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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-17
Opposed to Civil Service

Washington, December 13.-The ena
civil service committee today examined
F.. P. Walser, of the Fifth internal reve-
nue. district Of North Carolina as to the
benefit of the civil service examination
in the internal revenue service. Mr.. Wal
ser expressed the opinion that the ques-
'tions of the civil service commission
were impracticable and that the work
was more efficient under the old system
than the present. He testified that he
thought it impracticable to put deputy
collectors of internal revenue under the
civil service rules, because of the close
and confidential relations which ought to
exist between the deputies and the col
lectOr. AS a rule, the men who passed
the examination were not fitted for the
duties of the office; that is, he explained,
they required other qualifications than
those which might be determined by a
scholastic examination. Most of the eligi-
bles secured through civil service were
young men without business experience.
The examination could not determine a
mans physical courage and this was i'm
pOrtant to the successful holding of the
office. The witness was secretary of the
local board of examiners for that dis
trict. He said another reason why store
keepers and gaugers should not be clas-
sified was that the pay was but s. a day
While under assignment, and this was
very uncertain. Men who could stand
the scholastic examination Were, as a
rule, not willing to accept the office and
would not help the distiller to 'slop his
hogs or do chores around the still.
TIE witness alleged that eligibles Sc
cured through the examination process
came from other counties than those in
which the distilieries were located. This
violated the peoples idea OF home rule
and was offensive to the distillers.
Under cross examination the witness
admitted that the deputy collectors and
storekeepers n gaugers took an active
part in politics.
Mr.. Walser is a republican and was
reduced, he claimed, under the admins
tration of Mr.. Cleveland. on no other
ground than that of his politics.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-17

Washington, December 13.-In the
United States supreme court today
an opinion vas handed down by Justice
White in the case of Thomas Bran,
under sentence of death by the United
States circuit court for the Massachu-
sets district. The death sentence was
passed upon Bran, for the murder of
Captain Nash, of the bark Herbert
Fuller. Indictments are still against
him for the murder of Mate Blomberg
and Mrs. Nash who were killed at the
same time.
The decision Of the circuit court was
reversed OF the ground that the lower
court erred in admitting Bram's state
ment to a detective in Halifax, which
they decided was not made voluntarily.
Chief Justice Fuller and Justices Brew
er and Brown dissented from the opin-
ion OF the majority of the court.
The vessel or which the tragedy oc-
CURED vas u from Boston to South
Amerca and after the crime was dis
covered her course was changed and
the first landing made at Halifax. A
seaman named Brown was first arrest
ed by his shipmates charged with the
commission of h crime and after
ward actuated by a statement OF
Browns they also took Bran into Gus
tody. When the vessel reached Hail.
fax. h United States consul there.
after an investigation sent Bran to
Boston for trial.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-17
The Colonial Danes
Wilmington, n. c., Dec.

NII1A1AAA6IOA, ~ Sp - 40
(For The Messenger.)
The regular monthly meeting of the
North Carolina Society of Colonial
Danes of America was held on Wed
nesday afternoon, December LIST, at 4
O'Clock. The president presided and
nineteen members answered to the roll
call.
this meeting, it being the first one
held in their assembly room, On North
Front street. This room has been
neatly and comfortably furnished, and
a vote of thanks was extended to the
committee for the satisfactory
in which they had discharged the
duty assigned to them. Annual letters
from many Of the sister states have
been received, and most of the after
% was spent in reading them. The
society also unanimously voted that a
note should be sent to Rev. DIR.
Strange, thanking him for his kind
ness in allowing them to hold their
business meetings at ST. James parish
house during the past two years.
After holding a short meeting of the
board of managers the society adjourn
ed to meet again on the first Wednes-
day in January.
The meetings Of the Literary and
Social Club were resumed on last
Thursday evening at the assembly
room. This club will hereafter meet
on the second and fourth Tuesday eve
nings of each month at the assembly
room. HISTORIAN.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-17

