The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-17
TELEGRAPHiC SUMMARY.

the nations rallyfng to the royal STAN
dard of Tennessee.
Several ladies OF the Turkish ha-
rem are drowned in the Bosphorus
for conspiracy.
The warships ordered to Manila viii
race with each other from Atlantic and
Pacific ports.
Next Monday General Shafter will
be retired as a brigadier in the regu-
lar army, but will for a time retain. his
position as major general Of volunteers.
Chapel Hill defeats Guiiford college
at foot bzll. She plays Horner's Mon
day.
The sentiment in Germany against
England in the Transvaal affair, both
official and private, is very stong, but
the government has it's hands tied and
can do nothing.
w. G.. Pilkinton, charged with the
murder of State Senator Flanagan at
Powhaltan, Va, is acquitted.
McKinley's tour extends into South
Dakota.
Sir Redvers Butler commander Of
the British forces in South Africa,
sails from Southampton.
Congressman Harris, of the Seventh
Virginia district, is dead.
Boston Presents Dewey with a sword
and Massachusetts with a watch
Miss Ruth Jreei hill is the queen of
American women golfers.
Two British steamers ready to sail
from Pensacola are detained by want
of seamen.
Rev. DR.. ]. B. Taylor becomes super
intendent of tte Georgia Baptists' or
phan home.
Rev. William S. Lacy died Saturday
morning in Raleigh.
The Dismal Swamp canal is formally
opened to traffic.
New Orleans reports two new cases
of yellow fever
Tt is said England and Germany
have agreed to"partition" the Samoan
islands.
Rumors of a battle in the Transvaal
in which 1000 beers We're killed are
without confirmation.
The Beers are reported ito have cap
tured another armored train.
Two transports with troops from
India reach Durham.
Fighting at Kraipan has been Off
cially confirmed.
The Dutch farmers in Buchuanaland
are about ito join the Transvaal.
Key West reports ten new cases OF
yellow fever and two deths.
The steamer Nutmeg State is burn
eed i'm Long Island sound, and ten per-
SONS lose their lives. She had over
100 passengers aboard, bound for New
York
Judge Lacombe will dismiss the Car
ter habeas corpus writ.
The Christian churches are holding
jubilee in Cincinnati.
The armistice in Venezuela has been
extended until today.
Business men from Baltimore will
make an excursion through Dismal
Swamp canal
The Texas goes to sea to blow up
the derelict Carrie E. Lane.
The derelect Carrie e. Lane is found
and captured by a fishing crew near
Cape Lookout.
The reports of destruction of life by
earthquake in the East Indies are con-
firmed.
Colonel Schneider, formerly Austro-
Hungarian attache in Paris, is wound
ed by Captain Cuignet, witness in the
Dreyfus case.
Senator Morgan discusses the Mica
raguan canal before the southern IN
dustrial convention.
Briefs for the respondent in the Car
The conspiracy case against Senator
Kenney. of Delaware, is dismissed.
Madrid merchants threaten to close
their shops as a protest against high
taxes.
Burglars rob the national bank at
Schell City, Mo.
Jackson, Miss, has one new case Of
yellow fever and two suspects.
TNl.
Sevierville, Tenn. One is killed, one
captured and the third commits suicide
to prevent capture.
Ex-Captain l. T. Jobe, of the volun-
teers, is arrested for using war depart
ment envelopes for private letters.
A previous engagement forces Schley
to decline an invitation to attend our
state fair
General Merritt's report is a strong
arraignment of the situation in the ar
tillery branch.
Virginia Methodists are taking steps
to build their orphanage.
Charleston, s. c., is to have a cele-
bration in honor of her citizen Mehr-
tens, who steered the Columbia into
Manila bay and during the fight.
New Orleans reports no new cases of
fever and one death.
There are rumors in Manila OF Amer
lean prisoners being found, bound and
shot by Filipinos.
Arms and ammunition are found at
headquarters of the Dominican frlars
in Manila.
John H. Meadows, of Oxford, n. c.,
accidentally kills himself while hunting
near Norfolk
The Confederate monument in course
OF erection at Parksley, Va, will be
unveiled on the goth instant.
The operatives of a cotton mill at
Barnesyille, Ga, strike because a ne
gro is put to work with them.
Key West reports seven new cases Of
yellow fever.
Germany wishes an international po-
lice to protect the Transvaal mines.
The Beers derail and capture an ar
mored train taking two 7-pound guns
to the front.
An American makes affidavit of ILL
treatment by the beers of Orange Free
State.