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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-05
COlumb ia Defeats the Defender

Newport, r. l., September 2.-The
first of the formal trial races between
the Columbia and the Defender today
for the purpose of selecting a yacht 10
sail against the Shamrock in defence Of
Americas cup resulted in so decisive a
victory for the new boat that were ir
not for the fact that it is desirable to
have her race as much as possible other
contests would seem almost useless.
The yachts sailed on the regulation ff-
teen mile windward and 1eeward course,
in an eight-knot breeze that increased
on the beat out and f1attened at the
finish, and it took the Columbia just G
minutes n 40 seconds less time to
cover the distance thar it did the De-
fender.
Nearly every one seemed fully salts
fed with the result of the race, especi-
ally the owners of the new boat, for the
steel mast which was carried through q
race for the first time, certainly i'm
proved her wonderfully, enabling hel
to stand straighter than the Defender
and, therefore, to outpoint her. in fact
the Columbia sailed all around the OLD
boat, n but for the softening of the
wind as she neared the nne and tn
subsequent f~reshening as her riva
came UP to the finish, the difference be.
tween the two boats would have beer
at least two, if not three minutes
greater.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-05

was a probationer simultaneously with
Dreyfus. The witness said that in Au-
gust 1894, he borrowed the firing man
ual from Colonel Picquart and kept 1t
as Ieng as he liked
M. Defond Lamorte also stated that
the probationers were informed by a
circElar, dated May Is. 1894, not TO at
tend the maneuvers. The object OF an
tedating the bordereau. the witness
added, was to make it a prior date to
attempted TO attain h same object
by post dating the circular.
witness also pointed u that for
Dreyfus to hay been able to write the
bordereau it would have been necessary
for him to have the firing manual in his
possession before the maneuvers, which
was impossible. The charge, therefore,
collapsed.
That Dreyfuns did not write the Dor
dereau, the witness was absolutely GER
tain.
General Roget finally asked NJ. La.
motto from what time his belief in the
prisoners innocence dated.
NJ. Lamotte-From the time Of the
publication of the proceedings before
the eourt of cessation. I was expect
ing proof of my comrades guilt, and
was thunderstruck when 1 saw the date
Of the bordereau had been altered.
The court briefly retired and after
ward announced that it had been de.
cided to hear the remainder Of Major
Hartmann's evidence in camera OF
Monday.
The court then adjourned.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-05
To be Established in View OF the Yellow
Fever at Key West.
ACTIVE MEASURES ADOPTED
By the Marine Hospital Service to Prevent Spread of the Disease-The
Naval Garrison Removed-Troopst to be Sent to Atlanta-A Con.
ference at the White House Over the State of Affairs in
the Phiippines-CommiSione Schurmans Re.
port--The Cuban Army Paid Of-The Dam.
age by the Cyclone in Porto Rico.

ter. the presidents secretary. The par
~ was driven direct to the executive
mansion. Mrs. Mckinley was appar-
emily somewhat fatigued and was as
sisted from the carriage into the house.
DAMAGE BY THE STORM IN PoR-
TO RICO.
The postmaster og Yauco, Porto
Rico. has reported TO the postoffice de-
partment under date OF August 18th
on the havoc wrought by the recent
hurricane.
Among other things he says: The
coffee crop throughout the island is
runined, as also are the and to-
bacco crops The list OF dead In in
creasing daily and the suffering OF the
poor is terrible. The loss 10 Yauco
alone is estimated at $1,000, 600, Ponce
$4,000. 600; the whole island about $780,
10000 In Ponce IL is estimated 800
are dead. Mayaguez nearly as many;
Humacao g., Yauco s. Many small
towns have been completely wiped out"
TROOPS REACH MANILA.
The following has been received at
the war department:
Manila, September 1.
"Adjutant General, Washington:
Transport Indiana arrived: one cas-
ualty, unassigned recruit, Oliver Mer-
Ger, died August 30th OF typhoid fever.
His remains here. OTIS"
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~CANNIRALlSu AT SEA


