouble between
Umpire Sweeney and the Fresno team was
considered. After a full investigation the
position of the umpire was sustained II
was decided to drop the Fresno team and 70
substitute team from Watsonville in It's
place. The new nine Is to also take the
standing and percentage in the league pre-
viously held by the Fresnos.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-09
OF Montana Idaho and WYOMING Com

OF Montana. Idaho and Wyoming. Com
missioner General Of the Land Office Bin
ger Herman, after an exhaustive examina-
ton of authorities has recommended that
the new maps make the Louisiana cession
end at the Rocky Mountains and his sus-
gestion has been ADOPTED by Secretary of
the Interior Bliss.
A new map of Alaska, showing reported
gold discoveries and other mineral deposits,
land offices. new route to the interior, etc.,
is also incorporated.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-09
Colombia Must Paw

LONDON. Aug. 9.-The Rome CORE
spondent of the Times. denying the rumor
that the italian cabinet council has de-
cided TO send additional men Of war to
Colombia in connection with the Cerruti
claim, says: Italy would prefer Colombia
not to court needless humiliation but I'M
less am totally misinformed the govern
ment will maintain the instructions al
ready given 10 Admiral Candiani."
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-09
MORE MUTINY
An Illinois Company Of lmmunes Causes Trouble-The
Captain Arrested

SPRINGFIELD, Eighth Illinois
That's boys Major
son each demanded " know whether
out OF the He the train under
A private Company
He
the guards
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-09
Fatal Stabbing AffraV

REDDING, Aug. s.--A fatal stabbing
ARRAY occurred about o'clock this morn
irg A party of miners had been carousing
on Sunday night up to that hour, AMI
while together outside the saloons one of
their number, Dan Horganby, was stabbed
In the abdomen and died few hours after
ward. The crime is hard one TO fix, as all
the members of the party were under the
influence of liquor at the time. John Lyons
and Dave Johnson have been arrested on
suspicion.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-09
INCORRECT MAPS
Government Has Ordered a Change
Made at Once

WASHINGTON, Aug. s.-The official
maps of the government are. by authority
of the government, declared to be incor-
rect and as now printed perpetuate mis-
take which is being taught in the schools
of the country. The map In question is d.
Cared faulty in that it shows the Louis
lana cession to extend beyond the Rocky
Mountains and to include what are now
known as Washington, Oregon and parts
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-09
The Farrag quits Trial

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6.-The torpedo
beat destroyer Farragut built by the Union
Iron Works will have her official trial trip
tomorrow morning at o'clock. Last week
she was given a trial by her constructors
and she then made a speed of twenty
knots, but tomorrow she will be run at top
speed, as her specifications call for thirty
knots an hour.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-09
The Rismarcks

BERLIN, Aug. S.-The federal ctI
has sent Prince Herbert Bismack a,
dress of coincidence.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Aug s.-CN
and Countess William Won Bismarck
gone to their estate at Koenigsburg, ~
Prussia, and Prince Herbert Won Bismar
is expected to follow on Wednesday. +
construction of the Bismarck mausoleu
will be begun Immediately. The work h
been entrusted to Prof. Won Scharnbec
the Hanover architect.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-09
The London EXCHANGE

LONDON, Aug. s.-Although there are
fears of possible complications, the accept
ance of the terms by Spain strengthened
prices all around on the stock exchange
today, especially in the case of American
and Spanish securities, though the business
done was not extensive in view of the SET
Element.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-09
A Forecaster Dies

WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-Prof. Parn
morrill,, Chief of the Forecast Division Of
the Weather Bureau. died here last night
Of typhoid fever. He came here from At
lanta and had been employed by the
Weather Bureau for twelve years.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-09
Believes q Liner Was Lost

LONDON, Aug. S-A special from Lloyd's
agent at st. Johns, N. F., says he regards
the reported wreck Of transatlantic liner
in the straits of Belle Isle as being we'll
founded In fact.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-09
George Ebers Dead

MUNICH, Bavaria, Aug. S.-A dispatch
from the Villa Ebers. near this place, an
nounces the death Of George Ebers, the
Psychologist and novelist. He was born
in Berlin in 1888.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-09
Cherokee's Council

WICHITA. Kan. Aug. s-rhe largest
gathering of full-blood Cherokee Indians
ever held in the Indian territory is In ses-
sion a Tucker Springs, Cherokee nation.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-09

Spokane's Hottest Day
SPOKANE. WASH, Aug. 8.-This was the
hottest day in Spokane's history. The tenn
perature rose this afternoon to 104.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-12
HEROINE KATE CARNEY.

