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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-21
CHARLIE MABRY

His head and body were q mas
Of sores, and his nose was swollen To
several times its natural size; to add to
his misery he had catarrh, which made
him almost deaf, and his eyesight also
spared that We thought would relieve
him, but he grew worse until his condi-
ton was indeed pitiable. A dozen blood
remedies were given him by h whole
sale, but they did not the slightest good.
I had almost despaired of his ever being
cured, when by the advice of a friend We
gave him SIS. (Swift's Speci6c), and
ct first the Inflammation seemed to In
crease, but as this is the way the remedy
gets rid of the poison, by forcing IL out
Of the system, we were encouraged and
continued the medicine. A decided i'm
provement VA the reSalt, and after he
had taken . dozen bottles, no ~ who
knew of his former dreadful condition
would have recognized him. All the
sores on his body have healed, his akin
is perfectly clear and smooth, and he
has been restored to perfect health"
Mr.. A. T. Morgan, one of the prom3-
nent druggists of Macon. and q member
of the board of aldermen of that city,
says: II am familiar with the terrible
the cure which SIS. effected In h1e
case was remarkable, and proves II 70
be q wonderful blood remedy"
SIS. 10 the only cure for deepseate6
blood diseases, such as Scrofula, Rheu-
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1t is the only blood remedy guaranteed
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-21
McKinley's Pardon Record

President McKinley's ~pardoning record
to date includes four national bank
wreckers in four different states. That
a high executive officer, clothed with the
extraordinary power of modifying or
setting aside the punishments of the
courts. should favorably consider every
petition of this kind which comes along
is most surprising and unfortunate. The
class of malefactors SO especially favored
by the president is the last of all which
ought to be favored. Their crimes
against property are the most insidious
and destructive of all. The very fact of
the ban wrecker's previous high stand
ing in the community. which SO helps
his case as a petitioner for pardon. should
the more steel the heart of the pardoning
power against the exercise Of clemency.
If bank wrecking and like faithlessness
to trusts involving the fortunes Of many
people are to be condoned in this manner
We may expect to see the record of en-
bezzlement and fraud in high financial
circles continue to increase.-Springfield
fMaSS.) Republican.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-21
EXPERT TESTIMONY
In the Luetgert Case as to the Bones
Found In the Vat-Profes.o OF Dorsey
Sticks TO His First Statement.

Chicago, September 16.-The day was
given over to expert testimony in the
Luetgert trial today and the attorneys
for the defense and the witnesses for
the state wrangled vigorously regard
ing femurs Of human beings, femurs
of sheep and of hogs. When court ad-
journed for the day, the fight was
still on, and will be resumed tomor-
row morning.
When court opened today the de-
PENDANT came in upon a pair of
%crutches. He aid that he had a badly
sprained ankle, the result of a fall
while sparring a friendly bout with
one of the guards in the Jail. The in
jury is painful, and will trouble him
for some time.
The principal witness of the day
was Professor Dorsey, of the Field
Columbian museum, who look the
stand for cross examination. At
tOrney Vincent for the defense made it
his business to show the jury that
Professor Dorsey did not know any
thing about bones anyhow, and that
he was densely ignorant on the sub
ject Of femurs. Professor Dorsey
Stoo(ly ~ SioN NA1o HS AAAON
what he was talking about when he
said yesterday that the bone shown
him was the bone of a human being,
and very probably that of a female.
He made one correction, however,
and said that when he testified yester-
day that the femur was hat Of the
left leg, he had intended to say that
it was of the right leg.
Before Professor Dorsey took the
stand, DR.. Norval, who had identified
a bone shown him as the left temporal
bone of a female was called to the
stand, but his crOSS-eXaminatiOn did
not last for any length Of time. hen
Attorney Vincent announced that he
was ready for the crOss-examinatiOn
of Professor Dorsey. The examination
abounded in technical terms n again
and again the attorney tried to make
the witness say that he was not sure
that the BON in question was the femur
of a human being, but the witness stuck
to his first assertion. Then the attorney
tried to show hat the femur was that
of a hog and again the witness baf1ed
him. The attorney tried the femur OF
a sheep and again he was defeated.
Then he offered a large collection
of bones, and wanted the witness to
state from what ANNA they had come.
The court took a hand in the proceed
ings at this point, and announced that
There are enough bones in this case
already without bringing in a lot OF
them that have NJ connection with this
caCa'
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Atlanta, Ga. September ia. LOT
tin, the negro postmaster at Hogans-
vile, was. shot Wednesday night by
unknown parties while going from his
Office to his home. Three shots were
fired. only one of which took effect.
The ball passed through the arm into
the shoulder. Loftin is not danger
ously wounded. :
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Many of our people here are suffering

