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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-06-28

\ Graphic Description of American
Dash and Daring.
Copyright 1898 by Associated Press)
-Four miles northwest of lara qua,
Cuba. Friday. June 24th. , p. M, per
the Associated Press Dispatch boat
Wanda to Port Antonio, Jamaica, June
25th, 8 a. M, via Kingston, Jamaica,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-06-28

Major General z. S. Commanding.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-06-28

Suggested, II l. Said. BY Our Govern
mCnt.

Madrid. June - The Correspondence
~ this city to-day publishes "pnrt
10 inc effect that the pence conditions
suggested by the government Of the
I'nitcd States include the possession by
The nited States OF tn" island of
Porto Rico. the independence" of the Is
and Of Cuba under protectorat" of the
Iitcd States, the establishment Of y
Lava! station for United States war-
SHIPS in the Philippine islands. and tb"
establishment of a coal depot for United
states Narehipe in the Canary is,lnds
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-07-06
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um Die 3eritDrung, Die er i'm g1tern6aafe
3~uriidlieB. Mo9te fommen, mas ba tpplte,
er muBte aus9alten.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-07-06

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in beriiingtem Mabitdb. tpie er baItanb,
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&'un corgei9oben.
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&:naer.
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-24

Under the second call 43, 900 men are
up to the maximum strength. There
are $1,000 additional to be raised in the
states. North Carolina must raise sew
en- companies of infantry. The new
force will consist Of tW~enty-eight reg
iments and three companies of infant
ry, fourteen light batteries, and three
heavy batteries.
German newspapers abuse the
United States while the emperor is re-
ported as displeased Eat allegations of
friendship for Spain" Rather farcical.
Doctors differ. The London Stand
ard compliments Mckinley as "a wise
and strong ruler" The Standard is
not we'll posted. IT'S distance lends
enchantment to the view" BY way of
contrast the great London Thunder
err" The Times writes discourteously
saying IAN administration which is so
corrupt and SC completely at the mer-
cy of the most pernicious personal in
~fuence, etc"
ACiiAN - ~ . VIC q a III
vorce from the bad fellow and Hanna
himself is having a bitter fight in Ohio.
When the muddy waters of politics
spawn such fish as Hanna and his per-
sonal fellows it is time to turn off the
pond.
Reports generally in the United
States are favorable as to crop pros
poets. There is a quieter grain mar
ket n much activbity IN manufacture
Ing.
The Methodist book committee at
Nashville has appointed a sub-com-
mittee to appear before the senate
committee investigating the Southern
M. E. Church Book Concern.
LAST week there were 233 failures
against 220 week before, and ga for
the corresponding week of 1897.
1t is understood now that Spain has
the best of business reasons for lying
wholesale n practicing receptions
generally. In such extremities a ma
ton is indeed bad off.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-24

low that remote European power to
come into mar his plans Or to die
tate terms to him in any way. In a
few weeks more American ships and
20, 900 American soldiers will be at
hand to cooperate with Admiral Dew
ey.
In Spain there is trouble brewing.
1t is said that she expects a long war,
without counting on foreign help.
Theer is great activity in both the war
and navy departments at Madrid. In
the much talked of CadiZ fleet there
are but two first-class ships. Eleven
ships are known to have passed Gil
braltar bound for Carthagena for Or
ders, with troops on board Of three
vessels. This was on the 18th inst.
The rumor is that it will make a dash
at the American coast hoping to bonn
bard and destroy one or more cities.
But what is to prevent a dash by an
American fleet at SPANS coast? Can
not two play at this game. It is
thought that the CadiZ fleet will be
kept nearer home than the American
shores.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-24
GEN. CHAS. COOK

