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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-03

The only is ! sreal blood rcmedy-onc which
reaches obstinate anddeep-seated diseases. and
.hcm permanently. The mercurial and potash RENE
dies of the DOCTORS aside from their harmful effects. do
reach the disease and hence their inability to cure
it. S S S is the only for Eczema. because It is
teed purely vegetable, containing potash arsenic
description. 1t is Natures remedy and is not
res Eczema and all other blood diseases of the most
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16

The most sickening performance
thus far in the combine campaign is by
Oliver Dockery, the straddler and po-
litical grand and lofty tumbler. 1t is
a fact that at Marshville, as the
Wadesboro Messenger reports, this
time-server and inveterate, hungry
office-seeker-the most "willin" of
North Carolina Bakisses,-actually dis
mounted from his two-act riding enter
tainment to eulogize Dan Russell. the
notorious. This very Dockery, hoary
with political ~iniquity and with pow
ers for evil undated, actually, brazen-
ly declared that Dan Russell has been
one of the best governors the state
ever had" We take it that Oliver
knew better. At least it is better for
him to have that said. II he really be-
lieves his own statement then his stand
ard of a best governor" is very, very
low indeed-viciously low. And what
is more, it shows the people what sort
of governor they would have had if he
had been nominated instead of big
Dan, the profane. The comment of our
Wadesboro contemporary needs to be
copied. 1t is this:
Not only two years ago, but less
than six months ago, did Dockery de-
nounce Russell and his administration.
He said to this writer, on the streets of
Wadesboro, something like five months
ago., that it looked like the time had
come for all the decent men of the
state, regardless of party, to come to-
gether and rescue the commonwealth
from the disgraceful government of
Russell and his crowd. Colonel Dock
cry moi only talked to us in this strain,
but he has said substantially the same
thing to others, Therefore we do not be-
lieve he will dare deny the accuracy
of what is said above"
We really do not wish my son
Oliver any evil to betide him beyond
an overwhelming defeat, but We feel
disgust at his insincerity and easy pO-
litical virtue. He is not without pOlit-
ical ability, but his deficiency appears
to be in memory, judgment and politi-
cal sincerity and consistency. Every
year or two he has a violent attack of
office-holding fever, and it tears him
up and leaves him lame and impotent,
and more wicked still. The dema-
gogue surely does have to travel a par
ticularly hard and stony road. The
illustrious "Kurnel' is no exception.
The demagogue acts upon the Hudi-
Drastic principle as found in the ques-
ton asked
Why should not conscience have va
cation,
AS we'll as other courts O. tn nation ?"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16

TeXarkana, Texas, September r.
A passenger train on the Texas and
Pacific railroad consisting Of an engine
and four coaches plunged through a
bridge at a point twelve miles of Tex
arkana sortly after nhOon. Four per-
sons are reported killed outright and
a number of others more or less ser
iously wounded. Physicians and news
paper men have gone from this city to
the scene of the wreck on a special
train to render assistance. The extent
of the disaster is not known. Heavy
rains have been falling in this city for
the past t~hirty-six hours. All streams
are out of their banks and much dam
age has been done. Washouts are re-
ported on all railroads. The accident
was due to high water. A bridge had
been weakened by the heavy rains.
When the train struck the bridge, the
structure COLLAPSED.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16
BREVITIES.

The storm raging about the serious
mismanagement of the war department
will not easily blow over" The
country is aroused and an investiga-
ton is to be had. Mckinley saw it
was impossible to avoid it and yielded
to the inevitable.
Heigho, The middle-of-the-road pop
ulists have also split into two factions.
This occurred last week at Cincinnati,
when the western and southern dele
gates nominated Wharton Barker and
Ignatius Donnelly and declared the
principles Of the r~eorganized party.
Marion Butler was roasted. The little
fellow is like Vance's catfish story. He
has swunk."
General Kitchener, a very able sol
der, is England's hero now.
Cotton seed oil is gaining ground
in popular use. For six months of the
year %, 279, I'll gallons were shipped
against 33,1S1, 491 for the entire year
1897.
The powers that be- at Washington
telegraphed to Dewey to come and talk.
The hero said-'No, thank you, 1 can
be more useful here; and send me,
please, a battleship and another cruiser
or two He would rather fight than
gable.
Even Liberia is becoming luxurious.
Palace railway cars now cross the icy
deserts.
There were but 264 Americans who
persisted in battle in the Spanish war.
1t is estimated that 1000 have died
from disease.
The cry is there is too much war
revenue. There will be in the treasury
an unused balance it is estimated of
500, 000, 900. But the spendthrifts will
manage some how to get rid Of it
probably.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16
MATING, CARPETS.

