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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-06
LEGISLATORS
Only a Few Absentees-Raflway Com
mission to Meet on 10Th fnst-Fert
lizer Question to Come Up Again
The Lucas Murder still a Mystery
Messenger Bureau
Raleigh, N. c., January 8.

Raleigh, N. c., January 8.
Almost all of the 10 members of the
legislature are here. Both the senate
and house democrats caucus tonight.
There was fear at the meeting Of both
the fusion legislatures. No one knew
what they would do. Now the people
are pleased to see such a legislature as
the one of 1899 assemble. They look
forward with pleasure to the session.
The railway commission meets on the
10th instant. At that time John Ora
ham, president of the State Farmers
Alliance, will go before the commission
and ask it to reduce the tonnage of a
minimum car load of commercial fer
tilizer from fifteen to ten tons.
There came near being a fight at the
negro emancipation celebration yester-
day, growing out of the old quarrel be-
tween the Leak and the Young factions.
AS a result no election Of president for
the present year vas held. One of the
negro churches has taken the matter
up.
Persons from Johnston county bring
news that young Wirfree, whose throat
! was cut by the negro Tom Smith, who
is in Jail here, is today entirely out of
danger.
Despite all the efforts of the sheriff
and the cOrOne not the slightest clue
has yet been found as to the man who
assasSinated the negro Lucas in this
county last week. The sheriff says he
never knew a more mysterious murder.
All the rumors that the Southern
railway is at all interested in the pur-
chase or control of the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley railway were set at rest
today by the declaration by one of the
highest Southern railway officials. "The
road was bought entirely by the At
lantic Coast Line. The Southern has
nothing whatever to do with it."
Some time ago a negro named Shep-
perd, who was employed in the office
of the chief clerk of Revenue Collector
Duncan here, departed. 1t was said he
had been transferred to Washington, D.
&c. 1t was an error. He is back in his
! old place, having ~reappeared today.
Interest today, so far as the legisla-
ture is concerned, centered on the
selection of a speaker. There were five
or six aspirants, H. G.. Conner, Lee S.
! Overman, Locke Craig, Walter E.
Moore and J.. Frank Ray. IIe sup
porters of each of these worked hard
all day.
A partial thaw set in today after the
hard freeze of Sunday md yesterday.
But for this there wo1ld have been
fine skating.
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Russia Wants No Loan

ST. Petersburg, January Am impe-
rial decree just issued directs the pay
ment of rs, 900 roubles out of the
cash reserve in the imperial treasury
for the redemption of a large portion
OF the state debt of the imperial bank.
The issuance of the ukase is regarded
as disproving reports spread abroad of
Russiais embarrassment and of her eff
forts to contract a loan. 1t is declared
on trustworthy authority that the ques-
ton of a loan in no way engages the
government attention, and the sugges
lions to the contrary emanate from the
ports of the financial world who un-
Russia.
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The Democrats of the House Nominas-
ed III. G. Common for speaker GA the

