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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06

St. Johns. N F.. July Captain John
Bartlett today completed negotiations
with her owner for the hire OF the steam
er Hope. TO convey Lieutenant Peary on
his arctic expedition. She will go into
dry dock Immediately. receive n thorough
overhauling and sail fer Boston on We'd
nesday next.
Lieutenant Peary and a party of scien-
lists will join her about the l4th instant
The Hope will call at sydney for coal.
Then going north by way of Belle isle.
she will land her first party at Resolution
island. the second at some point Of south
Greenland TO survey the coast and a
tenant Peary will attempt TO remove the
large metorite which he discovered on a
former expedition Captain Bartlett takes
with him the same crew as last year. His
reputation stands high as an arctic navi-
gator. The plan is for the Hope to re-
turn in September.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06
Nc Brides Singular Fate

The body of Henry Mcbride, colored,
in bathing at Brittain's shingle mill,
on the Northeast river, opposite Hilton.
was recovered yesterday morning at 8
O'Clock. When the tide went down he
was found standing upright with his
legs down in the mud. The bottom of
the river at that point at high tide is
swampy, and when Mcbride jumped
into the water he sank into the mud.
This accounts for the fact that he never
rose to the surface after leaping into
the water.
Coroner Jacobs viewed the body a2d
gave permit for burial. He did not
deem an inquest necessary.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06
No Colored Postmaster for ,Aurusta

Augusta. Ga, July IA WASHINGTON
special to The Journal says: Judsoi
Lyons. the negro. will not be postmaster
of Augusta. Secretary Gary has said so.
Bill Pledger and Pink Morton, the two
Well known Georgia republicans, had an
Interview with the secretary today IN
reference to southern politics. Mr.. Gary
said that a colored man would not be ap-
pointed postmaster at places like Atlanta.
Savannah and Charleston. The post
master general said this was a social as
well as a political matter and that h
would not infffct on any community a
coiored postmaster, provided it never had
one before.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
The Regular Monthly Meeting Yesterday
Afternoon-A Proposition to Have q Sup.
per and Adjourned Meeting at the Sea.
shore Hotel July 10. to Talk Up VIII.
~inOf

per and Adjourned Meeting at the Sea.
shore Hotel July 10. to Talk Up VIII.
minEton.
TIE regular monthly meeting OF the
chamber of was held y~ester-
day at $3.50 p. m. at its rooms. The
meeting was called TO order by the
president, MI. James II. Chadbourn,
Jr.
The minutes of the last meeting were
rotary, and were approved.
On motion, the membership OF j.. ".
Atkinson & Son was transferred to At
kinson & Chadbourn.
The committee appointed to report on
the matter of a free ferry at Market
street, reported progress.
The secretary was instructed to re-
quest the following chairmen TO SUBJ
nit their reports for their respective
committees at the next meeting: Colo
mel Walker Taylor, of the Southern
Baptist convention committee; Mr.. c.
E. Borden, Of the Nashville exposition
committee, Mr.. D. L. Gore, of the COM
mittee appointed with reference to bet
ter police and fire protection on Eagles
island.
Mr.. Fl. G. S~mallbones, of the harbor,
shipping and submitted
their report as to several matters and
the committee was instructed to con-
tinue it's work.
The secretary read a letter from the
Southern Express Company, agreeing
to refund to the chamber two-thirds of
the freight paid on three boxes of the
books advertising Wilmington and vi
cinity. On motion, the secretary was
instructed to write a letter of thanks to
the manger of the Southern Express
Company.
1t was suggested by Mr.. w. E. Worth
that it would not only be pleasant for
the members of the chamber of COM
merce, but it would be interesting and
beneficial, for the chamber at an early
date to have an adjourned meeting at
the Seashore Hotel on Wrightsville
Beach. and join in a supper on the
English plan, and at the same time
hold a kind of experience meeting to
talk up Wilmington. He said various
matters of interest and importance
could be discussed and he thought it
would do great good.
The members of the chamber approx
ed of Mr.. Worth's suggestion and were
thoroughly enthusiastic upon the prop
ositiOn to talk up Wilmington and her
Messrs. w. E. Worth, T. D.
Meares, H. G. Smallbones, NJ. w.
jacob and others spoke as to the i'm
pOrtance and the desirableness for the
members and citizens generally to pro-
claim the attractions, advantages and
facilities of u city, to attract atten-
ton to its largely increasing bulk Of
business, it's shipping facilities, unsur-
passed climate and other inducements
this city offers as a place of business,
residence and resort.
A committee was appointed
of Messrs. w. E. Worth, NJ. w. jacob,
r. n. Sweet, as to the proposed ad-
journed meeting and supper to be
given at the Seashore Hotel, which it
was suggested to have about the 10th
of July.
This closed one of the most enthu-
slastic meetings ever held by the
chamber. 1t seems as if all the mem
Ders mad the city at heart.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06

