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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-15
ELECTION MATTERS.
About the Only Legislation the Legis.
lature VIII Undertake Negroes
Holding Secret Meetin9s-The SMALL
o In b State-New $4,000 Dairy
at Bfltmore-F1nest Herd OF Cattle I'm
the South.
Messenger Bureau,

Raleigh. n. c., Jun Is
peak Common said his morning he
had no idea that the legislature would
do n business outside of the election
law and the franchise amendment, ave
possibly the passage of two or three
local bills.
The amendment changes, as has been
stated, are all agreed on. The commit
tee prepared its report late last night.
II Is simply along the line chosen Mon
day afternoon-to safeguard the amend
ment by making it stand or fall as a
whole, and providing hat a majority
vote shall ratify it.
A Vance county populist tells me he
learns that in Halifax and Warren he
negroes are holding secret meetings.
AS to the purpose of these there is
merely conjecture, some saying they
lpeileve 1t has to do with the franchise
amendment and their course in rela-
ton to it. others that II IS In regard to
emigration.
Eugene S. Martin was here today. as
Ispec1al master in the Matthews case
against the corporation commission.
this being the case involving the cues
ton OF the minimum car load of com
lmerclal fertilizers on the Carolina Cen
itral railroad. The hearing by the spe-
cal master is now concluded and he
will report to Judge Simonton.
DR. Richard H. Lewis, secretary of
the state board Of health, says that
Just now smallpox in the state is abat-
ing, but that lit is merely taking a
long breathing-spell, to be ready to
start again next winter" He added:
Unless the people are vaccinated
there is no telling how great will be
the spread Of the disease. The people
are taking few precautions. Only about
10 per cent of the population has been
vaccinated. All the reports agree in
giving that estimate" DR.. Lewis went
on to say that the people are submit
ting more cheerfully now to vaccination
than heretofore.
Among today's arrivals were J. Bry-
an Grimes, of Pitt county; D. N. Oliver,
Iof Rowland; Charles McNamee, of
Biltmore, president of the state fair;
Charles Price, of Salisbury, and Henry
E. Faison, Of Clinton.
George Vanderbilt has begun work
on a new dairy at Biltmore. George F.
Weston, of the state board of agricul-
ture, who is here, and who has charge
of the work, says the cost will be $780,
900. The herd of cattle at Biltmore
now numbers 245. 1t is easily the finest
in all the south.
The board of agriculture has arrang-
ed for the complete equipment of the
IanneX to the museum,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-15

Women are much to the front now
in public gatherings of various kinds.
Some years ago in a big meeting in
Washington, one of the women referred
with contempt to the great apostle to
the Gentiles, as "Old Paul." and asked,
Who cares for him or what he said,
nowadays?" Recently the National
Federation of Women's Clubs met in
Milwaukee, when a portentious row
occurred. and a dozen women were
jumping and vociferating at the same
time. An account says that the ...chair-
nam" pounded with her gavel in an
effort to get silence, but in vain. At
last h had IN inspiration. She told
the noisy sisters hat if they did not
behave themselves 1.-The men at home
(the men who were minding the babies
and attending to the housekeeping and
all h rest of it) would be justified in
saying that women could not meet and
preserve order" 1t worked like a
charm. And from that time on not
more than three ladies tried to talk at
any one time.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-15
SOUTHERN MUSIC TEACHERS.
Yesterdays Session of Their Conven-
tfon-Reception at Governors Man.
sion.

Atlanta. Ga, June 18th Southern
Music Teachers convention held sew
eral sessions today. besides hearing
recitals from prominent musicians
who are present.
President Joseph Mclean has an
nounced the following committees for
the ensuing year:
ConStitution-Dr. d. II. Peters, Of
~Spartanburg. S. c.; Ferdinand Dunk
ley, of Asheville, and G.. A Thompson.
of Admission.
Nominations-B. G. Davis, Of Allan
Ia; L. NJ. Hubbard. Of Atlanta, and
z. S. Thompson, Of Richmond.
Resolutions@C. G. Washburn, of
Birmingham; Miss Roberta Seawell,
Of Nashville. and Miss Blanca Noa. Of
Chattanooga
Several Interesting papers were read
This afternoon between 5 and Z
o'clock a public reception was tender
ed the visitors at the governors man
sion A Wagnerfan concert was rem
dered tonight.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-15
DR.. EDNA G. TERRY MURDERED.
In Charge OF Methodist women's For
| g Missionary Society at Tsung
Hua.

