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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-02

such a heavy fire that the rebels re-
treated to a second and stronger fort
about $50 yards back. The Tuamasan-
ga friendlies bolted, but Gaunt crawled
out to the firing line and drove them
back at the po-nt of his revolver. They
then advanced to attack the second fort,
but found the position too strong and
lost several men killed and wounded.
Ten shells from the ships burst close
behind the rebels lines and the rebels
sing a wal song after the explosion of
each sh IL.
Gaunt again returned to the attack
and heavy and continuous firing on
both sides followed, during which the
atttacke suffered further loss.
Gaunt succeeded in crawling to with
in Fifty yards of the fort, but found it
too strong 10 capture as the friendly
supports were unreliable. The party
then retired in good order with four
men killed and eighteen wounded, of
which number three were MORALLY
hurt. The rebel loss was not ascer-
tanned, but was probably small.
The Tauranga and Porpoise shelled
the position at shutdown, but the result
of the firing is not known.
During the engagement Gaunt sue
ceeded in capturing a German flag
which was flying owe the first fort.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-02
A TRANSPORT FROM HAVANA
The COmal Arrives With Discharged
SOldiers-She Picks Up Two Men in n
Disa bled Boat at Sea

New York, April 27.-The United
States transport Comal, Captain Evans,
today arrived from Havana with sixty
four passengers and $50 discharged SOL
diers. Among the former were John
Gary Evans, ex-governor of South Car
DINA.
Captain Evans, of the Comal, reports
that on Monday last, April oath, about
forty-ive miles north of Jupiter, he
sighted a small sail boat dismasted and
flying the American flag inverted as a
signal of distress. Two men were seen
to make frantic efforts to attract at
tention. The men were taken on board
and brought to this port. They were
j. K. Bonfield, and j.. Kehew, of Miami,
Fla. They said they had sailed from
Miami in a small boat named the Ram
bier, intending TO go to Nassau, but
bad weather coming ON the craft was
unable to overcome it. The mast was
snapped off at the deck and the bed
ding and all other heavy material were
thrown overheard to Tighten the craft.
After three days drifting about, during
which all knowledge Of their bearings
was lost, the Comal hove in sight.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-02
Plan Of the Campaign Against Agui-
naIdO

Washington, April 27.-The war de-
partm did not receive any informa-
ton today from General Otis respect
ing developments in the campaign
about Calumpit. It is now said that
while it was part Of the plan for Law
ton, moving westward from Norzag-
array, TO take the rebels in the rear of
Calumpfr and crush them between his
own force and hat of Macarthur, UGH
was not the only purpose Of his expe-
dition.
The principal object was to clear h
country back to the foot hills of the
numerous small bodies OF insurgents
who have been narrowing the country
and making life miserable for the
American troops by forays at unex-
pected times and places. II IS believ-
ed that General Lawton has fully sue
ceeded in this and that when he has
effected a junction with Macarthur
north Of Calumpit Ii will be possible
10 establish a comparatively short line
Of works across the country and pre-
vent the return of the insurgents from
n north.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-02
HOSE LYNcHrNG DENOUNCED
BY DR.. Vance. Of Tennessee. NJ the
Opening OF h international sunday
School Convention

