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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Eearly Complefed-The Cabinet Going Over
the Chapter on Reciprocity and Foreign
Trade. MISUNDERSTANDING Gage and the
President Generally Agreed on Currency
Reform Recommendation

Washington, November 26.-The presi-
dent has not finally completed his mes
sage to congress. The matter is, how
ever. in such shape that it ear be put in
form for the printer at a days notice,
but this notice has not yet been given
and the cabinet spent most of the time
of today's session going over once more
certain portions of the document. One
of these portions was the very first chap
ter Of the message. treating of the for
eign relations Of our government. 1t is
the intention of the president to de-
vote much attention in his message to
the subject Of trade relations and recipro-
city.
The annual report of the secretary of
the treasury, according to present plans.
first or second day of the coming ses-
sion. AS to the secretary's plans for
the reform of the. currency. enough has
been learned to give confidence that the
president is in full accord with his views
and recommendations, although in his
official utterance, as expressed in his
forthcoming message to congress he
may not give q complete and specific
endorsement to all the propositions cover
ed by the secretary'S report. There will,
president and the secretary. 1t is also
understood that the forthcoming report
of the monetary commission Will cover
recommendations not essentially differ
ent from those embodied in Secretary
Cages report to congress. Those most
familiar with both of these important
papers give assurance that the difference
between them Will be easily reconciIed,
and that TO the support of the PROPOSE
sions so harmonized the monetary COM
mission will be able to bring the power
full influence of the great body of bust
ness men which the commission repre-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30

Charlotte, N. c., November 26.-At
Belmont the celebration of the silver
jubilee of bishop Haid, Of North Caro-
lima, was concluded today. There was
distinguished assembly Of prelates
and priests present at st. Mary's COL
7ege, Belmont, the residence of the
bishop. His eminence, the cardinal ar
rived in a special car on Wednesday
and presided at the presentation" at
$3.50 o'clock pm, when the congratulate
tions were offered to the right reverend
jubilarian. Costly gifts were then pre-
scented, among them a cross and chain
of North Carolina gold, set with native
gems, among them an exquisite hid
denite, the North Carolina. diamond.
The solemn pontifical high mass was
celebrated on Thanksgiving day by
bishop Haid, on the throne, assisted by
the Cardinal beside him. The bishop Of
Syracuse, N. Y, Charleston, S. c.,
Wilmington, Del, Richmond, Va, were
present, the benedictine abbotts of
America.
Rev. f. J. Regis, of st. Paur's cathe-
dral, P%ittsburg, delivered the jubilee
M
At the banquet, more han n hun
dred distinguished guests participated.
Bishop Had enjoys the exclusive dis
finction in the United States of being
both bishop and abbot. He is an elo-
Quent speaker and is very popular
throughout the state.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30
CubaDs Determined to be Free

New York. November 26.-The Cuban
constituent assembly. which met re-
Gently at Camaguey, to remodel the con-
stitution and elect a new president, is
sued a manifesto which reached the office
of the Cuban junta in this city today.
The document says that the assembly.
before adjourning, deemed it its duty to
proclaim. among other things. that: NO
special laws, no political reform or au-
tonomy, nothing in short, tina the
Spanish government may be willing to
grant, that may mean Spanish sovereign
~ over Cuba. shall be accepted by the
as a settlement of the war. In
dependence or death is and shall be the
unalterable and sacred motto of the Gu
bans. 1t is our purpose to continue an
INDEPENDENT state, orderly. prosperous
and happy, over the ruins of a WORKOUT
coiony."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30
BAD DAY FOR BLCCKADERS
Three Distilleries Captured I'm One Day.
Heavy Expense of bringing Couvicts to
the Peni,enriary-To Form AN Interstate
Teacher Association
Especial to The Messanger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
nue. officers made a great raid yester-
day near Ringwood, Halifax county,
and captured three Illicit stills and
5000 gallons of beer. There were nine
men at the stills, but only one was ar
rested, as the othegs outran the depu-
ties.
The report that ex-Conductor Cha
vase had been appointed to a good po-
sition on the Seaboarj Air Line, is
found to be untrue.
Four convicts from Asheville arrive
at the penitentiary today, and it cost
$112 to bring them here. The average
cost OF bringing convicts to the peni-
tentiary for the past twenty years is
found by the state auditor to be SO, 900
yearly.
There is a movement by the North
Carolina Teachers Association to form
an Interstate Teachers Association Of
teachers from Tennessee, Georgia,
South Carolina and North Carolina,
and to hav it meet at AsheviHe next
summer. State Superintendent Mebane
today endorsed the plan. He says the
National Educational Association does
not reach North Carolina teachers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30
HIS DAYS ARE
Senator Buffers Vile speech at Rocky
Mount to Cause His Down-fAiI-The SEN
ate to Invsstigxte the Matter Possibility
Of Hts ExPulsion-His Weak attempts At
Denial
News and Observer.)

