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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-24
Messenger Bureau.


Raleigh. ". c.. March Il.
The governor has commuSed the seu-
| tence OF Samuel b. Pearson. OF Burke
county. from ten year to two years
and eight months. Parsons history
is well known in western North Caroli-
ma. When he was about twenty years
old he. without ~provocation, murdered
a man named Walker by cutting his
throat. He fed the state. but returned
In a years tine and surrendered There
was ~undoubted prima facie evidence to
convict him Of the crime. but the solic-
!tor. considering bis youth and the
usual plea Of aged relatives. compro
missed the case on n submission OF marr>
slaughter. Pearson was sentenced TO
the -penitsn,iary. and was ~pardoned In
a year or 50. He returned 10 Burke
county. and il is not exaggeration to
say that he Gerrorixed the county for
years. Time after time ! have seen him
defy the police autorities in Morgan
ton with a drawn revolver in his hand.
and not a month passed but he was
the prime move in a drunken orgle
and a dangerous fight. His name was
&~"As pA NA& court ftGDEI~s anu WHEN
he wasn't fighting he was in jail or on
trial. Some ten years ago he was con-
victed OF horse stealing and sent again
70 the penttentIary. He was pardoned
the second time-in about one year and
a half. The effect OF punishment in
huenced i'm not In the least. and when
ne returned TO his home his systematic
life OF violence and misconduct conttn-
ued unchanged. His last conviction was
for a characteristic crime. He was
running a blind tiger" ON one OF the
principal streets in Morganton. and be-
coming vexed because John McNeely.
who owned the single licensed saloon
in town, was hurting his business by
competition. he entered Mr.. McNeely's
bar one night and emptIed every whls-
Key and wine flask or keg that he could
lay his hands on. This. in brief. is the
history OF the man whom Governor
Russell sends to the bosom 81 his fam
lily on the 18th OF next April.
The New England men
remained here until this afternoon.
They are travelling south purely for
business-for money. but they make no
secret OF this and therefore are not TO
be criticised.
Secretary Ramsey, OF the agricultu-
raj department. reports that wheat is
doing excellently all over the state.
superintendent Mebane has received
no replies from his letters 10 the old
county boards OF education advising
them not TO contest the election OF the
new directors. II is presumed that they
are sulking maybe. but they will hard
~ go into the courts about the matter.
COMMISSIONS OF Labor Lacy has now
started on his labor report, though IL
is unlikely that this report will be is
sued in a full published form before
the LIST Of next January. H. A. Thomp-
son Is the name Of the man who has
been canvassing for an unlicensed In
surance company in this state, and
the name OF the company is the Path
Under Assessment Company. He has
been working at Winston, but the po-
lice authorities cannot find him now.
If caught he may be fined $500 n i'm
prisoned two years. The least penalty
is a fine Of 5000 or imprisonment for six
months.
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MORE BODIES RECOVERED
From the Hotel Rufns-One
identified as Nrs. AuZe-Work of
Searching for Bodies and Treasure
Slow

New York, March 21.-Three bodies
were recovered from the ruins Of the
Windsor hotel today. They were badly
charred, and great difficulty is being
experienced in the Identification The
first was that of a female OF small
stature. The arms and legs were miss
ing. 1t was thought to be the body of
Miss Dora Hoffman, of Baltimore, j
woman sixty years of age VIII is among
the missing. Tonight, however, TWO of
the employees of the hotel called at the
morgue and claimed to identify the re-
mains as those of Mrs. Margaret Auze.
of New York city. The men are Will
liam Curran, parlOr nan at the hotel,
and James Trainor, a waiter. Both
were positive as to the Identification
There are now five bodies at the
mOrgue, each tagged with a number,
with which the ten known dead, brings
the list to fifteen. The list Of missing
is still very large.
The injured at the hospitals are all re-
covering. ~ recognition of Mrs. Mar
garet Aux lde by the two employees
of the hoteI seemed to be very positive.
Both recognized the beaded dr-ss, part
of which remained. Mrs. Auz mad been
a guest at the hotel for fifteen years,
and Trainor said he always wai-ed on
uer III the u1IlluS IOOIu. he luGItlileU
her by the prominent jaw bones and
the teeth. Curran also recognized these
features.
Mrs. Auze and Miss Dora Hoffman
of Baltimore, were seen, it is said, to
go to their rooms on the fifth floor
shortly before the fire broke out, and
it is thought almost certainly that both
persisted.
Although the work of clearing away
the debris is progressing as rapidly as
| possible, it seemed tonight, when the
Shift of 400 men was made, that but a
| small part of the ruins had been re-
moved. 1t was estimated hat with
the speed with which the work is pro-
| crossing at present it will be at least
| a week before the pile will have been
gone over and it may be longer.
All during the night articles of more
or less value were brought to the sur
face by the workmen's shovels. Many
of the things found are of no value to
anybody but they are taken just as
much care of by the police as if they
were worth their weight in gold.
The list of missing tonight numbers
| fOrtV-tWO.
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SAMPSON FEEDING TAFFY
To the British Through a London
Times Interview