Atlanta, Ga, April 2S.-The ninth in
ternational fourteenth national, sun
day school convention met in Atlanta
at s o'clock tonight, the sessions TO be
held a the Grand opera house, contin-
uing until Saturday evening. with spe-
eial services and mass meetings
throughout the city churches on Sun
day.
Attending the convention are many
OF the most prominent Sunday school
workers in the United States and the
Old World, and while there are only
1000 authorized delegates, the city is
thronged with visitors. Special trains
arrived at intervals during the day.
two solid trains coming from Boston
With delegates and visitors, a vesti-
bule train from ST. Louis, one from
New Orleans and one from the far
west.
There was a reference 10 the New
mar affair during the evening and IL
was received with cheers. DIR. Vance,
of Nashville. who spoke for the south
in esponse TO the welcoming addresses
said or this subject:
As / stand here tonight, a south
erner, speaking for my section and ad-
dressing an audience from all Sec
tons, there is one fou blot upon the
fair fame of the south. at the bare
mention OF which the heart truns sick
and the cheek is crimAoned with shame
/ want 10 lift my voice tonight in loud
and long and indignant protest against
the awful horror OF mob violence which
the other day reached the climax Of
its madness and infamy in a deed as
black and brutal and barbarous as "a
be found in all the annals OF human
crime.
Il have a right TO speak on this sub
ject and l propose to be heard. The
time has come for every lover of the
south TO Set the might of an angered
and resolute manhood against the
shame and peril OF the lynch demon.
These people whose fiendish glee taunts
their victim as his flesh crackles in the
flames do not represent he south.
They SANDER the south. / have not a
syllable of apology for the sickening
crime they meant TO avenge; but it is
high time We were learning that law
l~essnes is no remedy for crime. For
one. / dare to believe that the people
Of my section are able to cope with
crime, however treacherous and de-
fiant, through their courts of justice,
and L plead for the masterful sway of
a righteous and exalted public senti-
ment that shall class lynch law in the
category with crime"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-02

Little Rock, Ark, April 27.-Judge
Joseph Martin, of the circuit court, to-
day rendered a decision, upholding the
constitutionality of the antitrust law,
but limits its force to offenses commit
ed in the state of Arkansas. The at
torney general construed the law TO COW
er rate making by insurance companies
in Arkansas or elsewhere, thus exclud-
ing the old line companies from the
state.
Judge Martin holds that the state
has a right to exclude foreign corpoa-
tons and prohibit them from doing
business III the state, but cannot pun
ish corporations or individuals for vio-
lations OF the penal code committed
in other states.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-02
Meeting of the Florida Central and
Peninsula Owners

New York, April 26.-The interests in
the Florida Central and Peninsula
Railroad Company met in this city
today. No change was made in the
list Of officers. Mr.. W. Bayard Cut
ting and r. Fulton Cutting, who re-
Gently disposed of a large part of their
stock, were reelected directors and
Wayne McVeagh was also reelected.
The new directors are John Shelton
Williams, Of Richmond; John William
Middendorf, Of Baltimore; Major ]. H.
Dooley, OF Richmond. and William A.
Marburg, OF Baltimore. Mr.. hidden
dorf was elected president OF the South
Bound Railroad Company, which is a
part Of the Florida Central system.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-02
State Of Ohio, County Of Toledo,)
T1,oaS County \,

LuCdS SOuuly. tSS.
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he
is the senior partner Of the firm of T.
j. Cheney & Co., doing business in the
City Of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and hat said firm will pay
the sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of Ca
tarrh that cannot be cured by the use
of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in NY presence. this 9Th day of De-
cember, A. D. 1886.
(Seal.) A. W. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Ia taken inter-
nally n acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send Or testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-02
To Reopen Rich Mines I'm Cuba

Santiago, April 26.AEl Corbe, one
of the richest copper mines in the world
will probably resume mining operations
at an early date. A meeting of the
stockholders of the mine and railway
leading to it will be held in Havana
May 10Th to consider a proposition
made by a British syndicate. If the
result is favorable it will mean a great
stimulous to industry in this province.
Thirty one years have passed since
mining operations there were discontln-
ued, owing to a difference between the
company and the government regard
ing terms.
Various attachments of the Ninth
immune regiment arrived here today
from posts in the interior and will leave
tomorrow for the United States on the
transport Meade.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-02
A DEATH DEALING CYCLONE
News From Missouri Towns
as its Work