News and Observer.)
Some time ago The News and OBJ
server predicted that Senator Buffers
political days were numbered. This
was before his speech at Rocky Mount
Since that vile SANDER upon the man
mood Of the state, the prediction is be-
ing rapidly verified.
The people of the state are up in
wrath against him; nightly aroused
in many communities, they declare
that if he ever comes into their midst
again they will heap some indignity
upon him TO show their condemnation
OF his slanderous words.
What is more, the news comes from
Washington that the senate will very
likely take the matter in hand, investi-
gate il to he bottom and either expel
the author of the words from that body
as a BLACKBOARD, unworthy TO associate
with decent men, much less pass laws
for a great nation, or pass a resolution
reprimanding him for such a speech.
This is the news that was yesterday
flashed over the wires and is this morn
ing printed in some Of the New York
papers. nat ITuUn I1eTC IS Ill II yeL
remain to be seen.
, That the man realizes his terrible
condition is shown by the fac that ne
is moving heaven and earth to prove
that he did not use the words attributed
to him.. He is impOrtuning all the pop
ulists and republicans who were in his
audience at Rocky Mount that day to
write him letters saying that they
heard no sue words as those above
quoted. These letters he purposes pub
fishing in his paper next week, and
using in his defense should the matter
come up before the senate, as | am re-
liably informed it very probably will.
In the last two issues of The Cauca-
sian he has published what purported
to be denials. The first one was no de-
of an accusation never made against
him. This week he writes two columns
of lodging evasive driTel.
Replying to this denial The ArGo-
naut, the paper that first published TIE
extract from his speech, produces aft
| davitS from six of the best men in
Nash county, who were present and
heard the remark Commenting upon
these sworn statements The ArgOnaui
says:
IF this does not convince, then an
angel from heaven would be looked up
on as a dissemination of campaign lies.
This charge was not made against
the white people of the state to white
people, but to a crowd of negroes who
sat in one corne of the seats provided
for the audience. Senator Butler
turned to this corner and pointing his
finger to the colored men gathered
there used the language we have
quoted.
Either Senator Butler has cruelty
DETAINED his own race and own people
and stopped to a base lie to escape the
of his words or six of the
best people of Rocky Mount are per
jured scOurdrels-let the world de-
eide"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30
AnOth'r Murderer PArdOn~d
Especial to The MeSsenger.)

Raleigh, N. c., November 26.-The
governor pardOns William G. Etters,
who our years ago killed DR.. David
Hogue in Cleveland county, and was
sentenced to fifteen year in the peni-
Tertiary. All the jurors signed the pc
tition for pardon, as did 700 citizens.
and the penitentiary physician says Eft
tiers has but a short time to live.
The governor orders a special term
of Guilford superior court in January.
The judge is net yet assigned.
The new main building at Guilford
college, costing $40, 900, was accepted
yesterday by the committee, of which
Treasurer Worth is a member.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30
The Tarboro Murder Trial
Especial to The Messenger.)

