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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-24

by Holding Them-Gen. Lee Sends .
Sharp Message to q Cuban General
Letters - the Filipino Leaders Capt
ured Near neutrality-suspicious. on the
Plan of Philippine Government.
Havana, March "a - The executive
committee Of the Cuba military assem-
bly, has appointed General Bartolome
Maso. former president of the Cuban
revolutionary government commander
in-chief of the Cuban forces in the
Orient. or eastern provinces. The as
ssmbly was in session yesterday after
noon. The motion proposed by Senior
Gualberto Gomez for the reorganiza-
ton Of the Cuban army was passed.
dispatch was read from the Veterans
Association Of Santiago asking the as
sembly to restore General Maxine
Gomez to the post OF commander-in-
chief. From General Maso a telegram
was received recognizing on his part
the superior authority Of the assembly.
acknowledging it as a duty to sustain
the assembly. and lamenting the con-
troversy with General Gomez.
Decided to support Gomez.
The Cuban Generals Diaz, Montea-
guido. Robau. Nodanso, Betancourt and
Poraza. who held a secret meeting
Wednesday night, after consulting
their commands. with reference to the
course to be taken in the controversy
between Gomez and the assembly re-
ported that they had decided to accept
the 100000 for the soldiers and also
to help to organize a new Cuban army
OF 10000 men under the American ad-
ministration- Meanwhile the Cuban
muster rolls are not yet in the hands of
General Brooke They were last seen
by an American officer in Guanabacoa.
when they were in the possession of
General Roloff, the Cuban inspector
general From his hands they proba-
bly, passed to the military assembly.
and if the assembly still possesses them
the payment can be Indefinitely delayed.
merely by the Withholding of the rolls
from the American authorities. Thus
while the assembly does not dissolve
it holds the key to the situation.
Lee Sends in an Ultimatum.
sentinel on the Toledo plantation
"Wednesday ordered an armed Cuban
about entering to halt. The Cuban.
ignoring the order. pushed on. and the
corporal of the guard arrested the Of
fender and started to take him through
Marianao to Gen. Lees camp. While
passing a house in Marianao the two
were accosted by eight Gu
bans, who came out with rifles leveled
and were told to release the prisoner
As the Cubans had such an obvious ad-
the prisoner was released, but
the Americans Immediately reported
the incident to General Lee, who sent
Major Russell Harrison, the provost
to General Mayla Rodriguez.
with instructions to inform him that if |
the offending Cuban was not sur
within three hours General |
Lee would go personally with a suffi- |
,ient force of American soldiers to take |
him. General Rodriguez found the man |
md gave him UP and he now lies in the ]
Marianao Jail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-24
Sequel of a Former Lynching.

Thi last affair comes directly from
the assassination of a planter, James A.
Stockton, by a negro. General Duck
EFT, on last Friday, Duckett having been
subsequently lynched by the inevitable
mob. The three Jones were brothers
and were intimate with the assassin of
Stockton, and it was discovered that
they were leading a scheme to avenge
their comrades death. The mob law
was provoked by the unearthing of plots
that the followers of General Duckett
had concocted and when the revelation
was made the citizens began then
search for the principals. Friendly ne
groes of the white people who had orig
inally informed Stockton of Duckett's
threats were the informers against the
present victims. these informers them
selves having been warned under the
penalty of death not to communicate
the plans of the outlaws to the whites.
All of the victims that have fallen be-
fore the whites were pursued singly over
the country and met their fate at diff
ferent times and in different localities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-24
The MARKETS.
Grain and Produce

Chicago, March %.
Following were the quotations on the
Board of Trade today:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-24

Produce: Butter Extra creamer-
les. 2C62O1ac per 10: extra dairies. 1Sc;
fresh packing stock, 11a12c. Eggs
Fresh stock, PC per dozen. Dressed
Poultry-Turkeys, safe per 10: chick
ems. 9I1d1O1ac; ducks. SGI0c; geese, ca
SIC. Potatoes-Common to choice, $40
Csc per bu. Sweet Potatoes-Illinois
s1.5Od225 per bbl. Apples-Common to
fancy 81 50G5 90.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-24
Chicago Live Stock.

