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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-28
ALGER SAILS FOR HAVANA
The Party Spend a Few Hours In Sa.
vannah, Then Leave on the Trans-
port ingalls,

port Ingalls,
Savannah, Ga, March 23.-Secretary
Of War Alger and party made quick
connection here this evening for Cuba.
The party arrived over the Southern
and the Florida Central and Peninsu-
la roads in a special a at 4:30 o'clock
and at $3.50 o'clock were on the way to
Havana on the transport Ingalls,. The
ship had hardly more h gotten to
her dock when she was required to put
to sea again.
Upon arrival in the city the secretary
and party were driven at once to the
Desoto hotel, where they were met by
Mayor Myers, several members of the
city council and a number of leading
citizens. A dinner had been prepared
for the distinguished visitors and it
was served Immediately. The dinner
was wholly informal. Impromptu talks
were made by several of h diners,
but what was said was strictly per-
sonal and private. This was Secretary
Alger's third visit to Savannah within
a few months and his a was purely
in the nature OF greeting old friends
and acquaintance made during former
visits.
AT 8 OclOck the dinner was unlSneu.
AT S:45 o'clock the party took carriages
for the wharf where the ingalls,, which
had arrived at 5 o'clock, was waiting.
There is nothing of interest that I
can tell you," said Secretary Alger to
an Associated Press reporter. w are
merely going on a little pleasure trip"
From the secretary's private secre-
tary it was learned that the party
would leave the ship at Havana and
take q trip across the country and that
the Ingalls, would meet them and take
them on again at C~ienfuegos. The
whole trip will occupy about three
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-28
ChfcagOPreparing for a Big Celebration

Richmond, Va, March 22.-Postmas-
ter Charles U. Gordon, of Chicago, was
in the city today in company with Mr..
1. L. Fulton, of Norfolk, and Mr.. r. A.
Lancaster, of Richmond. He called on
Governor Tyler and extended him a
very cordial invitation to attend, with
his staff, the ceremonies incident to the
laying of the corner stone Of the great
public building proposed for Chicago.
This ceremony will take place on Oc-
tober 9th next, which will be the TWEEN
ty-eighth anniversary of the great fire.
President Mckinley and cabinet will
attend and Mr.. Gordon says it is espe-
cially desired to have Governor Tyler
and his staff present. The governor,
who is the first state executive to be
invited, accepted. Formal invitations
will follow later. 1t is proposed to as
semble on the occasion, if possible, the
governors of all the states, and their
STATS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-28
Discovered by a woman

Another great discovery has beer
made, and that, too, by a lady in this
country. Disease fastened it's clutches
upon her n for seven years she with
stood it's severest tests, out her vital
organs were undermined and death
seemed imminent. For three months
she coughed incessantly, and could not
sleep. She finally discovered a way to
recovery, by purchasing of us a bottle
Of DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, and was so much relieved
on taking first dose, hat she slept
all night; and with two bottles, has
been absolutely cured. Her name is
Mrs. Luther Lutz." Thus writes w. c..
Hamnick & Co., of Shelby, N. c. Trial
bottles free at R.. r. Bellamy's Drug
Store. Regular size SOC and $1.Oo. Every
bottle guaranteed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-28
The Problem Solved

She has solved the problem, God
bless her!
Her name is Mrs. Mary Smith Rob
erts, AMI she is a professor in the
Stanford university of California. She
speaks with the language Of prophecy
and of mastery, and the gospel which
she breaches will revolutionize the civ
ilized world and settle the ~vexatious
servant girl problem" forever.
'"Give parties" says Mrs. Smith
Roberts. Give plenty of parties, and
you will have plenty Of good servants.
T have made it a rule to allow my cook
to give a large party each summer
while I am away"-Mrs. Smith Roberts
neglected to say that her cook would
give it any way, whether she allowed
it or no-"and when I am at home and
the horse is not too tired I ask my SER
wants out for a drive. I never have
any trouble with them"
That j. the Smith Roberts recipe.
1t is as easy as lying, if you only know
how.-New York World.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-28
PAYING Hi DuvTDENDs
To Creditors Of the Freedman.s saving
and Trust Company


