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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-07
1he Last bar 4 against En- .Coniederatcs

Washington, February 2-Represen-
tative Gaines, OF Tennessee. today in
troduced a bill to repeal the law which
prevents an ex-confederate soldier from
sitting on a federal grand or petit jury.
This is the last relic OF the laws dis
eliminating against ex-confederates. It
slipped into the revision OF the law of
1852, although ii had been repealed and
works now considerable hardship in
the south.
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We are authorized to guarantee
every bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and IL not satisfactory to re-
fund the money to the purchaser. There
is no better medicine made for la
grippe. colds and whooping cough.
Price, Is and Soc per bottla- Try II. r.
R Bellamy.
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Olympia, Wash, January 31.-A. G..
Foster, of Tacoma, was nominated for
United States senator by the republi-
can caucus tonight. King county and
part of the Ankeny forces outside OF
that county left the caucus. but fifty
eight remained and made the caucus
nomination OF Foster unanimous
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Washington, January S1.-Secretary
Long has given orders to Commander
MAYNARD, of the gunboat Nashville, to
convey to Cuba the remains of the late
Cuban general, Garcia, now lying in a
receiving vault at Arlington. The Nash
vile is now at Norfolk fitting out for
a trip to Havana. The son of the late
Cuban general will accompany the re-
mains.
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Paris, January 3L-The Philippine
junta here has received a cable mes
sage from Hong Kong explaining the
second proclamation Of the Philippine
republic. The message says: The first
proclamation in August vas the work
of Aguinaldo and the generals. The
second is the unanimous work OF the
Philippine assembly"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-07

Charleston, S. c., February 2-The
first battalion, First United States vol
unteers, 40 strong. Colonel Gaillard
commanding. arrived here from Macon
today. The battalion will sail from here
tomorrow for Cuba.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-26
PILING UP TROUBLE.
Gen. Torres Continues to Bully Amer
lean Merchants

New York, April ga special to the
Press from New Orleans says:
Advices received here from BIuehelds,
Nicaragua, by the steamship JarI, state
that pandemonium reigned in that city
on the night of April IS. Drunken ma
tive soldiers paraded the streets, firing
at inoffensive citizens and into houses
Several persons were wounded
Gen. Torres served notice on the
American merchants that unless they
paid the duties demanded by night he
would close up their places of business
and confiscate their receipts.
The merchants held a meeting and
decided to close their stores
The doors were locked and sealed and
the American flag hoisted over each
The consequence was that when the Jarl
left there was not an American doing
business in Bluefelds.
The foreign element was anxiously
awaiting the arrival of the United
States cruiser Detroit with Minister
Merry aboard She was at Greytown
when the Jarf left and was expected to
arrive ar BIuefields on Friday
United States Consul Sorsby, United
States Consular Agent Clancy and
British Consul J. A Balanger went to
Greytown to meet Minister Merry and
were to come back to BIuefields on the
Detroit 1t was owing to their absence
that Gen Torres was embOldened to
threaten the American merchants.
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BIG OUTPUT OF ORE.
Tennessee Coal & Iron Co. Will Now
Make About 10000 Tons
MONTHLY

New York. April 26.-President Bax-
ter of the Tennessee Coal and Iron
company, is in the city on business
connected with the sale of the COM
pany's railway property to the Louis
Vile & Nashville and the Southern rail-
road companies. It is understood that
the sale Will be completed this week
In regard to the Tennessee Coal and
Iron company, Mr.. Baxter said: THE
company is in a position to make a
large amount of iron from now on.
1T placed another furnace in blast
yesterday, making u furnaces now in
operation Within a week or ten days
two more furnaces will be in opera ton.
The company's output now is about &c.
600 tons of pig iron per month, but with
the additional furnaces at work the
output will be from 65, 600 to 20, 900 tons
per month. It has placed a large num-
Der of orders at current prices within
the last 80 days, and the demand still
continues. It has been filling orders
under old contracts, made when prices
were from 81 to IS below those Of the
present. These old contracts are now
about worked out, only a few of them
remaining to be completed and these
will be closed out before July. The new
contracts at the higher prices are now
being filed and the returns from these
will soon begin to show the material
increase of earnings that will be re-
ported from now on"
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Merchants Not Permitted to
Crowd Thoroughfares.
SIGNS
LOW STREET
Will Also Receive Some Atten-
ton From the Officers.
Budget Of News From the De-
partment OF Police.

