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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-18
HARRISON'S BIG BLUNOER
REFUSES TO ADDRESS THE DEM jCRATiC
MEETING Ar THE AUDITORIUM.
Declares il Absurd 10 Welcome Those Dis,n-
guished Men Under Auspices Of
SeIf-Consti'uied Committee.

Chicago. Ills, July 17..Mayor Carter
Harrison today sent the following letter
to the committee in charge of arrange
ments for the Democratic meeting at the
auditorium, July 20:
w. +. Cooling. Esq. Chairman Com
mittee of Arrangements.
Dear Sir: Replying to your favor of
the 18th inst. in which you ask me to
deliver an address of welcome at the
auditorium July 20. to the National
Democratic Committee and "a large
number of other prominent Democrats
of America ] regret my inability to ac-
cept. In ordinary circumstances
should be only too glad, both as mayor
of Chicago and rs Il Democrat to well
come the National Committee or any
number of prominent Democrats to
Chicago, the city in which the platform
of 1896 was framed. and in which w. ].
Bryan was elevated to his present lead
ership of the national Democracy. l
cannot but think. however. it would be
an absurdity to welcome those distin-
guiShed men under the auspices of Il
self-constituted committee whose per-
sonnet is too obscure to be known even
in its home city. Had this meeting been
organized under the direction of Demo
Gratis of regular type and known party
standing, it would have afforded me
great pleasure to be present. In the ex
listing circumstances, while thanking you
for the honor. / must beg leave to be
excused.
Respectfully yours.
GARTER III HARRISON
When copy of Mayor Harrison's let
ter was shown Ex-Governor Altgeld. the
latter said:
II am sorry the mayor looks at it that
way. He has made a grave mistake.
He has lost a golden opportunity.
Should he come to the meeting and
make rousing Democratic speech. he
would place himself at the head of the
Democratic party of the State. But he
has lost the chance now I'm sorry
for it,
When Mr.. Cooling read the mayors
letter he made the following statement:
1--WE have given the young man in the
city hall the opportunity of his life,
which he has failed to appreciate.
''There is tide in the affairs of men
which taken at the flood leads on to
fortune-the son Of Carter Harrison has
ceased to be Il Democratic possibility
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-18
CURIOSITY GRATIFIED.

\ hornets nest small Willie found,
Then straightway did explore
The mysteries of the curious thing
But he ne'er will do it more:
The dwellers in that quaint abode
Were anything but slow.
And Willie soon the victim was
OF Il thousand tails of woe.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-18
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-18

Old age is occasionally as foolish as i
is usually wise.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-18

Contributions yesterday to Dewey
home fund amounted to $144, making
S14 ,4S0 in all.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-18

Butchers, milk dealers and bakers OF
Havana have combined to oppose re-
cent restrictive sanitary regulations.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-18

The wages of the weavcrS at the
Slatersvile Cotton mills in Mortified,
X. L., have been raised again.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-09-02