Especial to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, n. c., January 3.-There was
a large gathering at the capitol to-
night at the democratic caucusses.
The senate caucus was quickly closed
to all save democratic senators, but
not before the spectators were given
a view Of the very fine body Of men,
who filled four-fifths of the seats.
The house caucus was open TO public
for some time. Frank Winston called
it to order and William B. COUNSEL. of
Watauga, was made chairman, with
H. A. Gillian, of Edgecombe, and II.
Med. Robinson, of Cumberland, secre-
taries.
The democrats of the house were
early in their seats, and, like the sena-
tors, made a very fine impression on
the general public. 1t was stated that
there were contests for seats from two
counties-Pamlico and Greene.
The chief work was the selection Of
a speaker. A ballot was not taken I'M
til IL o'clock and Henry G. Conner. Of
Wilson, was nominated on the first
DdliOl, IC1cINllS -SIA NolCS, LCC -.
Overman twenty six, Locke Craig four
teen Overman and Craig escorted
Mr.. Conner to the hall and he
was given an ovation. He is the first
speaker since Jarvis from the eastern
part of the state. He made a stirring
speech to the caucus.
F. Brevard Nixon, of Mecklenburg,
was elected by reclamation principal
clerk; Stalliup, of Macon, doorkeeper.
The republicans and populists of the
house held a joint caucus and agreed
on w. w. Hampton, of Surry, as their
candidate for speaker.
M. L. Justice presided over the SEN
ate democratic caucus, r. A. P. Cooley
being secretary. A joint resolution was
adopted that no officer of the senate
shall be paid more per diem than a
senator and Senator Glenn was re-
quested to draft a bill to this effect.
Senator Smith was elected president
pro tenn, receiving % votes, Senator
Skinner IA. Officers were elected as
follows: Principal clerk, Charles c.
Daniels, of Wilson,; assistants, A. J.
Maxwell, Campbell, and M. l.. Ship
man; reading clerk, Walter Murphy
of Rowan; ~engrossing clerk, D. A
CIinard, of Catawba; enrolling clerk,
Ed. Norvell, of Cherokee; principal
doorkeeper, James B. Smith, of Cum
berland. The latter defeated Wiley
Clifton, who had held the position six
terms.
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DETERMINED ON RESISTANCE
Insurgents at Hoilo Preparing to De-
tend the City

Manila, January 3.-Advices just re-
ceived from IlOilo say the rebels at a
meeting on Saturday, ratified the action
of a delegation which assured the
Americans that they might land unarm-
ed, but that if the latter landed armed
he natives would be uncomfortable. 1t
is further said that every preparation
S being made for resistance on the part
of the rebels and that reinforcements
are arriving from Negros and the
neighboring islands, in spite of the
efforts of the United States cruiser Bal
timore and the gunboat Arizona to
scare them with searchlights. The
Spanish gunboat Ell Cano is still at
1loilO, but as he status is not defined
she has not been molested. It is I'M
derstood that she is destined to go to
Samboangan, a town of the Philippine
islands on the southwest extremity of
the island of Mindanao.
The American troops are restless.
The rebels are drilling on the beach,
evening and morning, in full view OF
the American expedition, which is still
aiOat. The California volunteers were
embarked on four transports today.
Their destination is unknown. The
natives here are quiescent but watchful.
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Paris, January 1.-The heavy rain:
of the last thirty-SiX hours burst the
main W at Beivers, five miles soutf
of Versailles today, causing a land.
slide and flooding the new works OF
the Orleans railway terminus. TIL,
workmen fortunately escaped. blu
their carts suddenly disappeared un.
der six feet of water and the engin,
foundation collapsed.
In h avenue De L'Opera the watel
has risen to the level of the pave.
ment and ii is feared that the foun
dations of the exposition buildings ar.
endangered.
The rain has caused much damag,
in Paris. destroying palisadings anc
fragile structures.
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LudicrOus DueN

