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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25
STATE PRESS.

Those who really wish to improve the
cement of state affairs are invited
to join in the democratic primaries where
they will lave an equal voice with others
in determining how and by whom such
improvement shall be secured. Those
who refuse to do this would be more dan
gerouS as allies than as enemies, let
the arrangement be fusion or What it
may. Greensboro Telegram.
A correspondent OF the Progressive
Farmer, who hasn't kept up with the
procession. says: IF the populist mean
business, they should demand a reduc-
ton of the salaries of government off,
Gals" Has any salary nlled by a fusion
list been reduced? Not one. Has any Of
flee been abolished? Not one. Either
the salaries and offices are proper or
those men elected to office on a promise
to reduce salaries to the basis of farm
products have forgotten their pledges
Raleigh News and Observer.
The question may be asked how is CO.
operation in a congressional district to
be effected. The answer is to hold the
conventions of the several parties at the
same time and place. as was done in
the late presidential nomination and has
been recently done in the west. The
white people must get together. The
greatest issue before the people is the
financial question and the plan of CO.
operation or any plan that may be sug-
gested will be opposed by the scattering
gold bugs throughout the state.-Red
Springs Citizen.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25
S

There are more volumes on dnlnoT
verse ISSUING from the press than the
s,nfnformed dream of. They count py
fsbA dozens. Not one in ten make amy
5y,oression, and a majority are DISMISS
ed with contempt by the leaolnS
x-r5t les. Their are at this time prop
ably 10, 900 writers of fluent verse IN
n United States. One in 500 may
e1aye really some poetic gifts ABOVE
h common run of rhymers. we
make some extracts from recent no
SsraS of volumes of verse il the able
and scholarly London LITERATURE OF
the 10Th ult. We think the brief ex-
rerpts will be suggestive if not help
fn4. Mark these are volumes 10y
educated English people who think
They are poets born and are bound to
sing, while in ninety-nine cases In the
sxundred is a great mistake. These ex-
erpts are with one exception about dit
ferent writer's:
..Here is a man who is master OF all
che sOnoritieS of diction, all the re1ne-
vnents OF metre, and who IN almost e'-
zy poem has a certain charm OF styfe-
NJ Style can nave CEdTIu LII lNe
Vet we have turned over the pages
from end to end and ound nothing that
rave pleasure or that suggested the
, genial heat of composition. In
verse like that there is nothing TO re-
yprahend, everything to praise, yet-Mny
ON earth is it written? Inc
other volumes mentioned above ex-
~f.rupAify some of the faults which 1usti-
Nv the name Of minor poetry. IN
t3,e babbling stream of small olumes
sf small verse fA Moorland Brook de-
uo~n,aS notice. = = y In the hymns,
1hich under various names make up a
great part of the rest, Mr.. Stone does
not rise beyond the fatal d1ocr
& This, if not precisely poetry,
- at least graceful verse, 1t Is rep
xpsentative of much in the New Yea
tander's' little volume. The writer Is
x~.yH1ently "a sincere workman, with a
/. -aGe appreciation for poetry.
1T is most fortunate for the world
That poets are born and not 4made. AS
ct Is the market is dreadfuHy~ glutteu.
Among the valuable and important
Sarter-day volumes produced by scnoi-
sry is sam Historical Greek Grammar,
ny A. v. Jannaris, PHI. D., University
ri st. Andrews. 1t is praised in Eng
Hand.
Mr. G. w. Smalley, an American,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25