There were several exhibitions OF
splendid herOiSm at the Wabash ave-
niue holocaust, but the most c%onspicu-
GUS OF all was the unseIfish act Of a
woman-kate Carney-by whose BRAY
cry and presence of mind the lives of
forty girls We're saved. These girls
employed in the building under the di-
aection of Miss Carney. When the fire
broke out they fed panic stricken in all
directions. Miss Carney marshaled
them safely into an elevator, but was
unable herself to inter on account Of
lack of ROOM To the ~entraties Of the
girls she replied, Never me-" and then
commanded the elevator boy to de-
scend. With her charges safely dis
posed of the courageous woman made
her way out through smoke and flame,
escaping with painful but not danger
Gus burns. The mon or woman who
without hope of reward or desire for
public praise, but prompted solely by a
sense of duty and unselfish regard for
others, risks his or her life to save fell
owlbeings is the highest type OF hero
or heroine. Kate Carney's first Thought
was for those dependent upon her for
guidance: her last thought was for her
own safety. She Is a genuine heroine.
Chicago Times-Herald. d.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-12
THE ERRATIC NEEDLE

One of Russia's innumerable mvs-
teries is the erratic behavior of the
magnetic needle in many parts of the
great empire. The compass is freaky
enough anywhere, but it seems to take
a particular delight in refusing to
point north for the subjects of the
car. French and Russian scientists
have recently been investigating this
subject on the vast central plain be-
tween Moscow and Barakov.
The greatest alterations were found
in the province of Kursk, the capital
town of which is some 600 miles almost
due south of Moscow. In the north
ern part of the province, near Tim. the
needle defects 20 degrees farther
south, in the province of Staraoi OskoI
up to 3Odegrees, while in the southeast
OF the province, about so miles south
of Tim, the DETECTION is over Sc de-
grees, the needle standing almost per-
pendicular and pointing nearer east
and west than north and south.
This reversal of the magnetic forces
may have some curious effects. A
number of new railways are building
in that region, and the engineers are
interested in finding out whether the
durability of their lines will sustain
the long accepted theory that those
rails last best which are parallel with
the magnetic maridians. AS these run
east and west over a considerable part
of Russia, it will be the north and
south lines that first show signs of
wear, Whereas such lines in other coun-
tries are the more easily maintained
in repair.-Boston Traveller.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-12
IN THE WORLD OF SCIENCE.

Surveying by photography is gain
ing ground. Over SO, 900 square miles
have been photographically plotted
and surveyed by the Surveyor General
of Canada.
With a piece Of string and a little
sand and grease some Hindoo convicts
recently sawed through an iron bar
two inches in diameter in five hours
and escaped from Jail.
A fibrous preparation Of steel, made
in the same ann as the so-called
mineral wood" by passing an air
blast through motion steel, is coming
into use for cleaning, polishing, etc.,
instead of sandpaper.
Rain gushes in thunder storms have
been v%ariously explained, but Professor
Cleveland Able finds it still an open
question whether these gushes bring
about the formation of lightning, or
vice versa.
If dry ropes are soaked for four
days in a bath containing twenty
grains of sulphate of copper to a quart
of water, they will be preserved for a
considerable time from the attacks Of
animal parasites and rot.
Mr.. P. won says absolute alcohol
can be prepared from ordinary spirits
by the addition of calcium carbide,
which decomposes the water, general
ing acetylene gas, which is expelled by
shaking occasionally, after which the
absolute spirit can be distilled.
1t has been known for a long time
that eel S blood injected into the veins
is toxic but M. Richet has recently
shown that one can vaccinate an ami
NAL against poison by injecting feeble
and progressive doses of the blood.
Animals thus treated can resist doses
which kill animals not so immuniZed.
A recent calculation shows that cleo
trio heating for cars cost over five
times as much in fuel as heating by
stoves, IN expenditure equivalent to
six horse power being required to raise
the temperature of an ordinary car
for twenty-four people from 0 degrees
to so degrees F. 1t is estimated that
double windows would reduce the fuel
expense n half.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-12
KEEP 1T FROM THE EDITOR.

