Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-03-06
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people on them in a bunch at
round sum.
Somebody persists in asking the
question, would it have been called
"a captains battle" if Cervera haC
escaped. Don't notice him.
We cannot believe that Cuba vii
ever become thoroughly American
lied until President Tomas Estrads
Palma puts an 81" IN his name
The continued publication, from
day to day, of new pictures ofPrince
Henry, gives one the impression
that he is growing less like himself
every day.
Forgetting that. ''all men are equal
before God" the Rev. Mr.. Condep.
in his prayer before Congress at the
Mckinley memorial service, made a
reference to "this distinguished
presence"
The Detroit Free Press is of the
opinion that in the light of our
present views about the consent of
the governed" George Washington's
farewell address sounds like a pretty
incendiary sort of document.
Railroad Magnate Morgan's great
dinner to Prince Henry must not be
taken as an experiment on the part
of the multi millionaire to look the
German royalty over SO that if he
likes it he can go over and buy the
rest of it.
There is another good reason, so
we are told, why we need those
West Indian islands; they will make
such fine winter resorts. If some
body will now tell US how to get
there for awhile, we are ready to
ratify the purchase.
The Berlin papers are doing as
much gushing as some in this coun-
try over Prince Henry's visit, and
now they have reached the point of
declaring that if President Roose-
welt should visit Germany he would
have what is best translated into
English as sthe time of his life"
The band of the French cruiser
Tage, which arrived in Santiago de
Cuba Thursday, serenaded General
Whitside, the commander of the de-
partment of the East, the other
night. General Whitside gave a ball
at the palace Saturday IN honor of
Admiral Servan, who is on board the
Tage.
Miss Roosevelt's father told her
about three weeks ago that he did
not believe she could hit the side of
a yacht with a champagne bottle,
and from that time until the chris
tening of the Meteor she retired
daily to a secluded part of the White
House grounds and practiced throw
ing a bottle at a rope.
Mr.. W. G. Maxwell, a member of
the Charlotte bar, announces him
self a candida tie for Congress in the
Ninth district. This gives Mecklen-
burg three candidates: Mayor Nc
Call, Editor Dowd and Lawyer Max
well, The other announced candid
ates are Senator F. Y. Webb, of
Cleveland, and Thos, M. Hufham,
ESQ of Catawba, with several dark
horses.
Some light on the status and
methods of European journalism
may be had from the utterance Of a
Berlin editor who expresses in his
paper the hope that nothing inter-
esting or important may happen in
this country in the next five years,
so that the newspapers of Germany
shall have an opportunity to get
back the money they have paid in
.cablegrams to tell about Prince
H+nry's arrival and reception here.
An echo of the last reform up
heayal which put Seth Low in the
MAYORS CHAIR Of New York city is
heard in a suit brought by James 8.
Barnett, a volunteer watcher at the
nolls during that election, for 81,-
OCo. offered as a prize for informa-
tim to arrest and conviction of IL
legal voters, In sums of from $500
to $1,000 a committee promises $780,
q in these prizes, and the ten mil
1~ionaires who guaranteed the pay
r,ont of the money-among whom