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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19

The Trip Of the Transport Grant TO
Manila and Back Again

Washington, May H.-(Sunday.)-
Colonel Charles Bird, OF the quarter
masters bureau OF the war department..
has received from Captain Jesse NJ.
Baker, the quartermaster i'm charge of
the army transport Grant, an interest
ing report Of the voyage of that vessel
from New York to Manila and return
10 San Francisco.
The Grant was the first OF the army
transports sent TO Manila from New
York, and she is now being fitted out
at San Francisco to sail on May 29th
with the Sixteenth infantry to the Phil
ippines.
The Grant left New York January
18th on her trip TO Manila, and the re
port says she arrived at the latter place
with everyone on board in good spirits
and in fine health for such a long trip.
The commanding officers OF the several
companies on board expressed great
satisfaction as to the care. food and
comfort of the men, and the latter said
they had lived as well as they had at
Fort Sheridan. There were no COM
plants. There was one death en- route
of a man from meningitis, who should
not have been taken aboard at New
York.
Port Said came near being a STUN
bling block on the voyage. as the ca
nal officials refused to take anything
but gold in payment OF tolls. The diff
hculty, however, was overcome by get
ting an English tanker to cash the
quartermaster's check for G2. 460. The
total distance covered by the trip was
ll,951k nautical miles, and the time
required to make ii forty-three days
and eight hours.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19
hi WHISKEY TRUST
General McNulta, the Receiver, Testi.
fies Before Congressional Committee
as TO Working of the Company

Washington, May 15.-General John
McNulta, receiver of the Distining and
Cattle Feeding Company, was a wit
today. His examination was a continu-
alton of the investigation of the So
called whisky trust begun by the COM
mission last Saturday.
General McNulta began his testimony
by giving some of the details regarding
the receivership for the whisky trust.
1t was found that one ddstillery Al
Nebraska City, Neb., had been sold for
SIC, 900 at private sale, and later was
bought by the Distilling AND Cattle
Feeding Company for $4,000 There
was another case in which one who
had purchased a distilaery and sold it
to the company for $780, 900 more than
he gave for it. These and other things
resulted in the witness filing a bill
against a number of individuals, in
Guiding some officers to Gov $500, 900.
There were other items t o make up this
total, growing out Of stock s~peculationS
in New York by officers of the com
pany.
There were no patents that he knew
of owned by the Distilling and Cattle
Feeding Trust Company, but they had
secret processes that were of value. He
had been told by experts that there are
$50 to $50 different varieties Of germs
in the yeast used in distilling and that
by experiment they discovered the
yeast that had the best germs for their
purposes. When these germs were Sc
cured they were carefully guarded for
the purpose of multiplying them and
he a heard that distillers had given
$500 for a little jug of the most favor
able yeast.
tor in the cost of production. He did
not believe the rebate system could be
revived. nor in his opinion would there
be another organized movement to con-
troll the market.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19
COTTON CLASSIFICATION
Movement to Have this Made Uniform
by Sworn Inspectors

ATLANTA, Ga, May 15.-There is a
strong probability that the legislature
of Georgia at it's next session in Octo-
Der will take UP for consideration a
plan looking ito the uniform classical
tion of cotton by sworn inspectors all
I'VE the state at the points from which
the staple is shipped.
AT the present time there is, accord
ing ito the best information, practical
ly no classification of cotton in the
state or in the south-certainly no uni
form classification. AS is known, the
cotton is classed by the and
not by the producers, and the standard
which is put on the material by the
former has to be accepted by the lat
ter.
This state of affairs, it is said, re-
suits in the reclamation of thousands
of dollars annually by the consumers
upon the intermediary brokers and in
directly, therefore, upon the producers.
The people who at present put the class
upon the staple act Independently and
wherever the cotton falls off in quality.
according to their standard, they hold
the right to come back upon the south
ern houses for the amount claimed to
be short.
IL Is earned Dy the department. OF ag-
riculture THAT during III past year,
one firm in the state lost as much as
$55, 900 by this process of reclamation.
The proposal to establish a uniform
classification 1T is held, must not only
be final in it's nature. but it must be
entered into by all or the majority Of
the cotton producing states. By this
means it is the belief of Commissioner
Stevens that the arbitrary methods
employed abroad "a be done away
with.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19
FIENDISH NEGRO PARENTS
Horrible Torture OF their children.
The Mother Narrowly Escaped
LyDchin. by Negroes.