chicago, March %.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for the day,
1000; sales ranged at S3.20@3.75 for
pigs. S3.60G3.S5 for light, $3.55d365 for
rough packing, S3.60@3.90 for mixed. and
sS70Q3.95 for heavy packing and ship
ping lots. Cattle-Estimated receipts
for the day, 11,000; quotations ranged
65-25 good to choice do. S430G455 for
fair to good. s3.s5d4.35 common to me-
dunn do. S3.75@4O0 utchers' steers, $40
65.40 fed western steers, So. 4O14. so feed
ing steers. S1.75d410 cows, 81 60GD4.T
heifers. 81. 70G4. so bulls. oxen and stays.
So 4014S0 Texas steers, and S4O0@6 90
veal calves Sheep and Lam+Esti-
mated receipts for the day. $4,000: quo
tations ranged at S3.50d5o0 westerns.
s.. 2JG5.oO natives. and 81 5015.S0 lambs.
Milwaukee Grain.
Milwaukee, March %.
Wheat-Easier; No. 1 northern, 7oc:
No. . northern. 671zc; No. spring. es
d67c. Oats-Steady; 291zQ3oc. Rye
local Markets.
Corn-a5cTssc.
Oats-S9cfL3Oc
Hay-Iinothy. -; wild, p 5O0ss-.
Straw-Si.50Its5
Potatoes Toe
Butter-Falr TO choice, I5c; fresh creamery.
3Oc.
E-gs-l21Ec.
Chickens-Spriug. &C per pound
Ducks-5c per pound
Turkeys-Alive, lOc per pound
COaf-SOft. Zoe.
Cattle-Butchers pay for corn fed steers
41sc@5c; COWS and heifers, 31zc94c; calves
4cFH5c
Hogs-3s4 ca3Hc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-24
OUR |NSULAR ESTATE.
Military Assembly Continues to
Make the Cuban Situation
Difficult.
THAT BODY HAS THE MUSTER ROLLS

OF tho Cuhaa Army and Can Give Trouble
by Holding Them-Gen. Lee Sends
Sharp Message to Cuban General
Letters - the Filipino Leaders Capt
ured Near MISREPRESENTATION on the
Plan of Philippine Government.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-24
BLACKS BUTCHERED.
Mob Runs the Dispensation Of
Justice in a Community
of Arkansas.
SEVEN KNOWN NEGROES ARE DEAD,

With Probability That There are Many
More That Have Not Yet Been Reported
Regular Negro Hunt Going On One
Mob Follows Another on a Charge That
the Blacks Were Plotting Vengeance for
Late Lynching.
Texarkara, Ark, March PA race
war is on in Little River county, and
during the past forty-eight hours an in
definite number of negroes have met
their death at the hands of the infuri-
ated white population. Seven are known
to have been lynched-shot to death or
slain in some manner-and the work is
not yet done. The bodies of six victims
of the mob's vengeance are har.ying to
the limbs of trees in various parts of
the county, strung up wherever over
taken, while that of another who was
shot to death while trying to escape was
thrown into a creek and left there. The
country is in a state of most intense
excitement. White men are collecting
in mobs, heavily armed and determined;
negroes are fleeing for their lives, ana
the community is in an uproar. The
exact number of negroes who have been
summarily dealt with, or those who may
yet fall into the hands of the mob before
order is restored, may never be known.
Seven Killed and Two Whipped.
Seven bodies have been found and 9TH
er victims are being hunted and will
meet a similar fate when run to earth.
The known dead to date are General
Duckett, Edwin Goodwin, Adam Kins,
Joseph Jones, Benjamin Jones. Moses
Jones and an unknown man. Joe King
and John johnson were also taken il.
hand by mobs and whipped. They werG
afterwards turned loose and have dis
appeared. Little River county is in the
extreme southwest corner of the state,
bordered on the west by the Indian ter
ritory and on the south by Texas. The
negro population is large, and has for
a long time proved very troublesome to
the whites. Frequent murders have &C.
Cured and thefts and fights have be-
come common affairs. One or two ne
groes have previously been severely dealt
with when mobs took the law into their
own hands.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-27
Senators