Charles Cook is being pressed for a
~brigadier generalship. Worse and
worse. Charles Is probably game"
but he is without knowledge or expert
ence in military matters What does
Charles know about war any way? He
knows as little Of tactics as an old
style militia officer. ''befo de waw," we
knew in Granville. We heard him
give this order-"Attention, rear rank:
advance backwards ten steps" We
fear Charles knows less Of soldering
than he does of law. Have the com
bine" exhausted the military supply In
their ranks? Adjutant General Cowles
would do. We suppose, for brigadier
general. There are several ex-confed-
crate brigadiers who would do excel
iently, and some Of the old colonels
would win new honors il they had a
North Carolina brigade to handle.
But it is said in Washington that
from North Carolina is narrowed down
to a choice between Charles Cook and
j. D. Glenn. By way of variety, give
us Glenn. Charles is the negro candi-
date for judge in his "deestrict," and
if he gets to playing soldier his negro
supporters will be overwhelmed with
disappointment. But come to think Of
it, what if Charles should be elected
judge, n for eight years? Awful,
awful, For the sake of North Caro-
lima let him mount his horse and try
Cuba and the Spaniards. Let it be
Cook for general rather than Cook
for judge. If he plays the soldier he
may not do great harm to his own
soldiers by his plumbers, while possibly
inficting some injury upon the Span
iards. But as judge he may hurt the
cause of justice and visit wrongs and
Affections upon the people for eight
long years. SO between the two it is
better for General Charles Cook to
Mount his wal charger and go pell-
nell at the enemy. Charge, Chester;
charge, on, Charley, on"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-24
NORTH CAROLINA

Raleigh News and Observer: It seems
that Pearson objected to Charles A.
COOK as brigadier, and the place was
offered to Major ". w. Rollins, of
Kinks accused army. It is being
banded about to pay political debts
without a thought of fitness or the
good of the trOops.-It was learned
yesterday that the name of Lieutenant
William E. Shipp is being considered
by the North Carolina delegation for
the position of brigadier general. He
has seen active service in the field
during the ndian warfare in Arizona,
and has a most admirable record at
the war department.
Washington Dispatch: Rear dmir
Kirkland, who retireS for age on July
3rd next, will continue in command OF
the Mare Island navy yard probably
until the end of the war. 1t is unusual
for the department to allow so i'm
pOrtant a command to be retained by
an officer after he ~retireS, but as the
station is now one of great activity in
preparing transports and conveys for
the Manila expeditions, and no high
ranking officer on the active list is
available, it was concluded to continue
on duty an officer capable of conduct
ing affairs. (He is a native of Will
mington.-Messenger.)
WadeSborO Messenger: oliver IL.
Dockery, Jr., the young man who
gained SO much notoriety because of
his connection with the negro rapist,
John Evans, is not satisfied with hold
ing a good fat office under his uncle,
| Henry DOckery, in the revenu service.
but is going to run for solicitor in the
Raleigh district. If our Raleigh
| friends have not enough native born
republicans to hold all the offices
| down there. all they have to do is to
| draw On the great office-hoIding fam
/ lily of the Pee Dee section for recruits.
We can assure them that no Dockery
will ever fail to respond to the call Of
his country when pie" is to be dis
L tributpd
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-24

Our state government has about
''gone to the dogs" Will not the goad
people capture the next legislature
and undo, as far as possible. ell me
evil work done at Raleigh by the last
two legislatures. White men of Nrth
Carolina, get together. There is NO, use
in winking and blinking over this. mat
ter.-Mt. Airy News.
Senator Butler, and those who sneeze
when he takes SNUFF, say that tae late
democratic state convention was a
convention OF lawyers and thss il did
not represent the democratic PARTY Of
the state. This assertion, SD far as
Arson county is concerned, is a lie out
of the whole cloth. This county was
represented in the convention by five
formers. two lawyers and one mer-
Observation-Disclosures Messenger.
1t is a cold day when there is not
some startling news to tell concerning
the Hon. H~allelujah Aver. The Hon.
Hallelujah Aver is himself, or has
been. the most startling piece of news
for years. Nor is he auditor by acct
dent. 1t was designated by fate that he
should burst in beauteous splendor
upon the public gaze in that capacity
that his grateful fellow citizens might
ask him to go up higher. might COM
press him inte the most roomy inches
at the disposal OF an admfring people.
Lee the colonel alone. He IS a put,tlc
benefaeter,-Greensooro Telegram.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-24
Something to Know.

