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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31
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Manila, January q, via Hong Kong.
January 2S.-The Repubiica, the off,
cial organ of the Philippines. an
n that the congress at Maloios
a adopted the Philippine constitu-
ton, passed a vote Of confidence In
Aguinaldo and empowered him TO de-
clare al on the Americans whenever
he may deem it advisable.
At a mass meeting Of women at
Cavite yesterday, the paper adds, ii
was enthusiastically resolved to petit
ton Aguinaldo for permission to take
mems places in defence Of independ-
ence and to bear arms If necessary. D.
Palermo has asked for, and IL ap-
pears, has been granted the privilege
OF taking a prominent place in the
line Of battle against the Americans.
An American sentry, yesterday even
ing. killed a captain of Philippine ar
tillery, at the Tonto outpost. AS s. re-
suit the native press is intensely ex-
cited and denounces il as a "cowardly
assassination"
On Saturday evening, January 21st,
five Philippines, determined to have
revenge for their captains death, at
tempted to enter u lines. An Amer
lean sentry killed n Of them, who was
armed with a revolver. After an ex-
change of shots the others We're ar
rested. The incident has intensified the
excitement here.
The Mabini cabinet yesterday insist
ed upon the liberation Of the Spanish
civil prisoners, in ommernoratio of
the proclamation of the Philippine re-
public, and also donated money to the
native clergy. A decree TO thai effect
was signed. The Spanish clergy, how
| ever, remain prisoners.
An elaborate programme has been ar
ranged for the formal ratification of the
constitution today.
| Nothing was accomplished at the
conference here yesterday and it is ru-
mored hat the Philippines at their
next meeting will give the Americans
eight days in which to accede to their
demand for recognition. The rumor is
discredited.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31

The 1..leigh News and Observer
speaks encouragingly Of the separate
car movement and reports the situation
gratifying. 1t refers to the speech of
Mr.. Elliott, president of the Atlantic
Coast Line, in these words !:
"The speech of Colonel Warren G..
Elliott, the able president of the At
lantic Coast Line, set the pace. He
presented in a strong and clear way the
reasons that induced his road to ask
the legislature, if it saw fit to order
separate cars, to impose no hard bur-
dens on the railroads, which would all
readily comply with the legislation en-
acted. There was in his speech an en-
dorsement of every proy er policy look
ing to preserving white supremacy, and
he spoke with the feelings of a south
ffn man, having the same ideas that
welded the white men to gether in No
vember election. His speech, moreover,
was free from suggestion that this leg
islature in it's action could be infiuenc-
ed by hostility to corporations"
Representative Wizards picture ap-
pears in The Charlotte Observer in full
hunting rig. He has a repeating rife
in his hand and whether he is cunning
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31
HOW, 10 Preveut Pneumon,a

You are perhaps aware that pneu-
monia always results from a cold or
from an attack of la grippe. During
the epidemic of la grippe a few years
ago when so many cases resulted in
pneumonia, it was observed thai the
attack was never followed by that dis
ease when Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy was used. 1t counteracts any ten
dency OF a cold or la grippe to result
in that dangerous disease. It is the
best remedy in the world for bad colds
and la grippe. Every bottle warranted.
For sale by R. R. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31

The dispensary is growing N public
favor in North Carolina. That is mani
fest. Several towns are seeking to have
them established in their midst. They
nov
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31

Colonel Julian S. Cars address be-
fore the Confederate Veterans at .Ral-
eigh was classical, patriotic and ad-
mirable. He is president of tie asso-
citation.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31

The educating gentlemen who have
been at Raleigh conferences in behalf
of popular education, appeared before
the legislative committee on education
and many addressed it. Among the
speakers were Presidents Alderman and
McIver and Professors Noble and
Claxton. Rev. ]. E. White, correspond
ing secretary of the Baptist state con-
vention, spoke of the resolutions intro
duced by Superintendent Mebane and
endorsed them.
There are a multitude of opinions as
to the best way to improve the schools
that are being pressed upon the atten-
ton of the Solons by teachers, editors
and others. The best solution will be
found in the best plan. Who can tell
what that really is?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31
HOWE FOLkS