Maliua Loa and was attended by long
series of earthquake shocks. On the
I'd of April a terrific earthquake
took place and it did more or less
damage in every part of Hawaii. AT
Kapapala, in the district of kau' II
caused the great mud fow," when a
mass of marshy clay was detached from
the bluff at the head of the valley anu
in a few minutes swept down for a dis
lance of three miles, in stream about
half mile wide and thirty feetdeep IN
the middle. It moved SO swiftly that
it overlook and buried thirty-one hu-
man beings and over one hundred
horses, cattle and goats. Peie at TINS
eruntion called another element besides
fre to aid her in the work of destruc-
ton. Al tremendous wave, forty or fifty
feet high, rolled in upon the coast OF
Kau, sweeping away villages and de-
stroying cocoanut groves. Over eighty
persons perished in few minutes. FlVe
days after this, the lava burst out on
the southwest slope of Mauna Loa, at
a point 5000 feet above the sea. Inc
lava spouted up in great fountains,
several hundred feet high, and flowed to
the sea, distance of ten miles, in two
hours. This eruption, which lasted five
days. destroyed several houses and
several hundred head of cattle, and over.
flowed 1000 acres of good land. In 1855
q stream of lave burst out on the north
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wasted but little ammunition Defore
the correct range was secured. Then
they poured into the walls Of the his
toric stone fort such shower OF steei
that the place was soon untenaDie py
the Spanish garrison, and it was forced
to retreat towards the city. In TINS
part of the battle the guns OF two span
ish boats were turned against the de-
tenders of the country that had built
them, the little gunboat Catioa ana
the armed steam launch Bareelo. Both
of these vessels being light draft ran
close into shore and poured into the
fort raking fire from their small cai-
iber guns. During this part OF the
battle the Olympia hurled against the
stone walls 10 five-inch shells and not
less than 16 eight-inch shells, the Ra-
leigh and the Petrol firing about the
same number. The vessels of the fleet
confined their bombardment to the
forts of the city entirely, and the busl-
ness and residence districts were un-
injured.
While the navy was doing its part
in forcing the surrender of the city,
Gen. Merritt was directing the work OF
his little army from the deck Of the
| transport Zafro, which lay close into
shore. At IL o'clock Gen, Greene or
dered the First Colorado regiment te
| advance. This was done under cover
of the Utai. battery, and to the stir
ring strains Of music played by Amer
ican bands. Through swamps and
] streams filed to oyer6owing BY thu
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then suddenly rose twelve feet above
high water mark, carrying away houses
and doing great damage Twelve lives
were lost.
Kilauea, 4,04o feet above sea level, on
the eastern side of Mauna Loa, is the
largest active volcano in the world.
There has been handed down descr1p-
ton of an eruption from Kilauea in
1890. Keoua, high chief, set out from
Hilo for Kau by the overland route that
leads past the volcano of Kilauea. His
followers encamped there two days,
during which the crater was very ac-
tive. On the third day, as they were on
their way to Kau in three divisions, a
terrific earthquake took place, after
which an immense black cloud rose out
| of the crater and shut out the light OF
day. An enormous quantity OF black
sand and cinders was thrown to great
height, and come down in a destructive
shower for many miles around. The
rear body, which suffered the least, aft
er the shower had passed'over fastened
forward, rejoicing at their escape, but
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m EGUST IS, 1898. will ever be q
Al memorable day in the history OF
u Il the United States. Then It was
that the American feet under the gal
liant Admiral, Dewey. and American
soldiers under the leadership OF Maj.
Gen. Merritt, wrested from the hands
of Spain the colonial city OF Manila, ana
eook from aspfoud andarEogant nation
asff5r all time to come its greatest'colo-
nial possessions.
Never before had American soldiers
fought for the principles "a liberty SO
far from home as at this time, Dut
never did they fight with greater yalor
Much as America glories in the achieve
ments of her martial sons, she is fal
too great nation to be uncharitabie
and to-day the nation that year age
gloried in the success of her soldiers
so far from home willingly accords t
the rank and file of the vanqnshee
the honor of brave resistance.
It was on August Z that Admira
Dewey and Gen. Merritt sent join
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A Seller of Water.

