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Austin's Hawaiian weekly. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?, 1899-07-08

The royal crown of Persia, which
dates back to remote ages, is in the
form of a pot of flowers. STIFF
mounted by an uncut ruby the size
of a hens egg.
A spiders web is most curious
as we'll as most beautiful thing.
When we were children the major
lty OF us supposed that the spiders
web was pulled out of it's mouth.
and that the little insect had
large reel of the stuff in his stom-
.ach, and that he could almost in
stantly add feet, yards or rods to
the roll. The facts are that spiders
have a regular spinning machine
set of tiny tubes at the far end of
the body-and that the threads are
nothing more nor less than white,
sticky fluid, which fardens as soon
as it comes in contact with the air,
The spider does not really and truly
"spin.' but begins thread bv
pressing his "spinneret" against
some object. to which the liquid
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-31

Chicago, March 27.-Fire destroyed
the Armour Curled Hair and Eel,
works, 31st Place and Benson street
tonight, caused a property loss Of near
~ 100000. injuring eleven employees,
one fatally, and endangered the lives
OF 400 others, who escaped through the
binding smoke.
Employees on the floor on which the
nre started said hat a nail. which in
a picker" caused friction. ignitei the
innammable material with which the
machines were fed. The flames spread
10 bales OF curied hair and in three
minutes the entire floor was dense with
black smoke.
The Armour felt works burned out
nearly a ear ago. Il was replaced BY
a substantial five story structure liz
Dy 20 feet which was completed only
last August and was equipped with
special reference 10 fire protection. in
the way Of construction and exterior
nre escapes. The loss is total. The
insurance is $500, 900.
Late tonight il was found that six
people who were in the building when
the nre broke out were missing, and.
while it is not thought all Of them are
dead, it is probable that the majority
OF them persisted. The names of the
missing are: James Flanagan. Will
liam ellison, Ella Hennilwright. Thos.
Mitchell, Dennis Sheehan and John
White.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-31
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, n. c., March q

RdlelSn, N. L., March ~.
DR.. Abbott, the republican member
Of the railway commission, has beer
reported by some papers as Intending
TO abandon, or rather not to make any
contest for the retention Of the posi-
Eion.. He said to me today: II shall
certainly contest my case, and with
absolute confidence hat I shall win
That is the way L feel about the mat.
ter" He evidently bases his conclusions
upon the supreme courts decision that
an office is property and that office
cannot be taken from any person dur.
ing the period for which he has been
regularly elected or appointed.
The sale of tax tags for fertilizers is
said by the commissioner of agriculture
to be quite large SO far this season.
The inspectors say that there is less
fertilizer on hand thong the railroads
thar at any time during the past two
years.
1t was learned at Salisbury yester-
day hal there is great interest in the
discovery of very rich copper twelve
miles from that place. Walter c.. Nor
nan of New York, owns the mine and
500 men are employed there. Most Of
the copper is in masses or sheets and
some of these are very large.
Lieutenant Colonel earle A. Wood
ruff, Of the United States army, is
here for a day or two on his way from
Cuba to New York. He has for twenty
eight years been in the Second artillery,
but is now transferred to the Seventh.
Rev. DR.. E. A. Osborne, who was
chaplain Of the Second North Carolina
volunteers, and who is also in charge
Of the Episcopal orphanage at Char
lotte, is now here, acting as rector of
ST. Mary's school, since the death Of
Rev. DR.. Bennett Smedes.
/. D. Hargett, colored, the postmaster
at Rocky Mount, was lodged in Jail
here Saturday night, under a commit
ment from Washington, having failed
ITO give $4,000 bail. He is charged with
having embezzled $500. He makes no
confession of guilt, but insists that it
was a put up job" that other people
in the postoffice got the money and put
the crime upon him.
The First North Carolina regiment
left Camp Columbia, six miles from
Havana, Saturday afternoon, with 43
officers and LOIS enlisted men.
correspondent saw the regiment last
THURSDAY morning, at us ldSL Oflll III
Cuba, and it presented a very fine ap-
pearance. One officer and Eve en-
listed men are absent in the United
States, sick. There were in the hospital
at Camp Columbia forty-tWO enlisted
men, mainly trivial cases. Three have
typhoid fever, twelve dengue. Most of
the sick returned with the regiment.
All the troops, both regulars and vol
unteers, are extremely anxious to leave
Cuba. Officers and enlisted men said so
with perfect franknes. The enlisted men
fear the rainy season. They are also
tired of the island.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-31
Americans in Guatemanan Prisons