London, January 4.-The Vienna cor
respondent of The Daily Mail SAYS:
The duel between Baron Banffy, the
premier, and NJ. Horanszky, member
of the lower house Of the Hungarian
diet, was a ludicrous affair. The Sec
onds had arranged to fight to the
death at twenty PAGES. M. Horanszky.
however, when he faced his opponent,
was agitated beyond all control and
Baron Banffy was hardly more COM
Portable.
Each discharged four shots, but all
so wide of the mark that the bullets
were found lodged in the roof or high
on the walls of the riding school,
where the encounter took place. duel
lists finally left the building scolding
fiercely at each other.
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Omaha, Neb., January 3.-The n
fast mail trains on the Burlington and
Northwestern roads finished their phe-
nOmenal rum from Chicago with a
special incident today. The B~urling-
ton pulled into the terminal station
eight minutes ahead of schedule time.
The Northwestern arrived
minutes ahead of schedule. The trains
a a head win all the way and both
the crews are confident that even bet
ter time can be made if they are called
upon to do so. There was a large crowd
present at the depot to witness the ar
rival of the rains
Several times a mile was covered in
thirty-seven seconds. The Northwest
ern left its two brakemen at one point
on the linz. When the train stopped
they got off to turn around and when
they completed the circuit the train was
one
The actual lapsed time from the start
at Chicago to arrival at the local depot
was as follows: Northwestern, 492
miles, with eighteen stops, 8 hours and
% minutes. Burlington, SOP miles, with
twelve stops, 10 hours and Z minutes.
| The greatest run was made by the
eastbound train on the Burlington,
which left here last night, one hour
late, arriving in Chicago only four
minutes late, and the schedule time is
thirty minutes faster than the west
bound train, which, they assert, is the
best record for any train between the
two points. The previous record was
held by the Northwestern, having been
made with a special train carrying a
party of railroad officials to the expo
sition.
The runs Of the fast mails have been
the universal topic of conversation
among railroad men today. 1t is the
concensus Of opinion that SO far as to-
days trip is concerned neither road has
n important advantage, and that the
time can be materially reduced if it is
necessary. The engineers who pulled
the trains assert that an hour can be
clipped from the present fast schedule,
and in the light of the run of the east
bound Burlington train last night and
the comparative ease with which both
the ~westbound trains made the run,
the best posted operating men concede
| the engineers are correct.
| On the Burlington the best time was
made between Chicago and burlington.
where several stretches were covered
at the rate of ninety miles an hour and
some miles at even betten thai that.
The changing of engines at Creston,
Ia. was made in 1 minute and 80 sec
onds.
The fastest run on the Northwestern
wac made between Arion and Arcadia,
Ia. Here there is a straight, level track
for fifteen miles and the mile posts
were left behind at the rate of one ev-
cry thirty-five seconds.
Every fast mile, including the New
| York Central record for a mile in %
| seconds, or at the rate of 1927 miles
| per hour, made in 1898, was broken on
the trip. The distance from a siding t.
| AriOn, two miles and four-tenths. was
made in / minute and "a seconds. or
at the rate of 1870 miles per hour. Four
stop watches caught the time, which.
however. will not go on record. there
being no speed Indicator on the engine.
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Hon. Wayne McVeash III

Washington, January 2-Wayne Nc
Veagh. who was attorney general in
President Garfieldss cabinet and am
bassador to Italy under the last Cleve-
land administration, is lying very i'll
at his residence in this city. His fam
lily physician has been summoned from
Philadelphia to assist in the treatment
of his case. His condition is danger
Gus.
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The English Explosive Bullet

Berlin, January 2.-Professor Won
Bruins, OF the Tungin university, de-
nounces the English explosive bullet
used in the battle of Umdurman as
hardly less cruel than the Dumdum
bullet.
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ness, which is, as we are contending ,an
 excess of incredulity? Would MT. Her
 mann has sent Esau to found new
 colony knowing nothing of him but tho | Bible narrative? As a matter of fact,
 Esau was a lucky man in the end, for
 he was the progenitor of a race more numerous than Jacobs children, with a
 much more prosperous history; but be- | fore he was thirty, would MT. Vezin have appointed him? If a Captain in- nocently but repeatedly loses ships, or q general battles, or a merchant money. surely the dispenser of patronage may take that into account without being condemned as unreasonably supersti-
 tious. One should give the unlucky a fresh chance? We entirely agree, but not with other peoples lives, or careers, or money, unless you think his qualities great that considerable defect must be overlooked. We should entirely ad- init that in private life, in which evil dence on the point must always be scan- ty, men should be very chary of saying
 that any one was unlucky; but 1t is ye ally islander to say of Bourbon pl; ad-
 ing for throne. That house has ex-
 hausted it's luck?" We cannot see 1t. fThe present writer has the deepest con-
 sideration for Capt. Dreyfus, and would
 gladly help him to the fullest compen-
 sation, whether in rank or money; but
 if he were Frenchman, he would hesi-
 tate, If he did it, he would feel that he was running special risk. He has
 been so markedly unlucky.
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70 per cent, of rice starch. The latter are the stronger and coarser, and are made in smaller sizes than the pure fibre papers, which are thinner and bet Ter. The consumption of paper has in- creased greatly in Japan, and prices nave recently risen 15 per cent. There being so much rice straw in the coun- try it is only when there is a poor rice crop that wood fibre is imported to any appreciable extent There are, however, mills in Japan that produce their own wood pulp and wood fibre. In certain localities families make a paper textile in which the warp threads consist of silk or cotton yarn, while the wool threads are twisted from narrow strips of handmade paper. In napkin tissue papers and in crape papers the Japanese are unrivalled, while the Jackets and trousers of handmade paper used by the Japanese in their late war are unique and interesting.
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THOUGHTFUK.

