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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-20
HOME FOLKS.

A note from President Alderman
conveys the pleasant news that on the
fourth day of the opening there were
435 bona fide students at the venerable
and superb university. He is quite
hopeful of there being enrolled by
June over 500, exclusive of course of
the members of the summer school.
That is indeed a fine start. We long
to see 600 on the rolls at the famous
old seat of learning. He hopes to visit
Wilmington before long. which will be
very pleasant to many friends.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-20
WILMINGTON. n. C.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1898.
RELIGIOUS EDITORIALS FOR
SUNDAY

But not today. Then be content poor
heart
Gods plans like lilies pure n white
unfold;
We must not tear the close shut leaves
apart
Time when, through patient toll, we
reach the land
Where tired feet, with sandals ZOOS
ed, may rest.
Where we shall clearly see and under
stand,
I think hat we shall say God
knew the best"
May Riley Smith.
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weldon Notes.
Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Weldon, n. c, September II.

Weldon, n. c, September II.
A small wreck occurred here this
morning on the Raleigh and CASTOR
railroad. A freight train parted and
wrecked n or two cars. No one was
hurt. The wrecking train arrived and
the tracks were cleared in a few hours.
The Atlanta special, northbound, was
delayed about two and a half hours.
Chairman Travis has called the dem
ocratic convention of Halifax county
to meet at Halifax next Tuesday the
goth. A good attendance is expected.
The man Sears, an overseer at the
Northampton state farm, who whipped
a convict to death some time ago, is
still at large. Every effort is being
made to locate him.
Cotton picking is now going on at
the safe farms and the crops are un-
usually fine.
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Oxford Ledger: On account of the
death Of DR.. Nelson, U. S. N, our most
highly esteemed townsman, DIR. Mel
Sol Ferebee. U. s. N, has been detach-
ed from the battleship Indiana and
promoted to medical inspector and
granted two months leave of absence
awaiting orders.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-20

A note from Mr.. Frank E. Robinson,
the cultivated editor of The Asheville
Citizen, states that the neglect of
credit mentioned in The Messenger
was caught and corrected' after a
part had been issued. 1t was hardly
worth mentioning as we thought it I'M
Intentional.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-20

Buffers harangues are so motley and
contemplate as to really require no
consideration at the hands of a white
mans press. Stop advertising the
mOuntebank.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-20

The fall of man by temptation con-
tains a great lesson for all, ever for
those of the present generation who
live so remote from that startling and
tremendous event. 1t is the theme OF
the sublimest of poets, John Milton,
and others have essayed to present in
some way the event that brought
death into the world and all our Woe"
The temptation of Eve, n through
her, of Adam, was so disastrous as to
have changed the whole outlook or
man and to have affected the human
family at large. We are not about to
speculate as to what the serpent was,
in what shape or how he could beguile
the first mother. We know from Gen
esis, third chapter, that it was a SER
pent who beguiled the too credulous
Eve and caused a great sin to fall upon
her and her posterity through the
ages. We know from the last vol
in the present arrangement of the BIZ
BILE. who the serpent was-that he was
chat old serpent, called the Devil and
Satan" The great Apostle a warns
us in his second letter to the Corin-
thians that our own risk is very great
'lest by any means" and Satan is art
full and resourceful, "as the serpent be-
guiled Eve through his subtility, so our
minds should be corrupted from the
simplicity that is in Christ" The Sa-
tan of the Scriptures is very cunning,
alluring, deceitful. He is indeed the
adversary of souls, and he has innum-
cradle agents and plans by which he
can entice, deceive and ruin. His arts
are masterful and his boldness knows
no fear or dread. These arts are to
be dreaded, for the a~rch-enemy of the
human race can see and use and does
use means to destroy hat are potential
and subtle and still concealed. If you
will read carefully the third chapter of
Genesis you can see his artfulness, his
subtilty, his cunning. He induces the
first woman to talk with him, to listen
to him, and to thus fall into the trap
set for her. He insinuates a doubt as
to whether God, her creator, had really
forbidden them to eat Of any particular
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-20