It may be worth something to know
that the very best medicine for restor-
ing the tired out ervou system to a
healthy vigor is Electric Bitters. This
medicine is purely vegetable, acts by
giving one to the nerve centres in the
stomach, gently stimulates the Liver
and Kidneys, and aids these organs in
throwing off impurities in the blood.
Electric Bitters improves the appetite,
aids digestion, and is pronounced by
those who have tried it as the very best
blood purifier and nerve tonic. Try 1t.
Sold for soc or s1.00 per bottle at r. r.
BelIamy's drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-24
A NORTHERN WRITERS REMINI-
CENSE,,

Truth is mighty and will prevail, is
an old saying. In the New York Her
aid lately appeared an article on Die
John Sherman, n of the most venal
and tricky politicians of our country.
It was written by John r. Young, a
we'll known northern journalist. We
did not read it except in one part.
Young admits the "radicalism" of
Sherman. In tracing h causes of the
great war between the south and north
he refers at some length to two events
john Browns raid and his hanging,
and the book written and published
by a North Carolinian. Hinton Rowan
Helper, entitled THE Impending Cri-
sis" Young is, of course, more or less
in sympathy with his subject, and was
northern in his feelings in the great
excitement leading to the war. and
ern. He is candid enough to say that
John Browns Harper's Ferry capers
were not defended in the north, but
awakened universal anger" TIE cry
was Brown must have been insane"
He says: 1.-The job Brown business
swept the country with what lead
ing papers called the patriotic upris-
ing Of h people against niger
worshipers and all such cattle who
lived upon disr.nion, anarchy and
then against the abolitionists, and
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-24

there was talk of hanging Wendell
Phillips IF he did not have a care"
Congress met Sherman was made
speaker OF the house. and that anger
ed the democrats. Helpers vile book
appeared. and 1t was devilish in intent
and results Young says now Of 1t:
Nothing more absurd has ever been
penned. and ii would have sunk into
trunk maker n pastry cook oblivion
had not certain congressman recon-
mended its circulation" Sherman rec
commended it. Just like him he said
afterwards he never read the Infamous
book aimed at the outh. There was
great feeling in the congress. Great
indignation prevailed:
The presidents message was not
considered. The public business was
arrested. The halls OF congress stream
ed with vit~uperation, invective malig-
nifty. The democratic members monop-
olized the business: the republicans,
as a rule. silent. They would not de-
fend themselves against accusations
Of rapine."
John Brown nex became a patron
saint of the republicans. The feIon
became a hero" says Young. "Calum-
ny incenSed the south and united the
north-and out of that Helper debate
that prolonged, dreary, ignominious,
frenzied ~debate-came war"
That is a very partial, unsatisfactory
statement of causes. You must go back
of all this if you would comprehend
the real causes of war. We do not go
into it here. To be presented clearly
it should be done with care and with
a fresh study of causes and events.
The John Brown infamy and the Help
er book of fate, had something to do
perhaps, no little to do-with precipi-
tating the conflict. But if there had
not been many and grievous causes
and incidents inflaming the public
mind through the years preceding.
Browns lawless deeds and Helpers
rant and venom would have caused no
war, but would have had their little
day of excitement apd been forgotten.
In 1898, in New England, and per
haps in New York state, and in the
west, John Brown, the felon'' and
murderer and outlaw, is venerated and
worshipped, and almost a cult" is up
there concerning him, among men of
letters.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-24

