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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-17
TOOTH TALK.

Work. Painless Extracting Soc, with gas or
local application. Artificial Teeth So to So,
at THE EVANS DENTAL PARLORS. 1903
F st. n. w., Washington. D. c oct2o Tyr
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-17

The Washington correspondent of
the New York Evening Post writes rs
follows of Alexandris's sesqui.cen-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-17
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-03

One Of the coolest headed, best in
t~ellectually poised members, who does
not fly off at tangent and nurse his
wrath to keep it warm" in a private
letter says the amendment "is vital"
We have great confidence in his
knowledge and judgment. The import
ance Of it is paramount, and above
all other questions before the 1egisla-
ture. The proposed amendment, in the
judgment of able men in and out Of
the legislature, is so very important
hat it must be submitted to a vote Of
the people. Our wise friend says Of
negro suffrage, n he will pardon us
for using what was not written for the
public eye:
W. must settle this question, re-
the danger Of negro domination
and remove permanently from our
people all temptation TO, or excuse for
fraud in elections. I see no other way
to do it."
He thinks it a truly patriotic duty
to have this amendment submitted and
get it incorporated into the constitution
One more brief quotation with which
The Messenger is in hearty sympathy
He writes: "A party without convic-
| lions and courage to enforce them, has
no claims upon the people" Yea, yer.
lily. 1t is a time-server and fraud III
deserving of confidence or support
When a politician gets SO e he
cannot dare to do right n fulfill al
pledges he is a failure and should ge'
put and get away and let some mar
with a backbone better han a cotton
string take his place.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-03
BREVITIES.

The great, most serious question now
is shall it be any thing of a republic or
a great deal of an empire? Such is the
talk in the congress.
A tin plate war is thought to be COM
ing. The trusts boom and the people
are feeced.
Republicans attack Mckinley with
out gloves both in the senate and house
at Washington. Give it to him.
The judges of the supreme court of
New York now wear gowns. Result
greater respect and increased deoorum.
All, Hem! what elevators nice toggery
must be!
General George S. Greene is dead in
New Jersey. He was the oldest surviv-
ing graduate of West Point and the old
est commissioned officer in the army.
He was very nearly SO.
Of course Alger will now retire. If
not kick him out.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-03
NORTH CAROLINA.

Raleigh News and Observer: The Sec
rotary Of STATE yesterday incorporated
Ithe Coweli. Swan & Mccotter Com
pany. Of Bayboro. The company will
operate a cotton seed oil mill. Tbs
capital stock is 5000. The incorpora-
tors are: j. F. Cowell, w. J.. Swan,
Chas. Swan and others.
Hendersonville Hustler: We regret TO
learn, through our friend Mr.. w. F.
Byers, OF a very painful accident which
befell little Homer Wolfe, age Is, of
Fletcher on Thursday last, by which he
lost completely his right hand He was
out hunting and when he discharged
his gun IL burst, destroying his hand.
He is a bright little fellow and all re-
greet very much his calamity. He was
suffering greatly at last accounts. DR..
G.. W. Fletcher dressed the wound.
Brevard Leader: A very shocking in
cident occurred at the home of Mrs.
Harriet Cantrell in Hogback township
on Wednesday OF last week. Her son,
Cornelius Iowa young man, perhaps
IS years Of age ook down his rifle gun
preparatory 10 fix il for a shooting
match on Thursday. He had washed it
and dried il as best he could rad had
loaded it to try a shot. The gun had
failed 10 fire after W. or three caps
had been bursted, and thinking the
powder in the tube was damp, he held
the gun over the fire in order to dry the
tube. While in this position he turned
the muzzle of the gun towards him and
blew his breath in TO the barrel. Just at
! that moment the powder in the tubs
having dried, ignited and the bullet was
discharged in his mouth, going through
and lodging in the back Of his head
Death was instantaneous.
Salisbury Sun: Mr.. E. B. C. Hambley,
Of Rockwell. n. c., has successfully
completed the deal for the develop
ment Of the Yadkin river water power.
The lands and uparian rights from
N~illedgeville TO the Falls-embracing a
distance of eight miles on the Mont
gomery and Stanly side of the river
were purchased or arranged for a few
days ago. In this distance the river
has a fall of over 800 feet. 1t is pro-
posed TO develop $4,000 horse power
which is to cost in the neighborhood OF
five millions of dollars. 1t is intende
to furnish electrical power and trans
nit the same to the cotton factories
and towns within a radius of 80 miles.
This is the largest deal ever put
through in North Carolina, and of the
greatest Importance to the state
Conover correspondence: Let me give
you a few words of our bad luck that
happened It and near Conover. Friday
morning the boiler of Messrs. Pestwood
& Co., near here blew up and strewed
some of the casting about 400 yards
but did not hurt any one and there
were six men standing near when il
burst. The damage is not known. Fri.
day evening about 4 o'clock the mil
house f1oCr Of the Farmers Milling Co.
Of which 1 am miller, gave way with
$4,000 pounds of flour and 80 bushels OF
wheat and a ton of bran went down
j through the floor, and Mr.. w. J. Hon.
sucker and j. H. Bowman and myself
landed in the basement. All were lucky
hut mvSa1f and T haya q smashed leo
and foot after my ride of 10 feet with
several hundred pounds of Jour on tor
o me. We guess the damage will be
SIS or $50.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-03
LEGISLATIVE.