New Orleans, La, March 27.-Refer-
ring TO a Washington dispatch TO the
erect that the state department has
received adyices from Honduras saying
that no Americans had been arrested
and none were irnperilled, friends Of
the men who recently returned TO this
city reported that the arrests were
made IN Guatemala. not in Honduras,
although the latter country is said to
nave been instrumental in the matter.
1he seven men are: Colonel Jeffries.
Churchill Guthrie. a newspaper man;
tlourney, a druggist, Johnson, the bar
Der of the party; Harris, a machinist;
Brett, a salesman, and Dalrimple and
Roberts, commercial statesmen. These
men are supposed to have been mem
bers of the filibustering party fromKan-
sas City, intending to fight to install
General Vasquez as president of Hon
duras. The men were first jailed in
Livingston, but they have since been
taken to Guatemala City, so as to
evade American investigation.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-31

A newspaper man has no business
to seek offices. 1t is his business to
try n get an office for the other
fellow; to sound the praises of the
candidate and keep quiet his own feel
ings; to whoop her up for his W man
and let his own man forget all about
him when he is elected; to defend his
candidate against the unjust attacks
Of the opposition, n see that what
ever favors his candidate had to be-
stow goes to the other fellow.
1t is his business to boom the city
for all it is worth, month after month,
and then see 800 worth of printing
go out Of the city because ten cents
can be saved by doing so. 1t is the
business Of the newspaper to give ev-
cry enterprise a frequent send off and
then catch shoel because he had failed
to record the fact that some prominent
citizen had his delivery wagon painted.
To subscribe literally to every public,
charitable n church entertainment,
advertise them for nothing, pay his
own way to everything and then be
called p~rejudiced and mean spirited
because a column is not devoted to
that particular affair. Do you wonder
that there are SO a franks in the
newSpaperS?-EX.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-31
TO Al POINTS

Schedule IN Eject December IL. SOS
Train l.-Leaves Wilmington $50 2. m.
Artves Lumoerton 5:l5 y. m. Pembroke
20 ,. m, Maxion SOS p m. Laurinburg
at Hamlet with trains for Monroe. char
Ioste Athens. Atlanta and all points
point north.
Train A-Leaves Portsmouth go a. m.
arrives weldon u:S a. m, Raleigh 2.3S
p. m. Sanford SOS p. m, Hamlet s:S ..
m, Wadesooro $50 u. m, Monroe s.fg
p M. Charlotte lO:S .. m. and Atlanta
Train 2S-Leaves Atlanta $50 2. m.
leaves Charlotte SO a m. arrive MoIs-
Hamlet I;S a m. Sanford $50 a. m,
Raleigh u:l3 a m, Weldon s:5o d m.
Portsmouth $40 p. m
Train S-Leaves Hamlet $40 a m ar
ives Laurtnburg s:46 a m. Maxtan s.os
a m, Pembroke 9:u a. m. Lumberton
s:9 a. m. Wilmington l2:o5 noon.
m. Richmond 500 p. m. Portsmouth Sc
81! a N: saniord SIS a m. aamiet ssas
a. m. Charlotte 500 a m. Atlantis 80
p. m.
Train 4oa-Leaves Charlotte 900 a. m.
u:s1 a m. Rutherfordton 1870 noon.
Train Rutherfordton 4:G u.
M arrives Shelby $50 ?; m. Lncolnton
$40 p. m. ~
Train ta2-Leaves Atlanta 400 noon.
1880 p. m, Hamlet Ills y. m. Sanford
!z:eo p. m. Raleigh 900 a. m. weldon
100 a. m, Portsmouth 7:2 n. m. Rich
mTnd S:lS a M: Washington l2:G noon.
ram iS-Leaves Hamlet 7:l5 y. m. Ar
rlves Gibson $40 p. m. Returning. leaves
a. IN. -"
Train I7.-Leaves Hamlet $40 a. m. Ar
rlves Cheraw 1000 a. m. Returning
leaves Chefaw 500 p. IN. Arrives Hamlet
Al trains daily except Nos. Il and Is.
Trans make immediate connection AT
ALanta Tor Montgomery, Mobile. New
orleans, Texas, California, Mexico. Chat
fanooga, Nashville. Memphis, Macon and
Fol Tickets. Sleepers, etc, apply 10
THOS. ID. MEARES,
Z. ST. JOHN,
Vice President and General Manager
n y W !; Low Traffic Manager.
l.. s. ALLEN, Gent Pass, Agent
General Offices Portsmouth. Va.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-31
The Cuba Assembly Postpones DIsso-
luton