London, March 21.-The Times pub
fishes this morning a letter from a cor
respondent in Bermuda, who describes
Rear Admiral SIMPSONS visit there
last month and gives an Authorized in
terview with the admiral.
According TO the correspondent, Ad-
miral Sampson, remarking upon the
marvellous change in American opin-
ion," said:
Formerly England was regarded as
the only European power with which
the United States was likely TO have
serious differences. Now we regard
England as our best, perhaps, cur only
friend. L cannot say whether this feel
ing will prove permanent, but l hope
it may. Possibly We could not hope for
more than England's moral support, in
the first instance, in any conflict with
a continental power; but in times of
real difficulty it would ripen, sooner or
later, into a defensive alliance.
Il say frankly hat in my opinion the
United States has more to gain from
such an alliance h England has.
Therefore, l rejoice ,unfeignedly at the
change of sentiment in the United
States. l am not less gratified hat no
such change is needed in Great Brit
ain, and if any words of mine can
cement a friendship calculated to ben
eft the whole world, ii is a pleasure to
myself and a duty to my country to ut
ter them"
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uting the SO, 600, 900. II has not yet been
decided whether the whole amount is
to be distributed pro rata or 800 given
to each man, and the balance retained
by h United States government.
The statement that there are no Gu
ban soldiers in the province Of Santiago
has caused considerable surprise here,
as it vas supposed that there were
many Cubans still in arms there. New
ertheless, this. is the report OF Major
General Wood, the military governor.
At today's session of the Cuban as
sembly a motion was made in favor OF
disbanding the Cuban army and dis
solving the assembly, with permission
to the Cuban soldiers to accept gifts of
money from the United States If they
so desired. After considerable argu-
ment, the gist of which was that the
assembly could not discuss matters OF
such Importance without previous con-
sideration on the part Of individual
members, it vas decided TO postpone
the public discussion of the motion
until Friday.
Another motion was introduced in
favor of changes and improvements in
the organization of the Cuban army,
but the discussion of this "a pos
poned until tomorrow. AS a matter of
fact, tOday's session was devoted al
most entirely to questions of order arls-
ing out of various motions made.
Senior Federico Mora, civil governor
of Havana, has issued a document in
which he summarizes the laws regulat-
inb public gatherings and parades and
attempts to show that he acted with
in the law in the course he took regard
ing the parade of March 18th in honor
of General Gomez, a course which was
primarily responsible for the ill-feeling
between the police and the people that
eliminated in the bloody affrays of last
Sunday and yesterday. Senior Mora
says that if the law is bad, it should
be repealed, but that SO long as it is
in force it should be observed.
Major F. Martinez, of the Cuban
forces, who was shot last evening at
the Hotel Inglaterra by Police Lieuten-
ant Emil Cassin, the former trumpeter
Of the Rough Riders, is not expected
to live. Cassin has been sent to Jail.
His action is generally condemned as
unwarranted and as due to his eXcita-
| BILE temperament.
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Professional Evidence

