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The evening times., 1899-05-03
called General oti. ..r.ra. ,,
prom the Kansas City Journal,

Fry relates the following incident as havins
taken place on the Kansas firing line: General
Otis came along, and once. when the boys had
ceased firing for z minute. he sid: We'll, boys.
how are yJa coningr Only few Of the boys
kncu hiins and one Of them said: AN right,
pard; howSs yourselfr Another Of the boys that
knew General Otis told him to shut up, that the
man was General Otis The general overheard
him. and aid: That's all right; ''pard' b u
good n 'sgenerar' tonight"
The evening times., 1899-05-03
A Modern Improvement.

(rrom the Cleveland Plain Dealer)
''What a magnificent home you have. How
you must enjoy it!'
.'Yes, it's all right; glad you like it."
..Aud which is your sleeping apartment?'
''Why. we don't sleep here
"Don't sleep here? Where do you sleep?"
''On the ground floor OF our frcproof stable" b"
The evening times., 1899-05-03
rn,.,o,,. Promotion,

President Mckinley is to be congratu-
lated upon his action in the case OF the
gallant Kansas colonel. Frederic Funston
but it is TO be regretted that he has mol
always taken the same course in the cases
Of men who have made distinguished rec
oJds and reflected glory on our arms. Cen
eral Wheeler was the first general omcer
TO strike the Spanish line at Santiago He
was a day ahead of Lawton, who was IN
tertiorally landed in advance Of him But
Wheeler got to the front and engaged the
enemy before Lawton was within miles o.
him. Accordingly. Lawton has bsen given
all the chance and honor possible in the
Philippines. and Wheeler has been reduced
in rank, kept at home and paraded In tie
train of Alger at Detroit.
Seh!ey defeated Ccrvera's feet OF San
tiago But for an outburst of indignation
that swept over the whole country and
dominated even a Republican Congress.
the credit for that victory would have been
given to a man who was never within sight
of the battle.
Some of our patriots in blue thought II
an excellent if not profitable thing TO
feed the troops on rotten, embalmed car
cases. or so-called canned roast beef.
consisting of the pulp of meat from which
beef extract had been made; or on timed
canned beef that had been deconposing
for six years in the Liverpool docks
They have been rewarded with 'vindica-
tion." and the soldiers and gentlemen who
have dared to protest against and expose
the crime have been and are being perse-
cuted.
All of which goes to prove that merit
is holy thing and will get stars and a
respIendent Grand Army medal, but always
supposing that it does not in any way in
terfere with the methods. manipuiations
or commercial settlements Of A!gerism.
The evening times., 1899-05-03
An Intelligent Animal.

Professor. your monkey is climbing over the
globe; he'll spoil it,
''oh. no: he just turns it till he comes to the
Soudsn, and then gets up and sits on it; that
soothes his homesickness.
The evening times., 1899-05-03
The OynnipOtent.

Daly-An' what makes yez tink thot Croker
is sich a generc,s-minded man, Gallagher?
Gallagler-why, doesn't he go TO Eng
land livery year, whin he can jusht as easy how
England brought here by simply sayin' the
word.
The evening times., 1899-05-03
Iuxeuulty.
(From the Boston transcript

(From the Boston Transcriptl
Deacon Goode-Ah. my dear sir. you talk Of
your Measures. but what are they to the JOY
which comes from selfdeniAi!"
The Agnostic--n II Il xuch pleasure to deny
yoarself what merit 10 there in denyingf Why
not dear denying yourself. and 20 you have the
pleesure Of denial plus the pleasure Of doing
what you want to def
The evening times., 1899-05-03
CURRENT HUMOR.
Exactly So.

Birtcage BiI-Wot is loafer? Why. feiler
dat loats, of course.
The Bowery Chicken-Dat shows your igno-
rance. loaier is a feller dat loafS and has no
bank account.
The evening times., 1899-05-03
Davning Intelligence.
From the Chicago Tribune. }

(From the Chicago Trlbune.J
"why does lie make all those motions with his
arms before he pitches the baIlf
..Those are signals to the catcher. The two
men always work in co0cert.'
'.Dear me! Is that the concert pitch I've
heard about 50 OftenY
The evening times., 1899-05-03
A Brihe.
.e Reading Gazette.)

