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' V . THE SEMI-WEEKLY MESSENGER, TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1898 AN AIR OF SUSPENSE PERVADES OFFICIAIj CIRCLES AT WASHINGTON The VeiaTlos on Her Way to the Capital. Denial Ihat She Carries the Court' Re port The Star aud Stripes Raised Orer the Amazonas Movements ot Warships and Troops The Court Still in Session. Spain's Military Strength IVar Preferred to Paying Indemnity. Washington, March 18. An air of Fuspense was noticeable in the navy department today, due to the approach of the time for the delivery" the re Trt of the court of inquiry. It Is not known just when the document will come to Washington. All that i3 known definitely is that the president T-.as suggested that the report bs m-a-- as soon as possible, and, in consequence, it is expected to reach this city in the course of tKvo or three days. The cabi- J net today talked over the matter and , .the time stated was the general opin- ion or tne memoers wnen uiey naa heard all that Secretary Long had to reiort on the subject. There is an lm Irexsiun that Lieutenant Commander !Marix will bring the document, though it 4s within Admiral Sicard's power to .-hoose any other officer. A cabinet of ficer expressed the belief that the re port will require careful consideration on the part of the president and his cabinet before being given to the pub lic, which would seem to postpone pub lication to some time about the middle of next week, although nothing is cer tain on that point. 'MOVEMENTS IN THE NAVY. The new naval policy embodied in the creation of another squadron to ren ulifiKcr-iil nt thf raMnpt imfp'tiner at , . length today and received unanimous I approval. In fact, some surprise was -x pressed at the delay on the part of the navy department in taking some such step to ensure 'the protection of more coast ports along the north At lantic, the gathering of a uselessly sur plus Meet at Key "West being regarded sas ?n the nature of putting all of our eggs in ne "basket.- The San Francisco reported her ar rival from Lisilxm at Gravesend today. Under his orders the commander will divide his cretw with the Amazonas and isa'il at the earliest1 possible moment for the United "States, convoying the new .ship, lieyond the Amazonas, her lister ship, 'the Abreuall, and the lay flower, no purchases of ships have been made by the navy department. A num iber of steamships owned in the United States are "being offered to the depart ment and it is probable that some of these will 1e purchased. Secretary long takes the view that, failing to secure t'he torpedo 'boat destroyers he wants, the best plan is for him to equip some of these speedy boats with tor pedo tulies and light "bait'terSes and im provise torpedo Ixj'ats. The navy de partment is convinced that the Spanish government has not acquired posses sion of the Varese, the Italian armored cruiser. It would not, however, be a matter of deep concern if the report were true. The department itself had the vessel in mind as a possible ac quisition, 'but abandoned t'he idea upon II earning that she could not !be made ready for service in leiss than three or four 'months, which practically put "her out of consideration as an emer gen ey purchase. The gunib'oat Newport reported her arrival 3y cable to the navy depart ment from Greytawn. She will 'bring 3aek to the United (States the 'Nica raguan canal commission and then wrill be attached at once to the North At lantic squadron. Some idea of the activity prevailing in naval circles is given by the state ment that the pay-roll of the construc tion department, only one of several department in tne "Mare island navy yard, for March will be $80,000. This great expenditure per month, it is said, wasnot equalled during the late war. T'he amount paid for the May flower was about $400,000. Iteciruiting is going on apace a,t all stations for the army and navy. The Marble-head is at Tampa. .The little Bancroft on her way across the ocean, reported by cable her arrival today at Ilorta, Fayal. She appears to be making about as good t5me as her larger consort, the Helena. The Pamoset arrived at Key West today, as did the Montgomery, while the De troit sailed from that port for Tortugas. The Machias