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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-09
TELEGRA2HIG 5JAMARY.

The Dawton fund has reached siS.-
43332
The steamer General Is released by
the British.
Many people in Ladysmith spend the
days IN caves.
Phe Eicaraguan canal commission
sails for Nicaragua
In Santa Rosa county, Florida, three
men are shot from ambush
The German AgrariaD press reopens
the fight against American meats
1fsa,trnaut Gilmore rs among the
,,-5.1or,s-; rescued from the FilipinOs-
,rbree PERSONS are killed and seven
inirred in a tenement house fire in New
York.
Three boys are drowned in a fish
pond near Raleigh, two of them from
that city.
Three American prisoners held by
FTlfufnos are shot and their bodies mu-
Iiiated.
The German steamer Hersog has
been e,eszed by a British warship and
taken 20 Durham.
In the Morrison Leiden murder trial
the. defense will rely on the plea or
temporary insanity.
The state charters the Carolina Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company, with
headquarters at Tarboro.
Secretary Long says the present
mode of rewarding naval ofhcers WorkS
injustice TO other officers.
One witness testifies TO handling $780,
or with which to buy votes 10 elect
Senator Clark Of Montana.
AT Mars Bluff, 5. c., a gin house,
with several bales of cotton and the
railroad freight depot are burned
"A niece of General Wheeler, at Chi
caeo brings suit for 100000 for breacn
of promise against w. H. Tahrney.
yThere Will be $40 difficulty now n
passing the German naval bill and the
chances for the canal bill have improV-
ed.
Rv Joint resolution the Kentucky
aegis7a ture provides for the speaker OF
the. house to preside at the joint seS>
sion
The bahtIe of modder river was fought
by the British in a perfectly open space
and the Beers entirely invisible to
them.
Wbauen will be summoned before the
Llentucky legislature on the charge of
contempy for attempting to brloe
member.
ThF. Portuguese government declines
the offer of England and Germany to
guarantee a loan secured by her colo-
niaI and customs receipts
Correspondents of the London papers
show mat the Beers have greatly the
advantage of the British both IN their
rifles and artillery.
An order restraining the KENTUCKY
governors appointees as election COM
missioners is granted and then reVoheu,
allowing an appeal
The father of the man 1ynched al
Newport News, when hearing OF the
guilt OF his SON declined to have the
body sept home. 1t goes to medical
college
The question is raised whether b. H
Roberts, while in the District OF Co
lum,bia is not anenable to the Ed
rnunds act Mr.. Roberts concludes MS
argument
I'm Genmany the excitement II thS
seizure of Genman steamers oy the
British overtops every other subject
The release of the General is taken as
a back-down by England The Bun
desrath was seized in neutral waters
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-09
AMERICAN PRISONERS SHOT
BY Filipino Troops and Their Bodies
Mutilated.

Manila, January g.. 7:30 a m.-Ad-
vices from Magalong, province Of Pam
panga, report that Captain Conhauser.
with three companies OF the Twenty
fifth regiment, captured the insurgent
stronghold Commanche, on Mount Aro-
yat, yesterday. Three Americans were
wounded, but the enemy's loss is not
known. Three members of the Ninth
and two of the Twelfth regiment, whom
the insurgents held as prisoners, were
shot and horribly mutilated. Three of
them are dead and the other two are
recovering. Captain COnhauser set fire
ITO the barracks and the town.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-09
In Contempt of the Legislature.

Frankfort, KY, January 6.-Senators
Thomas and Crenshaw, jointly filed an
information today citing John J. Whal-
len and Charles Ryan to appear be-
fore the senate on statutory proceed
ing charging them with contempt in
attempting to bribe Senator Harrell.
The penalty upon conviction is a fine
of s15,000 confinement in Jail during
the session of the legislature and for
feiture of suffrage. A similar charge
will be filed in the house and a joint
committee to investigate the charge
is asked.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-09
SHERIFFS SLOW WITH TAxE
Only Two Thus Far settled Troops to
Remain at Lumberton a weel1-The
Citizens for Law and Order
Messenger Bureau.