Oil Cloth, Carpet Paper. Rugs. Por-
tiers, Shades. Screenes and Poles. We
have quite a nice line OF these goods
and al save You money on all house
hold articles. Good Mating from 12lkc
10 25c. Floor Oil Cloth from 20c TO
3oc-all widths. from IS inches 10 -
inches. Good Hemp Carpet, l yard
wide, nice colors. for 12l2c. Good In
grain Carpet. l yard wide. from zoe 10
25c. Half Wool. 2-ply. beautiful new
patterns. at 33 1-3c per yard. Fine
VOL Carpet. all new styles, from soc
TO 65c. Fine Rag Carpet. we'll made.
for 1Sc. Fifty pieces fine BRUSSELS
Carpet, nice new patterns. at soc per
yard. Lovely Brussels Star Carpet and
Hall Carpet TO match, worth csc, for
soc. Nice Stair Carpet at 25c. Best
Carpet Paper, padded, air tight. at &c.
Rugs, with fringe, from 29c to $500
each. BRUSSELS Remnants at 75c each.
Fine all wool, in fringe at loo per yard.
Window Shades. 3X6 feet, with spring
rollers, at 10c. Opaque Linen at 25c;
fine Lace Border Shades at 35c.
We have a splendid line OF fine
Trunks at bottom prices. from 25c to
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16
A fight for less will bring defeat and
shame.

The Messenger is not doing extra
Dragging now. 1t wishes above all
things to help restore honest govern
ment, and thoroughly better the condi-
ton of whites and blacks, all sorts and
conditions of men. 1t seeks to tell the
truth as 1t sees it or can learn it. While
there may be exaggerations in news
papers and ~anvasser as to the turn
in the political tide, there is enough
that is tangible, that is certain in the
way Of help from republicans and pop
ulists, TO give great hope Of victory.
We incline TO the opinion that il the
vote were this day the democrats would
win. If a wise canvass is made from
now out, and every genuine democrat
and every friend of good government
in other parties TO aid them, will press
on the column to victory there will be
a sweeping triumph in November. DO
not rest upon your oars for a day. Do
not relax efforts to win, but be UP and
doing day in and day out, and under
Gods favor, a blessed triumph will
come and North Carolina will be saved
and redeemed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16

Rev. DR.. John S.. Lindsay is one of
the contributing editors of the South
ern Churchman. He says that Mr..
Walter H. Page, a native of North
Carolina be it remembered, a scholar
ly, gifted man, that under his tenn
porary tenancy of the Office for a year
past, he has not only maintained the
Journals high literary tone, but has
made it a broadly national periodical
as we'll, so that today it is really much
more than a. purely literary magazine"
DR.. Lindsay refers to his educational
advantages and says hat though still
a young man, has done notable literary
work in New York and Boston. One
who is close to him, and is an excep-
tionally good judge of literary genius
and skill, told me, a few days ago, that
Mr.. Page had the editorial instinct in
an extraordinary degree. He is, l be-
lieve, the first southern man who has
edited the Atlantic Monthly-a maya
zine to which every leading literary
man in New England, Of our day, has
contributed, and which gives any writ
er whose productions it publishes a
reputation that any one would prize"
He says further that he is guiding
the Atlantic with a capacity that has
not been exceeded in all its honorable
history" This is gratifying to North
Carolinians. Mr.. Page is we'll under
stood and properly appreciated in this
state by men of culture.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16
The coming Battle of the Moneys

Omaha, September 12.-The oppos-
ing forces for the coming great battle
of the are beginning to arrive
and to prepare themselves with ora
torical ammunition for the national
currency convention, which is to begin
at the exposition tomorrow morning,
and is to continue three days. The sill
verites who have arrived are ex-COn-
gresham Charles A. Towne, of Du-
luth: George Fred Williams, of Bos-
ton, and H. F. Bartine, of Washington:
Congressman Charles S. Hartman, of
Montana; George S. Hibley, of the
American Institute of Money and
Prices, of Chicago; Fred Dubois. of
Idaho: Arson Wolcott of Wolcott, Ind,
and Judge Sheldon. of Connecticut.
J. Sterling, Morton. of Nebraska
City, and Horace White. of New York.
and H. P. Robinson, of Chicago, came
in this evening. General A. J. Warner,
of Ohio, and others are expected on
the morning trains.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16
A IL