I was seriously afflicted with a
cough for several years. and last fall
had a more severe cough than ever
before. 1 have used many remedies
without receiving much relief, and be-
ing recommended to try a bottle OF
Cnamberlain's Cough Remedy, by a
friend, who, knowing me to be a poor
widow, gave it to me, I tried IL, and
with the most gratifying results. The
first bottle relieved me very much and
the second bottle has absolutely cured
me. have not had as good health for
twenty years. Respectfully, MRS.
MARY A. BEARD, Claremore, Ark.
Soly by r. R. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-24
Bucklen's Arnica SaIve

The best salve in the world for Cuts,
cruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
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By r. R.. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-24
HOME FOLKS

The Messenger is grateful to see
North Carolina and Virginia neWspa-
Mr.. Enoch S. Simmons, Of Washing
ton, n. c., called "a Solution of the
Race Problem" Among those noticing
it is The Richmond Dispatch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-24

Another North Carolina young naval
hero is said to be Lieutenant Cameron
McRae Winslow. He commands the
c~able-cutting expedition. His mother
is said to have been born in Whining
ton, and was a Miss McRae before
marriage. Such is the statement of a
correspondent of The Asheville Citi-
zen, who writes as follows of the haz-
ards attending the service in which
Lieutenant Winslow is engaged:
Let us not lose sight of the fact
that Winslow left the ship, in COM
mand of three cutters, under orders to
sever the three cables leading from
Cienfuegos, and that as he neared
shore it was easily perceived that
Spanish infantry occupied it, protect
ed by rifle-pits and armed with that
deadliest of weapons, the Mauser rifle;
that he proceeded under their very
muzzles until he could see the whites
of their eyes, and for forty minutes,
within a hundred yards of the enemy,
occupied with his men in fishing up
the cable, he sustained a Calling hre
until his work was completed and the
two cables cut. Let us not forget,
either, that these cables not only re-
quire to be grappled for, but to be
brought up, and as long a section as
possible taken out so that finding the
distal end would be next to impossible
in case the enemy should attempt to
again make the connection. Having
completed his work, Winslow return
ed to his ship with the dead and
wounded, having himself sustained a
serious wound in the hand. Think OF
being within a hundred yards of as
many wicked MaCSers, without hardly
even the opportunity to answer their
fire.
Given six such weapons in the hands
of deliberate men, neither Winslow
nor any of his command could have
gotten away alive. Bad marksman-
ship, aided by the guns from the
cruisers off shore firing over Winslow's
head, alone saved them. In this case
there was no fascinating venturesome
ness about it. 1t required cold grit
and nerve of the highest order"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-24

1t is a leading card with the Butler
gang of populists in North Carolina,
and with the little black radical con-
tingent that marshals under the black
flag of Dan Russell, to make var upon
the railroads as public enemies to be
dealt with in severity, and to be Grip
pied in their management. The oops
renewed their war in their late state
pow-wow, and RusselPs attack upon
the roads was evidently well pleasing
to the gang, as they specially praised,
commended the general and "particu-
lar cussedness" of Dams dOings. The
Sylvia Democrat, up in the mountains,
seeing the wrong done, absurdity of
the populist shindig shake-up, thus put
a hole in the thing. 1t said:
The ostensible grounds upon which
the self-constituted gang of public ben
efactOrs attack the lease is because
the state only realizes 6 per cent.
upon the states stock annually. Yet
the mongrel Legislature elected by
them under republican fusion passed
a law by which private individuals are
prohibited from taking more tina 8
per cent. interest. Not only this, but
in their Sub-treasury plan 1t was pro-
posed to have the government issue
an unlimited amount of fiat-mOney
based upon farm products and compel
the government to loan to individuals
at l or 2 per cent
That is a capital example of success
full exposure and replication, punctur-
ing the wind-blOwn bladder. A set Of
party cormorants who never made 6
per cent. honestly on any thing they
ever did, making war upon invest
ments of citizens as if they were q set
of bandits and plunderers is a little too
ridiculous and thin even for ignOr-
ance to play hide and seek in.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-03
How the Clubs stand.
"TRYING OUT YOUNGSTERS.
Yesterdays Game Made the Occasion
for Experimenting.