Bishop Cheshire confirmed - persons
on his recent visit TO Raleigh.
The Ashvile Citizen says that judge
Ewart received SOC Tor holding speclai
terms in Buncombe last year.
Smitfeld Herald: Ground was broken
last Tuesday preparatory to the erection
of the Smithfield tobacco warehouse
The building will be mpIe In every
detail and will be s0x15o feet IN size. The
same company will soon begin the con-
struction OF a . story prize house.
Winston Journal: Charley Craven.
near Townsville. Davidson county. lost
timber a limb fell and struck him, kill
ing him almost instantly. He was about
30 years of age and leaves IA wife and
two or three small children.
New Bern: Last Friday an old negro
woman and a girl about II years old were
own by falling of n footway at the
foot of Barrus street across Mill creek.
1t Is supposed from circumstances that
the girl fell in first as the Old woman
was heard Following, come quick and
help by people working In n field near
by. Her basket was found on the foot
way which led TO the suspicion that she
was in the creek. Search was instituted,
resulting in finding the old woman Sat
urday morning.
Monroe Telegram: Mr.. ID. A. Stevens
tells us OF a colored woman who lives
in Morning Star township, Meckleaburg
county, who lost both OF her hands in
a cane mill when she was a child and yet
with the two stubs she supports a family.
The woman washes, hoes. and strange
to say, can pick a hundred pounds OF
cotton per day. She can do some sew
ing and threads her own needles. We
saw an able bodied man On the streets
here a few days ago who had lost the
fingers OF each hand and he was solely
dependent upon charity.
winston Sentinel: Mr.. G. b. Watson
returned yesterday from Davidson court
which closed Saturday at Lexington. He
represented ]. G. Kenney In the suit
against the Southern Railway for 800 40.
for injuries he sustained in the wreck at
Harrisburg, near Charlotte, April IL, 1897.
Mr.. Kenney was engineer on the road,
The jury returned a verdict Saturday in
favor of the plaintiff for SO, 000.-The
defendant asked for "A new trial on
the ground of excessive damage, but was
overruled. Notice was then given Of an
appeal to the supreme court.
Red Springs Citizen. Jim Farley, col
ored, was tried and convicted of assault
last Tuesday. and was sent to jail at
Lumberton for safe Keeping until next
term of court. He cut some ugly gaShes
in his wife's head with n hoc.-A little
colored girl in Red Springs was bitten
by a dog belonging to II. w. Bizzell
Thursday, and was mangded and dragged
to the door of the house. and was with
difficulty rescued by those attracted to
the spo by the cries. Of. the girl.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25

ally paid to the fellows employed as
was paid to h sixty senators. Tax
payers and men Of reputable charac-
ters might clip that instructive item
and paste Il in their hats. Why should
not the hungry, out-at-the-elbow
~starvelings draw big pay? What did
they get there for? But after AL these
reaper and binders did less harm
than the majority senators OF the COM
bine. The employers merely reaped
where they had not sown, the combine
brought reproach and injury upon the
good character of the state. They
were "a blot" on North Cardinals "es-
cutcheon."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25
HOME FOLKS.

What a fast and f1ourishing time of
it do the combine gang inoffice have.
Woe be it unto the patient people who
pay the piper for the dancing of the
gang According to the report Of the
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25

Key West, Fla, March 2s.-The board
OF survey, which sat On the flagship
New York yesterday to consider the re-
tirernent OF Rear Admiral Sicar3 for
physical disability. has completed its
work. Its recommendations will be for
warded to the naval department.. where
action will be AIKEN. Tt is impossible
to learn the decision OF the board. but
It is believed that it recommends re-
tirement, !.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25

Harris Emulsion or COD Liver Oil
with Creosote ms the Hypophosphites,
II faithfully used. il a specific in the
treatment OF weak lungs, Consump-
ton, Bronchitis, etc. Leading physi-
clans recommend 1t. Sold by J. c.
Shepard, J. II. Hardin. and II. L. Fen
tre90.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25

War or no war the North Carolina
farmers seem bent on risking a big
crop of cotton. If war comes they
would foe wise to plant to feed men
and beast. The fertilizer business is
on heavily and that mean a big sum
to be withdrawn from the total re-
turns for the cotton.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25

Especial to The Messenger.)
Raleigh. N. g. March 23.-A-i tn.
railways in the state. save the South-
ern, today filed exceptions to the rail-
way commissioners recent order re-
ducing rate Ola wood in carload astA
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25

1t looks now that Russells war or
the Southern had about run its
length. Wiser counsels prevail. 'AlTs
we'll that ends we'll"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25
PeninSular Steel Range
NORTH CAROLINA, !
Fender County. !
G =, vs. sAiHs Motto.
Ia Superior Co,ca

VS.. Notice.
A. ]. Shine
The defendant above named will ,aNa
notice that an action entities a. 49,
nas oeen commenced in the Sunerior
court OF Pendsr county for divorce from
t wIi, bonds OF natrin ony. and defeadant
CURED to appear ar the NEXT term Of the
superior Court Of said county to DO held
on the nrst Moysday in March. 1895, al
= covrt houso Of SAX county. In Bur-
complaint ip said action. or the plaintiT
vii ably to the court for the relief de-
n9nded IN said complaint.
4Au 9Th day OF February. 1898. /,
w. w. LARKINS,
Clerk OF Superior Court,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25

