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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-04
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
A RISING SOUTHERN FINAN-
CIER.
Atlanta Constitution.

Atlanta Constitution.
There is much more in the pending ne
gotiations connected with the SeaboarG
Airline railroad than appears on the
surface.
Mr.. John SHELTON Williams, wEc is
developing the new railroad system II
which the Seaboard and the Georgia
and Alabama are to be brought tegcth-
or, is not only Southern man, but he
has maintained his Southern residence
and business connections.
Mr.. Williams has shown that 1t is not
necessary for a Southern man 70 leave
his home city in order 20 control great
events, or to become a leading figure in
finance. From his home in the city of
Richmond. Mr.. Williams nas been able
10 look over the situation with an intel
hgent eye, and to develop properties 10
point where they have become wor
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Goldshoro. \. G.. March 30. ,91.

Goldsboro, n c., March 80 81.
Mrs. Person: My two small children
were completely covered in running
sores from impure blood, for which
could find no remedy until got bottle
of your Remedy. In few days they
were free of fever, and were well by the
time the bottle was empty. l gave it
after meals in sWeetened water, and
they begged for it. Afterwards my little
girl became restless at night, would
scream as if in nightmare every little
while until after II or l o'clock. | COM
menced giving her your Remedy on
Thursday night, and Saturday night
she was resting quietly. | shall con-
tinue to use it for my children. :
Yours Very truly.
MRS. NJ. S. WITHERINGTON.
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Under flhG Dome

The Legislature should provide for
legalized primaries before adjourning.
This will be an absolute necessity for
the preservation of good government in
case suffrage is much restricted.-Pat-
ron and eleanor.
Messrs John b. Cook and o. +. Crow
son have purchased the Burlington
News. They will keep it up to its pres
ent high standard.
How are you feeling?" / yesterday
morning asked wan and worn-look-
ne Scion, who had spent the lions share
Of the night at the WILSON wake.
I'm feeling bad-awful bad" he re-
plied. Il swallowed Ohio Wilson, and
hes resting on my stomach like an iron
wedge
And there were others.
The Committee on Appropri ii ,ns
yesterday reported unfavorably on the
bill increasing the appropriation to the
Soldiers Home This for the reason
that the proposed increase has been
more than taken up by adding the
names of some 80 old soldiers and
widows to the pension roll.
The bill in regard TO the Soldiers Home
increasing the appropration-wa
made the special order in the House for
this morning at 11:30 O'Clock. The
Congressional District Bill is the spe
.ial order to-day at the expiration of
the morning hour.
The name of Mr.. Julian, of Rowan,
should have appeared in the published
list of Representatives voting for Maj.
Wilson's reinstatement. He voted tor
he Major and against Otno.
The House was presided over for an
hour yesterday by Mr.. Ray, of Ma ON.
He makes a fine presiding officer.
Mr.. Bunch, of Guilford, is sick. He
was yesterday granted leave of absence
from the House on account Of sickness.
In casting his vote for S. Ohio VIII
son. Mr. Council, of Watauga, made
the following explanation, which he de-
sires the News and Observer to pub
fish:
VI L..
fact that | have stated upon the floor
Of the House during this discussion,
that / did not think the cases of the
two Wilson's stood upon the same foot
ing, and that ! believed any member
Of this body could consistently vote to
sustain the report as to Major Wilson
and decline to do so as to ). Otho, 1
have decided to yield this view in de-
ference to the opinion of the committee
and to give to $. Otho Wilson the
benefit of all doubt and vote to sus-
tain the report as to him.
Senator Stanback should have been
recorded as voting to re-instate MAJOR
j. w. Wilson. in the report of yester-
days paper. He was recorded as voting
to re-instate s. Ohio Wilson. only.
We said a few days ago that the new
Railroad Commission act was as neal
perfect as any law giving power to reg
ulate railroads could be made. Ii was
drafted with great care and is the pro-
duet of the joint labors of Senator Je
rome, of Union, and Representative AL
len of Wayne. With honest and able
commissioners, who will owe no obliga
tons to railroad officials, the law will
be a blessing to the State.
In view of the introduction in the
Legislature of Il bill to create the office
of Immigration Commissioner at sal
airy OF 81 900 a year. our people are
ta1k mo of puttinp forward ~ X. Rose
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RECOGNIZED ONLY PRO TEN.

