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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-25
AGrea Iron City

But little more than % years ago the
site on which Birmingham, Ala, was
founded was practically an uncultivat-
ed plantation. Now Birmingham is
one of the busiest and most prosperous
cities in the country and it's population
is increasing rapidly. The city of
Birmingham" says a correspondent
from that place, contains a. number of
the most modern and complete machine
shops and fOundries in the United
States. Corliss engines and sugar mill
machinery are tspecialties of mammoth
plants, whose large pay rolls are circu-
lated at home. There are two of the
largest cotton gin factories in the
world at Birmingham. There is a $780,
900 cotton mill. There are two large
rolling mills. There are in the city Of
Birmingham and the county OF JEFF
ferson, of which it is the metropolis, rs
blast furnaces. There r chair facto-
ries, bolt works, mattress factories, iron
bed factories, veneer and gasoline en-
CINE factories and brass works. The
mine and mill. the furnace and the rail-
rOad-aU get their work done at home.
Nothing in the iron line is imported.
Tyres for furnaces and brasses for rail-
roads are made in Birmingham. Every
size of car wheel is made in the city
Of Birmingham. In fact, Of the
largest and most prosperous a wheel
manufactures in the United States is
located in this city. There are fertilizer
factories n powder works. There
grist mills and flour mills have been To-
Gated. The variety OF the industries Of
h city grows each year and adds to
h productiveness of the district"
With SO much accomplished in a quar-
ter OF a century, the future greatness
OF Birmingham can hardly be estimat-
ed.-Baltimore Sun.
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Washington Post.)

Ii IS stated that the Cramps and 9TH
or large buyers OF steel and iron find
great difficulty in procuring the ma
terial needed TO fill their contracts. All
the rolling mills and all the factories
whose raw material is iron or steel, or
both. are more busy than they have
ever been at any time in the history or
American manufacturers. They nave
orders booked for many months TO
come. In this city. rs in many others,
the construction OF buildings Is delay
ed by the impossibility or getting s.eel
beams delivered as they are needed.
For the same reason reconstruction OF
some OF our great street railways 4
been prolonged. infiicting loss on own
ers and annoyance on their patrons.
The iron business Is the best availa-
BILE test OF Industrial activity and ma
tional prosperity. The statistics OF this
business for 1898 and for the first half
OF 1899 are as disgusting to the PROBES
sional calamity bowler as the ngurSS
which show the splendid harvest or
wheat and corn in the west. IL appears
hat our furnaces produced 6,2s9, 16I
gross tons of pig iron, against 5,9Oi.23l
gross tons in the second half OF 1898,
and $3.50, 703 gross tons in the first half
of 1898. This means an annual output
more than a quarter OF a ton or pig
iron for every man. woman, and child
in the United States. 1t would require
13, 000, 900 horses, each drawing a ton. TO
haul this annual product.
But, great as has been the product OF
our ~urnaces since the beginning OF last
year, IL has not sufficed to meet the
demand, and we should have had an
iron famine but for the supply on hand.
On December 81, 1897, there were ESQ, 49S
tons Of unsold pig iron in the United
States. At the end OF last June there
were but 12I, 1862 tons on and
The growth OF our iron industries,
coupled with the fact that our
in iron ores and coal are far greater
than those of any other country, is,
next to our agricultural supremacy, the
best assurance of continuous n grow
ing prosperity. OF course, our other
mineral resources-our copper, gold,
silver, and erosene- important,
but iron is king OF minerals. The coun-
try that can beat the world in iron
manufactures is bound 10 make all
other countries tributary TO it's pro-
gresS.
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Shreveport, La, August 19.-News
has just been received here from Lake
End, Natchitoches parish. OF a desper-
ate fight between Callie Brown Rober.
Lee Brown and Doctor ". Fl. Glover
on n side, and 3. G. Freeman on the
other. Freeman shot 10 killed aid
with his first shots Callie Brown and
DR.. Glover fell dead. The duel oc-
CURED in Freenan's store. The third
shot from Freeman's revolver felled
Robert Lee Brown. who pleaded with
Freeman 10 spare his life. The latter
allowed Brown TO leave the front door.
Brown stepped TO the door, firing al
Freeman as he went. The latter,
though wounded. sent a bullet through
Browns breast. Both then fell dead.
All the participants IN the duel were
men of high standing. Freeman was
a relative Of Sheriff Freeman. OF Nat
chitOches parish. DR.. Glover enjoyed
a large practice in the community and
the Brown brothers were men OF
means and respected.
The trouble grew out OF An old grudge
between Callie Brown and Freeman.
About an hour before the tragedy oc-
Cured Freeman and Callie Brown had
a difficulty in which several shots were
exchanged, but neither was hurt. The
men summoned their friends and the
fight was renewed with fatal results.
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kIpHngss books
Springfield Republican,