Chief Of Police Ramsey will soon look
after the enforcement Of the ordinances
relative to obstructing sidewalks and
to the hanging Of signs In front Of busi-
ness buildings.
Little attention has been given to
either Of these ordinances and the load
ing and unloading of goods in front Of
business houses has become a source OF
constant complaint.
Some merchants unload their goods
on the sidewalk and allow the goods to
occupy the sidewalk for half a day at
time blocking the passageway. Not
long ago a merchant piled his goods up
on the sidewalk in front of his store
until a space not more than three feet
was left on the 90 foot sidewalk for
pedestrians to use
1t looks prosperous to see merchants
loading and unloading goods" said
Chief Ramsey, but the sidewalks must
be left open for persons who wish to
pass. If merchants unload and immed-
lately move the goods into the store
without blockading the sidewalk there
will be no complaints but the walks
must be kept in a passable condition.
shall give warning to merchants about
this and then see that the ordinance is
The ordinance regulating signs in
dOOrways and over the sidewalks viii
also be brought to the attention OF
storekeeperS, for in many cases signs
in dOorWayS are much closer to the
sidewalk than the law allows.
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BANKERS TO BLAME
For the Scarcity of Small Bills
Throughout the Country.

New York. April 2s.-United States
Treasurer Ellis H. Roberts, who Is on a
business trip to this city, in talking last
night of the scarcity OF bills OF srnaI
denominations throughout the country,
This lack of small bills is due in
some parts of the country to the Iact
that the bankers don't take the trouble
to send in their bills of large denomina-
tions and get small ones in exchange
This is the case nearly everywhere ex-
cept in the larger cities of the east and
in the northwestern states
In the northwest there has been sucn
a wave of prosperity during the last
two years that the bankers and mer-
chants have had no occasion to send
their money east, as they did in previous
years. They are rich enough to keep
their money at home
There was a lack of small bills in
this city UP to a few months ago but
now the bankers, merchants and bust
ness men of every kind have all the
small bills they want. They have got
them by sending on their larger bills
The revenue stamps on checks have
probably had something to do with
bringing into more general use the
smaller bills
The reason We can not issue the
smaller bills as fast as the bankers
want them is because we are restricted
by law. The law allows US to issue
only S346, 600, 900 in United States notes
and the silver certificates are restricted
by the number of standard dollars held
in the treasury. We are now printing
only small bills and have a big supply
on hand but can not issue them because
of the restrictions I have mentioned
So the only recourse for the banks that
want small bills is to send in large bills
in exchange for them In the ten sub
treasures throughout the country there
is now $242, 600, 600 in gold but only SIS
0oO, 900 in paper. We are sending out
paper money in bills OF small denornina-
tons now at the rate of about So. 600. 600
a week But a good part of this is sent
out in place Of old and mutilated bills.
Although there is a shortage of small
bills in circulation, the treasury was
never richer in funds than it is at the
present time"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-26
PATROL POTWIN.
Mounted Patrolmen May Be Used
For That Purpose

Ever since Potwin became part of
Greater Topeka the question has been
whether the Sixth ward would be pa
troIIed by a policeman, and there was
some talk that a sub-station would be
located in that town
If the force is increased sufficiently
to warrant four or five mounted patrol
men, then that part of town, together
with the other residence portions, Will
be patroIIed a night, but no sub-station
will be located there.
I'VE need more men on the force,
said Chief Ramsey, but I do not be-
Ifeve that it would be necessary or wise
to put a man out in the Sixth ward
We need men in other localities much
worse. Potwin and Auburndale is a
quiet neighborhood- We can answer
what calls come from there without
having a policeman detailed there all
the time"
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LONDON ART EXHIBITION.
Americans Well Represented in the
New Gallery.

