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The record-union., 1899-08-23

We are one with a contemporary who
exclaims against the constant and un-
just attacks upon General E. S. Otis
because he does not accomplish more in
the Philippines. There appears to be
no account taken of what the General
with a small force has done against
great numbers. The fact is that the
numbers of his force taken into ac-
count, the garrisoning of a large city,
the expeditions against willy and
numerous foe, the holding of many
small places and the traversing of a
country strange to our troops and beset
by natural difficulties and the obstacles
placed by the enemy-with all these
facts in view it is remarkable that Gen
eral Otis has done as we'll as he has.
In fact the campaign has not been long,
nor the force great, and yet our troops
have kept the swarming enemy at bay,
have held the Capital of Luzon, domi-
mated the territory for thirty miles
south and sixty miles north of it; have
protected our own and foreign COM
merce in the waters of the group of ISL
ands; have maintained order in the
chief cities and have whipped the in
surgents in every engagement in which
they have dared to remain long enough
to be reached.
The record-union., 1899-08-23

dant proof that there is some fallacy
so far as the United States is concerned
In the doctrine which the Democratic
party held and which Mr.. Cleveland
proclaimed in his message; on the
other hand there was truth in the
claims made by Mckinley, by Dingley
by Mr. Morrill, and other great protec-
tionists, and so understanding, l ar
ready to say that I now see the truth. :
1t is manly, unequivocal statement
and a frank confession Of perception OF
undeniable facts
The record-union., 1899-08-23
THE STATE FAIR.

There is now every promise that the
approaching State Fair will be an ex-
ceptionally brilliant and valuable one.
The gathering of fine stock is certainly
going to be superior to any showing
made for several years. Speedy ana
blooded horses of California breeding
will be far more numerous upon the
track of the society than heretofore.
There will be a fine display of sheep
and hogs; while of draught and all
service horses, breeding mares ard
colts, roadsters, stations and fine cattle
it is anticipated that the exhibition will
promise to be exceedingly full, varied
and attractive, and highly informing.
Entertainment is to be provided in
great amount and of decided novelty,
for to all fairs and expositions in these
days there must attach a given amount
Of entertaining features; amusement
must be provided along with instruc-
tion, since the demand exists for these.
But the practical will not be small in
showing at the exposition building. On
the contrary, it will be very large, and
from dairy work and poultry to COM
mercial exhibits; from fixed machinery
to agricultural implements and ma
chimes; from art works to agricultural
products; from horticultural displays to
Horticulture; from mercantile exhibits to
recent inventions; from viticultural
showings to sculpture-in short, along a
host of lines there is such entry now
made as to warrant the promise of an
unusually full and entertaining exhibit.
1t is very gratifying to learn that the
State Board of Agriculture is making
every possible endeavor to have the
fair complete in all exhibits and ap-
pointments on the evening of the first
day. And why should not this be? 1t
is certainly no more difficult or costly
to take time by sufficient forelock to
have ones exhibits in place on the first
than on the third day.
The record-union., 1899-08-23

Professor E. Benjamin Andrews of
the Chicago University, who was a
foremost Bryan man, does not agree
with the late candidate relative to ex-
pansion. In a speech at the Lancas-
ter camp meeting near Springfield, O.,
he said:
The late war was unavoidable, but
it's results make expansion desirable
do not underestimate the grave prob
lens that confront us. The countries
of South and Central America have not
advanced step since they threw off
Spanish rule. They are in a chronic
state of revolution. We have a moral
duty to perform toward the people Of
the islands we have acquired, not to
leave them to lapse into the condition
of South and Central America. We
must not expect these people to forego
their native languages. but gradually
develop them into a condition fit for
suffrage and statehood. There are
great struggles and difficulties ahead of
us of the gravest character, but we
will be equal to them and they will all
conduce to the elevation and moral
strength of our nation.
The record-union., 1899-08-23
The
Weekly
Union

Is a t2-pagc family and business
newspaper issued every Friday
morning. Thus, for the very small
sum of 81 its subscribers receive no
less than ga pages of choice read
ing and news matter IN a year.
This reduction has been made
that we may afford the people in
these times of stringency the fullest
opportunity to have the Weekly
The record-union., 1899-08-23

Out of the mass of hysterical and
conflicting dispatches concerning the
South African situation we gather
these important facts, namely, that
the Beers are not yielding an
inch to the English demand,
and that both are making steady
and formidable preparations for
war. It is true that one other fact
has been stated, that the Beers are
willing to concede a five-year citizen
ship to Uitlanders, during which period
the English and the Transvaal author-
ties are to settle permanently the is
Sues between the two countries. I'm
happily, however. this news lacks con-
firmation.
The record-union., 1899-08-23