ISpeclai 10 Inc messenger
Tarboro, n. c. November 26.-The Al
ford Fields case for the murder Of Fred
Keel by poisoning was given to the jury
tonight. The case has consumed some
days of hard work. Afford is a white
man and Fields a negro. Fields defense
is that he was a tool for Afford who
gave him (Fields) the capsule hat killed
Keel; that he. (Field) did not know he
was giving Keel poison. The fight is a
three conered one.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30
THAT ROCKY MOUNT SPEECH
WHY OHIO BELIEVES MARY ANN
GUILTY OF The CHARGE

Arrested for ~SuindiinE Through the Malta.
The intercollegiate D~bAte-CcmPiatsts
Agaiust Comp~tition a. Labor by Cos-
vicfs-DemAnd for u Hoard of fsrdons.
Wilmington Ice Company chartered A
Wake County Farmer. Present 10 Mekin
ley-Butler Sehcaping for 1900
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30
Rucklen's Arnica Salye

The best salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores. Ulcers. Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores. letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns. and all oKin Erup-
tons, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction of money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. Fol sale by
r. r. Bell r.y.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30

h reports show an unusually small
amount OF hog cholera this year. There
is ar abundant crop of aeorns. There
viii be an increase in the amount Of pork
put UP, as compared with former years.
The geological survey is preparing a
specially illustrated monogram on che
water power Of the state. 1t will be we'll
illustrated.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30
CALDW LII vs. WILSON
The Case Set for Hearing in Supreme Court
December 4th-Ral-igh's Charity Ball
Especial to The Mess,

Especial to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, N. c., November 26.-The
charity baH given at the Park hotel to-
night in aid of Rex hospital is a great
success, and nets a handsome sum.
There are over forty couples of dancers
and 200 spectators.
The case of L.. c.. Caldwell against
James W. Wilson, involving the chair
manship of the railway commission is
set for hearing December 4th. The su-
preme court thus advances it against
the protest Of Wilson's attorney and de-
cides it regularly on the docket.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30

Salisbury World: Mrs. L. B. Vance
who has been visiting Miss Jennie Klutz
for the past week, left last Tuesday for
Washington City, where she will spend
summer home, will be closed for the
winter.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30

Seattle. Wash, November 27.-The
United States revenue cutter Bear sail.
ed tonight for Alaska to rescue the i'm
prisoned whalers who are in the Arctic
ocean.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30

There Are seventy-one railroads in
North C7rolina with a total of 1886 miles.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30
TEE WORST YET


The Leftists Behaving Like M~anfacs-They
Make y Wild Rush for the >pexker-A
Free Fight-The Hall Filled with Police.
Members forcibiy Elected After Violent
Resistance To the Police Ofdcers-Ad
j"urrnent of the sitting Forced by the
Disorder
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-10-20
Camphor Culture and Extraction.

convinced that the Chinese variety of
camphOr is the best for Florida. 1t
has dark blue berries, dark foliage,
and after the tree is well started it
Wiz stand our coolest weather and is
a rank and rapid grower from the
start.
The tree blooms in March, when
about six years old. The bloom is a
small, delicate, white flower with a
slight odor of camphor. They do not
ripen in September. They do not ali
every day or the birds will take more
than their share. The berry is as
small as wild CHEEKY and when cured
will weigh 800 to the pound. They
should not be separated from the ber-
~ if the seed be fresh. The import
ed seed are very difficult to sprout, UNI
less you know some of the mysteries
Of the florist. Plenty of moisture
not sloppy wet-with slight bottom
ed seed in ten weeks and perhaps 25
per cent more within six months. The
same treatment with homegrown
fresh seed will sprout Is per cent in
two months.
Ilanting.-The best for the farmer
or small planter would be to put a
quaint ity of rich soil in cauldron,
cover it with water and bring it to a
boil, to kill all the seeds that may be
in the earth, then place it in box
and plant the seeds one inch deep in
rows three inches apart, water the
soil with weak liquid manure and
keep it moist-not soppy-in sum
shiny place and if the seeds be fresh
they will begin to come UP inside OF
two months. When it has four leaves
pick out and set them in rows wide
enough apart to draw out the weeds,
and they will be ready to set in grove
form next year. If we'll cared for
they will be two feet high when a
year old. AS rats and chickens will
eat the seeds, the tops should be pro-
tccted from them.
The best distance apart in the
grove is a question difficult to answer.
| have a tree secured from China in
the spring of 1895. 1t was less
than a foot long. 1t now has
spread of twenty feet A gentleman
who visited me last year and had
made extensive journeys in China, in
the interest of his house, said my tree
had notyet begun to grow. He had seen
them in Eastern China over 100 feet
tall, ''and,' continued he, looking over
his glasses to note my surprise, I'll
you live as long as you ought to you
will either move your house forty
feet away or the tree" So | will not
say much just now about the distance
apart in the grove, bu, will leave it to
the planter. | recently read an arti-
Gle advising the planting at fifteen
feet in rows and the rows thirty feet
apart.
Florida soil and climate appear to
be perfectly adapted to the camphor
and | know of no reason why it will
not attain 100 feet and more in height
with oOrrncnOn6ipO STraad IF this
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-10-20