Havana, March 25.-At the secret
session of the Cuban military assembly
yesterday it was resolved that a dis
solution of that body at the present
time would be p~rejudicial to the inter-
ests of the army, hence it was decided
that the argument on the dissolution
motion, set for today, should be post
poned for one week. It was also de-
cided to make another effort to save
the situation by sending Sensrs Hevia
and Villalon 10 Washington in order to
state the case of the assembly to Pres
ident Mckinley and to attempt to gain
his cooperation in the efforts Of the
assembly to raise more money for the
Cuban troops.
Seniors Vevia and Villalon sailed for
h United States this morning.
General Douglass, commanding the
Second brigade Of the First division
Of the Seventh army corps, leaves Ha-
vana on Sunday for the United States.
Colonel Campbell will succeed him in
command of the brigade.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-31
BUYING SPANISH GUNBOATS
General otis Bargains for all SpaiI
Has I'm the Philippines

Washington, March 27.-The follow
ing cablegram was received by the
war department on March 10Th and has
Just been made public:
Manila, March 19.
"Adjutant General, Washington:
Have purchased all the gunboats in
the Philippines Of Spain-thirteen in
number, now at Z~amboanga. Half are
in ~serviceable condition. Payment in
cash from public fund upon delivery
at Manila. They will be sent for this
week. OTIS"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-31
Cuban Bandits at Work

Havana, March 27.-The bandits near
Guanajay, province Of Pinar del Rio.
are still active. General Diaz, the Gu
ban commander in that district, has
published a proclamation to the Sixth
army corps. asking the troops to make
every effort to effect a speedy termina-
ton of the disorder in hat province,
and it is said the bandits will be ener-
getically pursued.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-31
Cambridge Defeat. Oxford

Putney, Eng, March 25.-The fifty
sixth annual boat race between crews
representing the universities of Oxford
and Cambridge, was rowed today over
the usual course, from Putney to Mort
lake, a distance Of about four and a
quarter miles, and was won by Cam
bridge by four lengths. for the first
time in ten years. Cambridge now has
twenty-four OUT of the ffty-six races
rowed. to her credit The official time
was q minutes and 4 seconds.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-31
State Of Ohio, County of Toledo,)
TucaS County, ls

Frank j. Cheney makes ath 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 that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for 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-
cember, 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 for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-31
Volcanic

Are grand, but Skin Eruptions rob
life Of joy. Bucklen'S Arnica Salve
cures them. also Old, Running and Fee
yer Sores, Ulcers, Boils, Felons, Corns,
Warts, Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Scalds,
Chapped Hands, Chilblains. Best Pile
cure on earth. Drives out Pains and
Aches. Only Is cts. a box. Cure guar
anteed. Sold by r. R. 2elamy, Rrug-
RiSt-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-31
The Dolphin to Take Sherman From
the Chicago

Norfolk, Va, March 27.-The dis
patch boat Dolphin, now off Old Point
with Mrs. and Miss Long, the wife and
daughter of the secretary of the navy
aboard, will probably return from her
mission to the North Carolina coast,
where she goes to destroy derelics, in
time to meet the cruiser Chicago, and
take Mr.. Sherman to Washington.
Her officers expect this assignment
The Chicago will probably arrive
here tomorrow evening.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-31
BASE BALL GAMES
Lafayette Defeats Carolina Wax
Forest Scores on Bingham

& cNtC ChSaG
Forest Scores on
Raleigh, N. c., March 27.-At Chapel
Hill today Lafayette college defeated
the University of North Carolina at
baseball by a score of 13 to f.
Batteries-Carolina: Battle, Win
ston and Graves; Lafayette: Graves
and Hill.
Hits-Carolina: 6 Lafayette II.
Tomorrow Carolina will put Lawson
in the box.
Wake Forest college defeated Bing-
hams school at Wake Forest by a
score of II to 4.
Batteries-Turner, Meares and Hon
eycutt for Wake Forest; LeGrand and
Mangum for Bingham.
Hits-Wake Forest IL, Bingham 5.
The game between Trinity college
and Boston at Durham was postponed
OIL account of rain.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-31
President Mckinley Homeward Bound

