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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-05
ANOTHER IRON NINE.
A Rich Deposit Found I'm Wake County.
Lectures at st. Mary's A Gretna
Green Affair Making Out Depart
mental Reports.
Messenger Bureau,

Raleigh, n. c., December 2
= 4 rich deposit of iron ore has been
discovered within twenty-five miles of
Raleigh in the edge of Johnston coun-
ty. 1t is yielding a car load daily that
is being sent to Greensboro. Experts
say that the ore runs from As to 55 per
cent of metallic iron.
The state fair was successful finan-
cially to the extent that $500 of old
debts We're paid and the per cent in
terest on the bonds paid, leaving a
balance of $1,500 in the treasury after
paying all premiums.
The collection at Christ church
Thursday for the orphans was s101
There was evidently a Gretna Green
affair here on Thursde Y evening. On
Wednesday Mr.. Will, N E. Britt, of
Jacksonville, Fla. arr Fed here on the
noon train. Thursday Miss Imogen
Bascom, of Richmond, Va. came in
and was met by Mr.. Britt. They, la
ter, went to the horle of Rev. Mr..
Norman, of EdentOn Street Methodist
church, produced a Ecense and were
married. That night they left for the
home of the groom.
There have in all been 100 cases of
malarial and typhoid fever at the Nor
NAL college.
DIR. Hume, of the university, tonight
delivers the second in the series of lee
lures at st. Mary's school. His sub
ject is Woman, Poet, Prophet (Mrs
Browning). Mr.. r. H. Battle delivered
the first in the series on Governor
Vance"
An epidemic of typhoid fever is re-
ported at Meaths mills. down in the
southern part Of the county.
Some sort of an endemic among cat
tie in BERTHE is reported, where in one
herd thirty head have died.
The fiscal year for all state depart
ments ended November Goth, and all
are busy making out reports. Treas
urer Worth will soon tell of the condi-
ton of the treasury. In the secretary
of states office during the year 2S3
land grants have been issued and 2O6
charters granted The fees amount to
about $500.
The collections for the different or
phanages here on Thanksgiving day
amounted to $246.79.
Sheriff Ellington, of Johnston coun-
ty, as usual, was the first to settle with
the state treasurer, paying in $9,S42.
Samples of fertilizers that are to be
shipped to the agricultural department
for the spring sales are being received
at the department. These are to be filed
for future use.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-05
Movement of the Lettuce Crop

The lettuce crop is coming in very
raidly and large shipments to the
northern markets are being made
daily. The truck farmers around Will
mington have a large crop this year.
and the quality is first grade. The
prices are a little lower than last year.
but are very satisfactory TO the truck
ers.
Saturday is the heaviest shipping
day. There were over 500 packages
shipped north last night by the South
ern Express Company. The greater
part OF the crop is being marketed in
Philadelphia and New York.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-05

frankfort. KY. December THE
first delegation Of Taylor men who arc
expected to watch the work Of the
board Of election commissioners arrtv-
ed mere today. There were about sixtv
OF tnem- They say they simply desire
rights" All OF them however sae-,-
ed TO have determined I'm advance fu~v
wnaf Tayior's rights are. and any-
thing short Of their estimate Is lIIceiv
70 De resented There has been no m.
nux or democrats az yet, and the ar
rival OF any number OF them Il not er-
peceed until Sunday night. or Monday
morning when the court wifi hegs,.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-05

Washington, Dec. 2-Tne repubI-
can members OF the senate wiz pro,a-
oiy hoad a caucus Tuesday afternoon
next TO make provision for the re-or.
sanlzation OF the committees. There
aa many vacancies on committees
caused by the retirement of senators
these VIII be filed. and i'm cases an
which the republicans are in the minor
ty on committees steps win be taken
10 SO change the membership as to give
them control. Having SO clear a ma
1orIty OF the members OF the senate.
une epuoiicans are disposed to assert
their privilege Of controlling comn,Itta>
work throughout.
No decision has yet been r,ecesves a..
to what shall be done about fiTline the
eaective officers Of the senate. but the
present disposition In TO postpone ac~
uon upon that subject for The present.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-05
Try Aliens Foot