Who will say that Wilmington is
not progressing? 1t has recently re-
ceived two cargoes of pig ron from
Alabama. 1t came via the Atlantic
Coast Line. This interesting fact Slim
ulates the Charleston News and Cour-
Ter to fresh activity in behalf o. its
own port, and mentions what Mr.. EN-
erson said some weeks agocthat with
a reduction of 10 per cent. in the pilot
age rates he would be able to control
the shipments of Alabama pig iron
through Charleston" Seeing his and
other signs not favorable to its own
city, the News and Courier says:
With the lumber business going to
Savannah n h pig iron business
going to Wilmington and h cotton
trade dropping off, the indications are
not altogether encouraging"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25

The increase in taxable property
Yer last rear is given at S., 747, 1894. If
a proper valuation of property could
be made in every county the increase
would doubtless count by the tens of
millions. The aggregate value of
property in 1897 was $235, 500, 81. 40,
against 1929, S54, 49s for 1896.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25
Oh. My Heart!
PaIpitation-W eak-U
scious at Times Sleepless -
Asthma Kidney Troubles
RecoveryWould Seem Like Miracle
Yet Hoods SarsapariiIa Cured

Would Seem Like Miracle
Yet Hoods SarsapariiIa Cured
"I had been in very poor health for
several years, and two summers I was SO
weak I was obliged to lie in bed 8 months
at q time. 1 was all run down, had
Unconscious Spells
lasting for an hour at a time. The
doctors thought the trouble came from
my heart. I used to say that if I could
only be up around, l should be so thank
full, and that it would seem like q miracle
II I should be we'll. The neighbors all
know Of the poor health I had been in,
and how much better I am now. I had
asthma for many years, and some nights
Could Not Sleep
my breathing was attended with go much
difficulty. Sometimes 1 would have to
sit bolt upright in bed. As my general
health grew poorer, my asthma grew
worse. I had kidney and other troubles
and seemed to be generally 'out Of sorts.'
I heard 8 o much of Hoods S~arsaparilla
that l decided to try it, and I experienced
great benefit from it. l have recon-
n it to many people, and I cannot
say too much in praise of Hoods Sarsa-
parilla. | have not been in bed for over
q year on account of Illness" Mrs. 8.
WATSON, 4S2S. Columbia ST., Warsaw, Ind.
Hoods s e.;;,;.
Is the best in fact the One True Blood Puri-
fer. Sold by all druggists. Get only Hoods.
Hoods Pills t taEe a sser ~ ms ns:;r easy st to
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25
Hoods s ss;;ii.

u.ol,o 0:ll. cure liver ms; easy to
A1OOO , HIS take, easy 10 operate. &c.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-29
Brilliant Military Pageant Is Viewed at Camp
 A1ger.
Twelve Thousand of the Men Who Will Uphold Our Honor Create
 Great Enthusiasm.

outnumbered two to one, put up stiff fight and the attacking brigade was we'll worn out before 1t gave up. No one was injured during the engage ment. The sham battles have proved such good training to the men that the officers have determined to make them of frequent occurrence hereafter
 DENVER, May 2S-A special to the News from Cheyenne, Wyo., says:
 Governor Richards was advised to- day from Washington that if the All ger Light Artillery would resolve them selves from light artillery into heavy artillery they would be accepted as Wyoming's quota for second call. At a meeting tonight 1t was so arranged. This battery will therefore go to the front They can be thoroughly pre- pared within a week.
 LOS ANGELES, May 28.-Four trains hearing 300 soldiers each, bound from New Orleans to San Francisco, passed through this city about noon to-day. The first division was the stock train, which arrived here at 11:10. At 11:5O the second division, bearing 300 men, under command of Colonel Oyershiner, arrived. Coffee and sandwiches, fruit and flowers were served at the River Station, on the Southern Pacific. The divisions travel about half an hour apart. The first left here at F o'clock for San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-29
CONCORD'S FAREWELL TO
 THE BOYS IN BLUE

CONCORD, May 2S-Our people turned out en masse yesterday to bid godspeed to seven brave boys who left on the train for San Francisco to en- list. The school was dismissed an hour before the usual time that the scholars might be on hand to bid the boys good by. A fife and drum corps was organ ized to lead the boys to the depot The procession was under command of Judge John J. Burke, a Union veteran while John w Guy, a Confederate vet eran, was the proud bearer of old glory. A cavalcade of mounted youngsters helped to swell the dimensions of the procession. The parting at the depot was effecting in the extreme, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers and sweet hearts mingling their tears.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-29
FOOD NOW VERY
 SCARCE AT CIENFUEG0S
All Ships That Succeed in Running the Blockade Will Escape
 Port Charges.