Too many people with whom we dc not agree think we are behind the imes.-Washington Democrat
 He-"The great trouble with Gablcy is that he talks too much" She That's strange. When he has been with me he scarcely said word"- He ''Oh, he is too much of a gentleman to interrupt" Tit Bits
 MT. Newlywed-What is this I am eating, dearest?
 Mrs. Newlywed-Tha is angel cake, darling.
 MT. Newlywed-Ha! See me make it ly!-Philadelphia Record.
 Then you cannot be the sunshine of my life?" asked the young man, with the insistence of one under a fixed idea.
 No" replied the lady detective, eoft- ly, you know l am professional shadow. ."-Indianapolis News.
 Emma--I would never marry a man who smokes.
 Artie-Then I guess there is no hope for -.
 Enma-I was going to add, sir, opium, SHe ulpIOllldtlCdlIy interrupted, and the wedding date was set before the evening had passed.-Phladelph Call.
 ''Is he what you would call cultur- ed person?"
 "Cultured! Well, I should say so He knows twice as much about the history of ancient Greece as he does about the history of the United States. And he can do a problem in trigonometry in one-third the time it would take him to calculate the interest on ninety-day note. Cultured Well, I guess!"-- Washington Star
 ''Free?''
 The sultan of Sulu unused thought fully.
 The sultan continued in a sarcastic tone.
 'They told me I would be free when became a citizen of the United States
 Then he went into the palace again and resumed his task of explaining to his twenty wives the reasons why he stayed out so late the night before- Philadelphia Record.
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nes insertion finished the sleeves, and four rows of this, with four lace ruff1es, finished the petticoats fiounce. These get-ups are equally dainty when made simply in inexpensive materials, and are to be had, on the other hand, in fine ,stuffs that appear to be elaborated in every way that ingenuity acn devise.
 Evening dresses are gradually taking on a similar degree of fanciful elabo- rateness. An illustrative new model will make it's wearer look as if she stood knee deep in soap-euds. A tunic of silk, though it may be of cloth if pre- ferred, fits the torso closely and falls to the knee. Under it a, skirt trimmed with row on row of white fluffy frill. The design may be carried out in cost ly silk, over priceless lace frills, or it may be a dainty and inexpensive com bination of silk or other rich material over chiffon or net. It may very well be a simple affair of daintily colored nuns yelling or inexpensive silk over a skirt with frills or muslin or wash silk. A muslin, lawn or wash silk yoke and half sleeves may appear above the low cut of the bodice By following any of these suggestions a very pretty gown will result, and one that is advance fashions"
 FLORETTE.
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4 NEW NATIONAL PARK PLAN.

We suppose that there can be too many national parks, but there are not too many yet. So the plan to make one in the South deserves serious atten- tion. Following the example of the projectors of a great national park in Minnesota citizens of North Carolina are agitatins for like preserve in the Great Smoky mountains, on the border between Tennessee and North Caroli- ma. Direction will be given to the agi- tation at an interstate meeting, called by the Ashevile Board of Trade, to be held in that city on November 22. Then an organization will be formed to work, before Congress for the appointment of a commission to inquire into the feasi- bility and desirability of the project. As to it's desirability, many arguments have been massed already. It is put forth as fact beyond controversy that under present conditions the mountain and valley lands of the southern Ale ghanies will soon be denuded of their forests. and that the people of the val leys that depend on these watersheds for their water supply will suffer The region designed for park is described and as furnishing opportunity for a na-
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THE DEUEY unuSE.

