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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-22
THROUGH BROKEN WIRES
Chs Electric Current Continuous tn
the Cable Was Disconnectsa sn

sns Iiec'nc current continuous ThDu,h
the Cable Was Disconnected.
A remarkable example Of the poss,br,,.
Of telegraphy without wires has beer
Gently developed In the bay of San Fron
cisco. Messages are daily sent over a In.
broken In the middle and are accpro,o,''
received, though tho two severed ends are
many feet apart at the bottom of the h.,
The interesting feat is performed by con,
bination of telegraph and telephone no,h
DDS on the old government cable betwaa.
Angel island and Tiburon.
The cable was broken nearly four vo...
ago, and the line was abandoned ne me-
less, but Captain Allen of the TTri,o,
States signal corps lately devised a nov,
method of communication, and now a.,
wire Is In constant use. In order IN sors
messages 1t Is necessary to have telo'
graph operators board at one end ~ tn
line and telephone receiver at the Other
The operators board Is used In the reon,a.
way, and, though 1t Is quite impossib,a
that the broken ends of the cable are a.
contact, the click, click can be distinctly
heard In the telephone receiver The cahla
was probably broken by some ships drao.
ging anchor, and there Is little donbt tho.
the two ends are over go feet apart The
current takes direct line through the wa.
ter from one wire to the other, however
with unfailing accuracy The clicks ara
as plainly audible as though no break ex.
listed in the cable line. The success of tho
new method gives rise to speculations ne
to how great distance can be crossed in q
similar manner. If pulsations of electric.
ity will follow straight line through water
for 20 feet from one wire end to another.
why not through 40 feet or through much
greater spaceY
Experiments have shown that a confirm.
Gus current at the Angel island end of the
cable produces no effect at Tiburon and
vice versa. The current passes off the
broken end and is lost In the water 1t is
the sudden charging aud reduction pro.
duced by telegraphy that makes the use of
the old lines possible. The charging and
reduction of one wire produces an opposite
effect in the other.-Exchange.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-22
A Prison on Wheels For Roughs,

Sunday rows have grown SO frequent
at Lakeside park and Summit Lake
park, near Akron, o., that the authori.
ties have decided to equip street car
as travelling prison. The roughs who
take part in these fights know that the
officers at these resorts have no place to
put them If they should be arrested un.
til they can be taken into the city, and
many escape on this account. Accord
ingly a street car will be equipped as a
prison SO that prisoners can be kept in it
all day IL necessary. This car will also
be used in lieu of patrol wagon when
necessity requires.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-22
CHAPTER III.

| have told this incident in the ear
lier life Of Will Mallory because a good
deal depended on it. He staid at home
that day almost of course. The next
day his mother told him that it would
be better for him not to go to school,
but to be ready for errands to the mill
and elsewhere and to be on hand when
DIR. Morton came.
When Will went to school to bring
home his books, a business which has a
certain sacred aspect in large school,
the boys received the announcement
that he was TO stay at home for the rest
of the term with general disapproval,
but Will explained that as long as they
chose he would be captain of the foot
ball team and play with the nine, and,
though his half holidays and whole
holidays would not be as regular as
theirs, he hoped to cooperate still in
most of the enterprises they all had on
hand for the public good and their own
entertainment, and this promise he well
maintained.
So there began for the boy six happy
and eventual months. He was his IA.
theirs companion and friend. The arm
got well and was only little stiff, but
even after it was well enough for Mr..
Mallory to write Will did not go back
to school. His father had learned too
well what was the pleasure of having
such companion at his side. He took
Will with him on his rides up the valley
to see the lumbermen. He took him
with him when he went to caucuses and
to the town meeting. AS they rode to-
gether he explained to Will his plans
about the business.
AS for book learning, the boy father
made him take an hour in the morning
and an hour before tea for regular read
ing. Then there was something to read
at hand always when he was sitting in
the Office, and he was not permitted to
loaf or to waste time.
In his English training he had his
own types and his work as a printer
He seemed to have more leisure for
these than he had had before. It was
not really so, but he made his typeset-
ting "pay in" as he said, with his 9TH
er work.
1t was in setting his own type, in
reading his own proof and in printing
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-22
CHAPTER V

