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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-06
CROWDED WITH WHEELNIFN.
The Large Assemblage at the Race Meet
in Philadelphia-First Days Exercises.
Many Wheelmen Present

The Large Assemblage at the Race Meet
in Philadelphia-First Days Exercises.
Many Wheelmen Present
Philadelphia, August 4.-Close, sultry
weather characterized the opening day
Of the eighteenth meet of the League
of American Wheelmen, but it failed
to suppress the enthusiasm or lessen
the number of arrivals. The number
of wheelmen already registered is far
in excess of any previous two race
meets, and up to a late hour tonight
every railroad train brought additional
visitors.
During the morning Chairman Mott;
Thomas Hare, chairman of the racing
meet executive committee, and Abe
Powell, official Handicapped for this
district, went carefully over the list of
entries and examined the record of
each professional and amateur.
Two entries delayed in transmission
were received today. They were J.
Frank ~MOhler and Andre Bouling, of
the City Of Mexico. They are the am
ateur champions of Mexico and are
reported to be very fast riders.
The first scheduled run of the meet
was started at 9 o'clock from the ma
taOnal headquarters. over 1,5OO riders,
many of them women, covered the ten
miles to the country club house of the
Century Wheelmen, riding along the
river drive in Fairmount park and the
picturesque WissahickOn valley. After
refreshments the return to the city was
made, and a much larger number rode
out the Lancaster pike, the finest ma
cadem road in the country, passing
through homes of some Of Philadel-
phia's wealthiest and most substantial
citizens.
Johnny johnson, of Minneapolis,
met with an accident late last night
and may not be able to enter. He was
being paced on the Willow Grove track
by Jack Lindley, when the latter's
rear wheel broke and threw Lindley.
Johnson Spilled over him and severe
ly bruised his right side. Lindley was
slightly scratched.
Special attention is being given the
women visitors by an auxiliary COM
mittee of local w,leeIwomen. Head
quarters have been opened in the Odd
Fellows temple, across from the ma
tional headquarters. Tomorrow night
a fete will be given in their honor at
Belmont mansion in West Fairmount
park.
Word was received today that the
first circuit delegation of New York
city riders left Jersey City this morn
ing on bicycles to attend the meet.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-06

Her Commander Entirely Exculpated by
the Naval Hoard Appointed to Investi-
gate the Affair.

Her Commander Entirely Exculpated by
the Naval Hoard Appointed to Investi-
gate the Affair.
Washington, August 4.-The navy de-
partment has received q report from
the special naval beard which investi-
gated the collision between the battle
ship Maine and the garbage and pier
in East river last week. The board
fully justifies Captain Sigsbee for the
course he adopted in choosing a COM
paratively slight injury to the Maine
by running into the pier rather than
bring serious disaster upon the steam
er Isabella, which was crowded with
people.
After reciting in detail the circum-
stances which led up to the collision
substantially as already published in
the newspapers, the board has. this to
say in summing up:
1T appears to the board that the sit
uation was forced upon the Maine by
the collisions which occurred between
other ships ahead of her and by the
confusion resulting therefrom, and
that the commanding officer of the
Maine having steered toward the New
York side to avoid collision with those
vessels and there finding the Isabella
crowded with people coming through
the narrow gap which he intended to
use, the second phase of the situation
was also forced upon him and there
was left to him to choose between the
collision with the Isabella or with the
New York pier.
1.-The serious disaster which might
have resulted from collision with the
Isabella and the comparatively slight
injury liable to occur from collision
with the New York piers, leaves no
doubt in the minds of the board that
the judgment of the commanding OFF,
Ger of the Maine was sound and cor
rect and that he probably avoided Sc
rious disaster and loss Of life to the
Isabella by taking the course he did.
THE testimony shows that good
order and discipline prevailed and that
all orders and signals were clearly un-
derstood and promtly obeyed. The
damage done to the Maine was very
slight. The necessary repairs can be
made by the ships force and are part
ly completed already"
It is stated at the navy department
that the accident appears to have been
inevitable and, therefore, that the de-
partment is not responsible for the re-
sultant damages.
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MURDER AND SUICIDE.
A Philadelphia Man Kills q Woman snsl
Himself Because Of Unr<quited Love-

