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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-29
STA a.. & =.

The republican leaders have about
agreed upon Marion Butler as the flu
sion candidate for governor. From
senator to governor is a bit of a
c~ome-down, out this will be nothing
to what he will experience after the
votes are counted, in case he decides
to run.-Durham Sun.
The brutality of the last paragraph
of Richmond Pearsen's statement in
The Citizen yesterday concerning the
difficulty between himself and Harry
Martin was as uncalled for as it was
untrue. md no one is more conscious
Of thef Lacity of the utterance than
Richn1 Pearson misunderstanding
Citizel
Our: 3torial advocating holding the
primal for United States senator on
h same day we shall vote for mem
bers of the lower house Of congress
and presidential electors has met with
public approval. Many Of our ex-
changes have copied or endorsed the
suggestion as to the date. Among them,
The Fayetteville Observer, which we'll
points out that so far from the sena-
torial primary in November interfer-
ing with the constitutional amendment
canvass, it is the only way possible to
keep the senatorial struggle out of
that And Webster's Weekly
pOlnCeQly says IndC a CanQlQate Tor the
senate who permits his friends to OPP
pose a primary thereby admits he dis
trusts the people, and the people may
well distrust such a candidate. The
Wilmington Messenger discusses the
question in a column editorial and en-
dOrses our position.-Rich Square Pa
tron and Cleaner.
That was a notable array of distin-
guished lawyers at Asheville last week,
aguing the railroad injunction case.
. This important case in an action
brought by the railroad companies in
this state to restrain the corporation
commission from assessing their prop
erty for taxation al what they allege
is an unjust and unequal valuation.
When Judge Simonton, some weeks
ago, issued a temporary restraining Or
der, there was a great clamor raised
and much indignation expressed by
some persons and papers at what they
denounced an outrageous and illegal
u~surpation OF power n assumption
Of jurisdiction by Judge Simonton.
But to show the folly and injustice of
such a clamor it is to be noted that
last week, before the opening Of the
argument. Judge Simonton asked the
lawys On both sides IL they had any
doubt out his having jurisdiction I'm
this { N, and not one expressed the
sligh doubt--Pittsboro Record.
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:. ase of Yellow Fever AZ mi