London, April 26.-The New gallery
annual exhibit Of pictures. which is the
only serious rival of the Royal acad-
envy, opened its doors for private view
yesterday.
pointing lacking as it does the cachet
Of distinction formerly lent by Sir Ed
ward BurneS-JOneS- The most sensa-
't1onaI picture is a large canvas by Hol-
man Hunt, The Miracle of the Sacred
Fire" in the Church of the Holy Sep
ulchre at Jerusalen-compendi of all
the vices and virtues. the merits and de-
ncieueies, of the pre-Raphaelite school,
of which he is the only loyal disciple.
The crowd of figures IS bright and IN
natural in color, but surcharged with
technical skill of a certain sort
For real ability. however, one has to
look this year TO the American artists.
John Sargent's brilliantly and keenIy
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IRELAND'S MUSIC.
Remembered by Topeka Hibernians
at Their Dance Last Night

The ball Of the Ancient Order Of HI
bernians at WetherelPs hall last night
was largely attended A novel feature
of the affair was the fact that all the
music was Of Irish composition The
grand march was to the strains of st.
Patrfck's Day in the Morning" and
many old Irish selections were so trans
posed as to meet the requirements of
modern dance time The programmes
were neat arrangements in green
The committee having the ball in
charge consisted of Mr.. T F. Lannan
Mr.. James HanIey, Mr.. George Mitchell
and Mr. William Wall 1t was to have
been given on Wednesday night OF last
week. but on account OF the bad
weather was postponed until last night
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PAWNED HER RING.
Young Woman Lends Her Jewelry
With Disastrous Results

Pearl Shay lost her ring. In a mys-
FERROUS manner, perhaps. young man
whom she knew gained possession Of
II. At any rate Pearl Shay has not seen
II for some time.
The young man did not return it when
he was requested to. It was to all ap-
pearances a case Of misplaced conf
dence Pearl could not regain her ring
so she complained to the police. Sergt
Owen heard her story and promised to
help her regain her property.
The police are wise men, some of
them. The sergeant visited a couple of
pawn shops and found the ring in
hook" The pawnbrOker has promised
TO let the young man have the ring on
the payment of the loan The young
man has been notified by the sergeant
70 return the ring and if Pearl Shay
does not have her property soon there
NAV be an arrest.
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FAST HoRsE-FINE $3.
Topeka Man Finds Speeding Rather
Expensive

H. W. Dufenbaugh was arrested by
Officer Bernard for fast driving
III tell you how it was" said the
defendant to Judge Guy in police
court I was showing that horse to a
man who was talking of buying her.
We were driving up and down the street
in North Topeka He wanted to see
the horse move. I didn't drive very
fast"
The city ordinance prescribes that
any person driving faster than six miles
an hour is liable to arrest Were you
driving faster than that?" asked the
judge
well. not much.' replied the defend
ant with a smile as if he were trying
to imagine a ready sale for a horse with
a six mile an hour gait.
THE people living in the neighbor-
hood have complained to me-" said Off
Ger Bernard.
IN have to fine you $s.'' said the
judge.
Wei. II I sell that horse I'll have to
put s. more on the price remarked the
defendant as he paid his fine
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painted col. Ian Hamilton" is the most
striking portrait, though J. J. Shannon's
Lady Henry Cavendish Bentinck"-an
imposing, Queenly hgure-is also most
notable example of fine color scheme
The likeness of Stevens, the celebrated
war correspondent, by Collier, also at
tracts attention. while of subject pic
lures BOughtOns eighteenth century
E''Pamela"-surely is the most i'm
portant in the exhibition. Alfred Par
sons, though not an American, yet 50
often cIassed with them, also sends a
most charming landscape. The North
Coast of Norfolk
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INDOOR TARGET PRACTICE
Lands g Young Woman Behind the
Bars

Jessie Mccall was arrested by Officer
Hall yesterday about six o'clock and
taken to the police station where she
She had been drinking and while the
chambermaid of the rooms at sos Kan
sas avenue was busy doing her work
the woman tried to amuse herself by a
little target practice She had a re-
volver and used water bucket for
target She was poor shot for the
bullet missed the mark several feet and
buried itself in the wall Such wild
shooting scared the colored woman do
ing the work and she opened the win
dow and blew her police whistle.
The officer who responded found the
woman who had done the shooting
leaning against the wall for support and
explaining that she had just been hay-
ing a little fun She was locked up in
the women'S ward of the Jail where she
spent most of the night pounding and
thrashing round" as Jailer Grubbs ex-
planned.
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E07 KANSAS AVENUE
Jul Bet. 5th and 9th.
CAR JOURNAL BEARINGS,
And Bronze and Brass SpeciaIties In
Trust