Philadelphia, August 4.-Charles Dietx
aged As, a foreman in the Candy factesy
Of Philip Wunderle, at lis Pegg strexn.
today shot and fatally wounded Ksxe
Scollou, aged 3S years. and committees
suicide. The woman was also an err
ploye OF the place. and unrequited lowe
Is said to have prompted the shooting
The foreman persisted I'm his attentions
with no success. During the lunch hour
today Dietz and the woman were sexsu
talking together. and after work had b1s-p
resumed ne called her to small rODxn
near by in which he worked. A few mo-
ments later two pistol shots were heard
and when the employees entered the room
Dletz was lying on the floor dead with,
the revolver I'm his hand Miss ScoIlo.,
was still alive but unconscious. She Was
sent to the Pennsylvania hospital, wher,,
she died few hours later
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-06
JAPAN'S DEMANDS.
She Wants the United States to Assume
Contingent Res esp0nsibility In the Matter
of Arbitration With Hawaii

She Wants the United States to Assume .
Contingent Responsibility In the Matter
of Arbitration With Hawaii
The Herald from Washington says:
Japan will insist that the United
States. assume a contingent response
bility in the matter of arbitration Of
her differences with Hawaii on the sub
ject of immigration and the tariff. 1t
is understood that this is one of the
essential conditions upon which japan
will consent to arbitration and that If
this responsibility is not assumed by
the United States, Japan will break off
negotiations looking to arbitration and
back up her demands by naval de-
monstration in Hawaiian waters.
The state department has not yet re-
ceived any official communication from
the japanese government on this mat
ter and the administration has not in
dicated whether or not it will comply
with the japanese demand when made.
An official of the Japanese legation
said in an interview: Il am not Of
ficially informed concerning the terms
Of arbitration, but that Japan should
ask the United States 70 take recOgnl-
ton of it and assume an ultimate re-
sponsibility for the decisions of the ar
bitratOr as regards being carried out
seems to me very natural. If the United
States refuse to give us a guarantee
it is probable that the arbitration prop
osition will fail. We prefer to enter
tain a grievance and to indemnify our
subjects ourselves than to arbitrate
after the indignity by the refusal Of the
United States of so just request.
Neither the United States nor the Haw-
aiian-Japan correspondence of late the
pending annexation has figured as
factor in the situation. This should
operate in the arbitration case as WELL"
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Chicago, August 4Christopher Schrage.
the miner who was robbed of S., 600 in
bonds a year ago, was buried today. The
old man never recovered from the shock
OF losing bis wealth, although the bulk
Of 1T WIS restored. During the past
tinually about the robbery. The Schrage
bond robbery formed a sensational epi-
sode in Chicago police history. Sleepy
Burke, an ex-cont let. when arrested in
correction with the case, confessed and
implicated several Or ointment police Off
Gals and politicians. The accused men
were not convicted.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-06
OUR EXPORT TRADE.
LARGER LAST FISCAL YEAR
THAN IN ANY PREVIOUS ONE.

Total Value of Exports fer Year Ended
June Both Last 81.O32, ,OO1, ,3OO-More
Than 916O, 600, 900 Greater Than for the
Previous Year-Great Increase in Export
of Domestic Manufactures-Export Il of
Agricultural Products
Washington, August 4.-Corrected
tables, about to be published by the
bureau Of statistics in connection with
the monthly summary of finance and
commerce, will show that the fiscal
year ended June 30th was the largest in
the history Of domestic exports, the
value of which reached 81, ,032, ,001 300.
The next largest was the year 1892.
The increase over exports of the pre-
ceeding year amounts to $16S, ,SOO,S13.
There has been a considerable in
crease in the exports Of domestic man.
ufactures. Comparing these with the
year 1892 (the largest previous export
year,, when they were valued at $685.,
51O,937, or 1876 per cent, of the whole,
the year 1897 shows that they amounted
to $276, ,357 ,S61, or 26.7S per cent. of the
total exports, which is an increase over
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1896, of
SAT, ,786, 683. The smallest previous per
cent. was in 1880, when the per centage
of domestic manufactures exported was
12.45 Of the whole.
Domestic manufactures for the month
of June exported were valued at $685.
873,204, an increase of about A ,0OO, 900
over the same month for the preceding
year and the figures for June 1897, are
the largest for any similar period, ex-
cept the month Of May 1897, when the
value of domestic exports amounted to
$26, ,457, ,442, and the month Of March
1897, when they were 1914, ,469.
The reports Of agricultural products
for the month of June were valued at
$3S, ,99S, 1876, as against $37,17S,060 for the
month of June 1896. Agricultural ex-
ports for June 1896 were 57.26 per cent.
and for June 1897, 54.26 per cent, of all
exports. For the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1896. the value Of agricultural
exports amounted to $569, 1878, ,297, or 66.O2
per cent. Of the whole, as against $685.
878,990, or 66.27 per cent. Of the whole
for the year ended June 30, 1897; and
the total value of all exports for the
year 1896 amounted to $S63, 200, 4S7 while
for the year just ended the total given
as stated above amounts to $1,032,-
OO1 300.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-06
Great Loss Of Life From Eruption of n
Volcano.