In these days when there are hum
dreds of INSCRIPTIONS Adventures who
are advertising new remedies as the
only sure cure" for the grip and it's
terrible after effects, il Is a relief 10
read the experience a man who as
spent his life in supplying medicines
to the public. Mr.. John Metz, PHI. D.,
who owns a drug store in Lena, Ills,
sends the following letter:
DIR. Miles Medical Co.:
Gentlemen:-I can always recon-
mend DR.. Miles Nervine to my GUS
toners as it cured my daughter OF a
severe attack OF LaGrippe when hat
dread disease was raging through the
country some years ago. Since thai
time l have sold hundreds Of bottles
under your guarantee and have had
none returned"
DR.. Miles Nervine is sold by all
druggists on a guarantee hat first
bottle benefits or money refunded.
A trial package Of DR.. Miles favor
lite treatment for the grip, consisting
Of DR.. Miles Nervine, DR.. Miles Anti
Pain Pills and DR.. Miles Nerve and
| Liver Pills, will be sent absolutely
free OF cost to any person sending
name and address on a postal card
requesting the sample, and mention
ing the name OF this paper. Address
| DR.. Miles Medical Co. Elkhart, Ind.
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The Interstate Commerce Commission
Loses its Cases

New Orleans, La, March 21.-The in
te~r-state m commission was de-
feated by a decision in the United
States circuit court Of appeals sitting
here today. The decree was in the
cases of the commission versus the
Western and Atlantic Railroad Com
pany, one case, and the Clyde Steam
ship Company ct ais in w others. In
1851 the commission sought to enforce
its regulations respecting freight
charges from points north Of the Ohio
river and seaports north of Charleston
to southern points, claiming that the
railroads had no right to discriminate
against certain points in favor Of. 9TH
ers which brought a longer haul. The
railroads ignored the ruling Of the COM
mission and the latter sought an IN
junction from the United States cir
cult court for the Northern district of
Georgia but lost. The circuit court Of
appeals today upheld the decision of the
lower court.
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THE CONFEDERATE REUNION
Information as to Securing Accommo-
datiOns During the Reunion

Charleston, S. c., March 21.-Charles-
ton will open her homes, as we'll as her
boarding houses and hotels for the COM
Portable and pleasant accommodation
of all the visitors who will attend the
confederate reunion May 10th 10 18th
next. The following information as to
rates of board and lodging is officially
given out:
Private homes and boarding houses
lodging so cents to 81 a day, single
meals 25c to soc; board and lodging
81 to 81.
Hotels-board and lodging s. upwards
Restaurants-meals 25c and upwards.
Dormitories for ladies soc and up
wards; also restaurants under the con-
troll of the Kings Daughters, Daugh-
tiers Of the ~Confederacy and Of the Rev
olution and church societies of all de-
nominations will be established
Dormitories for men with abundant
accommodations will be opened at soc.
Visitors are urged TO make all ar
angernents for board and lodging in ad.
vance, and all Information can be OBJ
tanned and quarters engaged by ad-
dressing Mr.. Robert p. Evans. chair
man committee on information, Charles
ton. 3. c.
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General Niles I'm Boston

Boston, Mass, March 21.-Major Cen
eral Nelson A. Miles visited the legis-
lature this afternoon. Each branch
took a recess after General Miles had
addressed them, during which the men,
bers We're presented to the visitor. Just
after leaving the state house, one Of the
afternoon papers, containing the an
nouncement that Nj. Sherman had died,
was shown TO General Miles. Unfor-
tunately. the contradictory report was
not received for some hours later, and
while General Miles expressed his in
teDtion of carrying out the days pro-
gramme, Mrs. Miles requested that her
numerous engagements be cancelled.
This was done and she returned TO
the hotel very much depressed. A few
hours later a representative Of the As
ISOLATED Press brought her the welcome
news that Mr. Sherman was still alive.
The sudden change from sorrow TO low
almost staggered Mrs. Miles and with
tears in her eyes she thanked the re-
porter for the good news, saying that
Mr. Sherman had been a father to her
for years.
In the meantime General Miles brave
~ stood the test OF hours of handshak-
ing at h Algonquin Club previous 10
the banquet in the same club house by
the Merchant Club, a 6sing organiza-
ton.
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To Amend New York city Charte 90 n
60 Give Authorities Greater Control
Overt the Hotels