ST. Louis, January ga special to
The Post Despatch from Austin, Tex
as. says that Ex-Governor Culberson
was elected by reclamation by the leg
islature today as United States sena-
tor to succeed Roger Q. Mills.
Carson, New, January 24.-William
NJ. Stewart was elected United States
senator today on joint ballot, receiving
nine votes in the senate and fifteen IN
the assembly. Newlands was not pre-
scented for nomination.
Trenton, N. j., January 24.-The two
houses Of the New Jersey legislature
balloted separately at noon today for
a United States, senator. John Kean.
republican, was elected, receiving fifty
N votes to Twenty-Five for James
Smith, Jr., democrat.
Cheyenne, Wyo., January 24-Clar-
ence D. Clark, republican, was elected
to succeed himself in the United States
senate today by the legislature, receiv-
ing fOrty-seven votes to eight for Con-
gresham J.. E. Osborn, democrat.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-27
THE MESSENGER OFFICE
The Editorial and Business Depart
ment to IL Princess Street.
A Few Words to Our Patro

As heretofore stated, the building
now occupied by The Messenger is on
the premises owned by the Masonic
Temple Association and is soon to be
torn down along with the old First Ma
tional bank building to make way for
the handsome temple that is to be
erected in it's stead. The old bank
building is nov being demolished, as
mentioned a few days ago, and about
twenty-five feet of The Messenger
building must also crumble in a short
while before the march of progress.
This improvement necessitates the
removal of The Messenger establish
meAt, and the proprietors, Messrs.
Jackson and Bell, must bid farewell
to the premises which they nave occu-
pied about twenty-three years. They
moved into the old building in Feb
ruary 1876, and have continuously oc-
cupied it with their commercial print
ing n newspaper establishment.
On and after tomorrow the business
inc editorial rooms of, The Messenger
will be on the first floor of the brick
building at II Princess street, next
door west of the National Bank of
Wilmington Inc adjoining the building
occupied by the Postal Cable-Tele-
graph Company. We make the change
for the immediate present because the
passage to our old office is obstructed,
and that the work of tearing down
the old bank building endangers the
life and limb of The Messenger force.
We also have in view the convenience
Of our patrons, and we are pleased to
state that u new quarters can be
easily reached by the public. Our Of
flee will have both phones as now
numbered, SO, so that we can be call
ed up over the Southern Bell or Inter
State exchanges. All calls will be
promptly answered at any hour, day or
night.
The Messenger composing and press
rooms will for some time yet be at the
old stand, occupying the rear part of
the building. Sooner Or later, howev-
er, our entire establishment will be
removed to quarters, negotiations for
which are now in progress.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-27
A SPLENDID

The Messenger aforetime, and more
than once, has laid before it's readers
some account of the great services rem
dered to the state, and to the south also,
by the University of North Carolina,
now in it's 104th year, and with a regu-
lar attendance approaching 500. Last
yea it had 5O7. The Messenger has
said that no southern college or univer-
sity could show such a body of distin-
guished and useful alumni unless it be
it's one rival, the university of Virginia.
The last number of The University
Record Quarterly, for January 1899,
gives a preliminary list of university
men who served in the army and navy.
We do not touch on that here. In the
present politics we find that there are
five solicitors, five judges, three men,
be-s of the United States house and
thirty-three members OF the present leg
islature who attended the university.
Going over the record of men in public
life during this century it will be found
that it is very large and embraces a
large number # men of real ability as
we'll as distinction. Here is the sum-
mary, and it indeed most remarka-
BILE. 1t has had one president of the
United States; n vice president; n
president of the United States senate;
one secretary of war; four secretaries
of the navy; one secretary of the In
terror; n postmaster general; one at
torney general; two attorney generals
confederate states; ten United States
Senators omitted ministers to foreign
countries; four charges d affairs; three
consul generals.
Number of Governors, 1819-9S, 33;
Alumni of the university, 10, or So per
cent.
United States senators, 1908, Is;
alumni of the university, II, A per
cent.
Members of the United States house
" SpA 10, CIV 70, 1919 oiuAAAl
of the university, 50. or 80 per cent
Speakers of North Carolina senate
and lieutenant governors, 1S1e-9S, 20;
alumni of the university, II, or SO per
cent
Speakers of the house, 18-J-98, 46;
alumni of the university, %, Or so per
cent.
Secretaries of State, 1S10-9S, g;
alumni of the university, 2, or % per
cent.
Judges of the supreme court, 1870
9S, 81; alumni of the university, Is or
81 per cent.
Attorney Generals, 1903, &c;
alumni of the university, Is, or 20 per
cent.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-27
Cold. Damp Weather Ag-
gravates the Disease.

