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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-17
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURES
Senate Republican House Demo
c~ratic-Lfkely to be Stirring Times
Over U~nseating Members

Charleston, w. Va, January 10
Everything is at a standstill tonight
in the West Virginia legislature, wv
ing to the failure of the house to COM
plete it's organization, which is due to
the contents over seats. The house
was in session but an hour today and
the senate even less. The republican
senate is waiting ON the democratic
house and it is said it will likely unseat
three democratic senators, Marcum, Of
Cahell; Ashby, of Kanawaha, and
Kidd, of Gilmer, if the democratic
house unseats Via and Brohard, the re-
pu%blicans, whose seats are contested.
The election of the three senators men
toned was certified by the secretary of
state, and there is no contest involved.
If they are unseated it conceded that
it will be as retaliation. Once the un-
seating process begins there is no tell
ing where it will end and the democrats
can do as they please in the house, and
the republicans in the senate. There
are, however, more members Of the
house than Of the senate.
The prospect Of an early election Of
a senator is not bright. New candi-
dates are springing up and a deadlock
seems probable, owing to the repub-
| lican division among the numerous can
| didates. The latest m is that there
is to be a combination between Com
| missioner Scott and Governor Atkin-
| son, whereby the latter is to throw his
strength to the former in return for
support for appointment of the federal
bench. Another rumor is that Sena-
tor Elkins and others at Washington
are interesting themselves in behalf of
| Internal Revenue Commissioner n. B.
| Scott. All the other republican sena-
! torial candidates are still in the field.
The house refused today to notify the
senate that it was ready for business
and adjourned. 1t is thought that this
programme will be continued for anoth-
er week or more, until all the contests
are settled.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-17
West Virginia Senatorial Contest

Charleston, w Va, January lathe
chief development in the senatorial sit
uation today was the issuing of a call
for a republican senatorial caucus to be
held next Thursday night. The petit
ton was put in circulation by the Scott
forces. 1t was endorsed also by Gov
ernor Atkinson's managers. The friends
Of other senatorial candidates would
consent to sign the call only for a
continuous session beginning Monday to
last as long as they chose TO make it.
By delay h opposition to Scott have
sought to defeat the plan for an early
solution of the situation. The demo-
Gratis today put in circulation a call for
a senatorial caucu &c be held next
Wednesday night.
In the house today a sensation vas
created by the refusal OF W demo.
crat meDbers 10 vote in favor OF the
report Of a special committee which
recommended that Via. republican from
Monroe county, be unseated. and Lo.
gan, democrat. be seated in his place
The third democrat paired with a re-
publican and Via having been tempo.
rarily unseated could not vote. Tn;
ballot resulted in a tis-44 TO a. Tn,
question will be voted on again Mon
day.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-17
LARGEST VESSEL EVER BUILT
The Oceanic. Of the White Star Ltne>
successfully Launched

Belfast. January 1.-THE White
Star Line steamer Oceanic, the largest
ship ever built, was successfully launch
at Harland & VOLTS yard today in the.
presence of an enormous crowd.
A grand stand was specially erected
to accommodate 5000 persons.
There were present the members of,
the firm of Bruce, Ismay & Co., owners
of the White Star Line, the duke and
duchess of Abercorn, Lord and Lady
Dufferin, the marquis and marchionesg
of Londonderry, the earl OF Shrewsbury,
the earl of Ava, the earl Of Shaftesbury,
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, chancellor OF
the exchquer; the lord mayor and cor
poration of Belfast n a number OF
other titled and distinguished men,.
The Oceanic is 704 feet long and reg
listers over IL, 900 tons. She has a coal
capacity sufficient to enable her to cir
c~umnavigate the globe at a speed Of
twelve knots an hour without re-coal-
ing.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-17
TWO WOMEN
|
Restored to Health by Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
"Can Do Nv Own Work.
"Can Do Ny Own Work"
Mrs. PATRICK DANEHY,
West Winsted, Conn.,, writes

