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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-05
Ba sebalI Notes,

Belfast lost to Vinalhaven at Belfast.
Wednesday. . u !.
Rockland won rom Camden at Cam
den. Wednesday, 10y a score Of II to T.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-05
20 PAIRS WOMEN AND MISSES
FlRsT-CLASs DEEp-WELL FORCE
HOUSE LOTS FOR SALE ON

Chestnut and Lincoln streets Apply 10
Miss Nellie NJ. Stevens. Al Western ave.
july3,dtf A O.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-05
HOME WANTED IN THIS CITY

beside to hire convenient house with bath
and gas. Family OF. three, no children;
rent must be moderate Communicate
with I-H, Journal office, Augusta, Maine
sent2dtf
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-25
TORTURES PRACTICED UPON THE
F~ILIPINOS.

An important question is being moot
ed and it involves the character Of the
American soldiers in the Philippines.
Charges of brutality lave been brought
often but denied. 1t has been admitted,
however. that some few soldiers have
been cruel here n there. but the army
as a whole has been all right. But evil
dence accumulates showing that Fill
pinos have been tortured and many
cruelties perpetrated. Mr.. Herbert
Welsh. of Philadelphia. writes a three
column communication that appears in
the New York Evening Post setting
forth lat has happened in the Phil
ippines in the way Of barbarities. 1t is
addressed to Secretary Root. n is an
open letter. He gives at length the
cumulative evidence upon which he
bases his belief that cruelties have been
~practiced upon the natives. He charges
openly and sQuarely that torture had
been resorted to in the past. He in
sists hat it was applied to extort con-
fesSionS at least from April %. 1900, to
August is. 1901. t an extent sufficient
" JUSTLY Xix L VI pSllSy oPPllCo
to the "water-cure" torture bv one Of
our officers of high rank serving in the
Philippines" He afirms that this
charge is amply sustained not only by
common soldiers and subalterns. but by
officers Of high rank and repute. Amer
lean school teachers and American CEN
sored newspapers published in Manila
for all these are today included in the
list Of those whose moral evidence sup
ports my contention" He then refers
TO what is called the water torture"
n tells how a company enters a town
or barrio, catch some man-it matters
not whom-ask him il he knows where
there are any runs. and upon receiving
a negative answer, five or six of them
throw him down.. one holds his head,
while others ave hold of an arm or a
leg. They then proceed to give him the
swater-torture.' which is the distention
OF the internal organs with water. AZ
ter they distend. q cord Is sometimes
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-25

placed around the body and the water
expelled"
An American writes who knows of
these tortures. and says:
Il am not chicken-hearted. but this
policy hurts Us. Summary executions
are. n will be. necessary in a troubled
country and l have no objection to see
ing that they are carried out; but 1 am
mot used to torture. The ~Spaniards
used the torture of water. throughout
the islands, as a means OF obtaining in
formation. but they used II s%paringly.
and only when IL appeared evident that
the victims was culpable. Americans
seldom do things by halves"
Mr.. George KEENAN,. the we'll known
siberian traveller and writer. who is,
we think. a Philadelphia, vouches for
the correctness of the charges. An
other account taken from the Manila
Times Of the 10th Of August, 1901, tells
how Maj. ]. J.. Connell applied the tor
lture. He said he wanted no traitors
laround. Therefore. all the suspected
were given a dose of the water cure.
which proved effectual in bringing to
light the guilty. These were locked VI
in prison. The prime-mover in the az
fair was discovered to be the presi-
dente OF the Pueblo San Esteban Aus
tria."
There is much remaining but one or
two other witnesses will suffice. W.
II. Clark. a returned soldier of the
Eighteenth United States infantry give.
a fair picture Of the truth: The water
lcure has been administered to thou
sands of natives in the Philippines-at
least in Panay We did not dc
lit in the spirit Of ~malevolence
but the water cure is the quickest rem
Iedy for non-communicativeness and
mendacity which has yet been discover
ed in the Philippines. 1t is probably a
relic OF the Spanish inquisition."
Once more. The correspondent of the
New York Herald, Mr.. Stephen Bonsal
who has returned from Manila, throws
light also on this distressing, disgust
ling, outrageous, brutal business. He
writes on 10th inst to the Boston Tran
script, republican.
During my stay IN Samar the only
prisoners that were made SO far as |
know were taken by Walters command,
land l heard this act criticised by the
higher officers as a mistake which they
believed he would not repeat when he
became better acquainted with the con-
EDITIONS in Samar. If on their
march Waller and his men shot n ma
Itives they met, their action would be
fully covered by the general orders Of
General smith,
But more than enough. 1t is a black,
damning chapter of horrors n butch
Ieries. Conducting war like civilized
people, do you say? 1t is war unworthy
Iof any people but savages.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-25
WHAT'S IN A NAME?

