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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-27
i. RESORT HOTEL BURNED.

Macon. Ga. June 26.-A special to the
Telegraph from Indian Springs, the ia
mons watering place about twenty miles
from Macon, says that the Elder House.
one of the leading hotels, was destroyed
by fire this evening. About 100 guests
were in the building but all of them
escaped Only two were injured and
they but slightly. All of the baggage
was lost. however, the guests having no
time to get into their rooms after the
fire was discovered
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MURDERED A NEGRO GIRL.

Lexington, Ga. June 26.-Alberi
Rrightwell. colored. was lodged in jail
here to-day charged with the murder of
a negro girl twelve years old, on last
Thursday. The girl it seems, was en-
ployed to carry water to farm hands OF
whom Brightwell was one. When she
neglected to bring fresh water at the
proper time Brightwell became enraged
and smashed her skull with bludgeon
The negroes of the community are much
enr.a ged, and there may be trouble.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-27

Lincclnton at a recent municipal cleo
ton. voted ON the question of liquor or
no liquor in that town. and the result
was in favor of selling liquor by a large
majority. The town council met and
granted license to sell whiskey, but when
the matter was brought before the board
Of county commissioners they refused to
ratfy the act of the town authorities and
refused to grant license. The matter was
taken into the courts, and the decision
will be watched with interest throughout
the State.
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GLORIOUS NEWS

Genes from DR.. ID. Il. Cargie. of
Washita. L. Il. He writes: -Four bot
ties of Electric Bitters has cured Mrs
Brewer of scrofula, which had caused
her great suffering for years. Terrible
sores would break out on her head and
face. and the best doctors could give no
help: but her cure is complete and her
health is excellent" This shows what
thousands have proved-that Electric
Bitters is the best blood purifier known
It's the supreme remedy for eczema, tet-
ter. salt rheum. ulcers. boils and run
ming sores. 1t stimulates liver. kidneys
and bowels, expcls pc;sons, helps diges-
ton. builds mp the strength. Only 30
cents. Sold by all Druggists. Guaran-
teed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-27
THE TRIAL OF DREYFUS.

Rennes. France. June 26.-The second
trial of Captain Dreyfus, by court mar
tia, on the charge of communicating
documents connected withthe national
defence to the agent of Il foreign pow
er will take place in the army service
building here.
NJ. Matthew Dreyfus. brother of the ia
nous prisoner, has arrived here.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-27

The Philadelphia papers are agitated
because the women can wear shirt
waists while the men have to wear coat
over his shirt. The men may be forced
to wear coats in Pennsylvania these
hot days but in North Carolina it IS
chiefly a breach of etiquette for men
to go in their shirt sleeves when at
tending courts presided over by Judge
Whitaker.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-27

General Miles says the situation in the
Philippines is SERIOUS" and urges send
ing a larger army for Otis. Criminal
aggression comes high but the trusts
win have it. The war in those islands
will never end i'm permanent peace. "All
governments derive their just powers
from the consent of the governed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-27
ALL LKNOW WHERE HE STANDS

SprNngfeId KepubIcan.
Bryan is one of the most ingenious
men who have ever been conspicuous I'M
our politics. He speaks plainly and clear
ly, and everybody knows where he stands
ON most questions before the people, and
knows that he is sincere, and these are
popular qualities, however much appear
ances may seem to deny the fact at
times
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-27

The directors of the Commercial Ma
toral Travellers League have arranged
for an employment bureau. This
shows" says Mr.. Dome, chow serious
the situation u.s." The trusts have hit
the drummers hard.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-27

Michigan has increased the tax it
leyies for its State university from one
sixth to onefourth of Il mill. No State
is more liberal to its university and no
State has Il greater institution.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-27

The Philadelphia Times intimates that
the talked of war in sugar between Ar
l-dckle and IIavermeyer was a sham bai-
tie begun. to enable them to manipulate
the market What next!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-27

A New Jersey woman in order TO be
certain it will take" has had herself
baptized in three different States. If she
proposes to try it in every State and
territory, she'll have to hustle to get
around from Alaska TO Cuba, and from
Porto Rico to Luzon.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-27

Alger says he will not resign. Resign!
Not as long as he can be in a position
to serve the beef trust while he runs
on an antitrust platform.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-27

The makers Of the automobiles have
formed a trust. The horses will breath
easier.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-27
Mr.. WOODARD INDICATED.

