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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-17
CYCLE CLUB MEETING
The l.. a. ". Roys Assemble I'm Special
Session.

"A special meeting Of the L. 4. w.
Cycle III was held last night. MI. r.
q. Rankin, Jr, h president presided.
and the secretary, Mr.. Ar Yopp, was
az his post.
Nothing particularly interesting was
transacted. but the past relay race and
future events Of the same kind that
may take place were discussed.
Several Of the members complained OF
the bad condition Of Market street be-
yond Tenth street. No action was
taken in the matter.
one member, Mr.. Chaunrey Souther-
land, who distinguished himself in the
last race, was elected.
1t was decided to hold two meetings
hereafter a month, or the first and
third Wednesdays in ach month.
The meeting then adjourned.
The club complains much Of the way
they are treated by the drivers Of We
hicles. They say they are entitled to
half Of the road, and respectfully ask
that they be granted what Is tight.
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CUBA IN A NUT SHELL

Permit us to collate come facts and
figures as to Cuba that will be instruc-
tive. We turn first to it's sanitary re-
pute and condition. The New York
Medical Record is the highest author
ity. In the Northern army in our own
great war one man in thirteen in the
service died of disease. This was five
times as many as fel! in battle. In
Cuba in three years of war the Span
ish loss has been a great deal higher.
BY some "staticians, it is asserted that
nc less a number than so per cent. have
succumbed, the vast majority of
whom have died from disease. That
this is not an exaggerated statement
seems probable from the report of 1896
of DR.. Angel de Larro Cerego, Surgeon
General of the Spanish army in Cuba,
which has just been published in Mad
rid" In that year of 200, 900 S~paniards
LANDED so per cent were invalided in
two months-that is 100, 900. The
Record says:
o the patients admitted to hospit-
ais during 1895, there were 7,034 suffer-
ing from yellow fever, the admissions
from which reached %, $50 in 1896 and
4,636 in the first six months of 1897,
making a total of 35, $50 cases of yell
low fever, of which 1,347 were fatal.
The fact, too, must be borne in mind
that this awful death rate takes no
count of the mOrtuary records of his
fever occurring outside the military hos
pitfalls in the towns and villages through
out the island. From June 80, 1896, to
June 80, 1897, there were 70, $50 cases of
malaria of such severity as to neces-
state the patients being sent to hos
pitfalls"
We might extend our citations as to
the health record, but this is enough.
The next point for consideration is the
climate. How does it compare with
places in the United States? Mr.. w. F.
r.. Phillips, U. S. Department Of Ag-
Ticulture, publishes some statistics as
to climate. The warmest month is
July. It's average is S2.4 degrees. This
is based upon a ten year test, Wash
ington City's July average is Is de-
grees or more. New Orleans is 81.6
Here is his table for a year taken at
" for a decade.
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l.

Alabama has two heroes who surpass
all others except the men who went
with them upon their hazardous and
trying adventures. They are the now
and recently famous r. P. Hobson, and
CT. E. Dixon. If possible the act of the
latter was more risky and daring than
the former, brave and dashing as it
was. The case of Lieutenant Dixon
shows that the great war developed as
high and splendid heroism as the pre-
sent can show or any other war ever
witnessed. There was a steamer in the
Charleston harbor called the Housa-
tonic, a Yankee ship. Four several at
had been made and all the
crews had persisted one after
the other The fifth attempt, in the
face of such direful results, was to be
made under Lieutenant Dixon. This
was in the month of February 1864.
but were all lost, and are buried in
Magnolia cemetery at Charleston,
their bodies resting in forgotten graves
and their magnificent herOism almost
entirely lost sight of as the waves of
Oblivion have swept yer it. There is
nothing surely more striking and des-
parate in all history among the express
siOns of courage and daring. Not ven
Leonidas and the 800 Spartans and the
700 other Greeks, who too have about
been forgotten in the neglect and par
tialfty of history, did any thing Drawer
or more heroic at Thermopylae. A writ
er in the Charleston News and Courier,
signed r. c. c.. brings out the splendid
valor of Dixon and crew, and draws an
unfavorable contrast in referring to the
Hobson success:
There is another violent contrast
brought to our minds by this incident.
Lieutenant Glassell, in the David, at
tackled the Ironsides and was..captured
10y Admiral Dupont. The admiral
threatened to hang him at the yard
arm, and wOuld have done so a not
President Davis selected three Yankee
officers in his hands n declared tnat
he would visit on them the like treat
ment. How different the ondu OF
Admiral Cervera. BY flag Of truce he
Immediately informs the admiral COM
manding the American fleet that he mas
Lieutenant HObsOn and his crew, ana
that he will treat them with c~OnSldera-
ton, and stands prepared to effect an
exchange. All honor to h Castllllan!'
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Months