Copyrighted. 1898. by James Gordon Bennett.
 KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 2S.-Cap- tain Walker of the Atlas line steamer AduIa, which arrived here to-day from Cienfuegos, states that provisions in that town are very scarce. The Cover nor of CienIuegos has issued a procla- nation that all ships laden with pro- visions which succeed in passing the blockade can have their cargoes ad- mitted free, and that there will be no port charges of any kind. The land line between Havana and Cienfuegos is working, and also the cable line to Santiago. The American fleet only cut one cable, and communication was not interrupted
 The Adula brought away from Cien- fuegos eighty refugees, twenty of whom were children, but only after she had been detained for several days by the Spanish authorities. Why he was de- tained Captain Walker was not in- formed. The Adula on her arrival in the harbor was boarded by an officer who told Captain Walker she would be detained. A small gunboat, with a gatling gun, was detailed to guard her, but after three days the guard was re- moved.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-29
TO MEET AT
 MINNEAPOLIS General Assembly of the Presbyterians. FINISHES ALL ITS BUSINESS, REPORTS SHOW VERY GOOD
 FINANCES. pr. Radcliffe Speaks of the Satisfac- tory Results and Points
 With hope to the
 Future.
special Dispatch to The Call.

WINONA LAKE, Ind, May 2s.-The one hundred and tenth general assem- bly, of the Presbyterian church fin- ished it's business and adjourned to- day, to meet at Minneapolis a year hence.
 The finance committee reported that the transfer committee of the assem- bly, has in it's custody funds to the amount of s714.254, the income from which Is paid to various beneficiaries, particularly the board of ministerial relief. The present surplus in the hands of the treasurer of the assembly amounted to $S6,690. The per capita tax for the expenses of the assembly was reduced to cents per communi- cant. The proposal to increase the rate of the entertainment for commissioners from S1 25 to s1 50 per day was adopted by vote of IA to S2.
 A sharp discussion over a memorial to Congress calling for the prohibition of the liquor traffic in Government buildings and reservations resulted in affirmative action.
 In closing the session Dr. Radcliffe referred to the satisfactory results at tained and pointed with hope to the future. He hoped that the time would soon come when all the forces in the church would be arrayed in harmony and all distrust be removed
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-29
HOT ON THE TRAIL
 OF SPANISH SPIES

NEW YORK, May 2s.-A Key West special to the Herald says: Rumors of work being done by Spanish spies con- tinue to fill the air here, but up to to- night no arrests have been made. Cap tain Merrill, in command of the bar racks, has large detail of men SCOUT ing, and he expects important captures will be made soon.
 It is reported that the men who are believed to be the ones who shot Ser geant Richards, at Mortar Battery, the night before last, were seen again to- day in the neighborhood of the fort There is something mysterious about the matter, and it is subject of com- ment that no arrests have been made.
 It is also alleged that there are many spies here who are not of Spanish birth. A few days ago a foreigner who was not a Spaniard applied for work at Venable's machine shops. He worked there but two days, when he mysteri- ously disappeared, and 1t is generally believed that he was an emissary of Spain
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-29
BANK ROBBERS OVERTAKEN
 BY A CITIZENS POSSE
One of Pair of Outlaws Slain and a Pursuer Wounded in Fight
 in 0 Utah Canyon.

SPRINGVILLE, Utah, May 2S.-Two men entered the Springville Bank at 10 O clock to-day and at the point of a pistol compelled the cashier to hand over S400O. The robbers then mounted their horses and disappeared.
 A large posse was organized, and start ed in pursuit They overlook the robbers in a canyon some distance from town and called upon them to surrender. The rob berS fired, wounding a man named Allen. The posse returned the fire, killing one of the robbers and compelling the other to surrender. Half of the stolen money was recovered.
 The dead man has not yet been iden- tified The man captured has been identified as I. Maxwell, of the Rob bers' Boost" gang and for whom the Governor of the State had offered a large reward
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-29
CLAIM TO HAVE
 FAVORABLE NEWS
Spanish Statesmen Resort to Subter- fuge in Order to Keep Up
 Public Confidence.

