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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17
NITRO-GLYCERINE EXPLOSION.
Fifteen Hundred Quarts Blown Up.
Ma and Horses Blown to Atoms.

Tfffin, o., November ia magazine
used by the Bradford nitro-glycerine
factory TO store the explosive, located
two and a half miles east of Gibson
burg. exploded this afternoon. The
shock was heard in towns within a ra-
Idius of forty miles, and the effects OF
the explosion in the immediate neigh
borhood was terrific
The magazine was located in h
woods a quarter of a mile from any
and his alone prevented
greater loss of life. Benjamin Gard,
Idriver OF a stock wagon, had brought
la load Of 720 quarts o. ~nitro-glycerine
from the factory at Bradford and was
unloading 1T when the explosion oc-
Toured. Just how il happened Will
never be learned. Card and the two
horses driven by him received the full
EFFECT OF the explosion. He was blown
almost 10 atoms, only a few shreds OF
his body being found, and pieces of
horse flesh were hurled several miles.
1t is supposed that Car had a COM
lpanion, but this is not positively known.
The explosion made a hole seven feet
deep in the solid rock, and trees in the
Vicinity were tornto spliDters. People
within a mile of the place We're knock
led down, pictures were torn from the
walls, dishes thrown out of c~upboards,
windows shattered and houses moved
from their foundations. All the VIM
Idows in Gibsonburg We're broken.
There were about ], 500 quarts of glycer-
line on the wagon and in the magazine.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17
Night OF Terror.

Awful anxiety was felt for the wild
ow Of the brave General Barnham, Of
Machias, Me-, when the doctors said
she could not live till morning." writes
Mrs. S. H. Lincoln, who attended hel
hat fearful night. "AIl thought she
must soon die from Pneumonia, but she
begged for DR.. Kings New Discovery,
saying it had more than n saved her
life, and had cured her of Consump-
ion. After three small doses she slept
easily all night, and it's further use
completely cured her" This marvel-
Gus medicine is guaranteed to cure all
Throat, Chest and Lung Diseases. Only
so cents and $1.00. Trial bottles free at
r. r. Bellamy's drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17
CRUISER CHARLESTON WRECKED
She Strikes a Reef on the Coast of Luz
Zon-AII on Board Saved.

Manila, November IA, 1910 a. NJ
The United States cruiser Charleston,
which had been patrolling the north
ern coast of Luzon, was wrecked on a
reef off h northwest coast on Tues
day, November 18th. All on board were
saved.
The cruiser Charleston, which was
built in San Francisco in 1888, had a
displacement of 3,730 tons, was 312 feet,
7 inches in length, as feet, 2 inches in
beam. and u feet, 8 inches in draught.
She was of steel, having two pro-
pellers, one funnel and two masits with
military tops.
She had the following armament:
Two 8-inch guns, six 6-inch guns, -four
~6-pOunders, two 3-pounders, six l.
Founders, two machine guns and one
light gun, with four torpedo tubes. She
had a complement of 306 men.
Washington, November 13. - The
Charleston has been in Asialtic waters
for more than a year. She was one
of the first vessels ITO be sent to Manila
after the destruction of the Spanish
fleet by Admiral Dewey, the navy de-
partment utilizing her for the pur-
pose of sending ammunition and other
p for the ASiatic station. Just
previous to her assignment to that
duty h had undergone an overhaud-
ing at he Mare Island navy yard, San
Francisco, and, therefore, was in prime
condition for her new duties.
The Charleston is one of the vessels
of more recent construction and be-
longs to that class which is commonly
referred ITO as THE new navy" She
had a full complement OF officers and
crew. The navy register issued ait
the beginning of the present year gives
as her commander, Captain William H.
Whiting, and her lieutenant command
er, Gottfried Blocklinger.
Assistant Secretary Allen is acting
secretary during the absence of Sec
rotary Long. Ii was stated at his
hotel that no messages had been re-
ceived by him during the night.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17

Figures From Report OF supcrintend.
ent or Public Instruction Judge
Ewart Not TO Further seek Confirma-
tfou-
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. y. c.. November 10.