(From the Reading Gazette.)
Higglc-which of the actors in the play i'm
pressed you most favorably?
Bloozin-Winderiy,
Higgle-Why2
Bloozin-lie gave me two tickets FOR the show.
The evening times., 1899-05-03

The report published in The Times this
morning, from Captain Richardson. the ar
my officer who has been doing unpleasant
duty as military governor Of Circle City.
Alaska, and apparently doing it well, is Of
particular interest as showing the peculiar
conditions that obtain in that far away
and wild region. 1t is edifying to learn
that Captain Richardson was able to so
impress his rather reluctant subjects that
they consented to close their saloons and
gambling houses between the hours of six
and nine a. m. On Sunday mornings. But
what will not Americans do or sacrifice In
the interests Of morality and religion?
The evening times., 1899-05-03
The Sensible Course.
(Ernm the Cleveland Plain Dealer

VTUM tlc NIcVVT1Hu fIilH DedIer-I
The sooner both colorcd and white to talk
of ''avenging wrongs and unite in a dctermina-
tion to enforce the laws against crime whether
committed by individual negroes by mobs Of
white people. the better it will be for the South
and for the whole country.
The evening times., 1899-05-03
Our ThoughtfuI Ance.tor.
Ernm the Chicago Tribune.l

(t rom the Chcaso lflDune.)
"what are you going to do with the ark.
fathcr?" asked Japheth, as the family started
down Mount Ararat.
81 think shall leave it, my son., replied
Noah. gloomiy, for the learned mcn of future
generations to wrangle over.
The evening times., 1899-05-03

Negotiations for an exchange of prison.
ers with the Tagals seem to lag. The rea-
son probably is that while they have a
number of honorable and honored Ameri-
cans in their hands. there are few, il any,
among the mutineers we have captured
that their friends particularly want. Otis,
therefore. is in quandary from which we
hasten to relieve him. How would it be to
Offer in exchange for Gilmore Rockefeller
and few others, job lot Of Filipinos
composed of Atkinson, Hoar. Hale. Carl
Schurz. Carnegie, Pulitzer and the late
Grover Cleveland? We could spare them,
and. considering what they have succeeded
in doing for Aguinaldo, perhaps the mutt
neers might want them. There are several
days rations in Hoar and Cleveland If the
enemy is not particular as to quality.
The evening times., 1899-05-03

Watch for a ts~a- caasre. Height. D. O
The evening times., 1899-05-03

Readers OF THE TIMES who may at any time be
unable to procure copies Of it at any stand or
railroad station or railroad trains, will confer
a favor upon the management by sending to this
office information of the fact.
The evening times., 1899-05-03

THE TINES. in all its editions. Morning. Even
ing. and Sunday, will be mailed to one address
for FIFTY CENTS per month. Addresses changed
as often as desired.
The evening times., 1899-05-03

Communications intended for publication in
THE TIMES must be tersey and plainly written,
and must in all cases he accompanied by the
name and address Of the writer. Rejected cofa-
munications will not he preserved and only maii-
uscriPts of obvious importance will be returned
TO their authors.
The evening times., 1899-05-03
RAINsToRMs IN NEBRASKA.

Mr.. Carman was siXty-nIne years U1 "t
He leaves three children.
The evening times., 1899-05-03

the hall re-echoed Win the music OF Low SOL
diers' noses being blown.
The election OF Rev. DR.. Noulc. the leader IL
the Evangelical party at Cambridge University.
as Norrisian professor of divinity. by the heads
of houses in succession TO DIR. Ar1nyt1gc Rob
inson is regarded significant He is consid.
cradle of scholar and author, and no mean
theologian; while several times lately Lord Hii-
fax has spoken of him in the highest terms ~
one whose opposition to high chuTcimen is hon
est and to be treated with respect.
Boston congratuia;es herself a marked de-
crease in drunkenness during the last three ycars
In 1896 there were a. is0 arrests for this offence.
In 1897 the number declined to lo.e5s. and in
1898 to I6.6ss. The probation system is working
well. The case Of prisoner brought in for drunk
epness is carefully investigated, and. II circum-
stances warrant it. the offender is put on good
behavior The probation officer saws that often
wives come in to report that their homes have
been made pleasant by this regulation.
Edouard Andre the Belgian consul at Manila.
who has Just reached Brussels, thinks the Pail
ippine insurreetion will end only when Agrinaldo
and his followers know the exact form OF gov
ernment the United States intends to give them.
and when the United States has paid them for
their successful fight against the Spaniartis. Con-
sui Andre. who now warmly admires the Amrri-
can volunteers, ''shuddered for them at first.
expectinx that the insurgents would beat them
more easily than they did the SpaniaEss.
There were 39S colored commissioned officers.
and 9,761 colored privates and noncommissioned
officers serving among the volunteers during the
Spanish war. The Ninth and Tenth Cavalry and
the Twenty fourth and Twenty fifth Infantry OF
the regular army composed Of colcred men
under white officers. aggregating about $3.50. 1t
is impossible to ascertain, even approximately.
because they are not designated. but they must
have numbered from 500 to 80 when the nav,
was at its full war strength, making total Of
about 5000 colored people in both branches Of
the service.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-03

