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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-23

Lieutenant Farior, of the Gastonia
company, came in on two days fur
Tough from Raleigh last night. Mr.. Far
Tor talks interestingly of his experience
i'm camp life. He says the boys are all
in good spirits about everything except
their pay which Uncle Sam is very slow
i'm senu.ng them, but since a good band
has been playing Dixie every day, he
says they have almost forgotten to com
plain about anything Charlotte News.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-23

Hancock Brothers, of Lynchburg, Va,
through their jobbers, Messrs. Pool X
Moring, of Raleigh, have presented the
men nj Camp Russell with 1000 pack
ages of Wah Wah smoking tobacco. The
men appreciate this gift and thank the
donors for it.
The times., 1898-06-08
Orr Secret Service.

The really clever manner in which
Chief Wilkie has managed to throw a
net over the spy Carranza in Montreal
is encouraging to the belief that cne Of
the most important branches of our
war service is in thoroughly efficient
and intelligent hands. and that the spy
system so carefully and expensively or
ganized by Polo and his lieutenant in
Canada has been effectualiy paralyzed
if not entirely destroyed.
In giving the CarranZa letter to the
public. Chief Wilkie has very properly
suppressed a paragraph or so referring
to matters not yet disposed of but un-
derstood to relate to certain things
which may result in the stretching of
a Spanish neck or two. The admission
by the ex-attache that person arrest
ed the other day in Florida was his
most reliable agent since the suicide of
Downing probably will be a fatal thing
for the prisoner.
1t is highly satisfactory to gather
from what has transpired in connection
with the Montreal case that our secret
service men are accurately informed as
TO the personality and movements of
the creatures who are doing Spain's
dirty work in this country, and that
they are under such close surveillance
that it will be next to impossible for
them TO escape justice.
Mr. Wilkie appears to have done SO
well in the performance of his delicate
duty that he would seem entitled to
some substantial recognition at the
hands OF the President. If we are not
mistaken Mr.. Mckinley viii find Civil
War precedents for giving volunteer
military rank to officers in positions of
the sort held by the chief of the Sc
cret service division, and We earnestly
suggest the propriety Of such action.
in case it is found to be legally prac-
ticable. A compliment of the kind seems
to US to be richly deserved in the pres
ent instance.
The times., 1898-06-08
This Merry War.

1t was with a sigh of relief that we
learned last night from the Navy De-
partment that that venerable institu-
ton was in a position to acknowledge
the fact of a bombardment of the forts
at Santiago de Cuba on the day be-
fore. We had been receiving reiterated
reports to the same effect from King
ston and Cape Haitien for twenty-four
hours, and had begun to credit them
in substance, since they were all pretty
much to the same intent and sent in
with increasing particularity.
From what we could learn during
the night, the ability of our large guns
Of various caliber up to thirteen inches
to reduce masonry to flinders has been
demonstrated in a way which raises
hopes that Havana and San Juan are
not as impregnable as might be sup
posed. Sampson, for once, does not ap-
pear to have been as crop-headed as
usual, and the suspicion is warranted
that the War Board must have sent
him long stiff wig. If he had worn the
same on the occasion of his futile visit
to Porto Rico, things might have been
further advanced in that quarter than
they now are.
However, il is meet that we
should be thankful for small things
What has been accomplished at San
tiago will be found fully set forth in
our news columns this morning, and
will go TO show what our fleet might
have done if it had been put to work
on the fortifications at Havana four
weeks ago. We may now consider our
chivalrous and accomplished friend
Admiral Cervera, as at the end of his
rope and the Spanish navy as some
thing of the past as far as any harm
it is likely to do this country
is concerned. What viii happen
next is an open question. Per-
haps it Will be nothing. We recall
the fact that, after our repulse at San
Juan, the Administration and the War
Board sat around the teakettle and
waited to see if Spain would not cry
quits and surrender. Probably that is
what viii happen again unless the
smell of powder should get into the
nostrils of Congress and force the war
The times., 1898-06-08
IN RECEIVERS HANDS.
The ArI1eII Publishing Company in
Financial Distress.