Charleston, S. c., September 1.-The
British steamer Woodruff, Captain Mil
brun, arrived from Hamburg today.
August 31st, $50 miles south OF Charles
ton the Woodruff picked up Maurice
Anderson and Goodmund Thomasen,
survivors OF the Norwegian bark Drot.
wrecked August 18th, off the Florida
coast. The Drot was bound from Pas
cagoula to Buenos Ayres. Anderson
is a raving maniac and his com panfon
Is s~hockingly mutilated from bites Of
the crazed man. Thomasen tells a
dreadful story. The captain Of the Drot
and seven seamen were swept over
board and lost in the recent West In
dian hurricane. The mate and seven.
, other men put to sea on a raft made
from decking. The raft parted soon
| after, n the mate and one man were
separated from the others. The mates
companion was landed at P~hiladelphia
by the German steamer, Tftania, ON
August 22nd. He stated that the mate
committed suicide.
Of the six men on the other part
OF the raft one became crazy from ex-
posure and jumped into the SEA. Two
others, exhausted from suffering. fell
overheard and were lost. Andersen,
Thomasen and a German seaman drew
lots as to which should be eaten, as
none OF them had had a mouthful since
they took to the raft. The lot fell TO
the German. He was killed and the
blood was sucked from his veins by
the two survivors.
Soon after Andersen lost his reason
and savagely attacked his only COM
panion. Thomasens breast and face
were bitten in several places, chunks
OF good size, being torn out.
Both mel are now at the city hos
pital and the Norwegian consul has
taken the case in hand. Thomasen Is
a native of ~Stevanger. Norway.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-05

Cape Hayden, September All
communication with the interior Of
Santo Domingo has been restored and
order prevails everywhere except at
Monte Christi, whose capitulation is
expected today.
The definite cabinet Of Santo Domin-
go will be formed on the arrival of
JimineZ.
Santiago de las Caballeros, Santo Do
mingo, September 2.-Horacio vasquez,
elected president by the chiefs Of the
revolution, informed the correspondent
OF the Associated Press today that a
president had been chosen because pub
lie order necessitated a superior chief.
General VasQuez said that he was
ready TO deliver the government to
Jiminez when the people required.
The leaders OF the partisan revolu-
tionary bands are everywhere In au-
thority.
President vasquez and Minister Of
War Ramon Caceres have left for Santo
Domingo city with 500 horsemen.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-05

(Frof The Scientific American.J
More than 125, 900 900 grains OF quinins
nave Deen consumed by American SOL
diers during past year. In some casea
men who were in the hospitals in Cuba
ana Porto Rico used as much as 200
grains a week. and hardly any have
Ianso 10 use n drug at some period
OF their service. II Is stated that the
people or this country consume one
third or h quinine OF the world, the
drug being used in the preparation OF
many patent medicines, tonics. bitters.
cold cures. etc., as well as I'm pIlls ana
In bulk, and a considerable
Is consumed in the manufacture OF hair
tonics.
The official figures IN the treasury bu-
reau OF statistics show that there ver~
imported last "a into the Trnite6
States 1888. Csc. $50 grains OF oninsr.
and as there was practically no exnort
OF this article. this means that fhe 80
sumption OF Quinine was abon< @-soE
grains for each inhabitant S
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-05
A FORTRESS y rOisMED
posed lmpregnable Filipino Fortress

The American Soldiers Capture a Sup
posed lmpregnable FfIipinO Fortress
Manila, September 2.-Arogula, the
most impregnable stronghold Of the
bands which have been destroying
plantations and levying tribute on the
people of Negros, was taken Tuesday
by the Sixth infantry, under Lieuten-
ant Colonel Byrne. The only means of
reaching the town was up a perpen-
dicular hill, covered with dense shrub
berry and 1000 feet high. The Ameri-
cans accomplished this under fire. al
though an officer and several men were
hit, and rocks were rolled down upon
them. The native strength was estl-
mated at 400. Many of the rebels were
wounded and captured and twenty-one
were killed. The American forces cap
tuured a quantity of stores and de-
stroyed the Notifications.
The shipping commissioner of Mani
la, a Filipino, hitherto in high standing,
has been arrested, charged with appro-
priating half of the first months sala-
ry and levying monthly thereafter an
assessment from all the native sailors
shipped from this port. 1t is represented
that he, held a commission in the insur-
gent army and was raising funds fol-
the instruction, but it is suspected
thai his operations were merely pri-
vate blackmail.
The information resulting in the ar
rest of the shipping commissions
reached the port captain and chief Of
police through a sailor who is not il
sympathy with the Instruction
The Official Gazette, published a
Tarlac, which has been received here
contains an order by Aguinaldo ASSEM-
bling the Spanish civil prisoners ant
sick soldiers at the ports of San Fer
nandos Union and Dagupan, for re
patriation. The order stipulates tina
vessels calling must fly the Spanish O
Red Cross flags.
Jamecilla, the Spanish commissions
intends to ask Major General Otis 70
permission to send ships.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-05