has arrived at Boston, where she will 'have slight repairs made. No official notice of the stoppage of the Spanish torpedo 3oat flotilla at the Canary islands and thefir 'turning back from that pcVint h'as reached our gov ernment as yet, so that any assumption that the movements of that flotilla have influenced the navy department to withdraw the fleet at Key West is said to be purely without ivasis of fact. The navy department by no means has suspended its efforts to O'btain possession of desira'ble warsTvips atoroad and in no dSrection Is there visible any relaxation of the steadily pursued pur pose of the navy and war departments to provide for the defense of the coun try against hostile attack. TO RUSH BILLi TO INCREASE ARMY. Senator Hawley, of Connecticut, said today that it was the intention to get through congress as speedily as possible the three battalion military bill which was introduced a,'t the suggestion of the department in both houses yester day for strengthening the military arm of the service and providing for its in crease to 104,000 men if necessary. THE STATlS AND STRIPES OVER THE AMAZONAS. Vjraves-eim, .ii.iisiw.uu, wiarcn is. ine cruiser Amazonas, built by the Arm strongs for Brazil and purchased "by the United States, was formally trans ferred from the Brazilian flag to th stars and stripes shortly after 11 o'clock this m or n in sr. The ceremony was simple and dignified, and to the Bra zilian officers it was somewhat pa thetic. Uieu'tenant Commander Colwell, Unit ed States neval attachee, accompanied by Ensign Ttoiberts, Assistant Engineer McMorris and Consul General Osborne, arrived on 'board shortly tbefore 11 o'clock a. an. The chief officers of the coastguard and a number of customs officers, all in uniform, were received by " Commander Corres. Lieutenant Commander 'Colwell, saluting Com mander Corres, said: "Captain, have here a contract of sale of which you are to witness and whereby this ves sel is to e transferred to me, in be- nalf of the. United States." Commander Oorres replied thxmig-h an interpreter, saying: "In banding over the ship I desire to say that it la done with the sihcwe friendship of Brazil." Lieutenant Commander CM well, sa luting, replied: "In behalf of the United States, I thank you for the sen timent." In the centre of a circle of officers of "both nations, Lieu tenant Commander Colwell then faced the Brazilian flag flying from the cruiser's stern, and as the officers bared their heads, the flag: of Brazil was hauled down at 11:10 o'clock a. m., after which, facing about with their heads still uncovered. Old Glory was run up at the main. The United States cruiser San Fran cisco arrived here at 3:30 o'clock p. m. Passing the Amazonas, after saluting Tilbury fort, the band played "The Star Spangled Banner," with th crew standing at "attention." Commander Howell, who was re ceived by Lieutenant Commander Col well, the nnment the San Francisco reached her moorings, ordered, GOO tons of coal for the San Francisca and 300 tons for the Ajmazonas, which is coaling and is expected to complete that work on Monday, when she will go to Hole Haven to take oh board her ammunition, which is .waiting for her there. Thence the Amazonas- sails, presumably for Key West, the San Francisco going to New York. Com mander Nazro takes command of the 'Amazonas, and seven other officers of the Ran Francises will acompany him. Stokers and some seamen will be ship ped here. TROOPS ON THE MOVE. 'Atlanta, Ga., March 18. Battery I., First regiment of artillery, en route from Fortress Monroe to Mobile, passed through Atlanta this evening. ( - Jaskson, Miss., March 18. Battery B., Fourth artillery, passed thsough this city on a special train at 8:30 o'clock tonight, bound for New Orleans. The hattery was from Fort Riley, Kas. Savannah, Ga March 18. Battery i T?Arti.r.ce unrha tnnfiot a rxA u- ont - ' - - . j , . - - i at once to Tylbee island to iman the cruris on 't'hf heavv fortifications in pror-ss tnere. liatter v , or ngnx ariniery, irom Port Riley, Kansas, will arrive tomor row and go into camp near the city. PLACING TORPEDOES. Ia 0,vn!mn ,rp f tvrir rv1antT ing the harbor with submarine mines an torpedoes off Fort Pulaski at the mouth of Savannah river. Three in land steamer's owned