Pittsburg. Pa, April 26.-The Stand
ard Metal company. having for it's OBJ
ject the control of the output of the
United States in the manufacture Of
car journal bearings and bronze and
brass SpecialtieS generally, has just
been formed by Darr, Moore & Dryden.
brokers, with a capital of $500, 600. The
headquarters of the company Will prob
ably be located in Pittsburg- Gen
Charles Miller of Franklin president
of the Galena Oil company, will be pres
ident of new combine
The concerns that have been taken
into the combination are the Damascus
Bronze company Of Pittsburg. Paul 5.
Reeves & Son of Philadelphia, F. NJ.
Blunt Manufacturing company Of New
ark, n. J., Brady Metal company OF
Jersey City, Buffalo Brass company Of
Buffalo. n. Y, Fulton Iron and Engine
Works Of Detroit, Mich, United States
Bronze company of Cleveland, o.. Hew-
tit Manufacturing company Of Chicago.
Milwaukee Brass and Copper company
of Milwaukee, and Moore, Jones & Co,
of ST. Louis.
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FOR COLORADO SPRINGS.
Take the Colorado Flyer.

Leaving Topeka at $40 p. m you VIII
avoid the hot afternoon ride across
western Kansas, arriving a Colorado
Springs at 1910 next morning. before
the heat of the day is upon you. SIX
hours quicker time than via any other
line This is the finest equipped and
fastest train west of the Missouri river
carrying through Pullman sIeepers and
dining cars
For all particulars as to rates, reserva-
lions, etc, inquire of
A NJ FULLER,
c. P and T. A
Phone 3SA
Or, A. W. LACEY,
Ticket Agent
North Topeka.
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STEEL HIGH AND SCARCE.
Building Operations Are Delayed in
Consequence

Pittsburg, Pa, April 26.-Prices in the
Pfttsburg steel market reached high
water mark this week Since Monday
steel billets have been selling at SIG 50
per ton and that in thousand ton lots
for delivery in three and four months
Jones & LaughIin sold one lot at that
price for eastern delivery. This is con-
sIderad by steel manufacturers as an in
dication that there is little danger of a
backward turn in prices for the present
In other branches OF the iron industry
the same strong tone continues to pre-
vail Structural material is in such de-
mand that builders all over the country
have put off projected buildings, as they
can not contract to get the steel in time
for this years building
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OH! DEAR, NO; NOT FOR JOE
Gen. Wheeler Will Not Be Sent to
the Philippines

New York, April 26.-A special to the
Herald from Washington says:
1t is understood that the cabinet has
decided not to send Maj. Cen Wheeler
to the Philippines. The general officers
who will be assigned to duty under Cen
Otis will be Brig. Gems. Young, Grant
and Bates
Tt is proposed, however. to place Gen.
Wheeler on active duty and to this end
the organiza ton of a new department,
to be known as the department of Tex
as. is contemplated Gen. Wheeler will
be assigned to command until next No
vember, when he will be relieved and
come to Washington to assume his con-
gressionaI duties
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Travellers and Home-Seekers Going
Northwest to Montana and
Washington,

After March 18th, can take through
tourist sleepers every Tuesday and
Thursday at Kansas or St. Joseph
via the Burlington Route, for the entire
Journey through to Butte, Spokane Sc
attic, Puget Sound and intermediate
destinations on the Northern Pacific
Railway.
These through sleepers are the real
thing" and are carried on the Burlinz-
toms Montana Express. leaving Kansas
City 1910 a. m. st. Joseph 1910 D m
via its Northwest Main Line the Bill
Iings Roulette short line and the time
saver to the entire Northwest
These are the only through sIeepinS
cars for first or second class passengers
from Kansas City or ST. Joseph to Mon
tana and Washington.
Also first class through sleeping car
service every day from these cities to
Butte, Anaconda, Montana, commence
ing March 18th
Write US about these things
J. c. BRAMHALL.
Trav- Passenger Agent.
St Joseph, Mo.
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Widely Different Views.