Not only the Sunday school in Craw-
louisville, Ind, but also n in Cam
bridge, has removed certain of Rud-
yard Kipling's books from its shelves
as unsuited for children's reading. Too
much scorn has been visited upon the
Indiana Sunday school. Such schools
exist for the benefit of the average
child. And it must be said that THE
Drums of the Fore and Aft" while a
wonderful revelation Of the instinct of
herOiSm in humanity, is NOT a good les
son to display before children. They
do not distinguish the heroic Splendor
of the action from the low-lived little
rascals who accomplish it, and the i'm
preston quite likely to be produced
upon them by Kipling's eloquent mar
rative is hat it was because the boys
were such as they were, therefore they
were heroes. The Cambridge exclusion
seems to have been of certain tales in
c~orporated as SOLDIERS Three" because
the central figure was a disreputable
person named Mulvaney. What is real
ly shown by this breeze Of disapproval
is simply that there was no intelligent
judgment in the selection of books in
either case. Few could be found to
class the majority of Mr.. Kipling's
writings among food for babies-they
are meat for men; the plain Tales
from the Hills" "Soldiers Three and
others are not for Sunday school libra
ries, or for the reading Of children out
side of such libraries. But there are
books of Mr.. Kipling that are we'll
suited for such place and use-these
are the two jungle Books and "The
Days Wor.' Nothing better than the
jungle Books" could be- found for
youth, to teach them with the vivid
force Of an unsurpassed Imagination
the ethics of life.
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R%oncenverto, W. Va, August Mrs.
Arthur Beagle, accompanied by her
1~O-year-old daughter, was picking ber-
ries near Rood's creek, and accompa-
nying the two was a water spaniel.
When the two arrived near their home
the dog acted very strangely, brushing
against the child as if to warn it of
danger. AS the child kept on the dog
would lie down in the path in front
of her, and finally it was discovered
hat the faithful brute was on top
of a rattlesnake, which bit the dog in
numerous places. The child escaped I'M
hurt and it's mother dispatched the
reptile, but the dog died within an hour
from the bites.-Baltimore Sun.
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(From the Atchison Globe.)
Whenever there is a procession we'd
ding you can always wager that the
bridegroom is unwilling. 1t is the
time when a man is always out-argued,
at his own wedding. The affair
couldn't go on without him. but he
doesn't like to quarrel with the angel
who is about to marry him., SO he con-
sents, and makes the long trip in the
church looking like a man approaching
the scanold. Indeed, we have often
wondered that accounts of weddings
don't say that the bridegroom was re-
signed and ate a fried egg for break
fast with good appetite, and k his
taller to forgive him for the trouble he
had caused and meet him in heaven.
a woman must have a parade, can't
il be arranged to have a dummy from
a clothing store rolled up the aisle be-
her and the moose put on its neck?
No one would notice that it was not
the bridegroom.
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North Carolina Reports Excellent Com
dftiOns
New York World.)