and operated by W. T. Gibson were tendered the govern ment today for thisi purpose. The tender was made through inquiry from the war department. THE COURT STILL IN SESSION. Key West, Fla., March 18. The court of inquiry is diligently continuing its . sessions on board the "battleship Iowa, I and, judging from statements made by ' members, it is quite problamatical how many more days will pass before the public learns its conclusions. j By the courtesy of Rear Admiral Si- : card the correspondent of the Assocdat oj Tirra t., nahki tn Aona ! the rigor of the recent rule forbidding , ev5r- (uld t be conflrmied from any correspondents to go on lioard war- official source. At the navy depart shios and was the first civilian to inter- m't it was admitted that the Vesuv vie'w the members Of the court of in- ! was h?u.ndJr Washington, but nBnr ,i'n-e tihev sp.ppifpfl ifhemselves r was explained that she was coming on Wednesday on the Iowa. Captain Sampson received the correspondent on t Vic -nu--r inrp itih-o. cnl onlflirl jaVirrk 'Vie rwm- mands. In the admiral's cabin below ; was carrying the report of that were Captain! CHadwuck. Lieutenant ! dy. h'e 7. 1 Commander Potter, and Judge Advo- j Washington tonight bmt it was report cf i -r na k I ed at the navy-yard that she anchored since 10 o'clock this morning with the ship's writer actang as clerk. The court is still hard at work," said Captain Sampson. "I have just left my j conferees. It as utterly impossible to . say whwi- our report will be ready. If , surmised the date and you reported it, I am afraid something might occur that would defeat the expectation and only serve to disappoint the anxious public. When the report is ready, it will not be for us to make the anounce ment. Washington, I presume, will I i I do that." If a preliminary repor't has been sent to Washington, Captain Sampson ap parently knew nothing of It. TAiKING ON AIMUN'ITION. In the course of the afternoon while the court continued in session, without once coming out of the cabin, large titles of ammunition were taken quan'i on 'ooaru. u.ne same xmng xook piace irvn 'J'Vi a Mew "Vnrlr TllrvtVi Vshina s rv nnw V-kiii.f :f i. fisin rvTv1i iri m I f V-i Qmmitnliinn t Tn -Q T"i they have been at any time before. At 4 o'clock this afternoon the regu lar hour during previous sessions of the court for adjournment, Captain Chadwick and Lieutenant Potter en tered a gig and were rowed to the New York. Judge Advocate Marix is staying on board the Iowa. The court will resume its sessions tomorrow UNUSUAL PRECAUTIONS. TTnncMifll nrpeji u Hrmss a-rv rtlsse-eeerl on the New York and the Iowa, double harbor watches being enforced. Every craft that passes on its way into the harbor is submitted to the closest scr unity of search lights. 'Roth vessels are ready to pull out ait fifteen mm u.ies notice, anu special aixenuon is being given to the i'ns't ruction of the sailors in small arms and firing prac tice. Tomorrow the court will devote con siderable time to the preparations of diagrams showing parts of the Maine as found after the explosion. The United States cruiser Montgom ery arrived here this morning from Havana, and the -Detrtdt and Nashville sailed this morning for the Tortugas islands with provisions and ammuni tion for the fleet. From the Tortugas the Detroit will proceed to Port Tampa to load, ammunition. . The Morgan Line steamer Arkansas arrived here this morning from Ha vana with Senator Money and Con gressmen Amos J. Cummings and Al den Smith on board. The Montgomery is, with the excep tion of the torpedo boats, the only warship in harbor. The topedo boat FVsote arrived this afternoon from Charleston by way of Jacksonville. Madrid, March 18. The Imparcial today says: "The instructions sent to the torpedo flotilla to remain at the Canary islands are due to the govern ment's desire that the squadron should be escorted to Cuba by a cruiser and for no other reason." WEYLER DENIES THE LETTER. General "vTeyler denies the authentic- ity of the letter published In The New York Journal yesterday ,in which the former captain general of Cuba is al leged to have said? that the United States would have not dared to send a warship to Havana while he was in, command there, as "they knew the ter- rible punishment that awaited them," t adding that he had Havana harbor "well prepared from such an emer- j geney," having "rapidly finished the , work' that Martinez Campos carelessly . abandoned." . . . . i,...