The island of Cuba is 760 miles long
by 80 to So miles wide. 1t lies south Of
Florida. It's area is As, 200 square miles.
1t has six provinces. 1t has a coast
line of 1900 miles, with nearly 1000
miles if ~indentations of a are in
cluded. The island is mostly moun-
famous. Most of the surface of the is
land lies several hundred feet above
the sea level, the highest elevation be-
lofty peaks are Gran Pedro, $500 feet,
and Ojo del Toro, 5000 feet. Mountain
ridges extend throughout the entire
longitudinal center Of the island.
1t connot be as unhealthful as a
whole as ordinarily represented. It is
probably take it through and through
as free from disease as many portions
of the United States. It's humidity is
considerable, averaging 80, and it's
rainy season last fer some five
months. 1t has already set in. 1t is
the richest of all islands except Eng
land and Australia. 1t has great nat
uraI beauty. The rivers are numerous
but small. Two crops Of cereals are
often grown in a year. The lowlands
and rolling slopes worn from the noun
tain chains compose four-ffths of the
area of Cuba, and the rich soil makes
the productive capacity of incalculable
value. Annual rain fall is 40 inches. The
is green all the year round. 1t
is very rich in mineral deposits. Cop
per coal. marble, gold, iron and other
ores are found. 1t is very rich in ag-
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ricultural products, sugar, coffee, to-
bacco, maize, peppers, potatoes etc.
Tropical fruits abound. There are 49,
600, 900 acres Of uncleared lands. The
woods are very rich embracing mahog-
any, ebony. cedar etc. An account be-
fore us says:
There are over 80 species of palms.
and the botanical catalogue gives 1850
Indigenous Towering plants beside
those introduced by Europeans.
The communications are poor, wheth-
er by road, rail or boat. The roads, as
a rule, are mere trails, almost impass-
ible in the wet season. Government
has built perhaps It's miles of paved
highway, the chief stretch being the
SO miles from havana &c Pinar del
Rio"
There are 1000 miles of railroad, be-
sides many narrow-guage roads built
by planters. Telegraphs to all princi-
pal towns and villages and under gov
eminent control. The same authority
but just quoted from gives this as to
it's chief centres:
There are 112 cities and towns on the
island. Havana, the capital and only
| cityOfany considerable size, has a flue-
tuating population commonly put al
200, 900. MatanZas has SO, 1000. Puerto
Principe 5000, Cienfuegos $4,000, Car
denas 20,505. Sugua la Grande IA,
| 900, Manila 9,036, Guantanamo 5000
| while only one-or two of the others
| reach 5000"
We have condensed and given much
| information from pick-ups from sever
| al sources. Havana is one of the mos
| exceeding charm.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-17
NVE GUILTY
William Stevenson, ColOred Did Not
Knock His wife i'm h Head

After several c-ontinuances tho ease
against William Stevenson, colored
charged with knocking his wife in the
head, was tried yesterday morning. II
terminated most successfully for tho de-
PENDANT, as he was adjudged entirely
guiltless.
The case was called at Q o'clock by
Justice Bunting, with Il. q. Emple, Esq.
Lawyer A. w. Scott in attendance I'm tho
interest of the stale.
The testimony showed that the real
status or the case was that the wife az
saulted the husband. 1t was proven that
she armed herself with a stick and
marched through the streets freouantly
making threats that she Intended to xiii
her husband Upon arriving at Fowler's
coal and wood yard. where he worked.
she Immediately commenced to beat him
with the stick. He retrealed behind A
stationary engine. which Was operating
at the time, and she followed him. AT all
times Keeping UP the attack. Then A.
was that the husband STA pped her and
the force OF the blow knocked her down.
In falling her head struck a rapidly re-
volving wheel on the engine and innlct-
ed the severe wound. which Il was al
legged the husband caused with an iron
bar.
Justice Bunting adjudged the prosecu-
tlon frivolous and malicious and Dismiss
ed the case.
Mr.. Empire made his maiden speeah as.
a counsel in this case. and IL was a very
able one. He conducted the defence like
a learned veteran practitioner.
SUBSEQUENT to the above trial the wife.
Kate Stevenson, was arraigned before
Justice Fowler charged with committing
an assault and battery on her husband,
by hitting him with the stick already re-
ferred TO. She was adjudged guilty md
ffffe-1 $40 and costs.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-17
BABY's SMOOTH, FAlR SKIN

