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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-27
EVIDENCE OF CONSPIRACY
In the Po~wers-Goebel Cas and How
That Conspiracy Was Carried Out.

Georgetown, KY, July 23.-Spectators
were scarce to-day when the trial was
resumed of Caleb Powers, charged
with completely in the Goebel shooting.
The prosecution gave notice that they
would excuse a half dozen persons
summoned az witnesses for that side.
Among those excused was Ike Golden,
brother of Sergeant F. Wharton Col
den.
Lieutenant John Ricketts,, an officer
in the Barboursville militia company
of which John Powers was captain.
was the first witness. He went to
Frankfort January 25th with the
train load of mountaineers. Before the
train reached Franfort, the witness
said, the men were told to report to
w. H. Culton for rationS. The mel.
were armed with guns and pistols. Ar
irving at Frankfort they too possess
sion of the agricultural building and
stacked guns. Witness said that each
morning a crowd of from three to six
hundred mountain men occupied the
yard in front of the executive build
ing. He met Youtsey frequently and
talked with him the day before the
assassination. Youtsey said Goebel
had to be out of the way and he (Yout-
Sey) had 500 which. he would give for
that purpose and knew ten or twelve
others who would also contribute to
such a fund. Youtsey also said Goe-
bel could be killed from the executive
building; that the assassin could es-
cape through the basement and never
be detected. He said his job depended
on Goebel being killed. Fifteen min
utes before the assassination the wit
ness saw Youtsey and the latter told
him he wanted twenty-five or thirty
men to accompany him to the execu-
tive building.
Continuing, the witness said: "1out-
Sey put US inside the executive build
ing near the stairs. He told US some
thing was going to happen and we
must remain there. When We started
through h hall 1 left and went into
a private residence across the street
from the executive building. 1t was
but a few minutes when I heard the
shots. 1 did not know any Of the men
whom I left at the foot of the stairs in
the executive building. The men
whom Youtsey placed were just out
side the office. of the secretary of
state"
Witnes aid he left because he did
not want to be present in case of "a
killing"
Cross examined, the witness said
that when Youtsey placed the men in
the hal he told them that as soon as
something happened" a man would
come down h steps and go away
with them
Witness said when Youtsey left
the men went in the direction of the
governors office.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-27
NEW STORY OF MASSACRE
laid This Time to Have Occurred
July I2th.
Especial to Baltimore SUM-

peel TO Baltimore SUM-
Che Foo, China, July 81, tvia Shang-
hal, China, July 22).-The captain of a
British steamer just arrived from
Newchwang reports h arrival there
TO be a foreigners servant. who escap-
ed from Pekin July u. on which date
the British legation was destroyed
and he foreigners butchered. The
story is credited in Newchwang.
London, July "a, 4 a. m.-The Shang-
hal correspondent of The Daily Mail
,~telegraphing July 23rd says:
a letter from a Chinese official in
Shanghai has been received by a native
here containing the following passage:
AT the beginning of the month, the
foreign missions made several attempts
TO send messages out of Pekin, but
hanks TO the strict watch kept on the
city, the bearers were all caught and
executed. On the 4th instant only 400
foreigners, much exhausted, We're left
alive in Pekin, and one night, when the
big guns We're necessarily fired, it was
known that all the legations and the
foreigners were finished, although pre-
tended telegram contradict these
acts"
IT<A> IS<AL NT1Ar EE = ToIlSEO.
Washington, July 23.-Although the
orders have not yet been issued it is
pretty generally understood in military
circles that Brigadier General Freder-
lick D. Grant. United States volunteers
and Brigadier General Thomas H.
Barry have been selected for assign
ment to duty with the military divis-
ion in China. Their assignment to-
gether with that of Brigadier General
James H. Wilson, United States volun-
teers already announced will give Ma
jor General haffee command-in-
chief, three general officers of recog-
niZed ability to assist in the manage
ment of military operations in China.
The transport Grant is expected to
arrive at Nagasaki early this week.
Orders have gone forward for the Grant
to proceed from NagaSaki to Taku with
the utmost speed. 1t is expected
that the troops from Manila, consist
ing of two b%attalionS Of the Fourteenth
infantry and a battery of artillery
will arrive at Taku tomorrow or We'd
nesday at the latest. These will give
General Chaffee an effective fighting
force including marines already there.
of about 1000 men
AGAINST THE CREDIBILITY OF
THE CONGER MESSAGE
London, July 23.-In the house Of
commons today the parliamentary
secretary of the foreign office, Mr..
Broderick, communicated certain state
ments of the Chinese authorities with
regard to the safety of the legations
at Pekin and said the Chinese minister
declared them to be unframed. Mr..
Broderick read the text of the imperial
edict of July 18th, commenting on
Minister Conger's dispatch ito the de-
partment of state of United States.
Mr.. Broderick~ said that though the
dispatch was of the same date as the
edict's assurance of safety, the latter
was not borne out by Mr.. Conger. The
governor replied that n United
States minister's message was sent by
rhe Tsun Lii Yamen, by a messenger
travelling six hundred lis (roughly 200
miles, a day.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-27
Warning Against Swfndlers.