Washington. March 23.-During the
past two or three weeks Comptroller
Dawes has been engaged in paying the
barred dividends revived by the act of
March 5. 1899. to depositors in the
Freedmen's Saving and Trust Com
pany.
Thus far about 127 claims have been
paid. varying in amounts from IS cents
to s73. and aggregating about 81. 200,
the average payment being about SIS.
This average. IL is assumed. will be
considerably lessened as the claims FOR
smaller amounts are presented.
The principal obstacle In the way OF
a speedy settlement OF the smaller
claims, Mr.. Dawes says. is the loss OF
passbooks and the death OF depositors.
making IL difficult to determine who
is entitled to receive the payments.
Mr.. Dawes desires to make il as easy
as possible for claimants to receive
what is due th-m, but as passbooks
have been presented showing
OF dividends paid in some cases and in
others the credit "a OF the boo o
out altogether, for the purpose, appar
emily, OF destroying evidence OF pay
ment, ii is necessary for him 10 pro-
coed with care.
The production Of the passbook
greatly facilitates payment and Mr..
Dawes says the owners of such books
should make every effort to find them,
II in existence, and forward them to the
commissioner in applying for payment.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-28
British View of American Trusts

London, March 22.-At the banquet
of the British Economic Association
this evening Sir Robert Gifin, former
ly assistant secretary of the board Of
trade, presiding, Professor Ashley de-
livered an interesting address on the
position of trusts in the United States.
Professor Ashley said that the trusts
were mainly the outcome of an attempt
to get rid Of the disastrous effects OF
cut throat competition. The public, In
his opinion, had greatly exaggerated
their power to rule prices.He contended
that the general tendency Of trusts in
the United States was, in fact, toward
lower prices as had been seen in the
case of the Standard Oil trust. I'm
doubleday the trusts gain an advantage
to tn capitalists, but they also tender
to secure steadiness in the rate of re-
muneration for labor and to promote
continuity of employment and an in
creased stability in industry.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-28

statement of the Man, Moore, Wh1
Murdered His Five Children

MCPHERSON, Kans., March 23.-John
Moore, the Hutchinson murderer, to-
day made a signed statement of his
crime. Moore murdered his five chill
dren with a hatchet and knife, then
burned the house over their heads. He
and his wife had quarreled and he
claims they were about to separate.
In the statement Moore says:
Il had been feeling pretty bad for the
past two or three days. The children
were all in bed asleep. I turned the
lamp down and went to bed. 1 then
had one Of my worst spells and my
head hurt me awfully and everything
seemed floating before me and the next
thing that / remember after that was
in trying to get out of the house. I
have a recollection of going through
a struggle like a dream that I half re-
member. All the recollectic. I have
about this is that I would rather q
my children dead than to leave them
in the hands of my wife's people. It
was like a dream to- me that / done
something to the children, but I do not
recollect using the knife or Ratchet. I
loved my children and I lived for
them"
Clay Centre, Kas., March 23.-John
Gilbert, who slew his wife and four
children with a Ratchet on Februry
28th last on his farm near Industry,
pleaded guilty when put on trial here
today and was sentenced to death.
This under the Kansas law means life
imprisonment, as no recent governor
has signed a death warrant.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-28

The Will Of the Late Edward Justin
Admitted to Probate

Aounltte0 10
Boston, Mass, March 23.-The will of
the late Edward Justin, which be
queaths 81. 100, 900 to public charities
was admitted to probate today. All
parties legally concerned in his estate
under his will and otherwise assented
to the probate. a compromise having
been agreed upon with reference 10 OBJ
lection made by some Of the heirs at
law.
Among the public requests are $780,
900 TO Harvard college. the interest TO
be applied TO needy, meritorious stud
ents and teachers TO assist them in the
payment for their studies;" 60 3 the
Massachusetts, Institute of Technology
$500, 600; TO Radcliffe college $50, 900;
to Roanoke college $50, 600; to Tuske-
gee Normal and Industrial scnool $780,
900.
These requests are made under the
same terms as that to Harvard. He
also gives s10,0 900 to the bacteriology
laboratory of Harvard medical school,
and 500, 900 TO the New England Trust
Company, the income to be paid to
needy aged men and women who had
been in better circumstances in early
life, but who have become in want
when in old age"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-28

Maso Appointed Commander In Chief.
Afraid of a Snub From AIger-The
Question Of Dissolution