Admiral Dewey has done so many things in such very good taste that it is pity that any question about his taste should come up now. And yet some will think that he ought not to have made over to his wife the house which the grateful people of this coun- try gave him. To be sure, there was no string on the gift, as the boys say, and everybody was glad to see him so frank about what he wanted for and in house. But there will be a more Or less general feeling that 1t would have been more tactful in him to hold the gift in his own name at least awhile longer. and not hurry to give it away. or course he and his wife are one and what's his is hers, but couldn't he have got along just now with promising her the house by and by?
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TO TEST AN NTI-TRU US1' r. 1W

The decision of the Illinois Supreme | court to the effect that the Glucose com
 pany is trust has set other trusts to
 thinking, and movement to ascertain
 the scope of the antitrust law and to
 test the validity of some of its provi- sions will be made by the Illinois Man ufacturers' Association. The point of attack will be the provision which re- quires each corporation to file with the secretary of state an affidavit to the effect that it has not entered into cer- tain agreements or contracts for fixing prices of commodities. It is contended by the manufacturers that the affidavit required is broader than the law itself, and if strictly compiled with nearly all the corporations would have to go out of business. The affidavit. in other words, covers transactions not embrac- ed in the law and Is to the effect that large class of agreements, the greater part of which are not within the prohi- bition of the act itself. It was assumed that the law was enacted to prevent corporations from entering into con- tracts which are wrongful because they restrict trade and tend to create monop- olies.
 The law fixes penalty of $50 day for failure to make the affidavit If the affidavit is truthfully made, however, it may render the corporation liable to a fine which may run as high as $10000. Inasmuch as the attorney general is about to bring suit against fourteen hundred Illinois corporations that have refused to make the required affidavits, the movement of the Manufacturers Association to test this feature of the law is timely.
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tional park unequalled east of the Rocky mountains. It has mountains 5000 feet or more high, great reaches of forest untouched by the axe, countless streams and waterfalls fora uniting the beauty and variety of northern and southern growths and a climate de- lightful both in summer and winter. It's accessibility, too, is offered as an argument in it's favor, it being within about days travel of New York, Phil adelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and most of the Atlantic seaboard, and quite as accessible to Pittsburgh, Gin cinnati, Louisville, Indianapolis, and St. Louis.
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ANOTHER SESSION

This evening there will be another session of the committee which was ap- pointed to investigate the supervisor system in the public schools of New Haven, and it is expected that MT. Fox will continue his testimony and questions. The effort to make it appear that the investigation Is worse than useless and unnecessary continues, and the idea seems to be that anybody who wants to ask questions about the schools is a being whom it would be base flattery to call person. But MT, Fox courageously persists in spite of the pressure that has been brought to bear on him, and he will probably be able to bring out something interesting this evening. It is to be hoped that overzealous advocates of truth will not feel obliged to call attention to it in a way that is impolite and unfair.
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UNLUCKY MEN.

Belief in Their Existence Persists De-
 spite Every Reason to the Contrary.
 Mr Hermann Vezin, the well-known actor. publishes a letter in the London Era which revives two rather worn but still interesting subjects of speculation. One is whether there can be such a
 thing as an unlucky man-that is, a man whom ill-luck dogs through the whole or the greater part of life--and the other is whether to say of man that he is unlucky ought to be consider ed slander MT. Vezin says that his career as an actor has been spoiled by the superstition of managers that he
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FASHION NOTES.
Astf K nee Deep in Sonpsuds.

Daintiness, has been cut in two, but not lessened in stylish boudoir rigs. That is the dressing gown has given way to dressing sacque and petticoat to match, and both the latter may be quite as highly wrought as anything that the fancy dressing gowns offered. The sacque and skirt shown here are not at all overwrought according to current standards. Indeed, the sacque may be classed as simple in plan, though it's material was pale salmon colored liberty satin. It hung loosely all around, and it's low neck was fin- ished with double pinked ruf1le of the goods. A band of white valencien
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