1t had always been dimly understood
that Will Mallory was to go to school
again when the spring term came.
"Ten weeks in spring." his father said.
"That is what had, and L do not want
you to get out of touch with the other
boys. You are no better than they are,
If you are no worse" he said fondly
and proudly-fondly, for he and Will
were like two brothers now.
So Will appeared at school one day
with those books which had been car
ried away after his fathers accident
The teacher hardly knew what to do.
He had to take Will. The constitution
of the United States provided for that.
But where to put him? He was an inch
or two taller than the boys he had been
classed with before, yet he had never
analysed" line of Milton and had no
idea where Cape Bryan-Martin was.
Still, it would be ridiculous to put such
a big fellow in with the little boys who
were yet to learn about Cape Bryan
Martin. Why, he was too big for their
desks and chairsi So Will was put with
the Bryan Martin boys, was charged to
study extra and make up certain implied
conditions" and their leaders, on the
other hand, were charged in private not
to make fun of his ignorance, because it
was not his fault that he was behind.
Much did the teacher know about the
business. There was no danger that any
boy in that class would make fun of
Will Mallory.
And to Will the whole thing came
with new zest, which he had forgot
ten. He found that he listened to the
teachers explanations, which used to
seem such bore. He brought to the
matter certain businesslike interest
which surprised the other boys, but he
very soon made them fall in with him,
as popular boy, leader to all.
Wills father went TO the legislature
that winter, and this meant for Will no
daily companion. But he had many
irons in the fire, and he did not mean
to let them cool. His mother was per.
suadable, and she agreed that while he
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-22

Mr.. Lewis Jones joining The procession,
to the basement of the signal tower of
the railroad Here they were locked in
till two policemen could be brought
from a station mile away. The next
day they were tried and sentenced to
three years each in the house Of correc-
ton.
So it was that the neighbors ceased
to find fault with the boys athletic ex-
ercise.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-22
On the Wheel.
Father makes a century

Father makes u century
Every other day.
am on racing team,
Earning lots of pay.
Sisters learning fancy tricks,
Going on the stage.
Little Dick. he holds the mile
Record for his age.
Mother rides with Baby Dan
Tied i'm front. He squeals.
We're the gayest folks in town,
For we all have wheels.
Scorching, riding all the time,
Even late at night,
Then again at early dawn,
For an appetite,
All we talk about Is gears"
"Saddles, :" "chains" and "tires,
"Records, "roads." the "makes' tha'
all
And each one admires.
Thus we spend the speeding hours
Pity each one feels
For our insane neighbor who
Says that we have wheels.
Buffalo Express
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-22

"Yes," said Silds "Vill you sho,u me9'
tleman he must be, too, who can keep
secrets and keep out of quarrels with
the midshipmen and the ships officers. T"
Even then Silas, in agony with biting
his tongue, said nothing.
But as soon as the commodore had
gone, when Mr.. Marrer came back from
the door, Silas cried with all his pent
up eagerness, "Why cannot Will NAL
Tory go with him?" And his uncle said
HE is just the right person. Why did
l never think of him? But it is not too
late, Silas." And he sat down and
wrote note to Commodore Stetson
and even put on special delivery STAMP
to please Silas, and Silas took it to the
postoffice.
And they all sailed together. The
last / heard Of them they were lowering
a boat at the opening of Falcon bay, on
Mr.. Swiss Family's island. The lonpi-
tude is 1876 degrees west and the lati-
tude 2 degrees north. When they come
home, will tell you more
THE END.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30

Especial to The Messenger.)


Raleigh, N. c., November 27.-John
J. Barnes, the white man of Rocky
Mount who was sentenced to seven
years for attempting to outrage Miss
Cora Marlborough, young woman who
lived in his family, was sent to Jail
here today by Judge Timberlake. He
appealed and $4,000 bond was required
This he cannot give. Feeling against
him is said to be high. Barnes declines
to be interviewed and says he will not
say word about his case, but that the
newspapers have misrepresented him.
The evidence against him was direct,
in fact he confessed his attempt to the
four men who arrived in time to save
Miss Marlborough from outrage.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30
WILMINGTON. N c., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 80 1897.

