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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-05
AT SANTIAGO

1t appears that SIMPSONS fleet can
not help General Shafter in his assault
upon Santiago. 1t will be remembered
in a bombardment of another place he
was compelled to retire because his
ships could not stand the Krupp guns.
If he could get into the bay at Santi-
ago the probability is he would have
to face Cervera's feet and more Krupp
guns. If General Pando with his 49,
900 army, and another force of 5000
from ManzanillO shoulu unite with
General Linares, whose military skill
is praised by the 'authorities' at
Washington, the force will be too great
| for the Americans possibly. They will
| have to overcome huge obstacles-wire
fences, forts, and be exposed to the
firing of the Spanish fleet, all of which
| combined, with a Spanish force in
front of not less than 10000 would
| necessitate not only the most desperate
| fighting, but subject the Americans to
| tremendous loss. we are SIdLiuou W
learn that all of our regulars at San
tiago are armed with the Krag-Jorgen-
sen magazine gun, which is regarded
as equal in effectiveness to the Mauser
with which Spaniards are armed. The
Philadelphia Record says that the
Krag-Jorgensen lis of 80 calibre, with
a bullet weighing 220 grains, and thirty
seven grains of powder; the Mauser is
Of q calibre, the bullet weighing only
173 grains and the powder charge
thirty grains. These weapons seem tc
be fairly matched" Our men can out
shoot.
1t is noticeable that Admiral Sampson
reports favorably as to the effective,
ness of the Cubans aiding. In the
meantime our government is h%urrying
forward reinforcements to the Ameri
cans in Cuba.
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The Sunrise of All

Mr.. James Jones, of the drug firm Of
Jones & Son., Cowden, Ill, in speaking
OF DR.. Kings New Discovery, says
that last winter his wife was attacked
with La Grippe. and her case grew so
serious tina physicians at Cowden and
Pana could do nothing for her. 1t
seemed to develop into Hasty Consump
ton. Having DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry in store, and selling lots of it, he
took a bottle home, and to the surprise
of all she began to get better from first
dose, and half dozen dollar bottles
cured her sound and we'll. DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds is guaranteed to do
this good work. Try it. Free trial bot
ties at r. r. Bellamy's Drug Store.
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HOME FOLKS

Dan Russell still wears the inflamed
wal paint and f1ourishes his hunting
knife seeking the railroad men. Dams
hatred is mortal. 1t must either kill
him or devour the railroads. And the
villain still pursued her" Dan is
paying too high for his visits to his
butter-milk farm in Brunswick, and he
swears (when Cade is not around) that
railroads must be chopped. In this
sign he sweats. How the demagogues
do hate the railroads, But let any
man of ordinary sense but stop and
think it I'VE and then ask himself
What would North Carolina be or do,
if it did not have a mile Of railway"
You can go from Wilmington to Bos-
ton in some twenty-four or twenty-six
hours. Wipe out the railroads and go
back to stages and you could not get
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there under three or four weeks. Stoo
your nonsense and put Dan In a
straight-jacket.

Goldsboro's able citizen, Mr.. Charles
B. Aycock, has already entered the
campaign and is making strong, effec-
tive speeches. He is enthusiastically
received and his discussions give great
pleasure and satisfaction to the people
who hear him. He Is speaking plain
facts and telling the right way to vic
tory-by the rallying of white men for
white mems supremacy. The people
the true, self respecting, honorable
white folks are sick deep down at ne
gro rule in North Carolina. In u
belief its end cometh. North Caro-
lima must and shall be controlled by
white men. That is the fat gone forth.
and it will come. If not in 1898, it will
come. No state can stand negro dom
ination and long survive in its liber-
ties, prosperity and peace.
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"UNPATRIOTIC PROFESSORS

