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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-08-16
The Third Virginia Regiment Inves :
tf1atiOu.

Washington. August 13.-The court
of inuqiry investigating the charges
effecting the Third Virginia regiment
continued its session at Camp Alger
today. A large number of witnesses
were examined, but no new evidence
of Importance was brought TO light
They corroborated the testimony here
tofore given and brought out few new
details of the disturbance here and
there. The witnesses included Cap
tain J. c. w. Brooks chief quarter
master; Major M. c. Butler, son of the
division commander: Acting Assistant
Surgeon Butler, Lieutenant James
Smith, Of the First Connecticut, Pri-
Yates Gordon Of Company K. and Gill
of Company NJ, Of the Third Virginia,
and F. j. Bell. the keeper OF a fruit
stand. The latter said the fight be-
tween the Virginia boys and the COL
Ored teamster occurred about fifty feet
in the rear of his stand. He saw
number of Virginia boys leaving camp
in body following the negro and cry
ing Catch him." Hang him." Lynch
HIM"
Private Gill testified that he had
heard General Butler say he was get
ting tired of the foolishness; that the
Third Virginia gate him more trouble
than any other regiment and that he
was going to stop 1t right away.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-08-16
LAST WA IL SCENES
Spaniards Ordered TO Eyacuate HOI-
guin.

Key West, Fla, August 13.-Intelli-
gence reached here today that the
Spanish forces under General LuQue,
in Holguin, have been ordered by Gen
eral Salcedo to evacuate the town.
General Garcia, with 5000 Cubans, was
at last accounts strongly entrenched
around Holguin and had demanded
General Luque's surrender The lat
ter information came on the Spanish
prize schooner Expreso which was cap
tured by the gunboat Nashville at Gil
bara on July 18th and brought here
by a prize crew, under command of
Ensign Walker. When the Expreso left
Gibara on Tuesday last the Spaniards
were still in Holguin and had not re-
piled to General Garcia's demand for
their surrender.
On August 9Th the gunboat Nash
vile captured a small Spanish sloop,
the Fongrafa, at Gibara. The sloop
carried mail for Spanish officers and
a cargo of tobacco. The mail was seiz-
ed and it's contents gave the American
officers some important information
Subsequently the sloop was set free.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-08-16

through the military arm at present
and probably the authority which the
United States exerts in Cuba by the
same method II Is the understanding
of the war department that the Span
ish soldiers in all places over which
the United States exercises authority
will be virtually prisoners OF war and
under the orders of the United States
officers in command.
The war department is now exercis-
ing every effort in the direction of the
care of the sick and wounded soldiers
and is pushing forward the plans to
make the troops more comfortable.
CUBANS ASSENT TO TERMS OF
THE PROTOCOL.
The war department has been ad-
vised through the Cuban junta that
the Cuban insurgents will accept the
terms of the peace protocol between
the United States and Spain and that
hostiliries will cease on their part
Senor Palma, the head of the Cuban
junta. has sent the following cable
gram by way of Santiago:
"Bartolome Naso, President Cuban
Republic, Santiago. Cuba.
II have this, the 18th day OF August,
1S9S accepted in the name Of the Gu
ban provisional government, the ar
mistice proclaimed by the United
States. You should give immediate
orders to the army throughout Cuba
suspending all hostilities. Preliminary
terms of peace, signed by representa-
tives of Spain and the United States
provide that Spain will relinquish all
claim over and title to Cuba.
"ESTRADA PALMA"
Assistant Secretary OF War Meikle-
John had a conference with Tomas Es-
trada Palma, the representative OF the
Cubans in this country. In reply TO
inquiries as to matters discussed, Mr..
Meiklejohn said: Pending giving no.
tice of armistice through their official
channels, Mr.. Palma desires our gov
ernment to afford him means by fast
sailing vessels and otherwise to COM
municate with Cuban forces in defer
ent portions of the island. notifying
them of the peace proposals and re-
questing suspension of hostilities. He
greatly desires the active assistance OF
our government in sending food sup
plies to the Cuban forces in the field
and their families, as he is without
ships for this purpose. They desire to
cooperate in every respect and assist
in any and every way in promoting
the peace plans of our government
and have undoubted confidence in the
good intentions Of the government of
the United States ard in the satisfac-
tory outcome of the struggle for the
independence of Cuba, which is now
assured He is especially anxious that
the American government should inn
mediately procure the release of the
political prisoners in Spanish prisons.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-08-16