lENCW IOIh VtI1O.I
Raleigh, N. c., August ISN'T. T. K.
Bruner. secretary of the agricultural
department, says
First, excellent business conditions
prevail in this state, fair prices are
paid for products and labor. There is
much building going on in all parts of
the state.
The farming boom at the west is not
i~ng-trucking and fruit growing is in
creasing the profits of many southern
farmers. The industries that show the
greatest gains are cotton mills, 'tobac-
co and furniture factories.
Crops are promising, to the extent
that the tobacco crop is above normal,
and growers are curing we'll.
1.-THE prospective corn crop is 3S,0OO-
600 to 10000. 900 bushels; wheat is not
SO good, but amounts to $500, 600 bush
els; oats S,0OO,O 900 bushels; sweet pota-
toes, 5000. 900 bushels. The tobacco
crop this year will approximate 12.50O.-
OO0 pounds, and cotton will approx
mate $50. 00O. 600 bales.
There are no less than 205 mills of
all KINDS now operating in the state
and ten more are under construction.
The tendency Us to place the mills where
the raw material for manufacturing
can he got. This tendency is working
a great change throughout the south.
"Laborers wages remain good. The
general conditions OF things as COM
pared with a year ago are better. The
purchasing value. of money now lis bet
ter. The rate OF interest for ordinary
paper is s per cent"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-25

I'd ms. thanks to our government, but
can they win the game agains1 ~
Tagals? God may help that power lily
call the United States. but even nom,
IL a few hundred insurgents s n1
take up arms. the Americans woa
have TO haul down their flag. / reiter-
ate. the United States may be a great
power in some spheres Of life. u W l.
o a military power
II came here with an open wound
not from the climate. o from the ex-
igencies OF war. / believe IL opened VIZ
the suspension Of hostilities. j declared
to the government the day after my
arrival that / would march again 20
Cuba, IL the government would !
accept what we believed ought TO De
done. The only answer l received, al
ter two or three days. was my dis
missal. The government would hear
nothing which meant one day more OF
war"
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CFrom The PHILADELPHIA Press.)

AAI1Sst
Just think Of It," exclaimed an en-
ployment agent in Chicago last Wed
nesday to a representative OF The
Times-Herald. of that city. six dollars
a day for engineers to run thrashing
machines, "a a day for feeders, 81 for
good sack men, and $2.25 and $3.50 for
common harvest hands, including
board. This Is the word from Mime
sofa and h Dakotas. There is no hot
air about the figures. They are offered
by good people with cash pay. And yet
the big farmers in the northwest COM
plain that they can't get enough hands
to harves their wheat" The same in
formation comes from Duluth, Mimi. A
dispatch from that city says that the
labor shortage in that neighborhood
Is greater than ever Notwithstanding
the fact that wages have been raised.
every inducement offered to working
men n even Indians brought in to
help.
Among all the proofs offered that the
country is prospecting these facts are
the most significant. They show that
the good times i've reached right
down to the common laborer and that
he is getting his share Of the returns.
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Found Dead in His Room

Jacksonville, Fla, August ia man
who registered as IT. Adams, Macon,
Ca" Wednesday night at the Plant
hotel, Tampa, was found dead in his
room late Thursday afternoon. He had
no baggage nor papers by which his
identity could be as~certained. Attempts
to awaken him during the day had
failed and at night the room was enter
ed through a gallery window when it
was discovered that the apparently
sleeping man was dead. He had $3.08
and a half emptied morphine bottle in
his pocket-nothing else. He was about
80 years Of age. There were no evil
denceS Of foul play.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-25
Experts Differ as Ia Yellow Fever
origin

Washington, August 19.-The finding
of the presidential commission Of ma
rine hospital experts in support Of the
Sanarelli theory as to the cause CT yell
low sever does not meet With urani-
NOUS endorsement in official medical
circles. Jinoer the direction Of General
Sternberg, of the army the bacteri-
oIogisis of the army medical school and
museum have been making an eX-
haustive investigation along similar
lines and their report. about TO be
made pcbl;c, will hold that he Sana-
relli bacillus is a variety Of The bacil-
lus Of hog chola,c.
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AQueer Freak
lAmericus, Ga, Times-Recorder.

