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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-24


Captain w. 3. Brooks, u. s. navy,
and his wife and daughter. Miss MINI
! ME. arrived In our city yesterday from
Florida, where they have been spending
| the winter and are o on their way
home in Erie. Penn They are tho
guests Of our esteemed townsman, Cap
tain Ed Wilson Manning. whose good
| wife Is Captain Brooks sister.
After active service for forty years
Captain Brooks was retired I'm lSs2. but
volunteered and served during the re-
cent war with Spain.
An incident is related OF Captain
Brooks oldest son. a captain in the
regular army and major OF volunteer
service. which is worthy OF note. The
following account Is taken from tae
New York sun:
TIE Havana press censor erased
from the suns dispatch by direct cable
last night the whole incident OF Cap
! tain Brooks at Maestranza and moui-
fed the description OF the grave attack
on the mayor OF Havana by employees
OF the municipality. The facts in both
cases are as follows:
Captain Brooks. under instruction
AAAt S0AAAAAlANCAVAs WIZ ~
tranza to take accoun OF the cannon,
rifles and ammunition which the Span
tards propose carrying TO Spain in
spite OF the protests OF the Americans.
who claim them as property surren-
dered by the terms OF the protocol The
S~paniards We're taking these arms away
from the forts and depositing them i'm
M~aestranZa TO be embarked from there
Some arms were sold at Mestranza e.
public auction, as happened with the
bronze cannon bought by Mr.. Hamei-
against which sale the American COM
mission has protested.
Captain Brooks was aking notes On
the cannon at MaestranZa, when n
Spanish major came along and said:
What you are doing is unlawful
You must get out at once"
Il will remain" answered Broois-
calmly. until my work is done"
Then / will cali my soldiers and
put you out"
No. you WON'T said Brooks. Il
notify you now that the whole army of
Spain won't put me out OF this place
until / am through with my work"
The major withdrew. grumbling, and
in a few moments a Spanish lieuten-
ant colonel came TO Captain Brooks and
told him TO report Immediately to he
Spanish colonel in charge at Macs
rama.
Il have no report TO make except To
my superiors," replied Brooks. Il will
call or your colonel when my work here
is done"
Brooks proceeded with his work. taxi
ing notes in every department. He was
followed by a crowd OF Spanish officers
and soldiers. They did not dare 10
touch him, and he ignored them. When
through he called on the colonel, who
said 10 him:
Spanish military law forbids note
taking at Maestranza."
Brooks answered.: American mill
tary law compels me to obey my supe-
riors in all cases"
He pocketed his notes and walk a
out, going TO the Salon Trocha with his
report. General Blanco. learning tho
facts, summoned the colonel from
MaestranZa and told him he did not full
fiji his duty. He should have arrested
Brooks.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-24
A Boost OfAgufnaldO's So.Called Gov.


Savannah, Ga, March 1s.-In a speech
before the Hibernian society last night
Senator A. O.. Bacon, Of Georgia, said
in part: .
1--WE are today formulating a war in
Asia under the protection Of the guns
Of the British navy. With that protec-
ton withdrawn the government of the
United States would be at the mercy
of any two of the smallest of European
nations. England for her own selfish
purposes is encouraging US to this pol
icy, which will place us absolutely in
her power. When we are committed
to that policy. beyond the power Of re-
treat then England win be in a position
to dictate such terms as will be neces-
sary for us to accept to maintain the
policy which we have undertaken.
To-day the great power of the Unit
ed States is being exercised to over
throw the only republican government
that has ever been organized on the
continent of Asia. The results of the
war thus far have been to revolution
lie the fundamental principles Of re-
publican government"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-24
Abraham Lincoln a Secessionfst
Fayetteville, n. c.. March /