All weak places in your system eff
fectually closed against disease by De
Wits Little Early Risers. They
cleans the bowels, promptly cure
chronic constipation, regulate the liver,
and fill you with new life and vigor.
Small, pleasant. sure; never grippe. Fl.
r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-05

Our baby was sick for a month with
severe cough and catarrhal fever. AL
though We tried many remedies she
kept getting worse until we used One
Minute Cough Cure-it relieved at nee
n cured her in a few days."-B. l..
Nance, Prin. High School, Bluffdale,
Texas. r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-05

Hamilton Clark, OF Chauncey, Ga
avs he suffered with itching piles
twenty "a before trying Dewitt's
Witch Hazel Salve, two boxes OF which
completely cured him. Beware OF
worthless and dangerous counterfeits.
r. r.. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-05

Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures dyspep-
sla because It's ingredients are such
tina Il can't help doing SO. THE pub-
lie a rely upon II as a master RENE
dy for all disorders arising from i'm
perfect observation-disclosures M. Thomas.
NJ. D. In American Journal Of Health.
~. T. r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-05

Irritating stings, biz -
wounds and cuts sooff,ed 80 LIa,1
BY DeWitts Witch HaseI GaIv~ uealeo
and safe application Tor t0r4rr.1 .n.usse
5eMare OF counfArfeits. Robt q H.I
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-05
THE PRESIDE

The president and Mrs. Mckinley,
accompanied by Assistant Secretary
Cortelyou. arrived at / o'clock this az
ternoon after an uneventful nights
run from Canton, Ohio. The party was
met at the Pennsylvania station by
Cecretariles Wilson and Hitchcock,
General Corbin and John Addison Por-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-05
IN DREYFUS' FAVOR
The Dreyfusites Elated at Yesterdays De-
v~elopments in the Trial.
THE TIDE HAS TURNED AT LAST

His Friends Claim the Testimony Settles the Question of Acquittal-
Major Hartmanns Uncontested Testimony as ro Defendants
MISUNDERSTANDING Against Picquart to Prevent In
observation-disclosures Fatal Admissions-Lamotte
Shows Dreyfus Could Not Have Written the
Bordereau-RogetC Catches a Tartar.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-14
DEvOURED BY CANNIBALs.


White Man and Four Boys Killed on
Admiralty Islands.
Details were brought by the steamer
Warrimoo from Australia of the afro
cious murder of q white man and subse-
quent devouring of the body by the
treacherous cannibals of the Admiralty
islands. A letter dated Manlapea, New
Britain, says: Twelve months ago two
young Germans named Metzke and Molte
opened trading station on the small
Island of st. Andrew in the Admiralty
group, to the north Of German New Gui-
nea, and in spite of the fact that these
natives are a most treacherous and cum
ming race, appeared to get on very well
with them. The two traders decided to
buy the island. Moltc went TO New Brit
ain to arrange the deal, leaving Metzke
with ten Solomon Island boys. Upon
Molte's return he found that Metzke had
been murdered, together with four of his
boys, and the bodies had been cut up,
cooked and eaten by the savages."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-14
FOR A WOMAN'S LOVE.
~ fftIttnt fCfrre~ 11lN l1notFl
MOTIVE FOR THE ODESSA. NEa.
MURDER CASE 80
Dinsmore Was infatuated with Laue's
wife, and the Double Tragedy Was
the Consequence -Prices of Staples at
Highest Notch since 1901.


The wife Of Fred Laue has made a con-
fession which clears up the Odessa, Neb..
murder mystery. She made the confess
sion TO brother and uncle OF her hns-
band and later to the county attorney.
1t is to the effect that Dinsmore hrst
poisoned his wife in the rooms OF the
couple upstairs. He then came down
and informed her of what he had done
and that he was going to finish the job.
He went into an adjoining room, where
Laue was sleeping, and shot him. Laue
was killed instantly. Mrs. Dinsmore
was poisoned, prussic acid being used, 1t
Is supposed. After shooting Laue Dins-
more brought the body of his dead wife
down into the kitchen and left it where
1t was found by the neighbors when they
were called in. The motive for the crime
was infatuation for Mrs. Laue.g
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-14
WOMAN SAVED FROM SUICIDE.