New York. June 13.-News has been
received in this city of the murder Of
DR.. Edna G. Terry. in charge Of the
station Of the Methodist Episcopal wo-
mems Foreign Missionary Society at
Tsung Hua. China. The tidings came
in the shape of the following message
TO DIR. Terry's hrother-in-law:
DIR. Terry murdered Break news
gently"
This was the first indication of
trouble at Tsung Hua. Later the Meth
odist Episcopal board received this
message. dated Tien Tsin, June Il:
Hopkins n Hayner safe"
HI persons named are missionaries
at Tsung Hua-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-15
The STREET CAR STRIKE
Companies Have the Situation
Well In Hand.

st. Louis, June 12.-There was no
important developments in the street
car strike situation to-day. The Tran
sit company claims to have the situa-
ton practically under control by rea-
son of the protection afforded by the
posse comitatus. 1t was stated by the
companies officials hat cars were
running on every line in the city, go
ing above the regular schedule in some
cases and, in all, meeting the demands
of traffic. The Southern electric line
is in operation tonight for the first
time since the strike was inaugurated.
This line is regarded in police circles
as the most difficult of all the lines TO
run safely after dark. Every precau-
ton was taken to prevent interior
enceS and violence. This line trav-
erSeS the districts where two weeks
ago seven persons were wounded by
bullets in one day.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-15
FEDERAL OFFICE HOLDERS
Resolution Before Republican Nationa-
Committee as to the Unlawful Politf-
cal Work In Alabama.

Philadelphia. June 1a-The republi-
can national committee met at the
Hotel Walton at noon today and i'm
media,ely began the Investigation OF
contest cases preparatory to n Tor
nation OF the temporary roll for n
national convention Chairman Han
ma was not present when b commit
tee was convened and Henry G. Payne,
member from Wisconsin. was chosen
to preside IN his place. Senator Han
IA came in from Washington about
I:3o O'Clock. but he did not assume h
duties Of the chair during the after
noon
The entire afternoon session was de-
voted TO hearing the recital OF testi-
mony and TO in the contest
from the state OF Alabama There
were seven contests from this state.
including those I'VE the representation
from the state-at-large. and those
from the Second Third. Fourth. Fifth.
Seventh and Ninth districts
The principal development OF the
day consisted in bringing out she Tact
ma the federal oficehoiders in Ala
bama and some of those from the state
who are employed in Washington had
been extremely active in shaping the
results of contests for candidates
Committeeman Joseph Manly. or
Maine. offered the following resolution
as the sense of the committee:
Resolved. That the committee de-
ciines 10 place on ;he temporary roll
any contesting delegates or ~alternates
from Alabama except in the case OF
the Ninth district, and in that A ID.
Winds and J. w. Hughes. and their
be placed upon the tempor-
airy roll.
This resolution was speedily adopted
and il was hardly disposed OF when
Committeeman Payne. who had been
acting as temporary chairman. intro
duced the following resolution:
Resolved. That this committee re
quests the president OF he United
States to direct the proper officers 10
cause an investigation in the acts anu
doirgs Of certain federal officeholders
in the state OF Alabama in connection
with the election OF delegates 10 the
primary conventions and to the Sate
and district conventions held in said
state to elect delegates to the national
convention 10 be held IN Philadelphia
on the 18th instant, and II the facts
as stated in the hearing held betore
said committee regarding the contest
in said districts and state are true this
committee asks, not in the interest or
the republican party, but OF me coun-
try. that such action shall be taken
as the good of the public interest re
quires."
The committee had. however. agreed
TO AXE a recess after the disposal or
the Alabama cases and Mr.. Payne re-
oueSted that action be postponed until
tomorrow.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-15
VIRGINIA BASE BALL LEAGUE
The League Reorganized Two Clubs
Drop Out.