ors did not bite at = Sehe' -
that bait. Then capitalization OF
SAC. 900 900 was proposed, and TO tnatS
there was no demur. With that amount
of shares outstanding, the stock seems
a reasonable risk, and no new industrial
can be any more than that.
There was another reason tor the
slowness Of investors. The rubber
trust wanted the monopoly OF making
the tires for the bicycle trust. Pre-
sumably all that is now arranged.
I have said in these letters that
have not in Is years known time when
stock speculation by men of small
means was so common as II Is to-aas-
This is a bad sign. No man can get
rich in a hurry without running some
risk: and the longer the specuiation
keeps up at fever heat, the greater the
risk becomes.
There are plenty Of business tri-
umphs to show that American pros
perity is not all matter of thimble-
| rigging in the markets. The most
amusing of these cases is the recent
success of Connecticut firm in getting
the contract for putting fire alarm
/ system into Windsor Castle, the home
Of Queen Victoria. 1t is not very large
eontract-sorne 50 alarm boxes, ETC.
but one would suppose the British
would rather do that kind OF thing
themselves, just for the name o. ".
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they found the middle party all dead,
some living down, and others sitting up
and clasping their wives and children
in a farewell embrace.
I visited Kilauea in 1892, shortly be-
fore it began its last long browse.
The 3o-rnile drive from Hilo, where pas
senpers en- route to the volcano usual
ly land, is a beautiful one, the road 60
ing through forests where are fern
trees, ieie vines, many tropical para
sites. and the lehna tree, its flowers
like tufts of crimson silk. When |
reached the Volcano house, the tavern
near the crater, was surprised and
pleased to find such comfortable rest
ing place, but was disappointed that no
mountain of fire was in sight. To the
right lowered Mauna Loa, quiet and
ghostly. All about US was the greenest
of vegetation, but in the greenness, here
| and there, we saw puff of white vapor
This vapor issued from cracks IN the
earth, openings apparently bottomless;
we were told that animals that hae
strayed from the paths had never
1 again been heard of, and we were
warned to keep to the beaten track II
| our wanderings. We began to feel thu
1 awe we had anticipated. All about TIT
house were cracks pouring out no
steam How could one feel safe there
| who knew but that the earth beneath
/ the building would open? 4pd remem
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note to the Spanish commander at Ma
Mia giving him As hours IN winch 10
remove the women and children to q
place of safety outside of the city, but
as the Spanish commander rightly re-
pIied that because of the presence OF
the Filipino rebels all around the city,
and because of lack of ships, he could
not take advantage of the privilege
granted him, the attack upon the city
was postponed. The American troops
at this time were established in front
of the fort at MaIate. not over $50 yards
from the Spanish lines. Here they re-
mained until that memorable 18TH OF
August, when the command forward
was given.
The battle opened with cannonade
by the American fleet in heavy rain
storm, For once the aim of the Amer
lean gunners was inaccurate, and the
first shells fired from the Olympia feil
short of the mark they were INTENDED
to hit. But it was only for a short
time, and the American sailors had
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-09-02

such a woman as the artist has drawn.
The natives say she is sometimes
beautiful young woman and sometimes
a dreadful old hag.
Mauna Loa, the great fire mountain
of Hawaii, is almost $4,000 feet nigh.
The present eruption has broken out
1000 feet above sea level and about the
same place as issued the flow OF 1880.
That flow lasted from the 5th Of NoVem-
Der. 1880, till the 10th of August,
1851. a period of nine months. The
stream began at point of 1000 feet
above the level of the sea, and stopped
three-quarters of mile above Hilo, the
pretty seaport town of Hawaii. Those
months of uncertainty and apprehen-
sion were very hard on the property
owners and citizens in and about Hllo.
Work was laid aside and people camped
along the stream to watch its course
and be able to give warning If the dan
ger became imminent. And now the lit
tie town is threatened again.
On the 27th of March. 1868, an erup'
ton began in the summit crater OF
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ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
5 THE TALK OF GOTHAM TOWN
OWEN IANGDoN DISCUSSES PEOPLE AND
HAPPENINGS IN THE METROPOLIS,

company and is represented by its
shares, as in the case of the Brooklyn
City.
The street car men, half of whom can
not earn living wage by long days
work, are called upon to earn for the
jobbers of the stock more than mil
lion every year to pay guaranteed In
terest of leased lines. The Rapid
Transit stock is kept above flo by Its
managers. At this figure it should pay
at least five per cent, or 81, ,225,o00 mere
Say about $3,ooo,o 900 in all, where ST.
/ 600 900 would bea generous income upon
! every dollar expended upon the plant
1t puzzles some of the men to know
why, if this roaa isxorth $50 o,ooo,ooe
more than it cost, some Of that money
should not belong to the city which
gave the franchise, and why living
wages cannot be paid. These questions
are likely to trouble the politicians al
| the polls this fall.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-09-02