New York. June THE Arkell Publish
ing Company, OF 10 Fifth Avenue, which
publishes Judge, Frank Leslie's Llustrat-
ed Weekly and other publications and the
Judge Publishing Company, at the same
address, have gone into the hands of re-
ceivers on account of financial difficult
ties. Justice Lawrence. of the Supreme
Court. has appointed Bartlett Arkeu tenn
porary receiver of the Arkel Publishing
Company with a bond of $4,000 and ].
y. Greene temporary receiver OF the
Judge Publishing Company. Emanuel
Blumenstiei was appointed referee in
both cases, the proceedings being for the
voluntary dissolution of the corporations.
The liabilities OF the Arken Publishing
Company are put at $l,l0o0oo, Of which
$509,000 are mortgage bonds, and $500, 0)J
are on notes, open accounts etc. The
cash valuation OF the assets IS $5gJ.000
The receivership was pTecipitated by the
protest of note of the company for 50, 03O
due on June TO meet which the company
had on hand only $i5eO. William j. Ar
kell. president Of the company, stated in
his petition that the capital stock Of the
company is SI.UJ0000 and that bonds of
$4,000 have been issued. secured by
mortgage on all the company property.
The petition says that the assets are very
valuable. consisting of various publica-
tions. all of which have large sale and
produce large profits, but If the publlca-
ton is stopped the value would be very
much impaired.
The Washington Savings Bank of Wash
ington. d. c. holds $4,000 worth of the
company's bonds
The company was organized under the
New York laws about January l as a
consolidation OF the Arkell Weekly Com
pany and Denorest Publishing Company
and then bought out the Judge Publishing
Company. The company published
Judge Judges Library, Leslie's Illus
trated Weekly and Demorests Family
Magazine.
The Judge Publishing Company former
ly published Judge and Frank Lesiie's
Weekly and receivership was necessary,
as it has considerable liabilities outstand-
ing.
The times., 1898-06-08

son, has been blessed with the name
of Sampson.
All the conditions described may be
satisfactory to the war authorities, and
to their close friends of the kitchen
cabinet, who are traitorously trying to
defeat Hawaiian annexation, to pre-
vent our acquisition of the Philippine
Islands, and who would exert pressure
of a most convincing character to bring
about a disgraceful peace in the inter
ests of sugar and the Spanish bond
holders if only Congress were out Of
the way. But the people are becoming
restive, and there is trouble in store
do not wake up to the necessary and
patriotic demands of the situation.
If small and relatively weak squad
ron, under the heroic Dewey, could de-
stroy the Spanish Asiatic squadron and
place the United States in practical
go. Mr.. Mckinley and his advisers
must face the question: Why is it that
the combined fleet Of the nation. rep
resenting tonnage and gun power moo
riously adequate a month ago to the
reduction of Havana, has not been al
fenses OF that place?
Why is it that Blanco has been al
lowed to convert a position hopeless
of resistance to our fleet and few
thousand regulars. on the first of May,
into one capable of magnificent resist
ance on the. eighth of June?
We think that we could solve tha
problem without much difficulty. but
we do not like to put the solution on
paper. 1t would be humiliating to do so,
and might be considered seditious. In
times Ike these we can only with
inefficiency, when we mean, and ev-
erybody who reads what we say knows
we mean. something not nearly so
pleasant to allege.
The veil which has obscured many
strange things is gradually lifting. The
American people are beginning to see
| that all talk Of vigorous war las
been hypocritical; that the most Of
! fensive Phariseeism characterized pre-
tended grief for the sufferlnss of the re-
concentrates. They have been left to
their fate, and all have starved to
death long ago. when they might have
| been rescued by an immediate descent
| upon Havana between April % and
May 10. 1t is useless TO say that we
were not ready for such a movement.
We were. Twenty thousand regulars
and the Navy would have taken the
place without trouble.
The times., 1898-06-08

incognito. but when he arrived in Flor
ence he did not succeed in deceiving any
one, even the guides knowing him in
stantly from the startling likeness he has
Just presented to the auto-portrait gal
lery of the Uffizi, a picture which Is
among tho most valuable of the recent
acquisitions.
The big picture of Prof. HerkomeT,
which has caused such sensation in the
English Royal Academy opened recently,
is record of the great jubilee last year.
and represents a group of Old Guards
standing beneath the bronze monument
in Waterloo place cheering the queen as
she passes by. One of the brave old SOL
ders has brought his little daughter, and
the child's fresh young face lends a note
of youth and furnishes a contrast to the
metal above, the weather-beaten faces,
well nigh as bronZed, below, and the rich
red of the garbs. The picture was great
ly desired by the British government, but
a private individual having the first re-
fusal and keeping 1t most jealously. 1t
is at present at least impossible to say
whether or not it will so down TO future
generations as a national record of the
jubilee of England's $ queen.
The times., 1898-06-08
DU Pose AND CARRANZA.
The Infamous Snaniards still Al
lowed in Canada.