Mrs. PATRICK DANEHY,
West Winsted, Conn.,, writes:
"DEAR MRs. PNKHAM:-It is with
pleasure that I write to you of the
benefit I have derived from using your
wonderful Vegetable Compound. Twas
very i'll, suffered with female weak
ness and displacement Of the womb.
"Icouldnots sleep at night, hadto walk
the floor, I suffered 30 with pain in my
side and small Of my back. Was trou-
bled with bloating, and at times would
faint awayI had q terrible pain in my
heart, q bad taste in my mouth all the
time and would vomit; butnow, thanks
to Mrs. Pinkham and her Vegetable
Compound, I feel well and sleep we'll,
al do my work without feeling tired;
do not bloat or have any trouble
whatever.
81 sincerely thank you for the good
advice you gave me and for what your
medicine has done for me-"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-17
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS.
WILMINGTON. n. G.
TUESDAY, JANUARY II, 1899.
II ELIGIOUS EDITORIALS FOR
SUNDAY

MS. NJ. B. Eddy, Of Boston, is the
leader of the American Christian
Science adherents. She has recently
asserted that she has cured consump-
ton in the last stages, healed carious
bones and malignant cancer. Mr.. c. L.
Reed, of Cincinnati, denies this in The
New York Sun, and calls for "compe-
ten and disinterested testimony" He
Invites her to come to his city and she
will have full opportunities to try her
kill on such diseases as have been
named. He promises in case of her
succeeding his Astounding acceptance,
and says:
eff she by her Christian Science shall.
cure any one of them, I shall proclaim
her omnipotence from the housetops
n If she shall cure all or even halt
of them I shall cheerfully crawl or
my hands and knees hat / may but
touch the hem Of her-walking dress
New let this ~hierophant of the latest
humbug assert he lowers and confirm
her statements.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-17
GERMANY AND AMERICA
Governments-The Former Perfectly
Neutral I'm the Philippine Matter

Berlin. January 1.-THE ambassador
here OF the United States. in an inter
view today with a correspondent Of the
Associated Press. said that the whole
furry of Indignation In the two coun-
tries is Just as baseless this year as
last and may even be more baseless.
He added:
In my judgment it entire
ly from a small number OF people who
seek tn fish in troubled waters. AS a
matter OF fact. Germany knows, and
shows that she knows, her only true
policy in the east is to remain on good
terms with the United States. She has
no earthly motive to take the side OF
the Spaniards or the insurgents or ID
stir them up or egg them on That
there are some Germans at Hong Hong
and elsewhere who think they do not
like Americans is just as true as there
are some Americans there and else
where who do not like Germans, but
such gentlemen direct neither the poll
cy of our state department nor that OF
the German foreign office. The rela-
tons OF our country and Germany
were perfectly harmonious during the
q III liz NhC wal lIC bEl Halls
have acQuiesced to our suggestions.
They saw from the beginning how the
war was to end and they accepted the
situation cordially. So far from quar-
reling at this late day over Pacific pos
sessions, they are more and more in
clined to work with US in the extern
sion of m and civilization.
Only about a week ago they telegraph
ed to their consular representative at
1lOilo On nc account to land any force
for the protection of the Spaniards,
but to leave that matter TO the Ameri-
cans.
The Cologne Gazette this morning
publishes an inspired article explain
ing the alleged injustice of the Amer
lean imputation against Germany con-
Guiding with saying: THE German
government does not fight with its
visor down. But, besides, in view of the
fact that German industry necessarily
needs the American market, it wouli
be incredibly foolish to indulge in a pol.
icy of hostility toward the American
people,"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-17
LATE CDNGxEssuAN DINGLEY
Universal Expression OF sorrow nc HIS
Death-To be n state Funerai In the
Hall Of the House OF RepresentauSes

Washington, January 1f.-Profound
sorrow was manifest today in every
walk OF public life in the announcement
that Nelson Dingley, of Maine. had
passed away. A. the late home OF Mr..
Dingley. the Hamilton hotel, there were
many evidences OF that deep personal
esteem in which he was held. Messages
OF coincidence came from every quarter
of the country and to these were added
the personal condolences of cabinet Of
fcers. majors and members OF the
house.
AT he house OF representatives, the
death OF Mr.. Dingley came as a person
al bereavement TO the many with whom
he had been long associated. The desk
he had occupied as floor leader OF the
house, in the center OF the republican
side of the chamber. was heavily drap-
ed in crepe, while on top was a profus-
ism OF orchids, sweet flag, coral sprays
and smilax.
In view OF the distinguished services
Of Mr.. Dingley, he funeral
will be in the hall Of the house OF rep
resentatives and will be in the nature
of a state funeral. 1t will be held at
L o'clock noon on Monday, Rev. 5. NJ.
Newman officiating. assisted by Rev.
DR.. Couden, chaplain OF the house.
Unlike the recent funeral
Of Senator Morrill,. which was held
during a recess OF congress. this Will
be official in character and invitations
will be sent to the president and menu
bers of the cabinet. the chief justice
and justices OF the United States SUI
preme court, senators representatives
and m Of the diplomatic corps.
President Mckinley sent a very feel
| ing letter in his own hand, expressing
his grief and that of Mrs. Mckinley
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-17