New York, March 21.-The following
preamble and resolution relating to the
Windsor hotel fire were passed today
BY the board Of aldermen:
Whereas, The terrible catastrophe
in the shape Of the windsor hotel fire.
with the accompanying loss OF life and
millions Of property. has vividly called
b attention 10 the public neceS
sity of the greater protection Of the
hotel living people. therefore be il
Resolved. That the legislature Is
hereby respectfully requested 10 pass.
and the governor 10 sign a bill which
will give the commissioner OF buildings
in the city OF New York full power and
authority TO investigate and. If neces-
sary, demolish all hotel buildings In
said city not absolutely ~ireproof."
Proprietors OF ten hotels, members
of the Hotel Mems Association. called
upon Commissioned Thomas j. Brady,
OF the department. OF buildings today.
the object being TO advise with him as
to the best means of protecting guests
from fires. They said that a bill should
be framed having for its main object
the comforting upon the building and
fire departments such discretionary
powers as would be as arbitrary as pos
sible.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Often
burg called special attention 10 the law
governing h construction OF fire es-
capes. He said hat it appeared abso-
lutely useless. He was opposed TO spe-
cial and arbitrary legislation and was
in favor of HON rule. a law should
be framed and speedily passed vesting
power in interested departments in this
city concerning the government Of
hotels here. He called attention TO the
Greater New York charter. and said
that, while every precaution had been
made concerning the construction and
arrangements of buildings of the city.
there was 10 provision bearing on the
licensing of hotels. He had in his mind
the drafting OF an amendment to the
charter giving to the municipal assem-
bly, of this city, power To pass any or
dinance in relation TO hotels and their
management SO far as it involved pub
lie safety. He said that when this was
up at leisure and hat any measur
bearing upon the subject could be pre-
sented to the municipal assembly.
The suggestion Of Mr.. O~ttenburg
was approved, and it vas agreed to al
low the corporation council to draft
such an amendment and send it TO the
legislature tonight. 1t is then under
stood hat regarding the license meas
ure no hotel man will be allowed a
license until the departments in which
power has been vested has passed
upOn il.
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London, March 21.-Tne convention
between Great Britain and France, de-
limiting their respective frontiers in
the valley of the Nile, was signed to-
night by the Marquis of Salisbury and
the French ambassador, NJ. Paul Cam
bon. respectively.
Broadly stated the terms of the con-
vention are as follows:
The exact frontier from the northern
line of the Belgian Congo to latitude Is
rs TO be determined by a mixed COM
mission, it being agreed that Great
Britain shall retain Bahr-el-Ghazal,
with D~arfur; France keeping Wadai
Tor Waday) west Of Darfur, Bagirmi
soIth of Lake Chad, Kanem, north OF
Lake Chad, and generally speaking, the
territory east and north Of Lake Chad
lying north of the 18th parallel. The
French sphere will extend south Of the
tropic of Cancer to the western limit OF
the Libyan desert. The si~gnatorie:
agree to equality of commercial treat.
ment from the Nile to Lake Chad and
between the fifth and fifteenth parallels
of latitude. The latter clause permits
France to establish commercial house:
on the Nile and its ~alluents. The sig
natories undertake to refrain from ex.
ercising political or territorial rights
outside the frontiers fixed by the con
vention.
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The Pope's Condition Satisfactory

Rome, March 2l.-The Pope's physi-
clans, DR.. Lappori and Professor MAJ
zoni, visited his holiness at 8 o'clock
this afternoon and found his general
health good and the seat of the recent
operation in excellent condition. While
conversing with them the pope express
ed deep grief at the false stories circu-
lated as to his health, especially the re-
ports about a second operation, which
had so disturbed Catholics deeply in
terested in his welfare.
After the visit the physicians de-
cldred that his condition of health, all
things considered, could not be better.
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Birmingham, Ala, March 21.-Be-
cause Of unprecedented demand for
southern pig iron, furnace operators
are preparing TO increase the output
of this district 80 per cent. within the
next sixty days. by blowing i'm seven
furnaces nov idle. This will make
twenty-one furnaces in operation with
a daily capacity OF $500 tons. Plans are
also maturing for the erection OF six
additional furnaces within the next
twelve months. giving a total capacity
TO the district OF $500 o daily. Out
side and home capitalists who are
large consumers are behind this pro-
| fAct.
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Chicago, March 21.-John T. Shayne,
a wealthy furrier and a prominent
democratic politician, was shot and
probably fatally wounded this after
noon, by Harry H. Hammond, a tailor.
The shooting occurred in the cafe of the
Auditorium Annex where Shayne was
sitting at lunch with Mrs. Hammond,
the divorced wife of Hammond, and
two other ladies.
Shayne, who is a widower, had been
in company with Mrs. Hammond a
great deal since her divorce from
Hammond and there was talk of an APP
preaching marriage between them.
Mrs. Hammond secured a divorce
from Hammond nearly a year age on
the ground of habitual drunkenness.
No cause for the shooting is known,
unless it can be attributed to Ham
mond's jealousy Of his divorced wife.
All three bullets struck Shayne in the
back and it was at first the opinion of
the doctors that death was inevitable
in a short time. Later, however. they
declared that he had a chance if blood
poisoning does not set in. Hammond,
who is under arrest, refuses to talk.
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AMERICAN FLAG
Raised by the Commander of the Benning-
ton Over Wakes Island.
FORMAL POSSESSION TAKEN

