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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04

Washington, May 1.-Senator Jones, OF
Nevada, the Independent member of the
senate committee on finance. spent several
hours with Senators Allison and Aldrich,
representing the republican subcommittee
on tariff, today. He went over the bill
with them and suggested changes where
he was not satisfied with the existing
provisions. No statement Of the Nevada
senator's position was authorized but
it is understood that the republican MEM
berS feel more certain of his cooperation
since todays interview than heretofore
They are, indeed, quite confident of II.
He assured them that he was still a pro-
tectionist and anxious to support the bill.
but told them that he would have to insist
upon certain concessions to western in
terests. He submitted a number of amend
ments providing for slightly reduced
rates on third class wooNs, Oh citrus fruits,
borax, etc, and was assured that these
matters would have the committees best
consideration. The committee now be-
lieve that, besides his support OF the bill.
they will have Senator Jones assistance
in getting the bill out of the committee
promptly. Senator IonN1~ ~
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04
INTERNATIONAL CHESS.
The Proposed Game Between British and
American Legislators Britishers Jubi-
liant Over Canadian Tarin Rlll.

Copyright by Associated Press)
London. May John Hennil<cr Hea-
ton, NJ. T.. confirms the statement that
a cable message has been sent to
Washinct ton suggesting May 9th or
May l1th as suitable days for the chess
match between teams Of the British
house Of commons and the United
States house of representatives. 1t is
believed the British team would pre-
fer to place the latter day. bcauti-
full trophy Will be given the winners
by a prominent member or parliament
1t wiu probably be a magnificent chess
boaxd.
The newspapers continue their com
ments and articles on the Canadian
tariff and its effect on British trade.
The Daily Telegraph calls it the
most startling commercial develop
ment of the year" 1t is hailed with
delight in trading circles here. In cot
tons, woolens silks and iron and iron
manufactures, Great Britain ought TO
have a marked Improvement in busi-
ness if a preferential treatment ia ac-
corded her, while in many other arti-
cles, it is believed she ought 10 wrcst
the supremacy from the United
States.
The Spectator expects the tariff act
will lead to negotiations between
Washington and Ottawa which viii re-
suit in a reciprocal arrangement.
A strike has occurred in the yacht
building yards at southampton and "A
majOrity of the wOrl<men there are
idle. The dispute originated with cel J
tain joinery workers. and if prolouget,
will seriously injure the industry, M
the builders have "A number of imporiS
ant orders, including Mr.. Charles Day
Roses large cutter and work for Lord
Dunrayen
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04
A PIKE IN \ CARP POND.
So the Austrian Ambassador at Eerlin
Characterizes Greece-Sne Must Com eto
Her Sense. be Brought to Them by
Western Europe England and the Trans
vaal.

Copyright by the Associated Press)
Berlin. May 1.-The correspondent in this
city Of the Associated Press has had an
interview with the Austrian ambassador
here, Count won Scziogyeny Marich, on
the eastern question. The ambassador
said:
THE meeting of the rulers of Austria,
Germany, Russia and France were main
ly for two purposes, TO establish peace
in the Orient and to come TO n joint un-
destanding as TO the steps to be taken in
case hostilities break out afresh in the
Orient or elsewhere, notably South Africa.
The conviction rules that there are
enough mutual interests to protect among
those powers and Italy 10 make a spe-
cific understanding and agreement
on the subject necessary. Greece
Will, undoubtedly, soon come TO her senses
and if not she will be brought to them.
The small, turbulent country whose very
existence depends upon the great powers.
cannot be allowed TO act the part of
pike in a carp pond. The powers, how
ever, are still, as from the first, full of
good will and fOrbearance for Greece.
Turkey will not do more, nor will she be
permitted to do more than restore the
status quo. Greece is no match for Tur-
key, and she will have to learn that or
suffer therefor
LAS for things in South Africa, the con-
tinental powers have the same peaceful
and just aim, to maintain the. present
stauS, resting upon international agree
mentS which cannot be broken with i'm
punity by either Great Britain, the Trans
vaal Portugal. The facts brought to
the notice of the continental powers are
such as to show that peace is threatened
in South Africa and the emperor of Ger
many has taken the lead in suggesting
joint steps to neutraliZe the danger Of
hostilites. His plans are heartily en-
dorsed by Austria and Russia, with the
conditional approval of France. Great
Britain will not be permitted to annex the
Transvaal or to destroy its independence.
! The remOnstranceS of the continental
/ powers will soon be presented to Great
! Britain and no doubt they will have the
desired effect. 1t is of political as well
as commercial Importance to Europe that
the present political conditions in South
, Africa should be maintained"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04