Depends upon the name.
SCOTS Emulsion is a name
that has value. Maybe it
doesn't mean much to you
but to the consumptive who
has been strengthened and fat
tened, to the sickly children
who have received good health.
to the weak mothers ans
babies who have grown strong
to these SCOTS Emulsion
means something.
To all of them it has meant
an easy and natural return to
health.
we1lsend you a litie to Try, you IKE.
SCOTT $ EewNH go Pearl ssreos, New York,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-25
His Life Was Saved.

Mr.. J. F. Lilly, a prominent citizen
Of Hannibal, No., lately had a wonder
full deliverance from a frightful death.
In telling of it he says: Il was taken
with Typhoid Fever. that ran into
Pneumonia. My lungs became harden
ed. 1 vas so weak I couldn't even sit
up in bed. Nothing helped me. 1 ex-
pected to soon die of Consumption,
when I heard Of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery. One bottle gave great relief.
1 continued to use it, and now am we'll
and strong. I can't say too much in its
praise" This marvellous medicine is
the surest and quickets cure in the
world for all Throat and Lung Trouble.
Regular sizes SO cents { I'd $1.0o. Trial
bottles free at r.. r. I ,llamy's drug
store: every bottle guar nteed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-25
TIMELY

Ten thousand students in St. Peters
burg fight police and cavalry while
they were attacked with sabres and
Cossack whips while forming for
parade. The students had placarded the
city Saturday night with calls for a
grievance meeting. so the whole police
reserve was called out and the entire
military force was held ready.
y + r
Havana's cleanup is very emark-
able. In 1S9Sthere were 21,252 deaths in
Havana: in 1899, the first year of Amer
lean government. there were s.153: in
1900 there were 6.1O2; in 1sO1there were
$40. The average death rate for the
previous 81 years had been 41.55: the
death rate for 1901 was 22.11.
+ i i
The life-savers deserve great reward
of the government. Twelve lives were
lost in a struggle to save lives off Cape
Cod. Mass. Only one of thirteen es-
capped.
Better country schools is the cry now
all around the south. Maryland is
moving.
>. !. +
In 1900 there were 33, OBS saw mills in
the United States, 1892 proprietors-
wages paid s1O4, $40, 391. Value of pro-
ducts s566, S32,O79. North Car had
$13,3S5,079 capital and s14, S62, 593 value
of products.
.. =. r
There is now no war in the Philip
pines quoth the president. But there
is an army of 10000 all the same. and
more asked for. Peace out there is as
expensive as war
- !. +
The Inauguration day should be
changed. 1t was foolish to put it at
the start on the 4th Of March.
n = =
Russia and France are pledged to
maintain the open door in China. The
principle of the Anglo-Japanese alli-
ance is declared satisfactory. They will
defend their interests il interfered
with.
\ =: =
The New York Evening Post. ind.
says, and it is true and lust:
Whatever the result Of tine republi-
can caucus in Washington tonight, the
party will not be able to free itself
from immense discredit for its course
in this business. 1t has shuffied and
shilly-shalIied, where it should have
been prompt and direct
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-25
40 H1EnI TO USlIness.

The woman who Is lovely in ace,
form and temper will always lave
friends. but one who would be atrac-
tive must keep her health. If she Is
weak. sickly and all run down, she will
be nervous and irritable. If she has
constipation or kidney trouble, her i'm
pure blood will cause pimples, blotches.
skin eruptions and a wretched COM
plexion. Electric Bitters Is the best
medicine in the world to regulate stom-
ach, liver and kidneys and to purify
the blood. 1t gives strong nerves
bright eyes. smooth, velvety skin, rich
complexion. 1t will make a cookbook
ing charming woman of a rundown
invalid. Only so cents at r. r. Bella
my's drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-25

Another Engine Built by Then And
Orders for Four More
Lena Simmons, the Female Negro
burglar, Captured-Mrs. r. n. Sir
mons Restored to Health.
Correspondence of The Messenger.)
THE ESTERBROOK STEEL PEI u
26 John St.. New York.