Raleigh. y. c.. November Ia.
The figures in the annual report OF
the state superintendent OF public in
struction were compiled today. The
taxes for public schools received are
as follows: General property Sass. $50.
poll tax s3o3, sl3. property tax under To-
cal acts si5.7sl. and poll tax 80. 55l. ines
sources $50. 2T5: total sSss.5sl. The bal
ance on hand a year was s1s9.sSf.
The disbursements Were: White
school teachers $50. ais. negro teachers
s2ls. 49l. Croatan Indians si,4e6. white
school houses s42.2S7 and negro 81. 061.
urers' commissions SIS. 444. city schools
$40. IA. boards Of education ss.tT7.
teachers institutes g, ZOO. total 1886. SCI.
Balance on hand si65. SIS.
The amount appropriated To whites
was S515.4l and TO negroes S2@6.S94-
The assessed value OF white property
is s246. 723. 900 and of negro property
SS.9So.0o0. White polls number Isl. 54S.
negro ira. Whites actually paid In
taxes $500. s0s.and negroes S7i.iS1. There
are in the state 40S, asa white children
between 6 and II years. OF whom 26S.-
271 are enrolled. and the average at
tendance is 1s0.l6s. The numbe OF
negro children is l9S. 500. enrolled 49,
399. average attendance 67.l4S. The
average salary Of white male teachers
is S26.3 n month and or female s23.65;
OF negro teachers S22.53 for males and
$3.50 for females. The average length
OF school terms for whites is a trifle
over fourteen weeks. and for egroes n
little less than thirteen weeks. There
yet remain 7l5 log school houses In the
state.
II is understood hat II. l.. Grant
will go in this week as clerk OF the
federal court. His bond is SIS. coo. For
tune. who is ousted as clerk, says he
wanted TO retire after the last term
of court. but Senator Pritchard advis-
ed him TO hold on.
One o the clerks in the office of the
secretary OF state has gone to Kansas
City. to appear in the federal court as
a witness against n swindler who was
selling shares in the Alaska-klondyke
Mining and Improvement Company,
and pretending that IL was chartered
by the state of North Carolina. The
swindler was working his game by
means of the malls.
The promise OF good partridge shoot
ing, made before the season opened. Is
fully verified.
The supreme court Is this week hear
ing appeals from the Eighth district
News comes from Washington hat
H. G. Ewart will not make any further
attempt TO secur confirmation by the
senate as Judge of the federal court
for the western North Carolina district.
but Will retire at the end of the present
year. 1t is said he has SO informed
nat Pritchard.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17
ALMOST \ ROW
Over the C~anvassing of the Votes of a
Kentucky County.

b Portsmouth, O., November 13.-This
was an exciting day at V~anceburg, KY,
seat of Lewis county, twenty
miles below here. An effort was made
to throw out the entire vote of the
county which gave Taylor a plurality
of 600, on a technicality, it being claim
ed THE paper on which the ballots We're
printed was too thin. On this ground
the election board asst week threw out
the vote of Mowers and Burtonville
precincts, which gave Taylor 2O9 plural
ity and adjourned until today. Word
was passed through the county and
today about 1000 citizens 1ocked into
.Vanceburg and gathered around the
court house when uhe election board
met.
News reached he crowd that the
commissioners were about to throw out
the vote of another precinct n there
was an angry demonstration. Trouble
seemed imminent, when 1t was an
nounced that the election a had
reconsidered it's action by which the
vote of certain precincts had been
Thrown out, and that h entire vote
Iof the county would be counted as cast.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17
AFFAIRS IN THE FAR EAST.
strained Relations Between Russia and
America Inquiry as to the
"Open-Door'' Policy in China.