Seventeen Out of Twenty-Five in a Small
Boat Perish-The Four Preserve Life
With the Flesh and Blood of a Dog.

st. Johns n. F., May 1.-The French
brigantine Amadee Captain Fortin, from
ST. MalO, arrived at ST. Pierre tonight,
bringing four more survivors of the lost
brigantine Valiant, which foundered as
the result of striking an iceberg Off the
Grand banks the night of April 14th.
These four were the only survivors of
twenty-one men who left the sinking Vail
liant in ships life boat seventeen having
perished as q result of exposure and
frost bites. The four survivors claim to
have kept themselves alive by eating the
flesh and drinking the blood of dog
belonging to the brgantinc valiant. This
dog, they say, they took with them when
they left the ship. They were absolutely
proper clothing when they left the brig
antine. They said that they only had
time to jump from their berths into the
life boat, and that no opportunity was af-
fOrded them to make even slight pro-
visions against cold and starvation.
Inc seventeen men wno died suffered
excruciating torment. The survivors seem
to have Jared little better. All four of
the men are very weak. Two of them will
lose all of their limbs and the other two
will lose their feet as a result of the frost
struggle on board t. ship for places in
! the boats, some thirty of the crew going
down with the wreck. A somewhat similar
fight occurred on board the life boat the
men quarreling about the division of the
flesh of the dog, which was killed on the
morning of the third day, when four men
had already perished Three died the next
day, six the next and four the day pre-
ViOuS to their rescue.
| The survivors rescued from the life boat
| by the Amadee assert that none of the
! bodies were mutilated and that in this
| case no cannibaliSm was attempted.
The condition of the four men previously
rescued continues unchanged. Tie cir
cumstances surrounding this latest rescue
are such as to induce the friends Of the
! missing members of the crew to believe
! that other boats may yet be picked up.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04
Weekly Bank Statement

New York, May 1.-The weekly bank
statement shows the following changes ::
Reserve. decrease $340, ,275; loans. in
crease s9S4,5O0; specie, increase $685.
700; legal tender, decrease s77,26O; de-
posts. ,nccease s2.079, ,1ee; circulation.
decrease :s370.100 The banks now hold
s4S,915, ,625 in excess of legal require
mentS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04
Change in Raleigh Tribune Staff.
Especial to The Messenger

Raleigh, N. c., May 1.-The board Of
directors of The Raleigh Tribune met
today. Mr.. Hayward was elected edi-
tor. Mr.. Kenyon retired as business
manager and disposed of his interest.
Mr.. MeSSler succeeding him as mana
ger. This has Strengthened out hitch
which has existed for three weeks and
during which Editor Hayward has done
no work on the paper.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04
Twenty-Six Anarchists Condemned to
Death.

Barcelona, May 1.-Twenty-six anar-
chists, in addition to those already SEN
fenced, have been condemned to death for
completely in the bomb outrage of June
9TH last, the feast of Corpus Christi when
a dynamite bomb was thrown into the
midst of a procession which was on it's
way to the church of Santa Maria del
Mar, killing dozen persons outright and
wounding about fifty others. some of
whom have since died from the injuries
received upon that occasion.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04
Lieutenant O'Brien Not to he Tried.

Atlanta. Ga. May l.-Coonel Francis
l.. Guenther. president OF the sensational
Romeryn court-martial. tonight received
orders from the war department instruct
ing the thirteen members of the court to
return TO their respective posts upon the
conclusion OF the Romeyn trial. This IL
construed to mean that after considering
the charges filed against Lieutenant
OBrien they have not been considered OF
a nature to Justly investigation. espea
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04
Mrs. Sheridan Not to be Married.