Cold, damp and d~isagreeable
weather is dreaded by those sub
& i. cheumatism. for the slight
- cf... i'll The atmosphere or
! mp re is sure ~ increase
:4eir suffering. A great many
ho ..x c. little difficulty
% .-l~rsss;sm during the
-r"... rser.h =. likely 10 be-
aa .voa # tAe ease,
aut VT 1A= f:rs, cold. damp day
:sr. ~c@a aad pains return and
ta-y soon mud themselves firmly
IL tie grasp OF their old enemy,
Eho tortures them more than
ever.
Several years a-O ! was afflicted
with what the doctorc called Sciatic
Rheumatism or L~ulnhago. suffering the
Elost i,;ense agony at times. and being
confined to my bed about "a year. al
though four OF the best physicians Zone
b.. whom was my father attended me
during my illness. They could give me
only temporary relief, and think they
tried about all of the remedies known
to med cal science, dosing me with
strong medicines until my stomach got
in such a condition that | could digest
nothing. and neither myself nor friends
had"any hope of my recovery. | was
persuaded to try S. s. s.. and before
finishing the first bottle, I found that /
had the right remedy. l continued to
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-27
HOME FOLKS

In referring yesterday to the deaths
in Wilmington within two years or so
of venerable, highly esteemed and val
liable citizens we accidently omitted the
name of one we held in very high re-
gard and who was our neighbOr for
years and whom we often visited-the
late DR.. John D. Bellamy. We wrote
of him especially when be passed away
and attended the sad funeral services.
DIR. Bellamy, like those named last in
editorial of yesterday, vas a gentle
man of fortune and lived in the hand
soonest residence in the city.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-27

The Messenger is now and has ever
been in favor of the best education
pt ssible for the people. For thirty
years this. writer in fifty editorials per-
haps has urged this important matter
upon the attention of the people. How
to make better the public schools has
been the perplexing question. 1t is
well that leading instructors have been
before the joint committee on educa-
ton in the legislature, and have set
forth their views. Many county super
visors were also present. The discus
sion took a wide range with various
opinions. But there was concurrence
as to the betterment of the schools and
recommendations as to how best TO
bring this very important and pressing
matter TO effective bearing. Tia IA
leigh News and Observer summarizes
the result as follows:
1. Large latitude should be given
to the board of education in each
county.
2. The very best men should be
chosen a. members of the board, super
visors and committeeman, and a public
sentiment should be built up strong
enough to compel this character of men
to serve.
g.. Fewer public school districts, and
a concentration of money and brains in
fewer schools. For ten years there has
been an undue multiplication of schools,
the result being that all are weakened.
4. The necessity of some provision of
law whereby the state school fund can
be increased by local taxation by town.
ships desiring to vote this increase upon
themselves.
5. Such division of the school fund,
avoiding any per capita division, as
will give to each a school of the same
length, but leaving to each county or
township the same powers as to expen-
diture granted to graded schools trus-
tees in the town and cities.
6. Giving the entire financial and
supervisory control of schools to white
men, leaving, however, to the negro
committeeman such control over the
schools for his race as is wisest and
best.
Z. The necessity of a four months
school term"
Let the legislature consider we'll
whatever Of wisdom and practical
knowledge and experience are en-
bodied in these suggestions. Four
months in twelve constitute a short
term for real education. It is enough
however to impart to diligent students
a knowledge of the three RS. The
legislature will prove itself very short
sighted and Indifferent to public opin-
ion if it fails to make provision to COM
pei every man to pay a poll tax before
he votes. 1t will be a shameful dere-
LECTION of duty if 40, 900 ignorant ne
groes continue to vote in North Caro-
' lima and not pay a penny for education
/, or any other public duty. A poll tax
and a dog tax will be helpful for the
state and be based on the equities.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-27
WAYNE SUPERIOR COURT
A Heavy Criminal DOcket-Many Inn.
pOrtant Civil Suits-SOusa and His
Band

Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Goldsboro, N. c., January "a.
The January term of Wayne supe-
rior C curt, which is a two weeks term,
convened here yesterday morning,
Judge George H. Brown, Jr., Of Wash
ington, presiding. Mr.. E.. w. Pou, So
%licitor, is also on hand, this being the
first court held here since his re-elec-
ton. The criminal docket is a heavy
one, there being several cases for
fighting and burglary. Next week the
civil cases will be tried, of which there
are many Of importance, among them
being several against the w. & ". r.
R. Company. The following compose
the grand jury: j. H. Grant, foreman,
William Casey, j. F. Coley, William
Potts, 81. T. Jones, J.. H. Shackleford,
Silas Pate, D. o. Farrior, r. H. Mitch
ell, G. w. Garris, D.. N. Nswsome, c. R.
Davis, H. A. Pennock, w. P. Hall, r.
O. Beaman, A. T. Uzzell, w. G. Best
and j. E. Keen, Jr.
Mr.. Jesse Mcintyre, a fiagman on the
Atlantic Coast Lin through freight,
yesterday at noO fell from the cars Of
the freight train in this city, striking
his back OF h side track, and injur-
ing him seriously. He was given medi-
cal attention by DR.. w. H. H. Cobb.
and, later, taken to his home in Mount
Olive.
The citizens Of this city ave recent
ly opened a Goldsboro reading room,
and on Thursday evening of his week
a book reception will be held at the
rooms, at which a delightful pro-
gramme will be rendered.
"Sousa and his Band will appear
here in the opera house tomorrow at
. sa10a o~I o01a,1J --:l1 ~ :~o-
on all the railroads.. A large number
Of seats have already been reserved,
and he will no doubt be greeted by a
full house.
Fields & Hanson's Minstrels have
the boards of the opera house for to-
night, and a rare treat is in store for
those who hear them.
Miss Neil Crow, of Norfolk, who has
been visiting Miss Julia Castex in this
city, has returned home.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-27
Reporters of the supreme court. 1910

Reporters Of the supreme court, 1910
-98, IL: alumni Of the university, 10,
or SO per cent.
State Ire surers, 1s10-9s, IA; alumni
of the university, 5, or So per cent.
C~omptrollers and Auditors, lS10-9S,
Il; alum of the university, "a, or %
per cent.
Judges Of the superior court, 1S10-sS,
127; alumni of the university, As, or 81
per cent.
When the list of eminent ministers
of the gospel, lawyers, physicians,
teachers, editors and others are added
you have a record before you that justi-
fies the contention, We believe, that the
university of North Carolina has no
rival unless it be the one indicated
above.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-27
WILMINGTON. n. C.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1899.
LEGISLATIVE.

The house passed the foreign corpor-
alton bill almost unanimously. 1t will
doubtless go through the senate in like
proportions. The house also passed
the Fayetteville dispensary bill about
which there is so much division OF
opinion in that town and in the county.
Investigations of the various state in
stitutions appear to be in order in the
legislature. This is not surprising in
\She least. The penitentiary has been
kund to be so rotten and costly that 1t
is wise to make a close scrutiny into all
, the others. For some time there has
been something very decayed in North
Carolina. Rotten politics have brought
about rotten conditions in the state
government and institutions. Investi-
cation of a rigid kin is much needed
for security's sake.
1t is acwise move to give the selection
of a state librarian to some members OF
the faculties of the university and GER
tain colleges. The state library is re-
specially large and growing, and a
scholarly, we'll read man of accommo-
dating and pleasant manners should be
selected.
The legislature, it seems to the Mes
senger, would be wise to put the textile
school independent of all others. 1t is
on new lines and requires genuine tech
meal skill and knowledge to conduct it
wisely and successfully. The house
committee displays proper judgment in
reporting in favor of such a school and
against uniting it with A. and M. school
at Raleigh. 1t should be located at
Wilmington. Give the largest town
some favor in a century.
Russell's prosecution of the Wilson's
will soon come before the legislature.
Major Wilson thinks he has some
rights and demands a speedy hearing.
Let him have it. He asks only for a
fair trial to which he is surely entitled.
The penitentiary stink will not con-
tinue. The democratic caucus decides
for new management out n out on a
new plan. Twelve directors with three
managers, and not any more n sup
s erintendent. Three heads are better
than one provided they are wise heads.
Mr.. H. w. Stubs, of Martin, in he
house, introduced a bill relative to a
new division of the school fund. 1t
provides for a equitable division of the
fund between the two races and pro-
yides for holding an election in towns,
townships or county for a special
school tax of any race that may o in
favor of it and the money raised shall
be for that race SO voting. The bill
provides for an amendment to the con-
stitution to that end, the qualified
voters of the state to decide upon it.
A bill for separate waiting rooms OF
railways is before the legislature. II
the state press reflects public sentl-
ment there is scarcely a small minority
against separate cars. We have not
observed that one democratic paper has
opposed this demand, and scores have
spoken out for it.