Atlanta, Ga, May 15.-Winnie Roach,
a mulatto woman, came near being
lynched by an angry mob of incensed
negroes tonight at the corner of SEQ
field and Hilliard streets. The crime
with which she and her husband were
charged was brutality burning their
four children to death by igniting pa
per saturated with kerosene, with
which their bodies had been wrapped.
The man, Lawrence Roach, ran away
during the afternoon when he heard
that his treatment of the children had
been reported to the police.
The m a been away from
home all day and did not know that
her cruelty had been found out. She
was in the house when the mob gather
ed and was in the act Of applying more
fire to one the children when the crowd
broke in. Telephone messages were sent
to the police station by white people
living in h neighborhood, who said
they believed the woman was about to
be burned by the crowd. A wagon of
officers was sent to the place.
One of the children had all the flesh
burned from her legs in several places
and will die. The other three are badly
burned.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19

egwee Princeton students and
p~uuee HfIfss Shoyvmen

Princeton, ". j., May 15.-Princeton
students and Pawnee Bills Wild
West employees INDUCED in a pitched
battle today, and continuous and seri-
Gus rioting was prevented only by the
presence OF men with cool heads, ano
the action Of President Patton. Oh
Princeton university. later in the day
in calling a mass meeting Of all OF the
students.
For fifty years il has been an I'M
written law OF Princeton that no circus
parade must pass through the streets.
Every show proprietor in making his
dates has always left Princeton from
the list for il had been a matter OF
common knowledge that the students
would enforce the unwritten law.
This morning Pawnee Bills Wild
West combination violated traditions
ard paraded. The result was the fierc-
est battle Princeton has seen in many
years.
When posters were hung up a few
days ago announcing the ven OF
Pawnee Bill IL was at first considered a
joke. Finally when 1t became known
that the management of the show was
really in earnest the town authorities,
fearing trouble. advised h circus men
not to attempt a parade. This advice
was unheeded.
AS a result of today's fight one man
is unconscious and may die, and a
number OF students and employees OF
the show are nursing wounds received
in the fray. That the show would be
upset at night seemed a certainty, un-
Til late this afternoon, when President
Patton called a mass meeting of all the
undergraduates and the faculty, and
the result of the meeting indicates that
the show will leave town unmolested
but it will have lost money, for word
has been passed through the town that
no one is to enter the tent and the town
people who are in sympathy with the
students, are a unit in refusing to at
tend.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19
CHiLD'S DEATH CAUSES RIOT
Pittsburg Poles, lncensed by "a street
Car Accident, Fight "a Police Force.


Car Accident, Fight "a Police Force.
Pittsburg, May 14.-Penn avenue TO-
day was b scene of a riot which
Vice President Levy p. Morton, ]. Ed
ly. A Consolidated Traction car struck
and horribly mangled Katie Three, a
Polish child, three years of age.
While the lead body was being taken
from under the car a crowd OF several
hundred, principally Poles, gathered
and became so incensed at the sight
tina they attacked the motorman and
conductor, with the intention of lynch
ing them. The patrol wagon arrived
and an officer jumped into the cab with
the motorrnan and succeeded in get
ting the car and occupants out OF dan
ger.
Michael Biggs, the only policeman
left with the mob, was then bounced
upon and badly beaten. He succeeded,
however, in holding on to one Of the
~ringleaders until a squad of reserves
came to his relief. When the officers
attempted to put the -yted man into
the wagon the mob made a dash to res
u him, and a desperate battle fol-
lowed, lasting half an hour, by which
lime police achievements arrived and
the rioters were dispersed, many OF
them being much the worse for the
rough usage the policemen were com
PEELED to resort to. Five Of the ring
leaders were arrested.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19
Hi BxETEK RAILWAY hOKRGR
Total Number OF Dead TSenty.Nine.
Cause OF the 40 n ct "a Mystery.