ing because the house did not have a
sewer. and Herman Mack, Mrs Mack 5
husband. It is a question whether
Mack will be allowed 10 testify against
his wife when she Is put on trial for
her life. IT is understood that after
the defense closes Mrs. Mack will be
called by the prosecution in rebuttal.
TO repeat her confession and accuse
Thorn of the murder.
District Attorney Youngs did not
want TO put Mrs. Mack on the stand
again, because she made an unfavora-
BILE impression on the jury a. the first
trial as she related the details Of the
horrible crime IL Mrs. Mack is called
again as witness for the state, it will
be because the district attorney IS COM
PEELED to take this course TO offset the
statement of Thorn when he charges
her with the killing.
Mr.. Youngs says the reason he clos
ed the case for the state without call
ing Mrs. Mack as a witness, was be-
cause, in his opinion, the people had
presented a case strong enough TO con-
Wet Thorn without the wCzman's con-
fession. District Attorney Olcott. OF
New York, concurs with Mr.. Youngs
in his opinion. When Thorn's fate has
been decided Mrs. Nack's case Will
come up. 1t is generally supposed that
she will be allowed to plead guilty,
either to murder in the second degree,
or manslaughter in the first degree.
For murder in the second degree she
wouG receive a sentence of imprison-
ment for life, and for manslaughter in
the first degree the extreme penalty is
twenty years.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30

Ottawa, Ont, November 27.-The re-
ply Of the Canadian government to the
proposition that the Canadians should
stop killing seals for a year beginning
January first, indicates that it is not
possible to comply with the proposal,
as every British subject has a right
to engage in pelagic sealing unless pro-
hibited by imperial decree, which can
only be issued by authority of the i'm
perial parliment, and parliament will
not meet until February. The Cana
dians suggest that the proposed joint
a commission be appointed and meet
at once; when, upon conclusion of ne
gotiations upon the half dozen Ques-
tions at issue, including the sealing
question, the necessary legislation could
be secured from the British parlia-
ment and the suspension Of pelagic
sealing go into effect in the spring.
1t is authoritatively stated here that
the United States first proposed to pay
the Canadian government a lump sum
of money to extinguish pelagic sealing,
a proposal which Sir Wilfred Laurier
refused.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30
Lynch-d for . riminal Assault

Jacksonville, Fla, November 81
Hicks Price, the negro charged with
rape, has been taken from Jail at
Starkes by about 100 quiet, but deter
mined men and hanged to a limb of a
tree About fifty shots were fired into
his body. The mob gained entrance to
the Jail by pretending to have another
suspect to irnprison, then overpower-
ing the jailor. The work was done
before the town realized the presence
OF the mob. Prince had always been
considered an inoffensive negro before
his crime. He was fully identified.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30
BURNED AT THE SIAKf.
A Negro wayIays and Murders q White
Lad-He is aiken from the She riffs POsys,
Chained Ia a rre. and Rurn. to Death
Especial to The Messenge

Especial to The Messenger)
Southport, n. c., November 27.-Dur-
ing the fall a party of farmers had been
mullet fishing on Cherry Grove beach,
near Little River, S. c. On Mondaq
November 18th, one of the farmers boy
by the name of Stephens, left for home
on Waccamaw river with an OK and
cart carrying a package of money.
The father, Stephens, went home the
following Friday, but found nothing
had been heard of his son since he had
left the beach, his mother supposing
the boy was still with his father.
A party was Immediately organized
and the woods were searched, and fin
ally on Tuesday, November 22rd, the
poor boys body was found in the woods
full Of shot and covered with bows and
pine straw, about ten miles from the
beach and eight miles from Little
River, S. G.
1t was learned that a negro man,
named Nathan Willis, had borrowed a
gun and left the beach shortly after
Stephens son had departed for home.
a posse was organized by the sheriff
and Willis was tracked about thirty
miles to Town Creek, n. c., where he
was found on last Wednesday, having
in his possession Stephens OK, cart,
clothes, and hat full of shot holes. He
was taken into custody by the sheriff
and posse and carried back on Thanks
giving day into South Carolina.
Reports came in today that Willis
was taken from the sheriff on Thurs
day night by mob Of infuriated farm
ers and carried off into the woods
The negro was then chained between
two box-faced pine trees. Lightwood
was piled around him and he was burn
ed to death and thus paid the penalty
for his awful crime
The place is 50 far in the country
that further details cannot be learned
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30