We had occasion several years ago
to write with some severity of Profess
sor Won Hoist, now Of the University
of Chicago, because of his offensive
opinions of John c.. Calhoun and other
famous southern men of mark. In
fact he is a one-sided student Of Amer
lean history. and antagonizes general
ly southern opinion. 1t seems he has
brought himself under much disfavor
by certain recent unpatriOtic, impru-
dent views he has presented of the
present war. We have before us the
Inter-Ocean's view Of him in its edi-
torial of 21st inst, headed The Harm
Of Won Hoist" 1t is caustic and keen,
and without knowing what sort of
treason the German has been guilty of
western press and the hostility of Hi
noisians, we read with u~ndisguised sat
isfaction the following we take from
the aforesaid editorial:
LAS far as concerns current public
opinion OF current events it is a mat
ter of supreme Indifference what Pro-
fessor Won Hoist says in public or in
private Upon American affairs. His
words exert no influence. AT first the
students of the university AND the pub
lie may have paid to them the defer
ence due the professors position, but
the irrational violence of his TRADES
has shorn them of all responsiveness.
The students are accustomed to refer
to them as fresh Instructions Of Pro-
lessor Won Holst's mouth. They enjoy
them much as they would the ground
and-lofty tumbling Of an acrobat
1t would be grateful to many south
ern readers if this escapade Of the
much knowing professor were to prove
1.-The passing of Won Hoist" This
country a get along very we'll with
out such a perverter Of American his
tory, such a sectional exponent of I'M
sound political philosophy, and such a
bitter partisan. 1t looks as if it would
be a relief if he would leave this coun-
try for this country's good. At any
rate the Chicago Inter Ocean is evil
IDENTIFY impressed with the conviction
that his place could be filled by a
wiser, safer, truer man. 1t says by
way of warning:
IF the president of our university
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cannot rise to the Importance of the
situation, then it behoOves the trustees
to consider its seriousness. 1t is no
trivial matter for the University of
| Chicago that the most widely known
member of its faculty is continually
breaking out in Trades which shock
! and e~xasperate the patriotism of the
American people and put the university
in the attitude Of antagonism to the
president, the senate, the house of rep
the vast mass of the nation, in the
present war"
Let o Hoist pack his traps and HE
him beyond seas. He and Professor
Norton of Harvard University have
made indeed "a mess Of it, in their
TRADES against the present war with
Spain and their repeated unpatriotic,
disloyal, reasonable sentiments. They
seek to embitter their pupils against
American republic, and, therefore
our war. What is needed now is
not antagonism to whipping the Span
iards thoroughly and liberating Cuba
from the manacles that bind it in
awful thraldom, but proper criticism
of usages in the conduct of war, and
telling the truth about it that the peo-
pie may be well and correctly informed
as to what really happens, good or bad,
and Of any incapacity or failure on the
part of those entrusted with the great
responsibilities in this crisis. The
Inter Ocean says:
This is, moreover, a period of in
tense feeling, and the fathers and
mothers who are embittered against
Won Hoist and Norton today will not
be likely to send their sons to either
Chicago or Harvard university in the
near future. Nor will the young men
themselves soon forget that the most
un-American public utterances called
out by this war came from the facul-
ties of Harvard and Chicago"
Let southern youth keep away from
Chicago and Harvard. AS good edu-
cation, and wiser teachings in some de-
Dartments, be obtained in the fore
most southern institutiOns-at the
University of North Carolina, Univer-
sity Of Virginia and other most noted
schools of learning.
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The University Summer School
Correspondence Of the Messenger.)
Chanal Hill n @ Luna 90