Chicago, August "A special to TIN.
Chronicle from Tacoma, Wash. sxsE
500 reported killed up to July LIST, Is tfsx.
record OF the terrible outbreak Of tfxa
great volcano Of Mayor. on the island
OF Luzon, one OF the Philippine group
On night of June 24th this volcano be-
gan throwing up ashes and lava In i'm.
mense quantities and flames Were
thrown upward considerably over INB
feet above the crater. The next day
hfty-six bodies were recovered IA =
considerable distance and the most re-
cent dispatches to Hong Kong up so
July 8th stated that not less than sDB
were known to be killed. 1t was prcss-
able, said the dispatches. that the Ioznz
OF life would reach into the Thousand.
depending on the length Of eruption
On that date lava streams and ashes
had reached the cities of Bacacay. Nal
fpot and Liboy, and their destructSoFx
was certain. Fifteen smaller towns lse--
tween these and the volcano had beera
destroyed and scores OF the agricuf-
tural population had been overwhelm-
ed while attempting to escape.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-06
New North Carolina Postmasters.

Washington, August 4.-The follow
ing fourth class postmasters were ap-
pointed today in North Carolina: AL
bemarle, G.. M. Dry; Essex, M. L. Keen;
MSxton, w. j. Currie; Sand Bluff,
George Atkinson. Skyland, w. w.
Long, Turner's. JAMIE Helton; Univer-
sity Station, Flora ShnTaker.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-06
Was Soon Feeling Better.

For three years 1 was troubled with
my heart and liver. I was run down
in health and could hardly walk,
was SO weak. I tried many medicines
and finally bought a bottle of Hoods
Sarsaparilla. / was soon feeling bet
ter and after taking few more bot
ties l was strong and able to work."
. W.. HARRIS, Cloverdale, Va.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-06
Delegates to Farmers' National Congress
Especial to The Messenger.}

Raleigh, n. c., August 4-Goyernor
Russell appoints the following dele
gates from North Carolina to the farm
ers' national congress for the next two
years: State at large, J. S. Cunning
ham and William Dunn; First district,
John Brady; Second district, NJ. L.
Wood; Tird district, J. A. Westbrook;;
Fourth district, Ransom Hinton; Fifth
district. Benehan Cameron; Sixths4aE
trict, Nick Gibbons; Seventh disff1ct
S. A. Lawrence; Eighth district, j. L.
Byers Ninth district, w. G. CandleH..
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Fears About Election Tickets
ISnecial To The Messenger. y

aleigh, N. c.. August 4.-The friefls
OF special tax for public schools z
press fear that there may be neglek TO;
send OUT tickets properly, and ask that
this matter be at once looked into.
Tickets are all right IN Wake.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-06
A Negro Gets $40, 600 for q Horse

Nashville. Tenn, August 4-Jfn-
Key. a marvelousIy well educated
horse, owned by DR.. William Key, a
highly respected negro Of SheIbyvflne
this state. and which has been on cx-
hibition at the centennial expoaitfosa
for two months, has been sold to "
G. Duffield. of New York. for $40 O0uvs
and shipped to that city. DR.. Key de-
voted seven years to teaching anls.
training the horse
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What Hoods Sarsaparilla has dome
for others 1t will do for you. Hoods
Sarsaparilla cures all blood disease.
The herald., 1897-05-07
WHITTIER