Reading, Pa, May IA CSunday)-The
total number of deaths as a result Of
Friday nights rear-end collision on the
Philadelphia and Reading railway at
Exeter, six miles below here. reached
twenty-nine today, William d. Jennkis,
of Norristown. dying today at h hos
pital at that place. OF the large num-
Der of injured persons still in the hos
pitfalls here, three are in a serious con-
dition and small hopes are entertained
for their They are William
Friedenhorn, Thaddeus S. Adle and
George w. Holmes, of Norristown.
Holmes 9-year-old son was instantly
killed in the accident, but the hospital
physicians have not yet informed the
father of the boys death.
At least 10000 persons visited the
scene of the wreck today. Almost ev-
erybody was Dent on carrying away
some kind Of memento. Many of the
people did not hesitate to take away
with them pieces of wood thoroughly
saturated with human blood. Every
thing in the n~eighborhOod of the
wreck is despatched with blood and
the sight was a gruesome one.
The question as to who is responsible
for the catastrophe is still being dis
cussed here. That someone blundered
is generally admitted by railroad men.
Who it vas that b%lundered, however,
no seems to positively know, and
opinions on this point differ widely.
The Reading railroad officials here to-
day took the statements of the train
men who were concerned in the affair
and they were sent to the general Off
ces of the company in Philadelphia
The coroner will begin a rigid inquiry
tomorrow ait 3 o'clock p. m. He has
summoned a large number of witnesses.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19
The TraDsvaai Ready for War

London, May 15.-The Cape Town
correspondent of The Daily Mail says:
"At a meeting of the commandants on
yesterday Saturday instructions were
issued to the Burghers to prepare to
take the field at a moments notice
fr1m Pretoria.
The negotiations are still pending
for the proposed meeting between Pres
ident Kruger and Sir Alfred Miner,
governor of Cape Colony"
johannesburg, Transvaal, May IA
The work of terrifying the redoubts
and the hill tops at points of stragetic
Importance is progressing rapidly.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19
No Cannon TO be Had for Trophies.

Washington, May 15.-Many appIica-
lions have beer mad to the war de-
partment, requesting that all useless
cannon captured in the Philippines, be
turned over to the states as trophies OF
the regiments making the capture.
Requests of this character came from
man Of the western states. Secretary
Alger cabled General Otis asking what
there was in the way of such pieces n
he received a reply stating hat under
h terms Of b peace treaty all OBJ
solets cannon are to be turned over to
the Spanish government. This would
include nearly all the pieces taken in
Manila, as the Philippines have few
such guns in their army.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19
The Peanut trust Options Again Ex.
ended

Norfolk, Va, May 15.-For fully a
year there has been talk of the forma-
ton of a trust to control the peanut
trade in Virginia, and for some time
options have been held upon nearly, il
not all, the cleaning houses in the
state. These options have been extend
ed once or twice and the last renewal
expired today. Mr.. Charles E.. w
Smith, Of New York. who has been
promoting n deal, is in the city and
has secured an extension of the on
tons until june 1st. This was only ac-
complished after much difficulty. as
several OF the dealers were tired of sus-
pense. The purchase price for the va
rious plants and stocks of goods on
hand will aggregate $3.50, 900 to 81. 600
600 The monied man on the purchase
side of the deal is said to be G.. n.
Morton, a capitalist Of New York. The
virginia peanut cleaning establish
mente are located in Norfolk, Smith
field. Suffolk, Petersburg and Wake
field and Franklin.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19

Claims that Have Been Marsnssseo
against Uncle Sam tor Damaged OUR
Ing the Cuban lnsurrecttoms