OfStudents at state University-Work
ofthe Mormans.

OfStudents at state University-Work
of the Mormans.
Especial to The eMssengerO
Raleigh, n. c., September 3o.-Presl-
dent Alderman says there are nov 4sl
students at the university which is
exactly the same as the greatest num-
ber ever before recorded, which was in
1858. There win be 500 before the year
ends. He says James Sprun. has ar
ranged for the publication annually of
monographs OF United States and state
history. under the direction of Dr..
Kemp P. Battle.
The North Carolina conference of the
Mormon church viii be held at Colds
boro October 3rd. Ben. E. Rich, of
Chaottanooga, president of the southern
states mission, viii preside. Fifty cid
ers Will attend and 200 laymel. Thare
are 800 members III The conference.
Converts for this year IRE 15O
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-03
TELEGRAPHIG SUMMARY.

The president approves the judgment
of the court-martial of Captain carter
and he mas been arrested.
Hx-Poetmaster of Washington, ID. =,
is killed by fall down an eie'aOoi
shaft
Filipino insurgents IN East S1liiu'S''D'
express desire to SURRENDER.
The North Atlantic squadron sahs
foo. Hannnton Roads "Wednesday.
sampeon lowers his flag the 14th
INST.
The president win escort Dewey 70
M canfto1 ON day of the sword pre-
sentaltion-
Derounede denies jurisdiction Oh lhe
French senate to try hlm.
Fourteen American prisoners are de-
byered up by the Ffliplnos-
CINCINNATI has a 100000 railroad hre.
Jackson. Miss, reports two new cases
OF yellow fever.
TY.. Arkansas deaf-mute asylum is
burneA. No lives are lost
A Tennessee public school teacher is
Indicted fir not using Lees history.
War preparations continue in the
Transvaal.
Porto Rico will hold municipal cleo
tionss October 9Th.
The Dewey parade in New YORK yes
terdaY was a grand affair.
Admiral Schley came next to Dewey
in popularity in the parade yesterday.
The southern troops Will leave New
York for home today.
Counsel for Captain Carter says his
cal.e is similar to that of Dreyfus.
Dewey is to be invited to Atlanta.
Schley has already agreed to go there.
The Kearsarge will go into commits
sion in November.
Masked men break into the jail al
Winton, N c., and shoot man
charged with arson.
London dispatches Indicate that war
with the Transvaa1 is inevitable
West Norfolk, Va, suffers from a
disastrous fire.
w G. Whftney thinks Dewey the
logical candidate for president
The democrats open the campaign In
Ohio.
The University of Virginia opens the
foot hail season by defeating ST. Albans.
At Little Rock a negro is sentenced
to 115 years in the penItentiary for as
saultmg seven white women.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-03
WRECK OF THE SCOTSMAN.
ALL MEN OF THE CREW RESCUED
PLACED UNDER ARREST.