A powder to be shaken into the shoes
Your feet feel swollen. nervous and
hot, and get tired easily. If you have
smarting feet or tight shoes. try AL
lens Foot Ease. 1t cools the feet and
makes walking easy. Cures swollen,
sweating feet, ingrowing nails, blisters
and callous spots. Relieves corns and
bunions of all pain and gives rest and
comfort. Try it to-day. Sold by all
druggists and shoe stores for 25c
Trial package FREE. Address, Allen
s. Olmsted. lie Roy, II. Y
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-05

AT $50 o'clock yesterday afternoon
Master Charles Leroy McIntire died
at the home of his parents, Mr.. Robert
M. and Mrs Sallie L. McIntire, corner
Ninth and MarEe streets. He had
been Ill for several days and was aged
years. months and 10 days. The
bereaved parents have the sympathy of
many friends. The interment will be
at Oakdale cemetery at 3 o'clock this
afternoon. ~
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-05

New York, December 2-Today's Of
ferings Of bonds under the call of Sec
retary Gage were the smallest on rec
ord Today's disbursements were only
$3,910.03. all in 4 per cents. The aggre-
gate disbursement at the local sub
treasury to date amount to SIS, sss. .7ss. 81.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-05
Soliciting Passenger and Freight Agent

Mr.. Sam P Collier, Jr., who has for
partment of the Atlantic Coast Line.
has been promoted to soliciting pas
senger and freight agent with head
quarters in Jacksonville, Fla. This is
quite a compliment to Mr. Collier and
he has NUMEROUS friends who, while
regretting his departure from Whining
ton, will congratulate him upon his
deserved advancement in the railroad
service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Collier will leave for
their new home in Jacksonville about
the 18th instant, carrying with them the
best wishes OF a host OF friends,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-05
Model OF the Vance Statue.
Especial to The Messenger)

Raleigh, n. c., December 2--Sculptor
Ellicott notifies the Vance statue COM
mitttee that the life size model viii be
ready for inspection in January. The
committee will go to Washington to
inspect Ii.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-05
THE BAPTIST CONVENTION.

Statistics Given Out In Advance by the
Secretary Cranberry Iron Works.
To Reopen the hallway Tax Assess-
ment Case. ~
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-05

Columbia, s. C.. December 2.-Tne
aaonarcn cotton mills. of Union, 8. O.
s were chartered today. capital stool
100000. The officials are i E ck
1. {. Duncan and Z. Nicholson ''
The times., 1899-09-22
ser I'm the ciriu service.

Ever since General Spinner, that grand
and gallant old character, decided that
women were in some respects preferable
to men as clerks. the genfIer sex has en-
5oyed opportunities OF employment in the
civil service that were never permitted to
Il before. Il is pleasant 70 look back and
remember that Spinner's idea OF giving a
chance TO the mothers. sisters. and daugh-
ters Of the men who fought to save the
Union, as wen as 10 their male competI-
tors in the struggle for public employment.
was heartily supported by President Lin
coin. and his often quaint and humorous
arguments in behalf OF the then new sys-
TEN did a great deal to fasten 1t upon the
service.
Under the old spoils system, Impure and
simple, women had little show. There
were never enough Offices TO meet the
demand for places FOR political workers.
heelers. and strikers. There never would
or could be- But. in the evolution Of the
merit system. there has always been an
increasingly better opening for women.
Men who have honestly studied the prob
lem Of sex in department service are
agreed that. on the whole. female employees
are quite as efficient as males. In certain
emergencies they may not be able to stand
the strain OF exceptionally long hours and
multiplied work. as men might On ths
other hand, II may be said that the &C.
currence OF such emergencies is largely &c
titious- Very few officers can recall q time
The times., 1899-09-22