low ed in Canada
Montreal June More trouble is ex-
pected to follow the arrest of Lieut.. Car
rama and Senior Du Bose Mr. St. Pierre
their lawyer, put in a formal appearance
today in behalf of his clients and tomor-
row will ask the court to have the capias
and seizure returned Immediately He
intends TO try 20 quash the capias against
both and thinks he will succeed. If he
does it IS their intention TO have KelIert
arrested again for malicious arrest.
The two Spaniards claim that they have
Outwitted Kellert of the money question
While hellerts men were shadowing Car
rama they say Mr.. Du Bose went to the
bank of Montreal and withdrew the
money deposited there so that the seizure
on the bank Will not avail anything The
Spaniards are much incensed at the con-
stant watch being kept on them and say
they are going TO have a stop put 10 il,
no matter what il cOSS.
They say they have not received any in
timation TO leave Canada and that any
such intimation would first come from rhe
Spanish representative in London The
question as to the breaking Of internation-
al law, unwritten or otherwise in the ar
rest of the two defendants in the consul
late, is being freely discussed.
In the Canadian parliament today Mr..
Clarke asked if the government had re-
ceived any information within the last
fOrty-eight hours requesting the deporta-
ton of Carranza and Du Bose.
Sir Wilfred Laurier said:
MY honored friend Will understand that
any negotiations that may have taken
place on this matter are not in a condi-
ton TO be given to the public
The times., 1898-06-08
The Santiago Cnmnairn.

IT would afford US heartfelt pleasure
70 have some recognized military au-
thority tell US any strategic reason for
the operations against Santiago de Gu
ba, place and province already in the
hands Of the Cuban patriots, while the
Spanish stronghold of Havana is left
not only unassaiIed, but carefully
avoided.
-Four weeks ago it would have been
possible to bring the war with Spain to
a close within thirty days by a land
and sea attack simultaneously upon
Havana, san Juan and Manila. Moth
ing happened but the victory of Manila
Bay, which We are certain was as
great q shock to the Administration as
it was a delight to the American peo-
pie. 1t was totally unexpected and
unprepared for. 1t was not consider
ed in the light of a possibility, or the
War Board would have stopped it.
But that has been ALL The alleged
naval war, as far as concerns Western
waters, has been conducted with abso-
lutte consistency. We have presented an
aspect to the world which is not flat
tering to national pride nor particu-
larry conducive to American interests
however much the situation may have
suited influences controlled by sugar
Spanish bonds or Mark Hanna. We
have shown Europe the picture of an
uncertain President, assisted by two
Secretaries of militant departments
than whom more Incompetent crea-
lures could not have been found if the
country had been raked over with a
habeas corpus. Behind them we have
displayed a so-called War Board"
which for ability to blunder and show
its monumental ears through the steam
Of its official teapot has never been ex-
celled If it has been equaled in human
history. And that Board" has been
represented in active operations on the
sea by vacillating, clerical bureau
crat of comparatively low rank, out
rageously placed in command over his
superiors in rank and better men.
who has distinguished himself princi-
pally in careful avoidance of any con-
tact with the enemy which would tend
20 mar the paint on his ships. This dele
gate Of peace and pacific blockade, for
some inscrutable but humorous rea-
The times., 1898-06-08
WEDNESDAY. JUNE 8, 1898.
The AngIo-American Alliance.

