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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-10
ELECTION QUALIFICATIONS
Proposed Amendments to,fhe Constd.
tunon-State Elections 4 be Held In
May
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, n. c., December 6.-Francis
ID. Winston introduced in the house to-
day a bill which provides for a con-
stitutional amendment to be voted on
at n general election in May 1900, the
time for holding the state election he
ing changed to hat date. IL Is bsssd
on the Louisiana constitution. with
cnange of verbiage to suit our county
ana township government. In addi-
ton to b educational and
quanncatlons and a clause ADMITTING
persons, their sons and grandsons who
couid vote in any state prior to 1867. IL
aiso ADMITS To registration persons who
1seuI y Inc United States army prior
10 January i, 1867, their sons ana
grandsons.
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Elys Cream Balm has completely
cured me Of catarrh when everything
else failed.-Alfred w. Stevens, Cald-
well, Ohio.
Elys Cream Balm works like a
charm; It has cured me of the most
obstinate case of cold in the head; I
would not be without it.-Fred'k Fries,
2s3 Hart St, Brooklyn, N. Y.
A 10c. trial size or the soc. size of
Eiys Cream Balm will be mailed. Kept
by druggists. Ely Brothers, Sc Warren
St, N. Y.
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To Pay Volunteers Extra Wages

washington, January Ex-senator
Shoup, from the committee on military
affairs, today favorably reported the
bill authorizing the president to pro-
mote Brigadier General Thaddeus III.
Stanton, now paymaster general, to be
a major general, and to retire him with
that rank.
Senator Sewell, from the same COM
mittee, reported favorably the bill in
troduced by Senator Hawley, which is
the same as passed the house today,
granting two months additional pay to
volunteers who served outside the linn
its Of the United States for the war
with Spain. and one month to those
who served within the limits of the
country.
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To the Public

every bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and if not satisfactory to re-
fund the money to the purchaser. There
is no better medicine made for la
grippe, colds and whooping cough.
Price, 25 and SOC per bottle. Try it. r.
r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-10
On Every Bottle

Or Shiloh's Consumption lure is this
guarantee: All we ask of you is to use
two-thirds of the contents of this bot
tie faithfully. then IL you can say you
are not benefited return the bottle to
your Druggist and he may refund the
price paid" Price Is cts, so cts. and
LOO.
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ones, Lindsay, Wilson, Mason, Mcln-
tyre, Williams, Harris, Cheek.
Military ADMINISTRATORS Hicks, Hair
ston, Skinner, Whitaker, Williams, Sat-
terrified, White.
Agriculture - Senators Williams,
Thomas, Brown, Hairston, Hill, Davis,
Robinson, Crisp, Murray.
Banks and Currency-Senators Bryan,
Cooke, Collier, Hill, Lindsay, Miller,
Campbell.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Daniels, Os-
borne, Murray, Speight, Stanback,
Travis, Goodwin.
Finance-Senators Osborne, Brown,
Bryan, Lindsay, Glenn, Whitaker,
White.
Insurance-Senators Black, Smith,
Cooley, Fields, Lowe. Thomas, Wilson,
Souther.
Penal NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Fields,
Osborne, Travis, Miller, Mcintyre, Will
son, Goodwin.
Collie, Jones, Thomas, Satterfield,
Souther.
Engrossed Bills-Senators Mcintyre,
Murray, Stanback, Butler, Ward, Cheek,
White.
Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institute-Sen-
tors James, Brown, Fields, Cookey,
Lindsay, Butler, Kerley.
Insane Administrators Speight,
Glenn, Lindsay, Mason, Miller, Will
liams, Robinson, Whitaker, Crisp.
Federal Relations-Senators Mason,
Cooke, Davis, Hicks, Hill, James,
Franks.
Fish and Fisheries-Senators Ward,
Davis, Jackson, Miller, Bryan, Ward,
Skinner, Harris.
Pensions and Soldiers Home-Sena-
tors Jackson, Satterfield, Robinson,
Smith, Thomas, Lowe, Goodwin.
Railroad and Railroad Commission
Senators Brown, Glenn, Bryan, Jerome,
Cooke, Miller, Williams, Campbell.
Public Roads-Senators Collier, Ira
Wis, Jackson, Jones, Satterfield, Wilson,
Osborne.
Counties, Cities and Towns-Senators
Cooke, Cowper, James, Glenn, Black,
Jerome, Travis, Kerley.
Public Health-Senators Butler, Dan
iels, Speight, Hairston, Collier, Lowe,
Harris.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Miller, Will
| SON. Thomas, Mason, Cheek, Butler,
Black, Newsome.
MANIFESTATIONS Murray, Black,
Cooke, Hicks, Jerome, Stanback, Crisp.
Election Laws-Senators Glenn, Ira
| Wis, Osborne, Black, Brown, Speight,
Skinner, Franks.
Constitutional Amendments Sena-
tors Travis, Glenn, Cowper, Cooley, Os-
borne, Fields, Daniels, White.
Shell Fish@Senators Cowper, Ward,
Miller, James, Bryan, Davis.
Rules-Senators Smith, Osborne, JUS
| tiee.
Tomorrow Senator Osborne will in
troduce a resolution in the senate to
appoint a committee to wait upon
Governor Russell and ask him to pro-
duce the evidence upon which j. w.
and S. Ohio Wilson were dismissed
from the railroad commission and also
to advise the two Wilson's to submit
testimony in their own behalf.
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Oh! The Pa
OF Rheumatism!