AS most of the daily and weekly
papers in the state have published
The Record, a negrO paper pub
lished in Wilmington, said about ladies
who live in the country, We cop it as
a warning to the white people, giving
them notice of what they may expect
so long as negro domination continues.
Red Springs Citizen.
There is but one political party in
North Carolina pledged to keep the
negro in his proper sphere, and hat is
the white mans party-the democratic
party. The negro is unfit for office and
the democratic party plainly says so.
It does not dodge the issue at all. It
proclaims itself the party of the white
man and that when it is in
power the white man will rule.-Wind-
sor Ledger.
The Progressive Farmer-Otho Will
sons paper, and organ of one faction
of the populist party; that faction
which cO-operateS with the republican
party for the Spoils of office-expresses
the sentiment that the negroes of the
state should see that the negro editor
in Wilmington, who wrote the edito-
rial SlanGering the wives and daught-
ers of poor farmers, lis driven from
the state" and say further that 1.-The
"iitC pCopIC SIIOuld lIcdt III low -
down white men who are supporting
and keeping life in the vile paper the
same way, and there should be no de-
lay about it. Any merchant continuing
to advertise in the sheet is aiding and
abetting and should be boycotted by
all decent people, white or black" Not
w~ithstanding this expression, which
finds echo in h heart Of every white
man whose sense of honor has not been
purchased by his affiliations with the
enemies of his race, the same pro
gressive farmer" publishes the opinion
that democratic infamy" inspired the
vile defamation, and charges it's re-
sponsibility upon the democratic par
ty.-Morehead Pilot.
If you are a pOpulist o must re-
member that your party holds the bal
ance of power. Upon the populiSt par
ty rests the destiny of the good old
state. Upon the populist party rests
the triumph or downfall of white su-
premacy. 1t is an awful responsibility
n one You cannot shirk. If you vote
with the radicals, you advertise your
self as one having no principle to de-
fend. You say you are for free silver,
and If so. how can you vote for the
gold standard? Would you go in a wes-
terly direction to reach a point that
lies eastward? This is bad enough, but
what is infinitely worse, you vote di-
rectly against white government. Now
you may not see it in this light. but
as sure as there is a God, this would
be the result of your vote. Have you
not seen enough of negro rule? Don't
you know that a negro newspaper call
ed The Record, published in Whining
ton, says u daughters meet ne
gro men in secret places n when you
find it out you accuse these negroes of
rape and hang them" If so, for Gods
sake protect them with a vote for
white supremacy. If you don do IT
soon, you'll never have the opportunity
again.-Rockingham Rocket.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16

$3.50. In packing Trunks Tent Cow
cred Tray and Bonnet Box. from si.o
TO Sl2.0o. Very fine anVas Trunks.
well made. from s.. 40 TO $500. All kinds
OF Tub Bags. Hand Satchels. Tele-
scopes, from 25c UP to s29s.
We have left a few Mosquito Cano-
pies. ready for you, to close at Sl.25
each.
A very fine line OF Rocking Chairs
TO sell and give away. and the newest
line of Dress Goods yer shown on the
market OF this city.
We sell Mems and Boys Clothing.
We have our new Fall and Winter
stock now on hand and viii sell you a
fine suit OF clothes from sl.9S to $500.
We have 81 beautiful line OF Clay
worsted Suits from $500 10 Sl2.5o.
Bring your card and get IL punched
with every cash purchase and get n
OF our valuable presents free. y fine
Chair. a nice Table. a good Book Case.
a beautiful writing desk. a lovely Hail
Hat Rack. n good Sewing Machine. or
any valuable presents.
Come to the largest best store
in the city at Wilmington's Big Racket
Store, opposite the Orion Hotel.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16

Indianapolis. Ind. September ITO
day while Mrs. Cornelius D~riscoll. of
this city, was attending the funeral of
Howard Hansing. her cousin. who
was murdered Saturday night by Geo.
White, her 4-year-old daughter picked
up a Flobert rife to amuse her A.
months-old brother who was crying. In
some manner which the child was una
BILE to explain, the gun was discharged.
The bullet struck the baby in the fore
head, causing instant death. The acct
dent happened at the home Of a rela-
tive a short distance from the house
where the body of Hansing lay.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16