A Grateful Mother Writes this Letter
Tells all about Her Troubles when
Baby Broke out with ScrofuIa Sores.
cat the age of two months, my baby
began to have sores break out on his right
cheek. We used all the external ap-
plications that we could think or hear of,
to no avail. The sores spread all over one
side of his face. We consulted q physi-
clan and tried his medicine, and in a week
the sore was gone. But to my surprise in
two weeks more another scrofulous look
ing sore appeared on baby's arm. It
grew worse and worse, and when he was
three months old, I began giving him
Hoods Sarsaparilla. I also took Hoods
SarsaparilIa, and before the first bottle
was finished, the sores were well and have
never returned. He is now four years old,
but he has never had any sign of those
scrofulous sores since he was cured by
Hoods Sarsaparille, for which 1 feel very
grateful. My boy owes his good health
and smooth, fair skin to this great med
icine." MRS. s. s. WRoTEN, Farming
ton, Delaware. Get only Hoods
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Bad management keeps more peo-

Bad management keeps more peo-
pie in poor circumstances than any
other one cause. To be successful one
must look ahead and plan ahead so
hat when a favorable opportunity
presents itself he is ready to take ad-
vantage Of it. A little ~forethought
will also save much expense and valu-
able time. A prudent and careful man
will keep a bottle of Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rene
dy in the house, the shiftless fellow
will wait until necessity compels it
and hen ruin his best horse going for
a doctor and have a big doctor bill to
pay, besides; M pays Is cents, the
other is out a hundred dollars, and
then wonders why his neighbor is get
ting richer while he is getting poorer.
For sale by r. r. Bellamy.
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The East Source of supply Cut on.
Dissres> NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Fleet
|. Rurdcu IA .1ther Taan q Help.

(Copyrighted by Associated Press.)
[ or Santiago de Ccba. Saturday June
1L.- p. m.-By the Associated Press
Dispatch Boat Wanda. via Kingston.
JarTacia, Sunday June Ia 2 .. NJ
Rear Admiral Sampson and Comma
dore Schley. with their combined
forces, are slowly but surely placing
such a about Santiago de
Cuba and are cutting off s., eHectual-
ly every source OF outside aid. that
within n short time ~starvatlt'n's tap
ping will give away tc death s solid
knock OF Ambulance at the d. 'ors OF
the Inflated place.
Within three days three sep crate
sources OF supply and reinforcer 1ent
have been cut of n Santiago de
Cuba is now isolated from the wa. I'D
and is down to famine rations.
When Admiral Ceryera arrived : {
Santiago de Cuba, with his fleet, tRs :
people there welcomed him for the re-
lief they thought he would bring. but.
instead OF food, he brought them 70oe
men more to feed. The only aid he had
to ofer was the tons OF nun
in his ships magazines. e
\ map OF the harbor furnished today
by Spanish spies hows that. after the.
bombardment Of the harbor forts BY
Commodore Schley on Tuesday. May
3lst, the Spanish cruiser Reina Mer--
cedes. which was disabled, was lowed
into the bay behind the Socapa battery,
where she lies with two torpedo boats
Half a mile further up. under the lea
Of Cay Smith and the mortar batteries.
is the Fizcaya, commanding with her
broadside the two narrow entrances
TO the east and west OF Cay Smith.
Half a mile north and at the gate
OF the third narrow entrance lies the
Almirante Oquendo, and half a mite to
the northeast are the Cristobal Colon
and the Maria Teresa. The ships are
about a mile and a half from the city
proper. shallow water f%orbidding them
TO go much closer. The sunken collier
Merrimas is directly in the narrow part
of the channel.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-17
Seamen of the Yale and Harvard Re.
fuse to Serve