The spring term of court convened
last Monday with Judge Undertake
IN the bench. Trouble in organizing the
court was anticipated on account of
here being two distinct sets of officers.
An agreement however, was made 10y
which the Democratic officers elect
we're recognized as it were pro tenn"
The fact of their being in Office for
the week is not to be construed in their
favor in case suit should be brought
at any time hereafter by the other side.
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thy stakes for financial contest. The
latest project to bring the Seaboard
Airline and the Georgia and Alabama
into connection through a connecting link
is one which stamps Mr.. Williams as be-
ing worthy to stand side by side even
with such men as the late Sidney Dillon
and the present Pierpont Morgan.
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DIR. BULLS COUGH SYRUP is A
remarkable medicine. A dry, tickling
cough, the warning that consumption
turks near, needs no other doctor but
DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup. 1t positively
cures throat and lung trouble.
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w. ID. Bynum has been heard from.
He has an article on Needed Reforms
in our Monetary System" Tie is put
down as ''ex-chairman, National Demo-
cratic committee, which is incorrect. 1t
should be ex-chairman of Mark Hanna's
side show.
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DAMAGE TO TRUCK.
1t Amounts to about . Per Cent
Around Newbern.
(NeWhprn .Journal.l

tNewbern Journal.t
As to the condition of the fruit in this
section, the Journal has made inquiry,
and learns from Mr.. George n. Ives, who
has large fruit farm below Newbern,
in Carteret county that the fruit has not
been killed.
Il was afraid" said Mr.. Ives, that
our frnit trees would have been badly
damaged by the cold weather. but L
have carefully examined our trees at
Newport and find no injury done.
Il presume our safety lies in the fact
that our trees had not budded out be-
fore the cold snap. The present weather,
since the cold SMELL has worked wonders
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-04

The average woman wastes a lot of
time trying to transform Il wrinkle into
Il dimple.
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Office: News and Observer Building,
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The News and Observers Telephones:
Editorial Rooms 90
Business Office 1877
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The Committee on Appropri III ms
yesterday reported unfavorably on the
bill increasing the appropriation to the
Soldiers Home. This for the reason
that the proposed increase has been
more than taken up by adding the
names of some $50 old soldiers and
widows to the pension roll.
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Entered at the postoffice at Raleigh,
n. c., as second-class matter.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-02

1t is necessary that one should visit
the Philippines in order to comprehend
the magnitude of our new possessions. To
the ordinary citizen of the United States
the Philippines are a group of islands
situated somewhere in the Pacific ocean.
and. unless he should chance to be re-
markab1y fresh in geography, Manila
represents to his mind all that is worth
knowing about the islands.
This ignorance as to the nature and
extent Of the archipela go also extends
to Europe n it is only in certain COM
mercial and diplomatic circles that any
one knows anything about the Filipinos
and their country. Such ignorance, how
ever, is somewhat excusable for until a
few months ago Manila. to all intents
and purposes, did represent the Philip
pines. Now that we have assumed con-
troll of the islands and will probably in
time gain possession of them it may in
terest the readers of this paper if I de-
vote my last letter to a description of
the Philippines outside of Manila.
During the three centuries of Spanish
occupation scarcely a port was opened
on any of the islands, it being the policy
of the authorities to limit foreign COM
merce as much as possible to Manila.
During the last half of the present GEN.
fury, however. a few cities. like Iloilo.
Sulu, Cebu M Zanboanga. We're made
open ports. but the long established trade
monopoly was so strong that as trading
places they have remained an %insignifi-
cant factor. Another condition that
tended to detract from their importance
has been the entire lack of modern n1ea
of communication with the interior of the
islands, so that what little development
there has been has been limited to these
seaport towns.
The most important of these island
ports is unquestionably Iloilo, which has
been open to foreign since
1856. Unlike Manila there is nothing
attractive about it. Before it was dis
covered that the island was an ideal spot
for the raising OF sugar cane it was a
slovenly little fishing village and today
it is just as sloyenly. In the dry season
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-02