iIltdEt ny laying uo"H Jul HsNS- II
did not mean to die for. but to live for.
to lay down, or devote our lives for
the uplifting of others. There was a
belief among the ancient Persians that
two spirits accompanied a man-one
spirit to induce him to do good, the
other to lead him into~wrong, to appeal
TO the iusts Of human nature Human
| nature tends downward, and to lift il
] up is a service worthy of Christ, who
while on earth in His important mis-
sion, stopped to administer TO the poor.
| the blind, to the lame. the halt. the sick
| and the manned. This was the example
| service set by Him, and in following
His example We do service for others
and glorify Him and d to our own
| happiness. He closed by invoking Gods
| blessing upon the service" Of the good
| women engaged in this noble charity
| Of caring for the helpless ones.
We do not pretend to quote Mr.. Oil
| ver's words, but merely to give a hint
| Of the thoughts he expressed so beauti-
fully. 1t was a concise, pointed, practi-
| cal and excellent talk, and all who
| heard it were greatly impressed n
highly appreciated it. The services
closed with prayer.
The work at the Shelter starts off this
| season with thirty-two inmates, and
| four others will be admitted tomorrow.
AS those now enjoying the benefit Of
| the Shelter improve they will give way
for others. Miss Mary Beverly French
is again in charge of the Shelter as
matron.
| Through the generosity of the cottage
owners on the beach, the Shelter has
been provided with a good sewerage
system and waterworks that provide
good water from the artesian we'll at
the Hammocks.
| The ladies still require about 500 to
carry on their work till September 1st,
but they depend upon a charitable and
generous public to come to their aid.
They request us to acknowledge the fol-
lowing contributions:
The Jackson & Bell Company for The
Daily Messenger, Major w. H. Bernard
for The Morning Star; w. B.. Cooper,
butter; S. P. McNair, cakes; Corbett &
Gore, dry salt side; Boney & Harper,
hOminy; The B. F. Mitchell Company.
meal; Williams Bros, -four; National
Rice Milling Company, rice; Hall &
Pearsall, smoked meats; NJ. J. Heyer,
sugar Whitehead & Son, coffee; w. r.
Kenan, coffee; Wilmington Brokerage
| Company. coffee; The Adrian COmpany.
sugar; Worth & Worth, lard; c. c..
COvin2tOn & Co., rice; The Armour
Packing Company, meats; r. W. Hicks,
flour; McNair & Pearsall, corned beef;
Vollers & Hashagen, dry salt sides;
j. A. Springer, wood; w. r. Barksdale,
kerosene oil; J. c. Stevenson & Taylor,
pickles; 3. F. Keith, crackers; c. w.
Yates & Co, books and paper; Mrs.
Lehman, 50; Mrs. DR.. w. E. Storm. 81;
Mrs. Harry S~mallbones, 81; Mrs.
Wadley, 50; Mrs. Riach, So; Mrs.
E. P. Boatwright, 50: Miss Bet
tie Price, 81; Miss Alice Wright, basket
of rolls; Mrs. Kate T. Cumming, bag
of sugar; Mrs. George w. Higgins, a
clock; Mrs. Schloss. a dozen knives;
Mrs. a. D. Brown, three yards of mus
lin; The Jasper Stone Society, six
aprons and two sun bonnets.
The Circle will gladly acknowledge
other contributions for this work.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06