Much speech making now in the leg
islature and important measures are
being carefully considered and dis
cussed. The new election law has been
reported and is under fire. 1t is very
comprehensive and wholly unlike 9TH
er laws. 1t favors a change in the
time for holding state elections, return
ing to the good old time in August. We
never favored changing it to Novem-
Der, and hope the bill, if it passes,
Will include the proposed August cleo
ton. It is important.
The penitentiary elephant is still in
the ring, and a monster. Captain Day
at present in charge, has a poor opin-
ion of the bill now reported. He proph-
estes dead failure. He is mum as to
what he will do. Is Russell stronger
than the legislature? If he is, the leg
islature might be wise in directing at
tention to His Majesty.
The care of the insane occupies some
Of the time of the members. P%ronounc-
ed inebriates are regarded as helpless
n pitiable as insane.
The legislation looking to the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical college at
Raleigh is radical, but doubtless. nee
essary. 1t is a good state institution
and needs fostering and overseeing.
The bill looking to a cure of adulter-
ated food, passed the house 1t is wisely
stringent, filming guilty mes from 5000
to $500 or Imprisonment not to exceed
one year 1t will hurt no one out the
guilty. 1t is an outrage upon the stom-
ach to allow food to be openly sold in
North Carolina with authorizations like
those mentioned, coffee 10 per cent,
vinegar "a, flour Is, canned vegetables
20 per cent, the average adulteration
of all samples being about 40 per cent,
n that it is poor people who suffer
most from authorizations
The Jim Grow cars still occupy the
time and attention of the solons. Let a
good bill be framed and passed. Divid-
ing the same car with negroes in one
end and whites in the other is a poor
makeshift it strikes US. Northern hotels
are not as tender-footed as tina Give
the races the worth of their money
but do not mix approximately. If tina
is attempted the curses will be deel
and damaging all over North Caro-
lima. Ninety-nine whites in 100 favor
a complete separation. Do what i:
| right. Have some grit in your craw
Put a plaster on your backbone t.
strengthen it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-03
GIVEN.

If The Wilmington Messenger will
only hold off it's popular indignation
meetings a few days longer, we think
we car assure it the legislature will
march up to the suffrage business in
strict accordance with democratic ex-
pectations.-Raleigh Post.
The Messenger does not propose to
hold popular indignation meetings"
It favors that such work be left with
the people. We are persuaded that if
the people had heard all The Messen-
ger has heard they will be sufficient
ly awake to threatened dangers to
hold meetings of determination and
denunciation. The Messenger is not
published under the shadow of the
capital, but it catches much in several
ways. There is probably cause for all
The Messenger said We feel more as
sured than ever of this. Letters we
are receiving are sufficiently plain to
show that there is talk among m<m-
bers hat bode no good to the state
and white mans supremacy. If The
Post has charge of the consciences and
opinions and actions of the recalcitrant
members hen it has a right to give the
assurance it does. We shall be indeed
extremely glad if it is correct in it's
assurance, and that the Suffrage bus
mess" will be attended to "in strict
accordance with democratic expecta-
TONS" There is ample time for repent
ance and good works. We hope they
will come in due season.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-03
PANS ERsE1 ARENDyaENT.