- OVER-WROUGHT SERVES OF W0JTEX. Extracts From Letters Received, by Mrs. Pinkham. " I am so nervous and wretched." 4I feel as if I should fly." How familiar these expressions are. Little things annoy-ycro and make you irritable. You can t sleep, you sister, Lydia at 0 Dear Mrs. Pinkham: Will you kindly allow me the pleasure of expressing my gratitude for the wonderful relief 1 have experierced by taking your Vege table Compound. I suffered for a long time with nervous prostration, back ache, headache, loss of appetite, a heavy bearing-down feeling, also burning pains in the groins. I could not sleep, was tired all the time, had no ambition. Life was a burden to me. The pains I suffered at times of menstruation were something dreadful. I thought, there was no cure for it. I saw your advertise- . 4 : 11 J 1 1 J - T mcuim mc paper, Bnu my uusuana aavi.seu urn 10 iry your meuicine. j. iook five bottles, and now I am well and A Million Women Have Been Benefited to Havana, March 18. Don Francisco de Los Santos Guzman, to whom Wey- ler's alleged letter was said to have een addressed, denies that he ever re- the newspaper reporter who is alleged to have given the letter to a JOrunal correspondent, denies all knowledge of it. New Orleans, March 18. The creKv of the filibuster Dauntless, seventeen in all, finding their occupation gone by the seizure of the 'boat j'oined the United f&aites navy today. THE VESUVIUS?" GOES TO WASH INGTON. Washington, March 18. The report that the Vesuvius had been silghted early in the day coming through, the Virginia capes headed for Washington, gave rise to the rumor that she was bringing the report of the naval board of inquiry to Wasliington. This how J it was denied that she had on board ! any member of the naval board or that IT'" v, .mof -h,r hv, tv,r w-v-ri XV.: -T. "T ' uT"; t Triton brought any one from ... vxailvllll, wfl.inrtn. -r ' k a. .r, " . . m w ' i iu aisruroea, ana ssis-ian-i ecreiary or f-e """"s . 1"c theatre, stopping for a few minutes only at the White 'house, where he had a talk with the president in the pres ence of tne ot'her members of the fam ily. THE SPANISH FIX)TILLA. The navy department ;h'as the follow ing list of the (Spanish torpedo flotilla now halted at the Canary islands: Tor pedo boat destroyers Terror, Furor and j Piuton, each of 380 tons and a speed of j twenty-eight knots. Torpedo boats j Azon, 127 tons. 25 knots: Ragor. 120 'r.-nc. Imc mo i n- i I " J . -. : 1 ,1 .1 . ,3 : i OA . ! cn i x and Cuidad de Cadiz, 120 tons, 22 knots. "WHAT SENATOR GAJLLI1NGER SAW IN CUBA. Senator Galiinger was at the capitol today for the first time since his re turn irom Cuba. When requested to make a statement as to his observa xions on xne condition or affairs on that island, he responded: "You can sign my name to any picture you may draw Of utter wretchedness, destitu tion and hellishness in that country. The condition of affairs, so far as I had opportunity to observe it and I was only in Havana and Matanzas, is sim ply Indescribable. Wdth reference to s the military aspect of- affairs in Cuba, - j I saw nothing which impressed me with me mtrct viiai wpain icnows mucn aDout modern warfare. The soldiers I saw are not drilled as our sordiers are. Indeed, they lack every 'element of soldiery bearing, whatever may be said of their merits as fighxers. The drills that I witnessed were a travesty on modern ideas. "While they were under going their evolutions the soldiers were talking to each other and smoking as freely and unconcernedly . as- they would do in their mess rooms. 'Natural ly there was much talk about the Maine disaster, and so far as I oouid ascertain from my conversation with Americans and with those not entirely under the influence of the Spaniards, the opinion was "universal that the Maine had been destroyed by an ex ternal agency, and almost every per son with whom I discussed the subject In Cuba expects that the findings of the American court of inquiry will substantiate this view." "Havana, March 18.