ways" statement which most reading and
| thinking Americans will be inclined to
doubt This sort of misapprehension
comes, perhaps, from the fact that we have
an immense mass of population which
is neither educated nor illiterate in the
strict sense of the terms. In countries
where education and reading are reserved
for the wellto-do, man is either educat-
cd or he is not; but We have thousands of
people who have, as they weuld say, pick
ed up their education, who have read the
books, seen the plays, and become inter-
ested in many of the topics which culti
waited people discuss, but who have not had
the training which would remove grammat-
ical errors from their speech. We have also
rich people who have no education. and
poor people who have a great deal; and
between the three classes it is no wonder
that the foreigner fails to select the thor
oughly educated American, who would be
recognized by any of his eountrymen as
an authority in the use of words.
Another fact IN American life which
he fails, quite naturally. to recognize is
exemplifed in a quotation from one OF
Howell's farees, in which witty and cul-
tivated man is made to say, Il guess we
better get out of here This, evidently
Mr.. Archer takes for good American talk
1t is, but it is not the natural speech OF
the man who says it. a characteristic
trick of many intelligent Americans is to
drop occasionally into dialect, or semi
lect. and when this is well done, il adds
a piquaney to conversation such as comes
from any bit of acting The man who
made the remark above quoted put it in
that form Intentionally, not carelessly. In
its colloquiai shape, this remark suggests
the figure OF man quite different from
the speaker-the man who, under circum-
stances of doubt or danger, might naturally
make that remark. So the Southerner, on
occasion, will use some quaint plantation
phrase or the New York man drop into
the clipped speech of the Bowery, and al
most everyone who is interested in human
nature will, with friends. use some catch
word out of the speech of the people. The
Londoner is not nearly as likely to trans
late bit of his own emotion into the
speech of the Cockney as the average
American is to rake out Of remote child
/ hood some quaint old country phrase which
! he used to hear when boy. But this does
| not prove that the American does not know
| how to use as good English as the Lon
doner; it indicates only that he is facile
1 linguist.
The times., 1899-09-22
Anericnnisns.

In the current number of the ''PalI Mall
Magazine" there is paper by William
Archer, the English dramatic critic, on
the difference between American and Eng
lish speech. He reviews the comments of
other English writers on this subject. and
then adds some of his own. This is rather
a sore topic with Americans, because of
the high and lordly contempt which most
English writers have shown for what they
cali ''Amerieanisms." Overlooking the fact
that many words and phrases of London
slang have become good English in the last
two hundred and fifty years, supplanting
the English OF earlier times, they affect
to treat all American variations from their
standard as simple errors, and refuse to
see that words coined under new condi-
tions. and accepted because they answer a
had been in use for centuries. A hybrid
deriYative after hundred years of repeti-
ton is still a hybrid, but Ii may be a good
word, for all that. AS Mr.. Archer very
Justly remarks, IL all words of irregular
formation were weeded out of the language
there would not be much left of 1t.
This particular essay on Americanlsms
is characterized by sweet-tempered rea-
sonableness, and is therefore grateful TO
the American reader. One point which is
made in it-and IL is frequently overlooked
by the purist--is that a form OF words not
grammatieally correct may. by usage, come
to mean something which could not be ex-
pressed by the strictly grammatical form.
For instance. some purists object 10 the
phrase. What ever are you doing?" in
slsting that It is a corruption Of What are
you doing?" AS matter of fact, of course,
the former question expresses not only Gu
riosity. but surprise, thus giving shade OF
meaning otherwise not TO be expressed
Instances Of the same thing may be found
in many so-called Americanisms.
There is in Mr.. Archer's article, however,
one quality exhibited by many other writ
ers on this subiect-inability to distinguish
between what Is and what is not consider
ed good usage in America. He says, for
example, that well educated people in this
country say "somewheres," and "a long
The times., 1899-09-22
The spanish-cuban nonds.