Raleigh, y. c., January 6.
Thus far only two sheriffs have made
complete settlements OF state taxes for
1899. The delay greatly annoys the
treasurer, who cannot account for IL.
Rev. john E. White, secretary Of tine
State Baptist mission board, viii tenn
por'arfly fi1l the pulpit Of the First Ran-
tist church here, from which Rev DR.
j. w. Garter retired December 3Ist.
Democats say that the popul.st party
practically disintegrated at the 1888
election, the major part returning 10
the democratic. and some going 10 the
republicans. The populist machine
leaders say this is not true and that
the populists did not vote.
1t Is minated that the Raleigh LgE
Infantry may remain on duty at Lun-
oerton just week A telegram 10 the
governor from an officer there saye
the citizens had a melting yesterday
and that il was all for law and order.
and that there viii be no trouble. Ar
rangements have been made with the
sheriff 10 provide quarters and ratioue
for the troops at 81 per day per man.
The state charters the MONTGOMERY
roller Touring mills at Star. capital
"a, 700, and the Twin City knitting mtks
at Winston-Salem. capital s12. 900, III. q
Lemiy and II. F. Brown and other snk
corporators.
The Moscow fire insurance COMPANY
OF Russia. applies for license 20 do buS-
iness in North Carolina
state repCb bican headquarters VIM
De opened here this month IN the roorns
which n 1898 were occupied by the dem
ocratic state committee.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-09
THREE BOYS DROwNE.-
In Fish Pond Near Ralefgh-Not Dis
covered for Several Hours.
Especial to the Messenger.)

Raleigh, n. c., January 6.-Three
boys were drowned eight miles from
here today, two from Raleigh, one a
son of Captain B. P. Williamson, coun-
ty treasurer; the other a son of c. B.
Lee, a tobacco warehouseman. The
third boy was a son of Charles l..
Hinton. The drowning occurred at a
fish pond on Hinton's farm. The boys
had been in the water several hours
before discovery YVES made that they
were drowned. All were students at
the Raleigh male academy. The grief
is intense here
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-09

Sire doesn't indicate quality. Be-
ware q counterfeit and worthless saiv
offered for DeWitt's Witch HaZzei
eaave. DeWftt's n the only srfgfna.
An infailibls cure for plies and al skin
Diseases. r. r. BollaGny
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-09
Just Now.

How often, conductor, does your
trolley ear kill man only once,
dartly replied the conductor Ihat
seems to be the fate with cheap insur-
anee. Once is enough. The insuree then
decides that he will be wise and pur-
chase reliable indemnity. Why not re-
member that you usually get what you
pay for-sometimes less Just now is
a good time to change your past GUS
TOM We sell none but the best. Will
lard & GBes, agents. Carolina Building.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-09

]. 1. Bevery, Loganton, Pa, writes,
IT am willing to take my oath that l
was cured of pneumonia entirely by the
use of One Minute Cough Cure after
doctors failed. 1t also cured my chill
dren of whooping cough Quickly
relieves and cures coughs, colds, Group,
grippe and throat and lung troubles.
Children all like il Aoth>Es endorse
Ii. n. R. Bethany.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-09
President of Senate Not te Preside

Frankfort, KY, January s.-The SEN
ate adopted the report OF the comm fttes
on rules which provides that the speak
sr OF the house and not the lieutenant
governor SHAH preside at al ioint ses-
sions. This arrangement viii make
Speaker Trinible. democrat. the presid-
ing officer when oas governors contest
a heard
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-09
SHOT FROM AMBUSH.

Pensacola, Fla, January 6.-FTed d.
den, a white man employed at one OF
the lumber mills in Santa Rosa COUNTY
was shot from ambush while on his
way from work and fatally wounded
The dead bodies of two negroes en-
ployed at the same mill were found to-
day, having been shot from ambush.
The killings are the result OF trouble
between uinon and non-union laborers
and have caused great excitement.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-09
Railway ..Change'' Bills Redeemed

Atlanta, Ga, January 6.-Thirty 81
change" bills issued by the Western
and Atlantic railroad bearing date OF
August l, 1862, were received by Sec
retary of State Cook today from Chat
tanooga- and he was asked TO present
them to the state treasurer for redemp-
ton at 10 cents on the dollar as the
law provides. The legislature passed
such law nearlytwenty-thre years
ago.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-09

Lewis Dennis, Salem, Ind, says.
"kodOl Dyspepsia Cure did me more
GOOD than anything I ever took" II
afgests what you eat and can not help
but surs dysp<psla a0d stoDasA tPes5-
IGA n r Bel1anH
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-09
STEAMER GENERAL RELEASED.