1t is always dangerous for any man
or set of men to take the execution of
the law in their own hands. even whe.
the provocation is greatest. The re-
suit of the investigation of the assault
upon Mr.. Woodland in Washington ought
to be warning for all. That gentleman
suffered an irdignity for an offence Of
which some one else is guilty. Those
who assaulted him have done what they
could to repair the inquiry, and his fais
name is restored to him. The men werr
moved by chivalrous impulses and there
was apparently every eXtenuating clre
crmstance that could exist to warrant
Il resort to violence, but it is an instance
the moral OF which should not be lost.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-27

Governor Russell writes that he doubts
called to consider trust legislation can
check or destroy those combinations.
Since the day that the Governor. afte.
his loud denunciatiom of the Southern
Railway, bent his neck to put on its
collar and made an abject and cowardly
surrender of his position. he has been
as tame toward corporate aggression as
a sucking dove. There is a reason for
his sudden change from violent denun.
citation TO passive acceptance Men don't
blow hot and cold with such short in
tervals unless they have reasons for
their sudden hops.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-27

Whoever hesitates to utter that which
it be too much in advance of the time,
may reassure himself by looking at his
acts from an impersonal point of view.
ion is the agency through which charac.
ter adapts external arrangements to it
self-that his opinion rightly forms part
tuting, with other such units, the general
power which works out social changes,
and will perceive that he 2lay prop
erly give full utterance to his irnermost
convictions. leaving it to produce what
effect it may.-Herbe.t Spencer.
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The News & Observer

office: News and Observer Building,
Fayetteville Street.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-27

The man who does no harm in the
world does but little good.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-27

Recently General Leonard Wood was
offered a salary of $4,000 year to be-
come president of the Washington street
car system. His fine record in Cuba was
thought by the company to be worth a
great deal in securing concessions from
Congress. General Wood declined, Civ
ing as his reason that money is not the
only thing in the world" AS long as
Uncle Sam has such officers, the stand
ard of the army cannot be lowered even
by the conduct of the War Department.
The Governor Of Ohio recently said OF
Mark Hanna: las sure as there is II
God in Israel, the people will rise up and
rebuke that man. There is no doubt
about it, In the history of the Republic
no mere corrrptionist like Mark Hanna
has risen to the top. He will flourish
like bay tree until the present term
expires when he will fall back into his
rust-breeding atmosphere, "unwept, I'M
honored and -msung.'
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-25
Jonas Longs Sons

graduated since the opening of the
Academy in 1902. There is a way i'm
which the accounts may be made to in
dictate "a cost of less than $4,000 for tho
four years course of each cadet. but a
fair computation of the value of the
magnificent plant and permanent facili-
ties, the interest ON the cost Of these
and the cost Of their maintenance, the
services of officers and attendants, and
the maintenance of the Academy as a
military post, may fairly be estimated
to bring the cost we'll up to $1,000 per
year, or $20,0 900 for the four years de-
Velopment of each cadet This is per-
haps the most expensive education in
the world: and in many ways, es-
pecially for its important public pur-
pose, 1t is said to be far the best.
West Point keeps alive the spirit and
develops the capacity of organization,
no less than it teaches the technical
rudiments of the military art among
those on whom we must mainly de-
pend on rare but always possible oc-
casions of need to bring our citizen SOL
diery quickly to the front, under cir
cumstances which will guard them
against the deplorable effects of in
competency from which our volunteer
force has suffered so gravely within
the past few months.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-25
Drocc Very
DlSoo Good
Very cgs,, Goods