Jacksonville, Fla, September 25.-A
case of yellow fever has been announc-
ed at Miami by DR.. j. L. Horsey, as
sistant state health officer. The case
is that of a man named Hargrove and
was discovered at the Hotel Miami
last Friday. 1t was held under suspi-
clan and was not officially pronounced
to be yellow fever until today The
patient has been removed five miles
down the river on a vessel and the in
mates Of the hotel have been isolated
on h steamer Santa Lucia, the quar-
antine and disinfecting boat. The ho-
tel has been closed and is being dis
infected. The case has thus been piac-
ed on the same footing as that of An
derson, the only one hat has before
appeared at Miami.
The source Of the present case has
not Yet been traced A house-to-house
inspection is being made DR.. Horsey
reports that there is no fear of a
spreading of the disease and says tina
he has the situation we'll in hand. He
wires that there is no excitement at
Miami and that there has been no ex-
oduS.
New Orleans, September 25.-Three
new cases of yellow fever have been
reported in the past twenty-four hours,
making a total Of twenty-one cases and
six deaths.
Key West, Fla, September 25.-The
new cases Of yellow fever number
twenty-six, the deaths one.
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The n estimates OF the Hungarian
Minister Of Agriculture possess much in
terest, though not always OF the high
est authority. One Of their main points
Is the statement that the French
wheat crop win be some 326. 0o0. 900 bush
els. or $4,000, 900 bushels under that OF
last e The American wheat crop
is placed at 500. 000. 900, but American
estimates place it about SIS. 0000. 900
bushels. The Hungarian Minister
credits Russia with crop CT &c.,
0O0.000 bushels, but In view OF
recent famine reports this seems
excessive. According, however, to
the American view his errors ~neutralize
each other, and his general result Il
about right. The worlds wheat yield
is believed to be 81, 600. 900 bushels less
thAr hat year and about 100, o00, 900
- IN the worlds normal demand
1g 6s1t Rye. barley, and oats to-
tall some 5000 0 900 bushels be-
~ years yteid-Ba3timore Sun.
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Il was greatly interested the other
day" said a passenger conductor who
runs into New Orleans, in looking over
an old schedule Of the South Carolina
railroad. printed Just f0rty-seven years
ago, In the fall Of SO. l. 10 hard 10 rea-
ltxs what tremendous changes have
taken place within che memory OF peo-
pie who are now alive and hearty. In
the sos the South Carolina line was
considered one OF the best equipped
and fastest roads IN the country. ind
by the old schedule that the night ex-
press between Charleston and Columbia
which Ia a distance Of about $50 miles
made the trip. when it had good Tuck.
in twelve hours and fifteen minutes.
but the public was warned not 10 ex-
pect such q feat every day. The freight
service between the two points was
scheduled to cover the run In twenty-
nine hours. there or thereaboutS-. That
was a shade better than four and one
half miles an hour, and was considered
so fast that there Is a special order 10
trainmen 10 stop a. the first siding IN
dense fogs and wait for same to lit
II seems TO me that order gives one q
wonderful picture OF the good Old times.
Think OF a trough freight roositng on
a siding. waiting for a fog to lift!
Nowadays the passenger trains make
the run from Charleston 20 Columbia
In four houre exactly. According 10
the 80 schedule, there vas an express
that left Charleston at 5 p. m and ar
rived in Hamburg at 6 the following
morning. The distance Is 136 miles.
A freight for Aiken, l2e miles away. left
at the same hour, and reached its des-
tination at 9:40 next night. Ten miles
an hour was considered remarkable
speed for passenger trains In those days
and an old inhabitapt told me that
many people declined TO risk their necks
at such a gait From what | hear OF
the rolling stock and equipment. they
showed their good sense."-New Or
leans Times-D Democrat
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Some years ago, how many we do not
recall, but probably more than twelve,
our gallant friend IN Scotland Neck,
Halifax county, published a much need
ed article on Pettig-ew and Pickett.
and it has had such d sale the edition
order for fifteen copies in n week.
Many northern soldiers seek it, n
gentleman, a soldier on the northern
side, lately ordered five copies for
friends in the north. Soon after its
publication it attracted attention i'll
northern states among old soldiers.
Quite ten or eleven ago the Phil
adelphia Press had a reference to Pet
tigrew's splendid fighting brigade. We
preserved what it said, and recently 60
ing over some papers in cur library, we
exhumed it and copy as follows:
"Webb's Philadelphia brigade IN the
three days lost 40 per cent The Brit
ish infantry at Salamanca lost only II
per cent; the Light Brigade at Balak-
lava lost 81 per cent. n Pickett at
Gettysburg 25 per cent. The North Caro-
lima brigade of Pettigrew's division
lost in two days at Gettysburg 60 per
cent, and the Tw~enty-siXth North Car
DINA regiment mentioned above lost
35 per cent.
"It may be added tina the North
Carolinians also lost, by ona of the fire.
quent mischances that gover1 he di-
rection of popular praise, their share
of the glory HAT their bravery should
have gained, and which Picxett's di-
vision gathered in for itself"
Captain Bond should publish a new
and enlarged edition containing new
matter he has in hand. We lately cop
led from an intelligent northern SOL
der who had fought North Carolinians
and regarded them las soldiers of reso-
luton and desperately brave" A gen
tleman who fought against Pickett's
men, Ca northern soldier) writes that
she has for years felt that General
Pickett was perhaps the most over
rated man in you army or ours"
We make an extract from a letter of
a northerner written from Ashevil.e
but recently that shows that some
northern men have a correct insight
Gin part) into the true character of
Lincoln. He writes: 'Old Abe. with
all his kindness and goodness had a
very low streak in him, in much of his
talk, and in his treatment Of Genera
Mcclellan, which was ignoble to the
very last degree This is the opinion
Of a republican.
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RREVITIES