Havana, March 23.-The executive
committee of the Cuban military as
sembly has appointed General Barto-
lome, former president OF the Cuban
revolutionary government, commander
in chief Of the Cuban forces, in the ORR
ent. or eastern provinces.
The assembly was in session this at
ternoon. The motion proposed yester-
day by Senior Gualberto Gomez for the
reorganization of the Cuban army was
passed, but under existing conditions
the action of the assembly in this re-
spect is ~unimportant.
A dispatch was read from the vete-
rams association of Santiago asking
the assembly to restore General Max
limo Gomez to the post Of commander
in chef. From General Maso a tele-
gram was received recognizing on his
part the superior authority Of the as
sembly, acknowledging it as a duty to
sustain the assembly, and lamenting
the controversy with General Gomez.
Little has been said of late as to the
proposed trip to Washington Of Seniors
Vilalon, Hovia and Despaigne. the
committee appointed by the assembly
ON March 18th to lay before President
Mckinley the resolutions that day
adopted, on the motion of General San
gully, to the effect that the SO, 00O, 900
offered by the United States would not
be sufficient and that the United States
should help Cuba to obtain more by
way of a loan. Apparently the matter
has hQpn drOnnpd hIt tI6aU Sannr
Rafael Portuondo, chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee, suggested hat the
commission should hand the resolution
to the secretary of war. This course
was opposed by General Andrade, who
said General Alger would decline to
recognize the assembly officially, and
that the commission would be snubbed.
Senior P~ortuondo's motion was left on
the table.
General Sanguilly suggested just be-
fore adjournment that tomorrOW'S SEES
sion be secret and a motion to this eff
feet was passed, though some Of the
professed ignorance of the
reason for secrecy.
1t is reported that a secret meeting
is in progress his evening at the house
of Senior Parragas, where the dissolu-
ton motion, to be argued on Saturday.,
is under preliminary consideration. The
Cuban Generals Diaz, Monteagudo, Ro-
Nodarse, Betancourt and PeraZa,
who held a secret meeting last night,
after consulting their commands with
reference to the course to be taken in
the controversy between Gomez and
assembly, reported that they had
to accept the So, 900, 900 for the
soldiers and also to help to organize a
new Cuban army of 10000 men under
the American administration.
The Cuban muster rolls are not yet
N the hands of General Brooke. They
last seen by an American officer
in Guanabaca, when they were in the
possession OF General Roloff, the Cuban
inspector general. From his hands they
probably passed to the military assem-
bly,, and if the assembly still possesses
them the payment can be indefinitely
delayed merely by the withholding of
the rolls from the American authori-
los
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-28
THE CHICAGO ABDUCTION
The Defendant Collins Makes a Full
Confession

gainesville, Ohio, March 22.-John
Collins, who was arrested here yes
terday with Mrs. An Ingersoll on
the charge Of abducting Gerald Lati-
mer from in front of his parents house
in Chicago about a year ago, has made
a full confession. Collins says he is an
old soldier. He was an inmate Of the
National Military Home at Los An
geles, Cal. There he met Mrs. Inger-
soil. She told him she had a farm at
gainesville and asked him to come
east and live with her. They came to
Chicago, where they arrived a few
days before the last of May, 1898. On
Decoration day Mrs. Ingersoll came
to him with the child. She said she
had found the little one on the street
They remained in Chicago a few days
and then came east to gainesville. Col
Inns said he had no suspicion hat the
child had been abducted and he be-
lieved Mrs. Ingersoll when she said she
had found the little one. Collins was
held in $500 n Mrs. Ingersoll in So, 900
bail for the hearing On Thursday. The
child a been given to its mother.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-28
To Build the Black Diamond RAILROAD

Cincinnati, March pa meeting OF
the American stockholders of the pro-
posed Black Diamond route, a railroad
was held here today for the purpose of
completing the sale to the English cap
italists. Mr.. w. p. Dickinson, of
Washington, was authorized to trans
fer the franchises and rights to the
British f%ranchisers. Mr.. Dickinson
will leave for England in a few days.
1t is expected that the construction
will begin in a few months. The first
portion to be built is that running from
Clay, KY, to Port Royal, $50 miles.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-28
An Aged

Jackson, Miss, March 23.-The old
est criminal ever placed behind prison
bars in Mississippi was brought to the
state prison to serve a life sentence
for murder. The prisoner is DR.. W. H.
Lipscomb. formerly a we'll known ply
stefan of Kemps county, and he is now
nearly rs years of age. Lipscomb was
convicted Of poisoning q young mar
named Charles Stewart, whose life was
lnsured in his favor. The case became
famous throughout the country and was
extremely exploited in connection with
the Holmes murder mysteries then at
tracing attention.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-28
GlOrlOua NeWa

Comes from DR.. D. B. Cargile, Of
Washita, I. T. He writes: -Four bot
ties of Electric Bitters has cured Mrs.
Brewer Of scrofula, which had caused
her great suffering for years.. Terrible
sores would break out on her head
and face. and the best doctors could
give no help: but her cur is complete
and her health is excellent" This
shows what thousands have proved
that Electric Bitters is the best blood
purifier known. It's the supreme RENE
dy for eczema, letter, salt rheum. ul-
GERS, boils and running sores. It slim
ulates liver, kidney and bowels. ex-
pels poisons. helps digestion, builds up
the strength. Only 80 cents. Sold by
r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-28
Pit1abIe Condition Of Party OF Liberia
Immigrants