Berlin, January GA dispatch re-
ceived here from Alden, the British for
titled port at the southern entrance or
the Red sea. says the authorities Of
that place have renounced all further
search Of the Imeprial German mail
steamer General, detained there under
suspicion OF having contra band of war
on board The dispatch adds that the
steamer win resume her voyage in a
week
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-09
NICARAGUAN COMMISSION SAILS.

New York, January 6.-The commits
sion headed by Rear Admiral John G..
Walker, retired, sailed today on the
Atlas Line steamer Alene for Nicara-
qua, to investigate and report on the
canal possibilities. The work already
done will be examined. The SPECIFIC
object will be to recommend route
for a canal across the isthmus. The
trip across Nicaragua will occupy
about six weeks.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-09

The modern and most effective cure
for constipa ton and all liver troubles
the famous little pills known az De-
Wits kSttle Early RiseRs. R. r. Bel
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-09
HARDSHIPS OF THE WAR.
THE BRITISH HAMPERED BY THE EX-
GESSlVE HEAT.
OUTGLASSED BY THE BOERS

In Range OF Both Rifles and Artillery.
Modder River Battle Fought by the
British In the Open Against a Per-
the Boer Fire Many of Their Soldiers
Carry Field Glasses People Lady
smith Dwelling. in Caves.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-09
THE LAWTON FUND.

Washington, January 6--The total
subscriptions to the Lawton fund to
date amount to s4S.433.32, of which
nearly So, 900 was received this morning.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-09

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me OF lung trouble following grppe
THOUSANDS owe their lives to e
prompt action OF this enver faring
remedy. Tt cures coughs, colds Group. I
bronchitis. pneumonia. grippe al
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-09
LADYSMITH ATTACKED.
THE B0ERS ASSAULT ON CfSAF S
CAMP REPULSED.
FIGHTING STILL IN PROGRESS

At Last Accounts Yesterday Morning.
An Important Move on Tugela Irnni-
nent-Doubts a. to Mafeking BEING
eral French Enters Colesbcrg-In-
crease of Sentiment Adverse to Eng
land In the United States.
The Coconino sun., 1900-06-02
MEMORIAL DAY.
Fitly Observed in Flagstaff - Interesting
 Programme at the Court House.

The old veterans of the civil war as well as those brave men of the late Spanish war were honored by the peo- pie of Flagstaff on Memorial Day. It was one of the most impressive and well arranged ceremonies ever held in this city.
 Flags were floating at halfmast on public buildings and on many other buildings in honor of the occasion: the court house was decorated with bunting and flags, and large monument in crape was built in front of it. marked for the "UnknOwn Dead" strewn with flowers in memory of the hundreds and thousands of poor fellows who passed to the great beyond in the maelstrom of leaden hail during the dark days of the sixties. and for those who in the last two years also gave up their lives for the cause of human liberty and love of justice.
 The ceremonies were held in the court room of the court house and pre-. sided over by the commander of the local post, Mr. George Hoxworth.
 A stand was erected there for the speakers and others to lake part in the exercises. Bunting, flowers and green pine boughs Were the decorations of the interior, making pretty and pleasing effect.
 The room was filled to overflowiny with friends of the Grand Army of the Republic and friends who wished to show their appreciation of the boys in blue in the late war: the remaining few
The Coconino sun., 1900-06-02

of the old veterans who had passed through five years of hardest fighting known since the beginning of history. were given the seats of honor at the right, and mingled with them were a few of those left from the famous charge at San Juan hill.
 Adjutant Gilliland opened the exer- cises by reading General Orders," and was followed by Rev. Logic in brief invocation.
 A well selected choir sang a patriotic hymn and were followed by Professor A. N Taylor.
 Professor TaylOr's address was a stirring one. filled with patriotism, giving high honor to the blue and told of the brave men who wore the gray: how the last war firmly cemented again the North with the South, and every vestige of the old feeling was wiped ont as, shoulder to shoulder, the sons of the men who were foes nearly forty years ago. came as one man to defend the honor of the Union. He met with continuous hearty applause throughout his address for the splendid sentiment it contained.
 After another selection by the choir Reclamation by Mrs. C. E. Austin brought tears to the eyes of many of the old veterans by her splendid rendi- tion of Il poem entitled "WOunded." As the old soldier looked back and saw again the wounded soldier at the close of a gallant charge. lying dying with gaping wound, his life's blood dying the green sward: his appeal to comrades for word of prayer ere he passed to his long home and at last the humble prayer by comrade; his last words of cheer to comrades as he passed out,
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-01-26
UPRISING in NEGROS.
The Newly Installed Officials Re-
bclled Against American
Authority.