ment OF a committee TO cooperate
with the Chamber Of Commerce in Sc
curing the operation of ne act ex-
empting new manufactures from tax
ation from i've to ten years.
Commissioner Moore suggested also
the appointment Of a committee by the
board of aldermen to cooperate in the
matter, and upon his motion the fol-
lowing was unanimously adopted by
the board:
Resolved, That a committee of three
from this board be appointed, with the
request that theboard Of aldermen ap-
point a committee OF like number from
their body, to confer with the Chamber
Of Commerce, with the view of e
couraging the establishment of new
manufactures by reducing h Law
operative that exernpts new factories
from taxation for the term OF five tc
ten years"
Chairman Foster called attention t.
the filthy condition OF the jail yard
and on motion the clerk was instructed
to call a health officers attention to it
The board then adjourned, subject
to the call Of the chairman.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-17

Who goes to the club while her nus
band tends the baby, as we'll as ti1
good old-fashioned woman wsho locks
after her home, will both at times get
run down in health. They viii be
troubled with loss Of appetite, head
aches, sieeplessness, fainting or dizzy
spells. The mos wonderful remedy for
these women is Electric Bitters. Thous-
ands Of sufferers from Lame Back and
Weak Kidneys rise up and call 1T
blessed. 1t IS the medicine for women.
Female complaints and Nervous
troubles Of all kinds are soon relieved
by the use of Electric Bitters. Deli
cate women should keep this remedy
on hand TO build up the system. Only
soc. per bottle. For sale by r.. r. Bel
lamy,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-17
DR.. DeROsset's Courtesy
Wilmington, N. c., D

Wilmington, N. c., Dec. IS.
Editors Messenger:
In all that has been said of the ven
cradle DR.. DeRosset, the n character
istic which impressed the young men
most seems to have passed unnoticed
This was his marked courtesy to them.
He seemed to take a peculiar pleasure
them feel that he had an interest in
them. His bearing toward them was
certainly calculated, if not intended,
to make them feel that they We're
known and noted, and if noted, then
observed, and if observed, weighed
and estimated. This was a stimulus
to make them worthy of his confidence
and esteem, and cause them to realize
that they were part of the social or
ganism, with duties to perform, and OBJ
legations to discharge. We can hardly
OvereStimate the value of such an in
fuence on the character of the young.
A young man is often made to feel
that he is of small Importance to the
community, and that, therefore, it is
of little moment how he may deport
himself. There is no influence more
potential to correct this evil tendency,
and to cause the building of character
to at an early age, than for
our older men to make the younger
ones feel that there is a community Of
interest between them, and that the
obligations Of good citizenship can
best be discharged when assumed early
in life. In this respect DR.. DeRosset
stood CONSPICUOUS among the men of
our city, and it cannot be doubted that
the comfy existing between him and
u young men was a formative in
huence on character and an inspiration
to higher ideals. I wish to bear testi-
mony to the fact that his influence was
felt on my own life. He was indeed a.
Christian gentleman. J.. A. TAYLOR.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-17

II don't know, there may be others"
he said, but I have used "Parkers Tolu
Cough Syrup in my family and would
not be without It," He knew better
than to buy the inferior preparation
that was being urged upon him. Park
er's Tolu Cough Syrup has no equal. It
will Immediately relieve I'M cough or
Cold, Whooping Cough, Sore throat,
Hoarseness, Group, Bronchitis and kin
dred ailments. Contains no injurious
ingredients, is pleasant to take and a
safe remedy for children. Sold by J.
c.. Shepard, J. r. Hardin and II. L.
Fentress.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-17
A PASTOR
Rev. II. T. Graham Replaces Mr.. Nickel
way-Some Interesting Facts In Presby-
terianism
Correspondence of The Messenger)