Norfolk, Va, July 23.-The COM
mandant of the Norfolk navy yard
this afternoon sent out a statement
that a number of persons in North
Carolina, Virginia and Maryland have
been of late representing themselves
as government agents for the employ
ment of laborers n mechanics in the
Norfolk navy yard. These parties are
branded as frauds, as the govern
ment has no agent or agents outside
of the navy yard. AS a consequence Of
the nefarious work of these parties it
is probable that many men will come
to Norfolk expecting to at once go to
work in the navy yard and will be
probably disappointed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-27
A TRAGIC SUICIDE
Surrounded by Strange circumstances
in Which a Woman Figures.

Norfolk. Va. July "a tragic
death surrounded by strange circum-
stances occurred at the Monticello
hotel last night. The dead man Is
George Allison Brown. OF Baltimore, a
nan about IS q OF age. and well
connected in the Monumental city.
Brown registered at the Monticello
Friday evening and was assigned a
room on the sixth floor of the hotel.
Saturday morning a woman giving
her name as Mrs Gray" and who
figures very conspicuously in the case.
arrived in the city from Baltimore.
and with a nurse who accompanied
her. registered at the Monticello hotel,
as from Virginia She was assigned a
room on the third floor OF the hotel.
Saturday afternoon DR.. Stanley n.
Graves was called to the hotel TO at
be in a critical condition. suffering
from some violent poison which sub
sequently proved to be morphine and
cacaine.
Brown, who was found in her room,
appeared very ervou and excited.
and was anxious to know If the patient
would die. He said that the woman
had poisoned herself. After heroic
measures the patient began to revive
and about 4 p. m appeared to be on
the road 10 Upon DR..
Grave leaving the woman to go 10 a
telephone, Brown was allowed in the
room with her alone, and upon the
DOCTORS rarJrrn tho narianffS condition
was found to be desperate than
ever.
DR.. Graves and the nurse worked
upon the woman until S p. m, when
h began to respond TO treatment and
IL o'clock Saturday night h was out
of danger.
Yesterday, on advice of Silvanus
Stokes, the proprietor of the Month
cello, the left the city for Bal
timore.
AT s o'clock last night Brown was
found dead in his bed at the hotel. as
the result of morphine and cocaine
poisoning. His body was viewed by
Coroner Newton, and was subsequent
ly moved to an undertaking establish
ment.
Coroner Newton and a jury of in
quest to-day inquired into the circum-
stances of Browns death and reached
a verdict that he came to his death
from morphine and cocaine poisoning
administered by his own hands.
Brown, the suicide, is said to have
been a brother of the late DR.. r. X.
Brown, of Baltimore. The body was
forwarded to Baltimore this evening.
The woman Mrs. MaSsie, was origi-
nally Miss Lucy Paxton. the daughter
of a Danville jeweller. She is a sister
Of Rev. John w. Paxton, a P~resbyte-
rian missionary now in China She
married DR.. George Lennon, of
Lynchburg, about 1888. After DIR.
Massie, a prominent Danville attorney.
Lemmon'S death she married Hardin
Mrs. MaSsie came to Norfolk with the
intention of marrying Brown. When
Mr.. Stokes told her hat Brown was a
victim of the morphine habit she took
his advice, refused to marry the man
and left for Baltimore.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-27
TO GET POSITIVE NEWS
FROM CONGER