y. ~, sldINH ~.
Editor OF The Messenger:
A communication in your paper of
March 18th on the question OF secession
prompts me to say that ii viii probably
surprise the admirers OF Abraham Lin
coin quite as much as i was surprised
to learn that he was, at one tine.
fully and unequivocally committed to-
the very philosophy" which he after
wards crushed out by bringing 70 bear
against its adherents the whole MI
tary power OF the government. ",
such is the fact.
The following is an extract from n
speech delivered by Abraham Linco D
(the same Lincoln who afterwards be-
came president OF the United Statesp
in the house OF representatives, jan
uary 18th. 1S4S. And in order to ena-
bic every reader to assure himself OF it's
authenticity, / will mention that the
speech may be found in the appendix
TO the Congressional Globe, of the 30th
congress (irst SESSION. page "a. Tho
following is a literal extract:
Amy people, anywhere, being in
clined and having the power. have the
right to rise up and shake OFF the ex-
listing government, and form a new one
that suits them better. This is a
most valuable, a most sacred right-a
right which, We hope and believe. is to
liberate the world. Nor is this right
confined to cases in which the whole
people OF an existing government may
choose to exercise 1t. Any portion of
such people hat can, may revolution
ize, n make their own OF so much OF
the territory as they inhabit. More than
this, a majority OF any portion OF such
people may revolutionize, put down a
minority, intermingled with, or naar
about them, who may oppose their
movements. Such minority was pre-
cisely the case Of the tories OF our own
revolution. II is a quality OF revolu-
tons not to go by old lines or old laws.
but TO break up both, and make new
ones"
So it appears that the views Of Abra-
ham Lincoln in 1s4S were precisely the
same as those OF Jefferson Davis in
1861.
SAM'L w. MURPHY.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-24

A correspondent OF h Liverpool
Mercury says he is willing to risk his
reputation as a public man IL the worst
case of smallpox cannot be effectively
cured in one to three days, simply by
cream of tartar. One ounce OF tartar
desolved in a pint Of boiling water. to
be drank when cold at short inter
vals. It a be taken at any time, and
is a preventative as well as a cura-
tive. 1t is known to AVE cured thou
sands Of cases without a failure. II
never leaves its mark; never causes
blindness, and always prevents tedious
lingering.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-24
The Beef Court Goes to Fort Leaven.
worth

Kansas City, Mo-, March 1S.-The
army court of inquiry concluded the
taking Of testimony in Kansas City at
2 o'clock this afternoon. Several wit
nesses testified today that the two lots
of beef rejected at Mobile and Jack
sonville and deturned to the company's
plant in this city was in fair condf-
ton; that most Of it had apparently not
been inspected at the camps before be-
ing returned, and that after reaching
here and being re-inspected by the
company, it was replaced in stock. It
was declared that all meat furnished
the army during the Spanish var was
dated and prepared with the utmost
care.
The court started for Fort Leaven-
worth at 4:30 o'clock in h after
noon. They will cave there for Chi
cago on Sunday evening.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-24

Especial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh, N. c., March 1s.-The board
of aldermen decided tonight to hold
municipal election May Ind under the
new supplemental election law for
cities and towns.
A committee was appointed to ask
the secretary of war to muster out the
First regiment at Raleigh. 1t was ar
ranged to vote June 18th in Raleigh
township for $50, 900 for school purposes
and in the city of Raleigh for 500, 900
for street improvements.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-24
SAM'L w.
State Of Ohio, County OF Toledo,)

Lucas County. )ss.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that 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 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 my presence, this sth day OF De-
cember. A. D. 1856.
(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.
T. j. CHENEY Il CO., Toledo, O..
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-24
Charged with Murder In h Hot
springs RiOs

Hot Springs, Ark, March Is.-The
c~oroner's jury on the lot Of Thursday
night, in which five men were killed,
this evening rendered a verdict against
Sheriff Robert 7. Williams and Deputy
Sheriff Coffees Williams. Ed. Spears
and William Watt, holding hat the
killings were not justified and COM
hitting the above men to jail to await
the grand jury's action.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-24

Washington, March 20.-The war de-
partment today received the following
dispatch:
San Juan. Porto Rico. March 90.
"Adjutant General. Washington:
Newspaper reports of conditions
here are reporting interviews with me
stating chances of uprising are abso-
lutely false There is a great deal OF
idle talk on the part of the ignorant.
but as TO any resistance against law
and order by n masses. IL is absurd.
Inere mas always bean political agita-.
ton here, less now than ever before.
The truth should be known in the
United States and the island not injur-
ed by false statements.
HENRY"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-24