Fayetteville, N. G., December Is.
Rev. A. ]. McKelway preached an able
sermon in the Presbyterian church yes
terday morning: and. at its close, a con-
gregational meeting was called to elect
a pastor. The vote was practically unan-
imous for Rev. H. T. ranam the pres
ent assistant pastor. # the choice Of an
assistant to him was left to the elders
of the church.
Mr.. Graham, like his predecessor, is a
young man, who has a record OF fine
missionary work in Japan, and his lovely,
accomplished wife, already a great social
~favorite, will prove a worthy help-meet
in his pastoral illustrations. The salary
was fixed at 81 200 and the manse rent
free, $500 of the 81. 200 to GO to the assist
ants remuneration.
In the discourse of yesterday morn
ing, Mr.. McKeiway cited some striking
facts, gathered from his work in the syn
odical field. There are 20,eO white peo-
pie in North Carolina unabl to read. and
yet there is a goodly number Of these IL
literate ones who are actually engaged in
expounding CD the Gospel. Mecklenburg
county leads 1T Presbyterianism, having
forty churches of that denomination
Robson county comes next with over
thirty churches, while Cumberland has
between twenty and thirty.
There are large areas of the state with
out Presbyterian ministratiOnS, but the
home missions evangeliStS are invading
this territory with very beneficent re-
suits.
Mrs. Murphy, wife of Captain Murphy
of the Thomas & Murphy Printing and
Publishing Company, is lying critically
ill at her residence on Gillespie street.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-17
Chief Schnibben Back from Atlanta

Captain Charles Schnibben, chief Of
Wilmington's paid fire department, re-
turned on Sunday from Atlanta, where
h spent ten days with the paid fire de-
partment of that city, getting points un-
der Captain w. r. Joyner, the progress
sive and model fire chief Of the south.
Chief Schnibben went there and for the
time being joined the Atlanta department,
went to fires and took a hand at the
work. For the first seven days he was
there no fires occurred, but in the next
three days there were five.
Captain Schnibben comes back with a
high opinion of Atlanta and her fire de-
partment, from Chief Joyner down to z.
He says they are the cleverest, most
courteous, most wholesouled set of fell
lows that ever trod sole leather, and
he canno c%onjure up words sufficient tC
express his appreciation of the way they
treated him..
Chief Schnibben will now link in tt
work to get the Wilmington department
in the best trim possible. He finds tha
Captain H. P. Haney, Atlanta's eff.
cient and practical assistant chief. wht
came here on the 3Oth of November tt
train in our firemen, has done fine work
and that he has the boys we'll in harness
Captain Haney will take his leave of u:
tomorrow evening, much to the regret O.
the many friends he has made here.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-17

Richmond, Va, December 13.-The
committee to which had been referred
Sneator Barksdale's anti-fooe a bill.
today decided Il report the bill favor
ably. the vote standing five to four.
There We're a number OF young ladies
present during the discussion of the
bill by the committed, and they ap-
plauded vigorously everything that
was said in foo balls behalf. Senator
B~arksdale said there had been a dis
position in some quarters to ridiculethe
bin, but he had offered Ii in good faith
and intended to keep up the fight Cor
it. He contended that the game OF
foot bail was brutal, and that there
should be a law to break up the sport.
Petitions from the Woman's CHRISTIAN
Temperance Union and the Young
Womans Christian Association were
read urging that the assembly pas the
bill.
Mrs. Virginia Morgan Robinson,
whose son was severely hurt in a game
at h University Of Virginia asst year
and has since been an invalid. was
present, and said that, while her son
had been hurt in a foot ball game. she
did not mini that the sport was
danerous. and she was not in favor OF
breaking ii UP.
Delegate Duke. OF AIbemarle. made
the closing appeal against the bill He
said foot ball was a matter not to be
prohibited by law. but il the parents
did not want their boys to play, Trey
had q remedy already.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-17
IRIS MCKINLEY DEAD
The.End Came at 2:3O O'clock Sunday
M~orning-The Funeral to Take Place
This A~lterno0n-The President at Her
Bedside to the Last