Correspondence of The Messenger)
Goldsboro. N. c., March 20.
Chief Of Police Freeman returned this
morning from Kinston with Lena Sim
mons. the negro girl who broke into the
store Of M f. Caster & Co, one Sun
day morning not long ago while people
were going along the street to church.
The police in nearby towns had been
notified that Lena had disappeared
from this city. and last night a telegram
was received from the chief OF police al
arrested.
1t will be remembered that the chief
saw the girl when she emerged from the
alley just after she had broken into the
store. He made some inquiries and be-
fore he could have her arrested she
skipped. A large part OF the stolen
goods were recovered at the time. She
took the shoes and some other articles
with her when she ran away.
Dewey Bros have just completed an
other locomotive at their machine shops
IN this city. When a reporter called at
their yards this morning the machinis.s
were just regulating the safety valve
aiio IrSliIS kue IhdGnlEt Win lLU pOunQE
OF steam. Everything worked as accu-
rately as a watch and the locomotive
Will be put on q fiat car tomorrow and
shipped to White Oak. a station between
New Bern and Jacksonville, for a
lumber company located at that point.
This firm makes a speciality OF building
tramway locomotives and theirs implicit
~ Of construction combined with their
c~heapness make them popular with
saw mill men. This reporter was in
formed that the firm had four orders
uhead for just such locomotives as the
one they will ship tomorrow. They
can turn out one about every thirty
ava.
Here. where she has friends and rel
atives. II Is learned with pleasure that
Mrs T. NJ Simmons. who has been
spending some time IN a sanitarium in
Pennsylvania. has been restored TO
health and that she IL now with her
hunsband. Senator Simmons. in wash
ington.
Mr.. Pau Hood. the popular superin-
teudent OF the Western Union Tele-
graph Company at Kinston. who has
been confined TO his home in this city
with a severe illness. is fast improving
n will soon be able to return to his
post Of duty.
Mrs. Annie Snow. of Durham. is visit
ing her brother. Mr.. j. 3. Exum at
Saulston-
Mr.. A WE'LL. OF the Atlantic Coast
Line at Wilmington, was In the city
today on business.
Mr.. s. L Dill, the superintendent ~
the Atlantic n North Carolina rail
road. was here today on business.
Mrs John Brown. OF Raleigh. Is here
visiting Mrs. J. w. Stanley.
II Is not thought that h recent
freeze did much damage to the peach
crop. Mr.. J. w. Collins. a progressive
trucker n fruit grower. says that the
crop a rot been damaged over 8 Der
sent. 20 far. -
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-25
CLEANING AND COMMENT.

| n of the rascally outrageS o
THE manufacturing of shoddy goods and
|concealing their quality. 1t amounts
Ito a crime against millions of ~toilers.
Most people-those not concerned in
the deception and fraud-will agree
with those papers that denounce the
rascally business and would punish it
with all possible severely. The New
York Journal takes a proper view of
the shoddy business, and is in favor of
protecting the people. and so is The
Messenger in favor of it. The Journal
says:
Men who make shoddy and sell it in
the form Of clothing under the pretense
that it is wooden cloth cheat the pur-
Ichasers just as counterfeiterS do when
they pass bad money for good.
Morality of the shoddy business is
mot above that of any other kind of
crooks who live by defrauding the
public.
Congressman G~rosvenor's bill &c
compel shoddy dealers to label their
wares as shoddy. in order that they
may be old for just what they are, is
lopCil " Nv Tx
X = -
The increase in the rates OF insurance
Is a disturbing factor. and in all sec
tions. The advance is heavy and even
Iexorbitant. The Philadelphia Record
has taken a hand in this new question
of rate increase and with its uSua,
lvigor. 1t mentions that last week the
I-.laru-r;+ar tcc0o;ot;an 90 chat prao
city resolved to reduce the percentage
of insurance brokers. to whose energy
land intelligence the corporations are
lchiefy indebted for their business
Possibly il may occur to the members
of this extensive and expensive comb.
nation of underwriters that a reduction
lof their salaries might prove a better
method Of economizing.
In regard to this latest advance IL
the rates of fire insurance the mer.
Ichants Of Philadelphia need not be re.
minded that there had been already ar
advance Of 100 to 800 per cent. upon tn,
rates enforced some five years ago"
We may mention that the cotton mil
lmen at Charlotte are moving for thei
own protection. They organize an in
dependent company and refuse the q
per cent raise upon them. 1t is stated
that the receipts by insurance compa.
MES in North Carolina for 1901. wer,
So. 00o, 900 more than they paid out.
= = =
Mark Hanna has become a grea,
speaker. Brutus is no orator but he
can talk. He is always ready to advo
lcate a w~rong-trusts for instance. Of
a subsidy steal. He spoke a day Of
two ago for the subsidy bill and mad.
his usual blunders and assertions. Sen
lator Clay. of Georgia. who is making
la reputation for marked n read.
liability. took the floor and LITERAL,
stripped of the false colors of tn,
ffeecer. The occasion was amusing
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-25
CLEANING AND COMMENT.