Norfolk Va. June 1.-THE Virginia
State Baseball League was reorgan-
lied at a meeting held this afternoon
at the Monticello hotel. Petersburg
dropped out yesterday. At the meeting
to-day 1t was decided to drop Rich
rlond from the league on Thursday,
June 14th. The meeting was called to
order by President Brady. and it pro-
ceeded to the election of officers.
The new schedule for the four teams,
drawn up by Mr.. Smith, was adopted
and will go into effect Thursday, June
14th. Unail then the present schedule
will rule, except that Petersburg and
Portsmouth do not play their games,
as Petersburg has already disbanded.
The league is now composed of the
following clubs: Norfolk, Portsmouth,
Newport News and Hampton.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-15

There is more Catarrh in this sec
ton of the country than all other dis
eases put together, and until h last
few years was supposed to be incur
able. For a great many ears doctors
pronounced it a local disease, and pre-
lscribed local remedies, and by con-
Istantly failing to cure with local treat
Iment, pronounced it incurable. Science
has proven catarrh to be a sonstitu-
Itional disease, and, therefore, requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
ltarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j.
lCheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio, is the only
constitutional cure on the market. 1t
is taken internally in doses from 10
drops to a teaspoonful. 1t acts directly
on the blood and mucous surfaces Of
the system. They offer M hundred
dollars for any case it fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-15
THE ICE TRUST
lGovernor Roosevelt Preceding DELHI
erately In His Investigation.

Albany, N. Y, June Ex-Governor
Roosevelt is proceeding very deliber-
ately and carefully in the ice trust
He had a long conference with
Attorney General Davies and Judge
Coyne and went over very Thoroughly
the evidence brought out before JUS
tice Gaynor Saturday. He would make
no statement Of his intention in the
so far as the removal of Mayor
Van Wyck is concerned. Prior to his
for Rochester, the governor
stated that there was nothing new in
the matter and that he did not ex-
|pect a report from he attorney gen.
|eral for a week or ten days-in fact
not until after the republican national
convention.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-15
Change I'm Railway Directors.

New York, June 13.-John 2. Green,
James McCreA and Samuel Rhea, rep
resenting the Pennsylvania Railroad
interests, were today elected directors
of the Norfolk and Western railway
company to succeed w. B. Boulton, W.
B. Campbell and Henry Wheelen. re-
signed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-15
Fell Efphty-Ffve Feet.

Tallahassee Ala, June 12-While
nine men in a basket cable n sus-
pended e~ighty-ive feet above the Tai
lapoosa river at this point were cross
ing the river yesterday one
of the cables broke and the men fell
into the river below. One was killed
and two are reported unable TO live.
All the others received injuries.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-15
To Raise Chinatown ouaran,,u.

a Francisco. June 1.-THE board
OF health has decided to raise the quar-
antine OF Chinatown twenty DAYS from
the last case which was on June End.
II another case Is found, however. the
quarantine will not be lifted until
twenty days from the date Of such dis
coyery.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-15

All the trouble is not yet ended in
Africa. In a big battalion of more than
500 soldiers all but six were captured
by the Beers at Roodeval. Killed,
wounded or captured was the esult
as to the Others. A Derbyshire regiment
was the sufferer. This was on the 10th
of June. On the other hand, $50 Beers
surrendered to General Hunter at Ven
ter's dorp. 1t is believed in london that
the end of the war is very near, and
the two republics will disappear and
become colonies of the British Empire.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-15
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-15

In the North Carolina Law Journal
for June there Is a brief reference TO
the address of Mr.. George Rountree
before the university law class. on the
4th of May last. 1t says:
His subject was The development
of the law No member of the bar in
this state is more competent to ham
die this subject than Mr.. Rountree.
Those who heard this address speak
Of it in the most complimentary terms.
and the newspapers have been ~fiatter-
ing in their comments. Much was ex-
pected from Mr.. Rountree, and none
Of his audience went away disap-
pointed"
The Law Journal will publish the
address. Our able townsman has been
steadily growing in reputation with
the bar n with the people for some
years.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-15
HOME FOLKS

A cartoon in the Raleigh News-Ob-
represents the Tennessee radi-
cal Sampson grim looking mon
ster-as trying to pull down the pillars
OF the mighty Temple Of White Su-
premacy. II he could succeed In his
traitorous effort he would be crushed
beneath the ruins Of the stupendous
fabric-a fitting end for such a crimL
nal and conspirator against the white
race.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-15

1t looks as If the crisis in st. Louis
were over.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-08-04
NATIONS LoNELtEsT WOMAN.
Lives Most OF the Year Out In the
Ocean.