my wife was for years . sufferer
from Rheumatism, and was treated
constantly, but could obtain no relief.
The doctors said the disease was liable
TO strike the heart at any time, IN
which event death would be Inevitable.
Every kind Of treatment recon-
mended for rheumatism was given,
including widely advertised blood rem
edies, but none did any good. She
grew worse all the while and wa re-
duced to q mere shadow Of her former
self.
"It was at this critical period that
- 8. 8. 8. vas tried;
. ! : ! : ! : ! ! : !: !; : J J ! !. ! ! !: ! !
thismedicineseemed
to reach the dis
3~ ease promptly, and
W she began to inn
A~ bottles eaecsed a
Lcomplete cure, and
- she has.had no touch
~ ofRheumatism since
I'D. r. JOHNSON,
"Blackshear. Ga"
Every one afflicted with Rheu-
matism should take Swift's Spe-
cifc, the only remedy which can
reach their trouble. 8. s. s. will
cure the most aggravated case of
rheumatism, Catarrh, Cancer,
Contagious Blood Poison, Scrof-
ula, Eczema or any other blood
disease. It is guaranteed
Purely Vegetable
Books mailed free byA Swift
Specific Company, Atlanta, O..
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Consumption is preventable? Science
has proven that, and also that neglect
is suicidal. The worst cold or cough,
a be cured with Shfioh's Cough and
Consumption Cure. Sold on positive
guarantee for over fifty years.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-10

The Oxford Ledger reports two Gran
Vii porkers weighing respectively SIS
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-10

AVA STORES.
Spirits OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES doing.
Rosin firm at s7lrc n N-e2h
Tar firm at N.m.
Crude turpentine firm at $50 ard N-g.
Prices same day last year-Spirfts tur-
pentine 31ac and 5Ac: rosin N.l5 and
s1.2o: tar N6: crude turpentine $40 and
S1-9o.
Receipts today-s3 casks spirits tuspen-
tine. 20 barrels rosin. ia barrels tar. -
barrels crude turpentine.
Receipts to same day last year-1 casks
spirits ~turpentine. Is barrels rosin. 90
barrels tar barrels crude t~urpentine.,
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Peanuts-5 to SOC.
R~ice-Lowlands. Sc to lilo: upland. g.
TO soc, on basis OF - pounds TO bushel.
Corn-7 to 4Sc.
Corn meal-45c.
o peas-50 to 6oc.
North Carolina Bacon-Hams 10 to lie:
shoulders. Sa to &c; sides, s to sisc.
Chickens-Firm: spring 10 to l21xc:
hens. IA to 1Sc: ROSTERS, IA to 16c.
EggsSSteady at lac.
Shingles-Per 1000 five inch. hearts and
saps. $1.50G2. 10; six inch, x.50G3.O.
Timber at 500 20 $500 per 1000 feet.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-10
NATE Committees
by the DemOcraf1c Caucus-A
Jon Asking the Governor for
|dence on WhiSA she Two
Commissioner Were Sus-

WCEC C0D
kial to The Messenger.)
N. c., January Elm the
caucus tonight Senator But
(nced following committees.
hry--Senators Collier, Butler,
|binson, Speight, Whitaker,
OF the Peace-Senators Jones.
bray, Hairston, Cooley, Stan
some.
buildings and Grounds-Sena-
Ward, Davis, Lowe, Whit
ray, Newsome.
OF the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ekson, Cheek, Stanback, Skim
Franks.
b Bills-Senators Lindsey,
Black, Jerome, Justice.
lions and Grievances-Sena-
on, Glenn, Hicks, HaerstonI
Erome. Mason. Franks. -
les and Elections-Senafors
heck, Daniels, Lowe cIn-
ne, Campbell.
Senators Cooley Cowper,
;, Murray, Satkgrfield, New
y-Senator4 Justice, Black,
Pwper, Dalaiels, Fields, Glenn.
mes. Xnes, Jerome, Mason,
OsDorne, Skinner, Smith,
PEI Wilson.
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IlRKErs.