Let every white man in North Caro-
lima who has sand in his craw," and a
genuine backbone, and who is not
ashamed hat he is white, give himself
fully, unreservedly, resolvedly to the
redemption and salvation of the state
from African control by the way of
white traitors. Let them unite and
press on to victory. Time servers,
robbers, wire-pullers may not like a
straight out fight for a White Mans
government, but the sense of the party
is entirely favorable to a brave, four
square fight for the rule of reason and
intelligence-for a government by the
whites and of the whites and for the
whites. In that sign We will conquer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16
HOME FOLKS

The populist convention in the Wake
district turned down StrOwd for con-
gress and put in Jenkins, of Chatham,
for whom the trump of fame has never
footed once 1t was brought about
by a plan copyrighted by one Duncan
who is quite as obscure as Jenkins.
and he swings to it as collector of in
ternal revenue. 1t is quite useless to
waste words over such a gang. 1t is
said that Jenkins, candidate for de-
feat, poses on his stool as a pOpulist
but in practical politics he is a black
radical.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16

By active sanitation in the District
of Columbia, in two years, the death
rate has fallen from 21.53 to 1892
more than 2 per cent. That means
saving the lives of hundreds of people.
Pure water and thorough sewage did
it. Wilmington take notice.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-07-20
CONDITION OF.
AFFAIRS IN
THE KLONDIKE
]. W. Truesdale Expresses an Opinion
Concerning the State of Affairs in
the Eldorado of the North.

SEATTLE, July 19.-Among the passen-
gers on the Roanoke, who arrived from
Dawson today, was ]. W. Truesdale the
we'll known newspaper correspondent,
who made the trip over the icy Chilkoot
late last fall, being one of the last to get
through the pass before the freeze up.
Truesdale has spent much time and
enjoyed unusual advantages in investi-
eating the conditions of mines and min
ers in and about the Klondike region.
and he does not give rosy hued inn
preston of affairs in the Alaskan eldo-
rado.
While expressing the belief that the
winter clean up will amount to at least
$40 900, 900, he draws attention to the
fact that nearly all this sum belongs to
comparatively few men that is, mine
owners, who were in possession of the
golden claims before the thousands who
rushed to the north last fall knew of
such bonanzas. 1t Is these poor pros
pectors that have suffered. Those who
who have amounts over $4,000 do not
number over thirty. When the expense
of getting to and returning from the
land of ice and snow, not TO speak OF
the cost of wintering in place where
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-07-20
very much

food is worth its weight in nuggets, it is
easy to see how we'll the mighty struggle
for wealth paid those who undertook
labor and suffering.
Ii Truesdale's statements needed sub
stantiating, there are scores of others
on Roanoke who say that sensational
reports regarding the wealth to be had
for the effort have brought unutterable
suffering and hardship to thousands who
were deluded by these glowing reports.
Men who were expert miners in the
states are mere novices in the Yukon
country. The worst feature is that it is
impossible to make these people believe
that theories as to the formation, etc.,
are not worth bauble here, as the result
is that they ''confound' the country in
stead of using pick and shovel. 1 have
seen men go up as far as the forks, look
around for few minutes, give express
sion to their feelings in a way that can
not with propriety be written, and re-
turn to Dawson, jump in their boats and
sail for st. Michaels. There are thous-
ands of such people in Dawson today,
and the food question with these is a
serious one, suffering among them being
severe.
The best index of the general worth of
any country is the willingness of its citi-
zens to invest their money at home.
Speculation has been rife in Dawson all
winter, but sharks were compelled to
confine their operations to new creeks,
of which little or nothing was or is
known.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-07-20

eff you come in here 1 will blow up the
magazine" the officers retired for the
night within the private Office of the
company, about 20 yards away.
This morning at 5 O'Clock Deputy
Sheriff White, after consultation with
the others, determined to break down
the barricade, not believing the Chinese
would keep his daring promise. Ac-
cordingly the entire posse headed for
the door. True to his word the Chinese
fired the giant powder and in an instant
a terrific explosion occurred, killing the
officers and blowing the Chinese into
atoms so ANAL that not one piece has
been found. Mrs. Hill was visiting Mrs.
Pride, who lived across the way. She
was killed by the falling debris of the
All the buildings took fire. Engines
were soon fighting the flames, but to no
avail. The works were completely de.
stroyed. Four houses were also blown
down, and abovt forty more partially
wrecked.
Deputy Sheriffs Fred Sheriff. and Ed.
White escaped, but were painfully
wounded. The man Coon murdered
was Ham Sc Sing. Fourteen freight
cars were blown to splinters and several
were burned. Windows were broken
in Oakland, Alameda and as far as Berk.
i Law
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-07-20
More Nurses Needed.