Jim Young, colonel of the North Caro-
lima negro regiment, publishes in
the Macon Telegraph, an article headed
GA Plea for Justice" He complains
that his regiment has been persistent
ly misrepresented." He writes to calm
public excitement and allay the fears
of serious disturbance if his men are
disbanded in Macon. He says, and it is
none too soon, for they have bad rep
utations all about:
"I beg ssure you that if we are
mustered W here, which I hope will
rot be done, that your citizens will
have no trouble from the Third North
Carolina, as ! am arranging to take the
entire regiment away on special train
as soon as the work is completed. The
conduct of the few of our men, with
possibly two exceptions, who have been
to town, both in the city and on the
street cars, has been commended by
the conductors and citizens, and at no
time has a single one of them, other
than as above excepted, misbehaved
himself"
Here is an item that shows character.
The Salisbury Sun says:
Tom Henderson,a member of the no.
torious Third North Carolina regiment,
was shot Saturday night by Policeman
Terrence while resisting arrest"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-17

Honolulu, January VIA Steamer
Nippon Maru, via San Francisco, jan
uary IA decision filed by the SUI
preme court yesterday / n the last
batch of Chinese habeas corpus cases
disagrees from the former opinions of
Chief Justice Judd and reverses the
situation completely. In other words,
the Chinese petitioners. who claimed
right TO Ian in Hawaii by virtue of
Certain permits issued to them prior to
annexation. are remanded back to the
custody Of the collector to be deported
and disposed of as Agent Brown may
elect.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-17
HOME FOLKS

The penitentiary management of the
combine was wonderful. The exami-
nation reveals an educating fact-that
ignorance is incapable. Think of but
$4O,0 assets and $4,000 liabilities.
The burdened tax payers must fork
over" 100000 to make up the losses of
the "reformers" who had no capability
in anagement, and no discernment in
the selection of agents. Superintendent
". H. Day is a getleman and honest
official. His statement in yesterdays
Messenger shows how unwise the nan
agement has been. He says nothing,
S it was not necessary to do so, of the
disreputable and dishonest abuses Of
the superintendent, but he turns on
the light. as to the i~ncapacity. He says
the state is paying rent on 1000 acres
of land it cannot use. Read this again:
Gas I say there are seven farms,
each with a supervisor. Then there is
the enormous cost of transporting o
victs to these disjointed farms. The
cost of guard, is SO per cent greater
than if there were only one farm. If
| all these farms were punched into one
it would save Sis, 900 a year. No farm
ing save on bottom land is profitable
with this class of labor. The rents
now aggregate $1,000; in other words
we are paying something like $4,000 fol-
land we cannot possibly use, and which
with our force we are actually unable
| to cultivate"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-17