We notice that Granville tobacco
lately sold for $50, S33, s32, s29, S25,
$3.50 by the hundred pounds at Ok
ford.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31

The Louisville Courier-JOurnal will
be regarded by many as rather rough
on the gifted North Carolina lecturer,
Tom Dixon, in announcing his retire
mem from the Peoples Church" in
New York. After referring to his dis
appointment of results, it says:
"The trouble with the Rev. Tommy
was that he directed most Of his
work to working the Associated Press,
and hat his conception of his mission
as a preacher from a theatre stage was
that he must act as understudy to the
sword swallower and split dancer. The
church and newspaper readers are to
be congratulated upon the exit of
Sentimental Tommy"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31

A movement is afoot to put a negro
in charge of the Greensboro M. and A.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31

Elder Gold, editor of lions Land
mark, at Wilson, has been looking in
upon the Legislature and is we'll i'm
pressed. He writes that competent
and sincere men, are in charge, and
thinks that the character of the legis-
lation will be good to our people at
large, allaying partisan feelings, by re-
ducing taxes, abolishing oppressive
laws, and supplying the place of such
laws by good ones, purging offices of
dishonest men, and returning to better
methods of administering the laws, and
hence making the people more content
ed withtheir lot, and more hopeful for
the future"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31

college and remove President Dudley.
The latter is conservative and We
thought capable. Under him the col
lege has shown much increase. Who
can indorse the negro from abroad?
What does he know of such manage
ment, and-is he a fire-brand of the
bumptious George White kind or a on
servative of the Booker Washington
kind?
1t is very gratifying TO be assured
that Wilmington is to have a silk-mill,
which will be placed here by Messrs.
Ashley, Bailey G Co., of New Jersey.
Let the cotton mill referred to a day or
SO since be also built. That will give
Wilmington three mills, which will
open the way, we must hope, for a
dozen others. Why not? The capital
is either here or can be indreed TO
come here, and no point in the south
is more eligible than this one. Roll
on the ball.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31

The talk in Raleigh is that the editor
of The Raleigh News will get the
public printing, while not seeking it.
We'll, if he does it as low and as well
as any other house, we cannot see
why he should not be the fortunate one,
as he did fifty times more to make the
campaign a success probably than any
bidder for the work. Having done
much to make a White Mans govern
ment a success should be no bar or OBJ
lection to his being selected. If repub-
lies are %ungrateful it is no reason why
the white men in North Carolina should
be u%ngrateful.
The age-herald., 1899-11-05
THE WARRIOR IMPROVEMENT.

BY OSCAR ". WOOD
 IN FACTURER'S R VIEW.

coal fields. They are large consumers of coal and at present are importing large quantities of 1t from England and Wales. We are nearer their market and this should make a difference in the freight cost after the coal is put aboard the ship but the cost of transportation from this district to Mobile is far more important item, with greater opportunities for saving to the shipper.
 It has been estimated by the most skill ful government engineers that the cost of carrying four barges of coal from Jefferson county down the Warrior river, when the improvement is completed, for tow of four barges will amount to about $500 per day, including 12 per cent. interest on the investment, the tow making about three and one-half miles per hour. This will make the cost of transportation from the mines in Jefferson county to Mobile amount to about 9 cents per ton, and to large extent will save the cost of lightering as the barges can be run right along the ships side. This will be a saving of 75 cents per ton and will enable to sell our coal at the seaboard at profit at fr,~A $1.00 to SIPS per ton. When this is done, and with proper shipping facilities, we should be able to control the entire coal trade of the South American republic. This will mean the development of all the coal fields along the Warrior river, and within ten years will build up a population be- tween Tuscaloosa and the head waters of the Warrior river of one hundred thousand people. It is unnecessary to comment on the vast benefit that this development would be to the merchants and people of Birmingham and surrounding towns.
 The development of the Warrior is now under way, and with the appropriation ob- tained at the last session of congress, we can say that the river is open for barging coal from Daniels creek down. If is esti- mated that the cost of opening the river from Daniels creek to the Mulberry fork, which would develop these vast coal fields, would cost $1,750,000. This is a mere baga- telle in comparison with the great benefits that this district would derive in building up a vast coal trade with South America and the West Indies.
 The Improvement of our water ways is practical question that is sure of accom- plishment if our people will only decote the necessary time and energy to accomplish ment of the results, and will be of greater ultimate benefit to the district than any other development that can be named, for in the wake of cheaper transportation must eventually come large numbers of manufac- turing plants. a
The age-herald., 1899-11-05
The Shifting Hnhit.

