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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-08

Washington, August Admiral
Cromwell, commandant of the naval
station at Havana, has advised the
navy department that a suspicious case
resembling yellow fever, occurred
among the marines constituting the
small garrison at the Machina wharf
in Havana harbor. The marine was at
once removed to a hospital and the
case isolated.
The dispatch was received two days
ago, but was not made known until to-
day. Since then no word has come from
the admiral or from the naval surgeon
in, charge n his is taken to indicate
that nothing serious is apprehended.
The naval authorities feel no appre-
hension over the report Of a yellow fe-
yer suspect at Havana. The naval
quarters at the old Machina wharf
were thoroughly overhauled last spring,
all the old wood work was torn out,
and "a complete equipment was put in.
Surgeon Genera Van Reypen- of the
navy, says there is every facility at
Havana to care for any suspect cases.
There is a we'll appointed hospital at
the Machina wharf, with accommoda-
lions for ten patients.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-08
A Brutal Assault

Cleveland, August 4.-The fact has
just come to light thai Lucius F. Mel
len, ex-superintendent of the city in
Urinary and e~x-general agent of the
Cleveland Humane Society, was terri
bly, beaten by strike sympathizers last
Wednesday. Mr.. Mellen is 6S years old
and is in a precarious condition. His
family did not report the matter to the
police for fear of further violence. Mr..
Mellen rode on a Big Consolidated car
Wednesday to H. G.. Patton's sign
painting shop at No. 904 Pearl street,
to order a sign. He was followed into
the shop by a boy who called to two
men within that he nae ridden on a
"scab' car The two men seized Mr..
Mellen and threw him out of the door.
The aged ma fell on the sidewalk and
the two men and the boy, reinforced
by two other men who came along,
kicked him brutally. Mr.. Mellen later
was assisted to his home on Library
street. While his injuries are not in
themselves dangerous, his g makes
his condition precarious. When this
city learns through the newspapers of
the attack on Mr.. Mellen it will cause
widespread indignation, as he is one of
the oldest and most prominent citizens
Of Cleveland and has been for years a
leader of national fame in church and
charitable work.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-08

Chicago, August "A special 10 the
Tribune from the City OF Mexico says:
Dispatches from Guayamas show that
the Yaquis instruction is constantly
growing in extent and all the Indians
in the towns along the river are rising
in arms and taking TO the woods and
Joined their companions already ar
rayed against the authorities. Jack
Ramsey, the famous frontier charac-
ter, and the American photographer,
Ell Miller, were on the way 20 Alamos
when they We're attacked by the In
dams and killed.
Three sloops on the YaQuis river,
near Medaro, were also attacked and
Aurillo F. Paroles, who was in charge
Of them, was killed. The vessels were
set on fire, but were saved by federal
forces who drove the savages away.
1t is reported that the Romero fam
lily were captured as they We're about
10 embark on one OF the sloops and
that Parades was killed in trying to
rescue them.
Troops are pursuing the bands sup
posed TO have the family. The tele-
SAdpA I4lICS OukH Vi AIdllOS las UGtu
cut.
The Indians along the Mayo river are
quiet and do not seem inclined to join
the instruction.
Colonel Angel Garcia Pena tele-
graphed yesterday that Don Carlos
Hale, the noted merchant, had not been
killed, as reported. Official advices up
to Monday, however, state clearly that
after General Torres took Bacum they
found ten dead of the troops from
Cocorit and four Of the bodyguard of
the Yaquis Chief Maldonado, and the
body of Hale. They say nothing has
been heard of their chief.
San Francisco, August 4-According
to advices received by Rafael Yzabel,
congressman from the state Of Sonora,
Mexico, who is in the city, General Lo-
renZo Torres, commander-in-chief OF
the Mexican army in the field now
fighting the Indians, has 0 been
killed as had been reported. His cap
tain, Juan Moldanono, formerly known
as T~etiabiate, who was chief of the
Yaquis during the ten years war. has,
however, been murdered by the In
dams.
A dispatch from Governor Torral, of
Sonora 10 Congressman YZabel states
that General Torres has been wounded
in the calf of the leg in a fight against
the Indians, whom he routed, leaving
sixty dead IN the battlefield.
General Francisco Candedo, governor
of the state of Sinaloa, is also in San
Francisco. He has assured the gov
eminent of Sonora of all the assistance
in his power. General Candedo
believes the United States will not be
called upon to protect the Arizona
border, as there is a sufficient force in
Mexico to exterminate the Yaquis.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-08
The Work OF a Maniac