Gibraltar, March 1s.-As the United
States cruiser Raleigh sailed from here
for New York this afternoon homeward
bound from Manila, in order to be put
out of commission, she hoisted the
Spanish ensign and fired a salute while
passing the Spanish squadron COM
manded by Admiral Camara, OF Alge-
ciras. The Spanish flagship Carlos
Quinta thereupon hoisted the American
ensign and returned the salute.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-24

and a race of hardy men, who loved
God and wanted to be free. Before the
woodman's az forests fell and rose
again into ships masts and churches
pillars. Cities on the banks of lakes be-
gan to rival cities by the sea. The a
quakes with the rush of the rail car,
and the waters are churned white with
h steamers wheel. Fabulous bushels
OF western wheat on the way fab
uolus tons OF eastern coal. Furs from
h north pass on the rivers fruits from
the south. And trading in the same
market are Maine lumberman and
South Carolina rice merchant and Ohio
farmer and Alaska fur dealer. And
churches and schools and asyiums
scatter light and love and mercy and
salvation upon 10000. 900 OF people.
AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW.
1 pray that our nation may not copy
the crimes Of nations that have per-
lshed; that our cup of blessing turn not
TO Wormwood and we go down. / an
by nature and by grace an optimist
and 1 expect that this country will con.
tinue to advance until the world shall
reach the millennial era. Our only
safety is in righteousness toward God
and justice toward man. If we forget
the goodness Of the Lord to this land
and break his Sabbaths, and improve
not by the dire disasters that have
again n again come to us as a people,
and We learn saving lesson neither from
civil war nor aging epidemic. nor
drought, nor mildew, = nor scourse of
locust and grasshopper; if the political
corruption which has poisoned the
fountains OF public virtue and Destined
the high places of authority, making
free government at times a kissing and
a byword in all the earth: IL the drunk
enness and RIGHTEOUSNESS that stagger
n blaspheme in the streets of our
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-24

1OoA AISS III odS1I
to be Attila and your last name At
tia, because you are the star Worm
wood n you nave imbittered one
third, if not three-thirds of the waters
that roll past your employees and op-
eratives and dep ndents and assocl-
ates, and the long line Of carriages
which the undertaken orders for your
respectable will be filled with twice as
many dry, fearless eyes, as there are
persons occupying them. You will be
in this world but a few minutes. AS
compared with eternity, the stay of the
longest life on earth is not more than
a minute What are you doing with
that minute? Are we imbittering the
domestic or social or political foun-
tains, or are we like Moses, who, when
the ~Israelites in the wilderness COM
planned that the waters Of Lake Ma
rah were bitter, and they could not
drink them, their leader cut off the
branch of a certain tree and threw
that branch into the water, and it be-
came sweet and slaked the thirst of the
suffering host? Are we with a branch
of the tree Of life sweetening all the
brackish fountains that we can touch?
Dear Lord, send US all out on this
mission. All around us imbittered lives
-imbittered by persecution. imbitter-
ed by hypercriticism, imbittered by
poverty. imbittered by pain, imbittered
by injustice, imbittered by sin. Why
not go forth and sweeten them by
smiles, by inspiring words, by benefac-
lions, by hearty counsel, by prayer, by
gospelized behavior? Let us remember
that if we are NORWOOD to others We
are NORWOOD to ourselves, and our
life will be bitter and our eternity bit
terer. The gospel Of Jesus Christ is
the only sweetening power thai is suf-
fcient. 1t sweetens the disposition. il
sweetens the manners, it sweetens life,
it sweetens mysterious providences, il
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-11-22
Questions Answered.

Yes August Flower still has the larg-
est sale of any medicine in the civilized
world. Your mothers and grandmoth>
ers never thought of using anything else
for indigestion or biliousness. Doctors
were scarce, and they seldom heard of
appendicitis, nervous prostratlon or
heart failure, etc. They used August
Flower to clean cut the system and stop
fermentation of undlgested food, regu~
nervous and organic action of the sys-
tenn, and that is all they took when feel
ing dull and bad with headaches and
other aches. You only need few doses
of Green's August Flower in liquid form
to make you satisfied there is nothing
serious with you Sample bottles at
Farrar & Harris
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-11-22
WHEN AM GONE.