for Experimenting.
The three thousand people who went out
to the Oho-street grounds to see the Cleve-
lands contest with the Indianapolis team
yesterday were treated to all sorts Of good
things except the things they paid their
money to see. While the advertisements
read that the Cleveland team would meet
the indianapolis team, it would require
big stretch of imagination to see these
teams in the aggregations who wore the
uniforms of the two cities. While nearly all
the players were entitled to wear the uni
forms, none of them were in their right
position, and therefore the game could not
be counted a fair test of the abilities of
either team. While the Indianapolis team
was so distorted that President Colt would
have found it hard to recognize it, the
game put UP by the makeshifts was of
much higher order than some of the cham
pionship contests played by the regular
team.
Both teams played fine ball and created
as much enthusiasm among the spectators
as though the game had been one of the
final contests between Kansas City and In
dianapolis. Each team had one bad in
ming, except for which the play sharp
and the batting light. pat" Tebeau made
the game the occasion for trying out most
OF his big collection of minor league young
sters. Instead CT some of the wel1-known
stars, he presented Bates and Schrecon-
COST as the battery. Chief thinner was
on first and Pat himself on second in
place of Cupid Childs. Instead OF Nc
Kean, young Hedrick, an outfielder, ca
vorted around short field, and Louis Criger,
the catcher, went into center field in place
of McAleer.
For Indianapolis Pickering Of the St. Jo-
seph team, was in left. johnny White, of
Toronto, was in center, Kahoe at second
base and Hawley first All of them put
up stiff games in their strange positions.
While the two pitchers were hit rather
hard, none of the hits were punched ex-
cept in the eighth inning, when base on
balls to Hogriever, single by Pickering,
Johnny White being struck by a pitched
bali, and two-baggers by Kahoe and Allen
netted four runs for the locals. Indianapo-
lis's bad inning came through Kahoes bad
throw to cut a runner off at the plate. The
ball struck the end of Lynch's init" and
went to the. grandstand without any one
seeing where it lay. While the players were
on a still hunt for the ball three runs
crossed the plate. The rest of the game
was uneventful, as is evidenced by the
score.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-03

GREENSBURG, Ind, Oct 1.-The people
of this wideawake city are parading the
streets tonight and celebrating the COM
pletion of the many booths, buildings, dec
free street fair which will be thrown open
to the public on Monday. The committees
have everything ready for the greatest
amusement enterprise ever undertaken in
cent streets are lined with booths of unique
and varied designs lavishly decorated and
fitted up with choice entries from every
line of business and of mountaineering
projects that the fertile minds of HOosiers
can contrive. The streets and sidewalks
are brilliantly illuminated and the trial ex-
hibition tonight was a huge success The
streets were made as light as day, and re-
fleeing effectively the varied hues of the
handsome decorations. The surging throng
tonight suggested the fete days of Oriental
cities and family indicates what may be ex-
pected when the big fair has been formally
opened and the festivities at their height.
Eight large stages will be occupied by high
high wire and trapeZe entertainments. There
WI be bands in large number, civic and
military parades, speeches by eminent ora
tors, balloon ascensioDS, with parachute
leaps, and a nightly display of fireworks
seldom seen outside the larger cities. EX-
tensive preparations have been made TO
care for the crowds. Visitors are assured
of comforts, conveniences and fair treat
a mile of seats having been provided and
placed where the weary sightseer may rest
and at the same time witness the kalei-
doscopic scenes of the fair. The Lone Tree
City throws open her gates in widest hos
pitality next week. The fair opens Monday
and concludes at midnight Saturday, Oct
8, with an immense display of fireworks.
Special excursions will be run from Indian
half-fare rates are advertised on all rail-
roads leading into this city.