Some Of the gold papers are discover
trust question. IT is time that some of
them had discovered that the people
have some rights in this country as yet.
Watterson, the kicker, thinks that
wal upon trusts can not help the DEM
oorats. But the country found cut
years ago that Watterson is no demo-
GRAFT and no leader for democrats.
OF fourteen contributions to the N. Y.
Forum for September seven are for
eign born. They are distributed: 1 in
Russia, 2 in England, 2 in Germany,
1 in Manila, 1 in Delhi, India.
The expansion fellows have immense
cheek. They cody inform the country
that Mckinley and gang "have al
ready expanded The people should
take the fellows in hand and cause a
collapse.
Major Nc in now known as William
the Conqueror'' since his declaration Of
a war of determination aginst the Fill
pinos. The Baltimore Sun says:
William the Deceiver has made way
LOT EllfdIu Ilo SOLQuSTOT, dilu tHo
curtain will sOon rise upon a good, dc
fashion war of conquest based upon
lust of territory
An Englishman named w. Stevens
began in 1912 the publication of the
Family Herald" He left a fortune Of
81, $50, 900.
Say, what has become of McKinley's
wondrous policy that so tickled the
fools he called benevolent assimila-
ton"
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SETTLING the Claims for Damages
Against the Governments Farming
the Pr~oteesornge


Settling the Claims Tor Damages
Against the Governments Farming
the Protecsorase
washington. September 2s.-Ths three
governments interested in Samoan
Great Britain. Germany and the United
-States-haye been considering the
claims arising out OF The bcmbardment
last summer. In whsch the American
forces, under Admiral Jautz, and the
British forces under Captain Sturtce
participated. As a preliminary step,
tn British government he's ssgnified q
purpose 10 adopt in this ease the pr1n-
ciple observed IN the damage done
Egypt, namely: Tha, private property
destroyed as . necessity incident TO the
prosecution Of naval and miItary op-
erations would be paid for. wnie ap-
plying this general principle. the ad-
Justment OF the various claims is yet
TO be made according to the circum-
stances OF each
The claims are being considered I'M
der TWO main heads, viz: Those a-s-
ing from The joint naval operations
OF the British n the American forces,
and, second, those growing Out OF the op
erations Of the samoa natives. chiefly
the followers of Mataafa. Under the
first head, caused by the British
Tmerican operations, are included the
claims resulting from the actual bonn
bardment, such as damage done by
Shells, and also those resulting out OF
the demolition OF buildings, and ike
incidental damage TO private property,
which at times became necessary as
a means Of checking the native upris-
ing. The damage done by shells and
project1aes has turned out TO be com
parauvely small, and much the larger
amount If for the incidental destruction
and damage of houses and property as
a precautionary measure.
The second class of claims, growing
out of the depredatlonS by the Samoan
natives, has been more difficult of
adjustment. The officials have hesitat-
ed to impose a heavy money burden on
the Samoans and yet they nave fe l
it essential that the Samoans should
understand that they cannot cause
wholesale damage 10 the property &C
the whites, and then go free OF obli-
cation. Thus far it has not been pos
sible to formulate ever a general prln-
ciple for considering this class of
claims.
I 1t is understood that the British and
German authorities are agreed on the
general principle that the lombard
ment and naval claims should be re-
embursed. This, however, it IS assert
ed, imposes no obligation on Germany
TO share in meeting the CLAIMS, as the
German forcs did not participate in
the b~ombardment. 1t IS sail, also, that
no proposition has been male to have
Germany pay a part of the damage
done by he Mataafa forces.
\ The course of the United Sta ties has
not yet been fully determined, either
| as to the bombardment, or the claims
/! arising from native Ge~predations.
81 far as known, all the claims under
consideration are for property loss,
there being no present basis for est
mating cQaims for the loss of life among
the British-American forces, during
J the operations.
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HOnE FOLKS

The organizing Of the travelling men
of Wilmington into a body to work for
the progressive city-for such it has be-
come-is to be commended heartily. 1t
means more business, more pulling to-
gether for a common end, more general
prosperity for the city. When men
unite heartily and earnestly Cooperate
without friction, it is certain that tx
cellent results must follow. Great sue
cess attend the new business organi-
cation that is we'll manned and will be
doubtless we'll worked.
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AMERICAS NEw KtvaL
Mexico to work for south americas
trade Iu Cotton Products

