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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-19
THE FACTS ARE OUT.

The widespread feeling, prevalent IN
| this country for months past, that the
press censor at Manila was suppressing
facts essential to clear understanding
of the PHILIPPINE situation by the Ameri
can public has found its justification in
the signed dispatch published yesterday
from all the newspaper correspondents
| at Manila. That the newspaper men i'll
question are fully advised of the facts
! in the case there is no question. 1t is
| no general or indefinite complaint. 1t
gives the particulars. Thus:
specifications: Prohibition of hospital
reports: suppression of full reports of
| field operations in the event of failure;
numbers of heat prostratons i'll the
field systematic intimidation of ma
val operations, and suppression of com
plete reports of the situation
That all this was bound to come out
sooner or later should have been sulfi-
GENTLY apparent to the authorities at Ma
Mia and Washington. The attempt to
deceive the American people. to keep
the facts from them, was as foolish as
the rest of the administration misera-
able policy in the Philippines. And for
this "excising or altering of uncontro-
verted' facts what excuse is given
That the dispatches would ''have the
people of the United States by the
ears.''
1t is small wonder that the State De-
partment and War Department, each
for General Otis was a true prophet
when he declared the facts would have
1.-THE people" by the ears. and the people
will have somebody else by the ears
before this thing is through with.
Newspaper men are not given to
heroics: they are accustomed to weigh
their words; therefore when the CORE
spondents declare that dispatches have
not only been excised, but altered i'll
such way as to change their meaning and
make them reflect official views" there
need be no hesitation about accepting the
statement.
That General Otis took such extreme
measures to deceive the American people
without the full knowledge and consent
of the administration at Washington is
too ridiculous an assumption to be con-
sidered for Il. moment To the deception
the administration has been, with full
knowledge and for Il definite purpose, Il
party. 1t can not escape the odium OF
the exposure. 1t may sacrifice OTIS
who doubtless deserves it. to popular in
dignation, but that can not divert public
attention from the real Weylers i'll the
case.
The facts are out mt last, and now
the sluirming will begin.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-19
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-19

Lending negro officeh0lders Of Wash
ington swoOped down Oh tie President
to assure him that they are with his
Philippine policy. This ought to be very
encouraging to the administration.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-19
THE CASE OF BARNES.
Supt. Kirby Tells Why He Refused 10
Receive Him.

To the Editor:
In your issue of this morning you 10
doubt unintentionally do the manage
ment of the State Hospital ut Raj Ugh
an injustice and create wrong inn
preston in the public mind, which it is
my duty to at once correct. In the mat
ter of the commitment of the insane
negro, Tom Barnes, at the recent term
of court by Judge Moore for an unmen-
tionable offence: you cite the Judgment
of the court in said cause as follows:
1T is ordered and adjudged that Tom
Barnes be committed to the department
for the criminal insane ut Raleigh, n.
c., there to be kept in custody in the
insane wards of the penitentiary for
treatment and care as prescribed in sec
ton 65, chapter 1, Laws of 1899. until
discharged according TO law
Whereupon YOU proceed to cite from
the Act of 1890. codifying the Insanity
Laws. and establishing the Department
for the Dangerous Insane. and draw the
conclusion that my refusal to receive
the case in question was due to an arbi-
trary construction of the law, and a
technical Interpretation of the commit
ment served upon me. Ii you had added
to the above cited Judgment the mitti-
mus or commitment which was part
of the same paper. you would have put
the public i'll il, position more intelligent
~ to comprehend the case and would
have at once demonstrated the legal
impossibility Of my receiving such a case
upon such paper. The mittimus reads
as follows:
''These are therefore to command You
to deliver the said Thomas Barnes 10
the warden of the State Penitentiary
near Raleigh, \. c., there to be kept for
treatment and care us prescribed in sec
ton s., chapter |. Laws 1890, until dis
charged. according to law.
ITO the Sheriff of Wake County to
Execute:
Witness my hand and official seal at
Raleigh. this 18th day of July, A. d..
1899.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-19
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The annual meeting Of the stockholders
OF the News AND Observer Publishing
Company will be held in the offices OF
the company in the city of Raleigh on
Wednesday. August 18th. ut ) O'Clock
D. IN. JOSEPHUS DANIELS.
President.
Ii. w. JACKSON, Secretary.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-19

The question Of who are the five
greatest living North Carolinians seems
to he provoking some warm disseIlts
from few of the ''also ran
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-19