Washington, May 1.-General Rucker
when asked today as to whether there
was any foundation for the published re.
port to the effect that Mrs. Phillip II
Sheridan and Mr.. Marshal Field. of Chi.
caSo, were engaged to be married, SAID
that it was absolutely without foundat ton
He added that the story was a pure in
vention and caused extreme annoyance
to his daughter.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04
A Socialist Parade.

New York, May 1.-Three thousand per-
sons marched in the socialist May day
parade tonight. Conspicuous among them
were 300 women and girls. The process
sion disbanded at Union square, where
speeches were delivered to q large crowd.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04
Captain Murphy of the LauFada Arrested

Kingston, Jamaica. May 1.-captain Ed
ward Murphy. formerly of the American
steamer Laufada, was arrested at Port
Antonio on his arrival there from New
York. by order of the Jamaica govern
ment on two charges of filibustering. He
will be tried Thursday next.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04
TAX TITLES TO LAND.
THE NATTER THE SUBJECT OF
MUCH DISCUSSION.

Question of Expense of the Penitentiary.
Municipal Campaigns-The SatterfieId
Case Again Goes Over-Pr.ss Convention
to Meet at Morehead-To Inspect Mines
and MiiIs-Monthly Reception at Execu-
tive eMansion--Jeaiousy of other Towns
Toward Raleigh.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04
Greece to Recall Colonel Yassos.

Berlin, May 1.-The Berlin Post an
nounces that Greece has agreed to recall
Colonel Vassos from the island Of Crete.
1t is also asserted that the acceptance on
the part OF Greece of the recon1menda-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04
A Kick Against Chairman Bowden

Washington, May IA delegation of LOO
republicans from the Second congressional
district of Virginia, headed by Hon. John
S. Wise and DR.. Richard A. Wise, the
contest:ng member of congress, and in
cluding Messrs. Marin and Libbey, the
delegates to the ST. Louis convention,
came here today and protested against
the recognition Of National Committee
man Bowden in the patronage of the
state. They made a vigorous attack on
Mr.. Bowder's followers, characterized
them as a dfsorganiZed, treacherous and
&,,rh rh,,ln nd l. -
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-19

gone on watch, which did not improve
his situation so far as regaining his
Job was concerned.
The watchmen confess that within
the compass of an eight-hour night
watch they have plenty of time 10 array
before them in orderly mental fashion
the mistakes of their past lives. and
they are a unit In expressing the be-
lief that the strain of sitting still and
doing nothing for exactly one-third OF
each day. year-in and year-out would
drive them mad were not the time
broken by the complete round of their
beats, which they are required 10 make
every thirty minutes
AT the end of each of these rounds
the Waterman touches his electrical
button, which informs the lieutenant
OF the watch at his desk at the main
door that everything is well with him.
The watch patrol. consisting of four
men detailed for this duty every night
in each watch, and whose duties are
similar 10 those of police roundsmen,
are on tour through the corridors all
the time, partly for the purpose of see
ing that the watchmen are alive and
alert, and partly to attend to the sys-
TEN of electrical button registering,
which they in turn are obliged to car
ry on to Indicate to the lieutenant their
own wide-awakeness.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-19

Rock Of all Of its deposits TO the point
nearly half century ago lodged the
remains of many tribes, high and dry,
literally moving the last resting place
of their dead, for no Pacific coast tribe
ever buried their dead below the sur
face of the earth. Some hedged them
about with rocks, above the ground,
leaving the face upward and exposed.
Others put bark covering over them,
while others were suspended from
limbs or left in the forks of trees. Time
has robbed every form of its substance
and left only the whitened bones and
and physicians are eager to secure these
trophies for articulation. So great is
the demand that at least one man has
for years followed the hazardous bust
ness of gathering these skulls for the
market. 1t is risky, for the few re-
naming Indians still keep vigil over the
remains of their dead, and to be caught
in the act would mean a prisoner In
the recesses of the neighboring noun
tains, followed by a death of slow tor
ture, for no quarter or mercy would be
shown the victim. Still, knowing this
Howard Clause, a recluse. nightly risks
his life to gather these grlnning, whit
ened skulls, and every now and then
box of large and small skulls is
shipped from Portland, Ore, to the va
rims noted seats of medical and dental
learning in the east.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-19
MORE OR LESS HUMOROUS.

