Landmark, The (Newspaper) - August 16, 1898, Statesville, North Carolina THE SEMI-WEEKLY AUGUST 16. 1898. THE LANDMARK PUBLISHED AKP I AND B. It. AUGUST The war officially ended Friday afternoon by the signing of the means in short a pre- liminary agreement or basis for a treaty of The provisions of the protocol are set forth in the news columns of this paper and it is essary to repeat As soon as it was signed the President issued a proclamation suspending hostilities nd the news has already been re- by all commanders with the exception of Dewey and Merritt in the to be appointed within 10 trill ar- range for the evacuation of Cuba and Porto Rico and for the American government to be set up in these The peace which is to be and which will meet in Paris not later than October 1st, will arrange the details as to these matters and also arrange as to the future of the which will be the bone of It intimated that a portion of the teer army may be disbanded pretty and this may mean that our North Carolina soldiers may come home within a or they may be retained and senf to Cuba for gar rison A correspondent of writing from Wilkes stated tbat thero were fever at North Ve are glad to learn from tho nd to to tho hat thero are only cases of fever in North Wilkesboro remarkably small y the At this when typhoid fevor is almost throughout tho entire ry. seven cases can be found in any community of any The Hustler complains of these reports about fever in ts We can sympathize with t. We recently had some smallpox n Statesville aud recall how tbe reports were notwithstanding the facts about the were given to tae public without The outlook for Congressman ney in the eighth district is rather dark if reports which come down from are to be and unless Mr. Linney and his friends can whip the insurgents the Re- publicans who have bolted nomination are into line be- fore November the gentleman Aleck stands a mighty good chance to stay at home and practice But you can seldom depend on a Republican to last and we shall not be surprised to see thing lovely in the Republican ranks in before another mouth rolls The convention called by the to candidate iu opposition to him wil meet at Wilkesboro on the 24th. It is said that Dr. of will bo and thai if by any hook or crook no candidate is nominated a Republican iu tho district of will run Tho news comes via Raleigh that wen to Boono court last week for tho purpose of opening his campaign bu was so discouraged by tho opposition to him that he did not If this is truo the caso must be getting des Four years ago Jo. pos ing as a ran for solicitor in the tenth district against the Democratic and was He was supported by the Populists and This year ho has been cast aside and the Republicans have nominated liar of who will have the support of nearly all tin Now that has been deserted by his supporters he wants the to support him and the fusion Demo crats of the being willing to tako the leavings of the and aro urging tha this course bo They be right but we doubt it. It's of THE LANDMARKS business but hope the Democrats of the will uame a candidate of their ouu and support A dispatch from Washington buys a row boat on the Potomac river win upset Sunday tho frolic o two of its and threi young meu wore It i supposed thai the two passenger who locked the boat anc there bo some nort of tion iu knowing that they wor among number It is rather cold say but to a of satisfaction when through bravado and the lives of innocent an no ro for this reason tho dispatch was uot more However 14 to th two who tho bout brought on their own although they earn ed another The Democratic convention nominate a candidate for in eighth district meets HI boro We hope tho strong cut and most available man will b We have no idea who th man but we an abiding fait that the Democrats of the in thoir name the ngli If tho present condition c Republican politics in the eight district as we hope it will the a capital oppor to win if eternise wisdom ID the selection of a And so the Republicans iu this dis- rict had to give the Populists one of he They boasted that hey wouldn't do it but they have They stood oft the n and but they had to knock under in for Cuba and Forto The The War Department was busy all day with matters pertaining to the cessation of Secretary Alger consulted the President for some but when he returned said the military commissioners for juba and Porto Rico would not bo Thero was no need ot ho as by the eruis of the protocol 10 days were owed for the selection of the com- There has been some lation as to who will be and nearly all of the more officers of the army have both volunteers and It seems to be generally conceded that General Lee will be one of the commissioners for n account of his knowledge of the conditions of tho General Brooke and General Henry are men as probable commissioners for The subject of mustering out a part of the volunteer has been con- and it is probable that the force will be reduced to This mustering out will not be- jin at Garrisons of both ar and volunteer soldiers will remain n Porto Rico the Manila and Porto Rico will ae governed through tho military irm at and probably the which the United States ei erts in Cuba by the same It is the understanding of iho De- that the Spanish soldiers in places over which the United States authority will bo tually prisoners of war and under the orders of tho United States in Tho War Department is now exercising every effort in the di- of tho care of tho sick anc wounded soldiers and is pushing for- waid tho