Mail advices from Manila bring par
ticulars of the uprising last month in
the southern part of Negroes island,
in which Lieutenant \. &. Yedyard,
Sixth infantry, was killed.
Instead of being an unimportant re-
volt of native police, as was ct first
reported, 1t appears to have been an
attempt to overthrow American author
lty. This movement was started by
the chief officials of the autonomous
government, the men who were elected
and inaugurated with so much cere-
mOny last November.
Eleven of these officials, including
the president and several councillors,
were lodged in Jail on a charge OF
plotting treason. Several secured
their release under heavy bonds, tut
others remain in prison.
General Smith found evidence that
the revolving police were following the
orders OF the autonomous government,
which designed to use the forces I'M
der its control to OverpOwer the Amer
icans. The plot failed through being
started prematurely. Two companies
of the Twenty sixth infantry were hur-
ried from Iloilo to reinforce the garri-
son at Bacolor.
The officials arrested include some
of the most prominent men in Negroes.
1t is believed that they will be e1-
PEELED from the island.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-01-26
ROBERTS COMMITTEE REPORTS.

NOluminous Document, Covering the In
vestigatiOn, Read In the House
The reports of the special committee
OF investigation in the case Of Brigham
II. Roberts, of Utah, wore presented
to the house Saturday. The majority
report, signed by Chairman TayIer
and six of his assistants, is a vOlumi-
nous document, and is accompanied
by summary Of the law and facts.
1t gives the details of the hearing, the
ample opportunities afforded to Mr..
Roberts to present his case, his refusal
to testify and the unanimous finding
of facts heretofore published. 1t pro-
ceeds:
1.-The committee is unanimous in
its belief that Mr.. Roberts ought not
10 remain a member Of the house of
representatives. A majority are of the
opinion that he ought not to be per-
mItted to become a member; that the
house has the right to exclude him. A
minority are of the opinion that the
proper course of procedure is to permit
him to be sworn in and the2 expel him
by twO-thirds vote under the consti-
tutional provision providing for eIpul-
sion
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-01-26
MOB HANGS MURDERERS.
Half Brothers Swung Up In Jail Yard at
IT. Scott. Kansas.

Half Brothers Swung Up In Jail Yard at
IT. Scott. Kansas.
Saturday night, George Silbee and
Ed Meeks, half brothers, convicted of
murder, were lynched by a mob in
the county iailyard at Ft. Scott, Kan
sas. Their bodies were left dangling
from two trees in the yard. The au-
thorities were completely surprised.
The two men, who hailed from Kan-
sas City, had been convicted of muir
der i'll the first degree, their victim
heing a young G.rman farmer named
Leopold Edliugcr. The murderers
disposed of EdlinGer'' pair oE mules, a
horse and a wagon III Bates county.
Amos Phillips, an acr"mplice of the
two brothers III the crime, was con-
victed Friday Of murder in the first
degree. The evidence showed that
The three men belonged to a gang Of
thieves who had been regularly dis
posing OF their plunder in Bates
county.
Before being swroG up Silbee shout
FL to the moi III ,ieHant tones that
lie himself shot i.dlinger and that
Amos Phillips struck him on the head
with an AK lie insisted that mis-
brother Ed al not participate in the
crime
BE sure and get Phillips" the
doomed men urged.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-01-26
BRYAN VISITS BELMONT.
NebraSkan Is a Guest of New
Yorker at a "PriVate"
Dinner.

William jennings Bryan was the
guest of honor at dinner. given by 0.
II. P. Belmont Monday night at his
residence in New York. The dinner
was private. no reporters being adj
nitted, and to a penciled note Mr.. Bel
mont made response:
"There will be nothing at, during
or after the dinner for publication.
The dinner is a purely social affair aud
of no public interest"
: Mr.. Bryan was the only guest of
national Importance, but big men in
Tammany hall were present.
Bryan took breakfast Tuesday morn
ing at the Hoffman house with a num-
Der of free silver and single tax leaders.
Subsequently he received the newspa-
per reporters. When asked if he made
a harmony speech at the Belmont di'-
ner the night before Mr.. Bryan an
swered:
Il don't know if I used the vord
harmony OF not, out always - -Ah ~
such harmonious strain that - -
can object unless he disagree. on e.,
issue. As a matter of fact , .El-o
very little on politics"
Colonel Bryan decline! 20 diseases
the letter of Robert b. hH"ssvelt &Gd
others protesting against h. entai:a,l-
ment as the guest of TIE Democratic
club. About noon Or Leveson, of
Brooklyn. an Imperiu'.s'. call with two.
Filipinos, but Mr.. Brrtu refused 10 sec
them. Mr.. Bryau's "aIiers were
nearly silverites. The gold Dem
Ocrats held aloof.
Tuesday night Mr. Bran dlned 81
the Democratic club - .hc Buest Of
President Kellar WI: .-;2lve othsrs. =,
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-01-26
HONORS ACCORDED DAVIS.