Correspondence of the MesSenger.)
Chapel Hill, n. c., June 20.
The second week of the school shows
a large enrolment, an earnest band of
teachers, and unusual opportunities
for study. The library is open five
hours each day and the campus is cool
and shady. Very few days have been
~unpleasantly warm.
An unusual number is found il the
language classes. Four courses are
offered in English by Professor Jaynes,
Of the South Carolina college; Miss
Bryant, Of the OgOntz school, and DR..
Hume, of the university. Dr.. Lins-
colt, L Of the brightest men in the
university faculty, has two interesting
classes in Latin, and Mr.. May, of the
university, has three classes in French
and German. These pupils are doing
real work and are adding to their
scholarship.
Mr.. Noble is ubiquitous-here one
minute and then answering questions
for three or four on the other side of
the campus-always courteous, but al
ways firm. Under his management
the school is running as smoothly as
a well organized graded school.
DR.. Battles lecture on the Forgot
ten Man, Charles Wilson Harris, of
Cabarrus, one of the cary professors,
was much enjoyed. The lecture CON
tanned much material gathered to-
gether with care, and was given in
DR.. Battles interesting style. Few
men have power to express themselves
more interesting than this lecturer.
Last night a reception was rendered
the teachers attending the summer
school by the faculty Of the school.
Many friends from the village were al
so present, and added to the pleasure
o. the occasion.
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1t dOes not mOun to much whether
ject the democratic platform Of 1896.
The republicans only have a majority
of LOG, 900 or more.
Hurrah! for Captain Phinney. the
American in command Of a New Bed
ford vessel. Hats off! He has grit
and makes glory for his country.
The governor of the Philippines in
his war proclamation says the people
of the United States are made up Of
"all social excrescences," that the war
will be short and victory will be COM
plete for his country. He expected to
defeat our squadron under Dewey. It
is dated 23rd April 1898.
In Charleston county S. c., there are
sixteen murder cases on the docket to
be tried in June.
The estimate of Senator Hale is that
the war is now costing $4,000, 900 a day,
and that it is from $500, 900, 900 to $780,
900, 900 a year. Quite a luxury you see.
The Spanish women and men are
engaging in the customary gayities and
frivolties just as if there were no war
and Havana was safe. Theatres, fairs,
drives, ~promenades are literally crowd
ed in the beautiful Havana vanity
of vanities, saith the preacher"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-05
OUR SUMMER BUSINESS KEEPS GOOD

The reason is we sell nice new pref
ty stylish goods at very low prices.
We have just received this week a
big line of nice Sailor Hats that we
are selling very low. Nice mixed
straw and black bell crown Sailor Hat
at 25c. A big line OF Children's Hats
at 25c.
A big assortment OF Girls and Boys
Crash Linen and Duck Caps and Tams
from zoe to 35cc. worth from 25c to soc.
Sample Caps and we'll mada.
Mems and Boys Crash and Linen
Silk Caps at 25c, worth sec. a very
large assortment OF styles to select
from, all very near half price.
A lot Of very pretty Summer Batiste,
worth &C, now special, 10 yards to each
custmer, at 3i2c per yarI.
A big lot OF Summer Lawn Satin.
Organdies from SC to 25e. White Swiss,
a fine line. beautiful goods. to suit tae
season. 80 inches wide. from 10c to SIC
per yard.
a big drive in Umbrellas to suit the
masses as well as tae tasty. Ladies'
White Parasols frora sI.25 to sI.5G La
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Garcia Sent 10 Meet Pando
Copyright by Associated Press

N0G
Playa del Este, June 2S.-Delayed in
transmission.-It is believed that Gen
eral Calixto Garcia, whose forces were
taken to the east in order to dope
rate with the United States army in
the capture of Santiago de Cuba, will
be sent back with 5000 Of his mon to
stop the advance of General Pando,
the Spanish commander, who. with
400 troops, many packh1orses and a
quantity OF cattle on hoOT, has arrived
at a point seventy miles from Manza-
milo, going east toward Santiago. Ac-
cording to information which reached
the flagship New York today from
Colonel Rios, in command Of the Gu
ban camJ. General Pando started
from Manzaniilo on jane 22nd, n Is
travelling at the rate Of twelve miles
a day. The distance to Santiago is
i27 miles and the roads leading there
Ere rough and difficult TO travel. The
Cubans now opposing General Pando
number only about 200 men.
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STATE PRESS.