I0& NnG NuBMu
Washington, May 14.-(Sunday.)-The
state department has been informally
advised that claims aggregating a con-
siderable amount have been made by
British. French and German esident
in Cuba during the recent instruction.
and that these ultimately will be press
ed against the United States govern
ment. The claims themselves have not
yet been presented. put are being col
lected by the several foreign Offices as
the claimants send them in. In some
cases schedules " been made, n
the aggregate stated to the authorities
here. The French claims aggregate be-
tween l.. 600. 900 and i5.0oo,O 900 francs.
German claims are understood to be
slightly under those OF the French,
while the British claims are said to be
considerably more han either M
French or German.
These foreign claims are quite dis
tinct from those OF citizens OF the
United States, originally against Spain.
for damages sustained in Cuba during
the ~insurrection. The peace treaty spc-
cifcally provided for these American
claimants, releasing Spain and stating
that the United States would make
such settlement as was proper. Under
his clause claims aggregating several
million have been filed. No provision.
however. was made in the treaty for
foreign claimants. and there appears
to be much doubt as to who is liable
since the sovereignty Of Cuba has pass
ed out OF the hands OF Spain.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19
State Of Ohio, County Of Toledo,)
Lucas County. )s

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is the senior partner Of the firm of F.
J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the
City Of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and hat said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS fur each and every case Of Ca
tarrh that cannot be cured by the use
of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9Th day of De-
"ember, A. D.. 1886.
(Seal.) A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send Or testimonials, free.
F. !. CHENEY & CO., Toledo O..
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19
POWER
To be Used in Operating a railroad
Through the Mountains of Northern
Georgia..

Atlanta, Ca, May 15.-Application for
a charter will be filed in the office of
the secretary of state in a day or two
by the parties interested in the con-
templated road that is to be built from
Gainesville, Ga, via Dahlone, Ga,
through the counties of Hall, Lumpkin,
White, Union, Towns and Rabun to
some connecting point with the South
ern railway in Tennessee. The road is
being built for the purpose of reaching
the gold fields off North Georgia. and
the big marble and granite quarries in
that section of the state.
1T has been practically determined
that the motive power for h new
road is to be electricity, which is. to
be generated in the northern part of
the state by use of waterpower hat
runs through the mountains.
AT present there is no railroad line
in Union, Towns or Rabun counties.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19
THE BIG
The Combination Formed and a Char~
ter Secured-The Capacity of the
Mills.

The Combination Formed and a Char
ter Secured-The Capacity of the
Mills.
Cleveland, Ohio, May 15.-The sale
of the Lake Iron Works today gave no
tice of the fact that another immnece
combination of iron and steel interests
has been consumed. The Republic
Steel Company has been incorporated
under the laws of New Jersey with a
capital of SIS, 600, 900, consisting of $25,-
600, 900 preferred and $50, 900, 900 CON-
mon stock.
The general offices will be in Chica-
60. The mills in the combination will
be operated as now, except that bust
ness will be done in Chicago Office. All
the present. superintendents will be re-
tanned.
The concerns in the new corporation
number thirty-three in Illinois, Indi-
ana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Alabama. Among them are the Biz
mingham Rolling Mill Company, Bir-
mingham, Ala, and the Pioneer Mining
and Manufacturing Company, Birming-
ham, Ala. The e mills have an an
nual output Of over 1000, 600 tons OF
merchantable bar iron, the rolled pro-
duct used by farming implement, and
wagon makers, car builders, and other
kindred industries.
In addition to the rolling mill prop
| erty there are six blast furnaces with
an annual capacity Of about 100000
tons of pig iron.
Some of the by-products of the COM
bination will be spikes, bolts, spices,
turn-buckles, skelp, and there will be
| some manufacture of steel plates and
| sheets.
The iron ore properties are a very
important part of the combination.
| The Pioneer Mining and Manufacturing
G mpany, of Birmingham, owns 25,-
| 600 acres of land, of which 14,000 are
| coal, $3.50 red and brown ore, $50 lime
stone, of and 1,760 of other character
at the furnaces and coke plants near
Thomas, Ala.
BY these acquisitions, the company
will be largely Independent of all other
interests in the iron industry.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19
GIoFfousfNewa