President Mckinley and his party, in
Guiding Senator Hanna and the post
master general, after a ten days visit
to Thomasville, Ga, and Jekyl island,
left brownsville yesterday afternoon
at 3 o'clock, homeward bound. They
went on a special over the Atlantic
Coast Line and expect to reach Wash
ington this afternoon.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-31
Richmond and Petersburg Electric
Road

Richmond, Va. March 27.-The su-
pervisors Of Chesterfield county today
granted a franchise to j. c. Short, Of
New York, and associates, to build an
electric passenger and freight railway
from Richmond TO Petersburg. follow
ing the old turnpike, with a branch
line to Chesterfield court house. Work
is TO commence in thirty days, the line
to be completed in twelve months.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-31
Restored to the Cycling Club

New York, March PIT h e
League of American Wheelmen
officials announce today that Ed
die McDufie,. Nat Butler and Frank
Waller, the professional cyclists, have
applied for reinstatement in the League
of American Wheelmen and have been
restored to good standing.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-31
Admiral Schley in Richmond

Richmond, Va, March 27.-AdmiraI
Schley took a drive over the city with
General Bradley T. Johnson today
visiting the various points of interest
and this evening he was entertained al
dinner by Mr.. John P. Branch. He will
return to Washington tomorrow morn
ing.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-31
You Try 1t

If Shiloh's Cough and Consumption
Cure, which is sold for the small price
OF 25 cts, so cts. and s1.00, does moi cure
take the bottle back and we will refund
your money. Sold for over fifty year
on this guarantee. Price % cts. and
so cts. For sale by r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-31
Still BalIoting for Senator

Harrisburg, March 27.-The fifty
ninth ballot for United States enato
resulted: Quay 8. jerks s, Irwin, re-
publican, l; Widener, republican, /;
Dalzell, republican, 1; Rice, republican,
l. No quorum.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-31
Methodist Orphanage Located

Raleigh, n. c., March PA site was
today selected for an orphanage TO be
established here by the North Carolina
Methodist conference. The buildings
to be erected will cost $780, 600. The
site is donated by the city.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-31

connexions at Fayetteville with At
lantic Coast Line, at Maxton with ths
carolina Central Railroad. at Red Syringe
with he Red Springs and Bowmore rail-
ROAD, at Sanford with the Seaboard Air
Line, AT Gulf with the Durham and Char
lotte Railroad, at Greensboro with the
southern Railway Company, at Walnut
Cove with the Norfolk and Western
Railway.
H. NJ. EMERSON,
General Passenger Agent.
J.. X. KENNY, General Manager.
L. M. EMERSON. Traffic Manager
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-31
WILL FIGHT FOR HIS OFFICE
DR.. Abbott Refuses to
Surrender.
VALUABLE COPPER MINES

Being Worked Near SaIisbury-Heavy
Sale Of Fertilizer Tags-Rev. T.. A.
Osborne Acting as Rector of 50. Ma
ry's-Rocky Mounts ex.POstmaster
in Wake JaiI-The First North Caro-.
lima Breaks Camp for Return Home
Anxious to Leave Cuba 3lE3
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-31
L. YADKIN


Schedule in Effect November goth. 1898
Arizona republican., 1899-08-09
QUARANTINE IS RAISED
ny France Against parfo RiCo Ear.
 Her Than Usual.

iWashing;on. Aug S-Tne French government has broken long line of precedents by raising the quarantine against the island of Porto Rico on the 3Oth of July. instead of the 1st of November Ambassador Cambon to- day informed the department that this; quarantine had been raised at the earlier date. For years the French and English colonies in the West h. dies have quarantined against Spanish possessions at the outbreak of the yellow fever and have maintained it vigorously until late in the fall, when there could be no further danger. The removal of this quarantine is accepted al the state department as an official recognition of the improved conditions il the island of Porto Rico since 1t cane undar American control.
Arizona republican., 1899-08-09
SILVERITE HOPE
Based on Democratic Success in
 Kentucky.