New York, June 14.-The engineers,
stokers and ordinary seamen. who have
been in service on the scout ships Yale
and Harvard. will refuse to go to sea on
the vessels when they leave this port as
auxiliary cruisers. These men were in
the employ Of the American line when
the steamers were leased by the govern
ment and they signed articles of agree
ment for one year. but claim they did not
enlist in the navy and. therefore. cannoi
be compelled to go into service on a war.
ship, especially as most OF them are
subject of foreign powers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-17

Danville. Va. June 15.-At 9 O'Clock to-
night a serious wreck occurred on the
Southern railway two miles north of
Danville. Engineer Gary. Fireman Sales.
Flagman Pace and Brakeman O'connor.
OF extra freight No. 20. south bound.
were all more or less seriously injured.
The wreck was caused by a wasnout and
was complete. Twenty-fow loaded cars
the train and many OF them
are totally demolished.
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onoon June B.-Whi,e the frs. sec
rotary OF the German embassy here.
Count Won Arco-Vaiiey. was emerging
from d embassy this evening a stranger
nred two shots from a revolver at hsfur
one OF the bullets entered the secreta-y's
o2fk, out the wound Is not dangerous.
fais assailanr, an E~ngiishman. was ar
rested after firing at and missing a po-
lceman He refuses to furnish any ex-
PLANTATION o. his conduct. The mans
name Is JOAN Todd.
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"One Minute Cough Cure is the best
preparation l have ever sold or used
and I can't say too much in it's praise"
L. M. Kennon, Merchant, OdelI. Ga
For sale by r. r. Bellamy.
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s. NJ. Geary, P~ierson. Mich, writes:
-"Dewitt's Witch Hazel SaIve Is cur
ing more piles here today than all 9TH
er remedies combined. It cures &C.
zema and all other skin diseases" For
sale by r.. r. Beilamy.
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SECOND Expedition or for manil.

San Francisco, June B.-Ancho was
weighed by the Second Philippines expe-
ditif.a at ! o'clock this afternoon. As the
sun was setting tae last transport passed
out OF the Goldoa gate, and led by the
flagship China, She feet stood away to-
ward Honolulu. Al that port the vessels
viii recoal. The expedition carried 800
men, distributed among four vessels.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-17

The proud father is always anxiou,
to give his first baby a-weigh.
The success of the man who fails FOL
a million is something phenomenal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-17

There are timeS when the aimisshty
doflar VIII not 80 as far as, a little
pofiteness.
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H-- D.,s- are prompt, efic; .ent and
llOUN , fll6 easy in eject 70 cents,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-27
In Great Falls.