Comes from DR.. D.. B. Cargile, Of
Washita- /. T. He writes: -Four bot
ties Of Electric Bitters has cured MR..
Brewer OF scrofula, which had caused
her great suffering for years. Terrible
sores would break out on her head
and face, and the best doctors could
give no help; but her cure 10 complete
and her health is excellent" This
shows what thousands have proved
that Electric Bitters il the best blood
purifier known It's the supreme RENE
dy for eczema, letter. salt rheum. ul-
GERS. boils and running sores. II slim
uiates liver, kidney and bowels, ex-
peis poisons. helps digestion. builds up
the strength. Only SO cents. Sold by
R. r Bellamv.
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Return of the Fourth Volunteers

New York, May 1.-THE United
States transport Dixie arrived in quar-
antine at II O'Clock tonight from Man
zanillo, Cuba, having on board the
Fourth United States volunteers, under
the command of Colonel James S. Pet
tit. This regiment vas recruited prin-
cipally in Virginia, and the District OF
Columbia.
After being boarded and examined
by the health officers she will proceed
to the city.
CORPORAL Daniel E. HammOng, OF
Company G., died of acute Intestinal
trouble, and %peritonitis and was buried
at sea on the 18th of May.
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THE s~EMI-WEEKLY MESSENGER: FRIDAY. NAY u. 1895.
The striking Grain Elevator Men DE
termined-Men IN other Department
to stand by the Sh0velers.

HE StTHAlkAs suI4In INCH 1Ic
termined-Men IN other Department
to stand by the ~ShOvelers.
Buffalo, N. Y, May 15.-The dock
situation is worse tonight than at any
time since the opening of the season.
The monthly men, the men who work
inside of the elevators, are out, and
have agreed to remain out until the
grain ~shovelers and the freight handl-
cry elevator will be idle unless new men
can be secured to take the places OF the
monthly men, which is said to be i'm
probable, owing to the fact that it re-
quires considerable experience in oper-
ating the machinery of the elevators.
Bishop Quigley and b leaders OF
the grain sbovelers held a conference
today that lasted until 8 o'clock tonight.
The grain shovelers claim that Mr..
Connors had violated all the essential
provisions of the agreement that the
Lake Carriers Association had made
with the union. The bishop summoned
many witnesses before him At the
conclusion of the conference the bishop
addressed a big meeting of the grain
shovelers. He told them that in view
of the course adopted by the contractor
he would not advise them to return to
work. 1t had been decided, he said,
that the only way to win a victory that
would have any material resuts was
for all the laboring men employed on
the docks, including grain shoVelers,
monthly men, freight handlers, coal
passers, ore handlers and hosting en-
gineers to unite and continue b con-
test until the grievances Of each had
been settled.
He also said that no settlement
would be effected until Contractor
Connors agreed to employ none but
members of the new Grain Shovelers'
Union. If this demand was not agreed
to, Bishop Quigley said, the Lake Car
riers' Association would be asked to
abrogate the contract.
No settlement of the difficulty will be
reached until all the boss scoopers en-
ployed by Mr.. Connors are discharged.
The freight handlers, monthly men
and hosting engineers have agreed to
stand by the grain shovelers, and the
coal pasers and ore handlers will make
the same agreement tomorrow.
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Last of the Spanish Indemnity Ware
New York, May 15.-The fourth and
last of the S., 600, 900 treasury warrants
paid to Spain for the Philippine islands
was presented at the National city
bank today by a representative of the
French embassy. This draft will pass
through the clearing house in tomor-
rows exchanges. Not one dollar Of the
SIS, 900, 900 already paid to Spain has
really gone out of this country, the en-
tire transaction having been conducted
on the basis of foreign exchanges and
Is there has been a large trade balance
in favor Of this country in about every
n of the continental o markets,
the indemnity money has been charged
against these balances.
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Consolidation Of the yube u,,,.

Syracuse, N. Y, May 15.-Oficers or
the Syracuse Tube Company in this city
today stated that the National Tube
Company, a consolidation of the prin-
cipal mills In the United States making
wrought iron and steel pipes and tnbes,
would probably be effected this week.
1t will have an annual tonnage OF 1000
600 tons of tubular goods, and has cap
italized at Sos. 000, 900. The local plant
will be purchased outright by the new
concern, but will be continued, II IL be-
lieved about as at present