They are proving-if the gossip of
officers upon the witness stand is proof
that Dreyfus was the very old scratch
among the woman and had amours
enough to complete the record of a
much elder beau. But what on earth
has that to do with his guilt or inno-
cence of the charge against him? True,
it may be said that his tastes and
amours required large expenditure OF
money, and therefore he sold himself
to get gold to indulge his love for ad-
venture with the fair sex. But the
reply to this is that Dreyfus was at
that very time man of ample for
tune, indeed, one of the most literally
endowed money men in the army. He
had no need to sell out to a foreign
Power TO get coin. However, If
French officers are to be condemned
because of their amours, heaven help
the whole lot.
The record-union., 1899-08-23

Ex-Mayor Grace of New York, a life
long Democrat, frankly admitted in a
recent interview published in the Phila-
delphia Press" that ne has been con-
WINGED that there can be and is pros
perity under the tariff system of the
Republican party. He declares that he
never expected to see the day when he
would malxel such a confession, but that
facts compel him in justice to concede
that his prophesies concerning a pro-
tective system have failed. Financially
commercially and fndustrially he sees
the nation prosperous and the United
States advanced to the position of one
of the foremost powers of the earth
He adds: Facts are stronger than
theories. and the fact remains that in
the past six years we have had album
The record-union., 1899-08-23

Mr.. Watterson tells some plain truths
in palmer language when he says in
the "Courier-Journal' in discussing the
cant of Imperialism
No party in this country has ever yet
thrown itself across the highway Of the
country's progress and arrayed itself
against it's soldiers in the field without
marching to sure defeat. The bugaboo
OF Imperialism will frfghten no one.
It may make q few he-grannies squirm
and tickle few ladylike mugwumps
But the brain and the Drawn of the ma
tion are made of sterner stuff The
manhood Of the time has it's face set
toward the future, and keeps step to the
music of progress. On the line laid
down by the Register" which really
plays right into the hands of the Ad-
ministration, the Democratic party can
never win a national battle On that
line it Will lose, not merely the next
Presidential election, but risk the loss
Of its life; for national expansion is
here to stay and nobody can stop it.
What the Democratic leaders should do,
If the Democratic party has any lead
ers, is to capture the policy of expan-
sion, set it in JefferSonian lines, and go
ahead with the destiny pointed out by
God and nature. and made possible
both by modern invention and the
course Of human events.
There are Democrats who will "set to
thinking" whether Bryan with his tears
over the poor" Filipino-whom the
volunteers from his own State pro-
nounce mo good and hence unfit for
self-government-or Watterson repre-
sents the patriotic, self-contained and
courageous Democracy. We apprehend
that when Bryan comes to the round
up, he will find any number of Demo-
cratic colts and old warhorses who will
not submit to the branding iron. Not
all Democrats are going to follow the
example Of the resigned to go-into-poli-
tics-Colonel, and throw themselves
across the highway of the country
progress" to roll in the dust of defeat.
The record-union., 1899-08-23
The Worm.

Turn, turn thy hasty foot aside,
Nor crush that helpless worm,
The frame thy wayward looks deride
Required a God to form.
The common lord of all that move.
From whom thy being f1ow'd,
A portion of His boundless love
On that poor worm bestoW'd.
The sun, the moon, the stars, He made
For ali His creatures free;
And spread Ger earth the grassy blade
For worms as we'll as thee.
Let them enjoy their little day,
Their humble bliss receive;
Oh! do not lightly take away
The life thou canst not give!
IT. Osborne.
The record-union., 1899-08-23
.. CARMICHAEL,
Practical HOrSeShOer
Successor to Nelson & Thompson),
Oil l. Street.

A SHARE OF THE PUBLIC PATRON
age and that of former customers So
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and interfering horses.
The record-union., 1899-08-23

After the grip, the weak and dis
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restoration to health.
The record-union., 1899-08-23

For medicinal purposes drink Glen
brook" sour mash whisky. Theo.
Blauth, 407 K street Tel. 297.
The record-union., 1899-08-23
THE CALIFORNIA HERITAGE.

