The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-07

be Raised In This State-Colouels
Of the First and Second Ordered to
Recruis Theirs mp toll, $50 Men Po.
litical Gossip.

Of the First and Second Ordered "a
Recruit Their. mp toll 1850 Men Pc.
litical Gossip.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, n. c., June z
Adjutant General Cowles said this
morning: There viii be no Third regi-
ment OF white troops from this state.
That Is settled The secretary OF war
has settled it by his order TO tine c~olonels
Of the Fist and Second regiments to re-
cruit TO log men to each NE
question now is whether the governor
will add two battaIions to the negro bat
TALON and make IL a regimen of ten
companies or whether he will make two
white battalions. Seventy white COM
pandes ave made tenders of service I'm
DER the second cali. L am AFRAID that the
First n Second regiments NAV nave
trouble IN recruiting to 1850 each. There
are SO many renderS of officers that I
could IN a little while raise a regiment Of
them"
The same orders which were given to
Colonei Burgwyn to recruit the Second
regiment TO its proper strength were also
sent Colonel Armfield at Jacksonville as
to the First. 1t really ought TO be little
trouDle now to get recruits in each COM
mun1ty from which a company has gone.
City, town and county pride are powerful
incentives.
1t was with delight that the o in
camp have Learned that equipments. Of
all kinds, were ON the way to them. 1t is
late in the day for such things. needed
all these weeks, to be coming. Many of
the men would be positively filthy were
required to take in the big bathing pool
at Pullen park, which the city so gener-
ouSly a month g placed at the disposal
or the volunteers. Nothing else has so
contributed 70 THAR oornfo-+ o-1 - +lo;-
health.
The army post at Raleigh is assured
So said the chairman of the citizens COM
very desirable sites.
There Is much ak about populist
plans. Tt is said Senator Butler wanted
to make the deal with democrats as to
congressman and with the republicans as
to county officers. 1t is asserted further
that The was prepared for the refusal of
the democratic convention to fuse with
him. However that may be, his lieuten-
ants were surprised, kept H. w. Aver,
who it is said, more than any one else,
was the cause of the democratic rejec-
ton of the populist proposition. AS to
Buffers strength, a democratic state
committeeman says he thinks it is q, 900
and that there are 5000 of the anti-Butler
wing of the populists. But there are otn-
er we'll Informed persons who declare
they do not believe Butler can control as
many as 1900 votes and that he will new
er agree to a showing of hands,"
1t is the opinion of republicans that il
will be utterly impossible to get their
party to ppOr congressman Shuford,
Stroud and Fowler. 1t is not believed that
all the power combined can force them
to do it. The populists, the republicans
d~eclare, will have to name some other
and more acceptable candidates if they
desire to hold republican support in the
Third, Fourth and Seventh districts. In
the Sixth district, where Martin, populist,
has had his day, the republicans have
drowned him and nit III O H D0ckPrv
It is the purpose of the republicans, they
declare, ITO put up their own men in the
Third, Fourth and Seventh districts if
acceptable men are not nominated in the
place of Fowler, Stroud and Shuford.
Senator Pritchard said last year that
Shuford should never again have republic
is law in North Carolina. No man knows
this better than Shuford-or Governor
Russell, for that matter.
The term of the federal court here end
ed today, sooner than was expected.
There are already three republican can
didates for the congressional nomination
in the Third district, these being A. H.
Slocumb, s. H. buchanan and Oscar J.
Speares.
Miss Sarah Wilder, formerly of this
county and a sister of Chief Surgeon
Wilder, of the First regiment of volun-
teers, is soon to marry Major Evans, Of
Birmingham, Alabama
The agricultural department, being at
last easy as to funds, will give the
ASTlCulIuTdI ana MeCldIMcdl COlloSe
5000 more annually, by increasing by
that amount the amount paid for making
analysis of fertilizers. It is, Of course, an
indirect way of aiding the college.
1T appears to be settled that John Ora
ham, president of the state alliance, is
to be the state commissions of immigra-
ton. The position is a Sinecure, with an
annual salary or allowance of $500. OF
course this will be increased for him so as
to give him a good thing, as he is one of
Governor RuSSelpS pets.
It is alleged that John r. Smith, the
commissioner of agriculture, will not be
| dropped, as was expected, but will be re-
| has had no greater example then Smith
head.
The republican state committee meets
here June 8th to name the date of the
state convention. The latter will be of
particularly great interest because it will
| unmask the popuhst leaders.
| The negro battalion appears to Xix its
| sleeping in hunks. There are $50, out of
whom only 252 are required.
| "a Raleigh telegraph operator named
| Smith today obtained a place in the sig
| nal corps in General Merritt's army for
the Philippines. He goes to San Francis
co at once.
1t is said that this states exhibition at
| the Omaha. exposition is quite cIedita-
| be. T. K. Bruner is in charge OF 1t.
1t is learned that twelve more Mormon
| elders have been added to that churchs
! already large band Of missionaries in this
! state