--Circular3 have t j .been sent to the alcades of about 200 towns in Cuba, notifying- them of the new methods of relief, ami also setting forth that corn meal amounting to one pound per day per capita wrald be the first supply sent. GRAVES OF THE VICTIMS DECO RATED. Visitors to the Colon cemetery- find ; the graves of the dead of the Maine decorated with many flowers, while from the central place of sepulture waves a long streamer of red and yel low, with an inscription showing that the decoration and flowers were placed there by the sailors of the Austrian iwarship iDonau, "Tn memory of our un "fortunate fellow sailors of the United States ship Maine." One Spanish and four American divers have been working on the wreck today. Thds afternoon two bodies were re- are unable to lift ordinary burdens, and are subject to dizziness. That bearing--down sensation helps to make you feel miserable. You have backache and pains low down in the side, pain in top of head, later oh at base of the brain. Such a condition points unerringly to serious uterine trouble. If you had written to Mrs. Pinkham when you first experienced impaired vitality, you would have been soared these hours of awful suffering. Happiness will be gone out of your life forever, my unless you act promptly. Procure E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound once, and begin its use, then write to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass., i there is anything about your case you do not understand. . You need not be afraid to tell her the things you could not explain to the doc tor, your letter is seen only by women and is absolutely confidential. Mrs. Pinkham's vast experience with such troubles enables her to tell you just what is best for you, and she will charge you nothing for her advice. Mrs. Jexxie Bierly, Youngdale, Pa., writes : 1 A. A 1 T l 1 happy. Your medicine saved mv life." v Mrs. Pinkham's Advice and Medicine fied as yet. One is the bady of a man apparently about forty, of medium heignt with !his right forearm tattooed in a design of two hearts over lapping and pierced by two daggers, with a red tinged clover leaf above the hearts. SPAIN'S MILITARY STRENGTH. Washington iMarch 18. Seventy itJhousand men is the number of Span dsh 'soldiers who have been killed wounded and otherwise in capacitated for duty during the present war in Cuba. These figures have been re ceived in this city recently from re liable sources and are said to be as jiearly authentic -'as it is impossible to obtain them without recourse to the records kept by the Spanish govern ment. From the same source consid erable other 'information bearing on the -military strength of Spain and !her dependencies is obtained. The present force of Spain in Cuba is as follows: 'Regulars, 135,000 Of this number it ds estimated that 80,000 of them are effec tive for military purposes. There are about 30,000 members in what lis known as the volunteer army. These are mostly in the province of Havana and are largely In the nature of borne guards, corresponding to our state mi litia, inhere are 55,000 men wbo are not effeestiiye for military duty from var ious causes. The strength of t!he Span ish army at home and includng "her nearby possessions is 100,000 men which in times of demand for addi tional soldiers may be increased as fol lows: Firse reserve 50,000; second re serve 160,000 men, all of whom are in structed in military tactics, and a second reserve which is not instructed of 300,000 men, makling in all a grand to tal of 610,000 men. 'Since these figures were received 'here recent drafts of 15, 000 men to strengthen the army in Cuba leaves only 85,000 men of Spain's regu j lar army now in the peninsula, the ' Balearic islands, the Spanish posessions in North Africa and the Canary is lands. In the Phillipine islands she has an army of 32,000 men which in cludes about 15,000 native troops, 'Several regiments Of t'he latter were disbanded during the time or war. It i said tbat thev ari nf littlA tn th ' Spanish -government. In Porto Rico ' there are 5,000 Spanish troops which, in the event of hostilities could be sup plemented by 4,000 volunteers. WAR MATHER THAN PAY INDEM NITY. Vienna, March 18. The Neue Freie Presse publishes an interview wdth a Spanish statesman, evidently the Mar quis de Hoy os ,the (Spanish ambassa dor, who is represented as saying: 'Spain would rather have war with the United States than pay compesa- j tion for the Maine, for by the latter course she would forfeit her honor through admission of guilt, which would erase her name from the iist of civilized nations. ,rit could not be England's interests to see the Spaniards expelled from Cuba, as there might arise at Wash- J inn ' n,A an inclination to declare Cana- deiendence. "IF DURING A WAR THE UNITED STATES SHOULD INCITE THE PHILIPPINES TO REVOLT SPAIN COULD REVENGE HERSELF BY RAISING REVOLTS TS THE AMER ICAN SOUTHERN STATES." Madrid, March 18. It is asserted that the eetral an;d western provinces hav ing been pacified, General Blanco i3 about starting on extensive operations, with eighty battalions and large vol unteer forces to destroy, the insurgent power dn eastern Cuba. General Blan co will direct his effort's especially to demolish -what fts described as "the more or less embryonic organizations which enableu the rebels to maintain the appearance of a government." The government is exceedingly hopeful of early results from General Blanco's plan of !arge operations in the east of the island. It is understood that the rep-rrt of the Spanish naval court upon the Maine "disaster will be delayed until the American report is published. Serror Sagasta. the premier, says the Journey of the torpedo squadron now at the Canaries to Havana has ret b-en inde;finiteiy postponed. The tone of the press is more hopeful, but financial circles are still uneasv. "Why? Why is the average doctor seldom in clined to leave well enough alone? Why is the editor whoe njoys good health always in a critical condition? Why do they say streams run dry when everybody knows they run wet when they do run? Why isn't the sound in a man's head when his wife hits him with a broom stick a sort of marriage ring? Why is it a man can't walk slow j enough for a streetcar to catch him or fast enough to catck a street car? HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES The Pott office A pprr ration BUI Pad. fuomuf ol Fight A! ait the Soathcra MlSafcltlr Free Entry of War Stif.- Washington, Olarch 12. The house today passed the postofflce appropria tion brll, which has been under con sideration since Wednesday. The main points of attack today were the appro priations of 5CO.000.000 for railway transportation of malls and $171,000 Tot special facilities between New York and New Orleans and $25,000 for special fa cilities from Kansas City to Newton. Kas. These items annually attract more or lesa a contest. This year the opposition seemed to be less in tent. 'All efforts to reduce the appro priation for railroad trans porta :5on signally failed and the vote on the southern mall subsidy was 77 to SS against striking out. By neat parlia mentary maneuvering the opponents of the subsidy were prevented frotn get ting a direct vote on a rmnloa to re commit with instructions. At the opening of the sesm of the house today 3Ir. Dingley. the floor lead er of rhe majority, offered the bill re ported from the ways and means com mittee, providing for the free entry Into this country of guns, ammunitfcm , and other naval supplies and war ma terial purchased abroad until January 1, 1S93. He explained that the commit tee had unanimously reported the bill. It was asked for by the siecre'taries of war and navy. The bill was passed without division. Mr. Henry, democrat, of SdisMissippi, claimed the floor on a question of per conal privilege and sent to the clerk's desk, for the purpose or having it read to the house, a quotation from an in terview with the Spanish ambassador at Vienna, contained in an Associated Press despatch. In which the ambassa dor said that if the United States, in the event of war, should incite the Phil ippines to revolt Spain could revenge herself by raising revolts in the Ameri can southern states. Before the reading of the Interview was concluded Mr. Dingley made the point that it did not constitute a ques tion of privilege. "It contains a reflection against a prtion of the people of the United States, which I desire to repel," said Mr. Henry. But the speaker held that he hal nt presented a question of privilege and he was taken off the floor. The paragraph of the postoffice ap propriation bill appropriating $171,238 for special mail facilities from New York and Washington to Atlanta and New Orleans precipitated the annual fight against this appropriation. 