S~usquehannas Pa, August 4.0Chas.
wager, aged forty years, of Brandt, a
small manufacturing village five miles
south of here, murdered his three small
children early this morning by cutting
their threats and then committed sui
eide by the same means.
There seems to be no doubt that the
father had gone insane during the
night. For years he was employed in
the chair factory in that town and was
a steady, industrious man. He was a
widower and since his wife's death
had devoted himself to the three chill
dren. Their ages ranged from 5 to IL
years. There was nothing to indicate
what had inspired wager to commit
the crime other than that he became
suddenly insane from brooding over the
loss OF his wife and the motherless
condition Of his children.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-08
The Gar to Abdfcate

London, August 5.-M. de BlowitZ.
the Paris correspondent OF The Times
gives an extraordinary explanation OF
NJ. Del Casse's present mission TO Rus
STA. He aserts that it was decided
upon quite suddenly for a reason
which admitted OF no delay" and then
gives the story, which he says he has
from "a source to which I am bound TO
attach importance" This Is the ex-
PLANTATION:
Emperor Nicholas is disappointed
and tired Of the throne. The absence
of an heir excites his superstftuous
feelings and he connects himself with
a Russian legend according TO which an
heirless car is 10 be succeeded by a
Car Michael, predestinated TO occupy
Constantinople. The death of the
czarwitch and the failure OF the con-
ference al The Hague led him to e
eide TO abdicate on the occasion OF his
coming visit 10 Darmstadt. On this
becoming known in Paris VI. Del Case
was Sent in hot haste 10 dissuade him
from carrying out his Intention.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-08
Governor Gambler " a Lynch.
ing

Atlanta Ga, August At became
known today that Governor Gambler,
of this state, made a personal trip to
Newman, a town sixty miles south Of
this city, yesterday morning TO save
the life Of the negro rapist, John Null
lens. charged with an assault on Mrs.
Cook, nea Senoia, Ga, Wednesday.
Governor Gambler left the executive
mansion at 4 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. boarded the first train and arrived
al the public jail at Coweta county an
hour after daybreak. He took COM
mand Of the Newman Guards. a COM
pany OF the state militia which had
been guarding he jail during the night
from a mob, and directed Sheriff Brown
10 take his prisoner at once 70 Atlanta
for safe keeping. The greatest excite
ment prevailed in the town during the
night and Sheriff Brown fearing an at
tack from the mob, telephoned Gov
ernor Gambler several times for instruc-
tions.
The mob was successfully avoided
and the prisoner lodged in Fulton coun-
ty jail at Atlanta shortly before noon.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-08
MUSTPAY THE TAXES
OF the Corporation Commiss
sion as TO Taxes Due by Certain orr
pOrafions ON. Hallway Rolling stock

DohAA8 Ss~~
Especial TO The Messenger.l
Raleigh, N. G., August HThe corpor-
alton commission decides the railway
back tax cases on rolling stock as fol-
lows:
The Southern railway is required 20
pay on $780, o valuation for the years
1895 and 1896 on the Piedmont railway.
The case against it for rolling stock
for the NCr-h Carolina railway is dis
missed.
The Seaboard and Roanoke railway
must pay $3.50 0 valuation for each of
the five years ending last year for roll
ing stock on the Roanoke and Tar Riv-
er railway.
The Mercantile Trust and Deposit
Company, Of Baltimore, is to- pay on
$4,000 valuation annually for rolling
stock on the Raleigh and CASTOR, Raj
eigh and Augusta and Seaboard III
Roanoke divisions of the Seaboard Air
Line for each Of five years ending last
year.
The corporation commission left for
Asheville this afternoon and starts
for Denver from there tomorrow. They
will be absent about two weeks and
be at Asheville again August 22nd,
when Judge Simonton will hear argu-
ment on the Carolina Central railways
application for injunction against the
reduction Of freight rates On fertilizers.
Simmons & Pou, r. H. Battle, James
E. Shepherd and Charles NJ. Bushes
will appear as counsel for the commits
sion in this case.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-08
A COOL RECEPTION
By Canadian Officials to a Representative of
Citizens of Chicago.
THEIR INVITATION DECLINED
To Attend the Laying of the Corner Stone of the New Government
Building in That Chy-Fear of New Complication Arisen in Sa.
moa-The Worlds Output of Gold for Last Year-The
United States Drops From First to Third Place.
The Tallulah Lynching Still Under Investi-
administration in Hawaii. r.