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Pu~ely Vegetable

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There is a time for everything; and
the time to attend to a cold is when it
starts. Don't wait till you AVE con-
sumption but prevent it by using One
Minute Cough Cure, the great remedy
for cOughts, colds, Group, bronchitis
and all throat and lung troubles. r.
r. Rellamy.
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Burning. itching skin diseases in
stantly relieved by De Wits Witch
Hazel Salve, uneQualled for cuts.
bruises, burns. 1t heals without cav
ing a scar. r. r. Bellamy.
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81 crave but One Minute" said the
public speaker in a husky voice; and
then he took a lose of One Minute
Cough Cure, and proceeded with his
oratory. One Minute Cough Cure is
unequalled for throat and lung trou-
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Don't nauseate your stomach with
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your liver and sick headache by using
those famous little pills known as De
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The last letter of Gov. Ellis is dated
June 29th. The last letter in the book
is dated July 18th, and is signed Henry
T. Clark, Governor ex-officio. In this
letter Gov. Clark said to the Secretary
of War, Il find, upon assuming the
duties of governor an order to
concentrate at Asheville a regiment
Of II months vYdnteers. I have been
greatly importVhed to take them into
active service and have consented to
do so provided the men will arm them
selves with the ordinary hunting rifle.
Will the government accept this regs
iment or rifemen from the mountains
Of North Carolina? Will a company or
two Of cavalry be accepted to be at
tached to the regiment, the men to fur
nish their own horses, arms n equip
ments?" +. A OLDS.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The Provident association of St Louis las had it's empty exchequer re- plenished by contribution of S2O, ,00t from the brewers of the city.
 Frank NJ. Gage, member of the gov. erning committee of the Chicago stock exchange, has been expelled from the exchange for bucket-shopping.
 The position of commissioner of pen. sions will be rendered to Gen. Daniel k Sickles. This information was sent from Canton, O., to a mem Der of con. gress.
 Atty.-Gen. Harmon has instructed the United States attorney at Jack sonville, Fla, to proceed against the steamer Three Friends on a charge oi piracy.
 The Siamese government has apolo. gized to the German minister for the attack made upon him, and the king has plastered the sore spot with dec. oration.
 Col. Henry L. Swords, sergeant-at- arms of the Republican national com, mittee, has been appointed private secretary, by District Attorney Olcott of New York city.
 Fr.e .s o' Cnauncey M. Depew say thut assurances have been received wh4eh warrant them in announcing MT. Depew's appointment as ambassa. dor to Great Britain.
 The establish ment of a cotton mill in St. Louis is, according to James Cox, secretary of the Business Mems league, anu J. l.. Prince, of the cotton exchange, an assured fact. The reported failure, few days ago, oi Revala X Ghamorro, coffee kings. of Granada, Nicaragua, has been con hrmed. The liabilities are about $500, GOO, and assets about S900, 000