We suppose thoughtful white men
will realize the very great Importance
of passing under the extraordinary
circumstances the amendment to the
constitution to which The Messenger
called special attention in its two last
issues. The matter cannot be pressed
with too much earnestness. There are
special reasons for urging in this mat
ter. There is a divided party. There
is opposition to dealing with the negro
question so as to eliminate the negro
practically as a factor in North Caro-
lima government hereafter. We are as
sured of that by men who know. There
is danger threatening the party. There
is decided opposition in the legislature
to the amendment that is proposed. by
which a test of education and a poll
tax will become final and fixed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-03
TERMS OF B CRIPTION.

THE DAILY MESSENGER, by man,
M year, $500; six months, $3.50; three
months, s1.75; n month, so cents.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY MESSENGER
,ltwo 8 page papers), by mail, one year,
s1.0O; six months, 80 cents, in advance.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-03
la Grippe successfully Treated

I nave just recovered from the sec
end attack of la grippe this year" saws
DIR. a A Jones, publisher OF Of the
Leader. Mexia. Texas. In the latter
case / used Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy, and / think with considerable sue
cess. only being in bed a little over two
days against ten days for the former
attack. The second attack I am salts
fed would have been equally as had as
the first but for the use OF this remedy
as 1 had to go to bed In about six
hours after being struck With "a
while In the frat case I was able 80
attend to business about two days oe1
lore getting '0o@na'1 Fo. sale ey z.
r. Bellamy,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-03

out cost TO the plaintiffs; met delay in
settlement OF overcharges by requiring
the carrier to settle within thirty days
after notice. and given the question OF
reduction OF passenger rates an eX-
haustive examination.
No other state mas given its rail-
road commissioners so much power as
has North Carolina, nor has any-state
derived so much comparative beneht
from its commission at SO small a cost
to the people.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-03

After the 4th of March it is stated
there will be no democratic senator
from all the north. The gold party
up there has about absorbed and
wiped out the democratic party to the
extent that no longer can it elect a
senator. In the meantime the gold
men are having it all their own way.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-03

If Shiloh's Cough and Consumption
Cure, which is sold for the small price
of 25 cts, so cts. and $1.O0, does not cure
take the bottle back and we will refund
your money. Sold for over fifty years
on this guarantee. Price % cts. and
so cts. For sale by r. r. Bellamy.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-04-14
WILL BE CONTESTED.
The Claims Presented Against the state by
Col. w. w Baldwin for Many Thous-
ands of Dollars.

FRANKFORT, KY, April 81 Attorney
Cochran, of Maysville, representing
Col. W. w. Baldwin. the turnpike
king" came TO Frankfort Thursday to
present Col. Baldwin's side of the turn
pike fight to the state sinking fund
commissioners, who control the states
stock in ali corporations. Cochran told
the board that Col. Baldwin, as presi-
dent and manager of the Maysville
and Lexington turnpike, has a claim
against the state for many thousands
of dollars. and that he would like to
have a hearing before the board as to
the legality and business of this claim.
The board decided to give him this
hearing and will next week fix a day
for Baldwin to appear and produce
evidence as to why the state should
pay him the money claimed to be due
him.
Judge Bullock, who represents the
anti-Baldwin element, says the trouble
was precipitated by the refusal OF
Baldwin to sell the remaining part OF
the pike and distribute the proceeds.
The case will be bitterly contested.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-04-14
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
LOUISVILLE JOCKEY CLUB.
1t Announces the Dates OF the Bsg stake
Races TO BE Run During the Louis
willie Spring Meeting.

LOUISVILLE. Ky, April 7.-Secretary
Charles +. Price, of the Louisville
Jockey club, Wednesday night an
nounced the following as the dates of
the big stake races to be run during
the Louisville spring meeting:
May 4. the Derby; May 5, Debutante
stakes; May 6, Louisville handicap;
May s, Blue Grass stakes; May 10, Mad
emoiselle stakes; May Is, Frank Fehr
stakes; May IL. Wenonah stakes; May
II, Premier stakes; May 10. Juvenile
stakes; May 30. Kentucky Oaks.
Mr.. Price made the prediction We'd
nesday night that the racing season in
Louisville this year will surpass that
of any previous year, the weather per-
hitting. He is led to believe that Oy
the beginning of the meeting between
$50 and 1000 horses will be quartered
at the track
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-04-14
A SAILOR, NOT A POLITICIAN.
Adm. Dewey ssys That >eitLor nv yocs-
tion. Dispo.i,iop, Education or Tr.in-
ting VA. lie ~ for Presidency,