Sale continues all the Week-neW and
startling bargains greet you today.
=, yard for your choice of 2I 90 yards of double
sac width PlaidS-worth &c yard
- yard for your choice of over 1000 yards of
O2C fine effects in Novelty Dress Goods and
Fancy PaidS.
yard for choice of big assortment of plain
Z0C and Notwithstanding 45-in Storm Serge
and Cashmere; 4o-in fine Check Novelties
and all wool Cheviots, worth from 39c to SOC.
yard for new styles in all wool Drap dEte,
75C cOverts and other fabrics, worth $i.oo and
$I.25 yard.
SOC sortmeot D Of Tafetasa pure six and posi-
lively worth 75c yard.
AVENUE CORNER
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-25
LsfrLo- Very
NiINllSlI Good
Very TH;-r.r
Cheap L llllASS

Down Stair" was great place all last
Week-and it will be even more wonderful
during this week.
STEP LADDERS-Very strongly made;
always sell at I2c foot-thS week, per foot. /C
CLOTHES BARS-The strongest kind ~
made; always sold at soc; this week. .... Z0C
CARPET BEATERS-They are the -
sprngy kind that always sell for Ioc; this week &c
TOILET PAPER-Large size packages . n
that sell for SC; this week .........3 for lUC
TOWEL ROLLERS-To hold anV size =,
towel; always sold at &c, this weeG ,....... sc
READY MIXED PAlNTS-In all colorS -
always sold at SC per can; this week. ...... &C
CHAMPAGNE GLASSES-Claret. Punch and
Wine Glasses, OF finest flint; always $L05 20
dozen; this week k...................... l.lU
THE BASEMENT
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-25

tluenCe on the community at large
must be out of all proportion to the
cost and care of its maintenance. There
is driven into the souls of these young
men a conviction that an officer cannot
lie, cannot steal, cannot prevaricate,
cannot mislead, cannot do anything not
becoming a dutiful officer and an hon
est gentleman. The conviction remains
with them for life, and imposes it's re-
straints on them after they leave the
service, as j. eXerts it's influence on
others with whom they come in con-
tact wherever they may be. The value
of this leaven diffused, even in very
small proportion, among all the people
of all parts of the land cannot be over
estimated. 1t is no argument 10 say
that army officers are sometimes con-
victed of dishonesty, for we must re-
gard the proportion of detection. 1t is
enough to say that the cases in which
graduates of West Point have been so
convicted make barely two per cent. OF
the whole number of graduates.
THE MORAL TONE.
The moral tone of the Military Acad-
emy is established, and 1t is self-per-
petuating. 1t, and its propagation, are
inherent in the esprit e-corps of the
body of cadets. The officers, the pro-
fessors, and the instructors are natu-
rally not negligent in the incubation OF
a high sense of honor and duty, nor
In Furnishing obvious infractions of the
moral code. Very much however, is
left to the body OF the cadets, and it is
a rule never to question the truth of a
cadets statement, without clear proof
that 1t is false. He is left TO his own
sense of shame and to the discipline
of his comrades. One cannot be a liar
without being found out by his fellows,
sooner or later When he is found out,
he Is sent to Coventry, with a sudden
ness and a persistency that open to
him new view of the obligations Of
cadet life. For example, during study
hours the cadets are under guard in
their quarters. The guard on post has
the power to restrain them. When one
has a need to go out, he salutes the
guard and says, 1T is all right, sir"
and he is allowed to pass. A newcomer
may think 1t smart device thus to get
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-25
Modest Man.