 Russell N. Blossom, mem Der of the insurance firm of II. NJ. Blossom & Go. St Louis, was found dead in a room at the Terminal hotel in that city. He had been suffering from grip Two old and prominent citizens of Vernon county, Mo, died Sunday. Joshua Hightower at Eldorado Springs. aged s4 years, and Maj. N. T. Hlck. man at Sheldon, aged 50 years.
 Romulus Cotell, who killed Alvin Stone and wife and Ira Stillson at TaI. mage, O., last March, was allowed to plead guilty of murder in the second degree, and was sentenced to life i'm prisonment at hard labor.
 Gold is said to have been found near McMichaels, Pa.. and the residents are much excited. The lucky finder is Lonis Huffsmith, and the place of the finding Is the Kohler farm. about a mile and half from the village.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05
 PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE West Point cadets may yet at tend the inauguration of President Mckinley. The item of expense has been one of the chief obstacles in the way of their trip. II. c. Burch, man. ager of the Ebbtt house, Washington, at which the presideut-elect will stop prior to his inauguration, has offered to entertain the cadets free of charge.
 GEN. RUSSELL A. ALaER, of Michi- gan, was. on the 29th, after a confer ence with Maj. Mckinley at Canton, O., rendered the portfolio of secretary of war in the Mckinley cabinet, and signited his acceptance.
 PRESIDENT CLEVELAND paid a flying visit to New York city, on the goth, and attended the semi-centennial of the Academy of Medicine at Carnegie hall. before whom he delivered an in- teresting address. Later he held a brief reception.
 PRINCESS LOUISE, eldest daughter of Kiog Leopold of Belgium, and wife of Prince Philip of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, brother of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, has eloped with an Austrian l captain of hussars.
 BETWEEN one and two o'clock, on the morning of the 3lst, the extensive plant of the Scranton, (Pa.j Heat aud Power l Co.,, in the center of the city, was al- most totally destroyed by fire, at d loss 1 of $50, 900. Half the town was left in i darkness.
 l THE New York World alleges that ! the government is annually robbed of l Sl0, 900. 000 by the railroads of the cuun- ! try by means of padding tue mails for d period of 90 days every four years, when the government is about to make its quadrennial reweighing. THE resignation of Lieut.. c. A. Stone, 1 U. $. N., retired. has been accepted, dating January s1.
 1 HE associated banks of New York city held S59, ,075, ,520 in excess of the requirements of the 2a-per-cent. rule, on the 30th.
 WHILE watching the employees at the Millville (N. J.,) electric light station test a new battery, on the 3lst, Ben , jamin Madkiff seized hold of live wire. and receiving a shock of 200 volts, fell to the floor dead.
 LILLIAN ALBERT NUNNlN6, Who mur- dered Mrs. Mary Lenning at her home in Chicago, and then turned his revolv- CT upon himself. died on the 3lst. Two ! hours before his death Cunning signed a sworn statement in which he con fessed to the shooting, but gave nc motive.
 A DISPATCH from St. Petersburg says that the czar's recent appointment of :, two new body physicians, one of whom is Dr. Pavloy, has been made in view of the inevitable necessity for the re moval of an unnatural protu bvranct from the head of his majesty. the re suit of injuries at the hands of Jap anese fanatic, while on his tour around the world.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05
FRANK BUTLER CAPTURED.
The Australian Murderer Taken On
 Board tho Ship swanhiIda.