Ocean.
Wherever q man must go a woman
will surely follow him without count
ing the cost of peril, loneliness or
hardship. Without doubt the loneliest
woman-that is to say, the one farth-
est removed from her kind-in all
these United States OF America is Mrs.
Clark, the wife Of Major e. w. Clark,
government agent of the Pribylof or
group, composed of the two small Is
lands of st. Paul and st. George, are
the homes OF nearly all the seals re-
naming in existence, and they are
about 800 miles west of the entrance
10 Puget sound and about 200 north
west of the Aleutian islands, begin
ming at Unimak pass. st. George.
which Is the smaller OF the two, be-
ing about six by twelve miles in eX-
tent. is forty miles from st. Paul. and
it has a population Of about 100 Aleuts
and four or five whites, consisting or
Major Clark and his wife, a physician
and two or three clerks for the North
American Commercial company, which
controls the seal business and has
stores and warehouses on both Islands.
The little village of St. George con-
tains twenty-five or thirty houses, in
Guiding the cOmpany's buildings, the
agents house and a Greek church.
There are no other houses on the
islands, and Mrs, Clark is the
only white Her home
is a small cottage of -four rooms,
very coy and comfortable, with books
and pictures. and a fine outlook over
the sea. She does no cooking In her
own house. as the government officials
take their meals at the company house
near by. Mrs. Clark's nearest neigh
Dor is the wife OF the agent on st.
Paul. who is less lonely. because she
has with her her two small children.
Mrs. Clark's children being grown and
having their own homes in the states.
There is no communication between
the islands except by one OF the com
pany's ships and by revenue cutters,
as other ships are not permitted to
visit the islands. These ships come
only in the summer, and from Octo-
Der until June Mrs. Clark does not
expect to see any II or hear any
thing from the United States or to
send word home, no matter what hap
pens. Sickness, death. disaster may
come to her far off in that f~orbiddins
sea, or may visit her own at home.
but no word may come or go until
navigation is resumed. st. George is
absolutely without trees. but It's roll
ing surface and mountains, 1000 feet
high, are beautifully green with coarse
grass and moss, and wild flowers OF
brilliant hues dot the level stretches
near the sea.-Chicagc Chronicle.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-08-04

married Miss Julia Shaw, daughter of
the Grand Unions proprietor.
In appearance Simeon Ford Is tall
and thin, with a solemn face, which he
knows full we'll how to keep under per-
feet control. He is 43 years of age, and
was born in Lafayette, Ind. He studied
law for awhile. but his success was poor,
and he didn't bother with legal quips
and quirks very long.
Mr.. Ford is the saddest when he is
saying the funniest things. and.
strange to say, his conversation Is just
as amusing as his prepared speeches.
He is a great deal like Mark Twain
in that he excels in the art of humor-
Gus anti-climax. and also a great deal
like Artemus Ward. The nasal drawl
which is the s~tock-in-trade Of every
American humorist is his, and lie
knows how to Use it TO the very best
advantage. Speaking of himself the
other day, Mr.. Ford said:
81 am very nervous for two weeks
before making an after-dinner speech.
1t is a very serious matter with me
You have to study the question about
which you are to speak from every
side, and it keeps you awake nights
thinking of good things to say.
The idea prevails that all an after
dinner speaker has to do is to assume
a full-dress suit and slowly rise up
when called upon and captivate the
audience with wit and eloquence.
IF the after-dinner speaker told the
truth, he would acknowledge hat for
two long, sickening weeks his wife and
children have been made wretched by
listening to recitals, and that he has
had suspicious aroused as to his sanity,
by muttering it in public places.
1T is awful to think that after-din-
ner speakers are to be brought into
competition with living pictures, skirt
dancers and Little Egypts. This is
a serious matter, and | tell you the
| people who arrange these programs for
| after-dinner speeches should no place
Chauncey NJ. Depew in competition
with the Barrison sisters. Let a man
in a momen of temporary alteration
of the mind make a successful after
dinner speech and his peace OF mind
as we'll as his digestive organs are
irretrievably ruined. Years ago
made a speech, which, surprising as il
| may seem, was regarded as a model
Up to that time | had been a merry
laughter-loving youth, and carking
care rested but little upon my cluster
ing curls. Now look at me-'sickliet
| DER with a pale cast Of thought.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-08-04
CAPE COLONY'S PREMIER.