'Mr. Pearson, of North Carolina, sup ported the appropriation and when, Mr. Skinner attempted to interrupt htm, Mr. Pearson declined to yield, saying that he declined to yield to 'one who formerly supported the appipriation but who had changed his position with out any apparent reason. This angered Mr. Skinner and he be came so persistent in his 'efforts to interrupt Mr. Pearson that the chair man of the committee of the whole sev eral times compelled him to take his seat. At last IMr. Pearson yielded to his persistence and 'Mr. 'Skinner declare 1 that he had never supported this prop osition. He considered It robbery of the treasury. He said that the Atlan tic Ooast Line today furnished tthe same service it did When it receiived the subsidy. (Mr. Pearson expressed his regret if he had misstated his colleague's posi tion, but he said the general Impres sion was that Mr. iSkinner had former ly supported this appropriation. A few moments afterward Mr. Bar low, populist, of California, bitterly as sailed Mr. Simpson for supporting a subsidy. The house seemed to enjoy the scoring of the populist leader. After disposing of the bill, the hviie at 6 o'clock p. m. adjourned. Spain Gets Cold Comfort from Balance of Europe (Copyrighted by Associated Press.) Berlin, March 19. In spite of denials, the queen-regen't of Spain has repeat edly and strongly appealed to the em peror of Austria to exert his influence with the monarchs of Europe, particu larly Emperor William, to secure toleir efforts to restroe amicable relations be tween the United States' and Spain. The queen laid special stress on the necessity of maintaining the peace of Europe and securing an entrente of the European monarchs against repub lican, aggressive. America and on the affinity of her dynasty with the Haps burgs. It Is understood that Emperor Francis Joseph, while replying to the queen cautiously and conservatively, has actually written to Emperor Wil liam, endeavoring to elicit a reply pledging the latter to pronVise to ten der his good services in trying to main tain peace. More recently iSpaln ap proached Germany and Austria wfth the view of obtaining assurance that they, in the event of war, would assist Spain in some way or the other. The 'Spanish ambassador here had a conference on Wednesday last with the minislter for foreign affairs. Baron von Buelow, when the latter assured bJlm that while Germany earnestly desired the maintenance of peace, she certain ly would not pledge herself to any thing but the strictest neutrality. Spain is believed to have received the same answer from Vienntr and Paris. CadetTvahlnffton at Horn (Special to The Messenger.) Goldsboro, N. C, March 19. Naval Cadet Eugene Pope Washington, late of the United States battleship 'Maine, arrived at his home in thLs city today from Key West, to spend a short time with his parents, Colonel and Mra. J. A. Washington. Georgia Philosophy The runners in the political race say that these are times that try men's soles. War gives even the humblest citizen a chance to come to the front. It is said that war is needed to thin out the population. And yet, theru is nothing slow about the doctors. When the office seeks the man it has to use a searchlight to find him. If indemnity Is accepted for the Maine it should go to the sinking fund. The weather prophets are all at sea when they tackle the war cloud. Some military titles seem to run in the blood as fast as their original owners ran in the war. Atlanta Con stitution. I The words of a weak woman, often carry more weight than the muscles of a strong man. NORTH CAROLINA. Thre rM mine? aro now being work ed tn Granville coantr. Increased demand for the product of the &vllbury hopiery mills necessitates the employment of a night force. Representative Skinner la to introduce & bill to erect a life savin station at Oeracoko Inlet. Superintendent Kimball favor It. "Washinirtofi "Messenger: TtoWrt GIW. of Tar Creek. Hyde countr. "while under the Influence of liquor, walked o3 tho dock near D. R. Willis store this morn ing about 3 o'clock and