during the last year 81, 524, 900 came from
Alaska.
L 1896 and for nearly fifty years pre-
viously the United States occupied the
first place in the worlds production Of
gold. In 1896 the output of the world
was estimated at $202, 682, 900.
These figures are subject to revision
in making up the finai estimate, but
they are believed to be approximately
correct.
CONDITIONS IN HAWAII.
The Post tomorrow will print an in
terview with Lilouokalani, ex-queen of
the Hawaiian islands, who is residing
here. The former queen receives many
letters from home and says what the
people need there is some head TO the
government. She adds:
Reports to the contrary notwith-
standing, the islands are in q state of
practical anarchy. We q IA we be-
cause 1 count myself one of my peo-
ple) have no laws, but those which
have obtained for many years and a
few which have been fOisted upon us
by the Hawaiian republic.
There is no such thing as real JUS
tice. The native has not the same
standing when he goes to law with the
white man, and even some of the for
eigners find that they cannot obtain
their dues. Laws are administered in a
careless fashion. The government is an
'oligarchy instead of a republic.
Caprice dictates the administration Of
affairs. I speak with no bitterness
whatever. I am merely endeavoring to
give a correct picture Of the conditions.
The inhabitants of the islands know
nothing of their fate, or what sort of
government will be placed over them
Lilioukalanai expresses every conf
dence in the honorable Intentions of
America, and hopes when a decision is
made as to a form Of government for
the islands that the officials will be ap-
pointed from this country.
When asked as to her claim for con
fiscation Of the crown lands her majes-
ty was somewhat reticent.
II believe that my claims are just
she said simply. 81 think hat they
will be respected. When the papers
were filed no definite amount was stat
ed, but the evenue resulting from the
lands three years ago was $3.50, 600 a
year. Since hat time the lands have
increased in value. [ have heard that
their annual income is now approx
mately 1000, 900, but I know nothing
about that. There was certainly no
warrant to dispossess me of them with
out payment"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-08
Decision as to Rights of Strikers

Chicago, August Am a decision rem
dered by Judge Wines, of the appellate
court, sitting as circuit judge, it has
been decided that striking workmen
may use persuasion to induce other
men to quit work for a firm against
which a strike has been ordered. They
also may visit the factory or plant Of
the company and use whatever peace
able means they can to prevent others
from working for the concern, or induce
those who are at work to quit.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-08
REV. JAMES E. COLLINS,
Catholic Chaplain n. S. H.
MAILS FUMIGATED.

The postoffice department reports
that the mails are now being dispatch
ed in the quarantine points on the Vir-
ginia peninsula twice daily and all
mails sent out from them is being thor
oughly fumigated.
Chaplain Morrison, of the Texas, has
volunteered to go down to the national
soldiers home at Hampton if the au-
thorities there care to ava of his ser
vices during the prevalence of the cpl
demic.
The navy department has transmit
ted the chaplain's offer TO the governor
of the home.
New York, August TT is expected
hat the garrison from Fort Monroe,
reported to have been ordered north
on account of the yellow fever scare,
will arrive at Plum island tonight. The
government steamer Castle yesterday
brought Captain Chase, of New Lon
don, to Plum island n he at once as
sumed charge Of the preparations. The
soldiers stationed on the island will be
removed before morning. When the
garrison arrives it will De Quartered
il tents. The nearest port is New Lon
don, Conn, directly opposite.
TENTS AND COTS FOR THE HOME
INMATES.
Norfolk, August 4.-General Martin
D. Mcmahon, of New York, a member
of the board Of directors OF h SOL
dires' home, and Colonel Andrew j.
Smith, of Hartford, Conn, inspector
general of the home, who arrived here
this morning. Immediately made requi-
sition on the Quartermaster's depart
ment of the army for $500 mattresses
and 100 hospital tents for the home.
The following reply was received: :
washington, August 4.
Mcmahon, Manager, Norfolk, Va:
Medical department has $50 mat
tresses at Fort Monroe and 50. at
Josiah Simpson hospital, which they
will urn over to the governor OF the
Hampton home. Sixteen hundred mat
tresses belonging 10 this department
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-08
Jealousy Causes Two HOmfcfdes