New York, November T.-The World
says: Dispatches to The World from
many leading members Of the United
Cuba as soon as the senate meets a
week from tomorrow. Nearly a score Of
senators are reputed to have already
written resolutions favoring either inter-
vention by the United States or imme-
date recognition Of the Cuban belliger-
ency.
Senator William E. Mason. of Illinois.
says: Il am republican and l believe
in carrying out the promises of my party.
We promised to interfere to stop the war
and give independence to Cuba. Any
thing less than that Is worse than bad
faith on our part"
Senator Roger Q. Mills. OF Texas. says:
Congress owes it to civilizatio to recog-
nize the independence of Cuba"
Senator Jacob Fl. Gaiinger, OF New
Hampshire, says: II favor giving Cuba
the rights Of biligerency. but will no,
introduce any resolution. My impression
Is that the senate will act on it's own re-
sponsibility.''
Senator Henry NJ. Teller. OF Colorado
says: we in the senate have done al
that is necessary. We have passed a
resolution granting belligerent rights to
the Cubans. i do not say that we have
nave done all that We can do. believe
the house would pass our resolution By
an overwhelming majority II Il got a
chance to do So but i do not suppose
they Will get chance to vote for IL
consider our treatment Of the Cuban
question cowardiy and the meanest thing
We have done in years"
Senator Jeter c. Pritchard of North
Carolina. says: II am in favor OF CIV
ing beiliserent rights. but am not pre-
pared to say / favor absolute independ-
ence. / do not understand that the presi.
dent Will urge non Intervention
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30
Gems for state Muss um
Especial to The Messenger.

Raleigh, N. c., November 27.-The
collection of North Carolina gems made
by the late Professor J. A. D. Steven
son Of Statesville, is secured for the
state museum by Secretary Ramsey
and ex-Secretary Bruner. Only one
collection is SO fine, that of Colonel
Dement,, of Pennsylvania.
Among the arrivals today was ]. c.
Stevenson, of Wilmington.
Wake County Teachers association
was formed here today
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30

Vienna, November 27.-Throug hOUss
the evening the police were obliged rr-
peatedly to disperse the political crowds
which gathered in the Ringstrassc te-
tween the parliament houses and the
university building. In front OF tina
former a crowd numbering 1000. prirs-
cipally students, assembled and hooted
and groaned at the police. finally at
tacking the officers with stones. Even
tually the police were ordered to clear
the streets, which they did with drawn
swords.
At Gratz, the capital OF Syria, -
band OF students and other young mem
started to parade the street. but werC
prevented by the police from carrying
out their intention and compelled To
disperse. Later in the evening a rioe-
Gus crowd Of workingmen assembled In
the business quarter OF the town anA
began to break windows and comnxe
other excesses. Four companies OF
infantry and a squadron OF cavalry
were summoned to the scene OF the
disturbances. Upon arrival the infant
ry were assaiied with a shower OF
stones and were compelled TO fire upon
the mob. killing one and wounding five
OF the rioters. OF the injured four ar.
suffering from bayonct rhrusts. Sew
eral police officers also were hurt. To-
days disorder continued until shortly
before midnight, when the streets were
cleared and a military patrol Of tn
town was established. Later reports
from Gratz say that two civilians we've
killed and two others seriously wound
ed in the encounter between the 0nt~
diers and the mob, in which the infauf-
ry charged the mob with fixed hayO-
nets.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, y. c., November -.