was drowned. Glbbs was engaged in the fish business. Charlotte News: The tablet to be erect ed by the young people of Tyron Street Baptist church In memory of the late Dr. T. U. Prltchard will probably be put la pjace by the first of April. It Is to t p3acsl to the left of tbe pulpit as on enters the church. Greensboro Telegram: The irrowth of the Five Cents Savings hank in this city rnust necessarily be most gratifying to the management. At the close of busi ness yesterday the net deposits amounted to X3.73.S7. The business h:is teen more than doubled tn the past two years. A special to The Raleigh News and Oltserver ay that In Halifax county last Saturday Charles D. Mills took th hor.-e from the plow, put hhs $-yearld son urvm tta tt-k. arvr started for din ner. The horse ran away, throwing the child. The little boy's clothes caught In the hook of the tracts and he was drag ged to death. The horse ran to the houso with the bleeding remains. Morgan ton Farmer's Friend: That dead Indian doctor and the joor little Red Riding Hood that accompanied him In his wanderings un.ier Table Rock avo reached the yellow Journals, and thero Is no telling the mischief done thU coun ty In the minds of ignorant people, who devour the garbage dishM out duty by those miscalled newspapers. There w.i Just enough truth In thta!o to hne a lie that would etlek. Tucka-elge IVmoerat: V are sor ry to chronicle a very iiinful and erlou accident to Mrs. C. H. Aden, which oc curred at Mr. Aden's house a mile from this place. She went to move a ktt! of boiling water when a board In th floor upon which she was stndlng brk and she was precipitated ta the cellar below and tne whole of the boiling con tents of the kettle emptied over her body. Dr. J. H. Wolff regards her burns us quite iserioi. Murphy Scout: The first tare seed that the eyes of the reporter ever Ih--held was shown us last week by Mr. Jas. M. IVarnett. of our town, who sent all the way to Oregon for th"n. II sr-ent several years l:i that see'.ion. and tells us the farmers out there ue the tares for feed: that stock and cidlo will quiet eating shelled oat for it. tney are so fond of It. Mr. Birnett has turnd over the tare seed to Mr. Ab llarshaw. who will give it a thorough test. Tar is easily cultivated and the yield Is phenomenal. Greensboro Record: The final chapter of one of life's disappointing romance was brought to u clts- at the depot to day when J. W. jColllns came In on 35 with Mrs. Nannie It. Myers and delivered her to her 'husband, w ho had come down from Reldsville to meet them. Mr. Collins traced Mrs. Myers to Greenville and per suaded her to return to her home, and when last mentionsl Crumptoti, tho lady's paramour, 'had landed In a Char lotte Jail, while Collins and Mrs. Myers had got as far as Charlotte. wh-re they became stranded with only $1.12 ln-tween them. Mr. Myers had leen notliled to com to Greensboro from Reldsville this morning, and Joining h-r on the noon train they returned home together. Mr. John T. llritt. editor of The Oxford Public ledger, is in Washington as pri vate heeretary of Gongrmin KlU-hln. Writing to his paper this week. Mr. Hrltt says: "We hav larned, from a sourco which Is entitled to more credence that ordinary rumors, that Senator. Rutler intends to play what he thinks a very shrewd game on the democrats In tho nomination of officers this summer Briefly outlined his plan is this: He will call his 'convention at the same time and place on the democratic convention. Then he will make certain overtures for fusion, and along certain lines only. lf will prolk&bly offer fusion on congressional lines, the terms of which will be that th- populists retain three congressmen (Fow ler, Strowd and Shuford) ind allow tho democrats the other glx. Henay or may not offer fusion for mf-mlnTs of thv 1?SU lature or county oilicers. Suicide of m Sea Captain Jacksonville. Fla., March 19. Captain Mielson. of the Norwegian b.irk iirii- Iliant, now In port, committM HulcMe to day, by shooting himself In th hral. U'Arr.. ....... V,,,,,. t . l .1. posed cause. OATS. OATS. 1 CAR LOAD ttl'ST PROOF . . , AND . . . 1 Car Load Feed Oats. 120. 122 and 121 N. Water Street. mar16 free Silver n I Good luck Magnolia. 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