We 90 not wonder that the idea Of an
Anglo-American alliance should be
disagreeable to the powers of Western
Europe. It's meaning would be fraugat
with unpleasant considerations in the
event Of general war. 1t is not alone
that the British navy, added to that
Of our country and the potential mil
itary strength of America, would con-
stitute coalition Of dangerous
strength. There are other things to
take into account. a practical alliance
between two great nations speaking
exactly the same language would en-
able them TO cooperate tremendously
in military respects because their
troops could be handled by command
ers Of either country without confusion.
That is important when We come to
compare the fact with the conditions
obtaining in such an army as that Of
Austria-Hungary, wherein six distinct
languages and many dialects are
spoken, necessitating the translation cf
orders in most embarrassing and
sometimes impracticabIe way.
~~e --~s anu aDDAE llA1l Is the con-
sideraticn that an offensive and defen-
sive arrangement between the United
States and Great Britain could be
made to cover an absolute stoppage Of
the food supplies of all Europe, with
the single exception of Russia. When
this is remembered it viii easily be
seen that the threat, made the other
day, BY Russian paper, the Novosti.
that cur two coasts We're too long TO
permit Us TO be independent Of Euro
pean interests and wishes, has more
the nature Of bluff than Importance.
II is true that our coasts are exposed.
or would be if two or three powerful
governments were to unite against Us.
II is also true that, with the co-opsra-
ton of Great Britain. or without it
the hostile and attacking powers would
go hungry for breadstuffs to a consid
cradle extent except in so far as they
could draw supplies from Russia
Egypt and South America, and we
would be likely TO see that such a com
merce was made uncomfortable.
The times., 1898-06-08
SENT scHLEY A SPY.
Inemciepcy of the War hoard Again
Demonstrated.


Off the Coast of Cuba, June 4, via King
ston. June 7.-Commodore Schley is con-
vinced that his fleet has barely escaped
teing blown up by the submarine mines
in Santiago harbor a trap TO get him
over the mines having been set by the
Spanish spies who swarm in Kingston. He
believes that the man who was sent TO
him last week by MIR. Dent, the Ameri-
can consul at Kingston, in company with
an interpreter named Duval, was none
other than a Spanish pilot, who had been
imposed upon the Cuban junta in King
ston and through the junta on Consul
Dent.
Tho New York SUMS dispatches told
several days ago of the selection of a
pilot by Consul Dent TO guide Commodore
Schleys squadron past the mines and into
the harbor of Santiago. The run was to
be made under the cover of darkness and
the pilot was cOnfiuent OF his ability to
take the ships into the harbor in perfect
safety.
Consul Dent, acting on instructions
from Washington selected a man who
was youched for by the junta in King
ston as one who was absolutely loyal TO
the Cuban cause and who knew the har-
Dor of Santiago better than any other
II an to be found.
The man. with the interpreter, Duvai,
was taken aboard the st. Paul which took
him to the flagship Brooklyn The al
legged pilot was no sooner on the flagship
than he began asking questions Of the
most suspicious character. evidently en-
deavoring to learn the strength Of the
squadron. the armament of the ships and
other things that would be of great I'M
portanCe to the Spaniards.
When Commodore Sch'ey questioned
him about the harbor his information was
so clearly misleading, according TO accu-
rate charts in Commodore Schley's pos
session. that the commodore at once be-
lieved the man to be a spy. The commo-
dore was at first indignant and threaten
ed to have the alleged pilot executed. but
later on he turned him over 10 the Har-
ward and sent him back to Kingston. In
addition TO the mans Suspicious move
reuts, it was discovered taat his brother
is the most experienced pilot in Santa
so harbor.
When the Harvard delivered him in
Kingston. Counsul Dent thought some
mistake mad been made and ne returned
him to Commodore SChIey when the Har-
ward left with renewed assurances of his
worth and loyalty.
The Harvard has not yet delivered the
man to the Brooklyn. and whether he will
escape with his life or not when he again
meets Commodore Schlcy is an open
question.
The times., 1898-06-08
She wouldn't Be swindIed.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat.)
A young lady from the city was trying
her hand as an amateur saleswoman in
a plantation store one morning last week,
when an old colored woman, gorgeously
arrayed in her Sunday clothes, entered
the store. and pointing to bottle of Ger
man cologne on one of the highest shelves,
asked:
Whats dat?"
That's cologne, auntie."
''Well, I'll take it,
Delighted at having made a sale in such
short time. the young lady busted her
self in getting down the bottle and dust
ing it for the customers inspection, at
the same time commenting upon its excel
lencies with the volubility of an expert
enced auctioneer.
Il believe. auntie,'' she continued, that
this is the finest perfume ever manufac-
tured-''
She was brought to a suden pause, for
the old negress had thrown up both
hands in horrid protest.
stop right dar; youse done glib youself
away. Fust you said cologne, but now
you done let out dat it's puffume an 1
don't want it, for puffume nebber holds
its scent. 1 wanted cologne"
The times., 1898-06-08
ANGLo-AMERICAN ALLIANCE.
Hamilton Methodist Conference
Adopts Il Strong Resolution.