Dorval, Quebec, August 13.-The
first race Of the series between the
champion raters Of the Royal St Law
renee Yacht Club. OF this city and the
Sewanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club,
whose headquarters are at Oyster Bay.
was sailed today and was won by the
American boat on a foul. The race was
splendid one from the start to the
nnish, and was over twelve mile
course, the buoys being two miles
apart and the yachts rounding each
three times. The Canadian boat Do
minion finished second, ahead Of her
rival, the Challenger but because OF
the foul the latter was given the race.
Had they gone 100 yards longer the
Challenger would undoubtedly have
won, as she gained very rapidly on
the last leg.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-08-16

Brought Before thc state Department
by the Termination OF tho War-Am-
bas~ador Hay TO Become Secretary Of

Washington, August lS.-The termi-
nation of the war brings before the
state department many far-reaching
subjects for determination. Probably
the most important OF these is the
establishment of plans OF government
for the various possessions acquired by
the United States, most OF them per-
manent, and Manila temporary. with
the chance of permanercy. There Is
the attending question of dealing with
the people of the acquired territories.
These larger questions are being con-
sidered with great care and delihera-
ton. and there is not likely TO he any
haste in reaching conclusions. The
matters of pressing importance are the
appointment of commissioners To ar
range terms of peace at Paris and the
military commission to meet at Ha-
vana and San Juan.
1t seems to be settled that Ambassa-
dor Hay. at London, is to succeed Sec
retary Day, when the latter becomes
chairman of the peace commission. The
authority for this statement is unoffi-
cial, but from source which shows
that such is the determination OF the
president at present. The indications
are that Secretary Days ~ signation
from the state department will be in
and accepted within a week.
1t is understood that the president
contemplates the appointment OF Sec
retary Day to a circuit judgcship af-
ter the work OF the peace commission
: has been finished.
Senator Davis, of Minnesota, will be
| offered a place on the commission, but
| it is expected he will decline. The
| president desires to have Adjutant
| General II. G. Corbin n member of the
| peace commission. and it IL probable
| that he will be selected.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-08-16

Charleston. s. G, August 13.-In the
United States district court today
Judge Brawley handed down a decis-
ion in the case of the Olince Rodri-
guez, the French liner charged with
blockade running and captured by the
cruiser New Orleans on July 17th off
San Juan. The decision reviews the
testimony taken by the prize COM
II ssioners at great length and con-
cl- les by giving District Attorney La
thTop orders to take further testimony.
Judge Brawley says that he would not
hesitate to discharge the libed against
the steamer save for the fact that the
government should be allowed every
chance to make out its case Perris-
sion to give bond is granted the
steamer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-08-16
McKinIey's Thanks to French Govern
meut.

Paris, August 13.-After the signing
OF the protocol OF peace between the
United States and Spain at Washing
ton yesterday. President Mckinley ask
ed NJ. Jules Cambon. the ambassador
of France, to think his government
for its good offices in bringing about
the reapproachment between the two
new nations and leading to a cessa-
ton OF hostilities. President Mckinley
added that he was pleased that the
final peace negotiations are TO be con-
cluded in Paris.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-08-16
GENERAL LEE TO BE ONE OF
CUBAN COMMISSIONERS