For some few years in the north
what is known as travelling libraries"
have been much in use. They have done
good il is said. The New York Literary
Digest says that a similar system of
circulating Libraries on wheels is Ia
he adopted and pushed in the south.
The plan has been started in GEORGIA
It is reported hat Mr.. Carnegie. the
enormously rich ~Scotchman, will help
II is farther said that the CO. opera
ton Of a great southern railway. the
Seaboard Air Line, is secured which
gives free transportation to the libra
ries over it's lines. extending through
Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro-
lima. Georgia. Florida and Alabama
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-25

and the old fraud stood uncovered be-
fore the senate. The Atlanta Journal
gives this account:
"One of the brash assertions OF the
Ohio senator was that the American
liners carry more farm products than
all the foreign-going ships combined.
This statement mad hardly fallen from
Senator Hanna's lips before Senator
Clay bounced upon IL and pounded the
life out OF IL. He read the Tnaniiests
Of a number Of the largest OF the Amer
lean liners n showed that they were
remarkably lacking in the kind OF
freight which Senator Hanna had just
declared that they carried in such i'm
mense quantities.
After asking Senator Hanna repeat
eddy TO explain why ne had
so far from the facts. the only reply he
could elicit was. L did not have time
"A more complete knockout has sell
dom been scored in the senate"
When 4 fellow of his type who in two
great elections prostituted the ballot
beyond recognition or precedence I'M
dertakes 10 teach by "explavication' in
the senate il is time for old fashioned
currying.
Things grow warmer in Britain. In
Parliament the Tory premier, Lord
Salisbury. is called to account for war.
and Investigations were demanded by
the liberals in both houses Of Parlia-
ment The proceedings OIL the 18th
stated that Earl Spencer's demand for
detailed information regarding martial
law, courts-martial and executions in
Cape Colony. Lord Coleridge declared
that martial law is imposed over a vast
area of South Africa where not a shot
has beer fired and where there is no
resistance to government authority. In
the house a resolution of inquiry vas
moved. Sir Henry Campbell-Banner-
man. the mover. said that in sc doing
he was only fulfilling a moral duty and
echoing a sentiment deeply felt
throughout the country. War secretary
Brodrick replied hat the government
does not fear an Investigations; that in
operations OF such magnitude there
must have been mistakes and shortcom-
ings. and the wal office will demand
an investigation at the proper time,
but British operations in all parts of the
world would be paralyZed if an inquiry
were forced now.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-25
Sead 10 cents Ior u assored pe.s.

Mrs. Eugene b. Heard. who is organ
lizing the movement from Middleton.
iGa.s writes to the editor Of The Literary
Digest
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-25
Volcanic Eruptions

Are grand. but Skin Eruptions rob
life Of 10y. Bu.klen's Arnica Salve,
cures them; also Old, Running and Fee
-er Sores, Ulcers, Boils, Felons Corns,
Warts, Cuts. Bruises, Burns Scalds.
Chapped Hands, Childblatns. Best
Pile cure on earth. Drives out Pains
and Aches. Only 25 cts. a box. Cure
guaranteed. Sold by R. r Bellamy.
druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-25