There are fifty-ive students at the
Law School of h university of North
Carolina. Of these more than half
lave more or less of collegiate educa-
ton.
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1t was a choice saying Of Austin,
Every saint is Gods temple, and he
who carries his temple about him may
go to prayer when he prayeth."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-20

interesting Facts connected with Trfn-
ity college. The new college year open
ed well. There are $50 students pres
ent, divided as follows: One hundred
and twenty-five college students prop
er. 1s girl students proper, making 13s
total. In addition there are AZ boys at
tending the new high school just be-
gun-a sort of preparatory school or
feeder for the college. The other fact
is that Trinity college has no longer
any investment in the American To-
bacco (trust) Company. 1t did hold
800, 900 of American Tobacco Company
stock up to the 31st of August last or
later, but this has been withdrawn. So
no longer, it is reported, is the college
endowment or any part of it owned by
the American Tobacco Company. That
is better surely for h college.
In the New York Medical News for
the 10th of September, there is a paper
entitled "A True Pen Picture of Camp
Wikoff," by DR.. William B. Pritchard,
now of New York, and son of the late
Rev. DR.. Thomas H. Pritchard. He
was born in North Carolina and has
made a fine success as writer and
practitioner in the great city, whereof
we are much gratified.
Captain Buck Kitchin scalped DR..
Cy. Thompson at Giddensville on the
18th instant. He went for the reck-
less but brilliant populist ~canvasser
with both fists doubled, III he meant
every word he said. The doctor had
paid his respects" in unjust and I'M
complimentary terms to the gallant
and able captain in his speech at
Clinton, thai was so si~ngularly bold
and unfair and which has brought him
so many replies and excavations. We
take from a report of Captain Kitch-
ms reply that appears in The Ciln-
ton Democrat of the 18th, the follow
ing which is direct and emphatic:
"Kitchin made a strong, forcible, un-
anSWerable speech. He denOunc-
ed DR.. Cy. Thompson as an Infamous
liar for ThompSOn'S charges against
him in his Clinton speech. He plead
with Fowler to follow the dictates of
his own conscience, which would LEAD
him back where his father and mother
had raised him however enticing of
flee might now appear, and warned
him off the scalpers in his own party
who were now bounding him down. He
established all his charges against flu
sion by such witnesses af The eau
casian of '97-Butler and Hal Aver its
editors-the Progressive Farmer and
letters of hundreds of returned and re-
turning prOdigals who had fused for
the last time. Kitchin left a telling
and lasting impression upon those who
heard him."
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BE merciful to me, 0 God;
Thu rpnr-ou nntn mo

lily mercy UHIU IIt
Dc Thou extend, because my soul
Doth put her trust in Thee"
~" >'""
"There was a pathos about his sing
ing that made him, to his astOnish-
men, find that he was singing almost
a solo to the evening accompaniment
of many. The Premier of England in
ringing tones sang that penitential cry
to God. Holding the helm of the Great
Empire, every one felt that it was true
that he put his trust in God
There is one error. Mr.. Gladstone
was neither of great nor tall form. He
was 5 feet, 81 inches high.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-20

1t is a, fact worth recording and en-
phasizing that the two greatest Euro
pean statesmen of the century were
both firm believers in God, in His Rev.
elation, the Bible, and in the Divinity
of the Lord Jesus Christ. These two
truly great men had more brain power
than all the sceptical ignoramuses you
could scare up in a year. MI. Glad
stone made a characteristic will. 1t
begins, and he meant every word Of it:
recommending myself to the infinite
mercies of God, in the Incarnate Son
as my only and sufficient hope, l leave
the particulars of my burial to my
executors, specifying that they be very
simple and private, unless there be
conclusive reasons to the contrary, and
l desire to be buried where my wife
may also lie. On no account shall a
laudatOry inscription be placed oVe
me-"
That is the declaration of the most
accomplished and most thoroughly
versed statesman in he Christian
Scriptures and theology that has ever
lived in any age or land. A propos Of
Gladstone is the account in "The New
York Evangelist" Of his visit when
prime minister to the seat of the Duke
of Argyle in Scotland. The account
says:
"The famous DR.. Guthrie led the
morning and evening worship every
day, n Lady Mary Campbell, one of
the Dukes daughters, played the or
IAN. One morning h was absent,
md DR.. Guthrie expressed regret hat
tlere was no precentor present to lea
/ lie singing. Permit me, Doctor said
ne of those present. DR.. Guthrie
2 >oked up and there was present the
great, tall form of Gladstone, who had
taken the hymn-book in his hand, and
all the congregation rose while, to the
grand old tune of Martyrdom,' Glad
stone led the morning psalm:
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-07-15
Cht.esc as Mathema,ic.a.s.