Two of our late North Carolina de-
cisiOns are being widely copied with
general approval throughout the Union
the free pass case and the case hold
ing that employees are entitled to dam
ages if killed or injured by failure Of
railroads to use automatic couplers. 1t
was a humane and just decision. In
this state alone there are 10000 en-
ployees and they were entitled to the
protection of the law against defective
appliances.-Raleigh News and OBJ
server.
1t appears that the threatened enOr-
nifty, the appointment of Chas. A.
Cook, of Warren, to be brigadier gen
eral, is to be committed after all. FOr
such a monstrOus prOceeding-fOr the
appointment to this high and respOn-
sible position of a person who has not
| yet reached the dignity of a raw re-
cruit-for no other than a political
reason, public opinion in North Caro-
lima, without regard to party, ought to
hold Senator Pritchard and the repub-
lican representatives from the state in
the house, to a rigid account. They
| have hopelessly d~iscredited themselves
if this appointment is made, in the
eyes of people who have wanted to
think We'll of some Of them, at least
Of people whose good opinion is worth
Observation-Disclosures Observer.
If Mr.. Webster, to whom the letter
of Governor Jarvis was addressed, had
read carefully The Morning Post of
June 25 and 26, he would have seen
| therein stated that the democracy of
| each county and district was a law
unto themselves, in the management
! of their local affairs, so long as they
observed and are governed by the
principles of the party. If there are
populists in the county of Rockingham
for instance, who approving the demo-
cratic platform, are willing to cooper
ate with the democrats any such ar
rangements as should De made by and
between them satisfactory to them
selves are entirely without the right
or privilege Of any other authority or
power to interfere with or criticise.-
Raleigh Post.
When a man gives great sums of
money to churches and church insti-
tutions there is often a purpose for
other than patriotic or generous i'm
pulses. Washington Duke, of Dur
ham, who has given Trinity college
over $500, 900, is a great manufacturer
of cigarettes and has grown very rich
from this industry. Trinity college is
controlled and largely patronized by
the Mehodists, and there is hardly a
Methodist minister in the country that
does not denounce, in bitter terms, from
the pulpit the manufacture and sale OF
l n; W. do not n~nfnnI RI q =
or to intimate that the gifts Of Mr..
Duke to Trinity were not made with
the most generous impulses and with
a patriotic purpose, but there are those
who believe that Mr.. Duke gives his
money to Trinity to keep the Metho-
dists from making a broadside on
slaught on the manufacturer of ciga-
rettes. Statements similar to this
we have heard made in the pulpit
Dunn Union.
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dies Black Parasols from 45c to soc.
all Silk from $l.00 to $50. Mems 2S
inch Umbrellas from 54c to $l.75. VIZ
have the incest line OF u Shades and
Storm Umbrellas OF any house in the
state.
Mems Crash Suits for $500 and $3.50.
Summer Coats from 9Sc to 200. Black
Goats at 45c; Alpaca Goats at s1.25 and
500. Coats and Vests at Sl.2s. and
s2.S Alpaca, beautiful goods. az $50
and $500.
Ladies' Skirts. in Linen and Crash.
1t CSC and sl.00: Worsted at 81. 80 and
500. SILK Grenadine, very fno and
well made, at $500 each: special Silk
at $500 and $685.
Cents fine soft Shirt. made OF Per
Gale and Madras Cloth frona 4Oc to
sI.00.
Ali kinds OF Summer Underwear for
Ladies, Children and Men.
Bring your card and get it punched.
l. nave a lot OF new presents 10 give
away for all cash sales IL the largest
Cash House in the city.
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Ollie Wlessenger.
THE FIRST FULL ACCOUNT OF
FIRST BATTLE

We read recently an elaborate ac-
count of the opening battle in Cuba
between the United States marines and
the Spaniards. 1t appeared in the
New York Tribune and wa admirably
written. 1t is the first full account
that has appeared of the splendid work
of the marines at Guantanamo under
the command of brave Lieutenant
Huntington. The Americans landed
on 10th June under fire. Then began
a continuous fight for several days and
nights. resulting in the killing of an
American officer and five p~rivates. Not
less than 100 Spaniards were killed.
The fighting on the part of the Ameri-
cans was sublime in its ~tenacity, cool
ness, heroism. They were fighting
1000 of the enemy. The marines one
night were surprised. Here is that part
of the description telling Of the sur
prise:
During the day the earthworks
were strengthened and additional rife
pits were dug, and Saturday night the
wisdom of the measure was proved.
From dark until daylight the marines
lay under an almost continuous fire.
Early in the night a little detachment
of five or six daring Spaniards crept
close to the hilltop, dashed through
the line of sentries, and, running
straight across the eastward side of the
camp, poured a volley among the
startled Americans. It was then that
Gibbs, the surgeon, was killed, with a
sergeant and two men. The guerillas
were evidently acting under a skilled
chieftain, for their attacks and changes
of position came with bewildering fire.
quency They fired from the hills back
of the American position, from the low
point toward the sea line, from the di-
rectiOn Of the city, and twice even
crept into the bushes on the beach, be-
tween the marines and the warships
in the bay. They covered their ap-
prOaches and retreats with marvellous |
cunning, and older and more expert !
enced men than the marines might
have been pardoned had they been |
stampeded. But through it all the
splendid fellows cOOllly blazed away, |
guided by the rifle flashes of the enemy |
and if there was one faint heart in the
six hundred it was not found out"
The entire account is most interest
ing. We have read of no steadier work
under the most exposed and trying cir
cumstances, our men fighting against
more than three to one. The enemy
showed great esource and ingenuity
and swiftness of movement. The only
thing that saved our men was the bad
firing of the Spaniards. The writer of
the description says:
when the story of the war with
Spain shall nave been told there will
be no part of it more creditable to
Americans and American arms than
that which shall deal with the events
of the week since the Panther disem-
barked her troops in Guantanamo har-
Dor. + u Had the SpaniaPds been as
clever with their rifles as they were in
their methods of attack and retreat,
the American loss would have been
frightful."
No one reading the calm, lucid &C
count will doubt the bravery and mag
nifcence of the bearing of the Ameri-
can marines.
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Wake Forest college has a summe
school in full blast.
The National tribune., 1898-06-23