London, November 13.-A special dis
patch from Shanghai says the differ
ences between Russia and japan have
been accumulated by Japan's refusal to
grant Russia a foothold on the sea
front of Massampo harbor, Korea.
Careful inquiries made by the Asso-
Grated Press reveal nothing extant in
diplomatic circles here to Justify the
alarmist view taken by a section off the
press regarding the situation in the
far east. That a serious ~denue1nent is
sc close ait hand as is Indicated by ad-
vices from Shanghai during the last
twenty-f hours is regarded as in
credible. For a long time it has been
known here-and it was asserted in
Associated Press dispatches two months
ago-that China and Japan were close
ly allied, but neither British o Amer
lean diplomatists in London believe
a this alliance is of an offensive ma
ture.
AT any rate, it can be asserted posi-
lively that if Japan and China contem-
plate aggressive action against Russia.
Lord Salisbury is not aware of their
intention and it is scarcely probable
that those powers would decide upon
any definite course without at least
consulting Great Britain, who, in the
nature of things, would be their ally,
active or passive.
The action of the United States gov
eminent in requesting from
foreign governments regarding the
"open door" policy in China has Great
ed intense satisfaction i'm British Off
cial circles. Lord Salisbury" accord
ing to a British official has gladly
acquiesced in this step on the part OF
the United States. which is regarded
as most potent evidence that the
United States recognize the impossi-
bilty of conducting their foreign affairs
without the cooperation of other ma
tons and as the first practical earnest
OF their desire to conduct eastern n e
gotta tons in concert with European
governments"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17
Forced Into Bankruptcy.

Athens, Ga, November ID. Morris,
one of the largest dry goods firms in
Athens. has beer thrown into involun-
tary bankruptcy by New York credi-
tors. Sam Myers, of Augusta, and A.
L. Hull, of Athens. are temporary re-
ceivers. The hearing of the case is set
for Thursday. The liabilities are o
$40, 900 and are principally in New York
with some in other northern and west
ern cities. Athe banks hold claims
for 1000. Mr.. Nj IS has been in BUSH
ness in Athens for genty years.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17
MURDER AND PIRACY.
Captain of a Bark and His wife Killed.
The Mate, as Captain, and Crew Seize
the Vessel.
baltimore SUM-

Captain Mccarthy, OF the British
steamer Trunkby, which arrived at
Gibson's wharves yesterday from San
Ia Cruz, Tenerifre. brings a story OF a
tragedy that occurred a few days be-
fore his arrival there from England.
A Brazilian bark named the Julianna
Schooner had arrived from Rio Janeiro
with ODD railroad ron for Genoa, Italy.
Having reached as far north as the
Azores against contrary winds and
having run short OF provisions. she
put into Santa Cruz to replentsh. The
health authorities inquired from tho
MASTER why there were but fifteen per-
sons on board, when the articles NAM
ed seventeen as leaving Rio Janeiro.
The captain said the others had died
from yellow fever.
When the vessel was released from
quarantine and provisioned one Of the
crew stated to one Of the customs guard
that the man in charge was not the
master OF the ship, but was the mate,
and that he had murdered the real
master and his wife on the voyage.
Learning Of this the authorities sent
boats crews from a small Spanish
UldH-OI-WdI III The udIDOT 70 DTlH6 Ilc
mate and crew ashore. The mate. who
was a Swede, had suspected something.
and he armed himself with a revolver
and defied the while OF the five boats
crews OF Spanish man-of-war's men to
take him The sailors, d orders
Of their officers, fusilladed the man and
the vessel for FIVE hours. during which
time, II Is said, 800 shots had been fired.
The mate was found dead at last. n
having been shot several times. Dur
ing the firing the crew jumped over
board and were rescued by the war
ships boats. In their excitement the
Spaniards set fire TO the bark. but al
o as they found the Swede dead they
extinguished the fire.
Before the Trunkby left Santa Cruz
the bark was towed up 10 a berth near
the steamer and remained there with
a crew OF man-of-war's men IN charge,
The bark was held as a pirate. but un-
der protest from the Brazilian consul.
Captain Mccarthy is sure the first
name of the BARI was She
had previously hailed from Oporto,
Portugal, which "a been painted out
There Is no q name as Julianna
Schooner in the vessels of any nation
as given in the British Lloyd's regis
ter for 1899. There Ia a bark Julia III,
of OpOrto, and II Is probable the muir
derer OF the master and his wife had
changed the name and claimed Brazil
as the vessels nation. The mates
had not been settled when the Trunkby
sailed for Baltimore.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17