City of Mexico. September 25.-Thc
English Line 10 ply between
CHILEAN ports. touching at Callao and
Central American and Mexican west
coast ports, will begin voyages Janu-
airy LIST and it is believed here hat
Mexico will greatly increase its rad
to the South American Pacific ports.
Before the determination vas entered
upon to put or these steamers the mer-
chants here were consulted and IL IL
believed that as oon as Mexico pro-
duces her own cotton in sufficient
quantities for her mills, she will be
able to sell cotton in south America in
competition with the United States.
England and other countries on a gold
basis. American capital is going into
the developments OF lands appropriate
TO cotton culture along the Balsas riv-
er near the Pacific coast, and New
capitalists, who are now here, and are
behind the movement, are confident
hat enough cotton will be produced TO
emancipate Mexico entirely from the
American supply. Every year the
amount OF domestic cotton increases
and fully one-half the amount used
here is native product. Mexico's policy
is to remain on the silver basis and af-
ter supplying the home markets with
manufactures invade South America.
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EOWss Thin

We lie One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case Of CataTrh that can
not be cured by Han's Catarrh Cure.
r. =. CHENEY q CO., Props. Toleao.O
We. the undermined. have known r.
]. Cheney for the last Is years, and
believe him perfectly honorable In al
business transactions and financially
by their firm
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Drug
gists. Toledo, q.
WALDING, KINNAN q MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure - taken inter-
na1fy. acting directly upon the blood
and surfaces Of the system.
Price &c. per hSttle. Sold by all Drug
z11tx- Testtmoniak free.
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Ghe Nlrssenger.


How can any man respect little Nc
his record? A staunch, unfa1tering
supporter of the Force bill for the
asonading and oppression Of the
southern white voters, for the sole pur-
pose OF giving more votes to his party.
for capturing some other states, n
and violent party that ever dominated
our country or wrought great ruin in
the years. He is the most rampant, ex-
treme OF protectionists, believing in
tina. fine latter-day republican morality
thai it IS highly proper and equitable
tina the many should help to enrich the
few. and tina it was both ideal phil
osophy and refined ethics to put a great
burlen OF taxes upon the toilers and
breaf-winner Of a great republic that
the rich Elen should become richer.
That is the essence of Mckinley protec-
ton and the underlying theory of his
extreme tariff tax that bore his name.
It was rot high enough in robber prin-
cipIe. 50 he had a more drastic tax
measure passed the congress when he
became president using Dingley, Yam
kee advocate Of tax robbery, to further
it and coach it through the house.
Then look at his record as a war pres
ident. He was a big sham from the
start until now he is a big shame. lie
has deliberately prostituted himself to
~ H.. rIA -Aaly fnrai0n
from selfish consideration,
who are for "the make wen at the
expense Of the Constitution ana the
Declaration of Independence, and who
care neither for the lives OF their
c~ounltrymen nor the rights, personal
safety, property and ven lives of H.
900, 900 of people who have a right to
liberty and independence.
If you him Mckinley rs all right"
is q square honorable, just man, read
the following extracts from him look
ing at the dates and then sec him now
bounding on the dogs of war; seek
ing to wipe out the homes and extermi-
nate the F%ilipinos. We give two sam
pies of his u~tteraE;es which were hui
NAME, JUST, nODle, nut every pdItlCIc
of which he has repudiat41 by his false
conduct within a year. Reading these
and other honorable and proper senti-
ments, worthy of an American citizen,
we cam nave no respect for the con-
temptIbIe little fellow now doing so
much harm to the civilization and good
name of the people of this republic.
Read:
II speak not Of forcible annexation,
for that cannot be thought of. That by
our code of morality would be criminal
Observation-Disclosures Mckinley to
congress-, December z 1897.
Human rights and constitutional
privileges must not be forgotten in the
race for wealth and commercial SUI
premacy. The government OF
the people, and mot by a few of the peo-
pie; it must rest upon the free consent
of the governed and all of the governed.
Power, it must be remembered, which
is secured by oppression or usurpation,
or by amy form Of injustice, is soon de-
throned. We nave no right in law Or
morals to usurp that which belongs ito
another, whether 1T is property or pow
er."-William Mckinley, December p,
1900
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THE UNIVERSITY oF oRrE CA
DIANA