TIE sun will rise and set the same,
Men will strive and work for fame,
Forgotten soon will be my name,
When | am gone.
Flowers will blossom in the spring,
And silver wood notes loudly ring,
AS feathered warblers sweetly sing
When | am gone.
Friends Will grieve above my bier,
And on my grave will drop tear;
I'll be forgotten in year,
When | am gone.
Above me ever and anon
Will pass the long years one by one {;
Remorseless time sweeps on and on,
When | am gone.
And millions yet will follow me;
Gray age, glad youth and infancy
Will join me IN eternity,
When | am gone.
The cradle, coffin and the grave
Will hold alike the king and slave,
The proud, the humble and the brave,
When am gone.
Age will mourn and youth will
laugh
One half will give the other half
A grave, tomb, an epitaph,
When am gone.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-11-22
A WHOLE VILLAGE
Attacked by Grip-One Famil,, =
capes by Using Pe.ru.na Is
WINoNA. SrApvco

WANNA, STARK Co. TNn
During the winter l and INV o..
lily OF six were taken with la prinna
The disease was very prevalent a. . n 70
time in the village where 7 ras;Sas
nearly everyone being sick with =.
Our doctors treated it as best thew conls ~
but were very unsuccessful in the troa4
ment OF it. AS soon as my family war.
taken sick l went to the drugstore .rd
bought six bottles of Pe-ru-na. and -.
all took it according to the directior.
given on the bottle; and although on,
cases seemed to be more than usnsIr
violent in the outset, yet our recovor.
was prompt, and we were all well muoS
sooner than those who were Treated hr
the regular physicians.
Many people died of this la grippe dnr.
ing this epidemic, and few if any. wsro
sick so short a time as myself and
family. After we were all well we had
one bottle of Pe-ru-na left.
c. T. Hatfield.
Send for a free copy of "Winter Ca,
tarrh." This book contains lecture bv
DR.. Hartman on la grippe which ba,
attracted wide attention and has been
reported IN leading papers. Address Dr.
Hartman, Colum bus, Ohio.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-11-22
SOME FINE SARCASM.
The Grand Aggregation OF GOOD
Things We Offer the FilipinOs.

Things we UHeT lho IAhPAHOSe
There is irony in the following ex>
tract taken from an exchange, besides
many truths pungently told. 1t is ad-
dressed to the Filipinos. We quote:
"You ought to know what a good
thing you are missing by not wanting
to become a citizen of this grand coun-
try of ours. There's nothing like 1T
under the sun. You ought to send
delegation over to see us--the land OF
the free-this land of churches and
400, 900 licensed saloons, Bibles, forts
and guns, houses of prayer, million
aires and paupers, theologians and
thieves, liDertines and liars, Christians
and chain-gangs, politicians and pow
erty, schools and scalawags. trusts and
tramps, virtue and vice.
A land where we have nen in con-
gress with three wives and lot OF
men IN the penitentiary for having
two wives. where some make sausage
of their wives and some eat them raw;
dogs. canned beef of horses and sick
cows, and cOrpses OF people VINO eaG
1T; where we put man In jail Tor not
having the means of support and on
rock pile for asking for job OF work.
Where we have a congress OF 4OO
men to make lSws and supreme court
of nine men to set them aside; where
good whiskey makes bal men and bad
men make good whiskey; where news
papers are paid for suppressing the
truth and made rich for telling lie;
where professors draw their cOnvlc-
tions and their salaries from the same
source; where preachers are paid $780,
900 year to dodge the devil and tickle
the ears of the wealthy; where busi>
ness consists of getting property in
any way that won't land you in the
penitentlary where trusts hold you
up and poverty holds you down; where
men vote for what they don't want for
fear they will get what they want by
voting for it.
Where women wear false hair and
men dock their horses tails; where
men vote for a thing one day and
"cuss" it 1854; where we have prayers
on the floor of the national capitol and
whlskey in the basement; where we
spend $4,000 to bury a congressman
who is rich, and $40 to put away a
working man who is poor.
Where to be vIrtuous is to be lone~
some, and to be honest is to be called a
crak; where we sit on safetyevalve OF
energy and pull wide open the throttle
of conscience; where gold is a sub
st ance- theone thing sought for-and
God a waste basket for better thoughts
and good resolutions.
Where we pay SIS, 900 for dog and
fifteen cents dozen to poor woman
for making shirts; where we teach the
Indian eternal life from
book and kill him with bad booze;
where we put man in prison for steal
ing a loaf of bread and in congress for
stealing a railroad; where the check
book talks, sin walks In broad daylight,
Justice is asleep, crime runs amuck,
corruption permeates our social fabric
and satan laughs from every street
corner.
Come to us, Fillles! We've got the
grandest aggregation of good things,
big and little things, cold things and
hot things, soft things and hot things.
all sizes, varieties and colors, ever ex-
hlbited under one tent. Come to our
arms at once!
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-11-22
REFUSED TO SERVE NEGROES.
Three American Bar Men Have Been sent
to Prison In Cuba.