(Americus, Ga, Times-Recorder.)
Aaron Glover, a negro man living
near Americas, would be a star at
traction in a museum. The peculiar
feature in the makeup of this modern
Aaron is that the right side of his body
from head to heel, is of a light or mu-
latto shade, while the left side is black
African, pure and simple. A we'll de-
fined line divides the two distinct
shades. But the strangest feature yet
is the fact that this negro perspires
only on one side Of his fact and body.
While the right side of his face is
beaded with p~erspiration the left side
is bone dry" and has always been 80.
From his shoulders down this is ex-
actly reversed, the left side perspiring
freely while the right eve remains per-
fectIy dry. Glover says it has been this
way all his life, and no one can ac-
count for ii.
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Rennes, August 19.-The condition Of
Maitre Labori, chief counsel for Cap
tain Dreyfus, who was shot from am
bush on Monday last, is further i'm
proved.
This afternoon Maitre Labor was
able to walk in the garden and to at
tend to important business, but he re-
ceived only Colonel PicQuart. His gen.
eral condition continues satisfactory.
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Volunteer officers Appointed

Washington, August 1.-THE follow
ing have been appointed majors in the
volunteer regiments: D. A. Frederick,
Georgia; Joseph Armfield, North Car
DINA; A. A. Wiley, Alabama.
To be captains: w. j. Kendrick,
Georgia; Claude E.. Sawyer, South Car
DINA.
To be first lieutenants: Silar McLau-
rem, Fred Mobley, Lewis A. Griffith,
Clarence Nettles, South Carolina; T. B.
Seigle, North Carolina.
49, To be second lieutenant: w. O.. Thorn
ton, Georgia.
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Macon, Ga, August ia special TO
The Telegraph from Rochelle, Ca, says:
A negro recently threatened to burn up
the town because he was sentenced To
work on h streets. Last night the
town was set on fire and every wooden
building except two was DESTROYED Tha
newspaper plant and Office was among
the number. About ten buildings werr
destroyed. The suspect has not be~n
captured.
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Chicago. August 1S.-At the meeting
of h Afro-American council today the
following resolution was adopted:
That a committee be appointed to
confer with the leaders OF organized Ia
Dor TO impress upon them the mutual
benefits that would accrue TO laborers
regardless of race could their cruel
discrimination be set aside TO bring
about a spirit of fraternity and COOP
Grafton among American working men
Of every grade, regardless OF race or
section.
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An Appeal for Porto kicfans

New Orleans, August 19.-Bishop J..
H. Blenk, of the Catholic church in Por-
to Rico, has issued an appeal to all the
bishops of the United States, calling
on them to aid the people of the church
on the storm stricken isuand. He says
the Catholics there look to the Catho-
lies in America to aid them. He asks
the bishops to take whatever steps they
may deem opportune to aid the suffer-
ing
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Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Wilson, August 81.

Wilson, August 81
Mrs. Moses T. Moye died here Sun
day morning at 5 O'Clock. She was the
wife Of Rev. NJ. T. Moye, a Christian
minister. The deceased had been hav-
ing chilas for several weeks, but moth
ing serious was anticipated. She will
be buried here at 4 O'Clock this after
noon.
Quite a number of Wilson'S young
men left today for Oak Ridge institute
where they will attend school during
the coming session. This school Is very
popular in and around Wilson.
The Atlantic Coast Line is making
some improvements in Its passenger
depot here. The old platform is being
moved and a neat one put in its place.
Monday was the largest tobacco day
this far. All of the v warehouses had
good breaks. A prominent tobacco man
puts the sales at $50, 200 pounds.
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Raleigh, ". c., August 1s.-A special
10 The News and Observer from Wins
ton. ~. G., says:
About 100 stemmers. I'm the employ Of
w. +. Smith & Co., exporters of leaf
rooacco. vent IN on a strike today.
Tney demanded an increase in wages,
winch was refused. Colonel Smith says
ne Is paying the same rates a stemmers
receive for h same work in Richmond,
DanvHle and other large tobacco mar
kets.
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When I say I cure l do not mean merely to
stop them for a time and then have them re-
turn again. Imean a radical cure. have made
the disease of FITS, EPILEPSY o. FALLING
SICKNESS a lifelong study. Warrant my
remedy to cure the worst cases. Because
Others have failed is no reason for not now
receiving a cure. 9Send at once for q treatise
and 4 Free Bottle Of my infaIlible remedy.
Give Express and Post Office
Prof W.H.PEEKR I'd, 4cedar st. NJ
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Confederate Veterans Reunion