President Kruger. Of Trausvaal, Sends
Private Car For American.
Webster Davis, assistant secretary
of the interior, arrived at Lourenzo
Marques Sunday on his way to Preto-
ria and called upon the governor gen.
eral, Captain Alvaro Dacosta Ferreira,
who gave him a most courteous receP-
ton and requested him to convey a
message of special friendship to Presi-
dent Mckinley. The Transvaal gov
eminent has informed Mr.. Davis that
President Kruger's saloon carriage
will convey him to Pretoria.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-01-26
NO CHANCE
FOR ROBERTS
Committee Denies Utah Mans
Right to a Seat.
THE DECISION VERY EMPHATIC
Two Members Favor Seating Him
and Then Having Him
Expelled.

A Washington dispatch says: The
committee of the house of representa-
tives to investigate the case of Brig
ham II. Roberts, of Utah, reached a
a final conclusion at Wednesdays ses-
sion. On the polygamous status of
Mr.. Roberts the committee was uuani-
nous aud agreed upon formal state
ment of facts. On the question of
procedure to be adopted the commit
tee was divided.
The majority, consisting of all the
members except LittIefield of Maine,
and DeArmOnd, of Missouri, favored
the exclusion at the outset. Messrs.
Littlefeld, Republican, aud Dear
mODd, Democrat, will make a minority
report favorable to seating Roberts on
his prima facie rights and then expeIl-
ing him. The majority were Tayler,
Frear, Morris and Mcpherson, Repub-
Leans; Lanham and Miers, Demo
Gratis. The statement of facts found
by the committee is as follows:
eve find that B. II. Roberts was
elected representative to the fifty
sixth congress from the state of Utah
and was at the date of his election
above the age of twenty-five years;
that he has been for more than seven
years naturaIized citizen of the
United States and was an inhabitant
of the state of Utah.
eve further find that about 1878 ne
married Louisa Smith, his first and
lawful wife, with whom he has ever
since lived as such and who, sincs
their marriage, has borne him six
children.
THAT since 1885 he married as his
plural wife Celia Dibble, with whom
he has ever since lived as such who,
since such marriage, has borne him
six children, of whom the last were
| twins, born August IL, 1897.
That some years after his said
marriage to Celia Dibble ne contracted
another plural marriage with Margarei
G. Snip, with whom he has ever since
lived in the habit and repUte of mar
riage. Your committee is unable 20 fix
tthie exact date of this marriage. 1t does
not appear that he held her out as his
wife before January, 1897, or that be-
fore that date she held him out as Ler
husband, or that before that date they
were reputcd to be husband and wife.
That these facts were generally
known in Utah, publicly charged
against hi'n during his campaign fS{
election and we're not denied by him
81 nat the testimony bearing on
these facts was taken il the presence
of Mr.. Roberts and that he fully cross
examined the witnesses, but declined
to place himself on the witness stand. "
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-01-26
BRYAN IN BALTIMORE.

aIks to Free SilveTiIes on Imperialism.
Trusts and the Currency.
Hon. William J. Bryan delivered an
address in Baltimore Saturday night
upon the political questions of the day
to an audiance which filed the Music
Hall.
The meeting was held under the
auspices of the Maryland Democratic
Association, one of the free silver
wings of the the Democratic party of
the state, and was not encouraged or
discouraged in any manner by the reg
ular Democratic organization. In fact
the latter held strictly sloof from the
affair.
Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-01-26
FROHiS CALL CONVENTION.

VIII Meet In Chicago In june To Name
National Ticket.
A call was isaae ri Chicago Tues
day for the PROHIBITION national con.
vention to nominate candidates fo1
president and vice-president. Accord
ing to the call the convention Gill
meet at the coliseum, Chicago, Ill, ut
10 O'Clock a. IN. on Wednesday,
June 81, 1900.