New York, March 22.-The twenty
seven colored families, numbering 104
persons in all, who are stranded il Jer-
sey City after having come from the
west to go to Liberia. as is alleged.
under a contract with the international
Migration Society, were notified today
by the Central railroad of New York
that they would have to leave the rail-
road cars in which they have remained
since their arrival in Jersey City. l. is
claimed tina the International NJ gra-
ton Society promised to send these
people to Liberia and that they have
failed to carry out their promises. Most
Of them are destitute and their condi-
ton is pitiable.
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Rhodes Ultimatum to England

London, March 22.-Considerable dis
sention is reported between the chan
cellor of the exchequer, Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach, and the secretary Of state
for the colonies, Joseph Chamberlain,
the former opposing and the latter
favoring the African schemes of Mr..
Cecil Rhodes.
The Daily Chronicle says: I'VE under
stand that Mr.. Rhodes has sen the
government a virtual ultimatum, ask
ing whether it intends to accede TO his
request TO guarantee the interest on
the Tanganyika section Of the Cape TO
Cairo railway, failing which he in
tends to lay the situation before the
chartered shareholders"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-28

Nashville, Tenn, March 23.-The
house Of representatives today passed
the senate bill, making all contracts
entered into in Tennessee hereafter
payable in any IegaI renoer. The bill
was amended so as to exempt con-
tracts already in existence. The bill
now goes to the governor and he will
certainly sign it. The bill is the out
growth of the silver sentiment in Ten
neSSee.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-28
State Of Ohio, County of Toledo,l

Lucas County. )SS.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath hat he
is the senior partner OF the firm Of r.
J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the
City Of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every a OF Ca
tarrh that cannot be cured by the use
Of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J.. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9Th day Of De-
cember, A. D.. 1886.
(Seal.) A. W. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken inter-
nally and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system.
Send for testimonials. free.
F. j. CHENEY C CO., Toledo. D..
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Measles Among the Volunteers

Greenville, S. c., Marc 22.-The Third
battalion of the Fifth MASSACHUSETTS
regiment has been relieved of provost
duty by two companies Of the Two
Hundred and First New York and put
in quarantine on account of a number
Of cases of measles among the Massa-
chusetts boys.
The Two Hundred and Third New
York regiment is now ready to be mus
tered out, having turned in everything
but tents, knives and forks, AMI will
be finally dismissed Saturday. A num-
Der of the men will remain in Green
vile.
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Cattle Attacked With Anthr.x

Towanda, Pa, March 23.-Dr. r. G..
Rice, the representative IN Bradford
county Of the state live stock sanitary
board, today completed an examina-
ton in the case of five COWS belonging
to a farmer at Monroeton, n he pro-
nounces the disease to be b much
dreaded anthrax. Five animals died
since March 18th, each living but q
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-28

To Fight the Bell Telephone Company
Chicago, March 22.-The Record to-
morrow will say: Independent telephone
manufacturing interests have organized
to fight the Bell Company with a trust
of their own. At a secret session this
afternoon the way were creased for
the launching of a $1,000, 900 combine.
w. T. Blaine, president of h Vic
tor Telephone Manufacturing Company
Of this city, is in charge as promoter
in chief. 1t is represented that options
are in hand or in prospect for 80 per
cent. of the factories producing "inde-
pendent apparatus. Details as to the
plants this includes, a. well as the
sources from which capital for their
acquisition is to come, are zealously
guarded.
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Sherman Much Improved

Santiago, March 23.-Mr. Sherman is
feeling much better this evening and
his physicians regard his condition as
much improved. During a part of the
afternoon he sat on the deck of the
Paris, viewing Santiago. The United
States cruiser Chicago is expected here
by daybreak tomorrow and Mr.. Sher-
man will be Immediately transferred
to her. The anxiety of his relatives on
the Paris is now virtually at an end.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-28
The ankrupt Case

Dispositions of witnesses in the s
of the Carolina Cooperage Company,
bankrupt, are still being taken by Geo.
II. Howell, Jr., Esq, acting in the ca
pacity OF a notary public. The taking
of dispositions in this case commenced
over three weeks ago n will con-
tinue for about a fortnight longer.
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Augusta, Ga, March 23.-Ned Han
lon and the Brooklyn team arrived
in this city from Charleston to which
point they had sailed from New York
on the Algonquin. The weather was
fine and when the team vent out for
their first practice they put a good deal
of ginger into their work. All are
pleased with the surroundings.
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The Tobacco Trust Buys Another Com.
pany
Baltimore, March 22.-The NJ. 8.
Pacholder Cigarette Company was to-
day sold to the American Tobacco Com
pany. The company made a specially
Of the manufacture Of all tobacco Gig
arettes and it is said is the last but
one independent factory in the city.
1t is contemplated to enlarge the plant
and to increase the number OF en-
ployees from $50 to about LOCO.