In Philadelphia-Her friend: And
when are you to be married." She:
I'm three years. Charles. you know. 10
so patient"-Puck.
Teacher: Tell me few Of the most
important thirgs existing to-day which
did not exist hundred years ago."
Tommy: "Us."-London Answers.
Her glance fell confusedly under his
ardent look. Darling" he whispered
yours Is the first mother ever
really hated" But men are such de-
ceivers. Tribune.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-19

ceedingly determined appearance. the
majority of whom did too much picket
and patrol duty during the war to per-
NIT themselves to be caught mapping
in piping times of peace. Each of them
had at his hahd persuasive seven
chambered army pistol. None looked
as If he would hesitate the fractional
part of second to use his melting
weapon if the occasion were.
In order to make his midnight tour
OF the treasury, the reporter was
obliged to procure a very much signed
and countersigned pass. No one Is ad-
mitted TO the building after 4 o'clock
in the afternoon without one of these
passes. If the secretary of the treasury
should present himself at the main
door for admittance at 4:05, having left
his pass in one of the pockets Of his
other clothes at home and not be recog-
niZed, he would have to go home after
1T before he could get in. This hap
pened to Secretary Folger on two oc-
casions, and both times he commended
the captain of the watch for his zeal
in following orders.
In all there are seventy guardians of
the treasury, under the direction of a
captain and two lieutenants of the
watch. Capt. p. s. Talbert is the pres
ent head of the force. Nearly all of
the watchmen are men who were in
the war as mere boys, and are there
fore now in the prime of life. They
are thoroughly trained and reliable
men Very few treasury watchmen
have been discharged for negligence
since the foundation of the govern
ment. The possibility of raid upon
the treasury is regarded as remote, but
the watch force is disciplined to stand
by for such raid at any time.
To observe the fashion with which
che night watchmen "cover" their posts,
it might easily be thought that the
secret service is in constant receipt OF
information as to contemplated treas
ury robberies. Yet never a dollar has
ever been taken from the treasury by
force.
The secret service knows that many
celebrated cracksmen, including Lit
tie Jimmy" Hope. who successfully
pulled off the great Manhattan Bank
robbery. have from time to time con-
templated the conversion of few mill
lions of treasury money to their pri-
waite use, but they all thought better
OF 1t. They decided the undertaking to
be of too colossal a character.
The watch force is divided into three
reliefs, like an army guard, only the
treasury Waterman is on post longer
than the soldier. His tour of duty lasts
eight hours. The first watch of the
day goes on at in the morning. 1t is
relieved at 4 in the afternoon by the
watch which remains on duty until
midnight. The midnight watch, which
Is regarded as the most important OF
the three, completes the triple-linked
guard chain, and goes of at in the
morning. There are only fourteen men
in the day watch. from a. m. to
o. m. Each OF the other two watches
consists of twenty-eight men. Al
though, as has been said, the mid
watch, so called, is considered TO carry
the greatest weight of responsibility
Of the three. on account of the we'll
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-19
BOOK TITLES.
An Amusing Chapter of Literary His.
tory Might BE Written.

An Amusing Chapter of Literary His.
tory Might BE Written.
An amusing chapter of literary his
tory might be written on the difficulties
of novelists over the titles of their
books, says the New York Tribune.
Not one is sure If he prints a story in
America under title that seems to
him absolutely original that some one
won't turn out TO have used it already
in England We recall that Mr.. How
ellis not long ego had to publish book
in England under a different title from
that which he kept for America, and
now Miss Margaret Sherwood, who was
said to be bringing out a novel called
An Experiment in Egoism," is an
nounced TO have rechristened it. before
publication. "A Puritan Bohemia"
Lucas Malet had TO go through the
same operation the other day and her
new novel, "Carissima," comes out un-
der the designation only after having
suffered the mos; puzzling transforma-
tiops. There ought To he place OF
registry somewhere TO assist authors in
finding out before they publish whether
their titles have been anticipated or
not At the same time, we repeat,
there ought 10 he a chapter written
with accounts OF the occasions upon
which these changes have involved
serious complications OF camical deyel-
opments
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-19
Panther ard YjexcIe Race.