st. Louis, Mo-, April 27.-It is re-
ported that a cyclone swept over Kinks
vile, Mo-, early this evening and sew
eral people were killed.
1t is further reported that over thirty
dead bodies have been taken from the
ruins at Kirksville.
A special to The Republican from
K~irkisville, Mo-, says: The eastern
part of the city was leveled by the
| cyclone and the estimate of dead is now
placed at forty. The number of injur-
| ed is not known. The wires are down
and communication is particularly cut
off.
Kansas City, Mo-, April 27.-The
Journal has received a bulletin report
i'm the killing of thirty-seven persons
in a tornado at Newton, Sullivan coun-
ty. Newton is forty miles northwest
| of Kirksville, Mo.
Kansas City, Mo-, April PA bulle-
tin to The Journal form Chillicoth,
Mo-, reports fifteen dead in the cyclone
at Newton, Mo. Though the reports
are not wholly verified, it is believed
that the storm has wrought terrible
destruction at both Kirksville and New
ton.
st. Louis, April pa special to
The Globe Democrat from K~irksville,
| Mo, gives the list of killed in the cy-
| clone tonight as twenty-three and six
| or more reported killed.
Intense darkness prevailed after the
cyclone, and the rescuers were at a dis
advantag for a short time until fire
j broke out in a dozen places in the ruins
| and shed light over the scene. No at
tempts were made to eXtinguish the
flames, partly because the rescuers had
no time and partly because Of the need
| of light. On both sides of the storms
path the debris was piled high and
burned fercely, in all probability a
number Of bodies have been incinerated.
The storm first struck the eastern
portion of the city near that part occu-
| pied by the boarding houses Of the
| students of the American School of Os-
| teopathy, the State Normal School and
| McWards seminary. 1t was just sup
per time for the students, n it is
thought very probable the list of dead
will be we'll filled with students, as a
| large number of these boarding houses
were demolished. AS far as is known
tonight these three institutions of learn
ing escaped the storm.
Omaha, Neb., April PA special to
The Bee from Onawa, Iowa, says
A terrific windstorm, followed by
rain and hail, swept the Soldier valley
last night leaving death and ruin in
it's path. Over an inch of rain fell
and a heavy hail storm lasted twelve
minutes. Leslie Furne, 10 years old.
was killed. Six were injured, several
fatally.
Onawa, Iowa, April PA tornado
swept the farming country twenty miles
east of here last night. Only meagre
details have been received. Three per.
sons are reported to have been killed
and great damage done to property.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-02
THE RACE
Forced by Negro Delegates In the SUM
day School Convention-They Insist
on Social Equality I'm the Convention


Atlanta, Ca, April 27.-The proceed
ings of the ninth triennial interna-
tional Sunday school convention today
were ~enlivened by a heated discussion
over the placing of negroes on one of
the committees. The matter was ami
cably adjusted after considerable talk,
but rumors which spread over the city
regarding the trouble resulted in the
police department sending a man TO the
opera house to investigate.
Hon. HoEe Smith, Of Atlanta, ex-
secretary Of the interior, was elected
president Of the convention and presid-
ed at tonig+-'s session.
The naming Of the nominating COM
mittee p-ecipitated the trouble. When
Georgia was reached in the roll call,
w. 5. Witham, was placed in nomina-
ton. Somebody named Rev. E. r. Car
ter, colored, and it was insisted that he
was the choice Of the state This was
denied by Second Vice President Green,
who said that Witham had been made
the nominee of the state delegation.
Then the state of South Carolina was
called for its vote. a white man was
named and a negro was nominated by
a negro.
DR.. B. F. Jacobs who was presiding
at b time announced hat no state
could nave more than one delegate.
A score Of speeches were made in
less than the anne number Of minutes.
Amendments and substitutes came thick
and fast and the audience was in an
uprOar.
Delegate Neil, of Washington, D. c.,
who had caused considerable comment
among the white people present by
leaving that portion Of the house set
apart and placarded for the negro dele
gates and sitting with the white people
of his delegation was introduced by a
white delegate.
Il am representing the District of
Columbia said Delegate Neil, and
when l left home, l thought l would
sit my delegation but now we are
separated. l want to know how we
will have any representation and how
we will be heard. If white delegates
only are to be placed on the committees
and white men will not sit with the
negroes | would be glad to ascertain
what we can accomplish by ourselves.
The negro is making rapid Roadway in
Christian work and l appeal to this
convention not to discourage us, for
we may lose years before We will get
to the place we now occupy"
The excitement was now at feverheat,
and many delegates were on their feet
in an effort at recognition.
Second Vice President Green, of At
lanta, finally secured the floor. He
siad: THE negroes have representa-
tives from this state on other commit
tees and that is the reason the colored
man is not one of the nominating COM
mitteee. We live here among these
people. We respect them. We treat
them right. We treat them as nicely
as we do our own color. But we do
draw the line when it to sitting
together in the same pew (Applause.)"
The matter was finally referred to
the executive committee, which late in
the afternoon reported in favor of Mr..
Witham.
The nominating committee reported
the name of Hon. Hoke Smith for pres
ident at 4 o'clock and their findig was
UNANIMOUSLY adopted.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-02
Trouble Expected in the TransVaal