Washington, July 23.-There is rea-
son TO believe that the government Is
again using every effort to secure COM
m~unication with Minister Conger and
n time to get an anSwe from our
minister which will be so conclusive as
to remove every shadow of doubt. In
this connection, II was reported today
that Minister WI yesterday sent an
other cipher cable dispatch TO minister
Conger. but there Is strong disinclina
ton in official quarters to discuss the
are still ii an ~inconclusive form.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-27
Red Hot From the Gun

Was the ball that hit G. B. Steadman,
Of Reward, Mich, in the Civil War. II
caused horrible Ulcers tina no treat
ment helped for 20 years. Then Buck
lens Arnica Salve cured him. Cures
Cuts, Bruises. Burns, Boils, Felons,
Corns. Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure
on earth. % cts. a box. Cure guarant-
eed. Sold by r. r. Bellamy, Druggist
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-27
yellow Fever Among Federal Toop.

Havana, July 23.-Yellow fever has
broken out in the barracks of the Sew
enth United States cavalry and the
First United States infantry in Pinar
del Rio. There have been nine deaths
during n present month and eleven
cases are now under treatment in the
hospitals. To-day General Lee order
ed the, camp moved three miles into
the country and quarantine Will be
strictly enforced.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-27
A Big Battle with the Beers.

London, July IA special dispatch
from Cape Town dated today saws:
Lord Roberts has attacked middle
burg in force and a big battle in I'm
progress. President Kruger is with
Burghers during the defense"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-27
M'KINLEY AS MEDIATOR
REQUESTED BY CHINA TO MEDIATE
WITH THE EUROPEAN POWERS,
ACCEPTS ON CERTAINCONDITIONS

Mediation VIII Not Prevent Strenu-
Gus Efforts for Relief of the Legal
tIons-No European Powers Put
Any Faith In the Conger Message-A
New story OF the Massacre-Other
Reports of Safety OF the Foreigners.
Forces Under General Chafree
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-27
0 EUROPEAN GOVERNMENT BE-
LIEVES IN THE CONGER


It is expected that adverse criticism
upon the action of the state depart
ment in this matter will be heard from
Europe where the governments are
acting upon the belief that all of the
foreign ministers in Pekfn have perish
ed, but our government, nevertheless
regards its course as the correct one.
ALI of the European powers nave tax
en- the stand above Indicated. The
last of the S TO Secretary Hays
note reciting the Conger message nave
come and all of thems in terms porte
and diplomatic, express utter 1ncred-
ulity in the authenticity of n ConSer
message.
CONSUL GENERAL GOODNOW
DOUBTS IT.
Consul General Goodnow himself, a
man of good judgment, also cabled q
warning to Secretary Hay against the
acceptance of the message without
continuation; but the state department
has fully considered the message in all
of its aspects, has carefully weighed
the numerous objections and suspi-
cions put forth here and in Europe,
and, without guaranteeing the anthem
The sun., 1900-04-03

sWermg question as TO whit nc Know
of a conspiracy in connection with the
blowing up of the Bunker Hill mill said:
II learned that Mr.. Ed Boycea president
of the Western Federation Sf Miners,
was in that county ten days before the
explosion of the Bunker Hill and Sulli-
van mills, and at that time he inaugural
ed or perfected this conspiracy by choosing
20 men from the different organizations
in that county and swearing them. These
20 men chose one each and swore him,
and the 40 each chose man and swore
him, and the so each chose a man and
swore him. In that way there We're at
least 160 men in this conspiracy to do
this thing sworn to secrecy"
Representative Hay of Virginia qnes-
toned the governor sharply as to his
sources of information and from whom
he learned this. The governor hesitated
a moment and then said, 81 learned these
facts from James r. Sovereign through a
mutual friend"
When Mr.. Hay wanted the name Of
the mutual friend, there was some ques-
tion as to giving the name, but the gov
ernor finally gave it as A. b. Campbell.
Mr.. Hay asked if Mr.. Campbell was in
the committee room, and the answer
came that he was. Mr.. Sovereign was
also present.
The governor said he had not been able
to get further evidence, as people who
lived in the county We're afraid they
would be assassinated if they were
known to have given any information.
The sun., 1900-04-03
Nlosing prices:
General MarIxetA.