The cOlored brother continues to signi-
fy his Willingness to ''git together" for
1900 il another reef will be taken in the
civil service regulations.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-19

The announcement that English cap
itaIists have absorbed tine best lnves.
ments in Cuba is eloquent of .le fulfil
ity Of Mr.. Alser's late visit to the
island
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-19

Assistant Attorney General Boyd
rules that revenue stamps may be af-
fixed to railroad bonds Or mortgages as
:ssl,e, il desired We know of no re;s-
son why they may not he affixed to bill
boards and telegraph poles ii anybody
has j, mania of that. sort.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-19

The press of Kentucky continues 10
deluge nominee G5ebel with assurances
that the shouting was premature.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-19

The expose of the Manila censorship
has been followed by large Chunks OF
silence from administration organs.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-19

Mr.. William Dean Howells announces
that genius is nothing but hard work. In
the case of Mr.. Howells it undoubtedly
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-19

Judge Simomton has hit on a charac-
teristic way of announcing his return
from Europe.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-19

If somebody would pick UP Clay coun-
ty. Kentucky, by the scrufl Of the neck
and drop it down in the midst Of the
Philippines it would be an all around
satisfactory arrangement.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-19

The hot weather jokist has formed Il
combine" with the mosquitoes and sand
flies.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-19

The preacher who succeeded in getting
Killed by falling from Philadelphia
street car is entitled to a unique immor-
tally.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-19

Apparently that Manila press censor
would be bowling success as a Hanna
enImerator Of elections returns.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-19

ri hammers, axes and laWl-DitWerS
were used in the practice of law there
would DC fewer lawyers.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-19
COBB & THOMAS co
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-17

land, Germany Russia and France
have their coal lands near their coaling
stations in every quarter of the globe
and we are told by this resolution that
the United States can have none, that
it must give up what it has. Imagine
the great merchant marine and navy of
the United States in Asiatic waters de-
pendent upon coal carried from Penn
sylvania or Indiana to supply her
eastern coalinglstatiOns.
l will not soon forget the anxiety
and distress felt by every patriotic
American at the commencement of the
recent war when Dewey, withascant sup
ply of coal, was ordered out of Hong
Kong 1t was we'll we had Dewey in
command, for he saw and fully realized
that it was victory or death in Manila
bay, or death on the high seas for
want of coal. And as an American
patriot he took the fighting chance and
won. A constant supply of coal is to
the existence of the feet what proper
food is to the lives of officers and men.
I wish, Mr.. Editor, that | could in
duce my democratic friends to see that
expansion is right and always has been a
democratic doctrine, and that con-
traction or anti-expansion is O mis-
cradle heresy. Anti-expansion proved
to be the death rattle in the throat OF
the old Wing party, and if persisted in
by the great democratic party may
prove it's Waterloo. r. b. PARROTT.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-17

Someone signing himself "a Repub-
lican' in last weeks Advocate charges
that some other than the editor of this
paper wrote the article in the Repub-
lican of two weeks ago about 1.-The in
dependent ticket" Now there is a
rule in newspaper ethics that it does mt
pay to notice or reply to an anonymous
communication of that kind, for you
don't know who you are replying to
or from what standpoint your oppo-
nent is writing. Of course no one
knows who "a Republican" is. If he
had the courage of the convictions he
claims to have he would write over his
own signature. He should not be
ashamed of publicly presenting his
case. 1t is poor set of principles"
that will not warrant man advocating
them openly. AS for the charge he
makes that another than the editor of
this paper wrote the article in question,
it is absolutely untrue. He whose
name is at the head of these columns
is the editor of this paper, is the
author of all unsigned or uncredited
articles that appear herein and is re-
sponsible for them. They may not all
be written as they should be written,
mistakes may often be made, but we
alone are responsible for them and
against us alone should be directed
any criticism on their account. 1t is
scarcely necessary to say this to the
public, however necessary it may be to
say it to "A Republican" In our
article of two weeks ago we charged
no one with being a traitor to the
party, but said the traitor that thinks
so and so is mistaken. The avidity
with which "a Republican puts on the
shoe and the enjoyment he seems to
get out of wearing it, prevents us from
asking him to take it off.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-17
Soldier.,Boy and Ants.