criticism of his schoolmate In the
Northern Presbyterian Journal. We
will draw upon it to enable u read
ers who are interested In knowing more
Of a great man in the Suthern Israel
who has passed away. We copy a finely
wrought description of the man, which
Is too good to be passed by. It brings
before US with a few bold strokes a
living soul most nobly endowed. DIR.
Hoyt is painting the portrait of a
friend, Of a man he knew in LIES
spring as we'll as in the middle years
when the intellect had eliminated and
the soul had been enlarged by the high
er life impaired and constant COM
munion with God:
"Thornwell was the very impersona-
ton of logic, metaphysics and teho1o-
gy-not a cold and lifeless incarnation,
but burning with "a white heat and
glowing with passion.
"Girardeau, on the other hand, while
he addicted himself to the study of
Philosophy m made great attain
ments in it, and became an eminent
professor of Systematic Theology
possessed more varied powers.
a. nal IdSL u LIE Alllild "d0r
perhaps, not in the mould of abstract
thought, although highly capable Of it.
He was many sided-music, poetry,
rhetoric, and oratory were congenial
to him.
with fine logical powers, his mind
was discursive and ranged freely
through the fields of history and of
literature, classic and modern. His
Imagination was surprisingly bold in
| it's flight, but never transcribed the
| pure atmosphere of truth and good
taste. His fancy INDUCED in the mos
startling combinations, but was eve
true to nature and to art. At times his
soul would seem to burst through the
barriers Of sense, and to soar into the
sphere of spiritual realities. Eartf
would recede and disappear, while heav.
en- opened to view.
His emotions were equally power.
full. His nature was sympathetic be.
yond that of any one whom I have eve
of a man. and the tenderness of 6
woman.
He was endowed with a rich sym
pathetic nature, with an imagination
equal to every exaction, and a Patio.
that won all hearts and moved then
profoundly. DR.. Hoyt says admirably:
eff we combine these three element.
high thought, glowing imagination
and intense emotion-we will a tn,
model of the noblest style Of preaching
The gospel. This are conjunction 0
qualities gave him his unrivalled powe
over his audiences. He proclaimed hi
Christ-given message of warning am
Of invitation with all the power Of hi
intellect, all the buoyancy of his i'm
agination, all the force of his emotion
and all the wealth Of his matches
diction."
He was a prince among men, and il
social life was wonderfully attractiv
because of his lovableness, his urbanit,
the Joyous exuberance Of Ais feeling
which flowed forth in wit, humor, story
~1necdote and even fun. His Geographic
says "he passed naturally from
grave to gay, from lively to severe
Such a personality, such a charmin;
nature, so buoyant, so hopeful, so re
weren't, so docile, SO magnetic mus
have drawn to himself all men wit
whom he came in contact.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-17
"Cxnnot Praise It Enough"
Miss GEErIE DUyKIN,
ErorLlir Nah ~,

Miss GEETIE DUyKIN,
Franklin, Neb., writes:
"I ALTERED for some time with pain
full and irregular m~enstruation, falling
of the womb and pain in the back. I
tried physicians, but found 20 relief.
"Iwas at last persuaded. to try Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and cannot praise 1t Enough for what
1t has done for me / feel like a new
person, and would. not part with your
medicine. / h2ve recommended it ia
several OF ny friends"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-17

Huntsville. Ala, January 1t-Ordefs
were received at the headquarters ss
the Fourth army corps today annotpsr
ing that his corps Is fcrmally u =
solved.
The First cavalry brigade in ,iso
broken up. the Second cavalry ha- ,ing
been ordered to Cuba, the Tenth % ,vaI,
ry assigned to the department. eff the
soush commanded by Brigadiy.. Cen
eraf Pennington.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-17
A Raleigh LiEcmzn killed by Live
Wire

Raleigh, *. c.. January 14-James
Coffin. a rlegro lineman, EMPLOYED by
the Bell Telephone Company, was kill
ed today while repairing a broken tele-
phone wire. Hedlet it rome in contact
with an electric light wire that was
not properly insulated. He died before
heEould be cut loose.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-17
Aguinaldo's Agents en- Route 10 wash
lngtOn

San Francisco, January I4.-Among
the passengers who arrived here today
on the steamer Nippon Maru, from
Hong Kong and Yokohama. via Homo
lulu, are three emissaries Of Aguinaldc,
members Of his cabinet. They are en-
route u Washington on a secret mis-
sion. the opo OF which they refuse
10 oivulge. The Philippines ere intel
hgent and speak English frently. They
will probably stay in tEis city for q
lay or two and then viii go on "a
; Washington direct,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-17

a Francisco, January 14-Mrs.
Cordelia Botktn. convicted Of the muir.
der of Mrs. John H. Dunning. OF Doves
Del, appeared before Judge Carroll
Cook today for sentence, but on the
motion OF her attorneys. sentence was
deferred until January 23rd, at which
time her attorneys will enter a plea for
a new trial. The convicted oma ap-
peared in court smiling and showed no,
signs Of her recent alleged illness.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-17