"Do you know anything about PALM
istry, HeTbort?" she asked.
"Oh, not much" he answered, with
the air of modesty which is not intended
to be implicitly believed in Not a
great deal. Although ! had an experience
last night which might he considered a
remarkable example of the art you allude
to-"
"You don't mean H."
"Yes. / happened to glance at the hand
or a friend of mine and | Immediately
predicted that. he would presently become
the pcssesscr Of a considerable sum of
money. Before he left the room he had
$50 to $50 handed to him"
And you told it just from his handY'
Yes, IL had four aces in it"-NeW
YcNS Herald.
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DEVELOPING CHARACTER

But the best yet remains to be told.
This school is the nucleus for a COM
pleteness of training and development
OF character, and for an encouragement
OF delicate sense Of honor and of
fidelity to trusts Of which the moral in
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-25

the working of the swimming school
A certain portion Of the newly admit
ted cadets know how to SWIM" but
they find here that their knowledge is
very primitive. They are swung with
a belt and cord, and are made to learn
over again under careful teacher, su-
pervised by the instructor until they
become regular and uniform in all their
movements. They are then allowed TO
swim Independently, and their exercise
Is kept up, week after week, until they
can swim strongly and at full speed
for ten minutes at a stretch. Here, as
in all else, the perfection of attainment
is limited only by the capacity of the
individual. Every man is made as
good as he is capable of becoming.
1t may be by some questioned
whether or not II lis necessary, in order
that a young man may become a good
officer, that he should know as much or
be able to do as much as he is made 20
do and is taught at West Point; but
that it is, for other reasons, a great
thing for the country at its own ex-
pense to maintain one young man from
each congressional district throughout
the land subject to such complete train
ing and development, no one can ques-
tion. Were the graduates of the Acad-
emy to make no other return to the
country than to go back among their
own people as an example of what may
be done by proper intellectual and
physical education, the maintenance of
the West Point Academy would still be
justified.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-25
The Lucky Liar.

woman will still believe in a man
when all the men know he's so crooked
he can't lie on his back-New York Press.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-25

relief from restraint and TO go for a
stroll. He has only given his own in
depreciation to "all right" In the Ian
guage of the guard it means only one
thing, and in the code of the corps the
cadet has lied to the sentinel. No fuss
is made about it, and no official dis
cipline may be applied; but the atmos-
phere about that young man changes.
1t turns somber and chill: first-class
men, and whose favor is one of his
highest ambitions, salute him stiffiy
and look on him coldly; the clouds
thicken about him; his friends find it
not wise to be too conspicuOusly init
mate with him. When he finally em-
erges from his isolation, he knows
what 1t means to violate the standard
set up for their own guidance by those
who value the honor of their corps as
the very apple of their eye. Men who
are not amenable to such influences
sooner or later meet their fate at the
hands of a court martial, and the army
is purged Of them.
ATHLETICS.
"Athletics" of the usual university
gate-money order have never been per-
mitted at west POINT. Inefe Is a SoOu
foot ball team, and there is much en-
thusiasm about 1t. 1t has-and it needs
no training" for the men are kept
as hard as nails by their daily military
exercise. The team works for about
twenty minutes twice day in recrea-
tion time, and for an hour or two on
Saturday afternoon. The officers and
the cadets subscribe to a fund which is
sufficient for the actual outlay, includ-
ing the payment OF the expenses of
teams invited to play at the Point. The
cadets are not permitted to play else
where, nor is the team allowed to neg
lect its studies and drin in any way
because of g. interest in the game.
1t has a very od record for its play
ing, nevertheless.
IHE COST.
An attempt has been made TO show
that education at West Point is cheap.
1t is not. Like all good things, it is
costly; like all exceptionally good
education, 1t is enormously costly.
Nearly four thousand cadets have been
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-25
WHERE UNCLE SAM
GETS HIS SOLDIERS
METHODS OF EDUCATION AT
WEST POINT.