plans to make the troops more r Juliu 11. Sn Our Noble tho liance of North concluded its annual session at Hillsboro afternoon after Tho Alliance as an organization condemned tho appointment of John R. Smith as Commissioner of turo and demanded hiH The Governor was also given en- in resolution for his This is an annual feature of tho work of tho Tho following are the resolutions demanding John R. Smith's tion and the Tho Agricultural De- of North Carolina is an in- established for the sole pose of aiding and assisting the ers of the State in the of their and the present er of Agriculture occupies the tion under circumstances not able to himself nor to tho great body of farmers in tho State therefore That the North Carolina State Alliance earnestly protest against his selection for the and respectfully request the directors ot tho Agricultural ment to place m said position a more suitable man as tho head of onr de- at tho earliest possible la connection with tho that the North Alliance their thanks to His Excellency Governor Russoll fo his efforts to further our lu obtaining dumper railroad charges for freight mid passengers for the people ot the State and that we hero by express 0111 confidence m Mi in- mid earnest desire to save the ot the State useless ex That the furnish a copy of these resolutions to tho Board of Agriculture and to Ills Governor A note has bren ed in Madrid stilting that the ish army has not been d and will return homo with all their arms ami war As to tho Cuban the United refuses to and Spain wil try to arrange the Cuban ury to pay it when tho island is Tho it is set wishes in retain of the Efforts aro being madn to allay the excitement in Spain cans by tho belief that the surrender Mas been too Some time a littlo bottle of Cholera and Remedy fell into my just at a timo when my boy was terribly His were beyond Wo had tried many to no but the little of Cholera and Remedy speedily cured F. THE TDK 4UE9TION. Md Porto Will Bo The President believes tbat the most serious problem which the peace commission will bo called upon to deal with is the Before commission assembles it is hoped the affairs of Cuba mud Porto will be found in such process of adjustment as to leave little for the commission to consider under tbat The absolute iy Spain of all sovereignty over the elands in the West Indies will allow only the property questions to be settled between the tbat what Spain shall takeaway and what shall remain as captures of and the protection of Spanish subjects and other property in the Tbe greater question off out of tbe war as relating to Cuba and Porto Rico will have to be dealt with by the United States The fact that the Philippines will present the difficult problem in the peace negotiations has caused the ad turn to give it a great deal of Several suggestions lave been made as to what shall be one being the retention of the city and harbor of just what the protocol gives Another is that Bay and a amount of territory for a naval and coaling station be secured aud the building np of an American city at that place Still an- idea which is being considered is the retention of tbe Island of the advocates of that plan be- lieving that there would be trouble between the governments which a portion of the island with a line of demarcation such as wonld exist in case Manila and the bay only were The Island of Luzon is the largest of the group aud con tains about said to be tbe better class in the Philippines It is that the ad ministration and commission will be greatly influenced by the reports which Admiral Dewey and General Merritt make on the subject Their reports are expected before the commissioners The final determination as to the government of Porto Rico and the settlement of the government of ba are problems to be tbo impression prevails that these islands will become quite rapidly and every ment for them to do so will be Porto Rico will be under military control for tbe Cuba also will bo similarly but it is probable that American reforms in the matter of government will be such that tho people of Cuba will see the advantage becoming annexed to the United It is thought tho sanitary improvement of Havana aud other the management of tho municipalities and liberality of- the country people will bo of such a character as soon to convince the people that the changed tions are tor their Thero has been little doubt about soou settling tbo transfer of Porto and the reception which the troops have received iu that island is a justification for tho Porto Rico will be treated at once as au American No more troops will be sent to Gen ei al Merritt unless ho asks for It is believed at the War Department tho men now there are sufficient to garrison Manila and the ground which the United States For the present will All of the that wore with General tor in the Santiago campaign will be out of Cuba by Friday of this General Shatter will accompany them to Montauk There will remain at Santiago five regiments of to do garrison It is yet possible that a battery will be sent to Santiago to take the place of tho batteries which are to be ed. General Miles has about men m Porto They will be sufficient for the occupation of the island and perhaps more than are needed after the Spanish The remainder of tbe troops will re- main in the various camps to which they have been assigned for the pros though something must be done looking to wai da diminishing tbe number when it becomes apparent that they are no longer The government dispose of the transports that have been in