Whether or not the Spanish Government
thinks that the Mckinley Administration
is in favorable situation to stand
squeeze. we are not able to state; but it
is quite certain that the old Cuban bond
question has again materialized in way
which possibly may be uncomfortable for
persons in authority. and especially for
some who were responsible for the formu-
lation OF the Spanish peace protocol
That instrument was altogether too
vague in relation to these Spanish Cuban
bend issues 10 please Americans who were
rot interested in the syndicate repre-
sented by John j. McCook; and we took
occasion at the time and afterward until
the Treaty of Paris was signed, to call
attention to the danger that. directly or
constructively, the protocol and Treaty
might be construed to give the Spanish
Cuban bondholders a claim on Cuba and on
the United States as guarantor During the
protracted discussion of the terms of peace
by the negotiators much was printed in the
press Of both continents relating to a com
bination which had been formed at Paris
and in which the French, English. Aus
trian, Spanish. and Roman bondholders
were said TO be interested with the Nc
Cook party, the object of which was to
commit this country. as secretly as pos
sible, to the scheme of validating the
nearly Eve hundred million dollars of
worthless Spanish-Cuban issues. at the ex.
pense of the Cubans, for whose suppress
sion the loans had been originally put out
After the Treaty was signed it was
laboriOusly advertised in this country that
the project had failed, and that our Com
missioners had definitely made it impos-
sible for the Spanish bondholders ever to
show the color of claim against Cuba
This theory was generally accepted here
1t was not quite satisfactory or convincing
10 us for several reasons One was that
the people in New York, Boston, Philadel-
phia. and London who were known 10 be
identified with the McCook interest, ap-
pe2red to be satisfied and certainly were
quiescent. Another was that a certain
person, previously in the local employ of
the Spanish Legation, went to Paris. as
it was generally reported. in the service
Of McCook, and came back with, appar-
emily, more ready money than he was ever
known 10 have before.
All these matters of retrospection are of
present Importance, in connection with the
report that the Madrid Government has
decided to repudiate the Spanish Cuban
bonds, and will refuse to pay interest
new accrued or to accrue in future This
action may precipitate ventilation of the
whole subject to the edification OF the
world. Possibly it may come inoppor-
tunely, just in advance OF the Ohio cleo
tion.
The times., 1899-09-22
Getting His Moneys worth.

(From the New Orleans Times Democrat)
''The chap with mania for getting his
moneys worth is a familiar character in this
business" said hotel clerk the other evening
"a few days ago a registered here early in
the morning, was assigned a room, and hurried out
TO attend TO some business / saw no more Of
him until about dusk. when he dropped in to
enquire for mail, and remarked incidentally that
he would leave the night train. Very we'll, ;
said, and made out bill for the use OF the
room during the day. Use of the rooml' he ex-
claimed; why, | haven't even opened the door,.
4 can't help that, sir, | replied. 1T was held
at your disposal, ard I'll have TO make the
charge Then give me the key" he roared in
fury; If have to pay for using it I'll that
get my moneys worthi He rushed ups airs
threw the bed clothing all over the floor, stamped
on the pillows, emptied the water pitcher into
the slop jar and crumpled up all the towels.
Then he came down and paid the bill with the
air of man who has done something clever.
The net cost of his performance probably or
cents FOR laundry, and its chief result to
give considerable unnecessary work to tired
chambermaid who was in nowise responsible for
his grievance. Yet dare say he viii boast for
months how he made the hotel sweat for trying
to impose on him
The times., 1899-09-22
THE FUNERAL OF MR.. GARDNER.
Services Conducted by Dr. stafford
at ST. Patrickfs Church.

Il.
at ST. Patrick's Church.
The funeral Of the late Lawrence Card
ner took place yesterday morning from ST.
Patrick's Church, Tenth Street between F
and G Streets northwest Many friends OF
the deceased attended and filed the large
church to its capacity The Rev. DR.. ID.
j. Stafford officiated. assisted by Father
Doian as deacon and Father C. NJ. Bart
as subdeacon. At 10 o'clock solemn re-
QUEEN mass was celebrated by Or. Stafford,
and few moments later the funeral pro-
cession arrived at the church The casket
almost hidden beneath floral offerings. was
borne into the church by the following
pallbearers: Major H. T. Biscoe. Conrad
Syme, Fred Pratt, Michael l. Weller.
Gregory Ennis. and Col. Robert Colt.
A number of boys were in attendance
from st. Joseph's Orphan Asylum. OF
which institution Mr. Gardner was a di-
rector. The board of directors Of the
Equitable Building Association and many
members of the District Democratic Cen
tral Committee were also present
The Rev. DIR. Stafford delivered the SER
mon, and paid a high tribute to the de-
ceased. He said the life of Mr. Gardner
had been a benefit 10 the church and to
his fellow men He knew no creed, no
color. no class" said DR. Stafford. and
his memory is that of devoted husband
and a loyal friend
The services closed with the rendition
of Nearer, My God, to Thee by Mrs.
Rogers. The interment took place at Glen
wood Cemetery.
The times., 1899-09-22
DIvINEs IN CONFERENCE.
Papers Read Before the Interna
tiopaI congregational CoupciI