Wilmington. ~. c.. January !.
Receipts OF cotton today-Ei balsss
Receipts on same day last ycar-Bi
bales
This seasons receipts TO date--W.5D
bales.
Receipts to same date hast ~year-zslsz
bales.
Tne quotations posted at 4 O'Clock today
a. the exchange:
Cotton firm
Ordinary .........~... .....-...... rs
Good ordinary IA
Low mf6d1ing "a
MiddAng ....------ .."
SOCu mfuuAlnE VS
Prices same day last year. 5 T-lsc-
c-xxnnI~z
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-26
A FAR-s1GHTED PROJECT.

A proposition which the news dispatch
es assure US the national administration
will consider In the near future is the
utilization Of negro troops in the Philip
pines. The proposition, so far as one may
judge from the reports, goes further than
Philippines, we are told, are negroes Of
the same race as those in the United
States. Racial affiliations may therefore
be expected "to defeat the rebellious acts
Of Aguinaldo and his followers" and,
moreover, to open up opportunities for
the colored man and brother to get a
home and accomplish other great ends
for himself and others in the newly
acquired possessions of the United States
In the East"
The race problem we have always with
us. We owe it's existence in a great
measure to the school of craftsmanship
which is now engaged in getting pos
sessions" for US all over the globe. What
higher proof could be Forthcoming Of the
ulluylIS dlldCHIileHL OIL our ,ft6puDilcdn
statesmen to the man and brother than
to ship him off to the Philippines, there
to be reunited with his kindred and to
fight the battles of the imperialists!
The only serious obstacle in the path of
the fulfillment of this humanitarian pro-
posal is the possibility of the colored
brother distinguishing the true nature
of the gold brick which is offered for his
acceptance. He may, in other words,
discover that it is, after all, only re-
sort to the old expedient of fighting the
devil with fire. and may be found to have
naturally even a greater unwillingness
to engage in fighting niggers" in the
Philippines than his white fellow citizen
has thus far shown.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-26
A SOLDIERS OPINIONS.

The very intelligent review of the sit
uation In the Philippines made by Gen.
c. McC. Reeve is worthy of much consid-
Grafton. He speaks without political or
other prejudice, and merely records the
result Of his experience and observation
in and around Manila.
Like all other Americans who have had
actual experience in the Chinese archipel-
ago Gen. Reeve seems impressed by the
truth that the United States is necessarily
jugation of the Philippine natives, al
though. as we have engaged in the I'M
dertaklng, he sees no other course open
to us than to carry our immediate pur-
pose to a conclusion.
1t is now generally accepted as true
that our present plight in that section of
the world is largely, if not entirely, of
our own creat ion.- 1t seems quite nat
ural that the natives should become pos
sessed of the idea that we regarded our
selves as having purchased them and
tHelT country from SpdlH LOT SAu,OVV,VVO
The steady refusal. too. of our repre-
sentatives to make any concessions which
might involve a recognition, however in
direct, of the force which Aguinaldo held
at his disposal has wrought considerable
trouble for us. We began by recognize
Ing the right Of the Filipino force to be
treated with consideration as friendly,
if not an allied, force; we ended by MAX
ing a sporadic and accidental outbreak
the occasion for practically declaring
war on those whose aid we had invited
in our conflict with the Spanish.
Gen. Reeve is only the advance guard
Of an army of American citizens soon to
be returned to their native land, whose
opinions will be found to be in accord
with his aid and to lead much further
toward the recognition Of a great nation
al blunder than he is willing to go. If
the administration is wise, for it's own
interests, If not for those Of the people
Of the United States, it will hasten to re-
lease itself from its present undesirable
predicament as early as possible, and
find the most dignified way available out
of a bad situation.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-26