From the Trenton State Gazette.
 Boys should early be taught the hein- ousness of the offense of splitting, both from the basis of decency and danger to public heaDn. It much easier to prevent the formation of a habit of this kind in a boy than to correct it in a man. and here in lies the mothers part in the warfare against splitting.
 No extension of womans rights is neces- sary to make mothers a power in the neg lected realm. All that is required is return to a duty once faithfully diseharged-but in the rush of modern life neglected-the vigilant maternal supervision of boys dur ing the years in which their habits are formed.
 The boy who Is taught that to spit on the hearth, the steps-anywhere about the house-is an infringement upon the rights of the family that will not be tolerated. is not likely as a man to infringe upon the rights of the public by splitting upon the sidewalks, on the floors or steps of public buildings or in the cars.
 In the meantime, however, there is a gen. eration of full-grown, active spitters to be reckoned with in the interest of the public health, and 1t is in the opinion of those who have given careful attention to the matter that these can be reached more eff fectively by the dissemination of knowl- edge upon the subject than by city ordi- nance or state law.
The age-herald., 1899-11-05
THE BOER PARLIAMENT.
How the Members of the Volksraad
 Transact Their Business

From the London Mail.
 noble pile of buildings, stately, hn- posing and dazzlngly white in the blatant sunshine against the bluest of blue skies. The volksraad building fronts on to Market square, Pretoria, and looks directly into the church. which is less imposing-almost humble in its modest absence of any par ticular order of architecture, save the prac- tically utiitarian. To the right of the gov ernment buildings is great square Dlock of four or five verandaed stories in height This is the Grand hotel, and stands on the site of what was once the comparatively humble dwelling of MT. Lys, one of the oldest and most resolutely honest and re- putable Transvaal burghers. He is now dead and his son lives elsewhere To the left of the buildings is queer wedge shaped block of offices, behind which Is the theater, and in front of which are two or three gnarled old oaks, the appointed cen ter of the weekly auctions which take place on the Market square.
 Every Saturday, in the piping times or peace, the square is full of hucksters, buy- CTS, wagons, carts, horses, oxen, and stray stalls where almost anything may be bought from rifle to the latest comic song. It is very ordinary thing to see sales ad- vertised in the Pretoria papers as taking place under the oaks"
 The summit of the RaladZaal or govern- ment buildings is surrounded by bronze female figure which is intended to typify the Spirit of Liberty. Incredulous Boers, however always agog to hunt some hidden taunt or allusion. insist that 1t Is a statue of Queen Victoria,
 There is a great portico, and flight Of steps that give access to the inner hall. The doors are guarded by artlllerymen in cords, jackboots, blue coat, while hel- met, revolver slung across their shoulders
The age-herald., 1899-11-05