New York, April 26.-The Journal
today prints the following, dated Cape
Town April Goth: There is renewed
uneasiness over the situation in the
Transvaal. President Kruger's gen.
eral-in-chief, Joubert, is inspecting the
frontiers and selecting places, suitable
for entertainments. More rigid inspec-
ton of the military has also been Or
dered.
Kruger, as he intimated a month ago,
evidently is expecting hostilities with
England.
The Dutchmen are uneasy over the
result of the petition to Joseph Cham
berlain, England's colonial minister,
signed by q, 900 English residents in
the T~ransvaal and setting forth their
grievances. Chamberlain's action, 1t
is believed will mark a crisis in Eng
lish-Dutch relations. The British army
here is being steadily augmented.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-02
Bodies of Soldiers Returned From
West Indies

New York, April 26.-The transport
Crook arrived today from Ponce. San
tiago and Guantanamo. with $50 bodies
of soldiers and marines who were kill
ed in battle or died in Porto Rico and
Cuba. Captain Tayman, United States
quartermaster in charge, reports that
the Crook brought from Porto Rico As,
Santiago 246 and Guantanamo II, max
ing 356 in all.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-02
Bismarck,s Iron Nerve

Was the result Of his splendid health.
Indomitable will and tremendous en-
ergy are net found where Stomach,
Liver, Kidneys and Bowels are out
Of order. If o wan these qualities
and the success they bring, use DR..
Kings New Life Pills. They develop
every power of brain and body. Only
sc at r. r. Bellamy's drug store.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-02-03

public MS the wives of statesmen wha
were not poor in their youth; he never
knew the struggles of the washtub AMI
The frying pan. Her father was bank
or, and though this does not mean q
great deal in a small place, IT meant
comfort for her. She entered mercan-
tile life as his assistant, and took Il
great interest in the work, Lot from
necessity, but from pleasure. She re-
ceived fine education at one of ths
teminaries for young ladies in Ohio,
and remained there until she was well
fitted for q teacher.
Her friends have been carefully
chosen and the most of these have been
professionals. for she Is very fond of
artists and musical composers. Though
reports say to the contrary, Mrs. Me-
Kinley is distinctiyely society woman.
and she goes out whenever her health
allows her and sometimes when it does
not. She is n clever conversatlonalist.
and is well known for her repnrtee.
Mrs. Mckinley is one of the most de-
lightful hostesses in Washington and
will entertain quite often during the
winter, With herself as first lady of
the white house, Mrs. Hay as the leader
of the cabinet ladies, and Mrs. Hobart
MS the representative Of society-a posi-
ton which always belongs TO the wife
Of the vice Washington will
be largely entertained this winter by
homes Of wealth. and of the three Mrs.
Mckinley will do her full share.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-02-03
THE CHARM OF MUSIC.
Its Effects Were Very Agreeable TO
the Fellow Who Was Catch-
ing Fish.

A fisherman once took his cornet to the
lake with him. in hopes that his harmonious
notes would have a hypnotic influence in
attracting the fish to his hook,
As soon as he had set his lines he raised
the cornet to his lips, and soon made the
welkin ring with some of The latest popular
airs, but without the expected result OF gain
ing bites
"Perhaps | don't play loud enough" he
thought, So he blew his cornet louder, but
still no nibble.
"Confound it," he exclaimed. "Where
are all the suckers today
At that moment he glanced to the oppo'
site extremity of the lake, where he saw an
other angler pulling in fish hand over hand,
who, seeing he was observed by the cornet.
list, shouted: "Bravol Encorel"
81 am glad that somebody appreciates my
music thought the man with the cornet,
So, again raising the instrument, he accom-
modated the luckier fisherman with another
effort.
Again Again" shouted the second fish.
erman.
"Is my music so great?' hallooed the cor
netist
NO" replied the fisherman, "but it keeps
all the fish over at this end Of the lake. =
N. Y. World.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-02-03
An OId-Time Hnskinr Rec