need is to keep down the weeds until
the tree is firmly esta blished, and then
it will take care of itself. 1t is a for
ager, for | have found roots sixty feet
away from the trees. AS orange trees
in the vicinity do not appear to suffer
from it, | am led to believe that the
camphor roots feed On elements not
taken up by other trees. If this be,
true the planting Of camphor Sin the
check" of orange groves would afford
the greatest projections to oranges, and
be an additional profit to the planter.
AS the camphor tree drops but few
leaves in year the soil is not made
richer that way, so it may be said
THAT the camphor tree like the chame-
leon, lives on air.
Ike many other trees, but makes four
distinct growths in a year. 1t sends
out three to five shoots from the end
Of each twig. The tree today is al
most entirely enveloped by the new
growth. 1t will not take long for a
tree of this age (ten years. to double
its weight. In the Chinese tree the
new shoots are light yellow, turning
to dark green, with leaves slightly
tinged with pink. When the limbs
are two years old there comes a coarse
bark, shaggy bark. Every portion
of the tree leaves, limbs, roots, and
seeds, contains camphor
How to Get it Out have been ex-
perimenting for the past two years, in
q crude way, to discover the gum and
oil. In my article for the Agricultural
Department, I suggested that the ma
terials be ground up and treated to a
steam ba tn and then subjected to a
Hydraulic press as the process of eX-
tracing 1inseed oil, but [ find in eX-
perimenting that this would not be an
economical way because the camphor
is so VIOLA tile that it will escape with
OUT cause or provocation." In order
to secure the largest per cent Of gum
and Oil an entirely new process must
be discovered. In the first place, the
Chinese process requires too much
time-twelve hours. 1t would require
an immense vat to pacify Yankee so
we must set aside entirely the present
method, and seek some other more
economical.
During September [ made some. eX-
periments, and find that the oil and
gum commences to escape at very
Slight temperature above the normal
condition Of the atmosphere, indeed,
when passing a camphor tree during
the hot days of July and August il
your proboscis be in a normal condi-
ton YOU will be reminded of the ''old
lady's everlasting camphor bottle. -
y eta cannot be used in distilling
The apparatus must be either porce-
lain or wood lined.
A new process must be discovered.
4 portion Of camphor has an affinity
for water or "an agreement with it
for awhile. The escoped water is
strongly impregnated with camphor,
but it evaporates in little while I
shall aim to condense the camphor
and filter the water before it leaves
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-16
Goodwin'S Close.