Since the beginning nations have acquir- ed wealth through their trade with foreign countries. It is an axiom in political economy that that nation which imports more goods than it exports, and is required to pay the balance of trade in money, must eventually become poor. On the other hand, that nation whose exports largely exceed its imports, and annually has cash bal ance in its favor must ultimately grow rich Therefore, it has always been to the interest of every nation to build up its for eign trade. At different periods in the his tory of the world this has been accomplish ed in various ways, but now that we have reached the dawn of the twentieth century, there is but one golden rule by which we can acquire the trade of foreign countries i; and that is we must produce the goods de- sired by the purchaser and sell them at a price less than that of our competitors. The price at which the goods are sold is not only governed by the cost of home produc- tion, but also by the cost of transportation to foreign markets. The great improvement in machinery, the great skill asquired by labor and better banking facilities, both in this country and in Europe, have re- duced the cost of production to the mini mum and there is left but small room for improvement in this respect; but so far as our foreign trade is concerned, up to this time our people have been very neg lectful as to the cheapening of the cost or transportation to foreign markets, and there Is great room for improvement along this line from all sections of the country. But in no part of the United States is 1t possible to accomplish more in this direc- ton than in the developent of the coal fields in the Birmingham district.
 The distance from the city of Birming- ham to the port of Mobile is about 27o miles. The cost of transporting a ton of coal from Birmingham to the sea for for eign shipment is S1.00 per ton. Before the recent rise in the cost of mining. the cost of coal at the pits mouth, including out side expenses, was from 5 ao 65 cents per ton This coal was sold to the steam users throughout the district at from 75 cents to $100 per ton, varying according to the quality, haul and screening reqcs=ements. With the cost of railroad freight to Mo- bile added 1t will make coal laid down in Mobile cost from S175 to $200 per ton, with 25 cents per ton additional added for light tring to the ship.
 The cost in England of export coal at shipping ports is about $1.95 per ton, but as this is screened coal and the figures given above cost of coal at Mobile from the Birmingham district is run of the mines'' coal about 20 per cent. should be added in comparing 1t with the screened English coal It will therefore be seen that the English coal has some advantage at the seaboard.
 The South American continent and the West Indian islands practically have no
The age-herald., 1899-11-05

and carbne in the hand. from the hall staircase, wide, well-proportioned and handsomely appointed. leads up to the first floor, where the great raadzaal, or house of commons, is situated.
 A fine, large. lofty hall, well decorated in sombre colors, on the walls portraits of past presidents of the South African repub- He. Galleries for the press and the public great dais, on which sit the chairman of the First Raad, the vice chairman and Paul Kruger. Below them sit the secretaries and clerks, and below them again are three concentrlc horseshoes of desks, each with its own armchair. Here the members sit. There are not thirty of them, all told. Here and there between the Raadsleden or members, are bottles of water and glasses, which are much used by intending speak CTS.
 Above the chairman's head is the Trans vaal coat of arms, surmounted by the vier- kleur, or four -colored national nag-red, white, blue and green-beloW which is the eountrys motto, 'Eendraagt maakt magt" Union makes strength).
 Round about the horseshoe tables sits medley of more or less smooth farmers. Nearly all have fine, striking, picturesque boards; and by a curious freak of atavism, despite all their terrible degeneration for nearly century, the heads in the aggre- gate distinctly suggest the same type as in Rembrandts States General at the tta.ue <Allu no Wonuef, Tor the BOer or today and the burghers of that date are directly related by descent in the foutrh and fifth generations.
 The speaking is hoarse, gruff, guttural, hesitating. rarely fluent, unless one of the leaders and known orators gets up to pour forth his views. The president is a poor speaker as to manner. his matter on the controversy is often excellent, convincing, full of apt similes, and exactly calculated to the mental capacity of his audience. Now and then the ever willy Dom Paul stimulates anger or disgust, talks about signing, and stalks out of the council chamber But 1t is mere bluff, and has occurred too often for even the youngest member to be taken in by his periodical cry of Wolf
 The sttngs of the raad take place in the mornings: occasionally in times of stress, in the afternoons, but never in the eve- nngs Very often ''secret session. takes place. All strangers and the press, are ex- very hot and personal. Each hour an ad- journment takes place for smoking, and pipes are produced, which are promptly loaded up with the euriously dry, but very fascinating, Boer tobacco from Magalies- berg.
 The present pile of government buildings is of quite recent date. Formerly the raad sat in a tumble-down shanty with a thatched roof just across the church square. During the building of the present edifice their honors met in the theater. and it is said that the meretricious surroundines were not without their effect upon the speeches.
The age-herald., 1899-11-05

If you have rooms for rent, with or without board, send with price and location at once to the "Bureau of Infor- mation," State Fair, Birming- ham, Ala.
The age-herald., 1899-11-05
Increase for Seven Years.