Mrs. Eugene B.. Heard. who is organ
lizing the movement from Middleton.
jGa.s writes to the editor of The Literary
digest:
These libraries are intended princi-
pally for the small towns and stations,
and we have recently added a number
IOf school libraries composed OF juvenile
hooks for the rural schools that make
the required effort necessary to secure
them by the improvement of their
lschool houses and grounds. This Ii
Ibrary system proves to be one of the
most effective and powerful education
lal agencies"
1t is important that these libraries
are well selected by Competent, cult
waited people. A travelling library Of
bad stuff,'of trash. would be more
harmful than blessed.
- :. +
1t looks as il the Boer war might end
one Of these days. That will not mean
that Britain shall not keep an army Of
loo, 900 in South Africa for all the years
to come. If Uncle Sam does not settle
honorably n humanely and justly
the war against the Filipinos a strong
army Of from 10000 to CO. 900 must be
kept there from decade to decade. The
democrats in the house Of representa-
tives held a caucus and adopted a Wig
orous policy in relation to the cruel war
upon the handful of Beers by 800. 900
British in arms. The caucus moved TO
force the congress to act, and would
authorize the president to urge Great
BRITAIN 70 arhityofo Tho rnnY,hliDanc
true to their policy. will oppose to the
utmost this effort. Why? They are wag-
ing a war every way as reorehensible
= = !.
1t is doubtful II the plan for demo-
lcratic fillibusterinR in the house Is
good policy. At present they hold the
Icards. The republicans will injure
themselves II they renew the sectional
war and arouse the southern whites
Ito active retaliation. The republicans
can mak nothing for their success out
Iof this prying into the south and arous-
ling race hostility and sectional antag-
lonism afresh. There are four northern
states with educational tests. In north
fern states, as The Messenger has
shown, h white vote in congressional
districts and state elections is often
very small The New York Evening
Post. Independent, says:
The truth Is tina the total vote cas-.
for a representative in congress is often
times as small in a district Of a STATE
like Georgia, where the blacks are free
Ito vote. as in a district OF a state like
mississippi, which has adopted a con-
%Istitution designed largely to disfran-
Ichise them. 1t would be a hopeless
task in any state to determine how
Imany men are kept from casting bal
lots by constitutional requiremtns. and
how many by i~ndisposition to take any
trouble in the matter. There are plenty
Iof southern districts where three
Ifourths Of the whites do not go to the
lpolls. but Ms is not because they are
ldisfranchised-only because they feel
mo interest In an utterly one-sided eon-
test"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-03-25
A Powder Mil Explosion

Removes everything in sight; SO do
drastic mineral pills, but both are
mighty dangerous. Tont dynamite the
delicate machinery of your body with
calomel. croton oil or aloes pills. when
DR.. Kings New Life Pills. which are
gentle as a summer breeze, do the work
perfectly. Cures Heada che, Constipa-
ton. Only 25c at r. r. Bellamy's drug
store
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-11
Arizona News
Views and Gossip.

His victim was a young man by the
name OF Collins, and among the ar
ticles stolen were some blankets and
clothing. Collins did not know which
way the thief had gone and did not
know. in fact, who he was. Inc theft
was committed some time ago and
Collins had gwen up his property as
lost. Collins was not permanently To-
Gated at Skull Valley and when he
left there he set ol, In search Oh en-
ployment. He came down to the Salt
River Valley and going on down into
Aqua Fria country. he arrived at the
l.eitch ranch. That night ne was given
room with a Mexican who was en-
Moved at the ranch and he recognized
| blankets and clothing belonging to
the Mexican as property that had been
stolen from him. He did not make
| known his discovery at the time. but
he came to Phoenix and reported 1t at
the sherifr's office. Deputy Sheriff Glib
son went after the Mexican and af-
ter an extremely hard drive came
back with him and his plunder. The
news of the capture was wired to
Prescott and a reply was received that
deputy sheriff of iavapai county was
on his way to Phoenix with an insane
man and would take charge OF the
Mexican. Phoenix Republican.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-11
Fhe Chances In Policy.

The retired poke" shopkeeper was
explaining to his interested bearers
some OF the mysteries OF his former
business.
The chances OF winning at the pol
icy game" he said. are about like this;
You take a busheI basket aud ill II
with small white beans. Then you
put one small black bean into the bas-
ket and shake the lot up. After that
go to some 'skyscraper building. say
one about 20 stories high. and place a
penny on the sidewalk In front OF It.
This done, shoulder your bushel OF
beans and take the elevator TO the roof
OF the building. Then lean over tue
edge OF the roof and, aiming at the
cent on the sidewalk below. dump out
the beans In the basket all together.
Then hurry down on the elevator and
rush out to the sidewalk, II you tind
that the black bean has taleu upoD the
tenny. you WIN New York Iime1.