Nat Goodwin startled and amazed his
audience last night. 1t was the third
handsome gathering he had drawn and
probably in the whole audience there
were not so people who believed that the
actor knew how to sink his identity. We
confess to have always set that limit
to Goodwin's powers in our estimation.
because in the 20 or more roles in which
he has been seen here, admirable as he
was in all.ihe was still Nat Goodwin with
all his uuipS, QuirkS, conviviallt1es ana
eccentricities in everything he attempt
ed. Last night in David Garrick Nat
Goodwin the comedian disappeared, and
Garrick the actor stood out. IN the
famous drunken scene, where he arose al
most to a tragic height. he was Vocifer-
ously recalled twice in the middle of the
scene, all the other actors being Kept
waiting on the stage. 1t was rare, but
a deserved tribute. Another feature OF
the evening that stood out prominently
was the Cousin Dick of Mr.. Ingersoll;
this actor treated his Salt Lake friends
to the rarest piece of acting he ever gave
in this city. He had a triple call, and
there We're cries of Speech to which
he merely smiled and shook his head.
Miss Elliott was the same enhancing
dream as before. Her acting o9oortun-
excellent use of them. In the curtain
raiser THE Silent System" she and Mr.
Goodwin caused any amount of hearty
laughter and a curtain call
The company left for San Francisco last
evening. They open in David Garrick''
Rivals" 1t is a matter of regret that
Salt Lake could not have seen Goodwin
in Bob Acres" as it is said to be one
of his very strongest achievements.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-16
Home TREATMENT CURES.

No one deprived of the benefits Of
Drs. Shores treatment because living
at a distance from the Office The
same wonderful and uniform success
attending the treatment of Drs.
Shores in their Office is found in their
home treatment of patients by mail.
By the use of a symptom bank they
are able to diagnosis cases and pre-
scribe for them, and by their reports
they keep close watch upon them.
Patients living in the country may
enjoy the benefit of Drs. Shores
skill as well as those in the city.
Write for symptom blank and have
your case diagnosed. It will cost
you nothing The charges for home
treatment are $500 a month, all
medicines free.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-16
GOOD NATURED "UNCLE."
PAWNBRoKER WHO CAsHED A
WORTHLESS CHECK.
Harry Singer Roped in by Well
Known Young Man of the Town
Who Will Be Arrested Unless He
Pony Up Right Early Tomorrow
Morning.

Those who have read in Dickens
tales of the old pawnbrolker have pic
tured him as a miserly old fellow,
grasping for everything in sight. Who
will not recall the 7'.Garoo, CARGO CARGO"
of the ancient wretch who endeavored
TO beat Oliver Twist out of his Jacket.
or of Fagin, the fence who maintained
headquarters for Bill Sykes and his
gang.
Those who have had actual expert
ence in "spouting their tickers,'' go
ing in soak" or, in plain language,
pawning their watches, rings, or other
articles of value, will remember the
man who loaned the gold as a person
who valued your timepiece at about
one-third its cost. let You have the
money at a big rate of interest and
closed you out when the pledge had
expired, if it wasn't over minute after
time.
But all pawnbrokers are not built
that way. There are exceptions to the
rule. although they may be few.
Harry Singer, who conducts a three
ball game on East Second South,
where one can pawn anything from a
watch to a railroad locomotive, was sit
ting aSngside a stack of shoes, watch
ing for a customer, on Friday evening.
when young man. quite well known
in the city, came I'D and asked him if
he would cash his check for a tenner.
YES" was the answer.
Have YOU a blank check?" inno-
Gently inquired the would-be obtainer
of wealth.
YES" answered the pawnbroker, ION
the Commercial National"
The youth took the check, wiped out
Commercial National wrote National
Bank of the Republic thereon, remark
ing as he did so that while he had
some money in the Commercial, he had
more in the Bank of the Republic.
Harry paid the coin and sat down to
ruminate over doing a good act.
Yesterday he banked the check with
other funds In the course of time
messenger from the bank brought the
same to him, with a large red endorse
ment thereon, announcing that the
drawer had mo funds in that institu-
ton.
Then Singer ruminated some more.
His attorney advised him to have the
man arrested, but he didn't want to be
severe. So he played the part of a
car fer a minute. He issued a ukaSe
in which he informed the gay and
festive youth that if the cash was not
paid to him at or before 1915 tomorrow
morning, Justice Sommers would be
the court who would sit in. Judgment in
a case in which he, the drawer of the
check, would be defending charge of
obtaining money under false pretenses;
and now a man couldn't borrow a cent
at that place without collateral to the
value of three times the sum of the
loan.
1t is understood that another party
was caught by the same chap to the
tune of $50, and also threatens criminal
action unless the cash is restored to-
morrow before banking hours.