Staunton. Va. July Miss Mary Juiia
Baldwin. principal of the Mary Baldwin
seminary and one of the most
ed educators of young ladies in the south,
died here today. She was a cousin OF
United States Senator John W. Daniel.
of Mrs. Alexander H. H. Stuart. and a
member Of the distinguished Baldwin
family of this state. Sc was q woman OF
great executive ability and OF remarka-
hly strong character.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06
q. Combinations by the Senate.

Washington. July 1.-The senate
today confirmed these nominations: ].
F. Convey, OF Washington, 30 be consul
general At Yokohoma. Japan; G. l.
Cole. of Pennsylvania. to be consul gen
eral at Dresden, Saxony: also the fol
lowing postmasters for North Carolina;
j. F. Wray, at Reidsville: Thomas f
McCrary. at Lexington.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06

New York, July I.-Superjntendent
McKelvey, of the Brooklyn police, has
effectually blocked the S~ulliVan-FitZ-
simmons sparring match, scheduled for
July 5th at Ambrose park. He has in
structed the police not to allow the
match to take place under any circum-
tances. The park officials will not
even be allowed to begin the erection
of a platform for the fight. An evasion
of the instructions was attempted when
the park people learned that the fight
could not come off even under the Hor-
ton law. They allowed it to be general
Iy understood that the fight would come
off under the guise of an illustrated
lecture. Superintendent McKelvey for
nade ever this arrangement, however.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06
IN Infect SUNDAY. NAY II. IN
Daily EXCEPT Sunday.

Nos. , and 6 mixed trains.
nos: and 8 passenger trains.
Trans = and z P. m. make connection,
with trains on A. 4 N. G. r. r.. Tor Hore-
head City and Beaufort.
connection with steamer Neuss at New
1ern 70 ana from Elizabeth City and Nor
foIk Monday. Wednesday and Friday.
Steamer Geo. D. Puldy make daily
trips between Jacksonville and NOV Hivc
points. WV A'
MONDAY. Wednesday and Friday.
TUESDAY, Thursday and Saturday.
Daily except Sunday.
n. A. WHITING.
-- General AAnaRor.
Traffic Manager nv -
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The Clyde Steamship Co.
NEW YORK. WILMINGTON. N. c. AND
GEORGETOWN. q. c.. LINES,

Prom New York for wilmiYgton.
; > PAWNEE........Saturday, June 10
5 5 CROATAN.... Saturday, June 2s
from Wilmington for New York.
S s PAWNEE... SATURDAY. luna DC
S S SATURDAY, Ir,v .
From Wilmington for Georgetown.
, . IA "NEE...-....Tuesday, June %
> ; CROATAN... Tuesday. June %
Inroush bills OF lading and lowest
tn.ouen rates guarantees to and from
points In North and South Carolina
Ees Freight or passage Apply to
II. q. SMA LLBONES,
ruro ~ - superintendent.
- 0WH zen, New York.
W. !. CLYDE General Agents.
~ VII. 1Foon, New Yet
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WEAK, TIRED
PEOPLE

should take P. P. p, Lippman's Grea.
Remedy, without delay. While not
actually sick, you feel weak and tired,
ready to get sick, and what you need il
strength to drive ont of your system
that which Is the cause offspring Fever.
P. P. P. Is needed At once.
Mrs. Hattie Mylius. Of 70 East seth
street, New York, says that she was in
poor health, and that her case devel.
oped into prostration. She
suffered from ervou headaches, and
At times was unable to do any work
at ALL She could not sleep, and wa
SO ervou that st . would have to get
up at all hours Of the night and walk
the floor, and the opening Of . door
would startle her. But her weakness
and nervousness is all gone. p. P. p.
was what saved her. Her appetite
improved, her rervousness Is . thing
of the past, and she thanks p. p. p,
Lippman's Great Remedy. for har com.
plete restoration to health.
Sold b al drusSists.
uPSMAN BROS. Apsshse.<sss. ssIs Prs1'n
uDp0as's Dlsek. 0svssaah. d
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FROM THE SOUTH.