1t seems to be generally conceded
that General Lee will be one of the
commissioners for Cuba on account of
his knowledge of the conditions of the
island. General Brooke and General
Henry are mentioned as probable COM
missioners for Porto Rico.
The subject of mastering out a part
OF the volunteer forces has been con-
sdered and it is probable the total
force will be reduced to 100. 600. This
mastering out will not begin at once.
Garrisons of both regular and volun-
teer soldiers will remain in Cuba. Por-
to Rico and the Philippines. Manila
and Porto Rico Will be governed
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-08-16

The testimonials i'm behalf Of Hoods
Sarsapariila are written by honest peo-
pie who want you 10 know what IL has.
done for them.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-08-16

The New York democratic state COM
mittee has decided 10 hold the state
convention at Syracuse Wednesday,
September 2sth.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-08-16

The reason for the great popularity
of Hoods Sarsaparilla lies in the fact
that this medicine positively cures. II
is Americas Greatest Medicine and
the American people have an abiding
confidence in its merits. They buy and
take il for simple as well as serious
ailments, confident that ii will do them
good.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-08-16

Hoods Pills cure liver ills Mailed
for 25c. by 9. i. Hood & Co, Lowell,
Mass.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-18
MISCELLANEOUS WORKS.

lie who can resist the engaging col
lection of cat stories and cat comment
published by Dutton & Co.. under the
tile, "A Book of Cats" is no friend to
this gentle, mysterious animal. Mrs
w. chance, the author, has made an
exceedingly interesting. if slight, cat
anthology, accompanying it with nu-
tnerouS neutrality-suspicious. cats
IN their habit, as they lived
She tells US why the Egyptians wor-
shipped cats, what the Greeks and Ro-
mans thought of them, and quotes a
curious bit of medieval history con
corning them; how Howell the Good
prince of Wales in 94S made a law fix
ng the price of a kitten before it could
see at one penny, until 1t caught d
mouse, and when it began housing
four pennies. Later cats became q
symbol of deviltry, and during the
Witchcraft craze they suffered alona
with other innocent persons. In the
early part Of this century there was a
regular cat cult among a certain group
Of eminent FTenchmen. beginning with
Chateaubriand. and going on to Victor
Hugo, Merimue, Sainte-Beeve, Baude-
laire, and Gautier The author quotes
some of the most interesting passages
from the cat poems and stories of eau
tier Baudelaire and Pierre Lott, an6
concludes With a story from Fielding
and several anecdotes of her cats.
But Horace WalDoles Selma, who
got drowned goId-fshing, and was i'm
mortalized by Gray, is omitted. and SC
are Agippina and Nero, of whom Miss
Agnes Reppier has written so delight
FULLY.
Mrs. Chances pictures are full of vi
Vacity and humor, although such
shaggy, ragged cats as she has drawn
are rare in Worcester.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-18

70 get ANYBODY or anything just for a
change of life from that in the Jail
Ihese marriage parties always take
pace on a Saturday, and just a week
] rom that day the man is allowed to
WISH the woman again for an hour and
continue their acquaintance If, at the
end OF three Saturdays, they are still
OF the same mind, they are married and
taken on the boat down to the Nico-
Dars, where they begin their married
NE. AS l said, they give them a hut,
rev acres OF ground and some provi-
sions and let them alone. These cou-
pies generally set along pretty well to-
Sether, though sometimes they have a
hght, and one kills the other. from mere
force OF habit. In that case the sur
NlVor IS sent back to the Jail at Anda-
man But this very seldom happens.
II they have children which they gem
orally do not, these are left with rheir
parents till they die Off, for the Nico-
oars are so unhealthful and full of fe-
YER that people don't live very long
there.
There is only one resident officer at
the Nicobar colony, for there has only
peeh one Englishman found who could
Stahd the climate. lie lives there all
atone with the convicts, and though the
Cover nment has built him fine house,
ne leads the loneliest kind of life. for,
OF course, he can't keep a family there,
because they would get the fever and
Ole inside of six months. The chief
commissioner of Andaman comes down
10 see him OcCasiOnally "
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-18