Correspondents Of The Messenger.)
Red Springs, N. c., August 10.
At the confederate veterans reunion
at Antioch yesterday about 1,200 were
present n heard grand addresses by
J. H. Currie, Of Cumberland, and Hon.
D. H. Mclean, OF Dunn. There was a
good dinner, pleasant social gathering.
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Labori,s Assassin Sill at Large

Rennes, August 19.-The police aban-
doned the clue to the assassin of La
bori, which they have been following at
The suspect has given salts
"a otory proofs Of his innocence.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-07

| question Of expansion atterward. These
questions can wait. bu. the emergency 10
TOO great fer any postponemeut whatever
on the ratification question"
Vest Amendment Voted Down
Promptly at o'clock the vice president.
Interrupted Money. who was then speak
| Ing to announce the hour had arrived to,
| vote But one smendmen, was offered.
that prepared oy Vest, placing the Phil
| ippines on tie same footing as Cuba In
| this treaty In the temporary absence of
Vest. Il was presented by German. This
amendment was as follows.
Article III. strike out the words "ceies
| 20 the United States" and insert In lieu
| thereof the words "relinauishes ~! claim
OF sovereignty over and title to-
Add a; the END OF article Ill the follow
| ing:
The United States, desiring that the
people OF the archipelago shall be enabled
20 establish form OF free go ernment
suitable 20 their condition. and securing
the rights OF life, liberty and property and
the preservation OF order and equal righ.s
therein, assumes tor ,!.e time being and 20
10 the end aforesaid the control 0. the
archipelago 50 far as such control SHALL be
nesdfGt for the purposes above stated aud
VIE provide that the privileges accorded
i v.
| treaiy shall DC sEJo.ned"
IN line In article VIII. after the word
Cuba insert the words 'and in the pail
| iprlne archipelago
| In lins Of the same article, after the
| word Indies" insert and"
/ In lines Z and Of the same article. strike
out the word. and in the Philippine ar
| chipeiaSo.~
In article TX. strike out lines III. I72 and
! 1s3
/ In line OF article XIII, after the word
Cuba" insert tie words "the Philip
| pines
In line Of :he same article. strike cut
the words. the Philippines"
| The vote on this amendment stood 20 IN
| aS. Jones Of Nevada. McLaurin and Ken
| Eey, who voted FOR the treaty, cast their
| votes for the amendment.
The voting en- this amendment proceed
| ed quietly. ard as all the senators were
| not present. It was soon disposed Of. The
| votes of the senators were closely scanned
| for pointers On the approaching vote on he
treaty 'tself The only vote considered as
| al all significant OF a change favorable 10
| The treaty was that of MeEnery, who vot-
| ed against the amendment. Jones of Ne
! vada. Mcl>aurin and keaney voted for It.
| The vote was Immediately announced.
| Ailt pages were sent ScufrSing through he
| corridors 20 announce 10 the few senator's
| who were not In their seats that the cul-
| minating event bad arrived
| McLaurin supports the Treaty.
| TIE rail- proceeded quietly until the mama
| OF McLaurin was announced lie created
| the first stir of this occasion by a speecn
| in explanation Of his vote FOR the treaty.
| This was the initial break IN he ranks or
| the opposition. MrT4aurin made brief
| statement in explanation ot his change of
/ position. giving ;he opening OF hostiltles
| az Manila as The reason for Il.
Il am. as have been from the 7rst,"