The University law school sends
twenty-seven applicants before the su-
preme court to practice law. The Mes
senger as a staunch friend OF higher ed
ucation Is glad that the venerable in
s~stitutfon of learning starts off we'll in
the present session. It opened, We
think, with AS students, a greater alt
tendance than ever before. 1t is said
it is twenty-five per cent ahead of the
last years opening. Think of eighty
seven Of the ninety-seven counties being
represented. We hope it will soon have
the whole number represented. Japan
has a student there and eleven states
are represented. 1t has been published
that 1872 new students are on hand.
President Alderman addressed h stu
dent-body and gave them an appro-
pirate, edifying talk. We copy from q
report in Raleigh Post:
"A University is as a community, he
said; each man has certain opportuui-
ties and has the privilege Of accept
ing Or abusing them. 1t is also a DEM
Or. Alderman made some interest
ing statements. The University has
furnished Sc per cent of the Governors
of this state and As per cent of the
United States senators, besides furnish
ing other states with governors and
senators.
Each one Of you, before me-" he
remarked" is picked out from a large
group of other, In this state. 1t is as
if some IA had lined up 5000 boys on
a plain and you were chosen from that
great gathering to come to the Tniver-
sity. For each one Of you here rep
resents 5000 other men who will never
come here" He said that while one
man who had never attended any sort
of college out Of 10, 1000 reached emf
hence in this world, one out of every
fifty college men reached positions of
honor"
The University is not only prospecting
as to attendance and in excellent edu-
eational service, but 1T is command
ing more and more of the admiration,
confidence and patronage OF the good
people Of North Carolina For 104 years
it has been doing good work in behalf
Of genuine education, and for the adj
vancement of the state. 1t is the head
and capstone of the admirable system
OF education by the state, the public
schools-the every body's schools-be-
ing the foundation. People who are
,broad-gauged and generous, and do not
object to being taxed to help ito edu-
cate the children Of worthy poor neigh
bors who could not do it for themselves.
are also willing to be taxed a few cents.
or a Few dollars, if 1T would be really
necessary, to help ito educate in the
higher studies the ~ngenuol and prom
rsang son OF some other neighbor who
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TRIBES

The Asheville Gazette announced that
Hon. Thos Settle has been misrepre-
scented as to his having declared that
he would support the suffrage amend
ment. 1t said that only a part ot the
truth had been given, that he only
favored a part of h amendment.
We have not seen what the Gazette
gave, but have seen in another paper
a statement of it's denial, = etc. The
democratic newspaper. 1t has inter-
viewed Mr.. Settle, who denies the re-
ported interview in the Gazette, a paper
that has Topped from democracy to
Decentralization. 1t says that he had
seen the newspaper articles regarding
his position, and If there had been
any reason for a modification of his
views he would have made it at the
time of the publication" So far as we
know Mr.. Settle will support the
amendment to the constitution as il
was first announced.
The Gazette ON 18TH September stat
ed that Mr.. Frank Thompson, an ex-
cellent citizen and democrat of Onslow,
a man of sense and an efficient member
of the last legislature, had been sent
by the Atlantic and North Carolina
railroad Ito secure IN injunction ex-
actly similar to that obtained by the
soulless corporations, in the United
States court to prevent the collection
Of the increased tax levied by the dem
ocratic corporation commission Thus
is the jewel Of consistency shattered"
The Citizen in replying says the charge
is either a deliberate misstate aren't Of
fact or the display of an ignorance so
dense and inexcusable as to amount TO
criminality. The Atlantic n North
Carolina is not in control of directors
chosen by the last legislature, but by
directors chosen by the republican
populist legislature that the Gazette
very properly denounced until its lack
OF principle and love OF money led it
to sell itself to the republican bosses.
The directors OF the Atlantic and North
Carolina railroad chosen by h last
democratic legislature win not as
sumo their duties for some weeks yet"
The Messenger was lately wTseing
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The Messenger lately asked if there
was no way to bring Captain Day
into court for bad conduct or to dis
place him" The Ashevillc Citizen
copies and adds:
Yes; the directors can recommend
his removal, and the governor will then
be required to appoint a superinten-
dent Of the penitentiary. Of course
the governor can reappoirt Captain
Day. His removal should be recon-
mended without furthre delay"
Amen! to the last clause. If Russell
reappoints after this lot him bear the
odium of his folly and madness.