It's streets are always dusty and in the
wet season they are a mass of filthy mire.
In addition the city is not a healthy one.
1t is surrounded by marshes and would
be intolerable as a place of habitation if
1t was not for it's excellent port. AS it
Is nearly 1000 people make their home
here, but nearly all are engaged in the
shipping interests.
The island of Panay, as a whole, is not
30 ~unattractive, however. Jaro, a few
miles uD the river, is rather pleasant
than otherwise, and there are large dis
tricts in the highlands where pretty and
smart little towns break the monotony of
the miles upon miles of fields that are de-
voted to agricultural pursuits.
Cebu, the place where Magellan land
ed in 1921 is on the eastern coast of the
island hat bears the same name, and is
an attractive and picturesque town. Ow-
ing to the more convenient location of
1lOilo it has never been a great CONNER
cial center, but as the island is extremely
fertile there is reason to believe that it
will yet become an important colonial
port. From n end of the island to the
other there is scarcely an unhealthy spot
and this, in addition to the fact that its
inhabitants are an extremely peaceful
people, will commend it to Americans
seeking homes in the new land. In fact
there are many such islands in this
group, islands where the name of Aguin-
aldo is nothing but a name and people
wonder why they should be stirred up to
fight against this new government that
has ceased to Cypress them, and it is to
this tina the success of the American
forces will be due. If all the islanders
we're against us the chanc of bringing
them under subsection would be extreme
~ remote, but as it is We have more
friends than foes among u new colon
lists and as the supporters of the revolu-
tionary party are drawn almost solely
from the more savag Of the natives it is
not too much for us to hope that we
shall be able to do in a few months what
the Spaniards were unable to accomplish
In hundreds Of years.
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r OWN CORRESPONDENT GEORGE ALFRED EDWARDS.

would be powerless, and the new gov
would fall. To listen to the am
bilious and restless element thai consti-'
tutes the brains of the revolutionary par
ty is a mistake that no reasonable man
should make, for to leave the fate of the
Philippines in the hands of these people
would be no better than to turn them
back to Spain with it's brutality and OPP
preston.
What is needed is a strong hand to
take control of the islands, a strong hand
backed by a brain sufficiently intelligent
to grasp the situation, and to kno when
to use tact and when to exercise more
vigorous methods. Even then it would
be years before the Philippine islands
would be under control. To take Manila
was an easy matter, for in Manila the
new government is welcomed, but from
Manila we can gradually extend our in
huence until we control the situation in
Luzon. At the same line the missionary
work can be extended to the other ISL
ands where we can maintain our sover-
eighty in such a manner as to win the
respect and esteem of the natives, and, at
last, if we are as patient as we are firm,
we shall have one of the finest colonial
possessions in the world. Mr.. Studer,
who has spent 20 years of his life in this
part of the world, has expressed the
opinion in a recent letter that it will be
at least fifty years, under the most ia
yorable circumstances, before the natives
of all the Philippines can be regarded as
sufficiently advanced for ~self-goyern-
mont, and with this opinion nearly all
persons who are acquainted with the
subject fully agree. Aguinaldo and the
members of his junta know this, but they
will not admit it and are doing all in
their power to conceal the truth just as
they are trying to conceal the fact that
the most substantial residents of Manila
are opposed to them and their revolution
airy movement. In these letters from the
Philippines l have attempted to forget
all ~preconceived opinions and have pre-
scented the facts just as they exist. He
who reads them may draw his own con-
illusions.
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teresting. Spain. from the days of Isa-
bella up to the present, is to be depicted
until we are as familiar with it as we
are with ancient Rome. which is the
scene of many of our most popular and
historic novels.
Nor is it in move life alone that we are
to go back to Spain, but in stage life as
we: Playwrights are seating their Span
ism cavaliers outside the easements with
guitars in their hands, while, afar off, the
olive trees whistled and the oaor of the
Iomegranate fails over all. The hideous
days of Spanish inquisitions are to be in
troduced and the days when the courts
We're not altogether pure. Spain with it's
brilliancy and beauty will be shown
against a background of corruption such
as has been sufficient to bring it down to
its present dreg drinking days.
Many of the best novelists are to
branch out into stage writing, impelled
by the grand opportunity there now exists
in the picturesqueness of the country of
the dons and it's great interest.
One Of the most popular of these COM
ing playwrights is Marion Crawford, who
is scheduled for a play in which Viola
Allen is to take the leading part.
Various names have been suggested,
but the one most favored is I'm Old
Madrid Miss Allen has been over 20 see
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-02