prising intelligence and confidence Of
he American soldier" the officer says:
Patience and bravery the American
soldier has shown in a high degree, but
lie is not particularly mobile. He would
be more efficacious If instead of being
collected in comparatively enormous
numbers, he were used in smaller
forces, moving more rapidly and living
in the country instead of requiring vast
of potted luxuries. More
he lookst tired and Is IL he ant
I'd something to do. Except for an &C.
casional game of baseball there Is
nothing for him to do but to drink.
Now, If he were a British soldier he
would be diverted by all sorts of
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17
A CLUB.
Members Have Already Taken
Their Own Lives.

Frankfort, Ind, November IAN
drew Thompson tonight committed sui
eide by taking morphine.
The death has developed beyond
that there is a suicide club in
this city, and that two of the members
have already carried out their obliga-
Fred Greiner, who took his life sew
Ieral days Ago., by the same agency,
was the first TO carry out the COM
lpact-
Thompson was present alt the time
IGreiner died, and he remarked that he
would soon follow him.
Greiner and Thompson were both
members CT Company c, Fifteenth In
lara volunteers, and the supposition
lis that others of the same company
Ioelong no the club.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17
Three Boys Burned to Death.

Sault Ste Marie, Mich. November 10.
special from Dstour. this county,
says that ON Sunday the three soma OF
Mrs. Kare Orr. aged s. 6 and 5 years,
were burned to death In a fire which
originated In he'll home. The mother.
a widow, was away at the time, the
boys being In charge Of their grand
mother. who. however escaped M
harned ..1]
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17
Mckinley TO Make Memorial Address
on Washington.

Washington. November l3-President
Mckinley today promised 10 make an
address ait Mt. Vernon on December
18th. when the Masonic observance of
the Tooth anniversary OF Washinggon's
death viii be held. The promise was
made TO Major Courtney and Colonel
Robert White. she former being chair
man Of the executive committee I'm
charge Of the ceremonies. The ad-
dress of President Mckinley viii be
at the tomb of Washington.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17
Yellow Fever at Tampa.

Port Tampa City, Fla, November IL.
Health officer Drummer, Of Savan-
nah, and DIR. Carter, of New Orleans,
both yellow fever experts, are here in
consultation with DIR. Weldon, agent of
the state board of health Both ex-
perts today confirmed DR.. Weedon's
diagnosis that the three cases reported
are yellow fever.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17
Sick Headaches.

The curse of overworked womankind
are quickly IND surely cured b. Karfs
Clover Root Tea. the great blood purf-
tier and tissue builder. Money refund
I'd IL not satisfactory. Price Is ctr. and
50 ctaL For SALE by R II. Bepsmy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-17
A BRITISHER'S VIEWS.

London, November ia British ma
val officer, who has just returned from
a town in the Philippines, has been in
terviewed regarding the situation
there, of which lie takes a somewhat
pessimistic view. According to the
published interview, he thinks thai
more river gunboats are needed and
that General Otis IL trying to run the
campaign too economically.
Paying a high tribute to the sur.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-22
Not satis's Man.