DAILY No. 54-Passenger-Leave Tam
l2:lo p. N. pa 9:25 a. m, Sanford 2:19 y. m,
Jacksonville 1900 p. m, Savan-
nah l2:45 night. Charleston 5S
a. m, Columbia $50 a. m, At
lanta $40 a. m, Macon $50 a. IN,
Augusta 800 p. m, Denmark
4:55 p. M, Sumter 6:5 a. m,
Florence 1856 a. m, Marion sH
a. "A, Chadbourn 1915 "a. m,
Lake Waccamaw Los a. m.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-14
The senate and the sugar Trust.
From the Boston Record

The Chicago Times-Herald is owned and
edited by II. II. Kohlsaat He is one Of
Mr.. McKinley's closest personal friends.
He is a man rich and responsible,
His paper charges on May g:
Monday last a certain stock broker in
this city filled an order for 5000 shares of
sugar stock in Wall street His customers
were three United States senators. In fill
ing this order the broker began buying at
rs j-s and bought up to 115. Yesterday
this deal was closed out at from III 5S to
lis. The profit on the transaction was
about $4,000 This is what one broker
did. How much stock was handled by
other brokers here and in New ork for
senatorial account no one knows.
The New York Tribune figures that the
German tariff bill under which we now
suffer- gave the trust one-third of a cent a
pound protection; that the Dingley bill
cut it down TO one-eighth, and that the
Senate revision proposes to increase it to
one-half cent per pound.
Now, if the sugar trust is again to con
trol the Senate in its action on the tariff
bill the country ought to know it. If the
sugar trust shares are being speculated In
by the senators the country ought to know
it, If the Legislature of the country is TO be
dictated again, as in 1894, by the sugar
trust the country ought to know it,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-14

Col. +. c. Ainsworth of the war de-
partment ut Washington and Woodstock
boy, has compiled some curious and appar-
emily fairly reliable statistics OF mortality
among the survivors of the Union armies
in the Civil war. He finds that there are
now 1.OJj CPS survivors. This number
will be decreased by about 100000 in 1900
and then at fast growing ratio so that
there will be 2jl. 727 in 1920, 1888 in 1880,
$40 in 1910, and none in 1915. He says
that the mortality among Old soldiers is not
greater. but much less than among the
average of men. He accounts for this by
the laws which give them preference in
public position and the aid OF pensions.
OF the survivors there are about go. 600
on the pension rolls. leaving 800. 0C0 that
might be added. In addition to the sur
vivors there are 21g,0OO widows, etc, on
the roll to whom goes more than one-third
of the $4,000 600 annually appropriated.
The possibility of additions TO this part of
the roll is not limited or in any way intiu-
enced by the decrease of survivors. We
are still paying pensions TO half a dozen
widows OF soldiers of the Revolution He
believes for this reason that pension pay
ments cannot be expected TO diminish
much fOT 10 or 20 wears vet.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-14