New York. April 2.
FLoUR-State and western slow. but firmer
with wheat; Minnesota patents, S3.T0a395;
winter straights, SS.45a3.55; winter extras $3.50
a290; winter patents, S36ia3.70.
WHEAT-Firm all the morning on crop
damage news from abroad, local covering and
higher cables; May, 735sa741sc.; July, 741sa
T416c.
RYE-Steady; state. BIC, C. !. f., New York,
carlots; No. 2 western. &C., (. o. b. afioat.
CoRN--Active and strong on demand
from shorts and bullish foreign news; May,
441ha44s4c.: July. 4494451sc.
OATS-Inactive, but steady; track, white.
state, Si16a35c.: track, white. western 3l16a35c.
PORK-Strong; mess, Sl3al3.50 family. Sl4.
LARD-Firm: prime western steam, 6.S5c.
BUTTER-Steady; state dairy, 1sa2sc.; state
creamery, l9a23c.
CHEESE-Easy; fancy, large, white, l2lsa
13c fancy small, white, l3al314c.
Realistically; state and Pennsylvania, at
mark l2al2l5c.; western, at mark, l9c.
SUGAR-Raw firm; fair refining. 8 3l-32c.;
centrifugal. 96 test. 15-32c.; refined steady;
crushed, 5.55c.; powdered, 5.25c.
TURPENTINE-St at 55l@a56c.
MOLASSES-Quiet; New Orleans. 4ia55c.
RICE Steady; domestic, 41sc.; Japan, ~
a456c.
TALLOw-Steady; city, 5Ac.; country, 54a
53sc.
HAY-Quiet; shipping. 65a7Oc; good to
choice, S0a9Oc.
The sun., 1900-04-03
WEBSTER DAVIS TO QUIT.
Will Resign His Post to Lecture For
The Beers.

Washington, April 2.-Webster Davis,
assistant secretary of the interior, in
tends to tender his resignation. He will
lecture i'll the interest of the Beers.
In an authorized statement Mr.. Davis
says that as a result of his visit to the
Transyaal he feels impelled to tender his
resignation as assistant secretary of the
interior. He will at an early date deliv-
or lecture in this city IN the interests
of the South African republics. He feels
that this is the best way to arouse the
enthusiasm of the American people on
behalf of those republics.
A dispatch to the Kansas City Journal
from this city predicting the resignation
of Webster Davis of Kansas City as as
sistant secretary of the interior says
that when taking his departure for home
from Pretoria 1000 persons gathered to
take leave of him at the station. They
appealed to him in tears to state their
cause to the American people, and Mr..
Davis says that his conscience would
haunt him if he proved recreant to that
pitiful appeal.
According to this dispatch one of the
members of the cabinet quotes him as
having said to the president:
MY sympathies are for the Beers, and
| shall voice my sentiments. Inasmuch
as you have no sympathy for them and
will not take their cause into considera-
tion, / must insist that my resignation be
accepted"
He believes the American people are
not truly informed on the situation. Hc
will therefore avail himself of an early
opportunity to relate his experience and
observations at public meeting that
shall be free to all. He has decided on
this course after mature deliberation and
free consultation with his friends.
Before his appointment in June, 1897,
as assistant secretary of the interior, Mr..
Davis, who is but 38 years old, was prac-
ticing law in Kansas City. He took an
active part in the Mckinley campaign OF
1896 and gained considerable attention
as a boy orator, his style of eloquence
being frequently compared to that OF
Bryan. He was educated in the Uni
versity of Kansas and in law at the Uni
versity of Michigan. lie was defeated
for congress in 1892 and was mayor oi
Kansas City in 1S94-b.
The sun., 1900-04-03
chicago.s big strike Settled.

Chicago. April with the blowing
of the whistles in the machine shops of
Chicago for the beginning of work, thou
sands of machinists resumed the work
interrupted some weeks ago by strike.
About half the $500 men who went out
have resumed their labor. Manufacturers
and the laborers said that as the differ
ences had either been settled or put on
basis to be arbitrated the remainder of
the machinists would undoubtedly re-
turn in struggling lots during the next
two or three days. The strike has cost
the men 100000 in salaries, while the
loss TO the manufacturers through in
ability to complete contracts cannot be
readily calculated. The men have been
granted a nine hour day with ten hours
nav
The sun., 1900-04-03
MANILA's HEALTH.
Statistics Show the City Anything
but Free From Disease.