Cambridge University has just had 3
remarkable proof of the mathematical
genius of the Chinese. Some time ago
much surprise was caused alnons the
mathematir!ans generally by the DIS
covery among the papers Of the late
Sir Thomas Wade. of Chinese fame. Of
evidence that in the time Of Confucfus
the Chinese knew an equation which
only became known in Europe during
the last century. when it was dfstOv-
cred by Fermat. and has since been
known as Fermat's equation. But the
Chinese version recently discovered
stated that the equation did not hold
with regard to certain numbers. This
puzzled the mathematician. and all eff
forts to solve the point have hitherto
failed. Now. however. n young under
graduate Of Trinity College. Cambridge,
has demonstrated that the Chinese
were right. and his solution is frankly
admitted by the experts to he perfect.
The correspondent understands the rc.
suit is shortly to he published at Cam.
bridge in an authoritative way.-Man'
chester Guardian.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-07-15
HAWAII IS VOTED In.
SENATE ADOPTS HOUSE Reso.
LUTloNs FOR ANNEXATION.
Vote rs Reached sooner than Ex.
pcctcd Galleries Greet Result with
Applause a m endmcnts Defeated by
the Anrcxationists-Six Democrats
ALI the Republicans.
Pima, Vote stands ~ to 81,

The annexation of Hawaii was accom-
nlishcl Wednesday so far as the legisla-
tive branch of the Government was con-
ccrnrd. Quite unexpectedly the rcsolu-
t'oMs providing for the annexation of the
.slanIs We're brought tn Il vote in the SEN
:,te late III the afternoon. and they were
PASSED ly the decisive vote of 1. to u.
sarly in Wednesdays session of the
Ssnat" conferences of the leaders on both
sides of tho chamber were held and IL tacit
agreement WAS reached that Il vote should
tie ta'tcn Thursday. The opponents of an
nexation had concluded their arguments,
and AZ they had no desire to keep the
Senate in session by purely dilntory tao
tics. they announced their willingness
that IL vote should be taken as soon as Mr..
White, Mr.. Pettigrcw and Mr.. Allen had
finished their speeches. Neither Mr..
White nor Mr.. Pcttigrcw spoke ut great
length. hut Mr.. Allen did not conclude
until 4:15.
1t was evident instantly that a vote was
at hand. The word was passed swiftly
through the corridors and committee
looms and ia IL few minutes every Sena-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-07-15

tor at the capitol was in his seat. The
galleries filed rapidly and members Of
the House of Representatives, learning
that Il vote WAS to he taken. came hur-
ricdly to the senate side of the GREAT mar
llc pile to witness proceedings, tt:It will
be historic.
The test vote came OH an amendment
offered by Mr.. White of California. IT
was offered with no expectation that it
would be adopted. hut merely to place, the
ideas and opinions of the opponents Of an
ncAntiOn on record. 1t was rejected by Il;
vote of 10 to 20. indicating that the. an
n~cXatiOnists were strongly in the muiBr-
ity. Amendment after amendment was.
offered, hut the advocates OF the resolt-
tiOns stood sOlidly together. gaining rath-
err than losing strength ON the successive.
votes.
Finally. mt $50 p. m.. the resolutions
themselves. in precisely tho form III whirlu
they were received from the House OF
Representatives. were reported to the.
Senate and the roll-tull began. Intense
interest WAS manifested by every srccta-
tnr. Not II SCUM was to be heard in the.
chamber except the call of the clerk and
the responses of Senator'S. When tlir'
Nice-Fresident announced the vote. by
which the resolutions were passed IL trc-
n.cn'lous wave of applause swept through
the galleries. which the Vicc-P president
male 10 effort to check. Those who had.
advocated the resolutions expressed their
pleasure by shaking hands with one an-
other. and on all sides evident relief was,
shown that the cnd had come. For IL few
minutes so much good-natured: confusion
existed that the dignity of the Senate Was;
threatened. hut Vice-Frcsidcnt Hobart
quietly reminded Senators that the. ses~
sion was not yet at an end.
Mr.. Morrill, of Vermont was the only
Republican who voted against the rcsolue
tons. although Mr.. Thurston Of Nebraska.
and Mr.. Spooncr of Wisconsin were pair
ell against them. Six Democrats-Mr:
German Of Maryland. McLnunin Of South
Carolina. Money of Mississippi. Morgan
of Alabama. Pettus of Alabama and. Sud-
Ivan of Mississippi-voted. i'll. favor of am
nSXatiOn.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-07-15
Told in n Few L,ne~.