An editor died, says Fan anonymous
writer, and slowl, wended his way down
to whore 10 suppo.ed warm reception =.
waited him.. The devil met him and said,
.For many years shou hast borne the
blame Of the bad spsIl,ng that rrintsrs
have gotten Of in thy paper. Thy paps,
has gone for one dollar. and also the dollar
haa failed to come in. The printer. has
bsdsvfIsd thes for wages whom thou hadn'.
n fartiing to ths name. People have taken
thy paper without paying for It and eurssd
th.s for MT getting ont = better sheet.
Tkou hsst been csllsd \ dad best by the
railroad conductors whsn :hou hsst shown
thy pass 70 their enyiOus gaze. All thou
wrongs thou has horn In aiisnes. Thou
shnlt never enter here. And q the s1itOs
sutns and waiks way Satan muttsts
tHsaysn ishis place. and bsaidss, n ]
shoald lei him, IN hsrs 10 would have bssn
dunning ,his dslinqusnt subscri ibsrs and
thps dFsats diseord tAsmy kinsdon .s--
~ ~ Rssss & ~ sss ils s3':7s
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st,on 10 yDSvxxE.

Z Tsssday week court viii opsn Ia " 4sh.
burn and it pvamisrs to be IN cyentfuI
one. Two important ca.es viii te
brDught before the iury, vis: the Warner
murder aid Carrow sh.s'.iug aud msiminR
caaes. They should and viii bs treated
fairly aud imPsrtisI,y. Bnt the rnajesty
II theslsv must bs uPhsId-nnd, justice.
Expense 70 county .hongh weixhty enough
.l,,,illd n0t interfere u, make miscsrriaKe
Of juAtice. The hest way 70 aavs sxpsn-
- % tAs county 10 4, live up e the Law
and 80 that your isishboH does the same
The vinksr and biinket Il criminal prae.
ttos 4 Usually . ooptsmp ptabls being and
o haunted daily with elf reproaoh anlsas
salliousnsss interysne. The principal
that .right wrongs nobody" y good
Slosia sud should evsr b uppernoss q e :
sJssymsns mir1.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-22
STARS AMI, STRIPES.

s.When the theme ut the 'Stasa 'and
Stripes Forever frat eame TO me.,' said
-Souaa, III Minnea polis, the otter day, II
was In Europe. had hone great deal
IN minl-I wan:ed to get back. The
theme possessed me with force that
frightened me- it demanded to be born
To ptoduee it, appeared to me. just then,
the mt,st Important work 10 the world. !
carried IL about with me for long time.
I nurssd It and cosseted Il and babied it /.
II seemed to me utterly unlike anything
that had ever before como to me-that
had ever before come 70 any one. II would
live. It vas imperatively necsasary to
somebody. It had sprung from hso..d and
tears. The heart of II wss the sountry's d
heart; the nerves and sinews of Il we're
The texture Of the world. You remember
tie three principal movements. The
sou,h, With its feminine soqussry--tsnder,
dangerous, fervid; the west, vithsits virile
breath; the east, cultured and complste.
Il waa given to the public May l0.s 1897,
and there has been syer since a fargreater
demand for II than for all my. other
marohsa. Things succeed when thsy are
human. All sentiment lies in the psople.
We SOM npeesrs ars bdt the msdium that
uttsrs Il. There u something beaidse the
amosnt of gray mattsr.in the brain that
determines man's 40 called scops. He
iaswspt On 20 action ~ some powsr more
firosful than himself. Il 10 n,,t OF him
but through him. II 40 il an instrumant,
Ssll strnnR and vsiltsned hs vill ssspond.
'That constitutes, perhaps, mytdss Of e.
SI,gioh thst ons shonii best express she
bert. 60 I'Isysr epsld understand = CON
Stinued sousa. awhy man sho1ld % con-
.ositsd. Il seems so No snsh. ons 1aoks Z
yital knovledga 2: thigs. II I:havs bssn
an instrument - express the ssatitAsot q
the people, e ahat sxprsaato sssn.s tras
4 & y them, ~ I hays - q - VI,
80
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wo.ld Stand n. Bl.ffls..