single arch over the gorge that sinks 300
feet below. Strangely silent snowpeaks
pierce the heavens in every direction
while from the slender bridges that spring
from precIpice TO precipice over the tur-
buient stream the roar of the vexed Writers
can scarcely be heard.
After leaving this defiIe the road passes
through the valley of Schams, then wind
ing up the pine-covered cliffs Of La RIA fila,
strikes on to the bare face of the mount
ain-going sometimes at an angle OF ID
degrees-and finally reaches the naked
summit, standing bleak and cold in the
Wintry heavens. This was the Splugen
pass Macdonald was commanded to lead
his army Of 5000 men over in Nidwinter.
1t was on the goth OF November he com
menced his preparations. 4 Constant
succession OF snow-storms had filled up
the entire path, so hat a single man on
foot would not have thought of making
the attempt. But when Macdonald had
made up his mind TO do thing, that was
the end OF all impoSSi bflitieS. The cannon
were dismounted and placed on sleds, TO
which oxen were attached-rthe fmnuni-
ton divided about on the backs of mules,
while every soldier had to carry, besides
his usual arms, five packets Of cartridges
and five days provisions.
The guides went in advance, and stuck
down long, black poles to indicate the
course Of the path beneath, while be
hind them came the workmen clearing
away the snow, and behind them still,
the mounted dragons, with the most
powerful horses Of the army, to beat down
the track. The first company bad ad-
vanced, in this manner, nearly half way
TO the summit, and were approaching the
hospice, when "a low moaning was heard
among the hills, like the voice of the sea
| before storm.
The guides understood too well It's mean
ing, and gazed on each other in alarm
/ The ominous sound grew louder every
moment, till suddenly the. fierce Alpine
I blast swept in cloud of snow over the
! breast OF the mountain, and howled like
an unclaimed demon through the gorge
/ below. In an instant all was confusion
and blindness, and uncertainty. The
The National tribune., 1898-06-23

very heavens were blotted out, and the
frightened column stood and listened to
the raving tempest, that threatened to
lift the rock-rooted pines that shrleked
above them from their places and bring
down the very Alps themselves.
But suddenly another still more alarm
ing sound was heard amid the storm
can avalanche! An avalanche" shrieked
the guides, and the next moment an
awful, white form came leaping down the
mountain, and striking the column that
was struggling along the path, passed
straight through it into the gulf below,
carrying 30 dragons and their horses
along with it in it's wild plunge. The
black forms of steeds and their riders
were seen for one moment suspended IN
mid-heavens, and in the next diSap-
peared among the ice and crags below.
The head of the column Immediately
pushed on and reached the hospice in
safety, while the rear, separated from 1t
by the avalanche, and struck dumb by
this sudden apparition crossing their path
with such lightninglike velocity, and
bearing to such fearful death their
brave comrades, refused to proceed, and
turned back to the village of Splugen.
For three days the storm ragged amid
the mountains, filling the heavens with
snow, and hurting avalanches into the
path, till it became so filled up that the
guides declared it would take Is days to