The People saved i'm Most Destitute
Condition-M More Passengers Rescued
from the Island-Several Deaths on
the Island Reported and Rumors of
Others.
Quebec, September 30-Under orders
from Captain Skrimshire all members
Of the crew of the Scotsman brought
up today by the Grecian have been held
under arrest to be searched. The AL
len Liner Grecian, with forty seven of
the passengers and crew of the ill-fa-
ted Scotsman, arrived in port today.
The people saved are in the most
destitute condition, but they were more
fortunate than those on the Montfort
plenty of provisions to feed them. The
captain sent a life boat ashore and
brought off about thirty of the crew.
The next boat brought the seventeen
passengers, who were then at the light
house. Early in the morning searching
parties went out to gather in the strag-
glerS, but they did not meet with great
success as there are perhaps forty or
AAANy 1eiii oil bllC lSldllu, dII
in parties Of two or three
When the passengers and crew were
brought alongside they were so weak
they were unable to climb the ladder
and all had to be hoisted on deck.
Many Of them as soon as they reached
the Grecian's deck fell, overcome with
exhaustion and the relief OF finding
a place Of safety. Captain Calvert
says that never in his life has he heard
such terrible tales of suffering or seen
such pitiable sights. He is of the opin-
ion that there will be many deaths on
the island unless immediate relief
reaches there.
Walter White, of Cressington park.
Liverpool, a passenger on the Scots
man, is. of the opinion that there have
already been seven or eight deaths on
the island. Some one told Mr.. White
that he had seen two bodies, and the
second mate Of the Scotsman says that
he buried one woman in the moss. Mr.
White says that, judging from the ex-
hausted condition in which many were
after their terrible struggle along the
rocks, he is of the opinion that a good
number will die. There is a very small
chance OF rescue as the different per
sons are scattered over the whole is
land.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-03
Dewey to BE Invited To Atlanta.

Atlanta, Ga, September 30.-During
the reception to Admiral Dewey in
Washington. next week. a committee
from the Chamber OF Commerce, the
municipal council and the Business
Mems League OF Atlanta will present
him a formal invitation on behalf OF
the city and the south to be here at the
same time Lieutenant Brumby, who is
a Georgian, comes on a visit TO his
family and relatives
Rear Admiral Schley has already ac-
cepted an invitation to come and an eff
fort will be made to have the three ma
val heroes here at the same time
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-03
a BIG RAILROAD FIRE
Over Half a Million Dollars Worth OF
Property Burned

oNCE AlaiI d "OTth Va
Property Burned
Cincinpati, Ohio, September 30.-Fira
which was started at 1:10 O'Clock a. m.
today in the center of the freight depot
of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago
and St Louis Chg Four) railroad, de-
stroyed railroad property estimated to
have been worth between $500, 900 and
81, 100000. Large factories between the
railroad and the river and, on the other
side, the central passenger station, the
large office building of the Big Four
and the Grand hotel were i'm great
danger. Guests of the Grand hotel
were awakened but the fire did not cross
Third street. Whole trains OF loaded
and empty cars were destroyed.
An effort was made to draw burning
cars away, but 1T only resulted in get
ting them on the main track where they
burned and destroyed the ties and
warped the tracks SO that access to
the passenger station was cut off.
The loss was almost wholly restricted
to railroad property and freight. The
former can be approximately estimated.
but the freight loss cannot be computed
for sometime. All the records CT the
freight office We're burned and it viii
only be by collection of data from ship
perS and cOnsignees that an adequate
idea of the oss can be obtained
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-03
SIMILAR TO DREYFUS' CASE.
The Action of the President Denounced
by CarterS' Counsel.

The Action of the President Denounced
by Carters' Counsel.
Chicago September 30.-Attorney
Frank P. Blair, who assisted in de-
Tending Captain Carter, was visibly af-
fected as he read the Washington dis
patch announcing that President Nc
Kinley had approved the finding of the
court-martial. He exclaimed: Its an
OUT age 1t is equal to the Dreyfus
case This is the first intimation L
lad of the approval of the president. L
see this is an Associated Press dispatch
and I guess it must be true. The case
is now beyond legal intervention, as
the verdict stands and cannot be
changed MY opinion of the matter
never has changed, and 1 think never
will be. It was a conspiracy. Ine
court-martial wilfully and fagrantly
disobeyed the law. Testimony which
should never have been admitted was
accepted and that which was clearly
entitled to be brought in was ex-
cluded.
Captain Carter was convicted on
perjured testimony, as the defense
clearly proved. Dreyfus was con-
demned on heresay. Wherein lies the
difference? The principal witnesses for
the prosecution was easily caught in
the cross examination and yet he was
allowed to go on and on his testimony
alone Captain Carter was condemned.
This injustice to an innocent man
shows that the court-martial is utter
Iy unfit to grapple with the questions
involved in a case of this kind.
I'm by estimation a majority of the
members ofthe court martial were hon
est in their belief of Captain Carter S
guilt. They were induced to find the
captain guilty in the main because of
the perjured testimony of the govern
ment Witnesses
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-03
MIOT BY MASKED MEN.