A bicycle race with panther was
the exciting experience of an English
lady in Singapore one evening lately.
When riding slowly homeward along
a road outside OF the town the cyclisi
found that she was being quietly
stalked by huge black panther. She
had the presence of mind TO start off
at full speed and soon distanced her
pursuer-p Philadelphia Ledger.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-19
No-To-BAc FOR FIFTY CENTS.

Millions of men who are daily Tobacco
Splitting and Smoking Their Lives Away"
will be glad to learn that the makers Of No
To-Bac, the famous guaranteed tobacco
habit cure, that has freed over 400, 900
tobacco users in the last few years. have
put on the market fifty cent package of
their great remedy. This will give every
tobacco user a chance to test No-To- Rac's
power to control the desire for tobacco in
every form and at the same time be ben.
Gifted by No-To-Bac's nerve strengthening
qualities. Every tobacco user should pro-
cure fifty cent box at once from his drug
gist or order IL by mail. You will be
surprised to see how easily and quickly the
desire for tobacco disappears. Amy reader
can obtain sample and booklet free by
addressing the Sterling Remedy Co.,
Chicago or New York, and mentioning this
paper.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-19
Danger Environs Us

If we live in a region where malaria il
prevalent. 1t is useless to hope to escape
it If unprovided with a medicinal safe
guard Wherever the endemic is most
prevalent and malignant-in South and
Central America, the West Indies and GER
tain portions of Mexico and the Isthmus OF
Panama, Hostetter's Stomach BItters has
proved a remedy for and preventive of the
disease in every form. Not less effective
is it in curing rheumatism, liver and kidney
complaints dyspepsia, biliousness and nerv-
BUSINESS.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-19

known nocturnal preferences of burg
lars. Captain Talbert, the head of the
watch force, is OF the opinion that the
day guard needs to be more on the
alert for surprises than any of them
Each Waterman has regular per-
manent post, and there Is rarely any
ghifting Of POSTS. On relieving rhe man
of the old watch the mid" Waterman
takes the pistol belonging 20 the post
from tho drawer o! the table in which
1t is placed. sees that It is in proper
shape. asks the 4 TO II o'clock watch
Iazn If everything is all right, and sits
down under the incandescent light TO
out in his eight hours, most OF which
are passed in Buddah-like cOntempla-
ton OF the walls and the shadowy,
silent corridors.
The watch is not permitted 20 smoke,
read or write while on duty. His bust
ness is solely TO watch. If he goes to
sleep and is discovered by the watch
patrol. ne is certain ia be discharged
upon being reported the next day.
Only very few such cases have oe-
Cured, and In each case the sleeper
has confessed that his droWsiness was
caused by fash drinking after having
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-19
Coughing Leads to Consum ption.

Kemp's balsam will stop the cough
&c once. Go to your druggist to-day
and get Il sample bottle free. Large
bottles 25 and so cents. Go at once.
delays are dangerous.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-19
A Parents Advantage.

"A child" said the oracular young man,
"can ask questions wise man cannot an
swer."
There's one satisfaction" said the man
of the family, she can't ask very many of
them without getting sent to bed"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-19
GATHERING SKULLS.

howard Clause, Recluse, Robs an IN
dian Graveyard Nightly.
About forty-tiye miles below Port
land, on the Oregon side Of the Column
bia, the broad expause OF water flows
without ripple, and is as deep and
still as death, says the San Francisco
Call. Just above this point is Coffin
Rock" which was the starting place
to the happy hunting ground of the
various Oregon tribes of Indians, but
the high water of 1862 swept Coffin
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-19
WATCHING TREASURY
ARMED VETERANS ON DUTY
EVERY MINUTE.

Not Dollar Has Been Sto,en-AIthousit
All the Most Audacious Craftsmen
Have From Time to Time Siaed Up
the Situation.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-19
Washington Letter.

FEW nights ago a
reporter prowled
through the Treas
ury department
from subcellar to
attic. His access
was not surrepti-
tious. however. His
presence in the
b uil ding W a 3
known to twenty
five men of eX-