The Australian Murderer Taken O,
 Board tho Ship swanhiIda.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3.-The Swan. hllda was sighted at a. m. Her tug slgnailed the waiting officer that she was the long-expected vessel, and that the Australian murderer. Frank Butler, was aboard. The revenue cut ter Hartley, with detectives and reporters aboard, put off just before daylight. When the Swanhilda was reached the crew was lined up on the pretense of an examination oy the quarantine officers. The Aus trailan detectives, Egan and Silvev. disguised, stood beside the physician When Butler was reached in the line of sailors the detectives stepped for ward and pinned his arms. The war. rant was then read and the prisoner handcuffed, and with rope about his waist was taken aboard the Hartley and afterward turned over to the lo. cal police. Butler declared his inno. eence Of any crime. but trembled and seemed disconcerted when arrested.
 The captain and sailors of the Swan hllda say that Mir. Butler was very quiet and pious. Capt. Held had re- seived warning from a passing vessel i the character of Butler.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05

MuRAvIEFr, the rewly-appointed head of the Russian foreign office, ar rived in Paris on the ?Sth. A large erowd of persons assembled at the station to await his coming, and greeted him with cheers and cries of "Vive Russis" us he made his appear ance.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05

HENRY CHENowITz, a mason, 55 yea rs old, returned to his home in Long Is- land City, N. Y., on the 2sth, after re- covering from an operation by which the whole of his tongue was removed. His trouble was due to cancer
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05

THE German government is about to send Il spec.al commission to Bom oay to investigate the bubonic plague winch is raging there with vlew of adopting precautionary measures against the introduction of the disease into Europe. Dr. Rock, the eminent German bacteriologist, mas been sum moned from South Africa to head the commission.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05

THERE will be no communication of the sentence of eight months impris- onment imposed on Lady Scott for Iibeling her son-in-law, Earl Russell. Earl Cadogan and other of her friends have sought to obtain her release, but they have failed to shake the home secretary's decision not to set her at liberty.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05

THE statement of the associated banks of New York city for the week ended the soth showed the fol- s2,0so, ,45o; loans, decrease, sl ,573, 900: specie, increase, S550, 5Oo; legal tend CTS, increase, l,4g3, 900; deposits. de- crease, Sll7, 500; circulation, decrease, s36s, 300.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05

THE United States supreme court, on the 1st, sustained the Indiana law taxing telegraph companies, which was brought up for review by appeal from the judgment of the Indiana state supreme court. From this de- sision Justices Harlan and White dis tented.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05

THE president-elect of the United States is 54 years old. It was on Jan- nary 29, 1s43. that he first saw the light of day at Niles, O., where his ta- ther was manager and proprietor of m iron foundry.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05

TIE supreme court of Wisconsin, on the 2d, handed down decision which declares unconstitutional the law un- der which many county courts have committed to keeley institutes throughout the state inuigent Inebri- ates for treatment at the expense of the county from which they were committed,
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05

FAILURES throughout the United States. as reported by R. G. Dun & Co. for the week ended on the 28th were BSl, against 409 for the corresponding week last year. For Canada the fail nres were 57, against 70 last year.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05

A DISPATCH from Madrid says that President Canovas has made a formal denial that any negotiations for new commercial treaty between Spain and the United States are in progress.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05

DISPATCHES from Goa, the capital city of the Portuguese territory of that name in India, on the 29th, said that there were three cases of bubonic plague in the hospital there.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05

THE senate committee on commerce. on the 2sth, agreed upon and reported lavorably to the senate Mir. Catfery's pill appropriating S250, ,O0O to close the crevasse in the Mississippi river at Pass Loutre. The committee ex- pressed no opinion as to the liability of the Eads heirs in the matter
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05
LADY ABERDEEN
To Be the ConvocatIon Orator st tne
 cago University Commencemeh-

cago University COmmence"
 CHICAGO, Feb. 3.-President HsfPo' of the University of Chicago 'A nounces that Lady Aberdeen, wiie .u, u the governor-genera of Canada vi. "" be the convocation orator at the uI, versity commencement exercises the auditorium April L Lady avS, deen, who ingratiated herself iu good graces of Chicago people aurlss the Worlds fair, will have the hons, ss. of being the first. woman chosen V. such an occssion in this couh"''
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05

A DISPATCH from Havana says it is stated there that Gen. Weyler will re- turn to Havana in view of the great activity of the insurgents in that province and the plans attributed to Gen. Rnis Rivera for dealing hard blow to Spain at the very doors of the capital,
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05

UNITED STATES MINISTER JOHN BAR RIFT, at Bangkok, SiaLn, has been ln- strueted by Secretary Oiney to press for reference to a mixed tribunal, without further delay, the assault on Vice-Consul-General Kellett, growing out of a dispute between Mir. kellett and the Slamese government over a land grant The demand will be re- Inforced by the presence of the gun. boat Machias.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05

THE American Missionary associa- non mas issued an appeal to Congre- gational churches, especially through out New England, to observe Feuru- ary l4, the second Sabbath of the pres ept month, as a memorial Sunday of "1 he Times of Abraham Lincoln" who was born February F, 1909. The ap. peal connects Lincoln's life with the work of the association.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05