Brooklyn was done by the Brooklyn
City Railroad company; stock, $3,o0o,-
900, dividends usually ten per cent.
Spectators bought it, guaranteeing
continued ten per cent. dividends. They
doubled the stock to pay for electric
equipment, still guaranteeing the diyl-
dends, and putting up million IN cold
cash as forfeit-the only case OF the
kind that remember. The Brooklyn
Rapid Transit, under the name it then
bore, owned just one-half mile of road,
I. bought several hundred miles,
The jobbersJ bought other lines, al
ways guaranteeing dividends. During
the present spring it bought the Nassau
lines, the only other system OF any size
and increased its own stock from $780,
ooo,ooo to $4,000, ,oon. Not one dollar
of this sum is represented By rnoDes
spent upon the road. IN every case tn tn
equipment was paid for by the origiI'a
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was stin floating, to replace it with the
stars and stripes. Many Spanish 9TH.
GERS and a general crowd from the
streets stood around, and as he drew
near to the flagstaff he was Kissed by
the onlookers. When the orange and
red banner was actually replaced by
the American emblem many in the
crowd were crying. The symbol OF
Spanish sovereignty, of Spanish bru-
tality, had disappeared forever. Aa
Old Glory was run up to the top OF the
tall flagstaff company OF infantry
presented arms and a aregimental band
plaved s'The Star spangled Banner" "
Before night the Spanish sentlnels
had been replaced by American sol
diers; guards were placed at all the city
gates. and the armed rebels were not
permitted to enter the city in fear that
they might commit depredations
against the Spariards. The American
troops took up their quarters in the
public buildings, on porches and even
in the streets. They had marched and
| fought through terrible rain and IN
tropical heat, and were tired out.
1 That evening the servants OF Capt.
Gen. Augusti, who but short time be-
fore had issued a proclamation bid
ding defiance to the Americans, served
dinner to Gen. Merritt, the other gen
eral officers of the American army and
their staffs, in the town hall, and here
were stacked for time the captured
/ arms, ammunition and accoutrements
of war.
/ Gen. Merritt at once took charge OF
the government of the city, assigning
Gen. Anderson to command of the dis,
trict of Cayite, Gen. Macarthur to com
lnand of the walled city of Manila and
Gen. Greene to take charge of the city'i
finances in the capacity of treasurer
general.
| Before the short battle had endet
Capt. Gen. Augusti boarded the Ger
| man cruiser Kaiser Augusta, lying il
the harbor at the time, and started i'm
mediately for Hong Kong, leaving AZ
assistant to turn over the city to tn
Americans. In his own eyes his homo
was vindicated by escaping the morti
fication Of surrendering to what b
termed an unworthy foeman.
The important conditions embodie'
in the terms of capitulatioD were as fol
lows:
Surrender of the Philippine archi
pelago; officers to be allowed to retail
their side arms and personal effects
but not their horses; officers to b
prisoners of war on parole; the troop
, | to be prisoners of war and deposit thel
arms at place appointed by Gen. Mel
, ritt; all necessary supplies for the
!. maintenance to be provided from th
public treasury funds, and after the
are exhausted by the United States; a
public property to be surrendered; tn
. disposal of the troops to be negotiate
: later on by the United States and spa1
;sh governments; arms to be returne
to the troops at Gen. Merritt's discr
tion.
During the fighting Of the day f'
Americans were killed and 43 Wounds
!. The Spanish loss was never accuratel
! shown, but an English authority, vi
9 lived in Manila and had the best I
facilities for ascertaining the eorre'
figures. reports that there wet- vel
. close to !, 900 of the killed and morta
: " wounded on the Spanish side.
DANIEL CLEyERToS,
d Washington has 249 shingle mil
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Zmn@m@DDDn@n@I@A
August -, 1893, Will Ever Be a Memorable
Day in American History.