| class form the mass Of the population,
| and occupy the coast towns n the fer
| tile valleys, while the uncivilized tribes
make their homes in the mountains OF
the interior. While the former are
good agriculturists in their primitive
| way the latter live chiefly by hunting n
fishing, and are not a pleasant people TO
come in contact with.
The second largest island, M~indanao, is
one of the most attractive and healthful
of the group. Its climate is salubrlous,
it's vegetation is profuse and varied n
it's internal resources are as great as
those of any other island In the arch1-
pelago. In addition to this 1t is free
from typhoons and would be an ideal
place to live if it's inhabitants We're of
a more civilized class. AS it is, how
ever. they are savages pure and simple,
and no amount of Spanish effort was
sufficient to bring them under control.
OF course the natives who live near the
coast are of a better class than the war;
like tribes that infest the mountains, but
that is not saying much. and at the pres
ent moment there are parts of this beau
tiful island that would be somewhat UNI
safe places for an American to take up
his abode. The fertility of the island is
remarkable. however. n its eXportable
products far exceed in number those of
Luzon. Its one great curse is its people.
and this is a condition that prevails in
many of the smaller islands.
The island of Negroes lies between Pa
nay and Cebu. and as it is one of the
least fertile of the group it is but poorly
populated, While Leyte. which lies east
of Cebu, has SO many natural advantages
that it may be said that it's future is
assured The other islands that consti-
tute the archipelago are of less import
ance. but one in particular, all agree
their natives are not capable of self-gov-
eminent. That this is a fact beyond dis
pute no one who has visited the islands
can deny. and no amount of argument on
the part of anti-imperialiSts can alter the
facts. l do not deny hat there are a
number of Filipinos. especially Tagals
and Mestizos. who are intelligent enough
to govern themselves. but they are in the
hopeless minority. CONSTITUTING, as esti-
mated by ex-Consul General Studer,
about one-half of one per cent. of the in
habitants. To expect them to rule over
the other islands and over tribes who
still live in a most primitive state of civil
ization. not to say practical savagery,
would be too much.
Ii a republican form of government
should be established with Aguinaldo at
the head it would last just SO long a time
as it would take the other islandsto rise
in revolt. When that time came Luzon
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wind, now looked like stars, and as
though a new constellation had appeared
in the heavens The strain on the line
was terrific, n the experimenters feared
that it would break if any more We're
played out.
MI. Colwell her started e third kite.
A cleverly contrived apparatus for carry
ing a tray of red light was suspended on
the string of this one. After the kite a
been let out a considerable distance the
tray was attached and the powder light
ed. Then the string was rapidly let out,
and just as rapidly a glow of rcd light
followed the graceful sweep of the string
through the heavens. The string could
only be followed by the eye for a fhort
distance, and the effect of the light iloat-
ing off through space was very beautiful.
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Chicago Times Herald: A "roof party
was given by Mrs. Weinsheimer, at 3040
Calumet avenue, last night, in honor Of
Miss Constance I. Rice Of New York.
Kite flying on scientific principles is the
newest fad of society, and, with its end
less possibilities, promises to Outlive the
usual lease of life allowed the fads of
the day by the pleasure-seeking world.
The affair of last night was the first Of
kind given in this city, and proved that
kite-tlying can be made a most diverting
sport.
The roof which was the scene of the in
novation in social functions was Invested
OF it's everyday aspect by tastefully ar
ranged decorations, which concealed the
chimneys and cornices from view. Jap
anese lanterns We're hung on all sides,
and the roof was covered with rugs. A
mandolin orchestra afforded musical en-
tertainment during the experiments with
the Kites.
The flyers used last night were huge
affairs, standing six feet in height. bam-
boo and silk being used in the construc-
ton. They were moored to windlasses.
and by this means the lines were played
out and taken in when necessary. A
brisk wind, clever management of the
kites and a clear night are the requisites,
and all We're provided last night.
Ray NJ. Colwell and Warren f. Vein
scheimer operated the kites. Mr.. Colwell
and Mr.. Weinsheimer are both experts in
scientific kite-flying, and have given the
matter a great deal of study. The kites
of today are powerful and unwieldly, and
nc little skill is required to successfully
launch them IN their aerial journeys.
The kites used last night were all per-
sonally made by Mr.. Colwell n Mr.
Weinsheimer, and the pattern and ma
terials We're selected after considerable
experimenting.
The first kite flown last night was lei
out about 100 yards, and then a japanese
lantern was attached to the line. Other
lanterns We're tied to the line at inter
walls of so feet. until eight in all had been
liked. Then the line was played out and
the row of blinking lights carried o u
until 1900 feet of line had been used
When this point had been reached an
other kite was tloWn and attached to tbs
lines of the first.
The second kite, sustaining the weigh!
OF the string of the first. started rapidly
OF it's upward journey. In this way the
string of lights was carried up until o.o0t
feet of line had been played out. The row
of eight lights, swaying slowly backward
and forward with each breath of the
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-02