JAMES $. EcKELs, comptroller of the currency, has decided to retain his office until the expiration, in April, 1898, of the term of five years for which he was appointed.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05

lin, aud Herr Krupp, the gun maker, of Essen, have been appointed life members of the upper house of the prussian landtap
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05

TIE Angio-Venezuelan arbitration treaty was signed by Sir Julian Pauneefote, the British ambassador, and senor Jose Andrade, the Venezue- Ian minister. in the office of Secretary Olney at the state department, on the 2d, signaiizlng the amicable settle ment of controversy that has lasted nearly century, as well as the re- sumption of diplomatic negotiations between the two countries, which had been suspended for ten years.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05

TIE nomination of W. C. McCreery Co be collector of internal revenue for the first district of Missouri was con tirmed by the senate on the lst
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05
Article ".

in deciding the matters submitted, the arbi- trators shall ascertain all facts which thev deem necessary to a decision sf the contro- versy, and shall be governed bs the followins rules. which are agreed upon hg the contract. ing parties as rules to be taken as applicabls
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05

to the case and such principles of international law not inconsistent herewith as the sroitrs- tors shall determine to be applicable to the case.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-05
Article HI.

The tribunal shall investigate and ascertain the extent of the territories belonging to or that mint lawfully be claimed by tbe Uuited Netherlands or by the kingdom of spain respectively, at the time Of the acquisi- tion by Great Britain of the colony of British Guiana, and shall determine the boundary line between the colony of British Guiana ana the United States of Venezuela
The evening times., 1897-05-28
The Ruiz Investigation.

As ujglt have been expected, the Cal
1aun investigation into the imprisonment,
torture. aIa final clubbing % death Of the
Phila lrlpnia dentist, DT Ricardo Ruiz. IS
made q, fare. hy the Spanish authorities IN
Cuna II was iot enough that thu bIo5d-
thirsty crown advocate, Congosto, who has
hnmded hundreds of innocent victims to a
cruel death. should be appointed TO repre-
sert W-ylr-onrhc inquest, titis perfectly
apparent that witnesses have been brib-d
or threatened with death, ana that papers
have hcsl concealed.
President Mckinley had every reason TO
anticipatetuiS Hec,uldn3t have expected
that the Spanish authorities would allow
anything like a fair Investigation. InGeed
his mind must have been fully made up in
advance ;ls to the facts of the Ruiz as
NaeSiuatinn Among the suppressed arch
ives of the state Department, there once
were reports from Gen. Fitzhugh Lee to
settle this beyond any peradventure. In
view of these considerations his desire 10
go throa-b the forms of an official inquiry
only can be cpnIectured We do not dou5t
that Ino H4lna-oluey-de Lone HaIe-Hoar-
Hawlar Haveneycr influence hopedtnatM Mr.
Calhoun would fan TO find cause for re
porting an opinion that Ruiz was murdered.
We do not accuse the President Of com
plcitv in This design. Unfortunately for
him and rpr the country, it is too well
understood that he longs to do the sight
thing, but is being suppressed by the power
of the Spanish hondhoIders and the Sugar
Trust over ms Administration.
But why continue TO Join in playing the
farce WHY should not the President
cable Mr. Calhoun to denounce the rascal
ityof the Spaniards in connection with the
case and Withdraw from it, If the Admin
fstration had something OF the backbone
that vertehrates Fitzhuch Lee this would
be done at once. 1t is stated that The mis-
Crcant. CongoSt0, on hearing thatthe Senate
had passed the Morgan resolution, de
cl;,rnd that action to be the work of Consul
General Lee; whereupon the latter, true
to his name aud nation, went to Congosto
and eNaCted an humble apology, which, of
coursc, was given. Gen. Lee knows how
to treat these Cowardly, outra ging butch
ering creatures OF the hyena. Weylcr 1t is
high time that his government should bor-
row "A little OF his spirit