One beautiful evening under the Sep
TENDER moon Mr.. and Mrs. Pratt sum-
moned the Concord young people to
their farm for husking. We worked
gayly at the piles of bleached gold
leaves and stalks TO get out the liveliei
gold within, the lanterns shining above
and the cows beside creaking their stan.
chions. After an hour we passed across
the moonlit yard under the most beau
tful elm in Middlesex into the house.
where we washed our hands and
brushed our clothes, and were then In
vited into the kitchen TO supper by our
hostess There was long table with
white cloth. In the center in a shining
milk pan was mountain of white bios
somed popcorn, flanked by candles
placed in sockets cut in the small ends
Of huge orange carrots. Next were bas-
kets Of apples, crimson and yellow and
green, round towers of brown bread
and fragrant soft gingerbread, with
fresh cheese near by. Then there were
candelabras made OF inverted multipley
rutabagas. and here and there cleaned
the tanned, yellow faces of pumpkin
pies. The room was decorated with
autumn leaves, probably scarlet and
yellow maple, and blue gentians and
asters.- Edward w. Emerson, in La
dies Home Journal.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-02-03

seat in front, sheltered overhead and
protected in wet weather by water
proof covering. Entrance to the in
terror of the vehicle will be by door
on either side, which when shut will
serve us the center of the three
glass windows. These windows and
another in front will make the Office as
hight as may be desired by day, while
5lazing lamp will do The same by night.
The post master will be seated in the
center of his Office upon a revolving
chair made stationary with the floor.
Both before and behind him will be
working table and a complete set OF
post Office pigeon holes. Under ordinary
circumstances he viii ride with his
back toward the driver. there being
more room at his rear table than at
the front. just above the rear table
will be n closet with double doors. In.
side will be shelves, a cash drawer, and
drawers for storing stamps, postal
cards, envelopes, cancelers and other
necessities, including a trusty gun fer
protection against tine bold highway
nan.
Grouped about this closet will be the
smaller pigeon holes, among which
mail matter for the rural inhabitants
having houses or collection and deiv-
cry boxes along the route between post
Offices will be distributed alphabetical
ly. Thus when the new post Office on
wheels approaches the farm of Josiah
Bean, that gentleman's letters can be
readily found in pigeon hole 3D." and
when it comes TO the box OF Hezekidh
Hathaway. who may live several miles
up the crossroad, his letters and papers
will be taken from compartment III"
and deposited in the slot of the box
bearing his name. Beneath this rear
working table will be larger pigeon
holes, each bearing the name of a reg
ularly established post Office on the cir.
cult. Upon arriving at each office the
travelling postmaster will take all mat
ter ont OF the box and present il 10 his
host, the stationary postmaster. This
pioneer post office on wheels will be so
equipped that it may II needs be, ira
verse the country under control Of only
one man with composite duties Of car
rler collector, postmaster and driver.
All along the route will be distributed
letter boxes Of novel design, each
bearing the name Of its owner, who
may fasten ii outside the gate leading
mp his lane or at the point where the
road leading TO his farm joins the route
OF the post e.-Farmers' Review.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-02-03
TO AVOID COUGHING.
Draw Deep. Long Breath and Hold
II CntiI u SOOthes Every
Air Cell.

physician who Is connected with an
institution in which there are many
children, says: There is nothing more
irritable to n cough than coughing.
For some fine | had been so fully as
sured of this that determined for one
minute at least to lessen the number
Of coughs heard in certain ward in a
hospital of the institution. BY the
promise of rewards and punishments
succeeded in inducing them simply
TO hold their breath when tempted to
cough, and in a little while | was my
self surprised 10 see how some of the
children entirely recovered from the
disease. Constant coughing is precise
ly like scratching n wound on the out
side of the body; so long as it is done,
The wound will not heal. Let n per-
son when tempted TO cough draw
long breath and hold it until it warns
and soothes every air cell, and some
benefit will soon be received from this
process. The nitrogen which is thus
confined acts rs an anodyne to the mu-
cous membrane, allaying the desire
10 cough, and giving the throat and
lungs n chance to heal."-Scientiic
American.