Washington, January 1.-THE senate
committee on public buildings and
grounds today authorized favorable re-
ports on the following bills:
For the erection Of a building for the
department OF justice: for the enlarge
ment % the public building at A,be-
vile, y. G.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-17
The Lennox Club Turns Down Fitzsim
mona

New York, January 1G-At a special
meeting of the directors of the Lenox
Athletic Club tonight it was voted not
to entertain n proposition from Rob-
ert FitZsimmons, champion heavy
weight pugilist, looking to a contest
between him n Sharkey under the
auspices of that club. Tom O'Rouke,
Sharkey's manager. then announced
hat if FitZsimmons could find a club
willing TO give a satisfactory purse
and guarantee it, Sharkey would fight
and Fftzsimmons' forfeit would then
he covered.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-17

Revell e. Co., Of New York. have pub
lished a work by Rev. Alexander Pat
terson, that is commended by judicious
critics. 1t is called The Greater Life
and Work Of Christ as Revealed in
Scripture, Man and Nature" The
prices is $3.50, pages 40S. 1t is not a
regular life, but a discussion of the
work of Christ in the eternal past, in
the Old Testament times. and in the
redemptive work on earth.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-17

The busiest and mightiest little thing
that eve was made is DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. Every pill Is a sugar-coat-
ed globule of health. that changes
weakness into strength, 1~istlessness
into energy. brain-fag into mental
power. They're wonderful In building
up the health. Only 25c per box. Sold
by r. r. Bellamy-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-17

1t is we'll for Russell that he is not as
big a spendthrift with his own money
as he is with the money of the white
The times., 1899-10-15

nothing of the sort Is to be found in NC
league Curiously enough they occur in
the authors dealing with Kipling for
whom he has evidently a great admiration,
almost a passion He describes an after
noon in Chinese restaurant where Cond.
read TO Blk some marvellous tales, and she
fell under the charm of the little specta-
cled colonial 10 whose song we all must
listen and 10 whose pipe we all must dance"
and he causes these tales to be read from
a paper-coVered volume entitled "Lifes
Handicap, In this collection he finds
The Strange Ride Of Morrowbie Jukes,
and THE Return of Imri" Now, it may
be that special California edition of this
work was published; but there was 70
otner edition of it which appeared in
paper. and the one generally circulated
does not contain the ''Morrowbie Jukes'
story Moreover, ''The Return of Imray
which Mr.. Norris misspells-is hardly the
sort OF story which even Condy Rivers
would select to read to a girl at luncheon
time in restaurant. 1t is a perfectly
proper tale, but the snakes and ghosts and
corpsss are rather too numerous to make
1t agreeable as an appetizer. Perhaps
there was reason for Mr.. Norris doing
these things. but it is not apparent 1t
is small matter, but the rest OF the book
is SO finished in its realism that this tiny
false touch Jars on one
Blk will be a revelation to those who
have not read between the lines of the au-
thor's earlier works. 1t is fresh and sim
pie and wholesome, full of Ideally and
high thought, without being sentimental
or metaphysical and the vein of drollery
which runs through 1t gives life, vivacity
ard a certain careless strength and aban-
don to the whole. Perhaps Mr.. Norris
next undertaking will be to give US some
thing purely humorous. He could do it,
and it would be worth doing; and it is
one of the things which he has not yet
done. Or he may turn his attention to the
political novel, and there his opportuni-
ties would be simply unparalleled. What
ever he does next he has already done. so
much that the curiosity of the public is
piqued, and it desires to see more Of him.
(New York: Doubleday & Mcclure Com
pany. $1,000
The times., 1899-10-15
To n Fire.

The shadows conc and 20 tr0on the wall.
Made by your golden hick'r.ng flames q iight;
An hour ago I deemed you dead. ard night
And darkness seclued 10 spread clold Ger alIs
Now IN your Wakened light soft dreams enthral
NJ soul Sweet thoughts cf byennc dags drlight
Nv heart The mist oi years fail ffum mg slsli
And voices from the past nay spint cai-
ssern 70 gaze in nv 'nEt dlrilns's fses.
Ard dream ~ llFfHE i0ef, After thrsf wears
A spark las tiudisd fhf oii fsne. ard tears
As. Tor her Love csn iulruarfaifss
oar rnor sseefscrs aai dirrfl 81 iszfss
learn tbls aizhf faas TO ioFe sssF dies
-frgE harrl