NEw York. April 10. Adm. Dewey
has given To the Manila correspondent
Of Lcslic's Weekly. an interview re-
garding the suggestion that the adj
miral be madS candidate for the
presidency neat year. The admiral
said. ~ Ia his politics: II am sailor.
A sailor has no politics. The admins.
tration Is his party and, ycpublica n
or democratic, 10 makes uo
difference. Then, again, come from
Vermont and you know what tina,
means To bc anything but a rcpubli.
can in Vermont il To be a man without
party. My flag Lieutenant, comes from
Georgia. lie tells me that To Toe any
thing but a democrat in the south is To
bc nobody. II ! lived so3th would
probably Toe n democrat"
Have you ever voted?' the CORE
Spondcut asked.
"lcS, years ago: but my vote was
usually influenced 10y personal prefer
cncc or local conditions | am not n
politician. have never held political
Office, and am totally ignorant Of party
intricacics and affiliations"
Adm. Dewey said that neither by voca-
ton. disposition, education or train
ing was he capacitatcd to fill the prcsi-
dcncy. lie said that he was too well
along in life 10 consider such posi-
blity. His health would not admit IL.
All his lifc'S work was in differcn,
lines Of effort, and that while the
kindness and enthusiasm OF his friends
were gatcful to him and the generous
tributes of the American people were
dear 10 him he could not and would
no, bc "A candidate for the presidency
of the United states under any condi'
tiouS,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-04-14
Fool Play L. suspected.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. April 6.-Friends
are alarmed about the disappearance
in this city of u. l. Samuels, a tobacco
grower of Glenn's Fork, Adair county,
who came here ten days ago with .
large quantity of tobacco. He had
large sum of money with him, and il
is feared he has been murdered. The
last time he was seen was Sunday eve
ming, March 90, when he left his hotel
presumably to see some of the sights.
Police and detectives have been mott
fed, but their search thus far has prov
ed of no avail.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-04-14
HAS BRIGHT'S DISEASE.
Hon. }. speed smith. of Richmond. KY, Is
Ill and His Friends Are Alarmed
at His Condition.

RIcHMosD, KY, April 1o.-Hon. j.
Speed Smith, ex-clerk of the Kentucky
legislature, former candidate for the
republican nomination for congress in
this district and one of the most prom
inent and widely known masons in
the state, is critically i'll of Bright's
and his friends are alarmed at his con-
dition. Recently he made a trip to
Cincinnati and was examined by a
specialist, who it is said, told him
there was no hope for his recovery.
Speed Smith is one of the most popu'
lar men in Central Kentucky, and hi:
friends all over the state will regret tc
Lear of his failing health.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-04-14
A FIEND'S DEED.
The Andrews Residence Holocaust,
New York. An Incendiary's Work.
Millionaire Andrews Had Entertainss
Fears, and Was About to Put In Port
able Fire Escapes Torch APP
piled Too Soon.

New YORK, April i0.-The police and
post Office inspectors now believe that
the fire In the Andrews mansion, which
cost 10 lives, including that of Million
airc w. c. Andrews and his wife, was
OF inccndiary origin. The motive,
there is every reason to believe, was
n desire for revenge, growing out
of a petty quarrel in the servants
quarters
Anonymous letters received by Mr..
Andrews and his wife during the last
three months threatened that some one
i'm the household would be seriously In
iurcd unless Mary Flanagan, cham
bcrmaid employed there, was dis
charged They even limited at the de-
struction OF the house by fire. The po-
lice made determined attempt to APP
prehend the writer of the letters, bit
met with no success. So worried over
the matter was Mr. Andrews that he
arranged TO have a portable fire escape
put in each OF the bedohambers in the
house and they were to have been pm,
in next week.
The police have the originals OF the
threatening letters in their possession.
they having been turned over to them
10y Mr.. Andrews, and since the drc
Friday morning they have redoublcd
their efforts to run down the person OF
persons who wrote aud mailed the let
GERS
Early in January Mr.. Andrews re
ceivcd the first anonymous letter II
advised him To discharge Mary FlGnni'
gan. This letter and those subsc
quently received were in mans hand
writing. During February and March
the letters continued TO come. some o.
which limited at burning the house
Mr.. Andrews family turned the letters
over To the police.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-04-14
AN EXPEDITION.
II VIII Sweep South and Destroy Fill.
pino Gunboats or Shipping
The Tactics VIII he Those OF Ola Tine
Frontier Fighting tn. Expedition.
sry Fore. WIN Bs Divided Int
squads Of ~ Mer Each.