The number of bales handled in Birming- ham each season, beginning with 1922, has
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-10-27
NEWS is HARD TO GET
5foERs GUT TELEGRAPH LINES
\ IN SOUTH AFRICA.
~-scvS,,re Censorship Also Interferes-
1.nportant battles Expected at Lady-
s%nsaiti, on the East and Kimberley on
thss West of the Transvaal.

Saty,e companies have notified the State
Depa'gtment ut Washington OF the inter
auptio.gl OF communication with the
"Iranssuiaal. Severe censorship interfc.es
WIN the sending of war news from South
Africa,l but adviccs received indicate
early BATTLES at several points. On Tues
a lNlEnberley was still besicgcd by Bo-
-ers, an0l there were rumors of an attack
on NrybYiirg. Dutch forces moving south
IN -Natalr have been delayed by the diff
.culties ns'et with in transporting supplies
anu eGuitJments.
The disposition of the Boer forces at
the outste 1T OF the war in South Africa
makes it manifest that the Boer gen
erals, instead Of contenting themselves
with defei hsivc or guerrilla warfare, mean
for a tlimse to act systematically on the
-aggressiyel. The -four military expeditions
thus far LAut under way from the Trans
vaal and athe Orange Free State have
moved dirtectly to the important strong
holds OH the encmy's frontier. These
'moven.en.s'M while apparently indcpen-
dent, give evidence of concerted action
AT the TIME this is written the northern
commands iof the Transvaal under Com
mandant Cffonje are investing Mafcking,
which is defended by Col. Baden-Bowell
and n relat lively small force. The same
expedition lis known to have seized the
railroad to 1.-THE south of Mafeking. The
southern Commands of the Transvaal,
under Genzz Koch, at the same time have
moved intto Natal, with Ladysmith, APP.
parentiy, Tor an objective. The troops
OF the Grange Free State have been
similarly lldivided, the commands of the
southern part of the republic striking for
IAimbcr!e-y, which they are now besieging
On force, meantime destroying the rail
way to the south. \ fourth column, also
made upr of Beers from the Orange Free
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-10-27
justice. The Irish say that it is a case o,
the pot and the kettle.

justice. The Irish say that it is a case Of
the pot and the kettle.
Ex-Premier Meline demands the im,ne-
date %reconycning of the French parlia-
ment.
The King of Corea has presented a fan
to every soldier and policeman in his
kingdom.
There are now twenty-three stations in
all parts Of the world for registering
earthquakes.
Buddhist priests are endeavoring to
have their religion adopted as the state
religion of Japan.
vienncsc youngsters IRE fishing in the
main thoroughfares of their city. the
Danube having flooded.
A naval review is to be held in Jap
anese waters mex year in which 100 of
the Mikado's ships will take part.
The inhabitants of Winton, England,
believe that with the close of the CEN
fury the world will come to an end.
Japan will not restore captured ships to
China, but will sell her new ally 24O,OOO
Matser rifles and 24,O00,OOO rounds of
ammunition at a low price.
So many Chinese officials are ~resigning
that the Empress Dowager has ordered
the punishment Of those who apply for
leave without pressing necessity.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-10-27

apprehension and punishment of the rob-
bers, not with reference to the loss in
this particular casc, hut to stop any flu
ture recurrence of the robbery"
The clews thus far secured by the Sc
cret service men of the express and rail
way companies. the city, aud the Pinker-
ton agency, and all the county sheriffs
and the individuals attracted by the re
wards offered. are very vague. William
A. Pinkerton said yesterday:
"There is no clcw that is promising
enough to take up as a key to the case.
The robbers will be caught. Some of
the most notorious robbers we have
caught have been taken two or three
months after the crime.
The Dcs Moincs, Iowa, savings bank
and a Cedar Rapids bank We're consign-
ors of most of the money in the express
| safe blown on the Northwestern train.
The Des Moines bank officials refused to
give the amount of money consigned to
their institute y, but intimate that the
! stories about the loss being but $4,000 is
absurd. The bank depends on reimburse
mcnt by the express