WHITTIER, May 6.-(Regular Cor
respondence.) The Whittier cannery
gives employment part of the time to a
large number of people and creates a
local market for the fruits and certain
kinds of vegetables raised by the farm
ers about the town. But the fact that
there are large numbers of unemployed
women, girls and men in the town who
are skilled at such work and also that
the productiveness of the rich fields ly-
ing all about the town has for several
years been outgrowing the capacity of
the cannery to use these products, is a
part Of the evidence that another can
merry would find good field to operate
in here. At the presnt time there are
acres and acres Of green peas going to
waste becase the farmers who raised
them expecting to see them 1T the local
cannery find that that establishment is
not prepared to handle them. 1t would
be safe to say that hundreds of tons of
peas could be had for canning purposes
from the present wasting crop almost at
the cost of picking them. Farmers and
gardeners who have had the disappoint-
ment of seeing their pea crops go to waste
this winter and spring are all eager to
see another cannery or two started here.
The herald., 1897-05-07
POMONA

POMONA, May 6.-CRegular Corre-
|spondence). Next Sunday being the feast
of the patronage of st. Joseph and the
feast day of St. Joseph's Catholic church
the services will be of an unusally i'm
pressive nature. Mass will be celebrated
at 1890 a. M, during which the Rev. DR..
Hahn, superintendent of the Bannin 6
Industrial school. is expected to preach.
After mass there will be procession
of the blessed sacrament, in which thirty
or forty little girls, dressed in white, will
march, scattering flowers before the
blessed sacrament as they proceed.
After the procession will commence
what is known as the forty hours devo-
tion, devotion instituted by the church
In commemoration of the forty hours in
which our Lords body reposed in the
holy sepulchre. During this devotion,
which will continue from Sunday, the
9Th inst, to Tuesday, the 11th inst, spec
ial services will be held Sunday and Mo:.-
day evenings at 1880 p. m. and Monday
and tuesday mornings at a. m.
Sunday evening the services will be
most imposing and of a very high order,
both musically and oratorically. A grand
Gregorian vesper service will be sung by
eight priests, some Of whom have re-
markably fine voices.
The vesper service over, a panegyric
on st. Joseph will be preached by the
Rev. T. j. Fitzgerald, a noted pulpit
orator Of Redlands. The services will
be brought to a close with benediction
and the blessed sacrament.
Monday evening at 1880 p. m. another
The herald., 1897-05-07
ORANGE COUNTY

for by Mr. Holabird. It Is said that
Mr.. Irvine of the San Joaquin ranch
has signified his Willingness to aid in
the establishment Of such an enter
prise on his ranch, and with the CO.
operation of others to whom benefits
would accrue, it is quite probable that
the project could be made a success.
The committee to be appointed by
President Edgar will report the result;
of its canvass at another meeting to
be held within ten days, by which time
1t is expected the feasibility Of the
proposition will have been definitely
determined.
E. E. Keech, M. Nissan and c. E.
Grouard are mentioned as successors
to the trusteeship of the Fifth ward.
made vacant by the resignation.of May
or Hunt. The appointment will be made
by the board at it's next meeting.
A regular meeting Of the chamber
of commerce was held last night, at
which reports were heard from various
committees now at work on proposed
improvements. The committee on the
proposition of constructing a sewer
system reported that the matter was
in the hands of Drs. Menges and Dryer,
who are now in the east making inves-
legations as to the cost of sewers and
the best method of their construction.
The herald., 1897-05-07
AVALON