MADRID, May 2S.-Persistent ru- mors are in circulation that the Gov ernment has received very favorable news, but is waiting for confirmation before making it's advices public. A rumor current on the Bourse to-day that the Spanish had recaptured Ca vite gained credence, in view of the fact that General Blanco telegraphed from Havana to Lieutenant General Correa, the Minister of War, congratu- lating him upon this Spanish victory in the Philippines. In the Chamber to- day, In reply to questions on the sub jeet, Senor Romero ciron, Minister or the Colonies, said the Government had received very favorable news from the Philippines, and added that official dis patches announced th~t all was well in Cuba and Porto Rico.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-29
PLANS FOR THE VOYAGE
 OF THE MONTEREY
Monitor Will Steam to Honolulu and Be Towed Thence to the
 Philippines.

MARE ISLAND NAVY YARD, May 28.-The force of painters completed work on the Monadnock this morning and were transferred to the United States collier Brutus The lead color goes on we'll over the steamers black paint, and one coat will suffice A force of shipwrights and machinists is at work on the Brutus. The shipwrights are preparing the foundations for the mounts of her guns and those for the towing bits, and the machinists are overhauling the small valves of the main engines, which are in fine shape The shipsmiths at the shop are mak- ing stanchions and angle iron braces for the decks, where the guns are to be located, and also some large bolts for the bits.
 The equipment triggers are now la boring on a towing bridle" for the Monterey. It was an original idea of Foreman Edward Furlong, and will be constructed of 4A- inch wire cable It will be 360 feet long and goes half way around the ship, being made fast to the forward and the amidship pitts. It has a pelican" hook at the bow, which can be made to release the ship from the towline in an instant, should heavy weather or the presence of a hostile ship necessitate 1t. The intention, ac- cording to the latest information, Is to have the Monterey go to Honolulu un- der her own steam and take a tow from the Brutus the rest of the dis tance It is said the Idea of having another tug accompany the monitor and her consort has been abandoned
 The towing hawsers are three in number. of 12-inch Manila, and 370 feet long. The tug Unadilla made a spe- cial trip for them to-day and brought them to the navy yard tonight
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-29
PRESENTS A FLAG TO
 THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
Old Glory to Be Hoisted Over Young America.

PACIFIC GROVE, May 2S.-Mrs. B. L. Hollenbeck yesterday presented a handsome flag to the Pacific Grove public school, and amid the cheers and applause of school children and their parents and friends the stars and stripes were unfurled for the first time over the high school building. A pretty ceremony was gone through, one strik- ing feature of which was the singing of patriotic songs by the grammar school pupils. Among the songs was clever parody on Yankee Doodle '' entitled Yankee Dewey Dandy"
 Mrs. Hollenbeck presented the flag with a few graceful and patriotic re- marks, and G. D. Kierulff, sub-princi- pal of the high school, received 1t on behalf of the school. The flag was then fastened to the waiting halyards and hoisted, while cheer after cheer was sent up by the crowd.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-29
suisun,s Red Cross Society.

the Red Cross Society was organized here to-day by the women of Suisun and vicinity, with forty names on the membership roll. The following were the officers elected: Honorary presi- dent, Mrs. Mary F. Hilborn; president. Mrs A. J. Buckles; vice president, Mrs Lena Dinkelspiel; secretary, Mrs. w. H. Bryan; treasurer, Mrs. B. Dent Nay Tor; board of executive committee, Mrs Grant Chadbourn, Mrs B. Abernathy, Mrs. T. H. Hyatt, Mrs. W. c. Shell don and Mrs. w. l.. Griffiths
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-29
TO AID THE REL CROSS. Prominent Ladies of Redwood City Engaged in Effecting an
 OrUanizatiOD

REDWOOD CITY, May 2s.--A formal organization for Red Cross So- ciety was effected last night by the most prominent men and women of Redwod City. About sixty signed the roll for active membership.
 The officers elected were the following: President. Mrs. $. A. Wentworth; first vfce-president, Mrs l.. J. Frank; second vice-president, Mrs. S. T. Fox; third vice. president, Mrs. J. H. Mansfield; recording secretaries, Misses Kate Steward and Julia Beeger; financial secretary. Miss Ethel Dodge; treasurer, l.. F. Behrens advisory board, Mrs. L. J. Frank, Mrs. S. T. Fox and Mrs. J. H. Mansfield The following committees were appointed: committee on headquarters, Miss Bettin and Mrs. Mansfield committee on band ages Mrs. L. J. Frank; supply committee. Mrs. Thorp, Mrs. Frank and Mrs. Fox; ham.