He told the story first himself-told 1T to
his chum.
And made him promise he would keep
the dumbeSt kind of mum.
For fear some bold reporter beyond the
reach of grace,
Would use a morsel Of the joke to fatten
up his space"
Then all the other fellows would laugh
aloud and shout,
No, he wouldn't for a trip to Mars, nave
the papers let 1t out.
Now Chummie was a sober lad, but
Chummie nae a girl,
Around whose little finger he was often
made to twirl:
And when ere long they CHANGED to meet
within a quiet nook,
The tree of secrets in his heart the
maiden gently shook,
And though the ale Of which I speak
fell softly on her ear,
1t rolled off like the cannon boom, which
all the town can hear.
OF all the many wonders, the greatest,
I declare,
Is the v~ibratory power which gossip has
The damsel said some other girl the story
might repeat,
Blu she, of course, would never do a
thing so indiscreet;
And then She lost but little time in tell
ing It to ma,
And ami lost no time at all in telling
And papa told young Harry Jones, and
soon told Reuben Shocks,
And Betsy told her husbands niece, who
soon told Reuben Shocks,
And Reuben told Miss Kate De MARI,
and Kate told Mrs. Hodge,
Who straightway told her brother Bill,
and Bill told DR.. Dodge.
Thus on and on the story went, nor
stayed it's fearful run,
So strange when no one told the tale
except 1t may be one.
But OH the size and strength 1t gained,
as hastily 1t tripped,
From tongue to tongue, through teeth
and lips which never shipped or clip
ped!
Distortion having done its work, the peo-
pie rose in wrath
And vowed the monster guised as man
should no more walk their path.
anti this man who feared the press
began to 1eel the chill,
Which comes before a social storm and
threatens ev'ry Ill;
The darkness gathered overhead n
made his cherished name
Far blacker than thought printers ink
had lightly touched the same;
And, knowing that the cloud had grown
from just a tiny speck,
He felt that something must be done In
time to save his neck:
So then, unto the editor he TOOK a lively
sprint,
And begged Of him to put the facts-the
simple truth-in print.
Sara Abby Davis in Springfield Repuo-
lican.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-12
THE CALAMITY OF HUNGRY
ENGLISH SOLDIERS.

In our review of Prince Kraft Zu
Hohenlohe's Letters on Strategy" yes
terday, Marshal Raditsky's opinion
that "a hungry soldier has no courage"
is quoted. A val correspondent writes
to US: 1.-THE tough old Marshal pro-
badly meant an ill-fed soldier. Hun
CRY and thirsty men have given many
splendid examples of courage, but
none more remarkable, perhaps, than
in retreat from Cabul, when exposed
for six days and five nights in the
snow, without cover or fire, with
scarcely any food compelled by thirst
to eat snow, which only aggravated
their t~ortures, footsore and benumbed,
the 44th responded CALAMITY to every
call, and beat back repeated attacks Of
the Afghans who attempted to over
whelm them as they passed through the
narrow defiles or halted in hope of
getting a brief rest. These gallant
fellows knew all along what the end
must be, but they fought against fate
to the last, as they endured every hard
ship with the resolution Of heroes
London Daily News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-12
Red Springs News

Red Springs, n. c., April 9.
AT a meeting of the town council last
night the Red Springs Land and I'M
provement Company was granted per-
mission to buid a telephone exchange
with switchboard, etc. We hope Maxton.
Lumber Bridge, Fayetteville, etc, will
encourage this excellent enterprise. Red
Springs is already connected by tele-
phone with Lumberton, Pates, and Max
ton.
A strong effort is being made to have
the council prohibit bicycles on any of
the in town. Bicycle paths will
probably be constructed.
Our streets have been extended n
improved, AND much building is going
on now.
There is much ak of electric lights
for the town. Waterworks and other i'm
provements, and a new male academy
are talked Of as possibilities.
j. w. Bruton, contractor and builder,
who was paralyzed on one side some
time ago, is slowly improving.
Mr.. Bailey's child was found dead by
its mother Thursday morning. Mrs.
Bailey went to MaXton, went to sleep
with the child apparently we'll and woke
to find it dead. She telegraphed for her
husband, who had gone to Virginia. 1t
was a very sad affIiction. indeed.
Six tourists from New Jersey and New
York came to Hotel Townsend recently
to remain a while, and others are ex-
pected.