AVALON, May 6.-(Regular Cores
pondence) There is so much war talk
in the papers at the present time that
a person of strong imagination might
almost think he was al the seat of war.
For some days past explosions had been
heard that sounded like the bursting of
bombs. There is very peaceful solu-
ton to the cause of the noise. The con-
tractors are making connection with
the new road from Avalon at this end
and in doing so have had to do a good
deal Of blasting in solid rock, and being
close to town we have had the benefit
of the noise.
The Sunbeam yesterday had an en-
joyable picnic to Seal Rock carrying a
party of ten guests Of the Metropole
who were much interested in the seals
and also in the sphinxlike profile on
Church Rock.
Captain F. p. Whitney made flying
visit to Avalon today on his yacht
Nellie. He intends to bring his family
over in about two weeks to occupy his
residence here during the summer
months.
Mrs. DR.. Van Kirk, Of Oakland, gave
an interesting and instructive talk to the
ladies yesterday in the church on the
subject of hygiene and especially wo-
mans duties in connection with the fa-
mily.
The herald., 1897-05-07
RIVERSIDE

RIVERSIDE, May 6.-(Regular Cor
respondence.) Some time ago, when it
was discovered that certain members
of the board of supervisors were quietly
negotiating compromise of the $135,-
900 suit pending between this county
and San Bernardino county, it was
strongly suspected that scheme was
Matching whereby our monetary inter-
ests were to be sacrificed on the altar
of personal ambitions and private
purses-in the way of selecting a site
and controlling contracts, etc., for a
new court house. In other words, the
supervisors-or at least some of them
purposed to compromise the suit, which
we would surely win, in order to get
the money for court house purposes
before their terms of office should ex-
pire. So opinion ran.
AS a matter of fact, the tax levies
and finances OF the county generally
have been so handled as to pile up a
surplus of nearly $5O,UO0 in the treasury,
and some people think it was done with
a definite purpose.
Now that an order has been made for
the advertising for proposals to rent
or sell to the county buildings and
grounds for court house purposes, the
knowing ones are saying, II told you
So"
OF course the supervisors have a
right to buy grounds and build court
house, If they can raise the necessary
money legally, but most people think
it would be better to rent the present
quarters at reasonable figure and use
all the money available from any source
The herald., 1897-05-07
SANTA ANA

SANTA ANA, May 6.-(Regular Cor.
respondence.) Constable r. o. Pryor
of Capistrano last night captured seven
Cinnamon, who We're found to have
landed on American soil in violation
of the exclusion law. The Coolies were
put asore near that place from a two
masted schooner which hove to in the
ofting at the approach Of night, and
none of them had certificates emitting
them to enter this country. From the
fact that the Cinnamon had Mexican
money in their wallets it is believed
they were shipped at some port of that
republic. The vessel, after landing its
passengers, set sail and disappeared
before its name or that of the master
could be determined. The Cinnamon
are in Jail at Capistrano, awaiting in
structions from the federal authorities.
A meeting Of citizens was held in the
city hall this morning Tor the purpose
Of listening to proposition from w. H.
Holabird i'll reference to the building
of another beet sugar factory in this
vicinity. A committee of five will be
appointed by President Edgar of the
chamber of commerce to interview
farmers and all others interested. with
view to securing the subsidy asked
The herald., 1897-05-07
RIVERSIDE COUNTY

Whatever III such a way as to lessen
| taxation. 1t is very certain, however
that the supervisors do not intend to
do any such thing. Failing to get money
from San Bernardino by compromise,
they evidently intend to make a levy
this fall that will add enough to the
surplus in the general fund to enable
them to at least buy lot and begin
10 build, thus tying up so much money
that it will be practically impossible
for any subsequent administration to
alter their plans. 1t is not generally
known, but it is a fact, that they have
secured an option on the Arlington ho-
tel property, now used for court house
purposes, under lease which expires on
June 80, 1895. The price fixed by Mr..
Everest is $4,000 for the half block on
which the buildings stand. or SIS, 900 for
the entire block, bounded by Seventh
and Eighth and Lemon and Lime
streets. 1t will be generally conceded
that the location is good. but not that
the buildings are suitable, or that the
property is relatively worth the money
asked for it,
Aside from considerations of taxation,
public sentiment would seem to favor,
as business proposition, that nothing
be done in the matter of a court house
until a settlement with San Bernar-
dino is secured, which, it is thought.
will provide ample money, with what
can be added from current revenues,
to buy ground and buiid sufficient for
presnt needs, on plans that can be add
ed to according to subsequent require
ments. But that done suit some of
the supervisors, who are not at all sure
Of reelection.