Canton, O., December II, Sunday
Mrs. Nancy Allison Mckinley died at
2:3O o'clock this morning, at her home
here.
She was stricken with paralysis
eleven days ago and gradually sank
until her death. Only her remarkable
vitality enabled her to survive the at
tack so long. She vas SO years old.
Her son, the president, had been al
most constant in his attendance at her
bedside except during the brief inter-
val when he returned to Washington
for the opening session Of congress-.
Mr.. Stewart l.. Bowman, Of Lorraine,
Ohio, husband of one of Mrs. McKin-
ley's grandchildren, Joined the family
circle this morning. Her children and
grandchildren, except Mrs. George B.
Morris of San Francisco, a daughter Of
the late David Mckinley, were here for
the closing scenes of life. Othe rela-
tives will come for the funeral.
In the afternoon the president and
his brother, Abner Mckinley, drove to
beautiful West Law Cemetery to at
tend personally to arrangements for the
burial, which will be made in the
family lot, where lies the body of the
presidents father and which adjoins
the lot that for more than twenty
years has contained the bodies Of the
| presidents two children.
The funeral will be held in the First
Methodist Episcopal church of this city
at l o'clock Tuesday afternoon. On
Tuesday evening President Mckinley,
his wife and officials from Washington
who will attend the funeral will leave
! for the capital. They will arrive in
| Washington about noon Wednesday.
1t was at first thought by the family
| that the services should be Of a private
nature and should be held at the old
| homestead. Soon it was learned,
through the pastor of the church, and
! members of the congregation, as well
| as from other friends, that the number
of persons who wished to pay their last
tributes of respect by attending the
obsequies, could not be accommodated
with such arrangements and church
services were decided upon. Rev. DIR
Manchester, the pastor, will invite the
ministers of all the other Canton
churches, of whom there are about
thirty, to occupy the pulpit.
Pallbearers have been selected from
among the older members Of the FRS
church and those who for years have
been close neighbOrs of Mrs. Mckinley
At daylight this morning, at the sug.
gestion of some of the older members
of the congregation that an old but nov
almost obsolete custom be observed, the
bell in the tower of the church slowly
tolled off the years of Mrs. McKinley's
age.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-17

Mrs. Mary Bird, Harrisburg, Pa,
says: "My child is worth millions to
me; yet I would have lost her by Group
had I not invested twenty-five cents
In a bottle of One Minute Cough Cure"
It cures coughs, colds, and all throat
and lung troubles. r. r. Bethany.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-17
The Bank of Ashevills Pays Its Deposition

washington, December 13.-The share
holders CT the National Bank of Ashe-
Vile, N. c., which failed in October, hav-
ing borrowed money on their individual
guarantee sufficient to pay all demand
obligations, the comptroller has permit
ted the bank to close up it's affairs by
voluntary liquidation instead of through
a receiver. The plan was outlined by
Deputy Comptroller Coffin, who visited
Asheville for the after the fail
ure. and by disbu sing about sec, 900
cash to depositors will tend, it is said, to
relieve the hardships resulting from
three bank failures in that city.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-17

Mrs. M. B.. Ford, Ruddelrs, ILL.,, SUI
fered for eight ear from dyspepsia
and chronic constipation and was final
ly cured by using DeWitt's Little Ear
~ Risers, the famous little pills for all
stomach and liver troubles. r. r. Bel
lamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-17

any old symptoms"
DR.. Miles Remedies
are sold by all drug
gists under a positive
guarantee, first bottle
benefits or money re-
funded. Book on dis
eases OF the heart and
nerves free. Address.
DR. HILE MEDICA
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-17
HOLIDAY :: COMFORT
no IS d&w

Can be enjoyed when old Boreas Is pay
ing his annual visit from kiondyko
when you are prepared for him with one
OF our handsome and CHEEKY LIBERTY
or REGAL" Parlor Stoves. They are not
only an ornament. but good company.
They are economical In the use OF Coal.
and will keep your rooms cosy and warm
when winter winds are most frosty. Call
and see our NEW PROCESS" OIL Heat
er, the best on the market.
A full line OF high grade Cutlery on
hand now for the Holiday Present seek
second to none in the city at prices that
defy competition.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-17
URES

and that almost innumerable series OF
diseases and complications resulting
rom any arrangement Of the Nervous
system. Invaluable for weak women
and nervous children.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-01
For Sale-A carload of
young horses from 5 to
z years old, weighing
200 pounds each.
David Williams.