Nrs. Ida Washburn About to Drown
Herself and Her Two Children.
Because her husband, who is barber,
had for years accused her Of unfaithful-
ness and beaten her. Mrs. Ida Washburn
Of Chicago went to Lincoln Park to
drown herself and her two small children.
Before leaving her home she wrote the
following note and left it for her hus-
band: Dear Jim-It Is better that we
separate for good, since You do not be-
lieve in me. l am going to Lincoln Park
to end it all. Good-by.-Ida." ID. j.
Rood, Lincoln Park policeman, saw the
woman kneeling at the waters edge at
the foot OF Wisconsin street. The wind
was blowing almost a gale and the chill
dren crouched against their mother. AS
the officer approached he saw the woman
was weeping. Mrs. Washburn confessed
she had come to the lake to die. She was
praying for forgiveness for what she was
about to do, she said, as she had grown
desperate because Of her husbands Ill
treatment. The policeman took her and
the children to the station.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-14

Washington correspondence: Sass
Promptly at IL o'clock Monday the two
houses of the LVIth Congress were call
ed to order, the Senate by Mr. Frye OF
Maine and the House by its clerk, Mr..
Mcdowell. The opening attracted more
than the usual widespread attention
which always attaches, TO the annual as
sembling of the national lawmakers.
There was added interest in the event
this year, for the many far-reaching
questions awaiting consideration gave un-
usual importance to the return of Con
gress. Aside from this, the Roberts case
introduced a phase which promised some
thing outside OF the ordinary develop
ments of an opening day.
Early In the day the throngs began
converging at the capitol The day was
bright and propitious and the thorough
fares leading to the edifice presented a
gay and animated appearance. Within
the building all was hustle and excite
ment long before the hour FOR calling the
houses to order. The outer doors were
open to all and through these flowed con-
tinuous streams of humanity, until the
great corridors, galleries and rotundas
were fairly packed.
As early as 1870 o'clock the conspicu-
Gus figures of Congress began to arrive
and this served to give the waiting
throngs a temporary diversion. Gen.
Henderson went direct to the Speaker
private Office, where he shared his time
with the House leaders and with those
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-14
FOR A LARGER NAVY.
Secretary Long Recommends an In
crease in Vessels.

| Secretary Long Recommends an In
crease i'm Vessels.
Secretary Long calls for larger navy
in his annual report. He recommends
the construction of three armored cruis-
ers, three protected cruisers, and twelve
guDboats. These vessels, he urges, should
be added to the navy to give the United
States a more prominent place as a naval
power. Secretary Long also asks that
the officers who participated in the battle
in which Admiral Cervera's fleet was de-
stroyed be rewarded, as have those who
were i'm the battle Of Manila bay.
The report opens with a review Of OPP
erations in the Philippine waters, saying
that the principal duties of the Asiatic
squadron have been to cooperate with
the army and to maintain q blockade of
such extent as has been determined by
the general policy of campaign laid down
by the War Department. Many impor-
tant expeditions have been carried out,
involving duty of an arduous character,
and few casualties have occurred.
As there is lack of harmony and
adaptation under the present organiza-
ton of the bureau of construction, re-
pair, steam engineering and repair, Sec
rotary Long recommends their reorgan-
ization with one common head.
He asks for authority TO appoint gradu-
atcs of the naval academy assistants to
the naval constructors. The formation
Of naval reserve is urged. Authority
is also desired to establish commissary
stores in remote stations like Cavite,
Guam and Sitka.
Coast surveys and an enlarged activity
in the photographic bureau are desired.
1t is shown that $500. the maximum
price allowed for armor, will not secure
first-class armor, and a Government fac
tory is suggested.
A new battleship, the Kentucky, viii
be completed Dec. "a. Many vessels are
now being built. nearly all of which will
be finished in 1900.
An estimate Of the cost Of these ves-
sells is So, $40, 61O.23. The cost Of the
present navy, with equipment, was ap.
proximately $3.50, 100000.
In the navy is an enlisted force of IA
sol men, 81 per cent Of whom are Amer
leans.
A table incorporated shows the tonnage
Of the naval vessels under construction
to be:
England, 331, $50; France, 255, 1888;
Germany, 14S,235 Italy, 1908 4O; Japan,
10000; Russia, 222,975; United States,
1926.
Last year the cost Of the navy was
$50, O45, 1881. During the present year
it will require $74, 23O, 309.15, the increase
being due to the improvements under
way.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-14
MANY MINERS MEET DEATH.
Terrible Explosion of Coal Damp at
Carbonate, Wash.