Cape Colony's premier, W. P.
Scbreiner, who is now threatening to
resign his office, has had a very diff
cult place to fill during the British
Boer war. AS leader Of the Afrikander
clement In the Cape, he was ostenslbly
opposed to war, although doubtless in
sympathy with the Boer states. He
made many efforts to preserve tn peace
between the peoples, and was more
than once called a traitor while ne
gotiations were under way. AS to his
intellect, he is certainly clever enough
to have been for many years an adrolt
and not entirely unsuccessful opponent
OF Cecil Rhodes. Mr.. Schreiner was
born In Cape Colony. Is of Dutch de-
scent, and was educated in England.
He studied at London and Cambridge
universities. and after taking his de-
gree returned to South Africa as a
barrister. Soon winning a reputation
for shrewdness, he became attorney
general of Cape Colony when Rhodes
was prime minister. For a time he
was Rhodes right-hand man and In
Innate friend, but the Jameson raid
caused a rupture which was never
healed, and the two men were long at
"daggers drawn" with each other. In
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-08-04

r. s. Hiltner, of the Nebraska exper-
iment station says:
"Stockmen frequently suffer losses of
cattle from pasturing them on sorghum
In a few herds in the state the losses
last year were heavy, but the total
number OF fatalities was not alarming
ly large. An unusually large acreage
Of cane was pastured last season, so
that the loss sustained was relatively
small, judging from reports received.
Just what the cause of the trouble
Is has never been ascertained. The
prevailing opinion is that a virulently
poisonous substance Is sometimes de-
veloped by the growing plant. Many
symptoms shown by the afflicted cat.
tie lend to sustain such an opinion.
The animals bloat but little. They
apparently suffer terribly and die very
suddenly. Post mortem examinations
are reported to show LESSONS in the
stomach. the membranes turning
black.
"A sample case that mad produced
fatal results was obtained and subject
Gu W Il tdItlul CuGIllCdl dAdiJolos "a
efforts. however, to isolate and identify
poisonous matter failed utterly. AL
though an effort was made to detect
the presence of toxic substances in
small quantities, it was assumed that
refine delicate tests for traces OF
such poison were really unnecessary.
from the nature of the case. A poi
cnn fhat ui11 li1I n F,,I1 rrory,x a-irna1
in ten or fifteen minutes must neces-
sarily be present in relatively large
proportions. The analysis showed only
a trace of potassium nitrate. Cultures
made to develop toxic bacteria from
the sample gave negative results. The
leaves and stems Of the material
seemed to be free from parasitic
growth. No poisonous matter, that
might have been applied purposely to
the leaves, was detected.
All the data collected indicates
plainly that first growth sorghum may
prove, at times. to be just as fatal as
second growth. This c%ontroverts the
prevailing popular impression but facts
at hand nevertheless ~corroborate such
a view, 1t is in harmony with what Is
known OF the chemistry of all plants.
The chemical substances found in plant
tissues are characteristic of the plant
and are found In it in its various
stages of growth.
THE results of the investigation in
dicate then, first, that in sorghum
there is no inherent chemical poison,
and second, that second growth cane.
Of itself, is no more injurious than first
growth. The fact that so many fatal
tiles occur prove that there Is an ele-
ment of danger in using sorghum for
p~asturage, and that considerable care
should be taken in feeding it. Stock
men generally, are agreed that hungry
cattle should not be turned on to sorg-
hum pasture. even for a short time"