Joe Patchen. 2:O3, was sold at auction
in Chicago last week Tor $4,000. The
horse first made his mark on the Rutland
track.
Burlington will probably secure some of
the best players OF the University of Yer
mont team as nucleus for a team in the
league with Nergennes, ST. Adams. Platts-
burg and other towns.
stick Aldrich was in the box Satur-
day for the Barre Rushers against God
dard seminary. The Goddards could find
the old professional Tor only six hits and
the Rushers won - 10 q.
There will be a hearing at Burlington
the 18th on the charge of differentiation
in bringing the race horse, Robert r.. into
this country at Richford. The horse has
a record of 2:l0, was bought in Montreal
for Sl400, and the value named to the Gus
toms officials was $500.
Vermont Academy and the Dartmouth
medical team had a batting contest at Sax
tons River Saturday, the Academy boys
winning % to D. The playing was very
loose, each side having IA errors. Vermont
Academy made 20 hits with a total of 81,
and Dartmouth - with total of -. Wiley,
Whittemore and Rugg of the Academy and
Townshend, the Dartmouth pitcher, made
home runs. Vermont Academy is now Oh
a trip to play Lawrence and Haverhill
High school teams, Andover and Exeter
academies and the New Hampshire state
college.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-14
CAMBRIDGEPORT.

John Wilder broke his leg last Friday
while rolling logs near the village.
Mrs. Hannah Taylor is at Acworth, y.
H., for a short visit with her son, DR., Tay-
Tor.
Mrs. Nelson Sherman of South Charles
town, n. H., has lately made her sister,
Mrs. L. II. Howard, visit.
At the seml-annual meeting of the
Christian Endeavor society on Tuesday
evening the old board of officers were re-
elected President, Mrs. Weaver vice
president, Geo. Washer; secretary, Miss
Bemis; treasurer, Mrs. Winnie Allbee.
The annual meeting of the W. c. T. [.
was held last Thursday afternoon. Dele
gates TO the county convention at London
derry in June were elected as follows
Mrs. Weaver, Mrs. Bolster, Mrs. Pierce,
Miss Harwood, Mrs. Stevens. Officers for
the ensuing year are: President, Mrs Wy
man; vice-presidents, Mrs. Hastings and
Mrs. Stevens; secretary, Miss Cushing
recording secretary, Mrs. Weaver; treas
urer, Mrs. Cushing
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-14

Edwin c. Burleigh OF Augusta, Me. has
been nominated to succeed the late Con
gresham Milliken.
Il. \. Parsons slaughter house on j. L.
Sheldon's farm at Readsboro was burned
Friday night The loss is about $500 with
no insurance
The coming visit TO Mexico OF the eX-
Empress Charlotte, poor Carlotta, as
she has been called for years, is of touch
ing interest. 1t is expected that she will
arrive soon in New \ ork and proceed, sur
rounded by luxurious care, to the scene of
her youthful happiness in Mexico. Her
condition is no longer violent, and il is
hoped that the sea journey may benefit her
health.
The towns of Woodsdale, Moscow,
Springfield and Fargo, in Kansas, which
had population of 100 in 1890, have now
only population of Is, according 10 a cor
respondent of 1.-THE United States In
vestor.' Hugoton has three families out
of the 400 that used to live there. Nine
children 90 to the $4,000 schoolhouse,
and there is standing, like monument of
folly, a waterworks system that cost some
Eastern plutocrat $4,000. The town
never paid a cent of principal or interest
on all this and never will.
A newspaper correspondent tells this
story of a Washington colored woman
1.-The wife of a naval officer in the city,
whose husband has Just returned from
long cruise, is fixing up her home and sent
her lace curtains TO a cOlOred woman to be
done up The 'Wash-lady returned them
on the day agreed upon, but apologized be-
cause they were so 'slimpsey,' and offered
TO do them over again if she were allowed
a few days time. i had 'em JUS as stiff
as you like, honey she remarked to the
naval officers wife, but my husband
niece by his fust wife died jus at the time
l got 'em ironed, and nuthin'll take the
starch out of things so much as a corpse in
a house, Another trial was given her.
The deepest diving feat ever attempt
ed was that of raising the treasure that
sank with the steamer near Seal Rocks,
New South Wales. News has been re-
ceived that every box of sovereigns that
went to the bottom has been saved by the
men who worked under the sea at a depth
of ~ fathoms. At times the divers were
subject TO a pressure of 20 to 70 pounds to
the square inch causing them great suffer
ing. The Catterthun was wrecked in Au-
gust, 1895, while on the voyage from sgd
ney to Hong Kong. Fifty-four of her
crew and passengers lost their lives, in
GLIDING brave Capt. Shannon. The yes
sells cargo consisted of produce and e10,-
600 in sovereigns.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-14
ONE woMAN's PROFESSION