They Break Into the Jail and Shoot an
Alleged Firebug.
Raleigh, n. c., September 50.-A spe-
cial to The News and Observer from
winton, N. c., says: Masked parties
broke into the county Jail at Winton,
Hertford county, last night and shot
Robert Vaughan, under suspicion or
barn burning. The doors were broken
down and the prisoner was shot at
least three times. He was committed
several weeks ago by justice Of the
peace under circumstantial evidence.
The prisoner was in an iron cell. The
act is greatly deplored. Vaughan VIII
probably die.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-03
Yesterdays Yellow Fever Report

Jackson, Miss. September 30-Two
new cases of yellow fever and one
death is shown by reports here today.
Mrs. c. l. Waite, wife Of the cashier OF
the First national bank, died at an
early hour this morning. The record
to date is ten cases and four deaths.
Key West, September 30.-There were
twenty-five new cases OF yellow fever
reported today and two deaths.
New Orleans, September 30.-There
was one new case Of yellow fever re-
ported today. There have been no
deaths this week There are altogeth-
er eleven cases under treatment in the
city.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-03
Elections For Porto Rico.

San Juan, p. r., September 30.-Gen-
eral Davis has issued an order defining
the rules and regulations for municipal
elections throughout the island. There
will be sixty-nine elections, beginning
October goth, under the supervision OF
army officers. The voters and candi-
dates are limited to tax payers and
members of the professions. The term
of office is one year
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-03
WILMINGTON N. c., TUESDAY OCTOBER J, 1899.
The Arkansas state Institution Dcs-
troyed-No Lives Lost.

The Arkansas state Institution Des-
troyed-No Lives Lost.
Little Rock. Ark, September se.-
The state deaf mute institute was COM
pleteiy destroyed by fire at 4 o'clock
this morning. The fire originated from
scuttle OF ashes on the wooden porch
connecting the main building and the
girls domftory. and spread 80 rapidly
THAT the 1hirty-eight inmates escaped
only in their night clothes and two
more were rescued from fourth story
windows by the firemen- Nothing
whatever vas saved and all personal
effects of the officers and the teachers
were lost The loss to the state is esti-
mated at $4,000 and TO private par
ties at $4,000. There was no insurance
on the property.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-03
SOUTHERN TROOPS IN NEW YORK.

Plans for their Departure for Home
Today.
New York, September 30.-The army
of 10000 soldiers who invaded the city
from all points to honor Admiral Dew
ey went to the armories and hotels af-
Washington arch. Only few thou
sand of this army left the city at once.
The streets up to midnight We're
thronged with militiamen.
The two battalions of the national
guard of Georgia which have been
auartered in the Fourteenth regiment
armory in Brooklyn, will leave tomor-
row afternoon over the Jersey Central.
The regiments from Florida and
North and South Carolina will arrange
tomorrow for their home going.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-03

One Minute Cough Cure. AN attack
of pneumonia left my lungs in bad
shape and I was near the first stages
Of consumption. One Minute Cough
Cure completely cured me-" writes
Helen McHenry, Bismark, N. d. Gives
instant relief. r. r. Bel1amy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-03

"I suffered with piles eleven years
before using DeWitt's Witch Haezl
Saive; now my health is fully restored,
Il feel Hike a new born man''-Conrad
STANCE, Pierz, Mimi. A soothing,
healing preparation of standard merit;
beware of worthless counterfeiters. r.
r. BeAamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-03
To Put the Kearsarge I'm Commission

10 tut the kearSarge In Commission.
Newport News, Va, September 3d.
The battleship Kearsarge returned to
the shipyard from Boston this morning
fresh from her official trial trip off the
Massachusetts coast. The ship made
the trip down in thirty-six hours and
fifty-five minutes.
The Kearsarge will receive her five
inch guns and finishing touches at once
and it is thought she will go into COM
mission in November
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-03

DeWitts Little Ear.y Risers perma-
nently cure chronic constipation, bill
iousness, nervousness and worn-out
feeling; cleanse and regulate the entire
system. Small, pleasant, never grippe
or sicken-"famous little pills" r. r.
Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-03

Yale q. Amherst o.
Brown IL, Holycross 0.
Cornell IL, Hamilton 0.
Harvard 20, Williams o.
Lafayette "a, Ursinus O.
Carlisle 56, Susquehanna o.
University Of Pennsylvania 20: LIE
Ugh 0.