BOSTON. Sept. 21-There was a de-
parture from the regular programme at the
opening OF today's session of the Inter
national Congregational Council, presided
over by President Angel, when two emf
nent' Scotch divines. the Rev. John Rob-
son. OF Aberdeen, and Rev. Dr. Blair, of
Dunblain, were elected to honorary mem
bership in the council. The first paper OF
the session was by the Rev. George Harris.
ID. d., Ii. D., Presidsnt-elect of Amherst
College, on Fundamental Principles in
Theology" Prof Frank c. Porter. d. D.,
Phi D., professor of Biblical theology at
Yale University. delivered an address on
THE Message of the Old Testament for
Today
Following the morning session of the
council about 1000 delegates attended a
reception by Governor Wo1cott at the
State House. After the reception the dele
gates were photographed in group on
the Beacon Street steps. The afternoon
session, which opened at 2 O'Clock. was
presided over by the Rev. Samuel e. Her.
rick D. D. The three papers assigned
for the afternoon were Theology and the
Order of Nature" THE Historical Method
in Theology" and "The Evangelical Prin-
clple of Authority" read, respectively by
Prof. Alexander Gossman, principal of the
Congregational College of Victoria, Aus
tralia; Prof. George P. Fisher, dean of
the Yale Divinity School, and Rev. p. t.
Forsyth, OF Cambridge, England. Rev. DR..
A. NJ. Fairbairn, principal of Mansfield
College, Oxford, England, preached in the
evening.
The times., 1899-09-22
Following an ExamnIe.

(From the New York Commercial Adyertiser.)
1t looks if Canada were trying to set up
Monroe doctrine OF her within the Empire
Her instigation of the British Colonial Office to
disallow the Jamaican treaty because it dis
criminated against Canadian trade was not mere
ly prompted by business interests but by the
feeling against British interference in the as
sumed Canadian sphere Of influence on this con-
tinent. There is no doubt that this feeling has
grown stronger in recent years. No matter how
willing the Colonial Office would be to sell or
trade Jamaica, Canadian opposition would be ex-
erted to the point of rebellion in order to prevent
it. The same feeling compelled the appointment
of four Canadians on the Anglo-American Joint
High Commission. II was thought that Great
Britain had no right TO come over here and
rule the negotiations, although can't recog-
nize Canada at all in the matter. Probably our
neighbors have taken leaf from cur book
The times., 1899-09-22
REMEDIES FOR TRUSTS.
The st. Louis Convention Suggests
Them and Adiourns

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 21-The antitrust
conference of Governors and Attorneys
General of eleven States concluded its
labors at 1880 this afternoon. and al
jcurned sine die. When recess was taken
last evening it was with the understand
ing that they would reassembla at a m
when it was expected the committee on
resolutions would submit their reto-t. but
after an all-night deiiberation, the COM
mittee was unable to agrea and a recess
was taken until IL O'Clock. whieh was ex-
tended TO noon. At that hour Governor
Sayers called the conference to order. and
Governor MoMillin, OF Tennessee. sub
mitted the recommendations of the con-
mittee on resolutions The resolutions
were seven in number. and covered goo
deal of ground. But briefly summarized.
they provide for the definition o. monoPo-
ly as crime to be adequately punished by
Law; for all corporations TO be under TIE
control of State and national legislation:
for the prohibition of interstate commerce
by trust corporations; for Preventing ole
corporation from holding the stock or
bonds of another, and recommending that
each State pass laws providing that no
corporation which is member of any poo.
or trust in that State or elsewhere can do
business in that State.
1t was also further resolved, that all cap
ital stock CT private corporations should
be fully paid. either. first, in lawful money,
or, secondly, in property Of actual cash
value Of the amount of capital stock And
that all private corporations with capital
stock issued in specie of the amount act
ually paid up, as above provided, the share
holders to be liable to the extent OF twice
the face value Of the stock held by each.
Attorney General Davis, of Arkansas. in a
speech, reflected severely upon Governor
Shaw of Iowa, fer his speech Wednesday.
The report and supplementary resolution
were unanimously adopted, after which the
customary resolutions of thanks were
adopted and Governor Sayers spoke feel
ingly and gratefully of the manner in which
his invitation TO the conference had been
responded to, and declared the conference
closed.