The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-07-21
RECIPROCITY TREATIES
With British West In.
dian Provinces.
THE SIX NRV CRUISERS
Their Plans CONFIRMED by the Board
OF Bureau Chiefs-The Bunale 60 He
Turned Into = Naval Transpors-Res
port on Fever Conditions an SAINT.
ago-The Navy's Powerful Machine
Guns-Revolutionary Party Formed
In Cuba.

Guns-Revoludonary Party Formed
I'm Cuba.
Washington, July ESPECIAL Pleni-
potentiary Kasson, for the United
States, and Secretary and Charge Tow
er, for Great Britain, today signed at
h state department the reciprocity
treaty made under the terms Of Section
4 of the Ding.ey tariff act, with Brit
ish Guiana The treaties governing ia
maica and Bermuda went over, but the
formal execution is expected to AXE
place within a day or two.
The president today appointed JOSH
VA E. Wilson, postmaster at Florence,
S. c., and also Walter W. Clarke, pri-
vate of Company F, First Georgia, to
be second lieutenant in the volunteer
army.
THE BUFFALO TO BECOME A
TRANSPORT.
The board OF naval chiefs decided at
their meeting today to completely refit
the cruiser Buffalo as a naval trans
port at a cost of about $1,000 This
ship was bought of the Brazilian gov
at the time OF the var and
was commonly known as a dynamite
cruiser. She has not proved all that
was expected, however, and it seemed
desirable to transform her into a trans
port for the Philippine service.
The board also finally confirmed the
plans for the six protected cruisers, and
new circulars will be issued as to them,
including the feature OF a two-inch pro-
tective deck.
SANTIAGO YELLOW FEVER RE
PORT.
Surgeon General Sternberg today re-
ceived the following cablegram from
Major OReilley, chief surgeon at Ha-
vana: Harvard ~telegraphs since and
including 18th Instant: "Taken sick.
medical officer 1; female nurse 1; hos
pital corps 2; soldiers 8; civilians IA.
Deaths: Soldier l, hospital corps l, and
civilians 3. Troops now quite free and
safe; very few Americans left in city.
No new cases at Manzanillo.'"
THE NAVY'S NEW MACHINE GUNS
The nav department has received the
first half of an order for 100 new ma
chine guns of a new type, the most
powerful in the possession of any gov
eminent. They are 1~-pounders, carry
ing an explosive shell and can fire 25O
shots a minute. They are cooled by a
"otSA JoSASS LIN ~ 10 Sdl t1ldl llS
a put fifty shots into the head of a
barrel at half a mile in a quarter of a
minute.
CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY PARTY,
Havana, July 1S.-The truth regarding
the recent proclamation issued in Ma
tanZaS shows that a regular revolu-
tIOnary party has been established with
headquarters in Havana, it's object be.
ing to incite Cubans throughout the en-
tire country. This party has agents in
every large city and also a junta in
Mexico, n of the agents of which Is
now here. All this is perfectly well.
known to the authorities and no man
| ifeSto comes off the press without the
government receiving a copy of it. d
| course, these inf1ammatOry addresses
are hurtful to the peace of the coun.
try, but it is gnerally considered thai
it would work more harm to arrest
the leaders of the movement, WhC
would undoubtedly pose as martyrs
which is seemingly their desire.
Each province has, or will have, al
address widely circulated, signed by
come prominent name sufficiently com.
mon to be borne by many and thus t
prevent the accusation of forgery. Sucf
an appeal was recently issued in tn,
province of Santiago.
GOMEZ TO LIVE IN HAVANA.
Genera Maxine Gomez has refused
the offer of Quintos de los Molinos a.
a permanent residence, AND has alst
stated hat he will not use the furni
ture offered him. He has a house il
Havana, where he will live with hi:
family, and to which he will bring a.
his belongings. He wishes it to be gen
orally known that he does not care t
accept gifts.
NEW CABLE TO HAVANA.
El Diario de la Marina is %authorit.
for the statement that the Western Un
ion Telegraph Company intends to Ia.
another cable line to Havana, the ca
BILE to run from Miami, by way of Ke.
West. The paper also tina
work On the new line will commenc