We are very apt in enjoying the
bounties of generous nature to over
look or become careless of the fact that
we are exceptionally blessed in this
California of ours. Not everything is
as we would have it. We wish we were
not SO distant from the great markets
of the East. We wish that it were pos
sible to get our products to market
more speedily and safely, and all that.
But after all we have favors of ma
ture which largely compensate for our
isolation from the rest of the people
of the nation. The Yreka Journal
well remarks:
The State of California, according to
population, produces more of the good
things which minister to the comforts
and sustenance Of the human family
than any other State in the Union. In
everything does California exceed the
average off other States: in most things
it produces per capita, from three to
ten times as much of the comforts and
necessaries of life. This is shown by
the United States census of 1890 and
other standard statistical works. 1t is
marvellous to those who have not here
tofore studied the matter, and prob
ably not onelman in twenty in Califor-
MIA is aware how much we lead the rest
of the world in productive power and
wealth per man.
But we are going to be greatly better
conditioned presently. It can not have
escaped attention that the Pacific Coast
is now having a degree of attention
from the rest of the country that it has
never before received. Our commercial
possibilities are dawning upon the ma
tion at large, and it talks already of
this section of the land is prepared for,
promising to become reality.
The changes and activities going on
on the other side Of the Pacific, indi-
cate an Importance for this side of
the great waters which will rival that
of the Atlantic Coast.
Republican leaders at the East are
reported to be advocating the introduce
tion into the platform of the party at
its next National Convention of a plank
specially recognizing the promise Of the
Pacific Coast, and pledging the party
policy to immediate and persistent pro-
motion of all measures which will tend
to effect realization at the earliest pos
s.ble date of the commercial and indus
trial possibilities of the coast. No
party will dare to antagonize such a
declaration nor yet to treat it as mere
words or catch-penny device For
in truth the awakening of the whole
country to the promise for the nation
residing in the development of coast
resources and trade advantages is on,
and he is blind who does not see in it
future for this side of the continent
of the brightest and richest character.
The record-union., 1899-08-23
Weather Forecast.

Northern California: Fair Wednesday
warmer in the interior; light northwest
wind.
The record-union., 1899-08-23

Union IN every Of
flee and household
IN the land. Bot
the reduction IN
price must by no
means be taken to
indicate any re-
duction IN quality.
On the contrary,
the Weekly Union,
already having a
wide general circu-
lation, such as Is
enjoyed by bot few
other papers in the
roftotrv. will he if
The record-union., 1899-08-23
STILL INCREASING! ; "

been obliged to buy still another washing
machine to keep up with our growing bus
mess. Our patrons and the public at
large will understand this to mean that
our laundry work is giving perfect satis-
faction in every respect. UNION
phones
The record-union., 1899-08-23
WOOD AND COAL. sMeeAw

have been awarded the contract to. supply
year, being the lowest bidders. 1t will be
TO your interest to see them about your
winters wood or coal Office SIS l. street.
Cap. phone 53S.
The record-union., 1899-08-23

Love may be blind, but it dictates
a lot of fool letters that sooner or later
get the writer's into trouble.
The record-union., 1899-08-23

anything better paper all around
than heretofore. 1t will contain ali
news IN compact form but not IN
shorn condition, for its news facili-
ties are unsurpassed by any paper
on the coast.
~ While devoting much space
RI ao.;r<.1+,.ea1 h0~t.r,,1t,,eaf a11
The record-union., 1899-08-23

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The record-union., 1899-08-23
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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-12-01
Fitzsimmons' Hand Crushed.

Bob Fitzsimm0ns met with a
serious accident at GAINESVILLE,
Wis, Friday, which may ser1
ously affect his lighting career.
G was entering the Hotel My
ers by the front door. The door
is heavy oak and has a strong
spring 10 keep it closed. He
reached out behind him. think
ing to close the door, when it
closed on his hand with a crunch
He gave a yell aud bystanders
rushed to pull the door open.
Several guests at the house who
stood by when the hand was ex-
tricated are certain the bones be-
tween the wrist joint and knuck-
les were broken. 1t bled pro
fusely. The ex-champion was
taken to DR.. King, and no one
was allowed III the doctors Of
fee while the hand was being
baudaged. F1tzsinlmons was
about the city nearly all day
with his bandaged hand. Mem
bers of his company are reticent
as to the extent of the damage
to his hand.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-12-01
ROBBERS TORTURE VICGIaS
Beat aud Burned Aged Couple
Until they Gave up Money,

Cum berland, Nd, November
23-Word reached here tonight
If dreadful torture inflicted upon
Joseph Earle, a miller, aged
eighty>fve years, and his old
wife by masked robbers, near
Glencoe, on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, eighteen miles
above here, early this morning.
The men found the aged couple
in bed. Dragging them out,
upon their refusal to tell where
their money was hidden, they
beat them over the body and
head and lighted candles were
applied to the soles Of their feet,
which were SO badly blistered
that neither can walk.
The robbers were directed to
a bureau drawer, where $500
had been secreted in false bot
tom, This represented the say
:ngs of three years. About that
Iong ago the oid couple were
beaten and robbed.
Earle runs a grist mill, Both
he ard his wife are in a precari-
Gus condition, their advanced
age making recovery doubtful.
There is no clew t, the robbers.
NO-HED-AKE Tablets cures ali
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10 pay.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-12-01
BRYAN Is The
INhN 70 LEAD.
Richard Croker Declares He
Is Stronger Than Ever.
TAMMANY IS FOR HIM.
The New York Leader Says
That No Running Mate
Has Been Selected.
TAMMANY IS FOR HIM