heavy rains went the Colorado sol
diers, stopping only long enough to
load and fire at the retreating Span
iards. until the walls of the fort were
reached. Here Lieut.. Mccoy climbed
the flag pole from which still floated
the Spanish colors and replaced 1t with
Old Glory amid the shouts of the men
offhe f1eetard the men Of the army
n Furthef Inland the First California,
the Tenth Pennsylvania, the First Ne
braska and other regiments were pour
ing a terrible fire into the retreatlng
Spaniards. and in less than one hour
from the time Gen. Greene gave the
order for the troops to advance the
white flag of surrender was hylne
/ from a bastion of the walls OF the city
By one o'clock the terms of capituia'
tion were being negotiated by officers
appointed by the American and Span
4 ish commanders.
The capitulation having been signed
Lieut.. Brumby went at once to For
/ Santiago, from which the Spanish Hai
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has q new red the Aut01Ho0"e -
wagon; it is light press Wagon
ed by electricity; it weighs ton and
will carry 500 pounds at 9 rate Of II
miles an hour, with two men as crew.
It will be used in the delivery OF ex-
press bundles, most of which are light
in weight. If it works well, as there IS
no reason to doubt, others will be added
until the entire service is done without
horses hoof or neigh.
Perhaps this may be the entering
wedge. There always is one. Gols
which was for some years smart
amusement. reserved to the rich by It's
cost and by the amount of time that It
consumes, is falling out Of favor with
the fashionables for no other reason
| than that poorer people are playing Il
| The automobile will no longer be fash
| ionable when it is common. Then the
| heavy swells will have to take to the
air for a new sensation, as the sWeils
of Paris are already doing, and try bal,
looming. Ballooning is not a very dan
perous amusement in ordinary sum
/ mer weather; just dangerous enough
to be interesting.
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?. ONE

Der it Gid not add to my sense of safety
when | was shown to bafh-house
where fumes from mysterious depths
were turned to use in giving sulphur
baths. / felt that at Kilauea Inyn GER
tainly did chain nature, but whit knew
where the bonds would be broken!
A few rods in front of the hotel, we
stood on the brink of a great crater al
most eight miles in circumference; the
floor of rough, lead-colored lava somt
GOO feet below. We began the descent
late in the afternoon, attired IN snort
skirts and wearing very thick shoes.
At the foot of the hill we found our
selves in great bowl, the sides OF
cliffs, the bottom of frozen waves OF
lava. More than mile over the rough
sea. was the lake we were to visit. The
lake lay 200 feet below the surface, SO
from where Se stood wessaW little OF
the fire. We saw the reflection on the
clouds, and white vapor issuing from in
Vulnerable cracks all about. US. Iheaalr
was cold; the warmth we reemeISedsnoW m q. e,
and then when crossing redsrlfa naea
cracks was comfortable As we drew
nearer we saw blue and white smoke
rising; the air was heavy with sulphur
fumes. The heat beneath our feet be-
came greater; we walked delicately, not
to break through. AT last we were in
sound of something boiling. Suddenly
we saw it. We were very near the edge
of a cliff that led straight down to-
He'll! A burning lake just like the one
my childish mind had pictured after a
sermon on fire and birthstone. As
little girl, was greatly terrified by the
| image; now, when the frightful reality
was before me, / was scared beyond
control. I begged my companions not
to hesitate, to leave at once, to run from
| the awful sight and sound. But they
were made of tougher fiber, and treat
| ed me with scorn and ridicule. Gradual
ly. I dared breathe, dared look at the
lake of fire, hideous, scarlet, half a mile
across; not peaceful lake, but mos'
turbulent one. Fiery geysers were
thrown into the air, and fell back into
the boiling, seething mass. When ths
| cakes of lava cooled, they foated abou
and between them one could see
| streaks of red looking like the grea'
coils of some monstrous, fiery serpent
I was glad when we went away from th'
/ place.
| One would suppose the news o
volcanic activity would carry consterna
ton to the hearts of the inhabitants o
Hawaii. On the contrary think ther
is little fear expressed or felt; but mucl
eagerness to see this great wonder, thi
splendid display of the long-qulescen
Pele. Steamers to Hawaii from tn
other islands are crowded, and as man
as can are Fastening to view the high
that shines from the top of the latei
dark mountain and brilliantly iliun
ines the country for 40 miles arount
Three streams of lava, flowing in differ