Carbonado, Wash.
Eighty men went down into tunnel No.
of the Carbon Hill Mining Company at
Carbonate, Wash, and FIVE hours later
an explosionsof coal damp took place.
More than thirty of this number are
dead. Twenty MANNED, burned and blind
ed survivors were drawn up, more dead
than alive. Those who were not killed
outright by the force of the explosion
were hemmed in by falling walls, pinned
down by splintcred timbers and suffocated
by the deadly fumes of black damp which
Immediately filed the mine.
The explosion occurred between 10 and
IL o'clock, as near as can be ascertained.
The men were gathering at the mouth of
the tunnel preparatory for changing for
the noon shift, There was an enormous
rumbling sound, and then it ceased abb
ruptly. The residents Of the village knew
the terrible E-N ming Of this and hasten
ed to the mouth of the pit. Great vol
umes of smoke and black damp were
pouring from the mine.
In addition to the eighty men in tunnel
No. there were hundreds of others i'm
different levels, and 1t at once became
apparent that they were in imminent
peril from the black damp which would
penetrate rall the shafts. The men on
the surface were unable to afford any
assistance, but the mine bosses down in
the bowels Of the earth realized their
peril and led all the men they could col
lect out through the air shafts. 1t was
nearly two hours before communication
was opened up with the tunnel in which
the explosion occurred.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-14
How Quickly We Can Think.

Prof. Richet, In his lecture on Nerve
Vibrations" said that the rate of trans
mission of nerve impulses could not be
more than ten or twelve times n Sec
ond. Prof. Richet states that il one
tried to think set of words in sue
cession he could never pass that speed.
and could not receive more rapid sue
cession of sensations on the same or
gan. This period, then, might be called
the psychological unit of time" IL
the rapidity were greater, sound. cleo
tricity and light would be perceived
as independent fluctuations. not con-
tinuous sensations; were 1t slower. one
would see the motion of the hour hand
Of a watch and the growth of n tree.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-14

Chinese and Portuguese Government
Want ESQ, 900 Damages.

Chinese and Portuguese Governments
Want ESQ., 700 Damages.
The Chinese and Portuguese Govern
ments. through their San Francisco con-
suls, will join in a claim against the
United States and j. X. Dunn, chief Of
the Chinese bureau, for $4,000 as COM
pensation for the death Of Ho Nun, q
native OF Portugal and a subject OF
China. The complaint, which will be filed
at once with Collector of Customs Jack
son at San Francisco, recites that Ho
Nun died by reason Of the negligent
treatment OF the United States Govern
ment, through its agent, ]. n. Dunn. 1t
is alleged that he declined to allow Ho
Nun to have medical attention, though
Collector jackson had issued an order
authorizing a physician to see the pa
tient. The case proceeds under the
treaty Of 1894, based on the convention
Of 1880. Direct charges against Dunn
will be sent to Collector Jackson and Sec
rotary Gage. Ho Nun was in San Fran
cisco, an applicant for admission, when
he was taken sick.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-14
note. of current Exent.

Smallpox is becoming epidemic in Tex
as, it Is said.
Gen. Yaguaracutla, Venezuela, has
been killed by the rebels.
Harry Trumbull, Omaha, Neb.. killed
a footpad the other night.
Bryan helped to dedicate a new public
auditorium in Waco, Texas.
The skeletons of six Indians were un-
earthed near Fort Seneca, Ohio.
John Stout, Fort Plain, n. ". stuck
knife into John McMahon, killing him.
Michael j. Sampson, wanted in Chi
cago for ENLIGHTENMENT, may be brought
back from Ireland.
Gov. Sayers, Texas, will call an extra
session of the Legislature to consider the
tax bill and land matters.
Mrs. George A. Landlord, near Hous-
ton, Texas, killed her husband, claiming
Ill treatment. She's wealthy.
w. J. NeaIy, 30, Jersey City, n. j..
found his wife with another man and
woman and killed HEP.
Mexico is SO prosperous that the finance
minister win RECOMMEND that Federal
taxes be reduced. Cash reserve IL more
thAh 100000, 900.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-14

Dewey has promised to visit Chicago
May i.
Hundreds Of cattle drowned during the
recent floods in Texas.
w. j. Bryan has decided to make a
tour of New England this winter.
The torpedo boat destroyer Viper, Lon
don, has been given successful test.
A 70-pound seal, covered with bristles,
was shot in the harbor at Mamaroneck.
N. Y.
Passengers on train and negroes Mt
Durant, /. r., had 'set-to," two Of the
blacks being shot.
Stumbling face downward into a pud-
die, the 2-year-old son of Francis Brown,
of East Hopewcll, Pa, was drowned.
Desperate "Rilr' Honnycutt and Geo.
Priichard killed each other By shooting
near Lencir, N. @. Pritchard was pur-
suing the outlaw.