New York, November a.
Richard Croker who is to sail
for Europe to morrow, was in
tervieWed to-day at the Demo
cratic Club. He said;
Il want to say before my de
parture for Europe that William
I. Bryan will be the standard
bearer OF the Democratic party
IN the next national campaign
The fight will be made against
trusts and imperialism and Mr.
Bryan is the only man to leao
such a fight. Tammany Hall
will give him its heartiest Sup
port, and you may rest assure
Of that. No running mate for
Mr., Bryan has been selected
yet. Several name, have been
under consideration, but no de
Cision has been arrived at.
"There isn't any truth at all"
said Mr.. Croker, "in the state
nent that Senator German AID
| have been talking together
about another candidate. Sena>
tor German and | had some talk
but it had no connection with
politics. haven't changed my
opinions about Bryan since |
came back two months ago. l
believe tonight stronger than
ever before that he is just the
man We want for next year
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-12-01
Increase Of the Navy.

Secretary Long will recom>
mend to Congress the increase
of the navy by three armored
cruisers of about 1 3 900 tons dis
placement; three protected cruis>
ers of about 5000 tons, and a
dozen gunboats of 900 tens, max
ing eighteen ships i'll all. The
gunboats are designed for ser~
vice in the Philippines, and are
to be of light draft, similar to
the Marietta and the Wheeling
but with more speed. The ar
mored cruisers are to be the
fastest IN the world and have all
the strength of battleships.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-12-01
LIKE JACK THE RIPPER
VI oman Murdered and Body
Mutilated It Phoebus.

Newport News, Va, Novem>
Der p -Annie Benedict, mu1
alto denizen Of the disrc putable
district of Pho ebus, was murder
ed some time last night and the
body mutilated in a manner that
savors of the famous White>
chapel crimes of "Jack, the Rip
per" The murder was discover
ed this morning by Union vet
eran from the Hampton Sold
lers Home. The body of the
woman was found in her room
shockingiy mutilated.
About six months ago a crime
in this same section of PhOebus
caused great excitement. Min
ME Fargo, an unfortunate wo~
man, was found dead in her
room, having been sufoCated by
a silk handkerchief being forc~
ed down her throat. Suspicion
fell on young artileryman nam
ed Louis August, who was ar
rested, but late released for lack
of evidence August was known
to be a frequenter of the section,
and when the character Of the
crime was made known to-day,
the officers instituted a search.
August was found at the .folt,
and when searched, it was dis
covered that his clothes were
clottted With blood.
The Phoebus officers have
given out a statement to the
effect that August confessed that
he murdered the woman and has
turned over to them the knife |
with which he committed the
terrible crime.
The Coroner's inquest held |
over the remains of the woman
to night revealed nothing more
than the facts brought out above. |
The police authorities now /
believe that August was also res
ponsible for the death of Minnie
Fargo, and will endeavor to
make out two cases against him. !
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-12-01
Mice N1bbled Dynamite.

Rochester, N. Y, Nov em Der
3 "A. M. Goodman, a farmer
residing near Salamanca, had
his new farm house destroyed
through a dynamite explosion
yesterday afternoon. Inc dyn-
alnite had been secured to blow
up stumps on the farm, aud
was stored in the pantry. Just
what caused the explosion may
never be known, but it is at.
tributed to mice endeavoring
to eat the explosive, as the house
was known to be overrun with
these pests. Mrs. Goodman and
family were visiting at the time,
tnd Mr.. Goodman had just left
the house to attend to his stock
when, with a shock resembling
an earthquake, the entire build
ing was wrecked.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-12-01
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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1899-12-01
The Names Dead.

Norfolk Public Ledger, Nov
7, says-The battleship Texas,
Captain Sigsbee, arrived in
dalnpton Roads this morning
and was coaling to day prepara>
tory to leaving for the South.
The Texas is enroute to Havana,
where she goes for the purpose
OF bringing to this country the
bodies of the crew of the battles
ship Maine, who were killed
when that vessel was blow up in
Havana harbor February 18th,
1903. The dead will be brought
to Newport News and from there
will be carried to Washington,
D. G., by the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway. Their final rests
ing place will be in Arlington
Cemetery, just opposite the
National Capital.
Pains in the chest when a
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