Cleveland, August A teamster
named John Schlehnber shot his wife
four times this afternoon at the Wood
land hotel and then Sent a bullet
through his heart. The woman died an
hour later at SAINT Alexis hospital. The
tragedy was prompted by Jealousy. :.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-08
i.Ouartermaster Genera

II is the purpose OF the Officials 10
burn h old bedding at the home. and
fumigate he quarters thoroughly. The
non-infected inmates will be put in the
tenth on the home grounds.
Genera Mcmahon and Colonel Smith
are thoroughly satisfied with the situa-
ton.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-08

Brussels, August 5.-An explosion
occurred in a quarry at Ciney, province
of Namur today, killing six men and
injuring fv- others.
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The oEMI-WEEKLY MESSENGER: TUESDAY, AUGUST s., 1919.

have been ordered from Philadelphia
TO Cape Charles City. Va. by fast
freight. The marine hospital service
viii arrange TO take them over. One
hundred complete hospital tents will
leave Washington for Norfolk on to-
nights steamer. consigned to- the gov
ernor Of Hampton home. car Passed
Assistant Surgeon A. c. Smith or you.
.IJ-DDINGTON
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-09

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'' BRER RABBIT - :

myself. Git up fun dar, Drusilla, TO
l break yo' neck!"
Before Drusilla could make any
preparation to rise, there came a loud
rap on the door-facing
Nobody but old Fountain" said the
newcomer; "old Fountain, as muddy as
a hog and harmless as a dove"
Harmless or not, he was certainly
muddy. AS he came in, the legs of his
pantaloons rubbing together sounded
as If they were made of leather. His
coat was full of red mud and mud was
on his coat and in his hair.
"Whar is you been?" asked JENNY.
Fur enough to go no furder," re-
sponded old Fountain. shaking his
he'd. II went a-huntin' Freedom De
kim l foun' will las me whet; prom
ise you dat"
You don't tell mel" exclaimed Je-
miny
Il does" said Fountain. "an' I could
tell you lots mo- dan dat eff l had time.
Dey sot me ter work liftin' waggin
wheels out er de quagmire an den a
driver rap-jacked me wild his whip
well, you see me here, don't you? An
eff we're bofe alive, you'll see me here
ter-morrer an de day after"
An dey want no freedom dar?"
her breath, as if afraid to hear the an
swer.
'I won't say dat" replied Fountain.
Fer dem dat like de kin 'twuz dar.
Some mought like de change, but not
me. 1 bless God fer what seed, but
l seed huff. 1 went an L come"
"Whyn't you stop an wash de mud
off In de branch?" JENNY asked pres
emily.
mo, not me-" Fountain replied, still
shaking his head Ter stop wuz ter
stay. l know'd dey wuz a branch at
home; an mo- dan dat, a spring. De
idee wuz ter hurry back an see eff de
natchel groun' had been left"
81 b'lieve you" sighed JENNY IT
come mighty nigh gwiner myself"
You'd a-been sorry" exclaimed
Fountain; you'd a-been sorry plum ter
yo' dying day. You see me?" JENNY
nodded her head. well, 1 been dar. /
been right wild um. Yo can't call 1t
freedom after yo wade through dat
mud an water"
Some one else came to the door. "All
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Noun; not me; 1 seed dey had
plenty comp'ny. Mo dan dat, I seed
um hit OF man Fountain dar a whack
er two, an / lowed dat ez dey done
come dis fur an nobody amt hurt um,
maybe day'd git long all right Dey
amt offer me no money fer ter go
long and take keer un um. l wuz over
dar at de camps las night, an 1 see
niggers f1ghtin' over scraps, an l hear
chillun cryh' fer bread after de lights
done put out. So wid me, it wuz,
Howdy, and Good-by, an wish yo
mighty well. What mo- kin a niger
do2"
Oats so" sighed JENNY "Whar
de balance er our folks?'
"Oh, dey'll come back in de due
time, said Johnny Bapter, laughing.
"One'n turn back at one branch, an
one at anudder; an dem what don
turn back at de branch will sho' turn
back at de river. Deyll all be home
TO de weeks OUT
tened to all this, but said nothing.
Their minds hardly grasped the prob
lem with which the negroes were
wrestling. They were free if they went
away. Would they be free if thev
stayed? 1t was a very serious matter
What dey gwine do when dey come
back? JENNY asked.
II.
Lord. work frum Sun-up to Sun-doWn.' -
AN dey free, too?" suggested Je-
miny. She wanted to get at the bottom
of the matter
Johnny Bapter laughed why, In
town whar 1 stayed, de free white
folks work harder dan niggers. De
clerks in de sto' come rushin' ter din
ner, an fling der hats on a cheer.
snatch a mouff1e er vittles an rush out
wuSS'n eff de overseer wuz hollerin' at
um"
rs dat SOP" replied JENNY.
"Des like I tell yo'," said Johnny
Bapter.
I've looked at it up an down." re-
marked Fountain, IAN it's dis away
de man what eats honest bread is got
ter work. Dat what de Bible say;
maybe not in dem words
1T sho' is So" remarked Johnny
Bapter laughing. "I'll work all day
an half de night, but I don wanter
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free now" said Sweetest Susan.
did he say dat? Did he say dat wild
his own mouf? ell, 1 thank my starsi
I'm free, den! Me an all de balance!"
John.
We'll" said Big Sal, "ef I'm free
better git up frum here an go ter work.
What does Marster want us ter do?
I'm gwine IN dar an ak i'm"
The children went to the other cabins
and found them empty, but in jennings
house theY found Drusilla crying. You
may imagine Sweetest Susan's grief
when she made this discovery. Dru-
silla was ready with her tale Of woe
Nanny Walloped me kase I won't
go off wild de balance I'm um," sobbed
Drusilla. "She say ef I stay here she
got ter stay. / tell her I do anything
don't go off fun here; dey got to kill
me dead an tote me. An den nanny
Walloped me-"
"You needn't to b'lieve a word er
dat!" cried JENNY, who came in at
that moment. Il tol' dat gal 1t would
be free sho' huff, an wild dat she fell
on de flo and gun to waller an holler
till 1 'bleege to paddle her. I don't
wanter go no wuss'n she do, but dey
say dat If we don't go way frum whar
we b'long at, we never is ter be free.
Dat What de n1ggerS on de mex plan
tation say. I wuZ born here, an eff dis
amt my home, Irdunno whar in de
roun' worl' I got any"
There was a break IN jennings voice
as she said this. Buster John paid no
attention to it; but Sweetest Susan
went close to her and leaned against
her, and the negro woman put an arm
around the child. 1t was as if a tramp
steamer had thrown out an anchor
within sight Of the lights Of home.
Who cooked breakfast this morn.
ing?" asked Sweetest Susan.
'Me," replied JENNY; II know'd
somebody had ter cook"
II thought So" said the child. THE
biscuits were mighty good
1t was some time before JENNY said
anything. She rose and pushed the
child from her, remarkng: 'I dunno
what come over me; but eff I set here
wild my arm 'roun' you, an you talkin
dat way, I'll be boo hooin' To- I know
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(To Be Continued.)