Constable Haiues, al pence officer
started up Saturday to assist the settlert
Of Douglass river in Kidding themselves oi
poachiug Turtle Mountains who we're re-
ported sIaughtering drownsd out aud
he'pies. deer at that point. The consta.
stable made this trip a hurried ono eeturu.
early the aext day. notwithstanding bad
roads. he said with help of RsnoLmen
Neal. Ward, Hinkley aud Staley, I'VE made
the Mountains git right out aud dy to the
hills." Charlev Staley hss since reported
that while the Turtle Mountains would
stand no bludiug from Constable Hainss
they have since departed from the Doug
lass, gOing Westward.
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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE.

Notice * hereby given that, that certain mort
gage. executed anil delivered by Andrew Peter
SON AMI Cure Peterson, his wife, mortEagOrs. {"
Alexander Hughes. mortgagee. dated the 7tf'
day of May, 1898, and FLED for record In the
Office Of the register Of dee'ls In and for the
County "f Mclean and Territory Of Dskotss. now
state of North llakota, an the l6sh day Of May,
1854, and recorded in b,ok "A 8" Of Mortgages
at page Gil and assigned by said MOrtgsgee to
The Dakota Loan And Trust Company. Of
Watertown. Dakota, and by said Dakota loan 4
Trust Go. assigned tO che liOstOn Safe deposit
And Trust Company. Trustee and by said tsos-
tOn Safe iDeN,sit &iTruxt Co., Trustee. assigned
to Arthur II. Brown. +. A. slack and william g.
Wilson. Trustees. und hy said Arthur 4. Brown,
4. A. Slack and William g. Wilson, Trustees. rs
signed to Joseph Mann; all Of which said rs
xignmcnts are recorded In the Office oftle re-
sixter " deeds In and for McI.san Co.. n. H..
will he fnrecloxetl by q sale Of the premises in
,s,.ch mmtgsge and hereinafter described Mt the
sffont DIOR OF the courthouse of Mclean Co., N.
sl) vt tile hour Of O'Clock In the afternoon Of
the srd day Of June. 1880, to satisfy the amount
,dae on such mortgage on the day Of sale. The
premises described In such mortgage and which
vii, he sold ~ satisfy the same are described a.
follows :8outh East tauArseEt a. e i4s Infection
Right ss.. in Township One hundred and forty.
i've ii45), North Range Eighty-ona tsi,, West al
the Fifth Principal Meridian. Mclean Co., N. ID.
There viii be due on such mortgage on tho day
Of sale tho sum Of $54o.l5. and taxes, II any.
Dated April l4th 1899.
JosEPH MANN,
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A Rossh Experieaes.

The school h,.use aub.contractors aud
bricklayer. party under the pilotaye oi
Fred Merry psssed down fr,,m Elbowood,
Monday, aud had u pretty touxh time Of
it getting through. a young lady from
the Miss,sn joinsd them at Fort Berthold,
There being no bridges, there WAS both
difficulty aud danger in oroasinS swollen
streams, but luckily, iu Feed Merry. they
had pilot for the ocoasion. Fred hnd
drove mail along tho up river trait owe.
twenty years ago, when bridye' we're AZ
yet unthouRht Of on that trail. and whore
''hard b,.ttoms" wsre the places to lM,k
for at creek crossings specially In high
v6tsr,
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Has PATH.

q. p. Wing. chairman of our county
B ard has q qnarts, acre Of tho Hungarian
Bronms Rrasa, sova early last spring.
The patch has healthy growth and was
tho lest green thing "a kill with frost last
fall aud ,the arst 10 show green this spring
NJ. Wing is entha.ia.sie in tho prai.e 81
thts new grasa and thinks the provsnder
question has besn settled for North D6ko.
T. and settled right.