Processes Through Which the Raw
Cadet Is Passed in His Evolution
Into a Trained Military officer.
From a Paper Contributed by the
Late George E. Waring, Jr., to
"The Outlook"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-25

The more practical instruction in
drill, field and camp duties, infantry,
cavalry, and artillery tactics. pontoon
and spar bridge building, is as thor
oughly carried on as is the theoretical
instruction already described. The
limits Of space make it necessary to
confine the account Of this department
to the following extracts from the re-
port OF Lieutenant Colonel Mills, COM
mandant OF cadets QS96):
THE present course designs to give
to the cadet the elements of a military
education, as comprehended in the drill
regulation of the three arms of the SER
vice and I'm the other manuals and lee
lures referred to in the theoretical
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-25

uulleS--WOulu, aIlef Il leW months, sell
dom exceed sixty-tive per cent of ef-
fectives. Furthermore, the ignorance
and inefficiency that put on the sick
and absent list thirty-five men out of
each hundred showed itself in the con-
dition of the remaining siXty-five,
whose lack of vitality, Vigor, and dis
cirline greatly lowered their value in
war. Regiments so ohicercd and in
such condition were by far the greater
source Of our enormous pension list,
for comparatively few of the names on
this list are those Of men who were
wounded in action, nor We're any very
large proportion of those disabled by
disease members of regiments intelli-
gently and properly cared for by COM
petent officers. The relative economy
in the matter of clothing and transpor-
taton was even greater.
AS a matter of fact, it is not more
important that an officer should know
how to lead his men in battle than that
he should know how to take care of
them in camp and on the march. AT
West Point the latter is as thoroughly
taught as in the former, the necessity
for maintaining an effective force as
we'll as for using that force effectively.
The cadet is a soldier; he is not only
taught, he is trained in and Injured
to every duty of the enlisted man.
when he is given charge Of enlisted
men, he not only knows how ne should
control them and care for them, but
he knows how they want him to care
for them. He knows how to save their
lives up TO the moment when they
must needs risk them, and he knows
how then to make that risk heroic and
effective.
The effect Of the education at West
Point is precisely the same as that of
the education at Annapolis. The same
training Is given, as the alphabet Of the
course, to all military and naval ca
diets, and 1t is never forgotten. The
product of both Institutions, the prod
uct of such education as theirs, the
world over, is a man who thoroughly
realizes the existence OF his rational
faculty and how to make use of it,"
and whose mind and body have both
been trained to the prompt and deft
handling OF the material available TO
meet every situation, no matter how
suddenly its condition may be pre-
sented.
DEVELOPING CHARACTER.
But the best yet remains to be told.
This school is the nucleus for a COM
pleteness of training and development
of character, and for an announcement
of a delicate sense of honor and of
fidelity To trusts of which the moral in
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-25

less trifler. or the Indifferent scholar
soon finds that his military career is
ended. The thing of most value that
he acquires at West Point Is the knowl-
edge of the existence of his rational
faculty, and how to make use of it. He
who learns this well will. in the present
age, always be certain OF success In the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-25
IN THE GYM.

The admirably equipped gymnasium
is built in connection with a large
swimming-pool, the whole under the
control of a competent instructor. 1t
was the writer's good fortune to watch
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-03-14
AREF0RGOMEZ
Public Manifestation on the Part
of Havana Patriotic
Clubs,
For the Purpose Of Assuring the
Cuban General They Are
With Him.
Action Of Cuban Assembly in De-
posing Him Generally
Denounced.
United States Authorities Do Not
Recognize the Cuban
Assembly.

HAVANA, March 14.-lO:45 a. MA
public manifestation upon the part of
the different patriotic clubs, in which
the general public will assist has been
called for 4 p. m. The people who are
to take part in the demonstration will
march with music and banners to
Quinta. where they will express to Gen
eral Gomez their adherence to himself
and and their disapproval Of the &C.
ton of the Cuban assembly in removing
him from the Office of general-in-chief
of the Cuban army.
There were cheers for General Gomez
in Central park, and cries were raised
against the Cuban military assembly.
In the evening at the theater the pub
lie vociferously applauded General Go
mez and Cuba. The feeling against the
assembly is growing.
During the morning there were signs
of excitement, which may find express
sions at the gatherings of the afternoon.
The assembly meets at 9 o'clock, and
a lively session is expected.