San Fernando, p. /. June 30.-Dear
Mother and Father: We got mail yes
terday and received letters from all
of you. l also got the program and
the papers. The programs are very
pretty and the work on them is fine,
and maybe I would not have been glad
if could have been there; but never
mind, if every thing goes all right, it
will only be few months till | am
back. We think now that we will get
away about the LIST of September, but,
of course, we can't tell for sure, for it
all depends upon what they do at
Washington about sending men, for it
is going to take good many to whip
the "niggers" out. If it were not for
the TRAITORS" in the United States
who are giving the insurgents encour-
agement, the trouble would have been
over long ago. The majority of the
men are cursing them proper, and they
all think that if they had kept their
mouths shut the volunteers would have
been out of the islands now The
''niggers" haven't won n single Skin
mish; they have been driven from po-
sitions that if they had been occupied
by Americans, no army in the world
could have dislodged them. They
have lost thousands of men and are
willing to quit, but their leaders keep
them at it in hopes that the "antis" will
take up their cause and help them out.
1t wouldn't be healthy for one of those
traitors to make q speech before q
crowd of American soldiers who have
faced these devils and seen their com
rades shot down, for their fate would
be surer than one of these "niggers'
when about dozen of the boys get
sight of him.
July IL didn't finish my letter yes,
terday, as we were called out through
mud and rain to the outpost about q
mile from quarters. The "niggers'
didn't attack till about IL o'clock al
night and then it was regular ''fiz
zle." They never got nearer than GOO
yards to us, and few volleys from oul
new "Krags" soon put them to fight
Our regiment only had one wounded
The Seventeenth had man killed and
| several wounded. The "niggers" have
become very annoying lately and VIZ
will probably have to go out and give
them dressing"
The report just came that there was
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-17
Republican State Platform.

We comm end the action OF the Iowa delega-
ton in congress in Its support OF prot otlOn by
the Dingley tariff OF the maintenance OF the
gold standard and its faithful support of the ad-
ministrat.on OF President Mckinley in his policy
in peace and war. We rejoice in the prospect
i've election of David B. Henderson to be speak
err OF the house Representatives, and endorse
him as wholly worthy OF that honor We re-
adopt the following declaration Of the Iowa
platform of 1898: THE monetary standard OF
this country and the commercial world Is gold
The permanence of this standard must be as
sured by congressional legislation, giving it the
validity and vitality Of public law. All other
money must be kept at parity with gold"
And we urgently call upon our senators and
representatives in congress to lend their best
endeavors to enact these prOpOsit .onS into law.
We denounce the sChicagO platform and its
declaration of free trade and free silver coin
are at the ratio OF 10 to /, and its attack upon
the courts, as threatening the American people
with departure from the policies OF good gov
ernment that would prove fraught with evil to
the American people. The enOrmity of that
platform CT l for the resistance of all good citi-
zens. AS republicans we make recognition Of
the loyalty and exalted patriotism of sound
money democrats and men of all parties who
put aside partisanship in order to maintain
good faith with the nation, and In resistance to
the Chicago platform and its candidate, to
maintain the welfare of the people the object
of all governments.
Industry and commerce should be left free to
pursue their methods according to the natural
laws OF the world, but when business aggrega-
lions known as trusts prove hurtful to the peO-
pie they must be restrained by national laws,
and il need be, abolished.
We believe in the wisdom and high purpose
OF the president. We admire the skill and
courage of our officers and glory in the valor,
constancy and hereditary herOsm OF our soldier
boys In the army ana navy. Nothing of sup
port or sympathy or moral and material aid and
comfort will we ever withhold from them
There shall be no division among us until all in
arms agains the flag shall confess its supreme
rights and honor, and shall know that even in
the farthest east it Is the sign and promise oil
equal law, of justice and lbert" throughout
the land and to all the inhab +IntS thereof
That for the national defense, for the reinforce
ment OF the navy, for the enlargement Of ON
foreign markets, and the. employment of Amer
lean wOrkmen in the mines, forests, farms
mills, factories and ship varuS, we favor the
enactment OF legislation w.lch VIII regain fol
American ships the carrying OF our foreign com
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-17
Army Losses In the Philippines

Those who find fault with our war in
the Philippines have been charging
that the war has been attended by
great loss of life among our troops and
some even charge that our government
has suppressed the reports. The war
department has had prepared a full
statement covering the present war.
Hospital reports are published weekly.
Otis reports the names of even those
suffering from slight wounds.
From the war reports it is shown
the losses in this war have been the
lightest on record. An average of 80,
600 troops have been in the field for
fourteen months and the deaths have
been 725, or less than two and one
half percent. OF these, $50 have died
of disease and 345 have been killed.
In the war for the Union nearly twice
as many died of disease rs were Kill
led, the figures being 100, 060 killed
and died of wounds and 100, 72O died OF
disease. Thus it is made apparent
that although our troops are in trop-
ical climate which is very hard to with
stand, yet the care of the the: troops is
so good that death by disease is great.
ly reduced as compared with all former
wars. 1t shows the department is Civ.
ing the most careful attention to the
care of the men and that despite the
great Exposure to the unusual condi
tions of disease and heat the death
rate is lower than ever before known
in any war.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-17