Birmingham, Ala, Aug. S.-John ". Tomlinson, chairman Of the demo- cratic national bimeiaIIic committee. n an interview in :omorrow's Age Herald, will say: '"The contest in KeE:ucky may have an important bearing on the status of the United States senate on silver, which is now a tie. II a gold senator of Kentucky and one in Louisiana are displaced by sil- yer men it would give the silver forces majority, even should they fail 10 displace the gold sena,ors in states like Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota. West Virginia, Michigan, Wyoming and others whose terms expire in 1901. It is of the utmost importance that the democrats should carry the day in Kentucky.
Arizona republican., 1899-08-09
OHIO CENTENNIAL
Opening of CeremoniaIs at Toledo
 Last Night.

Toledo. O., Aus S.-Toledo is dressed in holiday attire and crowded with visitors for the big carnival which opens tonight and continues through the week Elaborate ar engagements have been completed for the festivities and the proceeds will be devoted to the fund that is being raised fer the coming Ohio Centennial Exposition. The carnival vii. be held in the big armory building and the grounds adjoining which have been fitted with booths for theatrical eX- hibitions, concerts and other forms of entertainment. One feature of the programme will be an elaborate spec
 tacular reproduction of the battle of San Juan. Owing to the reduced railroad rates the city is already filling up with strangers. Among the visitors are the members Of the Hocking Valley Editorial Association. and Governor Bushnell and staff and members of the state centennial com mission are expected to visit the city before the conclusion of the carnival.
Arizona republican., 1899-08-09
TRANSFER OF AUDITORS
System Used in Navy Will Be Tried tn inc War Department.

Washington. Aug. S.-A transfer has
 been decided upon, and will shortly take place between the auditors of the
 War and Navy Departments. William
 " Brown row at the head of the ser vice in the War Department, will take up the work for a time in the navy, and Frank H. Morris. Auditor for tic Navy Department. will take charge of the accounts of the War Department
 The change is regarded as temporary and has been under consideration ny Secretary Gage. of the Treasury De partment. for some tine. The transfer is not intended as q reflection upon either of the men who will exchange places. or their capacfiy to carry on the work. but it is to be undertaken as an experiment. mainly for the pur- pose of comparing the systems of auditing in vogue at the two depart ments.
 The pressure of business at the War Department. and .,ha cnara c5er of the work transacted, have always made it impossible to keep the accounts aud. ited up to date. Just at present they are far bshiEdhand. Owing to the war last summer, and the present trouble in the PhiIppines, they are fully two years in arrears. This condition of things has made it necessary to car " the accounts of one admins tration far over into the next, and is regard ed as highly unsatisfactory. There are 250 10 300 clerks in .'he auditing ser vice of the War Departments as against 90 in the Navy. The accounts of the Navy are audited up to the present time.
 The system of auditing employed in | the Navy Department. under the di- | rpction of MT Morris. is somewhat diff | ferent from that used in the War De i partment, and in making the transfer | of auditors Secretary Gage wishes to | learn how the system will work in the | WlI. service
Arizona republican., 1899-08-09
DREYFUS' WILL POWER
TskeS inc PIace of Inc Prisoners
 Bodily Vilor.

Renness tFrance, Aug. &.-The secret session of the Dreyfus court lasted un- til 11:45. when the court adjourned un- til tomorrow morning The day was passed quietly There was a much larger crowd than yesterday assem- bled in the hope of obtaining a view of Dreyfus during the zen second oceu- pied by him in crossing the avenue on his way to the Lucee from his prison. During the sitting crowd numbering about 200 persons and composed pure ly of sightseers was allowed 10 pass freely before the Lycee until a few moments before Dreyfrs emerged.
 The condition of Dreyfus is disquiet- ing. His wonderful will power alone is lending him strength to go through the present ordeal. Physically he is extremely weak. His stomach refuses all solid food and is only able to take milk. Members of the family are very anxious
Arizona republican., 1899-08-09
A HAY CONVENTION.

Detroit, Mich, Aug. S.-Five hun dred haymakers and dealers from all parts of the country. in annual con vention at the Russell House today, report bright prospects everywhere for the 1899 crop. The convention was called to order this morning, among the large delegations present being those from Cincinnati, Chicago, Col umbus, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Min neapolis, Grand Rapids and Rochester The Cleveland delegates are making strenous efforts to secure the meeting next year.