Albany. y. Y, April 26-Matority
and minority reports from the Mazet
investigating committee were submit
ted to the assembly today The former
asks for more power in the scope of in
vestiSation and urges that the commit
tee be empowered to sit ad HbItum
during legislative vacation; the latter
urges the futiIity of further investiga-
ton and prays the assembly to dis
charge the committee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-26
CARELESS CYCLISTS
Now That Potwin Is in Topeka Must
Keep OFF Sidewalks.

The residents of the Sixth ward have
complained to Chief Ramsey about BIZ
cycles being ridden on the sidewalks
When the Sixth ward was Potwin It
was admissible for the city fathers
granted the permission. When the lit
tie city became a part Of Greater To-
peka it came under the city ordinances
and one of these is that bicycles shall
not be ridden on sidewalks.
I shall have the people notified that
persons found riding bicycles on the
sidewalk will be arrested" said Chief
Ramsey Il shall give them fair warn
ing before any arrests are made because
I know that heretofore it has been al
lowed in POtWin.''
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Want Damages For Death.

Wichita, April 26-The Wichita Gas.
Electric Light and Power company is
made defendant in SIS, coo damage suit
for the death of W. r. Russell, the
young man who was so severely
shocked by taking hold of a live guy
wire at Stefen's ice plant last month
The suit for damages was filed yeSter-
day by the young mans parents Mr.
and Mrs. Frederick r. Russell, who live
over by Fort Scott
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To Control Their own Schools

Atlanta, Ga. April ga petition has
been filed with the city clerk here con-
tanning the names OF nearly 500 of the
best negroes in Atlanta which has for
its immediate object the placing of the
negro public schools in the city under
ton
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WAS NOT WANTED.
Man Held on Suspicion Released by
Police.

IF I let you go can you get out of
town right away" asked Judge Guy in
police court of NJ. Wilson who was ar
rested for vagrancy-
4 can try right hard" replied VIII
son as he looked in a hunted sort of
way at the officers standing around
The prisoner was arrested on Monday
and was held on the charge Of vagrancy
to give the officers time to investigate
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Or For Guam

New York, April 26.-The United
States auxiliary cruiser Yosemite sail
ed today for Guam She has on board
Captain Richard Leary who is to be
governor of the island of Guam. The
Yosemite is to remain at the island for
the use of the governor.
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L. W. WAKELEY,
Gen'I Passenger Agent,
st Louis. Mo.

Friday evening, April e. Crawford's
entertainment to get seed for the
poor to plant Iots-a grand entertain
rnent under the direction OF Mrs. A. 8.
Palmer.
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MILLS DRY GOODS co.
Black Dress Goods
EXPANSION.

q In a way" it's National Expansion.
for fifteen million American woman
own and wear at least One Black
Dress. And why note For Black
compliments every complexion, and
enhances beauty. Moreover, there's
not a grain of monotony IN Black.
TOday's Black Goods News
IS most important.
1T IS IN THIS DETAIL
We have gone carefully over our
stock of Black Dress Goods, and have
selected many DRESS LENGTHS nd
SKIRT LENGTHS In CREPONS, FIG
URED and PLAIN CLOTHS, and today
place them on our Center Counters at
a great advantage to you.
n BLACK GOODS form any part OF
your Dress Goods thought, IL will be
economy for you to make a thorough
Investigation of our new lines. Your
dress IS here, If you'll only come and
select IL.
Those FANCY WAIST SILKS at IS
CENTS A YARD, advertised first time
last week, are attracting great atten-
ton at the Silk Counter, for they are
Beautiful and Cheap.
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his case. The little finger of his left
hand was gone The officers searched
all the descriptions they had Of persons
who were wanted but none spoke OF
such finger. The prisoner was allowed
to 20.
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Rock Island Route

Is short line to Hutchinson. S4.s5 for
the round trip Account, G. A. R. En-
campment, April a to p.
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You will have no more saw edges on
Jour collars if you viii send them to
the Peerless Steam Laundry.
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Furnishing Goods and
Hats at your Own Price.
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Mems Winter OvercOats
and listers at your Own
Price.