and a number of other personages of both
sexes more or less distinguished.
1t may be, as that high authority on
moral and intellectual subjects, the St.
Paul Dispatch has assured US, that Mr..
Croker Is an illiterate and most stupen-
dous ruffian. or. that paragon Of pub
lie virtue, Mr.. Thomas Platt, and his re-
tainers would have us believe, a monu-
mental public pillager. But. at any rate,
he is of sufficient moment to have his
comings and goings recorded with the
deepest interest. 1t Is, further, worthy of
note that 1t Is his departure which Is
chronicled as q matter of supreme In
terest. He Is the passenger. Sir Julian
Pauncefote. ex-Speaker Reed and the
others are his fellow passengers. His
return will Also no doubt, be chronicled
for the benefit of all of us as an event of
equally supreme Importance, while that
OF Sir Julian Pauncefote and the rest of
them will be matters of minor general
concern.
All of which goes to show that the pos
sibilities of Mr.. Cookers public or private
career have not been brought to an end
by the attentions thus far bestowed upon
him.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-26
ODD THINGS, THAT HAPPEN.

New York Sun.
A little girl Of Skippack, Pa. fell on
the sharp edge Of teakettle the other
day and cut off the end of her nose.
A ten-year-old Georgia boy. while eat
ing chicken, got to laughing, drew q
bone down his throat and died in q few
minutes.
in church while she was standing with
her child in her arms to have 1t bap-
tized.
A locomotive on "a Georgia railroad
picked up a pig on Its cowcatcher and
carried it six miles without hurting it.
What was. supposed to be- a strange
disease that was killing sheep in Wabash
county, Ind. turns out to be a porcu-
pine grass. which punctured the Sleeps
skin and poisoned them.
A convict just pardoned from the West
Virginia penitentiary got out last De-
cember, filled an engagement to play the
fiddle at Christmas eve dance and came
back to the prison next day.
A fire in Elkton. Md. destroyed a will
by which a young lady of that town had
been dtsinherited by her father, and she
got his property all right.
A Georgia man struck his funny bone
against a wagon wheel the other day and
has since been speechless with paralysis.
gave a tramp his breakfast, and last
week he called on her and offered to pay
for it. He is not tramp now.
An Omaha messenger boy found $4,000
in an ash barrel belonging to q banker
of Council Bluffs, who had lost 5000 and
offered $1,000 reward for it.
A Plymouth (Mass.) sexton was killed
by lightning while ringing the church
bell for services
Co ioI,
has in some unknown manner acquired
the tobacco chewing habit, and 1t will
not work unless 1t Isl regularly provided
with Its quid. aTos9
When the Kansas legislature adjourned
the other week detectives were at all the
doors to prevent members from carrying
off furniture and other movables in the
chamber. BIZ
A Pennsylvania trolley company has
had to pay a young man 1900 because
its electricity got into a barbed wire
fence near the tracks and when he took
hold Of 1t to climb it he couldn't let go
until his hand and arm were shriveled.
Twenty years ago a man married q
woman In New Zealand and left her next
day, and she is now suing him for a d.
vorce in Chicago. They met each other
but once, casually on the street, In all
that time.
started to this country with 81, $780, which
was stolen from him on the ship, and ne
couldn't send back for his sweetheart
He went to Anderson, Ind, to work, and
some time later the girl followed on her
own hook and got work as a domestic
Recently she became heir to $40, 900, and
now they are married and have set up in
a fine establishment.
A little girl Of Bridgeton, N J., swal-
lowed her chewing gum and 1t killed her.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-26
WHO SLIPPED THE COG.

A cog has slipped In the local RepubI.-
can machine. Certain good and true and
trusty ward workers in the health de-
partment, like Henry Mandehr, for in
stance, have beer found, strangely
enough, not to be as expert In sanitary
and hygienic science as they ought to be.
So, Of course, they have been supplanted
by approved Republican sanitarians whose
most Jealous labors on behalf of a sound
sanitary system are understood to have
been rendered last spring. when they
fought for a clean" city government
with a poet at It's head.
1t is on the highest Republican author
fly that the statement is made that the
discarded sanitarians are unanimous in
the belief that, If DR.. Ohage, a very
worthy and capable man by the way, had
his own way, he would have retained
them to a man, and that the changes are
merely another expression Of the vagaries
of political appointments under machine
control
w Hell d COS Slips d VdRdry always fOl-
lows. Hence the vagaries in this case.
The hand that directs the machine in It's
hygienic operations is evidently a hand
other than that of the head of the health
department. 1t is hand which has
slipped many cogs since 1t assumed the
job of running the machine; and many of
the ablest assistants have accordingly d.
vested themselves Of all responsibility.
Whose is the hand? DR.. Ohage probably
knows, but he wouldn't tell If he did. In
order to have the question properly
answered 1t will be necessary to direct
the inquiry in quarters less closely idan-
titled with his honor, the mayor. VIII not
some Of the other skilled machinists
among the reformers, like Billy John
son, Gregory Ritz, Ernest Mabon or the
responsible editors and managers of the
organ that didn't get the printing, for in
stance, enlighten the world as to who
slipped that additional cog?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-26
SENATOR FRYE's VIEWS.
Talks About Various Matters of Pub
lie Interest.