separated. Tt carries across the sea
some tender lovers message or PERHAPS
a little flower picked from the daisied
grave of an English churchyard Every
hour Of the day the commonplace
mail bag is packed with the secrets of
life, words which waken love and laugh
ter and words which deepen the furrow
IN the check and dim the failing sight
with bitter tears
But with all this there is going on
through the mail service the dissemina-
ion of human knowledge, a reaching
out of human help, which is one of the
browning blessings of our century. The
CORRESPONDENCE schools led by Chautau-
qua, are sending to every village and
hamlet the broader knowledge which is
so eagerly craved by many who are shut
in to the homely duties Of a humble
life. Without the mail system this plan
of education would be utterly non-exist-
emit.
Every mail too. carries from the great
centres the advice of great physicians
which it would be impossible for the
distant public to obtain were it not for
the mails. Few people realize how
many thousand people depend on the
mail service for medical treatment Not
long ago. when some postal affairs were
being discussed in connection with the
erection of the new post office building
in Buffalo, New York some light was
thrown on this subject by the statement
that the mail of DIR. r. Y. Pierce amount
ed daily to something over 1900 pieces
OF course this is not a common case, be
cause DR.. Pierce's relation as chief CON
sulting physician to RuTaIo's famous
institution, the Invalids' Hotel and
Surgical Institute makes his advice and
that of his staff of nearly a score of
skilled and experienced specialists much
sought after especially by women, to
the treatment and cure of whose special
diseases DIR. Pierce has devoted over
thirty years of almost constant labor
But though this example is out of the
ordinary.-it may serve as an evidence Of
the amazing benefits reaped by the pub
lie from the mail service II puts every
outlaying hamlet i'm touch with the most
advanced medical specialism Of the day
1t gives at the cost of two-cent stamp
the skill and experience that it has taken
years to acquire Literally at the cost
of a two-cent stamp. since DR.. Pierce
invites sick women to consult him by
letter without charge. And this would
seem to be one of the most remarkable
services rendered by the postal system
perhaps the supreme service of all. For
while it is a splendid thing to be able to
shop in New York while living in Kan
sas, and grand thing TO be able to
command the learning of great pro-
fessors while working in the Michigan
woods, il is n still praudar tbi,,og +he+ h..
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-18
BOOKS AND THEIR MAKERS.

her and a second marriage. The novel
is one to retain the interest of the
reader to the close. appleton & Coz.
Appleton & Company are also the
publishers of a romantic and absorb
ing novel in The SCourge of God,
by John Standardization, author of
Denounced" 1t is after the manner
of the historical romances which Stan
ley Weyman has done so much to pop
ularize, being a love story. a story of
adventure and a story If the Huguenot
prosecutions in the reign of Louis XIV,
all in one. The nero, an English Prot
estant. finds himself entangled in the
dissensions of the day. which necessi-
tate his seeing considerable of Nine
de Maintenon and the school at st.
Cyr. There are wars and rumors of
wars. If rather narrowing, the novel
is forceful and magnetic.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-18
A CURIOUS MAINE STORY.
Predictions of a Fortune Teller That
Came True After Death.
(From the Montreal Herald.

