The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-07-18

dSnlngtOn, july I4.-lne preSlIeHI
made today a number Of appointments
of officers in the volunteer army.
Among those appointed were one lieu
tenant colonel, three majors, two cap
tains, six first lieutenants and hv
second lieutenants. The lieutenant colo
mel was Webb c.. Hayes, major of the
First Ohio volunteers. Among the first
1ieutenants is John A. Wagner, cap
tain of Company F, First North Caro-
lima volunteers, and among the second
Iieutenants is Holmes Conrad, Jr., sec
ond lieutenant in the same regiment.
Lieutenant Colonel Webb G. Hayes
was major of the First Ohio volunteers
during the war with Spain. He was
present at the battle Of Las Guasimas
and the battle of Santiago, where he
was wounded and his horse killed. He
was relieved from duty on General
Skaters command and accompanied
General Miles expedition to Porto
Rico. He was present at the landing
at Guanica and accompanied General
CarettSon'S brigade in the action on the
Yauso road. He was recommended for
a brevet lieutenant colonel for his ser
vices in Santiago and brevet colonel
lOE Ills SeINlCeS Ill L INlCO.
The following named officers recent
ly appointed have been ordered to join
their regiments, the Twenty-nin.h in
fantry, Fort Mcpherson, Ga: Captain
George f. Lowell. Captain Owen T.
Kenan, First Lieutenant Madison H.
Wilson, First Lieutenant Edward II.
Almond, First Lieutenant BlantOn
Winship, First Lieutenant Walter X.
Wheatley, Second Lieutenant Robert
Patterson and Second Lieutenant John
j. Miller.
A CABLEGRAM FROM DEWEY.
Secretary Long has received the fol-
lowing cable message from Admiral
Dewey:
Port Said, July IA.
Secretary of the Navy, Washington,
olympia in voluntary quarantine.
AS soon as coaled proceed Trieste for
practique and re~cuperatiOn of officers
and men. DEWEY
Inasmuch as he is silent on the sub
ject, it is assumed that no change has
occurred in the health of Admiral
Dewey and his men since their depart
urc from Hong Kong, when all were
reported well. 1t is said at the navy
department that the admirars refer
ence to 'practique' means simply that
he is going to Trieste to get a bill of
health that will enable him to continue
AIIo Wy oSC AALCN0 NAA% -
without delays from the health author
tiles at the various points.
MRS. RICH TO BE SURRENDERED.
Mrs. Rich is to be surrendered to the
Mexican authorities, to be tried for the
murder of her husband. For days past
kilograms and letters have been COM
ing to the president and to Secretary
Hay, ONE Utmost hysterical in the
strength of their protests against the
A-rA ~ "A = ~ the nron n TT hoe hnnp
represented that she is insane; that
there are impending physical obsta-
Giles; that she is innocent OF the crime
charged against her, and finally that
it o be an act of barbarlSm to
place an American woman at the mer-
cy of Mexican law and officialism. All
of these considerations have been
weighed and it has been decided that
unless Mrs. Rich is there
can be no hope of securing the surren-
der to our officers of the many Mex
lean border thieves and criminals who
plumber on our side of the line and re-
treat into Mexico, so the precedent will
be established.
RULING AS TO STAMPS ON
CHECKS.
Commissioner Wilson, Of the internal
%ven has issued a circular, abso-
lutely prohibiting banks from a~ffixing
stamps to checks unstamped when pre-
scented and requiring them to return
the same to the drawers. In his cir
cular to collectors the commissions
says:
"You are directed to notify the banks
that are guilty of stamping unstamped
: checks hat if the practice is not i'm
= mediately discontinued they will be re-
' ported to the United States district at
torney for prosecution.
THE instruction contained in treas
ury decision No. 1906, under date OF
June 10, 1898, to the effect that there
was no objection to the affixing by the
bank. of the requisite stamps to an
unstamped check presented for pay
ment is hereby revoked.
This Instruction vas given to meet
an emergency Immediately preceding
the taking effect of the stamp act OF
July l, 1898, in order to obviate the ne
cessity of returning by the banks
thousands of ~unstamped checks ISSUED
10y drawers in ignorance of the law
The law being now generally under
stood there is no further need of such
permission
ton that certain banks had adopted the
practice of not requiring stamps, as ar
advertisement to secure patronage as
against rival banks.
CONSUL ROSE AT THE WHITE
HOUSE.
Herr Rose, the German %ex-consul tc
Samoa, who is passing through the
city enroute to Germany, paid his res
poets to the president today. He was
presented by Secretary Hay. Herr Rose
has just returned from Samoa He says
that the friction alleged to have e X
listed in Samoa between the Germans
on the one hand, and the Americans
and English on the other hand was
very much exaggerated. But every yes
tige of friction, he avs, disappeared
with the appearance Of the commission
ers representing the parties to the tri-
I partite agreement. The arrangement
which they made, he thinks, promises
ITO be perfectly satisfactory.
ANTI-AMERICAN SENTIMENT IN
CUBA.
- Havana. July 14.-Many Cuban pa
pers fatty deny the existence OF
plots" against American visitors who
remain here a few days and then re-
turn ito the United States, but there is
undoubtedly a considerable element