About one month ago my child,
which is fifteen months old, had an at
tack of diarrhoea accompanied by
vomiting. I gave it such remedies as
are usually given in such cases, but rs
nothing gave relief, we sent for ply
stefan and it was undor his care for n
week. At this time the child had been
sick for about ten days and was having
about twenty-five operations of the
bowels every twelve hours, and we
were convinced that unless it soon
obtained relief it would not live.
Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and
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and decided to try it. | soon noticed
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-17

We publish this week a letter writ
ten by R. B. Parrot, prominent
democratic attorney of Des Moines
and published in the State Register.
1t shows up the weakness of the dem
ocratic position against our retaining
the Philippines, and protests against
it. The letter is good, sound argu-
ment, and coming as it does from a
life long democrat, it shonld have
much influence with the thinking and
patriotic men in that party.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-17

The democrats of Ca1s county turned
down the populists at their county
convention at Atlantic the other day,
paying no attention to their committee
sent to the convention to arrange an
understanding. The populists in Au-
dubon county didn't even send COM
mittee, as the last time an arrangement
was made between the parties the dem
ocratic leaders defeated the populist
candidate who was placed on the ticket.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-17

August 9TH the corner stone of the
new jewelry factory was laid at Iowa
City. 1t was made quite an event. II
will be the first jewelry factory in the
west. The time will likely come when
manufacturing will be carried on as
extensively in Iowa as in the down
east states. This iewelry factory is an
Indication of what may be expected in
the future.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-17

Elk Mayor Grace, of New York, who
is leading democrat of that state, has
renowned his Allegiance to the princi-
pies of free trade and declared himself
o protectionist. He sees the returned
prosperity of this country since we
went back to protection, and is honest
enough to admit it.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-17

The republicans of Audubon county
propose to make the fight of their lives
this year and do thorough job OF
electing the entire republican ticket.
When the party in that county get
thoroughly aroused, and all pull to-
gether, something has got to pull loose
and this is the year for dem ocratic sur
prises.- Anita Tribune.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-17

Tom Reed has hypnotized Richard
Croker. Richard Croker was an ex-
pansionist until he sailed home from
Europe last week in the same ship
with Reed, and now he is an anti-ex-
pansionist. Some of the strangest
things imaginable happen in politics
and this is one of them.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-17

Asmus Boysen, a gentlemen well
known in this city, was given the re-
publican nomination for representa-,
tive in Audubon county. Mr.. Boysen
is bright young man and gentle
man who ought to add strength
to the ticket. Shelby County Repub'
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-17

We protest against the Atlantic Mes
senger attacking the newspaper English
used in Audubon county If one of
our papers up here wants to elaborate
about it's editor eating an apple and
talking about the neighbors or some
other such momentous matters, let it
elaborate in peace. 1t is developing II
newspaper style. That is harmless.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-17

Gov. Shaw, in his plain and phil
sophical way, gave Gen. Weaver more
than he had bargained for in their Phil
ipine debate at Colfax last week.
Weaver was as usual "agin" the gov
eminent . He would do different. He
would let the islands go to Aguinaldo
and his followers. That was to be ex-
pected from Weaver. That isn't help
ing end the war. That is the encour'
agement that is keeping the Insurgents
hanging on waiting for reversal of our
policy. Gov. Shaw said our policy as
a government was to subdue the OPP.
position to our forces and all good
citizens should aid in doing it.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-17

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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-17
The Porto Rico hurricane

The Porto Rico hurricane last
week, was terribly destructive. Our
government of the island implies the
responsibility of caring for the people
when they are in distress. We are
taking mp the burden. We have an
interest in Porto Rico now that we new
or had before. 1t has had hurricanes
before. has had them these thousand
years, but never had one before that sc
quickly brought response and aid from
a civilized country as this one has.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-17

scrapping at Cebu. | hope not rs il
only means whole lot of useless hard
ships. Well, ADDS.
CLAUDE Gown N
Co. +, 5lst Iowa.