Guelph, Ont, June THE following res
olution was indorsed with animated en-
thusiasm yesterday afternoon by the Ham
ilton Methodist Conferences:
THAT we, the members of the Hamilton
Conference of the Methodist Church of
Canada, hail with delight the reciprocal
friendship that is now manifesting itself
between those kindred nations, Great Brit
ain and the United States. We pray that
this mutual respect and affection may
continue TO animate them. that these
great Anglo-SaXon peoples with their
genius for free and responsible govern
ment and their love of civil and religious
liberty, may march side by side and step
by step across the threshold of the twen-
tieth century to battle against all forms of
tyranny, to break the shackles of the op-
pressed and to bless the world with a uni
versal and lasting peace"
At the conclusion of the reading the
meeting arose and sang America and
God Save the Queen" Cheers were then
INDUCED in.
The times., 1898-06-08

The Bank of Spain, albeit on its last
legs and in momentary peril of bankrupt
cy, has undertaken to furnish the Spanish
government with $500, OOO, 900. This may be
taken as the latest triumph of the print
ing press. If Sagasta can manage to raise
the ink and paper and furnish small
amount of real money to pay for labor.
the rest will be easy as long as the
machinery at the government job office
holds out The late Jim Fisk once re-
marked that ne would never run short of
Erie stock for delivery in Wall Street
while there was a printing press left in
the State of New York.
The times., 1898-06-08
A Lucky Thing for the Race.

(fTOfl lIlt OItFtIaIItI I la9II tVE1tllJ
The trouble with those mangled Cupids
on the Omaha exposition building seems
to be that they left off their Winters un-
derwear too soon and neglected to replace
it. This shows the folly of doing rash
things in country blessed with an un-
certain climate. The conscientious young
woman who imperiled her life in order
to show her disapproval of these Cupids.
hammered them into shapeless freaks be-
The times., 1898-06-08
A Rational American.
(From the Hartford Times J

The venerable George S. Boutwell,, of
Massachusetts, thinks the Constitution
should be amended so as to authorize an
income tax. He suggests the adoption of
the following provision: "The Congress
of the United States is empowered to
levy taxes upon the persons, incomes, and
properties of the inhabitants of the sew
eral States, and to collect the same"
The times., 1898-06-08

authorities to some vigorous action all
along the line.
Even then the truth will not be
buried. and we shall still know that the
golden motto of our pastors and our
masters is: In time of war prepare
for peacei"
The times., 1898-06-08

cause she considered they were violating
the public ordinance relating to the as
Stunning of insufficient clothing. She is
evidently girl with a refined sense OF
the amenities of polite society, and she
went 70 her punishment meekly, but it is
mighty lucky thing for the human race
that she wasn't turned loose in the gar,Iep
of Eden with an ak
The times., 1898-06-08
When Girls Are Really PRETTY,

(From the Atch:son Globe)
The very prettiest age in a girl is when she
is too shy to go anywhere, unless an older sister
goes with her. This age antedates the corset
1t is the brief time in a girls life when she
Is pretty and doesn't dream Of such thing
The times., 1898-06-08
A Sealed Question.

(From the Chicago News)
Teacher-Can any of you tell me what we get
from the arctic regions things that there has
been great deal of controversy over in recent
years?
Entire Glass Tin chorus)-Explorers.
The times., 1898-06-08
SENATOR HANNA's HEALTH.
1t VIII Not Permit Him to Be Per-
ouent Cbairr,ap

Columbus, Ohio. June 7.-Senator Han
ma will not be the permanent chairman
of the Republican State convention. He
does not believe his health will permit
him to undertake the wear and tear of a
two days convention.
He will act as temporary chairman only
Either Congressman Kerr or Hon. H. NJ
Daugherty will probably be chosen.
The times., 1898-06-08
Hard to Tell,

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
''Was the defendant coming in or going out
of the saloon?''
Blessed if know, sir. He was lyin' across
the doorsil.'