Napoleon Valcam Of Hudson. Mass~
eloped with his stcpmother.
James Pittengcr. aged 10. who neaently
had chnrgc of the county. farm. neazr tA-
mar, Mo-, committed suicida..
The Government survey OF thu. INDIAN
Territory has been completed! and! tiie. list
stake driven in the Cherokee Nation
Charles Glilkey was drowned in Elk
river. near Independence. Kaal.. E1e WAS
swimming, when he. was taken, with the
cramps.
There is great excitement mt Orlando.
Okla. over the disappearance Of be pref
IN %2-yrnr-o!d daughter OF George ktmer,
formerly of Iowa.
John Aud of .Atchison. HAM, fell from
a sccon.l-story window mt the residence of
his l,rutl.cr-in-law. G. II. Walkes. while
walking in his sleep.
j. u. rail:nger fell trval /. ladder while
Painting the oil tanks III the Springfield
lAiu.) Wagon C%ompaDy's yards and was
instantly killed.
T.. S. Fry. one of the largest land own
! crs AT Piattslulry. Mo-. made Nh assign
| mcnt for the benefit of creditors. His lia-
| biiitirs are estimated at $G:l.O0O.
Edward silk. who killed John Heller
Smith. a %17-year-old hoy. at Mobcrly. Mo-,
in June. 1896. has been taken to the peni-
Tertiary to serve Il 2O-ycar sentence.
The phosphate amp at Ponron. s. g.,
is wildly excited over the finding of $3O..
600 in gold by two negro diggers. who dug
UP Il 'arge chest and divided the contents
Gov. Barnes of Oklahoma Inns pardon
cl rom the p%cnitcntiary Cole Martin. .
young Guthrie attorney. serving a two
y.ar sentence for cnbczz!ins money from
= client.
The board of managers of the Oman.
exposition have notified the members o
the Kansas commission that Sept. / ha
been designated as Kansas day Mt the ex
position.
The Attorney General of Kansas take
the position that whatever live stock qua,
uutinc regulation the State sanitar
boards make can be enforced. and it va
! proper to keep cat Texas cattle.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-07-15
psoAooaUEs At WASHINGTON.
National Educational Association
Opens Its Meeting.

The thirty-seventh annual meeting. Of
the National Educational Association or
encd Thursday night; ait Convention Hail..
Washington. u. g.. Presidenr il NJ.
Greenwood of KANSAS City was, in. the,
chair. The list Of speakers included tine
most distinguished educators in the cOull-
try. President tsheenwoOd reviewed the
work of the Assassination for the past year:
He said the organization now numbers
1O.0M members IL III has IL surplus capital
of $G0.OOO. with an annual income of $3Di.
600 or more. John w. Ross. district coiiir
missioner. welcomed the delegates to
Washington. Trr. William 4. Hnrris,
United States. Commissioner of Educa-
ton: President e. l.. Whitman of the CO.
lu,ubian University, and Webster Davis,
assistant secretary of the Department of
the Interior. followed 9Th bgiaf adj
dresses.
Delegations from all over the country
were in the. city. Every train brought cur
loads of pcdagOgucs. and. those who came
did Washington from Capitol Hill to the
White Huase.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-07-15
70 HOIST THE FLAG.
Admiral Miller Goes to Hawaii In Che
Philadelphia.