TT TOM the montreal liPra Id J.
Every French Canadian resident of
Maine believes that miracle has been
performed over the grave of Paul Beau
pre-, who died and was buried. in the
woods above Grindstone Falls forty
years ago. Beaupre, or 30 Peep. as he
vas called by his acquaintance, was a
ortune teller and peddler of snakesIxin
harms, who Travelled from camD to
amp in winter, selling his amulets and
preying upon the credulity of his coun.
trymen by pretending to reveal future
events -Four years ago he was taken
Ill with pneumonia while STAYING at a
camp on the East Branch, and died in
side of a week.
Before his death he expressed a
wish to have his body taken to Mon
real for burial, pronouncing a fearful
;urse upon those who neglected to obey
his last request. Among other catas-
trophies which We're sure to follow a
denial of his wish were the sudden
death of the camp foreman, the loss of
The years cut Of logs and the burning
If the camp. He also said that if he
were buried in the woods living cross
would grow up from his grave. which
should serve as perpetual warning to
all unbelievers.
Beaupre died in November. 1894. His
Douy was SeNed up IN new blankets and
-a"ried to a rocky point above Grind
stone where the bearers placed it I'M
der the roots of a great yellow birch
tree winch had lately been overturned
IN a gale. When the remains had been
duly disposed of in the stony opening.
one of the men chopped off the fallen
zee trunk with an axe, allowing the
stump to fly back. thus filing the hole
and burying the body under tons of
earth
Two weeks later the camp boss was
killed by g falling limb. The following
spring the logs were hung up for want
of water, and while they were lying on
he shore waiting for rains, a forest
fire swept through the woods, burning
the logs and the camp where the men
had worked. This fall a party of
Frenchmen who had been hunting deer
stopped at Peeps grave, and We're sur
prised TO frd that the yellow birch
which covered his remains had sprout-
ed from the stump. sending up three
She OTIS, which had interaced so as to
form a cross about ten fee, tall When
they saw that the last of the dead
MANS predictions had been fulfilled,
they came out and circulated the story
all over eastern Maine, since which
time the grave has been visited by
scores ct French Canadians, all of
whom believe that a miracle has been
wrought above the dead
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-18

Not to believe in the power of prayer
say the New York Examiner would be
irrational, in view of the evidences OF
IT'S eIHcacy that have been continuous
an through the centuries. Much of his
Tory, indeed, is prayer realized But
us feallzations have always followed
Upon the adoption of means whereby
the purpose of prayer and the divine
intention We're Immediately carried in
20 erect Indeed, if the cure of dis
eases that afflict us may. in every in
stance be effected by prayer alone,
then We see no good reason why a
man who, through no fault of his own,
is poor and unable to buy bread, should
not also subsist indefinitely on prayer
alone 1t is a proposition that cannot
pc successfully assailed, that. since God
mas provided appropriate natural rem
edies for the cure of disease, he intends
that man shall exercise his inte
IN searching out and applying
The error of the Christian Sc
consists in the fact that they
tlcally ignore the divine boun
played in nature, the product
hand, and depend altogether ys
psychological influences whic
enough in certain cases. are H
tectual in othelss thu uNaaanaa t11
'atnn
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-18
A POPULAR MISTAKE
Regarding Remedies for Dyspepsia
and Indigestion.

The national disease of Americans is in
digestion, or in it's chronic form. dys-
pepsia, and for the very reason that it
is so common many people neglect taking
proper treatment for what they consider
trifling stomach trouble, when as a mat
ter of fact, indigestion lays the founda-
ton for many incurable diseases. No per
son with a vigorous, healthy stomach. will
fall victim to consumption. Many kid
ney diseases and heart troubles date their
beginning from poor digestion; thin.
nervous people are really so because their
stomachs are out of gear: weary, languid.
faded out women owe their condition to
imperfect digestion.
When nearly every person you meet is
afflicted with weak digestion. it is not
surprising that nearly every secret pat
ent medicine on the market claims to he
a cure for dyspepsia as well as a score of
other troubles, when, in fact, as DR. Wer-
ther says, there is but one genuine dvs-
pepsia cure which is perfectly safe and
reliable, and moreover this remedy is not
n patent medicine, but it is a scientific
combination of pure pepsn free from
animal matter) vegetable essences. fruit
salts and bismuth. 1t is sold by druggists
under the name of Stuarts Dyspepsia
Tablets. No eXtravagant claims are
made for them, but for Indigestion or any
stomach trouble, Stuarts Dyspepsia Tab
let's are far ahead of any remedy yet dis
covered, They act on the food eaten. no
dieting is necessary, simply eat all the
wholesome food you want and these tab
let's will digest it, A cure results because
all the stomach needs is a rest. which
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets give by do
ing the work of digestion.
Druggists sell these tablets at 50 cents
per package. Circulars and testimonials
sent free by addressing T. a. Stuart Co.
Marshall. Mich.