Three American Bar Men Have Been sent
to Prison Cuba.
In Havapna three Americans, Hanson,
King and Holland, have each been sem
fenced to two months i'm qrisonment and
to pay fine of $75. and two.thlrds of the
costs of the proceedings for placing over
their saloon a sign reading:
''We cater to white people only"
Their place had been, closed January
last, by order o! the ci7il governor, be-
cause they had refused to serve a negro
Cuban general, but they had been allow
ed to open the saloon again on promis>
ing to serve the public without distinc-
ton of color. The defendants have app
pealed the case, the cost of which al
ready amounts to $4,000.
A letter has been published in paper
of Havana written by another colored
Cuban general, complaining that the
owner of barber shop had refused to
cut his hair on account of his color.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-11-22
she PREFERRED PRISON.
A LADY CHRISTIAN SCIENIIol
WOULD NOT BE VACCINATED.
Wife of Prominent Americas PhySi-
clan Sentenced to Thirty Days.
The Town in a Stir.

Thursdays Macon Telegraph printed
the following special from Americas: A
large percentage of the population of
Americas, including the mayor, are
nursing very sore arms, the result of en-
forced vaccination, caused by the devel-
opment of two cases of variloid in the
Hogue family in East Americus a few
weeks ago. Both patients are recovering
and no further danger is feared.
Anent the compulsory vaccination, the
authorities have struck snag in the per-
sons of several ladies who are bitterly
and unalterably opposed to being vaccI-
mated and are willing to undergo punish
ment, if necessary, before submitting.
Among them are several Christian
Scientists, whose religion is opposed to
such measure. and they will hardly SUBJ
nit. In the mayors court this morning
Mayor Hixson sentenced the wife of a
prominent physician to term OF thirty
DAYS confinement in the guardhouse for
refusing to submit to vaccination. She
is a Christian Scientist, and will submit
to this indignity before yielding to the
or der Of the city authorities. The SEN
tence was suspended until tomorrow
morning.
whole Church Refuses to Be Vaccinated.
AMERIcUs, Nov. 16. Almost the en-
tire membership of the Christian Science
church in Americus appeared before the
mayors court this morning TO answer to
the charge of refusing to submit to vac
cination. The scene was a most unusual
one, and the court room was thrOnged
with the best people of Americas to wit
ness the trial. Among the defendants
were twenty ladies, prominent in the
church, besides number of little girls
and children, all of whom refused to
submit to vaccination upon the ground
that it was contrary to their religious
creed. The lady sentenced yesterday to
a month in the guard house or to leave
the city for refusing to- be vaccinated,
was present this morning, her sentence
having been suspended until other mem
bers of the church we're tried for like
Offense. The Scientists will be given tn e
alternative of being quarautined at their
homes or going to prison, and it is said
they may accept the latter. This case
has caused a tremendous sensation here,
and little else is discussed in any quar-
ter.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-11-22
LIMBURGER CAUSED STRIKE.
Giris CompwnIons Couldn't Stand Her
OdOrOus Lunch.

GIri's CompwnI@Ds Couldn't Stand Her
OdorOus Lunch.
Thirty girls are employed in the finish
ing room of Radcliffe Brothers wooden
mills at Shelton. Conn. One Annie Schlo-
c'vltcb made her daily lunch on limourg-
er cheese and garlic,
The other twenty-nine girls protested
to the mill owners against Annie's odor-
Gus diet. The mill owners said she could
eat assafmtida if she pleased
The twenty-nine girls struck, Annie
refusing to give up her beloved garlic
and limburger. The mills are crowded
with orders. Annie was discharged.
The windows of the finishing room
were kept open all night and the twenty
nine returned to work next day.