Philadelphia.
The Hawaiian Isla nds were made U
part of the United States when President
Mckinley signed the annexation rcsolu.
lions. Admiral Miller started ut once for
Honolulu on the cruiser Philadelphia to
hoist the American flag md take forma!
possession of the islands. 1t is said that
the transition from the Hawaiian republic
to Al part of the United States Gun BIZ az.
co!allishcd without the slightest delay or
friction. A complete internal orgniliza-
tinn already exists. civil and military, and
1t is pointed ont that this does away with
the delay of 0rganizin: IL government.
suth as occurred when California .ras ad-
mittcd. For the present tho existing civil
organization will continue. with President
Dole as Chief executive. and this will run
along until the tive commissioners appoint
~! ly the President prepare IL system of
organization anG rut it into effect.
The NaMaiian Islands are made sp of
the islands of Iinwaii. Oahu. Maui.
Kauai. Lanai. Kaluian.. Molokri. Nihau.
Na,i!n and IL number of small isl"ts. Thc
area of the is. ands il 1910 miles. or about
three times that of delaware. According
To figures of two years as,s something OVER
1O3.Om souls are added to the population
of the United States and it's territories by
thc annexation of thys islands. III the
whit" and native population about one
third speak English. Til" Jsyanrs" num-
her 2o.OOo and tho Chinese rG.GOD. There
ARE 10000 Portuguese in the islands and
i.MD Americans. wlitW tile British a,,sF
German residents numi,c- 1000 e,ch.
Late figures nn the native" population give
it as 3O.O0O. but the mr!vrs are rlpidly
decreasing i'll number. Eight OF ti.r ISL
ands are fertile and susceptible to cu!ti-
walton. The four largrst-Eawnii. Maui.
Oahu and Kauai-are particularly rich
Astounding in land fitted for sugar. cof-
fec. rice and fruit raising, On Kauai
there are coffee plantations Of 2M.DD0
acres. and. next to sugar. which has al
ways been the chief p%roli,rt OF thu ISL
ands. the cultivation of coffee liz loukrd'
upon as having rich possibilities, Rice is
also destined tn hold important position
among the products. Practically all of
the trade is with the United States. Tho
exports are $s.OOO.OO0 anmmlly. and tir
imports half that.
The history of the islands Ecgii,s with
their discovery in 1873 by Captain Cook
who named them after his patron. the
Earl of Sandwich. Juan Gaetano. Il SPAN
lsh navigator. is credited with having seen
the island Of Hawaii as enriy- as. 1850.
Annexation Of the islands to the. Unitel
States WAS asitatcd in Hawaii ,s early
as 1851. and the question has colne,up at
various times ever since. The recent rrv-
oluti0n and the overthrow OF the mon
archy are matters of to-day's history.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-07-15
TO INVESTIGATE SEA TRAGEDY.
Murderous curse of Crew of La
BourYoEne to Pc brought Ont.

Murderous curse of Crew of La.
B~ourgoEne to Pc Brought Out.
4 searching investigation will he male.
by b officers of the French line Of the.
murderOus course pursued by the crew ut
the sinking of the steamer In Bouryogne.
The narrowing tales first told ly the SUR
yiving passengers are being corroborntcd:
by stnres of persons. and in point Of cow-
xrtIicc. brutality and crime this disaster
has n" counterpart in modern history.
Armed with weapons and maddcncdl
with terror. the sailors. walters and oth--
srs OF the crew took example from the
pari-stricken steeragc passengers and
Fought like savagrs to save their lives. by
enstiug the helpless into the sea. So.
swiftly did the great steamer sink that.the
officers had no time to gain control Of the
men. and scores of lives were lost that
might have been saved. The drowned
number $40 men. ONT and Children.
Stories OF the disaster are unparalleled.
Women and children were left to their.
fTte. Men became rnvins maniacs through.
fcnr. ard the number of cruel, deliberate
murders cannot be estimated. Manyylife--
bouts and RATS were loaded with human
freight. only to go down because no one
hai the presence Of mind to release them.
Ehe crew o the best boats and riffs
and started from the ship. Passengers
elunS to the sides of the boat and life
lii,vs attached to them until knocked in
tire head by the sailors. Italian Storage
passengers. maddened by their. peril,
fought for places on the bonts. stabbing
msn. III or children. Only one. Of
the crew Of la Bourgognc. the second
officer. e%ndeavored to saw the passen-
gers This man ran about the fatci vcs.
Sci. cutting ropes which held fast the rafts
AMI life preservers. and worked until the
tsamer foundered. going down to, his
death. the only brave man out of hun.
dreds.
Charles I.ichra. a Frenehman. tellss a
story Of the accident which il c%0rrohorat-
ed by II dozen others. The Frenchman
saw his two motherless. boys sink befOr.
his eyes. A boat fioatcl. pnst him. and
he tried to climb in. He was repeatedly
struck with onrs and boathooks. anil his
arms and head are a mass of cuts and
bruises. He was rescued after being.i in
the water for eight h0mrn.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-07-15
New Metho, of Tanning Lions.

Perzon, the great French lion tanner
owed his success to the Use of electric.
ity in tanning his beasts. When IL wild
were first rugged up in the cage be-
tween the tanner and the animal. After
n time Pe,'zon would turn his back. and
the wild creature would invariably
make a leap at him. but encOuntering
the charged wires. would receive a par
alyzing shock sufficient to terrOrize II
forever. This lesson would rarely have
TO be repeated. as the mysterious shock
was not readily forgotten.