Funny thing that happened to Bio
hardt a little while ago. We were walk
ing along the sidewalk, and he said he
hadn't had fall for six winters-rather
boasted of it, in fact. Just then he step
ped on banana skin that had frozen on
the top of one of those smooth iron coal
hole covers"
And took a hard fall, of course That's
what he got for
mo. That's the funny part of it. He
didn't fall; kept right on walking as If
nothing had happened. You can't always
tell, you know. Chicago Tribune.
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eyes open!" cried
the newcomer. 1t
was the refrain Of
hide and seek, and
the children laugh
ed when they
heard it. They
knew the voice of
] o h n n y Bapter.
"All eyes open!" he
persisted. Tn it.
Ten, ten, double
ten, forty five, fff-
teenl All eyes
open?"
With that john
ny Bapter walked
in. He was a thin
looking negro, with
a long face, and a
mouth that was al
ways laughing. He
would have been
very tall, but he
stopped a trifle,
and there was a
limp to his walk.
One of his feet
dra gged slightly,
but he was nimble
as a squirrel for all
that. His clothes
were wet, but not
muddy. He hit his
wool hat against
the side of the
chimney. and it
left it's damp print.
He looked at the
children and point
ed to the wet place.
Il tuck its da-
g a rry t ype," he
said. Johnny Bap-
ter had once lived
in town, and his
adventures there,
as he made them
out, would have
filled a book: and,
u llillSS, lIlty w Sle Z
interesting.
Il hope you all
been we'll" said
John Bapter; I'm
sOrter m i d d | / n
peart myself. "
"Whar yo' been 2"
asked JENNY.
Kinder see-saw-
in 'roun', follerin'
de bans, an keep
in off de boogers.
"Yo' didn't go
wild nm ."