Great Falls. Feb. 24.-Snce Lent began
there has been sudden and great
falling OFF in the number and magnitude
of all social events. Last week was
filled with them, and this week has hard
~ any and none of large size. From this
time until Easter there will be no large
parties according TO an oracle wise in the
ways of Great Falls society people and
only small card and dinner parties will
be tolerated.
Miss Cora Biodgett entertained a party
of 10 ladies at her rooms at Hotel Grand
on Tuesday afternoon. The entertainment
OF the afternoon was bid euchre, and Miss
Josephine Trigg obtained the head prize
beautifully painted China plate. The
decorations Of the rooms were elaborate
flowers being employed profuseIy. The
refreshments served at the interval in the
game were spoken Of as particularly
dainty
The Great Fails Musical club held its
regular weekly meeting on Thursday ey
ening Of this week. and there was a fun
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attendance of its members. The club is
rehearsing some excellent music and its
friends are looking forward to a treat at
some late date.
In spite of the Lenten season the Good
Time Dancing club. which is composed of
some of the leading society people in the
city, held its regular dance on Friday
Friday evening at Elks hail. and from the
attendance one could not see that there
was any prejudice in it's ranks against
moving the feet rhythmically in this as
well as any other season of the year.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. G. Duerfeldt of Helena
are visiting friends in this city this week.
They are enthusiastic bicycle riders, and
the smooth roads of this city and vicinity
delight them.
Robert p. Thoroughman of Cascade
spent several days this week in this city
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. +. A. Newlan. The
latter is his daughter
Waldemar Stein. editor and proprietor
of the Montana Herold. a German paper
published in this city, is making a trip of
the state in the interest of the Sons of
Herman, of which order he is the grand
president of Montana and the national
ce-president.
Miss Ina Craven, the county superin-
tendent of schools, has returned from
Fort Benton, where she has been visiting
Miss Jacoby, who holds a similar position
in Choteau county.
w. II. Patrick of Butte passed through
this city on Thursday on his way home
from Augusta, where he has been visiting
his father, Major j. w. Patrick.
On Wednesday evening Cascade lodge,
A. +. and A. NJ held a social session in
addition to performing it's regular work.
The occasion was the presence of a large
number of visitors many of whom were
from out of town. The Hon. Charles
Lochray. Charles Peters, James Martin,
Henry Morton, John L. Crane. George
White. Ben Jones and James Alternately
were in from Sand Coulee; George c.
Wallace represented Belt and Jack Will
liams of Logging Creek was also present
At the close of the regular work. there
being number of initiates. all present
where simple but pleasant lunch was
spread. The remainder of the evening
was spent in chatting and getting ac-
quainted.
Mrs. Thomas Wheeler of Sand Couee is
visiting friends in the city. She has not
yet heard from her husband. who is on
his way to Skaguay.
w. D. Jones and family of Dupuyer are
in the city on matters of business and
pleasure. Mr.. Jones states that he has
been offered 600 for his ranch and
sheep interests in Teton county by East
ern men, and he is considering
coptance of the offer.
Tuesday evening Nick Michaels and
Miss Martha Briggeman were married at
ST. AIMS Catholic church. Father J. j.
Dolls performing the ceremony They
took the train on Wednesday morning for
New York. where they will spend their
honeymoon.
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In Butte.

The event of the week i'm Buttes
social circles was the unique and very
attractive colonial reception given by
Mrs. Walter S. Tallant at her new resi-
dence on West Park street. on the
afternoon of Washington's birthday
The house was beautifully decorated in
The national colors. and about $50 ladies
attended and greatly enjoyed the novel
reception. Mrs. Walter s. Tallant the
hostess, was attired in costume repre-
senting the Jeffersonian period. She
wore a shawl 300 years old, pins $50
years old and brocaded slippers which
had been worn at Washington's inaug-
ural bali. Mrs. Tallant was assisted in
receiving by bevy of colonial danes
and all the ladies wore the powdered
hair OF the colonial period. Mrs Clin-
ton III. Moore wore black silk dress
with point lace and a breastpin of 125
years ago, while her hair was arranged
in pompadour style. Mrs. ]. II. Harper
wore waist which was made $50 years
ago. and unique long, old fashioned
eardrops of revolutionary times. Mrs
"A. II. Wethey wore a dress of Washing
tons time. the front being lovely bro
caded christening robe of 200 years ago
Miss Kern wore a black silk dress with
colonial cap, apron and kerchief. Miss
Robb represented a charming little
Puritan maiden. and wore a little en-
broidered cap of 100 years ago. Mrs
A. III. Barrett was in black silk with
point lace. Miss Phoebe Wethey was
attired as a maiden of colonial times
and carried a fan which belonged TO her
great. great grandmother. Miss Brooks
wore a very attractive costume of the
national colors.
The guests We're not only received by
colonial danes but were served with
colonial refreshments They had small
cakes and cider. nuts, raisins, Wash
tngton's birthday cake and Washing
toms favorite punch.
The reception hall was Hastily deco
rated in flags and palms while the din
ing room was In the colonial coiors-
buff and blue. The floral decorations
were yellow tulips and blue hyacinths.
while the table was illuminated by
lighted fapers. Music was furnished by
harp and violins. A very pretty feature
was the oriental room furnished in
magnificent draperies from the far
East
The Ei6s fully sustained their repu-
tafion as hosts in the very enjoyable
ladies social session Of Monday even
ing. Mrs. Fitz-Butler. Mrs. Wells, Mrs
WarfieId and Mrs. Fiayin assisted in
the musical programme. while the Bos-
Eon & Montana band contributed its