New YORK, July ia meeting of
the Red Cross Aid Committee was held
at the Office of William T. Wardell,
chairman of the executive committee,
to consider the yellow fever emergency.
Whitelaw Reid and Mrs. Cowdin re-
ported after an interview with Surgeon
General Sternberg that the government
would accept any immune nurses whose
services could be secured. and that such
nurses could go to Santiago on the
transport Resolute.
1t was decided to send DIR. Carpenter.
one of the attending surgeons of the
Red Cross hospital, to Memphis to es-
tablish bureau for the supply of inn
mune nurses, it being thought such
nurses could more readily be secured in
localities where the fever has prevailed.
In the meantime an effort will be
made 10 secure immune nurses ia this
city,
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-07-20
A CHINESE
MURDERER'S DEED
Brought to Bay in a Powder Magazine,
He Blows 1t Up, Wrecking the En-
tire Plant and Killing Six Persons
Besides Himself.

OAKLAND, CAL, July 19.-The works
of the Western Fuse & Explosive Com
pany were blown up by a Chinese MUIR
derer at 20 this morning. Five depu-
ty sheriffs who were trying to arrest the
murderer were killed. The dead are
Charles White, George Woodsum, D. G.
Cameron, Constable Cue Kock, J. j.
Lerri, Mrs. Hill and the murderer.
Coon Ng Chung.
The Celestial, who was employed in
the works and who caused the awful ex-
plosion, killed fellow countrymen yes
terday afternoon in a quarrel over Chi
nese lottery tickets. He de6ed the
officers of the law who went to arrest
him, and fed into magazine which
contained FIVE tons of giant powder, bar.
ricaded the door and threatened to blow
up the magazine if any one came to ar
rest him.
Deputy Sheriff Charles White, SON oi
Sheriff White, in charge of posse, was
on the scene of the shooting shortly af-
ter the murder, and kept guard over the
Chinese within his stronghold. All the
officers were armed with rifles. After
repeated demands to surrender had been
made. to all of which came the reply,
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-07-20
CRUISER BUFFALO
WILL SEE SERVICE
To Be Fitted Out at 0nce---Sums Be-
ing Paid for Repairs to Warships.

WASHINGTON, July 19.-The Buffalo,
the cruiser bought by the United States
from Brazil, will he repaired, fitted out
with guns, and sent into the war. She
has been ordered to New York. Com
mander Hemphill. who will command
the Buffalo, Will be in charge of the
work of fitting her for service. After
inspecting the vessel, he informed the
department that with competent crew
he can make all necessary repairs.
The bureau of construction and re-
pairs is expending $1,25O,OOO month
upon repairs, fitting and reftting yes
sells foi the war with Spain.
The output of smokeless powder for
the navy is steadily increasing, and the
ordnance bureau is receiving more than
5000 pounds daily for the big guns.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-07-20
Report Lacks Confirmation.

WASHINGTON, July 19.-The navy de-
partment has received no dispatches
from Dewey relating to the press re-
ports concerning our relations with
Germany, but officials feel much less
concern oyer Germany's attitude. and
there is good reason to believe that di-
rect assurances have been received from
Germany that she will; offer no obstacles
to the execution of our plans.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-07-20
WatSOQ'S Fleet viii
soon Sail t0I Spain
Extra Forces at Work Making all Due Prepa-
ratiOns for a HasV Departure.

WASHINGTON, July 2O-The squadron which Wat
son is to command on the expedition which is being
gotten ready for decent upon the Spanish will not be
able get away for several days yet owing the inability
of the ordnance department get the batteries ready which
are to be used the GOLFERS
All preparations being rushed fast the
forces Of workmen push he and the present prospects
that next week will the departure of the American
destroyers.