MANILA. April l0--Thc expedition
OF l,5o0 men, under Maj. Gen. Henry
W. Lawton, which started Saturday
nigh, with the intention Of crossing
Laguna de Bay, capturing the town of
Santa Cruz on the eastern shore OF the
lake and thcn sweeping the country to
the south, consists Of 100 picked sharp
shooters, chosen from the various reg
iments, llawthornc's mountain bat.
terry. Gales squadron, three troops OF
the ith cavalry, united with Bronko's
and Tappan's battalions OF the
lsth infantry. hnckAs. battalion
of the ist Idaho infantry and
fraino's battalion OF the LIST
North Dakota infantry under Gen.
King. The fiotilla Of 20 canoes. towed
by tugs aud conveyed by the gunboats
. Laguna de Ray, Oestc aud Rapidan and
preceded by the launch containing
Gen. Lawton aud Gen. King started
from san Pedro Maca,i, on the River
Pnsig, moving toward the lake just as
evening was setting in. 1t was a truly
picturesque scene.
The men were all in high spirits and
carried ra;ions for ten days, with the
lghtcst marching equipment
Gen. Lswton's plan was To reach
Santa Cruz sunday morning at day.
break, TO capture or destroy any rebel
gunboats or shipping Ia take the town
and then to scour the country to the
south 81 the lake. a district not yet cx-
plored by the Americans The tactics
will be those of old time frontier fight
ing. aud 1t il probable that the com
mand will bc divided into squads OF IL,
under non-commissionedo officers
In Gen. Lawton's absence the second
division IL temporarily commanded 10y
Gen. overshinc, whose lines extend
from the beach near Malatc. south o;
Manila, To the shore of Lsguua de hay,
en- miles
The withdrawal Of tho ~ companies
constituting the eSpcditionary rorcc
made a gap in the line from the beach
TO Cul.culi. jus; southwest OF Sau
Pedro Macati, which was subsequently,
flied by the 18th regular infantry.
Tho rebels. on the extreme right.
had evidently been informed of tn,
withdrawal OF the troops aud they AT
tempted "a sneak through after nigh.
fall, but they met warm reception
aud fell back In disorder on discover
ing that the line was still intact.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-04-14
NEW POST OFFICE AT ILOILO.
Ish stamps 10 Be Recognized or I'M
paid Postage Collected.

WAsuISGToS, April ll.--F. W. Vaille,
assistant postal superintendent at Ma
Mia, reports to the department that by
order of Maj, Gen. Otis on February
"a. he met the Filipino officials
from the island of Ncgros and
In order to demonstrate that the
voluntary surrender of the insur-
gent forces there was appreciated
gave instructions that the lloilo post
Office should begin at once exchanging
mails with Bocolod. The Spanish
stamps were to be recognized or unpaid
postage collected at the rate of two
cents per ounce.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-04-14
Famous stations.

LEXINGTON, Ky, April The time.
honored custom of exhibiting stations
on April court day will be observed
here Monday. The Kentucky Trotting
Horse Breeders association has ten.
dered the use of it's grounds and suffi-
cient stable room to the owners of
blooded stations The show will be
held from o a. IN. until 5 p. m, with a
parade of the horses in front of the
grand stand at noon.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-04-14
Mrs. LisIe.s Residence Destroyed by Fire

LEXINGTON, n.y., April 6.-Fire de-
stroyed the elegant country home OF
Mrs. Rufus Isle, widow Of the late
Rufus Lisle, one of the most important
turfmen who ever lived in this city.
The home, "Lisleland," is one of the
handsomest and most widely known in
the Bluegrass and on its pastures many
famous thoroughbreds have browsed.
Fire caused by explosion of gasoline.
Loss. 500 600
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-04-14
Zig Cereal Crop In California.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 10. Convincing
evidence of the great cereal crop cN-
pectcd by California farmers this sea-
son is furnished by the demand for the
grain bags made at the san Quentin
penitcntiary. More thaS 5, 800, 900 have
already been sold. and orders are being
booked for future delivery, the supply
being exhausted. The majority of or
ders have come from the San ,oaqui ,
valley counties.