use as fast as they can be released and are no longer required for All vessels of the navy tbat can be spared from service in the West Indies will bo ordered to ports in the States where tho men will be given brief The big battleships of the fleet will be put in dry dock as soon as undergo suah repairs as may bo Tho Republicans of the fifth judi cial district met in convention at ham Saturday and Adams and Solicitor Southern Express Company has asked authority of the Georgia commission to increase its ratios to reimburse It for the war tax paid on shipments between Georgia This tax amounts to 1 cent on The hearing has been sot for August 23. The Populist convention of the sixth judicial district met at Warsaw IHM week and nominated A. J. of for and M. C. of for Tho Republicans had already nominated of for judge and they expected tbe to endorse Mecklenburg Democratic tion mot Saturday and completed thti work of tho primaries by Frank I. Osborne for the J. E. Henderson for the House and Run son boon nominated in the and J. A. Russell for The Democratic convention of tho twelfth judicial district met at Jackson and nominated of for and W. of Hay tor A convention at the same tine and place Albert of lor AH TIM Thw Will WUI WKW ID Tint il lot Hun From run HOUM That lu tlic DUo Pwn a W of The 12. Troops keep coming in from Miami and are being quartered down on tbe St. The First tbe Forty-ninth Iowa and the Fourth Illinois have moved their quarters to drained and we have changed our streets and ditched them and fixed them up in better shape than I went out to the rifle pit last Tuesday and from the way our soldier boya lined up at the pie stand they seemed to like it. I that I am tally justified in warning all of our borne friends to prepare to serve us with We are not to be choice about what kind of pie is set before just so it's Some of like onr good have already set our souls on some and whili like good have our faces towards yet we indulge the hope that he will have exhausted bis running powers and have so that we may have a little more scope by the time we shall have reached Now this is not through any selfish motives bat just to give the younger are not so nate as to have a Sabbath school class on which to practice their Lieut. J. F. of the Shelby company has already had pie set before him register of deeds while Sergeant R. M. Justice has been asked to com pete for the same but a true soldier he prefers that his superior officer shall give that pie his undivided and won't touch it. the constitution is respected even among For quite awhile wo enjoyed such luxuries as and fresh ice cream and even little imported Florida but some of tne boys ate too much and they forbade venders selling in so that we are now enjoying a period of far as these things are But then there are other things that we greatly such as guarding the bike road up at the etc. One of tho boys says that what is commonly supposed to bo Spanish moss in tho swamp np there is nothing but hanging around like monkeys in a and that when they come at charge bayonets sleep in those parts is an unknown A boy from one of our neighbor companies was heard giving his views on live stock and dressed to a He says that he has had to eat so much beef of late that he favors making it a 00-years term in the pen to kill a and that he saw cattle between Pablo Beach and this place last Sunday that were so thiu that ho could throw one of them on a tent roof and stick to it like I have boon greatly might say tho different kind of drinks that one comes in contact with down and while most of them have a tendency to make ono poor rather than yet I find the most of them are very These drinks are varied as our I have developed a great weakness for limeade and two and three limes to the glass is none too strong for my I can't say that orange wine is any big but palmetto cordial made from the palmetto ry the dispensary palmetto which is m de is just my size and I like This native drink is sold just the as the late Wil Ham Newland once said in describing the of tbe and I found that this like the said was given to changing as the alchemist served me with an excellent glass of beer on the occasion of my last which I am sorry to ing to this pass are very This pass business is one system of that I must confess to not having given tbe proper amount of consideration before ing but I can now say from the vantage ground of experience that we know it now only too Owing to the peculiar elements of manity I can't well see how can it be other than as it but to the young student who stays sober seven days m tho must ever appear as an abridgement of the rights of a patriotic I have heard some talk of extending the guard line to tho non-com missioned officers and I hope that it will be not that I would be a having found out early in the game that a non- job is not one of I got me one which is more to my liking and tastes yet I do think that a should have something to repay him for his for his tle extra change don't begin to do it. I saw the siren and the boat lights and a number of other goods such burnt a anil other things that were stolen from tho Maria Teresa and were brought to town by the press dispatch boat They are now on ex- in the show Crosby Co. The United States district attorney laid to them on behalf of the United as the does not allow thieving after and some one may remember the Maria as il is a serious t walked into a kind ot Jonah some days ago that two enterprising coona had on exhibition down It was roofed and with fish with ot