Talks About Various Matters of Pub
lie Interest.
NEW YORK. April Ex-senator Frye
was asked last night what he thought
would be the result of the Coghlan Incl
dent. He said:
"It may result unpleasantly to Capt.
Coghlan, but / have no idea that g. war
with Germany will be the outcome. There
will be no war If Germany should wage
war on the United States she would lose
her best customer and would have a
revolution on her hands within six
months.
Il believe that Speaker Reed intends
to resign. I have been satisfied on that
score for some time In my opinion Mr.
Reeds retirement ic actuated solely by a
desire to improve his financial condition,
and he thinks there is a better chance to
do so In New York than In Maine. STILL
l will not say that Mr.. Reed has not also
political anchor to windward, and re-
allies that New York offers many oppor-
tunities for political preferment
The situation In the Philippines is not
nearly so good as I should like to see it.
When we were in Paris no one on the
commission believed that more than 5000
soldiers would be needed there at any
time. I believe the Filipinos will soon
learn that American governors are not
like their Spanish predecessors. The
idea that an army Of 100000 will be need
ed to end the rebellion is false one.
am hopeful that trouble in the islands
soon will come to an end
About the coming presidential cam
pa1gn: ] have not given 1t much atten-
ton. In my opinion Bryan will be nomi-
mated by the Democrats. Free silver will
certainly be an Issue If Bryan has his
way, but 1t is my belief that the issues
OF the war will be the features in the
next presidential campaign.
What will be the senate do In relation
to Quay? I cant speak for all the sena-
tors, but know that I shall vote to seat
Mr.. Quay.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-26
NEWS OF A DAY IN BRIEF.

Ing Of the National Chiefs Of Police will
De held her May 9. WIN
springfield. Ill.-.The governor today
YET xeeoea the sugar bounty bill passed BY
the legislature just before Adjournment
.Washington-s Julian Pauncefot. and
ms iamily left here at midnight for New
land. ~ III Hhs
beiiefonte. Pa.-Rather than stand trial
R Tran me charge OF incendiarism. Reuben
Snip se shot himself just before the opening
OF court today. He will probably die.
aashington-Ex-Secret of State
Wli ma + Day and Mrs. Day are guests
at the White house. They arrived TODAY
from North Carolina.
Washfngton-Postm General Smith
ieIt mere tonight for aGlena, ILL.,, where
he will deliver an address at the Grant
anniversary celebration on Thursday
Washington = President Iglesias, Of
Porto Rica, called Informally upon Pres
ldent Mckinley at the White house today.
ne was accompanied by Secretary Of
State Hay.
Washington-The National Museum will
start two scientists on the first of May
Hough. " ''''ei
Bridgeton, N. 1.-THE glass manufac-
turers have rejected the proposition to
oiiioiiiHo Lie lOCdl glass factories, which
emanatsd from committee of business
men. This destroys the hope of a speedy
settlement Of the strike.
Guthrie. o. IA colony of 300 people
will leave today overland from Roger
Mills county for the Ute reservation, in
Colorado. which will be opened for set
Element. Buffalo Jones, the original
boomer, will lead the party.
Washington-President Mckinley has
COMMITTED the death sentence of Rafael
Ortiz, of CaguaS, Porto Rico, who muir
dered Private Burke. of the Forty-seV-
enth New York infantry, to life tmpris-
onment.
Denver. Col.-Parties arriving from BY.
ers, Arapahoe county, seventy miles east
of Denver, report the finding of the body
of Otto Goette. or Brown, as he was
commonly known. a sheep ranchman.
who was murdered on his ranch Sept 80,
1898.
London-The three hundredth anniver-
sary of the birth of Oliver Cromwell has
furnished the occasion for biographies,
appreciative articles, portraits in all the
Of the country in honor of the lord pro-
tector OF the British commonwealth.
Washington-The president was feeling
fered from the attack of neuralgia which
compelled him to deny himself to call
erS yesterday.
strument maker living at 1863 Ferry ave-
nue., early this morning stabbed to death
his wife an eight-year-old daughter. He
then attempted to commit suicide by cut
ting his throat. He was taken to Cooper
hospital and is not expected to live.