Miss Grace Temple of Washington. the
decorator of the woman's building at the
Atlanta exposition and of the Cleveland
home at Princeton, y. j., was the subject
OF a column article, with Illustration, in the
Boston Sunday Globe. Miss Temple is
relative of Mrs. l. O. 7. Smith. and has
been here accompanied by her confrere, Mrs.
DR.. Julia Cleves Harrison. The two young
women live together in the Cairo, the
handsomest apartment house in Washing
ton. Miss Temple stated that she was a
Boston girl, and that she studied al the
Museum of Fine Arts in that city, under
c. Howard Walker She taught school in
the school of fine arts in Cleveland, Ohio,
two years, and then went to Washington
with DR.. Harrison and Miss Sheldon. The
latter was Miss Temples partner until her
marriage in 1880 Miss Temple intended
to 70 TO Europe the coming summer but
she had so many orders 10 decorate country
houses that she had 10 remain. "Bui two
especial points worry me in the profession
OF art, she said One is the way some
women think It takes fortune to have an
artistic house, and the other is the way
others want old houses refurnished il a
fashion entirely al war with their exteriors.
Now as for being artistic II costs not bit
more to have a house beautiful as TO have
IL ugly. 1t must be furnished some way.
and the simplest things are charming if
well selected. Then OF course one must
preserve in the interior decorations the
architectural harmonIes of the house itself,
and that is something few women under
stand 90
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-14
WEsTMINSTE WEST.

II. L. Hastings and daughter Abbie,
spent Sunday with relatives in Athens.
Nj and Mrs Alonzo Codding visited
their daughter. Edith. at the Leach farm a
few DAYS ago.
MI. and Mrs. A P. Ianney spent last
Sunday in keene with friends there. They
returned on Monday.
W. b. Cutting has returned from his
Western trip OF several weeks. He visited
especially his sons. Charles. in Kalamazoo,
and Frank. in Duluth. He brought back
a fine Dayton bicycle for Miss Nellie. d
present from her brother Charles. We
expect she will ride TO and from her school
in the south district frequently
Rev. Henry A Goodhue and family are
moving into the parsonage this week. and
Mr.. and Mrs. K. Miller with his sister
Miss Welthia. have come 10 the residence
of Mrs. Ira Goodhue. The change was in
tended to have been made Wednesday. but
the rain of that day and Thursday delayed
it TO a later date. Mrs. Mary /. Goodhue
and her mother, Mrs. Perkins, are design
ing to 90 TO Boston early next week
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-14

The late Mrs Elizabeth T. Tiltou, wife
OF Theodore Tiltou. left a snug fortune al
her death. SAYS the Brooklyn Times [ Mon.
When Mrs. Tilton separated from her hus-
band she was provided with a comfortable
income. but it was not generally known
that. independent of this. she received
bulk sum which made a modest little for
tune Ever since the famous trial. she had
practically lived the life OF a reciuse. She
withdrew entirely from the large circle OF
friends among whom she had been so pop
ular, and began. as it were, new life. with
new acquaintance and an ambition only to
prepare herself for the hereafter. In tact.
her only associates were the members Of
the Plymouth Brethren The bulk OF her
estate will 90 10 her daughter. and the re-
lgious sect presided over by Rev. Malachi
Taylor will also be benefited. From the
day OF her trouble Mrs. Tilton had not
looked al a newspaper. In all the years
since then no paper ever entered her home.
She kept herself posted on the events OF
the day only through intercourse with the
members OF the religious society with which
she worshipped. She seldom went ont.
and when she did was heavily yelled, and
made a marked effort 10 avoid her old
friends and associates.