IB response to a voluminous amount ot inquiries 1 cli that it contained nearly ot eack teale being keld two it re- quired years te MM kll tt whM thM factor j to being a tome I think that thli cottage burn down be will itill be able to Bake a fortune by the exhibition of The coon sleeps in thli home and keeps neat and The house has given me a better under- of fish for candidly I never did any in owing to a of but this bu been relieved and I now MO that the architect of this fish story had a true fisherman's conception of I have a colored word for it tbat dat belly were 330 ov 60 ov oil and 70 ov and if amount of feed did not overtax his tummy and make him why then he ought to have in decency thrown np both nah and the though the preacher repeatedly said that war a None of our have left as yet for Forto and I fear that unless something turns up that we will get skunked yet so far a fight ia con- August flag is at mast this a. m. for Chase who to an operation for appendicitis last He was one of the most popular men in the Queen City Guards Chad wick's News reached camp this morning that peace has been concluded and a 17-year locust jumped into my wash pan this morning and committed cide out of sheer I at the turn things have for he had stands for his sent the body of the locust as proof of this and it is now on ex- at THE LANDMARK 10 Coi to In Havana and Joan ture or tne tbe Only tlon lor tbe Peace to Special to Baltimore The actual evacuation of the Span isb islands in the West Indies will not begin for thirty The tocol agrees tbat commissioners to arrange the terms of the evacuation shall be appointed by each ment within ten days and that they shall meet at San Porto and at Havana within thirty In the the Spanish forces retain possession of those two cities and the Spanish administration of affairs continue in But the blockade of Havana is to be lifted al the port will be thrown open to the commerce of the world and the supplies so needed in tbe city will be At tho expiration of thirty when the commissioners meet in Ha vana and San the occupation of both by American troops will be- am The terms of the tocol stipulate that the evacuation ol Cuba and Porto Rico shall be and the commissioners wil hardly be clothed with greater dis- cretionary power than is needed to arrange the necessary details of this Tho embarkation of tbe ish it is shall begin at once and shall be hurried forward as rapidly as conditions will permit Tho Spaniards will relinquish at tho expiration of thirty days and the representatives of the United States will assume There will doubtless be no conflict ol any nor will the Spaniards probably delay their departure be- yond the earliest moment that ship can be secured to transport them bask to It is probable that no attempt will be made to rush their departure There are a great many Spaniards under arms in and it may be a tion of several mouths before they can all be A number of them may wish to remain in and what may be done in their cases has not been These aro regarded as questions of detail which can easily be disposed of when the occasion It is definitely determined that Spain will agree to the propositions of the United States regarding tho future of the A naval station to be controlled absolutely by the United States is wanted and the interests of American com- it is demand tbat good government in the remainder of the islands be and every op allowed for commercial and physical Beyond this the United States has little reason to and the administration no It is hardly probable that the clamor of those who advocate holding the Philippines will cause the President to waver in his present It is only with regard to the pines that there are to be actual negotiations regarding the final peace treaty The general terms of the so far as Cuba aud Porto Rico are to be have been mined by the and are as binding now as they will ever the Philippine question and tho question of the future com- relations between the ed States and Spain are alone to to Quit Time was when the Populist lead era could enumerate their and offer them in bulk to the in exchange for a certain number ot bat that time has The Populist voter bas tired of being a chattel and getting nothing out of the to which he ii an suited except higher taxes and worse He is therefore going to do some voting year on bis own account instead of under in- and those who don't be- lieve now would do at all to mark tbe Dr. J. I. of in speaking ot Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea has almost become a ia this is toe belt edy in the world for dysentery and and M a wherever great worth aud become No J. F. sheriff aid tax or of Swain bM church of Gastonia U now by acetylene which a good A of tbe Elkin lays Adam wbo at 118 tried in Buncombe Criminal Court week for ing of ed of A company been incorporated to a railroad from town of Snow Greene to Beaufort a distance of GO through of Pitt and Rev. N. M. agent for tbe Craven Memorial Hall tbat enough been sub scribed to insure tbe of the which to be erected at Trinity and work will begin on it next The Democrat Jud. wbo sent to the penitentiary from for complicity in burning the property of W. L. has bean pardoned by Gov He was sentenced to ten years and had served about three Mr. Sam of Elm Wilson committed suicide on the fith by taking He was 26, quiet and of good The Wilson Times thai after taking the strychnine he his brother why he did but tbe brother will not divulge the A Salisbury special to the Char lotte Observer says a shooting affray