~,
Governor Russell offers $500 reward
for the capture of the unknown tramp
who yesterday shot and mortally
wounded Engineer l.. II. Bumgardner,
at Fletcher's, Henderson county. A
telegram sent the governor says this
tramp, in company with another. was
put off the train three times as the
train was leaving Fletchers. The last
time Engineer Bumgardner went back
to aid the conductor. 1t was then the
tramp shot him and fed.
Three convicts from Granville arriv-
ed at the penitentiary today.
Editor Robert NJ. Furman, Of the new
morning democratic paper here, The
Post, was asked this morning what
would be that papers politics. He re-
piled: Straight democratic. This fills
the bill. 1 cannot say more before our
paper appears Wednesday,
Burglars made a daring raid last
night ct the home of John NJ. Smith
here. He shot one of them.
A western republican paper makes
the astounding assertion that the DEM
ocrats are responsible for the condition
of things under the present state ad-
rninistration, as they hold most of the
offices. In fact the only democrats in
office are the superintendent of state
Institutions
The populist leaders are remarkably
averse to talking politics now. They
are by no means sure of their footing
The social event of the coming week
par ic tt.a ar,.iacr l,rir ,a,,, -
of Miss Sadie Tucker, daughter of the
late Major r. S. Tucker, to Mr.. VIII
Williamson, the owner of the Pilot cot
con mills.
Governor Russell left for Wilmington
today, to return Tuesday He said this
morning that he wished he knew some
way to get away from newspaper men,
and your correspondent suggested that
he try balloon. He laughed and said
that might be a good idea. Nothing
was said about a parachute.
Quite a lot Of cotton is yet in the
fields, despite the positive assertions Of
the farmers that they would pick it all
by the middle Of October. The fact is
the crop is far larger than they were
willing to admit.
State Auditor Aver enthusiastically
endorses the proposed state textile
school and SO writes the committee He
says that even a small beginning will
lead to it's success and to state aid
for it.
The State Teachers Association is
pressing the matter of uniting the
teachers Of this state and those of
Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee
into an interstate association. Much
correspondence is in progress.
Greensboro now claims the foot ball
championship of North Carolina
Very heavy rain fell last night. It
was greatly needed by the farmers.
Interest in the recently discovered
graphite mines in Mcdowell county is
great.
The action Of the grand jury OF
| Rowan in indicting nineteen merchants
| for selling cigarettes to minors may
| have a good effect. So far convictions
! for this Offence have been few. 1t does
| not appear that there is any abate-
| ment Of the smoking OF cigarettes by
| small boys.
Among the social functions of the
| coming week will be a eucre party
| given by Miss Sophie Busbee on Mon
day evening mplimentary to her
guest, Miss Eliza Bellamy. Of Whining
| ton.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30

Attorney General Carter has received
word from Attorney General FITZGERALD
to the effect that after the present legal
bubbles have been decided he VIII ad-
wise Warden Hale to carry out the ex-
ecution of Theodore Durrant, regard
less of any new legal proceeding that
may be instituted by Durran's attor-
Eey. Durrant will be resentenced as
soon as the controversy now pending
is settled, after which the attorney
general Of the state believes no legal
step can accomplish delay in the pro-
posed exception.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30

Berlin, November 27.-DispatcheS
which have been received here today
from members of the Austrian reichs-
rath say Emperor Francis Joseph in
tends to demand the resignation of
Count Radeni, the Austrian premier,
to dissolve the reichsrath and to order
new elections.
A private dispatch received from
Vienna says that Samuel L. Clemens
(Mark Twain), while being forcibly
elected from the lower house of the
reichsrath, was struck a severe blow
by a Czech delegate.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30

Washington. November 27-The fol-
lowing fourth-class postmasters in
North Carolina were appointed today:
Bandy, JOS. S. Bandy; Churchland L.
F. Barnes; Coddle, B. W. Pressly. Nil
lers Creek. Reuben F. Wyatt; Old Hun
dred, john W. Woodward; Paw Creek,
T. J. Saddler; Stewart. p r. Cameron;
Summerville, Mrs. Cora c. Bryan;
Wakefield, L. W. Robertson; Winnie,
Robert L. Bryan.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30

Little Rock. Ark, November ~
Judge E. N. Merriman, of this city.
who. in 1893 defended J. K. Blanther. in
a case in which he was charged with
swindling Chicago concern, and who
afterwards had an extensive business
acquaintance with the murderer. says
that he can positively identify Blan-
ther's handwriting. He believes the al
legged confession is genuine and will
help TO prove Theodore Durrant inno-
cence Of the charge Of murder.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30

The diseases cured by Hoods Sarxa--
parilla are many. because most all
ments disappear as soon as the biooSG
is enriched and purified by II. a