"The judges of the United States
courts have, with rare exceptions, been
men Of excellent legal ability and Of
high character" writes ex-President
Harrison in The Ladies' Home Journal.
1.-THE bar has sometimes complained
that judges were arbitrary and not al
ways as suave and respectful in their
treatment of the members Of the bar as
they ought to be. Perhaps there has
been in particular cases ground for such
complaints, but the cases have been
few. Manifestations of rudeness and
passion are i~nexcusable in a judge. He
must be deferential IL he expects defer
ence. He should be patient and even
tempered, for the case is sure to 60 his
way in his own court. And, ON the 9th.
or hand, the bar should always give its
powerful aid to support the influence of
the courts, for the Judicial department
IN the keystone IF our government and
assaults upon it threaten the whole
structure Of the stately arch"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-01

Hicks in his forecasts for April say
that the month will come in with decid-
edly warmer weather in western parts
of the country. A regular storm period
on the End. From the 2nd TO the 18th
look for low barometer, the passage OF q
warm wave and numerous storms, witt
hail and thunder. Very cool and frosty
nights as the skies clear after these
storms and rising barometer. This
change will begin in the lar west about
the End and follow on behind thestorms,
spreading over most OF the country in
it's eastward progress by about the 7th.
From about the 9Th to 10th a marked
return to warmer, ending in morestorms
OF rain, hail and thunder. BE watchful
of all threatening clouds. Frosts in
many sections northward. He says he
does not say that storms must fall On
the 14th, but that from the 18th to the
18th the probabilities are strong for
many and violent storms. He predicts
that a change to cold, snow and frosts
will be felt in most parts OF the country
ON and within t~wenty-four hours before
and after the 18th. From the goth to
the 22nd reactionary period OF change
and storms. Heavy April showers, with
hail in many places, will be very natural,
with frost very probable in the central
and northern states. The last storm
period is central on the 25th and covers
the Oath to 2Sth. Cool weather will
follow after the storms of this closing
period, bringing high barometer and
fair, pleasant weather for the closing
days of April.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-01
Sanitation In As...

The appearance or plague at Bombay
and Calcutta has produced one good
effect at all events. Before its advent
those prosperous cities had come to be-
lieve that they had nothing to learn in
regard TO sanitation. There was q time
when they were open to reproach in
such matters as open sewers, polluted
water, and what not. But by dint Of
liberal expenditure of money and energy
they had made matters right and could
ever challenge comparison with Paris,
Berlin and Vienna. When, however, the
awful eastern scourge, after striking
firm root at the western capital, few
across the peninsula to the eastern, tbs
public became a little doubtful an ca
whether sanitary precautions had beeu1
duly observed. First came inquiry, than
dismay, indignation, wrath, as disoov-
cry followed discovery. each more APP
palling than the last. We refrain from
giving particulars. Even to read, these
horrors is s~ickening. But q still mope
terrible question presents itself. Re tho
two most cultured and wealthiest cities
In Hindustan are In this drcadfuls cok-
dition, what must be the state OF Len
favored centers Of population in districts
where there are few whites and many
blsoks? Were the plague 10 penstsass
inland, it would, Go fear, And many
towns only too ready for it's reoeptSoa.
.-London Graphic.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-01

anton Der:s
1t Success
ons bulldog
"a.
having b,
lcisors aad,.
ave eapnh,.|
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-01
High School Notes.

The boys are getting ready for foot
ball.
Frank Black, of Pierpont, was a visi-
tor Wednesday.
Dick Russell calls occasionally to see
his old friends.
Geo. W. Moulton was a frequent caller
at the school this week.
The philosophical and chemical appa-
ratus has been received. The goods
were in excellent condition and are q
great improvement to the school.
The High School Debating Society at
it's last meeting adjourned sine die and
organized itself into a literary club. The
last question discussed was, Resolved,
that the signs OF the times Indicate the
downfall OF the republic" The question
was ably discussed by both sides and
decided in favor OF the affirmative.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-01
Shoes! Shoesl! Shoes!l!

Never before was our stock so COM
pete. We have them in Tan leather, Ok
blood leather, Chocolate leather-in all
styles OF toe that are now made. Same
in Slippers and Oxfords, also men and
childrens shoes. Prices lower than ever
before, Come and see them.
The Elevator Store.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-01
Notice.

All Webster Independent school dis
trict warrants up to registered number
367 are hereby called for payment aud
interest ceases from the date OF this
notice.
Dated March &c, 1897.
ID. WILLIAMS,
Treasurer.