occurred Friday afternoon at way's on the One negro shot an- other and then walked away Dr of Woodleaf who attended the wounded says his chances of recovery are Asbury of Yadkin sends the Darrie Timet a sample of sugar beets he is raising as an He from one half acre of these realize two of hog and cattle Mr Whitaker raised this year els of He used seei wheat which made 43 bushels to the The Citizen says on farm of W. E. in Bun combe a few days t partridge was found hovering anc mothering a young The chicken appeared to be two or three days was perfectly anc was as wild as a When the old partridge was hovering the and when the attempt was made to capture it she fought for i with all her MATTERS Yellow fever has appeared a La. The Pope of Rome in in poor health on account of his ad van cod it is believed that the end is Miss Aslang nurse of New was bitten by a mosquito at and dice from tho effects of tho The receipts from internal revenue for the past fiscal year amounted to an increase compared with the previous fiscal year of The war with Spain lasted 114days and it is estimated that it has cost the government so far of which has been actually paid out of the Rear Admiral A. commander of the Maro Island Navy died at Friday He was a native of North was tbe senior officer ol the having entered the service in 1850, Secretary of State Day will retire from the cabinet in a short He will resign because he is a poor man and is unable to live iu the style re- quired of a cabinet officer on his which is a It is said that Mr. our present to will be pointed and that on his retirement from the will be appointed United States judge of the sixth The Postoffice Department is ing from the people who desire to obtain appointments as postmasters in Porto Rico and other acquired No such can be in the of congressional i Meanwhile employes of the department will be detailed to this The Interior Depart meat is also receiving numerous in- in regard to public lands in the new but has no official to give on The most destructive cloudburst in the history of east Tennessee curred in Hawkins Saturday Just before while the few Inhabitants at Grassy on Beach were a heavy shook resembling that of an earthquake was followed by a terrible A heavy con- of of bunt on the sides of the narrow Seventeen penons were drown and a great amount of property are ed Mr. A. C. of who travels for Mannur Implement ot St. gives traveling men and tome good a Knight ot tbe he have the past three it a rale to keep myself supplied with Chamberlain's Cholera aid Diarrhoea and have found numerous occasions to test not only oa but on I can truly that I ia single have known it to I consider it ot beet remedies ean wiry and coald relate many where I have remedy to their I IB will Uk I. AM ike CUM M Ike to peace protocol between Spain and the was signed at the House at 4.23 m. Immediately following it Adjutant Seneral Corbin dispatched to of in Porto Rico and Philippines directing them to com- mit no further against Similar were also teat at to naval all by direction ot the important proceedings which led to the happy eolation of actual WM took place in tha cabinet room of the White in tbe presence of the Secretary the three Assistant Secretaries of Moore and tbe French M. first M. vate Secretary Captain Montgomery aud Major of tbe White Home The President and Secretary Day were waiting for tbe French dor when he reached the White at 7 after 4 and he was ushered at once into their Duplicate copies of tbe protocol bad been Tbe only preliminary formality was the reading and comparing of tbe two When this bad been done Ambassador Cambon signed both ot as the representative of and Secretary Day affixed his signature as the representative of the United Tbe President watched tbe with and at their conclusion he shook bauds with the congratulating him apon the important part he has taken in the work of One copy of the protocol the retained to be forwarded to the government at Tbe er was retained by Secretary The French ambassador was at the White House not more than half an When bo departed all sary steps to bring about a sion of hostilities had been Secretary accompanied by Adjutant General had ed at the White House while the pro tocol was being The first man to hurry from tho cabinet room was with the orders to stop Then the dor took his leave aud hastened back to the French embassy to cable to Spain that ihc protocol had been ex- and that trip United States had already complied with its terms tit directing a suspension of It Spain acted with equal promptness both the American and Spanish commanders in Hico and Cuba knew midnight that the war had been Rowan Democratic primaries were held Tho Salisbury San says the result shows that all the present except cotton weigher will bo nominated on first Overman and Julian will bo for the Oliver who recently moved from Richmond county to eigh to take u in tho nuo office has been nominated by the Republicans for solicitor of tho Raleigh Ed. Pou will beat was being barded by our naval forces when a cessation of hostilities was ordered The bombardment was ped as soon as news of peace Shipment of Boneless Breakfast Bacon And Beef For THE GASH GROCERY CO. 1898. We are of tbe Columbia Phono- graph and keep In records and all other to or Hew Vork a. cheap at home and Full line and flew up to Robert L. Moore and Sales aid in recn UK tor the blf her fit women hai occupied the VMT front aM waa MVM more attended It to not OBIT provided with a hUh trade Collect nl hM in all ol It. it Md era non EJ ae