OF This Island Midway Between Hawaii and the Philippines Com.
mander Tausig's Report of the Proceedings..A Cablegram
From General Ots.Strength of the Cuban Army-The
Cuban Assembly Will Allow the Soldiers to Accept
Money From the United States Government.
Ineligible Lieutcnants Appointed.
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Sw Overworked men are an
easy mark for kidney troubles and all
catarrhal diseases. The experience Of
Mr.. j. Brake, P~etrolea, Ont, Canada, is
well told in his letter which follows:
DR.. S. 3. Hartman, CoIum6us, O.
DEAR SIR:-"Four years ago I had q
severe attack of Bright's disease, which
broughtm me so low the doctor said moth
Ing more could be done for me. When
one of your lectures on the above dis
ease was read to me I began to take Pc
ru-na and Man-a-lin, and found it acted
just as represented. In three months
l was a well man, and have continued
so ever since. Seeing the good effects
on me, numbers of people of this town
have called on me who were suffering
from dyspepsia. They have taken your
medicine with the best results"
Pe-ru-na is the scientific remedy for
catarrh. Bright's disease is catarrh
of the kidneys Diarrhea is catarrh
Of the bowels.
Write to the Pe-ru-na Medicine Co..
Columbus, o., for DIR. Hartman's free
book on catarrh, in which these things
are clearly explained.
Mr.. A.. w. Coale. manager Gem nickel
mines, Hillside, Col, writes:
ST tried Pe-ru-na for catarrh. Nv
hearing was almost gone in one eaF.
end one bottle Of Pe-ru-na cured me-"
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Charlotte had three incendiary fires
in the course of an hour Monday night.
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Boston, Mass, March 2l-The Bos-
ton base ball team left for Durham, NJ
e, tonight for the preliminary work
previous 20 the opening OF the season
at Brooklyn.
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Grip makes one sick, weary and restless
Dr.. Miles Restorative Nervine brings rest.
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To prevent La Grippe take a dose or two
of DR.. Miles Restorative Nervine daily.
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Washington, March 21.-The condi-
tons under which Wake island, midway
between Honolulu and the Philippines,
was taken possession Of in the name OF
the United States by the commander
Of the Bennington, on her voyage across
the Pacific, are given in a report to
the navy department from Commander
Taussig, dated at sea two months ago.
The officer says he approached the
island with the navigator at the mast
head, steaming slowly along the south
ern and eastern sides to discover signs
of h~abitation, and looking in vain for
an anchorage. He did not circumnavi-
gate the island, but seeing that the out
let on the north was barred not only
by a wall Of coral but also by a sand
pit. he returned to the lee Of the island.
A landing was made at 1 o'clock on the
18th of January and a flag pole raised.
Beside some pieces of Wreckage, no
signs of human occupation were visi-
BILE.
When the flag staff was in place the
sailors were formed in two ranks fac
ing seward, and having called all to
witness that the island was not in the
possession of any other nation, Com
mander Taussig ordered the American
flag to be raised by Ensign Wettengel.
Upon reaching the truck the flag was
saluted by twenty-one guns from the
Bennington.
After the salute the flag was nailed
to the masthead with b~attens, and a
brass plate with the following inscrip-
ton was screwed to the base of the
flag staff:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
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"Adjutant General, Washington:
Transports Ohio and Senator left on
the goth. The Grant delayed for nee
essary repairs, starts on the 25th. She
carries all sick and wounded necessary
to ship. The Sherman is expected to-
night. Cannot commence shipment of
volunteers at present, hope to do so
soon. Ship additional battalion Cali
fornia to Negros this afternoon.