Manila, April 2.-The census of Manila
taken by the health department gives the
city an unpleasantly high rank among
the unhealthful cities of the world. 1t
establishes a death rate of something
over 40 per cent at conservative esti-
mate Former estimates and censuses
had always given Manila 100000 popu-
lation. This census was careful count
of natives and Chinese living in build
ings and boats in the police districts of
Manila, and it gave total of 190,714, of
whom 10000 were Cinnamon. There are
to be added the inhabitants of several
villages within the city limits, Ameri-
cans and Europeans and / 400 priests in
the monastaries. From reliable informa-
tion the officials estimate their number at
between $4,000 and G0,000.
The deaths in Manila officially reported
during the six months from July 1 to
Dec. 81 last year were 6,203. OF these
2,941 were children. Some of the causes
were beriberi, SO; tuberculosis, 1858;
bronchitis, 314; dysentery, 229; fcvers,
2S1, while stomach troubles ranked high.
Manila now has three diseases epidemic
which would throw the average COM
munity into a panic-bubonic plague, beri-
beri and smallpox. Beriberi results from
Il diet of fish and rice. so that whites do
not fear it. Smallpox and leprosy the
Philippines always have. and the people
look on them as matter of course,
avoiding direct contact but hardly Civ
ing II second thought to their presence in
the ncighbolhood.
The towns along the northern coast
and on the railroad between Manila and
Dagnpnn are full of smallpox now. Gen
eral Bells famous volunteer regiment,
the Thrty-siXth. is suffering from an
epidemic. Lieutenant Toneray and Lieu
tenant Wing, both of whom were Ten
nessecans, the former holding commits
sion as captain in the Tennessee volun-
teerS, and several soldiers have died, and
there are other cases in the regiment.
The easy going natives and Spaniards paid
so little attention to leprosy that the
Philippines have never been noted for
that disease, but there are more than
hundred lepers in the Manila hospital.
The sun., 1900-04-03
Questions Of Importance tor
Immediate Consideration.

was who said: "Eterna vigilance is the price
ibery Local conditions emphasize this truth This State
slowly emerging from the grasp of odous political
Importance the The question issue is shall there
immediate realization of the hope that has for SO long
spired continuous efforts for political reom-or just laws and
equal rights all the people, shall the opportunity Tor Its
realization lost and the old uitess fight be resumed under
difficulties designed insurmounbe The next State Legs
laure will undertake to put those
difficulties in the way political reform. This only be
vented by the vigorous all the opponents Of Demo-
Cratic misrule
TO this end-to formulate establish basis of unity, and
promote vigorous eAoth following questions are proposed
Are you Republican?
u 2. Do you believe that the majority of the
@ Republican voters shall control the policy
l& of the party?
2. Do yon favor the undivided support OF
all the nominations which shall be made by
the majority of the Republican voters of the
State?
a. Do you favor the pedgirg vf all Re-
publican nominees for any legislative
Office to abide by the action of the Republ-
can caucus?
If your answer questions is affirmative one, and
you are willing join ofke mind in vigorous effort for
Republican upon the lines here laid down. most
quarters shpley Streets third foo and sign the
xobook the Union Republican organization of New Castle
county. By order
Committee Organization.
Wilmington, March 23, 1900.
The sun., 1900-04-03
focal Quotations.
Last Sales Bid Asked
Attempt TO kin Politician.

Cincinnati, April 2.-An attempt to de-
,troy the residence of George B. Cox,
he Republican leader, was made by some
unknown person placing on the veranda
i package OF dynamite addressed to Mrs
George r. Cox. Mr.. Cox suspected dam
ger an trrned the package over to the
police t was found TO obtain large
charge OF dynamite. A. match and pow
der wero so arranged that in drawing out
the lid the machine would have exploded.
Mr.. Cox reported to the police that he
was warned that an attmept on his life
would be made
The sun., 1900-04-03
Says south Pole Is Found.

London, April 2.-Carsten f. Borch-
grevink, the leader of the south polar
expedition fitted out in 1898 by Sir
George Newnes of this city, who, with
the surviving members of his party, ar
rived on the steamer Southern Cross at
Campbelltown, near Bluff Harbor, New
Zealand, telcgraphs to Sir George
Newnes that the object of the expedi-
tion has been fully attained and that
the position of the south magnetic pole
has been located. He adds that the ex-
pedition reached the farthest point south
with sledge of which there is any record
namely, latitude IS degrees so min
utes south.