There are few places in the Philippines
| where the authority of the United
States government has been received
| With more favor than in the Sulu archi-
! pelago, and. strangely enough, this was
the pot where Spain had the least sue
cess in making her power felt. Long
ago Sulu was made an open port, but as
the people were SO intractable that the
home government was unable to enforce
her custom regulations the port was
soon almost deserted and was
turned to Zamboanga, a port about one
hundred and twenty miles away. The
inhabitants of the Sulu islands are chief
ly Moslem Malays, who have steadily re-
fused to recognize the rule of any power
other than that of their own sultan, and
as no amount of Spanish brutality could
force them into subsection they We're
left practically to themselves, the only
exercise of military authority being at
the regular garrisoned stations. That
the United States may have trouble with
these people is not beyond bounds of
possibility, but it Will be just as easy TO
keep peace with them. To do his it will
only be necessary for us to recognize
their sultan as a great and powerful
ruler, and to let them have their own
! way to a great extent. To do this will
not detract in the least from the dignity
of the United States. and these islands
VIII De Il power NIlen IT comes TO the dlt-
fusion of the better understanding of the
purposes and character of our govern
ment
Z~amboanga has always been a rather
peaceful spot. Its inhabitants are
largely the descendants of slaves. and
Spain found them a quiet and a submits
sive people. 1t was for this reason that
the attempt was made to urn the trade
from Sulu to his port, but it was SO far
out of the way that vessels found it in
convenient to stop there for clearance.
AS the result the commercial interests
are small for While it might have been
a popular topping place for vessels en-
gagged in the Australian trade the Span
ish custom restrictions We're SO veXa-
tious thai few calls were made. In